Domnall mac Flaíthnia

Domnall mac Flaíthnia (died 783) was a king of the Uí Failge, a Laigin people of County Offaly. He was the son of Flaithnia mac Flainn (died 755), a previous king.^[1] He ruled from 782 to 783.^[2]

His predecessor and uncle Mugrón mac Flainn (died 782) had been slain in battle versus his overlord the King of Leinster. In 783 Domnall was killed in captivity in Cloncurry, County Kildare.^[3] The exact circumstances are unknown.

Notes

↑ Mac Niocaill, pg.127
↑ in the Book of Leinster king list he is given a reign of 3 years.
↑ Annals of Ulster, AU 783.1

See also

Kings of Ui Failghe

References

Annals of Ulster at at University College Cork
Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972), Ireland before the Vikings, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
Book of Leinster,Rig hua Falge at at University College Cork

External links

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork

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