• Áed mac Néill (died 879), called Áed Findliath ("fair-grey Áed"; Modern Irish: Aodh Fionnadhliath) to distinguish him from his paternal grandfather Áed...
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    from Áed Allán, king of the Cenél nEógain, the Cenél Conaill over-king of the Northern Uí Néill, and the Uí Néill as a whole, Flaithbertach mac Loingsech...
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    Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (Irish: Maolsheachlann mac Domhnaill), also called Máel Sechnaill Mór or Máel Sechnaill II (949 – 2 September 1022), was a...
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    to claim the Irish High Kingship: Brian Ua Néill from 1258 to 1260 Edward Bruce from 1315 to 1318 Brian Ua Néill and Edward Bruce both claimed the title...
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  • mac Lochlainn, King (1061–1064) Áed Ua hUalgairg, King (1064–1067) Domnall mac Néill, King (1067–1068) Áed mac Néill, King (1068–1083) Donnchad mac Néill...
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  • Domhnall ua Néill (old spelling: Domnall ua Néill; anglicised as Donal O'Neill) (died 980) was High King of Ireland from 956 to 980. Domnall was the son...
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  • (980–989) Áed mac Domnaill Ua Néill, King (989–1004) Airgíalla (complete list) – Maol Craoibh ua Duibh Sionach, King (?–917) Fogarthach mac Donnegan,...
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  • his uncle. Donnchad's main rivals were Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó, King of Leinster from 1042, and Áed in Gaí Bernaig, King of Connacht from 1046. Diarmait...
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  • of Donnchad Midi mac Domnaill of Clann Cholmáin, who was King of Tara from around 778 to 797. Clann Cholmáin was a sept of the Uí Néill which ruled as Kings...
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  • ("Kindred of Owen") are a branch of the Northern Uí Néill, who claim descent from Eógan mac Néill, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Originally their...
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    in 1000) Áed mac Domnaill Ua Néill 989–1004 Flaithbertach Ua Néill 1004–1031 Áed mac Flaithbertaig Ua Néill 1031–1033 Flaithbertach Ua Néill (again) 1033–1036...
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    Áed Uaridnach ("Áed the Warlike", or Áed mac Domnaill, "Áed son of Domnall") (died 612) was an Irish king who was High King of Ireland. He is sometimes...
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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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  • Áed mac Ainmuirech (born c.530 - died 598) was High King of the Northern Uí Néill. He belonged to the Cenél Conaill and was a distant cousin of Columba...
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    over 150 kings, with greater or lesser domains. The Uí Néill king Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, abandoned by his northern kinsmen of the Cenél nEógain...
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  • Ceinnselaig dynast Domnall Remar mac Mael na mBó, took the Irish surname Ua Domnaill. Both branches—the Meic Murchada and the Uí Domnaill—were bitter rivals over...
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  • Néill. They descended from Domnall Dabaill (died 915), son of Áed Findliath. Another son of the latter was Niall Glúndub eponymous ancestor of the Ua...
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  • son Áed in 1033, Flaithbertach left his retirement and resumed the leadership of the Northern Uí Néill. Flaithbertach, a grandson of Domnall ua Néill, belonged...
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  • reign his 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...
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    Coirpre mac Néill (fl. c. 485–493), also Cairbre or Cairpre, was said to be a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Coirpre was perhaps the leader of the...
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  • Comthoth Lóegairi co cretim 7 a aided in Stokes, II, p. 567; MacKillop, "Lóegaire mac Néill"; Byrne, pp. 83 & 103. Stokes I, p. 47; Stokes II, p. 557 Rawlinson...
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  • southern Uí Néill. He was King of Brega and was the son of Niall mac Cernaig Sotal (died 701) and great-grandson of the high king Diarmait mac Áedo Sláine...
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    the battle of Cúil Uinsen to Áed mac Brénainn, king of Tethbae in Leinster. Diarmait played no part in the great Uí Néill victory over the Cruthin at Móin...
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  • backing from Toirdelbach, Ua Máel Sechnaill, and Aéd Ua Ruairc of the Kingdom of Breifne, attacked Tadgh Mac Carthaigh of the MacCarthy Mór dynasty. But...
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  • the Ua Domnaill dynasty of Tír Chonaill. The clan also claims an Irish descent from a prince of the Uí Néill dynasty, Ánrothán Ua Néill, son of Áed, son...
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    the resources of Munster, Brian first brought the Uí Néill High King Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill to recognise him as an equal, and then as the master...
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    Sechnaill's death, the Uí Néill kingship passed back to the northern branch, represented by Áed Findliath, son of Niall Caille. Áed began his reign by marrying...
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    period after the death of the last traditional Uí Néill king of Tara, Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill of Clann Cholmáin, in 1022. Later, rival kings produced...
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  • from that of his younger second cousin Áed mac Ainmuirech (died 598). Various lengths are given to the reign of Áed in the king lists, all of which would...
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    However, a new rival emerged in the form of Domnall Mac Lochlainn, King of the Northern Uí Néill, who later in 1088 invaded Connacht and successfully...
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