Muiredach mac Eógain

Muiredach mac Eógain (died circa 489) was a King of Ailech and head of the Cenél nEógain branch of the northern Uí Néill. He was the son of the founder of this dynasty Eógan mac Néill (died 465).^[1]

There is no mention of him in the Irish annals but the Laud Synchronisms give him a reign of 24 years as King of Ailech giving him an approximate reign of 465–489. He married Erca, daughter of Loarn mac Eirc of Dál Riata who was mother of his son Muirchertach mac Muiredaig (died 532), high king of Ireland, also known as Muirchertach mac Ercae and founder of the Cenél maic Ercae branch.^[2] Other sons included: Feradach, founder of the Cenél Feradaig branch; Moen, founder of the Cenél Moen branch; and Tigernach, founder of the Cenel Tigernaig branch.

Notes

^ T.M. Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland, Appendix V
^ Geoffrey Keating, History of Ireland, Book II, pg.49

References

Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), Early Christian Ireland, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36395-0
Laud Synchronisms at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
Geoffrey Keating, History of Ireland at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork

External links

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork

Persondata
Name	Muiredach Mac Eogain
Alternative names
Short description	King of Ailech
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	489
Place of death