Conall mac Fidhghal, 24th King of Uí Maine, died 782.

Reign

Connall's era is very obscure. Following two relatively lengthy reigns under

Aedh Ailghin Aedh Ailghin (died 767) was the 22nd King of Uí Maine. Reign Only one major event of Aedh's reign appear in the annals, ''sub anno'' 751, though he himself is nowhere mentioned: ''The battle of Bealach Cro was gained by Crimhthann over the D ...

(died 767) and

Dunchadh ua Daimhine Dunchadh ua Daimhine, 23rd King of Uí Maine, died 780. Reign During his era, Dunchadh's kingdom endured border conflicts initiated by the Connachta, by the successive kings Donn Cothaid mac Cathail (died 773), Flaithrí mac Domnaill (died 777) ...

(died 780), his kingship marked the start of some four or five short reigns. 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 Texts
a
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,

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Commentary
by Dan M. Wiley

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