Máel Cobo mac Fiachnai

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Máel Cobo mac Fiachnai (died 648)[1] was a Dal Fiatach king of Ulaid. He was the son of Fiachnae mac Demmáin (d. 629).[2]

The Dal Fiatach recovered the overlordship of Ulaid after the death of Congal Cáech at the Battle of Mag Roth in 639. Máel Coba was preceded by his brother Dúnchad mac Fiachnai who is mentioned as king of Ulaid at the time of his death in 643.[3] Máel Cobo was killed or slain by his nephew Congal Cennfota mac Dúnchada (d. 674).

His sons were Blathmac mac Máele Cobo (d. 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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  1. ^ all dates given per The Chronology of the Irish Annals, Daniel P. McCarthy
  2. ^ Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, Table 6
  3. ^ Annals of the Four Masters

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  • Annals of the Four Masters
  • Annals of Ulster
  • The Chronology of the Irish Annals, Daniel P. McCarthy
  • T. M. Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland
  • Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings
  • The Laud Genealogies and Tribal Histories, ed Kuno Meyer

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