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:

References

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  • 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.