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Áed mac Ainmuirech (died
c. 598) was high-king of the Northern
Uí Néill. He belonged to the
Cenél Conaill and was a distant cousin of
Columba of
Iona. He came to power some decades after the death of the last old, pagan style high-king of Tara,
Diarmait mac Cerbaill (d. 565), after a period in which it isn't clear that the Uí Néill had a high-king, nor is it certain that his contemporaries would have acknowledged Áed as such.
He is known to have met with
Áedán mac Gabráin, king of
Dál Riata, in 575 at Druim Cett, to agree an alliance, presumably arranged by his cousin Columba. Áed and Áedán were both threatened by the activities
Ulaid king
Báetán mac Cairill of the
Dál Fiatach, and it served both interests that Dál Riada not be subjected to the ambitious Báetán. In this they succeeded.
Áed's attempts to expand Northern Uí Néill power further met with some success. However, at the battle of Dún Bolg in 598, Áed was defeated and killed by the high-king of
Leinster,
Brandub mac Echach of the
Uí Cheinnselaig.
Áed was followed as king of the Northern Uí Néill by
Colmán Rimid, son of
Báetán mac Muirchertaig, of the
Cenél nEógain. Áed's sons
Máel Cobo and
Domnall were later kings of the Northern Uí Néill.
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