Donnchad mac Murchada, king of Leinster

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1115.

The death is recorded in the Annals of Ulster (U1115.4).

Relationships

Father: Murchad mac Diarmata, king of Laigin and Dublin.

This relationship is given by Mac Shamhráin, by Jaski (p. 122), and by A New History of Ireland (9:134).

Mother: Sabd, daughter of Mac-Bricc.

This relationship is given by Mac Shamhráin.

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

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

Children:

Diarmait Mac Murchada married (1) Sadb, daughter of Cerball Mac Fáeláin; married (2) Mór, daughter of Muirchertach Ua Tuathail.

References

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

Baldwin, Stewart. “Eve of Leinster and Radnaillt of Dublin”, a posting (26 February 1998) to soc.genealogy.medieval.

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

Mac Shamhráin, Ailbhe. “Murchad” in the Dictionary of Irish Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

Mhaonaigh, Máire Ni. “Mac Muchada, 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).