The Kings of or Moylurg were a branch of the , and a kindred family to the Kings of Connacht. Their ancestor, , was a brother to , King of Connacht 967–973, ancestor of the O Connor family of Connacht. is said to have made a deal of some nature where, in return for abandoning any claim to the provincial kingship, he would be given . His dynasty was known as the Clan Mulrooney, and later still took the surname of MacDermot (a branch of this family were in turn called MacDermot Roe). The following is a list of their Kings, followed by the respective heads of the family up to the early modern period.
The Kings of Moylurg , fl. 956 founder of Moylurg and the Clan .
, fl. 1080. , 1120–1124. , 1124. , 1124–1159, progenitor of the surname MacDermot. , 1159–1187. , 1187–1196. , 1196–1207. , 1207–1215. , 1215–1218. , 1218–1244 , 1245–1265 , 1256–1281. , 1281–1287 , 1288–1294 , 1294–1331. , 1331–1336. , 1336–1343 , 1343–1368. , 1368–1393. , 1393–1398. , 1398–1404. , 1404–1421. , 1421–1458. , 1458–1465. , 1456–1478. , 1478–1486. , 1486–1497. , 1497–1499. , 1499–1528. , 1528–1533. , 1533–1534. , 1534–1549. , 1549–1568 - A school invitation was given by , i.e. , at Christmas of this year; and it is not possible to count or over-reckon all that he gave to the poets, and professors, and learned men of Erinn, and to all men besides. , 1568–1576. , 1576–1585, last de facto King of Moylurg.
The MacDermot of the Carrick , 1585–1595, first to be styled "MacDermot of the Carrick" , 1595–1603. , 1603–1636.
The Chief of the Name Turlough MacDermot, 1636 – c.1652, first to be styled Chief of the name. Cathal Roe MacDermot, c.1652 – c.1694. Hugh MacDermott, c.1694 – 1707.
See also Irish royal families
References "Mac Dermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family", Dermot Mac Dermot, 1996.