Talk:Melaghlin

This whole article is misinformed to the extreme. It was Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid, High king of Ireland, who captured and drowned (Annals of Ulster 845.8). The Niall who had been fighting against the Norse prior to Máel Sechnaill was his predecessor as high king Niall Caille mac Áeda, certainly not Niall of the Nine hostages! If I knew the correct procedures I would have nominated this article for deleetion. Finnrind 05:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Apologies if the entry above seem uncivil, I do realise how misunderstandings like these can occur. Hopefully I have understood the procedures, if prod was wrong here please let me know. I have fixed all articles with the same misunderstanding Melaghlin/Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid, so that the only links to this article is to the surname Melaghlin. Finnrind 06:36, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

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I have to agree with others; who is this article about? Melaghlin was a very common anglicised version of Máel Seachnaill, which was the name of several royal members of Clann Cholmáin of the southern Uí Néill. I came here looking for information about how the Ó Maoilsheachlainn/O'Melaghlin surname became so common in Westmeath. Were they all extirpated from southeast Meath, or is it a different family entirely? 86.42.95.215 08:47, 7 November 2007 (UTC)