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Kings of Dál nAraidi

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Source revisionApr 12, 2022
Entity authorityQ3254106 ↗
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The Kings of Dál nAraidi were rulers of one of the main kingdoms of Ulster and competed with the Dál Fiatach for the overlordship of Ulaid.

The dynasty resided at Ráith Mór, east of Antrim in the Mag Line area and emerged as the dominant group among the Cruthin of Ulaid. In the sixth and seventh centuries the Cruthin were a loose confederation of petty states with the Dal nAraidi emerging as the dominant group in the 8th century.

Kings of Dál nAraidi and Cruthin

List of the Kings of Dál nAraidi;

Cáelbad mac Cruind Ba Druí

Sárán mac Cóelbad

Condlae mac Cóelbad

Fíachna Lonn mac Cóelbad (flourished 482)

Eochaid mac Condlai (d. 553)

Aed Brecc (d. 563)

Báetán mac Echach

Áed Dub mac Suibni (d. 588)

Fiachnae mac Báetáin (Fiachnae Lurgan) (d. 626)

Congal Cáech (Cláen) mac Scandail (d. 637)

Lochéne mac Finguine (d. 646)

Scandal mac Bécce (d.

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