Niall of the Nine Hostages

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Irish legendary king legendary High King of Ireland mythological figure

Niall of the Nine Hostages is a legendary High King of Ireland, traditionally regarded as the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties and a key figure in early Irish history and myth.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Niall Noígíallach	3
Niall Noígiallach	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish legendary king ⓘ legendary High King of Ireland ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Cenél Conaill NERFINISHED ⓘ Cenél nEógain NERFINISHED ⓘ Clann Cholmáin NERFINISHED ⓘ Síl nÁedo Sláine NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	killed by Eochaid mac Enna Cennsalach (legendary account) ⓘ
child	Coirpre mac Néill NERFINISHED ⓘ Conall Cremthainne NERFINISHED ⓘ Conall Gulban NERFINISHED ⓘ Eógan mac Néill NERFINISHED ⓘ Fiachu mac Néill NERFINISHED ⓘ Lóegaire mac Néill NERFINISHED ⓘ Maine mac Néill NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Gaelic Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty	Uí Néill NERFINISHED ⓘ
epithet	of the Nine Hostages ⓘ
epithetOrigin	reputed to have taken nine hostages from subject peoples ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Gael NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Eochaid Mugmedón NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit	early 5th century ⓘ late 4th century ⓘ
historicity	partly legendary ⓘ
language	Old Irish ⓘ
legacy	claimed ancestor of many later Irish kings ⓘ important figure in Irish genealogical tradition ⓘ
legendaryDeathPlace	Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ English Channel region ⓘ
memberOf	Uí Néill dynasties NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Annals of the Four Masters NERFINISHED ⓘ Laud Synchronisms NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebor Gabála Érenn NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother	Cairenn Chasdub NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	raids on Britain ⓘ taking of hostages from Britain ⓘ taking of hostages from Gaul ⓘ taking of hostages from the provinces of Ireland ⓘ
notableFor	association with early Irish expansion into Britain and Gaul ⓘ being progenitor of the Uí Néill kindred ⓘ
positionHeld	High King of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Tara NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	pre-Christian Irish paganism ⓘ
sibling	Ailill NERFINISHED ⓘ Brión NERFINISHED ⓘ Fergus NERFINISHED ⓘ Fiachrae NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Rígnach ingen Meadaib NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uí Néill → hasAncestor → Niall of the Nine Hostages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Niall Noígíallach

Uí Briúin → hasLegendaryAncestor → Niall of the Nine Hostages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Niall Noígiallach

Niall → hasNotableBearer → Niall of the Nine Hostages ⓘ

O'Neill dynasty → namedAfter → Niall of the Nine Hostages ⓘ

Uí Néill → namedAfter → Niall of the Nine Hostages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Niall Noígíallach

Uí Néill → notableMember → Niall of the Nine Hostages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Niall Noígíallach