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DthorbaIn Irish Mythology Dthorba or Diothorba was a High King of Ireland. He ruled in rotation with his cousins ed Ruad and Cimbeth, each ruling for seven years in turn. Each ruled for three seven-year periods. ed had died at the end of his third stint in the kingship, and when Cimbeth completed his third seven-year period, ed's daughter Macha demanded the kingship in her father's place. Dthorba and Cimbeth refused, but Macha defeated them on the battlefield. Dthorba was killed in Connacht, and his sons were forced to build Emain Macha. Macha went on to marry Cimbeth, and they ruled for another seven years until Cimbeth died, and Macha became the only queen in her own right in the List of High Kings of Ireland. Aed Ruad Aed Ruad
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