Dúnchad Muirisci mac Tipraite (died
683
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Year 683 ( DCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 683 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calenda ...
) was a King of
Connacht from the
Ui Fiachrach branch of the
Connachta
The Connachta are a group of medieval Irish dynasties who claimed descent from the legendary High King Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles). The modern western province of Connacht ( Irish ''Cúige Chonnacht'', province, literall ...
. He was of the
Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe sept based along the River Moy. This line was descended from Fiachnae, a brother of
Ailill Molt
Ailill mac Nath Í (died c. 482), called Ailill Molt, is included in most lists of the High Kings of Ireland and is also called King of Connacht. His cognomen, ''molt'', means "ram" but its origin is unknown.
Family
Ailill was said to be the son ...
(died 484).
His epithet shows that he won control of the Muiresc region on the Moy and his line provided the later kings of Ui Fiachrach. Both the king-lists and the annals attest to his rule as king in the years 682–683. However they give his father as Máeldub whereas genealogies such as the ''Book of Ballymote'' name Máeldub as his grandfather and Tipraite as his father.
[Byrne uses the latter in his tables-Table 18]
The annals record that he was killed in 683 but do not mention who was responsible. His known sons were
Indrechtach mac Dúnchado
Indrechtach mac Dúnchado Muirisci (died 707) was a King of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe branch of the Connachta
The Connachta are a group of medieval Irish dynasties who claimed descent from the legendary High King Conn Cétcha ...
(died 707), a king of Connacht, and Aillil.
Notes
See also
*
Kings of Connacht
The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the ''cóiced'' (variously translated as portion, fifth, province) of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon, Ireland. However, the name only became applied to it in the early medieval era, being name ...
References
* ''Annals of Tigernach''
* Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings''
* ''Book of Leinster'',Section 30
* ''Laud Synchronisms''
* ''The Chronology of the Irish Annals'', Daniel P. McCarthy
External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork
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Kings of Connacht
Monarchs from County Mayo
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7th-century Irish monarchs
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