Donnchad mac Dómnaill Clóen was the tenth and last King of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare. He was a member of the Uí Dúnchada, one of three septs of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty which rotated the kingship of Leinster between 750 - 1050 and is a significant figure in County Kildare History.[1] He was deposed in 1003. Máel Mórda mac Murchada of the Uí Fáeláin sept replaced him as king.[2]

Primary Source

According to the Annals of Tigernach, in the year 999AD:

  • T999.1 Donnchadh son of Domhnall Claon, king of Leinster, was captured by Sitric son of Olaf.

References

  1. ↑ Ó RIAIN, PÁDRAIG (1974). "Battle-site and territorial extent in early Ireland". Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie. 33 (1). doi:10.1515/zcph.1974.33.1.67. ISSN 0084-5302.
  2. ↑ Westropp, Thomas J. (1914). "The Hero of Clontarf. Part II". The Irish Monthly. 42 (490): 177–189. ISSN 2009-2113.


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