The Meic Torcaill,[1] also known as the Meic Turcaill,[2] the Mac Torcaill dynasty,[3] the Mac Turcaill dynasty,[4] and the Mac Turcaill family,[5] were a leading Norse-Gaelic family in mediaeval Dublin. The kindred produced several eminent men and kings of Dublin before the Norman conquest of the kingdom in 1170. Afterwards the family fell from prominence, losing possession of their extensive lands in the region. In time the Meic Torcaill lost precedence to other Dublin families, such as the Harolds and Archbolds.