Áed Allán (or Áed mac Fergaile) (died 743) was an 8th-century Irish king of Ailech and High King of Ireland. Áed Allán was the son of Fergal mac Máele...
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sometimes also known as Áed Allán, a name most commonly used for the 8th-century king of the same name, this Áed's great-great-grandson. Áed was the son of Domnall...
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northern Uí Néill kindred of the Cenél nEógain, Áed was the son of Niall Caille. From the death of Áed Allán in 743 until the overthrow of Máel Sechnaill...
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family, the Cenél nEógain, led by Áed Allán (died 743). His father later died as a monk at Armagh in 765. Áed Allán was defeated and slain in the battle...
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Cathal mac Finguine (section Cathal and Áed Allán)
Uí Néill kings, Fergal mac Máele Dúin, Flaithbertach mac Loingsig, and Áed Allán, son of Fergal mac Máele Dúin, is reported at some length in the Irish...
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High King of Ireland Áed Allán of the Cenél nEógain defeated Áed Róin at Faughart, in Magh Muirtheimhne in modern County Louth. Áed Róin and Conchad mac...
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Northern Uí Néill. From the 8th century onwards, possibly sponsored by Áed Allán, a Cenél nEógain king of Tara, and Congus, the bishop of Armagh, early...
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kingship was contested by his northern Uí Néill rival, Áed Allán of the Cenél nEógain. Áed's goal was the conquest of Mag nÍtha, a plain in the valley...
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Áed mac Néill (Old Irish pronunciation: [ˈaið mak ˈnʲeːl͈ʲ]; died 819), commonly called Áed Oirdnide ("the anointed"), was King of Ailech. A member of...
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(723–729) Áed Allán, High King (730–738) Domnall Midi, High King (739–758) Niall Frossach, High King (759–765) Donnchad Midi, High King (766–792) Áed Oirdnide...
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Flaithbertach was defeated in 732 by Fergal's elder son Áed Allán and the Cenél Conaill were again defeated by Áed in 733 when Fergus, son of Congal Cendmagair,...
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Fergaile meic Máele Dúin ("Fergal mac Máele Dúin's Prophecy") his son Áed Allán was born by a daughter of the high king Congal Cendmagair in an illicit...
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sometimes considered to have been High King of Ireland. Brother of high king Áed Allán (died 743), Niall was the son of high king Fergal mac Máele Dúin (died...
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Diarmato, 598–604 Áed Allán mac Domnaill (Áed Uaridnach), "king of Temair", 604–? Congal Cáech, died 637 Cathal mac Finguine, 713–742 Áed Allán, 730–738 Donnchad...
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Dál Riata to Ireland to aid Flaithbertach mac Loingsig in his war with Áed Allán should be placed in the reign of Eochaid, or that of his successor. At...
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near Armagh which was beaten off with heavy loss to Áed and Flann. Further fighting between Áed and Máel Sechnaill is reported in 861, and again in 862...
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disentangle the reign of Áed from that of his older second cousin Báetán mac Ninneda (died 586). Various lengths are given to the reign of Áed in the kinglists...
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Fergal's son Áed Allán at Áth Senaig in 738. This fight (known as the Battle of the Groans) is described at length in the Irish annals. Áed was slain in...
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700 – 11 December 722 Áed Allán mac Fergaile 722–743 Niall Frossach mac Fergaile 743–770 Máel Dúin mac Áedo Alláin 770–788 Áed Oirdnide mac Néill 788–819...
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Áed mac Diarmato (died 604), called Áed Sláine (Áed of Slane), was the son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill. Legendary stories exist of Áed's birth. Saint Columba...
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Fochart between Áed Allán, king of Ireland, and Áed Róin, king of Ulaid. Áed Róin and Conchad mac Cúanach of Uí Echach Cobo were slain, with Áed Róin being...
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the last king to have "married" the land. Diarmait died at the hands of Áed Dub mac Suibni; some accounts from the following century state that he died...
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give the following reason for this: Aed mac Ruaidri had been five years King of Connacht, as the poet said: "Aed mac Ruaidri of the swift onslaught, five...
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Cathal mac Finguine Fogartach Cináed Flaithbertach Áed Allán Domnall Midi Niall Frossach Donnchad Midi Áed Oirdnide Conchobar mac Donnchada Fedelmid mac Crimthainn...
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Áeda (Modern Irish: Niall Glúndubh mac Aodha, 'Niall Black-Knee, son of Áed'; died 14 September 919) was a 10th-century Irish king of the Cenél nEógain...
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Cathal mac Finguine Fogartach Cináed Flaithbertach Áed Allán Domnall Midi Niall Frossach Donnchad Midi Áed Oirdnide Conchobar mac Donnchada Fedelmid mac Crimthainn...
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Cathal mac Finguine Fogartach Cináed Flaithbertach Áed Allán Domnall Midi Niall Frossach Donnchad Midi Áed Oirdnide Conchobar mac Donnchada Fedelmid mac Crimthainn...
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Cathal mac Finguine Fogartach Cináed Flaithbertach Áed Allán Domnall Midi Niall Frossach Donnchad Midi Áed Oirdnide Conchobar mac Donnchada Fedelmid mac Crimthainn...
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Néill Aíd probably Áed mac Ainmuirech (d. 598) Uí Néill/Cenél Conaill; seemingly misplaced, chronologically Aíd Olláin probably Áed Uaridnach (d. 612)...
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were "sixteen kings in Scotland" between the death of Áed Allán (d. 743) and the death of Áed Findliath (d. 789). The sixteen begin with Dúngal mac Selbaig...
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