CHAPTER VII.
Tuathal-Conn "of the Hundred Battles"-- The Five Great Roads of Ancient Erinn--Conn's Half--Conaire II .-- The Three Cairbres--Cormac Mac Airt--His Wise Decision--Collects Laws--His Personal Appearance-The Saltair of Tara written in Cormac's Reign--Finn Mac Cumhaill--His Courtship with the Princess Ailbhe--The Pursuit of Diarmaid and Grainne--Nial "of the Nine Hostages"-- Dathi.
Tuathal reigned for thirty years, and is said to have fought no less than 133 battles with the Attacotti.

He was at last slain himself by his successor, Nial, who, in his turn, was killed by Tuathal's son.

Conn "of the Hundred Battles" is the next Irish monarch who claims more than a passing notice.

His exploits are a famous theme with the bards, and a poem on his "Birth" forms part of the _Liber Flavus Fergusorum_, a MS.
volume of the fifteenth century.

His reign is also remarkable for the mention of five great roads[101] which were then discovered or completed.