Kings of Magh Luirg

The Kings of or Moylurg were a branch of the , and a kindred family to the Kings of Connacht. Their ancestor, , was a brother to , King of Connacht 967–973, ancestor of the O Connor family of Connacht. is said to have made a deal of some nature where, in return for abandoning any claim to the provincial kingship, he would be given . His dynasty was known as the Clan Mulrooney, and later still took the surname of MacDermot (a branch of this family were in turn called MacDermot Roe). The following is a list of their Kings, followed by the respective heads of the family up to the early modern period.

The Kings of Moylurg

• , fl. 956 founder of Moylurg and the Clan .
• , fl. 1080.
• , 1120–1124.
• , 1124.
• , 1124–1159, progenitor of the surname MacDermot.
• , 1159–1187.
• , 1187–1196.
• , 1196–1207.
• , 1207–1215.
• , 1215–1218.
• , 1218–1244
• , 1245–1265
• , 1256–1281.
• , 1281–1287
• , 1288–1294
• , 1294–1331.
• , 1331–1336.
• , 1336–1343
• , 1343–1368.
• , 1368–1393.
• , 1393–1398.
• , 1398–1404.
• , 1404–1421.
• , 1421–1458.
• , 1458–1465.
• , 1456–1478.
• , 1478–1486.
• , 1486–1497.
• , 1497–1499.
• , 1499–1528.
• , 1528–1533.
• , 1533–1534.
• , 1534–1549.
• , 1549–1568 - A school invitation was given by , i.e. , at Christmas of this year; and it is not possible to count or over-reckon all that he gave to the poets, and professors, and learned men of Erinn, and to all men besides.
• , 1568–1576.
• , 1576–1585, last de facto King of Moylurg.

The MacDermot of the Carrick

• , 1585–1595, first to be styled "MacDermot of the Carrick"
• , 1595–1603.
• , 1603–1636.

The Chief of the Name

• Turlough MacDermot, 1636 – c.1652, first to be styled Chief of the name.
• Cathal Roe MacDermot, c.1652 – c.1694.
• Hugh MacDermott, c.1694 – 1707.

See also

• Irish royal families

References

• "Mac Dermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family", Dermot Mac Dermot, 1996.