Dúnchad mac Fiachnai (died c. 644)[1] was King of Ulaid from the Dal Fiatach dynasty.
The Dal Fiatach recovered the kingship of Ulaid after the Battle of Mag Roth in 637 and were to retain it until 674.
Dúnchad's mother was Cumne Dub ingen Furudráin of the Uí Tuirtri (a tribe of the Airgialla west of Lough Neagh in modern County Tyrone).
She had previously been married to Dúnchad's great uncle Baetan mac Cairill (died 581) by whom she had children.
[3] However, the ambitions of Máel Dúin were not to be fulfilled as he was murdered by Dúnchad at Óenach Deiscirt Maige, probably in southern Muirthemne in modern County Louth.