Donnchadh mac Briain (old spelling: Donnchad mac Briain) (died 1064), son of Brian Bóruma and Gormflaith ingen Murchada, was King of Munster. Brian Bóruma...
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Bóruma, Toirdelbach was the son of Tadc mac Briain who was killed in 1023 by his half-brother Donnchad mac Briain. For the first forty years of his life...
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of Munster, rivalling his half brother Donnchad mac Briain. Tadc was assassinated at the instigation of Donnchad in 1023. Duffy, Seán (2004). "Brian Bóruma...
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Annals of the Four Masters Annals text Bracken, Damian (2004), "Mac Briain, Donnchad (d. 1064)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford...
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eliminating him from succession. King Donnchad inflicted a slaughter on the Dál gCais and Eóganachta, led by Donnchad mac Briain in a predatory incursion into...
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have forged an alliance with the powerful Uí Briain. A leading member of this kindred, Donnchad mac Briain, King of Munster, was married to Cacht ingen...
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provided three more High Kings of Ireland; Donnchad mac Briain, Toirdelbach Ua Briain and Muirchertach Ua Briain. From the 12th–16th centuries, the Dál gCais...
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the grandson of Donnchad Donn, great-grandson of Flann Sinna and great-great-grandson of the first Máel Sechnaill, Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid. The...
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List of kings of Munster (section Ó Briain, 1025–1119)
loosened by the rise of Brian Bóruma of the Dál gCais, who established the Ó Briain as kings of Munster. As well as this, Munster had to contend with the Normans...
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(1014–1025) Donnchad mac Briain, King (1025–1064) Murchad mac Donnchada, King (1064–1068) Toirdelbach Ua Briain, King (1068) Muirchertach Ua Briain, King (1086–1114...
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Cacht ingen Ragnaill was the queen of Donnchad mac Briain, from their marriage in 1032 to her death in 1054, when she is styled Queen of Ireland in the...
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of his own first cousin once removed, Donnchad mac Domnaill Remair, before Diarmait's ally, Toirdelbach Ua Briain, King of Munster, was able to intervene...
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Toirdhealbhach mac Diarmada Ua Briain was King of Munster in an interrupted reign from 1142 to 1165. He was the son of Diarmaid Ua Briain, King of Munster...
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Waterford. The same is the case for Cacht ingen Ragnaill, queen of Donnchad mac Briain, often assumed to be Echmarcach's sister. The Banshenchas record...
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ar Éirinn. Máel Sechnaill was son of Máel Ruanaid and grandson of Donnchad Midi mac Domnaill of Clann Cholmáin, who was King of Tara from around 778 to...
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succeeded Gadhra Mór mac Dundach but was killed on the expedition to Osraige while acting as a vassal of King Donnchad mac Briain of Munster. The same...
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(aka Domhnall Ua Briain) and Donnchad mac Murchada (aka Donnchadh Ua Mael-na-mbo): M1115.5 "A battle was gained by Domhnall Ua Briain and the foreigners...
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his father Toirdhealbhach Bóg Ó Briain upon his death in 1459. He collected tribute from O'Neill in 1463. Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh described Tadhg's last...
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the kingship: Donnchad mac Briain, his son with Gormflaith and Tadc mac Briain, his son with Echrad. According to the annals, Donnchad rallied the forces...
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Sigtrygg Silkbeard (redirect from Sitriuc mac Amlaíb)
Flaithbertach Ua Néill, King of Cenél nEógain and the Uí Néill, and Donnchad mac Briain of Munster in 1025 and 1026 respectively, in support of their bids...
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the instability of the kingship of Tara from the death of Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill in 1022. He had been overthrown by Brian Boru in 1002, and restored...
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forged an alliance with the Uí Briain kindred, Diarmait—a bitter opponent of both Echmarcach and Donnchad mac Briain, King of Munster—appears to have...
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Cellachán Caisil (redirect from Cellachán mac Buadacháin)
conflict with the High King of Ireland, Donnchad Donn, and so too with Donnchad's nominated successor Muirchertach mac Néill. Muirchertach undertook a "circuit...
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Diarmait was a member of the Uí Chennselaig, and son of Énna mac Murchada. In 1115, Donnchad mac Murchada and Conchobar Ua Conchobair Failge, co-kings of...
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mother to his son and later King of Munster, Donnchad. It is also alleged that she married Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill after Olaf's death, but this is somewhat...
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land between the sons of Diarmait Ua Briain and Tadg Mac Carthaig, Conchobar Ua Briain of Thomond and Toirdelbach Mac Carthaig of Desmond respectively. He...
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Tadhg Cael Uisce Ó Briain (born c. 1230, died 1259) was the eldest son of Conchobhar na Siudane Ó Briain and Tánaiste of Thomond. He received the suffix...
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Brian Boru (redirect from Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig)
Brian Boru (Middle Irish: Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig; modern Irish: Brian Bóramha; c. 941 – 23 April 1014) was an Irish king who ended the domination of...
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Domnall Gerrlámhach (redirect from Domnall Ua Briain)
as Domnall Gerrlámhach Ua Briain, Domnall mac Muirchertaig, and Domnall Ua Briain, was an obscure twelfth-century Uí Briain dynast and King of Dublin...
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