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Donnchad mac Murchada
d. 1115
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1115
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About
Donnchad mac Murchada (killed 1115), King of Leinster and Dublin, fell in battle against the men of Dublin, who buried him with the carcass of a dog; an insult his son Diarmait Mac Murchada never forgave, and one strand of the resentments that ended in the English invasion.
Research notes
✓ ANNAL-ATTESTED (killed 1115 in battle against the Dubliners; the dog-burial insult = Song of Dermot tradition, so noted). Son of Murchad mac Diarmata; father of DIARMAIT MAC MURCHADA (I99610, our line). Mother of Diarmait note-only (Orlaith, accounts differ). Wired 8 Oct 2026 (DIB/annals verification pass).