Máel Coba mac Áedo
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Máel Coba (died 615) was an Irish king who is counted as a High King of Ireland in some sources.
Máel Coba was the son of Áed mac Ainmuirech (d. 598) and brother of Domnall mac Áedo (d. 642), both also reckoned High Kings of Ireland. They belonged to the northern Cenél Conaill branch of the Uí Néill. He follows Áed Uaridnach in the king lists, and is followed by Suibne Menn, both of the neighbouring Cenél nEógain, but of rival lines. Máel Coba was killed by Suibne Menn in 615, who apparently installed Óengus mac Colmáin as High King, at least in name.
He had two sons who were counted as joint High Kings in some sources, Cellach and Conall. Dúnchad mac Cinn Fáelad, abbot of Iona, is recorded as Máel Coba's grandson.
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- The Annals of Ulster AD 431-1201. CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
- Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings. Batsford, London, 1973. ISBN 0-7134-5882-8
- Charles-Edwards, T.M., Early Christian Ireland. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000. ISBN 0-521-39395-0
- Charles-Edwards, T.M. (2004). Suibne Menn mac Fiachnai (d. 628). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,. Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
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