Murchad mac Finn Rí Laigin

   Other names for Murchad were Morough King of Laigin in Leister and Murchad, King of Leinster.

  General Notes:

~Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 239:1-2, Slani, daughter of Brian Boru, married Sihtric of the Silken Beard, King of Dublin, son of Olaf Kvaaran, King of York and Dublin by his wife Gormflaith, daughter of Murchad, King of Leinster and wife of Brian & stepmother of Slani. Sihtric went on pilgrimage to Rome 1028, and died 1042. ¹⁶⁰

  Information about this person:

• Web Reference: Llywelyn ap Iorwerth Ancestor Table. ¹⁰⁹⁰

• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Murcha, King of Leinster and son of Finn. ¹⁰⁹⁹
The Annals of the Four Masters name him as the son of Finn, and The Annals of Inisfallen record his death in 972.

Sources given: Annals of the Four Masters 965.19, p. 689 & Annals of Inisfallen, 972.4, p. 159.