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Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill

948–1022 · 10th century · Also known as Máel Sechnaill II, Malachy II

Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill was King of Mide and High King of Ireland from 980 to 1002 and again from 1014 to 1022. He defeated the Norse of Dublin at Tara in 980 and took Dublin, but in 1002 submitted to Brian Boru. After Brian's death at Clontarf in 1014 he resumed the high kingship, the last of the Southern Uí Néill to hold it.

Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill
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Kingdom of Mide

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