In 850 Cináed allied himself with the Viking armies in the Irish midlands. He and his allies, say the Annals of Ulster, "plundered [the southern] Uí Néill from the Shannon to the sea" burning churches and settlements. This is portrayed as a rebellion against Máel Sechnaill, but the target may well have been Cináed's local rival Tigernach whose crannog in Loch Gabhair was burned, along with the nearby church at Trevet.
The following year, the Irish annals record, Cináed was treacherously executed by being drowned by Máel Sechnaill and Tigernach, presumably at a conference as the annals add that this was "in spite of the guarantees of the nobles of Ireland, and the successor of Patrick [i.e. the abbot of Armagh] in particular".
Cináed was succeeded by his brother Flann. According to saga material embedded in the Fragmentary Annals of Ireland, the Viking king Amlaíb was married to a daughter of Cináed, and killed his brother Auisle in an argument over her. Whether this wife existed, and if she did, whether she was the daughter of this Cináed, or of the king of the PictsCináed mac Ailpín, or of some other Cináed, is unclear.
ReferencesEdit
"The Annals of Ulster AD 431–1201". CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. 2003. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
cináed, conaing, died, king, knowth, medieval, irish, province, mide, succeeding, father, conaing, flainn, cináed, family, belonged, knowth, chonaing, branch, síl, nÁedo, sláine, part, southern, branch, dominant, néill, group, leadership, southern, branch, res. Cinaed mac Conaing died 851 was King of Knowth in the medieval Irish province of Mide succeeding his father Conaing mac Flainn in 849 Cinaed s family belonged to the Knowth or Ui Chonaing branch of the Sil nAedo Slaine part of the southern branch of the dominant Ui Neill kin group The leadership of the southern branch rested with the rival Clann Cholmain whose chief Mael Sechnaill mac Maele Ruanaid was High King of Ireland Even within the Sil nAedo Slaine Cinaed and his kin had a rival in the shape of Tigernach mac Focartai king of Lagore In 850 Cinaed allied himself with the Viking armies in the Irish midlands He and his allies say the Annals of Ulster plundered the southern Ui Neill from the Shannon to the sea burning churches and settlements This is portrayed as a rebellion against Mael Sechnaill but the target may well have been Cinaed s local rival Tigernach whose crannog in Loch Gabhair was burned along with the nearby church at Trevet The following year the Irish annals record Cinaed was treacherously executed by being drowned by Mael Sechnaill and Tigernach presumably at a conference as the annals add that this was in spite of the guarantees of the nobles of Ireland and the successor of Patrick i e the abbot of Armagh in particular Cinaed was succeeded by his brother Flann According to saga material embedded in the Fragmentary Annals of Ireland the Viking king Amlaib was married to a daughter of Cinaed and killed his brother Auisle in an argument over her Whether this wife existed and if she did whether she was the daughter of this Cinaed or of the king of the Picts Cinaed mac Ailpin or of some other Cinaed is unclear References Edit The Annals of Ulster AD 431 1201 CELT Corpus of Electronic Texts 2003 Retrieved 3 February 2008 Byrne Francis John Irish Kings and High Kings London Batsford 1973 ISBN 0 713 45882 8 Charles Edwards T M Early Christian Ireland Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2000 ISBN 0 521 36395 0 Woolf Alex Pictland to Alba 789 1070 Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2007 ISBN 978 0 7486 1234 5 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cinaed mac Conaing amp oldid 1082229372, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
