Muiredaig mac Loairn

Muiredag was of the Cenél Loairn branch of the Dál Riata. (Baldwin LaI)


Events


Date of Birth: unknown.


Date of Death: unknown.


Relationships


Father: Loarn.

This relationship is given by Baldwin (LaI) and by Jaski (p. 81). It is recorded in Genealogies from Rawlinson B502 (¶1697). Baldwin notes that “later genealogists make Loarn the son of Erc, and brother of Fergus, ancestor of the later kings of Scotland,” but “there is no good reason to believe that the supposed sibling relationship is historical.”

Mother: unknown.


Spouse: unknown.


Children:


Eochaid mac Muiredaig.


References


Baldwin, Stewart. Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table. (Hosted at Rootsweb.ancestry.com. Accessed 23 May 2014).


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).