Dúnchad mac Murchada (died 728) was a King of

Leinster Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland. The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century ...

from the

Uí Dúnlainge The Uí Dúnlainge, from the Old Irish "grandsons (or descendants) of Dúnlaing", were an Irish dynasty of Leinster kings who traced their descent from Dúnlaing mac Énda Niada, a fifth-century King of Leinster. He was said to be a cousin of ...

branch of the Laigin. He was the son of

Murchad mac Brain Mut Murchad mac Brain Mut (died 727) was a King of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Bran Mut mac Conaill (died 696), a previous king. He ruled from 715 to 727. His reign His first mention in the annals is w ...

(died 727), the previous king. He ruled from 727 to 728.

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Dunchad participated in his father's great victory over the Ui Neill and the high king

Fergal mac Máele Dúin Fergal mac Máele Dúin (died 11 December 722) was High King of Ireland. Fergal belonged to the Cenél nEógain sept of the northern Uí Néill. He was the son of Máel Dúin mac Máele Fithrich (died 681), a King of Ailech, and great-grandso ...

(died 722) of the

Cenél nEógain Cenél is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Cenél Conaill, the name of the "kindred" or descendants of Conall Gulban, son of Niall Noígiallach defined by oral and recorded history * Cenél nEógain (in English, Cenel Eogan) is ...

at the Battle of Allen in 722. Dunchad succeeded his father as king in 727. He defeated his Uí Cheinnselaig rival

Laidcnén mac Con Mella Laidcnén mac Con Mella (died 727) was a king of the Uí Cheinnselaig of South Leinster Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland. The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meat ...

who was slain at the Battle of Maistiu (Mullaghmast, south Co.Kildare) in 727. The next year in 728, however he was defeated and slain by his brother Fáelán mac Murchado (died 738) at the Battle of Ailenn (Co.Kildare) who took the kingship and his widow.''Annals of Ulster'' AU 728.2 Dunchad was married to Taileflaith ingen Cathail, the daughter of

Cathal mac Finguine Cathal mac Finguine (died 742) was an Irish King of Munster or Cashel, and effectively High King of Ireland as well. He belonged to the Eóganacht Glendamnach sept of the dominant Eóganachta kin-group whose members dominated Munster from the 7t ...

(died 742), the King of

Munster Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...

. He was ancestor of the

Uí Dúnchada Uí Dúnchada was an Irish lineage and kingdom. Lineage The divisions of the Uí Dúnlainge kingdom derived from three sons of Murchad mac Brain Mut of Uí Dúnlainge, king of Laigin (d. 727). "The third brother, Dúnchad mac Murchada (d. 728) ...

sept of the Ui Dunlainge with their royal seat at Líamhain (Lyons Hill, on the Dublin-Kildare border). His son

Cellach mac Dúnchada Cellach mac Dúnchada (died 776) was a King of Leinster of the Uí Dúnchada sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Dúnchad mac Murchado (died 728), and Taileflaith. This sept had their royal seat at Líamhain (Lyons ...

(died 776) was a king of Leinster.

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* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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University College Cork
* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a

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* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,

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