Cerball son of Dúngal

King of Osraige

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 888.

Place of Death: unknown.

The death is recorded in the Annals of Ulster.

Relationships

Father: Dúngal son of Fergal.

The relationship is given by Jaski (p. 127), by Baldwin, 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.)

Dúngal (died 902).

Cuilén (died 887).

Diarmait (died 928).

Cellach (died 908).

Brénan (died 890).

Evidence

from the Annals of Ulster (s.a. 888):

Cerball son of Dúngal, king of Osraige, died suddenly.

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. “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)