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Brodar mac Torcaill

Brodar mac Torcaill, also known as Brodar Mac Turcaill, was a late twelfth century King of Dublin. He was a member of the Meic Torcaill, a substantial landholding kindred in the kingdom. His death in 1160, at the hands of the Meic Gilla Sechnaill of South Brega, is revealed by the thirteenth-century Cottonian Annals, the seventeenth-century Annals of the Four Masters, the fifteenth- to sixteenth-century Annals of Ulster, and the fourteenth-century Annals of Tigernach.

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Brodar mac Torcaill
King of Dublin
Reign1148–1 July 1160
PredecessorÓttar of Dublin
SuccessorAscall mac Ragnaill
Born1104 (1104)
Died1 July 1160(1160-07-01) (aged 55–56)
Brega
HouseMeic Torcaill
FatherTorcall

Brodar mac Torcaill (1104 – 1 July 1160),1 also known as Brodar Mac Turcaill,2 was a late twelfth century King of Dublin. He was a member of the Meic Torcaill, a substantial landholding kindred in the kingdom.3 His death in 1160,4 at the hands of the Meic Gilla Sechnaill of South Brega, is revealed by the thirteenth-century Cottonian Annals, the seventeenth-century Annals of the Four Masters, the fifteenth- to sixteenth-century Annals of Ulster, and the fourteenth-century Annals of Tigernach.5

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