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Finsnechta mac Tommaltaig
Finsnechta mac Tommaltaig( died 848), was one of the sons of Tommaltach mac Murgail, and King of Connacht from 843–848.
Finsnechta mac Tommaltaig succeeded to the throne of the Connachta in 843 after the death of Fergus mac Fothaid grandson of Dub- Indrecht mac Cathail and was succeeded by Mugron mac Máel Cothaid.
He was also brother to Muirgius mac Tommaltaig and Diarmait mac Tommaltaig.
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Coirpre mac Fogartaig
Coirpre mac Fogartaig( died 771) was a King of Brega of the Uí Chernaig sept of Lagore of the Síl n Áedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill.
He was the son of the high king Fogartach mac Néill( died 724).
He is not listed in the poem on the Síl n Áedo Sláine rulers in the" Book of Leinster", however at his death obit in the annals for 771 he is called King of Brega.
His accession to the rule of the Uí Chernaig sept in south Brega can not be dated with certainty.
His brother Fergus mac Fogartaig( died 751) is called King of South Brega at his death obit.
The annals then record the deaths of his cousin Domnall mac Áeda in 759 and his brother Finsnechta mac Fogartaig in 761 with no titles.
As for his accession to all of Brega, the death of the Brega king Dúngal mac Amalgado of the rival northern Uí Chonaing sept of Cnogba( Knowth) occurred in 759.
Coirpre is first mentioned in the annals with regard to the death of his son Cellach, who was killed by robbers in 767.
Then Coirpre is driven into exile in 769 by Donnchad Midi( died 797) of the rival southern Ui Neill branch of Clann Cholmáin based in Mide.
A battle had been fought between the men of Mide and Brega in 766.
The year after Coirpre's exile the men of southern Brega were defeated at the Battle of Bolgg Bóinne in 770 and two members of the sept were slain, Cernach mac Flainn( a grandson of Fogartach) and Flaithbertach mac Flainn as well as the vassal king Uarchride mac Baeth of the Deisi Brega.
This was in conjunction with a campaign of Donnchad Midi versus Leinster and may have been part of that or Donnchad may have defeated the men of southern Brega on is way home.
Coirpre then reappears in the year 771 at his death obit with the title King of Brega.
Cernach mac Fergusa
Cernach mac Fergusa( died 805) was a King of in South Brega of the Uí Chernaig sept of Lagore of the Síl n Áedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill.
He was the son of Fergus mac Fogartaig( died 751) and brother of Máel Dúin mac Fergusa( died 785) and Ailill mac Fergusa( died 800), previous kings.
Cernach succeeded his brother Ailill as King of Lagore but the rule of South Brega went to a subsept of the Uí Chernaig, the Síl Conaill Graint which were based at Calatrium.
He ruled as King of Lagore from 800-805.
At his death notice in the annals, he is called" rex Locha Gabor"- King of Lagore.
The title King of Loch Gabor was used when members of this sept were not Kings of South Brega( instead held by the sub-sept Síl Conaill Graint).
Ailill mac Fergusa
Ailill mac Fergusa( died 800) was King of South Brega of the Uí Chernaig sept of Lagore of the Síl n Áedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill.
He was the son of Fergus mac Fogartaig( died 751) and brother of Máel Dúin mac Fergusa( died 785), previous kings.
he ruled from 797 to 800.
The annals record that he died from being thrown from a horse.
He is styled" rex Deisceirt Bregh"- King of South Brega.
Congal Cláiringnech
Congal Cláiringnech(" the cripple"), son of Rudraige, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a king of Ulster and High King of Ireland.
He was the brother of Bresal Bó- Díbad, the former High King, who had been killed by Lugaid Luaigne.
While Lugaid Luaigne was High King of Ireland, Congall shared the kingship of Ulster with Fergus mac Léti, ruling the northern half of the province while Fergus ruled the southern half.
The Ulstermen objected to being ruled by two kings, and both submitted to the judgement of the High King at Tara as to which should rule the province.
Lugaid decided to give the kingship to Fergus, who his daughter Findabair had fallen in love with, and compensate Congal with land, status and gold, but Congal refused and declared war.
He was supported by some of the Ulster noblemen, including Fergus mac Róich and Bricriu, as well as allies from the other Irish provinces and from Scotland.
Fergus mac Léti also called upon his allies, including Fachtna Fáthach from Ulster, Cet mac Mágach from Connacht and Mesgegra from Leinster, and there were great losses on both sides.
Congal fitted out a fleet and left Ireland for Lochlann( Norway) to seek new allies.
He married Beiuda, daughter of king of Lochlann, and, reinforced with 20,000 Scandinavian warriors, set sail again.
After making conquests in Britain and gaining further allies there, he returned to Ulster.
He learned that Fergus mac Léti was staying at the house of Eochaid Sálbuide, and resolved to storm it.
The house was burnt down, but Fergus and Eochaid escaped.
Congal decided, rather than ravage his own country, to march on Tara and fight Lugaid Luaigne for the High Kingship of Ireland.
A terrible battle was fought between their armies, and Congal met Lugaid on the battlefield and beheaded him.
After Congal had installed himself as High King, Fergus mac Léti came to Tara to make peace with him.
Congal accepted his overtures, but stripped him of the kingship of Ulster, giving it to his brother Ross Ruad.
Congal ruled Ireland for fifteen or sixteen years, at the end of which he was killed by Lugaid Luaigne's grandson Dui Dallta Dedad.
The" Lebor Gabála Érenn" synchronises his reign with that of Ptolemy XII Auletes( 80 – 51 BC) in Egypt.
The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's" Foras Feasa ar Éirinn" dates his reign to 135 – 120 BC, that of the" Annals of the Four Masters" to 184–169 BC.
Fergus mac Fothaid
Fergus mac Fothaid was a King of Connacht from the Uí Briúin branch of the Connachta.
He reigned from 840- 843.
He was of the Síl Cathail sept and grandson of Dub- Indrecht mac Cathail( died 768), a previous king.
The Síl Muiredaig sept had dominated the kingship from 796-839 but this was broken by the predecessor of Fergus, his second cousin Murchad mac Áedo( died 840).
Nothing is known of his short reign other than his death notice in the annals.
Fergus mac Fogartaig
Fergus mac Fogartaig (died 751) (or Fergal) 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 son of the high king Fogartach mac Néill (died 724).
He ruled from 738 to 751.
The annals do not mention any events regarding him other than his death obit.
His death obit, though, in the "Annals of Ulster" has significance as the first time the title King of Southern Brega ("regis Deisceird Breg") is used.
His sons included Máel Dúin mac Fergusa (died 785) and Cernach mac Fergusa (died 805), both called Kings of Loch Gabor as well as Ailill mac Fergusa (died 800), styled King of South Brega.
Fogartach mac Néill
Fogartach Mac'Artain (died 724), sometimes called Fogartach ua Cernaich, was an Irish king who is reckoned a High King of Ireland.
He belonged to the Uí Chernaig sept of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Uí Néill.
He was King of Brega and was the son of Niall mac Cernaig Sotal (died 701) and great-grandson of the high king Diarmait mac Áedo Sláine (died 665).

Question: Where did Fergus Mac Fogartaig's father die?
Answer: Irish