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Cerball mac Dúnlainge (patronymic sometimes spelled Dúngaile, Irish: (d i e d 8 8 8 ) was king of Ossory in south-east Ireland. The kingdom of Ossor y ( O s r a ige) occupied roughly the area of modern County Kilkenny and wes te r n C o u nty Laois and lay between the larger provincial kingdoms of Mun s t e r a n d Leinster.
Cerball came to prominence after the death of Fedelmid mac Crimthainn, K i n g o f M u nster, in 847. Ossory had been subject for a period to the Eóg a n a c h ta kings of Munster, but Feidlimid was succeeded by a series of we a k k i n g s who had to contend with Viking incursions on the coasts of Mun s t e r . A s a result, Cerball was in a strong position and is said to have b e e n t h e s econd most powerful king in Ireland in his later years.[4] Upo n h i s d e a th, he was succeeded by his brother Riagan mac Dúnlainge.
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Abt 869 - 888 (19 years)