55:
198:
adding that "many other kings of the
Airgialla" also died there. The defeat broke the power of the AirgĂalla who were thereafter subject to the northern UĂ NĂ©ill kings. ArtrĂ was deposed from the abbacy of Armagh and Niall may have installed Ăogan Mainistrech there as he is called abbot of Armagh by
295:
While Niall was active in opposing Viking raids in his own lands in the north, he appears not to have campaigned against Viking forces elsewhere. During his reign, the focus of Viking activity moved to the east coast and midlands of
Ireland, with permanent settlements established at
291:
reads: "The crozier of devout
Feidlimid/ Was abandoned in the blackthorns;/ Niall, mighty in combat, took it/ By right of victory in battle with swords." Although Feidlimid ruled for five more years, finally dying in 847, perhaps of disease, he never again campaigned in the north.
287:, where High Kings were inaugurated, and camped there, while Niall again raided into Offaly to undermine support for Feidlimid there. The two did not meet in battle until 841, at Mag nĂchtair, near Cloncurry, where Niall was the victor. A poem in the
340:, known as such to distinguish him from his grandfather, who was later High King and is recorded as Gormflaith's son, as well as a daughter whose name is not recorded who married Conaing mac Flainn of the
246:
The following year, 836, Niall came into conflict with the King of
Munster, Feidlimid mac Crimthainn. Feidlimid, who was a churchman as well as a king, abbot of Clonfert and supporter of the austere
111:
had been High King before Ăed. Nor did Niall immediately succeed to the leadership of CenĂ©l nEĂłgain on his father's death. His second cousin
Murchad mac MĂĄele DĂșin was chosen to be
147:Ăogan Mainistrech from Armagh, installing his own half-brother, ArtrĂ mac Conchobair, who may have been the son of High King Conchobar mac Donnchada, as abbot of Armagh. The
258:
notes that ForindĂĄn had replaced
Diarmait ua TigernĂĄin the year before, and that it is not known which of the two rivals Niall supported. In 838 Niall and Feidlimid held a
329:
597:
263:
194:, lasted three days. It was a decisive victory for Niall and the northern UĂ NĂ©ill. Cummascach and his brother Congalach were killed, the
654:
17:
876:
624:
317:
211:
After the death of
Conchobar mac Donnchada in 833, Niall became High King. His reign began auspiciously with a victory over
992:
543:
501:
483:
139:
provide a long account of the events. According to this, Cummascach mac
Cathail of the UĂ Cremthainn, king of the
103:
branch of the UĂ NĂ©ill, so that when Niall's father died, he was not succeeded by his son, or by a cousin, but by
70:, a kin group whose rulers dominated large parts of Ireland. He was the son of Ăed mac NĂ©ill (died 819), called
982:
647:
916:
926:
770:
766:
614:
694:
580:
99:
The High
Kingship of Ireland was in practice shared between Cenél nEógain of the north and the southern
951:
820:
800:
135:
946:
905:
713:
640:
85:
790:
757:
987:
815:
680:
160:
956:
341:
855:
850:
742:
732:
703:
607:
283:, they did not end the conflict between Feidlimid and Niall. In 840 Feidlimid led an army to the
104:
227:
say "Niall led an army to Laigin and he set up a king over the Laigin". His chosen candidate as
936:
239:. The same year he raided the southern UĂ NĂ©ill and ravaged the country as far south as modern
191:
810:
689:
254:
and captured ForindĂĄn, the abbot of Armagh. Although this may have been a challenge to Niall,
931:
675:
534:Ă CorrĂĄin, Donnchadh (1997), "Ireland, Wales, Man and the Hebrides", in Sawyer, Peter (ed.),
385:, pp. 221, 276 & 284; Charles-Edwards, <wanting>; Moody, Martin & Byrne (eds),
268:
232:
179:
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708:
178:
and marched on Armagh. He was faced by
Cummascach and the AirgĂalla, who had been joined by
941:
698:
174:
Whatever the exact cause of the conflict, Niall raised an army among the Cenél nEógain and
43:
332:, a sister of Conchobar mac Donnchada. She died in 861 and the notice of her death in the
8:
977:
805:
911:
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684:
564:
471:
63:
272:
say that Niall acknowledged Feidlimid as High King while northern sources such as the
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722:
539:
497:
479:
236:
54:
100:
901:
632:
228:
152:
117:
891:
881:
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337:
175:
39:
718:
587:
510:
255:
164:
845:
752:
71:
835:
825:
305:
183:
112:
89:
780:
761:
514:
971:
896:
840:
240:
168:
167:, suggesting that he was both acting abbot and as such the spiritual heir of
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67:
830:
309:
284:
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35:
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calls her "a most charming queen of the Irish". Niall's children included
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886:
775:
737:
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76:
921:
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derives. He was buried at Armagh. Niall was followed as High King by
144:
220:
156:
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record that Murchad was deposed, that Niall became king of Ailech.
93:
313:
251:
74:, who had himself been High King. According to the 12th century
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212:
130:
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and chief of Cenél nEógain. It was not until 823, when the
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simply report the meeting without any further details.
662:
538:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 83â109,
513:(2004), "Niall mac Ăeda (Niall Caille) (d. 846)",
304:. Niall defeated Vikings at Mag nĂtha, in modern
129:In 827 a conflict within the important church at
969:
58:Peoples and kingdoms of Early Christian Ireland.
491:
433:Byrne, Charles-Edwards, ODNB Feidlimid, Hudson.
308:, in 845. The following year he drowned in the
219:. This was followed in 835 by an expedition to
648:
536:The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings
266:or at Clonfert. Southern sources such as the
155:in 825 when he imposed the Law of Patrick on
407:Hudson, Charles-Edwards, Byrne, AU. Woolf,
655:
641:
533:
496:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
53:
516:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
38:) to distinguish him from his grandson
14:
970:
663:Kings of Ireland, circa 549–1175
509:
312:close to Armagh, from which event his
190:, the battle at Leth Cam, near modern
636:
470:
441:
439:
279:Whatever agreements were made at the
84:), his mother was Medb, daughter of
203:in the notice of his death in 834.
24:
436:
398:Hudson, Charles-Edwards, Byrne, AU
25:
1004:
519:, Oxford: Oxford University Press
420:Moody, Martin & Byrne (eds),
381:Hudson, "Niall mac Ăeda"; Byrne,
186:, and his army. According to the
124:
877:MĂĄel Sechnaill mac MĂĄele Ruanaid
625:MĂĄel Sechnaill mac MĂĄele Ruanaid
318:MĂĄel Sechnaill mac MĂĄele Ruanaid
262:, a royal conference, either at
107:of Clann CholmĂĄin, whose father
530:Moody, Martin & Byrne (eds)
492:Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000),
206:
448:
427:
414:
401:
392:
375:
366:
353:
13:
1:
460:
49:
7:
917:MĂĄel Sechnaill mac Domnaill
66:, a northern branch of the
10:
1009:
993:9th-century Irish monarchs
952:Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn
476:Irish Kings and High-Kings
383:Irish Kings and High Kings
344:, and several other sons.
330:Gormflaith ingen Donncadha
188:Annals of the Four Masters
136:Annals of the Four Masters
947:Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair
869:
668:
621:
612:
604:
594:
585:
577:
572:
558:
372:Hudson, "Niall mac Ăeda".
323:
86:Indrechtach mac Muiredaig
927:Diarmait mac MaĂl na mBĂł
681:Forggus mac Muirchertaig
389:, Volume IX, p. 194; AU.
347:
161:Feidlimid mac Crimthainn
856:Fedelmid mac Crimthainn
851:Conchobar mac Donnchada
695:BĂĄetĂĄn mac Muirchertaig
608:Conchobar mac Donnchada
494:Early Christian Ireland
105:Conchobar mac Donnchada
937:Muirchertach Ua Briain
581:Murchad mac MĂĄele DĂșin
422:New History of Ireland
387:New History of Ireland
361:Atlas of Irish History
192:Kilmore, County Armagh
59:
983:High Kings of Ireland
957:RuaidrĂ Ua Conchobair
932:Toirdelbach Ua Briain
801:Fergal mac MĂĄele DĂșin
676:Diarmait mac Cerbaill
328:Niall was married to
269:Annals of Innisfallen
180:Muiredach mac Eochada
133:led to war. The late
57:
18:Niall Caille mac Ăeda
942:Domnall Ua Lochlainn
906:RuaidrĂ ua CanannĂĄin
714:Fiachnae mac BĂĄetĂĄin
699:Eochaid mac Domnaill
615:High King of Ireland
478:, London: Batsford,
250:reformers, attacked
44:High King of Ireland
806:Cathal mac Finguine
511:Hudson, Benjamin T.
472:Byrne, Francis John
320:of Clann CholmĂĄin.
143:, expelled Niall's
30:(died 846), called
786:FĂnsnechta Fledach
743:Ăengus mac ColmĂĄin
709:Ăed mac Ainmuirech
704:BĂĄetĂĄn mac Cairill
685:Domnall Ilchelgach
598:MĂĄel DĂșin mac Ăeda
363:, pp. 18–19.
151:describe ArtrĂ as
62:Niall belonged to
60:
965:
964:
796:Congal Cennmagair
631:
630:
622:Succeeded by
595:Succeeded by
424:, Volume IX, etc.
16:(Redirected from
1000:
912:Domnall ua NĂ©ill
902:Congalach Cnogba
870:Kings of Ireland
748:Domnall mac Ăedo
657:
650:
643:
634:
633:
605:Preceded by
578:Preceded by
556:
555:
548:
527:
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455:
452:
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434:
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425:
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412:
405:
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379:
373:
370:
364:
357:
342:SĂl nĂedo SlĂĄine
334:Annals of Ulster
289:Annals of Ulster
274:Annals of Ulster
233:Bran mac FĂĄelĂĄin
229:king of Leinster
225:Annals of Ulster
201:Annals of Ulster
196:Annals of Ulster
153:bishop of Armagh
149:Annals of Ulster
118:Annals of Ulster
42:(died 917), was
21:
1008:
1007:
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988:Kings of Ailech
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551:ODNB, Feidlimid
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256:Benjamin Hudson
215:who had raided
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165:King of Munster
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5:
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836:Niall Frossach
833:
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823:
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573:Regnal titles
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306:County Donegal
208:
205:
184:king of Ulster
159:together with
126:
125:King of Ailech
123:
113:King of Ailech
101:Clann CholmĂĄin
51:
48:
40:Niall mac Ăeda
34:(Niall of the
28:Niall mac Ăeda
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1005:
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918:
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898:
897:Donnchad Donn
895:
893:
892:Niall GlĂșndub
890:
888:
885:
883:
882:Ăed Findliath
880:
878:
875:
874:
872:
868:
862:
859:
857:
854:
852:
849:
847:
844:
842:
841:Donnchad Midi
839:
837:
834:
832:
829:
827:
824:
822:
821:Flaithbertach
819:
817:
814:
812:
809:
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802:
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749:
746:
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741:
739:
736:
734:
731:
729:
728:Ăed Uaridnach
726:
724:
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715:
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710:
707:
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673:
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669:Kings of Tara
667:
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653:
651:
646:
644:
639:
638:
635:
626:
617:
616:
609:
603:
599:
590:
589:
582:
576:
571:
567:
566:
565:Cenél nEógain
560:Niall Caille
557:
550:
547:
545:0-19-285434-8
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404:
395:
388:
384:
378:
369:
362:
359:After Duffy,
356:
352:
345:
343:
339:
338:Ăed Findliath
335:
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277:
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257:
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242:
241:County Offaly
238:
234:
230:
226:
222:
218:
214:
204:
202:
197:
193:
189:
185:
181:
177:
176:Cenél Conaill
172:
170:
169:Saint Patrick
166:
162:
158:
154:
150:
146:
142:
138:
137:
132:
122:
120:
119:
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110:
109:Donnchad Midi
106:
102:
97:
95:
91:
87:
83:
82:Lore of Women
79:
78:
73:
69:
65:
64:Cenél nEógain
56:
47:
45:
41:
37:
33:
29:
19:
922:Brian BĂłruma
861:Niall Caille
860:
846:Ăed Oirdnide
831:Domnall Midi
753:Congal CĂĄech
723:ColmĂĄn RĂmid
613:
586:
563:
535:
521:, retrieved
515:
493:
475:
450:
429:
421:
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408:
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394:
386:
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377:
368:
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333:
327:
310:Callan River
294:
288:
285:Hill of Tara
280:
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273:
267:
259:
245:
237:UĂ DĂșnlainge
224:
210:
207:King of Tara
200:
195:
187:
173:
148:
134:
128:
116:
98:
81:
75:
72:Ăed Oirdnide
61:
32:Niall Caille
31:
27:
26:
887:Flann Sinna
781:Cenn FĂĄelad
776:Sechnassach
762:Conall CĂłel
738:Suibne Menn
298:Lough Neagh
77:Banshenchas
978:846 deaths
972:Categories
719:Ăed SlĂĄine
523:27 October
461:References
50:Background
826:Ăed AllĂĄn
811:Fogartach
791:Loingsech
733:MĂĄel Coba
300:and near
264:Cloncurry
145:confessor
141:AirgĂalla
90:UĂ BriĂșin
771:Blathmac
767:Diarmait
690:Ainmuire
619:833â846
592:823â846
474:(1973),
221:Leinster
157:Connacht
94:Connacht
68:UĂ NĂ©ill
758:Cellach
454:Hudson.
314:epithet
252:Kildare
248:CĂ©li DĂ©
235:of the
213:Vikings
88:of the
816:CinĂĄed
542:
500:
482:
324:Family
302:Dublin
281:rĂgdal
260:rĂgdal
223:. The
182:, the
163:, the
131:Armagh
36:Callan
348:Notes
217:Derry
769:and
760:and
721:and
697:and
683:and
540:ISBN
525:2007
498:ISBN
480:ISBN
445:tbd.
409:View
231:was
199:the
92:of
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