Máel Mórda mac Murchada (abt. 951 - 1014)

Born about 0951 in County Kildare, Ireland

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Died 23 Apr 1014 at about age 63 in Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Máel Mórda Mac Murchada, King of Leinster, was from the Uí Fáeláin (Offaly) sept of the Uí Dúnlainge, in what is now County Kildare. He was the son of Murchad mac Macfinn and the brother of Gormflaith.^[1]

Máel-mórda in his turn married Caillech daughter of Dúnlaing; they had at least three knpwn sons.

Máel Mórda struggled for territory with Brian Boru, they fought in the Battle of Glenmama in December 999

Both Máel Mórda and Brian Boru died in the Battle of Clontarf, fought on Good Friday in 1014.

His son Bran succeeded him as a Uí Fáeláin King of Leinster 1016-1018 ^[2]

Research Notes

This profile is based on Jaski's table 40

Clann Name: Uí Fáeláin

Annals

The Annals of Ulster^[3]

AU1014.2 : There fell on the side of the foreign troop in this battle Mael Mórda son of Murchad, king of Laigin,^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings. Batsford, London, 1973. ISBN 0-7134-5882-8
2. ↑ Wilipedia : List of the Kings of Leinster
3. ↑ The Annals of Ulster - CELT
4. ↑ CELT - The Annals of Ulster

• Wikipedia : Máel Mórda mac Murchada
  • Wikidata: Item Q3140134, en:Wikipedia
• Battle of Clontarf : Máel Mórda mac Murchada: War over a Slight at a Chess Game?
• Jaski, Bart Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties Table-40 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, 13-4
• OClery The O Clery Book of Genealogies ed. S,Pender, Analecto Hibernica, 18 (Dublin 1951) = 1749-65
• DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY - Máel-Mórda Contributed by Mac Shamhráin, Ailbhe