Flaithrí mac Domnaill (died 777)all dates per The Chronology of the Irish Annals, Daniel P. McCarthy was a King of Connacht from the Uí Briúin branch of the Connachta. He was the son of Domnall mac Cellaig (d.728), a previous king.Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, Table The sept of Uí Briun he belonged to was the Síl Cellaig of Loch Cime. He reigned from 773-777.
In 775 the Uí Maine were defeated by the Sil Cellaig at the Battle of Achad Liac (in Cluain Acha Liag, now called Killeroran- i.e. the Uí Maine inauguration site). After this battle the law of Ciarán of Clonmacnoise was again imposed on Connacht.Byrne, pg.252
The annals record his death in 777, but other historians state he abdicated and died in 779.Byrne, Table 20 and T.M.Charles Edwards, Early Christian Ireland, Table 24
See also Kings of Connacht
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References
Annals of Ulster T.M.Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings The Chronology of the Irish Annals, Daniel P. McCarthy
External links CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork