Kings of Magh Luirg explained
The Kings of Irish: italic=unset|[[Magh Luirg]] or Moylurg were a branch of the Irish: italic=unset|[[Síol Muireadaigh]], and a kindred family to the Irish: italic=unset|Ua Conchobair Kings of Connacht. Their ancestor, Irish: italic=unset|Maelruanaidh Mor mac Tadg, was a brother to Irish: italic=unset|[[Conchobar mac Tadg]], King of Connacht 967–973, ancestor of the O Connor family of Connacht. Irish: italic=unset|Maelruanaidh Mor mac Tadg is said to have made a deal of some nature where, in return for abandoning any claim to the provincial kingship, he would be given Irish: italic=unset|[[Moylurg]]. His dynasty was known as the Clan Mulrooney, and later still took the surname of MacDermot (a branch of this family were in turn called MacDermot Roe). The following is a list of their Kings, followed by the respective heads of the family up to the early modern period.
The Kings of Moylurg
- Irish: italic=unset|[[Maelruanaidh Mor mac Tadg]], fl. 956 founder of Moylurg and the Clan Irish: italic=unset|Maelruanaidh.
- Irish: italic=unset|[[Muirchertach mac Maelruanaidh Mor]]
- Irish: italic=unset|[[Tadhg mac Muirchertach]]
- Irish: italic=unset|[[Maelruanaidh mac Tadhg]], fl. 1080.
- Irish: italic=unset|[[Tadhg Mor mac Maelruanaidh]], 1120–1124.
- Irish: italic=unset|[[Maelsechlainn mac Tadhg Mor]], 1124.
- Irish: italic=unset|[[Dermot mac Tadhg Mor]], 1124–1159, progenitor of the surname MacDermot.
- Irish: italic=unset|[[Muirgius mac Tadhg More]], 1159–1187.
- Irish: italic=unset|[[Conchobar MacDermot|Conchobar mac Diarmata]], 1187–1196.
- Irish: italic=unset|[[Tomaltach na Cairge MacDermot|Tomaltach na Cairge mac Diarmata]], 1196–1207.
- Irish: italic=unset|Cathal Carrach mac Diarmata, 1207–1215.
- Irish: italic=unset|Dermot mac Diarmata, 1215–1218.
- Irish: italic=unset|[[Cormac MacDermott|Cormac mac Diarmata]], 1218–1244
- Irish: italic=unset|Muirchertach mac Diarmata, 1245–1265
- Irish: italic=unset|Tadhg mac Diarmata, 1256–1281.
- Irish: italic=unset|Dermot Mideach mac Diarmata, 1281–1287
- Irish: italic=unset|Cathal mac Diarmata, 1288–1294
- Irish: italic=unset|Maelruanaidh mac Diarmata, 1294–1331.
- Irish: italic=unset|Tomaltach gCear mac Diarmata, 1331–1336.
- Irish: italic=unset|Conchobhair mac Diarmata, 1336–1343
- Irish: italic=unset|Ferghal mac Diarmata, 1343–1368.
- Irish: italic=unset|Aedh mac Diarmata, 1368–1393.
- Irish: italic=unset|Maelruanaidh mac Diarmata, 1393–1398.
- Irish: italic=unset|Conchobair Óg mac Diarmata, 1398–1404.
- Irish: italic=unset|Ruaidri Caech mac Diarmata, 1404–1421.
- Irish: italic=unset|Tomaltach an Einigh mac Diarmata, 1421–1458.
- Irish: italic=unset|Aedh mac Diarmata, 1458–1465.
- Irish: italic=unset|Conochobar Óg mac Diarmata, 1456–1478.
- Irish: italic=unset|Ruaidri Óg mac Diarmata, 1478–1486.
- Irish: italic=unset|Conchobair mac Diarmata, 1486–1497.
- Irish: italic=unset|Tadhg mac Diarmata, 1497–1499.
- Irish: italic=unset|Cormac mac Diarmata, 1499–1528.
- Irish: italic=unset|Dermot an Einigh mac Diarmata, 1528–1533.
- Irish: italic=unset|Eoghan mac Diarmata, 1533–1534.
- Irish: italic=unset|Aedh na Ab mac Diarmata, 1534–1549.
- Irish: italic=unset|Ruaidri mac Diarmata, 1549–1568 - A school invitation was given by Irish: italic=unset|Mac Diarmada, i.e. Irish: italic=unset|Ruaidhri, at Christmas of this year; and it is not possible to count or over-reckon all that he gave to the poets, and professors, and learned men of Erinn, and to all men besides.
- Irish: italic=unset|Turlough mac Diarmata, 1568–1576.
- Irish: italic=unset|Tadhg mac Diarmata, 1576–1585, last de facto King of Moylurg.
The MacDermot of the Carrick
- Irish: italic=unset|Brian na Carriag MacDermot, 1585–1595, first to be styled "MacDermot of the Carrick"
- Irish: italic=unset|Conchobar Óg MacDermot, 1595–1603.
- Irish: italic=unset|Brian Óg MacDermot, 1603–1636.
The Chief of the Name
- Turlough MacDermot, 1636 – c.1652, first to be styled Chief of the name.
- Cathal Roe MacDermot, c.1652 – c.1694.
- Hugh MacDermott, c.1694 – 1707.
See also
References
- "Mac Dermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family", Dermot Mac Dermot, 1996.
- Web site: MacDermot Clan Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20171009173311/http://www.macdermot.com/ . 9 October 2017 .
