Commentary
Stewart Baldwin: 'BS 198, 230. Carrach Calma was a nickname of Donnchad (d. 969), a great-grandson of the Ui Neill king Flann Sinna. (See Table 4 in the genealogies of volume IX of "A New History of Ireland.") BS 230 calls Gormlaith a daughter of Carrach Calma, which is obviously chronologically impossible, and it is clear that a word has accidently dropped from the account of BS 198, which calls her a daughter of Mac Carrach Calma, where "Mac" is clearly meant to indicate descendant rather than son. It is unfortunate that the exact line of descent from Carrach Calma is unknown, for it would give a descent from the Ui Neill kings of Ireland and their intermarriages.'

Stewart Baldwin: 'Carrach Calma was a nickname of Donnchad (d. 969), a great-grandson of the Ui Neill king Flann Sinna. Gormlaith is called a daughter of Carrach Calma in the Book of Ui Maine version (obviously chronologically impossible) and a daughter of Mac Carraig Calma in the Book of Lecan version. Since surnames were already developing at that time, it is not clear whether "ingen Mac Carraig Calma" means "daughter of a son of Carrach Calma" (chronologically possible, but only if extreme circumstance are assumed) or daughter of a later descendant of Carrach Calma who was using "Mac Carraig Calma" as a surname (much more likely). The only son of Carrach Calma of whom I am aware was Oengus mac Carraig Calma, who died in 1017. There appears to be too little information about the descendants of Carrach Calma to determine the exact line of descent. While not impossible, it would be a stretch to assume that Oengus was the maternal grandfather of a man who died 132 years later after he did.'

Stewart Baldwin: 'All that is known is that Gormlaith was likely to have been a descendant of Carrach Calma through UNKNOWN intermediate generations (two or three intermediate generations seems about right, but there is no certainty here). Our knowledge of the obscure branches of the Uí Néill is far from complete. Gormlaith could very well descend from intermediate generations who never got mentioned in the annals or other sources.'
Family
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SpouseAmargen Ua Morda, King of Loigsi (e1040-1097) 
Child +Loigsech Ua Morda, King of Loigsi (e1070-1149) [S2728]
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GenderFemale
NameGormlaith ingen Mac Carrach Calma [S2728]
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Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Birthest 1041 (1030-1052)
 
Sources
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[S2728] Baldwin, Stewart, "Medieval Genealogy Newsgroup: Eve of Leinster and Radnailt of Dublin" (soc.genealogy.medieval, July 28, 1996 (corrected August 21, 1996)) (https://groups.google.com/d/msg/soc.genealogy.medieval/hki_hNDwY8I/ULhLcNURHRIJ).