Tadc mac Gilla Patraic

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Tadc was blinded in 1027.

Relationships

Father: Gilla Pátraic, king of Osraige.

This relationship is given by Baldwin, by Candon, and by Jaski (p. 127).

Mother: Echrad ingen Carlusa.

This relationship is given by Baldwin (ELRD) and by Candon.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

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

Derborgilla (died 1098) married (1) Tairdelbach ua Briain; married (2) Dunlaing ua Ceallaide.

Evidence

from the Annals of Ulster (s.a. 1027):

Tadc son of Gilla Pátraic was blinded by Donnchad son of Gilla Pátraic, king of Osraige. Brian's son led an expedition into Osraige, and the Osraige inflicted a slaughter on his followers, including Dogra son of Dúnadach, king of Síl Anmchada, Domnall son of Senchán, and a great number besides.

References

The Annals of Ulster (Mac Airt & Mac Niocaill trans., Pádraig Bambury, Stephen Beechinor, compilers) (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2000).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Eve of Leinster and Radnaillt of Dublin”, a posting (26 February 1998) to soc.genealogy.medieval.

Candon, Anthony. “Power, politics and polygamy: women and marriage in late pre-Norman Ireland” in Ireland and Europe in the Twelfth Century: Reform and Renewal (Damian Bracken & Dagmar Ó Riain-Raedel, eds.). (Four Courts Press, 2006).

Dobbs, Margaret. “The Ban-Shenchus” in Revue Celtique (1930, pp. 283-339; 1931, pp. 163-234; 1932, pp. 437-489).

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