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Donnchadh mac Briain (old spelling: Donnchad mac Briain) (died 1064), son of Brian Bóruma and Gormflaith ingen Murchada, was King of Munster.
Donnchad mac Brian - Leader of the Dál gCais and High King of Ireland until 1063. Donnchad mac Briain was a son of the Great High King Brian Boru (Bryan Boru) and Gormflaith ingen Murchada. On the Battlefield of Clonarf in 1014, Brian together with his son Murchad died.
Donnchad faced growing opposition from the Leinster king Diarmait mac Máel na mBó (ancestor of Dermot MacMurrough), foster-father to Tairdelbach ua Briain, son of the murdered Tadc. Together they made war on Donnchad, year after year invading his territory until, in 1063, the old king finally submitted to his nephew and abandoned his kingship.
Apr 26, 2022 · Genealogy for Donnchad mac Briain (980 - 1064) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
Donnchadh mac Briain, also spelled Donnchad mac Briain (died 1064), was a King of the Munster Kingdom in Ireland. Brian Bóruma was the first man to establish himself as High King of Ireland by the force of arms in many centuries.
May 30, 2023 · Donnchadh Mac Briain (Donnchad Mac Briain) was a child of Brían Bóruma, first High King of Ireland, and Gormflaith ingen Murchada, the daughter of Murchad mac Macfinn, a King of the Uí Fháeláin (Leinster).
Ní Mhaonaigh, Máire. Donnchad (d. 1064), son of Brian, was a son of Brian Bórama (qv) and his wife Gormlaith (qv) (d. 1030), daughter of Murchad son of Finn of the Uí Fháeláin; she had previously been married to Amlaíb (Óláfr) Cuarán (qv), king of Dublin.
