Mail na mBó, King of Uí Cheinnselaigh

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Mail na mBó, King of Uí Cheinnselaigh

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ireland
Death: 1006
Uí Cheinnselaig, Ireland (FMG: "Mael na mBó king of Uí Cheinnselaigh [was] killed by his own people.”)
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Father of Diarmait mac Máel na mBó, King of Leinster, High King of Ireland; Domnall 'Remuir' (the Fat) mac Mael na mBó and Murchad Mac Maíl na mBó

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About Mail na mBó, King of Uí Cheinnselaigh

The King's of Uí Cheinnselaigh are listed in the following link. It shows Máel as "Donnchad Mael na mBó (died 1006)." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kings_of_U%C3%AD_Cheinnselaig]



This WikiZero URL shows Francis John Byrne's line of Irish Laigin Kings and High-Kings: [https://www.wikizero.com/en/U%C3%AD_Domnaill_(U%C3%AD_Chennselaig)]


1. MAIL na mBó (-1006). The Annals of Tigernach record that “Aed son of Echthigern” was killed in [1001/02] “in the prayer-house of Saint m´Aedóc´s great Ferns by Mael na mbó”[653]. The Annals of Ulster record the death in 1006 of "Mael na mBó king of Uí Cheinnselaigh…killed by his own people”[654]. m ---. The name of Mail´s wife is not known. Mail & his wife had three children:

a) DIARMAIT (-killed in battle Odba 7 Feb 1072). The Annals of Tigernach record that “Diarmait son of Mael na mbó king of the Húi Cennselaig” plundered “Colomb cille´s Maein (Moone), Dísert Diarmata and my Senóc´s Mugna and Clonmore” in 1040[655]. The Annals of Tigernach record that “Echmarcach son of Ragnall king of the Foreigners went oversea” in 1052 and “the son of Mael na mbó assumed the kingship after him”, adding in a later passage that “the son of Mael na mbó took the kingship of Dublin by force” in 1053[656]. King of Leinster. High King of Ireland.

- see below.

b) DOMNALL “Remuir/the Fat” (-killed 1041). The Annals of Tigernach record that “Domnall the Fat crownprince of the Húi Cennsilaig” was killed in 1041 by “in Húi Bairrche [by] Murchad son of Dunlang”[657]. The Annals of Inisfallen record the death in 1041 of "the son of Mael na mBó” killed in “a battle between the Laigin”[658]. m ---. The name of Domnall´s wife is not known. Domnall & his wife had one child:

i) DONNCHAD (-killed 1089). King of Leinster. The Annals of Inisfallen record that "Enna son of Diarmait and the nobles of Desmumu” successfully held the fortress of “Port Láirge” in 1088 against “the Laigin and the son of Domnall Remar”[659]. The Annals of Tigernach (Continuation) record that “Donnchad, son of Domnall the Fat, son of Mael na mbó, King of Leinster and the Foreigners” was killed by “Húa Conchobair…with the folk of Ossory and the west of Leinster” in 1089[660]. The Annals of Inisfallen record that "Muirchertach Ui Briain” killed “Domnall´s son [and] took the kingship of Laigin and Áth Cliath” in 1089[661]. m ---. The name of Donnchad´s wife is not known. Donchad & his wife had [one possible child]:

(a) [MURCHAD (-killed 1091). The Annals of Ulster record the death in 1091 of "Murchad grandson of Domnall Remar…killed by Enna son of Diarmait”[662].]

c) MURCHAD. His parentage is confirmed by the Annals of Tigernach (Continuation) which name “Gormlaith, daughter of Murchad, son of Mael na mbó”[663]. m ---. The name of Murchad´s wife is not known. Murchad & his wife had one child:

i) GORMLAITH (-1112). The Annals of Tigernach (Continuation) record the death in 1112 of “Gormlaith, daughter of Murchad, son of Mael na mbó, female successor to S. Brigit”[664].