Niall Frossach MAC FERGAIL rí Ailech, Ard-rí na h'Éireann

   General Notes:

162nd Monarch of Ireland between 738 and 758. He began his reign with three months of snow, followed by famine, earthquakes and pestilence in 763. He abdicated and became a monk in 770 in Iona.

[Annals of Ulster 778: "Niall Frosach son of Fergal in Í Choluim Chille, and Niall son of Conall Grant, king of southern Brega, and Tuathal son of Cremthann, king of Cuala, and Flannabra, king of Uí Máil, and Aed Finn son of Echaid, king of Dál Riata—all died. / Niall Frosach m. Ferghaile a nn-I Cholaim Chille, & Niall m. Conaill Graint rex Deisceirt Bregh, & Tuathal m. Cremhtain rex Cualand, & Flannabra rex H. Mail, & Aedh Finn m. Echdach rex Dal Riati,—omnes mortui sunt."]

   Marriage Information:

Niall married Dunlaith ingen Flaithbertaich CENÉL CONAILL, daughter of Flaithbertach MAC LOINGSECH Ard-rí na h'Éireann and Unknown. (Dunlaith ingen Flaithbertaich CENÉL CONAILL died in 798.)