- brother, with the
defeat and
slaying of Máel Muad in the
Battle of
Belach Lechta. The
following year
Brian came to
blows with the Nor**** of
Limerick at...
- The
Battle of
Belach Lechta or
Bealach Leachta was a
major battle fought in
Munster in 978
between Máel Muad mac Brain, King of Munster, and
Brian Bóruma...
-
Burning of
Luimnech 977/8 –
Battle of
Cathair Cuan 978 –
Battle of
Belach Lechta 980 –
Battle of Tara 994 – Sack of
Domhnach Padraig [citation needed] 994...
-
trading power and
naval strength. The Dál
gCais took back
Munster at
Belach Lechta the same year,
killing Molloy in the process.
Ambition saw
Brian look next...
-
challenged Máel Muad to battle, and
defeated him in the
fateful Battle of
Belach Lechta. Máel Muad was
killed in the
battle and
afterwards the Eóganachta were no...
-
Burning of
Luimnech 977 CE :
Battle of
Cathair Cuan 978 CE :
Battle of
Belach Lechta 980 CE :
Battle of Tara 999 CE :
Battle of
Glenmama 1014 CE :
Battle of...
- Cuan. 978
Brian Bóruma
defeats Máel Muad mac
Brain in the
Battle of
Belach Lechta and
becomes King of Munster;
death of Máel Muad mac Brain. 980
Death of...
-
Brian Boru Máel Muad mac Brain,
defeated and
slain in the
Battle of
Belach Lechta Donnubán mac Cathail,
defeated in the
Battle of
Cathair Cuan The tale then...
-
putting to
death of the latter,
until his own
death in the
Battle of
Belach Lechta against Mathgamain's
brother Brian Bóruma in 978. From
around 970 to 976...
-
Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, Cenn Ebrat,
Sliab Caín,
Belach Ebrat,
Belach Legtha/
Lechta, Éigse 29 (1996), 153–71. M. A. Monk & John
Sheehan (eds),
Early Munster:...
