Máel Dúin macMáel Fithrich O'Néill^[1]

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• Name	Máel Dúin macMáel Fithrich O'Néill
  Gender	Male
  Death	681
  Notes	«b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal09610 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1el_D%C3%BAin_mac_M%C3%A1ele_Fithrich Máel Dúin mac Máele Fithrich«/b» (died 681) was a King of «u»Ailech «/u» and head of the «u»Cenél nEógain «/u» branch of the northern «u»Uí Néill «/u». He was the son of «u»Máel Fithrich mac Áedo «/u» (died 630) and grandson of the high king «u»Áed Uaridnach «/u» (died 612).«u»[1]«/u» He ruled as King of Ailech from circa 668-681.«u»[2]«/u» The annals record the destruction of Ailech in 676 by the high king «u»Fínsnechta Fledach «/u» (died 695) of the southern Uí Néill who appears to have asserted his authority in the north.«u»[3]«/u» Máel Dúin was active increasing the power of the Cenél nEógain. In 677 he slew Dúnchad son of Ultán, king of Airgialla -of the Uí mac Carthainn, near Lough Foyle, Tirkeeran in modern «u»County Londonderry «/u»- in Dún Forgo. «u»[4]«/u» In the summer of 681 he was successful over «u»Dúngal Eilni mac Scandail «/u» of Dal nAraide and Cenn Faelad mac Suibni of the Ciannachta of Glenn Geimin (Keenaght, County Londonderry) at what was called the burning of the kings at Dún Ceithirn (in barony of Coleraine, in modern County Londonderry).«u»[5]«/u» He belonged to the Cenél maic Ercae branch of the family. The rival Cenél Feradaig branch dominated the kingship for most of the 7th century. At the beginning of winter 681 he was defeated and slain at the Battle of Bla Sléibe (in modern County Londonderry) by the Ciannachta of Glenn Geimin and by «u»Fland mac Máele Tuile «/u» (died 700) of the rival Cenél Feradaig. «u»[6]«/u» He had married Cacht ingen Cellaig, daughter of the high king «u»Cellach mac Máele Coba «/u» (died 658) of the «u»Cenél Conaill «/u» and their son «u»Fergal mac Máele Dúin «/u» (died 722) was high king of Ireland. «b»Notes «u»1. ^«/u»«/b» T.M. Charles-Edwards, «i»Early Christian Ireland«/i», Appendix V «u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» the «i»Laud Synchronisms«/i» give him a reign of 11 years «u»«b»3. ^«/u»«/b» «i»Annals of Ulster«/i», AU 676.4 «u»«b»4. ^«/u»«/b» «i»Annals of Tigernach«/i» AT 677.2 «u»«b»5. ^«/u»«/b» «i»Annals of Ulster«/i» AU 681.1 «u»«b»6. ^«/u»«/b» «i»Annals of Tigernach«/i» AT 681.1 «b»References «tab»«/b»«i»Annals of Ulster«/i» at «u»CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts <http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html>«/u» at «u»University College Cork <http://www.ucc.ie/>«/u» «i»«tab»Annals of Tigernach«/i» at «u»CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts <http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html>«/u» at «u»University College Cork <http://www.ucc.ie/>«/u» «tab»Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), «i»Early Christian Ireland«/i», Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, «u»ISBN 0-521-36395-0 «/u»
  Person ID	I9941	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Máel Fithrich macAedo Uaridnaig O'Néill   d. 630
  Family ID	F4334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Fergal macMáele Dúin O'Néill, King of Ireland and Ailech   d. 11 Dec 722
  Family ID	F4335	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).