Laidcnén mac Con Mella (died 727) was a king of the
Uí Cheinnselaig of South
Leinster. He was of the Sil Máeluidir sept of this branch of the Laigin, who were found in the later baronies of Shelmalier on the lower reaches of the Slaney River in southern modern County Wexford.
His last paternal ancestor to hold the kingship was Éogan Cáech mac Nath Í who would have lived in the early 6th century of whom Laidcnén was a 5th generation descendant. Laidcnén was the great grandson of Máel Odor mac Guairi, the eponymous founder of his sept.
According to the king lists in the ''Book of Leinster'', Laidcnén succeeded his brother
Cú Chongelt mac Con Mella
Cú Chongelt mac Con Mella (died 724?) was a king of the Uí Cheinnselaig of South Leinster or Laigin Desgabair in what became Ireland. He was of the Sil Máeluidir ''sept'' of this branch of the Laigin, who were found in the later baronies of S ...
as king and ruled for 10 years. This would give his regnal years as 717–727. However, the historian Mac Niocaill associates his brother with the death obit of a certain Cú Chongelt in 724 in the ''Annals of Ulster''.
He was defeated by his northern rival and King of Leinster,
Dúnchad mac Murchado (died 728) of the
Uí Dúnlainge, at the Battle of Maistiu (Mullaghmast, south Co.Kildare) in 727 and was slain therein.
[''Annals of Ulster'' AU 727.6] the ''Annals of Ulster'' refer to it as a battle between the two Laigin.
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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 Leinster
Kings of Uí Cheinnselaig
727 deaths
Monarchs killed in action
8th-century Irish monarchs
People from County Wexford
Year of birth unknown
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