Diarmait Mac Murchada (about 1110 - 1171)

Events

Date of Birth: about 1110.

The date is given by Flanagan (ODNB).

Date of Death: 1 May 1171.

Place of Death: Ferns.

The date and place are given by Flanagan (ODNB).

Relationships

Father: Donnchad Mac Murchada (died 1115), king of Uí Chennselaig and of Leinster.

This relationship is given by Flanagan (ODNB), by Mhaonaigh, and by Jaski (p. 122).

Mother: Órlaith, daughter of Gille Michil Mac Bráenáin of Uí Máel Rubae.

This relationship is given by Flanagan (ODNB) and by Mhaonaigh.

Spouse or Concubine: Sadb, daughter of Cerball Mac Fáeláin, king of Uí Fáeláin.

This relationship is given by Flanagan (ODNB) and by Mhaonaigh, who states that they were married in about 1132.

Spouse: Mór, daughter of Muirchertach Ua Tuathail, king of Uí Muiredaig. Married about 1152.

This relationship is given by Flanagan (ODNB) and by Mhaonaigh.

Mistress: Derbforgaill, daughter of Murchad Ua Máelsechlainn, king of Mide.

This relationship is given by Flanagan (ODNB).

Children (by Sabh):

Órlaith married Domnall Mór Ua Briain, king of Thomond.

Donnchad.

Children (by Mór):

Aífe married Richard fitz Gilbert de Clare (about 1130 - 1176), lord of Striguil and of Leinster.

Conchobar (died 1170).

Children (mother unknown):

Domnall Cáemánach.

Énna.

Derbforgaill married Domnall Mac Gillamocholmóc, king of Uí Dunchada.

References

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Flanagan, M.T. “Clare, Isabel de, suo jure countess of Pembroke (1171x6-1220)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn. Sept. 2010).

Flanagan, M.T. “Clare, Richard fitz Gilbert de, second earl of Pembroke (c. 1130-1176)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn. Sept. 2010).

Flanagan, M.T. “Mac Murchada, Diarmait (c. 1110-1171)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

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

Mhaonaigh, Máire Ni. “Mac Muchada, Diarmait” in the Dictionary of Irish Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2009).