Cellach mac Cerbaill

King of Osraige

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: (13 September) 908.

Place of Death: Mag Ailbi.

908 is given by Baldwin and by Jaski (p. 127).

Relationships

Father: Cerball son of Dúngal.

This relationship is given by Jaski (p. 127), by Baldwin (KO), and by A New History of Ireland (9:135).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Cuilén (died 933).

Flann (died 939).

Donnchad (died 976).

Evidence

from the Annals of Ulster (s.a. 908):

A battle was fought between the men of Mumu, the Leth Cuinn, and the Laigin in Mag Ailbi on the feast of Dagán of Inber Dáile, i.e. on Tuesday the Ides 13th of September, the thirteenth of the moon, and Cormac son of Cuilennán, king of Caisel, was killed there together with other distinguished kings. These are: Fogartach son of Suibne, king of Ciarraige, Cellach son of Cerball, king of Osraige, Ailill son of Eógan, superior of the Trian of Corcach, and Colmán, superior of Cenn Eitig. Flann son of Mael Sechnaill, king of Temair, Cerball son of Muirecán, king of Laigin, and Cathal son of Conchobor, king of Connacht, were victors.—The battle of Belach Mugna.

References

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

Baldwin, Stewart. “Eve of Leinster and Radnaillt of Dublin”, a posting (26 February 1998) to soc.genealogy.medieval.

Baldwin, Stewart. “Kings of Osraige”.

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

A New History of Ireland. Moody, T.W., F.X.Martin, and F.J. Byrne (eds.). Volume 9 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984)