Muiredach

Muiredach (Old Irish), Muireadhach or Muireach, anglicized variously to Murdoch, Murtagh, Murdac, Mordacq and other forms, is a Goidelic name (meaning "chieftain") popular in Scotland and Ireland in the Middle Ages:

  • Muiredach Bolgrach, mythological Irish king
  • Muiredach Tirech, legendary high-king of Ireland
  • Muiredach mac Eógain (died 489), legendary early king of Ailech
  • Muiredach Muinderg (died 489), legendary king of the Ulaid
  • Muiredach of Killala, reputed early Irish saint
  • Muiredach Muillethan (died 702), king of Connaught
  • Muiredach mac Ainbcellaig (died c. 770), king of Dál Riata
  • Muiredach mac Murchado (died 760), king of Leinster
  • Muiredach mac Brain (died 818) (8th-century–818), king of Leinster
  • Muiredach mac Ruadrach (8th-century–829), king of Leinster
  • Muiredach mac Eochada (died 839), king of the Ulaid
  • Muiredach mac Brain (died 885), king of Munster
  • Muiredach mac Eochocáin (died 895), king of the Ulaid
  • Muireadhach Ua Carthaigh (died 1067), Chief Poet of Connacht
  • Muireadhach Ua Dubhthaigh, Archbishop of Connacht
  • Muireadhach Ua Flaithbheartaigh (died 1121), King of Iar Connacht
  • Muiredach (ealdorman) (fl. 958–963), ealdorman
  • Muireadhach I, Earl of Menteith (fl. 12th-century–13th-century), Scottish mormaer
  • Muireadhach Albanach (fl. early 12th-century–13th-centuryth century), Gaelic poet and crusader
  • Muireadhach II, Earl of Menteith (died c. 1230), Scottish mormaer
  • Muireadhach III, Earl of Menteith (died 1332), Scottish mormaer
  • Muireadhach of Inchaffray (died 1340s), Scottish abbot
  • Muireadhach Sdíbhard or Muireadhach IV, Earl of Menteith (died 1425), Scottish prince