Heir designate(?) of Leinster
Finn was a member of the Uí Fáeláin branch of Uí Dúnlainge (Baldwin LaI).
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 923.
This date is given by Baldwin (LaI). The death is recorded in The Annals of Ulster (U923.8). He is said to have been killed by his own kinsmen.
Relationships
Father: Máel Mórda mac Muirecáin (died 917).
This relationship is given by Baldwin (LaI), by Jaski (p. 119), by Byrne (p. 289), and by Ó Corráin (p. 186). It is recorded in The Annals of Ulster (U923.8) and Genealogies from Rawlinson B502 (¶13, ¶18).
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: unknown.
Children:
Flann (died 944).
Domnall (died 949).
Máel Mórda (died 968).
Murchad mac Finn (died 972).
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).
Ó Corráin, Donncha. Ireland before Normans (Volume 2 of The Gill History of Ireland) (Dublin: Gill and MacMillan, 1972).