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LIFE
OF
HUGH ROE O'DONNELL.
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fT)1l ém cLvnn AX)1iAiiin<x "otU "OhoiimAitt (■Aótih m<\c AtnurA míc Aót)hA óicc nuc Aó-oIia RÚAi'oh nnc lléitt j<\i]\b nnc UoipjvóeAtbAig aii poiiA, (xc). An IngheAii T)ub, m^fn Setnáir nnc AtAOCAtroAir rrnc Com ChAcliAnAig mec *Ohon'mAitt, t)o not ChottA uai]% nnc CacItóac *Ooniitéin, nobA bAmreicij *oúa T)omtiAitt, (x nob ipt>e mACAi]i ah nobcAp Ai^fghtJA •oia ctonro. Iciacc AiimAnnA a rrfnrcAt íf]\ nu]vo jfme Aót)h HÚAt)h, 1\.ut)j\Aii;e, 1T)Aí;nur, (x CAchbAnn.
T)ÁLa aii ceix)iiieic t)ibp-óe &óx)h& 1ítÍAit>, t>o nAtiA'óp'óe íaj\ ua ^fmetiiAm ro checcoi]i t)ÍA oiteAiiiAm Gt t)í a LeAru^liAt) t)o •pAoncLAiroAib roichenétcliAib chenét ConAitt ^utbAn nnc Héitt, 7 ni]t bo hiAt) ron'i iia mÁ |io écc eipt>e yo]i Atc]\om (x oitfiiiAm, acc no ^Abjwc au. Aitt t)o cenet CógliAm mic lléitt, •A]\ -]\obAt) t)fnb teó t)o rA^luvó ní t>e nuvó t)iA -poirfoh co hAior mffóniA. 1lo ^hAbroiii u\]\oiii ro]\ rÁr (x rov\ ropbAinc A]\ aoi cnocliA & chAom'roenriiA, aLai-ó & f]\tAb]\A, fgnA (x fjvemA, ionnp\ir (x, oijVbeAucAip 50 ]\o tfc a Anim (x, a aLLa-ó ro CÓ1CC cóigf'ÓAib C]ieAim eit)i]\ 5n<5>ttAibh & 5A01'óeAtAib c1-° •piA pú nAimcc caji Áfir n'iACÓAchcA, & no chounhtion chóij; btiÁtmA t»écc. ^Xcc cuAr imnio]io vo t)AnA|iAib ThnbLmne AtVbctor (x fjibfncAr aii meicrm, 6t bAfft) -oo nunufnf fcc occa m a mfnmAm ua bAoi a Aichgfm •oCnent)ch<yib rp hAiche a AnrAtAt) £t "oiojhALcA ^neip Achfmeoit t>iA tfccí co tiAoir
1 CDonnell. — Wehavegiven hispedigree and that of Ineen Dubh, pp. xii. and xxx., antea.
2 Foster — See p. xxxii., antea. %Puberty. — The Irish divided life into
five periods. Macdacht was the second, from the age of seven to fifteen.
4 Provinces. — Cuigeadh, a fifth. It came to mean a province because Ireland was divided into five parts at a very early date. Keating's H. of Ireland, p. 52.
5 Eitglish. — Ga/i was the namegiven to all strangers, the Gauls being the foreigners best known to the ancient Irish.
FAMOUS progeny sprung from O'Donncll,1 (Hugh, son of Manus, son of Hugh Oge, son of Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garbh, son of Turlough of the wine, etc). Inecn Dubh, daughter of James, son of Alexander, son of Jphn Cathanach MacDonnell, of the race of Colla Uais, son of Eochaidh Doimhlen, was the wife of O'Donnell, and she was the mother of the most renowned of his children. The names of their sons in the order of their birth were Hugh Roe, Rury, Manus, and Caffir.
As for the eldest of these, Hugh Roe, immediately after hisbirth hc was given to be fostered and brought up to the high-born nobles of the tribe of Conall Gulban, son of Niall, and it was not these alone that got him to rear and foster,2 but some of the tribe of Eoghan, son of Niall, took him, for they were sure that something would ensue through him if he reachcd puberty.3 Then he continued to grow and increase in comcliness and urbanity, tact and eloquence, wisdom and knowledge, goodly size and noble deeds, so that his name and fame spread throughout the five pro- vinces4 of Erin among the English 5 and the Irish,6 even beforc he passed the agc of boyhood and completed his fifteenth year. Moreover, the fame and renown of the youth were reported to the foreigners 7 of Dublin too, and they reflected in their minds that thcrc would not be one like him of the Irish to avengc his wrongs and punish thc plundcring of his race if he
°Irish. — Thc people of Ircland are known by various names derived from their ances- tors. They are called Milesians from Milesius, Gadelians from Gaodhel, a more ancient progenitor. 0'Flaherty, Ogygia, p. 162.
7 Foreigtitv s.— Danar, properlv a Dane or black foreigner, is often svnonvmous with robber, pirate, ferocious person, without any distinction of nation. War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, p. xxxi ; London, 1867.
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fCpjvÓACA. 1lo liAirnei-óCoh -óoib beór 511)1 ro cAi^ngi^fCc rÁnóe (x tuchc 1ieriiAirneiri (x, cioncliAncA ha cotJodiAi'ohe co caocrAt)h a jonnrAiiiAitrmrii no Ké\\aó mCrcc'btÍAi'órieA'ó |-o]inAfoiii (x yo\\ mif ejieAnn aji cCiia, reib no crnngeall Cotumb Citte mÁc pei'ót,iiTii,o1i HAoriifÁroh An'inA •oo chenet cconAitt &, rCn tÁn -oo nAdi &, t>o -oeotAroeAchc An S|ii]iacca nAonnli t>Ait AcnnbAinc:
UiocrAró rCjt ah ChjIia Aint>,
*Oo bej\A gotmAiiig m jac cin,
tDro é pn aii t>onn •oía'oIia
1r biATÓ .ix. mbtiAt>nA 111 a II15. AcbefAc roinCtro combAt) é CÁittm riAt>nACA no c1iAi;inn5i]i.
^iAitt Ann t)An. tlo oiimAigf Ccc ha 501 tt cCccha einorii fx aii lAntA úa 1léitt (Aot)1i niAC pm.-óonchA nnc Cunro bACAi§ nnc Cunro) t»o ennAit>htii foLi.*. acco-oaij fe AccAnAt)]u\it) r]\i An oite m a nA^liAit) UAin nobA t)Cinbinifit>e •01A c1unfcit)ibporii ó chdn riiÁi]\, &, bA I11 t)eAnbpii|\ An 4,ót)1iA HÚAroh neriiebe|icniAit nobA coriimAim G: "nobA cét)riiumcen t>on lAritA iia Tléitt, SiobAn mjCn ní 'OhorimAitt a com1iAinm.
-án cIIa Héttt no 1ioiitt>nCt> iccdinur ron cenét nCoJAm reAchcc niAiii (x t>iA n^oinéi AniiiAini ah cah rm (Uoi)t]\t>CtbAc1i tumeAch hiac Hettt ConAttAig nnc ^\i]\c nnc Cttnro nnc 6tini nnc 605A111) bA niAnoc1ipt>e "oo ^liAttAib t)on c1iti|t rm, (x nín bo cuAtAmj rottAiimAt> a ftAichmrA tA hemince 7 AnrobpAchc, (x 110 biot>romh t)o gner occ lonntAch (x, occ CcAncofAoicc aii lAntA tií íléitt rnif An lufcif (x rnir ah feAHAt) &\\ oiíiah a Aichnio^hcA tAir, Af Af imne bAOifróe 1n cctnte a iiacIia 6: a Aoife ah caii fm, (x, bA rcciAch niroCgtA (x, ipfcclAroe t)Af cCnn a cenéoit. 1)a 1iAr|te rm no ^AbfAC goitt &t& ctiAC 'Oinbtmne AnrnpCf (x, inic1ionirom t)e (^enbo i\iai\ac1i t>oibitoim 50 rir>) Af ah ccAi\At>i\At>fm bAot t>ó fft cenét cconAitt, & t>o f.uimenf Ccc occAib comb<\ top t)AcoriiAt (x, tnonifofCAt) rfi
1 ColumHUe. — This prophecy was made 2 Earl ONeill. — E.ofTyrone. Hisname
not by St. Columhille, but by St. Caillin. recurs very often in the course of this work.
Itwillbefoundinthepoeminwhichthe Saint We have given his pedigree at p. xlv.,
foretells the kings who would descend from antea.
Conall Gulban. See The Book of Fenagh, 3 T/ie ONeill. — After the chief s inaugur-
p. 1 52. On Caillin, see p. xv., antea. We ation, he was no longer called by the name
have given St. Columhille's descent from given him in baptism. O'Sullevan, Hist.
Conall Gulban at p. xii. ' Caih., p. 34.
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was allowcd to rcach manhood. It was told thcm too that prophcts and people with foreknowledge and prcdictors of futurity had announced that there would come one likc him who would cause disturbance among thcm and in the island of Eire also, as Columlvillc,1 son of Fcidhlimidh, thc famous holy prophet of thc Cincl Conaill, a man too full of gracc and of the gifts of the Holy Ghost, promised whcrc hc said :
There will come a man glorious, pure, exalted,
Who will cause mournful weeping in evcry tcrritory ;
He will be the god-like princc,
And hc will be king for nine years. Some say it was Caillin of Fenagh who made the prophecy.
Moreover, these same English were afraid thatheand the Earl O'Xeill,2 i.e., Hugh, son of Ferdoragh, son of Conn Bacach, son of Conn, would join in alliance and friendship with each other against them, for the Earl was much attached to his parents for a long time ; besides, O'Donnell's daughter, named Joan, the sister of Hugh Roe, of whom we have made mention, was Earl O'NeilPs spouse and first wife.
The O'Neill,3 who was inaugurated chief of the Cinel Eoghain some time before, and who had the title then, i.e., Turlough Luineach,4 son of Niall Connallach, son of Art, son of Conn, son of Henry, son of Eoghan, was submissive to the English at that time, and he was not able to govern his principality owing to his weakness and infirmity, and he was ever accusing and complaining of thc Earl O'Neill to the Lord Justice 5 and thc Council through fear of being deposed by him, since he was in the flood of his prosperity and (in the prime) of life then, and he was a shield of pro- tection and defence to his tribe. Wherefore the English of Dublin G conceived suspicion and an evil opinion of him (though he was obedient to them up to that) on account of this friendship of his with the Cincl Conaill, and they reflectcd that thc capture of Hugh Roe would enablc thcm to
4 T. Luineach. — See p. xliii. antea. ' He 6L.Justice. — This is used here and in
was a lord prosperous in peace and war, the Annais F. M. as synonymous with
till old age and infirmity came on him.' Lord Deputy, Lord Lieutenant. See Ware's
Annals F. M., vi. 19S4. The Queen in- Aniiquities,^- 170.
tended to make him Éarl of Clan O'Neill, G Z^///'////. — Athcliath, i.c, the ford of the
but the patent was not perfected. hurdles. Q'Curry's MS. Materials, p. 269.
fol.2. a.
•oti^heAÓ ro]\ chenét ccoiiAitt (x Có^liAin a CjvgliAbAitrom an Aó-óa IIúaió cem bAoi acIic in a ^iottA bmcc aii lonbAió rm. CoiiAt) A}\ iia rocAib nemnAice no ^ccpuorAcc ha 501U, cIiCciia AcuunueAch ció }ua rm no roichc lAir ronbAo An ndcli no omnAi^hrCcc oo cochc Ar a torr. t)A hAiiitAioh ro}\CAoiiniA5Ai}\ Aii JAbliAit 1npn. 1lo hio]\tAiiiAií;Coh b<\i|\c mbett>uib nibuAftAn^Aicch (im reitt 111ic1nt "oo hronnuAt) Anno. 1587-) 1ir° ^cn cLiac conA roinino roinniACAp^uiiirgnigh 50 nAiohnnb lo^gliAite (x 50 cqieAtniAib c|\ooa teo rni hunrccLAijje (x lomguin mo A5A10I1 a neA|^ccA|iAÓ, 5011A rropcAin ríonA Gfc co|uha rju q\eic 7 connnAÓ mo on cdioAi^eAchcA *our au ccAinricor eitt n^AbALA ron Aóoh úa n'Oomnoitt. Ida c|ua Ai|\te An luror Se|\ 1ohn Pa|\|\oc 7 11A coiiiAi|\te au cCiia |\o pnche ino pn co I11011- yoitj;ióe. Oa|'Có a o|\o aii 1uror a beic rp tAiiii H15 SAXAn iccCnour ron imr m ÚAnbA co *oiuió ceo|\A mbtiA'ÓAn. O |\o bAOi ^ac Aióme bA liAÓAit^ mo eAttn'iA La}' au tumg nem|\Aiciu, Gt ía|\ ccoióechc ha 5A010 AtioCir ^ac noí|\eAch, rór |\o jtuAir ah mbAi|\c acIioic a|\ cúaii *Ouibtmne ahiacIi uio ioiuóomAin au A15C111, ju|\ |\o féoLArcAin reAc }uno Gccaiu buó chÚAch tduii cte rni ho}\ nC}\eAim co }uac1ic co rCnchuAn Súittge 1n c|uch coiiAitt 111 ic lléitt Ro Ai]ur Ainnpóe ro C}\coiíiai]\ 11ac1ia ITlAoLÁin aiuac ro}\ rAn bpAi^^uge. CAircíALt eipóe bAoi roj\ u}\ ha c}\aja. Ro rocliAigCó eccLAr rju hu}\o 7 oirrnenn t>o 111hAt}\e itiacai}\ au coimoeó 1n ccoiii|:ocnAib "oó, £t bA mCnoAc Ai}\}\oe|\c rju hiomACAi^t'óe Laoc 7 cte]\tc 11 a ccjuoc ccoríifogur. t/Á ctoinmb cSuibne coii]\ócacc 7 aoácc no Aicc}\eAbrAC aii mbtoioh ci]\e bAoi rp 1nmeAtbo}\o An chÚAin gur au moi}\ mói}\, 7 A}\Aitt cenmochÁinopn. *Oo cenét CogliAm nnc lléitt t)óib ía}\ mbunu'ÓAr, 7 a 1iAtpAin 00 t>eoc1iACAn An
1 Gunwale. — This is the portion of the boat called beal in Donegal.
2 Wine. — ' The Captain had this com- mand given him that he should proffer his wines to be sold, being sack, which the Irishmen love best.' Lrfe of Perrott, p. 279.
3 Beer. — This was the common intoxi- cating drink of the people of northern Europe. It was made from barlev, wheat, or oats, and flavoured with aromatic herbs.
4 Deputy. — Lit. by the hand of, hence the substitute for another.
5 English. — The name Saxon became
familiar to the Celtic inhabitants of Britain (and of Ireland tooearlier) than the Angli- can name. Hence Saxon, not Angle, has been the name by which Teutonic immi- grants in Britain(and English immigrants in Ireland) have been known to their Celtic neighbours from that day to this. Freeman, Norman Conquest, i. 13 ; London, 1870.
G Banba. — Ireland is often called by the names of its most famous kings, but par- ticularly it has three names, Eire, Fodhla, and Banba, three sisters of the royal blood of the Danaans. Ogygia, p. 13.
7 Rinn Edair. — The promontory of Edar ;
cxtend and secure their s\vay over the Cinel Conaill and theCinel Eoghain, though he was but a mere youth at the time. Wherefore, for the afon reasons these same English planned his imprisonmcnt bcfore hc should succeed in effecting what they feared would comc about by his mcans. That capture took place in this way. A vcssel was got ready, with black gunwale,1 deceptive, precisely at Michaclmas in the year 1587, in Dublin, with a murdcrous, odious crew, having implements of battle and wcapons of war for defence and attack against thcir enemies, with abundance of ,wine 2 and beer,3 for traffic and barter to trade with, to see if they could get an opportunity of seizing on Hugh O'Donnell. By the advicc of the Lord Justice Sir John Perrott and of the Council too this was done secretly. The Lord Justice was appointed to be the Deputy4 of the English 5 king in supreme authority ovcr the island of Banba 6 for the space of three years. When every implement that was desired was ready in the said ship, and while the wind was coming straight from thc south, the vessel went out from the harbour of Dublin into the deep sea and sailed past Rinn Edair 7 northwards, keeping the coast of Ireland on the left till she came to the old harbour of Swilly, 8 in the territory of Conall, son of Niall. She stopped therc opposite Rathmullen 9 out in the sea. This castle was on the edge of the shore. A -church10 was founded there for the divine office and mass in honour of Mary, mother of the Lord, close by, and it was a well-knovvn resort for most of the laity and clergy of the neighbourhood. It was built by the Clann Swiny, and it was they who inhabited the portion of territory along the edge of the harbour as far as the ocean and others bcsides this. They wcre of the tribe of Eoghan, son of Niall, by descent,11 and they had come from Scotland
he was chief of Eachrad shortly before bishop of Raphoe from 1610 to 1632, and
the Christain era. The Bailey lighthouse, made into a residence. O'Sullevan gives
Howth, stands on the rinn. an account of his persecution of the Catho-
8 Lough Sivilly. — An inlet of the searun- lics. llist. Cath., p. 286. See also De
ning twenty miles due south into Donegal. Burgo's Hiberma Dominicana, p. 617 ; Col.
* Rathmullen. — A village on the west Agripp., 1762, who gives the proclamations
shore of Lough Swilly. Here the Earls em- issued by Chichester at his suggestion.
barhedwhen leaving Ireland in 1607. See u Descent. — See p. xix., antea. Reating
The Flight ofthe Earls, p. 77. ridicules Spencer's statement that they are
10 Church. — The Carmelite monastery and originally of English descent. See preface
church were seized by Knox, Protcstant to H. of Irelana\ p. xx,
T)ú fin (x ]\obcA]\ iacc bA cuAitvgni'óe cacVia t>o nij óconAitt nro a^ai-ó a
CfCCAjlACC.
UtnfcechcA iia tumge imnonÁi'ófCm hi cofAij. 1a|\ ccuvóeAchc x>\ gtir aii ccúah ron ionc1iAib 11ac1ia lllAotÁm AriiAit AcnubfAniAf, "oo fetccic a reobA f]\t tÁn 7 110 ftntnjjfic a liAnjcAifeA'ÓA *oía himforcAt) hi coriifoófAib atí cíiAtAit). T)o con'itAC t>]\eAm "oia foifnro ro]\ cí]\ ía]\ ccAm nro eccorcc cfnnAi^eAX) ro -óeitb po-ÓA 6c CAonchon'i]\Aic, 7 gdbAicc ro]\ b]tAc (x cAif ccetA'ó ro]\ c]\eicc 7 connnAt) f]\if ah ccÁch t>o cui]\Cca]\ ro]\ a ccm'o, Gt a'O'oaiíiac combAoi ríon 7 conmAim teó ifin tum^.
O ]\o ctof tA mumci]\ ah 'otmAi'ó ah ní fin 111 ÚAnccr ac hi foitt, acc ]\o gAbrAc ro]t cCtroAc ah ríonA 7 An tCnt>A imniAte 7 occ con'iót ro]\ a cete combcA]\ mCrccA. 1a]i bpof rcét "0011 c]uc hia ccoriifo^uf t>o lonÁtAC An •oocum, 7 bACAn A5 f Amot combcA]t rubAij AiiiAit Acceti. 11i]t bo cÍAn t>óib f AmtAit) conuf cut)c1iAt) Aót) ua *OorimAitt rechc AimufA ron cétibe t)on bAite tA bAOf 7 i\eAb]\At) ro]\ a bAoicndm 7 fon cuai]\c hiacoacca con t)í]tnii "oóccbAit) nA c]tiche m a c1iAoimcecc. O ]\o ctoACAf éccm An ní rm tA tiAOf A11 b]\Aic mifOAc &y ron cútAt) t>ocum a tum^e. 1lo fAonóicc t)AiteAiiiAin 7 t>eo5bAi]tCt)A A11 t)únAit) 111 a ntjC^liAit) t>o cumgeAt) ríonA *oo Í0I.2. b. iia 1iÁoft>At)Aib t)Uf rAH5At>A]\. -dfbCfACf orii nAc bAoi teo ní bAt> mó ah'i ott>Áf ní nor ríu]tret) ah foifCtin, 7 hac1i Af netcccíf UAt>Aib fon cín t>o fAijjnó nAc Aoín acc mÁ no cifeAt) uaca-ó 'OA^'ÓAome iti<\ iroocum t)on tumg, ro jebt>Aif ArrnCfcAt 7 AfpÍA'oujjA'ó t>on cC]\uAi]\fi t>o nuAfA'ó aca *oia rpton.
1a]a rpof rcét *oo mAC Stnbne (t)po]t au "oúnAvó, "Oon'mAtt) iia t)AiteAiiiAm t)o t)íutcAt> 1111011 rríon,bA 1iAt>nÁ]\ tAif nropn, convó í Ai]\te t>o i\ioncoifcc <s. Amfén t»ó a chi5eA]\iiA (Aeoh uÁ 'Oon'mAitt) t>o cocui]\eAt) t>on tumj. IJa fot)Ani5 011 Acoj;AocAt)rorri ah ionbAit> pn, úai]\ m bAoi aoh -oía t)ejcon'iAi]t- teACAib t)iA ovoeAt>Aib hac "oia ottAriniAib 111A chAoniicecc t>o nemiomcúf nA t>o fé'OU^A'ó coriiAi]\te t>ó, 7 ni ]iAimcc cA]t AOif coicc mbtiAt)An t)écc, 7 m cAimg A^Áof 11 ac AjtiocAf An caii fin. Oa fAiiitAit) ón t)on Áof bAoc
b0]tffAt)Ach bACAf 1nA fA]\]\At) pt) 1ACC bA fme A]1 A01 HÁ01f1. 1A]1 CCfÚt) A
ccoriiAifte "oon foi]\mt) AmumAit) ]\o tAfACc aiiiacIi tuin^'me mbicc t»o ]\a^a
1 Leaders. — Some of this family came to Frequent mention is made of them in The Munster in the 13U1 century, and settled Annals F. M. on land given them by the MacCarthys. 3 Hy. — Or /, the plural of Ua or O, a
to that country. They wcrc leaders ' in battlc of thc king of Hy Conaill - [587- against his enemies.
As for the ship of which we spokc in thc bcginning, aftcr shc came to the harbour opposite Rathmullen as we have said, her sails wcrc lowered on the dcck and her'anchors were cast to secure her close to thc landing- place. A part of her crew wcnt on shore after a while in the guise of merchants under pretcnce of peace and amity, and they set to espy and pry about, to traffic and bargain with every one who met thcm, and published that they had wine and beer in the ship.
When the people of the castle heard this they made no delay, but sct off to purchase both thc wine and the strong drink 3 and to drink togethcr till they were drunk. When the neighbourhood learncd the news they assembled there and were carousing until they were merry like the rest. They were not long thus when Hugh O'Donnell came recreating himself, to visit the place in thoughtlessness and sport on a harmless excursion and youthful tour, with many young men of the country in his company. When the spies heard this for certain, they went away back to their ship. The butlers and cup-bearers of the Castle were sent after them to ask for wine for the guests who had comc. They said they had no more than what the crew would need, and they would allow none of it to go out to any one, but if some of the gentlemen would come to them to the ship, they should get attendance and entertainment with what remained over to them of thc wine.
When Donnell MacSwinv, the owner of the castle, learncd that the butlers had been rcfused the wine he was ashamed thereat. Wherefore the plan which his ill luck suggested to him was to invite his lord Hugh O'Donnell to the ship. It was easy to lead him astray then for there was not one of his wise counsellors, of his preceptors, or of his learned men in his company to direct him or to give him advice, and hc was not yct fiftecn years of agc, and he had not then acquircd wisdom and sagacitv. It was the same with the thoughtless forward persons who wcre with him though
grandson. The tribe-name with this word 4 Drinfc.— Linn is rather a general term
prefixed is often used to signify the territory for anv strong liquor than the name of any of the tribe. Introd. to Top. Poe/ns, p. 8. particular kind.
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ro]i un ha c]iat;a, 7 imjiAirCc ^ur An tum^ mói]i 50 mbACA]i o]i pii 1iou. O ]io pcan ah riAntAch bÁccon ipn buin^ 50 mbAoi Aé'ó CccoppA, no fÁitcmjrCcc pnú, A]i Áoróe m nebccicc Anonn cIiuca acc uaca"ó t>Aoíne reib no ciníjeAttrAc 1111 Aóvh 11úa*ó 1111 liiAÓ Suibne G,c. íto r|ieArclAicc 7 no rÍAmngicc t>o f Aine bí-ó 6; tCnt>A gun bAc rubAij roimenmnAi^. An cah bA bÁnie t>oib occ ót, no jacca AnAi]nm ropjiA G: uo 1h<vóa'ó con'itA A11 CAirce cau AnCir, 6: t>o jiaca 111 A]iA^At ro]\iACA, bAit iiA ]io cuniAmgrCc Cn^nAiti nó Cipomot t>o 51110111 111 AJAi-ó a HAiiiAc, (x CnJAbcA]i •Aé'ó 7 m ]iobA tAinn teó t>on tuchcoo •óeAcliAccAn Aiionn t>iA f ai jró. 'Oo cáocc qiA rccétA nA ^Ab^tA ron cc]uoc1i hi ccoiccin"oe, 6: x>o econiAttAcc nA com]>och]iAibe 'oocum aii cliAtAró t)ur au fol. 3 a. ccÁinpccír bAo^At ron Aor ha cet^e. 11i bÁoi bA t>e rot>Ain au no bACA]i m iomt)oiiiAin A11 diÚAin íaji rpeAnjcAUfAing cIiuca ah AnjjCAipeAt) rutAing 7 rorcA'óA, 7 ni ]u\bAccA]i ton^A nÁc tAoit>CnsA aca tnA cco^iauii uac dia ccÁ]1]ioc1icaiii. 'Our ricc aihi AccumniA CÁ15 hiac SuibnenA ccúac CoJAn 05 ACAComnAic. Oa liAicce *oon Acó eipt>eicc, (x no JAb occ C]iAit jiAtt G, Aicci]ie oite t)A]i a éip. 11i]i bo co]ibA t>órorii ón A]i m bAoi m ccoicceAt) ConcobAi]i mic nCrrA 561 tt 110 ^liAbcAir t)A]i a éip,t)ói§ bA roji aia]iaiu t>Aon
to]T t)0 t)eodlACCA]1.
'OáIa ha tum^e im]io]iAit)]-Cm 7 ua rAi]ine bAoi mnci, o ]io rojibrAc An coircc imniA ccaii^aca^i, 7 t>o bC]iAcc teo m nobA coirccróe "oo bnAiglroib 7 t)Aicci]ub 011 cí]ie, nnroAc Ar ron ccútAt) tA c]iCcah ah cpiocliA 50 nAngACAji An mui]i mói]i. SeotAicc ÍA]ipiit>e tA cuinnrCmheA'ó ha jaoici aiha]icúaic pn 1io]i néneAim rAi]it>Cr puocporcc iia conAi]ie nemet>eoc1iACA]i, gun no jAb^Acc 1n ccÚAn T)uibtinne t>o uróip. Ac ctor ro cliCccóiji ron ccacuaij; uite a ccuróecc rAn'itAit) 7 *oon 1up:ir 7 t>on con*iAi]i1e rAinnet), G: Aóx> úa *OoriinAitt 1n roncomCó teó, b^ rAoitró iAt)rom X)1A nocbcAin cIiuca, G: mn bó ron a f-eAnc icci]i, 7 no c1iochui]i]-Ccc ei]-iom jah i:rui]ieAc1i tnA fAigm combAoi CmeAC m iondiAib r]nú, G: ^ebic occ ioniAccAttAiiii r]Uf 6: occ
1 Na dtuath. — z.e., of the territories. lived about the beginning of the Christian The names ot these three districts are still era. By the aid of his mother he sup- retained among the old inhabitants ; they planted his step-father, and became King are Ross Gull, Tuath Tory, and Clogha- of Ulster. As his reign was one of great neely,all in thenorthern part of the barony renown, chieííy owing to the military of Ivilmacrenan. organisation of the Red Branch Order, the
2 Conor MacNessa. — He was the son of northern province is often designated as Fachna, King of Ulster, and of Nessa, peculiarly his. See Keating's H. of daughter of Eochaidh Sulbuidhe. He Ireland, p. 205.
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thcy werc oldcr in ycars The incxpericnccd party having takcn thcir 1587. rcsolution, thcy unmoored a small boat that happcncd to bc on the cdge of the shore, and rowed to the big ship till thcy wcre sidc by sidc. W'hcn thc people vvho werc in the ship saw that Hugh was among thcm, thcy bade them wclcome, yet they allowed in to them only a fcw pcrsons, as they had promised, along with Hugh Roe and MacS\viny, &c. They werc scrvcd and feasted with a variety of food and drink till they were mcrry and cheerful. While they were enjoying thcmselves drinhing, thcir arms wcrc taken from them and the door of the hatch-way was shut behind thcm, and they were put into a well securcd apartment wherc thcy were not able to use either slcill or valour against their enemics, and Hugh and those they pleased of the pcoplc "who had come in to thcm wcre made prisoners. Meantime, the news of the capture spread throughout the district universally, and the neighbourhood crowded to the landing-place in orderto inflict hurt on the deceivers. But it was not easy, for they werc in the dccp part of the harbour after hauling up their anchor, raising and securing it, and thcrc were not ships or boats to pursue or take vengeance on thcm. MacSwiny na dtuath,1 that is, Eoghan Oge, came there like the rest ; he was Hugh's foster-father, and he proceeded to offer other hostages and pledges in his stead. This did not avail him, for there was not in the province of Conor MacNessa 2 a hostage whom they would take in his place, sincc it was solely to look for him they had come.
As for the ship of which we have spoken and her crcw, whcn thcy had finished the business for which they had comc, and taken with thcm the most desirable of the hostages and pledges of the country, thev wcnt back with the currcnt of the tide until they reached the ocean. Thcy sailed aftcr that with the strength of the north-wcst wind along the shore of Ireland south-eastwards back by the way thcy had already comc, till they landed in the harbour of Dublin again. It bccame known immediatcly throughout the whole city and to thc Lord Justice and the Council especially that thcy had come after this manner, and that Hugh O'Donncll was in their custody. They were glad of his coming, yet it was not at all through love of him, and they summoned him to them without delay that he might be face to face with them, and thcy procccdcd to converse
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AccomA]ic fgét t>ó,-j\>a "oo cAifcete<vo 7 mcneAchAt> ron a Aipitnb bA mó Am ]\o bAcónrom. p3 'óeóró c]ia \\o vojicong^A'ó eiporii -oo con m ccÁircÍAbL conróAinjen ctoclrÓA, bAit 1111 bÁcAn roC]\ctAnnAniAcH1iteA'ó 1n cinmbneAC 7 1n cimbit>echc occ rom'icm eccA 7 oróeA'ÓA, 7 An Aitt miArptib nA bponnjAtt t>ur rAn^ACAn ah in-p rechc jiíaiíi no ^AbrAc bÁró 7 conoAtbAr rp 5Aoi"oeAtA 1110 A^Ait) nA ngAtt our pccrCcp* *óCóró a cpodiAib Saxau x>o JAbAit nAhmp ro]\]\A t>ibtmib. t)ArC-ó |iob AinCr. 7 ]\ob AineAcc coite "óóib t>o tó 7 oa'óaij fol. 3. ^. irm ca]icai|i conróúncA nnbACA]i Atn bic occ éccAoíne m imnit) éccuAbAm^, 6t occ AipiCir m Amc|\it)e Aiirroitt no hnnbencA ro]\]\A eicen JAttAib 7 gAoit)eAtAib, Gt occ ccoircechc pur nA 5Úb]iCcAib no coiccencA (x pup An mit)iAch 7 pnr aii m'nmbenc t»o b]\CcA ron roCnctAnt>Aib p)icenétc1iAib iiiac tDiteAt) 7 iia pponnjjAtt hi ccoiccmt)i.
lomcurA Aót)A uí *ooiiniAitt, bAoíp"óe pvriitAi'ó 1n cummA cIiaic mA chmmb]ieAch pn né ceo]\A mbtiAt>An Gt ceo]\A nur occ ctoircechc pnr An t)AO]\b]\oicc im bACA]i ^AonoeAt. X)& cocomb]iAcc €b bA 5<\tÁ]\ menniAn 7 bA rmorii At)bAt t&ir a bCic lonup'" ]\o bAoi, 7 nqi bó A]i a "óaij butjem acc ro bic An éccuriiAmg écconiAt)hAir unbACA]\ a chÁi]\t)e 6t a chorirpntije, a ujijia'óa 7 a Ajvocóip^, a nCimCoh 7 a nAoirh eccAbpA, a pteA'ÓA 7 a ottAiiiAin, a porhÁmAijce 7 a oqieAchc ro]\ Achchu]\ 7 ron ionnA]\bAt) m Aite c]\íoc1iAib rCcnón 6]\eAim. tió bíot) occa mnecCrii 7 occa rqvúoA'ó t>o g]\er CAróe An cCp\ur etút)A ro gébAt). 1b]\ bó rotJAing "oóporii ón A11 ní pr\, A]\ du]' rucccA 1n cubAcliAit ronÍACA ipn cAipcÍAtt jac noiohche 01 a lomconiiécc conour pccet) ce]\c A]iAbÁ]iAch. b^ nnne bAoi ah cAircÍAtt hipn,7 tCdiAii ctAir tÁirooriiAm tionn uifcci mA ui]\cimceAtt, 7 ctA]vonoichec corirotúcA ym]i]ie ro C]ichoiiiAi]\ oojiAip ah "otime, 7 jgApiAt» ^nÚAniAmeAch ha n^Ait Ainuig 7 1]X1§ 1111011 oonur "oia 'óúrtcoiihé'o coiia tnccpeA-ó A011 cAÍ]\pb Anunn uac ahiac jau AccomA]ic oon pAntAc AttriiA]\t>A. A\\ a A01 m bi rpoc1iAi]-e a]\ iiac rrA^hcA]! rAitt px t>eóit). fechc HAon t)iA mbAoi <dót) con 'orunnz:
1 Cast/e.— i.e., of Dublin. It vvas built by 2 Fingallians- — i.c, the white or fair-
Henry De Loundres, Archbishop and Lord haired foreigners. See p. i., antea. The
Deputv, about 1220. ' It was much beau- word is used here to designate the English
tified with sundry and gorgeous buildings who came over before the beginning of the
in the time of Sir Henry Sidney.' Holin- ióth centurv, some of whom were said to
shed's Description of Ireland, p. 27 ; Lon- be Hibernis ipsis Hiberniores. They are
don, 1808. The Birmingham Towet alone, called by Keating Sengaill, the old
if even it, belongs to the original building. foreigners. //. of Ireland, xv.
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with him and ask information of him, and in a special \vay thcy obscrvcd 'S87« and searched into his natural qualities. In thc cnd, howcvcr, they ordcred him to be put in a strong stone castle x where the noble descendants of thc sons of Milesius were in chains and captivity expecting slaughtcr and death, together with some of the nobles of the Fingallians 2 who had come to the island long before and had entered into amity and friendship with the Irish against the English, who came last from the country of thc Saxons to take the island from both of them. It was their solacc and satisfaction day and night in the close prison where they were, to bc lamenting over the hardships and sufferings and relating the great cruclty which was inflicted on them both English and Irish, and hearing of the unjust sentences pronounced and the wrongs and wicked deeds done against the high-born noble descendants of the sons of Milesius and of the
Fingallians alike.
As for Hugh O'Donnell, he was, just like the rest, in chains for the space of three years and three months, hearing of the ignoble bondage in which the Irish were. It was anguish and sickness of mind and great pain to him to be as he was, and it was not on his own account but because of the great helplessness in which his friends and kinsmen, his chieftains and leaders, his clerics and holy ecclesiastics, hispoets3 and learned men, his subjects and whole people were, owing to their expulsion and banishment to othcr territories throughout Erin. He was always meditating and searching how to find a way of escape. This was no easy thing for him, for he was put each night into a well secured apartment in the castle for security until the moming4 of the next day came. That castle was situated thus. There was a broad deep trench full of water all round it and a solid bridge of boards over it opposite the door of the castlc, and a grim-visaged party of the English outside and inside the gateto guard it, so that no one should pass them, in or out, without permission from the party of forcigners. However, there is no watch of which advantage may not be taken at last. One time, just at the end of winter, that Hugh was with a number of his
* Poe/s. -File talcen by itself means a of law, history, languages, music, and poet, but it was the general name applied poetry. 0'Curry s MS. Ma/ena/s p. 2. to a scholar. Filidecht included the study 4 Morning.—Ter/, i.e. he third hour.
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•oía Aop coiíica m t>ei]\Ct> j;Cirii]iit> t>o punnpA-ó mupcopAÓ oi-ódie 111A puí vo •jaaca ir iia cubActAib poipiÁcA 1 mbiccíp gAch noíóche, bApet) a]\]uacc teó céicc ]\épet> ]io rcoA t>o btieic^up An ppemeipcep bAoi ro]\ An iondiAib, (xt>up fol.4. a. petccCc piop ptnp ha pÚAinCrimAib 50 ]\o cApbtumgpCc ro]\ pAti u]vo]\ocíiac ]\o bAoi AttAiiiuij t>o t>o]iup ah tuiiiAi'ó. t)Aoi ró ini]\CriiA]\ iA]iAmn Ar An
CCOlíltAX) r]11 ACA1]1]1Ain5 cllUCCA A111AC t>0 neAC CAU bA*Ó AtVlAICC. *Oo "|1ACC-
rAcrorii bAÍc tÁn ^lAice tio c]ioiro conroAinjCn cpepAii it>, A]\ ha cíopcA co cmnCrnAÓ t)iA co^pAim Ar An tiúnAt). Oai óccÍac t>o pAinriitnncCji ah •AÓ'oIia 1u poidutt A11 etút)A, 7 t>o ]\AtApt)e t>oib ía]i ccoit>ec1ic aitiac1i, Gc t)i tAtm- ctoróCrii tAncocACc tAip ro Aclionn, 6c t>o ]iacc ittAuii mn Aót>A. 'Oo be]\c Aót> ctoit)1ieArii -oíbpóe t)i A]\oite tAoc ah'i]ia t>o tAijmb *oo piot c1iac1iaoi]a riiói]i nnc pCit)tinnt) piuinjjtAip, ^]ic c<\oiíiáiiac aca coiíihaic. Da liÁippig io]\JAite 6c bA coipeAÓ 10111 joha eipit>e. X)o ]\ac ía]ioiii rcÍAc ro]i top^ -oo nA bó^Aib c]ie ppÁiccib 7 ptijcib An bAite. Cró iacc ha popclioniie'óige c]\a m ]\o ]\acai jrCc m eAttriiA An cetú-ó, 6t ó t)o iiacctac t>i& nuít> ha Iiócca t>o nncecc t»o cCnjAcc ro cCcóip t>o ]%Ai§it) "oopAip ah cliAirceoit AniAit Ap t»éne connAn^ACAii, A]\ An t>A]\ teo 110 diÁi]\ricir 1 ccnAice. 1a]i poccAm t)óib ^up An *oo]\ur ro]\reirint> ro]\]\A a CpptAgAt) hac ah ccoriitAt) t>o pnCngA'ó Anonn, conur cA]iccpAC ppi a ccogAipm chucA au tuchc t>o ]ia^a ir ha cijib bACA]i A]i ionc1iAib aii t)0]iAif tion cAob A]iAitt tioii cppÁic. 1a]\ ccoclic ron coj;Ai]\m t)oibpit)e, ]io JACcpAc aii cjiann bAOi c]\epAn it> eipce, Gcoo téccCc An coriitAt) pÚAp t)0 tucc An cliAipceóitt. "Oo t>eAc1iAccA]\ t)]ion5 rii ó]i t»o tuchc
11A CAC]1Ac1l p"0]1 tt1]lj 11A nÓCC AC]UltACCA]1 UAt)Alb. 11l bA01 bÁ t>e pot)Am UA1]1 bACA]tporil AttAllUUJ *00 11lÚ]1Alb AU bÁlte piÚ ]10 ]\ACA1J1CC, A]1 ]1obcA]1
epptoicce óbétA t>oi]ipi nA niojcAcjiAch ipm lonAnim. T)o coiptCc mA itoocuhi, 7 t)o tCngAc CAp ctAtiAib CA]1 5A]i]\t)Aib 7 ca]i múpib iniec1ic]\Ac1iu au bAite, ^up po pcucpAC pou peit) aii cpteibe b<\.oi po]i a niondiAib but) t)Cip jac fol.4.0. nt)í]\eAc1i. Stídb poccA poptCcliAn eipitié. -<\pé bA ctA'ó coiccc]ndie Cicip ^AoitíeAtAib cíioiccit) jAitiÁii 7 5A1U, "Oubtmne. Oacau iohtóa Aptiglici
1 Lagenians. — This word is derived from 2 Cavanagh. — The tribe of the Cavanao-hs
laighean, the long spear used by the Gauls descends lineally from Donnell Cavanagh,
who came over with Labhradh Loing- son of Dermot nanGall, to whom this name
seach to aid him in recovering Leinster was given because he had his educat on in
from Cobhthach Caolmbreag, A.M. 3648. a place called Cillcaovan, in the lovver part
Keating's H. of Ireland, p. 186. of Leinster. Ibid., xxi. There is an old
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companions, in the very bcginning of thc night, bcforc thcy wcrc put into 1590. thc well sccurcd cclls in which thcy used to be evcry night, thcy planncdto attach a vcry long rope to thc window near thcm, and they let thcmsclvcs down by the rope until thcy alighted on the bridge outside the door of the castle. There was a very strong iron chain on the door to draw it out to oneself when desirable. They put a bar of solid wood a palm thick through thc chain, so that no one should come in haste out of the castle to pursue them. There was a young man of Hugh's own pcople awaiting their escape, and he met them after coming out. He had two wcll tempcred swords under his cloak, and these he placed in Hugh's hands. Hugh gave one of these swords to a certain famous hero of the Lagenians,1 of the race of Cathaoir Mor, son of Feidhlimidh Firurglas, i.e., Art Cavanagh.2 He was a champion in battle and a leader in confiict. He then covered the flight of the youths through the streets and roads of the town. As for the guards, they did not perceive the escape immediately ; and when they perceived thatthe youths had got off, they went at once to the gate of the castle as fast as they could, for they thought they would catch them instantly. When they came to the gate, it was impossible for them to open it or to draw the gate in ; so they set to call to them the people who happened to be inthe houses near the gate on the other side of the street. After coming at their call, these took out the bar which was through the chain, and they raised up the gate for the people of the castle. A great crowd of the city people went in pursuit of the youths who had escaped from them. This was not easy, for these were outside the walls of the town before they were noticed, as the gates of the royal city were wide open then. They went after them and leaped over fences and enclosures and walls outside the town until they stopped at the slope 3 of the mountain opposite due south. This mountain is long and very wide ; it was the boundary between the Irish of the provincc of Leinster 4 and the English
church of this name close to Begerin near 4 Lcinsicr. — After Ireland was divided
Wexford. into five parts by the Firbolgs, Slainge,
3 Slope— The Irish word reidh, accord- son of Dela, and his followers, obtained
ing to Joyce, is usually applied to a moun- as their share the territory extending
tain flat, or a coarse, moory, level piece of from the mouth of the Boyne to where
land among hills. Irish Names of Places, the Nore, Suir, and Barrow meet near
ist series, p. 387 ; Dublin, 1869. Waterford. Keating's H.of Ireland,^. 52.
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7 a óonAi]\e, A]\ a aoi nír neticc An oniAn •ooibp'óe ArcnAth ir nA cotiAipb coicchCniu\. 11i no AnrAC t>m "oia ]\eimim 50 ]\Anv,AccAi\ cA]\pm rvUAit) rtÍAb ua mAccAin hipn iau rccir AircAin 7 nnceccA roc ha hoit>ce. O ]\obcA]\ rciclng cuinnpjj, ctajaicc ^ur An ccAitti,ó ctiocApótúic cecorimA^Ain ron a ccmt), 7 Aippcc mnce jur An mtnc1róet)oít. T)o bCjiAC tAirh ron uncecc íAn rui-óe, An nijt bo tAÍnmnitt teó Aippuiii ipn bpo*obAt> tA horiiAn (x cpt)- enbÁr Arúi|\ 7 AnídnrACA *oía nAuiicib.
11í]\ bo conii niA cciot) t)0 -dot) ÚA *OorimAitt Aetút), UAin mn bo cÚAtAm^ ArccnAin tA Aoer cumchA Apn ionAt> AmbÁoi, "0015 ]\obc&]\ Ach^Aoice itcpechcnAijce a c]\oi§ce comngeAtA cÁnAige tÁ h.Aicen 7 tA huiTÓnCpvib, tA 1iAnii]\eit)e 7 tA hiomt>ó]\Ait> An crtíget) cA]\p\ ccut>c1iAt>, A]1 ]\o heice]Voei- tijic a ArfA pu AC]\oi5áb ía]\ nt)ioppcÁoiteAt> An ÚAmAnn 7 au ATómchCngeAt) tÁf An rvteAchAt) nÁ rpUi]\f Cc 50 rm. bA rÁCc mó]\ 7 bA jaía^ t<\ a Áor cumchA nÁ ]io éccrAc teó é ní bA rí]uu, (x 011 a ]\o cumAingrCc ní t>o ciomuAicc ceteb]\At> itoó, 7 rAgbAicc benoAcccAm occa. Ar rAi]\ t)ept> tAipoiii ía]\ ccAm (ia]\ ua fÁgbÁit iti uacató buróne) a ]>C]\ mumcine t)o f-Aonóet) 50 A]\ oite -oume ÚArAt- t>o foC]\ctAnt>Aib coicctó JAitiÁn •00 ]\eccAnii hiccAircÍAtt 1n coriifoqiAib t>o our An rpigbeAtt mnittCr no iomfnAt)At) occa. pétim ó cÚACAit Afton-OAt). bACA]\At)on Aét) pArAn cAn pn (An t>A]\ tAif) a]\ t>o coit> rechc ro]\ ceitít>e chugA ipn ccuniibneAÓ imbui m AcctiAé, 7 uo nAfomrCc a ccAtiAcqiAt) oibtmib cecib cau t)o cui]\Cca]\ neAÓ fol. $•"• t1<Mt)ib pn ionchAib a]\ oite, ^un bo hiomÁi]\5it>e tAiporii t)ot ro]\ CmeAc phétim A]\ AbA An choccAig pn 110 errnAiomrecc. T>o coirte arr au ceAchcA bAit Ambui An Tpébm & ac récc t>o An coirg unA ccaiiaicc b^ rAoitit>pom ]\ÍAm 7 ]io cmgeAtt a coipém aii -AetmA un ^ac m bAcoi]xi"oe T)1A ccAompvó. -du Á01 m connAi]\teiccpocc a c1ta]\aicc uac a chompntige t>ó Atncteic uac A-oiAmtuJAt) A]1 UAriiAn rmAchc chÁnA 11A n^Att t)iA Aice rAi]v 1lo rCf r ro]i]iA ÍAnorii a beicporii ipn bpot>bAt> reib AC]\ub]\AmA]\, 7 ac]\a§ac au cÁch ac cÚAtAt) ro]i aía]\ai]i, 7 t>o ]\etccCc coha tui]\5 fO]\ a foitteecc. O ]\ob
lS/ieve Roe— This name is still given 3 Phelim O'Toole. — O'Donovan traces
by those who speak Irish to the Three Rock his descent to Oiholl, king of Lemster, who
mountain near Dundrum, Co. Dublin. was baptized by St. Patnck at Naas, and
There is near Powerscourt a townland whose great-grandfather Breasal Bealach
named Fassaroe, i.e., the red desert. See was the common ancestor of the O Tooles
Annals F. M., v. 1423, n. 0'Byrnes, ^^^^11^^113.—/^^., yi. 1901.
2 Shower.—i.e., it was not comfortable. This tribe dwelt m Hy Muireadhaigh, the
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of Dublin. Its roads and \vays wcrc numerous, but fear did not allow 1590.
thcm to go by the usual roads. Morcovcr, thcy did not dclay on thcir way
till thcy crossed Slieve Roe x beforc that morning, though fatigued by thc ^ourney and travelling all the night. As they werc tired and weary, thcy went into a dense wood which happened to be on their way, and thcy remained in it till early dawn. They prepared to go on after that, forthcy did not think it safe to remain in the wood, owing to the fear and great dread of being sought after and looked for by their enemics.
His flight was not a cloak before a shower2 for Hugh O'Donnell, for he could not go on with his companions from where he was, because his white- skinned, tender feet were wounded and pierced by the furze and thick briars, and the roughness and intricacy of the road by which he had come, as his shoes had fallen off his feet owing to the loosening of the seams and ties from the wet, which they had not met with up to that time. It was a great sorrow and affliction to his companions that they had not him with them farther, and as they could do nothing for him, they took lcave of him and left him their blessing. Wherefore he resolved after a while, when some of the party had left him, to send one of his people to a certain nobleman of the free-born tribes of Leinster, who happened to be in a castle in the neighbourhood, to see if he could obtain refuge or protection from him. Phelim O'Toole 3 was his name ; he was a fricnd of Hugh before this time (as he thought) for he had once gone to visit him when hc was in prison in Dublin, and they formed a friendship vvith each othcr, whenever either of them should seek the other's aid. So that it was fitting he should go for protection to Phelim on account of that fricndship which they had contracted. The messenger wcnt ofif to the place wheré Phelim was and told him the business on which he had come. He was rejoiced at his coming, and promised to aid Hugh in every way he needed, so far as he could. However, ncither his friends nor his rclatives allowed him to conceal or hide him through fear of the power of the law of the English revenging it on him. It bccame known to them afterwards that hc was in the wood, as wc havc said, and cvery onc who heard it wcnt to look forhim,
southern part of the present Co. Rildare. H. of llic Clan O'Too/c, p. 141. Phelim's After the English invasion they took refuge territory of Glancullen was given to Richard in the mountains of \Vicklo\v. O'Toole's Wingfield, Marshal of the army, in 1603.
CjvÓAtcA Ia "pétim 7 tn\ b]u\ic]\ib các oile t)ÍA fojbÁitriorh, Ar rAi]t t)erit> leo nvo but)t)em tua ejvgAbAit fe a b]\Cic 511 p au ccAqtAir, -po]A cútAT) "oocum An crCnAró. t)o 5111C rAiiitAiT). O ]\Aimccporii co h-Ac ctiAC, ]iobcA]\ rubAir^e An -pCnA-ó imrot>Ain, (x "oo ]\onp\c nCirpn (x bruj mbicc t>on uite guxtt 7 Aicci]u AcnutA uAi-óib, (x bACAu bm-óij -oon coiccCn \\o CAchcmn cuca t>o nitnp. genbA mó]t AHAinc|ut)e (x AiiéccnACAr T>órorii aii cécnA rechc bA buitte Aiireclic CAtiAiri aji a etÚT> tiAróib, 7 t>o bjiCcA jeunet r,tAipA]iAinn roA reib Ar cuirhri conjiAnr^ACAjt, 7 ]\o cui]\eAT> ipn cca]icaiji cCccha, 7 po bocli 15A r]uocAi]ie 7 ica rojicouhécc ionnur Ap rC]\]t ]io péorAcc.
-<\c ctop co coiiicoiccCnn ro c]udi nGpeAiin a ett'rópoih rAiiitAit) (x a C]\jt\bAit t)o nrórp. 1lo tÁ poclic mó]i jron^oCróetib T>epT>e, (x ]\o mÁotAicc mCnniAmiA a nnteAt) 7 AiccCncA aii AnpAib 7 cporoCóA accu]iat> acc ctoircecc Ati f^eoit 1npn. llobcAp ioiiit>a pojnA 7 ]ioiimÁ 7 1115C11A Áitte uichcjeAtA occ -oubA 7 t)é]\c1u\oi ro a "óaijui. TtobcA]t tte poCpctAniiA roicdneoit A5 tÁriiconu\i]\c 7 acc ACAoine co hmpoitjfóe a]\ a AbA, 7 ni]t bó U15A t>eittig ro]t rAn •onumr, pnr AinbAi a chÁi]vome 7 a choib-oetACAr mÁr |to tÁ roprAti tuchc rrvir AmbÁcA]\ a nupotcA 7 a ecc]\ACA]\ b^ roit>etcbi]t T>oibpoih ón UAt]t ]tob é pAoiteAccAm ha roc1iAit>e conAt> cjiia T>ur pocpvoh a rroi]ucin on t)Aoi]te 7 011 t>och]tAicci t>C]\n'iÁi]i imbACA]t occ gAttAib.
t)Aoipurii rAiiitAit) ipn cca]\cai]\ cCccha roc ha btÍAtniA 50 *oei]iCó renhnró t)o ]tit)ipi 50 horóce nocctAcc rcett t>o fonnpAT) Anno 1592. -An cau ]to bo nnch.15 tA hiac iia hóige a etúbporii A]t]tAimcc reipn (x AjiAitt t>iA Áor comcA eitt yo]tr ha conhéccAirjbm u]tcop\ó oróche pApú t>o ]w\ccAipn ]D]\omnci5, 7 jaccato mr^Cinihte tnob. Ac ]\a§acc ÍA]i ccaiii gur au rpAit- ceAÓ, 7 ruAmeAiii riocpot)A teó, 7 t>o ]\etccCc por tAr An ruAineAth c]\ep\n rpétcij 50 ]ii<\chcACA]i tmr An cctApAt) ccoiiróoniAin ro]\CAorimAriAi]\ m lomcActiiAnr, A11 t>útiAit>. Uo T>]\mrir,Cc ÍA]\piróiu rpr avi mb]\UAc AttcAitAÓ
50 mbACAU rO]1 U]1 tlA ctA]-AC t)011 CA0b A]\Altt. ICIACC ^éltt AC ]\utACA]t App
1 Relativcs. — The Irish word bmthair ^Clappingthcir-hands. — CompareDantc's means both brother and relative. Infémo^ canto III. :
2 Council. — Not the Parliament, which ' Parole de dolore, accenti d'ira,
was not sitting then. An account of the Voci alti e fioche, e suon di man con elle,
Parliaments held in the reign of Elizabeth Facevano un tumulto, il qual s aggira
will be found in Lynch's Feudal Digniiies, Sempre'n quell'aria senza tempo tinta,
p. 343 ; London, 1830, and in Hardiman's Como la rena, quando a turbo spira.' Statute of Kilkenny, p. 134 ; Dublin, 1843. The Irish word lamhchomah t in the tex
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and they set off" with their followers in search of him. As it was cvident to 1590. Phclim and to his relatives1 that any one clsc might find him, thcy rcsolvcd totake him thcmsclvcs and bring him back to the city to the Council. He did so. When he came to Dublin the Council wcrc dclighted thereat, and they madc little or no account of all the hostagcs and pledges who escapcd from them, and thcy were thankful for thc visit which restorcd him to thcm again. Though grcat their cruelty and cnmity to him the first time, they were greater the second time on account of his escape from them, and iron gyvcs were put on him as tight as they could be, and they put him in the same prison, and they watched and guarded him the best way they could.
His escape in this way was heard of universally throughout the land of Erin, and his recapture. There came a great gloom over the Irish, and thc courage of their soldicrs, and the minds of their champions, and the hearts of their heroes were confounded at hearing that ncws. There were many princesses and great ladies and noble white-brcasted maidens sorrowing and lamenting on his account. There were many high-born nobles clapping their hands and weeping in secret for him, and he not only parted from the people with whom he was on terms of friendship and intimacy, but he went among those who had done him evil and shown him enmity. And with good rcason on their part, for the multitude expected that through him relief would come to them from the dreadful slavery and bondage in which the English held them.
He was in this wav in the same prison for the space of a year up to the end of winter, to Christmas night exactly, in the year 1592. When it 1592 seemed to the Son of the Virgin full timc that he should escape, hc and some of his companions found an opportunity on the part of the guards in the very bcginning of the night before tfiey were taken to thc refectory, and they took ofT their fetters. Thcy wcnt after that to thc privy, having a long ropc, and they let themselves down by means of the rope through the privy till they came to the deep trench which was around the castle. After that thcy climbed to the opposite bank, till they werc
though usually synonymous with basghaire, ward manifestations of joy as shown by the i.e., death-cry, is used to express the out- clapping of hands.
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niiA]\Áon yniy aii -dóx> Cti]\í 7 Ayc x>a iíiac SeAAHi nnc Cuinn bACAij; nnc Cumn imc Cti]\í nnc Có^Iiahi. 1lo bAot A]ioite ptte cAi]nyi occ Acoigex) óuca "oon diAiyciAtt nToon CchtAi^i y|\iy ]\etccCc A]\un conx>uy ]\&l& cut icut cAn bA 1ia"o1aic combuí x>eotuy ]\ompo. t,ocon Arr ÍA]\yox>Ain cyeyAn yy«Aicc- rb^bcib r]\eAchbui'óni5 bAoi ro]\ londiAib aii •óúnAvó jau Aiyyioy $An yoi]\ctotycecc x>o neocli A]\ 111 cucca mionAi]\ ac1ic An'iAit jac nAon x>o tudic iia cac]iac1i, uai]i 111 ]\o aiivac cÁc x>o cIiacoi jCx> no x>o c1iAX>Att eici]\ clnjliob ua c]\éncAC]\Ac1i aii c]\ac ym A]\ bA coyAc oTÓcbe x>o yunnn.AX) ahh, (x m ]\o
"0Ú11A1CC X>01]iyi 11A CAc1l]\AC beÓ]\ TvAngACA]! CA]irAU CCAC]1A15 reccAip yon
fAiiiAit ym. tlo teAbtAingpCc ca]\ Auii]\eit) Go iomx>o]iAix> iia nx>únctAX>h fol.6. a. nxno^liAmn 6: HAnoAijCn Ai]\be ivoC]\n'iÁi]i ]\obui yyt caó/ai^Ii AneccAi]i 50 ]\AngACA]i yoy. ]ieix>tb An ]iuaix> ytéibe nemex>eoc1iAix> aii cAox> iym céoiA 1ietux> AC]iutA. 1lo eici]\t)eti5 x>o]ic1iaca ha 1ioix>che & cmnCnur aii cec1n*ó aii cí bA rmm x>ía nÁoy comcliA rnni .1. Cnyí úa néitt eiytuiii. An cdóx>h
bo ro A1Í1 *0011A póC]\6tA1V0Alb. 11l bACA]\ VÓltdj 1ACCy01TI 1111011 CcA]iyCA]\AX>.
Ac]iajac Ayy a]\a AbA (x ^yyCy munici]ie xiiA ]\eirinnicúy. "^ebliAX) An axíÍiaij V0]i ytnx>he 7 yCycAin Ayyoy yí]inenimeAc yteoc1iAix> 7 AytAinm ^tCniAmouj; yneccAix)e, conAn bo yox>Ani5 x>oha yAioyyC]\Aib yoicCmeoit AyiobAt tAy ah X)ommx) 7 tÁy ah xnécc^AX), uai]\ bA 1iAnitAix> bACA]\ jaii yoyb]\ucA ÍA]1 nuAchcA]i ÍA]1 ua nÁ^bAit iym yyiAtcoij; cyCyA ccúx>caca]i.
1da 11100 x>eittij aii X)ÍAHAiycC]i AnnAiii AmmCmic yoyyAn Ayc ínÁy yoy Aóx>h, (x bA 1iAix)teycce lonmoitte Ac1ieimim A]i Ay mme bAoiyix>e (x é cottnAX) ]\CiiiAi]\ytiAycAc, 7 bA cíah yox>A ó ]\o cuimnijci iym ca]\cai]i nnbuí. Tlín bo ]'AiiitAix) X)on 0C0 A]\ 111 ]\Ainicc ca]\ Aoiy hiacxjacca, 7 in ]\o AiiAycAi]i r>y6,y UA x»iAiiyo]ibAi]\c aii ionbAix> ym, (xbA hÁic eccyom eiyiom x>eyix>e (x bAhucmALt éyóx> Aimcecc. O ]io ]\ACAij;yiurii >dyc occa emnouJAX) 7 iomc]\uime Aclieune' Ayex> x>o -pome yniy a tÁiii x>o co]\ yo]\ a gUAtomn 7 ah tAnii nAitt A]i jUAtAmn au jitte. X)o íC^Iiac Ay yon ionnuy yin ca]\ niumcmx> An niAij ftéibe. 1lobcA]\ ycic1iij cui]iyij ÍA]iom, 7 m ]\o óccvac ^Vyc teó m bA yí]im, 7 ó ha yÚAi]\]'ioc rorAijpcc iyyoyccAX> Attb]\ÚAic ioniAi]\x> iymx> C]\iíioha bAOÍ a]\a
1 Shane. — This was the famous Shane Introd., p. cl. His history is given at some
O'Neill. On the death of his father in length in ~R\cheysLecti(reso?iIris/i History,
1559 he was elected The O'Neill. From 2nd Series, p. 262, where the author vindi-
that time until he was murdered at the in- cates him from many of the charges brought
stigation of the English he was almost against him, and shows that he was no
continuously at war with them. See worse than his accusers.
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on thc cdge of thc trench at the othcr side. Thc hostages who escaped 159* with Hugh wcrc Henry and Art, thc two sons of Shane,1 son of Conn Bacagh, son of Conn, son of Henry, son of Eoghan. Thcrc was a ccrtain faithful servant who visited thcm in thc castlc, a horscboy, to whom thcy imparted their secret, so that hc met them face to face whcn thcy wanted him tó bc their guide. Thcy went off after that through thc crowded streets, near thc castlc, without being known or overheard by any one, for thcy wcre not noticed while thus cngagcd, but likc cvery one clsc of thc city peoplc, as they did not stop to convcrse with or visit any one whatcver in thc houses of the fortress at that tiraé, for it was the beginning of the night exactly, and the gates of thc city wcre not yet closcd. They wcnt out through the city in that manner. They leapcd over the enclosure and impediment of the surrounding fences and of the strong, firm palisadc which was outside the city, until they came to the slopes of Slievc Roc, where Hugh had come before the first time he escaped. The darkness of the night and the hurry of the flight separated him who was the oldest of the party from them. This was Henry O'Neill. Hugh was thc youngest of the nobles. They were not pleased at the separation. They went away however, their attendant leading the way. The night camc on with a drizzlc and a violent downpour of rain and slippery slime of snow, so that it was not easy for the high-born nobles to walk on account of the inclement weathcr and the want of clothing, for they had hardly any upper garments, having lcft them in the privy through which they had come.
This hurried journey, strange and unusual, was more severe on Art than on Hugh, and his gait was feeble and slow, for he was corpulcnt, thick- thighed, and he had been a long time closely confined in the prison. It was not* so with Hugh, for he had not passed thc pcriod of bovhood, and he had not ceased to grow in size and strength then, and he wás activc and light on that account, and his gait was quick and nimblc. When he perceived Art growing weak and his step heavy, what he did to him was to place one hand of his on his own shoulder and the other hand on the shoulder of the servant. Thcy went on in this wav across thc upper part of the slope of the mountain. Thcy wcre tircd and weary after that, and they could not bring Art further with thcm. As thcy couJd not, they wcnt under the sheltcr of a lofty cliff of thc mountain which was in
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mbetAib. 1a|\ iiAi]\ipioth "óótbh Ainnpt>e p.\oit)ic ah giottA UA-ÓAib tu\ rceÍAib 50 gteAiro 1ll1iAoitui;]\A bAit i]\Aibe ]Tiac1ia hiac 0Ct)1iA. 5^nri "OAingen •oiotojtAÍ-óe etp-óe, 7 no piACAijcír ^Aitt *Ouibtirme conA mot)nAib cacIia íol.6./'. lomruróe 7 lonnroigró rAip *oia cneAcliA-ó 7 mt)|\eAt). 11 ó chornA'ó ah ci PacIia co ren]VÓA puu co brAnccbAice ioLa]a cCnn LAip, 6fc m chumgAicir ní t)o, acc A]\ a aoi je]\bAc ioiitóa iotA]vt>A An lonnroijá 7 jenbo cAtniA ACcongAÍb cIiaca, nín bo ]UA]iAchrorii t>óib cCn bAoi 1111 bíu. 5Acn jí^tt 7 ^ac cunbtt) no etAit)Ct) ÚAróib m c1iAi]\ir 110 chéijet) acc <vp cuicce no •oÁiteAt) 7 bA hft) AcfcnA huít>e t>ot 50 gtdro 1HliA0itu5]\A bAit AinbAói ah ^iAcliAt) AC]iub]\omo]i A]\ bd ré At)únÁ]\<yp. AchuniAc cCcha t>oiiA ^ÍAttAib ]\éni]iAiciu Ar cui^e ro t)At]"AC pvóeipn, (x ]\o yorórCc ah 510UIA. O ]iAnAicporii Aipm imbui An Piac1ia"ó Acrét) ArccetAiToó, 7 ah lonnurrornÁjjAfb ua Iiocca ]io étÁcAn Apn ccac]\ai5, 7 nAÓ Ar bC]\cA imbCc1iAit) ro]\]\A munA circA t)ÍA ccoi]\iém iccnAicci.
t/AfOt)Ain t)0 l-loCgllA An CÍ PlAcllA piAtltAC t)1A óCr gn^'ÓA t)0 neodl bACA]\
CAi]iip tAir t)íob, (x ]\o C]\b ronnA cecc tÁr ah ngitte rop Ammur ua nócc. Ac]iajac ró cbCcoi]i reb ]io 1iC]ibAt> puú, 7 t>o comtAc App , 7 rC]\ ró biut> teó 7 A]ioite ró tionn 7 co]iniAim, ^o ]\iac1icaca]\ ^ur An rtéib bAit 1n pxpccAibci nA po]\A. 111oiiúa]\ Árii ni]\ bó rommeAc rÁtJAt ruroiu^A-ó 7 pMiiuJAt) n<\ roC]\ctomnepn rop ciito ua ccunAt» t>o t)eAc1iACA]\ ron aiiía]iai]a. 11i ]\AbACA]\ buoc]\Ac1iA iiac bpCcÁnA mAC éccAije curiroAchcA ro Acco]\pAib tMA ccAoiimA A]i pÚAchc Gt oijneo^ ua gAipbfíne gdriiniucu, acc ArCo bA coitcceAÓA coccAtcA ro AccAoniicnCfAib 7 bA cC]AÓAitte ro AccCnnAib cotbA'ÓA ctAt)A]it>A cioriiAifgeAtA ctoichpieccA aj ]ieót> t>A ^ac tec lompAib' (x aj lomÚAim AinonA]A nui]Aecc]\om, 7 ApieAbomntemcib pnAccAot pviA rCchCiiACAib 7 a nAffAn nnteAbo]A 7 a niAttcnAnn rpA noi]icmb 7 cnAi^hcib, combA pAiiiAtcA tAr 11A po]\A t)ur p\n^ACA]A nÁ]A boc tiAome iciia iacc, acc bA re AccubAc •oroccAib An cAtriiAn cCua bAoi Ann ía]\ ha nionrotAÓ ipn rneAchcA, UAifi 111 f 1 tAo tAÁchuijp Cc bCt)1i5At) mA mbAttAib acc mA]\bcir niAi]\b, 6: Ar nnne on bÁco]\
roiíl ACC ttlAt) bCg. "LApOt)A111 CUA]ACCAbA1C A1l tA0c1l]\At) A]'A tíje 1ACC 7 ro]\-
onconjAncpAC ropnA ní t)on bíut) 7 t>on tionn t>o chocliAicCm, &, m hécup
1 Ho&tage. — He afforded protection to the receiving others openlv. O'Sullevan, Hist. Catholics from the oppression of the Pro- Cai/i,, p. 152. See what has been said of testants, concealing some of them and him at p. xxxix., antea.
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front of thcm. Aftcr stopping thcre they sent the servant away with thc ,;,,, news to Glenmalure, thc placc where Fiach Mac Hugh was. This was a ' sccurc, imprcgnable valley, and thc English of Dublin wcrc accustomed with thcir instruments of battle to bcsiegc and assault it in order to plunder and lay it wastc. This Fiach maintained it valiantly against them, so that many hcads wcrc lcft behind with him, and thcy could do nothing against him ; but though their attachs wcrc many and various, and though there was strength in their implements of war, hc was not submissive to them so long as he lived. Every hostage * and evcry prisoner who escapcd from them did not halt or go away, but went to him, and his first journey- was to go to Glenmalure, the place where Fiach was, as wc have said, for it was his strong dwelling. So, too, the hostages aforesaid addresscd thcmselves to him, and sent their servant to him. Whcn hc camc where Fiach was he told his story to him and the statc in which he lcft the youths who had escaped from the city, and that thcy would not be over- taken alive if he did not go to their assistance immediately.
Thereupon Fiach selected a party of his people (of those trusted by him), and he bade them go with the servant to the youths. They rose up at once as they were ordered, and went off with one having food and another ale and beer, until they came to the mountain, the place where the men had been left. Alas ! truly the state and position of these nobles was not happy or pleasant to the heroes who had come to seek fur them. They had neither cloaks nor plaids, nor clothing for prqtcction under their bodies, to save them from the cold and frost of the sharp winter season, but the bed-clothes under their fair skins and the pillows under their heads were supports heaped up, white-bordered of hailstoncs freezing all round them, and attaching their light coats and .shirts of finc linen thread to their bodies, and their large shoes and the fastcnings totheir legs and feet, so that they seemed to the mcn that had comc not to bc human beings at all, but just like sods of carth covcred up by the snow, becausc they did not pcrccivc motion in thcir limbs, but just as if they werc dcad, and they wcrc ncarly so. Whcrefore the heroes raiscd thcm from where they lay and bade thcm take some of the food and of thc alc, and they did
2 His first Journcj. — See Spenser's Vicw of ' Ircland, p. 187.
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úacIia, uaiu $ac -oeoj no eAb-OAif t>Uf netccuíf hi fnicifi FQ^ AmbeoUib feccAif. Achc chdiA fo uhAÚAtnAin Aii cí A]\c fó -óeói-ó, & ACJUVÓnAchc A11 tní rm. T)aU aii -dó-oliA norcon^Aib ah co]\niAim íau fin et no bACAn a b|\io§A ron fO]\bAi]\c ía]\ ua hót ac1ic a *ói choif nA niÁ, a]\ Af imtie bACAUfit>e inAnibAtUib niA]\bA gAn mocujjA-ó ía]\ nAC (x lonbot^A-ó f]Uf aii neó-ó 7 r]\if aii rneAóbcA. Ctnjncc ha fifi von iomochu]i eifiorh ^Uf A11 njteAini ac ]\ub]\AniA]\. *Oo ]\aca hicci§ t>Ci]\]iicc mt>iAriiAi]i An •ottncf Coa. 1lo boú iccá tCijCr 7 teAfuJA-ó aiih -oa jac m bA uoir^i-óe co co]1]\acc ueAcbuA co "oiceAtuA t>iA Áichneof 7 t>iA fiof rccét ó a ctiAriiAin OCt» úa néitt. *Oo nAccforh Um ro]\ niicecc ÍAnfuróe ía]\ mb]ieiú "oon ueAcuA rAi]\. bA •ouitij 'óófom u]\iAtt ro]i ah cu]\Af fin, oi]i ni ]\o churii- Aingrecc 11A teje fneApA-ó día cjiAighúib 1 uu]\Aiuue ía]\ ua uqiejlroA-ó t>on ]\eó-ó ]iemepé]\unÍA]i, G: bA béiccCn *oa nóch oite a úufccbAit pon eAcli, 7 a JAbÁit eiui]\ a tnb Un'iAib t>o fráiri uau no ÚAnbUin^et). bÁoifiorii Amne co ]\o euAurccA]irAU teige a t>i ojroAin ffif íau uu]\\ott a]\ focuAin *oia au1ia]\-óa bu-ót>ein. f Aoitnf ah uí fiAcliA t>i]\im iua]\cac Uif rpn a-oIiaij t>iA f nAt>A'á ua]\ AbAinn tire .1. ob pt 1 coicc]uc 001001*0 5A1L1Á11 (x ua 1T)róe. 1To bAUAf euuA]WAróe 7 AOf couiieuA ó JAtUib *Ouibtmne fon ÁuliAib ét>oirime ha liAbAnn 7 fon a coiiAijub coiuc(n"OA ou ctof tióib Aó-ó ó 'OoiúnAitt t>obeiú m -gtionn 1TI1iA0itu5]iA, au iiac e\.&ivCx> uAiffib co cóicceA-ó ConcobAi]i, 7 iiacIi élAUAÍf nA cnubróe au éCnA au nuU niiAfÁon juf Af ah ccacuai^, gun bó fol.7.í. lieiccCn -ooua hóccAib A]\ a AbA ^AbÁit 111 j;A]\foccuf t>on cIiacuaij ca]\ ác troofAit) nionróoiiiAin ]\o bAoí fO]\ au AbAinn 50 ^aujaca]! 5A11 UAcuccAt) -5A11 fO]\ctoifcecc -oouA £AtUib combACAf fO]i lOfUmn An tiúine ah ufúofAC oróche. Ilo bAoi An tuchc tÁf no c]\ecceAt>fom 1n cofAÓ ÍAffAU ccCcua hetút> 1u cfechumufc ah t>iO]imA .1. fetim ó cuAcliAit conA bfAchAif íaj\ ccochc t)oib fUAt)At)foiii (x *01A coniAi]\ce AriiAit cac1i t>C]\fnAit>m 7 t>o
cCn^Alt ACCOCCAI5 7 ACCA1]1t)CfA f]\1f . niA]\A1t) A11 COCCACfHI beof, 7 mé]\A1t)
cot)íuit) mbecliA eicci]\ cénét ConAitt nnc 11éitt 7 ftiochc Cac1iaoi]\
1 Liffey. — This river rises in the glen at to Celbridge, it enters Co. Dublin at
the south of the Kippure Mountain, county Leixlip. From that its course is due east,
Wichlow, twelve miles south of Dublin. by Lucan, until it falls into the sea in
Its course is at first westwards, by Bles- Dublin harbour.
sington, Ballymore-Eustace, and K lcullen, 2Rere.— The Irish word is translated in
vvhere it turns to the north, and flowing 0'Clery's Glossary 'the rere of a house
by Newbridge, in a north-easterly direction, where food is kept.' The Four Masters say,
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not succccd, for cvcry drinlc thcy took thcy let it out of thcir mouths 1592. again. Howcver, Art dicd at last and was buried in that place. As for Hugh, he retaincd thc bccr aftcr that, and his strength was on thc incrcase after drinlring, cxccpt in his two fcet, for they were like dead members without motion, owing to the swelling and blistering from the frost and snow. The men carried him to the valley of which we have spoken. He was put into a house hidden in a rcmote part of thc thick wood. He had mcdical skill and carc in every way he needed until the arrival of a messengcr in secrct to inquire and get news about him from his brothcr-in-law Hugh O'Neill. He proposed to set off after the messengcr had come to him. It was painful to him to go on that journey, for the physicians could not heal his feet all at once after being pierced by the frost as we have said, and some onc clse was nccded to put him on horseback and to take him betwcen his two hands again whcnever he alighted. He was so until thc physicians cut off his two great toes after a while when he came to his own country. Fiach sent a troop of horse with him in the night to escort him across the river Liffey ; x this is a river on the confines of the province of Leinstcr and of Meath. There wcre ambuscades and watches from the English of Dublin on the shallow fords of the river and on the usual roads since they heard that Hugh O'Donnell was in Glenmalure, that he might not escape by them to the province of Conor, and that thc prisoners too might not escape who had fled with him out of the castle ; so that it was necessary for thc youths for that reason to go very near thc castlc, ovcr a difficult and dccp ford which was on thc rivcr, and thcy came without being pcrccivcd or overheard by the English till they werc at thc rérc'2 of thc castle in the very beginning of the night. The peoplc by whom hc had bccn abandoned formerly after his first escape wcre among thc troop, i.e., Fclim OToole, with his brother, who had come to escort and protect him likc thc others, to establish and cement their friendship and amity with him. This friendship lasts still, and will last to cnd of timc bctwccn thc tribc of Conall, son of Niall, and thc race of Cathaoir Mor, son of Fedhlim
adann. : 'Theyouths who were along with (duine) unperceived by the English.' Thcre Hugh proceeded on thcir way until they is an Irishword, ur/eunn, wbich, according came to the green (faithche) of' thc fortress to O'Donovan, means a lawn, yard, grcen.
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OC Á]\ Olte ÍA]t nAIIÓnl A CCA]\ACC]\A1*Ó A1ÍltA1*Ó rm.
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niA]ic1iAib reclic ]\iaiii occ mbC]\ cotpúA ro]irAii AtrAinn 7 *o|ioichecc cAijirin . t)An. >0]\oic1iCcc AdiA t>o 5Ai]\ci t>on bAite 1upin, 7 bA]\C*ó conAin coiccCn*o 5^tt 7 5Aoit>eAt ^AbÁit cnerAn ccAqiAig. Acr chdiA mr petice An on'iAn *ooibpróe ^AbAit cpeice, conCó *oo pónpAC ^AbÁit 50 1iu]\ iia 1iAbAim ac ívlS.a. ]\ub]\oniA]\ bAit nnbiot) ÍApcAi]\e t>ínnuii *o"C]\óit 7 tC]"CA]i becc p]n 1uom- tuclicAt). *Oo cocA]\pom ipn ccupAC conup pApccAib ah po]\c ioiiia]\cu]\-
CI1AI5 pO]\rAU 11lb]\UAC AttcA]\AC ÍA]1 CCAbA1]\C A toijje CO ]VMt)bl]1 *ÓÓ. VjA
mAic tAi]"om AiiiCnmA a]\ ah'iCcc puAip *oa]iccac, 7 bA mAchcnA*ó mó]\ tAir A]1 111 ]io écc Ati]\t>Ait ]\íaiii ó nAcb n*o]\uni5 *oia cca]\*o acu]\ac1i. jgAibAró ^™
1 O 'Haga.11. — This tribe were owners of Tara. The exact extent of the territory a small district called Tullaghoge. They will be found in Keating's H. of Jreland, took part in the inauguration of the O'Neill, pp. 54 and 233. _
casting the gold sandal over his head. 4 Boyne. — This river rises in Trinity Well,
The Flight of ' the Ear/s, p. 11. There was at Carbury Hill, Co. Kildare, and flows
another tribeof the same name in Munster, through this county. It forms for four
descended from a totally different ancestor. miles the boundary with King's County,
2 Languagc. — The Irish word bearla and for seven with Meath. Entering this means any language ; but for the last three county at its south-east corner, it passes by centuries it has been used to denote Eng- Trim, Navan, and Slane. It meets the lish in particular. Mattoch at Oldbridge, four miles west of
3A/eath. — Tuathal Techtmar, ardrigh A.D. Drogheda, and passing through this town 76, cut off a part {meidhé) from each of it falls into Drogheda Bay. See Wilde's the four provinces to support his Court at Boyne and Blachwaterj Dublin, 1849.
Firurglas. They bade farewell and gavc their blessing cach to the other «592- after strengthcning their friendship in this way.
As to Hugh O'Donncll, aftcr thcy had gone away from him hc \ lcft with only thc onc youth, i.e.t Turlough Buidhe O'Hagan,1 whohadgone
in scarch of him to the famous vallcy ; he was one of Hugh O'Xcill's own pcoplc, and hc spoke thc language 2 of the forcigners, and knew them and was acquainted with thcm, for hc was in attcndancc on the Earl O'Xcill whenever hc came on business to thc city of Dublin. Hugh O'Xcill had many friends too among the English thcmselvcs, for he gave them largc presents and stipends of gold and silver for supporting him and spealcing on his behalf in the Council. For these rcasons the young man was bold and was not afraid to go by thc usual roads of the English. Hugh O'Donnell and he went away aftcr that on two fine flcct horscs by the straight-lined roads and the muddy wavs of ancient Meath,3 so that they were on the bank of the Boyne 4 bcforc morning, a short distance to thc wcst of Inver Colpa.5 A fine city had been built by the foreigncrs some time before at Inver Colpa on the rivcr, and also a bridge over it. Drogheda u was the name given to that town, and the usual road for the English and the Irish to takc was through the town. But yct fear did not allow them to go through it, so that what they did was to go to thc bank of the river of which we have spolcen, whcre therc was a poor miserable fisherman who had a small fcrryboat. They went into the curach,7 and the fcrryman left thcm on the opposite bank aftcr generous payment was given him. His mind was happy on account of the sum of money he had received, and he was grcatlv suprised, for he had never reccivcd a like amount before from any persons to whom he had given his curach. Thc samc
6 Inver Colpa. — This place has its name of that time the word was usually written
from Colpa, one of the sons of Milesius, who Tredagh, which resembles somewhat in
was drowned here when attempting to land sound the Irish word. It is a seaport,
with his followers. Ogygia, p. 1S2. St. thirtv two miles nortli of Dublin. Patrick landed here after being repulsed T Curach. — A boat made of twigs covered
by the chief of Hy Garchon, i.e., \Yickiow. with hides, having its name from corium, a
Trz'as Thaum., p. 124. The ancient name hide. Formerlv boats of considerable size
is still preserved in that of the village of were made in this manner. See Ogxgia,
Colpa. p. 254, and Ware's Aniiquiíies, ii. 174.
0 Drogheda.—i.e., the bridge of the ford. 1 s boats of tliis kind were used by
It is latinized Pontanum. By the English the IJritons. T)e Bcll. Civ., i. 54.
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rC]i cCcciia tAr ha heocA cnerAti ccac]iaij contmr ]iAt> cIiucca uvo "oon cAob A]i <\itl< "oon AbAmn.
uCíjaic rop AneAcliAib, 7 toccAp Arr ÍAnruitnu uia nénnnn ^ombÁcAn míte cCimCnt) yó -01 011 AbAmn. -Ac cIiíacc t>oi]\e 'oorAc "oioJAmn A]i Accionn ah conAin" no JAbrAC fx tmnctAt) t)íoriio]i hia ui]\cimceAtt An'iAit bib tub^onc 1lo buí tmnÁnAr AifráCnc ("oiAn^Apop ah iiiAinirci]\ iiio-|\) tA Iio^IacIi nAipCcróA •oonA ^AttAib rjiiA cAob ah t)oi]ie, 7 bA t)C]\bi]ur *oAót) úa Héitt eiri'óe. UAijfbtingiccriurh o contmnctA'ó cCciia, 7 ciCjaicc iraj apioirour uai]i ]iob eotAch iiiaic a ]>C]imuinci]ieriuiii irm m&ijinpn. Sco]iaicah eicli, 7 t)o 5111AC Aifupum Inpiitnu. turópom ipn t)únAt), 7 ro jeib a pAtmJAt) aiui uai]i bA piAicnró eipum ah t>ú rm pAmneAt) peAch jac monAt). por ]iúai]\ A]iA^At nt)Ci]i]\ic t)o Aót) 7 t>o be]\c tAi]' é, 7 ]\o pieApctA*ó 7 ]\o pnocAiteAt)
é ÍA]1CCA111 AH'lAlt ]10 bA tAini1 tA1]\
O ]\o bA tAinmnnitt teórom A11 aoiuvó hiac ]iAtA, ]io Aii]\\c ahh 50 A]ia bA]\Act)At)Ai5li. *Oo téiccCc A]y ÍA]iom ro]i AneAcliAib reipie tA CApupboncA copAÓ nA horóce ca]\ rtÍAb mbpCg 7 c]ie n'iAc1iAi]\e coiiAitt, 50 ]iahjaca]i 50 c]iAijbAite nuc buAin ]\ia iiiaccaiii. ConpócAcc cac1iai]i hipiróe ro]i u]\ ha c]\aja tAf A11 eccAi]\cenét ini]io]iAit>pon'i eicci]i 'Oun-oetgAn 7 mui]i. O ]iobcA]i Cprtoicce t>oi]\p ua cac]\ac1i ipn niAcum n'imcli Ap pvip -oeipt) Léopom ^AbÁit ^au AUAt) jau Ai]upiun'i c]\eice. "Loca]i ÍA]ion'i yoy AneAcliAib 111A ]iéimim 5A11 ^iAcu^At) 50 ]uac1icaca]i c]ua]\\ii mbAite p\mtAró, (x 111 cu^fAC cacIi nnonAi]i combACA]i -oon CAob A]\ Aitt. Ay Ai]ie énii ]\ob éccCn toLS.6. -óóib ^AbAit qiepAn ccAqiAij ca]i cohai]i HAite tn\i]\ ]io bÁcA]\ ro]iAi]iCt)A 7 CcA]\HAit>e ó nA ^AttAib ipn coi^cpicli m jac Chac C]TOAtcA m jac ré*o 7 111 •cac rtitit) m ]\obA "0015 teó &ót> O *OoiimAitt "oo coc1iA]i cuca AriiAit ]\o bAoi ro]\ AbAinn tire, 7 t>o ]\mmCnrCc nír teiccr.eAt) ah oii'iah t>ó ^AbAit c]UAp\n
1 The great monastcry. — i.e., Mellifont, 2 Youih. — Sir Garret Moore. See p.
the first Cistercian house in Ireland, estab- lxx., antea.
lished by St. Malachy in 11 33. The first 3 Slieve Breagh. — The Meath portion of
abbot was Christian, later bishop of Lis- the range of hills extending from Clogher
more. The church was consecrated in Head, in Louth, to Rathkenny, Co. Meath.
11 57; a great synod was held here the Keating says the name is derived from
same'year. See Lanigan's EccL Hist., iv. Breagha, son of Breogan, a Milesian chief.
165 ; Dublin, 1829. In 1193 St. Malachy's II. of Ireland, p. 134.
relics were brought here from Clairvaux. 4 Machaire Chonaill. — The plain of
In 1565 a lease of the abbey was made to Conall Cearnach, a hero of the Red Branch,
Sir Eclward Moore. who lived here in the first century of our
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man wcnt with thc horscs through thc city, and hc gave thcm up to them at thc othcr sidc of thc rivcr.
They mounted on thcir horscs and proccedcd aftcr that on their journcy until thcy wcre two miles from the river. Thcy saw a bushv, dcnsc grovc in front of thcm on thc road thcy came and a hugc rampart all round it, as if it was a kitchen-garden. Therc was a finc mansion (callcd thc great monastcry) : belonging to an illustrious youth 2 of the English by the side of the wood. He was much attachcd to Hugh O'Xcill. Thcy jumped down from that same rampart and wcnt in somchow, for his follow'cr knew that place well. Thcy unsaddled thcir horses and madc a halt thcre. He went into the house and was entertained, for he was well known thcre cspecially more than in other placcs. He procurcd a retircd apartment for Hugl^ and took him with him, wherc hc waitcd on and cntcrtaincd him after a whilc as well as he desired.
As they thought this placc where they were was very securc, they re- mained there till the night of the next day. They set out after that on their own horses in the dark at the beginning of the night over Slievc Brcagh 3 and through Machaire Chonaill,4 until they came to Tragh Baile mic Buain5 bcfore morning. This town was built on the edge of the shore by the foreign racc ofwhomwe liave spoken, betwcen Dundalk G and the sea. As the gates of the town were open in the early morning they resolved to go through it without halt or delay. They went on thcir way after that on horseback without being noticcd, and so thcy passcd through the citv and no one rccognised them while so engaged until they werc on thc othcr sidc. The reason why it was necessary for them to go throughthe town rather than by another road was, because there were watchcs and ambuscades set by the English on the boundary in cvery remarkable placc and on cach path and road by which they thought Hugh O'Donnell would comc to thcm, as thcre wcrc on thc river Liffey, and they thought that fcar would not allow him
era. It comprised the level part of Louth, 0'Curry's JÍSS. Ma/erta/s, p. 464. This
from the Boyne to thc Carlingford moun- was formerly thc name ofthe strand.
tains. Sec Ogygia, p. 279. ^undalh. — Thisplace has ils name from
6Trag/i Baile mitIliiti:n.—i.e.,T\\e strand Delga, a Firbolg chief. It was the chief re-
of Baile, the son of Buan. He was sixth sidenceof Cuchullin, the most distinguished
in descent from Rudhraidhe, monarch of of the Knights of the Royal Branch. Scc
Ireland2l2 B.C., who wasburied hcrc. See G;Curry's Ma/uicrs, &c, ii. 197.
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ccAqiAig cipnrour. O nangACAn ca]\ rjiAicrtijcita ha cac]\ac1i ]\obcAn ruOAi j ro]\brAoiti j au <\b& a ccC]\nAit) caj\ ^ac mbAOJAt bAoi nCmpo, A]\ m no imeACctAirec hacIi ní A]\ ]\oc1icaui -oo huiruiTnu A]\ bA ro mÁmAr -do-ÓA uí lléitt bÁoi An c]\ioch rni cAcnAig acuató. "Loca]\ A-p 50 riotj món An At)Ai5pii "oo leigeAt) a rcí-p, 7 bA lnnmtt -oóib mibic ah mípn ge]\ bo £;A]iroccup t>o ^AttAib iac. Da ca]\a 7 bA coiiiAtcA "ooporii aii cí btn 1nruit>e Uoi]\|vóetbAÓ mAc Gn]\i mic "Petnn UÚAró t>o roC]\cLAnt>Aib cenét eo^Ain 7 bA lnonAnn hiac1iai]\ •oó],ATóe Gt "oon u\]\L<\ úa Héitt. Tlo niA'ÓAi^eA'ó iCcrorii co 1u\i]\- rincneAc Ati A-ÓAig pni, 7 ^Aibic ]\eirinb a]\ AbAnAÓ c]\e ptu\b rÚAic ' nnc bneogliAm 50 nAn^ACAn gur ah iiiacIia but> cuai-ó. ^Xhaic ahh au At)Ai§pin ro t)icteic. UÍAJAicc A]\ a bÁ]w\c 50 "oún ^CiiAinn nuc CAcbAt), bAit i]\Aibe
AoX) Ó tléltt. Da pAOltlt)piU111 ]\1A]W11 A01t)eAt) t)0 ]UAc1lC CUCCA, 7 t)0 ]\ACAt>
5A11 pui]\eAC 111 A]\AJAt UAi^neAÓ 50 lnnroiL^róe ^ah ]\AcuJAt> "OÁ* hac aoh
ipn t»ÚHAt) AcllC 11lAt) UAdlAt) t)AO]' CA1]1ip ]\0 bACA]1 OgA p]\10CAlteAt) 7 05
Ai]uu5coite -óó, oi]\ bA ]ua]\ac1i &ex> ó 11éitt m lonbAró ipn t)o JAttAib T)uibtinne, 7 ni]\ bó 1u\\t t>ó coclic ca]\ a nCjifuA^pA acIic co lnncLeice.
T)aLa /Aó-oIia uí 'OoriuiAitt, ía]\ cco]\ rcíp a Airci]\ (x 1 iii n 1 § t>e irm t)úiiAt) p|\i ]\é ceceo]\A noróce con a tÁib, t)o bC]\c tAnii po]\ nnceAclic 7 ciomnAir ceiLeAb]uvó -oo Aóx> úa lléitt, 7 rAgbAró beiroAclicAin occa. X)o
CU1]\CdlA]\ t)í]\im 1Í1A]\CAC tAir t»1A fl1At)1u\t) A]\ CUcVÍIAlb 7 cClc1ie]\11 ACAlb 50
1 Fiodmore. — i.e., the great wood, now the Fews. There are two baronies of the name in the south of Co. Armagh.
3 Turlough MacHenry. — Owen O'NeilI, who died in 1456, was the common ancestor, on the father's side, of Earl Hugh and Turlough. His daughter married Hugh O'Donnell ; from these the O'DonnelIs of Spain and Austria are descended. Annals F. M., vi. 1922. He was a half-brother of the Earl.
3 Mother. — This was Joan, daughter of Cuconnacht Maguire. The Four Masters, under the date 1600, the year in which she died, say of her that ' she was the pillar, support, and maintenance of the indigent and mighty, of poets and of exiles, of widows and orphans, of the clergy and men of science, of the poor and needy, the head of counsel and advice to thegentlemen and
chiefs of the province of Conor Mac Nessa, a dernure, charitable, meek, benign woman, with pure piety and the love of God and her neighbours.' After the death of Earl Hugh's father she married Henry O'Neill of the Fews. Amials, vi. 2223.
4 Slieve Fuaid. — In the barony of the Fews, between Castleblaney and Armagh. It has its name from Fuaidh, one of the colony which came to Ireland with the sons of Miíesius. Keating, H.of Ireland,-^. 134.
5 Armagh.- — i.e., The height of Macha. She was the only daughter of King Aodh Ruadh, from whom Assaroe has its name. At his death she claimed the Idngdom by right of descent. She was opposed by Dithorb and Kembaith, her father's cousins, who with him had governed in turn, each for a peried of seven years. She defeated her opponents and drove them into exile.
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to go through the town at all. Whcn thcy had gonc through thc strccts of 1502. the town, they wcrc glad and delighted at having escaped from every danger which was bcfore thcin, for they feared nothing when they had com
that place, since thc country to the north of thc town was under thc sway of Hugh O'Neill. They wcnt on to Fiodmore1 that night to gct ridoftheir fatiguc, and thcy werc safc while there though thcy wcrc vcry closc to thc English. Turlough Mac Henry,2 son of Phelim Roc, who dwclt thcrc, was his friend and foster-brother. He was of the nobles of thc Cincl Eoghan, and hc and the Earl O'Ncill had thc samc mother.3 They werc cntcr- tained With much respcct that night, and they wcnt on ncxt day though Slicvc Fuaid 4 Mic Breoghan till they came northwardsto Armagh.6 They remained therc that night conccalcd. Thc ncxt dav thcy wcnt on to Dungannón G Mic Cathbaidh, whcre Hugh O'Xeill was. Hc was glad of the coming of his guest, and he brought him without delay to a private chambcr secretly without being perceived by any onc in thc castlc cxccpt by some of his trusty people who attended on and entertained him, becausc Hugh O'Neill was submissive7 to the English of Dublin at that time, and he did not wish to transgress their commands except secretly.
As for Hugh O'Donnell, after getting rid of the fatigue of his journcy and hardships in the castle for the space of four days and four nights, hc prepared to depart and he took leave of Hugh O'Xeill and gavc him his blessing. A troop of horse went with him to protect him from robbcrs and kerne s until hc came to the district of Lough Ernc. Thc lord of that
She was the only woman who occupied the 7 Submissive to them. — 'Articles agreed
throne of Ireland, having reigned from A.M. unto by the Earl of Tyrone before the Right
3559 t0 35^°- She built the palace of Hon. the Lords of her Majestv's Most Hon.
Emania, now Navan fort. See 0'Curry's Privy Council, for the better settling and
Manners, &c, ii. 112, and Reating's //. of confirming of his countrv, June i;th, 1590,'
Ireland, p. 179- will bc found in C.C. MSS.t iii. 37.
6 Dungannon. — This was the chief resi- 8 Keme. — Thcv are called by mediaeval
dence of Hugh O'Néill, Strabane and writers turbarii and turbiculi. Dymmok
Benburbbeing those ofTurlough Luincach. describes them as 'footmen armed with a
O'Neill's castle was on the rising ground sword and a target of wood, or a bow and
just ovcr the town. Little, if anv, of it is sheaf of arrows with barbed heads, or else
now remaining. A more modern residence three darts which they cast with wonderful
was built 011 the site later ; of that too facility and neatness. Within these few
onlv a small part remains. It has its name years tliev have practised the muslcet and
fromGenan, son of Cathbadh, a Dr«úd, who caliver, and are grown good and ready
lived here in the first century of our era. shots.' Treatist oflreland, p. 7.
]\Aiiui5 co 1ioi]\C]\ toéA 1iCi]\ne. Da ca]\a oópom cjuac ah dnerin, 7 b<* fol._9 a. b]\ACAi]\ 1n j\Ainn ahiaca]\ Aóvh riiAguróin ACAconniAic Oa rÁoitróp'óe -oía cui-óeclic cIiucca (x no jeib ApA'óuccA'ó coliA'ÓAriinA Lai]\ *Oo b|\fc1iA Cc1u\|\ t)eA]\rcnAice •ouibrtCriiAm A*ooc1ium, 7 *oo caoc 1110, 7 rAjbAfó beiroAcliCAin A5 THAguroijv. 1oni]\Aipfc Arr íCnro*ÓAin gup ah ccÁet ccuApcuriiAng bAOi ro]\pAn toc ]\en'iepe]\cniA]i bAit 1n cóCc &yy ah ob AobctopAc lAiclnonróA y\\\y ]\Áice]\ C]\ne. t)Á "oía ac1ia]\*óa reipn A11 penonn 1npn. "Our nÁipcCcon A]\ Aitt *oí a óCp cAipp 7 t)iA rÁmriiunicin bu'ó'óein, 7 t>o bC]iAc eodiA áua ucnu\ttA 111A -ÓAit AH 'oúpn, (x tocA]\ Aipp'óe co 1iAc SeAiiAij. bAoi cAircÍAtt com- •oAingeAii lnruróiu yo\\ u\\ An Aca cuÁ^vgAibce iccop\c tA pnnrC]\ aii •Aó'óa (HÍAtt JA]ib niAC Uoi]\]\-óetbAij An ponA A° 1423.) Da mmÁ]\Ar a-óaiíi]\a 7 lorcA'ó rtACA *oia cenétrorii An cAircÍAtt 7 tnA ac1iai]i rAin]\eA"ó, A]i Ap é bAoi 1n cCnnur ha c]uche ah lonbAró rm, 7 bA 1ié ropiACAib a]\ Aitt t)ía],ahi- iiiuinci]\ aj coiirÓA ah cliAipoéoit, 7 ]\obcAj\ pAitcij ua po]\A y\\\ OAiimA 11A rtACA x)uy rAnncc, 7 t)o teccCc cuca ifcCg.
DAoiriuiii \yyoy huiruróiu co teicc cojiur cA]\comtAipCc ah cíp (00 neAcb bAoi 111 a con'i]:oc]\Aib) t)iA -pAipt) bAit i]iAibe. 11í]\ bó 1iC]iurA énii eipt>e A]i AfAiiitAró bAoi An c]uoc mA céi"oe c]\eAc1i 7 CAiboCn A5 ^AttAib 7 at; ^Áoi-óeAtAib, 7 ac]\ac1icaca]\ *oeAbc1iA 6: *oecécrAit>e t)C]uiiÁ]\A Ccop]\A rém A]\mCt)on, co iu\]\ boc ]\U\]\A15 t)ÍA rpbAic An'iAit ]\obAt> cécbcA t>oib, A]\ bA ro]\ArócctAÓ ah ionbAit> pn é 7 ni]\ bó cÚAtAin^ CACu§At> acuac nÁ C]\nAróin a npAtt nAc a n,Aici]\e ó ]\o hCnJAbA'órom, 7 *oaii Deittij ah crCtroACA rAin pú ]\obA rCti co tetcc Oc cIhacc ^Aitt T)uibtmne aíi c]uoc pAriitAró ro]\o]i- fol.9.^. coii5A]\pAc ro]\ rAii rrÍAtitAc bAoi uAróib iccoiceAt) OtneccniAclic A]\ oite rociiAróe t>íob *oo cliuróeclic 1u cín ConAitt nnc Héitt. Oacau íao ]\obcA]\ co-ótiAig rorpiA 1nb ro]\]\o 1iC]\AitCó cocc lnpuróiu CAipcm uuitir £t CAi]\cm Conuitt. T)o coiptCc &yy con -óíb cécAtb tAec ca]\ *Ouib ca]\ *OnobAoip ca]\
1 Relative. — His mother was Nuala, leaves the lake three miles east of Belleek, daughter of Manus O'Donnell, Hugh Roe's and continues its course by Ballyshannon, grandfather, and consequently Maguireand where it is called by the name of Saimer, Hugh Roe were first cousins. Annals and falls into the Bay of Donegal.
F. M.,v'\. 1925. On the meaning of the 3 Ballyshannon. — Properly Beul atha Se-
word brat/iair, see p. 13, antea. naigh, the mouth of the ford of Senach, an
2 Erne. — This river rises at Ballyjames- Ulster chief who was slain there by Conall duff, county Cavan, and after a circuitous Gulban. See The Book of Tena^h, p. 327. course passes through Belturbet and enters 4 Casíle. — The site is pointed out in a Lough Erne a little north of that town. It field on the east side of the town, called
0J>
territory, i.e.} Ilugh Maguire, was his friend and a relative1 by ihc mother's 1592.
side. IIc was rejoiced at his coming, and hc procccdcd to cntcrtain him splendidly. A boat was brought to him wcll built, black-polished ; he went into it, and took his leave of Maguire. They rowcd away thcn as far as thc narrow neck which was at thc lough of which wc havc already spokcn, thc place whence issues the famous river abounding in salmon, which is callcd thc Erne.2 That territory was some of his own patrimony. Somc of his own loyal and faithful pcople came and thcy brought fínc fleet horses to meet him there. From that thcy wcnt to Ballyshannon.3 Therc was a very strongly fortifled castlc 4 on thc bank of thc ford, built formerlv by thc ancestor of Hugh, Niall Garbh, son of Turlough of the wine, in thc ycar 1423. The castle was a noble dwclling and a princcly rcsidencc of his family, and of his father especially, for he was the chicf of the tcrritory thcn. I Ie had left some of his own pcoplc to guard thc castlc. and the mcn wcrc glad that the heir5 of thcchief had comc, and thcy let him in.
He rested there for the present until the country assembled (cvcry one who was in his neighbourhood) where he was. This, indeed, was not easy, for the country was in the course of being plundercd and robbcd by the English and by the Irish, and there had sprung up ficrcc disputes and contentions among themselves, so that they wcrc not submissivc to thcir prince as thcy should be, for he vvas an aged man thcn, and hc was not able to unite his peoplc or to secure thcir hostages or plcdges since he (Hugh) had been capturcd, and age lay hcavy on him, for hc was now old. W'hcn the English of Dublin saw the territory in this condition they gavc order to thc troops which were away Ín the province of Olncccmacht6 that a certain number ofthem should go to thc tcrritory of Conall, son of Niall. Thc captains of thc peoplc who wcre appointed to go there wcre Captain Willis 7 and Captain Concll. They marched away with two hundrcd
the Castlc Park. Of thc old walls the only c Olneccmacht.—Axi ancient name of thc
part remaining is a piece incorporatcd with province of Cpnnaught, the orígin of which
some back buildings attachcd to the pre- is unknown.
miscs of Mr. Stephens, a merchant of the " W'ilHs. — See an account of the ravages
town. Sce The Donegal Hi^hlamis, by which hc wrought in Maguire's territory
Rcv. Dr. MacDevitt, p. 56; Dublin, n. d. in Introd., p. Iiii. MacSwiny Banagh at-
5 Heir. — Damhn'a, thc material out of tacked liim as soon as Hugh O'Donnell
which anything is made ; hcnce thc com- reached DonegaL O'Sullevan, Hist. Cath.,
pound Righdhamhna, a royal heir. p. 156.
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6a]T Uúait), (x ní ]io Aii]\\c t)k\ ]\éuiiini 50 ]\AiigACA]i T)un iia n^Att ro]\ ti]\ iA]xcAij;e. Daoi ó T)oiiinAitt ipn mbAite con uacIiax) rodiAixbe, 7 m ]\o péx)rAc iiac ní x)ó. Ilo bÁoi mAini]xi]\ btÁic benncob]\Ac hicompoc]\Ai1i> aii cttAtpceoit AttAchÍA]\ ro]\ u]\ ha cIiajja, 7 bA lie tu\ *OoiiniAitt acc ]iCx)bAi]\c thi]\o S. ^ponpeip pecc ]\'u\tii Atmo 1474, (x "oo 1C5I1ACC Apppnce 7 AcéteAt)A *Oé Cipce ah cah pm pop cechexi) (x lomJAbÁit ha n^Abt. Atnipc HA ^oitt ipin niAnipci]i, 7 x)o ^nÍAC ptnpte 7 pAittnnn X)o cCgxbuipAib t)íat)a •oei]\]\ice, 7 ^00 chubActAib ctA]\UAijce nACcetixb nT)é 7 ha hiac mbeACAX). 1lo chuippCc 'om aii mbtotó cípe ]\o bm ó bC]inup mó]\ co h6|\ne 7 50 gtenn Cotunnb citte nuc "peix)tumx) co roiiiAiitAijce rócAib 7 bA héccCn m^éitt 7
A11A1CC1]\1 X)0 dlAbA1]\C X)Ólb, UA1]\ 1)A 1lAX)bAt UÁ1Í1A11 7 1111 C5LA gAOTÓeAt A1l
lonbAtó pn ]\ia r-toí;ib ]\\xaii 7 ]\u\ Laóc1i]uvó LonxDAn (^enuvó uacax) X)oib) A]\ aLLiiia]ix)acc Aninmtt 7 aii écctnpcc 7 A]\ longtuvice Ane]\]uvó 7 aii C]itAb]\A,
7 tA pOJW]\CO]\mA11 A CC]10mpAX) 7 A CCApÚ]\, A CCA1]mieACC CAcllA, tA 5]1A111 7
jépAicecc An^Aipccex) 7 aii jaLL A]\m, a]\ ha]\ bo luvóniA eoLAp C]ienx)AchAib
]ÚA1Í1 5Ó pn. 5AbcA]1 La]' All UAcllAX) ftoig ptl AC]\tlb]\AniO]\ CA1]XU\tt bA01
po]\ eodiAi]i nneAtAii cúahi -01 nnte céniiCnx) o*Oún iia ngALt -pÍAp La Iiúa mbAoititt A11 bAite cAoipeAch cojwixbe x)o cenét ConAitt JntbAii. O ]\ob mnitt LAr ha ^wLLAib cCcciia Ai]\m uiibÁcA]\, 7 b]wigx)é ha c]uce pop accoiii- Arr, 110 oCgcAip c]UArAti cc]\ich co coiccCiro nAiroéipb 7 iiAnibtnx)nib iu\ troeipb 7 iia c]UA]wib, x>o jwix) Ambix) (x AmbCcArhnAip ropno, 7 m AticAip
x TheDuff. — Thisriver risesin the barony lated seniores (elders) by Colgan ; Trias
of Rosclogher, Co. Leitrim ; it is there called Thaum., p. 298, and sapientes (vvise), by
the Black River. It falls into Donegal Bay Usher ; Primordia, p. 895: Dublin, 1639,
four miles to the west of Bundoran. and by O Donovan, religious seniors ; An-
2 Monastery. — See Introd., p. cxxviii. nals F. M.,\. 417.
What follows would seem to refer to some- 5 Servants of God. — Hence the word
thing like a round tower, but there is no Culdees. See Reeves' Essay ' On the
tradition of any such having ever existed Celi-de, commonh/ called Culdees.' Trans-
there. The words refer perhaps to the bell- actions of R.I.A., xxiv. ; Dublin, 1873.
tower oí the church. G Sons of Life. — Wicked persons and
3 The Castle. — See Introd., p. xxvi. Sir malefactors of every kind were called sons Henry Sidney, the Lord Deputy, who visited of death.
it in 1566, says of it : ' It is one of the 7 Bearnas More. — See p. xiv., antea-
greatest I ever saw in Ireland in any Irish- 8 Glencolumcille. — A valley two miles
man's hands, and would appear in good in length and half a mile in breadth, in the
keeping one of the fairest, so nigh a port- N.W. extremity of Donegal. The western
able water as a boat of ten tons may come end of it opens on Glen bay, which has on
within twenty yards of it.' its southern side the cliffs of Malinmore
1 Religious. — The word sruthe is trans- Head. It has its name from a monastcry
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soldiers over the Duff,1 thc Drowes, and Assaroe, and they did not stop on 1592. their way till they camc to Donegal on thc shorc abounding in fish. O'Donncll was in the castle with a small body of troops ; yct they could not harm him. Thcrc was a fair monastcry- with a conical-cappcd tower near thc castlc3 to the west on the edgc of thc strand. O'Donncll had givcn it to the Ordcr of St. Francis long bcfore, in the year 1474. Its rcligious4 and servants of God had gone away at that time to fly from and avoid thc English. The English dwelt in the monastery, and they madc booths and tents of the holy retired dwellings and of the cclls of jointcd boards of thc scrvants of God 5 and sons of life.G They made subjcct to thcm thc part of the country from Bearnas More 7 to Lough Ernc and to thc Glcn of Columkille,s son of Fcdhlimidh, and it was ncccssary to givc pledgcs and hostages to them, for the Irish had great terror and dread at that timc of the English troops and of the soldiers of London (though thcy had only a fcw of them) on account of the strangeness of thcir wcapons and appcar- ance and the novelty of thcir armour and speech and thc loud noiseof their trumpets and tabours9 and war music, together with the cruelty and activity of their warriors, and the strange arms, for thc Irish had no precise knowledge up to that. The castle,10 which was on the edge of theharbour, two miles to the wcst of Donegal, was taken by a part oí the forcc of which we have spoken. Thc place belongcd to 0'Boylc,n a famous chicf of the tribe of Conall Gulban. Since these same English had a secure position there and the hostages of the country werc in their power, they used to go through the country commonly in companiesand in bands in twos and threes to carry off food and provisions for themselves, and they did not hesitatc to
establishcd there by St. Columldlle : a 9 Tabeurs. — A small drum, no doubt
part of which, with the leaba or bed of the from the same rootas the E rench tambour.
Saint, is still in existence. A Station much lu Castle.— In the townland oí Ballywell,
frequented by the people is here, having at on the water's edge, a mile by water from
intervals on both sides of the valley some the town. The site ís marlced on the
verv ancicnt incised crosses. Ofthepopu- Ordnance Map. A small part of the outer
lation we may with full truth usc the words wall, about six feet square, is still standmg.
of Petrie when speaking of the inhabitants u 0'Boy/e.—See Introd., p. \ 11. 1 heter-
of the islands of Arran : ' They have all ritory of the 0'Boyles was onginally the
the virtues peculiar to the Irish character, thrce tuatha ín the N.W • of the barony of
with, perhaps, as little admixture of its vices Kilmacrenan, ot whxch they were depnved
as the lot of humanity will permit.' by the M'Swinys. See Annals F.M., 111. 322.
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<\5 b]\eic ahaj nionic]\om 7 accCchac ccturiifoco chucA t>o j]ier. ^a^aic A5 cóctnneA'ó rmttró rtoíj (x rodiAróe "oia roigi-ó "oo -óut ca]\ bfnnur món -omgneim (x "oa^ahi ha cí]\e, 7 t>ia htnte "oitjdro uiia cno-ó 7 niiA cCc]\Aib, 7 -oia ca1>ai]ic ro t)AOi]ie 7 ro t>oc]\Aróe ro "óeóró. Aclic cfnA uai]\ ha]\ bo lAinn Ia T)ía ah "oitjCnn 7 ah •o]\oic1róiAch to jiactac 501LI rop tuchc ha cniche niA haca]toa "oítir butVóem, t>ur rucc tAir ah hiac cAinngCpcAÓ mo]\ttoiroAc (Aót> tlÚA-ó mAC Aó-óa nnc HlAJnurA) co cenét ConAitt nuc lléitt "oía ru]\cAcc 7 -oia roi]\icin t>iA rnAt>A'ó 7 t>iA rofnA-ó a]\ ah Amrr'me ncccnócA]\ neccnonn, reib "our vAimcc fflorre hiac Ani]\A icoi]\icm cuÁce 'Oé *oia fAO]it\-ó A]\ A11 n-OAoi]\e negepcACÓA.
An caii bA liAÍnfm t>o ha ^AttAib ro]\ An AbAi]\c Ac.]\ub]\Amo]\ aj* Aim ac coAr "oóib An "Rúa-ó Ac]\utA t>o curóechc -0011 cí]\, ]\or í;Ab c]\iodi on'iAin 7 nnf^tA iacc, 7 bA rAi]\ t>eirit> t'eó "oeipje ha c]\\c1ie "oia ccAoiiirACAir, 7 bA ró teo iia círcAir mce icci]\. *OÁtA <\óx>a uí *OhoiiniAitt ]\o codiui]i An cí]i chuccA, 7 m ]\o aii r]uú cotteícc (óc óuAtA nntteAt) (x, iiiíx)iac1i ha niAmircnec) 50 nAnmc 50 *Oún ha n^Att eineAc 1n mondiAib rnir ha jjAttAib. A\\ a aoi m cA]iccf ac aii cí]\ eíporii 1u roitt 5A11 cochc ro a co^Ainm (t>o neoc no c1iA]i]"AC é) iia neípb 7 11A mburómb AriiAit Ap 1301116 conpAngACA]!. "La ro'óAm ]io LÁroiii a cechcA a]\ ^111111«]' 11A ngAtt "oía uada ]\m jah ioni]hn]ieAt> no CrrnA*ÓA-ó irm ecctAir m bA ri]\ní, 7 hac ^ebcA ro]\]\A codic ah conAi]i buó tAinn teo, ac1ic ua niÁ 50 rrA]\ccbACAir "oía néip Aniboi teó *oo bú fol.io.3. & *°° b]\oit>, t>o c1i]\ub, 7 t>o c1ifch]\Aib "010111111111]' 7 "oéccÁit iia cníche a]\ cfnA. "pAjbÁic ía]\oiíi rocfcoi]\ reib ]\o ropcon^pA-ó ro]\]\A (x ]\obcA]i buróijg "oo ]\oc1icaiii ah Annionn teó, 7 nnroAc Arr ro]\ cútA-ó 1 coicceAt> otnéccmAcc o ccut>bcACA]\. 1a]\ nniicecc t>óibpt>e 1 mír reb]\UA]\i "oup nmncAirCc iia b]\Aiqu ro]i cútA-ó "oocom ha niAuiAi]X]\i 7 ^AbAicc occa
1lf]\5tA11At> & OCCA 1lACnÚAt)Ac1lAt) "OA]1 ép A11 ]>1AntAlj Attll'lA]\t)A 7 OC
•oénom Anui]\t> 7 A11 oirr]ienn AiiiAit bA-gnArAÓ teó, 7 occ A-ómottAt) aii coimt>et), oca acacIi 7 05A fcA]\juit>e rfcAt nAite t>A]\ cfiro acca]\acc 7 óf]\x ArrognAiiiA 7 t)A]\ ceAiro Aó-óa uí "óorimAitt ]'Am]\eAt), a]\ a^ é t>ur rucc
1 Profthecied. — On the belief of the Irish Jacobiíe Narrative of tlie War in 7re/a;?d,
in so-called prophecies at all times, see p. 1688-91, edited by J. T. Gilbert, p. 151 ;
• xxvii., antea. Aremarhable instance of the Dublin,i892. Howfalsethehopesinthis;case
persistency of such a belief, in reference were, we may see from 0'Kelly's Macarice
to an O'Uonnell too, will be found in the Excidium, pp. 140, 466; Dublin, 1850. case of Hugh Balldearg O'Donnell, in The 2 Moses. — Exod., iii. 7-10.
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take with them thcir hcavy cattle and long-flecced shecp at all timcs. Thcy 15 12. proceeded to call additional troops and hosts to thcm to gobevond Bcarnas Morc in order to oppress and plunder the territory and everywhere to rob them of their hcrds and flocks and to reducc thcm to slavcry and great misery in the cnd. But yet as the robbery and evil dccds which thc English practised on the pcoplc of thc country in their own dear native land were not pleasing to God, he gave thc prophccied x child of mighty deeds (Hugh Roe, son of Hugh, son of Manus) to the tribe of Conall, son of Niall, for their relief and succour, to protcct and free them from the merciless foreign tribe, as Moses,'2 the son of Amram, came to the aid of the people of God to free them from the Egyptian bondagc.
When the English learned the report of which wc have spokcn, and whcn it was told them that the Roe who had cscaped was comc to the country, a quaking fear and great terror seized on them, and they resolved in consequence to leave the country if they could, and they wished they had never come into it. As for Hugh O'Donnell, he summoned the country to him, and he did not wait for them then (because he heard of the spoiling and profanation of thc monastery), but he camc to Donegal face to face with the English. However, the country did not keep him long without coming to his call (such as were friendly to him) in companies and in bands as speedily as they could. Thereupon, hc sent his messenger to the English to tell them not to dclay or abide any longer in the church, and that they would not be prevented from going away by whatever road they pleascd, but only thcy should leave behind them whatever cattle, captives, herds, and flocks they had, and the riches and wealth of the country in like manner. They left thcm behind immediately as he ordcred them, and thcy were thankful to go away with thcir lives, and they returned to the province of Connaught whence they had come. After thcir departure in the month of February, the brethren returncd to thc monastery and sct about cleansing and renovating it after the barbarous crcw, and saying the divine office and the mass, as was their custom, and praising thc Lord in thcir praycrs and in their petitions somctimes on bchalf of their friends and of their bcne- factors, and especially of Hugh O'Donnell, for it was he that brought them
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uia ppttic&ng -oía po]vvó pp\itmcCctAi-ó (x "om nA|\ur Ait coipcneAC Gb |\o|xoi]:nercAin aii Ainprme Attiiu\]vóA tiAibib.
*OÁLa Aó-óa uí •ooriinAitt, tuióp-óe co hAiy C11A15 ipucir i 7 'oeip'ó mt>, 7 ■oo bC]\c Leije clitigA -00 coniicigpn a corf , 7 m ]\o pécpAc pieApAt) t>ó co no lieicejvóeLigce a tn o|vt>Ain pur po •óeói'ó, 7 m|i bo hojrtÁn co 'oiui'ó mbLiA'ónA. A]\ Á1 rm mr netccpurii "oe pur An né nm ^An •oénoifi pecip ní t>A coi]xcit>e t>o CACu^At) cúac, t)o iíiaLai]\c (x'oo mu'óu^A'ó riieinteAch, 7 t)Aice
A AlirpAtAt) A]\ A CppCCA1]\t)lt). t)ÓlpOlh 111A Oc1lA1]\tl ge A1l'lAlt AC]\tlb]\A11lA]\
ó lometcc co h-Aprut. Oc chípoiii At>UAi]\e ha 1u\uiip|\e C]\]\ch'Ait>e a]a mmcecc Gt f]\c]\u\tt iia pne p\rii]iACA cIiucca, t>A pot»A LAip nobói mA ocAi]Vtii;e cCn t>li]\5e An puinc aiiioaoi, cem connAi]\LeiccrCcc a teje t)ó, Gt bApet) -oo nóme caj\ AnC]\JAi]\e ceccA -oo dio]\ 50 cenét coiiAitt t)o neAch
]\obA ]\1A]\AC t)U\ CU1]X1Clb t)10b, 7 ACCAnCctoillAt) 7 A'CCIOnÓt At)OCU1ll
aLLacÍiai]\ *ooii cptÍAb Ai]\t)C]\c .1 . t)C]\nur mó]\ cí]\e 1iAet)A. 'OupiAcporii a fol. n.a. pCiroAt) tÁnii pon nncecc m An t)Ait, (x t)o lonÁtAC cIiucca nnbúi aLLacía]\ t>on cptÍAb AC]\ub]\Aino]A. T)up pcc Aiin ua DA0151LI Ua-ój ócc hiac Uató^ nnc Uoi|\|\t>etbAi5 cóipeAch co^Aibe t>o cenét coiiAitt. *Our nAimcc Ann hiac Suibne cíne bó^Ame, *Oonnc1iAt) itiac !T)Aoitmui]\e mCip^ií; nnc 1llA0itmui]\e nc TléiLt. Oa ré aii cnCp rC|\ 110 bióbicóipijecc Ariip\me tA pj ó ccoiiAitt, iac Suibne pÁnAcc, 7 hiac Suibne iia ccúac ah "ou\r HAite. Oacau u\cc cah^acca]! ipn coicCpcAt cCcciia aLLcai]\ t>on crLéib úa "OoriinAitt A Ac1lA1|\ purii Aóx> mAc 11Ujtui|\\ 11lic <dCt>1iA óicc mic AóbA ívtÍAro coha coiíiauii . 1 . aii I115C11 t>ub mgen cSéniAip nnc ^\tAXAiit>Ai]\ nuc Goín diACAHAig hiacaiu An 0Ct>1iA, 7 mgCn rrnc CAitm a niAcTiAi]\pt)e. t)A rCi]\]voe -oah Acutóecc pt>e ipn t)Ait a]a Áp b<\ cdro Ai]\te 7 accoiúai]\c t)o cenét conAitt, 7 5e]\bó popvó lonmÁttA 7 ge]\bo 1iAbmotcA m Aijvoib 11111Á, ]\o bAoi c]\otóe cti]\Ait> 7 inncmn pAnnupx Aice itteic p|\u\ ro]\nJAi]\e icci]\ po]\ pxn ccác
1 Beginning of ' Sfiring. — Iomelc\s derived Sedna, son of Fergus Ceannfoda, son of from immefolc, the beginning of spring, or Conall Gulban. See p. vii.. antea. from oi-me/s, sheep-milk, this beingthe time 3 MacSwi?iy of Tir B. — H\s chief dwel- when the sheep give milk. In O'Con- ling was Bawan, in the parish of Rilcar, nell's MS. Irish Dict. it is explained Feil barony of Banagh.
Brighde, i-e., Brigid's festival, February 4 Maehmiire. — i.e., tonsured in honour
ist. The Book of Righis, liii. of Mary, the servant of Mary ; it is often
2 Tir Hugh. — A barony in the south of latinized Marianus. Many Irishnames are Co. Donegal. It has its present name formed from the word mael prefixed to from Aodh (Hugh), son of Ainmire, son of names of Saints.
mi iiu
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back to their abodc of psalmody, to their pleasant hospitable dwelling, and i drove a\vay the savage foreigners.
As for Hugh O'Donncll, he returncd to Ballyshannon and remained there. Hc callcd in physicians to examinc his fcet, but thcy could not curc him until his two great toes were cut off in thc end, and hc was not quite recovercd for a whole year. Howcver, hc did not omit during that timc to do what was necessary to unite the people, to dcstroy and slay thievcs, and to avenge his wrongs on his enemies. He was on his sick-bcd, as we have said, from the beginning of spring1 to April. When he saw thc great cold of the spring season departing and the summcr wcathcr approaching, it seemed to him a long time to be on his sick-bcd without leaving the castle where he was, for his physicians did not permit him, and what he did, contrary to their prohibition, was to send messcngers to the Cinel Conaill (such of them as were obedient to his parents), and to assemblc and collect them to the east of the well known mountain, i.e., Bearnas More of Tir Hugh.2 He resolved to go himself to the meeting, and those that were to the west of the mountain which we havc mentioned assemblcd to him. 0'Boyle came, Tadhg Oge, son of Tadhg, son of Turlough, a famous chief of the Cinel Conaill ; MacSwiny of Tir Boghaine3 camc, Donough, son of M aelmuire 4 Meirgeach,5 son of Maelmuire, son of Xiall. Hewas the third man who was in command of the mercenaries of thc King of Hy Conaill, MacSwiny Fanad G and MacSwiny na dtuath being the two others. Those to the east ofthe mountainwho came to the same gathering were O'Donnell, his own fathcr, Hugh, son of Manus, son of Hugh Ogc, son of Hugh Roe, with his wife, i.e., Ineen Dubh, daughter of James, son of Alexander, son of John Cathanac, mother of Hugh ; the daughter of Mac Cailin 7 was hcr mother. It was an advantagc that shc came to the gathering, for she was the head of advice and counscl of the Cinel Conaill, and though she was slow and very dcliberatc and much praiscd for hcr womanly qualities, she had thc hcart of a hcro and thc soul of a soldicr,
6 Mcir^cach.—i.e., wrinhled. was the chicf of this territorv until lic was
* Fancui.— This district forms the N.E. driven from it by the MacSwinvs. Topog.
extremity of the barony of Kilmacrenan, J'ocms, \\.
extending from Lough Swilly to Mulroy 7 Mac Cailin. — i.e ., Mac Callum Mor, the
Lough, and from the sea southwards to Ra- EarlofArgyle. Aiterherfirsthusband'sdeath
melton. According to O'Dugan. O'Breslin she married Turlough Luincach O'Neill.
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conecCrcAiji, 7 ro]\ Acete rAHi]\eA'ó occ Aicé a» huitc 7 a hecópA ron 5ÁÓ 11Á011 "oon Aipttet), (x 110 linox) buit>ne ioiitóa a liAtbAm 7 A]tAitt 'oéi]\Cirocoib pD]i a coji 7 ro]i a ccommAr, ron a cuittme 7 ro]i a cuA]iA]XAit bu'ó'oem "oo j]ieAr, 7 50 rAinjiCóAC m Ai]iCcc bAoi a hiac (An TtÚA'ó), 1n ccimbróecc 7 1n cimii]ieAc1i 05 ^AttAib. Uaiihc "0A11 ipn corii'ÓAit cCciia hiac Suibne nA ccúac CógAii ócc iiiac 6o§Ain oícc nuc Co^Iiahi n"iói]i nnc *OoriniAitt, (x iiiac Suibne rÁnAcc, *OorimAtt mAC Uoi]i]vohetbAi5 nnc RÚAró]\i. DÁ ré ionAX) e]TOAtcA 111 ]\o 'ó&trAc ua niAice tnbtnub iccitt nuc nenÁm 111 eici]iiiiC"óon c]iioc1iaic cé'o cenúit tui^-oeAÓ pn tCiiAinn aii cuató, Ai]im m no 1iAtc Cotumb citte hiac peitun nnc "PengurA ah iiaoiíi aiíi]\a "oo cenét coiiAitt, Gc ]io bA-ó dó ]\o rocujC-ó ah ceAtt cCcup (x Armncerróe ]io 1ioi]i- •onuijce ua "OoriitiAitt 1n cChhacIic ha c]\idie, 7 bA ré Ai]\c1iin"oeAC iia citte fol. 11. b. cfcc11A no oijvoneA'ó, (x ]\obÁ"ó A]\ ónói]i 7 A]\ Ai]\miccm "oo iiaoh'i cotumb *oo gnici "0111 m"opn tA cenét cconAitt. Dacaji imo]\]\o ■o]\o]15A 'oiÁipnlie x>o cenét ccoiiAitt ua CAnj;Aco]\ Inpuróe "oon cu]ipn. Da •oibp'óe ■dó'ó hiac Aóx>\ 015 nnc Aét)1iA HúÁi'ó. Da ■otob rtiochc aii CAtbAijmic niA^nurA nuc Aet)1iA óicc. 1lo bACA]i beófonong n'ió]\ -00 ctAnn cSuibnenAcc]\ecuniniArcc ÍA]1 ha ccorAim Ar a ccí]\ ó cém n'iAi]i 7 Ar ahh ]io AiccjieAbpxc roji u]i tocliA "PeAbAit nuc LoccAm, Gfc ApAcc bA cuipj niomgonA, 7 bA cuAijiccnróe cacIia t>on CAtbAcli UAt)onmAitt 6b "oia pot nA'oCgliAroh. 11iCAinnic aiiii oT)oc1iA]t- CA15, SeAAn 05 CAOireAc cpocliAic ce*o hmre heógliAin nnc Tieitt, uai]i Aré
1 Scotland. — The employment of Scotch See The Battle of Magh Leana, p. 106.
auxiliaries about this time was very com- O'Donovan says the cantred contained
mon in the north of Ireland. Frequent thirty ballybetaghs or one hundred and
mention is made of them in The Annals twenty quarters of land, each quarter con-
F. M. It was but natural that Ineen taining one hundredand twenty Irish acres.
Dubh should put special reliance 011 her Tribes, &"c, of Hy Fiachrach, p. 149. See
countrymen. ' The Townland Distributions of Ireland,'
2Both ftlaces.—i.e., from the east and by Reeves, in The Transactions qf the
from the west of Bearnas More. R I.A., vii., 473; Dublin, 1860.
3 Cantred. — So the Irish triochat is 4 Leannan. — It rises in the south of the
usuallv translated. 0'Curry quoting from barony of Kilmacrenan, and flowing to the
an ancient Irish poem, says there were N.E,,passes closetothe villagesof Dromore
thirty townlands in each cantred. A town- and Kilmacrenan, and falls into Lough
land sustained 300 cows and contained Swilly at Ramelton. It was the boundary
twelve ploughlands besides, the ploughland of Fanad.
being as much as a six-horse plough could 5 Erenach. — The origin of this word is
plough in a whole year. For instance, very doubtful. Colgan says he was a person
Meath is said to contain eighteen cantreds, appointed to exercise authority over those
Connaught thirty more, Ulster thirty-five. who held church lands. Trias Thaum., p.
4i
inasmuch as she cxhortcd iii cvcry way each onc that she was acquainted ' 59- with, and hcr husband cspccially, to avenge his injurics and wrongs on cach according to his descrts. Shc had many troops from Scotland,1 and some of the Irish at hcr call and under her control, in hcr hirc and pay * constantly, and espccially during thc time that her son (the Roe) was in prison and confincd by thc English. Thcre camc to the same mccting MacSwiny na dtuath, Owen Oge, son of Owen Ogc, son of Owen Morc, son of Donnell, and MacSwiny Fanad, Donncll, son of Turlough, son of Maelmuire. The precise place where thc nobles of both placcs2 came together was at Kilmacrcnan, in the middle of the cantrcd3 of thc Cincl Lughaidh, on thc north of the Leannan,4 the place wherc Columkille, son of Feidhlimhidh, son of Fergus, the rcnowned saint of thc Cincl Conaill was fostcred, and it was by him the church was first established, and in it the O'Donnell was inaugurated in thc chieftaincy of his tcrritory, and it was thc ercnach5 of the same church that inaugurated hinj; and it was through respect and rcverence for St. Columb that this was done thcre by the Cinel Conaill. There were also innumerable bodies of thc Cincl Conaill who did not come therc on that occasion. Of these was Hugh, son of Hugh Oge, son of Hugh Roe. They were the descendants of Calvagh,6 son of Manus, son of Hugh Oge. Among thosc also who took no part in it was also a large number of the clann Swiny, who, having been banished from their territory long before, dwelt then on the margin of thc Lough of Febal,7 son of Lottan, and they wcre thc lcaders in battle and captains of fight of Calvagh O'Donnell and of his posterity succcssively. Shane Oge 0'Doherty,8 chicftain of the cantrcd of thc island of
631. Insomeplacestheoffice seemstohave counties of Derry and Donegal; at its
been hereditary. The Four Masters use mouth it is only a mile in width, at its
the word as synonymous with abbot. On widest part it is over tcn. In ancient times
this question, see O'Hanlon's Life of St. all the extcnt of watcr from LitTord to the
Malachy, p. 1 16, Todd's Life of St. Patrich, sea went by this name. Lodan was one of
p. 160 ; Dublin, 1864, Colton's Visitatiofi, the Tuatha De Danaan chieftains. edited by Reeves, p. 4 ; Dublin, 1S50. 8 CDohcrty.— This familv was descended
6 Calvagh. — See Introd., pp. xii. and from Conall Gulban. See Introd., p. xii.
cxxv., for the reasons whv his descendant Shane 0'Doherty spohen of hcre died
did not join Hugh Roe O'Donncll. in 1600; he was father of Sir Cahir,
" Lough of Febal. — Now Lough Fovle. about whom see Meehan's Flight of the
It is an inlet of the sea which divides the Earls, p. igi.
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<\n quocliAcécpn ]u\mn rjCo^An ó CotiAitt tjo churo ]\ontiA, 7 rju]' pnc co cemét cconAitt 1n rpchip. t)ACA]\ "onong mó|\ tjo n'iumci|\ 5AttcobAi]\ jau cechc autj Aiiuvit chÁch c]\ía nuop3Air 7 n'ií]\ún. 1a]\ cA]\cctoinAT> ah uacató ftóij; pn 1n ccfnn a chéte, ]\o eictpóetigrfc ah Ai]uj 7 An UArAit iniAigin ron teic 7 caIdaicc ac cquró a coriiAinte 7 05 a ^cpírjATJ 7 05A ]\eiriiT>eiccp cionnu]* no r/oibe]\cAtr- a uaiíiaicc, 7 no bf]\cAt]* ro A]\ei]\ tjo ]nt>iri au cÁc acuuLa hinurJiiÁÓAr ÚAróib 7 AinbAÓi m"o fp\oncA rmú no éenét conAitt ro tjém. Da p\in -oeiprj Ia]* iia niAicib 7 Ia 1iúa nT)oihnAitt reipn (o ]io Ai]U5frcAi]\ a eni]\ce 7 Aróbte a Aotp) a ciíjeAtniAr r>o cet^eA-ó tjia rriAc . 1 . •oo Aor) Rúavj £fc ó "OorimAitt r>o §At]\ni "óe. 1lo riiotpu; cÁch hiccotccmrje aii coriiAtnte lupn, (x ]\o gtnce rAriitAró. *Oo ]\accat) ah
CA1]\chl1TOeAC 01 A pMpT) tÍA f?1]r£lt ACAC01ÍU1A1C 1lo 01]\rj11 f]XA1]\pfJe A11
cúórj "Rúatj hi ccfnnAcc 11 a cníche tA roncon^tA (x tA beAnt)AchcAin <\ ac1ia]\, (x "oo ]\ome o]\t» aii aiiiiia reib at cechcA ]\o bA 511AC túa cenét fol. 12. a. 50 1*111,7 T>o ^a]\a o T)oiimAitt r>e. ^a^aicc cte]uc ha citte occ fccA]\- juroe aii choniroefj tja]a a chfnT), £t occ caiicaui prALtn 7 hvmon uro onoin C]U]'c 7 A11 Chotuunb AC]\ub]\Aino]\ uii hroínriuje a ]>tAiciup\ AniAit rA bér T>óib. X)<\ hipn cufr tAiche tjo n'iír 111ai tjo roiro}\At>h j\o ^Aipnftj a 5Ai]\m -f-tAcA fjepoiu tjoii chu]\ rm.
1592.
Uui]\CeCCA -AÓTJA ívÚAITJ ÍA]\Olh O }\0 hoi]\TJ1ieATJ 11TO 1011AT) A AC<\]\ A1l'lAlt
]\obd céchcA, nír ]\eticc eip\eifjeAT> iia fccA]\rccAUAT> ó a]\ oite -oon uacatj ftótj tjo ]\AtA iia ]>och<\i]\ eicci]\ cnoigceAch (Sb niA]\cAch, 50 ]\ahaic ipti ccoicciuch 50 cenét CogliAm nnc 11éitt, a]\ bA hotc a tola rniú au caii rom, uai]\ bACA]\]*ATÓe occ ro]\]\Án ro]\ a cípputh o ]\o tÁ tAige 7 emuce
1 Islandof ' Eoghan. — i.e., Inishowen; not but to O'Donnell also. See C. C. AISS., ii.
strictly an island, but a peninsula between 435.
Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly. Itwasfor- - O'Gallagher. — This family took their
merly the patrimony of Enna, hence called hereditary surname from Galchobar, sixth
Tir Enda. Afterwards it passed into the in descent from Maelcobha, monarch of
hands of the descendants of Eoghan. In Ireland from a.d. 618 to 622, who was son
the fourteenth century it came into posses- of Aodh, son of Ainmire, son of Sedna,
sion of the Cinel Conaill. Book of Righis, son of Fergus, son of Conall Gulban. See
p. 132. In The Descripti,07i of í/is/er, Iveating's H. of Ireland, p. 393. The Four
written in 1586, it is stated that Ó'Doherty Masters give a detailed account of the dis-
was forced to pay tribute not only to O'Neill putes that took place between the O'Galla-
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Eoghan,1 son of Xiall, did not comc thcre bccausc this cantred was thc i portion given to Eoghan from Conall from his sharc in thc division, and it camc back to the Cincl Conaill again. Thcre was a large numbcr of thc clann Gallaghcr,2 who, like othcrs, did not comc therc, through spitc and dislike. Whcn this small body of forccs had bccn brought together the chicfs and the nobles withdrcw to a place apart, and'thev proceeded to take counscl, and to inquire and forecast how thcy might attack thcir cncmics and bring undcr their obedicnce once more all of thc Cincl Conaill itsclf who wcre at variance with and divided from thcm. Thereupon it was agrccd on by thc nobles and by O'Donnell himsclf (since he was aware of his feeble- ness and advanced age), to transfcr his chicftaincy to his son, i.e.f llugh Roe and to proclaim him Thc O'Donncll. All unanimously applaudcd that resolution, and it was done accordingly. The crcnach, i.e., O'Fcrghil, was scnt for. Hc inaugurated Hugh Roe in the hcadship of the tcrritory by the order and with thc blcssing of his fathcr, and hc performed the ceremony of naming him in the legal way that was the custom of his tribc hitherto, and he called him The O'Donnell. The clergy oí the church proceeded to supplicate the Lord 3 on his behalf, and to sing psalms and hymns in honour of Christ and of Columb of whom we spoke, for the success of his sovereignty, as was usual with them. It was the third of thc month of May exactly that his title of Príncc was confcrrcd on him on this occasion.
1592.
As for Hugh O'Donnell, after hc was duly inaugurated in his fathcr's placc in a lawful way, hc did not aJlow the small force of horsc and foot which hc had with him to scatter or scparatc until he camc into thc territory of the tribe of Eoghan, son of Niall, as he hacl a great grudgc against thcm at that time, for they used to lay waste his tcrritory cvcr sincc his fathcr had grown wcak and infirm and hc himself had bcen captured by thc
ghers andthe O'Donnells, the formerbeing very frequently in the Leabliar Breac and
in League with Calvagh O'Donncll and other ancientlrish MSS., and, according to
Turlough Luineach O'Neill in opposition O'Donovan, is always applied to Christ, not
to Hugh Roe's father. Annah F. M. v. to the HolvTrinitv, as O'Brienand O'Reillv
1873. See p. xlvii., antea. have erroneously asserted. Atmals F. Af.t
3 Thc Lord. — The word Coimhdhc cccurs vi. 2073, n.
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ron a ac!iai]i, 7 o ]\o hep^AbAX) é bux>x>éín Ia ^AttAib. "£Ác oite Ann x>An A]i ]tobcA]\ iax> cenét n6oJAin bA coitt ro]xcAix> fx bA x>or xnxmi t)o §nér t>a ^ac Áon -oo cenét ccotiAitt rA t>ém no r]tioc1iA]\x>AX) (x no imjtCrnA-ijeAT) m ajató a rrbACA pjvóítrp, (x, nín bo *oóibpx)e nAmÁ acIic t>a jac neAch in eccAi]\cnic1i no biot> rpncbenc nó nro eccjtAiccCr rni cenét ConAitt A]\ a rmorcAir nro. A]\Aitt beór iii]t boc CAipvoCriitAcc (x mn boc ca]iac]iat) im o]\ oite 'oon chu]t pn Ua 11éitt (Uoi]i]vóetbAC LmneAC mAc Tléitt conAttAij) 7 aii ciA]\tA ó néitt (&ót> iiiac "pi]tT>oi]tce) ]iobA T)e]\bi]ur "óópDrii Gc t>ía acai]i x)o j;]ier, conA-ó A]t ua rocAibpn bA ro]t]\A T>uc]teccAin t>uLa icco]tac t>o piomA-ó a céx)5Ai]xix) 7 xnmbCnc a Aincnróe (x a bA]iAin-oe. 1a]i ]iocbcAm •oon úaca-ó rtóíjpn 1 ccenét 6o§Am ]\o énoicrCcc (x, ]io int)i]irecc An nobA couimCrAm xbóib T>on c]ndi. 5oncArS AintijcCn ^Ach Áon ]iob méchcA a]\a ]iu^acc A11 rtog. puAi]\rCcc ét)AtA iomt)A bó 7 x)Ain1i, 7 ^ac nróite A]i cCnA ip iia coiiiroc]iAibe, "0015 m x>eAchAcco]\ ]\Aibc1ie ]\Cmpu. 11i ]io pAoitpCcc cnA An cín -Aóxiti Uúax) X)o einghe 1u cc]iAÍcce Ar aii tighe och]\Aipr AtnbAoi, fx m c1iA]ix)rAc x>iA nóix)1i (x m bAoi ro]t mCnniAm -óóib ceicheAT>h ]\ia ccenét cconAitt ó chém riiÁi]\. fol. 12. b. Ar Ann cy\A bAoi ■oúnÁjiAr uí lléitt (Uhoi]i]vóeAtbAi§ Lumi^) au lonbAró
pn An An Sc]iAcbmbÁn bAit 1u coiíi]\aic ah x)a rCnAbAnn roptAtwT) x>íte iia x)Cx)1iai5 r]u Anoite . 1 . "Pionn Gc mox)1iA]in, (x ni]i bo ^uac AiccpeAb nA Ai]npuiii uí lléitt 1n rurohe ^uy ah ccoinjvoeALbAc hipn. 11i]\ uó moiX)e r-Amrenc -Aór/liA llÚAró im 11a Héitt ócc cliUAtA ^on ]io T>Átrorii AX)oc1ium x)í a iiC]icax) m a^Iiaix) cenét conAitt (x Aox>1ia nnc pi]vóo]tcí)A mtc Cumn bACAit (nopA ca]ia (x no bA ctiAiiiAm X)órom) m cAipcm ai]\]\t>C]\ca cAipcm uuitir fx, cai]dciii rutonc An AnmAnnA co x)ib céx)Aib tAocli teó combÁco]\ tAir Ati CAnpn, (x, nt AncAif X)o 5]ie]' ac1ic acc b]iAc1i (x CAircceteAX) An cíne uia ccimcheALL. 1Da coc]iax) mCnniAn, 7 bA coniibpreAT) c]\ix>he tA 1i<\ót>1i úa n*Ooiimoitt
1 Fric7idly. — See an account of the battle is said to be that occupied by Castle House, that took place eight years before this near in Castle Street. No trace of it remains. Strabane, between Turlough Luineach and 3 Left behi/id. —Th& Irish Annalists make Hugh O'Neill, in which Turlough and his frequent mention of the bursting forth of English allies were defeated, in Annals lakes and rivers throughout the country. F. M., v. 1813. They even go so far as to set down thevery
2 Strábane. — i-e., the white strand, a year when these eruptions took place. town in Co. Derry, sixteen miles south 4 Willis. — The outrages and exactions of Derrv. The site of O'Neill's residence practised by him and the English under his
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English. Thcrc was anothcr rcason too, for thc Cincl Eoghain wcrc a wood of refugc and a bush of shcltcr at all timcs for cvcry one of thc Cincl Conaill itsclf who opposcd and rcsistcd thcir own truc princc, and not only for them but for evcry one in other tcrritorics who was in opposition to or in enmity with the Cinell Conaill by reason of their hatrcd of thcm. Besides, the O'Xeill, i.c., Turlough Luineach, son of Xiall Conallach, and thc Earl 0'XTeill, i.e., Hugh, son of Ferdoragh, who was always attachcd to Hugh and to his fathcr, wcrc not friendl^1 and affectionatc to each other then. Wherefore, for thesc reasons it was against thcm hc wished to go first to perform his first feat of arms and to display his enmity and anger. When that small force had come to Cinel Eoghain, thcy harassed and preyed that part of the country near thcm. Every one fit to bear arms whom thc army got hold of was wounded and slain. They found much spoil of cows and oxen and every sort of beast too in the neighbourhood, because warnings had not preceded them, nor, indeed, did the peoplc of the territory imagine that Hugh Roe would rise so soon from thc sick-bed on which he was, and they did not conceivc in their thoughts nor did it occur to their minds to fly before the Cinel Conaill for a long time before.
At that time the residence of the O'Xeill (Turlough Luineach) was at Strabane,2 the place of meeting of the two ancient rivers which the deluge left behind 3 together, i.e., the Finn and the Mourne, and it was not the custom oftheO'XeilI to dwell or stay thcre, cxccpt this Turlogh. Thc affection of Hugh Roe for O'Xeill was not incrcascd whcn he learncd that he had invited to him to strengthen himself against thc Cinel Conaill and Hugh, son of Ferdoragh, son of Conn Bacach (who was his fríend and brothcr-in-law), two famous captains named Captain Willis 4 and Captain Folart,5 together with two hundred soldiers who wcrc with him at that time, and thev never ceased espying and prying about the country all around.
It was anguish of mind and a great heartbreak to Hugh O'Donnell that
commancl in Fermanagh and later in Donc- 5 Folari. — He is called by the Four Mas-
gal, while Hugh Roe was confined in ters Foal, vi. 1983, and Fool by CSullevan.
Dublin Castle, are given by him and by Hist. Cath., p. 165. His name seems to
Maguire as the chief reasons why they took have been Fuller; so we may infer from CC
up arms. See pp. xlvii. and liii., antca. MSS., iii; p. 156.
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gAitt *Ouibtinne "oo -óenorii eotAir a ac1ia]vóa nÁch Ati cIiuiccto An cCua, A]t ni]i uo he|iurA iiatoiii Ainuincinir r]nr ah ccacIi ac ctuine-ó 1n ccAÍ|vonie r]u jAttoit) An Aióbte nobui AnCcAngnA 6c An eotur occa 6c a]ia -ÓAiche ]to imbi]\rCc An Anicniohe $<mi rocliAnn rAi]t. 1a]i nnronC'ó aii cí]ie -óórorii AriiAit ac ]\ut)]iAinon, roAir ro]t ccútAib -oía ch]nch reirm. Tlín uo cími a\i 10'ohnAi'óe bAoi ro]i Aó-6 úa n'Ootimoitt ÍAnrufóe au cAn "oo 'óeAcliAró -oía rechcriiAine -oo ]iix>ip "oo in"0]\AX> cí]ii Tleo^liAHi. 'Oo ia^Iiaicc AiccneAbAÍj An cí]ie An t>a]ia rechc conA ccnu-ó 7 conA ccCch]iAit) conA momiiArAit) 6c coua motriiÁoim1i) ro]i AcheicheA"ó 6c ronA lom^ADAit bAit Ar ri]iiorii con]iAn;gACA]t. UeTOroiii conA ftoj mA teAniri^m 6c mA tui]icc co jiAnmcc Ciaiiacca ^tnroe 5eirnmnj 6c ó t)o coCcc m íonrooriiAm aii cíne, Ar Ann ac cu<vp t>ó úa lleitt (coi]i]\x>eAt- bAch) conA rochnATOe gAtt 6c ^AOTOeAt 6c coua ftój A]t cCnA x>o bic uia com- -poch]iAi1i) 6c wa nunroichitt. Oc chÚAtAromh c]ia An nípn,no gAinrmcc ro cCccoi]i a choriiAi]itij 7 AcumgC'ohA cacIia cu^a, 600*00 niAchcAccAn Acréx» nA fol. 13.«. rccétA cecnA x>ói15, 6c An coircc miA mbúi occa cco^liAinm conepenc rnm. Ac cÚAtÁrA eíccm tA hÁor rCrA 7 éot<Mr ju]\Ab t>C]tb A]iorcc Ai]t]róC]ic o chCm, ^ac rtuAJ nAÓ fAigh rAigrvóCn. -drT>e aca tCmrA morm, A]1 eriorii, -oia brA]iccbAm aii c]uoc x>on chunrA 6c cút x>o cocliAn r]n An nAiriroib 11011 tCnrAicrvóe ro]t a]i tung 6c rop. A]i rroittmchc x>ia]i rrobAinc co reocliAin mA]i nx>iuTO, 7 bró x>C]ib teó ^un Ab ctÁr 6c cnnme ro -oenA miin gAn AnionroijjeAT) icci]i. TTIa'ó ex> x>o ^CnAimne cécur a rrobAinc purii 1n reécpA co hAthnup Am'oiu'o nvp netccre An UAiiiAn 7 au cnróCnbA-p "oóibriorii iiac t>on Amrrme eccnonn ptCc miAitte pnu A]i co§]iAim t>o vtítViri.
Tío riiotfAc cac A]1 cCnA Ati comAinte lnpn. T)o jmAcc ÍA]iom rAi]i AitiAit Acnut)Ai]\criurii, A]i t)o be]icpAc robAi]ic bio'ó'bA-ó 6c Ammur autoia]1]iai5 ro]i]iA nni'óme'óon tAoi "oo fon'onA'ó. Oc chÍAccporii cenét CotiAitt "oia rAi^TO m no AnrAc r]uú, acc ciCjaic ron a momJAtxMt 50 A]ioite cAiroAtt ]io bm ro]i
^TirEoghain. — z'.£.,theterritoryofEoghan the Irish Annals by the name of O'Conor
son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. For of Glen Geimhin. Keenaght is a barony
itslimits seeTheBooko/Cazl/ui,\)p. 395-405. in N.W. of Co. Derry. Top. Poems,xvl
- Cianachta. — The tribe called Cianachta, 3 Glimie Geimhin. — The nameis preserved
i.e., the race of Cian, was descended from in that of the old church of Dungiven, in
Cian, son of Olioll Olum, king of Munster the southern part of thebarony of Keenaght.
in the third century. After the establish- 4 Attacbed. — This same saying occurs in
ment of surnames the principal family of a poem by O'Slevin, in which he urges
Cianachta of this territory took the sur- O'Neill to give battle to Brian Borumha.
name of O'Conor, and is distinguished in War ofthe Gaed/ii//d^c.,p. 125.
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thc English of Dublin should obtain a knowlcdgc of his patrimony or of the provincc cithcr, íor it was not casy to establish a friendship with any onc vvho was reported to be in amity with the English on account of the great information and knowlcdgc which they had, and of the vindictiveness with which thcy had inflicted cruelties on him without cause. When he had wasted the territories, as we have said, he returned to his own country. Hugh O'Donncll did not delay long after that, for hc went back on that day week to plundcr Tir Eoghain.1 Thc inhabitants of thc country, a sccond time, with their hcrds and fiocks, with thcir treasurcs and chattcls, wcnt away, in order to fiy and avoid capturc, to the remotest places they could. He went with his forces in pursuit of them and on their track until he came to Cianachta2 Glinnc Geimhin,3 and when he had gone far into the territory, he was told that Turlough O'Neill with his force of both English and Irish and with his own troops also was in the neighbourhood and awaiting him. As soon as he heard that, he called his counsellors and his heroes in battle to him immediately, and when they had come he told them the samc tidings and the business for which he had summoned them, and said to them : 'I have heard it for certain from persons of knowledge and expcri- ence that the well known saying has always proved true : every army which does not attack will be attacked.4 Wherefore, it seems to rae' said he, ' if we abandon the territory now and turn our backs to our cnemies, they will follow on our track and on our footsteps to attack us boldly on our rear, and they will feel sure that wcakness and fear is our rcason for not attacking thcm at all. But if wc first make thc attack now boldly, obstinately, fear and deadly terror will not allow them or the forcign tribc that is with them to follow us again.'
All alike approved of that opinion. They did then in rcgard to it as he said, for they made a resolute attack and an angry advancc on thcm in the middle of the day exactly. When they saw the Cinel Conaill coming towards them, thcy did not wait for them, but wcnt off to escapc from them to a certain castle5 that was on the bank of thc Roe,° this is a river
5 Caslle. — The castle of Limavaddy. thc barony of Keenaght, and running due
0 Roe. — This river rises in the Sperrin north, falls into Lough Foylesixmilesabovc mountains, near thc southern boundary of Limavaddv.
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b]\ú ha 1Ioa, AbAiin ifit>e pt 1n ciAnAchcAib gtmne geiriun. b^ 'OAingeAn •oicojtAróe aii CAifciAtt uai]\ ]\o bui ctoÓAtt cAifjvgróe "oo cAOib 'óe conA Iaiiica a tewi "oon tec "oia mbm. bACAf ioLa]\ múf (x mófctAfA'ó & cLaú ccoriroAm^Cn t>on caoL AfAiLL t>e coiia Laiíica ní "00. bA tnon rtóij 7 rocliA-róe ah cAifciAtL hirin, 7 ni]\ uo hCfvUfA a lonifuróe icci]\. O f aiij;aca]\ forii ro -óAingeAn ah •oúiiAró ]\ia fíu ]\aiiiicc tA Iiúa n'OorimAitL conA ftuAj; ]\ochcAin ferinb, ^eibAró o *OoriniAitt ton^fofc t)on cÁoib AfAitL'oon AbAinn
50 A]\ A t)A]"lAch. *OÁtA UÍ CllACA11l, 1vUArÓ]\1 1111C TTlAJnUfA 1111C 'OondlAI'Ó 1111C
SCahi cóifiuch aii cí]\e, f Aoróif AceccA t>o fAijro uí *Ohon'inAitt, 7 rcqubenn ÍAif. AfCt) bui hiruróiu oca a^ ]\At) ^uf bó -oaLca "óórom o *OorimAiLL ]UArAn CA11 fin, (x 50 fonCnAifcc ACAfACfAt) ó cCm ffif, 7 ]\o fÁit> cIiucca hiomAifccróe t>ó (aii t>A]\ LAif) A]\ AbA aii chA]-iAC]\Ai-ó 1ufin au ccfeich bA t>uf fAiincc fO]\ AfAOfAn'i tx coniAi]\ce t>o tegeA'ó *óó Án lonbAróftn, 7 hac Af feiLccfeAÓ chuccA t)o fróip -oia mbecnom fO]\ a tufcc. Uo cmjeALL beof fol.13.Zi. "oa cfeAtAm t>écc niAfCAÓ t>o úa *OomniAtt A]\ fAoi]\e, 7 fnÁ-óA"ó t>on chÁe "oo
•OeACACAf fOf A 10nc1lAlb "OOII CUffHI.
SoAif ó *OoiimAitt fof cútA-ó, Achc iia mÁ ]\o Aifif mfm ccfic *oiA]\bo furótCf 11A bú "oia cca]\cc comAifce 50 cenn ceofA noróce con AtÁib o^Atoc 7 occÁ tAiniiiitteA-ó 50 ]UAchc fo •óeóró 50 a cíf feifm. O ]\AnAicfiurii 50 a •óúnAfAf 50 *Ouii iia 115 Att 'oefró hifuróiu, 7 "oo bfCcliA a teige cIiucca t>o choinichijfin a choff , (x AUAró occa ocf Af f]u ]\é t)Á linof, 7 ]\o técc curiif AHAt> ■oíÁ fto^ aii ai]\Ccc fin. b^ fot)A tAifium fo bin úa 1léitt con a §AtLAib jau fUAbAifc ffif m fé fin. 1lo cAfcctoniA-ó a fboj -oia fAlgit) ía]\ CAifccpn An -oa niíof AC]\ub|\oniA]\, 7 -oo coiftCc Aff ca]\ bCftiAf mo]\, ca]\ pnn, ca]\ TncÓAifn, j;uf au ]X]\ac mbÁn bAite imbACAf ha ^aiLL 7 úa Héitt t>uf An
CCA1]\f1CC1f AmboCjllAt. O 11A fAfgbACAf 11A £AltL "0^1115^11 A11 t)ÚnA1t) t>1A
ffobAi]\cfiom An'iAit bA mCnniAfc t)óib, bA fet> t>o ]\ónfAc cdnce 7 cCnt>ÁtA t>A t>út> 7 t>A t)Anx)At> 1n cCcCof a h Aifoe aii bAite, 7 m ]\o f ccAff ac f]\if gun ]\o
1 Strong part. — Donjon, thestrongtower. mentioned in Thc Book of Rights as being
2 CPCahan. — These were a branch of the given by the chiefs to the ldngs as atribute, Cinel Eoghain. In the twelfth century they and by the kings to the chiefs as a stipend. drove out the O'Conors. The Book of Thus ' the truly heroic king of Ui Liathain Rights, p. 50, n. An account of this clan was entitled to a steed and trappings (from) will be found in The Ulster Journal of across the high sea ' from the king of Arch<xology, iii. 1. ; Belfast, 1855. Cashel. p. 83.
3 Horse-trappings. — These are often 4 Finn — This river rises in Lough Finn,
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in Cianachta Glinne Gcimhin. Thc castlc was strong and impregnable, for thcrc was a stcep cliff by thc sidc of it, so that it was not possible to leap ovcr on thc sidc whcrc it was. Thcrc wcrc numcrous walls and a great trcnch and a strong rampart on the other sidc, so that no attcmpt could be made on it. That castle was a sheltcr for a host and an army, and it was not easy to besicgc it. As they had reachcd the strong part l of the castlc before Hugh O'Donncll and his army could succccd in coming thcrc, O'Donnell cncampcd on the other side of the rivcr till the ncxt day. As to Rory O'Cahan,2 son of Manus, son of Donough, son of John, chicf of the territory, he sent a mcssengcr to O'Donnell and with him a lcttcr. In it he said that O'Donnell was his foster-son before this time, and that he had entered into friendship long bcfore with him, and he sent him word that it would be becoming, hc thought, owing to that fricndship, that he should lcavc to him the property which had come under his care and pro- tection, and he would never again admit such if hc was in pursuit of it. He promised also twelve horse-trappings3 to O'Donncll if he would secure and protect all who had come for protection to him thcn.
O'Donnell withdrew, but yet he remained in the country which owncd the cattle to which he gave protection for the spacc of thrcc days and three nights, plundering and wasting it, and then at last he came to his own territory. When he came to his castle at Donegal he remained there, and his physicians were brought to him to examine his feet ; the illness remained with him for the space of two months, and hc allowcd his troops to rcst during that time. It seemed to him long that O'Ncill and his English should not have becn attacked during that time. He assembled his troops after two months' preparation of which wc havc spokcn, and they went off through Bearnas More across the Finn,4 across thc Mourne to Strabane, the place where the English and O'Neill were, to see if he could do thcm harm. Since the English did not leavc thc strong part of thc castle in order to attack them, as thcy werc anxious thcy should do, what they did was to ldndle and light up fírcs and conflagrations in thc four quarters of the town, and they did not go away until thcv had burned and
in the barony of Boylagh in west Uonegal, Lifibrd, where the unitcd rivers take the and flowing due east, joins the Mourne at name of the Foyle.
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toipgpCc 7 jup ]\o mtnnpCc Aiiibtn t>o coijib rju mú]iAib reAccAift, Gb j;u]t nor ctnnpCc ,OA|i cCiro •oo ]1Á1C combA tó]i *oo codn\]i neich rop lomnott 7 Ainéot au •otuuiicéo •oiatj "oo "oeAcliAt) Cb mic1nAn on mbAite, Gc bA irm
OchcillA'Ó "OeCC 1lltl1 t)0 ]10t1AT) inT)pin. O IIACAIl^ACAn C]1A11A ^Altt TJAtlACAt
iiac -oiiiróC^liAit An bAtte ro]i]iA, rA^bAicrmm é ÍA]i ha ojiccuhi rAttitAfó Gt ciCjaicc t>ía ccigib cen 11 ac r]ucbeA]ic rum.
lomcurA -AótjVia uí 11éitt (aii ia]VIa) ac pAt>A]i runn r CccAt HAite, ó ]io Aijujporit lomcnub 7Ainmme AT)C]\bpne bu"ó "oem rm Íiúa n*OoriinAitt 7cCnCoit CoiiAitt tnte Achc niATJ bCg, 7 AmbCic A5 rub<M]\c ^aVI "Ouibtmm rAi]i, ApCú •oo ]iome rAijnó ah aíjuoj; ]\o bm pn tAim II15 Saxah m nur CneAnn, 1. lunttiAm "PizumttiAm, Aré ]io bA 1up;ir An CAn pn, (x, ó t>o T>eAc1iAt) m a t>ocoiii Acbepc pur cont)up pocpAT) o T)oiiinAitt ro c1io]ia GccAonchomnAC chuccA "01 a
f0l.i4.ff. CCA1vo<vo AnACAt 7 lOmfnATJAT) *ÓÓ A]1 AbA A11 éttlT)A AC |UltA. UmjeAttAI]" Atl
1«rctr co brmghbice AtiiAit ]io 1no]\nAT>mcA UA-óporii. Sc]uobc1iA]i ppocexcion íC]\otii reb "oo nionéoirg Aqt)1i ó 11éitt -oon rc]ubniT>, Gc t>o ]\ac An lurcir a tAim rAtn, Gc, vo ]\ac]:ac An rCnAb a]\ chCnA. 1lo -óÁt aii Itirtnr cIiuja gur An ccac]iaij pt ron b]\ú c]iAg1iA bAtte tmc bÚAm etci]i T>un "oeAt^An 7 mui]i. ^\n Sc]\aic bAite aca con'mAtc, Gc ac beucnAch Af bé]iAT> ó 'OotimAitt reAcliAbuT) •oCfr 50 húc ctÍAC. CetteAb]iAif Aóvh ó lléitt -oon Ai]u§ Gc t>on crCnAt» iC]i cAm, Gc imfói t>ía C15, Gc ni]i uó cÍAn An lobiiAiTJe *oo ]iome An cAn ]\o AfccnÁ 1 ccfiAice ipn fCcc Gc ipn ftijet) ó T>ún ^CnAinn nnc cAcbAifj pAncuÁtó jac nt)í]ieAch 50 fAimcc 'Oún riA ngAtt Ai]im AinbAoi ó 'OoriitiAitt. 11i ]io nACAigicc 50 ]io c1iA]ibtum5f Cc An TuonmA ron pm rfAichce. tlobcAn roitci^ ]idnuib Ati các bAoi ro]i Accm'o íau tiA fpor rcét. bÁoi ó "OomtiAitt m a ttgerop a lonrÓAt) oqiAif, Gb m ]io chuiiiAing Cin^e m eAttn'iA -oo pA-ougA-ó nA nAoi-óet) •00 ]UAchACA]i Atiochom, 7 ó iia cAomnACCAin icct]i t>o cáCcc úCv ó tléitt t>iA Aicneor 50 a iomt>At), G: acc rét) t>o An coircc 1111 a cubcliAt). -Acbe]ic rom nÁ]i bo tAnn. tAir, 7 nÁ]\ bó rtÁti a mCnniA t)ÍA t)ut ir]\eAcnA]icAf ha
1 Fitz'william. — His grandfather was in from 292 to 212 B.C ; he lived about the
the train of Cardinal Wolsey, and earned beginning of our era. An account of his
the notice of Henry VIII., vvho lcnighted romantic death caused by grief for the loss
his son. Sir W. vvas Lord Deputy five of Aillinn, grand-daughter of Fergus, king
times betvveen 1560 and 1594- His des- of Leinster, vvill be found in 0'Curry's MS.
cendant, Earl Fitzvvilliam, is the ovvner of Materials, p. 465. He was buried on the
extensive estates in Ireland. sea shore, whence the name the Strand of
2 2?., son of Baan. — He vvas fifth in des- Baile. «
cent from Rudhraighe, who was ardrigh zStradbally. — This name is novv obsolete.
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plundcred all thc houscs closc to thc walls outsidc, and until thcy drovc off 1592. immediatcly many of a large numbcr of horscs thcy met wandering about confused by the thick cloud of smokc which came a long distance from thc town. It was on the iSth of July this took place. As the English did not comc meanwhile to guard or protect the town fiom thcm, they left it aftcr wasting it in this way and went to their homes without any opposition. With respcct to the Earl Hugh O'Xeill who has bccn mentioncd alrcady, whcn hc perceived the envy and angcr of his own tribc, all but a fcw, against Hugh O'Donnell and all thc Cinel Conaill, and that thcy werc urging on the English of Dublin against him, what he did was to go to the noble- man who was Deputy of the English King in the island of Erin, viz., William Fitzwilliam,1 for he was Lord Justicc thcn ; and when hc wcnt in to him he told him that O'Donnell would come to make pcacc and friendship if hc gave him protection and complete security in referencc to thc escape which he had effected. The Lord Justice promised that it should bc given as it was agreed on by him. A protection was written then as Hugh O'Neill directed the Secretary, and the Lord Justice put his signature to it, and the Council put theirs also. The Lord Justice invited him to mcct him at the town which is on the edge of the strand of Baile mic Buan,2 betvveen Dundalk and the sea, that is Stradbally,3 and he said he would not bring O'Donnell further southwards to Dublin. Hugh O'Neill took leavc of thc Viceroy and Council thcn and went homc, and the stay he made then was not long, for he went immediately by the way and the road from the Dun of Genann, son of Cathbadh, north-west Cxactlv, until hc came to Donegal, where O'Donnell was. The troop was not noticed till they dismounted on the green.4 Every one who met them was rcjoiced hearing the news. O'Donnell was lying on his sick-bed, and he could not rise readily to cntertain the guests who had come to him ; and as he could not, Hugh O'Neill went to his bedside to confer with him, and told him the business on which he had come. He said it was not agreeable to him, nor was his mind satisfied to go into the prescncc of the English, sincc the
4 Green. — The Irish woráfaií/ic/ic means part ofthe present town of Wexford, which a green or enclosed space attachcd to a in formcr times lay outsidc the walls, still fort. See Reeves' Adamnan, p. 360, n. A goes by this name.
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n^Att ó uo cC-oai^ Ati caohi TDía t>ó ecoprccAnAt) rjuú, A]\ a t>Aiúe 7 A]1 a Auóbte po uubi]vpCu An Aiic]\oi-óe rAin 5A11 rocliAnn, ció uia rui ^obA-ó tno]\ miúoníioin t>o c1iAbAi]\u t>ó, acu aj\ a aoi nó ^iaja-ó tAir 10111 t)ÍAiiiAt> Có bAt> cot *óó.
Da "ouitig oóroiii uui'óeAcliu ah cuuAr pn, uai]\ ]\obuA]\ c]\éc1icnAií;ue AcliorfA, 7 m ]\o Iiíocaic t>o nÁiú o ]\o bCnAO a tn ont>Ain 'oe reb AC]\ub]\Amo]\. Daua]\ 1n rfA]\]\A"ó A]\oite An a-óai^ rm acc cmneA'ó AccoiiiAi]\te,(x ó ]\o cmnrCc
Ó11 -OO COTÍltAU Af A]1 A bA]1Ac1l t>í]Um niAUCAC, (x m ]\0 AT1]'AU T)1A ]\eílll111l (acu
.111AX) mn oi-ódnb 11A111Á) 50 ]\aii<5aua]\ S]\AubAite -óuíne •óeAtgAn. ]?o JAibic A11 lúruír ron Accuro ah tní rm reb -oo nmgeAtt. UAinbtmgic An t>ío]\niA íol.14. b. ro]\ lontAmn A11 míme, 7 rAoit>1ncc Aiin An AoliAigrm. O T)oiimAitt cua ó nÁ ]\o cliurii^ArcAin cCiiimiugA-ó ro]\ a c1ioyrAib acIiu niAno uireAt) ron eoch, -ouf pcc A11 luruir ro "óCm tUA f-Aipt) Ai]\m imbin (x pÁitcnigir ]uaiíi, (x t)itJAir 'oó An uéttm t>o noíne, 7 jac cioii a]\ cIiCha. 1a]\ iiAróm ríootiA 7 cA]\AU]\Ait> t)órorii rnir aíi 1u]-or A]-a 1iAiu1ite, ceteAb]\Air t)ó (x rÁ^bAit) bCniiAc1iuAm, t>o bepu ía]\oiíi tAin'i ro]\ uncechc. *Oo jm -Aoo ó Héitt aii ccCuuiia ía]\ iroénon'i AuorccA AiiiÁit ]\o1oa -oaua tAir. 1ompAiu t)ibtiomb rniou]\opcc ron cútAt) ah coiiai]\ uu"óc1iaua]\ ó a caípb co uuo]\]\ac1iuaua]\ 50 *Oún ^CnAmn. 1Daua]\ auIiató i]-uit)iu occ rtC-onugAt) G: occ Ai]uucc uuite gun uó nnuluj tA 1iúa nTDon'mAitt nnúecliu, 60 ó ]\o quAttrorii morm Cuo]\rcA]\At) t)on cu]\ pn rnir ah AÍ-b nAite ^e]\ bo 1iArótCrcc teó hia ntúr imrcA]\At> t>o biú Cuo]\]\a. T)o u1iáouía]\oh'i o 'OorimAittgo uíacIic tro'Oún ua ngAtt, 7 Ai]\ipr co téicc 111 a U51U ocnxvir t>o ]\rói]-i ó ro cC]\*o a úaiíiah t)e u]ua io]\iiAróm -pot)A 7 caoiicoiíi]\aic rjur An 1urar. O ]\o 1iAirneit>eAt> t>on £oinmn bACA]\ ir]uubC]\u rjuriurh t>o cenét conAitt a cot)Ac1i 7 a chA]uvon<yo t>o iiAit)m "óórorii r]ur iia ^AttAib, t>ur pccCcu rocCcuói]\ 50 roriiÁniAijúe ro rró t>iA ^Aijit), (x, t>o bC]\c]-Acc a oig]\éi]\ nt>ó, ro biú ha]\ bou uÚAtAm^ uoc1u\]\ no cAi]\iriuiii f]\m (ge]\bAc iotA]\t)A ah óicc) A]i Ar u]\Ci]^i rtAiú riouA.
tlA 1iCt> nro ro iiia]' Ai]\Cgt)A -0011 tucliu tiur rAii^ACA^i ro chó]\A diuccApon'i. "Oon A1111CC Aim cCcuup Aó-6 niAc^XéoliA t>uib uí *OottmAitt, f mnrCn ftéAclicA
1 Peace. — Perhaps it is to this peace the mission, mahing a great show of sorrow for
Lord Deputy refers in his lettter to Burgh- his misdemeanours committed, protesting
ley, August 8th, 1592 : ' O'Donnell made henceforth to hold a more dutiful course of
his repair to Dundalh the first ofthis month, life, and very willingly yielded himself to be
and the next day in the church before a sworn to perform the several parts of his
great assembly delivercd his humble sub- submission and several othcr articles,
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onc God allowed him to cscapc from thcm, on account of thcir vindictive- 1592- ness and thc cxtcnt of thc cruelty which they had inflictcd on him without reason, though bcforc this it was hard to givc him a rcfusal ; but yct hc would go with him if it was his wish.
It was painful to him to go on this journey for his fcct wcrc woundcd, and thcy were not healcd immcdiately after his two great tocs wcrc cut off, as we havc said. Thcy wcre togcthcr that night taking counscl, and wlien thcy had taken it they set off the ncxt day with a troop of horsc, and they did not stop 011 thcir road exccpt at night, till thcv came to Strad- bally of Dun Delgan. The Lord Justice came to mect thcm thcre, as hc had promised. Thc troop dismounted at the rear of thc castlc, and rcsted there that night. Since O'Donnell was not able to move about on his fcct but only rodc on horsebaclc, thc Lord Justicc himsclf came to the place wherc hc was and bade him wclcomc, and forgave him the cscapc hc effected, and every fault bcside. After he had cntercd into pcacc x and friendship with the Lord Justicc, he thcn took leavc of him and left him his blessing, and prepared then to depart. O'Neill did the like after he had completed his business to his satisfaction. Thcy both rcturned by the same road they had come from their homes till they reachcd Dungannon. They were feasting and enjoying themselves there for a while, until Hugh O'Donnell thought it time to go away, and as he proceeded to part then from the other Hugh it was painful to both to be scparated from each other. After that O'Donnell wcnt his way until hc camc to Doncgal, and he remained again in his sick-bed, as he had no fear, having entcred into peace and friendship with the Lord Justicc. When it was told to thc partv which was in opposition to him among the Cinel Conaill, that amity and friendship had becn cntered into betwccn him and the English, thev camc immediately vcry submissively to him for peacc, and thcy made full submis- sion to him, bccausc thcy wcre not able to contcnd with or hold out against him, as his warriors wcre many ; for the strcngth of a prince arc his mcn.
These werc the principal persons of those who camc for pcace to him. First came Hugh,'2 son of Hugh Dubh O'Donncll, thc scnior of the race
whereof, as also of his said submission, 2 Hugh. — He was descended from a
your Lordship shall herewith receive the vounger son of the great-grandfather of copies.' C.S.P.I., v. 569. HughRoe. See p. xii. antea.
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*OÁt<M5 1111c fflBincCncAij cen mochÁ -dcró niAc niAghnupx (x bA pnr *oo rAn'i- Ailce Abdcli 1n cCiroAchc iia cpche *oía éip, rC]\ rCjjAinn roibérAC, cCnnAir, cAip-oLmliAit eiri"óe con fmeAcli con Aorófóch<M]\e 7 con Cn^HAth, rein*oró A]t ffnroi'ófcc, riti A]\ ptróechc, Gt bA rnir ac bCipci reAchnón CneAnn 1n coicchiiroe ^un uo tieipom ^tún t>Cit>CnAC ^Airccró ^AOTOeAt, ÚAi]t bA pMhAtcA t>o Lu^Ait) iiiac cén 110 -oo Upoitur itiac P]tiAirii aji mA]tcui j;eAc1ic. Oa liAitjm fo . 15.«. -oo com iia cf]tt)A A]\ m cetcce-ó nAÓ no]tdiA]t niom]tuitt, 7 Ar mg mÁ]to cCpiA neAch ]tiAiii rojt AppuiteAc noron A]i poipoen^ reib ]to bo bér t>on ^AirccróeAÓ ^liAe^-ÓA 00 -Aichitt niAc peit, 7 -oaii m -óeAcliAró 1 cac nó 1u ctiACAc m ióniAinC^ 11 ó m ioniA]iJAit nAgonrAt) neAC éiccm cipnrour. \)& rf]t t>ioJAtcA 7 Aice a AnrrAtAt) AriiAit CoiiAtt c1iC]\iiac1i niAC Aimejtgin, conA puc AbAO^At cem bÁoi nnbm. Aclic cCiia ni]\ bo nÁ]t nó meAbAt -oó^oiii An'iAit ]\o pxr 6c ]\o ioii]:o]tbAi]\ Ai]\be]\c 7 Amt>íuit)ec1ic, t>éctAchc 7 "oÁnAcur ah nÍAgAine po^lroA ]tériicio]ic1iAncAi5 c1iAi]up 1. Aót> Tíúa-ó itiac Actoa nnc HlA^nurA, ói]\ bA rf]t *oú]t *oocoi]xc -oaiia •oC^C^tAbnAC 50 ngnuir rochr.15 ruitbi]t 50 nAiiiAinp 7 con Ái]tt)e Ai^nró, 50 nmnctecc 7 con Ai]\eA5 nifnmAn, 50 rror 6c 50 rrottAiiniAclic rtAcliA 50 cconiAicCrii 7 50 nu]tCp]tAic hia ]>o]\éon5]iA co ha tAriicA urtcÚApxchc AfonnJAine 11Á6 Ab]teic]\e, AiiiAit biot> é An Cep\i]t Ai]tt)e]tc ro]t a pc]tiobAic ptít> pvriiAit iia cCpt>A 1npn. CoiiAt) Ai]tepn nÁ]t bo 1iAt)bA]t At>iiAi]te 6c nÁ]t bo t>AirinA t)ímÍAt)A t>Aót> mAC -ActoIia t)tnb uí 'OoiimAitt iiia t)A iiac Á011 t)ÍA buiiAt) pterii itiA ]té A11 hiac cAi^tn^C^icAc mo]\5tont)AC AC]\ub]\Amo]t -oía ronuAirtiUgA'ó, A]t t>o ]toipccet)o itceiiétAib nA hmp m ]\o ^diAip ó cem iiiÁi]i, 7 *oaii bA t>AtcA "óóporii pvoem aii cah ]\o buí m a riiAcb]iACAib, ^e]! bó roipnceAC pnr t>on cunpn 1111011 rrtAcmp
^Éalagh.— See p. xii., antea. * The hound. — i.e., Cuchullin, or the
2 Lughaidh. — There were tvvo of this hound of Culainn, who was Kiríg Conor name, both famed in Irish history, one Mac Nessa's artificer in metal. Fromhim callcd Lamhfodha, i.e., the Long-handed, a Sestanta got this name. He was a native Tuatha De Danaan chief, whose exploits of Ulster and cousin of Conall Cearnach. are a favourite theme of the Irish bards. Tigernach in his Ajinals calls him 'fortissi- See Ogygia, p 177, and Keating, H. of mus heros Scotorum.' His residence was Ireland, p. 93. Another of the name was at Dundallc. He was hilled at the age of ardrigh from A.D. 182 to 212. He was tvventy-seven, at the battle of Muirtheimhne slain at the instigation of King Cormac, by in Louth. See 0'Curry's MSS. Materials, whom he had been expelled from Tara, at p. 37, 'The Deathbed of Cuchullin,' At- Gort an oir, four miles N.E. of Cahir, Co. lantis, July, 1858, and Ogygia, p. 279. Tipperary. See Annals F. M., i. 1 10. 6 Conall Ceamack.—¥Íe vvas chief of the
3 Troilus — The allusion no doubt is to Red Branch Ivnights. The Irish records Virgil, Aeneid, i. 474. speak of him as 'the greatest hero of the
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ofDalagh,1 son of Murchertach, except Hugh, soh of Manus, and hc 1592 thought hc was likely to bc at the head of thc tcrritoiy aftcr him. He was a comcly, wcll-manncrcd man, kind, fricndly, gcncrous, and hospitable, dcxterous in thc usc of arms, a soldier in martial cxploits, a poct as regards poctic slcill, and of him it was said throughout Erin commonly that hc was thc last gencration of the Gadclic herocs, for hc was Iikened to Lughaidh,- son of Cian, or to Troilus,3 son of Priam, in horsemanship. He was equal to thc hound4 of thc artificcr, for hc ncvcr madc an erring cast, and hardly ever did any one escape from him in dcadly slaughter or rcd carnagc, as was thc custom with the Grecian warrior Achilles, sort ofPelcus. More- over, he did not go into a fight or skirmish, into a dispute or a struggle, that he did not wound some one certainly somehow. He was a vindictive man and keen to ávenge his wrongs, like Conall Céarnach,5 son of Amergin,6 so that he was nevcr worsted so long as he lived, But yct it was not a shamc or a disgrace to him that, in prcference to him,the royal prophccicd Hugh Roe, son of Hugh, son of Manus, should be proclaimed the royal ruler, since his vigour and courage, his bravery and fortitude, had grown and increascd, for he was a man hard to oppose, intrepid, eloquent, with a pleasant, chcerful countenance, with subtlety and superiority of knowledge, of generosity and inventiveness of mind, with the firmness and ruling power of a prince, of sevcrity and sterness in his commands, so that it was not allowed to dispute his order or his words, just as if he was thc noble Caísar, to whom the poets ascribe such qualities as thcsc. For that rcason it was not a cause of shame nor was it a mattcr of dishonour for Hugh, son of Hugh Dubh O'Donnell, nor for any of his family in his time, that the prophccied child of great deeds of whom wc havc spolcen should bc placed ovcr him, for hc surpassed all the people of the island in which he was born for a long time past ; and hc was his fostcr-child whcn hc was in his infancy, yct hc was cnvious of him at this timc on account of his supremacy.
western world. He was ancestor of thc MacFirbis thus : Amergin, son of Cas, son
O'Mores and the other tribes of Leix. See of Fiacha, son ot L aipe, son of Gmge, son
Keatin«'s H.oflreland, p. 210, The Book of Rudhraighe, from whom the clan Rudh-
qf Rights, p. 214, n., and Ogygia, p. 27S. raighe descends. See The Battle oj Magh
aAmergirt. — Ws pedigree is given by Rath, p. 28.
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t>ur rAnncc diu^Arorii ron ccnuc ccCoia 11íAtt ganb hiac Cumn nnc ah CliAtbAig imc HlAjnufA nnc -Aótxs 015, -oiAn^Anon A&ó Wb. h& rC]\ *oiáii t>eimmnet>eAÓ t)íconnAi]\cet ervóe o ré ai 1151-0 ecqiACAc 50 nenú iioc]\ac1i 50 tumne teon'iAin. b^ ^enAicc ^Aite 7 ^AircceA-ó, bA cCnn rtoi§ & rodiAróe rni cac 7 r]u cocca-ó, acIic ua hia bA ropiceAÓ rniriorii An'iAit cac1i ^ombo 1n -oeA]\bfiU]\ An Aó-óa no bA bAmcliete -óó. *Oo |\AtA ca]\ac]\a-ó oite Cco]\]\a, a]\ no 1iAtcA aii cúó-ó m a iiiac-oacIic occa cui]xit>ibriorii, au a aoi m c|ua rAmf Cnc -our rAim^ ac1ic bA au oiíiau icci]\. T)o cIiaoc auu béór o *OodiA]\- CA15 .1. SeAAn ócc uiac SeAAm nnc £etim nnc ConcobAi]\ CliAnnAi^cAoiriocri fol.15 b. c]uoc1iaic cét> mp beoJAm nnc 11éitt. 1)a cui]\i-ó cacIia 7 bA écctonn lon^liAite, & bA corcAró rtoij íau r]\AomeAt> ro]\]\A An rC]\ -oo caocc hiruróui. -dchc A]\ a aoi bA q\u\ ]unn 7 foebA]\ -our rucc óX)ovimAitt uia riuimceA]vóAr ren uo liAnjtonn. IDai nme on'i. boipurii au cí ó *Ooc1ia]\cai5 05 cochmnet) uí 'Olion'mAitt chuceA Ai]\Cr *oÁtA bó 'oo -óeitb río-oliA pup 7 ]\o chuniinig chuccA jah cochc irm t)Áit AccniAt) t)ÁriiA]\cAc t)écc, tx bA rAiútAit) ci]^eAt)foiii 111A •óochum -oon cAob A]\Aitt. 11i noiiAir^ U15A ha *OAni5Cn pM]\
6 m ]\o p]\CrcAi]\ ]\áca iiiauo Aicci]\e ac1ic iiiax) pn. *Our pcc óT)oriinAitt ipn -oÁit, 7 m ca]uo Uir ac1ic ah bon AC]\ub]\Ac pur. Uaiiaicc c]\a ó *Ooc1ia]icai5 -0011 cÁob nAite aii bon cCccnA combACA]\ cut 1n ccut. bA piíorii AbbAt tA 1iúa nT)on'mAitt, & ni]\ uó nuAt) no niAip Uir aóh coireAch -oía riiuman -óiiir biro-óem t>o bic occ puchbeqvc 6: occ ro]\]\An rjiir, coiuvó é ní •00 ]\oíne 101111^0151-0 roiob co rreAV.5 & co bruApiA-o 50 ]\ÁoimeAt> ro]\ úa n^OocliAncAi^ con a n'iumci]\, 7 ^eibcen é but>t>em, 7 -00 bC]\c Uir, 6: -oonuc ^emiet ^UipAnoinn roa, 7 mr ]\ebcc Arr conur ca]vo a ói5]\éi]\ n-oó 7 5éitt
7 Aicci]\e r]u con'iAtt *oo 5]\ep O ]\obA romAniAi^hce ó >Ooc1ia]\cai5 7 cenét ConAitt A]\ cCha gur ha 1nb ]\o bACA]\ 1n pucbdnc rnir •óórorii, ]\o ^Ab occ rottAn'mu5At> a ftACA reb ]\obA cédicA, 05 co]-cc mCi]\te 7 mi^niom, 05 corAnn cuaii & cAibbCn, 7 occ ]UA5At) 5A6 aohi 110 bíot> r]n ]^aicc &
^ Niall Garbh— 'This man might wellbe 2 Sisfer— i.e., Nuala. Sheleft Ireland
called Garuff, z>., rough or rude, for he was, with the Earls in 1606. See p. cxxiv.,
as Sir Henry Dowcra writes of him, proud, antea.
valiant miserable, tyrannous, unneces- 3 O'Do/ierff.—See p. xn., antea. Later
sarilv covetous, without any hnowledge of he took an active part on O'Donnell's side
God or almost any civility.' Cox, Hib. against the English garrison of Derry.
Ansr' 1 4^6. It is remarhable that friends He died in 1600. Our author speahs of his
andfoes agreed in their estimate of Niall death as a great disaster to the cause of
Garbh's character. O'Donnell.
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Therc came to him to thc same mccting Xiall Garbh,1 sonofConn, 1592- son of Calbach, son of Manus, son of Hugh Oge, who was called Hugh Dubh. He was a violcnt man, hasty, austcre, sincc hc was spitcful, vin- dictive, with the vcnom of a serpcnt, with the impetuosity of a lion. He was a hero in valour, and brave. He was the hcad of an army and of troops in battle and war. But yet hc was envious towards him likc the rest, though the sister2 of Hugh was his wifc. Thcre was another bond of friendship between them. Hugh had been fostered in his boyhood by his parents. But yet it was not for real lovc for him hc came, but it was wholly through fear. There came also, 0'Doherty,3 z'.e., Shane Oge, son of Shane, son of Phelim, son of Conor Carrach,4 chief of the cantrcd of Inishowcn Mic Ncill. The man who camc then was a prop in war and a pillar in thc contest, and the shclter of an army after defeat. But, howevcr, it was by the point and edge of the sword that O'Donnell brought him to his friendship, though he was a mighty champion. It happened in this way : 0'Doherty invited O'Donnell to a conferencc with him under a show of peace, and ltc told him that only twclvc horsemen should come to thc mceting, and would come in the same way on the other side. He did not take promises or bonds from him, and he did not give sureties and securitics but in this wav. O'Donnell' came to the meeting, and brought with him only the number mentioncd. Meanwhile 0'Doherty came on the other side with the same numbcr, so that they werc facc to face. It was a grcat trouble to O'Donncll, and it was not an honour or an ornament to him that one chief of his own people should be in opposition and enmity to him ; so what hc did was to make an onsct on thcm angrily, vigorously, so that 0'Dohcrty and his people were ovcrcomc, and he was himself seized. He took him with him and put iron fetters on him, and hc did not lct him go5 until he made his submission to him, and gavc him pledgcs and hostages for its observance ahvays. As 0'Doherty and the Cinel Conaill, cven to the portion that had been in opposition to him, wcrc subjcctcd to him, he proceeded to govern his principality as was right, prevcnting theft and evil deeds, banishing rogucs and robbcrs, cxccuting cvery one who was
4 Coiior Carrnc/i. — So called, probablv, 5 Let him go — He was kept in confine-
from Carraig Braoidsidhe, a district in the ment for nearly three ycars. C.S.P.I., N.W. of Inishowen. v. 30S.
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Ai]\ceAÍt, coiia]i bo heiccCn "oo chÁé t)Ciciccm itn coiítóa AtiAtriiA iia Anmtnte acIic t>onCrAi]iar ro]i coha 7 éeAcliAin nAiuÁ, gombu'i aii quoch ^au copiAih ^ah comoi]\b 5A11 hac piichop^Am ó chÁch pu a ceite, Gt 110 cUitcír An t)í iiáiíiaic rop AonroCivgA-ó a]\ nif neibjet) ah oriiAn •ocnb ro]iAicriiCc ArrAtA-ó t)iA]ioi1e. DÁ "OAomeAÓ t>ÁtAc caiciíiac con^Ai]ieAch AircpeAÓ erpAt>At Ai]icoceAch nii]'Aií;ceAc no cocIiaic <&é"ó RÚAt) úa *OorimAitt ah ceicc btiAt)Ain rm "oo popcorAch a iMaca, 7 Ar ropbAipc bÁoi pAi]ipni>e occa jac btiAt)Ain t)iAit) m tJiAit) co ccah^aca]i aciujj ÍAice.
1 593, aii 2. btiAt>Ain. O |io t>eipi-ópiurii 111A funóe rÍAcliA (.1. 24 1ah. 1593) €L hia iopcAt> AipeAcliAir 1 Lecbep pop lonchAib a haiíiac úa Tléitt Uoipp-óeAtbAÓ LumeAc, fol.16.fl. T10 5^b occ uiibCi]ic a Ainc]\it)e (x AecpAicm p\ip t)iA corAnn Ar a j?tAicuir 7 t)iA empcu^At) hi roniicm -úétJA uí lléitt t)o oijvoneAt) mA ionAt). X)o t>eAc1iAt) ro]i bAit 'oóporii ah periróeccpi "oo |\ómni ÚAi]it>o nocliAip An pLAicmp ro t>eóit> t>o p&iji'ó Aét)A uí 11éitt, 7 "oo p.Acc Uoipp-óetbAC LumeAÓ óCiica 7 Aicciccm "oó 1111011 Ainni Ap úa 11éiLL t)o jAipim "óe. X)o 5Apop ía]ioiíi, Gb teigeAt) An cí Uoi]i]\t>eAtbAc uavó ha 5A1LL ]io bACA]\ tAir ó t>o •óeAcliA'ó iccoccac 7 hiccAi]it)Cr 1Í1 'OhonmAitt. Tli mír 1Hah t)ó f unnnAt) -oo p.ómepiurii nropin A.D. 1593.
O ]io bA pot)Ac ó 'OoriniAitt ppipioiú, t)o jtAcpAc aii -oa Aóx> cóicceAt> ConcobAi]i nnc TlCprA ro a piiAchc CAm pot>AriiuiL co teicc, 6: no bCnpAcc Angéitt 7 AnAicine t)íob *oia nAcomAt 7 t)iA ccunnbpeAch ppi CAijup "oo gpep. O t)o bC]\c ó *OorimAitt Aót) t)iA u'vó ^up bo CAipp 6c ^op uó hmnitt tAir An coicceAt) uite ah cah pn, ]\o cuunmj AifnrotcA rot)em ppi ^ALtAib, & bAoi occa p-opAicriiCc on mot> ccCoia t>o ^AovóeLAib A]i cCha Avobte AHAnppAtAt) rpuí 7 aii t>Cp5enpAc t)utc, 7 'OAiiroLi^eA'ó ó cém 111Á111 ppi poL jacóaiL ^tAir nnc 11iAit, a^ 50V0 AccocliAir CccAppcApcA 7 nerii Cc AppcApcA roppA, or a ccAbAipc 1n ccAi\c]\Aib 7 1n ccimbvóeAchc, 05 a pÍA^A'ó cpu\ Aincjvi'óe 7
1 7/z <?«£• ^í/. — The Fnur Masters say that 2 Chieflaincy. — Turlou.2'h Luineach re-
Hugh O'Conor, son of Cathal Crobhderg, nounced the title of O'Neill, and yielded at
and the MacWilliam Burke, after conclud- the Queen's intercession the government ot
ing peacc, slept together in the one bed those parts to the Earl. In 1595 Sir Tur-
cheerfully and happilv. See Ánnals F. M., lough died, and the Earl took the titlc of
iii. 387. O'Neill to himself, which was treason by
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plundering and robbing, so that it was not ncccssary for cach one to takc care of his hcrds or cattle but thcy differed only in prospcrity and want, and thc country was without guard or protcctor, without plundering one by thc othcr, and two encmies slept in the one bcd,1 for fcar did not allow them to rcmcmber their wrongs against cach other. Hugh passed the first ycar in thc very beginning o his sovcrcignty in a manncr that was kindly, gcncrous, joyous, progressivc active, hospitablc, aggressivc, and hc was advancing every year in succession till the cnd of his lifc came.
1593, the 2nd year.
Whilst he was staying in his princcly scat and his chicf rcsidencc in Lifford (24th January, 1593), confronting his enemy Turlough Luincach O'Neill, he prccccdcd to wreak his vcngcancc and his cnmity on him by driving him from his principality and wcakcning him, in the hope that Hugh O'Neill might be inauguratcd in his place. The foresight which he used provcd of advantage to him, for the chieftaincy fell in the cnd to Hugh O'Neill, and Turlough Luineach gave his conscnt and yieldcd to him as to the title that he should be styled The O'Ncill. He was pro- claimed after that and Turlough sent away the English who were with him, since he entered into pcace and friendship with O'DonnelI. In the month of May exactly, in the year of our Lord 1593, he did this.
Since O Donnell was at peace with him thc two Hughs brought the province of Conor Mac Nessa undcr thcir friendly peaccful sway immediatcly, and thcy hcld hostagcs and plcdges for its obscrvance and maintainance faithfully at all timcs. When Hugh O'Donncll saw that thc whole province was obcdient and sccured to him, thcn hc callcd to mind his own wrongs done by thc English, and hc rcmindcd thc Irish in the same way also of the extent of the wrongs done to them, and of thc evils and injustices which thcy had wrought for a Iong timc to thc descendants of Gaedhal Glas, son of Nial, robbing thcm of thcir inhcritance singly and collcctivcly, putting thcm in prison and in chains, cxccuting
Act of Parliament. still cxcusídet himsclf urged to promise it upon oath. Morvson, ~,ubtilely that he took it upon him'lcstsomc Rebellion^&c, p. 9- Leland, H. </ Ireland <uher should usurp it, promisin« to re- ii. 330; London, [873. This was one of nounce it, yet asking that he migiit not be the chief chargcs brought agairst him later.
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Aimniie, (x bAt> nnne t>o metcAir A]\ é co ■oiúto mbCcliA m jac cah no ^ebcAÍr eitt nó bAoJAt ronpiA ^AonoeAtu, (x "oaii ac rCcc t>óib zmn no pAoi-ó reirm AceAchcA 7 a rcnibCiro *oo f ^151*6 ha SfiÁmne t>o cocmneAT) con^AncA rboij m A5ATÓ riA njAbt, 7 ^un bo tAnpAoiteAccAm LAir a ccuvóechc 111 ^An úaij\. 1)a río]\ Dóporii mt>rm a]\ ]\o tÁ eppcob citte hAtAib AccechcAi]\echc co II15 11A SpÁmne 'oeccAome a inmit> rnrp 7 t>C]uiAi,óm a c1iAi]voCrA 7 c1iAi]voiurA ctomne lllíteA-ó A]\ cIiCha. A11 ceproc imo]\]\o m ro]\]\Aimcc tAip yoAX) po]\ ccúLatj tu\ rcétAib An cAn ]\o po.ro An cAom 'Oía ceAcbcA 11A cAorimAccAi]\ C]\coicriiCt> r]ur ro]\ a cCnn, (x -oo bC]\c tAir Dpor ah AttcAin, 7 111 cAimc beór. "Ro §Ab g-jieim DÓrorii ah ;g]\epochc rm úai]\ ]\o ADAin 7 no adávó ecc]-\AicA^7 éccAi]\ipechcÍA]i nniriiCbón irAO]\ctAinbAib rtechcAlllíteAb fol. 16.& SpÁínne p]\i ^AttAib *Ovnbtiiroe 511 n bo 1ié AommnCcerii (x aoiidúcuacIic bAoi mA mCnmAnt)Aib mte iompuD ro]\ ^liALtAib, gu]\ ]\o p\rAcu]\ DeAbcliA 7 -oecCcrATÓe Cco]\]\a íC]\ ccniott tA liArtAÓ (x tA hCcA]v£;uíbe uí 'OhorimAitt ro]\ JAonóeAtAib, tÁ ]\etAb 7 tÁ ro]\AirjriiCcc m DC]\í,CnpAc ha 501U, ro]\]\A i\íaiíi & ron A]'innpC]\Aib 50 rm. O ]\o pcci]\poiii cÁch do coimei]\je t>Aom mCnniAm ipn coccad duc]\accai]\, no pAonoh cechcA 7 pqubCmiA co 1iAtbAm t)o cocui]\eAt> ruittró rtóij DAriip\ib, t)rCmt)ét)uib 7 DAor cuA]uvpcAit. ^Xn cah ac ctor tA hAób ihÁ5Uit)i]\ ci£e]\nA ua ccúac 1111 toch nC]\ne au cC]\c]\u\tt t)0]\mnpcAm ó 'Oorimoitt, bA ró tAir^oniAb ébobeipn cCcnAnnponDAigreipn combAró coccAró 1npn. Oa rC]\ Diúmp\c lomcotcAHAC eipbe co mCc mCnniAn, co nÁi]voe Aigmt), nntib A]1 n'ntcnechc, g]\eicc A]\ gmoriiAib ^oite 7 ^Airccib, cijeApiA A]\ ciobnACAt, 50 motA]\ nócc 7 nt>Aoine lai]\ po c1iA]\ccrorii a]\ Aitt t)ÍA pAinitiumce]\ ipn ccoicc]\ich bÁite i]\Aibe ócctAC aiíi]\a do ^AttAib, ^onno 0]\cpAc 7 gu]\ ]\o oinccrCc aii bAite. }-e-Achc nAite t)iA HDeAcliAb niA^uibin Aób (c]ua con'iAi]\tecceAt) 7 aoncor^ uí >Oon'mAitt), (x b^pí conAin t>o tuit) 50 tíon Apoc]\Aicce c]\ia t>eipce]\c bnCipne comiAchc tAin'i cté p]u toc nAittmt)e, c]\ia uac1icu]\ ua nAitteAttA, c]UApAH cco]\ahii, ca]\ t>]\oicCc
xBishop. — John 0'Cahasy occupied the nish people descended from Milesius, who
see of Rillala at this time ; he was appointed was the ancestor of the Irish also.
ini58o. See Bra.dy's Efr'scoftal Successio;?, i. 4 Warrior. — His name is not mentioned
175. Rut the person alluded to is no doubt by the Four Masters.
Cornelius 0'Mulrian,bishop of Rillaloefrom 5 B.ofCo7inaught. — i.e-, Brefnv O'Rourhe.
i57ótoi6i6. See Introd., p. lii., antea. 6 Loitgh Allen. — In the mid'dle of Co.
2 Killala. — A tovvn in the N.W. of Co. Leitrim. The riverShannonflowsthrouídi it.
Mayo. It gives its name to a bishopric. r Tirerill. — A barony in the S. E. of Co.
3 D. of Milesius. — i.e., those of the Spa- Sligo. It has its name from Olioll, son of
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thcm through cruclt/ and angcr, and it was thus thcy would dcfraud, i593. said hc, to thc cnd of timc, whenever thcy could gct an opportunity or advantage of thc Irish. And also hc told thcm hc had himself had sent his messengers to Spain to ask the aid of an army to opposc thc English, and that he had great hopcs of their arrival in a short time. This was the fact, for he had sent the Bishop1 of Killala'2 as a deputation to. thc King of Spain to complain of his suffcrings to him, and to obtain his friendship and the friendship of thc dcscendants of Milesius3 also. The Bishop, however, did not succeed in coming back with thc news when the onc God scnt to him a messenger whom he could not avoid, and took him with him to another world, and he did not comc afterwards. That mission was of use to him, for it enkindlcd and inflamed enmity and distrust among the freeborn descendants of the racc of Milesius of Spain against the English of Dublin, so that the one thought and anxiety in the minds of all was to turn on the English, for dissensions and quarrels had grown up betwccn them after a while, owing to the instigation and entreaty of O'Donnell to the Irish, telling and reminding them of what the English had done alwavs to them and to their ancestors up to that timc. When he saw all his associates of one mind about the war which he desired, he sent messcngers and letters to Scotland to invite an additional force of soldiers, warriors, and mercena/ies. As soon as Hugh Maguire, lord of the territory about Lough Erne, heard of the great attempt which O'Donnell intended, he wished to be the first to enter into partnership in thc war. He was a proud, self-willed man, with elevation of soul and magnanimity, a hero in warfare, a champion in deeds of prowess and bravery, a lord in gencrosity, having many warriors and peoplc. He sent somc of his own peoplc to thc ncighbourhood of the town, whcrc thcrc was a famous warrior4 of the English, and they wastcd and plundcrcd 'thc town. On anothcr occasion Maguirc sct off by thc advicc and rccommcndation of O'Donncll, and the road he went by with the whole of his forccs was through the southcrn part o Brefny of Connaught,'^ having Lough Allenc on his lcft, through thc upper part of Tirerill7 and Corran,8 ovcr
Eochaidh Muighmeadhoin, and Monghnn, s Corran. — The acccount of the origin
queen of Connaught. O&Vgia, p. 374- ()t" lhis namc wiu bc fom\& H>id.> P- 534-
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niAinirc]\ech ha bmtte Aipt>e co mAc1iAi]\eriiAij;e 1iaoi oia H5A]\o]\ fflAcliAine comiAchc.
1lo teícc rcAoileA-6 -oa rgenhetcib m -oobA]\foittp ha niAÍccne mmche im on cí]\ niA chnnceAtt. t)A 1iAnn 'oo ]w\Ia t>o 50ibennói]\ choicci-ó ConnAchc (Si]\ 1liS"oe]vo bionj;oin) AbCic An A"ÓAi5pn A]\ ah ccnuchi coihfoc- ]\Aib cmttrce occ cmpieAchc ]ie pgétAib ah cí]\e hia cmiceAtt. *Oo neccAnii •oínenn tdía riiAncptog occ pneA'ó ha noi]\f]\ ccoriifoccup "oon cetAch ro]\ AmbAoi aii ^oibepioiu, (x m nACAi^^ec hac ní tA OAtt cíac nA cAniÁi]\e, conour nALAcun Gt fflÁ^uróin coiia riiApcftuAg cut hi cut ^An cCou jax> "oa nAch iro]\um5 01015. 1lo cpAttpAC niAncrtog aii jmbepiójiA roAt> hia fol. 17. a. tnn^^1115' 7 110 ^f 111A tCnriiÁm A5A teót) 7 tíonAT) la IIIÁ^m'óiji 7 tA a riiumci]\, 50 nAiijACA]^ gur ah niAijm niibAi ah ^oibCpiói]! ro-ódn. 1lo mu-óutA-ó lai]' •0011 c1iu]\ rm neAch UA]\\t Ai]\oe]\c *oo ^AttAib uuittiAm Ctiro]\c a coniAmm co reiren niAncAch cenmocÁrorii. Sóice]\ ro]\ fflhÁ^uróin x>o pmp ip'11 conAin cCccha, 7 no bÁr occa cojcmAnn 50 ]\iac1ic hia cipe caca 7 niA coip^cib corimA]\cA. O no pcci]\ ah §oibe]\nói]\ iia]\ bó cO]\bA "óó rAitnó ro]\]\u, ]\o f ai ro]\ ccútA 7 no bAb tÁnburóe tAir cé]\nu"ó AiiiAit "oo éunÁ. T)o noc]\Aco]\ éccA mó]\A ó riiÁgui'óin X)on uúaca]\ pn .1. eniAnn hiac
SA1l'l]\At)Ain P]\10lÍlÁlt) <A]VOA HlAcllA X)0 "|\AtA C]\1A Ainfen uia fA-pr\A*ó (x au
cAb 111Á5U1,Ó1]\ .1. CACAt niAC 5Ar]\Aró, (x hiac A-óC]\bnACA]\. -dchc cCha je]\ bo tiAÓ tAir 11A niAice pn tha cCpbAró, -pu^tAir 111 ]\o cionótA-ó 7 m ]\o cioni- AinccCb t)o c]\mó 7 00 cneAcliAib ha cc]\iche chuccA, 7 'oo turó 011 ton^popc tró A]\ oite co cobpxró ceíni]u jm 50 ]\Aimcc 50 rC]\Aib niAnAch. Ac cÚAr cp\ •00 JAttAib T)mbtmne mt>pn, ]\o tionAic 00 tonnur (x 'ommjie. 1lo hC]\- fotmA-ó íC]\caiii tAf aii 1up;ir ron mó]\ftoií;ib ffli-óe, LAigCn, 7 Leice HI05I1A •out 1n coicceAt) ConcobAi]\ ipn rogniA]! -oo fonnr\A"oh -OAice ro]\]\A m "oe]\-
1 Monastery. — It was erected in 1161, Hib., p. 10. The usual system of govcrn- according to the Annals of Connanght. In ment was martial lavv. Hence Davis speak- 1235 the English, under the Lord Justice ing of the then President of Connaught, Maurice Fitzgerald, plundered it of all its Fitton, says he governed ' in a course of valuables, vestments, chalices, &c. In discretion,' in other words, very much as 1603 it was granted to Sir John King, an- he liked.
cestor of the Earls of Kingston. Archdall's 3 Tulsh. — A village ten miles north of the
Monasticon, p. 601. town of Roscommon. O'Conor Roe erected
2 Govemor. — Properly the President. a castle there in 1406. About the same What his powers were may be inferred from time a monastery was erected there for the instructions given to Sir George Carew, Dominicans by the MacDowell family. See president of Munster in 1600. See Pac. Hibernia Dominicana,\). 314.
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the bridgc of thc monastery l of I3oylc, thcncc to thc plain of Magh Aoi, which iscallcd thc Plain of Connaught.
Iíc lct his scouts scatter in thc twilight of the carly morning through thc country around. It happcncd that while thc Governor2 ofthc provincc of Connaught, Sir Richard Bingham, was that night on thc hill in thc ncighbourhood ofTulsh3 listening to thc ncws of thc country all round, a troop of his cavalry happcncd to be reconnoitring the plain ncar the hill whcre the Governor was, and they saw nothing owing to the blinding fog of the early morning until they and Maguire mct with their horsc facc to facc without thc hnowledge of eithcr party. The cavalry of the Governor rctrcatcd, and during the pursuit thcy wcrc mangled and cut down by Maguire and his pcople till they camc to the placc 4 whcrc thc Govcmor himself was. A well known nobleman of thc English, William Clifford by namc, was slain and seven horscmcn bcsides. Thcy turned again on Maguire on the same road and pursued him till they camc to thc battle front and to the strong lines. When the Governor saw that it would not be advantageous to attack them he rctreated, and he was very thankful to escape as he did. Important persons were slain on Maguire's side in that skirmish, i.e., Edmund MacGauran,5 primate of Armagh, who happened unluckily to be with him, and the Abbot Maguire, i.e., Cathal, son of Geoffrey, and his brother's son. But though he was much grievcd at thc loss of thcse noblcmen, he took with him what had bccn collccted and brought together of thc cattle and plunder of the countrv, and hc wcnt from one cncampment to anothcr stcadily and slowly till hc camc to Fermanagh. This was told to the English of Dublin, and they wcre fillcd with anger and wrath. An order was issucd thcn by thc Lord Justicc that a large forcc from Meath, Leinstcr, and Mogh's half,6 should go to thc provincc of Conor in harvest prccisely to revcnge on thcm what thcy had
4 Place. — O'Sullcvan says the skirmish Nuadhat, called also Eoghan Mor, in thc
took place at Scieth na bfeart, which he middle of the 2nd century of our era. See
translates Scutum Miraculorum. Hist., The Circuit of Ire/and, p. 44, n. ; Dublin,
Cath. p. 151. The date was July ^rd. 1841. The account of the contest bctween
6 MacGauran.— See pp. Hv.and lxi.,antea. Conn and Eoghan will be found in Tht
8 MogJís half.—'lWx'i, refers to the divi- Battle of Magh Leana, p. ig, and 'f/ic
sion of Ireland into two parts that took Annals of Clonmacnoise, a MS. in the
place between Con Cedchathach and Mogh R. I. Academv.
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§fnp\c 7 x>o p\cc Accfnnur tnte -0011 1a]VIa úa lléitt ce mn bo tAinn laif x)ot ipn coicCrcAtpn, 7 beór x)o triA]iurcAt ah 1obAi]i. 1lo fo^icongAÍn xnn ah 1urar ro]i joibennóin coiccix> comiAchc con Amb<\oi vo flo^ ó SlnonAinn 50 *O]\obA0ir x>ut hia niAi]npx>e co héipie. 1a]\ ccf^tAniAX) An cCciia ftoig pn AC]\ub]\Aino]\, x>o comtAc ]iennib 50 toc Ci]\ne 111 jme bui]\g buijieAbAig AttAiiAi]\. Si]i 1len]u bm^et ]iix>e]\e ah'i]\a x>o ^AttAtb A]'é bA coireAch niomgonA x>on c^tojeAX». *OAtA oCoIia méguixn]! k\]i cctoircechc rcét An crtóij eAchqiAiro rocfnt) a bú 7 a nmite rqji Amom^AbAit 50 cí]i ConAitt nnc Héitt ro cúató, 7 x>o ]uonóit pbo^ nió]\ xua cí]\ bubem x)Ampyib 7 x>Aor cuÁ]\A]XAit Aite c]\ioc 7 x)o ctomn cSiubne cí]\e CoiiAitt 7 ]\o bAOi con Aftoj; btnbmb -0011 CAob A]i Aitt x>on toc, 7 conrmrfc pnr ah rttiAgh nechcpAiro fol. 17. b. coua retccrec reAcliA rÍA]i. T)o coiíiLac Ar ah rtÚAJ gAtt tAuii ctí pur An toch 50 ]iAnjACA]i gur An AbAmn x>o cófcc A]' aii toch. Oaói Ách p\ni]iex)Ach rui]i]\epx>e pu hioniAcoi^eAX) x>on chÁc bA coipnbe. Acchuite uaui a con'iAmm, 7 bA hé x>oiiiAm ah ionbAix> pn é. 1-ob]\Aic ha ^Aitt ah các An reireAX>LA x>o occobe]t x)o fonnnAX». 1\o bm HIÁ^uróiji con a ftój x>on x>a^a teic x)on ac ironncm ha ngAit conpnrCc puú co rCpvoliA ac1iaix> rox>A. 1lí]i uó rox>Aincc xxS^bAix) rf]\ réne Anu]ip:tAix>e, úai]\ ]\obcA]i x>iAi]im iacc ah caii rm 111 Aicfe^AX) ha n^Att tA hiotA]\ a néix>Cx> nAttn'iA]\x)A 7 ah gAbtAX) ngtaipAjioin (x AiigunnAX) n^nAnAoibteAC occ xnobnujAx» (x occ imceAtgAX) A11 ubAittiíieAtt tUAix>e (x accáo]i ccAibteAc ccfmcróe^o proijvacir 11A po]\A xion cAob A]iAitt X)on AbAmn gAn neAc puocojvgAin pnú p\x>eipn. Oaoi x>o tionn'iAi]\e a t<\ec Gt x^AmfcAngnAibe AHA]\m ^o ]\o poprAC ah x)f]\bA]\urc ro x>eóix> .1. tm§ix> iotA]\ ro]i úacax>, úai]\ m ro]i AetAngcA]i aii óccbAX) ei]\eiix>Ac pu ocAi]upon'i puú m bA pniú. S]\AomceAn ro]i]iA ÍA]ioin 011 Ác, 5oiica]i Ai]\ti5cf]i X)]\oii5A x)íob, 7 AC]\utAccA]i A]y ron p-ioxVbAX) aii f]in'io]\ A]\ ]iobA 5A]\roccur xióib í. ^ohcau &ox> úa 11eítt hi]^uix)iu 7 bA ró LAir x)Áig nA gAbx>Air gAitt AnfnnCr x>e.
1 Marshal — z'.e., Sir Henry Bagnal. See VI. It still belongs to his descendant, tlie p. lv., antea. Earl of Kilmorey. See Reeves' Eccles.
2 Ncwry. — An inbhair, i.e., of the yew- Antiquities of 'Bown and Connor, p. 116, n. ; tree, said to have been planted here by St. Dublin, 1347.
Patriclc. SeeAnnals F. M., ad ann. 1162. 3 Athcuh/ain.—A fordon the river Erne,
A Cistercian monastery was erected here by half a mile to the west of Belleek. O'Sul-
St. Malachy O'Morgair in 1144. This was levan translates it os vadi prati, the mouth
granted to Sir Nicholas Bagnal by Edward of the ford of the meadow, p. 159.
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donc, and hc gave thc chief command of thcm to tlic Earl O'Neill, though it was not pleasing to him to go in that army, and also to thc Marshal l of Ne\vry.2 The Lord Justice also ordcrcd thc Governor of thc provincc of Connaught with all thc forces from thc Shannon to thc Drowes to and wait for him at Lough Ernc. When the first body of which we have spolcen was assembled, they went on eastwards to thc Lough of Ernc thc daughter of Burg Buircadhach. Sir Henry Bingham, a famous lcnight of the English, was the leader in battle of that host. As regards Hugh Maguirc, aftcr hearing ncws of the foreign army, hc scnt his hcrds and flochs, lcst they might be captured, northwards to the territory of Conall, son of Niall, and he gathcred a grcat host thoughout his own tcrritory of soldicrs and mcrcenaries of other districts and of the MacSwinvs of Tyrconncll, and hc was with his troops on the other side of the Lough, and they opposed the foreign army so that they did not allow them furthcr wcstwards. Thc English army thcn marched on, havirig the Lough on the left, till they came to the river which fiows out of thc Lough. There was a special ford over it for everv one to pass who needed. Its name was Athculuain,3 and it was deep at that time. The English attcmpted the ford, on the sixth of October exactly. Maguire, with his troops, was on the other side of the ford, waiting for the English, and they resisted them manfully for a long time. It was not easy for the Irish to defend it, for they werc at that time unarmed in comparison with thc English, with thcir abundance of strange armour and of their grey stcel lances and their powdcr-guns producing' sparks of fire for shooting and sending forth circular balls of lcad and brilliant sparhs of firc, so that they rcachcd thc mcn on the othcr side of the river without any onc of themselvcs being injured. Owing to the number of their forccs and the differcncc of thcir arms they verified thc proverb in the cnd : ' The many shall ovcrcome thc fcw,' for thc vouth of the Irish could not hold out against thcm any longcr. Thcv wcrc driven aftcr that from thc ford. Crowds of them wcre wounded and talcen prisoncrs. Most of thcm flcd to a wood, for it was vcry ncar thcm. Hugh O'Neill was woundcd4 thcrc, and hc was plcascd thcrcat, so that the English should not havc any suspicion of him.
4 Wounded. Sce Annah F. Af., vi. 1941.
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Uk\jaicc ah rtÚAJ 5^tt cAipip co teicc, 7 gAtJAic tÁrii cli rjur aii toch aULm"iu\j\ -oup ah cAippcír é-oÁLA cpuró no cCch]\A, 7 o ha cai]\cCca]\ iompAic "oía cci^ilj, 7 -oo net^Ccc eippé-oe-ó *oía ftoj. 1a]\ ccochcc "oo joibe]\noin coigit) comiAcc 7 'oia]\La cuA'óriiurii ah >Oonnc1iA,ó niAc ConcobAip nnc *Oonn- diAró u í D]\iÁin co hcoc1iAi]\iniLib C]\ne co roc]\<\roe coi^ró comiAchc iniAitLe rpiti, poAic niA rrnic&nj; 50 niAinirci]\ ha buítte, 7 •oo iajac ía]\oh'i "oía ccijpb An'iAit 00 x)eAÓACA]\ au ftog iiAite. Acc cCua rorpÁ^Aib úa Tléitt (Aóx)) (x aii niA]iA]xÁt t)]\ec1icA "oe]\niA]\A 'oóccbAi'ó 7 x>o foir1roui]\Aib gALt irpA|\|\A-ó concobAin nnc concot)Ai]\ IvtÍAró rhégui'óltv ]\o btn m Cnri'ó (x m eccpAiccCr r]\i ÍHÁ^uróip *oo §ner mi cCiroupnAquce. llA*OoriinÁiLL "oah bA íoliS.a. coc]\At) iiió]\ mCniTiAn (x aiccCiica LAipróe ha gAitt *oo cionncú-ó r-AriitAró. A\\ a AÓirm ó iia ]\o fAijhrCcc rAi-p ní ]\o fAij ]-"0]\]\a Ap a Anrui]iici no Tdaoi, (x, ]\o rA^bAicc t)]ieAm mó]\ *oía muinci]\ ipm ac ]\én'i]\Áice t>o ]aacc 1n puncAchc riié^uróip ^e ]\o lomJArj é rCipin a]a ropAiteAiii uí 11éitt, iíai]\ ]to btn ceé- CAi]iecc Cco]i]\A ro "óicteiú ^An pÁcuccAt) doha ^AttAib.
1594, aii c]\eAr btiA-ÓAHi.
Oaccaji "0111 501LL 7 ^Aoi-óeAt ía]\ pn occ ccoircecc rpi A]\ 01 te jaii hac rpiocopccAin o ceAccA]\iiAer]u A]\ oiLeppi ceopAib míorAib ^eniinró colnoniutcc 11A btiA-ónA A]iAitt a° 1504. 1n eAcniAing ha ]iée 7 ha 1iAnnpi]\e rm ]\o cC^Lauíi aii lurcrp ftuAj móp ;gAn nAcuccAT) -oon cÁch tA-p A]\ rinorcAir. T)ur pcccA]i nA c]uoc1ia bAc<\]i coriipoiccpi ^ah iiac niomftnneAc 50 ^iahai^ 1 c]\Aicce co himr cCicteAnn rop toc neipne m eicinriiC,óon cpiche moiiAc. Oa heirróe 'ounÁpAp 7 bA po]\c oipeAchAir Iflé^ui'óin -do'ÓA 7 jac aohi 110 hoi]vonice 1n cCmiAr ua c]uche. Oa •óúha'ó "OAin^en 7 bA nuí]\ •oicogturóe rpi ptog necc]\Aiiro, acc ha bACA]\ ha rronhcin ah cAnrin. "Oeipró An 1urar ipopbAipi roppAti 'oúnA'ó (x ^AbAicc au i'tuA^ ro]\ coJAit aiii niinn peib con- ]\aii^aca]i, G: ni]\ bA co]\bA "oóib iiro]'in co cca]\cc]\\c a]\ AÍtt "oia Áop lomconiie'OA ah bAite ÚA'OAib po -óeói'ó t)An cCnn tóiji. O ]\o báoi ah bAite
1 Énni 'shillen. — i.e., the islandof Ceth enn, he obtained possession of a large part of
a town in Co. Fermanágh, on a nárrow the ancient territorv of the Magennisses.
neck between Upper and Lower Lough - The dwelling: — The site of the castle
Erne. Cethlenn was íhe wifc of the is now occupied by the barrachs. The
famous Formorian chief Balor. It gives gateway on the water's edge is the only
the title of Earl to the family of Cole, the portion of the buildings rémaining from
first of whom was an Undertaker. In 1611 Maguire's time. The position was vcry
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The English army crosscd over immediatcly, and wcnt westwards, 1591
keeping thc lakc on the left, that they might scizc on thc spoil of cattlc or flocks, and as they did not find them they went to thcir homcs and allowcd their army to scatter. Aftcr thc Governor of thc province of Connaught and the Earl of Thomond, Donough O'Brien, son of Conor, son of Donough, came to thc banks of the Erne withthe forcesof the provincc, thcy returncd to the monastery of Boyle, and they went after that to their homes as the other army did. However, Hugh O'Xeill and the Marshal lcft strong bodics of English youths and soldiers with Conor, the son of Conor Roe Maguire, who was discontented and at variance with Maguire ahvays on account of the sovereignty of the country. As for O'Donnell, it was a grcat affiiction of mind and soul to him that thc English should go back as thcy had done. Butyet as they did not attack him, he did not attack them, on account of the unprepared state in which he was, and he left a large body of his people at the aforesaid ford, which he gave for Maguire's protection, though he withdrew himself by command of O'Neill, for there were messages bctwccn them secrctly without the knowledge of the English.
1594, the srd year. Now the English and the Irish after that wcre listening to each other, without either attacking the other, for three months of winter up to the becrinning of the spring of the next year, 1594. At that period and time the Lord Justice collected a great army without the knowledge of any one, through hatred. They marched into the neighbouring territories without any delay until they came very soon to Ennisldllen,1 on Lough Erne, in the middle of the territory of Fermanagh. This was thc dwelling 2 and principal stronghold 3 of Hugh Maguire and of every one who was appointcd to the chicftaincy of the territory. The fort was strong, and thc wall impreg- nable by a strange force, but they werc not prepared then. The Lord Justice sat down to besiege thc fortress, and thc forces procecdcd to brcak in the wall as well as they could ; this was of no avail to thcm till some of warders gave up thc placc at last for a bribe. As soon as thc castle was
strono- bein^ surrounded on all sides by dence is expressed in Irish by the word Louo-h' Erne^ See p. lvii., antea. port. It is used ín the composition of manv
3 StrongJwld—hny kind of fortified resi- Irish words.
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rou comnuvp au lu-pci-p Sep uuittiAm f izuuittiAin rACcbAix> cpiocA Laoc xua coiíixia ppir au ccÁcp-pir fohCccAjvpcAfCACouAcongAib cecc& x>o buíx) 7 x>a]uii, 7 roAib Ar rCipn ro]\ cúlax> T>onix>iri. forAijpc íauoiíi ron^AÓ teic ^au cneic 5<\n ojitjaiti ro]\ A]\oite rpi cCiceonA lúíopAib o febnuAni co hlun. t)AhAX>nA]i tÁ Iiúa n*OoiiinAitt Aóx) 1Iuax) Apox> no búi ^au cochc ippu]\CAÓc mhéginxjin A]i A]" é ]\0 AftAlj; An COCCAX), 7 bA rO]\ A]:0]\COn5]\A ]10 1iAX>nAX> A]i cúr. Da rCx> roopÚAin oórorii jjau x>ut m ettriiA hia yoi]ucm aiúai1 nobA mCntuAnc tAir, a beic occ loxniAibe 7 occ iompuinueAc r]Uf 11A liAtpjAncliAib x>o ]tm geAtt chugA -pon AriipAine. O ]\o bA rox>A ÍAipiorii ]\o bACA]vpi-óe ^An cuix>ecc, cA]\cctomcA cenét cconAitt tAip co teicc, 7 "00 coCc ]\einnb con a ftog 50 hnnr cGcteAnn. T)eipix> iruix>e iponbAip ro]ipAn xumAX> o corAÓ 1un co mCx>ón Aujjurc 50 no fol.jiS b. c]\oicrecc 50 ]\o aiucc]\Ccc 7 50 ]\o mxujvpCcc Ainbui yó riiAmAr ua ngAtt hi c]\ich Ai]\^iAtt 7 1111 Oneipne uí RAi^ittij co ca]\cc]\\c Ainbú 7 Ambeoce-
AC]1A 1 tÓn ftoi 5 X)ÍA 11AlÍipAlb 7 X)ÍA HAOf CUA]\AfCAlt. OaCA]1 11A JAltt ipOf
aii caii pn ir riA po]\cAib ^Ab^tA 111 ]\o §Ab]'AC rop recc ]\iaiíi .1. m.Amipce]\ riiumeAchAm, ctuAm ex>Air hi c]uc \\1p5iAtt, (x mAinirci]\ ah diAbAm ipn mb]\eipne, ÚAip\ bA m eAcctAvpAib ha nÁoiii (x ha hiac mbeACAó bA memce An Ai]upim 05 cneAcliAX) 7 occ .mx>]\eAX) ha cc]uoch (x. 05 ^AbAit m^iAtt 7
A11A1CC1]\e.
lomcurA ui 'OhorimAitt buirróe coua fx>cnAix>e iponbAvpi (x mx> iompuix>iu ro]i mvp cectenn co hu]\copAÓ pochriiume reib AC]\ub]iAinA]i co ]\o rcAic
AHlbÍAX) X)On pAtltAC bACA]1 1fin CCAIfCÍAtt ACC 111AX) bC^. O ]\0 "pCx>ACA]1 JAltt
"Ouibtmne combAco]\porii rAiiitAix> p^Aoixuc cechcA gur ua ^AttAib bACA]\ 1u coijeAX) otneccmAÓc x>ia popcont^tA ro]\]\o cuvóecc 50 toíncib bíx> 7 xuge
teÓ ^Uf AU CCAÍfCÍAtt. UA]\ctA1UA1C 11A ^Altt ftuAJ 111Ó]\ 111 A0111 1011AX)
AiiiAit ]io fOfcon^iAX) rop]io conibACAf có-15 cex> x»écc tech xióccbÁix» a]\hica con x)p-umj; x>pC]\Aib 111ix)e x)ó bneipne ui flAJAttAij 7 x>o blnon^AmACAib C0151X) comiAcc. 1a]\ ccCgtoriiAX) x>oibpix)e, ^AbAix» occ bÁig 7 occ bubcAx»
1 Brcfny G'ReiUy. — It included origin- 2C/ones. — i.e., the retired place of kno\v-
ally the whole of the present county of ledge, a town on the eastern boundary of
Cavan except the baronies of Tullyhaw and Co. Monaghan. St. Tigernach founded
Tullyhunco, which belonged to Brefny a monastery here about the beginning of
O'Rourhe. In the reign of Elizabeth these the sixth century. It was destroyed by
baronies were united to Brefny O'Reilh/ Hugh De Lacy in I207;fiveyears afterwards
to reward Sir John 0'Reilly forhis services. it was rebuilt. It belonged to the Canons
He was called the Queen's 0'Reilly. See Regular of St. Augustine.
D'Alton's Army List, ii. 747. 3 M. o/Cavan.— lt was founded by Gilla
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in thc possession of the Lord Justicc Sir William Fitzwilliam, hc lcft thirty 1594. soldiers to keep it against arty one by whom it would be attachcd, with proper supplies of food and arms, and hc went back himsclf again. They ceased after that on each side plundering or slaughtering each other for four months, from February to June. Hugh Roe O'Donncll felt ashamed at being so long without going to the aid of Maguire, for it was he who urged on the war, and by his advice it was enldndled in the beginning. What hc did for him was not to go with all his forces to his aid, as he intended, but to delay and wait for thc Scotch, who had promised to come to him for pay. As hc thought they were long in coming. he mustercd the Cinel Conaill then, and he marchcd forward with his forccs to Enniskillcn. He sat down therc besieging the fortress from the beginning of June to the middle of August, till thev wasted and plundered whatever was under the power of the English in the territory of Oriel and Brefny O'Rcillv,1 and they gave the cows and herds as provisions to their auxiliarics and mercenaries. The English were dwelling at that time in the fortresses in which they had been dwelling some time before, in the monastery of Monaghan, Clones 2 in Oriel, and the monastery of Cavan 3 in Brefny, for it was in the churches of the saints and religious thev dwelt most commonlv, plundering and wasting the country and taldn^ pledges and hostages.
As for O'Donnell, he was with his forccs bcsieging and attacking the castle of Enniskillen up to the beginning of harvest as wc have said, till all but a small part of the provisions which the partv that was in the castle had was consumed. Whcn the English of Dublin learned they wcrc in this state, they sent messengers to the English who were in the province of Olneccmacht, ordcring them to go with supplies of food and drink to them to the castle. The English assembled a great host in one place as they wcre ordered, so that thcre were fifteen hundred armed soldiers, with a multitude of the men of Meath, of Brefny O'Reillv, and of the Binghams of thc provihce of Connaught. Aftcr assemblin"-
Iosa Ruadh 0'Reilly for Dominicans in p. 285. Xot a vestige of the monasterv 1300, and transferred to the Franciscans rcmains, the matcrials ha\in^; been used in bvThe 0'Reillyin 1393- Sce Hib. Domin., the erection of the barracks close bv.
ro]\ ha jjAoróéAtAib 6t occa cin^eAtÍA-ó 50 ccAocpvoAir 1u coipcm aii bAite ■01A nAuiróeom, acc cCnA mr netic An on'iAn t)óib curóecci ccnAicci. Daca]i ^Aoi'óeAt 111A p'oniicm cecib cah "our pocp.voAip
Uui]\cechcA iia nAtpAiiAc t>o pngeAtt ro]t aii AiiipMne t>o fAi^ró uí T)1ioiimAitt, vuy pccCccp-óe mu]\cobtAC món 50 toc pe<\bAitt nnc "Loccahi eice]i cenét cconAitt 7 CogliAin, co ]\o ^AbrAc rop ipn ecctAip nAipóenc 'oiAHA-o Ainni T)oi]\e bAit m ]\o bCiroAÓ CporiicAiin hiac "pet>timró mic p^igupx -oía n^<>]io]\ aii Cotumb cennAip Ax: pA'óo]\ tjóibporii combuí ó "OorimAitt ro]\ rtóigeA-o ipn ccoicc]\idi reb AcnubnAmop ■poróicporii ceccA ■oía cocui]\eAX) cIiuca 7 ]X]\ibennA. O ]\An^ACA]\ ha ceclicA co 1iAi]\m Ambuí ó T)oriniAitt, t>o bl]\Ac a tic]\e t>ó. -din tCgAip iac bArcó a ccocacc .1. "OoriuiAtt gopn niAc T)oriinoitt 7 iiiac t,eóro ha 1ia]\a t>o cochc ro co;gAi]\m uí t)oriiiiAitt ro]\ aii mu]\cobtAC Acnub]iAmo]\ 50 ]uáccaca]\ aii T)oi]\e ]\em]\Áiau, 7 munA cireArJroiii ic]\aiciu "oia propcvó AiiiAit ]\o geAtt, 50 roiptnr uia fol. 19.0. rrnicvmg -oía iiaca]vóa jaii CrrnÁcAtj ^An iomfui]ieAc. 1a]\ nAintegeA'ó ha rcnibeAnn t»ÚAX)1iorimoitt ]\o tui^ roclic món rAin combuí gAn tAb]\A acIiai-ó fot>A occa rcnút)At) 7 nemroéccp cró t>o ^Ciia'ó. pechc ahii bA luvónAn LAip a geAttAt) t>o nCriicoriiott rnir 11 a hAtbAUACAib ía]\ ha ccocui]\eAt) cIiucca 1n cÍAiiA, -A11 t)AtA rechcbA rnomoiiiAn tAir 11 a 5<^ttnemepe]\cmA]\ t)o cichcAin
1 pi]\CAc1lC A1l t)ÚHA1t) t)1A rrA-pgbATÓrOTÍl A11 tonjmO]1C. CoilAt) p\1]\ tieiflt)
occa po t>eóit) a ftoj t)o fÁgbAit irm tongpojic 7 ipn lomfin'óe AmbÁcAn, 7 é but) t)Cin con ÚACAt) t)Aoíne nnniAitte pur t)o tjut pon Ammur iia nAtbAHAÓ tnA rror'oAt) A]i ha hepencAir gcAch rnip Lui-ó ía]\oiíi t)í]\im hia]\cac co 1iAi]\m nnbACA]i. pe]iAró pÁitce fnu3. 1lo pieArctAic 7 ]\o puocAitic íC]\on'i p]U ceo]\A horóchib coha tÁib vo tdroAib mmCpccAib tx t)A ^ac C]\nt)Ait cua]\a bA "oeAÓ ipn c]\ic.
CeiteAbnAip "OorimAitt gonm t)UA T)horimoitt 7 pop]iA^Aib Ab]\ACAin 1?a ro aiíi occa 50 ccóig cét>Aib tÁoc t>óccbAit> A]\mc1iA, 7 t)o tAQC]iAró terotinj:,
1 Derry. — In ancient times Doire Cal- See Trias Thanm., p. 398, and The Ord-
gaich, i.e., the wood of Calgach. A site nance Survey oj Tcmpleinore,y>. 17. ior a monastery was given to St. Colum- 2 Criomtliann. — This was the name given
kille heie by King Aedh. The church built to Columba in baptism by the priest Cruith-
by him in 545 was called Dubh Regles, nccan ; but the word being synonymous
pcrhaps to distinguish it from the Teampul with crafty or cunning, his playmates desig-
Mor, built in 1164 by Flathbheartach nated him Columba, i.e., the dove, on ac-
O'Brollaghan. The site is now occupied count of his gentleness, and added to it
by thc Catholic church of St. Columkille. «'//<? because of the frequency of his coming
thcy proceeded to bluster and threaten the Irish and to assert that they 1594. would go to thc relief oí the place in spitc of them ; but yet fcar did not allow them to go immediately. Thc Irish were ready for thcm whenever they should comc.
As for the Scotch who promised to enter O'Donnell's service, they came with a large fieet to the Lough of Feabhall, son of Lodan, betwcen the Cincl Conaill and thc Cinel Eoghain, and they occupied the famous church which is called Der^,1 the place which Criomhthann,2 son of Fedhlimidh, son of Fergus, who was callcd Columba thc ZMIld, blessed. They were told that O'Donnell was on a hosting in the ncighbouring territory, as we have said. They sent messengers and letters too to invite him to them. When the messengers came to the place whcre O'Donnell was they gave their letters to him. He read them, and these werc their contents : Donnell Gorm 3 and MacLcod of Aran 4 had comc at the invitation of O'Donnell with the fleet we have mentioned until they reached Derry aforesaid, and if he did not come immediately to rctain them as he had promised, they would go back to their country without dallying or delay. When O'Donnell read the letters, a great silence came on him, so that for a long time he did not speak, thinking and forecasting what he should do. At one time he was ashamed not to fulfil his promises to the Scotch after inviting them to him from a distance. Again, he was greatly afraid that the English of whom we have spoken would come to the relief of the fortress if he left the encampment. Where- fore in the end he resolved to leavc his armv at the encampment and sicge where thev were, and to go himself with a small body of men to mcet the Scotch to retain them, as every one advised him. He went after that with a troop of horse to the place whcre thev wcre. He bade them welcome. They were attended and entcrtained for three days and three nights with strong drink and every sort of food that was best in the countrv.
Donnell Gorm took lcavc of O'Donnell and left with him his voungcst brother with five hundred armed soldicrs and robust troops. MacLeod
from the cell in which he read his psalms. State Papers Lord of the Out Isles. See See Reeves' Adammn, Ixx. and p. 6, n. Hill's Macdonnelh oj Antrii/i, p. 14S.
3 Donnell Gorm. — He is caUed in The 4 Ara/i.— An island in the Firth of Clyde.
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<A]tipt> niAcLeoit» aii couiitíon cCcctia 7 rorcAip Ua t>orimAitt iat> tnbtmib. bÁ ruAicnró on iCcrorii 1n cnécumurcc rCn rénetApvme aii a]\iii 7 An C]i]iAró a iiaIa-ó 7 An e]\ÍAt)]\A, A]1 Aret> bA liéogu-ó •ócnb "oía neccAi]i b]ieAc1i]iAic
1ott>ACAc1lA irO]1C1U]1At JÓ nCfCCACAIU 7 01]1C11lb. -AcC]lCp\ CA]1 A1lA1]tOnib
AbtAinuij dia mb]\ACAib. 'Ojion^ -óiob co cctoit)riiib bCnn-oonnchun icíCc mó]iA nntCcA ór a px)]tmnAib. b^ lieíccCn t>on tAecli a t>i ÍAiifi t>o cAbAi]ic inAonf-AbAtt 11T0 u]it)onn a ctomim ah cah no bCnAt) a bénn t>e. ^\]\Aitt túob 50 bpicóbACAib récpioigcib rei-ómnC]\criiA]iA 50 pieAn^piÁicib recpj- mpoc cnAÍpe, 7 50 fAijxnb piuibge^iA pAineceAcliA.
'OÁtA iia n^Att oc cuat •ooibp'oe "oei]\j,e ah tongpo^ic "oúa 'óoifmAitt 7 50 brA]vcAt) AftuAg *oía éip irm bropbAir nnbÁcA]i 7 AiiC]\ino]i •oetti'ó -01 a cajrlnb A]i ce]ice tóm, t>ur pccicp'óe ui oibne la ctoipcecc ah rcéoit 50 mbÁCAu uro nneAt cpiclie monAch pu todi nCi]\ne aiiía]\. Oc cliÚAtAt) IIIÁ5- urói]i a ccocc ca]i on a c]\iche, t>o benc a ]X)C]iAit)e tAir ro]i Ammur ha n^Att .1. Ariiuinci]i ntntir bu-óúein, Gt t>e]tb]iAc1iAi]t uí lléitt Co]ibmAc íbl. 19.0. iiiac pi]i-oo]iÓA 1111C Cunin bACAig ^o -o^umg "oía riiuinci]i 7 -oo cenét CojliAin nnc lléitt, 7 roÓAróe 'OAiiirAib uí 'OoriniAitt, aji mr ]iébc ah oh'iaii "oóibp-óe ceclic ca]a b]ieici]i ha ca]i enfUAgnA ArrtÁcA, uai]\ ]\o rojtcon^Ain ro]i]iA Ai]\iriorii ipn ton5po]\c co careA-ópom t>o ^u-óip -oiÁ roitpt), tx m no rcAicli Atómce reb ]io rcAicli t>on cÁcli ac ]iutACA]i Apn tongpojtc. O ]iahiicc lllÁ^urói]! (x aii tuchc ]\ériiepencniA]t m 5A]u>occur t>on tptog ecqiAiro 'oeirróCcon ron acchto ron Ác iroouAró irooibeoit m ]iob C]fÓAtcA teó a
CCOcllAU cllUCA 1]T11 COnA1]l CU-ÓCACA]!, & 1lí]1 bo CÍA11 A11 10'ÓnAI'Óe A1l t)Úpm
aii caii t>o -|Uac1icaca]i aii ftoj ^Att ni a ccCiit). b^ 1i CpTnumcejvÓA An rÍAt)utAt) ríÍAinrCc ón pÁnrtAcbÁcAn iruróe, peA]\t1iAn ^teo Amnur' Amt)]\eAn- t)A Cco]i]iA 50 ]iAemeAt) ro "óeóró rojtpiA ^AttAib 7 vorjtAjAbrCc iotA]i cdro t)o roicenétAc1iAib 7 "ooicénétAcliAib 7 éoÁtA Aróbte -oeAcliAib 7 jjpoi-óib bACAn teó ro tómcib b'ró 6L t>ije ^up aii t)únAt) 50 AncpAttrAc, conAt) óiia bAiutCnAib (x ó iia bpop^Aib iotA]vt>A ]io rÁccbAt) occ aii ác t>on cu]i pn 110 tAb aii các 7 aii niAibiii aii cAinmniuJAt) Ai]it>e]ic .1. mAróm áca ha mbniopgAt). Soaicc 1llit)i5 7 IvA^AttAi j (mA cce]inÁ ataii niATom pti
1 Cormac. — See p. xív., antea. He is Archives at Simancas a letter written by
usually called Cormac mac Baron. He him to the King of Spain when the other
took an active part in the war on O'Don- chiefs wrote asking for aid. See p. li.,
nell's side to the end. There is in the antea-
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remained with thc same numbcr, ancl O'Donnell retaincd both of thcm. These were recognised among the Irish soldiers by thc diffcrcncc of their arms and clothing, thcir habits and language, for thcir cxterior dress was mottled cloaks to the calf of the leg with ties and fastenings. Thcir girdlcs were over the loins outside the cloaks. Many of them had swords with hafts of horn, large, fit for war, from their shouldcrs. It was nccessary for the soldier to put his two hands togethcr at thc very haft of his sword when he would strike a blow with it. Othcrs of thcm had bows of carved wood strong for use, with well seasoned strings of hemp, and arrows sharp-pointcd, whizzing in flight.
As for the English, wb.en they were told that O'Donnell had gonc away from the camp and left his army behind at thc sicge in which they wcrc engaged, and that great numbers of them had gonc to their homes for want of provisions, they marched in haste on hearing the news till thcy werc on the borders of Fermanagh, west of Lough Erne. Whcn Maguire hcard they had crossed the bounds of his territory he took his troops with him to meet the English, viz., his own faithful people and O'Neill's brother Cormac,1 son of Ferdoragh, son of Conn Bacach, with a number of his people and of the tribe cf Eoghan, son of Niall, and some of O'Donnell's troops, for fear did not allow these to transgress the word or the warning of their princc, for he ordered them to remain in the encampment until he returned to them, and their provisions were not consumcd, as wcre thosc of such as had gone away from the encampment. When Maguire and the people of whom we have spoken came near the strange army thcy halted oppositc them at a rough, difficult ford, where they were sure the enemy would come to them marching by the road they did, and their stay in that place was not long when the army of the English came up. The cntertainmcnt which they received from thc party there was unfriendly. A battle, sharp and fierce, took place between thcm until in the end the English were defcatcd, and they left a multitude of heads of high and low born and a large prcy of horscs and mares which thcy had bringing the supplies of food and drink for thc castle to which they were going, so that from thc many cakcs and biscuits left at the ford then the ford and the battle got the well known name of the battle of the Ford of the Biscuits. Thc men of Mcath and the 0'Reillys
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•oíob) itl a pgeotAn^Aib p^Áoitce r^Amoriice co Oneipie ní RA^AttAií;. t)Áp coiiai]\ m ]\o turó Seoinp 05 tDiongom gur An tuchc ]\o tfn é Ar aii lomAnjoitpn c|ie tf^vgAin ctomne cobcAij tltdATó riiet^ SAriirA-ÓAm, c]\e b]\éípie uí Ruai|\c (x Aip-óe co Sti^ec. hi mí -Au^urc t>o ]\ónA*ó in-opn. Oc clmÁtAcÁn ófr couiifcA cliAipcecnt mp ceictfnn piAomeA-ó ron An fto§ no c]\u\tt coccc t)ía ccoípcm ]\o bfnp\c céitt "oía cca13ai]\ (x "oo bf]\cp\cc ah bAite ÚArcnb 'oo rhÁgui-óin, (x *oo nAcrorfi rofrAiri *ocnb con 'oopo'ónAchc cjter An cí]\ 50 ]\iac1icaca]\ bAit m ]\ob mmtt teó. T)ÁtA 111 •óorimAitt íf]\ yv:op:A"ó ha n<\Ux\nAc •oópvroe x>o comtA 50 c]\ích moiiAcli *oo curóechc ípn lompjróe cÍ'ccha 1 ]\Aibe ro mir ceictitnro. ^Xn cau OAÓipom ía]\ ha •fécc, ac cln chugu A]\<\itt x>ía Ariiroib ]\o bACA]\ occ rnAoineA*ó An riiA-óniA
VOjipiA JAttAlb C011A 1lét)AtAlb teÓ. -dc ríft)OC A rcéALA All'lAlt rO]\CAOlfl-
nA^Ai]\. t)A p\oitrópurii 'óibp'óe, acIic ha hia bA cocoih]\ac1ic LAir ha bÁoi fol. 20. a. reipn ipn cac1ia]\, a]\ hac étAÍxf-ó Ar "oo iia -gAttAib in AC]\utA "óiob. SoAir
ÚA *Ooril11Altt C011 A AtpA11Ac1lAlb pO]\ CClítAb, & ]\0 A1]Ur 111 A CÍ]\ JO ]\U"5]:AC
cechcA 1l11ié5Uibi]\ p\i]\ 1n rpcip -oia Aipieir -óó combin ah lupnr Se]\ uuittiAin tlurret A5 cóniAicfrii (x a£ cmgeAttA'ó ceclic 50 lnnir ceictenn -oía ^AbÁit An -oa]\a rechc. A\\ ctoircecc iia rcet pn -oúa T)orimAitt no cecciiiAtc<\ a ftoj tAif eici]\ unnAi"ó 7 -oéo]\Aró,(x'oo coriitA 50 cpcb motiAch. porAijir ÍArotfi 1u cí]\ cfnnACA rni toch nenne ahai]\. 'Oo -51HAC ah rtoj; bocA 6: betfccACA Ainnp-óe 7 ahaic pxriitAró ó t)ei]\eA-ó ^Xugufc 50 5. -oOccobep-
Oc chuAtA-6 aii lurcrp ó T)oir.nAitt *oo beic hia u]\]>oicitt, 7 TTlÁ-gui-Gijt con a rocnAroe "oibtnnb, ó ]\o pcan co caocpvó ó 11éitt iua ccoipcm no Á^ArcAip ia-o coiia no -pÁ^Aib AcctiAc aii caii pn. O ]tobA "oem'nn tA Iiúa n"OoriniAitt 11AC caocpvó aii luprir co hmir ceictenn -oon cunpn, lompAirmA rpcfm-5 "oía c1ií]\ 7 ]\o tetcc a AtbAiiAi-5 úa-óa íf]\ neinnfó AccuA]\ArcAit "oóib
7 ]\0 ^OAtt^AC dlUCCA -OO ]\TÓ1]^1 111 U]\CO]'AC pA1l'l]\A1t) A]t CC11TO.
^Largan. — This territory was held by 3 RusselL — He was the youngest son of
the Magaurans, subject to O'Rourlce. See the Earl of Bedford. See p. lxxxv., antea.,
0'Flaherty's Iar Connaue;ht, p. 347. In 'The Account of his Journey to Ballen-
2 Clan Cobhthach Ruadh.— The tribe- acor ' there is a description of the cruelties
nameofthe Magaurans. They were chiefs which he practised towards the 0'Byrnes
of Teallach Eochdach, which now forms and other Wichlow tribe's. See C.C. JllSS.,
the barony of Tullyhaw, in the north-west iii. 226, and Ajinals F. M., vi. 1955. He
of Co. Cavan. was recalled in May, 1 597.
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escaping from that battlc wcnt in confusion, scattered and disordercd, to 1595- Brefny O'Rcill}-. Thc road by which George Ogc Bingham wcnt with thc people who followcd him out of that fight was through Largan : of Clan Cobthach Ruadh2 Magauran, through Brcfny 0'Rourkc, and thcno Sligo. This took placc in thc month of August. Whcn thc warders of thc castle of Ennisldllcn hcard of the dcfeat of thc army which intcndcd to come to their aid they gavc up all hope of rclicf and surrcndcrcd thc castlc to Maguire, and hc gave them a protcction during their journcy through the district till they came to a place where thcy were safe. As to O'Donnell, after engaging the Scotch, hc wcnt to thc tcrritory of Fcrmanagh to con- tinuc the same siege in which he was engaged before at Enniskillen. After thc journcy he saw some of his soldicrs who wcrc at the dcfcat in the fight against the English with the plundcr in thcir possession. Thcy gave him the account of how it happened. He was pleascd with them, but yct it was anguish to him that hc was not himself in that battlc, for so many of the English would not escape as there did. O'Donncll went back with the Scotch, and hc remained in his territory until Maguire's messengers came to him to tcll him that the Lord Justicc, Sir William Russcll,3 was threatening4 and asserting that he would go to' Enniskillen to take it a second time. Whcn O'Donnell heard this news he assembled his forces, both high and low-born, and he went to Fermanagh. He went afterwards into Tir Kennedy,5 to the cast of Lough Erne. Thc armv made huts and tents there, and remained so from the end of August to the 5 tli of Octobcr. When the Lord Justicc heard that O'Donnell was wcll prepared, and Maguire with his auxiliaries also, and as he knew that O'Neill would come to their aid, he prcvcnted them from leaving Dublin thcn. Whcn O'Donncll was ccrtain that the Lord Justicc would not come to Ennis- killen thcn, he returncd to his own country and scnt awav his Scots after giving them their pay, and they madc a promise to him again for thc vcrv beginning of the following summcr.
4 Thrcaiening. — ' He formed a resolution at that time and from thence to Roscommon.' that provisicns and stores should be put into Ibid.
every tcwn in thc Queen's possession in 5 Tir Kennedy. — Now a baronv in the
Ireland, in despite of all thosc who wcre east of Co. Feimanagh ; it lies between opposed to him. . . . He went to Athlone Ennishillen and Fivcmiletown.
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1 Middle moitth. — The year was divided by the ancient Irish into four parts, each beginning with a stated day on which the lighting of fires and games took place. O'Donovan thinhs the last month of Fogh- mar, or summer, corresponding with our November, was also the last of the year. Accordingly the middle month of spring would be our April. See The Book of Rights, liii.
2 Sligeach. — i.e., abounding in shells. This was formerly the name of the river Garvogue, which flows through the town of Sligo. From it the town has its name.
3 Ballynwte. — A town fourteen miles south of Sligo. The castle was built by Richard De Burgo, called the Red Earl, in 1300. A good part of it is still standing.
4 A'esh. — A hill immediately to the west of Ballvmote.
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Thc year 1595, the fourth ycar.
He was then at rcst, aftcr thc departure of his mcrcenarics, until thc middlc month1 of spring. Many of thc nobles of the province of Mcadhbh came to O'Donnell at that time and were in his scrvicc, having bcen banished from their territory by the oppression of the English, and thcy never ceased beseeching and begging him to go to punish thc English for their misdeeds, and to plundcr and prey the pcoplc who bore with them and the tcrritories subject to them. It happcncd, moreovcr, that owing to his resentment and angcr against thc English it was easy to tempt him to prey and plundcr them whenevcr hc could. Thc precisc place fixed on to be plundered first was Rathcroghan of Crobdearg, in the plain of Aoi, son of Allgubha, in the middle of the English, whcre their flccks and herds were. That was not casy for him, for thc English had brought the whole provincc of Connaught under their power, so that they were.in possession of the impregnable castles and strongholds of the country and in the gaps of danger, viz., some of them in the castle on the bank of the ancient river which the flood lcft behind, called the Sligcach,'2 and others of them in Ballymote,3 a strong fortress in the neighbourhood of the celcbrated hill of Kesh4 of Corann the harper. Some of them at Newport,5 a strong fortrcss which the English had crected bctween Lough Cc and Lough Arrow.6 Others of them in the monastery of the monks on the bank of the Seghais, a river which comes from Lough Techet,7 now called the Boyle. Another body in Tulsk, in the middle of Magh Aoi, north-east of Rathcroghan. The Governor of the province of Connaught, Sir Richard Bingham, was in Roscommon,8 a valiant knight, and he was Govcrnor, undcr the direction of the Council, over the wholc provincc, as wc havc said. It was a hard, difficult, bold, brave thing to makc an attack on thc party of whom we have spoken already, in order to plundcr or prcy thcm, owing to the great dread and abhorrcncc of their arms and accoutrcments, and to
. 6 Newport.— This is no doubt the great miles W. of Boyle. Coolavin, the lerritorv
fort between Loughs Ce and Arrow erected of the O'Garas, lav on thc west side of it. by the Govcrnor of Connaught, spohen of ommon. — This castle was built by
by the Four Masters under the d.ate 1590. William De Ufford, Lord Justice, in 1268.
^LonghArrow. — Five miles N.of Boyle. See an account of it in The J. 0/ the R.
1 Lotiqh TecÁef.—Nov/ Lough Gara, six Soc. of Antiquaries of Ircland, Oct., 1S91.
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XL. ofMelge- — Now Lough Melvin, at the of the baronv of Boyle, including the whole
extreme N.E. of Co. Leitrim. Melge parish of Kilronan. Top. Poems, xxxvi. was the son of Cobthach Caolmbreagh, 4 Knockvicar. — Five miles N.E. of Boyle.
ancl was ardrigh from a.m. 3696 to 3673. 5 Daghdha. — i.e., Eochaidh Ollathar, ard-
Keating, //. of Ireland, p. 192. righ from 3371 to 34.50. He died at Brugh
2 Braulieve. — Four miles S. of Droma- na Boinne of a wound v/hich was inflicted haire, where Leitrim and Roscommon meet. on him in the first battle of Moytura.
3 Tir Tua/hai/.—A territory in the N.E. Annals F. M., i. 23.
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the contcmpt and insults they offcrcd to the Irish for a long time. llow- 1595 ever, O'Donnell resolved to go on a hosting at the rcqucst and pctition of the nobles and gcntlcmen who complaincd of thcir suffciings to him. I le assemblcd and gathered togcthcr thc Cinel Conaill, and thcv camc to Ballyshannon. Thcn hc went, the third day of March, with his host across the old strcam of Saimer, having the Lough of Melge,1 son of Cobthach, on the right, over the border of Brefny, to Brauliéve,2 and from that to Tir Tuathail.3 He encamped there till morning. Thc next dav thcy set off through the wastes and descrts of thc country, without being noticcd or heard, to the rivcr at Boyle, east of Lough Ce. Thc army crossed the river in the beginning of thc night at thc place called Knockvicar4 bridgc. From that silently through Moylurg of the Daghdha5 and through Magh Aoi Finnbendaig, till they came at the twilight of the morning to Croghan, the royal fort of Aoi. However, though houses and dwellings were close in the neighbourhood of the royal fortress, and though the cows and herds of cattle, the swift foreign horses, the oxen and preys of cattle were numcrous, and though they might with profit forbid their marauders to scatter or their soldiers to separate from each other in ordcr to collect herds or flocks (for they would find plenty of them, and of every treasure they wishcd exccpt gold or silver), it was not this they did at all, but far and widc they separated one from the cther from the hill of tbie royal fort, for some of thcm wcnt into the territory of O'Conor Roe and Annalv, and others to the bridge of Ballymoe,c and another body beyond Castlcrea," wcstwards. All these active marauding parties, with their spoils and booty, returncd with what each one could, moving togethcr and driving bcfore them herds and cattle, after mid-day on the same day to Elphin,8 where O'Donnell was. It was a long time bcfore that since the same quantity or the like was gathercd and collected as was brought togethcr of spoils in onc placc, the plundér of one day,byany one of the race of Gaeidhcl Glas,9 son of Nial. O'Donnell went forward with his army by slow marches over thc border of Magh Aoi
6 Ballytnoe. — Six miles S. of Castlerea. gives its name to an ancient bishopric
7 Castlerea. — Fifteen miles N.W. of Ros- founded by St. Patrick.
common. No trace of the castle remains. 9 Gaeidhel Glas. — Or Gadelas. Milesius
8 Elphin. — See Trias 1 haum., pp. 89, 139. was igth in descent from him. See It is fifteen miles north of Roscommon. It Reating's H. of ' Ireland, p. 107.
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1 Slishen. — Now Bellaslishen, a mile 3 Conmaicne Rem. — i.e., the plain of the
south of Elphin. track. Through this the Formorians flying
2 Hy Brinin. — Now Tir ua Riuin, the ter- from the .battle field of Moytura passed to ritory lying between Elphin and James- Fenagh, where they were slain. It cora- town, Co. Roscommon. It belonged tothe prises the southern part of Co. Leitrim. O'Monaghans, descended from Brian, son * Cluan ni gcaishel. — Novv Cloone, in of Eochaidh Muighmeadhoin. the barony of Mohill.
having on the right thc old ford of Slishen1 and Hy Briuin,- until thcy camc 1595. to the bank of the Shannon, for it flows straight from the north-west betwcen Hy Briuin and Conmaicine Rcin.3 Thcy cncampcd thcrc that night.
As for the Governor Richard Bingham, when he was told that O'Donncll was marching before he camc into the country, and he was as well preparcd as he could be, he thought it well that hc had come anyhow, for hc supposed he could not escape back without a grcat disaster, he assemblcd all thc English in the country in gcncral, from whatcvcr garrisons thcy were in, and he summoned them to meet him at the Seghais callcd the Boyle, for he thought O'Donnell would pass therc when going to his own country. There came to that gathering the English vvho wcrc in thc garrisons of Sligo, Ballymote, and Newport, and they wcrc in thc monas- tery of Boyle. The English who were in Cluan na gCaishel4 camc to the same gathering. The Governor himself carae with the English of Roscommon and with a great body of Irish, and they were at Rath Croghan. They went on the track of the army and of the prey, and though it was easy to find the track, for not like the track of a fox on the ice were the track and footsteps of the plundering host before them, thev took a different road at the end of the day and beginning of the night, after wandering and straving through a longing desire and haste to take vengeance on them and pursue them, for the English werc fully persuaded that O'Donnell would march again, whcn returning back, by the same road by which he had come to the territory. Meantime (as soon as the day shone out with all its light on the morrow), O'Donnell ordercd his attend- ants and every one of his army who did not know how to usc or wicld arms against their enemies to march without delay with their booty and spoils to a certain deep ford of the river Shannon, which is callcd the ford of Killtrcnan. This they did immediately, and they crosscd the river without any hurt to the opposite bank in Conmaicne Magh Rcim, which is now called Muintir Eolais.
As for the Governor Richard Bingham, whcn hc pcrccived that O'Donnell with his army had escaped and had takcn a diffcrcnt road from that by which they had come into the countrv, he scnt messengers to the
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X)o coCc ó -óornnAitt con a ftój ínA nuÍDheDAib nnceccA dia CC1510 con éoAtAib Avóbte 7 co bpoitce mói]\. An aic f aiíi lavó occ téi^Cn Af cífi 50 DeipeAD neAnnAig. O ]\o comfoiccfij; ceDcof ac ha ríne r au'ijiaca DÓib ]io §Ab ai tjCf G: lomcotcAn úa 'OoiimAitt xio cuvóecc ipn ccoiccc]nch xio piDipi x)0 fuAbAipc iia ccuac ]\o bACA]\ 111 géittfine ^Att, 7 ]\obA niAnAvj; xióib X)1A ccAbAi]ic pop ccúlad 111A rhumcCnAf 7 hia ca]\ac]\ax> do copiiArii AiiACApbA rni ^AttAlb nó X)1A nmx)peAX) muiiA aopcAip icci]\. lApox>Am x)o pecctomcA a ftuA^ tAip aii .18. x)o Ap]\it. bApCx) accCccha huvóe ca]a fCnfnuc SAiiiAoipe tAn'i xi>Cf rm toch ffletje imc CobcAij; co pAii^ACApro tlormbCn ah ADAijjpm. Aipípic co niAX)Ain ipin mAigin pn. UiArhAic A]\ AbApAch co ci tte f Cpro. *Oot;niAc lompupeAch hipuvoe co puccfAC DeipeAD a ptoi§ poppA. X)o íCjac iCporii c]\epAH mbpCipne co bpAiccftÍAb. b^cAp ad1iai§ tongpopc ahh, 7 do juíac AnAi]\te íA]\om. b^pCb ]\o cogAiprCc cecip c]iuch ro JAbcAip eitt poppnA ^AttAib bAcop iniAini]xi]\ 11A sCghfA ]\o bAb ró teó. Ap imne bACAnfvóe co noíb céoAib laóc ipopbAipi ifm ]\ecctép hipn, 7 ]\o fÁfAi^fCc ha cpiocA bÁcop coiiifoiccfi X)óib fO]\ jac tec ^ombcA]! oicpeAbA jah lonAcochc ^au AicpeAbAX).
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1 Ross Inver.— A parish in north Leitrim, 3 Monastery ofihe Seghats.—T'ht Cister- near the south-eastern extremity of Lough cian abbey of Boyle, which is called here Melvin. by the name of the river close to which it
2 Killargy— z'.e., the church of St. Ferga. is built. The church and a considerable The village is six miles south of Manor part of the monastery are still standing, but Hamilton. they are in very neglected state.
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English whom he had summoncd to thc monastcry of Boylc to ask all of thcm to go in pursuit of thc host which had comc to plundcr thc tcrritorv, and as they did not comc instantly, for they did not wish to go mcct the othcr army unprcparcd, thcy wcnt from thcnce across the Shannon north- eastwards bcforc thc English came up, all but a small numbcr of their soldiers whom they lcft bchind to fight in thcir dcfcncc and to protcct thcm on their rear. A great body of the infantry of the English army and of the shooters came up and a skirmish took placc between thcm, so that many wcre hurt and wounded on both sidcs. Howcvcr, at last thc Cinel Conaill wcnt across thc river aftcr a victory in thc fight. The Govcrnor with his English retreated, and his mind was not at case, for hc was sorry that the country was plundercd in spitc of him.
O'Donnell and his army went on thcir way to thcir homcs with vast treasures and grcat joy. They remained there to get rid of their fatigue to the end of spring. When the beginning of the summer weathcr was approaching a longing and a great desire seized O'Donnell to go again into the neighbouring districts to attack the people that wcre in subjcction to the English and obcdicnt to them, to bring them back to an alliance and fricndship with him, and to protcct their patrimony from the English, or to prey them if they did not return. Wherefore he got together his troops on the i8th of April. His first* march was across the old strcam of the Saimer, having the Lough of Melge, son of Cobthach, on his right, and thev came to Ross Inver1 that night. They remaincd there till morning. They went the next day to Killargy.2 They made a halt there until thc rear of his army came up with them. After that they wcnt through Brefnv to Braulieve. Thcy encamped for a night thcre, and hcld a council afterwards. What they agrecd on was whatever hurt thcy found an oppor- tunity of doing to thc English who wcrc in the monastery of the Scghais,3 they thought it right to do, for these wcrc with two hundred soldicrs in possession of the church,4 and they wasted thc ncighbouring •territories on every side so that they wcrc wildernésses without residence or dwelling.
This was the plan adoptcd by O'Donncll in the cnd. Hc detachcd a
* Church. — Regles^ an abbey church, of the secular or of the rcgular cleryy. See whereas tcamful may mcan a church either Petrie's Ect l. An/i., p. 1 53.
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fol 2\ a b]\Ac 7 vo cliAifccéteAt) ro]\piA cuAcAib bAco]i mjett^'me §Att. T)o cóco]\ ÍA]\om tA ro]\6on5]\A ha rtACA *oo cliAipccéteAt) ipn An^liAite, cuác rpme m ]io c]\eAb^AC A]\Aitt -ouA^^tib ConmAicne 00 fíot fCnjufA nnc 1\0]\\. Siot
1 Fergus. — He was the grandson of Rudh- naught and Munster, where his dcscendants, raighc, ardrigh from A.M. 4912 to 4981. He the families of O'Ferrall and Reynolds still bccame possessedof large territories in Con- dwell. 0'Curry's Manners, &*c, ii. 86.
troop of horsc from thc army of his own people and sent thcm awav 1595- by another road across thc 13oylc to thc monastery, and told them to
reconnoitre for thc purpose of driving off thc cattlc belonging to the English, to delude thcm, and draw thcm bcyond thc fences and walls of the monastcry as far as the levcl plain aftcr thcir cattlc, to see whether thc forcc could go bctween them and thc fortified place, for O'Donnell was told that thcy had onc hundrcd milch cows for food. O'Donnell went away with his army by a private road to conceal himself by thc bank of Lough Arrow to the east, and to Corrsliabh of thc Scghais. Thc English who were in garrison in Xcwport, between Lough Key and Lough Arrow, heard thc talking of the armv whcn passing by. Thcv sct to shoot thcir leadcn balls and to burn their powder in ordcr to givc information and warn- ing to thc soldiers in the monastery, so that the forcc should not deceive them and comc on them without notice. Whcn O'Donncll had passcd ovcr the Corrsliabh southwards, he rested in a rctired wood near the river in ambush for the English until the morning of the ncxt day. As for the troop that was sent to reconnoitre about the prey, as wc have said, they came in the early dawn to the monastery and drove off the cattlc from thcm immediately. The English saw that a stratagcm was attempted against them, and did not leave the fortress but remained therein. When O'Donncll had given up all hopc of their coming out of the monastcry into thc lcvcl plain in pursuit of thcir small herd of cattlc, thc loss of which was an injury to them then, he rosc from his ambush and passcd on across through Magh Aoi with his soldiers. so that it was complctely glcancd by him and what remained to them after the first time was entircly plundcrcd. and hc went straight on till he came to the wcstcrn bank of the Shannon.
He went across the river to Conmaicnc Rein, and hc cncampcd in Lcitrim of Muinter Eolais, and rcmaincd thcrc with his army untíl they had finished thc cclcbration of Easter, and whilc his enemies thought he was going to his native country, such a thing was not in his mind, but hc summoned to him privatcly somc of thc pcoplc of thc countrv, and told them to go into the ncighbouring district to spv and watch thc people who were in subjection to thc Engiish. Thcy went afterwards by thc princc's ordcr to watch in Annaly. This is a district in which some cf thc noblcs of Conmaicne of thc racc of Fergus Mac Rossa dwelt Thcv wcre
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VV^VS^ AV^01l'OA'0V'A1'oe' 7 V°bcAn roriiAinAijce x>o ^AttAib ah caii pn. Oaca|\ imeACctAi^e x>ia cnéccix) A]i ]\o bAX> ^Anroccur ACCoriiAigcCr X>1 Aroite. Ilo p>ix> béor úa 'OoriitiAitt ceccA co 1i Aox> TllliA^uixn^ x>ía coc1iui]\eAx> cIuicca, 7 ]\o--o&tAfcoi]i pur ipn ccoiccpch cCcha. *Our pccpóe AiiiAit ]\o 1iia]\]\ax>.
SoAic óCr aii b]\Aich yo]\ ccútAib co rpor ]xet 7 bAO^Ait ha cpce x)Ua *OomriAitt. *Oo con'itA a^ ífporii coha rinteAX)Aib tÚAii ca]~5 x)o fonnpvó cA]\piA beitjib ]\o cioncoi]xcrCc a coipg conA\]\e x>ó 50 ]\Aimcc ]\ia niACAin x>on AntAite. Oi]\cccC]\ An x>a AngAite 7 An c]\ioch uite ro]\ gAch tec teó conA ]TApccAib]^Cc nnot nmnite óchÁ StiAb t1ittmx) foebuji X)C]\cc nnc "pmx) x>ÍA ngA]\o]\ rtiAb CAi]\p]\e mx)iu 50 gtAirr bCptAmoin pup ]\aicC]\ Cicne, bAit m ]\o bAix)eAX) 'Cichne mgCn Coc1ix)ac reixVtij. *Oo jiactacc c]\a mumcCn uí "Oon'mAitt ro c]\ummétt cCmCx) An cín hia ccimceAtt $u]\ bó pnuícceo X)obA]\x)A x>uibciAch x)0]\c1ia x)CdiAije AncoibCir bAOi ÚArxxx CcA]\bÚA]-, gu]\bo ton X)1A toc 7 x>iA tAnbAojtu^AX) x)iAinbeic lomcopiAm p\íu nÁ]\ bo ^uai- clnnx) 7 iia]a bo roittéi]\i x>óib AnAiéCncA 7 aiiaC^ corii jai]^ix) (xnÁmcAir eici]\ciÁn ÚAix>ib) otx)Ác AnAniix)e 7 AmbioxYbAX)A bunAix>.
bAoi cAifcÍAtt irm cc]\idi, ton^bonc uí "pCn^nAit a Ainni, An a^ó Iia X)únÁ]\Ar x>óp\ix>e fx x)on cí no biox> 1n ccCntiA]^ iia c]\ice x)ía cenét. v& X)únAX> XMinjCn xncogtAi^e eipx>e 7 x>ur ruic gur nA ^AtlAib ah ionbAix> p'n: *Oo nAcroc íC]\on'i 5A1ttrC]\]X)irii x>ia pMnmumncCn mx> x>iAiomcoiiiiéx) 7 geitt 7Aiccn\e au cí]\etAip Cniop:oi]t b]\oun a Amm. b^ 1iAtceAch aIiucc c]\eóm íol. 23. b. emiée itteic pu x)in'iiccm 7 CA]\cAp\t x>o cAbAi]\c ron ÚAirtib 6: uipuo^Aib aii cíne ro]\ jac tCicb x>e. ^AbzhA]\ ah CAi]xÍAtt tA 1iúa n*Oon'mAitt, Gt x>o nAccAX) C]\iorcoi]\ 7 a ctiAiiiAm A]y Anib]\oicc con a miiÁib X)ibtionib. *Oo ]\oc1iai]\ x)An 1loibC]\x> niAc ^CnjurA nnc b]UAin tA^ ah ftuAj (x bA x>UAirtib a cCmiuit eipx>e, tA 111a5U1x)1]\ X)oruicpoiii. 1o]\JAbc1iA]\ ConcobA]\ hiac aii P]UO]\A UÍ tlAJAttAlj tA x>]ium5 HAite X>011 rtógh.
1 Annalies. — In 1445, at tne death of 3SIieve Carbry.— A mountainous district William O'Ferrall, lord of Annaly, the in thebarony of Granard, Co. Longford. It territory was divided and tvvo chieftains takes its name from Cairbre, brother of established. Annals F. Aí., v. 941. Laeghaire, ardrigh in St- Patrich's time.
2 Slieve Uiliin. — It is mentioned in the * Inny. — This river rises in Lough Shee- Book of Lecan : 'Lughaidh vvent to be re- lin. Flovving southwards, it passes through venged of Furbaidhe and lcilled him at the Lakes Derravaragh and Iron. For a part summit of Slieve Uillen, and he made his of its course it forms the boundary betvveen carn there.' fol. 252. a. The name is now Longford and Westmeath. It falls into the obsolete. eastern anele of Lough Rce.
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called the Clann Farrell, and thcy were subjcct to the English thcn. Thcy werc very much afraid to separate from thcm, for they were very near each other. O'Donncll also scnt a messenger to Hugh Maguire to invite
him to him, and hc appointed a mccting in thc samc territorv. He came as hc was asked.
Thc spies returned with an account of the country and of its dangers to O'Donncll. Hc set off thcn with his soldiers on Eastcr Monday precisely through thc passes which his guides informcd him of, and he camc bcforc morning to Annaly. The two Annalies1 and the whole country on every side were wasted by them, so that thcy did not leave a single beast from the mountain of Uillinn of thc rcd spear, son of Finn, callcd Slieve Carbry :; now, to Glaiss Bcramon, callcd thc Innv,' whcrc Eithne, the daughter of Eochaidh Feidhlcach,5 wasdrowned. O'DonneH's peoplc put a hca\')r cloud of firc on the land all round, so that thcrc was a glocmy, blinding, dark cloud of smokc of a strange kind Overhead, cnough to makc them wound and endanger those who were defending them, for their acquaintanccs and fellow-soldiers could not be recognised and distinguishcd (if they wcre any distance from them) more than their hereditary foes and encmies.
There was a castle in the territory callcd O'Farrcll's fortress,6 for it was his fortified residcncc, and that of thc pcrson of his tribc who was at the hcad of the territory. It was a strong impregnable castle, and it had fallen into the hands of thc English thcn. Thc English gavc it afterwards to one of their own pcople to hold, and the hostagcs and pledges of the country with it. Christopher Brown was his name. He was a giant in bravcrv ; besidcs, hc uscd contcmpt and abuse towards thc nobles ánd chicfs of the country on all sides of him. Thc castlc was takcn by Hugh O'Donncll, and Christophcr and his brothcr-in-law werc carried away as pledges with both thcir wives. Hubert, too, son of Fcrgus, son of Brian, fell by thc army ; his family was of the nobility. IIc was slain by Maguire. Conor, son of thc Prior7 0'Rcilly, was taken by anothcr part of thc army.
5 Eochaidh Feidhleach. — For an account it. Tradition savs the castle occupied the of the tnanner in which he reached the site of the present barracks.
throne, and the chief cvcnts of his reign, "' Son oj' the /'rtor. — This was Maelmora,
sce Keating's H. of /rclaini, p. 196. the illegitimate son of l'hilip (J'Keilly,
6 O'FarreJPs J'ortrcss. — The town and called thc Prior though not an ecclesiastic. county of Longford take their name from Annals /■'. M., vi. l
1lo mAtVbA'ó 7 ]io mu'ÓAijCó TK\oíne lonróAteó ah tÁ pn uac CAlbAticAti ro]t A)|ro ah AnmAnnA rAinjieA'ÓAcliA tA cAot) ua ré n^ÍAtt "oécc "oo ],AO]\ctAiroAi'b iia C]\ic1ie (bÁcop m Aicci]\e Ía C]uo]xoí]A bjioun rju tAtrii g^ttirm tongpojic)" ■oo torccA'ó, a]\ ní ]\o cuirhgCó a ccCrAnccAtn ía cneACAn ha cCmCó 7 ía toircce'óne iia tÚAc tAr]\Ach bÁoi 111 ^ac aijvo (x m ^ac Ai]\cCiro *oon bAite. Ro toircce'ó teó beór An tÁ rm ceicpe cAipceoitt oite -oo cliAircÍAttAib ah cí]\e cénmocÁ An tongpojtc. *Oo bAX) tioniiiAi]\e x>a né-OAtAib "oa nAi]\cccib 7 T)<\ cc]\eAc1iAib wat AriiAit ]\o fé-orAc a cciomÁm aj rÁ^bÁit na h^nJAité x)óib.
Locca]i &yy ía]\ nnroneA'ó ah cí]\e guji \\o §At>rAC tongpopc 1 ceAttuch n-oúndiApliA An A-ÓAig ]'m. 'Oo teíccCc ArcdriieAtcA A]\AbA]tAC rur ah x>ú niibACA]i ^oitt iro]\bA\p irt'n c1i]\ích .1. 50 niAimrci]i coii]\óccacc tA hojvo SAn "PjtAncep 111 lompoccur "oon cliAbÁn (tongpojic uí llA^AttAig) (x 'oo bC]\AC teó ^Ach er»Áit ro]t a ttugrAc ó ha ruAinreAC bAO^At rojitniA ^AttAit) tA "OAingCn mmtte ah ioiiai'o AinbÁcA]t. 5A^A1C V°1T An ■^'ohAij pn 1 ceAtÍAÓ neAclroAcli AttA cíaji -oo t)ét AcIia CoiiaiVL
1lo but) rÚAitt aii C]uroAit lonriiurA ron ACCAb]tACAip mumcC]\ uí "OhoriiiiAitt mó]\tÚAc1i c]\ui-ó (x cCch]\A ir ua conAi]\ib ]iCmpA 111 o]\ aii t)A Oneirne 7 1 rC]\Aib 111011AC A]\ a tionriiAine bACA]i teó A]\ a fox> 7 A]i a nnctíne ÚAróib -oía ccí]i, A]\ tAi^e 7 A]\ enei]ice ^aca cenéoit clc]\A m lonbAro pn. 1li]\ t)ó pÁ'ÓAt fol.24.rt. puAiicoi]\]icimeAc1i ]\o cocIiaic Aóx) RÚA'óh úa 'OoriniAitt ah creccmAmrm, 7 bA 1ie ici]\6lnÁn o a]\ oite a uróeA'ÓA (x a unceccA, A]\ bA "oía rAc1iAi]\n \\o toCnrAC a riiumcC]\ a mbú -00 ^AttAit) mAinercne ha btntte 7 ]\o AijvgpCc mAc1iAi]\e coniiAcc. Oa "oía hiai]\c a]\ ccunro ]\o cfteActorpccrCc a ftóij aii "oa AnjAite AiiiAit AC]\u"b]\Amo]\, (x bA *ou\ cé-OAom íC]\on"i ]\o fnCcnAi'órCc Api]\c1ie 1111011 ccAt)Án. tocA]\ cenét coiiAitt íC]iccahi ■oiAccigib ÍAnrcínctu^A'ó AiieAchc]\A. An C]uorcoi]i b]\oun ]\eiii]\Áice bAoirróe tn^ÍAttnAr Ía Iiúa nOoiimoitt ^ur ]\o Ci]in úai*ó a puApcctAt) .1. ré pchic ponncA.
1lo rCr "oo ^AttAit) 'Ouibtmne ó 11éitt "oo *óut 1 ccommbÁró cogoi'ó ha n^AÓToet A]\ a^^^ac 7 ro]iÁiteAih uí 'Ohon'inAitt ceiu bA ro]\]\éit pAi]i co teicc
1 TuUyhunco. — Now a barony in the Conall Cearnach, the famous Red Branch west of Co. Cavan. hnight, who was slain there by the men of
2 Tullyhaw. — Now a barony in the N.W. Connaught, to avenge the death of Oilioll of the same county. Mor, husband of the famous Meadhbh.
3 Ballyconnell. — A small town in the Reating's H. of Ireland, p. 199, and barony of Tullyhaw. It has its name from 0'Curry's MS. Materials^ p. 483.
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Thcrc wcrc slain and destroyed many perspns by thcm on that day whose prccise names are not given, together with thc sixteen hostages of the high-born nobles of thc territory (they were hostages with Christopher Brown by direction of thc English in thc castle) who werc burnt, for tlicy could not bc saved owing to thc rush of thc firc and the burning of thc rcd- hot ashes which wcrc in evcry part and corncr of thc town. Four othcr castlcs also of those of thc tcrritory wcrc burnt bcsidcs Longford. Thcrc wcre more spoils and plunder and cattlc than thcy wcrc ablc to takc away with thcm whcn leaving Annaly.
Thcy wcnt a\vay after plundcring thc territory, and thcy cncampcd al Tullvhunco x that night. They scnt out thcir scouts on the ncxt day to the placc whcrc thc English wcrc in garrison in thc territory, i.e., to thc monastery built by thc Ordcr of St. Francis, very near Cavan fO'Rcilly's fortress), and they took awav with them evcry kind of booty which they met with, as thcy could gct no advantagc of thc English owing to the placc where they werc. Thcy rcsted that night at Tullyhaw 2 to the wcst of Ballyconnell.3
O'Donnell's pcoplc thought nothing of the quantity of treasurc which they took, thc wealth of cattle and flocks on thc roads bcfore them on the borders of the two Brefnys and in Fermanagh, owing to the grcat quantitv they had and to thc remotcncss and distance of their own tcrritorv and thc weahness and feeblcness of all kinds of cattle thcn. Hugh O'Donncll did not pass that wcek in a pleasant, slccp-producing manncr, and his journcvs and rnarches were far from each other, for on Saturday his pcoplc took thcir cattle from thc English of the monastery of Boyle and plundcrcd the plain of Connaught. On the following Tuesday his forccs wastcd thc two Annalies, as wc havc said, and on thc \Vcdnesday aftcr his marauding parties sprcad about Cavan. The Cincl Conaill wcnt awav aftcr that to their homcs, having ended thcir cxpcdition. Thc afore-rhentioned Christopher Brown was kcpt in confincmcnt by Hugh O'Donncll until his ransom of six scorepounds was paid by him.
It was known to the English of Dublin that O'NciIl had cntcrcd into thc confederacy of the Irish at thc instigation and rcquest of O'Donncll, though it was not cvident thcn, and though hc conccalcd it as long as hc
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(x ^e ]io t>icLCrcAi|i aij\Ccc ]\o recc. O ]\o bu*ó •oenhm La^ ati luror Sin t1iLLiAin Huj-peL Ct LÁpui pCiuvó aji cCha nÁ ]io curiiAmsponili ro •óeói'ó CjtcoicoueAT) c\ c1hoiica-ó. 1lo fói"ópCc •oeich ccét> L<\ec coua cconjjAib cechcA co 1nobA]i clnnn cj\aí;a irrojibAip roji cenéL nOójwm, (x ]\o cm^eALL aii 1urop rdpn cochc com\ fLog m ^a]\ úaiji •oArónnLLeA'ó iia c]\iche (x t>o cjiocIia-ó a •oionn 7 a -ojioibeL. La rot>Am no fAoix) úa 1léiLL a ceccA •oo fÁijit) tií *OlioihnAiLL-on\ Aipiéip x>o aii cu]\coiíij\ac c]\énfloij pn t>o beic occ cinjeALLeA'ó co cí]\ Cojahi. 1li rojvÓAiiiAiji a Ai^neAt) -oúa 'OIioiíuiaiLL coi]xeAcc A11 rccéoiL, cohax) ex> v>o ]\oíne a fLój "oo cCccLoniAt) chuicce rochCcóin 50 liAonriiAi^in (x cu'óecc co cí]\ Có<diAin 1i)<\iL nnbui ó 11éiLL. Uia^avcc iniÁ]\ofn 50 "Pocaijvo 1l1ui]\cein'ine bAiL mt)CnnA aii CucuLaiihi aijvoCjic An foicCjro jAir^ró. *Oo jniAcc bócA 7 bebpccÁcA rnir m 'PnocnA11vo ahai]\ 1n mír 111ai v>o fon]\A*ó. 13aca]\ rCcAiL hiruróiu 1n ronhon ah lurcvr •oo ahacaL 7 t>o iomc1ioiriiét) au cboiccró rAin. Acc cCiia ]io Ai]\ir An 1uror m Ac cLiac t>on chuppn k\]\ rpof pccéL t)ó ^ombACAjij'orii m a foiclnLL
]WlhLA1t).
íol. 24. /'. Ooí LaocIi Airo^Avó aiiiia]\]\ac "ooha ^aLLai^ nro ionbAit>pn ipn
ccai]\cíaLL ]\o boi roji un rCnAbAnn Sbijpge 1n ro]\1i>Aip coiroib coC^ac LAecli niimAiLLe ]up Seoijvp ócc bion^om a Ainmp'óe. Da coireAC niom^onA 7 bA cAipcm coccAit) é p\i Lauíi nro aij\]\ij *oo ]\áLa roji coicceAt) 1llCt>bA ah cah pn .1. ítirt)C]vo biongom. lorocurA ah cSeoíjip ac]\uL)]\ahia]i, ]io feoLArcAji Ludic Lun^A Lah'i x>Cy rju boji n&]\emi rAin cuÁró co ]iáiiaic rCncÚAn SvnLije 1 cc]\idi CoiiaiLL nnc íleiLL ah cAn no bÁoi úa T)oiimAiLL con a fLó§ 1n cíp CógliAin. 1lo bAoi mAimrcitt Ainnpt)1ie roji u]i ha cjia^a cuA]vc;Aibce aji onoi]i 7 A]i Ai]\iiiicm t)o nAÓmli 111ai]\i hiacaji ah coiriróet). UiC<diAic ron m<vmircin, (x "oo bejioc 24 1nmbui nroe •oécgA'ó oirneuro (x •OAróiinb Ct>bAjicA coipp ah cpLAmi^ceojiA (x, -oétiALAiL) oiLe aji cCha. Soaic roji cúLa*ó co ]iAn^ACA]i co Uouaij t)ú 111 ]\o bCnt)c\c au CoLumb ai]toC]\c, mvp ipt>e pL ro C]icoiíiaiji ha
1 Promised. — An account of this expedi- and the site of the battle in which Edward
tionisgiven in 'A Journalofthe late Journey Bruce was slain in 13 18. See Trias
by the Lord Deputy against the arch- Thaum., p. 566, and Grace's Annals of
traitors Tyrone and O'Donnell, entered Ireland, p. 95 ; Dublin, 1842.
into at Dundalh. the i8th of June, 1595, 3 Murtheimhne. — So called from one of
and ending at the said town, the 7th of the leaders of the Milesian colony.
July following.' C.C. AÍSS., \'ú. 113. 4 Feat oj 'valour. — The reference here is
- Faughart. — Two miles west of Dun- to the combat between Cuchullin and Fer-
dalk. It is the birthplace of St. Brigid, diadh during the famous incursion made
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could. W'hcn this was proved to thc Lord Justice Sir William Russell and
thc Council too, they could not ovcrlook his fault. Hc scnt a thousand mcn with proper implements to Iubhar cinn tragha to kccp in chcck thc Cinel Eoghain, and thc Lord Justicc promised l to comc himsclf with his army in a short time to ravagc thc country and to dcstroy its stronghi and difficult passcs. Thcrcupon O'Ncill scnt his messengers to O'Donncll to tcll him of thc asscmbling of that great army that was intended for Tir Eoghain. The mind of O'Donnell could not suffer to hcar thc news. Whcrcfore, what he did was to assemblc his forces immcdiatcly in one place and to go to Tir Eoghain, whcrc O'Neill was. They wcnt together to Faughart2 Muirthcimhne,3 the placc whcrc thc famous Cuchullin performed the o-reat feat of bravery.4 Thcy made tents and sheds to thc east of Faughart in thc month of May prccisely. They waited for thc Lord Justicc hcrc for somc timc to protcct and guard thc province against him. However, the Lord Justice rcmaincd in Dublin then, having learned that they were ready forhim in this way.
There was a roguish, powerful soldier of the English thcn in thc castle on the bank of the ancient river Sligeach in garrison, and onc hundred soldicrs with him ; George Oge Bingham was his name. lic was a leadcr in fight and a captain of war by appointment of the Gcneral who happened to be over the provincc of Meadhbh thcn, t.e.} Richard Bingham. As for Georgc of whom wc havc spoken, the crewof the ship sailcd north-eastwárds, having the coast of Ireland on their right, till they came to thc old harbour of Swilly in the territory of Conall, son of Niall. while O'Donnell was with his forces in Tir Eoghain. A monastery was thcre on thc edgc of the shore built in honour and reverence of holy Mary, Mother of the Lord. Thcy went to the monastery and took away twenty-four mass-vestments that were there and the vcsscls for thc offering of thc body of the Saviour, ancl othcr trcasurcs besidcs. Thcy wcnt back till thcy camc to Tory,5 a placc which the famous Columba 6 blesscd ; this is an island oppositc thc territory duc
bv Oucen Mcadhbh at the head of an and its history see Reating's H. of Irelana\
annv, known as the Tain bo Chuailgne. p. 78, The hish version of Nennius, p. 4. ;
For an account of it see O'Currv's Man- Dublin, iS4K.and Reeves Adamnan}p. ~~- *rc u -706 B <■ 'olumda.—He is said to have erected a
5 Tory _An island off the N.W. coast church, monasterv, and round tower there.
of Donegal. For the origin of this name Martyrology of Donegal,?. 151.
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qudie aiiiacIi acúato jjacIi iroípeAÓ ro]\]-An rrAi]\]\;ge Ct> unciAn ó cíp. 1lo c]\oic1i]-Cc nfimf-ó ah haoiiii 7 ah mnri tnte co ha rAn^Aibpfc míot nminte mnce. -dc riAt>A]\ -oúa T)1ioriinAitt ArohmitteAt> ah cí]\e "oia éir vo cobtAÓ ecc]\oiro, occrit>e "oia cí]\ *oo c1iA]\]\AccAin 11 a hoi]\ccne. 11 i]\ bó rót)A ah io-ón<M"óe t>órorii íCnccAm ah cah t>o ]\iac1ic pccétA cIiucca ah lnrcir coha ftój x)o cocc co cí]\ eo§Ain. SoAir ó *OorimAitt r]uoc]\o]-cc vo ]\it>iri co nAUAicc Ai|\m Ambui ó íléttt nro Atnfr x><\1a rjur ah 1uror recip cotiAm 110 clnnjreA-ó. b^ pcntró úa lléitt ]\emibriorii 7 ac]\acc a mCnniA tma fAicrm. ^AbAic occ rniocAi]\e 7 occ ro]\coniifcc aii lurcir emeAcli nro ionc1u\ib jrjn-p, m ]\o p&ijrfc vai]\, 7 ní mó no rAijpom roppo, acc iia mÁ m con]\etcCc eirpetóeAtj "oia ftójj t>o chumgeAt) cnuitVno cfq\A, combA lieíccCn t>on lurcir ro •óeótó iompút> t>o ]\róip co 1iac ctiAc onACAoriinA^Air, ní t>onA ^AoroeAtAib. Uui]\cecc.\ aii cSeonp ]\erii]iÁice íC]\ rptteAt) -óórAróe gur An StígeAc m rot>A £01.25.«. Ari }x& fo^AétAin^ coimrit> ha nuite t>ó 5A11 a Aiche rAi]\ ah t>ínnAt) t»o ]\acc •oecctAir iia 1n n.Aom TI1ai]\i 7 *oeAcctAi]- ah Cottnmb AC]\ub]\on'io]\. Ay nnne 011 A]\]\ioc1ic. bAoi •oume ÚATAt t>o coiccCt)-11l fóbA ro]\ Aiiif Aine 1 rrodiAi]\ aii cSeoi]\ri con t)ibtAodiAib "oeg t)í a f AiniiiumcC]\ iiia conhcecc. HitteAc Abu]\c Acon'iAmni, niAcrróe tleniAmn nApcuAb mic thttic ha cceAnn nnc TliocAirro, (x cemb t)o JAOtóeAtAib t>iA cenétron'i bA rAm mot> 7 bép t>oib a]\a focc ó i\o Aic]\eb]'Acmn inre, (x m]\ bo tuJA rAinff]\c iia ngAeróeAt uimA ^AttAib mAr a rC]\croiii, A]\ ]\o bo cumniAÓm miorcAir&.AmqiroegAtt'Ouibtmneim cechcAtvriAe •óíob. *Oo ]ioncA -0111115111 (x cA]\cup At mó]\ rop ]v\n VhtteAcc tAr ha ^AttAib pn o^a nibui ronrAn AthrAme. 1\o tionrom t>rf]V5 (x t>o tonnur, 7 bAoi occa pc]\út>At) -oo §nér ciri c]\uc no AichreAt) a t)imiAt) ro]\]-nA ^AttAib (x curóeéc 1 muincf]\Ar uí 'OoriitiAitt ía]\ rm, ÚAi]i bA mfnniA]\c tAi]- io]\iiAit)1iin AcliAurofrA |-]\ip. bAoiriorii ^AititAit) occ b]iAc 7 occ cAircetAt) po]\ aii Seoi]\]-i cipurour conu]- rÚAi]\ imbAOJAt 111A A]\A^ot tÁ nÁon, (x ]\o cub r]\i]- a eccoi]\ 7 a
1 Glebcldnd. — See Petrie's remarlcs on the 3 They lived. — The first of the family who word neimheadh in his Eccl. Arc/i., p. 58. came to Ireland was William FitzAdelm.
2 Redmo7id ria scuab. — i.e., of the sweep- On the return of Henry 11. to England he ing brush. He was the son of Ulick na was entrusted with the management of all gceann, so called because he made a mound his affairs in Ireland. In 1 179 he obtained of the heads of those he had slain in battle ; a grant of a great part of Connaught. He and grandson of Ulick, who was created died in 1204 and was buried in the abbey Earl of Clanricarde and Baron of Dun- of Athassel, Co- Tipperarv, which he kellin by Henry viii. in 1545. See Arch- had founded. He was grandfather of the dall's Peerage, i. 128. first Earl of Ulster. Jbid., i. 118. See also
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north out in thc sca a long distancc from thc land. Thcv plundcrcd thc 1595. glcbcland l of thc saint and thc whole island, so that thcy did not leavc a four-footed bcast on it. O'Donncll was told of thc plundéring of thc territory by thc strange fíect in his absence. He went to his territory to avenge its dcvastation. Hc had not long to wait aftcr that when thc ncws reachcd him that the Lord Justice was coming with his army to Tir Eoghain. O'Donnell turned back once more until hc came wherc O'Xeill was waiting to see what road thc Lord Justice would choosc. O'Xcill was glad of his arrival, and his soul was stirred on secing him. Thcv set to watch and observe the Lord Justice face to face ; thcy did not attack him, ncither did hc attack them. But, howcver, they did not allow his forces to scattcr or collcct herds or fiocks, so that in the end the Lord Justice was obliged to go back to Dublin since he could do nothing against thc Irish. As for thc above mentioned George, aftcr his rcturn to Sligo, the Lord of thc Universe did not allow him to be long unpunished for the irrevcrcnce which he did to the church of the Blessed Mary and to the church of Columb, as we have said. It happened in this way. Thcre was a nobleman of the province of Connaught in the pay of George, with twelve soldiers of his own people in his company. Ulick Burke was his name. He was the son of Redmond na scuab,'2 son of Ulick na gceann, son of Richard, and though he was not of the Irish by descent, he was kindly and respectful to them owing to the length of time they lived 3 in the island, and the love which the Irish had for the English was not lcss than his love for them, for the hatred and cruelty of the English of Dublin towards both of them was the same. Great contumely and insult * was offered to Ulick by the English, in whose servicc he was. Hc was filled with anger and wrath, and he vvas continually thinhing how hc could avenge thc insult on the English, and bccome intimate with O'Donnell after that, for he was anxious to entcr into friendship with him. In this way he was spvíng and watching Georgc continually until he got an advantage of him in a room one day, and he charged him with his injustice and illegalitics, and hc got
Giraldus Cambrensis, Exfrtg. Hib., ii. 16, says Ulick was wroth, bccause the Irish
ior a descnption of his character. soldiers who had accompanied Bmgham
^lnsult. — O'Sullevan gives a difierent into Tyrconnell liad not got a fair share of
account of the cause of the dispute. He the.booty from him. Hist. Cat/i., p. 74.
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Ainx>ti5hex> pAi]\, 7 no conpiAi]\ p\ecc]\Abux> ní x>ó, 7 ó ua pjAi]\ c;ebAx> ctAix)fp nóó co ccobAcc a éfnx> x>a chuitmeix>e. 5A^CA11 1t1 bAite tA htlitteAcc íf]\om, Gfc |\o f aoit> AceccA co h&t SeAHAij. Ixo tÁrAc mumcfn uí *OoiimAitt a ccccca •oia fAijm co cí]\ Oo^liAin Ai]\n> Ainbói. Ac pAX)AC a rccétx)tlA *OhoiimAitt. &c cuAr xhía Tleitl íf]\ ccAm. 1lobcA]\ pubAijp xnbtnnb. *Oo cIiaocc c]aa úa *OoiimAitt xua C15 íf]\ cceteb]\At) xhía 11éitt, 7 m ]\o Ai]\ir acc m oix>chib 50 ]\Aimcc 511 r An SticceAÓ coua roch]\Aix>e Lai]\ ^o ^Aibh rAitce 1nruix)iu 7 -oo ]\acc tbtteAcc a bu]\c A11 CAi]"cÍAtt x)ó. ^orAÍgir ifÁn tnbAite acIiató PaiíiLait), (x bArÁníi tAi^ a mfnmA. 1li tnír 1un x>o funnAX) nro pn.
t)A 1npn ]\é ]\m x>o ]\aLa x)o tAec aiíi]\a x>o jjAttAib cochc ro ^cétAib ah bAite co cc]\ib céx)Aib tAech ínA fAj\]\AT>. t)A cAipcm coccait> 7 b& coireAÓ momjonA eipx>e tlittÍAin 11lor Aftonx>AX). Uiccpx)e co hep~0A]\A ci"ó ]\e ri^ V° P^^t1 pccéLA uí *OhoiiinAiLL. 7 m cofrimACCAip iompux> 1 cc]iaiou au cah pAngAcop" mumcf]\ uí *Olion'mAitt T>on coeb oite T>on AbAinn, combÁcon CmeÁó m londiAib A]\ ^ac cAob t>óii x>]\oichfc ]\o daoi •ponrA-n AbAinn 7 iiac bA mó orii oboÁr foh xnobpAicche bAoi fconpA. 1b bAoi cohai]\ gur iia ^AttAib acc c]\érA\i *o]\oichfc, (x m ]\o fexnwc mumcf]\ uí *OhoihnAiLL xmL c]\eAmpA AiiiAit ]\o bA mfnniA]\c téo, Achc cfnA
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1lo pÁgAib ó *OoiimAitt xDnon^ x)ía An'irAib 7 x)ía Áor cAipp 1n ccAiflen SL1CC15 X)1A iomcoin'iéx), fx bA rtAn Lait AiiifnniA ro xbÁigh ah bAite x>o bic rou a comA]\ Luióporii íf]\cAm con a ftój t>a]\]\.yii Oi]\ne bux) cúaix> co ]\ahai5 x)u\ C15 50 *Oún 11 a h^aLL l3Áoipion*i 1 rorf 50 mfxbóii Angurc. x\c coax)aca]\ XDÓpoiii ca]xcv\]\ niu]\cobtAC x)o ceAchc 1 toch l^eAbAit aii caii pn. t)A hé bA 1iAi]\eAÓ ro]\ ah ccobtAC Inpn .1. 111ac Leoix) iia 1k\]\a (oiten pt
1 T/ie hcad, — In 'The Journal of the Lord Bourhes (Ulick Bourhe), his ensign, who
Deputy Russell, the following entry occurs took the castle the same time from the
under the date June 6th, 1595: 'Letters enemy, and slew all the English of the
from Sir Richard Bingham, certifying the ward.' C. C. MSS., iii. 231.
betraying andmurderingof Captain George 2 Delighted. — ' That hilling was of great
Bingham at Sligo castle by one of the service to those of the Connaughtmen who
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no answer whatever ; and as hc did not, hc took his swórd and cut his , ■
hcad x from the trunk. The place was seizcd by Ulick thcn, and hc sent
mcsscngers to Ballyshannon. O'Donncll's peoplc scnt his messengcrs to Tir Eoghain, where he was. They told thc ncws to O'Donncll. It was related to O'Ncill aftcrwards, and both wcrc dciighted.2 O'Donncll thcn wcnt homc, having taken lcave of O'Ncill, and he stopped only at night until he came to Sligo with his troops. He reccived a wclcome thcrc, and Ulick gave up the castle to him. He rested at that place for a while, and his mind was at rest. That was preciscly in thc month of Junc.
It happencd just then that a famous warrior of the English came to rccon- noitre the place, having three hundred soldiers with him. He was a captain in battle and a leadcr in fight. His namc was William Moss.3 Ile came to Assaroe before he had news of O'Donnell, and he could not rcturn immediately when O'Donnell's pcoplc camc up on the other side of the river, so that thcy were face to face on either side of the bridge which was over the river, and the spacc between them was not more than a gunshoL There was no way to the English except over the bridge, and O'Donnell's people could not pass throughas they wished. However, a famous captain of the English was killed by the shooting which took place between them from one side and from the other. When the darkness of night came, the English fled away as quick as they could all together, and they were not perceived till morning. The youths followed them at thc dawn ovcr thc upper part of the mountain, and they did not overtake them. They were vcry sorry that they had escaped from them in this way. They went back again to Sligo.
O'Donnell left a party of his soldiers and of his trusty peoplc in the castle of Sligo to hold it. Iiis mind was at ease in conscquence of thc placc bcing in his power. After that he went with his army across the Erne northwards tili he came to his house at Doncgal. Hc was at rcst till the middle of August. He was told that a flcct of ships had come to Lough Foyle then. The commander of the flcct was MacLcod of Aran
were in exile.' Annals of Loch Ce, ii. 517. Umhall to the rivcr Drowes, had unani-
' Each of them afterwards went to his own mouslv confedrated with O'Donnell.' An-
native territory. In thecourseof one month nals F. J/, vi. 1975.
the greater part of the inhabitants of the %Moss. — Perhaps Captain Mostvn, who
district, from the western point of Erris and is mentioned iátd., vi. 1S67.
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m Alb<Mii "oiaiia'o Amm -Ajia a]' lÍAróe ]\o gAbrorh Ammniu^A'ó) ré cé'o ÍAedi a tion, 7 Ik\ rfó ror fiojjtuAir t>o beic ro]\ ArnrAme Ia 1uía n*OoiimAitt. 1ck\cc Ai]\m b<\cAj\ béo rioóbACA réc1irnoi"óce 7 rAiglroe ppuib^euA 7 tAnn ctoitmie tfcliAnfo-oA conA nurrooniiAib "oebfn-OACíiA. *Oo cofc úa *OoihiiAitt Ai]\m nnbÁcA]\ tx ror yoyz pu ]\é ceo]\A nnor, Gfc bA 1n mf-óón ah triír -Augurc fol. 26.«. ]\en'i]\Aicui "oo fun]\At) uropm. "Oo ]\oiica Acconiroriif'ó ro]\ diOA]\cAib Gt bpujeA-ÓAib íf]\ccAm 50 ]\etccfc Arcír í&n ha iiio]\]%aoca]\ mui]\róe 6c combcA]i ettn'iA a tómce. O ]\obcA]\ ruinice ía]\oh'i, t>o ]\acc ó "OoriinAitt tAir íac ^ur aii 6i]\ne, (x a ftógh A]i cfiiA t>o t>ut 1n coigeA-ó n-diteAltA. T)o coiptfc Ap ÍA]\orii ca]\ *0]\obAoir, ca]i 'Ouib, cA]irAii Stigich, ca]\ frr uoa]\a, ca]i mumchmn ptebc gArh §ur ah tuijne 7 Airpt>e co jjoipoeAtbAcliAib. Oaoi 'oúnA-ó "OAmgfn Inrurom, CAirciAtt mó]\ riiec ^oipoetbAig *oo 5oi]\ci t>e. 'Oo ruic gtir ha ^AttAib reb t>o ]ioch]\ACA]i CAirciAttA ah cliuiccró A]\ cfiiA. Ro puroij ó 'OoriniAitt a ton^pojic 1111011 mniA'ó, 7 ]\o JAb aj pubAi]\c & occ coniAicfm ro]i ofr conrif'OA au cAipceoitt. \)& rf]t]voe "óó^oiii orii nropn A]i ]\ob éigfn -oon 1x\]voa ro t>eóró aii bAite t>o cAbAi]\c úo>róib -oúa *OhoriinAitt. *Oo ]iAcporii ÍA]iAiii coiiimup An bAite t>onA lnb t>iA]\ bo coicli, 7 ]\o cmjeAtfAC cechc íiia mumcf]\Ar 7 ro Aco^Atpn ^ac cah buó cot t>ó, 7 beór Ai]\iporii 1n combÁro cogAró ha n^AoróeAt.
Luro -oah ó "OorimiAtt ífncAin, 7 ni ]\o Aipr co ]\aiiaic cuntAÓ HlocliAm. CAircÍAtt eip-óe rit m •oucaij; nnc peonAip Ilo gAb occ lompuróe ah t)útiAró pn. gebicc a mumncf]\ ro]\ co^Ait ah rimi]\, 7 m ]\o rcAnrAC U\ihA fpr 50 ]iAgbACA]\ au cAifcÍAtt A]\ eijm 7 co ccA]rorAc Ar m^ÍAttnur pt- t)AiimA aii cí]\e Uirofrro hiac nnc £eo]\Aip con miumg t>o riiAicib ah cíne iniA]\ofn fur 7 mbA -oeAc "ooniAomib 7 ionrimp\ib ah t)únAró. fto ]xÁoitrec ÍA]\on"i a pcfnheAtcA rÁ ConriiAicne, pÁ 1111iumcf]\ 111u]\CAt)A, rÁ
^ProvinceojOiiioll — z'.^Connaught. He error, as if the Irish name was Sliabh
wasthesecondhusband ofQueen Meadhbh, dhamh, the mountain of the oxen, whereas
and with her ruled over Connaught about it is always written Sliabhghamh.
the beginning of our era. At an advanced 3 Ley/iy.— Now a baronv in the south-
age he was slain by Conall Cearnach at west of Co. Sligo.
Croghan. She bore him seven sons, known 4 Costellos— The Nangles in Connaught
as the seven Maine. Keating's //. bflre- toolt the surname of MacCostello from an
land, p. 199. ancestor Osdalb.
'^Slieve Gam. — A chain of mountains on 5 Castle?nore.—\n the barony of Costello,
the boundary of the baronies of Leyny Co. Mayo, near Ballaghadareen.
and Tireragh, Co. Sligo, now called the Ox 6 Turlach Mochain.—Five miles E. of
Mountains. This name arises from an Tuam.
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(hc took thc titlc from an island in Scotland namcd Aran) with six »595- hundrcd soldicrs, and thc rcason why hc camc was to takc scrvicc with O'Donncll. The arms they had were bows of carvcd wood and sharp- pointcd arrows, and long broad swords with hafts of horn. O'Donncll went to where thcy wcrc, and engaged them for thc space of three months, and this was in the middle of the aforcsaid month of August prcciscly. Their quarters were providcd in the castles and farmhouscs. Aftcr a timc they got rid of their fatigue after the great toil of the sea, and their supplies wcre got ready. Whcn thcv wcre fit after that, O'Donncll took thcm with him and his army also to the Erne to go into thc provincc of Oilioll.1 They marched away then across the Drowes, the Dubh, Assaroe, and thc upper part of Slieve Gam 2 to Leyny,3 and from that to the Costcllos.4 Thcre was a strong castle there called Castlemore 5 Mic Costcllo. It fell into the hands of the English, just as the castlcs of the provincc had come to thcm. O'Donnell made his camp round the castlc, and proceeded to attack it and threaten the garrison of the castle. He was the better of that in truth, and in the end the warders were obliged to surrendcr thc place to O'Donnell. Afterwards he gave possession of the town to the tribe whose property it was, and they promised to enter into friendship with him and to be at his call whenever he wished, and also to continue aíways in thc war-confederacy of the Irish.
O'Donnell set off aftcr that, and he did not halt until he came to Turlach Mochain.0 This is a castle in the territory of Mac Fcoris." He proceeded to besiege that castle. His people sct about pulling down thc wall, and they did not cease their efforts until thcy brought thc castlc to straits, and they put in confinement the successor to the chicf of thc district, Richard, son of Mac Feoris, and some oí the lcading mcn of thc district with him and seized the best part of the substancc and treasures of the castle. They scattered their marauders over Conmaicne,s Muinter Murchadha,9
7 Mac Feoris. — i.c, the son of Pierce. 8 Conmaiciic — The baronv of Dunmore,
This was the name takcn by the Anglo- so called from Lughaidh Conmac, ancestor
Norman family of Bermingham when they of the 0'Rourkes, ( > Reillys, and other
wished to conform to Irish customs. Cam- scpts in Leitrim and Cavan.
pion, in his H. of/rc/and, p. i i, writtcn in B Muinier J/. — Thc northcrn half of
1 57 1, says they werc thcn 'verv wild Irish.' the baronv of Clare, Co. Galway.
See Spenser's Vieiv of Ircland, p. 102. O'Flahertv's Jar Connaught^ p. 30S.
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teícuneAt ah 1111u\cAi]\e HiAbAig, (x rA UhÚAim "oa juALAiin, 50 ]\o cjioidiric An quodi ro]i ^ac tedi "oíob 1111A c\\ot> 7 miA Innmte. Soaic ro]\ ccúLa'o con éoAtAib iomt>A. T)o ]u\Ia cua goibfpnóin ah coiccio Si]\ 1Li]-oeA]vo tDion^om 1n ccorii]>oc]\Aib 00 rtÚAg ní *OlioiúnAitt A11 caii rm. t)eirc Ar Annrorii ]\o bÁoi m Cpm m lonbAió pn nonA ^ALtAib ep-óe. Cóicc céx> •oécc ÍAecli a]uiica éioidie eici]\ qiAi^liceAcli & iiiaucac1i a tíon. Oc cÚAÍAÓp'óe ó T)oriiiiAitt coha rto^il!) r>o r>ut CAipf ru\]\ 1n cconiiAccAib, fol.26. b. €t 5AÓ m -oa iroe]\jeine 111 jac cohai]\ ni -oeAcliAÓ, no 13aoi hia u]\]>oic1utt 7 niA C]\coniAi]\ occ ioni]uió -óó, (x r>o teíje m ac joipc jacIia conAi]\e 111 uobAT) "oóig LAir ó "OoriinoiLt *oo cocliAnmA cfno.
O ]io pcci]\ úa *OoriinAitt ah nípn -|\o bAoi ro]\ lom^AbAit iu\ n^ALt reb AroeAc no yex) A]\ bA T>f]\b LAir ^un bo inó]i t)eicicui au crtoij; unmA ccuu-ó 7 uiiA ccneAcliAib, uua néoÁit 7 uiia mnmte, 7 no buó hioa a fAoiteccAin 7
A CA1]Upt1 AV> A ftÓjÁlb 1111 dlOcllCU^AÓ CA1C jtlAt) fx, 1111 COpiAlÚ CAC
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1xÁniAicc ó *Ooiiinoitt5Ati iiac rriuocop^Ain ca]\ ha qu T)noichfcAib, O]\oichfc diuitemÁoite, t)]\oc1iac bAite frrA X)A]ia, G: t)]\oic1ifc Stijig co ]uac1ic con
1 M. Riabach. — It lies between Knockdoe and Lough Corrib.
2 T. da ghualann. — i.e., tbe tumulus of tbe two shoulders, so called from the shape of the sepulchral mound near the town, Joyce, Irish JVames, i. 234. This is a cathedral town in the N.W. of Co. Galway.
zMonster. — He took part in the slaughter of Smerwich, A.D. 1580, where 700 Italians
were butchered in cold blood by Lord Grey after their lives had been guaranteed to them. He was recalled to England in con- sequence of his cruelties in Connaught. See p. liv., antea. After the death of Bagnal at the battle of the Yellow Ford he was appointed Marshal of Ireland, but he died 011 his arrival in Dublin from England. Miscelhmy of the Celtic Society, p. 228.
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over the border of Machaire Riabach,1 and Tuam daghualann,2 until they i$95- wasted thc tcrritory on cvery sidc of thcm of its herds and floclcs, Thcy rcturned with much bootv. Thc Govcrnor of thc province, Sir Richard Bingham, happcned to be in the neighbourhood of O'Donncll's army at that time. He was the greatest monstcr 3 of all the English that were then in Ireland. He had up to fiftcen hundred men with arms and armour, horse and foot, with him. When he hcard that O'Donncll was passing westwards into Connaught with his troops and evervthing he had done on every road he had gone, he preparcd to mect him in order to attach rrim, and he placed his troops in all the short cuts of every road by which he thought O'Donnell would come towards him.
When O'Donnell learned that, he avoided the English as wcll as hc could, for he was sure that the anxietv of the army for thcir hcrds and prey, their goods and cattle, was great, and his expectations and reliance on his army to sustain the fight and to hold the field of battle was greatcr before they got possession of their enemies' property than when thcy werc careless without having any anxiety at all. Besides, there were more of the English than of his men, and even if they were not more numerous, it was difficult then to oppose the English on account of the superiority of their arms and the outlandishness of their armour and the strangencss of their weapons, though the Irish attained a hnowledge of the use of arms soon after. As for O'Donnell, he came with his army and spoils after the noon of the third day to the upper part of Slieve Gam. A body of the English was marching along the road towards him as fast as they could northwards from Ballymote. O'Donnell detached a body of horse against them to shirmish with them and to impede them, so that they might not leave the servants or the unarmed or the defenccless portion ot his force in danger. O'Donnell went without being attached across the threc bridges, the bridge of Collooney,4 the bridge of Ballysadare,5 and the bridge of Sligo, and he came with his army and plunder to the neighbour-
4 Collooney. — The castle stood on the 6 Ballysadare .— A monastery was erected
south side of the river Owenmore, close to here by St. Fechin in the ;th centurv. Later where it receives a strcam from Lough it belonged to the Canons Regular of St. Dargan. It was built by Murrough Mac Augustine. Sec O'RorLe, History ofBally- Donough in 1408. Annals F. J/., iv. 797- sadare, p- 1 ; Dublin, n.d.
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1 Glendallan. — Now Glcncar, a valley Leitrim, six miles to the north of the town situated partly in Co. Sligo, partly in Co. of Sligo.
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hood of Glendallan.1 As for thc Govcrnor Sir Richard Bingham, as hc r59 did not meet O'Donnell's army, he wcnt in pursuit of it to thc Sligeach. He made his encampment in thc monastcry, as it was the custom of thc English to dwell in the holy churches, and hc was considering how hc might take thc castle from O'Donncll's people. Howcvcr, O'Donnell on the morning of the following day sent a small party on fine fleet horses to bring intelligence about the English and to get news of thc castlc and of the soldiers that he had left in the castle.
When they came to the bank of the river they saw the English up and down through the town. There was a vainglorious, obstinate youth with Richard Bingham at that time, his sister's son, whose name was Captain Martin. He was the commander of a troop with the Governor. He was a leader in battle and confiict with the English of the provincc of Olnecc- macht. He was crying out and blustering against Hugh Maguire continually and against every one of the Irish whose name, fame, or rcpute for skill, especially in the matter of skill in horsemanship, he had heard of. He could not endure seeing his enemies on the other side of the river and not attacking them. He took horse, and his troop too took horse. When O'Donnell's people saw them coming they went away as fast as they could. These went after them and they did not overtake them. They turned back. O'Donnell's people told the fact to the army how they had been pursucd angrily and haughtily, and that it was owing to the fleetness of their horses they escaped. When O'Donnell heard the story he set to refiect and forecast how he might attack the English and give them a lesson. This is what he resolved on in the end. A hundred horsemcn wcre chosen by him, the best in his army, with three hundred foot of thc same kind, with their implements for shooting, that is, elastic bows and wcll fillcd quivers of arrows, for only a few of them were well acquaintcd with implc- ments of shooting then. They wcnt back until they camc to thc spot where it was safe for them to place the ambuscadc, morc than a mile from Sligo. Thercupon O'Donnell sent on some of his horsc towards thc English to cnticc them to wherc he was if thcy could, and he com- manded thcm not to fight with the Eiiglish, and told thcm that it would be no disgrace to them to fly, but to kcep drawing them
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J MacDcvitt.— This was Phelim Reagh, Derry, and executed, the charge against him
the head of the MacDevitts of Inishowen, being that he had taken part in the rising
a branch of the 0'Dohertys. He was of Sir Cahir 0'Doherty. Flight of thc
afterwards subjected to a mock trial in Earls, p. 194.
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6n little by littlc onc aftcr thc other till thcy brought them without thcir perceiving it to thc placc whcre thc ambuscadc was arranged for thcm. The soldicrs wcnt away as was commandcd thcm, and thcy did just as O'Donncll aslced them to do. As soon as thcy had come to the bank of thc rivcr, thcn Captain Martin jumped on his horse on secing thcm (as quick as a hound would go in pursuit of its favouritc game), and a largcbody of the cavalry of the English jumpcd on them also. Thcy went after that towards the soldiers whom they had seen as fast as they could go togcthcr. Whcn O'Donncll's pcoplc saw them coming as thcy desircd, they lcft the placc whcrc they were and set off on their horscs, procceding at first to hold quictly the bridlcbits in the mouths of thc swift-galloping horscs and of thc flcct, rcstless stecds to hold thcm back, kceping thcm very ncar thc foreigners, and by decoying them to bring thcm to thc place whcre O'Donnell was. The youths were not long so whcn it was nccessary for them at last to spur and whip the horses at once and together, owing to the great speed the English made galloping in pursuit of them. O'Donnell's people proceeded to ride quickly and hasten along the road as fast as they could. Thcy left behind one of them unwillinglv, for he was not able to keep up with his company owing to the slowncss of his . horse, so that he went slowly and was in danger from his enemies. Hence it was necessary for him, against thc commands of his lord, to fíght against the English, since he was sure he would be killed on the spot. Felim Reagh Mac Devitt was his name. He turned his face to Captain Martin, for he was the next to him of thc party in hot pursuit, and he was the captain in battle of the horse of the English, and hc was leading thc way. The aforesaid Felim had a sharp, picrcing spcar2 to shoot when he wished. He put his finger to the string and he drew thc javclin boldly, and thc shot of the dart struck Captain Mar'.in with such forcc that it passed through the border of the forcign armour at the hollow of the armpit straight and it picrced his hcart in his brcast as his misdeeds dcserved, for he who was woundcd therc was a mcrciless rogue, and his hatred of the Irish was very great, and his cvil deeds
- Spear — The fogadh, called also ga or ing. See 0'Curvy'sMa/!/n-rs, &c, i. ccccxli gae, was rather for hurling and for thrust- Here it means an arrow.
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•Abtop a bjtAéAjt. t/A ro-ÓAm iompAic tiA ^Abb ro]\ ccúbAib ía]\ ngtnn a ccnémpn 7 Accóipch lombÚAbcA, G: *oo bC]\AC beó ro]\ iomoc1iuj\ rodi ipvnncAipb éccA 50 nAnjgACA-p Ati bAtbe. Ro écc ÍA]\om ahaoIiai^ pn. 1lobe]\c ibe ornA'ÓA 7 niAbtACCA boclic 7 Afóibxmecli no pvjiAróporii mio reibb Troibir bÁcA]\ m cAonhcecc 05 ApiAiii t>por An AbbcAi]\ 7 aj cebeAb]\A"ó *óó- •oon ceAnncA]\ "oon c1ui]\ pn. Oc connAinc ó *OlioriniAitb iia ^Aibb *oo poAt) ca]\ An Aip nur bion "oo bonnAr bAiiA'óbAb pnr ah bAocnAró oha ca]\]aai*ó mÍAii ATÍiCnniAn 7 Atgur a mncmne roppiA 1iAbbn'iA]icAib AiiiAib'oo ]\unnen cCcup *Our pccec riAnbAc ha p\rpuAbA]\cA 1itp\eActiA]\cur iia rbACA (^e\\ bo "ooibij "óoib ici]\ A]\ ATóbbe A-jrÚApiAró) G: acc riAt><xc AiiiAib "oo ]\a^a "óóib, (x ]\o com^pCc mbe da]\ cCiro ah óu]\ai"ó no jon Ca]\chi 11lAi]\cm ua bm ní non be]\A,ó A]~p munA ca]toa-ó ah caoh ro^ompn ^en mocliÁ cuh'iacca ah cliónircet). Ro réciiAijCpcAp rC]\g uí *OliorimAibb, 7 ]\o ctACAij;CrcAi]\ íol.28 b. a Aiccne"ó "oepróe, 6: ac cÚAp x>o a]\ a bAj\AC 50 né]\bA\b aii cAipcm AiiiAib AC]\ub]\AtiiA]\. blo bu-ó LujjAi'óe "oía fniomprm mnpn cem bA rbÁn bAip a mCnniA "oo ]\Atc iC]\ ccepiÁ-ó ha ngAbt An'iAib AcponepCc G: íaj\ iroub 'oía cetg 6: "oía lcA]\iiAi-óe ro]\ nertn, acc niA]\bVvó ah Aomp]\ ]\étiiepe]\cmA]\. lomcurA ah 50ibe]\nó]\A ÍApi nécc Ab]\ACA]\ G. A^opmCic ]\o bínp-óe "orC]\5 (x'OAmmne, G: ]\o ro^icongAijt ro]\ a fbÚAg *oot rón mAmAip:i]\ 7 qiAnncAinjeAb G, cubActA ha ccebró n*Oe x>o bbo'ÓA'ó G. "oo b]\ipeA"ó, 7 a.
yobA]\C11A'Ó V>0 CAbv\1]\C dlU^ApOlÍl "01A CcbA]\Alb COril-óbÚCA CAOtÍipiAlglld J "OÍA
pvilgib ronAi]\ce rérnrndi'óci A]\ 50 troC]\nAT>porii c]\CAbriiA coJAbcA mú]\ *óíob. T)o ]\acca,ó ía]\oiíi diu^A ni ]\o cliummj. *Ooiiuccca ioLa]\ p\o]\ G: oib]\ií;ce lonróA *oia lonnpngeA-ó. T)o ]\ónpAc ceg-óuipe CAiccCn^Aibce cnén-OAm^ne c]\ooa 'oonAtb p&ibgib G, 'ootiAtb fbeAtiiAncbÁ]\Aib 1npn G, cuiítoaijci cbA]\c1iAi]\ti5eAÓA cioniAip'oi]\5e cobpATóe pu cacuja-ó -oo cbu]\A'ÓAib "oóib. T)o ruccdiA ^eicliC-ÓA bó G: "oaiíi ro]\]\o 'oÍAneccAi]\. *Oo ]\acca ]\oca-óa ]\enrói]\5e ]\AbAi"ó "OAingne róicib "oía rpo^buApAÓc gur aii ■oúiiax).
O ]\obcA]\ eAbbriiA 11A ^moniA gbmcbÁ^tAij 5Atbbécco]xcoAliipn,]io bíoncA -oo bA0C]\Ai-ó G: "oo bAÍcib ^oibe G: t)o ^Ap^iA-ó ^AipccCxiAc iia ngAtt. 'Oo
]\ACCA"Ó ÍA]\01l'l rO jtÚAp\CC 11 Attl11A]TOA pÚ]\ tA X)0]\c1lACA U]\C0pA1g 11A llOTOCe
xRood-screen.— The Irishwordisexplained a sow. Pac. Hib.,\.24 ; which O'Sullevan
in Cormac's Glossary : the wooden structure translates mucum bellicum. Hist. Cat/i.,
between the laity and the clergy. p. 175. He says 600 soldiers wcre slain in
2 Machinc. — This was commonly called this assault.
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manv, wherever hc had bccn throughout thc uliolc province from Limcrick to 1505. theDrowes, 011 account of his rclativc. Thcreupon thc English rctrcatcd aftcr the wounding of their defcated hero and lcader, and they carricd him, \vcak in the throcs of death, till they came to the town. Hc dicd that night. When going to thc othcr world and leaving this at that time he bore with him many a groan and curse of the poor and distressed whom hc opprcssed on account of thcir property. Whcn O'Donnell knew that the English had turncd back, he was filled with very great wrath against thc soldicrs, as he did not gct the wish of his mind and the desire of his soul regarding the barbarians as he planned at first. A party of the assailants camc into the presence of thcir princc (though it was vcry hard for them on account of his great anger), and told how it had happened to them, and thcy all testified on behalf of the soldier who had wounded Captain Martin that there was nothing to save him if he did not make that shot cxccpt the power of the Lord. They quieted O'Donnell's anger, and his mind was appeased thercby, and he was told on the following day that the captain had dicd, as we have said. His anger was less on that account, though his mind was not at ease immediately because the English escapcd as they had done and his stratagem and ambuscade had effected nothing but the killing of that one man, as we said before. As for the Governor, after the dcath of his relative and nephew he was filled with wrath and anger, and he ordered his army to go to the monastery and pull down and destroy the rood-screen * and the cells of thc servants of God, and to bring him enough of the firmly bound, well jointed boards and of the strong, smooth-hewn beams to make a machine 2 for pulling down walls. Thcv brought him afterwards what he demanded. Many carpenters and numcrous workmcn were brought. They made closely jointed, vcry firm sheds for war of thesc beams and elm planks, and they werc covered with boards nailed straight-edged, fittcd firmly for thc soldiers to fight from. Skins of cows and of oxen werc put outside. Straight-moving whcels of strong oak were placcd undcr thcm for their removal to the fortress.
Whcn thcsc cleverly devised strange implemcnts wcre readv thcv werc filled with soldiers and warriors and brave mcrccnarics of thc English. They werc brought there by strange motion in the darkness at the
ioó
co ]\ó ftn-óigce cut 1 cut pu liuittinn aii cluvipreoit. ^Voaic ror cóJAit aii
nuí]\ íC]\ccaui. Qv> iac tuclic ah cluvipceoit t>An, níp í><5 niCinb Gc mn bó
cmi ]\o §Ab]\\c ro]\ p\eA]XAt aC]w ua co^Ia, tuvin no Ijacau ]u\oi]\ ipn -oúnA-o
nu\ u]i]>oic1ntt 7 jaIdaic occ btoÓAb aii bvxttA ró aiiC]\coiíiai]\ "oía nooib-
nuccAt) 1 ccop.\ij. U1Á5I1AIC AtAic§Aitc ro]\ cAibtib au •oúnAró, 7 -oo teccCc
ro]\]\A AntiAr ite x>o cAipjib cCnníjAjÚDA cobp\róe (x*oo c]\omctoc1iAib cunnje
fol.29.rt. cut AinniAi]" ^u]\ boc imonbAiglici mó]\bto'ócA ^acIi ní pup ccCjTTiACÁir 50
CAtn'iAin. Uiájaicc A]\ oiteuiob rop renepcpb 7 ro]\ tepwb ah cluvipréoit, 7
jjAbAic occ •oiub]\AccAX) aii ubAittriieAt tuAróe 7 Acco]\AimcÁo]\ ccCrnci'óe
ro]\]\A, gun ]\o roi]\]\jic au riAntAC bÁcA]\ ir ha curiroAigib ctA]\Aij; t>on
ctoiccpCp^ui, €t *oó 5AÓ cenét "oiub]\Aicci A]\ cIiCha x>o co]\aco]\ bóib, coiia
bAi bÁ t)iA nui]\c]\iÁttA'ó icci]\. 11i ropnoetAn^cA^i iia jAitt ACCjiéclicnu^At)
m bA mo An'i ó 11A ]\o ]>CcyÁc ní "oon "oúiuvó acc ctn]\ic a ccAicctiÁcÁ -oiob, 7
rÁ^bAicc a ccije c^ooa 6: a ccCjbuire coJAtcA mú]\ 7 roAic hia rrjucdn^
icé beó^oncA, Gc, ]\obcA]\ btntnj; t>o b]teic ah Anmonn teo. Da cocoh'i]\ac1ic
mó]i 7 bA rrtíoífi AbbAt 1<sy ah Ai]ug UipoCpo "bion^Ain ha caoh'iiiaccai]i a
Ané]\oróe (x a mni]\e tunibC]\c ro]\p\n ccoip:iAtt €t rojipiA liíb bACA]\ nro, (x
ó iia ]\o cun'iAin^ roAir ropiA Air ipn cohai]\ icubcliAb ca]\ coipvptÍAb iu\
SCghrA 7 ca]\ IIIa^ nAoi nuc AttjubA 50 |\ahaicc RorfcómrríAin. 1lo Ai]up
Ainnp-óe A]\ b^pé a *óunÁ]\Ap 6c ní]\ bo rtÁn ÍAir a n'iCnnu\ ía]\ mAnfoAÓ
A b]1ACA]1 UAt)A 7 ÍA]1 ni1TO]\eA"Ó A1l CÍ]\e CA1]Up SOATÓ "OA11 Ó *Ooril11Altt ÍA]\
mbÚAró (x cCicc CA]\]v\n Saiíu\01]\ ]v\i]\cuató 7 teiceCb uaóa ha bAtbAiiAig bv\CA]\ ro]\ Aiii]v\me occa 7 ]\o einnCpcAin a ccuApupctA ptuú.
Tlí]i bo pvoA An io]uu\róe mÍA *OhoiiiiiAitt 50 ccahhcc t>o ]\róip gup ah Sti^eAc Gt ]\o b]ur CAirciAtt Stigige coha pApccAib ctoc pop ctoic t>e aj\ ÚAn'iAii iia n^Att "ou\ ^AbAit jah ^iÁco^At) "oóporii. Ilo bppeAt) beór tAip c]u CArpceoit t>écc t»o ÓAipciAttAib cohacIic 7 t>o bC]\c ^eitt 7 Aiccn\e o uac Áon ]\ob on'u\n tv\iy *oo y]\icbAi]\c p\i]^ 110 -oía auíi]\ía]\ icci]\. T)o cIiaoc nu\ pucCmg ca]\ ]v\n ejuie bub cúató, & ]\o yArAijCrcAi)i occ teigeAb Arcíp ro
1 Alive — At the approach of the English 2 Corrsliabh. — Seep. ci. antea. Its sole
Burke went out to meet them, and fought connection with the Seghais or Bovle river
bravely in front of the castle, Their superior is thát it is 011 the north-west of Lough Ce,
numbers forced him to retire. He tied a into the southern part of which this river
rope to a huge beam and by letting it fall falls.
from time to time on theassailants he lcilled 3 Plain 0/ Aoi- — Called also Rlachaire
óooofthem. Hist. Cath., p. 176. Connacht. See p. xxv., antea.
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beginning of thc night, until they were placed facc to facc at thc anglc 1595. of thc castle. Thcy then proccedecl to pull down thc castlc. As for thc pcople who wcrc in thc castlc, it was not in a slow or timorous manncr that they set to rcccivc thc assailants, for thcre were masons in thc castle wcll prepared, and they set to pull down thc wall oppositc thcm to hurl it down on thcm at first. Their brave men went on the battlcments of the castle and thcy threw down on them from above many of the sharp solid rocks and heavy massive stones rapidly, so that everything which they met with to the ground was shattcrcd and dcstroycd. Otlicrs of them went to the windows and loopholes of the castlc and proceeded to shoot their leaden bullets and cast hand-grcnades of fire on thcm, and they crushed the soldiers in the wooden sheds by thc dropping of the stones and by cvcry kind of shot also, which wcre discharged against them, so that they did not succecd at all in their attack. The English did not wait to be wounded further, as they could do nothing to the castlc ; they thrcw away their defences and left thcir houses for fighting and thcir erections for breaking down walls, and they went back severely woundcd, and they wcre glad to get away alive.1 It was a great disappointment and a mighty sorrow to the Governor, Sir Richard Bingham, that he could not vent his cruelty and wrath on the castle and on the party who wcre in it ; and as he could not, he went back by the same road hc had come, over Corrsliabh 2 of thc Seghais, and across the plain of Aoi,3 son of Allghubha, till he camc to Roscommon. He stopped there, for it was his fortified dwelling ; but his mind was not at ease after the dcath of his relative and thc preying of the territory in spite of him. O'Donnell wcnt awav aftcr his victory and proceeded across the Saimer north-eastwards, and he scnt away thc Scots who werc in his scrvice and gavc them their pay.
O'Donnell did not delay long till hc came back to Sligo, and hc pulled down the castlc of Sligo, so that he did not leavc a stonc of it on a stone, for fear thc English might takc it without his knowledge. Thirteen morc of thc castles of Connaught were pullcd down by him, and hc took hostages and pledgcs from whosoever hc feared would oppose him or be at all dissatisfied. Hc wcnt back across thc Ernc north- wards, and hc went totake rest until the month of Dcccmber. Meantime
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mí -óecenibep bACA]\ c]\a t'u\p\it 7 Ainíg coigi-ó otnéccniAcc occa nioniu\]\bAb (x 05A coronn Ar a ccí]\ LAf iu\ £aII&i% cén mochÁ imbaoi 1 mtnncC]\Cr 7 hi cca]\ac]uvó uí *OhoiiinAitt t>iob. 'Our rAn^AccA]* rocliaróe -oía fol.29.0. rAO]\ctAiroAib (x -oía iroAO]\ctAiroAib tio fAigró 11 í >Ooiiiiu\iLL t>o éccAoíne ah nnnró 7 a nCccuAtAm^ pup T)eicbi]\ ón a]\ bA hé a po]x cocAróe 7 ah *oor •oi-oin 7 ArciAcli mróCgtA a]\ ^acIi iu\nbuAm. 11 o con^bAib t>An AnÚAirte (x AnAi]\ij 111A cliAom'icecc 7 hia ccoriicAnur btró ■óem. "Oo bCi]\C"ó beór conromC-ó rCcnón a chí]\e ro]\ a bnuJAbAib 7 ro]\ a coA]\ccAib "oia nÁof t>í 11 111111 t>Cnóit "oía nAic]\eAbAc1u\ib 7 -oía nAor AnrrAnn ene]\c. An cah c]\a t>o beineA-ó hia ccí]\ but> -óern iacc 110 roricongnAt) ro]\ a riuniici]\ hi ccoicc1iiiroe con^nAiú c]\uró & cCch]u\ CctiA 7 A]\bA -oo t>Áil -oóib au -óai§ ioiiacoc1ica 7 Aicc]\ebe a ccí]\e -oo ]\roip. *Our ]\aiihcc t>m UeAboit) a bújic iuac UÁce]\ 610CA15 nnc SeAAin nuc Oiti]\e]\Air iccumniA ÓA15 -oo ACAOÍne a Anro]\tAinn pu 1u'u\ n'OoriniAitt 7 A]\oite p\o]\ctAiniA ^enmocÁporii.
bA qioj tAiporii A11 eccAome 7 ah iomcop\oit>, & ]\o cmgeAtt 50 ccuArAitcrCb 011 t)AO)]\e 7 ah x>oc1i]u\icce mibACAn tuAmAtj e but> roncAit, 7 50 cnub]uvó 111A iu\ca]toa iAt) t)o nróip. LÁ pobAin no rojicon^Ai]! rouuA AriirAib 7 ro]\ a óCr ctÍApvpcoit 7 ron óCr *oiotriiAin a cpdie coiiAi]\ccpcar tar iu\ htu\irtib neiiiepe]\ciiiA]\ ipn ccoiccpcli -oiAnncA-ó m A5I1AIT) a haiíiacc. *Oo jmAC pAiiitAró reb uo CnAitpiorii rop\o. Uia^aicc La^ ua htÍAirtib co coijeA-ó HleAbbA, 7 ^ÁbAicc p>]\ ioiró]uvó 7 ou^ahi ha n5A.Lt 7 5AC aohi -oo i\aLa 1n ccoccac 7 1u ccA]AAC]\Ab rnuí. O riiebon rochn'iAi]\e t>oib ro]\ ah ApAi]\cpin 50 mCbon jAiriinro.
1omcup\ uí T)oriinAitt ÍA]i téiccCn a pcíp "oópu-óe pCcot rot)A reb AC]iub]\oiiiA]i, -oo ioniAi]\cc a pto^liA 1 nií t)ecembC]\ t)o run]\At>, (x "oo t>eAc1uvó iccoi^et) nieA-óbA, & bA p coiiai]i t»o tvnt) cA]\p\n Sti^ij ca]\ c]\ai§ 11eo- chtnte 7 qie chí]i phu\6]u\c TllhÚAróe ca]i TlluAró rA-óem 7 50 cí]i iiAiíiaL^a-oIia
1 Mead/ió/i.— She was the wife of Conor she withdrew from Croghan to Inis Cloth-
MacNessa, king of Ulster. She ieft him rann, in Lough Ree. There Furbaidhe, a
and returned to her father, Eochaid Feidh- son of Conor by another marriage, lay in
leach, to Tara. By him she was made an waitforher and slew her witha sling-stone,
independent Queen of Connaught. A war to avenge hisfather's death. See 0'Curry's
sprang up in consequence between Conor Manners, &c, ii. 290, and Ogygia, p. 269.
and Meadhbh. Conor was at length slain. 2 Traivohelly.— The strand near Bally-
After the death of her second husband, sadare, Co. Sligo, where Eochaidh, the
Oilioll, at the hands of Conall Cearnach, Firbolg king, was slain in his flight from
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there wcre nobles and chiefs of the province of Olncccmacht in 1505. banishmcnt and exiled from their tcrritory by the English, besidcs those vvho wcrc in amity and friendship vvith O'Donncll. Many of the nobles and of the common pcople camc to O'Donncll to complain to him of thcir hardships and great sufferings. With reason, since hc was their pillar of support, thcir bush of shelter, and their shield of protcction for all those that wcrc wcak. Moreover, he kept their nobles and chiefs in his company and society. Besidcs, he gave entcrtainment throughout his territorv in his farmhouses and castles to the wretched poor pcoplc, to the houseless, and to the weak and feeble. At thc time that he reccived thcm into his territory he ordered his people generally to distribute aid in herds and flocks, young cattle and corn to them, with a view to their dwelling in and inhabiting their lands once morc. Then Theobald Burke, son of Walter Ciotach, son of John, son of Oliver, like the others, cameto Hugh O'Donnell to complain of his great hardships, and certain nobles besides him.
Their complaints and accusations were painful to him, and he promised to set theni free from the bondage and slavery in which they were if he could, and to restore them to their patrimony again. Wherefore he ordered his soldiers and mercenaries and the faithful people of his territory to march rapidly with the nobles of whom we have already spoken into the tcrritory against their enemies. They did as he ordered them. They went with the noblcs to the province of Meadhbh,1 and set to prey and plunder the English and every one who was in amity and fricndship with them. They were at this busincss from the middle of harvest to the middle of winter.
As for O'Donnell, after resting from fatigue for a long timc, as wc havc said, he brought his forces togethcr in the month of Decembcr exactlv, and came into thc province of Meadhbh, and the road hc wcnt by was across the Sligeach and Trawohelly,'2 and through Hy Fiachrach 3 of the Moy,
Moytura. The carn under which he was in- rach Aidhne, which was coterminous with
terredisoneoftheMirabiliaHiberniae. See the diocése of Kilmacduagh, MacFirbis's
Ogvgia, p. 289. Tribes and Customs of Jív Fiachrach, edited
3 Hy Fiachrach of the Moy.—Nov/ the by O'Donovan fgr the Irish Archasological
barony of Tireragh, Co. Sligo. It lay along Societv in 1857, gives an exhaustive account
the eastern bank of the river Moy. It was of this district and its inhabitants in former
so called to distinguish it from Hy Fiach- times.
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vmc "Pu\ó]\Ach nnc CacIixjac 111 u 15111 Cóoín. Da pAin ceniet ]\o Aic]\eb í aii foL 30. a. lonbai-é pn (x iu cúacIia x)ia]\ bo coicli ó cdn riu\i]\. DúncAij rtonxuvó ah chCneoit \\o curnAicneb an cAn-pn. Da x)o P]\AncAib a mbun<vó dienéoil, 7 a c]\ioc1iAib Saxah *oo *oeoch.4co]\ aii xh'i rw, (x bA c]ua nCnc ha Saccaii \\o chenJAbrAC ah ch]\ioch. -A]\ a aoi rin ni]\ uó tugíiA nnorcAir iu\ n^AovoeAt ÍAr ha gAbÍAib otccÁicce. 111ac tlittu\m Du]\c bA 1u\nmAim oi]\Cch.Air x)o cigCrvna iia cí]\e & m \\o gAinci r]u né ía]\ rrojicAmtujAxb ronnA •oo iia ^AttAib. 1ío bACA]\ x)ah ioinAc nuineAÓ & juo|;ht>Arhn4'ó Tóíobrorh, 7 ni]\pcA]\ co]\a r|u A]\oite nnón Anniuini A]\ aia x)A]\ Ia ^ac Áon xnob bA X)ó buxróeín bA x)ú cCnxmr (x cígCnnur ah cí]\é. 130 nAngACAnrme ó biug co mó]\ ro 5Ai]\m uí *OoriitiAitt ía]\ ccochc x)ó x)on cí]\ 7 bA xmcAij xboib cia no GiCrcAir úai]\ ]\o LAipCc cenét ccoiiAitt ro óior x)óib ó chCm n'iÁi]\, (x 111 ]\o C01D51CI r]u \\e tA 5]\aui €t ^ejtAicecc ^Alt 7 tAÍiAixnVte AnCi]\c (x AccuniAchc. AaCc iia niAidie bAco]\ ir]uchbC]\c rru <\]\ oite 1111 on ci^Cjinur t1ittiAin bú]\cc o S]\uc1iai]\ ApnnrC]\piX)e uite, T)AÍbix) ah rpAoich, 1Upx)Ci]vo hiac x)Ciiiaiii aii cho]\]\Ain, OituepAp hiac SeAAin nnc Oitue]\Aip, Cnu\nn hiac UomAir aii n'iAc1iAi]\e ó CongAe, UeAboicc ha tonj hiac 1Urx)Ci]VO aii iajiauto, SeAAn niAC 1íiocai]vo nnc SeAAin ah cC]uiiAinn, (x UeApoicc hiac tU\cei]i cIhocaij mic SeAAm nnc Oitue]\Aiy\
T)or rAngACA]! irin coihxu\it cCciia 1n cuiiia CA15 X)o rAijix) uí 'OoiiniAitt coirij (x bA]ium aii cí]\e, 111ac ^dr06^^1^' SeAii xmb, hiac Siu]icaiii .1. CnnMin A11 niAc1iAi]\e, (x 111 ac T)oriinAitt ^Atto^tAch. .1. ÍTlAncur iiiac aii AbbAX), (x 111 ac 11Un]\i]' .1. Cnu\nn, fx O HlAitte .1. C05I1A11. OA.hÍAn ha
1 T. of Amha/gadh. — Now Tirawley, a barony in the Co. Mayo. It lies along the western bank of the Moy. Ifo'd, p. 397.
^Fiachrach. — The name Fiachra is known on the Continent as that of a saint whose hermitage was near Meaux. The French word fiacre is said to have been given to hackney carriages employed in taking pil- grims from Paris there. See Butler's Lives ofthe Saints, August 3oth.
3 Eochaid MuigJimeadhoin. — He was ardrigh from A.D. 358 to 365. His wife was the famous Mongfinn ; they had four sons : Lrian, Fiachra, Fergus, and Oilioll. I5y liis second marriage with Carthan Cas Dubh, daughter of the Welsh King, he had
Niall of the Nine Hostages, so famous in Irish history. See Keating's H. of Ireland,
P- 3°3-
4 SJirule. — A village ten miles W.of Tuam
6 D. a.71 fraoch. — i.e-, of the hcath, now a townland in the parish of Crossboync, barony of Clanmorris, Co. Mayo.
• c D. an chorrain. — i.e., The Devil of the reaping-hook, usually called the Devil's Hook. He was a son-in-law of Grace 0'Malley. His descent is given in The Annals of LougJi Ce, ii. 488.
7 Cong. — A village in Co. Galwav, between Lough Mask and Lough Corrib. There are here still the ruins of a monastcrv built in the seventh centurv by St. Fechin.
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ovcr thc Moy itself to thc territory of Amhalgadh,1 son of Fiachrach,2 son of i - 5. Eochaidh Muighmeadhoin.8 Thc tribe who inhabited it then was diíferent
from the tribcs whosc property it was from rcmotc timc. Burke was the namc of thc family inhabiting it then. Thc tribc was desccndcd from thc French, and thcy had comc from thc English territory to that country, and it was by the powcr of thc English thcy had first got possession of thc territory ; yet thcy were hated by the English no less than thc Irish were. Mac William Burlce was thc chief title of the lord of thc tcrritory, and he was not called so for somc time as they werc ovcrpowcrcd by the English. They had also many chicfs and princes, and they did not agrec among 'themsclves about the title, for each one thought that to himself belonged the headship and lordship of the territory. Thcy camc, both small and great, at the call of O'Donnell when he came to the territory, and it was the duty of all to come, for the Cinel Conaill had given it over to them under tributc long before, and it was not levied for a timc owing to the cruelty and severity of the English and the greatncss of their strength and powcr. The noblcs who were in contention with each other for the chief- tancy were William Burke of Shrule;i the senior of them all ; David an fraoch ; 5 Richard, son of Deman an chorrain ; c Oliver, son of John, son of Oliver ; Edmund, son of Thomas an machaire, from Cong ;" Theobald na long, son of Richard an iarainn ; John, son of Richard, son of Shanc an tcr-mainn ;s and Theobald, son of Walter Ciotach, son of John, son of Olivcr. There came to that same meeting, like the rcst, to O'Donncll, the chiefs and barons of the country, MacCostello (Shane Dubh), Macjordan,'-' z'.e., Edmund an machaire, and MacDonnell the gallowglass,10 i.e., Marcus, son of the Abbot, and MacMaurice, i.e. Edmund, and 0'Mallcy,u i.c, Owen.
8 Termainn. — ie., the glebeland of St. 10 Gallowglasa. — i.c, foreign soldiers.
Mochua of Balla, Co. Mayo. There are Dvmmolc describes them as being 'piched
still remains of the old church and of a men of great and mightv bodi»s. cruel
round tower hcre. See Colgan's Acta SS., without compassion. Thc greatest forcein
p. 789, and Petrie's Eccl. Architecture of battle consisted in them. choosing ratherto
Ireland, p. 452. die than to yield. Their weapons are
9 Jordan. — The De Exeters of Gallen, a battle-axe or. halberd six feet long.'
Co. Mayo. took the name of Macjordan TreatUe of Ireland, p. 7.
from Jordan De Excter, founder of that u 0'Mal/ey. — They were lords of Umhall,
family. Campion says that the Jordans, like now the Owles, the district around Clew
the Berminghams, were in his time 'vcry Bay, Co. Mayo. See Trióes, &*c.f of Hy
wild Irish.' H. oj Ireland, p. 11. Fiarhrach, p. 45.
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conu\i]\tipt)e (x ía]\ iu\ ccbjae 110 hoipoiunci cijfpiA ron &r\ cí]\ (x 1 ]\Aich e^pw cAoioe X)o tjAinchi au c\nnu\im Ar 111ac t1ittu\m -oc, (x bA lie iiiac UeApoic no goipfoh. 0 ]\ó cfjtAimpuc iu\ nuvichepn mte Acc]\ub]\Aiiu\]\ co 1uía irDon'inAitl cur An mAigin cfciuxe, -oo ]\óiuvó U\ 1uu\ n'Ooclu^cAig SeAAii
05 (reb |\o roncongAinpom rAijt) cfcheo]u\'to]V5 buvóne r>'u\ rtogluvib -onuim a|\ t)|unni 111 lomcAcniAnj; aii tfp\ 7 iu\ tAocpAchA inu\ ccuAinc. Ochc cét> .x. -oia Aih]\\ib & -ou\ oer cmttme (x ciu\]\<\pwit rp cnfr iu\ |\io^h]\AchA ipn ceciu\ bmúm. O *Ooc1u\]\caij; rot>ein (x ó bAojitt Uaúj ócc con gtArtAich chí]\e ConAitt AltAmmí; -oipp-óe ipn ciuvi]\c cAiu\ip. 11a c]\i 111ac Smbne con a njwttocclACAib *ou\ neAchcAi]\p-óe. "pin CohacIic con a ccoichfpcAt •0011 tech Anunj -oibp-ohe mte. O *OorimAitt rdpn coiu\ Ai]\eAc1iAib 6: iu\irtib iiu\ p\echcio]\CAitt bo-obA ron -oua iu\ ]\ac1u\ 6: m tAnuvó' neAch *oía tiAirte no -oía Ainriu-onije cochc uia p\eAciu\i]\c ipn ]\aic1i acc ah cí no
fol.30.^. ■pnconjnA-ópuii -oo gíiAinm chuccA A]\ iuíai]\. ^ebAVÓ if]\orii occa rcqiútwó
6 ]\eriróéccp rpr iu\ nu\icib bACA]\ nu\ rodiAi]\ c\\ex) X)0 jfiuroh rnir ha ÚAi]\tib unon Anmmm 05A mbACA]\ pucbAi]\c (x copiAifi. Uor cochui]\ chm^e bA]\um (x coipj aii cí]\e if]\ nujvo -ou\ ac1icohu\]\c cIiuca hiia reAch cia -ooiu\ hÚAirtib 110 oi]vonirC-ó 1u cfiroup ha c]\iche. 111ac 'OorimAitt
7 111ac lllmpr (xólllAitte bArfoh Acbf]\cAco]\ ó ófnghuch gun úo pon cpirop]\ t1ittu\m bú]\c ]\o bA cechcA ogennA "oo ^1u\i]\m, i'u\i]\ ArrCoh ]\o tu\ piAich bér "oóib oi]vonéót) au cpirop]\ A]\betAib ah cfoipn. Uo ]u\voh 111 ac ^oipoetbAij; 7 iiu\c Sni]\cAin gun uó x>o UheAboic nu\c tk\cei]\ cIhocaij nnc SeAAm nnc Oitue]\Aif nobu'6'oio}\ 5Ai]\ni rtAcliA A]\bA pfipjpdcpuch eipt>he itto (x mn a-oIiaij icí]\ 7 icoicc]\ich ciAmbAt) uacaP ciAmbAt) podiAvóe t)ó.
1a]\ cc]\út) Á choiiu\i]\te -oúa 'Oorinuvitt bA p\i]\ -oep-ó taif ro t>eóit)h cCnnur iu\ cniche x>o diAbAi]\c t>o UheApoic nu\c tk\cei]\ cluocAig (x no ro]\con5Ai]\ ro]\ 111ac UeApoic 111ac t1ittiAm -oo ghAinm ne. 'Oo ]\oiuvó rAinpuiii m-o yu-\, tu\i]\ ]\o ^oijieAt) Annu\im -oe piAt»h ha ptóglub icoiccuroi, jre ]\o bACA]\ A]\ Aitt t)iA chfnét bA pnm A]\ aoi nAoip (x b& 1110 avíi 5Ai]\riiotcA. A\\ a Aóipn A]'é t)o t)eAc1u\it) ceccu]- cugArom ron acc1iu]\ 7 ionnA]\bAt) Ar a chí]\, a -oo ]\Ai]\]\n5e|\c t>o co cciob]\At)h nu\ -oucIiai^ -oo m-ohip t)u\ ccAfmpAt)h. A]\Aitt beóf, bAoip"óe icmti a Aoip (x a fn^nAniAi
1 Tiile. See p. xliii., antea, for an Some further details will befound in Ware's
account of the ceremony of inauguration. Antiquities, p. 65.
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After that consultation and election a lord was inaugurated over the district 1595. and hc was called by thc titlc1 of Mac William on the rath of Eassacaoide, and it was the son of Thcobald that proclaimed him. Whcn all thcsc nobles had asscmblcd, as we havc said, to Hugh O'Donncll in thc samc placc, Shanc Oge 0'Dohcrty #formcd (as hc was ordered to do), four lines of troops back to back around the liss, and thc chiefs all about. Eighteen hun- dred of his soldicrs and hirelings and mercenaries round thc royal rath wcre thc first body; 0'Doherty himself and Tadhg Oge 0'Boyle with thc infantry of Tyrconnell outside thcm, in thc second circlc ; thc thrcc MacSwinys with their gallowglasses outside thcm ; thc men of Connaught with their party outside them all ; O'Donnell himself with his chiefs and nobles in a closc circle on the summit of thc rath, and no onc of the nobles or gentlemen was allowed to go into his presence in thc rath but whom- soever he commanded to be called to him at thc time. Hc procecded thcn to consider and forecast with the chicfs who wcrc with him what to do to the nobles in reference to the title for which thcy wcre in contcntion and dispute. Hc called to him the barons and chiefs of the territory in their order to ask them which of the nobles he should appoint to the chieftaincy of thc district. MacMaurice, MacDonncll, and 0'Malley said with one voicc that it was right that the senior William Burke should be styled chief, as their custom was to appointthe elder in preference to the younger. MacCostcllo and Macjordan, said that it was right that Thcobald, son of Waltcr Ciotach, son of Oliver, should be styled chicf, for hc was strong and vigorous by day and by night at homc and abroad, whcthcr hc had a fcw or had many with him.
When thcy had given their opinion to O'Donnell, heresolvcd in thc cnd to confer the chicftainship of the tcrritory on Thcobald, son of Walter Ciotach, and hc ordered thc son of Thcobald to proclaim him Mac William. That was donc to him, for hc was called by thc namc in prescncc of thc forces publicl)-, though thcrc wcre othcrs of the tribe older in years and bctter qnalified than hc. Yet it was hc that had come first to him after his cx- pulsion and banishment from his territory, and hc had promiscd to rcstorc him to his inheritance if hc could. Besides, he was in the flower of his age and dcxteritv in arms to meet thc suflfering and hardships of thc war in
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yyi yoinicm immx) G; eccvu\U\mj; An diot;Aix) imbAoiyiom, G: "OAn yyiy yin bA yé An cí Uepoic bA mó ah'i mioycAiy tAy ha ^o^Aib "oon cvtonxuvoli iym 7 bA tu§Aix)e no jebcAi^ ^Aoixnt Aimi]uy xie Abic AiTouc1icym.
1lo liejv^Abcvoli Oitueyuy hiac SeAAin 7 €hnAnii Vhac UoniAiy ah niAcliAiue 6: SeAAn niAC 1xiocai]\t) nuc SeAAin ah cC]\niAinn, 7 t>o b]\CdiA mgCuiitip 1a 1iúa n'OorimAitt conxiup yuccAic co cíy ConAitt. *Oo bfnc géitt 6: Aiaye ete ó Ay Aitt xíoiia 1iÚAiytib bAcoy occ cum^eAX) aii cigC]\nAiy yyi tAUi'i ah Ulpoicc íCn iia oijvoneAX) iym yytAic1nuy. "Oo CAec ó *OoiímAitt 1Á]\ caui íCy ccoc1iAiciun'i tiA lloctAcc x)ó im bA]\uncAcc clntte inCx)om, 6: iy ua bjugliib ictomx) 1l1ui]uy) ca]\ IIIúaix) úa nAriiAt^Aix) co cí]\ "Pu\c1i]\ac1i, 6: ]\o oiyx)nCycAÍ]\ ci§C]\nA yo]\ ah cí]\ ym. IJa X)e xdo ^1ioi]\ AnniAim x)o UaxdVij; nuc UIiauoIij ^UAbAi^li nuc Oójaui uí T)ubx)A. Ayé c]\a ó* *OoihnAitt ]\o ^1ioi]\ ó CetLvij X)on p1iiO]\x)0]\c1iA hiac CeAttAij nnc "OonniAitt nnc ACx)1ia ha ccAitteAcli 7 iiu\c *Oia]\iiiax)a III1115I11 tui]\cc x)o ConcobAn iik\c Uaix)1ij nnc eo^liAin, G: hiac "OondiAix) c1ií]\e 1iOiteAttA xdo Hluiyj;iuy diAech nu\c Uaix)^, G: iiiac "OoncliAix) aii co]\Ainn xio Rub^Aige h'iac ^XóoliAe, G: o iol.31.ir. liCgnAi ]UAbAcli xdo "petun iuac Conc1u\iyit. 11íj\ úo x)eAcriiAicyón a]\ ]\o bAco]\ a yniyi]\yix)1ie yo dnoy 6: diÁm x)o diCnét ccoiiAitt xdo j;yéy, 6: bA cubAixi) ]\Air.tAixDli cia bub é ó "Oon'niAitt no oi]voneAX) uia iiac<\]toa iA/oyorii, G: xdo ja]\a iia liAiiniAnnA Acyub]\AmA]\. t)A yAin ]\e xio ]\oineyioiii inx)ym. T)o ]\Acyom x)AH o HÚAiyc7 111 ac T)iA]unACA uia nAc1iA]vóA ía]a ua nionx)A]\bAX)1i tA ^AttAib, 6: ni]\ bo 1uAX)yon'i nAmÁ acc ^acIi aoii xio JAOiX)eAtAib coipx) HleAxJbA ]\o C1 ci ] \x) eti 5 Cy cai]\ yniy ha jjAttAib x)o ]\ome ah ccécnA y]\u'u (Ilion 5Ai]\meAX) ó 11uai]\c ]\e Iiua n"OoriinAitt ]UAin1i).
1596. A11 5. btuvÓAm.
lA]\byo]\t)AX) iia 11510111 ]\en'i]u\ice, x)o teicce ó 'Ooiiinoitt con ArtÚACch ca]\ yAn Sb^ij; yAiy cuaix)1i aii 15. 1ahua]\i m u]\coyAÓ iia btuvóiiA yo 1596, 6; xdo
1 Kilmaine. — In the south of Co. Mayo. the descent of the different branches of this
2 TJie Brees. — A castle in the parish of family vvill be found in the Tri&es, &^c, of Mayo, in the barony of Clanmorris. Hy Many, p. 96.
3 O'Dowd. — They were lords of Hy Fiach- "' MacD. of Moylurg. — They were divided rach of the north, from the Robe to the into three families, the head of which was Codnach. See Tribes, &°c, of Hy Fiach- styled The MacDermot ; the other two rach, p. 343. were The MacD. Roe and The MacD. Gall.
4 O Kelly. — A genealogical table showing Top. Poems, pp. 20 and 47. The Mac
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which he was, and, moreover, this Thcobald was of that family most hatcd by 1595- English, and the Irish would havc less suspicion bccause he was
Olivcr, son of John, and Edmond, son of Thomas an machaire, and John, son of Richard, son of John an termainn, wcrc seized and put in fctters by Hugh O'Donncll until they came to Tyrconnell. IIc took hostages and pledges from some of thc chicfs who had sought for thc chicftaincy in opposition to Theobald. aftcr hc was inaugurated in it. Aftcr celebrating Christmas, O'Donnell went ncxt into thc barony of Rilmainc1 and to the Brecs2 of Clanmorris, across thc Moy of Tyrawicy to Hy Fiachrach, and he appointed a chicf ovcr that territory. He conferred the title on Tadhg, son of Tadhg Reagh, son of Owcn O'Dowd.3 It was O'Donncll who gave the title of 0'Kelly4 to Ferdoragh, son of Ceallach, son of Donncll, son of Hugh na Calleach ; and of MacDcrmot of Moylurg,5 to Conor, son of Tadhg, son of Owen ; and of MacDonough0 of Tirerrill to Maurice Cacch,7 son of Tadhg ; and of MacDonougli of Corran to Rury, son of Hugh ; and of O'Hara8 Reagh to Felim, son of Concashil. This was not difficult, for their ancestors were under tribute and tax to the Cinel Conaill ahvays, and he was the proper pcrson whomsocvcr O'Donnell inaugurated in his native country and gavc thc titlc to, as \vc have said. It was right he did this. Besides, he restorcd 0'Rourkc and MacDermottotheir territories after they had becn banished by thc English, and not those alone, but every one of the Irish of the province of Meadhbh who had scparatcd himself from the English, hc did thc samc to thcm. (0'Rourke was never appointcd by O'Donnell).0
1596, the 5th year. Aftcr performing thc aforesaid actions. O'Donncll departcd with his army over thc Sligeach north-eastwards on the i5th of January, in the bcginning
Dermot had his residcnce in a small ísland "' Cacch.— i.e., one-cved or blind.
in Lough Ce, callcd the Rock. This place 8 0'Bara.—They were chiefs of Levnv,
is frequentlv mentioned in TheAmiah F.M. Co. Sligo. Since thc f/tfh century thcv were
* MacDortough. — They were descended divided into two branches, O'H. Buidheand
from Muireadach, king of Connaught, who O'H. Reagh. For an account of the familv
died in 710, and wcre a branch of the tribc see O'Rorhe's H. oj " Baifysadare, p. 363.
commonlv known by the name of the 9 CDormell.—This is a marginai note in
O'Conors of Magh Aoi. tlic Manuscript, in the author's handwriting. .
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t>eAchAroh ca]\ T)uib ca]\ T)]\obAip fx, cA]ip\n Saiíiaoiu. but) chÚAit). 11 o Ai]ur hia chpch reipn g<\n rogttumAchc co hu]\cop\ch rAiiijiAfó u\]\ cahi. bÁ hipn céc rAiiiAmpn p\m]\eA-ó imr p\mcc A]\ oite *ouine ÚAp\t ó R15I1 ua SpÁme A11 3. pitíb. -Atonp\ Copir bA liAmm -oon t>ume ÚApAt ipn. h& 1n cuccaic ro *oor ]\o jtuAir co hmir mbAnbA t)Aich]ieor 7 -opor rccet iia n^Aoi-óeAt, úai]\ ]\obcA]\ Aop cot)Ai5 fx coniicCnjAit ^Aoitnt Vot>tA -oo H15 ua SpAine a]\a cuioheAchc ón SpAin reAchc ]\iaiíi, (x, t>o ]\AcpAC "onon^ t>o p\uichib fx -oo pfnchAibib rf]\ rreme hi ro]iAic1iAiiifc fx, 1 cunime t>on H15I1 cui]icheAchcA 7 rcetA hiac niiteAt>h, (x -oah beór ah tuchc ]\o tAici ron tongupp tAr iia gAittAip a hnnr e]\nro ía]\ h^aicc au ac1ia]vóa ro]\Aib no ciAghcAoip "oeccAoine m imnet> pupumh fx pu Afnrore]iAib ó chem n*iÁi]\ 'Oii]' PA11115 An cechcA cipm-our reb AC]\up]\AniA]\. Ay í coiiai]a ]\o feotApcAi]\ a U1115A tAiii -óeAr pu hon neuenn ahía]\ 511)1 ]\o gliAph po]\c 1 c]\ích bojliAme hi ccúah ha cceAtt nibf^ pAmpeA'ó. ^o §Aib pAitci hi]unbiu Ia hÚAiptib ha quche íf]\ ua fio]i]xet (x t)o 'óeAchAcon a]\ Aitt -óíob t>o éotup ÍAir c]\é beA]iiiAr mó]i co ]iaiihcc teichbio]\ Ai]\m nnboi ó T)omiiAitt A11 CA11 pn. 1lo pAbAigfo co ro]\rrAoitib AiiiAit bA *oú rru ]\é chéo]\A no'róche coiia t^íb, (x ]\o JAb A5 Achchon'iA]\c fget An cho^Ait) ac chuAtA ro cf]\-orAc iia ^AÓibit po]\pnA ^AttAib. Acc coAt>h.AchA]t t>óroin coteicc. -dcbf]\crorii gur bo *oía HAicnfor (x *oia rpor rcét t>o •o'eAcliAi-ó
pO]1 pO]\C0115]U\ A11 1llj, (x nAC CCA0lÍlt1A5Al]1 t)ot A1]\111 A1llbA01 ó Heitt, no
AUAt) 11Í but> pfuú tA cnrofnAp', úai]\ bA hoiiiAn ÍAir t»u\ cctoipor ^Oltt fol.31./'. Achochc co hepnro co tAirfap tongur ]\ennb ron aii rét>. O ]\o pcni ó 'OonmAitt ^up bo río]\ AiiebAi]\c fx, ah bAogliAt mipoipoiii, ]\o fgpob tAir gur aii II15 Ar a ucc bub t)ém (x, a hucc uí 1léitt 7 a huchc ha n^Aei'óeAt A]\ ceAHA. b^ rfh cocIiacIic aii pgpbnro t>o chumgeAt) coh^ahca ]itoit 7
podlArÓe A1]\1ll 7 10tfA0bA]\ 111 AgAlt) A 11A1Í1AC (x, t)ÍA pA0]1At)p01Íl 1AC 011 t)A01]ie A11lbACA]1 OCCA 11lblOt)bA'OAlb t)0 §]iep (A^ JA1CC A11 Ac1lA]\t)A pO]\]\A (x a^a pAobAt) on CC]\eit)10lÍl CAchotAct)A UoiiiAiroA ]\0 p]\10Cc1lA1t) 11A01Í1 Pac]\aicc t)ÍA rftiAib & t)ÍA pntrpenAip, (x ]\o con^Aib^^fc o chem iiiÁi]\)
1 Philipni-— Thisisamistake, asPbilipii. names given to Ireland by the bards. did not die till 1598. * Fenians. — So called from Fenius Farsa,
2 Copis. — See p. lxxvii., antea. an ancestor of Milesius.
3/m's Banbn. — This and Inis Fodhla were 5 Wrote. — See p. lxxvii., antca.
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of thc ycar 1 596, and hc went across the Dubh, thc Drowcs, and thc Saimcr 1596. northwards. Hc remained aftcr that in his own country without leavin up to the beginning of summer. It was in thc beginning of November precisely that a certain noblcman came from the King of Spain, Philip III.1 Alonzo Copis 2 was the nobleman's name. The reason why he came to Inis Banba3 was to confcr with and get intelligence from thc Gacls, for the Gaels of Fodhla were friendly to and united with thc King of Spain on account of their having come from Spain long beforc, and a number of learned men and historians of thc Fcnians 4 had sct down in remembrancc and record before the King the doings and history of the sons of Milesius, and besides, the people that were driven into cxilc by the English from the island of Erin, after taking thcir propcrty from them, used to go to complain of their hardships to him and his ancestors for a long time. The messenger, however, came, as we have said. The course he directed his ship was westwards, keeping the shore of Erin to the right until it entered Tir Boghaine and the harbour of Killybegs precisely. Hc received a welcome there from the nobles of the territory when they got news of him, and some of them went to guide him through Bearnas Mor until hc came to Lifford, where O'Donneli then was. He was entertained very hospitably, as was right, for the space of three days and threc nights, and he set to inquire about the history of the war which hc had heard the Irish had been carrying on against the English. They laid it before him thcn. He said it was to inquire and get information he had come by order of the King, and he could not go to where O'Ncill was nor delay any longer owing to haste, for he was afraid the English, hearing of his coming to Ircland, would send ships on his way. When O'Donncll knéw that his statement was true and the danger which he ran, hc wrote3 by him to thc King on his own part and on thc part of O'Xeill, and on the part of the Irish too. The purport of thc letter was this : to request aid in men and a supply of arms and various weapons agáinst thc enemy, and to rescue thcm from the bondage in which they wcrc held by thcir encmics always (taking their patrimony from thcm and pcrsccuting thc Roman Catholic faith, which St. Patrick had preached to thcir elders and ancestors, and which thev héld for a long time), ánd that thcy would bc subjcct to
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combcir romÁiiiAishce t>ó t>o fio]i GL "oía piot hia •oC-oIiai'ó. X)o ]iac íC]\orii ah ceccA Iaiiíi ro]i nnceAcc 6c rÁgbAit) bdroAchcAin.
UCic úa 'Oorimoitt LAir irm rtige'ó 60 m ]\o ]1CA]1 rjur 50 am a bA]\Ach,
6c ]10 tÁ A]\Altt t>1A A!Íl]'Alb tA1f iri11 yéx> t>1A rilA'ÓA'oh A]\ cluiAiiAib
Gt cfc1if]niAib 50 ]\<miaic 'oa]1],ah mbC]UiAr ]iéiii]iÁiciu. StÍAb •oo]iAit> t>oibeoit eir»t>e Gc bA 1iAt>bA cuAn Gc CAibt)fn r]u ptAic Gt Ai]icett cen co ]io]' coipurcAi]i aii c-Ao"oh RÚA'oli lnrm, A]i tup netjpi'óe rtAcc iia ojiccóm irm c]mc1i ó ]io 1ioi]voneA-ó 1 rtAicuir co rrA]icc<\ib aii innp co tteicc, conAt)1i Ai]ie Acbe]\c1n An 1liAJAi]\e]iec1icAc1i t>eriorii A]\ a met) no piA^liAt) t)o c1ioitteAt)Aib Gc cliUAiiAib Gc t)Af]" ^ac tntc A]i difnA. *OAtA -AtonrA Copir ]iAimccpt)1ie ^ur au bputic ArrAji^Aito a tun^A 6c cficc mnce 6t t)o beA]iAc inumci]i uí *OhomiiAitt a rotAjiciuvó rCotA ÍAir ipm tum^ -oAiíjito im]\eAiii- ]\a 6t "oo cfctiACCAib ctuimjeAtA. Ilo bAoirom 1 roichttt iia gAfice auaiu cecib caii t>ur riocrAt). Ro feoturcAin ro t)eóró tA ceo cmret) ua gAiche ahai]\- cÚAit> tAiiii cti r]u ho]\ n6]\eiiii piAi]vóCr ^ag nt)i]ieAch co ]iAinicc t»on SpAin. lomcupA uí T)otiinAitt ]io buipvóe irror 50 copAc 1un. 11i]i uó cíau t>ó
íf]\CA11l A1l CA11 ^IUgfAC CedlCA Ó 111 AC tllttlAm yA1]l t)ÍA A1]TlCir t)0 co
ccAnAic ^enenAit co^avó iia bAmníogAn Se]\ Seon 11o]iAir co 1nmetbo]\t) a c]\iche cu]\coiíi]iac rtÚAij mói]i, a]\ t)Ai£ co ccui]ireA*ó coi^eAt» Coiiiiacc uite niAen rAb^tt "oaCii ]\aiui Gc t>Aoniteic tA piuonnrA Saxóh. -dcífc iia hAi]nj; 6t HA hÚArti bACA]i iroqtAvóe ah §ene]\AtA, 1a]vLa UuAt>iiiun'iAn, 'OoncliAt) imac ConcobAin mic 'OoncliAit) uí b]\iAin co tion a ftoij, 6c lA]\tA ctomne
1llOCA1]VO Hlttfc 111AC 1x10CA1]VO SaXAUAI^ 1111C HlttlC 11A Ccftl C011A C01cf]XAt
gcfiiA. -AcbC]iap cac icoiccmt>i ah cah rm iia ]io cioniAiji^eA'ó 7 ha ]io cionótAt) rju liAimrCu imchfm m Cjimn aIiucc PjuonnrA Saxah countíon niibACA]i ron An rtuAgrin. 11i ca]vo ó T)oriniAitt ha pgetApm ac coAp t>ó irottt iiAch ro^voÁit, 1ÍA111 ]iobcA]\ rui]uce eAttn'iA a rtÚAgrotfi t>o chechc íol. 32. a. iccoigeA-ó nAittetA ci-ó ]ié riú ]io riAchcACAn na, ceAchcA. Sc]nobcA]i tic]M 6c ]X]nbfniiA tA hÚA nT)omnAitt 50 ^^o^^tAib ah choiccit), 7 ]io t)ÁtAfCAi]\ chugA iac ^ur aii í«.\]\cA]i Ai]im ac cÓAr t)ó],on*i aii rtuAg echcAi]\cenéoit t)o JAbAlt ton^púi]\c.
1 Sassanach. — i.e., the Englishman, the Lieutenant forsome time He diedin 1582. second Earl of Clanricarde. He was Lord See Archdall's Pccrage, i. 129.
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him and to his succcssors always. Thc messcngcr thcn prcparcd to depart, 1596- and lcft his blessíng.
O'Donnell accompanicd him 011 his \vay, and hc did not part from him till the next day, and he scnt with him some of his soldiers on the road to protect him from robbcrs and kernc till hc passcd over the above mcntioned Bearnas ; this is an intricate mountain, difflcult to pass over, and it was a place of refuge for robbers and rogues robbing and plundering until Hugh Roe banished them, for he did not allow robbcry or plundering in the country since he was inaugurated in the chief- taincy till he left the island. Wherefore he was callcd the legal executioner on account of the number of robbers and thieves and of evcry kind of malefactors too whom he had executed. As for Alonzo Copis, he came to the port whcre he had left his ship and embarked in it, and O'Donnell's people gave him plenty of flesh meat in the ship, large hinds and white- fieeced sheep. He was readv for the east wind whenever it should come. At last he set sail with the first breeze of wind from the north-east, keeping the shore of Irelandon theleft, south-westwards straight until he reached Spain.
As for O'Donnell, he was at rest up to the beginning of June. Not long after messengers came from Mac William to him to tell him that a war-general of the Oueen, Sir John Norris, had come to the borders of his country, having with him a great army, in ordcr that he might subject the whole province oí Connaught at once, wholly and cntirely, to the English Sovereign. The chiefs and nobles who wcre with the General's army were the Earl of Thomond, Donough, son of Conor, son of Donough O'Brien, with all his troops, and the Earl of Clanricarde, Ulick, son of Richard Sassanach,1 son of Uliclc na cccann, with his force too. It was commonly said thcn that for a very long time therc had not been gathcred and collected in Ireland on behalf of the English. Quecn so great a number as was in that army. O'Donnell did not neglect or slight thc ncws which was reportcd to him, for his forces werc in completc readiness to go into the provincc of Oilioll cven before the messengcrs camc. Letters and despatches wcre written by O'Donncll to the Irish of the province, and he summoned thcm to meet him to the west of thc place whcrc hc heard thc forces of the strangers had encampcd.
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La rot>Ain "oo tei^e ÚÁ T)oriiiiAitt iccCnn crét>A coiia ftoj; t<M|' CAnfAn 6|\ne rÍAji ca]\ Sbccec tAiii tjCr rni rntnb rtébe tjaiíi cjié ttnjne 7 c]\é clijúch gAitCn^ co uaiiuicc ro 'óeoí'ó m Ai]ur t)AtA r]u Seon 11o]\tnr Ai]\m imbui occ rubAi]\c 7 occ bÁij cecc t)iiro]\eA-ó iia quche niAHA cÁnccAt>Áir géitt 7 Aicci]u ÚAitnb. O jiAiigACAU t>m ceccA uí *OhoriinAitt 50 5Aoit>eAtAib A11 00151-0 AiiiAit Acnubnomon t>ur riccCcptJe 5A11 errnA"OAt> ^An lomfuineAc ron coJAinm hirm. UAimcc Ann cCccur AttAnÍAn úa Huai]\c, D]\u\n 05 niAC 0]\iAin ha mú]\c1iAmic OjtiAin bAttAijmic 605 Ain 50 rocnAit>e cíiaca ó m 0]UAin. Uahaicc Aiin úa ConcobAiji IIúa-o. Aót> mAC Uoi]tóeAtbAi5 Ut'iAit) a 1nmeAtbo]\cc riiAije A01 rju 1iac Sti]-Cn AnAi]\. Uauaicc aiiu ó CeAttAij ("pC]\t>o]\c1iA) a liuib HlAine AiiAi]\t>C]- rju SionAinn auíau. Uauicc Ann 111ac *Oia]uiiacca (ConéobAn ócc), a 111ui§ tuipg au *OÁ51toa r]u
C01]1]\]vtlAb UA SCj]-A A1lA1]\t)C]\ Ua11JjACA]\ A1in béor 11A 1lí ]\0 A1C]\eAb]\AC
aii cc]\íc1i ó coi]\]\ftiAb 50 mtu]\ 1n cuai]xcC]\c aii coiccit) Ct)ón An t)A mAC 'OonncliAit) 7 aii t)A ó Cg1i]\A 6t ó *Oubt)A. 1au cconnAchcAm ha ngAeibeAt 50 1iaic nóCnbAite rorAitncc ro]\ ionc1u\ib Seon 11o]\Ai]- a]\ ^ac cAOib t)on AbAinn t)iAHAt) ahiiii au Rot>bA. 1lo bAoi loniAicAigCt) t>eriú 7 AUAtt rni rít> 7 cAoncoihnAC Cco]\]ia, 7 111 bA 1iCt» ón ía]\ rpojt acc bA t)o b]\Ac (x CAi]-ccéteAt) Gb t)o cAbAi]\c b]ieícce nn A]\oite t)iA ccodhrACAir. t)Áoi t>An 111ac tlittiAm UeAboicc hiac HAce]i cIhocai j co tión a áonóit ipn coicC]XAt rm uí 'OhomnAitt. -Ahaic AcliAit) aii cuehcrm emeAc mt> ionc1iAib a]\ oite 50 ccAi]\neccA|i a tomci tÁr nA gAbtAib. O ]io rcAic íCroiii AmbiAtJ t>óibripe iol.32.1J. Ar rAi]i t>eipt> teo -oCiiige ah pui]\c AmbÁccA]\ o ha cÁoiiiiiAjACAn ní t)onA ^AoibeAtAib. *Oo jníCcc rAiútAm SoÁicc rniochjtorcc tx ni]i uó ]-tÁn tA Seon 11o]iAir a n'iCnniA A]\ ní]\ uó gnAc tAir a lompút) AlnCcliAib écc]iAcc imne. *Oo coCcc úa *Oorimoitt 7 iia ^AOtóeAt A]\ cCnA t>iA cciglnb 50 rubAÓ rouiiCn 11111 ac.
Oc chiCcc rCiiAt) *Ottibtin-oe gAircceb €c ^CnAiccecc ^AOitieAt vyAy (x t)ni]:o]ibAi]\c, 7 ^ombcAji eotAig m Ai]uinmbeA]\c 7 m C]\nt)AiteAt) aii coccató uo nuecctAirCc ]\en'nb. AbbA]\ oite beór hiia uo 0TfinAi*órCcc aii C]uiAit>ni
1 Gailenga — This tribe inhabited a dis- out a Firbolg tribe, the Clan Gaileoin. Top.
trict now included in the diocese of Achonry Poeins, xxxix.
and a part of Sligo. They had this name 2 Hy Many. — A district which in former
from Cormac Galeng, third indescent from times included the barony of Athlone, in
Olioll Olum, King of Munster, who drove Co. Roscommon, and the baronies of Bally-
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Whcrefore O'Donnell set out with his army across thc Erne westwards, 1596. across thc Sligcach, keeping thc extremity of thc Slieve Gam on his right, through Leyny and the tcrritory of the Gailenga,1 until at last hc came to thc rendezvous wherc Sir John Norris was threatening and boasting
that hc would go plundcr thc territory if thcy did not give in hosta and plcdges. As soon as O'Donncll's messengers went to the Irish of the province, as \ve have said, they came without delay or hesitation at this call. First camc from thc west 0'Rourke, Brian Oge, son of Brian na Murtha, son of Brian Ballach, son of Owen, with thc fighting men of Hy Briuin. O'Conor Roe came, Hugh, son of Turlough Roc, from thc . border of Magh Aoi, cast of the ford of Slisean. Q'KeIly (Ferdoragh , came from the south-east of Hy Many,2 wcst of the Shannon ; MacDermot (Conor Oge) camc there from Movlurg of the Daghda, to the south-east of the Corrsliabh. Thcre came also those who inhabited the territory from thc Corrsliabh to the sea in the northcrn part of the provincc, i.c, the two MacDonoughs, and the two O'Haras, and O'Dowd. After the Irish had assembled at one place they halted opposite Sir John Norris on the banks of the rivcr callcd the Robe. Therc wcre very many on one side and on the other for peace and amity, but it was not so in truth. but thcy were spying and circumventing and deceiving each other if they could. Mac William too, Thcobald, son of Walter Ciotach, witli the whole of his forces, was at this gathering of O'Donnell's. They rcmaincd for a while in this way oppositc each other, until the English had consumed their provisions. When their supplies were consumed they resolved to leavc thcir cncamp- mcnt, since they could cffcct nothing against the Irish. They did so. They turncd back, and the mind of John Norris was not at ease, for it was not his custom to withdraw from the enemv's territories in this way. O'Donnell and thc Irish also wcnt away to their homcs merrv and chccrful. Whcn the Council in Dublin saw that th.c bravery and valour of the Irish had grown and increascd, and that thcv had a knowledge of thc usc of arms and of thc managcmcnt of war. thcy wcrc much afraid of thcm. Anothcr rcason too why they feared was thc union of friendship
moe.Tiaquin, Rillian, and Rilconncll, in Co. and O'Maddens. Sce O'Donovan's Introd. Galway. It was inhabited by the 0'Kellys to the 7> ibes, Sfc, offíy Manw p. 2.
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ca]\ac]\ai-ó 7 combAJA rni tlij iu\ SpAine, 7 ah I0115 ]\eiii]\Aia 00 ]\iac1ic 011 SpÁm AiiiAit ac cóa-óaca]\ t)óibriom. Arí Ai]\te A]\]\ióc1ic tÁp aii pfriAtJ 7 Iav aii ccoiiiAinte tjeriolie cocca 00 clio]\ 00 fAigit) uí 11éitt (x uí 'OliotimAitt
T>VlltAÍ]\flÍl 6fc "OAptAcll píOollA (x COÍYlCOlfl|\A1C rO]\]\A. t)AriAC CeCCA OO
ca^oa-ó tAr A11 rfn<vó p]u lnomtiuvó nAidnpcc 11A riooliA Cco]\]\a 7 ha ^oioeAtAib lA]\tA l1]\n'iuiiiAii UomÁr buicite]\ a aiiiiiahii. A. Saxai^ tmr pAn^ACA]\ A11 cenét oiAmbAOi. 1!o bAoipróe m Aoip enf]\c rftvoACA ah lonbAró rin, (x Aijroeprcop CAipt 1llAotiiiui]\e 111ac 1!aic. *Oup ricefcrróe tAp A11 ceccAi]\ecc 50 ]\ahjaca]\ 511 r aii ccac^iai^ pt ron b]\ú cuaja bAite nnc t)UAin oÍAn^A^ion An S]\AcbA\te. 1!o fói*órfc cócca *oú nnbói ó 11éitt
*00 ]\etA"Ó UA CCOpCCA 1111A CCUt)CACA]\. "P01*Óir ÚA Tléltt 11A pccetA cfciiA 111
•ooclium uí 'OboiimAitt. Uiccp-óe ífnorii -oi]\im iíia]\cac co 1iai]\hi uiiboi ó Héitt. T)o if^liAcc t)ibtmib co "Poc1iAi]\t> Hluincfnime ro]\ iondiAib c]\a^a bAite bu-ó cúató. Uaiiaicc aii dA]\tA AC]\ub]\oiiiA]i 7 aii ceppcop
pO]\ 101111 11A CotdlA cfcUA. Ac récCAO "OOUA rbAIClb A11 COipCC 1111A CCA1i;gACA]\ 7 Acbf]\CfAC ^0]\ bo rf]\]\ CO]\A otoAp CeAttAC (x, 110 blAt)
iomAic1ibA-ó cIiaic oíob ro]\ A]\ oiti muiiA *of]\ncA ah r'ró.
fol. 33-«. Ac CÚAt)1lACA]\ X)Ólb 11A COIl'lcllA *00 ]1A1]\tl;c;e]\CpAC A11 pfllAt) ÚA1t)lb CA]\
cftro aii críooliA .1. 'óitrmccA'ó coiccró ConcobAin ■óóibriom ^énmocliÁ A11 mbtoit) cípe rit o t>ún ^Oet^An co Doínn |\o cAttcA "óe ó cfm mÁi]\ LAp ha ^AttAib (x nA orcAip 11A ^oitt ro]\]\o ca]\ co]\omn acc nAiiiÁ 5A1U, CAi]\]i5e pCn^u^A 00 técceAt) rni c|\eic 7 connuAb 00 fion, (x ua gAitt bACA]\ 1 ccAintmn (x nro iobA]\ cnro c^a^Iia ón 111110 ccft)iiA, (x *oah ua cocnA*OAoir niAOi]\ 111AÍC Ai]\]\io5liApo]\]iA no AccumAC nAite 00 cliobAcli cliíopA nó dlÁHA, acc iia mÁ cecip cíor t>o b]\fdiA po]\ Armnrf]\Aib t)o iot)1uiACAt oóibpioiii 50 1iác ctÍAc 7 iia cumprice jéitt 11A aicci]U ron]\A acc niAt) rm, (x ro ■ceb1it»Air aii ccfcnA iia •goi'óiL ac]\ac1icaco]\ m a ccoriibÁi-5 co^Aró iccóigfó OtnéccmAcc. 1a]\ ccAinccrm a aic1u]xc 7 a opfuigitt oon lA]\tA, ac]\acc
Butler. — The tenth Earí, commonly Elizabeth, to whom he was distantly related,
called ' Black Tom.' He succeeded to the Sir William Bullen, the grandfather of
titleat theageoffourteen. He was brought Anne, having married Margaret, daughter
up at the English Court with Prince Ed- of the seventh Earl of Ormonde. See
ward, later Edward VI. For his services Archdall's Peeragc, iv, 31. against Gerald Earl of Desmond and the 2 M. Magrath. — The apostate Bishop of
O'Mores of Leix he received grants of Down. He was Protestant Archbishop of
several abbeys with their lands from Cashel from 1570 to 1622, and held that
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and sympathy with the King of Spain and thc coming of thc ship from Spain, 1596. as was rcportcd to thcm. The plan adoptcd by thc Senate and Council in conscqucncc was to scnd mcssengers to O'Neill and O'Donnell, and to proposc and offer pcacc and fricndship to thcm. One of the messengers choscn by thc Council to discuss the business of the pcace between thcm and thc Irish was the Earl of Ormonde, Thomas Butler1 by namc. Thc family to which hc belonged had come from England. Hc was weak through old age then. With him was thc Archbishop of Cashel, Myler Magrath.-2 They wcnt on thc crrand until thcy came to thc town which is ■ on the edge of the strand of Baile Mic Buain called Stradbally. Thcv scnt messengers to the place whcrc O'Ncill was to tell him thc business they had come about. O'Neill sent the same message to O'Donncll. Ile camc after that with a troop of horse to the placc whcrc O'Ncill was. They both wcnt to Faughart Muirtheimhnc, opposite Stradbally, a littlc to thc north. The Earl of whom wc havc spoken and the Bishop came to thc summit of the samc hill. They told the princes the business 011 which they had come, and said peace would be better than strife, and thcy would blame each other if the peace was not made.
They stated to them the terms which the Council offcrcd in refcrcnce to the peace, viz., to hand over the province of Conor to them cxcept the tract of territory from Dundalk to the Boync, which was cut off from it long before by the English, and that the English should not cncroach beyond the boundary except the English of Carrickfergus, who were allowed for trade and traffic alwavs, and the English of Newry and Carlingford in thc same way, and that thcy should not scnd stewards or governors over them, nor in any such way force rcnts or tributes, but only the same tribute that was laid on their ancestors, which was to bc taken by them to Dublin, and that hostages or pledges should not be dcmandcd from them beyond this ; and that thc Irish in thc province of Olncccmacht who had risen to aid thcm in thc war should havc the likc terms. After thc Earl had sct forth his statement and proposal,
see with those of Waterford and Lismore. about a year and a-half before his deatli. A sketch of his career will be f'ound in the He [ interesting details of Myler's
Ecaes. Rccord for 1884. p. 633. Bruodin early life in his Examen Anatomicum^ says he rcturncd to tlie Catholic church p. 71 ; Prague, 1671.
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ó Tléitt 7 ó T)orimAitt G: AinbÁccA]\ hia rrodiAin "oo chui n^C-oíiAib <mi 60151-0 Ar An Ámb ruróe 7 "oo íC^Iiac t>on cÁob Ap Aitt "oon ceAÍAi^. ^AbAicc aj c]iut> AccoriiAi|\te 7 occ AintejeAt) gniorrqiA'ó ua ngAbt ó no chét> j<Nb|iAc A11 mnp cCcur jur An cAnpn.
Da ro-ÓAing -óóibporii on, ÚAin bACAn meAbnA teó (x tA hÚA n'OorimAitt rAinneA-ó, "0015 bAoiptihe aj coifcecc puú ua cCiceonA btiA-ónA 7 ua ceonA míofA ]\o bui ipn cca]icai]i m -dc ctiAc, G: ba lnpn AicCpc Ap 1110 aiíi ]io meAb]iAt) o 11A cnnbi'óib ro cCpocA ipn cca]icai]\ nnA]\óCn pnr, 6: bAcon hi . ccunrine 7 1 ro]\AicriiCc tAir, G: AcbC]ic j;un boc cet>tuicheAÓ cojaocIiac cingeAttcA 5*tt t>o §]ier, G: ^u]i bo cniA gúcAinn^ijie ]io jacj^ac AnAchA]vó:v ron ^liAoróeAtAib coiccit) ghAitiÁn G: coiccró ConnAoi nnc *OAi]\e G, m hCt) ua mÁ acc cecib neAC t>iA ccAttrAC Accí]i 11111 Gjuu b<\ c]iía cliAn^nAchc G: fol. 33. b. b]\eiccpc t>o bC]\cfAC t>e. bit> nnne -oo jCiiacc pubp ah lonbAró bur cC]ici bon ccon^Aib cacIia G: coccató G: bur caha bA]\ cctiAc JAb^tA G: ah caii $Cc<>]\ ro]\oib 11 a 5óit)it AcnAchcACA]i m bA]i mbAij ]UArunn "oiató m "oiAit>, 7 pj^AbAc ceci]b ní chumjipCcc A]\ bA]i cc^e^At). X)o be]\AC 11 a ^Aitt bpCij; loniAibp Amnp-óe G: pMjpc ponnoib au cAn pD^AbAC co 1iAmC]\tAiii Aiifuiniche ib m UAchA-ó A]iin 7 evoig, ócc G: C]i]ieo, niAt> pc t)o xmeci pnú 7 ^ah ]iac1ia hato Aicip pD]ino pAi comAttAt) pub m t>o ]iAi]\]in5e)\]Uc t)A0ib. •A'óbAn 01 te beóp Uo Achchui]ipt> a cA]iAC]u\t> ron U15 iia SpAme mÁt) ríc t)o 5neci,G:bij UAn 7 bi-ó meAbAt t>Aoib 50 t)o -óCnom pnr ah ci nAhepi]i 501, G: coiiiAtnArur 1111 ]\o c1iA]i]in5Ai]\, G: ]io bAt) Ampuo]\ niA]\ t)Aoib Airhi]iir t>o íjAbAit t)e, G: "om pur pm níc cob]iACA]i úa-ó t>o ]\róip caii beice i]\]uochcAm a teAr ía]i roAtJ p3]iAib t)onA ^AttAib. 1lo riiottr ac A]\Aitt t)onA niAicib An enpenc, G: ro ACncAijfioc pii]- iia liAiciupccAibpn ]io pngitt. 1Daca]i poi]iCnn oite t>ibpt>e tAf A]\ tAmn aii pt> t)o -oénorii, G: Acbe]\cfAicpróe bA hiomAi]\5rce •oCnAiii aii cfiot)A, G. bAt) Aicpuch muiiA t>C]\ncA.
tTlonÚA]\ Aih bA po]i t)óibpoiii m ]\o ]\Arópoc cró íC]\ cAm, úai]i bACAn iomt)A nmA G: miont)Áome 7 p}]iurócctAoic t>o coca]\ écc "oúacIic G: §o]\ca po t)Aitm au choccAit) hipn. 1lobcA]\ ioint>A béor tAech tonnAmnrctecliA 7
1 Curoi MacDaire.— Ue was King of - King of Sfiain. — See pp. xlviii- and
Munster about the beginning of our era. cxxxiii. The support given by the Arch-
See Keating's H. 0/ Ireland, p. 220, and duchess, the King's daughter, to Irish
0'Curry's Courtshipof Momera, p. 164, n. ; Catholics in the Low Countries is well
Dublin.. 1855. known.
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O'Neill, O'Donnell, and the other chief mcn of thc provincc who were with 1596. them rose up from where they were seated and wcnt to the othcr sidc of the hill. They proceeded to take counsel and to rccount thc conduct of the English since they first seized on the island up to that time.
This was easy for them, for it was remembercd by them and by O'Donnell in particular, sincc he had been listening to it during the four vcars and three months he was in the prison in Dublin, and that was the talc which he remembered best from the captives cast into prison with him, and it was in his recollection and remembrance ; he said that the promiscs of the English werc always vain and deceitful, and that it was by false promises they had stolen their patrimony from the Irish of the province of Leinster and of the province of Curoi mac Daire,1 and not that merely, but whomsoever else they deprived of his land in Ireland it was by fraud and a false peace they obtained it. ' It was thus they actcd towards you whcn implemcnts of war and conflict were few and your battle-ranks thin ; and when the Irish attacked you, they took your part heretofore in theconflicts one after another, and they obtained whatever they desired by abandoning you. The English tell you lies now, and they will attack you whcn they find you unprepared, not readv, with scantiness of arms and armour, of soldiers and champions, if peace is made. with thcm and if sccuritics or hostages are not given by them for fulfilling to you what thcv promised you. Another thing, too ; you will give up the friendship of the King of Spain z if peace is made, and it will be disgraceful and shameful for you to practisc a deccit on him who never tells a lie and who will perform what he has promised ; and it would be dishonest also for you to entertain any suspicion of him ; and, besides, you will nevcr again be helpcd by him when you will need him after going ovcr to the English.' Some of thc • chief men commended what had been said and agreed with the rcsolutions which he proposed. There was another party of them who were satisfied to make peace, and they said it was right to make peacc, and they should be sorry if it was not made.
Alas ! what they said proved true, though later, for thcrc were many women and childrcn and old men who suffcrcd dcath by cold and hungcr on account of that war. Besides, therc were many proud heroes, and
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coiri^h c]\ooa 6: yoC]\ctAmiA yoicCneoit t)o óocca]\ atóC-óa AiiAipche Cco]\yA •01 yiu 7 AnAtt yobicin ah ccocAró cCcha. Cró yit Ann c|\a cecip tCy nó Aiiii"lCy •oon Aimcc Ayy, bA lieiccCn aii yít> 'oo c1iAi]\mCycc cjua AytAch 7 voncongjiA uí *OhomnAitt. 1ompAiy aii c1a]\Ía 7 ah cCprcop co h-Ac cliac, (x AcyCcyAC *oon 1uycir 7 *oon coríiAi]\te aii oiutcAt) 1111011 yíc 7 Ayy]\eAg]\A ó 11A
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fol.34.ff. "La yot>Ain yo bÁiyCc aii yCiiAt> AycéÍA co c]\íodiAib Saocaii juy ah
mbAinRiogliAin CtizAbech. Ro ^\b y(]\^, 7 tomiAy iyit>e. Ro aonóiLe'07 no cC^tAHiA-ó iotAy nt)Áoine té -oia cco]\ co hCjunn coiia con^Aib cCcca t)A ^ac iiA-ÓAitge A]\ cCiia coha]\ bo tu^A otccÁc yiche míte t)óCy cuA]\AiycAit (x •00 Aiii]v\ib ]\o bACA]\ mu]\yoichitt coccató iia ngoróet. 1lo cum^cAijCt) aii 50ibC]\nói]\ 7 aii CA1]\1§ bAoi yo]\ coiccet) IVlCbbA ah lonbAit) ym a cCnt)Acc aii coi^it), .1. Se]\ Riyoe]\t> biongom coiia b]\Aicyib (x ]\o 5Ai]\mic co liAch ctÍAc (x ]\o cui]\icc Aiyyibe co SAXAib. *Ouy yAimcc a]\ oite m ioiiAt) aii "50ibC]\no]\A bA y(]\]\ ott)Ay 7 bA yi]\m ^CAttAib 00 ha gAoróeAtAib imíy *Oecembe]\ 00 yumi]\At) Coneuy Ctiyo]\c a coniAinm, ]ut)i]\e Ai]\t>eAyc eirróe A]\ aoi n^Apiuv b^ 1iÚAyAt íaj\ yyuit, bA y(]\ ciot)iiAicci yét> 7 niAoine. Ro cliAnnniAig •óoyotii mt>yin ÚAiy |\o yoAic cIiucca ojiong ir.ó]\ t)ÚAiytib coiccit) ITlCbbA a]\ A-óCgliA^uttéAt). Ro yoAic chuccA cCccuy ó ConcobAiy Rúao, Aót> hiac UoijijvóetbAij; RÚAit» 111ic Uató^ buróe, 7 mAc *OiA]\niAt>A lllliuige tui]\^, ConcobA]\ mAC UAróg, combACA]\ hia ríiuincCnuy 7 yo nAit)myCc acco]\a fjurr. Uaiihcc beóy ó ConcobAin Sticcií; a c]\ioÓAib Saxaii iym byojn'iA]\ 00 yuii]uvó.i. *OonchAt> hiac CACAit 015 1111 c UAró^ nnc CACAit 015, ily iia oi]\t>neAt> 1n ccCnt)Ay on mbAinRio^liAin yon itcet)Aib ytóij 7 rAightnunAib m U]\yoicitt in ]\o bA comyoccuy *oó t)t1tcAib Gt t)o ConiiAchcAib x>o cCnnrujjA'ó yyi a tAnii. Uiccyróe co ComiAch- CAib yo chécÚAi]\ 00 coc1ia]\ yju cenét conAitt Gt "oo cIiac y]uú iccombAig ha n^^tt, úai]\ ]\o bA 111 ój\ a nnybtcA y]uyAii ccenét 1nyin ó ]\o "óeti^CrcAi]! Aóebpine y|\íu tA yo]\]\At% 7 yo]\tonn 5A^> 7 11A1A ^o ^1AHAcn "óóib AiiiAit bA t>ucAij "óo tx cía no beicyiom co yoiiiÁmAi£-hce t>úa *OhorímAitt níy bo
íol. 34. b. coí]\ 1011511^-0 -oe, A]\ |\o bAoi b]UAn hiac Cacoac a ynmyC]\ ]\aiúLai'ó t»o HÍAtt yA yo<vrh mÁy, (x ]\o bACA]\ ctAim Hlhom^pnne A]\ cCha, 7 Ay La "Piac]\a hiac
1 Set aside. — See pp. Ixxxii. and 99, antea. of the Earl of Desmond. His treacheries
2 O'Conor Sligo. — See p. 84, antea. A are described at length in Pac. Hib. He son of Donough was married to a daughter was slain by Tibbot na long.
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leaders in war, and frceborn nobles who mct with an untimclv death on 1596. both sides in consequcnce of the same war. Yct, whatever may have bccn the advantage or the loss which arosc from it, it was necessary to rcjcct thc peace at the request and demand of O'Donnell. The Earl and the Bishop returned to Dublin and told the Lord Justice and the Council of the refusal of pcace and the answcrs of the Irish.
Thereupon the Council sent the news to England to Oueen Elizabeth.
Anger and wrath seized on her. A large number of men was asscmblcd
and collected by her to be sent to Ireland, with propcr equipment of
every kind too, so that there was no less than twenty thousand mercena
and soldiers ready for the Irish war. The Governor and the chief man who
was over the province of Meadhbh thcn, i.g., Sir Richard Bingham, and
his relatives were set aside1 and summoned to Dublin, and sent from thence
to England. Thcre came in the month of December another in the ofrlce
of Governor who was better and more faithful to his promises to thc Irish.
Sir Conyers Clifford was his name, a hnight famous by reputc ; he was
noble by blood, a man who bestowed jewels and wealth. This was an
advantage to him, for a great number of the chiefs of the province of
Meadhbh came to him on account of his good qualitics. Thc first who
came to him was O'Conor Roe, Hugh, son of Turlough Roe, son of Tadhg
Buidhe, and MacDermot of Moylurg, Conor, son of Tadhg ; so that
they became intimate and entercd into pcacc with him. O'Conor
Sligo,'2 too, z'.e., Donough, son of Cathal Ogc, son of Tadhg, son of
Cathal Oge, came from England in harvest precisclv, having bccn appointed
by the Oueen to the command of many hundrcd troops and soldiers in
complcte readiness ; as he was ncar thc mcn of Ulstcr and Connaught hc
would bring them undcr hcr powcr. He camc to Connaught immediately
to fight against the Cinel Conaill and wagc war on them on behalf of the
English, for his misdeeds against that tribe werc great evcr sincc he
withdrew his obedience from them owing to thc wrath and hatred of the
English, and he was not obcdicnt to them as hc should bc ; and it
was no wonder that he should be subjcct to O'Donncll, for his anci
Brian,3 son of Eochaidh, was so to Niall, who was younger, and thcv were
3 Dtian. — See O'Donovan's Genealogical Table in Tribts 0/ Hy Fiochrach, p. .
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CacItoac no Iialca ah cí CoiiaU, ^utbAn, 7 hi C0151C) OtnéccmAchc boi A-ooiimur cen co ]tur teiccC]XAi]\ 1n roitt ó nor JAb ati mbtoit» ci^é pt pnr An Saiíiai]i acúaió co toc £eAbAit ÍA]i nAincC]t, (x, ÍA]1 iia gA^Ait a to]' a tAtfiA •óófotfi no nAnn í.ro]\ a b]iAicnib (x t>o ]iacc ah cpochAic ceo pt ó AOAinn
1ÚÓ1]1 ]-A1]\ CUA1Ó CO CAtt CA0111 A£ toc 1l6l]\ne t)0 CllA1]1]0]ie TTIAC lléltt t)1A
•óC]\bh]\Ac1iAi]\, & ó ]\o c]ieAbrAcc ptiochc brviAin nnc eAclroAÓ aii rCnonn ÍA]i tnoiobA-ó ceméoit Coinprie acc niA-ó becc. íto tÁrAC cenét chonAitt ro chíor (x ptuAigeA-ó t>óib but> t>eipn An AbA pCnomn Amb]ioc1iA]i. 11in uó niAchcnAt) enii -óeip-óe cia 110 c1iAi]nreAt> ó ConcobAin Sticcice AiiiumcC]iAr 7 I11 cetrme uí >OhoitmAitt 7 cia btró ]ua]\ac t>ó cCn pwchbC]\c pur, acc chCnA]\o otechc aii ccCccha t>o ChomiAchcAib co teicc cénmochÁ pn ÚA1]\ no ronuAirtuií;rCc pot lléitt mic eAclrÓAch ro]t joróeAtAib ó cCm, 7 Afoóib bA 'OUCA15 ]u§e nA hmp. *OAtA ah uí ConcobAin imnonoAitjr-Cm, ó ]i<Mniccp-óe co cói^e-ó HleA-óbA ]\o rAitcmíjrCc a óCr coccató (x CAuroCrA ]\íaiíi, (x no bonpxc a ÁCr 5]\At)A (x, cAipip oÚAitt 7 oo ommAp tnnnine (x, oimcotcA t>iA cui-óeAcc, 7 ]\o JAbrAC A5 bÁig 7 occ bAjjAfi, occ cÁmpurh 6: 05 coriiAicCm ro]i cenét cconAitt. IVIumcin Ai]\c ArtoiTOAt>rAit>e (x, ApAO bA cAi]\ip§ t>po]i a lonAroporii t>o 5]iép.
Oc chuAtAt) ó *OoiimAitt a ccuróeAccforii pup 7 AmbAijb]UAC]iA7 ah t>ut 1n ccoriibÁig ^Att iia ajjató, ní ]to Ai]\ip pu cCgtAiiiAÓ a rtuAij t>o tei]i 50
CCoCc CA]irA11 StlgeÓ pÍA]\ C011A AlÍlfAlb J C011A óC]' CUA]\A]XAlt tA1f JO ]1Ur
ouvc au coCr CAipp 7 lonriiAUie unno]iAit)rCm ]io bui tA Iiúa cconcobAi]t 111 íol. 35.(7. ^ac t>ú nnbAcon imCnt>ACCAib mocA^ioAmgne 7 111 t>]\oibetAib t>iAriinA conA i-An^Aib nnot nmmte teo, (x, m ]to]~ qioic t>on ch]uch acc iCcroiii ua mÁ cia nor cor^eitt t)óib 50 pn A]i Airomnuiie 7 A]1 AnoeA]ioite tAip cen 50 nor bitorc Amb]\iAC]\A bonnpvoliAcliA AnAinch]nt>e 7 Aiiinm]\e rCipn ha coCiíhiacc- ca]t tio t>icteic a no]iccAm yo]i]iA. gAbAit) úa "Oommott tongpopc íC]iccAm hi mbneirne connAchc pu ptiAb t>A en ahoi]i. 1lo oi]up Ainnpt>e conup C0]1]1ACC Artoij t>1A fAIJIt) Af jac t>ú unbACAn.
xMongfinn. — Shewas sisterof Criomthan, eastern slope of Benbrack, Co. Cavan. and
ardrigh A D. 360. She gave him poison in flows into Garadice Lough, Co. Leitrim.
order to obtain the crown for her son Brian ; 3 Callcaoin. — This name is not given in
but she, too, died of the same draught, the Ordnance Survey list of townlands.
having tasted it in order to recommend it to 4 O' ' Harts — This tribe was seated in the
the King. Keating's //. oj Jreland, p. 307. baronv of Carburv, Co. Sligo, between
2 Blachwaier. — This river rises on the Grange and Bunduff.
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both children oí Mongfinn;1 and it was by Fiachrach, son of Eochaidh, that Conall Gulban was fostcrcd, and his residencc was in thc province of Olneccmacht, whcre he did not remain inactive as he scized the portion of ^territory north of the Saimer to Lough Foyle on thc east ; and after taking . it by force he divided it among his brothers, and gave thc cantred which was from the Black\vatcr,2 on thc north-wcst, to Callcaoin,3 on Lough Ernc, to Cairbre, son of Niall, his brothcr, and as the family of Brian, son of Eochaidh, inhabitcd thc territory after expelling the descendants of Cairbre all but' a few, the Cinel Conaill put them under tribute and hosting to themselves because the territory bclonged to their rclative. It was no wonder, thercfore, that O'Conor Sligo should render obcdience and sub- mission to O'Donnell and be subject to him without opposition, for the same was due by all the people of Connaught besidcs, since the race of Niall, son of Eochaidh, had become supreme ovcr the Gaels long before, and to them belonged the sovereignty of the island. As for O'Conor cf whom we have spoken, when he came to the province of Mcadhbh his supporters and friends welcomed him, and his trusted people and followers were filled with pride and arrogancc, and with anger and sclf-will, in con- sequence of his coming, and they proceeded to boast and bluster too, to insult and threaten the Cinel Conaill. They were callcd the O'Harts,4 and they were obedient to the man in his place always.
When O'Donnell heard of his coming and of his boasting languagc and of his having entered into an alliance with the English against him, he did not wait for the assembling of all his forces, but he went across the Sligcach, westwards, with his soldiers and mercenaries, and plundercd O'Conor's subjccts and friends of whom we have spokcn in every place where their dwellings were clustered together, strong and difficult of approach, so that hc did not lcave a single beast with them, and he disturbed no one in the country but them. though he had sparcd them up to that on account of their wcakness and wretchedness until thcir insolent languagc, enmity, and hostility, which they could not conceal, brought this plundering on them. O'Donnell pitchcd hiscamp aftcr a while in Brcfnyof Connaught, to thc cast of Slieve da en. Ile remaincd thcrc until his forccs camc to him from evcry place whcre they werc.
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1 597? An ^. btiA-óAin. 1au ua ccCstAriiA-ó 1'AriitAró au •oeineA'ó lAUUAni. 1 597- ,°0 coirtec qie- 1%mi coicceAt) rAirvóCr 1n cpucliA cét) úa nOitéAtiA, Aipt>e t)on couAim cpe ctÁ]i niAc1iAine ChonnAÓc 1n ctomn clioniíiAi^ 1n c|uc1i lllAine nuc CacIi'oac. O -oo niAchc m ei*oi]\iiie-óon ó 11lAine }\o téig vfnnA'ó 7 rneAcnu^AX) t>iA rgCuiieAtcoib r^niobtÚACA ro cIiúaicIi An cliAbAró (x ro úacIicau aii cí]ie, ffb ■oon aii^acau coiia 11 Ai|\cccib c]\eAc1i (x cCcIiua con Amb]\oicc 7 coua mbóijAbAit iiroiuró tÁoi co bAite Ac1ia aii U105 Ai|\m imbói ó *Ooiiinoitt. Uo •ÓAtorcAiu 11a *OomnAitt 111ac "UittiAin uunc (UeAboicc) cIiu^a ^ur An "oú pn. UAiniccri"óe yo jjÁirHn úi *OlioiimAitt. Ar Ann c]\a bAoi aii bAite Inpn fú mbfg o At ctiAcli 1TlC'ó]\ui'oe fAiri. Oa "OAmjfn 'oíocojtAi'óe eiptie, 7 mn uó roipb Amniui' p\i]\. A]i a aoi ]\o lonnroi^rCc An rtoj An •oúnA'ó, 6c rocCn'OAc cfinnce 7 cfnnAtA r]UA t>oir\pb ro]\ jac tfc, co ]\o 1iA-ÓAimAic comtA'ÓA ctA^iUAigci aii cAoiiroúnAró -oiA neccAi]i. *Oobf]iAcc1iucAÍA]\om ■0]ieimi]\eA'ÓA t)imó]iA 7 Ai]\At)A unteAb]iu (x uo tArÁc r]u mu]\Aib 7 bAttAt)Aib au bAite co ■|\o rjieArJAbi'Ac ro]\ cAibtib ciu^aivoa An cnen'oúnAi'ó ron ^ac cAob. 1lo teAbtAinr'Cc A]i Aitt t)íob -oonA CAibtib ^ombÁcAU ronriiA piAiab 111A ^Croiii ía]\ 11511111 (x Ai]\teAc1i t)]\um5e *oia n*oC5lAec1iAib. *Oo téccfc ua *ooi]\p óbetA t)on cptojj a^a liAicte coiiAi]\ccrfc ron tÁ]\ ah bAite. ^AbAicc V°V cogliAit 11A ccigtt) cAipccf-oliA 7 HA ccCglróur ccun'roAclicA 7 iia ccubAcliAt rpoi]uCcA ]io bui irm t)únAt> co cca^icc^ac eirab Amboi nincib "oionnriiApMb fol.35.0. (x -oéccÁtAib co ]\o c]\oicrCc An eliACAir. co teicc. Uo bAt> corccAn A-óbAt tÁ TnumcC]\ iia bAinllioJAn aii 1lioj;c1iAip:iAtt pn t>o bum^ t)on pAntAÓ ]\o tm;crCc aii bAite 1npn t)iAniAt) iAt) bu-óCipn no beic occa copiArh puú. Acu chCnA i\o bvVO t)oiti5 -oíocliun'iAnig t)]\eim rfur aii cí bui fiipiróe hac rniA mumcCn cen bAoi ah comróe 7 A11 cohacIi A5 con^nAn'i tAip t)Á t)í]inn t)oiriiC]XA uiA ccu^At) -oa 5A6 C]uroAit Ct)ÁtA Apn mbAitepn tnonnriiur 7 t)iot- riiAomb, -ouiíia 7 tÚAiionn, t)Cn]\At) 7 *oét>AC, 7 t)A jacIi ní uAn-gACAU a teAf An
xJanuary. — ' J. 2oth. letters from the Earl 3 Athenty. — A town thirteen miles east
of Clanricarde, that O'Donnell was come of Galway. This place was granted to the
into the country of Clanricarde with 3,000 Berminghams soon after the English inva-
foot and 200 horse, burning and spoiling.' sion. In 1241 Meiler, second Baron of
C.C. MSS.f iii. 254. Athenry. founded a Dominican convent
2 Ca low. — A district comprised princi- there. The ruins of the extensive castle
pally in the barony of Rilconnell, Co. are quite close to the town. See Archdall's
Galway. Pecrage, iii. 30.
i3i ] 597) thc Gth vcar. After assembling in that \vay at thc end of Januar)-,1 1597, they marched through thc province south-westwards to the cantred of Tircrrill, from thencc to Corran, through the level part of thc pluin of Connaught, to Clann Conway, to thc territory of Maine, son of Eochaidh. W'hcn hc came to the middle of IIy Many hc let his activc maraudcrs spread and cxtend themselves ovcr thc district of Callow2 and to thc uppcr part of thc country, and they returned with the proceeds of thcir plundcr and cattle, with their captivcs and captured cattle, at the end of the day, to Athenrv,8 where O'Donnell was. O'Donnell invited Mac William Burke (Theobald), to him there. He came at the summons of O'Donnell. That town was a short distance east of Athcliath4 of Maree.5 It was a well secured fortrcss, and an attack on it was not easy. However, thc army attackcd thc strong- hold and they put fires and firebrands to the gates on each side, so that the gates of jointed wood of the beautiful fortress were set on fire on the outside. They took with them there very large and long ladders, and they put thcm to the walls and ramparts of the place, so that they mounted to the strong, lofty battlements of the solid fortress on every side. Some of them jumped from the parapets, so that they were in the streets standing after wounding and slcirmishing with many of the brave soldiers. They threw open the gates for the soldiers aftcrwards, so that thcy camc to thc middle ofthe town. They set to pull down the storerooms and thc wcll secured apart- ments, and the private chambcrs which were in the fortress, until thcv took all the treasures and wealth that was in thcm and they plundered thc rcsidencc immediately. Great would have been thc slaughter by the Queen's pcople in defending that royal stronghold against the partv who entered the town if thesc by themselvcs had contended for it with thcm. Howcver, it was a painful and difricult task for him who was thcre or for his peoplc, if the Almighty and good fortune were not aiding him. Therc was taken away from that town an immense quantity of cvcry sort of trcasurc, of wealth, of brass and iron, of clothing and drcss, and of evervthing necdcd
* AthcUath. — Clarinbridge, eight miles bay of Galwav, (Ivc miles S. of the town. S W. ofGalwav. Mention is made of it in the Life of St.
6 Maree.—h peninsula extending into the Enda. See Colgan's Acta SS., p. 709.
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1 Clanricarde. — It included the baronies " 6 Rathgorgin. — A townland in the parish of Loughrea, Kiltartan. Clare, Dun- of RTlconerin, barony of Athenry. On the hellin, Athenrv, and Leitrim, i.e., the rath there are the ruins of a castle, sur- south-eastern p'orlion of Co. Galway. See rounded by a fosse.
0'Flaherty's Iar Connaught, p. 323. 6 Rinvylle. — A townland on the eastern
2 The river. — i.e., the Suck. It rises end of Galway bay. There are here the near Ballvhaunis, and passes by Castle- remains of an old castle.
reagh and Ballymoe. From this to Shan- 7 Teach Brighde. — i.e., Bridget's house, a
non Bridge, where it joins the Shannon, it hospital on the east side of the town, built
is in great part the boundary between by the citizens in 1542. See Lynch's Pii
Galway and Roscommon. Antistitis Icon, p. 57 ; Dublin, 1847.
3Lara-—A townland six miles N.E. of 8 Gaillimh. — See Hardiman's Hist. of
Athenry, containing the ruins of a castle. Galway, p. 2 ; Dublin, 1820.
*Magh seancomladh. — i.e., the plain of ^Oranmore. — A village on the eastern
the old gate. The name is now obsolete. end of Gahvay bay. On the shore therc is
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by thosc who dwclt in and inhabited it, which thcy had plundcrcd and 1597. collccted from evcry place long before that. O'Donnell with his forccs remained in the town that night. They left the place thc ncxt day, aftcr plundering it. They sent out their marauders to plunder Clan- ricardc x on both sidcs of the river.2 It was plundercd and scoured by some of thc marauding party from Lara3 to Magh scancomladh.4 Thc district from Athcnry and Rathgorgin,5 wcstwards, to Rinvyllc,G Marcc, and to thc gate of Galway was burned and wasted by the remainder of them. Teach Brigdhe 7 was also burned ; it is close to the same city, i.e., Galway, which is so called from the river in which Gaillimh,8daughter ofI3reasal,was drowned. They encampcd and made tents, killed cattle, and preparcd food ; thcy rested and slept that night betwcen Oranmore9 and Galway at Lynch's Causeway.10 The next day O'Donnell wcnt with his army to the monastery of thc hill,11 at the gate of Galway, for the purpose of a conferencc with the townspeople to see if he could obtain an cxchange of strange clothing and bcautiful property from them for somc of thc plunder which hc had, for it was not easy for his people to collect and drivc with them to their own lands all the flocks and herds which they had ; and besides, he did not mean to return to his own country (were it not for the great treasure his army had) until he came to Gort12 of Inis Guaire,13 in Cinel Aedha14 na Hechtgha.15 As he did not obtain what he wished from the people of the town, he detcrmined to turn back, and he came through thc very middle of the province of Connaught without anxiety, fear, apprchension, opposition ; and he came across the Sligeach, the Dubh, thc Drowcs, and the Saimer, northwards. As for O'Conor Sligo, who has becn mentioned elsewherc,
a castle, said to have been erected by one O'Hevnes, OClerys, &c Hc was King of
of the Earls of Clanricarde. Connaught from A.D. 652 to 665. The
10Lync/i's Causeway.— The name is ob- Irish poets speak of him as the persomfi-
solete. cation of hospitality. See Tribes of Hy
11 M. of the hill,— Not Knockmoy, as Fiachrach,p. 60; and Transactions of (he
O'Donovan thought, which is fifteen miles Ossianic Socie(y, v. 34 ; Dublin, 1S60.
off, but the Augustinian monastery, which 14 Ccncl Aedha.— Aedh, son of Cobtagh,
was on the south side of the town. See from whom this tnbe has its name. was
Hardiman's^. o/Galway, p. 272. eighth in descent from Eochaid Moigh-
12 Gort.—Gort insi Guaire, i-c, the field mheadhoin.
of the island of Guaire, a town mid\vay *Na Hechtgha.-~How Sheve Aughtv,
between Ennis and Athenry. the mountainous distnct between Loughrea
13 Guaire.— •The common anccstor of the and Mount Shannon, Co. Galwav.
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t>o JAttAib (x t>o ^Aoi-óeAtAib t>o cheAchc gur An Sticcic 1 mí reb]\UA]u ja]\ biocc ía|\ niomutcc. *Oo uaIa úa *OoriinAitt ah caii pn 1 ccAt]\Aróe 1 ropton^po]\c p\i SLiccig ahai]\ 1n roic1ntt rop]\A Gb ah AinCr "oÁtA "óoib. *Oo bC]\c ruAbAi]\c Aihnur ro]\]\o ]\epú ]\Aii5ACA]\ ^ur ah Stip^. 1lo chCichrCc
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b^ in eAcniAing iia ]\eepn .1. 1 nnr Appt t)on ahhcc tong 011 SpAin 50 nÚAcliAt) roi]\ne T>Aic]\eop ha n^AoróeAt. Uo gAb popc 1n cc]\ich ConAitt nuc Héitt 1n CÚA11 iia cceAttmbCg p\m]\eAt> 1n cí]\ boJAine ía]\ hía]\c1ia]\ AttAUAi]\ t)on jtionn 111 ]\o bCnnAc aii Cotumb ai]\t>C]\c. Uahj;aca]\ Aippiúe fol. 36. b. A1P™ AmbAoi ó "OoiiniAitt 50 *Oún 11A nj;Att. 1lopco]\ poitcij cac t)íob rtu A]\ oite 7 ]\o pA-oujpcpoih co 1iAi]\n'nccneAC tA 1iúa n*OoriinAitt, (x, t>o jaac ApccAt)A con 7 eAch t)óib. 7 iompoirCc App ro]\ cútAt> (x, t>o bC]\Ac rccétA ha c]\iche teó. Uui]\ceccA nnc t1ittiAm bu]\c ac pAt)A]\runn ]\o coirnCcAji a]' a cí]\ tA 1noni]:o]\]\An a cenunt but>t>eipin &, tA ^C^iAicecc ^Att, úai]\ ]\o HAit>m
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bu]\c1i UeAboicc ua tonj ihac tlip'oei]\,o ah ÍA]\oinn nnc 'Oaui'o nnc eAiiiAmn nnc tlitticc & A11 5oibC]\nói]\ Si]\ Coneup Cbropcco ]\o 1iAccui]\eAt> 7 ^uji ]\o
1 Calrj/.—A parish in the barony of Car- 2 Glen.—z.e., Glencolumkille. See p. 35,
bury, between Glencar and Lough Gill. antea.
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a large forcc was gathered by him of English and Irish to go to Sligo in thc month of February, vcry soon aftcr thc beginning of spring. O'Donncll happencd thcn to be cncampcd at Calr)-,1 to thc cast of Sligo, rcady and waiting for them. He made a vigorous attack on them bcforc thcy rcachcd Sligo. Thcy flcd bcforc him and ran off, all but a small number who rc- mained bchind at Trawohelly. A largc number of thcm were wounded and drowned. A son of Mac William Burkc, too, i.c, Richard, son of William, son of Richard, son of Olivcr, was killed, and others who are not specially mentioncd. O'Conor rcturned, and his mind was not at ease bccausc hc had gone on that expcdition. O'Donncll camc homc, and hc let his forccs scparate and scatter that they might get rid of the fatigue, but he left his hirelings and his mercenaries in thc province of Meadhbh, in rcadiness for war against O'Conor and the English, and Niall Garbh O'Donncll, onc of his relatives, in command of them. They sct to prey and devastate the territories of the Irish who beforc that had joincd in alliance with the English and O'Conor, until they brought back a great numbcr of thcm to him. First came MacDermot (i.c, Conor), the chicf of Moylurg, which is near the Corrsliabh of the Seaghais, to thcsouth-east, so that he cstablíshed intimacy and peace with Hugh O'Donnell a sccond time and made submission to him, as was the custom of the man who held his placc alwavs. The chiefs of the district north of the mountain to the sea did thc samc, and gave hostages and pledges to O'Donnell to obscrvc all thcv promiscd. It happened at this time, i.c, in the month of April, that a ship camc from Spain with a small party to confer with the Irish. It came to the territory of Conall, son of Xiall, to the harbour of Killybcgs, in the western part of Tir Boghaine, to the east of the glen 2 which the famous Columba blessed. Thcy camc from that to Donegal, wherc O'Donncll was. They were glad to meet each othcr, and thcy wcrc cntertained honourably by O'Donnell, and hc gavc them prcscnts of hounds and horses, and they returned and took with them an account of thc country. As to Mac William Burkc of whom we havc spokcn, hc was banishcd from his terri- tory by the violence of his own people and by the hatrcd of thc English for O'Conor Sligo established an alliance and fricndship bctwccn his brothcr-in-law, the son of Mac William Burlce, i.c, Thcobald na long, son of Richard an iarainn, son of David, son of Edmund, son of Uliclc, and the
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1 Province.— Clare at this tinie belonged 2 Danhellin. — A townland in the parish
to Connaught. It had been added to that of Killeely, Co. Galway, in which thereare
province by Sir John Perrott in 1584. It the remains of an old castle ; and close by
was reunited to Munster in 1602 at the is a rude stone seat called Clanricarde's
request of the Earl of Thomond. Cox, chair in which the Mac William was in-
Hib. AngL, i. 454. augurated.
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Governor, Sir Convcrs Clifford, so that Mac William, Thcobald, son of 1597 Walter Ciotach, was driven and expcllcd by thc noblcs, together with his forces, from his inheritancc, and it was neccssary for him to comc to the race of Conall, son of Niall. Whcn he camc whcrc O'Donncll was to complain of his suffcrings to him, he remaincd with him till thc middle of summer. O'Donnell made a hosting at the end of Junc to thc provincc oí Oilioll, and he went across thc Moy of Tirawlcy. Thc district was not able to offer any resistance, and it gave hostages to him. Hc gavc them to Mac William.
O'Donnell went back, having left thc country undcr thc control and obediencc of Mac William, and he left Rory O'Donncll (his own brother and the roydamna of Cinel Conaill) with him to strenghtcn him against his cnemics, and a large body of foot soldiers and mcrcenaries with him. Thcobald na long was cnvious of Mac William on account of the chieftaincv, and, besides, he had no special love for O'Donnell for having appointcd him in preference to himself. The enmity of O'Conor Sligo too was as great against the Cincl Conaill and against Mac William, for which reason a violent desire and longing seized on both of them to avenge their wrongs and injuries on Mac William and on the Cinel Conaill especiallv. Shortly aftcr the departure of O'Donnell they gathered a grcat body of English and Irish and attacked Mac William and banished him from his territory with his soldiers, as he was not a match for the great numbcrs opposed to him, and he procccded with his soldicrs to quit the country. Thcy drovc bcforc thcm the fiocks and hcrds of the country, with the inhabitants, across the Moy of Tirawlcy, and through Hy Fiachrach of the Mov, until they camc to Slieve Gam bcforc night. They set to march ovcr thc mountain all through thc night.
As for the Governor, Conyers Clifford, whcn hc scnt O'Conor and the army of which we have spoken to banish Mac William from his territory, he summoned to him the grcatcst number of soldicrs he could. Thc two Earls who wcre in the province ! camc thcre, thc Earl of Thomond, Donou^h, son of Conor, son of Donough O'Bricn, and thc Earl of Clan- ricardc, Ulick, son of Richard Sassanach, son of Ulick na cccann. and liis son Richard, Baron of Dunkcllin,'2 and Murrough, son of Murrough, son of
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bA|\iin *Omn C01U111, & 1T1u]\c1iax) hiac 111u]\c1iax)A rmc T)iA]\niACA ní b]\iAm bA]\un mnp uí Clunnn, iAicpx>e tnte conA roc]\Aicce. O x>o ]\u\c1icaca]\ co 1iAi|nn Ainboi aii 5oibfnnói]\ x>o ifgliAC mte yo\\ cmx> nnc I1ittu\m coiia óccAib aii cohai]\ iia coCmnACCcA]\ x>o feAclnnAU 7 m ]\o bux> x>enhin LAiprojbAit clmgA, fohón gur ah ccai]X1aU pt \-o\\ Abomn n'ioi]\ y\\\ rlÍAb 5A1Í1 aiioi]\, 7 rbiAb xk\ én ahía]\. CtntniAOite a Ainmpbe. h& cohai]\ coicceAnn 7 bA pecc piAidmix> ah mennoc 1upn. IDaoi aii 5oibfrmói]i ipn CAirciAtt ah A-ÓAijpn 7 rbój mó]\ -óo jteine U\oc1i A]\mcA ei-oi^ci. Í1a]\ bo U15I1A obcAcc C015 cé-o -oecc a bon 1 roiclutt ro]\piA ^AOibeAtAib. Ac coAp ■00 111ac V1iUiaiii (x *oo 1lu-ó]\Aije o *Oliomnoitt aii ""goibfrinóiN x>o cochc nfmpo po]\]v\n ptishfó nA ]\o pet)fAC xnomJAbÁit. -Af p\i]i x>eipx> beo ó nAngACA]! ]ua niAccAm ca]\ mumclnnn ah iíiai£ rbebe AC]\ub]\omo]i pMJeAX)
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1 Dermot OTlrien. — Murrough O'Brien, and Baron of Inchiquin, with remainder to
second son of Turlogh Donn, King of Tho- his heirs male. The Earldom was re-
mond, surrendered his title and country to granted to his nephew and his heirs male
the Crown in 1543 ; and in return Henry by Edward VI. in 1552. The title of
viii. created him Earl of Thomond for life Inchiquin passed to Murrough's son, Der-
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Dermot O'Bricn,1 Baron of Inchiquin, all thesc with their forces. W'hen 1597. thcy had come where the Governor was they all went against Mac William and his forccs by the road which they could not avoid and on which hc was certain hc would find them, i.c, to thc castlc, which is on thc Blackwater, east of Slieve Gam and west of Slievc da en. Collooney is its namc. * That place was thc ordinary road and a well lcnown pass. The Governor staycd in the castle that night, and a large body of chosen soldicrs with arms and armour; thcre wcre not lcss than fiftecn hundrcd in rcadincss for the Irish. Thc ncws reachcd Mac William and Rory O'Donncll that thc Governor was advancing by the road which thcy could not avoid. Whcreforc they resolved, as they had crossed before morning ovcr the top of thc mountain- slope of which we have spoken, to go to the river opposite, which was near thc castle, and to send away their fiocks and herds, thcir scrvants and rccruits, and thc unarmcd crowd, by a safer road than that, which was a long distance from thc castlc. As they were but a few persons in comparison with the foreigncrs they did not attaclc these, but thcy crossed the river without being noticcd, as they did not expect, and they thought they should obtain safety and security for their flocks and hcrds and scrvants, whilst they thcmselves went close to the castle, opposite the forcign army, in ordcr that they might be a help to their people. What they wished, howevcr, was not what happcncd to them, but they crosscd thc rivcr and reachcd the other sidc without being noticed or hcard. Then thc Govcrnor rose up with his foreigners from his slccp owing to the shouts and the tallung of the army whcn crossing the river.
It was a great sorrow to the Govcrnor that they should havc passcd by before he overtook thcm. Then they hcard the loud bellowing of thc cattlc and of thc oxcn, and thc noisc of the scnselcss animals responding to cach othcr, and thc loud cries of their drovers, and thcir shouts in the carly dawn of thc morning to the east of them. They scnt thcir cavalrv in troops and squadrons in the direction of the herds to scc if they could overtahe thcm. They seized a quantity of the cattle, and somc cscapcd
mot, and to his grandson of the same name ; Perrott's Parliament in 1 585. His grandson his son by Anabella, daughter of the ninth Murrough plaved a very important part Lord Delvin, was Murrough, mcntioned in the war of 1641. Archdall's Peet above, born in 1562. llc was present in ii. 46.
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"ooua pttib 6t -ooC^ iu\ InomAnu. 11i ]\o yev>]-&zz AftuAJ rCipn AnCt>]iAin nAch AnAnACAÍ ía liAtiroptonn 7 lomAC au crtoi-5 t>o ]ia^a ronnA nioncliAib. UiC^Iiaic 11 a ^aCi-óií &yy ]-AriitAit> co nAn^ACAn cAn rAn Cinne bu-ó cluÍAró 6b 111 no tCnrAc nA^oitt A]i troot cAi]irib t>oib An cCccnArecc AriiAit no Airneirf 10111. * SoAif aii 50,bC]\noi]i mA fjiicliCmg 6t ni]i bó rtÁn ÍAir a mCnmnA óc ]\uLaca]\ a nAiiiAic Ai]\e íC]i tiA brAJbAib m úacIiato 7 íC]\ ngAbAit yo]t]to m Áic niomcliuiiiAtnj AritAit ]ion gAb. -An 29. 1um t>o ]\aía nro pn.
11)011 AnAic c]\a lurcir uúa m 6]iint> 1 corAÓ mír mCt>ów A11 c]\aiii]\ató t>o funn]iAt) .1. to]it> Dojtoujli. UomÁ^ a Ainm. t)ACA]i lonrÓA ioIa]toa An o^bAt) lojtgAtte 7 aii riAntAcli cac1iai]\ 7 c]tot>A "00 be]\c tAir hia CAonncecc. O t)o ]uac1ic no ^Ab ontAnn ctoitnm ah H15 c1iuj;a, 7 ]\o cuiíi^caiíjC-ó tAi]- Se]\ t1ittiAin 1tu]yet bAoi hia lurcir p]tt ]\é ceo]\A mbtiA-ónA 50 pn. T)o bCiiAt) tAi]' béo]' ;gene]\AtAcc A11 cogAit) t>o Si]i Seon llo^ui]' 7 ]\o oi]it)ii é butroem if iia cénmb rui. Ilo rópcongjiAt) tÁr ah 1uror rm ro]\ joibC]\nói]\ coiccto OtnecniAcc coclic co tionniA]i téi]\cionoitce ro]\ cenét cconAitt rpn cCnt)éÍA]\ t)o coicceAt) ConcobAi]t t>Aice AnrAtAt) (x ecqiAiar ^Att -ro]\]\A. 11i]i bo beirtir ac ]\o r]ieA]xtAt> ah ro]tcoti5]tAt>pn tÁ]- ah n^oibC^inoi]!, (x bA ftAnroio'ónAt) mó]i tiA rhCnniAin "oía coreAt) t>e a Amqiróe 7 a mmjie t>o tnoJAt ro]i cenét ConAitt ^utbAn mic 11éttt peAch các.
1lo CA]\Cct0111At) <X ]10 C10110lteAT) tA1]' 111 ]\obA ]ÚA]1AC *óó t)0 JAttAlb Gb
t)o ^oi-óeAtAib A11 coicci'ó, 7 ]\o t>Ait 111A iroochum 50 mAtni^ctit iia Ouitte An 3. tA "oo Auju^c. *Oo ]uac1ic céoAinur ipn coichCp:Atpn 1a]\^a UuA-ómutiiAn T)onnc1iAt> mAc Conc1iobAi]i nnc *Oonnc1iAit> uí D]\tAin. ^\ ré bA aíjCpiApDn 5Ai]ib]>C]ionn Lui^-óeAc HlCtro nnc oCnju^A apj pt pur ah "LuniineAch a cuato, A]1 Aré Ati Lujato 1npn ]\o bCn A11 mbtoró cíne AC]iub]\omo]\ t)o coigeAt) OtnecciiiAcc 50 ]\o cneAb]-Ac a pot uia t>eAt)1iAi 5. *Oon AiiAic^róe 50 ccionot fol.38.tf. HA UuAt)inun'iAn iniA]ióCn r]\i]\ Uaíihcc lA]itA ctomne 1\iocai]TO ipn cotcli- C]XAt cCt)HA co tei]icionot a c1ií]ie m a roc1iAt]i 7 coiia h'iac UiocA]\t> n'n\c Uttticc nuc Kiocai]TO SAXAnAijt)o ^^ttocc HittiAin con<]ue]ie]i. *0o "P]iAncAib
1 Borough. — Camden says he was sharp- 3 Descerídants. — Keating says this district witted and courageous, but of very little was exempt from all tributes and taxes, and skill in military aftairs. H. of Eliz., p. 542. paid no reverence to any of the kings of
2 Lughaidh Mean. — He was fourth in Ireland. H. of Ireland, p. 92. See also descent from Cormac Cas (á quo Dalcas- War of the Gaedhil with the Gai/t, p. 35. sian). He wrested Clare from a Firbolg 4 Richard. — He was afterwards fourth tribe- See 0'Curry's MS. Materials, p. 209. Earl of Clanricarde. More of him later.
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from thcm. A great number of the servants and of the drovers wcrc woundcd. Their own army could not in,terpose or help thcm owing to thc grcater numbcr and force of the army opposed to thcm. The Irish wcnt away in thls manner until they crosscd the Erne, northwards, and the English did not follow them when thcy passed them by the first timc, as wc havc said. Thc Governor rcturncd, and his mind was not at case that his enemies should have escapcd from him, after finding them so wcak and coming on them in a vcry difficult placc as he did. This happened on the 29th of June.
A ncw Lord Justice came to Erin in the beginning of the middlc month of summer exactly, i.e.> Lord Borough.1 Thomas was his namc. Many and various wcrc the soldiers for battle and companies for fight and strifc that hc brought with him. Whcn hc came hc reccived the King's sword, and Sir William Russell, who was Lord Justice for thrce years, was rcplaccd by him. Thc chicf command of the army was also taken by him from Sir John Norris, and he himself assumed that position. An ordcr was given by this Lord Justice to the Govcrnor of the province of Olneccmacht to go with his forces in full muster against the Cincl Conaill, to the western part of the province of Conor, to avenge the wrongs and enmity of the English on them. This command was not rcceived ncg- ligently by the Governor, and it was a great satisfaction to his mind to go to wreak his cruelty and vengcance on thc race of Conall Gulban, son of Niall, bcvond all others.
He assembled and mustered all the English and Irish of the province that were obcdicnt to him, and summoned them to meet at the monastery of Boyle, on the third of August. The first who came to that mecting was thc Earl of Thomond, Donough, son of Conor, son of Donough O'Bricn ; hc was lord of the rough district of Lughaidh Mean,'2 son of Ocnghus Tircch, which is to the north of Limerich, for it was that Lughaidh who separated that portion of territory of which wc have spoken from the province of Olneccmacht, and his descendants3 in succession inhabitcd it. He camc with the troops of Thomond. The Earl of Clanricardc camc to the same mccting with all thc forccs of his territory, and his son Richard,4 son of Ulick, son of Richard Sassanach, of thc race of William
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ía]\ mbtin<yó<yp 7 a c|Uoc1iAib Saxaii "oo t>eoc1iAco]\ a cenét ah -oúpn con ÚAitnb Aintnni^licCn ah rCnonn. Uajiaicc *OAn UeAboicc ha tonj hiac 1lipoCi]\t) AnÍA]\omn conAroc|\Ai"oe. OConcobAi|i Stigig'OonnchA'ó niAcCAcliAit Ó151111C Uató^ nnc CacIiaiL 015 7 ó ConcobAin Rtuvó Aó-ó niAC Uo^vóeAtbAij ]vÚAit> co ttion a mtnncine uumAitte rjuú. 1lo fAoit) imo|\]\o Itiror "Ofon^ "oía
yOC]AA1t)e 50 5A1^^1111 5° CCA]VOACA01f ^OIItlA'ohA 111Ó]1A t)1A ^AI^IieAt) JUf A1l Sa1Í1A01]\.
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c1lél1imitpOC CO 1lÁC CUlt ÚA111 A1l Cf A111]\eAt) 111A CCUHIClb C]\0111A C01]\cCriltA,
ru]\ ]\o -ooincr (c niAompecc 7 m oCn fAbAtt t>iA fAigeAt). 1lo JAbrAc ha conrie'OAi^e b<\cA]\ aii t)ú fw A5 co]mAiii ah ácIia rpú AniAit Af t>eAc |\o reccrAC ce m bACA]\ tion ACO|mAiiiA puf ah ro]\tonn t>o ]\iac1icaca|\ cIiuca. 13a rutteAÓ robencAÓ ]\o JAbfAc ron pieAfCAt a haiíiac ju]\ ]\o tm;emCc ah tC|\ rtoií An các "oía nAtnvóeom ro]\|\A ro •óeói'ó. ^Xclic cCha -oo niA]\bAt) Gb Í0I.38.Í. t)o bAiceAt) ecbc mó]\ aihi pn 011 crtój eccAi]icenéott .1. bAjvun mre uí Clmmn, 111u]\c1ia-ó iíiac 1T1u]\c1iAt>A nnc *Oia]uiia,oa nnc 111u]\c1ia'óa uí bjUAUi, úai]\ bAoipt)1ie eici]\ a mumcCn 7 lonrooiiiAm ah aca tdia ninvóeAJAt yo\\
1 William the Conqueror. — Wiliiam Fitz- 2 Naine. — It has its name from Ricard
Adelm De Burgo, so called because he was Oge, son of WilJiam FitzAdelm, and Una,
said to have conquered Connaught. See daughter of Aodh O'Conor, the last King
Annals F. M., ad. ann 1204, and p. 92, of Connaught. The head of this branch
antea. was called Mac William Uachtar.
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thc Conqucror.1 Thcy were frorh France originallv by desccnt, and thc 1597. tribc camc from England to that i)lacc, and from thcm thc district has its namc.2 Therc camc also Thcobald na long, son of Richard an iarainn, with his forces ; O'Conor Sligo, Donough, son of Cathal Oge, son of Tadhg, son of Cathal Ogc ; and O'Conor Roe, Hugh, son of Turlough Roe, with all their forces. Thc Justice sent besides a body of his troops to Galway, that they might bring largc guns to him to thc Saimer.
Whcn the army was brought togcthcr to onc place, thcrc wcre at thc monastcry of thc Scghais twenty-two regiments of foot soldicrs and tcn regimcnts of horse of chosen troops, with thcir sírong coats of mail and thcir stout, long, broad-shouldcrcd spcars, and their loud-voiced sharp- sighted guns, and thcir slender, sharp, hard-tempered swords, with beautiful firmly-secured hafts, and their curvc-crcstcd hollow hclmcts, so that they imagined thcrc was not in Jthe province of Conor MacXessa a power to cope with them on account of the outlandishncss and strangcncss of thcir arms, armour, and wcapons, for the Irish had only a few guns then and did not wear armour like them. These forces then marched to Sligo, and from that to the Erne. They encamped that night on the bank of the Saimer. They determincd to cross the river opposite them at early dawn the ncxt day, for they were sure that there was not a single ford from Cael Uisge3 to Assaroe that had not a guard of O'Donnell's on it. Whcn thcy had detcrmined on that plan they went to Athculuain in a heavy, numerous mass, and they poured in at once and in one body to cross over. The guards who wcrc placed there to defcnd the ford against them did as bcst thcy could, though thc numbcrs of the defenders was not great comparcd with thc crowd that advanccd against thcm. With vigour and strength they set to rcceivc thc cncmy till the whole army crossed the ford in spite of •thcm in thc end. It was a great disaster for thc forcign army that thc Baron of Inchiquin, Murrough, son of Murrough, son of Dcrmot, son of Murrough O'Bricn, was mortally woundcd and drowncd, for hc was bctwccn his pcople and the decp part of the ford, to protect thcm against dangcr,
3 Cacl Uúige. — This placc, at present There is another place of the same name on
called Cael 11:1 hEirne, iá where the lower the north side of the entrancc to Newry
rivcr Erne issues from the lakc, a short harbour. Scc Jovce's //-/.>-// .Wimcs ofPl
distance above the town of Ballyshannon. 2nd serics, p. 395.
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juArAcc guu ]\o hAimre'050 hmt>itt t>í]\eAc eiptje t>o ]btmcriieAtt petei]\ nu\ oxAitt mu]\orcctAt> a eitnj ptÁcA gu]i uo cnCg-oArcAn é on t>Ci]\c ocrAittego au oite, 7 ^e uo bAcon AceAc1iAiu no acuij "oo nntcib rCn mA uíncimceAtt m no cumAin^rCc a AnACAt uaó a poinit>m gun no eit>i]voeti5 r]UA eAÓ I11 rut)oriiAin aii ácIia conA-ó AriitAit> rm 00 noctiAin au *oai5 reA]\. 11i no Anp&c An rto^ r]u co^bAit a éonp mA rniA AtmACAt AriiAit |io but> t>io]\, acc no AptmAcon neAmpA mA nénmin 50 nAn^ACAn co pc nóCt>A ór un au CppA. *Oia Sac1iai]\ii a]\ aoi tAice recciiiAme mt) rm. fto JAbpAcc tongponc An t>úrm, Gb AjiAitt *oíob irm mÁinircC]i monAcli bAoi rou un tlmnrm'oe. Oaco]\ AmtAit) rm ó í;An biucc niA mC'óón tAoi t)iA SACAi]\n 50 niAt)Ain An tuAin a]\ ccmt).
Uui]\ceccA A11 tom^ir ini]\o]\Ait)riorii 1 ccopAij ]\o co§Ai]\meAt) tÁr ah n5oibC]\nói]\ 011 n^^ittirii t)iA fAijeAt) ]\o tArAC aii "ononj rpir ]io hCpbAic coclic aii cu]\uppn a tomgeAr ro]\ rAn tionnriiAi]\ m 5A1^1VM ÍT1 1i1omcho]\ 6^ lomjj-utAiij An guniiAt) ngucA]it) nAt>bAtriio]\ nAmCccA^ignAit) t>o tnAn- btot)At) 7 t)íorcAoiteAt) t>úmceAt) 7 "OAingCncliAircÍAt a haiíiac. 1lo cui]\ic mcibirit>e ^ac ní h<\ 1iAt)tAic t>on crtóg A]\ cCha. SeotAic ArCnt>A"ó tAiii t)Cp rni cuAircCnc An coiccit) 50 ^AngAcon gur aii Gí]\ne t>ÍA *Ooiíihai5 rAmneAt». ílo t^bpAc CAtAt>po]\c ro]\ ionc1iAib mri SAiriie]\ Gc "oo chuiprCc mA mbÁoi teó t)iA niomfutAn^ eici]\ bm-ó G: co]\niAim 7 t>A ^ac C]\nt)A\t ]iAn£ACA]\ a tCr A11 ccCm no bCicír occ lom-pui-óe An chAirceoit irm mri t>iA tuAui. 1lo cAi]\]\ii5ic teó aii cojvoAnÁr mó]\ 1 cí]\ €L ]\o ruitn jrCc eneAch m iondiAib
t)011 t)Úl1At) bA01 pO]A U]\ -AcllA SCllAlgll.
*Oo ]\iac1icaca]\ An tucc bACA]\ ipn mAinipcC]\ gu]\ ]\o popAijjrCc uite ro]\ iont) riche Aót>A in ui]icimceAtt An ojroAnAir. 5<VPA1U 1Al1°rii 05 rnAiptnub- ]\A5At> ACCAOi]\riieAtt ccoriic]\om 7 a cco]\Amn peté]\ ccemo'óe co cctop iol.39.fl. A brÚAmAnnA 6: a bp5Anco]imÁnn irot) 7 m niicCm ÚAit)Aib. Ro tÁroc iiuimin t>ÍAi]iriie t)o noiimib a tAedi]\Ait>e yo bun An bAite co cc]\eAtniAib cotAtcA muin teo 7 50 neiccet) mom-ÓAingCn nÍA]\nAit>e 1111 co]\pA\b ha ccunAt) 7 50 ccAcbA]\]\Aib compotupcA miA ccCnt)oib.
1 Sith Aodha i.e., Aodh's dwelling, now the N.W. of the town of Ballyshannon.
Mullanashee. See Introd., p. xvi., antea. One of the side wallsand partof the western
The mound was levelled in 1798, to form gable are still standing. The architecture
the Star fort. was of a very simple and unpretentious
* Monastery. — The abbey was a little to kind.
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when he was struck by a bullet exactly in the armpit, at the opening of his 1507- plate-armour, so that he was pierced through from one armpit to the other, and though there wcre four or fivc thousand of his men about him thcy could not aid or assist him, for hc fcll from his horse in the dccp part of thc ford, so that the noblcman dicd in this way. The army did not wait to take his body with them for burial as was fitting, but they marched forward on their road till they came to Sith Aodha,1 on the bank of the cataract. Thc day of the week was Saturday. They encamped therc, and some of them staycd in the monks' monastery2 on the banks of the Unshinn.3 Thcy remained so from shortly before mid-day on Saturday till thc following Monday morning.
As for the ships of which we spoke in the beginning that werc summoncd by the Governor to go from Galway, the pcoplc who were ordered to go on that expcdition unmoored the greater number of the ships in Galway to bring and convey the loud-voiced guns,4 great and large and sharp, to break down and dcstroy the fortresses and strong castles of their enemies. Besides, they put in them everything that was needed by the army. They sailed, heeping the northern part of the province on their right till they came to the Erne, on Sunday precisely. They entered the harbour oppo- site the island of Saimer, and they landed all their supplies both of food and strong drink and of everything needed by them while besieging the castle in the island, on Monday. They drew the large guns on land and they planted them face to face with the castle, which was on the bank of Ballyshannon.
The people who were in the monastery came, and all placed themselves on the summit of Sith Aodha around the ordnance. Then thcy proceeded to cast their heavy bullets and their loud-sounding balls of fire, so that the report and loud thunderings wcre heard far away from there. They sent a countless number of the choiccst of thcir soldicrs to thc foot of the castle with implements to pull down thc wall, and with strong iron armour round the bodies of their heroes, and with bright-shining helmcts on their heads.
3 Unshinn. — This is the stream close to * Guns — The besiegers brought four guns
which the abbey is built. It rises in Lough from Galway to batter down the walls of thc Unshinn, five miles N.E. of Ballyshannon. castle. See p. cxxx., antca.
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IDaoi tetoenn tAmxiCjvóA xio cj\tiint)rcÍACAito coniitCclmA cj\UAiX)ÍA]\omn hia momcAcir.Ang aii eccAi-p x>ía nimtíCgnAit roj\ x>iotojiAiccito ha x^uun^e •oicomnej\cte "oC^litAoc xio n<\tA irm xnniAX). t)Acojt 5A11 aiiax» ^An ionnuAj\AX) 05 A11 nnoebAX) rm co cCnn cjn tA 7 ceoj\A noróce, LuAn, 111aj\c, 7 CéccAom. -Acc clidiA mj\ too coj\toA •ooiia 1iAttriiA]\cliAito ah yuAbAi]\c x>o jiACfAC, 7 bA rCj\j\ xioito iia x)i^ricif ah cujiuj1 cux>c1iACAn úai|a no 'OAitce Ar An X)Ú11AX) roj\j\A rj\oirc1iCc1iA CAoj\ccAroteAc1i ccCmcixi>e a ^ihuiaxiaiIí) rorAií;c1ie rí]\x)ij\ge 7 a muj"ccAeccito mondiojxAir. Aj\Aite 00 ctoic1iq\Cr caj\j\a^ cCnn^Ajito 7 cjiomctodi cumróe "oo fAitgito X)o foniiAito x>o ]\aLa roj\ Cv\itotito aii xnínAix) coiiaj\ too oíon 110 'OAingCn X)óitoriorii accuaijijxGc coniijuonncAno accac!í)aij\j\ comnteAcliA coj\ bAc mionbj\uice mu-ÓAigclie 1 mCóón ah C1CC15 ní<\]\nAix>e •ooha cnénoiubj\Aiccito cAjitAicci roj\]\o. O j\o muxiAijic ua nnteAX>A 50 inójt ó mux> rm 111 roj\ AotAn^xíAji ruiueAc1i rju AiiAijvteAc m bA rijuú. 'Oo nAcpAt aii ojioniAniiA rj\u\ nAiiiix)ito. 1TleAli)Aix> niAixirii *oíoto ^ur ha rcoj\Aito. ^a1í)aicc óCr aii oúnAro occ Anxmitojuv^AX) 111A nxiColiAig 50 ]\o niAj\1i)Aic X)i]uriie (x cmnceAcli A]\ eccinceAcx)íoto. AcuutAC Ar A]\oitex)íoto icebeojoncA biocAinmeAc1i.
t)ArC*ó 00 n^tA xhia 'OoiimAitt beic 1 ceincertoij (x m úac1iax> pocnnAiDe
A11 SAc1lA]\1l O011 AHJACAJA A11 CJ\01irÓA1Íl DOltlg D10JALCAC rm D1A cíj\. Uo
cj\uinnitj"Cc 7 ]\o cAjicctomrCc a coicheArcAt -júa mCoón tAoi día tuAni m<\ docohi aji mj\ bAc eirtirAij; do jjiep nii curoCcc ro co^Aijunriurii jac cah no cumreAD cuca coróecc hia 'ÓAit. T)o caoc ahh céCuj' IIIajuidiji, Aod co tion a iiiumcij\e. 'Oo juacc ahii daii ó 1Iuaij\c, t)juAii 05 iiiac t)jUAin nnc t)juAin t)AttAij nnc G05A111 con a cionot. O 00 nÚAc1icAco]\roiii 50 1lÚA n*OoiiinAitt m ]\o teij;eAx> Giúnur no cuifirAnn itto 110 111 oróclie Don joibeAji- .{0I.39. b. iioij\ iiac1i dia mumcC]\. 1lo clunjvoír rtuAJ uí *OoiiuiAitt ciomrA ah cliAmjDA ConiiAclic niA c1iCi]\ciii Cóón (x a tÁn 111A teicnneAt, 6: m no teigeAD ah oniiAn nó A11 uínCgtA X)óito ah eAc1i]\A no aii AinnCr X)o coj\ roj\ 111 jeitc ca]\ nneAt- toojvo aii tongpuijic m eccAi]\ tA 1iAix)bte a niomcunii^e AmbACA]i occ AmbioD-
1 Covering. — Called by Latin writers was on the scaffold Myler Magrath strove testudo. ' to counsill him íor his soule's health,' but
2 Brian. — Surnamed na murtha. He he was sternly rebuked by O'Rourlce for his was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Ty- apostacy. Hisdeaththe Four Masters say burn, in 1 591 , the principal charge against ' was one of the mournful stories of the him being that he had given shelter to Irish.' See Annals F. M., v. 1905 ; Lom- some shipwrecked Spaniards. When he bard's Commcnt. de Hib., p. 149 ; and
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Thcrc was a bright covcring ' of round, broad shiclds of wcll-tcmpcrcd '597- iron all round outsidc to dcfend thcm against thc shots of thc impetuous party of hcrocs who wcrc in thc castlc. Thcrc was no hcsitation or cc tion in that contcst for thc spacc of thrcc days and thrcc nights, Monday, Tuesday, and \Yedncsday. Mowcvcr, thc attack which the foreigners made was of no avail, and it was bettcr for thcm that thcy had not come on that cxpcdition, for thcre were poured from the castle on them showcrs of bright ficry balls from the wcll planted straight-firing guns and from the costly mushets, and of missiles of rough-pointed, sharp rocks, heavy, massive stones, with beams and blocks, which happcned to be on the battlcments of the castlc, so that their wcll made bent shields and thcir closcfitting hclmcts wcrc not firm or strong enough, for they were crushed and killed within their iron armour by the well aimed shots directed against them. When thc soldicrs wcre massacrcd in numbcrs in this way, thcy did not prolong their stay any further to be slaughtercd. They turned their backs to their enemies. They were driven into the camp. The people in the castle continucd to shoot aftcr them, so that many wcrc slain, both reckoned and unreckoned. Some of them escaped sevcrely wounded.
It happened that O'Donncll was in want of soldiers, and had onlv a small forcc on the Saturday the fierce, vindictive multitude entcred his territory. His forces assembled and collected to him bcfore mid-day on Monday, for they wcre never slow to come at his call whcnevcr hc asked thcm to come to mect him. First came Hugh Maguire with all his forccs. Thcn camc 0'Rourke, Brian Oge, son of Brian,2 son of Brian Ballach,3 son of Owcn, with his party. When they came to Hugh O'Donncll hc did not allow quiet or peacc day or night to thc Governor or to his people. O'Donnell's force drove thosc on the outskirts of the Connaught camp into the middlc of it, and thosc in thc middle to thc outside, and fear and tcrror did not allow thcm to put thcir horses or cattle to graze beyond thc boundary of the camp outside owing to the grcat straits in which they
'Offences of Sir Bryan 0'Rourke,' in tlie 3 Brian Ballach. — i.e., the írcckled or
Egerton Pape*s, p. 144, Camden Socicty, spotted. A notice of him will be found in 1840. Annals F. M.,\. 1591. He died in 1562.
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1 Cassan na ccuradh.— O'Sullevan trans- above the cataract of Assaroe. For a more lates this semita heroum, the heroes' path. detailed account of this flight see Introd., Hist. Cath., p. 203. It is immediatelv p. lxxxvm., antea.
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were placed by their enemies. There was skirmishing and shooting every 1597. day betwecn the cavalry on both sides for the space of the thrce days that the English forcc was besieging the castle.
Many wcre wounded and hurt on both sides, here and there, during that timc ; but yet more of the English force wcre wounded than of the Irish. Of the nobles among them who were wounded then the best known was O'Conor Sligo, Donough, son of Cathal Oge. The English cavalry retired at last on the third day to the camp, and they were mixcd up with thc foot-soldiers. They scparated afterwárds from each othcr, and it was not through love but through fear they separated from each other. When the English saw thc bravery and courage of the Irish grow and increase beyond them, as thcy did not expect, thcy were greatly grieved for having come on this expedition, on account of those of their heroes whom they left behind round the castle, and at the army of O'Don- nell on the other side coming on them in the narrow corner in which they were confined by their enemies, so that it was not in their power to go back towards the ford across which they had come first, or to go by another ford from the Lough of Erne, the daughter of Burg, to the occan. When the English army reached their camp they did not sleep pleasantlv. nor did they pass that night agreeably, through fear and terror of the Cinel Conaill, for the English were certain that it was more likely thcy should be destroyed all together than come off safe.
The Governor, the Earls, and the nobles of whom we have spoken went to take counsel from the beginning of Wednesday night to the early dawn of Thursday morning as to what they should do in the great danger before them. Wherefore they resolved in the end, when the bright light of the day shone on them, to go forward from where they were, from the hill of Sith Aodha, across the river, up the bank of Assaroe, at the point where the river was not a common passagc for people up to that, but only heroes and brave mcn would cross it in the drought of summer to prove thcir strength and couragc, so that the name of the place where they entered thc rivcr was Cassan na ccuradh.1 There was, besides, a great power urging them on then, z.c, ncccssity and fcar, so that they passed on together in one violent, thick crowd to the river opposite them. The crowd, both front and rear,
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THiquMccfCc ah "0)10115 bA cóij^CndiA 7 b& t>eit>CnchA tnob ^ombA'ó m eiar«riiC'óón A11 cj'toij no ruitMJche iAt> aja AbA UAcbAir 7 AmCcAiijnAióe 11 a liAbAiin roj\ Accuuro €b aj\ 1111 C^Ia 7 cnit)Cnb<vp a nAn'iAc t>ía ccogjiAnn 111 Antduib. 1lo rA^AibrCc An^unnAtihA mój\A 7 ah oj\t)AiiÁr 7 ^ac ní bAoi teo iia ]\o chuiiiAmgrec t>iomochoj\ eicaji buró 7 "015 7 5AÓ nAitnt^e aj\ cCiia. X)o bC]\crAC ÍA]\om ah uchcbjunnne ro]\ An rti^et) ha gAijVbhnAniiAiiii nAin- memicrm, (x no bAoi X)o cjieiri 7 t>o c]\ennC]\c 1n rjiuch ha rCnAbAnn (aiíiaiI, ]\o bA bép "oi) 7 *0AinCcA]\5nAÍ-óe iia t)]\uim teice t»uibf,leiiiine niAn conAiji coicémn t>o cjiomftoj 7 -oah t)ene]\ce 7 t>o A-óÍAige iia n^Aibb t>CfbAit> Ai]\bC]\cA bic j;uj\ ]\o bAi-óicc ite t)ÍA rrCj\Aib -oía mnÁib *oía neAcliAib 7 "oía ccAiptib, 50 ]\ucc c]\Ccaii A11 cj^jiocIia 1 rut)on"iAin 6ArfA 1vúai-ó iacc, 7 Aijyit>e riAj\ juj" A11 muij\ móij\. O ]\o nACAijrCc tuchc ah duiiait) An rtuA§ A5 etÚDh rAn'itAiD, gAbAicc occa HDiobj\AccAb aiíiaiI Ar Deme conjiÁngACAn. 1xo rjieAccnAt) iad rit)em on roijunn do J\AtA1némcuJ, 7 -jiaiiaic gur An mbjiuAcli AttcA-jAAcli, \\o gAbj'Ac occ DeAbAb caji cCiin iia Djium^e no bA DebCncliA, co cctor AruAniAmiA 7 a rto^liAjicojunAii 7 a niACAttA ró ua cjuoc1iAib coiii' foiccrm combA rAifiAtcA teo coj\ bo lié coijuieAÓ Gb cnCdiAn ua troút nCriiAicpbe AcdiUAtAcoji a 1iuac1icaj\ Aeieoiji (x a rijicteiche pi\niAimenci. ■ún cau cjia ac diÚAtAt) ó T)oriinAitt Dmbj\Aicce ha DebéA 7 mACAttA iia lnojigliAite acj\ac1ic Ar a pujoutt ró c1iCcoij\, 7 AcjiAchcrAc ah rtuAj aji cIiCha. fol. 40./'. T71C5AIC 111A ccjietriiAib cj\ot>A co cmnCrnAC, €L t>o coij~tCc Arr "ooclium ha tiAbAnn t)o c1ia]\j\accaiii ha irgAÍt AriiAit Ar t)Cínm iionuccrAc t)iA AtAite. íli c1iAijifioc 5|iCim roj\j\o 50 mbACAr» rojij^An mbjiuAc AjiAitt D011 AbAmn. fto 5011AICC i\o bAibic itioniAC *oo t>eij\eAt) aii crtoi 5, 7 m tiCjijenrAc Achc b]\i j mbicc t>e ó t>o Ciuiácaj\ aii ÚAfAit 7 aii aiju^, a ccoirij; lomgonA 7 a tuchc cCimenn 7 caduj^a. 1lobcAj\ buitij lAccpbe t>o bjieic aii Anmonn ó t)iubj\Aicc1nb t>ij\je DoriiAincfeccnAi^ce tochccA An DÚnAib 7 ca-jaj'aii rjuié nt)C|uiiAijA nDifj\eccj\A ca]\ha cudcacaia cj\enpj\ ^au cmj'tCb 5A11 cmg-ÓAit j\íaii'i r>emjooforii. T)o cIiaoc t)in ó T)oriinAitt hia tCnniAm t)A]\fAii AbAinn acc 11A mÁ ní bA rAin coiiaiji t)o cChjac.
O t)o *óeAc1iAt) A11 5oibC]\noi]\ conA ftoj caj\ eijnie rAiíitAit) ro cCjto a riiumcCji nro mneAtt 7 111 ojvoucca-ó. T)o ]iacc a *óaiiíi & a gjioi-óe imyCt)mA
1 Too/c. — See Annals F.M., vi. 2031,
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was so cagcr, that they were placcd in thc middlc of thc army on account j^7
of their dread and'the difficulty of the rivcr oppositc thcm, and their fear
and terror of the enemy pursuing thcm. Thcy left bchind thcir great guns and the ordnancc and everything thcy had which thcy could not carry awav, buth food and drink, and cvery other ncccssary too. Thcy thcn presented their breasts to the passage of that rough, unfrequcntcd torrent, and on account of the strength and power of thc currcnt of thc rivcr (as was usual with it), and the difficulty of thc vcry smooth surface of the flags ás the common passage of the great host, and, moreovcr, from thc wcakness and failure of the English from want of a propcr supply of food, many of the men, womcn, steeds, and horses wcrc drowncd, and thc strcngth of the stream bore them into the deep part of Assaroe, and thence westwards to the ocean. Whcn the people in the castle saw thc army escaping thus they set to shoot at them as fast as they could. Thcy wcrc answcred by the party who werc in the van, and had reached the bank on the other side. They began to fight in defence of the crowd that was in the rear, so that the noise and report and the echo were heard in thc places ncar, and it scemcd to thcm that it was thunder and the conflict of the heavcnly clements which they were hearing from the upper part of the atmosphcre and from thc depths of the sky. When O'Donnell heard the shooting in the engagemcnt and thc ccho of thc contest, he camc from his tcnt immcdiatctly and thc forces came too. They went with their wcapons of war speedily and set off towards the river to takc vengeance on the English as quick as they could, all togcthcr. They did not comc up with them until thcy wcre* on the other side of thc rivcr. Many of the rear of the army were wounded and drowncd, and they set littlc value on them, as their nobles, leaders, and chiefs of war, their followers and friends had escapcd. Thcv wcrc glad to carry away their lives from the straight, deep- wounding shots of the peoplc of the castle, and over the strong, violent stream, ovcr which heroes had never comc before them without ruin and death. O'Donnell sct out in pursuit of thcm across the river, but howcvcr that was not the way too^-.1
When the Governor and his army camc across the Erne in this way he put his people in order and array. He placed his oxen and horses used
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1-Á"o1lAt ]AO C0c1lA1C -do'oll 1\ÚA"Ó IÍA *OoiÍl1lAltt C011A ]%0c1l]\A1Oe 111lbui ]\Cm.]DA
xMagh Ccctne. — i.e., the field oí compulsion, of Ircland, p. 78, and The Book of Fenagh, p.
where the Formorians obliged the Neme- 250. This place is often. mentioned in
dians to pay a tribute of children, cattle, Annals F. M.
vvheat, milk, and butter on the first of - Athleague. — A village on the river
November each year. It lies bctween the Suck, in the N.W. of the barony of Athlone,
rivers Drowesand Erne- See Keating's H. Co. Roscommon.
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for the wains and carts (which thc army had to carry thcir provisions and 159; their implements also), his attendants and his unarmed people, and every one of thosc wounded bctwcen them and the sca. IIc was himsclf with companics of chosen troops, with his soldicrs and youths, on thc other side. Heputhis shooters opposite for the defencc and protcction of the nobles and chiefs, so that thcy should not be surrounded or circumvcntcd owing to the pcrfect way in which thcy were placcd. However, O'DonnelI's people made a fiercc attack on them, so that many among them werc woundcd on this side and that, and horses and men wcrc lcft behind that day. The English marched then, keeping the sca on the right. A shower of rain fell on them after that, and the intensity of it was unusual. The mcn ccased in consequence, for it was dangerous for thc soldicrs to use their arms on account of the heavy rain. This had a greater effcct on O'Donnell's peoplc than on thc English on account of their clothing, for they had lcft behind their cloaks, long stockings, and shoes, and other parts of their dress, owing to their haste and the urgency of the call to take vengeance on the English. The two armies were engaged in this way in the contest of which wc have spoken, harming each other until they crossed the Drowes and the Dubh to Magh Ccetne.1 As O'Donnell's people wcre tired by the pursuit they turned back, and the Engjish escaped to thcir homes with sorrow and confusion. But yet they were pleased and glad on account of thcir escape from the straits in which they wcre, and thcv made but little account of thosc whom they left behind sincc thcy them- selves escaped. It was not so with O'Donnell ; their joy was not pleasing to him, since his mind was not satisfied that they had got awav, and he proceedcd to lament and reflcct very much at thcir cscape from him on that occasion. Thcy stayed in Sligo that night ; that was their first journey ; on the night of the next day, at the monastery of Bovlc ; on the third night in thc district of Athleague.2 On thc feast of thc Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and on the 15U1 of August, according to the solar month,3 the army crossed the Saimer.
When fhe nobles on both sidcs had gone to their homes, O'Donnell and his forces did not pass idly or slothfully what was before them of thc 3 Solar^Month. — See The Book 0/ Rights, p. xlviii.
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doh roghriiAppn iíai]\ jacIi caii no coiiíiaicC-ó Ci^CiróÁit 110 Anrro]\tonn o gliAttAtb ron úa lléitt (£ox) iiiac "pi]roo]\c1iA) no fAoróeA'ó tic]\i 7 ceccA co 1uia n*OoriinAitt -oeccAoíne a eccÚAÍAmj pur "oia Ait 7 "oia AchchumjeA'ó 1111 chochc "oia chobAin 7 "oia chomro]\cAchcc aii cah ha rA^'ÓA'OAir 5A1^t a iDAO^IiAt burjem 7 riA teigeAX) An oniAn 'ooib bic occ ro]\]\An rAi]\. Da •001 tró 'oichuriiAmj; -oo iiAch nAon nAite ha 1ia]xa]\a eici]\éiAnA ha rtuAi^hci riubtACA 7 iia "oeAbcA -ouit^e nó pieAprtAT) hi coicccCt) núitettA hia ci]\ but>T)ein 7 ^ac cAn no cei^eAb 1 cí]\ nGo^luxin 1n coipcm uí Héitt. 11i]\ bo ciAn bÁoi úa "Ooiimoitt ipror ÍAfi mnicecc An joibC]\nó]\A 7 11A nlA]\tA"ó AiiiAit ]\o ]\eriiAipieróporii A11 CAn cAn^Acon ceccA uí Héitt *oo fAi^eA'ó uí *Ohon'inAitt •oia Airueir "óó combui aii 1urar (UoniAr Lojro tjopoujjh) Gc lAntA dntte *Oa]\a (lleii]\i mAc 5C]\oicc) co roc]\Ai"oe ^AX rC]\ mróe 7 LAi^Cn occ ccochc co cí]\ Go^Iiahi A]\ ca]\]\aiii5 7 A]\ ooncopg Uoi]\]vóeAtbAi5 nnc Onp ha Í0I.41.& n^A^cA-ó nnc 'Petnn TLuAró uí íléitt, 7 ]io fAoró cIiucca cochc co tion a cluonoit "oía cobAi]\ 7 "oía iiC]\ca-ó m a^ató a iiAtiiAcc Gt ]\o cmjeAtt beór cecip caii iiAite t)o pccfeA-o úa *OoiiiiiAitt a tCr cocc "oia coriifujicAcc co coreA'óroiii mA coi]uon cCn CnnA'OA'ó ^au iom]>ui]\eAc.
O ]\o C]\tC^ úa 'OoiiniAitt iia ticne, ]\o roncon^Ain ro]\ a coichC]-cAt cionót Ar ^ac Ai]\t) íiia t)ochom ró cCccói]\, úai]\ ni]\ bo tAinn tAir úa Héitt •oo bic ipn ei^Cn niibui ^ah AtÁbÁ^liA *oo ó\bAi]\c teip T)eicbi]\ ón A]\ ni]\ uó comroe'ó co ]\o chm 'oía ccenét a]aaoii TMAr tA]'A]\ bite Gc tArA]\ cocIia a]\ oite ott)Acc A11 "oa Aó'ópn bACAn co*ónAt§, 7 bACA]\ rtACA ro]\ a cenétAib aii cAiipn. *Oo coCc ÍA]\om o *Oon'niAitt 1 cc]\A\cce co 1u\i]\m AmbAoi ó Heitt con •oio]\iiia moi]\ 'oia n'iA]\cftuA5 7 X)1A miteAT)Aib imA]\oCn pur 7 A]\oite tnob mA tCniiiAin A]\ m ]\o Ai]\i]Yion'i niA noije pmí t<\ cmnCnur a]\ uaiiiah ha n^Att "oo curóecc 1 cí]\ neogAtn cró ]\ia pú oreA-órom gur An niAijm i]\Aibe úa Héitt.
^OaLa An lurcir 7 tiAti^Att AC]\ub]\Amo]\ cAn^ACAnp-óe co ftuAJ tÁnmó]\ tiontiiA]i tei]\cionoitce 50 t)]\oichCc AcIia, Ap^róe co cnAigbAite 50
1 E. of Rildare. — This was Henry,twelfth O'Donnell, brother of Hugh Roe. See
Earl, called by the Irish na dtuagh, i.e., Annals F. M.,v. 2380. #
of the battle-axes. O'Neill urged him to 2 Men of Meath — O'Sullevan says one of
renounce all allegiance to the English the Barnwalls commanded the forces of
Crown and to join with the Irish. His Meath. He detached a party under the
second daughter, Brigid, married Rory command of his son to attack Tyrrell, one
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harvcst, for whenever any oppression or violcncc was thrcatcncd by thc 1597. English against O'Ncill (Hugh, son of Fcrdoragh), hc scnt lcttcrs and messengers to O'Donncll to complain of his sufferings to him, and to ask and beseech him to comc to his aid and assistance whcn the English did not strive to harm himself and fear did not allow thcm to oppress him. The long journeys, and swift hostings, and difHcult skirmishings which hc carried on in the province of Oilioll and in his own tcrritory and each time he went intoTir Eoghain to the assistance of O'Xcill, werc painful and hard to evcry onc else. O'Donnell was not long at rest aftcr thc dcparturc of the Govcrnor and of thc Earls, as we have related, whch messengers camc from O'Neill to O'Donncll to tell him that the Lord Justice (Thomas Lord Borough) and the Earl of Rildarc1 (Henry, son of Gerald), with the forces of the English and the men of Meath2 and Leinster, were coming to Tir Eoghain at the instigation and by the advice of Turlough, son of Henry na ngarthadh,3 son of Phelim Roe O'Neill, and he sent to him to come with all his forces to aid and strengthen him against his encmies, and he promised besides that whenever O'Donnell would require him to come to his aid he would come to hclp him without hesitation or delay.
When O'Donnell read the letter he ordered his whole force to assemblc from every place to him immediately, for it was not agreeable to him that O'Neill should be in such straits without giving him help. This was natural, for it was not usual that two such flamcs of mutual lovc and of affection should spring together from their stock as thesc two Hughs, who were lords and princes ovcr thcir tribes at that time. O'Donnell went soon afterwards to where O'Neill was with a large body of his horsc and of his foot- soldicrs, and others of them followed, for he did not delay in his journey for them in his hastc, fcaring lest the English army might come to Tir Eoghain before he rcachcd the place where O'Neill was.
As for the Lord Justicc and the English of whom we have spoken, thcy came with a very large, powcrful, numerous army to Drogheda, from
of the Anglo-Irish of Leinster, who was 3 T. Mac Henry na ngarthadh. — i.e.t of
friendly to O'Neill. Young Barnwall was the cries. See p. 31, antea. Owing to his captured, and a great part of his forces guidance the Lord Justice crossed the river slain. Hist. Caih., p. 184. in safetv. Annals /■'. M., vi. 2023.
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Héitt 7 úa "OomnAitt coha ptogAib ■po^i accitto aii "oú pn. 1lin bo ^o-ÓAin^ I^AigeA-ó ro]\ ah bpchlA teoiiiAin 7 ro]\ aii nCo n^pbe t>o ]wVIa cut 1 cut puú. Aippr Ati Hirar coiia rtoj Gc no §Ab tongponc m j^vpfoccur -oon AbAinn A|\ bA t>C]\b tAir iia]\ bo ]\Cró "óó nÁc xdía rtoj ArgnArii rop aiiajató m bub ríne. Ua ruiteAch, p\eb]\Ac, cpechcAC, c]\oitmnceAc1i, "oebdiAc, tiiub- nAicciuc A11 riA-óu^Ab ror]\UAi]\ An lupcir conA riiumcf]\ o ftoJAib uí Héitt 7 uí *OlioiimAitt aj; cornArii Accpce 7 ACCAomrojibA puú. 11i]\ bo ní aii "oo intCnrAc "oo diAtniA ]uaiíi ha ía]\oiíi occ uiroit)Cn aii aca]\-óa A]\ ah ecc]\Aiccib niAicjrejA'ó An nobA t)io]\ t>oib -oo "oénorii "oía rpCp:Air aii cAiirin ha 1untc íol.42. a. ioiitóa t>o ua^a "óoib cró ía]\cahi nobAb enmtc t>Aipieir ah ojifA. Acc cCha 111 uo tei^eA"ó rÚAn iia pvóAite, cot)tAt> ua coiiuiAnóe, lonnpDt^eA'ó ha AUA'ó'óoib ittó iia 111 oit>che ^ah 'oeAbAib 7 -oiAint)iub]\A5A'óro]\]\o t>o §]\er ó nA^oróeA- tAib gu]\ bo túptii in ]\o niA]\bAic 7 in no mu'ÓAigic t>iA inA]\c]%to£ me]vóA moinmenmnAi5 7 t)iA noccbAi-ó AmtiAir Auroiut) 7"oía neActiAib Aitte AfirhA|VÓA. An oite t<Mce m ectiiAin^ ha ]\ee bACAn ah cuchcpn, ]\o JAb Aitj Cr ah lurcir "oo -out ro]\ uro nA cetcliA *oo ua^a hia coriifoccur 50 mi-óeAiiiAin Gt-oo iiiói]\-óe5eAb ah cí]\e mA cniicliett, 7 bA rCp\ 'óó ha ctreAb ah coirg cubdiA'ó úai]\ -oo nejAiiii A]\ Aitt X)oii ^ApiAró goróeAtAij; cut 1u cut "oó 1 ri n niAijjmpn 7 pjic ioiiiai]\C5 Arimur AiironCiroA 7 "oeAb^ró "oaha t>oiC'0]\AnA pup An 1up;ir 7 pu 1iK\]\tA citte *oa]\a 7 rfnr ha niAicib t>o ]\a^a hia CAoniicecc gun ]\o
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CAipcnnb Gfc t)o •ÓA^'ÓAoinib iiac ccAbA]\co]\ aii AnniAnnA ironAicriiCc hac hi cunime, cenmocliÁ m no niA]ibA'ó túa ntiAorcoputoig. *Oo riiA]\bA"ó Ann tmii -oC]\b]iAc1iAi]\ mnÁ An 1u]xi]\ 1lo mu'ÓAigCx) beór A]\ Aitt -oo mumci]\ lA]\tA clntte -oa]\a 7 no 5011AT) ah dA]\tA reipn. 51"°e A11 1upc:ip c]\a m ce]uiAip-óe gAn cneccnuJAt) Af ah iomAinCg pn. HleAbAit) niAi-óni ro|\]\A guf An cCnn 7 rur aii cAi]upioiii bAot teo jur ah ccAinpA, 7 munAbAX) Aroiccp t)óib bAoipt>e ni iiA^At) rceotAnjA ÚAit)ib m a bCdiAt) cIiucca. lA]\tA citte t)A]\A t)An ]\ob ei^Cn t)o ceiteAb]AAt) t>on Itifcir ro bic1nn a cjieccnAi^ci 7 cpAtt t)iA C15, 7 ó t>o ]\iacc co >O]\0icCc Aca AcbAC ipn mbAite pn t>o ndrii 7 t)o ciac1iai]\ A§on.
1 He died. — Wallop wrote from Dublin to mother's house in Drogheda.' The Earls
Lord Burghley, August 3rd, 1597: 'Yester- of Kildare, by the M. of Kildare, p. 234,
day the Erle of Kildare coming some 12 or and Adde/ida, p. 316. His mother was
• 13 days past from the camp, dyed at his Mabel, daughter of Sir Anthony Brovvn.
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that to Stradbally and to Armagh, and thcy did no stop till they camc to the l$g? bank of thc Blackwater. O'Ncill and O'Donncll went with their forces to meet thcm there. It was not casy to attack thc den of a lion and thc ncst of a griffin whcn facc to facc with them. The Lord Justice and his army haltcd and cncamped close to thc rivcr, for he was surc it would not bc casy for him or for his army to advance against them farther. The reccption which thc Lord Justice and his people met with from the armies of O'Xeill and O'Donncll while dcfending their tcrritory and lands against them was bloody, sharp, wounding, maiming, quick-shooting. Xcvcr before or aftcr did thcy do anything heroic whilc defending their native land from thcir enemics to be compared with what they ought to do if thcy knew thcn the many evils that came on thcm afterwards, which it would be too tedious to relate now. Howcvcr, neither the calm of delight nor the sleep of repose was allowed to comc or abidc with thcm day or night without attack and shooting at thcm continually by thc Irish, so that numbcrs of thcir noble, magnanimous horsemen, of their destructive, impetuous vouths, and of thcir beautiful foreign horses wcrc killcd and destroycd.
One day while they were thus engaged, a great desire seized on the Lord Justice to go to the summit of the hill that was near to view and survey the country all round, and it were better for him if he had not gone on that business he went on, for some of the Irish soldiers camc facc to face with him there, and they made a hard, fierce onset and a daring attack on the Lord Justicc and on the Earl of Rildare and the nobles who werc with him, so that thc chief officcr of the army was slain there, together with a largc numbcr of thc captains and gcntlcmcn whose namcs arc not rc- mcmbcrcd or rccordcd, bcsides the common soldiers who wcrc Icilled. Thc brothcr of the Lord Justice's wife too wás slain. Somc of the people of the Earl of Rildarc also wcre slain, and the Earl himselfwas wounded. Even thc Lord Justice himself did not escape without being wounded from that encountcr. With all their valour and pcrscvcrance thcy wcrc drivcn to thc camp, and if it had not bccn ncar them, those of them who flcd would not have rcturncd alivc. It was ncccssary for thc Earl of Rildare to take leave of thc Lord Justice,.as hc was wounded, and to return homc. And whcn hc rcachcd Droghcda hc dicd ' in that town of thc poison and thc
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IvU^a-ó a coj\p t)iA cliAifbeiuvó oa c1iAi]\t>ib co citl t>A]tA, 7 -|\o Iuvoiiacc teo e mocliAiftige a f In 7 a f innf C]i 50 nonoin 7 50 nAifrinccm AiiiAtt j\o bA*ó t)íon. 'OaIa A11 lufcif |\o rAi hia p\icCin£ a]aa bAfAc gonAnAicc 50 hApomAcliA, 7 bA ro]i nnoc1io]\ m ájiac nO ' 1u ca]\]oac bAoi a conp 05A cliAippb 7 05A fAmmumcCf An tÁpn. Uu^At) ÍA]\ccAin co 1nubA]i cnro cfAjjhA 7 AcbAit Annpn oía gotiAib. lompAic An ftuAg ^Att oia cci§ib ro n'ietA 7 Aidnr fol. 42. b. AiiitAi-ó pn. Uo cpAttfAc cenét ConAitt 7 CoghAin f0At> t>ÍA iroúnAib 7 t>iA mbAitcAib bunAit) 50 fubA 7 co roimCnniAin ÍA]\p\n ccof^Af pn. UiomnAir úa 'OoiimAitt ceteAbjiAt) *oúa Héitt 7 ]\ob ArótCfcc tA ceccAp nAe t)iob fCA]\At) pu A]\oite. b^ fooA tA 1iúa n'OoriinAttt bACA]\ 501U, coi^ró nAitettA irAni'ie jaii Ammuf fopio 7 foffAn tuchc ]\o nCnAifcc accu]ia pnú ro •óeóró 6: "oo ]iome AmumcCfAf puporii ía]\ nA cne^At) a ccofAc. t)A t>ibpt>e ó ConcobAi]i Uúa-ó (Aet>h hiac UoippóeAtbAij 1luAró). Oa miofCAif tA 1uía nT)oiiinAitt eipt>e ó ]io CnnAitóm a nunncCfAf f]uf nA 5<^ttAib ^epbó ca]ia t)ó reAchc ]UAmh. bAoiporii 05A fcqtuoA-ó lonnuf no oi^ijveAt) Acpoch. b^ t)tnti5 en'i eipt>e ÚAi]i bA hinmtt iomt)0]iAit) An 111C1VOAC nnbuí aii cúa ConcobAin 1npn, Gt bA ^Affoccuf 00 Ai]im itAifOoh a ininte 7 a n'iAonie A]i cCiia a]i lom^AbAit a ecc]\Ac nuniA aofCAjjAn fAcu^A-ó rAi]i. 1lo cmjeAtt ó RuAinc t>óforii hac Af ^ietjre-ó ó 'OoriitiAitt t)ÍA of^Ain ^An ]\AbAt> 7 Ai]\cifecc ÚAt>Aforii t)ó. -dr p\i]i •oep-ó tA 1uia n*OorimAitt a rtoj t)o cegtoniAt) 7 t)ot ipn coiccOó. T)o choró t)m 50 ]\o Aifif pu gtCnn nt)AttAin AniApoCp ^AbAif tongfDofc tpuróiu. bArC-ó mumbeAc •oo ]\acc 1111 ó 1Iuai]\c •ouf aii oif^feAt) ro]i ó ConcobAin cAipp povóif ceccA chu^A t>iA cochui]\eAt> hia t)c\it gtif ah tongponc & t>iA ]iÁt> ]\ip cocc mo t>ocum a]\a bA]\Ac ^ah nAC niomrui]ieAC icci]i. 11 a 11uai]ic immo]\]\o m ]\o r Aoitp-óe aiíiIaiú pn -oéjiAC aii tongpuipc t)ÚA 'OomtiAitt 50 ccipeA-óforii cugA. bApet) AijieA^ menniAH A]i]\tochc la Iiúa n'Oorimoitt ÍAn cco]i a ceccA-ó t)o cocuijieAt) uí 1!uai]ic. VopiAgÁib a tongfoofc ía]\ mit)mCt)óii tAoiat)Uf ]ietcce t)A]ifAii Stigech but> t>Cp 7 111 ]to Ai]up co ]iaiihcc 50 coi]i]iftiAb nA SCghpA. \\o gAb rorf biucc hipiróe gu]\ ]\o cocliAicfCc a
» 7tfw£.— He was buried in St. Brigid's * He died.—The accounts differ as to the
church. Jhe Earls of Kildare, p. 235. cause of his death. Moryson says he fell
u ía,miIy bunal-place at Xildare was sick in the course of the second expedition
rather the franciscan monastery, sincethe which he made to relieve the Blachwater
ist, 2nd, and 3rd Earls were buried there. Fort. Rebellion, &c, p. 21.
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sorcness of thc wound. IIis body was takcn to Kildarc to be shown to his 1597. friends, and was buricd by thcm in thc tomb1 of his predecessors and
ancestors with the honour and respect that were mcet.
As for thc Lord Justice, he set off on his rcturn the next day and hc reachcd Armagh, and he was carried on a littcr or in a carriage by his faithful followcrs and his own people that day. He was carricd aftcr that to Iubhar Cinn Tragha, and he dicd 2 there of his wounds. Thc English army returned home with grief and shame in this way. The Cincl Conaill and thc Cinel Eoghain set off to return to thcir family strongholds and castles cheerfully and gladly aftcr that victory. O'Donncll took leave of O'Neill, and it was very painful to both of them to part from each othcr. Hugh O'Donncll thought it long that thc English of thc provincc of. Oilioll were at rcst without any attack being made on thcm and on the people who had cntercd into fricndship with them in the cnd, and had contracted friendship with him aftcr scparating from them at first. Of these was O'Conor Roe, Hugh, son of Turlough Roe. O'Donnell had a dislike to him since he entered into friendship with the English, though bcing his fricnd some time beforc. He reflected how he might ravage his country. This was difficult, since the dwelling of that O'Conor was very safe and hard to reach, and very near a placc whcre he might put his cattle ancl trcasures also beyond the reach of his cncmics unless they camc on him unawares. 0'Rourke had promiscd him that hc would not allow O'Donncll to plundcr him without noticc and help from hini Whercfore O'Donnell resolved to collect his army and to go into thc provincc. He went on, therefore, until hc haltcd to the south-wcst of Glendallan. Hc cncamped there. This was the deception he practised on 0'Rourke, in order to plunder O'Conor. He sent messengers to him to invitc him to a meeting at the camp, and to tell him to come to him thc ncxt day without any dclay whatcver. Meantime 0'Rourke did not think O'Donnell would leavc the camp there until he would come to him. This was the plan adopted by O'Donnell aftcr sending his messenger to invite 0'Rourkc. He left his camp after the middle of thc day and went across the Sligcach, southwards, and hc did not halt till he came to Corrsliabh of the Seghais. He made a short halt there, so that his soldicrs might takc somc refresh-
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rmle<vó<\ A]\ Aitt *oi<\ tomob, 7 co ]\o teiccpoc Afcír 7 A]1 ha aC^CAir "OAtt rAn rtiAb but> r>Cy la bAii roitri ah LÁ01. O no porcATfttAij -oo]\c1iaca coj\ac ha 1ioi-óce rruri mbACAn occ ru]\nAróe ro]\ roitp ah tÁoi, 00 coirtCc Ar CA]']^An rtiAb ca]\ SCjAir ca]\ IVUnjtui]^ ah T)a5"óa (x t>a]\ niumcuro fol 43. a. fnt,15e h^oi tUA mACAin. *Oo ]\etccCc fccAoiteA-ó *oía rcClmiutcoib ipn t>C-óoit ro t)ic1i]\eAb<Mb 7 ,oCi]\]ucib ha c]uche coiia rA]\j;Aibf Cc nnt mnnite ó Acli StirCn co tXvo^nA. lompAic ÍAnom uia rrrucliCmg co cco]^A]\ 7 50 njAbAtAib ionrÓAib AiiiAit rA bér "oóib. Oa tiA'ónAn tA Iiúa 11uai]\c "oCnon'i ua hoijvgne jaii jiAcu^At) iroó. 11i]\ bo tuJA bA métA €c bA liAicir tÁ]* ah ^oib- C]\nói]\ Se]\ Coneur Ctioro]\c opjAm ha c]uc1ie ]\o bAoi ro AniAmur jau cacu^ax) *oa]i a cCnt) ^emAt) 1 a oróeAÓcnobAt) C]\t>AtcA LAir (x t>uc]\A^Ai]\ t>ut iiroC"o1iAií; uí T)omnAitt t)iA ^etjeAt) aii on'iAn t)ó.
O ]AAinicc o *OoiiniAitt coua 1'to^ tiÍA ccigib bACA]\ irror irubAróe 7 irAime r]n ne ah ^Aiiiinit) 05 coircecc r]u C015C-0 111eAt)bA. 11i ]\o ctoAcliA]! uac 51110111 iiAi]\t)C]\c Cco]\]\A ahai]aCc rin acc ha niÁ ]\onCiiAirc ó "Ruai]\c a c1iA]iAC]iAt> rnir aii Ai]\]\ij ]iem]\Aice Sin Conuer c]ua bicm nAlioi]i<me AC]\ub- ]\AmA]\,7tA becc 7 iom]>o]\niAc r]UA b]\Ac1iAi]\ reirni Uaó^ úa 11uai]\c a]\ ni]\ tío ]\Cró eAco]\]\A t)ibtmib 1111 ]\omn Arro]\bA 7 a cc]\idie je]\bcA]\ ctAiin en acau.
1598, aii 7. btiAt)Ain. t)A p Aunrin m ]\o C]\nAróm ó lluAinc aco]\ yy\y ah 5oibC]\noi]\ ironbA lAnuA]u, 1598. 11i]\ uo roitió ó *OomiiAitt t)o ctoirceóc Anrceóit úai]\ t)A tuchc cocAij aii cenét t)iAmbui úa 1Iuai]\c t)A rmnrenAib o cdn iíiai]\, tx bA b]\ACAi]i t)ó eiriom reirni coiiaó A]\ iia rACAib rm ha]\ bo mCnniA]\c Iai£ Ammur rAi]\ 110 m]\eAt)'A C]uc1ie AiiiAit cIiac 7 ]\o pccC]\ combA héiccCn eirit>e munA roA-ó ron cula-ó 1n combÁij ha ngoioeAt úai]\ ]\o hCici]vóeti5hce a coccAchrom r]u jac uaoii ]\o HATÓmeAt) a CA]\AC]iAt) yy\y 11A ^ALLAib. Ho tAbArcoi]\ 05A Ait 7 05A CcAfgui-óe co luncteice ah ccCccnArecc im foAt> uia •nnicliCmj, 05 comAicCiii 7 05 bubcAt> rAi]\ aii recc nAite tnA HAiiAt) Ai]\m imbui. ^AbAir ó Ruai]\c occ coifceAcbc y\\\y co 1iu]\co]^ac1i y Am]\Aij. 1lo
1 Slieve Baune. — A mountain in the at the battle of the Curlews and took part
south-east of Co. Roscommon, running in the forays made by O'Donnell ínto
parallel with the river Shannon. Thomond, Meath, and other places held by
2Alliance. — lt lasted but a short time, the English or their friends. See Annals
for O Rourhe was on the side of the Irish F. M., vi. 2035 and 2103.
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mcnt and get rid of thcir fatigue, and not cross thc mountain of thc Seghais, '597- southwards, in the full light of day. W'hcn darkness prevailed in thc beginning of thc night ovcr thc light of day while thcy wcre resting, they wcnt forward through thc mountain, ovcr thc Seghais, through Moylurg of thc Daghdha, and thc lcvcl part of Magh Aoi before morning. They sent thcir maraudíng parties in thc twilight to scattcr ovcr thc wastes and rcmotc parts of thc tcrritorv, and thcv did not leave a single beast from Ath Slisean to Slicvc Baunc.1 Thcy rcturned áfter that in triumph with plcntiful spoils, as was usual with thcm. O'Rourlce was ashamcd that the preving should have taken place without his hnowlcdgc. Xo less was the chagrín and confusion of thc Governor, Sir Conycrs Clifford, for thc plundcring of thc country which was undcr his protection without fighting for it, for it was his spccial carc, and he was anxious to go in pursuit of O'Donnell if fear allowed liim.
W'hen O'Donnell and his army came home thev rcstcd in merri- ment and pleasure during the winter time, hearing of the province of Meadhbh. Xo important fact was heard of betwecn them during that time except that 0'Rourke entered into a friendship with the Governor aforcsaid, Sir Conycrs, on account of the plundering of which we havc spoken and the rivalry and jealousy of his own brother, Tadhg 0'Rourke, for therc was no accord between them on account of the division of thcir patrimony and territory, though they were the children of one fathcr.
1598, thc sevcnth ycar.
Thc time whcn 0'Rourke madc his alliance - with the Governor was at the end of January, 1598. O'Donnell was not pleased at hearing the news, forthc family to which 0'Rourke belongcd wcre friends of his ancestors for a long time, and he was himsclf his rclative. W'herefore for these reasons hc was not eager to attack him or to prey his country likc othcrs, and hc kncw that would bc nccessary unless he returned to thc confcderacv of thc Irish, for his friendship was withdrawn from cvcry onc who madc friendship with thc English. IIc procceded to beg and entreat him, secretly at first, to return, and thcn to threaten and mcnace him for remaining in the condition in which hc was. 0'Rourkc continucd to listcn to him to thc
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imCgtA-ó Ainnptie mrC-ó a ú]\e oc contiAi]\c iia]\ bo c]\Cip ha ^oitt otcAcc na ^oróeAt, 7 Ap Ct> "oo nome cecc ro JAipu uí *OoihnAitt, 7 m no ACA15 y\\\y t>o t>CnAm, 7 "oo bf]\c a oi^pAn nt)o AriiAit no chumnigli vaij\. íol.43.^. UtnpceccA uí tléitt yCcAt iiAite, bACA]\ tnnniie ATJeAbcliA 7 a t)unoi]ume
poppiA "0AnA]\Aib gun ]\o oncuproin itiomAc -oía nAihrAib 7 t>ÍA ccoireAchAib lonijonA. tvo mni]\ iia cuÁdiA bACA]\ ó^a ccu^i^haui (x ro AiiiAmur co ]\o c]UAC]\ArcAi]\ iia c]\ioc1ia y\\\y au mfoopnn AcÚAró 50 UnAijmbAite gen mocÁc iia "oúme 7 iia "ÓAm^CncliAirceoit 1n ccA]\ccpAC a tAecjiAt) 7 a tAic^Aite 1 rro]\bAiye yo\\ clienét nGoJAm 7 yo\\ piA liAiji^iAttA "00 ]\AtA riuA ccoeb. 11i ■oiAiroicteic euii nA -oia ne]róibA"ó ha cA]\cyom iia cou'i]\aiíia lnpn yo\\ Aint) com]\AriiA 7 gmoriipA'ÓA ua n^AoróeAt a]\ cIiCha, 7 m ro]\t>At ha lomnott ]\o bAoi ronn hiia rro]\Aic1imCc, acc a]\ "óaij ha bAt> et)Ai§ r]\mn a rpc1u]\e ro]\cc1ie reAtniACAcliA An ottAiiiAm 7 ah Anpiuic beor, 7 ua 1iepe]\cAir co]\ bo bÚAitt 7 lomcotcA 7 mAorórin^e roc]\UAi]\ t>um *out yo\\ a mbetAibpoiii
t)0 ]\Í1Í1CU1]\CiÚ C]\C]" 7 C0c1lA]\ ACC]\1AC ACCAOip^ ~] A cc]\eniiiui]\eAc1i. ^X]\ Altt
Ann t)HA ac be]\CAir bA "oo cA]\cupAt 7 00 c1iacaoi]\ ah eccp ]\o pnce. .újiaoi cua AipiCrópBAni ah mbC^fA t)Ai]\rccet<ró ua he-ojAn ctomne 'OAnxCpcugAt) Arritró .1. cac aii acIia buróe ó ]\o éuroigrCc cenét ConAit. Ay nime ro]\ codnnA^Ai]! eipoe.
*Oo ]\a^a po]\c gAb&tA occ iia g^ttAib V°\x A'DAirm móin rpr aii 111ac1ia a cúató 7 bA m lonbAró pot)1iA 7 coChcoiíi]\aic con]\ocpir cecup 7 ]\o cum- •oAijeAt) aii t>A]\A reAcc tÁr An lurctr UoniAp to]\t> foujiuo^li pu roiriróm ah coccAró, 5U]\ bo mu]\ •oico^tAróe OAingCn c]via*ó 7 cui]\ c]\ot>A yo\\ a CAibtib imA ccuai]\c rorrA mbACA]\ renerqiA 7 popte^A pu omb^iAgA-ó eipcib. £0 cC]\c]^ac tiA gAttt c]\i cét) tAedi t)o ]\oijnib a to.c n^oite ipn ponc irorbAip yo\\ cénet nCoJAm. fto diui]\ t)ni ó lléitt aii comition cCtniA pu Anuclic An iia ciprAir t)ioiTO]\At) ua ccuac yo\\ tiAcli teic mA ccimceAtt. Vecc tiAite •00 tJeAcliAró o *OoiimAitt 1 ccoi]\icin uí Héitt ó ]\o pcC]\ aii eccCiroAt
1 Bflffiti. — Inis bo finne, z'.e., the island of and the Cinel Eoghain come from a com-
the white cow. There are several islands of mon ancestor, Cairbre Liffechair. See The
this name off the Irish coast, and one in Battle of Magh Rath, pp. 9, 139.
Lough Ree, above Athlone. The one re- 3 The Yelloiv Ford. — Properly Bcnl atha
ferred to here is probablv that off the coast buidhe, i.e., the mouth of the yellow ford.
of Donegal, a little to the south of Tory. The name is novv applied to a marsh or
^Oirghialla. — The descendants of the cutaway bog in the townland of Cabragh,
three Collas. See p. xxix., antea. These about two miles north of Armagh.
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beginning of summer. IIc feared very much at that time the preying of 159S his terrritorv, for hc saw that thc English wcrc not strongcr than thc Irish, and what hc did was to comc at thc call of O'Donnell and do what hc askcd, and to make him such submission as hc demandcd from him.
As to O'Xeill again, so numcrous wcrc his skirmishcs and prevings on thc English that hc slcw"many of thcir soldiers and lcadcrs of battlc. He preycd thc districts that wcrc supporting thcm and undcr thcir powcr, so that hc wastcd the tcrritorics from Boffin x in thc north to Stradbally, beside the fortrcsses and the strong castles which their soldiers and best mcn held to kccp down the Cincl Conaill and thc Cincl Eoghain and the Oirghialla- who happened to be ncar thcm. It is not to conceal or blot thcm out that we have not brought to light thcse grcat dccds and exploits, the great decds and exploits of thc Irish in gencral, and it is not through crror or mistahe in rcmcmbcring them, but lcst thcir cducatcd doctors, their ollamhs, and their learncd men also should be jealous of us and say that it was pride, presumption, and vanity that causcd us to supcrsedc them in relating the battles and skirmishes of their princes, leaders, and herocs, and also lest they should assert it was through contcmpt for thcir learncd men that it was done. However, I will relate this little of the history of the Clann Eoghain as a subject for their poets, z'.e., the battle of the Yellow 'Ford,3 since the Cinel Conaill took part in it. It was thus it happencd :
The English had a fortress to the north of Armagh, on the Blackwatcr. It was first crectcd4 in a time of pcacc and amity, and it was built a sccond timc by the Lord Justice, Thomas Lord Borough, in cxpcctation of thc war, so that thcre was a strong impregnable earthcn rampart, and war- towcrs on thc battlcments all round, in which wcrc windows and loopholes to shoot out of. The English placcd thrcc hundrcd of thcir choice warriors in thc fortress to hold i't against the Cinel ConaiII. O'Xeill, too, placed the samc numbcr opposite thcm, that they might not come to prey the country anywhcrc around him. Later O'Donnell came to aid O'Xeill
4 Erectcd — Sidnev in the ' Memoir nf his called thc C.reat or Black Water. in Tvrone • Governmcnt,' says : 'I builded a tower for the bridge being builded bv the Earl of thegard of the bridge over the great ryver Essex.' UlsterJ. of Arch., viii. 195.
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miboi. 1lo ACAom Ua 11éitb a imneAt> y]ur ro "óaij; ah ptnnc ]\em]\Aice 7 ac bC]\c gun bo rcic bAir betc occa y:o]\coiihet> -oo po]\ AtiiAtb no biot> •oo ^ner.
fol.44.ir. Ac bC]ic ó *OotimAibb bA co]\a comó]i Ainmur t>o ca^aiuc r/Ai]\ t)K\
c]iA]xcn<vó 7 "01A con t)A]i cCiro hia conmorcAir oboAr iia cuacIia "oo boc 7 •omneA'ó Ar a top, 7 iia]i bo roúAmj; -ootiA cu]\A-ÓAib bic 1n CAtcpip ciCni'o-OA. HoAoncA-ó ó 11éibb]:nir ah AicC^pn. pojioncon^AncrAC tnbbmib ];o]i Amumci]i fUAbAinc ah pui]ic. *Oo bC]\Ac ÍA]ioni Animup CAbniA fAi]\ AiiiAib ]\o 1iC]\bA,ó r]\ni. tlo ^onAt) |io niA]\bA,ó *o]\on5 rfió|\ ÚAit>ib, (x m CA]\]\Ai,órCc 11Í t>e. 1lo "óebigrec r]\if iA]ioni (x oajaic "oia cajpb. "Oaoi ó 11éibt aj coircecc rniú ía]iccahi co ]\o rcAtchpCc a bomce acc niA'ó bCj^. O no Ai]uj lAcroiii r Atiibdró ]\o ^Ab ton^popc ro]\ AmbebAib Cco]\]\a 7 ah 1111iac1ia iia oreA-ó ftoj nAibe t>tÁ fpu]\cAcc Artn eiccCiroAib JAbAró unbACA]\. O ]\o rCr "oon crCnAt) (x t>on coriiAi]\te a mbCicrtom ^An bíut> 7 jjAbAib ro]\]\A •oúa lléibb AiiiAib ]\on ^Ab, cA]iccbAimrCc rbuAÍ; mó]i vo ^befe^ArfAróe 5Abb combACA]i CÓ15 nnbe eici]\ c]\oi§ceAC 7 niAucAc t>o o^bAró avuiica eroijche coha ccon^Aib ceccA t>A ^Ach m bA coirccit>e. .
*Oo ]\aca 1leii]U beonj ht ccoirt^ecc ro]\]\A. 1\icci]ie Ai]vóCnc uncobcAc erpróe (x b<\ -oon crCn<vó fAt>em t»ó. 1obd]\ cmn cboiclie nnc lleccAmn At»unÁ]iAf. O ]io fian ó Tléibb lAccrorii -oo óonób fAoróir a ceccA t>o cochui]\eAt> uí "Oon'mAtbb neruí bACA]\ fui]uci ha 5A1tt.
Uiccfróe co tencmót a toec]\Aróe eici]\ cfAighceAc 7 niA]icAch 7 A]i Aibb t»o coi^et) obneccmAcbc mA f A]i]iAt). Uaiijaca]! c]\a ^Aoróit coipt) ConcobAi]\ mm coichCrcAt rm co cmnCrnAch. O ]\obcA]\ fuiniche ebbn'iA iia ^Aibb •our nAtijACA]! ro c1iCcuAt]\ AccétmA buróe co t)]ioic1uc AcIia, Airpt>e co c]\Ai§bAibe -oume "OeAbsAn, íC]\om t>on 1obA]\ (x 50 1iA]\"oiíiac1ia. ^orAighic irurpui co ]iebccrCc Apcír. "Po fAi^lucc ua 5Ae1-°1b '°01"1 ^e1^ A]iAibb 1 con'i]:ocb]\Aib t>ótb eAco]\]\A 7 au po]ic netii]\Aice. 5A^A1UC occ V]11ocAi]\e 7 occ rotdnbb ro]i A]\ oibe, 7 ac coiniAicCtii 7 A5 bAiíjbniACAn. Ov]\o bA
fol.44. b. mtcij bÁr ua ^AbbAib fU]\cAcbc a mumnci]ie, AcfA^liAc hiiucIia t>o tó 7
1 Nothing. — O'Sullevan attributes the deeper. When O'Neill's men applied them
failure of the attack to the fact that the to the walls they were found to be too short.
garrison, having learned that the besieging He gives the number of the assailants slain
party were preparing numerous scaling- as one hundred and twenty. Hist. Cat/i.,
ladders, made the fosse round the castle p. 188.
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whcn hc knc\v thc straits in which hc was. O'Neill complaincd to him 1598. of his hardships in consequence of thc said fortress, and declared hc was tired of bcingon thc watch continúalÍy, as hc alwavs was.
O'Donnell said it would bc far bcttcr to attack it, in ordcr to pull it down and dcstroy it if thcy could, than that the districts should be injurcd and prcycd by its means, and that it was not easy for the soldiers to bc watch- ing it for a long time. O'Neill agrced with that opinion. Both of thcm ordered their people to attack thc fortress. Afterwards they madc a ficrcc attack on it as thev werc bidden. A grcat numbcr of thcm wcrc woundcd and killed, and they gained nothing1 thercby. Thcn thcv rctircd from it and went to their homes. O'Neill heard after a while that they had consumed nearly all their provisions. When hc found that they werc in this condition he cncamped -opposite them, bctwccn them and Armagh, that no other force might come to rclicve them from the pressing danger in which thcy were. When it bccamc lcnown to thc Senate and Council that thcv were without food, and that O'Ncill was about to attack them, as he Was, thcv assembled a large body of the bcst soldiers of the English, so that they were fivc thousand horse and foot soldiers, with arms and armour, with regular supplies of everything that was needed.
&Henry Bagnal2 was given the command of them. He was a famous. daring knight, and one of the Council too. Iobhar3 Cinn choiche mic Nectainn was his dwelling. When O'Neill learned they were asscmbling he sent his messengers to invite O'Donnell, before the English werc ready. He came with a great body of his forces, both horse and foot, and some of the province of Olncccmacht also. The Irish of the provincc of Conor came very readily to that hosting. When the Englísh were ready and prepared they went the first day's march to Droghcda, from that to Stradbally of Dundalk, after that to Newry and Armagh. They rcmaincd therc till they got rid of thcir fatigue. The Irish on the other side came near them, between them and thc aforesaid fortress. They procceded to watch and prepare against each other, and to threaten and bluster. \\ hen it sccmed to thc English full timc to assist their people thcv rosc up at
~ r i a „ 1« lieTfl of the strand. The above is the more
^^^e^mchhasUsname anSení namc. See Mft**i*l ***,
from the yew planted by St. Patrick at the p. 276.
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^aIíxmc 05A neiccujvvó t>ionA]\Aib exAiiilAib íA]inAit>e 7 t>o chAcbAfifiAi'b cioriiurA]it)A cotiifoturcA 7 vo rcu\diAib AttiiiA]vt>A "oía]\aiiii iimpi^in
AldltC^llCA.
Uo §At)fAc a rtCgriA rtnmtCchnA rCmAnnchnuAi-óe ArCiroA-ó (x a mbíÁtA betfo-OA bt<\icbC^lAnnAc1iA 7 Acctovóme t>i]\í;e t>ej:oebnAehA 7 a tAnnA laii]>ooa tCchfAobAi]\ 7 a n5tmnAt)hA ^ucArvoA 5]\AnAoibteAc1u\ co|\ bo hm- reAÓCAin tnA nAicCncA-ó AnCcAfgnA niuiiA AichCncA iac ro]\ ah Cjit AbjiA tÁr An teibCnn rciAc 7 cAchbA]\]\ 7 eicaj; ]\o bAOi ]x>]\Aib t>iA neccA\]\ A5 tncteic 7 •oiAmtujjA'ó AHAi^bceA-ó 7 An emeAÓ 7 tA hitioniAC a iiA]\m A]\ óCíia *oia cconrptAch. ^AbAicc auaijuj c!iac1ia7 AccoCipij 101115011^ Af a liAichte occ ruróiu^A-ó iia tAecpAibe 7 iia tAC n^Aite mAmonAccAib C]\t>AtcA combACA]\ a cc^AigbceAC 11A C]\1 to]\ccAib t>]iunn A]it>]\uim m t>Coh.Aij; A]\ oite. |rochC]\c- r-AC a toínce 7 aii ATOitge A]\ cCiia imCóón Cco]1]\a — *
T)o nonrAc eicCóA cacIia tnA mAncftuA^ hia r]\eichbui,ónib ruroi^hce t>iA
iroíb-teichib. 11 0 LAfAc eAtcAt)A áiia uccniAttA/oÍA nAiiirAib eccnoniA 7 t>ÍA
nAor tuob]\Aicci AttAmui<5 t>ÍA niA]\CACAib t)iA nu]\rctAi'óe 7 niroCjAit. 1li]\
bo hCnur-A énii cuibecc cpéocAr-omh nnA]\oCii gorAn cunuce ccAi]urmec
nnbACA]\ Acc]\eom 7 Accoipj; a ccumjCóA cacIia 7 AnAinpj; io]UyMte, 7 t)iA
ccifCA icci]\ ní]\ bó ro-ÓAmg fAijjevVÓ rortrAn nCcc ngpbe 7 foppm rroctA
teoiiiAm nnbACA]\ toedi]\At) t/Unt>An tA hAttriiA]vóAcc 7 lonjiiAicchm AiiA]\m
7 An eiccig 7 An mmtt 7 tA AinotA]\t)v\cc 7 la AHAVóbte fA'óepn, tu\i]\ m
CAttA yo]\ mCnnu\m 7 mrcA iccunime tA p\uic1nb rCno]TOA nÁ tA ]\C]\aij ]\e
fotiA co]\ cC^tAinifCc yi]i Saxah rAiiu\it aii crtuAij; 1n pn t)o c1u\c pu
gAoibetvvib ó ]\o mnrArgrCc céccur An mp fo]\]\o. 1lo gAbr-AC oc niAttAr-
íol dí cnAiii ua conAi]\e ron ionnuf rin a ccon'róÁit iu\ ngoCróeAt. UiA5liAicc]-róe
mA cc]\eAtriiAib c]iot)A 50 cmnCpiAch ro An C]\c1ioriiAi]\. b^ p\m mneAtt 7
cccorj t)oibfit>e A]\ mbcA]i eroi^hce ha gAitnt ro AmonncpMiit Ait>porii acc
niAt) bCj, (x ]iobcA]i t)iAi]\m mAichfe^At) iia ngAÍt acc iia mÁ ]\o bAco]i a
rrotAnciiAvo t)o ftCgAib rtnmtCciiAib 7 t>o t&i^lnnb teAcliAnjtArA teo coha
t>icetc]iAib "OAmgne •OAJumnfionn uincib. 1lo bACA]\ teo ctorome t)i]\je t>e-
yoeb]iACA 7 cua^a caiia cAróteAcliA pu c]\a]xcai]\c cjiemfCp, m ]iAbAco]\
]:teArccA nAit> ecctonnA ronno feb bv\oi ro]\ biAitib nA n^Att. •
1 Spears. — For a detailed account of the ancient times, see 0'Curry's Manners, &c, implements of war used by the Irish in 1. ccccxxx, and ii. 229.
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thc dawn of day and procccdcd to clothc thcmselves with strange armour '59S. of iron, and high-crested, shining helmcts, and foreign shields of well tempered, refincd iron.
Thcy seized thcir broad-shouldered, firmly rivettcd spcars, their widc- edgcd axes, smooth and bright, and their straight sharp-edgcd swords, and their long-bladcd, broad-edgcd claymorcs, and their loud-voiced shot- firing guns, so that it would be vcry hard to recognisc their leadcrs if they were not known by their specch, owing to the size of the shiclds, hclmets, and armour on thcm, conccaling and covering their features and their faces, and to the quality of arms also concealing them. Their captains of battl'e and chiefs of combat proceeded then to place the soldicrs and champions in fit array, so that the foot were in threc bodics, back to back, behind each other. They placed their provisions and supplies also in the middle between them.
They made battle-wings of their cavalry in dcnse bodics placed on both flanks. They put active bodies of their light soldicrs and of their marlvsmen outside the cavalry to defend and protect them. In truth it was not easy to go through them together to the secure position where their champions and chiefs, thcir hcroes in battle, and leaders in the fight were, and if one did at all go through, it was not easy to attack the nest of griffins and the lion's den in which the soldiers of London wcre, owing to the outlandish and strange weapons and armour, and the variety and vast number of themselves, for it did not enter the mind or occur to the memory of lcarned men nor to the old for a long time past that the English had assembled a host like that to fight against the Irish sincc first they took the island from them. They proceeded to march slowly along thc road in that way to meet the Irish. These advanccd with their war- wcapons very quickly to oppose them. The weapons and dress of thcse werc different, for the Irish did not wear armour like them, cxcept a fcw, and they were unarmed in comparison with the English, but yct thcy had plenty of broad-shouldered darts and broad, green spears1 with strong handles of good ash. Thcy had straight keen swords and light shining axes for defeating the champions, but there were neither rings nor chains on them, as thcre were on thc axcs of thc English.
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1ciCc iia liAióme -oiobnAicciu *oo }\&L& teó v°5<vóa ^ec^noijci 7 po-óbAÓ^ VerónniC]\cinA]\A conA vAij-oib vpuibjejiA 7 gunnA-ÓA gtéroibne t>o 511 ar V°1M* iia ^AttAib. 1lo JAb ó 11éitt 7 ó *OoriiiiAitt A5 5]\evAcctAoro1ieA'ó ha n^AtgAC A5 7 niAoróCm nAiiiiteAt) &A5 aoncovg nAcc]iemvC]\(x, avCx> AcbC]\c- Vac v]uú. & "oCj; mumcC]\, A]i vuvo, ha nuAiriini^licCv y\b 7 ha ^ebAnó 5]iaiii ]aiav iu\ ^AttAib A]\ AttniA]róAÓc Anmmtt 7 A]\ long^tiAicciu a neicag 7 ah A]\m 7 ta co]iAinnbeic,Ac AccpompAró 7 a ccApu]i €t accaivhiC]\c cacIia 7 a]\a 1110111AC tionn'iAi]\ecc ve^V111 AV AV ^Cjib 'oenrnn coiiiax) vo]\]\a buv ]\ófn irm tó bA^liAVA A111Ú. Ap *°e aca tuin ón a]\ acáici]^ yo]\ po]\ Gfc acác aii tucbc oite yo]\ 501, 05A bA]\ ccunn]\iuc1i iccA]\c]\A\b 7 05A bA]A notcliCtroA'ó t)o jaicc bA]i nAc1iA]róA noítiv v0!101^- ^^ "oaii tAiivAoiteAccAin tmn con eiap^tevi An tÁ ]-a Ainú eici]\ pop 7 5A01 veb AcbC]\c 111o]\Ann hiac IIIaCui au ]'Cn- a]\avc Ai]\t)C]\c, 11 1 viucn 111 vu15n>D1cn^1A b]\Cic1iCmh bu^ VM111-1 CAc1i]\Áe, AniAit ac ctov tmo ó A]\ vviL-C,o1iAib 7 vo luoncoirccriuc TJum o cCm n'iÁi]\. A]\A\tt Aim "oau av a]"a "ÓAOib b^]\ nAchA]vóA veirm "°o covtiAiú v]11 1iAinvvi1ie echcAi]\ceméoit oVoav ac1ia]vóa neidi 01 te t>o áomJAine ía]\ ha bA]\ ccovahu av bu]i ccín noítiv V1^ 111 t>A]\ vetb ó ]\é. 3500. btiA'ÓAn 'oaoiv •oon'iAm 511^ ah Vaicivi A111Ú.
AcbC]\]^AC 11A hÚAVAit 7 nA 1iai]\15 con bo vi0V "ooíia vtAiáb A]\ vuigh- íbl.45.£. eAttvAc. 1ío §Ab 5]\Cim 'ooibviom ah "oui]\j]\C]'Acc x>o ]\óiivac v°V ha "oCi^Ii- ]:C]\Aib, úai]\ ac]\ac1icaca]\ mCnniAnnA ua nnteA'ó (x aiccChca ha iiaii]\a'ó 50 ]io tion b]\uc fx b]\ij 7 Ait^Cv niibeA]\cA A]\m ConAitt, CogliAm, AivpAttA 7 uib Cacx)ac uLa-ó tÁ IiaicIiCvjat) AwtAc 7 a vvioVco'ónAc1i 7 V° cm^eAttvAC t)oib ua cmb]\ACAiv c]\oi5 v°V ccúLa.'ó 7 110 voróenroAiv AiiAróeA'ó vo]\ A011 tAc1iAi]\ ]\ia v1ú ]\o btró ]\Aon v°]MAA-
Pac oite t)tiA uiiA ]\o etjuj; aiccCuca ha 1105. Ac coa*oaca]\ "ooib co ]\o cio]\diAn HAoun bC]\diÁn vait) *Oé co caobA]\CA c-ac aíi *oú vm von 5^1AttAib *Ouibtinne tA boCt) ó Héitt 7 tÁf An coicceAt) A]\ éCnA ííai]\ ]\o cmjeAtt co
1 Morann. — He lived in the beginning of our era. He was celebrated forhis Iove of iustice. He had a ring which being put on anybody's neck would not suffer him to utter a word save the truth. See Ogygia, p. 190, and 0'Curry's Manners, &c, ii. 21.
2 Property froni oíhers. — The allusion is to the practice of the Irish settling by force
in other places when driven from their own territory either by the English or by other Irish clans.
3 3500. — Annals F. M., i. 25.
4 Hy Eachdach. — This tribe inhabitcd the baronies of Upper and Lower Iveagh, of which the Magennisses were chiefs for many centuries. The Book of Righfs, p. 165, n.
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Thc implements for shooting which thcy had wcrc darts made of wood J 5QS- and clastic bows, with sharp-pointcd arrows, and lock-guns, as was usual with the English. O'Ncill and O'Donnell proceeded to harangue the champions, and cxhort the soldiers, and instruct thc heroes, and this was what thcy said to thcm : ' Brave men,' said they, ' be not dismayed or frightcncd by thc English on account of thcir strange wcapons, their unusual armour and arms, and the thundering sound of their trumpets and tabours and war-instruments, and of thcir own great numbers, for it is absolutcly certain that they shall be defeatcd over this day's fight. Of this, in truth, we are convinced, for you arc on thc sidc of truth and the othcrs on the side of falsehood, confining you in prisons and bchcading you, in order to rob you of your patrimonies. Moreover, we are quite sure that this day will distinguish bctween truth and falsehood, as Morann,1 son of Maen, said in thc wcll Icnown proverb : " There has not been found, nor will there be found, a more truthful judge than the battlefield." We have hcard this from our poets, and they have long since taught it to us. Besides, it is easier for you to defend your fatherland against a foreign race of strangers than to wrest thcir property from others 2 after being drivcn from your own lands, which have been in your possession from the year 3500 3 of the age of the world to this day.'
The nobles and chiefs said that what their princes asserted was true. Thc address which they made to the brave men produccd an effcct on them, for the minds of the herocs and the courage of the soldiers were roused, so that fury, and vigour, and a great desire to use their arms filled the Cinel Conaill, the Cinel Eoghain, the Hy Eachdach 4 of Ulster, owing to thc harangue of their princcs and true lords, and they promiscd thcm that they would not yield a foot, but would suffer death on thc spot rather than be defeatcd.
Another rcason too for which thc spirits of the soldiers were rouscd. It was told them that St. Berchan,5 the prophet of God, had foretolcl that a battle would take place therc against the English of Dublin by Hugh
•'• Berchan. — ' Bishop and prophet of God, life in Alba and the other half in Erin. He
of Cluainsosta in Hy Failghe- He was of was one of the four prophets of the Gaels.'
the race of Hercmon. Ferdaleithe was ano- His feast is on 4th of December. Martyr-
ther name for him ; i.e., he spent half his ology o/ Donegal, p. 327.
caocrACAir hia coi]\icm 7 cenét ConAitt rAinneA'ó. 1lo cpoicrCc iia cu]\Aró iu\ 1iepe]\A-ó ah rÁró nAorii 50A. Aré no -pittrij t)oib cCcur i\eiiicfnc1iAiicA aii 11A011Í1 t\|\oite pti Ai]TOeA]\c "oo fAinirmmcin ui *OoiiiHAitt x>o -j\AtA m a £&jv|iA'ó ron A11 rtuAi^Ct) rni 1u\i]\C;5 cuite -óó, pC]\ rCpA ó Cteiiuj a coriiAinm.
110 iomcoihAincri*óe cia liAinm b<\oi rop aii mAijinrm. 1lo liAirnéi'oeA'ó "óó. /dcbCjic^orii 5U|\ jio cAinngin nAonn TDCpchÁn rnAomeA-ó ro]\ gliAttAib ah t>ú rin ]\ia nAe-ó úa Héitt AiiiAit AC]\ub]\omo]\, fx, ^o]\ bo meAm<\i]\ tArp r]U ]\e
pOOA A11 CA1]\cCcAt "OO ]\011ie A11 ]?1]\ 11A01Í1, 7 ]\0 JAb occ gnerAcc 7 occ
tAoróeA'ó ha tAeó]\Aróe An'iAít bA •oú "om 1011 nc pAiiu\it, coiroeb*M]\c nmpo, & ccacIi A11 AcliAbuibe a^ taircuicpc ha *oaiiai]i, ía]\ iToicugA-ó Attmui]\eAcb bro rÁotró ri]\ ó chojiAijli.
O c1u\i]\mc ■ooiiA niAicib a municC]\ "oo ceccopcc 7 x>o crCmjmerAcc, ]\o ruróijpc íC]\ CCA111 m a 111011 ACAib lomAi^igróe ro C]\choriiAin n<\ nAttiiiA]\Ac (x no btn u]\rp]\Aic po]\]\A ó 11A rtAicib iia ]\en'icí ArcAir 1u conróAit n<\ n^Att COITOUr VlCCOir irrAlt HllbACA]\ ctATO (x ctApAcliA 7 úaiíi poctA'ÓA CAtlÍlAII. UO CtATOrCc A11 5A01"°etrtUAÍ; fon C1UHO 11A H^Att A11 C011A1]\ 111 ]\ob C]TOAtcA
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ccopAc AniiiAin ne lnoinjuni (x oiniriorii ]\e lnnróiob^iA^A'ó. 1lo rC]iAic rnoipcCcA ro^A-ó monncAot nui]\Ccc]\om 'ooib 7 ^AigliCc rjuubgen (x ubAitt- meAt tuAróe. 5d^A1cc 11A 501^ occ An "ombjiACCA-órorii ron ccumniA ccCcua a coet 5unnAT)Aib cC]\ca cobrATOe 7 AinurcAeicib mó^iAttAt) 50 cctopr a rpÚAniAnn<\ 7 a rro^liA^copnÁn 1 pCúAib 7 1 rArcoittab 1 coccuArAib ca]\]\ac (x I11 cunroAiglicib ctodi iia cc]\ioc1i ccompo^up. 1lo ^ohaic, ]\o ciieclicnAigic 'oí]\uiie t)on c]"tuA§ ceccA]TOA tÁp 11A coinroiub]\Aiccib acc ua niÁ bA riA ah'i ]\o ]^oic1icir •oiub]\Aicciu 11 a n^^tt. IDa licó Ai]\mimbC]\c "oo ]\oni'AC ha ^oi-óit "oepTOe. 1lo 1iei^i\ei-óic nnnA 5A^<^1^ nn ^ ccuaiiic, 7 110 ia"ó^ac iua
1 In the battle. — 0'Curry says this is not casion. MS. Mat.,-p. 417. We have already found in any of the Saint's prophecies. He alluded to the proneness of the Irish to believes it was specially made for the oc- believe in prophecies. See Introd., p. xxx.
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O'Neill and thc province also, for hc promised that they would comc to 159^- his aid, and especially thc Cinel Conaill. Thc heroes bclicvcd that thc holy prophct would not tell a lic. Iíc who first madc known thc prophecy
of thc Saint was a ccrtain famous poct of O'Donnell's own pcoplc, who happened to' bc with him on this cxpcdition, to gratify him. His namc was Ferfesa 0'Clery. Hc aslced what was thc namc of that placc. It was told him. He said that St. Ber-chan had forctold a defeat of the English thcrc by Hugh O'Ncill, as wc have said, and that he had in mind for a long time past thc prophccy which the holy man had made, and he procccdcd to excitc and exhort thc soldicrs, as was mcct for onelike him. He said, thcrcfore, ' In the battle l of thc Vcllow Ford it is by him thc foreigncrs shall fall. After the destruction of thc foreigncrs the mcn from Tory will be glad.'
Whcn the chicfs had cnded instructing and exhorting the pcople thcy placcd thcm thcn in suitable positions oppositc the foreigners, and a pcrcmptory order was given them by thc princes that they should not go forward to mcct the English until thcy came to the rampart wherc thc ditchcs and trenches and a deep pit of earth werc, which thc Irish army had madc against the English in the road they were sure to take. As the English drew near them they sounded their trumpets and horns and their martial instruments, so that to hear the martial instruments of the strange forces was a cause of terror and dismay to thc weak and feeble camp- followers and to the timid and cowardly. When the English army had crosscd the first broad, dcep trench which had been made in front of thcm, thc Irish advanced against them, and shoutcd atthcm boldly and fiercely. The van was obligcd to halt, owing to their numerous wounds, and stop on account of thc many shots. Thcy pourcd showcrs of vcry slendcr, light darts on them, and of sharp-pointcd arrows, and of heavy lcadcn balls. The English proccedcd to shoot in thc samc manner from their slender, straight-aiming guns and from their loud-sounding mushcts, so that thc report and noisc of their discharge was heard in the woods and forests and hollows of thc rocks, and in the fortresses of the neighbouring tcrritory. Many wcrc wounded and hurt in both armics by thc manv shots, but vct thc shots of thc English rcachcd farther. This was the manncr of fighting
which thc Irish adopted in consequcnce. Thcy spread themsclves about thc
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rnoittcAcriiAng 7 no t>tucArórCc Ati t>eAbAró rriir iia "OAnAiioib co no tÁrAC iia heicC'ÓA cacIia ]\o buí ro]\]\A t>iAneccAi]\ 7 Ati coCr t>iob]iAicchi 7 A11 occVja-ó imecq\Ach mncib A|\ mCtión co no roi]\]\5ic nA 501IX t)eirróe 7 t>o t)iob]\Aicchib ha n^AoróeAb Ía 'otur' 7 t>or>coitce ah -OAmgCn crAtiiAigci icArror-Ac Accoipj c^coa7 a nAi|\i§ 10111 <yi]V£ ÍAt). R011 ^Ab rC]\g 7 tonnur aii ÍAecnAit) ro]\ ^ac teic ÍA]1 ccomoi]\c ía]\ ccio]\]\bA"ó 7 íaji cc^echcnu^At) accajaac 7 AccoigleAcc 7 a ttAOfA iomtiAine ro]\ AmonéAib. 1)aca]i acató pot>A 7 ]\e uttciCn ro]\ An AbAi]\crm oc lomnubA'ó 7 occ Ai]\teAÓ Attoite gu]\ ]\o CAim jCt> ciuj 7 cumiá au crtoij JAtt 7 ^un ]io hoi]\bC]\nCt> ahai]\i§ 7 AnÚAfAiV.
O ]\o t>eoiiAró An piAt>A ro]\o]\t)A 7 aii comróe cuiíiaccac cojrgAn 7 CAcbl1A1t) A11 tAOipil t)011A 5A01'oeAL''A1^)» "P0 cCt)Aij t)o tAeó rAin]\eAt>AÓ •oonA 5A^A1^> íC]\ ccAtcCm mibui t)o pu'OAn tAir t)ot ^ur An mbAi]\itte bo conimCr-A t>ó t>onA bAi]\ibtib put>Ai]i bACA]\ ron imoc1iA]\ aca meici]\mCt>ón fol. 46. b. A11 T^015 ^00 V°1A^1ori<vo A butgpocoroe •ooro'óip, & ah caii ]io rnj; a tAirh gur An pút)A]\, ]\o tmj; mmt>]\icte ttA]i bA món Af An mAirt>e bAoi ron At>AtmAt> tAir ipn mbAi]\itte 7 Airritje m jac bAi]utte co A]\oite ^un ]\o co^bAic m lonAib 7 m ettAib Aeieoi]\ CcA]\buAf 111 ]\o bA coiiifoccur t>on ioiiAt> 1 cA]\]iArAi]\ eici]\ ojbA-ó 7 eochruvó, A]\m 7 eit>ró (x jac ní A]\ cCnA nob A-ótAic teó t)0 beic A]\ An tAchAin fm aca. tlo cumrcAi^Ct) t)An Ati ^onnA mó]t bÁt teo ro]\ tomochon Ar An 111A15C11 imbót 50 A]\ oite ionAt> tA cneAcliAn 7 tA cCtroAtcAcc An cio]\mpút>Ai]i A5 c]\entArA-ó comuttA nnite. bAoi beór aii ceAtAch itiA comceAtt hia 1iAommeAtt t)0]\c1iA t>uibchíAc 50 cCnn acIia-ó íC]\ ccAm, coha]i bo hfnurA t>o tieAch ÚAróib Aichne t>o cAbAi]\c ron po]\ t)iA mumcin but) t>em ca]\ Aon t>iA ecc]\Aicctb. Acc chCnA ]\o honcA 5ene]iA\t aii crtuAij ^aU, fx Accum^ró cacIia .1. henni begmg, 7 ttiomAC ■oía nÚAipttb (x t)iA iiAi]\eAchAib miA]ióCn rnr. Tlo meAbAró c]\a ro]\rnA ^AttAib tArot>Ain AiitAtt Ar gnAtcbér "oon crtoj rniA n CcAnrcAncAn AtiAineAc caca 7 Accenn cofCAt>A 7 coiiiAi]\te. 5A^A1C 11A 5A01"°1^ A5A teo"ó (x occa teAt)]iAt), occa ntAnbAt) G: occa mu-óu^At) nAn-oeipb ha ccniA]\Aib nA rriccib ua cc]uoccAib ua ccui]\tb nA ccét)Aib 50 ]iau5Aca]\ irceAch cAn nA mu]\Aib
1 Bagnal.—A short distance to the north " Slam.—S'ir Richard Bingham, formerly
of the marsh where the fight took place, is President of Connaught, was recalled and
a v/hitethorn bush still called ' the great appointed to succeed Sir Henry Bagnal as
man's thorn,' which is said to have been Marshal of the Army. But he died soon
pianted over Bagnal's grave. after landing in Dublin.
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English all round, and they closed on them and engaged the Engli,sh at 159«- close quarters, so that thcy drove the wings which were on the outsidc, and the sharpshooters and soldicrs bcyond them, into thcir midst, and the English were weakened by that and by the shots of the Irish, by their number, and by the closcness of the compact ordcr in which thcir leadcrs of battle and captains of the fight had placed them. Anger and wrath seized on the soldicrs on both sides in consequence of the ldlling, the slaughtering, and the wounding of their friends, thcir companions, and those dear to them before their faces. They were skirmishing and fighting with each other in this way for a good while and a long time, until the closeness and compactness of the English army were weakened and their leaders and nobles were gappcd.
As the providence of God and the mighty Lord ordained victory and triumph for the Irish that day, hc allowed a certain English soldier who had spent all the powder he had to go to the nearcst of the barrels of powder carried by them, in the very middle of the army, to refill his pouch once more, and when he stretched out his hand to the powder a spark that was not large fell from the match which he had lighting into the barrel, and from that to each of the barrels in succession, so that whatever was near the place where they were standing, men and horses, arms and armour, and everything which they needed to have by them, was blown up into the regions and clouds of the air. The great gun which they carricd with them. was moved from where it was to another place by the force and conflagration of the dry powder, when it blazed up fiercely to the wall of the heavens. The hill too all round was one mass of dark, blinding fog for a while after, so that it was not easy for any one to distinguish exactly who were his own people from one of his enemies. However, the General of the English army and their champion of battle, Henry Bagnal,1 and with him very many of the nobles and leaders were slain.- The English were defeatcd, as is usual with an army whose leader in battle and defenders and advisers have becn scattered. The Irish procecded to mangle and hack, to kill and destroy by twos and threcs, by scores and thirties and fifties and hundreds until thcy came within thc walls in the
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meo,óonc1iAib m A]Voiíiac1ia. 1mp\irCc aíi ^LAftAic (x a nsiottAnjiAi-ó (x ]\o ^Abp\c aj rcóbA'ó &ti pAntAÓ <\c]\oc1iai]\]hc ipn ccac, (x occ "oicdroA'ó HA "ojiumge ]\obcA]\ beo^Aoice Aiin. IDacaji "oípriie AnéoÁÍA t)e]\]\At)Aib AHAiclifncA exAiritA.
-di]\ipc ^Aovóit 05 iompJit>e .d]VoriiAc1iA 1110 jacIi Ai]\t> -oo checeoiiAib Ai]\oib An bAibe, coha]\ teiccrCc neAÓ 111111111 110 AÍtec pu ]\e ceo]\A noroche con a tAib. 1n eAcniAing nA ]\eepn ]\o tApAC 11 a 5A1tt a cceccA vo fAi^ró ha n5^oi"óet oia cum^eA'ó cuca Aconu\i]\teccA'ó -óoib t>e]\Ach ah puinc ]\eiiie]\e]\ciiiA]\ AmbACA]\ a mumcCn íropbAip pu ]\é f-ooA 7 coiu\i]\teiccci •01A tuclic iomcouiiét>A cocc rtÁn "oia rÁi^í'ópuTn co 1iA]\,oniAc1iA í<\]\ fol.47.fl. brÁgbAÍt Ati bAite tAbÚA Héitt 7 a cC-ouJAb t>oib "oibtmib poA-ó mArrpcdng
A 1l-&]\'OrilAc1lA. *Oo COCA]\ 11A niAiclie 00 C]\U-Ó ACCOlÍUM]\te 1111 on CCAHlgCn
pn. AcbCrqwc roi]\Cnx) t>íb co]\ bo hiomAi^róe a te^A'ó tionA ^^ttAibli nncecc A]\ t)Aij rAgb^tA aii pui]\c, a]\ bA c]\eiiiii,orit>e vo ]\a^a Cco]\]\a 7 ]\o c1iui]\]^Cc aii cac ]\o joiica (x ]\o nu\]\bcA itioniAc oia niumci]\, 7 bA conccAn mó]\ teó a c]\a]xcai]\c (x aco]\ t)A]\ cCnt). *Oo b^cA]\ A]\ oite t)ib
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hiomcurii^Aib AmbAccAii 7 ha pngbiche m éiptip t>o ]\róip, -oia nejmÁicir ÚAit>ib aii cAnpn. A\\ a aoi pn Af rAi]i ■oeip'ó tAr iia niAicib ro -óeóró a te^AÓ ÚAibib. 1lo nArómeAt) ]\ac1ia Cco]\]\a tnpu 7 AiiAtt 1111 conu\tt t)iA]ioite.. -Acc UAmÁ 111 ]\o ceA-OAi^rCc 5A01^1^ n^cli nC]\nt>Ait bit) a]\
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1 Battle.— For a more detailed account Gilbert's Facshnilcs, pt. iv., p. xliii. A con- of this very important battle by English temporary p)an of the battle will be found writers see Introd., p. xciii., antea, and Ibid., plate xxiv.
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middle of Armagh. Thc soldiers and their attendants rcturncd and 15 procccdcd to strip thc pcoplc who had fallen in battlc and to bchcad thc crowd who were severely wounded. The booty of unusual, strange clothing was grcat.
Thc Irish rcmained to besiege Armagh at each of the four quarters of the town, so that they did not allow anyone in or out for a space of thrcc days and thrce nights. After that timc the English sent messengers to thc Irish to ask them to confer with them about leaving thc fortrcss we have mentioned, where their pcople had been in garrison for a long time, and about allowing thc wardcrs to go safe to Armagh aftcr giving up thc place to Hugh O'Xeill, and both being permitted to retirc from Armagh. The noblcs wcnt to take counscl on the proposal. Some of them said that it would be right to allow the English to go away aftcr they had surrendercd the fortress, since it was on account of it they had fought and the battle had taken place, in which many of their people were wounded and slain, and their defeat and expulsion was a great triumph to them. Othcrs of them opposed this, and said it was not right to let the English escape from the great straits in which they were, and they would not be found careless a second time if they escaped from them then. How- ever, it was decided by the chiefs at last to let them go away. Tcrms wcre agrced on bctween thcm on this side and on that to be observed by both. Howcver, the Irish did not allow any supplies of food, guns, or ordnance, powder, or lead to be taken away by anyone out of the fortrcss exccpt his trunk and his arms which were allowed to the captain who was there. The English thcreupon lcft the fort, and protection and quartcr was given them till thcy camé to Armagh. The next day the two bodies of English wcnt from Armagh to Xcwry and to their own homcs, and they showcd grcat anxiety as regards their army, what number had fallen sincc thcy went on thc cxpedition. The number, as the well ínformed rcckoncd, was two thousand five hundred, bcsides their Gcneral and eightecn captains also, with noblcs and gentlcmen. But all the same, a grcat numbcr of them cscapcd without being slain on the spot, though thev were wounded, and they reckoned the missing as well as thosc who wcrc slain. Thc báttlc1 took place on the tenth day of August, in thc very bcginning of harvest.
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f ogh AniAin t>o ]iaccai6 An cac ifm. Do tieachACAf c]ia úa Tléitt úa 'OoiimAitt 7 nA ^Aonóit Af cCiia t>iA cajib AliAicte An chor^Ain rm, 7 bA rtÁn táf nA niAichib a mCnniA gebcAf ite mCfbA-ÓA 7 ní ]io Ia irnioth hac mt>eicicm n ]io hof ca ÚAitnb, ÚAin nocliA cuniAin cac ponA AiiiAit pt ipn -oCfbAnufcc. fol.47 b. T)ÁtA uí T)omnAitt, bAirlbe conA ftoí; iffof co teicc occ teiccé<vó Afcífi ÍA]irAn ccac fm An ácIia bunohe.
Daoi "OAn t>únAt> t^Am^Cn tncogtAi'óe 1n ccoicceAt) nAiteAttA ifin ccofAnn t>o funnA-ó, bAite aii mócAigh a comAinmp-óe. Oacaji 501 tt -oo 5féf f]n né cConA mbtiA-óAn -oécc 1 ronbAiri ifin t)únAt> ifin *ouf An ccAifpcif eitt nA cniche mA coriifoqiAib Afp 7 m no cuimgeA'ó a JAbAit ronjiA ah Ai]\Cccfm. Uof ruAi]\rCcc AfAitt •oonA hÚAiftib -oiAn bo coic aii bAite 7 nA rC]\omn ]\obcA]i compoiccfi t>ó bao^At An bAite gu]\ ]\o JAbfAC A]1 eiccm é fopfiiA ^AttAib. *Oo ctomn n'OonncliAi-ó An co]iAinn nA 1ií tÁr no jjAbAt), CACAt "Oub 7 TotmAtcAÓ 05 t>A iíiac Cacai^ nnc *Oonnc1iAi"ó iAt)fróe, 7 bA -oóib ]io bA ]\ui"ótiof A]1 aoi iroúchcufA An 'oúnA'ó. Ho bA rniorh At>bAt tA ^oibCpnóif An coigi-ó Sen Coneuf Clioro]\c aii bAite t>o jjAbAit ro]\ a mumci]i 7 ]\o JAb occ AftAch ctoinne T)onnch.Aró mion 'oúnAt) t>o CAbAi]\c t)ó t>o próip, 7 t)o iiAni]\n5in coiíia"o1ia mó]\A t)iA cmt> tA cAob rifóitf 1 AfOfbA t)óib but> *oem, 6b t»iA riot mA mDeAtiliAigli. O ]\o í)Airneit>eAt> "oúa *OoiiinAitt nrofm ]\o ÚA]\cctomAt) Aftoj tAif imír Sepcembef, €t m ]\o Aipif 50 ]1aiuaic ^obAite aii HIÓCA15, 7 no ^Ab occ rnif uit>e m bAite occ bAij 05 bubcAt) ro]i ctomn n*oonn- diAró reAchc Ann munA cAb]\At>Aif au bAite t)ó bu-ó-óem -peAch cÁch. Ax\ pechc noite no biot> 05A nAit7 05A neA'OAfjui'úeimó chÁbAinc nt)ó t>A]i cCnn tóite reb no bnCcAijfroir f em f Ain, coiia'ó f Aip. t>er it> tAf An ccAch<\t 7 tAr An ccomAtcAC ACub]iAmA]i An bAite t>o c1iAbAi]\c *oúa 'OomiiAitt 7 t>ÍA cenét t>o fio]i A]\ ceicni cét) ponncA 7 A]i C]11 cét) bó. O ]io nAit)iiifioc a ccu]\a ceccAi]i nAe AiiitAró pn t>o -óeAcliAit) ó *Oon'mAitt ro cecoi]i coiia rtogliAib tAir m iochcA]i 1111iAmeAch. 1lo c]ieAch<xt) 7 ]io coniimt)]ieAt) imboi ro liiAinur Sen
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xDillon. — He commanded a troop of Ireland, being created Viscount Dillon of horse in the beginning of Elizabeth's reign. Costello Gallen. He died in 1624 at a very In 1622 he was advanced to the peerage of advanced age. Archdall's Peerage, iv. 177.
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Meantime O'Neill, O'Donnell, and the Irish also returned to their homes ,59& after that victory, and the minds of the nobles were satisfied though thcir losses were many, and they did not show great sorrow or distress for those who were slain, for a battle for right is not remembered with regret, as the proverb says. As for O'Donnell, he was at rest with his army, getting rid of his fatigue after that battlc of the Yellow Ford.
There was a strong, very secure fortress in thc province of Oilioll, at Corran precisely, named Ballymote. The English were in garrison in that castle continuously for the space of thirteen years, to see if they could get an opportunity of seizing on the neighbouring territory by mcans of it, and it could not be taken from them during that time. Some of the noblcs who claimcd thc town and lands near it found the place unguarded and took it by force from the English. Those by whom it was taken were of the Clann Donough of Corran, Cathal Dubh and Tolmal- tach Oge, the two sons of Cathal MacDonough ; to them the castle belonged by inheritance. It was a great affliction to the Governor of the province, Sir Conyers Clifford, that the place should be taken from his people, and he set to beseech the Clann Donough to restore the castle to him, and he promised large rewards for it, together with the possession of the land for themselves and their posterity. When this was told to O'Donnell he assembled his forces in the month of September, and he did not halt until he came to Ballymote, and he set to besiege the place, at one time blustering and threatening the Clann Donough if they did not deliver up the place to himself rather than to anyone else. At another time he begged and prayed them to give it up to him for the price they would themselves put on it. Wherefore it was decided by Cathal and Tomaltach, of whom we have spoken, to surrender the place to O'Donnell and his family for ever for four hundred pounds and three hundred cows. When they had concluded the agreement with each other in this way, O'Donnell went immediately with his forces to lower Hy Many. What was under the power of Sir Theobald Dillon1 was plundered and preyed by them, so that his army took away with them a plenty of every kind of treasure together to Ballymote, and he gave the four hundred pounds of which we have spoken and the three hundred cows to the sons of Donough,
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*Oo bC]\c ó *OocIia|\cai5 SeAAti 05 iiaoi ppiclnc ponncA "oon AjigACfin "OÚa "OorimAitt 1n ccongnAtn. *Oo ]\accaó An bAite ÍApoiii oúa *OlioiiinAitt 7 Aipipip 41111 íf|\CAin.
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1 Thomas Roe- — He was the eldest son Munster, and imprisoned in the Tower of
of James, sixteenth Earl of Desmond, but London, where he died in 1608- We have
he was set aside by his father's will, and given his historv at length in the Irish
Gerald, his second son bvanothermarriage, J\fonthly of 1877.
succeeded to the title and estates. He was 2 Gerahf. — The first of the familv who
slain in 1583. At his death the title was came to Ireland vvas Maurice, the son 01
claimed by James, Thomas' eldgst son. He Gerald (hence FitzGerald and Geraldine).
is known in history as the ' Sugan Earl.' He is the common ancestor of the Earls of
1 1 c was betrayed by his relative, the White Rildare and of Desmond. His eldest son
Knight, in 1601, to Carew, President of became Baron of Offaly. From his third
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as thcy had arrangcd with him. Shane Oge 0'Dohcrty gave ninc scorc 1598. pounds of that money to O'Donncll to aid him. The place was givcn ovcr to O'Donnell then, and he remained there.
At that time Mac William, Theobald, son of Walter Ciotach, camc to O'Donnell to ask him for aid in men to strengthen him against his encmies. He sent with him strong bodies of his people,of his soldicrs and mercenaries, with Shane Oge 0'Dohcrty and MacSwíny Banagh, Donough, son of Maolmuire Mergach. Mac William went with that army silently and without being noticed or heard, except by a fcw, through every territory through which they passed, until they came to the Owlcs, for it was there the greater part of the herds and flocks and property of the whole of MacWilliam's territory had gone. He sent his marauders, fierce and wrathful, to spread and scatter through the country all round, and they gathered the herds and droves of oxen and cattlc which were not in thc islands of the lakcs and in those of the sea, so that they had full and plenty of every kind of cattle then. Though it was easy to follow them owing to the quantity of plunder, they came without wound or danger with their plunder and treasures to Tirawley, and MacSwiny to Tir Boghaine, and 0'Doherty to Inishowen.
In the meantime the miseries of war spread throughout the extent of Ireland, and James, son of Thomas Roe,1 was made Earl of Desmond by the authority of the Irish, without the permission of the English, and he rose in war like thc rest. His family was of the Geraldincs by dcscent, having taken the name by which they were called from a certain Gerald 2 from whom this family is descended. They came from the English territory to the island* to seize it like the rest, and they dwelt in the terrritory of Fermorc,3 south of the Shannon. They contracted friendship with thc descendants of Milesius after a time, and conformed to their manncr of life and habits, and were full of generosity and hospitality likc thcm. The soldiers of London came then to the island by order of thcir
son Thomas, the Earls of Desmond are acquired large estates in Cork, Limerick, descended. The Earls of Kildare,p. \o. and Kerry. In 1329 Maurice FitzThomas
3 Fermorc. — This family, soon after the was created Earl of Desmond- See Lynch's arrival of the Anglo-Normans in Ireland Feudal D/o/iiiies, p. 231.
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fol.48.^. gur An tnp La ronconj^tA a R105 -oo pottAihnAcc ha ccuac -oía cconjbAit rju •olije-ó co ccAjicrAC n<\ ^CuaIcaij AC]\ub]\omo]\ ro "óoine 7 CAvicurAt AiiiAit ^Aoi-óeAU. AqiAijpCc 11A ^CuaIcaij 1 ccogAt) uia nAJAit) ro •óeóm. 1ío coirneAt) Ia ^aIIaiIí) lAcrorii ajvmi ccjuch 7 no *oio1da-óaic mte t>o ]\aic acc niA-ó bC^. Oen tnb-rme aii Semur hiac UoniAir fttÍAm 110 nAmrim, 7 •00 tvuimCnrCcc ha cireA-órom rniú A]\ An •omflrii 7 A|i aíi cA]\curAtimboi aca, (x 'oo nonrAcc bntj mbicc t>e, úai]i ]\o bm nu\c íia ponrtACA 11151 Attnur hi cacuaig Loiroon .1. Semur ihac au gCpoicc t>o tunrcAin ah cocca-o ceccur nuc Senunr rrnc SeAAin. An AOirm t>o 5111 ah caoui *Oía UAit -0011 T>CncAin 7 b]ieoceAtc1iA T>on Aotbit 7 A]\ Aite t>tA rAriitAi^hceAt). Ro cot>íu]\yó beór cenétA ía]\ 11A nTnb-oeAt) rechc ]UAinh. ImcliA rAriitAm ní]i bo cói]\ TXfcgAttAib *Ouibtmne lon^iiAt) t>e cía t>o ^nece lArtA t>o Shemur niAC UoniAir 1Iúait> 7 cía no cireAT) r]uúrorii "OAiche a ecc]\Aicir ro]\]\A.
Uia§aicc -oponjA mó]iA chu^A ro]\ AmrAine 7 t>o congnArii tAir a coigeAt) 1l1eAt)bA 7 a coicceAt) ConcobAi]\ nnc HerrA. AcuacIicacau. énh ^AoiTnt coiccit) gAitÍAU ipn ccoccAt) ón num ccCciia, Ct)ón riot Cac1iaoi]i mói]\ nuc tpetim rinupgtAir. L)aca]i DÍumie accoiíi]\aiíia 7 Accor^Ain t)ibtmib t>o "óeAbcAib 7 tnomAn^AtAib ro]i JAttAib -ooin^mb 7 T>AT>AiicAib 7 -oo JAbAtAib cnum 7 mmte poprnA cuACAib bAco]\ ro AmAt*ur 7 ro ArniAcc ]\o btm eirintc -OAirneir no t»o c]\uium.
tomchurA uí X)oihnAitt ó 110 rcAich tAir gteot) 5AÓA CAm^ne ]\o ]\eiiiAi]met)purii bA 1iAnn bAoi Ai]iiriorii 7 a corimuije 111 bAite aii ITH10CA15. ÍJa rot>A tAir ]\o bACA]i SpAinmí; gAti ceAchc 1n coi]ucm rCn rCme reb no cmjeAtt^AC, conAt) Ai]ie rm no fom a ceccA t>on SpÁm "oeccAÓme imnró 7 Anrro]itAinn ua ngAoi-óet rjur aii U15 pitib. 1li 1111 Sepcembe]i imCoón rochmAi]u t>o fuii]\AT> ]\o romic iia ceccA. 1ío c1iAchAinAi]i aii ci pitip ]\e riú t>o ]nonncAirCc. TI1 ]iAibe rpn ch]iumne rcét bA mó aiíi ÚA1]1 ]\o tCch a A-óbctop ron tnte T>oriiAii. 111 a ]\o bui a Aichjdn "oía eip ipn mbioc Ap
1 So)i of the true ftrince. — He was sent the end of 1601. See Life of F. MacCarthy
over to Ireland at the suggestion of Carew, Mor, p. 486.
president of Munster. The account of 2F. Firterglas.— He was Ringof Leinster.
the way in which he was treated in Kil- See Todd's Life of St. Patrich, p. 253.
mallock when the people found he had 3frish. — Fenius Farsa, from whom the
gone to the Protestant Church is given in name Fir Feine, given somclimes lo the
Pac. }Iib.,\>. 162. He was taken back to Irish, is taken, wús the grandfather of Gaid-
the Tower of London, and died there about elus(aquoGaidhel),andancestorofMilesius.
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King to subdue thc country and put it undcr law, and they brought thc 1598. Geraldines, of whom we have spoken, into subjectíon and contcmpt, like thc Irish. Thc Geraldines rose in arms against thcm at last. They wcre driven from their territory by the English, and soon all but a few wcre slain. Onc of these was Jamcs, son of Thomas Roe, of whom wc have spoken, and they thought he would not oppose them, owing to the dis- respect and contempt they had for him, and they sct little store by him, because the son of the true prince,1 James, son of Gcrald, who first began the war, son of James, son of John, was in prison in the Towcr of London. However, the one God made an oak of the acorn and a consuming fire of the spark and other things in the same way. He raised up too families after their ruin before this. Since it was so, it was not right for the English of Dublin to wonder that James, son of Thomas Roe, should be made Earl, and that he should be able to vent his enmity on them.
Great numbers came to him to serve under and assist him from thc province of Meadhbh and the province of Conor Mac Nessa. The Irish of the province of Leinster too rose in arms in the same way, i.e.} the race of Cathaoir Mor, son of Fedhlim Firurglas.2 The contentions and victories of both were many in disputes and struggles against the English, in plunder- ings, taking droves and preys of cattle and flocks, in the countries which wcre under their power and obedience, which it would be tedious to relate or describe.
As for O'Donnell, when he had concluded all the business mentioned above, his dwelling and abode was at Ballymote. He thought it long that thc Spaniards did not come to aid the Irish as they had promiscd. Where- fore hc sent his messengers to Spain to complain of the sufferings and hardships of the Irish3 to King Philip. In the month of September, in the middle of harvest, the messengers were sent. Philip died 4 before thcy set out. Thcre was not in thc world more important ncws, for his fame was spread over thc whole earth. If one like him followed him in
Ogygia, p. 3495and Keating's H. of Ircland, character in many respects different from
p. 99. that of his father, though not less anxious
4 Dicd. — Philip II. died 1 5th September, than he to aid the Irish both at home and
1598, after a reign of 43 years, at the age abroad in their efforts for their faith and
of 72. His successor, Philip III., was of a country.
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iuvóá reipn no jdiAip. Daoi c]\a ó *OomiiAitt 1 forr nnbAite ah III0CA15 co réit tCme aii conii-oet), (x ó c1iAi]\mc tAir ah crotÍAniAin 00 AinrincniuJA'ó aiíiaiI ]\o bwó -oío]\, ]\o cCgtoniAic a rtoigh oia f Ai^ró "oo -óut irin ccoicc]uc1i, fol. 49.(7. 7 ó 00 ]\iac1icaca]\ co 1iAon 1Í1A15111 ro a co^liAi^im, ]\o ApccnÁ co hmctCi- che jah A^iu^At) 5A11 ujvfo^nA x>o ]\ochcAin ]\iatíi 50 ctomn 1Iiocai]VO (^epcAjv 01Í111A15 unC^tAij Aic]\eAbAij ha c]\idie ]\eniiib) 50 ]\Aimcc jau ]\AbAt) ^ah ]iacu5ax) 1u c]\epu]xut ha mArone muiclie co citt CotgAii. A]\ ]\oc1icaui •óó aii x)ú rm ]\o rccAOitic ArcdriieAtcA UAitnb t)A jjacIi teic nnon cíji iua cunceAtt c]ua cC]\cmC-óón ctomne 1tiocAi]\cc riAn 50 ]\iac1ic tD^iong "óiob 1110 iomroc]\Aib *ooi]\ecc IteniAinn, 7 A]\oite 50 "01111 5l1A11Ae m co1^t ° bpiAC]\Ac. *Oo niA]\bAT) (x 00 mu'ÓAróC'ó ite "00 DoicCnétcAib 7 x>o yo\- cCnétcAib teorAróe. 1ciCc ]\obcA]\ AinCjj'ÓA'oonA roicenétoib "oo nochnACAn Ann Uoi]\]\x)eAtbAc buróe (x foniAii "OÁ iúac Ro]\x nuc HAicne nnc lllAoiteAchtomn uí Loclitomn. Uo niA]\bAX) OAn tAf au ccoi]\]vóeAtbAc rm occa nucornAin bu-ó-óem A]\ 01 te "oo ctom-o n"OorimAitt ^AttocctAÓ bAoi irrA]\]\A-ó 111ic HittiAin ron au rtoite-ó rm, Acó Duróe 05 hiac x\ex>A Oui-óe nuc 1llAÓtmui]\e a coiiiAmmrróe. 'Oo mA]\bA-ó beór tA "onums oite 00 riiumciu uí T)horimoitt •oÁ n'iAC t1ittiAm nnc SeAAin o 1tmnmit 7 iiiac UeAboicc nnc *OAbÓ5 o -ohoi]\e uí T)1iomiiAitt 7 iiiac a n'nc. Ito bA-ó ite rocliA b]\om 7 bAjxjAine I11 ctomn ItiocAuvo po bic acco]\c]\aca]\ ÚAioib cen mo c1iac ua niAice rm. 6]vJAbcA]\ 111ac 1loibC]\T> ó oi^Cpc ceAttAig (.1. tlitticc niAc I1ittic uuai-ó nnc I1itticc 015) tA HlAJnup 05 iiiac Aet)1iA nnc fflAgnurA ,oC]\b]\AchAi]\ uí *Oon'mAitt. tto tei]\icionoiteA-ó cno-ó 7 c]\eAÓAi]vc;che ha C]uc1ie uia ccAmcib c]ioniA coincCn'itA, 7 éoÁtA Ai-óbte oite cénmocÁc tÁ mumcin uí *Ohorimiott gup An 111^15111 a ccA]\ArcAin é bu'ó'óein, (x gebcAn iohi-óa AiiiAir 7 ogbA-ó lA]\tA ctonine TIiocai]vo irm C]\ic1i, 7 5e]\bo mntií; 0011 cí]\ au Ainb]\eACA •orutAn^ A]\ "ÓAig An inróíom ron An eccpAioib nuj; ó *Oon'iiiAitt coiia ftoj ha cneAÓA
1 Kilcolgan. — A village nine miles south- king of Connaught in the 7th centurv. See west of Athenry. p. 133, antea.
2 Oireacht Redmond. — A district in the 4 Hy Fiachrach. — i.e., the inhabitants of barony of Kiltartan, Co. Galway, which the district now comprised in the diocese takes its name from a family of the Burkes of Kilmacduagh. They went by the name of Clanricarde. of Hy Fiachrach Aidhne, to distinguish
z Dungory.— A townland near Kinvarra, them from another tribe inhabiting the in which is a ruined castle said to have present barony of Tireragh,Co. Sligo. See been built on the site of the palace of Guaire, Tribes, &r>c. of Hy Fiachrach, pp. 3 and 3^.
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the world it was from him he sprang. Mcantime O'Donncll was 1598. resting at Ballymote up to the fcast of the Nativity of the Lord, and whcn he had finished celcbrating the fcast in a fitting way hc gathercd his forces to go into the ncighbouring territory, and they came together at his summons. He marchcd secretly without being pcrceivcd, without any warning prcccding him, into Clanricarde (though the inhabitants of thc tcrritory wcre in fear and terror of his coming), until he came unnoticed, unperceived in the twilight of the early morning to Rilcolgan.1 On coming there his marauders were sent out on every side into the country all round, right through the middle of Clanricarde, wcstwards, until a body of thcm came to the confines of Oireacht Redmond 2 and more to Dungory,3 in thc wood of Hy Fiachrach.4 Many of the common people and of the gentlcmcn wcre killed and massacred by them. The principal men of the nobility who fell thcrc werc Turlough Buidhe and Brian, two sons of Rossa, son of Antony, son of Malachy O'Loughlin.5 There was slain also by that Turlough, when defcnding himself, a certain one of the Clann Donnell Galloglach, who was with Mac William on that excursion ; Hugh Burke Oge, son of Hugh Buidhe, son of Maelmuire, was his name. There were also killed by another body of O'Donnell's people two sons of William, son of John of Rinvylle, and a son of Theobald, the son of Davock, from Derry O'Donnell,0 and his son's son. There were many causcs of woe and lamentation in Clanricarde for those of them who wcre slain beside these nobles. MacHubert7 of Disert Kelly, i.e., Ulick, son of Ulick Roe, son of Ulick Ogc, was seized by Manus Oge, son of *Hugh, son of Manus, O'DonnelFs brother. The flocks and herds of the country wcre gathcred in large, plentiful droves, and the other different trcasures besides, by O'Donnell's people to the place where he himself remained, and though the troops and soldiers of the Earl of Clanricardc wcre numerous in the district, and though it was hard for the territory to cndure the hardships, not being protected from its encmies, O'Donnell
5 (JLoughlin— They were chiefs of Bur- 6Z>. O'Domiell.— A townland in the
ren about the time of the Anglo-Norman parish of Athenry, three miles east ot
invasion. O'Donovan says their pedigree Oranmore.
has not been made out with anything likc 7 MacI/ubert.—A sept of the Burkes.
certainty. Top. Poems., Ixxii. Isertkelly is 5 miles south-west of Loughrea!
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ÍA]\ CCA111.
■An caii c|ia "oo uac t)Am1lio<5<\in Saxah "oia liuró ah coniieijvge co^aiú t)o ]\onpAC ^Aoi-óit 7 A|\Aitt "oo ponnjjAttAifo eneAnn uia Iiajai-ó 7 111 ]\o
1lO]\CAt> t)ÍA hÚAirtl'b 7 TDÍA 1lA]\T)11lA1Cl'b t>1A hÓgfoAlt) 7 t>1A 1lAtÍip)lfo 1 CCAcll
fol.49.^. au -Ac1iAbuit>e 7 m jac ihaijui a]\ cCha m ]to tnu-ÓAijic a mtuncfn rechnón e]\enn ]\o tA 1u rmom 7 1n coi]\p r>-of]\riiAiu ipt>e, conAt) rAin -oetp-ó te (x tA con"iAi]\te SAXAn 1a]VIa or 6rreoc -oo con co hepnn tpn mbetcme a]\ cciito ■£)uy Aii tion cet> 7 cac btu-ófn bA 1110 aiíi mmpc tiubAi]\ t>o cocc 111 e]unn a SAOCAib ]uaiíi 50 pn. tlipoucur "Peb]\UA]u ]io quAttAt) mt) r 111, 1 599. Ay Ai]ie éiii ]io cint»eAÓ teó ah dA]\tA or errex AC]\ub]\Aino]\ t>rAoit)eAt) 50 he]unn ca]\ Aon oite t>ur AnbAt) rf]\]\ acIioiiac caca ott>Ar cohacIi ha roi]\ne trnr rAUJACAn mce ó mbAinuioíjAin rechc ]\íaiíi, úaiu bA hep-óe cfnn ioinA]\bAJA nA SAXAn 7 a ]unn aja 7 ioiiiai]\cc, 7 bA ciiAijumeAt) cacIia t)iA Pponnpx m ^Ach mAtgm 1 rro]\con5]\At) p\i]\ t»ut ifrn eo]\Aip.
1599, A11 8. btAt)Ain.
*OaLA <Aot)A 1lt1A1t> UÍ 'OoiÍ'lllAltt bA rOt)A tAipOIÚ ]10 bACA]1 AfttlAJ occ
tecceAt) Arcíp r]\i ]ié Aom míorA nA mÁ, A]\ a aoi m pcci]\ ]'Ain]ieAt) cAit)he aii cionAt) inA^Ait), úai]a m |':A]\^Aibpoiii Ai]\t> no Ai]\cfnt) iiaic 1011CA mtntte 1u ccoicceA-ó nAitbottA ua ]\o innpurcAtn no ua ca]vo geitt 7 aici]u ÚAi-óifo cenmocÁ aii mbtonó cí]ie pur au "LuimneAC ACÚAit>h ]to cAttcA t)on coicceAt) ó cfm, ft)hón 5Ai]Vb]pCnAnn tutj-oeAc memn nuc -AfnjjurA cí]uj t)iA hj;a]\o]\ cÚA-ómuniA Aim cah^a. grá ipt>e t)nA bA fAigfó uj]iA 7 "oeAbcA fAi§it) ron ua rAonctAiiiiAib ]\ur Aic]\eAb .1. X)&L CAir nuc ConAitt eAchtuAic nuc Luijt)eAC memn rtomceAn ó b]\iAn bo]\un'iA hiac Cemnfcij aiiuí. 1lobcA]\
1 May. — Beltine, so called from the fires whom Eoghan, ancestor of the M'Carthys, lighted by the pagan Irish on the first of was the eldest ; Cormac Cas, ancestor of that month in honour of their god Beal. the O'Briens, the second. Oilioll made a
2 Powers. — See p. xcix., antea. law that the senior of their descendants 3D.o/Cas. — Oilioll Olum, king of Muns- should be king. If he was of the race of
ter in the 2nd century, had seven sons, of Eoghan, then the tanist should be of the
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and his army took thc prcy with them without strifc or skirmish till thcy 159S came by slow marches to Ballymote. Never bcforc was therc collcctcd a spoil of encmy's cattlc cqual to or likc it in that placc since it was first built. O'Donnell's army then returncd to thcir homes.
As soon as the Qucen of England observcd the general rising in arms which thc Irish and also some of the old English of Ircland cngagcd ín against her, and thc number of her nobles and chiefs, youths and soldiers, who were slain at Atha Buidhc and in every othcr battlefield where her people were massacrcd throughout Ireland, she showcd gricf and violent sorrow, whcrefore she and the English Council rcsolved to scnd the Earl of Essex to Ireland in the following Mayx with the fullest powers2 and the largest army, as books state, that came to Ireland from England up to that. This was decided in the bcginning of February, 1599. The rcason why the Earl of Essex, of whom we havc spoken, was selected to be sent to Ireland rather than anyone else was because his success in warwas greater than that of any of those who had come hither from the Oueen before, for he was the commander in battle of the English and the front of conflict and contention and the leadsr in the fight of his Ouccn in every battiefield where he was ordercd to go in Europe.
1 599, the eight year.
As for Hugh Roc O'Donnell, he thought it long his army was taldng rcst, 1599. though it was only for the spacc of onc month. Yet he did not know precisely to what place he should go, for he had not lcft a quarter or a border or a garrisoned placc in the province of Oilioll which he did not prey or take hostages or pledges from, exccpt the portion of territory to the north of Limerick, which had been separated from the provincc long before, i.c, thc rough district of Lughaidh Mean, son of Ocnghus Tirech, which is now called Thomond. It was to engage in fighting and conten- tion to attack the noble tribe who inhabited it, i.c, the descendants of Cas,3 son of Conall Eachluaith, son of Lughaidh Mean, who have their
family of Cormac Cas ; if of the race of xiv., and War of the Gaedhil, &~>c, p. 160. CormacCas,thetanist should beofEoghan's Cas mentioned in the text was sixth in des- family. See The Battle of Magh Leana, cent from Cormac Cas.
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c)\o-óa cornAiiiAchA ah cemét ón chmrCc. b& rCp curiiAint; iuai]\ aii rUic ]\or ptlATntiA'ó ÚAipoib 1 reachcCA .1. >Oonnc1iAt> iiiac ConcobAin meic X)onc1iAi-ó ui bjUAin 1a]\U UuA-ómumhAn. bA ceAnn ajuc 7 Ajmom em]\ ^AttAit) *Ouibtmne 7 ^epbAc mó]iA nnptcA ah cdniuit -oiAmbui r]u rto^Aib Saxah, 7 é but>oeirin t>o JAOi-óeAtAib, Afé Aom feAn bA rCjvóA rpAoch iiiir^ni-óe ro]icAoriinA5Ai]\ iccjuch nenmn 05 rpeArcAt 7 rorAt) cocbu^A-ó aii co^At) rni 5Aoi-oeAtAiu au ronAitdh 7 a]\ roncon^uA 54U. b^ moroe órii rAinc 7 Ait^Cr uí DhorimAitt t>m]\e"ó a cine ha cCrcmotcA htpn. 1"lin uó ro-ÓAmg t)ororii ah ní rm A]i "OAm^eAnmnitte a ■otmcpo'obAi-óe (xAtncpeb ooieotAir 7 Abeit^eob biochp-oo, bo]vochuniA5, a 1iAmt>]ieAnn 7 Ahinróo]\Aró fol.50.tf. imecciiAcliA A]\ cCiia. Pac oite beór. miÁn •ÓU1L15 a hm]\Córit>Cic gemcAif ernntte AheochAi]\imte 7 a hmmCóoncliA tA lnoniAC a toCchnAit>e 7 a Uc ngoite & a]\ •oiunifAije 7 mno^bAit aii cí bA ropcongAnchAi-ó ro]\]\A Cóón lA]\tA UuA-omuriiAn. &\\ a A01 pn m ]\o •oaihai]\ t>úa t)homnAitt ^au x»ut •om]\eA-ó iia c]uche cipp cnuc. *Oo pC^tomcA a rtóij; ^T c0 hAonriiAijm 50 bAite aii lllhochAij, A]\ bA heiri-óe A-ounÁnAr ó t>o nuAichteó tAir ireit 11A01Í1 111a]\i iiiaca]\ aii chouiróet) irin mbtiAt)Am ]\emet>eoc1iAt) reb ]\o Airneit>hrCm.
Don An^ACAji c]\a ceccur cenét C011A1U niA coichCrcAt $ur ah "oúrin .1. a t>C]\b]\ACAin but>t)em ttu-ohnAije, tTlAgnur, 7 CAchbA]\ con a rochpAicce, (x Aót>h ój; iiiac ACoIia t>uib mic aCoIia 1lÚAit> nnc Héitt JAi]\b nnc Coi]i]\t>eAtbAi5 aii ponA, HíaU 5A]\b, hiac Cumn nnc ah CaUaij; nnc HlAtmur A1111C AC-óa t>uib,úÁ bAoiíptt, UAt>5 05 hiac Uatój nnc Uoirp-óeAtbAij, ó *Ooc1ia]\cai§ inri hCo^liAm, Soaaii 05 iuac SeA&m nnc "Petnn nnc ConcobAi]\ ca]\]\ai§, 111ac Smbne rAiiAcc, 'OorimAtt 111AC coipjvóeAtbAig 111 ic 11lAoitriiui]\e, 7 111ac Suibne bojuineAC, 'OonncliAt) hiac 11lA0itriiui]ie riieipgij; mic 1llA0itmui]\e nuc Tléitt. UAn^ACAp beór hia coichCrcAt niAguróip, Aón uiac ConconnAchc nnc ConconnAchc nnc ConconiiAchc nucb]\ÍAin nnc pitib nnc
1 Brían.—He was 2oth in descent from See Keating's H. offre/and, p. 239. Brian Cormac Cas. re-established it to punish the Leinster
2 Bommha. — A tribute of cattle imposed men for their adherence to the Danes. on the King of Leinster by Tuathal Teach- Hcnce the name given him. O'Currv's mar, ardrigh from A.D. 79 to 109, for the MS. Materíals, p 231.
insult offered to his daughters. The pro- 3 Kennedy. — Hewasson of Lorcan, king
vince was delivered from it by St. Moíing. of north Munster, and heir apparent (Roy-
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namc from Brian l Borumha,2 son of Kennedy.8 Thc racc from which Ií00. thcy sprung was valiant and warlike.4 Thc prince fuling over thcm thcn was a man of grcat power, i.e., Donough, son of Conor, son of Donough O'Bricn, Earl of Thomond. His voice and influence wcrc powerful among the English of Dublin, and though it was a great crime that his tribc should be with the English troops, he himself being of the Irish, hc was thc onc man most active, violent, full of hatred who was in Irish tcrritory in taking part in and carrying on thc war against thc Irish by thc order and command of the English. The desire and longing of O'Donncll to prey his territory was the grcater for this conduct of his. This was not an casy thing for him, on account of their strong places, of their thick woods and unknown deserts, thcir vcry long crooked passes, and the roughness and intricacy of their roads. Another reason also why the preying was difificult, though their borders and their interior parts were neglected, was the multitude of their heroes and warlike4 champions, and the pride and vigour of him who was thcir ruler, i.e., the Earl of Thomond. Yct O'Donnell could not refrain from going to prey the territory in some wav. fle assembled his forces in one place, at Ballymote, for this was his residence since he had bought it on the feast of Holy Mary, mothcr of the Lord, in the preceding year, as we have said.
The first that came there to the hosting werc thc Cinel Conaill, i.e., his own brothers, Rury, Manus, and Cafifir, with their forces, and Hugh Oge, son of Hugh Dubh, son of Hugh Roe, son of Xiall Garbh, son of Turlough of the Wine ; Niall Garbh, son of Conn, son oí Calvach, son of Manus, son of Hugh Dubh ; 0'Boyle, Tadhg Oge, son of Tadhg, son of Turlough ; 0'Doherty of Inishowen, Shanc Oge, son of Shane, son of Felim, son of Conor Caragh ; MacSwiny Fanad, Donnell, son of Turlough, son of Maelmuirc ; and MacSwiny Banagh, Donough, son of Maelmuire Meirgach, son of Maclmuire, son of Niall. Thcre came also to that hosting, Maguirc, Hugh, son of Conconnacht, son of Conconnacht, son of Conconnacht, son of Brian, son of Philip, son of Thomas, and the son of
damna) of Cashel. Sce War of ihe Caedhil, on ' the gracious, noble, highborn, beautiful &c, p. 45. Dalcassians,' Ibui., p. 55, and in Keating's
4 Warlike. — Sce the encomium passed //. cf Ireiand, p. 59.
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bAlte A11 IIIOCo^ bA |TA1|\ t)ept) ÍAir ftÚA^ t)0 té^AT) ÚAT) 1 |\<MU1 1111C t1ittiAm
fol.50. />. au Ai|\Cc 110 biAt) but> t>em coiia fttiAJ rpn tú<vohmumAm 7 |\o o|voaij 111 ac IbttiAm (x 1lÍAtt ^A|\b ó T)omnAitt 1 cCniiAr ÚAirob. An t)AtA|,om cé-OAmmur tocA|\ mA ccumncib c|\omftói j; on ccCnn coi]\ t>o 5oiV"oeAtbAc1iAib co 1iuiiu\tt ctomne 51°bun. Ro ^AbrAC ro|\ mnruvó (x a|\ccaui Aiiecc|\AC 7
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|\o mu-óAigoAt) ocbc rp|\ "óecc t>o niAidub ctomne ^iobún con "oiium^ móiii 01 te jénmocÁccfoiii. ílo c|\eACAi]\5eAt) An bAite teó íCnccAm.
1 Clangibbon. — This tribe inhabited the - Lealhardan. — A lough in the townland
district to the west of Croaghpatriclc. of Ballyballinan, parish of Aghagower, Co. 0'Daly, Tribes of Ireland, p. 42, n. Mayo.
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0'Rourke, Tadhg, son of Brian na murtha, son of Brian Ballach, son of '599- Eoghan, all thcse with the whole of tlicir forccs. Thcre camc also those who had bccn appointed by him to thechieftaincy of thcir patrimonies in the province of Meadhbh, Mac William Burke, Theobald, son of Walter Ciotach, son of Shane, son of Oliver, O'Dowd of HyFiachrach, Tadhg, of Tadhg Reagh, MacDonough of Corran, Rury, son of Hugh, MacDonough of Tirerill, Maurice Caoch, sonof Tadhg, and O'IIara Reagh, Felim, son of Conchaisil ; all these, with all their forccs. O'Conor Roe came to thc same hosting, Hugh, son of Turlough Roe, son of Tadhg Buidhe, and 0'Kelly, Ferdorcha, son of Ceallach, son of Donnell, and MacDermot of Moylurg, Conor, son of Tadhg, son of Owen, and other forces besides those which it would be tcdious to enumerate.
Whcn these chiefs and their forces came together to him at Ballymote, he determined to send away a party to Mac William's district, whilst he himself should be with his army in Thomond, and heput Mac William and Niall Garbh O'Donnell in command of them. As íor these, first thev wcnt in waves of a great host from the eastern extremity of Costellos to the Owles of Clangibbon.1 They set to prey and plunder their enemies and foes in every territory they passed through, and they found neither contention nor fight, dispute nor shooting, which they set any store by, though thc pcople of the district wcre ablc to oppose them if they knew they were alone. They advanced in great exultation of mind, and these laid aside all thought of defcnding themselves vigorously against them, as thcy thought O'Donnell was in their midst, for his enemies were absolutely ccrtain that whatevcr forces they had assembled they could not obtain a victory though he had with him but a few, on account of thc great dread and abhorrcnce, fear and terror, which he sprcad among his enemies whcrc- cvcr they were. Mac William and Niall Garbh árrived v.ith their forces at thc island of Leathardan,2 and they attacked the place boldly and fiercely, and though the defcnce was made against them bravely it did not profit those who madc it, for they leaped from cvcry sidc and quarter into the place among them. Eighteen of thc chief mcn of Clangibbon wcrc slain and slaughtcrcd, and a grcat numbcr of others besides. The place was plundercd by them thcn.
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1omcti]\\ tií *OoiimAitt, ]\o ArgnÁ 111A 11011111111 lonmAtt uiicCcca 5^11 f Cmm rcuic 5A11 coiii^Aipn cAipuCpc 7 bA p'uutt 111Á ]\o nACAi^Có ici]\ (^ep bó •oíochuriiAWg t>o hac rtAic oite cioncof^ iia irofon^buróCn nt)U]i irooppÓA nt>iump\ch trooiC-opÁnA bACAU tAir, m no ctof 511É 11Á ^tof, rerpetbé ha rCj'CAii ÚAróíb 1 cotiAtn cpiApx ccu-ócacau) 50 nAngACAU 50 ctomn 1Iiocai]vo. 11i 1iaic|\IYca|\ Anuio1ieAt)A 50 pn. X)o jmCc Ai]\ipom 1111 c]\achóiia aj\ aii UuATóbeiceij eici]\ citt cot^Ati (x ApopAcliAm. At> ahhac cCmce 6; cCn"OAÍA, 6: 110 §Abp\c occ upgiiAth AtiAipbCcA bic 7 oc ec^omuJA-ó Ainlnbot^ ía]\ iia nArcA]\ iiiiciaii 7 ]ua cceAcc icCiro iíió]\]%aoc1iai]\. b^ t>ecbi]\ gemcAjt fcícij fol.51.ff. occa nunrC-OAni 111 tuvó pa au tuchc -oon An^Acop a 1ioi]\C]\ UofAighe íC]\ ccÚAircCnc, (x ó p\ub biuAm in imr 605I1A111. 1lo bAoi beor a]\ Aitt t>o pon 7 co]uuAun ua SpAme occa t>Ait ronrnA rtAcliAib bACA]\ tpu-óe coii5Abp\c occ rAinót rop A]\ oite 5A11 uac ntmC^tA nro imciAn ó au acajvoa 1n quch Ambio-óbA-ó. ConctntrCc k\]\oiii bmcc 50 mrómC'óón oróche.
Ac]\ac1iaca]\ ÍA]\on"i AriiAit bib eip^e uAom p]i tA ro]\coii5]\A iia rtACA, 6: •oo -óeAc1iACA]\ hi cCiro cfet>A 7 nnceccA c]ie nó-OAib uAom-oipge ua cjuche 50 ]\Aii5ACA]\ imtnc1roCt)oit ua niArone ipn cCiro coi]\ t>o choitt ó rrtAnrichAt>A T>o c]uoc1iaic cet> cenéoit rrC]\riiAic 1 UÚAt>muiiiAn. 1lo nAnnAt) úa *OorimAitt AfcCuheAtcA -oía tegeA-ó úaóa Af au 1UA15111 pn. T)o leig Dpon^ -oía iinteAt)Aib qtAi^hceAC 1111 Uluvóg ÚA 11uai]\c (x im 111ac Stnbne mbóJAmeAC ir'ceAch but> cú ato imboipnt> ConnAcc coha hetAicif c]\eAc1iA iia cuA-ómuriiAn CAipf ro t)iqieAbAib ha "OAm^Cnbhoiune, 7 ]\o •óÁtAfCAtp co heici]\riiCt)ón iia c^uche cIiucca u\c. 1lo teicc aii •opum^ iiAite t>on cAo'Ci cCf tfceAch co bAite uí O5A111 ua coitte mói]\e, t>o UhutAij uí -óC-oIiaij, 50 x>o)uir bAite uí 5]\iobc1iA. ImfÁifCc Af pn but> cuAit) 50 t>]\uim ponnjtAip 50 co]\At> ptroe 7 ro citt 11151110 bÁoic 1n cconróAit uí *OhorimAitt. 1lo fmAchcforíi rou ua t)]\on5Aibpn uo pAoró ÚAt> ^An mn]uvó ua op^Am neuheAt) eccAitp
1 Roevehagh. — A townland in the parish of included in the barony of Inchiquin. The Killeely, barony of Dunhellin, Co. Galway. name is derived from Deadhaigh, 20U1 in
2 Ardrahan. — A village seven miles north descent from Cormac Cas.
of Gort. u Burren. — O'Heeren speaks of it as 'rug-
3 C. O' ' Flannchadha. — A woody district gedly fenced. of white stone fields and ac- in the parish of Kilkeedy, in the north-east tive men.' Top. Poems., p. 83.
of the barony of Inchiquin, Co. Clare. c Bal!yhogan.—K townland in the parish
* C. Fermaic. — The tribe name of the of Dysert. Coillmor was a district near O'Deas and of their territory. This is now 15allyhogan.
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As for O'Donncll, hc wcnt on his way, marching slo\vly, without sound of 1599. trumpet or shouting of troops, and he was hardly perceived at all (though thc dircction of the vast, fierce, contentious, proud, unruly multitude which was with him would be vcry difficult for any othcr princc, ncithcr the sound of specch nor the noise of shouting was heard from thcm on the road by which they marched) until they came to Clanricardc. His marchcs arc not rcported up to that. He made a halt in thc evening at Roeve- hagh,1 between Kilcolgan and Ardrahan.2 They lighted fires and brands and proceeded to prepare their supply of food and to lighten thcir pouchcs after such a long march and bcfore they camc to facc thc great labour. It was natural that the pcople who had come from the confines of Tory in the north-wcst and from Srub Brian in Inishowen, should be tired by thcir very long march. They had also some wine and strong drink of Spain to give to the chiefs who were there. They set to drink to cach other without any fear far away from their own country in the territory of thcir enemies. They slept there for a short time till midnight.
They rose up then as if it was the rising of one man, at the order of thcir chief, and they proceeded on their \vay and march by the straight roads of the country till they came at the early dawn of the next day to the eastern extremity of Coill O'Flannchadha 3 in the cantred of the Cinel Fermaic 4 in Thomond. O'Donnell formed his marauding parties to send thcm out from that placc. He sent a party of his foot-soldiers with Tadhg 0'Rourke and MacS\viny Banagh northwards into Burren 5 of Connaught, lest the preys of Thomond might escape through it to the deserts of strong Burren, and he told them to mect him in thc middle of the coun1ry. He sent off theother body in a southern direction into Ballyhogan G of Coill- mor to Tully O'Dca,7 and to thc gate of Bally 0'Griffy.s Thcy wcnt from that northwards to Drumfinglas,0 to Corofin,10 to Kilnaboy,n to mcct O'Donncll. He ordercd thc parties whom he sent away not to plundcr or
7 T. CDca. — A townland thrce miles N. 10 Corofin. — A village six miles north-west of Dysert church. of Ennis.
8 2?. O'Griff)'-— A townland in the parish u Kilnaboy. — i.e., the churchof thedaugh- of Dysert, whcre there is a ruined castle. ter of líaeth, wlio was of the roval linc oi
9 Drumftnglas- — Betwccn Corofin and Cormac Cas. The church is a short dis- Dysert. The name is now obsolcte. tance to the north of Corofin.
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iu\ eUóAn cipn aic accoc]\ac1ia]\ chucA. T)o caoc c]\a ó T)oriinAitt but> -óeiu co ccuij 7 co ccocIiacIicc Ancrtoij niA f-AUUA'ó ciua tÁ]\ coitte ó brUncluvó-A cne beAtAig An yiot>piL 50 citt irv&Cine bAoic m ÚAchcAn "OÁlccAir niA mvÓThC'óón U01 aii reAchcmA'ó U *oécc 00 1111 T/ebtiA •oofonnnA'ó.
T)o uacca'ó duncce c]\eAc1iA cemeoit pCnmAic tnte t)unmón on T)ire]\c cogteAnn CoUimbciUe 7 50 cuUij cunu\nn 7 ó ctiu\m roitcCunAij; co temi aii eicli. 11i iwvmicc U Uaú^ ó Huaiuc iu\ U 111 ac Suitne c|\eAc1iA 7 CAoriuwncclie boi]\ne tjo ca1í>ai]\c teó icceiro uí T)1iotimAitt ah a-oIiai^ pn A]\ riA ccioniA]\ccA"ó (x a]\ iu\ cciomrugA'ó •oóib U A11 Aróbte 7 Uau ionu\icc tionniAi]\e. fol. 51. í. T)o ]\aU tjiia tdo 1111u\5tii-ói]t con -0]uim;5 t>ía n'uimci]\ nu\ fAUUA'ó
-oot -oo con chÚAUCA vpn ccoicc]\idi. T)o ]\eccAim -óó ron a cliinn A]\oite -0111116 tu\]\\t -oo ]'v\o]\ctAiroAib X)aI ccAir 50 ]\or 5011 7 no j^b íC]\ccAin, ConcobA]\ ó b]\u\m a Aninip-óe. bCipr ÍTlAgui-óin Uir é 50 -otiiuvó ConcobAi]\ bub -óem 50 hlnír uí chuint>, & bAoi aii cAipcu\tt ro]\ commur 11le5tn'ói]\ 7 ]\o An nro 50 A]\ a bA]\Ac1i. 1lo §Ab ÚA T)orimAitt toii5po]\c m at3aij5 pn 1u citt mjdne bACich, (x ba 1ieicincí<vn Cppuvoice ó a]\ oite ]\o bACA]\cdnce 7 cCitoaU a rtó.15, "0110115 mob 1111 boi]uiro comu\cc 7 -0110115 oite 1 c]\iocaic cée> ó VyCi\mAic, 7 A]\Aitt m citt m^Cme bAoic cen mocÁ ah tuclic iu\ite ]\o bACA]\ 1111 111ac tlittuvm 7 mi HÍAtt 5<\]\b úa nT)on'inAitt m "UriiAtt. O j\or ro]\CAriiUi5 roitp ah U01 roppnA ]\eiroAib Aiocln-óe^ ac|\ac1ic úa T)orimAitt 7 -oo bC]\c a A5I1AIX) ro]\ c]\ioc1u\ic cét> Co]\cmo-ó]\ÚA-ó 50 ]\Aimcc 50 Citt plnonnAb]\AC. Uo teicc r^AoiteA-ó t>A rceimeAtcAib bu-óbCp co herómg, ron mbndncin pfCnmACAij, 7 cconcumAig, 50 -oo]\tip 1nn-óionu\m, 50 citt eprctnc tonAin, 50 bAite pAroín, 7 cau iu\ip poi]\ 50
1 B. Feabal. — i-e., thc road of Feadfal, six 4 T.comann. — In the parish of Kilnaboy.
miles west of Kilnaboy. 5 Cloonselherny. — A townland in the
2 Dvsert. — Five miles N. W. of Ennis. parish of Kilnaboy, wherethere arercmains St. Tola founded a hermitage here in the of a castlc'
8th century. See Colgan's Acla SS- p. ° Leimeneach. — Two miles N. W. of
703. Later it was called Dysert O'Dea, a Corotin. There are here the remains of a
chief of the Cinel Fermaic having fixed his fine Elizabethan castle. See Ludlow's
residence here. A print of the beautiful Memoz'rs, ii. 327 ; Edinburgh, 175 1.
doorway of the church will be found in 7 Conor. — This was probably Conor
Lord Dunraven's Irisli Architeciure, ii. O'Brien of Leimeneach, son of Morrough,
112; London, 1877. first Earl ot Thomond. See Archdall's
3 GlencolumbJcilte. — In the parish of Peera^e, ii. 42.
Carran. See Reevcs' Adamnan. p. 238. Inchiquin. — An Elizabethan castle on
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prey thc lands of the churches or of the learned mcn, wherever thcy mct with '599- thcm. O'Donncll himself wcnt wíth thc body and flowcr of his army through the plain of Coill O'Flannchadha through Ballyfcabal a to Kilnaboy in upper Dalcas, before mid-day of the seventeenth day of the month of February exactly.
There was brought to him a great bootv of the whole of Cinel Fearmaic from Dysert2 to Glencolumbkille 3 and Tullycomann,4 and from Cloon- sclhcrny 5 to Leimeneach.6 It was not possible for Tadhg 0'Rourke or MacS\viny to bring thc plunder and spoils of Burren witli thcm to O'Donnell that night, for thcy were not collected and brought togethcr by them owing to their extent and great numbcr.
It happened also that Maguire with a body of his people went to make a circuit in the ncighbourhood. A certain nobleman of the noble race of the Dalcassians met him, whom he wounded and capturcd afterwards. Conor ' O'Brien was his name. Maguire brought him to Conor'sown castle at Inchiquin,8 and the castlc was given over to Maguire,and he stayed therc till the next day. O'Donnell encamped that night at Kilnaboy, and the fires and conflagations of his army were far separated from each other, some of them being in Burren of Connaught and ahother party in the cantred of Hy Fermaic,9 and some in Kilnaboy, besides the other forces which were with Mac William and Niall Garbh O'Donncll in the Owlcs. As soon as thc light of day prevailed over the stars of the night, O'Donnell rose and turned his face to the cantred of Corcomroe 10 untiL he came to Ivilfenora.11 Heallowcd his marauders to scatter southwards to Inágh12 through Brentir13 of the Fearmacaigh, to Corcamaigh, to the gates of Ennistymon,14 to Ivilleas- buiglonain, u to Ballypaidin,16 and back eastwards towards Kilfenora again,
the lake of the same name, near Corofin. u Kilfenora,— 12 miles N.W. of Ennis.
From this place the O'Brien family have l2 Inagh. — A village 9 miles W. ofEnnis.
taken the title. 13 Bre/t/ir.—i.e., the fetid district, perhaps
9 Hy Fermaic. — This district is included from the sulphur sprmgsinwhichitabounds. in the present barony of Inchiquin, Co. It lics X. E. of Mount Callan.
Clare. M Ennistymon. — iS miles N.W. of Ennis.
10 Corcomroe. — This territorv formcrlv in- 15 Killeasb%iighlonain. — i.e , the church of cluded not only the present barony of the Bishop Flannan, the patron of the diocese same namc, but also the whole barony of of Killaloe.
Burren. It was cocxtensive with the ia Ballypaidin. — A townland in the parish
diocese of Kilfenora. of Kilmacreehy.
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aii Afr oiai]\iii 1 nerhcur ha coiu\i]\e con a cc]\eAc1iAib 7 coha nAi]\cccib 7 cotiA neoALAib A]\ cfiiA. tlo chinjrfin co niAtctb 750 noijmib ah cjioinftoij iiu\ p\j\]\AÓ m eiapiifóón iu\ coiiAt]\e cfcciiA 1 tujvg iia opmjbuióeAii ]\o opoAig tAT iu\ cjteAcliAib. tlo ro]\con^Ai]\ ron a Aiiip\ib roj\ a o^bAió 7 ro]\ a Aor otub]\Aicce Ai]\ipon'i ro óunó 00 óeAbAÓ ca]\ ACceAnn -oia cci]xa iiia tfnniAin. "Loca]\ ÍAnorh 1 hiucIia 00 tó i^fo^ti^licib iu\ pfnboipie rAin 50 peiretbe n'iói]\ 7 50 mongAp HA-óbAt. bA po^A-ó lonniAtt a nuncecc 5A11 cu-únóó 5A11 cmnlnur A5 10111A111 An^jtoTÓe 7 An^AbAt, úai]\ 111 ]\o cliun'iAn^^^fc
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1 Smilhs'own. — This castle is still stand- 2 Cahcrmenan. — In the parish of Kille-
ing in the parish of Kilshanny. lagh, barony of Corcomroe.
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vvherc O'Donncll was. Tadhg 0'Rourke and MacS\viny Banagh camc 1599- with thc plundcr of Burrcn to thc samc placc. Mcantime, whcn O'Donncll saw every hill and mound all round completely covered with flocks and herds (so that thc ground could not be seen between them owing to the closeness with which thcy wcre pressed together by the surly, dark-faced soldiers who were round about them), what he dctermined on was to go the next day by the long dangcrous roads of rough-hillcd Burren. O'Donnell stoppcd with his forces that night at Kilfenora, Smithstown,1 and Caher- menan,2 sincc thcy could not encamp in one place, for their prcys of herds and flocks, of captives and oxen were very abundant, and besides there were on that expedition many lords of territories and chiefs of districts, heads of hundreds and of divisions, whose violence and anger, vanity and pride, self-will and arrogancc wcre intolerable, and who could í 11 brook to render submission and obediencc to any one else.
They made preparations for their feast and meal after a while, and proceeded to slaughter the enemies' cattle in that strange territory without fear or terror, but just as if they were in their own country. And indeed there were certain parties who would find it hard to ill-treat and injure the cattle which they had in their own family-dwellings as they did those of their enemies.
After their meal the armv slept until it was broíra daylight on the following day. O'Donnell awoke from his sleep, and ordered the army to march away without dclay from the territory. He placcd the attendants, the rccruits, and the people without arms in the front on thc road with thc preys and herds and booty also. He himself marched with the nobles and the chosen men of his great host in the middle of the same road in the track of the party which he placed over the prey. He ordered his soldiers, his youths, and his shootcrs to remain in thc rear to skirmish in defence of them against anyone who should come in pursuit of them. They wcnt then in the early part of the day by the roads of ancient Burren eastwards with much noise and grcat shouting. Their march was calm and slow with- out haste or hurry in driving their steeds and their prey, for they could not ride the horses through the crooked, narrow, perilous, sharp-pointcd rocksof
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boipne combACA]i a cqiAi^cheAÓ mCr^ A]i mCrcc pur ah niApcftuA^ co ^AngACAn iccCtro cre'OA Gt unceAccA a citt pomiAb]iAc t>o ntlAcongbAit, •oon Uu]\Iac1i, c]ua riiAmrci]i Concomo'ónÚA'ó, c]ua c1iA]icAin riA ccte]\Cc co ]uac1icccaa]\ 111 *oeoi"o1i Laoi ^ur ah cúaic t)iAnAt> Ainin 11lC'ó]\Ai'óe AnAi]icÚAit> pur A11 mboi]\iiin 511]" An TlubA t>o runnA'ó m ia]ica]i ó priAcuAch Ai'óne. ^AbAic ton^pojic Inruróiu ah a-óai^ pn, At>AmiAic cCnici (x cCnt>AbA 7 fol. 52.3. AU]i^nAic Anibiút) 7 concuitrCc AruAn cAi]\cnn coccaLca Ap\1iAicte co niAtiAin. O ]\or ionfo]\c1iAi5 An tÁ ro]i An toecnAit> acjia^Iiacc a^ a rcconAib 7 gAbAicc occ ArcnAih 11A coiiAi]\e rAincÚAit> iiia ntqion^Aib 7 111A nibuvónib ro]i teic ^An pMccCr ^An u]ioiiiAn.
■Ar Ai]ie ]io bACA]i iia t>]ion5 bui-óne ro]i teic AriitAit) A]i nÁ nur cuniAirgar ACC]ieAc1iA ro]i Acbeite, ÚA1]1 ]\o petbAij^Cc au rtoj a rAiiroítp t)óib ó ]\An^ACA]i ca]1]-aii mboi]inro p&i]\ cÚAit). 1li]i uó beiccCn ctnpj conAi]ie mAic eotAij rbget) ]UApm rtóg ó runn aiiiac A]1 ]io bAt> coi]i lon^nAt) ve t)iA .mbeic ro]voot conAi]ie rou riiumci]i uí 'OhomiiAitt óca rm 50 bAite ah llHiocAig, "0615 ]\obcA]i ite accúa]\ca ipn ccoicc]uch. Loca]i A]1 a bÁ]iAc1i c]\ia uacca]i ctomne 1XiocAi]it> 7 50 t>onur bAite Aca au R105. 1li 1iaic]\C]XA]i a nnnceACCA ó rin ahiac, acc 11 a 111Á t>o ]\aLa 111 ac UittiAin 7 HÍAtt $A]\b coiia cc]ieAc1iAib mA ccomtíAit iteicnnet ó lllAine, 7 t>o caoc cacIi ÚAitnb uite "oia cci^ib 50 rét>AÓ roíhAomeAc mCnmnAC mojiAi^CncAÓ.
bÁoi A]ioite ri4^roi]icc1n pjieotAch ipn UuAtnnuriiAn An cAn rm. b^ rÁoi fCncAit) 7 p]i t)AnA eirit>e t)ottoriinAib An cí]\e t>o, HlAoitín 05 iiiac HlAOitín nuc ConcobAi]i hiac bpuAróeA-ÓA Ac1ioriiAinm. *Our hai];cCca]i t)]ion5 "oo ftoj^ uí OhomnAiLL A]i Attt t>o cno-ó An ptvó a ccumA ua cqieAch A]i cCha. Do caoc An pte mt>Ct>hAi j nA ^Ab^tA co 1iAi]im nnbAoi ó *OoriniAitt, A]i bA t>eA]ib LAir o^AireAg a cnuró t)o pvgbAiL úa'óa. 5e^1-ó •aíi pte 05 pi]irAnnAt) AyC]\\ 7 a mncteAÓCA riAt> aii rrtAic t>on rAi]\mc ro]i Achmn 7 a^ AipeA^ cuite nt>ó, Gb AcbC]ic iiA]i bó iiÁ]i no meAbAt) "oo t>At ccai]' nÁ t>o
1 Noughaval. — An old church giving its siill standing. See Archdall's Alonasticon, name to a parish in the southern part of p. 44, and Triumphalia S. Crucis,xxx\u\. the baronv of Burren. 4 C. na cclereach. — i.e., the narrow roadof
2 Turlach. — A castle on the road from the clerics, now the Corher road, leading in Corofin to New Quay. a north-wcsterly direction from the monas-
3 A/. of Corcomroe. — Fouiided for the tery of Corcomroo.
Cistercians in 1 194 by Donald O'Brien ; ^Roo.—A. townland near the village of
the church and some other parts of it are Ivinvarra, closc to the boundary of Gahvay.
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stony Burrcn, so that thcir foot-soldiers were mixed up with their horscmcn 1509. till thcy came to the end of their road and journey from Kilfenora to Noughaval,1 to Turlach,2 by thc monastcry of Corcomroc,3 by Carcair na cclereach,4 and thcy came at the cnd of the day to the district called Maree to the north-cast of Burren at Roo h cxact1y in the west of Hy Fiachrach Aidhne. They encamped there that night, and lighted fires and bcacons, and prepared their food, and then slept soundb£.tíll morning. When the day shone on the soldiers they rose from their encampment and proceeded to march along the road north-eastwards in parties and in com- panies separately without concern or fear.
The reason why the bodies kept thus apart was in order that their prey would not mix together, for the forces had each their own share since thcy passed through Burren to the north-east. There was no need of guides or persons acquainted with the roads for the army after that, for it would be truly wonderful that there should be a mistake about the road on the part of O'DonnelPs people from that to Ballymote, as their visits to the* ncighbouring territory were many. The next day they went through upper Clanricarde and to the gate of Athenry. Their marches from thenceforward are not related, only that Mac William and Niall Garbh met them with the prey at the borders of Hy Many, and each of them went to his home wealthy and rich, cheerful and in high spirits. .
There was at that time in Thomond a certain learncd poet of much knowlcdge. He was a historian and a poet of the ollamhs of that country. His name was Mailin Oge, son of Maolin, son of Conor MacBriody.6 A party of O'Donnell's army had taken some of the poct's cattle also as a prey. However, the poet followed after the prey to thc place where O'Donnell was, for hc was sure to get back his cattle from him. The poet proceedcd to display his knowlcdge and talent in presence of the prince before whom he had come and to compliment him, and he said it was no disgrace to the Dalcassians or to the Ouccn's people that
fi Mac Briody. — The A/mals F. M, say, pocms is given in 0'Reilly's Irish Jl'ri/crs,
' there was not in Ircland one who was a clxiv. ; Dublin, 1820. The Mac Briodvs
bettcr historian poet and rhymer than he.' were the hereditary bards of the O'Briens.
vi. 2321. He died in 1602. A list of his See 0'Curry's MS. Matcrials, p. 22.
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riunnci]\ ha OAin]\ioJAm úa *OorimAitt coiia ftog t>o b]\eic ha cc]\eAch rm teo jah c]\oit> jah cac1ia]\ jjah 5U111 t>ume 05 a momcopAm, ÚAip ]\o diAipigin An 11A01Í1 eptAiii CoLaiii citte itiac "Petmi co coocpvó Aóx> 00 éenét cconAitt no tujjetC'ó p>n *OliAit ccAir 'oiorccAoiteA'ó ^niAHAm Oiti^, 7 A]\ Aitt "oía ctocAit) "oo bneic co LunnneAc tA TlluincCrcAC úa mb]\iAm iiiac Uoi]\]voeALbAij; nnc Uavój nnc b]\iAin bó]\Airhe, 7 AcbC]\c ah pte gun bo •0015 ÍAr 511^ bo heporii A11 rAó-6 tnpn. 1lo JAb íCnccAm btofó -0011 fol. 53. a. cAijinnpne conebC]\c nroro.
11lo t)oi]\e, mo "óoinC^An, riiAng 7 riiAinC^tAii, Ar hiai]\5
a "óe cotAib rC]\, •oa bruit ah •oun AriiitteAt)h A]\ iia]\^aiii mo t>oi]\e tnt, (x A]\ rccAoiteAtj 1ÚO1L15
o rm A111AC 50 b]\Ác mbmn m gebtiAic t>AtccAir Ojunn O oigeotur riiOiteAÓ 05, ah cAcó j;]\oit>eAC t>on §A]\b nóo
A11 co]\]D rteAríiAin ctu ^aii 5010 An roitcteAboqi a rAnoio #, but> é fin au UAe-ó C115AC -oa ngiAltpMc cui]\ ha cCrii]\Ac
Ar e fui^rCr motiAn ngpnn oit ^ac cuicoi"ó m G]\mn, 7 A]\oite.
V)a "oon Ai]\cCcAt A-ómotcA oo pjne au niAotín cétniA *oúa *Ooiiinoitt ah nAnnfA.
*Oo bAoi A11 "oÁn An "oio^IiaiL Oiti^, a Aóo RÚAit>, t>o neAc au rÁró
UocllC "OO ftUAIj CO 1l<MC rilAJ 11At)A1]1. A CUA1t) 1AUCA]\ CAbA1]\ CAIgll.
*Oo nAccAt) ÍAnorii ojliAirCg a cnuvó 7 a cCch]\A coua ro]\conniAc1i t>on ptit> 7 ciomnAir ceiteAb]\At> t>ÚA *OoiiiiiAitt 7 rA^bAro bCtroAccom occa.
1daoi c]\a úa X)oriinAitt nnbAite A11 TIIocaij 1 ror 5A11 recc 5A11 rtoigeAt) ó t>ei]ieAt> peb]\UAni 50 mvóriiC'óón SAiii]\Ait>. ílu^p&c a ceccA pvin on SpAm m UjicorAÓ U1111 (x tong teó unbAoi A]\m t)í rinte tdecli t>o liiAiiÁoipb
1 Grianan,— The word means nothing Memoir ofihe Parish of Templemore, pp. more than a place for enjoying the light 217-234.
and warmth of the sun, a chamber, a bal- 3 The stones. — Under the date 1101,
cony. See The Battle of Magh Leana, p. The Annals F. M. say : ' A great army was
50, n. led by Murtough O'Brien. king of Munster,
2 Aileach. — This was the residence of the into Inishowen, and he demolished Grianan northern Hy Neill up tothe Anglo-Norman Oligh in revenge of Cencora, razed by invasion. It is on a hill íive miles N. W. Donncll O'Loughlin some time before. of Derry. For a minute description of the And Murtough commanded his army to fort and the details of its history, see The carry from Oileach to Limerick a stone for
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O'Donnell with his army should take a\vay that prey with them without a |egg contest or battlc, without any one bcing woundcd in defending thcm, for the holy patron Columldlle, son of Felim, had of old prophecied that a Hugh of thc Cincl Conaill would come to revenge on the Dalcassians the destruction of Grianan : Ailcach,2 and thc carrying off of somc of thc stones3 by Murtough O'Brien, son of Turlough, son of Tadhg, son of Brian Borumha, and the poet said he thought it was this Hugh. He then recited a part of the prophecy, and said as follows :
My Derry,4 my little oak-grove, my dwelling, and my little ccll, ah ! woe.
O God ! a multitudc of men who are destroying the fort ! On the destruction of my dear Derry, on the scattering of my Aileach
From henceforth till final doom the Dalcassians shall not possess Erin. He who will avenge my Aileach, Hugh Oge of steeds of rough roads,
The polishcd body, fame without deceit, the long hair in ringlets. He is the clamorous Hugh, to whom the lords of Tara shall give pledges.
Hc will obtain a pleasant portion from every province in Erin, &c.
Of the hymn of praise which the same Maolin composed in honour of O'Donnell this was a stanza :
It was fated that in revenge for Aileach, Hugh Roe, the prophet announced Your army's coming to Magh Adhair;5 from the north all aid is sought.6
His herds and fiocks were afterwards restored to the poet by the chief with an addition, and he took his leave of O'Donnell and left him his blessing.
O'Donnell was in the castle of Ballymote resting, without any expcdition or hosting from the end of February to the middle of summer. His mes- sengers returned to him from Spain in the beginning of June, and with them
every sack of provisions which they had. O'Briens were inaugurated. See The Battle
These stones were used by O'Brien in the of Magh Leana, p. 156, and The Circuit of
building of his palace at Limericlí. See Ireland, p. 47.
O'Currv's MS. Materials, p. 401. c Is sought.— O'Donovan remarks that
4 My Derry. — St. Columhille's love for this line was so constructed as to please
his monastery of Derry is often spoken in O'Donnell, and yet not to offend the Earl of
his Life by Adaman. Thomond, for the last three words separ-
hMa%h Adhair. — Now Park Myra, 4 miles ated from what goes before would refer only
south-west of Tulla, Co. Clare. Here the to help in general. Annals F. M., vi. 2105.
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moi]\teAb]\A (x "oo juniiAt)hAib ^tepoibne coiia nAitntge 7 coiia nArónnb ceccA. 1lo nAnncA m oé, 7 t>o ^accax) An ]\Ann cAnAre t>ÚA 11éitt AiiiAit b<\ hiomApjióe A]\ Ar oé nomn no bío-ó ron jacIi nAirccCt) *our pcce-ó "oía rAi^ró on SpAin, 7 bA •pC'ó \\o bA ceccA "óóib ó \\é 11 a rCn, av\ ní ]\o "ótijjrCc cenét cconAitt imro]\c]\Ait> ó cbenét iiCo^hAm acc ceAccniAccionót An cait but) tA cenét cconAitt lu^e nC]\mn 7 cenét cconAitt *oo •óút mA ccionótrom Ati con buó ta cenét nCogViAin au ]nge.
T)AtA ah Ai]uj ]\o bAoi r]u tÁnfi An cnCnAró ro]\ coicceA'ó OtnéccmAcc Se]\ Coneur Ctioro]\c, \\o ^Aibp-óe occ bAi§ 7 bupccvó b]\tACA]\ ron úa iSl.53.fi. nT)orimAittíA]\ nmt>]\eAt> nA UuAt)niuriiAii cA]\ip, 7 no cmjeAtt ctn'óeAchc gur au SticceAÓ co *0]\on^Aib t>i]\iriie t>o tAech]\Ai'ó "LonoAn tAip cont>ur pA]\ccbAit) ó ConcobAir» Stigij uro "OAniróeom uí T)horimAtt 7 iiac Ap ]\etcar A]\enn 'óopiii 111 but) ri]\iú. *Oeicbi]\ 011 úai]\ caiuicc ó Concob&t]\ Sbgij a SAXAib m e]i]\Aig 11A btiA*ónA nemAmn 7 bAoipt>e irrA]\nAt> lAntA op C]yex CA1111C 111 Ci]\mn 1111 betcAme ha btiAt)HA p]\ecnAi]\ce peb -po coriiAin- teijeAt) tÁp aii nibAiti]\io5Am 7 tAp ah ccoiiiAi]\te a co\\ co hCi]\mn 1111 peit Oni^lroe An'iAit ac ]\ub]\AiiiAn iieAiiiAinn. Oc ctiAtA'ó ó 'OoriniAitt aii coniiAicCn'i 7 A11 CA]\cupAt t>o caoc ro ceCcoi]\ t)io]\niA niAncftoij ó bAite aii ITI0CA15 50 nAnAic jah AHAt) 5A11 oi]upCm co Iiác SeAUAig m t) Ai]\Cp a ftoij A]i t>Aij Accionóit cIiucca ^An *oicett 5A11 CncoiccmC-ó 50 mbeic iproidnt aii 50ibC]\no]\A Se]\ Coneur Ctioro]\c 7 au crtcng i\en'i]\Aiciu. O cAti^ACAn cenét ccoiiAit ^up ah SAiiiAoin Ai]\m Ambui ó *OoiiiiiAitt ciC§aicc CAinpi m eice]\mCt)ón rAiii]\Ait). 5A^A1CC A5 niAttArnAih ua conAi]\e ca]\ *0]\obAoir cAr\ "Ouib ca]\ IIIA15 ccCiccne ua b"poniA]\Ac. 11i bui cút>no*ó no cmnCnup po]\]\A acc betc 05 corAnn po]\ Ai^hib AttcA oc Amiup 7 cttnce 001111]' CAi]\pC'ó pccétA AH cptóij eccnont). 11i]\ bo ciah "oóibporii pAiritAró au caii ac cÚAf •oúa *OhorimAitt 50 ccAuncc úa ConcobAi]\ 50 hmcteice úaca-ó t>Aome t^o cAipciAtt CuitmAoite ]\o bui pon eocAi]\imtib AbAnn mói]ie Ct> ^oi^ucc ó Cp •oa]aa rAirvóCr 7 50 ]\U5 ^AbAit bó ó -oriums t>o iriumci]\ uí *Ohon'niAitt
1 TDivision. — See the extract from O'Don- 3 Fomoiians. — These were pirates, who nell's will in Introd., p. cliii. ravaged the countrv when in the possession
2 Hostins;. — This was the rule laid down in of the Nemedians. Their chief stronghold The Booh of Rights to determine the mutual was in Tory island. For an account of thcm obligations of these two neighbouring tribes see Keating, H. of Ireland, p. 77, and in time of war. Annals F. M., I. 11.
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aship in which there were arms for two thousand mcn, vcry long spcars and 1599. lock guns, with the nccessary and propcr implcmcnts. Thcy wcrc divided into two parts, and the second part was given to O'Neill, as was meet, for this division * into two parts was made of cvery gift which came to him from Spain, and that was thecustom from the timc of their ancestors, for the Cinel Conaill had no right to submission from the Cinel Eoghain, but only that they should go to their hosting2 when the sovereignty of Ireland belonged to the Cinel Conaill, and the Cinel Conaill should go to thcir hosting whcn the sovereignty belonged to the Cinel Eoghain.
As for the President who was placed by the Council over the province of Olneccmacht, Sir Conyers Clifford, he proceeded to boast and blustcr against O'Donnell for preying Thomond in spite of him, and he asserted he would go to Sligo with large bodies of the soldiers of London, in order to restore O'Conor Sligo in spite of O'Donnell, and he would not allow him to act as he liked any longer. This was natural, for O'Conor Sligo had come from England in the spring of the preceding year, and he was then with the Earl of Essex, who had come in May of the present year, as it was decided by the Queen and Council on the feast of Brigid that he should come to Ireland, as we have said already. When O'Donnell heard of the threat and insult, he set off immediately with a body of horse from Ballymote and he came without stop or stay to Ballyshannon whcrc his troops were, in order to assemble them to him without delay or loss, to be in readiness for the Governor, Sir Conyers Clifford, and the afore- said army. Whcn the Cinel Conaill came to the Saimer where O'Donnell was, they went across it in the middle of summer. They proceeded by slow marchcs along the route, across thc Drowcs, thc Dubh, through Magh Ccctne of the Fomorians.3 They made no hurry or hastc, but wcre pursuing thc wild deer, sporting and gaming, until news of the forcign army should come. They werc not long so when news reachcd O'Donnell that O'Conor had come sccretly with a small body of mcn to the castle of Collooney, which was on thc bank of the Owcnmore, a short distancc south-cast of Ballysadare, and that he had taken into that castle a prey of cows from some of O'Donnell's people,
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bAcoji yo\\ re]\ju]\c 7 yo\\ mgeitc reAcnón iia cnidie cliu^A munn t>on bAitepn. 11i t>AOi enii •oúnA'ó no *0Ain5eAnc1iAirciAtt mnitt •oó],on'i hac yo\\ Accommur bu-ó-óem ipn c]udi uite cén inochÁ An cÁon c1iAipciAtt hipn. "Fo]\o]\conj;A]\c ó *OoriitiAitt yo\\ AíiiAjicfttiAJ; 5A11 aiia-ó r]UA miteA*ÓAib cnAi^hceAc co ]Ufcip ah CAircÍAtt coha caijijC-ó tA 1iúa ConcobAin "oenoch aii 'oúnAi'ó ]\e riú ]uorcÁir a\i ftoj. t,Aro-ÓAin |\o teAbtAmjjpCcc aii niAjicftog yo\\ AneAcliAib 50 hucmAtt AnbrAiú úai]\ 111 tAn'icA upcÚArAÓc Ab]\eich]ierioiii. "LocA]\ íC]\on'i reb ]ionuccrAc t>ÍA Atoite,7 5ebic occ rpo]iA,ó(xeAchtor5A-ó iol.54.iz AneAcli 50 mbACA]\ 05 aii mbAite. *Oo teiccCc ah rto§ 111 aitoC-oIiaij gur AH -oúha-ó. Da 'OAin^Cn -oico^tAije au bAite bui iruit>iu 7 bA lnnmtt An aoiiAt) Aiiibui ÚAi]i t>o ]\a^a AbAim ron 5AÓ teic *óe, 7 rio-ócoitteA-ó comt>túcA -oon cÁob A]iAitt -oon AbAinn t>o ^C^auíi r|nr a cuató, coha-ó Ai]\e pti uau bo ro'ÓAinr ^AbAit ro]\rAn ci tap but> mCnniAnc rAjbAtt An •oiTime. A\\ a aoi ^AbATÓ ó "OomnAitt ton5]bo]\c A]1 betAib aii rCt)A (x ]io cmjeAtt íia ruiccrCt) A11 lomruróe ^ombeic ó ConcobAip 7 CutniAoite A]\ a commur. "Oo puCc aii rtoj bocliA 7 betrccACA. "Ro ho]VOAij;ci tuchc rCichme 7 r]uoc1iAi]\e m oi"oc1nb 7 1 tÁib uii on *oúnAt> ro]i jac teic. *Oo ]\onrAcrAit>e •ouriiA'ÓA cuiAt) 7 ctoch "ounctAit) •ouiió]iA Cco]\]\a 7 AO]" A11 uncetcci 7 AU t»mb]iAicce &y aii •oúiia-ó. 1lo iAt>hpAc rAiiitAit) ro]i jac cAob t>e. 11 o bíar ■01101115 t)i]iinAimA mó]iA t)ÍA niA]\cptuA§ ro]\ aii eAcliAib ipn r]:o]\Ai]\e o fumn ha noiiA co niAt>Am iia ]\o etAit)Ct> ó ConcobAi]\ ÚAit)ib icAit>e potAi^ ha oróclie iÍAi]i ]iobcA]\ buitnj t>on Aom T)ía -oo bC]\c cIiuca ipn lomcumAiig AmbAoi. TLo lCc co coiccCiro ro Ci]\mn úa *Oon'mAitt t>o beic occ lomfuvoe ah bAite ro]i úa cconcobAi]\. Oc chuAtA'ó lA]itA or Cppe^ ó ConcobAi]i t)o beic irm Ai]\c 7 irm eiccCn AtnbAoi bA coc]\At) LAir a c1ia]\a 7 a coiii]\Ann co^Ait) t)0 beic ir m n^AbAt) i]\A\be 5A11 AruncAcc t>iA careAt) t>e, con Ai]\e rin ]\o fAovó a checcA t>o coJAipm ah £;oibeA]\no]iA uia "ooclium 50 rC]iAib ceAtt 'oo é]\ut> a ccon'iAi]\te An t>úrm t>ur cit> t>o í,CiroAip uiit>AtAt) uí ConcobAi]\. *Oo t>ediAit> aii goibCnnoíp ro diCcoi]\ La ropcon^iA ah 1a]ú\,a
xEvening. — Nona or iraih nona, the time Sligo is, what time he is able to hold out,
when the canonical hour of the divine office . . . and to assure him tbat if he give me
called none is said, i.e., three o'clock in the time to assemble an army, I will march in
afternoon. person and set up my rest to free him, to
" His friend. — ' Require Tibot na long to have a revenge for my worthy friend, and
send me present word in what stay O'Conor especially to recovcr her Majesty'shonour.'
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which were on thc pastures and grazing throughout thc country. 1599- There was not a fortrcss or strong, secure castle in the whole country that was not in his possession exccpt that one castle. O'Donnell, without waiting for his foot-soldiers ordered his cavalry to go to the castle, that O'Conor might not effect an escape from thc castle bcfore the army came. Thereupon the horsemen jumped on their horses speedily and activcly, for no one dared to disobey his words.
They marched after that as fast as they could together, and set to spur and whip their horses until they reached the place. The army came after them to the castle. That place was an impregnable stronghold, and its position was secure, because a river was on every side of it and there was a thick wood on the othcr sidc of the river extending to the north of it, so that it was not easy to seize on any one who desired to leave the fortress. However, O'Donnell encamped ópposite the wood, and he declared he would not give up the siege until O'Conor and Collooney were in his power. The army made tents and huts. Guards and sentinels were set night and day round the castle on every side. They made mounds of earth and stones and very large trenches between them and the archers and shooters of the castle. They enclosed it on every side in this way. There were large strong bodies of his horse on horseback on the watch from the dusk of evening a till morning, lest O'Conor might escape from them under cover of the darkness of the night, for they were thankful to the one God who had brought him into the 'strait in which he was. It spread universally through Ireland that O'Donnell was besieging O'Conor in his castlc. When the Earl of Essex heard that O'Conor was in that difficulty and strait in which he was, he was vexed that his friend 2 and companion in war should be shut in as he was without help coming to him. Whereforc, he sent his messengers to summon the Governor to meet him at Fcrcall,3 that they might take counsel there in order to see what he should do to go to O'Conor. The Governor set off immediately in con- sequence of the order of the Earl to him, and he incurred great danger and
Essex's Instructions for Lord DunUellin, in the baronies of Eglish, Ballcowan, and August ioth, 1599. C.C. MSS., iii. 318. Bal!ybritt, King's Co. TheO'Mollojs were
3 Fercall. — This territory is now includcd chiefsofit. Book of Rights,\>. 189.
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*01A fAipÚ 7 \\0 rOt)A1lrí 5Albél 7 ^UArACCA 1110]! A AJj t)ut C]11A ffllOlb CeAtt
50 jiAtiAic bAit AinbAoi ah c1a]VLa, 7 b<\oi -oí oróche conA tÁib mA p)chAi]i occ f5]uit)At) a cconiAi]ile. X)o ]iac aii c1a]iIa rmtteAt) rochnAroe t>on 5oibeA]inó|\ 7 ]\o Aic1nn t>e ah cah cireAt> co h-ActÚAm Ambui t»o n'nteAt)Aib (x "OAiiir Aib 7 -oófr cÚA]iApoAit ro ríiAtnur bAmllioJAin Saxah 1h ccoi^Ct) otneccniAcc 7 AnibAOi b'eor -oo ^AomeAtAib m uiíiLa 7 m AitDroe tn on miró ccfccnA t)o cionot chujA co liAonnonAt) 7 coclic jtfmpA •oruncAchc uí ChoncobAi]\ ro]i úa n*OoríniAitt. 1lo f]\b *oah rAi]i Aroncon^^iA ron fol.54.1J. UeAboicc ua ton^ hiac Uipofipo aii iA]\Ainn nnc CniAinn mic tbtticc 7
A]1 inU]1c1lAÓ 11A mÁO]1 111AC "OoiÍlllAltt A1l ChO^AVÓ 1111C All ^1ottAt)Ulb
uí ftAicbf]iCAij, 7 A]1 ei]i£e AniAch ha jgAittríie aii rco]iúr -oo biub 7 t)A jacIi nAitnt^e a]\ cfiiA, 7 An Aróme •ofnríiA cAipreoit CAimcc ó SAXAib 50 5<*1btiríi •00 b]ieic ittomjfr tAiii t>fr r|\i ho]i nCneAH rAip cúató co Sti^eAc. -An ^oibfunoi]! ?;ur An rtuA^h Acnub]tAiiiA]i'oo cochc ro]\ cí]i 7 UeAbóit) iia ton^ ^ur aii tomgfr rm ha ^Aittríie -oo cochc ro]i mui]\ co ccoríinAiccirpn A]\oite 1 Sti^eAch ía]\ ccAbAi]\ uí ConcobAin a CuitniAOite, €L no piiAchc t)m aii clAptA ro]i A11 n^oibfnnoin ^An roAt) ro]i ccutAt) coirofnncA ÍAir cAircÍAtt corírÓAinjfn 7 cui]ic ctodiAotcA 05 ah Sti^eAC ]\o b<vó ctA-ó coigcpce 7 nobAt) ctiAC JAb^tA r|\i htltcAib t)o ^nép O t)o bf]\c An goibfnnoin tAnh im ua cAmjpnbpn 00 ro]\bAt) ]\o ceteAbAi]i t)on 1a]\^a 7 nnpM uia r]iichemj co bAite AcAtuAin, 7 ]io ro]iAit ro]i UheAboicc ha tong cochc aii cujiuf ]ieirí]iAice reib ]io roncon^iAt) rAi]i but>t>em.
*Our pcc ífjiccAin co Rur commAin, 7 bA rmorh At>bAt 7 bA hA-ónan tAir úa ConcobAi]i t)o beic irm cfnncA Anbroitt i]iAibe 7 a fot> no bAoi ^ah coimcm ÚAt)A A]1 bA heiporíi reipn ]io ArtAií; rAip cochc t)o b]iAc & 00 diAifcetAt) An cí]ie 6x "opor rcét uí *OhoríiiiAitt. -dcc chfnA m]i bo ní tAir cochc co heipnnitt Anruipce "oía ruucAchc, "0015 ]io mioríinAij co]^A]i 7 cAcbuAró Ainmuroi 7 AifiAinp ah p]i ]\o bAoi ron Acnro. 1lo cm]ieAt> íf]ioríi tAir An 50ibf]inoi]i cionót 7 cfgtAiiiAt) roji Ambui t>o ^h^ttAib 7 t>o ^liAoróeAtAib uríiAt t)on bAin1tiojAm 1n ccoiccet) ConnAchc t>o neoch ]io bACA]i ó CAchc^e co *0]iobAOip nro AirípMne te. 1cifc ha pionr.JAitt 7 iia ^Aoi-óit t)on ahjaco]! ifoch]iAit)e A11 §oibeA]ino]\A ctAnn 1a]\^a ctomne
1 M. na maor. — i.e. of the stewards. died in 1620, leaving a son and heir, Mor- See Hardiman's //. of Gahvay, p. 41. He rough na mart.
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risk in going through Fcrcall until hc camc to the place whcrc the Earl '599- was. He was two days and two nights with him taking counsel. The Earl gave more soldiers to the Govcrnor and ordered him, whcn *he should come to Athlone, to bring together all thc soldiers, warriors, and mercenaries in the service of the Quecn of England within the provinceof Olncccmacht and also whosoever ofthelrish werc submissive and cbedient to him in the same way and to go to the aid of O'Conor against O'Donnell. He then issucd a command to Theobald na long, son of Richard an Iarainn, son of Edmund, son of Ulick, and to Morrough na maor,1 son of Donncll an chogaidh, son of Gilla Dubh 0'Flaherty, and the auxiliaries from Galway, to carry in ships, north-eastwards having the coast of Ircland on the right, to Sligo, the stores of food and everything needful, and implements for making castles which had come from England to Galway. The Govcrnor himself with the army we have spoken of should go by land, and Theobald na long with the ships from Galway should come by sea, that they might r»eet at Sligo, after helping O'Conor at Collooney. Moreover, the Earl commanded the Governor not to return until there was built by him a castle and dwelling of stone and mortar at Sligo, which would be a boundary and wall of defence against the Ulstermen always. When the Governor undertook to carry out these arrangements, he took leave of the Earl and returned to Athloné, and he ordered Theobald na long to go on the aforesaid expedition, as he was ordercd to do himself.
He came afterwards to Roscommon, and it was a great gricf and con- fusion to him that OConnor should be in such a grcat strait and so long without aid from him, for it was he who had persuaded him to go spy and reconnoitre the country and get news of O'Donnell. But yet hc thought it would be of no use to go to his relief \veak and unpreparcd, for he drcadcd very much the fierceness and bravery, the perseverance and subtlety of the man opposed to him. It was arranged after that by thc Governor to assemble and bring together all the English and Irish submissive to the Qucen in the province of Connaught from Hechtgha to the Drowes in hcr pay. These were the old English and the Irish who came to the army of the Governor : the sons of the Earl of Clanricarde, ?>., Richard, baron of
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11iocai]vo 1. Riccaivo bAnún míme coittm 7 Coiin]' coiia ]-oc|\Avoe, UeAboicc *OiotiiiAiii co tion Acionoit, ó ConcobAi]\ t>onn, Aót> niAC 'OiA]imAt>A, nnc CAi]\p]\e c©ha coicliCrcAÍ, 7 niAC Suibne nA ccuac, 1T)Aotmui]\e niAc 1T)u]\cavó moitt nnc 605A111 015 bAoi po]\ ro^Ait, 7 t>ibe]vc; ó úa nOoiimAitt 1 va]a]\a"ó fol.55.ir. An joibC]\no]\A. O ]\AngACA]\ ah tuchcpn uite co RorcommAin combACAU rtój tniiión "OAnA]\t>A t>ú]\c]iovóeAc1i combA p\riiAtcA tAr aii ai]u 5 Se]\ Coneur nAÓ bAoi ActiiAin^ irp\CpcAit uac ArpieA^AncliA r>o •ÓAonnb Ag úa n*OorimAitt. Loca]\ ÍA]\om a RorcomniAm occ mb]\ACAc1iA pcliCc co ]\AiigACA]\ co Uuittrci. ■Airpt>e TJóib 50 mAViirciji ha buitte 7 no gAÍbfAC tonjpopc 1npivoiu. *OAtA UeAboicc iia tong 7 111u]ic1iavó ha ihao]\ 7 aii tomgir neiiie]\e]\cmA]\, no feotrAcpATÓe tAiii "oeAr pu 1io]\ nCnmn reb ]\o 1iC]\bAt> r]\m, 50 ]\aiij;aca]\ m loiirooiiiAin A11 cIiúahi pjur ah Sti^eAC AnÍAji. Ai]\ipc Amnpt>e AiiiAit t>o inoncoip^eAt) t)óib co prCrcAir pcetA aii crtoig oite ]\o t)Ait cIiuca ah t>úpn.
Uui]\ceccA uí "OomnAitt rCcAt iiAite ó uaiihcc tAiporii ah ruvóiuJAt» t>o t)]\ut> 7 "oo •otucu^A'ó r]ur An •oúiia'ó An'iAit bA mlnniAnc tAir 50 ha teicci neAch Anonn no itte aca 7 ha bui coiiAinno Cp\ur etút>A A5 ó cconcobAi]\ Arm ccAipcíAtt, t>o pA^Aib 11k\tt gÁ]ib ó *OoiiniAitt 1 cuip^liecc Ati coimeoA, (x no aoncoirg é 1111 ^acIi ní bA t>ío]\ t>ó 7 bA p\mrC]\c tAiporii •00 "óenom t>ó. "Luit) reipn conA rtog co Coi]\]\ptiAb ha sC^pA 7 ^AbAir ton^ponc iruvóe A]\ "óaií; ua cireAt) aii rtuAj ^&XX CAijur ^aii ^Acu^At). DAipiotii ipn tiúnAt) hirin on cét>nA reclic ac cliuAtAt) au ^oibCpnoin t>o beic a^ cionót cIiuja rni né t>Á riuor co C015 .x. Augurc. Ro nicfAiiitAij;- CrcAi]\porii é butráem 011 mut>pm pu lutiur CAep\]\ ah cah ropiAgAib "Oecmr bnucur nro lomfuvóe ron c1iac1iai]\ ha ITlAipti, 7 t>o coit>1i reipn conA ftoj "oo coc1ia]\ pur ah t>í Ainpg ]ao bACA]\ pu tAnnli ponnp ro]\p\n epoAm, pec]\m 7 Áiprum aii AnmAnniiA. RobcAn rubAij foponrAoitit) mumcC]i uí *OoiimAitt pu neuhCr ah t>Á mior AC]\ub]\Amo]\ ]\o bACA]\ ipn •oúnAt) ]ien'i]\Áice rju Coi]i]iftiAb ua SCghpA acúató, 7 ^e]\ uó 1ieici]\c1iiAn ÚAit>ib imf-Ct)Ain 7 cA]\]\ut> a tomcCt) m bui hac cC^'bAit) bit> ro]\nA rj\ipn
1 Encampedthere- — His camp was in the battle of Lerida, in which these two lieu-
extremity of Bealach Buidhe, now Bellagh- tenants of Pompey were defeated, and of the
boy, near Ballinafad, Co. Sligo. Anna/s subsequent surrenderof Marseillesto Ca?sar,
F. M., vi., 2124. and his generosity to the inhabitants, see his
^Julius Casar. — For an account of the De Bello Civí/i, 1 . 34.
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Dunkcllin, and Thomas with his forces, Theobald Dillon with all his. 1599. troops, O'Conor Don, Hugh, son of Dermot, son of Cairbre, with his party, and MacS\viny na dtuath, Maelmuire, son of Morrough Moll, son oí Owen Oge, who was then at variance with and in rebellion against O'Donncll and with the Governor. When all these people came to Roscommon, they formed a strong, cruel, hard-hearted army, so that it seemed to the leader Sir Conyers that O'Donnell had not a body of men to meet or encountcr them. They went away after that from Ros- common with twenty-eight standards, until theycame to Tulsk ; from that to the monastery of Boyle, and they encamped there. As for Theobald na long and Morrough na maor and the ships of which \j-e have spoken, they set sail, heeping the shore of Ireland on the right, as was commanded them, until they came to the deep part of the harbour west of Sligo. Thcy remained there, as they were instructed, till they should get news of the other army which he sent to them there.
As for O'Donnell, some time after he succeeded in closing and securing the position before the fortress as he wished, so that no one was allowed in or out of it, and there was no way or means of escape for O'Conor out of the castle, he left Niall Garbh O'Donnell in com- mand of the guard, and instructed him in everything he needed and he specially desired he should do. He himself went with his army to Corrsliabh of the Seaghais, and encamped there l lest the English army might cross it without being noticed. He was in the fortified place then from the first time he heard the Governor was collecting his forces against him for the space of two months to the fifteenth of August. In that way he resembled Julius Caesar 2 when he left Decius Brutus besieging the city of Marseilles and he went himself with his army to fight against the two generals who were Pompey's lieutenants in Spain ; Petronius and Afranius were their names. O'Donnell's people were glad and delighted during the space of the two months they were in thc aforesaid strong place to the north of Corrsliabh of the Seaghais, for they had no lack of provisions during that time. though the carriage and bringing of supplies was very long for them
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yé rm, ÚAin mn bo tui;A oboAc cét> nnte ceiinint) imecui]\or A]\ Aitt tha tomcib ron jnoitnb 7 eodiAib a hmir CogAm nnc Héitt, a JTAnoic cípe fol.55.^ ConAÍtt, a 50VL, Ah1o]\jot, a pu]\c cojiAijhe íCn ccÚAirccCnc. 11i]\ bo heiccCn bo.ocjiAi-0 iia ÍAich^Aite rri gAirccet) uiaic óicc a]\ihca r]u hunrctAije t)A]\ cCiro Amo^At» no AmeAnbotg, acc ApCt)h bA rnÁt>AT> Gfc comAi]ice T)óib ^itte 7 a]\at>a Gt -OAome "oiAi]nn 7 tuchc mijjAirgit) 7 miot>tAchAir, 7 m tAriicA bem rjuú tA huAriiAn uí "OhorimAitt A]1 ha ronbrurce ArniAcccAm piot>Aiiiuit. O "oo ]UAchcACA]i]xétA 50 hÚA n*OorimAitt UeAboicc nA ton^ conAton^Cr •00 ceAcc irin ccúah rjur m StigeAc acúató, ]\o pAoró A]i Aitt t»ÍA AriirAib nA rrjuchAi^eAT) 11 a circAir ron cí]i ^ombACAn irm ponc ro AnCncoriiAin eneAch m ionchAib rmú. Vhr rAjigAibrioiii t»An pchiri hiaic conAi]\Ct>hA nÁit> eArnurA etut)A ó toch Cé rjnr aii SC^IiAir auaiu 50 toch UechCc AttA chÍA]\ ^An tuchc reicirie Gfc ronAine ro]\]\A ua cireA-ó au rtuA^ reAÓA 5A11 ]iAcuJAt) cipnrour. Ar. bC]\crAC a coipg 7 a cpeAbAnm a conrAit 7 AchoriiAintij A]i ceAnA bA cCpbAit) mó]i túa miteAt>Aib 7 bA CAnAoicce AcchAcgAbAtA r]n ^AttAró AnrcAoiteAt) 7 au cer]ieit>eAt) t>o ]\acc ron a riiumci]\ .1. "onong mó]\ t)iob 11111 lomruróe aii cliAircéoit Anibui ó ConcobAin 7 A]i Aitt ron huchc bnumne aii tomjir imnopÁróriorii, A]\ oite t»iob acc couriCcc ro]\pi&
C011A1]\lb ACCÚAT>A111A]\.
T)o ]\Acroiii rojvoAit mbicc 7 ro]\ nCipn rmgte ha nuÁpxt 7 nA nAi]\eAC 7 AcbC]\c ptiú gun bó heiccCn m-opn, 7 ]\o ]\ait) beor gun bo remb]UACA]i ó chdn riiÁi]i nAC A]i tíon 05 b]urcC]\ cac acc c]u nC]\c ah choniroet) 7 recip neAch CAippn^Cr ipn c]uonoicc Aré Ar copg]\AC 7 qteroCr 511^1 Ab é An CA0111 "Oia roAr ron An pochAróe bior rop 5Á01 niApAn ÚACAt) bior ro]i ríop -Ar nnne ACAiiiAorone m A]\ húacat) ron río]\ ah t)A]\tinn but)t>em, 7 acac j^Aitt 111A roch.Ait>e mói]i ron 501 A5 501T) bA]i nACAnúA 7 bA]i HAi]\bC]\cA bic po]\Aib, 7 Ar ur a t>Aoib comó]\ cacuíjat) cAtniA pCi]\ij reicnec "oo T)enoiri cAn cCnn bA]\ nACAjvóA 7 bu]\nAnniA au cAn acaiccIi A]i bun ccomurrAT)em 7 bu]\ nAi]\m m bun tAiiiAib, nÁ An cau no bA]\ bencA hi CA]\cj\Aib 7 1n cuurinijhchib ÍA]1 ngoit» bA]i iiA]\m po]\Aib íC]\ cconncCngAt bA]\ mbAtt íol. s6.<7. tA CAT)tAT)Aib c]\UAiT)]U5nib cnAibe G: ía]\ mb]\ireAt> 7 ÍA]1 mbtAit>]iebAt> An
1 Goll. — A promontory in the barony of limits of Ross Irguill are not determined. Rilmacrenarj, Co. Donegal, on the eastern It adjoined Ros Guill on the west. Top. pide of Sheephaven, now Rosguill. The Poems, xxxi.
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during that period, for they brought some of their provisions not 11599. less than a hundred miles on mares and steeds from Inishowen Mic Neill, from Fanad of Tyrconnell, from Goll x and West Goll, from Port Tory in the north-west. Soldiers and armed men were not necessary, nor armed youths, to protect their servants or flour-sacks, but their protection and guards were servants and peasants, and people without arms, and persons not fit for war and cowardly, and no one dared to harm them through fear of O'Donnell, that his peaceful rule might not be broken through.
When the news reached O'Donnell that Theobald na long with the ships had come to the mouth of the harbour of Sligo, he sent some of his soldiers to prevent them from landing, so that they were in the harbour face to face with them. Besides, he did not leave the roads or passes or means of escape from Lough Ce of the Seghais to Lough Techet on the west without guards and watches on them, lest the army should pass by without being observed in some way. His chiefs and captains, and his counsellors too said they were very short of soldiers, and that their attack on the English would be weaker on account of the scattering and dispersion which he had made of his forces, i.e., a large body of them was besieging the castle in which O'Conor was, and some confronting the fieet of which we have spoken, some of them keeping watch on the roads we have mentioned.
He made little or no account of the words of the nobles and chiefs, and he said to them that this was necessary, and he declared moreover that there was an old saying from long ago, that it was not by the number of soldiers the battle is decided but by the power of God, and that he is victorious whosoever trusts in the Trinity and believes that the one God is against the crowd that is on the side of cheating and with the few who are on the side of right. ' We, though a small number, are on the side of right, as it seems to us, and the English, whose number is large, are on the side of robbery, in order to rob you of your native land and your means of living, and it is far easier for you to make a brave, stout, strong fight for your native land and your lives whilst you are your own masters and your weapons are in your hands than when you are put into prison and in chains
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Aitt t)ibpt>e mb béoriiA]\b, íf]\ iia bAji ccoimcfn^At 7 A]1 ha bA]\ nAcommAt ro]\ renAib 7 cAncAcliAib cjua p^Aitirtijcib c1iac1i]iac nA n^Att "oía bA]\ ccacaoi]i 7 -oiA li)A]i ccuiobeA-ó. OfntiAcc UAimp ro]\Aib a ponriiuman, CAbnAi-ó m bA]i mfnmAn aii tmc]\Achc caiiiia no biA*ó tib An CAn no bencA aii 111TÓ1AC 7 A11 -ó]\oc1iA]\A'óAin pn ro]\Ait) (aiíiai1 t>o ]\a,oa>ó ro]\ ite *oa bA]i ccenét) $o]\Ab Amu ipn to bAíjAps pcci AteAr cacujatd reicniuch 00 jmorii •oo cor nAtii bA]\ pAoine t>AOib a mrc bA]i tArii 7 a c]\UAr bA]i cc]\oit>e aii cAn acátó bA]\ cco]\p A]i bA]\ ccomur 7 bA]\ nAi]\m m b^n tAiiiAib, AiiiAit ha biA-ó ei^m niA-ó iac An rtuA§ ^Att bur co^jaac. TIa geibit) gnAm ha niifgtA ]\1A tiomiiAi]\e tA0C]\Aix>e Lunoon 11A ]\u\ iiAttiiiA]\ÓACc An mmtt 11A a nA]\m, acc cui]ub bA]i rpieirap 7 bA]\ rAoitCccAm ipn coniToeb ro]\o]\-ÓA. Ay t>f]\b tfmrA t>iA ccAb]\Ait> t>A bA]\ tiAOit) AnAb]\Aimp rpb 50 piAompcln ro]\ JAttAib, 7 combo bb cop^An. Oaco]\ iia ptoij occ coi]xéAÓc pn pnghtib iia rtAcliA. 11i]i uó tmitij t>tiA -óoibp-óe Actumpn cembfiar mo lompoiccp A]\ Aipoe a jocVia 7 a f]\tAb]\A. 1lo geAttp&c cac1i iccoiccmne con mon^nAicir reb ]io ronéon^Ain 7 ]\o ArtAij ro]\]\A.
lomcurA An A1]\15 Coneur Ctioro]\c, botpóe pu ]\é reAccriiAme oc rur (x occ roiclntt An e]\c]\\AttA t>o ]\oine ro •óeófó. 11 o bit>pt)he 05 bAig b]\iACA]\
7 05 CAc1lA01]1 7 05 CA]\CU]\\t rO]\pAU CUAircf]\C ^AC tA01 7 OgA ]1AÓ JO
]\ac1iax> 'oía nAiiÍTÓeom cAnrAn pteib bub cuAib, Ho Iiaoi pAriitAi'ó 50 ret nAom TDui]ie iúaca]\ An conÍTof-ó ipn cm^eAt) tA .x t>o Au^up;. 1lo jeAttfom A11 tA pn pMnjieA-ó 50 mbetc 1 ton^pojtc uí 'OhorimAitt ]\ia nAt)Ai5 íf]i mAróm ro]\ a riunncin. OArfb ]\o bA motiA]\ t>o riiumci]i uí X)1iorimAitt pur 111 ]\é yo bAoiporii ipn mAini]xi]\ beic occa ccfpcuJAb buó t>em 7 occa nettrimJA-ó yoy cfnt> ah cACAij;ce 7 m f]icon'iAi]\ 11A lif^i^Aite ]\o t>AtArcA]i "oía pAijib. Oaca]\ a^ gtAmniAmeA'ó íol. 56. b 7 05 ^ter A11 gonnA'ó 05 j^uopgo^iA-ó 7 5]\iAnA-ó Aii5]\Anput>Ai]\ (x 05 buit^tionAb a pocoróf'ó Ag coiiiitfjliA'ó ACCAO]\tiÍAtt>e 7 aii ubAittriieAtt niomcnom aj c]\omnpnAt> Acc]iAoi]%fc cc]iAinn]\friiA]\ 7 ACceAtc]\Ac1i cacIia, aj tíon'iAÓ AtAnnctonófiii ifcliAiipo'OA 7 ACCUA5I1 ccAibteAÓ ccAicnfriiAch
1 Feast. — i.e., the Assumption of the pointed the monastery of Boyle to be
Blessed Virgin Mary, which is fixed on that the rendezvous of the forces that were sum-
day. moned to go to the relief of O'Conor Sligo
zHe. — i.e., Sir C. Clifford, who had ap- to Collooney.
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after bcing robbed of your weapons and when vour limbs are bound with
hard, tough cords of hemp, aftcr bcing broken and toru, some of you half
dead after you are chained and taken in crowds on waggons and carts,
through thc streets of the English towns through contempt and mockcry of
you. My blessing on you, truc men ; bear in your minds the firm resolu-
tion that you had whcn such insults and violcncc wcrc offcred to you (as
was done to many of your race), that to-day is the day of battlc which you
have nccded to make a vigorous fight ín defence of your liberty by the
strcngth of your arms and the courage of your hearts, whilc you have your
bodies under your control and your weapons in your hands, as it is not a
ncccssity that the English should be your conquerors. Have no dread or
fear of thc great number of the soldiers of London or of the strangeness
of their weapons and arms, but put your hope and confidencc in the God
of glory. I am certain if you take into your minds what I say to
you, that the English will be defcated and that victory will be with you.'
The troops listened to the words of the princc. It was not difrlcult for
thcm to hear, though they were not very close, on account of the loudness
of his voice and speech. They promised all together that they would do
as he ordered and requested them.
As for the commandcr Conyers Clifford, he was for the space of a
week preparing and getting ready for the journey, which he made at last.
He was blustering and showing his contcmpt for and rcviling thc men of
the north each day, and saying that he would go in spite of them over the
mountain northwards. He was thus until the feast1 of Mary thc Mother
of God, on the 15U1 day of August. He promised that he would be
in O'Donnell's camp bcfore night that day after defeating his forces.
The occupation of O'Donnell's forces during the time that he2 was
in the monastery was cxercising themsclvcs and preparing for the
fight and for the cncounter which they wcre callcd to engage in.
Thcy wcre clcaning and getting ready their guns, and drving and
exposing to the sun their grain powder and filling their pouches and
casting thcir leadcn bullcts and heavy sphcrical balls, sharpening
their strong-handlcd spcars and their war-pikes, polishing thcir long
broadswords and their bright-shining axcs, and prcparing their arms
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A CA]\gbAtA "01A A1imc1lA]\A1CC ÍA]l CCA111, "OO CíCo A peACCA riAO 'OlA, J ]\0
codiAiceA-ó cor\p C]\ipc Ar-Cn-oA-ó. 1lo ApLAií; ro]\ a ftog ifin Aimpi]\ hvpn Aome pete ha 1n nAon'i 111ai]\i •oo c]\o]^a-ó. Tlo céteAb]\At> oirr]\enn "óó A]\ a bA]\Ac (x -0011 crto<5 A]\ cCha "oo neoch bACor\ irm toii5po]\c pn, 7 A]i]\oé-oporii 50 niAicib au cptoij niiAitte r]ur co]\p C]\vpc co iiAi]\rincm riiói]\ "oon conivóró 10SA CR10SU 7 *oia HAorii riiACAi]\ ipA rét oa }\<\1& ahii. O -oo bC]\crorii •oía uit> bAij b]UAC]\A bA]\onnbo]\bA ah joibC]\no]\A aj cmjeAtteAX) cocc •oia toii^bo]\crorii <\n A-óAij pm, no ACA15 iiiac nA hoige ]\o bui ro a b]\umne, 7 aii 05 rCvpn 'oía ]\o Aom ah tÁ ]\íaii'i hiia hnnpit)he ro]\ aii acIiaiu nCrirÓA 7 ro]\ a niAC imcCiropA cCcur oia AnniAin, (x, íCnoiii 'oiaiiia-ó Co no -óeoiiAií;re *Oía "óó ^ombAt) rAin buo ]\Áon, 50 brA]iccboic1n eipoiii m eAttAO ah cIiacIia 7 iia círeA"ó ron ccúLaó coi'óée acc AÓicCnoeA'ó *oía nÁriiAic pú no metAchc- UAijá AiiiAit ]\o bA mCnniA]\c tÁr A11 njoibCpióin. UiC^Iiaicc aii rtój íaji nei]xeAcc aii oir]\eivo -oía nibodiAib 7 puiptib 00 con'iAitc a ccúa]\a 7 a p]\Aiiroi niA cceAcc 1n ccCiro n'ió]\rACcAi]\, 7 "oah bACA]\ oca]\]\mj; gmnc íCn nAome Aii tÁoi ]uaii'i x>óib A]\ iuiaoaiúLaca'ó 00 haoiíi 1llAii\e. AchajIiac a]w bpuiptib co p]\Apu]\tAiii ÍA]1 bppAm'oiu^AO t>óib co rrAiLce móin 7 co rubA tA mCc 11 a rAoiteAccAn bui teó buAio 7 copJA]! -oo b]\Cic roj\ AnAuiroib. tol. 57. a. U1C5I1AIC ron ]\Cró An riiAighe t)o cliAipheAtbAt) a roc]\<\roe m oCnriiAigin. 1lo ]\Aim úa 'OoiiniAitt a muinci]\ 111 oé a^a liAicte. Uo tA a §itte Oiaha t)CiniimCcAc1iA &, a o^bAt) ucniAtt AnbpAró ft, a óCy t)iub]\Aicci po]\ teic jjonA n5oniiAt>hAib 5uc1iA]\t)A 5e]\]iAt)A]\cAc1iA 7 coiia ppioobACAib CAitce comnriune 7 coha ppo^liA-ÓAib yuiteAc1iA poib^ugce 7 50 Anuibb Aionnb nncetccci aj\ cCiia. Ro oj^-oai^ cuipich c]\ot)A 7 ecctuum ungoiiA 7 cui]\ congbAtA cacIia nnA]iolii p]\ui 50 rro]\piiAchc úacIia rojij^iuv hóccAib t)iAno]\At) 7 "oiAiioinjje 7 t)iAirotucuccAt) iccCnn ah cIiaca co ha p]\Aomce ro]\]\A, 7 t)U]\]xtAi5e (x -010111511111 ca]\ Anéiri caii bA 1iAnpui]\ice
1 Confessor. — Properly soul's friend. See on ' The Culdees,' in Trans. R. I. A-, xxiv. Colgaiv^s Trias Thaum., p. 294, and Reeves 88. The word usuallv means confessor. .
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and armour and implcments of war also. A prudcnt pious clcric and a comcly psalm-singing priest wcrc with O'Donncll continually offering Mass and thc pure, mystcrious sacrificc of thc Body and Blood of Christ, and it was his usual practicc whcncvcr hc wcnt on a journcy or a hosting, or whcnevcr he was thrcatcned with any kind of dangcr, to obscrve a fast and confcss his transgressions to his confessor,1 aftcr he had gricvcd for his sins before God, and to receive the Body of Christ himself. He rcqucsted his army to fast on the eve of the fcast of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Mass was offered for him on the next day, and for everyone of the army also who was in that encampment, and he recommendcd thc chicfs of the armv to receive with him the Body of Christ with great revcrence for the Lord Jesus Christ and his holy Mother on her feast that occurrcd thcn, When hc heard of the boasting of the proud lcadcr the Governor, who promiscd to come to his encampmcnt that night, he besought the Son of the Virgin, who had lain on her breast, and the Virgin herself, in whose honour he had fasted the day before, to pray to the blesscd Fathcr and to her loving Son, first for his soul, and aftcrwards if God did not grant that he should bc victorious, that he should bc lcft on the field of battle and that he should nevcr rcturn, but that he should be beheadcd by his enemies rather than be disgraced, as was the wish of the Governor. After hearing Mass, the army went to thcir tents and prcpared to take thcir food and thcir mcal bcfore cngaging in the great labour, and thcn they were hungry and thirsty after the fast of thc preceding day in honour of holy Mary. Aftcr taking their mcal they came from thcir tcnts vcry readily with great delight and gladness, owing to the great hope they had of obtaining a victory and triumph over their encmies.
They proceeded ovcr thc levcl part of the plain in ordcr to rcvicw their forccs togcthcr. O'Donncll then divided his forces into two parts. II c placed his swift energetic youths and his nimblc athlctic men and his shoQtcrs apart, with their loud-sounding straight-shooting guns and their strong bows and their bloody venomous javelins, and thcir missile instru- mcnts also. IIc appointcd lcadcrs of battlc and champions of thc fight and generals for sustaining the battlc vvith them, with command to the youths to press and urge and close them to the battle, so that they may
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AiiAróme t>iob]\Aico. *Oo uaca a ÚApvit 7 a Ainig (x a fopufocctAig ipn *oa]\a teic a co"ónAi5 7 a cun^C'oliA 7 a c]\enp]\ cAiprmeAcliA 7 a cuAirvoiróe caca co cctAróiinb t>Amoie t>e]:Aob]\AchA (x 50 mbÍAitib btÁch- rnoijci bétcAnA 50 mAHAOipb mói]\teAb]\A muinneAcliA 50 rtC^liAib reim- neAchA poc]>ot)A pn roruJAt) rCtmiA 7 pu cAippoiii cnot>A 7 cac1iai]l 11i]\ bo 1noiiAt> t>Aije]\mA nó t>iAimm]\íme ah t>ú pí) conAt) Ai]\e pti t>o ]\ome c]\Ai^1iceAC t>ÍA niAncftuA^h a mC]x a miteA*ó. 1a]\ nt>e]\omn a mumone t>ó 'OhomnAitt ]\o roncon^Ain ronr aii ' t)AÍA ]iAtm t>iob nnbACAn An coCr t)iub- ]\Aicce 50 ]\eimciCrcAi]" gur ah ftoj necc]\ont> t>o coc1ia]\ puú, 7 cómbor iacc bAt> Ai]ut)i A15 7 lo^i^Aite t>iA ni^uni 7 cuechcnuccAt) ne pú cíoprAir ca|\ iomt>o]\Áit> 7 Auii]\eit) A11 crtéibe a]\ bA ViArAice roAt) ronno ro *oéói§ •oÍAmcAir cueccnAighce ÚAt>Aibriom icco^Aij;, (x 50 mbeicpom 50 cou§ An crtóig m Ai]\Cr t>AtA ro AnencoriiAin t>o cIiac puú bAit ín ]\ob C]\t>AtcA tArp An ^AbAit. 11o bior •onón^A t>C]\iiiA]\A t)o iiiuino]\ uí *Ohoriinoitt t>o tó 7 t>At>Aij miA reAÓ oc ro]\Ai]\e ro]\ ionn ah crtéibe nA oopvó ah rtog ecc]\onn
CA1]Ur gAll ]AACU5At).
TDo ]\AtA t>]iedicA "óíob A11 tÁpn pMti]\eAt) aihi 7 bACA]\ occ ro]\crí 7 mit>CiiiAin 11A niAini]x]\ec ÚArótb 7 ha roinne bACA]\ mne. An cAn bA rtAn]\uicneAc1i au £j]UAn puú occ An bpMnccp, ac c1hac aii rtoí; aj ai]\ioh a iiA]\m 7 occ cu]\^bAit a mCip^eAÓ 7 a mb]\ACAC 7 occ rCmm a cc]\om]\At> 7 a
fol.57. /'. CCApÚ]\ 60 A CCAipilC]\C dlAcllA. 1vO tÁlfCc A]XétA t>0 fAlgfÓ UÍ X)1lOlÍl1lOltt
50 t>ebocAC. 1a]\ cctoipcecc iia pccétA pn t>ÚA "OliómtiAitt ac bC]\c pur ah rroi]\inn ]\o opoAij inerhcur iia conAi]\e co irotAnArctiAior ]\eiinb -oo "óeAbAt) ruir A11 ftoj ]ie rui orcAir ca]\ moic]ub An niAij;f-teibe. Loca]\ ía]\oiíi AifiAit ]\o hCnbAt) puú 50 nAi]toe Aipiró 7 50 mCnmAn]\At> mitró tAgAc nAoinrC]\ aca 50 ]\Aiix:ACAn ro]\ int) au crteibe co onnCpiAc ]UApiA gAVLAib. t>eicaró T)oiimAitt niA nt)eAt>1iAi5 co cobpMt» cennpgm j;ur An rpAiitAc pxpAigce 7 jur iia c]\em]:C]\Aib cAippne ]io co§u]-cai]\ hia cnncett 50 mbACA]\ ipn ionAt> e]\t>AtcA 7 ipn t>ú m ]\o bAt) t>eiiiim teó ha 5A1^ "°0 cocIiau iha ccenn. Ai]upc Ainnfróe ro Atie]\con'iAi]i.
lomcurA Ati cftoij femceccAij ]\o o^toai^ 11 a "OoiímAitt ipn co^ac
1 Veterans. — 0'Clery says the Irish vvord 3 Rough part. — He had felled trees and
means an aged soldier. put them across the road, to malce the
2Shooters. — ie., both the archers who used passage more difficult for the enemy.
bows, and the musketeers who had guns. O'Sullivan, Hist. Cath., p. 165.
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not bc dcfcatcd, and to hcw down and wound aftcr thcm as soon as thcir '599- missile weapons were ready. IIis noblcs and chicf mcn and veterans1 wcrc placcd in thc othcr division, his lcadcrs and his chiefs, his trusty bra\'c mcn, and his lcaders of battle, with thcir strong, kecn-cdgcd swords and polishcd, thin-cdged battlcaxes, with large-headed, smooth, narrow lanccs, thcir long, smooth spears, to support the conflict and maintain the fight and battle. The placc was not one for galloping and riding, whcrcforc he made foot-soldiers of his cavalry in the midst of his soldicrs. After dividing his forces in two, O'Donncll ordcred the sccond division, with whom the shooters2 were, to advancc as far as the foreign army to engagc them, and they should bc thc chicf men of the fight and battlc to wound and cut down bcfore they came over the difficult and rough part 3 of the mountain, for it would be easier to defcat thcm in the end if thcv wcre woundcd by them in bcgiuning, and he himself with the main body of the army would wait near to engage them where he was sure they would pass. There were strong bodies of O'Donnell's people day and night by turns watching on the summit of the mountain lest the foreign army should go through without being noticed.
There were parties of them that very day there, and they were recon- noitering and watching the monastery at a distancc and the party which was in it When the sun was in full brilliancy as they were reconnoitering, they saw the army taking their arms and raising their standards and colours and sounding their trumpets and tabors and war instruments. They sent word to O'Donnell in all speed. After hearing the news, he told the party whom he had ordercd to take the van in the pass, that they should march forward rapidly to engage the army bcfore it crossed the rugged parts of the mountain slope. They advanccd thcn as thcy wcre commanded with the magnanimity and courage of soldiers all of them, till they spccdily came to the summit of the mountain before the English. O'Donncll sct^out after them stcadily, firmly, with the steady troops and faithful heroes whom he had collccted round him, and they came to the appointed place and to the spot where thcy wcre sure the English would come up-*to them. Thcy remaincd thcre to mect them.
As for the van of the army which O'Donnell had ordered to the front
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^AbAicc occ AvgnÁm iia conAi]\e 1n ccorii-ÓAit nA ccac necqionn combACAji uchc pu tic1ic. O ]\o coriipoiccpjpCc oia A]\oite t>o tietccCc ha j^01"01^ piop* rutteAcliA roiclnb "orojjA-ÓAib AtcchoCtiiA tunnponn 7 pMche rAi^hCc puub^en pAinCiceAc a pt>bACAib rot>A revónineA]\criiA]iA 7 CArAi]\- ceACA cc]umcAO]i cc]\ovóC]\5 (x ubAitriieAt tuAvóe a ^unnA-ÓAib cei]icoi]ije CAot]iA'ÓAi]\c. pppunntCchAvi ó ojbAvó 11A Saocau tnA pAiiitAigueA'ó von ccuniniA cCcha •oo gpuiAoibtib gniorgojvcA gtAntuAvóe a gumiA'OAib ^tepoitftie 7 a c]\AoriiiurcoecAib cogUAfCA ciAnpogMACA combcAn CiimAijci ua hnncetcct Cco]\]\a t>epú 7 AnAtt 50 ctop a prÚAiiiAnnA 7 Arr]\Cj;A]\cA 7 ArrogliA^icoijuieAX) 1 rroicpb 7 Arpio-óbA*ÓAib a ccAirciAttAib 7 a ccuiii- "oai jib ctoclrÓA iia cc]noc1i ccompoccup 1)a niAccnA'ó mó]\ nA m^poc Aep oi]\mCcA 7 A]\AbA ron *onemm 7 "OAp^Acc tA coiprecc pur ua cAipneA]\cAib caca 7 pu niAc AttA 7 co]\niAn ah c]\eint>iubnAicce. 1ío ctteAcnAijpc cu]\auó 7 ]\o tovcicc "LoCc1i]\avó ro]\ tnb teictb teó conboc ti]\ boniAmiA C^Iia niACAn jjAirii]\tt> uro ac vojvta ccaoc tnopiiA a^ t>iAinim]um tAiiiA 7 teicclnnt) 7 tA A]vgA HA toechnAVóe ro]\ ^ac teic nAmb]\ui]uj btot)CA7 iia ccnAiiii]iebAi-ó fol. 58. a. combppce ó cliAp^uiAig cAojvpoijnen ccCipctCghcA cqmtintuAvóe (x tA pioipcliCcliAib ro^A-ó rtAnn]\ÚA-ó voibpglici 7 VAighfcc y]\ubyot)A ytmn- co]1]\auac 7 jac1i Ai]\m ímceitccce A]\ cCha. -Ac bC]\cyAC a ccoipg cy\ot>A (x a iiai]uj lomgoiiA ytti muinci]\ uí *Ohotiinoitt jaii Ai]uporii ro]\ iondiAib ua nAttriiA]\Ac1i acc 50 cAi]\mceAitt)Aiy uvó ro]i ^ac coCib x>o c1ioc1ia]\ p\iú. LArcóAin ]\o iaú^ac iotnpAib ro]\ ^ac teic AiiiAit yo ro]\con5]\At> yoy]\A, 7 ^AbAicc 05 An t)iiib]\ACCAt) 7 occ "oeAbAt) rniú 50 t)einmnet)Ac t;icoimii]\cit co ]\o tAiyCc AnCicCt)A cacIia nicib A]\ mC'óón t^ •otúy 7 t>enie 11A "oeAbcA. Cró rit Ann c]\a acc ]\o t>ityit;yCc ha ^Aitt rA t)eovó a nt)]\oniAnnA t>o cyeinyC]\Aib aii cuAiycinc.
X)o ]\a1a ó tluAiric (cijgCfvnA b]\eirne Coiuiac1ic) An cAtipn AttA auaiii •oon coi]\]\ftiAb iton^ponc ro]\ teic. llo cin^eAttvAvóe t)ÚA 'OlioiiiiiAitt beic iivo u]\yoichitt 11A nAttniA]\AC tuA rpÚA]\bAi]\c a ccumniA cliÁig yecib cah no roibe]\At)poiii coua riiinnci]\ iao. Oc chuAtA-óptie bui]\eAt) beicCt) ha cc]tompAt> 7 ua CApún, coinneAÓ (x CAtAiiichuriipcuJAt) ah c]iemt)iub]tAicche ac]iac1ic ava ton^ponc COIIA toech]\Ait) tAip 7 CUA]\5AlbpOC A1l 10-OtlA CACA
1 O'Rourlce— Some writers give him the O'Sullevan. O'Rourlce had but 120 foot ; whole credit of this viotorv. SeeO'Roihe's they could hardly resist the 2,500 foot of H. of Sligo,\\.2C)7. Not soour authorand the English. SeeHtst. Cath., p. 209.
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they proceeded to march along thc road to mcct thc foreign army until 1599- they werc face to facc. Whcn thcy camc ncar cach other, thc [rish dis- charged against thcm tcrriblc showcrs of beautiful ash-handled javelins and swarms of sharp-pointed, whizzing arrows from their long clastic bows, ancl vollcys of blood-red spherical balls and leaden bullets from their straight-shooting, sharp-sighted guns. Thcy were responded to by thc English soldicrs in thc samc way exactly with sharp-wounding lcadcn balls from their iron lock-guns and their far-sounding muskets, so that thc missiles wcrc re-doublcd between them from one side and the other, and thc rcports and cchoes and thundering noisc werc hcard in thc woods and groves, from thc castles and stone fortresses of thc neighbouring country. It was a great wonder that the timid peoplc and thc camp-followers did not run away through panic and frcnzy on hearing the blasts of martial music and the echo and loud rcports of the great shooting. Hcrocs were woundcd and champions wcrc hurt by thcm on both sidcs, so that at thc placc where thc division came to a closc hand-to-hand encounter on that wintry morning thcre was many a dcath-sound from thc slaughtcr of thc herocs on every side, whose flcsh was shattered into fragments and whose boncs were broken by the lightning flames of thc well directed circular lcaden bullets, and from the showers of blood-red, well aimed javelins, thc long- pointed, fiat-barbed arrows, and every sort of missile besides. Thcir battle leaders and chiefs in the combat told O'Donncll's mcn not to remain opposite the foreigncrs, but to surround them completely in thc fight. Thcreupon they closed in on them on every side as thcy were commandcd, and they proceeded to shoot and to fight against thcm rapidly, unsparingly so that thcy drove the wings of their army into their ccntre by the pressure and rapidity of the attack. Howcver, the English turned their backs at last to thc brave men of the north.
O'Rourhc,1 lord of Brcfny Connaught, was then ío the east of C rr- sliabh in a scparatc camp. _ He promised O'Donncll to bc rcady to attack thc forcigncrs likc the othcrs, whcnevcr hc cncountcrcd them with his forccs. Whcn he hcard thc loud noise of thc trumpets and tabors, and the thundcring and earth-shaking of thc grcat firing, hc 1 from his cncampment with his soldiers, and thcy put on thcir battle-
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f°1M1A 7 ni I10 AfifAc dia fveimini 50 jiaiijaca]! ^ur ah niAigiri unbACAn. mumcCn uí *OoihtiAitt A5 ^nioifi AnioniAinj. ^AbAiccriorii occ ctAibm Cb ha cujiad AccumniA cliAij (x occa noionbjiAgAÓ 50 ntnccrlc f CmpA iua noCn niA-óinA gur A11 niAinirci|i ]téni]iAiciu do neoch |\o chuniAin^ ]ioc1icaih An AnniAnn leó. 1li]\ uó hAitfC'ÓAch ]\o ceichrCc ro]t ccútAb A]i m no bech aoii ÚAibib ro]\ diAnAiD hia ro]t choigeite 111A bjuib, (x An da]i ÍAir aii cí bA coirCncliA biob Aré buo bem ]iobAb •oeróCnchA Don Cptóg uite. 11 1 ]iAinmc tA muinci]\ uí "OhoiiniAitt Ai]\teAch ah neich 110 feDrADAOir A]i tionniAi]ie aii toccA ]\o ceié]-Cc Ann 7 A]\ ÚAice aii crtóig bACA]\ 111A teAnriiAin A]i m jtAngAConrorii ^ur aii ccummce ftóij Anibui ó T)otimAitt An cAn ]io rnAomeAb ro]\]iA tAp An cceDnA buróm ]\o hojtDAigeAb tAirriuiii m u]\corAÓ ha conAine. 1\or pAjtjjAtbfCc nA^Aitt A]\ Aoróe iotÁ]\ cCnn 7 robb tAp ha remoCbAib. *Oo niA]ibAb DAn An 50ibC]inoi]i Si]i Coneur Ctioropc m uncorAÓ iia hiop^Aite íoi.58. b. 50 rrA]igAibci rAon hia ti^he ro]i An rtéib 7 é beo^liAoice, (x bA TiAmrrior doiia hóccAib cia ]iucc a céogume, acc nA mÁ bA hubAittriieAtt tuAibe do chóiDh c]ierinc, Gfc m diA]iccrAcc aiioi^ Aich^ne rAi]t có cco]iacc ó Húaijic ro beoib guf aii ai]iiii AmbAoi, 7 acjiiia ^u]\ uó he aii 50ibC]inoi]t, 7 ]:o]\o]icon5A]\c aóicCiidad. *Oo nonAD ÍA]\on'i gu]i bo CAlÍlAn cCf55C]1]ldlA co]inochc ía]i mbemi a chniD dc 7 ía]i ha -pobbAD.
1\o bAb mói]i echc aii cí co]ic1iAif Ann rm, bA DU1U5 D]ioicbiAch Dinnnc yAi]i, 7 m]i uó niAic tA gAoibetAip An choi^ib a oiDeAbpoth, ÚA1]1 m epnCb 501 f]uú, 7 bA rCn ooDtAicce réo Gt niAome Doib é. 1a]i cce]uiAiii do óCp aii riiAbniA gur au niAinirci]i, iompAic mumcC]i uí *OoiiitiAitt hia rpucCm^ 7 ^AbAic occ robbAD au riAntAij ]\o riiA]ibpAC, 05 Achgum m oCpx beogoCice ro^AbDAi]- ipn A]iniAi5, 7 05 AiiDichCiiDAb. Uiaj;aicc día rcopAib ÍA]1 ccAin co proitce mói]i 7 co pubAige, (x cugfAU Atcu^Ab buibe a ccorgAip doii choiniDeD, (x nomrnijjirCc 50 mó]i a tuAice ]\o riieAbAib fo]tp ua ^AttAib, 7 Aibbte AnuAitte 7 Ambopjipvó 05 fAigib iia InojvJAite 7 AnoejtjenpAc do bAig b]UAC0]i (x do choriiAicCrii pojtjtoroiii. b^ pé Aongtó]! ua pocliAibe co teicc AiiiAitt bib a hem 51011 110 epejtcAir hacIi ahio]\c lom^onA do pjiAoineAb ro]\]io acc co]\ bo 1n eACA]\juibe a DuitCn*iAii dúa 'OhorimAitt róc]iuAi]t ían cocAicCrii gtAnpume cui]ip Cjurc 7 a -|:otA bo 1n copAc ah tÁoi Inpn 7 ía]\
1 Thmtigh him.— The placewhere Clifford of Garroo. The King family erected a fell is close to the old road in the townland small tower there to mark the spot.
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armour, and they did not halt on thcir road until thcy came to thc placc ,S99-
where O'Donnell's pcoplc werc carrying on the fight. Thcy procccdcd to
cut down the heroes likc thc rcst and to shoot, till those who werc able to go away with thcir lives ran off defcatcd to thc aforesaid monastery. They did not rctrcat negligcntly, for not onc of them looked for friend or companion bchind him, and he who was the first of them thought hc was the last of thc whole army. O'Donncll's forces did not succced in killing evcry onc thcy might, owing to the great numbcr of those who flcd and the small numbcr of the forcc who wcrc in pursuit, for thcy did not come to the body of the army where O'Donnell was when they wcrc defeatcd by the first body which had been ordered by him to the front in the road. However, the English lcft bchind many a head and weapon with thc soldiers. The Governor, too, Sir Conycrs Cliftbrd, was mortally hurt in thc bcginning of the fight, and he'was lcft in a fceble state lying on the mountain severely wounded, and the soldiers did not know who gave him the first wound, but only that a leaden ball had gone through him,' and the soldiers did not heed him until 0'Rourke at last came where he was, and he knew that it was the Governor, and hc ordcred him to be beheaded. This was done then, so that he was a maimed, naked trunk after his head was cut off and he was mutilated.
There was great grief for the person who fell therc ; the fate that befel him was sad, and the Irish of the province were not pleascd at his death, for he never told them a lie and he was a bcstower of treasures and wealth among them. After the defeated had fied to the monasterv, O'Donnell's forces went back and proceeded to cut down those whom they had mortally wounded and to slay the wounded whom they met with on the battleficld and to bchead them. They then went to their camp with great exultation and gladness, and they made a thank-offering for their victory to the Lord, and they expressed their joy aloud for having defeated the English, and their grcat pride and their exultation at the issue of the battle, and they proceeded to bluster and threaten them. The unanimous voice of the armv was, as if spoken from one mouth, that it was not by force of arms they had gaincd thc victory but by thc pravers of O'Donncll to God that he obtaincd it after receiving thc pure mystery of the Body and Blood of Christ in the
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nAome int> onoi]\ iia hi nAoiii 1T)Ai]\e au tÁ ]\iaiti. Ko bAt) titeAÓc tnnrCiii aii crAo^liAit At>AtA'ó ah joibC]\nó]\A a]\ -oo bencliA AÓucnomA t>ó]\ 7 "oaj^ac arf niAccAin An 1aoi hirm 'oiAmbA'ó hicmibróecc no beic, (x A11 co]\p cnÍA-ó a]^a cmbA|\cA An C]\nt>Ait lonnmurA rm 111 ■OAonteic ]\o ^AbAt» tAirróe im nóm aii tÁoi ]\euii]\Aice, "oóij nvigA-ó a co]\p "oía AtmACAt co hoiten ha c]\ionoit>e ro]\ toch cé imbA]\uncAcc Hluijje tui]\cchi concAe RorAcommAin 7 a cCiro 50 ctntmAoile unbAnuncAcc cíne hdteAttA 1 concAe Sticcit> hi fol. 59.« ccAi],etbA'ó t)iiA concobAi]\. lomcurA ha n^jAtt ía]\ ptteA-ó ÚAitnb t>o mumci]\ uí *OhomnAitt, tdo teiccfc I11 cCnn cpCt>A 50 cmnCrnAch rop ceichet> m t>o ]\ÚA]\At> t)oib 50 ]\aii5Acca]a t>iA cojib ro metA 7 meAbAit. porAipc mumceA]! uí *Ohoir.tiAitt 111A ptnpttb, 7 bA rAirii conctntrCc aii a"óai j rm ía]\ mb]\eic co]^ai]\ 01A mbiot>bAt)Aib 7 ía]\ mA]\bAt> Accum^ró cacIia con t>]\um5 mói]\ t)o Ai]\eACAib 7 t)o ÚAtrtib imA]\oCn ]up cen mochÁ 1 cco]\c]\acau t>o iiutCt>Aib 7 t>óccbAib 111A pA]\]\A"ó. At>nAicic mumcC]\ huí *OoriiiiAitt 1-11 r\o horicA'ó uAróib (x "00 bC]\Ac teige 50 An oCp 5011CA Gt oc chuAtACA]\ roAt> t>onA 5AttAtb y]Uoc]\orcc ciA^hAicc 50 cAi]'ciAtt CuílemAoite bAit iprA]\- ccAib]^Cc mt> mfuróe ron úa ConcobAi]\.
1lo 1iAi]uieit>eAt> -óópAróe cAch]\AomeAt> coin]vpteibe rori Sep Coneur Ctioro]\c 7 a chuicnn tA hÚA ii*OoriinAitt, bA t>ic]\eromeAC tAir mopm 50 ]\o CAireAtbAÓ cCiro An 50ibC]\nó]\A t>ó. X)& "oo^liAitpeAc^om t>e rm 7 ]\o bCn ceitt t>iA coiii]>u]\cacc Ap aii cca]\cai]\ imbui, conet) t)o ]\ome cecc ro]\ CmeAÓ uí "OhomiiAitt 7 a oi^hruAn ó §ac niut> t>o CAbAi]\cóo. 1Da t)AJAi]\te t>óroiii ón a cooacIi 7 a c1iA]\At>]\At) t)e]\piiAit>ni r]u Iiúa nT)omnAitt, A]\ ]\o bC]\c mCmce acIiuauca iccoigcruochAib 7 50 pAmn]\Ct)Ac 1 ccniochAib Saxau t)ur aii brui^beAt» cAbAin 110 comrurcAcc t)iA nC]\cuí;A'ó 111 aíjató a CrccA]\Acc aii caii rm, nó An ccaoh'iacc ioiiacoc1ic 110 Aic]\eb a ch]\tce 110 ACAoiiiro]\bA,
ACC cCllA, 111 chAOlÍl11ACCA1]\poril 111t)],111 CO ]\01lCtlA1]^ An'lU1nCeA]At)A], r]u
hÚA n*OoiiiUAitt t>on chu]vpA. t)A rei]\]\t>e tjororii on 7 ]to cliAjumiAig ní t>o 6: "oía á]\ 1u ccoiccmne ah ca]\ac]\a,ó rnpin, a]\ t>o beA]\c úa *OoriniAitt t)í]\uiie t>o buAib, "oeodiAib, 7 t)mnitib (x t>A jac cenét c]\uit> 7 A]\bA A]1 cCiia
1 Triniiy Island. — In 1215, Clarus O'Mul- Monast. f/ió.,6\$. It is in Lough Ce, a
chonry, archdeacon of Elphin, foundccl an short disrance N. E. of the town of Boyle. abbey for Pranrionstratensians here under 2 Soldiers. — Fynes Moryson gives the
the invocation of the most Holy Trinity. number of the English slain as on!y 120,
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beginning of that day, and after fasting in honour of the Blessed Mary 1599. thc day be/ore. The spoiling of the Govcrnor was a proof of the vanity of the world, for his treasures of gold and silver were takcn away on thc morning ofthatday, having been seized, and his body of clay from which all his treasure was taken away was not carricd in one dircction on thc evening of thc aforesaid day, for liis trunk was carried for burial to Trinity Island x in Lough Ce in the barony of Moylurg in the county of Ros- common, and his hcad to Collooney in the barony of Tircrrill in thc county of Sligo, to bc shown to O'Conor. As for the English, afrer the departurc of O'Donnell's pcople from thcm, thosc who survivcd wcnt thcir way, flying in haste until thcy came to thcir homes in sorrow and disgrace. O'Donnell's people remained in their tents, and they slcpt soundly that night, having obtained a victory over thcir enemies and slain thcir leader in the battlc with a great multitudc of the chiefs and nobles also, besides those of the heroes and soldiers 2 who fcll with them. O'Don- nell's people buried those of them who were slain, ancl brought phvsicians to the wounded, and when they heard that the English had turned back they proceeded to the castle of Collooney, where they had left O'Conor in a state of blockade.
The defeat of Sir Conyers Clifford at Corrsliabh and his death werc made known to him by O'Donnell. He was incredulous about it until the head of the Governor was shown to him. Hc was pcrplexcd thcrcat, and he gave up all hope of release from the prison in which he was, and what he did was to come into O'Donnell's presencc and to make a full submis- sion in every way to him. It was a good plan for him to enter into amity and friendship with O'Donnell, for though hc madc frequent incursions into thc ncighbouring tcrritories and especially into the lands of the English, that he might gct help and aid to strengthen him against his enemies thcn, or protection to dwell in or inhabit his territory or his patrimony, yet he could not do that until he made friendship with O'Don- nell then. He was the better of it, and that friendship was of use to
' besides many more hurt.' O'Sullevan standards, and baggage of the English were says 1,400 of the Queen's forces were takcn. He gives thc number of Irish slain kiíled, ncarlv all English. All the arms, as 140. Hist. Cath., p. 21 1.
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1 congTi&fh thía Concoboa]\, conAt> rfuúri'óe ]\ur cét>Aic]\eAb a cín cit) íCpccAm. UmnceccA UeAboicc iia ton^, ac cuAp •oórAi'óe ron ccumniA cCcmiA r|u\omeA-ó ro]vpiA 5AttAib 7 coicnn aii Aipj, (x ó ConcobAin "oo cAbAi]\c Afin cAircK\tt ac coA'ÓAmA|i, ]\o cmnporii occa 111A niCnmAin ^aii rjucbC]\c r]\i ImÁ nOomniAtt m bA-o pnuí, 7 ]\o nCnAi]xc a diA]\AC]\At> pnr íC]\cAin, 7 •00 |iome Apc 7 con|iAi]\teicc 0011 tomgCr ]\érii]iAice iomput> ro]i ccntAib ^ur aii n^Aittnii t>o ptnp. Ro fAi ó "OorimAitt coiia mumci]i T)1A ccipb fol. 59-^ ía]\ mbÚAi-ó ccop^Ain 7 ccommAOi'óme. TlobcA]\ mCnmiiAij ccoptvÓAij; gAOTÓit t)on cu]i pn, 6: ]\obcA]\ nnpp mCincnróe mumcC]\ iia bAinftiojJAti.
"Oala uí "OonniAitt bAopt>e irrop ÍA]\pAn ccAichgteorm ac1iai-ó unbAite aii 1111iocai 5 7 ac1iai"ó oite 1 "Leicbi]\ 1 n*Onn ha n^Att 7 nnbAite Aca SeAHAi§ oj; Ai^ieAj coite7 occ Annur ^An pnoiii jah -oeicroe ^aii uaiíiah ^au uinC^tA'oo iimi]\ iiac 00 cí]i ]tai]\ au t>A]i tAip Amem -oórorii ó corAÓ ro5AmAi]\ 50 mí]1 "Oe- cembe]i. 1n eAciii^mg nAreepn t»o ]uaccac<\]i ceccA t)iA fAip-ó co rpop pcet teó combm t)AiimA -oeAbcA 7 ioniAi]\Ci5 e\ci]\ 111ac UittiAm UeAboicc h'iac tlAcei]\ Ó10CA15 7 UeAboicc iia tong niAC Tvi]^t3Ci]\-o An ÍA]iAinn. 11i ]io pot)Aiiii tÍA *OoiimAitt 5A11 -out t>o ]not)UJAt) Cco]\]\a co tion rtóig 6x roÓAróe, &ót)o t)CdiAit) t>o t)ucAi5 Ctomne 1it1ittiAm ]\o jjAinnncc iia riiAice ]ieiii]\Aice hia •óocum, 7 ÍA]i neirceAcc ro CAinn ah ini]\CpiA t)ó ]\o ]\iA]\Aig Cco]1]ia combcAn pot>Ac r]u A]\oite A]\ a ronconjnArorii. O c1iai]\hic tAir CnnAitnn ah cpiot>A
]\0 ^Ab AltjCp t)0 CO]\ c1lUA]\CA 1 ctoiim fv10CA1]\t>, 7 Ó ]\0 A]^11ArO]1 AioncliAib
m -óeAcliAit» CA]1 ÚA]iAn mó]\ i]xeAc t>on t>ut pn. IDaoi pn ]\e cCo]\a noit>che coua tÁib 1 ccAmpA ipn niAc1iAi]ie pAbAé 7 1n cotirpchjiAib n<\ ^Aittriie. T)o ]\At>At> nnbAoi t)o c]\eAc1iAib ó cothtAtJAib ah bAite mói]i ahiac -oia fAi^it) t)A m'róeom tuchcA ha cac1i]\ac1i pvóem. 1lo t>otbAicc pceoit iomt)A Ar a tor t)on chu]\ pn ^u]\ ]\o tionp\c AnibAoi ó gliAittnii co teun ConccutAmn -ouaiíiaii 7 tiu^iC^tA, t»o coniic^uocnugAt) £L t>o cjiróeAnbAr uí *OorimAitt, A]\ A11 t>A]\ tA 5AÓ irouumj t)iob 7 tA jac cAoireAÓ c]uoc1iaic cét> bApi a cuac but> t>eipn cenA 110 oinjreAt) 7 bApé a t>unA]\Ap ]\o bAt> ton^po^ic •00 úa X)hoiimAitt coiia pto^Aib ÍA]1 iia o^Am teó. Act cCiia ni]\ bo
xLoophead.— Properly Leap Head, «a did the like. He leaped back to the main-
promontory m the south-west of Co. Clare. land ; the woman, nothing daunted by the
Cuchullin flying from a woman made his danger, attempted to follow liim, and fell
\vayhere. Heleaped on to the promontory, into the sea and was drowned. See The
a distance of twenty-five feet. His pursuer Battle of Maoh Leana, p. 92, n.
him and his territory universally, for O'Donnell gavc O'Conor oxen, horses, ,599. and cattle, and cvery kind of beast and of corn too, to hclp him, so that with thesc hc dwelt in his territory aftcr a while. As for Theobald na long, hc hcard in thc samc \vay of thc dcfeat of the English and the dcath of thc Governor, and that O'Conor had been let out of thc castlc, as \ve have said. Hc dctermined in his mind not to oppose O'Donnell any longer, and hc confirmed his friendship with him afterwards and made his peacc, and allowed the aforementioned ships to go back to Gal\vay. O'Donncll and his forces returned to their homes with the joy and exultation of victors. The Irish were in high spirits and full of courage then, and the Oueen's peoplc were weak and feeble.
As for O'Donnell, hc rcstcd after this victory, sometimes at Ballymotc, and other times at Lifford, at Donegal, and at Ballyshannon, enjoying himself in sccurity, without anxiety or care, fear or terror from sea or land as he thought. He was so from thc beginning of harvest to the month of Deccmber. At that time messengers came to him to say that there was a subject of contention and dispute between Theobald, son of Walter Ciotach, and Theobald na long, son of Richard an Iarainn. O'Don- ncll could not but go to make peace between them with his full force and army, and when he came to the territory of Clanwilliam he summoncd the aforesaid chiefs before him, and after hearing the cause of their dispute, he arranged between them, so that they were peaceful towards each othcr by his command. When he had concluded the making of the peace between them, he had a desire to make a raid into Clanricardc, and whcn he came into it he did not go farther than Oranmore on that expedition. He was for three days and three nights encamped in Machaire Riabach and in the neighbourhood of Galway. A prey was brought to him from the gates of the great town in spite of the people of the town itself. Many a tale was invented about him then, so that from Galway to Loophead x was fillcd with thc fear and dread, with quaking and terror 2 of O'Donnell, for it seemed to every portion of them and to each chief that it was his own territory which was the first to be invaded and his castlc that would bc the encampment of O'Donncll and his army after they had plundcrcd it. But
2Terror.— The Irish word means properly the trembling or shivering of death.
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liAiiitAi-ó pn t>o \\aÍa -ooib, "0015 ]\o ptt ó "OoríinAitt -óiacÍ]\ AfeccrA. 1)aca]\ q\A Ambtn lnccoi^eA-ó HIa-ó tnte ah cAirpA iiia tmn tAm hia ccopA]\ ceclic, 7 hia ccumn cd^te 5A11 gtiArp 5011A 11Á ^aIjaIa ei^ríie iia rojiCijne cjieice iia caca yo]\]\A a Iiaoii Ai]vo -oei]\inn, 7 eAjlA aii coiji-ó ro]\ jac en cí]\ iccip. Tío ful.60.rt. chochc\ichC]xoi]\ ó T)oríiiK\ilt nvo Aimp;\ A]V\ liAicte 1 rcvohAite €b hi pomríujhe co co]wc r Aiii]\Aig A]\ ccnro $c\n ^Ai^eA-ó ro]\ neAcli 5A11 nec\c -oo fvwgeA-ó fAijt.
1600, aii 9. btA-ÓAin. 1nn eAcniAmg nA]\ee b-aoiporíi iror, ]\o cC^toniA-ó rtógh tAnmó]i tA 1iúa
Héltt t)0 -Óllt T)0 dlO]\ C1U1A]ACA 1p1l tllVJlÍlAIII. X)0 ]\AtA HlAJVH'Óin Aót> ]?0]\
aii ptoiccheAt) lnpn. 11i hmirceÁji AinmcCccA co ]\\ac1icaca]i ca]\ Co]\caij (x ca]\ "Laoi but) -óCp gun ]\o JAb^AC ton5po]\c eici]\ Laoi (x t)AiroAin 1 coiccpc 111vi]\cc]\c\ije (x CAi]\b]\eAc1i. -<Aon -oonA tÁib (5AJ1 beAg ]ua preit Pac]\aicc) T)ia ]\o jjAbh iomcotcA fx AccobAtt tllA^uróip t>ot t>o nropcvó ha cc]\ioc ccoiii jroccur reb ]\o bA bér "óó t>o 5]\ér caii 110 cCi^het) m eccAi]\c]\iocAib, 50 ]\o c1iAi]\irícCinmet) t>í]\Cim iiia]\cac (x qwujhceAc Apn ton^pojic, íx 111 ]\o Iiaiia-ó teó co ]\ah5aca]i t)0]\up Co]\CAi§e, €L Air pbe co Rmn co]\]\ahi ■oiín^ui]1 aii bA]\]\Aij 015 1n cenét Aó-oIia. Soaicc iha rrpcCing ipn to cCcha co cc]\eAc1iAib 7 ^AbAtAib lonvóAib coha ]\o churíiAmgpuc mumcC]i 1lle5Uit)i]\ ]\oc1icc\m ^ur aii toii5]bo]\c c\n cVoliAijpn A]\ Ait>bte Anét>AtA, coiiat> bo heigm t>oib Aipporh m 5A6 Ai]\m AccA]\upAi]\ -oo]icaca cof A15 nA hovóce. HlA^uróiji t)c\n bApet) ]\o ciirop-óe pAijeAt) aii tongpojic ah at)1iaií; pti cipnrour. 1 mAt)Ain aii tAoi pn m ]\o pv^Aib HIa^uvó^i tongpojvc uí 1'iéitt, ]\ahaicc pop rcet co Co]\cai£ 50 Si]\ Ua]\aiii SAteiroe]\ (bAoi nro iohat) Ppep-oenr tk\
1 Munster — See his proclamation to the 5 Muskerry. — There were formerly six
Catholics of the towns of Ireland, dated districts in Munster bearing this name, the
Dungannon, Nov. iith, 1599, in T/^.F//^/!./ inhabitants deriving their descent from
ofthe Earls, p. 21. It was intended chiefly Cairbre Musc, son of Conaire Mor, ardrigh
for the southern parts of Ireland. a.d. 158. The district referred to here is
2 I/osting.—A cletailed account of it will that now included in the baronies of E. and
be found in Annals F. M., vi. 2147. W. Muskerry, Co. Cork. The Book of
3 Lee. — The river rises in Gougane Barra. Righis, p. 42.
After a course of forty miles due east, it 6 Rincorran. — See p. cxxxiv., antea.
discharges into the sea in Cork harbour. 7 Barry Oge. — See p. cx., antea.
4 Bandon River. — It rises on Owen hill, 8 Kinclca. — A barony in the south east five miles W. of Dunmanway, and fiowing of Co. Cork.
though that town, Bandon, and Inishannon, 9 St. Legcr. — The first of the family who
falls uito the sea at Kinsale. settled in Ireland was Anthonv ; he came
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yct nothing of thc kind happencd to them, for O'Donnell returned to his 1599 tcrritory thén. W'hilc he was in the province all Ulster was a still pool, a gcntlc spring, a havcn of rcposc, without drcad of wound or capture, of shout, violencc, plundcr, or battlc from any quartcr of Ircland, and thcre was a dread of the provincc in cvcry othcr tcrritory. O'Donnell passed the time that followed in dclight and pros- pcrity till thc bcginning of thc following summcr without attaclcing anyone, without anyone attacking him.
1600, the 9th year. During the time he was resting, a vcry largc armv was collccted by 1600. Ilugh O'Xcill to go and visit Munster.1 Hugh Maguire happencd to bc in that hosting.2 Their marches are not told of until they passed Cork and the Lee 3 southwards and cncamped betwcen the Lce and the Bandon river,4 on the confines of Muskerry6 and Carbery. Onc dav, just before the feast of St. Patrick, a desire and longing scizcd on Maguire to go and plundcr the neighbouring country, as was always his custom when he came to strange districts. A body of horse and foot set off from the camp, and they did not stop until they came to the gate of Cork, then to Rincorran,0 a castle of Barry Oge,7 in Kinelea.s He set out to return the same day with much prey and booty, but Maguire's people could not reach the encampment that night, owing to the quantity of the bootv. hence it was necessary for them to remain where there was sheltcr, ouing to the dark- ness in the beginning of the night. However, Maguire determined to reach the camp that night somchow. On the morning of the day that Maguirc had left O'Neill's camp, the news came to Cork to Sir W'arham St. Leger9 (he was thcn Deputy 10 of the two provinces11 of Munstcr), that
over in 1537 as Commissioner, to set the the vear before. He died at KiImallock
lands upon the marches of the Pale then soon after of his wounds. Anmxls F. M.
lying waste. He was Lord Deputyfrom vi. 21 15. St. Leger and Sir Henry Powcr
1540 to 1556. His son Warham was ap- were appointed Commissioners for the
pointed Governor of Munster in 1566. A government of Munster until a President
list of the lands given for his services will should be appointed.
be found in Archdall's Peeraget vi. 112. nTwo provinces. — z'.r.,Ormond and Des-
wDeputy. — Sir Thomas Norris, the Presi- mond, East and South Munster. Thomond
dent, was mortally wounded in an en- originally belonged to Connaught. Sce p.
counter with Thomas Burke near Limerich 164, antea.
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coi^eA-ó niuiiuvn) HlAgLn-óin -oo -oCipge aii tonjpuijic AriiAit ropnAjjAib & aii teAC m ■oeAcliAt'ó. 11i|\ uó hCirticc no r|iecc|iA-ó iia rccétA-pm ía Sin tlA|\Ain, ÚAin no CrccoriitA ro ceccoin 50 n^A'pfiAi'ó ngnuAinoiing njiio-ountAirii t>o niA|icfiUA5 mC|i|vÓA rinpgnij 1Í1101UIIIA15 50 |io rtmóiugic (x 50 |\o rAiiiAijpcc 111A r|\ecfccA|\nATó reoitchetge irm CViac mtutt C|tt)AtcA m |\o bA -oC|ib teo 111a^ui-ói|i *oo codiu]\ uia ccenn. AmbACA|\ aihi cohacaco|\ ^c\ót>h hia nt>ochum con úaca"ó niA|tcrtuAi5 reb |io bA ÍAinn teó. Tli|i uó yo|t Amom- ^AbAit "oo chóróporii genuó ronneit "óó ro|i a chnro u\cc rui -oo -oeAcliAró mA c|iechumurcc, acc lonroi^eAt) roiclnb co "oiAn -OArochcAc Athuit rAotcom ro c1iA0|ichAib no teoriiAn ro n'iAcJAmnAib coiiia |\a1a oororii fx t)o tlA|iAm, Gc 110 íjAbrAc occ iom|\ubAX) A|i oite t>iA ro^liAtbAib rCini|ieAih|iA reic|ujme Aice uittennrAob|AACA gu|i |\o ciieglrorAc co ciac1iai|\ c|\onnc|ieccAC Acete co ccondiAi|L ro tbeoró Si|i I1a|iahi SAtent>e|i tÁ mATUiróin AriiAit bA bér fo\.6o.l>. bunAró -óó buAró a bio-óbAt) *oo bic occa m ^Ach Ai|\m 1n ccoc|iAiop r|ur 50 rin. "Oo |\oc1i|\aco|\ cua coiccC|t "oo <\i|teAc1iAib (x -oo -ÓA^IrÓAOinib oite tÁ aoii tAnii cenmochÁcc t>AO|ictAmiA (x "oÁorccAnplUAij. -dóc chCtiA |\o po|\CAiiitu ja'ó aii cpodiAl-óe ro|t A11 úaca-ó ro tóeoix) ^up *bo lieiccCn x>o 1l11iA5Uix)1ii|imAi5lieAn ah loniAiiuccooioinJAbAit ó ré c|iechott cnC^lroi^clie An rnróe (x A|i pteAX) a rotA hia c|ioituiiicib c|ió t>A|i a c|ieccAib reccAi|i A|i
11X)1C A1lC|\C &, AniA-ÓAc1lAip A|t pdctim AtuiC <X ALL1 AclltAlh AI5. 11l|l L1Ó C1A11
x>o choix> íC|i ccahi An caii íia |io rox)Aim x>ó ^ah cAi|ibtni5 x>ía eoch tÁ cAnnnettAib (x eneince, 7 x>o bC|\c a uittinn pAoi r|u rox> rAomtige. X)o
|UAc1lCACA|l ÍA|10111 |1105U|\CA An écCA <X t)0|\c1lACA A1l bcMp 111t)0c1lU1ll A11
xoAi^hpr. conC|\bAit ^An pui|iec ah 13. 1T1ai|ic.
Oa t)AiimA eccAome hi coiccCx» ConcobAi|i imclleArA uite xucAn DA^htbume t)o Crt)A Aim rm, 6: bA t)iot a At)hmottcA itteic r|nr ua t)AtAib t)oiiiAnt)A, 1)A ruAi|ic re^hAmti poC|\tAb|\AÓ, b<\ t)ÚApmo|\ tíei^heinig t)C|itAicceAch cCnnAir CA|icAnAch y|ii CAi|voib ihaca mcheAch p|u HAiriroib, rC|i 11 a CA|it) c|ioitceichet) |ua nÚAcliAt) 110 |ua pocliAitbe -oía biot>bAt)Aib ó |io gt\b a tAodiAnmA gur An tAtce hipm, rC|i ha t>eAchAit) a ctiACAC 110 a cActAc1iAi|\ ^ah 5U111 no niA|ib<\t) tuime, reA|i |\o iiu\|ib & |to mutiAt) t)|iechcA t)í|\niie
1 Was sláin. — The date of St. Leger's 2 ijíh of March- — These words are in the
death is March 4th, 1599. Archdall's margin. J'cerage, vi. 110. 3 Warlihe- — O'Sullevan makes special
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Maguire had left the camp as hc had, and the direction iri which he had l6o°- gone. The news was not responded to ncgligcntly by Sir Warham, for hc sct out immediately with a sour-faced, activctroop of foolhardy, odicus, evíl- intcntioned1 cavalry, and thcy wcre stoppcd and placcd as a linc of concealed watches in a safc sccurc place where thcy wcre certain that Maguirc would come to them. Thcy remained thcrc till thcy saw Hugh coming towards them as thcy dcsircd. IIc did not set about making his escape, though they were seen by him in front beforc he camc up to them, but he attacked them swiftly, fiercely, as a wrolf does sheep or a lion bears. So it happened to him and Warham, and they proceeded to wound each other with their strong, firmly made, sharp-angled darts so that they pierced each other with great wounds, until at last Sir Warham St. Legerwas slain ] by Maguire, for it was usual with him up to that to obtain the victory over his enemies whenever they fought with him. Five of the other leaders and gentlcmen also fell by his single hand, besides the common soldiers and the waggon-drivers. Howevcr, the many werc victorious ovcr thc few in the end, and it was nccessary for Maguire to quit the place of battle, for he was pierced quite through, owing to the dropping and flowing of his blood in pools out from his wounds, through want of strength and vigour and the failing of his activity and dexterity in arms. He did not go far after that whcn he was obliged to come down off his horse through torpor and weakncss, and they took him in their arms and laid him on the ground. The rigours of dissolution and the darkness of death came on the hero after that, so that he died vcry soon, March 1 3th.'2
The loss of this noblcman who died then was a cause of lamentation throughout the wholc of Ulstcr, and his praises wcre vcry grcat on account of his natural qualitics. He was pleasant, stately, frec-spoken ; he was generous, hospitablc, profuse, mild, kindly to his friends, stern and agres- sive to his enemies ; he did not rctrcat a step before fcw or manv of his enemies since he took up warlike3 arms to those days, a man who did not go
mention of his bravery. So too Moonev, encounter, in manv essential points difterent who was probablv on the expedition. Hist. from that given by Irish writers, will be Cat/i., p. 213. The English version of the fdund in Pac. Hib., p. 39.
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6 cmnceAch A]\ ecciiroceAch t)on Airiffine eAchcAi]\ceineot frnf AmbAoi A5 coftiAm & A5 cacuja-ó A5 inróit>fn a irvre & a Ach.A]\t>A co cco]\cai]\ teó -oon chtirifA. bA 1u\]\ a bAjiAc íCf» noccAin rccét tnA fAijró fUAiffec a mumcCn bub -óem & mumcCn uí Héitt co]\p ah cAonúfif guri no 1ia-óhaicC« teo é íavi ccAin 1 cco]\cai^1i co nuAt>At> mó]\ono]u\i5 Aiiiuit ]\o bAt> -oíof.
Sooaf úa lléitt -oia cij & bA y(}\}\ t>ó rém &t)o choiccCb VJtA-oh A]\ cCua iia •oeAcViAi-ó ipn cujiuf fw cit) fo -óaij orohCt>A ah Aouifif fm *oo VZAV íTni -oon cnl1f Vn- ^0 V^V 111lf CfAm Gc CfAoncA Aiiffoitt ifm fAiiijwvó Af cnro 1u fC]\Aib ffionAch eiccif Concobc\]\ ílÚAt> hiac ConéobAin ffie^uróin,
7 t>C]\b]\ACAi]\ An me^uróif ifA hecc ]\o iom]\ArófCm CuconiiAchc ócc iiiac ConconAchc nuc ConconAchc un cCnnuf iia c]\iche. ConcobAf c]\a bA coich x)ó Ai]\eAchuf Gt AifocCntiAf f C]\ ffionAch aja aoi nAoifi Gc finnfifeAccA ciot> ]\ia f An Af-óh ffiliAjurohin fAt>em t>o nochAin An'iAit AC]\ub]\AinAn, Gc An caii bA t>ort tÁ ConcobAf (aii t>a]\ LAif) nÁ bAoi fjucbfnc 1111011 ccennuf ía]\ necc
fol. 61. a. ConcomiAcc aca]\ nro AóoIia Af Ann no ^AifmeA-ó a gliAifm flAcliA t>o Aó*oh tA 'Oomnoitt niAC AobA mic ffiAj;nufA uí "OorimAitt (fioj; t)AmnA ceneoit
CCOHAltt) ACATÓ fOt>A ]\1AfA1l CA1lf111. RobAt) ttMlf AOlteACCAHl tAf A1l
ConcobA]\ TvUAtj nen'i]\Aici gombAtJ tAif cCiroAf t>on chuffA Attof a finn- fi]\eAccA, a Aoifi, Gc a oi]\bf]\cAir, a CA]\At)]\Aró 6: a chonufiAtufA f]\i húa Tléitt, A]\ bAbfAc1iAi]\ bó eifróe i]\Ainn a hiaca]\ "0015 ]\obcA]\ tn f uu]\ t)i A]\oite a niAiú]\e t)ibtiomb, 6: ]\ob Ct»h An ccCt)nA Aomneceiii mCnniAii Gc A15C11CA bAOi a^ úa 1léitt feifni coha coriiAiftijib A]\ cCiia. *Oo corófioih t»o f aijtó uí Héitt t)o chumjeAt) fO]\tAiiiAif a aca]vóa. 'Oo cofcc "om Cucoitoacc ócc 011 mut) cCccha Ai]\m miboi ó IDomniAtt t)ACAome a eccuriiAmg fjnf.
O ]\aiiaicc ConcobAf ^uf ah t)ú unboi ó tléitt, ]\o fAoibic tic]\e Gc ceccA •oo coJAifin uí *OhomtiAitt t>ÍA cC-ougAb •óó ConcobAf ffiA^uróiri x>o oi]voneAt> ipn fftAicCf, úai]\ ]\ob' oiíiaii tAif bA]\Ainn & f Cfgtumm ha liAfóon Aiigton- t»Ai§ t>o b]\oft>At) ffif munA coniAi]\teiccCt) AncAmgCn lnpn tjó Gc CuconAchc ócc no neAch oite t)iA cenét t)o oi]vonéAt> icefirouf c]\iche ffionAch t>A]\A
^Cucomac/ifOge. — Heleft Irelandsecretly a dog, is often prefixed to names of places to
in 1607, and provided the ship in which the form names of persons. Top. Poems, p. 56.
Earls and their families fled from this 2 Relatiomhip. — The Annals F. M.,
countrv. He died of fever at Genoa, and under the date 1600. speah of the death of
is buried there in the Church of theAnnun- Joan, the daughter of Maguire (Cucon-
ziata. Flight of tlie Earls, p. 175. Cu, nacht, son of Cuconnacht, son of Brian,
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away from the place of fight or battle without wounding or ldlling some one, l6o°- a man that had killed and dcfcatcd many parties both of gentlc and simple of foreign racc with whom hc contcsted and fought to protcct his faith and nativc land until hc fcll by them thcn. Thc day aftcr the news came his own pcople and O'Xcill's found the body of the hero, and it was buried by thcm at Cork after a while with great respect and honour, as was fitting.
O'Xcill returned home, and it was better for himself and for the pro- vince of Ulster also if he had not gone on that expedition, on account of the death of that one man who parted from them then. Thcrc arose a great dispute and disagreemcnt in the following summer in Fermanagh between Conor Roe, son of Conor Maguire, and the brother of Maguire, whose death we have spoken of, Cuconnacht Oge,1 son of Conconnacht, son of Conconnacht, for the chieftainship of the territory. Conor had a right to the dignity and headship of Fermanagh on account of his age and seniority even bcfore Maguire himself who fell as we have said, and when it seemed to Conor (as he thought) that therc would be no opposition as regards the chieftainc)- after the death of Conconnacht, father of Hugh, the title of chief was given to Hugh by Donnell, son of Hugh, son of Manus, the rigdamna of the Cinel Conaill, long before that time. The aforcsaid Conor Roe was quite sure that the chieftaincy would come to him now by reason of his ancestry, his age, his dignity, his fricndship, and his rclationship 2 to O'X^eill, whose cousin he was by his mother's side, as the mothers of both were sisters, and this was the same purpose of mind and thought which O'Xeill himself had and his advisers also. He went to O'Xeill to ask for possession of his patrimony. Cuconnacht also went for the same purpose to where O'Donncll was to complain of his powerlessness to him.
When Conor came where O'Xcill was he sent letters and messengers to ask O'Donnell to allow him to inaugurate Conor Maguire in the chief- taincy, for he was afraid to rouse the anger and wrath of the powerful war-dog against him if he did not.grant his demand and appointed Cuconnacht Oge or any one else of his tribe to the chieftaincy of the territory of Fermanagh contrary to his prohibition. Wbcn the messengcrs came
&c.) and thc wife of the Baron O'Neill, l.í., mother of Hugh O'Xeill and of his brother Ferdoragh, son of Conn, &c. She was the Cormac
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ejvíjAinerioiii. O jiAn^ACA^ iia ceAchccA bAit i]iAibe úa "OorimiAtt 111 CA]fO iroitt a ccorccA, acc x)o t>eAc1iAi*ó "oi|iim iíia]icac 6c c]\oicchceAÓ "oo noijmb Anunncine mió •oC]\b]u\cAi]\ llu-ó]\Aij;e 6c nn Comcon-OAÓc ócc, Gt 111 ]\o 1iAnAt> teó 50 noccAin *ooib gur ah t)ú unbAoi ó íléitt conA niAicib nnbe 05 c]\ut> a ccoriiAi]\te nnon ccAin^Cn cCoiia. O ]\o cAijtbtmgr mrii ro]iio]\tAmn An 'oútne, ]io l]\b yo\\ a c1u\onnceccAib oi]\iprii hia HAonb]\oin Ai^hcibe ro]i teich iÍAt)1iA. 1lo pAoroh ó Héitt a f-Am riiumci]i 6c a chAi]\ipj *oo pA-ohu^At) ha rtAcliA '011]' rAimcc, 7 *oiA cochuinCb cIiucca "oo ]\etA-ó a choiiiAi]\te •óó •our A11 cAoriirA-ó AceAt^Có^orii c]ua cAon JAomeit^ ro]\ aoh Ai]\te y\\\y réiftn. *Oo]- pccprii yo eet>oi]\, Gb ]iobcA]\ rubAij rorojVbfAOitig ceccA]\HAe tnb y\\\ A]\oite. O ]\o •óeiri'ó úa 'OoriitiAitt 1 rA]\]\Ab 1Í1 11éitt geibi'óri'óe ro]\ fol.ói./'. ru]\]\MT0At> 7 rtnttriuJAt) t>ó *OorimAitt 11A ceircA Gt iia cAin^ne ro]\- cAorimAjAiu Gt <vr CAbAi]\c yo]\ ai]vo ^ac cuccAroe ]\o bAoi yoy mCnniAm t>ó nii ]\o bA coniAt>Aiy ÍAir ci§C]\ha t>o JAi]\m t>ó ConcobA]\ fll'hAgui'óiji. 1a]\ mbeic *óóyorii yeACAt hia caoi aj coiycecc y\\\ -pui^teAt) ha rtACA uí lléitt, AcbC]\c yo tieoit) ha]i bo cot t)ó ci]\mt>uy oi]\t>neAt) Concob<M]i ipn cCnnur, t)Oij bA "OAom teic (x t>Aon ]\Aim tA ^AttAib *Ouibtnme Gc tAy ah Amyyme eccA]icheneoit 110 biob *oo bunn m a^ai'ó ^AoróeAt An choiccró Gc ua biAt> ACAi]uym A]'A tntri C]\1A bióiu. 11i]\ bo rtAii tÁ hÚA Héitt AinCnnmA t>on ]>]\e^]\A hiym t)o bC]\c ó *OoiimAitt yAi]\, a]\ ]\o ]>icci]\ HA]\bó yot)Am5y]\icbC]\c HA r]uccA^]\A yyiy mi hacIi cAin^Cn yo ccA]\t>A*ó tAirii.
T)o t)eAchACA]i nA ytAiche t>o r/tC-óuJAb, t»o fAmot, Gc t>o A1]\C^ coite ArA liAicte. Ro ^uibigeAt) ah cCgh.notA ía]\ nui]\t>, úa T)orimAitt emeAÓ m iondiAib y]u hÚA 11éitt 6c ConcobA]\ HlA^urói]! yoy a tAiiiirit>e Gc nAniAice
íC]1 11A CCeCCA A]\ cCl1A. 5e1^1CC nA t>ÁltCrilA111 OCCA yr]\10CAlteA11l1l 6c V]lC]XAÍ
ÍA]\rccAm. A11 caii c]ia ]io §Ab úa 11éitt aii Ai]\t>ij 50 yyion 111 a tAnri, ibfó x>\t yoy ó n*OoriniAitt. ^61^1"0 ÚA'OAiimAitt An cuai^ a tAiiii aii t>ÁiteAiiiAin 7 ]\o fitt reAcliA, t>o bC]ic tuAch cuaijic *oia ino^iorg reAchnón ha cC^bAi]'! nnA ccÚAi]ic, G: ni coh]:aca CuconnAcc ócc ipn C15, 6c ó ua ]:aca ]\o ro]\con5Ai]\ AÍjAinm chuccA yo cet>ói]i. T)o ]\onnAt> yAi]\poiii nropn 6c ía]i co]\]iaccahi •óó ]io C]\b rAi]i ruibe yo]i tAnri At>C]\b]\ACA]\ 1lut>h]\Ai5e yo]\ niiot>ytiO]' iia
1 Castle. — In the margin is : Dungeanain, was called the English Maguire. Manyof his
Dungannon. This vvas Hugh O'Neill's clan went over with him. But that did not
usual place of residence. See p. 31, antea. prevent their lands from being confiscated.
- Conor. — Hejoinedthe English laterand O'Sullevan, Hist. Ca//i., pp. 233, 281.
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where O'Donnell was hc did not dclay the business, but hc wcnt with a 1600. body of horsc and foot of thc choicest of his pcoplc together with his brother Rury and Cuconnacht Ogc, and they did not halt until thcy camc to the place where O'Ncill was with his chief mcn round him taking counsel on thc samc subjcct. When hc dismountcd at thc lawn of the castle x hc ordcrcd his attcndants to rcmain in onc close group apart from thcm. ( )'Neill scnt his people and his trusty men to entertain the prince who had come and to invite him to makc lcnown to him his opinion, to sce if he could succeed in alluring him craftily to onc opinion with himsclf. He came immediatcly, and they werc merry and confiding one in the othcr. When O'Donnell was scatcd in the company of O'Ncill, he proceeded to dcclare and make known to O'Donncll the question and thc busincss as well as he could, and to set out distinctly cvery reason which he had occurred to his mind why it was right to give to Conor Maguire thc title of chicf. After listening for some time in silcncc to the statement of the Prince O'Neill, he said at last that it was not his wish at all to appoint Conor 2 to the chieftaincy, for he was on the side and of the pai ty of the English of Dublin and with the foreign race who were by nature opposcd to thc Irish of the province, and he would not be a party to its subjugation so long as he livcd. O'Neill's mind was not plcascd with the answer which O'Donnell gave him, for he knew it was not easy to oppose or con- tradict him in whatever subjcct he sct his hand to.
The princes proceeded to fcast, to drink, and to makc merry after that. They seatcd themselves in thc banqueting-hall according to their dignity, O'Donnell facc to face with O'Neill, and Conor Maguire next him. and thc chief mcn in thcir due ordcr also. The butlers proceeded to attcnd and serve thcm aftcr a whilc. Meantime, when O'Ncill took the goblct with wine in his hand, he drank a draught to O'Donnell. O'Donnell took the cup from the butler's hand, and looked aside, and gave a quick glance of his keen eyc through thc hall all round. Hc did not scc Cuconnacht Ogc in the housc, and as hc did not scc him he ordered him to be callcd to him immcdiatcly. This was done for him, and whcn hc came he bade him sit by the side of his brother Rury in the placc of honour of the palacc in thc
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bpuijne nieici]\ihet)ón a riiumci]\e. O yo 'óeip'ó' CuconnAÓc no íbpmli au ccÚAig co con^Aib hia t>u]\n mt) AipCcc pn yAin, Gt t>o ^a]\a aii AnniAim &y TH 45111 "óin oe rnvó iiuwcib aii coiccib 1n coiccmt>e 5^11 cca'oucca'ó 5^11 conu\i]\tecceA'ó "oo iu\c aoii \,<\y A]i moi"pcAir A oi]\t)nró m ioiia-ó a tjC]\b]\ACAn (x, a aca]\ -|\u\iii. 1lu^]\Ac &y aii A"ÓAij pn pocliAróe t)iob 50 rubAC -ponh- fol.62.ar. Cnmnucli <x A]\ Aitt ]\o riunc 111 eAn m aii (x "005^1 tpi yo "óei^ ah oi]\oni-ó ac ]\ub]\Aino]\. O ]\o jle aii tÁcoiiA tAnpoitpi A]\ a bA|\AÓ ciomnAip ÚA'OoriinAitt ceibeAbjAA'ó "oúa 11éitt 7 "oo tiAniAicib a]\ chCnA. Gt *oo coCc reipni 6c lllA^uróin coiia muinci]i t>u\ cci^htb comCnninAcli móiiAigeAivcAÓ ApA 1u\icte.
Oc cuvo -rCiiA'ó *Ouibtmne ha yo cuniAtn^pCc copiAn'i coiccib ÍTlCbbA pu Iiúa n"OomnAitt iC]\ i"]\AoineA'ó caca aii beLA'15 "buróe Gc ía]\ niAp.bA'ó ah §oib-
C]\110]\A AITlAlt AC CÚA-Ó0111A]\, (x ÍA|\ ni11'0]1A'0 TJOporil 11A CClÍAC ptCc pup 111
LuimnCcli 7 pupn Occje acúató 5AÓ cah 1u\ cot tjó, Gc ó ]io ACAompCc ha
1l1A]\tAt)A bACA]\ pO]\piU\ CUACAlb ipi11 111 IIUIlC'Ó pnif A1l peAIIATJ, ApCt) A]1]\10c1lC
teóp-óe •opopcAtV uí *OlioiiinAitt m a éi]\ a coft'u\i]\te ha nÍA]\tAt) nerii]\Aice ca]'cca]\ mu]\cobtAi5 mói]\ t>o codiA]i yoy mui]\ uiibACA]i pé nnte pCp t)OccbAit) A]imcA eroigce ^ur ha liArótmb bACA]i coirccróe t)óib eici]\ buró 7 A]\m. b^ tA bAni]\i05Ain Saxah 7 L<\p aii ccon'u\i]\ti A]\ chCnA *oo ponnp^AncA aii cobtAÓ pn t>o co]\ co liCpnn 1111 p-et Pac]\aicc t>o fonnfuvó ah cah uo lio^TOAi^eAt) to]\t> 111oncyoy nu\ lupcrp oy e-pntj. O -oo pAchcACA]\ aii cobtAC ]\en'i]\Aice a SAXAib co h&t ctiAC 1 1111 -Apptt t>o foini]iAt), yo rAoróicc Aippróe ía]\ ccÁm ^up ]\o ■peqLpÁc tAn'i cti rp 1io|i 1i6]\Cnn aiioi]icuai-ó rpi 1ieocAi]umtib c]\ic1ie D^iCg <± 1llit>e aLLacoi]\ *oo c]\iaii C0115A1L ctAi]u 11511 eAi§ nuc 1luó]\Ai5e co ]\iaccaca]\ dng 111 Cm^ 1 lup^ Áon tumcce co todi "PeAbAit nuc LooAm co yo j;AbpAc ]\o]\c m 1mp C05A111 nnc Heitt t>o ]\odu\i]\ co cenet cconAitt ó cdn n'iÁi]\, Gc Ap t)oib ]\obcA]\ roiiiAinAi^ce ah caii pn. &n
IO. 111A11 t)0 ]\1Ac1lCACA]\ A11 t>Úptt1. O "Oocll AJICAlg A11 CA01]'1UC 110 blOt)
ronfAn mi]' rp tAnii uí 'Olion'mAitt t)o gnér, 7 bA yé Annn a CAoipi^ An lonbAit) pn SeAAn 05 hiac SeAAin nnc "Petnn uí T)1ioca]icai5. X)a cui]\
1 The Earls.—i.c., of Clanricarde and Liffey and the Boyne. Its precise bound-
of Thomond. aries are not lcnown. See The B. ofRights,
2 Mountjoy. — He was Lord Deputy from ^Te>ritory. — Thesouth-eastof Antrimand
February 24th, 1600, to May 2óth, 1603. the north-east of Co. Down. Hereitmeans
See Pac. líib., p. 3. the province of Ulster, of which Congal's
3 Bregia. — The plain lying between the father Rury was hereditary king.
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middle of his people. Whcn Cuconnacht was seated he then drank to him 1600.
thc bowl that was in his hand to thc bottom, and gave him thc titlc of Maguire in prcscnce of thc chief men of the province universally, without thc permission or advice of anvone who did not like that hc should be appointcd in thc place of his brother and his father before. Thcy passed that night some of thcm merrilv and pleasantly and others with sad thoughts and doubts in conscqucnce of thc appointment we have mcntioned. When the day shone out with full light on the morrow, O'Donncll took lcave of O'Ncill and his chicf mcn also, and he and Maguire with thcir pcoplc wcnt to thcir homcs glad and in high spirits.
Whcn the Council in Dublin saw that thcy could not defend the pro- vincc of Mcadhbh against O'Donnell, after the dcfeat in the battle of Beal Atha Buidhc and thc slaving of the Governor as we have said, and aftcr he plundered the territorics to the north of Limcrich and Slicve Baughty whcncvcr he wished, and as thc Earls x who ruled over thcse districts com- plained of their suffcrings to thc CounciL they came to the resolution, in order to keep O'Donnell in his own territory, by the advice of the said Earls to launch a largc fleet of ships on the sea in which were six thousand men, with arms and armour. with the necessary supplies of food and weapons. It was the Oueen of England and the Council also who planncd to send this fleet to Ireland on Patrich's Day exactly, whcn Lord Mountjoy * was appointed Lord Justice ovcr Ireland. Whcn the abovc mentioned ships came from England to Dublin in the month of April, they wcre scnt away after a while, and they sailed, heeping the coast of Ireland on the lcft, to thc north-east by the shores of the territory of Bregia3and Mcath to thc cast of the territory4 of Congal Claireneach,5 son of Rurv, till thcy camc step by step, as the track of onc ship, to thc Lough of Feabal, son of Lodan, and they landcd in Inishowcn MicXcill, which had fallen to the Cincl Conaill long before and was subjcct to thcm thcn. On the ioth of May they camc therc. 0'Doherty was thc chieftain who rulcd ovcr the island, subject to O'Donnell always, and thc namc of its chieftain at that time was Shane Oge, son of Shane, son of Phclim O'Dohertv ; hc was a
5 Covgal C/aire/icac/í.—i.c, the fiat-faced. Iic was ardrigh from A.M. 5017 to 5031.
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cacIia A]i CAtniACAy eiyióe, (x mp bo yAinoityi yoybA oo necc acoc]\aó niiA ciy oia hoaiiica yí]\yf]\ no coriition oó. Ro b<\oi CAiyciAtt bf^ ha]\ uó mó|\ ía Iiúa ii*Ooca]icaij yon un An loca m niomóuimge aii cuahi .1. ah cuitriio]\. t)A y&y eiyióe ah caii ym úai]\ bA bepnmVl yp yoru§Aó m a^aió iiAn'iAc. Ai]upc ha ^Aitt Aninyióe 7 cuA]vc;Aibyfc mú]\ OAin^fn oicojtAióe imon cAiyciAtt 7 yo|\A£Aibyfc A]\ Aitt A1111 oía yto§. 11)0 óeACACoji ojiont; íol.62. /'. 01 te t)iob 50 ]\o §AbyAc 111 "Oún iia tonj 1n noucAi^ uí CIiacIiahi. *Oo ugtiAc Anf]\iiio]\ cen mocÁc inopn cuy aii *Ooi]\e nAi]\]vof]\c 111 ]\o bfnoAÓ au CotAim cfnoAiy 6; aii céte *0e C]\ioiiicAnn iiiac "petun mic pfyjuyA imc cconAitt. 1lo coccAibyfc iia 5A1^ 'ounctAió t)uhó]\A 7 "OAmngeAnmui]! cjuaó 1111011 niAiniyci]i 7 1111011 t)AimtiA5 An cét)nA yecc. *Oo jihacc richiri (x yochuitt CAtniAn ir ha mu]\Aib 7 cui]i c]\ooa ÚAircib coyyeniAiyc]\ib 7 yo]\te]'Aib yo]\]\A y]\i oiubjiAgAÓAib. 1lo ctAióyfc ctAyAc1iA coriioonnne iiik\ ccuai]\c mA nui]\cimceAtt oia neccAi]\ Daoaiii^iii comón 7bAhmnitte otcACc iia cui]\ce ctocAotcA, 7 iia cac]\ac1ia pprpi ccaici ye yooA 6: yA0c1lA]\ of]\iiiAi]\ occa noenoih. AyA liAicte rm ]\o btoóyAc ah n'iAiniycf]i Gt ah oonhtiAg, 7 m c<3>ycyAC onoi]\ no Ai]\ir.icm oon yiO]\iiAom ^aii AiónntteAO AnibÁoi oobAi]\ ecct<vpcACA iym mbAite, conoe]v£;fnyAc cubAchtA Gt cooAit- cicclie oiob €t A]\ Aitt y]n ppAinoiuJAÓ nincib. 1iei11l1 'OOCUR bA liAinm 00 coiyiuch bAoi teó. 1lioi]\e Ai]\óf]\c eiyróe 50 ccuAidite 6: C]\eAbAi]\e con AiiiAinyi aicciho. "Oa ]\uin Á^Iia 6: lojvgAite.
Oaca]\ ha 5A1^L 1Ae yooA 11AÓ Ay ]\eticc oiíiaii uí "OomiiAitt ooib cecc ca]\ iia mú]\Aib yeccAiy acc foli mbf^, 6: no bicciy 0]\ongA of]\niA]\A óiob I11 ccAicyfiy jacIi noióclie A]\ 11Á ca]\ca Ainnmy yo]i]iA co ]io tioiiAicc 00 yofch 7 ^At]\Aib tA hiomchunhge ah iohaio nnbACA]i 6: tA hetycoc 7 tA cfy ha
1 Culmore. — See Introd., p. cxiv., antea. considerable body of English ; they came
It has not been occupied as a military ostensibly to aid O'Donnell against Shane
station for the last two hundred years, yet O'Neill, but in reality to form a seftlement
the tower, earthen ramparts, and ditch are there. Two years later, owing to a fire,
still in existence. The original plan of the which happened by accident, and the ignit-
fort is given in The Ordnance Memoir of ingoftheir gunpowder, many ofthe party
Temfilemore, p. 231. lost their lives ; the rest took to their ships.
2 Dnnalong. — On the east side of the O Sullevan, Hist. Cal/i., p. 95, and Cox,
Foyle, five miles S.W. of Derry. A plan Hib. Angl.,\. 321.
of the fort will be found Ibid., p. 236. 4 Criomthann. — The name given to Co-
Hardly a trace of it exists now. lumba in baptism. See p. 70, antea.
3 Derry. — It had been taken possession 5 Monastery. — Docwra says of Derry,
of in 1565 by a Colonel Randolph and a that ' it was a place in the manner of an
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pillar of battlc in courage, and thc subjugation of his territory was not an casy 1C00. thing for any onc who came into it, whcn opposcd by the brave mcn whó were in his service, as hc would be. Thcrc was a small castlc which 0'Dohcrty thought littlc of on thc shore of the Lough in thc narrowcst part of thc harbour, i.e., Culmore.1 It was dcscrtcd thcn, for it was not safe to hold against an cnemy. Thc English stopped thcrc, and built a strong, vcry sccure wall round thc castlc, and left in it somc of their forccs. Anothcr body of thcm wcnt and took Dunalong,- in O'Rane's country. The grcater numbcr rcmaining wcnt to the famous Derry,:í which Colum thc gcntle, the servant of God, Criomthann,4 son of Phelim, son of Fcrgus, son of Conall, blessed. The English made very large mounds and strong ram- parts of earth round thc monastery and church flrst. Thcy made passages and covered ways of carth under thc walls and war-towers upon them with windows and loopholes in them for shooting from. Thcy dug deep trenches all round on the outside. They were much stronger and morc secure than thc dwcllings of stone and mortar and the castles, in thc maldng of which much time and great labour wcre spent. Then they tore down the monas- tery 5 and the church,0 and they showed neither honour nor respect to the great Saint, for they destroyed all the ecclesiastical edifices in the place, and made rooms and slccping apartments of them, and used some of them to eat in them. Hcnry Docwra " was the name of thcir commandcr. IIc was a famous hnight, prudcnt and skilful, with profundity of hnowledge. He was a pillar of battle and fighL
For a long time the English wcrc so afraid of O'Donnell that they went but a short distance outside the walls, and largc bodies of thcm werc on thc watch cvery night lest an attach might be madc on thcm, so that they wcrc full of distempcr and diseases, owirig to the narrowncss of thc placc in which thcv wcrc, and their wants, and the heat of thc summer season. Very
island, comprehending within it 40 acres eChurch. — Properly a clmrch which is
of ground, wherein were the ruins of an built of stone. See Petrie's Eccl. Arch. 0/
old abbev, of a bishop's house, of two Ireland, p. 141.
churches, and at oneofthe ends of it an 7 Docwra. — He was appointed chief com-
olcl castle,' and tliat when he catne thcre mander of all her Majesty's forces of horse
' he used the stones and rubbadge of tlie and foot assigned for Lough Foyle in March
old buildings to fortify and set up houses 1599. In 1621 he was made Haron of t"ul
to live in.' Narration, p. 238. more. See Introd., p. cxiv.,antea.
2 G
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pne p\iii]\A<iA. 1lo cacaiiiai]\ lotburóne biob ro •óeoró cró ntA pú ]\o lieicc^róett^lncc A^oCcliu piiti. O ]\o AinigheprAin ó *OomnAitt iCcroiii ro]t ah AbAi]\crm (x AmrhcAcoigCó Ar ha ]xconAib reAccAin ía Iioiíiaii & lomrAfccCr •oo nunnen occa aonur no be]\A"ó cacaoi]\ (x CAnctmAt ro]\]\o 7 t>o tenAt) robAit 7 b]\icdi mbicc tnob -011]' ah p)tpcir ro]\ ccúLa 7 aii bp\pccbACAir ah ]30]\c AinbACA]\, coiiax) é Ai]\ecc A]\|\Ainiccpoiii -oia ironingnujJA'ó -oot a]\ rtoicceA"ó in •oepxejtc coigix) llleAtjbA •onroneAt) ha ccúacIi bACA]\ roj\ jac CAob -oon GÓC51 7 iia UuA-ómuiiiAn ]v\ni]\ró. T)eicbi]\ ón, ]\obcA]i iAt> iia
1llA]VlA'ÓA AC]tub]\A1l1A]\ '01A]1 bo 1lACA]rÓA A11 t)tí ptl (A1l'lAlb ]\eiÍiebC]\C111A]\) ]10f-
yo]\congAi]\ ro]\ ah SCiuvó Gt ro]\ mt)Amnioj;Am ah coic1iC]xa1 cnomptoi^li fol. 63 a. pn -oo cjwAtt 6: t>o coca]\ cIiu^a^oiíi -oía porcA-ó 7 -oía lompnneAC mA chí]\, (x bA 1uAt> ]\o cliAirccét 7 ]\o b]\Aic 0011 bAin^uo^liAUi 7 tjo coriiAi]\te Saxah ju]\ bo benAc 7 Cfpnuf ^ADAtA eici]\ cenét CotiAitt & Co^Iiahi ah cobtAÓ ]\en"i]\Aice t)o coc1iA]i 50 toc peAbliAit.
1xo chmnercAi]i ó 'OoiimAitL a coriiAi]iLep\riitAró t>ut "oo Aice a ecc]\Aicap ronpiA 1ilA]\tA-ÓAit) ]\emepe]\ciiiA]\ 7 rop\ACCAib coCipuc ha hmtip rA •óem rni liuclic bjiumne nA nAtLiiiA]\Ac (1. ó *Ooc1ia]icai5), 7 1 pnclnLL p>]\]\A ha ciop:Air t)m]\Có ha cpce. 1lo fA^Aib t>An beor HíaLL $&\\h úa *OoiimAitt 7
AUAltt t>ÍA ftÓj 11TO 101lipi1t)1U r0]\]\A piir A1l 11ip AttA11U\]\ CcA]\]\A 7 cpucliA
cét) GntiA mic 11éitt. íto foro1iC]XAi]i a ceccA ]uaiíi 50 ^^oróeAtAit) coiccró 111eAt)bA t)iA ro]\Ait |"0]\)\a unbetc ro]i a cnro imbAite au IIH10CA15.
T)on AtrgACAn coiuiaccai^ mte ó Suca co T)]\obAi]' 7 ó ía]\ca]\ cí|\e 1iAn'iAt^At)A co "b]teirne uí ÍIA5ALLA15I1 f;ombAco]i occa pipiAróe ipti mbAtte pn m ]\o t)AtA]"CAi]i rnui. 1ctCc ]\obcA]\ AinCgtrÓA •oti]' pccCc irm coiceA]XAt 1npn. Uahucc Ann ó 11úai]ic 50 mb]\eirne ConnAcc .1. btuAn 05 -oia]\ bo 1iacai]a aii bjuAH ]\o honcAÓ 1 "LutroAin. Uahhcc aii ó ConcobAi]\ Sticci j "Oonn-
cllAt) 1HAC CACAtt Ó15 ^U]' tlA CUACAlb ptCc r]\1]" A1l CC01]\]"ttAb A CUAtt) JO 111U1]\
iu\ focAin, &. mAC *OiC]imAt)A llluije tui]i^ .1 . ConcobA]i mAc UAróg nnc Cojaui nnc UAit)^ 50 mAione 1llAoit]\UAiu\ró ha fA]i]\At). UAimcc Atm ó ConcobAtjt 11ÚA-6 .1 . Aot) niAC Uot]\]\t)eAtbAi5 ]itÍAit> tmc UAró^ buróe nnc CACAit 1!ÚAit>. 11ip ]ieticc An oiiiAti "ooiia liÚAiptib bAco]\ 1n comroc]iAib ua n^Att cuibecc ipn coichCfCAt pn, A]\ bA lietccCn t>oib],it)e Ai]\ipom occ inróioCn a nAc1iA]\t>A
1 C. of Enna. — i.e., the territory which S\villy. Enna got possession of it. See lies between Lough Foyle and Lough Colgan's Acta SS., p. 370.
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many of them dicd in the end before the discascs lcft thcm. Whcn O'Don- 1600. nell perceived that thcy were-in that condition and that thcy did not go outsidc the camp through fear and apprchension, hc rcflccted with himself how he might bring contcmpt and contumcly on them, and he made littlc or no account of thcm, in order that they would rctirc and lcavc the camp in which they werc. Whcrefore the plan which hc adopted in order to show his contempt was to go on an expedition to the southcrn part of thc province of Meadhbh, to plunder the districts on both sides of Slieve Baughty, and espccially Thomond. The reason was because the Earls of whom we have spoken, whose patrimony thcse werc as wc have said, had recommended the Council and the Queen that the grcat force should set out and come to them to keep and retain him within his own tcrritory, and they had told and ínformcd the Queen and the English Council that there was a passage and a way of entrance between the Cinel Conaill and the Cinel Eoghain for the above mentioned fieet to come to Lough Foyle.
O'Donnell adopted this plan of going to wreak his enmity on the Earls of whom we have spoken, and he left the chief of the island, 0'Doherty, to confront the strangers and prepared to prevent them from coming to plunder the territory. He left Niall Garbh O'Donnell and some of the forces blockading them on the island to the west between them and the cantred of Enna,1 son of Niall. He sent on his messengers to the Irish of the province of Meadhbh to order them to meet him at Ballymote.
All the Connaughtmen came, from the Suck to the Drowes and from the west of Tyrawley to Brefny 0'Reilly, and they were waiting for him in that place which he had appointed for them. The chicf of those who came to that hosting were these. There came 0'Rourke with the people of Brefny in Connaught, i.c, Brian Oge, vvhose father Brian had becn put to death in London. Then came O'Conor Sligo, Donough, son of Cathal Oge, with the people north of Corrsliabh as far as the opposite sea, and MacDermot of Moylurg, z'.e., Conor, son of Tadhg, son ofOwen, son of Tadhg, with the people of Maelruanadh. O'Conor Roe came, i.c, Hugh, son of Turlough Roe, son of Tadhg Buidhe, son of Cathal Roe. Fear did ■«■ not allow thc noblcs who wcrc in the neighbourhood of thc English to come to that hosting, for it was necessary for them to stay for the defence
238 A]t 11A llOipjCir ^Altt A CCÍ]\ X)1A 11Ó1]\ X)0 CAOC A1111 C]\A 111AC l1ittiAtn biijic,
UeAboicc nu\c Uacoi]\ cIuocaij (x cenib -oo ^oi-óeAtAib t>o b<s "oucaií; "opo|i a lonATo cia no ciorAt), ÚAi]i bACA]\ Afmnrin ]uaiú 7 ah cenél t>iA mbAoi ro cior t>o éénet cconAitt nnc 1léitt 0110 úain ]\o ^AbrAcc ha bu]\CAií; ro]\ foipb AniAtjjA-ÓA mic Pia6]\ac. bA hioin Aip^nDe ■ooibporii cie no e]\nior a ccior *oo 'OliorimAitt, 7 m bA coi]\ 1011511^-0 t>e -0015 bA b]\Ac1iAi]i t>o ConAtt niAC Héitt An d An'iAt^A-ó hiac £iac]\ac 7 ]\o bA coiiiAtcA beór, A]i bA he "Pia6]\a niAC CacItóac llluigihe-óom ]\on oit aii ci ConAitt.
UA]\cctAincA tnn Aftot^LA 1iúa n'OoinnAitt 1 mí 1un 00 fonnA*ó co iroiccrfc •oa]\ SAiriAoi]\ rpuclimAigpijí; ca]\ *0]\obAoir ca]\ "Outb 7 cA]\fAn Sti^eAc 50 ]\Aincc 50 bAite An 111ocai j, Ainm nnbACA]\ ConnAccAi 5 oca rupnAróe. 1lo chmj íC]\ccaiii coha fto^Aib t>on Co]\Ann, c]ie 111 aj A01 ait pnbeiroAií;, -oo ctomn ContnnAij, c]\ia cjucli 1llAme nuc Cac-óac1i 7 c]ua o]\tA]\ ctomne 11iocai]vo 5A11 cac 5AH cumn]xto, 5x11 511111 *oume clun^e ua úai*ó au ai]\Cc nti, 'Oo §Ab oi]uporii m k\]\ca]\ ctomne 1Iiocai]\-o m oipecc IxeniAmn 1111 c]\ac1i nonA *oía rAchAinn, 7 bA lieiri-óe aii Sacajui ]\ía ryéit Coin bAOi ro]\ ah ihai]\c a]\ ccnro. IIahhcc ]\AbAt> 7 ]ierii]>ior ]\Chi]da 1 ccÚA-ómuiiiAin, acc a]\a aoi bA •0015 teó ua cAi]\niciAf\vó úa *OoiimAitt Apn 111 ai 5111 1n ccAfíur-Aift 50 niA'OAm -oia tÚAin. 1li]\ bó heA*opn *oo **toinnerirh icci]\, acc fi^je ]ua muic1róf*ooit niAitme *oía -0011111^15, ía]\ nerpceAÓc oiV]\mn *oó]-orii (x -ooua niAicib bACA]\ uia ]>a]\]\a-ó, ]\o a^iia ía]\oiíi coiia ^toj t)oi]\eAcbc ReiiiAinn ca]\ ]'tiAb neccji nijuie U]trcocAi 5 nnc Uituie t>o cenét Aót)A t>o cenét "OungAite 7 t>o ctomn Cuiten úac1icai]\ 50 ]v\mic ca]\ rou- ijur rÍAN ]ua mit>riieAt)ón tÁoi t>ÍA "OorimAtg coiia-ó Aim ]\o JAbjtAc Ai]U]-iorii *oon cAob ciA]icÚAit) t>o ctuAin Ixah'iacca 7 *omir. llo toi]xceAt> (x ]\o hoi]\cceAt>
1 The Burhcs. — An account of the manner him extended southwards from Clontuskert, in which this tribe ' came over ' the Barretts near Lanesborough, to the borders of Clare, in Tirawley, which belonged originally to and westwards from Athlone to Athenry. íhe Lynotts, will be found in The Tribes, See Tribes, &J'c., of Hy Many,p. 2.
&sc, of Hy Fiachrach, p. 339. 4 Fcast. — i.c, of his nativity, June 24th.
2 Cousin. — Eochaidh M. was the father 5 C Dunghaile. — The tribe-name of of Fiachra (a quo the Hy Fiachrach), and the 0'Gradys. Their territory in later Niall of the Nine Hostages. The children times comprised the parishes of Tom- of Fiachra and Niall, i.e., Amalgadh and graney, Moyno, Iniscealtra, and Clonrigh. Conall, would be cousins-german. See e Glancullen. — This name is not given in the pedigree Ibid., p. 477. the Ordnance Survey list of townlands.
3 Maine. — He lived about the middle of 7 Fcrgus. — This river rises to the west the 4th ccntury. The territory named from of Corofin, and flowing through lakes Inchi-
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of thcir tci'ritory, lcst thc English might lay wastc their lands in thcir 1600. abscnce. Thcrc camc also Mac William Burkc, Thcobald, son of Waltcr Ciotach, and though hc was not of the Irish, it was thc duty of thc chicf of the district to come, for his ancestors and thc family to which hc belongcd were undcr tributc to the Cinel Conaill Mic Neill from the time the Burkes x came to the territory of Amalgadh, son of Fiachra. Some of thcse paid a tribute to O'Donncll, and wc should not wondcr thcrcat, for Amalgadh, son of Fiachra, was thc cousin2 of Conall, son of Niall, and his foster-brother bcsidcs, for it was Fiachra, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, who fostered Conall.
His troops were gathercd togethcr by O'Donnell in thc month of June preciscly, and they crossed the Saimer, a stream abounding in salmon, the Drowcs, the Dubh, and the Sligeach, until they came to Ballymotc, where the men of Connaught were waiting for him. Aftcr a whilc hc wcnt with his forces by Corann, through Magh Aoi Findbendaigh, through Clan Conway, through the territory of Maine,3 son of Eochaidh, and through the plains of Clanricarde, without fight or conflict, without wounding any one or any one being wounded by him during that time. I Ic madc a halt in western Clanricarde in Oirecht Redmond on the evening of Saturday, and this was the Saturday before the feast 4 of John, which was on the following Tuesday. Report and warning went before him to Thomond, but they thought O'Donnell would not leave the place where he had stopped until Monday morning. This was not what he did at all, but he rose before the early dawn of the morning of Sunday, and after hearing Mass himself and the chiefs who were with him, he marched with his troops by Oirecht Redmond to the mountain of Baughty the daughtcr of Urscotach, son of Tinne, of the Cinel Aodha. by Cinel Dunghaile,5 and by upper Glancullen, until he crossed the Fergus " westwards before mid-day on Sunday, so that they made no halt on the north-wcstern side of Clon- road 8 and Ennis. Ennis was burned and preyed entirely and made bare
quin and Aledaun, passes by Ennis and ciscan Order by the O'Brien familv and
Clare Castle, and falls into the Shannon transferred to the Observantines in 1540.
by a broad estuary fifteen miles below Sec Annals F. M '., v. 1455. Thc church
Limerick. and a part of the monastery are still stand-
8 Clonroad.— lí was erected for the Fran- ing. It is half a mile S. of Ennis.
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1mr co "Lei]A (x co toniA]\t)A tÁr An ptoj cen mochÁ aii niAnnrcCp iu mÁ ■oia ]\o CjiruA^Aiji úa "OoriuiAitt coniAi]\ce (x CAfaur t>o cAbAi]\c 1110 onoin aii coiriioe-ó. IDa liAnn -oo nAÍA "o1a]\Ía UuAfariiuriiAn COonncliAt» niAC ConcobAi]\ uí b]\iAin agCpiiA a UuA"óriiuriiAn) beicli irm lonAnnm pn. *Oo tVeAchAit) úa "OorimAtt coiia rtógAifa ipn cquch 1 cctÚAin Uau'iacca Coh mbCg aLU\ cíaji ■01111^ con úaca-ó ftoij mA rrAupAt) nAn bAc tu\ otccÁo "OA cét) tAoch A tíon. Oc c1iÚAtA]"orii mon.jjAti ah riiójvptoij (x rCpodn ha pocAifae (x c]\Cc1iaii iia cc]\ombuiT)Cn (x ro;5A]\co]unAn An tuAchtAmAij a gunnAt) ^tAnAittne ^C]\]ia"óa]icac1ia reAchnón a ci]\e uia cimcheAtt, 7 ha roptoipcce ro]\]\éite yoi]\tCc1niA -|\o tCc m ^ac Ai]\t) 7 111 5AÓ Ai]\ceAnn m a uncAcriiAnj; íol. 64.« ua ]\o cburiiAinj "OAnAcot no ■omroCgAit, bA pCoh t)0 ]\ome a]xciiaiíi con ÚACA-ó bui-óne co Inonpoit^i'óe t<x 1io]\ ah pop^Air rÍAji cecb nt)í]\eAch peb A]- inmtte roj\ caoiíiiiaccai]i co ]\auiicc gur ah cctÁ]\. Oa "oía bAitcifa- tongpuijvcpoiii aii bAite ipn, 6: bA ,oc>mj)Cn -oicogtAróe eip-óe ce m bCicrioiú cur aii tion ]\o bAoi occa inrói"ofn.
lómcurA uí 'OlioiiiiiAitt ó ]iAinícc co himr ]\o teicc rccAoiteAt» t>A ]^euiieAtcAifa 1111011 cí]\ mA c1iunc1ieAtt. Ay rAirvpnj popteAcliAn ai]\cccac lonnpoijceAc ]\o pccAoitrCc iia mCp-opongA mC]\A mCnmnucliA rm ó a]\ oite, A]\ ]\o cuA]\CAijeAX> (x ]\o C]\eAÓtoi]xceA'ó teó ]\ía noi"óc1ie ocÁ C]\Aig uí
ClO]TOufaA111 111 10c1lCA]\ UA C01CC]\1c1ie 1CC]\10c1lA cét> 11A 110ltél1 CO CAc1lA1]\
111u]\c1iAt)A 1n co]\ca bAircmn íajicIiajiai^ 50 tmjiur dntte 111ui]\e 6: Cv\c]\ac1i Htnr 6: aii niAJA uit) mfa b]\ACAin co tuinup bAite Com gofaAim hi cÓ]\ca mot)]\ÚAt) 6: boichi Héitt hi cenét pC]\niAic. 1lob iomt>A c]\a "OAOcliAm ■oAJoume uÁfAit no agCpiA cí]\e t»o c]\ecc1iAifa (x t>o chCch]\Aifa 6; *oa jac C]\nt>Ait ét)ÁtA aj buróin cCch]\Ai]\ 110 chuicci]\ t)o mumci]\ uí "Ohoiiinoitt hi cumróe cui]\ 110 cuim, cAi]\;gi 110 coittit) 1 cuAt)riiuiii<\n An oírjce pn, A|\ ]\ob eijCn tioifa AippeAiii m jac niAijm a ccA]\up\i]\ c<\]\a]vóo]\ca U]\co]\Mg iia hoiface iacc.
^AVJAir Ó *Olloril11Altt t0115]b0]\C A1l At)A15]mi rO]\ b]\Ú An ^OngAir AtlAClÁn
1 Monastery. — It was erected for the sanie 3 C. Rerrivan. — A townland in the parish Order by Donough Cairbreach O'Brien, of Cloondagad, 8 miles S. ofEnnis. about 1240. The church is still standing. lIslands. — A barony in Co. Clare, S.W. See Archdall's Monasticon, p. 44. of Ennis.
2 Clare. — A villa^e on the Fergus, one 5 C. Murphy. — A townland in the parish mile S. of Ennis. Thecastle was built by of Kilmihil, containingacyclopean fort in a Donough Cairbreach O'Brien. ruinous state.
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by thc army all but thc monastcr}',1 for O'Donnell ordered protcction and in- 1600. dulgence to be givcn to it in honour of thc Lord. It happened that thc Earl of Thomond, Donough, son of Conor O'Brien, lord of Thomond, was with a small force of not morc than two hundrcd in numbcr in the territory at Clonroad, a short distance to the west of Ennis, at the same time that O'Donnell and his force camc there. When hc heard thc roaring of the great army and the shouts of the soldiers and the noise of the large body and thc loud report of the quiclc-firing of their bright, sharp-sighted guns thoughout their territory all about him, and the bright, wide-spread íires which cxtended in evcry quarter and on every border all round, which hc could not defend or protect, what he did was to march with a small body of troops secretly by the bank of the Fergus duc west as securely as he could till he came to Clare.2 That place was one of his fortresses, and it was strong, difficult to take, even if he had not the number with him for its defence which he had.
As for O'Donnell, when he had reached Ennis, he sent off his marauding parties immediately to spread themselves in the surrounding territory. Far and wide, violently, aggressively, these active, joyous bodies of men separated from each other, for they traversed and plundcrcd before night from Craggykerrivan,3 in the lower part of the territory in the cantred of Islands,4 to Cahir Murphy 5 in west Corcobaiscin,6 to the gate of Kilmurry," and Caher Ross,8 and theplain of Hybrickan, to the gate of Smithstown in Corcomroe, and Bohneill 9 in Cinel Fermaic. There was many a feast of gentlemcn, noblemen, and lords of territories made óf the prey and cattle and of every sort of spoil, in companies of four or five of O'Donnell's pcople under the shelter of a precipice or bush, of a rock or wood in Thomond that night, for it was necessary for them to stop in every place whcn the darkness in the beginning of the night overtook them.
O'Donnell encamped that night on the bank of the Fergus to the west
0 Corcobaiscin. — This territory forms the 7 Kilmurry. — Five miles S. of Milltown
south-v/est of Co. Clare, The O'Gormans, Malbay. The ancientchurchisstillstanding.
when driven from Leinster by the Anglo- 8 Caher Ross. — A townland in the parish
Normans, settled in the northern part of it. of Kilmurry, containing a ruined castle.
Later the MacMahons became its chiefs. 9 Bohncill.—h. townhmd in the parish
See The Book of Rights, p. 48. of Rath.
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•oo cttu\in ívaiiio'oa. b^ tnmÁfUf Ai]vóei]\c eifi-óe, €b bAhiOfCAt) rÍAcViA *oon cí no biot) 1n cCmiAcc UACfiche. -úcjia^ac Ati ftog ("01A tuAin au cfAinpeA'ó) co ro]\.vó lonniAtt AfA bpupAttbocliAib Gt A]\\ mbetfCAcliAib, 7 gAbAicc occ AfgiiAiii ua conAi]\e ca]\ fí A]\cA]\f iia UA cuA*óniuniAn fAifcuAfó jac iroí]\ech, •ooi]\cf]\ ó cco]\iiiaic "ou]\tA]\ cenét fC]\niAic €fc "oon Ooifiiro b]\eACAtbAig 50 ]\au^aca]\ 1u ftnne'ó nétt nonA co niAinifOf co]\ca 1VIoc>]\úa*ó Gt co ca]\cai]\ ha cctei]\eAcb. *Oo bACAf au ]\obcA]\ oeAice oía fto^Aib ca]\ An cliAomtAoi hifin Ag cií]\ 7 a^ cAi]xceAt jac c\]\e hia comcheAtt coua ]\o fA^Aibf Cc fol 64. b. iouacocc iia Aicc]\eb ]\ob ionn'iAoi'óim1i ^au tofccA'ó ^au tei]vpc]uof ipji tó
cfcUA. .vXcpA^hACC 11A ftoij 111 U]\CO]1AC tÁ01 "OÍA 111A1]\C. *Oo COIftlUC íC]\01l'l
coha n^Ab^tAib 60 coha cc]\eAc1iAib téo -oo f Atgró ua ca]\c]\ac, (x gef uó c]\om a ccoichnn, (x gep bo hionniAtt nro nncecc tA 1iAit)bte a mninte (x a cc]\eAchj;AbAt, ]\o fA^AibfCc beitge bCpncAippp'óe ua bAiiboi]\ne oa]\ Atiéif.
0 ]\aiiccaca]\ mCiroAccA niAi^hpei'óe mCópAi'óe ]\o JAbfAC foff A]\ Cnoc An §C]i]\Ain bAHi eici]\ citt cot^Aii (x ^ittnii.
1lo eicifóetighfCc Aii^AbAtA r]\i A]\oiteÍA]iccAin co no feAtbAij; j;ac "opong |*o teich tnob AfAiiroifte *oo bÚA]i Ambio'óbA'ó "oinmte 6c "ocoAit AiieccpAt), Gt ]\o í;AbfAc a]\ a bA]\Ac a^ T)io]\^AX) 6: a^ T)tuiciomAin a cooa c]\eiche
1 fcoftigcib fCnchoicci-ó Spdnj; nnc SCnJAinn. 1li]\ uó fot)A ah ]\eun ]\ucc]*ac ipn tó pn A]\ ]\opcA]\ fcícij ía]\ ha mo]\pAocA]i occ cochc cjúa betgib betchum^Aib ha boi]\ne, Gc m mó ]io pfAitrofCcc no ]\o chuitfCcc ifAniie m aoIiaií; ]uah'i, a]\ bA *oóij teó co caocfA'ó lA]\tA Uu<YÓihuriiAn co tbon a muinci]u niA tCmiiAin 7 uia tu]ig -oia bfobAi]\c if ua coiiAijub cuA]\cun'i5Aib c]UAf ]\o chmgf Cc cen co cco]\]iacc icci]\. ^a^aicc tonj;po]\c 1 comfocfAib -ooib aii a-óai^ fin, ó ]io tAifCc au oiíiaii -oiob. 11i -óeip^CnfCc
flAtlboÚA 11A1C f01]\51leAlÍlA tA cCf 11A f11ie fAll'lfACA, ACC ]\0 1lA"ÓAnnA1CC
b]ieoicCmci biiAiitAfAmnA teó, Gc ]\o ^AbfAc a tucc fpCfCAit 7 f]\ioc1iAtn'iA, a f Cfchoicci 7 a rrefchigifi, a natte 7 a iia]\a-óa &§ combAÓ 7 a$ combuAtA-ó 05 cofccAi]ic 7 Ag cnAim^CppCt) buAiji a rnbio*ób<VQ oup^nAiiih a ppAuroe •01 a HAi]\eACAib 7 -01 a nA]iouAiftib co ]io cocAicfCc a ffefoichCcc Gc concuitf Cc 1 rAin'ie AfCiroA-ó ó ]\o t<MfCc a mmecctA xnob. AchpAchcAcop
A11 ftog AfA fUA11CA1]\C111l COCAtcA 1f11l CA1Í1A01]\, 7 C1AJA1CC 1l1 CeAIUI Cfet)A 7
1 Castle. — It stood at a short distance to 2 Srengan. — Oneof the chiefs who led thc
thc north-east of the monastery. Firbolg cdony to Ireland. Ogygia, p. 145.
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ofClonroad, This was a famous castle * and princcly abodc bclonging to i6cn. him who hcld thc chicftaincy of the country. Thc host rose up (on Monday cxactly) stcadily, slowly from thcir tents and huts, and they procecded to travcl over the road diagonally across Thomond in a north- eastcrly direction cxactly through the east of Hy Cormaic and the plain of Cinel Fermaic and the spcckled-hilled Burrcn, till thcy came at the end of thc evening to the monastcry of Corcomroe and to Carcair na cclereach. Those of the forccs who were unoccupied throughout thc day wcre traversing and preying every place all round, so that they did not lcave a habitation or dwelling that was important without being burned and destrovcd completely that day. Early on Tuesday thcy wcnt with their spoils and preys towards Carcair, and though thcir march was severe and their pace slow, owing to the quantity of cattlc and plundcr, thcy left the rocky passes of white Burren behind. When they camc to the dwellings of the smooth plain of Maree, they rested at Knockangcrrain- bane, bctwcen Kilcolgan and Galway.
They divided the spoil between them after that, so that each body had its own share of the enemy's cattle, íiocks, and booty, and they proceedcd the next day to guide and drive their portion of the prey along the roads of the ancient province of Sreng, son of Srengan.2 The journey they made on that day was not long, for they were tired after the great toil in coming through the crookcd roads of Burren ; neither had they eaten or slept during the course of the preceding night, for they thought the Earl of Thomond would come with all his forces in pursuit of thcm and on their track to attack them, on the crooked, narrow roads by which thcy marchcd, though he did not come at all. They made their encampment in thc neighbourhood that night, since they had banished thcir fear. They made neithcr huts nor buildings, owing to the heat of the summer weathcr, but they lighted strong, flaming fires, and their attendants and servers, their cooks and pcople of the household, their servants and their soldicrs set to and fell to slaughter and hew the bones of the enemy's cattle in order to prepare their dinncr for their chiefs and their nobles, till they were satisfied and had feasted and slept calmly, as they had set aside their fear. The army rose up from the refreshing rest oí sleep at thc
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nnceccA. Uo coiiiAi]\teicc ó "OoriniAitt *oo 111ac tlittiAm coha mumci]\ 7 ■oon tucc "oor rAimcc a hiAf\cA]\ An coicci'ó ro a coJAinm roAt> -oia ca^ib. fol. 65. a. *Oo tei^e rCifin fAif cec iroífeAch if ha conAi]\ib coiccdmA 50 fAnAic ]\ia nt>eoi-ó tÁoi co ConmAicne chuite coIai§ m eici]\riiC-óón ah £0151-0. ^AbAif tongfjofc 1nruit>iu An A-ÓAig rm, 6: Ai]Uficc Ann 50 A]\ AbAfAÓ. 1\o fOfóon^Aif ÍAforii ó "OoriinAitt ron a mumci]\ An mmte c]\eiche a mbu 7 a ccCc]\a 7 aii
COAtA A]\ cCnA "00 te'i^Cll UATÓlb "01A CCI^lb, A11 ^lottAnnAlt) 7 An AOr t>1A1]\111 (x
^oncA 7 A]\Aitt "01 a fto^ t>o teicceAt) teó. *Oo iCjaicc gAn fUi]\eAÓ reb ]\o 1iC]\bAt> rniú.
Con]\A\]\teicc t)ÚA 1\ÚAi]\c conA iíiuinci]\ ctnt>ecc *oia cajib AniAit cac. T)o jiaCja úa "OorimAítt coicc cét> tAoc 50 reAfccAic hia]\cac t>o ]\oijmb Artoij, 7|\o Cnb fO]\]\A Ai]\ifiorii hia fochAif but>t>em, 50 mbACA]\ A5 curiifAim 7 occ te^eAt) a rcífi irm tonjponc co 1iía]\ mCóón tÁoi. toco]\ Aff AfA liAicte (x ^AbAicc c]\efAii ccoigeAt) f Aijvóff co t>iAn t>einnmet)eAC & co cAoicoicCnAc t>o tó (x 'oa-óaij 50 ]\auccaca]\ co toch Riac m t>o]\btuf nA mATone muicbe A]\ a bA]\Ach. 0a heifit>e ponc Ai]\eAc1iAir (x iorcA-0 rtAcliA lA]\tA ctomne 1liocAi]\t>. T)o teiccCc a fccdriieAtcA co f^AoitceAc t>A cech teich t)iob t>int>]\eAt> ha cnicche. *Oo loiiAtAC AinbAoi t>o c]\ut> (x t>o cCc]\Aib mA comf-ocnAib, fx, t>o bCfCfAC teó co hAoniiiAipn combACA]\ a rrotA]\cnAit> rni AmomtÚAt) <x f|\i AnioniAm teó.
UiAJAicc ]\eiimb ÍA]\cAm c]\erAn ccoicceAt) rAi]\chÚAit> ^u]\ ^AbrAc ton^- po]\c mn imeAt An cí]\e rnir An Suca AiroeAf At^Aig au *OorimAi5 t)o fun]\At). Ai]\ific Amnritie co mACAin au tuAin. *Oo coriitAc Af ía]\ ccaiu ca]\ Ach L1A5 rrmt) ro]\rAn Suca, 7 c]\e mA§ nAoi nuc AttgubA 50 fAngACAf ^ur ah sC^liAif 1111 c]\AcnónA. ^AbAicc ropr r]\if au AbAmn a cuató An a-oIiai^ rin. *00 COtíltACC A]\ A bA]\Ach CA]\ C01]\]\ftl Ab 11A sC^hfA, 7 cniAfAn cco]\Ann co bAite An tnhocAig, conAt) Aiffvóe ]\o rcAoitrCc nA niAici -oia nt>úmib fx t>iA ccijip coua et)AtAib iomt)Aib.
íol. 65.Í. *Oo ]\etícC Ó *OorimAltt fCÍf t)ÍA ArnfAlb €b t)ÍA AOf CUA]\A]XAlt ó 1ut co
Sepcemben, 50 ]\uf cochui]\ cIiucca t>o ]ut>ifi t>uf au ccet>Ai]\r Ct) boC^At ro]\
1 C. Cuile Tolaigh.—^ow the barony of 2 Loughrea. — The name of a barony and
Kilmaine, Co. Mayo. It has its name from town in the Co. Galway, 12 miles south-east
Conmhac, son of Fergus and Meadhbh, of Athenry.
from whom the inhabitants were said to be 3 Aoi— On the origin of this name see
descended. The Book of Rights,\>. 100. CCurry s Manners, &C, ii. 11.
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brcak ofday and went on their road and journey. O'Donnell allowed 1600. Mac VVilliam and the pcople and forces who had come from the western part of thc province at his call to go to their homes. ' Ile set out himsclf due castwards by the ordinary roads until he came before thc end of thc day to Conmaicne Cuile Tolaigh,1 in the middle of the provincc. IIc cncampcd thcre that night, and they halted there till the next day. O'Donnell thcn ordcred his people to send away to their homes their prey ofcattlc and sheep and the bootyalso, and to let the servants and unarmed peoplc and the woundcd and others of the army go with them. They went oft" without delay as they were ordered.
He allowed O'Rourlce and his people to go home like the others. O'Donnell chose five hundred soldicrs, with sixty horsemen of the choicest of his army, and ordered them to remain with himself, that they might rest and get rid of their fatigue in the camp till after mid-day. They marched away after that and proceeded through the province south- eastwards vigorously, actively, silently, by day and by night, until they came to Loughrea 2 in the twilight of the early morning next day. This was the chief residence and princely abode of the Earl of Clanricarde. They sent out their marauders scattered in every direction to prey the territory. They gathered together all the herds and flocks in the neigh- bourhood and took them to one place, so that there was plenty to bring and drive away with them.
They marched on after a time through the province north-east until they made an encampment on the borders of the territory south of the Suck on Sunday evening exactly. They stayed there until Monday morning. They went after a while across Athleague Finn and across the Suck and through the plain of Aoi,3 the son of Allgubha, and reached the Seghais in the evening. That night they rested north of the river. ■ The next day they marched over Corrsliabh of the Seghais and through Corann to Ballymote ; then the chiefs separated to their castlcs and houses with much spoil.
O'Donnell gave rest to his soldiers and his mercenaries from July to September, when hc summoned themto him again to see whether he might
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iia gAÍÍAib, A]\ at; cuAr -oóroiii ju]\ bo ^nAicbep 00 g]\ft)1iAib ha n^Att coclic $ac Uvoi PAjtfAn ujropodiAc bAOi ]x>]\ iondiAib T)oi]\e bu-ó c1iúai-ó -oo ingeAtcuAt) ron re]vc;u]\c fÁraij bAoi ron Anf]\coiiiAi]\ con úaca-ó niA]\crtuAi5 014 p:o]\coiriiét>. b<xoiponi ÍA]\om 05A p:]\uo<vó (x ]\enTÓecp lonnu]- no be]\At> niAin 1111 iia 5^ttAib t)o 5AV0 ati eocli ropio, coiuvó p Aipbe A]\]uoc1ic Um]\ T)o ]w\egA -0)10115 n'ió)\ tdia iinteAt)Aib (x t)i]\nii iiia]\cac iiac bAC U154 ott)Ac re céo a tíon eicin cjiAijjceAÓ G: iiia]\cac. *Oo bf]\c UMr lAopM-óe a^ a 1u\icte co -oidieAtcA m oo]\c1iaca ha liovóche 50 ]\or pvc^Aib 111 eA-OAunAvóe m uclic AttbpiAig ionvóoiiiAin ]\o bAi ipn niAijftiAb t)0 ]\aU\ yo]\ iondiAib aii T)oi]\e a cúavó bAit 111 ]\obAt> rot>eA]\c x>oib muincf]\ ah bAite, 7 hac bA
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t)iob, G: AC]\utACA]\ A]\otte ÚAitnb tA t)eme G. ucmoitte ah e]\niA. 5°^aic niumcf]\ uí *OlioninAitt occ loniAin eAch]\AVÓe 11A ngAtt ro AccuriiAti^.
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AcnA^liAcc A11 fé]\At) ]\eimb. "Ro ro]\conj;Ai]\ úa *OomiiAitt ro]\ t>]\uiti5 "oia niA]\c]%to5 t)ut tÁr ua 1ieoc1iA An'iAit Ar oéine conniocp\cAir &, jah Ai]\iptii pupotú icci]\. *Oo ]\oiica ía]\oiíi nropn. AnAir ó T)oriitiAitt ro "óeoij G. A11 t)o ]\AeJA 01A riiAncrtuA^ niA p\]\]\At) G: a iinteAt)A G: c]\oij;ce4c A]\ cfiiA. Oc ciacc 11A ^Aitt aii eodiA t)o •oetiu^A'ó r]\iú, aciia^Iiac 111 otbne t)iA ccA]\]\AccAm 6: jebicc ah A]\mo (x t)o tficcfcc nvo t)eAt)1iAVÓ uí *OomnAitt. flo teAbtAtng ah ^ene^tAit Vlenp T)ocu]\ ro]\ a eoch, &, ]\o fol 6 a. teAbtAm^i'fcc An niAncrtog A]\ cfnA t)o neodi 054 ]\AbACA]\ eicli G, ]\or yoyv 111 lonAccAib inmtte 7 iia ]\o h fcc4]\p:c4]\c4 puú. *Oo íf^Acc ipn cogpMm AniAit Ar t)fme con^tAngACA^i. Oc cohai]\c ó *OomiiAitt niA]\c]vtoj iia n^^tt von t)iAinini]\im ua t)ft>1iAit) Ai]npr t)A]\ éir a n'uteAt) c^tAi^bceAc cotiAt)io]\niA TtiA]\crtoi5 mA rodiAi]\ co ]\uccrAC niA]\c]"tuAJ ha n^Att rAi]\. *Oo bf]\AC]'Aix)e
xHorses. — An account of the capture of vi. 2203, and O'Sullevan's Hist. CaiA., these horses will be foundin/í«;w/í F.M., p. 218.
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not harm thc English ; for hc heard that it wa.s usual for thc horses1 to 1600. go cach day across the bridge which was opposite Derry northwards to graze on a grassy field which was opposite, with a few of thc cavalry to protcct thcm. Ile was considering and reflccting how he could make a descent on the English to take their horscs from them. This was the rcsolution hc came to. He chose a large body of his soldiers and a troop of horse, so that thc numbcr of horse and foot was not lcss than six hundrcd. Thcse he took with him vcry sccretly ín the darkness of the night, and left an ambuscadc in the recess of a steep cliff which was on the mountaih slope opposite Derry to the north, a place from which the people of the town could be seen by them, and they could not be seen by any one. He placed a small number of his cavalry in rctired places very near thc town in ambuscade for the horses and their keepers, lest the horscs might rcturn whenever they came to the field of grass of which we have spoken. They were there until the beginning of day. They saw the horses cross the bridge towards them with their guard, as they were accustomed to do. O'Donnell's horse rose up behind them, and made a vigorous onset on the guards. They woundcd some of them ; others of them escaped owing to the flectness and speed of their galloping. O'Donnell's men proceeded to drive off the horses of the English which they had in their power.
O'Donnell came to their aid with the force which rcmained with him, and they drove the horses before them. O'Donnell commanded the body of horse to go with the horses as fast as they could, and not to wait for him at all. This was done then. O'Donnell remained behind, and the horse he had chosen with him, and his soldiers and foot also. When the English saw that their horses had been taken away from them, they rose up quickly to avenge themselves, and took up their arms and set off in pursuit of O'Donnell. The General Henry Docwra leaped on his horse, and the horsemen, too, on theirs, such as had horses and kept them in safe places and had not becn separated from them. They set off in pursuit as fast as they could. When O'Donnell saw the horsemen of the English in full speed after him, he stopped behind his foot with a body of horse by him, until the English horse came up with them. Thcy made a quick, bold
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Ammur t)ioc|\A t)AiiA]\t>A roji Iiúa n"OoriniAitt t)A]i cCnn a cc|\e\c1ie, 6c t>o copiAiii An emij t>ibtmib. pofAijpr ó "OorimAitt co •oéctA •ou]ic]ioit>heAch jp|H|-in "oeAbATÓ Gfc pCpÚAin lomAinCg Aiíinur CconnA ceccAn An t)Á teice com- bACA]\ An niA]\cftuAJ ceccA]\-ÓAinf]\c aji tnCpcc, G: 50 nA^AbpAccropiompubAt) 7 ron inróiubpA^At) A]\oite co coirii-óioc]\A. *Oo |\a^a Aóx) niAC Aót)hA t>inb uí "OorimAitt 6fc au coireAch llen]u "Oocun cut 1 cut pu Anoite ipn lomgum. UA]\tAicAn cOCoh úa *OorimAitt An roJA ro^AbtAici bAoi 111A tAiiii Afi Ainmur An coip§ 50 ccA]\tA 1n ccut a et>Am ^An ióm]\ott t)ó co nur ^on co 1iaicC]\. SoAir aii cuireAch pnichnorc íC]\ ua cjieglroAt) pMiitAi-o 7 roAic ha 5A1bt A]\ cCua ro metA íC]\ ngum An ccnempn CAipphe 6fc a ccum^it) «acIia 6: m ]\o jtCnrAC a necc]\Aic m bA ppú. U15I1AICC mumcCn uí DhorimAitt t)iA rconAib íaji ccaiii, Gfc ac]\uíiCc a njAittgpCóA 5A11 5UAi]\Crii, ruittCó A]i tnb cét»Aib eAcli bA rCó a tíon. TlAnnAir ó *OoriitiAitt iCcc a]"a liAicte rojvpnA hÚAirtib ÍA]1 ua rniAt) 6fc corii]\Arii. O "OotimAitt c]ia bAoipt>e iropbAoip ropr ua 5A^Aib 5An ro^tuAp^cc Ar A cni1* co *oeilie<vo Occobe]\. T)o ]\uimCiiAi]i Ainnpt>e t>ot jur An UuAt>riiuiiiAin t>o ]ut>iri "oia hmnlb.
UA]\cctomcA a rtog tAir ía]i ccmnCó a choriiAi]\te 6fc 111 ]\o Aipr co ]\Ainicc t)A]ifAn SticceAc ]ía]\ 6fc ropiAccAib ITÍAtt ó 'OoiimAitt mAC Cumn nuc ah CAtt)Ai5micíTlA5hnufAt>iA jeittpnebut) t>em t)A]iA éip ipn ccmch tUACorirÓA ro]\r iia 5A^A1^ 11A ciorcAir t>iA hmtmeA'ó mA t>iuit>. 11i AiroAir 5A1^ ^00 ^]\ér acc occ Ait 6fc occ Acoch A5 5]ierAchc 6fc occ jume Héitt uí >OhoriinAitt co hmcteiche imchochc iiia mbAroh & mA mumcCnAr but> t>em, 6fc *oo fAinn^Cnr Cc pge 7 cCnnur nA cpche t>ó -oiAtncAir cor^iAij, 6fc ]\o cmgeAttpAc nt>ó rmpti reóicc iomt>A 6fc mAome mÁ]\A 6fc cui]i 6fc cChiica pu coriiAtt ^ac 11C1C A]i cCnA. DAoiporii t)Aii AcliAit) ]>ot>A occ coircecc pur 11 a coiiicAib fol. 66./>. pn 110 boc aja nCnAit rAi]i con t)o ]iacc a Amfen p\i]i ró t>eoit> a áChcu^a'ó t)ut "OAomteic 7 t>Aon]iAnn tA ^AttAib, 6fc a b]\eccAt> 6fc a cojaCcIia-ó Ia a ccmjeAttcAib ^OAchA 7 tA nnAi]\te mt> oC^a rCigh ro^iiiAttAij ]\o 5)\ei]' 7 no ArtAij rAi]\ An choriiAi]\te lnpn.
x Hugh.— He is spoken of by our author to him, will be found in full in the Introd.,
at p. 55 as being the equal of the greatest p. cxv., antea-
of the ancient heroes, and well fitted to rule 3 Number— Docwra says it was but 60,
over the Cinel Conaill. whereas O'Sullevan makes it 168. Hist.
% Javelin. — Dowcra's own account of the Cath., p. 218. In the Annals F.Jf. it is
encounter, which was so near being fatal stated to have been 200.
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attack on O'Donnell for his prey, and to save what was under the protcction i6co. of both. O'Donncll met thcm valiantly and resolutely in the skirmish, and a fierce battlc took placc betwcen them on both sides, so that thc horscmen of both were mixcd with one another, and they set to hew and shoot each other very actively. Hugh,1 son of Hugh Dubh O'Donnell, and the com- mandcr Henry Docwra met face to face in the conílict. Hugh O'Donnell cast a forked javelin 2 which was in his hand at the leader, so that it struck him straight in the forehead and wounded him severely. The leader turned back after being wounded in this way. The English, too, turned back in sorrow that the trusted hero and their captain in the fight should be wounded, and they did not follow their horses farther. O'Donnell's people went to their tents afterwards, and they reckoned the English horses accurately to be something over two hundred in number.3 O'Donnell divided them afterwards among his nobles according to their dignity and deserts. O'Donnell continued to besiege the English, without moving from his territory, to the end of October. He determined then to go to Thomond to prey it.
He assembled his forces after taking the resolution, and he did not halt till he crossed the Sligeach wcstwards. He left Niall O'Donnell,4 son of Conn, son of Calvagh, son of Manus, of his own family, bchind in theterritory to guard it against the English, lest they should come to plunder it in his- absence. The English did not cease to entreat and implore, to urge and beseech Niall O'Donnell secretly to enter into an alliance and friendship with them, and they proffered him the kingship and chieftaincy of the territory if thcy were victorious, and they promised him many jewels and great wealth, and engagements and covenants, too, for the performance of everything. He listened for a long time to these proposals which wcre made to him at their suggestion, till his ill-luck at last made him consent to join and unite with the English and be deceived and circumvented by the lying promises and evil counsels of envious, proud people who incited and urged him to that resolution.
^Niall O'D.—t.e., Niall Garbh. At p. bition, induced him to lend ear to the cxxv. of the Introduction we have given the suggestions of the English and obtained for motives which, in addition to personal am- him considerable support among the clan.
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1V)ai|u; mCnniA ]\o ioinnÁix>, ttiAijvj; cuoix>e ]\o rgnux), mA1r'5 cCngA x>o ^ioncoirg An Ai]\te Ainxmix> AinÍA]\mA]\CAÓ m1r5nec.l1 rinónúnAcli |\o co^a-ó •oon cliun pn. m Aip^ b]\Ac1iAin no cneícc a comppne 7 a c1ioimx)ix> CAtriiAnx>A, a cliAijvoe 7 a clionithntixie A|\ xmt 1n cteic (x 1n ccotiiAoncAX) a éccnAX» 7 a C]xca]\acc. 1llonÚA|\ Án'i hac x>Aomteic no loniAinrCc G: x)o bCpcpAC a mbÁi]\e, An ní]\ bó roi]\b 6: m]\ uó roxiAing a ccoíax) nÁ a cqiC^xiAX) a ccAcmAing iia a ccimceAbÍAX) aii ccCm bACA]\ 1 ccortA Gb 1u cÁoncorii]\Ac v]u A]\oibe. T)o T)eAc1iACA]\ c]\a a c]\ia]\ x)eA]\b]\AicneAc1i iÁ níAÍb rrin comiCipgerin .1. Aóvh bmx>e, *OoriinAitt, G: Conn ócc. b^cAn x)in ha ^Aitt 1n ]\iac1icahi a teAr HÍAtt coiiA b]\Aicj\ib x)o x)út x)ía monnroigix), úai]\ ]\opcA]\ rcícig nuincnij 1ií CAiépeir G:1ii ccAccon^nAim jac noix>che tA Iioiíiaii uí *OoiiinAitt 7 ]\obcA]\ pÁodiAij 5At]\Aij tA lnomdiuim^e aii 101111 AinbACA]\ 7 ÍAr ha biAX>Aib vCitoa rCnbotAix> 7 tApiA reotAib rAitCce r Cpb501r.ce 7 La ceArbAixi 5AÓA
CÚA]\A bA 1lAX)LA1C X)Olb & 11A 1lU1]U>eotA Vodl Aicll 111 e VA111]\eAX). tlor Ai]\c1ur
tlÍAtt úa *OoiTinAitt nn 5AÓ m bA cCrbAix> vonr-A, G: nor rÚArccAit ooib Apn
CCUHIAU^ CA]\CA1]\ 111lbACA]\. TDo bC]\C .X.C. tAOcll tAIV ÚAX)Alb co l,cicbl]\
11A01 nnte cCnnenn ón T)oi]\e yíA]\ 5AÓ nx)í]\eAC yop u]\ ah LocIia cCcciia. X)& x>únA]\uy ai]\x)C]\c x)Úa 'Olion'uiAitt aii x)ú ym G: 1)A 1ieiyimntt ah ionbAix> rin, úai]\ 111 bAOi x>úiiax> xhmii^Cii nÁ cAiyciAt ctAcliÁotcA Ánn v]U ]\e yox)A ó ]\o btox)AX> vecc ]\iaiíi, acc niAX) x>únctAx> x)inmm ía]\ iia nnt>enAiii X)o c]\iax> (x x>yóccAib aii cAtriiAii G: coetctAiy éx)oniAin mycix>e 11IA lomcACiiiAH^ oc im]>umeAx> 7 oc CpnAX>AX> r]\i liAicli^Cm ah x>úhaix> ]\o bAoi ahh reéc ]\iaiíi x>o cujvgbAit Aim 1 rniciri. "Poyr>ACCAib au coCy coniiex>A An poyc rÁr tA horiiAn ó ]\o nACAijrCc 11A 5A1tt cuca 7 11A bAoi ó *OoriniAitt mx) occur x>oib xua rpu]\cAcc. 1>a rox>Ain cah^aca]\ ha ^oitt x>on popc G: cÚAp^AbpCc nnn]\ fol.67.fl. mó]\Aix>bte G: X)umAX)A c]\iax) G: ctoc yoy AyccÁc1i $o]\ uó liinmtt yyi 1iuyy- ctAix>! 6: ioniAi]\C5 mx> a^Iiaixi a nÁriiAcc 'Luix» A]r Aite yC]\ x>o yAinihuinci]\ uí T)oriinAitt 111A x>Cx>1iAij co yyioyycet ah cí]ie tAiy, Gt ac yéx> nx>ó mte ah x>o ]\ohax) Ann. b^ lnonpiAX) mó]\ 6c bA niAclictiAX) mCnniAn Ía 1ió
1 Advised. — See Introd., p. xxiv. 3 Lifford. — 'The 8tli of October I assigned
2 Contest.— The word baire is the name to the said Neale Garvie 500 foot and 30 thatthcpeopleof Erinn had inancienttimes, horse, under the leadingof Sir John Bowles, and have still, even in Dublin, for the game to go and take the Liffer, where 30 of of ball and hurlevs. It is applied figura- O'Donnell's men lay in garrison in a fort in tivclv to any contest, combat, or battle. one of thecorners of the town, and most of 0'Curry, Battle of Magh Leana, p. 113, n. them being abroad when thcy came, were
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Woe to the mind that conceivcd, woe to the heart that entertained, 1600. woe to the tonguc that advised * that violent, ruinous, odious, malicious plan that was entered into thcn ! Woe to the kinsman who abandoncd his own tribe, and his carthly lord, his friends and relativcs, to go plotting and uniting with his cnemies and his foes ! Alas ! that they did not strive and carry on the contest 2 together, for it was not simple or easy to pierce or penetrate their surrounding or to circumvent thcm as long as thcy wcre in peace and amity with each othcr. However, his thrcc brothcrs joined with Niall in that revolt, i.e., Hugh Buidhe, Donnell, and Conn Oge. The English needed, too, that Niall and his brothers should come to them, for they wereweary and fatigucd with watching and preparing for flght every night through fear of O'Donnell, and they were discased and distempered owing to the narrowness of the place where they were and the old musty victuals and the bitter salt meat and the want of cvery condiment which they required, and of fresh meat especially. Niall O'Donnell supplied them with everything they needed, and relieved them from the narrow prison in which they were. He took with him ten hundred of their soldiers to Lifford,3 nine miles due west of Derry, on the bank of the same Lough.4 This was a famous residence of O'Donnell ; it was not safe then, for there was not a stronghold or castle built of stone and mortar there for a long time, as it had been destroycd some time before, but only a poor earthen fort tlfat had been made of clay and of sods of earth, and a narrow, shallow ditch of watcr around it to prepare for the re-erection of such anothcr fortress as had been there bcfore.
The guard vacated the fort through fear whcn thcy saw the English approaching and that O'Donnell was not near to aid thcm. Thcreupon the English came to the castle and raised huge walls and ramparts of earth and stone for shelter, so that it was safe for defence and attack against their encmies. A certain man of O'Donnell's own people went after him
surprised and slain, and the place taken ; good stead.' Dowcra's Narration, p. 246.
yet so as one of them had first put fire into O'Donnell had entrustcd Lifíbrd to Xiall
the fort, which consumed all the buildings Garbh. O'Sullevan, Hist. Ca/h., p. 219. in it ; but the rcst of the houses scattered * Same Lough. — The name of Lough was
about in the town (which were about 20), tl en given to theriver Foyle from the sea
were preserved, and stood us in sin^ular to Liffbrd-
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n*OoihnAitt a b]\Ach<\i]\ 6t a ctiAmAin tjo f oatj f Ain tjói 5 b<\ rí fíun nro oCtjíia no bA bAmC]\nurcAiTJ "oon cí TlÍAtt. 1ompAif ó *OohmAitt a ccoicceATJ n-AiteattA úai]\ m uauaic ca]\ bAite An TtlhocAij fÍAn ifin coicceA*ó An cAn nuccrAc rccetA f ai]\, (x lompÁic a fto-gh f ]\ioch]\ofcc reb nonuccfAc TUAtAite, acc ha m<\ m nuAchc tA a mitCoA úa *OomnAitt tjo f]\eAfCAt acc niATJ úacat> tua mAfcftój combin AnAcbf occur tjoh Lecbion AC]\ub]\uniA]\. Tli concAinnic tAr iia 5AttAib cneAcliA uaitj oinccne rjo Tjenon'i ne fiú ]\auaic ó 'OohmÁitt ro]\ ccutA acc beich acc TjAmjjmujjATJ a rcon (x occ ctATÓe a mún, (x oc chÚAtAcof ó *OoiimAitt "oo churóeAchc nif netic aii on'iAn T>oib •oéfAch An pui]\u AmbACAn pon cCnn hac neic no bAoi tjo cCfbAró fO]\]\A. UA]\]\ufAin
Ó 'OoiÍmAltt 11TO 10nATJ 11A]\ UÓ 1lClC1]\CÍA1l Ó 11A ^^ttAib CO fUCCfAC ÚACATJ
tjía n'nteATJAib cnAiíjcheAC rAi]\.
t)A po*oA t<\ hÚA nX)omnAitt ]\o bACAf ua 5A1tt ^An ruAbAi]\c, Gfc 111 no Ai]up f]\if An ftó-g 111 bA pi]uú 50 ]\ur cAi]\ren ah cúacatj ]\o bAoi *oonA 5<\ttAib fon coeb C]\UAchÁm LijCn AttA AiroCp f]\if ah AbAinn a cúató. Oc dnCcc iia 5d1tt eipiTjhe tjo ]\iac1icaca]\ a tjocuui, 6c 1Vu\tt ó T)on'mAitt coha b]\Aic]ub 1n coificchecc iia c]\otja. *Oo bC]\Acc foigm nujna f]u A]\oite cCn nAch iroAnACA]- TJeAbcA au tÁ fm cCccur, acc bCich Anu]\foichitt ro]\ a chéite, úai]\ 111 ]\o f Aitf Cc ua 5A1tt ó *Oon'mAitt tjo beich m úacIiatj AiiiAit ]\o bAoi, 6c bACA]\ lomoiimAij 1111 bfCi^ tjo cAbAinc iompu 6c ni]\ uó 1u\it Txnb •oot mrj uncCme on mbAite A]\ Aonohe. A chumbAc cCciia tjo múmcin uí *OorimAitt, bA Tjichumn Tjoibpom Tjot miCpcc a uaiíiac nro iomfoiccfi aii púí]\c An cúacaTJ ptoij bACA]\. Tío eicifóebgf Cc rrn A]\ oite a]\ a AbA cemb fo có]\A 6c c1iAonchoni]\AC ]\o ]-ca]\]-ac. fío 5011CA a]\ Aitt údróib T>e iol.67.lK fiú 7 AHAtt tA Tjiub]iAiccib ftCgh 6c f A1-5I1 Ccc 6c f 05AT) fogen fogAbtAijce 6c ub<\itt hieAtt tuAroe, aóc ua m<\ bA mo ah'i ]\o cpeACciiAi^hic mumcC]\ uí >OhohmAitt a]\a nÚAice uiaic ua ^oitt. U1C5I1AICC iia ^\bb tjia cciglnb ía]\ ccAm, 6c tjo coCc ó 'Oon'mAitt coha n'iumci]\ tjia fco]\Aib, & bA co ffUAfUATj &, f C^igtumne tuiTJ ó *OohmAitt AnmfiTje a]\ a hieTj ]\o tA f A1]\ jah
A ftot TJ1A CA]\]\ACCAm A11 tÁ f111 TJÓ1J bA TJeAfb tA1f101l'l TJ1A HlbClCCI]- OCCA
1 NialPs ivife. — See Introd,, p. cxxiv., three miles north-west of Lifíbrd. See antea. Colgan's Acta SS., p. 782.
2 Cruachan Lig/iean.—Now Croaghan, a 3 More.— The sense is, O'Dpnnell's party hill which gives íts name to a townland m being less in numbers suffered more hurt the parish of Clonleigh, barony of Raphoe, than the more numerous one of Niall Garbh.
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to tell him the news of the country, and related to him all that had 1600. taken place there. O'Donnell wondered greatly, and was surprised that one who was his cousin and brother-in-law should turn against him, for Ilugh's sister was Niall's wife.1 O'Donnell rcturned from the province of Oilioll, for he had not -gone beyond Ballymote wcstwards into the province when the news reached him, and his forces came back as fast as they could together, but yet his soldiers were not able to keep up with O'Donncll, except a few of his horse, until he came very near Lifford of which we have spoken. The English had not succecded in making preys or depredations before O'Donnell came back, but they wcre strengthening their encampment and erecting ramparts, and when they heard that O'Donnell had come, fear did not allow them to go out of the fortress in which they were for anything they needed. O'Donncll haltcd at a place which was not very far from the English, until some of his foot- soldiers came up with him.
It seemed long to O'Donnell that the English were not attacked, and he did not wait longer for his army, but he displayed before the English the small force which he had on the south side of Cruachan Lighean,2 to the north oftheriver. When the English saw them, they went out to meet them, Niall O'Donnell and his brothers being leaders of the fight. They skirmished with each other, though there was not an obstinate battle on that first day, but they were in readiness for each «ther, for the English did not think O'Donnell had so small a force as he had, and they were greatly afraid an ambuscade was laid for them, and they did not wish to go very far from the town in consequence. So, too, with O'Donnell's people, it would be unwise for them to go among their enemies in the neighbourhood of the fort, their forces being so few. They separated, therefore, from each other, though it was not for peace and fricndship sake they separated. Some of them on both sides were woundcd by the discharge of spears and arrows and of very sharp forked darts and of leaden balls, but morc 3 of O'DonncH's people were wounded on account of their small number than ofthe English. The English returned to thcir houses after a while, and O'Donncll and his people went to their tents, and O'Donnell went away in anger and wrath, becausehehad not his army with him to avenge himself on that day, for he
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aii lonbAró rin iia hepiAipcir iia 501tt ÚArohe reb Aqiónepoc. TlAn^ACAU a ftoj -oia pMJi-ópum Ar a liAicte (x ]\o •otucAiíjfrcAin in*o lomfuróe roppiA ^AttAib íau mb]\eic -oia rinteAt>Aib pM]i co teicc, Gfc ^AbAir ton^pónc ro *ói míte cennfnn t>o LeicbeAji iom]io]iAit>porii ron rcAc itro ofpA cneAbcA co ]io f]\lAiiiAií;cir nA 1iA]ibAnnAbACA]i nro lomfoiccp t)o ha 5AttAib. ^0 tAA'órom ófr bjiAic (x cAi]xcétcA ro]i]'Aii mbAite cech noibche hac Af ]ietccfó óen Anonn nAch Atte munA ]\oip:ir t>A]\p\.n AbAinn but> "ófr, (x tnr rA]icAib conAi]ie nÁicc pclup nÁit) fpiupx etú'ÓA ro rinte cfnnfnn t)on bAite ha ]iaLa ro]iAi]ift)1iA 7 fccAi]mAit>e ropio t>o coniifc fft *oo puocAi]ie ro]\piA 5AttAib iia orcAir cAinpb ^An ]iAcuJAt), (x ro]\ ctomn Cunin uí "OhorimAitt pMn]ift)h (x, ro]i a mumci]i, A]i Ar rop\A bA "ouitje tAiporii a choniift) (x, Ar iacc roc]uiAi]i itioniAC ha necf]inAit>e 7 nro ofp\. puocAine. DAOiporii rni ]ié c]uoc1iacc tAiche An t>ú pn cfn rojtuApscc ■&yy co cAi]imc tA bjiugA-ooib 7 coA]it)Aib iia c]\iche au A]iboniiA t>e]icio]iAt) 6: t>o cio]ijo]iAt), 6: co cca]it>pac 1 mmctiAbAib 6: 1 mfnbotccAib cia ccA]i]\út) 7 t>iA nimff-ÓAm ro]i fcliAib 7 t^ioróib co ]io tAirfc m t>úmib "OAm^mb 7 inn loiiACAib mmttib nA ]ii]'CAir
A11A1Í1A1CC.
"Pecc nofn t)ó "OoriniAitt ]\e pú t>ur rA]iccAib au tonjfojic hipn cA]i]iufAi]i occa t>ut ro]i Ainmur iia n'^Att t>ur An ccip:Air t)A]iriiA mu]\Aib Amoch roprAn niAijjieroh. O t»o t»eAc1iACA]i mumcf]i uí *OhoiimAitt ro]\ loncliAib aii bAite ]\o bACA]\ 11 a 5A,tt a5a V0!10!'1 7 A5A imt>friiAin Q^ rn ^.o fAijjrCc ro]\]\o ó ]\oc gfiiACA]! ^0]\ uó t)o chum^eAt) u^]\a t>o t>eAc1iACA]i fol.68. a. ImpMffc mumct]\ uí *OhoriiiiAitt i]?f\ichfft) ua conAi]\e t>o ptnp ó ha ruAi]i]'fc aii ní ro]\ a ccA]it)rAC ÍA]i]\Aró. *Oo 5111 fcc Aippoih ro]\ u]i iia 1iAbAim AttAchuAt) t)iAiiAt) Ainni aii t)Aotft)h iiAch^Ai]\icc on mbAite. UitgliAicc t»]\oti5A mó]iA biob tnA rcopAib 7 pu oite t>o corccAib A]i ní]\ fAOitpuc iia ^óXX t)iA teAniiiom An t<\ pn p\in]\eAt>. Oc coniiAinc IIÍAtt ó *OoriuiAitt mumcfn uí 'OhomnAitt co hepifroe Anrui]iice, ac bf]ic pnf iia jgAttAib cor uo InomAingróe *ooib Ammur t>o cAbAijic fO]\]io. gAbAicc ha ^Aitt occ Ai]\iccm An A]im 7 occa nficcft) co róitt rACAÓtiA (ropiA f]\Áit]~iurii)
^Sonr. — z'.e., Niall Garbhandhisbrothers. 2 Deel. — This river rises in Lough Deel
See Introd., pAii., antea. This Conn had in the north-west of the baronv of Raphoe.
nme sons, five of vvhom died violent Athnacarbait, where St. Patrich is said to
deaths; their names are given in O'Dono- have foretold the future greatness of St.
van's Appendix to Annals F. M.,v\. 2385. Columkille, is a ford on this river. Col-
Niall Garbh was Conn's fourth son. gan's Trias Thaunu, p. 390.
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was sure that if he had it thcn, the English would not escape from him as l6o°- they did. His army came to him afterwarwards, and he besciged the English closcly as soon as his soldiers came to him, and he made his encampment two milcs from Lifford of which we have spoken, for thc protection of thc husbandmen, that they might sccurc the crops of corn which wcre ín the ncighbourhood of the English. He sent spies and scouts to the town every night, that no one might be allowed in or out without passing over the river to the south, and he lcft no road or pass or means of escape for a mile from the town, on which thcre wcre not watchcs and ambuscades to watch and observe the English lest they might pass through without bcing noticcd, and the sons l of Conn O'Donnell espccially and their people, for these he thought more difficult to watch, and on thcir account he placed so many ambuscades and guards. He was about thirty days there without moving away until the farmers and peasants of the country had succeeded in drying and threshing their corn, and they took it away in small baskets and meal-sacks by removing it and bearing it oft on horses and mares and putting it in the strong fortresses and safe places where the enemy would not come.
Once, before O'Donnell left that camp in which he was staying, he happened to go towards the English, to see if they would come outside the walls on the level plain. When O'Donnell's people came before the town, the English reconnoitred and examined them ; but they did not sally out against them, for thcy saw it was to challcnge thcm to fight they had come. O'Donnell's pcople rcturned by the same road, as they did not find what they had gone in search of. They made a halt on the bank of the river, which is called the Deel,2 to the north a short distance 3 from the town. Large parties of them went to their camp and about other business, for they did not think the English would follow them on that day precisely. When Xiall O'Donnell saw O'Donnell's people scattered and unprcparcd, he told the English that thcy ought to make an attack on them. The English sct about getting ready their arms and putting on their armour lcis\irely and carefully (at his bidding) in the middle of the fortifications, that they might not be
3 Distaftce. — The Deel joins the Foyle a mile to the north of Lifíord.
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in Cci]\tiiCt>ón ua mún aji tia bA-ó ■po-oenc tnA nAiriictb comcir a]\iiica ettnche. O nobcA]i C]\toriiA ÍAnorii t>tr pccCc t)A]tpnA mú]\Aib reAccAip mt> ujvo cIiacIia. t,Arot>Ain t>o tCtccCc ro]i Ainmur riiumci]ie uí 'OhoiiiiiAitt ron nCimpn, &, au cí HíaU, coiia b]u\ic]ub 6: iiiumcf]\ 1ii némcur ]\em]\A t>tA ré-óu^A-ó.
Ac cbí ó *OorimAitt chu^A iac ron coichimpn & bA ró ÍAir Arpvicpn t>iA pMjnó 6c no pifóij t)An a iinteAt>A mA monAtiAib C]vÓAtcA ro AnC]\coriiAin coiia niot>nAib aí^ ÚAircib, 6b nir nettc AtroiobnAccA'ó combACAn roppxn mb]iÚAc1i AbbcA]iAÓ t>on AbAinn. 1m a coni]iAimc t>oib íf]\cAin combACAn mfrcc A]i riiC]'5, 6c rC]\c4]i jteo Amriiín ecqiAicuch Cco]1]\a gCn uó ^Anfpccur AccouripAtup ScudiAicc An mA]\cftoj "oocum a dieile combACAn aj cumnrCriiCt) A]iAite t>o riiAnAOipb mói]lteAb]iA 6c *oo cnAoireAchAib cCnngtApx. *Oo ]\acc cnA 11ÍAtt ó T)orimAitt cumnrCth -oon crtCij fimmj pch-pot>A bAi mA t>u]\n ro]i t>C]\bnACAi]i uí 'OhoiimAitt .1. ffiA^ntir, co ]\o ctAnnuprAin A11 cc]\Aoipj ro ioccai]\ a tonróA mt), 6c jgun c]iCjt)urcoi]i a mtiiC-óonchA cpA^An Cit>Ct)1i rCicp^hm t)o ]\AtA umibe. Oc connAi]ic Tlut)]\Aije ó *OoiimAttt ntoj-ÓAiimA cdneoit cconAitt a t)C]\b]iAc1iAi]i t>o jum pvrritAi'ó t>o bC]\c Ainmur cAtniA t)ÁnA t)U]ic]\oit)1ieAc rónfAn ci TlÍAtt co cca]vo ro^orii Amntir
AldlC]1 t)0 JA 1Í1Ó]1 ro C]1C0IÍ1A1]1 a ochcA pVin. tlÍAlt C]\A OC COtmAtncpt)e
An t)Áf acc rnif mbAoi ílu-ónAije occ pM^ró pvin, 7 oc cbí cumrCm An omnA cIiucca ]\o focAi]\cCnn ApnAinmínenAÓ mjionjob aii eich AipoépiiAij; fol.68.*. AttriiA]\t)A t)o ]idtA roA co ccuA]\ccAib AcCnn CcA]\bÚAr Cco]\]\a co ccCcorimACAi]i An ccuAOipcch cc]iUAtt)]ii5in 1n cut a et>Atn t>on éocli 50 ]\AmAic ah mcmt). Tlo btot)AfCAi]\ cnomnpnA iia c]\Aoipcche occa cnencAjinAmg ron a 1iAir ■oon ci ílu-ónAige co pwjvgAib.A hiAinncCtro tptro eocli coha bAOt tAipomh acc An t)icheAtcAt]i tnAmbnipoe mA t>u]\n. ílo c1iAc1iAmA]i An ceAch t>ept>e ro t>eoit> ÍA]i noccliAin An bAite ÍA]1 h^aicc ah iai]\ii &y\\
"Oa t>i]\pvn uac immAitte ]\o tÁipoc An toech]\At> 1110 iomAi]iCg p\i AnAniicm & AmbA]iAnm pn a mbiobbA-ÓAib 7 nAch 1n có]\A bACA]i, oaiji m ]\o
CUtíipjCAI^Ct) ACCOnAC A11 CCem ]10 AllpVCfAlhtAfÓ, 6c ]\0bcA]1 C0]XC]\A15 tpiA
coiccc]\iochAib no chmgcip 6c m ]\o 1iAt)A]\bAncAApv roi]ib ntntif tA heccAin cenét AiriAtt t>o poncA cit> ÍA]i ccAm. 111ai]\cc cjuoch 6: cAomrojtbA, niAijtj cín 6c cúac m ]io cC-oaij An Ainrhen t)oiiA coirib]\Aic]\ib 6c "ooiia coiripntfóip
xBattle. — O'Sullevan says that Conn shoulder, while Niall Garbh pierced him in O'Gallagher wounded Manus under the the right side. Hist. Cat/i., p. 219.
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seen by thc cnemy 'until thcv had thcir arms and armour. Whcn they 1600. wcrc ready, they sallied out from the fortifications in battle array. Then they advanccd to attack O'Donncll's people in this manner, Niall and his
brothcrs and pcoplc bcing in thc van to lcad thc \vay.
O'Donncll saw them coming, and he was glad to see them advancing, and hc put his soldicrs in thcir propcr places opposite, with thcir weapons of war raiscd ovcr them, and he did not allow thcm to shoot till thcy were on the opposite bank of the river. Whcn thcy mct after that thcy wcre mixed together, and a fierce, furious battlc * was fought by thcm, though thcir relationship was very close. The horscmen rushcd at each other and dashed at one another with largc pikes and green-hcadcd lances. Mcantime N'iall O'Donnell made a thrust of the long, sharp lancc which he held in his hand at O'Donnell's brother Manus, and the spear entcred underncath his shoulder and penctrated his internal parts through the armour made of skins which hchad on. When Rury O'Donncll, roydamna of thc Cincl Conaill, saw his brother woundcd in this way, hc madc a vigorous, bold, merciless attack on Niall, and aimed a forcible, furious thrust of a large spear straight at his breast. But when Niall saw the ficrccness of Rury approaching him, and when he beheld the thrust of the lance, he pulled hard the bridlc-bit in the mouth of the high-rcaring, foreign horse which he rode, and raised his hcad between them, so that the hard-tempcred spear struck the horse straight in the forehead and pierced his brain. The socket of thc spcar was broken by Rury in drawing it back, and he lcft thc iron head in the horse, and he had but thc broken handle in his hand. The horse died finally of this after coming to thc town, when the iron was taken out.
It was sad that these heroes did not combine in fighting against their cnemies and in thcir angcr against thcir foes, and were not at pcace, for their prosperity was not banished from thcm while they remaincd so, and they were victorious in the neighbouring territories they cntered, and thev would not have been banished from their dcar nativc land by a strange race, as happened afterwards. Woe to the country and fair land, woe to the tcrritory and district in which ill-luck permitted relatives and kinsmen to hew and
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ioni]\ubAt> 7 ionictAi-óbe<yó a chéte gAn coiccitt AiiiAit ro]icAorimAccAi]\ 0011 diu|\ rm. lomcurA ha n^tt (mt) Ai]\Ccc bACA]\ ha Viaiju^ ac nubnAniA]\ a^ compiAbAi]\c A|\oile) t)o ]\ArcpAcpt>e mn Aijce nro Aomfecc (x m ACnfAbAtt ron c|\Ai5bcec1iAib uí *OhomnAitt co no roAi-o ]\ennib biu^, acc
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1Da heipt)e tAiche coipuch m ]\o cubAt) a cc]\eip (x m ]io cumpgAi^Ct) a ccorcco]\, 6: AiiiAit nAch tAinn La-t ah aoih T)ía C]\Cip t)on'iAiit)A jau cC]\b]\ut) iia Ainfr 5A11 C]\c]\a t>o bejic pncbe]\c roitt rou cohacIi cdneoit "Lui^lróAc nnc SCoiiAe peACAt HAite. Cia Acbé]iccAir afr lomrojuiiAicc 6: omcnuif) rot>out) 7 C^nAÓ Atnc]\fóe 7 ecc]\Aicar co]\Ab 00 Aiche AnroticceAc 6: a ecco]iA yo\\ ó n*OoiiiiiAitt ]\o fóró au p]\ T)1ha ronont>A pM]\ -oon chuprA m po]i t>oib eccm, acc &y Ai]\e -oo ]iome *Oía nropn nAcliAr ]iAghbAt) ÚAitt ua lonnoccbAit AccobA]\ ha lomcotcA Aót> úa *Oon'mAitt a t)i]\ge a b]iCch 6: a coicceA]ic aj pDttomnuccAt) a rtAicm^A 6; a]\ AbA a chCn & a co]xcai]i ro]\
1 Leader. — This was Captain Heath. before, when he was solemnly inaugurated 1 He took a shot in the thigh, whereof he as chief of the Cinel Conaill.
shortly died.' Docwra's7Va>7Yi!//ó>;z, p. 246. 3 Prince. — He vvas Hugh Dubh's third son.
2 ChieJ. — The reference is to Hugh Roe's See p. 3 , antea.
father, though he had resigned the chief- 4 Litghaidh — He was third in descent
taincy to his eldest son Hugh eight vears from Conall Culban. Introd., p. x, antea.
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destroy each othcr without sparing onc another, as happcncd thcn ! As l6o°- for the English (during thc time that thc chiefs of whom \vc havc spolccn were attacking cach othcr), thcy faccd at oncc and in onc body O'Donncll's infantry. Thcse retircd bcfore them for a short distance, but yet only a fcw of thcm wcrc woundcd, for thc English did not follow thcm beyond the ficld of battlc, and thc rcason why thcy did not follow was that their leadcr l was picrccd through in tlie fight, so that they werc obliged to return with him to Lifford, whcrc he dicd after- wards. A grcat numbcr of O'Donncll's people followed them and proceeded to shoot and cut them down with the sword, so that many of them wcrc killcd and woundcd, and those in pursuit thought they would have bcen dcfcated by thcm if thc main body pursued thcm thcn, but shame and sorrow did not allow the party which had retrcated at first to follow them again. O'Donnell returned to his camp after thc English had gone away. Those who wcre in the camp that night wcre weary and sad on account of thc son of thcir chicf,'2 who would be their prince3 if hc survived his brothers. Up to that timc to proclaim aloud thc praises of their victories and triumphs while boasting of the deceased and thcir hcroism after victory was more common with the Cinel Conaill than the clapping of hands of thcir soldiers and the lamentation of the women weeping for thcir friends and bewailing their champions ; for they had not received a severe wound or suffered disaster since Hugh Roe obtained the sovereignty and chieftaincy over them up to these days.
These were the days of the chicf whcn he displayed his powcr and obtair^ed victories, and yet as worldly successes without worldly reverses and happincss without eclipse are not plcasing to the one God, he permitted at this timc a trifling check to the prosperity of the race of Lughaidh,4 son of Sctna. Even though jcalous and cnvious pcople may say, through murmuring and resentment, spitc and cnmity, that it was to punish O'Donncll's transgrcssions and injustice the great provident God turned away from him thcn, this is not true indccd ; but thc reason why God did this was lest pride or haughtiness, covctousness or self-will, should take from Mugh O'Donncll his rcctitude, his judgment, his probitv in ruling his kingdom, and lest for thc sake of his superiority and victory
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óoicc]\iochAib, 6: nÁ \\o Ia-ó a ui*ó & a mnecerii hia mo]\c 7 mA churiiAccAib ro-óem, acc m oÁiiAib G: m t>C]\tAicab coniroe mriie G: CAtriiAm conmc cu]uiaiíi iia ccnen 7 cunxcbAit 11A ccuuaj, "0015 Arf-ó vo 5111 ah caohi 'Oía co mCmic cioniAjiccAX) 7 coc]\At> a ctomne tntri cotciiAi^frnA-ó, 7 t>o jm a ]\Ci]\ G: a ]\émi t>o cet^A-ó Via a ctomn nmt>tir nA coriiAitt a cionmA iiacIi a necc icci]\. Ap mme ro]\coCriiiiACCAi]i t)Aó-ó ó *OorimAitt G: "oia b]\Aic]ub •00 nioncÁ An coniroi t>iA ]uoc mbuAt)A G: "oo ]\At) aii rtAic nCnrÓA *ooib *oa]\ a eip.
Oa ruAiclmeAT) ón ron aii oit>heA,ÓAib G: ro]i cCcrAró iia ihac mbCcA'o G:
nA nAiiAmcAjAAC neotAÓ t>o ]\a^a ir]\eAcnA]\cur a nibAip. O ]\Aimcc ó *OoirinAitt
•oon tonrpojic AmAit AC]\ub]\Aiiio]\ ]\o C|\Ait rÚA"OA]AAch pche ponncliAotAií;
'óo •óCnorii t)o fflliAJnur ó "OoiimAitt *oia lomchun ca]\ ah mOC]\nur rÍAn. ílo
rmche An cÁnAch reb ]\o hCribAt), (x t)o b]\CdiA A11 cí fflAJnur mt> íC]\orii.
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•oo C]\nAróm a chAi]roCrA rnir An ccomróró. ^AbAic occ A chioncorcc G: occ
pnoicCpc iroó. *Oo ^m rAoiri*oin A-óoAti^ cCn hac iroíchett 7 At>t>Airii a
cunccbAtA co teicc. Ilo c1hC]-cai]i a peAccA riAt> *Oía, 6: bAC AnAich]\ec
nnA nrooccbAit 7 imA riiiAt) mCnniAn m Ai]\Ccc ]\ohiai]\. 1lo po niAichriieAch
beop t)on cí ]\ur 5011, 6: AcbC]\c gur uó he bu-ó -óem roc]\UAi]\ a oi-óeA-ó t)ói§
Aré ]\o PA15 ro]\ 11ÍAtt cCccup. OAOirioiii pAiiitAit) p]n ]\é pCccn'iAine Ag
roicitt éccA cec oCntAiche, 7 céte *0é t)on u]\t) ]\erii]\Aiciu po]\ Ai]iCiiAt1i ha
1nomt)Ai je ua poc1iAi]\ t)o g]\ep t»iA lomcouriéc po]\ mctCt)Aib *OiAbAit. *Oo
bC]\crorii ACoibpCnA t)iA AnmcA]\Aicc comCnnc r]\ir ah ]\é pn, 6: ]\o chocliAich
co]\p An coniróet) íC]\ccAm, G: ]\o écc ApCntDAt) (An 22. Occobe]i, 1600) ía]\
mbuAt)UACcAt) ro]i t)eAriiAm G: "ooiíiah. Oa ]-í cCcrAt) iia niAC mbCcliAt)
bACA]\ ir]\eAciiA]\cup occa co bruAi]\riorii cCnii]'A ah chomroCt) aj\a
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AC]\ub]\A11lO]1.
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over the ncighbouring tcrritorics hc might sct his mind and thoughts on his 1600. own strength and powers, and not on the dccrccs and gifts of the Lord of Hcavcn and earth, who can humble thc brave and exalt thc needy ; for this is what the onc God oftcn docs, to bcstow the posscssions and wealth of his faithful children who do his will and obey his rule, on his unfaithful childrcn who obscrvc neithcr his tcstament nor his law. So it happcncd to Hugh O'Donnell and his brothcrs, whom the Lord cheched in thc course of their victories, and he gave them the kingdom of hcavcn aftcnvards.
He was consoled by the visits and presence of the sons of life and of the learned confessors* who happened to be with him at his death. When O'Donnell came to the camp, as wc have said, he ordered a litter of wovcn fair wattlcs to be made for Manus O'Donncll to take him ovcr Bearnus wcstwards. The litter was madc as was ordcrcd, and Manus was carried in it. A great crowd of his companions and friends, too, accompanicd him till they came to Donegal. A sick man's couch was made for him thcre. O'Donnell's physicians were brought to him to examine him, and they could not cure him. They said he was mortally injured. There wcrc many religious of the Order of St. Francis in the monastery close to the castlo a little to the west. Some of the most experienced of these people used to come to him to strengthen his friendship with thc Lord. They procccdcd to instruct and advise him. He made a contritc confession without any concealmcnt, and he declared his transgressions then. He wept for his sins bcfore God, and he was sorry for his pride and arrogance in formcr times. He forgave also the person who woundcd him, and he saidJie himself was the cause of his death, for he first attacked Niall. He was in this way for a week preparing for dcath every single day, and the servants of God of the said Order were continually with him at the head of his bcd to strengthen him against the snares of the Dcvil. He confessed frcqucntly to his confessor, and rcccived the Body of the Lord aftenvards, and hc dicd October 22nd, 1600, having been victorious over the Devil and thc world.1 It was the opinion of the religious who were with Jiim that hc found favour with the Lord on account of his merits. He was buried then in the tomb of his ancestors in the monastery of which we have spoken.
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1 Fratricide. — The Irish word finghal a short time. He was hilled by a fall from
means the slaying of one's own tribesman. his horse at Balleeghan. See Introd., p.
Hugh had succeeded his brother Calvagh, xxxviii., antea, and Atwals F. M., v. 1607.
who held the sovereignty of Tirconnell but Calvagh was Niall Garbh's grandfather.
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His fathcr, Hugh, son of Manus, son of Hugh Dubh, an old man thcn 1600. in a state of dotage, was living ncar thc monastcry. Whcn hc heard that his son was dead, hc was so much bowcd down with thc intensity of his grief and distress for his son that he was ncar dying. When he was cóming to his cnd, hc callcd his confcssor and made his confcssion, and did severe pcnance before God. He died vcry soon aftcr, on thc 7th of December, after being freed from the bondage of thc dcvil and the world. Ile was buricd in the same tomb near his son, where their remains are, and they are both in the samc monastery to this day. He who dicd thcn, i.c, Hugh, son of Manus, son of Hugh Dubh, son of Hugh Roc, son of Xiall Garbh, was lord of Cinel Conaill, Inishowen, Cinel Moen, and lower Con- naught, and of the tcrritory of his ancestors and forefathcrs also for six and twenty years, until he was weakened by the English, and then he gave up the lordship with a blessing to his son Hugh Roe after his escape from the English, as wc havc rclatcd. He was a man who obtained the sovereignty without treachery or fratricide,1 war or disturbancc, aftcr the deatlí of his brother Calvagh. He was a valiant and warlikc man, victorious in battlc and fight during his chieftaincy and before it, a preyer and plunderer of the neighbouring territories and those near who were bound to obcy him, asserting the right of his tribe until he made them subject to their lord, a man who laid aside the cares and anxieties of thc world after giving up his lordship to his son. He was a good earner as regards God, increasing rcwards for his soul for the space of eight years 2 until he died then.
As for O'Donnell, after he had passed the thirty days that we have spoken of in besieging the English, he arranged to leave the encampment where he was during that time and to go to another position, which was not less secure, a little farther from the English on the western bank of the Finn, between them and Bearnus, as he feared the cold of the scvcre winter scason for his soldiers, who were evcry night kecping watch and guard against the English, for he remaincd thcre up to All-Hallowtide, and he thought it time to bring his army to a place of rcst after their great toil, for they had not slept at their ease for a long time. They assembled
2 Eight years. — t'.e., since he resigned the chieftaincv to his son in 1592.
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5<xt>Aicc tonj;po]\c lnpirohe 1 rorccA-ó pot>bAróe itro nnpoiccp kia habann. T)o 5111 Cc pAnbocliA (x roi]vj;nCriiA AfA 1iAicte7 ^AbAicc occ cCrccAt» au rCt>1iA hia niomcACiiiAng cotroCpip&c •oahi^Ch Ai]\be 'ooviai'ó -ooinicCccA t>on -ottnch- potjbA-ó Cco]\]\a (x a nAiiiAicc coiia]\ bo ^o-oliAtng ArAignó cneirincc. Ont> ÚAi]\ roptAccAib ó 'OotrmAiUl ah iomfuit>e i]\Aibe, bACA]\ mumcC]\ Héitt huí T)hotiinAitt 11A netpb (x 11A mburómb occ lomAcoijCt» ro]t Ainmur a cca]iac 7 a cotccteó "oo b]\Ac (x, CAirccétAt) An cí]\e *our ah cé cAtnpar boC^liAÍ c]\eiche 110 oi]\cne -ooiia JjAttAtb. 11o •ÓAtcAir a ccajiaicc diujArom 111 mctCice recc nAim co por bAO^At fx, fccét nA c]ucbe a]\ cCnA teó. 1lo pA^hcA A]t oite t)iob tA 1ió n*OotiinAitt rottpm rro]t]\eit a mí]\un (x, AmeAbAit. 11i]\ pó co]\bA -ooCr aii cAi]xcétcA a ccu]tAp, ÚAi]t nrp ]\eticc ó 'OorimAitt a mumci]\ m eirtip A]\ 110 bio-órorii but) t>Cm conA fto^h Cco]i]tA (x, ua 5A1tt t)iA nim'oCgAit, 7 bA "oiomAom t>o neocli ArpuAbAi]\c cAi]\ir t>iA no]\ccAin. t)Aoi ó "OoriniAitt cCn pojtÚApAÓc Arm "oú rm co cCnn cCc1i]iac1iac tAidie fol. 70.0. 5A11 cnetch jau o]\ccaih ^ah Ammur ó ceccA]\HAe tnob ro]\ A]\oite eipoth fx 11 A 5Altt.
I1111 eAcriiAm^ ua ]\ee (x ua 1iAimpi]\e pn t>or pccCc rcétA chuicciporii 50 cctrócró ton^ ón SpAm co cÚAn m mbi]\ riiói]\ 111 ía]\ca]i coiccró nieA'óbA. Ac]\ac1ic a riiCnniAporii (x a Aiccnró 'oep'óe, ai\ bA cetmAme conAig tAir "0015 t)o nuimni combAoi roch]\Aroe ftotj (x, coi]nc1nn ón U15 mA teAnn'iAin, (x, ]\o tA a checcA j;ur ah t>ú imboi ó 11éitt co rpor rcét teó 7 "oia codiui]\eAt) cIiucca. *Our ]teitcce rCipn tccCnn crét>A t>A]\pAn mbCpiur t>i]\Cm iiia]icac 7 roptAjbAró a rtoj uia ton^po]\c (x 1lut>]tAije ó *OorimAitt a t>C]\b]\ACAi]\ 1ií ccCnnur po]t]\o.
O ]\AnAiccporh cA]\pAii mbCpiur m ]\o Aipp acc mAt) beAcc 50 jhacc CAnrAii Gi]\ne ca]\ *0]\obAir ca]\ *Otnb, ca]i muij ccCiccne ua rporiio]tAch, cA]t- rAn SticceAC, co cí]\ ptActiAch 111ÚAróe. O t>o ]\a^a peit §Cme ah dioimt>Ct> tn rA]\poccup txíroiii aii tonbAró pn, AreA-ó t>o ]tome a tic]ii t)o pc]\iobAt> ^up aii tumj, fx, bApCt) a cocliAchc, peotAt) tAr au ccCcha jaoic t)ur piocpAt) AnÍAi]\t)Cp co cúau ua cceAt mbCgln cí]\ bliojliAine & co bpuijbeccíp eipom 6fc ó néitt ]teinnb mn. ^KnAip ó IDorimAitt AfentiAc 1 ccí]\ Piac1i]iac niÚArolie
1 Vessel. — The Annals F. M. say two 2 Broadhaven. — In the north-west of Co.
ships arrived there from Spain with war Mayo. The town of Belmullet is at the materials. vi. 2221. southern extremity of it.
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afterwards at the placc \ve have mentioned. They made a camp thcrc in iooo. the sheltcr of a wood very ncar thc rivcr. Thcy made tents and dwellings afterwards, and thcy sct to cut down the trees all round them until thcy madc a strong palisade, intricate to cntcr, of the thiclc trees, between thcm and their enemies, so that it was not easy to cross it. W'hcn O'Donnell lcft off the siege in which hc had been engaged, thc people of Niall O'Donncll in troops and bodics wcre going round among their friends and companions prying about and examining thc tcrritorv, to sce whcther they might get a chancc of a prcy or spoil for thc English. Their fricnds used to mect them privatcly at times, to let thcm lcnow thc wcak parts and news of the country also. Some of them wcre cxccutcd by O'Donnell, to make known thcir dcccit and thcir trcachery. Their excursion was of no use to the spies, since O'Donncll did not allow his forccs to be ncgligcnt, for he was himself with his forccs between thcm and the English to protect them, and it was usclcss for any one to vcnturc beyond for booty. O'Donnell did not go from that place till the cnd of forty days ; there was no plunder, booty, or attack by either of thcm on the other, himself or the English.
At that time and season news rcachcd him that a vessel a had come from Spain into the harbour of Broadhaven,2 in the westcrn part of the province of Mcadhbh. His mind and thoughts wcrc rouscd by this, for it was an omcn of succcss to him, since he supposed that forces and aid from thc King would follow. He sent his messengers to thc place whcrc O'Xeill was, to takc the ncws to him and invitc him to comc to him. He went himsclf by the road across Bearnus with a troop of horsc, and he left his forces in their encampmcnt with his brothcr Rury O'Donnell in command of thcm.
When he crossed Bearnus, he.halted but a short timc until he passed the Ernc, the Drowes, the Dubh, Magh Cct'tne of the Fomorians, the Sligeach, to Tireragh of thc Moy. As thc fcast of thc Lord's Xativity was vcry ncar thcn, what hc did was to write lctters to the ship. and thesc wcrc thc contents : to sail with thc first wind, so that she might comc from thc south-wcst to thc harbour of Killybegs in Tir Boghaine, and they would find himself and O'Xcill bcforc thcm thcrc. O'Donncll himself
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co no jte tAir fAoine au coiiÍTÓet» 'OAijninccniu ja-ó. tutoh Arr Aiche]i]\Ach gur aii SbcceAc poin *oo fimri. Ac cuAr oórom combtn ó lléitt irm cconAiji cIiucca c]\e hiaj ccCiccne rÍAn ceAc nt>í]\eAch, co no *óiAn<\rcnÁ ó *OoihnAitt ipn ptisCt) hia -oochum conur ca]\la cut 1 cut. 1lo rAitcmccCr- CAin nÍAiii. Soaic imniA|iAon r]\ioc]iorcc tjur aii SAtiiAoin roin, Airrit>e co T)ún iia n^Att. "PorAijicc 1n ruit>e rni né coicc tA noécc Á5 runnAnóe ua tum^e nein'inAice. 1lo cionoitpCcc Ai]\icch 7 ÚAirte coiccnó ConcobAi]\ *oo neoch t>Aoi ró mAmup uí 11éitt ó toch ^eAbAit co t)oinn -oia fAijtó au -oú rm. UAnjACAn ón mu-ó ccCcnA rriAice coiccit) 1TleAt>bA 00 neoch bACAn *oo 5|\er ró AmAtnup 7 ron a n<Mnn 111 •oochum uí *OliomiiAitt "oo chum^C-ó Ap^A-ó 50 (x ^unnA-ó, Ai|im, eiccij 7 a nAmne au cCua *oa cech CniroAit con^AncA cireA-ó chucu Am<\it bA ^nAicbep t»óib. TJaca]i c]ia ua rÁopctAniiA occ rAinot 7 occ rtCouccA-ó rnirm ]\é rin t>o gAome bnó (x teAiroA.
UAimcc aii toncc íCn ccahi co cúaii ha cceAt nibCcc 1 cí]i rjogliAme. fol.7i.<7. 'CiCghAiccnA rtAiche oía liAichnéop. 1lo bAoi eppcob ah'ijia ronpAti tumcc. *Our piccpit)he ahiacIi (x ua ceccA An cCiia imA]\oCn jur. fto fAitcmgCccon 11A niAiche ]ieiinb, (x niA-pAn eprcob pAmneA-ó. *Oo jiaca m A]iAccAt ron teic íCn CCA111, (x t)o ^mche ArpAt>uccAt> (x a rr]uoc1iAiteAt) con onoi]i 6: Ai]\iiucin AiiiAit |io bA t>ú, co ]io tÁirCc rcír (x mCi]\cCn ua niA]\ó tnob. Ac ^tAOACAn iA]iom (x ia]uiia roAchc t)iob ciri cucaicc roc ]\o jtuAip, *oon A]\po]\pCcc
t)Olb On C01]X 1111 A CUt)CACA]1 COmbA T)1A n C]\CAt>]'OlÍl 111 ajató AnAlÍtAC T)0
t>eAc1iACA]i niA ríu cAttpAt>Aip céitt oia ccAbAi]i ó H15 iia SpAmne, (x co ccA]iccpAc ré mite ponc teó cCccup t)iA CAbAinc Doibpom a ccuApupcAt "oia nAiiipAib (x, C]\]\At)Aib, (x t>up pioccpA-ó a]iccacc bA mó Am An recc CAnAire, fx con^HAiii ptoig peb ]io geAttcA. Ueicc ó 'OoiiinAitt 7 ó Héitt uro ioniACCAttAt>, (x ]\o cCip mCnmA ceccA]niAe t>iob co mo]i ro]\]^An ajiccacc, oinbAt>C]\b teó co tAipcip a uah'iaicc ftiit ro]\]\A A]\ -ómnuiie (x "oC^ioite ah con^AncA *oup pAnncc, (x combA é coi]upi t>oib a fAmmumcC]i rdfin (x a noCp coccai-ó (x com'icCmiuit otro ÚAi]i ac ^éncAip neimlroCichicm ]\1§ ha SpAme 1111 ha ^AOi-óeALAib íx nAÓ t)C]inA acc rot)Ait íx b]ucch mbicc *óiob, 50 ]\o linotíA^i^^Cc
^Bishop. — This was Matthew de Oviedo, in 1601, one to the Earl of Desmond, the
a Spanish Franciscan, who was Archbishop other to Florence MacCarthy. He seems
ofDublinfromióootoióio. Introd.,p.cxvi., to have left Ireland with O'Donnell after
antea. In Pac. Hib., pp. 200 and 300, there the battle of Ivinsale. See Moran's Arch-
are two letters written by him from Donegal bisliops of Dublin, p. 193.
rcmaincd in Tireragh of thc Moy untíl hc had complctcd thc cclebration 1600. of thc feast ofthe Lord. Ilcwcnt back eastwards to the Sligeach again.
It was told him that O'Xcill was on his way to him through Magh Cccttnc. duc westwards, so that O'Donncll wcnt on thc road towards him, and thev met face to facc. IIc wclcomcd him. Thcy wcnt back togethcr to thc Saimcr eastwards, and from that to Doncgal. They rcmaincd thcrc for thc space of fiftccn days, waiting for thc abovc mcntioncd ship. Thcy summoncd to thcm thcre thc chiefs and noblcs of thc provincc of Conor, whosocvcr was undcr subjcction to O'Xcill from Lough Foylc to thc Bovnc. Thcrc camc also the noblcmcn of the provincc of Mcadhbh, such as wcrc alwavs in subjcction to him and in his division of tcrritorv, to O'Donncll to ask him for prcscnts of spcars and guns, arms and armour, and thcir sharc of cvcry kind of wcalth too that could comc to thcm, as was usual with thcm. Thc nobles wcrc revelling and feasting during that time with thc choicest of food and drink. ' ^
Tlie ship came soon to thc harbour of Killybegs in Tir Boghainc. Thc chicfs went to confcr with thcm. Thcre was a famous Bishop x in thc ship. Hc landcd, and the mcssengers with him. Thc noblcs welcomcd thcm, and espccially thc Bishop. Thcy wcrc placcd in an apartment by thcmsclvcs aftcr a while, and entertainmcnt and attcndancc wcre given thcm, as wcll as honour and rcspect, as was fitting, and thcy got rid of thc fatigue and weariness of the sca. Thcy aftcrwards callcd them, and on bcing aslced thc rcason of thcir coming, thcv told thcm the busincss on which thcy had come, that it was to strcngthcn them against thcir enemies they had comc, bcfore thcy should give up all thought of aid from thc King of Spain, and that thcv broughtwith thcm six thousand pounds first, to givc it to thcm to pay for soldiers and armour, and that morc moncy would comc ncxt timc, and a suppiy of soldicrs, as was promised. O'Donncll and O'Xcill wcnt to converse togcthcr, and thc minds of both wcrc very í 1 1 at ease on account of thc money, for they wcrc surc that thcir enemiea would look down on thcm on account of thc smallncss and mcanncss of thc aid which had comc, ancl that thcir own pcoplc and thcir fricnds and lcinsmen would bc dissatisfied with thcm whcn thcv learaed thc dísregard of the King of Spain for thc Irish and that he did little or nothing for them, so that
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ha niAice 'otoriiA'ÓAn a]v^aicc céccup -^\]a Aoi^m ni]\ bo hÁitt)oib cotnurccA'ó rfinje ha SpAmnech tu\i]\ ní bAoi nAch nt>f]\bi]\ir teó y\\\y ccAomcif ah nnnf'ó no An eccfiroÁt no roncuirftgCc a ccoi]uchin Apn ai]\c unbAccA|\ acc ]u nA SpAmne n<\mÁ. ílo j;Abp\c An a]\ccacc a]\a aLa €fc m c]\ia fwmc no Aitgfr niAome. *Oo t>f]\p\c a buróe rjur An II15 yuvó iia ceccAib ah -oo ]uo-ónAc1"ic x)óib, (x -oo |\Accp\c coicc cécc ponncA -ooiia ceccAib reipn. llo tÁirfc mumcf]\ uí *OhoiiinAiLL a rroLAncnAró chucA ipn tumcc -oreoLAib a§ niomcnom ua tAichcmeich (x, ccfchtiAcmoLc cctuiiiiecc]\ochc cctAon- * At)1iA]ic<\c. ílo y eotpAc ua ceccA a^a ViAicLe puoqwrj; ipn ccoiiai]\ cfccnA La ceicc cmrfó nA gAfiche AHAi]\cÚAit). UifjAicc ha rLAiche yo\\ ccúLa'ó co *Oún ua iijaLL 7 no ]AAnncA au a]\ccacc m t>íb teicib eici]\ ó n"OoiiinoiLL (x fo.'/i.l>. ó 11éiLL, (x'oo bf]\cp\c 1 ccuA]\urcLAib t»iAnu]\]\At)Aib &,t)ÍAccon'i]\Ann coccai-ó t)ÍA nAriip\ib (x t)'u\ nf]\]\et)Aib. AiiAir A11 c&prcob ]\o iomr<Ai'ópoiii irocliAin uí *OorimAitt (x, iia itiac mbfcliA'ó bAoi ipn niAiniyci]\ co \\uy cocIiaic ]\é pot)A niiA]\ofn rnvú. 1lo biot> peACAL nAiLe 1 p.\]\]uvó uí 11éiLL, Laoi ]\\riiLAit> fco]\]\A t)ibLmib hiia peAch yo\\ a c1iuai]\c co byA]\ccAib ah drie u\]\ cc]\ioLL.
1601.
O 1xAncc<\cA]\ ua rLAiche co *Oún ha u^aLL aii recc CAnAip ]\o ftajvóeLij- rfcc iia 1iÚAp.\iL (x tiA 1iAi]ucch y\\\ A]\oiLe. Uifcc ó HéiLL conA riiumcin t>iA ccijib. Soaicc p]\ ChoniiAchc 7 Aii cac t>on ah^aca]! a coicceAt>1lleAt>bA'oiA ccí]\íb (x t)iA irounnb. *Oo comtA ó *OoiimAiLL cA]\yAti mt)f]\nuy AyfnoAC (x, •OAprAH rpnn co ]uac1ic cur An Lonccporvc ip\nccAib a ftog 111 u]\]>oic1nLL]:on ^liAttAib (x, 05 ^AbAit ro]\]\A cochc t)m]\eAt) ha c]\iche "oía éir, hacIi ar pAgbAici m fcApbAo^At uacIi nro eirLip 1lo gAb gnenn t)oibporii An t)U|\- coniiecc 1npn "0015 m -ofjvgfnpAC 5A1^ y°ÉA1^ 11° 11i5peim ]\ob ionÁi]\iiii CA]\yA aii ccfm bAoi ó *OoiiitiAitL aj ^teot) ha ccAmgfn ]\eiii]\Aiciu, acciia niÁ CAn Ann t>o bf]\qwc 5A,tt *Ooi]u Ammur Aiiinur ecr\ocA]\ yo\\ úa h*Ooc1ia]icai5 SeAAn ócc -our An ccAi]\pay bofjAt joua nó twbAtA p\i]\. -<\]\ a aoi ]\o bAtj cfnn 1 ccuice teoiiiAn nó Laiíi 111 eA-ogpbe a lonnroijjeA'ó ici]\ cem bAoi ah coice 6: An conÁch A5 con^nAih tAip 7 tA a couiitiet) cAtn'iAiroA. 1a]\ ]\och-
1 0'Doheriy. — He vvas one of those who supporters, though his territorv, lying slong
were unwilling to submit to Hugh Roeafter the coast of Inishowen,was more exposed to
his inauguration as chief. See p. 57, antea. the attacks of the English than that of most
Later he became one of his most faithful of the other chiefs.
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thc noblcs thought to rcfusc thc money at first. Howcvcr, thcy did not 1600. wísh to stir up thc wrath of thc Spaniards, for thcrc was no onc fricndly to them to whom thcy could complain of thcir sorrow or sufferings, who could aid thcm in thc straits in which they wcrc, but thc King of Spain They took thc moncy for that rcason, and not through avarice or a dcsirc of wealth. Thcy thanked the King in prcscnce of his mcssengers for his gift to them, and they gave five hundred pounds to the mcssengers them- selves. O'Donnell's people put on board the ship for thcm plcnty of flcsh-meat of hcavy cattlc with rich milk, and of whítc-flceccd crookcd- horned wethers. The messengers sailed back thcn by thc same way with the first breeze of wind from the north-cast. Thc princcs rctumed to Donegal, and the money was divided into two parts betwecn O'Donncll and O'Xeill, and they gavc it to their supportcrs and confedcratcs, to pay for soldiers and armour. The Bishop of whom we have spoken rcmaincd with O'Donnell and thc sons of lifc in thc monastery, and spent a long time with them. Hc was for some morc time with O'Xeill ; he was in this way between both by turns during his visit, till he left Ireland after a while.
1601
When the princes came to Doncgal the second timc, thc noblcs and '6oT- lcaders separated from each other. O'Xeill and his peoplc wcnt to thcir homes. The peoplc of Connaught and all who had come from the pro- vince of Meadhbh returncd to their districts and castles. O'Donnell himself went through Bearnus and ovcr the Finn until he came to thc encampment in which he had left his forccs to be in rcadiness against the English and to prevent them from going to plunder thc territory behind him, that it might not be left in danger or neglectcd. This protcction was of service to them, for the English madc no inroad or attack on thcm worth mention during the timc that O'Donncll was concluding thc above mcntioned business, exccpt when the English of Derry madc a ficrce, merciless attack on Shanc Oge O'Dohertv,1 to sec if thcv might find an opportunity of wounding or seizing him. For it was to put onc's head in the den of a lion or onc's hand in thc ncst of a griffin to attack him so long as good luck and prospcrity wcre on his sidc or on that of
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CAin "ooiia 5<^ttAib AC|\ub]\AniA]\ emeAch mt> ionc1iAib pu Iiúa nT)ochA]\cAi<5 ]\o piAbAin cacIi a cheti "óiob co hAinjjiT) ecq\ocA]\ co ]\aouíito t>onA ^AttAib. 1lo 111UÓA151C rocliAióe ÚAróib niión copnet bA cóirmch 101115011.* "óoib. 1lix)i|\e Ainjvóenc eip"óe Se]\ 1o1m ChAinbe]\tin ACACorimAic.
Soait iía *Ooc1ia]\cai5 co co]'cca]\ac. 1VlonÚA]\ Arii bi heipohe a cor^A]! (x a Aicmp ■oeigCiiAch ro]\ JAttAib acc copiAih a ac1ia]toa (x a t)orimAir n^iú, a]\ bA ^a]\ lÍAin ^uu 110 ^Ab cCróm tnpitAmc; <x p\Cch "oCnriiÁin co no AfcnÁ Anoibne -opor aii aUcai]\ aii 27. 1ahuai]\ pMii]\eA-ó. 1lopAt> tu\ch (x ]\0bAC) •ooibj oTÓeAb aii cí cCjxa A1111 fin, -0015 Ar 1115 niÁ ]\o bAoi coifeAcb Aom- c]\ioc1ia cé-o 11TO nnr Cneiiiom i-p ha -oeTOCncliAib ]\o bA c]\oo1ia corii]\AniAc1i fol. 72. a. m rmoiiiAib goite (x gAircceb mnÁp, ]\o bA -oeAch 5A]\c (x 5111011*1, CmeAcli Gc Ai]\be]ic, aIIa-ó (x Ai]\]\óC]\CAp, da c]\úato cotimA]\c ffii cochuccA-ó, bAliA§niA]\ Aigmeib r]u lnonnpoijeA-ó aii cí cacaiíiai]\ An cah pn. UAn^ACA]! ceccA be pcctAib a oTOeA-ÓA ^up Aii meniiAC AinbAoi ó T)orimoitt.
1lo tÁ ipnorii 7 iconur "oepóe (x -oettij; ron a riiCnniAui co mó]\ (x, cCicc ró ACArccf orii icc]iAicce, iiai]\ mn bo ]?oc1ia cumpAncA ÍAir a écc. 1-op\AccAib A rtógh mA tongpopc acc niA*ó bCj t>o bC]\c hia cliAoniicecc pvóem, Gc ía]\ ccA]\ctoniA-ó A11 neicli ]\obcA]\ ÚAipte Ai^iCg'OA'oopiot Paiíiaiii nnc CmopAotAró (•oia]\ uó coicli oipeAcliup mnre IiCo^Iiahi) co 1iaoih bAite chugA, oup cia
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1 Chamberlain. — Docwra says he was 3 Fiaman — See Introd., p. xii., antea.
mortally wounded with 16 wounds on the 4 Phelim Oge. — ' O'Donnell had at our
28th of June, 1600. Narraiion, p. 241. first coming seized 0'Dogherty's son, after-
'lThedeath. — ' About Christmas this yeare wards called Sir Cahir, and kept him as a
dyed Sir John 0'Dogherty, in Tyrconnell, pledge. Being now dead, O'Donnell set
being fled from his own country with his up in his place one Phelim Oge, a brother
goods and people ; a man that in show of his, neglecting the son, who had been
seemed wonderful desirous to yield his bred and fostered by Hugh Boy and Phelim
obedience to the Queen ; butso his actions Reogh (of the septs of MacDavids). These
did ever argue he was otherwise minded.' men took it as the highest injury that could
Ibid., p. 248. be done unto them that their foster-child
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his earthly lord. When thc English of whom we have spoken camc facc 1601. to facc with 0'Dohcrty, cach of thcm attackcd thc othcr with mcrciless hatrcd till the English wcrc dcfcatcd. Many of thcm werc slain, with the colonel who was their lcader in battle. IIc was a famous knight namcd Sir John Chambcrlain.1
0'Doherty camc off triumphant. Alas ! this was his last victory and triumph ovcr thc English whilc defcnding his nativc land and his homc from them, for soon after an intolerablc discase and a violent siclcness scized on him, and hc wcnt speedily to the other world, January 2jth prccisely. Thc dcath 2 of him who died then was sad and doleful, for there was hardly a chicf of onc cantred in the island of Eremon in late timcs who was bravcr and more active in deeds of war and arms than he. He who dicd thcn was great in renown and deeds, in hospitality and profusion, in fame and exccllcnce. He was stcrn, vigorous in helping, he was active, courageous in attack. Messengers came with the ncws of his death to the place where O'Donncll was.
He showed great sorrow and grief then, and it lay very heavily on his mind. He set out immediately in consequence of thc news, for 0'Doherty's death was not a cause of comfort to him. He left his forces in the camp all but a few whom he took with him, and having assembled the principal nobles of the race of Fiaman,3 son of Ccnnfaeladh (to whom the chieftaincy of Inishowen belongcd), to sce which of the chicf men hc should appoint to the chieftaincy of thc cantred of which we have spoken, he resolved, aftcr taking counscl, to give the title of chief to Phelim Ogc 4 0'Doherty ; hc was the brother of Shane Oge, who died as we have said, as he was thc oldcst in years, and the noblcst by blood, for thc daughter of Manus O'Donnell was his mother. Her name was Rose.
The titlc of chicf was thcn given for these same reasons to Phelim in presence of all the chiefs at Ardnataoisig, 5 in the townland of
should be deprived of what they thought nell's hands, and vield obedience to the
was his clear and undoubted right . . . State . . . From that dav forward we had
and thereupon addressed themselves to me, many faithful and singnlar good services
andmade offer that in case I would main- from them.' Docwra's Netrration, p. 24S.
tain the son against the unclc, they would hArdnataoisig. — /.<?., the chiefs' hill- The
work the mcans to free him out of O'Don- name is now obsolete.
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úa *Ooc1ia]\caij t>AnniAin rAi]\. O c1iAi]\mcc tAirioih nro pn ]\o ]%ai hia pnicdng t>iA fccoj\Aib G: ]\o ronéon^Ain ro]\ a ftoj; A11 •OAm^CiiAijibe ]\o cfrcc]-AC iiia niomcliAcniAii^ t>o "óai 11511 lu^Ab G, ^ah rAitt t>o tC^At) mA
CCA1C]>Clf 11Ac1l 111A CCA1cCcCA]\1lA1"Ó *00 tó 110 *001X)c1ie ]T0 "ÓAIg HAcll Af
]\etcccif 5A1tt nAit> CtAim ctnnn ní *OorimAitt CA]\rA 5A11 ]\acucca"C) •omt>]\eA,ó no X)o c]\eAc1io]\5Ain ha c]\iche. T)o ]\onAt) eiccni rAi]\riom nro pn. <dn caii iia rÚAi]\pocc 5A1^t 11A HÍAtt coiia b]\Aic]\ib G, coha intniici]\ etAiig iia eirtir ro]\]\\n bro]\Ai]\e 7 roprAii rro]\coiriiet> bAoi ro]\]\A t>o 5]\Cr ó úa nT)oriinAitt, m ]\o rot>AiriirCc 5A11 ArccnÁrn itecli noote to>r ah Ai-óit^e nnbACA]\ ■oo cum^eAt) aciiaiíiaij; 7 Ai]VbC]\cA bic uiffeotA, conAt) rAi]\ •oep-ó teó b]\ot)tom rtóij; tÁnmoi]\ t>o c]\óijceAÓAib G, t»o riiA]\crto£ t>o b]\eic •OA]\rAti rCiiAbAmn t»A]\ £11111 1n cenét Co^Iiahi nnc lléitt. 1lo ArgnÁCAfi fol. 72. b. fCm^A niA ]\eimim 50 ]uac1icaca]\ co gteAim Aidite 1n cenét Cojahi, G, ]\o c]\e4choi]\ccAin aii t>ú rin co téi]\ teó. S]\Aomic beór ro]\ ctomn aii p]\t>0]\che nnc Com mec T)oriinAitt oc cmnc btnt)b "oCip^, 6: C]\JAbcA]\ Uoi]\]\t>eAtbAc ócc ó Comne tA TlÍAtt ó n*OorimAitt 7 111 ]\o teiccCb a ^eniuut co ]\o 1iei]\neAt> rCfcacc hiajij t>o a]\^acc A-pr- X)o ^AbAt) teó íC]\ ccaiii An bAite nÚA G, cAirtén ha t>Ci]\5e (t)í t>únA]\Ar Ai]\-óeA]\ce lAi'op'óe) go]\ ]\o c]\oicyCc monuite mAicCr t>o neoch ca]\caca]\ mncib. *Oo coCc 1lÍAtt con a b]\Aic]\ib 6: coha 5AttAib 111A rr]\icfét) co Leicbi]\ ía]\]^aii cu]\Arr pn.
*Oala uí >OoiiuiAtt bAoipt>e 1 ror ah Ai]\Cccpn occ coifcecc pu TIÍAtt coiia JAttAib, G: m ]\o fAij ceccA]\HAe •óiob ro]\ A]\oite. -AmbAoiporii aii cí
Ó *001Íl11Altt fAlÍltAlt) *00 ]\1Ac1lCACA]\ CeÓCA At)0c1lU11l CO tlC]\lb teÓ Ó A]\Altt
t»iA i]urib 7 ÓAi]\t>ib b^cA]\ m gAppoccur t>o -AchcLiAc acc coi^cecc pu rcétojb iia cac1i]\ac G, ah cfCiiAib A]\ cCha. Oa rCt> cocViacIic ah rcpbenn combAoi Aon "oÚAirLib m\ bfionngAtt tAidie nAim mio corccAib 7 11110 cliAmjmb rot>em ipn cC^ÓAir coJAi-óe unl)ACA]\ fC]\ibnró G, reqiecAip'óe 11 a con'iAi]\te G, co ]\o Lejpt>e bci]\ icechumupx A]\Aibi t>o fcibmb Aim
1 Aigedhcaoin. — 'Now Balleeghan,a town- which the old church of Badoney is situated.
land on an arm of Lough Swilly, in the See Colgan's Trias Thaie/n., p. 181.
parish of Ryemoghy, andbarony of Raphoe; 3 Knockavoedearg. — A lofty hill over the
it contains the remains of a beautiiul old town of Strabane. It has its name from
church. Budhbhdearg, a Tuatha De Danaan chief.
'l GlcncUy. — A valley near Strabane, in See Trioes, &*c, of Hy Fiachrac/i, p. 410.
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Agedhcaoin,1 and thc titlc of 0'Dohcrty was conferred on him. W'hcn 1C01. hc had donc this he went back to his camp and ordered his forces to strengthen the fortifications which they had cut all round, and not to ccase watching and guarding night and day, Iest thcy might allow thc English or the sons of Conn O'Donncll to go through without being noticcd to ravage or plunder thc territory. This was done exactly by them. When neithcr the English nor Niall and his brothcrs with his peoplc discovcred any wcakncss or neglcct, owing to the watch and guard which was kept on thcm continually by O'Donnell, thcy could not but go out on thc othcr side, in thc straits in which they werc, to procure food and supplics of fresh meat ; whereforc thcy resolved to takc a a large body of chosen horse and foot across thc old rivcr across the Finn into Cinel Eoghain IVIic Xeill. They marchcd forward until thcv came to Glenellv,'2 in the Cinel Eoghain, and that place was complctely plundercd by them. They also defeated the sons of Ferdorcha, son of John, son of Donnell Oge of Knockavocdearg,3 and Turlough Oge O'Coinne was capturcd by Niall O'Donncll. He was not set free from his chains till sixty marks of silver were paid down. Newtown 4 and Castlederg (these werc two famous castles) were taken by them later ; and they dcstroyed all the goods which they found in thcm. Niall with his brothers and the English, returned to Lifford after that expcdition.
As for O'Donnell, he was resting at this time hearing of Niall and the English, and neither of them attacked the othcr. O'Donnell continucd so until messcngcrs came to him with lctters from some of his confidants and friends who were in thc neighbourhood of Dublin and used to hear the news of the town and of the Council also. The purport of the lettcrs was, that some days bcfore onc of the nobles of the old English was on his own business and affairs in the appointed housc in which the clerks and sccrctaries of thc Council wcrc, and that he read a letter among the numbcr which the clcrks had, in which was a covcnant of friendship between
* Ne wtown. — Now Newtownstewart, 9 compast with a good high stone wall, and
miles south of Strabane. Docwra, who in the midst of it a fair Irish thatched
captured the castle on the 2Sth of May, house, able to hold 50 or 60 men in it'
describes it as ' a pile of stone, strong and Narration, p. 253 The castle with the
well built, having before it a large bawn exception of the roof, is still nearlv cntire.
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bA C]\ÚA5 c]iÁ tAr- au 'OAgtvuine 7 tA]" A11 ÚAfAt An iiinnibC]\c 7 ah "0]\oic1tóiac1i 1nrm bAoi ro]\ ciito -oon ai]u§ 6: "oon A]vo]>tAic jau a Ai]\cirecc 7 ^An a ru]\CAc1ic "oia ccifeAT) x>e cía ]\o bAoipitbe coiia tnte yoi]vb n'iAoiri 7 niAiciur ro rniAcccliAin (x cuhiacca ha n^tt, conAt) Coli 00 ]\ome aii rccét ■OAipieir ro tncteic t)ÍA]\oite eprcob ipreAc CAc1iotct>A ]io bA t)eA]ibi]\ir- t>ó "Olion'itiAitt conAt) Cx> mt>pn cocacc ua rcrubCiro t>o pAclic cIiucca /oon diu]\ rm. 1x0 tA roclic Aiiboat ro]i úa nT)orimAitt íC]\ tejeAt) tia rcpbenn co -|\Aibe r]u ]\e forjA ^ah tAb]\A r]n neAcb (x 111 ]\o ctnt (x 111 ]\o tomg fol.73. a. i]v\iiiie co 1iacai"ó imcCm, "0015 bA tuntig ÍAir ah ^AbAt) (x An ^uatacIic Anrroitt i]\Aibe reirm 7 bA cAUAip tAir t>iA oitjeAt) An cí t>o nAt> hia dieitt- pne 7 iiia mumcC]\Ar c]\ia pnn 7 ]>AobA]\ 7 t>iA ccajiao ArgAÚA mÁ]iA t)A t^Acri C]\noAit (x t)A jacIi cenét c]\uró (x cCdi]\A 7 Aruwtt t)o lonrhur t)o ioiiacocc (x, "oo Aic]\eAb a c]\icbe 6; a cAoriiro]\bA, t)o co]\ 1 r]\icbCnc (x 1 rÚArnAt) r]iif 1 pucip. A]\Aitt beór ]io tA ipuorii 7 icopur ó T)oiiinAitt bA hon'iAn tAir Aor rot>oint> 6: Cjiiaij-oia iomc1iAinCt> 111A écciiiAir' t)iA nC]i§AbAit ó ConcobAi]i, (x tio cubA pup ^un ]io peAtt rAin ^au c1nonAro1i. V_)a rAi]\ "oeitti^ a n'iCnniA ro t>eoit) ÍA]\p\n cconcAbAi]\c ]>ot>A miboi A]\oite *oia c1iAi]urib (x, t)iA óCp 5]iAt)A t)o ^AOtoeAt) co 1iúa 11éitt (Aótj) t)o c1i]\ut> 6: t>o cC]'cnucc1iot) iia cAWjmepn cIiucca (x t>ia c1ioriiAi]\teccCt> rjur ciot) t>o ^CnAt). 1a]i ntiut t)oibpt>e irreAcnA]icur ua rtAcliA uí Tléitt Ac rcorAcc co 1uon- roit^itje nt>ó A11 ccoirc nii a ccut)CAcr<v]\. ^1'01'0 t1^ lléitt pu ]\é yot>A °5A 5e]ifC]iut>At) ap 1iAi]\te *oo be]\At> t)ÚA T)1ioriinAitt 10111 concAbAi]\c nnbAOi, conAt) Ct)1i ro fAoró cIiuca ro t>eoró, ó ]\o bA t)eirinn tAip ó ua mAicib i]iipeAc1iAib t>o bC]\c ]iobAt> 7 Ai]icipecc nt>ó ah caiijhacIic 6: ah meAbAt ]io 1ie]\C]iiAttA"ó cliu^A^u^ibo cec1icA75U]ibo1iAt)Airoó neAcb oite t>o c1iuim]iiudi ot-oÁp a oit>eAt) ro-óCm t>o coclic c]\eniiic, no aco]\ 1n ccajicai]i 7 a ccuuii]\eAc1i An'iAit t)o ]1oA,a -óó Af a AÓróeAt) 7 ArA riiAC b]iACAi]i reb AccÚAt)Amo]i co tei^.
1 O'Conor Sligo. — The Four Masters give of Desmond (whose mother was O'Conor's
as the reason for O'Conor's treacherv, ' that wife), who was in prison in London, would
the Lord Justice had promised some time be let home to his patrimonv.' vi. 2248.
before to obtain again his own territorv for Besides, O'Conor's son was married to
hiui from the Queen, and that thevoung Earl the Ead's daughtcr.
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O'Conor Sligo,1 Donough, son of Cathal Oge, and thc Lord Justice, to spy l6oI upon and dclivcr up Hugh Roe O'Donncll no matter in whatway, whether by wounding or capture, to thc Lord Justicc and Council.
Thc good noblcman thought it a pity that this wicked plot and cvil dcsign should go forward against thc prince and chief without giving him hclp and warning of what was coming upon him, though hc was with all his tcrritory and wcalth and propcrty undcr thc obcdicncc and power of thc English. Wherefore what hc did was to communicatc it privately to a certain prudcnt Catholic bishop who was O'Donnell's intimate friend, and this was the purport of the letter that reached him then. O'Donncll was exceedingly distressed when he read thc letter, and hc did not speak for a long timc to any one, and he did not sleep or eat calmly for a vcry long space, for hc was grieved at the danger and grcat peril in which he himself was, and it was a second time he reccived this man whom hc took into favour and friendship at thc point and edge of the sword, and gavc him largc presents of evcry kind, and of every sort of flocks and herds and other things, in order that he might come and dwell in his territory and entcr on his lands ; yet he placed himsclf in opposition and in enmity to him again. In addition to the great sadness and grief O'Donnell felt, he was afraid that prudent and wise peoplc would complain that he had omitted to scizc O'Conor whcn it was provcd that he had conspired against him without reason. At last, after a great deal of pcrplexity, he determined to scnd some of his trusty and faithful people to Hugh O'Neill to consult about and inquirc into that business with him, and advise with him as to what hc should do. Aftcr they had come into the presencc of thc prince O'Neill, they told him privately the business on which thcy had come. O'Neill set about considcring carefully for a long time what advicc he should give to O'Donnell in the perplcxity in which hc was. Thc message he sent to him in the end was, that as the treachcry and dcceit plotted against him was proved to him by thc trusty chicfs who had givcn him warning and hclp, it was right and mcet to imprison anyone else but his own gucst who camc at his bidding, or to put him in bondage and in chains, as happcned to him at the hands of his host and thc the son of his rclativc, as wc havc alrcady statcd.
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1lo -oiAnArgnA íauoiíi coua -oinim niAncrtuAij; ^au aiuvó 5A11 oi]\iriurii 50 UAnAicc gur ah njnAmpg 1 coinpne 'ononiA ctiAb & no tÁ a ceccA ]UArh -oo cocuineA-ó uí ConcobAin cIiuca ^ur ah mAijm pn. T)o coCc oin reb no ronconjnA-ó rAin. O -oo ]uac1icacau emeAÓ m iondiAib rni au oite, no Cnb ron Aiiiumcin euJAbAit uí ConcobAin. Vo uonAx» rAi]vpoiii ro chéccoin m'opn 6: no C]\piAccAi]\r Cc iia Iiócca -óó 5A11 Cn^nAiii nó eipomot -oo cAbAi]ic ■oía uvó, au ro jebnj a ointeAch -oia cca]\X)a-ó pucbC]\c irooib 6, nó biAX> m riAttnur A5 ó nT)orimAitt ah oi]\Cc ]\obA cot x>ó. jgeibicc nA 1iAn]\Aró occa íol 71 £ lomclioiriiCc^AnnAc'oiclieAttÍAnccAiii. TDo ]uac1ic immonnó ó "OorimAitt mA rnicCn^ ^up nA rccouAib &, ]io tÁ uÁ ConcobAin xua coriroA co todi iCfccAig. lomdiurAUÍ T)orimAittbAoipt)1ieAicheAttAc conAftójliAibipn diAichreir cCccha iomno]iAix>porii conA puch bAo^riAt gonA íia gAbÁtA coiíi]\uac1iai]i nÁ cneAch.oi]vc;ne ro]\ Aon xúa iiiumci]\ cAi]\pb An oi]\Cc pn, (x m moo ]\o tAriirAC ^oitt niA beúp HÍAtt ó *OorimAitt coua buAiqub x>enAch An puinc i]\AJAibfCcc cCccuf *oon teic "01 a mbAoiporh. X)o ]\a^a coiíi]:úacax> coccató acIiató pApAn cAn^A nucoriinomn a ccnidie eici]\ 1a]\^a Ctomne 11iocai]vo, "UitteAcc niAC 11ioccai]vo Saxauai^, 7 coriib]\Aicne ctAnn SeAAm ua SeAiiiA]\ nnc 11ioccai]vo Saxauaij, RemAnn, thttiAm, SeAAn ócc, (x, UomAr AnAnmAnnA. Uor bon éx> 7 eAtcniAi]\e ro]\mAx> (x, pnmi]~ccnix>e iAiccpx>e r]ur An HitteAc miA oi]vonCx> irin rtAicmp (x c]ua jac rCntonii xdo ]\a^a Cco]\]\a o cém no bAX) enintc *oo cÁbAi]\c ro]\ Aint) m-oonfA, 5U]\ ]\o 1iAcc1iui]\eA-ó &, ju]i ]\o 1nonnA]\bAX> tAp An lA]itA au ctAnn pn SeAAm ó jac ai]vo t)iA]\oite íC]\ t)enorii rogtA 7 x^ibei^e xiorutAchcA mA nACA]i-ÓA r]u Anecc]iAiccib 7 rni CAi]npb An lA]\tA
1 Grange. — A village a little to the north 3 Lou%h Esk. — It lies between Bearnus of Ben Bulban. Mor and the tovvn of Donegal. On one of
2 lmpriso?ied. — He was set free the fol- the islands near the south shore there are lowing year by Rory, Hugh's brother, and the remains of a large building, probably afterwards gave him whatever aid he could. the residence of Niall Garbh at one time.
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O'Donnell's pcople rcturned to him with thc message givcn them 1601. by O'Neill, and they told him everything as \vc havc rclated it. O'Don- nell then sclcctcd a troop of horse, thc choiccst of his troops, in whom lic had most trust and confldcncc, and he did not lct out to anv onc of thcm what was in his mind, but merely ordcrcd thcm to be ready to do on thc spot whatever he should ordcr them. They promised to obey thc chicf in that.
Hc marched rapidly aftcr that with a troop of horsc, without halt or stop, till he came to Grange l in Carbury of Drumcliff, and hc sent on messengers to summon O'Conor to him at that place. He came as he was ordered to do. When they came face to face with each other, he ordered his people to seize on O'Conor. This was done immediately, and the soldiers warned him not to think of emploving skill or courage, for he would be slain if he should offer any resistance to them, and he would be kept in bonds by O'Donnell as long as he plcáised. The soldiers proceeded to guard him without any concealment afterwards. O'Donnell, howevcr, returncd to his encampment, and he sent O'Conor to be imprisoned2 in Lough Esk.3
As for O'Donnell, he was again engagcd with his forccs in the same watch, as we have said, so that there was no danger of wound or capture, of depredation or plunder for any of his faithful people then, and the English and Niall O'Donnell, too, and his brothcrs did not attempt to lcave the fortress which they had first com'e to, on the side where he was. There took place a great contention of battle some time before that about the division of thcir territory between the Earl of Clanricardc, i.c, Ulick, son of Richard Sassanach, and his relatives thc sons of John na Scamar, son of Richard Sassanach ; Redmond, William, John, and Thomas werc their names. Thcse werc fillcd with suspicion and envy, spite and hatrcd against Ulick becausc hc was choscn for the chieftaincy, and bccausc of every old grudgc which happened betwccn them for a long timc which it would bc tedious to set forth now ; and the sons of John were driven and banishcd from onc place to another, after committing intolerable trespass and robbcry in their native place on their enemies and on the subjects of the Earl
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}\Mnpe<yó, conA rÚAinrCcc Ai]\t> no ai]\cCito m ]\ob mmtte teó nodicAm *oia piA'oh.A-ó fx X)o nnbC]\c a mbA]\Amne (x a iiAmc]\it)e ro]\ a mb]\Ac1iAi]\ ah c1a]\la iiia out t>o fAigvó uí T)1iorimAitt, "0015 en'i bA t)C]\b teó oía ccíreA-ó oa iiac1i nÁon oite 00 51^01 t>eAtAib a broinicm nAC a ccomfuncAclic combA-ó t>e a aCiia]i t>ur fiucrCt». *Oon An^Acon íCnorii.
Ua ^a]\ ]\é ía]\ co]\]\ac1icaui t>oibit>e co 1iAi]\m Amboi ó 'OorimAitt An caii CACA1Í1A1]\ A11 C1A]\tA tÍltteAC 1 1111]" 111 A1 11A btiAt>nA ]"0 lóoi, 7 ]\o hoijvonCt)
a n'iAc 11ioca]vo mA lonAo. Ho ^liAb íCnccAm Ait^Cr (x lomcotcA eipobe la bo]\]\rAt> b]\i je tA liÚAitt (x lonoccbAit ía]\ ha oi]\neAt) -out t)Aicbe a AiirAtAt» 7 a eccAi]\Aior ro]\ n^cli "ojiumj; yO]\r ^1^01 rmAclic (x cuh'iacIica uí "OliorimAitt (x ^aii oi]\irioiii co ]\oc1icahi t)ó co 1iu]\ Sti^icclie *oía ccaCiíi]\yó, t»eicbi]\ ón a]\ ]\o •oti^lip'óe coiia c]\ic1i mte 1 ccoicclmine reidi "oúa T)1ioiiinAitt coha n'iumci]\ t)iemcAir cuAtAing a ccobAij ro]\Aib, A]\ ]\obcA]\
10tA]V0llA A CC]\eAc1lA (x A CCUA]\CA dlUCA 111A CCÍjub.
1lo cA]\cctom<yó a ooclium ro]\ roncon^nA ah 1urar to]\t) 1l1ouncioy a]\ Aitt -oonA t)]\on5buf6mb t)ei]\riiAi]\ib bACA]\ ó JAttAib m -oúnnb "OAin^mb (x mt) A]\A]"A\b Ai^ieAjlTÓAib ha 1YluriiAii t>o neocli cCcorimACAin hia coriifocliAib .a.1 tuimneAcli, 1n Citt moceAttócc, m GA]^eibcCine, Gfc mn tnongnA-OAib fol.74. a. oite cen mocliÁcc. Daca]\ beóy inC]\toniie ro]\ a clnonn ha ftóig cecorii- iv\cca]\ 011 mbAin]\iojAin in Á]\urt)únAib ai]\]vóC]\ca coiccvo OtneccriiAÓc .1. in jgAittirii, 111 AcbtuAin, (xc]\a. O t)o ]\ionÁitriuc nAniAicerm co boCnbAite con 00 ]\Ai]^eAtbAic "oon 1a]\^a pn Ctonme T1iocai]vo oía ccA]\x)At) a ccCnnur bA 1iet) ]\o clnnnriuc t)AoinmCnn\Ain A^cciiArii cCccur ro a ccuniAng co 1llAmirci]\ nA Ouitte x>uy A11 ccAoriifACAir t>eirtir nó t)écim ]\oc1icAm Ai]~rvóe co SticceAch. lomcurA uí 'OorimAitt oau ón cCccha recc ]AAngACA]\ rccétA -oiAfAipt) combACAn nA coichCrcAit cnomrtoij; pn occ c]UAtt mA ooclium, ]\o f Aoit) ro]\A\]\Ct)A yó]\tCc1inA ronrnA coiiAi]\ib coicc1iCmiA m ]\o b<xó "oóij LAir
All dA]\tA COnA fOc1l]\A1C1U t»0 COCU]\ 111A cCllH. UA CA11A1C1U A COIIJAlb
1 Earl U/ick.—The Four Masters say of z Kilmallock.— 17 milessouthofLimericlo him that 'his death was a mournful piece of It was one of the principal strongholds of news among the Irish, that he was gentle the Earls of Desmond. Some parts ofthe towards the people of his territory, fierce walls and one of the gates still remain. to his neighbours, impartial in all his deci- Close by are the ruins of a Dominican sions.' vi. 2236. priory founded in 1291 by Gilbert, 2nd son
2 Inaugurated. — Not elected. He suc- of John, Baron of Offaly, and ancestor of ceeded his father according to English law. the White Knights.
cspccially, so that thcy found no place or spot wherc it was safcr for 1^-01. them to go scck protcction and rcsist thc opprcssion and cruelty of their cousin the Earl than with O'Donncll, for thcy wcrc ccrtain that even if aid and hclp would come to thcm from no onc clsc of thc Irish it would comc from him alonc. Thcy wcnt to him thcn.
A short timc aftcr thcy camc to thc placc whcrc O'Donncll was, thc Earl UlickT died in the month of May of this ycar, ióor, and his son Richard was inauguratcd'2 úi his placc. A dcsire and longing scizcd him in thc pridc of his strength, through vanity and vain glory, aftcr his inauguration to go and avenge his wrongs and cnmity on all thc pcoplc who wcre under thc authority and sway of O'Donnell, and without delay to go to thc bank of the Sligeach if he could. Thc reason was that it was incumbcnt on him and his wholc territory universally to kccp watch on O'Donnell and his pcoplc, that thcy might be able to resist their attacks on thcm, for his plunderings arjd visits to thcm in their tcrritorics wcre frcqucnt.
There assemblcd to him, by command of the Lord Justicc Lord Mountjoy, some of thc large bodics which the English had placed in the strong castlcs and principal fortresses of Munster, whichcver happencd to be in the neighbourhood, viz., in Limerick, Kilmallock,3 Askcaton,4 and in the other strong places besides. The forces which thc Qucen had in the principal fortresses of the province of Olncccmacht in Galway, Athlonc, &c, wcre also in readincss to mcct them. W'hcn thcse chicfs had asscmblcd in onc placc and prcsentcd thcmsclvcs to the Earl of Clanricardc, to whom the chief command had bcen givcn, they determined unanimously to march first with their forccs to the monastery of Boyle to sec if they could, through the neglect (of others) or with risk to themselves, go from that to Sligo. As for O'Donnell, thc first time thc ncws rcachcd him that thcsc great hosts wcrc marching towards him, hc scnt out widc-spread watches on the usual roads by which hc thought the Earl with his forccs would comc towards him. His confiicts and contcsts in battlc against thc
3 Asheaton. — 16 milcs west of Limericlc. are sadly in necd of some sort of care. We
There is a view ofthe castle in J'ac Hib., earnestlv trust the Board of W'orlcs will
p. 94. Agreat part of it is still standing, as take speedy action in this inattcr, and so
well asofthe l'ranciscan monastery founded save from absolute and complete ruin a
by the Earl of Desmond in 1420, but both most interesting group of monuments.
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c1u\ch.Arorii G: a ctu\c gAbAtA rjur heccAiricenétu An rCnnA'ó Gb au rccAoitlú ■oo bCnc ron a rtoighrinteA'ÓAib m jac rriAijm im bAcon .1. *o-)iechcA •oCnriiÁjiA ipn diAicC'OAjAni'ó 7 1]' iia rconAib AqiubiiAmon mt) unfoichitt 11A n^Att CA]inurAin 111 "Ooiiie 6; Leichbin 6; llóitt uí T)horimAitt coiia biiAichinb rAm]\eAt>, "opongA mó]\A hia iuo^h-óúimb -oia ccoiítóa ron a biO'óbA'ÓAib An nA VA^bACAir 111 CccAfbAo^At 5AI1 cornAih icciii. Aciacc nA t)úme oitén tocliA hiArccAig, "Oún tiA n^AÍt, Ach SCiiai 5, CutmAome, 6; bAite au IIII10CA15, 6: A]\Aitt T)1A fto^Aib mA ÓAoniicecc rA-óem caii cCi^oa'ó r]n •h.A'ótAicc eigm cecip nAch tec.
O 11A111AICC aii cu\iitA conA ftoj cAnfAn AbAmn "oiAnAt) Amm Suca, óc chudtA An ruitnuJA'ó 7 ah rAiiiuccA-ó ronrA fAbACAf mumcCn uí *OoriiiiAitt reAchnón nA ré'crtigC'ó ruAichnró 7 ua ccotiAiiiC'ó ccoicciuiro, 6: co cAocrA-ó bu-óbem 111 eAttriiA t)iA ccointcm "oiAiiibAt) aijic no eiccen "ooib, bA rCx> "oo nome no cAi]\mcheininC'ó coiia rtóJAib roin ^ac n-oíiieAC 'oomínno'OAib mAi^nerohe niAcliAine riiAi^he hAoi co nAnccACAn co J|pitrmn 1n ccoicciuoch rtiAiti tui]\5 & úa mbinAin tiA SionnA ctomne CAchAit 7 niAige 1iaoi ah pnnbeiroAij. 0'*OoiimAitt cjia ó no liAirneroeA'ó -óó An dAntA conA rtoccAib t)o cochc aii "oú rm 111 ca]\ac 1 roitt nAc ah eiptir, acc ]io CrccoriitÁ 7 ]\o "óiAnAt) *oo tó 6: 'oa'oIiai^ gur Ati tion Ap tiA ro]\cAorimAccAi]i t)o focnAroe 111A fAnnAt) 50]! ]\o fuitnj; a tonjpopc ai]vo m ai|to rfur ah tong- po]\c iiAite. Tlo bACA]t acIiaix) pAriitAit) CmeAch 111 loncliAib rru AnAitt. t)A rtnteAch, r]\Airt>iub]\Acciuch, c]\echcAch, c]ioiteA]\ACCAc ha liAmtnAir Amt)- Í0I.74.Í. nCiroA 7 iia "oeAbcA "outt^he -ooiongAbÁtA ]\o pcclnc Cco]\]\a t)o t>íb teiclnb ]\o bAt) enintc -OAirneir hiia peAc, acc cCiia ]\o mtroAtjic ite -oía nóccbAit) -oo nAic (x'oo ]iaca AruiAitt 1 ruitAib 6: a cc]iechcAib combACA]i rgiclnj; coijirij; ro •óeoró t)ÍA A]\ oite 511]! uó micró tÁr An lA]\tA coiia ftojAib ionipút> t)u\ cchub 7 t)iA ccrgib, 6: "oo ]\oiiAt) Ait)hmitteAt) G: At>bAit rccuior Aicicchci 6; AnbA tAr An lA]\tA coha coiceArcAt A5 poA-ó t)oib ro]\ a nCrccAi]voib .1. piot
1 Donegal. — Sidney, the Lord Deputy, was burnt by Hugh Roe in 1589, to prevent
who visited Donegal in 1 563, says of the the English from garrisoning it. Mangan
castle : ' It is one of the greatest I ever saw has translated in his own perfect fashion the
in Ireland in any Irishrnan's hands, and "Lament" of Mac an Ward, the bard of
would appear in good keeping one of the O'Donnells, on its destruction. Sir Basil
fairest, situate in a good soil, and so nigh a Brooke, who in 1609 had a grant of 100 acres
portable water as a boat of ten tons may from the castle to the sea, rebuilt it. On
come within twenty yards of it.' That castle the chimney-piece of the principal room are
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foreign race wcre \veak owing to thc division and scattering which hc had 1C01 madc of his soldicrs in thc scvcral places whcre thcy wcrc, viz., strong bodics in the ambuscadc and cncampmcnts of which wc have spoken, ready for the English who dwelt in Dcrry and Lifford and for Xiall O'Donncll and his brothcrs cspecially, large numbers in thc royal castles to guard thcm against the enemy, so that thcy might not leave them in danger without any protection whatevcr. Thcsc were the castlcs of the island of Lough Esk, Donegal,1 Ballyshannon, Collooney, and Bally- mote, and some of his troops were with himself in case he might encounter some special difficulty anywhere.
When the Earl with his army had gone across the river called the Suck, and heard of the position and situation in which O'Donnell's men were along the wcll known roads and the usual passes, and that he himself would ccme in full force to assist them if they were in strait or need, what he did was to march with his forces due east by the decp roads of the level part of the plain of Magh Aoi until they came to Elphin, on the boundary of Moylurg and Hybrian na Sionna, clann Cathal,2 and Magh Aoi an Fennben- daigh.3 Meantime, when O'Donnell lcarned that the Earl with his forces vvas coming to the place where he was, he was not slow or negligent, but he assembled and brought together by day and by night the greatest number of troops he could, and encamped part for part, opposite the other camp. They were for some time like that facing each other. The stout onsets, the fierce attacks, and doleful conflicts in fight which took place betwcen them on both sides, too tedious to relate singly, were bloody, with showers of shot, wounding, pain-causing. However, manv of the soldicrs were slain at once and others were laid in blood and wounds till they were both weary and tired of each other in the end, so that it seemed time to the Earl and his forces to rcturn to their lands and homes. Great ruin and destruction of the dwellings and crops was wrought by the Earl and his
the arms of Brooke empaling those of end of the 7th century. See Topog. Pocms
Leicester. See Flight oj ' the Ear/s, p. 414. p. xxxiv.
'2 Ciann Cathal.-i.e., the O'Flanagans, * Finnbendaigh. — i.e., the white-horned.
who were once chiefs of a district between The allusion is to Queen Meadhbh's bull,
Belanagare and Elphin. They are de- spoken of in the Tain Bo Cuailgne. Her
scended from Cathal, second son oí Muire- palace was at Croghan, in the north-west of
dach, who was King of Connaught at the Magh Aoi. O'Currj's .US- Matcria/s, p. 34.
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cconcobAin 1lÚAró & pot cceAltAi5 bACO]\ bi ]iAnn a hi mumcC]\Ar uí "OomnAitt.
UmnceccA lléitt uí T)1iorimAitt coua •óC]ib]iAic]\ib & conA gAttAib, ó no ctoAÚA|\ teó ó "OorhnAltt t>o 'óut hi coiccCt) u*\iteAttA co ccócIiacIic a ftóis a aii imturi caca imbaoi rp híAntA Ctomne 1liocAint> con a jAttAib AThAit AC]\ub]\Amu]\ & aii tuclic rCicriie & roncoime'OArAiccir 7 pnneAchnAir rópiÁgAib ó *OoihnAitt rAinpom -oía forcAt) aUac1ioi]i t)on bhCnnur t>o rcAOiteAÓ ó Auoite vo clium^eA-ó aciiah'iaij (x Ai]\bCncA bidi, bA *oC]\b tAir munA clnngCioh con a pAntAch t)on cun rm cAnrAn bCnnur nA]\ bó roi|\b 7 iiau bo néró "óó a lonnfoijjCt) recc n<xite *oia mbeic ó 'OoiimAitt m uac mCnniAc tpn c|\idi mte, conA-ó Aine pn no roncon^Ain ron AmbAoi ro a n'iAHiur t>o ^AttAib &, t)o ^liAOi-óeAtAib ArgnAn'i co neín'itCrg neAirif AtDAt tAir rur aii mbCnnur iroonAró mt)oiniceccA bAoi ]\Cm]\A. X)o nonAt) An A\]ite rm rAi]ipon'i ro cCccoi]i, 6: ]io clnngfCc íC]\on'i hia mbm'ónib cnoniA coi]\cCn'itA (x iiia cumnrCmoib cmrhA cocIiacIicaca inéinroinge nA conAi]\e 511 r ah mbCnnur mb]\eAC]ioitbeAc1i.
Tlo tA HÍAtt t)i]ieim iiia]\cac1i ]ieniieib t)o cliAircetA-ó & t)o nemim.cipn
iia conAi]\e cuAjicliuniige bAOi ron a cciunt) t>ur ah mbiAt) eACA]inAit)e no
lomconiiCc ó ha rco]\Aib mibACA]i mumcC]i uí *OlioiimAitt rurpne reb ]\o bA
rnAicbér t)oib icci]\. 11 1 "p<\oi éccm acc niAt> úaca-ó "0015 ]\o Cpierópocc
nnón cc]uc1i 111A ccoiiiroc]iAib tA-p An A'ÓAit^e tom i]\AbrAC ía]\ irout
uí 'Oon'mAitt ÚAit)ib 1 ccomiAchcAib AiiiAit ]iemepe]\cniA]i. *Oo ua^a eice]\
aii ÚACA-ópn €t A11 coCr rAi)iccrCnA ]io ojvoaij 11ÍAtt Ó X)orimAitt ]\enne.
Ivo r]\AomeAt> ron]iA m uchc lléitt coiia mumcC]\ 7 ]io mu-ÓAigicc A]iAitt
t)oib. O ]\o uAc&ijpuc ua roi]\coimet)i5e ÚAice no lomnAróporii t)o mumcC]i
uí T)orimAitt ua bAOi bÁ t)oib coplAih ua conAi]\e pur au foch.Ait>e Gb ó |\o
tÁirCcc Ai]\t>riiCr ro]i An AnprontAnn bACA]\ occ mAttAfccndrii mA nt)ochum,bd
fol.75.fl. í'Ct) ]\o chm*opucc rdn Accorgun 7 5A11 a ndicCr t)o cdbdinc t>idmbioT>b<i'ÓAib
(x t)itpuccAt> ua conAi]\e *óoib 5A11 coimc]UAtt a copudirid puú m bdti) p]uú
(x, Ainom^AbAit t)on cu]ipn, 50 ]iAimcc Hídtt coua c]\omcoicCrcAt AiiitAró pn
■rAn Andt) $au oi]upurii, co ]\Ar1i>AirCc tonr^bojic 1 niAinerci]i *Ohúmn ha n^dtt
mAi^Cn imbícír ua meic beACAt) 7 ua piuidie pp\itmcCcctAc1iA t)o u]\t) S.
"P]\onreir rni 1iun*o G: oip-]ieAnn cCn ]?ojtuAp\cc "00 ^\\ey tÁ gAtt nó td
1 Monastery. — See Introd.,p. cxxviii. antea, for an account of its condition at this time.
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army on their way back upon their enemies, i.c, thc family of O'Conor Roc 1601. and the tribe of 0'Kelly, who were united with and fríSidly to O'Donnell. As for Niall O'Donncll and his brothers and thc English, when thcy heard that O'Donnell had gone into thc province of Oilioll with thc main part of his army and thc battlc strife with the Earl of Clanricarde and thc English, as we havc said, and that thc soldiers and guards, thc timrd and slow, whom O'Donncll had lcft to kccp guard for him to the cast of Bearnus, had separated from cach othcr to obtain food and thc mcans of living, hc was surc that unless hc wcnt with his forccs then through Bearnus, it would not bc pleasant or casy for him to go thcre at any other time, whcn O'Donncll would bc in every homcstead in the wholc ter- ritory ; whereupon he ordered all the force under his command of English and Irish to march very actively and swiftly with him to Bearnus. intricate and difficult, in front of thcm. This plan was executed for him immcdiatcly, and thcy wcnt away aftcr that in large, powerful bodies and in dense, strong crowds along thc direct road to speckled-hilled Bearnus.
Niall sent a body of horse in front of them to reconnoitrc and examine thc crooked road which was beforc thcm, whether thcre wcre ambuscades or watches on it from the camp in which O'Donnell's forces were, as was thcir custom always. There was needed but a small body of thcm, for after O'Donncll had gone away into Connaught, as we have already said, they scattercd about thc neighbouring territory in search of food which they wantcd. This small body and the guard which Niall had sent on bcfore him met. They wcrc dcfeatcd in the prescnce of Niall and his people, and some of them were slain. When the outposts of that small party of O'Donncll's that we have mcntioncd saw that they could not hold thc road against the crowd and put away their pride, owing to the great force which was marching slowly towards them, they dctcrmined not to give a victory or a triumph to their enemies, but to yield thc passage to them without coming to an engagement with thcm further, and to retire then, so that Niall came up with his large force then without halt or stop, and they made their cncampment in the monastery l of Donegal, the place where the sons of life and the psalm-singing eldcrs of the Order of St. Francis used to say the divine office and offer Mass without lcaving it ever
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gAoi-óeAl ó ]\o cé-o-chAb au záóv ttuA*ohrA ó -DorimAitt rtAicmr gur ah cAtifA, & *om iia ]\oihAchchuineA-ó & 11A uo hionnAnbA*ó niAtii A-pn mCnnocym 011 cCcciia reéc ]\o hCt>buAit> au bCncobAn bCmoAchc irm Ia^ aii tlectAin tlio^h-ÓA ueimcC]\chAncAC Ao<) tlÚA'ó hiac tléitt gAitVb imc UoiiiitóeAtbAi§ A11 phionA, acc riiA-ó An tmchirin mbicc 110 ]\eihAirneróriorii ]ua noiivonf*ó Ati ^C-ohA 11ÚA1-Ó -oeróCnAij tn Ai]vocCnnAr a AchAivóA. bA jau úaiu con -oo bC]icrorii 111A bpiuchCmg *oia iroeincipb *oC]\]uccib &, -oía ccubActAib
cbAUUAIjCe C0mbACA]1 OCC pOgtÍAtfl CO t>10C]1A t)011 C01tilt)1t) JAII cCfbATÓ nCic
ronuA mA neithCr eici]t bnAC (x biut> gur aii tAiche hirm. 1h 111Á lonnÚA no z:CnAii\ on cctAinnrneimh comnAinc, (x, ón t>or •01*0111, (x ón Ait nCrhchumr-ccAici, (x ón uito Cfoi|\ccne bjunc' biot)bA*ó .1. ó Aóoh 1luAt> ihac TléibL JAi]\b *oo i\At) An Ct)bAi]\c romCiiiuitrm 00 *OhÍA 6: *oo uaoiíi urro S. P]\Anreir *oo ]iaic a AnniA butróem (x a butiAt)f]\eiriie irm reAchniACCAc (x, a ctAimriiAicne irm cot>ochAit>e (x, *oiAmpoi 1n ccoiccCn ACAbAi]\c au cAnrA t>on Ainrme eccAi]\- cdneoit (x 0011 bio-óbA-ÓAib bunAit) bAco]\ a^ f Cmrtiochc 5^oróit 5^AT 1111C fhuit ó cdn niAin ahaU.
O ]\o riCchc ía TIíaU coiia b]\Aic]ub 7 coua 5ALtAib cochc gor An niAinirci]\ AcnubnAmo]\, bA rtAn tAif a rhCnmA a]\ nochcAm hi-puróe ro bi bA -OAin^eAn ininU ah cioiiAt) AccA]i]\ur A1]\, (x, m]i bo heiccCn t>ÍA rtiiteAt>Aib rnuin nAicc rcconA 00 cÍArohe iua niomcAcmAmg au bACA]t ArrotAjicnAró Ann cCiia. t)A ^A]\r:occur t>ó t>An cnochAt) (x, mt)]\eAt> ua c]uche iccoiccmne chuccu •cac caii bA cob t>on cummurccftoj cecorimACAin hia r> a]\]ia*ó ó ua bAoi nCn rtóit Ag ^AbAit *pnir no mniomfuróe rAi]\. flo tÁ A]iAitt *oia muwctn (x, t>onA ^AttAib ;cJur aii niAchAine mbCr, aUacia]\ *oo 'Oún ha n-gAtt, ecctur oite irit>e 00 UAcrocc a fmnpnporii recc ]\íaiíi *oi A]\oite rAm*o]tonr) oon unt> cCcua (x, bA hinnittrrohe r]u rorucchAt) mncr ón mut> ccCcua. , *Oala uí *OorimAitt ía]a nt)Ct>Ait t>órorii (x, t>o lA]\tA ctomne 11iocai]to r]u
Anoite reb ac cÚA-óAmon co teicc, ]iAimc por chuccA HíaU ó *OomnAitt coua ^liAttAib *oo cochc t)A]\],An mbC]mAf nAi]\]vóC]\c co *Oún 11A iijaU, 7 lonnur •oon AnrACA]\, fe aii 00 ^ugdifAc icci]\. t)Arniorii At>bAt tAi]^ ua ]\o chumAm-g bic mA bronirom &, hia nu]it:oichiU aj ]\occahi *ooib c]UAfAn mbC]\nu],
x Magherabeg. — It was founded by one Order of St. Francis. Archdall's Monasti- of the O'Donnells about the middle of the con, p. 103. A considerable part of the 1 5th century for a community of the Third buildings is still standing.
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either for English or Irish since first this Ilugh Roe O'Donnell assumed 1601. the chieftaincy up to that timc ; and, moreover, they had ncvcr bcfore becn driven or banished from that dwelling, from the first momcnt that blesscd conical roof had bccn given thcm by that royal star that was pro- phesicd, Hugh Roc, son of Niall Garbh, son of Turlough of the Winc, exccpt during the very short space of timc of which we have spoken already, bcfore the last Hugh Roe was inauguratcd in thc chieftaincy of his native country. It was short, for he brought them back to thcir rctired dwellings and to their cells of well-fittcd wood, so that thcy wcre scrving the Lord fervently, not wanting anything during his rcign, cither clothing or food, up to that time. There was no desccndant born such as he from that vigorous stem, and bush of shelter, and fixed rock, and hammer of crushing ruin to his enemies, z'.e., from Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garbh, who made, a long time bcfore, this comely gift to God and to the holy Order of St. Francis for the welfare of his own soul and of the souls of his ancestors in the past and of his descendants in the future, even though it turned out a help to the foreign race and to the enemies of the ancient race of Gaedhel Glas, son of Niall.
When Niall with his brothers and the English succeeded in coming to the monastery of which we have spoken, his mind was at ease at coming there, for the placc where he dwelt was a sccure fortress, and it was not necessary for the soldicrs to crect walls or shelters around, for there was enough of them alreadv. It was a convenient place,too, from which to ravage and plunder the country generally whenever the mixcd troops which wcre in it pleased, sincc thcre was not a strong force to oppose them or to besiege them. He sent some of his people and of his English to Magherabeg,1 to the wcst of Donegal. This was anothcr church which his anccstors had built some time before for another body of the same Order, and it too was safe to take shelter in.
As for O'Donncll, after he and the Earl of Clanricardc parted from each other, as we have just said, news rcachcd him that Niall O'Donnell with his English had gone through the famous Bearnus to Donegal, and how thcy had gone and all they had donc. It was a grcat grief to him that he could not be before them and prepared for their coming through Bearnus
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mbetchuniAtiT; (x c]\iA]\\n ccotiAin troojiAit» nt>oimceccA quApA ccut>c1iACA]t, t>óij; no bA LAnpAoiteAccAin tAir rtÁn a riiCnniAn *oedicib (x •OAi'óbCnAib •orAjbAit ro]i]iA t)iA mbeic m e]\tAuhe ro]\ Accmiro. &\\ aoi t>o nótne rot>Ait 7 bnicc mbicc t>onA ]xcétAib ]\o liAipiefóeA'ó -óó fx no ^Ab ron •oiAtntujA'ó niA mbAoi "oo jjaÍaji hia mC'óóncliAib, A]i bA ber bunAró t>ó hac1i cah no ctumCoh ní ^io 1-aax) irniorii no 1^1co]\u], m concAi^eAtbAt) hac1i covíiaivóa ntonhCnniA icci]i, acc bA ^nmr pubAÓ roforrrrAoiti'ó t>on Ai]ireiiAt> irroittri riA*ó clch nAon nobio'ó hia cCcrAi'ó. <d]i<vitt t>An t>o bC]\c couh'óiO'ónA'ó mó]\ t>u\ co]\ur ro bic bA rÚAitt bCg AmbAot -oía y Ainmumcinpurii •oía cc]\o-ó nAch
t>ÍA CcCdl]\Alb AttA CÚA1t> "0011 cSa1Í1aCi]\ 11111 lOnbAfÓ pn, ÚA1]\ bA C1AU {UArAtl
CAtirm ó ]io 1iC]\bA"ó úa"óa ro]\ a ihuinci]\ cocoriitÁt) coiia nutte rotAib (x mmtte 1u cotcceA'ó 1lleAt)bA .1. 1n cc]\ich CAijipne nnc lleitt (x 1n cí]\ Piac]iac1i riiÚAit>e 5U]\ ]\o JAbp&c iohacoc1ic (x Aicc]\eAbAt) ir ha tí]\ibrm cit> ]\ia]^aii caii t>ur rAti^ACA^i aii cArccu]i mu]\cobtAij ]\eniecu-óc1iACA]\ co todi "PeAbAit nnc toccAtn. -dcc cCha bA nCniA'ÓA mó]\ ÍAir IIÍAtt coha JAttAtb t>o bic ^An rÚAbAi]\c tÍA'OAib, (x iia ]\o te^eA-ó t>oib cochcc reccAi]\ Ar 11 a po]\cAib ijiA^bAirCcc t>o chumgC-ó C]\eic1ie ha oi]\ccne, coiia-ó Coli A]\]\iochc tAir ro cCccoi]\ a ftoig t>o ccA]ictoniA-ó t>A]irAii Cijme ro chÚAró co ]\o eittjpo^cAin a ton^ponc m gArfocur *oonA niCnnAccAib uiibACA]i ua 501LL, 7 ]to 0]\t)Ai5 po]i<M]\C'ÓA rCic1itheAc1iA robA]icAc1iA (x ÁCp lomconnCccA Áiche écc]\oniA roji CiiAij^ib C]\t)AtcA 6: ro]\ bC]\nA"ÓAib bAOJAit coha hetAfoC'ó
CÚAUA nA1CC CAlbt)CnA ÚAIOlb 111 -OO^cllA Ofohce 110 1CCA1t)1ie foLAig T)0
chum^Có aii At)Aitje no "oo c1iAbAi]\c ruíLLfó tom hia tCniiiAm Ar ha po]\CAib m ]io ^AbpAC 1n cco^ac, 511 n ]\o pap *ooc1iiiia 7 cCi]\ce ihó]\ 1 tong- poncAib TléitL uí 'OoriinoiLL 7 ha iijjaLL terfóe. Uo rAOfohitc tic]\e tA fol.76.rt. liAom^itte no LÁi^Ccc ÚAfotb co lnonpoitji-óe gur aii *Ooi]ie iiai]\]vóC]\c, Ai]im 1n ]\A^1ibAipCcc po]tc ceccur *oía A]ytuc1i po]\ Ai]\ec1iAib aii diobtAig bACA]i beóf A11 DÚrm tong t)AiiibAot teó t>o chocon t)iA rAijtt) Ap 111 *Ooi]\e AC]iub]\Amo]\ tA ho]t aii cuAirceitu; jacIi iroí]ieAch ^up ha liAitmie ]io pA cCfbAit) po]iAib eici]\ A]\m 6: bmt), ó t>o ^iAi^imi^cc ó *OorimAitt iompAib
1 Territory of Cairbre. — This district is distinguish itfromseveralother placescalled
now the barony of Carburv in the north of by that name. The Book of Rights, 130 n.
Co. Sligo. It was called C. Drumcliff See Introd., p. xv. antea.
from a famous monastery erected there in 2 Gaps of danger. — i.e., a perilous pass
the sixth century by St. Columkille, to where the chief usually placed the most
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of the narrow roads and through thc difficult, intricatc way by which they 1601. had comc, for hc was quitc surc that hc could inflict as much hurt and injury 011 thcm as hc pleased if hc wcre fully prcpared to mect thcm. But yct hc paid littlc or no hccd to thc ncws which was told him, and hc procccdcd to conccal his sorrow in his soul, for it was his constant practicc whcncvcr hc hcard anything which causcd sorrow or sadness, not to cxhibit any signs of his thoughts at all, but his countcnancc was mcrry and agrccable whcn hc appcarcd in public bcfore all who wcrc in his prcscncc. Moreovcr, it was a grcat satisfaction to him in his sorrow that thcre was but a small number of his peoplc and but littlc of their propcrty and cattlc to the north of the Saimcr then, for long bcforc hc had ordered his peoplc to go with all thcir goods and flocks to thc provincc of Meadhbh, i.e., into the tcrritory of Cairbre,1 son of Niall, and to Hy Fiachrach of thc Moy, and thev procecded to scttle and dwcll in thcsc tcrritorics cvcn before thc flcct of ships came, which had already reached the Lough of Feabal, son of Lottan. But yct hc thought it a grcat misfortunc that Xiall and his English should not have been attacked by them, and that he would not allow them to go outsidc thc strong places which they had seized to look for booty or plunder, so that he determincd to collcct his army immediately at the other side of the Erne to the north, and he entrenched his camp vcry near the dwcllings in which the English were. He placcd his strong, vigorous watchcs and his nimble, light-armcd guards on ccrtain roads and in thc gaps of dangcr,2 in order that rogucs and thicves might not escapc in the darkncss of thc night or secretly to providc for their wants or carry additional food aftcr thcm from the harbours to which thcy had comc at first, so that thcre sprung up ill hcalth and great scarcity in thc camp of Niall and thc English in consequcncc. Letters were sent by one of thc servants, whom thcy lct out secretly, to the famous Derrv, thc placc wherc thcy had cncamped first, to pcrsuadc thc chief mcn of that flcct who wcrc still thcre to bring thc ship which thcv had from Dcrrv, of which we havc spolcen, to the coast of thc north straight with the supplies thev wanted, both arms and food, since O'Donncll rcstrained thcm from goino-
reliable of his guards to prevcnt an enemy tcrritorv. Sometimes it denotes a forlorn from making sudden irruptions into his hope.
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CAirceAtt ha CAt>Att ah cípe cipnrour "oo cAbAi]\c c]\eiche no ^aIdaí cucAtnA mbfcliArimur, G: munA -ofpicA ronnA nropn combo hdgfn t)oib "ofijije nA puinc mibACAN 110 •oítrmJA'ó ah AnniAnn *oia iiAiriitnb. 1li ]io teigeA-ó ron- t>Ait m no chummjrfc, "0015 no lifnbAn'iAigeA-ó m eAttriiA aii mbAi|\c mb|AonnrAi]irm5 con no reotArcAin tA cmrfmh ha ^aoici An. Ai]vcÚAit> cech iroíjieAch gu]\ ]\o JAb yoyy nro inróoniAm puinc aii iomchuin roji loncliAib nA niAim]T]ie AinbACA]\rorii. Vh]i bo rommeAÓ pAt>At ]\o coch.Aicyfcc nA rtoig ceccAjvóA aii Ai]\fcc ]\o bÁr occ iia 1un]\c]\iAttAib imnó-OArópom, acc ]\o bA ^umeAÓ, gf^tAch, r]\ic1n]\, ppifirimeAch, cnechcAÓ, cnoiteAt>A]\cAc iia ruAbA]\cA reiigmifgneAcliA, rfiglie, ro]\]\ÁnAc1iA, G: nA cnot)A cfnnA cAtÓA]\A niACA niclijoiiAcliA nAnii'01'óe ]\o hiomctAi-óeAt) eAco]\]\A vo t)ib teicib, combAt) eiintc tÁ AUAipierr "oeAbcliA 6: t)tmoi]\ccne ^acIi tAoi A]\ iiúai]\
ACC tlA 111Á ]10 niAc1lCA1CC G: ]\0 mA]\bA1CC t)]\011CCA t)1]\íme -OA^tÁOcll JAt^AICC
G: 5f]\]\ACAe t)o nÁic fconnA rÁn cÁn, Gb x>o ]\aca a]\ Aitt 1 ruitAib Gt 1 rut]\At> m AtAib 7 m lot^otiAib 11A ]\o 1ioijiocAt> ]\iaiíi combcA]\ biocliAiminj 50 aii écc.
1luccp&cc Arr AriitAró rm cÁcb ÚAi*óib iroirirom A]\oíte cur ha tAicib t)ift)fnc1iAib *oo mír Sepcembe]\, 1601. 1n fcn'iAmg ha ]\eepn t)on AjirAró aii coinrói a diuniAccA ro]\piA 1nb ]\on Aiq\e<\brAc 1 cotccAib G: Accfg-ÓAipb 11 a mAC mbfcliAt) G: 11A nu]vo nfnnAC Gb ÍAr ]\o t)ioc1iui]\eAt> iAt> ro "óem co 1i fp\AoiceéiiAniAc 1 roic]\ib G: 1 rAm^tfnncAib reb b<vicír rAotcon a G: AnmAnn a AtcAróe combo rí ceo mojAt t)o bf]\c T)ía ro]\Aib, cecip c]\uch ac ]iAtA An t)o nnii rÁ An t>o cAtriiAin, ceme t>o bneo^AbÁit irnA bAi]\\ttib pút>Ai]\ bACAn teó 1 iiiAinAirci]\ *Oúm HAii^Att rju rom'rom G:roichitt ah choccAró bAoi aca •oo 5]ief pu 5Aei"°e^1u 7 VI11 nuA 'OorimAitt rAmneAt>, ju]\ ]\o "óifnbtorgup- cai]\ aii pút)A]\ ipn Áif]i mn Ái]\t>i, conA]i bo liAipoe a "ofdiAcli ott>Ar At)f]\5tApAi]\ co ccAptAic An rAincte pnteAc ponnAotcA n<\ rfniAircne G: íia poi]\térA rAi]\cffiiAe cur iia liutib churiroACAib ctoch G: c]i<\nn t>o ]\a^a ro f]\dion'iAi]i A11 pút)Ai]i t)on tiAOiriiecctAir h]\iiúac1ica]\, co]\ur" coriitoi]xc aii cpAnncAm^eAt cuiiroAchcA G: ha cubAclitA ctApÚAigo 6: HApAitge ]^eihpioici fol 76 b 1*° "TAriiAiglif-oli co pÁon AifiAit íf]i nmídicA]\. ílo bíot) t)An ah ctoch G: ah
1 Fire. — ' On the icpth of November the ' save one corner, into which our men made abbey took fire, by accident or purpose, I retreate, and through the middest of the could never learne, but burnt it was, all fire were forced to remove their provisions
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about or visiting the tcrritory at all, to seize on plunder or booty for thcir 1C01 subsistencc, and if this was not done on their behalf, that it would be necessary for thém to lcave the camp in which thcy wcre or forfeit thcir lives to thcir cncmics. What thcy askcd was not neglected, for the capacious ship was got quite rcady, and she sailcd by thc forcc of the wind straight to thc north-east, until she stopped in the decp part of the lading-place opposite the monastcry whcrc they wcre. The time which both armics spent in the contentions of which we have spokcn was not happy or pleasant, but the wrathful, vindictive, fierce attacks wcrc cutting, sharp, destructive, venomous, wound-giving, bloody, and the conflicts wcrc firm obstinate, injuring mortally, hostile, which were fought betwccn them on both sides, so that it would be tedious to rclate the skirmishes and devas- tations of each day here, but only that large bodies of soldiers, recruits, and warriors wcre slaughtcred and slain bctween them on this side and that at once, and others were laid in blood and gore, in gashes and wounds which wcrc never wholly cured, so that they werc wasted away to death.
Thcy continued both of them in this way prepared for each other till the last days of the month of September, 1601 . At that time the Lord displayed his power against the people who dwelt in the cells and homes of the sons of life and of the guileless Orders, and by whom they werc driven out and scat- teredaboutin the woods and winding glens as if they wcre wolves and wild beasts. The first vcngeance, then, which God took on them, however it happened, whether from heaven or the earth, was, that fire1 seized the barrcls of powder which thcy had in the monastery of Donegal in preparation and readiness for the war in which they were engaged continuously against the Irish, and against O'Donnell in particular, so that the powder explodcd in the air on high, and the smoke was not higher than the red glare which reached to the loftiest whitened summit of the windows and loopholes of the wall and to all the buildings of stone and wood of the blessed church abovc that were near the powder, and it consumcd thc well made rood- scrcen and the cclls formed of wood, and the firmly-jointed beams too, which werc joined skilfully bclow. The stones and the wood and the
of victuell and the very barrells of powder comnianded inchief.' Docwra, Narration, they had in store. Captain Lewis Oriell p. 255.
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O ]\o rtACAijjrfc ah tuchc rfichme(xro]ichoiriifccAbACA]t ó ÚAn*OorimAitt ro]\ tiA 5AtÍAib aii rmuiccéo tnA-ó Gt "of-oliAi^lie •of]iniÁi]te inxmAicche
AllAlcfllCA "00 ]1ALA ÚAf A11 niA111irC1]1, ]\0 ^AbpACC A^ •01A111X)1UU]\A5A'Ó 111
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COUA ftoj 111A 1T0Alt 1 C]\A1C1U "00 fUAbAI^C 11A n^Att, "0A1J eiii ]\obcA]\
iacc ua copAinn t>iub]tAicciu cA]ttAicrfc ceAchcA ]tobcA]t eAttriiA ércaoe t>ÍA C]\fÚA5]\A t>ó],orii curóeAcc 111A CC01]\1c1l111. 1ll]l uó 1nomcoiiiAi]\ceAc1i ]10 ]:]\eAcc]\At> aii u]\]x>5]tArin tA 1iúa n*OorimAitt coha rtóg, A]t ]to cmgrCc co t>iAn t>einmnet)AC reb ]tonuj;rAc *oia Atoite hia nt)]tonccAib (x niAnt>io]tniAib co t>ú mibACA]t a mumcC]\ occ aii mAmercC]i.
1lo tiAin^CntitucAi^icc ah t>eAbAt> t>o t>ib teicib Cco]t]tA k\]t ccaui. 1lobcA]t ai^ci hah'iac im ]\Ae 6c mpcA]\ Aijchi ca]\a"ó 1111 co]iniAim t>o iiAi]irénrAc iia coibt>eAtcAit> 6c ha coriiptntróe t>iA]toite t>on chutvpn. X)& t>uitij t)ichuriiAin5 t>o iiiuinci]t uí *Oh 011111 Aibt pteA-pcAt t>iub]\Aicciu ha nócc bACA]\ ipn niAinipci]\ tA "OAingeAnmnitte ha nní]\ iha 1110111CAC111A115 05 a nniróroCn ro]t]tA 6c tA r]tAi]Nt>iub]\Aiccib ha ngAtgAc t>o ]ieccAtm AttAiiAi]t t)iob I11 cAi]xiAtt t>úin iia n^Att, 6c beor tA connceAt^At) ha ccao]i momc]\om niA]\ntuAróe 110 tAice rx]i]iA tAropnn nAtumgi tuchcniAiue
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1 Thcn. — The Annals F. M. treat of this event very brieflv.
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men, \vholly and complctcly, without any scparation of thcir bodies, were 1601. mixed up in their flight and motion upwards for a long time, and they fell on the ground charrcd corpseS, and some of thcm fcll on thc heads of the peoplc bcneath whcn coming to thc ground, so that many of thcm wcre consumed by the fire then.1
When the sentinels and guards which were set by O'Donncll ovcr thc English perceived the dense cloud of vapour and thc strong, unusual, extra- ordinary smoke, which was rising from the monastery, they set to shoot vigorously thcir leaden balls and bright-firing flashes in ordcr to summon O'Donnell and his forces to come in haste and attack the English, for it was the noise of the shots that was employed as the readiest mcssengers to tell him to come to their aid. That summons was not answered very mercifully by O'Donnell and his forces, for they advanced as fiercely and rapidly as they could in crowds and troops to the place where their people were near the monastery.
They came to close quarters in the contcst on both sides after that.
They were the attacks of enemies in the field, and they were not the attacks
of friends in the strife, which the kinsmen and the relatives made on each
other then. It wasdifficult, impossible, for O'Donnell's forces to withstand
the fire of the soldiers who were in the monastery, on account of the great
strength of the surrounding walls protecting them and the showers of
shot of the soldiers who were to the west of them in the castle of Donegal,
and also the throwing of the heavy bullets of iron and lead by the crew
of the wcll manned ship whích was in the deep part of thc opposite
harbour to the west. But yet O'Donnell's people had the best of it in
the fight then. When Niall O'Donnell saw his pcoplc and the English
who were aiding him in such great straits, he rcflccted how he might
relieve them. Wherefore, what he did was to makc his escape secretly
with couragc and speed by the edge of the harbour due west to Maghera-
beg, where there was a large body of English (as we have said), and he
brought them with him by the same road to the aid of his own people and
of the English. The crew of the ship of which we have spoken proceeded
to support them and fight in their defence until thcy passcd within the inner
walls of the monastery. Thc force hc brought with him were to him and
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fol. Tj.a. -oia 1^151-0 A]\bAiar mumcCii uí *OoiiinAitt i\obcAn co]^]\aij inuii<\ biot>mt>pn. Ar\ cAn t>o uacc ó *Oomhnoitt tnA uit>h •oAin^inmnitte aii lonAicc AiubAoi Hídtt coiia ^AttAib Gt ah "|:oi]\tion rtóicch n<\nt;Aco]\ tnA roi^hi'oh bA nCniA'ohAe ihón tAip AriiumcCn tio riiut>huccA"ó mt> éccomtAnn m bAt) mo Ainh, jo]\ no ro]\chonj;Air\ ror\ a mitCt>1iAib t>e]i5he ha "oeAbhchA (x roAt) t)iA rcoj\Aib. T)o nonAt)h ro checcoin rAippuiii nrórin.
1xo ho]\cA rochATohe ÚAitiib At)iu 7 AnAtt. Da tionA hÚAirtib t»o |\oc1iai]\ ó úa n*OoiniiAitt irm tieAbAt) UA-ohg ihac CAchAit óicc nuc *OiCnmAt»A t)o roCnctAirouib rteAccA 1HAot]\uAnAit) a nungh Lui]\cc co ironum^ oite cén mochÁrotn. Uo]\ch.Ain "oon teic oite Conn ócc hiac Cumn t>CnbnACAin 1lé\tt uí *OhoiimAitt co cc]ub cétiAib irriAitte rnif eian jum (xtorccA'ó. "Oa nmn a^a (x C]\5hAite Gfc bA jnAc bÚAit) cecliA cetigume Ag au cconnrAtio cCn *oon cun rm. 1lo t)tucAit) iCnorii ó *OoiiniAitt a tongponc m bAti^oine biucc t>on triAinercin, & nop rAoró A]\Aitt "oia riiumcCn iroribAip irm HlAchAine mbCg t)ú m no fop&ijpCcc ctccur ha 5a1^ ^00 benc 11ÍAtt Uur t>o f:o]\cAchc a iiiumci]\e reb ini]\or\Ai'ópurii. 1li reit 111ic1nt ^X^icliAmgit au aoi tAice reccmAme t)o r\onAt> mt» rm.
Daoi ó "Oon'mAitt rAiiitAit) irm iomfuit)e cCcha rop HÍAtt coiia ^AttAib €fc 05A ccAbAinc icCnncA 7 Accunn^e t>or>utAchcA ó *oei]\eAt> Sepcembe]\ 50 t)íuit) OccobC]\ gAn iiac 11511101Ú nAirvjvóCnc ]\o b<\t> t)íof\ •oror\AichiúCcc t>o t>enoiii CiioppA aii Ai]\Ccc pn cen co coiiuacc porrccét chuccA au cArccun mui\cobtAic x)on AngACA^ ó II15 ha SpÁme *oíaiiCi\ca'ó m AgliAró ah écci\Acc reib t)o innjeAtt t)óib ó cCm. DApCt) ioiuvo 111 }\o ^AbpAc An cobtAÓ SpAnmeAch cAtA-ópoiic 1n cúaii Chmn SÁite occ bun gtAiptmne DAnt)An iccoigcpc cpche cuiiireAch t»o cAob, Gfc cenét •dó-oíiA .1. "oucAig aii b-ApiiAig óicc "oon cÁob Af\ Att. "Oonn 1ohn t>e Agoto bApeAt) AnniAim An gCnejiAtA 1\o bA ropconJAiicAit) ÚAirob. O i\o jAbpAC c^Cr aii t)úpn t»o bCjicpAc
1 Maelruanaidh. — The tribe name of the men and materials of war to Ireland were
MacDermots of Moylurg, who are de- scattered by a storm while convoying some
scended from Maelruana, eldest son of galleons with treasures fromthe Westlndies
Tadhg an eich gill, king of Connaught to a safe port. During the delay caused by
from 1014 to 1036. Top. Poems, xxxiv. this mishap the number of men destined
2Co?inOge. — Hewastheancestorof Manus for this expedition was much lessened by
O'Donnell of Castlebar and ofthe ODon- sichness and desertion. O'Sullevan, Hist.
nells of Spain and Austria. See Annals Caíh., p. 223.
F. M., vi. 2400. 4 De Courc/s. — ¥or an account of John
3 i'lcet. — Sixof the ships intended tobring De C, the founder of this family, see the
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his people of great advantage, for O'Donncll's pcoplc would bc victorious if 1601. these were not there. When O'Donnell pcrceivcd thc grcat strength of the place in which Niall and his English werc, and the grcat force that had come to them, he thought it vcry wrong that his people should be destroyed in the unequal contcst any longcr, and he ordcrcd his soldicrs to leave off fighting and to go to their encampmcnt. Thcy did this imme- diately at his bidding.
Many of thcm were slain on this side and that. Of thc nobles who fell on O'Donnell's side in thc fight were Tadhg, son of Cathal Oge MacDermott of the noble family of the Sliocht Maclruanaidh,1 from Moylurg, with a large number besides, Thcre fell 011 thc other sidc Conn 2 Oge, son of Conn, brothcr of Niall O'Donnell, and three hundred besides, whcther by wounds or by burning. This Conn who fought then was a bul- wark in battle and fight and it was his usual boast that he gave the first wound. O'Donnell afterwards made his camp a little nearer the monas- tery, and he sent some of his people to take possession of Machairebeg, to which place the English had first comc, whom Niall took with him to the aid of his people, as we have said. As for the day of the week, this happened on the feast of Michael the Archangel.
O'Donncll continued in this way blockading Niall and his English and reducing him to intolerablc straits and extremities from the end of Sep- tembcr to the end of October, without any important deed which should be recorded having been done between them during that time, until news came to him of the arrival of the fleet3 which had come from the King of Spain to aid them against their enemies, as he had promised them long before. The placc where the Spanish fleet put in was in the harbour of Kinsale, at the mouth of the Bandon river, on the confines of De Courcv's l country on the one side, and of Kinelea, i.e., the patrimony of Barry Oge, on thc other. Don Juan de Aguila 5 was the name of the gencral who was in command of them. When the people came there, they put the fortress of
Book of Howth in C.C. MSS. Miscell; De Courcy. Archdall's Pceragc, vi. 138.
London, 1871. His son Miles wasgranted But see Annals F. Mf\ iii. 143, for an ac-
the baronv of Rinsale instead of the earl- count of this familv.
dom of Ulster, which had been conferred 6 Del Aguila. — O'Sullevan says he was
on De Lacy during the imprisonment of skilled in the art of war. Hist. Cath. , p. 223.
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•oúnAt) chmn SÁite ro a noighnein & yo AinAmuf but) "óem. Tlo ]\AnnrAC a nAinij (x a nÚAirte a ccot>nAi5 &, a ccAipcme ron -oion^nA-ÓAib -oCnrccAijche A11 bAite, 6: a briAntAch Á15V1 &, lomgonÁ ron a bCjniAib bAoJAit & roji a cC]\iiAib cornAiiiA rni rAicchiur 7 rni roc]icoutié'o miA reAch íaji nujvo reib t>o nioncoirccriuc a ccCnnpuncA t>oib. *Oo nAcpAc cIiuca íC]iom 1n cín Ar a ton^Aib 5AÓ nAitHt.51 bAoi teó eroi]\ A]im (x ojvoonÁr, pút)A]i (x, tÚAit)e, biA-ó (x •015. ImrAirCc Á ton^A m<\ bpniclidng t)iA ccíjnb €t -oia cCnnAttliAchAib ro t>ein, t)Áij 111 c1iA]\t)pAC iua mCnmAin ACAi]\mioniA]ichu]\ uicib m oibne,
1lo bAoi A]i otte bAibe AÍÍAchoi]i t)o chÚAn chmn SÁite t>A]i uó coriiAmm Ttmn cho]i]\Am 1n rrCnonn An OAnnAig óicc 1 ccenét ACt)1iA rAmneAt). Tlo chuinrCc iia SpAmmgh A]iAitt t)iA UAineAcliAib 1 roncontiCcc (x 1 ropbAiri ipn mbAite rm. 5A^A1CC íC]iccAm ro]\ t)Ain5mu5At> a rccon (x acc clAvóe, a^ pAiiiuJAt) (x A5 reoitruróm^At) An o]it>AiiAir ron An encho riiAi]i iua niomcAC- iiiah^ mA ccA]\CAc1iAib cobrArohe coitinA]icA, ÚA1]1 ]iob C]it)AtcA teó 50 cciucrAt> on lurcir co nA]iniAt ua UAinnioghAn hia moochum t)iA rrÚAbAinc A11 cAn ]io roiput> pccétA chuccu. O ]io 1iAipieit)eA"t) íCnom t>on 1urar ^AbAit t)oib au t>ú pn, (x, íia hmte t>o pgCnpxc, t)o ponAit An tion Ar tÍA conAiiAgAi]! 5A11 CrnAt>At> ^An iompui]\eAch co ]HAchc 1n ccCnn coiiai]\ pnú combACA]\ emeAch m iondiAib rni AjiAitt. T)o ]uoch Ann beor Pjiepoenr t)Á choicceAt) TtluriiAn ón mut> ccCciia conA coichCrcAt. *Oon AnAicc 1a]\^a ctoinne 1Iiocai]icc con foch]iAicci, (x, ní]i uó hiAop-óe 11 a mÁ acc j;ac cCnn rtoij (x 5AÓ ciíjCpnA cí]ie t>o neoch bAoi mn urntA (x, mn aiccicci t>on bAinnio^Am 1 THuriiAm, 1 "LAigmb, 1 Ttlrohe, (x hi ComiAchcAib, t)o ]uac1i- cacca]i, gu]i ]\o chomfurói jj^Ccc a ccAm]\A cut 1 cut rvu cnro pÁite (x, rp Tlmn connAin pAÍn]ieAt). TI1 ]\o teicceAt) cAcliAiimÁ cionnAbv>At>, At)hAtt nÁ ionn- roijC-ó t>onA SpAinneAchAib t>o eccAirh 1 Tlmn co]i]iAin, acc t>eAbc1iA "oiaua t)iub]iAiccheAc1iA (x Ainmur f C]i]\t>A fuiteAchA ropiA t>o tó fx, oa-óaij, 50 ]io he]iAiteAt> po]i]iA ro "óeovó cochc t>ipcci]i t>iAinm ron emeAch G: poCrAin An 1urar, G: ó 00 ^unjeAtt a pnAÓAt) ]io ]iAnn iAiccpit)he ro]i Ant)bAitcib
1 Troops. — O'Sullevan gives 2,500 as the allies. On November 7th he wrote to the
numberof Spaniards who landed at Kin- English Privy Council : 'At O'Neill's com-
sale. Hist. Cath., p. 224. ingthe provincials will discover themselves
2E. of Clanricarde.— See Introd., p. clxiv., against us, or neutrals (as they are), for
antea. better we do not expect from them.' Mory-
3 Obedienl. — Carew did not trust his Irish son, Rebellion, p. 162.
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Rinsalc undcr their own obcdicncc and power. Thcy distributcd thcir com- 1601. manders and thc noblcs, thcir chiefsand their captains in thc well furnishcd forts of the town, and thc troops l for battle and fight in the passcs of danger and at thc points nccding defence, to watch and keep guard all round, according to the orders which thcir officers enjoincd on them. They then landed from the'ir ships all thc supplics they had, both arms and ordnance, powder and lead, food and drink. Their ships returned to their own country and to thcir merchants, for they did not conceivc that thcy should be carried back in them so soon.
There was a certain castle to the west of thc harbour of Kinsale named Rincorran, in the territory of Barry Oge, in Rinelea exactly. The Spaniards put some of their distinguished men to guard and garrison this castle. They then sct about fortifying their camp, and digging trenches, arranging and planting the ordnance close all round on steady, strong carriages, for they were certain that the Lord Justice would come with the Oueen's army to attack them as soon as the news would reach thcm. When the Lord Justice was told that they had landed there and all they had done, he assembled all the forces under his command without delay or stop until he carae to meet them, so that they were face to face with each other. The President of the two provinces of Munster also came with his forces ; the Earl of Clanricarde 2 came with his troops ; and not these only but every head of a host and every lord of a territory who was submissive and obedient a to the Queen in Munster, in Leinster, in Meath, and in Connaught. Thcy came and pitched their camp 4 opposite Kinsale and Rincorran exactly. Slecp or repose, visit or entrancc was not allowed to the Spaniards who were within Rincorran, but there were violent shooting conflicts and fierce bloody attacks on them night and day, so that they were obliged at last to come out unarmed 5 under the protection and security of the Lord Justice, and when he promised them protection
^Camp. — Moryson gives 11,800 foot and offered to surrender the place if the garri-
857 horse as the total of the army before son was allowed to go to Rinsale. This
Kinsale on November 2oth. A month being refused, he resolved to bury himself
later the number was reduced to one-half. in the castle. But his company threatened
Ibid., pp. 169 and 176. to cast him out of the breach. So at last
6 Unarmed. — ' Nov. 1, the Commander he yielded.' Ibid., p. 149.
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mó]iA 11A 1V)uihAn co brCfAt) cionnur no biAt> a Cicinjtéo-ó pur <mi tuchc nAite t>o A]\]iurAi]i hi ciutro SÁite.
X)<\o\ iiiimo)io aii 1n]xir coha ptóccliAib 6: ^ur An tuchc nAite bACA]i 1 rojibAip ron 1lmn co]i]iAin 50 rw ro]i aii AbAi]ic cCcua accaicCh'i (x acc couiróiubttA^At) ua SpAmneAc bAccoqi 1n ccmnt) SÁite ah cCcciia reAchc. Ar\ reAchc cÁnAip occa nÁit & 05A nCccAn^hufohe c]ua cliAoinb]UAcnAib <x mitipÁ]iu]xcAib nncochc ron iochc Gfc emeAÓ An lurcir reb cut>chACAtt ah tuchc nAitex)on aii^acoji Allmn cho]i]\Ain. AcbC]icACA]i]"on'i ha]i uó ^tiAicbér "oo imteAt)Aib An cí]ie a^a ccut)chACA]i reAtt ror> An emeAch uac1i rQ]i a ccoimxVit) cAtniAnt)A, (x 11A]1 bo poxiAmg a ccoj;aocax> c]ua cmj;ettcib ^ah cócíiAchc 110 c]ua ceAtgchon'iA'ohAib céx)tuicheAc1iA, Gfc ua ciCrcAir ca]i a . . 8 mb]iéichi]i pur aii bpo]\]>tAic rrotn^tixbe t>iA rrojnACAoir tA nor rAot>hic 1 coi]iichm ha nÚApxt bAco]i mn unnip c1ioccaix> Gfc cIiacIia pnúron'i a^ coriiAih a m]ip 6fc a iiacIia^toa ]io bA mCniiiA]ic teópoih "00 501X) ro]\]\A A]\ jac tó. t)ACA]i c]\Á A11 cuchcpn combcA]\ rgíchigh co^ip^h ceccA]inAe t)iob t)iA Atoite tA a nncCme teó bich ipn CAicfCp con'ipuAbAjicAi j jjaii cot)tAt) ^aii coccothAtcup, jaii Ai]\C]i, 5A11 AoibnCr, acc cac t)iob ironhxnn &, 1 roidutt A]ioite x>o tó 6: X)ax>aij, Achc cCha bA móo xieitti^ ron aii 1urar conA fto§ bich aii lonnur lnpn otx>Ár ron nA SpAmneAchAib, *ooij bA hiAit>p'oe bA mo An'i ]io ^hacai jrCc lomruibe ro]\]iA 6: ÚAroib, Gfc bA minci ]io rpoiiiAt) m ^ac nC]int)Ait t)o C]\nt)Aitib An coccaix», ÚA1]1 bA pupohe no hoiteAt) 7 ]io tCpM^Có e]iiho]i ah cCmeoit copiAiiiAij t)iA mbACA]\roih co ccA]tt>pM: cí]ie 7 cueAbA, c]uoc1iA7 cCnt>AX)AchAite ro AtiiAmur 7 ro accuiúacIi- CAib Attor i]ip, AthAinp, 7 mnctechcA, A]i aoi c]iox)Aóca, CAtniACAir, 7 CAchbÚAt)A, conAU bo rot]tb puchbC]ic pnú munA bAx> Ainpén ro]i]\m cac tÁr conjtncip ConAt)h Aine pn ]\o b.Aoi rojt mCnniAm *oon luprir poAt) t>o ]ux)ip 50 h Ach ctiAC Gfc a n'nteAxiA t>o rccAOitCq rojt ppom-óúnnb ríojvóAin^mb teice TH05A 11úax>ac cén co ccoptAÓc 1a]i^a UuAchmun'iAn tA rojtcon^tA ua bAin]iioJAn a SAXAtb t)ocum nenenn t>o con^iiAth tAp ah 1urar co ccCcCo]iAib iiutib t>o §tCi]ie gtAnftoig tAip gti]! ]io jjAbcAip t>on teic AmbAoi Ati 1urar t>o chmt) SÁite.
1 LelhM. N. — i.e-. Munster. See Introd., Mogha Nuadat given to Eoghan Mor, see p. x., antea. On the origin of the name The Battle of Magh Leana, p. xix.
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hc dividcd them among thc chief towns of Munster until he shoulJ kno\v 1601. thc result of the contest with the othcr party who wcrc in Ivinsale.
The LorJ Justicc with his forccs anJ the others who were besieging Rincorran up to that wcrc at thc same business at first, playing on anJ shooting at the SpaniarJs who wcre in Rinsale. Then thcy begged anJ besought them by fine worJs anJ nicepromiscs to come un Jer thc clcmency anJ protection of the LorJ Justice, as the others haJ Jone who camc out of Rincorran. They saiJ that it was not usual for thc solJiers of the country from which they ha'J come to brcak their promise or to Jeccive thcir tcmporal lorJ, anJ that it was not easy to cheat them by means of unmeaning promises or Jeceitful Jevices, anJ that they woulJ not violate theirpromise to their true prince whom they serveJ, by whom they were sent to aiJ the nobles who wcrc in the harJship of thc fight anJ battle against them, JefenJing their faithanJ fatherlan J, of which they wisheJ to rob them Jaily. Meantime they were in such a statc that both parties werc tircJ an J wcary, owing to the long time they werc expecting the attack without sleep or fooJ, pleasure or enjoyment, each of them waiting anJ prepareJ for the other Jay anJ night. But yet it was more severe on the LorJ Justice anJ his army to be in this conJition than on the SpaniarJs, for these were more accustomeJ to sieges against anJ for themselves, anJ most of them wcre traineJ to every kinJ of war, for most of thc warlilce race to which they belongcJ wcre reareJ anJ brought up in it, anJ they gavc up many lanJs anJ Jwellings, territories anJ lorJships unJer their authority anJ power for the sake of their faith, virtuc, intelligencc, valour, bravery, anJ succcss in war, anJ opposition to them was not easy unless ill-luck befel those whom they aiJeJ. For this reason the LorJ Justice tbought of going back to Dublin anJ scattering his solJiers throughout the principal strong- holJs of Leth Mogha NuaJat,1 if the Earl of ThomonJ haJ not come by orJer of the Oueen from EnglanJ to IrelanJ to help the LorJ Justice with four thousan J 2 choicc troops, anJ they lanJeJ on thc siJe of Rinsale whcre the LorJ Justicc was.
2Four Thousand. — Pac. Hib. p. 382, gives Moryson, Rebcllion, p. 151. Yery probablv the number brought over by the Earl of thc besiegers exaggerated the number to Thomond as 1,000 foot and ioohorse. See inducethe Spaniards to surrender
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Da ipn né pn *oo bC|\c|*Acc iia SpAinni£ lonnroijgeAt) Aint)iuit> Ai|\bCncAch aCu ha noit>che Ann, 7 ]iAti5ACA]\reccAi]\ Ar a múnAib co cahijia An lupcir (x gur aii mAigm AinbAoi aii cojvoAnÁr món no biot) acc bLAi'ónebA'ó 7 A5 boinbbnireAt) ^acIi Laoi 11 a mú]\chAirceot, 11A 11510111 cLoch, (x cLa]\avó no curivoAchc beó hia momcACiiiAn^, coiia"ó e AinC^ a]\]\aiij;aca]i a]\aiLL t>o ua gonnAróAib ^ucA^voAib "oo ^novoLionAi'ó, t)o ctocliAib cCnnJA]\bAib, "oo fonnAib, -oó p&bAib, 7 "oo jmnab íC]i mut>UccAt> aii pAnLAi§ bACA]i occa niomconiiec. 1lo ^iacai^ic íC]\on'i oc on u]\obAi]vpn 7 imrAirCc mumcCn An liircir rócAib 7 |\o §AbrAc aj gum 6t aj 5eA]\ointeAch A]\oite acIiavó ro-OA t)on ovóce guj\ ]\o chmj;rCcc ha SpAnroij co cobrAvó ceimni5in puochjiorcc mA pco]\Aib ro t>eoit>, 7 ]\o 1io]\caic pocliAirJe teó (x. ÚArohib. *Oo |ionpAc bnij nibicc mA cceArbAro ó t>o pgCnpxc An coibCir pn t>o chmccbeA*ó a nibioóbAt). 11i bAoi opvó tAoi n& oit>che Cion An t)A CAinpApn ó con ]iAn^ACA]i rni A]\oite 5A11 cot>Ait c|ió 7 rni*óe rotA Atmí 7 ahaVI (x a|\]\a gur fol.78.í. An tAiche •oCvódiAij; t)A ccauaic aii iompccA|iAt) (x An nCiccin^teót)h.
lomcurA úi 'OhomnAitt, ó ]\o liAirnei'óeA'ó t)ó ah cobtAch SpAmneAch rm t)o ^AbAit diAtAt)pui]ic 1 ccmnt) SÁite reb ioni]io]voAit)rCm, ror ]iA$Aib An iomfui-óe imbAi ron IIÍAtt ó *OhoiiinAiLL coha gh^ttAib bACAn 1 niAinipci|i 'Oúm iia n^Att (An'iAit Ac|iub]\Amo]\) (x, t>o nome pot)Áit 7 "oimbnií; t)o nAch cAingeAii icin Achc |iochcAm .111 t)Ait iia SpAmneAch, ÚAin bA hiAiccpt)e coha H15 AommnecCrii (x AompAoiteACCAin bÁoi occa -oia coinicm, (x bA ApA Lorr conÚAnccAt) a choccAt) cCcup ítor tion tAinne 7 tAnJAi]voeAchup é -oia co]1]iaccaiii, (x bA t)imbni5 LAir 5A1tt ^00 Ainiporh no t>o Aic|ieAbAt> ir ha po]\cAib 1 ]i<N5b6i]-Ccc 111A cí]i, A]1 bA t)C]\b tAip no eLAVópar 111 aóha]i eircib •oiAmAt) tÁ 5A01-úetAib 7 tA SpAinneACAib corcco]i ÍA]i íia nimnip cAchA rnir aii 1up:ir 1n cnro SÁite -oon chu|i pn, coha-ó Ct)h t)o ]ióme c]iiAp tiA rocAibpn a CrcongnA (x a CnpojjnA wa mbAoi ró a riiAmur 7 ro a chumAÓcAib ó co]iAi5e A11 cuAipceAnc co 1ui|iuac1ica]1 ó 11lAine, ó S|iuibh bpAm uro mir CogAin nnc Heitt, co luonnur iC]\iiía|ica|\ cCgA|\ 7 cionAt m a t)ochuin co hAomiiiAijin co DAite An 111hocAij. 1lo Ai]upom au t)ú pm co ccAnnACAip tAip C]\t)Ach ua SArimA, & con -oo |iecctAimpCc Aptoij mA -ÓAit 111A iro|ionccAib,
1 Attach— 2,000 men were engaged ' in 2 Castles.— When O'Donnell drew ofl to
this brave sally, and continued their reso- the relief of Rinsale, Docwra marched to lution with exceeding fury.' Ibid., p. 165. Donegal, and Diggs, with two companies,
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One night then the Spaniards made a fiercc, vigorous attacl-c,1 and 1601. they came outside the walls to the camp of the Lord Justice and to the place whcrc thc ordnancc was which was brealcing and dashing down the battlcmcnts, the stone works, and the mounds crccted by thcm all round, and the plan they adopted was to fill some of the loud-voiced guns with sharp stones, beams, blocks, and wedges, aftcr killing the soldicrs that were guarding them. They were observed at this work, and the forces of thc Lord Justice attacked them, and they procccdcd to wound and slaughter each other for a great part of the night, and the Spaniards returned victorious and stcady to their camp at last, and many were slain by them and of them. They thought little of their loss as they had done so much to grieve their encmies. There was no cessation day or night bctween the two camps since they came near, without death-wounds and flowingof blood on one side and on the other, and slaughter to the last days when the final separation and the decisive battle came round.
As for O'Donnell, when he was told that the Spanish fleet had entcrcd the harbour of Kinsale, as we have said, he left the siege in which he was engaged against Niall O'Donnell and the English who were in the monas- tery of Donegal,' as we have said, and he made little or nothing of every business whatever except to go meet the Spaniards, for they and their King werc of one mind and one idea with him to aid him, and it was through him that they first began the war. He was full of satisfaction and joy at their coming, and he thought it of little importance that the English should remain or dwcll in the castles 2 which they had seized in his territory, for he was sure they would abandon them at once if the Irish and the Spaniards were victorious in the contest with the Lord Justice at Kinsale then. Whercfore, what he did in consequence was to send his proclamation and summons to those who were under his control and powrer from Tory in the north to the uppermost part of Hy Many, and from Srubh Brian, in Inishowen MicNeill, to Erris 3 in the wcst, and to asscmble them to him in one place at Ballymote. He waited thcre until the feast of All Saints was celebratcd by him, and all his forccs assembled to meet him in crowds and
took Ballvshannon, 'a place much coveted 3 Erris. — Now a barony of the same
by the English.' Cox, Hib. Anglic, i. 442. name in the north-west of Co. Mayo.
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Gb íha ntuopiiAib co rhCntnnuch iiua'óacIi monAigCncAch ^acIi ci^CnnA cítie 7 ^acIi cAoipuch cÚAiche 111A Aonb]\om ro]t teich a^ mAttAp^nAih miA reAch ■gujt ]io ^oi^Có teó cAipeAtbAt) Accionot A]1 nÚAi]\ 00 AjvoftAic.
T)or pAngacon cCccur ro a cho^Aipiipoiii cenéb ConAitt JutbAti nuc néitt tnte 1165 acc HÍAtt ó "Oon'mAitt 11A 111Á conA b]tAic]ub. *Oon AnjACA]\ Ann iia ceo]iA cuAijtccni-óe cacIia 110 biob tAiporii &U a cenét "oo j;rtCr .1. 110 c]u 111AC Suibne x>o pot eo^liAm mic 11eitt, a "Pauaicc, a cúddiAib Uo]\Aij;e, 7 a ci]i boJAim. t)o ]uac1icacaii Ann beor m ]\ob aijiC^-óa *oo pot b]UAin 1111C e-Ac1i"ÓAC niui^mCohom coiia móincionot cen mocliA ó ConóobAin Sticci^, TDonncliA'ó mAc CACAit óicc bAoi 111 genheAt occArorii reb ]\emepe]\c- iiia]\. XDonAoc Atin ó CeAttAij i."pC]voo]\c1iAe gur An tion Ar Ua co uaua^ai]i •00 mb niAine unm Aitte pup *Oo ]\ochc Ann *oin ua I11 no Aicnebpsc 1 ConnAccAib "oo riot Co]\bmAic ^AitCng mic UAit>5 mic CCm nnc -ditettA ■Autoun conA mumcC]\Aib. T)or pcc Ann úa *Oubt>A "oo pot "piAcnAc mic Cac1i"óac lllui^hmCóom co ccoichCjcAt úa "Piac]\ac1i ffluAi'óe 111A pAjvnA'ó. íol.79. a. Uauiicc A1111 ón mub ccCciia hiac t1ittiAin bunc UeAboicc itiac UAcen mic SeAAm nnc OtuiC]\Air co tion Afocc]\Aicce. bACA]\ *oah irrocíiAitt ui *OliomnAitt aii caii pn ha hÚAirte "oon An^ACA]\ a 1utcí]\ib ron ac1ic1iu]\ (x ioniiA]ibAt) *oia lonroijrópom "OACAome 1110 imtiij (x 111 eccuriiAm^ rjtrr our; A11 oreA"ó "óe a brujicAchc uacIi a rroi]uc1nn on Anp?o]ttAnn 1 ]iAbrAc a^ ^AttAib (x aj; A]iAitt *oia ccenétAib. 1x0 bA "oibpoe ctAnn SeAAm a bu]\c .1. SeAAm 11A SCmAn, mic Hiocai]\"o Saxaiiaij, TlemAnn, t1ittiAm, (x, UoniAp
b<\ tnob *oon mAC nimpr aCpnAighe UómAr hiac pAic]ucín nuc UóniAir nnc emAinn nnc UóniAip (x 1ti'oi]ie An jteAUHA, emAnn mAc UóniAip (x UacIij cAoch 111 ac Uoi]\]róeAtbAi5 mic HlAcJArimA & T)ia]\hiacc mÁot 111 ac T)onnc1iA"óA mécc CÁnc1iAi§. b^ htnrii£ coiclum (x cuAnurccbAit aii coi- cCfCAt c]\oni]'-tói 5 bACA]i tA 1iúa n"OomnAitt au *oúpn •oiAniA'ó tAinn tAp aii ypAT)A p-o]\o]\-óA nC]ic (x cdinur "oo ^AbAit "oóib. A\ *oC]ib 'oeuiim co riA^AibrCc A]\ Aitt *oo ]uo5Aib enCnn ]\iaiíi 1mr tlglionu tA rodi]\Aicci rtoi§ ]\obcA]i ÚAice otccAicc au pAntAÓ piAodiAigriieit *oo ]iCcctAniACA]t ipn-óe
1 FiizMaurice.' — See ArchdalPs Peerage, who became chiefof Corcabaiscin in 1594. I. 14, for his descent. Annah F. Jlf., vi. 1947.
2 K. of ihe Valley. — Now of Glin. He 4 D.MacCarthy. — Heandhisbasebrother was descended from Maurice FitzGerald. Donough were then at variance about the
3 MacMahon.— This was Turlough Roe, chieftaincy of Duhallow. See Life of F.
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troops, with spirit and magnanimity, cach lord of a tcrritory and cach chief 1601. of a district in one body separately, marching slo\vly in thcir order, until they succccdcd in showing all thcir forces then to their prince.
The first who camc at his call wcre the descendants of Conall Gulban, son of Niall, in all thcir sfrength; exccpt Niall O'Donnell and his brothcrs. There camc the thrce leaders in battle whom he and his tribe always had, i.e., the threc MacSwinvs of the race of Eoghan, son of Niall, from Fanad, from the districts of Tory, and from Tir Boghaine. Therc camc also thc most illustrious of the race of Brian, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, with their great gathering, all but O'Conor Sligo, i.e., Donogh, son of Cathal Oge, whom he had in chains, as we have said. 0'Kelly came too, i.c, Ferdorcha, and the greatcst number that could come from Hy Many with him. Thcre camc also those who dwelt in Connaught of the race of Cormac Gaileang, son of Tadhg, son of Cian, son of Oilioll Olum, and his forccs. O'Dowd of the race of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, came with the gathering of Hy Fiachrach of the Moy. MacWilliam Burke came too, i.e., Theobald, son of Walter, son of John, son of Olivcr, with all his forces. There were besides with O'Donnell then the nobles who had come from many districts in conscqucnce- of their expulsion and banish- ment, having come to complain of their sufferings and hardships, to scc if aid or help would be given them by him in the straits in which they werc held by the English and by some of their own people. Of thesc were the sons of John Burke, i.e., John na Seamar, son of Richard Sassanach, Redmond, William, and.Thomas.
With them was FitzMaurice1 of Kerry, Thomas, son of Patriclcin, son of Thomas, son of Edmund, son of Thomas, and the Knight of the Valley,2 Edmund, son of Thomas, and Tadhg Caoch. son of Turlough MacMahon,3 and Diarmuid Maol, son of Donough MacCarthv.4 The great assemblcd host which O'Donnell had there was blameless in discipline and repute, if it were pleasing to ovcrruling Providence to givc strcngth and supremacy to them. It is, indeed, certain that somc of thc Kings of Eirc took posscssion of thc island of Ugainc 5 with a smaller army than thc fiercc, vigorous forcc which
MacCarthy Mor, p. 35 1, and Annals F. M., 5 Ugaine. — He was ardrigh from A.M. 4567
vi. 2331. to 4609. Keating's H. of Ireland, p. 1S3.
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co ViAoniiiAijin cém conjmcir ha laocIi buit>ne tf]it>nA tuchiiiA]\A ]\o aonoitfó Ia 1iúa lléitt ron aii rtoijeAt) tioniiiAn tAinriifnmnuch no bAoi tAip uia teAnmom. *Oo AfgnACAji ífnon'i ha cnomrtoií; rm An t>A]iA tÁ "oo mír 11ouembe]i hia nuróeA-OAib lonniAttA unceccA ó bAite ah TT)1iocai j co uet aii Aca rAOA tA liop tocliA Cé có hOitrmn cniA concAe UorrA coniAin •ooi]icf]i concAe iia 5A1ttriie, 5° V10^ nAnmcliA'ÓA, co Oet aii cpiAtiiA, (x co Iiac c]\octroA ro]i SioiiAHin. <Airrit>e íf]ion*i co "OeAtbiiA ffle^ CochtAm. tto 1niTO]ieA"o G: 110 hoi]iccf-ó A11 cjuochrm co tei]\ teó, (x "oo bfjicrAc c]iomneitt cemet) c&inri, (x ]io toirccrfc oúnÁnur fflej; CochtAin rAt>em. 1vo bA niA]iAi§ UA cí]ie c]UArA ccu"óc1iacu]i t>oib 50 pn. "LocAn ÍA]ion'i c]ua rf]iAib ceAtt v<±\\ muncinn Steibhe btAbniA co huib CAijun. 1lo 5'AbA'ó Lon^pouc tA 1iúa nT)on'inAitt coiia ftog r]n cnoc *0]ioiha SAiteAch m t1íb CAi]im, 7 ]io Ai]nr r]u ]ié mír irm mAijjhm pm occ iomj:ui]teAch rju 1iúa Tléitt bAoi A5 ArccnÁm co hionniAtt imni^hm hia teAmnom. 11i «.ncAir iia ftoigh acc acc ri]teAt> <5t acc pi]itmcecc Ag qteAchAt) 6: acc cúa^vcu^a-ó ua ccntoch niA lomcAcniAiig aii Ai]\fcc rm m ^ac Ai]im 110 r]iiochA]\t)A"ó rniú 6: m ^Ach niAijm ]io bA CAi]np *oo g^ttAib pAmjieA'ó, (x bA mo um nor mncr AihtAiíjeA-ó rjuú. *Oo ]UAchc cuca 1 tich tAiche peite Ant>]ieAr rAin]ieAt> ah c]ioch íol.79.0. riAom ÚAchcA]itAiiiAnn, t>ÍA rfnAoh (x, riiAt)At) co nojiumcc 00 niAncliAib fflAmircne iia c]\oiche HAonii occa 1nonichu]i (x ]io 1no]tAt> iAiccrit>he t>ft>- bA]icAib t>or]t<>tAib 6: t>AtmrAnAib iotA]it)Aib ^onroAn buroig.
11i ]\o chuniAin^pocc t)é]iAch ah tuiccrm meAttn'iA tAr An aij AHAicfncA (x tAr Ati rneAchcA rteAmmciuj ]io rf]iAt> Ann t>on chun rin. O no ctor tA 1iAi]it) lurcir 11A h&nmn o 'OorimAitt con a rto^h occ c]UAtt ron coiclnm rm t>iA lonnpoi^ró bA hiomoiiiAn 7 bA hun^nAin tAir acou AccfnncA (x I11 cunii^e Aiibroitt eicip SpAmneAcliAib (x 5Aoit>eAtAib, fx 110 gfcA rojt a muman At>1iAtt no AidnjeAt) ah cípe ÚAit)ib hac Anunn ici]i t>o CAbAipc
1 Sil Anmchadha.—The tribe-name of the several territories beyond Thomond. These O'Maddens. Their territory included the included the present barony of Garrycastle. barony of Longford, Co. Galway, and the Book of Rights. p. 182. _
parish of Lusmagh in the King's Co. See 4 Castle. — Novv Kilcolgan, near Ferbane.
Tribes, &>c, ofHy Many, p. 69. At the death of the last MacC, or Maw as
2 Athcroch. — Aford on the Shannon, near he was usually called, in 1790, his estates Shannon Harbour. passed to his sisters, and later, by sale, to
3 Delvin MacC. — The Dealbna, de- the Bernards.
scended from Dealbaidh, 3rd son of Cas, 5 Slieve Bloom, — A range of mountains
ancestor of the Dalcassians, acquired extending in a north-easterly direction from
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assembled here together, evcn if thc active, joyful crowd of hcrocs assem- 1601. bled by O'Xcill on that numcrous, gladsome hosting which hc had following him did not aid thcm. After that the large forccs marchcd on thc second day of thc month of November by very slow marchcs, advancing. from Ballymote to Ballynafad on the shorc of Lough Ce, to Elphin, through the county of Roscommon, thc cast, of the county of Galway to Sil Anmchadha,1 to Belansama, to Athcroch 2 on the Shannon ; thcn from that to Delvin Mic Coghlan.3 That territory was plundered and spoiled entircly by them, and they produced a heavy cloud of fire throughout it, and thcy burned MacCoghlan's own castle.4 The tcrritories through which they had come up to that were obedient to them. After that they wcnt through' Fercall over the uppcr part of Slievc Bloom 5 to Ikerrin.° O'Donnell and his forces encamped on the hill of Druim Saileach7 in Ikcrrin, and remaincd in that place for a month waiting for O'Neill, who was marching slowly and steadily after him. The forces did not cease going about searching and sceking, plundering and exploring the tcrritories all round cluring that time wherever they were guarded against them, and were submissive to the English, espccially those who acted like them. He came on the feast day of Andrew exactly to thc Holy Cross of Uachterlamhan s for a blessing and protection to the community of monks of the monastery of Holy Cross who brought him, and he prcsented them with oblations and offerings and alms, and they wcre thankful.
They could not leave that place readily, owing to the extraordinary ice and to the heavy slippery snow which fell then. When the Lord Justice of Ireland heard that O'Donnell and his army were marching that way, he was greatly afraid and anxíous lest he might be placed in straits and great difflculty between the Spaniards and the Irish, and he ordered his people not to give them entertainment or lodging, or anything that they
Roscrea along thc boundary of the Ring's The legend which has given rise to this
and Queen's counties. name will be found in Triumphalia Mon-
G Iícerrin. — Formerly the territory of asterii S. Ctucis, p. 27.
the O'Meaghers, now a barony in the N.W. yJ/. of Holycross. — Three miles south of
of Co. Tipperary, Thurles. It was founded for Cistercians
7 Druim Saileach — A hill five miles S. of by Donald O'Bricn, king of Limerich, in Roscrea. 1169. For an account of the Relic from
8 Uachterlamhan. — i.e., oftheeighthands. which it takes its name see Ibid. p. lx.
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<5>n neich \\o bA coifccice •óoi'b "oia fAi^it), combo heiccCn t>óib ecc t<\ húAchc 7 goncA ó fócc ]iAi]\mifccci iompAib biA-ó G: cene -oo diAbAi]ic cIiucca, nó A|\Aibl -OA11 a noilriuJA-ó G: a ccAinbCjvc but> t>em t)iA mbiot>- bA-ÓAib (x cochc ro|\ a fiiAt)At> 7 comAince reb t>uf fAnjjACAu ha SpAinmj; bACA]\ í llnro co]A]\Ain fon ah ionch.Aibfioiii recc ]\iAmb, conAtj Ai]\epm ]\o e\\b fon p]iept>enf -oÁ coiccfó ITluriiAn Sin Seoiffi Cavu t>ub co ccCcheofAib rníbb t>o jteine JAtgAcc G: -oóccbAró A]\mc1iA mn eAHAch lomcumAng 6: mt) nrociuch mtutt ron ciunt) uí 'OhorimAitt mif ah ccAoiiifAt> Actot> t>ÍA conAin nó a Cr>5hAine "ooua hui]\c|UAttAib ]\o bAoi hia TnCnmom. Oc chuAtA ó 'OomnAitt aii P|iefit>enf gtif ah mbofbftuAJ fm t>o chochc hi coriifocfAib CAifit m ]^Cmm ha f^Ách cfiochnugA-ó iia c]u*óCnbÁp ]\o t)Uf ^Ab, acc CAi]\mceimniU5At) neiiiie fÍAf. jac nt)í]ieAÓ *ouác1ica]\ UjuriuriiAn, t)o ctomn tlittiAm bpÚAij nA SionnA, tA t>onuf tuimmicch pAi]\t>Cr ittó 6: m a-oIiai^ ^An AnAt) 5A11 oi]Ufiorii co UA11115 CA]i ITIÁ15 ifceAÓ m Uib coiiAitt ^AbfA. O •oo bCrvc au perroenf t)ÍA úró An feinroeicfi 7 ha 1iui]\c]iiAttA ]io liAifccce tAinoiii G: tAp au lurcif t)o t»ut fon neipm G: ó "OoiimAitt coha ftócch t>o
t>ut CA1]11f 1f 11A C011A1]1lb 11A]\ bo t)01§ bA1f A CC0]\]\ACCA111 1CC1]\, 11llfA1 111A
rnicdnj; co liAipni AmbAoi ah 1urcif combAt) t>Aomteic no f C]\t>Aif ^mbAij;
AfClTOAt).
Da t>on cuprm no rAoit) ó T)orimAitt b]\ot)tom ftoij G: t>]iechcA t>C]\niA]\A •oía riiumci]i 1n coi]\ichm meíc ITImjnr CiA]\]\Aije bAoi 111A pA]\]\At> rni ]ié ua
btlAt)11A fO AIIAtt (AlÍlAtt ]10 101l1]1A1t)f 101Ú) & A]1 Altt "OO rilU111C1]1 1111C 111ui]11f
ro t>em t>o eotur feAmpA c]ua "oucaij ctomne 1Tlui]up t)Uf aii bpui^becip etAng no eACAfbAojAt fon A]iAitt t>o bAitcib meic 1Tlui]Uf G- ]io C]iÁit ó fol 80. a. 'OoriniAitt fon niAc ííluipif but)t)em Ainrfiorh hia fochAinco bfCffA-ó cionnuf no biAt) ionifccA]iAt) au pAntAig fin fóf feitccfiocc ÚAroib pruf nA lnb t>of fAi]ineccACA]i fof Accnro. Tío cAfinnAigC-ó t>o riiumci]i uí *OhorimAitt ah cufUf t)o t)eAc1iAcco]i A]i ]io cfeAcliAt) G: fo tei]ifC]uofAt) foéAróe teó *oo C]\ccAi]voib nnc 111ui]iif t)o neoch fobcAf focA t)iA co.cliAffoiii fof tonguf G: ionnA]ibAt> co 1iúa n"OoriiiiAitt, 7 ]\o ^AbAt) teó c]u CAi]xeoit t>o "OAglroúinib
1 Upper Ormond. — The district between one in Tipperary, the other in Limericlc.
Nenagh and Borrisoleigh, now a barony The latter is meant here.
bearing the same name. 3 Maigne. — Thisriver rises to the west of
'J Clanwilliam. — There are two districts, Charlev'ille, Co. Cork ; and entering Co.
now baronies, oí this name near each other, Limericlc, it passes byBruree, Croom, and
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necdcd when they came, so that thcy should die of cold and hunger, as long 1601. as it was forbiddcn thcm to givc thcm food or firc, or else they should humble themselves and givc themselves up to thcir enemiés and comc for protection and sccurity, as the Spaniards who wcrc in Rincorran had come into his presence beforc. Wherefore, for this reason hc ordered the Presi- dcnt of the two provinccs of Munster, Sir Gcorge Carew, to go with four thousand chosen champions and armcd soldiers in closc array and in a sccure body to meet O'Donnell, to see whcthcr he should make him changc his course or prcvent him from the journey which he intcndcd. Whcn O'Donncll heard that the President with that haughty army had arrived in the neighbourhood of Cashcl, neithcr fear, nor dread, nor death-shivcr seized him, but hc marched on due wcst by Upper Ormond,1 by Clan- william,2 on the bank of the Shannon, by the gate of Limerick south- eastwards, day and night, without stop or halt until he crossed the Maigue 3 into Hy Conaill Gabhra.4 When the President saw his progrcss and that the great marches 5 made by himself and the Lord Justice had come to naught, and that O'Donnell and his army had passed them by the roads which he thought he would not come at all,he returned to the place where the Lord Justice was, so that both might unite together.
It was then that O'Donnell sent choice troops and strong bodies of his forces to the aid of FitzMaurice of Kerry, who was with him during the past year (as we have said), and some of FitzMaurice's own pcople to guide them through FitzMauricc's tcrritory, to see if they could find any weakncss or neglect in some of FitzMaurice's castles. O'Donnell ordercd Fitz- Maurice himself to remain with him until he knew the result of the sending away of the party which they had sent against the force that opposed them then. The journey they went was made use of by O'Donnell's people, for they plundcred and preyed many of FitzMaurice's enemies who wcrc thc causc of his having come in exilc and banishment to O'Don- nell, and threc of thc chief castlcs of thc territory were capturcd by them
Adare, ancl falls intothe Shannon, five miles Pac. Hib., p. 377, for a detailed account of
below Limerick. the wonderful march of O'Donnell and his
4//y Conaill G. — Now the baronies of forces on this occasion. Morvson says he
Upper and Lower Connello. took advantage of a frost, so great as seldom
6 Marches — See Introd., p. cxxxix. and had been seen in Ireland. Rcbcliioti^. 163.
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aii cíne .1. teAcftiAiiiA, CAirtén -§e\\\\ A}\t>A rC}\cA, (x bAite uí ÓAt>tA, & ror- UAjAibp Cc -ononj tuA nunnci}\ occa niomchoniié-o. InifAirCcc co ccor^An O, •oo rpor rccét teó 50 1iúa n'OorimAitt & co hiac minnir. Ar pon lonAmm ccCcha t)o ]\AtA ■oúa ConcobAin CiAnpAije, SeAAn iiiac ConéobAin, gur no ^aIda-ó tAir AtAite & a pnioriimm reirm .1. Caiiuac au fovntt bAoi ruittC*ó ron btiA-ÓAin A5 ^AttAib & -oo -oeAdiAit) rem conAbAiteí combAij uí T)horimAitt> fe }\o ennAfóm a chunA (x a c1iAnAt>nAt> rjur . bAoi nuonno ó *OorimAitt rni }\é reAccriiAme 1 nmb ConAitt §AbnA A5 cCnnfti^A'o & A5 cúiu;Ac1iAt> ^ac Áom -oo iiCjahíi 1 ccombAij §Att ^un \\o ronchonsliAin ro}\nA t)Áir fx t)Ci5Cn •oC-oliAit rniú 7 cocc -oAom teic ffttporh (x ^1 ^AonóeAtA A}\ cIiCiia. tlo CfcomtA íCiiorii ó TDorimAitt conA fto§ t)o riuimclimt) Stebe Iúacíiua, t)0 ctomn"AiiitAoib, *oo mhur cnAróe, co bAnt)Am 1 ccAinp}\eACAib. "Oup rAn^ACAn Ci\riioi\ ^AOi-óet tHuiiiÁn uite ro AomriiCnmAm t>iA rAigit», (x }\o nArómpuc a ccu}\a (x a ccoccacIi rjur cniA biche, & bA 1iAimuf & bA huiigAiiTOiu^At) Ai^encA teó Ai\ocbcAm chucA t)AcoriiAt a ccAUAt>}\Aró rjur (x uo cmjeAttfAC •óo ^au At>i\At) t)o ^AttAib uac1i t)o t>AnAnÁib, & jau congnAiii rniú mbA-ó ■ptuú. Achc cCnAní cauaic TTIaj cÁfchoij }UAbAÓ .1. 'OorimottniAc CoiibmAic iia 1iome, mÁ t>Aii cijC}\nA mufcuATÓe .1. CóiibniAC ihac *OiCnniAccA nnc UAit>5 ro chó}\A chu^Arorii reb t»ur rAn^ACAn au tuclic nAite.
*OaLa uí Héitt .1. Aót> uiac PitooiicIia nnc Cumn bACAij nuc Cumn nuc Cnui nnc Co^liAm, \\o Ainirit>e acIiató co]\bo 1iCi\tAiii tAir jac UArÓAitge }\obA comccit)1ie t>o t)o br>eích ron An rtoijC-ó nuccAc, ó&t)o necctAimrCc a rtóij niA t)ocíium co tionriiAi\ teijicionoitce m hmnircCn a mmceccA co }\au5aca}\ ca^\ bomn. Tto Aijnr reAc<xt ipn niAijmpn A5 ciieAchtopgAt» cniche bnCj (x IHróe. buit) íCiiorii coiia ftog cjua íChcau 1T)it>e &, cjua oincC}\
x Lixnaw — Ten miles north of Tralee. Kerry. After this war and that of 1641, it
There are remains ofthiscastle still. In was confiscated, and planted with English
the ancient church closeby thereisamonu- settlers. Several of the name achieved
ment to the 31'd Earl of Kerry. distinction in foreign countries. See
'lArdfert. — Four miles north of Tralee. D'Alton's Army Lzst, ii. 325.
There is no trace of this castle. Tradi- 6 Carrigfoyle.—ln an island in the Shan-
tion says it was close to the entrance of non, two miles west of Ballylongford.
the demesne of Ardfert Abbey. There are There is a plan of the castle in Pac. Hib., p.
several interesting remains here still. 121.
%Ballykealy. — In the parish of Rathro 6 Slieve Luachra. — A range of mountains
nan and barony of Shanid, Co. Limerick. on the borders of Kerry, Cork, and Lime-
4 O'Conor Kerry. — The territory of this rick.
family, Iraghty 0'Connor,lay in the northof 7 Clati Aulife.— lhis territory extends
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i.e. Lixnaw,1 Caislcn Gearr of Ardfcrt,- and Ballykealy,3 and they left l^ somc of thcir people to hold them. Thcy v.cnt away victorious to give nevvs of thcm to O'Donncll and FitzMaurice. On the same occasion it happened to O'Conor Kerry,4 John, son of Connor, that his dwelling and chicf castle, i.c, Carrigfoyle,5 was capturcd by him, which had bccn more than a year in the posscssion of the English, and he and the people of his dwclling-placc made an alliance with O'Donnell and cntered into peace and friendship with him. O'Donnell was for the space of a wcek in Hy Conaill Gabhra, reducing and harrassing cvcryonc who was in alliancc with the English, so that he enjoincd upon them obedience and submission and separation and to unite with him and with the Irish in gcncral. Aftcr that O'Donncll marched with his forcesby the upper part of Slicve Luachra,6 by Clann Auliffe,7 Muskerry, and the Bandon in the Carberics. There came a great part of the Irish of the whole of Munster, being of one mind, and they entered into friendship and alliance with him for life, and they werc glad and their minds rejoiccd that hc had cometo them to make fricndship with him. and they promised not to bow down before the English or the strangers, and to help them no more. However, MacCarthy Reagh s i.e., Donnell, son of Cormac na aoine, and the lord of Muskerry, i.e., Cormac,9 son of Dermott, son of« Tadhg, did not come for peace to him, as the rest had comc.
As for O'Neill, i.e., Hugh, son of Ferdoragh, son of Conn Bacagh, son of Conn, son of Henry, son of Eoghan, he waited till everything was ready which hc needed to bring on the expedition on which they were going, and after his forces assembled to him in their full numbers their marches are not told of till they crossed the Boyne. He remained some time there preying the territory of Bregia and Meath. He then marched with his army through
from the river Alla to the Co. of Limerick. Castle. The last of this familv who held
Castle MacAuliffe was near Newmarhet. the estate was Lord Clancartv, who had
8 MacCaríJiy R. — The father of the an important command in tlie army of
famous Florence. His rcsidence was James II. Latcr he was pardoned, and
Kibrittain Castle, six miles south of Ban- would havebeen restoredtohis estates but
don on an inlet of the sea. See Life of F. for the interference ofSir Richard Cox.
MacCarthy, p. 3. He died at Hamburgin 1734. See D'Alton's
8 Cormac— His residence was Blarnev Army List,\\. 115.
2 O
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111umAn ca]\ Siuin r'iA]\ gAn hac1i 11510111 noin]\t>C]\c ]\o b<vó t>íon t>ro]\AichriiCcc
*oo "oenorii t)iA rtóghAibh co nochcAm "ooib co l3Ant>Am bAit AmbAoi
ó 'Oorhnoitt conA choiéCrcAt.
fol. 8o.l>. o connánsAcon ^01"01^ Ari cuAircif\c m Aom riiAijm bA p Ainte A]\niochc
teó G: tA 5°CróetAib aii t)eipcci]\c (t>o neoch -oup rAn^ACAn 111A ccombAií;)
a ton^pojic *oo fuTÓui^A-ó AttA cúai*ó 1 mbeut juAtA 1 ccenét Aet>1iA reAt
bCg ó cliAinpA An 1u]~cir. Tlo bACA]\ acIiató AthtAró enieAcli m loncliAib rju
An oite, conA ]\o teiccpCcc 5A01,01^ AcliAicró ha At>Att ahiacIi nAch munn
gur iia ^AttAib, con t>o bepcrAC 1n cuun^e -oofutAchcA 1 cCnncA G: 1u cei]\ce
Anbrcntt. 111]^ ^iet^Cú ÚAiiiAti tiA gAoróeAt t>oib a ngpeA-ÓA mÁicc a iieAch]\A-ÓA
•oo tei^Cn ron ren<5U]\c nAch ro]\ mgeAtcnA'ó rCchcAiu iia mú]\Aib aiiiacIi,
gu]\ ]\o cccrAdte tnbp-óe G; rochAróe-oiA miteA"ÓAib imAittep]\ir tA Iiúacc Gb
50]\ca íC]\ nA ccAbo<i]\c m A-ÓAitge peoin (x, uipcce, CcIia 7 a]Úda, cuijtó 7
cemró, 6fc 5AÓ neich ]\o bA ceA^bAt) ro]\]\A, coha bAoi hia ccuriiAn^ cu]\pA An
riAiitAi j no ept<vó ÚAróib 'OA'ónACAt reccAin iia mú]\Aib, 50 mbio'ó AbAch An
eich G: co]\p An tnnne niAi]\b hi cummupc r]ur ha beoAib reAchnón ha pcon
ecA]\]\<x A]\ riiCúon, gu]\ ro y&y b]\encA-ó "oiputAmg "oeipúe tA hiom^ACic
aiiaiCoi]\ CcA]\buAp ía]\ nuchcAji 110 Ci^e'ó AUAirvoe "ooha 1iAbAt>Aib, x>on
oc]\ac1i, 7 t>on cCc1iai]\ íC]\ mochcu]\. Da ri comroe 7 ceccpAtJ rocliAroe
tnob bu-ó t>ein conepetAt) An Cntiio]\ -oia tecci -óoib 111 aoiia]\ ^An pAigeAt)
po]\]\A tA ptAij G: cC'óniAim, G: no etAit>rC-ó ah tuchc bAiar beoA tdia
ccoCmpACAir Cr]\ur 110 cohai]\ etut>A T)pAJbAib cipmt>ur. 11a SpAmnij c]\a
bACA]\pt>e 111 eccuniAtij G: tnn eccorhnAnc riión c]\tA]\\n tompuróe b<\oi aj
An lupcir conA coichCj'CAt "^oXX 7 5A01,°eA^ f°rnA> ^ 111 AncAir ^cc A5
AptAch iia n^-oi-óeAt niiA ccoi]\ich'm, "0015 bA rC]\n teó Amut)U^At) t)o ]\aic
cró ]\ia riú no ro t>enro<\ircÁn no cA]\cupAt ó a mbiot)bAt)Aib nó ó hacIi nÁon
nAite irin c]\umne 7 no ro]\&itci po]\]\A ecc m ÁonA]\ tA húdchc G: go]\cA.
1li]\ bo rAiiit<Mt) "ootiA ^^01"0001^1^' ^A mme bACAn co mb^ug 6: bo]\]\rAt),
con UAitt (x ionnoccbAit gAn cCpbAt) neic po]\]\A, A]i m bAoi CpgliAi^ie
Cco]\]\a G: a rpotA]\cn<\it> -oo Aigib iomc]\oniAib (xt>o cCchnAccib cturiiAittmb,
(x t><\ 5<\c C]\nt>Ait ui]\]:eotA G: *oa jac cenét cu<\]\a aca t>eAch bAoi mn 6i]n
t)o cAb^i]\c cuca Ap 5AÓ Ainx) G: Af jac Ai]\cCnn 1 ccCm G: mn occu]\ IDacaji
1 Suir. — This river passes through Thurles, Cahir, Clonmel, Carriclc and Waterford.
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wcst Mcath and cast Munstcr ovcr thc Suir J westwards without any 1601. rcmarkablc deed worth mcntion bcing donc by hia troops, until thcy camc to thc Bandon, where O'Donncll was with his armv.
Whcn thc Irish of thc north had comc togcthcr, the plan adoptcd by thcm and the Irish of the south (who had joincd thcm) wás to makc thcir cncampmcnt to thc north in Bclgooly in Rinclca, a short distancc from the Lord Justice's camp. Thcy wcrc for somc time in this way face to facc with each other, so that the Irish did not allow rccourse or resort in or out to the English, and thcy placcd them in intolerable straits and diffi- culties and in great want of food. The fear they had of the Irish did not allow them to scnd thcir mares or horses to the pasturcs or for grazing outside thc walls, so that many of thcsc and numbers of thc soldicrs also diecrtnving to cold and hunger, having been rcduccd to thc want of grass and water, corn and grain, straw and fucl, and every thing they requircd, so that they wcre not able to bury outside the walls the corpses of the soldiers who died, and the entrails of the horses and the corpscs of the dead men lay amongthe living throughout the tcnts in thc midst of them, so that there arose an intolerable stench in consequence of the grcat blasts of air mounting up which arose throughout the camp from the filth and the dirt of the lower part. It was the idea and opinion of many of themselvcs that the greater numbcr of thcm would die if they were let alone without being attacked, owing to thc contagion and sichness, and the people who wcre alive would go awayif they could find any means or wayof escape at all. Meantime, the Spaniards were in great straits and helplessness, owing to the blockade carried on against them by the Lord Justice with the forces of the English and Irish, and they did not cease asking thc Irish to assist thcm, for they prcferrcd to be killed immediately, though bcfore this they would not endure an affront from their encmies or from anyonc clse in the world, and their dcath was imminent through cold and hunger merely. It was not so with the Irish, for they were vigorous and fierce, proud and courageous, not heeding anvthing, for there was no prohibition for thcm to takc from any placc or any quartcr far or ncar plcnty of hcavy beeves and long-fleeccd shecp, and cvcry kind of fresh mcat, and every sort of provision, the best that was in Ircland. They werc in that state up to the fcast of the
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ah cuchc pn co peit jfme aii cStAnicouA 10SU, Gt ]io j^brAc ro]\ f]\t>Ach ha rotÍAtnAin 6: ah ticlAiche AriiAit ]\o bA tnon nA niAiche uiia reAch Ag fol.8i. a. rteA-ouccA-ó 6: 05 Aipfg cuite 05 Anoite a$ Amfr & A5 tin§4i|Yoiu§<yó nifniiiAii & AigfncA, reb no beicar iua poj-óúniAib uoriió]\Aib 7 111A nApo- porcAib oi]\eAc1iAir ro t>fm ^en uo hfnchiAn ÚAi-óib iAccpt>he.
H1onÚAi]\ A111 bA gA]\ ÚAin iia ^AijierubA (x ronnfnmAn t>o bjifcliA ór ai]voaca ipn ticlAice rm combACAn 111A n^Aipb tiubA (x "oogAitp 05 fccA]\- rccA]\At> pu A]ioite *ooib ciot> íf]\ cc]\iott íf]\ ua metAchcnujA-ó tA Ainbiot>- bA-ÓAib (x An tuchc no bACA]i ro rinnc mfnniAn 1 cacIia (x,i ceijice nAch pvpAit) nor punpvó guu bo teo bAoi a protA]icnAit> (x a nt>Aoc1iAm íf]i cochc t>oib AfAn ccun'iAnj cumibneAch i]iAbcAj\ ACAporii An cAn pn. t)A ir ua tAidnb pn "oo ]\iac1icaca]i tic]\e te]it>iAiii]\A (x AgAttonii mcteiche ó T)onn 1ohn (ó jjenenAl ua SpAinneAch pn chínt) SÁite) co Iiúa Héitt co Iiúa nX)oiiihAitt (x, ^ur ua niAicib A]\ cfiiA t>iA ArtAch ro]\]\o lonnroijeAt) -oo cAbAinc Aon ua nonóce rAin]\eA"ó ron c1iaiii]\a ah lurcir au pnept)enr 7 nA niA]\tAt> bACAn 111A yrA]\]\At) (x, no yoibf]\A*órom coiia SpAmneAcliAib iacc t)on teic oite t>ur aii ccAomrAt) ceAccA]\nAe ÚAToib eiporii conA SpAmneAcliAib t»roi]\icm Apn ccuit chuniAmg m ]io congbAicc. *Oo t»eAc1iAit) t»m o 11éitt (x ó *OorimAitt (x nA rriAiche t>o c]\ut) AccoriiAi]\te nnon Aitgfrpn au jenepAbA.
O lleitt C]1A Acbfncp-óe ^un uó 1iAit>tfpcc tAir ha goitt t)o puAbAinc A]\ •oAm^mmnitte iia mú]i n"OAin^fn nDicho^tAróe t>o ]\eccAirii iompA uua ccuaijic ífn nA pieichtionA-ó t>o jonnAt)Aib ^ucliAp-oA <5onicct>iub]\AicciuchA, 7 Acbf]ic t)m bA rf]i]i gAn pvitt 50 te^eAt) ipiro lomfuróe con^Abpvc p)]\ ua ^AttAib coneptiar t»o joncA ah'i Ait "oó f]\btACAn A]i Aitt t)iob cfiiA,7 co ccoi]\rfó m uob AinfjtiA t)iob ron a brAopvriirorh 7 coniAipce po t>eoit), 7 iiaj\ bo ní t&ip a nAittfr "oo cAbAi]\c tuA biot»bAt)Aib "0015 nobAt) tAmne teó CAchuccAt) t)A]i cfnn An AnmA 7 AitiA]\bAt) t)o uaicIi ott>Ár au ecc t»o chet>mAim fx, ^opcu. O *Oorii- noitt imo]\]\o bA p a coniAi]\te iiA^i^t t)o pobAi]ic cipmt>up, ÚA1]1 bA 1iAt)hnÁn & bA meAbAt tAir a cubA pur An cfigfn Anbvoitt mibAoi T)onn 1ohn conA SpAmneAchAib ^au Ammup *oo cAbAi]\c po]i a bru]\cAcc *oia ccipeAt) a oit)eAt)
1 Hunger. — ' If Tyrone had lain still and 2 Died already. — Of the 15,000 troops
not suffered himself to be drawn to the plain which the English had at the beginning of
ground by the Spaniards' importunity, all the siege, 8,000 had died of cold, hunger,
our horse must of needs have been sent and disease. Of the remainder but 2,000
away or starved.' Moryson, Rebellion, p. 178. were English, the rest Irish or Anglo-Irish,
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Nativity of thc Saviour Jesus, and they procccdcd to obscrvc thc feasts 1601. and thc holidavs, as was mcct, thc cliicf mcn in tum feasting and rejoicing togethcr in dclight and gladness of mind and soul, as if thcy wcre in thcir own grcat royal castlcs and in thcir chicf rcsidcnces, though then thcy wcrc very far off from thcm.
Alas ! soon thcse crics of joy and pleasurc, which were raised so loud in those days of fcstivity, bccame crics of sorrow and anguish when thcy werc separating from each other aftcr a timc, aftcr being dcfeated by their encmics, and the people who wcre in sadness of mind, in want and scarcity of cvcry kind of food, found that thcy had full and plcnty aftcr coming out of the narrow prison in which they were put by thcm at that timc. In those days there camc mvstcrious lctters and secret communications from Don Juan. the gcncral of thc Spaniards in Kinsale, to O'Xeill and O'Donnell and the chicf men in general, rcquesting them to make an attack on a certain night precisely on the camp of the Lord Justice, the Presidcnt, and the Earls who were with them, and that he himsclf would help them with the Spaniards on the other side, to see if both of them could rescue him and thc Spaniards out of the great straits in which they were kcpt. Where- fore, O'Neill, O'Donnell, and the chief men went to take counsel in refcrence to the wish of the General.
O'Neill thcn said that hc would be slow toattack thc Englísh on account of the great strength of the firm, imprcgnable walls which wcre all round, filled with loud-sounding, straight-shooting guns, and he said it was better to continue the siege carefully v.hich thcy had bcgun against the English till they should die of hunger,1 as many of them had died 2 already, and that would turn out best for their relief and protection in the end, and that he did not wish to gratify his enemies, for they werc bctter pleased to fight for thcir lives and to be killed immediately than to die of plague and hungcr. O'Donnell's opinion, however, was that the English should be attacked somehow, for he felt it a shame and disgrace that the great straits in which Don Juan and the Spaniards wcre should be witncsscd by him without making an attcmpt to relieve them though it cost him his lifc ; and besides,
who intended to come over to thc Irish had come over already. O'Sullevan, Hist. camp. Avery considerable number of these Ca/A., p. 22S.
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■óe, Gfc "oon beór nó bénchA gAoitnt irroitt 7 Atroimbni^h Ia R15 iia SpAmne t>iA rrobemcAir a miteAt>A t>o beic 1 cceAncA 7 m eccuniAnj occa mbiot>bAt>Aib 5A11 a broinichm reb no ArtAigpCc ron]\A. ■Ac'hc cCha A-peAt) a cummAin no chmnrfc fo t>eoió An 1urar conA ^AttAib 00 lonnrot^eAw reb no cum^Coh óucÁ. RuccrAc Arr rAthtAit> ^ur ah AbAig rAinjieAt) m no hCnbAb rniú fol. 81.3. lonnroijeAt) An chAmnA. Ro §AbrAc m unchorAch oit>che a mot)nAt)A A15 & a cneAtifiAcnot)AcocAoicoicCnAch 6fc t>o cocaja mn mneAÍ 7 m ojvouccAt) AifiAtt •00 ]uoncoirccrCc a nAinij; 6: a nuAirte, a ccoonAig, G: a ccomói]\tij t>oib.
Ro bA •OAitinA -oeAbcA 7 At)bA]A io]\JAite eici]\ riA "01 A]At>]:tAic 00 ]aa1a yo\\ cenét ConAitt Gt GoghAin 11Á no pooAnh ceccAnnAe ACAt>iA]\ oite ]\eniA]^iiAiti ]\ia A]\Aitt -oAmur 7 "oruAbAinc nA n^dtt tA rniAt» mCnmAn G; tA bo]\nrAt> bnicche jac neich t>iob, a]\ An "oaja tA ^ac Aon ÚAróib ]\obcAn cája Gfc CAncurAt VAi]i rCm Gfc ron au ccenét tnA mbAOi c]aia biche oia nt>AttiAt) nemcur nA conAi]Ae Gfc reou^A-ó iia rtigCb t)o ftógh noite ]\ia ha ftógh butróem. Ro bdt) to]\ t)iA toc Gfc t)iA tAmmitteAt> tuA mbf Ach Gfc tnA mbAogtu^At) aii mit)uc]\Achc Gfc aii mnecCm ]ao rÁr hia cc]Ait>hi r]u A]ioite c]UAf ah ccuccaic hirm, coua bAoi t>uc]\Achc oeAbcA nA AitgCr lonnroigi'ó nA cAtc1iAi]Ae CAi]uphe 1 fto^h tnob tA nét) 6: lomponniA'ó f]Uf An ftoj nAitt j;un bAC cnnme ctAiche mCi]\be miotAocht>A cró ]ua fiú t>o t>eAc1iACA]A iccenn mói]umnit) 7 moi]umiom m ^AbAt» no m guAfAcc t>o lomctAtóbeA'ó r]UA nCp- ccAi]At>ib, 50 mbo hmg ha ]iob ei^Cn "oia mbiot)bAt>oib An Ainm t)imbC]\c ro]\]AA bAit 111 ]ao con'i]\Aicpuc ifin CAchtAc1iAi]A. X)& cetifiAme iiio]\ uitc t>on t)Á Aó-ohfin ah do ]AAtAt)oib tion chunrm. TDeicbin ón 111 cecomnAgAin cobeif no cucc]\omA AccA-ntA An cau rm eAcopnA cem bACA]A imbiú, úai]a bA ron Aom mnechCm 6: fon AommCnmAm no bicir 00 bunAt) cem beiccif ir]ieAcnA]ACAf A]\oite, t)ói5 ni]A bo coimt>it) gun no chm ó a mbunAt>r]\emAib AnÁon t>iAf ]\opcA]A c]\it)fC]\CAi5 mi A]AOite otccAccpom. Ro chochAichfCc michifi fot>A tio ufcorAc nA hofóce imon r]uoc1iA]At)At) 6: imon fficlnmpCfAin ■oo ]\eccAim Cco]a]\a. "Ro AfgnAccAn nA t>Á f Aoprtog 6: An t)Á focpAroe ro •óeoit) Ai]At) m Aint> 6: ^UAtAmn rni gUAtomn r]u Anoite con t>o ]aa^a t>oib reAchjAÁn -pti^Ct) G: im]\ott mncig conA no C]\niAirCcA]\ a neotAij conAi]\e
1 Straits. — fIt is strange that the battle no sally till the battle was over, and even
being fought within a mile from Kinsale, then they sallied twice to little purpose.'
the Spanish in the town should know Cox, Hib. Anglic, i. 443.
nothing of it ; yet it is certain they made ^Dispute. — SeclVaro/t/te Gaedhil, p. 143.
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the Irish would be thought littlc of and contemncd by the King ofSpain,if "^01- thcv suffered liis soldiers to be in hardships and straits1 from thcir enemics without bcing aidcd as thcy had requcsted. But yct this was thc agrce- ment whicfa thcy madc in thc cnd ; to attach the Lord Justice and the English as they wcre askcd. Thcy separatcd thus till the night on which thcy wcre ordered to attack the camp. They took in the vcry bcginning of the night their weapons ofbattle and their implements of war silcntly, and they wcnt iti order and array as their chicfs and nobles, their lords and counsellors directcd them.
It was a subject of dispute2 and a matter of contcntion between the two principal chiefs who were over the Cinel Conaill and the Cinel Eoghain that neither of them would allow the other to march in front of him to attack and assail the English owing to the nobility of mind and pride of strength of both, for each one of them thought it a reproach and disparage- ment to himself and his tribc for cver to allow the first place on the road and the position on the way to the other force before his own. The ill-will and the thoughts which grew up in their hearts towards each other for this reason were full of harm and ruin, of trcachery and danger, so that therc was not the desire of battle nor anxiety to attack nor the firm obstinacy in their army, owing to the jealousy and envy against the other army, and thcy wcre timid, languid, slow, cowardly, even before they entercd on the grcat labour and work in thc dangcr and peril of the close encounter with their cnemies, so that it was almost unnecessary for their enemies to employ arms against them wherc they contended in the battlefield. What happencd to the two Hughs then was a great omen of evil to thcm. With good reason, for never had the like or so much taken placc as then between them as long as they lived, for they wcre of one thought and of one mind always from the bcginning, though they werc not in each other's presence, for it was not usual that thcrc should spring from their original stock togcthcr two morc loving towards each other than they. They spcnt much timc in the bcginning of the night in thc disputc and contention which took placc bctwecn thcm. These two noble hosts and the two armies marched at last sidc by side and shoulder to shoulder togethcr, when they happened to losc their way
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riAch a ccoipj; rti^C-oh ron Ati cconAin ccói]\ ciA]i bo ciAnrot)A An jliAtiiA-ohAij (x ^en bo ^Anpoccur t>óib Ati tongpojrc ron AccAfropxcc Ainmur co roturc]\Ac dnghe A]\ ua bA]\AC gun uo ^ÍAnnuiclineAÓ ah 5]maii or "oneich An cAtiiiAn cumrohe conAb Ann ror rÚAi]rpCc rocrAroe uí Héitt fol. 82. a. <\ téAchcAob ro 'óem pu cAmpA aii lupcir, (x, ]\o cniAttrAc roAt> biu^ cen co no roirCt) téo au mneAtt (x An ojvouJAt) *oo nróipi a]\ no c]\CiccrCc An cfcnA hmneAtt m ]\o lnnntic td.r An lomnott 7 tA -ooncrtACA tiA horóche.
'OaLa A11 lurcrp conA fochpAi'oe nAimc nó.bAt> Gb nenhpop *oa fAi^ró ó •0]\uni5 pxmpe-oeAC a tongpopc iia ^oifjeAt co bpoibencliA iacc aii A-ortAijpm, combAoip-óe conA ptógliAtb 1n cAichpeip rot> ha boroliche co niA"OAin rop An eAnAiJAib Cnt>AtcA (x ro]\ An bC]\nAt>Aib bAo^Ait 7 ro]\ a ccAibtib cnot)A niA niot>nAtb A15 conA liuitib Arótmb CAcliAigche Gt copnAniA mn entAWie occAib conur |"acacaco]i ó tléitt conA rtó^Aib pop au loncAib ron aii AbAinc AC]Aub]\Aino]\. 11i]\ uó cÍAn t)oib occa mróemAm An cAn cAntAccpCcc cCcIia coirii]\eAm]\A cnumpiten ("oia bp/iAt)UcchAt)) a mópgomiA'ÓAib jtAinAittne 5teppoibt)iche 6c a mu^Aecab mmt)]\uimneAchA mónchorcAtr (x a jtAcgon- nAt)Atb ^enAtmpeAcliA '^teroibne, Gc no cteiccpCcc rocAib cech cenét t)iub]\Aicciu 7 wicet^ce HAite cen modiA nro pn. 1xo bpuchcooincrfc ArCtroAt) t>A]i tiA mú]\Aib AmAch mA ccCnn •oiopniA'ÓA "oirpne t>o lon^AbAtA •oo mAncfto^ riiCppróA tnoncobrAij tAp a]\ bimciAn ^un ]\o coriiAi]\tecceAt> •ooib tuc AneAc Ai]voe]\mAc t)o cCrcu^A-ó pop mAighneró 50 pn. 1lo teiccic AccnAi^hceAchAinAteAnriiAin ÍAnorii, A]\bA t>Cnb teó gon popbto-oh cApAnnAig iia ccnumnpitep» Gc triAnpuAbAinc An tnonniA bCnnAroh buAmnebcA ]\eAinpA ron Amb\ot)bAt)Aib. bACA]\ nA rtóij ceAÓcAnt>A mfp5 a]\ mCp$ t>eipt>e acc coimchionnbAt) Gc acc cnechcnuíjA-ó Anoite ju]\ no mu-OAijjic roch.Ait>e Cca]\]\a t)o t)ib teicib. Achc cCiia ]\o meAbAt) ro -óeoró rop. riiumci]\ uí tléitt reb nob Ammmic teó, jun no tuAcliAccutpcc tion tAc1iAi]\, conA-ó p conAin no ^nicrp An cmnCnur iacc coriroóncAÓ iccCnn r-oc]\Aiou uí *OoiimAitt t)o ne-cAnnh Att A11A1]\ t)Oib gAn nochcAin co tAc1iAi]\ AmomAi]\icc beóp. O t>o
xWarning. — 423rd December,information army should that night be well on their
was given by one of the chief commanders guard, for Tyrone meant to give upon one
in Tyrone's army having some obligations camp and the Spaniards upon the other,
to the Lord President, who sent a mes- meaning to spare no man's life but the
senger to him for a bottle of usquebagh, Lord Deputy's and his.' Moryson, Rebel-
and by a letter wished him that the English lion, p. 176.
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and to go nstrav, so that thcir guides and lcadcrs of thc way could not 1601. bring thcm to thc right road, though thc Xovcmbcr night was \ ery long and
though thc camp on which thcy madc thc attaclc was vcry ncar thcm, till thc timc of sunrisc on thc ncxt day, so that the sun was shining brightiy on the facc of thc solid carth whcn O'XcilPs forccs found thcir own division at the Lord Justicc's camp, and they tricd to go a short distancc that thcy roight rcgain thcir ranks and good ordcr, for thcy had lcft thcir first ordcr in which they were arranged owing to the mistake and thc darlcness of thc night.
As for the Lord Justice and his armv, therc had come to him warning1 and foreknowlcdge from certain persons - who wcre in the camp of thc Irish that they would be attacked that night, so that hc and his forces wcre watching throughout the night till morning in choscn spots and gaps of danger and on the war battlements with their war accoutrc- rncnts, with all their implements of battle and defcncc in rcadiness, whcn O'Xcill and his forces camc opposite thcm for the purpose we havc said. They had not long to meditate whcn they poured on them a strong shower of globular balls (to entertain them) from thcir great cannons with polishcd barrels, and from their straight-firing, costly muskets, and from their sharp- aiming, bcautiful lock-guns, and they fired down on them cvery othcr kind of shot and missile besides. Then the nimble troops burst out over the walls to lcad on the active, steady cavalry, to whom the order had not been^ given for a long time before up to that to makc a trial of the speed of their high-galloping horscs on the plain. They allowed thcir foot to follow after, for they were certain that the flame of thc sphcrical balls and the fierce attack of the troops would make destructivc gaps in front of them among their enemies. The armics on both sides were pell-mell in consequence, maiming and wounding each other, so that many wcre slain on both sides. But yct in the end O'Neill's forccs were dcfcated, an unusual thing with thcm, and thcy hastened away from the place, and their haste madc them take the road confuscdly to meet O'Donnell's forces, who happencd to be to the east of thcm and had not yct comc to thc field
2Persons.— The author of Pac. Hib. says armv, who had been present at the council the information was given by Brian Mac- when the plan of attack was agreed on, to Mahon, a principal commandcr in tlie Irish Captaín William Taffe. p. 414.
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]uu\chcAcon Ati ppAonptuAJ rm uí tléitt (xrochnAroe ah 1urar hia teaniru\in occ a tÚAchcuAp.^Am ía]\ ha ccutAib 1 mfrcc mumope ui *OhoriinAitt nor ^eb utmiAitte (x AnbrAit>e ah óccbA-ó rÚAr^An 7 riprgén a n^pCc-A, 6: g.emA'ó cochu^At) ha CActArójióij bu-ó *ouchnAchc teó (x ]\o t>teAchc tnob m c1iAoiniiA5Acco]i, úai]\ ha]\ bo cot tAf A11 ccomroCó corccun do bnCic t>oib t>on cu]\ pn, Gfc iia ]\o cotcAiiAijrCcc Aré'OA t>o ]io caVI T)ía ron au 'oa cAomichenét ce-opA-ÓACA cnot>A fin ha rAjbAtA rio]\A pAt>nAch.A 6: ha btuvoliA b]\io^1iniA]\A buAnniA]\CAnnA rorrAgAib nAon'i Pacc]\aicc (-01 a niboi fol. 82.Í. aj bCmiAclicAin Cpenn rio]u\ mnA hiaca 7 m^CnA) ro]\ ha *oib b]iAic1i]nb <31]\C5X)A AJniA]\A (x ron a ctAnriiAicne "oia néir .1. ron Conatt stoinnrhCn JutbAH (x ro]\ Cojh ah AJn'iAp lomrAijceAÓ. 1cucc ua rAgbAtA .1. buAró uaij 7 lonnroijró ro]\ 605A11, buAit) ccorccAip (x coéAi^ce CAchtAicneAch ro]\ ConAitt, A]\ a aoi c]\a ]\o •oCnniAiccrCc tiA ri]\chenétA a rrAjc-AtA ArreAchcfA ^up ]\o choriirccuchrAcc ah -oí focpAicce nro AenpAbAtt niA rtótAic- A11 lurcir, (x ]\o mA]ibAicc (x ]\o mu-ÓAijjicc roéAroe UAróib.
Soaic mumci]i A11 lurcir ía]\ mbuAi'ó ccorccAip (x ía]\ metAccnuJA-ó a mbio'óbA'ó An'itAi-ó rm aii caii Ar tu§A ]\o f-AoitrCc. ua rottur ah Amfen ron cenét ConAitt S, ro]\ cenét eoghAm imc Tléitt irin tAice rm m ]\obA cechcA "ooib (x m bA-ó 11100 ]io bAoi ÚAróib ro]\ chAtniA r>o t)enorh (ó ]\o rccA]\fAc A11 *oa chAomicenét chorii]\AriiACA rm pu A]\ oite a^ An U15 HÍAtt *nicheAch nAoijiAtlAij;) au cah nA cA]\"orAc t>iA mivó cacíiucca'ó rCicniuch ronAipc t)ioch]\A t>U]\cnoi*óeAc t>o 'óenoiii "oo cHornAm a ni]vp, a nAchA]\t)A, 7 a nAnniA, "oo cornAih a nemií; a nÚAirte 7 a noi]\]voC|\CAi]-, co bp\]\ccbAici a rtAiche ro]\ rót>Aib rAomtige, gombA cCpccgoncA a cc]\eom, ^ombA CAoib^ chpC^h -0^1561 a ccAoipj, ^ombA cnAiiiAchchumcA a ccu]\Aró, ^ombA mut>Ait- che a nnteA-ÓA cix) ]\ia pú ]\o metAchcnAipcc ón mu-ópm ní ha mÁ ipiAtniAipi a mbiot)bAt> bACA]i mA ccoiriicCccpAró, acc AbppeAcnApcup ha tom^peAc Gfc 11A nt)ibC]\CAC eccAi]\cCmeoit -oon aiijaca]i ron A^pAorArh (x comAince recc ]\iaiíi íC]\ iia nAchcu]\ &, ía]\ ha monnApbAt) A]- a ccí]\ib G: A]- a cc]ieAbAib con-oeingenrAC íC]\ccaih b]\íj mbi^ t)oiiA 1iA]it)]:tAicib & -oonA 1iAi]\eAc1iAib ]iobcA]i -ooir *oit»m (x ]\obcA]\ coitt rorccAit) t)oib 50 yui, zro ]\o beAirpAc ceitt "oia ccobA\]\ & "oia ccoi]\ichm ÚAróib a rCiroAt» co
1 Battle. — An account of this fight by Trevelyan Papers,published by the Camden Mountjoy, the Lord Deputy, is given in the Society in 1862.
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of battlc.1 Whcn thcsc dcfcatcd forces of O'Xcill and thc troops of thc 1O01. Lord Justicc's army in haste bchind thcm camc into thc midst of O'Donnell's pcoplc, wavcring and unsteadiness seizcd on the soldicrs, and fright and tcrror on their horses, and though it was urgent on them to remain on the field of battle and it was their duty, thcy could not, for it was not thc will of thc Lord to give victory to them thcn, and thcy did not follow thc rulcs which God marked out for the two noble, clevcr, warlilce tribcs, thc true, lasting gifts, and the firm, long-enduring victories which St. Patriclc2 (whcn blessing Erin, its mcn, youths, and maidcns) left to thc two famous, warlike brothers and to thcir postcrity after them, i.c, to the glorious Conall Gulban and to Eoghan thewarlike and aggrcssivc. These were their gifts, victory and vigour in attack to Eoghan, victory in battle and valour in the field to Conall ; yet the famous raccs forgot their gifts on that occasion, so that the two hosts were defcated together by the forces of the Lord Justice, and many of them were slain and slaughtered.
The Lord Justice's forccs returned after the victory in battle and the defeat of their cncmies when they least hoped for it. Ill-luck was evid<_ntly with the Cinel Conaill and the Cincl Eoghain MicXcill on those days when it was their duty and they needed most to act bravely (since these two noble stocks separated from each other in thc time oí Niall, the warlike, of the Nine Hostages), when they did not resolve to fight bravely, courageously zealously, mercilessly in defence of their faith, fathcrland, and livcs, in dcfence of thcir hospitality, nobility, and splendour, so that their princcs were lcft h'ing on the earth, thcir champions woundcd, thcir chicfs picrced through, their heroes had their bones hewn, thcir soldicrs were massacred, though before this they were not defcatcd in this way, not only in prcscncc of their enemies who were looking on, but in prescncc of thc banishcd and exiles of foreign race who came for safety and protection to thcm bcfore this aftcr thcy were expelled and banished from their territorics and dwellings, and soon thcy madc little account of the princcs and of the chiefs who wcre trecs of shelter and woods of rcfuge for them up to that, and they gave up all hope of hclp from them to the cnd of thc world.
1 St. Pairicfc, — The blessings which the will be found in Colgan's Trias T/niuf/i., Saint promiscd to the posterity of Conall p. 192 ; and to that of Eoghan, Ibid-, p. 145.
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■oitjCnn ah •oorfiAin. Achc cCVia gén co cconcnAcon acc ÚAc1iAt> biuj; ó gAoróetAib ipn mArómpn Chnro SÁite iia nACAijpcir "cia cceArbAi-ó 1 ceAn*o acIiató 6t t>ah ha ro jtACAijpCc cioo ah cau rm rot>em, m }\o rÁjbAT) m ÁonniAróm "oia no p^heA'ó ir nA t>eit)CnchAib mn mir Oneiiioin cuccnoniA rjur A]i rAjiccbAX) ah"o.
1lo rA^bA-ó Ann cCccur Ann Aonnm^ 6c ah caohi oitén bA rucAije 6: da co]\Aijce Gfc ]\o bA mCrA}vÓA cCr 6t ÚAchc bAoi m enriión OonpA, m nob iomx)A mit 6c c]\uicneAchc, m nobA iCrc ioiitóa, Aibne, CrrA 7 mbCnA, m nobA ciume cAonconcAige cúahca, reib t>o ]\acc au ceno^Cn x>ó pot 5ao1,ó1^ 5^A1f irnc ^nuitt t>on aiiaicc 111 C|\inn niAn'i ua cCfc- fol.83.rt. motcA rm rui|\]\e (.1. Ic1i niAc "bneogliAin) riAt> ua niogliAib T)CrohCncAib bACAn t)o UliÚAcliAib ■oe T)1iAnAnn ron dnmn. 'Oo rÁjbA-ó ahii béor An t)o CunÁccAn Arr t)o ]*-AO]\ctAnnAib roC|\A roichenetchAib niAC TTliteA'ó Gb t>o AineAcliAib A^liniAnA lonnroiíjceAcliA, t>o dn^CnnACAib cíne 7 cpeAb, vo choi]-eAc1iAib cúac 6c cniocliAic cet>, A]\ A]- t>C]\b •oeuinn ha brA nio C]iint> 1 coriiAunpn pn A|\ oite co bnAc tuclic ]\obcAn rCnn 7 nobcAn AinC^lróA otccAC iia rriAice bACAn hiruit>e 6c AcbAchpxcc ía]\oiíi 111 Aite clipocliAit) •OÍA1X) m •01ATÓ íCn n^Aro a nACA]vóA 7 a nÚArAt|:o]\bAror\|iA no pvgAibpococcA nibio'óbA'ÓAib ipn niAróni pn. fío pvgbAÚ *om Ann ÚAirte 6c onoin, ^ajic 6c <cniom]\A'ó, omeAcli 6c oi]\bCnc, rC^liAmne 6b ]-AO]\ctAnt)Achc, míne 6c mC]\]\- ■óAchc, c]\Cip 6c c]\enc1iAtniAc1ic, c]\oo1iac1ic 6c cac1iucca"ó, ]\echc 6c lúglie tAovóet OneAnn co roi]\cCnn ah bCcliA.
O ]\o lompAi'ópoc roch|\Aicci aii 1u]-ar ro lotAij; co]^Ai]i 7 coriiniAoróme AiiiAit AC]\ub]iAino]i, ]\o ApgnAcon nA "5A01*óit ca]\ auai]- ]-iA]\ co hmir eo^liAriAm aii A-ÓAij pn, 6c ]io ^AbpAc aj c]iuoh a ccoriiAi]\te co huoniAtt Ant)]-Ai"oh con Aichbip 6c iomAicbi]\ ro]i A]1 oite. AcbC]\cpAc |:oi]\Ciro aca bA rC-oh ]\obAt) t)ío]i t)oib uin lompuióe -oo •o|\ut) t)o rtróip rni ÓAinnA An
1 Small m/mder.—According to Moryson, 3 ///fc.—His pedigree is as follows :—
the Irish left 1,200 dead on the field. Nine Breogan
of their standards and 200 arms weretaken. |
Rebellio?i, p. 178. O'Sullévangives thenum- f 1
ber of O'NeilFs men slain as only 200. Hist. pile Ith
Cat/i.,?. 229. MUedh Luighaidh
2 Island. — See the poem of Donatus, &
bishop of Fiesole, in the prelude to his Life \ \ 1
of Si. Brigid, in Miss Stokes' Six Months Eber Eremon Ir
in the Afienmnes, p. 237 ; London, 1892. See Miscellany of the Celtic Society, p. 3.
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Vct, though thcrc fcll but so small a numbcr1 ofthe [rish in that battle of 1601. Rinsale that they would not pcrccivc thcir abscncc after a timc, and morc- over, that they did not perceive it themselves then, yct thcrc was not lost in onc battle fought in the latter times in Ircland so much as was lost thcn.
Thcrc was lost thcrc first that one island2 which wasthc richcst and most productive, thc hcat and cold of which wcrc more tcmperate than in thc greater part of Europc, in which thcre was much honcy and corn and fish, many rivers, cataracts, and watcrfalls, in which wcrc calm, pro- ductive harbours, qualitics which thc first man of the racc of Gaedhcl Glas, son of Niall, who camc to Ircland bchcld in it, i.c, Ith,3 son of Breogan, in opposition to the last kings who wcre of the Tuatha dc Danaan over Ireland. There wcre lost, too, those who escaped from it of the frce generous, noble-born dcsccndants of thc sons of Milcsius and of the pros- perous, impetuous chiefs, of the lords of territories and tribes, and of the chicítains of districts and cantrcds, for it is absolutely ccrtain that thcre werc ncver in Erin at any timc together people who wcre better and more famous than the chiefs who wcre there, and died afterwards in othcr countries one after the other, aftcr being robbed 4 of their fatherland and of their noble posscssions, which thcy left to their enemies on that plain. There wcrc lost bcsides nobility and honour, generosity and great deeds, hospitality and goodness, courtesy and noble birth, polish and braverv, strength and courage, valour and constancy, the authority and sovereignty of thc Irish of Erin to the end of time.
When the forccs of thc Lord Justice wcnt away with the joy of victory and glory, as we havc said, the Irish retreatcd westwards to Inishannon that • night, and thcy set to consult hastily, hurriedly, blaming and rc- proaching each other. Some of them said that they ought to rcsume once more thc sicge of the Lord Justice's camp and not raise it at all on account
^ Robbed.— MacFirbis wrote sixty years in this year.' Tribcs, &>c. of Hy Fiac/i>ach,
after : ' It is no doubt a \vorldly lesson to P-32I. How cruelly they were disappointed,
consider howtheGaels were at that time even those who had served the ECing most
conquering thc counties far and near, and faithfully at home and abroad may be
that not one hundred of the Irish nobles at learned from Prendergast's Cromwellian
this day possesses as much of his land as he Settlement% London. 1S70. The spoliation
could be buried in, though they expect it was completed after the war of 168S.
1u]Ttr, 6fc JAtl A"oCl]\5e 1C1]\ A]1 A^A ACCO]\C]\ACA]t ÚAI'Ólfa t)ÍA mumcin, 7 11A]\
bo CAtiAicce a ccon^Atfa cIiaca a ccCrbAifa ronnA "oói j ro bACAn t)Ai]gtion CAbAncA caca iha neccniAir "01A tnbeic aii coice Gfc An conÁch a^ con^nArh rruú. Ro ]\Áit>]'toc "onongA oibe bA heAh nobAT» có]\A *óoib ^Ach A]ro]:tAic 7 jac o^C^uia cí]ie aca -óo poAt>h -oo mróróCn a Ac1iA]róA Gfc *oia cornAtft rin ^AbÍAib aii ccCm contocrAit). O T)omnAitt nno]i]io ]ro ]\Aróp,óe nÁ rororet) t)iA cín & nÁ hoinrprCoh éccm vpn lomruróe m bAt> fíne, 6: ]io cmgeAtt rnvó Ant>mAicib rCn ne]ient> bACA]i irume nA ciofanAt) cpoi j cAintrrhe 1 ccac 110 1 ccIiacac t)o chochuccAt) cAich^biAt) miAnoCn ]ie 5&°i'óeAbAifa nA nAonA]\, Gfc 50 rAm]\eAt)Ach irrA]\]\At> nA -onumje ro]ir no r]\AomCt> cCccur An cAn rm, t>oi§ ]io JAfa t>ArAéc Gfc mi]ie mCnniAn eipt>e, 7 bA ro tAir combAt) é reipn cCcriA no muiDAijre ipn m&rómpn -|\ia pú ]\obAt> pAt>A ron An mebA rin ror rÚAi]ipuc ^Ao-óit. HobAt) im C^aI t>An ía a pMtirhumcCn connnbenC-ó bÁr rAi]\ rofaem ÍAr An rpÚAÍAng ]\o cur ^Afa conA ]\o cuit 7 11 a ]\o tumg irÁnfie fol.83. b. r]\i ]ie cni tÁ 7 C]ieo]\A noit>hche ÍA]\om. 1Da htpn 3. tA lAnuA]u, 1602. ]io rnAomCt) aii mArómpn Clntro SÁite.
1602.
1da ri Ai]ite A]i]\iochc tA 1iúa n*OoihiiAitt ÍA]ipm t)ubA t>C]uhAi]\ miboi e]\e t)o -f-A^bAit Gfc t)ut t)ón SpÁmn t>o ACAome a nnnró pur ah II15 An 3. phitip t>o chumjCt) ruittró rtoicch Gfc rocnAroe ÚAróifa. O no chmnporii ron An cotiiAi]\te 1npn bACA]i iCt) t>o nAe^orurh hia chonficecc t>o t>ut po]\ Ati eAchc]iA pn (cenmocÁcc t)]ionj t>iA diAi]ipfa reipn) HemAnn aOu]\c itiac SeAAtn iia SeAuiA]\, Gc CAipcm Aot>h ITIorr hiac 1loifaei]\t>. 1a]\ cctoipcecc tiA ccoifiAtrite pn tA cÁch 1n ccoiccmne ]\o bAt> to]\ t>o cnÚAighe Gfc t>o nem'iette, ah t<MtichomAi]vc Aiirróit Gfc An gotriiAirjtieAch j]\ot)U]itArh Gb aii nuAttjufaA A]\t>AccAomceAc ]\o c]\ugbAic or A]\t) reAchnón tongpuijic úi *OoiimAitt Ati At>At5 niA mmceAcc t>o. 1lo bAOi a mo]\t>AmnA aca tnA rpCrcAiré An cAn pn, úai]\ m ]\o pttrCc Ati tucc pn ropiA^oifa hia -óeA-oliAro
xSiege.— TheSpaniards.numberingabout 2 The plan.— The Four Masters say, 'he
3,500, sunendered Tanuary 12. TheArticles came to this resolution by the advice of
of surrender are given in Moryson's Rebel- O'Neill, who, however, gave it to him with
lion, p. 184. On the 20th, 20 Spanish reluctance.' vi. 2291.
captains and 1,374 common soldiers set sail " Faithful people. — Besides Mulchonry
for Spain. f&id., p. 198. (See Introd., p. cxlix. antea), he had with
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of thosc of their pcoplc who had fallen, and that their implements of war > would not bc wanting to them, for there was plenty of materials of war scattered about, if fate and good-luck favoured them. Other parties said
that it was bcst that cach chiefand cach lord of a district should rcturn to his own natíve place and protcct it against thc English as long as hc could, O'Donncll, howcvcr, said hc would not go back t<> his own country, and hc would not continuc longcr at thc siegc,1 and hc promiscd in prcscncc of thc chicfs of thc mcn of Eíin who wcrc there, that hc w'ould not go a step in the fight or in thc battlc to fight anv battlc with thc Irish alonc, and especially in the company of thc party which was first defeatcd then, for ragc and angcr had scized on his soul, and hc would have bccn plcased it he was thc first who was slain on that field bcfore he witnesscd that calamity which thc Irish met. His peoplc wcrc grcatly afraid that he would bring on his death, through the suffering which hc cndurcd, and he did not sleep or rest for three days and three nights after. It was on the ^rd of January, 1602, the defeat of Rinsalc took place.
1602.
The plan 2 which occurrcd to Hugh O'Donnell in his great grief was, to 1602. leavc Ireland and to go to Spain to complain of his distress to King Philip III. and to ask for more forces and soldicrs. When hc had determincd on this plan, those whom he chose to accompany him on that voyage (in addition to a number of his own faithful people) 3 were Rcdmond Burke, son of John na Scamar, and Captain Hugh Moss,4 son of Robcrt. W'hcn this resolution bccome known to all publiclv, thc grcat clapping of hands, and the violent lamcntations, and the loud wailing crics which arose throughout O'Donnell's camp the night before he wcnt away wcrc pitiful and saddening, and thcrc was good rcason if thcy kncw it at thc timc, for
him F. Maurice Ultach (Dunlevy), ' a poor an Ep.ulish father and an Irish mother.
friar of the Order of St. Francis from the Ile and his brother had been in the
conventofDonegal.' Annals F. Af.,v\. 2191. English service, and had taken part in
' Moss. — Probably Hugh Mostian, whom an engagement near Ballina against Mac-
Morvson calls * a famous rebeL' Rebellion^ William on bis way to join O'Donnell.
p. 181. O'Sullevan says hc was thc son oí Hist, Caik., p. 169.
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■oiAft'ntib é ó fm Abte, (x t)iAuiA-ó •oeunm teó mt)fm mn bo mAchcnAt) •óoib c]\onróe]\A cnó x>o rm-óe reccAin t)Ap a njjpuA'óAib.
T)o -óeAcViAró íCporii ó 'OorimAitt ittnmg 1n cúaii An CAirtem conA chAonúceAccoib miAitte fuif aii 6. tA 1aiiiia]\i, (x fo "oor no ^tuAif cinre-ó iia cé-ojAoicbe -ouf fAHAicc cniAfAn bfAifn^e rrpoc1iAij;riieit, 50 no ^AbfAc CAbA-ópopc An 14. tA -ooii riiír cCcciiaIh comroc]AAib 'oon Cnumne. T)únAnAf ejvoCnc eifróe 1 piojhAchc ha ^Aitifi 1f111 SpÁmn. Oa liAmnp-óe bAoi cof Tjpeo^liAm t)iA ngA]\A]\ fopigAnciA ]\o cunroAchc recc ]uaiú tA OpeoJAn niAC t)]\ACA, Gb bA tiAiffróe CAnjACAn nnc miteAt) CffpAuie nnc Oite nnc "bpeo^Ain *oo céo^AbAit 6]\enn ron "ChuAcliAib t>e t>AiiAnn. O x>o nuAchc ó *OomnAitt 1 cín ifm Cpuume gebAró fop cAirceAt 7 c<YÓAtt An bAite Gt 00 cIiaoc "oo t>en§Ain cui]\ OfeoghAm. *Oo bC]\c coniróio'ónA'ó mó]\ "óoforii ]\ochcAin hi cí]\ aii "oúfm, Af bA "0615 tAir gu]\ uó cetmAme mó]\mAichiurA -óo ac1ioc1ia]\ ^uf au niAijm A-p no ^AbfAc a fmfin neAfc 6c curiiAchcA ro]\ Cpmn rechc ]\iaiíi, 7 no jjebArórorii "oo nróifi ro]\ a tufj. 1au mbeic AcliAit) mbicc occ teccCt) a rcíp ifm C]\umne "oo choroh co 1iAinm nnbAoi An tií irm CAifcittA, a]\ bA 1iAnn t)o ]\ÁtA t>ó AbCic An cAn pm (íau ccmiceAtteAt) a ftAiciUfA) ipn cAchfAij t)iAnAt> Ainm SAmó]\A, 6c ó *oo fol.84. a. •óeAchAit) ó *OorimAitt 1 fiA*ónAifi aii II15 *ouf fetic fof a gtumib mA r]\eAcnAi]ic Gc non guroh a cCopA hicche f aiu. Oa rCb An cC-oua hAcchum^Ct) Anm.Ait t)o co]\ tAir co hCi]unn coha ccon^Aib coniAt)Air Oc conA nArónnb ceccA. Ax\ Achchum^Ct) chAnAip 5A11 Aom neAch -oo fAOfótAnt)Aib 6pnro ce m beic t)iA ÚAipte t)o cho]\ 1 nC]\c hacIi 1n ccuriiAccAib ÚAfA, ua t)An ÚAf rio]\ a lonAro c]ua bicu "oiAn^AbAt) mo]rÓAchc A11 "R15 nC]\c 6c cCnnuf ron 6iunn. -An cpCf icche 5A11 cC]\c a finnfiof t)o tAglrougAt) no t)ui]\bC]\nAt) t-Ain rem no ronfAn cí no biA*ó uia ionAt) t)iAró 111 t)iAió m jac mAigCn 1 cA]\nufAif nCnc &, cuiiiAccA ó cCm aca 11111 6]\mn ]UAfAn cah fm. *Oo fmjeAtt A11 1lí t>ó mt)fin uite G: ]\o fOfcongAin fAi]\ eif^e t)ÍA jtumib 6: fóf fÚAif fiAt)U5At)h &, Aifrinccm nioif ÚAt)hA conAt) Af unfeccAm uacIi ffÚAin Aom neAch x>o 5^oit>eAtAib ]uaiíi ó nAÓ II15 nAite coibeif 110 cuc]\oiua
1 Ship. — 'The 28th of December intelli- taking O'Donnell, Redmond Burke, and
gence was brought tothe Lord Deputy, that Hugh Mostian with him.' Pac. Hib., p 424.
Pedro Zubiaur was lately landed at Castle- 2 Castlehaven- — A villagefivemiles south-
haven, and hearing of Tyrone's overthrow west of Skibbereen. The castle from which
he made no stay, but set sail for Spain, it has its name is standing still.
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those whom hc left bchind ncvcr again sct eyes on him, and if thcy were l6°2- aware of that, it is no wonder that large tears of blood should flow down their checks.
O'Donncll and his companions thcn wcnt on board a ship l at Castle- havcn,2 thc sixth of Januarv, and whcn thc first brceze of wind came, they crossed thc boistcrous occan. Thcy landed, the i^th of thc same month, near Corunna. This was a famous fortrcss in thc kingdom of Galicia in Spain. Breogan's tower,8 callcd Brigantia, was thcrc. It had bcen built long before by Breogan, son of Bratha, and it was from that place that thc sons of Milesius, son of Bratha, son of Brcogan, had first comc to take Ircland from thc Tuatha dc Danaan. W'hcn O'Donnell landed at Corunna, he went to visit and view the town and to sec Brcogan's towcr. It gave him much satisfaction to land there, for he thought it a great omen of succcss that hc should havc come to the place from which his ancestors had obtaincd sway and powcr over Ireland formerlv, and that he should have returncd on their footsteps. After remaining a short time at Corunna to get rid of his fatigue, he went to the place where the King was, for just then, after making a circuit of his kingdom, he happened to be in the city called Zamora.4 When O'Donnell came into the King's presence, he went on his knees before him and made his three requcsts of him. His first petition was that an army should be sent with him to Ircland with suitable engines and with the necessary arms. The second petition was that he would not place any of the noblcs of Ireland, unless he was of his own nobilitv, in power or authority over him, or over his successor so long as they lived, if the King obtained power and sovereignty ovcr Ireland. The third request was that he should not lessen or impair the rights of his ancestors as regards himself or whosoever should succccd him in any placc where their powcr and sway existed long before that time in Ircland. The King promised him all this, and badc him rise from his knees, and he reccivcd cntertainment and great respect from him, so that I think no one of the Irish evcr before rcccived so much and so grcat rcspect and
:! Tower,— A detailed description of it will It is mentioned also in Wilde's Voxage to be found in The Ancient Lighthouse of Afadeira, I. 13; Dublin, 1S40. Corunna, by Rev. Dr. Todd, Dublin, n. d. * Zamora— 55 miles west of Valladolid.
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Abru<M]iriomh t)&i]iríiroin Gt t>onóin ÚA-ó<\ib. *Oeicbin on ÚAin *oo nAicne a -^nuir 4 aÍa'ó 6c ejttAbj'A, cocIiacc a Aichircc 7 a Anurccbni&cAn comón rjur. Ko Cnb aii Hí ron úa n*OoríinAitt ro<voh cA]t a Air t>on Cntnnne & Ainipotii Atnt>rit)e combA ruiniche -546 m no bA coirccit>e t>o bnCic U\ir A-5 curóeAchc 111A rjuchCm^, *Oo nomerioiii iiropn, 6c bAoi irror co teicc reb nob AinmCimc t<Mr nÍAin rni né An eA]\n4i-5 7 An crAiíinAró co ccdiccepoghmAin A]i ccnro, reéc Ann occ AtjtCg cúite 6c occ ahi Cr An cAn t)o bCirCt) t>iA uró An cAb<M]i 6c An poi]\icin "oo ]iin§e<\bt ah 11í t>ó, "recc nAite ro ríiuich 6t tiobnon A]i a pot> tAir bic mo lon^nair a acIiajvóa 6c A]i a tmcCme ]ior bAi
A1T A]imAlt ]10 "^eOvbtAt) "ÓO OCCA hC]\C]11<>.tt, ÚAin bA C]1<VÓ C]11t)e & bA -^ALAn
mCnm<\ii tAir aii c<m t>o bCinC*ó mA ríiCnniAin ah iont)ur i]tAbACA]i 5<\oróit -^An runcáchc -5A11 roi]iicm oca ru]inAit>eriotii.
DAotrioríi rAríit&fó co]i ]io cniAtt 00 nitnri t>o t>ut "oo tddiAin An fi.15 t)iA por c]ie*o An cCrrn<vó<yó no ah ciomruineAÓ bAoi ron An roónAroe 7 ron An A]iniAit *oo ]iAi]in5e]iCt) -óo, 6: ó t)o nuAchc t)on bAite t)iAn<yo Ainin SiniAncAr (t)Á tege ó tlAttA'ooti'o *oo cbui]ic aii II1-5) bA rCt>h no "óeoiiAij *Oía ]io dieAt)Ai"5 a liAmfen 6c a hecconÁch a mircAié Gt a AtnAttAchc *oimr
C]ieAríl0111 Gc t)0 "gA01t)eAtAlb -5t<M1]>Ot)tA A]1 cCn& gU]! ]10 "^Ab J5At<\]1 a éccA 6t
CrrtAince a Gfóe<YÓA ó *Oothti<vitt, 6t bAoi rni ]ie reéc ta iroecc mA ticcbe, co nCnb^t rA tjeoit> mn eAcniAm-5 nA ]iee hirm An 10. tÁ t>o Sepcembe]i fol.84.í. t)o ]'-onnn<Yo ía]\ ccaoi a cionAt) 6t cu^rgAbAt, íau nAicp^he t)ioch]i<\ mA peAcchoib 6c t)0Aitc1nb, iC]i ccAbAi]ic a choibrCn ^An t>itochc t>iA Anm- c1iAi]it)ib ppio]iACAtcA, ÍA]1 ccAicCríi cutnp CR1SU 6c a potA 6c ÍA]1 UA ongAt) AtiiAit no bA cechcA At tAríiAib a Anmc1iA]iA'ó 6c a fnuichCt) ecctA]XAct»A but> t)em no biooh m a chAouncheAchc *oo *5]ier co íiAtc tiA hÚAine pn. b^ hirm cicch bAoi A5 II15 ua SpÁtnne pot>em ipin mb<\ite pm SimAncAp ac bAchroríi. lluccAt) t>An a éonp 50 tlAttA-ootit) (-50 cui]\c au TC.15) 1n ceich-
1 Waiting. — Much of what is set down and his wants. From the language of it he here is taken almost word for wotd from would seem to have but little hope of aid this work by the Four Masters and inserted from Spain just then. A facsimile of his in their Atmals, vi. 2291. letter will be found on the opposite page.
2 Pret>ared. — We have given in the In- 3 Simancas. — See Introd., p. cxlx. It troduction, p. cxlviii., O'Donnell's letter to is ten miles to the south-west of Valladolid. the King, asking permission to go to the This palace was given by the Admiral of Court in order to make known his wishes Castile, Don Alfonso Enriquez, to the
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honour from any other King as he received. With good reason, for his 1602. appearance, his famc, and his cloqucnce, thc extent of his wrongs, and his lordly language impresscd him much. The King bade O'lJwnncll rcturn to Corunna, and wait therc until cvcrything which hc wantcd to takc with him on his rcturn should be rcady. IIc did so, and remained at rest thcrc, an unusual thing with him until thcn, during the spring and summer up to thc beginning of the following harvest, one time in delight and joy when he thought of the aid and help which thc King promiscd him, at another sad and sorrowful at the length of timc he was away from his native land and the great delay in the dcparturc of thc army promiscd to him, for he fclt anguish of hcart and sickness of mind when he reflcctcd on the state in which thc Irish were, without aid or help, while waiting1 for him
He was in this condition until he prepared - to go into the Kin presence again in ordcr to lcarn the cause of the dclay and procrastina- tion about the troops and the army promiscd to him. W'hcn hc camc to the town called Simancas3 (two leagues from Valladolid, the King's palace) God permittcd, and the ill-luck and misfortune, the wretchedness and the curse attending the island of Eremon and the Irish of fair Fodla too, would have it that O'Donnell should catch his dcath-sick- ness and his mortal illness. Hc was for sixteen days on his bed of sickness. At last he died at the cnd of that time, the tcnth day of September exactly, lamcnting his faults and trangressions, after rigid pcnancc for his sins and iniquities, having made his confession without reserve to his spiritual confessor, and recciving thc Body and Blood of Christ, and being duly anointed by the hands of his confessor and his ecclesiastical elders, who were in his company always up to that timc. It was in the palace of the King of Spain himself in the town of Simancas he died. His body was thcn taken to Valladolid, to the
Crown, in 1480. It was enlarged in 1540 1SS5. Senor Sanchez has been fov many
by the famous architect Herrera, and made years the chief ofíicial in chargc of the
the depository of the State Archives by archivcs. \Ve take this opportunitv of ex-
Charles v. It continues to scrve the same pressing our thanks to him and the other
purposc still. SeeSanohez's Guiu dciu l 'illa officials of Simancas for their very great
y Archivo dc Simuncus, p. 13; Madrid, courtesy to us during our visit.
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i]\]UAt> cuiht)AchcA co rco^on^Aib túnnhe *oo Scaca, t)o coriiAi]\te, (x -oo JAnt>A aii II15 mA ui]\cimceAtt 50 toch]\Ant)Aib tArAriniAib Gt co ruc]\AttAib roturcAib "oo éCi]\ cAoiiiAÍAinn A|\ comtA]\vó hia lomcAÓriiAn^ t>A jac teic t)é. tlo 1i<yónAchc íCporh 1 niAmrcin S. P|\Anreif irm diAipicit t>o ponnnA'ó 50 1111ATDAC mó|iono]\Ac1i lonnur Ar Ainmróm^e ]\o liAbtiAchc 5A01-oeA^ ]nAiii. Tlo ceite<\b]\A"ó oirr]\ent> & hymnA lonrÓA ctAijxCcAit G: CAiicAice ceotbmne
t)0 ]\A1C A AnillA &, ]\0 5AbAt)1l A écCHA1]\C All'lAlt ]\obAt) t)Í0H-
ITIonÚAin c]\Á ]\o bAt> tiAch •oo roÓAroib nunch C]\ch]\A An cí cCrccA aiih pn, A]\ ni]\ bó hogrtAii a c]\ioc1iacc bttA-ÓAn An cAn AcbAch. Oa hé irróe ceAnn comne G: coriiAi]\te, ac1icoiíiai]\c a lomAgAttriiA C]\n'iói]\ 5Aoróit 6|\eAim cró r]\i r'ró ciot) r]u cocca-ó. UijC]\nA cócIiaccIiac cÁi]\bC]\cAch co rrojtr- mAtcAt) rtACA 6: co n'otutuJAt) neAchcA. beo A]\ nepc (x chun'iAÓcA 50 ccoiiiaicCiíi 7 co rro]\rp]\Aic mói]\, co nÁ tAtiicA U]\cuApAÓc a b]\eic]\e, a]\ bA hCt^Cn cecip ní no roncon^tAt» t»o -óenon'i rAi]\ rocheccoip. Cotum A]\ cCnnrA Gt Aitgme rtu netthCó eccAtpt G: eALAt>An, G: rju 5AC nÁon 11Á r]uocA]\t)At> f]up- yC]\ r° "°iri5 A on'iAii G: a ui]\CgtA roj\ c1iac1i 1 ccCm G: mocur 6: ro]\ nÁn tA hac1i iiaoh nnC^tA icct]\. pC]\ •oiochui]\che t)ibC]\ccAc, mut)Aijche mCi]\teAc, mo]\c1iA h'iac mbeAcliAt) G: ]uaí;ca h'iac mbAir*. peA]\ nA jio teicc a £Ai]\b]uocch ua a iotn]:o]\c]\Ait), a t)iubAi]\c ha a t)ínuAt) 5^11 a Aiche G, ^au a •óiogliAtt ro cecótn. 1meAchc]\Aró Anroiuro Arimur aitoáiia ua noi]\C]\. .<\i]\ccceói]\ cocccAch cneAcliAch comgteACAch ua ccoigquoc. *Oio]xcAoitceAch ^Att ^ SAoróeAt "°° ^1000^ bACAn niA A^Aró, reA]\ tiA no teicc t>e jy&n t>enom ^ac neic ]to bA coirccroe t>o rtAic tio ^mom An ccem t\o n'iAi]\. buAbAtt bionn5to]\Ac co mbuAtt) nmnrcci 7 nC]\tAb]\A, ceitte 7 fol.85.ii. coriiAi]\te co ccArob]\Ct) rei]tce tnA t)]\eich a ca]\1a jac aou Acurcró. Uai]\]\ii5- CncAch cogliAi'óe |\o neiiicCnchAnrAc rÁrohe ]\é chÍAn ]\ia ha gCmeAriiAm.
1 Court. — Valladplid was the principal the bedside of ODonnell, another proof of residence of the Spanish sovereign until O'Donnell's affection for the members of Philip II. built the Escurial, in a situation this Order, which has rendered such great more fitted for a Carthusian monastery than services to religion in this country, vvill be for a royal palace.' The Palace in which found in the Franciscan Convent of Valla- Charles v. lived and Philip II. was born is dolid being chosen ashis burial place. See still standing. Introd., p. clii., antea-
2 St. Francis. — Besides the fact of Conry 3 First sight. -0'Mooney, who most pro- the Franciscan's constant attendance at bably had a personal knowledge of Hugh
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King's Court,1 in a four-wheeled hearse, with great nunibcrs of Statc 1602. officcrs, of the Council, and of thc royal guard all round it, with blazing torchcs aiul bright flambcaux of bcautiful waxlights blazing all round on cach sidc of it. Hc was buricd after that in thc chaptcr of thc monastcry of St. Francisa with great honour and respect and in thc most solemn manncr any Gael ever beforc had bcen intcrrcd. Masses, and many hymns, chants, and swcct canticles were offcrcd for thc welfare of his soul, and his rcquicm was cclcbrated as was fitting.
Alas ! the early eclipse of him who dicd thcrc was a causc of sorrow to many, for hc had not yet complcted his thirtieth year whcn hc dicd. He was the hcad of council and advice, of counsel and consultations of thc grcatcr numbcr of thc Gacls of Ircland both in peacc and in war. Ile was a mighty, bountiful lord, who uphcld good government and enforced thc law, a lion in strength and force, with detcrmination and power of character so that it was not allowcd to contradict his word, for what he ordercd to be done should be done on the spot, a dove in meekness and gentlencss towards thosc in dignity of thc clcrgy, and thc learned, and everv one who did not opposc him. A man who imprcssed fear and grcat drcad of him in everyone far and near, and who had no dread of anyone, a man who drove out rebels, dcstroyed robbers, exalted the sons of life, and exccutcd the sons of death. A man who suffcrcd ncithcr wrong nor defeat, contcmpt nor insult, without being avenged and atoned for immediatelv, a dcter- mincd, fiercc, and bold invadcr of districts, a warlike, predatory, aggressivc plunderer of others' territories, a destrovcr of any of the English and Irish that offended him, a man who nevcr omittcd to do what was right for a prince to do so long as he lived, a swcet-sounding trumpct, with powcr of speech and cloqucnce, sense and counscl, with a look of amiability in his face which struck cveryonc at first sight,3 a prophecied chosen one whom the prophets foretold long before his birth.
Roe, describes him as being of middle 149, n. The Four Masters sav the look of
height, ruddy, of comely face, and beauti- amiability on his countenance captivated
ful to behold. His voice was like the music everyone who beheld him, vi. 229. Both
of a silver trumpet. His morals were O Clery and the Four Masters speak of his
unimpeachable. Flight of the Earls, p. great powers of command.
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1)a c^óg cnÁ \\q bÁr occ ^Aoi-óeAtAib e-]ient> íA]i*necc nAponf'tAchA, "0015 ]io ctAochtAi'ó],Cc a nAinnt>e Gfc a tiAijfncA, t>o nAcrAc rrntcne A]imiot)tAchAr, mói]íiiiCtimA A|i mCipcnije, UAttcliA aji mírte. Tlo rcAic a ng]iÁin, a n^Air- cceA'ó, a ngAt, a nge^ijiAiccecc, a ccorccA]i, a ccAchbuAró ÍA]i ha orohvó. UAttfAC céitt "oia ccAbAi]i ó neocb co nC]ttACon Anenn'ión An*niÍAi]i ro]i ioc1ic a necqiAcc (x a nCrccA]\Acc m nobcAjt AinCgrrÓA tnbirróe ro •óeitb ricohA (x cliAoinchoiii]iAic, £t A]i Aitt ro]i rccAoiteAb 6: eirneroeAt) nocliA 11A111A An rut> 6i]ienn acc reAchnón ha 1i6o]ipA hi ccoiccmne iiia neipb 7 mA mbuvóntb •oínnniie "oeAjtoite, (x A]ioite ac c]ieic a nAiiirAme m Aite C]uochAib t)A]i cCnn ]\ac1ia (x, ctÍA]iurcAit, t^unnó mA]\b<\tc rodiAróe tuob 7 guji ]io éccr'Ac A]ioite gun bo rtAbbA Aineóit a]iúah'ia AbnAicce. -dchcóCtiA ]iobAt> enintc ]uoiii no Airneir *oo ha mójtutcAib ]io fiotAt) 6: ]io ctAnnAi^Ct) m tmr VJ jome Attor ócca An Aóvh& 1"luAit> uí "OhotiinAitt ]io iom]iArórCm 50 rm.
pirns.
1 Dispersed.—ln Pac. Hib., p. 424, will be found 'A List df the Names of such of the Irish as have shipped themselves for Spaine out of Munster, besides divers others which attended these, and -whose names are not known, all which set sail since December,
ióoi.' There is in the Archives of Lovola 'An account of the Irish who have come to Spain, and the monevs expended on them up to the year 1604.' It comprises several classes, officers in active service, soldiers for the service, Irish at present in the city, sol-
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Pitiful, indeed, was the statc of thc Gaels of Erin aftcr thc dcath of thc great prince, for thcir charactcristics and dispositions wcrc changed. They exchanged their bravery for cowardice, thcir courage for weakncss, their pride for servility. Thcir success, valour, prowcss, heroism, cxultatiori, triumphs, and military glory vanishcd aftcr his dcath. Thcy gavc up all hopc of rclief from any onc, so that thc grcater part of thcm wcrc forccd to seek a rcfuge among strangers and encmies, under pretence of peace and friendship. And somc of thcm were dispcrscd x and scattcred not only throughout Ircland but throughout Europc universally in troops and bands, poor and miscrable, engaging themselvcs in thc servicc of othcr countries for pay and hire, so that many of thcm were killcd and others of thcm died, and the graves in which they are buricd are unknown. But, however, it would be tedious for me to relate the great woes which sprung up and took root in the island of Ugaine in consequcnce of the death of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, of whom we have spokcn hitherto.
1602.
FIXIS.
diers maintained for service in Flanders, aventurados, soldiers receiving ordinary pay, poor people in this city, students, Irish widows, young girls, those who are receiving a pension. There are in all about 23onames in this list. The names are nearly all those of southern families, O'Sullevan, O'Driscol,
MacCarthy. After several there is a short account of their former condition in life. It is signed Florence Conry, who evidently employed his influence at the Court to obtain some way of living for these poor Irish exiles from the king and the royal officials.
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I N DEX.
Agedhcaoin, 269
Aileach, xvii, 199
Anmcharatt, 2] |
Annalv. 1\. 79. 85, S7
Aran, 71, 97
Ardfert, 307
Ardnataosig, 271
Ardralian, 191
Armagh, xv, xx, lxvi, xciv-xcvii. 31. 1 1;7> 159,
163, 165. 175 Arms, want of, lvi, xciii
aton, 279 Assaroe, xvi, xvii, xx, lxxxviii, 35, 95, 143, 149,
151 The Abbey of, lxxxviii Atha Buidhe. See Vellow Ford Athcliath, 5
,, of Maree, 131 Athcroch, 303 Athculuain, 65, 143 Athenry, 131, 133, 197 Athleague, 153, 245 Athlone, lxxxiii, civ, cix, 205 Athslishean. See Slisean Athtrenan. See Rilltrenan
Bagnal, Sir II., lv, lx-lxiv, xciii-xcv, 65, 165,
173 ,, Mabel, xlvi, lxii Ballyconnell, 89 Ballyfeabal, 193 Balhhogan, 191 Ballykealy, 307 Ballymoe, 79
Ballymote, 77, 81, 99, 177, 1S1. 1S3 1S7, 1S9, 199, 201, 223, 237, 239, 245, 253, 2S1, 299 Ballynafad, 303 Bally 0'Griffy, 191 Ballvpaidin, 193 Ballysadare, 99, 201 Ballvshannon, xlii, lv, lxzxvii, cxv, cxxvii, 33,
39. 79> 95- T45- 20I1 223, 2S1 Ballvweel, 35 Banba, 7. 117
Bandon Rivcr, The, 225, 293. 307 Barry Oge, cxxxvi, 225, 293 Btal Atha Buidhe. See Vellow Ford Bearnus Mor, xiv, xxxi, 35, 37, 117, 119, 2S3
Belansama, 303
309 Bingham, George Oge, lxvii, 75, << I
,, Sir K., liv, lx, Ixvi, lxvii, Ixxxii, I
xc, 63. 65, Blackwater, The, xliv, xciv, cxiv. u ,, ;•. The, xlv, xci, 163
. [.. cxlix, cl BofBi .
Bohneil, 241 Borough, Lord, xli, lxxxvi, lxxxix, 141, ií;, 159.
163 mha, 1S7 Boyle, lxxxvii, ci, ciii, eiv. I \ -7 ;, 141, 153,
207, 279 Boyne, 27, 123 Biaulieve, 79, S3 Brees, The, 1 15 Brefny, xxiii. l\xv, cix, Gi. 69. 75. S9. 129. 237
• 233- 3°7 Brentir, 193 Breogan, 323 Brian Borumha, xix, 1S7 Brigantia, 323 Broadhaven, 265 Brown, C, 87, 89 Burkes, cxliii. cxl, cliv, Q}. 109- 11 5. 135, 139,
1S3, 223, 239.' 277, 301, 321 Burren, 191— 7, 243
Cael Uisge, 143 Caher Murphy, 241 Caher Ross, 241 Caherminan, 195 Cairbre, \iii-xvi, 129. \
Liffeachair, xi, x\ix Callcaoin, 129 Callow, 131 ('abv. 135 Cantred, 41 Carbery, 225, 307
Carbury DrumclitT, x\ii, rxv, lwxiv, Lxxxv, . Carcair na cclereach. 107. 243 Carew, Sir(i.. xxwii, xxxix, cvii, cxiii, cxxxii, cxxxiii, cxlvi, cxlvii. cxlix — clii, 180,
295- 305 Carlingford, lxwvi, 123 Carolo, Don, lwvi, Iwix Carrickfergus, lxix, lxxxvi, cxiv, 12;
2 T
332
Cas, 185
Cashel, xv, cix, cxxxix, 305
Cassan na ccuradb, 149
Castle ny parke, cxxxiv, cxxxvi
Castlederg, 273
Castlefin, xxv, cxxvi
Castlehaven, cxxxvii, cxxxviii, cxliii, 323
Castlehevin, xxxvi, xxxvii
Castlemore, 97
Castlerea, 79
Cathach, The, clvii
Cathaoir Mor, xxxvii, 15, 25, 1S1
Cavan, liii, 69, 89
Cavanagh, A., 15
Cessation, lxviii, xci, cvi, cviii
Cecil, cl, cli
Chamberlain, Sir J., cxv, 271
Cianachta. See Iveenaght
Cinel Aodha, 133, 239
„ Auliffe, 307
„ Cairbre, xiv, xv, lxxxiv
,, Conaill, ix, xi-xxi, xliii, Ixxxiv, 3, 9, 113, 129, 163, 169, 199, 201, 239, 259, 313, 317
„ Dunghaile, 239
„ Enna, xiv
„ Eoghain, xi, xii, xv, xvi, xxi, 3, 163, 169, 199, 201, 303, 317
„ Fermaic, 191, 193, 241, 243
,, Luighdheach, xii, xvi, xxi, 41. 259
„ Moen, xxi, xxiii-xxvi Clangibbon, 189 Clann Cathal, 28 1
„ Cobtach R.. 75
„ Colla, xiii, xxix
„ Con\vay, xxvii, 131, 239
„ Costello, xxv
„ Dalaigh, xii, xvi, xix, xxi, 55
„ Donough, 115, 177, 189
„ Farrell, 87
„ Rannall, xxxviii
„ Swiny, 7. See Mac Swiny
„ William, lxxxii Clannaboy, xxvi
Clanricarde, xxv, lxxxvii, 133, 1S3, 191, 197, 223, 239 „ The Earl of, lxxxvii, c, cxiv, cxxiv,
cxxvii, cxxviii, cxliv, 119, 133, 137, 141. 183, 205, 207, 233, 245, 277, 279, 281, 295 Clanwilliam, Ixxxii, 223, 305 Clare, 241 Clement VIII, cxvi Clifford, Sir C, lxxxiii, Ixxxvi, c-civ, 127, 137,
161, 177, 201, 207, 211, 219, 221 Clones, 69 ClonroaiJ, 239. 241, 243
Cloonselherney, 193
Cluan na ccashel. Si
Cobos, lxxvii, lxxxi, 117. 119
Coill O'Flannchadha, 191, 193
Colla Uais, xxix, lxxxii, 3
Collins, D., S.J., cxliv
Collooney, ci, 99, 139, 201-5, 221, 2S1
Compostella, cxlv
Conall Cearnach, 55, 108
„ Gulban, xi-xv, xvii, xviii, 3, 129, 238 Cong, iii
Congal Claireneach, 233 Conmaicne, 97
„ C. Tolaigh, xxv, xxvii, 245 Rein, lx, 81, 85 Connaught, x, xiii, xxv, lx, lxvi, Ixxii, Ixxiii, Ixxvi,
219 Conor Mac Nessa, 11, 47, 145, 165, 181 Conry, F., O.S.F., cxlv, cxlix, cliii Conscience, Liberty of, Ixix, lxxi, lxxii, Ixxv, xci,
cvii, cviii Conwell, Captain, xxxiii, 33 Copis. See Cobos
Corann (Corran), xiv, 61, 77, 131, 177, 239, 245 Corcabaiscin, 241 Corcamaigh, 193 Corcomroe, 193, 197, 241, 243 Cork, cx, 225, 229 Corofin, 191
Corrsliabh. See Curlews Corunna, cxxxvii, cxliv, cxlv, cxlviii, 323 Cosby, Colonel, xciv, xcvi, cii Costello Gaileanga, xxvii Costellos, 97, 189 Craggykerrivan, 241 Croghan. See Rathcroghan Cruachan Lighean, 253 Cuchullin, xli, 29, 55, 91 Culcarrin, cxxxix Culmore, cxiv, 235 Curagh, 27 Curlews, The, xxiii, xxxiii, ci, 85, 107, 135, 159,
207, 221, 237, 245 Curoi MacDaire, 125
Daghdha, The, 79, 161
Dalcassians, 185, 193, 197, 199
Danes, The, 3
De Barnnova, cxvi
DeBurgo, W. F., 93, 143
De Caracena, c, cxliv-cxlviii
De Courcy, 293
De Idiaquez, lxxx
De la Cerda, cxvii-cxxiii, clv
De Oviedo, cxvi-cxxi, cxxx, cxxxiv, 267.
De Zubiaur, cxxxvii, cx'.ii, cxliv
Deel, The, 255
JUJ
Dcl Aguila, lxwii, (xwiv, cxxxv'r, cxl cxliv,
CZlvÍÍ, 2dj, 31 I
Delvin, cix, 303
Derry, xv, 17, cxxiv, cxxv, clvii, 71, 199,
235, 247, 281, 2S7 ,. O'Donnell, 183 Desmond, The Earls ofi xlvi, xlvii, 1, li. cx, cxi,
cxxii, cxxix, cxxxii, cli, 126, 179,
I.Sl.
Devil»s Hook, The, m
Dillon, Sir T.. cix, 177. 207
Ki Uy, 183 Ducwra. Sir 1!.. cxiv. cxv, cxxiii, clvi, 235, 247.
24.) Don Carolo, Ixxvi, lxxix
; il. xxvi, xlii, 1. 40, 135. 223, 2(')i, 28] Monastery, xxv-xxvii, xli, lx.xxiv. Ixxxviii,
cxxvii, cxxviii, cxlix. 35, 261, 263,
283, 2S7 Drogheda, Lxx, Lxxxix, cvi, 27. 155. 157. 165 Drowes, The, xxxi. &c. I Iruimsaileach, 303 Drumcliff, xv Drumfinglas, 191 Dublin, xxii, xc.x, 5, 7
„ Castlc "í, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxvii, xl, xli,
xlviii, 13 Dufr(Dubh). 35, &c. Dunalong, cxxvi. 235 Dundalk, lxiv, lxvi, Ixix, xci, xcvi, cviii, 29, 53,
I23 Dungannon. Ixiv, lxvi, 31, 51, 53, 230. Dungorey, 1S3
Dunkellin, The Baron of, ci, civ, 137, 205 Dysert, 193
Easruadh. Scc As^aroe.
Ebcr. ix. x
Eithn< . 87
Elagh, cxiv. cxv
Elizabeth, Queen, xxxv, xxxvi, xli, xliv, xlviii, xlix, Ixii, lxxviii lxxxii, xcvii, xcix, c, cvi, cxi, cxii, cxix, cxxix, 127,
IS5. 20I. 22,}. 237
Elphin, cxxvii. 79, 2S1, 303 Emania, xxix
, xiii, xiv, 237 Ennis, 239. 2 Ll
Enniskillen, Ivii, lix, lx, I.xxiii, xci, 67, 69. 75 Ennistvmon, 193 Eochaidh Domhlen, 3
,, Feidleach, xi, S7
., Muighmeadhoin, xi, 61, m, 239 Eoghan, xi xiv, xviii, 317 Eremon, ix, x, 263. 325 Ercnach. 41 Erne, Lxxxvii, 53.107, 121, 141-145, 14'J
Errís, 299
1 I, TJ 1 il of, xcix, civ-cs .
Fanad, 39, 209 Faughart, 91. 12; Feabal, 233 Fenians, 1 1- Fercall. See Fircall FergB 1 . 24 1
, S5 Fermacaigh. S<cf Cini
inagh, xxii, lii. 75, 89, 229 Fermorc, 179
Fiach MacHugh. St 0'Bynie Fiachra, 1 1 1. 129. 239 Fiamai , Fingalliai s, 1 i Finn, Thc. xxvi, xci, 4S. &c. Fiodmore, 31
Fircall, c, cix. 203. 205, 303 Fitzgeralds, xxiii, Ixviii. xcviii, cx\i, cxj Fitzmauríce, 301, 305 Fitzsimons, 1 1. S. | .. cviii Fitzwilliam, Sit \\'., xxxii, xxxiii, xxxvi-xxi
xl, xli, xlvii, liii, hi, lix, lxiii, 51,
69 Folart (Fool, l-uller), xxxiii, lv ii, 45 Fomorians, 201 Ford of the Biscui Fostering. xviii. xxx.i, 3 Franciscans, xxv, xxvi, Ixiii, cxxiii, clii, 35, 69,
89, 261, 2S3, 327
Ihel Glas, 50. 79. 2S5 Gailenga. 121, 301 < iaillimh, 135 i;allo\\gla~s, 1 1 1 (Jalwav, Lxxxiii, lxxxviii. cliv, 153, 145, 145,
j 223. 24 í Gardiner Sir R.. xli, lxi, Ixviii, Lxxv, xc Giraldus Cambrecsis, xliii Ivi Geraldines, The, 179. 1S1 Glancullen, 239
Beramoin, S7 ( rlebeland, 93 Glencolumlcille (<"... I).'. 35. 1;^
,, Co. Clare,
Glendalian, 101, 159 Glenelly, 275 Glengiven, 47
Glenmalurp, xxxviii, xxxix. Hi, 25. 25 Goll, 209
West, 209 Gort, 155 Grange, 277 Greeu, 51
334
Greencastle, Ixxxvi Grianan, 199 Guaire, 133
Heath, Captain, 258
Holy Cross Abbey, cix, cxxxix, 303
Hoveden, lv, lxix, cvi
Hy Briuin, lxxxiv, 81, 12 1
,, Conaill, G., 305
,, Cormaic, 243
„ Eachdach, 169
,, Fermaic. See Cinel F.
,, Fiachrach Aidhne, lxxxiv, 109, 137, 183, 197
,, „ of the Moy, xv, 109, 287
„ Many, 121, 131, 179, 197, 239, 301
„ Neill, x, xiii, xv Hybrickan, 241
Iherrin, cix, cxxxviii, 303 Inagh, 193
Inauguration of chief, xliii Inch, Castle of, cxxv Inchiquin, 193
,, The B. of, lxxxvii, lxxxviii, 139, 143 Ineen Dubh, xii, xxix,-xxxi, xxxiii, xxxvi, xli,
3.39 Inis Guaire, 133 Inis Samer, xxiv, 145 Inishannon, cxlii
Inishowen, xxiv, xxv, 43, 179, 191, 209, 233 Inny, 87 Inver Colpa, ix, 27
„ More. See Broadhaven Iomelc, 32 Islands, 241 lth, 319 IubarcinnT. See Newry
Reenaght, 47, 49
Kennedy, 187
Kerne, 31
Kesh, 77
Kilcolgan, 183, 191, 243
Ivildare, 159
,, The Earl of, lxxxix, 155, 157 Ivilfenora, 193-197 Killala, The B. of, 61 Killaloe, The B. of. See O'Mulrian Killargy, 83 Killeasbuiglonain, 193 Killtrenan, lx, 81 Killybegs, lxxvii, lxxx, lxxxix, cxvi, 117, 135,
265, 267 Kilmacrenan, xxi, xliii, clvii, 41 Kilmallock, cxxxix, 279
IvMmaine, 1 1 5 ,
Kilmurry, 241
Kilnaboy, 191, 193
Ivinelea, 225, 293, 295
Kings, Irish, x, xv
Ivinsale, xix, cxxxiii-cxliv, 293-301, 309-321
Ivnight of Glin, The, 301
Knockangerrainbane, 243
Knockavoe, 275
Knockfergus. See Carrickfergus
Knockrobin4 cxxxv
Knockvicar, 79
Lagenians, x, 15
Lara, 133
Largan, 75
Leannan, 41
Leathardan, 189
Lee, The, 225
Leicester, E. of, xxxv, xxxvi, lxi
Leimeneach, 193
Leinster, 15, 125
Leith Cuinn, x, xxxiv, cxxxviii, cxliii
., Mogha, 63, 297. Leitrim, 85.
,, The Baron of. See Redmond Burke Leyny, xxv, xxxi, 97, 12 1 Liffey, The, 25, 29 Lifford, xxviii, Ixxvii, cxxvi, 59, 117, 223, 251,
255> 259 281 Limerick, xxii, 141, 185, 279, 305 Lixnaw, 307 Longford, 87 Loophead, 223 Lough Allen 61
,, Arrow, 77, 85
,, Ce, ciii, 77, 85, 209, 221
,, Erne, xxiii, lxxxvii, 31, 35, 65, 149
,, Esk, 277, 2S1
,, Foyle, xliv, xcii, 41, 71, 95, 129, 233, 237, 251, 287
„ Melvin, 79, 83
,, Swilh/, x, 7
,, Techet, 77, 209 Loughrea, 245 Lughaidh Lamhfodha, xli, 55
,, Mean, 141, 185 Lynch's Causeway, 133
Mac Briody, 197
,, Carthys, cxi, cxxxii, cli, 301, 307
„ Coghlan, 303
,, Costello, III, 113
,, Dermots, lxxxiii, ciii, 115, 121, 127, 135,
189, 237, 293 ,, Devitt, rhelim, 103
:>:>:>
MacDonnells, xxx, xxxi.i. 3. 7'. '"• " 3 ., Dono igb . sc, 115. [21, 17;. 1 ■ ,, Feoris, 97
» ' * • ^
11 ,i, 1 . lÍV, lxi, 63
,. Hubert, 183
.. íordan, 1 1 1 ...,,•-„,
, •.Mah,.n>.xxix.xl,li.i)lix,lxn.,lxv,l>.x1v00l,
31 5
,, Maurice, 113 .. . ..
,, Swinvs, xix, xxviii, xxxu-xxxv. lxxxn , cn. ' cxv, cxvi, 9, 39. 4'. 65> ll$> '/9. 187, i9i-IQ5' 2°7 , ..
. William, xxii, xxv. Ixx.v. lxxix, Ixxx... lxxxiv, lxxx\ii, xcni, cvin, Uj, 119. 121, 131. '35. >37, »39. 17 '• 183, 1S9, 197,239. 245. i°l Macha. See Ardmagh Machaire Conaill, 29
Connaught. See Magh A«>i Riabach, 99 22; Maeldoraidh, AV. 1 1 Muldorv Maelmuire, Magh Adair, 199
,; Aoi, 63. 77, 79. 85. i°7, ,161, 239, 24:> „ Ccetne, 153- 201. 205, 207 ,, Seancomladh, 133 IWa^herabeg, 283. 293 Magherv. See Magh Aoi Magrath, Myler, xlii, 123 Maguire, Conor, 67, 229, 231
Cuconnacht. 229. 233 .
Hugh, liii-lv, lvii-lxv, lxxm, Ixxix, ^lxxxiv, cvi, cx, cxi, 33, 61-67, 73, 17, 's7- i"J3- 2^5-229 Maguires, xxv, xxviii Maigue, 305 Maine, 131, 239 Maplesdeane, 1-, xl. xh Maree, 13L J 33- '97- 243 Martins, lxvii, 101 Meadhbh, xx.i. 109, 127, 233. 237 Meath, 27, 155 Mellifont, lxx. 29
Milesius, ix. xi, xxii, 13, 61, 117- '/9 Mogh Nuadat, x, 63 Monaghan, lix, lxii-xvi, xci, xcn, 09 Moogfinn, 129 Moore, Sir E., lxxii, 29 Morann, 169 Moss, W., 95 Mostian, cxlii, cxlv. 321 Mountjoy, Lord, xcix, cx.i, cx.v, cxlv., cxl.x
cli-clii, 233, 279, 295, 315 Mourne, xx, &C. Moy, xxi.i. 11?. 137 Movlurg. xxvii, lx, cxxvi, 79, 121, 101
Muinter Eolais, Si, S5
1 lann igain, Ixxxui, 281
Murchada, 97 Muirtheimhne, 91, ' 2 > Mulchonry, Mullanashee, 145. '49 . .
r, lxxxvi, XCVUÍ, XCIX, CXXXl, 223
Muskerry, 225, 307
Na Hechtga, 133- 205
i Ltiona for peace, lxviu, 51 Neimheadh, 92 Newport, 77- Sl. 85 Newtown, 27; .
Newry, xxii, Ixiv, lxvi, lx.x.lxxxv,, lxxx.x. xa-
xcvi. 65, 91, '23. '59. l65> '7j NialloftheN. I ' -xv.xlm, I27
Norris, S.r 1.. Ixvi, Ixix, Ixxv, lxxv., lxxxn, lxxxvii, xciu, xcvi, 119, I41 f| Sir 1"., lxvii, xc Noughaval, 197
O'Bovle, Niall, lxxx
H Tadhg, 39. "3. lS7 0'Boylcs, xii, xix, 35 O'Brien, Conor, 193 ,
Donough. See E. of Thomond ',' Finola, xxv
Murtough, 199 ..
O'Bjrne, Fiach Mac Hugh, xxxv, xxxvn-xl,
lxix, lxxiv, 23. 25 O'Cahan, xxvi, xxx.i, cxv, 49, 235 0'Canannaus,xii, xvi, xix, xx, xh.i, lxx.xvn. O'Carroll. ci.x 0'Clery, iii, 17' O'Coine, 275 O'Conor, Cathal C, xxiv
Don, lxxiv, Ixx.xui, 207
Faly, lxxxix
Rcrrv, cxlvii, 307
Roe, lxi, lxxxvii, 79- I2). I27- '43«
159, l • 237 Slifro lxxii, lxxv, lxxxiv. lxxxvn. xc,
^ ci', 127. 133. '35. '37- > ;oi 209, 221. 22 ;. 2; O'Dohcrtv, Shane, xii, xix, Ixxiv, lxx-. clvii. 41 • 57, »3. '3 237. 269 Phelim, 269 O'Donnell, Aedh Dubh, xii, xxvi
líin Ih, xi',. xxv. xxvi Caffir. xii. c'.ii, 3. [87 Calvagh, xii, x.xvin, cxxv, 41. 2 3 " txviii, 255
Conn O^e, 251 Domhnall Mor, xn. xx.i Donnell, xxx, xli
336
O'Donnell, Eignechan, xii, xxi
,, Godfrey, xxiii
,, Hugh Oge, 187, 249
O'Donnell Hugh Roe, pedigree, xii, xxx, 3; prophecied, xxxi, 5 ; fosterers, xxxii, 3 ; captured, xxxiii, 7 ; confined in Dublin C, xxxiv, 13 ; first escape, xxxvi, 13 ; second escape, xxxviii, 19 ; goes to the north, 25 ; inaugurated chief, xlii, 43 ; friendship with O'Neill, xxxv, xlvi, 5 ; reasons for talcing up arms, xlvii ; letter to the Irish abroad, 1 ; hostings into Con- naught, lx, cxxiv, 77, 97 ; appoints MacWílliam,&c, 111; negociations with E., lxviii, 51, 121 ; corres- pondence with K. of Spain, lxxvii, 117 ; battle of Atha Buidhe, xciii, 163 ; Ballymote surrendered, 177 ; preys Clanricarde and Thomond, 183 ; aid from Spain, 201 ; defeats Clifford at the Curlews, ci, 209 ; inaugurates Maguire, 229 ; be- sieges Derry, cxv, 235 ; is betrayed by Niall G., cxxiv, 249 ; aid from Spain,2Ó5; inaugurates 0'Doherty, 271 ; besieges the English in Done- gal, cxxviii, 291 ; marches to Kin- sale, cxxxviii, 299 ; urges that the E. be attacked, cxli, 311 ; goes to Spain, cxliii, 321 ; his reception, cxliv, 323 ; letters to the King, cxlv ; his death, cxlix, 325 ; burial- place, clii, 327 ; his will, cliii. Hugh, son of Manus, xii, xxix, xxxii, xxxv, 3, 39,
43. 363 „ Joan, xlvi, lxiv, 5
,, Manus, xii, 3, 187, 257-261
,, Niall Garbh, xii, cxxiv-cxxviii, clvi,
57, 135, 187, 189, 193. 207, 237, 249 257, 261, 277, 281-291 ,, Nuala, cxxiv, 57, 253
,, Rury, xii, lxxxv, cxxix, cxliii, cliii,
clv, 3, 137, ,139, 187, 231, 257 O'Donnells, ix, xi, xii, xix-xxi O'Dowds, xxv, lxxxiv, 115, 121, 189, 301 O'Farrells, lx, lxxxi, cxx, 77 O'Ferghil (O'Freel), xix, xxviii, xliii, 43 0'Flaherty, lxxxiii, 205, 207 O'Gallaghers, xii, xix, xxxiv, xxxvi, xliii, xlviii,
cxxiv, 43, 256 O'Hagan, lxiii. xcvi, 27 O'Haras, lxxxvii, 115, 121, 189 O'IIarts, lxxxvii, xc, 129 O'Helv, J., 1-lii, lxviii, lxxvi O'Hogan, 27
0'Kane. See O'Cahan
0'Kelly, F., 115, 121, 1S9, 301
O'Loughlin, M., 183
0'Malley, Grace, xxxiv, lxxxvii, 110 ,, Owen, iii, 113
0'Mulchonry. See Conry
0'Muldorys, xii, xix, xx, lxxxiv
O'Mulrian, C, lii, lxxvi, 60
O'Neill, Art MacShane, xxxiv, xxxviii, xl, xlv, 21, 25 „ Sir Art, cxv, cxxiv, cxxvi ,, Cormac, xlv, lvii, lviii, lxii, lxxiv, lxxxiv,
cvi, 73. „ Henry MacShane, xxxiv, xxxviii, xlv, 21 ,, Henry, xlv, cxxi -cxxiii
O'Neill, Hugh, pedigree, xlv; friendship with O'D., xlvi ; on the side of the E., lv ; joins O'Donnell, lx ; his reasons for tahing up arms, ib. ; Bagnal's answers, lxi ; proclaimed a traitor, lxv ; negociations for peace, lxix ; correspondence with the King of Spain, lxxvi ; seizes the Blachwater Fort, xcii, 163 ; battle of the Vellovv Ford, xciii, 165 ; treats with Essex, cv ; visits Munster, cix, 225 ; sends his son to Spain, cxxi ; marches to Ivinsale, cxxix, 307 ; wishes the siege con- tinued, cxl, 31 1; returns to the north, clv ; hit> death, clviii ,, Shane, xxxiv, xliv, xci, cl, 20 ,, Turlough Luineach, xxviii, xliii, xlv,
xlvii, lxv, 5, 45, 59 „ ,, Mac Htnry, 31, 155
0'Reillys, xxxiv, xl, Ixxi, lxxv, xciii, 87
O'Rourhe, B. Oge, lix. lxv, lxxiii, lxxiv, Ixxvii, Ixxx, lxxxii, Ixxxiii, lxxxviii, xc, ciii, 115, 121, 147, 159, 161, 217, 219, 237, 245 „ Tadhg, 161, 189, 191-195
O'Toole, P. xxxvi, xxxvii, 17, 25 ,, Rose, xxxvi
Oilioll, 97, 119, 135, 155, 253, 283 Olum, 86, 184
Oireacht Redmond, 183, 239
Oirghialla, xx, xxix, cxi, 69, 163
Oldrifleet, lxxxvi
Ollamh, xxvii, xxxv, 13, 197
Olneccmacht, 33, 69, 123, 129, 141, 165, 201
Oranmore, 133, 223
Oriel. See Oirghialla
Ormond, Upper, 305
Ormonde, The Earl of, xc, xcvii, xcviii, cxiii, cli, 123
Ovengton. See Hovenden
Owen, R., cvi
Owenmore, 99
337
Owlos. See Umhall ( >wney, cxxxix
Perrott, Sir J., xwiii, xl. xlviii, Ivi, xc. 7 Philip ii., xlviii lii, lxviii, lxxiv, lxxvi, Ixxxiv-
Ixxxix, » ■ iii. 61, [17, '23. 135 Philip 111., cxvi cxxiii, cxxx-cxxxiii. cxlv-cxlviii,
cliii-clv, 1S1. 199, 265, 293, 313.
i21 329 Pledges, xxxiv, xxxv, Ixxiv, Ixxvi, c\iii Pi »i><>hing, cl, cli Port Nua. Se New Portmore. See Blaclcwater Fort Prophecies, xxxi, 5, 37.199
Rathcroghan, 77. 79- 8l
Rathgorgin, 133
Rathmullen, lxvii, 7, 9, 91
Rincorran, cxxxiv, cxxxv, 225, 295
Rinn Edair, 7
Rinvylle, 133. 183
Robe, Thc, xxiii, 121
Roe, Thc, 47
Roevehagh, 191
Roo, 197
Roodscrcen, 94, 105
Roscommon, lxxxvi, 77, 81, 205
Ross Inver, 83
Rough Third of Connaught, xxii, xxni
Route, The, xxvi, xxvii
Rovdamna, xxiv
Russell, Sir W., xl, !ix, lxviii, Ixxxv, 75, 141
Saimer, 79, 83. 107, 129, 133, 143- *4S> *5J»
201, 239 St. Bercan, xciv, 169, 171 ,, Cailin. xv, 5
„ ColumUille, xii. xv, xxi, xxviii. xxxi. xlni. lxvii. 5, 41, 43, 71- 91- *35i !99-
235 „ Patrick, xi, xii, xviu. xxm, 117, 254, 317 St. Leger, Sir A.. lxi. 225
„ W., cvi, cxi, 225
Scots. xxxi, xxxiii. xxxvi. lvi. 71, 95 Sc-hais, The, 77, -.Vc. Sherins, xlvii Shrule, xxiii, 111 Simancas, clix, 325 Sith Aedha. See Mullanasheé SUiiiper, xxxiv, xlviii Slieve Baughty. xxxi. 233. 237, 239 „ Baune, 161 „ Bloom, cix, 303 Breagh. 29 Carbry, S7
Slieve da eun, 129. 139 „ Fuaid, 31
.. Gam, 97, 1 121, 1 7, 139 Luachra, Roe, 17 Uillinn, 87 Sligeach, The, 77. 101. 115. 133. 159, 209 SligO, lxvii, lxxii-lxxvi, rc, cxxvii, 91, 95.
IOI, I07, I35, I53, 205, 20v
Slisean, 8, 121. 161 Smithstown, 195. 241 Solar month. 153 Sons "f lit<.'. The, 35 Sow, 105
Si>ain, xlviii. 117. 119. 123. 135. 190. 265. 321. 329 The King of, See Philip 11. Philip 111. Spaniards, xlvi-xlviii. cxxix, cxliii, 181, .
299- 309-3'3 Srengan, 243 Sruhh Brian, xiv, 191 Strabane, 45, 49
Strndbally, 29. 51, 53. 123. 157. 163. 165 Suck, The. xxii, xxvi, 133, 237. 245 Suir, cx, 309 Swillv, xxi, 7, 91
Tabour, 35
Tara, ix, xiii, xvii, xx
Teach Brigh le, 133
Teelin, xxxi
Termon lands, xxvii
Theobald na long, lxxxvii. xc, cviii, 205-209,
223 Thomond, 1S5. 237, 239, 243, 249
,, The Earl of, Ixxxvii, cxiv, cxxiv, cxxxvi. Ó7, 119. 137, 141. 1^7. 233. 241, 297 Tir Boghainc, xxxi, 117. 170 „ Connell, xiii. xvi, x\ii, xix, xxxiii. lxxii-lxxv,
Ixxxv „ Enda, 237
,, Eoghan, xii. xiii, xvi, xviii, cxiv, 47. 155 ,, Kennedy, 75 ,. Tuathail, 79 Tirawley, xxiii. xxvii. 113. 171 Tireragh, 09. 265, 267 Tirerill. 61, 131 Tirhugh, 39 Tory. Ixvii, 91, 191 Tower ofLondon, xlvii. 1S1 Traighb.iile. See Stradbally Tra\vohelly, 109, 135 Trian Congal, 233 Trinity Island, 221 Tuam, 99
33§
Tuam, Archb. of. See 0'Hely, Conry
Tuatha de Danaan, ix, xxi, 319
Tuathas of Connaught, xxii
Tucher, Ixiv
Tullycomain, 193
Tullyha\v, 89
Tullyhunco, 89
Tully O'Dea, 191
Tulsh, liv, 63, 77, 207
Turlach, 197
„ Mochain, 97 Turnour, lxxxix
Ugaine Mor, xi, 301, 329 Uladh, xii, xxv, 225 Ulster, lix, xc, civ, 225, 227 Ulstermen, 205
Ultach, M., O.S.F., cxlix, 321 Ultonians, xviii Umhall, 179, 189, 193 Unshinn, 145
Valladolid, cxlviii, clii, 325
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Wallop, Sir H., xli, Ixviii Walsingham, xxxv, xxxvi, xlvi, lxi Warren, Sir W., lxii, cv, cviii Willis, Captain, xxxiii, xlii, xlvii, lii, 33. 45
Yellow Ford, Battle of the, xciii, 163, 185, 233 Zamora, 323
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