The following is a provisional list of the kings of Leinster who ruled the Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 kingdom of Leinster up to 1632

1632 in Ireland

-Deaths:*Domhnall Spainnach MacMurrough-Kavanagh; the last king of Leinster*John Rider, Latin lexicographer and Anglican Bishop of Killaloe from 1612 to 1632 ....

 with the death of Domhnall Spainnach MacMurrough-Kavanagh, the last legitimately inaugurated head of the MacMurrough Kavanagh royal line. Today's province of Leinster

Leinster

Leinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled...

 is considerably larger than the former kingdom.

Early medieval kings

• Bressal Bélach (died 436)
• Énnae Cennsalach
  Énnae Cennsalach
  Énnae Cennsalach was a King of Leinster and founder of the Uí Cheinnselaig sept of the Laigin. He was the grandson of Bressal Bélach , a previous king.The chronology of Leinster kings in the 5th century is contradictory...
  
  
• Mac Cairthinn mac Coelboth
  Mac Cairthinn mac Coelboth
  Mac Cairthinn mac Coelboth of the Uí Enechglaiss, King of Leinster, died 446?/530?.-Background:Mac Cairthinn is one of the very earliest verifiable Irish kings. Though not listed in any extant Irish genealogies, the Annals of Innisfallen record his death at the battle of Mag Femen in the kingdom of...
  
  , died 446.
• Crimthann mac Énnai
  Crimthann mac Énnai
  Crimthann mac Énnai was a King of Leinster from the Uí Cheinnselaig sept of the Laigin. He was the son of Énnae Cennsalach, the ancestor of this dynasty....
  
  , died 483.
• Fincath mac Garrchu
  Fincath mac Garrchu
  Fincath mac Garrchu was a king of Leinster. He was a member of the Dál Messin Corb dynasty's principal sub-sept, the Uí Garrchon. He was the son of the founder of this sept Garrchú mac Fothaid....
  
  , died 485.
• Fráech mac Finchada
  Fráech mac Finchada
  Fráech mac Finchada or Fróech mac Findchado was a king of Leinster. Fráech was a member of the Dál Messin Corb dynasty's principal sub-sept, the Uí Garrchon. He succeeded his father, Fincath mac Garrchu, . He ruled from 485 to 495....
  
  , died 495.
• Illan mac Dúnlainge, died 527.
• Ailill mac Dúnlainge,
• Cormac mac Ailillo, died 535
• Coirpre mac Cormac, died 546
• Colmán Már mac Coirpre died 576
• Áed Dub mac Colmáin, resigned 592, died 639
• Áed Dibchine
  Áed Dibchine
  Áed Dibchine mac Senaig was a King of Leinster from the Uí Máil branch of the Laigin. He is the first king of this branch to hold the overlordship of Leinster....
  
   mac Senaig, died 595
• Brandub mac Echach
  Brandub mac Echach
  Brandub mac Echach was an Irish king of the Uí Cheinnselaig of Leinster. His father, Echu mac Muiredaig had been a king of the Ui Cheinnselaig. They belonged to a branch known as the Uí Felmeda descended from Fedelmid, son of Énnae Cennsalach...
  
  , d. 605.
• Rónán mac Colmáin
  Rónán mac Colmáin
  Rónán mac Colmáin was a King of Leinster following Brandub mac Echach . There were two men named Rónán mac Colmáin active in Leinster in the early seventh century and confusion exists as to which one was king...
  
  , d. 624.
• Crimthann mac Áedo
  Crimthann mac Áedo
  Crimthann mac Áedo was a King of Leinster from the Uí Máil branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Áed Dibchine mac Senaig , a previous king. He would have succeeded sometime after the death of Rónán mac Colmáin...
  
   Dibchine, d. 633.
• Fáelán mac Colmáin
• Crundmáel Erbuilc
  Crundmáel Erbuilc
  Crundmáel Erbuilc mac Rónáin was a King of Leinster from the Uí Cheinnselaig branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Rónán mac Colmáin , a previous king of the Sil Chormaic sept....
  
   mac Rónáin, d.656.
• Fáelán mac Colmáin
  Fáelán mac Colmáin
  Fáelán mac Colmáin was a King of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Colmán Már mac Coirpri, a previous king...
  
  , d. 666.
• Fiannamail mac Máele Tuile, d. 680.
• Bran Mut mac Conaill
  Bran Mut mac Conaill
  Bran Mut mac Conaill was a King of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the grandson of Fáelán mac Colmáin , a previous king. He ruled from 680-693....
  
  , d. 693.
• Cellach Cualann
  Cellach Cualann
  Cellach Cualann mac Gerthidi was the last Uí Máil king of Leinster. Cellach's byname is derived from the land of Cualu which lay around Glendalough.The name Uí Máil may mean "grandsons of the princes"...
  
   mac Gerthide, d. 715.
• Murchad mac Brain Mut
  Murchad mac Brain Mut
  Murchad mac Brain Mut was a King of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Bran Mut mac Conaill , a previous king. He ruled from 715 to 727.- His reign :...
  
  , d.727.
• Dúnchad mac Murchado
  Dúnchad mac Murchado
  Dúnchad mac Murchado was a King of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Murchad mac Brain Mut , the previous king. He ruled from 727 to 728....
  
  , d. 728.
• Fáelán mac Murchado
  Fáelán mac Murchado
  Fáelán mac Murchado was a King of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Murchad mac Brain Mut , a previous king...
  
  , d. 738.
• Bran Becc mac Murchado
  Bran Becc mac Murchado
  Bran Becc mac Murchado was a King of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Murchad mac Brain Mut , a previous king. He ruled briefly in 738....
  
  , d. 738
• Áed mac Colggen
  Áed mac Colggen
  Áed mac Colggen was a king of the Uí Cheinnselaig of Leinster. Some sources incorrectly make him joint king of Leinster with Bran Becc mac Murchado, but it appears that Áed was main ruler of Leinster in 738 His father Colcú mac Bressail was called king of Ard Ladrann at his death obit in the...
  
  , d. 738.
• Muiredach mac Murchado
  Muiredach mac Murchado
  Muiredach mac Murchado was a King of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Murchad mac Brain Mut , a previous king. He ruled from 738 to 760....
  
  , d. 760.
• Cellach mac Dúnchada
  Cellach mac Dúnchada
  Cellach mac Dúnchada was a King of Leinster of the Uí Dúnchada sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Dúnchad mac Murchado , a previous king. This sept had their royal seat at Líamhain...
  
  , d. 776.
• Ruaidrí mac Fáeláin
  Ruaidrí mac Fáeláin
  Ruaidrí mac Fáeláin 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 , a previous king. This sept had their royal seat at Naas in the eastern part of the Liffey plain, Airthir Liphi...
  
  , d. 785.
• Bran Ardchenn
  Bran Ardchenn
  Bran Ardchenn mac Muiredaig was a King of Leinster of the Uí Muiredaig sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Muiredach mac Murchado , a previous king. This sept had their royal seat at Maistiu in South Kildare. He ruled from 785-795.Bran was a rival of Ruaidrí mac...
  
   mac Muiredaig, d. 795.
• Fínsnechta Cethardec
  Fínsnechta Cethardec
  Finsnechta Cethardec mac Cellaig was a King of Leinster of the Uí Dúnchada sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Cellach mac Dúnchada , a previous king. He ruled from 795 to 808...
  
   mac Cellaig, d. 808.
• Muiredach mac Brain
  Muiredach mac Brain (died 818)
  Muiredach mac Brain was a King of Leinster of the Uí Muiredaig sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. This sept had their royal seat at Maistiu in South Kildare. He was the son of Bran Ardchenn mac Muiredaig , a previous king...
  
  , d.818
  818
  Year 818 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.-Europe:* Al-Andalus: Grave rebellion in the suburbs of Cordoba against the Umayyads.- Religion :...
  
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• Muiredach mac Ruadrach
  Muiredach mac Ruadrach
  Muiredach mac Ruadrach was a King of Leinster of the Uí Fáeláin sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. This sept had their royal seat at Naas in the eastern part of the Liffey plain, Airthir Liphi. He was the son of Ruaidrí mac Fáeláin , a previous king...
  
  , d.829
• Cellach mac Brain
  Cellach mac Brain
  Cellach mac Brain was a King of Leinster of the Uí Muiredaig sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. This sept had their royal seat at Maistiu in South Kildare. He was the son of Bran Ardchenn mac Muiredaig , a previous king and brother of Muiredach mac Brain...
  
  , d. 834.
• Bran mac Fáeláin
  Bran mac Fáeláin
  Bran mac Fáeláin was a King of Leinster of the Uí Dúnchada sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. This sept had their royal seat at Líamhain . He was the nephew of Fínsnechta Cethardec mac Cellaig and grandson of Cellach mac Dúnchada , previous kings. His father Fáelán had been abbot of...
  
  , d. 838.
• Lorcán mac Cellaig
  Lorcán mac Cellaig
  Lorcán mac Cellaig was a King of Leinster of the Uí Muiredaig sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. This sept had their royal seat at Maistiu in the south of modern County Kildare. He was the son of Cellach mac Brain , a previous king.The succession of kings in Leinster is difficult to...
  
  , fl. 848.
• Túathal mac Máele-Brigte
  Túathal mac Máele-Brigte
  Tuathal mac Máele-Brigte was a King of Leinster of the Uí Muiredaig sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. This sept had their royal seat at Maistiu in South Kildare. He was possibly the son of Muiredach mac Brain , a previous king...
  
  , d. 854.
• Ruarc mac Bran
  Ruarc mac Bran
  Ruarc mac Brain was the fourth of ten Kings of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare, a member of the Uí Dúnchada, one of three septs of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty which rotated the kingship of Leinster between 750-1050, significant in County Kildare...
  
  , d. 862.
• Muirecán mac Diarmata
  Muirecán mac Diarmata
  Muirecán mac Diarmata was a King of Leinster of the Uí Fáeláin sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. This sept had their royal seat at Naas in the eastern part of the Liffey plain, Airthir Liphi. He was the son Diarmait mac Ruadrach , King of Airthir Liphi...
  
   mac Ruadrach, d. 863.
• Dúnlaing mac Muiredaig
  Dúnlaing mac Muiredaig
  Dúnlaing mac Muiredaig was a King of Leinster of the Uí Muiredaig sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. This sept had their royal seat at Maistiu in South Kildare. He was the son of Muiredach mac Brain , a previous king. He ruled from 863 to 869.There is much confusion in the king lists...
  
   mac Brain, d. 869.
• Ailill mac Dúnlainge
  Ailill mac Dúnlainge (died 871)
  Ailill mac Dúnlainge was a King of Leinster of the Uí Muiredaig sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. This sept had their royal seat at Maistiu in South Kildare in what is now Ireland. He was the son of Dúnlaing mac Muiredaig , a previous king. He ruled from 869-871.There is much...
  
  , d. 871.
• Domnall mac Muirecáin
  Domnall mac Muirecáin
  Domnall mac Muirecáin was a King of Leinster of the Uí Fáeláin sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. This sept had their royal seat at Naas in the eastern part of the Liffey plain, Airthir Liphi. He was the son of Muirecán mac Diarmata , a previous king.There is much confusion in the king...
  
  , d. 884.
• Muiredach mac Brain, d. 885.

High medieval kings

• Cerball mac Muirecáin
  Cerball mac Muirecáin
  Cerball mac Muirecáin was king of Leinster. He was the son of Muirecán mac Diarmata and a member of the Uí Fáeláin, the descendants of Fáelán mac Murchado , of one of three septs of the Uí Dúnlainge of modern County Kildare in Ireland....
  
  , d. 909.
• Augaire mac Aililla, d. 917.
• Faelan mac Muiredach
  Faelan mac Muiredach
  Faelán mac Muiredach was the sixth of ten Kings of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare, a member of the Uí Dúnchada, one of three septs of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty which rotated the kingship of Leinster between 750-1050, significant in County Kildare History...
  
  , d. 942.
• Lorcán mac Fáelán
  Lorcan mac Faelan
  Lorcán mac Faelán was the seventh of ten Kings of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare, a member of the Uí Dúnchada, one of three septs of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty which rotated the kingship of Leinster between 750-1050, significant in County Kildare History....
  
  , d. 943.
• Bróen mac Máelmórda, d. 947.
• Túathal mac Úgaire, d. 958.
• Cellach mac Faelan
  Cellach mac Faelan
  Cellach mac Faelan was the eighth of ten Kings of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare, a member of the Uí Dúnchada, one of three septs of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty which rotated the kingship of Leinster between 750-1050, significant in County Kildare History....
  
  , d. 966.
• Murchad mac Finn, d. 972.
• Úgaire mac Túathail, d. 978.
• Domnall Claen mac Lorcáin, d. 984.
• Donnchad mac Domnall Claen
  Donnchad mac Domnall Claen
  Donnchad mac Dómnaill Clóen was the tenth and last King of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare. He was a member of the Uí Dúnchada, one of three septs of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty which rotated the kingship of Leinster between 750 - 1050 and is a...
  
  , deposed 1003.
• Máelmórda mac Murchada, d. 1014.
• Dúnlaing mac Tuathal, d. 1014.
• Donncuan mac Dúnlainge, d. 1016.
• Bran mac Máelmórda, deposed, 1018.
• Augaire mac Dúnlainge, d. 1024.
• Donnchad mac Dúnlainge, dep. 1033.
• Donnchad mac Gilla Pátraic, d. 1039.
• Murchad mac Dúnlainge, d. 1042.
• Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó
  Diarmait mac Mail na mBo
  Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó was King of Leinster, and also High King of Ireland .He was one of the most important and significant Kings in Ireland in the pre-Norman era...
  
  , 1042-1072 Uí Cheinnselaigh ancestor of the MacMurroughs
• Murchad mac Diarmata, 1052-1070 - progenitor of the MacMurrough dynasty
• Dommall mac Murchada, 1072-1075
• Donnchad mac Domnaill Remair, 1075-1089
• Énna mac Diarmata, 1089-1092
• Diarmait mac Énna, 1092-1098
• Donnchadh mac Murchada, 1098-1115*
• Diarmait mac Enna mac Murchada, 1115-1117.
• Enna mac Donnchada mac Murchada, 1117-1126.
• Diarmait Mac Murchada, 1126-1166 - known in English as Dermot McMurrough
• Murcha mac Murchada (or Moroch)-na n Gaodhail, 1166-1170 from whom descended Davidson or MacDavy Mór, Mac Vaddock (Mac Mhadóc ). This Murcha was in 1166 elected successor to his brother as King of Leinster, when Diarmait Mac Murchada(Diarmuid-na-nGhall) was deposed.See O Harts Mac Murrough Pedigree

Note: Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland . Like his father, he was also commonly known as Strongbow...

, by his marriage to Aoife of Leinster and the promises of her father upon the restoration of his kingdom by the Cambro-Norman

Cambro-Norman

Cambro-Norman is a term used for Norman knights who settled in southern Wales after the Norman conquest of England in 1066. Some historians suggest that the term is to be preferred to Anglo-Norman for the Normans who invaded Ireland after 1170 — many of whom originated in Wales. However, the term...

 mercenaries, claimed the kingdom on behalf of his wife. This was not in accordance with the native Brehon Law.

• Domhnall Caemanach mac Murchada, 1171-1175 - first MacMurrough Kavanagh
• Muirchertach mac Domhnall mac Domhnall MacMurrough-Kavanagh, ?-1282.

Late medieval kings

• Muiris mac Muirchertach MacMurrough-Kavanagh, 1282-c.1314.
• Domhnall, c.1314-1317.
• MacMurrough, 1317-c.1323.
• Domhnall mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, c.1323-c.1338.
• Domhnall mac Domhnall MacMurrough-Kavanagh, c.1338-1347.
• Muircheartach mac Muiris MacMurrough-Kavanagh, 1347-1354.
• Art mac Muircheartach MacMurrough-Kavanagh, 1354-1362.
• Diarmait mac Domhnall MacMurrough-Kavanagh, 1362-1369.
• Donnchadh mac Muircheartach MacMurrough-Kavanagh, 1369-1375.
• Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh
  Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh
  Art Mór Mac Murchadha Caomhánach is generally regarded as the most formidable of the later Kings of Leinster. He revived not only the royal family's prerogatives but their lands and power...
  
  , 1375-1417
• Donnchadh mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, 1417-1478.
• Domhnall mac Gerald MacMurrough-Kavanagh (a.k.a. Donal Reagh), 1476.
• Muircheartach mac Donnchadh MacMurrough-Kavanagh, 1478-1512.
• Art Buidhe mac Domhnall MacMurrough-Kavanagh, 1512-1517.
• Gerald mac Domhnall MacMurrough-Kavanagh, 1517-1523.
• Muiris mac Domhnall MacMurrough-Kavanagh, 1523-1531.
• Muircheartach mac Art Buidhe MacMurrough-Kavanagh, 1531-1547.
• Murchadh mac Muriris Mac Murrough Caomhanach, ?-1557.
• Criomthann mac Murchadha Mac Murrough Caomhanach, 1557-1582
• Domhnall Spainnach MacMurrough-Kavanagh, c.1595-1632. (Last ruling King of Leinster)

Current head

The current Prince of Leinster and the Ui Cheinnselaig

Uí Cheinnselaig

The Uí Ceinnselaig , from the Old Irish "grandsons of Cennsalach", are an Irish dynasty of Leinster who trace their descent from Énnae Cennsalach, a supposed contemporary of Niall of the Nine Hostages...

, and Chief of the Name of MacMorrough Kavanagh, is William Butler MacMorrough Kavanagh, born 1944.

Sources

• Kings of Leinster Genealogical Tables, pages 288-290,"Irish Kings and High Kings", Francis John Byrne, Dublin, 1973.
• Kings, Saints and Sagas, Alfred. P. Smyth, in Wicklow:History and Society, 1994. ISBN 978 0906602300
• Kings, the kingship of Leinster and the regnal poems of "laidshencfhas Laigen:a reflection of dynastic politics in Leinster, 650-1150, Edel Bhreathnach
  Edel Bhreathnach
  Edel Bhreathnach is an Irish historian and academic.Bhreathnach was a Tara Research Fellow for the Discovery Programme from 1992 to 2000. As of 2005 she is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute for the study of Irish History and Civilization, at University College Dublin...
  
  , in Seanchas:Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology, History and Literature in Honour of Francis John Byrne
  Francis John Byrne
  Francis John Byrne is an Irish historian.Born in Shanghai where his father, a Dundalk man, captained a ship on the Yellow River, Byrne was evacuated with his mother to Australia on the outbreak of World War II...
  
  , ed. Alfred P. Smyth, pp. 299-312, Four Courts Press
  Four Courts Press
  Four Courts Press is an Irish academic publishing house.It was founded in 1970 by Michael Adams, a managing director at the Irish Academic Press and a member of Opus Dei. Its early publications were primarily theological, notably the English translation of the Navarre Bible...
  
  , Dublin, 2000
• Kings of Leinster Genealogical Tables, pages 247-249, "War, Politics and the Irish of Leinster 1156-1606", Emmett O'Bryne, Dublin, 2004.
• Register of Irish Chiefs as complied by genealogist Sean J. Murphy: http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/chiefs/register.htm