Events from the 7th century in Ireland.
600s 601 Probable year in which Colmán mac Cobthaig, Uí Fiachrach becomes king of Connacht.The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989
602 or 604 Death of Áed mac Diarmato or Áed Sláine (Áed of Slane), the son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill. Legendary stories exist of Áed's birth. Killed his nephew and was in turn slain by his grandnephew.
603 Death of Brandub mac Echachall dates per The Chronology of the Irish Annals, Daniel P. McCarthy an Irish king of the Uí Cheinnselaig of Leinster. His father, Echu mac Muiredaig had been a king of the Ui Cheinnselaig. They belonged to a branch known as the Uí Felmeda.Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings. Batsford, London, 1973. . Table 10.
605 Birth of Colmán of Lindisfarne (died February 18, 675) also known as Saint Colmán, Bishop of Lindisfarne from 661 until 664.Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 237 Colman resigned the Bishopric of Lindisfarne after the Synod of Whitby called by King Oswiu of Northumbria decided to calculate Easter using the method of the First Ecumenical Council instead of his preferred Celtic method. After his resignation he retired to live on the island of Inishbofin in Galway where he founded a monastery.Walsh A New Dictionary of Saints p. 127
607 Áed Uaridnach or Áed mac Domnail''' (died 612), ended his reign as High King of Ireland. He is sometimes also known as Áed Allán, a name usually reserved for the 8th-century king of the same name, this Áed's great-great-grandson.
608 Death of Fiachra Cáech, brother of Fiachnae mac Báetáin king of the Dál nAraidi and high-king of the Ulaid in the early 7th century.Byrne, p.111 and 287
609 Death of Saint Molua (also known as Lua, Da Lua), was an Irish saint, and a Christian abbot.The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, p.343 He was the founder of Killaloe (), which bears his name Lua.
610s 610 Death of Conall Laeg Breg mac Áedo Sláine, a King of Brega from the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Uí Néill. He was the son of the high king Áed Sláine mac Diarmato (died 602). He ruled from 602-610. He is not called King of Brega in the annals but is second in a poem on the rulers of Síl nÁedo Sláine in the Book of Leinster.Book of Leinster, Flann Mainistrech: Síl Aeda Sláne Na Sleg
611 Suibne Menn or Suibne mac Fiachnai (died 628) was an Irish king who is counted as a High King of Ireland and started his reign in 611.
612 Death of Áed Uaridnach, High King of Ireland until 607.
613 Death of Rónán mac Colmáin of the Uí Dúnlainge, son of Colmán Már mac Coirpri.Byrne, Table 9. The Annals of Tigernach includes his death obit with the title King of Laigin, that is King of LeinsterAnnals of Tigernach AT 613.4 These annals interpolated dates for some Leinster kings in this period from the king lists.
615 Death of Saint Columbanus at Bobbio (now in northern Italy)
616 Death of Áedán mac Mongain, of the Ui Echach Coba branch of the Dal nAraide and father of Fergus mac Áedáin,Early Christian Ireland by T. M. Charles-Edwards a king of Ulaid from 674-692.Date per Annals of Ulster
618 Death of Saint Kevin of Glendalough.Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001 Death of Fíngen mac Áedo Duib, also known as Fingen Flann, a King of Munster.Byrne, Table 12. His sobriquet Flann meant "blood-red". Death of Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn was a possible King of Munster from the Eóganacht Locha Léin branch of the Eoganachta. He was definitely king of West Munster or Iarmuman. He was the great grandson of Dauí Iarlaithe mac Maithni also a possible king of Munster from this branch.Byrne, Table 15.
619 Construction begins on the earliest known tide mill, Nendrum Monastery mill on Strangford Lough.
620s 620 Death of Saint Finbarr (born c. 550), Bishop of Cork and patron saint for the city and diocese of Cork.
621 The murder of the relatives of Baetan at Magh Slécht
622Battle of Cennbag (at Cambo, modern County Roscommon): death of Colmán mac Cobthaig, Uí Fiachrach king of Connacht, succeeded by his son Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin
623 Suibne Menn or Suibne mac Fiachnai (died 628) was an Irish king who is counted as a High King of Ireland and ended his reign in 623.
624 Domnall mac Áedo (died 642) was a son of Áed mac Ainmuirech; he was High King of Ireland from 624 until his death. He belonged to the Cenél Conaill kindred of the northern Uí Néill.
625 Death of Rónán mac Colmáin was a King of Leinster following Brandub mac Echach (died 603).The Book of Leinster gives him a reign of 10 years as King of Leinster and 20 years as King of Ui cennseleig He belonged to the Uí Cheinnselaig and was the son of Colmán mac Cormaicc. The later Leinster king Crundmáel Erbuilc mac Rónáin (died 655) was his son.
626 Fiachnae mac Báetáin was killed at the Battle of Leithet Midind, defeated by Fiachnae mac Demmáin of the Dál Fiatach.
627 Death of Cathal mac Áedo Flaind Chathrach, king of Munster.
627 or 628 Possible year of birth of Saint Adomnán of Iona
629 The Battle of Carn Feradaig (Carhernarry, County Limerick); Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin, king of Connacht suffered a defeat at the hands of the Munster king Faílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib.
630s 630 Approximate date of the foundation of Fore Abbey at the modern village of Fore, County Westmeath
632 31 January: death of St. Aedan of Ferns (born 550), an early bishop of Ferns. Death of Colman MacDuagh co-founder the Kilmacduagh monastery
632 or 633 Death of the legendary Mór Muman (632 according to the Annals of Ulster, 633 according to the Annals of Tigernach)
633 Possible beginning of the reign of Máel Dúin mac Áedo Bennán, a King of Iarmuman (west Munster)Annals of Innsifallen AI 633.1
634 Death of Áed Dammán, called a King of Iarmumu in his obituary. He was an uncle of Máel Dúin mac Áedo Bennán.
635 Mochuda (St. Carthage) and eight hundred of his community were expelled from Rahan near modern Tullamore, County Offaly by Blathmaic, a Meathian prince.
636 Battle of Maigh Rath (Moira, County Down). Battle of Áth Goan in the western Liffey plain for the kingship of Leinster involved Faílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib.
637 14 May: Death of Abbot Mo Chutu of Lismore. Death of Conall mac Suibni, called Conall Guthbinn, a King of Uisnech in Mide of the Clann Cholmáin since 621.The Book of Leinster and Laud Synchronisms give him a reign of 15 years
639 14 May: Death of St. Mo Chutu of Lismore, Abbot. Death of Faílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib, king of Munster. Death of St. Molaise of Leighlin (also known as Laisrén and Laserian), a missionary who worked in both Ireland and Scotland. Death of St. Gobhan, Abbot, founder of St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin and founder of Killamery monastery.
640s 640 Likely date of AdamnánSharpe, Richard, Adomnán of Iona: Life of St. Columba, (London, 1995) joining the Columban familia (i.e. the federation of monasteries under the leadership of Iona Abbey). He is to become the eighth Abbot of Iona. Birth of Saint Kilian, an Irish missionary bishop and the apostle of Franconia (modern-day northern Bavaria), at Mullagh (in modern-day County Cavan).
641 Death of Cúán mac Amalgado, a King of Munster from the Áine branch of the Eóganachta and son of a previous king, Amalgaid mac Éndai (died 601).Byrne, Table 13. He succeeded Faílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib in 639.
642 Birth of Máel Ruba (Old Irish spelling), or Malruibhe (died 722), sometimes Latinised as Rufus, 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 modern-day Scotland. Death of Domnall mac Áedo, a High King of Ireland since 624 or 628.
643 Death of Dúnchad mac Fiachnai, who is mentioned as king of Ulaid at the time of his death.Annals of the Four Masters
644 Battle of Cenn Con in Munster between Máel Dúin, son of Áed Bennán, and Aengus Liath of Glendamnach. Death of Aengus Liath.
646 Death of Lochéne mac Finguine, a king of the Dal nAraide.
647 Death of Scandal mac Bécce, a king of the Dal nAraide.
648 Death of Máel Cobo mac Fiachnai, a Dal Fiatach king of Ulaid. He was the son of Fiachnae mac Demmáin (died 629).Byrne, Table 6.
649 Death of Rogallach mac Uatach, a king of Connacht from the Uí Briúin branch of the Connachta.
650s 650 The Book of Durrow is begun.
652 August 12: death of Ségéne mac Fiachnaí, or Ségéne of Iona, the fifth abbot of Iona. Suibne moccu Fir Thrí becomes the sixth Abbot of Iona.
653 Death of Máel Dóid mac Suibni, a king of Uisnech in Mide of the Clann Cholmáin. He was a son of Suibne mac Colmáin (died 598) and brother of Conall Guthbinn mac Suibni (died 637), previous kings.Byrne, Table 3 He ruled from 637 to 653.the Book of Leinster gives him reign of 15 years and Laud Synchronisms give him a reign of 16 years Marcán mac Tommáin, 15th King of the Uí Maine. 654 Death of Flannesda, a son of Domnall mac Áedo (died 642), High King of Ireland.
655 Death of Laidgnen/Loingsech mac Colmáin, son of Colmán mac Cobthaig, king of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach branch of the Connachta.
656 Death of Crunnmael mac Suibni Menn, a King of Ailech
657 Death of St. Ultan of Ardbraccan, an Irish saint and Abbot-Bishop of Ardbraccan
658 Death of Blathmac, son of the first Uí Cheinnselaig king, Rónán mac Colmáin (died 625)
659 Death of Ailill, brother of Fínsnechta Fledach mac Dúnchada who was High King of Ireland.
660s 660 Death of Conall Crandomna, king of Dál Riata. He is succeeded by Domangart mac Domnaill.Broun, Dauvit, The Irish Identity of the Kingdom of the Scots in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries. Boydell, Woodbridge, 1999. Bannerman, John, Studies in the History of Dalriada. Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, 1974.
661 Death of Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, poet. Death of Máenach mac Fíngin, a King of Munster from the Cashail branch of the Eoganachta.
662 Conall and Colgu, two sons of Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, were slain by Ceirrceann.
662 or 663 Death of Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin, son of Colmán mac Cobthaig, King of Connacht: he is succeeded by Muirchertach Nar mac Guaire Aidne
664-666 A major yellow plague hits much of the island
664 May 3: an eclipse of the sun was visible from Ireland. The Annals of the Four Masters records the following deaths:
665 Yellow plague outbreak at Fore Abbey Cathal Cú-cen-máthair, King of Munster, dies in the plagueByrne
666 The Battle of Aine, between the Aradha and Ui Fidhgeinte, where Eoghan, son of Crunnmael, was slain. The Battle of Fertas (Belfast) was fought between the Ulaid and the Cruithne and Cathussach mac Luirgéne, their king, was defeated and slain. The Annals of the Four Masters records the following deaths:
Death of Cellach mac Guairi, a son of Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin, a king of Connacht Death of Fáelán mac Colmáin, a king of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Colmán Már mac Coirpri, a previous king. Probable date of the death of Eochaid Iarlaithe, a son of Fiachnae mac Báetáin.
667 Mayo Abbey, founded by St Colman for Saxon monks who had followed him from Lindisfarne following a Church row about how to calculate when Easter falls.
668 Deaths of two of the three known sons of Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin; Artgal mac Guairi and Muirchertach Nár mac Guairi, a king of Connacht.
669 February 24: death of Cumméne Find, seventh abbot of Iona. Fáilbe mac Pípáin becomes the eight abbot of Iona
670s 670 Death of Blathmac mac Máele Cobo, was a Dal Fiatach king of Ulaid. He was the son of Máel Cobo mac Fiachnai (died 648).
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