Mughron Ua Níoc

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Mughron Ua Níoc (died 1032) was Abbot of Tuam.

Mughron was the first known abbot of Tuam to be mentioned in the annals since the death of Cormac mac Ciaran in 879.

His surname would nowadays be rendered as Ó Niadh and Nee, and is still found in County Galway.

Events which occurred in Ireland and Connacht in his time included:

1006 - Death of Fiachra Ua Focarta of Clonfert.
1009 - Deaths of Cathal mac Conchobhar, King of Connacht, and his aunt, Dearbhail inion Tadhg mac Cathal .
1014 - Battle of Clontarf. The army of Bréifne raid Magh nAi, taking hostages.
1023 - Gadhra Mór mac Dundach plunders Clonmacnoise, and carried off many hundred cows from thence.
1024 - Murder of Cúán úa Lothcháin.
1027 - Death of Gadhra Mór mac Dundach in battle in Osraighe.
1032 - Mac-Connacht, i.e. Ua Dunadhaigh, lord of Sil-Anmchadha, was slain.

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References

Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
Lysaght, Eamonn (1978), The Surnames of Ireland. ISBN 0-7165-2278-0, pp. 233–34.

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Abbots 6th—12th centuries	Iarlaithe mac Loga Nuada ua Bolcain Feardomhnach Cormac mac Ciaran Litan Mughron Ua Níoc Áed Ua hOissín
Archbishops 12th—16th centuries	Áed Ua h-Oissín Cadla Ua Dubthaig Felix Ua Ruanada Máel Muire Ó Lachtáin Flann Mac Flainn Walter de Saleron Tommaltach Ó Conchobair Nicol Mac Flainn Malachias Hibernicus Stephen de Fulbourn William de Bermingham Máel Sechlain Mac Áeda Tomás MacCearbhaill Eóin Ó Gráda Gregorius Ó Mocháin I Gregorius Ó Mocháin II Uilliam Ó Cormacáin Muircheartach mac Pilib Ó Ceallaigh John Babingle Cornelius Sean Mac Feorais Tomás mac Muircheartaigh Ó Ceallaigh John MacSeonin Burke Donatus Ó Muireadhaigh Walter Blake fitz John Uilliam Seóighe Philip Pinson Muiris Ó Fithcheallaigh Tomás Ó Maolalaidh Christopher Bodkin Arthur O'Friel
Archbishops 16th—21st centuries	Nicholas Skerrett Maol Muire Ó hÚigínn Seamus Ó hÉilidhe Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire Malachy Ó Caollaidhe John de Burgh James Lynch Francis Burke Bernard O'Gara Michael O'Gara Michael Skerrett Philip Phillips Boetius Egan Edward Dillon Oliver Kelly John MacHale John McEvilly John Healy Thomas Gilmartin Joseph Walsh Joseph Cunnane Joseph Cassidy Michael Neary Francis Duffy
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