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Niall Frossach (or
Niall mac Fergaile) (died 778) was an 8th century Irish
king of Ailech, sometimes considered to have been
High King of Ireland. Brother of
Áed Allán, Niall was the son of
Fergal mac Máele Dúin and a member of the
Cenél nEógain, a branch of the Northern
Uí Néill. The
epithet Frossach (showery) is said to come from showers of silver, honey and wheat which fell on his home at Fahan in
Inishowen at his birth.
Niall followed
Domnall Midi as High King in 763. His reign was considered notably peaceful. He abdicated in 770 for religious reasons, and died on
Iona in 778.
He was followed as King of Ailech by his nephew,
Máel Dúin son of Áed Allán. The Kingship of Tara and supposed High Kingship passed back to
Clann Cholmáin in the person of Domnall Midi's son
Donnchad.
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