5th century in Ireland

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Events from the 5th century in Ireland.

5th century

405
  • Possible year of death of Niall Noígíallach. The Annals of the Four Masters dates his accession to 378 and death to 405.[1] The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn broadly agrees, dating his reign from 368 to 395, and associating his raiding activities in Great Britain with the kidnapping of Saint Patrick.[2] However, the traditional roll of kings and its chronology is now recognised as artificial. The High Kingship did not become a reality until the 9th century, and Niall's legendary status has been inflated in line with the political importance of the dynasty he founded. Based on Uí Néill genealogies and the dates given for his supposed sons and grandsons, modern historians believe that he is likely to have lived some 50 years later than the traditional dates, dying circa 450.[3]
410
  • At about this date, with the end of Roman rule in Britain, raiders from Ireland such as the Uí Liatháin and Laigin harry the coasts of Britain. They plunder towns and capture slaves but later colonise large areas of Gwynedd, in particular the Llŷn Peninsula, the coasts of Arllechwedd and Arfon and Anglesey.

430s

431
  • Palladius sent by Pope Celestine I as bishop to Irish Christians
432
  • Saint Patrick arrives in Ireland to help convert pagan Gaelic kings to Christianity (traditional date)[4] (but see also 456)
435 or 436
  • Death of Bressal Belach, King of Leinster

440s

440
  • Death of Amalgaid mac Fiachrae, king of Connacht whose death led to a long-running dispute over the succession
444
445
  • Death of Dathí/Nath Í mac Fiachrae
446
447
  • Death of Secundinus/St Seachnaill, bishop in Ireland, on 27 November, founder of Dunshaughlin

450s

450
  • Probable date of fall of Ulaid over-kingdom
  • Approximate date of the foundation by St Macculin of a monastery at Lusk
  • Death of Niall Noígíallach (see the entry for 405 for more on this)
451
453
454
  • Lóegaire mac Néill, King of Tara, celebrates Feis Temro (Feast of Tara), pagan inauguration rite.
456
  • Suggested date - 5 April - for arrival of St. Patrick in Ireland (but see also 432)
457
  • Probable death of Palladius
459
  • Death of Auxilius, missionary bishop in Ireland, founder of Killashee, County Kildare

460s

461 or 462
  • Death of Lóegaire mac Néill, King of Tara, son of Niall Noígiallach, who founded the kingdom of Tír Eógain (modern County Tyrone)
464
  • The murder of King Conall Gulban of Donegal by the Masraighe at Magh Slécht
465
  • Death of Iserninus, missionary bishop in Ireland (Epsop Fith), founder of Kilcullen, County Kildare, and Aghade, County Carlow
  • Death of Eógan mac Néill, son of Niall Noígiallach, who founded the kingdom of Tír Eógain (modern County Tyrone) (but see also 461)
467
  • Death of St. Benigius, Bishop of Armagh
468
  • Battle of Bri Ele
469

470s

470
  • First Battle of Dumha Aichir
476
  • First Battle of Granard

480s

480
  • Second Battle of Granard
481
  • Death of St. Iarliathe mac Treno, third bishop of Armagh
482
483
484
  • Probable year of birth of Saint Brendan "the Navigator"
485
485 or 486
  • Battle of Granard or Grainaret. Coirpre mac Néill, King of Tara, defeats and kills Fincath mac Garrchu or Findchad mac Garrchon: he was a king of Leinster, was defeated and killed by the Uí Néill. (He is not mentioned as king in the Book of Leinster, he is however given this title in the Annals of Innisfallen).
486
487
  • Death of Bishop Mel of Ardagh, 6 February
489

490s

490
  • In about this year, the Dál Riata establish a kingdom in Scotland
492
  • About this year the deaths occur of St. Mac Caill, Bishop of Cruachu Brig Ele (Croghan, County Offaly); and Óengus mac Nad Froích, King of Cashel (but see also 489)
493
  • The battle of Sruth
  • The second battle of Granairet
  • 17 March: traditional date for the death of St. Patrick (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)
494
  • Battle of Ceann Ailbhe
495
  • Second Battle of Granard; Echu mac Coirpri defeats and kills Fráech mac Finchada, King of Leinster (but see also 480)
496
  • 6 September: death of St. Mac Cuilinn, Bishop of Lusk
497
  • Death of Cormac, Bishop of Armagh, heres Patricii (heir of Patrick)
498
499
  • "Bellum" (war) listed as occurring in Leinster
  • 23 April: death of Bishop Ibar of Bergerin, Wexford Harbour

500

500
  • Composition of archaic Leinster genealogical poems by Laidcenn mac Bairchedo and others
  • Archaic Old Irish period (to c. AD 700)
  • Warfare continues in Leinster between its kings and the Connachta

References

  1. ^ Annals of the Four Masters M378-405
  2. ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.48, 1.49, 1.50, 51, 52
  3. ^ Francis J. Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, Second Edition, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2001, Chapter 5
  4. ^ The Concise History of Ireland. Duffy, S. Gill & Macmillan, Dublin. 2005
  5. ^ Moody, TW; Martin, FX, eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press. p. 45.
  6. ^ all dates per The Chronology of the Irish Annals, Daniel P. McCarthy
  7. ^ Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, Table 8
  • 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.
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