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The name UĂ MĂĄil may mean "grandsons of the princes". This, along with their ownership of certain objects symbolic of the kingship of
Leinster, has suggested that they may once have been considered the rightful rulers of Leinster, at least by themselves. Alternatively, UĂ MĂĄil may have derived their
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