Mathgamain mac Cennétig

Mathgamain mac Cennétig (also known as Mahon) was King of Munster from around 970 to his death in 976.

Mathgamain was the son of Cennétig mac Lorcáin of the Dál gCais.

[1] His father died in 951 and is called king of Tuadmumu in the report of his death, and was probably succeeded by Mathgamain's brother Lachtna, who was assassinated in 953 by rival septs of the Dál gCais (The Uí Fhloinn and Uí Chearnaigh).

[2] However he is not believed to have become king of Munster until 970 or shortly after, deposing Máel Muad mac Brain.

The most common account of Mathgamain's death was that he was captured in 976 by Donnubán mac Cathail, Tigerna (Chief of the Name) of the Irish clan Uí Fidgenti, with whom the Dál gCais were vying for territory, and who were in alliance with Hiberno-Norse King Ivar of Limerick.