Murchadh mac Aodha (died 960) was 33rd King of

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Reign and events

Murchadh's reign is obscure. Some of the events recorded in

, Connacht and Ireland during his lifetime include: * ''940.Cluain-mic-Nois ( Clonmacnoise) and Cill-dara ( Kildare) were plundered by Blacaire, son of Godfrey, and the foreigners of Ath-cliath ( Dublin) ndA great flood in this year, so that the lower half of Cluain-mic-Nois was swept away by the water.'' * ''943.Two pillars of fire were a week before Allhallowtide, and they illumined the whole world.'' * ''945.A battle between the birds of the sea and the birds of the land at Luimneach ( Limerick).'' * ''948.The plundering of Magh Finn by Conghalach.'' * ''949.The spoiling of Siol Anmchadha, and the plundering of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ( Clonfert), by Ceallachan and the men of Munster.'' * ''956.Áed mac Cellaig, successor of Brenainn (

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)... died.'' * ''959.A bolt of fire passed south-westwards through Leinster, and it killed a thousand persons and flocks as far as Ath-cliath.''

References

* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a

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. * Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 960 deaths People from County Galway People from County Roscommon 10th-century Irish monarchs Kings of Uí Maine Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-royal-stub