Cummascach mac Fogartaig (died 797) was King of South Brega of the Uí Chernaig sept of

Lagore Loch Gabhair (Lagore), meaning "Lake of the Goats", is an area in the barony of Ratoath, County Meath, Ireland. It is located between the villages of Ratoath and Dunshaughlin and is the namesake of the townlands of Lagore Big (Loch Gabhar Mór) an ...

of the

Síl nÁedo Sláine Síl nÁedo Sláine () are the descendants of Áed Sláine (Áed mac Diarmato), son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill. Part of the Southern Uí Néill—they were the kings of Brega—they claimed descent from Niall Noígiallach and his son Cona ...

branch of the southern Ui Neill. He was the son of

Fogartach mac Cummascaig Fogartach mac Cummascaig (died 786) was King of South Brega of the Uí Chernaig sept of Lagore of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill. He was the grandson of the high-king Fogartach mac Néill (died 724). He ruled from 785 to ...

(died 786), the previous king. He ruled from 786 to 797. The Síl nÁedo Sláine had been subdued in 786 by the high king

Donnchad Midi Donnchad mac Domnaill (733 – 6 February 797), called Donnchad Midi, was High King of Ireland. His father, Domnall Midi, had been the first Uí Néill High King from the south-central Clann Cholmáin based in modern County Westmeath and weste ...

(died 797). Nothing is recorded of Cummascach's reign other than his death in clerical life in 797.''Annals of Ulster'', AU 797.2 He is referred to as ''rex Deisceirt Breg'' -King of Southern Brega.

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* ''Annals of Ulster'' a

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University College Cork
* Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972), ''Ireland before the Vikings'', Dublin: Gill and Macmillan

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