Donnchad mac Domnall Claen
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Donnchad mac Dómnaill Clóen was the tenth and last King of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare. He was a member of the Uí Dúnchada, one of three septs of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty which rotated the kingship of Leinster between 750 - 1050 and is a significant figure in County Kildare History. He was deposed in 1003. Máel Mórda mac Murchada of the Uí Fáeláin sept replaced him as king.
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According to the Annals of Tigernach, in the year 999AD:
- T999.1 Donnchadh son of Domhnall Claon, king of Leinster, was captured by Sitric son of Olaf.
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- 11th-century deaths
- 10th-century kings of Leinster
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