Maine mac Cerbaill (died 538) was a king of Uisnech in Mide of the Ui Neill. He was the son of Fergus Cerrbél, grandson of Conall Cremthainne (died 480) and brother of the high king Diarmait mac Cerbaill (died 565).Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, pg.282 He ruled from 520 to 538.Book of Leinster,Rig Uisnig gives him a reign of 12 years
Maine was defeated and slain at the Battle of Claenloch (near Kinelea, Co.Galway) by Goibnenn mac Conaill of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne.Annals of Ulster AU 538.2; Annals of Tigernach 537.1 Maine was attempting to secure the hostages of the Uí Maine. This battle marked the division of the Ui Maine subject to Connacht and the Cenél Maine of Tethba, subject to the Southern Ui Neill.Byrne, pg. 92 It is also possible this battle took place at Clea Lake, near Keady in Armagh, which points to the origins of the family of Diarmait mac Cerbaill in the territory north of the Boyne and Blackwater.Byrne, pg.xvii
Notes
See also Kings of Uisnech
References
Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, Book of Leinster,Rig Uisnig at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
External links CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork