Murchadh mac Aodha
Reign and events
Murchadh's reign is obscure. Some of the events recorded in Uí Maine, Connacht and Ireland during his lifetime include:
- 940.Cluain-mic-Nois (Clonmacnoise) and Cill-dara (Kildare) were plundered by Blacaire, son of Godfrey, and the foreigners of Ath-cliath (Dublin) [and] A great flood in this year, so that the lower half of Cluain-mic-Nois was swept away by the water.
- 943.Two pillars of fire were a week before Allhallowtide, and they illumined the whole world.
- 945.A battle between the birds of the sea and the birds of the land at Luimneach (Limerick).
- 948.The plundering of Magh Finn by Conghalach.
- 949.The spoiling of Siol Anmchadha, and the plundering of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn (Clonfert), by Ceallachan and the men of Munster.
- 956.Áed mac Cellaig, successor of Brenainn (Abbot of Clonfert)... died.
- 959.A bolt of fire passed south-westwards through Leinster, and it killed a thousand persons and flocks as far as Ath-cliath.
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References
- Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
- Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
| Preceded by Murchadh mac Sochlachan |
King of Uí Maine 936?–960 |
Succeeded by Geibennach mac Aedha |
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