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Name attested for the father of Smirgat in the Acallam na senórach.
according to local folklore in Slaghtaverty as reported by P. W. Joyce in The origin and history of Irish names of places (1869): 319, a cruel dwarf magician who continued his cruelties even after he was slain by Finn mac Cumaill or some other chieftain.
son of Allchad; name of a magician in Tóruigheacht an Ghiolla Dheacair
Son of Illathach and one of the Túatha Dé Danann in Cath Finntrágha.
According to certain later additions to LGÉ, one of the three sons of Lug (together with Ainnli and Cnú Dereóil) and the father of a certain Sabrann.
- Mag nAí
in one of the itineraries described in Acallam na senórach, an eponym of Mag nAí; perhaps of the Fomoire.
- Múscraige
king of Múscraige in Senchas fagbála Caisil ocus beandacht ríg
Áed Airdd, or Aired or Airech, king of the Dál nAraide from the Uí Derco Chéin; slain in the battle of Fernmag.
- fl. 8th century
in the tale of Acallam na senórach, a giant from the Land of Men (Tír na Fer), son of Cétach Crobderg. Bé Binn is promised to him, but she escapes to Ireland. Despite the protection she receives from both Finn and Goll, Áed arrives in Ireland and kills her.
Áed Allán mac Domnaill See: Áed Uaridnach mac Domnaill
- d. 743
king of Ailech and high-king of Ireland; son of Fergal mac Máele Dúin
- ob. 595
An unhistorical king of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge, whose parental name was apparently altered by medieval genealogists to take the place of Áed mac Senaig, king of Leinster of the Uí Máil.
- ob. 595
King of Leinster, son of Senach Díbech of the Uí Máil.
- d. 639
- Leinster, Cell Dara
King of Leinster and later, bishop of Kildare.
- d. 588
A king of Dál nAraide (563-588) who became chiefly known for slaying Díarmait mac Cerbaill, the Uí Néill king of Tara. The deed is depicted in Aided Díarmata meic Cerbaill.
- d. 879
King of Ailech and high-king of Ireland (r. 862–879) from the northern Uí Néill (Cenél nEógain); son of Níall Caille.
