Augaire mac Ailella (with similar spellings like Ugaire and Aililla) was the King of
Laigin
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(Leinster),
Ireland
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, who is said to have led the Irish forces at the
Battle of Confey c. 915-917. The Irish were defeated by Vikings under King
Sigtrygg Caech (also called Sigtrygg Gael or Sithric the Blind) from
Dublin
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. The
Annals of the Four Masters
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said he was killed in the battle. The warrior who actually slew Ugaire in 917 was the father of
Palnatoke, who in the ''
Jómsvíkinga saga'' is named Palner Tokesen (Pálnir son of Tóki) but in the ''Gesta Wulinensis ecclesiae pontificum'' is named Palmairslau. Regardless of his correct name he came from the island of
Funen
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.
[ Rosborn, Sven (2021) ''The Viking King's Golden Treasure. About the discovery of a lost manuscript, Harald Bluetooth's grave and the location of the fortress of Jomsborg'', pp. 330-331]
He was probably the husband of
Mór ingen Cearbhaill
Mór ingen Cearbhaill, daughter of the Cerball mac Dúnlainge king of Osraige. She became queen of Laigin; she died in 916.
The ''Annals of the Four Masters'', ''sub anno'' 916, say of her, "Mor, daughter of Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, Queen of So ...
from the neighboring kingdom of
Osraige
Osraige (Old Irish) or Osraighe (Classical Irish), Osraí (Modern Irish), anglicized as Ossory, was a medieval Irish kingdom comprising what is now County Kilkenny and western County Laois, corresponding to the Diocese of Ossory. The home of ...
.
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Leixlip
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History of Ireland
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