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branch of the southern Uí Néill was a candidate for the high kingship after the killing of Fínsnechta, in competition with
Loingsech. It is not until after Congalach's death that the annal, probably based on a contemporaneous chronicle kept on Iona, announces the beginning of Loingsech's reign. The
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184:(died 765), was later High King. Another son, Fergal, led a force of northern Ui Neill in victory over Connacht to avenge his father's death in 707.
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