Flann mac Congalaig, King Of Brega

• Preferred Name: Flann mac Congalaig, King Of Brega^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: ABT 768 in Ireland with note: calculated
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of CnogbaBET 786 AND 812
  
• Death: 812
  
• FSID: 29BM-BKT
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of BregaBET 786 AND 812 with note: Data Standardization.
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: Uí Chonaing sept of Cnogba of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Ciannachta ... Rex Ciannachtai
  
• alt.birth: um 0760
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Flann mac Congalaig (died 812) was a King of Brega from the Uí Chonaing sept of Cnogba (Knowth) of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill. He was the son of Congalach mac Conaing (died 778), a previous king. He ruled from 786 to 812.
  
  The Síl nÁedo Sláine had suffered a crushing defeat in 786 at the hands of Donnchad Midi (died 797), the high king from the rival Clann Cholmáin. In 795 Flann killed Donnchad's son Conn in the house of a certain Cumalcaich at a feast. Of the death of Conn was said:
  A feast was made by Ua Olcain, which was partaken of in odious ale; dregs were given to him by Flann, so that he bore away his head after his death.
  
  At his death obit in the year 812 he is called King of Ciannachta- (rex Ciannachtai). His son Conaing mac Flainn (died 849) was also a King of Brega.
  
  === U868.4
  Aed don of Niall won a battle at ===
  U868.4
  Aed don of Niall won a battle at Cell mac nDaigri against the Ui Neill of Brega, and the Laigin, and a large force of the foreigners, i e three hundred or more; and Flann son of Conaing, king of all Brega, and Diarmait son of Etarscele, king of Loch Gabor, fell therein; and in this battle very many of the heathens were slaughtered; and Fachtna son of Mael Duin, heir designate of the North, and many others, fell in the counter-attack of the battle.
  Flann son of Conaing, a king until now,
  Took the land once held by Tadc son of Cian;
  He was a golden shoot to protect the seed of Niall
  That had sprouted from the fairy hill of good Cerna.
  It is strange to look at the estuary of the Boyne
  It is fitting to keep a pact in mind
  And not to see the active warrior of Fernach
  Flann of populous Bregmag.
  
  [Annals of Ulster, p 323-325]
  
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  M866.9
  Flann, son of Conaing, lord of all Breagh, collected the men of Breagh and Leinster, and the foreigners, to Cill mac nDaighre, - five thousand was the number of his forces, - against the king, Aedh Finnliath. Aedh had only one thousand, together with Conchobhar, son of Tadhg More, King of Connaught. The battle was eagerly and earnestly fought between them; and the victory was at lenght gained, by dint of wounding and fighting, over the men of Breagh, the Leinstermen, and the foreigners; and a slaughter was made of them, and a great number of the foreigners were slain in that battle. There were slain therein Flann, son of Conaing, lord of Breagh; Diarmaid, son of Ederscel, lord of Loch Gabhar; and Carlus, son of Amhlaeibh, i.e. son of the lord of the foreigners. There fell on the other side Fachtna, son of Maelduin, Righdhamhna of the North, in the heat of the battle.
  
  Mannachan, lord of Ui Briuin Na Sinna, slew Flann; of which was said:
  Great the triumph for Mannachan,
  for the hero of fierce valour,
  To have the head of the son of Conaing in his hand,
  to exhibit it before the face of the son of Tadhg.
  
  M866.10
  It was of the chieftains of the Sil Muireadhaigh who came to the battle of Cill mac nDaighre, the following was composed:
  Though every one should judge adversely,
  it is on his full false oath:
  These are the eleven men
  who went into the battle to gmacrd him.
  There went into the battle to assist therein
  Finnachta and Follamhain,
  Maenach, - good was the disposition of the horseman, -
  and Tadhg, son of Tomaltach;
  Flannagan, beauteous chief of the cavalry,
  and the comely Mughroin, grandson of Cathal;
  Mannachan, good was his mind,
  and Aidit, grandson of Maelmichil.
  The poet of Aedh said before the battle:
  There comes over the bright Finnabhair
  a pleaseant brown haired host, across the noble, rapid stream.
  It is in hundreds the Foreigners are counted,
  to fight with the great King of Etar.
  Aedh cecinit:
  Good our cause, good our expedition,
  the strenght of a hundred heroes in our body;
  Rise ye up, accomplish valour,
  kill the herd along with the boar.
  A certain poet cecinit:
  At Cill mac nDaighre this day,
  the ravens shall taste sups of blood,
  A victory shall be gained over the magic host of the Foreigners,
  and over Flann; it will be no good news to him.
  
  M866.10
  Aedh cecinit:
  The troops of Leinster are with him,
  with the additional men of the rapid Boinn;
  What shews the treachery of Flann
  is the concord of the Foreigners by his side.
  Aedh cecinit:
  Put ye the venom of your tongues upon him,
  upon the narrow hearted son of Dubhsagh;
  Mighty is our standart, Christ protects us
  in the pass of danger in which we are.
  Of the same battle was said:
  Know ye what did
  the intelligent son of Niall of Oileach,
  the fair Aedh, with slaughter,
  southwards at Cill mac nDaighre?
  Ten hundren in the grave,
  by direct computation;
  In the batle which happened,
  five thousand were defeated.
  Loisin, the poet of Flann, said this:
  Monday, the day of terror,
  we went to Bealach natha.
  The men of findruine were slaghtered;
  dear were the well-known faces.
  The mother of Flann, the daughter of Niall, said this:
  Happiness! wo! good news! bad news!
  the gaining of a great triumphant battle,
  Happy for the king who it makes joyous;
  unhappy for the king who was defeated.
  Unhappy for the host of Leath Chuinn,
  to have fallen by the magic host.
  Happy the reigh of the great Aedh,
  and unhappy the loss of Flann!
  The mother of Flann again:
  The fire, fire
  which the son of Conang made of the plain!
  I beseech the king, who protects every place,
  to strenghten the mother who bore him.
  
  [Annals of the Four Masters, Vol 1, p 505-509]

1. Conaing Mac Flann King of Brega, b. ABT 810 in Ireland     d. 849

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2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Flann mac Conang King of Brega -
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