Donngus Ua hAingliu
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Donngus Ua hAingliu also known as Donatus and Donat O'Haingly, was the third Bishop of Dublin
Archbishop of Dublin
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. Donngus was elevated to the see of Dublin following bishop Gilla Pátraic
Gilla Pátraic
Gilla Patráic , also known as Patricius, was the second Bishop of Dublin. Gilla Patráic was elevated to the see of Dublin following bishop Dúnáns death in 1074, He was consecrated by Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury...

s death in 1084. He was consecrated by Lanfranc
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, Archbishop of Canterbury
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 in 1085 at "the request of the king, clergy, and people of Ireland" (Acta Lanfranci)

Donngus had been trained as a monk at Christ Church in Canterbury. Like his predecessor Gilla Pátraic he returned from his consecration with letters of exhortation from Lanfranc to the kings and clergy of Ireland. According to a subsequent letter from Lanfranc's successor in Canterbury, Anselm
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, Lanfranc had also given books, vestments and ornaments for the church in Dublin to Donngus.

In his obit in the Annals of Ulster
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The Annals of Ulster are annals of medieval Ireland. The entries span the years between AD 431 to AD 1540. The entries up to AD 1489 were compiled in the late 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín, under his patron Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa on the island of Belle Isle on Lough Erne in the...

 Donngus is described as "bishop of Áth Cliath" (espoc Atha Cliath) just like Gilla Pátraic, while the first recorded bishop in Dublin, Dúnán
Donat, Bishop of Dublin
Dúnán was the first bishop of Dublin, appointed under Dublin's Hiberno-Norse kings. He is known also as Donatus or Donat. The diocese was put on a regular basis, in 1028, at the request of Sigtrygg Silkbeard...

, had been titled "chief bishop of the foreigners" (ardespoc Gall).
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