Murchadh mac Sochlachan (died 936) was 32nd King of Uí Maine.
Events from the 10th century in Ireland.
Uí Maine, often Anglicised as Hy Many, was one of the oldest and largest kingdoms located in Connacht, Ireland. Its territory of approximately 1,000 square miles (2,600 km2) encompassed all of what is now north, east and south County Galway, south and central County Roscommon, an area near County Clare, and at one stage had apparently subjugated land on the east bank of the Shannon, together with the parish of Lusmagh in Offaly.
In 918, there occurred "A great slaughter was made of the Ui-Maine at Grian but the circumstances are not stated.
He was a son of Sochlachan mac Diarmata (died 909), and brother of Mughroin mac Sochlachan and his pedigree - written as Murchatan (from the diminutive Murchadhain) - is recorded in Leabhar Ua Maine as:
Sochlachan mac Diarmata was 31st King of Uí Maine.
Mughroin mac Sochlachan was 30th King of Uí Maine, died 904).
Leabhar Ua Maine is an Irish genealogical compilation, created c. 1392–94.
Murchatan, son of Sochlachan, son of Diarmait, son of Fergus, son of Murchadh, son of Dubh-da-Thuath, son of Daimin, son of Darnhdairi, son of Ailell, son of Coirbin, son of Aedh, son of Crimthann Cael, son of Lughaidh, son of Dallan, son of Breasal, son of Maine Mor.
A heading indicates that his sept were called the Clann Cremthainn. As his is the terminal name in the list, it may be that the Clann Cremthainn provided no more kings.
A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially of a Scottish or Irish family. The term is used in both Ireland and Scotland, where it may be translated as sliocht, meaning "progeny" or "seed", which may indicate the descendants of a person. The word may derive from the Latin saeptum, meaning "enclosure" or "fold", or via an alteration of "sect".
| Preceded by Sochlachan mac Diarmata | King of Uí Maine ?–936 | Succeeded by Murchadh mac Aodha |
