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• Appointments / Titles: King of Ireland
• FSID: LZJ2-6ND
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1064 and 1086; King of Munster
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1072 and 1086; 178th High King of Ireland

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Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain (old spelling: Toirdelbach Ua Briain), anglicised Turlough O'Brien (1009 – 14 July 1086), was King of Munster and effectively High King of Ireland. A grandson of Brian Bóruma, Toirdelbach was the son of Tadc mac Briain who was killed in 1023 by his half-brother Donnchad mac Briain.

For the first forty years of his life nothing is known of Toirdelbach. It was not until the 1050s that he found allies in Connacht and in Leinster, particularly the powerful King of Leinster Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó, who would aid his claims to be ruler of Munster. It took perhaps ten years of sustained attack to remove his uncle Donnchad from power, and send him into exile, and to place Toirdelbach in power in Munster as Diarmait's faithful ally.

On Diarmait's death Toirdelbach took over the reins of power, establishing himself as ruler of more than half of Ireland. While not a great military leader, he was a capable politician whose influence extended as far north as Ulaid and who made and unmade Kings of Connacht. He died after more than two decades in power, following a lengthy 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.

Family/Spouse: mac Lorcáin, Dub Choblaig. Dub was born in 1030 in Cionn tSáile, Cork, Ireland; died in 1076 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. ingen Toirrdelbaigh O'Brien, Derbail was born in 1046 in Ireland; died in 1116 in Ireland.

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• Appointments / Titles: Munster, Ireland; King
• Appointments / Titles: King of Thomond
• FSID: GQ61-KWP
• Title: Prince

Notes:

Tadc mac Briain (died 1023) was the son of Brian Boru and Echrad, daughter of Carlus mac Ailella of Uí Áeda Odba.[1] Tadc had one son, Toirdelbach Ua Briain (Turlough O'Brien), with his wife Mór, daughter of Gilla Brigte Ua Maíl Muaid of Cenél Fiachach.[2]

After Brian Boru's death at the battle of Clontarf in 1014, Tadc was a serious contender to the kingship of Munster, rivalling his half brother Donnchad mac Briain.[3] Tadc was assassinated at the instigation of Donnchad in 1023.[

Tadg married O'Mulloy, Mor ingen Gilla-Brighid. Mor (daughter of O'Mulloy, Gilla-Brighid and O'Mulloy, Bridget) was born in UNKNOWN in Munster, Ireland; died in 1018 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: GCGP-ZNS

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• Appointments / Titles: King of the Tributes
• FSID: LD9P-Q15
• Appointments / Titles: Between 976 and 1014, Munster, Ireland; 53rd King
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1002 and 1014, Ireland; 175th King

Notes:

The Terrible King of Ireland
Brian Bóruma mac Cennetig, High King of Ireland was born between 926 and 940 at Kincord, Killaloe, County Clare, Ireland. He was the son of Cennetig mac Lorcain, King of Thomond and Be Binn ingen Aurchada. He married, firstly, Mor. He married, secondly, Echrad. He married, thirdly, Gormflaith, daughter of Murchad MacFinn, King of Leinster. He married Dub Choblaig.
He died on 23 April 1014, killed in action.

He gained the title of King Brian Bóruma of Munster in 976. He succeeded as the High King Brian Bóruma of Ireland in 1002. He fought in the Battle of Cluantarbh on 23 April 1014, against the Danes. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Children of Brian Bóruma mac Cennetig, High King of Ireland
Teige (Terence) d. 1023
Dearbforgail d. 1080

Child of Brian Bóruma mac Cennetig, High King of Ireland and Mor
Murchad 2 d. 23 Apr 1014

Child of Brian Bóruma mac Cennetig, High King of Ireland and Echrad
Tadc

Child of Brian Bóruma mac Cennetig, High King of Ireland and Gormflaith
Donnclad, King of Munster
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Brian Boru (c. 941 – 23 April 1014, Old Irish: Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig; Middle Irish: Brian Bóruma; modern Irish: Brian Bóroimhe) was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill. Building on the achievements of his father, Cennétig mac Lorcain, and especially his elder brother, Mathgamain, Brian first made himself King of Munster, then subjugated Leinster, eventually becoming King of Ireland. He is the founder of the O'Brien dynasty. In 1014, Brian's armies confronted the armies of Leinster and Dublin at Clontarf near Dublin on Good Friday. The resulting Battle of Clontarf was a bloody affair, with Brian, his son Murchad, and Máel Mórda among those killed.

The Norse-Gaels and Scandinavians also produced works mentioning Brian, among these Njal's Saga, the Orkneyinga Saga, and the now-lost Brian's Saga. Brian's war against Máel Mórda and Sihtric was to be inextricably connected with his complicated marital relations, in particular his marriage to Gormlaith, Máel Mórda's sister and Sihtric's mother, who had been in turn the wife of Amlaíb Cuarán, king of Dublin and York, then of Máel Sechnaill, and finally of Brian.

Wives and children

Brian's first wife was Mór, daughter of the king of Uí Fiachrach Aidne of Connacht. She is said to have been the mother of his sons Murchad, Conchobar and Flann. Later genealogies claimed that these sons left no descendants, although in fact Murchad's son Tadc is recorded as being killed at Clontarf along with his father and grandfather.

Echrad daughter of the king of Uí Áeda Odba, an obscure branch of the southern Uí Néill, was the mother of Tadc, whose son Toirdelbach and grandson Muirchertach rivalled Brian in power and fame.

Brian's most famous marriage was with Gormflaith, sister of Máel Mórda of Leinster. Donnchad, who had his half-brother Tadc killed in 1023 and ruled Munster for forty years thereafter, was the result of this union.

Brian had a sixth son, Domnall. Although he predeceased his father, Domnall apparently had at least one surviving child, a son whose name is not recorded. Domnall may perhaps have been the son of Brian's fourth known wife, Dub Choblaig, who died in 1009. She was a daughter of King Cathal mac Conchobar mac Taidg of Connacht.

Brian had at least three daughters but their mothers are not recorded. Sadb, whose death in 1048 is recorded by the Annals of Innisfallen, was married to Cian, son of Máel Muad mac Brain. Bé Binn was married to the northern Uí Néill king Flaithbertach Ua Néill. A third daughter, Sláni, was married to Brian's stepson Sitric of Dublin.
According to Njal's Saga, he had a foster-son named Kerthialfad

Consort

Mór
Echrad
Gormflaith
Dub Choblaig

Issue

Murchad
Conchobar
Flann
Tadc
Donnchad
Domnall
Kerthialfad ?
Sadb
Bé Binn
Sláni

Brian married ingen Carlus Ui Naill, Eachraid. Eachraid (daughter of mac Ailella, Carlus and O'Morda, Cinead) was born in 950 in Meath, Ireland; died in 987 in Caithness, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Queen of Osraige
• FSID: GCXR-Q7Y

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Per http://famille-morin.com/getperson.php?personID=I22169&tree=2020 Echraid died in 1009. If born in 947 she would have been too old to bear Tadc in 1001. But, if born in born in 970, per familie-morin.com, she would have been able to have all the children listed in this website.

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• Appointments / Titles: Munster, Ireland; King of Fircall
• FSID: GHG7-6YR

Gilla-Brighid married O'Mulloy, Bridget. Bridget was born in 965 in Ireland; died in DECEASED in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: GH55-NGN

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• Appointments / Titles: King of Dál gCais
• Appointments / Titles: King of the Dalg Cais Mac Lorcain ri Tuadh Mumhan
• Appointments / Titles: King of Thomond
• Appointments / Titles: Prince of The Dalcassians
• FSID: LTZK-Z7P

Cennétig married ingen Urchada, Bé Binn. Bé (daughter of mac Murchada, King Urchad and verch Criachan, Asnadh Osnad) was born in 903 in Clare, Ireland; was christened in Munster, Ireland; died in 1005 in Killaloe, Clare, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Princess Of Connacht
• Appointments / Titles: Queen of Thomond
• FSID: 2MRF-VW3

Notes:

Be Bind Babhion Urchada O'Flahery ingen Aurchada of Ui Briuin Seola of Connaught

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: King of Uí Áeda Odba
• Appointments / Titles: King of West Connacht
• FSID: 9CZM-X2S

Carlus married O'Morda, Cinead. Cinead was born in 935 in Ireland; died in 950 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: L5TR-F3X

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• FSID: GHGQ-TLN

Maolmora married Na Leinster, Joan. Joan was born in 941 in Ireland; died in DECEASED in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: GHG7-FJ5
• Name: Joan