Muirchertach Ua Briain

Muirchertach Ua Briain died in Lismore, County Waterford, in 1119 after outliving the formal kingdoms he once commanded. The church and cliffs there witnessed the end of a man who had carried the O'Brien claim across Ireland, suggesting that even a diminished king still belonged inside the oldest stone chamber available. His death completed a life begun in the shadow of Brian Boru, returning the bloodline to the soil that first made it great.