916 in Ireland

916 in Ireland
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1 900s
2 910s
3 920s
4 940s
5 950s
6 960s
7 970s
8 980s
9 990s
10 1000s
11 Notes

900s

902

Dublin has been abandoned - the end of the Longphort phase - the term used by modern scholars to refer to the earliest period of Viking settlement at Dublin¹

908

13 September - Flann Sinna slew Cormac mac Cuilennáin, the king-bishop of Cashel and King of Munster, at the battle of Belach Mughna, in Leinster.²

910s

911

Drogheda is established as a Viking settlement on the River Boyne.

911 or 914

A large Viking fleet arrives in Waterford and a second period of Viking raids begins.³ The Vikings also established a base in Waterford.⁴

916

25 May: death of Flann Sinna (b 847 or 848), the son of Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid of Clann Cholmáin, a branch of the southern Uí Néill. He was King of Mide from 877 onwards, following Donnchad mac Eochocain, and is counted as a High King of Ireland

917

The Annals of Ulster records the arrival of two viking fleets in Ireland in 917, one led by Ragnall and the other by Sigtrygg, both of the Uí Ímair kindred. They fought a battle against Niall Glundub in which the Irish were routed, and according to the annals Sigtrygg then "entered Áth Cliath", i.e. Dublin, which we must assume means that he took possession of it.⁵ Ragnall Uí Ímair went on to Scotland⁶, and then conquered York and became king there.

919

Niall Glúndub, overking of the Uí Néill, killed in the battle of Dublin.³ He fell fighting the Dublin Norse at Islandbridge.²

920s

922

The Vikings establish a Longphort in Limerick.⁷
Death of Muiredach Mac Domhnaill, abbot of Monasterboice, under whose auspices the great high cross was made.⁸

926 or 941

Brian Boru (d.1014), future High King of Ireland is thought to have been born in 926 or in 941.

927

Death of Sigtrygg Caech (or Sihtric), a Norse-Gael King of Dublin who later reigned as king of York. His epithet means the 'Squinty'. He belonged to the Uí Ímair kindred.

928

Viking massacre of native Irish in Dunmore Caves in County Kilkenny.

940s

944

Death of Donnchad Donn mac Flainn, King of Mide; he is succeeded by Oengus mac Donnchada.

950s

956

Death of Congalach Cnogba, High King of Ireland, of the Síl nÁedo Sláine, part of the Southern Uí Néill. Domnall ua Néill becomes overking of the Uí Néill and reigns until his death in 980.³

960s

960

Gormflaith was born in Naas, County Kildare. She was the daughter of Murchad mac Find, King of Leinster. She was also the mother of King Sigtrygg Silkbeard of Dublin.

964

Mathgamain, leader of the Dál gCais from east Clare, captures Cashel from the Eóganachta.⁹

968

Battle of Sulcoit where Brian Boru recaptures Cashel from the Vikings¹⁰

970s

970

A hoard of 43 silver and bronze items was left in a rocky cleft deep in Dunmore Caves near Kilkenny. It consisted of silver, ingots and conical buttons woven from fine silver and was discovered in 1999.

975

Brian Boru becomes King of Munster and reigns until his death in 1014¹¹

976

Mathgamain, leader of the Dál gCais from east Clare, is killed.¹²
Death of Muirchertach mac Mael Sechnaill, King of Mide.

980s

980

Death of Domnall ua Néill, overking of the Uí Néill, who had reigned since 956³: he is succeeded by Mael Seachnaill II, who reigned until his death in 1022¹¹
Battle of Tara, at which Mael Seachnaill II defeats a Viking army from Dublin.¹²

981

Mael Seachnaill II besieges and takes the city of Dublin from the Vikings and imposes a heavy tribute on them.¹²

982

The King of Munster, Brian Boru starts extending his authority from his base around Limerick up the River Shannon. By doing so, he comes into conflict with High King Mael Seachnaill II whose power base is the Province of Meath. It is that start of a conflict that lasts until 997.

989

Sigtrygg Silkbeard becomes King of Dublin

990s

997

Brian Boru and Mael Seachnaill II divide Ireland between them³

998

King Mael Mordha of Leinster, rebelled against the High King of Ireland, Brian Ború.

999

Brian Boru defeats the Leinstermen and the Vikings at the Battle of Glenn Mama. Sigtrygg Silkbeard, King of Dublin, submits to him.³ Brian plunders the city.¹²

1000s

1000

Brian Boru led a combined Munster-Leinster-Dublin army in an attack on High King Máel Sechnaill II's home province of Meath.

Notes

^ Connolly S.J (1998). The Oxford Companion to Irish History. Oxford University Press, 329. ISBN 0192116959.
^ ^a ^b Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds) (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press, p 59 & 98.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989
^ Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds) (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press, p 102.
^ Annals of Ulster (AU) 917.3,4,5
^ AU 918.4
^ Connolly S.J (1998). The Oxford Companion to Irish History. Oxford University Press, 580. ISBN 0192116959.
^ Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds) (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press, p 369.
^ Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds) (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press, p 103.
^ Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001
^ ^a ^b The Concise History of Ireland. Duffy, S. Gill & Macmillan, Dublin. 2005
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds) (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press, p 104.

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