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Conaing mac Congaile (died 662), called Conaing Cuirre, was a King of
Brega
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from the
Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern
Ui Neill. He was the son of
Congal mac Áedo Sláine (died 634), a previous king of Brega. The territory of Brega that he ruled was called Cnogba (
Knowth
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) or North Brega which he ruled from 634 to 662.
He ruled during a time when his uncles
Diarmait mac Áedo Sláine (died 665) and
Blathmac mac Áedo Sláine (died 665) were jointly
High King of Ireland
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. The annals record a battle between Blathmac and the adherents of Diarmait at the Battle of Ogomain in 662.
[''Annals of Ulster'' AU 662.2; ''Annals of Tigernach'' AT 662.4] Conaing was slain fighting on the side of Blathmac in this civil war. His allies, Ultán son of Ernaine, chief of Ciannachta, and Cenn Fáelad son of Gerthide, chief of Ciannachta Arda were also slain.
His descendants ruling at Cnogba were known as the Uí Chonaing. His sons
Congalach mac Conaing Cuirre (died 696) and
Irgalach mac Conaing (died 702) were also kings of Brega. Irgalach's son
Cináed (died 728) was late High King of Ireland, the penultimate Uí Chonaing High King, the last being
Congalach Cnogba in the 10th century. His daughter Caintigern married
Cellach Cualann (died 715), the
Uí Máil king of
Leinster
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and was mother of Saint
Kentigerna.
Notes
See also
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Kings of Brega
The Kings of Brega were rulers of Brega, a petty kingdom north of Dublin in medieval Ireland.
Overview
Brega took its name from ' ('), meaning "fine plain", in modern County Meath, County Louth and County Dublin, Ireland. They formed part of th ...
References
* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
a
University College Cork* Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), ''Early Christian Ireland'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
External links
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660s deaths
7th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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