Fiannamail mac Máele Tuile

Who was Fiannamail mac Máele Tuile?

Fiannamail mac Máele Tuile was a King of Leinster from the Uí Máil branch of the Laigin. He was the great-grandson of Áed Dibchine mac Senaig, a previous king and grandson of Rónán Crach, possibly the Leinster king mentioned in the saga "Fingal Rónáin".

His exact accession date is uncertain. The Book of Leinster gives him a reign of 13 years and the death obit of Fáelán mac Colmáin is given as 666 in the Irish annals.

In 677 the Laigin fought with the high king Fínsnechta Fledach of the Síl nÁedo Sláine at the Battle of Loch Gabor. There was mutual slaughter on both sides but Finsnechta emerged the victor. In 680 Fiannamail was slain by one of his own people named Foichsechán at the instigation of the high king Finsnechta.

Fiannamail was ancestor to the Uí Théig north of Uí Máil territory just west of the Wicklow Mountains