Ailill mac Dúnlaing, king of Leinster

King of Leinster

Ailill was of the Uí Muiredaig branch of Uí Dúnlainge. (Baldwin Lal)

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 871.

This date is given by Baldwin (LaI). It is recorded in The Annals of Ulster (U871.4): “Ailill son of Dúnlang, king of Laigin, was killed by the Norsemen.”

Relationships

Father: Dúnlaing mac Muiredaig (died 869).

This relationship is given by Baldwin (LaI), by Byrne (p. 289), and by Jaski (p. 120). It is recorded in The Annals of Ulster (U871.4) and in Genealogies from Rawlinson B502 (¶11).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

Augaire mac Ailella (died 917).

References

The Annals of Ulster (Pádraig Bambury, Stephen Beechinor, compilers) (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2000).

Baldwin, Stewart. Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table. (Hosted at Rootsweb.ancestry.com. Accessed 23 May 2014).

Byrne, Francis J. Irish Kings and High-Kings. (Four Courts Press, 2001).

Jaski, Bart. “The traditional rule of succession in early Ireland” (Ph.D. thesis, Trinity College Dublin, 1994). Appendix 2, Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties. Online PDF:

https://www.academia.edu/4144299/Genealogical_tables_of_medieval_Irish_royal_dynasties

O’Brien, Michael (ed.) Genealogies from Rawlinson B502. Electronic edition compiled by Donnchadh Ó Corráin. (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 1997/2010). [Digital images of the original manuscript may be viewed at the Bodleian Library website.]