Aitíth mac Laigni
Aitíth mac Laigni (died 898) (also Aidíth) was a King of
His last direct ancestor to hold the throne of Ulaid was Fergus mac Áedáin (died 692) of whom he was a 6th generation descendant.[1] He possibly became King of Coba (Cuib) in 882 on the death of Conallán mac Máele Dúin.
He first appears in the annals in 893 when he caused a disturbance at Armagh between the Ulaid and the
Aitíth became king in 896.[4] In the year of his accession, the king of Ard Cianachta, Cummascach mac Muiredaig, (a subject tribe of Brega in County Louth) was killed by the Ulaid.[5] Also in 896 he led a force in alliance with the Conaille Muirtheimne (of the Dundalk area of County Louth) which defeated the Norse and slew Amlaíb son of Ímar.[6]
Aitíth's activities in Louth aroused the southern
His descendants, the Ua hAiteidh, dominated the Uí Echach Cobo from the late 10th century until the early 12th century.
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References
- Annals of Ulster at [1] at University College Cork
- Chronicum Scotorum at [2] at University College Cork
- Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9