Muirchertach Ó Tuathail (abt. 1080 - 1164)

Born about 1080 in Ireland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1164 at about age 84 in Kildare, Leinster, Ireland [uncertain]

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Biography

Muirceartach (King of the Ui Muirceartaigh) was the son of Gillacomghall Baccach. ^[1]

Muirchertach married at least three times. The mother of Augaire Ruad was probably his first wife. He also married the daughter of Cerball grandson of Bricc, the mother of his sons Lorcán (Lorcán Ua Tuathail (qv)), Gilla-Comgaill, and Dúnlaing, and of his daughter Sadb. He then wed Cacht daughter of Ua Mórda of Loígis, the mother of his sons Áed, Tuathal, and Conchobar, and of his daughter Mór. It is not clear which of his wives was the mother of his daughter Gormlaith.

children of Muirceartach -

1. Gillacomghall, lord of Ui Muirealaigh
2. Tuathal
3. Ruadh
4. Aodh
5. Conchobhar
6. Mor, wife of Diarmaid MacMorough (or Diarmaid na-nGall), the last King of Leinster
7. Lorcan (Saint Laurence O'Toole) Archbishop of Dublin, who, on 14th Nov., 1180, died in France

Sources

1. ↑ Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation vol: 1 p: 92 by John O'Hart

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