Bressal mac Ailello
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Bressal mac Ailello Thassaig was an early king of the Uí Liatháin
who may also have been King of Munster. His sister, Angias
, was the Queen of Lóegaire mac Néill
, High King of Ireland
.
He was the son of Ailill Tassach, ancestor of the Uí Thassaig, an important sept of the Uí Liatháin.
Uí Liatháin
The Uí Liatháin were an early kingdom of Munster in southern Ireland. They belonged the same kindred as the Uí Fidgenti, and the two are considered together in the earliest sources, for example The Expulsion of the Déisi...
who may also have been King of Munster. His sister, Angias
Angias
Angias or Angas, daughter of Ailill Tassach, son of Eochu Liathán, was the wife of Lóegaire mac Néill, High King of Ireland, and mother of Lugaid mac Lóegairi, who later became High King.Her brother was Bressal mac Ailello, a possible King of Munster...
, was the Queen of Lóegaire mac Néill
Lóegaire mac Néill
Lóegaire , also Lóeguire, is said to have been a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. The Irish annals and king lists include him as a King of Tara or High King of Ireland. He appears as an adversary of Saint Patrick in several hagiographies...
, High King of Ireland
High King of Ireland
The High Kings of Ireland were sometimes historical and sometimes legendary figures who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over the whole of Ireland. Medieval and early modern Irish literature portrays an almost unbroken sequence of High Kings, ruling from Tara over a hierarchy of...
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He was the son of Ailill Tassach, ancestor of the Uí Thassaig, an important sept of the Uí Liatháin.