Gilla Pátraic (died 996)

King of Osraige

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 996.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Baldwin, by Candon, and by Jaski (p. 127).

Relationships

Father: Donnchad mac Cellaig.

This relationship is given by Baldwin, by Jaski (p. 127), and by A New History of Ireland (9:135).

Mother: Aife ingen Fáeláin.

This relationship is given by Baldwin (KO).

Spouse: Máel Muire ingen Arailt.

This relationship is given by Baldwin (KO).

Spouse: Echrad ingen Carlusa.

This relationship is given by Baldwin (ELRD) and by Candon.

Children (by Máel Muire):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Donnchad (died 1039), ardrí Laigen.

Children (by Echrad):

Dúngal (died 1016).

Tadc (blinded 1027).

Muirchertach.

Aífe married Donnchad Máel na mBó.

Evidence

from the Annals of Tigernach (s.a. 996):

Giolla Pádraig son of Donnchadh, king of Ossory, was killed by Donnabhán son of Íomar, and by Domhnall son of Faelán, king of the Déise.

References

The Annals of Tigernach (Gearóid Mac Niocaill trans.). CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts (University College, Cork, 2010).

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

Baldwin, Stewart. “Kings of Osraige”.

Candon, Anthony. “Power, politics and polygamy: women and marriage in late pre-Norman Ireland” in Ireland and Europe in the Twelfth Century: Reform and Renewal (Damian Bracken & Dagmar Ó Riain-Raedel, eds.). (Four Courts Press, 2006).

Dobbs, Margaret. “The Ban-Shenchus” in Revue Celtique (1930, pp. 283-339; 1931, pp. 163-234; 1932, pp. 437-489).

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

A New History of Ireland. Moody, T.W., F.X.Martin, and F.J. Byrne (eds.). Volume 9 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984)