Dál mBuinne
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Dál mBuinne, alias Dál mBuain, meaning the "portion of Buinne",[1][2] was a medieval Irish Cruthin petty-kingdom that was part of Dál nAraidi of Magh Line in the over-kingdom of Ulaid. Their eponymous ancestor was Buinn, son of the legendary Ulaid king Fergus mac Róich.[2][3] It consisted in whole or part of a trícha cét.[4] Dál mBuinne is Anglicised as Dalmunia and Dalboyn, the latter of which became the name of a medieval deanery.[1][2][3]
Dál mBuinne contained the royal site of Dún Eachdach (Eochaidh's fort, modern-day Duneight in County Down), which had been established by the Dál Fiatach by the 9th century.[5] In 1010 AD according to the Annals of the Four Masters Flaithbertach Ua Néill of the Cenél nEógain led an incursion into Ulaid and burnt Dún Eachdach.[5] South of Dún Eachdach lies the Ravernet river, which formed the boundary between Dál mBuinne and Uí Echach Cobo.[5]
Dál mBuinne also contained the royal inauguration site of Cráeb Telcha (modern-day Crew Hill near Glenavy, County Antrim),[6] which at first appears to have been used as such by the Dál nAraidi before its take over by the Dál Fiatach by the 9th century.[7][8]
St. Patrick's slave master Míliuc mac Buan (also called Milchú) was a chief of the Dál mBuain.[1][9]