Niall Mac Lochlainn (died 1176) was a

Cenél nEógain Cenél is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Cenél Conaill, the name of the "kindred" or descendants of Conall Gulban, son of Niall Noígiallach defined by oral and recorded history * Cenél nEógain (in English, Cenel Eogan) is ...

king of the

Northern Uí Néill The Northern Uí Néill was any of several dynasties in north-western medieval Ireland that claimed descent from a common ancestor, Niall of the Nine Hostages. Other dynasties in central and eastern Ireland who also claimed descent from Niall ar ...

. He was a member of the

Meic Lochlainn The Mac Lochlainn () were a leading branch of the Cenél nEógain and during the early medieval period, the most powerful clan in the Northern Uí Néill. McGettigan (2005). They descended from Domnall Dabaill (died 915), son of Áed Findliath. A ...

, and a son of

Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, King of Cenél nEógain Muircheartach Mac Lochlainn (; ) was king of Tír Eoghain, and High King of Ireland from around 1156 until his death in 1166. He succeeded Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair who died in 1156. Mac Lochlainn survived an attempt by Ruaidrí Ua Concho ...

. Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht divided Tír nEógain between Niall and Áed Méith Ua Néill in 1167. Muirchertach's granddaughter, Findguala, who married Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of Dublin and the Isles, appears to have been a daughter of Niall. Martin (2008) p. 135; McDonald (2007a) p. 52; McDonald (2007b) p. 71; Pollock (2005) pp. 15, 16 n. 76; Flanagan (1989) p. 103.

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