Donnchadh mac Briain (old spelling: Donnchad mac Briain) (died 1064), son of Brian Bóruma and Gormflaith ingen Murchada, was King of Munster. Brian Bóruma...
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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...
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of Munster, rivalling his half brother Donnchad mac Briain. Tadc was assassinated at the instigation of Donnchad in 1023. Duffy, Seán (2004). "Brian Bóruma...
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have forged an alliance with the powerful Uí Briain. A leading member of this kindred, Donnchad mac Briain, King of Munster, was married to Cacht ingen...
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the grandson of Donnchad Donn, great-grandson of Flann Sinna and great-great-grandson of the first Máel Sechnaill, Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid. The...
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Annals of the Four Masters Annals text Bracken, Damian (2004), "Mac Briain, Donnchad (d. 1064)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford...
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eliminating him from succession. King Donnchad inflicted a slaughter on the Dál gCais and Eóganachta, led by Donnchad mac Briain in a predatory incursion into...
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provided three more High Kings of Ireland; Donnchad mac Briain, Toirdelbach Ua Briain and Muirchertach Ua Briain. From the 12th–16th centuries, the Dál gCais...
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List of kings of Munster (section Ó Briain, 1025–1119)
loosened by the rise of Brian Bóruma of the Dál gCais, who established the Ó Briain as kings of Munster. As well as this, Munster had to contend with the Normans...
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