Muirecán mac Diarmata, king of Leinster

King of Leinster

Muirecán was a member of the Uí Fáeláin branch of Uí Dúnlainge (Baldwin LaI).

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 863.

This information is given by Baldwin (LaI) and by Ó Corráin (p. 186). The death appears in The Annals of Ulster (U863.3): “Muirecán son of Diarmait, king of Nás and eastern Life, was killed by the Norsemen.”

Relationships

Father: Diarmait mac Ruadrach (died 832).

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 (U863.3) and Genealogies from Rawlinson B502 (¶18).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

Domnall

Cerball

Máel Mórda mac Muirecáin (died 917).

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).