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Muirchertach Ua Briain
King of Munster and High King of Ireland
Fanciful depiction of Muirchertach.
Reignc.1075-1086
PredecessorToirdelbach Ua Briain
SuccessorTairrdelbach Ua Conchobair
Bornc. 1050
Died1119
IssueMathgamain
Domnall
Bjaðmunjo
Lafracoth
HouseUí Briain
FatherToirdelbach Ua Briain
MotherDerbforgaill, daughter of Tadhg Mac Giolla Pádraig of Osraige

Muircheartach Ua Briain (anglicised as Murtaugh O'Brien; c. 1050 – c. 10 March 1119), son of Toirdelbach Ua Briain and great-grandson of Brian Boru, was King of Munster and later self-declared High King of Ireland.

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and later self-declared High King of Ireland. Muirchertach Ua Briain was a son of Toirdelbach Ua Briain, the previous Dalcassian King of Munster and de...

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Toirdelbach Ua Briain

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illness, still in control of events. Both his son, Muirchertach Ua Briain, and grandson, Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair, would go on to be influential Irish kings...

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Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair

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Domnall Ua Lochlainn

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of Ireland Muirchertach mac Néill, 10th-century king of Cenél nEógain Muircheartach Ua Briain, 12th-century High King of Ireland Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn...

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Kingdom of the Isles

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from Dublin by Muirchertach Ua Briain and fled to Islay, where he died in the plague of 1095. It is not clear the extent to which Ui Briain dominance was...

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a stake to the kingship of the Isles. In 1094, Domnall's uncle, Muirchertach Ua Briain, High King of Ireland, drove Gofraid Crobán, King of Dublin and...

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been commissioned by Brian's great-grandson Muirchertach Ua Briain as a means of justifying the Ua Briain claim to the High Kingship, a title upon which...

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List of state leaders in the 11th century

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Toirdhealbhach mac Diarmada Ua Briain

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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. He...

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Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn

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Lochlainn (pronounced [ˈmˠɪɾʲəçəɾˠt̪ˠəx mˠək ˈl̪ˠɔxl̪ˠən̠ʲ]; Old Irish: Muirchertach mac Lochlainn) was king of Tír Eoghain, and High King of Ireland from...

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List of state leaders in the 12th century

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Rock of Cashel

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years prior to the Norman invasion. In 1101, the King of Munster, Muirchertach Ua Briain, donated his fortress on the Rock to the Church. The picturesque...

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Edward Bruce

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English from the Anglo-Irish and native Irish. In addition, Domhnall mac Briain Ó Néill, the king of Tír Eóghain in present-day Ulster, asked for assistance...

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befallen Diarmait's predecessor, Muirchertach macc Ercae, and even the usually reliable Annals of Ulster record Muirchertach's death by drowning in a vat of...

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Grianan of Aileach

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According to Irish literature, the ringfort was mostly destroyed by Muirchertach Ua Briain, King of Munster, in 1101. According to Tony Nugent, the Grianan...

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conquer Ireland. Magnus entered into an alliance with Irish king Muirchertach Ua Briain of Munster, who recognised Magnus's control of Dublin. Under unclear...

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