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The last of Diarmait's ancestors to have been counted as king of all Leinster, Crimthann mac Énnai, died in the late 5th century; but Diarmait's more immediate forebears, most recently his great-grandfather Domnall mac Cellaig (died 974), had been counted among the kings of the Uí Cheinnselaig.
Diarmait was born around 1090 [3] or 1110, [4] [5] a son of Donnchadh mac Murchada, King of Leinster and Dublin.His father's paternal grandmother, Derbforgaill, was a daughter of Donnchad, King of Munster and thus a granddaughter of Brian Boru.
Diarmait was one of the younger sons of King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (died 1198). The Annals of the Four Masters , sub anno 1203, say of him: Murtough the Teffian, son of Conor Moinmoy, who was the son of Roderic O'Conor, was slain by ' Dermot , the son of Roderic, and Hugh, the son of Roderic, namely, by his own two paternal uncles ...
The Kings of Uisnech ruled a kingdom centred in modern County Westmeath, named for Uisnech (also Ushnagh), the Hill of Uisneach, reputed to be the centre of Ireland.They belonged to Clann Cholmáin, a kin group descended from Colmán Már, son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill, and were counted among the southern branches of the Uí Néill.
The family had built a power base on the banks of the River Shannon and Brian's brother Mahon became their first King of Munster, taking the throne from the rival Eóganachta. This influence was greatly extended under Brian who became High King of Ireland , following a series of wars against Hiberno-Norse kingdoms and the Chiefs of other Irish ...
The Caomhánach family is a branch of the Mac Murchada dynasty and is descended from Domhnall Caomhánach, eldest son of Diarmait, king of Leinster. The dynasty the family descend from was known as Uí Ceinnselaig, whose territory included nearly all of County Carlow and County Wexford, with parts of Counties Wicklow and Kilkenny included. The ...