690s in Ireland
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[edit] 690
- Death of Aillil mac Dúngail Eilni, a chief of the Dal nAraide and son of Dúngal Eilni mac Scandail (d. 681)[1]
[edit] 691
- Death of Fithceallach mac Flainn, a king Uí Maine
[edit] 692
- Death of Fergus mac Áedáin, [1] a king of Ulaid from 674. He was the first member of the Dal nAraide to hold the throne since death of Congal Cáech at Mag Roth in 639. He was of the Ui Echach Coba branch of the Dal nAraide and was the son of Áedán mac Mongain (d. 616).[2]
[edit] 693
- Death of Bran Mut mac Conaill,[3] a King of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the grandson of Fáelán mac Colmáin (d. 666?), a previous king.[4] He ruled from 680 until his death.
[edit] 694
- Loingsech mac Óengusso (died 704) was an Irish king becomes High King of Ireland. The Chronicle of Ireland records the beginning of Loingsech's reign as 696, having recorded the killing of his predecessor Fínsnechta Fledach the year previously.
[edit] 695
- Death of Fínsnechta Fledach mac Dúnchada [3] was High King of Ireland. who belonged to the southern Síl nÁedo Sláine sept of the Uí Néill and was King of Brega, in modern County Meath, Ireland.
[edit] 696
- 17 June - Death of Saint Moling, the second Bishop of Ferns. The town of Monamolin in County Wexford is named for him.
- Death of Finguine mac Cathail Con-cen-máthair [3] a King of Munster from the Glendamnach branch of the Eoganachta.
- Congalach mac Conaing Cuirre,[3] a King of Brega from the Uí Chonaing sept of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Uí Néill.
[edit] 697
- Synod of Birr and the proclamation of the Cáin Adomnáin (Law of the Innocents). [5].
[edit] 698
- Death of Áed Aired,[1] a king of the Dal nAraide.
[edit] 699
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[edit] References
[edit] Works cited
- Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings. Batsford, London, 1973. ISBN 0-7134-5882-8.
