Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 1072.
Place of Death: the battle of Mide.
The date and place are given by Mhaonaigh.
Relationships
Father: Donnchad, son of Diarmait (Donnchad Máel na mBó).
This relationship is given by Mhaonaigh, by Byrne (p. 290), by Ó Corráin (p. 188), by Jaski (p. 122), and by A New History of Ireland (9:134).
Mother: Aife, daughter of Gilla Pátraic, king of Osraige.
This relationship is given by Mhaonaigh.
Spouse: Derbforgaill, daughter of Donnchad.
This relationship is given by Mhaonaigh.
Children (by Derbforgaill):
Murchad married Sabd, daughter of a Mac-Bricc.
Children (mother uncertain):
Aife.
References
Baldwin, Stewart. “Eve of Leinster and Radnaillt of Dublin”, a posting (26 February 1998) to soc.genealogy.medieval.
Byrne, Francis J. Irish Kings and High-Kings 2nd ed. (Dublin: Four Courts, 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
Mac Shamhráin, Ailbhe. “Murchad” in the Dictionary of Irish Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
Mhaonaigh, Máire Ni.. “Diarmait” in the Dictionary of Irish Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
A New History of Ireland. Moody, T.W., F.X.Martin, and F.J. Byrne (eds.). Volume 9 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984).
Ó Corráin, Conncha. Ireland Before the Normans (Volume 2 of the Gill History of Ireland) (Dublin: Gill and MacMillan, 1972).