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) i ...
king of the
Northern Uí Néill
The Northern Uí Néill is 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 we ...
. He was a member of the
Meic Lochlainn
The Meic Lochlann, also spelt as Mic Lochlainn, and Mac Lochlainn, were a leading branch of the Cenél nEógain, who were in turn a segment of the Uí Néill. The Meic Lochlainn descended from Domnall Dabaill (died 915), son of Áed Findliath. Ano ...
, and a son of
Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, King of Cenél nEógain.
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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12th-century Irish monarchs
Meic Lochlainn