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Tadhg mac Muirchertach was one of the early kings of Moylurg, and the most obscure. Even the years of his reign are unknown. All that can be said with certainty is that he lived in the middle decades of the eleventh century and his father was Muirchertach mac Maelruanaidh Mor. He was succeeded by his son, Maelruanaidh mac Tadhg, in or around the year 1080, though this too is an educated guess.
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Muirgius mac Tadhg More was the eighth king of Moylurg, who reigned from 1159 to 1187, and was brother of the previous king. The Annals of the Four Masters record his death in the latter year with the comment: "Mac Dermot, Lord of Moylurg, died in his own mansion on Claenlough, in Clann-Chuain."
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References
- "Mac Dermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family", Dermot Mac Dermot, 1996.
- http://www.macdermot.com/