Murchadh mac Sochlachan (died
936
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) was 32nd King of
Uí Maine.
In 918, there occurred ''"A great slaughter was made of the Ui-Maine at Grian'' but the circumstances are not stated.
He was a son of
Sochlachan mac Diarmata
Sochlachan mac Diarmata (died 909) was 31st King of Uí Maine
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(died 909), and brother of
Mughroin mac Sochlachan and his pedigree - written as Murchatan (from the diminutive Murchadhain) - is recorded in
Leabhar Ua Maine
''Leabhar Ua Maine'' (also ''Leabhar Uí Dubhagáin'', ''The Book of Hy-Many'' and RIA MS D ii 1) is an Irish genealogical compilation, created c. 1392–94.
History
Previously known as ''Leabhar Uí Dubhagáin'', after Seán Mór Ó Dubha ...
as:
''Murchatan, son of Sochlachan, son of Diarmait, son of Fergus, son of Murchadh, son of Dubh-da-Thuath, son of Daimin, son of Darnhdairi, son of Ailell, son of Coirbin, son of Aedh, son of Crimthann Cael, son of Lughaidh, son of Dallan, son of Breasal, son of Maine Mor.''
A heading indicates that his
sept
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were called the Clann Cremthainn. As his is the
terminal name
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in the list, it may be that the Clann Cremthainn provided no more kings.
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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, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
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.
* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
People from County Galway
People from County Roscommon
10th-century Irish monarchs
936 deaths
Kings of Uí Maine
Year of birth unknown
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