Dunlaing

• Name	Dunlaing   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I8552	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of AW, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL, Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2018

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Ailill mac Dúnlainge, King of Laigin + 2. Eochaid mac Dunlainge
  Family ID	F5574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Stewart Baldwin: "[A]ncestor of the sept of Uí Dúnlainge, which monopolized the kingship of Laigin (Leinster) from the seventh through the early eleventh centuries. [Note: As the ancestor from whom the Uí Dúnlainge got their name, his existence can be regarded as reasonably certain, and he probably lived in the mid-fifth century. The official genealogies call him the son of Énnae Niad, son of Bressal Bélach, son of Fiachu Ba hAiccid, son of Cathair Már, at which point we are clearly in the mythical part of the genealogy. Although the existence of Énnae and Bressal as father and grandfather of Dúnlainge cannot be ruled out, neither can it be accepted as probable. The official genealogy, which makes Dúnlaing a first cousin of Énnae Cennselach, ancestor of the Uí Chennselaig (the other main powerful sect in Leinster during the historical period), thus causing the two main Leinster septs to branch off from each other just prior to the historical period, looks suspicious, and is just as likely to be the invention of the later pseudohistorians as genuine tradition.]"

  
  

• Sources

  [S885] Stewart Baldwin, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table.