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Muirchú moccu Machtheni
Muirchú moccu Machtheni (Latin: Maccutinus), usually known simply as Muirchú, was born sometime in the seventh century. He became a monk in Leinster, and eventually, an Irish historian. He is best known for his ''Vita sancti Patricii'', known in English as ''The Life of Saint Patrick'', one of the first accounts of the famous fifth-century saint, and which credits Patrick with the conversion of Ireland in advance of the spread of monasticism. This work was dedicated to Bishop Aedh of Slébte, who was also the one who suggested the life be written, and was the patron for the work.〔Ludwig Bieler, edited.,''The Patrician Texts in the Book of Armagh'', (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1979), 1.〕 Muirchú’s work should not be dismissed as historically inaccurate because, though it cannot positively tell us about the period in which Patrick lived, it does show us a lot about the period in which it was composed, the seventh century.〔John R. Walsh and Thomas Bradley, ''A History of the Irish Church 400–700 A.D'', ( Blackrock, Co. Dublin: The Columba Press, 1991), 41.〕 Therefore, most scholars agree that while several miraculous episodes are included, the work is probably as accurate as can be expected given the sources available.〔Grugel, L. "Review of St Patrick, His Writings and Muirchu's Life" ''The History Teacher'', page 598, 1979.〕
==Life==
Muirchú was possibly a member of the Tuath Mochtaine clan, who resided on Mag Macha, the Armagh plain.〔Bieler, ''The Patrician Texts in the Book of Armagh'',1〕 Ludwig Bieler believes this can be seen through Muirchú’s recorded last name, Machtheni.〔Bieler, ''The Patrician Texts in the Book of Armagh'',1〕 Muirchú, along with Bishop Aedh, is recorded to have been among the ecclesiastics who attended the Synod of Birr in 697 A.D.〔Bieler, ''The Patrician Texts in the Book of Armagh'',1〕 Their attendance at the Synod suggests that the two were concerned with the unification of the two churches in Ireland, the southern and northern churches, Romani and the Hibernenses, who had various differing customs and some opposing ideas on religious matters.〔Bieler, ''The Patrician Texts in the Book of Armagh'',1〕
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