Domnall mac Áeda

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Domnall mac Áeda
King of Ailech
Reign887–911
Predecessor
Cenél nEógain
FatherÁed Findliath
MotherGormlaith Rapach of Ulaid

Domnall mac Áeda (died 915), also known as Domnall Dabaill, was a

King of Ailech. He was a son of Áed Findliath mac Niall, High King of Ireland. Domnall was a half-brother of Niall Glúndub mac Áeda, a man with whom he shared the kingship of Ailech. From Domnall would descend the Mac Lochlainn
dynasty.

Family

He was a member of the

Cenél nEógain branch of the Uí Néill dynasty.[1] His father was Áed Findliath mac Néill, High King of Ireland.[2] Another son of Áed Findliath, and half-brother of Domnall himself, was Niall Glúndub.[3] Domnall and Niall Glúndub shared the kingship of Ailech for several years.[4] In 905, the Annals of Ulster reports that the two had prepared to fight before coming to an understanding.[5] In 908, the men campaigned against in Meath against the rival Clann Cholmáin branch of the Uí Néill.[6]

Life and death

Domnall's son, Flann, died in 906.

Custantín mac Áeda, King of Alba named Domnall[12]—to succeed the deceased Dyfnwal.[13]

Citations

  1. ^ Thornton (2002) p. 90; Hudson (1998) p. 157 n. 40.
  2. ^ Hudson (2004a); Hudson (2004b); Hudson (1998) p. 157 n. 40.
  3. ^ Hudson (2004b); Hudson (2002) p. 37; Thornton (2002) p. 90; Hudson (1994) p. 71.
  4. ^ Hudson (2004b).
  5. ^ The Annals of Ulster (2017) § 905.4; Woolf (2009) p. 95; The Annals of Ulster (2008) § 905.4; Hudson (2004b); Hudson (1996) p. 148.
  6. ^ Hudson (2004b); Hudson (1996) pp. 148–149.
  7. ^ Byrne (2008) p. 859.
  8. ^ Byrne (2008) p. 859; Hudson (1998) p. 157 n. 40.
  9. ^ Hudson (1996) p. 148.
  10. ^ Byrne (2008) p. 859; Hudson (2004a); Hudson (1998) p. 157 n. 40; Hudson (1996) p. 148; Hudson (1994) p. 71.
  11. ^ Downham (2007) pp. 163–164; Woolf (2007) pp. 126–128, 157; Broun (2004a); Broun (2004b) pp. 132–133; Hudson (2002) p. 37; Dumville (2000) p. 77; Hudson (1998) pp. 140, 150, 150 n. 23, 157, 157 n. 40; Broun (1997) pp. 118–119 n. 35; Hudson (1994) p. 71; Anderson (1922) pp. 445–446; Skene (1867) p. 9.
  12. ^ Clarkson (2014) ch. 4 ¶ 13; Clancy (2011) p. 373; Downham (2007) pp. 163–164; Woolf (2007) p. 157.
  13. ^ McGuigan (2015) p. 137; Clarkson (2014) ch. 4 ¶ 13; Downham (2007) pp. 163–164; Woolf (2007) p. 157; Broun (2004a); Broun (2004b) pp. 132–133; Hudson (1998) pp. 140, 150, 150 n. 23, 157, 157 n. 40.

References

Primary sources

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  • "The Annals of Ulster". Corpus of Electronic Texts (29 August 2008 ed.). University College Cork. 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  • "The Annals of Ulster". Corpus of Electronic Texts (6 January 2017 ed.). University College Cork. 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

Secondary sources