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The Uí Néill High King of Ireland Congal Cennmagair campaigned in Leinster and obtained Cellach Cualann's submission to his authority. [6] 708 or 710. High King of Ireland Congal Cennmagair died 708, or 710 according to some sources. 709. Lethlobar mac Echach died. He was a Dal nAraide king of the Cruithne in Ulaid (Ulster). 709 or 710
The status of ecclesiastics was regulated by secular law, and many leading ecclesiastics came from aristocratic Irish families. Monasteries in the 8th century even went to war with each other. [10] From the 7th century on, Irish churchmen such as Columbanus and Columba were active in Gaul, in Scotland and in Anglo-Saxon England.
The Republic of Ireland Act abolishes the statutory functions of the British monarch in relation to Ireland and confers them on the President of Ireland. 1955: 14 December: Ireland joins the United Nations along with sixteen other sovereign states. 1969: August: Troops are deployed on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the start of the ...
The central region of Mide had been dominated by what became known as the "southern Uí Néill" since the 7th century. Until the 8th century, the Síl nÁedo Sláine (also known as the kingdom of Brega) was pre-eminent, but from 728 the western dynasty of Clann Cholmáin was dominant. In Laigin, Uí Dúnlainge was the dominant dynasty c. 800.
The Lebor Gabála Érenn, dating to the 11th–12th century, purports to list every High King from remote antiquity to the time of Henry II's Lordship of Ireland in 1171. The High Kingship is established by the Fir Bolg , and their nine kings are succeeded by a sequence of nine kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann , most if not all of whom are ...
7th c. ← Ireland in the 8th century → 9th c. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. P. 8th-century Irish people (5 C, 19 P)
Ireland was a separate kingdom ruled by King George III of Britain; he set policy for Ireland through his appointment of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or viceroy. In practice, the viceroys lived in England and the affairs in the island were largely controlled by an elite group of Irish Protestants known as "undertakers."
The 8th century is the period from 701 (represented by the Roman numerals DCCI) through 800 (DCCC) in accordance with the Julian Calendar. In the historiography of Europe the phrase the long 8th century is sometimes used to refer to the period of circa AD 660–820.