493 in Ireland

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492 in Ireland, other events of 493, 494 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

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[edit] Events

• The battle of Sruth.
• The second battle of Granairet
• Traditional date for the death of St. Patrick (Wednesday 17 March) - also entered in Annals of Ulster under A.D. 492. Cath Corp Naomh Padraigh ("Battle for the Body of St. Patrick" fought for possession of his body.

[edit] Sources

• A New History of Ireland VIII: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976 - A Companion to Irish History Part I, edited by T.W. Moody, F.X. Martin and F.J. Byrne, 1982. ISBN 0 19 821744 7
• List of Published Texts at CELT — University College Cork's Corpus of Electronic Texts project has the full list of Irish Annals.