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Niall mac Echach (Noí-giallach) d. 405
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| - | Keating, quoting a Latin Life of Saint Patrick, says that Niall led Irish raids on Roman Britain, and in one of those raids Patrick and his sisters were abducted. Keating associates these raids with those mentioned by Gildas and Bede, and deduces that, since some Irish sources say Patrick was abducted from Brittany, that Niall's raids must have extended to continental Europe as well</ext> | + | Keating, quoting a Latin Life of Saint Patrick, says that Niall led Irish raids on Roman Britain, and in one of those raids Patrick and his sisters were abducted. Keating associates these raids with those mentioned by Gildas and Bede, and deduces that, since some Irish sources say Patrick was abducted from Brittany, that Niall's raids must have extended to continental Europe as well |
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Current revision
| Lineage | Uí Néill |
| Sex | Male |
| Full name (at birth) | Niall mac Echach |
| Other last names | Noí-giallach |
| Parents
♂ w Eochaid Mugmeddon [Longbeard] d. 365 | |
| Wiki-page | wikipedia:Niall of the Nine Hostages |
Events
child birth: ♂ Loeguiri mac Néill [Uí Néill] d. 458
child birth: ♂ Cairpre mac Néill [Uí Néill]
child birth: ♂ Conall Cremthann [Uí Néill]
child birth: ♂ Conall Gulbán [Uí Néill]
child birth: ♂ Eogan (Eugenius I) mac Néill [Uí Néill]
marriage: ♀ Rígnach Ingen Meadaib ? (Meadaib) [?]
marriage: ♀ Inne ingen Lugaid [?]
379 title: High King of Ireland
405 death: English channel, Killed by Eochaid, son of Enna Cennselach
burial: Ochann, now known as Faughan Hill in County Meath
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Keating, quoting a Latin Life of Saint Patrick, says that Niall led Irish raids on Roman Britain, and in one of those raids Patrick and his sisters were abducted. Keating associates these raids with those mentioned by Gildas and Bede, and deduces that, since some Irish sources say Patrick was abducted from Brittany, that Niall's raids must have extended to continental Europe as well
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