About the name
- Origin
- Old Irish compound from 'muir' meaning sea and 'ceartach' meaning battler. Name of several High Kings of Ireland including Muircheartach Mac Niall, a powerful 10th-century king. Anglicised as Murtagh or Mortimer.
- English version
- Murtagh, Mortimer
- Variants
- Muirchertach
- Stronghold region
- All-Ireland
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