Conchobar mac Diarmata, was the ninth king of

Moylurg {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Magh Luirg or Magh Luirg an Dagda, Anglicised as Moylurg, was the name of a medieval Irish kingdom located in modern-day County Roscommon, Ireland. It was a sub-kingdom of the kingdom of Connacht from c. 956–1585. ...

, reigning 1187 to 1196.

Overview

Conchobhair is recorded the year before he became king due to a family tragedy: ''"The rock of Lough Key was burned by lightning. Duvesa, daughter of O'Heyn, and wife of Conor Mac Dermot, Lord of Moylurg, with seven hundred (or seven score) others, or more, both men and women, were drowned or burned in it in the course of one hour."'' This also demonstrates that the dynasty were already living on the Carrig (the Rock) of Lough Ce by this date. Conchobhair became the King of Moylurg the following year upon Muirgius's death. There is no other notice of him in the annals until in 1196, when "Conchubhar Mac Diarmada tighearna Maighe Luirg do dhol h-i n-urd i Mainistir na Búille, & ro ghabh Tomaltach tighearnus dia ési/Conor Mac Dermot, Lord of Moylurg, embraced Orders in the monastery of Boyle; and Tomaltagh assumed the lordship in his stead." His death was recorded as taking place there the following year.

mac Diarmata vs. Mac Diarmata

Conchobar's correct

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was Ó Maol Ruanaidh, his father being Diarmait Ó Maol Ruanaidh. The suffix ''mac Diarmata'' was at this point merely a

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. Only in the generation subsequent to him and his brothers would it become a new surname,

Mac Diarmata Mac Diarmada (anglicised as MacDermot or McDermott), also spelled Mac Diarmata, is an Irish surname, and the surname of the ruling dynasty of Moylurg, a kingdom that existed in Connacht from the 10th to 16th centuries. The last ruling king was T ...

References

* "Mac Dermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family", Dermot Mac Dermot, 1996. * http://www.macdermot.com/ Connachta Year of birth missing Year of death missing 12th-century Irish monarchs People from County Roscommon MacDermot family {{Ireland-royal-stub