Ruaidri Leinster

• Preferred Name: Ruaidri Leinster^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Alternate Name: macFáeláin Ruaidrí Leinster King of
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: GZRK-XWR
  
• Alt. Birth: ABT 767 in Leinster, Ireland at LATI: N3.0833 LONG: E7
  
• Birth: BET 735 AND 769 in Leinster, Ireland at LATI: N3.0833 LONG: E7 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Burial: 790 in Leinster, Ireland at LATI: N3.0833 LONG: E7
  
• Death: 785 in Leinster, Ireland at LATI: N3.0833 LONG: E7
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Leinster
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Ruaidrí mac Fáeláin (died 785) was a King of Leinster of the Uí Fáeláin sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Fáelán mac Murchado (died 738), a previous king.[1] This sept had their royal seat at Naas in the eastern part of the Liffey plain, Airthir Liphi. He RULED from 776 to 785.
  
  The men of Leinster had submitted to the authority of the high king Donnchad Midi (died 797) of the Clann Cholmáin in 770. In 777 a host of the Laigin was led by Donnchad into his war with the Síl nÁedo Sláine of Brega.[2]
  
  In 780 Donnchad campaigned against leinster again. Ruaidrí and the king of the southern Uí Cheinnselaig, Cairpre mac Laidcnén, were defeated at the Battle of Óchtar Ocha (at Kilcock, near Kildare). Donnchad pursued them with his adherents, and laid waste and burned their territory and churches.[3] the Annals of Ulster state of this event:
  
  "Great hosts ... pour forth for themselves streams of gore; a company parts with Life in the overthrow of Óchtar Ocha."
  
  That same year a congress of the synods of Uí Néill and Laigin was held at Tara and peace was restored.[4] This campaign by Donnchad may have been in support of his son-in-law Bran Ardchenn mac Muiredaig (died 795), a rival of Ruaidrí.[5] The next year, in 781, however, border warfare with the Síl nÁedo Sláine of Brega occurred. The Battle of the Rig was fought and the king of the Uí Garrchon, Cú Chongalt, was slain.[6]
  
  In 782 open warfare between Ruaidrí and his rival Bran of the Uí Muiredaig sept broke out. Bran was defeated and captured at the battle of Curragh (near Kildare). Brans's allies Mugrón mac Flainn, king of Uí Fhailgi, and Dub dá Crích son of Laidcnén of the Uí Cheinnselaig were slain.[7]
  
  His sons included Muiredach mac Ruadrach (died 829), a king of Leinster; and Diarmait (died 832), King of Airthir Liphi and ancestor of the later Uí Fáeláin kings.
  
  === Acceded: 776 ===
  Acceded: 776
  
  === U782.3
  
  The battle of Cuirrech in the vi ===
  U782.3
  
  The battle of Cuirrech in the vicinity of Cell Dara on the sixth of the Kalends of September 27 Aug., the third feria, between Rmacidri son of Faelan, and Bran son of Muiredach. Therein fell Mugron son of Flann, king of Ui Fhailgi, and Dub da Crich son of Laidcnen in opposing him. Rmacidri was victor; Bran was led away captive.
  
  U785.1
  
  Dunchad grandson of Daimene, king of Ui Maini, Mael Ochtraig son of Conall, abbot of Cell Chuilinn and Cell Manach, scribe, and Mael Duin son of Fergus, king of Loch Gabor, and the learned Faelgus granson of Roichlech, and the learned Mugthigern son of Cellach, abbot of Inis Celtra, and the learned Ioseph grandson of Foilene, abbot of Biror, and Rmacidri son of Faelan, king of all the Laigin, and Conchobor son of Colcu - all died. [Annals of Ulster pp237, 241]
  
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  M777.13
  
  The battle of Cuirrecah, by the side of Cill Dara was fought on the sixth of the Calends of September, on Tuesday, between Rhadhriach, son of Faelan, and Bran, son of Mureadhach, wherein Mughron, son of Flann, Lord of Ui Failghe, and Dubhdachrich, son of Laidhgnen, were slain in combat. The victory was gained by Rmacidhri.
  
  M780.9
  
  Rmacidhri, son of Faelan, King of Leinster, died. [Annals of the Four Masters I:383, 387]
  
  === THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.115;
  
  === acceded ===
  acceded
  
  === macFáeláin, Ruaidrí, King of Leinster Ac ===
  macFáeláin, Ruaidrí, King of Leinster Acceded: 776 Died: 785 Father: O'Dúnlainge, Fáelán macMurchada, King of Leinster Child 1: O'Fáeláin, Muiredach macRuaidrí, King of Leinster Child 2: O'Fáeláin, Diarmait macRuaidrí

• m. ABT 789 in Leinster, Ireland

1. Diarmait mac Ruadrach O'Faelain King Of Airther- Liphi, b. 770 in Leinster, Ireland     d. 832 in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ruaidri mac Faelan King of Leinster -
   Author: Annals of the Four Masters; John O'Donovan, ed., Dublin, 1848 - 51, (translation available at Corpus of, Page number: I:383, 387
   Note: Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742980
   
2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ruaidri mac Faelan King of Leinster -
   Author: Annals of Ulster, Mac Airt & Mac Niocaill's translation, 1983, digital edition Note: Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742977
   
3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ruaidri mac Faelan King of Leinster -
   Author: The Ancestry of Eve of Leinster (The Genealogist, 1980): Kelley, Page number: IV:14
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742566