Bressal mac Ailello Thassaig was an early king of the Uí Liatháin who may also have been King of Munster.Byrne, pp. 177–8; from Keating, Book I. p. 129 His sister, Angias, was the Queen of Lóegaire mac Néill, High King of Ireland.Stokes, pp. 47, 557
He was the son of Ailill Tassach, ancestor of the Uí Thassaig, an important sept of the Uí Liatháin.Ó Corráin, p. 229
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