Dúngal Eilni mac Scandail

Dúngal Eilni mac Scandail (died 681) was a Dal nAraide king of the Cruithne. He came to the rule of these tribes some time after 668.^[1] He was the son of Scandal mac Bécce (died 646), a previous king.^[2]

In the 6th and 7th centuries the Dal nAraide were part of a confederation of Cruithne tribes in Ulaid (Ulster) and were the dominant members.^[3] Dungal belonged to a branch of this family settled in Mag nEinli, a plain between the Bann and Bush in County Antrim. He is styled King of the Cruithne in the annals.

In 681 he and Cenn Fáelad mac Suibne, chief of Ciannachta of Glenn Geimin (Keenaght, County Londonderry) were defeated by Máel Dúin mac Máele Fithrich (died 681) of the Cenél nEógan at what was called the burning of the kings at Dún Ceithirn (in barony of Coleraine, in modern County Londonderry).^[4]

His sons Ailill mac Dúngaile Eilni (died 690) and Cú Chuarán mac Dúngail Eilni (died 708) would also become chiefs of the dal nAraide, Cú Chuarán was King of all Ulaid as well.

Notes

1. ^ the last date in the Annals of Ulster in which a chief of the Cruithne is mentioned prior to Dungal
2. ^ Byrne, Table 7
3. ^ Byrne, pg.109
4. ^ Annals of Ulster, AU 681.1

See also

• Kings of Dál nAraidi

References

• Annals of Ulster 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

External links

• CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork

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Name	Dungal Eilni
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Date of death	681
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