Niall Caille mac Aedh (abt. 791 - 846)

Born about 0791 in Ulster, Ireland

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Died 0846 at about age 55 in Ulster, Ireland

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Biography

Niall Caille mac Aedh was born in Ireland.

Progenitor of the Clann Néill^[1]

Niall Mac Áeda, a son of Áed mac Néill, was one of the Cenél nEógain, a branch of the Uí Néill of north-western Ireland ^[2] Sometimes known as Nial Caille Mac Aedo Oirdnide O'Neil; Niall mac Áeda was called Niall Caille, Niall of the River Caillen or Callan, to distinguish him from his grandson Niall Mac Aedo

Niall deposed his cousin Murchad in 823 and became King of the North.

He routed the Norse invaders who landed at Lough Foyle in 823

In 827 he defeated the men of Oriel who had opposed the election in of his personal confessor as Archbishop of Armagh.

After the death of Conchobar mac Donnchada in 833, Niall became High King of Ireland ^[3]

He defeated the Danes in 835

He defeated Feidhlimidh, King of Munster in 840

He defeated the Danes in 843. In 845, he defeated the Vikings at Mag Itha, Dublin ^[4]

He defeated the Danes again in 846, but during the pursuit of the retreating Danes, was drowned in the flooded River Callain (the Calann River, County Armagh) while trying to rescue one of his men who had been swept from his horse. He was buried at Clonard Abbey in county Meath. ^{[5] [6]}

Niall married Gormflaith ingen Donncadha, daughter of Dunchad Mac Domhnaill and a sister of Conchobar mac Donnchada.

children - ^[7]

1. Áedh Finnliath “White Hair” who became a King of Ireland
2. an ancestor of the Cenél Aenghusa
3. Flaithbertach, who was an ancestor of the Mac Laomuinn
4. A daughter (name unknown), who married Conaing mac Flainn King of Brega and composed a poem on the Battle of Cilluaindaighri, in which her son, Flann was killed.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia - Clann Néill
2. ↑ Irish History : Kings of Tír Eoghain (the Cenél nEógain)
3. ↑ Irish History : High Kings of Ireland Wikipedia : Niall Caille
4. ↑ Gaelic Kingdoms : Viking Kingdom of Dublin / Dyflin
5. ↑ Wikipedia : Niall Caille
6. ↑ "Niall Caille son of Aed, king of Temair, was drowned in the Calann." Celt : Chronicon Scotorum : Annal CS846 corpus of electronic texts edition
7. ↑ Ancient Clan O'Neill : History of O'Neill

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• Irish History : Kings of Ailech Wikipedia : Kings of Ailech
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p15012.htm#i150114
• Irish Kings and High-Kings by Francis J Byrne pg. 124, 162, 220-221, 223-226, 276, 284
• Bart Jaski Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties Table-12 Early Irish Kingship Succession by Jaski Bart, Published by Four Courts Press, 2013, ISBN 1846824265 ISBN 9781846824265