• Niall Frossach (or Niall mac Fergaile) (718–778) was an 8th-century Irish king of Ailech, sometimes considered to have been High King of Ireland. Brother...
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    a son, Conchobar, alive in 1236. Domnall Mór Ua Conchobair. Had a son, Niall, killed in 1242. Aed mac Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, died 1159. The daughter...
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    a great-grandson of Niall, Diarmait and his descendants were counted among the Uí Néill, the name meaning "descendants of Niall". The two great Southern...
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  • of Ireland)(died c. 462), also Lóeguire, is said to have been a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. The Irish annals and king lists include him as a King...
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    western County Meath, Ireland. The reigns of Domnall and his successor, Niall Frossach of the Cenél nEógain, had been relatively peaceful, but Donnchad's rule...
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  • killing his brother Flann in 845, and king of Tara in 846 on the death of Niall Caille mac Áeda of the Cenél nEógain, who drowned in the Callan River close...
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  • Niall Glúndub mac Áeda (Modern Irish: Niall Glúndubh mac Aodha, 'Niall Black-Knee, son of Áed'; died 14 September 919) was a 10th-century Irish king of...
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  • meaning 'Brian of the Battle of Down'.[citation needed] Brian was the son of Niall Roe (Ruadh), and grandson of Áed in Macáem Tóinlesc. His wife was Nuala...
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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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    of these early dynasties were the Uí Néill (encompassing descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages, such as the Cenél nEógain), who (as kings of Tara)...
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    Clan MacNeil, also known in Scotland as Clan Niall, is a highland Scottish clan of Irish origin. According to their early genealogies and some sources...
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    the traditional list of High Kings of Ireland, after Niall of the Nine Hostages and before Niall's son Lóegaire, with Nath Í's son, Ailill Molt, succeeding...
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  • the Cenél nEógain dynasty of the northern Uí Néill, he was the son of Niall Frossach. Like his father, Áed was reckoned High King of Ireland. He was King...
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    created Earl of Carrick, a title previously held by his maternal grandfather Niall of Carrick, his mother and his elder brother. In 1317 he was granted dispensation...
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    An early story about Irish lesbianism involves the 8th-century king Niall Frossach and is recorded in the Book of Leinster.: 19  A woman has given birth...
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    Flaithbertach Áed Allán Domnall Midi Niall Frossach Donnchad Midi Áed Oirdnide Conchobar mac Donnchada Fedelmid mac Crimthainn Niall Caille Kings of Ireland Máel...
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  • the 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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    Néill – Cenél nEógain Domnall Midi 739–758 Uí Néill – Clann Cholmáin Niall Frossach 759–765 Uí Néill – Cenél nEógain Donnchad Midi 766–792 Uí Néill – Clann...
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  • daughter Dunlaith ingen Flaithbertaig (died 798) married the high king Niall Frossach (died 778). Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, Table 4 the...
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  • Cháca) "~ the Short": Pippin III, King of the Franks "~ of Showers": Niall Frossach, High King of Ireland "~ the Silent": Olav III of Norway William I of...
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  • Niall mac Áeda (died 846), called Niall Caille (Niall of the Callan) to distinguish him from his grandson Niall mac Áeda (died 917), was High King of...
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    a common ancestor, Niall of the Nine Hostages. Other dynasties in central and eastern Ireland who also claimed descent from Niall are termed the Southern...
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  • meeting in Cluain-Conaire-Tommain (north modern Kildare) between Fedelmid and Niall Caille mac Áeda, the King of the Northern Uí Néill, as a result of which...
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  • the south coast and Limerick on the west coast. He made an alliance with Niall mac Eochada, king of Ulaid, which helped to put pressure both from the north...
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    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 conquests that...
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    Flaithbertach Áed Allán Domnall Midi Niall Frossach Donnchad Midi Áed Oirdnide Conchobar mac Donnchada Fedelmid mac Crimthainn Niall Caille Kings of Ireland Máel...
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  • his sister Gormlaith's husband, and his father's heir, Niall Glúndub. When Flann died in 916, Niall Glúndub succeeded him as King of Tara, while Conchobar...
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    Cheinnselaig (Ireland) Mac Flaithniadh, abbot of Clonfert (Ireland) Niall Frossach, High King of Ireland Sufyan al-Thawri, Muslim scholar and jurist (b...
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    Flaithbertach Áed Allán Domnall Midi Niall Frossach Donnchad Midi Áed Oirdnide Conchobar mac Donnchada Fedelmid mac Crimthainn Niall Caille Kings of Ireland Máel...
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    Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (d. 775) Kōken, empress of Japan (d. 770) Niall Frossach, High King of Ireland (d. 778) Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Japanese statesman...
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