Máel Cobo mac Fiachnai
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Máel Cobo mac Fiachnai (died 647) was a Dal Fiatach king of Ulaid. He was the son of Fiachnae mac Demmáin (died 627) and half-brother of Dúnchad mac Fiachnai (died c. 644), previous kings.Byrne, Table 6; Charles-Edwards, appendix XXI; Mac Niocaill, pg.155 He ruled from c. 644 to 647.
The Dal Fiatach recovered the overlordship of Ulaid after the death of Congal Cáech at the Battle of Mag Roth in 637 and were to retain it until 674. Family strife was a common theme among the dynasty at this time. Máel Cobo was himself killed or slain by his nephew Congal Cennfota mac Dúnchada (died 674) in 647.Annals of Ulster AU 647.1; Annals of Tigernach AT 648.1; Mac Niocaill, pg.100
His sons were Blathmac mac Máele Cobo (died 670), a king of Ulaid and Óengus whose grandson Cathal mac Muiredaig was ancestor of the Leth Cathail sept of the Dal Fiatach.
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References
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- Annals of Ulster at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/index.html] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
- Annals of Tigernach at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100002/index.html] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
- Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, {{ISBN|978-1-85182-196-9}}
- Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), Early Christian Ireland, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|0-521-36395-0}}
- Gearoid Mac Niocaill (1972), Ireland before the Vikings, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
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External links
- [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
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Category:7th-century Irish monarchs
Category:People from County Antrim
Category:Year of birth unknown
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