Máel Mórda mac Muirecáin, king of Airthir Liphi

King of Airthir Liphi

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

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 917. Killed in the Battle of Cennfuait by Sihtric Cáech.

This information is given by Baldwin (LaI) and by Ó Corráin (p. 186). The death appears in The Annals of Ulster (U917.3). Laski (p. 119) gives 919.

Relationships

Father: Muirecán mac Diarmata (died 863).

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 (U917.3) and Genealogies from Rawlinson B502 (¶18).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

Finn mac Máel Mórda (died 923).

Muiredach (died 944).

Braen

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).