High King of Ireland Brian Bïauma Mac Cennetig

Abt 940 - 1014  (74 years)

• Name	Brian Bïauma Mac Cennetig
  Title	High King of Ireland
  Birth	Abt 940	Clare, Munster, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Apr 1014	County Dublin, Ireland
  Person ID	I6089	footsteps | Ancestors
  Last Modified	9 May 2025

  
  

  Father	King Of The Dál gCais And Thormond Cennetig Mac Lorcain,   b. Abt 896, Clare, Munster, Ireland d. 957, Ireland (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Queen of Thomond Be Bind Ingen Aurchada,   b. 925, County Connaught, Ireland d. 1005, Killaloe, Ireland (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F4004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gormflaeth Murchadh,   b. 950, County Kildare, Ireland d. 1030, Clare, Munster, Ireland (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	985
  Children	+ 1. High King Of Ireland Donnchad O'Brien,   b. Aft 981, Clare, Munster, Ireland d. Abt 1064, Italy (Age < 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Brian Bóruma was the first man to establish himself as High King of Ire l a n d b y f orce of arms alone in many centuries. Brian Boru (Middle Irish: Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig; modern Irish: Bria n B ó r a m ha; c. 941 - 23 April 1014) was an Irish king who ended the domi na t i o n o f the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill, and possibly en d e d V i k ing invasions of Ireland. Brian Boru was mentioned in Annals of I n i s f a llen and Chronicon Scotorum as "Brian mac Cennétig" (Brian, son of C e n n é t ig). The name Brian of Bóruma or Brian Boru was given to him posth u m o u s ly. Brian built on the achievements of his father, Cennétig mac Lo r c a i n , and especially his elder brother, Mathgamain. Brian first made h i m s e l f king of Munster, then subjugated Leinster, eventually becoming H i g h K i n g of Ireland. He was the founder of the O'Brien dynasty, and is w i d e l y r egarded as one of the most successful and unifying monarchs in m e d i e v al Ireland.