Domnall mac Áeda (died 915), also known as Domnall Dabaill, was a King of Ailech. He was a son of Áed Findliath mac Niall, High King of Ireland. Domnall was a half-brother of Niall Glúndub mac Áeda, a man with whom he shared the kingship of Ailech. From Domnall would descend the Mac Lochlainn dynasty.

Domnall mac Áeda
King of Ailech
Reign887–911
PredecessorFlaithbertach mac Murchado
SuccessorNiall Glúndub
Died21 March 915
IssueFlann
Flaithbertach
Fergal
Conchobar
HouseCenél nEógain
FatherÁed Findliath
MotherGormlaith Rapach of Ulaid

Family

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He was a member of the Cenél nEógain branch of the Uí Néill dynasty.[1] His father was Áed Findliath mac Néill, High King of Ireland.[2] Another son of Áed Findliath, and half-brother of Domnall himself, was Niall Glúndub.[3] Domnall and Niall Glúndub shared the kingship of Ailech for several years.[4] In 905, the Annals of Ulster reports that the two had prepared to fight before coming to an understanding.[5] In 908, the men campaigned against in Meath against the rival Clann Cholmáin branch of the Uí Néill.[6]

Life and death

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Domnall's son, Flann, died in 906.[7] Domnall retired to a monastic life in 911,[8] after which Niall Glúndub ruled as sole King of Ailech.[9] Domnall died on 21 March 915.[10] The deaths of Domnall, as well as those of his father and half-brother, are recorded by the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba.[11] The notice of Domnall's death in this source has caused confusion in regards to the historiography of the Kingdom of Strathclyde. Specifically, Domnall's obituary is placed immediately after that of Dyfnwal, King of Strathclyde. The fact that the chronicle renders Domnall's kingdom as elig, a term which can be mistakenly interpreted as an abbreviation of eligitur ("he was selected"), has led to the erroneous belief that the ruling Alpínid dynasty of Alba had inserted a member of its own—an otherwise unknown brother of Custantín mac Áeda, King of Alba named Domnall[12]—to succeed the deceased Dyfnwal.[13]

Citations

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  1. ^ Thornton (2002) p. 90; Hudson (1998) p. 157 n. 40.
  2. ^ Hudson (2004a); Hudson (2004b); Hudson (1998) p. 157 n. 40.
  3. ^ Hudson (2004b); Hudson (2002) p. 37; Thornton (2002) p. 90; Hudson (1994) p. 71.
  4. ^ Hudson (2004b).
  5. ^ The Annals of Ulster (2017) § 905.4; Woolf (2009) p. 95; The Annals of Ulster (2008) § 905.4; Hudson (2004b); Hudson (1996) p. 148.
  6. ^ Hudson (2004b); Hudson (1996) pp. 148–149.
  7. ^ Byrne (2008) p. 859.
  8. ^ Byrne (2008) p. 859; Hudson (1998) p. 157 n. 40.
  9. ^ Hudson (1996) p. 148.
  10. ^ Byrne (2008) p. 859; Hudson (2004a); Hudson (1998) p. 157 n. 40; Hudson (1996) p. 148; Hudson (1994) p. 71.
  11. ^ Downham (2007) pp. 163–164; Woolf (2007) pp. 126–128, 157; Broun (2004a); Broun (2004b) pp. 132–133; Hudson (2002) p. 37; Dumville (2000) p. 77; Hudson (1998) pp. 140, 150, 150 n. 23, 157, 157 n. 40; Broun (1997) pp. 118–119 n. 35; Hudson (1994) p. 71; Anderson (1922) pp. 445–446; Skene (1867) p. 9.
  12. ^ Clarkson (2014) ch. 4 ¶ 13; Clancy (2011) p. 373; Downham (2007) pp. 163–164; Woolf (2007) p. 157.
  13. ^ McGuigan (2015) p. 137; Clarkson (2014) ch. 4 ¶ 13; Downham (2007) pp. 163–164; Woolf (2007) p. 157; Broun (2004a); Broun (2004b) pp. 132–133; Hudson (1998) pp. 140, 150, 150 n. 23, 157, 157 n. 40.

References

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Primary sources

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  • Anderson, AO, ed. (1922). Early Sources of Scottish History, A.D. 500 to 1286. Vol. 1. London: Oliver and Boyd. OL 14712679M.
  • Hudson, BT (1998). "'The Scottish Chronicle'". Scottish Historical Review. 77 (2): 129–161. doi:10.3366/shr.1998.77.2.129. eISSN 1750-0222. ISSN 0036-9241. JSTOR 25530832.
  • Skene, WF, ed. (1867). Chronicles of the Picts, Chronicles of the Scots, and Other Early Memorials of Scottish History. Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House. OL 23286818M.
  • "The Annals of Ulster". Corpus of Electronic Texts (29 August 2008 ed.). University College Cork. 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  • "The Annals of Ulster". Corpus of Electronic Texts (6 January 2017 ed.). University College Cork. 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

Secondary sources

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