Domnall macMuirchertaig O'Néill, King of Ireland^[1]

- 566

• Name	Domnall macMuirchertaig O'Néill
  Suffix	King of Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	565
  Death	566
  Notes	«b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal09604 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domnall_Ilchelgach Domnall mac Muirchertaig«/b» (died . 566), called «b»Domnall Ilchelgach«/b» (Domnall of the Many Deceits) and «b»Domnall mac Maic Ercae«/b», was said to be a «u»High King of Ireland «/u». Domnall was probably a son of «u»Muirchertach mac Muiredaig «/u», and belonged to that part the northern branch of the «u»Uí Néill «/u»\emdash the kindred name is probably «u»anachronistic «/u» in his time and dates from perhaps a generation later\emdash which would later be known as the «u»Cenél nEógain «/u». Together with his brother «u»Forggus «/u», and perhaps also their kinsman «u»Ainmuire mac Sétnai «/u», he is said to have been High King following the death of «u»Diarmait mac Cerbaill «/u», whose enemy they had been. The beginning of their reign is conventionally dated to «i»c«/i». 565, based on the testimony of the «u»«i»Annals of Ulster «/u»«/i», but recent studies have suggested that this is several years too late and that the dates in the «u»«i»Annals of Tigernach «/u»«/i» are more reliable in this period. Domnall, Forggus and Ainmuire, perhaps with the aid of «u»Áed mac Echach «/u», «u»King of Connacht «/u» defeated Diarmait mac Cerbaill at the «u»battle of Cúl Dreimne «/u» in the early 560s, but Diarmait retained his hold on power. His authority may have been strengthened by the decisive defeat which Domnall, Forggus and their allies inflicted on the «u»cruithne «/u» of «u»Ulster «/u» at the «u»battle of Móin Daire Lothair «/u» in the year following Cúl Dreimne. Domnall and Forggus are thought to have been recognised as Diarmait's successors after Cúl Dreimne. Their joint reign was short, a battle in the lands of the «u»River Liffey «/u» in «u»Leinster «/u» being recorded shortly before Domnall's death in about 566. Domnall's sons «u»Eochaid «/u» and «u»Áed «/u» were reckoned High Kings and the great majority of Cenél nEógain kings counted as High Kings of Ireland were his descendants. «b»References «tab»«u»«/b»Byrne, Francis John «/u» (1973), «i»Irish Kings and High-Kings«/i», London: Batsford, «u»ISBN «/u» «u»0-7134-5882-8 «/u» «tab»Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), «i»Early Christian Ireland«/i», Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, «u»ISBN «/u» «u»0-521-36395-0 «/u» «tab»Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2004), "«u»Forggus mac Muirchertaig (d. c. 566) <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/50119>«/u»", «i»Oxford Dictionary of National Biography«/i», Oxford: Oxford University Press, «u»<http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/50119>«/u», retrieved 2008-03-06 «tab»MacKillop, James (1998), «i»The Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology«/i», Oxford: Oxford University Press, «u»ISBN «/u» «u»0-19-860967-1 «/u» «tab»Sharpe, Richard (1995), «i»Adomnán of Iona: Life of St Columba«/i», Harmondsworth: Penguin, «u»ISBN «/u» «u»0-14-044462-9 «/u»
  Person ID	I9937	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Muirchertach macErcae O'Néill, King of Ireland   d. 536
  Family ID	F4331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Eochaid macDomnaill O'Néill, King of Ireland   d. 572   2. Aed Uaridnach macDomnaill O'Néill, King of Ireland   d. 612
  Family ID	F4332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).