Eachdonn mac Dúnlainge (970 - 1042)

Born 0970 in Leinster, Ireland

Ancestors

Died 1042 at about age 72 in Magh Muilceth, Ireland

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Biography

Eachdonn was born in 970. He was the son of Dúnlang mac Tuathail. He was killed with his brother at Magh Muilceth in 1042.

Research Notes

This profile is based on Jaski's table 41

Clann Name: Uí Tuathail

Annals

The Annals of Ulster^[1]

AU1042.5 Murchad son of Dúlang, king of Laigin, and Domnall son of Aed, king of Uí Bairchi, fell by Gilla Pátraic son of Donnchad, king of Osraige, and Mac Ráith son of Donnchad, king of Eóganacht.

Annals of the Four Masters^[2]

AFM1042.9 Murchadh, son of Dunlaing, King of Leinster, and Donnchadh, son of Aedh, lord of Ui-Bairrche, fell by Gillaphadraig, son of Donnchadh, lord of Osraighe,  p.843 and Cucoigcriche Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis, and Macraith Ua Donnchadha, lord of Eoghanacht, at Magh Muilceth, in Laeighis; and in this battle of Magh-Mailceth was slain Gilla-Emhin Ua h-Anrothain, lord of Ui-Cremhthannain, and Eachdonn, son of Dunlaing, Tanist of Leinster, with many others.

Sources

1. ↑ The Annals of Ulster - CELT
2. ↑ Annals of the Four Masters - CELT

• Jaski, Bart Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties Table-41 Early Irish Kingship Succession by Jaski Bart, Published by Four Courts Press, 2013, ISBN 1846824265 ISBN 9781846824265
• CGH - Corpus Genealogies iHiberniae Vol 1 ed. M.A. O'Brien (Dublin 1962) pg, 12-3
• OClery The O Clery Book of Genealogies ed. S,Pender, Analecto Hibernica, 18 (Dublin 1951) = 1744-1748