Muirchertach (modern spelling: Muircheartach, anglicised as
Murtagh) is an
Irish language
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male
given name
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meaning "mariner". The name was sometimes Anglicised as "Mortimer." The Old Norse name
Kjartan is derived from this name.
[ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. ', 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, .] Muirchertach was borne by several figures from legend and history, including:
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Muirchertach mac Muiredaig (Mac Ercae), great-grandson of
Niall of the Nine Hostages
Niall Noígíallach (; Old Irish "having nine hostages"), or Niall of the Nine Hostages, was a legendary, semi-historical Irish king who was the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties that dominated Ireland from the 6th to the 10th centuries. ...
and
High King of Ireland
High King of Ireland ( ) was a royal title in Gaelic Ireland held by those who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over all of Ireland. The title was held by historical kings and was later sometimes assigned anachronously or to leg ...
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Muirchertach mac Néill, 10th-century king of Cenél nEógain
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Muircheartach Ua Briain
Muirchertach 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.
Background and early caree ...
, 12th-century
High King of Ireland
High King of Ireland ( ) was a royal title in Gaelic Ireland held by those who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over all of Ireland. The title was held by historical kings and was later sometimes assigned anachronously or to leg ...
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Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, 12th-century king of Cenél nEógain
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Muirchertach mac Maelruanaidh Mor, obscure king of
Magh Luirg
See also
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List of Irish-language given names
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Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an angl ...
References
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Irish-language masculine given names
Masculine given names