640s in Ireland
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[edit] 640
- Likely date of Adamnán[1] joining the Columban familia (i.e. the federation of monasteries under the leadership of Iona Abbey). He was to become the eight Abbot of Iona.
- Birth of Saint Kilian, an Irish missionary bishop and the apostle of Franconia (nowadays the northern part of Bavaria), was born at Mullagh, in modern County Cavan.
[edit] 641
- Death of Cúán mac Amalgado[2] a King of Munster from the Áine branch of the Eóganachta. He was the son of a previous king Amalgaid mac Éndai (d. 601).[3]. He succeeded Faílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib in 639.
[edit] 642
- Birth of Máel Ruba (Old Irish spelling), or Malruibhe (d 722), sometimes Latinised as Rufus, was a monk, originally from Bangor, County Down, and founder of the monastic community of Applecross in Ross, one of the best attested early Christian monasteries in what is now Scotland.
- Death of Domnall mac Áedo, a High King of Ireland from 624 or 628 until his death. He belonged to the Cenél Conaill kindred of the northern Uí Néill.
[edit] 643
[edit] 644
- Battle of Cenn Con in Munster between Mael Dúin, son of Áed Bennán, and Aengus Liath of Glendamnach
- Death of Aengus Liath of Glendamnach
[edit] 645
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[edit] 646
- Death of Lochéne mac Finguine,[5] a king of the Dal nAraide.
[edit] 647
- Death of Scandal mac Bécce,[5] a king of the Dal nAraide.
[edit] 648
- Death of Máel Cobo mac Fiachnai, [2] a Dal Fiatach king of Ulaid. He was the son of Fiachnae mac Demmáin (d. 629).[6]
[edit] 649
- Death of Rogallach mac Uatach, [2] a king of Connacht from the Uí Briúin branch of the Connachta.
[edit] References
[edit] Works cited
- Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings. Batsford, London, 1973. ISBN 0-7134-5882-8.
