Ailill mac Áedo Róin explained

Ailill mac Áedo Róin (died 639) was a king of the Uí Failge, a Laigin people of County Offaly. He was the son of Áed Rón mac Cathail (died 604), a previous king.^[1]

He is listed as king in the Book of Leinster king list and is also mentioned in a poem in the genealogies about the royal fort at Rathangan, County Kildare.^[2] He may have ruled from 604 to 639.^[3]

The annals only record his death date.^[4] Future kings were to descend from his uncle Máel Uma.

See also

• Kings of Ui Failghe

References

• Annals of Ulster at http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/index.html at University College Cork
• Annals of Tigernach at http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100002/index.html at University College Cork
• Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
• Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972), Ireland before the Vikings, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
• Book of Leinster,Rig hua Falge at http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G800011A/index.html at University College Cork

External links

• CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork

Notes and References

1. Mac Niocaill, pg.92
2. Byrne, pg.153-154
3. Book of Leinster king lists give him a reign of 24 years
4. Annals of Ulster, AU 639.6; Annals of Tigernach, AT 641.8