Cennétig mac Lorcáin
Irish king · Died 951
Cennétig mac Lorcáin, was a prominent king of the Dál gCais and king of Tuadmumu. He raised the dynasty in power, from regional vassals of the kings of Munster, to challenging for the kingship himself.
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He was the father of Brian Boru, who would continue Cennétig's war-like rise to power, by becoming High King of Ireland in 1002.