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The kings of Leinster (Irish: Rí Laighín) ruled from the establishment of Leinster during the Irish Iron Age until the 17th century Early Modern Ireland.According to Gaelic traditional history found in works such as the Book of Invasions, Leinster was created during the division of Ireland among the Irish Gaels, descendants of Milesius: Leinster was one of the territories held by the ...
The Kingdom of Leinster (Irish: Ríocht Laighean) was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland which existed in the east of the island from the Irish Iron Age until the 17th century Early Modern Ireland. According to traditional Irish history found in the Annals of the Four Masters, the kingdom was founded as the territory of the Laighin, a Heremonian tribe ...
Art Mór riding to meet the earl of Gloucester, as depicted in an illustration to Jean Creton's Histoire du roy d'Angleterre Richard II. Art Óg Mac Murchadha Caomhánach (anglicized Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh and Art MacMorrough; [1] 1357 – c. December 1417) was an Irish king who is generally regarded as the most formidable of the later kings of Leinster.
Diarmait Mac Murchada (Modern Irish: Diarmaid Mac Murchadha; anglicised as Dermot MacMurrough or Dermot MacMurphy; c. 1110 – c. 1 May 1171), was King of Leinster in Ireland from 1127 to 1171. In 1167, he was deposed by the High King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair. To recover his kingdom, Mac Murchada solicited help from King Henry II of ...
Máel Mórda mac Murchada. Malachy MacMurrough (Middle Irish: Mael Mórda mac Murchada; modern Irish: Máel Mórda mac Murchada; died 23 April 1014 AD) was King of Leinster, Ireland in the late 10th and early 11th century. Son of King Murchad mac Finn and brother of Gormflaith, he belonged to the northern Leinster dynasty of the Uí Dúnlainge ...
Labraid Loingsech (English: the exile, mariner), also known as Labraid Lorc, son of Ailill Áine, son of Lóegaire Lorc, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He was an ancestor of the Laigin, who gave their name to the province of Leinster. [1] An early dynastic poem calls him "a god among ...
Domhnall Spáinneach Mac Murchadha Caomhánach (sometimes anglicised as Donnell MacMurrough Kavanagh; died 12 March 1632) was the last King of Leinster.. A descendant of Diarmait Mac Murchada (died 1171), Domhnall was the eldest of the two sons of Donnchadh, lord of the Art Buidhe Caomhánach sept, who were reckoned the least powerful of the dynasty.
Muiredach mac Murchada (died 760) [1] was a King of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Murchad mac Brain Mut (died 727), a previous king. [2] He ruled from 738 to 760. The Laigin had suffered a crushing defeat at the Battle of Áth Senaig ( Ballyshannon, County Kildare) in 738 at the hands of the High King ...