Person:Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid (1)

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Máel Sechnaill mac Máel Ruanaida (Modern Irish: Maolsheachlann Mac Maolruanaidh), also known as Máel Sechnaill I, anglicised as Malachy MacMulrooney (died 27 November 862) was High King of Ireland. The Annals of Ulster use the Old Irish title rí hÉrenn uile, that is "king of all Ireland", when reporting his death, distinguishing Máel Sechnaill from the usual Kings of Tara who are only called High Kings of Ireland in late sources such as the Annals of the Four Masters or Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn. According to the "Grand History of the Celts", a traditional book of facts and folklore, Mael Sechnaill was the husband of Mael Muire, the granddaughter of the legendary Alpin, a 9th-century king of Dalriada.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} MAELSECHLAINN (-30 Nov 862), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

   Cawley cites two sources (Annals of Ulster and Annals of Innisfallen) that spell his name Mael Sechnaill and one (Fragmentary Annals of Ireland) that spells his name Mael Sechlainn. Cawley uses the latter spelling.