- 9th century in Ireland
=800s=
;802
*Death of Muiredach mac Domnaill ,King of Mide . He issucceeded by Diarmait mac Donnchado.;803
*Death of Diarmait mac Donnchado , King of Mide. He is succeeded byConchobar mac Donnchada .;804
*Aed Oirnide of theUí Néill is ordained overking of the Uí Néill by the abbot ofArmagh "The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland." Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989] .;806
*Viking raid onIona Abbey in which 68 people, the entire population of the abbey, were massacred.;807
*Construction of themonastery of Kells is begun.
*TheBook of Armagh is compiled"Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History." Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001]810s
;819
*Conchobar mac Donnchada or Conchobar mac Donnchado wasHigh King of Ireland with opposition ("rí Érenn co fressabra")820s
;820
*Feidlimid mac Cremthanin begins his reign as King of Munster, reigning until his death in 847"The Concise History of Ireland." Duffy, S. Gill & Macmillan, Dublin. 2005]830s
;832
*A Viking fleet of about 120 ships underTurgesius invaded kingdoms on Ireland’s northern and eastern coasts. [http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resources/english/etext-project/history/ireland/book-2chapter2.html "A Popular History of Ireland", By Thomas D'Arcy McGee];833
*Death of Conchobar mac Donnchada, King of Mide and High King of Ireland with opposition [T. W. Moody , Martin, and Byrne, (eds.), "Maps, Genealogies, Lists", p. 192, p. 193, n. 26.];836
*Viking raids penetrate deep inland;837
*Large Viking fleets appear on theRiver Boyne and theRiver Liffey , made up of sixty ships at each location.cite book | last=Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds)| year=1967 |title=The Course of Irish History | publisher=The Mercier Press | location=Cork, Ireland | pages=p 95];838 - 841
*A small Viking fleet entered the River Liffey in eastern Ireland, probably led by the chieftain Saxolb (Soxulfr) who was killed later that year. The Vikings overwinter onLough Neagh in 840 and set up a base, which the Irish calledlongphorts . This longphort would eventually becomeDublin .;839
*Thorgest (in Latin "Turgesius") was the first Viking to attempt an Irish kingdom. He sailed up the Shannon and theRiver Bann to Armagh in 839 where he forged a realm spanningUlster ,Connacht and Meath.840s
;841
*First Longphort built atLinn Duachaill (nowAnnagassan ) on theCounty Louth coast and at the hurdle ford of theRiver Liffey .
*Abbot ofArmagh driven out by Turgesius, Viking leader.;842
*First reported Viking-Irish alliance
*Mael Sechnaill I becomes High King of Ireland;843
*Death of Mael Ruanaid mac Dunnchado, King of Mide since 833.;845
*Forannan , abbot of Armagh, is captured by the Vikings
*Viking leader Turgesius captured and killed by Mael Sechnaill I, King of Mide.;846
*Mael Sechnaill I becomes Overking of theUí Néill , reigning until his death in 862;847
*Death of Feidlimid mac Cremthanin, King of Munster, who had reigned since 820;847 or 848
*Birth ofFlann Sinna (d. 916), son of Mael Sechnaill I ofClann Cholmáin , a branch of the southern Uí Néill. He was King of Mide from 877.;848
* Death ofFínsnechta mac Tommaltaig ,King of Connacht .
* Viking army defeated by Mael Sechnaill I, High King of Ireland, near modernSkreen ,County Sligo
* Viking army defeated by theKing of Lagore ,Tigernach mac Fócartai , somewhere in modernCounty Sligo
* Viking army defeated byÓlchobar mac Cináeda , King of Munster, andLorcán mac Celláig ,King of Leinster , near modernCastledermot ,County Kildare . The Viking leader Tomrair was killed; he is called jarl and deputy of the king ofLochlann .
* Viking army defeated near Cashel by Ólchobar mac Cináeda.
* Vikings at Cork; besieged by Ólchobar mac Cináeda.
* The "Annales Bertiniani " report the arrival of Irish envoys at the court ofFrankish Emperor Charles the Bald . They brought gifts from the "king of the Irish" and announced an Irish victory over Vikings. TheIrish annals record several defeats for Viking armies, which of these is meant is unclear. The identity of the "king of the Irish" is no more certain, but Ólchobar mac Cináeda may be intended rather than Mael Sechnaill I.
*Sedulius Scottus arrives at Liège, perhaps having been a member of the embassy toCharles the Bald .850s
;851
*Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid secured the submission of the King ofUlaid . [cite book | last=Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds)| year=1967 |title=The Course of Irish History | publisher=The Mercier Press | location=Cork, Ireland | pages=p 59]
*Cináed mac Conaing was drowned on the orders of Máel Sechnaill and Tigernach mac Fócartai. [Byrne, Francis John, "Irish Kings and High Kings", p.263.];853
* The "Annals of Ulster " report that Amlaíb, "son of the king ofLaithlind " arrived in Ireland and collected tribute from the Vikings and the Irish.860s
;860 or 862
*Death of Mael Sechnaill I, Overking of the Uí Néill, who had reigned since 846.;864
*Death of Lorcan mac Cathail, King of Mide since 862.;866
*Aed Finliath clears the northern coastline of Viking bases. He defeated the Vikings atLough Foyle . [cite book | last=Lalor | first=Brian (ed) | year=2003 |title=The Encyclopaedia of Ireland | publisher=Gill & Macmillan | location=Dublin, Ireland | isbn=0-7171-3000-2 | pages=p 9]870s
;876
*Flann Sinna becomes King of Ireland;877
* Flann Sinna mac Maíl Sechnaill becomes King of Mide880s
;880
*Death of philosopher and poetJohannes Scotus Eriugena 890s
;896
*Death ofFlann mac Lonáin , poet
*Death ofSitriuc mac Ímair (Sigtryggr), Viking king (perhapsking of Dublin )Notes
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