Muiredach mac Murchada, king of Leinster

King of Leinster

Muiredach was ancestor of the Uí Muiredaig branch of Uí Dúnlainge. (Baldwin Lal)

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 760.

This date is given by Baldwin (LaI). It is recorded in The Annals of Ulster (U760.5).

Relationships

Father: Murchad mac Brain Muit (died 727).

This relationship is given by Baldwin (LaI), by Byrne (p. 289), and by Jaski (p. 117). It is recorded in The Annals of Ulster (U760.5) and in Genealogies from Rawlinson B502 (¶11).

Mother: Conchenn ingen Cellaig Cualain (died 743).

This relationship is given by Baldwin (LaI).

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

Bran Ardchenn mac Muiredaig (died 795).

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). [Digital images of the original manuscript may be viewed at the Bodleian Library website.]