Maelduin of Aughrim,

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and

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Aughrim, County Galway Aughrim () is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. It is located between the towns of Loughrea and Ballinasloe, along the old N6 national primary road (now listed as the R446 regional road) that used to be the main road between Galway and ...

, died 809. Maelduin is the last recorded bishop of Aughrim in the Irish annals. He is also noted as its

in his obituary. Events which occurred during his lifetime included: * 783 - ''The law of Ciaran was promulgated among the Connaughtmen.'' * 785 - Council of Paderborn; battles of Ath Rois and Cluain Milain * 791 - Death of Duineachaidh ua Daire, King of Ciarraighe Magh Ai * 793 -

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, and Inis Padraig, attacked by

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, ''and they bore away the shrine of Dochonna.'' * 797 - Aedh Oirdnidhe divides

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between Conchubhar and Ailill mac Donnchadha * 805 - Muirgius mac Tommaltaig destroys

Luighne Muimne, Luigne and Laigne, sons of Érimón by his wife Odba, were, according to medieval Irish legends and historical traditions, joint High Kings of Ireland following the death of their father. They ruled for three years, until Muimne died of pl ...

in revenge for the murder of two of his sons

References

* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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University College Cork
of McCarthy's synchronisms at

Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. * Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, * Lysaght, Eamonn (1978), The Surnames of Ireland. , pp.233-34. People from County Galway 8th-century Irish bishops 809 deaths Year of birth unknown 9th-century Irish bishops {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub