Muiredach
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Muiredach Muireadhach or Muireach, anglicized variously to Murdoch
, Murtagh, Murdac, Mordacq and other forms, is a Goidelic
name (meaning "chieftain") popular in Scotland and Ireland in the Middle Ages:
Murdoch
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, Murtagh, Murdac, Mordacq and other forms, is a Goidelic
Goidelic languages
The Goidelic languages or Gaelic languages are one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages, the other consisting of the Brythonic languages. Goidelic languages historically formed a dialect continuum stretching from the south of Ireland through the Isle of Man to the north of Scotland...
name (meaning "chieftain") popular in Scotland and Ireland in the Middle Ages:
- Muiredach Bolgrach, mythological Irish king
- Muiredach TirechMuiredach TirechMuiredach Tirech, son of Fiacha Sraibhtine, was a legendary High King of Ireland of the fourth century. He gained power by exiling the three Collas, who had killed his father. The Collas later returned and tried to provoke him into trying to kill them. When he didn't, they entered his service and...
, legendary high-king of Ireland - Muiredach mac EógainMuiredach mac EógainMuiredach mac Eógain was a King of Ailech and head of the Cenél nEógain branch of the northern Uí Néill. He was the son of the founder of this dynasty Eógan mac Néill ....
(died 489), legendary early king of Ailech - Muiredach MuindergMuiredach MuindergMuiredach Muinderg mac Forggo was a king of Ulaid from the Dal Fiatach. He was the son of Forgg mac Dalláin.. His sobriquet means red-necked....
(died 489), legendary king of the Ulaid - Muiredach of Killala, reputed early Irish saint
- Muiredach MuillethanMuiredach MuillethanMuiredach Muillethan mac Fergusso was a King of Connacht from the Uí Briúin branch of the Connachta. He was the grandson of Rogallach mac Uatach , a previous king. He belonged to the Uí Briúin Ai sept...
(died 702), king of Connaught - Muiredach mac AinbcellaigMuiredach mac AinbcellaigMuiredach mac Ainbcellaig was king of the Cenél Loairn, and of Dál Riata , from about 733 until 736.He was the son of Ainbcellach mac Ferchair. His coming to power is reported in 733, and is not obviously associated with the death of Eochaid mac Echdach, king of Dál Riata, in the Irish annals...
(died c. 770), king of Dál Riata - Muiredach mac MurchadoMuiredach mac MurchadoMuiredach mac Murchado was a King of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Murchad mac Brain Mut , a previous king. He ruled from 738 to 760....
(died 760), king of Leinster - Muiredach mac Brain (died 818)Muiredach mac Brain (died 818)Muiredach mac Brain was a King of Leinster of the Uí Muiredaig sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. This sept had their royal seat at Maistiu in South Kildare. He was the son of Bran Ardchenn mac Muiredaig , a previous king...
(8th-century–818), king of Leinster - Muiredach mac RuadrachMuiredach mac RuadrachMuiredach mac Ruadrach was a King of Leinster of the Uí Fáeláin sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. This sept had their royal seat at Naas in the eastern part of the Liffey plain, Airthir Liphi. He was the son of Ruaidrí mac Fáeláin , a previous king...
(8th-century–829), king of Leinster - Muiredach mac EochadaMuiredach mac EochadaMuiredach mac Eochada was a Dal Fiatach king of Ulaid, which is now Ulster, Ireland. He was the son of Eochaid mac Fiachnai , a previous king. He ruled from 825-839....
(died 839), king of the Ulaid - Muiredach mac Brain (died 885), king of Munster
- Muiredach mac EochocáinMuiredach mac EochocáinMuiredach mac Eochocáin or Muiredach mac Eochucáin was a Dál Fiatach king of Ulaid, which is now Ulster, Ireland. He was the son of Eochocán mac Áedo ,a previous king of Ulaid...
(died 895), king of the Ulaid - Muireadhach Ua CarthaighMuireadhach Ua Carthaigh-Overview:Muireadhach Ua Cárthaigh, was in 1067 "drowned in Loch Calgaich." He was described as "the chief poet and chief ollamh of Connaught." No surviving poems are known....
(died 1067), Chief Poet of Connacht - Muireadhach Ua DubhthaighMuireadhach Ua Dubhthaigh-Background:A member of a Connacht ecclesiastical family, Ua Dubhthaigh was born during the reign of King Áed Ua Ruairc . His family were natives of Lissonuffy in what is now north-east County Roscommon, and produced a number of abbots and bishops....
, Archbishop of Connacht - Muireadhach Ua FlaithbheartaighMuireadhach Ua Flaithbheartaigh-Biography:According to the Annals of the Four Masters, sub anno 1121: A hosting by Toirdhealbhach son of Ruaidhrí into Munster, and he burned Ciarraighe Luachra and went from there eastwards through Munster, and burned Ua Caoimh's house on the bank of the Abha Mhór, and his scouts came to Magh...
(died 1121), King of Iar Connacht - Muiredach (ealdorman)Muiredach (ealdorman)Muiredach was an ealdorman in northern England in the reign of Edgar the Peaceable. He is recorded in subscriptions to two royal charters....
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
958–963), ealdorman - Muireadhach I, Earl of MenteithMuireadhach I, Earl of MenteithMuireadhach I is the second known Mormaer of Menteith. He succeeded his father Gille Críst by the time of his appearance in a charter of William the Lion confirming the church at Moulin to Dunfermline Abbey. The charter is undated, but must have been written between 1189 and 1198...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
12th-century–13th-century), Scottish mormaer - Muireadhach AlbanachMuireadhach AlbanachMuireadhach Albanach Ó Dálaigh was a Gaelic poet and crusader and member of the Ó Dálaigh bardic family.The Annals of the Four Masters of Ireland, s.a. 1213, tells us that he was the ollamh of Domhnall Ó Domhnaill...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
early 12th-century–13th-centuryth century), Gaelic poet and crusader - Muireadhach II, Earl of MenteithMuireadhach II, Earl of MenteithMuireadach II of Menteith , ruled 1213-1234, is the third known Mormaer of Menteith. Muireadach gained the Mormaerdom by challenging the rights of the current Mormaer, his elder brother, also called Muireadhach, hence Muireadhch Mór...
(died c. 1230), Scottish mormaer - Muireadhach III, Earl of MenteithMuireadhach III, Earl of Menteith-Life:He was the third son of Alexander, Earl of Menteith. Like his father and brothers, his "surname" was "Menteith" rather than Stewart, even though he could claim agnatic descent from the Stewarts...
(died 1332), Scottish mormaer - Muireadhach of Inchaffray (died 1340s), Scottish abbot
- Muireadhach Sdíbhard or Muireadhach IV, Earl of Menteith (died 1425), Scottish prince