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Congal Cennmagair (died 710) was High King of Ireland. He belonged to the northern Cenél Conaill branch of the Uí Néill. His father, Fergus Fanát, was not a high king, although his grandfather, Domnall mac Áedo (died 642), was counted as a High King of Ireland.〔Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Table 4〕 Congal's predecessor was Loingsech mac Óengusso, his paternal first cousin, who died in battle in 703. Congal reigned as high king from 703 to 710.〔the ''Laud Synchronisms'' give him a reign of 6 years while the ''Book of Leinster'' and ''Rawlinson Genealogies'' give him 8 years〕 Congal was a guarantor of Adomnán's "law of the innocents"—the Cáin Adomnáin—agreed at the Synod of Birr in 697. He is the second lay guarantor listed after Loingsech and is called King of Tyrconell, though these titles may have been added later.〔T.M. Charles-Edwards, ''Early Christian Ireland'', pg.539〕 The reigns of Loingsech and Congal represented the peak of Cenél Conaill, thereafter eclipsed by the rival kinsmen the Cenél nEógain. Both appear to have attempted to expand into Connacht, with mixed results. Loingsech died in the pursuit of this goal, while in Congal's reign a notable victory was won against the men of Connacht in 707 and the Connacht king Indrechtach mac Dúnchado was slain.〔''Annals of Ulster'' AU 707.2〕 Congal himself did not participate in this battle but Loingsech's son Fergal did. In the same year Congal himself campaigned in Leinster.〔''Annals of Ulster'' AU 707.7〕 Geoffrey Keating's ''Foras Feasa ar Éirinn'' records that he burned the church of Kildare during this and implies his death was related to this.〔Geoffrey Keating. ''History of Ireland'', Book II, pg.143〕 Congal himself died suddenly in 710. A gloss to the ''Annals of Ulster'' adds that this was due to a fit.〔''Annals of Ulster'' AU 710.3〕 Congal left a number of sons, none of whom was especially prominent. These sons included Flann Gohan (died 732) and Conaing (died 733) who were slain in warfare between Cenél Conaill and Cenél nEógain and a son named Donngal (died 731).〔''Annals of Ulster'', AU 732.10, 733.3〕 He was followed as High King by another northerner, Fergal mac Máele Dúin (died 722) of the Cenél nEógain. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Congal Cennmagair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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