10th century in Ireland
events from the 10th century in Ireland
Events from the 10th century in Ireland.
900s
900
Death of Tadg mac Conchobair, King of Connacht
Death of Litan, abbot of Tuam
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 Dublin
904
Mughroin mac Sochlachan, 30th King of Uí Maine, died.
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.
909
Death of Sochlachan mac Diarmata, 31st King of Uí Maine.
Death of Cerball mac Muirecáin, King of Leinster
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. The Vikings also established a base in Waterford.
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
Death of Mór ingen Cearbhaill, Queen of Laigin.
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.
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