Amhalgaidh, 26th King of
Uí Maine, died 784.
Reign
Amhalgaidh may be the most obscure of some four or five short-reigned kings of Ui Maine. Not even his ancestry is known.
This may indicate conflict, perhaps due to internal succession disputes or aggression from the expanding
Uí Briúin
The Uí Briúin were a royal dynasty of Connacht. Their eponymous apical ancestor was Brión, son of Eochaid Mugmedon and Mongfind, and an elder half brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages. They formed part of the Connachta, along with the ...
under
Artgal mac Cathail
Artgal mac Cathail (died 791) was a King of Connacht from the Uí Briúin branch of the Connachta. He was the son of Cathal mac Muiredaig Muillethan (died 735), a previous king and brother of Dub-Indrecht mac Cathail (died 768). He was of the S ...
(died 791).
Notes
References
* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a
a
University College Cork
of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
.
* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
External links
Commentary
by Dan M. Wiley
Nobility from County Galway
Nobility from County Roscommon
8th-century Irish monarchs
Kings of Uí Maine
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