Offaly and based on radiocarbon dating he died sometime between 362 BC and 175 BC.

He had been a huge man, almost six and a half feet tall. It is easy to imagine him as a champion or hero. He was young and healthy, and there is little sign that he did physical labour. The bog where his body is found is close to the foot of the hill where the kings of the Uí Failge (Offaly) were inaugurated. He was killed near the site where he had become king.