Cathussach mac Ailello

Cathussach mac Ailello

Cathussach mac Ailello (died 749) was a Dal nAraide king of Ulaid (Ulster). He was the son of Ailill mac Dúngaile Eilni (died 690), a previous King of Dál nAraidi and nephew of Cú Chuarán mac Dúngail Eilni (died 708), a previous king of Ulaid. [Byrne, Table 7; Charles-Edwards, Appendix XXII; Mac Niocaill, pg.156] He ruled from 735-749. He belonged to a branch of this family settled in Mag nEinli, a plain between the Bann and Bush in County Antrim.

It is uncertain at what date he acquired the kingship of Dal nAraide. The death of Dub dá Inber mac Congalaig as King of Cruithne( the title used for them at this time in the annals) is recorded in 727. Indrechtach mac Lethlobair (died 741) is also listed before Cathussach in the king lists but it is possible he resigned the kingship to Indrechtach upon becoming King of Ulaid in 735. [Mac Niocaill, pg.137]

Cathussach was killed at Ráith Beithech (Rathveagh, modern County Antrim) probably in the interest of the rival Dal Fiatach who retook the kingship of Ulaid. ["Annals of Ulster", AU 749.1; "Annals of Tigernach", AT 749.1; Mac Niocaill, pg.137]

Neither the "Annals of Tigernach" nor the "Annals of Ulster" give him the title King of Ulaid at his death notice but instead refer to him as King of the Cruithne. Professor Byrne beleives that there may have been an interregnum in Ulaid between 735-750. [byrne, pg.118] This would give a possible reign for Cathussach over the Dal nAraide from 741-749 if this were true and would explain his placing in the king lists of the Cruithne.

His son Cináed Ciarrge mac Cathussaig (died 776) was a also King of Dal nAraide.

Notes

References

* "Annals of Ulster" at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/index.html] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* "Annals of Tigernach" at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100002/index.html] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* Byrne, Francis John (2001), "Irish Kings and High-Kings", Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
* Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), "Early Christian Ireland", Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36395-0
* Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972), "Ireland before the Vikings", Dublin: Gill and Macmillan

External links

* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]


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