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Ruaidri ua Canannain -LRB- died 30 November 950 -RRB- was king of the Cenel Conaill , and according to some sources , High King of Ireland .. Cenel Conaill. Cenel Conaill. High King of Ireland. High King of Ireland. The Cenel Conaill , a branch of the northern Ui Neill had been excluded from the alternating succession to the High Kingship which had been largely dominated by the northern Cenel nEogain kings of Ailech and the southern Clann Cholmain kings of Mide since the early the 8th century .. Cenel Conaill. Cenel Conaill. Ui Neill. Ui Neill. Cenel nEogain. Cenel nEogain. kings of Ailech. kings of Ailech. Clann Cholmain. Clann Cholmain. kings of Mide. kings of Mide. Ruaidri was a descendant in the seventh generation of the previous Cenel Conaill High King , Flaithbertach mac Loingsig .. Cenel Conaill. Cenel Conaill. Flaithbertach mac Loingsig. Flaithbertach mac Loingsig. In the period before Ruaidri ua Canannain rose to prominence , the Cenel nEogain heir apparent to the High Kingship , Muirchertach mac Neill , was killed in battle in 943 , while the High King , Donnchad Donn of Clann Cholmain , died the following year .. Cenel nEogain. Cenel nEogain. Clann Cholmain. Clann Cholmain. Muirchertach mac Neill. Muirchertach mac Neill. Donnchad Donn. Donnchad Donn. The deaths of Muirchertach and Donnchad appear to have left the field open to less likely competitors .. The Ui Neill king lists make Congalach Cnogba of the southern Sil nAedo Slaine , a kin group long excluded from the succession , Donnchad 's successor .. Ui Neill. Ui Neill. Congalach Cnogba. Congalach Cnogba. Sil nAedo Slaine. Sil nAedo Slaine. Congalach was Donnchad 's sister 's son .. However , Donnchad 's apparent policy of making strategic marriages to rising families also made Ruaidri his kinsman .. His aunt , Cainnech ingen Canannain -LRB- d. 929 -RRB- , had been Donnchad 's first wife .. Ruaidri , whose home base was in the south of modern Donegal , first comes to notice after the death of Muirchertach .. Donegal. Donegal. In 943 he defeated the Cenel nEogain and the northmen of Lough Foyle , killing Mael Ruanaid mac Flainn , Muirchertach 's cousin .. Cenel nEogain. Cenel nEogain. Lough Foyle. Lough Foyle. With the loss of Mael Ruanaid after Muirchertach , the Cenel nEogain were eclipsed , leaving Ruaidri as master of the north at Donnchad 's death .. Cenel nEogain. Cenel nEogain. Most sources make Congalach Cnogba High King in succession to Donnchad .. Congalach Cnogba. Congalach Cnogba. Sources claiming that Ruaidri assumed the High Kingship after Donnchad , either alone or jointly with Congalach , are  : the Prophecy of Berchan , an 11th-century historical poem presented as a prophecy ; the southern , anti-Ui Neill Annals of Innisfallen ; and the 12th-century Cogad Gaedel re Gallaib -LRB- The War of the Irish with the Foreigners -RRB- a wildly successful work of propaganda authored on behalf of the descendants of Brian Boruma .. Ui Neill. Ui Neill. Prophecy of Berchan. Prophecy of Berchan. Annals of Innisfallen. Annals of Innisfallen. The War of the Irish with the Foreigners. The War of the Irish with the Foreigners. Brian Boruma. Brian Boruma. The form of the Prophecy of Berchan makes identifying the subjects , who are referred to by often obscure epithets rather than names , sometimes difficult .. Prophecy of Berchan. Prophecy of Berchan. In the case of Ruaidri ua Canannain , the identification is obvious  : After that a king from the North takes sovereignty ... ; Red -LSB- ruad -RSB- will be the name of that king -LRB- ri -RRB- , he puts Ireland into anxiety .. The record shows both men active in the midlands of Ireland .. Men of Ruaidri 's were killed by Congalach and Amlaib Cuaran , king of Dublin , in 945 .. Amlaib Cuaran. Amlaib Cuaran. king of Dublin. king of Dublin. Dublin. Dublin. In 947 Ruaidri led an army to Slane in County Meath in 947 , defeating Congalach and Amlaib .. Slane. Slane. County Meath. County Meath. The Cenel nEogain were again the target in 949 when Muirchertach 's son Flaithbertach was killed .. Cenel nEogain. Cenel nEogain. In 950 Ruaidri ua Canannain led an army into the midlands and campaigned there for six months .. He defeated Congalach and his ally Gofraid mac Sitriuc , King of Dublin , and set up camp , probably somewhere between Donaghpatrick and Kells , from which he raided Brega and Meath .. Gofraid mac Sitriuc. Gofraid mac Sitriuc. King of Dublin. King of Dublin. Donaghpatrick. Donaghpatrick. Kells. Kells, County Meath. Brega. Kings of Brega. Dublin. Dublin. According to the Annals of Ulster , his army defeated an attack by the foreigners of Dublin on his camp on 30 November 950 , but Ruaidri himself was killed in the fight along with his son Niall .. Annals of Ulster. Annals of Ulster. Dublin. Dublin. At his death he is called `` heir designate of Ireland '' by the Annals of Ulster , the same title as was used of Muirchertach at his death in 943 .. Annals of Ulster. Annals of Ulster. The Prophecy of Berchan , apparently following a different tradition , has Ruaidri killed by a Leinsterman .. Prophecy of Berchan. Prophecy of Berchan. Ruaidri 's reign was the high point of Ua Canannain power .. In the years following his death various of his kinsmen were killed by Congalach and Cenel nEogain , and these deaths , together with the rising power of their Ua Mael Doraid kinsmen largely excluded the Ua Canannain even from the kingship of Cenel Conaill .. Cenel Conaill. Cenel Conaill