Murchad
"King of Leinster"
Macfinn
Born in Dublin, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Finn (Mael) mac Mael Morda
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Flann mac Finn
Husband of
Unknown (O Ruarc) O Ruarc of Leinster
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Gormflaeth (Murchadh) ingen Murchada, Braen mac Murchada, Fáeláin mac Murchada and Máel Mórda mac Murchada
Died
at about age 49
in Ireland
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Biography
Murchad mac Bran Fionn of the Uí Fáeláin (a son of Bran Fionn Mac Máelmórda) was a King of Leinster 966–972 [1]
Children
Murchad mac Finn of the Uí Fáeláin branch of Uí Dúnlainge was a king of Laigin (Leinster) [2]
In 972, Murchad, son of Finn, was deceitfully killed by Domnall Claen (Domnall mac Lorcáin ). [3]
Research Notes
This profile is based on Jaski's table 40
Clann Name: Uí Fáeláin
Annals
The Annals of Ulster[4]
- AU972.2 Murchad son of Finn was deceitfully killed by Domnall Claen.
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia : List of the Kings of Leinster
- ↑ Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table compiler: Stewart Baldwin. Murchad mac Finn (of the Uí Fáeláin branch of Uí Dúnlainge), king of Laigin, d. 972 (text includes sources
- ↑ The Annals of Ulster, U972.2, retrieved 2014-06-22, amb
- ↑ The Annals of Ulster - CELT
- Jaski, Bart Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties Table-40 Early Irish Kingship Succession by Jaski Bart, Published by Four Courts Press, 2013, ISBN 1846824265 ISBN 9781846824265
- CGH - Corpus Genealogies iHiberniae Vol 1 ed. M.A. O'Brien (Dublin 1962) pg, 13-4
- OClery The O Clery Book of Genealogies ed. S,Pender, Analecto Hibernica, 18 (Dublin 1951) = 1749-65
- IKHK Byrne, Francis J, Irish Kings and High-Kings (London 1973) pg. 289
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1 - I have found Murchad, Morough (& variations of these names) to be interchangeable
2- I have only found sources for one Murchad/Morugh, son of Finn, son of Mael Morda so far. (see profile and source for Leinster-64)