Niall Mac Lochlainn

Niall Mac Lochlainn (died 1176) was a king of Cenél nEógain and Cenél Conaill.^[1] He was a member of the Meic Lochlainn,^[2] and a son of Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, King of Cenél nEógain (died 1166).^[3] Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht (died 1198) divided Tír nEógain between Niall and Áed Méith Ua Néill (died 1230).^[4] Muirchertach's granddaughter, Findguala, who married Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of Dublin and the Isles (died 1187), appears to have been a daughter of Niall.^[5]

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