Dúngal Eilni mac Scandail
Dúngal Eilni mac Scandail was a Dál nAraidi king of the Cruthin. He ascended to this position some time after 668. He was the son of Scandal mac Bécce, a previous king.
In the 6th and 7th centuries the Dál nAraidi were part of a confederation of Cruthin tribes in Ulaid, an over-kingdom in Ireland, and were the dominant dynasty. Dungal belonged to a branch of this family settled in Eilne, a plain between the Bann and Bush rivers in modern-day County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He is styled "King of the Cruithne" in the annals.
In 681 he and Cenn Fáelad mac Suibne, chief of Cianachta Glenn Geimin were defeated by Máel Dúin mac Máele Fithrich of the Cenél nEógan at what was called the burning of the kings at Dún Ceithirn.
His sons Ailill mac Dúngaile Eilni and Cú Chuarán mac Dúngail Eilni would also become chiefs of the Dál nAraidi. Cú Chuarán was king of all Ulaid as well. Dúngal also had another son, Fiachra Cossalach, who was a Dál nAraidi king of the Cruthin, who ruled from 709-710.
