Ailill mac Dúngaile Eilni
Aillil mac Dúngaile Eilni (died 690) was a Dál nAraidi king of the Cruthin in Ulaid, an over-kingdom in medieval Ireland. He was the son of Dúngal Eilni mac Scandail (died 681), a previous king.[1] He ruled from 682 to 690.
In the 6th and 7th centuries, the Dál nAraidi were part of a confederation of Cruthin tribes in Ulaid and were the dominant dynasty. Ailill belonged to a branch of this family settled in Eilne, a plain between the Bann and Bush rivers in modern-day County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He is styled "King of the Cruithne" in the Fragmentary Annals' of Ireland.[2] The annals record that Ailill was killed, but the circumstances are not mentioned.[3]
His brother Cú Chuarán mac Dúngail Eilni (died 708) was also king of Dál nAraidi as well as of Ulaid as was his son Cathussach mac Ailello (died 749).
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[edit]- Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Fragmentary Annals of Ireland at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
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