Cellach Tosach mac Donngaile (died 809) was a king of the
Uí Cheinnselaig of South
Leinster
Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ir ...
. He belonged to the Sil Chormaic sept of this branch of the Laigin and specifically to a branch which took over leadership of the Uí Dróna -the baronies of Idrone in modern County Carlow. He was the son of
Donngal mac Laidcnén (died 761) and succeeded his uncle
Cairpre mac Laidcnén
Cairpre mac Laidcnén (died 793) was a king of the Uí Cheinnselaig of South Leinster. He belonged to the Sil Chormaic sept of this branch of the Laigin and specifically to a branch which took over leadership of the Uí Dróna - the baronies of ...
(died 793). He ruled from 793 to 809.
The Uí Dróna had been the dominant sept in Uí Cheinnselaig for much of the last half of the 8th century. In 809 civil strife broke out among the Uí Cheinnselaig and Cellach was slain.
[''Annals of Ulster'', AU 809.2] He is called king of Ráith Étain (near Leighlinbridge, County Carlow), the seat of his sept. The Sil Máeluidir sept now took the throne.
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* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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University College Cork* Gearoid Mac Niocaill (1972), ''Ireland before the Vikings'', Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
* ''Book of Leinster'',''Rig Hua Cendselaig'' a
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University College Cork
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Kings of Uí Cheinnselaig
8th-century Irish monarchs
9th-century Irish monarchs
809 deaths
People from County Carlow
Year of birth unknown
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