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Ardgal mac Conaill |
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520 |
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- «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardgal_mac_Conaill
Ardgal mac Conaill«/b» (died 520) was a King of «u»Uisnech «/u» in «u»Mide «/u» of the «u»Ui Neill «/u» dynasty. He was the son of «u»Conall Cremthainne «/u» (died 480) and grandson of «u»Niall Noígíallach «/u».«u»[1]«/u» He is considered the third king of Uisnech in the list in the «i»Book of Leinster«/i».«u»[2]«/u»
Ardgal was slain in the Battle of Detna in Druimne Breg by Colgu, King of the Airthir of Airgialla and the high king «u»Muirchertach mac Muiredaig «/u» (died 532) on the Louth-Meath border which points to the origins of the family of «u»Diarmait mac Cerbaill «/u» in the territory north of the Boyne and Blackwater.«u»[3]«/u»
Ardgal's descendants were known as the Cenél nArdgail. They were situated among the Luigne in Co.Meath.
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Notes
«u»1. ^«/u»«/b» Francis J.Byrne, «i»Irish Kings and High-Kings«/i», Table 1
«u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» «i»Book of Leinster«/i»,«i»Rig Uisnig«/i»
«u»«b»3. ^«/u»«/b» «i»Annals of Ulster«/i» AU 520.2, 523.1; Byrne, pg.xvii
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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»
«tab»Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, «u»ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9 «/u»
«i»«tab»Book of Leinster«/i»,«i»Rig Uisnig«/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»
«u»«tab»Revised edition <http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Dan.McCarthy/chronology/synchronisms/annals-chron.htm>«/u» of McCarthy's synchronisms at «u»Trinity College Dublin «/u».
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