He is a son of Dáire Doimthech, ancestor of the Dáirine, and gives his epithet to their principal royal sept, the Corcu Loígde.
A descendant of Lugaid, with whom he may be to some extent identical, is the famous Mac Con,[1] listed in the Old Irish kinglist Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig as Mac Con macc aui (moccu) Lugde Loígde.
Because it had been foretold to him that a son of his would obtain the sovranty [sic] of Erin and that 'Lugaid' would be his name.
Thereafter the fawn entered the assembly, and the men of Erin together with Dáire's sons, pursued it till they reached Benn Étair.
A magical mist is 'set between them (Dáire's sons) and the (rest of the) men of Erin.
), and her spears of teeth outside her head, and great, old, foul, faded things upon her.
A purple, bordered gown she wore, and she had beautifully coloured hair.
Lugaid went to his brothers and brings them to the house; and there they get the freshest of food and the oldest of ale, and self-moving drinking-horns pouring out to them.
"That is drowsy", quoth she: "Lugaid Cál ('sleep') shall be thy name from that".
"Lugaid Corb ('corruption') shall be thy name, for corrupted is what thou hast consumed".
'Tis then they were seen of his brothers, with a purple garment over the damsel and Lugaid, and golden-yellow hair upon her; and she was the most loveable of women.
Thus were Dáire's sons on the morrow: on a level, houseless plain—with their hounds asleep, fastened to their spears.
Thereafter they fare forth to the Assembly of Teltown, and then they tell their tales and adventures to the men of Erin.
Daire dies afterwards, and Conn of the Hundred Battles took the kingship of Erin, and Eogan Táidlech took the kingship of Munster, and Lugaid Láigde took the crown-princedom of Munster, and so forth.