681 Kl. The slaying of Cenn Fáelad son of Colcu, king of Connacht.
682 The battle of Ráith Mór Muige Line against the Britons, in which Cathassach son of Máel Dúin, king of Cruithne, and Ultán son of Dícuill were slain.
682 The death of Suibne son of Máel Umai, abbot of Corcach.
683 Kl. Dúnchad of Muiresc son of Máel Duib was killed.
678 Adamnán took the abbacy of Í.
683 The battle of Corann, in which Colcu son of Blathmac and Fergus son of Máel Dúin, king of Cenél Cairpri, fell.
683 The beginning of the children's plague in the month of October, which lasted for three years in Ireland.
683 The repose of Airmedach of Craeb.
684 Kl. The plague of youths, in which all the chieftains and nearly all the young Irish noblemen perished.
685 Kl. The Saxons plundered Mag Breg and many churches.
686 Kl. Domnall Brecc son of Eochu Buide died.
686 The repose of Banbán, scribe of Cell Dara.
687 Kl. The repose of Do Chuma Chonoc, abbot of Glenn dá Locha.
687 The repose of Roiséne, abbot of Corcach.
687 In this year Adamnán set free the captives the Saxons had taken from Ireland.
686 The battle of Dún Nechtain, in which the son of Oswy was killed. Bruide son of Bile was the victor.
St. Aethelthryd, Christ's Queen, daughter of Anna, king of the Angles, was at first given in marriage to another nobleman, and later to Ecgfrith the king; who after she had kept her marriage-bed uncorrupted for twelve years after she had become Queen, took the sacred veil as a holy nun; who sixteen years after her burial was found uncorrupted, along with the shroud in which she had been wrapped.
688 Kl. The battle of Imlech Phích, in which Dub dá Inber, king of Ard Cianachta, and Uarchride grandson of Oissíne were slain; of which Gaborchenn sang:
In this battle the Cianachta tribe came under foreign rule and was deprived of sovereignty.
- The Conaille are mournful today,
as is proper for them after Uarchride;
a smile will not come more readily
in Ard Cianachta after Dub dá Inber.
688 Bishop Ségine, abbot of Ard Macha, died.
688 Bishop Cuthbert rested.