Cellach mac Cerbaill explained

Cellach mac Cerbaill
King of Osraige
Reign:905-908 AD
Predecessor:Cellach mac Cerbaill
(first reign; deposed)
Successor:Cellach mac Cerbaill
(reinstated)
House:Dál Birn
Father:Cerball mac Dúnlainge
Issue:Cuilen mac Cellaig
Donnchad mac Cellaig
Death Date:908 AD
Burial Place:Probably Saighir

Cellach mac Cerbaill (some sources "Callough"; nicknamed Cellach of the Hard Conflicts) was king of Osraige from 905 to his death in 908.[1]

History

Cellach mac Cerbaill was a son of Cerball mac Dúnlainge, king of Osraige (died c. 888). Cellach was married to Echrad ingen Matudáin, daughter of Matudán mac Aeda, king of Ulaid (or Ulster) (died c. 950), by whom he had a son, Donnchad mac Cellaig, king of Osraige (died c. 976).[2] Matudán mac Aeda was the son of Áed mac Eochocáin (died c. 919),[3] son of Eochocán mac Áedo (died c. 883) and his wife, Inderb ingen Máel Dúin of the Cenél nEógain, daughter of Máel Dúin mac Áeda, king of Ailech (died c. 867). Máel Dúin mac Áeda was the son of Áed Oirdnide mac Néill, king of Ailech (died c. 819),[4] a member of the Cenél nEógain dynasty of the northern Uí Néill.[5] [6] [7] [8]

Cellach took part in the battle of Gowran in 893.[9] He came to the throne after the deposition of his older brother Diarmait in 905. Cellach was slain in the battle of Mag Ailbe fighting on the side of the illustrious king-bishop of Cashel Cormac mac Cuilennáin in 908. The Annals of Inisfallen record Cellach mac Cerbaill's death in 908:[10]

However, the Annals of the Four Masters state that this conflict was called the Battle of Bealach-Mughna and assign it to have taken place in 903:[11]

His brother Diarmait was afterwards reinstated to the throne by their first cousin, high king Flann Sinna.

Legacy

He was ancestor of the later medieval Mac Giolla Phádraig family, and the Icelandic Landnámabók (in which he is called Kjallakr Kjarvalson) names him as an ancestor of some of Iceland's early settlers.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Carrigan, William . The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory . 1905 . Sealy, Bryers & Walker . en.
  2. Dobbs, Margaret E. (ed. and tr.), “The Banshenchus [part 2]”, Revue Celtique, Vol. 48, (1931): p.188 (author states, “Echrad ingen Madadain m. Cellaig rig Osraidi, mathair Dondchada m. Aeda ; 7 mathair Muirchertaig (ob. 976) m. Domnaill Ui Neill.”) [Note: Madadain = Matudán].
  3. Dobbs, Margaret E. (ed. and tr.), “The Banshenchus [part 1]”, Revue Celtique, Vol. 47, (1930): p.337 (author states, “Echrad, daughter of Matudan son of Aed, had a lovely colour. She bore Murchertach the impetuous son of Domnall Ua Neill, the fighter in the battle.”).
  4. Kelley, David H. "Descents from the High Kings of Ireland." The American Genealogist. (January 1978). Vol. 54. No. 1. pp. 1-5.
  5. Dobbs, Margaret E. (ed. and tr.), “The Banshenchus [part 2]”, Revue Celtique, Vol. 48, (1931): p.227 (author states, “Ingean Madadain (ob. 949) m. Aeda .1. Eachrad, mathair Muircertaig (ob. 976) m. Domnaill Arda Mâcha, athair Flaitbertaig in Trostân (ob. 1036).”).
  6. Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), Early Christian Ireland, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
  7. Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
  8. Byrne, Irish Kings, p. 284, table 5; Ó Corrain, Ireland before the Normans, p. 180.
  9. M893.11
  10. AI908.2
  11. M903.7 http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/
  12. Landnámabók, p. 352

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