mac mac died eleventh century ruler son man named appears grandson king dublin relationship meant member nephew son king dublin man driven dublin mac reign dublin spanned years began seizing eventually lost king recorded overseen military operations ireland actively assisted family king overseas wales final expulsion dublin king dublin mac case died ancestor close king dublin isles family ruled isles mid thirteenth century background probably son mac died man death battle recorded annals masters annals identification correct paternal grandfather king dublin died paternal uncle king dublin died struggle dublin probable uncle ruled dublin years reason suspect realm included second decade eleventh century reign dublin finally end died drove coastal town claimed previously closely aligned died ruler kingdoms england denmark norway apparent authority region coupled seemingly close connections account remarkable security enjoyed reign possible bound taking action whilst held power confusion caused death enabled exploit situation seize control region direct evidence controlled date appear taken refuge island expulsion dublin suggest island outside possession indicate fallen hands fact possible island launch takeover dublin hold dublin short lived annals records replaced king dublin entry interpreted indicate drove reason suspect earl died extended presence isles region period evidence power isles suggest possessed active interest ongoing struggle dublin fact predatory operations region contributed loss dublin received form support son successor britain died certainly power replaced association explain annals reports death years later reign lasted years royal acts appears invasion year fact proceeded campaign indicate held power region acquisition dublin annals records penetrated domain killed chief entry indicates stormed church burned shrine patrick attack following year invaded subsequent slaughter including certain heir apparent named documented annals annals annals masters remarkable action indicate battling control evidence enjoyed possession date domain certainly closest irish territory control fleet account ability challenge case year mac king died recorded attacked dublin rich northern raid following year annals states succeeded annals masters driven elected king point life known certain died recorded annals annals sources style king foreigners evidence suggest mac died drove dublin king death appears appointed son died control dublin later decade annals masters title meaning lord foreigners invaded overthrown father son dead annals describes death year king isles literally king isles foreigners declaration indicate eleventh century isles contingent control involvement wales principal welsh monarch reign died main rivals king died man killed father ruled demise responsible certainly succeeded death likely context fall resulting regime change son fled overseas sought refuge dublin according mother son paternal granddaughter revealed source fact woman father mac built commanded welsh fortress called unknown long possessed fortress son slain wales apparent event evidence struggle control site expulsion dublin year turn indicate exiled monarch sought refuge wales despite uncertainty specific location appears situated territory controlled reason suspect fall flight oversaw military actions years later example versions report welsh king captured forces dublin episode elaborated sixteenth century text compiled died seventeenth century text compiled according late versions events captured context supporting cause accounts state managed escape captors welsh forces return ireland evidence suggests personally involved king welsh fortress controlled conflict involved military forces dublin final defeat died according version stand took place mouth river vicinity included ireland supported cause apparent adversaries generally utilised foreign military support ireland viking certainly book declares struggled english irish career ancestral figure father uncle possibly brother king dublin isles died annals reveals possessed dublin entry recording chronicle gives whilst source identifies son man named old norse identifies paternal grandson man named record military actions conducted merely named son fact indicate known contemporaries correct preserved chronicle merely form style given chronicle states father place refer iceland ireland passage evidence connection iceland chronicle states died island rendered case instead refers ireland spelling result influence source originating england source written
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