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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 was probably the most famous of the Uí Néill Clan because of his involvement in the Battle of Tara in 980 and the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. Reign as High King. By the time of Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill’s reign, the succession had passed between the Clann Cholmáin of the south and the Cenél nEógain of the north.
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.
Sep 22, 2023 · Born about 0785 in Ireland. Ancestors. Son of Máel Ruanaid mac Donnchada Midi and [mother unknown] Brother of Flann mac Máele Ruanaid. Husband of Land ingen Dúnlainge — married [date unknown] [location unknown] Descendants.
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In the year of 997, King Brian Boru and Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill met in Clonfert and reached an agreement were they respected and recognized each other's reign over their respective halves of the country, however, Brian attacked Máel Sechnaill's territory constantly, which forced Máel Sechnaill to resign his land to Brian.
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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...
