Fíachna Lonn mac Cóelbad ("the fierce") (flourished 482) was a Dal nAraide king in modern County Antrim, Ulster. He was the son of Cáelbad mac Cruind Ba Druí, a high king of Ireland and King of Ulster and brother of the previous Dal nAraide kings Sárán mac Cóelbad and Condlae mac Cóelbad.[1]
He is listed in king lists as successor to his brothers. In some annals he is mentioned as a participant in the Battle of Ochae (Faughan Hill, near Kells) in 482 which overthrew the high king Ailill Molt of Connacht.[2] The Annals of Ulster call him the son of the King of Dal nAraide.[3] While other later annals such as the Chronicum Scotorum call him King of Dal nAraide.[4]
The descendants of his brother Condlae were to provide the ruling line the Uí Chóelbad of Dal nAraide.
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- Annals of Ulster at [1] at University College Cork
- Chronicum Scotorum at [2] at University College Cork
- Gearoid Mac Niocaill (1972), Ireland before the Vikings, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
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