 Murchadh in a Gaelic type, note the lenited c and d in the name (ch, dh) once appeared in Irish orthography with a dot above them, as pictured. | |
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Irish, Scottish Gaelic |
| Other names | |
| Anglicisation(s) | Murdo, Murdoch, Murphy, Murch |
| See also | Muireadhach |
Murchadh is masculine given name of Irish origin, used in the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages.
A Dictionary of First Names, published by Oxford University Press, defines the Irish name as being derived from the Gaelic elements muir, meaning "sea"; and cadh, meaning "battle". In the same book, the Scottish Gaelic name is defined as being a modern form of the Gaelic name Muireadhach , which means "lord", but is said to derive from muir, which means "sea". [1]
Anglicised forms of the name in Scottish Gaelic are Murdo and Murdoch. [2] [3] [4] As a patronymic surname, Murphy is derived from Murchadh and its patronymics, MacMurchadh and Mac Murchadha
West Connacht was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Galway, particularly the area known more commonly today as Connemara. The kingdom represented the core homeland of the Connachta's Uí Briúin Seóla kindred and although they ruled, there were smaller groups of other Gaels in the area, such as the Delbhna Tir Dha Locha and the Conmhaícne Mara. It existed from 1051 onwards, after the Ó Conchobhair, Kings of Connacht, pushed the Ó Flaithbheartaigh to the West of Lough Corrib, from their original territory of Maigh Seóla. Iar Connacht remained a subordinate túath of Connacht, until the 13th century, after which it was more independent.
Maigh Seóla, also known as Hy Briuin Seola, was the territory that included land along the east shore of Lough Corrib in County Galway, Ireland. It was bounded to the east by the Uí Maine vassal kingdom of Soghain and extended roughly from what is now Clarinbridge in the south to Knockmaa Hill in the north. Its rulers belonged to the Uí Briúin Seóla and are sometimes found in the annals under the title "King of Uí Briúin" and "King of South Connacht". The earliest identifiable kings belonged to the line that became the Clann Cosgraigh. However in later times the line which would become the Muintir Murchada, under the O'Flaherty chiefs, monopolized the kingship.
O'Flaherty is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Galway. The clan name originated in the 10th century as a derivative of its founder Flaithbheartach mac Eimhin. They descend in the paternal line from the Connachta's Uí Briúin Seóla. They were originally kings of Maigh Seóla and Muintir Murchada and as members of the Uí Briúin were kinsmen of the Ó Conchubhair and Mac Diarmada amongst others. After their king Cathal mac Tigernán lost out to Áed in Gai Bernaig in the 11th century, the family were pushed further west to Iar Connacht, a territory associated with Connemara today. They continued to rule this land until the 16th century. The name has been alternatively rendered into English in various forms, such as Flaherty, Fluharty, Faherty, Laverty, Flaverty, Lahiff, and Flahive.
Delbhna Tír Dhá Locha was a tuath of Gaelic Ireland, located in the west of Ireland in Connemara, County Galway.
Diarmaid is a masculine given name in the Irish language, which has historically been anglicized as Jeremiah or Jeremy, names with which it is etymologically unrelated. The name Dimity might have been used as a feminine English equivalent of the name in Ireland. Earlier forms of the name include Diarmit and Diarmuit. Variations of the name include Diarmait and Diarmuid. Anglicised forms of the name include Dermody, Dermot and Dermod. Mac Diarmata, anglicised McDermott and similar, is the patronymic and surname derived from the personal name. The exact etymology of the name is debated. There is a possibility that the name is derived in part from dí, which means "without"; and either from airmit, which means "injunction", or airmait, which means "envy". The Irish name later spread to Scotland where in Scottish Gaelic the form of the name is Diarmad; Anglicised forms of this name include Diarmid and Dermid.
Events from the 11th century in Ireland.
Gadhra Mór mac Dundach was King of Síol Anmchadha and Uí Maine.
Diarmaid Ua Madadhan was King of Síol Anmchadha and Uí Maine.
Domhnall Ó Madadhan, chief of Síol Anmchadha, fl. 1567 – after 8 March 1611.
The Conmhaícne Mheáin Maigh or Conmaicne Mhein or Conmaicne Máenmaige or Conmaicne Críche Meic Erca were an early people of Ireland, their tuath comprising the barony of Loughrea, in County Galway.
Muintir Murchada was the name of an Irish territory which derived its name from the ruling dynasty, who were in turn a branch of the Uí Briúin. The name was derived from Murchadh mac Maenach, King of Uí Briúin Seóla, who died 891.
Clann Fhergail was a cantred located in County Galway, comprising the baronies of Moycullen and Galway, the parishes of Oranmore and Ballynacourty and Rahoon.
Murchadh mac Maenach was King of Maigh Seóla.
Urchadh mac Murchadh was King of Maigh Seóla.
Muireadhach ua Flaithbheartach, also known as Murchadh an Chapail Ua Flaithbheartaigh, was King of Maigh Seóla.
Cathal mac Ruaidhri was King of Maigh Seóla/Iar Connacht.
Caineach inion Urchadh Princess of the Uí Briúin Seóla and Queen of Connacht, fl. early 10th century.
Murchad mac Flann mac Glethneachan was King of Maigh Seóla.
Madadhan is an Irish name commonly anglicised as Madden and Madigan. Whilst originally a forename, it also became the surname Ó Madadhan, meaning "descendant of Madden".
