Cináed mac Conaing
Cináed mac Conaing (died 851) was
Mide, succeeding his father Conaing mac Flainn
in 849.
Cináed's family belonged to the Knowth, or Uí Chonaing, branch of the
Lagore
.
In 850 Cináed allied himself with the
Loch Gabhair was burned, along with the nearby church at Trevet
.
The following year, the Irish annals record, Cináed was treacherously executed by being drowned by Máel Sechnaill and Tigernach, presumably at a conference as the annals add that this was "in spite of the guarantees of the nobles of Ireland, and the successor of Patrick [i.e. the abbot of Armagh] in particular".
Cináed was succeeded by his brother
Cináed mac Ailpín
, or of some other Cináed, is unclear.
References
- "The Annals of Ulster AD 431–1201". CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. 2003. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
- ISBN 0-713-45882-8
- Charles-Edwards, T. M., Early Christian Ireland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-521-36395-0
- ISBN 978-0-7486-1234-5
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