Dúnchad Muirisci mac Tipraite (died 683) was a King of
Connacht
Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...
from the
Ui Fiachrach branch of the
Connachta
The Connachta are a group of medieval Irish dynasty, dynasties who claimed descent from the legendary High King of Ireland, High King Conn of the Hundred Battles, Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles). The modern western Provinces of ...
. He was of the
Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe sept based along the River Moy. This line was descended from Fiachnae, a brother of
Ailill Molt
Ailill mac Nath Í (died c. 482 or 484), called Ailill Molt, is included in most lists of the High Kings of Ireland and is also called King of Connacht. His cognomen, ''molt'', means " ram" but its origin is unknown.
Family
Ailill was said to b ...
who lived about two centuries earlier than Dúnchad Muirisci.
His epithet shows that he won control of the Muiresc region on the Moy and his line provided the later kings of Ui Fiachrach. Both the king lists and the annals attest to his rule as king in the years 682–683. However, they give his father as Máeldub whereas genealogies such as the ''Book of Ballymote'' name Máeldub as his grandfather and Tipraite as his father.
[Byrne uses the latter in his tables-Table 18]
The annals record that he was killed in 683 but do not mention who was responsible. His known sons were
Indrechtach mac Dúnchado (died 707), a king of Connacht, and Aillil.
Notes
See also
*
Kings of Connacht
The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the ''cóiced'' (variously translated as portion, fifth, province) of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon, Ireland. However, the name only became applied to it in the early medieval era, being name ...
References
* ''Annals of Tigernach''
* Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings''
* ''Book of Leinster'', Section 30
* ''Laud Synchronisms''
* ''The Chronology of the Irish Annals'', Daniel P. McCarthy
External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork
683 deaths
Kings of Connacht
Monarchs from County Mayo
People from County Sligo
7th-century Irish monarchs
Gaels
Year of birth unknown
7th-century births
7th-century deaths
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