Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill

High King of Ireland, King of Mide
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Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, also called Máel Sechnaill Mór or Máel Sechnaill II (949 – 2 September 1022), was a King of Mide and High King of Ireland. His great victory at the Battle of Tara against Olaf Cuaran in 980 resulted in Gaelic Irish control of the Kingdom of Dublin.

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Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill
An imaginative sculpture depicting Máel Seachnaill
King of Mide
In office
980–1022
High King of Ireland
1st reign980–1002
PredecessorDomnall ua Néill
SuccessorBrian Boru
2nd reign1014–1022
PredecessorBrian Boru
SuccessorDonnchad mac Briain
Born949
Kingdom of Mide
Died2 September 1022
Lough Ennell, Kingdom of Mide
SpouseGormflaith ingen Murchada
Máel Muire ingen Amlaíb
IssueConchobar
Flann
Congalach
Domnall
Murchad Rua
Muirchertach
Colmán/Coloman of Stockerau
HouseUí Néill
FatherDomnall Donn[1][2]
MotherDúnfhlaith