Murchadh mac Maenach (died
896
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King
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of
Maigh Seóla
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Biography
Murchadh is one of the earliest-attested kings of his region. He is noteworthy as the person who gave his name to the
Muintir Murchada
Muintir Murchada was the name of an Irish territory which derived its name from the ruling dynasty, who were in turn a branch of the Uà Briúin. The name was derived from Murchadh mac Maenach, King of Uà Briúin Seóla, who died 891.
Overvie ...
, a dynasty whose leading family later took the surname
Ó Flaithbheartaigh
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(O'Flaherty). At this point in time, his people lived east of
Lough Corrib
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, their territory centered on Lough Cime (
Lough Hackett
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),
Tuam
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County Galway
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. They would be expelled by the O'Connors in the 1050s.
The genealogies list two sons, Urchadh and Urumhain, with Urchadh listed as having descendants. A Cleirchin mac Murchadh of Uà Briúin Seóla is listed in the ''
Annals of the Four Masters
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'' under 908, though he does not appear in any other source. Urchadh later became the grandfather of
Brian Boru
Brian Boru ( mga, Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig; modern ga, Brian Bóramha; 23 April 1014) was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uà Néill and probably ended Viking invasion/domination of Ireland. ...
. Murchadh was also a descendant of Brion macEchach Muigmedoin King of Connacht who was son of Eochaid Muigh Meadhoin mac Muiredach 122nd High King of Ireland who fathered the UiNeill dynasty and Brion's famous half-brother
Niall of the Nine Hostages
Niall ''NoÃgÃallach'' (; Old Irish "having nine hostages"), or Niall of the Nine Hostages, was a legendary, semi-historical Irish king who was the ancestor of the Uà Néill dynasties that dominated Ireland from the 6th to the 10th centurie ...
.
According to the genealogies, Murchard's great-great-great-great-grandson was
Flaithbheartach mac Eimhin, whose grandson,
Muredach Mór Ua Flaithbheartaigh, apparently became the first to bear the surname. Muredach Mór had three sons—Ruaidri of Lough Cime, Donough Aluinn and Aedh. From Ruaidri are the senior lines of the clan (those of
Conmaicne Mara (later known as Connemara),
Moycullen
Moycullen ( ga, Maigh Cuilinn) is a Gaeltacht village in County Galway, Ireland, about 10 km (7 mi) northwest of Galway city. It is near Lough Corrib, on the N59 road to Oughterard and Clifden, in Connemara.
Moycullen is now a sat ...
and Sliocht Diarmaid).
See also
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Ó Flaithbertaigh
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References
* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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University College Cork* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a
a
University College Cork
of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin
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* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
* Lysaght, Eamonn (1978), The Surnames of Ireland. .
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People from County Galway
891 deaths
9th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown