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Ragnall mac Torcaill

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King of Dublin

Lived 1101 to 1146 · aged 45
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Ragnall mac Torcaill was a twelfth-century Norse-Gaelic magnate who may have been King of Dublin. He was a member of the Meic Torcaill, and may be identical to a member of this family who campaigned in Wales in 1144. Ragnall was slain in 1146, with some sources styling him king in records of his demise.

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The name of a member of the Meic Torcaill - possibly Ragnall himself - as it appears on folio 71v of Oxford Jesus College 111 (the Red Book of Hergest): "mab turkyỻ".[16]The name of a member of the Meic Torcaill - possibly Ragnall himself - as it appears on folio 71v of Oxford Jesus College 111 (the Red Book of Hergest): "mab turkyỻ".[16]Ragnall's title as it appears on folio 23r of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 488: "rí Gall Atha Clíath" ("king of the Gaill of Dublin").[1]Ragnall's title as it appears on folio 23r of Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 488: "rí Gall Atha Clíath" ("king of the Gaill of Dublin").[1]The name of Ragnall's son, Ascall, as it appears on folio 46v of British Library Royal 13 B VIII (Expugnatio Hibernica): "Hasculphus".[34]The name of Ragnall's son, Ascall, as it appears on folio 46v of British Library Royal 13 B VIII (Expugnatio Hibernica): "Hasculphus".[34]

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Ragnall mac Torcaill was a twelfth-century Norse-Gaelic magnate who may have been King of Dublin. He was a member of the Meic Torcaill, and may be identical to a member of this family who campaigned in Wales in 1144. Ragnall was slain in 1146, with some sources styling him king in records of his demise. He was the father of at least one son, Ascall, a man who certainly reigned as king.

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Lived 1101 to 1146 · aged 45
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