Question: Who is Máel Coba Mac Áedo's paternal grandfather?

Knowledge 1: Máel Coba mac Áedo
Máel Coba (died 615) was a High King of Ireland.Máel Coba was the son of Áed mac Ainmuirech (died 598) and brother of Domnall mac Áedo (died 642), both also reckoned High Kings of Ireland.They belonged to the northern Cenél Conaill branch of the Uí Néill.Máel Coba became chief of the Cenél Conaill upon the death of his brother Conall Cú mac Áedo in 604.The high kingship of Ireland tended to rotate between the Cenél nEógain and Cenél Conaill branches from the mid 6th century.He follows Áed Uaridnach in the king lists, and is followed by Suibne Menn, both of the neighbouring Cenél nEógain, but of rival lines.He ruled from 612-615In 615 Máel Coba was defeated and slain by Suibne Menn at the Battle of Sliab Truim in Tyrone.Suibne Menn apparently installed Óengus mac Colmáin as High King, at least in name.He had two sons who were counted as joint High Kings in some sources, Cellach (died 658) and Conall (died 654).Dúnchad mac Cinn Fáelad, abbot of Iona, (died 717) is recorded as Máel Coba's grandson. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Áed mac Ainmuirech
Áed mac Ainmuirech (died 598) was high-king of the Northern Uí Néill.He belonged to the Cenél Conaill and was a distant cousin of Columba of Iona.He was the son of Ainmuire mac Sétnai (died 569), a previous possible high king.His mother was Bríg, daughter of Chobtaig, son of Ailill, son of Nath Í, son of Crimthann mac Énnai son of Énnae Cennsalach of the Uí Ceinnselaig dynasty from Leinster.He came to power some decades after the death of the last old, pagan style high-king of Tara, Diarmait mac Cerbaill (d. 565), after a period in which it is not clear that the Uí Néill had a high-king, nor is it certain that his contemporaries would have acknowledged Áed as such.The high kingship of Ireland rotated between the Cenél nEógain and Cenél Conaill branches in the late 6th century.It is difficult to disentangle the reign of Áed from that of his older second cousin Báetán mac Ninneda (died 586).Various lengths are given to the reign of Áed in the kinglists all of which would put the start of his reign before the death of Báetán.Both kings are omitted from the "Baile Chuinn", the earliest Irish king list of the late 7th century, but this was probably a partisan document.It is possible that Báetán was not actually high king but was given this position by the synthetic historians to explain away the rule of Báetán mac Cairill (died 581) of the Dal Fiatach of Ulster as high king.The kinglists only assign him a reign of one year.Whether Báetán was king of Tara or not, the real effective power among the northern Ui Neill was Áed mac Ainmuirech.He is known to have met with Áedán mac Gabráin, king of Dál Riata, in 575 at The Synod or Convention of Drumceat, to agree an alliance, presumably arranged by his cousin Columba.Áed and Áedán were both threatened by the activities Ulaid king Báetán mac Cairill of the Dál Fiatach, and it served both interests that Dál Riada not be subjected to the ambitious Báetán.In this they succeeded.Áed may have become high king after this possibly in 576.It is also quite possible that this conference did not take place until circa 587 which is the date recorded in the "Annals of Clonmacnoise".The death of Báetán mac Ninneda had occurred in 586 and the "Annals of Ulster" record two death dates for Báetán mac Cairill, one being in 587.A challenge to the rule of Áed among the northern Ui Neill was launched by Colcu mac Domnaill of the Cenél nEógain branch.However they clashed at the Battle of Druim Meic Erce (Drumhirk, modern County Tyrone) in 580 and Colcu was slain.Then in 586, Báetán mac Ninneda was killed at Léim in Eich at the instigation of Colmán Bec (died 587), the southern Ui Neill king of Uisnech who was making a bid for the high kingship.(who may have made an earlier bid in 573).In 587 Áed ended this threat when Colman was slain at the battle of Belach Dathi.Another challenge to Áed may have come from the direction of Ulster in the person of Fiachnae mac Báetáin (died 626) of the Dál nAraidi.At the royal conference at Druim Cett the affairs of Osraige had been discussed implying an influence by Áed over the affairs of Munster.In 597 Fiachnae won the Battle of Sliab Cua in the territory of Munster.Fiachnae had earlier won a battle over the Ciannachta of Brega in 594.The possibility is that Fiachnae was a possible king of Tara in the 590's
Áed came into conflict with Brandub mac Echach, King of Leinster from the Uí Cheinnselaig who was resisting Ui Neill encroachment.According to the saga tradition preserved in the "Borúma Laigin" (Cattle Tribute of Leinster), Brandub had killed Cummascach, the son of Áed for demanding the right to sleep with Brandub's wife during a royal tour.The annals record Brandub's killing of Áed's son Cummascach in 597 at Dún Buchat.However, at the battle of Dún Bolg (Dunboyke, modern County Wicklow) in 598, Áed was defeated and killed by Brandub.Áed had close relations with his cousin Saint Columba.He may have commissioned a eulogy upon the saint's death and most likely granted the land for the monastery of Durrow.Áed was followed as king of the Northern Uí Néill by Colmán Rímid, son of Báetán mac Muirchertaig, of the Cenél nEógain.Áed's son Conall Cú mac Áedo (died 604) failed in a bid for the high kingship after his death but his sons Máel Cobo (died 615) and Domnall (died 642) were later high kings of the Northern Uí Néill.
Knowledge 1: Máel Coba mac Áedo
Máel Coba (died 615) was a High King of Ireland.Máel Coba was the son of Áed mac Ainmuirech (died 598) and brother of Domnall mac Áedo (died 642), both also reckoned High Kings of Ireland.They belonged to the northern Cenél Conaill branch of the Uí Néill.Máel Coba became chief of the Cenél Conaill upon the death of his brother Conall Cú mac Áedo in 604.The high kingship of Ireland tended to rotate between the Cenél nEógain and Cenél Conaill branches from the mid 6th century.He follows Áed Uaridnach in the king lists, and is followed by Suibne Menn, both of the neighbouring Cenél nEógain, but of rival lines.He ruled from 612-615In 615 Máel Coba was defeated and slain by Suibne Menn at the Battle of Sliab Truim in Tyrone.Suibne Menn apparently installed Óengus mac Colmáin as High King, at least in name.He had two sons who were counted as joint High Kings in some sources, Cellach (died 658) and Conall (died 654).Dúnchad mac Cinn Fáelad, abbot of Iona, (died 717) is recorded as Máel Coba's grandson. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Óengus mac Colmáin
Óengus mac Colmáin Bec( died 621) was an Irish king.He was the King of Uisnech in Mide from 618 to 621.He belonged to the southern Uí Néill.According to the genealogies, he was a son of Colmán Bec( died 587), son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill( died 565).The later Caílle Follamain traced their descent through Óengus.Before acquiring the rulership of Uisnech, the annals record Oengus' involvement in the feud between the rival midland dynasties of Clann Cholmáin and Síl n Áedo Sláine.In 612 he won the Battle of Odba( near Navan, Co. Meath) in which Conall Laeg Breg mac Áedo Sláine was slain.This battle may have been caused by Conall's claims to succeed Áed Uaridnach as high king who died in 612.He acquired the throne of Uisnech in 618 succeeding Fergus mac Colmáin.According to the" Annals of Ulster", Oengus was killed in 621.According to entries in the Irish annals reporting Óengus's death in 621, which incorrectly call him a son of Colmán Már, he was" regis Nepotum Neill" or" ríg h- Úa Neill", that is king of the Uí Néill.This appears to be synonymous with the alternative titles of High King, King of Ireland, or that King of Tara.It is suggested that the explanation for this is that when Suibne Menn killed Máel Coba mac Áedo in 615, he supported Óengus's claims rather than taking power himself, or perhaps that Óengus was a deputy king in the south.The king list in the" Baile Chuind", created in late 7th century during the reign of the southern Uí Néill king Fínsnechta Fledach, apparently lists an Óengus — Glorious Óengus—as king following Suibne Menn.Another king list of Marianus Scotus includes Óengus as a high king.His sons Máel Umai mac Óengussa and Colgu mac Óengussa were slain, as part of the southern Uí Néill feud, at the Battle of Cúil Caeláin in 635, by Diarmait mac Áedo Sláine( died 665).His grandson, Fáelch ú mac Máele Umai was slain at the Battle of Ogamain in 662 fighting on the side of Conaing Cuirre mac Congaile of Cnogba and Blathmac mac Áedo Sláine( died 665) versus the adherents of Diarmait mac Áedo Sláine.
Knowledge 1: Máel Coba mac Áedo
Máel Coba (died 615) was a High King of Ireland.Máel Coba was the son of Áed mac Ainmuirech (died 598) and brother of Domnall mac Áedo (died 642), both also reckoned High Kings of Ireland.They belonged to the northern Cenél Conaill branch of the Uí Néill.Máel Coba became chief of the Cenél Conaill upon the death of his brother Conall Cú mac Áedo in 604.The high kingship of Ireland tended to rotate between the Cenél nEógain and Cenél Conaill branches from the mid 6th century.He follows Áed Uaridnach in the king lists, and is followed by Suibne Menn, both of the neighbouring Cenél nEógain, but of rival lines.He ruled from 612-615In 615 Máel Coba was defeated and slain by Suibne Menn at the Battle of Sliab Truim in Tyrone.Suibne Menn apparently installed Óengus mac Colmáin as High King, at least in name.He had two sons who were counted as joint High Kings in some sources, Cellach (died 658) and Conall (died 654).Dúnchad mac Cinn Fáelad, abbot of Iona, (died 717) is recorded as Máel Coba's grandson. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Suibne Menn
Suibne Menn( or Suibne mac Fiachnai)( died 628) was an Irish king who is counted as a High King of Ireland.Suibne belonged to the junior branch of the Cenél nEógain kindred of the northern Uí Néill, the Cenél Feredaig, named for his grandfather Feredach, a great- grandson of Niall of the Nine Hostages.The kingship of Cenél nEógain had been dominated by the Cenél maic Ercae, descendants of Feradach's brother Muirchertach mac Ercae.Neither Suibne's father Fiachnae, nor his grandfather, had been kings of Cenél nEógain.Áed Uaridnach of the Cenél maic Ercae died in 612, and the kingship of the Uí Néill passed to the rival northern Cenél Conaill in the person of Máel Coba mac Áedo.Máel Coba was killed by Suibne in 615, apparently in the midlands of Ireland, whereupon Suibne took power.It is suggested that Suibne Menn's control of the kingship rested on an alliance with another minor Uí Néill kindred, the southern Clann Cholmáin.According to the Irish annals, Óengus, head of Clann Cholmáin, was High King at his death in 621, so that Suibne may have granted Óengus the kingship before assuming it himself.In 628 Máel Coba's brother Domnall attacked Suibne, but was defeated and fled.Suibne, however, was killed later that year by the king of Ulster, Congal Cáech, who installed himself as High King.Charles- Edwards supposes that this surprising outcome was achieved" perhaps by some form of surprise attack".Although the Cenél nEógain did not again hold the High Kingship until the 8th century, his descendants, and not the rival Cenél maic Ercae, held the kingship of Cenél nEógain until the death of his great- grandson Fland mac Máele Tuile c. 700.

Answer: Ainmuire mac Sétnai