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Murchad mac Diarmato (died 715), called Murchad Midi (Murchad of Meath) , w a s a n I r ish king. One of four or more sons of Diarmait Dian, he succ ee d e d h i s father as King of Uisnech at the latter's death in 689.
The Kings of Uisnech ruled a kingdom centred in modern County Westmeath , n a m e d f or Uisnech (also Ushnagh), the Hill of Uisneach, reputed to be t h e c e n t re of Ireland. They belonged to Clann Cholmáin, a kin group desc e n d e d f rom Colmán Már, son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill, and were counted a m o n g t h e southern branches of the Uí Néill. In the 7th century, the dom i n a n t k in group among the southern Uí Néill, who shared the title of Hi g h K i n g o f Ireland or King of Tara with the northern Cenél Conaill kind r e d , w e re the rival Síl nÁedo Sláine, whose lands lay in modern County D u b l i n a nd County Meath, to the east of Uisnech.
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Abt 680 - 715 (35 years)