Dunlang K of Leinster

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1. Ailill K of Leinster
2. Eochaid

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                                           _Fiachu Ba Aiccid _|
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             _Bresal Belach K of Leinster_|
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|--Dunlang K of Leinster
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Notes

sbald@auburn.campus.mci.net (Stewart Baldwin) posted to

GEN-MEDIEVAL-L-request@rootsweb.com on 26 Nov 1998

Subject: Llywelyn AT:

. "ancestor of the sept of Ui Dunlainge, which monopolized the kingship

of Laigin (Leinster) from the seventh through the early eleventh

centuries. [Note: As the ancestor from whom the Ui Dunlainge got their

name, his existence can be regarded as reasonably certain, and he

probably lived in the mid-fifth century. The official genealogies call

him the son of Ennae Niad, son of Bressal Belach, son of Fiachu Ba

hAiccid, son of Cathair Mor, at which point we are clearly in the

mythical part of the genealogy. Although the existence of Ennae and

Bressal as father and grandfather of Dunlainge cannot be ruled out,

neither can it be accepted as probable. The official genealogy, which

makes Dunlaing a first cousin of Ennae Cennselach, ancestor of the Ui

Chennselaig (the other main powerful sect in Leinster during the

historical period), thus causing the two main Leinster septs to branch

off from each other just prior to the historical period, looks suspicious,

and is just as likely to be the invention of the later pseudohistorians as

genuine tradition. [R.117d=BB.138a (Rw.18, CGH.14);

R.124b=LL.315c=Lec.91Ra=BB.132a (Rw.335, CGH.74); LL.337f

(CGH.423)] "