Q:Facts: - imagesize: 250px - caption: an imaginative sculpture depicting mael seachnaill - succession: king of mide - reign: 976 -- 2 september 1022 - successor: mael sechnaill got mac mael sechnaill - spouse: gormflaith ingen murchada - predecessor: muirchertach mac mael sechnaill - mother: dunfhlaith - death date: 2 september 1022 - birth date: 949 - name: mael sechnaill - image: a co. meath , by james mckenna.jpg sculpture of mael seachnaill ii in trim , - death place: lough ennell , county westmeath Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mael sechnaill mac domnaill .
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mael sechnaill mac domnaill -lrb- 949 -- 2 september 1022 -rrb- , also called mael sechnaill mor , mael sechnaill ii , anglicized malachy ii , was king of mide and high king of ireland .his great victory at the battle of tara against olaf cuaran in 980 resulted in gaelic control of the kingdom of dublin .