811 AD - 820 AD
811 AD The Termon - Sanctuary at
Tallaght
in Co. Dublin was violated by
79.Aed
"Oirdnide"
the Northern Ui Niall Cenel nEogain 159thth King of Ireland who was besieging
Southern
Leinster and the community
there boycotted the Fair or Oenach at
Tailten for imposing on their sanctuary area.
Nuadu the
Abbot of Armagh
paid a visit to
Connacht
with some of the relics of
St. Patrick and his Cain Phatraic
- Law of
Patrick to promote peace.
101.Diarmait, a
grandson of 98.Aed "Roin" the previous
Dal Fiatach 19th King of
Ulaid in
Ulster had founded a hermitage at Castledermot -
Dysert Diarmata
in Co. Kildare
in Central
Leinster where he was the leader of the religious
reformers the Celi De - Culdees, on land given to him by the King of the
Cu Corb Ui Bairrche Sept a
disciple of St. Comgall.
Dysert Diarmata then became a daughter house of
the monastery in Bangor
in north - east
Ulster
even though it was in Southern
Leinster.
91.St. Columbanus
who was originally from Southern
Leinster
had gone to Bangor
to join up with St. Comgall before he had sailed for the
Continent way back in 590 AD.
A Viking raiding party this
year were trapped in the north - east of
Ulster
where they were killed by the
Ulaid
Septs.
812 AD The Danish Vikings now invaded the
Skellig Michael - Scelig Micil monastery in Co.
Kerry in south - west
Munster, which had been named after the Archangel
St. Michael while
other Vikings raided the the mainland within
Co. Kerry
and were defeated by the
Eoghanachta Locha Lein Sept and they also carried out a raid in
Co.
Mayo in mid - west
Connacht
were they were trapped and killed also by the Ui
Briuin Ui Maille Sept. Despite this during this period they were to develop Scandinavian
settlements in the northern islands and the
Hebrides
and this allowed them to be much closer to
Ireland
and from now on larger Viking forces were to appear.
101.Muirgius the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin
Sil Muiredaig 31st King of
Connacht
continuing to ensure his authority in Connacht
attacked the Calraige Luirg Sept, who were
a subject Sept of the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Ailello Sept in
Connacht
and
later on laid siege to the southern part of
Connacht.
813 AD
105.Muirenn,
died, who was the Abbess of Kildare who was a
sister to
105.Finsnechta "Cetharderc" the previous 22nd King of Leinster.
814 AD
the Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig Sept was again
defeated by 105.Kelly
-
Ceallach and 105.Muiredach, the sons of
104.Bran "Ardchenn“ the previous
Ui Dunlainge Ui Muiredaig 21st King of
Leinster.
105.Murray
- Muiredach had
been the 23rd joint King of Leinster by courtesy of
97.Aed "Oirdnide" the Northern
Ui Niall Cenel nEogain
159th
King of Ireland but he was to die instead. Despite this it would be his male line who
would see it out to the end until 1042 AD when
111.Murrough - Murchad
who would be descended from him would be the
50th King of
Leinster and the last of the
Cu Corb
Ui Dunlainge
Kings
altogether before the
Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig Septs were to regain
the Kingship back.
814 AD At Howth
in Co.
Dublin
in mid - central Leinster the Oratory of St. Fintan
was built and the Holy Well that was there is still in existence
today.
101.Muirgius
the Ui Briuin Ai Sil Muiredaig
31st King of
Connacht was
situated at Aughrim - Echdruim were he was dependent on the monastery at
Clonmacnoise in Co. Offaly in the the territory of the
Ui Maine
Septs where Mael "Duin" the Bishop - supervisor
there was killed so he and Foirchellach the Abbot of Clonmacnoise
attacked the
Ui Maine Septs south
of the River Suck in retaliation and many were killed.
101.Muirgius as the King of Connacht then imposed the Law of Ciaran over
Connacht, which
was to be his last important act as King.
815 AD 101.Muirgius
the Ui Briuin Ai Sil Muiredaig
31st King of
Connacht, died, who had been all about
expanding
the Ui Briuin Ai territory and authority over the Ciarraige Septs and other Septs in
Central Connacht and
was therefore always up against 97.Aed ”Oirdnide“
the Northern Ui Niall Cenel
nEogain 159th King of Ireland. Despite this he
had made the Siol
Muiredaig - Sil Murray Sept the most dominant one
among the
Ui Briuin Ai Septs
and the Ui Briuin Siol
Muiredaig succession to the
Kingship of Connacht
was to see the sovereignty passed from father to son for
seven generations. He
was also to be the direct ancestor of the
Mac
Dermots - Diarmata of
Mag Luirg and the
Mac Donaghs - Donnchadha of
Tir Ailello - The Land of 87.Ailill.
He was
to be a brother to 101.Diarmait the future
33rd
King of Connacht and
101.Finsnechta the future
37th King of Connacht but it
would only be his particular male that would continue in the
Kingship through
his two sons, 102.Cathal the future
34th King of Connacht and especially
102.Teague - Tadhg "Mor." 101.Muirgius
was a son of
101.Tomaltach,
a son
of
99.Murgal,
one of
the 4
sons of
98.Indrechtach
the
previous 21st King of
Connacht, one of the 2 sons
of
97.Murray
- Muiredach
the
18th King of
Connacht
the direct
ancestor of the
Siol Muiredaig
Sept.
100.
Mael
"Cothaid"
became the
Ui Briuin Ai Sil Muiredaig Sil Cathail
32nd King of
Connacht,
who was one of the 2 sons of
99.Fogartach,
one of the
4 sons of
98.Cathal
the previous
23rd King of
Connacht
the direct ancestor of
the
Siol Cathail
Sept, who was one of the
2 sons of 97.Murray
- Muiredach the
18th King of
Connacht
the direct ancestor of the
Siol Muiredaig
- Sil Murray
Sept.
100.Olchobur who may
have been or not been the the
Eoghanacht Aine Ui Endae 20b King of Munster,
died, which was to end his
Heberian Eoghanacht Aine male line to the
Kingship of Munster
altogether as he was a son of
99.Dub "Indrecht," a son of
98.Cathussach, whose father
was 97.Uisnech, one of
the 2 sons of 96.Mael
"Umai," a son of 95.Cuan
the previous12th King of
Munster
descended from
93.Enda the direct ancestor
of the
Ui Endae Sept. He was a
grandson of
91.Ailill
the direct ancestor of the
Eoghanacht Aine Sept one of
the 2 sons of
90.Nad "Froich" the
2nd King of Cashel - Munster
one of the 7 sons of
Conall
"Corc."
100.Artri
became the
Eoghanacht Glendamnach
21st King of
Cashel - Munster, who
was a son of
99.Cathal
the previous
19th King of Munster,
a son of
98.Finguine
the
16th King of Munster,
one of the 2 sons of
97.Cathal
"Cu Cen Mathair" - Motherless Hound - the
14th King of Munster,
a son of
96.Cathal
the
10th King of Munster
descended
from
93.Criffan - Crimthann
the
5th King of Munster the direct ancestor of the
Glendamnach
Septs. He was the first to be ordained
as a King on Irish soil by the Catholic Church who
now replaced the poets who
had previously carried out this ceremony.
97.Colman, the brother of
97.Aed "Oirdnide" the Northern Ui Niall Cenel
nEogain 159th King of Ireland was killed by
the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Northern
Ui Niall Cenel Conaill Sept
and followers of 91.St. Columbcille went to
Tara to curse the King
for what had occurred.
816 AD The monastery at
Tuamgraney in
Co. Clare in the north - west of the
Munster Provice was attacked by the Vikings.
817 AD The monks on the
island
of Iona could take
no more of the Viking raids and they left
Iona
for good setting up permanently at Kells -
Ceanannus Mor in
Co. Meath in north -
east Leinster.
Mael "Duin,"
the son of Cenn "Faelad" of Raphoe was killed along with many of
St.
Columbcille’s followers.
818 AD 100.Mael
"Cothaid" was still the Ui Briuin Ai Siol
Muiredaig Sio Cathail 32nd King of Connacht.
The Ui
Niaill Septs tried to divide the authority in Southern Leinster
to extend their Overlordship there.
Cuanu the Abbot of Louth in the far north - east
of
Leinster took the Shrine of St. Mochta, who had
been its founder,
into exile to Munster
to get away from the fury of 97.Aed
"Oirdnide" the Northern
Ui Niall 159th King of Ireland.
819 AD
The Vikings carried out attacks in
Co. Wexford
in the south - east Leinster region and would later set up a
trading
post there.
97.Aed
"Oirdnide" the Northern Ui Niall Cenel nEogain
159th King of Ireland, who had by now reigned
for 25 years, attacked Leinster again and
died at
Ath Da Fearta in
Magh Conaille on the Co.
Louth border of Ulster.
99.Conor
- Conchobar
became the Southern Ui Niall Clann Cholmain
160th King of Ireland, who was a son of
98.Donough
- Donnchad the previous
158th King of Ireland, the
son of 97.Donnell -
Domnall the
156th King of Ireland, who
had been the first from the Clann
Cholmain Sept descended from
91.Colman "Mor" the
6th King of Meath, who was one
of the 3 sons of 90.Diamait
the
133rd King of Tara - Ireland.
100.Carroll
- Cairell
the Dal Fiatach
25th King of Ulaid in
the north - east of
Ulster, died, who was one of the
2 sons of
99.Fiachnae the previous 22nd King of Ulaid who was descended from 95.Mael
"Cobo" the 13th King of the
Ulaid. His particular male
line ended with his death but it was still to be carried forward to the
Kingships through his
brother, 100.Eochy - Eochaidh
the previous
24th King of Ulaid.
102.Mael "Bressail"
became the Dal nAraidi Ui Echach Cobo
26th King of
Ulaid in the north - east of
Ulster, who was a son of
101.Ailill a previous
Ui Echach Cobo King, the son
of 100.Felim
-
Fedelmid, a son of 99.Mael
"Cothaig," one of the 2 sons of 98.Fergus
the previous 16th King of Ulaid
descended from 91.Eochy
- Echu
one of the 3 sons of 90.Crond
"Ba Drui."
820 AD The Celtic High Crosses of Kilree -
Cill
Ri - The King's Church - and Killamery - Cill Lamhrai
- Lambrach's Church in
Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of
Leinster were constructed this year.
+On to 821 AD - 830 AD