Lethlobar mac Echach

Who was Lethlobar mac Echach?

Lethlobar mac Echach was a Dal nAraide king of the Cruithne in Ulaid. He was the son of Eochaid Iarlaithe mac Lurgain, a previous king. He belonged to the main ruling dynasty of the Dal nAraide known as the Uí Chóelbad based in Mag Line, east of Antrim town in modern county Antrim. He ruled from 708 to 709.

He succeeded to the throne upon the assassination of Cú Chuarán mac Dúngail Eilni of the Eine branch of the family in 708. The annals record his death at the Battle of Dul in Mag Eilne. The victors are not named, one possibility is the Dal Fiatach who had just acquired the kingship of Ulaid.

Lethlobar's daughter Barrdub was said to be a wife of Bécc Bairrche mac Blathmaic a Dal Fiatach King of Ulaid. His son Indrechtach mac Lethlobair was a King of Dal nAraidi.