page_title: Ragnall mac Torcaill
hierarchical_section_title: Ragnall mac Torcaill
caption_attribution_description: English: An excerpt from folio 23r of Oxford Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson B 488 (the Annals of Tigernach). The excerpt concerns Ragnall mac Torcaill, King of Dublin (died 1146).
context_page_description: Ragnall mac Torcaill was a twelfth-century Norse-Gaelic magnate who may have been King of Dublin. He was a member of the Meic Torcaill, and may be identical to a member of this family who campaigned in Wales in 1144. Ragnall was slain in 1146, with some sources styling him king in records of his demise. He was the father of at least one son, Ascall, a man who certainly reigned as king.
context_section_description: Ragnall mac Torcaill (died 1146) was a twelfth-century Norse-Gaelic magnate who may have been King of Dublin. He was a member of the Meic Torcaill, and may be identical to a member of this family who campaigned in Wales in 1144. Ragnall was slain in 1146, with some sources styling him king in records of his demise. He was the father of at least one son, Ascall, a man who certainly reigned as king.
caption: Ragnall's name as it appears on folio 23r of Oxford Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson B 488 (the Annals of Tigernach): "Raghnall".[1]
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