Domnall Mór (Donall The Great) Ua Briain King of Thomond [60098] ¹²⁷

   Other names for Domnall were Donal Mor O’Brien and Donough More.

  General Notes:

http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps26/ps26_433.htm


His ancestry is from W.H.Turton, "The Plantagenet Ancestry" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.), 1968, p. 92.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domnall_M%C3%B3r_Ua_Briain


Domnall Mór ("Donall the Great"), a great-great-great grandson of Brian Boru, was the third son of King Tairdelbhach of Munster , who reigned 1142 to 1167.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_O%27Toole

  Burial Notes:

According to the Annals of Ulster , he was the last king of Munster, dying in 1194. He is buried in the apse of St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, a church he first organised. His tomb is covered with a carved sepulchre stone near the church's main altar.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: King of Thomond in Ireland, 1168. was King of Thomond in Ireland from 1168 to 1194 and a claimant to the title King of Munster .

He ascended to the throne in 1168 after the death of his eldest brother, Muirchertach, who had succeeded their father as king. Muirchertach was killed at the instigation of his cousin Conchobar mac Muirchertach Ua Briain . His other brother Brian of Slieve Bloom was blinded in 1169. The same year, Domnall entered into conflict with the High King of Ireland , Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair and was forced to pay him a tribute of 300 cows.

Domnall married Orlacan [4914] [MRIN: 551616695], daughter of Diarmait macDonnchada MacMurchada King of Leinster [4912] and Mor Ingen Muirchertaig O'Toole [4913].