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Diarmait mac Domnaill
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996
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Diarmait mac Domnaill (died 996), King of Ui Cheinnselaig, took the kingship of his people after the death of his cousin Bruatar in 981, in the generation when the long-excluded house of Ferns began its climb back toward the kingship of all Leinster.
Research notes
✓ PER DIB (in the Donnchad Mael na mBo article: 'his father, Diarmait son of Domnall, had taken the kingship after the death of his cousin Bruatar son of Echtigern (981)'): DIARMAIT MAC DOMNAILL, king of Ui Ch., annal obit 996 (AU). Father of Donnchad (our line); his own patronymic attests his father Domnall. Grade ✓ (DIB-stated filiation; annal-attested person). Wired 8 Oct 2026.