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Dúnlaing mac Muiredaig (died 869) was a King of Leinster of the Uí Muir e d a i g s ept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. This sept had thei r r o y a l s eat at Maistiu (Mullaghmast) in South Kildare. He was the son o f M u i r e dach mac Brain (died 818), a previous king. He ruled from 863 t o 8 6 9 .
There is much confusion in the king lists during this period for Leinst e r . B e t ween 838 and 871 the title King of Leinster is not recorded in t h e A n n a ls of Ulster. The death of Dúnlaing is not recorded in this anna l b u t i s r e corded in other annals.[2] Francis John Byrne suggests that t h e r o o t o f this apparent confusion lay in the fact that the Uí Dúnlaing e k i n g s e xercised little real authority due to the aggressions of their w e s t e r n neighbour Cerball mac Dúnlainge (died 888), King of Osraige. Cer b a l l , w hile unable to install himself as king of Leinster, was able to p r e v e n t any rival king exercising real power there.
In 868 the annals record that the Laigin participated with the Uí Néill o f B r e g a a nd Norse at the Battle of Cell Ua nDaigri on the Boyne estuary . T h e y w e re defeated by the high king Áed Findliath (died 879)
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Abt 800 - 869 (69 years)
