Ruaidhrí Mac Ruaidhrí
Ruaidhrí Mac Ruaidhrí | |
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Ostensibly Ruaidhrí's surname and title as they appear on folio 82v (part 2) of Royal Irish Academy P 6 (the Annals of the Four Masters). The entry records the death of a member of Clann Ruaidhrí, likely Ruaidhrí himself, in 1318. | |
| Predecessor | Ailéan mac Ruaidhrí |
| Successor | Raghnall Mac Ruaidhrí |
| Died | 14 October 1318? Battle of Faughart? |
| Noble family | Clann Ruaidhrí |
| Issue | Raghnall and Áine |
| Father | Ailéan mac Ruaidhrí |
Ruaidhrí Mac Ruaidhrí (died 14 October 1318?) was a fourteenth-century Scottish magnate and chief of Clann Ruaidhrí. He was an illegitimate son of Ailéan mac Ruaidhrí, and is recorded to have participated in the kindred's military actions against supporters of both the English Crown and Scottish Crown. Following the apparent death of his brother, Lachlann, Ruaidhrí appears to have taken control of the kindred, and firmly aligned the family with Robert I, King of Scotland. Ruaidhrí may well be the member of Clann Ruaidhrí who is recorded slain at the Battle of Faughart in support of the Bruce cause in Ireland. After his death, Ruaidhrí's half-sister, Cairistíona, attempted to transfer the Clann Ruaidhrí territories outside the family. Ruaidhrí was survived by a daughter, Áine, and an illegitimate son, Raghnall. The latter fended off Cairistíona's actions and succeeded to the chiefship of Clann Ruaidhrí.