Gaelic and Norse Lords

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Ua Conchobair, Tairdelbach (O'Conor, Turlough)

Ua Conchobair, Tairdelbach (O'Conor, Turlough) (1088–1156), king of Connacht and high-king of Ireland ‘with opposition’. His accession to the kingship of Connacht in 1106, and his domination of that province for the next half-century, saw the emergence of Connacht as a major…

Ua Dímasaig, Diarmait

Ua Dímasaig, Diarmait (d. 1193), son of Cú Broga and king of Uí Fhailge, belonged to the dynasty of Clann Maíl-augrai. His grandfather Áed died in 1158 as local ruler of a territory on the western fringes of Uí Fhailge (straddling the modern counties of Laois and Offaly), whose line…

Ua Fáeláin, Máel-Sechlainn

Ua Fáeláin, Máel-Sechlainn (fl. c.1173), king of the Déisi Muman, belonged to a line of the Déisi traced to Fáelán (d. 966), ruler of a petty kingdom which leaves its name on the two baronies of Decies, Co. Waterford. Little is known of Máel-Sechlainn's immediate family…

Ua hEochada, Donnchad

Ua hEochada, Donnchad (d. 1113), son of Donn Slébe and overking of Ulaid, belonged to the dynasty of Dál Fiatach. For most of the eleventh century, the dynasty had been wracked by internal dissensions; since the death of the eponymous Eochaid (1004), the kingship had been contested…

Ua Lochlainn (Mac Lochlainn), Domnall

Ua Lochlainn (Mac Lochlainn), Domnall (1048/9–1121), son of Ardgar and overking of Leth Cuinn (the northern half of Ireland), was an early representative of the Mac Lochlainn family line within the Northern Uí Néill dynasty of Cenél nÉogain. Domnall's father Ardgar (d. 1064) had…

Ua Máelshechlainn, Conchobar

Ua Máelshechlainn, Conchobar (d. 1073), son of Domnall and king of Mide, belonged to the Clann Cholmáin dynasty of the Uí Néill. A grandson of Máel-Sechnaill (qv) son of Domnall, he was the first member of the…

Ua Máelshechlainn, Murchad

Ua Máelshechlainn, Murchad (d. 1153), son of Domnall and king of Mide, belonged to the Clann Cholmáin dynasty of Uí Néill. He survived as king for forty-seven years, in itself no mean achievement. Although his political fortunes fluctuated greatly (he was temporarily displaced…

Ua Néill, Áed

Ua Néill, Áed (975–1004), son of Domnall and king of Ailech, belonged to the Cenél nÉogain dynasty. His father, Domnall Ua Néill (qv) (d. 980), was king of Tara and one of the most innovatory leaders of his time. His mother was Dirbail…

Ua Néill, Domnall

Ua Néill, Domnall (d. 980), grandson of Niall Glúndub (qv) and king of Tara, belonged to the Northern Uí Néill dynasty of Cenél nÉogain, the cause of which had been greatly advanced by his immediate forebears. He had at least three…

Ua Néill, Flaithbertach

Ua Néill, Flaithbertach (d. 1036), son of Muirchertach and king of Ailech, belonged to the Cenél nÉogain dynasty of the Northern Uí Néill. In later sources he is sometimes referred to as Flaithbertach an Trostáin (of the pilgrim's staff). His father Muirchertach (slain…

Ua Ruairc, Áed

Ua Ruairc, Áed (d. 1087), son of Art Uallach and overking of Connacht, belonged to the dynasty of Uí Briúin Bréifne. His father Art Uallach was one of four kings of his dynasty to reign as overking of Connacht between 956 and 1102, his reign being from 1030 to 1046, when he was…

Ua Ruairc, Tigernán

Ua Ruairc, Tigernán (d. 1172), son of Donnchad and king of Bréifne, who belonged to the dynasty of Uí Briúin, was one of the strongest and most colourful rulers of his line. Claimed by Gerald (qv) of Wales to…

Ua Tuathail, Muirchertach

Ua Tuathail, Muirchertach (d. 1164), son of Gilla-Comgaill and king of northern Leinster, belonged to the Uí Muiredaig lineage of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty. His family line descended from Tuathal (qv) (d. 958), king of Uí Dúnlainge, and he…