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Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (Irish: Maolsheachlann mac Domhnaill), also called Máel Sechnaill Mór or Máel Sechnaill II (949 – 2 September 1022), was a King of Mide and High King of Ireland. His great victory at the Battle of Tara against Olaf Cuaran in 980 resulted in Gaelic Irish control of the Kingdom of Dublin .
Aug 12, 2023 · Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (948–1022) high-king of Ireland, was the son of Domnall mac Donnchada and Dúnfhlaith, the daughter of Muirchertach mac Néill of Cenél nEógain; and the grandson of Donnchad Donn, and one of the Clann Cholmáin branch of the Uí Néill dynasty.
Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, also called Máel Sechnaill Mór or Máel Sechnaill II (949 – 2 September 1022), was a King of Mide and High King of Ireland. His great victory at the Battle of Tara against Olaf Cuaran in 980 resulted in Gaelic Irish control of the Kingdom of Dublin . Categories: 940s births.
Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill was the last great power from the Uí Néill Clan. He had ruled as High King of Ireland from 980 to 1002. But his power had declined by the turn of the 11th Century. The Uí Néill’s faced many challenges to their rule from other kings including Brian Boru, who succeeded in overthrowing Mael Sechnaill as High King in 1002.
Apr 10, 2014 · By 982 Brian was beginning to flex his muscles outside Munster, and there followed years of wrangling for supremacy with the high king of Ireland, Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, of Ireland’s...
Máel-Sechnaill (Máel-sechlainn II; Malachy Mór) (948–1022), was the son of Domnall, high-king of Ireland. He was a member of the Southern Uí Néill dynasty of Clann Cholmáin, based in the area of Westmeath. His father was the relatively insignificant Domnall Donn, described as rígdamnae (royal material, heir designate) of Tara at his ...
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In 1014, Brian gathered up his army and they made their way towards the Viking settlement of Dublin, as they approached, however, the Irishmen of Meath, commanded by ex-high king Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, refused to take part in the battle. This left him with 4,500 men outnumbering 1,000 or so under Sigtrygg, however, they were not as well ...
