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Fergal mac Anmchada
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802
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About
Fergal mac Anmchada (died 802), King of Osraige, is one of history's quiet kings: the annals record nothing of him but his death - which, in a century of kings cut down in battle and burned in halls, may be the record of a reign that went well.
Research notes
~✓ WIRED 9 Oct 2026: PERSON = annal obit 802 (AU 802.4 per Charles-Edwards/Mac Niocaill citations) - the obit is the annals' ONLY record of him, the person-attestation minimum met exactly; reign from at least 797 (Book of Leinster list gives 5 years). FILIATION: patronymic mac Anmchada + standard accounts. Father of Dungal (our line).