Ruaidrí mac Fáeláin, king of Leinster

King of Leinster (from 776 - 785).

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

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 785.

This date is given by Baldwin (LaI) and by Ó Corráin (p. 186). The death appears in The Annals of Ulster (U785.1).

Relationships

Father: Fáelán mac Murchada (died 738).

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 (U782.3, U785.1) and Genealogies from Rawlinson B502 (¶18).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Muiredach mac Ruadrach (died 829).

Braen satrapa Lagenarum (died 814).

Diarmait mac Ruadrach (died 832).

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).

Abstracts and Transcriptions

From The Annals of Ulster:

780. The flight of Ruaidrí from Óchtar Ocha, and of Cairpre son of Laidcnén, with two septs of the Laigin. Donnchad pursued them with his adherents, and laid waste and burned their territory and churches.

782. The battle of Cuirrech in the vicinity of Cell Dara on the sixth of the Kalends of September 27 Aug., the third feria, between Ruaidrí son of Faelán, and Bran son of Muiredach. Therein fell Mugrón son of Flann, king of Uí Fhailgi, and Dub dá Crích son of Laidcnén in opposing him. Ruaidrí was victor; Bran was led away captive.