Rí an [[Dál nAraidi|Dáil Araí]], agus b'fhéidir [[Ríthe na nUladh|rí Ulad]], ba ea '''Aodh Dubh mac Suibne''' ([[Sean-Ghaeilge]] '''Áed Dub mac Suibni''') (bás c. [[588]]). Tháinig a ghar-nia, [[Fiachna mac Baotáin]], i gcomharbacht air.
Mharaigh Aodh Dubh [[Diarmait mac Cerbaill|Diarmaid mac Cearbhaill]], [[Ard-Rí na hÉireann|Ard-Rí deireanach]] bana hÉireann a ''rinneadh undergorí thede pre-Christianle inaugurationdeasghnáth ritual''réamhChríostaí. I leaganacha áirithe, ba mhac altrama Dhiarmada é Aodh. Insítear i n[[Annála Tiarnaigh]] gur mharaigh Aodh Diarmaid sa bhliain 565 ag [[Ráith Bheag]], ar [[Maigh Line|Mhaígh Line]] (gar de [[Latharna]]), i gcríocha an Dáil Araí.
In ''InVita sancti [[AdomnánColm Cille|Columbae]]''BeathaNaomh Saintle ''[[Colm Cille|Cholm CilleAdomnán]]'', it statesinsítear<ref>Leabhar I, Cuid 36</ref> thatgo ndearnadh sagart d'Aodh Dubh was later ordained as a priest, ''an ordination that Adomnán describes as a sham'' becausemar ofgheall hisar historya ofchlú violenceforéigne. HeNuair writesa thatchuala whenColm ColumbaCille learnedan of thisscéala, hethug prophecisedsé that Aodhtairngreacht: "willfillfidh sé returnmar asmhadra chuig a dog to his vomitmhúisc; hebeidh willsé againarís beina adhúnmharfóir bloodyfuilteach; murdereragus andfair indheireadh themarófar end,é killed by ale spearsleá, hetitfidh willsé falló fromadhmaid woodi inton-uisce wateristeach andagus diebáfaidh drowningsé." ThisIs issampla theé mythicseo den [[bás faoi thrí|bhás miotasach faoi thrí]].<ref>Diarmaid mac Cearbhaill fosta</ref>
''Adomnan also states that Aed Dub was the lover of a priest called Finchan, the founder of a monastery in [[Tiriodh]]. The two men were strongly attached to one another "in a carnal way".<ref>Adomnan of Iona, Life of St Columba, Penguin books, 1995, ll. 138-139</ref>
