Bran Ardchenn mac Muiredaig, king of Leinster

King of Leinster

Bran was of the Uí Muiredaig branch of Uí Dúnlainge. (Baldwin Lal)

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 795.

This date is given by Baldwin (LaI). It is recorded in The Annals of Ulster (U795.1): “Bran Airdchenn, king of Laigen, was slain with his queen, Eithne daughter of Domnall of Mide. Fínnechta Cetharderc, son of Cellach, killed them in Cell Chúile Duma on the sixth night after the Kalends 6th of May i.e. on the fourth feria Wednesday.”

Relationships

Father: Muiredach mac Murchada (died 760).

This relationship is given by Baldwin (LaI), by Byrne (p. 289), and by Jaski (p. 120). It is recorded in The Annals of Ulster (U795.1) and in Genealogies from Rawlinson B502 (¶11).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Eithne, daughter of Domnall.

Children:

(It is unknown if Eithne was the mother of Muiredach.)

Cellach

Muiredach mac Brain (died 818).

References

The Annals of Ulster (Pádraig Bambury, Stephen Beechinor, compilers) (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2000).

Baldwin, Stewart. Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table. (Hosted at Rootsweb.ancestry.com. Accessed 23 May 2014).

Byrne, Francis J. Irish Kings and High-Kings. (Four Courts Press, 2001).

Jaski, Bart. “The traditional rule of succession in early Ireland” (Ph.D. thesis, Trinity College Dublin, 1994). Appendix 2, Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties. Online PDF:

https://www.academia.edu/4144299/Genealogical_tables_of_medieval_Irish_royal_dynasties

O’Brien, Michael (ed.) Genealogies from Rawlinson B502. Electronic edition compiled by Donnchadh Ó Corráin. (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 1997/2010). [Digital images of the original manuscript may be viewed at the Bodleian Library website.]