Cellach "of the Hard Conflicts" MacCerbaill, king of Osraige

KINGS of OSSORY

1. CERBALL (-888). King of Ossory. The Annals of Inisfallen record the death in 888 of "Cerball son of Dúngal, king of Osraige”[709]. m ---. The name of Cerball´s wife is not known. Cerball & his wife had one [appaently two!.. Sharon 2018] child:

a) DIARMAIT (-928). The Annals of Inisfallen record that "Diarmait son of Cerball took the kingship of Osraige” in 894[710]. The Annals of Ulster record the death in 928 of "Diarmait son of Cerball, king of Osraige”[711].
b) CELLACH (-killed in battle Mag Ailbe 908). The Annals of Inisfallen record the death in 908 of "Cellach son of Cerball king of Osraige” killed in “the battle of Mag Ailbe”[712]. m ---. The name of Cellach´s wife is not known. Cellach & his wife had three children:

i) CUILEN (-933). King of Ossory. The Annals of Inisfallen record the death in 933 of "Cuilén son of Cellach king of Osraige”[713].
ii) [Donnchad mac Cellach, king of Osraige] DONNCHAD] (-[974/76]). The Annals of Inisfallen record that "Donnchadh son of Cellach took the kingship of Osraige” in 934[714]. King of Ossory. The Annals of the Four Masters record that “Donnchadh son of Ceallach lord of Osraighe” killed “Braen son of Maelmordha king of Leinster” in 945[715]. The Annals of Tigernach record the death of “Donnchad, son of Cellach king of Ossory in senili étate” in [974/75][716]. The Annals of the Four Masters record the death in 974 of “Donnchadh son of Ceallach lord of Osraighe”[717]. The Annals of Inisfallen record the death in 976 of "Donnchadh son of Cellach king of Osraige”[718]. The Annals of Ulster record the death in 976 of "Donnchadh, son of Cellach, king of Osraige”[719]. m ---. The name of Donnchad´s wife is not known. Donnchad & his wife had five children:
iii) [Domnall mac Cellach, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh] DOMNALL] (-killed 974). The Annals of the Four Masters record the death in 972 of “Domhnall son of Ceallach, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh” killed when “the UiCeinnsealaigh were plundered in Osraighe”[729]. The Annals of Ulster record the death in 974 of "Domnall son of Cellach” killed by “Ugaire son of Tuathal”[730].

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History of Ireland: War Dogs Among the Early Irish
"Elsewhere in the Ulster Cycle, the Story of MacDotho’s Pig offers a vivid portrait of a dog used in combat at the climax of a skirmish between rival warriors from Ulster and Connacht. The story, given in Slover and Cross’s Ancient Irish Tales (p. 207), goes as follows:
MacDotho came out with the hound in his hand, and led him in amongst them [the mêlée of warriors] to see which side he would choose; and the hound chose Ulster and set to tearing the men of Connacht greatly. Ailill and Medb went into their chariot, and their charioteer with them, and MacDotho led the hound after them, and they say it was in the plain of Ailbe that the hound seized the pole of the chariot that was under Ailill and Medb. Then the charioteer of Ailill and Medb dealt the hound a blow so that he sent its body aside and that the head of the hound remained on the pole of the chariot of Ibar Cinn Chon (the Yew-tree of the Hound’s Head) whence Connacht takes its name. And they also say that from that hound Mag Ailbe (the Plain of Ailbe) is called, for Ailbe was the name of the hound.
[https://www.historyireland.com/medieval-history-pre-1500/war-dogs-a...] Also - [https://nationalpurebreddogday.com/the-legend-of-the-wolfhound-ailbe/]