Murchad mac Diarmata, king of Leinster
King of Dublin
King of Leinster (Uí Chennselaig)
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 1070.
The date is given by Mac Shamhráin.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: Diarmait, son of Máel na mBó.
This relationship is given by Mac Shamhráin, by Byrne (p. 290), by Ó Corráin (p. 136), by Jaski (p. 122), and by A New History of Ireland (9:134).
Mother: Derbfhorgaill, daughter of Donnchad.
This relationship is given by Mac Shamhráin.
Spouse: Sabd, daughter of a Mac-Bricc.
This relationship is given by Mac Shamhráin.
Children (by Sabd):
Donnchad married Órlaith.
Children (mother uncertain):
Domnall.
Énna.
Gormlaith.
References
Baldwin, Stewart. “Eve of Leinster and Radnaillt of Dublin”, a posting (26 February 1998) to soc.genealogy.medieval.
Byrne, Francis J. Irish Kings and High-Kings 2nd ed. (Dublin: Four Courts, 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
Mac Shamhráin, Ailbhe. “Murchad” in the Dictionary of Irish Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
A New History of Ireland. Moody, T.W., F.X.Martin, and F.J. Byrne (eds.). Volume 9 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984).
Ó Corráin, Conncha. Ireland Before the Normans (Volume 2 of the Gill History of Ireland) (Dublin: Gill and MacMillan, 1972).