Ogaman Battle
Archived: 2 November 2026
Abstract
In 660 CE, Ireland’s annals associate the year above all with a battle at Ogaman, at a place called Cenn Corbadáin, and with a striking rupture within the ruling dynasty of the southern Uí Néill. The event is conventionally assigned to 660 by the Annals of the Four Masters and the Annals of Tigernach, but early Irish annalistic chronologies do not align perfectly: the Annals of Ulster place the same fighting under their entry for 661, while the Fragmentary Annals give 662. This is not evidence for several separate battles. Rather, it is a reminder that the modern calendar labels