Ailill mac Áedo Róin

Ailill mac Áedo Róin (died 639) was a king of the Uí Failge, a Laigin people of County Offaly. He was the son of Áed Rón mac Cathail (died 604), a previous king.^[1]

He is listed as king in the Book of Leinster king list and is also mentioned in a poem in the genealogies about the royal fort at Rathangan, County Kildare.^[2] He may have ruled from 604 to 639.^[3]

The annals only record his death date.^[4] Future kings were to descend from his uncle Máel Uma.

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Notes

^ Mac Niocaill, pg.92
^ Byrne, pg.153-154
^ Book of Leinster king lists give him a reign of 24 years
^ Annals of Ulster, AU 639.6; Annals of Tigernach, AT 641.8

References

Annals of Ulster at [1] at University College Cork
Annals of Tigernach at [2] at University College Cork
Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972), Ireland before the Vikings, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
Book of Leinster,Rig hua Falge at [3] at University College Cork

External links

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork

Persondata
Name	Ailill Mac Aedo Roin
Alternative names
Short description	King of the Uí Failge
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	639
Place of death

Ailill mac Áedo Róin

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