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ANNALS

OF

THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND,
BY THE FOUR MASTERS,

FROM

THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE YEAR 1616.

EDITED FROM MSS. IN THE LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY AND OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, WITH
A TRANSLATION, AND COPIOUS NOTES,

BY JOHN O'DONOVAN, LL.D., M.RIA.,

BARRISTER AT LAW.

“‘Olim Regibus parebant, nunc per Principes factionibus et studiis trahuntur: nec aliud adversus validissimas gentes
pro nobis utilius, quam quod in commune non consulunt. Rarus duabus tribusve civitatibus ad propulsandum commune
periculum conyentus : ita dum singuli pugnant universi vincuntur.”—Tacitus, AGRICOLA, c. 12.

SECOND EDITION.

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DUBLIN:
HODGES, SMITH, AND CO., GRAFTON-STREET.

BOOKSELLERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

1856.

DUBLIN:

Wrinted atthe Aniversity Press,
BY M. H. GILL.

TO
THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF KILDARE, M.P., MRA,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF DUNRAVEN, M.RLA,
THE REY. JAMES HENTHORN TODD, D.D, SETLCD., MRA,

GEORGE PETRIE, ESQ, UL.D., V.P.RTA., & RHA,

AND

JAMES HARDIMAN, ESQ., MRT A.

My Lorps AND Sirs,
When Brother Michael O’Clery, the chief of the Four
Masters, had finished the Annals of Ireland, he dedicated the work to
Farrell O’Gara, chief of Coolavin, there being no O'Donnell in the
country to patronize his labours; and he adds, that his having done
so should not excite jealousy or envy in the mind of any one, con-
sidering the nobleness of the race from which O’Gara was sprung,
and. that it was he that rewarded the Chroniclers who assisted in the
compilation.
From the first moment that I undertook the present work, I had
it in contemplation to dedicate it to some persons who had eminently
distinguished themselves by their exertions in promoting the study

of Irish History and Antiquities; and I feel confident that, although
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there are living at the present day many of the ancient Irish, as well
as of the Anglo-Irish race, illustrious for their birth, talents, and
patriotism, it will excite neither jealousy nor envy in any of them
that I should commit this work to the world under your names;
for you have stood prominently forward to promote the cause of an-
cient Irish literature, at a period when it had fallen into almost
utter neglect, and have succeeded in rescuing a very considerable
portion of our history and antiquities from the obscurity and oblivion
to which they had been for some time consigned.

Permit me, then, to dedicate this work to you, that, as the Editor
of the Annals of the Four Masters, I may be known to posterity as
one who enjoyed your friendship, and felt grateful for the services

you have rendered to Ireland.
Your obedient, humble Servant,

JOHN O'DONOVAN.

8, Newcomen Puace, Nortx Stranp, Dust,
June 2nd, 1851.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

THE first part of the following Annals, ending with the year 1171,
has already been printed by Dr. O’Conor, from the autograph original,
which was preserved among the manuscripts of the Duke of Bucking-
ham, at Stowe. His text, however, is full of errors; it is printed in
the Italic character, and the contractions of the manuscript, which
in many places Dr. O’Conor evidently misunderstood, are allowed to
remain, although without any attempt to represent them by a pecu-
liar type. There are also many scrious errors and defects in his Latin
translation, arising partly from the cause just alluded to, but chiefly
from ignorance of Irish topography and geography.

These defects the Editor has endeavoured to correct. He has
adopted Dr. O’Conor’s text in the portion of the Annals to which it
extends, but, not having had access to the original manuscript, he has
corrected the errors with which it abounds by a collation of it with
two manuscripts preserved in Dublin. The first of these is in the
Library of Trinity College, and was made for Dr. John Fergus, of
Dublin, in the year 1734-5*. It professes to have been transcribed

* This manuscript, which is in a large, strong,
and good hand, is entitled thus: “ nnala na
eCeitpe Margie o’n Bliavain ovaoip do-
Thain 04 mile 04 Ged ceatpacaz a do, Zur an
mblaéain oaoip Core mile cév peacemogaz

Qhaon ap na pgpiobas ap cop lap an mbpa-

tain Micel O’Cléimg a FConuenc Ohvin na
ngall vo Fheapgal O'S asna, 7 ap na atpgpio-
bad ap an leaban céaona vo Shean O’ Fengura
a mbaile Aca cliat, 1734-5,”—i. e. “ Annals
of the Four Masters, from the year of the age of
the world two thousand two hundred and forty-

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from the autograph of the Four Masters, then in the possession of
Charles O’Conor of Belanagare, by Hugh O’Molloy, who was an excel- —
lent and well qualified scribe. The other is in the Library of the
Royal Irish Academy, and was also made at Belanagare, under the
inspection of Charles O’Conor, and by his own scribe. These manu-
scripts, are, therefore, both of them, in all probability, copies of the
same autograph original from which Dr. O’Conor, in the third volume
of the Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores, has derived his text ; and they
have enabled the Editor to correct many errors, both in the Irish and
in the translation.

The text of the remaining portion of the Annals, extending from
the year 1172 to 1616, has been, for the first time, printed in this
publication. It is derived from the autograph manuscript preserved
in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, compared with another
autograph copy in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. The
former manuscript was purchased at the sale of the late Mr. Austin
Cooper, by George Petrie, Esq., LL.D., and by him deposited in the
Library of the Academy. The Editor cannot give a better account of
this important manuscript than in the words of Dr. Petrie, by whose
permission he reprints here the paper read by that gentleman to the
Academy. |

“TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY.

‘“My Lorp anp GenTLeMEN,—Having recently had the good fortune to
obtain for the Royal Irish Academy the most important remain of our ancient
literature, the original autograph of a portion of the first part or volume, and
the whole of the second volume of the work usually designated the Annals of
the Four Masters, I feel it incumbent on me to lay before you a statement of
the proofs of its authenticity, together with such circumstances connected with
its history, as have hitherto come within my knowledge.

two, to the year of the Age of Christ one thou- of Donegal, for Fearghal O’Gadhra, and tran-
sand one hundred and seventy-one, written first scribed from the same book for John O’Fergusa,
by the Friar Michael O’Clery, in the convent in Dublin, 1734-5.”

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“ With regard, in the first place, to our acquisition being the undoubted
autograph original of this most invaluable work, it is to be observed that the
manuscript itself furnishes the most satisfactory internal evidences for such a
conclusion, evidences even more decisive than those which have been brought
forward in support of the autograph originality of the first part, now the chief
treasure of the magnificent library of his Grace the Duke of Buckingham, and
which has recently been published through the munificence of that patriotic
nobleman. #

“In the front of these evidences we find the dedication of the whole work
to Fergal O’Gara, Lord of Moy O’Gara and Coolavin, in the county of Sligo,
the chieftain under whose patronage, and for whose use, the Annals were com-
piled ; and this dedication, not a copy in the hand of an ordinary scribe, but
committed to the peculiar durability of parchment, and wholly in the hand-
writing and signed with the proper signature of Michael O’Clery, the chief of
the Four Masters who were employed in its compilation. As this dedication
throws much light on the history of the work, and has not been hitherto pub-
lished entire, I shall take leave to introduce it here, as literally translated by
the venerable Charles O’Conor :

“*T invoke the Almighty God, that he may pour down every blessing,
corporal and spiritual, on Ferall O’Gara, Tiern (Lord) of Moy O’Gara and
Culavinne, one of the two knights elected to represent the county of Sligo in
the Parliament held in Dublin, this present year of our Lord, 1634.

“*In every country enlightened by civilization, and confirmed therein
through a succession of ages, it has been customary to record the events pro-
duced by time. For sundry reasons, nothing was deemed more profitable or
honourable than to study and peruse the Works of ancient writers, who gave a
faithful account of the great men who figured on the stage of life in preceding
ages, that posterity might be informed, how their forefathers have employed
their time, how long they continued in power, and how they have finished
their days.

“*T, Michael O’Clery, brother of the Order of St. Francis (through ten
years employed under obedience to my several provincials in collecting mate-
rials for our Irish Hagiology), have waited on you, noble Ferall O’Gara, as I
was well acquainted with your zeal for the glory of God, and the credit of

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your country. I perceived the anxiety you suffer from the cloud which at
present hangs over our ancient Milesian race; a state of things which has
occasioned the ignorance of many, relative to the lives of the holy men, who,
in former times, have been the ornaments of our island; the general ignorance
also of our civil history, and of the monarchs, provincial kings, tigherns (lords),
and toisachs (chieftains), who flourished in this country through a succession
of ages, with equal want of knowledge in the synchronism necessary for
throwing light on the transactions of each. In your uneasiness on this subject
I have informed you, that I entertained hopes of joining to my own labours
the assistance of the antiquarians I held most in esteem, for compiling a body
of Annals, wherein those matters should be digested under their proper heads ;
judging that should such a compilation be neglected at present, or consigned
to a future time, a risk might be run that the materials for it should never
again be brought together. In this idea I have collected the most authentic
Annals I could find in my travels through the kingdom (and, indeed, the task
was difficult). Such as I have obtained are arranged in a continued series,
and I commit them to the world under your name, noble O’Gara, who stood
forward in patronising this undertaking ; you it was who set the antiquarians
to work, and most liberally paid them for their labour, in arranging and tran-
scribing the documents before them, in the convent of Dunagall, where the
Fathers of that house supplied them with the necessary refreshments. In
truth every benefit derivable from our labours is due to your protection and
bounty; nor should it excite jealousy or envy that you stand foremost in this
as in other services you have rendered your country; for by your birth you
are a descendant of the race of Heber, which gave Ireland thirty monarchs,
and sixty-one of which race have died in the odour of sanctity. Eighteen of
those holy men are traced to your great ancestor Teig, the son of Kian, and
grandson of the celebrated Olioll-Olam, who died King of Munster, A. D. 260.
The posterity of that Teig have had great establishments in every part of
Ireland, viz.: the race of Cormac Galeng, in Leyny of Conaght, from’ whom
you are descended, as well as the O’Haras of the same Leyny, and the O’Haras
of the Rout ; the O’Carrolls also of Ely, and the O’Conors of Kianachta Glen-
gevin, in Ulster. In proof of your noble extraction, here follows your genealogy.
“*¢ Ferall O’Gara, thou art the son of Teig, &c. &e.

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“*On the 22nd January, 1632, this work was undertaken in the convent of
Dunagall, and was finished in the same convent on the 10th of August, 1636.

“*T am thine most affectionately,

“* BroTHER MicuarL O’Cuery’’

“ Immediately following this dedication we are presented with the original
certificate or testimonium of the superiors of the Franciscan convent of Dunagal,
in which the Annals were compiled, signed with their autograph signatures, as
on the said 10th of August, 1636. This, too, is written on parchment, and has
also affixed to it the signature of O’Donell, Prince of Tirconnell”® [recté, Brother
Bonaventure O’Donnell Jubilate Reader] ; “and while I feel it necessary to my
purpose to transcribe this testimonium (which I also give in the translation of
Mr. O’Conor), I beg that those interested in the question will observe how
considerably it differs in its wording from that prefixed to the Stowe Manu-
script, and how far more copious it is in its information relative to the sources
from which the work was compiled.

“«The Fathers of the Franciscan Order, subscribers hereunto, do certify
that Ferall O’Gara was the nobleman who prevailed on Brother Michael O’Clery
to bring together the antiquaries and chronologers, who compiled the following
Annals (such as it was in their power to collect), and that Ferall O’Gara afore-
said rewarded them liberally for their labour.

“« This collection is divided into two parts, and from the beginning to the
end has been transcribed in the convent of the brothers of Dunagall, who sup-
plied the transcribers with the necessary viands. The first volume was begun
in the same convent, A. D. 1632, when Father Bernardin O’Clery was guardian
thereof,

“¢The antiquaries and chronologers who were the collectors and transcri-
bers of this work we attest to be Brother Michael O’Clery ; Maurice O’Maol-

> Prince of Tirconnell.—In consequence of the O’Conor. When Dr. Petrie bought the manu-
time-stained condition of this piece of parchment script, it was a mere unbound roll; its margins
when Dr. Petrie’s paper was written, it was not wornaway by damp. It has been since restored,
easy to decipher these words, and it was, there- under Dr. Petrie’sdirection; and the manuscript,
fore, very natural that he should rely on the bound in whole Russia, is now in a state of per-
authority of the venerable Charles O’Conor of fect beauty, as well as in a condition to bid defi-
Belanagare, and that of his grandson, Dr.Charles ance to the hand of time for centuries.—Eb.

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conary, the son of Torna, who assisted during a month; Fergus O’Maolconary,
the son of Lochlan also, and both those antiquaries were of the county of
Roscommon ; Cucogry O’Clery, another assistant, was of the county of Dunagall,
as was Cucogry O’Duigenan, of the county of Leitrim ; Conary O’Clery, like-
wise of the county of Dunagall.

“+ The old books they collected were the Annals of Clonmacnoise, an abbey
founded by holy Kiaran, son of the Carpenter ; the Annals of the Island of
Saints, on the Lake of Rive; the Annals of Senat Mac Magnus, on the Lake
of Erne (now called the Ulster Annals); the Annals of the O’Maolconarys ;
the Annals of Kilronan, compiled by the O’Duigenans. These antiquarians had
also procured the Annals of Lacan, compiled by the Mac Firbisses (after tran-
scribing the greater part of the first volume), and from those Lacan Annals
they supplied what they thought proper in the blanks they left for any occasional
information they could obtain. The Annals of Clonmacnoise, and those of the
Island of Saints, came down no farther than the year of our Lord 1227.

“*The second part of this work commences with the year of our Lord
1208 ; and began to be transcribed in the present year, 1635, when Father
Christopher Dunlevy was guardian ; and these Annals were continued down
to the year 1608, when Father Bernardin O’Clery was, for the second time,
elected Guardian.

“Brother Michael O’Clery above mentioned, Cucogry O’Clery, and Conary
O’Clery, have been the transcribers of the Annals from 1332 to 1608. The
books from which they transcribed have been the greater part of O’Maolconary’s
book, ending with the year 1505 ; the book of the O’Duigenans aforesaid, from
the year 900 to 1563 ; the book of Senate Mac Magnus, ending with 1532; a
part also of the book of Cucogry, the son of Dermot O’Clery, from the year
1281 to 1537 ; the book lkewise of Maolin og Mac Bruodin, from the year
1588 to 1603 ; the book, moreover, of Lugad O’Clery, from 1586 to 1602. All
those books we have seen in the hands of the antiquaries, who have been the
compilers of the present work, together with other documents, too many to be
mentioned. In proof of what we have here set forth, we have hereunto annexed
our manual signatures, in the convent of Dunagall, August the 10th, 1636.

Signed, “* BERNARDINUS O’CLErY, Guardianus, Dungallensis.
“*Brotuer Maurice Duntevy, fe. fe.’

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xiii

“ Before we proceed further, let us reflect for a moment on the matter fur-
nished by those interesting documents, to which the writers were so anxious
to give all possible durability. How prophetic were the just apprehensions of
‘that chief compiler, ‘that if the work were then neglected, or consigned to a
future time, a risk might be run that the materials for it should never again be
brought together.” Such, indeed, would have been the sad result. Those fearful
predictions were made on the very eve of that awful rebellion which caused a
revolution of property, and an extent of human affliction, such, perhaps, as no
other country ever experienced. In that unhappy period, nearly all the original
materials of this compilation probably perished, for one or two of them only
have survived to our times. Even this careful transcript was supposed to have
shared the same fate, and its recent discovery may be considered as the result
of a chance almost miraculous! What a solemn lesson, then, is here given us
of the necessity of giving durability, while yet in our power, to the surviving
historical remains of our country, and thereby placing them beyond the reach
of a fate otherwise almost inevitable. To me it appears a sacred duty on cul-
tivated minds to do so. Had this compilation been neglected, or had it, as
was supposed, shared the fate of its predecessors, what a large portion of our
history would have been lost to the world for ever !

“ But to proceed. It is to be most pertinently observed, that, from the above
testimonium, it appears that, in the original manuscripts, the writers left blanks
for the purpose of’ inserting subsequently any occasional information they might
obtain ; and by a reference, to the manuscript now under consideration, it will
be found that such blanks have been frequently filled up in various parts of the
volume.

“ Secondly,—We learn from this testimonium, that, contrary to the opinion
of Doctor O’Conor and others who have written on the subject, the second
part or volume commenced, not, as they state, with the year 1172, but with the
year 1208. So we find it is in our manuscript, in which the period from 1170
to 1208 is substantially divided from the subsequent annals, not only by the
aforesaid dedication and testimonium, but also by a heading prefixed as to the
commencement of the second volume.

“ Thirdly,—The testimonium states that Michael O’Clery, Cucogry O’Clery,
and Conary O’Clery, were the transcribers of the Annals from the year 1332

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to the year 1608; and by a reference to our manuscript we shall find, not only
that the writing of those three scribes is strongly marked by their individual
characteristics, but also be able, by a comparison with any of our own manu-

scripts, in the handwriting of Cucogry O’Clery, to ascertain what portions of

the Annals were so written by that admirable scribe.

“ T have to add to these evidences another of yet greater importance, namely,
that a great number of loose leaves accompany the volume, which, on exami-
nation, prove to be the first extracts from the original ancient documents, copied
out without much regard to order or chronological arrangement, previously to
their being regularly transferred to the work. There are also additions in the
handwriting of Michael O’Clery’, the chief of the Four Masters, bringing the
Annals down as late as the year 1616, which appears to have been the last
entry ever made in the volume.

“ These evidences will, I trust, be deemed amply sufficient to eetableh the
fact of this manuscript being the veritable original autograph of this important
work, written, as the title now prefixed to the Trinity College copy properly
states, ad usum Fergalli O'Gara. The circumstances relative to its history,

which I shall now have the honour to submit, will enable us, I think, to trace.

its possession with tolerable certainty to the last direct representative of the
family of its illustrious patron.

“It has been hitherto generally believed that no perfect copy of the Second
Part of the Annals of the Four Masters was in existence, and that the mutilated
volume in the College Library, which is deficient in the years preceding 1335,
and was never carried farther than the year 1605, was the only original to be
found. The recent acquisition to our valuable collection of manuscripts of a
perfect transcript of the whole of the work, proved the supposition to be an
error, and that at the period when it was transcribed an original autograph of
the second volume had been in existence.

° Michael O’Clery.—This should be, “in the of Charles O’Conor of Belanagare, intimating
handwriting of Conary, the brother of Michael that Mary de Burgo, daughter of the Earlof Clan-
O’Clery.” The last part of the work in which rickard, was the mother of Teige O’Rourke. The

the handwriting of Michael O’Clery appears, is
the last nine lines of the year 1605. The last line
in the same year is an interpolation, in the hand

remaining years to the end (the last being 1616),
are in the hand of Conary O’Clery, as indeed is
the greater part of the second volume.—Ep.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. XV

“In each of the volumes of this transcript we find an advertisement by the
Chevalier O'Gorman, for whom the copy was made, stating that ‘the original
of the first volume was the property of Charles O’Conor, Esq., of Belanagare ;
and the original of the second, that of the Right Honourable Colonel William
Burton Conyngham, who lent 4t to Chevalier O'Gorman, by whom it was duly
returned to Colonel Conyngham, but has been since mislaid” Thus far we can
trace our manuscript, as being the original from which the Chevalier’s copy,
now in our possession, was transcribed ; and its ownership to Colonel Burton
Conyngham, whose library passed, subsequently, into the hands of the late
Mr. Austin Cooper, at whose recent sale the work was acquired. The Chevalier
O’Gorman’s advertisement is without date, but a certificate, in the handwriting
of Charles O’Conor, Esq., is prefixed, stating that the transcript was made for
the use of his friend, the Chevalier O’Gorman, in his house at Belanagare :
‘ This,’ he says, ‘I testify in Dublin, May the 10th, 1781.” Now, it is remarkable
that, from a letter written by the Chevalier O’Gorman to Charles O’Conor, dated
January 10, 1781, the same year (published in the Testimonia to the first volume
of the Annals in the Rerum Hib. Scriptores), we learn that our manuscript was,
at that time, ‘the property’ of Charles O’Conor. In this letter the Chevalier
says : ‘I have seen Gorman’ (the Scribe) ‘this morning ; I find he has copied
but the first volume of the Four Masters, which Colonel Burton told me you
were pleased to return to him. I expected he would not only have copied the
second, but also the Annals of Connaught, both your property.” From this it
appears certain that our manuscript had belonged to Charles O’Conor, pre-
viously to its being transferred to the possession of Colonel Conyngham ; but
for what reason that transfer was made it is not for me to conjecture.

“Let us now proceed a little earlier, and we shall find that Mr. O’Conor
got the original copy of the Annals made for the O’Gara, from the direct repre-
sentative of that lord, as early as the year 1734. In the Prolegomena to the
first volume of the Rerum Hib. Scriptores, p. 51, the following extract is given
from a letter written by Charles O’Conor to Doctor Curry, and dated Roscom-
mon, July the 16th, 1756 : ‘In regard to the Four Masters, I shall write to
Colonel O’Gara, in St. Sebastian, where he is quartered with his regiment, and
reproach him with giving more of his confidence to a little ignorant ecclesiastic
than to me, his nearest relation in this kingdom, his father and mine’being

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brother and sister's children. I got that work in 1734, through the interest of
Bishop O’Rourke, my uncle.” It is remarkable that this same letter is again
quoted in the ‘ Testimonia’ prefixed to the Annals, in the second volume of the
same work, but as addressed, not to Doctor Curry, but to a Mr. O'Reilly. It
also differs in the wording, as will appear from the following extract : ‘I shall
write to Colonel O’Gara, &e.’ ‘This expedient will, I hope, confirm the book
(the Annals of the Four Masters) to me.’ From this it would appear that,
though he had gotten the work from the O’Gara family, as early as 1734, there
was, nevertheless, a claim put forward relative to it, on the part of some branch
of that family, so late as 1756. In the same ‘ Testimonia, p. 11, Doctor O’Conor
quotes his grandfather as writing that he obtained the work in 1734, from Brian
O’Gara, Archbishop of Tuam, viz.:

“«Qiber hie nunc pertinet ad Cathaldum juniorem O’Conor, filium Don-
chadi, &c., et ejusdem libri possessio tributa fuit ei per Brianum ©’Gara, Archi-
episcopum prelarum Tuamie, A. D. 1734.

“* CaTHatpus O’Conor.’

“ And in the memoirs of his grandfather, written by Doctor O’Conor, there
is the following passage : ‘ Colonel O’Gara, who commanded a regiment under
James the Second, made a present of the Four Masters to Doctor O’Rourke,
Mr. O’Conor’s uncle, who gave it to him ; it is now in his library, and an auto-
graph. —Memoirs, p. 256.

“ Lastly,—In his account of the manuscripts in the Stowe Library, Doctor
O’Conor says: ‘ This volume was carried into Spain by Colonel O’Gara, who
commanded the Irish regiment of Hibernia, in the Spanish service, in 1734. He
sent it to his relative, the late Charles O’Conor of Belanagare, as the person
best qualified to make use of it.’

“In these various accounts there is evidently some mystification? or error,

* Mystification.—It is quite clear that there now deposited in the Library of the Royal Irish

were several copies of these Annals made by the
Four Masters, for, besides the copy of the first
volume preserved at Stowe, there is another,
equally authentic and original, in the College of
St. Isidore, at Rome, with the proper attesta-
tions, as appears from Dr. Lyons’ letters from
Rome, addressed to the Editor and to Dr. Todd,

Academy. Dr. Lyons sent a trace of the last
page of the first volume of these Annals at Rome,
showing the exact size of the page and the cha-
racter of the writing. This trace contains the
entire of the year 1169, and, on comparing it
with the Academy and College copies of these
Annals, it was found that they do not agree in

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which it is not easy to understand ; but the object in all seems to be, to prove,
first, that the original autograph of the Four Masters, belonging to the O’Gara
family, was given to Mr. O’Conor; and secondly, that the volume now at Stowe
was that very one so obtained. The first of these positions may be readily
granted, the second, however, appears to me to be extremely doubtful, and for
the following reasons: Bishop Nicholson, in his Jrish Historical Library, pub-
lished in 1724, describes that very volume as being then in the Irish manuscript
collection of Mr. John Conry (or O’Maolconaire), a descendant of one of the
compilers, who had also in his possession the imperfect copy of the second
volume, now deposited in the Library of Trinity College. Doctor O’Conor
himself acknowledges this fact in the ‘ Testimonia, and indeed it does not admit
of a doubt.

“ What claim, then, we may ask, could the O’Gara family have to these
volumes ? And how could Colonel O’Gara have carried them into Spain ?
And how could he, or the Archbishop, bestow the former on any one ?

“ Moreover, we find that in seven years after, that is, in 1731, those manu-
scripts of Conry’s were on sale, and that Charles O’Conor appears to have been
the purchaser. In that year he writes thus to his friend, Doctor Fergus, relative
to their purchase for him: ‘ Dear Sir, I beg you will take the trouble of pur-
chasing for me Conry’s manuscripts, now in the hands of Charles O'Neill, &c.;
and, further on, he says: ‘I again request that you will be active in procuring
for me Conry’s manuscripts; my collection is very imperfect, and I wish to save
as many as I can of the ancient manuscripts of Ireland from the wreck that has
almost overwhelmed everything that once belonged to us.—Memoir of Charles
O'Conor, p. 173. That he did succeed in possessing himself of these manu-
scripts can hardly admit of a doubt, as most of them can be traced as belonging
to him subsequently. It was the same Doctor Fergus, to whom this letter was
addressed, that, as Mr. O’Conor states, put the first volume of the Annals into
better condition for him in 1784 (the very year in which he got the work from
Bishop O'Rourke), giving it, as he said, ‘ vigour enough to outlive another cen-

the size of the page or number of lines on the dence that the copy at Rome is not a counter-
page, this being about an inch and a half longer _ part of either of those in Dublin. It was pro-
and somewhat broader than the other, and con- _ bably the first volume of the copy sent out to
taining thirty lines. This affords strong evi- Ward, and used by Colgan.

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tury.” And it was from the hands of the same gentleman, Doctor Fergus, that
the imperfect copy of the second volume, together with other works of Conry’s
collection, which had undoubtedly been the property of Mr. O’Conor, passed
into the Library of Trinity College. That Mr. O’Conor should have parted
with that mutilated volume will not appear strange, if we account for it by
the supposition of his having had our perfect volume in his possession at the
time.

“Tt is of importance to this sketch also to add, that the first volume, now
at Stowe, as well as the second in Trinity College, afford internal evidences of
their being, not the original autograph of the work, but transcripts made by
one of the writers for his own individual use. These internal evidences are,
that the volume in Trinity College Library 7s written uniformly throughout by
the same hand*®; and we have the testimony of Doctor Fergus prefixed to it,
stating that the second volume agrees in every respect, as to paper, writing,
&c. &¢c., with the first volume now at Stowe. In this Doctor O’Conor concurs,
who says emphatically, it 7s all in the one hand—the hand of Michael O’Clery.
—Catalogue of the Stowe Manuscripts. Further, it is to be observed, that those
volumes were evidently transcribed from the originals before the work was
entirely completed, for there are no entries after the year 1605, though the
dates are placed at the tops of succeeding pages for some years later, and
the blanks left to be filled up whenever any additional information might
be procured, have never received such additions as they have in our Manu-
script. It should be remarked also, that the certificate and dedication pre-
fixed to the Stowe Manuscript are written on paper, not parchment, as in our
Manuscript.

“Under all these circumstances, I trust I shall not be deemed rash in con-
cluding, that the Manuscript now bought for the Academy is not only the
original autograph of the work, but also, that there is scarcely a doubt of its
being the very copy which passed from the representative of the O’Gara family
into the hands of Mr. Charles O’Conor, and which subsequently became the

* By the same hand.—At the first inspection most part in the hand of Conary O’Clery; but
this would appear to be the case; but the that the hands of Brother Michael O’Clery and
Editor had occasion to examine this copy mi- Cucogry or Peregrine O’Clery, appear also in in-
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property of Colonel Burton Conyngham, at the recent sale of whose books I
had the good fortune to purchase it.

“TJ have now no ordinary feeling of pleasure in resigning to its most proper
depository, the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, this truly inestimable
_ work, which, in the words of Mr. O’Reilly, ‘is far above all our other Annals
in point of value; and as I have had the good fortune to purchase this work
at my own risk, and might, by letting it pass out of the country, have been a
great pecuniary gainer, I trust it will not be deemed presumption in me to
indulge the hope, that the resignation of it will be received as a memorial of
my attachment to the ancient literature of my country, and of my zeal for the
interests of the learned body to which I feel it so great an honour to belong.

“ March 5, 1831.” “GEORGE PETRIE.

Before concluding these preliminary remarks, it will be necessary
to give some account of the antiquaries by whom these Annals were
compiled, and who are now known as ‘THE Four Masters, although
it is evident they never themselves assumed the name. That title
was first given them by Colgan, who explains his reasons for so
doing, in the preface to his Acta Sanctorum, to be presently cited ; to
which we may add, that Quatuor Magistri had been long previously
applied by the medical writers of the middle ages to the four masters
of the medical sciences, and that this circumstance probably suggested
to Colgan the appellation he has given to the compilers of these
Annals.

The Four Masters, who were the authors of the following work,
were Michael, Conary, and Cucogry O’Clery, together with Ferfeasa
O’Mulconry, of whom we shall now proceed to give some account,
in the order in which they have been named.

For the general pedigree of the O’Clerys of Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne
and Tirconnell, taken from the genealogical manuscripts of Cucogry
O’Clery, now preserved in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy,
the reader is referred to Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy-

c2

Xxx INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

Fiachrach, printed for the Irish Archeological Society in 1844,
pp. 71-91.

The O’Clerys were descended from Guaire Aidhne, surnamed the
Hospitable, King of Connaught in the seventh century, and were
originally seated in the territory of Hy-Fiachrach-Aidhne, now the
diocese of Kilmacduagh, in the county of Galway, to which territory
they had supplied several distinguished chieftains; but they were
driven from thence by the De Burgos, shortly after the English inva-
sion. Some of them settled in the neighbourhood of Kilkenny, where
their descendants were literary men and antiquaries in 1458, for in
that year one of them, John Boy O’Clery, transcribed the Psalter of
Cashel for Edmond Mac Richard Butler, at Pottlesrath, in the county
of Kilkenny; a manuscript now preserved in the Bodleian Library.
Others of them migrated to Breifny-O’Reilly, now the county of
Cavan; and a third party settled under O’Dowda, in Tirawley and
Tireragh, where, in 1458, John O’Clery of Lackan was agent to
O’Dowda.—See Hy-Fiachrach, p. 125.

Of this Tirawley branch, an individual named Cormac Mac Dermot
O’Clery, who was a proficient in the Civil and Canon Laws, removed,
a short time previous to the year 1382, to Tirconnell, where he became
a great favourite with the monks and ecclesiastics of the monastery
of Assaroe, near Ballyshannon, by whom he appears to have been
employed as a professor of both laws. During his stay at Assaroe, the
youthful professor formed an acquaintance with O’Sgingin, O’Donnell’s
ollav or chief professor in history, whose ancestors had enjoyed this
employment from a remote period. At this time, however, there
existed no male representative of the family of O’Sgingin but the old
historical ollav, who had an only daughter, whom he consented to
give in marriage to the young O’Clery, without requiring of him a
tinnscra, or dower (1. e. the portion to be paid to the wife’s father by
the husband, according to the ancient Irish custom), except the fulfil-

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ment of the condition, that whatever male child should be first born to
them should be sent to learn and study history, in order that he might
become the heir of O’Sgingin. O’Clery promised to comply with
this request, and faithfully kept his promise. He had by O’Sgingin’s
daughter a son, who, at the request of his maternal grandfather,
was named Gilla-Brighde, after his mother’s brother, the intended
chief historian of Tirconnell, who had died some time before, in the
year 1382. This Gilla-Brighde became ollav to O’Donnell in history,
and was succeeded by his son, Gillareagh, who was succeeded by his
son, Dermot O’Clery, surnamed “of the Three Schools,” because he
kept a school for teaching general literature, a school of history, and
a school of poetry. This Dermot became so distinguished and so
popular, that O’Donnell (Niall, the son of Turlough of the Wine’, to
enable him to increase his establishment, made him a grant of the
lands of Creevagh, in the parish of Kilbarron, in addition to what he
had inherited from O’Sgingin. Dermot of the Three Schools was
succeeded by his son, Teige Cam O’Clery, who had three sons dis-
tinguished for their hospitality, wealth, and erudition, and who built
a castle and other stone edifices on the hereditary lands of Kilbarron,
some fragments of the ruins of which are still to be seen.—For a view
of these remains, see the Irish Penny Journal for January 16th, 1841,
p- 225.

They also possessed the lands of Carrownacughtragh, Carrowan-
ticlogh, the glebe of Kildoney, free from any tithes to the Bishop of
Raphoe, the quarter of Coolremuir, and the quarter of Drumancrinn,
in the plain of Moy-Ene, on the south side of the River Erne, near
Ballyshannon.—See Inquisition taken at Lifford on the 12th of Sep-
tember, 1609; and Genealogies, &c., of Hy-Fiachrach, pp. 79-83.

The descent of the three O’Clerys, who, with Ferfeasa O’Mulconry,
were the Quatuor Magistri of Colgan, will appear from the following
table :

XXil INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. :

1. Dermot of the Three Schools O’Clery,
chief of his sept.

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2. Teige Cam, chief,
d. 1492.
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3. Dermot. 3. Tuathal O’Clery,
chief, d. 1512.
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4. Cucogry O’Clery, 4. Teige Cam, chief, 4. William O’Clery.

sib ie d. Ss. p- m. 1565. igs Donough O’Clery.
5. Maccon O’Clery, f 7
chief, d. 1595. 6. Conary O’Clery, 6. Teige of the Mountain, i.e.
6. L h dh L one of the Four Brother Michael, Chief of
Oe OF IN Y. Masters. the Four Masters.

O’Clery of the Con-
tention, chief, fl.

1609.

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7. Cucogry, one of the
Four Masters, d. 1664.

Teige-an-tsleibhe (i.e. Teige of the Mountain) O’Clery, the chief
compiler of the following Annals, was born about the year 1575, in
the parish of Kilbarron, near Ballyshannon, in the county of Donegal,
and was the fourth son of Donough O’Clery, who was the grandson of
Tuathal O’Clery, head of the Tirconnell branch of the family, who
died in 1512. On his admission to the religious order of St. Francis, .
he dropped his original baptismal name, according to the usual prac-
tice on such occasions, and assumed the name of Michael. He did
not, however, enter into holy orders, but remained a lay brother of
the order, continuing to pursue the hereditary profession of an anti-
quary or historian, which he had followed in secular life. And his
pursuits received the full sanction and approbation of his superiors,
for, soon after joining his order at Louvain, he was sent to Ireland
by the Guardian of the Irish convent there, Hugh Ward (who was
then himself employed in writing the lives of Irish saints), to collect
Irish manuscripts, and other helps towards this grand undertaking.
Brother Michael O’Clery, who was eminently qualified for this task,
pursued his inquiry for about fifteen years, during which period he
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and transcribed from ancient manuscripts many lives of saints, several
genealogies, martyrologies, and other monuments ; all which he trans-
mitted to Ward, who, however, did not live to avail himself of them
to any great extent, for he died soon after the receipt of them, viz.
on the 8th of November, 1635; but they proved of great use to the
Rey. John Colgan, Jubilate Lecturer of Theology at Louvain, who
took up the same subject after the death of Ward. During O’Clery’s
stay in Ireland he compiled the following works :.

1. The Reom-Rroghrardhe, containing a Catalogue of the Kings of
Ireland, the Genealogies of the Irish Saints, and the Irish Calendar
of Saints’ Days. This work, which Colgan describes as three works,
was commenced in the house of Connell Mageoghegan, of Lismoyny,
in the parish of Ardnurcher, and county of Westmeath, who was him-
self a learned antiquary. It was carried on under the patronage of
Turlough or Terence Mac Coghlan, Lord of Delvin Mac Coghlan, in
the King’s County, and was finished in the Franciscan convent, at
Athlone, on the 4th of November, 1630. There is a copy of this
work in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, and the autograph
original is preserved in the Burgundian Library at Brussels.

2. The Leabhar-Gabhala, or Book of Conquests. This was com-
piled in the convent of Lisgool, near Enniskillen, in the county of
Fermanagh, under the patronage of Brian Roe Maguire, first Baron
of Enniskillen. In this work the O’Clerys had the assistance of Gil-
lapatrick O’Luinin, of Ard O’Luinin, in the county of Fermanagh,
Maguire’s chief chronicler. The Testimonia and Approbations to this
work were signed by Francis Magrath, Guardian of Lisgool, on the
22nd of December, 1631, and by Flann, the son of Carbry Mac Egan,
of Bally-mac-Egan, in Lower Ormond, on the 31st of August, 1631.
There is a beautiful copy of this work, in the handwriting of Cucogry
or Peregrine O’Clery, now in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy.
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other value, to the late Edward O’Reilly of Harold’s-cross, author of
the Irish-English Dictionary, by the late Mr. John O’Clery of Dublin,
a descendant of Cucogry, the annalist. This fact appears from a
memorandum in Irish, in the handwriting of Edward O’Reilly, now
in the possession of the Editor, and to be presently adduced. It is
probable that there exists another autograph copy of this work,
which was transmitted to Louvain for the use of Ward and Colgan.

3. The Annals of Ireland, called by Colgan Annales Quatuor Maqis-
frorum and Annales Dungallenses, the work now for the first time
printed complete.

Besides the works above mentioned, Michael O’Clery wrote and
printed at Louvain, in 1643, a Dictionary or Glossary of difficult and
obsolete Irish words, under the title of Sanas-an Nuadh, which Lhwyd
transcribed into his Irish Dictionary. Harris says that he died in
1643.

The foregoing facts have been principally derived from Peregrine
O’Clery’s Genealogy of the O’Clerys, from the Dedications and Tes-
timonia to these works, and also from Colgan’s Preface to his Acta
Sanctorum Hibernie, published in 1645, in which he gives the fol-
lowing interesting account of Michael O’Clery and his labours. After
speaking of the labours of Fleming and Ward in collecting and eluci-
dating the lives of the Irish saints, he writes as follows of O’Clery :

“ Hos, quorum pia studia imitatus est, ad meritorum etiam subsequutus est
premia tertius noster confrater F. Michaél Clery ante paucos menses mortuus,
vir in patriis antiquitatibus apprimé versatus, cuius piis per annos multos la-
boribus, & hoc, & reliqua que molimur, opera plurimim debent. Hic enim
ciim esset in seculo, professione Antiquarius, & in ea facultate inter primos
sui temporis habitus, postquam Seraphicum nostrum institutum in hoc Loua-
niensi Conuentu est amplexus, adhibitus est P. Vardeeo coadiutor, & in hunc
finem postea cum Superiorum licentia & obedientia in Patriam remissus est ad
Sanctorum vitas, aliasque sacras Patri antiquitates, (que vt plurimim patrio

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idiomate, edque peruetusto, sunt script) vndique eruendas & conquirendas.
In demandata autem prouincia indefesso studio laborauit annis circiter quin-
decim : & interea ex diuersis peruetustis patrij idiomatis Codicibus descripsit
multas Sanctorum vitas, genealogias, tria vel quatuor diuersa & vetusta Martyro-
logia & plura alia magne antiquitatis monumenta, que denud rescripta, htic
ad P. Vardeum transmisit. Demtim ex Superiorum mandato ad hoe deputatus,
adiecit animum ad alias Patrie cim sacras, tum prophanas Historias & anti-
quitates expurgandas, & meliori methodo & ordine digerendas : ex quibus cum
adiutorio trium aliorum peritorum antiquariorum, (quos pro temporis & loci
opportunitate ad id munus visos aptiores, in Collegas adhibuit) compilauit,
vel verius, cum anté fuerint & priscis Authoribus compositi, collatione plurium
veterum Codicum repurgauit, digessit, & auxit tres recondite antiquitatis trac-
tatus. Primus est de Regibus Hiberniz, singulorum genus mortis, annos regni,
ordinem successionis, genealogiam, & annum mundi vel Christi, quo singuli
decesserint, suecincté referens : qui tractatus ob breuitatem potitis eorundem
Regum Cathalogus, quam Historia nuncupandus videtur. Secundus de genea-
logia Sanctorum Hibernie, quam in triginta septem classes seu capita distribuit,
singulos Sanctos longé atauorum serie ad familie, ex qua descendit, primum
Authorem & protoparentem referens: quod idcirco Sanctilogium genealogicum,
& quibusdam Sanctogenesim placuit appellare. Tertius agit de primis Hibernix
inhabitatoribus, de successiuis ejus & diluuio per diversas gentes conquestibus,
siue expugnationibus, de Regibus interea regnantibus, de bellis & pralijs inter
hos obortis, alijsque publicis Insule casibus & euentibus ab anno post diluuum
278, vsque ad annum Christi 1171.

“ Cum eodem etiam Collegio, cui subinde ad tempus vnum, & aliquando duos
alios adiecit ex vetustioribus & probatioribus Patrie Chronicis & Annalibus,
& precipué ex Cluanensibus, Insulensibus, & Senatensibus ; collegit sacros &
prophanos Hiberniw Annales, opus plané nobile, & Patrizs vtile & Honorificum,
suamque molem alioquin satis iustam, antiquissimarum rerum foecunda varietate,
& succincta relatione longé superans. Proponit enim anté oculos non solium
rei ciuilis statum, variasque vicissitudines per annos ter mille & amplits, quibus
stetit illud antiquissimum regnum, referendo Regum, Principum & heroum
gesta, dissidia, conflictus, preelia, obitus & annum, in quem singula inciderant ;

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sed etiam (quod piis mentibus gratiis & optatiis est) faciem Rei Catholice
& Ecclesiasticee 4 suscepta primum fide ante annos mille ducentos, vsque ad
moderna tempora, seculis multis florentissimam, alijs turbidam, & posted lugu-
brem, dum nullus propé intered intercurrat annus, in quem non referat, vel
nunc vnius, nunc multorum Sanctorum, vel Episcoporum, Abbatum, aliorumque
virorum, pietate & doctrina illustrium obitum, Ecclesiarumque nunc exstruc-
tiones, nunc incendia, expilationes & deuastationes, plerumque per Paganum,
& posted per hereticum militem factas. College viri pij, vti in tribus ante
memoratis, ita & in hoc quarto opere, reliquis longé prestantiori, precipui
erant tres iam laudati, nempé Ferfessius o Moelchonaire, Peregrinus o Clery,
& Peregrinus o Dubgennan; viri in patria antiquitate consummate eruditionis,
& probate fidei. Accessit & his subinde cooperatio aliorum peritorum Anti-
quariorum, D. Mauritij 0 Moelchonaire, qui vno mense ; & D. Conarij Clery,
qui pluribus in eo promouendo laborauit. Sed cim Annales hi, quos nos in
hoc Tomo, & alijs sequentibus seepils citamus, fuerint tot Authorum opera &
studio dispari, collecti & compilati; nec studium breuitatis permitteret singulos
expressis nominibus semper citare, nec equitatis ratio multorum opus vni attri-
buere ; hinc aliquando visum est eos 4 loco Annales Dungallenses appellare ;
nam in Conventu nostro Dungallensi inchoati & consummati sunt. Sed postea
ob alias rationes, potiis ab ipsis compilatoribus, qui in facultate antiquaria
erant quatuor peritissimi Magistri, duximus Annales Quatuor Magistrorum appel-
landos. 'Tametsi enim iuxta iam dicta, plures quam quatuor ad eos expediendos
concurrerint ; quia tamen ipse concursus erat sat dispar, & solim duo ex eis
breui tempore, in exigua & posteriori operis parte laborarunt, alij verd quatuor
in toto, saltem vsque ad annum 1267 (quo prior & potissima, nobisque soliim
necessaria, eius pars clauditur;) hinc sub eorum nomine illud citamus; cim
feré nunquam vel rarissimé quidquam quod post illum annum contigerit, veniat
& nobis memorandum.”

Of the history of Conaire O’Clery, the second annalist, the Editor
has learned nothing, except that he appears to have acted as scribe,
and to have transcribed the greater portion of these Annals, probably
at the dictation of his brother, or under his directions, from other
manuscripts. He was not a member of any religious order, and ap-

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pears to have had no property except his learning. His descendants,
if he left any, are unknown.

Cucogry or Peregrine O’Clery, the other annalist, was the head of
the Tirconnell sept of the O’Clerys. He wrote in Irish a life of the
celebrated Hugh Roe O’Donnell, who died in Spain in 1602, which
was transcribed, in many instances verbatim, into the Annals of the
Four Masters. It appears from an Inquisition taken at Lifford on
the 25th of May, 1682, that this Cucogry held the half quarter of the
lands of Coobeg and Doughill, in the proportion of Monargane, in
the barony of Boylagh and Banagh, in the county of Donegal, from
Hollandtide, 1631, until May, 1632, for which he paid cight pounds
sterling per annum to William Farrell, Esq., assignee to the Earl of
Annandale; but, as the Inquisition states, ‘being a meere Irishman,
and not of English or British descent or sirname,” he was dispos-
sessed, and the lands became forfeited to the King. Shortly after
this period he removed, with many other families of Tirconnell, to
Ballycroy, in the south of the barony of Erris, in the county of Mayo,
under the guidance of Rory or Roger O’Donnell, the son of Colonel
Manus O’Donnell, who was slain at Benburb in 1646, and who was a
son of the celebrated Niall Garv O’Donnell, who died in the Tower
of London in the year 1626. He carried with him his books, which
were his chief treasure, and which he bequeathed to his two sons,
Dermot and John, as we learn from his autograph will, which was
written in Irish, at Curr-na-heillte, near Burrishoole, in the county
of Mayo, and which is still extant, in rather bad preservation, in his
genealogical manuscript, now in the Library of the Royal Irish Aca-
demy. In this will, which was made shortly before his death, in 1664,
he says :

“T bequeath the property most dear to me that ever I possessed in this
world, namely, my books, to my two sons, Dermot and John. Let them copy
from them, without injuring them, whatever may be necessary for their purpose,

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and let them be equally seen and used by the children of my brother Carbry
as by themselves ; and let them instruct them according to the ** * AndTI
request the children of Carbry to teach and instruct their children.”

His son Dermot had a son, Carbry, who removed, with his wife
and children, to the parish of Drung, in the county of Cavan. Carbry
had a son, Cosnamhach or Cosney O’Clery, who was born in 1693,
and died in 1759, leaving an only son, Patrick O’Clery, who married
Anne, daughter of Bernard O’Gowan or Smith, of Lara, in the county
of Cavan, and had by her six sons, the second of whom, John O’Clery,
removed to Dublin in 1817, carrying with them the Leabhar-Gabhala,
or Book of Invasions, the Book of Genealogies, the Life of Hugh Roe
O’Donnell, and the topographical poems of O’Dugan and O’Heerin,
all in the handwriting of his ancestor, Cucogry or Peregrine, the
annalist.

Of the fourth Master, Ferfeasa O’Mulconry, nothing is known, but
that he was a native of the county of Roscommon, and a hereditary
antiquary.

It remains now to say something of the monastery of Donegal,
near which these Annals were compiled, and from which they have
been called Annales Dungallenses. It is situated on the bay of Done-
gal, in the barony of Tirhugh, and county of Donegal.

It was founded for Franciscan Friars of the Strict Observance, in
the year 1474, by Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garbh O’Donnell, chief of
Tirconnell, and his wife, Finola, daughter of Conor na Srona O’Brien,
King of Thomond.—Scee annals of that year.

The remains of this monastery are still to be seen, in tolerable
preservation, at a short distance from the town of Donegal. The
cloister consists of small arches, supported by couplets of pillars on a
basement. In one part are two narrow passages, one over the other,
about four feet wide, ten long, and seven high, which seem to have
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upper one is covered with stones laid along on the beams of stone
that cross it, and the lower one with stones laid across on the walls.
Ware says that this convent was famous for a well-stored library, but
it is impossible to ascertain what became of it.

On the 2nd of August, 1601, the building was occupied by a gar-
rison of 500 English soldiers ; and the friars fled into the fastnesses of
the country, carrying with them their chalices, vestments, and other
sacred furniture, though probably not their entire library. Shortly
afterwards, O’Donnell laid siege to this garrison, and on the 19th of
September following the building took fire, and was completely de-
stroyed, with the exception of one corner, into which the soldiers
retreated. It is more than probable that the library was destroyed
on this occasion.—See A. D. 1601, and note *, under that year,
p- b, 2252.

After the restoration of Rory O’Donnell to his possessions, the
brotherhood were permitted to live in huts or cottages near the mo-
nastery, from whence they were not disturbed till the period of the
Revolution. It was in one of these cottages, and not, as is generally
supposed, in the great monastery now in ruins, that this work was
compiled by the Four Masters.

The following curious account of the flight of the friars from this
monastery is taken from a manuscript history of the Franciscans, in
the College of St. Anthony, at Louvain, compiled by Fr. Antonius
Purcell, under the direction of the Very Rev. Father Donough Mooney
(Donatus Moneus), Provincial of the Order of St. Francis, Noy. 2,
A. D. 1617. The manuscript is now No. 3195, Manuscrit. Biblio-
theque de Bourgogne, Bruxelles.

“ Anno 1600 eramus ibi, scilicet [in] conventu Dunangallensi 40 fratres de
familia, et officia divina nocturna et diurna fiebant cum cantu et solemnitatibus
magnis. Habebam ipse curam sacristiz in qui habui 40 indumenta sacerdota-
lia cum suis omnibus pertinentiis, et multa erant ex telé aurea et argented,

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aliquot intertexta et elaborata auro; reliqua omnia serica. Erant etiam 16
calices argentei, et magni, ex quibus duo tum erant qui non erant deaurati,
erant et duo ciboria pro s™ sacramento. Suppellex satis honesta: ecclesia ne
vitro quidem caruit. Sed ingravescente bello, et hereticjs aliqualiter praeva-
lentibus, tandem potuerunt id efficere, ut principe O’Donnelo in aliis negotiis
occupato ipsi ad oppidum Dunnangall pervenerint cum exercitu, et anno 1601,
in festo S. Laurentii martyris in monasterio praesidium militum collocdrunt.
Fratres quidam praemoniti fugerunt ad loca silvestria, inde aliquot miliaribus
distantia, et suppellextilem monasterii navi impositam ad alium tutiorem locum
transtulerunt : ego ipse eram ex ultimis qui e conventu egressus sum, et in
navi ill4 fugam coepi. Sed hic erant rerum exitus ; conventus in quo erat illud
praesidium militum, postea statim a principe‘ obsidione cingitur, et Angli ibi
existentes nimium arctantur. Accidit autem illis casus admirabilis; una
eademque hor, ignis, ut putatur divinitus aedificia conventus corripit, et multos
militum consumit, totumque conventum et ecclesiam incendit, et navis quae in
portum ingrediebatur victualia illis suppeditans ad scopulum collisa est ; casu?
Qui superviscerunt adhuc ex Anglis intra fossas quas fecerunt se continuerunt,
et ad deditionem venire disposuerunt, deque articulis tractabant et conditionibus
deditionis. Jam nuntiatur principi, Hispanos auxiliares duce D. Joanne de
Aquila Kinsaliam in Momonia advenisse, et occupato oppido ab haereticis ibi
obsidione cingi, tum non. cunctandum ratus, re apud Dunnangall infecta, in
Mommoniam proficiscitur, in itinere principi Onello et aliis occursurus, ut
simul omnes Hispanis opem ferret. Sed neque Kinsaliae res bené successerunt,
atque ita Hispani ad deditionem coacti sunt; rebusque Catholicorum ita pro-
fligatis, princeps O’Donnell in Hispaniam se contulit, annoque sequenti 1602
omnia loca sui dominii in haereticorum potestatem devenerunt, et inter caetera
quae ibi perierunt suppellex illa ecclesiastica conventis de Dunnangall fuit
preedee Olivero Lamberto gubernatori Conaciz ex parte haereticorum; qui calices
in cyphos profanos convertit, et vestes sacras in diversos profanos usus conver-
tendos scindi et delacerari curavit, et sic tum ipse conventus, tum omnis sup-
pellex ejus periit. Fratres autem usque in hodiernum diem vivunt tum per
modum congregationis in locis magis tutis infra terminos et limites destructos

‘ Red Hugh.

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conventus, nec defuit illis semper suus guardianus et numerus ad minus 12
fratrum. Aliqui etiam ex ipsis in alios conventus translati sunt. Pace postea
facta, et principe O'Donnell mortuo Hispania, frater ejus Rodericus obtinuit
dominium majoris partis principatus, et a rege Angliae titulo comitis fuit
donatus, cim is titulus multd minor suo praecedente titulo fuerit. Is ccepit
conventum reaedificare, sed intelligens vitae suae Anglos insidiari, spem in solé
fug4 collocans simul cum principe O’Nello in Flandriam se contulit, inde
Romam, ubi'‘mortui ambo sunt, ut satius infra dicetur ; fratresque sine protec-
tore et opus imperfectum reliquit. Nunc autem Angli heretici omnia possident
et permittunt antiquos fratres in locis subobscuris, quia brevi omnes morituros
sciunt, residuum vitae traducere, aliquos aut recentiores illis addi facile non
permitterent, et hic est presens status conventus illius.”

Having now given all that is known of the history of the Four
Masters and of their labours, it will be necessary to explain the manner
in which this work has been translated and illustrated. It has been
for some years generally acknowledged that Dr. O’Conor has fallen
into many serious mistakes, not only in the translation, but also in
deciphering the contractions of the autograph manuscript of the Four
Masters ; and the Editor has taken more than ordinary pains to com-
pare his printed text not only with the manuscripts above referred
to, but also with the text of the older annals, and with all other ac-
cessible manuscripts treating of ancient Irish history.

The portion of the Annals of the Four Masters edited by Dr.
O’Conor extends from the earliest accounts to the end of A. D. 1171;
and the Editor of the present work originally intended to publish the
second part only, namely, from 1171 to 1616, which was printed in
three volumes quarto in 1848 ; but the great scarcity of Dr. O’Conor’s
edition, its inconvenient form to the English reader, and its many
inaccuracies, subsequently induced the Editor to complete the work.
It would be envious to speak of the errors of one to whom Irish
literature is so much indebted as it is to Dr. O’Conor, who was,

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moreover, the first to attempt the preservation of our ancient anna-
lists ; but it is necessary to say that the text in his edition is in many
places corrupt, arising generally from his having mistaken the mean-
ing of the contractions which he found in the original, and some-
times also from his having indulged in conjectural emendations.
These latter are commonly unfounded, and as they are often of a
nature to give birth to historical mistakes they have been fully pointed -
out in the notes; for example: at the year A. M. 2530, he splits the
word matain, mother, into math-orr, which he translates ‘ Duces orien-
tales,” to induce the reader to believe that a certain Cical Grigencho-
sach came to Ireland this year with eastern leaders or chieftains, whereas
the undoubted meaning of the passage is, that Cical came into Ireland
this year with his mother.—See p. 5, note ™. At the year A. D. 743,
he turns Resuil, the name of an Irish saint, into the words pe, dy, and
suil, forecgners, by which he attempts to prove that the Galls, Danes,
or Norwegians, had come into Ireland many years earlier than mo-
dern Jrish historians had stated; but this discovery happens to be a
mere blunder of his own, as the passage has no reference whatever
to Danes or Norwegians, being a simple notice of a simple fact, that
Arasgach, Abbot of Muicinis-Reguil, an island in Lough Derg, in the
Shannon, was drowned.—See p. a, 345, note °. At the year 898, he
turns the word ctagan, i. e. cnuagan, which means @ meagre or mise-
rable person, into Turaghan, which he translates ¢urris ; whereas the
passage is a simple ob¢é of Cosgrach, Anchorite of Inis-Cealtra, who
was usually called the Truaghan, i.e. the Meagre or Miserable.

Besides the manuscripts of these Annals accessible to the Editor
in Dublin, which have already been described, he availed himself, with
the greatest diligence of which he was capable, of the assistance of
several other authorities. These he must now briefly speak of.

1. Keating's History of Ireland.—This work, though much abused
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inserted, is, nevertheless, of great authority, and has been drawn from
the most genuine sources of Irish history, some of which have been
since lost. The Editor has several manuscript copies of this work, and
a translation into Latin, also in manuscript, and never published, by
Dr. John Lynch, the author of Cambrensis Eversus; but the most
valuable copy of it which the Editor ever saw, and of which he has
read every word, is now preserved in the Library of Trinity College,
Dublin (H. 5.26). It was purchased in London for the College, a few
years ago, by Dr. Todd. It is in the handwriting of John, son of
Torna O’Mulconry, of the Ardchoill family, in the county of Clare, a
most profound Irish scholar, and a contemporary of Keating.

2. The Leabhar-Gabhala of the O’Clerys.—A. beautiful copy of
this work, in the handwriting of Peregrine O’Clery, one of the
Four Masters, is preserved in the Library of the Royal Irish Aca-
demy. It consists of a series of authentic poems and other original
documents, from the earliest accounts to the period of the English
invasion, and is in fact a collection of the authorities and sources of
the Bardic history of Ireland. Much use has been made of it, and
many passages transcribed verbatim into their Annals by the Four
Masters.

3. An English Version of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, by Connell
Mageoghegan, Esq., of Lismoyny, in the county of Westmeath; finished
on the last day of June, 1627.—This work, which begins with the
earliest period, is carried down to the year 1408. The original An-
nals in Irish are not known to be in existence, but the translation
accords, in the latter years, with the text of the Annals of Connaught.
In many entries it also agrees with the Annals of the Four Masters;
but in the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries the chronology is often
antedated by four, five, and sometimes even seven years. This work
is of great value, as it contains exact versions in English of all the
peculiar idioms and phrases which occur in the various Irish Annals.

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The Editor has carefully compared it with the Annals of the Four
Masters, and found that it contains some curious entries which they
omitted, while they, on the other hand, record many historical events
of which this chronicle takes no notice.—See note °, p. Lxiv.

4. The Annals of Ulster —Of these the Editor has compared two
copies with the text published by Dr. O’Conor, namely, the Bodleian
copy and Dublin copy. He has also compared a copy of an old
translation of the Annals of Ulster, which was evidently made from
the Bodleian manuscript, and which is now contained in two
volumes in the British Museum, the first part extending from the
year 431 to 1307, in the Clarendon Collection, tom. 49, Ayscough,
4795; and the other, extending from 1807 to 1504, preserved in
Clarend., tom. 20, Ays. 4784. The version is correct, but so literal
that it seems rude and inelegant. Neither of the manuscripts is in the
autograph of the translator, nor does either contain any entry which
might afford a clue to discover who he was; but the Editor is of
opinion that the work was executed for Ussher or Ware, not, how-
ever, by Duald Mac Firbis, as some have thought, but by Tuileagna
O’Maelchonaire, or Tully Conry, who is mentioned by the author of
Cambrensis Eversus as a distinguished Irish scholar and antiquary.
His handwriting and style of English appear in several manuscripts
in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, as in Laud, 610, and also in the
British Museum, Vesp. E. 11, Cotton, 115.—See the Proceedings of
the Royal Irish Academy, vol. ii. p. 336. Upon a comparison of all
these documents with the style and manner of this old English ver-
sion of the Annals of Ulster, the Editor grounds his opinion. But,
whoever was the author, the translation is exceedingly valuable; for
it has preserved to posterity the equivalent English of a great portion
of the Irish language, as it was understood by one of the hereditary
professional seannachies or chroniclers of Ireland, about two centuries
ago. ‘The copy of it used by the Editor was made for Dr. Todd, in 1844,

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5. The occasional Translations from the Annals of the Four Masters
into Latin, which occur in the Acta Sanctorum of Colgan.—In the
works of this learned, laborious, and honest writer, the Editor has
found numerous passages faithfully translated from the Annals of the
Four Masters. His more lengthened and continuous translations from
those Annals, which the Editor arranged, for his own use, into alpha-
betical order, at the suggestion of the late Dr. Murphy, R. C. Bishop
of Cork, are contained in his Annals, as follows, published in the Tas
Thaum.: Armagh, pp. 292 to 311; Iona, pp. 498 to 501; Derry, pp. 508
to 507; Durrow, pp. 507, 508; Kells, p. 508 ; Raphoe, p. 509 ; Swords,
p- 509; Rechrainn, p. 509; Fahan, p. 510; Drumeliffe, p. 510; Kil-
dare, pp. 628, 629, 630.

6. A translation into very good Latin of Part of the Annals of the
Four Masters, extending from the year 1547 to 1558.—The original
manuscript of this translation is preserved in the Library of the British
Museum, Cod. Clarend., tom. 20, Ayscough, 4784; and a copy, in the
handwriting of Daniel Molyneux, Ulster King at Arms, in the Library
of Trinity College, Dublin, F. 1. 18, p. 287, e¢ seg. This translation
was made for Sir James Ware by some good Irish and Latin scholar,
not improbably Dr. Lynch, the author of Cambrensis Kversus. The
Editor has printed the entire of this valuable picce in the present
edition, and has thus laid before the reader the original Irish of the
Four Masters, a Latin translation about two centuries old, beside his
own literal English translation of that portion of the Annals relating
to the reign of Queen Mary.

7. A Portion of the Annals of Lecan, extending from the year 1443
to 1468, translated into English in the year 1666, for the use of Sir
James Ware, by Duald Mac Firbis.—The original manuscript of this
translation, in the hand of the translator, is preserved in the Library
of the British Museum, Cod. Clarend., tom. 68, Ayscough, 4799; and

it has been recently printed from that manuscript, in the Miscellany
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of the Irish Archeological Society. The Editor has not discovered
any Irish original exactly corresponding with this translation; but it
contains many passages given also by the Four Masters, so that the
authority of Duald Mac Firbis has been, through it, obtained for the
meanings of a vast number of Irish words and phrases not used in the
modern idiom.

Many other translations, made from Irish annals, by the two
O’Conors, O’Flanagan, O’Reilly, and various other modern Irish
scholars, have been also procured, but the Editor has found that they
are not at all to be relied upon, with the exception of whatever was
executed by Charles O’Conor of Belanagare, who understood the Irish
language well, though he always improved on his original, and raised
it to the level of his own ‘“‘ magniloquent style” of English.

This patriotic and venerable gentleman was most anxious that
these Annals should be preserved uncorrupted for posterity; but it
appears from various letters of his to the Chevalier O’Gorman and
others, that he had no reliance on the knowledge or accuracy of any
of the Irish scholars then living. As it was from a perusal of some of
these letters that the Editor was first stimulated to make himself
acquainted with all the old translations of Irish annals accessible in
Ireland and England, he thinks it may not be uninteresting to the
reader to give some extracts, in which Charles O’Conor expresses his
fears that the then general ignorance of the ancient language of Ire-
land would lead to the corruption of these Annals; and it may be
further remarked, that the justice of his fears has been since clearly
demonstrated, as well by the labours of his own grandson, the editor of
the Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores, as by those of others, who have
attempted to translate portions of these Annals without possessing
the necessary qualifications for the task.

In his letter to the Chevalier O’Gorman, dated July 13th, 1781,
when he was in his seventy-first year, O’Conor says:

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“TI knew well that the late Dr. O’Sullivan® was unable to translate many
parts (and those the best) of our ancient Annals. None but men learned in
our old classic phraseology can undertake such a work.”

In another letter, dated Mey 31, 1783, he writes to the same
individual as follows :

“T approve greatly of your intention to get our Annals of the Four Masters,
&c., translated. But if not undertaken by a man who has a critical knowledge
of the phraseology, with the changes made therein from the sixth to the tenth
century, the sense will be frequently mistaken, and a bad translation, in such a
case, will be worse than none at all. Even a publication of the Irish text
would require the collation of the different manuscripts for restoring the origi-
nal reading, and correcting the blunders of ignorant transcribers. I am glad
to have an assurance from you that the Rev. Mr. Mac Carthy, of Paris, is
equal to-such a task ; but I am sorry to aver my opinion (from experience),
that few in this country will patronize him, and without a large subscription
no work of this magnitude can be undertaken.”

Again, July 23, 1783:

“T request that you will make your scribe to confine himself to an accurate
fac-simile, the contractions being singularly uncommon, and explainable only
by readers long and well acquainted with our writings. This caution is the
more necessary, as any deviation from the original, by an unskilful scribe, would
render the text unintelligible.”

Again, September 14, 1783:

“ But the worst of it is, I doubt that you have a man in France or Ireland
who could decipher the contractions. In my province of Connaught I know
of none (I am sure there is none), myself excepted, who can read these Annals,

Dr. Francis Stoughton Sullivan was a Fel- manuscripts which now distinguishes the Uni-
low of Trinity College, and afterwards Professor versity Library. He died March 1, 1766. Ac-
of English and Feudal Law in the University of cording to his pedigree, given in manuscript in
Dublin. He was mainly instrumental in laying the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, he was
the foundation of the valuable collection of Irish of a junior branch of the O’Sullivan More family.

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or explain many of the terms, though they could read them. In the margins
of these Annals you will find several notes of mine, and I would caution you
against their being transcribed, lest they should be mistaken for any part of the
original.”

Again, November 14, 1783:

« At last I found a messenger that could be trusted with conveying the
Connaught Annals safe into your hands. In this province I know of none
but myself who can read or explain them, and the difficulty being likely to
increase every day, it will be the more necessary for your copyist to transcribe
them exactly as he finds them. Let his transcript be what we call a fac-simile,
for otherwise corruptions will creep into the text, and consequently your copy,
far from being of use, will only have the effect of multiplying mistakes. In
truth, as our original will be soon lost, I dread that our copies, falling into un-
skilful hands, will have this effect. Our originals, therefore (as our great
countryman, Mr. Burke, recommends), should be printed under the eye of a
learned Editor, with a literal translation in English or Latin. If this be
omitted (as I foresee it will), the treasures still preserved in our language will
be as certainly lost as those that have long since perished.”

The reader will have now seen the difficulties with which an
Editor had to contend at his first entering upon this task, and how
necessary it was that he should procure all the old translations within
his reach.

A few words must here be added to explain the plan adopted for
printing the original text and the translation of these Annals, and on
the nature and style of the original. The second part of these Annals
was the first printed and published, and as the Editor had the use of
two autograph copies, and did not wish to take upon himself the
responsibility of deciding upon the mode of printing this very heavy
work, he requested the Publishers to submit the question to those
scholars and antiquaries on whose judgment they had most reliance ;
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the following persons: the Rev. Dr. Todd, F. T.C. D., Vice-Pres. R.I.A.;
George Petrie, Esq., LL. D., Vice-Pres. R.I.A.; Aquilla Smith, Esq.,
M.D.,M.R.I.A.; and Joseph Huband Smith, Esq., Barrister at Law,
M.R.LA.,

The Editor first stated his own opinion as to the mode of printing
the original and translation, but finally submitted to the following
rules, which were committed to writing by the Rev. Dr. Todd:

“J. The manuscript of the Royal Irish Academy to be followed ; variations
of the College copy to be inserted in brackets, if of sufficient importance to be
put in the text; if of minor importance, to be mentioned in the notes.

“TI. The stops to be exactly as in the Academy copy, except that, at the
end of a paragraph or entry, a full point is always to be used.

“TIT. Capital letters are not to be used in the Irish text, except where
they occur in the original.

“IV. The separate entries to be in distinct paragraphs, even though they
be not so in the original.

“V. The original Irish names of persons and places to be given in the
translation, as far as possible, in their received anglicised spellings, noticing
irregularities, or modern corrupt variations, in the notes ; but such names as
are obsolete, unknown, or doubtful, to be given in the original Irish spelling.

“VI. Italics to be used in the translation only where words, not in the
original, are supplied. aa

“VII. Brackets [ ] to be used when insertions are made, not in the original,
but which are necessary for explaining ambiguities, or filling up chasms in the
sense. Italics to be used when insertions are made which are necessary from
the different idioms of the two languages.”

In printing the first part, from A. M. 2242 to A. D. 1171, as no
autograph copy was accessible to the Editor, he has used capital let-
ters in proper names, and arranged the paragraphs as in Dr.O’Conor’s
edition. The proper names are always given in the original Irish
spelling in the text of the translation.—See p. xxxi., supra.

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With respect to the style of these Annals, it will be seen that it
varies with the authorities from which the different entries have
been extracted. In the first part the language is extremely simple,
and few instances of inflation are observable ; but in the second part
the style varies a good deal: in the same page will be observed the
extreme veracious simplicity of the Annals of Ulster, and the turgidly
redundant style of the romantic tales of the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries. In the more lengthened descriptions of battles, this in-
flated style is particularly observable ; and the Editor has most care-
fully preserved, in the translation, the order and literal meanings of
all the epithets, often almost synonymous, with which many sentences
are overloaded. It will be also observed that even in the more simple
and unimpassioned narratives there is usually a double expression,
such as “plundered and preyed,” “ battered and broke,” “ banished
and expelled,” ‘killed and destroyed.” This pleonasm of style, which
is not unlike that of the language of the English law, has been as
much as possible imitated by the Editor in the translation, so that
the reader may see the exact force of each Irish word by comparing
the original with the translation.

It should also be observed, that some entries have been hurriedly
and carelessly transcribed, from their respective originals, by the Four
Masters, and that several of their after-insertions between the lines
are so arranged as to render the construction inelegant. The Editor
has compared such entries with the more ancient Annals in every
possible instance, and pointed out in the notes what has been omitted
or irregularly transcribed by the Four Masters; but, throughout the
second part, he has printed their own text exactly as it is found in
their autograph manuscript, in the Library of the Royal Irish Aca-
demy, dispensing, in every instance, with their contractions, except
their 4, i.e. agup, and; their ¢, which is sometimes e simple, and
sometimes ea; and their x, which is for veic, ¢en. All the gramma-

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tical terminations, which they have generally written in contractions,
have been printed in full, according to the rules laid down by the
Editor in his [rish Grammar.

The general Index to the whole will facilitate the references, not
only to the names of men and places, but also to remarkable subjects,
such as battles, burnings, demolitions, &c., and thus supply a grcat
defect in Dr. O’Conor’s edition of the first part of the Irish Annals,
which is unaccompanied by any index of this kind. The following
letter, written by Dr. O’Conor, a short time before his death, to
Mr. Hardiman, will show that he regretted not having been able to
make indexes to his edition of the Irish Annals:

“ Stowe, 10th March, 1825.

“ Dear Sir,—I feel that I ought to make an humble apology for my silence
ever since I had the honor of receiving from you your valuable History o/'
Galway, for his Grace of Buckingham and Chandos’s Collection, and your
Catalogue of the Maps, &c., in Trinity College Library, for my own. I value
your History highly, as every one must who is disgusted by the silly assertions,
the loose references, the false chronology, the inflated style of most of our
modern writers. For the same reason I value your Catalogue, and only lament
that you had not more abundant materials. In return for your kind present to
me, I shall send you a copy of my Tighernach, as soon as it comes out in the
month of May. The original is printed in one column, and the version, almost
literal, opposite in another, in imitation of the Saxon Chronicle. The original
is taken from the Duke of Chandos’s MS., now in the Bodleian. It is the
oldest known. If you will call in the Bodleian for the MS. Rawlinson,
No. 488, you will find that my labour must have been excessive, even had I
confined it to deciphering the text. It is far from my intention to sound my
own praise ; my object is merely to shew you that I feel a just sense of the
urbanity which induced you to send me your works. My Tighernach wants
only an Index. But that Index will require more time than would be neces-
sary, if I enjoyed a better state of health. Inthe same volume, intituled Rerum
Hibernicarum Scriptores, vol. 2, you will find the Annals of Innisfallen and of

£

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Boyle, from the original MSS. in the Bodleian and Cotton Libraries. These are
finished in like manner, with the exception of Indexes. The Annals of the
Four Masters, as far as the first volume extends, that is, to.the pretended
Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland, are finished (with the same exception)
from the original in this Library. The second volume, in the Dublin Library, is
so mutilated, that I leave that fragment to the care of posterity, contented with
ending where Giraldus, Hollingshead, Leland, and most of our modern histo-
rians, begin. The Annals of Ulster are also printed down to the same time,
from the Bodleian MS., so that we have all that is known of ancient Irish
history down almost to the death of Henry the Second.

“ T write, in this damp weather, with such a tremulous hand, that I was com-
pelled to dictate the above to an amanuensis. But I cannot commit to another
the pleasure of transmitting to you his Grace the Duke of Buckingham’s and
Chandos’s thanks for your Galway.

“ T have the honour to be, dear Sir,
“ With sincere esteem and regard,
“Your much obliged and humble Servant,
“ Cuartes O'Conor.”

With respeét to the chronology of these Annals, from A. M. 2242
down to the period of Cimbaeth, no competent scholar can doubt
that it is arbitrary and uncertain. But we are not to suppose that
the Four Masters are altogether responsible for it. This early portion
of the Annals, it must be borne in mind, was compiled by them from
the Annals of Clonmacnoise, and from different other authorities,
such as the Synchronisms of Flann, the Poems of Maelmura on the
Origin of the Gaeidhil, the Poems of Gillacaemhain, Eochaidh
O’Floinn, and various other sources; and, as compilers, their duty
was to place such accounts as were accessible of direct computation
in as natural and reasonable an order as possible. Unfortunately,
however, among all the events narrated, no eclipse of the sun or moon,
or appearance of a comet, or any other astronomical phenomenon,
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date fixed. O’Flaherty expresses his surprise, indeed, at the minute
chronological accuracy with which the earliest historical facts (as he ~
considers them) are noticed by Irish historians; such as the arrival
in Ireland of Ceasair, the granddaughter of Noah, with a band of
antediluvians, forty days before the flood, on the fifteenth day of the
moon, being the Sabbath; and the landing of Partholan at Inbher-
Sgeine, in Kerry, in the month of May, the fourteenth day of the
moon, on a Wednesday. From the minuteness of these dates the
author of Ogygia, instead of having his suspicions aroused, docs not
hesitate to conclude that the Pagan Irish had, from the earliest
period, a most accurate system of chronology. But it never seems
to have occurred to him to ask the simple question, how were the
age of the moon and the day of the week at the landing of Ceasair
and Partholan handed down to the Irish writers, seeing that, accord-
ing to those writers themselves, Ceasair and her followers perished.
in the flood, and that Partholan and his colony were a// carried off
by the plague? The bardic historians reply by getting still deeper
into fiction, and relating that Fintan, the son of Bochra, who accom-
panied Ceasair into Ireland, after having passed through various
transmigrations, at length assumed the human form in the time of
St. Patrick, and lived down to the time of St. Finian of Magh-bilec,
to whom he narrated all the events that had taken place in Ireland
up to that period. O’Flaherty rejects this as a clumsy fable, but
finds himself constrained, in order to support his chronological
theory, to insist that the Pagan Irish had the use of letters, and an
accurate system of chronology, from the earliest period of the colo-
nization of Ireland.

This way of proving the authenticity of Irish chronology only
- damages true history; but at the same time there is a mode of ex-
plaining the entries in question, so as to obviate the necessity of
rejecting them altogether: we have only to assume that they are

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xliv INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

facts preserved by oral tradition, and that the Irish writer who first
attempted to fix the age of the moon and the day of the week, on
which Ceasair landed in Ireland, made such calculations as he was
able to make (whether correct or not is of no consequence), comput-
ing forty days before to the usually assumed date of Noah’s flood,
and seeking to account for his accurate knowledge of the date so
assumed by means of a bold fiction. In this latter object, strange to
say, he partially succeeded ; for, silly as it may now seem to us, it
is a fact that the fable connected with these dates passed current
amongst the Irish literati down to the seventeenth century; for,
though Eochy O’Flannagan of Armagh, in the eleventh century, gave
no credit to the story of Fintan having survived the general deluge,
his scepticism surely did not arise from its improbability, but because
it involved a statement “contrary to the holy Scripture, which sayeth
that all the world were drowned in the General Flood, saveing Noeh
and his three sons, Shem, Cham, and Japheth, with their fower
wives.” —-lnn. Clon. See p. 2, note ?.

It is therefore, surely, infinitely more probable that an early Irish
chronologist made a calculation of the age of the moon', and the

" The age of the moon.—Dr. O’Conor has the
following observations on this subject, in his
account of the Annals of the Four Masters, in
the Stowe Catalogue, p. 114, n. 2:

‘The Europeans had no chronology before
the conquest of Darius the Mede, by Cyrus,
538. years before Christ. The chronology we
now have of more ancient times is technical,
and has been brought to a great degree of accu-
racy by Petavius and Ussher. Polybius says
(1. 5, § 33) that Ephorus, the disciple of Isocrates,
and the historian of Cume, was the first who
attempted to reduce chronology into a regular
science, in the time of Philip of Macedon,
about 350 years before Christ. The Arundelian

marbles, which were composed sixty years after
the death of Alexander, take no notice of Olym-
piads. There are no fixed epochs in Herodotus
or Thucydides. Timeus of Sicily, who flou-
rished in the 129th Olympiad, or about the
middle of the third century before Christ, was
the first who attempted to establish an era, by
comparing the dates of Olympiads, Spartan
Kings, Archons of Athens; and Priestesses of
Juno, which he adapted to one another, accord-
ing to the best of his judgment. Where he left
off Polybius began.

“Those who have adopted the chronology of
the LXX., which makes the world older than it
is in the Hebrew text, are ably refuted by Natalis

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day of the week, as they would retrospectively stand forty days be-
fore the deluge, than that he found anything purporting to be a
record of the date of Ceasair’s arrival on stone, tile, or parchment.
It would be easier to receive the whole story of Ceasair and her fol-
lowers, as well as the date, for a fabrication, than to suppose that any
written or inscribed record of such a fact could have existed before
the use of letters, or even of hieroglyphics, was known to mankind.

The accuracy of ancient dates being thus apocryphal, we are
driven to regard the catalogue of kings, given by Gilla-Caemain and
others, as a mere attempt at reducing to chronological order the
accumulated traditions of the poets and seanachies of Ireland. But
that a list of Irish monarchs was attempted to be made out at a very
early period is now generally admitted by the best antiquaries.
Mr. Pinkerton, who denies.to the Irish the use of letters before.their
conversion to Christianity, still admits the antiquity of their list of
kings :

“ Foreigners” (he remarks,) “may imagine that it is granting too much to
the Irish to allow them lists of kings more ancient than those of any other
country in modern Europe ; but the singularly compact and remote situation
of that island, and its freedom from Roman conquest, and from the concussions
of the fall of the Roman Empire, may infer this allowance not too much. But
all contended for is the list of kings, so easily preserved by the repetition of
bards at high solemnities, and some grand events of history.”—Jnquiry into the
History of Scotland.

At what period regular annals first began to be compiled with
regard to minute chronology we have no means of determining ; but

Alexander. Every discovery, and every vestige “ Preterea si nulla fuit genitalis origo,

of the history of man, tends to prove that this Terrarum, et Coli, semperque eterna fuere,
planet is not inhabited above 6000 years. The Cur supra bellum Thebanum, & funera Troje,
glaring truth of the recent origin of man is Non alias alij quoque rescecinere Poete ?
acknowledged even by Lucretius, 1. 5, De Rer. Quare etiam quedam nunc artes expoliuntur,
Nat. : : Nunc etiam augescunt ?”

xlvi INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

we may safely infer from the words of Tighernach, that the ancient
historical documents existing in his time were all regarded by him
as uncertain before the period of Cimbaeth, the commencement of
whose reign he fixes to the year before Christ 305. His significant
words, omnia monumenta Scotorum usque Cimbaeth incerta erant,
inspire a feeling of confidence in this compiler which commands
respect for those facts which he has transmitted to us, even when
they relate to the period antecedent to the Christian era. The
Annals of Ulster are also free from the objections that have been
alleged against the early portion of the Annals of the Four Masters,
the compiler beginning with the mission of Palladius to the Scoti,
and frequently citing the names of the authors or compilers whose
works he had before him, the oldest of which is Mochta, the patron
saint -of Louth, and Cuana (genitive, Cuanach), who seems to be
““Cuana scriba Treoit,” whose death is recorded under the year
739; and Dubhdalethe, who was at first Lector and afterwards
Archbishop of Armagh, and who died in the year 1065. The follow-
ing passages, extracted from the Annals of Ulster, will show that
they have been copied from various sources :

“A.D. 439. Chronicon magnum scriptum est.”
“A.D. 467. Quies Benigni Episcopi, successoris Patrieit. Cena Tempa la
—hCatll Molec. Sic in libro Cuanach inveni.”

“A.D. 468. Belum Oumai Achin pop Oil Mole. Ste invent in Libro
Cuanach.”

“A.D. 471. Preda secunda Saxonum de Hibernia ut alii dicunt in isto anno
diducta est, ut Moctus dicit. Sie in Libro Cuanach inven.”

“A.D. 475. Bellum bpes hEile pe nQhull Molec. Sic in Libro Cuanach
inven.”

“A.D. 482. Bellum Oche la Cugaid mac Laesgaine agup la Muipcean-
cach mac Eanca, in quo cecidit Att Molec. A Concobaro jilio Nesse usque

ad Copmac jilium Ope anni ceeviii. ; a Copmac usque ad hoc bellum cavi. ut
Cuana seripsit.”

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“A. D. 489. Bellum Cinn Lopnavo, ubi cecidit Oengup silius Nacppach
ms Muman, ut Cuana seripsit.”

“A.D. 527. Vel hic dormitatio Brigide secundum librum Mochod [Mochte].

“A.D. 584. Dormitatio Mocta discipuli Patricii xiii. Kal. Septemb. Sic ipse
scripsit in Epistola sua ‘ Macutenus peccator presbiter S. Patricii discipulus in
Dno, salutem’”—Anan. Ult.

“A.D. 544. O1apmarn regnare incipit, secundum Librum Cuanach.”

“A.D. 552. Mors Crmeainn mic Guin. Sie in Libro Cuanach inveni.”

“A.D, 598. Quies Cainnig in Acad bo, ut Cuana docet.”

“A.D. 600. Terre motus in barppch. Mors bpenoainn mic Coippm mic
Peichine. Sie invent in Libro Cuanach.”

“A.D. 602. Omnia que scripta sunt in anno sequente inveni in Libro
Cuanach, tn isto esse perfecta.”

“A.D. 610. Quies Colmain Elo. Sic est in Libro Cuanach.”

“A.D. 628. Mors Echoac bude, regis Pictorum, filii Qedam. Sie in
Libro Cuanach invent. Vel, sicut in Libro Owboalete narratur.”

“ A. D. 642. Cellach et Conall Cael regnare incipiunt, ut alii dicunt. Hic
dubitatur quis regnavit post Oomnall. Dicunt alii historiographi regnasse qua-
tuor reges 1. Cellach e¢ Conall Cael, et duo filii Aeoa Slane «1. Orapmaic et
blatmac per commixta regna.”

“A.D. 972. Longa la Oomnall hUa Neill ve Oabull van Shab nUaic
co Loch nCinvenne, guod non factum est ab antiquis temporibus. Sie in Libro
Owbhoaleich.”

“A.D. 1021. Cpech la mac Cleda hU; New oap hUib Doncamn, Ke.
Sic in libro Owboalerchn.”

From these notices we have reason to believe that the ecclesias-
tical writers carried forward a continuous chronicle from age to age ;
each succeeding annalist transmitting the records which he found
existing along with his own; thus giving to the whole series the
force of contemporary evidence.

The precision with which the compiler of the Annals of Ulster
has transmitted the account of an eclipse of the sun, which took
place in the year 664, affords a proof that this entry was derived from

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a contemporaneous record.—See note *, under A. D. 664, p. 277.
Venerable Bede, who is followed by the Four Masters, mentions this
solar eclipse as having occurred on the third day of May; but the
Annals of Tighernach and Ulster have preserved the exact day and
hour. Bede having evidently calculated the time according to the
Dionysian cycle, the error of which was not detected in his, time,
and the Irish annalists having copied the passage from the record of
one who had seen this eclipse, and noted it at the time of observa-
tion. The following notices of eclipses and comets, copied from
various works by the compiler of the Annals of Ulster, will show that
they were recorded by eye-witnesses. The reader is to bear in mind
that the Annals of Ulster are antedated by one year up to 1014, and
that, in comparing these eclipses with the catalogue of eclipses com-
posed by modern astronomers, he should add one year to the respec-

tive dates.

“A.D. 495 [496]. Solis defectio.”

“A.D. 511 [512]. Defectus solis contigit.”

“A.D. 590 [591]. Defectio solis i. mane tenebrosum.”

“A.D. 618 [614]. Stella [comata] visa est hora octava die.’

“A.D. 663 [664]. Tenebre in Kalendis Mati in u* hora.”

“A. D. 673 [674]. Nubes tenuis et tremula ad speciem celestis arcs iv. vigilia
noctis vi. feria ante pasca ab oriente in occidentem per serenum celum apparutt.
Luna in sanguinem versa est.”

“A.D. 676 [677]. Stella comata visa in mense Septembris et Octobris.”

“A.D. 691 [692]. Luna in sanguineum colorem in Natali S. Martini
versa est.”

“A.D. 717 [718]. Lclipsis lune in plenelunio.”

“A.D. 752 [753]. Sol tenebrosus.”

“A. D. 761 [762]. Luna tenebrosa. Nox lucida in Autumno.”

“ A.D. 762 [763]. Sol tenebrosus in hora tertia.”

“A. D. 772 [773]. Luna tenebrosa ti. Nonas Decembris.”

“ A. D. 787 [788]. Luna rubra in similitudinem sanguinis xii. Kal. Martii.”

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* A. D. 806 [807]. Luna in sanguinem versa est.”
“A. D. 864 [865]. Echpsis solis in Kal. Januarii, et Eclipsis Lune in eodem

”

anno.

“A.D. 877 [878]. Eclipsis Lune Idibus Octobris iv. Lune.”

“ A. D. 884 [885]. Lclipsis Solis et vise sunt stella in Colo.”

“A.D. 920 [921]. Lchipsis Lune av. Kal. Jan. feria prima hora noctis.”

“A.D. 1018. The Comet eae this year for 14 days in harvest.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A.D. 1023. An Eclipse of the Moone the 4th Id. of January, being
Thursday. An Eclipse of the Sunn the 27th of the same Moone, on Thursday.”
—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A.D. 1031. An Eclipse on the day before the Calends of September.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A.D. 1065 [1066]. There appeared a Commett for the space of three
nights, which did shine as clear as the Moone at the full.”—Ann. Clon.

The dates assigned to these eclipses are confirmed by their accord-
ance with the catalogue of eclipses in L’ Art de Ver. les Dates, tom. i.
pp. 62-69 ; and from this accuracy it must be acknowledged that they
have been obtained by actual observation, and not from scientific cal-
culations ; for it is well known that any after calculations, made before
the correction of the Dionysian period, would not have given such
correct results.

‘Mr. Moore has the following remarks upon the eclipse of 664 :

“The precision with which the Irish annalists have recorded to the
month, day, and hour, an eclipse of the sun, which took place in the year 664,
affords both an instance of the exceeding accuracy with which they observed
and noted passing events, and also an undeniable proof that the annals for that
year, though long since lost, must have been in the hands of those who have
transmitted to us that remarkable record. In calculating the period of the
same eclipse, the Venerable Bede, led astray, it is plain, by his ignorance of
that yet undetected error of the Dionysian cycle, by which the equation of the
motions of the sun and moon was affected,—exceeded the true time of the

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event by several days. Whereas the Irish chronicler, wholly ignorant of the
rules of astronomy, and merely recording what he had seen passing before his
eyes,—namely, that the eclipse occurred about the tenth hour on the 3rd of
May, in the year 664,—has transmitted a date to posterity, of which succeeding
astronomers have acknowledged the accuracy.”—History of Ireland, vol. i.
p. 163.

At what period it became the practice in Ireland to record public
events in the shape of annals has not been yet accurately determined ;
but it will not be too much to assume that the practice began with
the first introduction of Christianity into the country. Now, it is
highly probable that there were Christian communities in Ireland
long before the final establishment of Christianity by St. Patrick, in
the fifth century. We learn from St. Chrysostom, in his Demonstratzo
quod Christus sit Deus, written in the year 387, that the British Islands,
situated outside the Mediterranean Sea, and in the very ocean itself,
had felt the power of the Divine Word, churches having been founded
there and altars erected.

But the most decided evidence that the Irish had the use of
letters before St. Patrick’s time, is derived from the account of
Celestius, an Irishman, the favourite disciple of the heresiarch Pela-
gius. St. Jerome, alluding to a criticism of Celestius upon his Com-
mentaries on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians, thus launches
out against this bold heretic :

“ Nuper indoctus calumniator erupit, qui Commentarios meos in epistolam

Pauli ad Ephesios reprehendendos putat. Nec intelligit, nimia stertens vecor-

‘Kat yap ai Bpetavicai vijoou, ai ths Oadatrys
ExTOs KEymEvat TaVTHS, Kai ev adTH oVaat TH WKEAVYS
Ts duvapews 70d pywatos jo0ovr0" kai yap Kdxet
Exkdgotat kat Ovovastnpia rernyaow,—S. Chry-
sost. Opp., tom. i. 575. B. Ed. Bened.

But, if such were the case, we may reasonably
conclude that the use of letters which every-

where accompanied Christianity, had been known
in Ireland at that date. The accurate Innes
thinks it “‘not unreasonable to believe that pri-
vate individuals at least, among the Irish, had
the use of letters before the coming of St. Pa-
trick, considering that it may have happened
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dia, leges Commentariorum, &c. ..... nec recordatur stolidissimus, et Scotorum
pultibus preegravatus, nos in ipso dixisse opere: non damno digamos imo nec
trigamos, et si fieri potest octogamos: plus aliquid inferam etiam scortatorem
recipio peenitentem”*.

And again in the Proemium to his third book on Jeremiah, St.
Jerome thus more distinctly mentions the native country of Celestius:

“ Hic tacet, alibi criminatur: mittit in universum orbem epistolas biblicas
prius auriferas, nunc maledicas et patientiam nostram, de Christi humilitate
venientem, male conscientix signum interpretatur. Ipseque mutus latrat per
Alpinum [al. Albinum] canem quandem et corpulentum, et qui calcibus magis
possit seevire, quam dentibus. Habet enim progeniem Scotice gentis, de Bri-
tannorum vicinia: qui juxta fabulas Poétarum, instar Cerberi spirituali percu-
tiendus est clava, ut aterno, cum suo magistro Plutone silentio conticescat”.

It appears from Gennadius, who flourished A. D. 495, that before
Celestius was imbued with the Pelagian heresy, he had written from
his monastery to his parents three epistles, in the form of little books,
containing instructions necessary for all those desirous of serving God,
which, by the way, bore no trace of the heresy which he afterwards
broached. The words of Gennadius are as follows :

“ Celestius antequam Pelagianum dogma incurreret, imo adhuc adolescens,
scripsit ad parentes de monasterio Epistolas in modum libellorum tres, omnibus
Deum desiderantibus necessarias. Moralis siquidem in eis dictio nil vitii post-

m

modum proditi, sed totum ad virtutis incitamentum tenuit”™.

This passage affords sufficient evidence to prove that the Scotica—
gens, in the neighbourhood of Britain, had the use of letters towards

over to Britain, or other parts of the Roman thought that the Scotica gens, here referred to,
empire, where the use of letters was common, was the modern Scotland ; but this question

might have learned to read and write.” has been long since settled. Ireland was the
* Hieron. Prolog. in lib. i. in Hieremiam. Opp. only country called Scotia in St. Jerome’s time,
Ed. Vallarsii, tom. iv. or until the twelfth century.

1 Prolog. i. lib. iit. in Hieremiam. Some have ™ Gennadius de Script. Eccl. c. 44.

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li INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

the close of the fourth century ; and it may be added, that a country
that produced such able men as Celestius and Albinus could hardly
have been an utter stranger to civilization at the time they flourished.
On the whole, it may be conjectured, with probability, that letters
were known to the Irish about the reign of Cormac, son of Art; and
this throws the boundary between what must have been traditional,
and what may have been original written records, so far back as to
remove all objection on that ground to the authenticity of the fol-
lowing Annals, from at least the second century of the Christian era.

The reader will find these conclusions supported by the opinions
of a historian of the highest character, on the general authenticity
and historical value of that portion of the Irish Annals made accessible
to him by the labours of Dr. O’Conor :

“The chronicles of Ireland, written in the Irish language, from the second
century to the landing of Henry Plantagenet, have been recently published,
with the fullest evidence of their genuineness and exactness. The Irish nation,
though they are robbed of their legends by this authentic publication, are yet
by it enabled to boast that they possess genuine history several centuries more
ancient than any other European nation possesses, in its present spoken lan-
guage. They have exchanged their legendary antiquity for historical fame.
Indeed, no other nation possesses any monument of its literature, in its present
spoken language, which goes back within several centuries of these chronicles”.

» Sir James Mackintosh, History of England, domain of history enabled him fully to appre-
vol. i. chap. 2. On this passage Mr. Moore re- ciate any genuine addition to it.”—History of

marks: “ With the exception of the mistake into
which Sir James Mackintosh has here, rather
unaccountably, been led, in supposing that,
among the written Irish chronicles which: have
come down to us, there are any so early as the
second century, the tribute paid by him to the
authenticity and historical importance of these
documents appears to me in the highest degree
deserved ; and comes with the more authority
from a writer whose command over the wide

Ireland, vol. i. p. 168.

Whether what Mr. Moore calls a mistake on
the part of the English historian was really one
may be fairly questioned. It is evident that Sir
James Mackintosh was of opinion that there
were entries in the Annals of Tighernach which
were copied from passages originally committed
to writing in the second century ; and there is
nothing adduced by Mr. Moore or others to in-
validate this opinion.

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The Editor cannot close these remarks without returning thanks
to the Provost and Senior Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, for
allowing him the use of their splendid collection of Irish manuscripts ;
and to such friends as have assisted him in the present work. Among
these friends he must reckon, as the first in order, our most eminent
antiquary, George Petrie, Esq., LL. D., &c., who has read all the sheets
of the second part as they passed through the Press, and made many
valuable suggestions. ‘To Mr. Eugene Curry, by whom the autograph
of this work was copied for the Press, and who has supplied very
many examples from ancient glossaries to elucidate the meanings of
difficult words, and various manuscript authorities, unexplored by any
but himself, to illustrate the ancient topography, he feels particularly
indebted. To James Hardiman, Esq., M. R. 1. A., whose labours as a
member of the late Irish Record Commission have rendered him fami-
liar with all the sources of Anglo-Irish history, he must return his
special thanks; from him he has received, freely and liberally, not
only his valuable opinion on several historical points, but also many
Anglo-Irish law documents bearing on the history of the Irish chief-
tains, which have never been published. The Editor has, morcover,
to acknowledge his many obligations to the Rev. Dr. Todd, F.'T.C.D.,
who has kindly afforded him every facility in consulting the College
manuscripts, as well as the benefit of his enlightened criticism on
many historical points throughout the entire progress of the work.

The Editor has also been assisted by various others, but more
especially by his friend, Captain Larcom, R. E., who has been the
active promoter of Irish literature, antiquities, and statistics, ever since
the summer of 1825, and who, during his connexion with the Ord-
nance Survey, exerted himself most laudably to illustrate and preserve
the monuments of ancient Irish history and topography. And he is
much indebted to Captain Cameron, R. E., who, since he was ap-
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continued to render the Editor the same amount of assistance in iden-
tifying the positions of objects of antiquarian or historical interest on
the Ordnance Maps, as had been afforded by his predecessor.

_ He has also to express his acknowledgments to Charles P. O’H.
Mac Donnell, Esq., M.R.I.A.; Charles J. O’Donel, Esq.; and Herbert
Hore, Esq., each of whom has furnished him with much important
and original information.

J. O’D.

EPISTLE DEDICATORY,

FROM

MICHAEL O’CLERY TO FEARGHAL O’GADHRA, LORD OF MAGH
UI GADHRA, ETC.

Oulohim Oia 1m cabaipt sacha
haobn(p vo pachad 1 Lfp oa chupp, 4
va anmain oP (pgal o savhpa cicch-
fpna Mhaige uf sadpa,7 cite o ppino,
aon von viap Rioinfoh Paplemente
po toshadh ap conoaé Sliccigh co
hat chat an bliadain ps oaoipCmorc,

1634.

Ay ni coiccfno pollen pon wile
voman in sach 1onaoh 1 mbi uanple no
onoip m Zach aimypip va ccamnice pam
vIaId 1 NoiaId nach pRul ni ap slop-
maine, ap aipmicemse ononarshe(an
adbanaib 1omda) na plop plnoacca
na pfhugoan,7 eolap na naimeac, 7
na nuaral po bavan ann pm aimpip

I BESEECH God to bestow every
happiness that may redound to the wel-
fare of his body and soul, upon Fearghal
O’Gadhra, Lord of Magh Ui-Ghadhra
and Cuil-O-bhFinn, one of the two
knights of Parliament who were elected
[and sent] from the county of Sligeach
to Ath-cliath this year of the age of
Christ, 1634.

It is a thing general and plain
throughout the whole world, in every
place where nobility or honour* has
prevailed in each successive period,
that nothing is more glorious, more
respectable, or more honourable (for
many reasons), than to bring to light
the knowledge of the antiquity of an-

* Honour.—In a free translation of this Dedi-
cation, made by Charles O’Conor, he rejects

much of the redundance of O’Clery’s language,
and improves on his expressions throughout.

lvi

pfmpo vo tabaine vo cum polaip an
oaigh co mbeie ait(ncap, 7 eolap as
gach opuing 1 noeavhaid anole cion-
nap vo Caltplot a pinnpip a pe 7a
naimpip, 7 cia hainfec po baccap 1
ccicc(nnap a nouithce, 1 noignic, no
1 nonoip o1a1) 1 NoIaIoh, 7 cped 1 an
o1vhead puainpiocc.

Tanaccpa an bpataip bocht oupo
.S. Pponperp Michel o clepicch (ian
mbfit ofich mbliadna vam acc Sccpio-
bad gach pfnoachca va bpuanar an
naomaib na heneann a maille le hum-
lace Zach Pnoumpiail oa pabe m
eninn a noiaid a cele vo bit accam)
va ban latainp a vapail A Phfpsait
ui sadna. Oo bpait(p an ban nonoin
sup bavban tnuaise, 7 nemele, v05-
caly1, 7 oebpoin libh (oo chum slope
vé 7 onona na heneann) a mev vo
deacatcap pliocc Gaorwil merc Niuil
fo cialg 7 vopcavap, Zan plop ecca
na owloa Naom, na bannaome
Cinveprcoip, Eppcoip, na abbao, na
vapal snaroh eccaily oile, Ris, na
Ruipis,c1geanna na coipicch, comaim-
rp na compinfoh neich oibhprohe pm
anole. Oo pollpisfpa oanbrm sup
bo vorg Lim Fo ppusimn curoluccad na
ccpomicige ap an mo mo mfp vo chum
leabaip Annalad 00 pecpfobad 1 ccurp-
fide 1 cculmne na nfite pemnaice, 4

EPISTLE DEDICATORY.

cient authors, and a knowledge of the
chieftains and nobles that existed in
preceding times, in order that each
successive generation might possess
knowledge and information as to how
their ancestors spent their time and
life, how long they were successively
in the lordship of their countries, in
dignity or in honour, and what sort of
death they met.

I, Michael O’Clerigh, a poor brother
of the order of St. Francis (after having
been for ten years transcribing every old
material which I found concerning the.
saints of Ireland, observing obedience
to each provincial that was in Ireland
successively), have come before you,
O noble Farrell O’Gara. I have cal-
culated on your honour that it seemed
to you a cause of pity and regret, grief
and sorrow (for the glory of God and
the honour of Ireland), how much the
race of Gaedhal the son of Niul have
gone under a cloud and darkness with-
out a knowledge of the death or obit
of saint or virgin, archbishop, bishop,
abbot, or other noble dignitary of the
Church, of king or prince, lord or
chieftain [and] of the synchronism or
connexion of the one with the other.
I explained to you that I thought I
could get the assistance of the chroni-
clers for whom I had most esteem, for
writing a book of annals, in which the

EPISTLE DEDICATORY.

va lficct: an caipve gan a Sccniobad
vo Lataip nach ppwuighei iav vomdip1
le a pponatm(c,7 le a ccummuccad
50 cmich,7 50 foinc(nn an bicha. Oo
cpuinnicchead lfm na leabain Cinna-
lad ap pin 7 ap Wonmaine ar mé vo
bhoip lfm opasanl 1 nepinn uile (bi0d
gup ofcaip vam a celcclamad 50
haoin 1onaov) v0 chum an leabenpy!
do pecmobad m bap nainmy1, 7 m ban
nonoin oin apr pib cucc luach paotaip
vo na cpoimcioib lay po pecmiobad é,
7 bnatpe conuente oum na ngall
vo caith corcar bioh, 7 pmotailme
pa man an cceona. Sach mait oa
ctiocpa von leabon pm va tabainc
polaipp ovo cach 1 ccoictchinne ap
Fmbpi ap binche a bunohe,7 nip cin
mactnad, no 1ongsnad év no 1omtnut
vo bfit pa mart 0a noingenad yb, dip
ap oo piol Eimip meric Milead sAinpioc
30 sh vo mogaib eneann,7 a haén
an tpi piccib vo naomanb; on Tadz pin
macCein mic oilella olurm 6p prolpac
a hocc décc vo na naomaib pin ap
eioin vo Bpht 6 slan go slain sur an
taog céona. Ro sablaishpiot 7 po
aiccpeabrac clann an Talos pin 1
monaovaib examla an puo Epeann 41.

lvii
aforesaid matters might be put on re-
cord ; and that, should the writing of
them be neglected at present, they
would not again be found to be put on
record or commemorated to the end
and termination of the world. There
were collected by me all the best and
most copious books of annals that I
could find throughout all Ireland
(though it was difficult for me to col-
lect them to one place), to write this
book in your name, and to your ho-
nour, for it was you that gave the re-
ward of their labour to the chroniclers,
by whom it was written ; and it was
the friars of the convent of Donegal
that supplied them with food and at-
tendance in like manner. For every
good that will result from this book,
in giving light to all in general, it is
to you that thanks should be given,
and there should exist no wonder or
surprise, jealousy” or envy, at [any]
good that you do; for you are of
the race of Heber mac Mileadh, from
whom descended thirty of the kings of
Ireland, and sixty-one saints ; and to
Tadhg mac Cein mac Oilella Oluim,
from whom eighteen of these saints®

» Jealousy.—If O’ Donnell were in the country
at the time, he ought to have felt great envy
and jealousy that the Four Masters should have
committed this work, which treats of the O’Don-
nells more than of any other family, to the world

h

under the name and patronage of any of the
rival race of Oilioll Olum, much less to so petty
a chieftain of that race as O’Gara. This will ap-
pear obvious from the Contention of the Bards.

© Eighteen of these saints.—Charles O’Conor,

lviil
Shochc Conbmaic Halts wWluighmb
connacc on semeabhaipp: mumcin
saona, an oa Ua Easpa bn cconnac-
coibh,7 o h(Spa an Rica, O Ceanbarll
1 n€le,7 o Mfchaip 1 nnb Campin,

o concobain 1 ccrannaccaslinnesfimin.

Do d(pbad an ban zcechtya on
ful uapail pin a oubpaman acc ro
ban ngemealach,

Q Ph(psail ui savna,
CQ meic taocc,

meic oilealla,

meic DlIapMacca,
meic eoshain,

meic Dlapmana,

meic eoshain,

meic tomalcals occ,
meic tomalcaig morp,
meic Diapmacca,
meic Raighne,

meric congalaigh,
meic ouinnplebe,

EPISTLE DEDICATORY.

are sprung, you can be traced, genera-
tion by generation. The descendants
of this Teige branched out, and inha-
bited various parts throughout Ireland,
namely: the race of Cormac Gaileng
in Luighne-Connacht, from whom ye,
the Muintir-Gadhra, the two Ui Eaghra
in Connaught, and O’h-Eaghra of the
Ruta, O’Carroll of Ely, O’Meachair in
Ui-Cairin, and O’Conor of Cianachta-
Glinne-Geimhin, are descended.

As a proof‘of your coming from this
noble blood we have mentioned, here
is your pedigree,

Oh Fearghal O’Gadhra, thou son of
Tadhg! son of

Oilioll, son of

Diarmaid, son of

Eoghan, son of

Diarmaid, son of

Eoghan, son of '
Tomaltach Og, son of

Tomaltach More, son of

Djarmaid, son of

Raighne, son of

Conghalach, son of

Donnsleibhe, son of

who felt no qualm of conscience at reducing the
simple style of O’Clery to his own imitation of
Dr. Johnson, translates this passage in the fol-
lowing loose manner, without regard to the
construction of the original.

“In truth, every benefit derivable from our
labours is due to your protection and bounty ;

nor should it excite jealousy or envy that you
stand foremost in this as in other services you
have rendered your country ; for, by your birth,
you are a descendant of the race of Heber,
which gave Ireland thirty monarchs, and
sixty-one of which race died in the odour of
sanctity.”

EPISTLE

meic Ruaom,
meic ouinnplebe,
meic concobhaip,
meic Ruainc,
meic Fadpa, o ploinntean muincin
sana,
meic sletneacain,
meic Saongara,
meic bece,
meic plaitiora,
meic caichligh,
meic cinopaolaid,
mec DIanmMaoa,
meic plonnbainn,
meic bnénainn,
meic natcpnaoic,
Meic FIDEOIN,
meic plovcuine,
meic apt cuimb,
meic nad cuinb,
merc luf o naimmmnstean luighne,

MEIC TAILS,

mec cen,

meic oilella oluim,
meic moda nuadac,
meic moda nficc,
meic ofipce,

meric ofincctfinead,
meic enoa moncaoin,
meic loich morn,
meic mopebip,

meic muipfoaig mucna,
meic eacdac gain,

DEDICATORY. iz

Ruaidhri, son of

Donsleibhe, son of

Conchobhar, son of

Ruarc, son of

Gadhra, from whom the Muintir-
Gadhra are surnamed, son of

Glethnechan, son of

Saerghas, son of

Bec, son of

Flaithius, son of

Taichleach, son of

Cinnfaeladh, son of

Diarmaid, son of

Finnbharr, son of

Brenann, son of

Nadfraech, son of

Fiden, son of

Fidhchuir, son of

Art Corb, son of

Niadh Corb, son of

Lui, from whom the Luighne are
named, son of

Tadhg, son of

Cian, son of

Oilioll Olum, son of

Modh Nuadhat, son of

Modh Neid, son of

Derg, son of

Deirgtheineadh, son of

Enda Monchaoin, son of

Loich Mor, son of

Mofebis, son of

Muiredhach Muchna, son of

Eochaidh Garv, son of

h 2

lx EPISTLE DEDICATORY.

meic ouaic ovalca veavhaoh,
meic caipppe luipcc,
meic lonnaccmain,

meic na pedamain,
meic avamain polccain,
meic pipcuipb,

meic mova cuinb,

meic cobtaig caom,
meic p{ccada pigofincc,
meic luigole Largo,
meic eachoach,

meic oilealla,

meic anc,

meic luigofc laimoerncc,
meic eacoac uaincey,
meic luigoec 1apduino,
Melc envda dveINcc,

meic ouaich Finn,

meic Seona ronnappaig,
meic bnfippish,

meic apt mls,

meic pholimio,

meic Roteccars, ;
meic Roan pigailis,
meic pailbe 1olcopais,
meic caip céocoimpnis,
meic pailo(pccooin,
meic muineamom,

meic cap clotas,

meic pip anoa,

meic Roteccais,

meic Roppa,

meic slairp,

meic nuavac ofslam,

Duach Dalta Deadhadh, son of

Cairbre Losc, son of
Innadmhar, son of

Nia Sedhamuin, son of
Adamar Foltchain, son of
Fercorb, son of

Modh Corb, son of
Cobhthach Caemh, son of

Rechtadh Righdhearg, son of -

Lughaidh Lagha, son of
Eochaidh, son of
Oilioll, son of

Art, son of

Lughaidh Laimhdhearg, son of

Eochaidh Uairches, son of
Lughaidh Iardhunn, son of
Enda Dearg, son of

Duach Finn, son of

Sedna Innarrach, son of
Bresrigh, son of

Art Imleach, son of
Feidhlimidh, son of
Rothechtach, son of

Roan Righaileach, son of
Failbhe Iolcorach, son of
Cas Cedcoimhgneach.
Faildeargdoid, son of
Muineamhon, son of

Cas Clothach, son of
Ferarda, son of
Rothechtach, son of

Ross, son of .

Glass, son of

Nuadhat Deaghlamh, son of

EPISTLE DEDICATORY.

mec eacoac paobanglarp,
meic conmaorl,

meié ermhin Finn,

meic milead eppainne,
meic bile,

meic bneogain,

meic bnacha,

meic veaacha,

meic eancada,

meic alo6io,

meic nuadaicc,

meic nnuail,

meric eimin slaip,

meic agnoin fino,

meric eimin sluinpino,
meic laimpinn,

meic agnamain, et cetena.

Cn vana la pichfc vo mi lanuanp
anno vomin 1632, 00 Tionnpsnaoh an
leabon po 1 cconueinc Ohuin na ngall,
7 do cmochnaighfoh 1pm cconueinc
ceona an veachmaoh la voaugurc,
1636. An caonmad bliadain vecc vo
pishe ap Righ Cannolup opr Sarai,
Fpainc, Albain, 7 op Eimpinn.

bhan ccana ronmam,

sRatThair michez o czerigh.

lxi

Eochaidh Faebharghlas, son of
Conmael, son of
Eimher Finn, son of
Mileadh, son of

Bile, son of

Breogan, son of

Bratha, son of

Deatha, son of

Earchadh, son of

Aldod, son of

Nuadhat, son of

Ninual, son of

Eimher Glas, son of
Agnon Finn, son of
Ennhir Gluinfinn, son of
Laimhfinn, son of
Agnaman.

On the twenty-second day of the
month of January, Anno Domini 1632,
this book was commenced in the
convent of Dun-na-nGall; and it was
finished in the same convent on the
tenth day of August, 1636, the eleventh
year of the reign of our King Charles
over England, France, Alba, and over
Eire.

Your affectionate friend,

Brotuer Micuaey O’Crery.

APPROBATIONS

OF THE WORK.

eae a

Ccacz na haichne vo Uno |S.
Fronrerr chuippfp a lamha ap po
aga plaohnughadvh sun ab é Pfshal
6 6aovhpa cucc ap an mbpachaip
Michel o Clemicch na Cnomene 4
an taop ealavhna vo chnumoiusgad
co haoin 1onavh lap po pccmobhaoh
leabharp ormp 7 Annala na h€miono
(an mficc pob eroip opashail le a
pecmobavh dob) 7 Zon ab e an Pfp-
shal céona cuce loighweacht dob
ap a pecmobhaoh.

Aca an leabhan panota an 06,
Cp é1onavh in po pgmobaoh é 6 chuy
co ofinfoh 1 cconuenc bnachan Ovin

* Gave them a reward.—Charles O’Conor trans-
lates this loosely, as follows :

“The fathers of the Franciscan Order, sub-
scribers hereunto, do certify that Ferall O’Gara
was the nobleman who prevailed on Brother Mi-
chael O’Clery to bring together the antiquaries
and chronologers, who compiled the following
Annals (such as it was in their power to collect),
- and that Ferrall O’Gara, aforesaid, rewarded

Tue fathers of the Franciscan order
who shall put their hands on this
do bear witness that it was Fearghal
O’Gadhra that prevailed on Brother
Michael O’Clerigh to bring together
the chroniclers and learned men, by
whom were transcribed the books of
history and Annals of Ireland (as much
of them as it was possible to find to be
transcribed), and that it was the same
Fearghal that gave them a reward* for
their writing.

The book is divided into two [parts].
The place at which it was transcribed,
from beginning to end, was the convent

them liberally for their labour.”

The reader will, however, observe that there
are no words in the original Irish of O’Clery
to correspond with O’Conor’s nobleman or liber-
ally, here marked in Italics. The Editor has
discovered no clue to determine how libe-
rally O’Gara paid the chroniclers, but feels
satisfied that the sum he paid them was very
trifling.

lxiv

na ngall, apa mbiad,7 an a bppioch-
ail(mh. Oo cionnpccnad 7 vo pecpio-
bavh an cé10 Leabhan de 1pm Conuenc
chfccna an bliadain pi 1632, an can
po bad sarpoian an cachaipn bepnap-
om 6 Clépicch.

Ap ace na Cnomicide, 7 an caor
ealaohna oo batcap acc peemobavh
an leabaip pin,y aga chfslamaoh a
leabpaib éccpamla an bnachaip Mi-
chél 6 Clepicch, Mumpip mac Tonna
ui Mhaolconaine pm pé aom miora ;
PMpfpa mac CLochlamo uf Maoil-
chonaine, aictpiohe ina noir a contaé
Rorypa commain, Cacoigepiche 6 clé-
piech a contae Ohamn na ngall, cucor-
acpiche 6 Ouibs(noamn a contae iach
dploma,7 conaipe 6 clépicch a contae
Om na ngall.

(ciao na plinleabain po bhacon
aca, leabhan cluana mic néip in po
bfrnas Naoimchianan mac an tpaofn.
Ceaban oilémn na natm pon Loch Ribh,
Geabhan Shfnaoh mec Magshnupra
pop Coch Epne Ceaban clomne ui

APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK.

of the Friars of Dun-na-nGall, they
supplying food and attendance. The
first book was begun and transcribed
in the same convent this year, 1632,
when Father Bernardine O’Clery was
Guardian.

The chroniclers and learned men who
were engaged in extracting and tran-
scribing this book from various books,
were : Brother Michael O’Clerigh ;
Maurice, the son of Torna O’Mael-
chonaire, for one month; Ferfeasa, the
son of Lochlainn O’Maelchonaire, both
of the county of Ros Chomain ; Cucog-
criche O’Clerigh, of the county of Dun-
na-nGall ; Cucoigcriche O’Duibhgen-
nain, of the county of Liath-druim ;
and Conaire O’Clerigh, of the county
of Donegal.

These are the old books they had :
the book of Cluain-mic-Nois’, [a church
blessed by Saint Ciaran, son of the
carpenter ; the book of the Island of
Saints’, in Loch Ribh ; the book of Sea-
nadh Mic Maghnusa‘, in Loch Erne ;

» The book of Cluain-mic-Nois.—The original
of this is now unknown ; but there are several
copies of a translation of it, made in 1627, by
Connell Mageoghegan, Esq., of Lismoyny, in the
county of Westmeath, one in the British Mu-
seum, another in the Library of Trinity College,
Dublin, F. 3. 19, a third in the library of the
Marquis of Drogheda, and others in the hands
of private individuals. The original was in the
Mageoghegan family, but the Editor does not

know the present representative of the Lismoyny
branch. The Editor has added from this trans-
lation many long passages omitted by the Four
Masters.

° The book of the Island of all Saints.—This
manuscript is now unknown.

* Book of Seanadh Mic Maghnusa.—Now called
the Annals of Ulster.—See note ¥, under the
year 1307, p. 489; note *, under 1408, p. 795 ;
and note ‘, under the year 1498, p. 1240, infra.

APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK.

Maoflconaipe, Ceban muincene Ourb-
5fnoain chille Ronan, leaban oipipfn
Leacain meic Pipbipicch ppich chuca
ian pepobhavh upmoip an leabaip, 4
ap po pemobhpacc gach lionmain-
eacht oa bpuaipp(ec (Rangacon a
Up) nac paibe ip na céitc leabnaib
bacon aca, an nf baot1 leaban cluana,
ma por 1 leabhan an olém ache sur
an mbliadain yr oaoip an cashCpna
1227.

lxv

the book of the Clann Ua Maelcho-
naire’; the book of the O’Duigenans,
of Kilronan‘; the historical book of
Lecan Mic Firbisigh*, which was pro-
cured for them after the transcription
of the greater part of the book [work],
and from which they transcribed every
copious matter they found which they
deemed necessary, which was not in
the first books they had, for neither the
book of Cluain, nor the book of the
Island, were [carried] beyond the year
of the age of our Lord, 1227.

Seanadh Mic Manus, now Belleisle, is an island
in Lough Erne, the property of the Rev. Gray
Porter, who has recently erected a house upon
it.

* The book of the Clann Ua Maelchonaire.—
Now unknown. It is’ frequently quoted by
O’Flaherty, in his marginal additions to the
copy of these Annals, preserved in the Library
of Trinity College, Dublin, H. 2. 11.

£ The book of the Muinntir-Duibhgennain of
Cill-Ronain.—There isa most curious and valu-
able manuscript volume of Irish annals, which
was in the possession of the O’Duigenans, pre-
served in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin,
H. 1. 19; but it does not appear to be the one
used by the Four Masters. It perfectly accords
with all the passages quoted by Ware and Harris
from the Annals of Lough Kee ; and it may be
safely conjectured that it is a compilation made
by the O’Duigenans from the Annals of Lough
Kee, Roscommon, and Kilronan. The Editor has
made copious additions to the work of the Four
Masters from this manuscript, calculated to
throw much light on historical facts but slightly
touched upon by the Masters themselves.

& The historical book of Lecan Mic Firbisigh.—
This book is now unknown; but there is a good
abstract of some annals, which belonged to the
Mac Firbises, made by the celebrated Duald
Mac Firbis, now preserved in the Library of
Trinity College, Dublin, H. 1.18. This abstract
is styled Chronicum Scotorum by the transcriber,
who states that he shortened or abstracted it
from a larger work of the Mac Firbises, omitting
every thing, except what relates to the Scoti or
Milesians. The same Duald, or Dudley, also
translated, in the year 1666, a portion of the
Annals of Ireland, extending from 1443 to 1468,
for the use of Sir James Ware. This translation
has been recently printed for the Irish Archxo-
logical Society.—See the Miscellany, p. 198, and
the Editor’s notes, pp. 263-302. From this
translation the Editor has supplied, in the
notes, many passages omitted by the Four Mas-
ters.

The Annals of the Mac Firbises are also fre-
quently quoted by O’Flaherty, in his marginal
additions to the Trinity College copy of the
Annals of the Four Masters, all which additions

the Editor has printed in the notes.

xvi APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK.

Oo tionnpecnavh an vana leabhan
oanab copach an bliavain pi 1208, an
bliadain pi oaoip Cpiore mm po ba Faip-
oian an cachain Cmorcoin Uleach
1635,7 00 pecpiobavh an chuo orle
de 50 1608 an ched bliadain in no
bavh gapoian an cachaip bennanoin
O Clemcch oomdin. An bnpachain
Micel O Clémsh a oubnamon, Co-
coiccepiche 6 Clémgh 7 Conaine 6
Clepicch 00 pemiobh an leaban oe10h-
fhach 6tha 1332 50 1608. Up iat
na leabain ap po penfobpac an cman
pempaice unmonanleabain,anleaban
.c(cna pin clone ui Maoilconaine go
mile cuicc ced a cig, ar i pm an
bliadam ofiotnach baor ano, leaban
na muincimne oulbhg(noan can a tcan-
samap o cha naos ccéd go mile ctncc
céd Searccatc a tpi, Leaban Seanad
mec Maghnupa ina paibe co Mile
cuicc céd tmochac aod, blad do
teaban Choncoicecpiche meic Onap-
macca mic Caohs coumm uf clepigh
on mbliadain pi Mile oa chéo, oche-
moshacc a haon, co mile cuicc céd
tmochatc a Seachc, Leaban Mec
bnuaiofoha Mhaolin dice on mbliao-
ain pi INile, eis cév, ochcmoghat a
hochc, 50 mile Sé Géd a tm, Leabhan

The second book [volume], which
begins with the year 1208, was com-
menced this year of the age of Christ,
1635, in which Father Christopher
Ultach [Donlevy] was guardian, and
the other part of it, to the year 1608,
was transcribed the first year in which
Father Bernardin O’Clerigh, Brother
Michael O’Clerigh aforgsaid, Cucoig-
criche O’Clerigh, and Conaire O’Cle-
righ, transcribed the last book [vo-
lume], from 1332 to 1608. These are
the books from which these three tran-
scribed the greatest part of this book :
the same book of the O’Mulconrys, as
far as the year one thousand five hun-
dred and five, and this was the last year
which it contained ; the book of the
O’Duigenans, of which we have spoken,
from [the year] nine hundred to one
thousand five hundred sixty-three; the
book of Seanadh-Mic Maghnusa, which
extended to one thousand five hundred
thirty-two ; a portion of the book of
Cucogry, the son of Dermot", son of
Tadhg Cam O’Clerigh, from the year
one thousand two hundred and eighty-
one, to one thousand five hundred and
thirty-seven ; the book of Mac Bru-
aideadha' (Maoilin Og) from the year

» Cucogry, son of Dermot.—He was the great-
grandfather of Cucogry or Peregrine O’Clery,
one of the Four Masters.— See Genealogies,
Tribes, and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 83.

He flourished about the year 1537. | His book
is now unknown.

' The book of Mac Bruaideadha.—Unknown
to the Editor.

ee ee

APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK.

Cushach uf clenigh, 6 Mhile, curce
céo, ochtmoghat, a Sé, 50 Mile, Sé
chéd a@ 00.

Oochonncamon na leabain pin wile
az an afp ealadna can a ccangamon
Romainn 7 leabaip opi ole nach
latt po bad eimelc vainmnugad. Oo
ofpbad sac net oan pemobavh annpin
Romain Acaimne na pfpranna po
rior ag con an lam an po hi cconuent
Ohiin na ngall an veachmad la vo
Cugurc, aoip Chniorc Mhle, Se chéo,
tmochac a Sé.

Fr. BERNARDINUS CLERY,

Guardianus Dungalensis.
bpacan Muipip Ullcach.
bpataip Muipip Ulleae.

bpatain bonauancupa o Oomnill,

Leacoin lubilac.

lxvil

one thousand five hundred eighty-eight,
to one thousand six hundred and three;
the book of Lughaidh O’Clerigh, from
one thousand five hundred eighty-six
to one thousand six hundred two.
We have seen all these books with the
learned men, of whom we have spoken
before, and other historical books be-
sides them. In proof of every thing
which has been written above, the fol-
lowing persons are putting their hands
on this, in the convent of Donegal, the
tenth day of August, the age of Christ
one thousand six hundred thirty-six.

9

BRoTHER BERNARDINE O’CLERY,
Guardian of Donegal.
Brotuer Maurice ULitTacu,
Broturer Maurice ULiracu,
BroruerR BonaveNntTuRA O'DONNELL",
Jubilate Lector.

* Brother Bonaventura O’Donnell.—This was
made O’Donnell (Prince of Tirconnell) in the
translation used by Mr. Petrie. Manus, son of
Sir Niall Garve, and Hugh O’Donnell of Ramel-
ton, who was a member of the Parliament of

12

the Confederate Catholics, held at Kilkenny on
the 10th of January, 1647, were the most dis-
tinguished members of the family at this period,
but neither of them appears to have patronized
this work.

Ixvill

APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK.

The following approbations of the work of the Four Masters are
prefixed to the copy in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, in the

handwriting of the scribe.

The autograph originals of the same are

in the copy deposited in the College of St. Isidore, at Rome, as the
Editor was informed by the late Dr. Lyons, of Kilmore-Erris.

Oo bitin 50 crane an bpatan
bocce Micel O Cléims (mantle le
himlacc a uactapam, an catain
lopeph Euenano, ppownpal Uipo
S. Fnompeip 1 n€pimo), vom 1onn-
raicchid vo taipben an leabain yp
vam,—acira Plann, mac Cainppe
Mic CAevdaccam, 6 bhaile Mhic Ceo-
accain, 1 ccontae Thobpac-Cpann,
ay a Pladnuccad, Fén bo hiomoa lea-
bap amp 00 Connanc vo peinleabnaib
Eneann, 7 5€p bo lionman an nuimin
éccince vo leabnaib aopoa 7 nem-
aopoa, pppiobta, 7] acca pgpfobad vo
comnanic 1 pcoil Seaain mic Tonna Us
’ Mhaoilconaine, ove pean nE€peann
hi ccoiccinne, hi pencur 7 hn ccpomic,
J aza mbavan a parb1 n€pinn ag pos-
lam na healadna pin ga ceaccare
aicce, nac peacadap etonpa pin ule
aon leaban ap peapp ond, ap coit-
cinne, ap Lionmaine,] ar mo ar in-
molca map leaban aipip 7 annal, ina
an leaban pa. Meayaim por nac

Whereas the poor friar, Michael
O’Clery (in obedience to his superior,
Father Joseph Everard, Provincial of
the Order of St. Francis in Ireland)
came to me to shew me this book,—I,
Flann, son of Cairbre Mac Aedhagain,
of Baile-Mhic-Aedhagain, in the county
of Tibrat-Arann, DO TESTIFY THAT,—
though many were the books of history
of the old books of Ireland which I
saw, and though numerous the uncer-
tain number of ancient and modern
books which I saw written and being
transcribed in the school of John, son
of Torna Ua Maelchonaire, the tutor
of the men of Ireland in general in his-
tory and chronology, and who had all
that were in Ireland learning that sci-
ence under his tuition—I HAVE NoT
seen among them all any book of better
order, more general, more copious, or
more to be approved of, as a book of
history and annals, than this book. I
think also that no intelligent person

we
I am, translates this te—testante.

, do testify.—Dr. O’Conor, mistaking the meaning of aci-pa, the old form of acd&imre,

i ta ta

APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK.

é1vip le oume ap bit cuiccpionac vo
tuait né veglaip, no le healadam, oa
léigpe € a lochcuccad. Oo dvenbad
an neite pempaice acam acc pecpibad
mo laime aip po 1pm mbarle Mhic
Cedaaccain a oubanc, 2. Nouemb.
1636.
Plann Mac Covdagain.

Taine an bpatap bocce Micel
O Cléns, amaille le humplacc a
uacoapain, an catain lopeph Cue-
pano, Pnoumpial Umno 8. Phpompery,
vom latain vo Lécchad 7 vo taipbé-
nad an leabain aipip 7 annalad oo
pspiobad leap 7 lap an aoip ealadna
oile, ipa lama aca ap, 4 ian na peu-
cain 7 1an na bneatnugad oam, acura
Mac bpuaiveada, Concobap, mac
Maolin O15 6 Chill Chaowe 7 6
Ceicip Waolain 1 ccontae an Chlap,
aga flaonugad 50 bpuil an leaban
mmotca,j na cumam linn leaban api
no annal opaicpin ap mo ap feanp 7
ap Lfonmaine corcchinne an Epinn ule
ma an leaban po,7 sup ab ooilig cor-
béim, Locousao na incpeacad opagail
ain. Oodeanbad ap a noubant acaim
ag cup mo lame aip 1 cCill Chaoive,
11 Nou. 1636.

Conner Mac Bropy, 04 ngointen
Mac Opuavan.

lxix

whatever, of the laity or clergy, or of
the professions, who shall read it, can
possibly find fault with it. In attesta-
tion of which thing aforesaid, I here
put my hand on this, at the Baile-Mhic-
Aedhagain aforesaid, the 2nd of No-
vember, 1636.

FLANN Mac AODHAGAIN.

The poor friar, Michael O’Clery, in
obedience to his superior, Father Jo-
seph Everard, Provincial of the Order
of St. Francis, came before me to read
and exhibit the book of history and
annals written by himself and the other
professional men, whose hands are upon
it; and after having viewed and exa-
mined it, I, Mac Bruaidin-Conchobhar,
son of Maeilin Og of Cill-Chaeide [Kil-
keedy] and Leitir-Maelain, in the county
of Clare, po TEstiry that this book is
recommendable, and that we do not
remember having seen a book of his-
tory or annals larger, better, or more
generally copious in treating of all Ire-
land, than this book; and that it is
difficult to find fault with, censure, or
criticise it. To attest what I have said,
I now put my hand upon it at Cill-
Chaeide, the 11th November, 1636.

Conner Mac Bropy, called
Mac Bruop1n.

lxx APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK.

“ Visis testimoniis et approbationibus eorum qui precipui sunt Antiquarii
Rerum nostrarum, et lingue ac historia peritissime ac expertissime, de fide
et integritate fratris Michaelis O’Cleri, Ordinis Seraphici 8. Francisci, in opere
quod intitulatur, Annales Regni Hibernia in duas partes diviso, quarum prima
continet a diluvio ad annum Christi Millesimum ducentesimum vigesimum septi-
mum, secunda vero continet ad milesimum sexcentesimum octavum, colligendo,
castigando, et illustrando,—Nos Malachias, Dei et Apostolicee Sedis gratia, Ar-
chiepiscopus Tuamensis, et Connacize Primas, preefatum opus approbamus et
dignissimum ut in lucem reddatur, ad Dei gloriam, Patri honorem, et com-
munem utilitatem censemus.

“Datum Galvie 14 Cal. Decembris, 1636.

“ MALACHIAS, ARCHIEPISCOPUS TUAMENSIS™.”

“ Visis testimoniis, et authenticis peritorum approbationibus, do hoc opere,
per Fr. Michaelem Clery Ordinis Laicum fratrem collecto, libenter illud appro-
bamus, ut in publicum lucem edatur.

“ Datum Ros-rield, 27 Novemb. 1636.
“Fr. Bortius’ Evpuin, Eps.”

“ Opus cui titulus Annales Regni Hibernie a Fr. Michaele Clery, Laico
Ordinis §. Francisci de observantia, summa fide exaratum, prout testantur
Synographa Virorum Doctissimorum, quibus merito Nos multum deferentes,
illud prelo dignissum censemus.

“ Actum Dublinii, 8 Febr. 1636.

“ Fr. Tuomas Fiemine, Arch. Dublin, Hibernie Primas.”

“De hoc Opere quod intitulatur Annales Regni Hibernice, in duas partes
diviso, quarum prima continet a Diluvio ad annum Christi 1227, secundo vero
continet ad millesimum sexcentesimum octavum, quem Fr. Michael Clery

™ Malachias, Archiepiscopus Tuamensis—He naught, pp. 74, 93.
was Malachy O’Cadhla, or O’Keely, Roman Ca- ” Boetius.—He was Boetius Baethghalach Mac
tholic or titular Archbishop of Tuam.—See Aedhagain, or MacEgan, Roman Catholic Bishop
Hardiman’s edition of O’Flaherty’s West Con- of Elphin.

ee es

bial pie pete

Mon

MMBAD SS RSet iro eee Ey ieAbaretadiiniagrt

APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. Ixxi

Ordinis S. Francisci, ad communem patrie utilitatem collegit, non aliter cen-
semus quam censores a Rev. admodum Patre Provinciali ejus Fratris D. Flo-
rentius Kegan et D. Cornelius Bruodin, pro eodem opere inspiciendo, exami-
nando, et approbando vel reprobando assignati, judicaverunt, et decreverunt.
Nos enim eosdem tanquam peritissimos lingue Hibernice, et in omnibus His-
toriis et Patriee Chronologiis versatissimos existimamus. Quapropter illorum
censure, et judicio de prefato opere fratris M. Clery, in omnibus confirmamus.
In quorum fidem, his manu propria subscripsimus. Datum in loco nostrx

mansionis die 8 Jan. A. D. 1637.
“Fr. Rocnus KILpARENS.”

Ma 3

annala Rioshachca eiReann.

annala Rioshachta erReann.

\

Clos vomam sup an mbliadoiny) na oileand, va mle da Céad da fpiclt 4
va bliadom. Ceatpaca la ma noilinn caimg Cearoin 50 h€ipmn, 5O ccaopZaio

mngtn, 7 50 ccpan bpp, biot, Cadpa, 7

Clobat

Fioncoin a nanmanna.

Ladpa 1 nApo Cadpann,7 ap uad ammmspetp. ba hipwoe cfona manb Epionn.
Acbach bot 1 Sleb Gta, co po hadnacc 1 cCapn Slebe Ofta, conad uad

* The age of the world.—This is according to
the computation of the Septuagint, as given by
St. Jerome in his edition of the Chronicon of
Eusebius, from whom, no doubt, the Four Mas-
ters took this date. His words are : “Ab Adam
usque ad Diluvium anni sunt MMCCXLII.
Secundum Hebreorum numerum MDCLVL”

According to the Annals of Clonmacnoise and
various ancient Irish historical poems, 1656 years
had elapsed from the Creation to the Flood, which
was the computation of the Hebrews.—Sce
Keating’s History of Ireland (Haliday’s edition,
p- 145), and Dr. O’Conor’s Prolegomena ad An-
nales, p. li., and from p. cxxvii. to Cxxxv.

> Ceasair.— This story of the coming of
Ceasair, the grand-daughter of Noah, to Ire-
land, is given in the Book of Leinster, fol. 2, } ;
in all the copies of the Book of Invasions ;
in the Book of Fenagh; and in Giraldus Cam-
brensis’s Topographia Hibernica, dist. ii.c.1. It
is also given in Mageoghegan’s translation of
the Annals of Clonmacnoise; but the translator
remarks: ‘‘my author, Eochy O’Flannagan,

‘ giveth no credit to that fabulous tale.”” Hanmer

also gives this story, as does Keating; but they
do not appear to believe it, ‘‘ because,” says the
latter, ‘‘I cannot conceive how the Irish anti-
quaries could have obtained the accounts of
those who arrived in Ireland before the Flood,
unless they were communicated by those aerial
demons, or familiar sprites, who waited on them
in times of paganism, or that they found them
engraved on stones after the Deluge had sub-
sided.” The latter opinion had been propounded
by Giraldus Cambrensis (ubi supra), in the
twelfth century : ‘Sed forte in aliqua materia
inscripta, lapidea scilicet vel lateritia (sicut de
arte Musica legitur ante diluvium) inventa isto-
rum memoria, fuerat reseruata.”

O’F laherty also notices this arrival of Ceasair,
“forty days before the Flood, on the 15th day
of the Moon, being the Sabbath.” In the Chro-
nicon Scotorum, as transcribed by Duald Mac
Firbis, it is stated that this heroine was a daugh-
ter of a Grecian. The passage runs as follows :

“Ki. u. f. 1. x. M. ix. c. ix. Anno Mundi. In
hoc anno venit filia alicujus de Grecis ad Hiber-
niam, cui nomen Heru vel Berbha [Banbha], vel

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

Tue Age of the World’, to this Year of the Deluge, 2242. Forty days
before the Deluge, Ceasair® came to Ireland‘ with fifty girls and three men;

Bith, Ladhra, and Fintain, their names.

Ladhra died at Ard-Ladhrann‘, and

from him it is named. He was the first that died‘ in Ireland. Bith died at
Slabh Beatha‘, and was interred in the carn of Sliabh Beatha®, and from him

Cesar, et l. filie, et iit. viri cum ea. Ladhra guber-
nator fuit qui primus in Hibernia tumulatus est.
Hoc non narrant Antquarii Scotorum.”

© Ireland.—According to the Book of Lecan,
fol. 272, a, the Leabhar-Gabhala of the O’Clerys,
and Keating’s History of Ireland, they put in at
Dun-na-mbarc, in Corca-Duibhne, now Corca-
guiny, a barony in the west of Kerry. There
is no place in Corcaguiny at present known as
having borne the name; and the Editor is of
opinion that ‘“Corca Duibhne” is an error of
transcribers for ‘‘ Corca-Luighe,” and that the
place referred to is Dun-na-m-barc, in Corca-
Luighe, now Dunamark, in the parisli of Kilcom-
moge, barony of Bantry, and county of Cork.

4 Ard-Ladhrann : i.e. Ladhra’s Hill or Height.
This was the name of a place on the sea coast, in
the east of the present county of Wexford. The
name is now obsolete; but the Editor thinks
that it was applied originally to Ardamine, in
the east of the county of Wexford, where there
is a curious moat near the sea coast.—See Col-
gan’s Acta Sanctorum, pp. 210, 217, and Duald
Mac Firbis’s Genealogical work (Marquis of

Drogheda’s copy, pp. 23, 210, 217). The tribe
of Cinel-Cobhthaigh were seated at this place.

© The first that died, §c.—Literally, “the first
dead [man] of Ireland.” Dr. O’Conor renders
this : “‘ Occisus est Ladra apud Ard-Ladron, et
ab eo nominatur. Erat ista prima occisio in
Hibernia.” But this is very incorrect, and shews
that this translator had no critical knowledge
Connell Ma-

geoghegan, who translated the Annals of Clon-

of the language of these Annals.

macnoise in 1627, renders itthus: ‘‘ He was the
first that ever dyed in Ireland, of whom Ard-
Leyrenn (where he died, and was interred) took
the name.”

f Sliabh Beatha: i. e. Bith’s Mountain. Now
anglicé Slieve Beagh, a mountain on the confines
of the counties of Fermanagh and Monaghan.—
See the second part of these Annals, note", under
the year 1501, p. 1260.

8 Carn of Sliabh Beatha.—This carn still exists,
and is situated on that part of the mountain of
Slieve Beagh which extends across a portion of
the parish of Clones belonging to the county
of Fermanagh.—See note ®, under A. D. 1593. If

B2

4 anNNaza RIoshachta eiReann. [2527.

paicion m plab. OAcbach Ceapoip 1 cCuil Cfppa hi cConoachcaib, 50 po
hadnachc hi cCann Cfppa. Ip 6 Pioncom cpa Reape Fioncom or Loch
Ofipsvernc.

O Oilino f0 no sab Pantalon Ene 278,47 aoip Doma; an tan do macht
MT, 2520.

Qoip domain an can cams Papntalon 1 nEpinn, oa mile curce céd 7 pice
bliadom. Cciad na cogs bavan lap, Slainge, Larglimne 7 Rudpurde, a cpi
mfic, Oealccnac, Nepba, Ciocba, 7 Cfpbnad a ccfteopa mna.

Coip domain, va mile curg céd pice a plchce. Pea mac Topcon, mic Spi
vo é5 an bliadoinps: n Mug Fea, 7 po hadnachc 1 nOolnoib Moige Pea,
conad uada ainmnigtean an mas.

Coip vomain, va mile cuice céd tmocha. Ip an mbliadainrpe po cuiplo
in chfo cath 1 n€pimn «1. Croccal Gmgslncopach, mac Hull, mic Gainb oPo-

monchuib, 7 a matorp cangacon 1 n€pinn, occ cco a lion, 50 po cup cat

this carn be ever explored, it may furnish evi-
dences of the true period of the arrival of Bith.

» Carn-Ceasra, in Connaught. — O’ Flaherty
states in his Ogygia, part iii. c.i., that Knock-
mea, a hill in the barony of Clare, and county
of Galway, is thought to be this Carn-Ceasra,
and that Cuil-Ceasra was near it. This hill has
on its summit a very ancient carn, or sepulchral
heap of stones ; but the name of Ceasair is not
remembered in connexion with it, for it is
believed that this is the carn of Finnbheara,
who is believed by the peasantry to be king of
the fairies of Connaught. Giraldus Cambrensis
states (ubi supra) that the place where Ceasair
was buried was called Cesare tumulus in his
own time: “ Littus igitur in quo navis illa
primum applicuit, nauicularum littus vocatur,
& in quo prefata tumulata est Cesara usque
hodie Cesare tumulus nominatur.” But O’Fla-
herty’s opinion must be wrong, for in Eochaidh
O’Flynn’s poem on the early colonization of
Ireland, as in the Book of Leinster, fol. 3, Carn-
Ceasra is placed “ 6p Otill m(ppaid” over the
fruitful [River] Boyle. It is distinctly stated

in the Leabhar Gabhala of the O’Clerys that
Carn-Ceasair was on the bank of the River Boyle
[Sult], and that Cuil-Ceasra jwas in the same
neighbourhood. Cuil-Ceasra is mentioned in
the Annals of Kilronan, at the year 1571, as on
the River Boyle.

This
place, which was otherwise called Tultuine, is
described as in the territory of Aradh, over
Loch Deirgdheirc, now Lough Derg, an expan-
sion of the Shannon, between Killaloe and Por-
tumna. According to a wild legend, preserved
in Leabhar-na-h-Uidhri, in the Library of the
Royal Irish Academy, this Fintan survived the
Deluge, and lived till the reign of Dermot, son
of Fergus Ceirbheoil, having during this period
undergone various transmigrations ; from which
O’Flaherty infers that the Irish Druids held the
doctrine of the Metempsychosis: ‘‘ Ex hac

i Feart-Fintan : i. e. Fintain’s Grave.

autem fabula colligere est Pythagorice ac Pla-
tonice schole de animarum migratione, seu in
quevis corpora reditu deliramenta apud Ethni-

Ogygia, p. 4.
This Fintan is still remembered in the tradi-

cos nostros viguisse.”—

* '

2527.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 5

the mountain is named. Ceasair died at Cuil-Ceasra, in Connaught, and was
interred in Carn-Ceasra”. From Fintan is [named] Feart-Fintain', over Loch
Deirgdheire.

From the Deluge until Parthalon took possession of Ireland 278 years; and
the age of the world when he arrived in it, 2520.

The age of the world* when Parthalon came into Ireland, 2520 years.
These were the chieftains who were with him: Slainge, Laighlinne, and Rudh-
raidhe, his three sons; Dealgnat, Nerbha, Ciochbha, and Cerbnad, their four
wives.

The Age of the World, 2527. Fea, son of Torton, son of Sru, died this
year at Magh-Fea', and was interred at Dolrai-Maighe-Fea; so that it was from
him the plain is named.

The Age of the World, 2530. In this year the first battle was fought in
Ireland ; i. e. Cical Grigenchosach, son of Goll, son of Garbh, of the Fomorians,
and his mother™, came into Ireland, eight hundred in number, so that a battle
was fought between them [and Parthalon’s people] at Sleamhnai-Maighe-Ithe’,

tions of the country as the Mathusalem of Ire-
land ; and it is believed in Connaught that he
was a saint, and that he was buried at a locality
called Kilfintany, in the south of the parish of
Kilcommon, barony of Erris, and county of
Mayo. Dr. Hanmer says that this traditional
fable gave rise to a proverb, common in Ireland
in his own time, “Jf I had lived Fintan’s years,
I could say much.”

* The age of the world.—The Annals of Clon-
macnoise synchronize the arrival of Parthalon
with the twenty-first year of the age of the
Patriarch Abraham, and the twelfth year of
the reign of Semiramis, Empress of Assyria,
A: M. 1969, or 313 years after the Flood.
O’Flaherty adopts this chronology in his Ogygia,
part iii. c. ii. Giraldus Cambrensis writes that
“ Bartholanus Sere filius de stirpe Japhet filii
Noe” came to Ireland in the three hundredth
year after the Deluge.

' Magh-Fea: i.e. Fea’s Plain. This was the
name of a level plain in the present barony of

Forth, and county of Carlow.
in his History of Ireland (reign of Olioll Molt)
that the church of Cill-Osnadha (now Kellis-
town), four (large Irish) miles to the east of

Keating states

Leighlin, was situated in this plain. The barony
of Forth, or O’Nolan’s country, comprised all
this plain, and was from it called Fotharta-Fea,
to distinguish it from the barony of Forth
in the county of Wexford, which was called
Fotharta-an-Chairn, from Carnsore Point.

™ Tis mother: a wazaip. Dr. O’Conor prints
this math oir, and translates it ‘‘ Duces Orien-
tales,” which shews that he did not take the
trouble to compare the older accounts of this
story. It is stated in the Leabhar Gabhala of
the O’Clerys, and in Keating’s History of Ireland,
that this Cical and his mother, Lot Luaimneach,
had been in Ireland before Partholan.—See
Haliday’s edition, p. 167.

2 Sleamhnai Maighe-Ithe—This was the name
of a place near Lough Swilly, in the barony of
Raphoe, and county of Donegal ; but it is now

6 anNNazwa RIoshachta elReGNN.

(2532.

fcoppa in Slimnob Muige hlee so po mebowd pon na Pomopmbh pia bPap-
talon, 50 po mapbao ule, conad e cath Murghe hliche mmnpin.

Clip vomom, oa mile cicc clo tmoca ado.

Locha Techeac ipin mbliadainy.

Qoip vomom, oa mile cuice céad tmocha acpi.
vece ipin mbliadainy1, 7 po hadnachce hn ccapn Slebe Slanga.

Loca Merc beop 1pm bliadain cfona.

Tomaidm Locha Con, 4

Slainge mac Pantolam
CTomaidm

Coip vomom, oa tle curg cév tpicha acing. Caglinve mac Pantaloin
ofs iran mbliadainy1. An can po clap a ppc ap ann po meband Loch Lang-
linne 1 nUib mac Uap, conad uada ainmmsgt(p. Tomaiom Locha h€achtna

blop.

Cloip vomom, oa mile cus céd cltpaca a curs. Rudpuide mac Panta-
lom vo bachad 1 Loc Rudpude, 1an ctcomaiom in locha camp, conad uada

paic(p Coch Rudpuige.

Cloip vomom, oa mile cig clo cltpacha are.

Mupcola 6ptha fo cip

pm mbliadcainy1, conad é an pfchtmad loch tomaidm po mebad 1 narmypin
Pantalcm, 7 ap oopde ap ainm Loch Cuan.
Cloip domain, oa mile curg céd caoga. Paptalon vécc pon S(nmoig elta

Eavaip pn mbhadomp.

obsolete. Magh-Ithe is the name of a plain in
the barony of Raphoe, along the River Finn.—
See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., pages 114, 181.

° Loch Con.—A large lake in the barony of
Tirawley, and county of Mayo.

P Loch Techeat.—N ow Lough Gara, near Boyle,
on the borders of the counties of Roscommon
and Sligo.—See note *, under A. D. 1256, p. 357.

4 Sliabh Slangha.—This was the ancient name
of Sliabh Domhanghairt, or Slieve Donard, in the
Giraldus
Cambrensis says that it was called Mons Domi-

south-east of the county of Down.

nici in his own time, from a St. Dominicus who
built a noble monastery at the foot of it.—Top.
Hib., dist. iii. c. 2. This was St. Domhanghart,
and the monastery is Maghera.—See Colgan’s
Trias Thaum., p.114 n, 131 ; and Acta Sancto-

Q namypip sabala Pancaloin Ro plfécoic na
muigepl: acc na ma m plp caicve blhadna cipide m po pl(chcoro.

Mag

rum, at 24th March, pp. 742, 744. The carn of

‘Slainge is still to be seen on the summit of

Slieve-Donard, and forms a very conspicuous
object. The hero Slainge is now forgotten by
tradition, but the memory of St. Donard is still
held in great veneration throughout the barony
of Iveagh and the Mourne mountains. Archdall
(Monasticon, p. 733) commits the double error of
confounding Sliabh-Domhanghairt with: Carn-
sore point, on the south coast of Wexford, and
of supposing the latter gentle promontory to be
‘“‘a very high mountain which overhangs the
sea.” ;

* Loch-Mesc.—Now Lough-Mask, a large and
beautiful lake near Ballinrobe, in the county of
Mayo.

* Loch-Laighlinne.— This lake is mentioned

2532.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 7

where the Fomorians were defeated by Parthalon, so that ine were all slain.

This is called the battle of Magh-Ithe.

The Age of the World, 2532. The eruption of Tosh Con’ and Loch

Techeat? in this year.

The Age of the World, 2533. Slainge, son of Partholan, died in this

year, and was interred in the carn of Sliabh Slangha’.

Loch Mesc’ in the same year.
The Age of the World, 2535.

Also the eruption of

Laighlinne, son of Parthalon, died in this

year. When his grave was dug, Loch Laighlinne* sprang forth in Ui Mac Uais,
and from him it is named. The eruption of Loch Eachtra‘ also.

The Age of the World, 2545.

Rudhruidhe, son of Parthalon, was drowned

in Loch Rudhruidhe", the lake having flowed over him; and from him the lake

is called.
The Age of the World, 2546.

An inundation of the sea over the land at

Brena” in this year, which was the seventh lake-eruption that occurred in the
time of Parthalon; and this is named Loch Cuan.
_ The Age of the World, 2550. Parthalon died on Sean Magh-Ealta-Eadain*

in this year.

In the time of Parthalon’s invasion these plains were cleared

[of wood]; but it is not known in what particular years they were cleared :

in the Leabhar-Gabhala, and by Keating and
O’Flaherty, as in Ui Mac Uais Breagh, a district
in Eastmeath, to the south-west of Tara. This
lake has not been identified.

t Loch-Eachtra.—This lake is referred to in
the Chronicon Scotorum as situated between
Sliabh Modhurn and Sliabh Fuaid; and Keating
and O’Flaherty place it in Oirghialla. There is
no remarkable lake between Sliabh Mudhorn
and Sliabh Fuaid, except Loch Mucnamha at
Castleblaney, in the county of Monaghan ; and
it may be therefore conjectured that it is the
Loch Echtra in question. Sliabh Mudhorn is
in the barony of Cremorne, in the county of
Monaghan ; and Sliabh Fuaid is near Newtown
Hamilton, in the county of Armagh.

“ Loch Rudhruidhe : i.e. Rury’s Lake. This
was the name of the mouth of the River Erne,

in the south-west of the county of Donegal.

“ Brena.—This is called fretum Brennese in
the second and fourth Lives of St. Patrick, pub-
lished by Colgan.—See Trias Thaum., pp. 14, 19,
39. It was evidently the ancient name of the
mouth of Strangford Lough, in the county of
Down, as the lake formed by the inundation
was Loch Cuan, which is still the Irish name of
Strangford Lough.

* Sean-Mhagh Ealta-Edair : j.e. the old Plain
of the Flocks of Edar : i.e. on the plain after-
wards so called, because Edar was the name of a
chieftain who flourished many centuries later.
—See Ogygia, part iii. c. 44. The name appears
to have been applied to the plain extending from
Binn-Edair, or the Hill of Howth, to Tallaght.
Keating states that this was the only plain in
Ireland not covered with wood, when the coun-

8 aNNata RIOshachta eiReaNnN.

[2820.

n€icmise, la Comocca, Mag nite, la Largmu ; Mag Cif, la hUib mac pear
onfS ; Mag Latupna, la Oal nCApurde.

Clip vomoin, oa mile oche ccfo pice bliadan.

Naoi Mile vo ece pm

haompfchcmamn vo muinten Pantalom pon plfnmaigh ealca Cavorp .1. cing
Mile opfpoib, 7 ceitpe mile vo mndaibh. Conad ve pin aca Caimleache

muincene Paptalam.

Thi clo bladam po cartpioc 1 nEpinn.

Ene pap cmochac bliadain 50 ctcaimicc Neimoh.
CQoip vomom, va mile ocht ccfo caocca. Neimd vo techt m n€pinn. Ip
an vana la vécc 1ap ccecht vo Neimd co na muincip acbat Macha bin

Nemio.

Cciao annpo na.cltpa hams bacan lap, Soapn, lapbamel Pans,

Peansup Leitoens, 7 Cinomo. Ceitne meic Neimd iavpide. Meou, Macha,
Pba, 7 Cha, clefopa mna na nampeachymn.

Cloip vomom, oa mile o¢t ccfo caoga anao. Ipin mbliadomp: po mebaro
Loc nOainbple 7 Coch nQimnno hi Mhve.

Aciacc annpo na Racha po coccbaoh, na moige po plichtad, 7 na locha
po tomaidmpac mo aimypip Nemd, 5en 50 bposton bliaona pampfoacha ponna.
Rach Cino ech 1 nUibh Niallain ; Rach Ciombaoit hi Seimne, Mash Cina,

try was first discovered by Ninus, son of Belus.
Clontarf is referred to as a part of it.

Y Magh-n-Eithrighe—In the Chronicon Scoto-
rum this is called Magh-Tuiredh, alias Magh
n-Edara. There are two Magh-Tuiredhs in
Connaught, one near Cong, in the county of
Mayo, and the other near Lough Arrow, in the
county of Sligo.

* Magh-Ithe, in Leinster.—Not identified.

* Magh-Lii, in Ui-Mac-Uais-Breagh.—This
is a mistake for Magh-Lii in Ui-Mac-Uais. It
was the name of a territory extending from Bir
to Camus, on the west side of the River Bann,
where the Fir-Lii, a section of the descendants
of Colla Uais, settled at an early period. There
was no Magh-Lii in Breagh.

> Magh-Latharna : i. e. the Plain of Larne.—
This was the name of a tuagh or district com-
prised in the present barony of Upper Glenarm,
and county of Antrim.—See Eccles. Antiquities
of the Dioceses of Down and Connor and Dromore,

by the Rey. William Reeves, M. B., M. R. I. A.,
pp. 55, 87, 264, 324, 338. For the extent of
Dal Araidhe, see the same work, pp. 334 to 348;
and the second part of these Annals, note °,
under the year 1174, p.13. Giraldus Cambrensis
also mentions the cutting down of four forests
in the time of Bartholanus, and adds that in his
own time there were more woods than plains in
Ireland :
sylvarum, pauca sunt hic campestria.” Sir
Robert Kane, in the nineteenth century, had to
complain of the very contrary.—See his Indus-
trial Resources of Ireland, 2nd edition, p. 3. See
Boate’s Natural History of Ireland, 8vo. London,
1652, chap. xv., which accounts for the diminu-
tion of timber in Ireland “by the incredible
quantity consumed in the iron works, and by the
exportation of pipe staves in whole ship loads.”
—See Hardiman’s edition of O’Flaherty’s Iar-
Connaught, p. 8, note %.

° Taimhleacht-Muintire-Parthaloin.—O’ Flaherty

“Sed etiam adhuc hodie, respectu

——s p _

2820. | ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. wt

Magh-n-Eithrighe’, in Connaught ; Magh-Ithe, in Leinster’; Magh-Lii‘, in
Ui-Mac-Uais-Breagh ; Magh-Latharna’, in Dal-Araidhe.

The Age of the World, 2820. Nine thousand of Parthalon’s people died
in one week on Sean-Mhagh-Ealta-Edair, namely, five thousand men, and four
thousand women. Whence is [named] Taimhleacht Muintire Parthaloin‘.
They had passed three hundred years in Ireland.

Ireland was thirty years waste till Neimhidh’s arrival.

The Age of the World, 2850. Neimhidh* came to Ireland. On the twelfth
day after the arrival of Neimhidh with his people, Macha, the wife of Neimhidh,
died. These were the four chieftains who were with him: Sdarn, IJarbhainel
the Prophet, Fearghus Leithdheirg, and Ainninn. These were the four sons
of Neimhidh. Medu, Macha, Yba, and Ceara, were the four wives of these

chieftains.
The Age of the World, 2859.
Ainninn‘ in Meath sprang forth.

In this year Loch Dairbhreach* and Loch

‘These were the forts that were erected, the plains that were cleared, and
the lakes that sprang forth, in the time of Neimhidh, but the precise years®
are not found for them: Rath-Cinnech", in Ui-Niallain ; Rath-Cimbaeith', in

states that a monastery was afterwards erected
at this place, and that it is situated three miles
to the south of Dublin.—See Ogygia, part iii.
c.5. It is the place now called Tallaght, and
some very ancient tumuli are still to be seen
on the hill there. The word caimleacz, or
camlacz, signifies a place where a number of
persons, cut off by the plague, were interred
together.—See Cormac’s Glossary, in voce Caim-
leacc. The word frequently enters into the
topographical names in Ireland, and is anglicised
Tamlaght, Tawlaght, and Tallaght.

4 Neimhidh.—In the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
as translated by Connell Mageoghegan, the arri-
val of ‘“‘ Nevie with his fower sonnes into Ireland
out of Greece,” is synchronized with the latter
end of the reign of Altades, monarch of Assyria.
O’Flaherty places it in A. M. 2029.

° Loch Dairbhreach._Now LoughDerryvaragh,

a large and beautiful lake, near Castlepollard,
in the county of Westmeath.

f Loch Ainninn—Now Lough Ennell, near
Mullingar.—See note ", under the year 1446,
p- 949, in the second part of these Annals.

8 The precise years : i. e. the precise years in
which such forts were erected, plains cleared,
&c., have not been recorded. Dr. O’Conor
translates this : ‘‘ quousque experti sunt annos
pestilentiales contra se,” which is not the mean-
ing intended by the Four Masters.

h Rath-Cinnech.—'There is no place now bear-
ing this name in the baronies of Ui-Niallein or
Oneilland, in the county of Armagh.

i Rath-Cimbaoith : i, e. Kimbaeth’s Fort. This
name is now obsolete. The position of the plain
of Seimhne is determined by Rinn-Seimhne,
i.e. the point or promontory of Seimhne, the
ancient name of Island-Magee, in the county of

10 anNNaca RIOshachtd elReaNn. [3066.
Mag nGaba, Magh Chule colad, 7 Magh Luips cCondachcoib; Mag
cochaip 1 cCip Eogam; Leasmag 1 Mumam ; Magh mbpfhpar Carsmbh ;
Magh Lugad1 nUib Tuincpe; Mash Seped hi cTetba; Mash Semne 1 nOal
Cpude; Mag Muiptemne 1 cConaille ; 7 Mag Macha la hAingiallanb.
Loch Cal 1 nUib Niall, 7 Coch Mumpthom bn Curgmb hn Sleb Guaipe.
Cach Mupbulg 1 nOal Riava. Cach bogna, 7 cach Cnamporra, fon

Fomoinib. Ro bmp Nemd iaopioe. ,

Acbach Nerd 1apom vo tamh 1 cepich Liatam 1 Mumain cpf mile man

aon pip no olen Apoa Nemfo.

Cloip vomain, tpi mile plpeot apé. Tosarl cup Conan ipin mbliadamp)
la piol Neimd pon Conan mac Paobarp, | pop Pomomb ap cha a noiogail
506 Doépalde Da TCANoPac Poppa, arhal ap follup ipm cpoinic da ngoinelp

Antrim.—Sce Reeves’s Eccles. Antig. of the Dio-
ceses of Down and Connor and Dromore, p. 270.

k Magh-Ceara.—A plain in the barony of
Carra, in the county of Mayo.

1 Magh-n-Eabha.—Now Machaire-Eabha, an-
glicé Magherow, a plain situated between the
mountain of Binbulbin and the sea, in the ba-
rony of Carbery, and county of Sligo.

™ Magh-Cuile-Toladh.—A plain in the barony
of Kilmaine, and county of Mayo.

" Magh-Luirg—aA plain in the barony of
Boyle, and county of Roscommon.—See note °,
under A. D. 1187.

° Magh-tochair ; i. e. Plain of the Causeway.
This was the name of a plain at the foot of
Sliabh-Sneacht, anglicé Slieve Snaght, in the
barony of Inishowen, and county of Donegal,
which was anciently a part of Tir-Eoghain or
Tyrone. The church of Domhnachmor-Muighe-
tochair, near the village of Carn-Donagh, is
referred to in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick
as in this plain.

P Leagmhagh, in Munster.—Not identified.

* Magh m-Brensa.—Unknown.

* Magh-Lughadh : i.e. Lughadh’s Plain, a dis-
trict near Lough Neagh ; but this name is now
obsolete.—See note ®, under the year 1218.

8 Magh-Seredh.—See the year 738, where this
place is said to be Ceanannus, i.e. Kells, between
the two Teffias.

* Magh-Seimhne.—See Rath-Cimbaoith, note‘,
supra.

« Magh-Muirtheimhne.—A level country, in
the present county of Louth, extending from

the River Boyne to the mountains of Cuailgne .

or Carlingford. Dundalk, Louth, Drumiskin,
Faughard, and Monasterboice, are mentioned
as in this plain.—See the Annals of Tighernach,
A. D. 1002 ; Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 627, 705,
827, 902. This territory was otherwise called
Machaire-Oirghiall, and Conaille-Muirtheimhne.
—See A. D. 1434, 1452, 1466, and 1486.

Ww Magh-Macha.—This was the ancient name
of the plain in which the town of Armagh is
situated. It is more usually called Machaire-
Arda-Macha, i. e. the Plain of Armagh.—See
A. D. 1103, 1196, and 1424.

* Loch-Cal.—Now Lough Gall, a small lake,
giving name to a village in the barony of West
Oneilland (Ui-Niallain), county of Armagh.

Y Loch-Muinreamhair—Now Lough Ramor,
near Virginia, in the barony of Castlerahin, and
county of Cavan. Luighne was an extensive
territory in ancient Meath. The name is still

Ra Stihl 2 aris ee ais ling Shag ae

si
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3066.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ll

Seimhne; Magh-Ceara*, Magh n-Eabha', Magh-Cuile-Toladh”, and Magh-Luirg’,
in Connaught ; Magh-tochair’, in Tir-Eoghain; Leagmhagh, in Munster; Magh
m-Brensa’, in Leinster; Magh- -Lughadh', i in Ui-Tuirtre; Magh-Seredh’, in Teffia;
Magh-Seimhne’, in Dal: -Araidhe ; Magh- “Munthe hae? ,in Conaille; and Magh-
Macha”, in Oirghialla; Loch-Cal*, in Ui-Niallain ;
Luighne, in Sliabh Guaire*. The battle of Murbholg*, in Dal-Riada; the battle
of Baghna’; and the battle of Cnamh-Ross* against the Fomorians. Neimhidh
gained these [battles].

Neimhidh afterwards died of a plague, together with three thousand persons,
in the island of Ard-Neimhidh’, in Crich Liathain’, in Munster.

The Age of the World, 3066. The demolition of the tower of Conainnf in
this year, by the race of Neimhidh, against Conainn, son of Faebhar, and the
_ Fomorians in general, in revenge for all the oppression they had inflicted upon
them [the race of Neimhidh], as is evident from the chronicle which is called

Loch-Muinreamhair’, in

retained in the barony of Lune, but the territory
was far more extensive than this barony.

? Sliabh Guaire-—This is still the name of a
mountainous district in the barony of Clankee,
and county of Cavan.—See Loch-Suidhe-Odh-
rain, A. D. 1054.

* Murbholg : i.e. Sea-inlet. Now Murlough
Bay, on the north-east coast of the barony of
Cary, and county of Antrim. Dalriada was the
ancient name of that part of the county of An-
trim lying north of Sliabh Mis, or Slemmish.

> Baghna.—This is still the name of a moun-
tainous district in the east of the county of
Roscommon, nearly coextensive with the ba-
rony of Ballintober, North.—See Sliabh Baghna,
A. D. 1572, and Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many,
p- 90, note

© Cnamh-Ross : i. e. Wood of the Bones. This
was probably the ancient name of Camross, near
Barry’s Cross, in the county of Carlow.

4 The island of Ard-Neimhidh._Now Barrymore
Island, otherwise the Great Island, near Cork.
—See Keating’s ano of Ireland, Haliday’s
edition, p. 178.

® Crich-Liathain.—A large district in the
county of Cork, comprising the village of Castle-
Lyons, and the Great Island near Cork.—See
note °, under A. D. 1579, p. 1722.

€ Tor-Conainn.—Called Tor-Conaing by Keat-
ing, and in the more ancient copies of the Leabhar
Gabhala, where the story of the destruction of it
is given at full length. It was situated on Tory
Island, off the north-west coast of the county of
Donegal. There is no tradition of this Conainn,
or Conaing, on Tory Island at present; but there
are most curious traditions of Balor. Giraldus
Cambrensis calls the Fomorians ‘“ Gygantes
(quibus tunc temporis abundabat insula)”, and
“ pyrati, qui Hiberniam grauiter depopulari con-
sueuerant.” In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, as
translated by Connell Mageoghegan, it is said
that “‘ these Ffomores were a sept descended from
Cham, the sonne of Noeh; that they lived by
pyracie and spoile of other nations, and were in
those days very troublesome to the whole world.”
—See A. M. 3330, infra. O’Flaherty thinks that
they were the inhabitants of Denmark, Norway,
Finland, &¢.—See Ogygia, part iii. c. 56, p. 303.

c2

12 ANNQGZa RIOShachta elREANN.

[3266.

Leaban Habala, 7 ap puall nac copcpacop comtuicim ofblimbh gen mo cao
na tpi ofichneaboin céapnacon vo claimo Nemid fo aipoib m domam so pan-

sacon €Epinn ian ccproll na bPepaib bolce.
Ene pap ianyin pe 04 clo bliadam.

cait Nemid co na pfol no Eninn.

$é bliadna vecc va clo po

Clip vomain, tpi mile va clo pepccac are. Pip bolcc vo Zabanl Eimonn

a bpoinciho na bliadna yo.

Slainge, Gano, Genann, Seangann, 7 Ruopurge

a ccesig cops. Cus5 merc Oeala mic Loichiavpom. Ro pfogpac an clepon
ole 7 Pin Gbolce an ciha Slainge uaipeib.

8 The Leabhar-Gabhala: i. e. the Book of Inva-
sions. There are various copies of this work
still extant, of which the oldest seems to be that
in the Stowe Library, described by Dr. O’Conor
in the Stowe Catalogue. There is a fragment
of an ancient copy contained in the Book of
Leinster, in the Library of Trinity College,
Dublin, H. 2. 18, but it wants the beginning.

h Mutually fell by each other : i.e. they mutu-
ally slaughtered each other almost to annihila-
Dr. O’Conor renders this: “Et mirum
est non occisos fuisse simul interfectos ex utra-
que parte plures quam triginta.” But he is
clearly wrong, for in the ancient Irish ap puaill

tion.

naé is the same as the modern 1p beag nac. The
mistakes of this kind throughout Dr. O’Conor’s
translation are countless, and the Editor shall,
therefore, only notice the most remarkable of
them. :

' Two hundred and sixteen years, §;c.—Giraldus
Cambrensis, in his Zopog. Hib., dist. iii. c. 3,
agrees with this, which shews that this account
ot Neimhidh was then written: ‘‘Ducentis igitur
& 16 annis Nemedi generatio Hiberniam tenuit:
& ducentis postmodum annis vacua fuit.”

k The other four, §c.—Dr. O’Conor translates
this: ‘“Regnaverunt quatuor alii et Firbolgi
similiter, Slangio supra ipsos regnante.” But
he totally mistakes the construction. It should
be: ‘‘Ordinaverunt quatuor alii et Firbolgi
similiter Slangium [regem] supra ipsos.” Con-
nell Mageoghegan renders it in his translation

of the Annals of Clonmacnoise as follows :

“ After making of which division [of Ireland
into five provinces], Slané, their said elder bro-
ther, by the consent dnd election of his other
foure,brothers, was chosen king, and was the
first king that ever absolutely ruled Ireland.”

Keating quotes the Book of Druim-Sneachta,
which he says existed before the time of St. Pa-
trick, as authority for these stories concerning
the migration of these Firbolgs from Greece.—
See Haliday’s edition, pp. 186, 214.

The account of the division of Ireland into
provinces by these five brothers has been totally
omitted by the Four Masters in their Annals.
It is given in all the copies of the Leabhar-
Gabhala, in the Annals of Clonmacnoise ; and in
Keating’s History of Ireland. It is given as fol-
lows in the Annals of Clonmacnoise :

‘“‘ This sept was called Ffirvolge; there were
five brothers that were their chieftains, the
sonnes of Dela mac Loich, that first divided Ire-
land into five provinces.

“1. Slane, their eldest brother, had the pro-
vince of Leynster for his part, which containeth
from Inver Colpe, that is to say, where the River
of Boyne entereth into the sea, now called in
Irish Drogheda, to the meeting of the three
Waters, by Waterford, where the Three Rivers,
Suyre, Ffeoir, and Barrow, do meet and run to-
gether into the sea.

‘“«2. Gann, the second brother’s part was South
Munster, which is a province extending from

3266.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 13

Leabhar-Gabhala’ ; and they nearly all mutually fell by each other’; thirty
persons alone of the race of Neimhidh escaped to different juaiene of the
world, and they came to Ireland some time afterwards as Firbolgs. Two
hundred and sixteen years' Neimhidh and his race remained in Ireland. After
this Ireland was a wilderness for a period of two hundred years.

The Age of the World, 3266. The Firbolgs took possession of Ireland at
the end of this year. Slainghe, Gann, Genann, Seangann, and Rudhraighe, were

their five chieftains.

These were the five sons of Deala, son of Loich.

The

other four and the Firbolgs in general elected Slainge as king over them.

that place to Bealagh-Conglaissy.

“3. Seangann, the third brother’s part was
from Bealagh-Conglaissy to Rossedahaileagh
[Rop oa paileac], now called Limbricke, which
is the province of North Munster.

“4, Geanann, the fourth brother, had the

province of Connaught, containeing from Lim-

bricke to Easroe.

“5. Rorye, the fifth brother, and youngest,
had from Easroe aforesaid to Inver Colpe, which
is the province of Ulster.”

The account of the division of Ireland into
five provinces by the Firbolgs is also given in
Dr. Lynch’s manuscript translation of Keating’s
History of Ireland, as follows :

“Firbolgi illi quinque Dinaste Hiberniam
universam in quinque partiti sunt portiones.
Slanius inter fratres natu primus, qui Slanio
flumini Wexfordiz adfluenti nomen fecit, sibi
Lageniam ab Inbhercolpa Droghedach alias Va-
dipontem ad Trium Aquarum Confluvia excur-
rentem, et comitum mille viros adscivit. Ganno
é Comitibus mille, nec non Australis Momonia,
quidquid nimirum agrorum inter Trium Aqua-
rum Confluvia et Belaghconglas Limbricum pa-
tet, cesserant. Ad Senganum tractus a Belach-
conglas et Limbrico protensus in occidentem,
cum mille viris sorte devenit. Mille ali) Gana-
num prosecuti sunt, cum tradite sibi Conacie,
que Limbricum ab Austro, Drovisiam ab Aqui-
lone, pro metis habet, possessionem adiret. As-

signatum sibi Vltoniam a Drovisiaé ad Vadipon-
tem porrectam capescivit Ruarius, ed etiam mille
hominum colonia deducta.

‘Hi quini Dinastae Comitesque Firbolgi, Fir-
domnani, et Galeoni dicti sunt: Firbolgi ab
utribus ferendis, Fir enim hibernicé viros, et
Bolg utres significat, alluditque vox ad vtres
illos supra memoratos, quibus egestam ab ipsis
humo mergam ad scabra saxceta, et ferendis
frugibus inepta, quo feracia invaderent novalia,
comportarunt. Firdomnani vero propterea nun-
cupabantur, quod fodientes in terram alte de-
Etenim Hibernica vox oomain
Galeont

scenderant,
perinde est ac altum, sive profunduin.
autem nominati sunt ab hastarum genere, quibus
intentos operi socios ab hostium injurijs prote-
gebant. In Hiberniam licet eddem Hebdomada,
non tamen eodem die Firbolgi omnes appule-
runt. Slanius ad Slanij Fluvii ostia, die Saba-
thi; Die uero Martis Gannus & Senganus in
Irisdomnam, Gannanus et Ruarius die Veneris’
Trachruris naves applicuerunt. Qui omnes
quanquam communi nomine Firbolgorum voce
innotescerent, peculiari tamen nomine Slani
Comites Galeones, Ganni et Sengani Firbolgorij,
Ruairci et Genani Socij Firdomnani vocabantur:
Gannanum quidem et Ruarium, nonnulli tra-
dunt, ad fluvij Damnani, qui, qua fluit ad Cona-
ciam Caurus in oceanum se exonerat, Ostia
primum appulisse ac flumini nomen fecisse.”—
Page 58.

4 aNNata RIOSghachta eiReann.

(3267.

Clip vorham, tm mile va cév peapecac a peachc. Slamge mac Oeala
vo berth 1 pfge Epronn ppi pe aombliadna, 7 a écc 1 poipefnn na bliadna pn

1 nO1onn Rigs pon bnu bfpba.

Cloip vomom, tpi mile va cé0 peapccac a hocc.
Cn cé0 bliadam dia pise mnnpin.

vo sabarl pfge n€peand.

Rudpmde mac Oeala

Clip domain, tpi mile 04 céd peapcat anaor. Cn vana bliadom do pige
Rudpuide, 7 a écc 1 beoincionn na bliadna po.

Clip vomam, tm mile va céd plchtmogac.

Oainn 7 Geanainn op Epinn mnpin.

Cn céd bliadain vo pige

Coip vomain, tp mile va céd pechrmogac acpi. On cftpamad bliadam
vo Gann 7 v9 Geanann, 7 a nécc vo cam a bpoipefnd na bliadna po hi cepié

Liatain co ppicit céd an aon pig.

Qoip oomoin, tm mile va céd p(chcmogac a cltaip. An céd bhadain vo

se Shengaimo mnpin.

Cloip domain, tpi mile da ced plécmogac a hocc. C bpoincend an ciice-
ead bliadain vo pige S{ngainn concoin la Piachaiw Cennpionnan mac Scarnn.

Qoip vomain, thi mile va ced plccmosac anaol.

se Piacach Cennpionnan.

Cn ceo bliadain do

Coir vomam, tp mile va ced occmogact acpi. Cn cinccead bliadain vo
mse Praca, 7 a chuicim la Rionnal mac Geanomn an bhadamp.

Cloip domain, ti mile va ced octmogat a cltaip.
se Rionnaal mic Geanomn pon Epimn.

Cin ceo bliadain vo

Cloip vomain, tpi mile oa ced octmogac anaor. lan bponbad an peipead
bliadain vo Rionnal 1p an ge, tonchoin la Podbgen mac Senghainn.
CQloip vomam, tp mile da ced nochac. An ced bliadain vo mse Pouobsen.

Clip vomain, tm mile oa ced nochat acpi.

C1 brpoipcfnn an cltpamad

bhadaimn vo pisge Poidbsen vo pochain ta hEocad mac Enc.

Qoip vomain, tpi mle oa ced nochat a cftamp.

pishe Echoac mic Enc mopin.

! Dinn-Righ : i.e. the Hill of the Kings, other-
wise called Dumha-Slainge, i. e. Slainge Mound.
This was a very ancient seat of the kings of
Leinster. Keating describes its situation as on
the brink of the River Bearbha [the Barrow],
between Carlow and Leighlin. This place is still

Cn ceo bliadain do

well known. It is situated in the townland of
Ballyknockan, about a quarter of a mile to the
south of Leighlin-Bridge, near the west bank of
the River Barrow. Nothing remains of the pa-
lace but a moat, measuring two hundred and
thirty-seven yards in circumference at the base,

RIE pets, 2h

weet Set Od es eh th

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co Cee ee

3267.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 15

The Age of the World, 3267. Slainghe, son of Deala, was king of Ireland
for a period of one year ; and he died at the end of the year, at Dinn-Righ', on
the brink of the Bearbha.

The Age of the World, 3268. Rudhraighe, son of Deala, assumed the
government of Ireland. This is the first year of his reign.

The Age of the World, 8269. The second year of the reign of Rudhraighe ;
and he died™ at the end of this year.

The Age of the World, 3270. This was the first year of the reign of
Gann and Geanann over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3278. The fourth year of Gann and Geanann ;
and they died at the end of this year, with twenty hundred along with them, in
Crich-Liathain".

The Age of the World, 3274. This was the first year of the reign of
Sengann.

The Age of the World, 3278. At the end of the fifth year of the reign
of Seangann, he fell by Fiachaidh Cennfinnan, son of Starn.

The Age of the World, 3279. The first year of the reign of Fiacha Cenn-
finnain.

The Age of the World, 3283. The fifth year of the reign of Fiacha. And
he fell by Rinnal, son of Geanann, this year.

The Age of the World, 3284. The first year of the reign of Rinnal, son
of Geanann, over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3289. After the completion of the fifth year of
his reign by Rinnal, he fell by Foidhbhgen, son of Seangann.

The Age of the World, 3290. The first year of the reign of Foidhbhgen.

The Age of the World, 3293. At the end of the fourth year of the reign
of Foidhbhgen, he fell by Eochaidh, son of Ere.

The Age of the World, 3294. This was the first year of the reign of
Eochaidh, son of Erc.

sixty-nine feet in height from the level of the 2 Crich-Liathain.—A district in the county of
River Barrow, and one hundred and thirty-five Cork, containing the village of Castlelyons, and
feet in diameter at top. the Great Island near Cork. According to Keat-
™ Died.—According to Keating and the Lea- — ing and O’Flaherty, Gann and Geanann died of
bhar-Gabhala, he died at Brugh, over the River _ the plague at Freamhain, in Meath, now Frewin,
Boyne. a lofty hill near Mullingar, in Westmeath.

16 GNNaZa RIOshachta elReann. (3303.

Qoip vomain, tm mle cp ced acpi. Cn vechmad bliadain vo pige
Eachoac mic Enc, 9 ap pide bliadain offdfnach a Flaiciuya, vaip cangacan
Tuacha Oe Oanonn vo Zabail Epeann pop Pfpoib bolcc co ccapopat cat
via potle pon Mang culo hi Conmaicne Chuile Tolad 1 cConvachcanb, gun
po manbad an pi Eochard mac Enc la cmb macoib Neimid mic badpan vo
Tuachaib ve Oanonn, Ceapanb, Cuam, 7 Cuacpa a nanmanna. Ro ofot-
latmsht Pin dolce ipin cat pin, 7 po lad a nap. Ro bfnad bfor a lam vo
Nuadacc mac Echdaé, me Eccaplaim, (von ms po bao pop Tuachaib Oe
Oannann) ipm cat cfona. CApé an cEochaw pempaice Ri ofiofnac Plp
mbolcc. Naonban no Zab mse oiob, 7 peace mbliadna vécc an Picit poo a
bplantiupa pon Epimn.

Cloip domain, tm mile tM ced a cleoip. An clo bliadain do ge Operp
mic Ealatom pon Epinn, uaip vo pacpac Tuata Oe Oanann pige vo 14p
mbmy10d cata Muse cuinead Conga, an ccein po bao lam Nuadac acca
leisiup.

Coip vomam, tm mile cp ced a ofich. Cn plecmad bladain vo Sper
6p Epinn innypm, Jo po pagoib an pige vo Nuadac ian nfoc a lame la Oran-
cecht, 7 Cpfione cepod ag consnam lap. Uain vo pacpao lam naipgice
paip. |

Cloip vomann, tm mile tm ced a haom vécc. Cn clo bliadain vo pighe
Nuadac aps(claim can eip a laime vo taiteam pe pfopa capgaice aitleigco.

Cloip vomain, tm mile tpi ced tplocac. CO bpoincfno pice bliadain vo

° Magh-Tuireadh.—Otherwise called Magh- and in all the copies of the Leabhar-Gabhala,

Tuireadh-Conga, from its proximity to Cong. The
site of this battle is still pointed out in the parish
of Cong, barony of Kilmaine, and county of
Mayo, to the right of the road as you go from
Cong to the village of the Neal. There is a
detailed but legendary account of this battle in a
manuscript, in the handwriting of Gilla-riabhach
O’Clery, preserved in the Library of the British
Museum, Harl. 432, Plut. xlviii. E, beginning
fol. 52 a, line 6.

? Was killed.—Eochaidh, son of Ere, is given as
the last of the nine Firbolgic kings in the Annals
of Clonmacnoise as translated by Mageoghegan ;

and by Keating and O’Flaherty. According
to the Leabhar-Gabhala, Eochaidh fled from this
battle, and was pursued and overtaken on the
strand of Traigh-Eothaile, near Ballysadare, in
the present county of Sligo, where he was slain,
as mentioned in the text. The carn in which
he was interred is described as one of the won-
ders of Ireland in the Mirabilia Hibernia, in the
Book of Ballymote ; and also by O’Flaherty, in
Ogygia, part iii. cc. 10 and 50. This carn still
exists, and although not high above the level of
the strand, it is believed that the tide never can
cover it.

3303. ] 7 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 17

The Age of the World, 3303. The tenth year of the reign of Eochaidh,
son of Erc; and this was the last year of his reign, for the Tuatha-De-Dananns
came to invade Ireland against the Firbolgs ; and they gave battle to each other
at Magh-Tuireadh’, in Conmaicne-Cuile-Toladh, in Connaught, so that the King
Eochaidh, son of Erc, was killed” by the three sons of Neimhidh, son of Badhrai,
of the Tuatha-De-Dananns ; Ceasarb, Luamh, and Luachra, their names. The
Firbolgs were vanquished and slaughtered’ in this battle. Moreover, the hand
of Nuadhat, son of Eochaidh, son of Edarlamh (the king who was over the
Tuatha-De-Dananns), was cut off in the same battle. The aforesaid Eochaidh
was the last king of the Firbolgs. Nine of them had assumed kingship, and
thirty-seven years was the length of their sway over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3304. The first year of the reign of Breas, son of
Ealathan, over Ireland ; for the Tuatha-De-Danann gave him the sovereignty,
after gaining the battle of Magh-Tuireadh Conga, while the hand of Nuadhat
was under cure.

The Age of the World, 3310. This was the seventh year of Breas over
Ireland, when he resigned the kingdom to Nuadhat, after the cure of his hand by
Diancecht, assisted by Creidne, the artificer, for they put a silver hand upon him.

The Age of the World, 3311. The first year of the reign of Nuadhat
Airgeatlamh, after his hand had been welded with a piece of refined silver.

The Age of the World, 3330. At the end of the twentieth year of the

9 SlaughteredAccording to the Annals of | Tuatha-De-Dananns, that Credne Cerd made a
Clonmacnoise, as translated by Connell Mageogh- silver hand for this Nuadhat, and that Dian-
egan, the Firbolgs were “overthrown” in this cecht, the sculapius of the Irish, fitted it upon
battle, and ‘one hundred thousand of them him, from which he was ever after known by
slaine, with their king, Eochy Mac Eircke, which the name of Nuadhat-Airgetlamh, i. e. Nuadhat
was the greatest slaughter that was ever heard of the Silver Hand. It is stated in the Leabhar-
of in Ireland at one meeting.” From the monu- Gabhala of the O’Clerys that Diancecht and
ments of this battle still remaining, it is quite Credne formed the hand with motion in every fin-
evident that great numbers were slain; but cer- gerand joint, and that Miach, the son of Diancecht,
tainly not so many as mentioned in the Annals _ to excel his father, took off this hand, and infused
of Clonmacnoise, which was probably taken from _ feeling and motion into every joint and vein of
some romantic account of this battle, like that it, as if it were a natural hand.—See O’Fla-
above referred to. herty’s Ogygia, part iii. c.10. In Cormac’s Glos-

¥ The hand.—It is stated in the Battle of Magh- sary the name of Diancecht is explained “ Deus
Tuireadh,; and various other accounts of the — salutis,” 1.014 na h-ice, “the God of curing.”

D

18 aNNata RIOshachta eirRednn.

(3330.

mse Nuadac Angaclaim concaip 1 ccat Muige cuipfo na bPomopac la

balon mbailcbemnioch oPhomoimb.

8 Magh-Tuireadh na bh-Fomorach.—This name
is still remembered in the country, and is now
applied to a townland in the parish of Kilmac-
tranny, barony of Tirerrill, and county of Sligo.
There are very curious sepulchral monuments
still to be seen on this battle-field, of which a mi-
nute description has been given by Dr. Petrie in
a paper read before the Royal Irish Academy in
1836.—See note °*, under A. D. 1398. There
was also a Jong account of this battle of the nor-
thern Magh-Tuireadh, as well as of that of the
southern Magh-Tuireadh, or Magh-Tuireadh-
Conga, already mentioned, but the Editor never
saw a copy of it. O’Flaherty, who appears to
have read it, states (Ogygia, part iii. c. 12) that
Balor Bemen or Bailcbemnech, general of the
Fomorians, was slain in this battle by a stone
thrown at him by the son of his daughter, from
a machine called tabhall, which is believed to
have been a sling; and that Kethlenn, the wife
of Balor, fought with desperation, and wounded
the Dagda, afterwards king of the Tuatha-De-
This Ba-
lor, the general of the Fomorians, is still vividly
remembered by tradition throughout Ireland,
as Oalon 6éimeann, and in some places they

Dananns, with some missile weapon.

frighten children by his name; but he is more
vividly remembered on Tory Island,—where he
is believed to have chiefly resided,—and on the
opposite coast of Donegal, than anywhere else,
The tra-
dition connected with Balor, on Tory Island,
was written by the Editor in 1835, from the
dictation of Shane O’Dugan, whose ancestor is

except, perhaps, at Cong, in Mayo.

said to have been living on Tory Island in St.
Columbkille’s time. It is a curious specimen
of the manner in which tradition accounts for
the names of places, and remembers the names
of historical characters. 'This story is evidently

founded on facts; but from its having floated on
the tide of tradition for, perhaps, three thou-
sand years, names have been confounded, and
facts much distorted.

The history of Balor runs as follows, as re-
lated to the Editor by Shane O’Dugan, one of
the O’Dugans of Tory Island:

“In days of yore (a period beyond the reach
of chronology,—far back in the night of time)
flourished three brothers, Gavida, Mac Samh-
thiann, and Mac Kineely (Mac Cinnpaelano)
the first of whom was a distinguished smith,
who held his forge at Drumnatinné, a place in
the parish of Rath-Finan, which derived its
name from that circumstance, for Opuim ‘na
ceie in Irish sounds ridge of the fire in English,
alluding to Gavida’s furnace. Mac Kineely was
lord of that district, comprising the parishes of
Rath-Finan and Tullaghobegly, and was pos-
sessed of a cow called Glas Gaivlen [recté Glas
Gaibhnenn], which was so lactiferous as to be
coveted by all his neighbours, and so many at-
tempts had been made at stealing her, that he
found it necessary to watch her constantly.

‘At this same remote period flourished on
Tory (an island lying in the ocean opposite
Drumnatinné, which received that name from
its presenting a towery appearance from the con-
tinent of Tir-Connell, and from the many promi-
nent rocks thereon, towering into the heavens,
and called ¢ors by the natives) a famous warrior,
by name Balor, who had one eye in the middle
of his forehead, and another directly opposite it,
in the back of his skull. This latter eye, by its
foul, distorted glances, and its beams and dyes
of venom, like that of the Basilisk, would strike
people dead, and for that reason Balor kept it
constantly covered, except whenever he wished
to get the better of enemies by petrifying them

ee

3330.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

19

reign of Nuadhat of the Silver Hand, he fell in the battle of Magh-Tuireadh
na bh-Fomorach’, by Balor of the mighty blows, one of the Fomorians.

with looks; and hence the Irish, to this day,
call an evil or overlooking eye by the name
of Suil Bhaloir. But, though possessed of such
powers of self-defence, it appears that it had
been revealed to a Druid that Balor should be
killed by his own O, or grandson! At this
time Balor had but an only child, a daughter,
Ethnea by name, and seeing that she was the
only medium through which his destruction
could be wrought, he shut her up in an im-
pregnable tower, which he himself, or some of
his ancestors, had built some time before on
the summit of Tor-more (a lofty and almost in-
accessible rock, which, shooting into the blue
sky, breaks the roaring waves and confronts
the storms at the eastern extremity of Tory Is-
land); and here he also placed a company of
twelve matrons, to whom he gave the strictest
charge not to allow any man near her, or give her
an idea of the existence or nature of that sex.
Here the fair Ethnea remained a long time im-
’ prisoned; and, though confined within the limits
of a tower, tradition says that she expanded into
bloom and beauty; and though her female at-
tendants never expressed the sound man in her
presence, still would she often question them
about the manner in which she herself was
brought into existence, and of the nature of the
beings that she saw passing up and down the
sea in currachs: often did she relate to them her
dreams of other beings, and other places, and
other enjoyments, which sported in her imagi-
nation while locked up in the arms of repose.
But the matrons, faithful to their trust, never
offered a single word in explanation of those
mysteries which enchanted her imagination.

In the mean time, Balor, now secure in his
existence, and regardless of the prediction of
the Druid, continued his business of war and

rapine. He achieved many a deed of fame; cap-
tured many a vessel; subdued and cast in chains
many an adventurous band of sea rovers; and
made many a descent upon the opposite conti-
nent, carrying with him, to the island, men
and property. But his ambition could never be
satiated until he should get possession of that
most valuable cow, the Glas Gavlin, and to ob-
tain her he, therefore, directed all his powers
of strength and stratagem.

“ One day Mac Kineely, the chief of the tract
opposite the island, repaired to his brother’s
forge to get some swords made, and took with
him the invaluable Glas Gavlin by a halter which
he constantly held in his own hand by day, and
by which she was tied and secured by night.
When he arrived at the forge, he intrusted her
to the care of his brother, Mac Samhthainn, who,
it appears, was there too, on some business con-
nected with war, and entered the forge himself, to
see the sword properly shaped and steeled. But
while he was within, Balor, assuming the form of
a red-headed little boy, came to Mac Samhthainn
and told him that he heard his two brothers
(Gavida and Mac Kineely) saying, within at the
furnace, that they would use all his (Mac Sam-
thainn’s) steel in making Mac Kineely’s swords,
and would make his of Iron. ‘By the Seomh,
then,’ says Mac Samthainn, ‘ I'll let them know
that Iam not to be humbugged so easily; hold
this cow, my red-headed little friend, and you
will see how soon I’ll make them alter their
intention.’ With that he rushed into the forge
in a passion, and swearing by all the powers
above and below, that he would make his two
brothers pay for their dishonesty. Balor, as
soon as he got the halter into his hand, carried
off the Glas, with the rapidity of lightning, to
Tory Island, and the place where he dragged

D2

20 annaza Rioshachta eiReann.

'

Qoip domain tm mile tpi ced, tprocac a haon.

Losha Campaoa uap Epimn.

Qoip vomam, cp mile cm ceo Slecmogac.

(3331.

Cin céd thadain do pige

lapp an ccltpacacmad

bliadain ve Lush Campaoa hi mse nEiptno vo pocaip la Mac Cull hn cCaon-

her in by the tail is, to this day (a great memo-
rial of the transaction), called Port-na-Glaise,
or the harbour of the Glas or green cow. When
Mac Kineely heard his brother’s exclamations,
he knew immediately that Balor had effected
his purpose; so, running out of the forge, he
perceived Balor and the cow in the middle of
the Sound of Tory! Mac Samhthainn, also, being
soon made sensible of the scheme of Balor, suf-
fered a few boxes on the head from his brother
with impunity. Mac Kineely wandered about
distracted for several hours, before he could be
brought to a deliberate consideration of what
was best to be done to recover the cow; but,
after he had given full vent to his passions, he
called to the lonely habitation of a hoary Druid,
who lived not far from the place, and consulted
him upon the matter. The Druid told him that
the cow could never be recovered as long as
Balor was living, for that, in order to keep her,
he would never close the Basilisk eye, but pe-
trify every man that should venture to get near
her.

“* Mac Kineely, however, had a Leanan-sidhe,
or familiar sprite, called Biroge of the Mountain,
who undertook to put him in the way of bring-
ing about the destruction of Balor. After having
dressed him in the clothes worn by ladies in
that age, she wafted him, on the wings of the
storm, across the Sound, to the airy top of Tor-
more, and there, knocking at the door of the
tower, demanded admittance for a noble lady
whom she rescued from the cruel hands of a
tyrant who had attempted to carry her off, by
force, from the protection of her people. The
matrons, fearing to disoblige the Banshee, ad-

mitted both into the tower. As soon as thé

daughter of Balor beheld the noble lady thus
introduced, she recognised a countenance like
one of which she had frequently felt enamoured
in her dreams, and tradition says that she im-
mediately fell in love with her noble guest.
Shortly after this, the Banshee, by her super-
natural influence over human nature, laid the
twelve matrons asleep; and Mac Kineely, hav-
ing left the fair daughter of Balor pregnant,
was invisibly carried back by his friendly sprite
to Drumnatinné. When the matrons awoke
they persuaded Ethnea that the appearance of
Biroge and her protege was only a dream, but
told her never to mention it to her father.

“ Thus did matters remain until the daughter
of Balor brought forth three sons at a birth,
which, when Balor discovered, he immediately
secured the offspring, and sent them, rolled up
in a sheet (which was fastened with a delg or
pin), to be cast into a certain whirlpool; but as
they were carried across a small harbour, on the
way to it, the delg fell out of the sheet, and one of
thechildren dropped into the water, but the other
two were secured and drowned in the intended
whirlpool. The child that had fallen into the
harbour, though he apparently sunk to the bot-
tom, was invisibly carried away by the Banshee
who had cleared the way to his procreation, and
the harbour is to this day called Port-a-deilg, or
the Harbour of the Pin. The Banshee wafted the
child (the first, it appears, of the three, who had
seen the light of this world) across the Sound in
safety to his father, who sent him to be fostered
by his brother Gavida, who brought him up
to his own trade, which then ranked among
the learned professions, and was deemed of so
much importance that Brighii, the goddess of -

3331.)

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 2]

The. Age of the World, 3331. The first year of the reign of Lugh Lamh-
fhada[Lewy of the Long Hand] over Ireland.
The Age of the World, 38370. After the fortieth year of the reign of Lugh

Lamhfhada over Ireland, he fell by Mac Cuill at Caendruim'.

the poets, thought it not beneath her dignity to
preside over the smiths also.

“ Balor, who now thought that he had again
baffled the fates by drowning the three children,
having learned from his Druid that Mac Kineely
was the man who had made this great effort to set
the wheel of his destiny in rapid motion, crossed
the Sound, and landing on that part of the con-
tinent called (from some more modern occupier)
Ballyconnell, with a band of his fierce associates,
seized upon Mac Kineely, and, laying his head
on a large white stone (one holding him upon
it by the long hair, and others by the hands and
legs) cut it off, clear, with one blow of his ponde-
rous sword! The blood flowed around in warm
floods, and penetrated the stone to its very cen-
tre. This stone, with its red veins, still tells this
deed of blood, and gives name to a district com-
prehending two parishes. It was raised, in 1794,
on a pillar sixteen feet high, by Wyby More
Olpherts, Esq., and his wife, who had carefully
collected all the traditions connected with Balor.
It is shewn to the curious traveller as Clogh-an-
Neely (the name which Wyby More has com-
mitted to the durability of marble, but the Four
Masters write it more correctly Clo¢ Chim-
Faolaio at the years 1284, 1554), and forms a
very conspicuous object in the neighbourhood.

“Notwithstanding all these efforts of Balor
to avert his destiny, the Banshee had executed
the will of the fates. For after the decollation of
Mac Kineely, Balor, now secure, as he thought,
in his existence, and. triumphant over the fates,
frequented the continent without fear of oppo-
sition, and employed Gavida to make all his mi-
litary weapons. But the heir of Mac Kineely,
in course of time, grew up to be an able man,

It was in the

and, being an excellent smith, Balor, who knew
nothing of his birth, became greatly attached to
him. The heir of Mac Kineely, who was well
aware of his father’s fate, and acquainted with
the history of his own birth and escape from
destruction, was observed to indulge in gloomy
fits of despondency, and frequently to visit
the blood-stained stone, and to return from
it with a sullen brow which nothing could
smooth. One day Balor came to the forge to
get some spears made, and it happened that
Gavida was from home upon some private bu-
siness, so that all the work of that day was to
In the
course of the day Balor happened to mention,

be executed by his young foster-son.

with pride, his conquest of Mac Kineely, but
to his own great misfortune, for the young
smith watched his opportunity, and, taking a
glowing rod from the furnace, thrust it through
the basilisk eye of Balor and out through the
other side of his head, thus avenging the death
of his father, slaying his grandfather, and exe-
cuting the decree of Fate, which nothing can

avert. es

‘ Fatum regit homines.

Some say that this took place at Knocknatola,
or Bloodyforeland, but others, who place the
scene of Balor’s death at Drumnatinneé, account
for the name of Knocknafola by making it the
scene of a bloody battle between the Irish and
Danes. Tradition, however, errs as to the place
ot Balor’s death, for, according to Irish history,
he was killed by his grandson, Lughaidh Lamh-
fhada, in the second battle of Magh-Tuireadh.—
See Ogygia, part ili. c. 12.

© Caendruim.—This was the ancient name of
the hill of Uisneach, in Westmeath, situated
about four miles south-east of the village of

22 anNNaza RIOshachta elREGNN.

(3371.

opum. pi pimp an Logapa vo pénad aonach Tallefn a bponatmle 4
1 ccuimne écca a burme, Taillce ins(n Magmédip pide, nsfh ms Eappame,
bfn Eachoaé mic Eine, pf ved{nac Pfp mbole an c€ochard pin.

Clip vomain, cm mile cm ced plecmogac a haon.

Cin clo bliadam vo

pise Eachoac Ollataip oan bainm an Oaghoa 6p Epinn mop.

Cloip vomain, tpi mile cléne cfo caoga.

lan bpopbad na bliadna ved-

(nangep don o¢cmosgac bliadan po cat Eochad Ollatap 1 naipopige na
hEntno, po écc ip an mbpus vo saib cnd na gona vo pac Cechleno paip hi

ccéd cat Mase cup (o.

Cloip domain, tm mile clepe clo caosga ahaon. Cn clo bliadain vo pige

Oealbané mic Osma 6p Epinn mnpin.

Cloip vomam, tm mile cltpe clo Sfpcac. 1p an veacmad bliadamn do mise
Oealbaeit toncaip do lam a mic pip, Piaca mac Oealbaert.

Coir vomam, cp mile clepa clo plpcac a haon.

Piaca mac Ocalbaeit 1 pige.

Coip vomain, tm mile cléne clo Seaccmogac.

Cin clo bliadain vo

C1 bpoinceand an veac-

mad bhadan vo mse Praca mic Oealbaeit 6p Epinn vo cuit la h€dgon

nInbin.

Clip vomain, tp mile cftpe clo peactmosac ahaon.

Ballymore - Lough -Sewdy.— See O’Flaherty’s
Ogygia, part lil. c. Xili.

u Tailltean—Now Teltown, near the River
Boyne, in the county of Meath, and nearly mid-
way between Kells and Navan. This fair, at
which various games and sports were celebrated,
continued down to the time of Roderic O’Conor,
the last monarch of Ireland. It was cele-
brated annually on the first of August, which
is still called Lugh-Nasadh, i.e. Lugh’s fair,
games or sports, by the native Irish.—See Cor-
See -also
O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. cc. xiii lvi. The

mac’s Glossary, in voce Cugnayad.

remains of a large earthen rath, and traces of
three artificial lakes, and other remains, are still
to be seen there. To the left of the road, as
you go from Kells to Donaghpatrick, there is a
hollow, called Gag an aonag, i.e. the hollow

Cin clo bliadain

of the fair, where, according to tradition, mar-
rlages were solemnized in Pagan times. There
are vivid traditions of this fair yet extant in the
country ; and Teltown was, till recently, resorted
by the men of Meath for hurling, wrestling, and
other manly sports.

W Brugh: i.e. Brugh-na-Boinne, a place on
the River Boyne, near Stackallan Bridge, in the
county of Meath. In the account of the Tuatha-
De-Dananns preserved in the Book of Lecan,
fol. 279, p. b. col. 2, it is stated that Daghda
Mor (i. e. the Great Good Fire, so called from his
military ardour), for eighty years king of Ire-
land, and that he had three.sons, Aenghus, Aedh,
and Cermad, who were buried with their father
at Brugh-na-Boinne, where the mound called
Sidh-an-Bhrogha was raised over them, as a
monument. It may be further remarked that

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3371.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 23

reign of this Lugh that the fair of Tailltean* was established, in commemora-
tion and remembrance of his foster-mother, Taillte, the daughter of Maghmor,
King of Spain, and the wife of Eochaidh, son of Erc, the last king of the.

Firbolgs.
The Age of the World, 3371.

The first year of the reign of Eochaidh

Ollathair, who was named the Daghda, over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3450. After the completion of the last year of
the eighty years which Eochaidh Ollathar passed in the monarchy of Ireland,
he died at Brugh", of the venom of the wound which Cethlenn* inflicted upon
him in the first battle of Magh-Tuireadh.

The Age of the World, 3451.

This was the first year of the reign of
Dealbhaeth, son of Ogma, over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3460. In the tenth year of the reign of Dealbli-
aeth, he fell by the hand of his own son, Fiacha mac Dealbhacith.

The Age of the World, 3461.
son of Dealbhaeth.

The first year of the reign of Fiacha, the

.

The Age of the World, 3470. At the end of the tenth year of the reign
of Fiacha, son of Dealbhaeth, over Ireland, he fell by Eogon of Inbher’.

The Age of the World, 3471.

Aengus-an-Bhrogha was considered the presid-
ing fairy of the Boyne till recently, and that
his name is still familiar to the old inhabitants
of Meath, who are fast forgetting their traditions
with the Irish language. For some account of
the monuments which anciently existed at
Brugh-na-Boinne, see Petrie’s Inquiry into the
Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland,
pp: 100,101. The monuments ascribed by the
ancient Irish writers to the Tuatha-De-Danann
colony still remain, and are principally situated
in Meath, near the Boyne, as at Drogheda,
Dowth, Knowth, and Newgrange. There are
other monuments of them at Cnoc-Ainé and
Cnoc-Gréiné, in the county of Limerick, and on
the Pap Mountains, Oa ¢ié Oanamne, in the
S. E. of the county of Kerry.—See the year 861.
These monuments are of the most remote an-

The first year of the three last kings of the

tiquity, and prove that the Tuatha-De-Dananus
were a real people, though their history is sv
much wrapped up in fable and obscurity.

x Cethlenn.—Dr. O’Conor latinizes this Keth-
lendius, as if it were the name ofa man, but, ac-
cording to the old accounts of the battle of Magh-
Tuireadh, Cethlenn, who wounded the Daghda
in the second battle of Magh-Tuireadh (not the
first, as incorrectly stated by the Four Masters),
was the wife of Balor Beimenn, and grandmo-
ther of Lugh Lamhfhada, who slew Balor in
the same battle. It is stated in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise, that Inishkeihleann (Enniskillen,
in Fermanagh) was called from her.

¥ Eogan of Inbher.—O’Flaherty (Ogygia, p. il.
c. 14) calls him Eugenius de Ard-inver, or In-
vermor; Keating calls the place Ard-Bric; but
we are not told where it is situated.

24 ’ aNNata RIOSshachtd elReEGNH. [3500

do Me na ccpi pox nvedthach vo Tuachaib Oe Oanamn po bavan hi ccom-
plaitiup 6p Epmn, Mac Cull, Mac Cééc, 7 Mac Gpéine innypin.

Cloip vomaun, tpi mile ctice clo. Tapgup [.1. coblac] mac Milfch vo cecht
1nEnino a bpoincfnd na bladna po o1a Sabarl an Tuachaib Oe Oanann, 7 po
peppac cat Slébe Mip pra ip cpl late ap na ccece Wn ccip : ba rpin cat
ym vo nocaip Scota ingtn Phanao b(n Mileadh, 7 aca pipc Scoca Hoven Sléb
Mp 7 mup. Oo pocaip ano blor Pap, bean Um, mic Uicce, via cca Glind
Pap. Ro plppac merc Millch rap pn caé1 cCarllein py cpf progonb
Tuate Oe Oanann, Mac Cull, Mac Cecht, 7 Mac Spline. Ro bay 50
clan ag cup. m catha g0 cconcoin Mac Cecht la h€ipeamon, Mac Cull la

hEmean, 7 Mac Spline la hCimipgsin.

» Mac Cuill, §c.—According to an old Irish
poem, quoted by Keating in his History of Ire-
land (See Haliday’s edition, p. 212), the real
names of these kings were Eathur, Teathur,
and Ceathur; and the first Was called Mac Cuill,
because he worshipped the hazel tree; the se-
cond, Mac Ceacht, because he worshipped the
plough, evidently alluding to his wish to pro-
mote agriculture; and the third, Mac Greine,
because he worshipped the sun as his god. For
some fanciful disquisitions upon the history and
names of these kings the reader is referred to
Vallancey’s Vindication of Irish History, p. 496.
In Mageoghegan’s translation of the Annals of
Clonmacnoise, it is stated that ‘ this people,
Tuathy De Danan, ruled Ireland for 197 years;
that they were most notable magicians, and
would work wonderful thinges by magick and
other diabolicale arts, wherein they were ex-
ceedingly well skilled, and in these days ac-
compted the chiefest in the world in that pro-
fession.” From the many monuments ascribed
to this colony by tradition, and in ancient Irish
historical tales, it is quite evident that they were
a real people; and from their having been consi-
dered godsand magicians by the Gaedhil or Scoti,
who subdued them, it may be inferred that they
were skilled in arts which the latter did not un-

derstand. Among these was Danann, the mother
of the gods, from whom Oa é1é Oanainne, a
mountain in Kerry; was called; Buanann, the
goddess that instructed the heroes in military
exercises, the Minerva of the ancient Irish ;
Badhbh, the Bellona of the ancient Irish ;

Abhortach, god of music; Ned, the god of war; |

Nemon, his wife; Manannan, the god of the
sea; Diancecht, the god of physic; Brighit, the
goddess of poets and smiths, &c. It appears
from a very curious and ancient Irish tract,
written in the shape of a dialogue between
St. Patrick and Caoilte Mac Ronain, that there
were very many places in Ireland where the
Tuatha-De-Dananns were then supposed to live
as sprites or fairies, with corporeal and material
forms, but indued with immortality. The in-
ference naturally to be drawn from these stories
is, that the Tuatha-De-Dananns lingered in the
country for many centuries after their subjuga-
tion by the Gaedhil, and that they lived in re-
tired situations, where they practised abstruse
arts, which induced the others to regard them

.as magicians. So late as the third century,

Aine, the daughter of Eogabhal, a lady of this
race, was believed to be resident at Cnoc-Aine,
‘in the county of Limerick, where she was ra-
vished by Oilioll Olum, king of Munster. It

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3500.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 25

Tuatha-De-Dananns, who were in joint sovereignty over Ireland. These were
Mac Cuill*, Mac Ceacht, and Mac Greine. ~

The Age of the World, 3500. The fleet of the sons of Milidh* came to

. Ireland at the end of this year, to take it from the Tuatha-De-Dananns ; and
they fought the battle of Sliabh Mis with them on the third day after landing.
In this battle fell Scota, the daughter of Pharaoh, wife of Milidh; and the grave
of Scota’ is [to be seen] between Sliabh Mis and the sea. Therein also fell
Fas, the wife of Un, son of Uige, from whom is [named] Gleann-Faisi®. After
this the sons of Milidh fought a battle at Tailtinn‘, against the three kings of
the Tuatha-De-Dananns, Mac Cuill, Mac Ceacht, and Mac Greine. The battle
lasted for a long time, until Mac Ceacht fell by Eiremhon, Mac Cuill by

Eimhear, and Mac Greine by Amhergin.

looks very strange that our genealogists trace sons of Miletus (Milesius) arrived in Ireland
the pedigree of no family living for the last on the 17th of May, 1029 years before the
thousand years to any of the kings or chieftains birth of Christ. As authority for this he re-
of the Tuatha-De-Dananns, while several fami- fers to a work on Irish history, by ‘“ Calogh
lies of Firbolgic descent are mentioned as in O’More, who was a very worthy gentleman, and
Hy-Many, and other parts of Connaught.—See _ a great searcher of antiquity ;” but he adds, that
Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p. 85-90, and‘ Philip O’Soullevane, in his printed work, de-
O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. c.11. The tract dicated to Philip the Fourth, King of Spain,
above alluded to as in the shape of a dialogue sayeth that they came in the year before the
between St. Patrick and Caoilte Mac Ronain, birth of our Saviour, 1342, which is from this
preserves the ancient names of many monu-_ time present (1627), the number of 2969 years,
ments of both these colonies, as well as of their Laesthenes being then the thirty-third Monarch
conquerors, the Gaedhil or Scoti, now lost to of the Assyrians.”—See O’Sullivan’s Hist. Ca-
tradition, and is, therefore, well worthy of pub- thol. Iber. Compendium, tom. i. lib. iii. ¢. 1. p. 32.
lication. There are two imperfect vellum copies > The grave of Scota.—This is still pointed out
of it extant, but from the twoa perfect copy in the valley of Gleann-Scoithin, townland of
could probably be obtained ; one in the Bod- Clahane, parish of Annagh, barony of Trougha-
leian Library, Laud. 610, fol. 123 to 146, and nacmy, and county of Kerry.—See Ordnance
the other in the Book of Lismore, the original Map of Kerry, sheet 38. Sliabh Mis, anglicé
of which is in the possession of the Duke of De- Slieve Mish, is a mountain in the same barony.
vonshire, and a fac-simile copy in the Library of © Gleann-Faisi.—Keating states that this val-
the Royal Irish Academy. ley was so called in his own time. It is now

* The fleet of the sons of Milidh.—Nennius, a called Glenofaush, and is situated in the town-
British writer who flourished about the year land of Knockatee, parish of Ballycashlane, in
850, says that they came to Ireland with a fleet the same barony.—See Ordnance Map, sheet 40.
of 120 ciult. Mageoghegan, in his translation 4 Tailltin.— Now Teltown, in Meath.—See
of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, adds, that the note °, p. 19, supra.

E

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26 anNaza RIOshachta) erReaNn. [3501.

Toncpacun cna a ccfona Riogna, Ene la Suipse, Pocla la h€aoan, 7
banba la Caichfp. Ro ppaoinead an cach pa of61) pon Tuachaib Oe Oa-
nann, 7] po machtait in Zac margin 1 ccappupcap 1av. Topncpacap o macoib

‘Milead von leith ele 04 caoipioé apn(soa ag plaige an madma, Puao 1 Sléibh |

Puaio, 7 Cuailgne 1 Sleib Cualgne.

Coir vomamn cm Mile cing cfoahaon. Ap f{ po blhadain in po Zab Enea-
mon 7 Emean complaitiup or Epino, 7 po panopace Epe an 06 fconna. Ap
innce bfor vo ponad na snioma po pior la h€ineamén 4 la h€men co na
ccaopiochaib. Rach bfochag op Eoin 1 nApgace Rop,7 Rat Omn 1 cepich
Cualann, la hEipeamén, cocan Inbin méip, 1 ccomch Ua nEneachglap Cualann,
la hClimepsin, cumoach Otine Nain 1 Slerb Modaipn, la Goipten, Oin Oel-
simp 1 ccpic Cualann la Seoga, Oun Sobaince 1 Munbolg Oal Riava la
Sobaunce, 7 Otn Eavaip la Suipge. Ca h€peamon co na taoipochaib vo
Rach Uamain 1 Laismb la hEmeap. Rach Apoa Suino ta
hEacan mac nUice, Canpacc Pecharge la hUn mac nUicce, Canpace bla-

Ponad innpin.

© Sliabh Fuaid: i.e. Fuad’s mountain, a moun-
tain near Newtown Hamilton, in the county of
Armagh, much celebrated in Irish history.—
See note ¥, under the year 1607.

Sliabh Cuailgne.—Now Sliabh Cuailghe, an-
glicé Cooley mountains, situated near Carling-
ford, in the north of the county of Louth.

8 Rath-Beothaigh—Now Rathbeagh, a town-
land on the banks of the River Eoir or Feoir,
anglicé the Nore, in a parish of the same name,
barony of Galmoy, and county of Kilkenny.—
See the Ordnance Map of that county, sheets 9
and 10.

h Argat-Ros: i.e. the Silver Wood, was the
name of a woody district on the Nore, in the
territory of Ui-Duach.—See it referred to asa
lordship, under the year 851.

iRath- Oinn.—Now probably Rathdown. Crich-
Cualann is included in the present county of
Wicklow.

* Inbher-mhor.—This was the ancient name of
the mouth of the Abhainn-mhor, or Ovoca,
which discharges itself into the sea at the town

of Arklow, in the county of Wicklow. This
tochar is still traceable, and gives name to a
townland near Arklow.

'Ui-Eineachglais- Cualann.—This was thename
of a territory comprised in the present barony
of Arklow. It derived its name from Breasal
Eineachglas, one of the sons of Cathair Mor,
King of Ireland in the second century.

™ Dun-Nair, inSliabh Mudhoirn.—N ow obsolete.
Sliabh Modhairn was the ancient name of a range
of heights near Ballybay, in the barony of Cre-
morne, and county of Monaghan. In Kinfaela’s
poem on the travels, &c. of the Milesians, it is
stated that Cumhdach-Nair was on Sliabh Mis.

= Dun-Deilginnsi: i. e. the Dun or Fort of Deil-
ginis, which was the ancient name of Dalkey
Island, near Dublin, not Delgany, in the county
of Wicklow, as is generally supposed. The Jat-
ter place, which is not an island, was called, in
Irish, Deirgne-Mochorog.—See O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar, at 22nd December.

© Dun-Sobhairce in Murbholg of Dal-Riada.—
Now Dunseverick, an isolated rock on which are

3501.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. OF

Their three queens were also slain; Eire by Suirghe, Fodhla by Edan, and
Banba by Caicher. The battle was at length gained against the Tuatha-De-Da-
nanfs, and they were slaughtered wherever they were overtaken. There fell
from the sons of Milidh, on the other hand, two illustrious chieftains, in fol-
lowing up the rout, [namely] Fuad at Sliabh Fuaid*, and Cuailgne at Sliabh
Cuailgne’.

The Age of the World, 3501. This was the year in which Eremhon and
Emher assumed the joint sovereignty of Ireland, and divided Ireland into two
parts between them. It was in it, moreover, that these acts following were done
by Eremhon and Emher, with their chieftains : Rath-Beothaigh®, over the Eoir
in Argat-Ros’, and Rath-Oinn’' in Crich-Cualann, [were erected] by Eremhon.
The causeway of Inbher-mor'*, in the territory of Ui Eineachglais-Cualann', [was
made] by Amergin. The erection of Dun Nair, in Sliabh Modhairn", by Gosten;
Dun-Deilginnsi’, in the territory of Cualann, by Sedgha ; Dun-Sobhairce, in
_ Murbholg Dal-Riada’, by Sobhairce ; and Dun Edair” by Suirghe. By Eremhon
and his chieftains these were erected. Rath-Uamhain‘, in Leinster, by Emhear ;
Rath-Arda-Suird’ by Etan, son of Uige; Carraig-Fethaighe* by Un, son of Uige ;

some fragments of the ruins of a castle, near the
centre of a small bog, three miles east of the
Giants’ Causeway, in the county of Antrim. No
portion of the original dun, or primitive fort, now
remains.—See the Dublin Penny Journal, vol. i.
p- 361. It should be here remarked that Murbholg
of Dal-Riada was the ancient name of the small
bay opposite this rock, and that Murlough Bay,
in the same county, was also anciently called
Murbholg. This fort was not erected during the
reign of Eremhon and Emhear, for Sobhairce,
after whom it was named, flourished a consider-
able time after; and in Kinfaela’s poem, though
Dun-Sobhairce is given among the forts erected
by the sons of Milidh and their followers, it
adds, 1ap pealan, i.e. “after some time.”

P Dun-Etair.—This fort, which was otherwise
called Dun-Crimhthainn, was situated on the
Hill of Howth, near Dublin. Dr. Petrie states
that its site is occupied by the Bailie’s Light-
house.—See Dun-Crimthainn, A. D. 9.

* Rath-Uamhain: i.e. the Rath or Fort of the
Cave. This is probably Rathowen, in Wexford.
—See Inquisition, 38 Car. I. It is called Rath-
Eomhain by Keating.—See his History of Ireland,
Haliday’s edition, p. 302.

* Rath-arda-Suird.—In Kinfaela’s poem the
erection of this fort is ascribed to Fulman, and
that of Rath-Righbaird is attributed to Edan,
which is more correct, as it appears that, in the
distribution of territory, the province of Con-
naught, in which Rath-Righbaird is situated, fell
to the lot of Un and Edan. Fulman was seated
in Munster, which was Emher’s or Heber’s par-
ticular portion of the island, and not the nor-
thern portion, as Giraldus erroneously states.
The fort called Rath-arda-Suird was situated
on the hill of Rath-tSiuird, about half a mile
to the north-west of the old church of Donagh-
more, near the city of Limerick. The site of the
rath is now occupied by the ruins of a castle.

8 Carraig-Fehaigh.—As Un was one of the

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28 anNNaza RIOshachtTa eIReEGNN. [3502.

paige la Mancan, Oun Apoimne la Carch(p, Rach Riogbaipo 1 Murmyce la
Fulman. Ca h€mip co na taoiprochaib mnpin.

Ro pap mmpurpain 1 porpceann na bliadna po ecin Epfmon 7 Emean im na
cpib opumnib oinpdfpea, Opuim Claparg 1 cCpich Mame, Opuim bfchaig
1 Maonmarg,7 Opmm Fingin1 Mumamn. Plpcap cach (coppa ay allor ap
bpd Spf vam ag Tochan ecep va mag. Ap pmpwe apbfpap cat Geipille.
Meaband an cat pon Emean,7 vo c{p ano. Topcpacap ona cm caoipis
aipfsoa vo muintin Epeamdm ipin cat clona. Goipcen, Secga, 7 Suipse a
nanmanna. Gabayp Eplmon an pige rap pin.

Coip vomamn, tpi mili ciice cfo avd. On cho bliadam vo pige Eneamom
op Eninn, 7 an oana bliadam ian ccecht vo macoib Milead, vo pann Epfmon
Ene. Oo pao coiccead Ulad o€mean mac Ip, an Muma do chitpe macoib
Emin Pind; coisead Connaée 0Un 7 v€avan, 7 coiccead Cargfn vo Cpiom-

tann Sciachbél vo Oomnanocorb.

two chieftains seated in Connaught, it may be
conjectured that his fort or residence was situated
at Rath-Uin, anglicé Rahoon, near the town of
Galway.—See Chorographical Description of West
Connaught, edited by Hardiman, p. 56, note ®.

‘ Carraig-Blaraighe.—Called by Keating Cum-
oac Caipse Sladpaide, the edifice of Carrig-
Bloyree. The Editor never met any topogra-
phical name in Ireland like Bladhraidhe, except
Blyry in the barony of Brawney, and county of
Westmeath.—Ordnance Map, sheet 29. .

" Dun-Airdinne.—Called Dun-Inn by Keating
(ubi supra), who states that it is situated in the
west of Ireland. It is now unknown.

“ Rath-Righbaird in Muiresc.—This fort is
mentioned in the Annotations on the Life of St.
Patrick, by Tirechan, in the Book of Armagh,
in which it is called in Latin Fossa Riabairt.
The church of Bishop Bronus, now Killaspug-
brone, near the hill of Knocknarea, in the ba-
rony of Carbury and county of Sligo, is referred
to as built near this fort.

* Druim-Clasach in Crich-Maine.—According
to the Life of St. Greallan, patron saint of Crich-

Maine, or Hy-Many, this Druim, or long hill, or
ridge, is situated in Hy-Many, between Lough
Ree and the River Suck.—See Tribes and Customs
of Hy-Many, p. 10.

» Druim-Beathaigh in Maenmhagh.—This was
the ancient name of a remarkable ridge extend-
ing across the plain of Maenmagh, near the town
of Loughrea, in the county of Galway. The
name is obsolete, but the ridge is identifiable.

* Druim-Finghin in Munster : i. e. Fineen’s
ridge. This name is still in use, and applied to
a long ridge of high ground dividing the barony
of Decies-within-Drum, from that of Decies-
without-Drum, in the county of Waterford. It
extends from near Castle-Lyons, in the county
of Cork, to Ringoguanach, on the south side of
the bay of Dungarvan.

* Bri-Damh : i.e. the hill of the Oxen. This
is referred to in the Tripartite Life of St. Pa-
trick, published by Colgan (T'rias Thaum., p.160),
as Mons Bri-damh ; but there is no mountain
near Geshill, nor any hill higher than 355
feet. In a description of the site of this battle,
preserved in the Dinnsenchus (as given in the

3502.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 29
Carraig-Blaraighe' by Mantan ; Dun-Ardinne" by Caicher; Rath-Righbaird, in
Muiresg”, by Fulman. By Emher and his chieftains these [were erected].

A dispute arose at the end of this year, between Eremhon and Emhear, about
the three celebrated hills, Druim Clasaigh*, in Crich-Maine ; Druim-Beathaigh,
in Maenmhagh’; and Druim Finghin, in Munster’. In consequence of which
a battle was fought between them, on the brink of Bri-Damh*, at Tochar-eter-
da-mhagh ; and this is called the battle of Geisill. The battle was gained upon
Emhear, and he fell therein. There fell also three distinguished chieftains of the
people of Eremhon in the same battle ; Goisten, Setgha, and Suirghe, [were]
their names. After this Eremhon assumed the sovereignty’.

The Age of the World, 3502. The first year of the reign of Eremhon over
Ireland ; and the second year after the arrival of the sons of Milidh, Eremhon
divided Ireland. He gave the province of Ulster to Emhear, son of Ir; Munster
to the four sons of Emhear Finn‘; the province of Connaught to Un and Eadan;

and the province of Leinster to Crimhthann Sciathbhel* of the Damnonians.

Book of Ballymote, fol. 193), it is stated that
there were many mounds at this place, in which
Emhear, Ever, or Heber, and the other chieftains
The name
Tochar-eter-da-mhagh, denotes the togher or

slain in the battle, were interred.

causeway between the two plains, and the name
is partly still preserved in that of the townland
of Oaile an cocain, anglicée Ballintogher, i. e.
the Town of the Causeway, in the parish and
barony of Geshill, and near the village of the
same name. The territory of the two plains,
in Irish, Cuat va maiz, and anglicised Teth-
moy, was the name ofa considerable territory
in the ancient Offally, comprising the baronies
of Warrenstown and Coolestown, in the east of
the King’s County, as appears from an old map
of Leix and Ophaly, preserved in the British
Museum.

» Assumed the sovereignty : i.e. became sole
monarch of Ireland.

© Emhear Finn: generally anglicised HeberFinn.
The inhabitants of the south of Ireland are con-
stantly designated by the appellation of Siol

Emip, or Slioéc Erbin, by the Irish poets down
to the present century. Giraldus is evidently
wrong in stating that Heberus possessed the
northern portion of Ireland.

4 Crimhthann Sciathbhel.—e was of the Fir-
bolgic colony. Keating, in his History of Ireland, |
and the O’Clerys, in their Leabhar-Gabhala,
give an account of the arrival of the Cruithnigh
or Picts in Ireland, at this time, and of their final
settlement in Alba or Scotland, having received
from Eremhon, or Heremon, the widows of the
Milesian chieftains who had been drowned on the
expedition from Spain.—See Keating’s History of
Ireland ; O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part ili, c. 18 ;
O’ Halloran, vol. ii. e.4; and the Irish translation
of Nennius’s Historia Britonum, in which Doctor
Todd has inserted the various accounts of the
arrival of the Picts in Ireland. It is stated in
the Irish accounts, that the Picts, on this occa-
sion, pledged themselves solemnly that, should
they become masters of that country they were
about to invade, the sovereignty thereof should
be ever after vested in the descendants of the

ce anNaza RIoshachta eiReaNnn. (3503.

Tea, ng(n Luigdeac, mic Iche, cus Eplmén ipin Eppain-cap clno Oovba,
arian Tea ro conmctclrpcoip 50 hEplmon culoig cogaide ma tionpecna
cecip maigean ipaegbad, Zomad innce no hadnaicti, 7 no coccaibte a mon 4
a lige, 7 50 mad and no biad Fac progopdan no slinpiod via pfol go bpac.
Ap iad na pata convogaib aine 1m a comall o1, Cimipgin Sluingeal 4
Emean Fionn. lpead 1anom d0 paegsi Opuim Caom «1. Ceamuip. Ap uate

-pautean, 7 ap innce po hadnachc.

Odba ona matain Muimne, 7 Cuigne, 7 Laigne vécc §0 po haonache 1

nOodba.

Cach Ciile Carchip, 1 concain Caicean la hOimingin nGléingeal an
blasomyp1, 7 pocplp a flpe ipin maysin pin conad uada vo sapap Cit

‘Caichip.

Cloip vomain, tm mile ctce cfo a cpl.

mom op Epimn.
cinfo an bliadamp1 la h€peamon.

female rather than the male line—See also
Bede’s Hist. Eccl. lib. i. & 1.

° In preference to Odhbha.—It is stated in the
Book of Lecan, and in the Leabhar-Gabhala of
the O’Clerys, that Heremon, who was otherwise
called Geide Ollgothach, had put away his lawful
wife, Odhbha, the mother of his elder children,
Muimhne, Luighne, and Laighne, and married
Tea, the daughter of Lughaidh mac Itha, from
whom Tara was named Tea-mur, i.e. the mound
of Tea; that Odhbha followed her children to
Treland, and died of grief from being repudiated
by her husband, and was interred at Odhbha,
in Meath, where her children raised a mound to
her memory.—See note ', infra.

§ Dower: tmnpcpa.—The cinnrcpa was a re-
ward always given by the husband to the wife,
at their marriage, a custom which prevailed
among the Jews, and is still observed by the
Turks and other eastern nations.—See Genealo-
gies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 207,
note *.

® Druim-Caoin: i. e. the Hill of Caen, a man’s

Qn vana bliadain vo mige Ept-

Cirupgm Sluingeal mac Mhlead vo tuitim hn ccat bile
CTomaidm naor mbnopnac .1. aibne nE€le,

name. It was the name of Tara Hill among the
Firbolgs.—See Petrie’s Antiquities of Tara Hill,
p- 108.

» From her it was called: i.e. from her it was
called Teamhair. This story is told somewhat
better in Mageoghegan’s translation of the An-
nals of Clonmacnoise, as follows:

“ But first, before they landed on this land,
Tea, the daughter of Louthus, that was wife
of Heremon, desired one request of her said
husband and kinsmen, which they accordingly
granted, which was, that the place she should
most like of in the kingdom should be, for ever
after, called by her name; and that the place so
called should be ever after the principal seat of
her posterity to dwell in; and upon their land-
ing she chose Leytrymm” [Cia¢-opuim], “which
is, since that time, called Taragh, where the
King’s pallace stood for many hundred years
after, and which she caused to be called Tea-
mur. Mur, in Irish, is a town or pallace in
English, and being joyned to Tea, maketh it to
be the house, pallace, or town of Tea.”

3503.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 31

Tea, daughter of Lughaidh, son of Ith, whom Eremhon married in Spain, to
the repudiation of Odhbha*’, was the Tea who requested of Eremhon a choice
hill, as her dower‘, in whatever place she should select it, that she might be
interred therein, and that her mound and her gravestone might be thereon
raised, and where every prince ever to be born of her race should dwell. The
guarantees who undertook to execute this for her were Amhergin Gluingeal
and Emhear Finn. The hill she selected was Druim-Caein®, i.e. Teamhair. It

is from her it was called", and in it was she interred.
Odhbha, the mother of Muimhne, Luighne, and Laighne, died, and was

interred at Odhbhai.

The battle of Cuil Caichir’, in which Caicher was slain by Amergin Gluin-
geal, [was fought] this year; and his grave was dug in that place, so that from

him Cuil Caichir was named.

The Age of the World, 8503. The second year of the reign of Eremhon
over Ireland. Amhergin Gluingeal, son of Milidh, fell in the battle of Bile-
tineadh* this year by Eremhon. The eruption of the nine Brosnachs', i. e. rivers

This derivation is, however, evidently legen-
dary, for Ceamain was very common in Ireland
as a woman’s name, and it was applied to more
hills than Teamhair, in Meath: as Teamhair
Luachra, in Kerry, and TeamhairBhrogha-Niadh,
in Leinster. In Cormac’s Glossary it is stated,
that the ceamaip of a house means a grianan,
i.e. a bower, boudoir, or balcony, and that cteam-
ain of the country means a hill commanding a
pleasant prospect. That this is evidently the
true meaning of the term is further manifest
from the use of it in old Irish writings, as in
the following passage in an Irish tract describ-

ing the Siege of Troy, in H. 2,15, “Oo ponad

ona cpeb cain cumoacca 7 popad Léip pon
Teamaipn } oingna na catpaé do valluc 4
d’poipdecpin 7 vo o1lubpacad.” ‘Then was
erected a fine, protecting house, and a look-out
tower upon the teamhair and digna of the city,
to reconnoitre, view, and discharge [weapons ].””

* Odhbha.—This was the name of a mound on

the summit of a hill giving name to a territory
in the ancient Meath, which is mentioned in
O’Dugan’s topographical poem as the lordship
of O’h-Aedha, a name now usually anglicised
Hughes.—See it mentioned at A. D. 890 and
1016. The name, which would be anglicised
Ovey, is now obsolete. There is another place
of this name in Partry-of-the-mountain, on the
west side of Lough Mask, in the county of Mayo,
generally called Odhbha-Ceara, and anglicised
Ballovey.

i Cuil-Caichir : i. e. Caicher’s corner, or angle,
now unknown.

k Bile-tineadh: i. e. the ancient Tree of the Fire.
This is said to be in Cula-Breagh, and is the place
now called Coill a Bhile, anglicé Billywood, in
the parish of Moynalty, barony of Lower Kells,
and county Meath.

1 Mine Brosnachs.—There are only two rivers
of this name at present. The other seven were
only small tributary streams to these.

32 GNNata RIOSshachta eIReaNnn. (3504.

nao Rige 1. aibne Carg(n, 7 ceopa nUmpionn Ua nOiolla ipin bliadain
cfona.

Coy oomam, tm mile cuice cfo a pé. Cn cuigead bliadain do pige
Eptmom. Pulman 7 Manncan vo tuicim lap an pig 1 cach Opeogain 1
bPermean, 7 comaidm na loch po in bliadain cfona. Loc Cimbe, Loé buadais,
Loch baad, Loe Ren, Loc Pionnmage, Loc Gpéine, Loc Riach, Loch va
Caoch 1 Laigmb, 7 Loc Laog ino Ulcorb.

Coip vomam, tpi mile circ cfo a ofich. On naomad bliadain vo pige
Eplmon vo ¢(p Un, En, 7 Eavan lap 1 ccaé Compaipe 1 Mode. Tomarom

Eichne 1 nUib NEU, na cflona Soce 1 Connachtab, 7 Ppesabanl ecip Oal

n(pade 7 Oal Riaoa an bliadainyn.

™ Nine Righes.—There are only four rivers
of this name in Leinster at present ; one near
Callan, in the county of Kilkenny ; the second
flowing between the counties of Kildare and
Meath, and paying its tribute to the Liffey, near
Lucan; and the third in the county of Wicklow,
and uniting with the Liffey near Blessington;
and the fourth in the north-west of the Queen’s
County.

2 Three Uinsionns.—Ui-Oiliolla, or Tir-Oili-
olla, is the barony of Tirerrill, in the county of
Sligo; but there is no river now bearing the
name of Uinsionn in this barony.

° Breoghan in Feimhin.—Feimhin was the
name of a level plain in the south-east of the
now county of Tipperary, comprised in the pre-
sent baronies of Iffa and Offa East; but the
name Breoghan is now obsolete.

® Loch Cimbe: more usually written Loch
Cime, now Lough Hackett, in the barony of
Clare, and county of Galway.—See O’Flaherty’s
Ogygia, part iii. c. 17, and part iii. c. 79, where
the same lake is called Loch Sealga; but this is
a mistake, for Loch Sealga is near Carn-Fraoich,
not far from Tulsk, in the county of Roscommon,

% Loch Buadhaigh: i.e. the lake of the victo-
rious man. Not identified.

* Loch Baadh.—Now Lough Baah, near Cas-

Cibne 1avpioe.

tle Plunkett, in the county of Roscommon.
Charles O’Conor, of Belanagare, resided near
this lake before he succeeded to his father’s
estate. :

s Loch Ren.—This name still exists, and is
applied to a small lake near Fenagh, in the

plain of Magh Rein, in the county of Leitrim. .

It is situated on the northern boundary of the
townland of Fenaghbeg.

‘ Loch Finnmhaighe.—This name is preserved
on the Down Survey, as Lough Fenvoy. It is
situated in the barony of Carrigallen, and county
of Leitrim, and is now called Garadice Lough.—
See note’, under the year 1257, and note *, under
1386.

u Loch Greine: i.e. the Lake of Grian (a wo-
man’s name), now Lough Graney, in the north
of the county of Clare——See map to Tribes and
Customs of Hy-Many.

~ Loch Riach—Now Lough Reagh, near the
town of the same name in the county of Galway.

* Toch Da Chaech.— This was the ancient
name of Waterford harbour between Leinster
and Munster.

” Loch Laegh.—This is translated “lacus vi-
tuli,” by Adamnan. The position of this lough
is determined by the ancient ecclesiastical Irish
writers, who place the church of Cill Ruaidh,

ee

3506.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 33

of Eile; of the nine Righes", i. e. rivers of Leinster; and of the three Uinsionns*
of Hy-Oiliolla.

The Age of the World, 3506. The fifth year of the reign of Eremon.
Fulman and Mantan fell by the king in the battle of Breogan, in Feimhin®; and
the eruption of the following lakes [took place] in the same year: Loch Cimbe’,
Loch Buadhaigh*, Loch Baadh’, Loch Ren’, Loch Finnmhaighe‘, Loch Greine’,
Loch Riach”, Loch Da-Chaech*, in Leinster, and Loch Laegh’, in Ulster.

The Age of the World, 3510. The ninth year of the reign of Eremon,
Un, En, and Edan, fell by him in the battle of Comhraire’, in Meath. The
eruption of Eithne, in Ui-Neill*; of the three Socs”, in Connaught ; and of the
Fregabhail’, between Dal-Araidhe and Dal-Riada, this year. These are rivers.

now Kilroot, on its brink. It is now called Eochaidh Feidhleach, and wife of Conchobhar
Belfast Lough, close upon the margin of which Mac Nessa, King of Ulster in the first century.
some remains of this church are still to be —See the Book of Lecan, fol.175, a.b. This
seen. river formed the boundary between North and
* Comhraire.—There was a church erected at South Teffia in St. Patrick’s time.—See Ogygia,
this place by St. Colman mac Fintain (the bro- part iii. c. 85.
ther of St. Fursa of Peronne), whose festival > The three Socs.—Michael Brennan, in his Irish
was celebrated here on the 25th of September. poem on the River Shannon, states that the three
The place is now called in Irish C:1ll Compame, Sucks of Connaught are the rivers still called the
which is anglicised Kilcomreragh. It is situated Suck and its tributaries, theSheffin and the River
near the hill of Uisneach, in the barony of Moy- of Clonbrock, in the county of Galway.—See
cashel, and county of Westmeath.—See the Fei- note", under A. D. 1263, where the course of the
lire Aenguis, at 16th November; the Jrish Calen- main branch of the Teona Suca is described.
dar of O’Clery, at 25th September ; and Colgan’s © Freghabhail__Now the Ravel Water, which
Acta Sanctorum, p. 95, col. 2. rises in a small lake called Aganamunican, on
* Kithne, in Ui-Neill—Now the River Inny, the mountain of Slieveanee, in the parish of Du-
which discharges itself into Lough Ree, to the naghy, in the county of Antrim, and, flowing
south-west of Ballymahon, in the countyof West- through the valley of Glenravel, to which it
meath. By the name Ui-Neill is meant terra gives name, joins the Dungonnell River near
Nepotum Neill, the ancient Meath having been the old burial ground of Deschart, whence
so called in later ages, because it was divided their united waters flow in a south-east course
among the sons of Niall of the Nine Hostages, until they fall into the Maine Water, near Glary
and possessed by their descendants till the Eng- ford.—See Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down,
lish Invasion. It would have been more cor- Connor, and Dromore, by the Rev. William
rect to call this territory ‘‘ Midhe,” at this early Reeves, M. B., M. R. 1. A., pp. 334, 335. The

_ period. The River Eithne was originally called _ territory of Dal-Araidhe extended from Newry

Glaisi-Bearamain, and is said to have derived to this river; and that of Dal-Riada comprised
its present name from Eithne, daughter of King the remainder of the county of Antrim.

F

34 (3517.

Qloip Domain, tpi mile cincc clo a pe vécc. Cn cuccead bliadain véce
vEpeamon 1 pige, 7 a Ecc a poipceamn na pee pins Rae beotars op Edin 1
nAngac Ror.

Cloip Oomom, tpi mile cincc clo a pfche vecc. On clo bliadain vo
Muimne, vo Curgne, 7 00 Cargne, clann Epfmoin 1 ccoimpige op Eninn.

Cloip vomam, tpi mile ccc clo. a naor déce.

aNNaza RIOshachta eiReann.

1 ppompefnn na coni
mbliadan po acbach Muimne 1 cCpuacham, Cuighne 7 Caigne concpacon ni
ceach Apoa Cadpann la macaib Emin.

En, Onba, Peanon,7 Fensen cfitpe meic Emen latbliadain vob. Ap
hi a lertbhadamy: 9 leitbhiadoin Nuadaicc Neacht 00 m bliadain comlan, 7
ap az an ns Nuada Neache aipmetip f 1 nap domain. Concnacon an clano
rin Emin la hImal Pad, mac nEpfmom, 1ccat Cule Manta ian bpopbad na
Lizbliadna pemnaice.

Cloip vomam, tm mile citice cfo pice anaor. M bpoincfno an oférnad
bliadain po Imait Pad mic Eplfrhom n pise, puaip bap 1 Mag Muaide. Ap
lap an Imial pPaid po po cue na cata po. Cat Cuile Manca, Cat Anoa
Inmaoith hi Teacthba 1 cconcaip Scipne mac Owb mic Pomorip, cat Thr-
marge 1 ccopncain Eocha Eachceann pi Pomoipe, 7 Cat Locmaige 1 cconcain
Lug Roch, mac Mopemyp, oF(pob bols. Ap 1 namypip an Ineo cfona
pliccad na mag, cosbail na pach, 7 cobpuccad na nabnead po. Aciaod na_
marge, Mash Sele 1 nUib Nell, Magh n€le la Caigmu, Mash Rech(c, Mash
Sanaip 1 Connachcanb, Magh Teche la hUib mac Uaip, Magh Pantne la

4 4 rgat-Ross.—See note under A. M. 3501, sup.

© Ard-Ladhrann.—See note *, A. M. 2242, sup.,

Fergen.—Called Feorgna in Mageoghegan’s
Annals of Clonmacnoise, in Keating’s History of
Treland, and most of the genealogical accounts
of the race of Heber-Finn.

8 Trial Faidh.—Called ‘Irialus Vates” by
Dr. Lynch and O’Flaherty, and “Iriel the Pro-
phet,” by Connell Mageoghegan.

», Cuil-Marta.—Not identified.
Cuilmartra by O’F laherty.

Magh Muaidhe.—This may be the plain of
the River Moy, flowing between the counties of
Mayo and Sligo, in Connaught; but the name
was also applied to a plain near the hill of Cnoe

It is called

Muaidhe, now Knockmoy, six miles south-east
of Tuam, in the county of Galway, which is
probably the place alluded to in the text.—See
Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p. 6.

k Ard-Inmhaoith.—W ould be anglicised Ard-
invy, but the name is obsolete.

Tenmaoith.—This plain is referred to as in
Connaught, under A. M. 3549, but the name is
now unknown.

™ Lochmaghe.— This is probably Loughma,
near Thurles, in the county of Tipperary.—See
Luachmagh, A. D. 1598.

2 Magh-Sele in Ui-Neill: i. e. the Plain of the
River Sele, in the country of the southern Ui-
Neill, that is, Meath. The River Selé, which

3516.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 35

The Age of the World, 3516. The fifteenth year of the reign of Eremhon;
he died at the end of this period at Rath-Beothaigh over the Eoir, in Argat-Ross'.

The Age of the World, 3517. The first year of the joint reign of Muimhne,
Luighne, and Laighne, sons of Eremon, over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3519. At the end of these three years Muimhne
died at Cruachain. Luighne and Laighne fell in the battle of Ard-Ladhron* by
the sons of Emhear.

Er, Orba, Fearon, and Fergen‘, the four sons of Emer, reigned half a year.
This half year and the half year of Nuadhat Neacht make a full year ; and to
Nuadhat Neacht it is reckoned in the age of the world. These sons of Emer
were slain by Irial Faidh®, son of Eremon, in the battle of Cuil-Marta’, at the
end of the half year aforesaid.

The Age of the World, 3520. At the end of this, the tenth year of the
reign of Irial Faidh, son of Eremon, he died at Magh-Muaidhe’. It was by
this Irial Faidh the following battles were fought: the battle of Cuil-marta ;
the battle of Ard-Inmaoith*, in Teathbha, in which fell Stirne, son of Dubh, son
of Fomhor ; the battle of Tenmaighe', in which fell Eocha Echcheann, king of
the Fomorians ; the battle of Lochmaighe”, in which fell Lughroth, son of
Mofemis of the Firbolgs. It was in the time of the same Irial that the clearing
of the plains, the erection of the forts, and the eruption of the rivers following,
took place. These are the plains: Magh-Sele, in Ui-Neill’; Magh nEle°, in
Leinster ; Magh-Reicheat?; Magh-Sanais‘, in Connaught ; Magh-Techt, in Ui-

gave name to this place, is now called the Black-
water. It rises in Lough Ramor, near Virginia,
in the county of Cavan, and, flowing through
the barony of Upper Kells, by Tailten, in Meath,
pays its tribute to the Boyne at Dubh-chomar,
now the town of Navan. This river is dis-
tinctly mentioned as near Taltenia, in the Tri-
partite Life of St. Patrick, lib. ii, c 4, apud
Colgan, Trias Thaum, p. 129; and Colgan ob-
serves, in a note, p. 173, that it was, in his own
time, called Abha-dhubh.

° Magh-n-Ele in Leinster—Now Moyelly, a
townland in the parish of Kilmanaghan, barony
of Kilcoursey, and King’s County, famous as

having been the residence of Finn Mac Cumhail
in the third century, and of Colonel Grace in
the seventeenth—See note ™, under A. D. 1475,
and note ™, under A. D. 1418.

® Magh-Reicheat.—Keating adds that this plain
is in Laoighis, i. e. Leix, in the present Queen’s
County; but in the Preface to the Feilire-Aenguis
it is mentioned as a plain in Ui-Failghe (Offaly),
containing the church of Cuil-Beannchair, now
Coolbanagher, alias Whitechurch. It is now
called, in English, Morett, and is a manor in
the barony of Portnahinch, adjoining the Great
Heath of Maryborough, in the Queen’s county.

* Magh-Sanais.—N ot identified.

Fi

36 GNNaZa RIOSshachHTa-eiREGNN.

[3530.

hQine(pa, Mash nOapbple 1 Potancaib Oainbpeac, Magh Cugna 1 cCran-
nacca, Mag nlmp la hUlcoib, Mag Chinle ploa 1 Pfanmag, Mas comarp,
Mag Mise, Maz Coba, Mag Cuma la hUib Néll, Mags Plpnmaige la
hOmsiallaib, 7 Mag Riacca. Acnad na pacha, Rach Cpoich 1 Moigimp,
Raé Cumcfoha 1 Sermne, Rach b6acam 1 Catapna, Rach Lochaio 1 nOlar-
cann, Rath Glare cuilg, oa ngoiptean Rat Ciombaoit mo Eamam, Rat
Mochaish 7 Rat buns 1 Slechcmoig. Na haibne, Sitip, Péil, Encpe la

Mumanin, na cpf Pronna, 7 na tpi Comoe.
‘Qoip vomam, tp mile cice clo tmocac. Cn clo bliadain vo mse Ctnel,

mac Ineo Pad, op Epinn mop.

Cloip vomann, cp mile curce clo clépacac anaon.

Cn piclcmad bliadain

vErnel, mac Ipeol Paid, mic Epl(mdm, 1 se Fo cconcaip la Conmaol mac

* Magh-techt, in Ui-Mac-Uais, — Unknown.
Ui-Mac Mais is believed to be the barony of
Moygoish, in the county of Westmeath.—See
O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. 76.

° Magh-Faithne, in Airthera. — Called Mag
Fortin ip na h-1apzanaib by Keating, which is
incorrect. Magh-Faithne is obsolete. Arthera is
the Irish name of the baronies of Orior, in the
county of Armagh.

* Magh-Dairbhreach: i.e. the Plain of the
Oaks. This plain is situated at the foot of the
hill of Croghan, in the north of the King’s
County. The territory of Fotharta Dairbh-
reach is referred to, in the old Irish authorities,
as adjoining this hill, which was anciently called
Bri-Eile-—See Ogygia, part iii. c. 64.

« Magh-Lughna.— Keating calls this Magh
Luinge. We are not told in which of the dis-
tricts called Cianachta it was situated.

“ Magh-inis: i.e. the insular plain. This
was the ancient name of the barony of Lecale,
in the county of Down.—See Tripartite Life of
St. Patrick in Z'rias Thaum, part iii. c. 60, and
Colgan’s note, p. 185: ‘* Magh-inis hodie Leth-
cathuil appellatur, in qua et ciuitas Dunensis
et Saballum iacent.”

* Magh- Cuile-feadha, in Fearnmhagh.—Fearnm-

hagh, i. e. the Alder Plain, is the Irish name of
the barony of Farney, in the county of Monaghan.
Magh-Cuile-feadha, i. e. the Plain of the Corner
or Angle of the Wood, was probably the ancient
name of the district around Loughfea, in this
barony.

¥ Magh-Comair: i.e. the Plain of the Con-
fluence. Keating places this in Ui-Neill, ie.
in Meath. It is was probably the plain around
Cummer, near Clonard, in Meath. There is
another Magh-Comair, now anglicé Muckamore,
near the town of Antrim, in the county of An-
trim.

* Magh-Midhe.—This is placed in Cianachta
by Keating.

* Magh- Cobha.—This is placed in Ui-Eathach,
i.e. Iveagh, in Ulster, by Keating.—See note ",
under A. D. 1252.

> Magh-Cuma, in Ui-Neill.—Unknown.

° Magh-Fearnmhaighe : now Farney, a barony
in the south of the county of Monaghan.

¢ Magh-Riada.—This was the ancient name
of a plain in Laoighis, or Leix, in the present
Queen’s County, and contained the forts of
Lec-Reda and Rath-Bacain, where the chiefs of
Laoighis resided, and the church called Domh-
nach-mor.—See the Tripartite Life of St. Pa-

3530.]

Mac-Uais'; Magh-Faithne, in Airtheara‘; Magh-Dairbhreach*, in Fotharta Dair-
bhreach ; Magh-Lughna*, in Cianachta; Magh-inis", in Uladh ; Magh-Cuile-
feadha, in Fearnmhagh*; Magh-Comair’; Magh-Midhe’; Magh-Cobha'; Magh-
Cuma, in Ui-Neill’; Magh-Fearnmhaighe*, in Oirghialla; and Magh-Riada*.
These are the forts : Rath-Croich, in Magh-inis*; Rath-Cuinceadha, in Seimhne';
Rath-Bacain, in Latharna®; Rath-Lochaid, at Glascharn"; Rath-glaisicuilg, which
is called Rath-Ciombaoith’, at Eamhain; Rath-Mothaigh*; Rath-Buirg, in
Sleachtmhagh'. The rivers were the Siuir", Feil", Ercre’, in Munster; the three
Finns’; and the three Coimdes’.

The Age of the World, 3530.‘ This was the first year of the reign of
Eithrial, son of Irial Faidh, over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3549. The twentieth year of the reign of Eithrial,
son of Irial Faidh, son of Eremon, when he fell by Conmhael, son of Emer, in

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ; 37

trick in Trias Thaum., p. 155.

© Rath-Croich, in Magh-inis : i.e. in the ba-
rony of Lecale, in the county of Down. Not
identified.

* Rath- Cuincheadha in Seimhne.—Island-Magee,
in ‘the county of Antrim, was anciently called
Rinn-Seimhne, and this fort was probably on it,
but the name is obsolete. r

® Rath-bacain, in Latharna: i. e. in Larne,
a territory, in the county of Antrim, now in-
cluded in the barony of Upper Glenarm. The
name of this fort is obsolete.

» Rath-Lochaid, at Glascharn.—Both names
unknown.

* Rath-Cimbaoith.—This was the name of one
of the forts at Emania, or the Navan, near Ar-
magh. ‘There was another fort of the name in
the plain of Seimhne, near Island-Magee, in the
present county of Antrim.

* Rath-Mothaigh.—Now Raith-Mothaigh, an-
glicé Ryemoghy, in a parish of the same name,
in the barony of Raphoe and county of Donegal ;
and there can be little doubt that Sleachtmhagh
was the name of a plain in this parish.

* Rath-Buirg, in Sleachtmhagh.—Called Rath-

Buirech by Keating. Not identified.

m The Siuir.—Now anglicé “ The Suir,” which
rises in Sliabh Aldiuin, or the Devil’s Bit Moun-
tain, in the barony of Ikerrin, and county of
Tipperary, and, flowing by or through Thurles,
Holycross, Golden Bridge, and Cahir, Ardfinan,
and Carrick-on-Suir, and Waterford, finally
unites with the Barrow, at Comar-na na dtri n-
Uisceadh, about a mile below Waterford.

2 Feil.—There is a river of this name in the
county of Kerry, giving name to the village
of Abbeyfeale, by which it passes ; but it is
quite evident, from the Leabhar-Gabhala of the
O’Clerys, that the river Corrane, which flows
from Loch Luighdheach, alias Corrane Lough,
in the barony of Iveragh, in the west of the same
county, was also originally called ‘« Abhainn-
Feile,” and that is the river here alluded to.

° Ercre—Now unknown.

» The three Finns.—The River Finn, flowing
through the barony of Raphoe, in the county of
Donegal, was the principal one of these. The
other two were probably tributary streams
to it.

9 The three Coimdes.—Not identified.

38 ONNata RIOghachca EIRECaNN. [3550.

Emin 1 ccaé Reapfno. Ip 1 pemlp an Etpeorl pi po plechcaice na marghe yp,
Ceanmagh la Connachcoib, Magh Lugad la Lurgne, Mash mbealaig la
hUib cTuncpe, Mas Geipille la hUib bPanlge, Mash Ochcaip la Cargmu,
Locmagh la Conaille,7 Mag Roe la hUib Eachodach.

Coip vomain, tpi mile cing clo caoga. An ced bliadain vo mZe Conmaorl,
mac Eimip, op Epmnn innpin. Céd Ri Epeann a Mumom epwe.

Qoip vomam, tpi mile cig céd peaccmogat anao. lap mbeit vech
mbliadna pice vo Conmaol, mac Emin, 1 mse nNEpeann concaip 1 ccat Conarg
Macha la TisfGinmup mac Pollargh. Conmaol cpa ap lap vo cuipfo na
cata po, cat Geiplle, 1 cconcain Palap mac Epeamom, cat benpe, cat
Slébe Gféa la hUib Cnemtaim, cat Ucha, cat Cnucha, cat Slebe Modaipn
1 tconcain Sempoth mac Inboich, cath Clene, cat Capn moin 1 tcopncain
Ollac, cat Locha Ufin pon Eanna, Maincme,7 pon Mod Rut, mac Morebip,

oP Morb bols, cat Ele.

Cloip domain, tp mile cing clo occmosac.

TisGnmaip mic Polleng 6p Epmn.

Cloip vomain, tpi mile clo occmogac a haon.
Tisfpnmaip, comaidm na naoi loch po.

* Raeire.—Genit. Raeireann. O’Flaherty says
that this is the name of a hill in Hyfalgia, but
It is the
place now called Raeipe mop, in the territory
of Iregan, or barony of Tinnahinch, in the
Queen’s County, which was a part of the ancient

does not tell us its exact situation.

Ui-Failghe, or Offaly. There is another place
of the name in the territory of Ui-Muireadhaigh,
near Athy, in the county of Kildare.

$ Teanmhagh.—Unknown.

* Magh-Lughadh.—Unknown.

° Magh-bealaigh, in Ui-Tuirtre: i.e. plain of
the road or pass. Ui-Tuirtre was the name of
a tribe and territory in the present county of
Antrim, but the name of the plain is unknown.

.“Magh- Geisille: i.e. the plain of Geshill. This
was the ancient name of a plain included in the
present barony of Geshill, in the King’s County.

* Magh-Ochtair, in Leinster —Unknown.

Cin céo bliadain do pige

Cn vana bliadain vo mge
Coch nUaip 1 Whode, Coch nlamn,

¥ Lochmhagh, in Conaille.—Keating places this
in Connaught.

* Magh-roth.—Called by Keating Magh-rath.
This was the name of a plain in the present
county of Down, the position of which is deter-
mined by the village of Moira.

* Aenach-Macha.—This was another name for
Emania, or the Navan fort, near Armagh. Keat-
ing says that Conmael was buried at the south
side of Aenach-Macha, at a place then called
Feart Conmhaoil.—See Halliday’s edit., p. 320.

» Getsill._Now Geshil, in the King’s County.

© Berra.—This is probably Bearhaven, in the
south-west of the county of Cork.

4 Sliabh-Beatha.—There is no Sliabh Beatha
in Ireland but that on the borders of the coun-
ties of Fermanagh and Monaghan, already men-
tioned, note ‘, under A. M. 2242.

© Ucha.—Not identified,

a. ee

3550.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 39

the battle of Raeire’. It was in the reign of this Fithrial that these plains were
cleared : Teanmagh*, in Connaught ; Magh Lughadh’, in Luighne ; Magh-Bea-
laigh, in Ui-Tuirtre"; Magh-Geisille”, in Ui-Failghe ; Magh-ochtair, in Leinster*;
Lochmhagh, in Conaille’; Magh-roth’, in Ui-Eathach.

The Age of the World, 3550. This was the first year of the reign of
Conmael, son of Emer, over Ireland. He was the first king of Ireland from
Munster.

The Age of the World, 3579. Conmael, son of Emer, having been thirty
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell, in the battle of Aenach-Macha*, by
Tighernmus, son of Follach. By Conmael had been fought these battles : the
battle of Geisill’, in which fell Palap, son of Eremon ; the battle of Berra‘; the
battle of Sliabh Beatha*, in Ui Creamhthainn; the battle of Ucha*; the battle
of Cnucha‘; the battle of Sliabh Modhairn’, in which fell Semroth, son of
Inboith ; the battle of Clere"; the battle of Carnmor', in which fell Ollach ;
the battle of Loch Lein*, against the Ernai' and Martinei™, and against Mogh

—

Ruith, son of Mofebis of the Firbolgs ; the battle of Ele’.

The Age of the World, 3580.
son of Folloch, over Ireland.
The Age of the World, 3581.

The first year of the reign of Tighernmas,

The second year of the reign of Tighern-

mas, the eruption of these nine lakes [occurred]: Loch Uair*, in Meath ; Loch

£ Cnucha.—This place is described as over the
River Liffey, in Leinster.—See Keating in the

reign of Lughaidh Mac Con, and the Battle of

Cnucha. It was probably the ancient name of
Castleknock.

® Sliabh-Modhairn.— This was the ancient
name of a range of heights near Ballybay, in
the barony of Cremorne, and county of Mo-
naghan. The Mourne mountains, in the south
of the county of Down, were originally called
Beanna Boirche, and had not received their pre-
sent name before the fourteenth century.

» Clere—Not identified. It may be Cape Clear,
Co. Cork, or Clare Island, county Mayo.

* Carn-mor.—This was probably Carn-mor
Sleibhe Beatha, for the situation of which see
note ®, A. M. 2242, p. 3, supra.

k Loch-Lein.—The lakes at Killarney were
originally so called. ‘The name is now applied
to the upper lake only.

'Ernai.— sept of the Firbolgs, seated in the
present county of Kerry.

™ Martinet—A sept of the Firbolgs anciently
seated in the baronies of Coshlea and Small
County, in the county of Limerick, and in that
of Clanwilliam, in the county of Tipperary.—
See Book of Lismore, fol. 176, a. a. where Emly
is referred to as in the very centre of this terri-
tory-

2 £le.—A territory in the south of the King’s
County.

© Loch Uair.—These lakes are set down in a
very irregular order by the Four Masters.
Keating and O’Flaherty have given their names

4

40 ANNaZa RIOShacnta elREGNNH. - [3656
toch Cé 1. Connachcaib, Loch Saileano, Loch nQillfno 1 cConnaccaib, Loch
Peabail, Loch Gabarp, Oubloch 7 Loch Oaball 1 nOipsiallonb.

Cloip vomain, tn mile pe clo caoccat a pé. Op f an bliadain pi an
peaccmad bliadain vécc ap cmb pichcib vo Tis(pnmap na ms op Epinn.
Cp lap po bmipead na cata po pon piol nEmhin 7 pon anall o€Eplnnéorwb 4
veaccaipcenelaib ole cén mo catpom. Cctiad po na cata hipin, cath Elle
1 concain Roconb, mac Gollan, cach Loémuise 1 ccopchain Oagaipne mac
Hull, mic Gollan, cach Cula apo Mwugimp, cach Chuile Phaocham, cach
Marge Teche, cach Commain, cach Cula Achguinc 1 Semne, cach Cino
Niaoh hi cConnachcaib, cat Caipn Pfnadoig 1 conchoin Pipavac mac Ro-
chuinb, mic Gollamn, 6 parcfp Cann Pfhadaig, cach Cnamcéorlle hi Connach-
caib, cach Cuile peada, cach Reabh, cach Congnade 1 Tuait Eaba, cach
Cluana Cuayp, 1 Teacthba, cach Cluana Murppcce, 1 mbpepne, oa cach
Chuile 1 nApgac Ror, cath Ele, cat benne, Seacht ccata ag Loch Lus-

in better succession. The Four Masters should
have transcribed them in the following order:
Loch Uair, Loch n-Iairn, Loch Saighleann, Loch
Gabhair, and Dubh-loch, in Meath; Loch Ce
and Loch Ailleann, in Connaught; and Loch
Feabhail and Loch Dabhall, in Ulster. Loch
Uair is now corruptly called in Irish Loch Uail,
anglicé Lough Owel, and is situated near Mul-
lingar, in the county of Westmeath.

® Loch n-Lairn.Now Lough Iron, situated on
the western boundary of the barony of Corkaree,
in the county of Westmeath.

“Loch Ce in Connaught.—Now Lough Key,
near Boyle, in the county of Roscommon.

* Loch Saileann.—Now Loch Sheelin, on the

borders of the counties of Cavan, Longford, and

Meath.

8 Loch n-Ailleann.—Now Lough Allen, in the
county of Leitrim; by some considered the true
source of the Shannon.

* Loch Feabhail_Now Lough Foyle, an arm
of the sea between the counties of Londonderry
and Donegal. It is stated in the Dinnseanchus
and by Keating, that this lough took its name

from Febhal, son of Lodan, one of the Tuatha-
De-Dananns.

« Loch- Gabhair.—This lough is now dried up,
but the place is still called Loch Gobhar, anglicé
Lagore or Logore.—See Colgan’sActa Sanctorum,
p- 422, n. 14, and Proceedings of the Royal Irish
Academy, vol. i. p. 424.

“ Dubh-loch: the Black Lough. Keating places
this lough in the territory of Ard-Cianachta, now
the barony of Ferrard, in the county of Louth.

* Loch-Dabhall, in Oirghialla.—This was the
ancient name of a lake not far from the town of
Armagh, but the name is obsolete.—See note ,
on Cluain-Dabhail, under the year 1514.

’ Elle—Otherwise Elne or Magh Elne, was the
name of a district lying between the rivers Bann
and Bush, in the present county of Antrim.

* Lochmagh: i.e. Plain of the Lake; the situa-
tion of this lake is uncertain.

*“Cul-ard, in Magh-inis.—In the barony of Le-
cale, county of Down.

> Cuil-Fraechaia; i. e. the Corner or Angle of ~
the Bilberries; not identified.

© Magh-Teacht.—See A. M. 357”.

3656.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 41

n-Iairn?; Loch Ce‘, in Connaught; Loch Saileann'; Loch n-Ailleann’, in Con-
naught ; Loch Feabhail'; Loch Gabhair*; Dubhloch"; and Loch Dabhall*, in
Oirghialla.

The Age of the World, 3656. This was the seventeenth year above three
score of Tighearnmas, as king over Ireland. It was by him the following bat-
tles were gained over the race of Emhear, and others of the Irish, and foreigners
besides. These were the battles: the battle of Elle’, in which fell Rochorb,
son of Gollan ; the battle of Lochmagh’, in which fell Dagairne, son of Goll, son
of Gollan ; the battle of Cul-ard*, in Magh-inis ; the battle of Cuil Fraechan’;
the battle of Magh-techt*; the battle of Commar*; the battle of Cul-Athguirt’,
in Seimhne; the battle of Ard-Niadh‘, in Connaught; the battle of Carn-
Fearadhaigh®, in which fell Fearadhach, son of Rochorb, son of Gollan, from
whom Carn-Fearadhaigh is called ; the battle of Cnamh-choill", in Connaught;
the battle of Cuil-Feadha'; the battle of Reabh*; the battle of Congnaidhe, in
Tuath-Eabha'; the battle of Cluain-Cuas”, in Teathbha; the battle of Cluain-
Muirsge’, in Breifne ; the two battles of Cuil’, in Argat-Ross; the battle of Ele’;
the battle of Berra‘; seven battles at Loch Lughdhach";, two other battles at

4 Commar.—Not identified. There are count- place of this name, but it has not been identi-

less places of the name in Ireland. fied by any of our writers.
© Cul-Athguirt, in Seimhne.—This was some- k Reabh._Unknown.
where near Island Magee, but the name is now 1 Congnaidh, in Tuath-Eabha.—Tuath-Eabha
obsolete. is now called Machaire-Eabha, ahd is situated
* Ard-Niadh: i.e. Hill of the Hero; not at the foot of Binbulbin, in the barony of Car-
identified. bery, and county of Sligo.
8 Carn-Feradhaigh: i. e. Fearadhach’s Carn or ™ Cluan-cuas: i.e. the Plain of the Caves, now

Sepulchral Heap. This is referred to in the Cloncoose, in the barony of Granard, county of
Book of Lecan, fol. 204, as on the southern Longford.—See Inquisitions, Lagenia, Longford,
‘boundary of the territory of Cliu-Mail. It was i. Jac. I.

probably the ancient name of Seefin, in the ba- ® Cluain-Muirsge.—Not identified.
rony of Coshlea, in the south of the county of °Cuil, in Argat-Ross.—Now Coole, in the pa-
Limerick. rish of Rathbeagh, on the Nore, county Kilkenny.

»Cnamh-choill: i. e. Wood of the Bones. This » Eile—Not identified. There are several
was probably the ancient name of a wood in the _ places of the name in Ireland.
district of Cuil-Cnamha, in the east of the barony 4 Berre—Probably Beare, in the county of

- of Tireragh, and county of Sligo. There were Cork.
two other places of this name in Munster. ® Loch Lughdach._Now Loch Luigheach, or

‘ Quil-feadha: i.e. Corner or Angle of the Corrane lough, in the barony of Iveragh, and
Wood. St. Columbkille fought a battle at a county of Kerry.
G

s

42 aNNdZa RIOSshachca eiReann.

(3657.

bach, da cat oli 1 nApgav Ror, cpf cacha pon Piona bols, cat Cuile Pobaip
pop Enna.

Op la Tisfpnmurp beor po bfpbad op an cap 1 nEpmn, 1 portmb Cipchin
Uippe. Uchavan cfpo oP {pot Cualann pooup bfpb Ap lap po cumoargic
cuipn 9 bpftnappa vop 7 oansac in nEpmn an cop. Ap lap cugad puamnad
fon evoighib, concaip, sopm,7 uame. Ap na pfimmup cobpuchcad cfopna
noub aibnfoh Epeann, Pubna, Tonann, 7 Callann, a nanmanna. CO bpoincfno
na bliadna po acbailpiom, 50 clonaib cféparmnaib pp nEneann ime, 1 mopdail
Mange Slechc, 1pm mOpfipne, ag adpad voCpom Cpoach, aipoiodal adantha

Entnn eipioe, oroche hSamna vo hponpad innypin.

Cr vo na pleaccanaib vo

ponpac fip Epionn 1m Tis (pnmap hipurde po hammmsead an magh.

Clip vomain, cm mile pé clo caogacc a peachc.
vEpmno Zan ms rap cCis(pnmap imnypi.
Coip vomain, ct mile pé clo plpccac a thi.

mopin.

(An clo bliadain

Qn peachcmad bliadain

bao Ene gan nig pi pé na p(chce mbliadan pin.
Coir vomain, cm mile pé clo peapccac a cltarp.
o€ochad Euogadach na ms of Epinn mop.

Cn cead bliadain
Cp ane acb(pan Eochard

Euvgadach pip an ap lap cuccad iWbp(chtpad saca vata 1 nevigib an cap

* Cuil-Fobhair.—This was the name of a place
‘in the district of Muintir-Fathaigh, otherwise
called Dealbhna-Cuile-Fabhair, on the east side
- of Lough Corrib, in the county of Galway.

t Foithre- Airthir- Liffe.—Keating calls the
place Fotharta-Oirer Life, but the true reading
is Fotharta-Airthir-Life, i.e. the Territory of
Fotharta, to the east of the River Life. For
the situation of the seven Fothartas, see Ogygia,
part iii. c.64, and Duald Mac Firbis’s genealogi-
cal work (Marquis of Drogheda’s copy, p. 139).

u Feara-Cualann.—See A. M. 3501.

“ Goblets and brooches. —In Mageoghegan’s
translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, the
following notices are given under the reign of
Tighernmas: ‘‘ He was the first who caused
standing cuppes to be made, the refining of
gould: and silver, and procured. his Goldsmith
(named Ugden), that dwelt near ‘the Liffie, to

make gold and silver pinns to put in men’s and
women’s garments about their necks; and also
he was the first that ever found” [i. e. invented]
“the dyeing of” [parti-] ‘ coloured clothes: in
Ireland.” Keating says that Tighearnmas was
the first Irish king who established the custom
of distinguishing the rank of his subjects by
different colours in their dress, as one colour
in the garment of a slave, two colours in thé
garment of a peasant, three in that of a soldier,
four in that of a brughaidh or public victual-
ler, five in that of the chieftain of a territory,
and six in that of the ‘ollav (chief ‘professor)
and in those of kings and Queens. Nearly the
same account is given in the Book of Lecan, fol.
290, a, a; and in H, 2. 18,..Trin. Coll. Dub.;
which. latter manuscript adds that all these
colours weré then used in the bishop’s dress.
The Four Masters ascribe the establishment, of

3657.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ‘
43

Argat-Ross ;) three. battles against the Firbolgs; the battle of Cuil-Fobhair’,
against the Ernai.

It was-by Tighearnmas also that gold was first. smelted in Ireland, in
Foithre-Airthir-Liffe’. [It was] Uchadan, an artificer of the Feara-Cualann*,
that smelted it. It was by him that goblets and brooches” were first covered
with gold and silver in Ireland. It was by him that clothes were dyed
purple, blue, and green. It was in his reign the three black rivers of Ireland
burst forth, Fubhna*, Torann’, and Callann’, their names. At the end of this
year he died, with the three-fourths of the men of Ireland about him, at the
meeting of Magh-Slecht’, in Breifne, at the worshipping of Crom Cruach, which
was the chief idol of adoration in Ireland. This happened on the night of
Samhain’ precisely.~ It was from the genuflections® which the men of Ireland

made about Tighearnmas here that the plain was named.

The Age of the World, 8657.

This was the first year of Ireland without

a king, after [the death of] Tighearnmas.

The Age of the World, 3663.

This was the seventh year.

Ireland was

without a king during the period of these seven years.

The Age of the World, 8664. This was the first year of Eochaidh Ead-
ghadhach, as king over Ireland. He was called Eochaidh Eadghadhach because
it was by him the variety of colour was first put on clothes in Ireland, to dis-

these colours to Eochaidh Eadghadhach.

* Fubhna, now most probably the Una River,
in Tyrone.—See A. D. 1516.

Y Torann.—Unknown. There is a Touro River
near Youghal.

* Callann.— Now the River Callan, in the
county of Armagh.

* Magh-Sleacht.—This is translated campus
excidii by Dr. O’Conor, but more correctly,
campus adorationis, by Colgan.—Trias Thaum.,
p- 133. This was the name of a plain in the
barony of Tullyhaw and county of Cavan. The

village of Baile Meg-Shamhradhain, now Bally-

magauran, and the island of Port, are men-
tioned as situated in this plain.—See note on
Baile-Mheg-Shamhradhain, under A. D..1431.
Crom Cruach, the chief idol of the Pagan Irish,

stood near a river called Gathard, and St. Pa-
trick erected a church called Domhnachmor,
in the immediate vicinity of the place—See
Vita Tripart., lib. ii. c. 31. According to the
Dinnsenchus, this was the principal idol of all
the colonies that settled in Ireland from the
earliest period to the time of St. Patrick, and
they were wont to offer to it the firstlings of
animals, and other offerings.—See Rerum Hiber-
nicarum Scriptores, Prolegomena, part 1. p. 22.

d Night of Samhain.—The eve of All-Hallows
is so called by the Irish at the present day. It
is compounded of ram, summer, and fui,
end.

© Genuflections—Dr. O’Conor translates this
“‘propter excidium quod passi sunt viri Hiber-
nie ;” but this is evidently erroneous.

G2

44 aNNaza RIoshachta eiReann. (3667.

1 n€Epim, veroipoeliugad ondpa sac aom ar a foach, éta freal 50 huaral.
Ap amlad om po velig (cconpa, aenoat 1 nfooigib mogavd, av6 1 nfoorgib
amopp, a& tn11 névoighib oaglaoch 7 ogcig(pnad, a ceatarn 1 nfooigib bpugad,
a cuig1 nfooigib cigeannad cuach, a pe 1 nevorgib ollaman, a riche 1 nevorgib
Piog 7 pfoshan.

Coir vomain, cm mile pe clo pfpccac a peachc. Cn clénamad bliadam
v€ochad. In bpoincfho an clépamad bluadain dia mse vo pocaip la C(pmna
mac €bnic 1 ccach Ceamna.

Clip vomam, cpr mile pé clo peapecac a hocht. Un clo bliadain vo
Sobaince 7 vo Cfpmna Fiono, oa mac Ebnic, mic Emip, mic Ip, mic Mhlead,
or Epi, 7 po pannpac eaconpa f ap 06, Sobaince cuaith 1 nOdn Sobaince,
7 Cfpmna ceap 1 nOun Cfpmna. Oa céopig Epeann vo Sliocc Ip 1avpde.

Coip vomain, tpi mile peachc ccfo a peacht. Ap mbhié cltpachac
bhadam vo na poghab pr a ccomplaitiup of Eninn, vo chean Sobaince la
hEochaw Meand oPomoimb, 7 vo pochain Cfpmna la hEochaw bPaobap- —
slap mac Conmaott.

CQloip vomain, tpi mile peacht ccéd a hocht. An ced bliadain vEochaio
Paobanslap, mac Conmail, mic Emip, op Epinn.

‘Coir vomain, tm mile reacht cced piche a peace.
vEochaw fiche bliadain 1 Ze Epeann copchain la Piacha Cabnamne 1
ceath Canmaim 1 noiogoil a achan. Ociad anopo na cata po cuimd 7 na
maige po pleaccain la hEochad pPaobapslap. Cath Cuacpa Oeadad,
cath Popa va sont, cath Comain tpi nuipece, cach Tuama Opeacon 1
nUib Smin Speippne, cach Opoma Liatan. ciate na marge, Magh Sm¢-

lan mbfic imonpo

4 Dun-Sobhairce—Now Dunseverick, near the
Giants’ Causeway, in the north of the county of
Antrim.—See A. M. 3501.

© Dun-Cearmna: i. e. Cearmna’s Dun, or Fort.
Keating (Haliday’s edition, p. 125) says that
this was called Dun-Mhic-Padruig, in his own
time. It was the name of an old fort situated
on the Old Head of Kinsale, a famous promon-
tory in the south of the county of Cork.—See
O’Brien’s Irish Dictionary, in voce Dun-Cearmna ;
and Carbrie Notitia, a manuscript, written in
1686, which formed. No. 591 of the late Lord

Kingsborough’s Sale Catalogue, where the fol-
lowing notice of this place occurs :

“Places of note in this barony” [i. e. Courcie’s |
“are, 1. Ringrone; 2. Castle-ni-park and Rin-
corran, &c.; 3. The Old Head of Kinsale, a
noted promontory anciently called Dun-Cermna,
or Down-Cermna, from Cearmna, King of half
Ireland, who,,upon the division of the kingdome
between him and. Sovarcy, came hither and
built his royal seat, and called it after his own
name. Of later years it was called Down m‘
Patrick.”

==

3667.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 45

tinguish the honour of each by his raiment, from the lowest to the highest. Thus
was the distinction made between them : one colour in the clothes of slaves;
two in the clothes of soldiers ; three in the clothes of goodly heroes, or young
lords of territories ; six in the clothes of ollavs ; seven in the clothes of kings
and queens.

The Age of the World, 3667. The fourth year of Eochaidh. At the end
of the fourth year of his reign, he fell by Cearmna, son of Ebric, in the battle
of Teamhair [Tara].

The Age of the World, 3668. The first year of [the joint reign of] So-
bhairce and Cearmna Finn, the two sons of Ebric, son of Emher, son of Ir, son
of Milidh, over Ireland; and they divided it between them into two parts:
Sobhairce [resided] in the north, at Dun-Sobhairce*; and Cearmna in the south,
at Dun-Cearmna’. These were the first kings of Ireland of the race of Ir.

The Age of the World, 3707. After these kings had been forty years in
the joint sovereignty of Ireland, Sobhairce was slain by Eochaidh Meann, of
the Fomorians ; and Cearmna fell by Eochaidh Faebharghlas, son of Conmael.

The Age of the World, 3708. The first year of Eochaidh Faebhar-ghlas,
son of Conmael, son of Emhear, over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 8727. After Eochaidh had been twenty years in the
sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Fiacha Labhrainne, in the battle of Carman
[ Wexford], in revenge of his father. These were the battles that were fought,and
the plains that were cleared, by Eochaidh Faebharghlas : the battle of Luachair-
Deadhadh'; the battle of Fosadh-da-ghort®; the battle of Comar-tri-nUisge"; the
battle of Tuaim-Drecon’', in Ui-Briuin-Breifne; the battle of Druim-Liathain‘*.
These are the plains: Magh-Smeathrach', in Ui-Failghe ; Magh-n-Aidhne”,

§ Iuachair-Deadhadh.—_Now Sliabh-Luachra, on the borders of the counties of Cavan and
anglicé Slieve Loughra, near Castleisland, in the Fermanagh.

county of Kerry. k Druim-Liathain.—This is probably intended
* Fosadh-da-ghort.—The Habitation of the for Druim-leathan, now Drumlahan, or Drum-
two Fields. Not identified. lane, in the county of Cavan.
» Comar-tri-n Uisge: i.e. the Meeting of the ' Magh-Smeathrach.—Not identified.
Three Waters, i.e. of the rivers Suir, Nore, and m Magh-n-Aidhne.—A level district in the
Barrow, near Waterford. present county of Galway, all comprised in the

' Tuaim-Drecon: i. e. the mount or tumulus diocese of Kilmacduagh. Keating reads Magh-
of Drecon, now Toomregan, near Ballyconnell, Laighne.

46 aNNaza RIOshachta €IREaNn.

(3728.

cnach la hUib pPalge, Mas nQhone, Mag Cups 1 Connachcaib, Magh
CLeamna, Magh nlmp, Magh Pubna,7 Mash va gabop la hOhpgiallaub.

Cloip vomain, tm mile pfche ccfo piche a hochc. On céo bliadain vo
se Fiachac Cabpaimne op Epinn mop.

Coir vomain, cm mile peachc ccéd caoccat a haon. Cn clénamad
bladain picit po poincfno pige Piachac Labnamne, 7 v0 éfp la hEochad
Mumo von Mumom 1 ccat bealgavam. Cp lar an bPiacha Cabpamne yr
po bmpead na cata po. Cath Gatlaige 1 cconcain Mopebip mac Eaé-
vach Paobanslaip, cach Painnge pon clomn Emip, cath Slebe Pfimin, cach
FM hEpnob oP(porb Gols an bail 1 purl Coch Epne. Jan meabrain an cata
Foppa ap ann po meabaid an loch cainpib, conad vata ammmspten an loch
a. loch tap Epnab. Ap a pomup an Piacha cfona cobpuchcad na ccedépa

naibnead, Fleapc, Manv, 7 Cabnano, va po Ll an ponainm paipprum.
Clip vomann, cm mle plcc ccéd caogac a 06. Cn cév bliadamn vo pige
€achoac Mumé, mac Morebip, or Epmn inopin.

Cloip vomaimn, tm mile peacht ccéd peachtmogat a vo.

bhadain an

pichic v€ochad 1 mse nEpeann, co cconcain la hClongup Olmucada 1 ccat

Clhiach.

” Magh-Luirg.—Now the plains of Boyle, in
the county of Roscommon.

° Magh-Leamhna.—This plain was well known,
and otherwise called Closach, in the time of
Colgan, who describes it as ‘‘ Regio campestris
Tironie Diocesis Clocharensis vulgo Mag-Lemna
aliis Clossach dicta.” It is shewn on an old
Map of Ulster, preserved in the State Papers’
Office, London, as “the Countrie of Cormac
Mac Barone” [O’Neill]. The fort of Augher
and the village of Ballygawley are represented
as in this district, the town of Clogher being
on its western, and the church of Errigal-Kee-
roge on its northern boundary, and the River
Blackwater flowing through it.

” Magh-n-Inir—Called by Keating Magh-
Nionair. Now unknown.

* Magh-Fubhna: i.e. the plain of the River
Fubhna. This was probably the ancient name
-of the district through which the River Oona

in Tyrone flows:

* Magh-da-ghabhar: i.e. the Plain of the Two
Goats. Keating calls it Magh-da-ghabhal, i.e.
“the Plain of the Two Forks,” which is pro-
bably the correct form.—See Magh-da-ghabhal
under the year 1011.

$ Bealgadan.—Now Bulgadan, a townland in
the parish of Kilbreedy Major, near Kilmallock,
in the county of Limerick.

t Gathlach.—Now probably Gayly, in the ba-
rony of Iraghticonor, county of Kerry.

« Fairrge.—N or identified.

* Sliabh Feimhin: i.e. the mountain of Feim-
hin, a territory comprised in the barony of Iffa

. and Offa East, in the county of Tipperary. This

mountain is now locally called Sliab na m-ban
pionn, i.e. the Mountain of the Fair Women,
which is evidently a corruption of Shab na m-
ban Feimecnn, i. e. the Mountain of the Women
of Feimhin.—See Leabhar na g-Ceart, p. 18. Ac-

3728.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 47

Magh-Luirg’; in Connaught ; Magh-Leamhna’, Magh-n-Inir’, Magh-Fubhna’,
and Magh-da-ghabhar’, in Oirghialla.

The Age of the World, 3728. This was the first year of the reign of
Fiacha Labhrainne over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3751. This was the twenty-fourth year, the ter-
mination of the reign of Fiacha Labhrainne ; and he fell by Eochaidh Mumho,
of Munster, in the battle.of Bealgadan*. It was by this Fiacha Labhrainne the
following battles were gained : the battle of Gathlach‘, in which fell Mofebis,

‘son of Eochaidh Faebharghlas; the battle of Fairrge", against the race of Emhear;

the battle of Sliabh Feimhin”; a battle against the Ernai, [a sept] of the Firbolgs,
[on the plain] where Loch Erne* [now] is. After the battle was gained from
them, the lake flowed over them, so that it was from them the lake is named,
that is, “a lake over the Ernai.” It was in the reign of the same Fiacha that
the springing of these three rivers first took place, [namely], the Fleasc’, the
Mand’, and the Labhrann’, from which [last] the surname [Labhrainne] clung

to him.
The Age of the World, 3752.

This was the first year of the reign of

Eochaidh Mumho, son of Mofebis, over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3772.

Twenty-one years was Eochaidh in the

sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell by Aengus Olmucadha, son of Fiacha Labh-

rainne, in the battle of Cliach?.

cording to a local legend, the women of this
mountain were enchanted beauties, who were
contemporary with Finn Mac Cumhaill, the
chief of the Irish militia in the third century.

* Loch-Erne: i.e. Lough Erne, in the county
Fermanagh. The same account of the eruption
of this lake is given in the Leabhar-Gabhala, and
by Duald Mac Firbis (Marquis of Drogheda’s
copy, P- 9.)

* The Flease.—Now the Flesk, a river flowing
through the barony of Magunihy, in the south-

. east of the county of Kerry.

“* The Mand, recte Mang.—Now the Maine, a
river flowing through the barony of Troughan-
acmy, in the west of the same county: Keating
calls it Inbeap Mainge.

* The Labhrann.—The genitive form is Ca-
bpamne or Cabpuinne. Keating, in his History
of Ireland, calls this Inbean Cubpuinne, which
Haliday (p. 325) anglicises ‘ the Larne;” but
this is incorrect, because the Larne (in the
county of Antrim) is called, in Irish, Latharna.
We have no direct evidence to prove the situa-
tion or modern name of the Labhrann. ‘The
River Lee, in the county of Cork, was originally
called Sabhrann. But the River Labhrann was
evidently in the same region with the Flesk and
the Mang, and it may not be rash to conjecture
that it was the old name of the Casan-Ciarraighe,
or Cashen River. in the county of Kerry.

» Cliach.—A territory lying around Knock-
any, in the county of Limerick.

\

48 GANNGta RIOshachtd EIREGNHN. | (3773.

Coip vomam, cm mile plchc ccéo plecmogac a tpi. An céo blhadain
vo ge Clongupa Olmucada, mac Piaca Labpaimne, 6p Epinn inpinn.

Coir vomain, tm mile peacht céo nocac. lap mbfic oAengup Olmu-
cada ocht mbliadna vece inn aipopige Eneann vo ¢fp1 ccacth Capman la
hEnna nOipsteach. Cpe Cengup po bmp na cata po, cath Clépe, cach
Curnce, cat Slébe Culge pop Mhaincine 1 cepich Copea baipeemn, cach
Ruip Ppaccam 1 Muimipee 1 copchain Ppaochan Pad, cach Caipn Ricfoa,
cach Cirle Rata 1 nOeapmumam, cath Slébe Cua pop Enna, cach CAinoa-
chad 1 concain Smiopsoll m&c Smeachna, pi Pomoipe, caoga cat pon Cnuic-
(cuait 7 pon Popa bols, oa cath véc pon Congbanoarb, 7 chtpe cata pon
Colaipc. OAciac na locha po tomaidmpeac ina pé, Coch Clonbfich la hUib
Cpemtumn, Loch Saleac, Loch na ngapan1 Marg Lups la Connachcanb, 9
Mupbpuchc eioin Eaba y Ror Cecce. Ap la hCongup ona po pleachtad
na mage po, Mag Glinne Oecon la Cenél Conall, Mash Mucpuime la

© Aengus Olmucadha: i.e. Aengus of the large * Cuil-Ratha: i.e. Corner, or Angle of the
Swine.—See Ogygia, part iii. c. 27. In Mageo- Fort.
ghegan’s translation of the Annals of Clonmac- ' Sliabh Cua.—Now SliabhGua, anglicé Slieve
noise, the name of this king is anglicised “‘ nos Gua, in the parish of Sheskinan, barony of
Olmoye,” and in Irish, in the margin, Gongup _Decies-without-Drum, and county of Waterford.

Ollmugai, i.e. Aengus the great Destroyer. The more elevated part of this mountain is now
4 Carmann.—Now Wexford. See A.M. 3727. called Cnoc Maeldomhnaigh; but the whole
© Clere.—See A. M. 3579. range was originally called Sliabh Cua.

* Cuirce—Not identified. See it again men- m Ard-Achadh.—There are many places of
tioned under A. M. 4981. this name in. Ireland, now anglicised Ardagh,

8 Sliabh- Cailge.—There is no mountain in the but that here referred to is probably Ardagh,
territory of Corca-Bhaiscinn now bearing this in the county of Longford.
name. It appears from the Life of St. Senanus, " Cruithean-Tuath : i. e. the nation or country
the territory of Corca-Bhaiscinn originally com- of the Picts.
prised the barony of Ibrickan, as well as those ° Longobardai: i.e. the Longobardi, or Lom-
of Moyarta and Clonderalaw, and it may, there- bards. This name was scarcely known to the
fore, be well conjectured that Sliabh Cailge was Irish at the period we are treating of. They
the ancient name of Sliabh-Callain, in the ba- are mentioned by Tacitus and by Suetonius in
rony of Ibrickan. The only other elevation that the first century, and by Prosper in the fourth,
could with propriety be called a mountain is and from these, no doubt, the Irish writers first

Moveen, in the barony of Moyarta. became acquainted with the name. It would
» Ros-Fraechan.—Rosreaghan, in the barony appear from the lives of St. Patrick, that one of
of Murresk, and county of Mayo. : his nephews was of this tribe.

* Carn-Riceadha.—Not identified. : ~ ? Colaisti—Not identified, ‘These foreign

3773.]

The Age of the World, 3773. This was the first year of the reign of
Aengus Olmucadha* over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3790. After Rene Olmucadha had been eigh-
teen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell in the battle of Carmann‘, by
Enna Airgtheach. It was Aengus that gained the following battles. The
battle of Clere*; the battle of Cuirce‘; the battle of Sliabh-Cailge®, against the
Martini, in the territory of Corca-Bhaiscinn ; the battle of Ros-Fraechan’, in
Muirisc, in which fell Fraechan, the prophet ; the battle of Carn-Riceadha’; the
battle of Cuil-ratha‘, in South Munster ; the battle of Sliabh Cua!, against the
Ernai; the battle of Ard-achadh™, in which fell Smiorgall, son of Smeathra,
king of the Fomorians ; fifty battles against the Cruithean-Tuath" and the Fir-
bolgs ; twelve battles against the Longbardai’; and four battles against the
Colaisti®. These are the lakes which burst forth in his time : Loch Aenbheithe’,
in Ui-Cremhthainn ; Loch Saileach"; Loch-na-ngasan’, in Magh-Luirg, in Con-

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 49

naught ; and the eruption of the sea between Eabha‘ and Ros-Cette".

It was

by Aengus also that these plains were cleared : Magh-Glinne-Decon”, in Cinel-

tribes are not mentioned by name in Mageoghe-
gan’s translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
in which it is merely stated that ‘“ strangers
made many invasions in his time, but he cou-
ragiously withstood and drove them out to the
cost of their bloods and lives, by giving them
many bloody overthrows, and covering divers
fields with heaps of their dead bodies.”

* Loch-Aenbheithe: i.e. the Lake of the one
Birch Tree. The territory of Ui-Creamhthainn
was known in the time of Colgan, who describes
itas a regiuncula included in the barony of Slane,
in Meath.—See Trias Thaum., p. 184, and O’Fla-
herty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 76. The most con-
siderable lake now in this territory is Bellahoe
Lough, on the confines of the counties of Meath
and Monaghan, and about four miles and a quar-
ter to the south of the town of Carrickmacross ;
and this is probably the Loch Aenbheithe re-
ferred to in the text.

* Loch Saileach: Lake of the Sallows. Called

by Keating Loch Sailcheadain, i. e. lacus saliceti.
Not identified.

§ Loch-na-nGasan: i.e. Lake of the Sprigs or
Sprays. The Editor made strict inquiry in the
territory of Moylurg, or barony of Boyle, in the
county of Roscommon, for the name of this lake,
but found that it is obsolete. Nothing has been
yet discovered to identify it.

‘ Eabha.—This is otherwise called Magh Eabha,
and now always Machaire-Eabha, anglicé Maghe-
row.—See Magh-nEabha, under A. M. 2859.

" Ros-Cette—This was the ancient name of a
point of land now called “the Rosses,” lying
between the river of Sligo and that of Drum-
cliff, in the barony of Carbury, and county of
Sligo. It is separated from Machaire-Eabha by
the creek and river of Drumcliffe.

“ Magh-Glinne-Decon.— Called Magh-Glinne-
Dearcon by Keating, i.e. the plain of the valley
of acorns ; but there is no place now bearing
either name in Tirconnell.

50 anNata RIOshachta elReEGHNH. [3791.

Comacca, Mag Cirle caol la Cenél mbogaine, Mag nOfnpeiat la Cangne,
Colrhagh la Calpengib, Mag Apcanll la Ciapparge Luachpa,y Magh Guacna
Oceavhand.

Coip vomain, cm mile p(che ccéd nocat a haon.
Cipngtech na mg 6p Epimn inpin.

Coip vomam, cp mile oche ccéov a pléc vécc. lap ceaichfm plec
mbliadon pric(c o€nna Cingc(e 1 mse Eneann vo c(p la Roiteachcars, mac
Maom, mic Congupa Olmucada, 1 cach Raigne. Op lap an Enna Oingele
po vo ponta peéth arpgic 1 nOingle Roy, 50 ccanav opfpoib Epeann amanlle

Cn céd0 bliadam vEnna

pe heachonb 7 caippchib,

Clip vomain, tm mile oche ccéo a hoch vecc.

Cn céd bliadain vo

Roitfécais mac Maom or Epmn inoypin.

Cloip domain, tm mile oche ccév cltpacat a 06.

1 ppoincMmo cuice

mbliadan ppicle 00 Roiteaccais 1 mge Eneann conchain la Seona mac

Qipctp 1 cCpuachain.

Qlip domain, cj mile ocht ccéd ceatpacat a tm.

Cin ced bliadain do

pige Sheona, mic Cincm, mic Ebpic, mic Emip, mic Ip.

Qoip vomam, tm mile ocht ccév cltpacat apeache.

lan mbfit ctice

bliadna vo Séona 1pm pige, copchain la Piaca Pionpcochac 7 la Mumeamon,

mac Caip Clothais, 1 cCpuachain.

Coip oomam, tm mile ocht ccéd ceatpacat a hocc.

Cin céd bliadain

vo pige Prachac Pionpcochars op Epinn.
Coip vomamn, tm mile ocht ccéd peapecac a plec. lap mbeit oPiacha
Fionpcothaé fiche bhadam 1 mse Epronn vo éfp la Mumeamon mac Cary.

x Magh-Mucruimhe : i.e. the Plain of the Rec-
koning of the Swine. This name is now obsolete.
It was anciently applied to a plain in the county
of Galway, lying immediately to the west of the
town of Athenry.—See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia,
part iii. c. 67.

Y Magh-Cuile-Cael: i.e. the Narrow Plain of
the Corner or Angle. This was the name of a
narrow plain in the barony of Banagh, in the
west of the county of Donegal.

» Magh-n-Oensciath, in Leinster.—Not identi-
fied.

* Admhagh: i.e. the Plain of the Lime. We
are not told in which of the many districts in
Treland called Calraighe, this plain was situated.
According to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, there was
in this plain a church called Domhnach-mor, in
which seven bishops were interred.

> Magh-Arcaill, in Ciarraighe-Luachra.—This
name is not now applied to any plain in Kerry,

© Magh-Luachra-Deadhaidh.—This was a level
tract of Sliabh Luachra, near Castleisland, in the
county of Kerry.

4 Enna Airgtheach: i. ¢. Enna the Plunderer.

wey oe
soho

3791.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 51

Conaill ; Magh-Mucruimhe’, in Connaught ; Magh-Cuile-Cael, in Cinel-Bogh-
aine’; Magh-n-Oensciath, in Leinster*; Aelmhagh’, in Calraighe ; Mag-Arcaill,

in Ciarraighe-Luachra’; and Magh-Luachra-Deadhaidh‘.
The Age of the World, 3791. This was the first year of Enna Airg-

theach*, as king over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3817. After Enna Airgtheach had spent twenty-
seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell by Raitheachtaigh, son of Maen,

son of Aengus Olmucadha, in the battle of Raighne’.

Tt was by this Enna

Airgtheach that silver shields‘ were made at Airget-Ros*; so that he gave them
to the men of Ireland, together with horses and chariots.
The Age of the World, 3818. This was the first year of Roitheachtaigh,

son of Maen, over Ireland.
The Age of the World, 3842.

After Roitheachtaigh had been twenty-five

years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell by Sedna, son of Airtri, at Cruachain’.
The Age of the World, 3843. The first year of the reign of Sedna, son of
Airtri, son of Eibhric, son of Emher, son of Ir.
The Age of the World, 3847. After Sedna had been five years in the
sovereignty, he fell by Fiacha Finscothach and Muineamhon, son of Cas Clothach,

at Cruachain.

The Age of the World, 3848. The first year of the reign of Fiacha Fins-

cothach over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3867. After Fiacha Finscothach had been twenty

years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell by Muineamhon, son of Cas.

Dr. O’Conor renders it “ Enna Argenteus.”

© Raighne.—This place, from which the King
of Ossory was sometimes called Ri Rargne, was
also called Magh-Raighne, which was a plain in
the ancient Ossory, in which plain was situated
the church of Cill-Finche, near the ford of Ath-
Duirnbuidhe, at the foot of a great hill called
Dornbuidhe.—See the Feilire Aenguis, at 5th
February, 17th September, and 5th November.

f Silver shields—In Mageoghegan’s translation
of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, it is stated that
Enna Airgtheach was of the sept of Heber, and
that he “was the first king that caused silver

Every

targets to be made in this land, and bestowed
abundance of them on his friends and nobility
in general.”

8 Airget-Ross: i.e. the Silver Wood, This is
said to have derived its name from the silver
shields there made by Enna Airgtheach. It is
situated on the River Nore, in the parish of Rath-
beagh, barony of Galmoy, and county of Kil-
kenny.—See the Ordnance Map of that county,
sheets 9 and 10. See it already referred to at
A.M. 3501, 3516, and 3656.

4 Cruachain—Now Rathcroghan, near Bela-
nagare, in the county of Roscommon.

H2

52 . ANNGta RIOSshachta eIREGHN. (3868.

ba peorchpimpach sac mash 1 nEpimni nampip Phachac. Oo sebef bp a
lan piona ip na pgochaib fpin, 50 bpaipecip 1 Upcpob gsloaarmdibh an pion.
Conad ane pin po Lf an ponamm Piacha Pionpcochac vo gaipm de.

Qoip domain, tp mile ocht ccéd plpcat a hocc. An céd bliadain vo pige
Mumeamoin, mic Cap Clotharg, op Epinn innpin.

Qip vomam, cm mile ocht ccéo plchtmogac a 06. 1 ppomcefnn an
coiccead bliadan vo Mumeamén, acbath vo tam 1 Marg Chone. Up lar
an Muinfmon po cuccad muincloa ip pa bnarghoib Riogh 7 Ruiplé ap cor
1 n€pinn.-

Coip vomain, cp mile ocht ccéd plécmogac acpi. On clo bliadain vo
Farlotpsoro.

Coip vomain, cp: mile ocht ccéo octmogac a vo. lan mbeit vech
mbliaona oParlofpodr 1pm juge do pochain la hOUarm pRocla, mac Prachac
Fronpcothaig, 1 ccach Tfnpa. Ap lap an wgh Palveanso610 po cup
pailge Gp im lLamoib aipfe 1 nEpimn an cap. /

Coip vomain, tpi mile ocht ccéov ochtmogat a tpi. On céd bliadain
vo pige Ollarhan Pocla, mac Prachac Pronpcochang.

Qoip vomain, tpi mle nao ccéad piche a 06. lap mbeit va pichet
bladain 1 mge Eneann oOllam Potla, ackail ma mun budtn 1 Tlmporg.
Ap € céona pi lap a no(pnad Pep Ceamnach, 7 ap lap vo cosbad Map
nOllaman 1 cC(mpag. Ap € om po opoaig caoipioch ap gach ctmochaic

‘ Fin-scothach: i.e. of the Wine-flowers. Keat-
ing gives this cognomen the same interpretation,
but in Connell Mageoghegan’s translation of the
Annals of Clonmacnoise it is stated that this
King “ was surnamed Ffinnsgohagh of the abun-
bance of white flowers that were in his time,”
which seems more probable, as wine was then
unknown in Ireland.

* Magh-Aidhne.—See A. M. 3727, supra.

Chains of gold—Keating has the same, and
in Mageoghegan’s Annals of Clonmacnoise it
is expressed as follows: ‘“‘Mownemon was the
first king that devised gould to be wrought in
chains fit to be wore about men’s necks, and
rings to be put-on their fingers, which was”

[were] “ then in great use.”

™ Faildeargdoid.—He is called Alldeargoid by
Keating, and Aldergoid in the Annals of Clon-
This name is derived from fail, a
* In his
time gold rings were much used on men and
women’s fingers in this Realm.” —Annals of
Clonmacnoise.

2 His own mur at Teamhair: i. e. Mur-Ol-
lamhan, i. e. Ollamh Fodhla’s house at Tara.
In Mageoghegan’s translation of the Annals of
Clonmacnoise, it is stated ‘‘that he builded a
fair palace at Taragh only for the learned sort of
this realm, to dwell in at his own charges.” But
this is probably one of Mageoghegan’s interpo-

macnoise.
ring, deans, red, and od10, the hand.

3868. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 53
‘ *

plain in Ireland abounded with flowers and shamrocks in the time of Fiacha.
These flowers, moreover, were found full of wine, so that the wine was squeezed
into bright vessels. Wherefore, the cognomen, Fiacha Fin-scothach', continued

to be applied to him.

The Age of the World, 3868 This was the first year of the reign of
Muinemhon, son of Cas Clothach, over Ireland.
The Age of the World, 3872. At the end of the fifth year of Muineamhon,

he died of the plague in Magh-Aidhne*.

It was Muineamhon that first caused

chains of gold' [to be worn] on the necks of kings and chieftains in Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3873.
The Age of the World, 3882.

The first year of Faildeargdoid.
After Faildeargdoid had been ten years in

the sovereignty, he fell by Ollamh Fodhla, son of Fiacha Finscothach, in the

battle of Teamhair.

It was by the King Faildeargdoid™ that gold rings were

first worn upon the hands of chieftains in Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3883.
Fodhla, son of Fiacha Finscothach.
The Age of the World, 3922.

The first year of the reign of Ollamh

Ollamh Fodhla, after having been forty

years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died at his own mur [house] at Teamhait”.
He was the first king by whom the Feis-Teamhrach’ was established ; and it

was by him Mur-Ollamhan was erected at Teamhair.

It was he also that

appointed a chieftain over every cantred’, and a Brughaidh over every town-

lations. A similar explanation of Mur-Ollamhan
is given by O'Flaherty in his Ogygia, p. 214;
but Keating, who quotes an ancient poem as
authority for the triennial feast or meeting at
Tara, has not a word about the palace built for
the Ollamhs.—See Petrie’s Antiquities of Tara
Hill, p. 6.

° Feis-Teamhrach.—This term is translated
‘*¢ Temorensia Comitia” by Dr. Lynch, in Cam-
brensis Eversus, pp. 59, 60, 301, and by O’Fla-
herty, in Ogygia, part iii. c. 29; but it is called
“Cena” [coena] ‘“‘ Teamra,” in the Annals of
Tighernach, at the year 461, and translated
Feast of Taragh by Mageoghegan, in his version
of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, in which the

following notice of it occurs :

“Ollow Fodla, of the house of Ulster, was
king of Ireland, and of him Ulster took the
name. He was the first king of this land that
ever kept the great Feast at Taragh, which feast
was kept once a year, whereunto all the king’s
friends and dutiful subjects came yearly; and
such as came not were taken for the king’s ene-
mies, and to be prosecuted by the law and
sword, as undutiful to the state.”

” Cantred: tnioéa ceo: i.e. a hundred or ba-
rony containing one hundred and twenty quar-
ters of land. It is translated “cantaredus or
centivillaria regio” by Colgan.—Trias Thaum.,

p: 19, n: 51.

54 ANNQaca RIOgshachtd elREGNN.

[3923.

céd, 7 bnugsad an gach bale,7 a bpognam wle vo Rig Eneann. Cochad
cévainm Ollaman Potla, 7 ap aipe avpubpad Ollam [Podla] pmp an a
bere na ollam ensna cévurp, 7 [na] Rig [Podla .1.] Eneann 1apomh.

Clip vomam, tp mile nao ccéd piche a tpi. Cn cév bliadan vo pige
Pionnacca, mic Ollamon Potla, 6p Epimn imopin.

Cloip vomain, tpi mile nao ccév cftpachac a 06. Cn picfemad bhadam
oPiomachca 6p Epmninnpm. Acbach ianom vo tam 1 Mwmgmip la hUlcu.
Ap a pmurp an pios Pionnacca po pfpad pnlcca 50 mblap fiona convemle
an pép. Up ve po lean an ponaimm ap Pionnacca paippiom. Elm a ainm
ap cup.

Qloip vomain, tm mile naoi ccéo clépacac a chi.
mse Slanull, mic Ollaman Pocla, op Epinn.

Cloip vomain, tpi mile naoi ccév caogac a nao. On pfchcmad bliadain
vécc vo Slanoll ipin pige, co nepbaile 1 bpoincfno na péé pin 1 Ceamnang, 7
nf plp cia Zalop poy puce acht a pagal manb, reac nf po pod vach 06. Ro
hadnaicld € apa haicle, 7 1ap mbeit cltpachac bliadam ipan adnacal oa
chunp po cosbad 1apom la a mac 1. la hOwll mac Slanuill, 7 po main a

Cn clo bBliadamn do

conp san lobad san leagad an ainlc pin.

la prona Epionn an ni pin.

Cloiy vomam, cp mile nao cced peapcca.

Ohede Ollgochag op Epmo.

Clip vomain, tm mile naoi ccéd peactmogac a haon.

‘A brughaidh over every townland.—Dr. Lynch
renders this passage ‘“ singulis agrorum tricen-
ariis Dynastam, singulis Burgis prefectum con-
stituit.” A brughaidh, among the ancient
Trish, meant a farmer; and his batle or townland
comprised four quarters, or four hundred and
eighty large Irish acres of land.—See note “,
under the year 1186.

* Ollamh Fodhla, pronounced Olliv Fola: i.e.
the Ollamh or chief Poet of Fodhla or Ireland.

$ Magh-inis in Uladh.—Now the barony of
Lecale, in the county of Down. See A. M. 3529
and 3656.

* Finnachta.—Keating gives a similar inter-

6a machctnad mop 4 ba Mongnad
Cin cév bliadam do pige
Cn ovana bliadain

pretation; but it is evidently legendary, because
Finnachta, or Finnshneachta, was very common
as the name of a man among the ancient Irish,
denoting Nivews, or snow-white. The name is
still preserved in the surname O’Finneachta,
anglicé Finaghty.

« Slanoll.Keating derives this name from
plan, health, and oll, great, and adds that he
was so called because all his subjects enjoyed
great health in his time. The Annals of Clon-
macnoise contain the same remark :

‘“* During whose reign the kingdom was free
from all manner of sickness.” And add: “It is
unknown to any of what he died, but died

3923.) 55

land’, who were all to serve the King of Ireland. Eochaidh was the first name
of Ollamh Fodhla‘’; and he was called Ollamh [Fodhla] because he had been
first a learned Ollamh, and afterwards king of [Fodhla, i. e. of] Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3923. This was the first year of the reign of
Finnachta, son of Ollamh Fodhla, over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 3942. This was the twentieth year of the reign
of Finnachta over Ireland. He afterwards died of the plague in Magh-inis, in
Uladh*. It was in the reign of Finnachta that snow fell with the taste of wine,
which blackened the grass. From this the cognomen, Finnachta‘, adhered to
him. Elim was his name at first.

The Age of the World, 3943.
of Ollamh Fodhla, over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 8959. The seventeenth year of Slanoll" in the
sovereignty ; and he died, at the end of that time, at Teamhair [Tara], and it
is not known what disease carried him off; he was found dead, but his colour
did not change. He was afterwards buried; and after his body had been forty
years in the grave, it was taken up by his son, i. e. Oilioll mac Slanuill ; and
the body had remained without rotting or decomposing during this period.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

The first year of the reign of Slanoll, son

This thing was a great wonder and surprise to the men of Ireland.
The Age of the World, 3960. The first year of the reign of Gedhe Oll-

ghothach” over Ireland.
The Age of the World, 3971.

quietly on his bed; and after that his body re-
mained five years buried, and did not rott, con-
sume, or change collour. He reigned 26 years.”

” Gedhe Olighothach.—Translated ‘“ Gedius
Grandivocus” by O'Flaherty, Ogygia, part ili.
c. 31. It is explained as follows in Dr. Lynch’s
translation of Keating’s History of Ireland:

“ Fratri Geidius cognomento Ollghothach
successit, sic ideo nominatus quod eo regnante
voces hominum maximé sonore fuerint, ol/ enim
perinde ac magnum, et guth ac vox est.”

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise is the follow-
‘ing passage to the same purport :

“Observers of antiquity affirm of him that

The twelfth year of Gedhe Ollghothach in

the conversation of his subjects in general in
his time, was as sweet a harmony to one another
as any musick, because they lived together in
such concord, amity, and attonement among
\themselves that there was no discord or strife
heard to grow between them for any cause
whatsoever.”

In the Dinnseanchus, as preserved in the Book
of Lecan, it is stated that Heremon, the son of
Milesius, was also called Geidhe Ollghothach,
and for a similar reason here ascribed for its
application to the present monarch ; but these
accounts aré clearly legendary, because the cog-
nomen Ollghothach was evidently applied to these

56 aNNata RIOshachcta elReadNN. — (3972.

vécc vo Hheve Ollgochac 1 mshe Epeann, 7 vo of 1 eae na péé pin la
Piacha mac Pionnachca.

Cloip vomain, tm mile nao ccéo plécmogac a 06. An clo bliadam
oPiacha Pionnailé(p, mac Pionnachca, 1 pshe Epeann. Nach ash po sfnain
ma pem(p po ba cemoprono.

Cloip vomam, tpi mile naor ccéd nocaz a haon. Jan mbeit fiche bliadain
vPiachaw Pronnale(p 1 ge Eponn, concharp 1 ccach Opfsha la fpngal,
mac Gede Oligochars. Ap la Pracha Pionnarle(p connovachc Oan Chuile
Sibpinne 1. Cfhanoup. Gac oa ma mbiooh a anup pom ba Ceananour a
anm. Ap lap an psp clcup po cocalce calom 1n€pimn vo cum uipcce
vo beich hn cupnaib. 6a veacmaic don connall a 1och o1ompulang ina plac.

Cop vomamn, tm mile nao ccéd nocac a 06. Cn céd bliadain vo bfpn-
gal, mac Geve Ollgochans, op Epinn.

Cloip vomam, cltpe mile a tpi. lap mbeith oa bliadain vécc 1 ise
n€peann vo b(nngal mac Hevde Ollgochars vo cfp la hOill mac Slanuill,
7 la Siopna mac Oén.

Clip vomain, cftpe mile a cleain. Cn céd bliadain vo pige Orliolla,
mic Slanuill, op €Epind mnpin.

Cloip vomam, cltpe mile anaoi vecc. lan mbeit pé bliadna vécc DO oll,
mac Slanull, hi pige nEpeann, tonchaip la Siopna mac Oén. i

Cloip domain, ceatpe mile pice. On cédv bliadain vo Siopna mac Oén,
mic Oemain, bn prge nEpeann innpm. Ay é an Sionna pa, mac Oé€n, po pcan
platiup Ceampa pm hUUcoib 1. pm pliocc Ip. Ap € ona po ofogail ponpa
Roetchcag mac Maom po mapbpac 1 cCpuacham, 50 cconcain b{pngal mac
Heve Ollgochais, 7 Orlioll mac Slanoill leip.

monarchs themselves from the loudness of their Kells, a town in East Meath. The former

own voices, and not from the sweetness or mel-
lifluousness of the voices of their subjects.

* Calf: literally cow: ag «1. b6.—O’ Clery.

Y White-headed.—The term ceindpiono, now
pronounced ceannann, is still in common use,
and applied to what is commonly called a white-
faced cow or horse, i.e. having a star or white
spot on the forehead.

* Dun-Chuile-Sibrinne: i.e. Ceanannus, now

name denotes arx anguli adulterii; and Ma-
geoghegan, in his translation of the Annals of
Clonmacnoise, says of it :

‘“* He founded Dun-Cowle Sevrille (or rather
Dun-Chuile Sibhrinne), now called (for avoiding
of bawdiness) Kells.” The latter name, Cean-
annus, was first anglicised Kenlis, which is now

‘translated Headfort, in the name of the seat of

the present proprietor. There is no other place

a

3972.]

the sovereignty of Ireland ; and he fell at the end of that time by Fiacha, son
of Finnachta.

The Age of the World, 8972. The first year of Fiacha Finnailches, son
of Finnachta, in the sovereignty of Ireland. Every calf* that was brought
forth in his reign was white-headed’.

The Age of the World, 3991. After Fiacha Finnailches had been twenty
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell in the battle of Breagh, by Bearn-
ghal, son of Gedhe Ollghothach. It was by Fiacha Finnailches that Dun-chuile-
Sibrinne’, i.e. Ceanannus, was erected. Wherever his habitation was [placed],
Ceanannus was its name. It was by this king that the earth was first dug in
Ireland, that water might be in wells. It was difficult for the stalk* to sustain
its corn in his reign.

The Age of the World, 3992. The first year [of the reign] of Bearnghal,
son of Gedhe Ollghothach, over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4003. Bearnghal, the son of Gedhe Ollghothach,
after having been twelve years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Oilioll, son
of Slanoll, and Sirna, son of Dian.

The Age of the World, 4004. This was the first year of the reign of
Oilioll, son of Slanoll, over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4019. Oilioll, son of Slanoll, after having been
sixteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Sirna, son of Dian.

The Age of the World, 4020. This was the first year of the reign of
Sirna, son of Dian, son of Deman, in the sovereignty of Ireland. It was this
Sirna, son of Dian, that wrested the government of Teamhair [Tara] from the
Ulta’, i.e. the race of Ir. It was he, too, that revenged upon them [the death
of] Roitheachtaigh mac Main, whom they had slain at Cruachain ; so that
Bearnghal, son of Gedhe Ollghothach, and Oilioll, son of Slanoll, fell by him.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. $7

now bearing this name in Ireland, except Cean-
annus, or Kells, in the county of Kilkenny.

* The stalk.—This word, connall, is still used
to denote stalk, and coinnleaé or connlac, stalks
orstubbles. Dr. O’Conor, who is more apt to miss
the meanings of Irish words that are in common
use than of ancient words, translates this sentence
as follows: ‘Portentosa erat pestilentie mor-

talitas in ejus regimine,” in which he mistakes
the meaning of every word except ina Flare.

> The Ulta: i.e. the people of Ulster, descended
from Ir, son of Milesius. ‘‘ Oilell was king 15
years, and then was slain by Siorna Mac Deyn
(of the sept of Heremon), who was he that vio-
lently took the government of the sceptre of
this land from the sept of Ulster.”—Ann. Clon.

58 -ANNQZa RIOSshachta elREGNN.

(4169.

Cloip dora, cetpe mile céd p(pcac a nao. Jap mbeit céd g0 Lith vo
bliadnaib 1 mghe nEpeann vo Siopna Saoglac, mac Oéin, vo cean la Roteach-
cag mac Roam1inQillinn. Up € an Siopna po po bmp cat Cincealcna
pop Ulcaib, oa cat Slébe Ciptneach, cat Cmn ouin 1 nAprpal, cach Mona
Porchmg ta hUib Pailge pop Maipcine 4 Epna, cach Luaéna, cach Clape,
cath Samna, cath Cnuicc Ochoip. Sarg 06 pon Pomormb hi ccpich Mhivde.
Ap laip beop po cupead cat Mona Tpogarde hf cCiannaccaib an can cus
Cugain mac Cugoig .1. 00 piol Emip, poplion oPomoimb 1 nEpinn ima pish,
Cearapn a amm. CAccaingid Siopna pip Eneann vo chachugad pia 50
Re mbeit ag plaidve an cata 0616 vo puinmld cam ponna,
conapad Cugaip, 7 Ceapapn ve cona muincip, 7 opons ofpim opfpoib Eneann

Moin Tpdgaide.

amanlli piu.

Ap a nampip Siopna ona cobpuchtad Scroncaise 1 Largmb, Ooanlce hn
Cyc Roipp, Niche 1 Magh Muintemne, Ceara 1 Mumain 4 Slame la

hUib Cpemtainn.

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mle céd peachcmosgac.
Roteachtais, mic Roan, 6p Epi innypin.

© Aillinn.—This was the ancient name of a
large fort on the hill of Cnoc Chilinne, anglicé
Knockaulin, near Kilcullen, in the county of
Kildare.—See Dinnsenchus, in the Book of Bal-
lymote, fol. 193.

4 Aircealtair.—O’F laherty calls it Aras-Kel-
tair, which was one of the names of the large
rath at Downpatrick, in the county of Down.

° Sliabh-Airbhreach.—Not identified.

f Ceann-duin in Assal.—Assal was the ancient
name of the district lying round Cnoc-Droma-
Assail, anglicé Tory-Hill, near Croom, in the
county of Limerick; but no name like Ceann-
duin is now to be found in that neighbourhood.

& Moin-Foichnigh in Ui-Failghe.—There is no
bog now bearing this name in the territory of
Offaly.

» Luachair; i.e. Sliabh Luachra, near Castle-
island, in the county of Kerry.

' Claire—A hill near Duntrileague, in the
county of Limerick.—See note under A. D. 1600.

Cin céo bliadain do pige

k Samhain.—Now Cnoc-Samhna, i.e. the hill
of Samhain, not far from Bruree, in the parish
of Tankardstown, barony of Coshma, and county
of Limerick.—See Life of St. Fionnchu in the
Book of Lismore, fol. 70, 5.

! Cnoc- Ochair.—Not identified.

™ Moin-Trogaidhe: i.e. the Bog of Trogaidhe.
This was probably situated in Ciannachta-
Breagh, in the east of the ancient Meath,
and not in the northern Ciannachta, in the
present county of Londonderry. The great
length of this monarch’s reign is evidently
legendary, or rather a blunder of transcribers.
O'Flaherty, Ogygia, part iii. c. 32, refers to the
Book of Lecan, fol. 291, to shew that he lived
150 years, for which reason he was called the
Long-lived. The Annals of Clonmacnoise, as
translated by Mageoghegan, in which the fol-
lowing notice of him occurs, give him a reign
of only twenty years:

“ Oilell was king 15 years, and then was slain

4169.]

The Age of the World, 4169. Sirna Saeghlach, son of Dian, after having
been a century and a half in the sovereignty of Ireland fell by Roitheach-
taigh, son of Roan, at Aillinn®. This was the Sirna who gained the battle of
Aircealtair* over the Ultonians ; the two battles of Sliabh Airbhreach®; the
battle of Ceann-duin, in Assal*; the battle of Moin-Foichnigh, in Ui Failghe’,
over the Martini and Ernai; the battle of Luachair"; the battle of Claire’; the
battle of Samhain“; the battle of Cnoc-Ochair'’. An attack was made by him
on the Fomorians, in the territory of Meath. It was by him, moreover, was
fought the battle of Moin-Troghaidhe”, in Ciannachta, when Lughair, son of
Lughaidh, of the race of Emhear, had brought in a force of Fomorians into
Ireland, with their king, Ceasarn by name. Sirna drew the men of Ireland
to make battle against them to Moin-Trogaidhe. As they were fighting the
battle a plague was sent upon them, of which Lughair and Ceasarn perished,
with their people, and a countless number of the men of Ireland along with

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 59

them.

It was in the time of Sirna, also, happened the eruption of the Scirtach’, in
Leinster ; of the Doailt’, in Crich Rois; of the Nith?, in Magh-Muirtheimhne ;
of the Leamhain’, in Munster; and of the Slaine, in Ui Creamhthainn’.

The Age of the World, 4170. This was the first year of the reign of Roi-

theachtaigh, son of Roan, over Ireland.

by Siorna mac Deyn of the sept of Heremon,
who was he that violently took the govern-
ment of the sceptre of this land from the sept
of Ulster. Siorna, after slaying this King,
was King himself, in whose time Lowgire mac
Lowagh brought in Fomoraghs into Ireland.
King Siorna went to meet them at the Bog of

’ Trogye in Kyannaghta, with all the forces of

the kingdom, where a cruel battel was fought
between them with such vehemency that almost
both sides perished therein with overlabouring
themselves, and especially the Irish nation with
their King. Also Lowgyre and Kisarne, King
of the Fomoraghs, were slain. Others write
that King Siorna was slain by Rohaghty mac
Roayn, when he had reigned 21 years. It is also
reported of him that he lived an outlaw 100

years together before he was King, and that’
[he fought] “ only against the Ulstermen.”

" The Scirtach: i.e. the River Skirt.

© The Doailt, in Feara-Rots.—A stream in the
south of Monaghan.

P Nith.—This was the ancient name of the
river of Ardee, flowing through the plain of
Conaille Muirtheimhne, in the county of Louth.
—See Combat of Cuchulainn and Ferdia mac
Damain.

9 The Leamhain—Now the Laune, neer Kil-
larney, in the county of Kerry.—See note un-
der A. D. 1570.

™ The Slaine, in Uti-Creamhthainn.—This was
the name of a small stream flowing into the
Boyne from the north side, near the village of
Baile-Slaine, now Slane, in Meath.

r2

60 GQNNQG¢a RIOShachta eiReEGNHN. - (4176.

Qoip vomain, ceitpe mile céo peachtmogac a pé. Jan mbet peacht
mbliadna hi pighe n€peann vo Roteachtarg, po loipcc tem sealam é hm
nOun Sobaince. Cp lap an Roteachtaig po appicht canpaic ceitpe nfch
ap cap 1 nEpinn.

Coip vomam, ceitpe mile cév peachtmogac apfchc. €n bliadain o€lm
Onllpinpneachca, mac Roteachcang, hi pige n€peann, 50 conchaip 1 ppoincfno
na bliadna pin la Gialichaid, mac Orliolla Olcaoin. Ro peanad pneachta
mop 50 mblap fiona 1pm mbliadainp. Cp ape po sarpei Oillpinpneachca
veplum.

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mile ceo plchcmogac a hochc. Un ced bliadamn
vo Siallchaiw, mac Orliolla Olcaom, mic Siopna, 1 mse nEpeann.

Coip vomam, ceitne mile ceo ochtmogac a pé. lan mbech naor
mbliadria vo G1allchaiw 1 pghe nEpeann vo pochaip la hApc Imleach 1 Mag
Muatde. ‘

Coir vomam, ceitpe mile céd ochtmogat a plcc. An céd bliadain oApe
Imleach, mac Elim Oillpinpneachca, 1 pise n€peann innypin.

CQoip vomam, ceitpe mile cév nochac a hochc. lan mbeit 0a bliadain
vécc oApt Imleaé 1 mse nEneann vo ¢c(p la Nuadac Pionnpant.

Coip vomam, ceitne mle ced nocac a nao. Mn ceid bliadain vo pige
Nuadaio Pinnpal op Epinn mnypin.

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mile 0a céd tmocac a hocht. lap mbeit oa fiche
bladam In pisge nEpeann vo Nuada Pionnpal vo cp la bpeap, mac Aine
Imhs.

Cloip domain, ceitpe mile 0a@ céd tmlocat a nao. Cn céd bliadain vo
mse Oneip mic Aine mls op Epmn nny.

Clip vomain, certpe mile va céd cltpacac a peacht. Jan mbeit naor
mbliadna vo bpeap 1 pige nE€peann vo pochaip la h€ochad nApcach hi
Cann Conluain.

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mile va céo cltpacac a hochc. En bliadain

5 Chariots.—“ Roheaghty was the first” [Trish] * Elim Oillfinshneachta: literally, Elim of the
“‘king that ever used coaches with four horses great Wine-snow! ‘ He was so called because
in Ireland. He reigned seven years, and, at it rained snow continually that year.”—Annals
last, was burned by wilde fire at Dunsovarkie. of Clonmacnoise. Both derivations are mere
He was a very good king.”—Annals of Clon. _- guesses of late writers.

4176.]

The Age of the World, 4176. After Roitheachtaigh had been seven years
in the sovereignty of Ireland, lightning burned him at Dun-Sobhairce [Dunse-

_ ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 61

ee

verick]. It was by this Roitheachtaigh that chariots’ of four horses were first

used in Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4177. Elim Oillfinshneachta, son of Roitheach-
taigh, after having been one year in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell, at the end

of that year, by Giallchaidh, son of Oilioll Ollchain.

Snow, with the taste of

wine, fell in this year, whence he was called Oillfinshneachta‘.
The Age of the World, 4178. The first year of Giallchaidh, son of Olioll
Olchain, son of Sirna, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4186.

Giallchaidh, after having been nine years

in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Art Imleach, in Magh Muaidhe’.

The Age of the World, 4187. This was the first year of Art Imleach, son
of Elim Oillfinshneachta, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4198. Art Imleach, after having been twelve
years” in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Nuadhat Finnfail.

The Age of the World, 4199.
Nuadhat Finnfail over Ireland.

This was the first year of the reign of

The Age of the World, 4238. Nuadhat Finnfail, after having been forty
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Breas”, son of Art Imleach.

The Age of the World, 4239.

Breas, son of Art Imleach, over Ireland.
Breas, after having been nine years in the

The Age of the World, 4247.

This was the first year of the reign of

sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Eochaidh Apthach, at Carn-Conluain’.

The Age of the World, 4248.

“ Magh-Muaidhe.—This was either the plain
of the River Moy, in North Connaught, or a
plain situated at. the foot of Cnoc-Muaidhe, or
Knockmoy, in the county of Galway. —See
A. M. 3529, supra.

¥ Twelve years.—The Annals of Clonmacnoise
give him but a reign of six years, and add: ‘he
builded seven Downes or Pallaces for himself, to
dwell in them to recreate himself.” ‘‘ Septem
munimenta fossis vallavit.”—Ogygia, part iii.
ce. 32.

Eochaidh Apthach? was one year in the

x Breas.—He is called Breasrigh by Keating,
and Breasry in the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
which add: “In whose time Fomorie came
again into Ireland; but he overthrew them in
many battles, and did quite expel them out of
the kingdom.”

Y Carn-Conluain.—Not identified.

* Kochaidh Apthach.—* Eochye Ophagh, Cap-
tain of the former king’s guards. He was of Cor-
kelaye” [ Race of Lughaidh, son of Ith] “ usurped
the kingdom and name of king thereof, after the

62 aNNawa RIoghachca emeann. [4249.

v€ochad Aptach, mac Pinn, hi mige nEpeann, 7 09 pocharp 1 bpoipceann na
bladna pin la Pionn, mac 6bpacha.

Coip vomam, ceitpe mile va céd cltpocac a naor.
mse Fim, mic Spacha, 6p Epimn mnnpin.

Coir vomam, ceitpe mile va céd plecmogac. lap mbeit va bliadain
an pichic hi mshe n€peann oPionn mac bnacha vo fp la Séona mac Snip
a Mumma.

Cloip vomam, ceitpe mile va Géd plecmogac a haon. Cn cero bliadam
vo Sedna lonnannag, mac Sper, mic Cline Imlig, hi prge n€peann.

Cloip domain, ceitpe mile oa céd nochac. Jan mbeit piche bliadain hn
se nEpneann vo Sédna lonnannaid vo pochain la Siomon monte.

Cloip domain, certne mile va céd nochac a haon. Qn ced bhiadaimn vo
Siomén bpeac, mac Clodam Slaip, 1 prshe nEpeann mnpin.

Cloip vormain, certpe mile va ced nochac a pé. lan mbert pé bhiadna
comlana 1 pige nEpeann vo Siomén bplc, mac Codain Slay, vo cean laOuach
Fionn.

Cloip vomam, ceitpe mle oa céd nocac a peace. Un céd bliadam vo
Ouach Pionn, mac Sedna lonnapnais, hi mse n€peann mnyin.

Cloip domain, ceitpe mite opi céd ape. lan mbeit ofich mbliaona hn
mse n€peann v0 Ouach Pionn, mac Sedna lonnappars, 00 pochaip 1 ccat
MWaige la Muneadac bolgnach.

Cin céd bliadam do

Qoip oomam, ceitpe mle tm ceo a pléc. Ro cat Mumpfoac bolgnac
mi pon bhadam 1 pishe n€neann s0 cconcaip 1 ccionn na néé hipin la hE€noa
nOfpec, mac Ouarch.

Corp vornam, ceitpe mile cm ced a hocc. Cn cé10 bladain vEnva Offs,
mac Ouach Pino, hi pige nEpeann mnpin.

Cloip oomamn, ceitpe mile tpi céd a naor véce. Jap mbeit va bliadam
véce vEnna Ofps, mac Ouach, hi mse nEpeann, acbach vo cam 1 Sléb Mipp
50 pochude moip ume.

former king’s death, and obtained the same one
year. There was great faintness, generally, over
all the whole kingdom, once every month, during
that year. He was slain by Finn mac Braha.”
Keating says that he was called Upéaé, destruc-
tive, from plagues which visited his subjects

every month.”

* Sedna Innarraighe.—Keating says that he
was called 1onnanppuis, because he was the first
that paid stipends to soldiers; or, as Dr. Lynch
and Mageoghegan understand it, to people in
general. ‘“ Cognomentum Jnnarradh, quod mer-

4249. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. : 63

sovereignty of Ireland, and he.fell, at the end of that year, by Finn, son of
Bratha.

_ The’ Age of the World, 4249. This was the first year of the reign of Finn,
son of Bratha, over Ireland.

- The Age of the World, 4270. Finn, son of Bratha, after having been
twenty-two years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Sedna, son of Breas, in
Munster.

The Age of the World, 4271. The first year of the reign of Sedna Innar-
raigh*, son of Breas, son of Art Imleach, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4290. Sedna Innarraigh, after having been twenty
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Simon Breac.

The Age of the World, 4291. This was the first year of Simon Breac,
son of Aedhan Glas, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Agé of the World, 4296. Simon Breac, the son of Aedhan Glas,
after having been six full years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Duach
PWN. ch,

The Age of the World, 4297. This was the first year of Duach Finn, son
of Sedna Innarraigh, in the sovereignty of Irelaud.

The Age of the World, 4306. Duach Finn, son of Sedna Innaraigh, after
having been ten years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell in the battle of Magh’,
by Muireadhach Bolerach.

The Age of the World, 4307. Muireadhach Bolgrach spent a month and
a year in the sovereignty of Ireland, and he fell, at the end of that time, by Enda
Dearg, son of Duach.

The Age ot the World, 4308. This was the first year of Enda Dearg in
the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4319. Enda Dearg, son of Duach, after having
been twelve years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died of a plague at Sliabh Mis‘,
with a great number about him.

cedem significat, idcired sortitus, quod eo reg- © Sliabh-Mis.—There are two mountains of
nante opere mercedare locari cepte fuerint.”—_ this name in Treland, one in the county of An-
Lynch.‘ This Sedna was a worthy noble king, trim, anglicé Slemmish, and the other near Tra-
and the first that rewarded men with chattle in lee, in the county of Kerry, which is the one
Treland.”—Annals of Clonmacnoise. referred to in the text.—See Ogygia, part iii.

» Magh: i.e. the Plain. Not identified. c. 33. ‘Keating says that silver was struck for

64° aNNaca RIOgfhachta eiReann. [4320.

QLoip vomain, ceitpe mile tp ced fiche. Cn céd bliadain vo Lushai
lapoonn, mac Enna Ofins, hi mse nEpeann mnyin.

Qloip vomain, ceitpe mile tm ced fiche a hochc. Qnaoi vo Lughaid
lapoonmn hi pige nEpeann 50 cconcain la Sfoplam hm Rant Clocanp.

Cloip vomam, ceitpe mile tm ced piche a nao. Mn ced bliadain do
Sioplam, mac Pino, mic Spata, hi pige nEpeann innpin.

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mle tpi ced clépacac a cltaip. lan mbeit pé
bliadna vécc do Sionlam hi mge nEpeann vo pocain la nEochaw nUaincly.

Coir vomain, ceitpe mle cp ced cltpacac a cig. Un céd bliadain
v€ochaid Uainchear 1 pige nEpeann.

Cloip vomain, ceritpe mile tm ced caogac apé. Jan mbeit oa bhadain
véce vEochaid Uainelp hi ghe n€peann vo pochaip la macoib Congail .1.
€ochaid 7 Conaing.

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mile tm ced caogac a plec. On céd bliadain vo
va mac Congail Copccapas 1. Ouach Teampacé, mc Muipfohag bolgnagy
1. Eochad Piadmuine 7 Conamsg beag(Slach, na mogaib op Enim, ofpcanc
Eneann la h€ochard, a cuaipefpe la Conaing.

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mile cp ced pearcac a haon. lan mbeit curs bli-
adna 1 ccompighe 6p Epinn v€ochaid Piadmuine 7 po Conaing Ofs;eaglach vo
pocain Cochad la Cugaid Lamod(pg, mac Eachach Uainé(p, 7 00 pcanad an

she pm Conaing.

Cloip domain, ceitpe mile cm ced rtpccac a 06. Qn céo bliadain vo
Cusaid Caimofpg mac ECachach Uainclp 1 prise n€peann.

CQloip vomain, ceitpe mile tpi ced pearccac a hocc.

C1 S{cc vo Lugaid

1 msZe nNEneann g0 cconcain la Conaing, mac Congant.

the first time in Ireland in his time, which it
was at a place called Airgiod-Ross, on the River
‘Feoir, in Ossory. ‘ Quo Rege argentum in Hi-
bernia primim Airgiod-Rossie signari ceptum.”
—Lynch. The same is asserted by O’Flaherty,
Ogygia (ubi supra) ; but no mention is made
of the latter circumstance in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise.
4 Rath-Clochair: i. e. the Rath or Fort of the
Rocks. Not identified.

® Sirlamh.—“ Nomine parto a longis manibus,

terram, vel tum cum erectus staret, pertingen-
tibus, sir enim perinde est ac longa ac lamh ac
manus.” —Lynch.

“ Sirelawe was so called because he had such
long hands, that when he would stand or be on
horseback, he could, without stooping, reach to
the ground.” —Annals. of Clonmacnoise.

* Eochaidh Uaircheas.—Keating understands
this as Eochaidh of the Wicker Boats. “ Agno-
mine tracto a scaphis rudi viminum contextione
compactis, et pecorum obductis corio. Fuarchis

etre

4320.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 65

The Age of the World, 4320. This was the first year of Lughaidh Iar-
donn, son of Enda Dearg, in the sovereignty of Ireland. .

The Age of the World, 4328. The ninth year of Lughaidh Tardonn in
the sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell, by Sirlamh, at Rath-Clochair‘.

The Age of the World, 4329.

This was the first year of Sirlamh’, son of

Finn, son of Bratha, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4344.

Sirlamh, after having been sixteen years

in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Eochaidh Uairches.
The Age of the World, 4345. The first year of Eochaidh Uaircheas‘ in

the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4356. Eochaidh Uaircheas, after having been
twelve years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by the sons of Congall: i.e.
Eochaidh and Conaing.

The Age of the World, 4357. The first year of the two sons of Congal
Cosgarach® [son] of Duach Teamrach, son of Muireadhach Bolgrach, namely,
Kochaidh Fiadhmuine" and Conaing Begeaglach, over Ireland; the south of
Ireland belonging to Eochaidh, and the north to Conaing.

The Age of the World, 4361. After Eochaidh Fiadhmuine and Conaing
Begeaglach had been five years in the joint sovereignty of Ireland, Eochaidh
fell by Lughaidh Laimhdhearg, son of Eochaidh Uaircheas, and the sovereignty

was wrested from Conaing.
The Age of the World, 4362.

The first year of Lughaidh Laimhdhearg',

son of Eochaidh Uaircheas, in the sovereignty of Ireland,

The Age of the World, 4368.

The seventh of Lughaidh in the sovereignty

of Ireland, when he fell by Conaing, son of Congal.

enim est corbis seu crates minis arte contextus.
Eochus biennium Hibernie accedere prohibitus,
piratum egit e lentribus, ed, qua dixi ratione,
confectus epibatas suos in litore expositos jubens
predas a litorum accolis abductas in paronem
importare.”—Lynch.

8 Congal Cosgarach.—Keating makes Eochaidh
Fiadhmuine and Conaing Begeaglach the sons
of Duach Teamhrach. From this it would ap-
pear that Congal Cosgarach was an alias name
for Duach Teamhrach.

b Eochaidh Fiadhmuine, pronounced Kochy
Feamoney : i. e. Eochaidh the Huntsman. “ As-
suetus erat Eochus cervorum venatione multum
indulgere: quod illi cognomen Fiadhmuine fecit,
jiadh nimirum cervum interpretamur, et mun,
silvam.”

‘ Lughaidh Laimhdhearg : i.e. Lughaidh the
Red-handed. ‘‘ Regno deinde potitus est Luga-
chus Eochi Uarchesi filius, cognomento Rubri-
manus, a rubra maculé que manum inficiebat.”
— Lynch, '

66 aNNazwa RIoshachta emReann. (4369.

Clip oomain, certpe mile cm céd pipccac a nao. On céo bliadain vo
Conaing Ofgeaglach, mac Congail, 1 mse nEpeann mnpm oonidiy".

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mile tpi céd ochcmogac ahochc. lan mbeit fiche
bliadam hi pige n€peann vo Conaing becceaglach vo ¢cfp la hApe mac
Luigoveach. Up aipe vo beint: Conams bfSeaglach pmr ap ni po gab oman
EMP nach aon € cén po map.

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mile tpi ced ochtmogac a nao. On céo bliadain
onc, mac Luigdeach, mic Eatac Uarnclp, hn prse n€neann mnpin.

Qoip vomamn, ceitpe mile tm ced nocac acltaip. lan mbeit pé bhadna
1 mge nEneann oAnr, mac Luigdeach, no pochain la Praca Tolgnac 7 la a
mac Ouach Cadpac.

Qoip vomain, ceitpe mile tpi céd nochaz a cing. Un ceio bladain
oPiachaid Tolccpach hi pige n€peann.

Cloip vorham, ceitpe mile chtpe céd a cfeamp. lap mbeich veich mbliadna
hi pige nEneann oPiachad Tolgnach, mac Muipfohag bolecpars, vo ¢cfp la
hOiholl mac Aine 1 mborpino.

Cory vomain, ceitpe mile ceitpe cév a cing. An céd bliadain oO loll
Pion, mac Aine, mc Cugdeach Cambdence, op Epi mnpin.

Coir vomain, cfitne mle chtpe ced a cing vécc. lan mbeit én bliadain
vé5 ln pise nEpeann oOnrlioll Fionn, mac Aine, me Lusoveach Laimofins,
vo po chanp la hCinsfemaip 7 la Ouach Ladgoaip hi ccath Odba.

Cloip voman, chtpé mle cfitpe ced apé vecc. On céd bliadam v€och-
ad mac Orlholla Pinn hi mge n€peann imnypn.

Qoip Oomain, chtpe mile cfitpe ceo fiche avd. lap mbeit peacht
mbliaona hi pighe nEneann, o€ochaid, mac Orlolla Pinn, do pochaip la nQip-
3(cmain 7 la Ouach Ladgaip hi nCine.

Coir vomain, ceitpe mile ceitpe céo fiche a tm. An céd bladain
odingfcmap, mac Sionlaim, hi mse n€peann innpin.

Coip vomain, chtpe mile cfitne céo caoccac a 06. Un veachmad

k Begeaglach: i.e. Little-fearing. ‘‘He was _ perterriti peperit.”—Lynch.
so called because he was never known to be According to the Book of Fenagh, he held
afraid in his life.’—Ann. Clon. his royal residence at Fenagh, in Magh-Rein, in
“‘Coningus Imperterritus viginti annis regna- the present county of Leitrim, where he built a
vit ne minimo interim pavore in quamvis atroci beautiful stone fort, within which the monastery
pugna perstrictus; que res illi cognomen Im- of Fenagh was afterwards erected.

4369.]

The Age of the World, 4369. This: was the first year of Conaing Begeag-
‘lach, son of Congal, a second time in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4388. After Conaing Begeaglach had been twenty
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell by Art, son of Lughaidh. He was
called Conaing Begeaglach*, because he was never seized with fear of any one
while he lived.

The Age of the World, 4389. This was the first year of Art, son of Lugh-
aidh, son of Eochaidh Uaircheas, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4394. Art, son of Lughaidh, after having been
six years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Fiacha Tolgrach and his son,
Duach Ladhrach. _

The Age of the World, 4395. The first year of Fiacha Tolgrach in the
sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4404. Fiacha Tolgrach, son of Muireadhach, after
having been ten years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Oilioll, son of Art,
in Boirinn'.

The Age of the World, 4405. This was the first year of Oilioll Finn, son
of Art, son of Lughaidh Laimhdhearg, over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4415. Ojilioll Finn, son of Art, son of Lughaidh
Laimhdhearg, after having been eleven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell
by Airgeatmhar and Duach Ladhghair, in the battle of Odhbha”.

The Age of the World, 4416. This was the first year of Eochaidh, son of
Oilioll Finn, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4422. Eochaidh, son of Oilioll Finn, after having
been seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Airgeatmhar, at Aine’.

The Age of the World, 4423. This was the first year of Airgeatmhar, son
of Sirlamh, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4452. The thirtieth year of Airgeatmhar in the

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 67

. ! Boirinn.—Now Burrin, a celebrated rocky
territory, now a barony, in the north of the
county of Clare. The name,
largely into the topographical names through-

which enters

out Ireland, is derived, in a manuscript in Trin.
Coll. Dublin, H. 2. 15, p. 180, col. 2, line 23,
. from bopp, great, and onn, a stone or rock,

m QOdhbha.—See A. M. 302, supra.

2 Aine: i.e. Knockany, near Bruff, in the
county of Limerick. It is stated in the Annals
of Clonmacnoise, that “* King Eochy was then at
the Faire of Cnockayne, where Argedwar and
Dwagh came unawares upon him, and slew him
and many of the nobility of Munster.”

K 2

68 aNNaza RIoshachta eiReann. [4453.

bliadain pich(e oOinsfemap hi prshe n€peann g0 ccopchaip la Ouach Lad-
pac 7 la Cuccand Caighde mac Eachach.

Cloip domain, chtpe mile chtpe céd caogac a tpi. On céo bliadain vo
Ouach Ladgnach, mac Piachaé Tolgparg, hi prshe n€peann.

Clip vomam, cficne mile cfitpe cév peapccac a 06. CO veich vo Ouach
Ladsnach hn psghe nEneann s0 econcain la Lugmd Cargoe.

Clip vomaim, chitpe mle chitpe céd pearccac a tpi. An céd bliadamn do
Cughad Caisoe bi rise nEpeann mnyn.

Cloip vomain, chitpe mile chitne ced pearccat anao. lap mbeit peache
mbliadna In prise nEpeann vo Lushai Lashde vo cean la hAod Ruaoh, —
mac mbodainn, mic Aingfomaip.

Cloip vomamn, ceitpe mile ceitpe ced peaccmogac. Un céd bliadam
vQod Ruad, mac badaipn, hn pighe n€peann.

Qoip vomain, chtpe mile chtpe céo peachtmogac apé. lan mbeit peache
mbliadna hi mge nEpeann ood Ruad, mac badaipn, po pagor’ an ge ay
Oichonba, mac Oemam, 1an ccant(mh an cho pealoio 06 budein, an po bacun
pata pain ima cealsad uad 1 ccionn peacht mbliadna vo Onotonba, 7 an
Onotonba blor ima lés5ad uad vo Ciombaoch ian peach¢ mbliadna oile, 7
amlaid pin 1ap nupd go ponbad a pplata. Up ane do ponpac an chona ipm
Immon pige an pobran meric tpi nofpbpacan.

Coip vomaimn, cfitctpe mile chitpe ceo peachtmogac, apléc. Un cev
bliadain vo Oiotonba, mac Oemam, hi pige nEpeann.

Coip vomam, cite mile citne cev ochtmogac acm. lan mbeit peache
mbliadna hn pige nEneann vo Orotonba, mac Oemamn, po pagar an mise as
Ciombaoz, mac Pionncam, vain ba 06 name an real 1ap nOiotonba.

Coip vomain, chitpe mile chtpe ced ochtmogac a cltap. Un ceo
bhadain 00 Ciombaot mac Pionncam hn pige nEpeann innpin.

° Duach Ladhgrach: i.e. Duach the Vindic- tells a strange legend to account for this name.
tive, or quick avenger of wrongs. “ Appellatus 4 Injunctions.—‘* These were three kings of
est Ladhrach quasi luathagra, id est prepropera Ireland at once. All were kinsmen, Hugh,
pene repetitio, quod quem in flagranti delicto Dehorba, and Kimboye; and because they lived
reprehendisset non eum loco excedere ante datas together in some contention for the kingdom,
admissi sceleris peenas passus est.”—Lynch. for their better peace and security there was

P Lughaidh Laighdhe.—Anglicised Lowaye order taken, for their agreement in their govern-
Laye by Mageoghegan in the Ann.Clon. Keating ment, that each of them should rule seven

4453. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 69

sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell by Duach Ladhgrach and Lughaidh Laigh-
dhe, son of Eochaidh.

The Age of the World, 4453. The first year of Duach Ladhgrach’, son
of Fiacha Tolgrach, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4462. The tenth year of Duach Ladhgrach in the
sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell by Lughaidh Laighdhe.

The Age of the World, 4463. This was the first year of Lughaidh Laigh-
- dhe? in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4469. Lughaidh Laighdhe, after having been
seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Aedh Ruadh, son of Bodharn,
son of Airgeatmhar.

The Age of the World, 4470. The first year of Aedh Ruadh, son of
Badharn, in the sovereignty of Ireland. :

The Age of the World, 4476. Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn, after having
been seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, left the sovereignty to Dithorba,
son of Deman, after having spent the first period himself, for there were injunc-
tions* upon him to resign it to Dithorba at the end of seven years; and on
Dithorba, also, to resign it to Cimbaeth at the end of seven years more ; and
so in succession to the end of their reigns [lives]. The reason that they made
this agreement respecting the sovereignty was, because they were the sons of
three brothers.

The Age of the World, 4477.
in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4483. Dithorba, son of Deman, after having been
seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, resigned the kingdom to Cimbaeth,
son of Fintan, for his was the turn after Dithorba.

The Age of the World, 4484. This was the first year of Cimbaeth, son
of Fintan, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The first year of Dithorba, son of Deman,

years orderly, one after another, without impe-
diment of any of the rest; and for making good
the same there were seven Magitians, seven
poets, and ‘seven principal Lords of the Ulster

nobility, chosen out to see that agreement firmly —

kept. The Magitians by their art to work
against him that would the said agreement

break what they could; the poets to chide and
scould at them in their Rhymes and writtings,
with as great a disgrace as they might invent,
which was a thing in these days much feared
by the Irish nation; and the seven principal
Lords to follow and prosecute the violator with
fire and sword. But all this was not necessary

70 aNNGaza RIOSshachta eiReaNn. [4490.

Cloip domain, cfitpe mile chitpe ced nochac. lap mbfit peache mbliabna
hi mge nEpeann vo Ciombaoch, mac Pionncain, no pagoib an pighe ag Coo
Ruad, mac badainn.

Cloip vomain, citpe mile chtpe céd nochac a peache. lap mbeit peacht
mbliadna hi mige n€peann an ovana peachc oClod Ruavh, mac badaimn, po
pagar’ an mse ag Oroconba do pidip.

Cloip vomain, ciitpe mile citpe ced nochac a hochc. Qn ced bliadamn
vo Onothonba, mac Oemam, an vana peace po Zab mise nEpeann. ,

Clip oomain, chtpe mile cing cec a cléaip. lap mbit peachc mbliadna
vo Orotonba don Cun pin hi pishe nEneann po fagoib a peal ag Ciombaot,
mac Pionncumn.

CQoip vomain, chtpe mle cing céo a cing. An céd bliadain vo Ciom-
baot an vana peacht po sab pige n€aneann.

Clip vomamn, citpe mile cing céo a haon noécc. Jan mbit peache
mblaodna vo Ciombaot hi pighe n€peann, an vana peache, po pasoib an pighe
ag God Ruad, mac bavdainn.

Coir vomam, ceitpe mile curs Céd a 06 vécc. Cn céd bliadain oMod
Ruad, mac badcupn, hi pighe nEneann (an cply peache po Zab an pige) mnpm.

Coip vomam, chtpe mile cing céo a hocht vécc. lan mbeit plche
mbliaona hi pige nEpeann ood Ruad, mac badaipn, (an tplp peache po
5ab pshe) po badlo 1 nEapy Ruaoh, co po hadnachz ipin pith or up mn Cpa,
conad vada do Zapan Sich Coda, 7 Earp Goda Ruaoh.

Cloip vomaimn, chtpe mle cing ced a naoi vécc. Un ced bliadaimn vo
Orothonba, an tpfp peachc po sab pige nEpeann.

Coir vomain, ceitpe mile cing ced fiche a cis. Jan mbfit peacht
mbliadna vo Orocthopba mm pishe n€peann (an cpp peach) po pagorb an
pse ag Ciombaoch.

Clip vomann, ceitpe mile cing cét piche apé. On céd bliadain vo Ciom-
baech 1 pige nEpeann an tnlp peacht po sab an mise mnpin.

Cloip vomamn, ceitpe mile cuig céd ctmiocat avd. lan mbfit peachc

for preservation of their agreement, for they did name), leaving no issue behind him but one only
agree without any square at all, till at last Daughter, Macha Mongroe; in English, Macha
Hugh Roe was drowned in Easroe (of whom of the red hair.”—Annals of Clonmacnoise.

that Easse, or falling of the water, took the * Sith-Aedha: i.e. hill or tumulus of Aedh,

4490.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 71

The Age of the World, 4490, Cimbaeth, son of Fintan, after having been
seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, resigned the kingdom to Aedh Ruadh,
son of Badharn,

The Age of the World, 4497. Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn, after having
been, for the second time, seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, resigned
the kingdom to Dithorba again,

The Age of the World, 4498. The first year of Dithorba, son of Deman,
the second time that he assumed the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4504. Dithorba, after having been on that [second]

occasion seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, gave his turn to Cimbaeth,

son of Fintan.

The Age of the World, 4505. The first year of Cimbaeth, the second
time that he assumed the monarchy of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4511. Cimbaeth, after having been for the second
time in the sovereignty of Ireland, resigned the kingdom to Aedh Ruadh, son
of Badharn. ;

The Age of the World, 4512. This was the first year of Aedh Ruadh,
son of Badharn, in the sovereignty of Ireland, the third time that he assumed
the government.

The Age of the World, 4518. Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn, after he had
been (the third time that he assumed the government) seven years in the sove-
reignty of Ireland, was drowned in Eas Ruaidh, and buried in the mound over
the margin of the cataract; so that from him Sith-Aedha’ and Eas-Aedha‘
are called.

The Age of the World, 4519. The third year of Dithorba, the third time
that he took the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4525. After Dithorba had been in the sove-
reignty of Ireland (the third time), he resigned the kingdom to Cimbaeth.

The Age of the World, 4526. This was the first year of Cimbaeth in the
sovereignty of Ireland, the third time that he took the sovereignty.

The Age of the World, 4532. After Cimbaeth had been seven years in

now Mullaghshee at Ballyshannon.—See notes taract or waterfall, now Assaroe, or the Salmon
under A. D. 1597 and 1599. Leap, on the River Erne, at Ballyshannon.—See
$ Eas-Aedha Ruaidh: i.e. Aedh Ruadh’s ca- notes at A. D, 1184 and 1194.

72 ANNA~a RIOsShachHeTa eIREGNN. (4533.

mbliadna hi pige nEneann vo Cimbaot an tpl peache, po paid Maca mgtn
Coda Ruaid, mic badaipn, ba lé peal a hatap von pighe. Acbf(pc O1ochonba
7 Ciombaoth na tiobpavaip pghe vo mnao. Peachain cach (conna, bmyip
Macha ponppa 50 por 1onnapb Orochopba co na cloinn hn cConnachcaib.co
concain 1 cCopann. Oo blpc 1appin Ciombaocth cuicce 00 céili 01,7 00 beip
m jshe 06. Oo chow 1apom na haonap hi cConnachcaib, 7 cus clann
Orochopba Lé 1 noaoncfngal co hUlcoib a lop a nfinc,7 v0 bfpc iad po tpom
vaoipe 50 po claidplc Rat Camna d1, $0 mad pi bud pmomcatain Ulad vo

arer.

Cloiy: vomain, ceitpe mile cing ced tmocac acpi.

Cn céo0 bliadaim vo

Ciombaot hi pighe n€peann ian na tabainc cuicce vo Macha map cele.

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mile ctig céd tmocat anaol.

lan mbit peachc

mbliaona hn pige nEneann vo Crombaot mac Fioncam, rap na cabaipe cuice

oo Macha, acbail 1 nEamom Maca.

hipin.

Clip vomain, chitpe mile cwg ced clepacac.

Cp € céo pf Eamna an Ciombaoch

Cin cév bliadain 00 Macha

hi pige nEpeann rap neg vo Crombaot mic Pionzamn.

‘ To a woman.—* She, soon after her father’s
death, challenged her father’s part of the king-
dom, due unto her as her proper right, which
was denied her by Dihorba and King Kimboye,
saying that it was unfit that a woman should
govern the kingdom where the issue male had
not failed, and that it was never seen before.
Whereupon she challenged them both to yeald
her battle, which they were ready to do, and
did accordingly, where King Kimboye was
overthrown, and King Dihorba slain. Then she
took upon herself the government as Queen,”
&e.—Annals of Clonmacnoise.

The same chronicle gives a long legend about
the manner in which Queen Macha took, fet-
tered, and led captive into Ulster the five sons
of King Dithorba, who afterwards erected the
rath of Eamhain Macha. ‘The same story is
also given by Keating; but O’Flaherty (Ogygia,
part iii. c. 36) rejects as fabulous the captivity
of the sons of Dithorba, and their having built

‘

Eamhain-Macha, or Emania, in atonement for
their crimes and for the recovery of their liberty.
He says that Cimbaeth was the first founder of
Emania, and the first who resided there. Tigher-
nach, who died in the year 1088, and who is the
most accurate of the Irish annalists, states that
all the monuments of the Scoti, to the time of
Cimbaeth, are uncertain. ‘ Omnia monumenta
Scotorum usque Cimbaeth incerta erant.”” With
this O’Flaherty agrees, and he has shewn in the
second part of his Ogygia that the periods of the
Ulster kings, from Cimbaeth to the destruction
of Emania, are supported by accurate records;
but he confesses that the period preceding the
reign of Cimbaeth is not so supported:—See
O’Conor’s Prolegom. ad Annales, pp. XXxviii.
xlvii. Ixv. xeviii. and cii.

u Eamhain.—Usually latinized Emania, now
corrupted in English to the Navan Fort (from
the Irish an Gamam), a very large rath, situated
about two miles to the west of Armagh,—See

4533.] ' ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 73

the sovereignty of Ireland for the third time, Macha, daughter of Aedh Ruadh,
son of Badharn, said that her father’s turn to the sovereignty was her’s.
Dithorba and Cimbaeth said that they would not give the sovereignty to a
woman‘. A battle was fought between them ; Macha defeated them, and ex-
pelled Dithorba, with his sons, into Connaught, so that he was slain in Corann.
She afterwards took to her Cimbaeth as husband, and gave him the sover€ignty.
She afterwards proceeded alone into Connaught, and brought the sons of
Dithorba with her in fetters to Ulster, by virtue of her strength, and placed
them in great servitude, until they should erect the fort of Eamhain’, that it

might always be the chief city of Uladh [Ulster].

The Age of the World, 4533.

The first year of Cimbaeth in the sove-

reignty of Ireland, after Macha had taken him to her as husband”.

The Age of the World, 4539.

Cimbaeth, son of Fintan, having been seven

years in the sovereignty of Ireland, after he had been taken to her [as husband]

by Macha, died at Eamhain-Macha.
Eamhain.

This Cimbaeth was the first king of

The Age of the World, 4540. The first year of Macha in the sovereignty
of Ireland, after the death of Cimbaeth, son of Fintan.

note ', under the year 1387. It is stated in
Cormac’s Glossary, and in various other au-
thorities, that Eamhain was so called because
Macha described the outline of the rath by the
eo, or pin, which fastened her cloak. Keating’s
derivation of it is translated by Dr. Lynch as
follows :

‘Jlla” [Macha] “aurea fibula que tegmen
extimum circa collum astringebat, extracta,
Palatii aream dimensa est et descripsit. Illi”
[Dithorbi filii] “opus aggressi Palatium ex-
truxerunt Eomhuin-Machain appellatum quasi
subulam colli Mache: eo enim subula, et main,
collum significat.”

The following remark on the date of the erec-

_ tion and period of the destruction of this fort is

given in Mageoghegan’s translation of the An-
nals of Clonmacnoise; but the Editor cannot
say whether it is an interpolation of the trans-

lator’s, or a remark by the original compiler of
the Chronicle:

“In the same (Rath), she (Macha) and the
Kings of Ulster, her successors, kept their pal-
lace and place of residence for the space of 855
years after. It was built 450 years before the
birth of Jesus Christ, and was rased and broken
down again for spight to Clanna-Rowrie by the
three brothers, Three Collas, sons of Eochie
Dowlen, who was son of King Carbry Liffe-
char.”

W As husband.—Dr. O’Conor has the following
short entry, which he says is inserted in a more
modern hand in the Stowe copy:

“ Coip vomam, cei¢p: mile ctig ceo to-
chac a hoéc. A pé 00 Cirmbaoe. Remar
agup végpollamnace Chimbaoe pon Ene
uile.”

“The Age of the World, 4538. The sixth of

74 _ ANNaea RIoshachta ereann. (4546.

Qoip vomain, chtpe mle curs ced cltpacac.apé. lap mbfit peachc
mbliadna hi pge nEpeann vo Macha mongnuaw, msfn Cloda Ruaw, mic
badaipn, vo cfp la Reachcard Rigofpee, mac Lngdeach. Ap hi Macha po
fopal pon macoib Orotopba (ian na ccaboupt po oaoipe) Raich Eamna vo
clade, Fomad y~1 pmlomcatain Ulad vo spnlp, amail po pémpaidptm, 7 ba he

Ciombaot 7 Macha no ol Usaine Mon.

Cloip vomam, chitpe mile cing céo clépacac a peachc.

Cn céd bliadain

vo Reachcaid Rigofpcc, mac Curgoveach, hi pige nEpeann.

Cloip vomain, chtpe mile cmp céd peapccat aré.

lan mbfic piche

bhadain 1 mse nEpeann vo Reachcad Rigofpcc, mac Luigdeac, vo pochain
la hUsaine Mon a noiogarl a buime «1. Maca Mongpuao.

Cloip vomain, chtpe mile cuig ced peapccat a peache.

Cn céd0 bliadain

vUshaine Mop, mac Eachach buadaigh, hi prge nEpeann mnpin.

Cloip vomain, chtpe mile pé ced are.

1 proncfno na bliadna po, ian

mbfit cftpacac bliadain comlan oUsaine mop na pig Epeann 4 raptoip
€Eoppa 50 hiomlan 50 mun Toman, vo pochain la bavbchad, 1 cTealac

Cimbaeth. The rule and good government of
Cimbaeth over all Ireland.”

x That fostered Ugaine Mor.—‘* Owgany More,
son of Eochie Bwaye, who in and from his
childhood was nourished and fostered by King
Kimboye and Queen Macha, as well as if he had
been their own natural child.”—Annals of Clon-
To this the translator adds the fol-
lowing note:

macnoise.

‘The manner in those days was to bring up
noblemen’s children, especially their friends, in
princes and great men’s houses, and for ever after
would call them fosterers, and love them as well
as their own natural father.”

’ Reachtaidh Righdhearg : i. e. Reachtaidh of
the Red Wrist. ‘ Righ enim carpum, et dearg

rubrum significat.”— Lynch. “ Ris signifies

the ulna. Ip vime goiptean Reacemg Rig-
deang ve 1. bun pig veang vo bi age.”—
Keating. :

* Ugaine Mor.—Flann synchronizes Ugaine
Mor with Ptolomeus Lagides.—See Doctor

The
*“ About this
time the monarchy of the Assyrians was de-
stroyed by Arbatus, and translated over to the
Medes.” The same annals, as well as the
O’Clerys, in the Leabhar Gabhala, and also
Keating and O’Flaherty, state that this mo-
narch had twenty-two sons and three daughters,
among whom he divided Ireland into twenty-five
parts, a division which continued for three hun-
dred years afterwards, ‘‘ when the kings of the
provinces almost quenched the renown thereof.”
The names of these territories, and of the chil-
dren of Ugaine to whom they were allotted, are
given with some variations in our ancient ma-
nuscripts, but the following seems the most
correct: 1. Breagh, or Bregia, to Cobhthach

O’Conor’s Prolegom. ad Annales, p. xlviii.
Annals of Clonmacnoise state:

Cael; 2. Muirtheimhne, in the now county of.

Louth, to Cobhthach Minn; 3. to Laeghaire
Lore, the lands about the River Liffey, in Lein-
ster; 4. Magh-Fea, in the now county of Carlow,
to Fuilne; 5. Magh-Nair, to Nar; 6. Magh-

Sabre inser “

Re eee

4546.]

The ‘Age of the World, 4546. Macha Mongruadh, daughter of Aedh
Ruadh, son of Badharn, after she had been seven years in the sovereignty of.
Ireland, was slain by Reachtaidh Righdhearg, son of Lughaidh. It was Macha
that commanded the sons of Dithorba.(after bringing them into servitude)
to erect the fort of Eamhain, that it might be the chief city of Ulster for
ever, as we have said before ; and it was Cimbaeth and Macha that fostered

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. . 75

Ugaine Mor*.

The Age of the World, 4547. The first year of Reachtaidh Righdhearg’,
son of Lughaidh, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4566. Reachtaidh Righdhearg, son of Lughaidh,
after having been twenty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Ugaine
Mor, in revenge of his foster-mother, i. e. Macha Mongruadh.

The Age of the World, 4567.

This was the first year of Ugaine Mor’, son

of Eochaidh Buadhach, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4606.

At the end of this year Ugaine Mor, after he

had been full forty years king of Ireland, and of the whole of the west of Europe,
as far as Muir-Toirrian*, was slain by Badhbhchadh, at Tealach-an-chosgair®, in

Raighne, in Ossory, to Raighne; 7. Magh-Nairbh,
to Narbh; 8. Aigeatross, on the River Nore, to
Cinga; 9. Magh-Tarra, to Tair; 10. Treitherne,
to Triath; 11. Luachair-Deaghaidh, in Kerry, to
Sen; 12. Cluain-Corca-Oiche, in Ui-Fidhgheinte,
toBard; 13. The southern Deisi, to Fergus Gnoi;
14, Aidhne, in the diocese of Kilmacduagh, to
Orb; 15. Moenmhagh, in Clanrickard, in the now
county of Galway, to Moen; 16. Magh-Aei, in
* the now county of Roscommon, to Sanbh ; 17.
Cliu-Mail, to Muireadhach Mal; 18. Seolmhagh,
now the barony of Clare, county of Galway, to
Eochaidh ; 19. Latharna, in the county of An-
trim, to Latharn; 20. Midhe, to Marc; 21. Line,
or Magh-Line, county of Antrim, to Laegh ;
22. Corann, in the now county of Sligo, to
Cairbre; 23. Magh-Ailbhe, in the present county
of Kildare, to his daughter Ailbhe ; 24, Magh-
Aeife, otherwise called Magh-Feimheann, now
Iffa and Offa East, in the county of Tipperary, to

his daughter Aeife or Eva; and Magh-Muirisce,
in the now county of Mayo, to his daughter Mui-
risc. Of all these sons of Ugaine Mor only two
left issue, namely, Cobhthach Cael and Laegh-
aire Lorc, from whom all that survive of the
race of Heremon are descended.—See Keating’s
History of Ireland, Haliday’s edition, p. 348.

® Muir-Toirrian. — O’Flaherty understands
this to mean the Mediterranean sea. — See
Ogygia, part iii. c. 39; but Mageoghegan, in
Annales of Clonmacnoise, renders it Tyrrhian,
by which he means that part of the former wash-
ing Tuscany. Keating uses the term, through-
out his History of Ireland, to denote the Medi-
terranean sea.—See Haliday’s edition, -pp. 256,
258.

> Tealach-an-chosgair: i. e. the Hill of the Vic-
tory. O’Flaherty (ubéi supra) states that he was
slain on the banks of the Boyne, at a place which
he calls Kill-Droicheat.

Li

76 ‘ANNaZa RIOSshachta elReann.

.

(4607.

an copgain 1 Mag Mupeada 1 mbpfSob. Ap é an cUgaine yin po Fab
pacha na nuile ofl aicpe 7 nftharcpde pon propa Epeann go coiccfno, Fan

lomcopnam im ge nEneann ppia a clomn go bnach na pia piol blop.

bavbchad, mac Eachdach buadaisg, 1ap NUshame Mon la go Lhe 1pm
mse, 50 por manb Caogaine Lonc, mac Ugaine, a noiogail a atan.

Cloip vomamn, chtpe mile pe céo apeachc. Cn céo bliadain vo Laogaipe
Lonc, mac Usaine Mhorp, hi mse nEpeann mnypin.

Cop vomam, cfitpe mile pé céd a hochc. lap mbfit 0a bliadain hn pige
n€peann vo Laogaine Lonc, mac Ushaine, vo pochain la Cotchac Caol

monftsh hi cCapman.

Cloip vomain, citpe mle pe céd anao.

Caol bhnls hn mse nEpeann moyin.

Cloip vomain, cfitpe mile pé céd caogat a hochc.

Cn céod bliadam vo Cobtach

lan mbfit caogacc

bliadam 1 mse nEpeann vo Cobtach Caol Opts, mac Usame Mhoip, vo
pocain la Cabnad Lomspeac, Maen mac Orliolla Cline, co ccmochaid prog

ime hi nOionn mg pon bpd bfpba.

° Oaths.—See Battle of Magh Rath, p. 3, and
Petrie’s Antiquities of Tara Hill, p. 10, for a
fuller account of this pagan oath exacted by
Ugaine from the Irish chieftains.

4 Was killed.— Keating tells a horrible story of
the treacherous manner in which Cobhthach con-
trived the murder of Laeghaire Lore or Laegh-
aire the Murderer, and of the manner in which
Maen, afterwards called Labhraidh Loingseach,
was treated by him; but the Irish Annals are
silent about these details, and, therefore, we
must regard Keating’s story as a poetical in-
vention.

* Dinn-righ.—See note under A. M. 3267.
In a fragment of the Annals of Tighernach,
preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxford,
Rawlinson, 502, fol. 1, b. col. 1, this fact is also
mentioned, and the place is called Dinn-Righ in
Magh-Ailbhe, and the house or palace Bruidhin
Tuama-Teanbath. The Annals of Clonmacnoise
also mention this burning of “ Cobhthach, toge-
ther with thirty Irish princes, on the Barrowe

side, at a place called Dinrye.”

Keating tells a romantic story of the flight of
Moen, or Labhraidh, to France, and of the man-
ner in which he was induced to return to Ire-
land by the lady Moriat, daughter of Scoriat,
prince of Corcaguiny, in Kerry (now the name
of a river in that territory). According to this
story, Labhraidh returned to Ireland with a
force of 2200 men, who brought with them a
kind of broad-headed lance or javelin, called
laigne, from which the province of Leinster,
which had been previously called Gailian, re-
ceived the appellation of Laighin. With these
he landed in the harbour of Wexford, whence
he marched to Dinn-righ, on the River Barrow,
near Leighlin, where he rushed into the palace,
put the king and thirty of his nobility to the
sword, and set the palace on fire, &c.

This story, which savours very strongly of
romance, is differently told in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise, as translated by Mageoghegan,
as follows:

ow ele Ub eel eer eee

4607.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 77

Magh-Muireadha, in Bregia. This Ugaine was he who exacted oaths’, by all
the elements visible and invisible, from the men of Ireland in general, that they
would never contend for the sovereignty of Ireland with his children or his
race. ‘

Badhbhchadh, son of Eochaidh Buadhach, was for a day and a half after
Ugaine in the sovereignty of Ireland, when Laeghaire Lorc, son of Ugaine,
slew him, in revenge of his father.

The Age of the World, 4607. This was the first year of Laeghaire Lore,
son of Ugaine Mor, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4608. Laeghaire Lore, son of Ugaine, after having
been two years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was killed* by Cobhthach Cael
Breagh, at Carman (Wexford).

The Age of the World, 4609.
Breagh in the monarchy of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4658. Cobhthach Cael Breagh, son of Ugaine,
after having been fifty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Labhraidh
Loingseach, [1i.e.] Maen, son of Oilioll Aine, with thirty kings about him, at
Dinn-righ’, on the brink of the Bearbha.

This was the first year of Cobhthach Cael

“* Also the said Covhagh slew Oilill Anye, son
of the said King Logery, after which foul fact
done, Lawry Longseach,” [great] ‘“ grandchild

‘of king Owgany, and” [grand] ‘son of Logery
Lork, was banished by him, who remained many
years beyond seas, seeking to bring into this
land foreigners to invade it; and, in the end,
after long banishment, his great uncle, the king
of Ireland, made friendship with him, and be-
stowed upon him and his heirs, for ever, the
province of Lynster, since which time there
hath been mortal hatred, strife, and debate, be-
tween those of the province of Connaught,
Ulster, and Lynster, the one descending of
King Covhagh, and the other of his brother,
King Logery Lork. King Covhagh was invited
to a feast by his said nephew, Lawrey, and there
was treacherously burnt, together with thirty
Irish princes, in his own house, after he had

reigned 17 years. King Covhagh had little care
of the Irish proverb, which is, that ‘one should
never trust a reconciled adversary. This murther
was committed on the Barrowe side, at a place
called Dinrye or Deannrye, and divers of the
nobility were there murthered as aforesaid.

“Some say that the city of Roome was
founded about the beginning of this precedent
king’s reign.

“ Finncha mac Baiceadha reigned then in
Eawyn-Macha, as king of Ulster.

‘“‘Lawry Loyngseagh, after thus murthering
his uncle, succeeded as king of the kingdom.
The province of Lynster took the name of him”
[recte, in his time], “for in the time of his ba-
nishment he brought divers foreigners into this
land that were armed with a kind of weapons
which they brought with them, like pykes or
spears, which, in Irish, were called Zayny, and

78 aNNaca RIOshachta elReaNN. [4659.

Cloip vomamn, chtpe mile pé Géd caogac anaor. Cn céo bliadam vo Lab-
paid LComppeac hi pige nEpeann.

~Coip vomain, chtpe mile pé céo plehcmogac apeacc. lan mbfit naor
mbliaona vécc 00 Labnaid Lomngpeac, Maen mac Orliolla Aine, mic Laogsaipe
Luinc, mic Ugaine Moin, 1 mse nNEpeann do pocain la Melse Molbcac, mac
Cobtaigh Cao Op(Fh.

Cloip vomain, chitpe mile pé céd peachtmogac a hoche. Un céo
bliadamn vo Melge Molbtac, mac Cobtaie Chaoil Ops, hi mse nEpeann
mnypin.

Cloip voman, chtpe mile pé céd nochat a cltaip. Tan mbfit peachc
mbliadna vés hi pige n€peann vo Melse Molbtac, mac Cobtaish Caoil
oplsh, 00 c(p 1 ccat Claipe la Modconb. Un can po clap a peant ap ann
po meabaid Loch Melse po cip hn cCoipbpe, comd uada ammmsetp.

Cloip vomain, chtpe mile pé céd nochact a cing. An céd bliadain vo
Modconb mac Cobtaigh Caomm, hi mise nEpeann.

Cloip vomain, cfitpe mile peachc ccéo a haon. Jan mbfit peache
mbliadna hn pige nEpeann vo Modconb mac Cobtargh Caoim vo pocain la
hCengap Ollam.

Clip vomain, chitpe mie peache ccév, avd. Cn céo bliadam oClengur
Ollam, mac Onliolla, mic Cabnaoa, hi pisge nEneann.

Coip domain, ceitpe mile peche ccéd anaoi vég. Choc vécc oClengur
Ollam mac Orliolla, me Cabnada, 50 cconcaip la hlpepeo, mac Melse, 1
bpoincfno na pee npin.

Cloip vomain, chtpe mile plchc ced fiche.
mac Melsge Molbcaigh, hi se nEpeann.

Coip vomamn, chtpe mile p(cht ceo piche apé. lap mbeit pec mbliadna

Cin cé10 bliadain olpepeo,

were never before used in Ireland, of whom the
Leynstermen and Leynster itself took the name,

» Loch Melghe—Now Lough Melvin, a beau-
tiful lake situated on the confines of the counties

He reigned 14 years, and was slain by Melge,
son of King Couhagh.

“‘ Connor Moyle Mac Fuhie reigned then king
of Ulster twelve years.”

f Seventeen years.—* Meylge was king twelve
years.” Annals of Clonmacnoise.

* Claire.—See A. M. 4169.

of Fermanagh, Leitrim, and Donegal.—See notes
under A. D. 1421, 1455.

‘ Cairbre—Now the barony of Carbury, in
the county of Sligo. No part of Lough Melvin
now belongs to this barony.

k Seven years.— Mocorb was king six years,
and was slain by Enos Ollowe. About this

mavipen ee

an,

tak oe

ey Oe ee

4659.]

The Age of the World, 4659. The first year of the reign of Labhraidh
Loingseach in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4677. Labhraidh Loingseach, [i. e.| Maen, son of
Oilioll Aine, son of Laeghajre Lore, son of Ugaine Mor, after having been nine-
teen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Melghe Molbhthach, son
of Cobhthach Cael Breagh.

The Age of the World, 4678. This was the first year of Melghe Molbh-
thach, [the Praiseworthy] son of Cobhthach Cael Breagh, in the sovereignty
of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4694. Melghe Molbhthach, son of Cobhthach
Cael Breagh, after having been seventeen years‘ in the sovereignty of Ireland,
fell in the battle of Claire’, by Modhcorb. When his grave was digging,
Loch Melghe" burst forth over the land in Cairbre', so that it was named from
him. :
The Age of the World, 4695. The first year of Modhcorb, son of Cobh-
thach Caemh, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4701. Modhcorb, son of Cobhthach Caemh [the
Comely], after having been seven years‘ in the sovereignty of Ireland, was
slain by Aengus Ollamh.

The Age of the World, 4702. The first year of Aenghus Ollamh, son of
Labhraidh, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4719. The eighteenth' [year] of Aenghus Ollamh,
son of QOilioll, son of Labhraidh ; and he was slain by Irereo, son of Melghe, at
the end of that time.

The Age of the World, 4720. The first year of Irereo, son of Melghe
Molbhthach, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4726. Irereo™, son of Melghe, after having been

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 79

time was born that famous poet of the Romans
called Virgil, in a village called Andes, not far
from Mantua.”

” Kighteenth—‘‘ Enos was king seven years,
and at last was slain by Irero, son of Meylge,
near about the time Pompeius was overcome of
Julius Cesar, and driven to take his flight into
Egypt.”’—Annals of Clonmacnoise.

m Trereo.—Mac Curtin and most manuscript :
copies of Keating’s History of Ireland, call this
monarch Iaranngleo Fathach, i. e. Iron-fight
the Cautious (i. e. suspicec—Lynch); but the
best copies of Keating and of the Leabhar-
Gabhala have Irereo. O’Flaherty has both
forms. Flann synchronizes Modhcorb, Aenghus
Ollamh, and Irereo, with Ptolemy Evergetes.

80 GQNNaza RIOSshachta elReaNnN. (4727.

hi ise n€peann olpeneo, mac Melge, vo pochaip la Pfpcopb mac Moda

cuipb.

Cloip vomam, chitpe mle pec cced piche apeachc.

Cn cé10 bliadamn

oPiopconb, mac Moda Cuinb, hi mse n€pionn.

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mile plec ccéd tmiocac a pcr.

lan mbeit én

bhiadain vé5 hi ise nEpionn oPion Conb vo pochain la Connla Caom mac

Ipeneo.

Cloip voman, ceitpe mile {cc cced tmocac a hoche.

vo Connla Caom hi pige n€peann.

Qoip vomain, chtpe mle pléc ccéd caogac a plcr.

Cn cé10 Bliadain

lan mbfit fiche

bliadain hi pise nEpeann vo Conla Caom acbarl 1 cCfmpang.
Cloip vomain, chtpe pcr ccéd caogac a hochc. An cév bliadain oOiolL

Caippiaclach, mac Connla Caoim, hi mse n€peann.

Clip vomain, chtpe mle plcc ccéd ochtmogac avd.

lan mbfit cing

bliaona pichfc hi mse nEpeann ovOill Caippraclach, mac Connla Caoim,
mic Ineneo, vo pochain la hOoaman mic Pipcuipb.

Clip vomain, chtpe mile plec ccéd ochtmogat a tpi.

oQoaman mac Pincuinb, op Eninn.

Clip vomam, chtpe mile plc ced ochtmogaz aplcc.

Cin ced bliadam

Cin cingead bliad-

am oQoaman, mac Pincunb, hi pighe n€peann, 50 cconcain la h€ochawd

nCilelcan.

Cloip oomain, chtpe mile plcc ccéo ochtmogac a hochc.

Cn cé1o

bhiadain v€ochai Cilcl(chan hi pighe of Epin.

Cloip vomann, cfitpe mile ocht ceo a clean.

lan mbfit peachc mbliaona

vécc hi pige var Epinn oEochaw Ailel(chan, mac Onliolla Carppfiaclaich, oo

pochain la Pfpgup Popcamant.

Cop vomamn, cfitpe mile ocht cev a cing. An céd bhiadamn oP(pgup
Ponpcamail, mac Opfpail Spice, hi mg n€peann.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise give Irereo a reign
of only six years.

™ Eleven years.—‘‘ Fearcorb was king seven
years.”—Annals of Clonmacnoise.

° Connla Caemh: i. e. Connla the Comely.
“Conley Keywe, alias the Fine, succeeded in
the government of the kingdom four years, and

then quietly died in the pallace of Taragh.”
—Annals of Clonmacnoise. Keating calls this
monarch Connla Cruaidhchealgach, i.e. Connla,
the Hardy-treacherous. Flann synchronizes the
Trish monarchs, Fearcorb and Connla, with
Ptolemy Philopater.

® Oilioll Caisfhiaclach : i. e. Oilioll of the bent

bere

the»

ee ee

» RO nay

4727]

. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 81

seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Fearcorb, son of Modh-

corb.
The Age of the World, 4727.
corb, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The first year of Fearcorb, son of Modh-

The Age of the World, 4737. After Fearcorb had been eleven years® in
the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Connla Caemh, son of Irereo.

The Age of the World, 4738.
sovereignty of Ireland.

The first year of Connla Caemh in the

The Age of the World, 4757. Connla Caemh’, after having been twenty
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died at Teamhair [Tara].-

The Age of the World, 4758.

The first year of Oilioll Caisfhiaclach’, son

of Connla Caemh, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4782.

After Oilioll Caisfhiaclach, son of Connla

Caemh, son of Irereo, had been twenty-five years‘ in the sovereignty of Ireland,
he was slain by Adamair, son of Fearcorb.
The Age of the World, 4783. The first year of Adamair, son of Fearcorb,

over Ireland.
The Age of the World, 4787.

The fifth year’ of Adamair, son of Fear-

corb, in the sovereignty of Ireland, when he was slain by Eochaidh Ailtleathan.

The Age of the World, 4788.
the sovereignty of Ireland.

The first year of Eochaidh Ailtleathan in

The Age of the World, 4804. After Eochaidh Ailtleathan’, son of Oilioll
Caisfhiaclach, had been seventeen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was

slain by Fearghus Fortamhail.
The Age of the World, 4805.

The first year of Fearghus Fortamhail, son

of Breasal Breac, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

or crooked Teeth. ‘ Olillus Casfhiaclach, id est,
rugorum dentium.”—Lynch.

9 Twenty-five years.—* Oilell reigned twenty-
five years, and was at last slain by Adamar.”—
Annals of Clonmacnoise.

* The fifth year— Adamar was king five
years, and was slain by Eochy Altleahan.”—
Annals of Clonmacnoise. He is called Adhamar
Foltchaoin by Keating, and ‘‘ Adamarus Foltchyn,

id est tenuis cincinni,” by Lynch. Flann syn-—
chronizes Adamair and Eochaidh Foltleathan
with Ptolemy Epiphanes.

8 Hochaidh Ailtleathan: i.e. Eochaidh of the
Broad Joints, or of the Broad House. Keating
writes his cognomen Foltleathan, which is trans-
lated ‘* promissi crinis” by Dr. Lynch. The
Annals of Clonmacnoise give him a reign of only
seven years.

82 ANNQLa RIOShachta E€IREGNN.

Cloip vomain, cfitpe mle ochc ced a cing décc.

(4815.

lan mbfic én bliadain

véce 1 pige nEpeann oPeangup Poncamail, mac bpfpail Spic, vo pochaip la

hQongur Tuipmfch hi ccat Ceampach.
CQloip vomain, chtpe mile ocht ccéd are dvécc.

Qn céd bliadain oOlengup

Tuipmeach Teampach hi pge nEpeann.

Cloip vomam, cfitpe mile ocht cced peachtmogac acing.

lap mbfit

rfipccac bliadain hi ge nEpeann oClengup Tupmeach Tfmpnach acbanl hi
cTeampms. Congup Cupmeach do saipm de, ap ap cuicce cuipmiochean

paon clanna Sil n€ipeamom.

Cloip vomaie, chitne mile ocht cceod plecmogac apé.

Cn céo bliadain

vo Conall Collampach, mac Ecenrceorl, na ms of Epimn.

Clip vomain, chtpe mile ocht ccév ochcmogac.

lan mbhié cing bliadna

hi ise nEneann vo Conall Collampac, mac Ecenpceoil Tlmpach, mic Eat-
ach Cilel(tan, vo pochain la Nia Sedamain.

Coir vomam, chtpe mile ocht ccéd ochtmogac ahaon.

Cin cé10 Bliadain

vo Nia Sedamain, mac Coamain, hi pise n€peann.

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mile ocht cced ochtmogac apfche.

lan mbit

péche mbliadna hi pige nEpeann vo Nia Sedamam, mac Cloamain,vo pochaip
la hEnna Cigneach. Ap a nampip an pig Niad Sfoamain vo blightea ba

7 ellce po aencoma.

Cop vomam, cfitpe mle ochct cced ochtmogac ahochc.

bliadain 0Enna Aiigneach op Epinn.

Coir vomain, citpe mile nao cced a plche.

* Fearghus Fortamhail: i.e. Fergus the Pow-
erful or Brave. ‘‘ Qui, quod eximia fortitudine
pro illa tempestate precelleret, Fortamhail, id
est, Strenuus, cognominatus est.”—Lynch. The
Annals of Clonmacnoise give Enos Fortawyle a
reign of twelve years. Flann synchronizes him
with Ptolemy Philometer,

“ Aenghus Tuirmheach.— Keating, and from
him Dr. Lynch, explains Tuirmheach, the cog-
nomen of this monarch, by ndipeae, i.e. “ Pudi-
bundus, quia pudore suffundereter, quod prolem
ex filia ebrius susceperit ; filius ex hoc incesto
coitu genitus Fiachus Fermara, id est, marinus

Cin ceio

lan mbfic piche bliadain

dictus est.”—Lynch. The Four Masters, O’Fla-
herty, and Dr. O’Conor, derive the name differ-
ently, namely, from tuipmeaeé, prolific, because
he is the common ancestor of the great families
of Leath-Chuinn, Alba or Scotland, Dal-Riada,
and Dal-Fiatach.—See Ogygia, iii. c. 40. The
Annals of Clonmacnoise make no allusion to
Fiacha Fearmara being an incestuous offspring,
but speak of Enos Twyrmeach and his two sons
as follows:

‘* Enos succeeded, and was a very good king.

He left issue two goodly and noble sons, Enna
Ayneagh and Fiagha Ferwara. The most part

tee Cte tii

4815.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. | 83

The Age of the World, 4815. Fearghus Fortamhail',son of Breasal Breac,
after having been eleven years in the monarchy of Ireland, was slain by Aenghus
Tuirmheach in the battle of Teamhair [Tara].

The Age of the World, 4816. The first year of the reign of Aenghus
Tuirmheach Teamhrach in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4875. Aengus Tuirmheach Teamhrach, after

having been sixty years in the monarchy of Ireland, died at Teamhair.

He

was called Aenghus Tuirmheach" because the nobility of the race of Eireamhon

are traced to him.
The Age of the World, 4876.
of Ederscel, as king over Ireland.

The first year of Conall Collamhrach, son

The Age of the World, 4880. Conall Collamhrach, son of Ederscel
Teamhrah, son of Eochaidh Ailtleathan, after having been five years” in the
sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Nia Sedhamain.

The Age of the World, 4881.

The first year of Nia Sedhamain, son of

Adhamair, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4887.

Nia Sedhamain, son of Adhamair, after

having been seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Enna Aigh-
neach. It was in the time of the King Nia Sedhamain that the cows and the

does* were alike milked.
The Age of the World, 4888.
Treland.

The first year of Enna Aighneach over

The Age of the World, 4907. Enna Aighneach’, son of Aenghus Tuir-

of the kings of Ireland descended of his son
Enna, and the kings of Scotland, for the most
part, descended of Fiagha, so as the great
houses of both kingdoms derive their pedigrees
from them. He was of the sept of Heremon,
and reigned 32 years, and then died quietly at
Taragh, in his bed.”

w Five years.—The Annals of Clonmacnoise
agree with the Four Masters in the regnal years
of this and the next reign. Flann synchronises
Aengus Tuirmeach, Conall Collamhrach, Nia
Sedhamain, and Enna Aighneach, with Ptolemy
Evergetes-Physcon. O’Flaherty translates Col-

lamrach by the Latin Columnaris.

* The does.—The cognomen of this monarch
has reference to the milking of the peada, peaga
or hinds, said to have been effected through the
incantations of his mother. ‘‘ Mater ejus, Flidh-
isa, sic fascinandi arte fuit instructa, ut filio regi
feras damas effecerit non secus ac cicures vaccas, .
se mulgendas lactariis ultrd prebere.”—Lynch.

¥ Enna Atghneach.—Anglicised Enna Ayneagh
by Mageoghegan in the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
in which he is given a reign of only ten years.
The cognomen <Aighneach is explained o§-
ones, i.e. perfect hospitality, by Keating.

M 2

84 aNNQza RIOshachta eiReaNnn. (4908.

hi pige nEpeann v€nna Chgn(ch, mac Congapa Tupms Tlmpac, v0 pocain
la Cmomchann Corccnach i ccat Cipo Cpemtaimn.

Coir vomain, citpe mile naoi cced a hochc. Cn céio bliadain vo
Cmomhtann Corpccnach, mac Pelimid, me Pipsuya Popcamail, hi mse
n€peann.

Cloip vomain, ciitpe mile nao ced a haon noécc. lap mbfit cfitpe
bliadna hi pige nEpeann vo Cmomtann Copcecnac vo pochain la Rudpuisge,
mac Sitnighe.

Cloip vorham, chtpe mile nao ccév a 06 décc.
Rudpuise, mac Sitmshe, hr mshe n€peann.

Cloip oomam, ceitpe mile naoi cced ochtmogac a haon. lan mbfit p(cr-
mogac bladam hi pige nEneann vo Rudpwmse, mac Sitpghe, mec Ourb mic
Pemoin, mic Cipnsfemaip, aobail 1 nOingfcsliono. Ap lap an Rudpmge yr
po meabpac na catha po po Eipino. Catch Cuince, cath Cuachna, peache
ceata hi cClia, cach Gleanvamnach, cach Sleibe Mip, cach boipne, cach
Ren, cach Qh, cat Cirle Silinve, va cach Poptpaipce.

Clip vomam, chtpe mile naoi cced ochtmogat a 00.
vlonoav man, mac Nia Sedamain, hi pige op Epimn.

Cloip vomam, ceitpe mle nao cced nochac. lan mbfit nao: mbliadna
hi wise nEpeann vlonnacmap, mac Nia Sedamain, vo pochain la bpeapal
bowiobad, mac Ruodpuise.

Cn céi0 bhiadain do

Cin ceio bliadain

Cloip domain, cHtpe mile nao cev nocha a haon.
bpfpal Goiobavh 1 pighe nEpeann.

Clip vomain, cing mile a haon. Jan mbfit en bliadam vécc na pigh or
€Epinn vo bpearpal boro1obavh, mac Rudpuige, vo pochaip la Cughard Cuarghne.
bap mép 1 nEpimn hi pimup Oplpail.

Cin cé10 bliadain vo

* Crimhthann Cosgrach: i.e. Crimhthann the
Triumphant or Victorious. ‘‘ Cosgrach, id est,
victor, ideo cognominatus, quod in quam pluri-
mis preliis victoriam reportaverit.”— Lynch.

* Seventy years. —The Annals of Clonmacnoise
and ‘most Irish authorities agree in this. Flann
synchronizes Crimhthann Cosgrach, Rudhraighe,
Innatmar, Breasal, and Lughaidh Luaighne,

Rudhraighe so long a reign as seventy years.

> Airgeat-gleann: i. e. the silver glen or valley.
This was the name of a glen in the barony of
Farney, in the county of Monaghan.

° Cuirce.—A place in the territory of Ciaraighe-
Chuirche, now anglicé the barony of Kerrycur-
rihy, in the county of Cork.

4 Luachair: i.e. Sliabh Luachra in Kerry.

with Ptolemy Lathirus, and Ptolemy Alexander,
from which it appears that he did not give

* Cliu: i.e. Cliu-Mail, a district in the ba-
rony of Coshlea, and county of Limerick.—See

4908. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 85

meach Teamhrach, after having been twenty years in the sovereignty of Ireland,

was slain by Crimhthann Cosgrach, in the battle of Ard-Crimhthainn.

The Age of the World, 4908. The first year of Crimhthann Cosgrach,
son of Feidhlimidh, son of Fearghus Fortamhail, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4911. Crimhthann Cosgrach’, after having been
four years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Rudhraighe, son of
Sithrighe.

The Age of the World, 4912. The first year of Rudhraighe, son of Sith-
righe, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4981. Rudhraighe, son of Sithrighe, son of Dubh,
son of Fomhor, son of Airgeatmar, after having been seventy years* in the sove-
reignty of Ireland, died at Airgeat-gleann”. It was by this Rudghraighe that
these battles were won throughout Ireland: the battle of Cuirce‘; the battle
of Luachair*; seven battles in Cliu’; the battle of Gleannamhnach‘; the battle
of Shabh Mis*; the battle of Boirinn’; the battle of Ren‘; the battle of Ai‘;
the battle of Cuil-Silinne'; the two battles of Fortrasc™.

The Age of the World, 4982. The first year of Innatmar, son of Nia
Sedhamain, in sovereignty over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 4990. Innatmar, son of Nia Sedhamain, after
having been nine years” in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Breasal
Boidhiobadh, son of Rudraighe.

The Age of the World, 4991. The first year of Breasal Boidhiobhadh in
the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 5001. Breasal Boidhiobhadh, son of Rudhraighe,
after having been eleven years king over Ireland, was slain by Lughaidh
Luaighne. There was a great mortality of kine” in Ireland in Breasal’s reign.

common.—See note under A. D. 1189.
f Gleannamhnach.—Now Glanworth, in the ' Cuil-Silinne-—This was the ancient name of
barony of Fermoy, and county of Cork. the place where the church of Cill-Cuile-Silinne,
® Sliabh Mis.—Now Slieve Mish, a mountain now Kilcooley, in the barony and county of

A. M. 4981, and A. D. 1570.

near Tralee in Kerry.—See A. M. 3500.

5 Boirinn: i.e. Burren, in the north of the
county of Clare.—See A. M. 4981.

* Ren—This is probably intended for Magh-
Rein, a plain in county of Leitrim.

k Ai: ive. of Magh Ai, in the county of Ros-

Roscommon, was afterwards erected.—See A. D.
1411, and Appendix, p. 2495.

m Fortrasc.—Not identified.

a Nine years.—The Annals of Clonmacnoise
give this monarch a reign of only three years.

° Mortality of kine—From this mortality he

86 ANNQAZa RIOshachta eIREGNN.

Cloip vomam, cfice mile a 06.
mac lonodacmain, hi pisge nEpeann.

(5002.

Cn céi0 bliadain vo Cughaid Cucghne,

Cloip vomann, cficc mile a pé vécc. An cingead bliadam vécc vo Lugshad
Cuaigne, mac lonvatmaip, hi pige nEpeann, 50 cconcaip la Congal Clap-

om(ch, mac Rudnuisge.

Coir vomam, cig mile a plche vécc.

Clapomeach hi pige n€peann.

Cloip vomam, cig mile tmiocha a haon.

Cn céo bliadain vo Congal

lan mbfit cing bliadna vécc

hi wise nEneann vo Congal Clanoinfc, mac Rudpuige, vo pochaip la Ouach

Oallca Oeadaoh.

Cloip vomain, cg mile tniocha a 06. An céid bliadain vo Ouach Oallca
Oeavhad, mac Cainbpe Luipec, nm pige nEpeann.

Cloip vomain, cig mile cltpacha a haon.

lan ccait(m veich mbliadon

hi mge nEpeann do Ouach Oallca Oeadad, mac Cainbpe,Luipcc, 00 pocain

la Pachcna Pachach.

Qoip vomain, cmg mile clépacha a v0.

Pachach hi pge n€neann.

Cloipy vomain, cg mile caoga a plcc.

Cn céi0 bliadain oPhachtna

lap mbft ypé bliadna vécc

oPachtna Patac, mac Rora, mc Rudpuise, hi mge n€peann vo cean la

h€ocha pPedlech.

Clip vomain, ct1g mle caoga a hochct. Un céio bliadain o€ochaiwo
1

Feileach hi ighe op Epinn.

received his cognomen of Bodhiobhadh. ‘“ Breas-
sall Bodivo was king ten years. In his time
there was such a morren” [murrain] “of cowes
in this land as there were no more then left
alive but one Bull and one Heiffer in the whole
kingdom, which Bull and Heiffer lived in a
place called Gleann Sawasge.”—Annals of Clon-
macnoise. Gleann Samhaisg, or Glen of the Heifer,
is the name of a remarkable valley in the county
of Kerry, where this tradition is still vividly
remembered.

P Lughaidh Luaighne.—‘ Loway mac Ionamar
reigned 25” [recte 15] ‘“‘ years, and was slain by
Congal Clareingneach.”— Annals of Clonmac-
noise.

* Congal Claroineach: i. e. Congal of the Flat
Face. He is more usually called Clair-ingneach,
i.e. of the Broad Nails. ‘ He did many notable
acts of chivalry, as there are great volumes of
history written of his hardiness and manhood.
He was slain by Duach Dalta Dea when he had
reigned fifteen years.”—Annals of Clonmacnoise.
Flann synchronizes Congal Clairingneach with
Ptolemy Dionysius. ;

* Duach Dalta Deaghaidh. —Keating states
that he was so called because he blinded his
younger brother, Deaghaidh, lest he might as-
pire to the sovereignty; but O’Flaherty shews,
from the Book of Lecan, fol. 203, a, and from
O’Duvegan’s Book, fol. 81, a, and from Gilla-

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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 87

The Age of the World, 5002. The first year of the reign of Lughaidh
Luaighne, son of Innatmar, in the monarchy of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 5016. The fifteenth year of Lughaidh Luaighne’,
son of Innatmar, in the sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell by Congal Cla-

roineach, son of Rudhraighe.
The Age of the World, 5017.
the sovereignty of Ireland.

The first year of Congal Claroineach in

The Age of the World, 5031. Congal Claroineach’, son of Rudhraighe,
after having been fifteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Duach

Dallta Deadhadh.
The Age of the World, 5032.

The first year of Duach Dallta Deadhadh’,

son of Cairbre Lusg, in the monarchy of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 5041.

Duach Dallta Deadhadh, son of Cairbre

Lusg, after having been ten years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by

Fachtna Fathach.

The Age of the World, 5042.
sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 5057.

The first year of Fachtna Fathach in the

Fachtna Fathach*’, son of Rossa, son of

Rudhraighe, after having been sixteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was

slain by Eochaidh Feidhleach.
The Age of the World, 5058.
the sovereignty over Ireland.

Caemhain’s poem, written in the twelfth cen-
tury, that he had no brother of that name, but
that he was called Dalta Deaghaidh, i.e. the
Alumnus or Foster-son of Deaghaidh, son of Sen,
of the Ernaans of Munster.—See Ogygia, part ili.
c. 42; and also Dr. O’Conor’s Prolegomena ad
Annales, p. xxiii. The Annals of Clonmacnoise
give this monarch a reign of only seven years,
and state that he ‘was slain by Faghtna Fagh-
agh about the time that Julius Cesar was mur-
dered in the senate by Brutus and Cassius.”
O'Flaherty adds (ubi supra) that he was slain
in the battle of Ardbrestine.

* Fachtna Fathach: i.e, Fachtna the Cautious

The first year of Eochaidh Feidhleach‘ in

or Wise. The Annals of Clonmacnoise give him
a reign of twenty-four years, and Flann synchro-
nises him with Cleopatra.

* Eochaidh Feidhleach. — Keating explains
Feidhleach as “ constant sighing.”
narch rescinded the division of Ireland into

twenty-five parts, which had been made three

This mo-

centuries before his time by the monarch
Ugaine Mor, and divided the kingdom into five
provinces, over each of which he appointed a
pentarch or provincial king, who was obedient
and tributary to himself. These were: Fearghus,
son of Leide, King of Uladh or Ulster; Deagh-
aidh, son of Sen, and his relative Tighernach,

88 GNNawa RIoshachta eiReaNn. (5069.

Cloip domain, cing mile pearcca a nao. lap mbfit va bliadain décc hi
pghe n€peann v€ochad Phdleach, mac Pino, mic Pionologha, acbanl 1
cclmpais.

Cop ovomain, cince mile peachctmogac. Cn céi0 bliadain o€ochaid
Cinth (ofpbpachain Eachach Phos) hi mse n€neann.

Cloip vomann, ciicc mile ochtmogac a cftaip. lap ccmt(m corg mbliadna
novécc hi pige nEpeann vCochad Aint po loipccead la Siogmall hi pEplm-
and.

Cloip voman, cuicc mile ochtmogat acts. An céd bliadain 0€veppcél,
mac Eosaim, mic Orliolla, na pis 6p Epinn.

Cloip domain, cing mile ochtmogac anaor. lap ccocat(m céicc mbliadan
hi pishe n€peann o€veppcel, mac Eogam, mic Orliolla, vo pochain la
Nuada Neache, 1 nCiillino.

Cloip vomain, curcc mile nochac. lap ceat(m litbliaona hi pghe
n€peann vo Nuada Nicht, mac Seona Sitbarcc, toncain hi ccat Cliach 1
nUib Ondna la Conaine Mép. Certbliadam complartip clomne Ermmbhip Pind
hi ccf na leit bliadan po Nuadac Nféc comlanaig(p nochac ap cing mile
bliadam 1 naoip Doman.

Cloip domain, curce mile nocha a haon.

Moép, mac Ecenpcedit, 1 Ze n€peann.

Cn ceo bhadain vo Conaipe

Tedbhannach, Kings of the two Munsters; Rossa
Ruadh, son of Fearghus, King of Leinster; Oi-
lioll, who was married to Meadhbh, the mo-
narch’s daughter, King of Connaught, Flann
synchronises Fearghus, son of Leide, with Oc-
tavianus Augustus.—See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia,
part iii. c. 43. This monarch had three sons,
Breas, Nar, and Lothar, commonly called the
three Finns of Eamhain; and six daughters,
Mumhain, Eile, Meadhbh, Deirdre, Clothra, and
Eithne, of whom strange stories are told in an-
cient Irish manuscripts; but of all his children
by far the most celebrated was Meadhbh or Mab,
who is still remembered as the queen of the
fairies of the Irish, and the Queen Mab of Spen-
ser’s Faery Queen, in which this powerful virago,
queen and quean of Connaught, is diminished to

a ludicrous size in her fairy state.

“ Eochaidh Aireamh.—Keating says that he
received the cognomen of Aireamhy ‘‘ the Grave-
digger,” because he was the first who had a
“* Aireamh ideo dictus,
quod tumulos effodi primus in Hibernia cura-

grave dug in Ireland.

verit.”,—Lynch.

Contemporary with Eochaidh was Fearghus
Mac Roich, King of Ulster, who being de-
throned by Conchobhar Mac Nessa, fled to Con-
naught, and placed himself under the protection
of Oilioll and Meadhbh, king and queen of that
province, and, having procured their aid, he
commenced hostilities with Ulster, which were
vigorously carried on for seven years. This war
between Ulster and Connaught is described in
the Irish work called Tain Bo Cuailgne, and

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5069. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 89

The Age of the World, 5069. Eochaidh Feidhleach, son of Finn, son of
Finnlogha, after having been twelve years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died
at Teamhair [Tara].

The Age of the World, 5070. The first year of Eochaidh Aireamh (bro-
ther of Eochaidh Feidhleach) in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 5084. Eochaidh Aireamh", after having been
fifteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was burned by Sighmall, at F reamh-
ainn”

The Age of the World, 5085. The first year of Ederscel, son of Oilioll,
as king over Ireland.

The Age of the World, 5089. Ederscel, son of Eoghan,son of Oilioll, after
having been five years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Nuadha Neacht,
at Aillinn”.

The Age of the World, 5090. Nuadha Neacht’, son of Sedna Sithbhaic,
after having spent half a year in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell in the battle
of Cliach, in Ui Drona’, by Conaire Mor. The half year of the joint reign of
Clann-Eimhir-Finn, being added to this half year of Nuadha Neacht, completes
ninety and five thousand years of the age of the world.

The Age of the World, 5091. The first year of Conaire Mor, son of
Ederscel, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

other romantic tales, in which the extraordinary applied to a lofty hill rising over the western
valour of the heroes of the Craebh Ruadh, or shore of Goé Uap, anglicé Lough Owel, in the
Red Branch, in Ulster, and of the Firbolgic sept townland of Wattstown, parish of Portlemon,
of Connaught called the Gamanradians of Irras, and county of Westmeath.—See the Ordnance
are blazoned with poetical exaggerations. Among Map of that county, sheet 11. The Annals of
the former was Conall Cearnach, the ancestor of Clonmacnoise give this monarch a reign of
O’More, and Cuchullainn, called by the annalist twenty-five years. The Leabhar- Gabhala of the
Tigernach, ‘fortissimus heros Scotorum;” and O’Clerys, p. 130, states that Sighmall dwelt at
among the latter was Ceat Mac Magach, the bro- Sidh-Neannta, which was the ancient name of
ther of Oilioll, King of Connaught, and Ferdia Mullaghshee, near Lanesborough, in the county
Mac Damain, the bravest of the Firbolgic cham- of Roscommon.

pions of Irras, who was slain by Cuchullainn in x Aillinn.—See A. M. 4169.

single combat.—See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part Y Nuadha Neacht: i.e. Nuadha the Snow-
lil. ce, 46, 47, 48; and Dr. O’Conor’s Prolegom. white. ‘1s inde sortitus agnomen Neacht quod

ad Annales, pp. xii. xiii. xiv. xv. nivi (quam neacht significatione refert) cutis
” Freamhainn. —Keating places this in Teab- candore non cesserit.””—Lynch.
tha. It is now called, anglicé, Frewin, and is Cliach, in Ui-Drona: i.e. in the barony of

N

90 ANNQGZa RIOSshachta eiReann. (5160.

Cloip vomain, cuice mile ced pearcca, Jan mbit plchcmogac bladam
hi mse nEnpeann vo Conaipe Mon, mac Ecinpceoil, vo pocaip hi mOpwuigin va
Ofg la vibcangzaib. Ap a pploent Conaipe vo cuipead an muip concan Fac
blhadna pa tip 1 ninb(p Colpa vo ponnnad. Oo sebti bedp cna 1omanp pop
bhéind 4 Shuap pwa linn. No biovdh na clépa gan comoa a n€pinn ina
plait, an méd an cpioda 7 an caencompaic. Nip bo coipneac ainbrionach a
plait, an ni buingead gZaoc cance a hinvlib 6 mfoon poshmain go mfoon

Eanpas. Sucall na peacoaoiyp na peavha oadble a meaya pnia linn.

Cloip vomam, cuicc mile ced pearcca a haon.

Zan pish ian cConaine.

Cloip domain cuig mile ced pearcca apé.

Smab nonce hi mse nEneann.

Cn céo bliadain vEpinn

Cn céi0 bliadain vo Cushaio

Cloip vomamn, cing mile ced nochat a haon. lan mbit pé bliadna pichlc
hi pighe nEneann vo Lushaid Sab nofpce ac bach vo cumad.

Cloip vomain, cuig mile ced nochac avoé.

Idrone, and county of Carlow. After the fall of
Nuadha and the defeat of his people, Conaire
levied a fine on the people of Leinster for the
killing of his father, and they resigned by a
solemn treaty to the kings of Munster that
tract of Ossory extending from Gowran to
Grian.— Ogygia, part ili. c. 44.

* Bruighean-da-Dhearg. — Otherwise called
Bruighean-da-Bhearga. This place is described
in Leabhar-na-h- Uidhri, as situated on the River
Dothair, now the Dodder, near Dublin. A part
of the name is still preserved in Bothar-na-
Bruighne, i.e. the road of the Bruighean, or
fort, a well-known place on that river. Flann
synchronizes Eochaidh Feidhleach, Eochaidh
Aireamh, Ederscel, Nuadha Neacht, and Conaire,
with Julius Cesar and Octavianus Augustus. He
extends the reign of Conaire over those of the
Roman emperors Tiberius, Caligula, and Clau-
dius. The fort or palace of King Canaire was
burnt by Aingcel Caech, and other desperadoes,
whom he had expelled Ireland on account of their
riots and depre Jations.—See Ogygia, partiii. ¢. 45.

Coon bliadam vo Concuban

* Reign of Conaire.—The Annals of Clonmac-
noise give this monarch a reign of sixty years,
and add, ‘Jesus Christ was crucified in his
time.” The Irish writers usually ascribe the
peace and plenty of the reigns of their monarchs
to the righteousness of these monarchs; but the
peace, plenty, and happiness of this particular
reign, O’Flaherty and others attribute to the
presence of the Redeemer on earth, when he
breathed the same air with man, and walked in
human form among them.—See Ogygia, part iii.
c. 45. We have, however, no evidence of the
prosperity of the reign of Conaire older than
the twelfth century, and it is to be suspected
that the account of the happiness of Ireland
during his reign is a mere invention of Christian
writers, for the Irish writers do not at all agree
as to the reign in which the Redeemer was born.
In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is stated that
some ‘“‘aflirm that Jesus Christ, the only be-

gotten Son of God Almighty, was born of the. -

spotless Virgin Mary, about the twenty-sixth
year of the reign of Faghtna Fahagh; Connor,

op eS ee Pee a)

5160.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. gl

The Age of the World, 5160. Conaire, son of Ederscel, after having been
seventy years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain at Bruighean-da-Dhearg’,
by insurgents. It was in the reign of Conaire® that the sea annually cast its
produce ashore, at Inbhear-Colptha®.. Great abundance of nuts were [annually]
found upon the Boinn [Boyne] and the Buais* during his time. The cattle
were without keepers in Ireland in his reign, on account of the greatness of the
peace and concord. His reign was not thunder-producing or stormy, for the
wind did not take a hair off the cattle from the middle of Autumn to the mid-
dle of Spring. Little but the trees bent from the greatness of their fruit during

his time.

The Age of the World, 5161.
after Conaire.

The Age of the World, 5166.
in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of the World, 5191.

The first year of Ireland without a king,
The first year of Lughaidh Sriabh-ndearg

Lughaidh Sriabh-ndearg’, after having been

twenty-six years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died of grief.
The Agé of the World, 5192. Conchobhar Abhradhruadh’, son of Finn

the son of the said Faghtna, being King of
Ulster, and Oilell mac Rosse King of Con-
naught.” Keating, however, says that Christ
was born in the twelfth year of the reign of
Crimhthann Niadhnair, an incestuous offspring,
of whom such disgusting stories are told that
we are very willing to regard him as not having
breathed the same air with the Redeemer. The
heroes of the Red Branch who flourished during
this and the preceding reignsare much celebrated
by the Irish writers.

© Inbhear-Colptha.—This was and is still the
name of the mouth of the River Boyne.

4 Buais.—Now the River Bush, in the north
of the county of Antrim.

© Lughaidh Sriabh-nDearg: i.e. Lughaidh of
the Red Circles. Keating says he was so called
because he was marked with red circles round
his body, a fact which he accounts for by a very
repulsive legend which O’Flaherty (Ogygia,

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part iii. c. 49) has proved to be an idle fiction.
According to the Annals of Clonmacnoise ‘he
reigned 25 years, and died of a conceipt he took”
[grief] “of the death of his wife Dervorgil.”
Flann says that this monarch died in the fifth
year of the Emperor Vespasian.

f Conchobhar Abhradhruadh: i. e. Conchobhar,
or Conor, of the Reddish Eyelashes, or Eye-
brows.

“* Supercilia Conchauri rufa cognomentum
Abhraruadh illi fecerunt, abhra enim supercilia,
et ruadh rufus significat.”—Lynch.

The Annals of Tighernach agree with the
Four Masters in giving this monarch a reign of
only one year, namely, the 5th of Vespasian,
ite. A. D. 74. From this Dr. O’Conor con-
cludes that those Irish writers err who place
the birth of Christ in the reign of Crimhthann
Niadhnair.—See his Prolegom. ad Annales, p. li.
and from p. Ixxvii. to p. Ixxx.

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92 ANNaAta RIOshachTa elREANN. [5193.

CAbpadpuad, mac Pinn Fillo, mic Roppa Ruad, mic P(psupa Paippge, n
pighe n€peann 50 ccopchain la Cmomtann, mac Lngdeach Smab nofpec.
Coip vomam, curg mile ced nochac a tpi. On céi0 bliadamn vo Cmom-
tann Niadnain, mac Luigdeach, hn pige n€peann.
Coir vomaimn, curcc mile céd nocha a cltap. An vana bliadain vo
Cmiomtann.

OdOIS CRIOST.

Cn céd bliadain vaoip Cpfopo, 7 an coccmad bliadain vo pighe Com-
tainn Niadnaip.

Aor Cmorc, a nao. A pe vécc vo Cpomeéann hi pishe n€peann, go nep-
baile 1 nOGn Cmomtainn, 1 nEvaip, 1ap ccoweacht von eachtpa oimpdfine
popp a noeachad. Op von eachtna pin cus lap na pedro adampa imon
ccappat nopda, 7 mon Fplecill ndip, 50 ccpib ccévoib Feam Flombde innce, 7
mon cCéva1g cCmomcainn, léne paineamail 1pde co mbpeachtpnad 6poa. Oo
blpc cloid(mh catbuadach co molan natpeach vo map Gp cithleagcha an
na pionnad ann, pcrach co mbocoroib aipsic aengil, pleash oa nac cépnovh
ofn no gonca o1, caball ap nach ceillcct: uncon mompaill, 7 0a Coin 50

& Miadhnair.—Dr. O’Conor translates this
cognomen miles verecundus ; and O’Flaherty un-
derstands it to mean ‘“ husband of Nair ;” but
Keating gives it a far different interpretation :
‘«'Tracto cognomine ab originis pudore, nam Via
perinde est ac pugil, et nair ac pudibundus:
etenim ille maximo profundebatur pudore, quod
de matris ac filii coitu genitus fuerit.””—Lynch.

k Dun-Crimhthainn : i. e. Crimhthann’s Fort.
This fort was situated on the hill of Howth, and
its site is occupied by the Bailie’s lighthouse.

i Wonderful jewels—The account of this ex-
pedition is given by Keating nearly in the same
words as by the Four Masters, and the passage is
translated into Latin by Dr. Lynch, as follows:

‘“Cremthonus ille pauld ante mortem ab ex-
peditione reversus insignia quedam cimelia in

patriam retulit, nempe currum aureum; alveo-
lum lusorium ex auro, trecentas splendentes
gemmas pro scrupis habentem; Phrigium in-
dusium auro intextum; ensem capulo deaurato
sculpturarum varietate decoratum cui ea vis
inerat, ut semper victoriam retulerit ; scutum
baccis argenteis celatum; lanceam vulnus im-
medicabile semper infligentem; fundum a scopo
nunquam aberrantém; duos canes venaticos
ligamine argentes astrictos quod centum cum-
hala” [ancillis] ‘“‘estimatum est; cum multis
aliis.”—p. 126.

The Leabhar- Gabhala of the O’Clerys contains
a poem of seventy-two verses, ascribed to King
Crimhthann himself, in which he describes the
precious articles he brought into Ireland on this
occasion. It begins, Md vo covdh an eachtpa

— -. ss. ee ee eee ee

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5193.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 93

File, son of Rossa Ruadh, son of Fearghus Fairrghe, was one year in the sove-

reignty of Ireland, when he was slain by Crimhthann, son of Lughaidh Sriabh-
ndearg.
The Age of the World, 5193. The first year of Crimhthann Niadhnuir,
son of Lughaidh, in the sovereignty of Ireland.
The Age of the World, 5194. ~The second year of Crimhthann.

OF THE AGE OF CHRIST.

The first year of the age of Christ, and the eighth year of the reign of
Crimhthann Niadhnair®.

The Age of Christ, 9. The sixteenth year of Crimhthann in the sove-
reignty of Ireland, when he died at Dun-Crimhthainn", at Edair, after returning
from the famous expedition upon which he had gone. It was from this expe-
dition he brought with him the wonderful jewels‘, among which were a golden
chariot, and a golden chess-board, [inlaid] with a hundred transparent gems,
and the Cedach-Crimhthainn*, which was a beautiful cloak, embroidered with
gold. He brought a conquering sword, with many serpents of refined massy
gold inlaid in it ; a shield, with bosses of bright silver; a spear, from the wound
inflicted by which no one recovered ; a sling, from which no erring shot was

n-Gn: i.e, “fortunate” [it was] “that I went on
the delightful adventure.” But no mention is
made of the countries into which he went. It
is fabled that he was accompanied on this expe-
dition by his Batnleannadn, or female sprite,
named Nair, from whom he was called Niadh
Nairi, i.e. Nair’s hero, which is a far more ro-
mantic explanation of the name than that dis-
gusting one given by Keating, obviously from
some Munster calumniator of the race of Here-
mon. The following notice of this expedition
of King Crimhthann is given in the Annals
of Clonmacnoise ; but it would appear to have
been interpolated by Mageoghegan, who evi-
dently had a copy of a romantic tale of Crimh-

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\
thann’s adventure :

“It is reported that he was brought by a
fairy lady into her palace, where, after great
entertainment bestowed upon him, and after
they took their pleasure of one another by
carnal knowledge, she bestowed a gilt coach
with a sum of money on him as love-token ;
and soon after he died.”
~ O'Flaherty says that this Nair was King
Crimhthann’s queen.—See Ogygia, p. 294.

k Cedach- Crimhthainn.—Michael O’Clery ex-
plains the word ceoaé by bpat (a cloak) in his
Glossary, and adduces the Ceoa¢ Cpomzainn
as an example. From this it is evident that this
cloak was celebrated in Irish romantic stories.

94 anNNaza RIofshachtTa €IREGNH. [10.

platpad ngeal anccand (conpa. Ro bia céo cumal an plabpad hipin maille
le mépan vo pevorb orle.

Corp Cmorz, a veich. Cn céd bliadain vo pige Caipppe Cimncare, ap
manbad na paonclann 06 cen mocha uatad tépna ap an oncom m po hoptad
na huaiple lap na hQiteachtuachoib. CAciad na tpi pao acpullacun
uacha an ionbad pin. Penavhac Piompfchtnach, orcad pfol cCuinn Céo-
cathaig, Tiobparoe Tipeach, occad Oal nApawde, 7 Conb Olum, occan
ospud Coganachca bi Mumain. Azguyp cioh iaopide ba hi mbponnaib a
maitpeac Ludpiot camp. bane instn pig Alban ba mataip oPeanadach
Pionnpfcnach, Cpuipe msn nigh Oplcan mataip Curpb Oluim, 7 Cine ingfn
pish Saran matain Ciobnaiwe Tipigh.

' Cairbre Cinncait: i. e. Cairbre the Cat-
headed. Keating states that he was so called
because he had ears like those of a cat. In the
Leabhar-Gabhala of the O’Clerys a more de-
tailed account of the murder of the Milesian
nobility by the Firbolgic plebeians is given, of
which the following is a literal translation :

“The Attacotti of Ireland obtained great sway
over the nobility, so that the latter were all cut
off, except those who escaped the slaughter in
which the nobles were exterminated by the At-
tacots. The Attacotti afterwards set up Cairbre
Caitcheann, one of their own race, as their king.
These are the three nobles that escaped from this
massacre, namely: Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach,
from whom are descended the race of Conn of the
Hundred Battles; Tibraide Tireach, from whom
are the Dal-Araidhe; and Corb Olum, from whom
are the nobles of the race of Eimhear Finn. These
sons were in their mother’s wombs when they
escaped from the massacre of Magh-Cro, in Con-
naught; and each of the three queens went re-
spectively over sea. Bainé, the daughter of
the king of Alba, was the mother of Fearadhach ;
Cruife, the daughter of the king of Britain, was
the mother of Corb Olum, who was otherwise
called Deirgtheine ; and Aine, the daughter of

the king of Saxony, was the mother of Tipraidé —

Tireach. Evil, indeed, was the condition of
Ireland in the time of this Cairbre, for the
earth did not yield its fruits to the Attacotti
after the great massacre which they had made
of the nobility of Ireland, so that the corn,
fruits, and produce of Ireland were barren; for
there used to be but one grain upon the stalk,
one acorn upon the oak, and one nut upon the
hazel. Fruitless were her harbours; milkless
her cattle; so that a general famine prevailed
over Ireland during the five years that Cairbre
was in the sovereignty. Cairbre afterwards
died, and the Attacotti offered the sovereignty of
Ireland to Morann, son of Cairbre. He was a
truly intelligent and learned man, and said that
he would not accept of it, as it was not his he-
reditary right; and, moreover, he said that the
scarcity and famine would not cease until they
should send for the three legitimate heirs, to the
foreign countries” [where they were], ‘‘ namely,
Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach, Corb Olum, and Ti-
braide Tireach, and elect Fearadhach as king, for
to him it was due, because his father” [the last
monarch] ‘ had been killed in the massacre we
have mentioned, whence his mother, Bainé, had
escaped. This was done at Morann’s suggestion,
and it was to invite Fearadhach to be elected
king that Morann sent the celebrated Udhacht

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discharged ; and two greyhounds, with a silver chain between them, which chain
was worth three hundred cumhals ; with many other precious articles.

The Age of Christ, 10. The first year of the reign of Cairbre Cinncait!, after
he had killed the nobility, except a few who escaped from the massacre in which
the nobles were murdered by the Aitheach Tuatha™. These are the three nobles
who escaped from them at that time : Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach", from whom
are [sprung] all race of Conn of the Hundred Battles ; Tibraide Tireach’, from
whom are the Dal-Araidhe ; and Corb Olum?, from whom are the kings of the
Eoghanachts, in Munster*. And as to these, it was in their mothers’ wombs
they escaped. Baine, daughter of the king of Alba, was the mother of Fear-
adhach Finnfeachtnach ; Cruife, daughter of the king of Britain, was the mother
of Corb Olum ; and Aine, daughter of the king of Saxony, was the mother of

Tibraide Tireach.

or Testament. The nobles were afterwards sent
for, and the Attacotti swore by Heaven and
Earth, the Sun, Moon, and all the elements,
that they would be obedient to them and their
descendants, as long as the sea should surround
Ireland. They then came to Ireland and settled,
each in his hereditary region, namely, Tipraide
Tireach, in the east of Ulster; Corb Olum in
the south, over Munster; and Fearadhach Finn-
feachtnach, at Teamhair of the Kings.”—Page
134.

After this follows, in this work, an anonymous
poem of forty-eight verses on the massacre of the
Milesian nobility at. Magh-Cro, where they were
entertained at a feast by the Aitheach-Tuatha
or plebeians, and on the restoration of the lawful
heir. It begins “ Soepclanna Epeann uile,”
“the nobles of Ireland all.”

A detailed account of this massacre of the

Milesian nobility at Magh-Cro, near Knockmaa,
in the county of Galway, is preserved in a ma-
nuscript in the Library of Trin. Coll. Dublin,
H. 3, 18. . It is entitled 6puigean na n-Clizeacé
Tuata, i.e. the Palace of the Attacotti.

™ Aitheach- Tuatha.—This name, usually latin-
ized Attacotti, is interpreted Giganteam-Gentem

by Dr. O’Conor (Proley. i. 74), but “ Plebei-
orum hominum genus,” by Dr. Lynch and
others. They were the descendants of the
Firbolgs and other colonies, who were treated
as a servile and helot class by the dominant
Scoti.See reign of Niall Nacighiallach.

2 Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach: i.e. Fearadhach
Finn, the Righteous. ‘ Feaéencé «1. pipéncu.”
—O'Clery. Conn of the Hundred Battles, the
ancestor of the most distinguished families of
Ulster and Connaught, was the fourth in descent
from him; but the royal family of Leinster is
not descended from him, so that their ancestor
also escaped this massacre.

° Tibraide Tireach.— We was king of Ulster
for thirty years and ancestor of Magennis, Mac
Artan, and other families of the east of Ulster ;
but there are other chieftain families of the
race of Rudhraighe, not descended from him, as
O’More of Leix, O’Conor Kerry, and O’Uonor
Corcomroe.

P Corb Olum.— He was otherwise called
Deirgtheine, and from him Oilioll Olum, King
of Munster, and ancestor of the most powerful
families of Munster, was the fourth in descent.

* Eoghanachts, in Munster.—He is also the

96 anNnNazwa RIoshachta eiReaNn. (14.

Cop Cmorct, a cltaip vécc. lan mbfit cing bliadna ln pighe n€peann

vo Chainbpe Carccfno acbat.

Olc tna po bof Ene pwa pemmuppiom,

aimbpich a hoch, an nf biod acc en Spame an an cconall, eccopthach a
hnbip, d1opce a clépa, nimlionmap a mfp, ap ni biod acc aen ofpe an an

palais.

Mac von Cainbpe hipm an Monann momeolach pip a parce Monann

mac Maori.

Coip Cort, a cing vecc. Ancéd bliadam oPfpadach Pionnpfchtnach
na pish 6p Epinn. March cpa po po bor Eine pia innpiom. Roboan cfpca

rucimnfch na piona.

THpmip an calam a conad. | lapccmap na hinbiopa,

blichtmana na buaip, ceanntpom na coillce.

Aor Cmort, tpioca a pé.

lan ccait(m 0a bhiadain an pichice hi pighe

n€peann oPfpadach Pionopfchtnach, mac Cpomtaimn Niadnarp, po éce hn

cO(mpais.

Coiy Cmorc, tmocha a pechc. On céo bliadain oPiacach Piond, mac
Oaine, me Oluchag, hi piszhe nEpeamn.

Cop Cmopz, tmoca anaor.

ancestor of the equally powerful and numerous
tribe of Dal-gCais; but he is not the ancestor
of the O’Driscolls, so that we must infer that
their ancestor escaped this massacre at Magh-
- Cro.

° Morann Mac Maein.—The Leabhar-Gabhala
states that, after the inauguration of Fearadhach
as monarch of Ireland, he appointed Morann, son
of Cairbre Cinnchait, as his chief brehon or judge.
That this Morann had a sin or chain called Idh
Morainn, which, when put around the neck of a
guilty person, would squeeze him to suffocation,
and, when put about the neck of an innocent per-
son, would expand so as to reach the earth:

“ Moranus ille Carbri filius, judiciis ferendis
a Rege adhibitus, observantissimus equitatis
cultor, anulum habuit ea virtute preditum, ut
cujus vis judicii sententiam pronuntiaturi, vel
testis testimonium prolaturi collo circumdatus
arcté fauces stringeret; si latum unguem ab

lan mbt cp bliadna hi pighe nEpeann oon

zequo ille, vel hic a veritate discederet. Unde
vulgari diverbio testium colla Morani anulo
cingi exoptamus.”’—Lynch, p. 128.

This chain is mentioned in several commen-
taries on the Brehon Laws, among the ordeals of
the ancient Irish. Mr. Moore states, in his His-
tory of Ireland, vol. i. p. 123, that “ the admi-
nistration of this honest counsellor succeeded in
earning for his king the honourable title of the
Just;” and that, “under their joint sway the
whole country enjoyed a lull of tranquillity as
precious as it was rare.” But the O’Clerys (ubi
supra) assert “that Fearadhach proceeded to
extirpate the Aitheach-Tuatha, or to put them
under great rent and servitude, to revenge upon
them the evil deed they had committed in mur-
dering the nobility of Ireland.”—p. 135.

Flann synchronizes the Irish monarchs Cairbre
Niadhnair, Cairbre Caitcheann, and Fearadhach
Finnfeachtnach, with the Roman emperors Titus

—— ae . ee

14] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 97

The Age of Christ, 14. Cairbre Caitcheann, after having been five years
in the sovereignty of Ireland, died. Evil was the state of Ireland during his
reign ; fruitless her corn, for there used to be but one grain on the stalk ;
fruitless her rivers ; milkless her cattle ; plentiless her fruit, for there used to

be but one acorn on the oak.

Son to this Cairbre was the very intelligent Morann, who was usually called

Morann mac Maein’.
The Age of Christ, 15.

tranquil.
the kine ; heavy-headed the woods.

The first year of Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach as
king over Ireland ; good was Ireland during his time.
The earth brought forth its fruit ; fishful its river-mouths; milkful

The seasons were right

The Age of Christ, 86. Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach, son of Crimhthann
Niadhnair, after having spent twenty-two years in the sovereignty of Ireland,

died at Teamhair.
The Age of Christ, 37.

The first year of Fiatach Finn, son of Daire, son

of Dluthach, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 39.

and Domitian, and adds, that Domitian died in
the reign of Fearadhach. Tigernach totally omits
Cairbre Cinnchait, as being an usurper. Keat-
ing makes Cairbre Cinnchait succeed Fiacha
Finolaidh ; but he is clearly wrong, as shewn
by Dr. Lynch in his translation of Keating’s
work, in which he writes the following remark
on the misplaciig of this plebeian usurper in
the regal catalogue:

*‘ Ad primum Cremthono successorem assig-
nandum Ketingus ad semitam flectit ab Antiquis
Historicis minimé tritam: nam ille Cremthono
filium ejus FeradachumFinnfachtnaum: illiCar-
brium Caticipitem in serie Regum Hibernie
ponunt: et hanc sententiam, quos vidi Annales
Hibernici, omnia metrica Monarcharum Hiber-
nie alba, et Synchronorum Liber, Psalterio Cas-
selensi, et Odugenani miscellaneis insertus, et a
me in illius apographo, et in hujus autographo
lectus (in quo illorum Principatum, in singulis

This Fiatach Finn’ (from whom are the Dal-

orbis terrarum Monarchiis, qui a Nino ad Ho-
norium et Arcadium tenuerunt, series texitur,
Regibus Hibernix, qui synchroni singulis erant
allextis) sua comprobatione confirmant; ut pro-
inde mirer quid Ketingo mentem immisit, ut
Carbrium, suo motum ordine, non modo post
memoratum Feradachum, sed etiam post duos
ejus successores, in regum nomenclatura collo-
caret. Liceat igitur eum, inter Hibernie Reges
eo loco figere, quem illi veterum omnium His-
toricorum adstipulatio adstruit.”—p. 127.

8 Fiatach Finn: i.e. Fiatach the Fair. Flann
synchronizes Fiatach Finn and Fiacha Finno-
laidh with Trajan, the Roman emperor. Tigher-
nach, who makes Fiacha Finnolaidh succeed his
father, Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach, does not
mention this Fiatach Finn as monarch of Ire-
land. He only makes him reign king of Emania,
or Ulster, for sixteen years, and this seems
correct, though it may have happened that he

‘

98 AQNNata RIOshachta elReEGNN. [40.

Piacach Pionn po (0 tcao Oal pPiacach 1 nUlcab) vo pocaip la Pacha
Pionnpolaid.

Clip Cmorc, clépaca bliadain.
Fionnpolond 6p Epinn.

Cloip Cort, caoga a pé. lan mbfic pfchc mbliadna vécc hi pishe
n€peann oPiachaid Fionnpolaw po mapbad é lap na coiccfochaib the
comainle na nQh¢fchcuach 1 nopccain Moighe bolg. Aciad na coiccevhargh
lap a cconchaip. Elm mac Connpaé pf Ulad, Sant mac Cs, mic Masach,
pgh Connaéc, Poinbpe mac Pine pi Muman, 7 Eochaw Cinctno pi Largtn.
Ni paipgoibyiom vo clomn achtmad aen mac boi hi mbnoinn Gene ing fn pi
Alban, Cuatal adacomnatic.

Cloip Cort, caocea peache.
Connac.

Cn céo bladai vo pighe Piachach

Cn céo bliadamn vo pighe Elim mic

Qoip Cmorc, p(chtmogac a pé. Jan mbfic piche bhadam hi pige or
€pinn v€lim mac Conpach vo prochain ln ccach Cichle la Tuachal Tfcht-
map.
paimup Elm ipin pise 1 Ene vo bAt san och, Zan bliocht, san mfp, Zan
lapec,] San nac monmare ale, o po mapbpac Cich(chtuacha Piacha Pionn-
olad md opgain Moise bolg 50 pé Thuatal Tlehcmarp.

Oo pav Oia oiogla In ccionaid a mgniom pon Che(chtuatoib pm

Coip Chnipc, céo a pé. Jan mbfich tmocha bliadain ln pighe Aenean
vo Tuachal Tlchcman concaip la Mal mac Rocpmde mw Ulad hi Moigh

was a more powerful man than the legitimate

sovereign.
* Dal-Fiatach: i.e. the tribe or race of Fia-
tach Finn. This was a warlike tribe seated in

the present county of Down. In the twelfth
century Mac Donlevy, who offered such brave
opposition to Sir John De Courcy, was the head
of this family.

“FiachaFinnfholaidh: i.e. Fiacha of the white
Cattle. “A candore quo Hibernie boves, illo
Rege, insignabantur, cognomen illud adeptus :
Finn enim candorem, et olaidh bovem, signifi-
cat.”’—Lynch, p. 129. The Annals of Clonmac-
noise give this Fiacha a reign of only seven years.

W Magh-bolg—Now Moybolgue, a parish in

the south-east of the county of Cavan, and ex-
tending into Meath.—See A. M. 3859.

* Aichill—Also written Achaill. According
to all the copies of the Dinnsenchus, this was
the ancient name of the hill of Skreen, near
Tara, in the county of Meath.—See O’Flaherty’s
Ogygia, part ii. c. 45. Flann synchronizes Elim
and his successor Tuathal with the Roman Em-
peror Adrian.,
agree with the Four Masters, giving him a reign

The Annals of Clonmacnoise

of twenty years.

Y Tuathal Teachtmhar: i.e. Tuathal the Legi-
timate. Flann synchronizes this monarch with
the Roman Emperor, Adrian; and Tighernach,
who gives him a reign of thirty years, says that

40.) ' ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 99
Fiatach' in Uladh), after having been three years in the sovereignty of Ireland,
was slain by Fiacha Finnfolaidh.

The Age of Christ, 40. The first year of the reign of Fiacha Finnfolaidh
over Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 56. Fiacha Finnfolaidh", after having been seventeen
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was killed by the provincial kings, at the
instigation of the Aitheach-Tuatha, in the slaughter of Magh-bole”. These
were the provincial kings by whom he was killed : Elim, son of Conra, King
of Ulster ; Sanbh,son of Ceat Mac Magach, King of Connaught ; Foirbre, son
of Fin, King of Munster ; and Eochaidh Aincheann, King of Leinster. He left
of children but one son only, who was in the womb of Eithne, daughter of the
King of Alba [Scotland]. Tuathal was his [the son’s] name.

The Age of Christ, 57. The first year of the reign of Elim, son of Conra.

The Age of Christ, 76. Elim, son of Conra, after having been twenty years
in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain in the battle of Aichill*, by Tuathal
Teachtmhar. God took vengeance on the Aitheach-Tuatha for their evil deed,
during the time that Elim was in the sovereignty, namely, Ireland was without
corn, without milk, without fruit, without fish, and without every other great
advantage, since the Aitheach-Tuatha had killed Fiacha Finnolaidh in the
slaughter of Magh-Bolg, till the time of Tuathal Teachtmhar.

The Age of Christ, 106. Tuathal Teachtmhar’, after having been thirty
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Mal, son of Rochraidhe, King

or Attacotti, of Ireland, whom he reduced to
obedience in the various provinces ; of his for-
mation of Meath as mensal lands for the mo-

he was slain in the last year of Antoninus Pius
by Mal. Now Adrian reigned from the death
of Trajan, A. D. 117 to A. D. 138, when he was

succeeded by Antoninus Pius, who reigned till
161. Therefore Tuathal’s death occurred in
160, which shews that the chronology of the
Four Masters is antedated by many years.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise, the Leabhar-
Gabhala of the O’Clerys, Keating’s History of
Ireland, the Book of Lecan, and various other
ancient and modern authorities, too numerous
to be here particularized, contain detailed ac-
counts of 133 battles fought by him in the dif-
ferent provinces, against the Aitheach-Tuatha,

narchy; and of his having celebrated the Feis-
Teamhrach, at which the princes and chieftains
of the kingdom assembled, who all swore by the
sun, moon, and all the elements, visible and in-
visible, that they would never contest the sove-
reignty of Ireland with him or his race ; of his
having established solemn conventions at Tlacht-
gha, Uisneach, and Tailltinn, &c.; imposed a fine
on the King of Leinster called the Borumha-
Laighean, which was paid by the Leinstermen
during the reigns of forty monarchs of Ireland.

02

100

ANNQata RIOSshachta eiReaNnn.

[107.

Line, hh Mom in Caza, 1 nOal Anande an bal ap a mbpfiche Olan 7 OWlanba

an oa abuinn.

an pann ; :
Ollan 7 Ollanba,

Ceanngubha aim an cnuic in po manbad pom feb veanbur

Ceann guba tmachach cuatach,
niboap anmonoa san aobap,
an la v0 manbad Tuachal.

Agup amail ay pubnad blop,

Tuatal vlan pRIne p{ponn,
plait Moe mlb salann,
saocca plart Enfmann pinne
hi pe cnurc Glinve an Gabann.

Cop Chpipc, céo a peace.
mic Catbada, hi pige n€peann.

Cn céd bliadain vo Mal, mac Rocparwe,

CQoip Chmpc, céd a vec. Jan mbeit ceitpe bliajna na Ms Or Enind vo
Mal, mac Rocnarwe, vo cean la Pewdlimid Reccmap.

There is a very curious Irish tract on the ori-
ginal imposition and final remittance of this
Borumha, or Cow-tribute, preserved in the Book
of Lecan, and another copy of it in a vellum
manuscript in the Library of Trinity College,
Dublin, H. 2. 18, which has been prepared for
publication by the Irish Archeological Society.
The yearly amount of this tribute is stated as
follows, in the Annals of Clonmacnoise :

“One hundred and fifty cows; one hundred
and fifty hoggs; one hundred and fifty cover-
letts, or pieces of cloth to cover beds withal ;
one hundred and fifty caldrons, with two passing
great caldrons consisting in breadth and deep-
ness five fists, for the king’s own brewing; one
hundred and fifty couples of men and women in
servitude, to draw water on their backs for the
said brewing; together with one hundred and
fifty maids, with the king of Leinster’s own
daughter, in like bondage and servitude.”

The most ancient authority for the battles

of Tuathal is in a poem by Maelmura Othna,
beginning “ Tmaz ép tmactaib Tuatal Teace-
map, i. e. Lord over lords was Tuathal Teacht-
mhar,” of which there are various ancient copies
still preserved. The O’Clerys have inserted into
their Leabhar-Gabhala this poem and two other
ancient ones on the marriages and deaths of Tua-
thal’s daughters, but without giving the names
of the authors.

* The two rivers, Ollar and Ollarbha.—The
names of these rivers are now obsolete, but
there can be no doubt as to their modern names.
The Ollar is the Six-mile Water, and the
Ollarbha is the Larne Water. The Larne river
rises by two heads in the parish of Bally-
nure; the Six-mile Water, in the parish of
Ballycor, a little south-west of Shane’s Hill:
after a course of about 100 perches it becomes
the boundary between the parish of Kilwaugh-
ter, as well as between the baronies of Upper
Glenarm and Upper Antrim. Following the

107]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

101

of Ulster, in Magh-Line, at Moin-an-chatha, in Dal-Araidhe, where the ey
rivers, Ollar and Ollarbha’, spring. Ceanngubha is the name of the hill on
which he was killed, as this quatrain proves :

Ollar and Ollarbha,

Ceann-gubha*, lordly, noble,
Are not names [given] without a cause,
The day that Tuathal was killed.

And as was also said :

Tuathal, for whom the land was fair,

Chief of Meath of a thousand heroes,

Was wounded,—that chief of fair Freamhainn’,—
On the side of the hill of Gleann-an-Ghabhann‘.

The Age of Christ, 107.
sovereignty of Ireland.

The first year of Mal, son of Rochraidhe, in the

The Age of Christ, 110. After Mal, son of Rochraidhe’, had been four
years king over Ireland, he was slain by Feidhlimidh Rechtmhar.

direction of a ravine, which runs down the face
of the hill, it arrives at the townland of Head-
wood, in Kilwaughter parish, near the place
where the three baronies of Upper Glenarm,
Upper Antrim, and Lower Belfast. In this
townland there is a spot where a branch of the
Six-mile Water can be turned into the Larne
river; and here is a large bog, probably the
Moin-an-chatha, or Battle-bog, mentioned in the
text, lying between the two rivers. On the
face of Ballyboley Hill, about a quarter of a
mile to the west, is a place called Carndoo, and
here, under the brow of the hill, is a pile con-
sisting of several huge stones, ranged in an
irregular circle, the space within being chiefly
occupied by six upright stones, disposed in
pairs, and supporting two blocks above five feet
long, and from two to three feet square, laid
horizontally upon them.—See Reeves’s Eccles?-
astical Antiquities of the Dioceses of Down, Connor,
and Dromore, p. 268.

* Ceann-gubha: i.e. Head, or Hill of Grief.
This is doubtlessly Ballyboley hill, and Tua-
thal’s monument is the pile at Carndoo above
described.

> Freamhainn.—A famous hill, rising over
Loch Uair, or Lough Owel, near the town of
Mullingar, in Westmeath.

© Gleann-an-Ghabhann: i. e. the Valley of the
Smith. This was probably the name of that
part of the valley of the Six-mile Water nearest
to Ballyboley hill.

4 Mal, son of Rochraidhe.—Tighernach does
not give this Mal as monarch of Ireland, but
makes Feidhlimidh Rechtmhar immediately suc-
ceed his father, Tuathal, for nine years; but
Mal is given as monarch by Flann, who syn-
chronizes him with Antoninus Pius, and in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise, in which he is said to
have been contemporaneous with the celebrated
physician Galen, who flourished from A. D. 143
to 187.

102

aNNaza RIOshachca elReGHN.

(111.

Cloip Cmiorc, ced a haon nvéce. Cn cero Bliadamn oP Golim Reécmon,
mac Tuachail Techemaip, na pgh op Epmn. Game ing(n Scail mata an

Feolimi ri.
ann po havnaichep.
1 nUL cob.

Ap uaiche aanmmgten Cnoc mbaine la hOipgiallanb, ap ip
Ay lé blop po clapad Raich Mon Mhaighe Ufmhna

Cloip Cort, ced anaoi vécc. lan mbfic naoi mbliaona hi pighe nEpeann

oPholimwd Reachcman acbant.
Coip Chmorz, ceo piche.

limd Fipupslarp, hi pghe n€peann.
Coip Chmorz, ced piche avo.

Cn céo bliadain v0 Cataoin Mop, mac Perd-

lap mblich cm bliadna na mg op Epinn

v0 Cataoin Mon vo ceap la Com, 7 la Cuaphmbh Teamna, hi scat Moshe

h€gha.

Coip Chnore, céd fiche a tpi. On cero bliadamn vo Conn Ceocathach

na ws op Epimn.
na po cadbnfoh mam go pin.

® Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar.—The author of the
fourth Life of St. Bridget, published by Colgan,
in his Trias Thaum., c.i., says that this monarch
was called Reachtmor, because he instituted great
laws, ‘‘ Reacht enim Scoticé Legem sonet.”
Keating says that he was called Reachtmhar, be-
cause he was the first that established Lex
talionis in Ireland; but O’Flaherty says that
he changed the law of retaliation into a more
lenient penalty, according to the nature of the
crime, which penalty is called eruic.—Ogygia,
in. 57.

The Book of Lecan, fol. 300, 6, places the
commencement of this monarch’s reign in the
time of M. Aurelius, which agrees with ‘Tigher-
nach’s Annals. Aurelius reigned from A. D. 161
to 180.

F Scal.—O’F laherty (Ogygia, part iii. c. 56)
calls him Scal Balbh, and says that he was
King of Finland, the inhabitants of which, as
well as those of Denmark and Norway, were
called Fomorians by the Irish.

§ Cnoc-Baine: i.e. Baine’s hill. This was

C1 nowce seine Cumn poppich coice ppiompoio g0 T (mpang
CAciacc a nanmanna, Sigshe Arpail, Slghe

the name of a hill situated in the plain of Magh-
Leamhna, otherwise called Clossach, in Tyrone;
but it is now obsolete.

» Rath-mor, of Magh-Leamhna: i.e. the Great
Rath of Magh Leamhna. This was also in Clos-
sach.—See A. M. 3727.

i Luaighni of Teamhair.—A people in Meath,
the position of whom is determined by a passage
in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, lib. ii.
c. 10, which places the church of Domhnach-
mor-Muighe Echenach in their territory.

k Magh h-Agha.—According to the Will of
Cathaeir Mor, as preserved in the Books of Lecan
and Ballymote, Cathaeir was slain by the Fian
or militia of Luaighne in the battle of Tailltin.
According to the Annals of Clonmacnoise, ‘King
Cahier’s armie was overthrown and himself
slaine, and buried near the River of Boyne.”
Dr. O’Conor does not seem to believe that Ca-
thaeir Mor was monarch of Ireland.—See his
edition of these Annals, p. 76, note. It is
curious to remark that in about 1000 years
after this period the descendants of Conn and

We

lls nt +39

111]

The Age of Christ, 111, The first year of the reign of Feidhlimidh
Reachtmhar‘, son of Tuathal Teachtmhar, as king over Ireland. Baine, daughter
of Scal‘, was the mother of this Feidhlimidh. It was from her Cnoc-Baine’, in
Oirghialla, for it was there she was interred. It was by her also Rath-mor, of
Magh-Leamhna’", in Ulster, was erected.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 103

The Age of Christ, 119. Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar, after having been nine
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died.

The Age of Christ, 120. The first year of Cathaeir Mor, son of Feidh-
limidh Firurghlais, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 122. Cathaeir Mor, after having been three years king
over Ireland, was slain by Conn, and the Luaighni of Teamhair’, in the battle

of Magh h-Agha*.
The Age of Christ, 123.
as king over Ireland.

The first year of Conn of the Hundred Battles
The night of Conn’s birth were discovered! five principal

roads [leading] to Teamhair, which were never observed till then. These are

Cathaeir contended for power as fiercely as their
ancestors, namely, Roderic O’Conor, King of
Connaught and Monarch 50 brpearabna, i.e.
cum renitentid, and Dermot Mac Murrough, King
of Leinster; for although they could not boast
of more than one monarch of Ireland in either
family for a period of at least 1000 years, still
did each regard himself as fit for the monarchy
(the one as already crowned, the other as fit
to be crowned); while O’Neill of Ulster, and
O’Melaghlin of Meath, looked upon both as
usurpers. In the speech said, by Giraldus Cam-
brensis, to have been delivered by Dermot Mac
Murrough to his army, he is represented as
having spoken as follows :

“Sed si Lageniam querit: quoniam alicui
Connactensium aliquando subjecta fuit: Ea ra-
tione et nos Connactiam petimus, quia nostris
aliquoties cum totius, Hibernia subdite fuerat
monarchia.”— Hibernia Eapugnata, lib. i. c. 8.

Dermot here alludes to Dermot, son of Do-
nough, surnamed Maelnambo, who was his great

great grandfather, and who, according to the.

Annals of Clonmacnoise, was King of Ireland,
of the Danes of Dublin, and of Wales, in 1069;
and to Cathaeir More, from whom he was the
twenty-fourth in descent, for he could boast of
no other monarch of all Ireland in his family.
Roderic O’Conor could reckon his own father
only among the monarchs of his line up to the
time of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin in the fourth
century ; for though his ancestor, Brian, was
the eldest son of this King Eochaidh, yet the
claims of him and his race were set aside by
the more warlike race of Niall of the Nine Hos-
tages, the ancestor of the illustrious family of
O’Neill, for nearly 1000 years.

' Were discovered.This looks as if it was
believed that these roads sprang into existence
of their own accord, as if for joy at the birth of
Conn; and they are spoken of in this sense by
Lughaidh O’Clery, in his poetical controversy
with Teige Mac Dary (see Ogygia, iii. c. 60);
but the probability is that they were finished
by King Feidhlimidh the Lawgiver on the birth-
day of his son, Conn.

104,

Mhodluacna, Slighe Cualann, Sughe Mép, Sughe Oala.

GQNNata RIOSshachta elReaNN.

(157.

Shge Mop cpa

‘ap ipoe Epcein Riava 1. pabhponna Epeann a 06 ecip Chonn 7 Coshan Mép.

Coir Chmorc, ced caocca a peacht.

lan mbfich cing bliaona ctmocha

hi pighe n€neann vo Conn Cevcachac concaip la Tiobnarve Tineach, mac
Mail, mic Rochpawe, m1 Ulad hi cCuach Amporp.

@ Shighe-Asail._This was a western road ex-
tending from the hill of Tara, in the direction
of Loch-Uair (Lough Owel), near Mullingar, in
Westmeath. A part of this road is distinctly
referred to in Leabhar-na-hUidhri (fol. 7, 6, a),
as extending from Dun-na-nAirbhedh to the
Cross at Tigh-Lomain.

2 Slighe-Midhluachra.—This is often men-
tioned as a road leading into the north of Ire-
land, but its exact position has not been deter-
mined.

° Slighe-Cualann.—This extended from Tara
in the direction of Dublin and Bray; and its
position was, perhaps, not very different from
the present mail-coach road.

” Slighe-Mor: i.e. the great way or road-
This was a western line, the position of which
is determined by the Eiscir-Riada.—See note *.

* Slighe-Dala.—This was the great south-
western road of ancient Ireland, extending
from the southern side of Tara Hill in the di-
rection of Ossory. The castle of Bealach-mor,
in Ossory, marks its position in that territory.
—See Bealach-mor Muighe-Dala, A. D. 1580.

' The Eiscir-Riada.—This is a continuous line
of gravel hills, extending from Dublin to Cla-
rinbridge, in the county of Galway. It is men-
tioned in ancient Irish manuscripts as extending
from Dublin to Clonard, thence to Clonmacnoise
and Clonburren, and thence to Meadhraighe, a
peninsula extending into the bay of Galway.—
Lib. Lecan, fol. 167, a, a, and Cireuit of Muir-
cheartach Mac Neill, pp. 44, 45, note 128.

This division of Ireland into two nearly equal
parts, between Conn of the Hundred Battles and
Eoghan Mor, otherwise called Mogh Nuadhat,

is mentioned in the Annals of Tighernach,
A.D. 166; but no particulars of the battles or
cause of dispute between these rivals are given
by that grave annalist. The writer of Cath
Maighe-Léana, however, gives a minute account
of the cause of the dispute, and of the battle,
which savours much of modern times; and the
Annals of Clonmacnoise, as translated by Ma-:
geoghegan, contain the following notice of Conn,
and of the dissension between him and the head
of the race of Heber, who was king of the
southern Irish, which also savours strongly of
modern times.

‘‘ Conn Kedcahagh having thus slain King Ca-
hire, succeeded himself, and was more famous
than any of his ancestors for his many victories
and good government. He was called Conn
Kedcahagh, of” [i. e. from] ‘‘ a hundred battles
given” [i.e. fought] ‘by him in his time. He
is the common ancestor, for the most part, of the
north of Ireland, except the Clanna-Rowries,
and the sept of Luthus, son of Ithus. He had
three goodly sons, Conly, Criona, and Art Enear ;
and three daughters, Moyne” [the mother of
Fearghus Duibhdeadach, King of Ulster, and
monarch of Ireland], ‘‘ Sawe” [Sadhbh or Sab-
bina], ‘and Sarad” [the queen of Conaire IT].
Sawe was married to” [Maicniadh, for whom
she had Lughaidh Maccon, monarch of Ireland,
and after his death to Oilioll Olum] “ the King
of Monster, by whom she had many sons, as
the ancestors of the Macarties, O’Briens, O’Ker-
vells, O’Mahonies, and divers others of the west”
[south ?] “ part of Ireland, by which means they
have gotten themselves that selected and choice
name much used by the Irish poets at the time

157]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 105

their names; Slighe-Asail™, Slighe-Midhluachra’, Slighe-Cualann’, Slighe-Mor’,

Slighe-Dala’*.

Slighe-Mor is [that called] Eiscir-Riada’, i. e. the division-line

of Ireland into two parts, between Conn and Eoghan Mor.

The Age of Christ, 157. Conn of the Hundred Battles, after having been
thirty-five years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Tibraite Tireach,
son of Mal, son of Rochraidhe, King of Ulster, at Tuath-Amrois*.

of their commendations and praises, called Sile
Sawa, which is as much in English as the Issue
of Sawe.

“Owen More, alias Moynod” [ Mogh Nuadhat ]
‘“‘warred upon him a long time. He was King
of Monster, and was so strong that he brought
the king to divide with him, and allow hin,
as his share, from Esker-Riada” [southwards]
“ beginning at” [that part of] ‘ Dublin where-
upon the High-street is set” [i.e. situated],
“and extending to Ath-Cleyth Mearie, in Tho-
mond” [recte in Connaught]. ‘‘ Owen’s share
was of the south, and of him took the name
Lehmoye or Moye’s half in deale. King Conn’s
share stood of the north part of the said Esker,
which of him was likewise called Leagh-Conn,
or Conn’s halfe in deale, and they do retain
these names since.

“This division of Ireland stood for one year
after, until Owen More, alias Moynodd, being
well aided by his brother-in-law, the King of
Spaine’s son, and a great army of Spaniards,
picked occasion to quarrell and fall out with
the King for the customs of the Shippings of
Dublin, alleging that there came more shipps
of King Conn’s side, then” [than] “of his
side, and that he would needs have the customs
in common between them, which King Conn
refused.; whereupon they were encensed migh-
tily against each other, and met, with their two
great armies, at the plains and Heath of Moy-
lena, in the territory of Fercall, where the ar-
mies of Owen More were overthrown, himself
and Fregus, the King of Spaine’s son, slain, and

afterwards burried in two little Hillocks, now
to be seen at the said plains, which, as some
say, are the tombs of the said Owen and Fregus.

“ The King having thus slain and vanquished
his enemies, he reigned peaceably and quietly
twenty years, with great encrease and plenty
of all good things among his subjects through-
out the whole kingdom, so as all, in general,
had no want, until the King’s brothers, Eochie
Finn and Fiagha Swye, seeing the King had
three goodly sons, Art, Conly, and Criona,
which were like to inherit the Crown after
their father’s death, sent privy message to Ti-
prady Tyreagh, son of King Mall Mac Rochrye,
who was slain by Felym Reaghtwar, the said
King Conn’s father ; whereupon the said Ti-
bradie, with a very willing heart, came up to
Taragh, accompanied with certain other male-
factors, assaulted the King at unawares, and
wilfully killed him, on Tuesday, the 20th of
October, in Anno 172 [recte 173], in the 100th
year of the King’s age, as he was making great
preparations towards the great Feast of Taragh,
called Ffeis- Taragh, which yearly, on Hollantide,
and for certain days after, was held.”

8 Tuath-Amrois. — Not identified. It must
have been the name of a district very near the
hill of Tara, as King Conn was murdered while
making preparations for the Feis Teamrach, ac-
cording to the older authorities.

Flann synchronizes Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar,
Cathaeir Mor, and Conn of the Hundred Battles,
with M. Aurelius; and says that Conn Cedcha-
thach gained the battle of Maghlena in the reign

106 aNNaza RIOShachta eiReann.

(158.

Cloip Chpipe, céo caocca a hoce.
Movha Cama, hi mghe vap Epinn. :
— Cop Chniorc, ced pearcca a cug. Jap mbfich ocht mbliadna n pighe
n€peann vo Chonaine, mac Moda Lama, concaip la NGirmd mac Spuibginn.
cm meic lap an cConaipe hipm, Coipbpe Murce, 6 parc(p Marpccparge,
Cainppe barcam, o ccad baipenis bi cConca baipcemn, 7 Cainppe Riaca,
o bpmlic Oal Riaca. Sanaio mgion Cuimn Ceocachars machaip na mac
ra Conaine, mic Mooha Lamha.

Clip Chnirt, ced peareca apé.
Cumn Ceocachais.

Corp Cort, ced ochtmogac apé. O haon picfc oApt, mac Cuinn Cev-
cachaig, hinge nEpeann. Cach Cino Peabpac pra macaib Oiliolla Quluim,
7 map na cm Coinbmb (clann Conaipe, mic Mova Lama .1.Caipbpe Maree,
Camppe Riada 7 Cainppe barca) pop Oavena ona, pop Nemid mac

Cn cero bliadain vo Conaipe, mac

Cin ced bliadain vo pighe Cinc, mic

of Commodus.—See Dr. O’Conor’s Prolegomena,
pp. Xi. Xii. Xvi.

* Cairbre Musc.—He was the ancestor of all
the tribes called Muscraighe, in Munster, as
Muscraighe-Breogain, now the barony of Clan-

william, in the south-west of the county of .

Tipperary; Muscraighe-Mitine, now the barony
of Muskerry, in the county of Cork; and Mus-
craighe-Thire, now the baronies of Upper and
Lower Ormond, in the north of the county of
‘Tipperary. — Ogygia, iii. c. 63. Dr. O’Brien
doubts, in his Lrish Dictionary, voce Muscritu,
that the existence of these Carbrys rests on any
certain historical foundation; but there is as
much authority from Irish history for the ex-
istence of these Carbrys, as for any other fact
belonging to the same period.—See Leabhar na
gCeart, p. 42, note ¥.

« Baiscnigh.—This tribe inhabited the district
now comprised in the baronies of Moyarta and
Clonderalaw, in the south-west of the county of
Clare, where, after the establishment of sur-
names, the two chief families of the race were
the O’Baiscinns and O’Donnells.

w Dal-Riada.—The descendants of Cairbre
Rioghfhoda, i. e. of the long ulna, were the
Dalriads, a tribe in the north of the present
county of Antrim, long since extinct or un-
known there, and the more illustrious tribe of
the Dalriads of Scotland, of whom O’Flaherty,
in his Ogygia (ubi supra), treats, and also Pin-
kerton and other modern writers. The earliest
writer who mentions the settlement of the Dal-
Riada in Scotland is Bede, who, in his Eccl.
Hist. lib. i. c. 1. says: ‘ Scoti, Duce Reuda de
Hibernia egressi, amicitia vel ferro sibimet in-
ter Pictos, sedes quas hactenus habent, vindi-
caverunt.” In about three hundred years after
the settlement of Cairbre Riada in Scotland,
the Dal-Riada of Ulster, who were of the same
race, headed by the sons of Erc, son of Eo-
chaidh Muinreamhar, invaded Scotland, and
founded another Dal-Riada in that kingdom.
The territory first acquired by the Gaeidhil or
Scoti, among the Picts, received the name of
Airer-Gaeidheal, i.e. the region or district of
the Gaeidhil, now shortened to Argyle (and
not Ard na nGaidheal, as O’Flaherty has guess-

ee ee

—

158.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 107

The Age of Christ, 158. The first year of Conaire, son apf Modh-Lamha,
in sovereignty over Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 165. Conaire, son of Mogh-Lamha, after having been
eight years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Neimhidh, son of Sruibhgheann.
This Conaire had three sons, Cairbre Musc‘, from whom the Muscraighe are
called ; Cairbre Baschaein, from whom are the Baiscnigh", in Corca-Baiscinn ;
and Cairbre Riadal, from whom are the Dal-Riada”. Saraid, daughter of Conn
of the Hundred Battles, was the mother of these sons of Conaire, son of Modh-
Lamha.

The Age of Christ, 166. The first year of the reign of Art, son of Conn
of the Hundred Battles.

The Age of Christ, 186. The twenty-first year of Art, son of Conn of the
Hundred Battles, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The battle of Ceannfeabhrat*
by the sons of Oilioll Olum’ and the three Cairbres, i. e. Cairbre Musc, Cairbre

Riada, and Cairbre Bascainn, against Dadera, the Druid; Neimhidh, son of

ingly assumed. Ogygia, iii. c. 63, p. 323). The
settlement of the latter colony in Scotland is
mentioned by an ancient writer quoted by
Camden (Britania, tit. Scotia) in the following
words: ‘Fergus filius Eric fuit primus qui de
semine Chonaire suscepit regnum Albanie a
Brunalban ad mare Hibernie, et Inse gall, et
inde reges de semine Fergus regnaverunt in
Brunalban, sive Brunehere usque ad Alpinum
filium Eochaidh.”

The settlement of the Scoti in North Britian
is mentioned, in the following words, by the
author of the Life of Cadroe, written about the
year 1040:

“ Fluxerunt quotanni, a mare sibi proximum
transfretantes Hveam Insulam, que nune Jona
dicitur, repleverunt. Nec satis, post pelagus
Britannie contiguum, perlegentes, per Rosim
amnem, Rossiam regionem manserunt: Rigmo-
nath”? [Dun Monaidh?] ‘“ quoque Bellethor ur-
bes, a se procul positas, petentes, possessuri
vicerunt.”—Colgan, Acta Sanctorum, p. 495.

* Ceannfeabhrat.—This was the ancient name

of a part of the mountain of Sliabh Riach to
the south of Kilmallock, on the confines of the
counties of Limerick and Cork.—See A. D. 1579
and 1599. After the defeat of Maccon in the
battle of Ceannfeabhrat, by his step-father,
Oilioll Olum, he fled to Wales to solicit assist-
ance, and in some time after put into the Bay
of Galway, accompanied by Bene, a Briton,
and a great number of foreign auxiliaries ; and
seven days after his arrival (as Tighernach notes)
obtained a signal victory over King Art and
his forces.

Y Oilioll Olum.—Dr. O’Conor translates this
name Olillus Archi-Poeta, but the ancient Irish
writers never understood it in that sense, for
they never write the word ollam, a chief poet,
as Dr. O’Conor wishes to make it, but olum,
which they explain “‘of the bare ear,” because his
ear was bit off by Aine, the daughter of a Tuatha-
De-Danann, named Eogabhal, as he was ravish-
ing her: “ Inde factum est, ut Olillus Olumus
quod perinde est ac tempora spoliata auribus,
appellaretur.”_Lynch. This lady, Aine, whose

P2

108 . GQNNaZa RIOSshachta elReaNnn. [195.

Spoibcind, 7 pop ofipcenct nEpeann, ou n ccozicaip Nemid, mac Sporbeimn,
pf Epna Muman, 7 Oadfpa Opuch Oainme, vo cean ona Oaofna la hEogan,
mac Orliolla, oo cean Nem, mac Spoibsinn, la Caipbpe Rigpooa, mac
Conaipe, a noiogail a achan .1. Conaipe buofin. Ro gon Cainbpe Mure
Lushad 1. Mac Con ma colpta, sup bo bacach 1apom. Ip € pat an pop-
anma ym man vo bi Luge} cartnemac vo chom vo bi acc biatad a coilen
a tTTIs a o1ved, 7 00 Ibead ap ballan na con pempaice, sup lean Mac
con de.

Qoip Cmorc, ced nochat acuice. lan mbfich ctmocha bhadam bn pige
n€peann oCipc, mac CunnCéocacharg, concaip hn ccath Morshe Mucpamme
la Mac Con 50 na allmancoib. Concnacan beor ipin cath ceona manaon pe
h(npc, meic a Stan Sarobe mngine Cuno 1. peacht maca Orlolla Oluim,
cangacup lap 1 nagaid Mic Con a nofpbpatan, Eoshan Mé6n Oubmfpchon,
Mugconb, Cughawv, Coch, Orchonb, 7 Tavce a nanmanna,7 béinne Onioc,
yw Onfcan po mip lama ponna. Tonchain bfinve la Cugaid Casha a ccionawd
a bncitpec. Ciogaipne Leacanpova, mac Clengupa bailb, mic Eachach Pinn-

father had been killed by Oilioll, resided at and
gave name to Cnoc-Aine, anglicé Knockany,
near Bruff, in the county of Limerick, and is
now traditionally remembered as one of the
Banshees of the south of Ireland.

* Mac Con: i.e. Son of the Greyhound. Keat-
ing gives the same derivation: ‘Is in Olilli
domo ut ejus provignus, ut cujus matrem
Sabham Coni Centiprelii filiam Olillus uxorem
habebat, pusillus pusio versatus, et nondum
vestigia figere peritus ad Olilli canem venaticum,
Aquilam Rubram” [€laip Oceans] “ nomine
manibus repens accessit, et canis infantulum
ore swpius arripuit” [recte, ad ubera sorbenda
accepit] ‘‘ nec tamen ab assiduo ad eum accessu
coerceri potuit, que res illi nomen Maccon pe-
rerit, quod perinde est ac canis venatici filius.”
—Lynch.

This, however, is clearly the guess derivation
and elucidation of a posterior age. The word
mac con would certainly denote filius canis,
but it might also be figuratively used to denote

son of a hero; and as his father’s name was
mac nad, son of a hero, it might not, perhaps,
be considered over presumptuous in an etymo-
logist of the present day to reject the story,
about the greyhound bitch, and substitute a
modern conjecture in its place.

This Lughaidh Maccon was the head of the
Ithian race, and chief of the Munster sept called
Deirgthine. He is the ancestor of the family
of O’Driscoll, and from him the pedigree of Sir
Florence O’Driscoll, who flourished in the reign
of Queen Elizabeth, is deduced by Duald Mac
Firbis in thirty generations. O’Driscoll is not
accounted of the Milesian race by the Irish ge-
nealogists, because he descended from Ith, the
uncle of Milidh, or Milesius.

* Magh-Mucruimhe.—This was the name of a
plain near Athenry, in the county of Galway.
O’Flaherty states (Ogygia, iii. c. 67) that the
place where King Art was killed, was called
Turlach-Airt in his (O’Flaherty’s) time, and
situated between Moyvaela and Kilcornan in

195.] , ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 109

Sroibhcinn ; and the south of Ireland; where fell Neimhidh, son of Sroibhcinn,
King of the Ernai of Munster; and Dadera, the Druid of the Dairinni. Dadera
was slain by Eoghain, son of Oilioll ; Neimhidh, son of Sroibhcinn, by Cairbre
Rioghfhoda, son of Conaire, in revenge of his own father, i. e. Conaire. Cairbre
Musc wounded Lughaidh, i.e. Mac Con, in the thigh, so that he was [ever]
afterwards lame. The cause of this cognomen was: Lughaidh was agreeable
to a greyhound that was suckling her whelps in the house of his foster-father,
and he was used to suckle the teat of the aforesaid greyhound, so that Mac Con’
[son of the greyhound] adhered to him [as a soubriquet].

The Age of Christ, 195. After Art, the son of Conn of the Hundred
Battles, had been thirty years in the sovereignty ‘of Ireland, he fell in the battle
of Magh-Mucruimhe’, by Maccon and his foreigners. In the same battle, along
with Art, fell also the sons of his sister, Sadhbh, daughter of Conn, namely, the
seven sons of Oilioll Olum, who had come with him against Maccon, their
brother. Eoghan Mor’, Dubhmerchon, Mughcorb, Lughaidh, Eochaidh, Dio-
chorb, and Tadhg, were their names ; and Beinne Brit, King of Britain, was he
who laid [violent] hands upon them. Beinne was slain by Lughaidh Lagha, in

revenge ‘of his relatives. Lioghairne® of the Long Cheeks, son of Aenghus

Aidhne.—See the Map to Tribes and Customs
of Hy-Many; and Hardiman’s edition of OF la-
herty’s Lar-Connaught, p. 43, note °.

> Eoghan Mor.—He is the ancestor of all the
great families of Munster and elsewhere, called
Eoghanachts by the Irish genealogists. All his
brothers died without issue except Cormac Cas,
the ancestor of the O’Briens of Thomond, and
all the Dal g-Cais, and Cian, the ancestor of
O’Carroll, O’Meagher, and other families called
Cianachta, seated in various parts of Ireland.

* Lioghairne.—O’ Flaherty calls him Ligurnus.
When Art, the son of Conn of the Hundred
Battles, succeeded Conaire II. as Monarch of
Ireland, he banished his uncle, Eochaidh Finn-
fothart, and his sons, from Meath, because they
had assassinated his brothers, Conla and Crina,
and betrayed his father to the Ulstermen.
Eochaidh, being married to Uchdelbha, the

granddaughter of Cathaeir Mor, proceeded into
Leinster, and the king of that province bestowed
upon him and his sons certain districts called
by posterity Fotharta, from Eochaidh’s surname.
Of these the two principal were Fotharta-an-
Chairn, now the barony of Forth, in the county
of Wexford, and Fotharta-Fea, now the barony
of Forth, in the county of Carlow. There were
also Fothart-Airbhreach, near the hill of Bri-
Eile, now the hill of Croghan, in the King’s
County; Fotharta Airthir Liffe, in the present
county of Kildare, and others; but his race
became extinct or obscure at an early period in
all the districts called Fotharta, except Fotharta-
Fea, where his descendant, O’Nolan, retained
considerable possessions till the seventeenth cen-
tury.

Incensed at this expulsion of his family,
Boghairne joined the foreign forces of Maccon

110 ANNQZa RIOShAachta elIREGNH.

(196.

fuachnaipc, po mbip lama pop Ape 1pm cach pin Morshe Muccpome, rap

ccocht vo hi pochnaive Mic Con.

Corp Cmorz, céo nochac aré. An cédv bliadain vo Lugord, (1. Mac Con)

mac Mareniad, hi psghe n€peann.

Coir Cort, oa ced piche acus.

lan mbfit cmiocha bliadam 1 pighe

n€peann vo Lushad (.1. Mac Con), mac Maicniad, concaip vo lam PApcip,

mic Comain Ecip, 1ap na 1onnanbad a Tlmpars vo Copmac ua Chuimn.
Coir Cniorc, oa chéo fiche apé. El(psup Owbdedach, mac lomchavha,

na ws 6p Epinn pp pé mbliadna, co cconchaip, hi ccatCpionna, la Conbmac

ua Cui, vo lam Logha Casha.

Topcnacan lair bed a doa bpacharp,

PMsar Porlcleaban, 7 Pepgup boc, can Oplsarb, oa ngoine1 Pfpsup Cany-

fiaclach. Ip vob po parohead : |

Fon an aomnlice ag Rait cd
poipcbe na ccm pPMsupo,
acb(nc Conbmac ar gle
n chel a oae pon Laighe.

1] pochnaioe Conbmarc tame Tadsg mac Céin 7 Cugaid von chach hin,

7 ba 1 cippocpaic an chacha vo placa o Chopbmac vo Thads an pfponn poppa
cca Ciannachca, 1 Mug Onls, amar ap epdeinc 1 leabpand orte.

Coir Cmorz, oa chéd piche a peachc.

Cn ceo bliadain v0 Conbmac,

mac Clint, mic Cun Cheochachaig, na pig op Epino.

against his relative Art, and had the killing of
him with his own hand, at Turlach Airt, as
stated in note ", supra.

4 Thirty years.—The Annals of Clonmacnoise
give Maccon a reign of only eighteen years;
O’Flaherty shortens it to three years ; but Dr.
O’Conor does not regard him as one of the’
monarchs of Ireland.

° He fell.— Keating states that Fercheas, a
poet who resided at Cnocach, killed Maccon, at
the instance of King Cormac, with a kind of
lance called rinene, at Gort-an-oir, near Dear-
grath, in Magh-Feimhean, while he (Maccon)
was bestowing gold and silver on the literati of

Ireland. This place is still pointed out near the
fort of Dearg-rath, in the parish of Derrygrath,
about four miles to the north-east of Cahir, in
the county of Tipperary. Cnocach, called, in the
Leabhar-Gabhala, Ard-Feirchis, is now anglicé
Knockagh, and is situated about three miles
north-east of Cahir.

f Crinna.—Keating calls this place Crionna-
Chinn Chumair, and says that it is situated at
Brugh-mic-an-Oig, which is the name of a place
on the River Boyne, near Stackallan Bridge.

® Rathcro.—This place is near Slane, in the
county of Meath.

* Ciannachta, in Magh-Breagh.—The territory

196.]

Balbh, son of Eochaidh Finn Fuathairt, was he who laid [violent] hands upon
Art in this battle of Magh-Mucruimhe, after he had joined the forces of Maccon.

The Age of Christ, 196. The first year of Lughaidh, i. e. Maccon, son of
Maicniadh, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 225. After Lughaidh, i.e. Maccon, son of Macniadh,
had been thirty years* in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell* by the hand of
Feircis, son of Coman Eces, after he had been expelled from Teamhair [Tara]
by Cormac, the grandson of Conn.

The Age of Christ, 226. Fearghus Duibhdeadach, son of Imchadh, was
king over Ireland for the space of a year, when he fell in the battle of Crinna’,
by Cormac, grandson of Conn, by the hand of Lughaidh Lagha. There fell by
him also, [in the rout] across Breagh, his two brothers, Fearghus the Long-
haired and Fearghus the Fiery, who was called Fearghus Caisfhiaclach [of the

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1ll

Crooked Teeth]. Of them was said:

Upon the one stone at Rathcro®
Were slain the three Fearghus’s ;
Cormac said this is fine,

His hand did not fail Laighe.

In the army of Cormac came Tadhg, son of Cian, and Lughaidh, to that
battle ; and it was as a territorial reward for the battle that Cormac gave to
Tadhg the land on which are the Ciannachta, in Magh-Breagh", as is celebrated

in other books.
The Age of Christ, 227.

The first year of Cormac, son of Art, son of

Conn of the Hundred Battles, as king over Ireland.

of this tribe extended from the River Liffey to
near Drumiskin, in the county of Louth. Duleek,
in the county of Meath, is mentioned as in it.
Keating gives a curious story about Tadhg mac
Cein, from the historical tale called Cath Crinna,
but some of its details are rather legendary. It
is, however, true as to the main facts; for it is
stated in the Annals of Tighernach that Tadhg
obtained as a reward for defeating the Ulster-
men on this occasion, the whole region extending
from Glais-Neara, near Druim-Ineascluinn (now

Drumiskin, in the present county of Louth), to
the Cnoca Maeildoid, at the River Liffey.—
See Ann. Tigher., p. 45; Keating’s History of
Treland, in the reign of Fearghus Duibhdea-
dach; and O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, iii. c. 68. This
Tadhg is the ancestor of O’Carroll of Ely, in
the south of the King’s County; of O’Meagher
of Ui-Cairin, or Ikerrin, in the county of Tip-
perary; of O’Cathasaigh (O’Casey) of Saithne,
in Magh Breagh; and of O’Conor, Chief of
Cianachta-Gleanna-Geimhin, now the barony

112 ‘ANNALA RIOSFhAchTA elREGNN.

(234.

Qoip Cmorc, oa chéd tmochact a clchaip. MO hocht v0 Chonbmac.
Ailull Olom, mac Mosha Nuavhac, pr Murhan, v5.

Coip Cmort, va chév cmiochac a pé. OM vech vo Chopbmac. Cath
Spanampo pia cCopbmac ua cCumn pop Ulco’ an bhadanps. Caém h€u
hi Moigh Cer pon Cleo, mac Eachoach, mic Conall, pi Connacht. Cach
1n€ch, cach Cimn Oaipe, cat Spucha pon Ulcoib, cach Sucche Cuailnge.

Coir Cmort, 0a chéo tmochat a plche. QO haon vécc vo Chonbmac.
Cach Acha beachaig. Cach Racha Ouma an bliadainy pra cConbmac,

Qoip Cmoyz, oa chéo tmochac a hochc. Cl v0 décc vo Conbmac. Cath
Chuile cocaip po tpi, 7 tpi cacha hi nOubad pia cConbmac.

Cloip Cmort, oa chéo tmochaz anao. A tp vécc vo Chonbmac. Cath
Allamaig, 7 plche ccacha Elne pm cConbmac.

Coip Cort, oa chéo clchpacac. CA clchain vecc vo Chonbmac. Cath
Moshe Teche, 7 longfp Chopbmarc cap mang Ren (.1. cap an ppaipse) an
bliadam pin, cond von chun pin po Zabaycainpiom pighe nOlban.

Qoip Cmorpc, oa chéd cltnachat a haon. GO cwmg vécc vo Chonbmac.
Actiad anopo cacha Chopbmaic pop Mumain an bhadamyp:. Cath beippe,
cath Locha Lén, cath Lumms, cath Spene, cach Clapais, cach Mumipc,

of Keenaght, in the county of Londonderry.
He is also the ancestor of the families of O’Gara
and O’Hara in Connaught, and of O’Hara of
the Route, in the county of Antrim.

i Granard.—Now a small town in the county
of Longford, near which is a large moat.—See
Ogygia, iii. 69, p. 335. See note °, under A. D.
1262. These battles, fought by Cormac, are
also mentioned in the Annals of Tighernach.

k Eu, in Magh-Aci.—In the Annals of Tigher-
nach the reading is Cat Meoa, i. e. the Battle
of Knockmaa, which is a hill in the barony of
Clare, county Galway.

* Eth.—Not identified.

™ Ceann-Daire: i.e. Head of the Oak Wood.
Not identified. .

® Sruth—This should be Caé Spueéna, i.e.
the battle of Shrule, a place on the River
Suithair, or Shrule, in the south-east of the
county of Louth.—See Ogygia, iii. 69, p. 335.

° Slighe-Cuailgne: i.e. the road or pass of
Cuailgne, which is a mountainous district still
so called, in the north of the county of Louth.

? Ath-Beatha: i.e. Ford of the Birch. This
was probably the ancient name of Ballybay
(Sale Géa beaza), in the county of Monaghan.

4 Dumha: i.e. tumulus. There are countless
places of this name in Ireland.

* Cuil-tochair: i.e. Corner or Angle of the
Causeway. Not identified.

’ Dubhadh.—Now Dowth, on the Boyne, in -
the county of Meath, where there is a remark-
able mound, 286 feet high, which is one of the
monuments of the Tuatha-De-Dananns. Inthe
Annals of Tighernach the reading is, 1 NOuibp.

* Allamagh.— Probably intended for Eala-
mhagh, i.e. the plain of the River Allo, in the
county of Cork.

« Elve.—Now Sliabh Eilbhe, anglicé Slieve-
Ilva, a mountain in the parish of Killonaghan,

234.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 113

The Age of Christ, 234. The eighth year of Cormac. Oilioll Olum, son
of Mogh Nuadhat, King of Munster, died.

The Age of Christ, 236. The tenth year of Cormac. The battle of Gra-
nard' by Cormac, the grandson of Conn, against the Ulstermen this year. A
battle at Eu, in Magh-Aei*, against Aedh, son of Eochaidh, son of Conall, King
of Connaught. A battle at Eth'; the battle of Ceann-Daire”; the battle of Sruth® »
against the Ulstermen ; the battle of Slighe-Cuailgne’.

The Age of Christ, 237. The eleventh year of Cormac. The battle of
Ath-Beatha?; the battle of Dumha* this year by Cormac.

The Age of Christ, 238. The twelfth year of Cormac. A battle at Cuil-
tochair’ thrice, and three battles at Dubhadh* by Cormac.

The Age of Christ, 239. The thirteenth year of Cormac. The battle of
Allamagh'‘, and the seven battles of Elve", by Cormac.

The Age of Christ, 240. The fourteenth year of Cormac. The battle of
Magh-Techt", and the fleet of Cormac [sailed] across Magh-Rein* (i. e. across
the sea), this year, so that it was on that occasion he obtained the sovereignty
of Alba [Scotland].

The Age of Christ, 241. The fifteenth year of Cormac. These are the
battles of Cormac [fought] against Munster this year: the battle of Berre’; the
battle of Loch Lein’; the battle of Luimneach*; the battle of Grian’; the battle
of Classach‘; the battle of Muiresc*; the battle of Fearta’, in which fell Eochaidh

barony of Burren, and county of Clare. Y Berre.—See A. M. 3575, 3579, 3656, supra.

* Magh-Techt.—See A. M. 3529, 3656. 2 Loch Lein.—See A. M. 3579, supra.

* Magh-Rein: i.e. the Plain of the Sea, Rian, * Luimneach.—Now Limerick. This was ori-
gen. péin, is an old word for sea, and is glossed _ginally the name of the Lower Shannon.—See
“muin” by O’Clery. This passage is taken Acta Sanctorum, by the Bolandists, 3rd May,
from the Annals of Tighernach. O’Flaherty p. 380, and Life of St. Senanus by Colgan.
understands this passage as follows : “‘Magnam > Grian.—There are several places of this name
classem trans mare in septentrionalem Britan- in Ireland, but the place here alluded to is pro-
niam misit, qua triennii spacio eas oras infes- bably the hill of Cnoc-Greine, i.e. the Hill of
tante imperium in Albania exegit.” But the Grian, over the village of Pallasgrean, in the
word lomgeap, in ancient Irish, means expul- barony of Coonagh, and county of Limerick.
sion or banishment (loingear .1. longap .1. 10n- © Classach.—Not identified. There are many
nanbas—O’Clery), and the passage might be places of the name in Ireland.
translated thus: ‘“ The expulsion of Cormac 4 Muiresc.—See A. M. 3501, 3790.
across the sea this year, and it was on this occa- e Fearta.—Not identified. There are several
sion that he obtained the sovereignty of Alba.” places so called.

Q

114 anNNaza Rrioghdachtda elReann.

(248.

cath P{pca hi conchoip Cochaid Taobpooa, mac Oilolla Oluim, cat Samna
hi concain Cian, mac Chleallo Oluim, 4 cat Apoa cam.

Opsain na hingfmpange, 1pin Claomp(pca bn cCfmpaig, la Ounlang, mac
Ema Niad, pf Larsfh. Tmocha mgingn a Vion, 7 cév ingfn la sach ningm
ofob. Oa nig vécc v0 Largmb por bs Conbmac an salarb aompip, 1 noioganl
na hoipsne hipm, amaill) pe popnadm na bopama co na copmach ian
cCuachal.

Coip Cmort, 0a chéd 7 clcpachac a hochc. A 06 pichfe vo Chonbmac.
Cach i Pochaino Muiptemne pia cConbmac an bliadamy.

Coir Cpiopz, va céo plpeca a 06. CO pé tmocha v0 Chonbmac. Cath
Cpfonna Ppegabail pa cConbmac pop Ullcorb, ou hi ccopcaip Clongup Fionn,
mac Pipsupa Ouboéavans, pi Ulad, 50 nan Ulad imme.

Coir Cpiorc, oa chéo peapca a curs. GO nao tmpiocha vo Chopbmac.
Hun Ceallars, mic Chonbmaic, 7 Rfchcame Chonbmaie, 7 pin Chonbmanc
budfin vo Bipfoh oaen ponccom la hOengup Garbuaibteach, mac Piachach
Suigvde, mic PHdlmd Reachcada. Ro bmp 1apam Conbmac react ccata
popp na Oiy~ib a ccionawd an smoma pin, $0 por capainn 6 a ccip, conur

pilio hy Mumam.
Cloip Cmorc, va céd peapce a peé.

Cfcnacha bliadam 00 Conbmac, mac

inc, mic Cuino, hi pige nE€neann s0 beuann bap 1cClecec 1ap lenmain cnaim

f Samhain.—Now Cnoc-Samhna, near Bru-
ree, in the county of Limerick.—See A. M. 4169,
supra.

® Ard-cam: i.e. Crooked Height or Hill. Not
identified.

® Claenfearta.—This was a place at Tara, on
the western slope of the hill.—See Petrie’s An-
tiquities of Tara Hill, p. 128, and map, plate 7.
O’Flaherty understands this passage as follows,
in his Ogygia, iii. c. 69.

“ Dunlongius Ennii Niadh filius Cathirii Re-
gis Hiberniew abnepos rex Lagenia Temorense
apud Cloenfertam gyneceum immani feritate
adortus, triginta regias puellas cum trecentis
ancillis famulantibus ad unum internecione de-
levit. Quocirca Cormacus rex duodecim. La-
geniz dynastas parthenicidii conscios morte

plexit, et Boariam Tuathalii regis mulctam La-
geniis cum accessione imperavit.”

' Borumha.—See an account of this impost
under the reign of Tuathal Teachtmhar, supra,
A. D. 106.

k Fochard Muirtheimhne.—Now Faughard, in
the county of Louth, about two miles to the
north of Dundalk.—See A. D. 1595, 1596.

! Crionna-Fregabhai.—Dr. O’Conor renders
this Crinna partum, taking pnegabail to be a
verb, from gabail; but it was certainly the an-
cient name of a place on the River Fregabhail,
now the Ravel Water, in the county Antrim.—
See A. M. 3510, supra. Tighernach places this
battle in the year 251.

™ Aenghus Gaibhuaibhtheach: i.e. Aenghus of ~
the terrible Spear.

248] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 115

Taebhfada [of the Long Side], son of Oilioll Olum ; the battle of Samhain‘, in
which fell Cian, son of Oilioll Olum ; and the battle of Ard-cam®.

The massacre of the girls at Cleanfearta’, at Teamhair, by Dunlang, son of
Enna Niadh, King of Leinster. Thirty royal girls was the number, and a
hundred maids with each of them. Twelve princes of the Leinstermen did
Cormac put to death together, in revenge of that massacre, together with the
exaction of the Borumha' with an increase after Tuathal.

The Age of Christ, 248. The twenty-second year of Cormac. A battle at
Fochard Muirtheimhne* by Cormac this year. The battle of Crionna-Frega-
bhail' [was fought] by Cormac against the Ulstermen, where fell Aenghus Finn,
son of Fearghus Duibhdeadach [i.e. the Black-toothed], King of Ulster, with
the slaughter of the Ulstermen about him.

The Age of Christ, 265. The thirty-ninth year of Cormac. Ceallach, son
of Cormac, and Cormac’s lawgiver, were mortally wounded, and the eye of
Cormac himself was destroyed with one thrust [of a lance] by Aenghus Gaibh-
uaibhtheach™, son of Fiacha Suighdhe, son of Feidhlimidh the Lawseiver.
Cormac afterwards [fought and] gained seven battles over the Deisi, in revenge
of that deed, and he expelled them from their territory, so that they are [now]
in Munster’.

The Age of Christ, 266. Forty years was Cormac, son of Art, son of
Conn, in the sovereignty of Ireland, when he died at Cleiteach’, the bone of a

5 i coe ak a

n In Munster.—The Deisi, who were the de-
scendants of Fiacha Suighdhe, the brother of
Conn of the Hundred Battles, were first seated
in the territory of Deisi-Teamhrach, now the
barony of Deece, in the county of Meath, and
when they were driven from thence by King
Cormac, they proceeded into Leinster, where
they remained for one year, and afterwards re-
moved into Ossory, but effected no permanent
settlement anywhere until they went to Mun-
ster, where Oilioll Olum, king of that province,
who was married to Sadhbh (Sabina), daughter
of Conn of the Hundred Battles, gave them a
territory comprised in the present county of
Waterford, and extending from the River Suir
to the sea, and from Lismore to Credan Head,

to which territory they gave the name of that
which they had in Meath. Aenghus Mac Nad-
fraeich, King of Munster, afterwards gave them
the plain of Magh-Feimheann, now the barony
of Iffa and Offa, East, which they retained till
the period of the English Invasion. For the
names of the families into which this tribe
branched after the establishment of surnames,
see note *, under A. D. 1205.

° Cleiteach—The situation of this house is
described in the historical tale entitled Oighidh
Mhuircheartaigh Mbhoir mhic Earca, as fol-
lows :

“ 6a mane puldiugad mm cis pn epa, op up na
Hoinne bpavanarg) bicaulle, 7 6p Gp an Shpoga
bapp-uaine.”

Qz

116 GNNawa RIOShachtTa eIReEaNN. (266.

bnavain ina bnaganc, cner an prabnad pormip Mailgenn ona pain, 1ap mom-
pod vo Conbmac ap na opaoitib po bitin adapta Dé 06 cappib. Conad
aipe pm po camps oiabal erpiuth cpe pupalearh na nopuad 50 ccuc bap
vochnad 06. OA pé Conbmac vo tnache cesurce na pish vo comoa mod,
ber,7 pollamnaigte na pige. Usoan oipdenc eipde 1 noligtib, hi ccormpmb,
zh pircup, an apé po piol plche, maganl, 7 oipgiacad sacha ham, 7 clcha
caingne 1ap ccéip, conad hé an oligead po pmachc pon chach baor pon cong-
bail leo sup an aimpip ppeacnarne.

pé an Conbmac po, mac Cine, beop po tiondil cnommcide Epeann co
haon maigin 50 Tlmpais, Sup po popcongaip poppo cpoimc Epeann vo
repfobad m nen lubay van bo hamm pralcain Cempach. 6a hipm luban
pn bacap commpneada 7 comamypepa mogspaide Epeann pm pfosaib 7 impr
peada an vomain, 7 pfos na ccoiccead ppi piogaib Eneann. Mp ann ona po
pemobad ma noligpead pi Epeann vo na coiccedachaib 4 crop 7 oligl na
ccoiccead oa pomamarshtib o ta uapal cohipeal. 6a han tna bao cmoch
7 tonann Epeann op md op, o tha curccead co tuant, 6 tuat co baile, 7

“Good, indeed, was the situation of that
house (sc. of Cleiteach) over the margin of the
salmonful, ever-beautiful Boyne, and over the
verge of the green-topped Brugh.”

It was situated near Stackallan Bridge, on the
south side of the Boyne.

P Teagusc-na-Righ.—‘‘ Cormack wasabsolutely
the best king that ever reigned in Ireland before
himself. He wrote a book entitled Princely
Institutions, which, in Irish, is called Teasgasg
Ri, which book contains as goodly precepts and
moral documents as Cato or Aristotle did ever
write.”—Ann. Clon.

Copies of this work, ascribed to King Cormac,
are preserved in the Book of Leinster (in Lib.
T. C. D., H. 2. 18), and in the Book of Bally-
mote; and translated extracts from it are given
in the Dublin Penny Journal, vol. i. pp. 213, 214,
215, and 231, 232.

4 Laws.—For an account of the laws insti-
tuted by King Cormac, see the Stowe Catalogue,
and Petrie’s History and Antiquities of Tara Hill,

-

pp. 16-20.

' Psalter of Teamhair.—This Psalter is re-
ferred to in a poem by Cuan O’Lochain, who
flourished in the eleventh century, but no frag-
ment of it has been identified as now remaining.
A copy, indeed, of the Book of Ballymote, with
some additions made by Teige O’Naghten, now
preserved in the Library of Trinity College,
Dublin, H. 1.15, bears the title of Salcain
na Teampac; but this name was given it by
O’Naghten himself, for no reason except that it
contains articles relating to Irish laws, genea-
logy, history, topography, &. *

O'Flaherty quotes a poem beginning Team-
ain na mosh nach Conmare, i. e. Teamhair of
the Kings, fort of Cormac, which, among other
things, he says, describes three schools insti-
tuted by King Cormac at Tara, namely, one for
teaching military dicipline, another for history,
and the third for jurisprudence. This was
preserved in O’Duvegan’s Book of Hy-Many,
fol. 175; but no copy of it has been discovered

ES RT

266.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 117

salmon sticking in his throat, on account of the siabhradh [genii] which Mael-
genn, the Druid, incited at him, after Cormac had turned against the Druids,
on account of his adoration of God in preference to them. Wherefore a devil
attacked him, at the instigation of the Druids, and gave him a painful death.
It was Cormac who composed Teagusc-na-Righ’, to preserve manners, morals,
and government in the kingdom. He was a famous author in laws‘, synchro-
nisms, and history, for it was he that established law, rule, and direction for
each science, and for each covenant according to propriety ; and it is his laws
that governed all that adhered to them to the present time.

It was this Cormac, son of Art, also, that collected the Chroniclers of Ire-
land to Teamhair, and ordered them to write the chronicles of Ireland in one
book, which was named the Psalter of Teamhair’. In that book were [entered]
the coeval exploits and synchronisms of the kings of Ireland with the kings
and emperors of the world, and of the kings of the provinces with the mo-
narchs of Ireland. In it was also written what the monarchs of.Ireland were
entitled to [receive] from the provincial kings, and the rents and dues of the
provincial kings from their subjects, from the noble to the subaltern. In it
also were [described] the boundaries and meares of Ireland, from shore to
shore, from the province to the cantred, from the cantred to the townland, and

in Dublin, Oxford, or the British Museum.
It looks very strange that neither the Four _ the sun to stand still for a whole hour, to enable

this neighbourhood also believe that he caused

Masters nor Tighernach make any special men-
tion of Cormac’s expedition into Munster, against
Fiacha Muilleathan, king of that province, of
which expedition the historical tale called For-
bais-Droma-Damhghaire (i. e. the encampment
of Druim-Damhghaire, now Knocklong, in the
county of Limerick), preserved in the Book of
Lismore, fol. 169; and Keating, in his History
of Ireland; and the Book of Lecan, fol. 133, a,
give such minute particulars. On this occasion
the Druid, Mogh Ruith, the ancestor of the
O’Dugans of Fermoy, displayed wondrous ma-
gical powers in supplying the Munster forces
with water, and a spring well which he caused

‘to issue from the earth by discharging a magical

javelin is still pointed out. The inhabitants of

the forces of Leath-Chuinn to dislodge Cormac
from his entrenchment at Knocklong. Cormac
was completely routed and pursued into Ossory,
where he was obliged to deliver up pledges or
hostages to Fiacha, as security for making re-
paration for the injuries done to Munster by
this expedition.

“Tum Fiachus valido impetu Cormaci exer-
citum agegressus, eum fudit et fugavit. Imo
adeo acriter fugientium tergis ad Ossiriam usque
institit, ut Cormacum adegerit pacisci obsides
se Teamorid missurum ad Fiachum tamdiu
apud eum mansuros, donec illatum Momonie
damnum cumulaté resarciret.”—Lynch.

The truth is that the annalists of Leath-
Chuinn pass over the affairs of Munster very

118

o baile 50 tpaigid vo chip [oipdenc na nec 1 Ceabap na h-Uropi.
pollup race 1 Leaban Omnpenchural.

aNNQaza RIOshachta elReaNnN.

(267.
Or

Coip Core, oa cév peapceca a peache. En bliadam v€ochaw Gonvac
hi mge nEpeann s0 cconchaip la Cugad Mno, mac Clongura, oUUcorb.

Coir Core, va céd peapcca, a hoche.

Qn ceo bliadain vo Caimpne

Uippechain, mac Conmaic, me Cnc, hi mse nEpeann.

Cop Core, oa ceo p(chcmogac a haon.

(1 clean vo Caipbpe. Tm

cata ma cCoinppe pon popu Muman ag copnam cipc Langtn.

Coip Cort, va ced peactmogac a 06.

(1 cuicc vo Coinppe. Ceitpe

cata la Coinbne pon propa Muman ag copnam cinc Laigtn.

Coip Cpiopc, va céd peactmogat a ypé.

C1 naoi vo Coipppe 1 pighe

n€peann. Oensur Harbuaibeeach vo manbad an bliadaimy la clomnCaipbpe
Cippechain 1. Piacha Spaibcine 7 Eochawd Ooimlen.

Coip Cort, va cév ochtmogat a tpi. A pé véce vo Cambpe. Fionn
Ua baipccne vo tuitim la hAichlich mac Owbontnn, 7 la macoib Uipgsptno,
vo Cuaigmb Cemnac, oce Ach pea pon Goinn, o1a noebnad.

slightly, and seem unwilling to acknowledge
any triumph of their’s over the race of Conn of
the Hundred Battles; and this feeling was mu-
tual on the part of the race of Oilioll Olum.

8 Traighidh of land—O’Flaherty translates
this passage as follows :

“Ex hac Schola prodiit liber, quod Psalterium
Tomorense dicimus, in quo congestis in unum
patrie archivis, supremorum, et provincialium
regum series, ac tempora cum exteris Synchronis
principibus collata, tributa quoque, et vectigalia
provincialium monarchis debita, nec non mete,
ac limites cujusque regionis a provincia ad ter-
ritoria, a territorio ad pagos, a pago ad pagi
particulas” [cpaigid do zip] “continebantur.”
—Ogygia, iii. c. 69.

© Leabhar na-h Uidhri.—The passage inserted
in the text in brackets is not’ in either of the
Dublin copies, but it has been added from Dr.
O’Conor’s edition, p. 87. A considerable frag-
ment of Leabhar na-h-Uidhri is now preserved
in the Library of the Royal Trish Academy.

« Leabhar Dinnsenchusa.—Of this work, which
gives derivations of the names of remarkable
hills, forts, and plains in Ireland, there are
copies in the Books of Lecan and Ballymote, and
in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, H. 2.
15, and H. 3. 3.

* Eochaidh Gonnat.—He is enumerated among
the monarchs of Ireland in the Annals of Clon-
macnoise, and by all the modern writers. Tigher-
nach, however, does not mention him, but makes
Cairbre Liffechair succeed his father.

* Cairbre Liffeachair.—Keating says that he
was so called because he was fostered near the
River Liffey.

Y Eochaidh Doimhlen.—He is the ancestor of
all the Oirghialla, in Ulster, and of the O’Kellys
of Connaught and their correlative families.

* Finn, grandson of Baisgne.—This passage is
also given by Tighernach. The Finn here men-
tioned is the celebrated champion called Fingal
by Mac Pherson, and Finn Mac Cumhail by the -
Irish, of whom Mr. Moore has the following

267.) \ ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

from the townland to the traighidh of land*®. [These things are celebrated in
Leabhar na-n-Uidhri’. They are evident in the Leabhar Dinnsenchusa".]

The Age of Christ, 267. Eochaidh Gonnat” in the sovereignty of Ireland,
when he fell by Lughaidh Meann, son of Aenghus, [one] of the Ulstermen.

The Age of Christ, 268. The first year of Cairbre Liffeachair®, son of
Cormac, son of Art, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 271. The fourth year of Cairbre. Three battles [were
fought] by Cairbre against the men of Munster, in defence of the rights of
Leinster.

The Age of Christ, 272. Four battles by Cairbre against the men of
Munster, in defence of the rights of Leinster.

The Age of Christ, 276. The ninth year of Cairbre in the sovereignty of
Ireland. Aenghus Gaibuaibhtheach was killed this year by the sons of Cairbre
Liffechair, namely, Fiacha Sraibhtine and Eochaidh Doimhlen’.

The Age of Christ, 283.
of Baisgne’, fell by Aichleach, son of Duibhdreann, and the sons of Uirgreann
of the Luaighni Teamhrach, at Ath-Brea, upon the Boinn [Boyne], of which

119

The sixteenth year of Cairbre. Finn, grandson

was said :

remarks in his History of Ireland, vol. i. p. 133:

“It has been the fate of this popular Irish
hero, after a long course of traditional renown
in his country, where his name still lives, not
only in legends and songs, but in the yet more
indelible record of scenery connected with his
memory, to have been all at once transferred
by adoption to another country” [Scotland],
“and start, under a new but false shape, in a
fresh career of fame.”

This celebrated warrior, who had two grand
residences in Leinster, one at Almhuin, now the
hill of Allen, in the county of Kildare, and the
other at Magh-Elle, now Moyelly, in the King’s
County, was the son-in-law of King Cormac, and
general of his standing army, which, as Pinker-
ton remarks, seems to have been in imitation of
the Roman legions. The words of this critical
writer are worth quoting here : ;

‘He seems,” says he, “to have been a man

of great talents for the age, and of celebrity in
arms. His formation of a regular standing
army, trained to war, in which all the Irish
accounts agree, seems to have been a rude imi-
tation of the Roman legions in Britain. The
idea, though simple enough, shews prudence,
for such a force alone could have coped with
the Romans had they invaded Ireland. But
this machine, which surprised a rude age, and
seems the basis of all Finn’s fame, like some
other great schemes, only lived in its author,
and expired soon after him.”—IJnquiry into the
History of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 77.

The bands of kernes and galloglaghs or gal-
lowglasses, supported by the Irish chieftains of
later ages, may have been imitations of these
more primitive Fians, who are still so vividly
remembered in the traditions of the people,
while the kernes and gallowglasses are nearly
forgotten.

120

annaza Rioshachta eireann.

(284.

Ro bith Fino, ba vo garb,

50 noiach gun,

vo all Cichleach mac Ouboneno
a c{nn v0 mac Mochcamuin.

Muinbad Carle: corccaip,
vo bu buaid ap cech pinsliars,
Ro bavh corecpach lap im cman
iach 1m chm ino pig maoh.

Coip Cmorc, oa céd ochtmogac a cléarp.

lan mbfic peacc mbliadna

véce hi pige nEpeann vo Caipbpe Uippechain vo c{p1 ccat Gabpa Alicle, vo
laim Sémeom, mic Cinb, vo Potoncaib, 1an cabaine na pene oPionconb, mac
Copmaic Cap, lair inv aghad an nigh vo copnam Leite Moga pnip.

CQoip Cniopz, 0a céd ochtmogac a ciicc.
6p Epmn, 50 cconcain Potad Canptec la Pothad nCingceach.

En bliadain von va Pothad
Oo cean

Potad Ainecteach ran pin hn ccat Ollanba ln Cme la Caoilce.

* With darts.—The following words are inter-
lined in the text: “.1,00 nagaib 1apcearch po
gonad €;” i.e. “by the fishing gaffs he was
wounded.” It is stated in the Dublin copy of
the Annals of Innisfallen that Finn Mac Cum-
hail, the celebrated general of the Irish militia,
fell by the hands of Athlach, son of Duibhdrenn,
a treacherous fisherman, who [fired with the love
of everlasting notoriety] slew him with his gaff
at Rath-Breagha, near the Boyne, whither he
had retired in his old age to pass the remainder
of his life in tranquillity. That Athlach was
soon after beheaded by Caeilte Mac Ronain, the
relative and faithful follower of Finn.

> Gabhra-Aichle: i.e. Gabhra of Aichill, so
called from its contiguity to Aichill, now the
hill of Skreen, near Tara, inthe county of Meath.
Gabhra, anglicé Gowra, is now the name of a
stream which rises in a bog in the townland of
Prantstown, in the parish of Skreen, receives a
tribute from the well of Neamhnach on Tara
Hill, joins the River Skene atDowthstown, and
unites with the Boyne at Ardsallagh. There is

a Curious poem, ascribed to Oisin, on the sub-
ject of this battle, preserved in the Book of
Leinster, fol. 25, 6, in which it is stated that
Osgar, the son of Oisin, slew King Cairbre, with
This is partly true, but
Osgar himself was also slain in the combat; and,

a thrust of ‘a lance.

according to other accounts, Semeon, one of the
Fotharta of Leinster, was the person who de-
spatched Cairbre.

© Moghcorb, son of Cormac Cas.—This prince
was the principal opponent of the monarch, and
not the Clanna-Baisgne, or Irish militia, as
stated by modern popular writers. Since Eoghan
Taidhleach, or Mogh Nuadhat, the grandfather
of Cormac Cas, had been murdered in his tent
by Goll, the son of Morna, at the battle of Magh-
Leana, the kings of Munster cherished the most
rancorous hatred against the Clanna-Morna, who
were a-military tribe of the Firbolgs of Con-
naught; and in order to be revenged of them
they formed an alliance with the Clanna-Baisgne,
another military tribe of the Scotic or Milesian
race, the most distinguished chief of whom was

284.)

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 121

Finn was killed, it was with darts’,

With a lamentable wound ;

Aichleach, son of Duibhdreann, cut off
The head of the son of Mochtamuin.

Were it not that Caeilti took revenge,

It would have been a victory after all Avs true battles ;
The three were cut off by him,

Exulting over the head of the royal champion.

The Age of Christ, 284. After Cairbre Liffeachair had been seventeen
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell in the battle of Gabhra-Aichle®, by
the hand of Semeon, son of Cearb, [one] of the Fotharta; Fearcorb, the son
of Cormac Cas‘, having brought the Fiana with him, against the king, to defend

Leath-Mhogha against him.

The Age of Christ, 285. Fothadh was one year over Ireland, when Fo-

thadh Cairptheach was slain by Fothadh Airgtheach.

Fothadh Airgtheach

was afterwards slain in the battle of Ollarba, in Magh-Line’, by Caeilte®.

Finn Mac Cumhail. ‘ Cormac Cas, King of Mun-
ster, married Samhair, the daughter of this war-
rior, and had by her three sons: Tine and Connla,
of whose issue no account is preserved, and Mogh-
corb, the ancestor of the celebrated Brian Bo-
rumha, who inherited all the valour and heroism
of Finn, his ancestor. After the death of Finn,
Cairbre disbanded and outlawed the forces of the
Clanna-Baisgne, and retained in his service the
Clanna-Morna only. The Clanna-Baisgne then
repaired to Munster, to their relative Moghcorb,
who retained them in his service contrary to the
orders of the monarch. This led to the bloody
battle of Gabhra, in which the two rival military
tribes slaughtered each other almost to extermi-
nation. In this battle Osgar, the son of Oisin,
met the monarch in single combat, but he fell ;
and Cairbre, retiring from the combat, was met
by his own relative, Semeon, one of the Fotharta
(who had been expelled into Leinster), who fell
upon him severely wounded after the dreadful

combat with Osgar, and despatched him at ablow.

4 Ollarbha, in Magh-Line—Now the River
Larne, in the county of Antrim.—See note
under A. D. 106, supra. For a very curious
account of the identification of the tomb of
Fothadh Airgtheach, near this river, see Pe-
trie’s Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the
Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 105, 106. Tigher-
nach does not mention either of these Fothadhs
as monarchs of Ireland, evidently because he
regarded them as usurpers, but makes Fiacha
Roibtine [Sraibhtine] succeed Cairbre Liffea-
chair, at Tara. They are, however, mentioned as
joint monarchs in the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
but it is added that ‘these Fothies were none
of the Blood Royall.” They were the sons of
Maccon, who defeated Art, the son of Conn of the
Hundred Battles, at Magh-Mucruimhe, and from
their brother, Aenghus Gaifuileach, or Aenghus
of the Bloody Dart, O’Driscoll is descended.

© Caeilte: i.e. Caeilte mac Ronain, the fos-

122 GNNazZa RIOSshachta eiReaNn.

(286.

Cop Core, 0a céo ochtmogac apé. Cn céd bliadain vo pige Piachaiw
Spaibcine 6p Epinn.

Qoip Cmorc, va céo nochat a haon. Qn perpead bliadain oPiachad
mise. .Cach Oublinve pra pPiachad pon Lagmb. Thi cacha hi Sléb
Toadh, cach Smecine, 7 cat Ciapmange pra pPiachaiw Spaibcine bedp.

Coip Cort, cpi céo fiche a 06. Jap mbfith peace mbliadna ap cpio-
chat na pigh 6p Epinn vPrachard Spaibcine do cean Lap na Collaib hi ccath
Oubcomaip bn cCpich Roip 1 mbpeagab.

Coip Cmopc, tpi céd piche a tpi. On ced bliadain do Colla Uaip mac
Eachach Oomlén na psh 6p Epimn.

Qoip Cort, tpi céd fiche apé. On clepamad bliadain vo Colla Uaip
hi pige n€peann go por ronanb Muipfoach Tineach e1piom co na bnarepibh
1nQlbain 50 ccpib cévaib manaon piu.

Clip Cmorct, tpi céd piche a peache.
Tinec hi pghe n€peann.

Cn céd bhadam vo Muipedach
C1 bpoincfno na bliadna po cangacan na cm Colla
50 hEpinn,7 nf po main via pochparve achc tpi naonbain nama. Oo veocha-
cap om 50 Muipeavhach ian na cceagapce vo opaioh. Ro basple pny, 7
po pmopeac opoichbmatpa copup manbad, 7 copbad pain cuaippead mo

plongat.

ter-son and favourite of the celebrated Irish
general, Finn Mac Cumhail.

£ Fiacha-Sraibhtine.— Keating says he was
called Sraibhtine from his having been fostered
at Dun-Sraibhtine, in Connaught; but others
assert that he received this cognomen from the
showers of fire, i.e. the thunder-storms, which
occurred during his reign.

8 Duibhlinn : i.e. the black pool.
the name of that part of the River Liffey on
which the city of Duibhlinn or Dublin stands.

» Sliabh Toadh.—There is a mountain of this
name near the village of Ardara, in the barony
of Banagh, and county of Donegal.—See it again
referred to at A. D. 610.

i Smear: i.e. a place abounding in black-
berries or blackberry briars. There are several
places of the name in Ireland.

This was

Onac ecaip(c caimplc oca, pobcan sopa 00.

k Ciarmhagh: i.e. the Brown Plain. Not iden-
tified.

* Dubhchomar : i.e. the Conflux of the River
Dubh. Tighernach says that this battle was
named from Dubh-Chomar, the king’s druid,
who was therein slain; but this looks legendary,
as the name signifies “‘ black confluence.” Keat-
ing says it is near Tailten, to the south, and it
is quite evident that it was the ancient name of
the confluence of the Blackwater and the Boyne.
The territory of Crioch Rois embraced a portion
of the barony of Farney, in the county of Mo-
naghan, and some of the adjoining districts of
the counties of Meath and Louth.

™ Colla Uais: i.e. Colla the Noble. All the
authorities agree in giving him a reign of four
years, but Dr. O’Conor shews that his expulsion
should be placed in the year 329.

286.)

The Age of Christ, 286. The first year of the reign of Fiacha Sraibhtine
over Ireland. :

The Age of Christ, 291. The sixth year of Fiacha in the sovereignty.
The battle of Duibhlinn’ [was fought] by Fiacha against the Leinstermen;
three battles at Sliabh Toadh"; the battle of Smear’; and also the battle of

Ciarmhagh*, by Fiacha Sraibhtine.
‘The Age of Christ, 322. Fiacha Sraibhtine, after having been thirty-seven
years as king over Ireland, was slain by the Collas, in the battle of Dubhcho-
mar’, in Crioch-Rois, in Breagh.

The Age of Christ, 323. The first year of Colla Uais, son of Eochaidh
Doimhlen, as king over Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 326. The fourth year of Colla Uais”, in the sovereignty
of Ireland, when Muireadhach Tireach expelled him and his brothers into Alba
[Scotland] with three hundred along with them.

The Age of Christ, 327. The first year of Muireadhach Tireach in the
sovereignty of Ireland. At the end of this year the three Collas came to Ire-
land ; and there lived not of their forces but thrice nine persons only. They
then went to Muireadhach, having been instructed by a druid. [And] they
scolded at him, and expressed evil words, that he might kill them’, and that it

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 123

might be on him [the curse of] the finghal should alight.

As he did not oppose

them, they tarried with him, and were faithful to him’.

’

° Might kill them.—The word fiongal signifies
the murder of.a relative or clansman, and was
considered to be so great a crime among the an-
cient Irish, ‘that a curse was believed to alight
on the murderer and his race. A druid had
informed the Collas that if they could exaspe-
rate the king so as that he would kill them, or
any of them, the sovereignty would be wrested
from him and his line, and transferred to their
descendants. The king, perceiving that this was
their wish, bore patiently with all their taunt-
ing words. Keating says that when the Collas

‘came into the presence of the king at Tara, he
' asked them what news, and that they replied,
’ “ We have no news more mournful than that thy

father was killed by us.” ‘“ That is news which
we have already known,” said the king, “ but it
is of no consequence to you now, for no revenge
shall follow you, except that the misfortune,
which has already attended you will follow
you.” “This is the reply of a coward,” said the
Collas. ‘Be not sorry for it,” replied the king,
“Ye are welcome.”

° Faithful to him.—The language of this pas-
sage is very ancient, and seems to have been
copied from Tighernach. According to Keating
and the Leabhar-Gabhala of the O’Clerys, the
Collas then entered into a treaty of friendship
with the king, and were his generals, till about
the year 332, when they destroyed the Ulster

Rez

124

aNNaza RIOshachta erReann.

(331.

Cop Cope, tpi céo tmocha a haon. On chiccead bliadam vo Muipead-
ach. Cat Ocha lichofince hi Pfpnmoig lap na cpit Collab pon Ullcwb,
ou 1 cconcain Plpsup Poga, mac Pnaechaip Ponepium, ciugplant Ulad 1

n€amain m Pfpsur hipmn.
Ulaid imnce opén.
n€achach pap.

Ro loipey fc. 1anom Eamann, 7 nip accpeabpac
Tallpac pon Ulcoib beor von cfiiccead 6 Righe 7 Loch
Oo cf Colla Meann 1pm cat pin.

Qoip Cmorc, tpi céo caocca a pé, lan mbfich tmocha bhiadain hi pghe
n€peann vo Muipeavhach Tipeac vo cean la Caolbad, mac Cnuimn, pin Ulad,

oc Ponce pigh uap Oaball.

Cloip Core, tpi céd caocca a peacht.

lap mbfit aon bliadain 1 pige

n€peann vo Caolbad, mac Cpuinn badpa, vo-cean la hEochad Muig-

meavdoin.

Coip Cmorct, tpi céo caocca a hocht. An cé10 bliadain o€ochad Mung-

meadon hi pighe 6p Epinn.

Qoip Cort, tpi céd peapcca a ctice. An cochtmad bliadain o€ochaw
Muigmom, mc Muploars, Tims op Epinn 50 nepbale 1 cCeampans.

Qoip Core, tpi céd peaycca a re.

Cn ceo bliadam vo Cmomtann,

mac Pioohad, mic Oaine Cenb, op Epinn.

Qoip Cmorc, tpi céd peaccmogac a hoche.

palace of Eamhain-Macha or Emania, and con-
quered vast territories for themselves in Ulster.
Dr. O’Conor thinks that the overturning of
Emania should be ascribed to A. D. 331.

» Achadh-leithdheirg.—This place, situated in
the territory of Fearnmhagh, now the barony
of Farney, in the county of Monaghan, has not
yet been identified.

9 The Righe—Now the Newry river, which
is called ‘* Owen Glenree fluvius” on an old map
of a part of Ulster preserved in the State Papers’
Office, London.—See note’, under A. D. 1178.

* Loch n-Eathach : i. e. the Lake of Eochaidh,
now Lough Neagh, a large and celebrated lake
between the counties of Antrim, Londonderry,
Down, Armagh, and Tyrone.

5 Colla Meann.—He was the ancestor of the
ancient inhabitants of Crioch-Mughdhorn, now

lan mbfich cm bhadna

Cremorne, in the county of Monaghan. Colla
Uais, the eldest of the brothers, is the ancestor
of the Mac Donnells, Mac Allisters, and Mac
Dugalds of Scotland; and Colla Dachrich, of
the Mac Mahons of the county of Monaghan, of
the Maguires of Fermanagh, of the O’Hanlons
and Mac Canns of the county of Armagh, and
of various other families.

* King of Uladh.—Henceforward Uladh is
applied to the circumscribed territory of the
ancient Ulstermen.

« Portrigh, over Dabhall.—Ddabhall was the
ancient name of the River Abhainn-mhor, or
Blackwater, in the counties of Tyrone and Ar-
magh; and Portrigh, the King’s Fort, was pro-
bably the ancient name of Benburb. The An-
nals of Clonmacnoise give Muireadhach Tireach
but a reign of thirteen years, but Dr. O’Conor

FRR Ds Arcata cccty pasta

331.]
The Age of Christ, 331.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

125

The fifth year of Muireadhach. The battle of

‘Achadh-leithdheirg’, in Fearnmhagh, [was fought] by the three Collas against
the Ulstermen, in which fell Fearghus Fogha, son of Fraechar Foirtriun, the last

king of Ulster, [who resided] at Eamhain.
and the Ulstermen did not dwell therein since.

They afterwards burned Eamhain,
They also took from the

Ulstermen that part of the province [extending] from the Righe? and Loch

n-Eathach" westwards.

Colla Meanné fell in this battle.

The Age of Christ, 356. After Muireadhach Tireach had been thirty
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Caelbhadh, son of Crunn,
King of Uladh‘, at Portrigh, over Dabhall’.

The Age of Christ, 857. After Caelbhadh”, son of Crunn Badhrai, had
been one year in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Eochaidh Muigh-

mheadhoin.

The Age of Christ, 358. The first year of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin in

sovereignty over Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 365. The eighth year of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin*,
son of Muireadhach Tireach, over Ireland, when he died at Teamhair.

The Age of Christ, 366.
son of Daire Cearb, over Ireland.
The Age of Christ, 378.

thinks that thirty is the number borne out by
the more ancient authorities.

® Caelbhadh.—He was of the Rudrician race
of Ulster.
among the monarchs of Ireland ; but in all the

Tighernach does not mention him

other authorities he is set down as monarch of
Treland for one year.

* Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin.— Dr. O’Conor
translates the cognomen Muighmheadhoin by
“Camporum cultor;? and Keating asserts that
he was so called because his meadhon, or middle,
was like that of a slave; but the one explana-
tion’ is a mere guess, the other a silly legend.
In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is explained
as follows : :

“Eochy reigned eight years and was called
Moymeoyn; in English, moyst-middle (.1. mea-

The first year of Crimhthann, son of Fidhach,

After Crimhthann, son of Fidhach’, had been

don maoz buoi age), because he was much
troubled with the flux of the belly.”

This monarch had two wives: Mongfinn,
daughter of Fidhach, of the royal family of
Munster, by whom he had four sons: 1. Brian,
the ancestor of the O’Conors of Connaught and
their correlatives ; 2. Fiachra, the ancestor of
the O’Dowdas, O’Heynes, and O’Shaughnessys ;
3. Fearghus; and 4. Oilioll, whose race were
anciently seated in T ir-Oiliolla, now the barony
of Tirerrill, in the county of Sligo. He bad
also a second wife, Carinna, who was the mother
of Niall of the Nine Hostages, the most illus-
trious of his sons, from whom the Ui-Neill, or
Nepotes Neill, north and south, are descended.

¥ Crimhthann, son of Fidhach—He was the
senior and head of the race of Heber, but died

126

aNNaza RIOSshachta eIREGNnN.

(379.

vécc na mg 6p Epmnn vo Cmométann, mac Provhang, acbail oo vig nemme tucce

Moimspfionn a hruip peipin 06.

Coir Cmorc, tpi céo pechtmogac anao. On céo bliadam vo Niall
Naoigiallac, mac Eachach Moigmfoom, hi pge nEpeann.

Cop Cpiopc, chitpe céo a ciicce.

lan mbfich peace mbliadna pich(c na

msh 6p Epinn-vo Niall Naoigiallach, mac Eachach Moigmfoom, vo pochaip
la h€ochawd, mac Enna Cenoyealarg, occ Muip nlochc 1. an muip edin

Franc 7 Saran.

without issue at Sliabh-Oighidh-an-righ, i. e.
the Mountain of the Death of the King, now
the Cratloe mountains, situated to the north of
the city of Limerick. It is remarked‘in the An-
nals of Clonmacnoise, and in the Book of Bally-
mote, fol. 145, 6, a, that Mongfinn poisoned her
brother in the hope that her eldest son, Brian,
might be immediately elevated to the throne of
Ireland; but that this was of no avail to her,
for that Niall of the Nine Hostages, the son of
King Eochaidh by his second wife, succeeded
as monarch immediately after the poisoning of
Crimhthann ; and that none of her descendants
ever attained to the monarchy except Turlough
More O’Conor, and his son Roderic, who were
luckless monarchs to Ireland. Keating, who
had access to Munster documents now un-
known or inaccessible, gives a curious account
of the reign of this monarch, the most powerful
that the Munster race of Heber can boast of.
It runs as follows in Dr. Lynch’s translation:
‘“‘Capessivit postea imperium Crimthonus
Fidogi filius, Dairi Cearbi nepos, Olilli Flann-
beggi pronepos, Fiachi Muilehani abnepos,
Eogani Magni adnepos, Olilli Olumi trinepos,
qui matrimonio Fidamge Connactici regis filie
copulatus septemdecem annos regnavit, et Al-
baniaé, Britannia, et Gallia victorias retulisse
illarumque regionum incolas perdomuisse ve-
tusta documenta produnt. Hic in alumnum
suum Conallum Echluachum, Lugachi Manu-

rubri filium Momonie regnum contulit. Pro-

‘filius tum in vivis esset.

pago vero Fiachi Mullehani honorem sibi debi-
tum alii deferri iniquo animo ferentes de illaté
sibi injuriad gravissimas spargunt usquequaque
querelas in ingratitudinis scopulum non leviter
impegisse Conallum dictitantes quod nulla cog-
natorum habita ratione que illos ob etatis pri-
oritatem potiori jure, spectabat prudens et sciens
involaret; presertim cum ex ipsorum genere
vir eA dignitate dignissimus Corcus Lugdachi
Conallus ne ipse ma-
culd ejusmodi notaretur, rem integram ad eos
qui in ipsa Momonia eruditionis nomine cla-
riores habebantur decidendam, ultro detulit
sancte pollicitus quidquid illi decreverint se ad
amussim expleturum. Arbitri, re accurate dis-
cussé, Corco Lugdachi filio; ut qui a Fiachi
Mullehani stirpe oriundus erat, que stirpem -
Cormaci Caissii etate preecelleret, regni habenas
prim6é committendas: Huic autem mortuo Co-
nallum si superstes esset sin minus ejus filium
substituendum esse censuerunt. Ubi hujus
decreti capita, datis vadibus, se observaturum
Corcus recepit, eum dignitatem regiam inire Co-
nallus facile patitur; cum presertim Olillus
Olumus constituerit, ut Fiachi Muillehani, et
Cormaci Caissi prosapie regnandi vicissitudine
semper in Momonia uterentur.

“Demum Corcus fato fungitur, et Conallus .
Echluachus regimen capessit: cujus in custo-
diam omnes quos in Hibernia, Albania, Britan-
nid, et Gallia cepit, tradidisse his Cormaci Cul-
lenani carminibus perhibetur :

379.)

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 127

thirteen years as king over Ireland, he died of a poisonous drink which his own

sister gave him.

The Age of Christ, 379. The first year of Niall of the Nine Hostages, son
of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 405. After Niall of the Nine Hostages, son of Eoch-
aidh Muighmheadhoin, had been twenty-seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland,
he was slain by Eochaidh, son of Enna Ceinnseallach, at Muir n-Icht?, i. e. the

sea between France and England.

“Echluachus Mulctam totius cepit Ierne,
Postquam Crimthonus mulctas trans «xquora

* .

duxit,
Nunquam Juverne fuerat Rex clarior alter,
Manne tranavit quamvis freta livida nun-
quam
Crimthonus Magnus soboles Fidogia, pradas.
Quotuscumque tulit, vasti trans equoris undas,
Conallo Echluacho dederat, prestantior alter
Quo pugil haud fuerat, rubei gestamine teli
Pectoris excelsi, preeclaree et nomine mentis
Conallus predives equis velocibus omnem
Lustravit patriam, Crimthonum rité secutus,
Dunlemnamque adiit miles robustus, ibique
Magnum hominum numerum miseranda cede
peremit.
Femeniz Fertconellum, latifundia Aini,
Dungarium, Drumcormacum, validumque
Rathlemnum.
Duncarmnum egregium Focharmaighumque
decorum.
Cassilieque urbis celebris pomeria lata
Sub ditione sua strenuus Conallus habebat.

“ Munfinna Crimthoni soror, filii sui Briani,
quem ex Eocho Muighmheano suscepit, et pre
ceteris liberis in deliciis habuit, amore nimio,
et regi dignitatis ad eum deveniende vehe-
menti desiderio accensé, venenum Crimthono
fratri hauriendum porrexit in Dornglassie in-
sula, poculo antea ab ipsa propinato, ut lectius
fratri fucum facerit, et in maleficii suspicionem

minis ei veniret; sed malo viscera paulatim
rodente, illa in Dornglassiz insula, ille vero ad
montem Oighenrighum, Lymbrico ab aquilone
adjacentem interiit, Anno Domini 378.”

From Fiacha Fidhgheinte, the uncle of Crimh-
thann Mor, descended the tribe of Ui-Fidh-
gheinte, formerly seated in the plains of the
county of Limerick, and who, after the establish-
ment of surnames, branched into the families of
O’Donovan, O’Coileain (now Collins) Mac Eniry,
O’Kinealy, and others.

* Muir n-Icht.—This sea is supposed to have
taken its name from the Portus Iccius of Cesar,
situated not far from the site of the present
Boulogne. Nothing seems clearer than that
this Irish monarch made incursions into Britain
against Stilicho, whose success in repelling him
and his Scots is described by Claudian. ‘ By
him,” says this poet, speaking in the person of
Britannia, ‘“ was I protected when the Scot
moved all Ierne against me, and the sea foamed
with his hostile oars :

“ Totam cum Scotus Iernen
Movit et infesto spumavit remige Tethys.”

From another of this poet’s eulogies it ap-
pears that the fame of that Roman legion,
which had guarded the frontier of Britain
against the invading Scots, procured for it the
distinction of being one of those summoned to
the banner of Stilicho, when the Goths threat-
ened Rome:

128 ANNALA RIOFNAChta erReaNn. [428.

Clip Core, chitpe céd piche a hoche. Jan mbfic cm bladna pichte 1
pshe n€peann vo Oachf, mac Piachnach, mic Eachac Moigmeadom, tonch-
aip do paigic sealain ag Sleib Ealpa.

Cop Cmorc, chtpe céo cmocha. On vana bliadain vo Laogaipe. Ip
m mbliadainy: po pao an céo Celepcinup Papa Palaoiwp eprcop vocum
n€peann vo piolad cnerome o€ipfnncoib,] caimic 1 cefp1 cepfé Largtn, oa ftp
véce a lion. Ro ole Nach mac Sappcon poime, an a a po bape vatad
daome 1 Trip NEpeann, 7 po potuigead ceona heccaly: cnainn lap, Cell
Phim, Teac na Roman,7 Oomnac Anca. A cCill Phine po paccanb a lubpa,
7 an cormpa $0 ccarpib Poly Ploaipn,7 mapcipech niomda noile. Ro paccaib
an cftpap po ip na heccarlpib ipin dia erp, Augupcmup, deneviccup, Siluer-
cep, ] Solomup. COs cionntud vo Phallaviup pon ccul vo Rom (0 na puain

caipmitcin 1 nEpimn) oop paimd galon 1 ccimb Cpuitnec co nenbaile ve.
Cloip Cmiorz, ceithne céo tmocha a haon. Cn cpfp bliadain vo Caogaine.
Ro hoiponead naom Pacctnaicc 1 neppuccoive lara naom Papa, an ceo

“‘ Venit et extremis Legio pretenta Britannia,
Que Scoto dat frena truci, ferroque notatas
Perlegit exanimes Picto moriente figuras,”’—

De Bello Getico.
It would appear from certain passages in the

Notitia Imperii that Niall on these occasions

had many tribes of the Aitheach-Tuatha, or

Attacotti, in his army, who, being the natural

enemies of his family, deserted to the enemy,

and were incorporated with the Roman legions:

“The Attacotti make a distinguished figure
in the Notitia Imperit, where numerous bodies
of them appear in the list of the Roman army.

One body was in Illyricum, their ensign a kind

of mullet; another at Rome, their badge a

circle; the Attacotti Honoriani were in Italy.”

—Pinkerton’s [i nquiry into the History of Scotland,

part iv. c.2; see also O’Conor’s Prolegom., 1. 1xxi.
This great Monarch Niall had fourteen sons,

of whom eight left issue, who are set down in

the following order by O’Flaherty (Ogygia, iii.

85): 1. Laeghaire, from whom are descended

the O’Coindhealbhains or Kendellans of Ui-

Laeghaire ; 2. Conall Crimhthainne, ancestor
of the O’Melaghlins; 3. Fiacha, a quo the Ma-
geoghegans and O’Molloys; 4. Maine, a quo
O’Caharny, now Fox, O’Breen and Magawley,
and their correlatives in Teffia. All these re-
mained in Meath. The other four settled in
Ulster, where they acquired extensive territo-
ries: 1. Eoghan, the ancestor of O’Neill, and
various correlative families; 2. Conall Gulban,
the ancestor of O’Donnell, &c.; 3. Cairbre,
whose posterity settled in the barony of Car-
bury, in the now county of Sligo, and in the
barony of Granard, in the county of Longford;
4, Enda Finn, whose race settled in Tir-Enda,
in Tirconnell, and in Kinel-Enda, near the hill
of Uisneach, in Westmeath.

It was on the occasion of one of the descents
of this monarch on the coast of Armoric Gaul
that the soldiers carried off with them, among
other captives, a youth then in his sixteenth
year, who was afterwards the chief apostle of
Treland, namely, Patrick, the son of Calphurnius ;
but it is very clear from St. Jerome’s notices of

428.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 129

The Age of Christ, 428. After Dathi, son of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh
Muighmheadhoin, had been twenty-three years in the sovereignty of Ireland,
he was killed by a flash of lightning, at Sliabh Ealpa*.

The Age of Christ, 480. The second year of Laeghaire. In this year Pope
Celestinus the First sent Palladius” to Ireland, to propagate the faith among the
Irish, and he landed in the country of Leinster with a company of twelve men.
Nathi, son of Garchu, refused to admit him ; but, however, he baptized a few
persons in Ireland, and three wooden churches* were erected by him, [namely],
Cell-Fhine, Teach-na-Romhan, and Domhnach-Arta. At Cell-Fhine he left his
books, and a shrine with the relics of Paul and Peter, and many martyrs besides.
He left these four in these churches: Augustinus, Benedictus, Silvester, and
Solinus. Palladius, on his returning back to Rome (as he did not receive
respect in Ireland), contracted a disease in the country of the Cruithnigh, and
died thereof. ‘ ,

The Age of Christ, 431. The third year of Laeghaire. Saint Patrick was
ordained bishop by the holy Pope, Celestine the First, who ordered him to go

Celestius, and from several old Lives of St. Pa-
trick, that there were Christians in Ireland for
some time previously to this reign.—See the
Editor’s Zrish Grammar, Introd., pp. 1. li.

* Sliabh-Ealpa: i.e. the Alps. For curious
notices of King Dathi, see Tribes and Customs of
Ui-Fiachrach, pp. 17 to 27. Duald Mac Firbis
states from the records of his ancestors that the
body of Dathi was carried home to Ireland, and
interred at Rathcroghan, where his grave was

marked by a red pillar-stone.

> Palladius.—From the notice of this mis-
sionary in Prosper’s Chronicle, it is evident
that there were some communities of Christians
among the Scoti in Ireland. His words are:
‘** Ad Scotos in Christum credentes ordinatus a
Papa Celestino Palladius primus Episcopus mit-
titur.” The same writer boasts that this new
missionary to the British isles, while endeavour-
ing to keep the Roman island of Britain Catholic,
had made the barbarous [i.e. not Romanized]
island Christian, ‘‘ Et ordinato Scotis Episcopo

dum Romanam insulam studet servare Catho-
licam, fecit etiam Barbaram Christianam.” This
sanguine announcement was issued by Prosper,
in a work directed against the Semi-Pelagians,
before the true result of Palladius’s mission had
reached him. This unsuccessful missionary did
not live to report as Rome his failure in the
barbarous island; but, being driven by a storm
on the coast of North Britain, there died at
Fordun, in the district of Magh-Geirgin, or
Mearns.—See Book of Armagh, fol. 2, p.a; and
Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 248, col. 2.

© Three wooden churches.—These churches
were situated in the territory of Ui-Garchon,
which was washed by the River Inbher-Dea, in
the east of the present county of Wicklow.
Cellfine is unknown; Teach-na-Romhan, House
of the Romans, is probably the place called Ti-
groni; and Domhnach-Arta is probably the pre-
sent Dunard, near Redcross. For the various
authorities which mention the erection of these
churches see Colgan’s Zrias Thaum., p. 249.

130

ANNQZa RIOSshachta EmReann.

[432.

Celeptinur, po pupal porn coce Docum n€peann, vo pfnméip7 vo pporcepe
cpeomi 7 cnabaid v0 Gaowealaib, 7 o1a mbarcpeadh roip.

Coir Cpiopc, cfichpe ced ctmocha avd.

Laogaipe.

Cn ceatpamad bliadain vo

Paccpaice vo theachc 1 n€pmn an bliadampi, 50 po sab pon

baicpead 7 beannachaig Epeann, plona, mna, maca, 7 mpfna, cén m6 ca

uachad na po faom baicpi0d na cnerdeam uad, amuil aipnedeap a beata.
Ach Tpum vo pochashaoh la Pacparce iap na fohpainc vo Pheodlim,

mac Laeghaipe, mic Nell, vo Ohia, vopom, 00 Comman, 7 00 Popechfpn.

Plann Maimpcpec cecinic.

Paopuig, ab Eineann wile, mac Calppaimn, mic Porarve,
mic Oeippe, nap 061g 00 Lud, mic Conmurc Mhéip, mic Lerbmiut,
mic Ota, mic Opnic mart, mic Moric, mic Leo in lannane,
mic Maxim, mains na plomn, mic Encpetca and alamo,
mic Piliyc ip peppap aig cac, mic Penem gan anpat,
mic Opiccam, vobpa in mana, o caic Specain bnutmana,
Cochmarp a mataip malla, Nemchon a baile basa,
von Mumain nm cael a curd, po paop an putaip Paonars.

4 Came to Ireland.—The place where St. Pa-
trick landed is the subject of much dispute
among the Irish writers.
Annals of Clonmacnoise, states that he landed
at Wicklow, where he was opposed by the
Leinstermen, one of whom struck one of his

Mageoghegan, in his

companions on the mouth with a stone, and
knocked out four of his teeth, for which reason
he was afterwards called Mantanus, or the tooth-
less, and the church of Cill-Mantain, now Wick-
low, is said to have taken its name from him.—
See also Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 845, 846. Mr.
Moore thinks that Inbhear-Dee was the harbour
of Dublin, but this opinion is founded on a mis-
reading of Evolenorum for Cuolenorum by Ussher,
in Probus’s Life of St, Patrick, which the Book
of Armagh enables us to correct. From the si-
tuation of Cualann and Ui-Garchon, in which
Inbher Dez was, it is more than probable that
it was at Bray Patrick landed.

® His Life.—Seven Lives of St. Patrick have
been published by Colgan in his Trias Thaum.,
of which the seventh, which is called Vita Tri-
partita, and is ascribed to St. Evin, is the most
copious. Ussher had another life, divided into
three parts, which, from the several quotations
he gives from it, appears to be very different
from the Tripartite Life published by Colgan. It
appears, from the various Lives of this saint,
that several tribes of the Irish not only refused
to be converted, but.attempted to murder St.
Patrick. Giraldus Cambrensis says that Ire-
land never produced a single martyr, and all
the modern Irish historians have asserted that,
“by a singular blessing of Providence, not a
single drop of blood was shed, on account of re-
ligion, through the entire course of the conver-
sion of the Pagan Irish to Christianity.” But
whoever will read the Tripartite Life of St. Pa+
trick, as published by Colgan, will find that the

‘

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432.)

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 131

to Ireland, to preach and teach faith and piety to the Gaeidhil, and also to bap-

tize them.

The Age of Christ, 432. The fourth year of Laeghaire. Patrick came to
Ireland‘ this year, and proceeded to baptize and bless the Irish, men, women,
sons, and daughters, except a few who did not consent to receive faith or bap-

tism from him, as his Life® relates.

Ath-Truim was founded by Patrick, it having been granted by Fedhlim, son
of Laeghaire, son of Niall, to God and to him, Loman, and Fortchern. Flann

Mainistrech’ cecinit :

Patrick, Abbot of all Ireland, son of Calphrann®, son of Fotaide,

Son of Deisse,—not fit to be dispraised, son of Cormac Mor, son of Lebriuth,
Son of Ota, son of Orric the Good, son of Moric, son of Leo of full success,
Son of Maximus, ’tis not unfit to name him, son of Encretti, the tall and comely,

Son of Philisti, the best of men, son of Fereni without a tempest,

Son of Britan’, otter of the sea, from whom the vigorous Britons came ;
Cochnias was his modest mother ; Nemthor his native town ;

Of Munster not small his share, which Patrick redeemed from sorrow.

Pagan Irish made several attempts at murdering
Patrick, and that he had frequently but a nar-
row escape. He will be also convinced that our
modern popular writers have been guilty of
great dishonesty in representing the labours of
Patrick as not attended with much difficulty.
Nothing is clearer than that Patrick engrafted
Christianity on the Pagan superstitions with so
much skill, that he won the people over to the
Christian religion before they understood the
exact difference between the two systems of
belief; and much of this half Pagan half Chris-
tian religion will be found, not only in the Irish
stories of the middle ages, but in the supersti-
tions of the peasantry of the present day.

f Flann Mainistrech: i.e. Flann of the Mo-
nastery. He was abbot of Mainistir-Buithe,
now Monasterboice,.in the county of Louth,
and died in December, 1056.—See O’Reilly’s
Descriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. xxv.

® Son of Calphrann.—St.Patrick himself gives
us two generations of his pedigree, in his Con-
Jessio, as follows: ‘‘Patrem habui Calpornium
diaconum, filium quondam Potiti presbyteri,
qui fuit in vico Bonavem Tabernie : villulam
Enon prope habuit ubi capturam dedi.”

4 Britan.—This pedigree is clearly legendary,
because Britan, from whom the Britons are said
to have derived their name and origin, is said, by
all the Irish writers, to have flourished before
the arrival of the Tuatha-De-Dananns in Ire-
land; and, therefore, to deduce the Irish apostle’s
pedigree from him in fifteen generations, cannot
now, for a moment, stand the test of criticism.
See this pedigree given from various authorities
in Colgan’s Trias Thaum., pp. 4, 224.

After this quotation from Flann, the Stowe
copy has the following observation: ‘ San dana
oulle um diaig aca an Cuid ele don duanhp!
.. map a bpuil ‘Muinaip Paopuig na Pac-

$2

132

ANNazZa RIOSshachta elReGNn.

(434.

Cop Cmort, cithpe céod ctmochac a cfchap. On peipead bliadain
vo Laogaine. Coapn mac Eachach Mumplmain vo senflo.
Cloip Cort, cfichne céo cmocha a cing. On peaccmad bliadain vo

Laogaine.
Laishean) vé5.

bpeapal belach, mac Piacha Cicfoha, mic Cachaoin Moip, (m

Coip Cmort, ceitpe ced ctpiocha a pé. An cocemad bliadain do plaitior

Laogsaine.

Qoip Cmioyt, ceichpe chéd tmochac a peace.
Fionobapp mac ua baipvene décc.
Qoip Cmorc, chtpe céo tmiocha a hoch.
Seancup 7 Peneachup na h€neann vo slanad7q vo pcplobad, an

CLaogaine.

Caogaine.

Cin naomad bliadain do

Cn ofchmad bliadain vo

cc(clamad pcpeapcpad 7 pinleaban n€peann co haon maigm, ap impide

Naom Pacpaicc.
mop.

Acad anoro nao pailge pochaigteacha lap a nofpnad
Laogaine (.1. np) Epeann), Conce 7 Oaipe an cpp pfosh, Pavpuice,

benen, 7 Caipnech an cpiup naom, Rop, Oubchach, 7 Flpsup an cpiun

reanchad, amail veanbap an pann.

tep,’” i.e. “On the second leaf following the
rest of this poem is [given], i.e. where occurs
‘Muintir Padruig na Patter ;?” which Dr.
O’Conor translates, ridiculously, as follows :
“In Scholarum libris de rebus divinis extat
pars reliqua hujus carminis, i. e. de mirabilibus
familie Patricii orationum.”—See the poem so
beginning. p. 134, line 13, infra. The object of
the note by the Four Masters is simply to in-
form the reader that the lines beginning “‘ Muin-
ter Padruig’” are a continuation of the poem of
Flann Mainistreach. ;

* Loarn.—He was one of the Dal-Riada of
Ulster who settled in Alba or Scotland.

i Breasal Bealach.—He is called Rex Lagenice
fn the Annals of Ulster—He is the common
ancestor of the Kavanaghs, O’Byrnes, O’Tooles,
and other families of Leinster.—See Leabhar na
gCeart, p. 203.

* Mac Ua Bairdene.—This Finnbharr is to be
distinguished from the first Bishop of Cork and
others of a similar name. His name does not

occur in the Feilire-Aenguis, or in O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar. It would appear from various autho-
rities, which Ussher and Colgan have regarded
as trustworthy, but which Dr. Lanigan rejects
as fabulous, that by Uabard the Irish writers
meant Longobardus, or a Lombard. Thus Res-
titutus, the husband of Liemania, St. Patrick’s
sister, is called one time Hua-Baird, and at ano-
ther time Longobardus.—See Petrie’s Inquiry
into the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of
Ireland, p.164; Ussher’s Primordia, p. 825 ; Col-
gan’s Trias Thaum., p. 226, col. 2; Dr. O’Conor’s
Prolegomena ad Annales, pp. 1. |xiv.

' The Seanchus and Feinechus: i.e. the His-
tory and Laws. The work said to have been
compiled on this occasion is usually called the
Seanchus Mor, and in the Annals of Ulster
Chronicon Magnum. There are fragments of a
work so called in the manuscript Library of
Trin. Coll. Dub., H. 3.17, and H. 3,18. and a
more perfect one in the British Museum. Jo-
celyn also refers to it (as if he had seen it) under

434. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 133

The Age of Christ, 434. The sixth year of Laeghaire.
Eochaidh Muinreamhar, was born.

The Age of Christ, 435. The seventh year of Laeghaire. Breasal Bea-
lach’, son of Fiacha Aiceadh, son of Cathaeir Mor (King of Leinster), died.

The Age of Christ, 436. The eighth year of the reign of Laeghaire.

The Age of Christ, 437. The ninth year of Laeghaire. Finnbharr Mac
Ua Bairdene*, died.

The Age of Christ, 438. The tenth year of Laeghaire. The Seanchus and
Feinechus' of Ireland were purified and written, the writings and old books
of Ireland having been collected [and brought] to one place, at the request of
Saint Patrick. These were the nine supporting props by whom this was done:
Laeghaire, i.e. King of Ireland, Corc, and Daire, the three kings ; Patrick,
Benen, and Cairneach, the three saints ; Ross, Dubhthach, and Fearghus, the

Loarn', son of

three antiquaries, as this quatrain testifies :

the name of Canoin-Phadruig, incorrectly for
Cain-Phadruig, i.e. Patrick’s Law, as follows:
“Magnum etiam volumen quod dicitur Canoin
Phadruig, id est, CanonesPatricit scripsit; quod
cuilibet persone, seu seculari, seu etiam Eccle-
siastice, ad justiciam exercendam, et salutem
anime obtinendam, satis congrue convenit.”—
Trias Thaum., pp. 214, col.1. See Petrie’s An-
tiquities of Tara Hill, in which (pp. 47-54) long
extracts are given from the prefatory account of
this work in the manuscript above referred to ;
and p. 56, where the author draws the following
conclusion respecting its origin and nature:
“On the whole, then, it may be safely con-
cluded from the preceding evidences, that the
Seanchus Mor was not, as Colgan and the sub-
sequent writers supposed, a mixed compilation
of history and law, but a body of laws solely ;
and though, perhaps, there is not sufficient evi-
dence to satisfy an unprejudiced person that
the Apostle of Ireland had any share-in its
composition, or even that its origin can be
traced to his time, little doubt can be enter-
tained that such a work was compiled within a
short period after the full establishment of

Christianity in the country. It is even highly
probable that St. Patrick, assisted by one of the
Bards converted to Christianity, may have laid
the foundation of a revision of such of the Pagan
laws and usages of the country as were incon-
sistent with the doctrines of the Gospel ; and
that such a work, when compiled by the labour
of his successors, was ascribed to him, to give it
greater authority with the people. And this
conjecture is supported by the Annals of Ulster,
so remarkable for their accuracy, which record,
at the year 438, the composition of the Chronicon
Magnum, or, as itis called in the original Irish,
in the fine manuscript of these Annals in Trinity
College, Seanchus Mor, a statement most proba-
bly derived from the older Annals of Tighernach,
which are now defective at that period.”

It is distinctly stated in H. 3. 18, that the
Seanchus Mor was otherwise called Cain Pha-
druig, i.e. Patrick’s Law, and that no indivi-
dual Brehon of the Gaeidhil (Irish Scoti) has
dared to abrogate any thing found in it. Hence
it is clear that Jocelyn has misnamed the “ mag-
num volumen,” containing civil and ecclesiastical
laws, by the name of Canoin Phadruig, for that

134

ANNatwa RIOSshachtd elRECGNN.

[440.

Caogaine, Conc, Oaine ofp, Paopaice, benen, Carpnfch corp,
Roy, Oubchach, Peangur 50 feb, nao palge pen pincaip méip.

Qoip Core, chtpe céo chtpacha. An vana bliadam vécc v0 Laogaipe.

Maine, mac Néll Naorgiallaig, vécc.

Coir Cope, chtpe céd clépacha a cléaip. Mn peipead bliadain vécc

vo Laogaine mac Néill ipin Righe.

Clip Cort, chitne céo, clepacha apeache.

‘naor vécc v0 Laogsaipe.

Secunomur .1. Seachnall, mac ua band, mac pléap Pacpaice 1. Oaipenca,
eprcop Apoa Macha, circe bladna plecmogact a aoip an can po paoid a

rpipac .1. 27 Nouembep.

Cloip Cmorpc, ceitpe ced clénacha a hochc.

Caosaipe.

An picfcemad bliadain do

Muimncen Phaopurg na paccep, acca paibe po Larccen,
Meabpa lim, mn cupt cpanna, a nuipt 1p a nanmanna.
Sechnall a eppog san acc, Mocca an pen a pasanc,

was the name by which the Irish designated
St. Patrick’s copy of the Gospels, now known
as the Book of Armagh.

™ Corc.—This quotation is evidently apochry-
phal.
Laeghaire or St. Patrick’s mission, for he was
the grandfather of Aenghus Mac Nadfraich, the
first Christian King of Munster.—Ogyqia, iii.786.

He was not contemporary with King

" Cairneach—He could have scarcely been
alive in 438, and he could not possibly have been
then an ecclesiastic, for he died in 530, near a
century afterwards, and Benignus or Benen was
but a boy in 438.—See Leabhar na-gCeart, In-
troduction, p. ii. e& sequent.

° Maine, son of Niall—He was the ancestor
of the O’Caharnys, O’Breens, Magawleys, and
other families of Teffia, which was sometimes
called Tir-Maine from him.

® Seachnall Mac Ua Baird.—According to all
the ancient Irish authorities, he was the son of
Liamhain or Liemania, otherwise called Darerca,
one of the sisters of St. Patrick, by Restitutus

the Lombard, and the author of a hymn in
praise of St. Patrick, published by Colgan in
Trias Thaum., p. 211.—See Ussher’s Primordia,
p- 824, and Lanigan’s Eccl. Hist. Irel., vol. i.
pp. 259, 271, where it is shewn from various
authorities that he was a suffragan bishop to St.
Patrick, and that his principal church was Domh-
nach Sechnail, i. e. the Church of Sechnall, now
Dunshaughlin, in Meath, where he was placed
by St. Patrick about the year 443, and died in
448. Dr. Lanigan scoffs at the idea of Darerca,
the sister of St. Patrick, being married to Res-
titutus, a Lombard. In the Annals of Ulster, ad
ann. 439, it is stated that Seachnall, or Secun-
dinus, was sent to Ireland, along with two other
bishops, Auxilius and Isernius, to assist St. Pa-

‘trick. The only authority for making Secun-

dinus Archbishop of Armagh is a passage in the
Tripartite Life of St. Patrick (lib. iii. ¢. 81),
which states, that before St. Patrick set out for

Rome in search of relics, he had intrusted~

Secundinus with the care of the archbishopric

Rina.

440.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

135

Laeghaire, Corc™, Daire the stern, Patrick, Benen, Cairneach® the just,
Ross, Dubhthach, Fearghus with goodness, the nine props be of the

Seanchus Mor.

The Age of Christ, 440. The twelfth aa of Laeghaire.

Niall° of the Nine Hostages, died.

Maine, son of

The Age of Christ, 444. The sixteenth year of Laeghaire, son of Niall,

in the sovereignty.
The Age of Christ, 447.

The nineteenth year of Laeghaire.

Secundinus,

i.e. Seachnall Mac Ua Baird’, the son of Patrick’s sister, Darerca, Bishop of
Ard-Macha [Armagh], yielded his spirit on the twenty-seventh of November,

in the seventy-fifth year of his age.

The Age of Christ, 448. The twentieth year of Laeghaire.

The family of Patrick* of the prayers, who had good Latin,

I remember ;
Sechnall’, his bishop without fault ;

of Armagh and the primacy of Ireland ; but it
is very clear, from the whole tenor of Patrick’s
proceedings, that he did not go to Rome on this
occasion ; and it is equally clear that Secundinus
was never Archbishop of Armagh, though he
might have resided there while Patrick was
preaching in other parts of Ireland.

4 The family of Patrick.—This poem is very
incorrectly deciphered and translated by Dr.
O’Conor. His errors are corrected in this edi-
tion of it, from a fuller and better copy pre-
served in the Book of Lecan, fol. 44, b, and
from a prose list of the twenty-four persons
constituting the household of St. Patrick pre-
fixed to it. A list of the principal persons men-
tioned in this poem is also given by Evinus, in
the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, lib. iii. c. 98;
Trias Thaum., p. 167, col. i.

* Sechnall.— Sanctus enim Secundinus Epis-
copus, fuit ipsius Vicarius in spiritualibus et
suffraganeus.”—Evinus, Trias Thaum., p. 167,
col. i.

no feeble court [were they], their order, and their names.
Mochta’* after him his priest ;

§ Mochta.—* Sanctus Mocteus fuit ejus Archi-
presbyter.”—Evinus. This is Mocteus of Louth,
whose acts are given by Colgan at 24th March.
In the Calendar of Cashel and Martyrology of
Donegal, as quoted by Colgan, he is called bi-
shop, and Ware also gives him this title; yet
Adamnan, in his second preface to the Life of
St. Columba, does not style him bishop; but ,
merely calls him ‘“ Proselytus Brito, homo
sanctus, Sancti Patricii episcopi discipulus, Moc-
theus nomine.” An epistle, referred to by most
of the Irish annalists, as written by Mocteus him-
self, was headed with these words: ‘‘ Mauchteus
peccator presbyter, sancti Patricii discipulus, in
Domino salutem.” In the Irish Calendar of
O’Clery it is stated that he lived to the age of
300 years; and the Annals of Clonmacnoise
give him an age of 300 years and three days;
but Colgan and Lanigan, after a careful exami-

’ nation of the errors of transcribers, and a com-

parison of collateral facts, have reduced his years
to 100, or 130.

136 aNNaza RIOgfhachtad elReaNn.

Eppog Enc a bpeiteam binn, a tnempean Eppos Maccaeiptinn.
denen a pailmceaclad paep, agup Coeman a macaem.

Sinell a pfp bem m cluic, agup Chécn a pip Céic.

Cpummten Mearcan gan bine, a cana pa cipppipe.

Cpuimten bercnaic, binne a pain, paganc mere mic Al ppaino.
A tm sabaino, sapca a novealb, Macecc, Laeban, 1p Fontceapno.
{tm cenoa, pa mon pat, CAepbuice, Tarmll, 7 Tapach.

t Bishop Erc.— Sanctus Ercus Episcopus,
Cancellarius, et supremus judex in spirituali-
bus.” —Evinus. He was the first Bishop of
Slane, which is described in the Irish Calendar
of O’Clery at 2nd November, and in a note in
the Feilire Aenguis, at 16th November, as Fertai
Fer Feic, by the side of Sidh-Truim, on the west.
The annals of Ulster refer his death to the year
514. See Ussher’s Primord., p. 1047. His fes-
tival was held at Slane on the 2nd of November.

« Maccaeirthinn.—Although he is not given
in Evinus’s list of St. Patrick’s household,
he is mentioned by him, in part iii. c. 3, as
“baculus senectutis ipsius, qui eum in hu-
In the Book of Lecan he is
called “a tpénpeap,” i.e. “his mighty man, or
champion.” He was the first Bishop of Clogher,
and died in the year 506.—See Ussher’s Pri-
_,mord., pp. 856, 1123. It is stated in the Irish
Calendar of O’Clery, at 15th August, that his
real name was Aedh, and that he was called
Feardachrigch when he was abbot of Dairinis.
His acts are given by Colgan, in his Acta Sanc-
torum, at 24th March, pp. 737-742.

w Benen, his psalmist.—Dr. O’Conor translates

meris gestabat.”

this, ‘‘ Benignus ejus Horarius (sive temporis
monitor);” but he is beneath criticism in this
and a thousand other instances. Colgan pub-
lished several chapters from the Life of this
saint in his Trias Thaum., p. 205. It is stated
that he became a bishop, and succeeded Patrick
at Armagh, in 455, and died in 468. He is said
. to have been the original compiler of the Psalter

of Cashel, and of Leabhar na-gCeart.—See the
edition of that work printed for the Celtic So-
ciety, Introduction, pp. ii. to xi.

¥ Coemhan. — “ Sanctus Coemanus de Kill-
Choemain, Cubicularius.”,—Evinus. See also
Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 177, n. 88; and Acta
Sanctorum, pp. 312, 313. In the list of St.
Patrick’s disciples given in the Book of Lecan,
he is called ‘“* Caeman Chille Riaoa, Caemhan
of Kilready.” Dr. O’Conor thinks that he was
the same as Coemhan of Enach-Truim, in Leix;
but this is impossible, for the latter was the
brother of St. Kevin of Glendalough, who died
in the year 618.

* Sinell, his bell-ringer.—This is incorrectly
printed ‘“ Sribhall feair bunadaig, ” by Dr.
O’Conor. In the list of St. Patrick’s household,
preserved in the Book of Lecan, this line reads,
“«Sinell a pen bein in clurc, i. e. Sinell was his
Bell-ringer.” Evinus calls him “ Senellus de Kill-
dareis, Campanarius,” on which Colgan writes the
following note in his Zrias Thaum., p.188, n.120:
“Cum Cill-dareis idem sit ac cella duarum pal-
marum, sive duabus palmis lata; forte hee cella,
est, que aliter Carcuir Sinchill, i.e. reclusorium
Sinelli, nuncupatur, jacetque in insula lacts,
Loch Melge appellati, in finibus septentrionalis

Connacie.” In the prose list preserved in the

~Book of Lecan he is called ‘*Sinell Chilli aaypip

a arpaipe, i.e. Sinell of Killairis, his Ostiarius.”

* Aithcen.—This is printed Aithreoir by Dr.
O’Conor. Evinus calls him “ Athgenius de
Both-domnaich, coquus,” which perfectly agrees

tect te tt.

a tite ot

448.}

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 137

Bishop Erc* his sweet-spoken Judge ; his champion, Bishop Maccaeirthinn';
Benen, his psalmist”; and Coemhan’, his chamberlain ;

Sinell* his bell-ringer, and Aithcen* his true cook ;

The priest Mescan”, without evil, his friend and his brewer :

The priest Bescna*, sweet his verses, the chaplain of the son of Alprann.
His three smiths*, expert at shaping, Macecht, Laebhan’, and Fortchern’.
His three artificers®, of great endowment, Aesbuite, Tairill, and Tasach.

with the prose list in the Book of Lecan. He is
the patron saint of the church of Badoney, in
the valley of Gleann-Aichle, near Strabane, in
Tyrone.—See Trias Thaum. p. 188, n. 121. His
pedigree is thus given by O’Clery: ‘“ Aithgen,
of Both-Domhnaigh, son of Dael, son of Maisin,
son of Fearghus, son of Duach, son of Breasal,
son of Colla Meann, son of Eochaidh Doimhlen.”’

> Mescan.—Evinus calls him ‘* Sanctus Mes-
chanus de Domnach” [Mescain] “juxta Foch-
The word in
brackets, which was erroneously omitted by Col-

muine fluvium, Cerviciarius.”

gan, has been supplied from the prose list in
the Book of Lecan.
near the River Fochmhuine, now the Faughan,
in the county of Londonderry, but it has not
been yet identified.

© Besena.—‘‘ Sanctus Beschna presbyter de
Domnach - dala, Sacellanus.” — Hvinus. This
church, which is called Domhnach-Dula in the
prose list in the Book of Lecan, was in the plain
of Magh-dula, through which the River Moyola,
in the south of the county of Londonderry, flows.
—See Trias Thaum., p. 188, n. 123.

4 His three smiths —Evinus, as edited by Col-
gan, mentions but two smiths of St. Patrick,
thus: ‘* Sanctus Maccectus de Domnach-loebain,
qui reliquiarium illud famosum Finn-faidheach
nuncupatum fabricavit, et Sanctus Fortchernus
de Rath-aidme duo fabri ferrarii.” But this is
obviously a blunder of Colgan’s, as Loebhan was
unquestionably the saint of Domhnach-Loebhain.
Tn the prose list in the Book of Lecan the former

His church was situated

is called Macceéz 6 Oormnaé Cpnom, i. e. Mac-
cecht of Domhnach Arnoin. The text of Evinus
should stand corrected thus: ‘Sanctus Mac-
cectus” [de Domnach-Arnoin, et Sanctus Loeba-
nus] “de Domnach-loebain, qui reliquiarium
illud famosum Finn-faidheach nuncupatum fabri-
cavit ; et Sanctus Iortchernus de Rath-Semni,
tres fabri ferrarii.”” The words in brackets shew
what has been evidently omitted in Colgan’s
edition of the Tripartite Life.

© Laebhan.—There are two saints of this name
mentioned in the Irish Calendar of the O’Clerys,
one on the Ist of June, called Loebhan of Ath-
Eguis, and the other on the 9th of August.
Colgan states that Domhnach-Loebhain was
called Cill-Loebhain in his own time, and that
it was a parish church in the diocese of Clon-
fert.—Trias Thaum., p. 188, n. 129. It is evi-
dently the church now called Killian.

* Fortchern.—“ Sanctus Fortchernus de Rath-
aidme, faber ferrarius.”—Evinus, In the prose
list in the Book of Lecan he is called ‘“ Fop-
chepn 1 Rare Semni,” i.e. Fortchern of Rath-
Semhni. He was the son of the Monarch Laegh-
aire mac Neill, and had a church at Ath-
Truim, now Trim, in Meath, and another at
Cill-Fortchern, in Idrone, in the present county
of Carlow. His festival was celebrated at both
places on the 11th of October.

® His three artificers—Evinus names them
as follows: ‘“‘ Sanctus Essa, Sanctus Biteus, ac
Sanctus Tassa, tres fabri eraril, vasorumque
sacrorum fabricatores.” In the prose list in the

138 ANNaZa RIOghachta erReann.

[448.

CQ tp opumecha naé vip, Luparo, Epca; Cpurmeipip.
Odpan a anagan oil, Rooan, mac bpaga a buacal,

Ippip, Tismyp, ir Enca, agur Ciamam la Eibeacca,
Paopurg pop popnan an decpa, omib po ba ceanb feanca,
Caipniuc pagane pon baipc, Gepman a ove can ays,
Cpuimten Manac pa mon pat, a pep coin pa connavac.
Mac va pian banban co mblaid, Mancain bnataip amatap.
Rapa po soc an oglac, Moconnoc a companmac.

Book of Lecan, they are called Eppiu 7 Oite 4
Taran, and nevertheless in Flann’s poem, which
is given as the authority for that list, they are
called Qippmize, Taimll, Capac. The last only
has been identified. He was the patron saint of
Rath-Cholptha, now Raholp village, near Saul,
in the county of Down. The other two names
have been so corrupted by transcribers that
they are difficult to determine. Colgan thinks
that Hssa should be Ossa, or Ossan, as Patrick
had a disciple of that name, whose memory was
venerated at Trim, in Meath. He makes no
attempt at identifying Bite, or Biteus. The Irish
Calendar of O’Clery gives a saint of that name
at 22nd July, as Biteus, abbot of Inis-Cumh-
scraidhe, now Inishcourcy, near Downpatrick.
Tairill is found in Flann’s poem only.

* His three embroiderers—“ Sancta Lupita,
Tigrida, et Crumtheris textrices et sacrorum
linteorum erant confectrices.”—Evinus.

In the prose list in the Book of Lecan they
are named thus: “Ql ¢pi opuinecha .1. Gupano,
1 Epc, ingen Oaim, 7 Cpuimchenny, i.e. Lupaid,
and Erc, daughter of Dairi, and Crumtheris.”
The Lupaid here mentioned was Lupita, Pa-
trick’s own sister. Erc, the daughter of Dairi,
was no other than Ergnata, the daughter of
Dairi, King’of Oirther, who granted Armagh to
Saint Patrick.—See a very strange story about
her in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, lib. iii.
ce. 72. Crumtheris was a lady of royal birth,
who lived in solitude on the hill of Kenngobha,

to the east of Armagh.—See Vit. Trip., lib. iii.
c. 74; Trias Thaum., p. 163.

i Odhran.—Evinus calls him ‘“ Sanctus Odra-
nus de Disert-Odhrain in Hifalgia, auriga,”
which perfectly agrees with the prose list in
the Book of Lecan: “* Oopan 6 Oipenz Oonain
a gilla anad.” He is mentioned in all the Lives
of St. Patrick published by Colgan.—See Vita
Tripart., part iii. c. 56, where there is a curious
story told about an attempt made by an Irish
chieftain to murder St. Patrick.

j Rodan.—Dr. O’Conor prints this Rochan.
Evinus calls him “Sanctus Rodanus, Armenta-
rius.” In the prose list in the Book of Lecan,
he is called “* Roovan a buacall.”

k Ippis, &c.—These are said to have been the
five sisters of St. Patrick ; but Dr. Lanigan has
attempted to shew that St. Patrick had no real
sisters in Ireland, and thinks that these were
religious women who were called his sisters in
a spiritual, not carnal sense.—See his Ecelesias-
tical History of Ireland, vol.i. pp. 125, 126, where
this acute historian writes: ‘‘ Still more ,un-
founded are the stories concerning St. Patrick’s
sisters, who are said to have been with him in
Treland, and their numberless children. Part
of this stuff is given by Ussher (Primordia,
p. 824, segg.); but Colgan has collected the whole

of it in a large dissertation—(TZrias Thaum.,

p- 224, seqq.)”
‘ Cairniuch.—It is so printed by Dr. O’Conor,
who says ina note: “‘Omnes vite vetustiores

448.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

139

His three embroiderers", not despicable, Lupaid, Erca, and Cruimthiris.
Odhran', his charioteer, without blemish, Rodan’, son of Braga, his shepherd.
Ippis*, Tigris, and Erca, and Liamhain, with Eibeachta :

For them Patrick excelled in wonders, for them he was truly miraculous.
Carniuch' was the priest that baptized him ; German” his tutor, es ble-

mish.

The priest Manach’, of great endowment, was his man for supplying wood.
His sister’s son° was Banban, of fame ; Martin? his mother’s brother.
Most sapient was the youth Mochonnoc’, his hospitaller.

eum appellant Gorniam.”

In the copy of Flann’s poem, preserved in the
Book of Lecan, the reading is: “®opmapr mn
pacanz po bape, i.e. Gornias the priest who
baptized him.” :

™ German.—All the Lives of Patrick agree
that St. Germanus was his tutor. Colgan at-
tempts to shew that Patrick had been under his
tuition as early as the year 396; but the acute
Dr. Lanigan clearly proves (vol. i. p. 161), that
Patrick could not have been under the direction
of St. German before the year 418.

2 Manach.—FEvinus calls him: “ Sanctus
Monachus presbyter focarius lignorumque pro-
visor.” In the prose list in the Book of Lecan
he is called “* Cpuime(p Manacé a pean oénma
connaig, i.e. Cruimhther Manach his provider
of wood.” eo

° His sister’s son.—In the copy of Flann’s
poem, in the Book of Lecan, the reading is,
“Sfnnan a bpatan co mblav, i.e. Seannan
was his brother” [or cousin] “ of fame.” Nei-

. ther name has been identified with true history,
and it is more than probable that both owe their
existence to the errors of the transcribers.

® Martin.— In the Tripartite Life, apud
Colgan (Trias Thaum., p. 117), it is stated that
Conchessa, St. Patrick’s mother, was the sister
or relative of St. Martin: ‘‘ Conchessa Ecbatii
filia ex Francis oriunda, et S. Martini soror, seu

cognata, ejus mater fuit.’? But Dr. Lanigan
thinks that there is not sufficient authority to
prove this fact: ‘There is a sort of tradition
that she” [Conchessa] ‘ was a near relative of
the great St. Martin of Tours, either his sister,
or, what is less improbable, a niece of his. I
have not been able to find any sufficient autho-
rity for it; and it seems to be founded on a mis-
take, in consequence of its having been said that
St. Patrick, after his release from captivity,
spent some time with St. Martin at Tours.”—
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, vol. i. p. 124.

4 Mochonnoc.—* Sanctus Catanus presbyter,
et Ocanotus presbyter duo hospitalarii, sive hos-
pitum ministri.”—Evinus.

In the prose list in the Book of Lecan the
reading is: ‘‘ Cnuiméep Cavan 6 Camlaccain
Cpooa, 7 Cpuiméep mOpogzan a va popmérps;
i.e. Priest Cadan of Tamlaghtard, and ——
Brogan, his two waiters.”

The memory of St. Cadan, or Catanus, is still
held in great veneration in the parish of Tam-
laghtard, or Ardmagilligan, in the barony of
Keenaght, and county of Londonderry. Colgan
gives the acts of Mochonnoc at 11th February,
and states that he flourished about A. D. 492;
but Dr. Lanigan shews that he lived at a much
later period.—See his Ecclesiastical History of
Ireland, vol. i. p. 425. The Brogan of the prose
list in the Book of Lecan is evidently intended

m2

140 QNNaza RIOshachta eiReann. [449.

Cmibm 1p Cappa na leand, ngeana slana Slesnano,

Macpaid cap par abin ap Enc, pa tapngaip pe na cpr wdeacer
bpogan psmibnid a poole, Cnuimten Loga a luamame.

Noca ne nf nac canta, agup Macw a pipoalca

Mat pean vampac muimncep mép oa vapd Ora Baconll cen bpon,
Plaid ca cluinncep na cluic, mumncep mat muincep Phaopuig.
In Tpinoo iptpean ap cuc oailea ound mart mongpat

Rig pan poem cpe aiccin mburc, pa poep do paccip Paopuis.

Aoip Core, chitpe céd clenachat anao. bliadam an pichit do Lao§g-
am. OUmalgaowd, mac Piacnac, mic Eachaé Muidmfdom, oiobad. Unde
Tip nAmalsaro.

Cop Cmorc, chtpe céd caocca a tpi.
vo Caogaine.

Cn curccead bliadamn ficheac
Cachyppaeinead mon mia Laogaine mac Nell pop Cargmb.

Coip Cmorz, chtpe céo caocca a cleaip. OA ypé pichfc vo Caogaine.
Peip Ceamna la Caogaine, mac Nell.

for Brocan, or Brocanus, one of the nephews of
St. Patrick, mentioned in the Tripartite Life—
Trias Thaum., pp. 129, 136.

* Cribri and Lasra.—These are called Crebrea
and Lassera in the Tripartite (Trias Thaum.,
p- 141), where it is stated that they were the
daughters of Glerannus, son of Cumineus, and
lived at the church of Kill-Forclann, near Kil-
lala. Dr. O’Conor, with this evidence before
him, translates Gleaghrann by candid@ as if it
were an epithet of the virgins, and not their
father’s name. ;

’ Macraidh, &c., and Erc.—The text is clearly
corrupt here, and the copy in the Book of Lecan
’ affords no clue to the correction of it.

t Brogan.—He was the Brocanus, nephew of
St. Patrick, mentioned by Jocelin in c. 50, and
by Evinus (ubi supra).

« Logha.—In the copy of Flann’s poem in the
Book of Lecan he is called Cpuimzep Cugna,
which is more correct. His tombstone is still
preserved near Templepatrick, or Patrick’s

church, on the island of Insi Goill, in Lough
Corrib, with the following inscription : “Cie
lugnaeoon mace lmenueh, i. e. the stone of
Lugna Don, son of Lemenueh.” This inscrip-
tion, which was discovered by Dr. Petrie, who
published a fac-simile of it, in his Inquiry into
the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ire-
land, p. 162, is the oldest literal monument yet
discovered in Ireland. It establishes the exis-
tence of Lughna and Lemenueh beyond dis-
pute, but nothing of a similar antiquity has
been discovered to prove their relationship to
the Irish Apostle.

“ Machui.—He was St. Mochai, of Endrom,
in Loch Cuan, one of St. Patrick’s earliest con-
verts, to whom he gave a copy of the Gospels
and what was called a Ministeir, or portable re-
liquary: ‘ Baptizavit eum ac totondit, et dedit
ei Evangelium et Ministeir.”— Vita Sec., c. 32.

* May the Trinity.—In the book of Lecan, the
poem of Flann on St. Patrick’s household con-
cludes thus : 7

.

449.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 141

Cribri and Lasra’, of mantles, beautiful daughters of Gleaghrann.
Macraith the wise, and Erc*,—he prophesied in his three wills.
Brogan‘, the scribe of his school ; the priest Logha", his helmsman,—

It is not a thing unsung,—and Machu.” his true fosterson.

Good the man whose great family they were, to whom God gave a crozier
without sorrow ;

Chiefs with whom the bells are heard, a pond family was the family of Patrick.

May the Trinity*, which is powerful over all, distribute to us the boon of great

love ;

The king who, moved by soft Latin, redeemed by Patrick’s prayer.

The Age of Christ, 449.

The twenty-first year of Laeghaire.

Ambhal-

ghaidh’, son of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, died. From him

Tir-Amhalghaidh [is named].

The Age of Christ, 453. The twenty-fifth year of Laeghaire.

A great

defeat [was given] by Laeghaire to the Leinstermen.

The Age of Christ, 454. The twenty-sixth year of Laeghaire.

The feast

of Teamhair [was celebrated] by Laeghaire, son of Niall.

“QL nimpior pin Le Plano, co pia pochpaie can
imnall,
Co mine izep plaizib nite, ac maichib na
muintime.”

“‘ These” [saints] ‘‘ are implored by Flann, that
he may obtain reward without doubt,
With meekness amongst the nobles of heaven,
through the chiefs of this family.”

Dr. O’Conor says that he does not know
whence the Four Masters copied this poem. It
is not contained in either of the Dublin copies,
and Dr. O’Conor’s printed copy of it is corrupted
to agree with his own idea of the meaning. The
copy of Flann’s poem preserved in the Book of
Lecan, fol. 44, b., is much better and more co-
pious, and contains the names of several officers
of Patrick’s household not mentioned in Evin’s
list, or even in the prose list prefixed to the poem
itself in the Book of Lecan, such as Cromdumhan,

his mucavoe, or swineherd ; his three builders,
Caemhan, Cruithnech, and Luchraidh; his three
physicians, Sechnan, Ogma, Aithemail; his libra-
rian, Setna, the Pious, son of Corcran, &c., &e.
Ussher quotes this poem (Primordia, p. 895), as
written in very ancient Irish verses, giving a
catalogue of St. Patrick’s domestics, as authority
for the existence of a Senex Patricius, ceano a
fpuizht penonach, who died, according to the
Annals of Connaught, in the year 454.

Y Amhalghaidh.—He was King of Connaught
about the year 434, when he was converted
to Christianity by St. Patrick, together with
12,000 men.—See Genealogies, §c., of Hy-Fiach-
rach, pp. 310, 462. See also, for the oldest ac-
count of this conversion, the Book of Armagh,
fol. 10, 11; Ussher’s Primordia, p. 864. The
territory of Tir-Amhalghaidh, now the barony
of Tirawley, on the west of the River Moy, in
the county of Mayo, derived its name from him.

142

aNNaza RIOSshachta eIReaNn.

[456.

$. Upaille Eppuce a Cll Uparlle hi Cipe [vécc] xrun. Augure.

Cloiy Cort, cfitpe céd caocca apé.

Enoa, mac Catbada, vécc.

Cop Cmiore, chtpe cév caoga a peache.
Cath Acha oana ma Lagmb pop Caogaine, mac Nell.

Q hoche pichfc vo Laogame.

CQ nao pich(c vo Caogaie.
Ro sabad ona

Laogaipe 1pm cach pin,7 vo pao Caogaipe pacha gspéne 4 gZaoiche, 4 na
noul oo Laigmb nac tiocpad poppa cma bichu, an a legad uada.
Apo Macha opochuccad la Naom Pacparce 1ap na Cohbaipc v0 6 Ohaine

mac Pionnéada mic Cosham mic Niallam.
Ro chionchoipce d61b cfcup, cachaip aipveprcorp do

pm cumoac an baile.

Ro horponfoh oa pip déce Loup

dfnam ipuide, 7 ecclup vo manchmb, 7 vo challeacha, 7 oupoaib ole
anch(na voish po Finopiom combad pi bud cfnn, 7 bud cliche veccalib

€Entnn a coicchinne.

Sean Pacpaice vo paowfoh a ppionarve.

* Cill-Usaille: i.e. the Church of Auxilius,
now Killossy, near Naas, in the county of Kil-
dare. No part of the old church of Killossy
now remains, but there is a part of an ancient
round tower, with a square base, attached to
the modern church, which bespeaks the anti-
quity of the place.—See Ussher’s Primordia,
pp. 826, 827; and Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum,
p- 658. The Annals of Ulster place the death
of Auxilius in the year 460, which is the cor-
rect date.

* Ath-dara: i.e. the Ford of the Oak. In the
Trish historical tract called Borumha-Laighean,
this ford is described as on the River Bearbha,
[Barrow] in the plain of Magh-Ailbhe. There
was a carn erected on the brink of the river, in
which the heads of the slaughtered forces of
Leath-Chuinn were interred. The notice of this
battle is entered in the Annals of Ulster, under
the year 458, as follows:

“ An. 458. Caé Clta oana pon Caogaine pe
Cargmib, in quo et ipse captus est, sed tunc dimis-
sus est, jurans per Solem e Ventum se boves eis
dimissurum,” i.e. ‘The battle of Ath-dara”

[was gained] “‘ over Laeghaire by the Leinster-
men, in which he himself was taken prisoner ;
but he was then set at liberty, swearing by the
Sun and the Wind that he would remit them
the Borumha.” Mageoghegan gives it as fol-
lows, in English, in his Annals of Clonmacnoise :

“The Lynstermen fought the battle of Ath-
dara against King Lagerie, wherein King La-
gerie himself was taken captive, and his army
altogether overthrown ; but the King was en-
larged upon his oath by the Sun and Moon
(which was solemnly sworn by him) to restore
them their cows.”

Here it is quite evident that Mageoghegan
translated this last clause, ‘‘to restore them
their cows,” from a Latin original: “ se boves
eis dimissurum.” But this is clearly not the
meaning intended by the original annalist. In
the account of this battle preserved in Leabhar na
h- Uidhri, fol. 76, b. 2, it is stated that Laeghaire
swore by the Sun and Moon, the Water and the
Air, Day and Night, Sea and Land, that he
would never again, during life, demand the Bo-
rumean tribute of the Leinstermen. ‘ Conné

456.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 143

Saint Usaille, Bishop of Cill Usaille’, in Liffe, [died] on the twenty-seventh
of August.

The Age of Christ, 456.
son of Cathbhadh, died.

The Age of Christ, 457. The twenty-ninth year of Laeghaire. The battle
of Ath-dara* [was fought] against the Leinstermen by Laeghaire, son of Niall.
Laeghaire was taken in that battle ; and Laeghaire took oaths by the Sun and

The twenty-eighth year of Laeghaire. Enda,

_ the Wind, and [all] the elements, to the Leinstermen, that he would never come

against them, after setting him at liberty.

Ard-Macha” was founded by Saint Patrick, it having been granted to him
by Daire, son of Finnchadh*, son of Eoghan, son of Niallan. Twelve men were
appointed by him for building the town. He ordered them, in the first place,
to erect an archbishop’s city* there, and a church for monks, for nuns, and for
the other orders in general, for he perceived that it would be the head and chief

of the churches of Ireland in general.
Old Patrick* yielded his spirit.

And this
is the true meaning even of the Latin, ‘ se boves

lanfad in mOonomi céin bad beo.’
eis dimissurum.’ ”

» Ard-Macha: i.e. the Height of Macha, a
woman’s name. Some say that she was Macha,
the wife of Nemhidh.—See Magh-Macha, p. 10,
note “, supra; but others will have it that she
was the more celebrated Macha Mongruadh, the
foundress of the royal fort Emania, near Armagh.
Ussher (Primordia, p. 854) thought that the
name was compounded of ard, high, and macha,
a field; but no Irish scholar ever gave it that

interpretation. The Annals of Ulster refer the

foundation of Armagh to the year 444:

“A.D. 444. Ardmacha fundata est. Ab urbe
condita usque ad hune urbem fundatum mcxctv.”
—See also Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 854, 855, et
seq.; and Colgan’s Trias Thanm., p. 293.

' © Daire, son of Finnchadh.—This Daire, who
was chief of Regio Orientalium, now the Oriors,
in the county of Armagh, was a descendant of
Colla Dachrich. From his uncle, Muireadhach,

-

son of Eoghan, son of Niallan, the O’Hanlons ot
Crioch-na-nOirther, now the baronies of Orior,
in the county of Armagh, are descended.

4 An archbishop’s city.—-For a curious account
of the erection of Armagh the reader is referred
to the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, as published
by Colgan, part iii. c. 78, Trias Thaum., p. 164.

© Old Patrick.—In the poem of Flann on the
household of St. Patrick, as preserved in the
Book of Lecan, fol. 44, 6, and as quoted by
Ussher (Primord. p. 895), he is made the head
of St. Patrick’s seniors: ‘‘ Caput sapientum
seniorum ejus.”

The Annals of Connaught, as quoted by
Ussher, refer his death to the year 453, and the
Annals of Ulster to 457. According to the
Feilire-Aenguis, this Sean Phadruig, or older
Patrick, was the tutor of the great Apostle of
Ireland; and the glossographer adds that he
was the Patrick of Glastonbury.—See Petrie’s
Antiquities of Tara Hill, p. 73. Dr. Lanigan
scoffs at the idea of the existence of any other

144

aNNaza RIOSshachta erReaNn. [458.

Cop Cpore, cficne ced, caocca a hoche. lap mbfit ofic mbliadna pichfe
hi pighe n€neann vo Laogaine mac Nell Naoigiallang acbat 1 ccaob Cap
edip Eninn 7 Alban 1. oa cnoc 1aopide pilfe m Uib Paolam, span 4 saoch

por mapbpom an pa panais iad.

Comd vo pin acbfpe an pili,

Acbach Laogaipe mac Nell
fon caob caupp: slap a cin
ouile VE adpaesaid pach
cucpac oail mbar ponran pigh.

Cloip Cpiopc, ciitpe ced caocca anaor. An cero bliadam oOlill Mole,
mac Oach, mic Piachnach, hn pige n€penn.

Cloip Cpiorc, cfitne céo peapcca a 00.

Oomhangopc mac Nippi décc.

Coip Cort, chitne céo pearca acpi.

Cn cltpamad bliadain oO.

Cin ciiccead bliadam oO ill.

Feip Ceampa la hOull Mole an bliadainp.

St. Patrick except the great Apostle of Ireland,
but he is evidently over-sceptical.

* Thirty years.—O’Flaherty says that the
thirty years allowed to his reign must be un-
derstood as subsequent to the conversion of the
Irish to Christianity: ‘“‘Ut in Codice Lecano
(fol. 306, a) ita Latiné explicatur : Triginta annis
reqnum Hibernia post adventum Patricii tenuit.”
—Ogygia, p. 249. With this account the cu-
rious computation of Tirechan, in the Book of
Armagh, very nearly accords, as follows :

“A passione autem Christi colleguntur anni
436, usque ad mortem Patricti. Duobus autem
vel v. annis regnavit Loiquire post mortem Patricit.
Omnis autem regni illius tempus xxavi. ut putamus.”
===f019, a: 2:

® He died.—According to the historical tract
called the Borumha Leaghan, Laeghaire, in two
years and a half after swearing by the elements
that he would never again demand the Borumha,
made an incursion into Leinster and seized a prey
of cows at Sidh-Neachtain, where the Boyne has
its source ; but as he advanced to the side of

Caissi, the elements wreaked their vengeance
upon him, that is, the Air forsook him, the Sun
burned him, and the Earth swallowed him. His
death is entered in the Annals of Clonmacnoise
as follows:

“King Lagerie died an ill death. Some say
he sunk down in the Earth between the two
hills, neer the River of Liffie, called Ireland and
Scotland, but the most part agree that he was
stroken dead at a place called Taev Caisy, neere
the Liffie, by the Wynde and Sun, for forswear-
ing himself to the Lynstermen, for the restitu-
tion of the Cowes, which he was sworne to per-
forme at the time of his captivity. He died
about the year 458.”

The Annals of Tighernach and the Annals of
Ulster state that Laeghaire met his death at
Greallach Gaifill [or Daphill], in Campo-Life,
between the hills Ere and Alba, and that the
Leinstermen asserted that the Sun and the ~
Wind killed him.

In the very curious account of the death of
Laeghaire, preserved in the Leabhar-na h Uidhri,

458. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 145

The Age of Christ, 458. After Laeghaire, the son of Niall of the Nine
Hostages, had been thirty years‘ in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died® by the
side of Caissi, between Eire and. Alba, i. e. two hills which are in Ui-Faelain ;
and [it was] the Sun and the Wind that killed him, because he had violated
them. Concerning which the poet said :

Laeghaire, son of Niall", died
On the side of Caissi, green its land ;
The elements of God, whose guarantee he had violated,

ees

Inflicted the doom of death upon the king.

The Age of Christ, 459.

The first year of Oilioll Molt, son of Dathi, son

of Fiachra, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 462.
of Nissi, died.

The fourth year of Oiholl.

Domhangort’, son

The Age of Christ, 463. The fifth year of Oilioll. The feast of Teamhair‘
[was celebrated] by Oilioll Molt this year.

it is stated that it had been prophesied to him
that he would come by his death between Ere
and Alba [Ireland and Scotland], for which
reason he [unlike his father, Niall] never went
on any naval expedition, that he went a second
time, without regard to his oaths, with a great
army, against the Leinstermen, to demand the
Borumean tribute; but that, when he reached

“Greallach-Daphill, by the side of Cassi, in Magh

Liphi, between the two hills, Ere and Alba, he
was killed by the Sun and the Wind, and the
other elements by which he had sworn. It is
further stated that the body of Laeghaire was
afterwards carried to Tara, and interred with
his weapons upon him in the south-east of the
external rampart of Rath-Laeghaire, at Tara,
with his face turned towards the Lagenians, as
ifin the attitude of fighting with them. The
fact of his body being so interred is also men-
tioned in the Annotations of Tireachan, in the
Book of Armagh, and it is added that Laeghaire
could not believe in the Christian religion,

because he had made a promise to his father,
Niall, that he would not swerve from the Pagan
customs:

“Sed non potuit credere dicens: Nam Neel
pater meus non sinivit mihi credere, sed ut
sepeliar in cacuminibus Zemro, quasi viris con-
sistentibus in bello: quia utuntur Gentiles in
sepulchris armati prumptis armis facie ad faciem
usque ad diem Erdathe apud Magos, id est,
judicii diem Domini.””—fol. 10, a,2. See Petrie’s
Antiquities of Tara Hill, pp. 145, 146.

» Laeghaire, son of Niall—_This quatrain is
also quoted in Leabhar-na-hUidhri, but the
author’s name is nowhere mentioned.

i Domhangort—He was King of Alba, or
Scotland, according to the Ann. of Clon.

* The feast of Teamhair.—Thus noticed in the
Annals of Ulster: “‘ Cena Temra la hAilill Molt,
Sic in Libro Cuanach invent.” And in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise, as follows: ‘ King
Oilill Molt made the Great Feast of Taraghe,
called Feis-Taragh.”

146

ANNQZa RIOSshachta eiReaNnn.

(464.

Qoip Cmorc, cetpe chéd plpeca a cltarp. Cn peipead bhadaim oO.
Cat Ouma Cichip ma Largmb pop Chull Mole.

Conall Gulban, mac Neill Naorgiallarg, (0 ccacc Cenel cConaill) vo
manbad la p(n cuachab Marge plechec 1ap na pogbail 1 mbaogal, 7 a adna-
cal 1 pPiodnac Mhange Réin, la Naom Canllin, amail aipnéidfp beata an

naoim pémpaice.

Coip Cniopc, ceitpe céo peapccat a ciice.
Peip Ceampa la hOill Mote.

oOmill Mole.

Qn peaccmad bliadain

Eosan, mac Neill Naoigiallang, (6 ccacc Cenel n€ogain), vécc v0 chumaid
Chonaill Ghulban, mic Nel Naoigiallaig, 7 a adnacal 1 nUipse caoin 1 nIlmp

Eosain, 1a nebnad.

Acbat Eosan, mac Néill,
pe veonaib, ba mait a mao,

tné écc Chonanll na ccleap ccpuaid,

50 PRU a ucng 1 nNUipece caoin.

Cmomtann, mac Enoa Cenrelas, pi Largs fn, 00 manbad la mac a ngme
budéin, 1. Eochaid Guin(ch vo Urb bainpce.
Qoip Cort, ceichne cé0 pearcca a pé. CA hoche vOill. Perr Teampa

la hOwall Molc.

Qoip Cmorc, chitpe chéd pearcca a peace. Anaoi vOilill Mole. benen,
mac Seipccnein, eppcop Apoa Maca, vo paoidl a ppionaicce.

1 Dumha-Aichir: i.e. Aicher’s or Heber’s
mound. Not identified.

™ The Cinel-Conaill: i.e. the Race of Conall,
i.e. the O’Donnells, and their correlative fami-
lies in Tirconnell, or the county of Donegal.

" Magh-Slecht.—According to the Book of
Fenagh, Conall Gulban was killed by the Mas-
raidhe, an ancient tribe of the Firbolgs, who
were seated in the plain of Magh Slecht (around
Ballymagauran, in the north-west of the county
of Cavan). He had gone upon a predatory ex-
cursion into their territory, and seized upon a
great prey of horses; but he was pursued and
overtaken at Loch Saioch, near Fenagh, in the
county of Leitrim, where he was slain and

buried.—See note *, at A. M. 3656, p. 43,
supra.

° Saint Caillin.—This is clearly an anachro-
nism, and is a fabrication of the writer of the
Life of St. Caillin, preserved, in the Book of
Fenagh. St. Caillin was contemporary with St.
Columbkille, and could not have been born in
the year 464, much less abbot of Fenagh in
Magh-Rein.

® Cinel-Eoghain: i.e. the Race of Eoghan.
These were the O’Neills, Mac Loughlins, and
their correlatives in Tyrone.

* Uisce- Chain.—Now anglicé Eskaheen. This
is the name of an old chapel near a beautiful
well from which the name is derived, in a town-,

| 464.)

The Age of Christ, 464. The sixth year of Oilioll. The battle of Dumha-
Aichir' [was fought] by the Leinstermen, against Oilioll Molt.

_ Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages (from whom are descended
the Cinel-Conaill”), was slain by the old tribes of Magh-Slecht*, he having been
found unprotected, and was buried at Fidhnach-Maighe-Rein, by Saint Caillin’,
as the Life of the aforesaid saint relates.

The Age of Christ, 465. The seventh year of Oilioll Molt.
Teamhair [was celebrated] by Oilioll Molt.

Eoghan, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages (from whom are descended the
Cinel-Eoghain’” ), died of grief for Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hos-
tages, and was buried at Uisce-Chain‘, in Inis-Eoghain ; concerning which was

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 147

The feast of

sald :

Eoghan, son of Niall, died

Of tears,—good his nature,—

In consequence of the death of Conall, of hard feats,
So that his grave is at Uisce-Chain.

Crimhthann’, son of Enda Censelach, King of Leinster, was killed by the
son of his own daughter, i. e. Eochaidh Guineach, [one] of the Ui-Bairrche’.
The Age of Christ, 466. The eighth year of Oilioll Molt.

The Age of Christ, 467. The ninth year of Oilioll Molt.

Benen‘, son of

Sescnen, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh], resigned his spirit.

land of the same name, in the barony of Inis-
Eoghan [Inishowen], in the county of Donegal.
The grave of Eoghan is not known there at
present. Colgan says that Uske-chaoin was, in
his own time, a chapel, but that it was anciently
a monastery.—See TJ'rias Thaum., p. 495, col. 1.
It is the birth-place of the celebrated Janus
Janius Eoganesius, or John Toland, whose real
name was O’Tuathalain, and of whom there are
still very vivid traditions preserved in the
neighbourhood.—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s
Writers of Ireland, p. 278 and p. 281, line 3.

* Crimhthann.—According to the Annals of
Clonmacnoise he was killed in the battle of
Ardcorran; but this is clearly a mistake, for,

it will be shewn from authorities of great anti-
quity, he fought at the battle of Ocha in 482 or
483, q. v.

8 Ui-Bairrche: i.e. the descendants of Daire
Barrach, the second son of Cathaeir Mor, Mo-
narch of Ireland in the second century. They
were seated in the barony of Slewmargy, in the
Queen’s County, and possessed also some of
the adjoining districts.See Leabhar-na-g Ceart,
p- 212, note *.

* Benen: i.e. Benignus. The death of Be-
nignus is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the
same year: ‘ Quies Benigni Episcopi, successoris
Patricii.”_See note ¥, under the year 432,
p. 136, supra.

u2

148 anNNaza RIOshachta elReaNN.

Cop Core, ceitpe chéod pearcca a hoche.

[468.
Cl haon noéce ovOnill.

Oopngal Spi Ele pon Lagmb pra nOill Mole.
Cop Core, ceitpe chéo peaccmogacc. On vana bliadain véce vO.
Cach Ouma Cicip pop Chull Mole pra Cargmib.

Cop Cniorc, ceitpe chéd peachtmogatc avd.

véce vO ILL.
Cargnib véce.

An clénpamad bliadain

Toca, mac Cloda, mic Sfnaig, caoipeac Cpiche Cualann hi

Cop Core, cfitpe céo peaccmogac a cltaip. A pé vécc DOU. Eine,

mac Eachach Mumpeamanip, vécc.

Coir Core, chtpe céo peaccmogac a ciicce.

C1 peace vécc vO.

Conall Cpemtoinn, mac Nell Naoigiallais, on ciple clanna Colmain 4 Siol

Cloda Slaine décc.

Corp Cmorr, cfitne cév peaccmogac apé. A hoche vécc DOW. Cat

Hpanaipo pra nEochaiwd, mac Coimppe, mic Oililla, mic Ounlaing, mic Enda
Niad, pop pish Cagtn, Ppaoc, mac Pionncada, mic Ganncon, mic Pochand,
mic Eachoach Camo, mic Merin Cuinb, 7 vo ¢cfp Fpaoch ipurvde.

CQoip Core, chitpe céd peactmosac a hochc. lan mbeich piche bliadain

“ The boxing battle—This battle, which ap-
pears to have been nothing more than a boxing
match between the pugilistic champions of
Leinster and Meath, is noticed in the Annals of
Ulster at the year 473, as “ Oopngal Opi Ele ;”
but it is again entered under the year 475, as,
“ Bellum Bri-Ele, sic in Libro Cuanach invent ;”
and again under 478. There can scarcely, how-
ever, be a doubt that the three entries refer
to the one battle only, and that the difference
of date is owing to their having been transcribed
from different authorities. In the old English
translation of the Annals of Ulster, preserved in
the British Museum, Claren. tom. 49, Ayscough,
4795, the term Oopngal is translated “the
handie skirmish.” It may be here observed
that the wrestling matches, which continued to
be carried on in the Phenix Park, between the
men of Meath and Kildare, and which sometimes
terminated in boxing matches, would seem to

have been a continuation of this Dornghal.

’ Bri-Ele.—This place is now called the hill
of Croghan, and is situated in the north-east of
the King’s County, close to the boundary of
Westmeath.—See note !, under A. D. 1385. It
is stated in the Book of Lecan, fol. 175, p. a,
col. b, that this hill received its name from Eile,
daughter of Eochaidh Feidhleach, Monarch of
Ireland, and wife, first of Ferghal, son of Ma-
gach, and afterwards of Sraibhgenn, son of
Niul, one of the Ernaans of Munster.

* Dumha-Aichir.—This is a repetition. See
A. D. 464. In the Annals of Ulster it is entered
under the year 468, thus: ‘‘Bellum Dumai-Aichir,
Fon Oilull Molde, sicut invent in Libro Cuanach.”
And again under the years 474 and 476.

Y Crioch-Cualann.—A territory included, for
the most part, in the present county of Wicklow.
The territory of Feara-Cualann, or Fercoulen, -
the limits of which are defined in an Inquisition

468.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

The Age of Christ, 468. The eleventh year of Oilioll. The boxing-battle"
of Bri-Ele” against the Leinstermen, by Oilioll Molt.

The Age of Christ, 470. The twelfth year of Oilioll. The battle of Dumha-
Aichix™ against Oilioll Molt, by the Leinstermen.

The Age of Christ, 472. The fourteenth year of Oilioll.
Aedh, son of Senach, chief of Crioch-Cualann’, in Leinster, died.

The Age of Christ, 474. The sixteenth year of Oilioll.
Eochaidh Muinreamhar, died.

The Age of Christ, 475. The seventeenth year of Oilioll. Conall Cremh-
thoinn*, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, from whom are sprung the Clann
Colmain, and race of Aedh Slaine’, died.

The Age of Christ, 476. The eighteenth year of Oilioll. The battle of
Granard° by Eochaidh, son of Cairbre, son of Oilioll, son of Dunlaing, son of
Enda Niadh, against the King of Leinster, Fraech, son of Finnchadh, son of
Garchu, son of Fothadh, son of Eochaidh Lamhdoidh, son of Mesincorb ; and

149

Toca, son of

Eire’, son of

Fraech fell therein.

The Age of Christ, 478. After Oilioll Molt, son of Dathi,.son of Fiachra,

taken at Wicklow on the 26th of April, 1636,
appears to have been coextensive with the ma-
nor of Powerscourt, in the barony of Half Rath-
down, in the north of the county of Wicklow;
but anciently the territory of Cualann was more
extensive. It appears from the Feilire-Aenguis
that the churches of Tigh-Conaill (Stagonnell),
Tigh-mic-Dimmai, and Dunmor, and from the
Leabhar-Laighneach, preserved in the Book of
Lecan, fol. 93-109, that Senchill, now Shank-
hill, near Bray, were situated in this territory.

* Eirc.—He is the ancestor of the Dalriadic
kings of Scotland.—See Ussher’s Primord., Ind.
Chron., and O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, p. 465.

* Conall Cremhthainn.—He is the ancestor of
the O’Melaghlins, who bore the tribe-name of
Clann-Colmain, and of other families formerly
powerful in Meath. From this Conall seventeen
Irish monarchs descended. The Annals of Ulster
record his death at the year 470, under which
_ Dr..O’Conor observes in a note that the terri-

tory of Tirconall derived its name from him;
but this is contrary to all the Irish genealogists
and historians, who are unanimous in stating
that Tir-Conaill derived its name from his bro-
ther, Conall Gulban.—Ogygia, ili. c. 85.

> Race of Aedh Slaine.—There were nine
Monarchs of Ireland of the race of this Aedh
Slaine, who was himself Monarch of Ireland
from A. D. 599 to 605. After the establish-
ment of surnames, the chief family of his race
took the surname of O’Kelly Breagh, and were
seated in the great plain of Bregia, in the east
of ancient Meath.—See Ogygia, ii. c. 93, p. 430.

© Granard.—This is the Granard in the
county of Longford; but the Four Masters have
evidently given Cairbre a wrong genealogy. .
In the Annals of Ulster, ‘‘ Bellum primum Gra-
nearad” is entered under the year 485, and it is
stated that “‘Cairbre mac Neill Naigiallaig victor
erat.” In the Clarendon copy the reading is :
“ Bellum primum circa Granearad. Cairbre mac

150 ANNAZa RIOShHAaAchTa eIREGNNW. »

[479.

hi pighe nEpeann oO Molec, mac Oat, mic Prachnaé, vo cheap 1 ccath
Ocha la Lushai, mac Laoganpe, la Muipcfcach mac Eancea 7 la Pepgur
Cepnbel, mac Conall Cnfmtamoe, 7 la Pracpa, mac Laogaipe, ms Oal .

nApavde, 7 la Cpfmtann, mac Enoa Cennpelarg mi Cargtn.
rm vo paca oPiachpa na Leé y Caiploegh iccioppocpaice m cata.

von cath pin acb(ne bfcc mac O€.

Cp von chun
Op

Mop chach Ocha peanpaicin
imopalca cacha ile
fon Oiull Molec, mac Nachf,
meabard mia NOGL Anarde.

Coip Cmorc, chtpe céo plchtmogac anaoi.

mac Caogaine, op Epinn 1 pige.

Qoip Cmort, chitpe céo ochtmosgac.

Cin céd bliadain vo Lugaid,

Cn vana bliadain vo Lushan.

Cath Gpanaino a ccip Cargs(n ercip Largmib phpin, of mn ip manbad Pionnchad,

cis(nna Ua Cennpealans, la Coinpne.

Clip Cort, ceitpe céo0 ochtmogac ahaon.

Lushai.
rplopaice.

Neill Naigiallaig vector erat; in quo cedidit Fin-
guine filius Erce; et victor erat, ut alti dicunt,
Crimthan mac Enna Cinselaig.”

4 The battle of Ocha.—Animosus, author of
the fourth Life of St. Bridget, published by
Colgan, states (lib. ii. c. 12), that Tolland, son
of Dunluing, King of Leinster, slew Oilioll Molt,
The
notice of this battle is entered under the year
482, and again under 483, in the Annals of
Ulster, as follows, in the old translation in the
Clarendon manuscript, tom. 49:

‘© 482. Bellum Oche, in quo cecidit Ailill Molt

King of Ireland, near Themoria or Tara.

manu Lugh mic Laogaire, et Murierti mic Erca.

A Concobaro filio Nessa usque ad Cormac filium
Art anni 308. A Cormac usque ad hoc bellum
206, ut Cuana scripsit.”

“< 483, Jugulatio Crimthain, mac Enna Cen-

Cn cpeap bliadain vo

.S. lanlaithe, mac Tptha, eppcop Apoa Macha, vo faoiwfoh a

selaich, Regis Lagenie, mic Bressail Bealaich, mic
Cathair Moir. Et hoc anno the battle [called]
Cath Ocha, secundum alios, by Lugad and by
Murtagh mac Erca, and by Fergus Cervail, mac
Connell Crimthain, and by Fiachra Lon, the
King of Dal-Araide.”

The accounts of the death of this monarch are
various and conflicting, for which see Colgan’s
Trias Thaum., p. 565, col. 1, not. 8, 9. The Life
of St. Kieran states, that Oilioll Molt was slain ©
in the battle of Ocha, in Meath, by Crimhthann,
King of Leinster: “ Ex his obiter advertendum
eos graviter errare, qui scribunt hunc Crim-
thannum occubuisse anno 465, cum multis
postea revolutis annis predicto prelio inter-
fuit.”—Colgan. To this it may be added that,

according to the ancient historical tract called

Borumha-Laighean, Crimhthann, son of Enna,

(et ee

479.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 151

had been twenty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain in the battle
of Ocha‘, by Lughaidh, son of Laeghaire, Muircheartach Mac Earca, Fearghus
Cerrbhel, son of Conall Cremththainne, Fiachra, son of Laeghaire, King of
Dal-Araidhe, and Cremhthann, son of Enna Cennsealach, King of Leinster. It
was on this occasion that the Lee and Cairloegh* were given to Fiachra as a
territorial reward for the battle. It was of this battle Beg Mac De' said :

The great battle of Ocha was fought,
In which many battalions were cut off,
Against Oilioll Molt, son of Nathi,
Who was defeated by the Dal-Araidhe.

The Age of Christ, 479.
sovereignty over Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 480. The second year of Lughaidh. The battle of
Granard", in the land of Leinster, between the Leinstermen themselves, wherein

The first year of Lughaidh®, son of Laeghaire, in

Finnchadh, Lord of Ui-Cennsealaigh, was slain by Cairbre.

The Age of Christ, 481.

The third year of Lughaidh. Saint Jarlaithe’,

son of Treana, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh], resigned his spirit.

slew Oilioll Molt in the battle of Ocha.

© Lee and Cairloegh.—This is probably a mis-
take for Lee and Ard-Kolairg. The territory of
Lee was on the west side of the River Bann, and
included in the present barony of Coleraine, in
the county of Londonderry ; but that called
Cairloegh, or Ard-Eolairg, is unknown to the
Editor.—See note under the year 557.

* Beg Mac De: i.e. Beccus, the son of Dea or
Dageus, a celebrated Irish prophet, who died
in the year 557, q. v.

. 8 The first year of Lughaidh.— A. D. 484.

Inicium regni Lugaid mic Laegaire, hoc anno.”

—Annals of Ulster.

» The battle of Granard.—Granard is here a
mistake of transcribers for Graine, as appears
from the ancient historical tract called Borumha-
Laighean, and from the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
in which the two battles fought there are en-

tered thus:

“ALD. 497. The battle of Graine, where
Moriertagh mac Ercka had the victory. There
was another battle of Graine, between Lynster-
men themselves, fought, where Finncha, King
of O’Keansely, was slain, and Carbrey had the
victory.”

In the Annals of Ulster ‘* Bellum primum
Granearad”’ is entered first under the year 485,
and again under 486, “Vel hic, primum belluin
Graine ;” and under A. D. 492, ** Bellum secun-
dum Granaire.” ‘The place is now called Grane,
and is situated in the north of Kildare.

i Jarlaithe—He was the third bishop of Ar-
magh, and died, according to the Annals of
Ulster, in 481.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum,
p. 307. He is to be distinguished from St. Jar-
lath of Tuam.—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s
Bishops, pp. 35, 36.

152

AQNNQata RIOshachtTa elREGNN. [487.

Qoip Cmore, citpe céo ochtmogac apeacc. On naomad bliadain vo
Lushai. Nel, E€appoc Apoachaid 1 cceatba, veipcipul Pacparcc, véce.

Cloip Core, clitne céo ochtmogat a hochc. On veachmad bliadain
vo Lushai. Ciandn, eppoc Oomlbace, vécc.

Clip Cmorc, chtpe céo ochtmogac anao. On caonmad bliadam vé5
vo Lughaio. Maccaille eppoc vécc. Congur, mac Nacppnaoich, pi Muman,
vo tuitim bn ccach Chellopnad la Mumnc(pcach Mac Eapca, la hlollann
mac Ounlaing, la hChull, mac Ounlaing, 7 lahEocharw nGuin(ch oa nebpaoh,

Acbacth cnaob, oorbile néip,
Clonguy molbchach, mac Nacppnaoich,

Faccbad la hillano a pach
hi ccat Cell Opnavha claom.

* Mel, Bishop of Ard-achadh.He was the
first bishop of Ardagh, in the county of Long-
ford, and a disciple of St. Patrick.

'Cianan, Bishop of Doimhliag: i.e. of Duleek,
in Meath. It is stated in the Annals of Tigher-
nach, and in those of Ulster, that St. Patrick
presented him with a copy of the Gospels:
“A.D. 488. —Quies Sancti Cianant, cui Sanctus
Patricius Evangelium largitus est.’ The name
doimhliag or daimliag signifies a stone building;
and the first stone church ever erected in Ire-
land is believed to have given name to this
place; and it looks very curious that, although
Daimhliag was a common name for a stone
church, still it has not entered into the topo-
graphical names like Cill or teampull, this of
Duleek, in Meath, being the only instance now
to be found.—See Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin
and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 138
to 141.

- ™ Bishop Maccaille.—He is said to have been
one of the nephews of St. Patrick, by his sister
Darerca. ‘Tirechan states that St. Bridget of
Kildare received the veil from his hands at
Uisneach, in Meath; and the Calendar of
Cashel, as quoted by Colgan (Trias Thaum.,

p- 525), that his festival was kept on the 25th
of April, at ‘‘ Cruach-an-Bri-Eile, in Ifalgia.”
This place is still well known, and the ruins of
the church of St. Maccaille are to be seen on the
eastern side of the conspicuous hill of Croghan,
near Tyrrell’s Pass, on the confines of the King’s
County and the county of Westmeath.

» Battle of Cill-Osnadha.—The notice of this
battle is entered in the Annals of Ulster thus:
“ A.D. 489. Bellum Cinn Losnado, wbi cecidit
Aengus, /filius Natfraich, righ Mumhan, wut
Cuana scripsit.” The place called Cell-Osnada,
or Ceann-losnada, is described by Keating (in
regimine Oiliolli Molt) as situated in the plain
of Magh-Fea, four miles east of Leighlin, in the
county of Carlow. This place is now called
Kelliston, and is situated in the barony of
Forth, in the county of Carlow; and there ex-
ists among the old natives of the place a most
curious and remarkably vivid tradition of this
battle, which explains the Irish name of the
place as denoting ‘“‘church of the groans ;” and
which it received, according to this tradition,
from the lamentations of the Munster-women
after the loss of their husbands and brothers in
the battle. This, however, though a very na-

487.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 153

The Age of Christ, 487. The ninth year of Lughaidh. Mel, Bishop of
Ard-achadh*, in Teathbha, disciple of Patrick, died.

The Age of Christ, 488. The tenth year of Lughaidh. Cianan, Bishop
of Doimhliag", died.

The Age of Christ, 489. The eleventh year of Lughaidh. Bishop Mac-
caille™, died. Aenghus, son of Nadfraech, King of Munster, fell in the battle
of Cell-Osnadha* [fought against him] by Muircheartach Mac Earca, by Illann,
son of Dunlaing, by Ailill, son of Dunlaing, and by Eochaidh Guineach, of
which was said :

Died the branch, the spreading tree® of gold,

ee

Aenghus the laudable, son of Nadfraech,
His prosperity was cut off by Ilann,
In the battle of Cell-Osnadha the foul.

tural turn for tradition to have given it, is not
the true form of the name, for it appears, from
an ancient historical tale preserved in Leabhar
na-h Uidhri, that it was first written Ceann-Los-
nada, which is also the form of the name given
in the Annals of Ulster. This was once a place
of considerable importance, and contained, till
about fifty years ago, considerable remains of
an ancient church and Cloigtheach, or round
tower, but which are now all effaced.—See the
Anthologia Hibernica, vol. iv. p. 105.

St. Kieran, the patron of the men of Ossory,
is said to have predicted to Eithne, the queen
of Aenghus Mac Nadfraich, that she and her
lord would fall in this battle in consequence of
a crime of a disgraceful nature which she at-
tempted to commit. The prophecy of St. Kieran
was delivered in general terms, thus: ‘Tu enim,
filia, et Dominus noster Rex, uno die, occidemini
ab inimicis vestris: sed det Dominus vobis mi-
sericordiam.” But the writer of the Saint’s
Life (apud Colgan, Acta Sanctorum, p. 460) goes
to shew that it was fulfilled in the battle of
Ceall-Osnaidh, as follows :

“Quod vaticinatus est sanctus Pontifex Kie-

Tanus, ita contigit: Ipse enim Rex Aenghus in
bello quod commissum est in campo Fea, in
provincia Lageniensium juxta grandem villam
Ceall-Osnaidh, cum sua uxore Regina, occisus
est a Rege Aquilonalium Lageniensium, Illando
filio Dunlaingh, 8 Idus Octobris. Et hee cedes
maxima abusio erat: et ipsa Regina Eithnea
Huathach vocabatur, que erat filia Crymthani
filii Hndai Kinsealaigh; qui Crymthan multum
subjugavit Aquilonales Lagenienses, accepto
Rege magno Hibernia, postquam ille in gravi

bello Ocha, in regione Media, occidit Alildum .

Molt, Regem Hibernie.”

° Spreading tree.—This Aenghus, who was the
first Christian King of Munster, is the common
ancestor of the families of Mac Carthy, O’Keefe,
O’Callaghan, and O’Sullivan, now so widely
spread in Ireland, England, and America, and
even on the Continent of Europe, where some
of them bear coronets. If the saplings of this
“spreading tree of gold,” Aenghus Mac Nad-
fraich, could now be reckoned in the different
countries in which they have pullulated, it would
appear that they are vastly numerous, and that,
as the multiplication of a race is a blessing, King

ay

154 GNNaza RIOSshachta elReaNnN. [492.

Cath Tallc(n pon Cargmb pra cCommppe, mac Nell.
Aoip Cort, chtpe céd nochot avé. On clchpamad bliadam vécc vo
Lugawd. Catch Slfmnna, hm Mive, ma cCoipbne, mac Nell, pon Cargmb. -

Clip Cmorc, ceitpe céd nochac acm.
Pacpaice, mac Calpuipn, mic Pocarve, aipveappuc, ceitt ppiom-

Cusharo.

Cn cuiccead bliadain vécc do

ad 7 anoappcol Epeann, do cup an céo Celeptinup Papa vo ppoiclpc
poipcela, 7 00 pfolad inp: 7 cpabad vo Shaowealaib,—arpé po fcappecan

Aenghus has reaped the full benefit of that “‘alma
benedictio” imparted by St. Patrick when he
baptized him at Cashel, and, by a singular mis-
take, put his faith to the trial by piercing his
foot with the top of his crozier.

» Tailtin—Now Teltown, on the River Sele
or Abha-dhubh, nearly midway between the
towns of Kells and Navan, in Meath. In the
Annals of Ulster the battle of Tailtin, fought
against the Leinstermen by Cairbre, son of
Niall, is entered under the year 493. This
Cairbre, the son of King Niall, was an obstinate
Pagan, and an inveterate enemy to St. Patrick,
as we learn from the Tripartite Life, part ii.
os

“Prima autem feria venit Patricius ad Tal-
teniam: vbi regia nundine et publici regni ludi
et certamina quotannis servari solebant. Ibi-
que convenit Carbreum Nielli filium, et Lao-
garii Regis fratrem, fratrique animi ferocia et
incredulitate similem. Huic cum Sanctus Pa-
tricius verbum vite preedicaret, viamque salutis
ostenderet, vir adamantini cordis, non solum
recusavit predicate veritati, sed viam vite pro-
ponenti machinabatur mortem: et in vicino flu-
vio nomine Sele sancti viri socios flagellis ex-
cepit, quia Patricius eum appellavit inimicum
Dei. Tune vir Dei videns hominem esse inve-
terate malitie, et a Deo reprobatum, ait ad
ipsum, Quia Regis celestis doctrine restitisti,
ejusque suave jugum portare recusasti, de tua
stirpe nec regni exurgent pignora; sed semen

tuum semini fratrum tuorum serviet in perpe- -

tuum : nec vicinus fluvius, in quo socios meos
cecidisti, licet nune abundet piscibus, vllos un-
quam proferet pisces.”—Trias Thaum., p. 129.
The descendants of this Cairbre settled in
various parts of Ireland, but the most distin-
guished of his race were seated in Cairbre-
Gabhra, a territory now comprised in the ba-
rony of Granard, in the county of Longford,
where, according to the Tripartite Life, part ii.
c. 30, the sons of this wicked Cairbre received
Patrick with honour, and granted him a beau-
tiful place, called Granard, for erecting a church.
But, according to local tradition, when St. Pa-
trick arrived in the mountainous portion of this
territory, a certain wicked woman presented
him with a hound, served up in a dish, for his

dinner ; which when he examined, he suspected _

that he had been maliciously presented with an
unclean animal, and, kneeling on a certain stone,
prayed that God might restore the animal to life ;
and, to the astonishment of the assembled multi-
tude, a greyhound sprang into life. Patrick or-
dered it to be killed on the spot, and then pro-
nounced a solemn malediction on the mountainous
region, in which this insult was offered to religion,
and on the race of Cairbre, its chief. It is still be-
lieved by the neighbours that this curse remains
over these mountains, which causes them to
remain more barren than other Irish mountains,
and over the people, which keeps them in a more
rude and intractable state than those of any other
territory in Ireland.

Notwithstanding this awful curse of the Irish

492.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 155

The battle of Tailtin? against the Leinstermen, by Cairbre, son of Niall.

The Age of Christ, 492. The fourteenth year of Lughaidh. The battle
of Sleamhain, in Meath* [was fought] by Cairbre, son of Niall, against the
Leinstermen.

The Age of Christ, 493. The fifteenth year of Lughaidh. Patrick, son
of Calphurn, ‘son of Potaide, archbishop, first primate, and chief apostle of
Ireland, whom Pope Celestine the First had sent to preach the Gospel and
disseminate religion and piety among the Irish, [was the person] who sepa-
rated them from the worship of idols and spectres', who conquered and de-

Apostle upon Cairbre, he had a grandson,
Tuathal Maelgarbh, who became monarch of
Ireland in 533, and reigned till 544; and his
descendants, who, after the establishment of
surnames, took that of O’Ronain, remained
chiefs of Cairbre-Gabhra till the English In-
vasion.— See the Miscellany of the Irish Ar-
cheological Society, p. 144, note °.

4 Sleamhain,.in Meath.—This is not Slane [a
village on the River Boyne], as assumed by Dr.
O’Conor (Annals of Ulster, p. 9); for Slane, on
the Boyne, is called, in Irish, baile Slame; but
is situated in Westmeath, as appears from the
Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 417. The
word pleamain bears two meanings, at present,
in Meath and Ulster, namely, “slimy or slip-
pery,” and “land bearing elms”; for the elm
tree, which, in the south half of Ireland, is called
leamdan, is called pleamdn in the North.

' Idols and spectres.—St. Patrick destroyed
Crom-Cruach, the chief idol of all Ireland, after
a great struggle with the Demon; for some
account of which see note °, p-. 43, supra ;
but we are not told that he had any particular
struggle in destroying any other. It would
appear, from a quotation given by O’Flaherty,
(Ogygia, iii. c. 22.) from the Scholia of Cathal-
dus Maguire on the eilire-Aenguis, that there
was an idol preserved at Clogher called Kermand
Kelstach, but the Editor never saw the original
‘passage. The Lia Fail was also at Tara in Pa-

trick’s time, but we are not told that he made
any effort to destroy it. Keating says that the
Lia Fail had been struck silent in the reign of
Conchobhar, King of Ulster, when Christ was
born, and when all the false idols in the world
were struck dumb. The only other notice of
idols to be found in Patrick’s Lives is given by
Evinus, who states that when he approached the
royal city of Cashel all the idols fell prostrate.
“Dum vir apostolicus Regie appropinquaret,
omnia urbis idola in faciem prostrata simul in
terram corruere.”—Vit. Tripart., part ili. c. 29.
According to a tradition in the county of Wa-
terford, a certain rock near Kilmacthomas, called
Cloch-Lobhrais, was wont to give responses in
Pagan times, and to decide causes with more
than human powers of discrimination, and with
the strictest adherence to truth and justice; but
this good stone, which appears to have been a
remnant of the golden age, was finally so horri-
fied at the ingenuity of a wicked woman in de-
fending. her character, that it trembled with
horror, and split in twain! From this and other
legends about certain speaking stones in some
parts of Ireland, it would appear that the Pagan
Druids had recourse to a similar delusion to
that practised at Delphi, the famous oracle of
which is also said to have been struck dumb at
the birth of Christ.

The arrachta or spectres worshipped by the
Pagan Irish are now little known. In Tire-

ey

156 ANNQaza RIOshachtd eiReaNn. [493.

laopioe Ppt hadpad 1odal 7 appacc, po copccaip 7 po combpip na hodla
bacan aga nadpad aca. Ro moanb veamna 4 opoc ppipadva uardib, 7 cucc
1ad 6 Donca peacald 7 voailche co poly: cne1oim 7 caoinghniom, po tpeo-
Pais 7 po pévars a nanmanna o ddéinpibh ippinn (sup a mbacan ag oul) 50
odippib plata nme. Cre ona po bare 7 po blnoas pip, mna, maca, 4
mnsfna Eneann, co na ccipib 7 co na ccneabaib, ecip wipece 7 inb(p mui.
Cy leip vo pdnad cealla, maimpepeca, 7 ecclara 1omda plcnon Epeann.
Seacc ccév ceall a lion. Up leip céccurp po hoinonead eprcorp, pacaine, 7
aop gach snmd an cna, plcc sced epppoc cpf mile pasanc a lion. Oo
poine pfpca 7 mipbaile 1omda, co na cumaing aiccn(d vaonna a cummishad
na a popachm(c an vo pighene vo maz 1p na calmannaib. O no compoicc-
ns ampip eicpechta naom Pacparcc hi Saball, po thochait conp Chpfore
a lamaib an naoim eppcoip Cappach, 1pm 122 a aoip, 7 po Fad a ppipac vo

cum nme.

Ro bar comtdccbail cata 7 adban eapaonca ipm cuiccead ag imply-ain
mm copp Pacpaic ian na eccuibh. Ui Néill 7 Aingialla ace tall a tabainez

chan’s Annotations the Sidhe or Dei terreni are
referred to, which were :clearly our present
fairies; but we have no materials left us to de-
termine what the Pagan Irish exactly believed
about them. From stories written in Christian
times, it would appear that the Sidhe were be-
lieved tobe the spirits of the Tuatha-De-Dananns,
who haunted the different forts and hills where
they had held their residences while living.

S Expelled demons, §c.—For an account of
St. Patrick’s expulsion of the demons from
Cruachan-Aichle, or Croaghpatrick, see the Tri-
partite Life of St. Patrick, apud Colgan, part ii.
cc. 62, 63, 64, 65, 66; Trias Thaum., p. 138.
Some of the evil spirits expelled by St. Patrick
on this occasion flew across the bay of Donegal,
and settled in the Pagan region of Senghleann,
in Tirconnell, where they remained secure from
all the attacks of Christians till St. Columbkille
finally dislodged them. .

* Baptized and blessed.See Leabhar na-g Ceart,
p. 235.

4 Seven hundred churches.—The same number
is given in a quotation from St. Eleranus, in the
Leabhar-Breac, fol. 99, b, 1, and the same num-
ber is attributed to him by Jocelyn and the
Tripartite Life, apud Colgan; Trias Thaum.,
p- 167. See also Ussher’s Primordia, p. 913.

Ww Seven hundred bishops and three thousand
priests.—‘‘ Episcopos enim trecentos et septua-
ginta; sacerdotum quinque millia, et clericorum
inferioris ordinis numerum sine numero, propria
manu ordinasse legitur. Numerum autem Mo-
nachorum atque Monialium, quos divino conse-
cravit obsequio, solus Deus novit. Sacras etiam
wdes, sedes Episcopales, Monasteria, Ecclesias,
sacella, promiscué connumerantur, fundavit
septingenta.”— Vit. Tripartit. S. Patricit, part. ii.
c. 97; Trias Thaum., p. 167. ;

x The human mind.—Dr. O’Conor renders this:
“‘ Fecit miracula et mirabilia plurima, simulque
informavit intellectum populorum ad commu-
nionem, vel ad memoriam ejus. Fecit regulas

valde bonas.” But he is totally beneath criti-

493.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 157

stroyed the idols which they had for worshipping ; who had expelled demons‘
and evil spirits from among them, and brought them from the darkness of sin
and vice to the light of faith and good works, and who guided and conducted
their souls from the gates of hell (to which they were going), to the gates of
the kingdom of heaven. It was he that baptized and blessed‘ the men, women,
sons and daughters of Ireland, with their territories and tribes, both [fresh]
waters and sea-inlets. It was by him that many cells, monasteries, and churches
were erected throughout Ireland; seven hundred churches" was their number.
It was by him that bishops, priests, and persons of every dignity were ordained ;
seven hundred bishops, and three thousand priests” [was] their number. He
worked so many miracles and wonders, that the human mind” is incapable of
remembering or recording the amount of good which he did upon earth. When
the time of St. Patrick’s death approached, he received the Body of Christ from
the hands of the holy Bishop Tassach’, in the 122nd [year] of his age’, and

lag peo Ss

resigned his spirit to heaven.

There was a rising of battle*, and a cause of dissension in the province
contending for the body of Patrick after his death. The Ui-Neill’ and the

cism in blunders of this description.

The absurdity of the miracles attributed to
St. Patrick by all his biographers, on every
frivolous occasion, without number, measure,
or use, have created a doubt, in modern times,
of the truth of everything they relate ; and
if it happened that God suspended the laws of
nature at the request of this great preacher, his
biographers have described them, and the motives
of them, so injudiciously, that modern readers
can only laugh at them, unless they will be at
great trouble to separate the fictitious and
useless from the real and necessary wonders
wrought by this apostle.

’ Tassach.—He is the patron saint of Rath-
Cholptha, now the village of Raholp, near Saul,
in the barony of Lecale, and county of Down.—
See note 8, at A. D. 448, supra ; Trias Thaum.,
p. 6, ‘col, 1.

* In the 122nd [year] of his age.—Sce Ussher’s
Primordia, pp. 881, 883, 887. In the Tripar-

tite Life, apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 168,
he is also given this age of 122 years:

“ Curavit advocari S. Tassachum Episcopum ;
et e manu ejus salutare sumpsit viaticum, an-
noque sui inter Hibernos Apostolatus 1xii.
etatis cxxii. xvi. Kalendas Aprilis purissimum
celo reddidit spiritum.”

According to a summary of dates and facts
relating to St. Patrick, preserved in the Leabhar
Breac (fol. 99, 6, 1), he died “in the one hun-
dred and twentieth year of his age, that is, the
27th” [recte 26th] ‘of the solar Cycle, the
Calends of January being on Friday, the first
year after the bisextile, on the 16th of the
Calends of April, which, in that year, fell on
Wednesday, the 13th of the Moon.”

* A rising of battle—This story is also given
in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, apud
Colgan, Trias Thaum., pp. 168, 169.

> The Ui-Neill: i.e. the descendants of Niall
of the Nine Hostages.

bs aNNaca RIOShachta elReaNn. (494.

50 hCpomacha, Ulaid acca poptad aca padfin, 50 nofcaccap Ui Néill 4
CAingialla go alaile wipece, 50 tcuapngaib an abann pid, co na po cumaingpet
cect tain) la méo a cule. O vo coiwh an cule pon ccula do deacacap
na plois po combars «1. Ui Néill 7 Ulawd vo bphe chump Pacpaice led.
Apfo capparp la Zac nopung ofob co mbai an copp leo budéin vocum a
ctine, 50 po foanpccan Ora 100 San cpold san cachap fon iomnup pin. Ro
hadnache 1apam copp Pacpaic so nonoip 7 50 naipmiccin moip, 1 nOdn va
leatglap,7] na of odce véce po bacan na ppuite ag pane an cuipp, co
pralmaib 7 hymnaib, m bat odce 1 Mwgimip, na 1p na pfpannaib compoicey1b
(an vapleo) acc amanl bid poly: an laor lanpolaip po 1onopchaid ann vo
snép. Ap vo bhadnaib bap naom Pacpaice acpubnad.

O shan Core, cantm anc,
.cCCc. Fon caom nocaic,
ceona bliadna pain ianpoin,
50 bap Pacpaice pniomaprcoll.

Qoip Cmorc, chtpe céd nochac a cltaip. CO pé vécc v0 Lushand. Cath

Cinoailbe pia cCoinbne, mac Nell, pon Cangmb.
Cloip Cmiopz, chtpe cév nochac apé. Mochao, abb nConopoma, vécc

on which Colgan has the following note:
“Quod in morte Patricii dierum duodecim
naturalium spatium transierit sine noctis in-
terpolatione tradunt Jocelinus c. 193, Author
operis Tripartiti, p. 3, c. 106, Probus, 1. 2, ¢. 34,
et alil communiter actorum Patricii Scriptores,
et quod toto sequenti anno tempus nocturnum
in illa qua obiit Regione fuerit extraordinario
quodam et celitus misso respersum lumine, alia
indicant testimonia et argumenta. Ita enim
indicat Probus loco citato, dicens: ‘ Plebs etiam
illius loci in quo sepultus est certissima confirmat
attestatione, quod usque ad finem totius anni, in quo
obierat, nunquam nocturnales tenebre quales exti-
tissent, tales antea fuerant, quod nimirum ad tanté

° The Oirghialla: i.e. the descendants of the
Collas, who, at this time, possessed a vast terri-
tory in Ulster, lying west of the River Bann
and Gleann-Righe.

4 Ulta.—Called by Colgan, in his translation
of the Tripartite Life, Ulidii. At this time
they possessed only that portion of the province
of Ulster lying east of the River Bann and
Gleann-Righe.

© Dun-da-leathghlas: i.e. the dun or fort of
the two broken locks or fetters, now Down-
patrick.

f It was not night.—This is also stated by the
author of the Tripartite Life:

“Et ita non visa est nox in tota illa regione

in tempore luctus Patricii.”
It is stated in Fiech’s Hymn that the light
continued for a whole year after Patrick’s death,

viri meritum non dubium est. Item Author operis
Tripart. p. 3, c. 106: Et ferunt alii quod anno
integro post Patricit mortem fuerit continua lua in

OO - “

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Oirghialla® attempting to bring it to Armagh ; the Ulta‘ to keep it with them-
selves. And the Ui-Neill and the Oirghialla came to a certain water, and the
river swelled against them so that they were not able to cross it in consequence
of the greatness of the flood. When the flood had subsided these hosts united
on terms of peace, i.e. the Ui-Neill and the Ulta, to bring the body of Patrick
with them. It appeared to each of them that each had the body conveying it
to their respective territories, so that God separated them in this manner, with-
out a fight or battle. The body of Patrick was afterwards interred at Dun-da-
lethglas* with great honour and veneration ; and during the twelve nights that
the religious seniors were watching the body with psalms and hymns, it was
not night’ in Magh-inis or the neighbouring lands, as they thought, but as if it
were the full undarkened light of day.

said : .

Of the year of Patrick’s death was

Since Christ was born, a correct enumeration,
Four hundred and fair ninety,

Three years add to these,

Till the death of Patrick, chief Apostle.

The Age of Christ, 494. The sixteenth year of Lughaidh.

The battle of

Ceann-Ailbhe® by Cairbre, son of Niall, against the Leinstermen.

The Age of Christ, 496.

Regione de Mag-inis.” Adde quod nomen illius
Regionis exindé postea ortum, hoc ipsum indi-
cet. Wulgo enim vocatur Triuchached na soillse,
i. cantaredus seu centivillaria Regio luminis, ut
vulgi usurpatio, et patrie historia contestantur.
Unde propter hos ccelestes radios tempus illud
nocturnum raro prodigio illustrantes, videtur
S. Fiecus hic tempus illud vocasse continuam
lucem et diem prolongatam.” — Trias Thaum.,
p- 6, col. 2, not. 20.

® Ceann-Ailbhe.—In the Annals of Clonmac-
noise the “ battle of Kinailbe” is entered under
the year 501. In the Ulster Annals it is called
the battle of Cnoc-Ailbhe. It was probably the
name of a hill in Magh-Ailbhe, in the south of
the county of Kildare.

Mochaoi’, Abbot of Aendruim, died on the twenty-

h Mochaot, Abbot of Aendruim.—He was a
disciple of St. Patrick, and abbot of the island of
Aendruim, now Mahee Island, in Loch Cuan, or
Strangford Lough, in the county of Down. The
situation of Aendruim appears from a gloss on
the Feilire-Aenguis, at 23rd June: ‘‘ Oenopuim ii.
oen culach an iny ule, 7 pop Coch Cuan aca.”
“Oendruim, i.e. all the island is [i. e. forms]
one hill, and in Loch Cuan it is [situated ].”—
See Description of Nendrum, by the Rev. Wil-
liam Reeves, pp. 30 to 34. The death of this

‘saint is entered in the Annals of Tighernach at

the year 497 ; in the Annals of Ulster at 493, °
and again from a different authority at 498; and
in the old Annals of Innisfallen at 490.—See note
on Mochaoi under the year 432.

160

an tneap la picheat vo mi lun.
pon Unb Nell.

ANNaza RIOshachta Eireann.

(497.

Catch Opoma Lochmarghe pra Caigmbh

Conbmac a Cmé in epnavde eppcop Apoa Maca, comapba Pacpance, vo

paooh(oh a ppiopaicce.

Cop Cort, chtpe céo nochac a yeachc. QO naoi vécc ve Lushai.
Cach Inve Moe Wy cCpich va nOabla pon Laigmb, 7 pop lollann, mac
Ounlaing, la Muipé(pcach mac Eanca.

Qoip Cmoy'c, chtpe céo nochat a hochc.

Cn pichfemad bliadain vo

Lugaio. Plpsup Mop, mac Eine, mic Cachach Muimpeamanrp, co na bnartb

vo oul no Clbain.

Coip Cmort, chitne céo nochat a nao.

Ql haon pichfc vo Lushai.

Ceanban eappoc, 6 Piont C(nbain oc Teampnais, vécc.
Cat Seagpa ma Muipelptach mac Enca pon Onach Tlhgurma, pa Con-

nacc.

lpead pochann an catha 1. Muipc(pcach no bar hi pachaigiup ecin

m pi asup Cochad Tiopmecapna, a bpachaip, 50 po gsabad Eochad pon
comaince Muinc(ncoig. Ceannpaolad apbenc oa deanbad.

' Druim-Lochmaighe.—See A.M. 3549, where
it is stated that Lochmhagh is in the territory
of Conaille, i. e. in the level portion of the county
of Louth.

k Cormac of Crioch-an-Earnaidhe: i.e. the
Territory of the Oratory or little Church, thus
translated by Colgan in Trias Thaum., p. 293:
**S. Corbmacus de Crich-indernaidhe, successor
S. Patricii, Ep. Ardmach, quievit in domino.”
He gives his acts at 17th of February, from
which it would appear that he was the nephew
of the monarch Laeghaire, by his brother Enda;
that his body or reliques were preserved at Trim,
in Meath, and that his festival was celebrated at
Armagh, on the 17th of February. In the copy
of the Feilire-Aenguis preserved in the Leabhar
Breac, he is set down as “*‘ Copmac comonba
Pacpaic 1 nAch cpuim Coegaine,” and the Edi-
tor is of opinion that Cpioch an-eannaiwe may
be a corruption of Cmoé Coegaine.

* Inde-mor, in Chrioch- Ua-nGabhla.—Crioch-
Ua-nGabhbla, called, in the old translation of the

Annals of Ulster, ‘ O’Gawla’s country,” was
the name of a territory situated in the south
of the present county of Kildare, extending,
according to the Book of Lecan, fol. 93-109,
from Ath-Cuilchinge to Dubh-ath, near the
hill of Mullaghmast ; and from Ath-glas-crichi,
at Cluanies, to Uada, in Leix ; and from the
ford of Ath-leathnacht to Gleann-Uissen, in
Ui-Bairrche. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise
‘‘the battle of Inne” is entered under the year
504.

@ Fearghus Mor.—The Annals of the Four
Masters are here antedated by at least five
years, as Dr. O’Conor shews (Proleg. ad Ann.,
p. lxxxvi). The Annals of Tighernach place
the migration of the sons of Ere to Alba (Scot-
land) during the pontificate of Symmachus, the
Calends of January being on feria prima. Now
Symmachus succeeded Anastasius the Second on
the 10th of the Calends of December, A. D. 498,
and died on the 14th of the Calends of August,
A. D. 514, and during this whole period the

AC

Sepa Sar SRG

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third day of the month of June. The battle of Druim-Lochmaighe' [was gained]

by the Leinstermen over the Ui-Neill.

Cormac, of Chrioch-in-Ernaidhe*, successor of Patrick, resigned his spirit.

The Age of Christ, 497. The nineteenth year of Lughaidh. The battle
of Inde-Mor, in Crioch-Ua-nGabhla', [was gained] over the Leinstermen and
Illann, son of Dunlaing, by Muircheartach mac Earca.

The Age of Christ, 498 [recté 503].

The twentieth year of Lughaidh.

Fearghus Mor”, son of Erc, son of Eochaidh Muinreamhair, with his brothers,

went to Alba [Scotland].

The Age of Christ, 499 [recté 504].

The twenty-first year of Lughaidh.

Cerban, a bishop of Feart-Cearbain", at Teamhair, died.
The battle of Seaghais® [was fought] by Muircheartach mac Earca against

Duach Teangumha’, King of Connaught.

The cause of the battle was this,

viz. : Muircheartach was a guarantee between the King and Eochaidh Tirm-
charna, his brother, and Eochaidh was taken prisoner against the protection of
Muircheartach. In proof of which Ceannfaeladh® said :

Calends of January did not fall on feria prima,
except twice, viz. A. D. 506, and 516 ; and, as
Flann refers this emigration of the sons of Ere
to the fifteenth year after the battle of Ocha, it
follows from this singular coincidence, which
could not happen otherwise than from historical
verity, that this migration is to be referred to
the year 506 of the common era. The Annals
of Clonmacnoise refer this migration to the year
501, which is much nearer to the true date than
that given by the Four Masters.

2 Feart-Cearbain: i.e. the Grave of Bishop
Cerban, who was one of St. Patrick’s converts.
His death is entered in the Annals of Ulster at
the year 503, and in the Annals of Tighernach
at 503, and again at 504, which is the true
year, and that under which it is entered in
the Annals of Clonmacnoise. Feart-Chearbain
was the name of a church situated to the north-
east of Tara hill, but it is now totally effaced.
—See Petrie’s History and Antiquities of Tara

Hill, p. 200, and plate 7 (facing p. 128), on
which the position of this church is marked.

° Seaghais.—This was the ancient name of the
Curlieu hills, near Boyle, on the confines of the
counties of Roscommon and Sligo. This battle
is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year
501.

» Duach Teangumha: i. e. Duach of the Brazen
Tongue. He was otherwise called Duach Galach,
i.e. the Valorous. He was the son of Brian,
son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, Monarch of
Ireland, and is the ancestor of the O’Conors of
Connaught, as well as of the O’Rourkes and
O’Reillys, and various other correlative fami-
lies.

4 Ceannfaeladh : i. e. Ceannfaeladh-na-togh-”
lama, or the Learned, of Derryloran, in Tyrone,
who died, according to the Annals of Tigher-
nach, in the year 679. He wrote a work on the
synchronism of the Irish monarchs with the
Roman Emperors.

162

ANNAZa RIOShachta elReadNn.

[500.

Cach Seshra bfn vo mnaib poopuaip, po boi cna ofpg oan cpuprgh,

la Ourpich, insin Ouarch.

cath Oealcca, cach Mucpama acup cach Tuama Onuba,
la cach SfSpa, hi cconcain Ouach Tlnsumha.

Fon Connaccaib po ppaomead na caéa hipin.

Coip Cmorz, cuice céd.

Cn vana badain pichfc vo Lushai. .S. Iban

eppuc, vécc an tpep la pichfc vo mi Appl. Ceitpe bliadna an cp céd poo

a paosail.

Cach Lochmaighe ma Caigmib pon Uibh Nell.

Clip Core, cuice céd a haon.

CQ cm pichfc v0 Lushai. Cach Ppen-

amne hi Move pon Prachad, mac Nell, ma pPailse b6enpade, via nebnad

an pann,

In pi ale apmb(nad Piacha, mac Nell, nf celand,
Cp pop, can cnfmla cile, cat Pneamna Midve meabard.

Qoip Cort, ciice céd a tpi.

lan mbfich cing bliadna pich(c 1 pighe

Eneann vo Lushaw, mac Laogaine, conchaip 1 nCAchad poncha, 1ap na bém

" A certain woman: i. e. Duiseach. She was
the wife of Muircheartach mac Earca, whom she
incited to fight this battle against her father,
Duach Teangumha, because he had made a pri-
soner of her foster-father, Eochaidh Tirmcharna,
in violation of her husband’s guarantee.—See
Book of Lecan, fol. 195, b.

* Against the Connaughtmen: i.e. these battles
were gained by the race of Niall over the Con-
naughtmen. The Editor has never seen a full
copy of the poem of Cennfaeladh, from which
the above verses are quoted. They are also
quoted in O’Conor’s printed Annals of Tigher-
nach, in which the battle of Seaghais is twice
mentioned as in the text of the Four Masters.

* St. [bhar.—The death of Bishop Iver, in the
303rd year of his age, is recorded in the Annals
of Clonmacnoise, at the year 504. It is entered
in the Annals of Ulster at the years 499, 500,
and 503. This Ibhar is the patron saint of the

island of Beg-Erin or Parva Hibernia, near
Wexford, where there are still to be seen some
ruins of his church.—See Ussher’s Primordia,
pp. 794, 901, 1062; Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum,
pp. 50, 450, 610; and Archdall’s Monasticon,
p- 733. In the Feilire-Aenguis, at 23rd April,
Bishop Ibhar is noticed :

“ Coichet eprcop Ibaip, apont ceno ceé enip,
Cn bneo uap cumd i epilip, 1 nEpino bic
bebaiy.”
“« A lamp was Bishop Ibhar, who attained to the
head of every piety;
The flame over the wave in brightness, in Erin
Beg he died.”

Dr. O’Conor says that the great age ascribed
to this and other saints is owing to the error of
transcribers, in mistaking cp .L. thrice fifty, for
cm .c. three hundred.

« Lochmagh.—See A. M. 3549-3656; A. D. 496.

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The battle of Seaghais ; a certain woman’ caused it; red blood was over lances,

By Dujseach, daughter of Duach.

The battle of Dealga, the battle of Mucramha, and the battle of Tuaim-

Drubha,

With the battle of Seaghais, whens fell Duach Teangumha.

Against the Connaughtmen‘ these battles were gained.

The Age of Christ, 500. The twenty-second year of Lughaidh. Saint
Ibhar‘, the bishop, died on the twenty-third day of the month of April. Three
hundred and four years was the length of his life.

The battle of Lochmagh" by the Leinstermen, against the Ui-Neill.

The Age of Christ, 501.

The twenty-third year of Lughaidh. The battle

of Freamhain’, in Meath, against Fiacha, son of Niall, by Failge Berraidhe, con-
cerning which this quatrain was composed :

The other king whom I shall mention was Fiacha, son of Niall, I shall not

conceal him ;

It was against him, contrary to a false prophecy, the battle of Freamhain, in

Meath, was gained.
The Age of Christ, 503.

After Lughaidh, son of Laeghaire, had been

twenty-five years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was killed at Achadh-farcha”,

’ Freamhainn.—See A. M. 5084, p. 89, note ™,
supra.

“ Achadh-farcha: i.e. the Field of the Light-
ning. Colgan says that the place retained this
name in his own time, but does not define its
exact situation. The words of the author of
the Tripartite Life, in describing this event, are
as follows:

“Venit” [Lugadius] ‘ad locum quendam
Achadh-farcha appellatum; ubi conspiciens
quandam Ecclesiam in colle positam, ait; nun-
quid illa est Ecclesia istius clerici, qui iniquo
prophetie spiritu, predixit nullum de Leogarii
patris mei semine Regem vel principem prodi-
turum? Et statim ac hec protulit, fulminis e
celo missi, et in verticem ejus cadentis, ictu

extinctus illicd interiit. Unde et locus nomen
abinde sortitus, Achadh-farcha, .i. collis ful-
minis appellatur.”—Part ii. c.77. Colgan adds
in a note, 7'rias Thaum., p. 172, n. 44 :

‘© Et loci illius Achadh-farcha, id est collis
fulminis, appellati, nomen quod usque in hunc
diem retinet conformat. Est autem in finibus
Diecesis et Comitatus Orientalis Media.”

It is stated in the Life of St. Patrick pre-
served in the Leabhar Breac, fol. 14, a, 2, that
Achadh-farcha is situated in the territory of
Ui-Cremhthainne. This territory is now in-
cluded in the baronies of Slane, in East Meath.
In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the death of
Lughaidh, son of Laeghaire, is entered under

the year 509.

y?2?

164 GNNQGta RIOShachTa EIREGNN.

[504.

oponcha cenncishe, tne mionbailibh Oe, tnep an ofmadh cuccurcoip vo

Paccnaice, amail a veip an pann po :

am

A nAchad panca ugnach, bap mc Caogaipe Lugsach,
an molbta call na ponn, ve vo poncha tnom ceinncige.

Eochad, mac MumpCohag Muinoveince, mi Ulad, vecc.
CQoip Cort, cice céo a clean. On céo bhadam vo Muincfpcach, mac
Muipeoharg, mic Cogan, mic Nell, na pigh 6p Epinn.

Coir Cmort, cice cév apé.

Cn ctpeap bhadam oo Mhuipcfpcach.

lollann, mac Otnlains, pr Langfn, véce. Cat Luaéna pra Coinconb pon

Uib Néill. Ap vo po pmdfo.

Caz lonn Cuacpa, vapa cuap, acclp bmsic, m pme pap,
planncat Pionnabpac ba huarp im conp nlollaimn iap na bap.

Clip Cmorc, curg céd apeacc.

Cn cfépamad bliadain do Muipe{neach.

Catch Onoma ofpgaise pon Poilge mbenpnaide, ma pRiachaw mac Nell.

* King of Uladh: i. e. of Ulidia; bounded on
the west by Gleann-Righe, Lough Neagh, and
the Lower Bann.

¥ Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach.—He is
otherwise called Muircheartach Mor Mac Earca.
After the death of the monarch Lughaidh,
O’Flaherty introduces, in his Catalogue of the
Christian Kings of Ireland (Ogygia, iii. 93), an
interregnum of five years, that is, from the year
508 till 513, which he makes the year of Muir-
cheartach’s accession. The Annals of Ulster
place the death of Lughaidh in 507, and again,
according to another authority, in 511, and the
accession of Muircheartach in the year 512.
The probability is that there was no interreg-
num, for Muircheartach, who was the Hector of
the Ui-Neill, was too powerful in Ireland to
be kept from the throne after the death of
Lughaidh.

* Luachair: i.e. a Rushy Place. There are
countless places of this name in Leinster, but

the Editor has never been able to discover the
exact situation of the site of this battle.

* Fionnabhair.—Now Fennor, near Kildare.
—See Inquisitions, Lagenia, Kildare, 8, 40
Jae. i.

> About the body of Illann.—It is stated in the
second Life of St. Bridget, published by Colgan
(Trias Thaum., pp. 546 to 563), that after the
death of Illann, King of Leinster, the Nepotes
Neill, or race of Niall of the Nine Hostages, led
an army into Leinster, and proceeded to devas-
tate the province; but that the Lagenians,
placing the dead body of the king in a chariot,
marched against them, and defeated them with
great slaughter :

‘““Factum est autem post mortem I]land, qui
vixit annis cxx. congregantes nepotes Neill ex-
ercitum fines devastare Lageniensium; inierunt
Lagenienses consilium, dicentes ponamus corpus
mortuum Regis nostri conditum ante nos in
curru contra hostes, et pugnemus contra circa

dette

fia

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165

being struck by a flash of lightning, by the miracles of God, on account of the
insult which he had offered to Patrick, as this quatrain states :

At Achadh-farcha warlike, the death of Laeghaire’s son, Lughaidh [occurred],
Without praise in heaven or here, a heavy flash of lightning smote him.

Eochaidh, son of Muireadhach Muindearg, King of Uladh’, died.
The Age of Christ, 504. The first year of Muircheartach, son of Muireadh-
ach’, son of Eoghan, son of Niall, as king over Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 506.

The third year of Muircheartach.

Ilann, son

of Dunlaing, King of Leinster, died. The battle of Luachair’ [was fought] by
Cucorb against the Ui-Neill, of which was said :

The fierce battle of Luachair, over head, Brighit saw, no vain vision ;
The bloody battle of Fionnabhair* was noble, about the body of Ilann? after

his death.
The Age of Christ, 507.

The fourth year of Muircheartach.

The battle

of Druim-Deargaighe* [was gained] against Foilghe Berraidhe, by Fiacha, son

cadaver ejus. Et illis sic facientibus illico ne-
potes Neill in fugam versi sunt, et cades facta
est in eis. Donum enim victorie per S. Brigidam
adhuc in corpore Regis mansit.”—7'rias Thaum.,
pp. 551, 552.

The following battles are mentioned in the
ancient historical tale called Borumha Laighean,
as having been fought by the race of Neill
against the Leinstermen, who opposed the pay-
ment of the Borumean tribute, from the period
of the death of Oilioll Molt to that of the pre-
sent monarch :

‘“‘ The battle of Granni; the battle of Tortan;
the battle of Druim Ladhgainn ;
Bri-Eile; the battle of Freamhainn, in Meath,
by Failghe Rot, son of Cathaeir (non illus
Magni Regis); twenty-eight battles by the son
of Dunlaing, in consideration of the word”
[curse] ‘‘of St. Bridget; the battle of Magh-
Ochtair, against Lughaidh, son of Laeghaire;

the battle of

the battle of Druim-da-mhaighe; the battle of
Dun-Masc” [Dunamase]; ‘* the second battle of
Ocha; the battle of Slabhri; the battle of Cinn-
srathi; the battle of Finnabhair, by Ailill, son
of Dunlaing; the battle around the body of
Ilann.”

° Druim-Deargaighe.—This battle is entered
in the Annals of Ulster twice ; first at the has
515, and again at 516, as follows:

“A.D. 515. Bellum Droma derge for Failgi.
Fiacha victor erat. Deinde Campus Midi a Lai-
geneis sublatus est.

* A.D. 516. Bellum Droma derge la Fiacha
mac Neill for Failge m-Bearaighe, énde Megh
Midhe a Lageneis sublatus est, ut Ceannfaeladh
cecinit, &c.” It is also given in the Annals of
Tighernach, in which the part of Meath re-
covered from Leinster is thus mentioned : ‘ip
anor a cuz pin po peapad a cuio don Mive pyu

Caigin co h-Unpneac,” i.e. It was by this

166

aNNaza RIOshachta eiReaNn.

(511.

Ap la cinel Piachand an pfponn o Cluam in pido co hUipnfch opin ile,

amaul apbene Cfnopaolavh

Oighal Oia peachc mbliadan,
ba pi v1gde a cnide

cach 1 nOpnomm of{psaige

ba de vo cfn mag Mhivde.

Coip Cmorc, cuig céd a haom ndécc.

C1 hochc vo Mhuipc(pcach.

5. Gpon eppcop o Cul lonnae, 1 cConoachtuib, vécc, an tochtmad la do

mf Jun.

Coip Cmopt, cuz céd a 06 vég. CA nao vo Muipcfpcach. $. Eanc
Slaine eppuce Lilcans, 7 6 Pinca pp pReig1 ccaob Siohe Tnuim amap, vo
écc, an vana la vo mi Nouembpip. Oeich mbliadna ap cheithtpe pichcib a

battle that its part of Meath was separated from
Leinster, as far as Uisneach.”

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is noticed
as follows :

“ A.D. 515. The battle of Dromdargie was
fought by Fiagh mac Neale, in which he re-
covered Usneagh to be of the land of Kynaleagh,
where Foilge Merrye was overcome.”

4 Cluain-in-dibhair.—This is otherwise called
Cluain-an-dobhair, and is situated somewhere
in the present King’s County, but it has not
been identified.Sce it again referred to at the
years 843, 938, 942.

® Uisneach.—Now Usnagh hill, in the parish
of Killare, barony of Rathconrath, and county
of Westmeath.—Scee note &, under A. D. 1414,
p- 818, infra. The territory of Cinel-Fiachrach,
which originally comprised the countries of
O’Molloy, now in the King’s County, and of
Mageoghegan, now the barony of Moycashel,
in Westmeath, originally extended from Birr
to the hill of Uisneach. This hill is also re-
markable in Irish history as being the point at
which the five provinces met, and a stone si-
tuated on its summit, now called Cat-Uisnigh,
and by Keating Ail-na-mireann, i.e. ‘ the Rock

of the Divisions,” is called Umbilicus Hibernia
by Giraldus Cambrensis. ‘In quinque por-
tiones equales inter se diviserunt, quarum ca-
pita in lapide quodam conveniunt apud Mediam
juxta castrum de Kyllari, qui lapis et umbili-
cus Hibernie dicitur: quasi in medio et medi-
tullio terre positus.”—Topographia Hibernia,
Dist. ili. c. 4.

® The vengeance of God.—The Editor has never
meta full copy of the poem from which this qua-
train is quoted. It would appear to be on the sub-
ject of the formation of the territory of the tribe
of Cinel-Fiachach, who recovered from Failghe
Bearraidhe, chief of Offally, a tract of country
extending from Cluain-an-dobhair to the hill of
Uisneach, after the battle of Druim-Deargaighe.
The Failghe Berraidhe here referred to is men-
tioned in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick
(part iii. c. 56), as an obdurate Pagan, who at-
tempted to murder St. Patrick, but perished in
the attempt himself, and drew down the ven-
geance of heaven upon his race. He had a
brother, Failghe Ros, or, more correctly, Failghe
Rot, who received St. Patrick with honour, and,
therefore, prospered in the land.

8 Cuil-Irra.—A district in the south-west of

511.]
of Niall.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

167

From that time forward the land [extending] from Cluain-in-dibhair®

to Uisneach® belongs to the Cinel-Fiachach, as Ceannfaeladh said :

The vengeance of God‘ lasted for seven years;
But the joy of his heart was

The battle of Druim-Deargaighe,

By which the plain of Meath was detached.

The Age of Christ, 511.

The eighth year of Muircheartach. Saint Bron,

Bishop of Cuil-Irra’, in Connaught, died on the eighth day of the month of

June.
The Age of Christ, 512.

The ninth year of Muircheartach,

Saint Erc’,

Bishop of Lilcach' and of Fearta-fear-Feig*, by the side of Sidhe-Truim, to the

west, died on the second day of the month of November.

the barony of Carbury, and county of Sligo,
comprising the parishes of Killaspugbrone and
Kilmacnowen. It is stated in the Annotations
of Tirechan, in the Book of Armagh, that St.
Patrick passed from Forrach-mac-nAmhalgaidh
to Ros Filiorum Caitni, where he built a church,
and, crossing the Muaidh [Moy] at Bertriga
[Bartragh], he raised a cross there, and pro-
ceeded thence to the mound of Riabart, near
which he built a church for his disciple, Bishop
Bronus, the son of Icnus. This is called the
church. of Cassel-irra in the Tripartite Life of
St. Patrick (part ii. c. 97), and now Cll eapbuig
Spodin, anglicé Killaspugbrone from this Bishop.
—See Genealogies, Tribes, gc., of Hy-Fiachrach,
p. 470, and the map to the same work. In
Michael O’Clery’s Irish Calendar the festival of
this bishop is entered at 8th of June.

" St. Erc.—See note ‘, under the year 448,
p- 136, supra.

i Lileach.— Not identified. Dr.
takes this to mean “ deditus religioni.”

k Fearta-fear-Feig— Dr. O’Conor translates
this: ‘“S. Ercus Slanensis Episcopus deditus
religioni et loci dicti Sepulchra Virorum Feig

O’Conor

His age was four-

in regione locus iste est Trimmie ad Occiden-
But he
certainly mistakes the meaning. Colgan renders

tem, obiit die 2do Mensis Novembris.”’

it: ‘‘Ercus Episcopus Lilcaciensis et Ferta-
feggiensis .i. Slanensis 2 Novembris mortuus
est anno extatis 90.”—Acta SS., p. 190.

Fearta-fear-Feig, i. e. the Graves of the Men
of Feig, is the ancient name of Slane on the
Boyne, and Sidh-Truim is not the present town
of Trim, as assumed by Dr. O’Conor, but the
name of a hill, situated to the east of Slane.
The situation of Fearta-fear-Feig is described
by Colgan as follows :

“Est locus ad septentrionalem marginem
fluminis Boandi, hodie Slaine dictus. Dicitur
Ferta-fer-Feic .i. fosse, sive sepulchra virorum
Feic, ex eo quod servi cujusdam dynaste nomine
Feic, ibi altas fecerint fossas pro occisorum cor-
poribus humandis.”—Trias Thaum., p. 20, n. 60.

In the fourth Life of St. Patrick a similar
derivation of this name is given; and it is stated
that the paschal fire, lighted there by St. Patrick,
was visible from Tara, which clearly shews that
it is not situated to the west of Trim, as Dr.
O’Conor has so hastily assumed.

168 ANNAZa RIOsSNaAChTa EIREGNN.

(513.

aopan can thfpca, Ap e an cfppuce Eine pm po ba bnhitlm vo Phaccparce.

Ap 06 pome Pazpaice an pand po.

Eppuce Enc,—

gach ni conceantavh ba cpr,
gach aon beipeap coiceant clpc
poptnaib (noacht bearpuic Eno.

Oubtach 1. a Opum ofpb eppucc Apomacha vo faowfoh a Spronaicce.

Coip Cmorz, cuig céd acpi vécc.

Cn vechmad bliadain Mhumcfpeag.

.S. Macnip a. Aongap, eppucc Connepe, vécc antnearp la vo Nouemben.
Cach Oeona, 1 nOpomaib bneas, pra Muinclpcach mac Eanca, 7 pia
cColgu, mac Loti, mic Cpumn, mic PHdlimid, caoipeac Cipsiall, v4 in po
mapbad Anogal, mac Conall Cnemtainne, mic Néill.
Coip Core, ctng cév a peacc vés. CO cltain vécc vo Munpéeancach.

8. Oanffca Cille Slébe Cuilinn, oan bainm Moninve vdécc 6 a

Naor

pichic bliaohain poo a paogoil via nebnao.

Naor pichit bliadain mole,
vo peip masla san cime,
san baep, san béo, san baosal,
ba he paogal Moninnve.

' Bishop Erc.—This quatrain is also quoted
by Tighernach, who ascribes it to St. Patrick,
in the Book of Lecan, fol. 306, a, 1; and in the
Leabhar-Breac, fol. 11, a.

™ Druim-Dearbh.—This is probably the place
called Derver, in the county of Louth, Dubh-
thach succeeded in 497.—See Harris’s edition
of Ware’s Bishops, p. 36.

" Macnisi.—He was a disciple of St. Patrick,
and the founder of the episcopal church of
Connor, in the county of Antrim.—See Eccle-
siastical Antiquities of Down and Connor and
Dromore, by the Rev. William Reeves, A. B.,
pp- 237-239. Cnes, the daughter of Conchaidh,
of the tribe of Dal-Ceithirn, was his mother,
from whom he was called Mac Cneise. His fes-
tival was kept on the 3rd of September, accord-

ing to the Feiire-Aenguis and O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar, in which it is stated that his first
name was Aenghus, and that he was also called
Caemhan Breac.

° Dedna, in Droma-Breagh.—This was the
name of a place in the north of the county of
Meath, adjoining that of Cavan. The fort of
Rath-Ochtair-Cuillinn is also referred to as
tn-Opuimnib Speag.—See Leabhar-na-g Ceart,
p- 12.

» Cill-Sleibhe-Cuilinn : i.e. the Church of Slieve
Gullion, now Killeavy, an old church in a pa-
rish of the same name, situated at the foot of
Slieve Gullion, in the barony of Upper Orior,
and county of Armagh. This mountain took
its name from Cuileann, an artificer, who lived
here in the reign of Conchobhar Mac Nessa,

ge Se ee ee ee ee

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 169

score and ten years when he departed. This Bishop Erc was judge to Patrick.
It was for him Patrick composed this quatrain :

513.]

Bishop Erc',—

Every thing he adjudged was just ;
Every one that passes a just judgment
Shall receive the blessing of Bishop Ere.

Dubhthach, i.e. of Druim-Dearbh™, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh], re-
signed his spirit.

The Age of Christ, 513. The tenth year of Muircheartach. Saint Mac-
nisi", i.e. Aenghus, Bishop of Coinnere [Connor], died on the third day of
November.

The battle of Dedna, in Droma-Breagh’, by Muircheartach mac Earca, and
by Colga, son of Loite, son of Crunn, son of Feidhlimidh, [son of Colla Dach-
rich], chief of Airghialla, where Ardghal, son of Conall Creamhthainne, son of
Niall, was slain. :

The Age of Christ, 517. The fourteenth year of Muircheartach. Saint
Darerca, of Cill-Sleibhe-Cuilinn”, whose [first] name was Moninne, died on the
6th of July. Nine-score years was the length of her life ; of whom was said:

Nine-score years together, according to rule without error,
Without folly, without evil, without danger, was the age of Moninne.

King of Ulster, and by whom the celebrated
hero, Cuchullainn, was fostered. Ussher (Pri-
mordia, p. 705), who had an ancient Life of
Moninne, written by Conchubhranus, and Mi-
chael O’Clery, in his Irish Calendar, have con-
founded this Darerca with Darerca, the sister of
St. Patrick; but they were clearly different per-
sons, for the festival of Darerca, the sister [or
supposed sister | of Patrick, was held on the 22nd
of March, whereas that of Moninne, of Cill-
Sleibhe-Cuilinn, was held on the 6th of July.
On this mistake of Ussher Colgan has the fol-
lowing note in his Life of Darerca, at 22nd
March, which shews the high esteem he had for
Ussher’s veracity as a historian :

“Usserus, de Primordiis Ecclesiar. Britann.
pag. 705 et 706, confundit hance Darercam so-
rorem Sancti Patricii, cum alia Darerca, dicta
Moninna, Abbatissa de Killslebhe in Ultonia.
Sed si vir, alias Antiquitatis peritissimus, ea,
que de Sancta Moninna producturi sumus ad 6
Julii, perspecta habuisset aliter sentiisse non
ambigimus.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 719, not.. 7.

St. Moninne, of Cill-Sleibhe-Cuillin, founded
seven churches in Scotland, as Ussher shews
from Conchubhranus: one called Chilnacase, in
Galloway; another on the summit of the moun-
tain of Dundevenal, in Laudonia; the third on
the mountain of Dunbreten ; the fourth at the
castle of Strivelin ; the fifth at Dun-Eden, now

170

Coir Cort, cms ced anaor décc.

aNNaca RIoshachta ejReann.

[519.
C1 ypé vécc v0 Mhupclpcach.

$. Conolaeoh, eppcop Cille vana, cfpo bmigove, décc 3. Man.

Oop Cort, cig cé0 fiche a haon.

C{ hocht vécc vo Mhuipcfpcach.

S$. buice, mac 6ponarg, eppucc Maimpepe, vécc 7. Oecemben.

buice bnactha bpi co mblaid, cf cec tpacha vom cobhaip,
Oeal glac go nglonaib ngluinn nglom, of§ mac Sponais, mic Solaip.

Qoip Cmorc, ciice céd piche a tpi.

An pichfemad bliadain vo Muip-

é(rcach. beoaid, eppucc Apoa capna, vécc, an toccmad la 00 Mapca.
Eochad, mac Qongura, m5 Muman, vécc.

Qoip Cort, curs céd piche a cléaip.

C1 haon pichfe v0 Muinceancach.

Cach Acha Sige pa Muipc(pcach pon Laigmb, 04 in po manbad Sige, mac

Ofin, conad uada a o(pan Ale Sige.

Clip Cort, cmp céd pice a cuice.

C1 06 picle vo Muipceancach.

8. bpighic ogh, banabChille oana [vécc]. Ap o1pide cecur po hiodbpaoh Cill

Edinburgh; the sixth on the mountain of Dun-
pelder ; and the seventh at Lanfortin, near
Dundee, where she died. Some ruins of her
church, near which stood a round tower, are
still to be seen at Killeavy.

4 Connlaedh.—* A. D. 520. Conlaedh Eps.
Cille-dara dormivit.”—Tighernach. He was the
first Bishop of Kildare, and his festival was
there celebrated on the 3rd of May, according
In a note on
the Feilire-Aenguis, at this day, it is stated that
Ronnchenn was his first name, and that he was
also called Mochonna Daire; that he was Bishop
of Kildare, and St. Bridget’s chief artificer.
This note adds that he was finally eaten by
wolves. Cogitosus, the author of the second
Life of St. Bridget, published by Colgan, has the
following notice of Conlaedh’s episcopal dresses :

““Secundum enim beatissimi Iob exemplum

to all the Irish martyrologies.

nunquam inopes a se recedere sinu vacuo passa
est; nam vestimenta transmarina et peregrina
Episcopi Conlaith decorati luminis, quibus in
solemnitatibus Domini et vigiliis Apostolorum
sacra in altaribus offerens mysteria utebatur,

pauperibus largita est.”—Trias Thaum., c. 39,
p- 522. :

* Buite mac Bronaigh.—He is the patron saint
of Mainister Buithe, now Monasterboice, in the
barony of Ferrard, and county of Louth, where
his festival was celebrated on the 7th of De-
cember, according to the Feilire-Aenguis.—See
O’Donnell’s Life of St. Columbkille, lib. i. c. 65;
see also the Annals of Ulster at the year 518,
where it is stated that St. Columbkille was born
on the same day on which this Buite died.

“A.D. 518. Nativitas Coluim Cille eodem die
quo Bute (Boetius) mac Bronaig dormivit.”

His death is also entered in the same Annals,
under the year 522.

8 Beoaidh, Bishop of Ard-carna: i.e. Beo-Aedh,
Aidus Vivens, or Vitalis, of Ardcarne, a church
in the barony of Boyle, and county of Roscom-
mon, and about four miles due east of the town of
Boyle.—See note”, under the year 1224. Colgan,
who puts together, at the 8th of March, all
the scattered notices of this saint that he could '
find, states (Acta SS., p. 563) that his bell
was preserved at Baile-na-gCleireach, in Breifny

519.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. abl

The Age of Christ, 519. The sixteenth year of Muircheartach. Saint
Connlaedh’, Bishop of Kildare, Bridget’s brazier, died on the 3rd of May.

The Age of Christ, 521.

The eighteenth year of Muircheartach. Saint

Buite mac Bronaigh’, bishop of Mainister, died on the 7th of December.

Let Buite, the virtuous judge of fame, come each day to my aid,
The fair hand with the glories of clean deeds, the good son of Bronach, son of

Bolar.
The Age of Christ, 523.

The twentieth year of Muircheartach. Beoaidh’,

Bishop of Ard-carna, died the eighth day of March. Eochaidh, son of Aenghus,

King of Munster, died.

The Age of Christ, 524. The twenty-first year of Muircheartach. The
battle of Ath-Sighe* [was gained] by Muircheartach against the Leinstermen,
where Sighe, the son of Dian, was slain, from whom Ath-Sighe is called.

The Age of Christ, 525. Saint Brighit", virgin, Abbess of Cill-dara”, [died].
It was to her Cill-dara was first granted, and by her it was founded. Brighit

(now Ballynaglearagh, on the confines of the
counties of Leitrim and Cavan):

“ Ejus nola Ceolan Beoaidh .i. nola Beoadi,
appellata, ad instar pretiosarum reliquiarum
gemmis et argenteo tegumento celata in ecclesia
de Baile-na-cclereach, in regione Breflinie as-
servatur in magna veneratione, ob multa, que
in dies per illum fiunt miracula.”’

* Ath-Sighe: i.e. the Ford of Sighe, now
Assey, a parish in the barony of Deece, and
county of Meath. It was originally the name
of a ford on the River Boyne, but afterwards
the name extended toa church and castle erected
near it. This battle is entered in the Annals
of Ulster under the year 527:

“A.D. 527. Bellum Ath-Sighe pop Laigniu.
Muirceartach mac Erce victor fuit.”

« Brighit.—This name is explained bneo-
fargic, i.e. fiery Dart, in Cormac’s Glossary and
by Keating. The death of St. Bridget is entered
from various authorities in the Annals of Ulster,
as follows :

“A.D. 523. Quies S. Brigide an. lax etatis sue.”

“A. D. 525. Dormitatio Sancte Brigide an.
lex etatis sue.”

“A.D. 527. Vel hic Dormitatio Brigide secun-
dum librum Mochod.”

Dr. O’Conor thinks that the true year is 523.
—See his edition of the Annals of Ulster, p. 13,
note 3, where he writes :

“ Omnes, uno ore, referunt obitum S. Brigide
ad ann. xxx. post excessum S. Patricii, etsi in
anno ere communis dissentiant. Marianus
Scotus obitum S. Patricii referens ad annum
491, post annos xxx. excessum S. Brigide me-
morat. Vide Mariani Excerpta ex Cod. pre-
stantissimo, Nero, c. v. in Appendice, No. 1.
Atqui Patricius obiit anno 493, ergo Brigida
anno $23.”

w Cill-dara.—Now Kildare. This is called
Cella Roboris by Ultanus, in the third Life of
St. Bridget published by Colgan, Trias Thaum..,
p. 531, c. 47; and in the fourth Life, which is
attributed to Animosus, the name is explained
as follows:

*“T]la jam cella Scotice dicitur Killdara, la-

>)

e

172 ANNQata RIOSshachta eIREGHN. (526.

vapna, 7 ba lé conpovache. Api bmsic cpa na cucc a meanmam n& a hinn-
cipim ap m combdead eadh naonuaipe pram ace a propluadh,] a proppmuan-
nead vo spér ina cnide 7 mfnmam, amail ap eppoepc ima bfchaid phn, 71
mbfchaid naoim bnenaimn, eppucc Cluana pfca. Ro tochait mmoppo a
hammpip acc posnam 50 d10cna von coimde, ag venomh ppc 7 mionbal, as
planuccad gach salaip 7 gach cfohma ancfha, amal apnéiwlp a blta, 50 po
Fad a ppipac vo Cum nme, an céd la vo mi Febpu, 7 po hadnacc a conp1

-nO&dn1 naon tumba la Pacnaicc, co nonoip 7 co naipmioin.

Quill, eppcop Anoa Macha, vo Uib Spearpail ovopiwde, vo €Ecc.
Cloip Cort, cuice ced fiche are. An tnear bliadain pichfc vo Mhuip-
éficach. Op vo taimpngipe bap Mhuipceapcarg avbeant Caipneach.

(yp am vamon ap in mber, mma Lluaidpe lop Sin,
Cp pup loipecpidep 1 crn, pop caoib Clecig badpip pin.

a. la Sin ingm Sige oopocain Muincfpcach, 1 ccionad a hatan po manbrom.

tine vero sonat cella querciés. Quercus enim
altissima ibi erat quam multum S. Brigida dili-
gebat et benedixit eam: cujus stipes adhuc
manet.”—See also Ussher’s Primordia, p. 627.

* Her own Life.—Colgan has published six

Lives of St. Bridget in his Zrias Thaum. The
first, a metrical Irish one, attributed to St.
Brogan Cloen, who flourished in the time of
Lughaidh, the son of Laeghaire ; the second, a
Latin Life, ascribed to Cogitosus, who is sup-
posed by Colgan to have flourished in the sixth
century, but who is now believed to have writ-
ten in the eighth or ninth century; the third,
which is said to have been written by Ultanus,
a bishop; the fourth, attributed to Anmchadh,
or Animosus, Bishop of Kildare, who flourished
in the tenth century; the fifth by Laurentius
Dunelinensis; and the sixth, which is in Latin
metre, by Coelanus of Inis-Cealltra.

Y The first day of the month of February.—This
day is still called la péile 6pigve throughout the
Irish-speaking parts of Ireland, and the month
of February is called Mi na péile Omgoe.

* At Dun: i. e. Downpatrick. This is not
true, for we learn from Cogitosus that the
bodies of Bishop Conlaeth and St. Bridget were
placed on the right and left side of the deco-
rated altar of the church of Kildare, being de-
posited in monuments adorned with various
embellishments of gold and silver, and gems and
precious stones, with crowns of gold and silver
depending from above.” —Trias Thaum., pp. 523,
524. It is very clear from this testimony of
Cogitosus, that in his time the story of St.
Bridget being buried at Down was unknown,
and that the finding of the reliques of the Trias
Thaumaturga at Down in 1185, was an invention
by Sir John De Courcy and his adherents, for the
purpose of exalting the character of Down, then
recently acquired by the English. — See note f,
under the year 1293, pp. 456, 457. The author
of the fourth Life says that St. Bridget was bu-
ried along with Patrick immediately after her
death, but this is evidently an interpolation
since De Courcy’s time.

* Ui-Breasail : i.e. the Race of Breasal. These

ss aes

526.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 173

was she who never turned her mind or attention from the Lord for the space of
one hour, but was constantly meditating and thinking of him in her heart and
mind, as is evident in her own Life*, and in the Life of St. Brenainn, Bishop
of Cluain-fearta: She spent her time diligently serving the Lord, performing
wonders and miracles, healing every disease and every malady, as her Life
relates, until she resigned her spirit to heaven, the first day of the month of
February’; and her body was interred at Dun’, in the same tomb with Patrick,

with honour and veneration.

Ailill, Bishop of Armagh, who was of the Ui-Breasail’, died.
The Age of Christ, 526. The twenty-third year of Muircheartach. It was
to predict the death of Muircheartach that Cairneach said :

I am fearful” of the woman around whom many storms shall move,
For the man who shall be burned in fire, on the side of Cleiteach wine shall

drown.

That is, by Sin, daughter of Sighe*, Muircheartach was killed, in revenge of

her father, whom he had slain.

were otherwise called Ui-Breasail-Macha and
Clann-Breasail, and derived their name and
lineage from Breasal, son of Feidhlim, son of
Fiachra Casan, son of Colla Dachrich.—See
O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, iii. c. 76. On an old map
of a part of Ulster, preserved in the State Pa-
per’s Office, London, the territory of Clanbrazil
is shewn as on the south side of Lough Neagh,
where the Upper Bann enters that lake, from
which, and from the space given it, we may
infer that it was co-extensive with the present
barony of Oneilland East. This Ailill was con-
verted to Christianity by St. Patrick, together
with his five brothers, and succeeded Dubhthach
in the year 513.—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s
Bishops, p. 37.

>Iam fearful—These verses are also quoted
by Tighernach. They are taken from a very old
tragical tale entitled “ Oighidh Mhuircheartaigh
Mhoir mic Earca,” i. e. the Death of Muirchear-
tach Mor Mac Earca, of which there is a copy

on vellum, preserved in the Library of Trinity
College, Dublin, H. 2.16, p. 316. According
to this story Muircheartach fell a victim to the
revenge of a concubine named Sin (Sheen), for
whom he had abandoned his lawful queen, but
whom he afterwards consented to put away at
the command of St. Cairneach. This concubine
having lost her father mother, sister, and others
of her family, who were of the old tribe of Tara,
by the hand of Muircheartach, in the battle of
Cirb or Ath-Sighe, on the Boyne, threw herself
in his way, and became his mistress for the ex-
press purpose of wreaking her vengeance upon
him with the greater facility. And the story
states that she burned the house of Cletty over
the head of the monarch, who, when scorched by
the flames, plunged into a puncheon of wine,
in which he was suffocated. Hence, it was said,
that he was drowned and burned.

© Daughter of Sighe.—See note t, under A. D.
524, p. 171, supra.

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174

ANNQZa RIOshachta elREGNN.

(527.

Cat Eiblinne ma Muipc(ptach mac Eanca, cat Moighe hAhlbe, cach
Almaine, cach Cimeich,7 opccam na cCluach, cath Chine, pon Connaccanb,

conad vo na cataib pin acbenc Ceanovpaolad.

é

Cach Cin eich, cat Almanine,
ba hanmpip aipdenc aimne,
opecain Cliach, cath Chine,
acur cach Maighe hAilbe.

Caipell, mac Muipeadharg Muinverncc, pi Ulad, vécc.

Oilll, mac Ounlaing, m1 Cangtn, v0 ێcc.

CQoip Cmorpz, ciice céd piche apeachc. Jap mbeich cfitpe bliadna pichfc
1pshe nEpeann vo Muipcfpcach, mac Muipfooig, mic Cogam, mc Néill
Naoigiallais, po loipccead € 1 trig Clecig uar bon, ooce Shamna ap na

bacad i prin. Sin acbept an pann.

Ap mer: Taecen m sn vo c(p aipeach Nell,
Ap Sannadaig mo ainm, m sach apm ap pen.

Cfnopaolad po paioh :

Fulup an pi Mac Eanca allich Ua Neill,
Pipe pul pfpna in gach mors, bnogaup cpioca hi ccén.

* Magh Ailbhe.—A plain in the south of the
county of Kildare.

© Almhain.—Now the hill of Allen, about five
miles north of the town of Kildare.

* Ceann-eich : i.e. Hill of the Horse, now
Kinneigh, in the county of Kildare, adjoining
Wicklow.

* Cliachs.—These were in Idrone, in the pre-
sent county of Carlow.

* Aidhne.—A territory in the south-west of
the county of Galway, comprising the barony of
Kiltartan.—See Magh Aidhne.

* Burned in the house of Cleiteach.—The death
of Muircheartach, who was the first monarch of
Treland of the Cinel-Eoghain or race of Eoghan,
son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, is entered in

the Annals of Tighernach as follows :

“ A.D. 533. Sadus Muinceanzaig mic Enca
azelcuma pina, aiéce Samna, a mullaé Clererg
uap Soino.”?

“ A.D, 533. The drowning of Muircheartach
mac Erca in a puncheon of wine, on the night
of Samhain, on the summit of Cletty, over the
Boyne.”

And thus in the Annals of Ulster:

“A.D. 533. Dimersio Muircertaig jfilit Erce
in dolio pleno vino, in arce Cletig, supra Boin.”

“ A.D. 535. Vel hic badhadh Murchertaig mic _ a

Erca, secundum alios.”

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, as translated
by Mageoghegan, it is noticed as follows:

“ A, D, 533. King Moriertagh having had

527.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 175

The battle of Eibhlinne by Muircheartach mac Earca ; the battle of Magh-
Ailbhe*; the battle of Almhain’; the battle of Ceann-eich‘; the plundering of
the Cliachs*; and the battle of Aidhne" against the Connaughtmen ; of which
battles Ceannfaeladh said :

The battle of Ceann-eich, the battle of Almhain,—
It was an illustrious famous period,

The devastation of the Cliachs, the battle of Aidhne,
And the battle of Magh-Ailbhe.

Cairell, son of Muireadhach Muindearg, King of Ulidia, died.

Oilill, son of Dunlaing, King of Leinster, died.

The Age of Christ, 527. After Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach, son
of Eoghan, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, had been twenty-four years in the
sovereignty of Ireland, he was burned in the house of Cleiteach', over the
Boyne, on the night of Samhain [the first of November], after being drowned
in wine. Sin composed this quatrain :

Iam Taetan, the woman who killed the chief of Niall ;

Gannadhaigh’ is my name, in every place and road.

Ceanfaeladh said :

The king Mac Earca returns to the side of the Ui-Neill;
Blood reached the girdles* in each plain ; the exterior territories were enriched ;

prosperous success, as well before he came to
the crown as after, against these that rebelled
against him, he was at last drowned in a kyve
of wine, in one of his own manour houses called
Cleytagh, neer the river of Boyne, by a fairie
woman that burned the house over the king’s
head, on Hollandtide. The king, thinking to
save his life from burning, entered the kyve of
wine, and was so high that the wine could not
keep him for depth, for he was fifteen foot high!
as it is laid down in a certain book of his life
and death. This is the end of the King Mo-
riertagh, who was both killed, drowned, and
burned together, through his own folly, that
trusted this woman, contrary to the advice of

St. Carneagh.”

} Gannadaigh. — In the Leabhar-Gabhala of
the O’Clerys, the reading is Gamadaigh. In the
historical tale on the death of Muircheartach,
the concubine who burned the house of Cletty
over his head is called by various names, as Sin,
Taetan, Gaeth, Garbh, Gemadaig, Ochsad, and
Tachtadh, all which have certain meanings which
the writer of the story turns to account in
making this lady give equivocal answers to the
king. The name Sin, means storm; Taean, fire;
Gaeth, wind; Garbh, rough; Gemadaigh, wintry ;
Ochsad, a groan; Tactadh, lamentation.

* Blood reached the girdles—This is a hyper-
bolical mode of expressing great slaughter: ‘‘ Ut

176 ANNGLa RIOfShachta elReGNnn. (528.

Po peace plpaip no cainpt, acup bid. cian bup cuman,
Oo bipc gialla Ua Néill, la gialla moige Muman.

Coip Core, cing céd pice ahoct. On céd bliadain vo Tuatal Maol-.

sanb, mac Conbmaic Caoich, mic Coipppe, mic Neill, 1 pisge nEpeann.

Catch Luachpa méipe ecip oa inb(p, ppp a parc(p cach Clbe 1 mbpfshanb, -

a cCuatal Maolganb, pon Ciannachcarbh Mhive.

Coip Cort, curce céo tmiocha a haon.

Cn ceatpamad bliavhain vo

Tuatal. Cath Claonlocha hi cCenel Goda ma nSoibneann, caoipioc
Ua Fiacnach Qhone, apm in po manbad Maine, mac Cfpbaill, ag copnamh

seillpine Ua Mame Connacéc.

Coip Cmorc, cg céd tniocha a cltaip.
S. Mochca, eppucc Lugmaig, vercipul Pacpaig, an naomad la

Tuacal.

Cn peachcmad bliadain vo

vécc vo mi Aguyt po paoid a ppipat do cum nime, ap pain tuccad an cua-

pupccbail pi.

Piacail Mochca ba mart bép, tpi chéd bladain, buan an cfp,
Oan Fut niompail pece puar san mip monmain pece por.

hostes ad genua eorundem fuso cruore nata-
In the Leabhar-Gabhala of the O’Clerys
the reading is as follows:

rent.”

“ Fillip an pi, Mac Enca, leit Ua Néill,
pleéz purl pepna in ceé nit, bposhaip Cpichi
Céin,
Fo peace beinip noi ccaippzhi, acup ba cian
bup cuman,
Oo benaz sialla Ua NEU, la Fialla maighe
Muman.”

“The king, Mac Erca, returns to the side of the
Ui-Neill,
Blood reached the girdles in each battle, an
encrease to Crich-Cein!
Seven times he brought nine chariots, and,
long shall it be remembered,
He bore away the hostages of the Ui-Neill,
with the hostages of the plain of Munster.”
‘ Tuathal Maelgarbh.O’F laherty places the
accession of Tuthalius Calvoasper in the year

533, which agrees with the Annals of Ulster.

Animosus, in the fourth Life of-St. Bridget, -

published by Colgan, c. 99, has the following
notice of the accession of King Tuathal :

“« Anno xxx. post obitum S. Patricii, regnante
in Themoria Regum Hibernie Murchiarta mac
Erc, cui successit in regno Tuathal Moelgarbh
obiit 8. Brigida.””—Trias Thaum., p. 562.

™ Ailbhe, in Breagh.—This is the place now
called Cluan-Ailbhe situated in the barony of
Upper Duleek, and county of Meath. Luachair-
mor iter da Inbher denotes “large rushy land
between two streams or estuaries.” ‘The terri-
tory of Cianachta-Breagh comprised the baronies
of Upper and Lower Duleek.—See note under
Battle of Crinna, A. D. 226, supra.

® Claenloch, in Cinel-Aedha.—The name Claen-
loch is now obsolete. Cinel-Aedha, anglicé Kine-
lea, was the name of O’Shaughnessy’s country,
lying around the town of Gort, in the barony
of Kiltartan, and county of Galway.

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528.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 177

Seven times he brought nine chariots, and long shall it be remembered
He bore away the hostages of the Ui-Neill, with the hostages of the plain of
_ Munster.

The Age of Christ, 528. The first year of Tuathal Maelgarbh', son of
Cormac Caech, son of Cairbre, son of Niall,-in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The battle of Luachair-mor between the two Invers, which is called the
battle of Ailbhe, in Breagh", by Tuathal Maelgarbh, against the Cianachta of
Meath.

The Age of Christ, 531. The fourth year of Tuathal. The battle of
Claenloch, in Cinel-Aedh*, by Goibhneann’, chief of Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne,
where Maine, son of Cearbhall, was killed, in defending the hostages of Ui-Maine
of Connaught’.

The Age of Christ,,534. The seventh year of Tuathal. Saint Mochta,
Bishop of Lughmhagh’, disciple of St. Patrick, resigned his spirit to heaven on
the nineteenth day of August. It was of him the following testimony was
given :

The teeth of Mochta* of good morals, for three hundred years, lasting the rigour !
Were without [emitting] an erring word out from them, without [admitting]

a morsel of obsonium inside them.

° Goibhneann.—This Goibhneann was the great
grandfather of the celebrated Guaire Aidhne,
King of Connaught, who died in the year 662.
He was the son of Conall, son of Eoghan Aidhne,
son of Eochaidh Breac, who was the third son
of Dathi, the last Pagan monarch of Ireland.
He is the ancestor of the Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne,
whose country was coextensive with the diocese
of Kilmacduagh.—See Genealogies, Tribes, and
Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, pp. 373, 374, and the
large genealogical table in the same work.

P Ui-Maine, of Connaught.—The people of Hy-
Many, seated in the present counties of Galway
and Roscommon. ‘These were an offset of the
Oirghialla or Clann-Colla, and are here called
“of Connaught,” to distinguish them from the
Ui-Maine of Teffia, in Westmeath, who were

descended from Mainé, son of Niall of the Nine
Hostages. After the establishment of surnames
O’Kelly was chief of Ui-Maine, in Connaught,
and O’Catharnaigh, now Fox, chief of Tir-Many,
or Teffia.

4 Mochta, Bishop of Lughmhagh: i.e. Mocteus,
Bishop of Louth.—See note §, under A. D. 448;
and note “, under A. D. 1176.

* The teeth of Mochta.—These verses are also
quoted, with some slight variations of reading,
in the gloss on the Feilire-Aengius, preserved in
the Leabhar-Breac, after 15th April, and in
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at 19th August, which
is one of the festivals of St. Mochta. They are
also given (excepting the last quatrain), with a
Latin translation, by Colgan, Acta Sanctorum,
24 Mart., as follows:

QA

178 aNNawa RIoshachta eiReaNn.

Gm pichic peanéip ppalmach, a ¢fslach mogda pemeann,

Han ap, san buam, gan cfonad, gan Hniompad, accmad Lérg1onn.
Fean cpi pichic pip cpi céd, ancapum ap pean an véc,

Ni mo cin 6gan po gall, 1p catpwe an phinpacail.

Coip Cmore, ctce céd tpiocha a curs. An cochemad bliadain do Tuatal.
Eaclaip Ooipe Calgag 00 pochughad la Colom Cille, 1ap nedbaint an baile
vo via Denbfine Pen «1. Cenel cConaill Gulban mic NéU.

Copnbmac, mac Oililla, pi Carstn, vécc.
Oil, eppcop Anoa Macha, vo écc.
Qoip Cmorz, ciice céd tmocha a peachc.
$. Cughad, eppucc Connepe,.vécc.

Tuacal.

Oo Unb Oplpal ooipide beorp.
Qn veachmad bliadain vo

Cath Sligishe ma bEMsup 7 pra nOomnall, oa mac Muipé(pcaig, mic
Eancca, ma nCinmine, mac Séona, 7 pra nClinow, mac Ouach, pon Eogan
bel, mp) Connachc. Ro meabaid an cach p{mpa, vo pochain Cogan bél, oa

nebpnad inopo.

Pichcen cach Ua Piachpach, la pfince paobaip, can imbel,
Sepp buan namac pn plesha, ppecha in cat 1 Cpinvep.

** Piacuil Mocza, ba mae bép | epi céo blia-
dan (buan an ip)
Han shuc mompuill peice puap! gan mip
nionmain peice pip.
Nip b6 voéca mumnzep Mocza! Cugmarg lip:
_ Tpi ceo pasanz, um ced neppoc! marlle
Fr?
Tm Fico peandin palmac! a ceaglac mog-
oa pemeno:
San ap, Zan buain, gan ciopad, Zan sniom-
pad, acd mad Légeno.”

“Dentes Moctei, qui fuit moribus integer, spa-

tio trecentorum annorum (quantus rigor!)

Nec verbum otiosum extra emisere, nec quid-
quam obsonii intra admisere.

Non fuit angusta familia Moctei, Lugmagensis
Monasterii:

Trecenti presbyteri, et centum Episcopi, erant
cum ipso

Sexaginta seniores psalmicani, choristo ejus
familia augusta et magnifica,

Qui nec arabant, nec metebant, nec tritura-
bant, nec aliud faciebant, quam studiis in-
cumbere.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 734.

Colgan then goes on to shew that cp céo
bliadan is an error for tpi pé céo bliadan, or
rm pé céo bliadain, ie. for a period of one
hundred years; and he quotes four lines from a
poem by Cumineus of Connor, to shew that
Mochta lived only one hundred years in this
state of austerity.

$ Doire-Chalgaigh.—Now Derry or London-
derry. The name Doire-Chalgaigh is translated
Roboretum Calgachi by Adamnan, in his Life
of Columba, lib. i. c. 20. According to the
Annals.of Ulster this monastery was founded
in 545, which is evidently the true year.

“A.D. 545. Daire Coluim Cille fundata est.”

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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 179

Three-score psalm-singing seniors, his household of regal course,
Without tilling, reaping, or threshing, without any work but reading.
A man of three-score, a man of three hundred, blessed be God, how old the

teeth !

Not more has the youth under valour !

The Age of Christ, 535. The eighth year of Tuathal.

How lasting the ancient teeth !

The church of

Doire-Calgaigh*® was founded by Colum Cille, the place having been granted
to him by his own tribe’, i.e. the race of Conall Gulban, son of Niall.
Cormac, son of Ailill, King of Leinster, died.
Oilill, Bishop of Armagh", died. He was also of the Ui-Breasail.
The Age of Christ, 537. The tenth year of Tuathal. St. Lughaidh, Bishop

of Connor, died.

The battle of Sligeach” by Fearghus and Domhnall, the two sons of Muir-
cheartach mac Earca ; by Ainmire, son of Sedna; and Ainnidh, son of Duach,
against Eoghan Bel, King of Connaught. They routed the forces before them,

‘and Eoghan Bel was slain, of which was said :

The battle of the Ui-Fiachrach was fought with fury of edged weapons against

Bel,

The kine of the enemy roared with the javelins, the battle was spread out at

Crinder*.

Colgan, who does not appear to have observed
this date in the Ulster Annals, has come to the
conclusion that it could not have been erected
before the year 540, as St. Columbkille was
born in the year 516 [recte 518].—See Trias
Thaum., p. 502.

t His own tribe.-—St. Columbkille was the son
of Feidhlim, son of Fearghus Ceannfada, who
was son of Conall Gulban, the ancestor of Kinel-
Connell, the most distinguished families of
whom were the O’Canannans, O’Muldorrys,
O’Donnells, O’Dohertys, O’Boyles, and O’Gal-
laghers, who always regarded St. Columbkille
as their relative and patron,

" Oilill, Bishop of Armagh.—He is otherwise
called Ailill. He succeeded his relative Ailill I.,

who died in 526.—See note under that year,
and Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 37.

W Sligeach: i.e. the River Sligo, which rises
in Lough Gill, and washes the town of Sligo.

* At Crinder.— This might be read “ at
Rinder,” but neither form of the name is now
extant. There is a very curious account of this
battle of Sligeach in the Life of St. Ceallach,
Bishop of Kilmore-Moy, who was the son of
Eoghan Bel, King of Connaught who was slain
in this battle. It states that Eoghan lived three
days, or, according to other accounts, a week,
after being mortally wounded in this battle.
That when he felt his own strength giving way,
and saw that death was inevitable, he advised
his own people, the Ui-Fiachrach, to send for

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AQNNaLa RIOshachta eiReaNnn.

(538.

Mn cele Slicech vo mup map pule pfp la pesil
bepcaic lang cap Eba, 1m cfno n€ogshain bedit.

Qoip Cort, cince cév tmiocha a hocht. Jap mbhit aon bliadam vécc
hn pishe nEpeann vo Tuatal Maolganb, mac Conbmaic Caoich, mic Comppe,
mic Nell, conchaip 1 nOpeallaig eillce la Maolmén, mac Ainsfoann, ove
Oiapmova mic Cfipbaill epide, 7 00 pochain Maolmép mo po chévop, o1a

nebnaoh,

Echt Maoile moip nao mall, ni gnfom céip po cmp,
Mapbad Tuatol cném, adpochan pein mn.

his son Ceallach, who was at Clonmacnoise,
under the tuition of St. Kieran, to be prepared
for holy orders, and entreat of him to accept of
the kingdom of Connaught, as his second son,
Muireadhach, was not of fit age to succeed him.
His people did so, and Ceallach, fired with am-
bition at the news of his being the next heir to
the Kingdom of Connaught, forgot his promises
to St. Kieran, and eloped from him, despite of
all his remonstrances and threats. The result
was that St. Kieran denounced and cursed him
solemnly, which finally wrought his destruction.

According to this authority, Eoghan Bel or-
dered his people to bury his body on the south
side of Sligeach, in a standing position, with his
red javelin in his hand, and with his face turned
towards Ulster, as if fighting with his enemies.
This was accordingly done, and the result is said
to have been that, as long as the body was left
in that position, the Connaughtmen routed the
Ulstermen, who fled, panic-stricken, whenever
they came in collision with them. But the
Ulstermen, learning the cause of such a talis-
manic result, disinterred the body of Eoghan
Bel, and, carrying it northwards over the River
Sligeach, buried it, with the face under, at the
cemetery of Aenach-Locha-Gile, on the north
side of the river, and thus restored their natural
courage to the Ulstermen.—See note *, under
the year 458, pp. 144, 145, supra, where the

body of the monarch Laeghaire is said to have
been interred at Tara, accoutred in his battle
dress, and with his face turned against his ene-
mies, the Leinstérmen, as if defying them to
battle.—See also Genealogies, Tribes, §c., of Hy-
Fiachrach, pp. 472, 473.

* Eabha.—Now Machaire-Eabha, a plain at
the foot of the mountain of Binbulbin, to the
north of the River Sligo, through which the
Ulster army generally marched on their incur-
sions into Connaught.

* Greallach-eillte : i. e. the Miry Place of the
Does. According to the Book of Lecan, this
place is situated at the foot of Sliabh Gamh.
In the Annals of Ulster the death of Tuathal
Maelgarbh is entered under the year 543, as
follows :

“A, D. 543. Tuathal Maelgarb jugulatus est
a nGreallach-Alta la Maelmorda, , cw? successit
Diarmait mac Cearbhail, Rex Hibernic.”

« A. D. 548. Vel hoc anno Tuathal Maelgarb
intervit in Grellach Elte, Rex Temorie jugulatus
per Maelmore, qui et ipse statim occisus est; unde
dicitur, the Greate act of Maelmore.”— Cod. Clar.

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, however, it is
stated that he was killed at Greallach-Daphill
[which is situated on the River Liffey,- in the
present county of Kildare], in the year 547,
but the true year is 544, as appears from Tigh-
ernach. The Annals of Clonmacnoise give the

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The Sligeach bore to the great sea the blood of men with their flesh,
They carried many trophies across Eabha’, together with the head of Eoghan Bel.

The Age of Christ, 538. After Tuathal Maelgarbh, son of Cormac Caech,
son of Cairbre, son of Niall, had been eleven years in the sovereignty of Ireland,
he was slain, at Greallach-eillte*, by Maelmor, son of Airgeadan, who was the
tutor of Diarmaid mac Cearbhaill; and Maelmor fell in revenge of it thereof

immediately, of which was said :

The fate of Maelmor was not slow; it was not a just deed he accomplished,

The killing of the mighty Tuathal ;

following account of the manner in which this
monarch came by his death :

“ A. D. 535. Twahal Moylegarve began his
reign, and reigned eleven years. He was son of
Cormack Keigh, who was son of Carbrey, who
was son of Neal of the Nine Hostages. He
caused Dermot Mac Kervel to live in exile, and
in desert places, because he claimed to have a
right to the crown.”

“ A.D. 547 [recté 544]. King Twahal having
proclaimed throughout the whole kingdom the
banishment of Dermot Mac Kervel, with a great
reward to him that would bring him his heart,
the said Dermot, for fear of his life, lived in
the deserts of Clonvicknose (then called Artibra) ;
and meeting with the abbot St. Keyran, in the
place where the church of Clonvicknose now
stands, who was but newly come hither to
dwell from Inis- Angin” [now Inip Qingm, alias
Hares’ Island, in the Shannon], “and having no
house or place to reside and dwell in, the said
Dermot gave him his assistance to make a house.
there ; and in thrusting down in the earth one
of the peers of the tymber or wattles of the
house, Dermot took St. Keyran’s hand, and did
put it over his own hand in sign of reverence to
the saint. Whereupon St. Keyran humbly be-
sought God, of his great goodness, that by that
time to-morrow ensuing that the hands of
Dermot might have superiority over all Ireland,

he himself fell for it.

which fell out as the saint requested; for Mul-
morrie O’Hargedie, foster-brother of the said
Dermot, seeing in what perplexity the noble
man was in, besought him that he would be
pleased to lend him his black horse, and that he
would make his repair to Greallie-da-Phill,
where he heard King Twahal to have a meeting
with some of his nobles, and there would pre-
sent him a whealp’s heart on a spear’s head, in-
stead of Dermot’s heart, and by that means get
access to the King, whom he would kill out of
hand, and by the help and swiftness of his horse
save his own life, whether they would or no.
Dermot, lystening to the words of his foster-
brother, was among” [between] ‘two extre-
mities, loath to refuse him, and far more loath
to lend it him, fearing he should miscarry. and
be killed; but between both he granted him his
request; whereupon he prepared himself, and
went as he resolved, mounted on the black horse,
a heart besprinkled with blood on his spear. to
the place where he heard the King to be. The
King and people, seeing him come in that man-
ner, supposed that it was Dermot’s heart that
was to be presented by the man that rode in
poste haste; the whole multitude gave him way
to the King; and when he came within reach
to the King, as though to tender him the heart,
he gave the King such a deadly blow of his
spear that he (the King) instantly fell down

182 QNNaza RIOSshachca EIREGNN. (539.

Coip Cmopt, ctnce céo tmocha anao. Cn cé1d bladain vo Orapmaner,
mac P(pgura Ceippteorl, 1 mge nEpeann. Orcfnoaoh Abaciic 1 naonach
Tailchh tne mopbaib Oe 7 Ciapcm a. luge néitig vo pavpom po lém
Cianain, co po gab allpe pop a mumél (.1. ap pop a mumel po puipim Cranan

a lam) co topcain a ceand ve.

Cop Cpiorc, cing céo clcpacha a haon. Cn cnearp bliadain v0 Orapmane.
S. Ailbe, ainveppoc Imlich lubaip, vécc an vana la véce vo Sepcemben.
Oop Cmorc, cuice céd ceatpacha a tpi. On cuigead bliadain vo Onap-

mac.
aipmiomte don cinf> oaonna.

Cop Cmorc, ctice céo cltpacha, a cltaip.
S. Mobi Clanameach .1.

O1apmanc.

Plag espamanl coiccfnn ap pl na cnuinne, sup psplor an cian ba

Cin peipead bliadam vo
bffchan 6 Slaip Naiwden, pop ba

abano Lippe, von Lit 1 ccuaid, décc, an vana la vécc vo mf Occoben.
Cach Cule Conaipe 1 cCfha pra bEh(sup 7 pra nOomnall va mac

dead in the midst of his people; whereupon the
man was upon all sides besett, and at last taken
and killed; so as speedy news came to Dermot,
who immediately went to Taragh, and there was
crowned King, as St. Keyran” [had] “ prayed
and prophesied before.” — See also Ussher’s
Primordia, pp. 947, 954, 957, 1064, 1065,
1139.

* The first year of Diarmaid.—The accession
of Diarmaid is entered in the Clarendon copy of
the translation of the Annals of Ulster, tom. 49,
under the year 544, as follows :

“ A.D. 544. Mortalitas prima que dicitur
Blefed, in qua Mobi Claireineach obit. Mors
Comgail mac Domangairt, wt alii dicunt. Diarmot,
mac Fergussa, Ceirbeoil, mic Conaill Cremthain,
mic Neill Naigiallaig, regnare incipit, secundum
Librum Cuanach.”

It should be here remarked that in Doctor
O’Conor’s edition of the Annals of Ul&8ter the
pedigree of Diarmaid is made that of Congal
mac Domangairt, King of Scotland, by a mistake
of his own, or of his original. This error, he ob-
serves, is in the Clarendon and Bodleian copies;

but this is not true, for the passage is correct,
and as above printed, in the Clarendon manu-
script, tom. 49.

» Abacuc.—This extraordinary story is also
given in the Annals of Tighernach. It would
appear from the Dublin copy of the Annals of
Innisfallen, that he was brought to Clonmac-
noise to be cured, and that he lived six years
afterwards !—See the Irish version of Nennius,
where different versions of this story are given.

© Imleach-Iubhair: i. e. the Holm or Strath of
the Yew, now Emly, in the county of Tippe-
rary. See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops,
pp- 489, 491. In the Annals of Ulster, and
the Bodleian copy of the Annals of Inisfallen,
the death of Ailbhe is entered under the year
526, which seems the true year; but it is re-
peated in the Annals of Ulster at 541. Ware
quotes the Life of St. Declan, and the Life of
St. Ailbhe, to shew that Emly was made the
seat of the archbishopric of Munster, in the
lifetime of St. Patrick, and that St. Ailbhe was
constituted archbishop; and Ussher (Primordia,
p- 866) quotes an old Irish distich from Declan’s

PS

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 183

539. ]

The Age of Christ, 539. The first year of Diarmaid*, son of Fearghus
Ceirrbheoil, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The decapitation of Abacuc? at the
fair of Tailltin, through the miracles of God and Ciaran; that is, a false oath he
took upon the hand of Ciaran, so that a gangrene took him in his neck (i. e.

St. Ciaran put his hand upon his neck), so that it cut off his head.

The Age of Christ, 541.

‘The third year of Diarmaid. St. Ailbhe, Arch-

bishop of Imleach-Iubhair‘, died on the twelfth day of September.
The Age of Christ, 543. The fifth year of Diarmaid. There was an ex-
traordinary universal plague‘ through the world, which swept away the noblest

third part of thé human race.

The Age of Christ, 544. The sixth year of Diarmaid. St. Mobhi Cla-
raineach’, i.e. Berchan of Glais-Naidhen*, on the brink of the Liffey, on the
north side, died on the second day of the month of October.

The battle of Cuil-Conaire, in Ceara’, [was fought] by Fearghus and Domh-

Life, to shew that St. Ailbhe was called the
“Patrick” of Munster. It is said that St.
Ailbhe was converted to Christianity so early
as the year 360 (Ussher, Index Chron. ad an.
360); but this is incredible, if he lived either
till ‘526 or 541. Tirechan says that he was
ordained a priest by St. Patrick, and this is evi-
dently the truth. His festival was celebrated at
Emly on the 12th of September.

4 Universal plague.—This plague, which was
called by the Irish Blefed, is entered in the
Annals of Ulster under the year 544, and in
the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 546. In
most chronological tables it is noticed under
the year 543, as having passed from Africa into
Europe. It is thus entered in Tighernach’s
Annals:

“ Kal. Jan. fer. 1, anno postquam Papa Vigi-
lius obiit, Mortalitas magna que Blefed dicitur, in
qua Mobi Clarinach, cui nomen est Berchan,
obiit.” ‘

© St. Mobhi Claraineach : i. e. Mobhi of the
flat Face (tabulatd facie).—See O’Donnell’s Vita
Columba, lib. i. c. 43; Trias Thaum., 396.

f Glais-Naidhen.—Now Glasnevin, near Dub-
lin. Dr. Lanigan asserts, in his Ecclesiastical
History of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 78, that Glais-
Naidhen must have been on the south side of
the River Liffey, because it was in the territory
of Galenge ; but this generally acute and honest
writer was imposed on in this instance by the
fabrications of Beauford and Rawson. The Four
Masters should have described it as “‘near the
Liffey to the north,” or “ Fon bpd Fionnglaipe
FM Cipe a ocuats, on the brink of the Finglass,
to the north of the Liffey,” and not “on the
margin of the Liffey.””— See Colgan’s Trias
Thaum., p. 613, where Glais-Naoidhen is de-
scribed as “in regione Galenger, et juxta Lif-
feum fluvium in Lagenia.”

Mageoghegan states, in his Annals of Clon-
macnoise, that he “ is supposed to be” [the same
as the prophet] ‘called in English Merlin.” »

Cuil-Conaire, in Ceara.—There is no place

' now bearing this name in the barony of Ceara,

This battle
is entered in the Annals of Ulster under the
year 549, as follows:

or Carra, in the county of Mayo.

184

. GNNGZa RIOSshachta elReEaNnn.

(545.

Muipcfpcaich mic Eancca, pon Chill Inbanoa, pi Conoacht, 7 pop CGooh
FRopcamanl, 7 conchain Ohull 7 Glooh ann.
Cop Cmiorc, cing céo cltpacha a cing. On peaccmad bliadain vo Onap-

mac.

mace.
n-loe Cluana cpeadail.
marc, pi Uagtn, do écc.

Coip Cpiopt, cg céo clépacha a peachc.

Oiapmaic.
badpai, vécc.

S$. Cilbe Sfichuae Ua nOiliolla vécc.
Aor Core, cig céo cfepacha arpé.

Cn cochtmad bliadain 00 Orap-

Cach Cuilne m po mapbad pocaide vo Chopc Orce tia epnarde
Pochad mac Conall vécc.

Caipppe, mac Conp-

Cn naomad bliadaim vo

Ri Ulaovh, Eochaid, mac Conoland, mic Caolbaid, mic Cpuinn

Toypeac Teachba, Cmomtann, mac bmu, dvécc.

S. Oubcach, abb Apoa Maca, do éce.
Coy Cort, cig céo cltpacha a hoche.

Oo piol Colla Uaip vopiwe.
A veich vo Oiapmancc.

$. Cianan mac an craoip, ab Cluana mic Noip, vécc an naomad la vo Sep-

cemben.

“A.D. 549. Bellum Cuile Conaire i gCera,
ubi cecidit Ailill Inbanna, ri Connacht acus Aed
Fortobal, a brathair.
mac Muircheartaig mic Earca, victores erant.

“A. D. 549. The battle of Cuil-Conaire in
Ceara” [was fought] ‘where fell Ailill Inbanna,
King of Connaught, and his brother, Aedh the
Brave.

Fergus e Domnall, da

Fearghus and Domhnall, the two sons
of Muircheartach mac Earca, were the victors.”
—See Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy-
Fiachrach, p. 313.

» Seanchua- Ua-nOiliolla.— Now Shancoe, a
parish in the barony of Tir-Oiliolla, or Tirerrill,
in the county of Sligo. This church is men-
tioned in the Annotations of Tirechan, in the
Book of Armagh, fol. 15, a, a; and in the Tri-
partite Life of St. Patrick, part il. c. 35; Trias
Thaum., p. 134.

i Cuilne—Not identified. This passage is
entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 551,
thus:

“ A. D. 551. Bellum Cuilne, in quo ceciderunt

Tm blhadna tmocha por a paosail. .

Coreu Oche Muman, orationibus Ita Cluana.”

k Corcoiche.—These were a sept of the Ui-
Fidhgeinte, seated in the present county of
Limerick, in the barony of Lower Connell, of
whom, after the establishment of surnames,
O’Macassy was the chieftain. The celebrated
St. Molua, of Cluain-fearta Molua, in the Queen’s
County, was of this sept, but St. Ida was their
patron.See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, iii. c. 81.

' Cluain- Creadhail.—Now Killeedy, an ancient
church in a parish of the same name, in the
barony of Upper Connello and county of Lime-
rick, and about five miles to the south of New-

castle. This monastery is described in the Life —

of St. Ita, as well as in that of St. Brendan, as
situated at the foot of Sliabh-Luachra, in the
west of the territory of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra; and
the writer of the Life of St. Brendan states that
it was Kill-Ite in his own time.—See Life of
St. Ita apud Colgan, 15th Jan.

™ Fothadh, son of Conall.Some of these events

are misplaced in the Annals of the Four Masters,

SO Seg tal

Ee

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nall, two sons of Muircheartach mac Earca, against Ailill Inbhanda, King of
Connaught, and Aedh Fortamhail ; and Ailill and Aedh were slain.
The Age of Christ, 545. The seventh year of Diarmaid. St. Ailbhe, of

Seanchu-Ua-nOiliolla’, died.
The Age of Christ, 546.

The battle of Cuilne’, in which many of the

Corcoiche* were slain through the prayers of [St.] Ida, of Cluain-Creadhail.
Fothadh, son of Conall", died. Cairbre, son of Cormac, King of Leinster, died.
The Age of Christ, 547. The ninth year of Diarmaid. The King of Ulidia,
Eochaidh, son of Connla*, son of Caelbhadh, son of Crunn Badhrai, died.
The chief of Teathbha, Crimhthann, son of Brian’, died.
St. Dubhthach”, Abbot of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died. He was of the race

of Colla Uais.
The Age of Christ, 548.

The tenth year of Diarmaid. St. Ciaran‘, son of

the artificer, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois", died on the ninth day of September.
Thirty-three years was the length of his life.

as will appear from the Annals of Ulster and
Clonmacnoise :

“A.D. 551. Mors Fothaid, ili? Conaill.”—
Ann. Ult. :

“ A.D. 550. Fohagh mac Conell died.””—An-
nals of Clonmacnoise.

" Kochaidh, son of Connla.— A. D.552. Mors
Eachach mic Conleid, ri Ulad a quo omnes I-
Eachach-Ulad.”—Ann. Ult., Clarendon, tom. 49.

“A.D, 550. Ahagh mac Conlay, King of Ul-
ster, of whom Ivehagh is called.”—Ann. Clon.

° Crimhthann, son of Brian. A. D.552. Mors
Crimthain mic Briuin. Sie in Libro Cuanach
invent.”—Ann. Ult.

* A.D. 550. Criowhan mac Briwyn, King of
Teaffa, died.”

This Crimhthann (Criffan) was the brother of
Brendan, chief of Teffia, who granted the site
of Dearmhagh, now Durrow, to St. Columbkille.
He was son of Brian, son of Maine (the ancestor
of the Ui-Maine of Meath, otherwise called the
men of Teffia), who was son of the monarch
Niall of the Nine Hostages.

P Dubhthach.—In the Annals of Ulster he is

called Duach:

“A.D. 547. Duach, abbas Arda Macha, do
siol Colla Uais, quievit.”

But he is called Dubhthach in the list of the
archbishops of Armagh preserved in the Psalter
of Cashel, and this is the true form of the name.
—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 38;
also at the year 513.

a St. Ciaran.—“* A.D. 548. Dormitatio Ciarain
mic an tsaoir anno xxviv etatis sue.’—Ann. Ult.

“ A.D. 547. King Dermot was not above
seven months king, when St. Keyran died in
Clonvicknose, when he dwelt therein but seven
months before, in the thirty-third year of his
age, the 9th of September. His father’s name
was Beoy, a Connaughtman, and a carpenter.
His mother, Darerca, of the issue of Corck mac
Fergus Mac Roye, of the Clanna-Rowries, &c.,
&c. His body was buried in the little church
of Clonvicknose.”—Ann. Clon.

* Cluain-mic- Nois.—Now Clonmacnoise, other-
wise called the ‘‘ seven churches,” situated on

2B

186 aNNata RIOSshachta elREAGNN. (548.

S$. Tigfpnach, eappoc Cluana heoap, vo vol vécc an cltpamad oCpmil.
8. Mac Tail Cille Cuilinn (.1. Eogan mac Concnain) vécc, an caonmad

la vécc do mf Tan.

$. Colum mac Cmomcthainn décc.

S. Sinceall pfn, mac Cfhanoain, abb Cille achaid Onoma fpoda, vo dol
vécc an peipead la pichfe vo Manca, cmocha ap cp céo bliadain poo a

paosarl.

S$. Ovhnan, o Leitmrochaib Odpan, vécc an oana la vo mf Octobep.
S. Pinvén, abb Cluana h€naino, orve naom Eneann, vécc, 12 Oecembep.
S. Colaim Innpi Cealcna vécc. Oon mopclad oap bo hamm an Chpon

the east side of the Shannon, in the barony of
Garrycastle, and King’s County.
founded by St. Ciaran in the year 547, accord-
ing to the Annals of Ulster.

* Cluain-eois.—Now Clones, in the barony of
Dartry, and county of Monaghan. The Annals
of Ulster agree in placing his death in this year.

* Cill-Cuilinn. —Now old Kilcullen, in the
county of Kildare. The Annals of Ulster agree
with this date, but the Annals of Clonmacnoise
place the death of Mac Tail in the year 550.

" Colum, son of Crimhthann.— According to
the Feilire-Aenguis and the Calendar and Ge-
nealogies of the Irish Saints, compiled by Mi-
chael O’Clery, he was abbot of Tir-da-ghlais
(now Terryglass, near the Shannon, in the ba-
rony of Lower Ormond, and county of Tippe-
rary), where his festival was celebrated on the
13th of December. O’Clery remarks that, al-
though he was called Mac Crimhthann, he was
really the son of Ninnidh, who was the fifth in
descent from Crimhthann. He should, there-
fore, be called Colam Ua-Crimhthainn, and in
the Annals of Ulster he is called ‘* Colum nepos
Crumthainn.” Thus:

“A.D. 548. Mortalitas magna in qua isti pau-
sant Colum nepos Crumthainn, et Mac Tail Cille
Cuilinn,”’ &c.

* Cill-achaidh Droma-foda.—Now Killeigh, in
the barony of Geshill, King’s County.—See notes

This was"

under A. D. 1393 and 1447. St. Sincheall, the
elder, was the son of Cennfhionnan, who was
the ninth in descent from Cathaeir Mor, mo-
narch of Ireland. His festival was celebrated
at Killeigh, on the 26th of March. St. Sin-
cheall, junior, was his relative, and his festival
was celebrated on the 25th of June.—See Col-
gan’s Acta Sanctorum, pp. 747, 748.

* Thirty and three hundred years.—Colgan
thinks that this number should be 130. His
words are as follows:

‘Ita Quatuor Mag. in Annalibus ad eundem
annum dicentes: ‘S. Senchellus senior, filius Cen-
nannani, Abbas de Kill-achuidh-Drumfhoda, obiit
26 Martii vixit annis 330.2 Et idem quoad an-
nos vite ejus tradit Maguir ad 26 Martii, et
Scholiastes Festilogii Alngussianni, ex cujus
depravato (ut reor) textu hic error videtur
originem duxisse. In eo enim legitur, triched
bliadhan § tridhich, .i. trecenti anni, et triginta,
ubi legendum potius videtur ré chéd bliadhan &
tridheich .i. spatio centum annorum, & triginta.
Nam qui anno 548 obiit, si tricentis triginta
annis vixisset, debuit natus fuisse anno 219,
quod plané est incredibile ; cum nullus author
indicet ipsum floruisse ante tempora S. Patricii,

qui anno 432 in Hiberniam venit.”—Acta Sanc- .

torum, p. 748, not. 10.
¥ Leitrioch-Odhrain.—Now Latteragh, in the
barony of Upper Ormond, and county of Tippe-

548.]

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187

St. Tighearnach, Bishop of Cluain-eois*, died on the 4th of April.
St. Mac Tail of Cill-Cuilinn‘ (i.e. Eoghan, son of -Corcran), died on the

eleventh day of the month of June.

St. Colum, son of Crimhthann", died.

St. Sincheall the elder, son of Ceanannan, Abbot of Cill-achaidh Droma-
foda”, died on the twenty-sixth day of March. Thirty and three hundred years*

was the length of his life.

St. Odhran, of Leitrioch-Odhrain’, died on the second day of the month of

October.

St. Finnen, Abbot of Cluain-Eraird’, tutor of the saints of Ireland, died.
St. Colam, of Inis-Cealtra*, died. Of the mortality which was called the Cron-

rary.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 191.
His festival is set down in O’Clery’s Irish Ca-
lendar at 2nd October, and again at 26th Oc-

tober. His church of Letracha is referred to,

in the Feilire-Aenguis, at 27th October, as in

the territory of Muscraighe-Thire.

* Cluain-Eraird: i.e. Erard’s Lawn or Mea-
dow. Erard or Irard was a man’s proper name,
very common amongst the ancient Irish, signi-
fying lofty or noble :

“Erard idem quod nobilis altus vel eximius.
Erat autem hoc nomen inter Hibernos olim non
infrequens, ut patet ex illo a quo Cluain Eraird
nomen accepit.””—Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum,
p- 28, not. 4.

Colgan has published all that is known of
this tutor of the Irish saints in his Acta Sancto-
rum, at 23rd February, where he shews that he
lived till the year 563. His festival is set down
at 12th of December in the Feilire-Aenguis, in
which he is called Finnia; and in O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar, in which the following notice of him
is given :

Ҥt. Finnen, abbot of Clonard, son of Finn-
logh, son of Fintan, of the Clanna-Rudhraighe.
Sir James Ware calls him Finian or Finan, son
of Fintan (placing the grandfather in place of
the father). He was a philosopher and an emi-
nent divine, who first founded the College of

Clonard, in Meath, near the Boyne, where there
were one hundred Bishops, and where, with
great care and labour, he instructed many cele-
brated saints, among whom were the two Kie-
rans, the two Brendans, the two Columbs, viz.,
Columbkille and Columb Mac Crimhthainn,
Lasserian, son of Nadfraech, Canice, Mobheus,
Rodanus, and many others not here enumerated.
His school was, in quality, a holy city, full of
wisdom and virtue, according to the writer of
his life, and he himself obtained the name of
Finnen the Wise. He died on the 12th of De-
cember, in the year of our Lord 552, or, ac-
cording to others, 563, and was buried in his
own church at Clonard.”

® [nis-Cealtra.—An island in the north-west
of Loch Deirgdheirc, now Lough Derg, near
the village of Scariff, in the county of Clare. It
formerly belonged to Kinel-Donnghaile, the ter-
ritory of the O’Gradys, in Thomond, or the
county of Clare, but is now considered a part
of the county of Galway.

“ Colum of Inis-Cealtra” is also mentioned in
the Annals of Ulster as dying of the Mortalitas
magna in 548, and in the Annals of Clonmac-
noise, at 550, as dying of the great pestilence
called ** The Boye Conneall;” but the Editor has
not been able to discover any further account
of him,

2e5 2

188

aNNawa RIOshachta erReaNn.

(550.

Chonall,7 ba hipide an chéd bude Chonaill, acbatpat na naoim pm, acc

Cianan 4 Tisfpnach.

bar Eatach, mic Connlo, nig Ulad, a quo Ui Eatac Ulad.— Tig fpnac.

Coip Cope, curs cé0 caocca.

écc.

Cop Cort, cing céd caocca a haon.
Feangna, mac Congura, pi Ulad, 00 mapbad In

S. Neapan Loban vécc.

Cl 06 vécc vo Orapmance.
Ouaipe Uf Popannam, eppcop Apoa Macha, 7 Legaicc na hEneann ule, vo

Oawd mac

Q cm vécc vo Oranmaicc.

ccath Onoma cleite la Oéman, mac Caimll, 7 la hUib Eachach nCpoa.

Qoip Cort, cing cé0 caocca a 06.

Q clean vécc vo Orapmaice.

Eaccluip 6{nocain vo pochugad la Comgall Ofnocaip. Peip Tlmpa vo

dfham la mgs Epeann, Oiapmaicc, mac Plpsupa Cenpbeol.

Mapbad Col-

main Méip, mic Oianmaca, ma cappac la Oubploic hUa Tplha vo Chnuie-

neacoib.

* Cron-Chonaill. — This is translated Flava
Ictericia, the yellow jaundice, by Colgan.— Acta
Sanctorum, p. 831, col. 2: “ Mortalitate Cron-

chonnuill (id est flava ictericia) appellata, hi _

omnes sancti, preter S. Kieranum et S. Tiger-
nachum extincti sunt.”

° Ulidia.—The Editor shall henceforward use
Ulidia for Uladh, when it denotes the portion of
the province of Uladh, or Ulster, lying east of
the River Bann, and Gleann-Righe, to distin-
guish it from the whole province.

* Ui-Eathach-Uladh: i.e. nepotes Eochodii
Ulidie. These were the inhabitants of the ba-
ronies of Iveagh, in the county of Down.—See
Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and Connor and
Dromore, by the Rev. Wm. Reeves, M.B., pp. 348
to 352.

* Guaire.—In the old translation of the An-
nals of Ulster, this passage is given as follows:

“A.D. 550. Quies Davidis filii Guaire I-Fo-
rannain Kpiscopi Ardmache et Legati totius Hi-
bernie.”

But Dr. O’Conor says that ‘“ Legati totius Hi-
berniz”’ is not to be found in any of the Irish
copies of the Ulster Annals.—See Colgan’s Trias

Thaum., p.293; and Harris Ware’s Bishops, p. 38.

‘ Neasan, the leper.—This is Nessan, the patron
saint of Mungret, near Limerick, whose festival
was celebrated on the 25th of July.—See Vita
Tripartita, S. Patricit, part iii. c. 62; Trias
Thaum., p 157, 185. The death of Nesan, the
Leper, is given, in the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
under the year 561.

* Druim- Cleithe.—This was probably the name
of the place on which the church of Cill-cleithe,
or Kilclief, in the barony of Lecale, and county
This entry is
given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under the

of Down, was afterwards built.

year 561.

» Ui-Eathach-Arda: i. e. nepotes Eochodiit of
Ardes, in the county of Down.

* Bennchair.—Now Bangor, in the north of
the barony of Ards, in the county of Down.
The erection of this church is entered in the
Annals of Ulster under the years 554and 558:
“ Ecclesia Bennchuir fundata est.” Ussher ap-
proves of the latter date in his Chronological
Index; and the Annals of Clonmacnoise men-

tion the erection of the Abbey of Beanchoir —

under the year 561.

550.]

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189

Chonaill’,—and that was the first Buidhe-Chonaill,—these saints died, except

Ciaran and Tighearnach.

The death of Eochaidh, son of Connlo, King of Ulidia‘, from whom are the

Ui-Eathach-Uladh*.— Tighernach.

The Age of Christ, 550. The twelfth year of Diarmaid. David, son of
Guaire® Ua Forannain, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh] and Legate of all Ire-

land, died.

The Age of Christ, 551. The thirteenth year of Diarmaid. St. Neasan, the
leper’, died. Feargna, son of Aenghus, King of Ulidia, was slain in the battle
of Druim-cleithe®, by Deman, son of Caireall, and by the Ui-Eathach-Arda’.

The Age of Christ, 552.
gall of Beannchar.

Diarmaid, son of Fearghus Ceirbheoil.

The church of Bennchar' was founded by Comh-
The feast of ‘Teamhair’ was made by the King of Ireland,

The killing of Colman Mor‘, son of

Diarmaid, in his chariot, by Dubhshlat Ua Treana, [one] of the Cruithni'.

Under this year (552) the Annals of Ulster
contain a curious notice of the discovery of St.
Patrick’s relics by St. Columbkille. It is given
as follows in the old English translation: |

“A. D. 552. The reliyues of St. Patrick
brought by Columbkille to” [a] “shrine 60
yeares after his death. Three precious swearing
reliques” [tpi minna uciple] “were found in
the tombe, viz., the relique Coach, the Angell’s
Gospell, and the bell called Clog uidhechta.
The angell thus shewed to Columbkille how to
divide these, viz., the Coach to Down, the bell
to Armagh, and the Gospell to Columbkille
himself; and it is called the Gospell of the
Angell, because Columbkille received it at the
Angell’s hand.”

i The feast of Teamhair.—* A. D. 567. Cena
Temra la Diarmait mac Cearbhail.”—Ann. Ult.
edit. O’Conor.

“A.D. 567. The Feast of Tarach by Dermott
mac Cerbail.”—Cod. Claren., tom. 49.

“A.D. 569. Feis Temhra la Diarmait.”—
O’Conor’s Edit.

* Colman Mor.He was the second son of

King Diarmaid, and the ancestor of the Clann-
Colmain of Meath.
in the Annals of Ulster, first under the year
554, and again under 557:

“A. D.554. Colman Mor mac Diarmata Derg,
mic Fergusa Cerbeoil, mic Conaill Cremthaine,
mic Neill Naigiallaig, quem Dubsloit jugulavit.”

“ A.D. 557. Jugulatio Colmain Mor, mic
Diarmata, quem Dubsloit jugulavit.”

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise his death is
entered under the year 561:

“A, D. 561. Colman More, sone of King
Dermott, was killed in his Coache” [in curru
suo.—Tighernach], “ by Duffslat O’Treana.”

' Cruithni : the inhabitants of Dal-
Araidhe, who were called Cruithni, i.e. Picts,
as being descended from Loncada, the daughter
of Eochaidh Eichbheoil of the Cruithni, or Picts
of North Britain. —See Adamnan’s Vita Columbe,
lib. i, c. 36; O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, iii. c. 18;
Lib. Lee. fol.194, a; Clinm ele 00 Oal Apaide -
a. Cpuitne. Duald Mac Firbis.—See also
Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and
Connor, §c., p. 337.

Ilis death is entered twice

i.e.

190

AQNNaZza RIOgshachta €IREGNN.

(553.

Coip Cmore, curs cé0 caocca a tp. A cig vécc vo Orapmaice. Acclp
Speanaimn bionpa ag volt poth 1pm wep an bliadam pr. Cluam pfpca vo

Fochugad la naom bpenamn.

Coip Cort, cuig céd caoga a clean.
S$. Cachub, mac Plpgupa, abb Achad cin, véce 6. Apml.

Oiapmaicc.

Cin reipead bliadain vecc vo

Caocca an céo bliadain poo a paogail.

Feip oédeanach Teamna vo ofnam la O1apmaice, pish Epeann.
Cupnan, mac Qlooha, mic Eachach Tionmeanna, «1. mac mg Connacht vo
bapushad la O1rapmance, mac C(pbanll, can plananb 7 comainse Colum Cille,

" Brenainn of Birra: i.e. St. Brendan of Birr,
The ascension of St. Bren-
dan is entered under the year 562, in the An-

now Parsonstown.

nals of Clonmacnoise, as follows :

“A.D. 562. The ascension of St. Brandon of
Birr to the skies, in his chariot or coache.”

" Cluain-fearta :
Bog-Island of the Grave, now Clonfert, in the
barony of Longford, and county of Longford.
The Annals of Ulster record the erection of the
church of Cluainferta, under the years 557 and

i.e. the Lawn, Meadow, or

564; the Annals of Clonmacnoise, under the
year 562, as follows :

* A.D. 557 vel 564. Brendinus Ecclesiam in
Cluainferta fundavit.”—Ann. Ult.

“ A.D. 562. St. Brandon, Abbot, founded
the church of Clonfert.”—Ann. Clon.

These saints should not be confounded. Bren-
din of Birr was the son of Neman, of the race of
Corb olum, son of Fergus, and his festival was
celebrated on the 29th of November. — See
Adamnan’s Vita Columba, lib. iii. c. 3. St.
Brendan, first Bishop of Clonfert, was the son
of Finnlogha, of the race of Ciar, son of Fergus,
and his festival was celebrated on the 16th of
May. These two saints were contemporaries
and companions. It is said that Brendan of
Clonfert sailed for seven years in the western
ocean, ‘‘de cujus septennali navigatione prodi-
giose feruntur fabule.’? — Ussher, Primord.,
p- 955. In O’Clery’s Irish Calendar is given a

curious little fable of him, from which, if it be
not pure fiction, it might be inferred that he
had a most exquisite ear for music. Fourteen
years before his death, according to this fable,
he was visited, one day after mass and sermon,
by St. Michael the Archangel, who continued
to sing heavenly music for him for twenty-four
hours: after which Brendan could never enjoy,
and never condescended to listen to any earthly
music, except one Easter Sunday, when he per-
mitted a student of his people to play for him
on his harp. He endured him with difficulty ;
but, giving him his blessing, he procured two
balls of wax, which he put into his ears when-
ever he came within hearing of earthly music,
and in this manner he shut out all human-me-
lody, (which to him was discord) for nearly

fourteen years, and admitted the harmonies of ©

the angels only.

Under this year (553) the Annals of Ulster,
Tighernach, and Clonmacnoise, record the ex-
istence of a plague called Samhtrusc, which is
translated ‘* Lepra.’

“ A.D. 553. Pestis que vocata est in Samthrosc,
i.e. Lepra.”—Ann.. Ut. edit. O’ Conor.

“ A.D. 553. Pestis que vocata est Samthruse
i, the Leprosy.”—Cod. Claren., tom. 49

“A.D. 551. This year there grew a sickness
called a Sawthruse.”—Ann. Clon.

° Achadh-cinn.—Colgan thinks that this may
be Achadh-na-cille, in Dalriada (Trias Thaum.,

:
:
:

553.]
The Age of Christ, 553.

was founded by St. Brenainn.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

191

The fifteenth year of Diarmaid. Brenainn of
Birra” was seen ascending in a chariot into the sky this year.

Cluain-fearta”

The Age of Christ, 554. The sixteenth year of Diarmaid. St. Cathub,

son of Fearghus, Abbot of Achadh-cinn’®, died on the 6th of April.

One hun-

dred and fifty years was the length of his life.
The last feast of Teamhair? was made by Diarmaid, King of Ireland.
Curnan’, son of Aedh, son of Eochaidh Tirmcharna, i. e. the son of the King
of Connaught, was put to death by Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, in violation of

p- 182), now Aughnakilly, a part of the town-
land of Craigs, in the barony of Kilconway, and
county of Antrim, and on the road from Aho-
ghill to Rasharkin. See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical
Antiquities of Down and Connor, éc., p. 89, note
n, and p. 322. In the Irish Calendar of O’Clery
the festival of St. Cathub, son of Fearghus, bi-
shop of Achadh-cinn, is set down at 6th April.
In the Annals of Ulster, ad ann. 554, he is
called ‘‘ Cathal mac Fergusa piscopus Achid-
cinn.”

» The last feast of Teamhair. — Tighernach
states that three years after the killing of Colman
Mor, son of Diarmaid, A. D. 560, the ‘ Cena
postrema” of Temhair was celebrated by Diar-
maid mac Cearbaill.

The feast of Teamhair, by Diarmaid, and the
death of Gabhran, son of Domhangart, is entered
twice in the Annals of Ulster, first under the
year 567, and again under the year 569.

The royal palace of Teamhair or Tara was
soon after deserted in consequence of its having
been cursed by St. Rodanus, of Lothra or Lorha,
in Lower Ormond, county Tipperary, as stated
at some length in the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
translated by Mageoghegan ; also in an Irish
manuscript in the Library of Trinity College,
‘Dublin, H. 1. 15; and in the Life of St. Roda-
nus, preserved in the Codex Kilkenniensis, in
Marsh’s Library, Class V. 3, Tab. 1, No. 4, F.;
‘and in the Life of this saint published by the

Bollandists, at XXV. April_—sSee Petrie’s His-
tory and Antiquities of Tara Hill, pp. 101-103.
This malediction of Rodanus, with the conse-
quent desertion of the place as a royal residence,
is referred to by the ancient scholiast on Fiach’s
Hymn in the Life of St. Patrick, preserved in
the Liber Hymnorum ; and an ancient Icelandic
work called the Konungs- Skuggsio, or Royal
Mirror, states that it had been abandoned and
utterly destroyed, in revenge of an unjust
judgment pronounced by a king who had once
ruled over it.—See Johnstone’s Antiq. Celto-
Scand., p. 287, et seqq.

After this desertion of Tara, each monarch
chose for himself a residence most convenient
or agreeable, which was usually within their
own hereditary principalities.
of the northern Ui-Neill resided chiefly at. their
ancient fortress of Aileach, in the barony of
Inishowen, near Derry; and those of the south-

Thus the kings

ern Ui-Neill, first at Dun-7Torgeis, near Castle-
pollard, in Westmeath, and afterwards at Dun-
na-Sgiath, at the north-western margin of Loch-
Ainnin or Lough Ennell, near Mullingar.

« Curnan.—This is entered in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise at the year 562.
Eahagh Tyrmcarna was killed by King Der-
mot.”—-See O’Donnell’s Vita Columba, lib. ii.
c. 2, in Trias Thaum., p.400, for some curious
particulars about Curnan’s death and the battle
of Cul-Dreimhne.

“ Cornan mac

aNNaza RIOSshachta elReGNn. [555.

192 s
lap na tappaing 50 hainveonach ap a lamoib, conad é pochann cacha Cila
Oneimne. .

Qoip Core, curg cé0 caogace acing. Cn peaccrmad vécc 00 Onapmaie.
Cach Cala Opfimne vo bmipld pop Oi1apmancc, mac Cfpbanll, la Peangup 4
la Oomnall, 04 mac Muipéfpcans, mic Eancca, la hCinmine, mac Sfona, 4
la nCAmoioh, mac Ouach, 7 la hOod, mac Eathac Tionméanna, pf Connache.
hi ccionad manbcha Cupnam, mic Coda, mic Eataé Tiopméapna, pon pao-
ram Coloim Cille, 00 pacpac Clanna Nell an cuaipceinpt 7 Connachta an
cath pin Cula Opfimne von ms, 00 Oranmanic,7 beopimon cclaombpert puce

* Cul-Dreimhne.—This place is in the barony
of Carbury, to the north of the town of Sligo.
Colgan has the following note upon this place,
Trias Thaum., p. 452:

“« Culdremhni. Est locus hic in regione Car-
brie in Connacia, non procul a Sligoensi oppido
versus Aquilonem situs. Historiam hujus pre-
lii fuse enarrat Ketennus libro 2 de Regibus Hi-
bernia, in gestis Diermitii Regis. Preelium hoc
_ non anno 551, ut scribunt Quatuor Magistri in
Annalibus, sed anno 561, commissum fuit, ut
tradunt Annales Ultonienses, et Usserus de
Primordiis Ecclesiar. Britann., p. 694.”

* The sentence.—A circumstantial account is
given of this literary larceny of St. Columb-
kille, in O’Donnell’s Life of that Saint, lib. ii.
c.i. King Diarmaid, after hearing the learned
arguments of plaintiff and defendant, pro-
nounced his decision that the copy made by
Columbkille should belong to Finnen’s original,
in the same way as, among tame and domestic
animals, the brood belongs to the owner of the
dam or mother, “‘ partus sequitur ventrem.”

“Causa utrinque audita Rex, seu partium
rationes male pensans, seu in alteram privato
affectu magis propendens, pro Finneno senten-
tiam pronuntiat, et sententiam ipse Hibernico
versu abinde in hunc usque diem inter Hibernos
famoso in hunc modum expressit : Le gach boin
a boinin, acus le gach leabhar a leabhran, id est,
Buculus est matris libri suus esto libellus.”—

Trias Thaum., p. 409.

Columbkille, who seems to have been more
liberal and industrious in circulating the writ-
ten Scriptures than Finnen, had pleaded before
the King, that he had not in the slightest de-
gree injured St. Finnen’s manuscript by tran-
scribing it; and that Finnen should not for any
reason oppose the multiplying of the Scriptures
for the instruction of the people. His words
are as follows, as translated by Colgan :

‘* Fateor,”’ inquit, “ librum de quo controver-
titur, ex Finneni codice exscriptum; sed per
me meaque industria, labore, vigiliis exscriptus
est; et ed cautela exscriptus, ut proprius Fin-
neni liber in nullo factus sit e& exscriptione
deterior ; eo fine, ut que preclara in alieno
codice repereram, securius ad meum usum re-
conderem, et commodius in alios ad Dei gloriam
derivarem: proinde nec me Finneno injurium,
nec restitutioni obnoxium, nec culpe cujus-
quam in hac parte reum agnosco; ut qui sine
cujuspiam damno, multorum consului spiritali
commodo, quod nemo debuit, aut justé potuit
impedire.”

Shortly after this King Diarmaid forced Cur-
nan, the son of the King of Connaught, from
the arms of Columbkille, to whom he had fled
for protection, and put him instantly to death.
Columbkille, exasperated at these insults, said

to the King: ‘I will go unto my brethren, the |

Races of Connell and of Eoghan, and I will give

WAS dire Tl ed Se,

A I ek eee

555.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 193

the guarantee and protection of Colum Cille, having been forcibly torn from
his hands, which was the cause of the battle of Cul-Dreimhne.

The Age of Christ, 555. The seventeenth year of Diarmaid. The battle
of Cul-Dreimhne" was gained against Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, by Fearghus
and Domhnall, the two sons of Muircheartach, son of Earca ; by Ainmire, son
of Sedna; and by Ainnidh, son of Duach ; and by Aedh, son of Eochaidh Tirm-
charna, King of Connaught. [It was] in revenge of the killing of Curnan, son
of Aedh, son of Eochaidh Tirmcharna, [while] under the protection of Colum
Cille, the Clanna-Neill of the North and the Connaughtmen gave this battle of
Cul-Dreimhne to King Diarmaid ; and also on account of the false sentence’

Oe a

thee battle in revenge for this unjust judgment
thou hast given against me respecting the book,
and in revenge for the killing of the son of the
King of Connaught, while under, my protec-
tion.” Then the King commanded that not one
of the men of Ireland should convey Columb-
kille out of the palace, or join him. Columb
then proceeded to Monasterboice, and remained
there for one night. In the morning he was
informed that the King had sent a force to in-
tercept his passage into Ulster, and take him
prisoner. Columbkille, therefore, went over a
solitary part of Sliabh Breagh, and as he passed
along, he composed the poem beginning ‘‘ mai-
nupan vam 1p in pliab,” which has been printed
in the Miscellany of the Irish Archeological
Society, pp. 3 to 15. When he arrived in Ulster
he applied to his relatives, the northern Ui-
Neill, who entered into his feelings of revenge
against the Monarch who threatened to overrun
their territories with fire and sword. They
mustered their forces, to the number of 3000
men, and being joined by the Connaughtmen,
came to a pitched battle with the Monarch at
Cul-Dreimhne, in the barony of Carbury, in the
county of Sligo, where the Monarch, who had
a force of 2300 charioteers, cavalry, and pedes-
trians, was defeated with terrible slaughter.—
See Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 902-904, where he

gives an account of this battle from an unpub-
lished manuscript of Adamnan’s Vita Columba.

After this battle the Monarch and Saint
Columb made peace, and the copy of the book
made from St. Finnen’s manuscript was left to
him. This manuscript, which is a copy of the
Psalter, was ever after known by the name of
Cathach. It was preserved for ages in the family
of O’Donnell, and has been deposited in the Mu-
seum of the Royal Irish Academy, by Sir Richard
O’ Donnell, its present owner.
As Dy M49 tsipp.1232,/1233.

Mr. Moore states, in his History of Ireland,
vol. i. p. 243, that ‘it has been shewn satisfac-

See note ’, under

torily that there are no grounds for this story ;
and that though, for some venial and unimpor-
tant proceedings, an attempt had been made to
excommunicate him [St. Columbkille] before
his departure from Ireland, the account of his
quarrel with the Monarch is but an ill con-
structed fable, which, from the internal evidence
of its inconsistencies, falls to pieces of itself.”
The Editor cannot acquiesce in this opinion,
for, whatever may be the defect of construction
in the fabulous narrative, it is very clear that
this special pleading is not sufficient to acquit
St. Columbkille of the crime of having roused
his relatives to fight this battle. Adamnan
refers to it in the seventh chapter of the first

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194

GQNNQGLa RIOShAacnNTA elREGNN.

[555.

Orapmaic ap Colom Cille 1m luban Pimvén po pepiob Colom Cille gan
pachugad oP indén, dia noeacpac 1 péip NOiapmaca, Fo po corcefprars Orap-
maic an mbpeich nompderpe, la gach bom a bomin, pa. Colam Cille po pad,

1 Ona, cia nach oingban an cia, oup Infymaip mip a Lin,
Cin cpluag 00 boing beatha odin,

Sluag vo ching hi timcel can,

Ap mac ainpche no var mann,

Clpé mo onw, nim éna, mac O€ ap frm consena.

Ap alainn pup alluad goban baovam pép an cpluas,
Po la baocan puilc bude, bena a h€pen fuinpe.

Fpaochan, mac Tenupam, ap € vo pgne md enbhe nopuadh vo Orapmaic.
Tuachan, mac Oimmann, mic Sanain, mic Copbmaic, mic Cogan, a pé po la

ino enbe nopuad oan a cfno.

Thi mile tna 1peaoh conchain vo mucin

Oiapmava. Clonpean nama ippead toncaip von Lic nall, Maglaim a ainm,

ap ip € po ching can an eipbe nopuad.

book of his Life of St. Columba; but as this
biographer’s object was to write a panegyric,
not an impartial character, of his relative and
patron, it is very evident that he did not wish
to dwell upon any particulars respecting the
causes of this battle.
knowledges (lib. iii. c. 3), that Columba was
excommunicated by an Irish synod ; and other

Adamnan, however, ac-

writers of great antiquity, cited by Tighernach,
and in the Liber Hymnorum, have, with great
simplicity, handed down to us the real cause of
Columbkille’s departure from Ireland. These
accounts, it is true, may possibly be fabulous;
but it is not fair to assume this on account of
Adamnan’s silence; and that they are ancient,
and the written traditions of the country of Tir-
connell, in which Columbkille was born, is evi-
dent from the Life compiled by O’ Donnellin 1520,
from manuscripts then so old that (as appears
from his original manuscript in the Bodleian
Library) he deemed it necessary to modernize
the language in which they were written.

St. Cumian, the oldest writer of Columbkille’s
Life, makes no allusion to the battle of Cuil-

Dreimhne; but his work is a panegyric, not a
biography, of this saint; and the same may be
said of Adamnan’s production, which is an enu-
meration of his miracles and visions, and not a
regular biography; and it is fair to remark,
that, even if Adamnan had written a regular

biography, he could not, unless by inadver-

tence, have mentioned one fact which would,
in the slightest degree stain the character of
The bards
and lay writers, on the other hand, who did
not understand the nature of panegyric, as

his hero with any sort of crime.

well as Cumian and Adamnan, have represented
Columbkille as warlike, which they regarded
as praiseworthy, for it implied that he possessed
the characteristics of his great ancestors, Niall
Naighiallach and Conall Gulban ; and these, in
their rude simplicity, have left us more mate-
rials for forming a true estimate of his charac-
ter than are supplied by the more artful de-
scriptions of his miracles and visions by Cu-
mian and Adamnan. ‘The latter, in his second
preface, has the following account of Columb’s
going to Scotland:

555. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 195

which Diarmaid passed against Colum Cille about a book of Finnen, which
Colum had transcribed without the knowledge of Finnen, when they left it to
award of Diarmaid, who pronounced the celebrated decision, “To every cow
belongs its calf,” &c. Colum Cille said :

O God, wilt thou not drive off the fog, which envelopes our number,

The host which has deprived us of our livelihood,

The host which proceeds around the carns* !

He is a son of storm who betrays us.

My Druid,—he will not refuse me,—is the Son of God, and may he side with me;
How grandly he bears his course, the steed of Baedan" before the host;
Power by Baedan of the yellow hair will be borne from Ireland on him [the steed].

Fraechan", son of Teniusan, was he who made the Erbhe-Druadh for Diar-
maid. Tuathan, son of Dimman, son of Saran, son of Cormac, son of Eoghan,
was he who placed the Erbhe Druadh over his head. Three thousand was the
number that fell of Diarmaid’s people. One man only fell on the other side,
Mag Laim was his name, for it was he that passed beyond the Erbhe Druadh*.

“Sanctus igitur Columba nobilibus fuerat
oriundus genitalibus” [i.e. genitoribus]: “ pa-
trem habens Fedilmitium, filium Ferguso ;
Matrem vero Ethneam nomine, cujus pater
latiné Filius Navis dici potest, Scotica verd
lingua Mac Nave. Hic anno secundo post
Cul-Drebtine bellum, extatis verd sue xlii. de
Scotia ad Britanniam, pro Christo peregrinari
volens, enavigavit; qui et a puero, Christiano
deditus tyrocinio, et sapientie studiis inte-
gritatem corporis et anime puritatem, Deo
donante, custodiens, quamvis in terra positus,
celestibus se aptum moribus ostendebat. Erat
enim aspectu Angelicus, sermone nitidus, opere
sanctus, ingenio optimus, consilio magnus, per
annos xxxiv., insulanus miles conversatus.
Nullum etiam unius hore intervallum tran-
sire poterat, quo non aut orationi, aut lectioni,
. vel scriptioni, vel etiam alicui operationi jeju-
nationum quoque et vigiliarum indefessis labo-
ribus sine wlla intermissione die noctuque ita

occupatus, ut supra humanam possibilitatem
uniuscujusque pondus specialis videretur operis.
Et inter hee omnibus charus, hilarem semper
faciem ostendens sanctam Spiritus sancti gaudio
intimis leetificabatur precordiis.”—Trias Thaum.,
Di Sols

‘ Around the carns.—This seems to suggest
that the monarch’s people were pagans.

“ Baedan.—He was the third son of the Mo-
narch, Muircheartach Mor Mac Earca, and
became Monarch of Ireland jointly with his
nephew, Eochaidh, in the year 566.

’ Fraechan.—In the account of this battle,
preserved in the Leabhar-Buidhe of the Mac
Firbises of Lecan, in the Library of Trinity
College, Dublin, H. 2. 16, p. 873, Fraechan,
son of Tenisan, is called the Druid of King
Diarmaid, and the person who made the Airbhi
Druadh, or druidical charm [aipbe «1. ainm
aipoe.—O’ Clery | between the two armies.

* That passed beyond the Erbhe Druadh,—In

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196

Clip Cpiorc, cing céd caogat a pé.

ANNQGZa RIOshachta elReaNn.

(556.

C hochc vécc v0 Orapmaiee. Cat

Chule huimnrenn 1 cCeactba, pop O1apmaicc, pia nClooh, mac mbneanainn,
caoipioé Teatba, 7 po meabard pon O1rapmaic a hionad an 1omarpecc.

Cloip Cort, cing céod caogac a peache.
S$. bece mac, OE, pardh oippdenc, vécc.
po pothad 1apum ecclup, 7 ap uadh ainmmgcep.

O’Donnell’s Life of St. Columbkille, as trans-
lated by Colgan, it is stated that only one man
of Columbkille’s people fell in this battle, who
had passed beyond the prescribed limits, “ qui
preefixos pugne limites temeré transiliit.” But
this is intentionally suppressing the reference to
the Airbhe Druadh, because Colgan did not wish
to acknowledge the existence of Druidism in
Treland, so long after the arrival of St. Patrick.
Dr. O’Conor, on the other hand, mistranslates
this passage, obviously with a view to shew that
Diarmaid had many Druids at the time; but
O’Conor’s knowledge of the language of these
Annals was so imperfect that he is scarcely
worthy of serious criticism. His translation
of the above passage is as follows :

‘‘Fraochanus filius Tenussani fuit qui per-
suasit expulsionem Druidum Regi Diarmitio.
Tuathanus filius Dimmani, filii Sarani, filii Cor-
maci, filii Eogani, fuit qui admonuit expulsio-
nem Druidum postea. Tria millia circiter fuere
qui occisi sunt de gente Diarmitii. Unus solus
occisus est ex altera parte, Maglamuis ejus
nomen. Nam is fuit qui impedivit quin expel-
lerentur Druide.”—pp. 161, 162.

The absolute incorrectness of this translation
will be seen at a glance by any one who is
acquainted with the meaning of the Irish noun,
einbe, or aipbe, carmen, and of the verb, po
ching, transiliit. It will be observed that the
Christian writer gives the Airbhe Druadh its
own magical power (i. e. a power derived from
the Devil); for though Columbkille’s prayers
were able to preserve his forces while they

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remained within their own limits, the indivi-
dual who passed beyond the consecrated limits
described by the saint, into the vortex of the
magical circle of the Druid, immediately lost
his life. .

¥ Cuil-Uinnsenn : i. e. the Corner or Angle of
the Ash Trees. The Editor has not been able
to find any name like this in Teffia. Aedh, chief
of Teffia, is mentioned in the Life of St. Berach,

published by Colgan, Acta SS., p. 342, c¢. 14, .

and in note 20, p. 347, in which Colgan is
wrong in making Teffia the same as the county
Longford. According to Mageoghegan’s Annals
of Clonmacnoise, this Aedh or ‘‘ Hugh mac Bre-
nan, king of Teaffa, gave St. Columbkille the
place where the church of Dorowe” [Durrow]
“ stands.” ‘

* Bec, son of De: i.e. Bec, son of Deaghaidh
or Dageus. Colgan translates this entry :
“A, D. 557. S. Beccus cognomento Mac De
celebris propheta, obiit."— Acta SS., p. 192.
The death of this saint is entered twice in the
Annals of Ulster; first under the year 552, and
again under 557. The followiug notice of him
is given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the
year 550:

“A.D. 550. The prophet, Beg mac De, began
his prophesies. He prophesied that Lords would
lose their chiefries and seigniories, and that men
of little estates and lands would lose their lands,
because they should be thought little; and lastly,
that there should come great mortality of men,
which would begin in Ffanaid, in Ulster, called
the Swippe of Fanaid (Scuab Panaro).”

556.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

197

The Age of Christ, 556. The eighteenth year of Diarmaid. The battle
of Cuil-Uimnsenn’, in Teathbha, [was fought] against Diarmaid, by Aedh, son
of Breanainn, chief of Teathbha ; and Diarmaid was routed from the field of
battle. |

The Age of Christ, 557. The nineteenth year of Diarmaid. St. Bec, son
of De’, a celebrated prophet, died. Colum Cille went to Scotland, where he
afterwards founded a church, which was named from him*. St. Aedhan

* Named from him.—This was I-Columbkille
or Iona. St. Columbkille, after he had excited
his relatives to fight the king at Cul-Dreimhne,
in 560, was excommunicated by a synod of
the Irish clergy (as Adamnan inadvertently
acknowledges, to introduce an angelic vision,
in lib. iii. c.3); after which he appears to have
been in bad odour with the Irish clergy till 562,
when the Annals record the ‘* Navigatio S. Co-
lumbe de Hibernia ad insulam Ia, anno etatis
sue wlit” His success in converting the Picts,
however, shed round him a lustre and a glory
which dispelled the dark clouds which had
previously obscured his fame as a saint; and
his own relatives, Cumian and Adamnan, bla-
zoned his virtues so ably, after the fashion of
their age, that they established his sanctity in
despite of all the aspersions of his rivals and
enemies. From all the accounts handed down
to us of this remarkable man, it would appear
that he was a most zealous and efficient preacher
of Christian morality, and an industrious tran-
scriber of the Four Gospels, and of portions of
the Old Testament. Venerable Bede gives a
brief sketch of his history, in his Lcclesias-
tical History, lib. iii. c. 4 (Giles’s translation,
p- 112), and observes that ‘“‘some writings of
his life and discourses are said to be preserved
by his disciples.” ‘‘ But,” adds this most cau-
tious writer, who evidently had heard some
stories about Columba’s conduct in Ireland,
“whatsoever he was himself, this we know for
certain, that he left successors renowned for

their continency, their love of God, and ob-
servance of monastic rules. It is true they
followed uncertain rules in their observance
of the great festival, as having none to bring
them the synodal decrees for the observance of
Easter, by reason of their being so far away
from the rest of the world; wherefore, they
only practised such works of piety and chastity
as they could learn from the prophetical, evan-
gelical, and apostolical writings. This manner
of keeping Easter continued among them for
the space of 150 years, till the year of our
Lord’s incarnation, 715.”

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the translator,
Connell Mageoghegan, has inserted the following
curious observation on the belief then in Ireland
respecting the peculiar property of St. Columb-
kille’s manuscripts, in resisting the influence of
water:

“He wrote 300 books with his own hand.
They were all new Testaments; left a book to
each of his churches in the kingdom, which
books have a strange property, which is, that if
they, or any of them, had sunk to the bottom
of the deepest waters, they would not lose one
letter, or sign, or character of them, which I
have seen tried, partly, myself of [on] that
book of them which is at Dorowe, in the King’s
county; for I saw the ignorant man that had the
same in his custodie, when sickness came on cat-
tle, for their remedy, put water on the book and
suffer it to rest therein; and saw also cattle re-
turn thereby to their former state, and the book

198 ANNazZa RIOshachta elReEGNN. (557.

vé5. Cath mona Ooine lochaip pop Cpmchmu pia nUib Nell an cuarceipe,
1. ia cCenél cConaill 7 Eoghan, ou 1 cconcnavan peacht ccranprs Cpuic-
n(ch im Qooh monfcc,7 ap don cup pom do pocain vomdip na Lee ; 7 Capn
Eolas vo clanooib Néll an cuapceipc. Ceannpaolad po paroh moro

Sinpit paebna, pinpic fin, m Moin mop Oorpe lochaip,
Cobain componna nac cfc, peace pigh Cpuichne 1m Clod montcc.

Piccip cach Cpuitne nuile, acup ponloipcten Elne,
Pichcin cach Gabna Lippe, acup cach Cule Oneimne.

to receive no loss.” Superstitions of this kind
have probably been the destruction of many of
our ancient books.

» St. Aedhan O’Fiachrach.—‘ A. D. 569 al.
562. Aedan Ua Fiachrach obzit.”—Ann. Ult.

° Moin-Doire-lothair.Adamnan calls this the
battle of Moin-mor, as does Ceannfaeladh in the
verses here quoted by the Four Masters. Dr.
O’Conor places the field of this battlein Scotland,
in his edition of the Annals of Ulster, p. 23,
n. 2, but by a mere oversight, for he seems to
have been well aware that, by Scotia, Adamnan
always meant Ireland. Colgan places it ‘ in
finibus Aquilonaris Hibernie.”—TZrias Thaum.,
p- 374. The Rev. Mr. Reeves thinks that both
names are still preserved in Moneymore, a town
in the county of Londonderry, and Derryloran,
the parish in which it is situated. — See his
Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and Connor, &c.,
Dissu:
as the former is called in Irish Muine-mor, i. e.
the Great Hill or Shrubbery, and the latter Doire-
Lorain, i.e. Loran’s Oak Wood.

Adamnan’s reference to this battle is as fol-
lows : ** Post bellum Cul Drebene, sicuti nobis
traditum est, duobus transactis annis (quo tem-

This, however, may admit of doubt,

pore vir beatus de Scotia peregrinaturus primi-
tus enavigavit) quadam die, hoc est, eadem hora,
qua in Scotia commissum est bellum quod Scoticé
dicitur Mona-moire, idem homo Dei coram Co-
nallo Rege, filio Comgill in Britannia conver-

satus, per omnia enarravit, tam de bello, quo-
rum propria vocabula Ainmerius filius Setni,
et duo filii Maic Erce, Donallus et Fergus. Sed
et de Rege Cruithniorum, qui Echodius Laib
vocabatur quemadmodum victus currui inse-
dens, evaserit; similiter sanctus prophetizavit.’’
—Vit. Columba, lib. i. c.7; Trias Thaum., p.340.

4 Cruithnigh—These were the inhabitants of
Dalaradia, who were called Cruithnigh or Picts,
as being descended from a Pictish mother. Col-
gan translates this passage as follows in his Acta
Sanctorum, p. 374, not. 39, on the first book of
Adamnan’s Vita Columbe :

“A.D. 557. Sanctus Columba Kille profectus
est in Albaniam (id est Scotiam Albiensem) ubi
postea extruxit Ecclesiam Hiensem. Sanctus
Aidanus Hua Fiachrach obiit. Prelium de
Moin-mor juxta Doire-Lothair contra Cruthe-
nos (id est Pictos) commissum est per Nepotes
Neill Septentrionales, id est, per Kinel-Conaill
(hoc est, stirpem Conalli), Duce Anmirio filio
Sedne, et Kinel-Eoguin (id est, stirpem Eugenii)
Ducibus Domnaldo, et Fergussio, et filiis Mur-
chertachi, filii Erce. In eo prelio occubuerunt
septem principes Crutheniorum (id est Picto-
rum) cum Aido Breco eorum Rege.”

He remarks on this passage: ‘‘ Habemus ergo
ex his Annalibus preelium illud commissum esse
eodem anno, quo sanctus Columba in Albaniam,
seu Britanniam venit, ut refert Sanctus Adam-
nanus in hoc capite, licet male annum 557 pro

ae *-*-

557.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 199

‘

O’Fiachrach’ died. The battle of Moin-Doire-lothair® [was gained] over
the Cruithnigh*, by the Ui-Neill of the North, i.e. by the Cinel-Conaill and
Cinel-Eoghain, wherein fell seven chieftains of the Cruithnigh, together with
Aedh Breac; and it was on this occasion that the Lee® and Carn-Eolairg‘
were forfeited to the Clanna-Neill of the North. Ceannfaeladh composed the

Se et

following :

Sharp weapons were strewn, men were strewn, in Moin-mor-Doire-lothair,
Because of a partition® not just; the seven kings of the Cruithni, with Aedh

Breac, [were in the slaughter].

The battle of all the Cruithne" was fought, and Elne' was burned.
The battle of Gabhra-Liffe was fought, and the battle of Cul-Dreimhne.

563 posuerint.” This battle is entered in the
Annals of Ulster under the years 561 and
562, thus in the old translation, Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49 :

“ A.D. 561. The battle of Moin-Doire.”

“ A, D. 562. The battle of Moin-Doire-Lo-
thair, upon the Cruhens by the Nells of the
North. Baedan mac Cin, with two of the Cru-
hens, fought it against the rest of the Cruhens.
The cattle and booty of the Eolargs” [recté the
Lee and Ard Eolairg] ‘ were given to them of
Tirconnell and Tirowen, conductors, for their
leading, as wages.”

* The Lee: i.e. the territory of Fir-Lii or
Magh-Lii, in the barony of Coleraine, county of
Londonderry.

' Carn-Eolairg.— See note *, under the year
478, battle of Ocha, supra, p. 151. This place
is mentioned by Tirechan, as near Lee Bendrigi.
Colgan, in his notes on O’Donnell’s Life of Co-
lumbkille, mentions Carraig Eolairg, as a place
in the diocese of Derry, ‘ad marginem Eurypi
Fevolii.”—Trias Thaum., p. 450, n. 49.

8A partitionThis seems to indicate that
the battle was fought in consequence of a dis-
pute about the partition of lands; but the
Editor has never met any detailed account of
this battle, or its causes. According to the

Annals of Ulster it was fought between the
Cruitheni themselves, the race of Niall assist-
ing one party of them for hire.

" The battle of all the Cruithni: i. e. the battle
in which all the Irish Cruitheni or Dalaradians
fought.

' Elne. —Dr. O’Conor translates this ‘ pro-
fan,” but nothing is more certain than that it
was the name of a plain situated between the
River Bann and the River Bush, in the north-
west of the present county of Antrim. The Bann,
i.e. the Lower Bann, is described in a very an-
cient poem, quoted by Dr. O’Conor, in his Prole-
gomena ad Annales, ii. p. 57, as flowing between
the piains of Lee and Eile or Eilne; and Tire-
chan, in describing St. Patrick’s journey east-
wards from Ard-Kolairg and Aileach, near
Derry, writes as follows :

“Et exiit in Ard-Kolairg, et Ailgi, et Lee
Bendrigi, et perrexit trans flumen Bandw, et
benedixit locum in quo est cellola Cuile Raithin
in Eilniu, in quo fuit Episcopus, et fecit alias
cellas multas in Hilniw. Et per Buas fluvium”
{the Bush] “ foramen pertulit, et in Duin
Sebuirg”? [Dunseverick] ‘ sedit super petram,
quam Petra Patricii usque nunc, &e.”

Adamnan, speaking, in the fiftieth chapter of
the first book of his Vita Columba, of that saint’s

GQNNQaca RIOSshachTA elREGNN.

(558.

benrpac sialla ian ccongal, ap pap im cnuap nuach
Etsur, Oomnall, CAinmine, acup nOhnow, mac Ouach.
Pillpic va mac mic Eancca, ap cfnod an catha ceona,
Ccur an pi Ginmipe pilup 1 pealbarb Seatna.

Cloip Cmorc, cig céd caoccace a hochc.

lan mbfich piche bhiadain or

Epmnipighe vo Orapmaice, mac P(pgupaCeppbeoll, vo ceap la hod nOub,

mac Suibne, pi Oal nApawe, ag Raich bicc, hh Mois Line.

Tuccad a c{no

50 Cluam mic Noip, 50 po habdnacht mnce, 7 po hadnacc a colam hb

cComoere.

Ip m mbladamnp po sabad an muipgelc 1. Liban ingean Eachach, mic

reception at Coleraine, also mentions this plain
in the following words: ‘ Eodem in tempore
Conallus Episcopus Culerathin, collectis a populo
campi Eilni peené innumerabilibus xeniis, &c.”
—Trias Thaum., p. 350. It should be here re-
marked that Colgan errs in placing this terri-
tory on the west side of the River Bann, which
he does in his note on this passage in Adamnan,
as follows: ‘“ Campus Elne priscis Magh Elne
videtur regio amena et campestris, ex adversa
Bannei fluminis ripa, Culrathenie Civitati ad-
jacens versus Occidentem, que hodie vulgo JJa-
chaire, id est, planities vocatur.”—Trias Thaum.,
p- 381, n. 106.

That this opinion of Colgan is erroneous is
clear from the passage above quoted from Tire-
chan, which places Kilniw on the east side of
the River Bann, and between it and the Bush.
It must, however, be confessed that the people
called Fir-Lii, or Lee, who were seated on the
west side of the River Bann in St. Patrick’s time,
were driven from thence before the twelfth
century by the Kinel-Owen, and that this is
what led Colgan astray. But he should have
known that the church of Achadh Dubhthaigh,
now called Aghadowey, which all the martyro-
logies place in the plain of Magh-Lii, and which
retained its name in his own time, is on the west
side of the Bann.

* Aedh Dubh..Adamnan mentions this fact,
and calls the slayer of the King: ‘* Aidum cog-
nomento Nigrum, regio genere ortum, Cruthi-
nium gente, &c. qui et Diermitium filium Cer-
buill totius Scotie Regnatorem Deo auctore
ordinatum, interfecerat.””—Lib. i. c. 36; Trias
Thaum., p. 346. See note on this Aedh Dubh,
under the year 592.

The death of King Diarmaid is entered under
the year 564, in the Annals of Ulster, as fol-
lows:

“ A.D. 564. Occisio Diarmato mic Cearbhuill
mac h-Aed Dubh la Suibhne.”

But by Tighernach under 565, which is the
true year:

“A.D. 565. Oiapmaio mac Cepbaill oc-
cipup ere hi pRaie Sic a Mung Cine la h-Cleo
nOub mac Suibne Cpawe, pi Ulav.

“ A.D. 565. Diarmaid mac Cerbhaill was
slain at Rath-bec in Magh-Line, by Aedh Dubh,
son of Suibhne Araidhe, King of Ulidia.”

' Rath-bec, in Magh-Line : i.e. the Small Fort
in Moylinny, now Rathbeg, a townland in the

parish of Donegore, adjoining the parish of Bi :

Antrim, in the county of Antrim.—See Reeves’s
Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and Connor,
&c., p. 278. It adjoins another townland of
great celebrity in Irish history, now called
Rathmore, i.e. the Great Fort, anciently Rath-

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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

201

They bore away hostages after conflict, thence westwards towards Cnuas-Nuach,
Fearghus, Domhnall, Ainmire, and Nainnidh, son of Duach.

The two sons of Mac Earca returned to the same battle,

And the king, Ainmire, returned into the possessions of [his father] Seadna.

The Age of Christ, 558. After Diarmaid, the son of Fearghus Cerrbheoil,
had been twenty years in sovereignty over Ireland, he was slain by Aedh Dubh*, |

son of Suibhne, King of Dal-Araidhe, at Rath-beag, in Magh-Line’.

His head

was brought to Cluain-mic-Nois™, and interred there, and his body was interred

at Connor.

In this year was taken the Mermaid, i. e. Liban, the daughter of Eochaidh’,

mor-Maighe-Line.

™ Cluain-mic- Nois.—It is stated in the Annals
of Clonmacnoise, in which this battle is recorded
under the year 569, that the King had requested
before he expired that his head should be in-
terred at Clonmacnoise, the monastery of his
friend, St. Kieran.- His body was buried at
Connor, near the place where he was killed.
He left three distinguished sons: 1. Aedh-
Slaine, ancestor of nine monarchs of Ireland; 2.
Colman Mor, the ancestor of the Clann-Colman,
of whom there were seven monarchs; and 3. Col-
man Beag.

» Liban, the daughter of Eochaidh.—This Liban
is set down in the Irish Calendar of O’Clery, at
18th December, as a saint.
mermaid is set down in the Annals of Ulster

Her capture as a

under the year 571: ‘‘ Hic anno capta est in
Muirgheilt.”

~ According to a Wild legend in Leabhar-na-
hUidhri, this Liban was the daughter of Eoch-
aidh, from whom Loch Eathach, or Lough
Neagh, was named, and who was drowned in
its eruption [A. D. 90], together with all his
children, except his daughter, Liban, and his
sons, Conaing and Curnan. The lady, Liban,
was preserved from the waters of Lough Neagh
for a full year, in her grianan, or boudoir,
under the lake. After this, at her own desire,

she was changed into a salmon, and continued
to traverse the seas till the time of St. Comh-
gall of Bangor. It happened that St. Comhgall
despatched Beoan, son of Innli, of Zeach-Debeog,
to Rome, on a message to Pope Gregory

[Pope, A. D. 599-604] to receive order and

rule. When the crew of Beoan’s currach were
at sea, they heard the celebration of angels be-
neath the boat. Liban, thereupon, addressed
them, and stated that she had been 300 years
under the sea, adding that she would proceed
westward and meet Beoan, that day twelve
months, at Inbher-Ollarbha[ Larne], whither the
saints of Dalaradia, with Comhgall, were to re-
sort. Beoan, on his return, related what had
occurred, and, at the stated time, the nets were
set, and Liban was caught in the net of Fergus

of Miliuc, upon which she was brought to land,

-and crowds came to witness the sight, among

whom was the chief of Ut-Conaing. The right
to her being disputed by Comhgall, in whose ter-
ritory,—and Fergus, in whose net,—and Beoan,
in promise to whom,—she was taken, they
prayed for a heavenly decision ; and next day two
wild oxen came down from Carn-Airend; and, on
their being yoked to the chariot, on which she
was placed, they bore her to Yeach-Dabeoc,
where she was baptized by Comhgall, with the
name Muirgen, i. e. born of the sea, or Muirgeilt,

22D

202

aNNaca RIOSshachta elReaNnN.

[559.

Muiploha, pon cpacht Ollanba, hi lin beoain, mic Inli, 1apcaipe Cornganll

bfnocharp.

Qoip Cniorc, ciice cé0 caoccat anaol.

Cn céd bliadam vo 04 mac

MupéMeaich, mic Mumpeavharg, 1 pshe n€peann .1. Oomnall 7 Peangur.
Cach Sabpa Lippe, 7 cach Oumha Cichip, ma nOomnall 7 ma bE Mpsup, pop

Laigmb, o1a nebnad.

Cat Sabna, 7 cach Ouma Acarp,

Acbach ampa 1 cc(chcaip, Colgu acup a ataip.
Cach 6abna, m cach ouine na oi cét

Azbath fiche 6 Paolan, 6 Cilell piche picec.

Clair Cort, cing céd pearccac.
oPeansup. Oaimimn Oammhaipgic, .. Compre, vécc.

sialla.

Qoip Cpiopc, cuig céd peapecat a haon.

Qn vana bliadain ‘vo Dorinall 1
Cp uadapide na hCip-

lan mbeit tpi bliadna 1 ge

n€peann vo Oomnall 7 oPeangup, oa mac NS a mic Muipeadog
mic Eogain, mic Nell, po éccpat anaon.

Coip Core, cing céd peapccat a 00.

Cn cé10 bBliadain oEochaid, mac

Oomnaill, mic Muinc(pcas, 7 vo baovan, mac Mhuipceancaich, mic Muip-

eadaish, 1 pighe n€peann.

Cloip Cort, cg céd peapcat acpi.

an vana la vécc vo Septembep.

i.e. traverser of the sea. Another name for her
was Fuinchi.—See Reeves’s Antiquities of Down
and Connor, §¢., pp. 377, 378.

® Ollarbha.—Now called the Larne, or Inver
River, which rises about four miles south-west
of the town of Larne, in the county of Antrim.
See note 4, under A. D. 285, p. 121, supra.

» Gabhra-Liffe.—This was situated somewhere
on the River Liffey, but nothing has been yet
discovered to determine its exact position. In
the Annals of Ulster this battle is entered under
the year 565, and again under 572, and in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise at 569 :

“A, D, 565. Bellum Gabhre-Liphi. Fergus

S. Molaiy1, abb Oaminny, véce

lap mbeith va bliadain 1 pghe n€peann

et Domhnall Victores.’—Ann. Ul.

“A, D. 572. Vel hoc Bellum Gabhra Liphi
for Laighnin.”—Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 569. The battle of Gawra-Liffe was
given by the Lynstermen, where Fergus and
King Donall were victors.”—Ann. Clon.

4 Dumha-Aichir.See note ', under the year
464, p. 146, supra.

* Daimhin Damhairgit :
Ox.
‘* Latine Bos et Hibernice Damh seu Daimhin.”
He is the ancestor of the Mac Mahons of Oirghi-
alla, but not of all the septs of the Oirghialla.
See Shirley’s Account of the Territory or Domi-

i.e. the Little Silver

In the Life of St, Meidoo he is calle

———

—-

559. ]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 203

son of Muireadh, on’ the strand of Ollarbha’, in the net of Beoan, son of Inli,
the fisherman of Comhgall of Beannchair.

The Age of Christ, 559. The first year of the two sons of Muircheartach,
son of Muireadhach, in the kingdom of Ireland, i.e. Domhnall and Fearghus.
The battle of Gabhra-Liffe’, and the battle of Dumha-Aichir’, by Domhnall
and Fearghus, against the Leinstermen, of which was said :

The battle of Gabhra and the battle of Dumha-Achair,

Illustrious men fell in both, Colgu and his father.

The battle of Gabhra was not a battle [with the loss] of a man or two hundred ;
There fell twenty from Faelan, from Ailill twenty times twenty.

The Age of Christ, 560. The second year of Domhnall and Fearghus.
Daimhin Damhairgit’, i.e. Cairbre, died. From him are the Airghialla.

The Age of Christ, 561.

After Domhnall and Fearghus’, the two sons of

Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach, son of Eoghan, son of Niall, had been three
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, they both died.

The Age of Christ, 562.

The first year of Eochaidh, son of Domhnall, son

of Muircheartach, and of Baedan, son of Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach, in

the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 563.
twelfth of September.

nion of Farney, p. 148; and ee Trias
Thaum., p. 381, n. 6.

* Domhnall and Fearghus.—The death of
Domhnall is entered twice in the Annals of
Ulster, first at the year 565, and again at 572,
but they contain no notice of the death of
Fearghus :

* A, D. 565. Mors Domhnaill filit Myarchears
taig ic Erca, cui successit Ainmire mac Sedna.”

“ A, D. 572. Vel hic Bas Domhnaill ic Muir-
cheartaig, ic Erca, cud successit Ainmire mac
Setnai.”

* Daimhinis: i, e. Ox-island, now Devenish,
an island in Lough Erne, near the town of
Enniskillen, in the county of Fermanagh. In a

St. Molaisi,
After Eochaidh and Baedan had been two years in

Abbot of Daimhinis‘, died on the

Life of St. Aedan, quoted by Ussher (Primord.,
p- 962), the name of this island is translated
Bovis insula, and Bovium insula in a Life of St.
Aedus.
this island, was the son of Nadfraech, and is to

St. Molaise, or Laissren, the patron of

be distinguished from Molaise, or Laisren, of
Leighlin, who was son of Cairell. The Life of
St. Aedan has the following notice of the
former:

“ Beatissimus Lasreanus ad aquilonalem par-
tem Hibernie exivit, et construxit clarissimum
monasterium in Stagno Herne nomine Daimh-
tnis, quod sonat Latine Bovis insula.”

And the Life of St. Aedus: ‘* Regebat plures
monachos in insuld posité in Stagno Erne,

232

204

GNNQGLAa RIOShachTa eIReEGNN.

(564.

ov€ochad 7 00 baovan, tonénavan la Cpondn, coipeac Ciannachca Glinne

Oemin.

Coip Cmorc, cig cév plpecac a clear.

Cn céo bliadam vo Cinmine,

mac Seona, mic P(psupa Cfnopooa, hi pighe n€peann.
Coir Cmiopc, cing céo pearccat a cing. On ovana bliadain oinmme.
Oeman, mac Canmll, picch Ulaoh, mic Mumpeadoagzh Muinveince, 00 manbao

la bachlachaib Sonne.

Mupcoblach la Colman mbecc, mac O1apmaza,

mic P(psupa Cennbeorl, 7 la Conall, mac Compal, coipeac Oal Riava In
Soil, 7 1 nile, co ccanopac evala 1omda eipeib.

Cloip Cmorc, cing céd peapccat a pé.

lan mbeich tpi bliadna hi pge

nEneann oCiinmine, mac Seona, toncain la F(psup, mac Nelline, via nebnav.

Féimin an can pom bor pi, mp bo mfnnac nach vecla,
Inoiu ap poipvenss a Li, la hOinmine, mac Séacnan.

Coir Cmorc, cing cév peapccac a peache.

lan mbeich aon bliadam In

pshe n€peann vo baovan, mac Ninveavha, mic P(pgupa Chhopooa, vo cean
oc Lém inn ech, 1 noeband, lar an oa Comaome 1. Comaome, mac Colmaim

quam Scoti nominant Daimhinis, i.e. Bovium
insulam.”

The death of this saint is entered twice in
the Annals of Ulster, first under the year 563
(er. com. 564), and again under 570.

" Cianachta-Glinne- Geimhin :
Cian of Gleann-Geimhin, which was the name

i.e. the Race of

of the vale of the River Roe, near Dungiven, in
the county of Londonderry. ‘The territory of
this tribe is now called the barony of Keenaght.
See note °, under A. D. 1197, p. 107. The
death of these joint monarchs is entered in the
Annals of Ulster under the year 571, thus:

“A. D. 571. Occisio da Ua Muirethaig .i.
Baetan mac Muircheartaigh et Eochaidh mac
Domhnaill mic Muircheartaig mic Erca, tertio
anno regni sui. Cronan mac Tighernaig, ri Cian-
nachte Glenna Gevin occisisor eorum erat.

“A. D. 571. The killing of the two de-
scendants of Muireadhach, i.e. Baedan, son of
Muircheartach, and Eochaidh, son of Domhnall,

son of Muircheartach Mac Erca, in the third
year of their” [joint] ‘‘reign. Cronan, son of
Tighearnach, King of Cianachta of Gleann-
Geimhin, was their slayer.”

* Ainmire.—O’ Flaherty says that he suicceeded
in the year 568.

* Deman, son of Cairell._* A. D. 571. Mors
Demain mic Cairill.”,— Ann. Ut.

» Boirenn: i.e. a rocky District. “ 6ompeano
a. bopp-onn «1. cloé mén.”—MS. T. C. D., H. 2.
15, p. 180. There are two townlands of this
name in the county of Down, one in the parish
of Dromara, and the other in that of Cluain-
Dallain, or Clonallon. The latter is probably
the place here alluded to.

* Sol.—This island, which is now called Col, is
styled Colossa by Adamnan in his Vit. Columb.,
lib. i. c. 41, and lib. ii. c. 22.

* Ile.—Now Ila, or Islay. It is called Llea
by Adamnan, lib. ii. c. 23, Trias Thaum., p. 355:
This expedition is noticed in the Annals of

‘shepherds of Boirenn’.

564)

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 205

the sovereignty of Ireland, they were slain by Cronan, chief of Cianachta-

Glinne-Gemhin".

The Age of Christ, 564. The first year of Ainmire”, son of Sedna, son of
Fearghus Ceannfhoda, in the sovereignty of Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 565.

The second year of Ainmire.

Deman,.son of

Cairell*, King of Ulidia, son of Muireadhach Muindearg, was killed by the

A sea fleet [was brought] by Colman Beg, son of

Diarmaid, son of Fearghus Cerrbheoil, and by Conall, son of Comhgall, chief
of Dal-Riada, to Sol’ and Ile’, and they carried off many spoils from them.

The Age of Christ, 566.

After Ainmire, son of Sedna’, was three years in

the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Fearghus, son of Nellin, of which

was said:

Feimhin, while he was king’, was not a place without bravery,
To-day dark-red its aspect, [being set on fire] by Ainmire, son of Seadna.

The Age of Christ, 567.

After Baedan, son of Ninnidh, son of Fearghus

Ceannfhoda, had been one year in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain at
Leim-an-eich’, in a battle, by the two Comains; i. e. Comain, son of Colman Beg,

Ulster under the year 567, thus:

“ Feacht i nlardomhain la Colman mBecc,
mac Diarmato, agus Conall mac Comgaill, i. e.
an expedition into Jardomhan” [the Western
Isles] ‘“‘by Colman Beg, son of Diarmaid, and
by Conall, son of Comgall.”

> Ainmire, son of Sedna.—The death of this
monarch is entered twice in the Annals of
Ulster, first under 568, which is the true year,
and again under 575, which is clearly a mistake.
In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is entered
under 569, as follows :

“ A. D.569. Ainmire mac Setna, joynt King,
was slain by Fergus mac Nellyne, which Fergus
was soon after slain by Hugh mac Ainmireagh.”
Adamnan calls him “ Ainmerius filius Setni”
in lib. i. c.7 ; and in lib. iii. c. 5, he writes the
name very correctly Ainmirech, in the genitive

form. In the Life of Gildas, published by the

Bollandists, p. 954, he is called Ainmericus :

“Ko tempore regnabat Ainmericus Rex per
totam Hiberniam, qui et ipse misit ad B. Gildain,
rogans ut ad se veniret.””

° While he was king.—This is evidently quoted
from a poem on one of the kings of Munster
(probably Crimhthann Srebh), after whose death
Magh-Feimhean was laid waste with fire and
sword by the monarch Ainmire, son of Sedna.

4 Leim-an-eich: i. e. the Horse-leap. There are
That
here referred to may be the place now called

several places of this name in Ireland.

Leim-an-eich-ruaidh, anglicé Lemnaroy, near
Maghera, in the county of Londonderry. O’Fla-
herty places the accession of ‘“ Beetanus filius
Ninnedii” in 571, and that of ‘* Aidus Anmirei
filius” in 572.— Ogygia, iii. c. 93. In the Annals
of Ulster his death is entered under the year
585, as follows :

“A.D. 585. Occisto Baetain mac Ninnedha,
filii Duach, filii Conaill, mic Fergusa Ceannfada,

206 aNNaza RIOshachta eiReaNnn.

(568.

bice, me Cfpbaull, 7 Comaome, mac Libnene, mic lolladain, mic Cfpbanll.
Tpé comainle Colmain bicc do ponrac an gnfom hipin.

Qoip Core, cing cé0 pearecac a hoche. Cn ceo bliadam oQoovh, mac
Cinminech, 6p Epmn. Peangar, mac Nelline, 00 mapbad la hdod, mac
Qinminech, 1 noioganl a achap.

Aap Cmore, cing céd peapcca a nao. Cn dana bliadamn oCod. $. Oenna,
mac ua Cargip, abb Cluana mic Néip, vécc. S$. Ite, 6gh 6 Cluain Crfoanl,
véce an 15 lanuapn. Up 01 ba haimm Mhoe.

Cop Cort, cing céo0 peachtmogac. Cn cpear bliadam oooh.
$. Moeimfno, eppuce Cluana peanca 6p{nainn, véce an céd la v0 Manca.

Cop Cmorpt, cing céod peachtmogac a haon. S. 6penomn, ab bionna,
vécc an naomad la picle oo Nouembep. Cath Tola pia Piachna, mac bao-
vain, mic Caml, pon Oppagib 7 pop Elib, 7 po meabawd ponpa. Tola
cunm maighe ecip Cluain pfpca Molua 7 Saigip. Cach Pemin pia Coinpne
mac Cpemtamn, mi Muman, pon Colman becc, mac Oianmava,7 po meabard

an Colman.

Coip Cmorc, cug céd peachcmogac avo.

Cn ciiccead bliadain oClod.

Cath Ooecte, oian hamm bealach Peavha, pia nOovd, mac Ainminech, pon

regis Temro, gui uno anno regnavit. Cumaeine
mac Colmain, Big mic Diarmata, & Cumaeine mac
Libhren, filii Ilannon, mic Cerbaill occiderunt
eum consilio Colmain .i. oc Leim ind eich.”

* Mae Ua Laighisi.—Dr.O?Conor says that this
family name is now O’Lacy, which involves a
double error, for Mac Ua Laighsi is not a family
name (for hereditary surnames were not esta-
blished so early as this period), and there is no
such name as O’Lacy in Ireland. There is Lacy
or De Lacy, but this name is not of Irish origin.
This writer is also wrong in saying that the
family of O’Laigisiorum is mentioned by Adam-
nan, lib. ili. c. 12. =

* Cluain-Creadhail.—Now Killeedy, in the
south of the county of Limerick.—See note },
under the year 546.

8 Mide : i.e. Mo Ide: i. e. Mea Ida.—See Col-
gan’s Acta SS., p. 71, n. 2. The churches called

Kilmeedy, in Munster, are named after this
virgin.

" Brenainn, Abbot of Birra.—His death is en-
tered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 564,
and again at 571, which is the true year. It is
entered in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 570.

' Tola.—Now Tulla, in the parish of Kinnitty,
barony of Ballybritt, and King’s County. In
the Annals of Clonmacnoise, at the year 569,
this battle is noticed as follows :

“A.D. 569. The battle of Talo and Fortalo, j

the names of two fields between Elie and Ossorie,
which is between Clonfert-Molwa and Sayer,
where Fiachra mac Boydan was victor.”

But in the Annals of Ulster it is entered first _ i

under the year 572, and again under 573, and

said to have been fought “tn regionibus Cruithne,”?
which seems correct, as the victor was King of i

Ulidia :

(|

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568.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 207

son of Cearbhall, and Comain, son of Libren, son of [ladhan, son of Cearbhall.
[It was] at the instance of Colman Beg they perpetrated this deed.

The Age of Christ, 568. The first year of Aedh, son of Ainmire, over
Ireland. Fearghus, son of Nellin, was slain by Aedh, son of Ainmire, in revenge
of his father.

The Age of Christ, 569. The second year of Aedh. St. Oenna Mac Ua
Laighisi*, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. St. Ite, virgin, of Cluain-Creadhail’,
died on the 15th of January. She was also called Mide’.

The Age of Christ, 570. The third year of Aedh. St. Maeineann, Bishop
of Cluain-fearta-Breanainn [Clonfert], died on the first of March.

The Age of Christ, 571. St. Breanainn, Abbot of Birra", died on the
twenty-ninth day of November. The battle of Tola’, by Fiachna, son of Baedan,

' son of Cairell, against the [people of ] Osraighe and Eile; and they were defeated.

Tola is the name of a plain [situated] between Cluain-fearta-Molua* and Saighir',
The battle of Feimhin™, by Cairbre, son of Creamhthann, King of Munster,

against Colman Beg, son of Diarmaid ; and Colman was defeated.
The Age of Christ, 572. The fifth year of Aedh. The battle of Doete,
which is called Bealach-feadha’, by Aedh, son of Ainmire, against the men of

“A.D. 572. Bellum Tola & Fortola i.e. no-
mina eamporum etir Ele ocus Osraige, ocus etir
Cluain-ferta ocus Saiger.”

* A.D. 573. Bellum Tola & Fortola in regioni-
bus Cruithne.’’

* Cluain-ferta- Molua.— Et in ipso loco clara
Civitas que vocatur Cluain-ferta-Molua, id est,

Latibulum mirabile 8. Moluew (eo quéd ipse in

sua vita multa miracula in ea fecit, et adhuc
gratia Dei per eum patrantur) in honore S. Mo-
lue crevit: et ipsa est in confinio Laginensium
‘et Mumeniensium, inter regiones Osraigi et Hele
et Laiges.”—Vita Molue, quoted in Ussher’s
Primord., p. 943. This place is now called Clon-
fertmulloe, alias Kyle, and is situated at the foot
of Slieve Bloom, in the barony of Upper Ossory,
in the Queen’s County.—See Ogygia, iii. c. 81.
' Saighir.—Now Serkieran, an old church
giving name to a parish in the barony of Bally-

britt, and King’s County, and about four miles
east of Birr.—See Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 791,
792, where this church is referred to as in the
territory of Eile (i. e. Ely O’Carroll), which an-
ciently belonged to Munster, but which was a
part of Leinster in Ussher’s time.

™ Feimhin.—A plain comprised in the barony
of Iffa and Offa East, in the county of Tippe-
rary.—See note under A. M. 3506, p. 32. This
passage is given in the Annals of Ulster at the
year 572: “A.D. 572. Bellum Feimin, in quo
victus est Colman Modicus” [Beg] filius Diar-
mata, et tpse evasit.” It is also given at the year
592, in Doctor O’Conor’s edition, p. 32, but not
in the Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

» Bealach-feadha : i.e. the Woody Road. This
place is called Bealach an Fheadha, in the pedi-
gree of O’Reilly, preserved in the Library of
Trinity College, Dublin, H. 1. 15, and now cor-

‘

208

pha’ Mide, ou im po tuic Colman bfcc, mac Orapmana.
Cp eipide po fobain hl 00 Cholurm Cille.

Comganll, ni Oal Riacca, vo écc.

Clap Cmorc, cuig céo peachtmogac a tpi.

ANNata RIOshachta eIREGNN.

(573.

Conall mac .

Cn peipead bliadam Coo.

6pfnainn, mac Gpum, plaich Teatba, véce.

Coir Cort, cuig cév peachtmogac a cfeaip.

CQ peachc oooh. Map-

bad Cooha, mc Eachach Tiopmchanna, la hUib Opium.

Clip Core, cing cév,peachtmogac ape.

Cin naomad blhadain oClooh.

S. bplnainn, abb Cluana pfpca Opfnainn, an 16 Man, vo fuaip bap a

n€anach vtin, 7 00 hadlacad a conp a cCluain penta Gpenamn.

Colman,

mac Coinppe, pi Cais(n, véce ace Shab Marncce.
CQloip Cymort, ctice céd peachtmogac apeacht. On veachmad bliadain

oCloo.

5. Caineach Ofpgain osh, o Clucnn boipeann, vecc g Febpuam.

Finn, abb Apva Maca, vo écc.

rectly anglicised Ballaghanea, and is the name
of a townland in the parish of Lurgan, barony
In the
Annals of Clonmacnoise, ad ann. 587, Ma-
geoghegan conjectures that Colman Beg was

of Castlerahin, and county of Cavan.

slain at Belanaha, near Mullingar, but he is
In the Annals of Ulster this
battle is noticed at the year 586:

** Bellum Droma-Ethe, in quo cecidit Colman

evidently wrong.

Beg mac Diarmata. Aed mac Aimirech victor
erat, in quo bello etiam cecidit Libren mac Illan-
don mic Cearbaill.”—Cod. Claren., tom. 49.

° Of Dal-Riada: i.e. of Dal-Riada, in North
Britain. This entry is given in the Annals of
Ulster at the year 573, and in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise at 569, as follows :

* A.D.573. dors Conaill mic Comgaill anno
" regni sui xvi., qui obtulit insulam le Columba
Cille.”,—Ann. Ul.

* A. D. 569. Conell, son of Cowgal, that gave
the island of Hugh” [i. e. Iona] “to St. Co-
lumbkille, died in the 16th year of his reign, of
Dalriatye.”—Ann. Clon. See also Colgan’s Trias
Thaum., pp. 495, 496.

S. eppucc Echcfn Cluana poca baitan aba véce an 11 Pebpuap.

Femlime

® Brenainn, son of Brian.—According to Colgan
(Trias Thaum., p. 507), this Brenainn, or “ Bren-
danus princeps Teffie,” granted Durrow to St.
Columbkille; but see note ¥, under the year
556, supra, and note %, under 585, infra.

a Eochaidh Tirmcharna.—He was King of
Connaught. The Ui-Briuin were the descen-
dants of Brian, son of the Monarch, Eochaidh
Muighmheadhoin, and were Aedh’s own tribe.
The killing of Aedh is entered in the Annals of
Ulster at the year 576. Under the year 573
the Annals of Ulster record : “* Magna mopdail,
i. e. Conventio Dromma Cheta” [now Daisy Hill,
near the River Roe, not far from Newtown
Limavaddy, in the county of Londonderry],

“in qua erant Colum Cille et Mac Ainmirech.”

And the same Convention is noticed in the An- |
nals of Clonmacnoise under the year 587, which

is nearer to the true date, which was 590. It —

looks very strange that the Four Masters should
make no reference to this convention, which is ;
so celebrated in Irish history, and particularly Fi
by Keating, in the reign of Aedh Mac Ainmi- —

573.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

209

Meath, where fell Colman Beg, son of Diarmaid. Conall, son of Comhgall,
King of Dal-Riada’, died. It was he that granted Hy [Iona] to Colum Cille.
The Age of Christ, 573. The sixth year of Aedh. Breanainn, son of

Brian, chief of Teathbha ['Teffia], died.

The Age of Christ, 574. The seventh year of Aedh. The killing of Aedh,
son of Eochaidh Tirmcharna‘, by the Ui-Briuin.

The Age of Christ, 576.

The ninth year of Aedh.
of Cluain-ferta-Brenainn [Clonfert], died on the 16th of May.
Eanach-duin‘’, and his body was interred at Cluain-ferta-Brenainn.

St. Brenainn’, Abbot
He died at
Colman,

son of Cairbre, King of Leinster, died at Sliabh-Mairge*.

The Age of Christ, 577.

The tenth year of Aedh. St. Ethchen, Bishop

of Cluain-foda Baetain-abha", died on the 11th of February. St. Caireach Dear-
gain, virgin, of Cluain-Boireann”, died on the 9th of February. Feidhlimidh

Finn*, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died.

which they were so well acquainted.—See
O’Donnell’s Vite Columba, lib. i. c. 93; ii. 10,
110; iii. 1, 2, 4, 5. It is also mentioned by
Adamnan, in his Vita Columba, under the name
of Dorsum Cette, lib. i. cc. 10, 49; lib. ii. c. 6;
Trias Thaum., pp. 341, 349, 352.

Under the year 575, which is totally omitted
by the Four Masters, the Annals of Ulster
record: ‘ Scintilla Lepre, et abundantia nucum
inaudita.
mac Conaill mic Comgaill et alii multi de sociis
filiorum Gaurain.”

The Annals of Clonmacnoise also record:
“Diseases of the Leporsie and knobbes,” but
under the year 569, which is incorrect.

* §t. Brenainn.—St. Brenainn, or Brendan, of
Clonfert, in the county of Galway, died at
Annadown, in the year 577, according to Ussher
(Index Chron. in Primord., p. 1145).—See also
Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 193.

* Eanach-duin : i.e. the Moor or Marsh of the
Dun, or earthen Fort; now Annadown, on the
east margin of Lough Corrib, in the barony of
Clare and county of Galway.

Bellum Teloco in quo cecidit Duncath

* Sliabh-Mairge.—Now Slievemargy, or Slew-
marague, a barony in the south-east of the
Queen’s County.—See A. D. 1398.

* Cluain-fota Baetain-Abha: i. e. the Long
Lawn or Meadow of Baetain Abha, now Clonfad,
in the barony of Farbil, and county of West-
meath.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, pp. 304—
306; Archdall’s AZonasticon Hib., p. 708; and
Obits and Martyrology of Christ Church, Dublin,
Introduction, p. lili.

* Cluain-Botreann.—Now Cloonburren, on the
west side of the Shannon, in the parish of
Moore, barony of Moycarnan, and county of
Roscommon, and nearly opposite Clonmacnoise.
That part of the River Shannon lying between
this church and Clonmacnoise was anciently
called Snamh-da-én.—See Buile Shubhne, MS.,
R. I. A., p. 141; and Colgan’s Trias Thaum.,
p- 134, c. 33; Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many,
p- 82, note *, and the map to the same work.
St. Cairech of this place was the sister of St.
Eany, or ‘Endeus, of Aran.

x Feidhlimidh Finn.—He is set down as Pri-
mate in the list of the Archbishops of Armagh

2

210 GQNNQata RIOShachta eiReaNnn.

(879.

Qoip Core, curg céd peachtmogac anaor. A 06 vécc oooh. Cath
Opoma mic Eancca pra nClooh, mac Cliinminech, pon Cenel n€ogam, 04 m
po mapbad Colcca, mac Oomnaill, mic Muipceancais, mic Muipeadorgh.

Coip Cmorzt, cing cév ochtmogac.

f@ Muman, vo manbad.

A cp vécc oOovh. Pfpsur Scannal,

Qoip Cniopt, cig cév ochtmogac a haon. A clean vécc vod. Ceodh,
mac Suibne, coipeac Maonmuighe, vécc.

Cop Cniorc, cuig cé0 ochtmogac a 06. A cing vécc 0Olooh. Pfpaohach,
mac Ouarch, wisZfpna Opnaige, 00 manbad la a muincip poipin.

Cop Cope, cuig céd ochtmogac acpi. A pé vécc oCovh. $. Pfpgup,
eprcop Onoma Ufchslanpe, vo écc an 30 v0 Mhanca, 7 apé an Pfpsup pin

po pochard Cill mbian.

Cop Cmort, cing céo ochtmogac a cltaip.

Q peacht véce Coo.

S.Naccaomme,abb Tipe va slap, bnatain Caoimsin, vo écc an céo la. v0 Man.

Cop Cort, cing céo ochtmogac a cis.

Cin cochtmad bliadain vécc

oQovh. Opfnaimn cighfina Teactba, véce. Ap eipide po edbain (Map on can

given in the Psalter of Cashel, published by
Colgan in Trias Thaum., p. 293; and in the
Bodleian MS., Laud. 610.—See Harris’s edition
of Ware’s Bishops, p. 38.

Under this year the Annals of Ulster record,
“* Reversio Ulot de Eamania;”? and the Annals
of Clonmacnoise notice the “ departing of Ul-
stermen from Eawyn,” under the year 580. - It
would appear from a notice in the Annals of
Ulster, at the year 576, that the Ulta, or ancient
Ultonians of the race of Rury, made an effort
to recover their ancient fort of Emania in that
year, but that they were repulsed by Clann-
Colla, or Oirghialla :

“A.D. 576. Primum periculum Ulot in Eu-
Sania.”

' Druim Mic Earca: 1.e. the Ridge or Long Hill
of Mac Earca.—Not identified. This battle is
recorded in the Annals of Ulster at the years
579 and 580, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise
at 580, as follows:

“A. D.579. Bellum Droma Mic Erce ubi Colgu,
Jilius Domhnaill, jilti Muirchertaig, mic Muire-
daig, mic Eogain cecidit.”
victor fuit.”

“A.D. 580. Vel hic Bellum Droma Mic Erce.”’
—Ann. Ult.

“ A. D. 580. The battle of Drom mac Eircke
was given, where Colga mac Donell mic Mur-
tough was slain, and Hugh mac Ainmireagh
was victor.”—Ann. Clon.

* Fearghus Scannal.—According to the Dub-

Aed mac Ainmirech

lin copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, “‘ Feargus ©

Sganuil succeeded his brother Cairbre Crom as
King of Desmond, in 577, and died in 584. But
the testimony of these Annals, which were

largely interpolated in 1760, should be received ©

with great caution.

* Maenmagh.—A level territory lying around
the town of Loughrea, in the county of Galway.
—See A. M. 3501, and note *, under A. D. 1235,
p. 276.

pheO pi wend, dt eel

a weet

579.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

211

The Age of Christ, 579. The twelfth year of Aedh. The battle of Druim
Mic Earca’, [was gained] by Aedh, son of Ainmire, over the Cinel-Eogain, where
was slain Colga, son of Domhnall, son of Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach.

The Age of Christ, 580. The thirteenth year of Aedh. Fearghus Scan-

nal’, King of Munster, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 581. The fourteenth year of Aedh. Aedh, son of

Suibhne, chief of Maenmagh’, died.
The Age of Christ, 582.

The fifteenth year of Aedh. Fearadhach, son

of Duach, Lord of Osraighe®, was slain by his own people.

The Age of Christ, 583. The sixteenth year of Aedh.

St. Fearghus,

Bishop of Druim-Leathglaise’, died on the 30th of March; and this was the

Fearghus who founded Cill mBian"*.

The Age of Christ; 584. The seventeenth year of Aedh. St. Nathcheimhe,
Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas’, the brother of Caeimhghin‘, died on the first day of

May.
The Age of Christ, 585.

The eighteenth year of Aedh. Breanainn®, Lord

of Teathbha [Teffia], died. It was he that had, some time before, granted

> Osraighe—Now anglicé Ossory. This ter-
titory anciently comprised the whole of the
present diocese so called.—See note}, under the
year 1175.

© Druim-Leathglaise.—More generally called
Dun-da-leath-ghlas: i.e. ‘“‘arx duarum media-
rum catenarum,” now Downpatrick.—See Col-
gan’s Trias Thaum., p. 110, n.'39; also Acta SS.,
p. 193, where this passage is translated thus :

“ §83. S. Fergussius, Episcopus Drom Leth-
glassensis .i. Dunensis, obit 30 Martit. Et tpse
extruxit [Ecclesiam] de Kill-mbian.”—Quat. Mag.

¢ Cill mBian.—This name, which might be
anglicised Kilbean or Kilmean, is now obsolete.
—See Reeves’s Antiquities of Down and Connor,
§c., p. 144, This bishop would appear to have
been a distinguished person, for his death, and
the fact of his having founded Cill-mBian, are
mentioned in the Annals of Tighernach at 584,
and in those of Ulster at 583 and 589.

© Tir-da-ghlas.—Now Terryglass, a small vil-
lage in the barony of Lower Ormond, in the
county of Tipperary, and about four miles to
the north-west of Burrisokeane. In the Life of
St. Fintan of Clonenagh, the situation of this
place is described as follows: ‘Jacet” [Colum
Mac Crimthainn] “‘in sua civitate que dicitur
Tir-daglas in terra Mumonie juxta fluvium
Sinna.”—See Ussher’s Primord., p. 962, and
Lanigan’s Eccl. Hist., vol. ii. p. 76. No part of
the ancient church of Terryglass now remains.

Caeimhghin : i. e. St. Kevin of Glendalough, _
in the county of Wicklow.

® Breanainn.—See his death already mentioned
under the year 573. It is entered in the Annals
of Clonmacnoise, under 588, as follows:

“A.D. 588. Hugh mac Brenayn, King of the
country of Teffa, that granted Dorowe to St.
Columbkille, died. The same year there was
much frost and wind.”

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212

ram) Ofpmagh vo Oia, 7 00 Colom Cille.

vécc.

Coir Cniore, cing céo ochtmogac aré.
eprcop, mac Carmll, véce an 18 CQugurc.

GNNaca RIOshachta eiReaNnn.

(586.

baeccan, mac Canmll, pi Ulad,

A naoi vécc ood. +S. Ocugh,
Fewlmid, mac Tis fpnang, pi

Muman, vécc. Cat Moighe Ochcaip pa mbpan Oub, mac Eachach, pon
Uib NEU ipin cealars op Cluain Conaine a nofp.

Qoip Cmorc, cig céd ochtmogac apeachc.

Cn pich(cmad bliadamn

vQod. 8. Caoplan, eppeop Apoa Macha, véce, an cftpamad la piéle vo

Mhanca.

Cop Cort, cuig céo ochtmogat a hochc.

§. Seanach, eppcop 6 Cluam lonaino, décc.
C1 haon picheac oooh.

$. Aoovh, mac Onice, eppcop 6 Cill Cin, 1 Mhde, vecc 10 v0 Nouemben.

Cughaid Lip mon vécc.

Cloip Cmorz, cg céd ochtmogact anaor.

C1 v6 picheac oQooh. $. Mac-

mpe, abb Cluana mic Nop, ppi pe pé mbladan, vécc, 7 a écc an 13 v0

mf lun.

"Dearmhagh: i.e. Campus roborum (Bede, Hist.
lib. iii. c. 4), now Durrow, in the north of the
King’s County.—See note *, under A. D. 1186,
petk.

' Baetan, son of Cairell.liis death is entered
in the Annals of Ulster under the year 580, and
again under 586, thus:

“ A.D. 580. Mors Baetain mic Cairill.”

“A.D. 586. Vel hic Mors Baetain mic Carill,
regis Ulad.”

* Daigh, son of Cairell.—In the Irish Calen-
dar of O’Clery, at 18th August, he is called
Bishop of Inis-caein-Deagha, in Conaille Muir-
theimhne, now Inishkeen, in the county of
Louth, adjoining the county of Monaghan.—
See Colgan’s Acta SS., pp. 348, 374. He was
the fourth in descent from Eoghan, or Owen,
the ancestor of the Kinel-Owen, and the person
from whose hands Mochta, of Louth, received
the viaticum. The Calendar of Cashel calls
him ‘“faber tam in ferro quam in ere, et scriba
insignis.”

' Feidhlimidh, son of Tighernach.—His death

is entered in the Annals of Ulster, at the year
589, as follows: .

*“ A.D. 589. Mors Feidhlimthe, mic Tiger-
naigh, Regis Mumhan.”

In the interpolated Dublin copy of the Annals
of Innisfallen he is made only King of Desmond,
[from 584 to 590], but this is one of Dr.O’Brien’s
intentional falsifications, to detract from the an-
cient importance of the Eoganachts.

™ Magh-Ochtair.—A plain in the barony of
Ikeathy and Uachtar-fhine or Oughteranny, in
the north of the county of Kildare.

» Cluain- Conaire: i. e. Conaire’s Lawn or Mea-
dow ; now Cloncurry, in the same barony. In
the Annals of Ulster this battle is noticed, under
the year 589, as follows :

“ A.D. 589. Bellum Maighe Ochtair re mBran
Dubh, mac Eachach pop Uibh Neill.”

° Caerlan.—He was Archbishop of Armagh, — it

“ex regione de O’Niallan oriundus,” succeeded
Feidhlimidh in 578, and died in 588.—See Har-

ris’s edition of Ware's Bishops, pp. 38, 39; and"
Colgan’s Acta SS., p. 193. In the Annals of 7

586.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 213

Dearmhagh" to God and to Colum Cille. Baetan, son of Cairell', King of
Ulidia, died.

The Age of Christ, 586. The nineteenth year of Aedh. St. Daigh, bishop,
son of Cairell*, died on the 18th of August. Feidhlimidh, son of Tighernach’,
King of Munster, died. The battle of Magh-Ochtair™ [was gained] by Bran
Dubh, son of Eochaidh, over the Ui-Neill, at the hill over Cluain-Conaire’,
to the south.

The Age of Christ, 587. The twentieth year of Aedh. St. Caerlan’, Bi-
shop of Ard-Macha, died on the twenty-fourth day of March. St. Seanach,

Bishop of Cluain-Iraird?, died.
The Age of Christ, 588.

Meath, on the 10th of November.
The Age of Christ, 589.

St. Aedh, son of Breac, Bishop of Cill-Air’, in
Lughaidh, of Lis-mor", died.
The twenty-second year of Aedh. St. Macnise’,

Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois for a period of sixteen years, died on the thirteenth

of the month of June.

Clonmacnoise his death is entered under the
year 587.

® Cluain-Iraird, now Clonard, in the south-
west of the county of Meath.

4 Cill-Air.—Now Killare, an old church giving
name to a parish near the hill of Uisneach, in
the barony of Rathconrath, and county of West-
meath.__See note", under A. D.1184. In O’Clery’s
Trish Calendar the festival of Aedh Mac Bric is
marked at 10th November, thus :

“(od mac Smic Epp. 6 Chill Ap 1 Midve,
16 Shliab Orag 1 oTip Sogame, 1 5Cinel Co-
nail, Aoip Cpfopz an can po Fao a ppionad
do cum nime, 588.”

‘*« Aedh Mac Bric, Bishop of Killare, in Meath,
and of Sliabh Liag, in Tir-Boghaine, in Kinel-
Connell. The Age of Christ when he resigned
his spirit to heaven, 588.”

The ruins of this saint’s chapel are still to be
seen on the mountain of Slieveleague, ih the ba-
‘ony of Banagh, and county of Donegal. The
death of Aedh filius Bric is also entered in the
Annals of Ulster, at the year 588. Colgan has

published an ancient Life of him at 28th Fe-
bruary. He was also the founder and patron
of Rathhugh, near Kilbeggan, in Westmeath.

Now Lis-
more, in the county of Waterford, where St.

* Lis-mor: i.e. Atrium magnum.

Carthach, or Mochuda, of Rathain, formed a
great religious establishment about the year
633; but there seems to have been a church
there at an earlier period.
the death of this Lughaidh, to whom he gives

Tighernach records

the alias name of Moluoc, at the year 691.—See
Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 539.

* Macnise.-—His death is entered in the An-
nals of Clonmacnoise, at the year 587, thus:

«© A, D. 587. Mac Nissi, an Ulsterman, third
abbot of Clonvicknose, died in the 16th year of
his place.”

His festival is entered in O’Clery’s Irish Ca-
lendar at 13th June, in which it is remarked
that he was abbot of Clonmacnoise for sixteen
years, and that he died in 590, under which
year it is also recorded in the Annals of Ulster ;
but it appears, from certain criteria afforded by

214 anNNawa RIOshachta eiReEaNnH.

[590.

Coir Cmore, cuig céonochac. Cn cpear bliadam pichfe 0Moo. Catch
Euoumo méip pia bPiacna, mac baecam, mic Carll, mic Muipeadoig
Muinofince, pon Septidve, mac Ronam, cis(ina Ciannachca. Cp vo pm do
parvheavh,

Cn peacht noile do pega pian mic baocain 1 mbna,
biaio Ciannachta 1 ppout ni bac porcy1 vo pout.

Seanchan, mac Colman méip, 00 manbad. S. Gprgoip beloip do oiponead
a Zcataoin 7 a Fcomanbur Ploan appoal via aimdeorn. :

Clip Cort, cg céd nochac a haon. OA cltorp pichfc oooh. Mod -
Cithp, mac Colmam, mic Coinppe, mi Cargtn, vécc.

Clip Cmorct, cms céd nochat a 06. A cing pichfc oooh. Colum Cille,
mac Peadlimid, appcal Alban, ceann cnabaid enmoin Epeann,7 Alban ap
bPaccnaice, véce ma ecclaup plin in hl ino CLbann, 1app an cctuccead bhadaimn
cmochao a oilitpe, odce vormmarsh vo punopad an g la lum. Seache
mbliadna peachtmosacc a aoip wile an can po paoiwh a pplonaic oocum

nme, amail apb(nan ipm pann,

Ceona bliadna ban gan lép, Colum ina Ourbeslep,

tuioh 50 haingli apa chache, ian peacht mbliaona peaccmogac.

these Annals, that the true year was 591, namely,
“ Defectio solis, i.e. mane tenebrosum.”—See Art
de Ver. les Dates, tom. i. p. 63.

‘ Kadan-mor: i.e. the Great Brow or Face of
a Hill. This was the name of a hill in East
Meath, but the name is now obsolete. It may
have been the ancient name of Edenrath, near
Navan.—See Inquisitions, Lagenia, Meath 6,
_ Jac. 1, This entry is given in the Annals of
Ulster under the year 593, thus:

“A. D. 593. Bellum Gerrtide, ri Ciannachte
oc Eudonn mor ro meabhaidh. Fiachna mac
Baetain, mic Cairill, mic Muiredaig Muinderg,
victor erat.”

" Cianachta: i. e. Cianachta-Breagh, in the
east of Meath.

Seanchan.—This agrees with the Annals of
‘Clonmacnoise.

* Gregory of the Golden Mouth.—Dr. O’Conor
translates this, “‘.S. Gregorius valde sapiens ;”
but this is one of his innumerable childish mis-
takes, which are beneath criticism. The me-
mory of this Pope was anciently much revered
in Ireland, and he was honoured with the title
of Beloir, i.e. of the Golden Mouth, as we learn
from Cummianus, in his letter to Segienus,
abbot of Iona, on the Paschal controversy :

“Quid plura? Ad Gregorii Papx, urbis

Rome Episcopi (a nobis in commune suscepti,
et oris aurei appellatione donati) verba me con-
verti.”—Ussher’s Sylloge, first edition, p. 31; 7)

Second edition, p. 21, line 20. °
The Irish held the memory of this Pope in ©

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such veneration that their genealogists, finding
that there were some doubts as to his genealogy, —

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590.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 215

The Age of Christ, 590. The twenty-third year of Aedh. The battle of
Eadan-mor* [was gained] by Fiachna, son of Baedan, son of Cairell, son of
Muireadhach Muindearg, over Gerthidhe, sori of Ronan, Lord of Cianachta",
of which was said :

On the other occasion, when the soldiers of Baedan shall go into Breagh,
The Cianachta shall be on the alert, they shall not be the next to the shot.

Seanchan’, son of Colman Mor, was slain. St. Gregory of the Golden Mouth*
was appointed to the chair and successorship of Peter the Apostle, against his
will. .

The Age of Christ, 591. The twenty-fourth year of Aedh. Aedh Cerr,
son of Colman, son of Cairbre, King of Leinster, died.

The Age of Christ, 592. The twenty-fifth year of Aedh. Colum Cille’,
son of Feidhlimidh, apostle of Alba [Scotland], head of the piety of the most
part of Ireland and Alba, [next] after Patrick, died in his own church in Hy,
in Alba, after the thirty-fifth year of his pilgrimage, on Sunday night precisely,
the 9th day of June. Seventy-seven years was his whole age when he resigned

his spirit to heaven, as is said in this quatrain :

Three years without light was Colum in his Duibh-regles’;

He went to the angels trom his body, after seven years and seventy.

of Conaire II., the ancestor of the O’Falvys,
O’Connells, and other families. His pedigree is
given as follows by the O’Clerys in their Ge-
nealogies of the Irish Saints :
“Gregory of Rome, son of Gormalta, son of
_ Connla, son of Arda, son of Dathi, son of Core,
son of Conn, son of Cormac, " gon of Core
Duibhne” [the ancestor of the Corca Duibhne, in
Kerry], ‘‘ son of Cairbre Muse, son of Conaire.”
The Four Masters have given the accession
this Pope under the true year. Gregory was
made Pope on the 13th of September, which
was Sunday, in the year 590, and died on the
(2th of March, 604, having sat thirteen years,
‘ix months, and ten days.—See Art de Ver. les
Dates, tom. i. p. 245.

’ Colum Cille-—His death is entered in the
Annals of Ulster, under the year 594, as follows:

“ A.D. 594. Quies Coluim Cille wu. Zdus Junii,
anno etatis sue lexvi.” .

It is entered in the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
under 590, thus: :

“A.D. 590. St. Columbkill died at” [on]
“ Whitsuntide eave, the 5th of the Ides of June,
in the island of Hugh” [Hy or Iona], “in the
35th year of his pilgrimmage and banishment
into Scotland, and in the 77th year of his age,
as he was saying his prayers in the church of
that isle, with all his moncks about him.”

* Duibh-regles.—This was the name of a church
erected by St. Columbkille at Derry. — See
note °, under A. D. 1173. :

216

AQNNQa2za RIOShachecTa eIREGNN. .

(593.

Oallan Popsaill oxic hoc vo bar Choluim Cille :

Ip leiger lesa san ley, 1p vedail pmena pe pmuary,
Ip abpan pe cpuic gan céip, pinde deip an napgain uap.

Cod Oub, mac Suibne, pf Ulad, vo mapbad la Piaca, mac baetcain.
Ap lap an Clooh nOub pin concharp Oiapmaice mac Ceapbarll.

Cop Cort, cuig céd nochat acpi.

CA pé pich(ce oQooh. Cumarcach,

mac Clooha, mic Cinmipech, 00 manbad la Opan Oub, mac Eachach, 1 nOun
bucaz, amanl ap bent naom Cledan eprcop : =

Owodim mm como comachctach, 1 pail Cille panoaipech

Roby1 o1ogcal Comurpecans, sun Cooha mic Ocnminech.

* Dallan Forgaill.—He was a disciple of St.
Columbkille, and wrote the poem called Amhra
Choluim Cille in praise of that saint.—Acta
Sanctorum, p. 2033 and O’Reilly’s Irish Writers,
poo:

® The Ceis.—Irish glossographers are not
agreed on the meaning of this word. The most
rational of all the conjectures they have left us
is, that it was the name of the tnom czéo, or
bass string of the harp. Another writer states
that it was the name of a small harp which ac-
companied a large harp. ‘* Céip ainm do €puiz
bic bip 1 comancece Cnuice mone.”—_See Amhra
Choluim Cille, in Leabhar-na-h Uidhri.

* Aedh Dubh : i.e. Hugh the Black. His death
is entered in the Annals of Ulster, at the year
587, as follows:

“A.D. 587. Nix magna, et jugulatio Aedha
Nigri mic Suibne in nave.”

This event is recorded by Adamnan in his
Vita Columba, lib. i. ec. 36, where he gives the
following character of this slayer of King Diar-
maid :

“ Findchanus Aidum cognomento Nigrum,
Regio genere ortum Cruthinium gente,de Scotia”
[i.e. Hibernia] “ad Britanniam sub clericatus
habitu secum adduxit, qui Aidus, valde sangui-
narius homo, et multorum fuerat trucidator, et

Diermitium filium Cerbuill totius Scotiz Reg-
natorem, Deo auctore ordinatum interfecerat,
&c. Ordinatus vero indebité, dolo lancea trans-
fixus, de prora ratis in aquam lapsus stagneam
disperiit.”

Colgan, in a note on this passage, in his edi-
tion of Adamnan’s Vit. Columb., says, Trias
Thaum., p. 379, that three anonymous authors
who wrote on the Kings of Ulster, and whose
works he had in his possession, state that this
Aedh Dubh (‘“ Aidus Niger, filius Suibnei, Rex
Ultonie, qui Diermitium, filium Kervalli, inte-
remit”) was slain by the Crutheni in a ship.

* Dun-Bucat—Now Dunboyke, a townland
containing the remains of a dun, or earthen fort,

weg (See on dT craias

and a grave-yard, in the parish of Hollywood,

barony of Lower Talbotstown, and county of
Wicklow. In the Annals of Ulster the death
of this Cumasgach is entered under the year
596, thus:

“A. D. 596. Occisio Cumasgaidh, mic Aeda,

la Bran Dubh mac nEchach i nDun-Buchat.”

According to the ancient historical tract i

called the Borumha-Laighean, this Cumascach

set out on his royal, free-quarter, juvenile visi- j
tation of Ireland, on which he was resolved to |

have the wife of every king or chieftain in Tres
land fora night! He first set out for Leinster,

593.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

217

Dallan Forgaill* composed this on the death of Colum Cille :

Like the cure of a physician without light, like the separation of marrow from

the bone,

Like a song to a harp without the Ces, are we after being deprived of our

noble.

Aedh Dubh’, son of Suibhne, King of Ulidia, was slain by Fiachna, son of

Baedan.

It was by this Aedh Dubh Diarmaid Mac Cearbhaill had been slain.

The Age of Christ, 593. The twenty-sixth year of Aedh. Cumuscach,
son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, was slain by Bran Dubh, son of Eochaidh, at
Dun-Bucat*, as the Bishop St. Aedhan® said : ‘

I implore the powerful Lord, near Cill-Rannairech’,
It was he that took revenge of Comuscach, that slew Aedh mac Ainmirech.

with four battalions, and crossed the River Righ
(the Rye Water), which was the boundary be-
.tween that province and Meath. He advanced
to Bealach-Chonglais, now Baltinglas, where
Bran Dubh, King of Leinster, resided (at Rath-
bran, near Bantinglas). He sent for the wife
of Bran Dubh, who came to him, and requested
that he would not detain her until she had
exhibited her hospitality in distributing food
among his attendants. This request was granted ;
but the Queen of Leinster, instead of remaining
to wait on his hosts, fled, like an honest woman,
from her palace, and betook herself to the fast-
nesses of the lonely forest of Dun-Buichet.
After this the King of Leinster, attired in the
garb of a menial, set fire to the house in which
was the young libertine, Cumascach, who, dress-
ing himself in the clothes of one of his satirical
poets, climbed to the ridge-pole of the hole, and,
making his way out, escaped the flames, and fled
to Monaidh-Cumascaigh, at the end of the Green
-of Cill-Rannairech [now Kilranelagh], where
Loichine Lonn, Erenagh of that church, and
ancestor of the family of O’Lonain, who disco-
vered who he was, cut off his head, and carried

it to Rath-Bran Duibh, where he presented it to
the King of Leinster, who, for this signal ser-
vice, granted perpetual freedom (or exemption
from custom or tribute) to the church of Cill-
Rannairech.

The Monarch Aedh Mac Ainmirech, hearing
of the fate of his son, marched an army into
Leinster, and fought the battle of Dunbolg.

° Aedhan: i. e. Maedhog, or Mogue, Bishop
of Ferns, who died in the year 624.

‘ Cill-Rannairech.—Now Kilranelagh, near
Baltinglass, in the county of Wicklow. Dr.
O’Conor translates Cill-Rannairech, ‘‘ ecclesia ad
manifestandum supra omnes,” but this is ab-
surd, for it is the name of a church even at the
present day, signifying cell or church of Ran-
naire, a man’s name. In the ancient historical
tract called Borumha-Laighean two lines of this
quatrain are given thus: “‘ Guidim comoid cu-
maczac, compio cille Rannaipec.” “T pray
the [al]mighty Lord, the principal incumbent
of Cill-Rannairech ;” and it is added that the
whole poem was written in another part of the
book : ‘ Alibi in hoc libro scripsimus ;” but it
is not now to be found in any of the copies.

2h

218

Cach Slebe Cuae, hr Mumain, pon Muimnfchab, bPiachna pia mac
Tiobnarve, mac Calgaig, vécc.

mbaooain.

ANNQaZa RIOshachTd elREGNN.

e
a. eT

(594.

Coip Core, cig céd nochac a cltaip. Jan mbfit peace mbliatona piclc
1 pishe nEneann oClovh, mac Cinminech, mic Seacna, toncaip la bpan Oub,
mac Eachach, 1 ccach Oum bolce 1 LLargmb, an nool oMod vo tabach na

& Stiabh-Cua.—Now Slieve Gua, in the north-
west of the county of Waterford.—See note ',
under A. M. 3790, p. 48, supra.

" Dun-bolg: i. e. Fort of the Sacks. This place
‘is described in the historical tract called the
Borumha-Laighean, as situated to the south of
Dun-Buchat [now Dunboyke, near Hollywood,
in the county of Wicklow], not far from a church
called Cill-Belat, now Kilbaylet, near Donard,
in the same county. The following is a brief
outline of the account of the battle of the road
or pass of Dun-bolg, as given, with varieties of
most curious fabulous details, in this ancient
historical story.

When the monarch Aedh, son of Ainmire,
heard, at his palace of Aileach, in Ulster, that his
son Comuscach had been killed at Dun-Buchat,
he assembled the forces of Leath-Chuinn, and
marched at their head to the River Righe, on the
confines of Meath and Leinster ; and proceeded
thence directly for the place where his son had
been killed, and pitched his camp at Baeth-
Eabha, close to Dun-Buaice. When Bran Dubh,
King of Leinster, who was staying at a place
called Scadhaire [Skerk], in the south of Ui-
Ceinnsealaigh, heard of the monarch’s arrival
with his army at the Righe, he moved north-
wards for his principal fort of Rath-Brain Duibh
[now Rathbran], near Bealach Conghlais, or
Baltinglass, and passed over Mointeach, Muin-
chin, Daimhne [ the Deeps], Etar, Ard-Choillidh,
and Ard-mBresta, and, crossing the River Slaine
[Slaney ], proceeded over the land of Fe to Bea-
lach-Dubhthaire, now Bealach-Chonghlais. Here
he was met by Bishop Aidan, the monarch’s half
brother, who informed him that the monarch

of Ireland had pitched his camp near Dun- .
Buaice. Bran-Dubh despatched him thither
to request an armistice from the monarch until
he should muster his forces, when he would
either come upon terms of peace or give him
battle. The bishop went on this embassy, but
the monarch refused to comply with this re-
quest, and addressed his half-brother, Bishop
Aidan, in insulting language, and the latter
resented it by predicting his doom. The mo-
narch then marched with his forces to Bealach
Dun-bolg, which evidently extended along Hol-
lywood Glen, and over the great, flat, rocky
surface called Lec Comaigh-cnamh [Flag of the
broken Bones], and onward through Bearna-
na-sciath, i.e. the Gap of the Shields, at Kil-
belat [Kilbaylet], where he pitched a fortified
camp in a strong position.

The Bishop Aidan returned to Bran-Dubh,
and informed him that the monarch of Ireland
was encamped at Kilbelat, and that he had
treated him with indignity. The King of Lein-
ster then asked the bishop what was best to be
done, as he had not time to muster his forces,
and the bishop advised him to have recourse to
a stratagem which he planned for him, and
which ultimately proved successful. Bran-Dubh
and the bishop then set out to reconnoitre the
royal camp, and they arrived, accompanied by
120 young heroes, on the side of Sliabh Neach-
tain, a mountain which then received its pre-

ceived what appeared to them to be numerous, —
flocks of birds, of various colours, hovering |
over the camp. These they soon recognised to

be the standards and ensigns of the Ui-Neill, — .

54.)

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

219

The battle of Shabh-Cua’, in Munster, [was gained] over the Munstermen

by Fiachna, son of Baedan.

Tibraide, son of Calgach, died.

The Age of Christ, 594. After Aedh, son of Ainmire, son of Sedna, had
been twenty-seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Bran
Dubh, son of Eochaidh, in the battle of Dun-bolg", in Leinster, after Aedh had

floating from poles and spears over their tents
and pavilions ; and the bishop, after encouraging
the King of Leinster and his attendants by
recounting the mighty deeds achieved by their
ancestors, departed for his church.

After this Bran-Dubh saw a great multitude
of people on the mountain of Sliabh Neachtain,
near him; and, being reinforced by his house-
hold and some of the men of Leinster, who were
now flocking to his assistance from every quar-
ter, he surrounded this multitude, and took
them prisoners. These were the men of Ulidia,
with their king, Diarmaid, son of Aedh Roin,
who, being the hereditary enemies of the Race
of Conn Ceadchathach, were glad to desert to
the enemy; and they formed a solemn treaty of
friendship with the Leinstermen ; in commemo-
ration of which they erected a carn on the
mountain, and changed its name of Sliabh
Neachtain, i.e. Nechtan’s Mountain, to Sliabh
Cadaigh, i.e. the Mountain of the Covenant
(which name it retains to this day, though
somewhat disguised under the anglicised form
of Slieve Gadoe). Then Bran Dubh told the
Ulidians to separate from the monarch, and
they retired to the insulated piece of land ever
since called Inis-Uladh, i.e. the Island of the
Ulidians. After this the King of Leinster
asked who would go to spy the camp of the
monarch of Ireland for a rich reward, and Ron
Kerr, son of the chief Imail, undertook the dif-

. ficult task, in the garb of a leper. He rubbed
his body and face all over with rye dough,
moistened with the blood of a calf; fixed his
knee into the socket of a wooden leg, which he
borrowed from a cripple, and put on an ample

cloak, under which he concealed his sword; and, .
to complete the deception, he carried with him

a begging wallet. In this plight he repaired to

the royal camp, and presented himself at the

door of the monarch’s pavilion. He was asked

for tidings, and he replied : “I came from Kil-

belat; this morning I went to the camp of the

Leinstermen, and, in my absence, some persons

[certainly not Leinstermen] came and destroyed

my cottage and my church, and broke my quern

and my spade.” The king made answer, that
should he himself survive that expedition, he
would give him twenty milch cows as eric, or
reparation for this injury; and, inviting the
leper into his pavilion, asked him what the
Leinstermen were doing. The leper, disguising
his manly voice and martial expression of eye
and features as much as he could, said that
they were preparing victuals for the monarch
and his army. The monarch, however, suspect-
ing, from the expression of the eye of Ron Kerr,
that he was not a real leper, but a warrior sent
in disguise to spy the camp, despatched Dubh-
duin, chief of Oirghialla, with the forces of his
territory, to Bun-Aife [Buniff] and Cruaidh-
abhall, to prevent the Leinstermen from sur-
prising the camp.

Now Bran Dubh had all things arranged for
the stratagem which Bishop Aidan had planned.
He had 3600 oxen carrying hampers, in which
armed soldiers were concealed, though they
seemed to be filled with provisions; he had also
150 untamed horses, for a purpose which will
presently appear, and a huge candle ; the light
of which was concealed under the regal cauldron,
With these he set out, in the depth of the night,

2a

220

ANNQ~Za RIOSshachta elReaNN.

(595.

bonoma, 7 do diogail a mic Chomurccorg popna. Topcpacan anole paop
clanna ipm cach pin bealoig Ou bols, 1m becc, mac Cuanach, cigfpna

Cipgiall.

Cp v0 bap Cloda vo paidead :

Q mbuac, pfpup an conn ppi bnuach,
Acpec pcela, cia pa pert, Qooh, mac Cinmipeach po bith.

ben Cleva cecinic.

bacon 1onmuine cm caoib, ppp nach ppeipse ait(ppach,
Taoban calle, caob Timpa prac’ Coda, mic Cinmineach.

Qoip Cmort, cing céd nochat acing. On céo bliadam 0Qod Slane, mac
mic Oianmaca, mic Pfpgupa Cfppbeorl,7 00 Colman Rimid, 1 pige nEpeann.
S. baoitin, mac 6bpeanainn, abb lae Choloim Cille, oécc an g lune. © Chh-

chin, abb Cluana mic Norp, vécc.

for the monarch’s camp. When the Oirghialla,
who were posted at Bun-Aife, heard the din and
the tumult of this host,—the snorting of the
horses and the lowing of the loaded oxen,—they
started to arms, and asked who were the party
advancing. The others made answer that they
were the calones of Leinster who were conveying
victuals for the entertainment of the people of the
King of Ireland. The Oirghialla, on examining
the tops of the hampers, felt the dressed provi-
sions, and their king, Dubhduin or Beg mac
Cuanach, said, “ they are telling the truth; let
them pass.” ‘The Leinstermen advanced to the
centre of the monarch’s camp, and there, on a
hill called ever since Candle-hill, they removed
the king’s cauldron off the great candle, and its
light was seen far and wide. They were fol-
lowed by the Oirghialla, who wished to partake
of the King of Leinster’s hospitality. ‘* What
great light is this we see,” said the monarch to
the leper. The leper replied : ‘‘ the Leinstermen
have arrived with their provisions, and this is
their light.” The stratagem was now effected.
Small bags, filled with stones, were fastened to
the tails of the wild horses, which were let
loose among the tents of the men of Ireland;

the oxen were disencumbered of their bur-
dens, and the Leinster soldiers issued from the
hampers, grasped their swords, raised their
shields, and prepared for fighting. The leper
also cast off his wooden leg, and handled his
sword. The Kinel-Connell and Kinel-Owen,
perceiving that the camp was surprised, sprang
up, and, forming a rampart of spears and shields
around the monarch of Ireland, conveyed him
on his steed to Bearna-na-sciath. The leper,
Ron Kerr, pursued the monarch with a select
party of Leinstermen, and after much desperate
fighting unhorsed him, and cut off his head
on a flat rock called Lec-Comaigh-cnamh. He
emptied his wallet of the crumbs which he had
got in the royal pavilion, and put into it the head
ofthe monarch. He then passed unobserved in
the darkness of the night, from the confused
fight which ensued, into the wild recesses of
the mountain, where he remained till morning.
The Leinstermen routed the Ui-Neill and Oir-
ghialla with great carnage, and slew, among
others, Beg, the son of Cuanach, chief of Oir-
ghialla.

On the following day Ron Kerr, son of Dubh-
anach, chief of Imaile, presented Bran Dubh with

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595. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 221

gone to exact the Borumha, and to avenge his son Comusgach upon them.
Some nobles fell in this battle of Bealach Duin-bolg, together with Beg, son of

Cuanach, Lord of Oirghialla.

Of the death of Aedh was said:

At Buac, the wave buffets the brink,
News were heard, who, in weariness, slew Aedh, son of Ainmire.

The wife of Aedhi cecinit :

Three sides were dear, from which to change is [affords] no hepe,
The side of Tailltin, the side of Teamhair, and the side of Aedh, son of Ainmire.

The Age of Christ, 595.

The first year of Aedh Slaine*, son of the son

of Diarmaid, son of Fearghus Cerrbheoil, and of Colman Rimidh, in the so-
vereignty of Ireland. St. Baeithin', son of Brenainn, Abbot of Ia-Choluim Cille

[Iona], died on the 9th of June.

the head of the monarch, Aedh, son of Ainmire ;
and he obtained from the king the privilege of
dining at the royal table, and his paternal in-
heritance free of tribute to him and his repre-
sentatives for ever. In the very ancient Life of
St. Aidan, or Maidocus, published by Colgan,
at 31st January, we find the following passage,
which very curiously agrees with this historical
tale :

“Tste [Brandub] vir astutissimus et valdé
probus in militia erat, ef agens astuté, intravit
audaciter in castra inimicorum, et occidit ipsum
regem Hibernia, dum filium Ainmirech ; et
maximam cedem nobilium virorum totius Hi-
bernie cum eo fecit.”—Trias Thaum., p. 211.

The Annals of Ulster record this battle of
Dun-bolg under the year 597, and the Annals
of Tighernach under 598, which last is the true
year. Ussher states that after the fall of Aedh I.,
son of Ainmire, King of Ireland, in the battle
of Dunbolg, Brandubh, King of Leinster, is said
to have bestowed his seat at Ferns upon Aedan,
but also that he made it the metropolis of all
Leinster.—Primordia, p. 965.

‘The wife of Aedh.—Written 6ean Oevha
by Cucogry O’Clery in his copy of the Leabhar

Ailithir™, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died.

Gabhala, p.184. Dr. O’Conor translates this
“ Beatus Aodha,” in his edition of these Annals,
p. 178.

k Aedh Slaine, §c.—The commencement of
the reign of these joint monarchs is recorded in
the Annals of Ulster at the year 597.

' Baeithin—“ A. D. 597. Quies Baetini Abb
Tex.”—Ann. Ult.

He was a distinguished scribe, and the near
relative and intimate companion of St. Columb-
kille. He was the son of Brenainn, who was son
of Muireadhach, who was St. Columbkille’s uncle.
His principal church was Teach Baithaein, now
Taughboyne, in the barony of Raphoe, and
county of Donegal, where his festival was kept
on the 9th of June, which was also St. Columb-
kille’s day. Ussher places his death in the year
598, but Colgan places it in 600, because he
finds that he lived four years after the death of
St. Columbkille, who died in 596. Adamnan
makes special mention of him in his Vita Co-
lumbe, lib. i. cc. 2, 23, and lib. iii, c. 4. It is
stated in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, A. D. 596,
that he died in the sixty-sixth year of his age.

™ Ailithir.—*< A.D. 598. Ailitir, Abbas Cluana
mac Nois pausat.”—Ann. Ult.

222

ANNaZa RIOShachta ErReaNnN.

(596.

Cop Cort, cing céo nochat apé. On vana bliadain 0Cod Staine, 7 vo

Colman.

S. Sinche, 6gh 6 Cluain lech clngad, vécc, an naomad la vo No-

uembep. Suibne, mac Colman bicc, wiZfpna Mivde, vo mapnbad la hod

Slane 1 mbmoam.

Cloip Core, cing céo nochat apeachc.

Cn tneap bliadain ood 7 vo

Colman. 6emenna bpan Oub mm Onlshaibh. Gpenainn, mac Coipppe mic

Pecine, c1i5(rna Ua Mame, vécc.

Cach Slfmna Mive pra Colman Rimi pon Conall Cu, mac Clovha, mic

Cinmipeac, 7 po meaband pon Conall.

Cath Cinle caol ma bPiaéna mac

baocam, pop Frachna, mac Oemam, asup po meabad an cach pon Piachna
mac Oemain. Uata, mac Mooha, mic Eathach Tiopmeéanna, pig Connachta,

oécc.

” Sinche.—This name is more usually written
Sineach, in the nominative form.
of this virgin is still venerated at Cill-Sinche,
now Kilshine, near Navan, in East Meath, and
at Teach-Sinche, now Taughshinny, near Bal-
lymahon, in the county of Longford. The lat-
ter is probably the place called Cluain leththen-
gadh in the text.

° Bri-damh: i.e. the Hill of the Oxen, which
was the name of a hill over a stream called
Suainiu, in the parish and barony of Geshill,
King’s County.—See note *, under A. M. 3501,
p- 28, supra. Dr. O’Conor translates this as
follows :

“ Suibneus filius Colmanni Parvi Princeps
Midie occisus per Aodhum Slanensem tyran-
nice.”

But tyrannicé is incorrect, as Dr. O’Conor
might have learned from Colgan, who trans-
lates it thus :

* Anno Christi 596. Subneus filius Colmani
seu Columbani cognomento parvi” (Magni ut
reor rectius) ‘“‘ Princeps Mediz, interfectus est
per Aidum Slané in loco qui Brig-dham appel-
latur.”—Trias Thaum., p. 376, n. 54.

This entry is given in the Annals of Ulster
at the year 599, and in the Annals of Clonmac-

The memory —

Eochad, mac O1anmacca, eppcop 7 abb Anoa Maca, vécc.

noise at 597, as follows:

“A.D. 599. Jugulatio Suibne, mic Colmain
Moir, mic Diarmata Derg, mic Fergusa Cer-
bheoil, mic Conaill Cremthaine, mic Neill Nai-
giallaig, la hAed Slaine, ic Bridam for Suainiu
ie. rivulus.””

“ A.D. 599. The killing of Suibhne, son of
Colman Mor, son of Diarmaid Derg, son of
Fearghus Cerbheoil, son of Conall Cremhthaine;
son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, by Aedh
Slaine, at Bri-damh, over the Suainiu, a stream.”
—Ann. Ul.

“A.D. 597. Swyne mac Colman was killed
by King Hugh Slane, at the river called Swa-
niou.”—Ann. Clon.

Adamnan has a distinct notice of the killing
of this Suibhne by the King Aedh Slaine, in
his Vita Columb., lib. i. c. 14, where he says
that St. Columbkille had forewarned him not to
be guilty of fratricide, for that if he should his
reign would be brief. His words are as fol-
lows:

‘‘ Prophetia beati viri de filio Dermitii Regis, — |

qui Aidus Slane lingua nominatus est Scotica.

‘“* Alio in tempore, cum vir béatus in Scotia fh
per aliquot demoraretur dies, ad supradictum | |
Aidum ad se venientem, sic propheticé locutus, |

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596.) ANNALS OF THE. KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 223

The Age of Christ, 596. The second year of Aedh Slaine and of Colman.
St. Sinche”, virgin, of Cluain-leththeangadh, died on the ninth day of November.
Suibhne, son of Colman Beg, Lord of Meath, was slain by Aedh Slaine, at Bri-

damh?®.

The Age of Christ, 597. The third year of Aedh and Colman. The sword-
blows” of Bran Dubh in Breagh. Brenainn, son of Cairbre‘, son of Fechine,

Lord of Ui-Maine, died.

The battle of Sleamhain’, in Meath, [was fought] by Colman Rimidh against
Conall Cu’, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire ; and Conall was defeated. The battle
of Cuil-Cael’, by Fiachna, son of Badan, against Fiachna, son of Deman ; and

the battle was gained against Fiachna, son of Deman.

Uata", son of Aedh, son

of Eochaidh Tirmcharna, King of Connaught, died. Eochaidh, son of Diar-
maid”, Bishop and Abbot of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died.

ait ; Precavere debes, fili ne tibi A Deo totius
Ibernie Regni prerogatiuam Monarchie pre-
destinatam parricidali faciente peccato amittas :
nam si quanddéque illud commiseris, non toto
Patris Regno, sed eius aliqua parte in gente
tua, breui frueris tempore. Que verba Sancti
sic sunt expleta secundim eius vaticinationem:
nam post Suibneum filium Columbani dolo ab
eo interfectum, non plus (vt fertur) quam qua-
tuor annis et tribus mensibus regni concessa
potitus est parte.”’—Sce death of Aedh Slaine,
A. D. 600.

» Sword-blows.—This means that Bran Dubh,
King of Leinster, overran Bregia in East Meath
with the sword.

1 Brenainn, son of Cairbre—* A. D. 600.
Terre motus in Bairrchi. Mors Brendain mic
Coirpri mic Feichine. Ste invent in libro Cua-
nach,” —Ann. Ult.

* Sleamhain.—Now Slewen, a townland near
Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath, now
divided into two parts, of which the larger is
called Slewenmore, and the smaller Slewenbeg.
See note 4, under the year 492. See also the pub-
lished Inquisitions, Lagenia, Westmeath, No. 68,
Car. L.. This battle is noticed in the Annals of

Ulster twice ; first at the year 600, and again
at 601; and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at
601, as follows :

“A.D. 600. Bellum Sleune, et Bellum Cuile
coil.”

“A.D. 601. Bellum in. quo Colman Rimed,
rex Generis Euguin victor erat e Conall Cuun
mac Aeda mic Ainmirech, fugitivus evasit.”

“ A. D. 601. The Battle of Sleawyn in Meath
was given, where King Colman Rivea was victor,
and Conall Cowe, son of King Hugh Ainmi-
reagh, put to flight.”—Ann. Clon.

* Conall Cu.—Colgan thinks that he was the
same as Conall Clogach, who insulted St. Co-
lumbkille at the Convention of Druim-Ceat.—
See Trias Thaum., pp. 431, 452.

Cuil-Cael : i. e. the Narrow Corner or Angle.
This place, which was situated either in the
county of Down or Antrim, is unknown to the
Editor.

« Uata, son of Aedh.—“ A. D. 601.
Huatach mac Aedo.”—Ann. Ult.

" Eochaidh, son of Diarmaid.—According to
Ware, this prelate succeeded in 588, and died
in 598.—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops,
p- 39.

Mors

224 ANNGta RIOSshachtd elReEGNN.

(598.

Cloip Cort, cing céd nochat a hochc.
vo Colman.

Cn cftpamad bliadain ood 4
S. Camnech, abb Achaid b6, vég an 11 vOctobep 1ap mbfit
ceitne bhadna ochtmogac ma beachaw. Cach Eachpop 1 Mupupe pa
Colman tmpech Cenel Coipppe pon Maolcothaigh, corpeac Ceneoil Piach-
pach Mumpipce, 7 po meabaroh an cath pin pon Maolcocharg.

Gop Core, pé céo. S$. Comsall Ofnocain abb Sfnocaip Ulad, véce,
an veachmad la vo mi Man, 1an mbht caoga bliadam cp mf 7 verch lat
naboaine b(noéaip. Nochac bliadam a aap. S$. Colman, mac Lemne, décc.
S$. Cauppen, «1. ab Mthna opoichic, véce.

« Achadh-bo.—Translated ‘‘ campulus bovis”
by Adamnan, in his Vita Columb. lib. ii. ¢. 31;
apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 345; and “ ager
boum” in a Life of St. Canice, quoted by Ussher,
Primord., p.957. It is now anglicised Aghaboe,
and is a townland and parish in the barony of
Upper Ossory, in the Queen’s County. In the
Annals of Ulster the death of St. Cainnech is
entered under the years 598 and 599; and in
the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 597, as fol-
lows:

“A.D. 598. Quies Cainig in Achaid bo, ut
Cuana docet.”

“A.D. 599. Quies Cainig Sancti, et Bellum
Saxonum in quo victus est Aed.”—Ann. Ult.

“ A.D. 597. Canneagh of Acha Boe, named
Saint Kenny, in the 84th year of his age, died.”
—Anan. Clon.

This saint is mentioned by Adamnan ‘in his
Vita Columb., lib. i. c. 43 and lib. iii, c. 21.—
See Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 907, 957. In
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar his festival is set down
under the 11th of October, and it is stated
that his principal church was Achadh-bo, and
that he had another church at Cill-Righmonaidh
(now St. Andrews) in Alba. From this saint,
according to Archbishop Ussher, Primordia,
p- 957, the town of Kilkenny, which is at this
day pronounced in Irish Cill Chainnig, i. e. cella
sive fanum Canicii, Canice’s cell or church, takes
its name. But Dr. Ledwich has attempted to

show, without any authority, that Kilkenny is
compounded of Kyle-ken-ui, which he interprets
wooded head near the river; but his Irish and
translation are equally groundless; and the
error is the more inexcusable in this writer, as
he had the grave authority of Ussher and others
to guide him.—See Lanigan’s Ecclesiastical His-
tory of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 202.

» Eachros : i.e. the Headland or Promontory ~

of the Horses, now Aughris, a townland in
which formerly stood a priory, situated in the
north of the parish of Templeboy, barony of
Tireragh, and county of Sligo.—See Genealogies,
Tribes, §c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 138.

* Muirisc: i.e. the Sea-plain, a district in
the barony of Tireragh, and county of Sligo,
extending from the River Iascaigh [Easkey]
eastwards to the stream which flows into the
sea between the townlands of Ballyeskeen and
Dunnacoy.—See Ordnance Map of the county
of Sligo, sheet 12. See also Genealogies, Tribes,
gc., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 257, note », and the
map to the same work.

* Cinel-Cairbre.— These were the race of
Cairbre, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages,
Monarch of Ireland, who were at this period

seated in the barony of Carbury, and county of —

Sligo, to which barony they gave name.—See

Genealogies, Tribes, §c. of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 279, i

line 1.

® Cindl-Fiachrach of Muirisc.—These were the |

‘ieasentsietensel

598. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

The Age of Christ, 598. The fourth year of Aedh and Colman. St. Cain-
nech, Abbot of Achadh-bo*, died on the 11th of October, after having been
eighty-four years in [this] life. The battle of Eachros’, in Muirisc’, by Colman,
chief of Cinel-Cairbre*, against Maelcothaigh, chief of Cinel-Fiachrach, of Mui-
risc’; and the battle was gained over Maelcothaigh.

The Age of Christ, 600. St. Comhgall, of Beannchair, abbot of Beannchair-
Uladh*’, died on the tenth day of the month of May, after having been thirty

225

- years, three months, and ten days, in the abbacy of Bangor. His age was

ninety years. St. Colman, son of Leinin‘, died. St. Laisren, abbot of Mena-

———e ee ee

droichit’, died.

inhabitants of the barony of Tir-Fhiachrach,
now Tireragh, in the county of Sligo.

° Beannchair- Uladh : i.e. Beannchair of Ulidia,
now Bangor, in the north-east of the county of
Down. The word Beannchair, which frequently
enters into the topographical names throughout
Treland, signifies horns, peaks, or pointed hills
or rocks. The present place is said to have
derived its name from a vast number of cows’
horns, which were scattered about the plain
on one occasion that Breasal Bealach, King of
Leinster, encamped there, after having plun-
dered Scotland.—See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical An-
tiquities of Down and Connor, &¢., p. 200.

For some account of St. Comhgall, who was
a disciple of St. Fintan of Clonenagh, and the
tutor of the celebrated Columbanus of Bobbio,
and the founder of the great monastery of
Beannchair, or Bangor, in Ard-Uladh (Ards, in
the county of Down), the reader is referred to
Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 911, 956; Colgan’s
Acta Sanctorum, pp. 73, 541; Archdall’s Monas-
‘icon Hiber., pp. 106-110; and Lanigan’s Eccle-
stastical History of Ireland, vol. ii. pp. 60, 66,
4 seg. Ware says that this place received its
name from ‘* White Choir,” which he thinks is
-Banchor in Irish, but it is never so written by
the Irish Annalists (See Tighernach, ad ann.558) ;
znd, though Colgan and De Burgo seem to ap-
pTove of this interpretation, it is quite certain

that it is nothing more than an ingenious con-
jecture.

The Annals of Ulster record, “ Quies Comguil
Beanchuir,” at the year 601; and the Annals
of Clonmacnoise at 600, as follows :

“ A. D. 600. Cowgal, Abbot of Beanchor, in
the 90th year of his age, and in the 50th year
of his abbotship and three months, died.”

4 St. Colman, son of Laisren.—He was the first
founder of the church of Cluain-Umha, now
Cloyne, in Ui-Leithain, in the now county of
Cork.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 309;
and Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 573.
Colgan says that he wrote a Life of St. Senanus
of Inis-Cathaigh, of which he (Colgan) had a
fragment, “ stylo vetusto et pereleganti patrio ser-
mone conscriptum.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 339,
n. 15. Ware says that this saint died on the
4th of November, A. D. 608: and hence Harris
doubts whether ‘‘ one Colman, the son of Lenin,
whose festival was kept at Cloyne on the 24th
of November, was the same as this bishop;”
but he should have learned that the Feilire
Aenguis, O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, and all the
Martyrologies, place the festival of the founder
of the church of Cloyne under the 24th of
November, and that the 4th is a mere inadver-
tent mistake of Ware.

© Menadroichit : i.e. Mena Bridge. “ Men no-
men amnis, | hi Gaigip acd, i.e. Men, is the name

2G

226

aNNaZa RIOshachta elReaNn.

[600.

lan mbert pé bliadna hi pghe nEpeann oClooh Slane, mac Oranmacca,
3 vo Colman Rimid, mac baecain, mic Muipceancarg, mic Muipeadorg, mic
Eogam, mic NEU, vo Cp ona Colman Rimi la Lochan Ofolmana, toncaip
Cod Slane la Conall nOuitbinn, mac Suibne, mec Colman Moin, no bicc,

mic O1apmacca, mic Ceanbmill ag Coch Semoide.

Cod Surcan, comalca

Conall, 7 Obaocthgal bile pon guinplcon, conad via noweaohaib ap pubpad.

Ceou pighe ceou peache, ceou nf{pt pon mlognada,

Emo Colman Rimid pf, pomb: Cochan O1olmana.

Ni ba haipminc ind aiple, vo na hécaibh Tua Tuipnbe,
Conall pombi Cod Slame, Qlooh Slaine pombn Suibne.

Conall, mac Suibne, on vo manbad Clooha Roin, coipioch Ua Panlge, hi
Paitce mic Mencnam, 7 Gooh bunde, coipeach Ua Manne, 1pin lo ceatna in
po manbad Clovh Slane lap. Op opopaicmfe na necht pin po naiwead.

ba po mop an puad cuma, pon plognaid Eneann ule,
Cooh Slane pa pluag slonnac, Aooh Ron agur Clooh bunvhe.

of a river which is in Laighis [Leix]”—Veilire-
Aenguis in the Leabhar Breac, at 16th September.
“ Meana amm abann pil 1 Caigip, no Zo mad 6
dpoicfo pil pop an aban pin po hammnigead
an baile,” i.e. ‘ Meana is the name of a river
which is in Laighis, or it is from a bridge which
is on that river the place is called.”—O’Clery’s
Calendar, 16th September.

The place is now called Monadrehid, and is
a townland in the south-west end of the plain
of Magh-Tuathat, or parish of Offerrilan, about
one mile north-east of Borris-in-Ossory, in
the Queen’s County. There are still some
ruins of St. Laisren’s church to be seen at this
place.

‘ Loch-Semhdidhe, now Lough Sewdy, adjoin-
ing theruined village of Ballymore-Loughsewdy,
situated nearly midway between Athlone and
Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath.—See
note , under A. D. 1450, p. 970. The slaying
of these joint monarchs is recorded in the Annals
of Ulster at the year 603, and in the Annals of

Clonmacnoise at 604, as follows :

“A.D. 602. Omnia que scripta sunt in anno
sequente, inveni in libro Cuanach in isto esse per-
Jecta. A. D. 603. Jugulatio Colmain Rimedo, mic
Baedain Brigi, mic Muircheartaich, mic Erca,
mic Diarmada, mic Fergusa Cerrbeoil, mic Co-
naill Cremthaine, mic Neill Naigiallaig, a viro de
genere suo qui dictus est Lochan Dealmana. Ju-
gulatio Aeda Slaine o Conall mac Suibne ; qué
regnaverunt Temoria equali potestate simul. Ju-
gulatio Aedo Roin, rex Nepotum Failgi, i Faetgi
Maenaen, for bru Locha Seimdide. Aed Gustan,
Comalta Conaill, ocus Baetan Bile ro gonsadar.
Eodem die quo juguatus est Aed Slaine, Aed
Buidhi, ri Ciniuil Maine occisus est.”—Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 604. King Colman Rivea was killed
by one of his own near kinsmen named Lochan
Delmanna ; and also King Hugh Slane was

likewise killed by one Conell Guthvyn mac ||
Swyne. Hugh Ron, prince of Offalley, and a
Hugh, prince of Imaine, were killed the same —
day by the self-same man.”——Ann. Clon. ei :

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 227

600.]

After Aedh Slaine, son of Diarmaid, and Colman Rimidh, son of Baedan, son
of Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach, son of Eoghan, son of Niall, had been six
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, Colman Rimidh was slain by Lochan Dil-
mana, [and] Aedh Slaine was slain by Conall Guithbhinn, son of Suibhne, son
of Colman Mor, or Beg, son of Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, at Loch Semhdidhe’.
Aedh Gustan, the foster-brother of Conall, and Baethghal Bile, wounded him.

Of their deaths was said:

What is reign, what is law, what is power over chieftains ?
Behold, Colman Rimhidh the King! Lochan Dilmana slew him !
It was not a wise counsel for the youths of Tuath-Tuirbhe®!
Conall slew Aedh Slaine, Aedh Slaine slew Suibhne.

Conall, son of Suibhne, slew Aedh Roin, chief of Ui-Failghe, at Faithche-
mic-Mencnain", and Aedh Buidhe, chief of Ui-Maine, on the same day on which
Aedh Slaine was slain by him. To commemorate these events was said :

Great was the bloody condition of all the Irish kings,—
Aedh Slaine of the valorous host, Aedh Roin, and Aedh Buidhe.

The doom of Aedh Slaine is referred to by
Adamnan in his Vita Columbe, lib. i. c. 14, where
it is said to have been predicted by St. Columb-
kille.—See note under A. D. 596, supra:

“* Nam post Suibneum filium Columbani dolo
ab eo interfectum, non plus (ut fertur) quam
quatuor annis et tribus mensibus regni con-
cessa potitus est parte.” On this Colgan writes
the following note in Trias Thaum., p. 376, note
54:

‘* Mira consentione veritatem hujus prophetie
indicant et confirmant Quatuor Magistri in An-
nalibus: in quibus ista leguntur. ‘ Anno Christi
596. Subneus filius Colmani, seu Columbani cog-
nomento parvi (Magni ut reor rectius) Princeps
Medic, interfectus est per Aidum Slané (Hibernie
Regem) in loco qui Bri-dham appellatur? Et
postea ; Anno Christi sexcentessimo, Aidus Slaneé
filius Diermitii, et Colmanus Rimiedus, filius Bai-
tani, filii Murchertachi, filii Muredacht, filii Eu-
genti; postguam sex annis regnassent occubuerunt ;

Colmanus interfectus per Lochanum Diolmhain:
Aidus vero, cognomento Slane, per Conallum Guth-
Sic
ergo feedo parricidio a sancto Columba hic pre-

bhinn filium Subnet juxta lacum semdidhe’?

dicto; Subneum cognatum suum (erant enim
duorum fratrum filli) anno 596, interfecit ; sic
et ipse non amplius posted quam quatuor annis,
et aliquot mensibus parte regni interea potitus
(ut sanctus Columba predixit) supervixit; jus-
téque a Conallo predicti Subnei filio, paterne
cedis ultore, interemptus est.”

8 Tuath-Tuirbhe : i.e. Turvey’s Territory.
This is a bardic name for Bregia, from Tuirbhe
or Turvey, near Swords, in the county of Dub-
lin.—See Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin and
Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 380,
381.

» Faithche mic Menenain: i.e. the Green of
the Son of Mencnan. This is called Faetgi Mae-
naen in the Annals of Ulster (ubi supra), where
it is stated that it is on the brink of Loch-Sem-

2 Gre

228

-ANNQGZa RIOShachta elREGNN.

(601.

Cui san macharp, pi Muman, vécc. Conall Cu, mac Cloda, mic Clinmipec,

vécc.

Qoip Core, pé cé10 a haon. An cé10 Bliadarn 0M0d Uaimodnach, mac
Oomnaill Icealgoish, mic Muinc(pcaich, me Muineadoigh, mic Eogam, hi

pige n€peann.

S. Capen, «1. mac Pfpavhaig, ab lae Colum Cille, vég an

16 vo Septembep. Cach Slaibne pia nUib Néll pon 6pan Oub, mac Each-
ach, ym) Cast, 7 Opanoub, .1. mac Eachoac, v0 manbad la haipcmoech Sen-
boithe Sine, 7 la a deinbpine budéin, amail arbfpap,

didhe, or Lough Sewdy. The name is now ob-
solete, but it is clear that the green so called
occupied the site of the present village of Bally-
more-Loughsewdy.

* Cui-gan-mathair &c., died.—This is a mistake
of the Four Masters, for this King of Munster
lived till the year 664, g. v. They probably
intended to have written that Cui-gan-mathair
was born in this year. In the Annals of Ulster,
at the year 603, the reading is Cui cen macaip
m. e. an evident error of transcribers for Cur
cen mazaip n. €. i. natus est.

* Conall Cu.—Colgan thinks that this Conall
Cu, i. e. Conallus Canis vel Caninus, was Co-
nall Clogach, who insulted St. Columbkille and
his attendant at the National Convention at
Drujim-Ceat.—See more of him in O’Donnell’s
Life of Columbkille, lib. iii. c.5 5 Trias Thaum.,
p- 431; and in Keating’s History of Ireland, in
the reign of Aedh mac Ainmirech.

' Aedh Uairidhnach : i.e. Hugh of the Shi-
vering Disease (the ague?). The name is ex-
plained in Dr. Lynch’s translation of Keating’s
History of Ireland, as follows :

‘“‘ Uaridnachi cognomine ideo est affectus,
quod adeo vehementi maligni frigoris impetu,
per intervalla, correptus fuerit, ut si orbis uni-
versi dominio frueretur, eo non gravaté cederet,
ea lege, ut morbi vis se, vel modicé, remitteret.
Vox enim Uairiodhnaigh perinde est ac readhgha
Jfuara, quod reciprocum frigoris paroxysmum
significat.”

\

™ Laisren.—He was the third abbot of Iona,
and is mentioned by Adamnan lib. i. ¢. 12, as
son of Feradachus, and one of the companions
of St. Columbkille; on this Colgan has the fol-
lowing note in Trias Thaum., p. 375, n. 51:

“Fuit hic Abbas Hiensis, et colitur 16 Sep-
tembris juxta Sanctum Aingussium in Festilogio
metrico, Martyrologium Tamlactense, Marianum
Gormanum, Cathaldum Maguir, et Martyrolo-
gium Dungallense. Feradachus vero ejus pater
fuit Sancti Columbe compatruelis, ut constat
ex Sanctilogio Genealogico capite i. ubi ejus
genealogia talis legitur. Sanctus Laisrenus, filius
Feradachi, filti Ninnedii, filii Fergussit, filii Co-
nalli Gulbannii, gc. Ninnedius enim ejus avus,
fuit frater Fethlemidii, patris Sancti Columbe,
juxta dicenda infra in Appendice quarta. De
morte Sancti Laisrani, seu (ut alii loquuntur)
Laisreni, sic scribunt Quatuor Magistri in An-
nalibus; Anno Christi, 601, et primo Aedi cogno-
mento Huairiodhnach, filit Domnaldi (Regis Hi-
bernie) S. Laisrenus, Feradachi filius, Abbas
Hiensis obiit die 16 Septemb.”

Ussher, in his list of the abbots of Iona, from
its foundation till the year 710 (Primordia, pp. .
701, 702), omits this Laisren, and makes Ferg-
naus the third abbot.

2 Slaibhre.—The situation of this place is not.
defined in any of the Irish Annals, or in the his-
torical tract called Borumha-Laighean. The notice

of Bran Dubh’s death is given in the Annals of — I 3

Tighernach (Cod. Bodl. fol. 10, col. 2), and in

601.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

229
Cui-gan-mathair, King of Munster, died’. Conall Cu‘, son of Aedh, son of
Ainmire, died.

The Age of Christ, 601. The first year of Aedh Uairidhnach!, son of
Domhnall Ichealgach, son of Muircheartach,son of Muireadhach, son of Eoghan,
in the sovereignty of Ireland. St. Laisren”, abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, died on
the 16th of September. The battle of Slaibhre® [was gained] by the Ui-Neill
over Bran Dubh, son of Eochaidh, King of Leinster; and Bran Dubh, i.e. son

of Eochaidh, was killed by the Airchinneach® of Senboithe-Sine?, and his own

se ee

tribe, as is said :

the Annals of Ulster, under the year 604, evi-
dently from two different authorities, as fol-
lows :

“A. D. 604. Bellum Sleibre, in quo victus est
Brandub mac Ethach. Nepotes Neill victores
erant. Jugulatio Branduib (mic Eathach, mic
Muireadaig, mic Aeda, mic Feidhlimid, mic
Enna Ceinnsealaig, mic Labrada, mic Breasail
Belaig, mic Fiacha Baicedha, mic Cathair Moir)
Regis Laigin, a genere suo per dslum. xxx annis
regnavit in Lagenia; ocus a cath na Damcluanna
ro marbhadh; no go madh é Saran Saebderg .i.
Oircinnech Seanboite Sine ros mairfedh” [and
in the battle of Damhcluain he was slain; or it
was Saran Saebhderg, i. e. Oirchinneach of
Seanboith Sine, that killed him] “ut poeta diwit:

“Saran Saebderg Seol co se, Oircinneach Sean-
boite Sine
E, ni dalb gan brandal breth, ro marbh Bran-
dub mac Eachach.”

In the Life of St. Maidoc of Ferns, published
oy Colgan at 31st January, the slayer of Bran
Dubh is called ‘“‘ Quidam Comes Laginiensis.”’
The passage run as follows:

“ Quidam Comes Laginiensis evertit fidem
suam contra dominum suum, et jugulavit regem
Jaaginensium, imo totus Hibernie Brandubum
{lium Ethach, et illico inde rex obiit sine con-
fxssione, et divino viatico.”

On this passage Colgan has the following

note, Acta Sanctorum, p. 20, note 43:

“*Quoad jugulationem Brandubii per Sara-
num Archenacum de Seanbhoth consentiunt
Nehemias O’Duinn in Catalogo Regum Lageniz,
et tres alii Anonymi, qui ne eisdem Regibus
scripserunt, Brandubium-autem esse prius in
pugna devictum ab O’Neillis, et mox a Sarano
interfectum tradunt Quatuor. Magistri in Anna-
libus ad annum 601, quo ita loquuntur; O Nelli
devicerunt Brandubium filium Eochodii, Lagenie
Regem, in prelio Slabrensi, qui et mox occisus est
per Saranum Soebdherc Arcennacum de Seanbhoth-
Sena, et per proprios suos cognatos.”

° Airchinneach : i. e. the hereditary warden of
the church, usually anglicised Erenagh or He-
renagh.

» Senboth-Sine-—Now Teampull-Seanbotha,
anglicé Templeshanbo, at the foot of Suidhe-
Laighean, now Stuadh-Laighean, or Mount
Leinster, in the barony, of Scarawalsh, and
county of Wexford. Its situation is described
in the Life of St. Maidoc, c. xxvi., as follows:

“*Monasterium quod dicitur Seanbotha juxta
radices montis qui dicitur Scoticé Suighe Lagen,
id est, Sessio Laginensium.”

On this passage Colgan writes the following
note (Acta Sanctorum, p. 217, note 26):

“Est hec Ecclesia in regione de Hy-Kinse-
lach in dicecesi Fernensi: in ea que 27 Octobris
colitur S. Colmanus Hua-Fiachrach, ut patronus
juxta Angussium, Marianum et alios.”

230

aNNaza RIOShachta elReEGNN.

Sandan Soebdenc, peol 50 pe, aincimneach Sfnboit Sine,
E nf valb, gan bnanoul bach, po mapb Spanoub, mac Eachach.

Caigneach painpedac po pad im po,

Madi mb(chawd mic Eachach, vom hipad an cuaipcentach,

In cach ima nuapachap, ap cian o vo puaipe(pcpavh. .
O1ambaovh hi tneb cuipeadoig mac Eatach mc Muipeadoig
Nocha bffoinn mo bols lan vo cll ap a1 Cooha Allan.

Colman, mac Peanadorg, coipioc Opnaise, vécc.

Qoip Cnioyt, pe cév a 00.

Cn ovana bliadain oCooh.

S. Sinell, eppcop

Maighe bile, vécc an cév la DOcToben.

Qoip Cort, pé ced a cleanin.

Cn clénamad bliadam 00d. Piachnpa

Caoch, mac baovam, 00 manbad la Cpwtnu.
Qoip Cmorz, pé céo a cing. An ciiccead bliadain oCoovh. S. beoghna,

abb 6{nvcain rap cCompall, vég5 22 oClugurc.

Molua, 1. Cughaw, mac

hUi Oiche, céo abb Cluana pipca Molua, vés. Seachnarach, mac Gap-
bain, corpeach Ceneoil mbogaine, vo mapbad la Domnall, mac Clooha, mc

Cimminech.

Maca.

« Saran Saebhdheare: i.e. Saran of the crooked,
foul, or evil Eye.

* Full sack, §:c.—Dr. O’Conor translates this
‘“‘Haberem nune ventrem plenum usque ad os!”
But this is evidently incorrect. The poem
from which this extract is taken is ascribed by
Tighernach to Cailleach Laighneach. It alludes
to tribute unwillingly paid by the Leinstermen
to the Monarch, Aedh Allan; for the author
regrets that Bran Dubh was not alive to resist
the incursion of that northern potentate.

* Colman, son of Feradhach—He was the
father of Scannlan, who is mentioned by Adam-
nan, lib. i. c. 11, as a prisoner in the hands of
Aidus, son of Ainmire, Monarch of Ireland,
but liberated at the period of the Convention of
Druim-Ceat, after which he reigned, according
to his contemporary, Adamnan, for thirty years
and three months. From Cinnfaela, the brother

Conall an gae dfipicc, mac Oaimene, vo manbad la hUib Me

of this Colman, the family of Mac Gillaphadruig,
anglicé Fitzpatrick, are descended.

* Magh-bile: i.e. the Field or Plain of the |

ancient Tree, now Movilla, a village near New-
town-Ards, in the county of Down, where St.
Finnian, son of Ultach, founded a great mo-

nastery in the sixth century. There is another i
Magh-bile near the western shore of Lough- |—
Foyle, in the barony of Inishowen, and county at

of Donegal. —See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, |)
pp. 637, 639, 641, 650. Dr. Lanigan, in his a

Ecclesiastical History of Ireland (vol i. p. 265),

says:

was, therefore, right in making but one Magh-

bile, or Movill, viz, that of Down, and ought — i

“In our Calendars, Martyrologies, and An-— i
nals, Magh-bile is often mentioned, and in a
general and absolute manner, without any allu-
sion to a second monastery of that name. Ware

.
Y led ee ote

-602.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 231

Saran Soebhdhearc’, a guide indeed ; Airchinneach of Seanboith Sine,

Was he, it is no falsehood without bright judgment, who killed Bran Dubh, son
of Eochaidh.

A certain Leinsterman said the following:

Were it in the time of the son of Eochaidh that the northern had come,
From the battle which they gained, they would have been long panic-driven ;
If in a pillared house were the son of Eochaidh, son of Muireadhach,

I would not bring my full sack" to a church for the sake of Aedh Allan.

Colman, son of Fearadhach*, chief of Osraighe [Ossory], died.

The Age of Christ, 602. The second year of Aedh. St. Sinell, Bishop of
Magh-bile’, died on the first day of October.

The Age of Christ, 604. The fourth year of Aedh.
of Baedan, was slain by the Cruithni.

The Age of Christ, 605. The fifth year of Aedh. St. Beoghna, Abbot of
Beannchair” [next] after Comhgall, died on the 12th of August. Molua, i. e.
Lughaidh Mac hUi-Oiche, first abbot of Cluain-fearta-Molua*, died. Seachna-
sach, son of Garbhan, chief of Cinel-Boghaine’, was slain by Domhnall, son of

Fiachra Caech", son

Aedh, son of Ainmire.
the Ui-Meith-Macha’.

to have been adhered to by Harris.”

In this observation Dr. Lanigan places too
great a reliance on the authority of Ware ; for
Colgan states that Magh-bile, in Inis Eoghain,
which is the Domnach-bile of the Tripartite
Life of St. Patrick, lib. ii. c. 122, “ Fuit olim

_laonasterium haud ignobile.”— Zrias Thaum.,
y- 18].

In Colgan’s time the latter was a parish
church in the diocese of Derry. There are con-
s derable ruins of this church still to be seen,
aid near it a high plain stone cross traditionally
s:id to have been erected by St. Patrick, the
oviginal founder and patron of this church. The
name of St. Finnian is not now remembered in
ennexion with this church, and it is highly
probable that Magh-bile, in the county of
Down only belonged to this saint.

Conall of the Red Dart, son of Daimhin, was killed by

« Fiachra Caech.—He was evidently the son
of Baedan, King of Ulidia, who died in 585.
The death of Fiachra is entered in the Annals
of Ulster at the year 607.

~ Beannchair : i.e. Bangor, in the county of
Down.

* Cluain-fearta- Molua.—See note *, under the
year 571. The death of Lughaidh macc-U-Ochae
is given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 608.

¥ Cinel-Boghaine: i. e. the Race of Enna Bogh-
aine, second son of Conall Gulban, son of Niall
of the Nine Hostages, who were seated in the
present barony of Banagh, in the west of the
county of Donegal.—See Battle of Magh-Rath,
p- 156, note ». The death of this Seachnasach is
entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 608.

* Ui-Meith-Macha.—These, who were other-
wise called the Ui-Meith-Tire, were the descen-

232

AQNNaZa RIOshachta elReEGNn.

Spat 3 Pett

(606.

Coip Cmorc, pe céo a pé. On peipead bladam oMooh Uaimodnach.
$.Siollan, macCaimmm, abb b(nncaip,7 comapbaComsaill, vég 28 Febpuapi.

Clevh anchon.

Qovh, mac Colgan, coipech Aipgiall 7 na nOipetp ancfha,

vécc, Ina olitpe hi cCluam mic Noip. Up 06 vo pmdead.

Ro bar can, ba lino onoan Loch va vam, .

_ Ni bu an loch acc ba honvan, nm plait Cooha, mic Colgan.
Cuma vamnad muip cana pooam cup |
Cebé po cep clip cpeab, cpé my Cocha va vam.

Maolumha, mac baetamn, vé5. Colcca Ooilene, mac Piachna, 0€5.
Maolotm, mac Ailene, copeac Mogshdopn Magn, vécc.

CQoip Cmorc, pé céo a peache.

dants of Muireadhach Meith, son of Imchadh,
son of Colla Dachrich, and were seated in the
present barony of Monaghan, in the county of
Monaghan.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 184,
n. 16; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, pp. 148, 149,
note *. The death of Conall mac Daimein is
entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 548.
* Sillan.—His death is entered in the Annals
of Ulster, in which he is called Sillan mac Cum-
minn, and the Annals of Clonmacnoise, in which
he is called Sillan ma Comyn, at the year 609.
Colgan has collected all he could find of the
history of this saint at 28th February, and cites
his authorities in n. 8, as follows :
“ Anno 606, die 28 Febr. Ita citati Annales”
[ Quatuor Magistrorum ] “ad hunc annum dicen-
tes Sillanus, filius Commini, Abbas Bennchorensis,
et Comorbanus 8. Comgalli 28 die Februarii obiit.
“Et quoad diem, consentiunt Sanctus Aingus-
sius in suo Festilogio ad eundem diem, dicens ;
Festum S. Sillani Bennchorensis: Marian Gorman
ejusve Scholiastes. Sillanus, Magister, filius Cu-
ment, Abbas Benchori Ultoniensis, et Comorba-
nus Comgalli. Mart. Taml. Sillanus Abbas, et
Comorbanus Comgalli. Item Maguir, et Mart.
Dungallen. ad eundem diem.”—Acta SS., p. 424.
> Aedh the anchorite—‘ A. D. 609. + Aidan,

lan mbfit peachc mbliadna 1 pige

Anchorite, died, and Moyleowa mac Boydan, and
Colgan Dolene mac Fieghna, all died.”—Ann.
Clon.

° Airtheara: i. e. Orientales or the inhabitants
of the eastern part of Oirghialla. The name is
still preserved in that of the baronies of Orior
in the east of the county of Armagh. The
chieftain Aedh, son of Colgan, is referred to in
c. 16 of the Life of St. Mochteus, published by
Colgan, at 24 Mart., on which Colgan has the
following note in his Acta SS., p. 732:

“De morte hujus Aidi Oirgiellie Principis
sic scribunt Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus, ad
ann. 606. Aidus filius Colgan Princeps Oirgiellie
et Artheriorum (id est Orientalium Ultoniorum)”
[recté Orgielliorum] “‘ in sua peregrinatione Clu-
ainmucnosie decessit. Subduntur ibidem qui- |)
dam versus patrio metro a quodam sinchrono | }
scripti, quibus indicatur hunc Aidum abdicato.
regimine monasticum institutum amplexum
esse, et virum eximie sanctitatis fuisse. Hujus
pii Principis nomen posteritati celebratius reli-
quit, ejusque familiam haud mediocriter nobili-
tavit, et fratrum et filiorum ipsius eximia fas-—

Habuit enim ger- }
manos fratres duos Baitanum, alias Boetanum, — | i |
et Furadhranum ; filiosque quatuor, Magnen- |

¥

tisque celebrata sanctitas.

\

606.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 233

The Age of Christ, 606. The sixth year of Aedh Uairidhnach. St. Sillan®,
son of Caimin, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], and successor of Comhgall, died
on the 28th of February. Aedh the Anchorite [died]. Aedh, son of Colgan,
chief of Oirghialla and of all the Airtheara‘, died on his pilgrimage, at Cluain-
mic-Nois. Of him was said :

There was a time when Loch-da-damh? was a pool of splendour,

The lake was [nothing else] but splendour in the reign of Aedh, son of Colgan.
“Indifferent to me who destroyed it ; my friend has abandoned it;

Though it was he that placed a brilliant house upon the island of Loch-da-damh.

Maelumha, son of Baedan, died.

Colga Doilene, son of Fiachna, died.

“Maelduin, son of Ailen, chief of Mughdorn Maighean’, died.
The Age of Christ, 607. After Aedh Uairidhnach had been seven years

dum, scilicet, Tuanum, Cobhthachum, et Li-
brenum ; sanctorum syllabo insertos, ut tes-
tantur Sanctilogium Genealogicum, c. 13, et
Selvacius de sanctorum Hibernie Genealogia,
es a2?

4 Loch-da-damh : i.e. Lake of the Two Oxen.
This was evidently the name of a lake in Oirghi-
alla, on an island in which the habitation of the
chieftain, Aedh mac Colgain, was situated. It
nas not been yet identified. These verses, which
Colgan understood to allude to the abdication of
Aedh, are very obscure, as we do not know to
‘vhat the writer exactly alludes,

* Mughdorn Maighean.—Now the barony of
Crioch-Mughdhorna, anglicé Cremorne, in the
county of Monaghan. It is supposed to have
cerived the addition of Maighen from the
church of Domhnach-Maighen, now Donagh-
moyne church. In the Annals of Ulster the
death of this chieftain is entered at the year
610, thus:

“A.D. 610. Mors Maeileduin regis Maog-
dornae.”

Colman Canis, the brother of this Maelduin,
is mentioned by Adamnan (Vita Columba, lib. 1.
c. 43), as slain by Ronan, son of Aidus, son of

Colgan of the tribe Arterii, i.e. the inhabitants
of the present baronies of Orior, in the east of
the ancient Oirghialla, who also fell in the same
combat.—See note 198, supra. On this passage
in Adamnan, Colgan has written the following
note:

“In parte Maugdornorum duo nobiles viri se
mutuo vulneribus mortui sunt hoc est Colman Canis
filius Aileni, e& Ronanus filius Aidi, filit Colgan de
Arteriorum genere, c. 43. De morte horum no-
bilium nihil in nostris Annalibus reperio. De
patre tamen unius et fratre alterius sequentia
accipe ex Quatuor Magistris anno Christi 606,
a secto Aidi (Regis Hibernia) cognomento
Huairiodhnach ; Aidus filius Colgan, Argiellie et
Artheriorum Princeps pie obiit in sua peregrina-
tione Cluainmucnosie : et Maelduinus filius Aileni
Princeps Mugdornorum Maginensium decessit.
Ronanus ergo filius Aidi filii Colgan de Arthe-
riorum genere (de quo loquitur S. Adamnanus)
fuit filius hujus Aidi filii Colgan Artheriorum
Principis, et Colmanus ille cognomento Canis,
vel potiis Canus, filius Aileni, fuit frater hujus
Maelduini, filii Aileni Mugdornorum principis.
Genus enim et tempus in utrumque conspirant;
cum unus paulo ante patrem, et alius ante fra-

2H

234

AaNNaza RIOshachta eireann.

(608.

n€peann oQooh Uaimodnach acbacth ag Ach va plpta. Cach Ovba pa
nCengup, mac Colman, 04 n po manbad Conall Laog Opls, mac Clooha, 50

pochaide moip me, oia nebnad,

Cn pcé rmmullach Ovdba, cea a a1 Dogna mi laer
Oeithbip 01, cio olc a venn, po bai mop cfnd ma cnaop.

Clip Corps, pé cé0 a hoch.

Qn céi0 bliadain vo Maolcoba, mac

Coovha, mc Cinmineach, hi pishe n€peann.

Cloip Cyc, pé céd anaor.

Cn vana bliadain vo Maolcoba. S. Golan.

Poca, abb Cluana mic Noip, 0é5. Seannach, abb Anoa Macha, 6 Cluain

Ua nOpicr ooipiwe, 7 a ێcc.

Cloip Cort, pé céd a veich. S$.

trem suum fuerit extinctus.”—T7rias Thaum.,
pi dig, ne 9h.

' Ath-da-fearta :
or of the two Miracles. This place is unknown
to the Editor. In the Annals of Ulster and
the Annals of Clonmacnoise the death of this

i.e. Ford of the two Graves,

Monarch is given thus:

“A.D. 611. Mors Aedo filit Domhnaill regis
Temro.”—Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 609” [recte 611]. “ Hugh Orinagh
reigned seven years and then died.”

* Odhbha.—See note ‘, under A. M. 3502,
p. 31, supra.

" Aenghus, son of Colman.—This is the person
called Oengusius filius Aido Comain, in the
printed editions of Adamnan’s Vita Columb.,
lib. i. c. 13.—See note °, under the year 616.

' Great head.—This quatrain is evidently
quoted from a poem on this battle by a poet
who saw the head of Conall Laegh Breagh
thrown upon the whitethorn bush on the sum-
mit of the mound of Odhbha, and who viewed
the bush with horror, as it held the head of a
prince in its mouth! The first part of the
figure is correct, but the latter part is wild in
the extreme, as giving a mouth to a whitethorn
bush. The whole quatrain may be easily im-

Colman Eala, abb véc, 26 vo Sep-

proved thus:

““ Sce a mullaé Odba, g15 vo Fai vo¢pa MI
leap
Oeicbin one sup olc 00 denn, po bai mon
cenn an vo gab.”
“Thou lonely thorn on Odhbha’s top, although
thy javelins thou dost not throw,

Still is thy aspect truly hideous, thou piercedst

once a lordly head with thy spears.”
The battle of Odhbha is noticed in the Annals

of Clonmacnoise at the year 609, and in the

Annals of Ulster at 611.

* Maelcobha.—In the Annals of Ulster his j
accession is mentioned under the year 611, and, —

in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 609, thus:

“A.D. 611. Bellum Odbe re nOengus mac
Colmain, im quo cecidit Conall Laegbreag jfilius

Aedo Slaine. Maelcoba regnare incipit hoc anno.”
—Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A, D. 609. Moyle Cova succeeded next andl
reigned five years. The battle of Ova was given,

where Conell Loybrey mac Hugh Slane was i

killed by Enos mac Colman. ore Clon.

Ogygia, p. 43 1. ;

608.]

in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at Ath-da-fearta*.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

235
The battle of Odhbhas,

by Aenghus, son of Colman", wherein was slain Conall Laegh-Breagh, son of
Aedh [Slaine], with a great number about him, of which was said :

The whitethorn on top of Odhbha, though its sharp darts it throws not,
Lawful for it that its aspect should be evil: there was a great head' in its mouth.

The Age of Christ, 608.

The first year of Maelcobha‘, son of Aedh, son

of Ainmire, in the sovereignty of Ireland.
The Age of Christ, 609. The second year of Maelcobha. St. Tolua Fota’,
Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Seanach™, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died; he was

of Cluain-Ua-nGrici*.

‘The Age of Christ, 610. St. Colman Eala®, i. e. Mac-Ui-Selli, abbot, died

' Tolua Fota: i.e. Tolua the Tall. “ A. D.
613. Tolfa Fota, Abbas Cluane mac Cunois
pausat. Stella’? [comata] “ visa est hora octava
diet.’—Ann. Ult.

This Tolu or Tolfa succeeded Aelithir, third
abbot of Clonmacnoise, who was living in the
year that Columbkille attended the Synod of
Druim-Ceat.—See Adamnan’s Vita Columb.,
Inte 0.73:

™ Seanach.—He succeeded in 598 and died in
510. He is set down among the Archbishops
of Armagh, in the catalogue of those prelates
preserved in the Psalter of Cashel. Ussher
_ (Prinord., p. 966) makes him the last of the
third order of holy bishops, or bishops dignified
hy the name of saints. Colgan omits him alto-
gether in his Annals of Armagh (Trias Thaum..,
] - 293), and makes Mac Lasrius succeed Eucho-
dius, who died in 597 [598].—See Harris’s
elition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 39.

» Cluain- Ua-nGrici : i. e. the Lawn, Meadow,
o: insulated Pasturage of the [tribe of] Ui-
Grici. This place, which would be called in
tle anglicised form Cloonygreek, is unknown
tc the Editor. ;

° Colman Eala.—His death is entered in the
Annals of Ulster under the year 10; but in the

Annals of Clonmacnoise under 609, as follows:
“A.D. 610. Quies Colmani Elo.
libro Cuanach.”—Ann. Ult.
“ A.D. 609. Saint Colman Ealla mac Wihealla,
in the 56th year of his age, died.”—Ann. Clon.
The festival of this saint is set down in the
Freilire-Aenguis, and in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar,
at 26th September; in the latter as follows:
“Colman Eala, abb 6 Cainn Eala. S$é
bliadna agup caogav a aoip an can po Fao

Sic est in

a Pplonad vo Cum nme anno vomini 610.”
“Colman Eala, abbot of Lann-Eala” [Ly-
nally J.
resigned his spirit to heaven, in the year of our
Lord 610.”
Adamnan mentions this saint in his Vita Co-.,

“ Fifty-six years was his age when he
y y g

lumb., lib. i. c. 5, where he calls him ‘* Colma-
nus Episcopus Mac-U-Sailne,” from his tribe
name; and lib. ii. cc. 13, 15, where he calls
him ‘‘Columbanus filius Beognai” from his
father Beogna. Colgan, who intended giving a
life of him at 26th September, has the following
note on the lib. i. c. 5, of Adamnan, Trias
Thaum., not. 32:

“ §. Colmani Episcopi Mac-U-Sailne, c. 5.
Eundem mox vocat Columbanum filium Beogna.
Est hic Colmanus a loco Lann-Hla dicto (in

22

.

236 ANNQGZa RIOshachtTa eiREGNHN. -

(611.

cemben ipin perp bliadam ap caogaie a ac. Neman, abb Lip méip,

vécc.

lan mbeich ceona mbliadan 1 pige nEpeann vo Maolcoba, mac Coda,

mic Cinminec, vo cean la Suibne Meann, hi ccach Slébe Toad.

Ronan,

mac Colmann, pi Laig(n vé5. Gopman vo Musodonnaib, 6 cca4d Meic Cun,
apé po bor bliadain pon uipce Tiobnaic Ping, 7 ma alitpe 1 cCluain mic

Noip, acbach.

Cloip Cmort, pé céo a haon nvécc.
mac Fiachna, mic Pfpaohais, bi pighe vap Ejnn.

vo Uopccad.
Clip Cmors, pé céd a 06 décc.

Cn cé10 bliadain vo Suibne Meann,
Ecclap 6{nnéain Ulad

Cn oana bliadain do Suibne. Pioncain

Oenctpeib, abb b{nvcaip, vécc. Convene vo lopccavh. Papusghad Tonaighe

la muncoblach muimide.

quo monasterium extruxit) vulgé Colman-Ela ;
et hine latiné a multis Colmanellus appellatus.
Vide ejus vitam ad 26 Semptemb. in qua c. 1,
vocatur-filius Beogna, ut hic. Vide ejus genea-
logiam in Notis ad eandem vitam, in qua et
filius Beagna, et de stirpe Sali? seu Salnit, filii
Clithradii, oriundus fertur; ut hinc intelligas
quare hic in titulo cap. 5. Mocu-Sailne, id est,
In vita S. Ite, ad
15 Januar. c. 21, memoratur quomodo hic

de progenie Salnii vocetur.

Sanctus Colmanus, sive (quod idem est) Colum-
banus, navigaverit ad S. Columbam in Hiensi
insula commorantem ; et quod ibidem factus
fuerit Episcopus. De ejus morte, etate, festo,
et genere Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus hee
habent : Anno Christi sexcentessimo decimo et
Molcobe Regis tertio, Sanctus Colmanellus Abbas,
obit. 26 Septemb. etatis sue quinquagessimo sexto :
De Dal Sellii (id est de stirpe) Sallii fuit oriun-
dus.”

Ussher gives a curious extract from the Life of
Colmanus Elo (Primord., p. 960), and describes
the situation of his church as follows:

“* Hodie Lin-alli locus ille vocatur in comitatu
Regio, quatuor milliarium spatio a Dearmachano
Columbe cxnobio” [Durrow] ‘“ dissitus: ubi

inter chorum sanctorum virorum (ut in fine vite
illius additur) sanctissimus senex Sexto Kalen-
das Novembris” [ Octobris?] “ feliciter ad Chris-
tum emisit spiritum ; anno salutis, ut ex Cua-
nacho Chronographo Hibernico Ultonienses
Annales referunt, DCX°.”

For the situation of Lann-Ealla or Lynally,
in the King’s County, see note °, under A. D.
1533, p. 1414.

» Lis-mor.—Now Lismore, on the River Black-
water, in the west of the county Waterford. This
is the second Abbot of Lismore mentioned in
these Annals before St. Carthach or Mochuda.
—See note under the year 588, and Archdall’s
Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 691.

4 Sliabh Toadh.—See note", under A. D. 291,
p- 122, supra. In the Annals of Ulster the death
of this monarch is entered under the year 614,
and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 613, as
follows:

“A. D. 614. Jugulatio Maelcobo mac Aedo
in bello montis Belgadain, alias i caz Sléibe
tpuim cuoz” [in the battle of Sliabh Truim
Tuoth], “ Suibne Menn victor erat.” j

“A. D.613. King Moycova was slain in Shew- — tS

Twa by Swyne Meann.”—Ann. Clon.

—— Te ee

Tae eee

611.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 237

on the 26th of September, in the fifty-sixth year of his age. Neman, Abbot of

Lis-mor’, died.

After Maelcobha, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, had been three years in the
sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Suibhne Meann, in the battle of Sliabh

Toadh*.

Ronan, son of Colman, King of Leinster, died. Gorman’, [one] of the

Mughdhorna, from whom are the Mac Cuinns, and who was a year [living] on
the water of Tibraid-Fingin’, on his pilgrimage at Cluain-mic-Nois, died.

The Age of Christ, 611. The first year of Suibhne Meann, son of Fiachna,
son of Fearadhach, in sovereignty over Ireland. The church of Beannchair-

Uladh't was burned.

The Age of Christ, 612. The second year of Suibhne. Fintan of Oentrebh",
Abbot of Beannchair, died. Connere” [Connor] was burned. The devastation

of Torach* by a marine fleet.

For the situation of Sliabh Truim see note *,
under A. D. 1275, p. 424. ;

* Gorman.—He was of the sept of Mugh-
dhorna, who were seated in the present barony
of Cremorne, in the county of Monaghan, and
was the ancestor of the family of Mac Gorman,
otherwise called Mac Cuinn ua mBocht, Ere-
naghs of Clonmacnoise, in the King’s County.
In the Annals of Tighernach, the death of this
Gorman is entered under the year 758.

* Tibraid-Finghin: i. e. St. Finghin’s Well.
This well still bears this name, and is situated
near Teampull Finghin, at Clonmacnoise, and
near the brink of the Shannon, by whose waters
it is sometimes concealed in winter and spring.
—See Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin, §c., of the
Round Towers of Ireland, p. 265. In Mageoghe-
gan’s Annals of Clonmacnoise, this passage
about Gorman is given as follows:

“A.D. 613. This year came in pilgrimage
to Clonvicknose one Gorman, and remained
there a year, and fasted that space on bread and
the water of Fynin’s well. He is ancestor to
Mic. Connemboght and Moynter-Gorman, and
lied in Clone aforesaid.”

Under this year (610) the Annals of Ulster

contain the following passage, omitted by the
Four Masters:

“A.D. 610. Fulminatus est exercitus Uloth
i. mBairche fulmine terribili.”

“A. D. 610. The army of Uladh was smote
in Bairche” [the Mourne Mountains] ‘“ with
terrific thunder.”

* Beannchair- Uladh.—Now Bangor, in the
county of Down. ‘* Combustio Benchoir”’ is en-
tered inthe Annals of Ulster under tle year 614;
but in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 613.

" Oentrebh.—This is the ancient form of the
name of the town of Antrim, from which the
county was named. It is to be distinguished
from Oendruim, which was the ancient name of
Mahee Island in Loch Cuan, or Strangford
Lough, in the county of Down.—See Reeves’s
Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and Connor, §c.,
pp- 63, 277, 278. In the Annals of Ulster,
“ Quies Fintain Oentraib, Abbatis Benchair,” is
entered under the year 612; and in the Annals
of Clonmacnoise the death of Fyntan of Intreive
is entered under 613.

’ Connere.—* A. D. 616. Copcad Conomi,
i.e. the burning of Connor.”—Ann. Ult.

* Torach: i.e. towery, or consisting of towers

238 GNNaca RIOShachta eiReann. (613.

Coir Cort, pé céd a tm décc. Oncpear bliadann vo Suibne. Colccu,
mac Suibne, 00 manbad,7 bar Piachach, mic Conall, n bliadain pin. Pfpgur,
mac Colman Moéip, plaich Mivde, 00 manbad la hOnpancach Ua Mfpcan vo
Mumcip blaicine. Ap vo pin ap pubnad mnpo :

Ma vom ipaohpa com teach, hUa Mlpcam Anpancach,
‘Uiyce oonbach vo bép 06, po bitch gona Peansora.

Cep can 00 conat buidne ceneoil Colmain pech Calne,
lap mi pope 01 purve, Sil MCpcam im blaicimu.

Cloip Cmorz, pé céd a cltarp vécc. On cltpamad bliadamn vo Suibne.
S. Caeman bplcc, 6 Rop each, vécc, an cftpamad la décc vo Sepcemben.
Covh bfnoan, pi lapmuman, vécc. Up vo ponaitmfc a baip ap pubnad :

Clovh b{hoan, von Eoganace lanluachap,—

Cp mains peovda o1anad pi, cenmaup tip o1anac buachail.

CQ pciach an can po cpotha, a biodbada pucbotha,

Cera beccan [bet acc] pop a muin, ap o1ro1u don lapmumann.

Fingim, mac Piacnach, o€5.

Cloip Cmort, pé céo a cing vécc. An cingead bliadain vo Suibne. Chill,
mac baetcin, Maoloim, mac Pfpsupa, mic baocéan, 7 Oiucolla vo manbad
hi Muigh Slechc, m cepich Connacht. Oo cenel mbaocain, me Muipclpray
vob. ~Fiachna, mac Cianain, mic Cinmipe, mic Seona, vé5. Cach Cino-

saba.

or tower-like rocks, now Tory Island, off the
north-west coast of Donegal.—See note’, A. M.
3066, and note ‘, under A. M. 3330.

» Colgu, §c.—These entries are given in the
Annals of Ulster at the year 617, as follows :

“A.D. 617. Jugulatio Colggen mic Suibne,
et mors Fiachrach mic Conaill, et jugulatio Fer-
gusa filii Colmain Magni, «1. la Anfartuch hU-
Mescain do Muintir-Blatine.”

* Ros-each: i.e. Wood of the Horses, now
Russagh, near the village of Street, in the ba-
rony of Moygoish, in the north of the county of
Westmeath. In the Annals of Ulster the death

of “Coeman Breac” is given under the year
614. In the Feilire-Aenguis and O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar the festival of Colman Breac is given
at 14th September; and it is stated that his
church is situated in Caille-Follamhain, in
Meath. There are some ruins of this church
still extant.

* Aedh Beannan.—He is the ancestor of the
family of O’Muircheartaigh, now anglicé Mori-
arty, who, previously to the English invasion,
were seated to the west of Sliabh Luachra, in
the present county of Kerry.—See note *, under.
A. D. 1583, p. 1793. His death is entered in

ear ae

613.]
The Age of Christ, 613.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

The third year of Suibhne.

239
Colgu’, son of

Suibhne, was killed ; and the death of Fiacha, son of Con, all [occurred] in
this year. Fearghus, son of Colman Mor, Prince of Meath, was slain by Anfar-
tach Ua Meascain, of Muintir-Blaitine, of which these lines were composed :

If he should come to my house, Ua Meascain Anfartach,

Poisoned water I will give to him, for the slaying of Fearghus.

Whatever time the forces of the race of Colman shall march by Cuilne,

After a month they will put from their seat the Sil-Meascain, with the Blaitini.

The Age of Christ, 614. The fourth year of Suibhne. St. Caemhan Breac,

of Ros-each’, died on the fourteenth day of September.

Aedh Beannan*, King

of West Munster, died. To commemorate his death was said :

Aedh Beannan, of Eoghanacht-Iar-Luachair,—
Woe to the wealth of which he was king! Happy the land of which he was

guardian.

His shield when he would shake, his foes would be subdued ;
Though it were but on his back, it was shelter to West Munster...

Finghin, son of Fiachra’, died.
The Age of Christ, 615.

The fifth year of Suibhne. Ailill, son of Baedan;

Maelduin, son of Fearghus, son of Baedan ; and Diucolla, were slain in Magh-

Slecht*, in the province of Connaught.

They were of the race of Baedan, son

of Muircheartach. Fiachra, son of Ciaran, son of Ainmire, son of Sedna, died.

The battle of Ceann-gabha*.

the Annals of Ulster under the year 618, and
in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 619,
which is the true year. a

>» Finghin, son of Fiachra.—In the Annals of
Ulster the death of Aedh Beannain and of Fin-
ghin mac Fiachrach are entered under the year
618.
© Magh-Slecht—A plain in the barony of
Tullyhaw, and county of Cavan.—See note *,
ander A. M. 3656, p. 43, suprd. In the An-
aals of Ulster this passage is given as follows at
he year 619:

“A. D. 619. Occisio generis Baetain .1. Aililla
mic Baetain, oc Magh-Sleucht hi Connacht, ocus
Maelduin mic Fergusa mic Baetain, ocus:mors
Fiachrach, mic Ciarain, jil# Ainmirech, mic
Setni.”

“A. D. 619. The killing of the Race of
Baetan, i.e. of Ailill, son of Baetain, at Magh-
Sleacht, in Connaught, and of Mailduin, son of
Fearghus, son of Baetan; and the death of
Fiachra, son of Ciaran, son of Ainmire, son of
Sedna.”

* Ceann-gabha.—This is probably a mistake

240 ANNQaza RIOshachta elReGNN.

(616.

Coip Cmorz, pé céd a pé vécc. An peipead bliadain vo Suibne. Clengup,
mac Colmam Méip, plaich Ua Nell an verceinc, és. ‘

Cumoach ecclaipe Tonaighe la Cenel sConaill, 1ap na oiochlaitpiugad
fect mlam. Ounchad mac Eogandain, Neachcain mac Canaimn, Cleoh [vécc].

Clip Cniort, pé cé0 a peache vécc. On peachcmad bliadain vo Suibne.
$. Caoimgin, abb Glinve va locha, vécc an 3 lun, 1an ccarteam fiche an
céd bliadan vaoip go pin. Comgall eppcop,7 Eoghan, eppcop Racha Siche,
véce. Cach Cio velgctn ma cConall, mac Suibne,7 ja nOornall mbpeac,
oa mm po manbad oa mac Libpen, mic lollainn, mic Cfpball. Maolbnacha,
mac Rimfoa, mic Colmain, mic Cobtarg, 7 Aihill, mac Cellang, v€5.

Cach Cinoguba (no Cinn busba) pra Ragallac, mac Uaccach, pon Col-
man mac Cobtaig (achain Guaipe Chohne) apm in po manbad Colman
buderin. Colga, mac Ceallarg, 0é5. Oilill, mac Ceallaig, vég.

Cloip Cpiorz, pé céov a hocht véce. On cochtmad bliadain vo Suibne.
S. Siollan, eppcop 7 abb Maughe bile, vécc an 25 vo CQlugure. CLiben, abb

5
4

for Ceann-gubha.—See note *, under A. D.
106, p. 101.

* Aenghus, son of Colman Mor.—This prince
is mentioned by Adamnan in his Vita Columb.,
lib. i. c. 13, but in the printed copies of Adam-
nan’s work his name is incorrectly given, ‘* De
Oengussio filio Aido Commani.”—See Colgan’s
note on this passage ( 7rias Thaum., p.376, n. 52),
where he thinks that Commani should be Col-
mani.— See the year 607. In the Annals of
Ulster his death is entered under the year 620;
and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 619:

** Jugulatio Aengusa mic Colmain Magni,
Regis Nepotum Neill.”—Ann. Uli.

A. D. 619. Enos, son of Colman More, was
killed. He was called King of the O’Neals.”—
Ann. Clon.

‘ Torach: i. e. Tory Island—See note under
the year 612.

& Dunchadh, §c.— The obits of these three
persons, which are left imperfect in the two
Dublin copies, and in O’Conor’s edition, are
given in the Annals of Ulster under the year

620, as follows:

“A. D. 620. Duncath mac Eugain, Nechtan
mac Canonn, et Aed obierunt.”

»Caemhghin.—‘* Nomen illud latiné pulchrum
genitum sonare vite scriptor annotat.’”—Ussher,
Primord., p. 956. This name is now usually
anglicised Keven. His death is entered in the
Annals of Tighernach at the year 618: “‘c.ax®.
anno etatis sue ;” and in the Annals of Ulster
at 617. The Life of this saint has been pub-
lished by the Bollandists at 3rd June.

* Gleann-da-locha: i.e. the Valley of the Two
Lakes, now Glendalough, in the barony of North
Ballinacor, and county of Wicklow. For a
description of the churches and other remains
at Glendalough, the reader is referred to Petrie’s
Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the Round
Towers of Ireland, pp. 168-183, and p. 445.

* Rath-Sithe: i.e. Fort of the Fairy Hill, now

Rathshee, a parish in the barony and county of © 1
Antrim.—See the Ordnance Map of that county,
sheet 45. In the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, |
part ii, c. 133, the foundation of this churchis

*

616] 241

The Age of Christ,.616. The sixth year of Suibhne.
Colman Mor, chief of the Southern Ui-Neill, died.

The [re-Jerection of the church of Torach‘ by the Cinel-Conaill, it having
beén destroyed some time before. Dunchadh’, son of Eoghanain ; Neachtan,
son of Canann; Aedh..... [died].

The Age of Christ, 617. The seventh year of Suibhne. St. Caemhghin’,
Abbot of Gleann-da-locha', died on the 3rd of June, after having spent one hun-
dred and twenty years of his age till then. Comhgall, a bishop, and Eoghan,
Bishop of Rath-Sithe*, died. The battle of Ceann-Delgtean' by Conall, son of
Suibhne, and Domhnall Breac, wherein were slain the two sons of Libren, son
of Ilann, son of Cearbhall. ‘Maelbracha™, son of Rimeadh, son of Colman, son

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

Aenghus, son of

' of Cobhthach, and Ailill, son of Ceallach, died.
The battle of Ceann-Gubha® (or Ceann-Bughbha) [was gained] by Ragh-
allach, son of Uadach, over Colman, son of Cobhthach (the father of Guaire

Aidhne), where Colman himself was slain.

Ailill’, son of Ceallach, died.
The Age of Christ, 618.

Colga’, son of Ceallach, died.

The eighth year of Suibhne. St. Sillan, Bishop

and Abbot of Magh-bile [Movilla], died on the 25th of August. Liber, Abbot

attributed to the Irish Apostle. In the Annals
of Tighernach the deaths of Bishop Comhgall
ind of Eoghan, Bishop of Rath-Sithe, are en-
tered under the year 618; in the Annals of
Ulster at 617. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise
Zoghan is called “‘ Owen, Bishop of Ardsrathy”
(Ardsratha, now Ardstraw, in the county of
‘Tyrone).

‘ Ceann- Delgtean.—This place is unknown to
the Editor. This battle is mentioned in the
-\nnals of Ulster, at the year 621, as follows :

“ A.D. 621. Bellum Cinn-Delggden. Conall
mac Suibhne victor erat. Duo filii Libreni mac
I\landonn, mic Cerbaill ceciderunt. Conaing mac
Aedain demersus est.” -

“A. D. 621. The battle of Cinn-Delgden.
Conall, son of Suibhne, was the conqueror.
Conaing, son of Aedhan, was drowned.”

™ Maelbracha.—‘A.D. 621. Mors Maelbracha,
mic Rimedho, mic Colmain filii Cobtaig.”—Ann.
Ult.

2 Ceann-Gubha, or Ceann-Bughbha. — This
place is now called Ceann-Bogha, anglicé Cambo,
and is situated a short distance to the north of
the town of Roscommon, in the county of Ros-
common.—See Genealogies, Tribes, §c., of Hy-
Fiachrach, p. 313, note °. .In the Annals of
Ulster, ‘* Belum Cenn Buigi, in quo cecidit
Colman mac Cobtaig,” is entered under the year
621. -

° Colga— A. D. 621. Mors Colggen mic
Ceallaig.” [The death of Colgan, son of Ceal-
lach. ]—Ann. Ult.

P Ailill—“* A. D. 621. Jugulatio Ailillo mic
Ceallaig.” [The slaying of Ailill, son of Ceal-
lach.J—Ann. Ult. ;

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*

242

GANNata RIOSshachta elReaNN.

(619.

Achad b6 Cammph. Rach nOuala vo lopccad la Piachna, mac baocai,

conad ann apbenc Piachna :

Ro sab cene Rach nOuala, capca biucca can huavha,
Suaichnid imeont ap abad, ni bum via congabad.

Ro gab cene Rach nGuala carca biucca can huave,
Ap o1an adannac ind ule temd 1 pRaich Cloda builc.

Cop Cniort, pé céd anaor vécc.

C{ naoi vo Suibne.

Ooip mac Clooha

Qlainn vo manbad la Parlbe Plann Piobad, amail apbenc phpin,

Ce chana vampa sun Oaip, an ni puba Oarpene,
Ap ann po onc cach a voel, 6 no once a oulene.

Ro mapbad pom ianam a nofogail Oaip. Acbent a mataip accé éccaine:

ba sun pain, ni ba cogail Inpe Cail,
Oia ctomac Zap na mbidbad, 1m cfho Pailbe Plamo Prdbad.

Ronan, mac Colmain, décc.

Coir Cmort, pé céd a fiche.

Cn veachmad bliadain vo Suibne. Sean-
ach 6anb, abb Cluana pipca Spenamn, vécc.

Colman mac Coingellam

vécc. Ronan, mac Cuachail, cis(pna na nCintep, vé5. Conbmac Caom, 7

lollann, mac Piachnach, vécc.

« Achadh-bo-Cainnigh.—Pronounced Aghabo-
Kenny, i.e. Aghabo of St. Canice, or Kenny,
now Aghabo, in the Queen’s County.—See note *,
under the year 598. In the Annals of Ulster the
deaths of these abbots are entered under this year,
but in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 619.

* Rath-Guala.—Fiachna, son of Baedan, who
burned this fort, was King of Ulidia for thirty
years, and was slain in 622. Rath-Guala is
probably the place now called Rathgaile, near
the town of Donaghadee, in the county of Down.
In the Annals of Ulster this event is entered
under the year 622: ‘ Hxpugnatio Ratha Guali
la [per] Fiachna mac Baetain.”

* Aedh Bolc.—He was probably the owner of
Rath-Guala.

* Doir.—* A. D. 623. Jugulatio Dair mic Aeda

Mongan, mac Piachna Cupgan, vo map-

Aldain.”—Ann. Ul.

This Doir was the son of Aedh Allann, or
Aedh Uairidhnach, as he is more generally
called, Monarch of Ireland from 605 to 612, and
the person after whom Gaeth-Doir, now Gwee-
dore Bay, inthe barony of Boylagh, and county
of Donegal, was called. This is clear from the

contiguity of Inis-Caeil, where Failbhe Flann

Fidhbhadh was killed in revenge of Doir.

« Inis-Cail : i. e. the Island of Conall Cael, now —

Iniskeel, an island near the mouth of Gweebarra
Bay, in the barony of Boylagh, and county of
Donegal.—See note , under A. D.1611, p. 2372.

~ Ronan, son of Colman.— A. D. 623. Mors
Ronain mic Colmain; et Colman Stellain obiit.”
—Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 619. Ronan mac Colman and Colman — i ;

WAIN

619.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 243

of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh’, [died]. Rath-Guala™ was burned by Fiachna, son of
Baedan, of which Fiachna said:

Fire caught Rath-Guala, little treasure will escape from it,

The force which caused it is manifest; it was not from one spark it caught it;
Fire caught Rath-Guala, little treasure will escape from it ;

Vehemently their evils kindle fire in the fort of Aedh Bolec*.

The Age of Christ, 619. The ninth year of Suibhne. Doir*, son of Aedh
Allainn, was slain by Failbhe Flann Fidhbhadh, as he [Failbhe] himself said :

What advantage to me is the slaying of Dair, as I did not slay Dairene?
It is then one kills the chaffer, when he destroys his young ones.

He was afterwards killed in revenge of Doir. His [Failbhe’s] mother said,
lamenting him :

It was the mortal wounding of a noble, not the demolition of Inis-cail",
For which the shouts of the enemies were exultingly raised around the head of

Failbhe Flann Fidhbhadh.

Ronan, son of Colman’, died.

The Age of Christ, 620. The tenth year of Suibhne. Seanach Garbh,
Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Breanainn [Clonfert], died. Colman, son of Coimgellan*,
died. Ronan, son of Tuathal, Lord of the Airtheara’, died. Cormac Caemh
and Ilann, son of Fiachra, died. Mongan, son of Fiachra Lurgan’, was killed

Stellan died.””—Ann. Clon.

* Colman, son of Coimgellan.—He is mentioned
in O’Donnell’s Life of St. Columbkille, lib. ii.
c. 10, as an infant at the time that Columbkille
visited his father’s house in Dal-Riada, when
the saint took him up in his arms, kissed him,
md said, in a spirit of prophecy: “ Erit puer
ste magnus coram Domino, et in divinis literis
sublimiter eruditus, Hibernorum Albanorum-

_ que dissidia de jure Dalreudine ditionis olim
in Comitiis de Druimchett sapienti consilio
componet.”—Trias Thaum., p. 411.

’ The Airtheara; i.e. the Orientales or inhabi-
tants of the eastern part of the territory of Oir-
¢hialla—See note under A. D. 606.

* Mongan, son of Fiachna Lurgan.—This and
the foregoing obits are entered in the Annals of
Ulster at the year 624 (era com. 625), as fol-
lows:

“ Annus tenebrosus. Aedan mac Cumascaig,
et Colman mac Congellain, ad Dominum migrave-
runt. Ronan mac Tuathail, rex na nAirther,
et Mongan mac Fiachna Lurgan moriuntur.”

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the death of
Mongan, son of Fiaghna Lurgan, is also entered
under the year 624, thus:

“A.D. 624. Mongan mac Fiaghna, a very
well spoken man, and much given to the woo-
ing of women, was killed by one” [Arthur Ap]
“Bicor, a Welshman, with a stone.”

212

244 aNNQaca RIOSshachta eiReaqnn.

(622.

bad do cloich la hCpcup, mac bicarp, vo bplcnaib, como vo po pad becc

boince :

Ap huan an gaech oap Ih, oo pail occa 1 cCiunn cine; ’
Oo spac snim namnup vé, mainpic Mongan, mac Piachnae.
Cann Cluana haiptip noi, ampa ctpan popp madad,
Copbmac caeth pm mmpochid, agup Tollann mac Piachpach,
Asur an oar ale via pogsnad mon vo tuachaib,

Mongan, mac Piachna Lupgan,7 Ronan mac Tuachant.

Cachal, mac Qlooha, pf Muman, vécc.

Coir Cmorc, pé céo piche avo.

Cn oana bliadain vécc do Suibne..

$. P(sna Onic, abb lae 7 eppcop, 0é5 an vana la vo Manca. S. Lachcnar,

mac Tonbén, abb Achmad up, véce 10 vo Manca.

Cach Caipn Pfpavhaig

a pRalbe Plann pon Conoachcaib, 04 m po mapnbad Conall, corpeach
Ua Maine, Maeloub, Maolotin, Maolpuain, Maolcalgsaish,7 Maolbpfpart,
7 anole paonclanna, 7 podaome cen mo cacpide,7 po meabard pon Guaipe
hone, a hionad an cachargche, conad vopide appubpad :

Oo pochaip 00 Conoachcaib, hic ach cuma in cpeipip,
Maolouin, Maolpuain, Maolcalgsgaigh, Conall, Maoloub, Maolbpeipil.

* Beg Boirche.—We was King of Uladh or
Ulidia for thirteen years, and died in the year
716. Boirche was the ancient name of the ba-
rony of Mourne in the south of the county of
Down.

» Tlee—Now Islay, near Cantire, in Scotland.

© Ceann-tire: i.e. Head of the Land, now Can-
tire in Scotland.

4 Cluain-Airthir : i.e. the Eastern Lawn or
Meadow. Not identified.

* Cathal, son of Aedh.—* A. D. 624. Cathal, son
of Hugh, King of Mounster, died.””—Ann. Clon.

‘ St. Feargna Brit.—‘ 8. Fergna cognomento
Britannicus Episcopus et Abbas Hiensis obiit
2 Martii.—Quat. Mag.” Colgan, Trias Thaum.,
p- 498. See also Ussher, Primord., p. 702.

8 Achadh-Ur: i.e. the Fresh Field, now cor-

ruptly called in English Freshford, a small town

near Kilkenny, in the county of Kilkenny.—
See Lanigan’s Ecclesiastical History of Ireland,
vol. iii. p. 26. The name is explained as follows
in the Life of St. Mochoemoc or Pulcherius, pub-
lished by Colgan at 11th of March: ‘“ Achadh-
ur .i, ager viridis seu mollis propter humidita-
lem rivulorum qui transeunt ibi.” There is a
holy well called Tobar-Lachtin, and there are
some curious remains of an old church at the
place. In the Feilire- Aenguis his festival is
marked at 19th of March; and, at the same day,
the following notice of him is given in O’Clery’s
Calendar :
“ Caécain, mac Toinbém, abb Achard tip, 1

n-Oppagib, agup 6 Ghealach Feat Cinno rf

Oommi, 622.”

622.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 245

with a stone by Arthur, ‘son of Bicar, [one] of the Britons, of which Beg

Boirche* said :

Cold is the wind across Ile’, which they have at Ceann-tire*;

They shall commit a cruel deed in consequence, they shall kill Mongan, son of
Fiachna.

Where the church of Cluain-Airthir* is at this day, renowned were the four
there executed,

Cormac Caemh with shouting, and Illann, son of Fiachra ;

And the other two,—to whom many territories paid tribute,—

Mongan, son of Fiachna Lurgan, and Ronan, son of Tuathal.

Cathal, son of Aedh’, King of Munster, died.

The Age of Christ, 622. The twelfth year of Suibhne. St. Feargna Brit’,
Abbot of Ia, and a bishop, died on the second day of March. St. Lachtnain,
son of Torben, Abbot of Achadh-Ur*, died on the 10th [recte 19th] of March.

The battle of Carn-Fearadhaigh” [was gained] by Failbhe Flann over the Con-

naughtmen, wherein were slain Conall, chief of Ui-Maine, Maeldubh, Maelduin,
Maelruain, Maelcalgaigh, and Maelbreasail, and other nobles and _plebeians
besides them ; and Guaire-Aidhne was routed from the battle-field ; of which

was said :

There fell of the Connaughtmen, at Ath-cuma-an-tseisir’,
Maelduin, Maelruain, Maelcalgaigh, Conall, Maeldubh, Maelbreisil.

“ Lachtain, son of Torben, abbot of Achadh-
Ur, in Ossory, and of Bealach Feabhrath, A. D.
622.”

Colgan gives a short Life of this saint at 19
Martii. He was a native of Muscraighe [Mus-
kerry], in the present county of Cork, and
erected a church at Bealach-Feabhradh, which
is probably the place now called Ballagharay,
wr. Ballaghawry, a townland situated in the
west. of the parish of Kilbolane, barony of
Orbhraighe, or Orrery, and county of Cork.

» Carn-Fearadhaigh— A mountain in the ter-

-vitory of Cliu-Mail, in the south of the county

of Limerick.—See note 8, under A. M. 3656,
p. 41, supra. In the Annals of Ulster this

¢

battle is entered under the year 626, and in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise under 624, as follows:

“ A. D. 626. Bellum Cairn-Fearadaig i Cliu”
[i.e. in Cliu-Mail-mic-Ugaine] ‘‘ubi Failbi Flann
Feimin victor erat. Guaire Aidhne fugit.”.—
Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 624. The battle of Carnferaye, where
Falvy Flynn had the victory, and Gawrie Aynie
took his flight,—Conell mac Moyleduffe, prince
of Imain, Moyledoyne, Moylecalgie, and Moyle-
bressal, with many other nobles, were slain, —
was fought this year.”—Ann. Clon.

i Ath-cuma-an-tseisir: i, e. the Ford of the
Slaughtering of the Six. This name is now
obsolete. -

246

AQNNQCa RIOSshachca erReaqNn.

(623.

Cach Leched Mioino, 1 nOpumg, pra bPiachna, mac Oemam, cigepna
Oal bPiacach, pop Piachna, mac mbaovan, pi Ulad. Ro meabard an cach

fon Fiachna mac baovain, 7 cfp ann.

Maca, vécc.
Clip Cmiort, pé céd piche atpf.

bappoaimne a cenel) abb Cluana mic Néip déce.

Mac Lappe, eppcop 7 abb Anoa

Colman mac Ua bapovani (.1. 00 Oal
lap mberch cpi bhadna |

vécc vo Suibne Meann hi pplaicheay Epeann vo clp la Congal cClaon, mac

Scanolain, 1 Tnaigh bpéna.

Conad o1a o1ohd acpubnad :

Suibne co ploshaib o1a por, oo canpargh bnonag bpena,
Ro mapbad an saeth Fo ngarl, la Congal caech mac Scanoanl.

Coir Cmort, pé céd fiche a carp.
Clovoha, mic Cinminech, hi pighe n€peann.
S$. Maodocc, eppuce Ffpna, véce 31 lanuanmi.

slap vé5, 26 Man.

* Lethed-Midinn, at Drung.—This is probably
the place now called Cnoc-Lethed, or Knock-
layd, and situated in the barony of Cathraighe,
or Carey, and county of Antrim. In the Annals
of Ulster this battle is noticed under the year
625; and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 624,
as follows :

“ A. D. 625. Bellum Lethed Midind, in quo
cecidit Fiachna Lurgan. Fiachna mac Deamain
victor erat.’—Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 624. The battle of Lehed-mynd was
fought, where Fiaghna mac Demayne killed
Fiaghna mac Boydan, King of Dalnary, and in
revenge thereof those of Dalriada challenged
Fiaghna mac Demain, and killed him in the
battle of Corran by the hands of Conad Kearr.”
—Anan. Clon.

' Mac Laisre: i. e. the son of Laisir. Ware
and Colgan think that he is the person called
**Terenannus Archipontifex Hibernia” in the
Life of St. Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury.
See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 293, col. 2; and
Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 39.

™ Colman Mac Ua Bardani. —“ A, D. 627.

Cn cev bliadain vo Oornnall, mac
S. Colman Scellan 6 Tip va
Ronan,

PausaColumbani, filii Barddaeni Abbatis Clono.”
—Ann. Ult. '

“ A. D. 624. Columban mac Bardan, Abbot
of Clonvicknose, died.”—Ann. Clon.

» Traigh-Brena.— This is not the Brena in
the county of Down, mentioned under A. M.
2546, p. 7, supra, but Brentracht-Maighe-Itha,
that part of the shore of Lough Swilly nearest
to Aileach, in the barony of Inishowen, and
county of Donegal.—_See Battle of Magh-Rath,
p. 37, where it is stated that Suibhne Meann
was near Aileach, when he was slain by Congal
Claen. Suibneus, Monarch of Ireland, is men-
tioned by Adamnan in his Vita Columb., lib. i.
c. 9, and lib. iii. c«. 5. His death is mentioned
in the Annals of Ulster, under the year 627:

1a (nS Hil argh de

“* Occisio Suibne Menn, mic Fiachna, mic Fera-_—
daid, mic Murethaig, mic Eogain, Ri Erenn, la | |

Congal Caech, mac Sganlain i Traig Breni.”

° Domhnall, son of Aedh. — He succeeded |

ei

|

Suibhne in 628, and died in 642.—Ogygia, —

p- 431. Adamnan says, in his Vita Columb., lib.i.
c. 10, that this Domhnall was a boy when the
Convention of Druim-Ceat was held (A.D, 590),

es
¢

ally

623.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

The battle of Lethed-Midinn, at Drung*, [was fought] by Fiachna, son of
Deman, Lord of Dal-Fiatach, against Fiachna, son of Baedan, King of Ulidia.
The battle was gained over Fiachna, son of Baedan, and he fell therein. Mac
Laisre', Bishop and Abbot of Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 623. Colman Mac Ua Bardani”, of the tribe of Dal-
Barrdainne, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. After Suibhne Meann had been
thirteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain at Traigh-Brena”, by
Congal Claen ; of which was said :

247

Suibhne, with hosts attending him, the destructive people of Brena overtook

him ;

The valorous sage was slain by Congal Caech, son of Scannal.

The Age of Christ, 624. The fret year of Domhnall, son of Aedh®, son of
Ainmire, in the sovereignty of Ireland. St. Colman Stellan, of Tir-da-ghlas

[Terryglas], died on the 26th of May.

and that St. Columbkille there gave him his
blessing: “Quem cum Sanctus benedixisset,
' continuo ait; hic post super omnes suos fratres
superstes erit, et Rex valdé famosus: nec un-
quam in manus inimicorum tradetur, sed morte
placida in senectute, et intra domum suam
coram amicorum familiarium turba super suum
morietur lectum. Que omnia secundum beati
vaticinium viri de eo vere adimpleta sunt.”—
Trias Thaum., p. 341.

® Fearna.—A place abounding in alder trees,
now Ferns, an ancient’ episcopal seat on the
River Bann, about five miles to the north of
- Enniscorthy, in the county of Wexford.—See
rote on the battle of Dunbolg, A. D. 594; see
vlso Ussher’s Primordia, p. 864; and Colgan’s
«dition of the Life of St. Maidocus at 3lst Janu-
ery, Acta Sanctorum, p. 208, et seqgg. This saint is
now usually called Mogue throughout the dio-
cese of Ferns, and in the parishes of Drumlane
and Templeport, in the county of Cavan, and
in that of Ressinver, in the county of Leitrim,
where his memory is still held in the highest

St. Maedhog, Bishop of Fearna?, died

veneration. The children who are called after
him at baptism are now usually, though incor-
rectly, called Moses by the Roman Catholics,
but more correctly Aidan by the Protestants,
throughout the diocese of Ferns. His first
name was Aedh, of which Aedhan, Aidan, and
Aedhog, are diminutive forms; and the pronoun
mo, my, is usually prefixed to form an ainm
bad, or name of affection. This custom among
the ancient Irish is explained by Colgan as fol-
lows, in a note on this name:

‘‘Secribitur quidem in Hibernico vetustiori
Moedoc, Maedoc, Aodan, Oedan, Oedoc, Aedoc,
in recentiori Maodog, Aedan, Aodh, Aodhog: et
hinc latinis Codicibus varié Azdus, Aidanus,
Moedoc: apud Capgravium Maedocius: in Co-
dice Insule sanctorum Aedanus, Moedocus, in
hac vita; in aliis Codicibus et presertim mar-
tyrologiis Oedus, Aedus, et Moedocus. Causam
tam varie lectionis in notis ad vitam S. Ite 15
Januarii assignavimus triplicem. Prima est
quod ubi Hiberni nunc passim scribunt Ao
prisci scribebant Oe vel Ae: et ubi illi litteram

248 annaca rioshachca erreann.

(626.

mac Colmam, vécc. Cath Oum Ceichenn pia nOomnall, mac Clooha, mic
Qinmipech, pon Congal Caoch, no Claon, mac Scanvlam, 04 m po manbad
Huaine Garllpeach, mac Popannam, 7 apoile pochade, 7 po meabard 1apum
pop Congal, o1a nebnad :

Cach Oun Ceitinn oa parbe cpu puad oan puile lara,
bacan pon plocht Congail cnuim colla muinpfiipa marra.

Cach Apoa Conainn la Conoa Cepp, cigepna Oail Riava, aipm im po
manbao Prachna, mac Oémam, pi Ulad.

Cop Core, pé céd piche a cing. An vana bliadain vo Oomnall. Pionn-
cam Maoloub vo écc. Moba, mac Ui Aloa. Cach Ufeainte ecip Maol-
pictms, torpeach cenel mic eancca, 7 Epname mac Piacpac, corpeach Cenel |

Pfhavhaig, ou in po manbad Maolpicms, mac GCovha Uaimodnaigh. OSpan-

oub, mac Marlcoba, vé5.

Cloip Cort, pé céd piche apeacht. Cn clépamad bliadain vo Oomnall.
Cath Acha Abla, 04 mm po mapbad Oicul, mac Pfpsgupa Tuli la Mumann.
Inp Mevcoit opotucchad la heppcop Aevhain.

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g. hic ¢ scribere consueverint. Secunda est,
quod solebant diminutiva, loco nominum pro-
priorum ponere, ut loco Paulus Paulinus, et
quod diminutiva ordinarie apud eos desinant in
an, en, in, vel oc, seu og: et hine loco Aodh,
seepe Aodhan, Aodhoc, seu Aodog. Tertia quod
venerationis et amoris causa, solebant nomini-
bus propriis prefigere syllabam mo quod meum
sonat ; vel ubi incipiebant nomina a vocali so-
lum prefigebant litteram m, et hinc Aodhog,
Oedhoc, appellabant Maodhog et Maedhog. Qui
ad hec attendet, non solum preedicte variationis,
sed et multorum similium originem et causas
facile sciet.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 216, n. 5.

«1 Dun-Ceithern.— Translated ‘ munitio, Cei-
thirni” by Adamnan in his Vita Columb., lib. i.
c. 49. This fort is still known, but called in
English “the Giant’s Sconce.” It is a stone
fort; built in the Cyclopean style, on the sum-
mit of a conspicuous hill in the parish of Dun-
* boe, in the north of the county of Londonderry.

The earliest writer who mentions this battle is
Adamnan, who states that it had been predicted
by St. Columbkille that it would be fought be-
tween ‘‘ Nelli nepotes et Cruthini populi,” i. e.
between the northern Ui-Neill and the Irish
Cruithnigh or people of Dalaradia, and that a
neighbouring well would be polluted with hu-
man slaughter. Adamnan, who was born in
the year in which this battle was fought, -has
the following notice of this battle as foreseen by
St. Columbkille: :

‘In quo bello (ut multi norunt populi) Dom-

nallus Aidi filius victor sublimatus est, et in ||
eodem, secundum Sancti vaticinium viri, fonti- ©
culo, quidam de parentelé ejus interfectus est |

homo. Alius mihi, Adamnano, Christi miles, —
Finananus, nomine, qui vitam multis anachore-

ticam annis juxta Roboreti monasterium campi é
irreprehensibiliter ducebat, de eodem bello se

presente commisso aliqua enarrans protestatus”

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on the 81st of January. Ronan, son of Colman, died. The battle of Dun-
Ceithern® [was gained] by Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, over Congal
Caech, or Claen’, son of Scannlan, where Guaire Gaillseach, son of Forannan,
and many others, were slain ; and Congal was afterwards defeated ; of which
was said :

The battle of Dun-Ceithirn, in which there was red blood over grey eyes ;
There were in the track of Congal Crom bodies thick-necked, comely.

The battle of Ard-Corainn’ [was gained] by Connadh Cerr, Lord of Dal-
Riada, where Fiachna, son of Deman, King of Ulidia, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 626. The second year of Domhnall. Finntan Mael-
dubh died. .Mobhai mac Ui Aldai [died]. The battle of Leathairbhe' between
Maelfithrigh, chief of Cinel-Mic-Earca, and Ernaine, son of Fiachra, chief of
Cinel-Fearadhaigh, where Maelfithrigh, son of Aedh Uairidhnach, was slain.

Brandubh", son of Maelcobha, died.
The Age of Christ, 627.

The fourth year of Domhnall.

The battle of

Ath-Abla”, where Dicul, son of Fearghus, was slain by the Munstermen. [The
monastery of] Inis-Medcoit* was founded by Bishop Aedhan.

vidisse, &e.—Trias Thaum., p. 349.

In the Annals of Ulster this battle is men-
tioned under the year 628, as follows:

“ A.D, 628.— Bellum Dun Ceithirinn in quo
Congal Caech fugit, et Domhnall mac Aedo vic-
tor erat, in quo cecidit Guaire mac Forindan.”

* Congal Caech, or Claen.—He was known by
both surnames or sobriquets, Caech meaning
blind, or one-eyed, and Claen, squint-eyed or
perverse.—See Battle of Magh, Rath, p. 37, note*

* Ard-Corainn.—Not identified. There is a
piece of land near Larne, in the county of An-
trim, called Corran. “ A. D. 626. Bellum Arda-
Corain. Dalriati victores erant ; in quo cecidit
Jiachna mac Deamain.”—Ann. Ult.

t Leathairbhe.— Not identified. ‘A. D. 628,
Jfors Echdach Buidhe, regis Pictorum, filii Ae-

dain. Ste in libro Cuanach inveni. Vel sicut in
Libro Dubhdalethe narratur, Belum Letirbe
titer Cenel-Mic-Erca et Cenel Feradaig, in quo

Maelfitric cecidit. Ernaine mac Fiachna victor
erat.’ —Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 629. Belum Lethirbe inter Genus
Eugain invicem, in quo Maelfitric cecidit.”—
Ibid.

‘« Bran Dubh.— A.D. 629. Jugulatio Bran-
duib mic Maelcobo.”—Ann. Ult.

v Ath-Abla.—Not identified. “‘A. D. 631. Bel-
lum Atho Aubla, in quo cecidit Diciull mac Fer-
gusa Tuile la Mumain.”—Ann. Ult.

* Inis-Medcoit.—This island is described in the
Feilire-Aenguis, at 31st August, as “1 n-1aptan
cuaipcine Saran m-bic,” “in the north-west
of Little Saxon-land, where Aedan, son of Lu-
gain, son of Ernin, was interred.” The festival
of this Aedan is also entered in O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar at 3lst August, and it is added that
he went on a pilgrimage to Inis-Meadcoit, in
the north-west of Saxan-Beg. It was probably
the British name of the Island of Lindisfarne,

2K

(628.

250 annaza RIoshachta eiReann.

Cloip Cpiort, pé céd piche a hochc. Un circcead bliadain vo Oorhnall.
Cach Acha Soan,1 mantan Lippe, pra pPaolan, mac Colmam,7 pia Conall,
mac Suibne, coipech Mhode,7 pra bPalse (no bPailbe) Plann, pi Muman,
ainm im po manbad Cmiomcann, mac Clooha, mic Seanaig, pi Lagfn, co
pocharde ole manlle pup. Mon Muman vécc.

Cop Cmore, pé céo tmiocha. Cn pechcmad bliadam vo Domnall. Oa
mac Qloda Slane vo mapbad la Conall, mac Suibne, oc Loch Tpetm, oc
Fremomnn, .1.Congal, coipech OpSh, pachaip Ua cConaing,7 Cahill Cpucipe,
pfnachain Shit nOluchagh. Catch Segayi, of man mapbavh Locene, mac
Nechcain Cfhopooa, 7 Comarpccach, mac Qongara. Cach Cmle Caolain
pe nO1apmaro, mac Cloda Slame, ainm m no mapbad va mac Clongura, mic
Colmam Moin «1. Maoluma 7 Colcca,7 anal ole amarlle pnd, via nebnaoh:

Cath Cirle Caolain caine, po bo vaonbag co noile,
Meabaw ma nOrapmaic Deala, pop propa mCda Mivde,

hi puba Colgan cfnobaimn, agup Miaoluma ino ollgnaio,

Oa mac Clongapa apmsloin, mic cnucglan calméin Colmam.

Sesene, abb lae Colum Cille, vo potuccad ecclanre Recnainne. Conall,

or Holy Island, in Northumberland, concerning
which see Bede, Heel. Hist., lib. iii, c. 3.

Y Ath-Goan : i.e. Goan’s Ford; not identified.

‘ Tarthar-Liffe-—That part of the present
county of Kildare, embraced by the River Liffey
in its horse-shoe winding, was anciently called
Oirthear-Liffe, i.e. East of Liffey; and that
part lying west of the same winding was called
Iarthar-Liffe, i.e. west of Liffey. Both districts
belonged to the Ui-Faelain, or O’Byrnes, pre-
viously to the English invasion.

« Mor-Mumhan.—She was Queen of Munster,
and wife of Finghin, King of Munster, ancestor
of the O’Sullivans. Dr. O’Conor mistranslates
this entry, mistaking Mor, a woman’s name, for
Maor, or Moer, a steward, ‘“‘ @conomus Mo-
monie decessit ;” but this is childish in the
extreme, because Mor is a woman’s name, and
never means @conomus. In Mageoghegan’s trans-

lation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, the death
of this Queen is entered under 632, as follows:

** A. D. 632. More, Queen of Mounster, and
surnamed More of Mounster, died.”

It is added in the margin that she was the
wife of Finghin, King of Munster: “ Mé6p
Muman, bean Fingmn, pig Muman.”—See note
on Failbhe Flann, infra.

» Loch Trethin.—Now Loch Drethin, anglicé
Lough Drin,.a small lough in the parish of
Mullingar, about one mile and a half to the east
of the hill of Freamhain, or Frewin, in the
county of Westmeath. This event is entered
in the Annals of Ulster at 633, and in the An-
nals of Clonmacnoise at 632, as follows:

“ A. D..633. Jugulatio duorum filiorum Aedo |)
Slaine la Conall mac Suibhne oce Loch Treithin 7
ap Fremuin, .i. Congal ri Breag, ocus Ailill 7
Cruidire, senathair Sil Dluthaig.”—Ann. Ult, 7

628.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

The Age of Christ, 628. The fifth year of Domhnall. The battle of Ath-
Goan’, in Iarthar-Liffe’, by Faelan, son of Colman ; by Conall, son of Suibhne,
chief of Meath; and by Failge, or Failbhe Flann, King of Munster, wherein was
slain Crimhthann, son of Aedh, son of Seanach, King of Leinster, with many
others along with him. Mor-Mumhan* died.

The Age of Christ, 630. The seventh year of Domhnall. The two sons
of Aedh Slaine were slain by Conall, son of Susbhne, at Loch Trethin’, at
Freamhain, namely, Congal, chief of Breagh, ancestor of the Ui-Conaing, and
Ailill Cruitire [i. e. the Harper], ancestor of the Sil-Dluthaigh. The battle of
Seaghais’, wherein were slain Loichen, son of Neachtain Ceannfoda, and Comas-
gach, son of Aenghus. The battle of Cuil-Caelain*, by Diarmaid, son of Aedh
Slaine, where the two sons of Aenghus, son of Colman Mor, namely, Maclumha
and Colga, and some others along with them, were slain ; of which was said :

251

The battle of the fair Cuil-Caelain, it was [fought] on one side with devotedness,
Was gained by Diarmaid, of Deala, over the mead-drinking men of Meath,
In which the white-headed Colgan was pierced, and Maelumha of great dignity,

Two sons of Aenghus of glorious arms, the son of fine-shaped, great-voiced

Colman.

Segene, Abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, founded the church of Rechrainn®. Conall,

“ A. D, 632. The killing of the two sons of
Hugh Slane, Congal, Prince of Brey, of whom
the O’Connyngs descended, and Ailill the
Harper, ancestor of Sile-Dluhie, by the hands
of Conell mac Swyne, at Loghtrehan, neer
Frewyn, in Westmeath.”

° Seaghais.—See note °, under A. D. 499,
p- 161, suprd. This battle is entered in the
Annals of Ulster under the year 634.

¢ Cuil-Caelain : i.e. Caelan’s Corner, or Angle.
Not identified. This battle is entered in the
Annals of Ulster under the year 634, and in
the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 632, thus:

“ A. D. 634. Bellum Cuile Coelain pe nDiar-
mait mac Aeda Slaine in quo cecidit Maelumai
nac Oengusa.”—Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 632. The battle of Cowle-Keallan

was fought, where Dermot mac Hugh Slane
killed Moyleowa mac Enos, and his brother,
Colga.”—Ann. Clon.

° Rechrainn.—Now Ragharee, or Rathlin Island,
situated off the north coast of the county of
Antrim.—See note %, under A. D. 1551, p. 1521.
The erection of the church of Rechrainn is en-
tered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 634,
and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 632. Dr.
O’Conor says that Segienus should be considered
rather the restorer than the original founder of
the church of Rechrainn, inasmuch as it appears
from Adamnan’s Vita Columb., lib. ii. c. 41, that
this church was erected by St. Columbkille.
But it appears from O’Donnell’s Life of St.
Columbkille (lib. i. c. 65), and various other
authorities, that the island of Rachrainn, on

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aNNata RIOshachta eiReGNn.

(631.

mac Suibne, corpech Mide, 7 Maoluma, mac Popannain, v0 mapbad la Orap+

maicc, mac Cloda Slaine.

Cloip Cort, pé cé0 tmrocha a haon.

nall.

Cin cochtmad bliadain 00 Oom-

Epnaine, mac Piachna, toipech Chenél Pfpaohang, vo mapbad. Ap

laip prde conchaip Maolpichpig, mac Cooha Uaimodnarg, hn ccach Lechenbe.
Cantach, 1. Mochuoa, mac Pionoaill vo 1onnapbaoh a Racham.

Cop Corr, pé céd cpiocha a chi.

Failte Plann, pi Muman, vécc.

Cn ofchmad bliadamn vo Detmalt.

Cop Core, pé céd tmocha acltap. On caonmad bliadain vécc vo

Oomnall.

$. Eochaww, abb Lip mop, vécc an 17 0Oipml. S. Pionncam, mac

Telcham, vécc an 21 DOctobep. Cath Marshe Rat pa nOomnall, mac ;

which St. Columbkille erected a church, be-
longed to the east of Bregia, in Meath. It was
the ancient name of the present island of Lam-
bay, near Dublin. Segienus, Abbot of Iona, is
mentioned by Bede in Hist. Eccl., lib. iii. c. 5 ;
and by Adamnan in Vita Columb., lib. i. ec. 3.—
See Colgan’s Zrias Thaum., p. 374, n. 30.

‘ Conall, son of Suibhne.— A. D. 634. Occisio
Conaill mic Suibhne, i tig Mic Nafraig, la Diar-
mait mac Aeda Slaine.”—Ann. Ult.

‘© A. D. 632. Conall mac Sweyne, King of
Meath, was slain by Dermot mac Hugh Slane,
or rather by Moyleowa mac Forannaine.”—
Ann. Elon.

® Cinel-Fearadhaigh.—A tribe of the Cinel-
Eoghain, seated in the present barony of Clogher,
in the county of Tyrone. In the Annals of
Ulster this entry is given under the year 635 :
“ Jugulatio Ernain mic Fiachae, gui visit Mael-
fitric filium Aedo Alddain, in bello Letirbe.”

" Rathain: otherwise spelled Raithin, i. e.
Filicetum, or Ferny Land, now Rahen, a town-
land containing the remains of two ancient
churches situated in the barony of Ballycowan,
in the King’s County.—See Petrie’s Round
Towers, where these remains are described.
Archdall, and from him Lanigan (cel. Hist.,
vol. ii. p. 353) erroneously state that the place

whence Carthach was expulsed is Rathyne in
the barony of Fertullagh, and county of West-
meath.—See Ussher’s Primord., p.910. In the
Annals of Tighernach, the ‘“ Effugatio” of St.
Carthach from Raithin ‘in diebus pasche,” is
entered at A. D. 636, in the Annals of Ulster
at 635, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at
632.”

' Failbhe Flann.—He was the younger brother
of Finghin, the husband of Mor Mumhan, from
whom the O’Sullivans are descended. ‘This
Failbhe, who is the ancestor of the Mac Carthys,
seems to have been very unpopular at his acces-
sion to the throne of Munster, as appears from
the following quatrain, quoted by Keating, and
in the Book of Munster:

“®6heie gan Fingin, bert gan Méip,

Oo Chaireal ip varna bpdin,

Ip 1onann ip bert gan ni,

Map é Failbe Flann bur pi.”

“To be without Finghin, to be without Mor,

To Cashel is cause of sorrow,
It is the same as to be without anything
If Failbhe Flann be the King.”

From these lines, which are well known to _ H
the shanachies of Munster, it is contended that
the O’Sullivans are of a senior branch of the — -

631.)

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

253

son of Suibhne’, chief of Meath, and Maelumha, son of Forannan, were slain by

Diarmaid, son of Aedh-Slaine.
The Age of Christ, 631.

Fiachna, chief of Cinel-Fearadhaigh®, was slain.

The eighth year of Domhnall.

Ernaine, son of

It was by him Maelfithrigh,

son of Aedh Uairidhnach, was slain in the battle of Letherbhe. Carthach,
i.e. Mochuda, son of Finnall, was banished from Rathain}.
’ The Age of Christ, 633. The tenth year of Domhnall. Failbhe Flann’,

King of Munster, died.

The Age of Christ, 634. The eleventh year of Domhnall.
Abbot of Lis-mor*, died on the 17th of April.

died on the 21st of October.

royal family of Munster than the Mac Carthys;
and indeed there can be little doubt of the fact,
as their ancestor, Finghin, son of Aedh Duff,
died in619, when he was succeeded by his bro-
ther, Failbhe Flann. In the Annals of Ulster the
death of ‘‘ Failbhe Flann Feimin, rex Mumhan,”
is entered under the year 636.

* Lis-mor: i.e. Lismore, in the county of
Waterford. The festival of this Eochaidh is
entered in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar at 17th
April.

Finntan, son of Telchan.—This saint was
otherwise called Munna, and was the founder of
the monastery of Teach-Munna, now Taghmon,
in the county of Wexford. He attended the
Synod of Leighlin in 630, where he attempted
to defend the old Irish mode of computing Eas-
ter against the new Roman method.—See Cum-
mianus’s Epistle to Segienus, Abkpot of Iona, on

_the Paschal controversy, in Ussher’s Sylloga,
Vo. xi.; also Primordia, p. 936. In the Annals
of Ulster his death is entered under the year
34, but in the Annals of Tighernach at 636,
which is the true year. His contemporary,
-\damnan, gives a very curious account of this
Fintanus filius Tailcani in his Vita Columb.,
lb. i. c. 2, where he calls him “ Sanctus Finte-
hus-per universas Scotorum Ecclesias valde nos-

St. Eochaidh,
St. Finntan, son of Telchan’,

The battle of Magh-Rath™ [was gained] by

cibilis, &c. &c. studiis dialis sophie deditus,
&e.” In the Feilire-Aenguis, at his festival
(21st October), it is stated that his father,
Taulchan, was a Druid.

™ Magh Rath._Now Moira, a village in a pa-
rish of the same name, in the barony of Lower
Iveagh, and county of Down. The earliest
writer who notices this battle is Adamnan,
who, in his Vita Columb., lib. iii. c. 5, says that
St. Columbkille had warned Aidan and his de-
scendants, the Kings of Alba, not to attack his
relatives in Ireland, for so surely as they should,
the power of their enemies would prevail over
them. Adamnan, who was about thirteen years
old when this battle was fought, says that a pro-
phecy of St. Columbkille’s was fulfilled in the
consequences of it. His words are:

‘‘ Hoc autem vaticinium temporibus nostris
completum est in bello Rath, Domnalloe Brecco,
nepote Aidani sine causa vastante provinciam
Domnill nepotis Ainmirech : et a die illa, us-
que hodie adhuc in proclivo sunt ab. extraneis,
quod suspiria doloris pectora incutit.”—Trias
Thaum., p. 365.

This battle is noticed in the Annals of Ulster
and the Chronicon Scotorum at the year 636,
and in the Annals of Tighernach at 637, which
is the true year—See the romantic story on

254 ANNaZa RIOshachca elREGNN. (635.

Ceoha, ] pia macanb’ Cleoha Slame pon Congal Claon, mac Scanolam, pf
Ulad, ou icconchaip Congal, Ulaid, 7 Allmannars an aon pip. Catch Sael-
cine mia cConall cCaol, mac Maoilcoba, pon Cenel n€oghain.

Qoip Core, pé cé0 tmocha a cing. Cn vana bliadain vécc 00 Oomnall.
Qilill, mac Coda Réin, Congal, mac Ounchaoha, décc. Ouinpeach, bin
Oomnanll, mic Cloda, pi Eneamn, véce.

Cop Cort, pé cé0 tmochaa pé. On cpearp bliadain vécc vo Domnall.
S. Mochuva, epreop Lip méin 7 abb Rantne, vecc 14 Man. Cach Catpac
Chmnocon la Mumarn pra nCongup Liat, pon Maoloiin, mac Coda bfnoadin.
Maolooan Macha, plaié Oinsiall, vécc. Maolotin, mac Cloda, vo lopcad
rnlmp caom. Maolotm, mac Peapgupa, 7 Maoloam, mac Colmam, véce.

Coup Cniort, pé céo tmiocha a plche.

Oomnall.

Cn cetpamad bliadain vécc vo

$. Cnonan mac Ua Loegve, abb Cluana mic Norp, véce 18 Tuli.

S. Mochua, abb balla, véce 30 Manca.

the subject of this battle, printed for the Irish
Archeological Society in 1842.

” Saeltire—This place is unknown to the
Editor. It is stated in the Annals of Ulster,
that this battle and the battle of Roth (Magh
Rath), were fought on the same day.

“ A.D. 636. Bellum Roth, et Bellum Sailtire
in una die facta sunt. Conall Cael, mac Mael-
cobo, sociws Domhnaill, victor erat, de Genere
Eugain, én bello Saeltire.”

° Ailill, son of Aedh Roin.—His death is en-
tered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 638.

® Congal, son of Dunchadh.—“‘ A. D. 638.
Jugulatio Congaile mac Duncha.”—Ann. Ul.

1 Duinseach.— A. D. 638. Obitus Duinsice
uxoris Domhnaill.”—Ann, Ult.

“A. D. 637, The death of Downesie, wife of
King Donel], and Queen of Ireland.”—Ann. Clon.

* Mochuda.—The death of this bishop is en-
tered in the Annals of Ulster under the year
637, and in the Annals of Tighernach and those
of Clonmacnoise under 637 (2 Id. Maii), which
is the true date——See Lanigan’s Ecclesiastical
History of Ireland, vol. ii. pp. 353, 355.

s Lis-mor: i.e. the Great Lis or earthen fort,
translated Atrium magnum by the weiter of
the Life of St. Carthach ; now Lismore, on the
River Neimh, now the Blackwater, in the west
of the county of Waterford, anciently called
Crich-na-nDeise. It is evident from entries in
these Annals at the years 588 and 610, that
there was an ecclesiastical establishment here
before the expulsion of St. Carthach from Rai-
thin, in Fircall, in 636; but it was remodelled
and erected into a bishopric by him a short
time before his death. Moelochtride, prince of

apatites eames eae

Nandesi (i. e. the Desies), made him a grant of

a considerable tract of land lying round the
atrium called Lismore, which was originally a
mere earthen enclosure, but in a short time the
place acquired an extraordinary celebrity, and
was visited by scholars and holy men from all
parts of Ireland, as well as from England and
Wales, as we learn from the following passage

in his Life: 2

“ Egregia et Sancta civitas Less-mor: cujus
dimidium est asylum, in qua nulla mulier audet i
intrare, sed plenum est cellis et monasteriis- i

635.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 255

Domhnall, son of Aedh, and the sons of Aedh Slaine, over Congal Claen, son
of Scannlan, King of Ulidia, where fell Congal, and the Ulidians and foreigners
along with him. The battle of Saeltire™ [was gained] by Conall Cael, son of
Maelcobha, over the Cinel-Eoghain.

The Age of Christ, 635. The twelfth year of Domhnall. Ailill, son of
Aedh Roin*; Congal, son of Dunchadh?, died. Duinseach‘, wife of Domhnall,

son of Aedh, King of Ireland, died.

The Age of Christ, 636. The thirteenth year of Domhnall. St. Mochuda’,
Bishop of Lis-mor* and Abbot of Raithin [Rahen], died on the 14th of May.
The battle of Cathair-Chinncon', in Munster, [was gained] by Aenghus Liath,
over Maelduin, son of Aedh Beannan. Maelodhar Macha’, chief of Oirghialla,
died. Maelduin, son of Aedh”, was burned at Inis-caein*.
Fearghus, and Maelduin, son of Colman, died.

The Age of Christ, 637. The fourteenth year of Domhnall. St. Cronan
Mac-Ua-Loegde’, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died on the 18th of July. St. Mochua,

Maelduin, son of

Abbot of Balla’, died.

sanctis, et multitudo virorum sanctorum semper
illic manet.
Hibernie, et non solim, sed ex Anglia et Bri-
tannid. confluunt ad eam, volentes ibi migrare
ad Christum. Et est ipsa civitas posita super
ripam fluminis quandam dicti Nem, modo autem
Aban-mor, id est, amnis magnus, in plaga re-
gionis Nandesi.”—Ussher’s Primord., p. 943;
see also the same work, pp. 910, 919. St. Car-
thach or Mochuda’s festival is entered in the
Feilire-Aenguis and O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at
14th May.

* Cathair-Chinncon.
stone fort near Rockbarton, the seat of Lord
Guillamore, in the barony of Small County, and
county of Limerick. In the Annals of Ulster
this battle is noticed under the year 639, as
follows :

“A.D. 639. Bellum Cathrach-Cinncon. Oen-
sus Liathdana victor erat. Maelduin mac Aeda
Benain, fugit.”

_* Maelodhar Macha.—In the Annals of Tigh-

Viri enim religiosi ex omni parte

This was the name of a

ernach and the Annals of Ulster he is called
“rex Orientalium,” which is intended for mz
na n-Oinzeagp, i. e. King of the Oriors, two ba-
ronies in the east of the present county of Ar-
magh ; but in the Battle of Magh-Rath (p. 28),
he is called pi noi cemica ceo Oipgiall, i.e.
King of the Nine Cantreds of Oriel, a territory
which comprised, at this period, the present
counties of Louth, Armagh, Monaghan, and
parts of Tyrone.

* Maelduin, son of Aedh.—‘ A.D. 640. Com-
bustio Maelduin zn insula Caini. Juyulatio Mael-
duin mic Fergusa, ¢ Maelduin mic Colmain.”—
Ann. Ult.

* Inis- Caein.—Now Inishkeen, in the county
of Louth, on the borders of Monaghan.

¥ Cronan-mac- Ua- Loeghde.—“A. D, 637. Cro-
nan macc-U-Loeghdea, abbas Cluana-mic-Nois,
obiit.”— Ann. Ult.

“ A.D, 637. Cronan mac Oloye, abbot of
Clonvicnose, died.”—-Ann. Clon.

* Balla.—Now Balla or Bal, a village in the

256 _ ANNGZa RIOshachta eiReann. (638.

Coip Cmorct, pé cé0 tmochaa hoche. $. Cpican m Clonopuim véce an
peaccmad vécc vo Man. ooh Oub, abb 5 eprcop Cille vapa, vég, 7 ba
pi Cangs(n an cor eprwe. Oalaipe, mac hU Imoae, abb Leichglinne, vécc.

Coir Cmorce, pé cé0 tpiocha ana. $, Oagan Inbip Oaorle vo écc 13
Sepcembep. lan mbeich pe bliadna vég 1 pshe nEpeann vo Domnall, mac
Clooha, mic Cinmipech, puaip bap mo Apo Pochaoh, 1 cCip"Clooha, vo
funnpavh ian mbuad naitpige, uarp bao bliadain 1 ngalan a écca,7 no
caitead conp Cmore gaca pomnang. Oilill, mac Colmam, coipeach Cenel
Laogaipe [vécc].

Cloip Cmorc, pé Céd cetpaca. Cn céd bliadain vo Chonall Caol 7 vo
Cheallach, 04 mac Maoilcoba, mic Coda, mic Ainmipech, op Epimn 1 pighe.

barony of Clanmorris, but anciently in the ter-
ritory of Ceara, in the now county of Mayo.—
See note *, under the year 1179. The death of
this Mochua is also given in the Annals of Clon-
macnoise at the same year. Colgan gives the
Life of this saint as translated from an Irish
manuscript by Philip O’Sullivan Beare, at 30th
March, which is his festival day, as marked in
all the Calendars. He was a disciple of the ce-
lebrated St. Comhgall of Bangor.

* Aendruim.—This is not Antrim, but an
island in Loch Cuan, or Strangford Lough, in
the county of Down.—See notes under the years
496 and 642. The death of Cridan is entered
under 638 in the Annals of Ulster and the An-
nals of Clonmacnoise.

» Aedh Dubh.—The death of this royal abbot
and bishop is entered in the Annals of Ulster
and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year
638. :

° Leithghlinn: i.e. the Half Glen, now old
Leighlin, in the county of Carlow: “A.D. 638.
Ercra re” [an eclipse of the moon] “ Dolaissi mac
Cuinidea, abbas Lethglinne pausat.”—Ann. Ult.

“ A. D. 639. Dolasse mac Winge, Abbot of
Leighlin, died.”—Ann. Clon.

St. Dolaise, of Leighlin, was auamese called
Molaise and Laisren. He was present at the

Synod held at Leighlin in 630, to debate on
the proper time for celebrating Easter.— See
Cummianus’s epistle to Segienus, Abbot of
Iona, in Ussher’s Sylloge, No. xi. His festival
was celebrated on the 18th April, according to-
the Feilire Aenguis and the Irish Calendar of
O’Clery.

4 Inbher-Daeile : i. e. the Mouth of the River
Dael, now Ennereilly, a townland containing
the ruins of an old church situated close to
Mizen Head, in the south of a parish of the
same name, in the barony of Arklow, and
county of Wicklow, and about four miles and
a quarter north-north-east of the town of Ark-
low. The river Dael or Deel is now called the
Pennycomequick River. In the Feilire-Aenguis,
at 13th September, Inbher-Doeli is described
as in the territory of Dal-Mescorb, in Leinster,
and Doel, as “nomen amnis,” in the east of
Leinster.

© Ard-Fothadh, in Tir-Aedha.—This was the
name of a fort on a hill near Ballymagrorty, in
the barony of Tir-Aedha, now Tirhugh, and

¢ Setanta eter cme a at

county of Donegal.—See the Tripartite Life of — |

St. Patrick, part ii. c. iii; and Adamnan’s Vita —

Columb., lib. i. c. 10; and Colgan’s note (Trias
Thaum., p. 375), where he translates this pas- —
sage from the Irish of the Four Masters, thus:

ee

638.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 257

The Age of Christ, 638. St. Critan, of Aendruim’, died on the seventeenth
of May. Aedh Dubh®, Abbot and Bishop of Cill-dara [Kildare], died. He had
been at first King of Leinster. Dalaise Mac hU-Imdae, Abbot of Leithglinn*,
died.

The Age of Christ, 639. St. Dagan, of Inbher-Daeile’, died on the 13th
of September. After Domhnall; son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, had been sixteen
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at Ard-Fothadh, in Tir-Aedha’,
after the victory of penance, for he was a year in his mortal sickness ; and he
used to receive the body of Christ every Sunday. Oilill, son of Colman, chief
of Cinel-Laeghaire’, [died].

The Age of Christ, 640. The first year of Conall Cael and Ceallach®, two
sons of Maelcobha, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, over Ireland, in [joint] sove-
reignty. Scannlan Mor’, son of Ceannfaeladh, chief of Osraighe [Ossory], died.

“ Anno Christi sexcentessimo trigessimo nono
postguam Hibernie monarchiam sexdecim annis
administrasset, Domnallus, filius Aidi filii Ain-
mirit, decessit in Ard-fothad regione de Tir-Aodha,
post penitentie palmam. Integro enim anno in
sui lethali infirmitate, singulis diebus Dominicis
communione Corporis Christi refectus, interiit.”
He then remarks on the Chronology: “‘ Verum
non anno 639 (ut Quatuor Magistri referunt);
sed anno 642, ex Annalibus Ultoniensibus refert
Jacobus Usserus de Ecclesiarum Britannicarum
Primordiis pagina 712 ipsum obiisse; et posted

_ in Indice Chronologico, dicens Anno 642. Dom-

naldus filius Aidi Rex Hibernice, in fine mensis
Januarti moritur ; succedentibus sibi in regno Con-
allo et Kellacho, filiis Maelcobi, annis xvi.”

The death of King Domhnall is entered in

_ the Annals of Ulster, and also in the Annals of

Clonmacnoise, at 641; but the true year is 642,

“ag Ussher has it: |

“A.D. 641. Mors Domhnaill, mic Aedo, regis
Hibernie: in fine Januarii.”—Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 641. Donell mac Hugh, King of
Jreland, died in Ardfohie, in the latter end of
January.””—Ann. Clon.

* Cinel-Laeghaire: i. e. Race of Laeghaire
(Monarch of Ireland). These were seated in
the baronies of Upper and Lower Navan, in the
county of Meath. The hill of Tlachtgha, the
ford of Ath-Truim, and the church of Telachard,
were in their territory. The death of Ailill,
son of Colman, is entered in the Annals of
Ulster at 641, and in the Annals of Clonmac-
noise at 642.

& Conall Cael and Ceallach—The Annals of
Ulster contain the following curious remarks
under the year 642: ‘“ Cellach et Conall Cael
reguare incipiunt, ut alii dicunt. Hic dubitatur
quis regnavit post Domhnall. Dicunt alii histo-
riographi regnasse quatuor reges, .1. Cellach et
Conall Cael, et duo filii Aedo Slaine .i, Diarmait
et Blathmac, per commixta regna.”

» Scannlan Mor, son of Ceannfaeladh.He was
not the Scannlan, King of Ossory, mentioned
by Adamnan as a hostage in the hands of Aedh
mac Ainmirech, but his cousin-german, Scann-
lan Mor, son of Ceannfaeladh, son of Rumann,
whose brother, Feradhach, was the grandfather
of the other Scannlan. This Scannlan Mor, son
of Ceannfaeladh, is the ancestor of all the septs

yaaa

258

annaza RIoghachta eireann. (641.

Scannlan mép, mac Cinnpaolaid, coipeé Opparge, vécc. Cuana, mac Olilcene,
coirech Pfpmaige, vécc. bu hé pm Laoe Liaémuine.

— Aap Cmorct, pé céd ceatpacha a haon. On vana bliadain v0 Chonall 4

vo Cheallac.
Oo Chenél cConall Gulban 1aopen.

Maolbnfpail 7 Maolanparoh vécc, 7 Plann Enaigh vo guin.

Coip Cort, pé céd clénaca a 06. An cpearp bliadain vo Chonall 7 vo
Cheallach. $.Cponan 6fcc, eppuce nOlonopoma, vécc an 7 lanuanpu. Punad-

pan, mac beicce, mic Cuanach, correc Ua Mec Uap, vécc.

huaiple ing{n

Suibne, mic Colman, b(n Paoldin, mph Langtn, vécc. Cath Gaba ecip

Caishmbh péin.

Cloip Core, pé céd cltépacha acpi.

Cn clépamad bliadain vo Chonall,

7 v0 Cheallach. Ounchad, mac Piachna, mc Oemann, pi Ulad, vécc.
Cloip Ciorz, pé céo cftpacha a cltaip. An ciiccead bliadam vo Chonall

7 v0 Cheallach.

bolecluata, tish(fna Ua cCeinnypllaig, vécc.

Cop Cmorz, pé céd ceatpacha a ciucc. An perpead bliadam 00 Chonall
7 v0 Cheallach. S. Mac Lappe, abb bfnncaip, vécc an 16 Man. Rags-

of the Mac Gillapatricks, or Fitzpatricks, of
Ossory. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the
death of Scanlan More mac Keanfoyle is entered
under A. D. 642.

' Laech Liathmhuine : i. e. the Hero of Liath-
mhuin. There are several places in the county
of Cork called Liathmhuine; but the place here
referred to is Cloch-Liathmhuine, in the parish
of Kilgullane, in the barony of Fermoy. This
Cuana is called Mac Cailchine by Keating, and
in the Life of St. Molagga, published by Colgan
at 20th January, who describes him as a chief-
tain of unbounded hospitality, and the rival in
that quality of his half brother, Guaire Aidhne,
King of Connaught: .

“ Regni deinde” [i.e. post Donaldum] “socie-
tatem iniverant Conallus Tenuis, et Cellachus,
Moelcobii filii, nepotes Hugonis seu Aidi, An-
meri pronepotes: quibus pari regnandi postes-
tate gaudentibus, fatis concessit Cuanus Cail-
cheni filius, Caoé Ciatinuine, Fearmuie Rex,

- qui Guario Colmani filio coctaneus, parem

cum eo liberalitatem, et in egenos erogationem
exercuit.”—Lynch. See a curious reference to
this contest of generosity between Cuanna and
Guaire, in the Life of St. Molagga.— Acta SS.,
pp. 146, 148.

This Cuana was the descendant of the cele-
brated Druid and hero, Mogh Roth, who re-
ceived a grant of the territory of Feara-~-Muigh-
feine, now Fermoy, from Fiacha Muilleathan,
King of Munster, for the extraordinary services
which he had rendered to the Munster forces in
driving the monarch, Cormac Mac Art, from
Munster.—See Colgan’s Acta SS., p. 148, n. 2,
and note *, under A. D. 266, p. 117, supra.
Colgan refers to various authorities for this

contest of generosity between Cuana and his |)
half-brother, Guaire Aidhne, and, among others,
to an ancient manuscript of Clonmacnoise called
Leabhar-na hUidhre (a fragment of which isnow
preserved in the Library of the Royal Irish Aca-_
demy). His words are: “ Celebris est hec com-—
petentia in nostris historiis, de qua Ketinus in

'

i |
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641.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 259

Cuana, son of Ailcen, chief of Feara-Maighe [Fermoy], died. He was [the
person who was called] Laech Liathmhuine’.

The Age of Christ, 641. The second year of Conall and Ceallach. Mael-
breasail and Maelanfaidh* died; and Flann Enaigh was mortally wounded.
These were of the Cinel-Conaill-Gulban.

The Age of Christ, 642. The third year of Conall and Ceallach. St. Cronan
Beg’, Bishop of Aendruim, died on the 7th of January. Furadhran, son of Bec,
son of Cuanach, chief of Ui-Mic-Uais™, died. . Uaisle", daughter of Suibhne, son
of Colman, wife of Faelan, King of Leinster, died. The Maes of Gabhra’ [was

———

a

=>.

fought]*between the Leinstermen themselves.
_ The Age of Christ, 643. The fourth year of Conall and Ceallach. Dun-
chadh?, son of Fiachna, son of Deman, King of Ulidia, died.
The Age of Christ, 644. The fifth year of Conall and Ceallach. Bolglua-

tha‘, Lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died.
The Age of Christ, 645.

The sixth year of Conall and Ceallach. Mac

Laisre’, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died on the 16th of May. Raghallach’,

historia Regum Hibernia. Item in actis Com-
gani et Conall, et in actis etiam ipsius Cuane a
Fiacho” [filio Lyrit] ‘‘ synchrono eleganter con-
scriptis que etiamnim in magno pretio extant
hodié in celebri illo et vetusto codice Cluanensi,
quem Leabhar-na-h Uidhre vocant.” — Acta SS.,
p- 149, n. 14.

* Maelbreasail and Maelanfaidh.—* A. D. 643.
Jugulatio duorum nepotum Bogaine, i.e. Maelbrea-
sail et Maelanfait.
Breasail mic seachnasaich.”—Ann. Ul.

Cronan Beg. —‘‘ A. D. 642. Quies Cronain
Episcopt nOindromo.”—Ann. Ult.
“A.D. 642. Cronan, Bishop of Indroyme,
died.”—Ann. Clon.
™ Ui-Mic-Uais.—This name is still preserved
in the barony of Moygoish, in the county of
Westmeath. ;
~ “A, D. 644. Mors Furudrain mic Bece, mic
Cuanach ri Ua mice Uais.”— Ann. Ult.
“ A. D. 642. Furadrayn, the son of Beag, mic
Briwyn, or Cwanagh, prince of Mackwaiss, died.”

Guin Flainn Aenaig. Mors

—Anan. Clon.

2 Uaisle.—“ A.D. 642. Mors hUaisle, filix
Suibne.—Ann. Clon.

“ A.D. 642. Uaisle, in English, Gentle, daugh-
ter of Swyne mac Colman, King of Meath, Queen
of Lynster (she was wife to Foylan, King of
Lynster), died.”

° Gabhra: i.e. Gabhra-Liffe, not Gabhra, near
the Boyne.

P Dunchadh.—* A. D. 646. Rea Uloth Duncat
Ua Ronain jugulatus.”—Ann. Ult.

4 Bolgluatha.— A. D. 646. Bellum Colgan mac
Crunnmael Builggluatha ri hUae Cennselaig.”
—Ann. Ult.

* Mac Laisre.—* A.D. 645. Mac Laisre Abbas
Bennchair quievit..—Ann. Uli.

“ A.D, 642. Maclaisre, abbot of Beanchor,
died.”—Ann. Clon.

* Raghallach—His death is entered in the
Annals of Ulster at the year 648, which is more
correct. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is
incorrectly entered under the year 642, and the

2 id

260

ANNaza RIOshachta elReaNnN.

(645.

allach, mac Uacach, pf Connache, vo mapbad la Maolbpighve, mac Moe-
lacam, dia Domnaig Do punnnadh, dia nebnaoh :

Ragallach, mac Uacach, 50eta vo mui serleich,
Muipfno vechmon po cié, Catal vechmon venich.

hi speip anu vo Catal, cia concola piad progaibh,

Ciara Cathal cen achaip, nf a achain cen oiogail.
Mold p(ch avpoe oigail, atan upd a proneac,

Honad re fipu coigac, oslo pé oipngne véac.

Mo cwucyp11 ccuma cach, nogail Ragallang po part,

Pal a ulcha léith 1m laim, Maolbmgo1, mic Moclacham.

Cach Cann Conaill pa nOrapmai, mac Qlovha Slam, pon Guaipe, 04 m
po manbad an oa Cuan, «1. Cuan, mac Enoa, pf Muman,7 Cuan, mac Conall,
caoipech Ua Pigfnce, 7 Tolamnach, coipech Ua Liatam, 7 po meaband fon

Ouaipe a hionad an cacha.

lpead clcup vo lid O1apmaic vo tabaint in

cata po tnia Cluam mic Noip. Oo pisfpac iapom pamad Cianain eacla
pp Oia pap, co cipad plan oioncoib a cconms(chcta pom. lap poavh iapam
mm gh po eaohbaip Tuaim n€inc co na podlab plpomn (1. Giat Manchain)

translator adds that the O’Reillys are descended
from this Raghallach.

“A.D. 642 [recte 649]. Ragally mac Fwa-
dagh, King of Connaught, was deadly wounded
and killed by one Moyle-Bride O’Mothlan. Of
this King Ragally issued the O’Rellyes.”

This interpolation is, however, incorrect, for
the O’Reillys (of East Breifny or Cavan) are
descended from Raghallach, son of Cathalan, son
of Dubhcron, son of Maelmordha, the eleventh
in descent from Fearghus, the common ancestor
of the O’Reillys, O’Rourkes, and O’Conors of
Connaught. But this Raghallach, son of Uatach,
is the ancestor of the O’Conors, kings of Con-
naught. He had three sons: 1. Fearghus, the
father of Muireadhach Muilleathan, the ances-
tor of the O’Conors; 2. Cathal, who is men-
tioned in the text as the avenger of his father ;
and 3. Ceallach.—See Hardiman’s edition of
O’Flaherty’s Iar- Connaught, p. 130.

' Muireann.—It is stated in an interlined gloss
that she was the wife of Raghallach.
» Lamented.—The verb po ci¢ is glossed, inter
lineas, 1. po cain.”

~ Avenged, vepich.—This is glossed po oipe,
which, in the Brehon laws, signifies to punish,
fine, revenge. ‘ Nocha n-oincthe neach ina
cinaid coin o Concoban; no one was fined for
his real crime by Conchobhar.”—MS. T. C. D.,

H. 4, 22, p. 67. i

* Carn-Conaill._It appears from an account
of this battle, preserved in Leabhar na-h Vidhri,
in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, that —
Carn-Chonaill is situated in the territory of
Aidhne, which was coextensive with the diocese —

of Kilmacduagh, in the county of Galway. This 2| :
place is probably that now called Ballyconnell, —
in the parish of Kilbecanty, near Gort. The —
battle is noticed in the Annals of Ulster, under "
the year 648 ; and in the Annals of Clonmac- & Z

'
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645. ] 261

son of Uatach, King of Connaught, was killed by Maelbrighde, son of Moth-
lachan, on Sunday precisely, of which was said :

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

Raghallach, son of Uatach, was pierced on the back of a white steed ;

Muireann* hath well lamented" him, Cathal hath well avenged” him.

Cathal is this day in battle, though he is bound [to peace] in the presence of kings ;
Though Cathal is without a father, his father is not without being revenged.

Estimate his terrible revenge from the account, of it related ;

He slew six men and fifty, he committed sixteen devastations.

I had my share like another, in the revenge of Raghallach,

I have the grey beard in my hand of Maelbrighde, son of Mothlachan.

The battle of Carn Conaill* [was gained] by Diarmaid, son of Aedh Slaine,
against Guaire, wherein were slain the two Cuans, namely, Cuan, son of Enda,
King of Munster, and Cuan, son of Conall, chief of Ui-Fidhgeinte*; and Tolamh-
nach, chief of Ui-Liathain’; and Guaire was routed from the battle field. Diar-
maid, on his way to this battle, went first through Cluain-mic-Nois. The
congregation of St. Ciaran made supplication to God that he might return sate,
through the merits of their guarantee. After the king’s return, he granted
Tuaim nEire* (i.e. Liath-Manchain), with its sub-divisions of land, as altar-sod’,

noise under 642, as follows :

“A.D. 648. Bellum Cairn Conaill, whi Guaire
fugit, ¢ Diarmait mac Aedo Slaine victor erat.” —
Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 642 [recte 649]. The battle of Carn
Conell, in the Feast of Pentecost, was given by
Dermot mac Hugh Slane; and going to meet
his enemies went to Clonvicknose to make his
devotion to St. Keyran, was met by the abbot,
prelates, and clergy of Clonvicknose in proces-
sion, where they prayed God and St. Keyran to

sive him the victory over his enemies, which
‘30d granted at.their requests; for they had the
nictory, and slew Cwan, King of Mounster, and
wan mac Conell, King of I-Feiginty, and so
iving the foyle to his enemies returned to
Ulonvicknose again, to congratulate the clergy
' hy whose intercession he gained that victory,
and bestowed on them for ever Toymenercke,

with the appurtenances, now called Lyavanchan,
in honor of God and St. Keyran, to be held free
without any charge in the world, insomuch
that the King of Meath might not thencefoorth
challenge a draught of water thereout by way
of any charge.”—Ann. Clon.

¥ Ui-Fidhgeinte—A large territory in the -
present county of Limerick.—See note ™, under
A. D. 1178, p. 44.

* Ui-Liathain.—A territory in the county of
Cork.—See note *, under A. M. 2859, p. 11,
and note °, under A. D. 1579, p. 1722.

® Tuaim nEire: i.e. Erc’s Mound, or tumzlus.
This was the original name of the place where
the old church of Lemanaghan, in the barony of
Garrycastle, and King’s County, now stands in
ruins.—See note *, under A. D. 1531, p. 1402.

» Altar-sod.—Literally land on the altar, i.e.
land belonging to the altar, i. e. church-land.

262 ANNQaZa RIOSshachta ElREGNN. (646.

amail poo pon alcéip, 00 Oia 7 00 Chianan, 7 vo b{pe ceona cpipte (.1. mal-
laéc) pon igh Miohe ora mbfoh neach ora mumcip cid dIFh nuipce ann.
Conad vem do peogapc Orapmaice a adnacal hi cCluaim mic Nop.

Cop Cmort, pé cé0, clépacha ape. An peaccmad bhadain vo Chonall
3 v0Chellach. Cath Oum Cpiomtainn pia Conall 7 pra cCeallach, oa mac
Maorlcoba, pop Clongup, mac Oomnaill, 7 po mapbad Clongup pan chat pin,
7 po mapbad cist Cacharach, mac Oormnaill bic, pancacth pin beor. Maol-
coba mac Piachna, mic Oemam pi Ulad, 00 mapbad la Congal cCfnnpooa,
mic Ounchaovha.

Clip Cmorc, pé cév clénacha a peacht. Qn cochtmad bliadain vo
Chonall 7 00 Chellach. Ounchad 7 Conall, oa mac blaitmeic, mic Cooha
Slame, 00 mapbad la Largmb 1 ccuppaeé murlinn Maolodpam, mec Ofoma
Cpom. Mapcan 7 Maolodpan po son rad andip, ap do po pcioh Maolodpan,

CQ muilino, po mele anba vo tuipinn,

Ni bo commmele pon peipblino, an pormeile pop Uib [Sil] CMbantl.
Cn snan meilep an Muileann, ni coince act ap ofps tuipeann,
ba vo sepecaib an Cnomn map, potha muilinn Maoilodpaun.

Clip Cmort, ré céd clépacha a hoche. An naornad bliadain vo Chonall
7 vo Cheallach. Mainchen, abb Meanavporchic, v0 écc. lomaimecc Cule

° Dun-Crimhthainn.—This was the name of a
fort situated on the Hill of Howth, to the north
of the city of Dublin.—See note , under A. D.
9, p- 92, supra. In the Annals of Ulster this
battle is mentioned under the year 649, as fol-

known, and is called Muilleann-Odhrain, anglicé
Mullenoran. It is situated near Lough Owel,
in the parish of Portnashangan, in the county
of Westmeath, where there wasa mill till about

The place where this mill stood is still well i

6m

lows:

“A. D. 649. Bellum Duin Cremthainn, in
quo cecidit Oengus mac Domhnaill, filii Maeleobo
a. Cellach et Conall Cael, victores erant: Mors
Cathusaig mic Domhnaill Bric.”

4 Mill of Maelodhran.—Connell Mageoghegan,
in his translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
states that this mill is near Mullingar :

“A. D. 648. The two sons of Hugh Slane,
Donogh and Conell, were killed by the Lynster-
men, near Mollingare, in the mill of Oran, called
Mollen-Oran.”’

the middle of the last century.

The killing of these sons of Blathmac is men-
tioned in the Annals of Ulster at 650, and in 2
the Annals of Tighernach at 651, which is the
true year.—See a short article on the Antiquity
of Corn in Ireland in the Dublin P. Journal, —
vol. i. p. 108-110, where the Editor publisheaiag
this passage.

° Wheat.—In the Annals of Tighernach thei
reading is : “a muilino cia po melz, mon 00
cuipno, Ah mill ! what hast thou ground?
Great thy wheat.”

feo:

SeNaLS Sgice sates

646.] 263

to God and to St. Ciaran ; and he gave three maledictions (i. e. curses) to that
king whose people should take even a drink of water there. Wherefore Diar-
maid ordered his burial-place at Cluain-mic-Nois.

The Age of Christ, 646. The seventh year of Conall and Ceallach. The
battle of Dun-Crimhthainn® [was gained] by Conall and Ceallach, the two sons
of Maelcobha, over Aenghus, son of Domhnall ; and Aenghus was slain in this
battle ; and there was also slain in this same battie Cathasach, son of Domhnall
Breac. Maelcobha, son of Fiachna, son of Deman, King of Ulidia, was slain by
Congal Ceannfoda, son of Dunchadha.

The Age of Christ, 647. The eighth year of Conall and Ceallach. Dun-
chadh and Conall, two sons of Blathmac, son of Aedh Slaine, were slain by the
Leinstermen, in the mill-race of the mill of Maelodhran*, son of Dima Cron.
Marcan and Maelodhran mortally wounded the two ; of which Maelodhran said:

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

O mill! which grindedst much of wheat; _
It was not grinding oats‘ thou wert, when thou didst grind the seed of Cear-

bhall.

The grain which the mill has ground is not oats, but red wheat,

With the scions of the great tree* Maelodhran’s mill was fed.

The Age of Christ, 648.

The ninth year of Conall and Ceallach.

Main-

cheni, Abbot of Meanadrochit", died. The battle of Cuil-corra’, by Aeldeith

‘Grinding oats.—In the Annals of Tighernach
the reading is: ‘ni po cormelz pon penpuino,
ino mele pop Uib Ceapbuill,” which is the
srue reading,

8 The great tree.—This great tree was Cearbhall.
{n the Annals of Tighernach the reading is: ‘Ip
npogla im cpumn main fota .oo muilinod a
Mailodpain.”

For a historical dissertation on the antiquity
cf mills in Ireland, see the Ordnance Memoir of
the Parish of Templemore, County of London-

cerry, p. 215; and Petrie’s History and Anti-

quities of Tara Hil, pp. 138-141. The first mill
ever erected in Ireland was placed on the stream
o* Nith, now the River Gabhra, near Tara, by
king Cormac Mac Art, in the third century.

Its site is still pointed out, and near ‘its sites
stands the modern mill of Lisnamullen.

4 Meanadroichit. — For the situation of this
place see note *, under the year 600, p. 225,
supra. In the Annals of Ulster these entries
are given under the year 651, as follows :
“A.D. 651. Dormitatio Maencha in abbatis
Menodrochit. Imaric Cuile coire, in qua cecidit
Culene mac Forindain. Maeldeich e¢ Onchu
victores erant.”

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the death of
‘“*Manchynus, A bbot of Menadrochat,” is entered
under the year 649, which is certainly antedated.

' Cuil-corra: i.e. the Corner or Angle of tlie
Weir or Dam, now Coolarn, near Galtrim, in
the county of Meath.

264 aNNaza RIOshachta elReaNN. (649.

conpa pia nCloloeit 7 ma nOncom, of mn po manbavh Cillne, mac Popanndin,
coipech Ua bPailge. Cugarina, mac Suibne, vécc.

Coir Cmort, pé céd clépacha anaor. An veachmad bliadain vo Chaonall
7 vo Cheallach. $. Cponan Marghe bile vécc, an peachcmad la vo mi
Qugupc. Cach aiptin Sheola, 1 Connachcanb, pra cCennpaolad,mac Colgain,
7 wa Maonach, mac baoitin, corpech Ua mbmiiin, m po manbad Mancan,
mac Toimeine, toipeé Ua Manne. Elpsup mac Oomnaill,7 Ppsuy, mac
Ragallang, 7 Govh bfcpa, mac Cummine, vo mapbad la hUib Piachnach
Qhone. Covh Rom, mac Maoilcoba, vécc. Maelodio, mac Suibne, plait
Thode, vécc.

Coir Cort, pé 6éd caogac. On caonmad bliadain vécc vo Chonall 4
v0 Chellach. Ciccen, abb Tine oa slay, vécc. Cailcén 6 Lochna vécc. Cath
Plepcars pra cCpunnmaol, mac Suibne, coipech Cenél €Cogsain, apm m po
manbad Cumarcach, mac Oiliolla, corpech Ua Cpemtainn. Cpumomaol
Epbuilgs, mac Ronan, corpech Cargtn Olpsabaip, vécc. $. bard, abb
Ouiblinne, vo écc.

Coip Cmors, pé céd caoga a haon. Un vapa bliadaimn vécc 00 Chonall

7 00 Cheallach. S$. Qevhlus, mac Cummain, abb Cluana mic Nop, [oécc]

an 26 Pebnuann.

Coip Core, pé Cé0 caoccat a 00.
$. Colman, eprcop, mac Ciceloub, abb Cluana hlonaipo, véce
S. Oiprene Poca, ab Cluana hlopaipo, véce Man 1°. S. Oa-

pempaioce.
8 Pebnuapn.
chua Cuachna, abb Pinna, vécc.

* Magh-bile—Now Movilla, in the county of
Down. ‘A. D. 547. Cronan of Moville, died.”
—Anan. Clon.

' Airther-Seola : i.e. the eastern side or part
of Magh-Seola, a plain included in the present
barony of Clare, in the county of Galway. In
the Annals of Ulster this battle is noticed under
the year 652, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise
at 649, thus:

* A. D. 652. Bellum Connacht, in quo cecidit
Marcan, filius Tomaini.”—<Ann.U lt.

“ A. D.649. The battle of Connaught, wherein
Marcan mac Tomayn, Prince of Imain, in the

Cn tnear bliadain vécc do na mogaib

province of Connaught, was slain, and Cean-
foyle mac Colgan, and Moynagh, son of Bwy-
hyn, had the upper hand.”— Ann. Clon.

™ Fearghus, son of Domhnall.* A. D. 653.
Jugulatio Fergusi mic Domhnaill, Ferguso mic

Rogaillnig, et Aedo Bedri et Cumineni.”—4nn. —

Ut.
2 Maeldoid. —‘“ A. D. 650. Moyledoy mae
Swyne, King of Meath, died.”—dnn. Clon.

° Aithchen.—* A. D. 655. Mors Maelaichlein

Tire-da-glass.”—dnn. Ult.

“ A. D. 652. Aihgionn, Abbot of Tierdaglass,

and Cailkine of Lohra, died.”—dnn. Clon.

tet a Oe ts

¥

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 265

649.]

and Onchu, where Cillene, son of Forannan, chief of Ui-Failghe [Offaly], was
slain. Cugamhna, son of Suibhne, died.

The Age of Christ, 649. The tenth year of Conall and Ceallach. St. Cro-
nan of Magh-bile* died on the seventh day of the month of August. The battle
of Airther-Seola’, in Connaught, by Ceannfaeladh, son of Colgan and Maenach,
son of Baeithin, chief of Ui-Briuin, in which was slain Marcan, son of Toimen,
chief of Ui-Maine. Fearghus, son of Domhnall”, and Fearghus, son of Ragh-
allach, and Aedh Beathra, son of Cuimin, were killed by the Ui-Fiachrach-
Aidhne. Aedh Roin, son of Maelcobha, died. Maeldoid", son of Suibhne,
chief of Meath, died.

The Age of Christ, 650. The eleventh year of Conall and Ceallach. Aith-
chen’, Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas [Terryglass], died. Cailcen, of Lothra, died.
The battle of Fleascach’, by Crunnmael, son of Suibhne, chief of Cinel-Eoghain,
in which was slain Cumascach, son of Oilioll, chief of Ui-Cremhthainn. Crunn-
mael* Erbuilg, son of Ronan, chief of South Leinster’, died. St. Bearaidh,
Abbot of Duibhlinn’, died.

The Age of Christ, 651. The twelfth year of Conall and Ceallach. St.
Aedhlug*, son of Cummain, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, [died] on the 26th of
February.

The Age of Christ, 652. The thirteenth year of the kings aforesaid. St.
Colman", the bishop, son of Aiteldubh, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], died
on the 8th of February. St. Oissene Fota, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, died on the
1st of May. St. Dachu Luachra, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns], died.

® Fleascach.—Not identified. In the Annals
of Ulster this battle is called “ Bellum Cumas-

* Duibhlinn.—Now Dublin, but it was origi-
nally the name of the estuary of the River Liffey.

caig,” thus:

“A.D. 655. Bellum Cumascaig mic Ailello,
in quo” [ille, i. e. Cumascach] “ cecidit ; Cruinn-
mael mac Suibne victor erat.”

4 Crunnmaed.— A. D. 655. Mors Crunnmail
Erbuile, mic Ronain, regis Lageniensium.”—<Ann.
- Tht. ‘

* South Leinster.—Laighin Deasgabhair. This

was the name of the country of the Ui-Ceinn-

_ ealaigh, for the extent of which see note under
A. D, 1183.

—See note %, under. A. D. 291, p. 122, supra.

* Aedhlug.— A. D. 651. Quies Aidlogo mic
Comain Abbas Cluana mic Nois.”—-Ann. Ut.

* Colman, the bishop, §-c.—* A. D. 653. Colman
Episcopus mac Cudelduib, et Ossene Fota, duo
Abbates Cluana Iraird, obierunt. Ducue Locre
abbas Fernann, quievit.””—Ann. Ut.

‘“‘ A. D. 651. Colman, Bishop, mac Vihelly,
and Ossynie Foda, two abbots of Clonarde, died
in one year. Dachwa Lwachra, abbot of Fernes,
died.”—Ann. Clon.

2

266 ANNaza RIOshachta elReaNN.

(654.

Qoip Cort, pé cé0 caoccat a cftaip. CO cing vécc vo Chonall 7 00
Cheallach. S. Nem Mac Ua bipn, .1. comapba Enne Cine, 00 écc 14 lum.
Suibne, mac Cuinzpe, abb lae, vécc. Comcenn Cille Slébe ovécc. Cath

Oelenn, arpm man mapbad Maolodio mac Conains.

Coip Cpiopt, pé céd caoccat a ciicc.
8. Mocaoméce, abb Leth méip, véce an tnear la
Thi bliadna véce ap ceitpe céd foo a paosorl, amanl

Chonall 7 00 Chellach.
vécc vo Mhanca.
veanbup m pann :

Saogal Mocaoméce Léit, nocha cealac tneom na tpeich,
Thi bliadna vécc ceitpe céd, ni baogal ni hiomarp bpés.

w St. Nem. — ‘* A. D. 654. Nem Macu-Brin
pausat.”—Ann. Ut.

* Enne, of Ara: i.e. St. Endeus or Eany of
Aranmore, an island in the Bay of Galway. The
church of this saint was situated at the small
village of Killeany, on this island.—See Col-
gan’s Acta SS., p. 714, and Hardiman’s edition
of O’Flaherty’s Jar-Connaught, p. 74, et seq.

Y Suibhne—* A. D. 656. Obitus Suibnit mic
Cuirtri, abbatis Iw.””—Ann. Ult.

“ A, D. 553. Swyne mac Cwirtre, Abbot of
Hugh” [Iona], “ died.”—Ann. Clon.

* Cill-Sleibhe : i. e. Cill-Sleibhe-Cuillinn, now
Killeavy, situated at the foot of Slieve Gullion,
near Newry, in the county of Armagh.—See
note », under the year 517, p.168, supra. In
the Annals of Clonmacnoise the death of .this
Coinnchenn is entered under the year 634.

* Delenn.—This is probably Telenn, in the
In the Annals
of Ulster this battle is entered under the year
656 :

“ A.D. 656. Bellum Delend, in quo interfectus
est Maeldeut mac Conaill.”

> Mochaemhog.—Called in Latin Pulcherius.
His death is entered in the Annals of Ulster
under A. D. 655. Colgan has published a Life
of this saint at 13th March, from the Codex
Kilkenniensis, from which it appears that his

west of the county of Donegal.

cluded in the present King’s County.

Cn peipead bliadain vécc do

MBM gue

father, Beoan, who was of the Conmaicne of
Connaught, fled to Munster, and settled in
Ui-Conail Gabhra in Munster, where he mar-
ried Nessa (the sister of the celebrated St. Ita,
of Killeedy, in the present county of Limerick), '
His first

name was Coemghin, but St. Ita afterwards

who became the mother of this saint:

changed this to Mochaemhog, which the writer
of his life interpreted ‘‘ Meus pulcher juvenis.”
““Unde meruit Beoanus ut haberet talem
filium, qui coram Deo et hominibus magnus
erit, cujus memoria erit in eternum. Et ad-
Inde
dederunt ei nomen primum .i. Coemhghin: sed

didit, dicens; ipse erit pulcher et senex.

hoc nomen evertit ipsa Sancta Dei” [Ita] ‘‘ vo-
cans eum per dilectionem nomine, quo vulgo
nominatur .i. Mochoemog: quod latiné dicitur
meus pulcher juvenis.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 590 ~
The principal church of this saint, called
Liath-mor, or Liath-Mochaemhog, is.described
in the gloss to the Feilire-Aenguis, as in the —
southern Ely, in Munster. It is now called e
Liath Mochaemhog (anglicé Leamokevoge), and : :
is situated in the parish of Two-Mile-Burris, in — | |
the barony of Elyogarty, and county of Tippee)
rary. This barony was anciently called the j | j
territory of South Ely (Gile véipeinz) to dis- ; [
tinguish it from Ely-O’Carroll, which is im- |

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654.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 267

The Age of Christ, 654. The. fifteenth year of Conall and Ceallach.
St. Nem® Mac Ua-Birn, successor of Enne, of Ara*, died on the 14th of June.
Suibhne’, son of Cuirtre, Abbot of Ia, died. Coincenn, of Cill-Sleibhe’, died.
The battle of Delenn*, in which Maeldoid, son of Conaing, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 655. The sixteenth year of Conall and Ceallach.
St. Mochaemhog®, Abbot of Liath-mor, died on the third day of March. Thir-
teen years and four hundred was the length of his life, as this quatrain proves:

The age of Mochaemhog of Liath, which the great or poor deny not,
Thirteen years four hundred’, without danger, without exaggeration.

ruins of two churches, one of which is of great
antiquity, are now to be seen at Liath-Mocho-
emhog, but the saint’s festival is no longer kept
or scarcely known in the parish. There is ano-
ther church called Cill Mocaemos, from this
saint, in the barony of Ida, and county of Kil-
kenny; but the peasantry are beginning to
corrupt it to Kill-Ivory, from a false notion
that Caemhog denotes ivory! Colgan’s valuable
note on the signification of the name of this
saint is well worth the attention of the reader,
ind the Editor is tempted to lay the whole of it
before him in this place:

“ Meus pulcher juvenis, §c. Pro his et aliis
similibus intelligendis adverte tria; Primum
yuod dictio Hibernica coemh. prout veteres scri-
yunt, seu, ut hodié scribitur caomh, idem sit
‘quod pulcher, speciosus, vel delectans, et gein
idem quod genitus vel natus, ita ut Coemhghein,
idem sit quod pulcher genitus, seu natus. 2, Quod
110, idem sit quod mz vel meus; estque particula
iadicans affectum possessionem vel observantiam
rei cui prefigitur. Unde apud Priscos Hibernos
yrefigebatur et conjungebatur nominibus pro-
[tiis, maximé sanctorum, ita quod ex utraque
coalesceret una dictio, que postea in nomen
proprium cedebat. Quando autem nomen istud
iwipiebat a vocali tunc littera o elisa, litera m
jimgebatur vocali sequenti. Tertium quod quod
o vel og, an, en, et im in fine dictionum apud

propria esse diminutiva.

Hibernos maximé priscos indicent quandam
diminutionem, seu nomina desinentia, saltem
Ex his contingit
eandem numero personam in nostris Hagiolo-
glis aliisque historiis variis secundum apparen-
tiam nominibus appellari, v. g. idem Lua, Luanus,
Molua, Moluanus scribitur. Item Cuanus, Mo-
chuanus, Erninus, Ernenus, Ernanus, Mernanus,
et Mernocus; Eltinus, Meltinus, et Melteocus Di-
manus, Modhimocus; Lochinus, Lochenus, Loch-
anus. Et ad propositum nostrum idem Mochoe-
mocus, Mochoemogus, Coemanus, et respiciendo
ad vocis significationem Pulcherius, quam ap-
pellationem quia facilior et latinis gratior dux-
imus plerumque in hac vita retinendam, licet
in vetusto Codice cujus autigraphum habemus
sanctus hic passim vocetur Jochoemhoc.”—
Acta Sanctorum, p. 596, n. 9.

© Four hundred, cercpe cév.—This is clearly
a mistake for ap Coem céo, above one hundred;
but with whom it originated it would be now
difficult to determine. Colgan has the following
remarks upon it :

“Sed hic obviandum duxi insulso lapsui
cujusdam anonimi, qui ad Marianum in margine
addit quendam versum Hibernicum, qui alios
traxit in errorem: quo nempe indicat S. Mo-
choemocum vixisse annis 14 supra quadrin-
gintos, ubi meo judicio debuit scribere supra
centum, &¢c.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 509.

2mM2

268 ANNata RIOSshachta €lREGNN.

(656.

Coir Core, pé cé0 caoccat a pé. $. Ullcan Mac Ui Concobarp, 6 Apo
Opflecain, vécc an clEpamad la vo Septembep, 1anp an ochcmoccac bliadain
an clt a ao".

lap mbit peachc mbliadna vécc 6 Epinn vo Chonall 7 00 Cheallach, oa
mac Maoilcoba, mc Qovha, mic Cinminech, vo é(p Conall la Orapmanc,
mac Qlooha Slane, 7 acbail Ceallach 1 mbpug Mic an Os. blatmac, mac
Maoilcoba, pf Ulad, a écc. .

Qoip Core, pé céd caoccat a peache. Cn céd bliadam vo Oiapmaic
7 vo blachmac, oa mac Clooha Stame, mic Oiapmava, mic Pfpgupa Cenp-
beoll, 1 pghe n€peann. Ceallach, mac Sanain, abb Ochna moipe, vécc.
Mochua, mac Londin, vécc. Ounchad, mac Clooha Slane, vécc.

Coip Core, pé céd caoccac a hoche. Cn vana buadaim vo Oianmaiec
7 v0 blatmac. O1oma Oub, eprcop Convene, vé5 an 6 lanuapn. Cummie,
eprcop nQonopoma, vécc. S$. Sillan, eppcop Ociminp, véce an 17 Man.
Eochad, mac blaitmic, mic Cloda Slaine, vécc. Cilill, mac Ounchada, mic
Qloda Slame, vécc. Conall Cnannoamna vécce. Cogan, mac Tuatalam, vécc.

Paolan, corpech Opnaigi, vo manbad la Cargmb.
Qoip Cmoyt, pé céd caoccat anaor. Cn cpeap bliadain vo Oiapmaic
7 vo blacmac. Oainel, eppcop Cimnganad, vécc an 18 Pebnpuapn. Pionan

4 St. Ulltan.—In the Annals of Clonmacnoise
the death of Ultan, son of O’Connor, is entered
under 653, but in the Annals of Ulster, ‘‘Oditus
Ultain mic U-Concubair,” is entered twice, first
under the year 656, and again under 662,
** secundum alium librum.”? The Annotations of
Tirechan on the Life of St. Patrick, are stated
in the Book of Armagh (fol. 16), to have been
taken from the mouth of Ultanus, first Bishop
of the Conchubrenses, i.e. of the Dal Conchu-
bhair of Ardbraccan. The festival of this saint
is set down in the Leilire-Aenguis, and in
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar at 4th September. It
is remarked in the latter that he educated and
fed with his own hands all the children who
were without education in Ireland, and that he
was one hundred and eighty-nine years old
when he resigned his spirit to heaven in the

year 656.

* Ard-Breacain: i. e. Breacan’s Height, or hill,
now Ardbraccan, the diocesan seat of the
Bishop of Meath, about three miles from the

town of Navan, in the county of Meath. This — i :

place derived its name from St. Breacan, who

erected a church here, before the time of St. i

Ulltan, but afterwards fixed his principal es-
tablishment at Templebraccan, on the Great
Island of Aran, in the Bay of Galway, where his
festival was celebrated on the 1st of May.

‘ Brugh-Mic-an-Og : i.e. the Brugh, or Fort |
of Aenghus Og, commonly called Aenghus an |~
Bhrogha, son of Daghda, King of the Tuatha 4 ‘
De Dananns. This place is situated near Stack- |
allan Bridge, near the village of Slane, in the |)
county of Meath.—See Book of Lecan, fol. 279, : | ;
p- b. In the Annals of Ulster, ‘Mors Ceallaigh i

~

656.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 269

The Age of Christ, 656. St. Ulltan* Mac-Ui-Conchobhair, of Ard-Breacain®,
died on the fourth day of September, after [completing] the one hundred and
eightieth year of his reign.

After Conall and Ceallach, the two sons of Maelcobha, son of Aedh, son of
Ainmire, had been seventeen years over Ireland, Conall was slain by Diarmaid,
son of Aedh Slaine ; and Ceallach died at Brugh-Mic-an-Og" Blathmac, son
of Maelcobha, King of Ulidia, died.

The Age of Christ, 657. The first year of Diarmaid and Blathmac, two
sons of Aedh Slaine, son of Diarmaid, son of Fearghus Cerrbheoil, in the sove-
reignty of Ireland. Ceallach, son of Saran, Abbot of Othan-mor®, died. Mochua,
son of Lonan, died. Dunchadh, son of Aedh Slaine”, died.

The Age of Christ, 658. The second year of Diarmaid and Blathmac.
Dima Dubh’, Bishop of Conner, died on the 6th of January. Cummine, Bishop
of Aendruim [Nendrum, in Loch Cuan], died. St. Sillan, Bishop of Daimhinis*,
died on the 17th of May. Eochaidh, son of Blathmac', son of Aedh Slaine,
died. Ailill™, son of Dunchadh, son of Aedh Slaine, died. Conall Cranndamhna’,
died. Faelan®, chief of Osraighe, was slain by the Leinstermen.

The Age of Christ, 659. The third year of Diarmaid and Blathmac. Da-

Finan’, son of

niel, Bishop of Ceann-garadh?, died on the 18th of February.

mic Maelcobo” is noticed under the year 657,
but no mention is made of the killing of Conall.

8 Othan-mor.—Now Fahan, near Lough Swilly,
in the barony of Inishowen, and county of Do-
negal, ‘

4 Dunchadh, son of Aedh Slaine.—‘ A. D. 658.
Duncat, mac Aedo Slaine, mortuus est.”—Ann.
Ui.

+ Dima Dubh—* A. D. 558. Dimmaingert,
Episcopus Condire, et Cummine, Episcopus
+-Aendroma, mortui sunt.”—Ann. Ult.

* Daimhinis: i.e. Devenish, in Lough Erne,
near the town of Enniskillen, in the county of
ermanagh.

' Eochaidh, son of Blathmac.—*< A. D. 659.
-Mors Echdach mic Blaithmice.”—Ann. Ult.

“ A.D. 656. Eaghagh mac Blathmac; son of
King Hugh Slane, died.”»—Ann. Clon.

™ Ailill, §ce.—** A. D. 656. Aillill, mac Donogh,
mac Hugh Slane, died.”—Ann. Clon.

2 Conall Cranndamhna.—* A. D. 659. Conall
Crannamna morttur.”—Ann. Ult.

“ A, D. 656. Conell Cranndawna died.”—
Ann. Clon.

° Faelan, chief of Osraighe— A. D. 656.
Foylan, King of Ossorie, was killed by the
Lynstermen.”—Ann. Clon.

P Ceann-garadh.—This church is described
in the Feilire-Aenguis, at 10th August, as in
Gallgaedhela, in Alba or Scotland. Three saints
of this place are set down in O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar; 1. Daniel, Bishop, at 18th February ;
2. Colum, at Ist March; and 3. Blaan, at 10th
August.—See also Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum,
p. 234.

4 Finan, §e.— A. D. 659. Obitus Finnani,

aNNata RIOshachta elReGNnN. (660.

270
mac Rimfoa, eppcop, vécc.
Oecemben.

Coir Cmorc, pé éd peapecac. Cn clepamad bhadain vo Orapmaic 4
vo blatmac. $8. Caids(no, mac baoich, 6 Cluain Pipca Molua, vég an 12
lanuapn. Conams Ua Oainc, abb Imlecha lobaip, vécc. lomainecec 1 nOgam-
aim, oc Cn Conbavam, la mumtip O1apmaca, mic Clooha Slane, .1. Onca,
mac Sapam, 7 Maolmiolchon, 7 Catupach, mac Eimine, pop blachmac, mac
Cooha Slame, maigfn in po manbad Conaing, mac Congaile, mic Coda Slame,
7 Ullcan, mac Enname, coipech Ciannachta, 7 Cennpaolad, mac 6 fiptior,

Colman 6linne va locha vécc an oapa la vo

Se a Se pias

coirech Cianoacca Anooa, 7 Paolchu mac. Maeleumha.
Maolotin, mac CQooha bennam, vécc. Maonach, mac Pingm, pi: Muman,
Maelotin, mac Pupadpan, coipech Ouplaip, véce.

vécc.

mac €Epnaine, toipech Cianoacta, vo manbao.

eppcop Anva Macha, vécc.

Coir Cmorz, pé céo pepccac a haon.
S. Cummine Pooa, mac Piachna, eppcop Cluana Pfpta

mac 7 blatmac.

FEpiscopi, filii Rimedo ; e Colman Glinne da
locha quievit; et Daniel Episcopus Cinngarad.”
—Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 656. Fynian mac Rivea Bushop, died.
Colman of Glendalogha died; and Daniel, Bu-
shop of Kingarie, died.”—Ann. Clon.

* Laidhgeann.—* A.D. 660. Conainn, nepos
Daint, abbas Imlecho Ibair, e¢ Laidggenn sapiens,
mac Baith Bannaig, defuncti sunt.”—Ann. Ult.

“ A.D. 657. Conyng O’Dynt, abbot of Im-
leagh-Iver, died.”—Ann. Clon.

The festival of this Laidhgenn is set down in
the Feilire- Aenguis and all the Irish Martyrolo-
gies, at 12th January.—See Colgan’s Acta SS.,
p- 57, and p. 58, n. 9. It is stated in O’Clery’s
Irish Calendar, that he died in 660, and was
buried at Cluain-fearta~-Molua [now Clonfert-
mulloe or Kyle, at the foot of Sheve Bloom, in
Upper Ossory ].

* Ogamhain at Ceann- Corbadain.—N ot identified.

“A.D. 661. Bellum Ogomain, ubi ceciderunt
Conaing mac Congaile, et Ultan mac Ernaine,

Maolpuacois,
5S. Tomene, mac Ronan,

a raise POPP tile ante ne

a

Cin carccead bliadain vo Orap-

rez Cianachte, et Cennfaelad mac Gertride.
Blamac mac Aedo victus est.”—Ann. Ult.

«“ A. D. 658. The battle of Ogawyn at Kin-
corbadan, where Conaing mac Kenoyle, mac
Hugh Slane, was killed, and Ultan mac Ernany,
King of Kynnaghty; in which battle King
Blathmack was quite overthrown by the army
of Dermot mac Hugh Slane; Onchowe mac
Saran” [Moylmilchon and Cahasagh mac Evin]
‘*were the principal actors.”—Ann. Clon.

* Maelduin.—* A. D. 658. Moyldwyne, son
of Hugh Beannan, died.”—Ann. Clon.

This Maelduin fought in the battle of Magh- _
Rath on the side of the Monarch Domhnall, ¢
son of Aedh.—See Battle of Magh Rath, pp. 22, —
23, 278. —

“ Maenach.—‘ A. D. 661. Maenach mac |
Fingin, mic Aedh Duib, mic Crimthainn, mice | ;
Feidlimid, mic Aengusa, mic Nadfraich, rex Ie
Muman, mortuus est.”—Ann. Ult. > ee : :

eR ao 2 ces

«Sep Nh a eaten
SAH NSb ip

“A.D. 658. Moynagh mac Fynin, King of
Mounster, died.”,—Ann. Clon. :

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660.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 271

Rimeadh, a bishop, died. Colman, of Gleann-da-locha, died on the second day ©
of December.

The Age of Christ, 660. The fourth year of Diarmaid and Blathmac.
St. Laidhgeann’, son of Baeth, of Cluain-fearta-Molua, died on the 12th of
January. Conaing Ua Daint, Abbot of Imleach Ibhair [Emly], died. A battle
[was gained] at Ogamhain, at Ceann-Corbadain*, by the people of Diarmaid, son
of Aedh Slaine, namely, Onchu, son of Saran, Maelmilchon, and Cathasach,
son of Eimhin, over Blathmac, son of Aedh Slaine, in which were slain Conaiug,
son of Conall, son of Aedh Slaine; Ulltan, son of Ernaine, chief of Cianachta ;
Ceannfaeladh, son of Geirtidi, chief of Cianachta-Arda; and Faelchu, son of

Maelumha.

Maelduin‘, son of Aedh Beannan, died. Maenach", son of Finghin, King of

Munster, died. Maelduin, son of Furadhran”, chief of Durlas*, died.
fuataigh’, son of Ernaine, chief of Cianachta, was slain.

Mael-
St. Tomene’, son of

Ronan, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died.

The Age of Christ, 661.

The fifth year of Diarmaid and Blathmac.

St. Cummine Foda’, son of Fiachna, Bishop of Cluainfearta-Breanainn [Clonfert],

“ Maelduin, son of Furadhran.— A. D. 661.
Socius Diarmodo Maelduin mac Furudrain, mic
Becce, mortuus est.’”—Ann. Ult.

* Durlas.—This, which is otherwise written
Derlas or Dearlas, was the name of a fort and
district in the county of Antrim.—See note *,
under A. D. 1215, p. 187.

’ Maelfuataigh.—* A. D. 661. Jugulatio Mael-
fuathaig, filii Ernani.”—Ann. Ul.

* St. Tomene.—‘“‘ A. D. 660. Tommene, Epis-
‘opus Ardmache, defunctus est.” —Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 657. Tomyn, Abbot and Bushop of
Ardmach, died.””—Ann. Clon.

. Colgan has collected all that is known of this
j relate in his Acta Sanctorum, at 10th January,
pp. 53, 54. It is said that he was the most
learned of his countrymen, in an age most fruit-
jal of learned men.—See Bede, lib. ii. c. 19;
Ussher’s Primord., p. 936; and Harris’s edition
of Ware’s Bishops, pp. 39, 40.

* Cummine Foda: i. e. Cummine the Long or

Tall. “A.D. 661. Anno lraii. etatis Cummeni
Foda, & Saran nepos Certain Sapientis, dormie-
runt.’—Ann. Ult.

“ A. D. 658. Comyn Foda, in the 72nd year
of his age, died. St. Saran mac Cridan (Sapan
6 chg Sanam), died.”—Ann. Clon.

The festival of Cummine Foda, who was bern
in the year 592 (Ussher, Primord., p. 972), is
marked in the Fetlire-Aenguis, and the O’Clerys’
Trish Calendar at 12th November.
the tribe of Eoghanacht Locha Lein in Kerry.
Colgan has the following note upon him in his
Annotations on the Life of St. Molagga, at 20th
January, Acta Sanctorum, p. 149, n. 7:

“ §. Cominus Fada seu Longus, c. 3. Fuit vir
celebrate sanctitatis et genere illustrissimo :
fuit enim filius Fiachna, filii Fiachrii Occiden-

He was of

talis Momonie Principis, discipulus S. Ite ab
infantia, postea.a Guario filio Colmani Connacix
Rege, et ex parte matris fratre, juxta dicta, n. 4,
accersitus in Connaciam, factus ibi est Episcopus

272 aNNaza RIOSshachta EIReaNn. (662.

‘ Oplnomn, vécc in vana la vég vo Nouembep. Colman Ua Cluapaig, ore
Cummine, po pod na pomnp :

,
es ee ee ee eS

Ni berp Cuimnech pon a opuim, veril Muinnech lech Cuimn,
Manpban in noi ba fra 00, oo Cummine mac Piachno.

Ma do ceigCoh neach oap muip, perpead hi purde nGprgarp,
Mad a hEpi ni bus 06, ingze Cumine Pooo.

Mo cumapa 1ap cCumie, on lo po poilged a ane,
Cor mocul mp mngaip(, vopd Zarll 1ap nofpach a bape.

$. Colman Ua Cluapaig vécc.

Cloip Cniorc, pé céd pepccat a 06.
Sesan Mac hUf Cuinn, abb b{nocaip. Tuendcc, mac Pion-

Invencarg eprcop, Oimma eprcop. Suarpe (.1. Aidne)
Rob ionann mataip vo Guaine 7 vo Carm- © |

7 vo blatmac.

cain, abb Pfpna.
mac Colman, pi Connact vécc.
mine Inp1 Celcpa, amanl apbfpap :

$. Sanan Ua Cmortain décc,

Cin peipead bhadain vo O1apmaic

Cumman, ing(n Oallbponarg, matain Carmmin ip Huape,

Moiprpeip(p an peachcmogac,

Cluainfertensis, quo munere preclaré functus
hac vita piissimé defunctus est an. Christi 661,
2 Decembris” [recte, 12 Novembris] ‘“ juxta
Annales Dungallenses. Verum S. Aingussius
in suo festilogio, Marianus, et AUngussius auctus
dicunt ejus Natalem celebrari 22 Novembris”
[recte, 12 Novembris ].
panegyricum de eo scripsit S. Colmanus O-Clua-

“‘Ejus acta, seu potius

saig ejus magister. Vide ejus genealogiam apud
Menologium Genealogicum, c. 34, et plura de
ipso in actis Comdhani et Conalli Idiotarum; in
quibus in apographo, quod vidi, inter plura vera,
quedam apochrypha et fabulosa, maximé de
8. Declano et Molagga referuntur, &c.”

» The Luimneach.—This was the old name of
the Lower Shannon.
very obscure, seem to allude to the fact of St.
Cummine Foda having died in Munster, and his
body having been conveyed in a boat up the
Shannor to his episcopal church of Clonfert, in
the county of Galway, to be there interred. Dr.

These verses, which are ,

ap ped po sfnain uate.

O’Conor says that his Acts, written in Irish
metre by his tutor, O’Seasnain, who died in 661
[665], are extant in an old vellum manuscript
in the Stowe Library.

° Colman Ua Cluasaigh.—He was the tutor
of St. Cummine Foda, and the author of the
panegyric just referred to.—See O’Reilly’s Ca-
talogue of Irish Writers, p. 45.

* Saran.—He is the patron saint of Tisaran, <
in the barony of Garrycastle, in the King’s —

County.—See note 5, under the year 1541,
p- 1461.

© Segan.—
U Chuind, Abbatis Bennchair.

—Anan. Ult.

“A.D. 659. Segan Mac Ikwind, Abbot of
Beanchor, died.
-Dearky, and Dima, two Bishops, died.”—Ann,
Clon.

is
oa)

“A. D. 662. Quies Segain mice |
Mors Guaire
Aidhne. Tuenog, filius Fintain, Abbas Fernann; {~
Indercach Episcopus, Dima Episcopus quiescunt.” q +

Tuenoc, Abbot of Fernes,

a

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bia
x

if

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273
died on the ‘twelfth day of November. Colman-Ua-Clasaigh, the tutor of Cum-
mine, composed these verses :

The Luimneach? did not bear on its bosom, of the race of Munster, into Leath-
Chuinn,

A corpse in a boat so precious as he, as Cummine, son of Binchne

If any one went across the sea, to sojourn at the seat of Gregory [Rome],

If from Ireland, he requires no more than the mention of Cumine Foda.

I sorrow after Cumine, from the day that his shrine was covered ;

My eyelids have been dropping tears; I have not laughed, but mourned since
the lamentation at his barque.

St. Colman Ua Cluasaigh’, died. St. Saran? Ua Critain died.

The Age of Christ, 662. The sixth year of Diarmaid and Blathmac.
Segan® Mac hUi-Chuinn, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor]; Tuenog, son of Fintan,
Abbot of Fearna; Indearcaigh, a bishop; Dimma, a bishop ; Guaire‘ (i. e. ©
Aidhne), son of Colman, King of Connaught, died. Guaire and Caimin, of
Tnis-Cealtra’, had the same mother, as is said :

Cumman, daughter of Dallbronach*, was the mother of Caimin and Guaire ;

Seven and seventy was the number born of her.

‘ Guaire.—This King of Connaught, who is so
celebrated by the Irish poets for his unbounded
hospitality and munificence, is the common an-
restor of the families of O’Heyne, O’Clery, Mac
Gillakelly, and other families of Aidhne, in the
sounty of Galway ; but not of O’Shaughnessy,
as is usually asserted.—See Genealogies, Tribes,
ye, of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 54; and the Genealo-
vical Table in the same work.

® Inis-Cealtra,—See note *, under 548, p. 187,
supra. Colgan says that the name of the mother
cf Guaire Aidhne was Mugania; but he quotes
the tract on the Mothers of the Irish Saints,
vritten by Aengus Ceile De, in which she is
called Rima filia Fiacha, and in which it is
stated that she was the mother of Cumine
Foda, of Comdan mac Chearda, of Brecan, of
lairinis, of Guaire, son of Colman, King of

Connaught, of Crimhthann, son of Aedh, King of
Leinster, and of Cuanna, son of Cailchine, chief of
Fermoy.—See Acta Sanctorum, p.148,n.4. In
the Life of St. Caimin, at 24th March, Colgan
states that Caimin and Guaire were half bro-
thers, and quotes the above passage from the
Four Masters, as follows :

“ Fratrem habuit germanum Guarium, &c. Ita
Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus ad annum 662,
dicentes : Guarius Adhnensis, filius Colmani, Rex
Connacie obit. Cumania filia Dalbronii fuit
mater ipsius et S. Camini de Inis-Keltra: de qua
vetus author scribit Cumania filia Dalbronii,
mater Camini et Guarii: et ex ejus semine
prodiisse feruntur septuaginta septem utique
sancti, ut colligitur ex Vita S. Forannani data
15 Februarii.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 747.

» Daughter of Dallbronach.—There was a

2N

274 ANNAZa RIOSshachta erReGNn.

(663.

Conall 7 Colccu, 04 mac Oomnaill, mic Clooha, mic Clinmipech, 00 man-
bad la Ceipnctno. .

Coip Cniorc, pé céd peapecat acpi. On peaccmad bliadain vo Oiap-
maic 7 vo blatmac. baocan, Mac Ua Conbmaic, abb Cluana mic Nop,
vécc. Oo Conmaicnib mana a cenel. Comdan mac Cucheanne, bfpach, ab
btnoéaip, CCpnach Socal, mac Orapmacca, mic Cloda Slane, vécc (1maille
Mp an nopumg pempnaice) 00 monclad cuapgaib 1 nEpinn hi Kallamn Cugupe

na bliaonara hi Muigh locha, hi Potancanb.
Oop Cmorc, pé cé0 peapecat acltaip. Mopclad adbal vo berth m
n€ninn mn bliadainp) oa ngointi an bude Connaill,7 po écpat im opong fo vo

mound on or near the Hill of Tara called Fossa
Dallbronig.—Betham’s Antig. Researches, App.
p- xxxiv. This quatrain is quoted from Marian
Gorman by Colgan, in a note to the Life of St.
Faraman at 15th February (Acta Sanctorum,
p- 339, n. 17), where he translates it :

“* Ex solo semine Cuimine, §c. Aliis Cumaine,
fuit filia Dalbronii, et Soror Brothseche, matris
S. Brigide, feemine ob progeniem numerosam et
sanctam, nostris hystoriis, valdé celebratam : in
quibus lego septuaginta septem Sanctorum albo
adscriptos, ex semine prodiisse femine, juxta
vulgatum carmen a Mariano Gormano, ejusve
Scholiaste compositum:

“« Cumain inghean Dallbronuigh, mathair Chaimin
is Guaire
Moirsheiser ar sheachtmogad, aseadh genuir
uaidhe.
Cumania filia Dalbronii mater Camini et Guarii,
Septem et Septuaginta ex ea prodierunt. Ex
ejus nempe semine.”

‘ Conall and Colgu.—< A. D. 662. Jugulatio
duorum filiorum Domhnaill filit Aedo .i. Conall,
et Colga.”—Ann. Ul.

* Baetan. —‘ A. D. 663. Baetan maccu Cor-
maicc, abbas Cluano, obiit.”,—Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 660. Boyhan Mac Cowcormick died,
&e.”— Ann, Clon.

i, e. the inhabitants of
Connamara, or the barony of Ballynahinch, in
the north-west of the county of Galway.—See
O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 46; and Har-
diman’s edition of O’Flaherty’s Jar- Connaught,
pp- 31, 92, &.

™ Comdhan Maccutheanne.—* A. D. 663. Com-
gan Maccuitemne obzit.”—Ann. Ult.

‘* A. D. 660.—Cowgan Maccuthenne died, &c.”
—Ann. Clon.

He was probably the brother of Muirchu
Maccuthennius, who wrote a Life of St. Patrick
from the dictation of Aidus, Bishop‘ of Sletty,
as stated in the Book of Armagh, fol. 20, b. 1.

» Bearach.—‘‘ A. D.663. Berach, abb Benchair,
obiit.”—Ann. Ult.

° Cearnach Sotal: i.e. Cearnach, the Arrogant

! Conmaicne-mara :

or Haughty. The Annals of Ulster agree in — | i

the date of his death with the Four Masters,
but the Annals of Clonmacnoise enter it under
660.

® Magh-Itha, in Fotharta.—This was a plain in
the barony of Forth, in the south-east of the
county of Wexford.—See note *, under A.M.
2550, p. 8, supra. The first appearance of this 7
plague is noticed in the Annals of Ulster under id) a

the year 663, but incorrectly, under 660, in the ;

Annals of Clonmacnoise, as follows : -
“A.D. 663. Tenebre in Kalendis Maii in’ ia Es

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275

Conall and Colgu’, two sons of Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire,

were slain by Ceirrceann.
The Age of Christ, 663.

The seventh year of Diarmaid and Blathmac.

Baetan* Mac-Ua-Cormaic, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. He was of the sept

of Conmaicne-mara.
chair ;

Comdhan Maccutheanne”;
Cearnach Sotal’, son of Diarmaid, son of Aedh Slaine, died, together

Bearach", Abbot of Beann-

with the aforesaid persons, of a mortality which arose in Ireland, on the Calends
of the August of this year, in Magh-Itha, in Fotharta?.

The Age of Christ, 664. A great mortality prevailed in Ireland this year,
which was called the Buidhe Connail‘, and the following number of the saints

hora, e in eadem estate celum ardescere visum est.
Mortalitas in Hibernia pervenit in Kalendis Au-
gusti, &c. &e. In campo Ito in Fothart exarsit
mortalitas primo in Hibernia. A morte Patricit
ccitt. Prima mortalitas cvit.”—Ann. Ul.

« A. D. 660. There was great darkness in the
ninth hour of the day, in the month of May, in
the Calends, and the firmament seemed to burn,
the same summer, with extream heat. There
was great mortality through the whole king-
dom, which began in Moynith” [in Leinster],
“the first of August this year, &c., &c. From
the death of St. Patrick to this mortality, there
was two hundred and three years.”— Ann. Clon.

4 Buidhe-Connail. — This term is explained
‘icteritia vel aurigo, id est abundantia flave
vilis per corpus effuse, hominemque pallidum
yveddentis,” by Philip O’Sullivan Beare, in his
translation of the Life of St. Mochua, of Balla,
published by Colgan (Acta SS., 30th March,
}- 790, c. 18). This plague is also mentioned
ly Bede in his Ecclesiastical History, who
writes that, ‘“‘in the year 664, a sudden pesti-
lince” [called the yellow plague] ‘‘ depopulated
‘tie southern coasts of Britain, and afterwards,
extending into the province of the Northum-
beians, ravaged the country far and near, and
destroyed a great multitude of men. He also
states that it did no less harm in the island of

Ireland, where many of the nobility and of the
lower ranks of the English nation were, at the
time, either studying theology or leading monas-
tic lives, the Scoti supplying them with food, and
furnishing them with books and their teaching
gratis. In an ancient Life of St. Gerald of Mayo,
published by Colgan at 13th March, this pesti-
lence is called in Irish Budhe Connaill, which is
translated Flava Icteritia :
tas in hibernico dicitur Budhe Connaill.

“* Hee enim infirmi-
Hac
enim pestilentia mortui sunt tot homines, quod
non remansit tertia pars populi.”—Acta Sanc-
torum, p. 601, c. 13. To this Colgan writes the
following note:

“De viris sanctis, Regibus, multisque aliis
hac mortalite extinctis ita scribunt Quatuor
Magistri in Annalibus ad annum 664: Jngens
hoc anno fuit in Hibernia mortalitas que Buidhe
Chonnuill (.i. flava Icteritia, sive Ictericiades)
vulgo appellatur, qua plurimi ex clero et populo,
et inter alios sequentes sancto extincti sunt: St.
Fechinus, Abbas Foveriensis; S. Ronanus filius
Berachi ; S. Aileranus cognomento sapiens; S.
Cronanus, filius Silnei; S. Manchanus de Lieth ;
S. Ultanus filtus Hua Conge, abbas de Cluain-
eraird; S. Colmanus Cassius, Abbas de Cluain-
muc-nois ; et S. Cumineus, Abbas de Cluain-muc-
nots. Item Dermitius et Blathmacus, duo filii Aidi
Slane, postquam annis octo in Hibernia corregna-

2n2

276 AQNNaZa RIOSshachtTa elReaNnn. (665.

naomaib. Eneann o1, 8. Peichin, abb Pobaip, 14 Pebpuann, S$. Ronan, mac
bfpoig, S. Ailenan ino (sna, $. Cnonan mac Silne, S$. Manchan Leche, 8S. UL-
can Mac hUi Cunga, abb Cluana hlopaipo, $. Colman Car, abb Cluana mic
Nop, 7 Cummine abb Cluana mic Noip.
nEneann vo Oianmaic 7 blatmac, oa mac Clooha Slame, acbatacan von
monclad cétna. Ro catamp(c beor Maolbpfpal, mac Maeilioiin, 7 Cu-
cenmachaip, pi Muman. Congup Ulad. Acbarlple thomac vecclaip 7 vo
cuait 1 nEpinn von monclawd Mipin cenmocacpide. Orchgpém an cpear la
oo Man.

Coir Cort, pé céd pfpecat aciicc,. On cé10 bliadam vo Seachnurach,
mac blatmaic, hi wghe n€peann. baeichin, abb b{nocaip, vécc. Cid
Plano Earpra, mac Oomnaill, mic Coda, mic Cinminech, vécc. Maolcaorich,

mac Scanoail, toipech Cnuichne do plioce Ip, vécc. CEochmd taplaite, m

lan mbit ochc mbliadna 1 mse |

runt, eadem extincti sunt ; Item Maelbressail,
filius Moelduini ; Caius, cognomento Ganmathair,
Rex Momonie ; Aengussius Ultonie, et preter hos
alii innumeri de clero et populo Hibernia interie-
runt.”—Trias Thaum., p. 603, n. 14. Concerning
this mortality, ‘‘ que nostris temporibus terra-
rum orbem, bis ex parte vastaverat majore,”
see Vit. Columb., lib. ii. c. 46, where Adamnan
remarks that the Picts and Scoti of Britain
were not visited by it.

These obits are entered in the Annals of Ul-
ster under the year 664, but in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise under 661, which is incorrect.

' Fobhar.—Now Fore, in the county of West-
meath.—See note ’, under the year 1176, p. 22.

* On the 14th of February.—Dr. O’Conor says
that these words are in a more modern hand
in the Stowe copy. St. Fechin of Fore died on
the 20th of January, at which day Colgan gives
his Life.

‘ St. Aileran the Wise—He is supposed by
Colgan to be the author of the fourth Life of
St. Patrick, published in Trias Thaum., pp. 35
to 47.

» St. Manchan of Liath: i.e. of Liath-Man-

chain, now Lemanaghan, in the barony of Gar-
rycastle, King’s County.—See note on Tuaim
nEirc, A. D. 645, and note on Liath-Manchain,
under 1531. The death of St. Manchan is en-
tered in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under the
year 661, where the translator interpolates the
following remark :

** And because the Coworbes of Saint Man-
chan say that he was a Welshman, and came to
this kingdome at once with” [i.e. along with]
“Saint Patrick, I thought good here to sett
downe his pedigree to disprove their allegations.
Manchan was son of Failve, who was son of

Angine, who was son of Bogany, who was son.

of Conell Golban, the ancestor of O’Donnell, as

is confidently laid down among the Genealogies

of the Saints of Ireland.”
In the Genealogies of the Irish Saints, com-
piled by the O’Clerys, there is given the pedigree

of a St. Manchan of the race of Conall Gulban, ©

the ancestor of O’Donnell; but he was not Man-

chan of Leath-Manchain, for the pedigree of the -
latter is traced to Maelcroich, son of Rudhraighe

Mor of Ulster.

“ Cu-gan-mathair.—See the year 600, where .

-
>

a

665.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 277

of Ireland died of it: St. Feichin, Abbot of Fobhar’, on the 14th of February‘;
St. Ronan, son of Bearach ; St. Aileran the Wise‘; St. Cronan, son of Silne ;
St. Manchan, of Liath"; St. Ultan Mac hUi-Cunga, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird
[Clonard]; Colman Cas, Abbot of Cluain-mic Nois ; and Cummine, Abbot of
Cluain-mic-Nois. After Diarmaid and Blathmac, the two sons of Aedh Slaine,
had been eight years in the sovereignty of Ireland, they died of the same plague.
There died also Maelbreasail, son of Maelduin, and Cu-gan-mathair’, King of
Munster; Aenghus Uladh. There died very many ecclesiastics and laics in
Ireland of this mortality besides these. An eclipse of the sun* on the third day
of May.

The Age of Christ, 665. The first year of Seachnasach’, son of Blathmac,
in the sovereignty of Ireland. Baeithin, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died.
Ailill Flann Easa, son of Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, died. Mael-
caeich, son of Scannal, chief of the Cruithne [of Dal-Araidhe] of the race of Ir,

the Four Masters have incorrectly noticed the
" death instead of the birth of this king. In the
Life of St. Molagga, published by Colgan at the
20th of March, the name of this king is written
Cai gan mathair, which Colgan translates vagitus
seu fletus sine matre; and the writer of the Life
states that he was so called because his mother
died at his birth. In the Annals of Ulster, ad
ann. 664, he is called Cu-cen-mathair, as above
in the text, which may be translated Canis sine
matre. ;

* An eclipse of the sun.—This eclipse of the
sun, which really happened on the Ist of May,
564, is mentioned by Bede in his Ecclesiastical
History, lib, iii. c. 27, where he says that it
happened in the year 664, on the 3rd of May,
In the
3axon Chronicle it is noticed under 664, as
having happened on the fifth, before the Nones
of May. In the Annals of Ulster and the An-
nals of Tighernach it is noticed under the year
(63, on which Dr. O’Conor writes the following
remark in the Annals of Ulster, p. 55:

“Annales Anglo-Saxonici, Beda, Flor. Wigorn.

about ten o’clock in the morning.

et alii antiqui ac recentiores, in hac Eclipsi en-
arranda, duobus vel tribus diebus a veritate
Astronomica aberrarunt. Z%gernach, et Annales
Ultonienses non solum diem, sed etiam horam ad
unguem designant. V. Dissert. Prelim. JV.
Magistri ad ann. 664, inquiunt Dithgrein an
treas la do Mai” [Eclipsis solis die tertia Maii ].
“At quamvis magni estimandi sint propter
puritatem lingue Hibernice, et propter vete-
rum Hibernorum fragmenta metrica que ex
codicibus antiquis excerpta servaverunt, tamen
in rebus Chronologicis valde deficere dolendum
est; neque erit aliquis earum rerum estimator
tam injustus, quia nostra sententia dissentiat,
si modo, a partium studiis alienus, notas quas his
annalibus apposuimus, quasque fusius in Dissert.,
Prelim, explicavimus diligenter perpendat.”

¥ Seachnasach.—The accession of this king is
noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at A. D.
661, but the true year is 665, as marked by
O’Flaherty in Ogygia, p. 431.

“A. D. 661” [recte, 665] ‘‘ Seachnassach, son
of King Blathmack, began his reign, and was
king five years.”—Ann. Clon.

278 aNNazta RIOshachta eiReann.

(666.

Cnumitne beor vécc. Maolosm, mac Scanvail, corpech Ceneoil Coinbpe, vécc.
Ouibimopnechc, mac Ounchavha, copec hUa mbmum, vécc. Ceallach, mac
Huaine, vécc. Cach Peipcp ecip Ulea 7 Cpurchne, ou m po manbad Cach-
upach, mac Laincine. . Paolan, mac Colman, pi Laig{n, vécc.

Coir Cniorc, pé céd peapecac a pé. An vana bliadain vo Seachnurach.
Monpclond m6p 1pm mbliadannp!, oa po eccpac cltpap abbavh hi mbfnochaip
Ulad, bfpach, Cummine, Colum, 7 Clodan a nanmanoa. Catch Cine ecin
Qpavha 7 Ui Prosfncte v4 m po manbavh Eogan mac Cpunomail. Span
Fionn, mac Maoleoctpaicch, torpeac na nOێip1 Muman, v0 mapbad. blat-
mac, mac Maoilcoba, pr Ulad, vés.

Qoip Core, pé ced peapccat apeachc. On cpear bliadamn vo Seach-
nurach. Colman eprcop, 50 naomaib oile imaille pip, do oul 50 hImp bo
finne, 50 po pochaid ecclar mnce, conad uaithe ainmmghtean pom. Feangur
mac Muccedo [vécc].

Cloip Cniopt, pé céo peapccat a hochc. Un clépamad bliadain do

Seachnapach. §. Cummine Fionn, abb lae Colum Cille, véce an 24 Peb-

* Ui-Briuin.—In the Annals of Ulster at this
year, Dubhinrecht is called “‘ Rex hUa Briuin-
Ai.” It was the name of a tribe descended
from Brian, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin,
seated in the plain of Magh-Ai, now Machaire-
Chonnacht, in the county of Roscommon.

* Fearsat: i.e. a Ford. The word fearsat
literally signifies a spindle, and is applied topo-
graphically to a bank of sand formed in the
estuary of a river, where the tide checks the
The fearsat here
alluded to was evidently at Bel-Feirste, now
Belfast, on the River Lagan, in the county of
Antrim. This battle is entered in the Annals
of Tighernach under 666, and in the Annals of
Ulster at 667.

> Ceallach, son of Guaire: i.e. Guaire Aidhne,
King of Connaught. This entry is given in
the Annals of Ulster under 665.

° Faelan, son of Colman.—* A. D. 663. Foylan
mac Colman, King of Lynster, died.”—Ann. Clon.

4 Great plague—* A. D. 666. Mortalitas in

current of the fresh water.

Hibernia. A. D. 667. Magna mortalitas Buidhe
Conaill.”—Ann. Ul.

“A. D. 663. There was a great mortality,
whereof four abbotts” [of Benchor] ‘died one
after another this year, namely, Bearagh, Com-
ynye, Columb, and Aidan.”—Ann. Clon.

* Aime: i.e. Cnoc Aine, now Knockany, in
the county of Limerick. This entry is given in
the Annals of Ulster at the year 666, and in
the Annals of Tighernach at 667, which is the
true year. The Ui-Fidhgeinte and the Aradha
were seated in the present county of Limerick,
and their territories were divided from each
other by the River Maigue and the stream now
called the Morning Star River.

‘ Innis-Bo-finne : i. e. the Island of the White
Cow, now Bophin Island, situated off the west

coast of the barony of Murrisk, in the county
The earliest writer who mentions ©
this church is Venerable Bede, who gives a

of Mayo.

curious account of it in his Ecclesiastical His-

tory, lib. iv. c. 4.See Ussher’s Primordia, : |

en ee jk

666.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 279

died ; Eochaidh Iarlaidh, King of the Cruithne, also died. Maelduin, son of
Scannal, chief of Cinel-Coirbre, died. Duibhinnreacht, son of Dunchadh, chief
of Ui-Briuin’, died. Ceallach, son of Guaire*, died. The battle of Fearsat?,
between the Ulidians and the Cruithni, where Cathasach, son of Laircine, was

slain. Faelan, son of Colman’, King of Leinster, died.

The Age of Christ, 666. The second year of Seachnasach. A great plague*
[raged] in this year, of which died four abbots at Beannchair-Uladh [Bangor],
namely, Bearach, Cummine, Colum, and Aedhan, their names. The battle of
Aine’, between the Aradha and Ui-Fidhgeinte, where Eoghan, son of Crunn-
mael, was slain. Bran Finn, son of Maelochtraigh, chief of the Deisi of Mun-
ster, was slain. Blathmac, son of Maelcobha, King of Ulidia, died.

The Age of Christ, 667. The third year of Seachnasach. Colman, the
bishop, with other saints accompanying him, went to Inis-Bo-finne’, and he
founded a church thereon, from which he is called*. Fearghus, son of Muc-

cedh" [died].

The Age of Christ, 668. The fourth year of Seachnasach. St. Cummine’

pp- 825, 964, 1164 ; and Hardiman’s edition of
O’Flaherty’s Iar-Connaught, p. 115, et seq., also
p- 294. In the Annals of Ulster the sailing of
St. Colman to this island is noticed under the
year 667, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise
at 664, which is incorrect, though it agrees
with the Saxon Chronicle, and with Ussher’s
Chronological Index :

“A, D. 667. Navigatio Columbani Episcopi,
cum reliquis Scotorum, ad insulam Vacce Albe, in
jua fundavit ecclesiam.”—Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 664. The sailing of Bishop Colman,
~vith the relicks of the saints” [recte, with the
rest of the Scoti] ‘to the island of Innis Bof-
tynne, where he founded a church.” — Ann. Clon.

8 From which he is called: i.e. the church
vas called from the island, and St. Colman was
named from the church, namely, Colman of
Inis-Bo-finne. The ruins of St. Colman’s church
ave still to be seen on this island, in the town-
lind of Knock; and near it there is a holy well
elled Tobar-Flannain. Between the townlands

of Westquarter and Fawnmore on this island is
situated Loch Bo-finne, i.e. the Lake of the
White Cow; and it is still believed that the in-
chanted white cow, or Bo-finn, which gave name
to the island, is periodically seen emerging from
its waters.

" Fearghus, son of Muccedh.—* A. D. 667.
Fergus mac Murcado mortuus est.”—Ann. Ult.

' Cummine Finn.—“ A. D. 668. Obitus Cum-
ment Albi Abbatis Iae.—Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 605. Comyn the White Abbot of
Hugh” [Iona], ‘“ died.”—Ann. Clon.

This was the celebrated Cummeneus Albus,
who is mentioned by Adamnan in his Vita Co-
lumbe, lib. iii. c. 5, as the author of a book on
the virtues of St. Columbkille—See Colgan’s
Trias Thaum., pp. 325 to 331, He was also the
author of a very curious letter to Segienus,
Abbot of Iona, on the Paschal Controversy,
published by Ussher in his Sylloge, No. xii—
See his Life in Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, at 24th
February, p. 408-411.

280

puapn.
paolad po pad:

ANNata RIOshachta eiReGNN.

Maolpothancoig, mac Suibne, ree Cenel Tuintm, vécc.

(669.

Cenn-

Ni orle, nach m liompa alaile :
O vo bnetha Maolpochancoig, na shaimhnen vo Ooie.

Maolotin, mac Maonaigh, 00 mapbad. Cpiocan, abb b{nocaip, vécc.

Mochue mac Uipc.

Clip Cmorc, pé céd peapccac anaor.

lan mbit ciice bliadna 6p Epimn

hi wghe vo Seachnupach, mac blaitmic, vo ceap la Ouboum, plaich Ceneoil

Coinbne.

Ap pon Sechnupach vo paccad an tceryptimeny,

6a pmanach, ba heachlapcach, mteach hi mbid Seachnupach,
ba himoa piiseall pop plaice hipctagh 1 mbioh mac blacmaic.

bpan Pionn, mac Maoleochtpaich, copec na nO&ip1 Muman. Maolotin
Ua Ronan vo manbavd. blatmac, mac Maorlcoba, vécc. Cuana, mac Cel-

laig, vo manbad.
Ua Ronan v€5.

Coip Cmorpz, pé céd peachtmosac.

Span Fino, mac Maelepochantaig, vécc.

Ounchad

Cn cév bliadam vo Cfinpaolad,

mac blachmanc, hi pghe nEpeann. Oungal, mac Maoilecuile, coipec Ceneoil

\ Cinel- Tuirtre.—Otherwise called Ui-Tuirtre,
a tribe descended from Fiachra Tort, son of
Colla Uais, Monarch of Ireland in the fourth
century. In the time of St. Patrick these were
seated in the present baronies of Dungannon, in
the county of Tyrone, and Loughinsholin, in
the county of Londonderry.—See ‘Tripartite
Life of St. Patrick, part ii. cc. 138-140, Trias
Thaum., p. 148. It would appear, however,
that they were soon after driven from their
original territory by the race of Niall of the
Nine Hostages, and that they settled on the east
side of the River Bann, in the present baronies
of Upper and Lower Toome, in the county of
Antrim, forming the principal part of the rural
deanery, which, in 1291, bore the name of
Turtrye.—See Reeves’ Ecclesiastical Antiquities
of Down and Connor, §c., pp. 82, 83, and 292
to 297. See also note *, under A. D. 1176,

p- 25, where the Editor of these Annals, misled
by Colgan, erroneously places the parishes of
Ramoane, Donnagorr, and Killead, in this terri-
tory. The parish of Ramoane was in the territory
of Tuaisceart, and the others in Magh-Line.

In the Annals of Ulster the death of this
chieftain is entered under the same year, thus:

“A.D. 668. Mors Moilefothartaig, mic Suibne,
regis Nepotum Tuirtre apud Tarnan.”—Cod.
Claren., tom. 49.

' To Doire: i.e. to Derry, now Londonderry,
i.e. since he was borne on his bier to Derry to
be interred there. It is probable that the
Nepotes Tuirtre had a burial-place at Derry, and
that they continued to inter their chieftains
there for some time after their settlement in
the present county of Antrim.

™ Critan— A. D. 668. Obitus Critani ab-
batis Benchair et Mochuo Maccuist.”—Ann. Ul,

Fane,

669. ]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

281

Finn, abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, died on the 24th of February. Maelfothar-
taigh, son of Suibhne, chief of Cinel-Tuirtre*, died. Ceannfaeladh said:

Not dearer is one king to me than another,
Since Maelfothartaigh was borne in his couch to Doire'.

Maelduin, son of Maenach, was slain. Critan™, Abbot of Beannchair [Ban-

gor], died. Mochua, son of Ust, [died].
After Seachnasach, son of Blathmac, had been

The Age of Christ, 669.

five years in sovereignty over Ireland, he was slain" by Dubhduin, chief of
Cinel-Cairbre®’. It was of Seachnasach this testimony was given:

Full of bridles and horsewhips was the house in which dwelt Seachnasach,
Many were the leavings of plunder in the house in which dwelt the son of

Blathmac.

Bran Finn’, son of Maelochtraigh, chief of Deisi-Mumhan [died].
Blathmac, son of Maelcobha, died. Cuanna', son

duin O’Ronain! was slain.

Mael-

of Ceallach, died. Bran Finn, son of Maelfothartaigh, died. Dunchadh Ua

Ronain died.

The Age of Christ, 670. The first year of Ceannfaeladh, son of Blathmac’,
in the sovereignty of Ireland. Dungal, son of Maeltuile, chief of Cinel-Boghaine’,

“ A.D.565. Critan, Abbott of Beanchor, and
Mochwa, Abbot of Beanchor, died.”—Anzn. Clon.

» Was slain.— A. D. 670. Jugulatio Seach-
ausaig jfilii Blaithmic regis Temoirie in initio
emis. Dubduin rex Generis Coirpri jugulavit
Uum.’—Ann. Ult.

“ A. D. 667. King Seachnassach, in the be-
yinning of Winter, was killed by Duffedoyne,
prince of the race of Carbrey, in the King’s
jallace of Taragh.”—Ann. Clon.

° Cinel-Cairbre: i.e. the race of Cairbre, son
of Niall of the Nine Hostages, who were at this
period seated in the barony of Granard, in the
county of Longford, but-whose descendants af-

tcrwards settled in and gave their name to the
“p-esent barony of Carbury, in the county of
Kildare, and the barony of Carbury, in the

county of Sligo.—See note P, under A. D. 492,
p- 154, supra.

P Bran Finn.—“ A. D. 670. Brian Finn mac
Maeleochtraich moritur.”—Ann. Ult.

4 Maelduin O’ Ronain.— A. D. 668. Jugulatio
Maelduin.”—Ann. Ult.

* Cuanach, §c.— A. D. 668. Jugulatio Cuana
mic Cellaid, Jugulatio Briani Finn, mic Maile-
fotharti; Mors Dunchadha I-Ronain.”—Ann.
Ult. 4

* Ceannfaeladh, son of Blathmac.—The Annals
of Clonmacnoise place his accession in 668, but
O’Flaherty and the Annals of Ulster in 671.—
See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. c.93. “A.D.
671. Ceannfaelad mac Blathmaicregnare incipit.””
—Anan. Clon.

t Cinel-Boghaine.—See note under A. D. 605.

20

282 GQNNaza RIOshachta erReaNnn. (671.

mbogaine, do mapbaoh la Longpioch, mac Clongura, correc Cinel sConanll.
Apo Macha 7 Th Telle vo lopccad. Gfnocanp vo lopccad. Cumapccach,

mac Ronan, décc.

Coip Core, pé cé0 peachtmogac a haon.

paolad.
Cponcporan.

cocht 1n€pinn a hlae.

Cloip Cmorz, pé céd peachtmosgat a 00.

paolad.

Cn vana bliadain v0 Chenn-

Maolpuba, abb 6{nocaip, vo oul 1 nAlbain, Fo po pochars ecclar
Lopccad Manghe Cunge.

FPailbe, abb lae Colaim Cille, vo

Cn cnear bliadain vo Cheann-

Ssannlan, mac Ping, copech Ua Méich, vécc.
Clip Cmoyc, pé céd peachtmogac a tpi.

lan mbercth ceitpe bliadna hi

she n€peann vo Cfnopaolad, mac blaiémic, mic Orapmaca, vo cp la

Promaécca Plfach, hi ceach Aincealcpa, oc Tis Ua Manne.

Oamiel, vécc.
bec boinche.

Coip Cniorc, pé céo peachtmogac, a cltaip.

“A.D. 671. Bellum Dungaile mic Maeletuile,
et Combustio Ardmache et Domi Tailli filii
Segeni” [et multi] ‘‘deleti sunt ibi.”—Ann. Ult.

" Teach-Telle :
of Segienus, who was contemporary with St.

i.e. the House of Teilli, son

Fintan of Taghmun, in the county of Wexford.
In O’Clery’s Irish Calendar the festival of St.
Teille is marked at 25th June, and it is stated
that his church, called Teagh-Teille, is situated
in Westmeath ; and in the Gloss to the Feilire-
Aenguis it is described in the vicinity of Daur-
magh, now Durrow. Archdall says it is Teltown,
but this is very incorrect, because Teltown is
not in Westmeath, but is the celebrated place in
East Meath called Tailtin by the Irish writers.
Lanigan (Eccles. Hist., vol. iii. p. 130) states
that Tech Teille is in the now King’s County,
but he does not tell us where. It is the place
now called Tehelly, situated in the parish of
Durrow, in the north of the King’s County.

« Beannchair.—This was not Bangor, in the
county of Down, in Ireland, but Bangor in
Carnarvonshire, in north Wales, as appears from

Noe, mac

Congal Cfhopova, mac Ounchaoha, pf Ulad, vo manbad la

Cn céo bliadain vo Pion-

the Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise :

* A. D. 671. Combustio Bennchair Britonum.”
—Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 668. Bangor in England was burnt.”
—Ann. Clon.

* Cumascach.—* A. D. 671. Mors Cumascaich
mic Ronain.”—Ann. Ult.

¥Aporcrosan.—This would be anglicised Aber-
crossan, but the modern form of the name is
unknown to the Editor. The word Aber, which
frequently enters into the topographical names
in Wales and Scotland, is synonymous with the
Irish Inbher, the mouth of a river, a place where
a stream falls into a river, or a river into the

sea. In the Annals of Ulster this event is en-

tered under the year 672, and in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise incorrectly at 669, thus:

“A, D. 672. Maelrubai fundavit Ecclesiam
Aporcrossan.””—Ann. Uit.

“ A. D. 669. Moyle Rovaie founded the
church of Aporcorrossan.”—Ann. Clon.

* Magh Lunge.——‘“ A. D.672. Combustio Mais
Lunge.”—Ann. Ult.

671.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 283

was slain by Loingseach, son of Aenghus, chief of Cinel-Conaill. Ard-Macha
[Armagh] and Teagh-Telle" were burned. Beannchair” was burned. Cumas-
cach*, son of Ronan, died.

The Age of Christ, 671. The second year of Ceannfaeladh. Maelrubha,
Abbot of Beannchair, went to Alba [Scotland], and founded the church of
Aporcrosan’. The burning of Magh Lunge*. Failbhe*, Abbot of Ia-Coluim

1

Cille [Iona], came to Ireland from Ia.
The Age of Christ, 672.
of Fingin, chief of Ui-Meith®, died.

The third year of Ceannfaeladh. Scannlan, son

The Age of Christ, 673. After Ceannfaeladh, son of Blathmac, son of
Diarmaid, had been four years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by

Finnachta Fleadhach, in the battle of Aircealtair, at Tigh-Ua-Maine®.

Congal*

Ceannfoda, son of Dunchadh, King of Ulidia, was slain by Beag Boirrche.
The Age of Christ, 674. The first year of Finnachta Fleadhach, son of

“ A. D. 669. Moyelonge was burnt.”—Ann.
Clon.

There is a place of this name near the village
of Ballaghaderreen, in the county of Mayo, ad-
joining that of Roscommon, and deriving its
name from the River Lung, which discharges
itself into Lough Gara; but the place referred
to in the text is in Scotland, and is the Monas-
terium Campi Longe referred to by Adamnan
in his Vita Columba, lib. ii. c. 39; and in
O’Donnell’s Life of the same saint, lib. ii. c. 88,
apud Colgan, Trias T! haum., p- 426), as situated
on the island of Ethica, and under the govern-
ment of St. Baithenus.

* Failbhe.—“* A. D. 672. Navigatio Faelbet

Abbatis in Hiberniam.”’—Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 669. The sailing of Failve, abbot of
llugh, into Ireland.”—Ann. Clon.

» Wi-Meith.— There were two tribes of this
rame in the ancient Oirghialla, one called Ui-
Meith Macha, alias Ui-Meith Tire, who were
svated in the present barony of Monaghan, in
tie county of Monaghan; and the other Ui-
Meith-mara, seated in Cuailgne, in the north of
tle county of Louth.—See Leabhar na gCeart,

p- 148, note *.

“* Mors Scannlain, mic Fingin, Regis hUa (ne-
potum) Meith,” is entered in the Annals of
Ulster under the year 673, and immediately
after it the following passage occurs: ‘ Mubes
tenuis et tremula ad speciem celestis arcus iv. vigilia
noctis, vi. feria ante pasca, ab oriente in occidentem,
per serenum celum apparuit. Luna in sanguinem
versa est.’ The death of Scannlan is also en-
tered in the same Annals under 674.

© Aircealtair at Tigh- Va-Maine.—There are no
places now bearing these names in the country
of the southern Ui-Neill.

the country of the Ui-Maine in Connaught

There is a place in

called Ait-tighe Ua Maine, now anglicé Atty-
many, situated in the parish of Cloonkeen-Ker-
rill, barony of Tiaquin, and county of Galway.
The killing of this monarch is noticed in the
Annals of Ulster at the year 674: “Bellum
Cinnfaelad jfilii Blathmic, jilii Aedo Slaine, in
quo Cinnfaelad énterfectus est. Finnsneachta mac
Duncha victor erat.”

4 Congal.—‘* A. D. 673. Jugulatio Congaile
Cennfoti, mic Duncho Regis, Ulot. Bece Bairche
interfecit ewm.”—Ann. Ult.

2082

284 anNNaca RIoshachta eiRedann. (675.

vacca Flach, mac Ounchada, bi mshe var Epinn. $. Colman, eppcop
6 Imp b6 pinve, vécc an 8 la oClugupc. Piondn, mac Clinennain, vécc.
Copcecnaodh Chugh Pmsneinn la Pinpneachca, mac Ounchavha. Pailbe, abb
lae, vo poad ina Fpicing a hEiinn.

Coir Core, pé céd peachtmogac a cing. On vana bliadamn oPhionn-
acca. becan Ruimino vé5 1 mOn(cain 17 Mapci. Catch eoin Pinpneachca
7 Lagin la caob Locha Saban, 7 po meabard an cach pon Largmb. Oun-
chad, mac Ulcain, correc iat do manbad 1 nNOun Ponsa la Maoloain,
mac Maolepictms.

CQoip Corz, pé céd peachtmogac a pé. On cplp bhadamn oP hionnaéca.
Oaincell, mac Cupeca, eprcop line va Locha [vécc], 3 Man. Comman
eprcop, Maoloogan, eppcop P(pna, Cuammpnama, correc Opnaige, 00 map-
bad la Paolan Seancortol. Colss5u, mac Pailhi Plainn, pf Muman, vécc.

Coip Cmorc, pé cé0 peachtmogac a peachc. An cltpamad bliadamn
vPiomnacca. S. Pailbe, abb lae Colum Cille, oécc an 22 00 Manta. Neach-

“A. D. 670. Congall Keanfoda, King of Ul-
ster, was killed by one Beag Boyrche.”—Ann.
Clon.

* St. Colman.— A. D.675. Columbanus Epis-
copus Insole Vacce Alba, et Finan, filius Atrenani,
pausant.”—Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 672. Colman, abbott of Inis-Bofyn,
and Finan mac Arenan, died.”—Ann. Clon.

See note on Inis-Bofinne, under the year 367,
supra.

‘ Finan, son of Airennan.—The festival of “ Fi-
nan mac Earanain” is entered in O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar at 12th February, and it is added that
he died in 577, but this is obviously an error
for 677. Dr. O’Conor suggests that this may
be the person referred to by Adamnan, lib. i.
c. 49, as “ Christi miles Finanus, qui vitam
multis anachoreticam annis, juxta Roboreti
Monasterium campi” [hodie Durrow] “irrepre-
hensibiliter ducebat.””—Rer. Hib. Scrip., tom. iv.
p. 60.

5 Aileach Frigreinn.—“ A. D. 675. Destructio
Ailche Frigreni /a [per] Finsneachta.”-Ann. Ut.

Dr. O’Conor translates Frigreinn by fwnditus, -

in the Annals of the Four Masters (p. 227), and
‘‘@ fundamentis,” in the Annals of Ulster; but,
according to the Dinnsenchus, the royal fort of
Aileach was sometimes called Aileach Frigreinn,
from Frigreann, the architect who built it.
—See the Ordnance Memoir of the parish of
Templemore. ;

» Returned.—* A. D. 675. Failbhe de Hibernia
revertitur.”—Ann. U lt.

* Becan Ruiminni.—‘ A. D. 676. Beccan Ru-
min quievit.”—Ann. Ult.; Cod. Clarend. tom. 49.

“A.D, 673. Beagan Rumyn died in the island
of Wales [recté Britain ].”—Ann. Clon.

‘Loch- Gabhair.—NowLoughgower,or Logore,
near Dunshaughlin, in the county of Meath.
*‘Jacet autem hic lacus in regione Bregensi in

finibus Mediz juxta nostros hystoricos."—Col-

gan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 412, n. 14. This lake

is now dried up, and many curious antiquities S|
have been found at the place.—See Proceedings |

of the Royal Irish Academy., vol. i. p. 424.

In the Annals of Ulster this entry is given — |

hye ee oe

a

675.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 285

Dunchadh, in sovereignty over Ireland. St. Colman’, Bishop of Inis-bo-finne,
died on the 8th day of August. Finan, son of Airennan‘, died. The destruc-
tion of Aileach Frigreinn®, by Finnshneachta, son of Dunchadh. Failbhe, Abbot
of Ia, returned" back from Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 675. The second year of Finnachta. Becan Ruiminni'
died in Britain on the 17th of March. A battle [was fought] between Finns-
neachta and the Leinstermen, by the side of Loch-Gabhair*; and the battle was

gained over the Leinstermen.

Dunchadh, son of Ultan, chief of Oirghialla, was

slain at Dun-Forgo', by Maelduin, son of Maelfithrigh.

The Age of Christ, 676.

The third year of Finnachta. Dairchell”, son of
Curetai, Bishop of Gleann-da-locha, [died] on the 3rd of March.

Coman,

bishop ; Maeldoghar, Bishop of Fearna [Ferns]; Tuaimsnamha’, chief of Os-
raighe [Ossory], was slain by Faelan Seanchostol. Colgu’, son of Failbhe Flann,

King of Munster, died.
The Age of Christ, 677.

The fourth year of Finnachta.

St. Failbhe?,

Abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, died on the 22nd of March. Neachtain Neir® died.

under the year 676, but in the Annals of Clon-
macnoise at 673, thus :

“ A.D. 676. Bellum inter Finsneachta e La-
genios, in loco proximo Loch Gabar, in quo Fins-
neachta victor erat.”—Ann. Ut.

“A. D. 673. The Lynstermen gave a battle
to King Fynnaghty in a place hard by Loghga-
war, where King Fynnaghty was victor.” —Ann.
Clon.

' Dun-Forgo.— Situation unknown. “A. D.
376. Stella cometa visa luminosa in mense Sep-
vembris et Octobris. Duncha mac Ultain occisus
‘st in Dun-Fergo.”— Ann. Ult.

™ Dairchell.—The death of this bishop, and of
Coman, is noticed in the Annals of Ulster under
the year 677, and in the Annals of Clonmac-

. 1oise at 674:

“A.D. 677. Daircill mac Curetai Episcopus
(dinne-da-locha, et Coman Kpiscopus Fernan
pausant.”— Ann. Ut.

“ A.D. 674. Darchill mac Cuyletty, Bushop
0’ Glendalogha, died. Coman, Bishop, and Moy-

ledoyer, Bushop, died.”—Ann. Clon.

>» Tuaimsnamha.—* A. D. 677. Toimsnamha
Rex Osraigi quievit..—Ann. Ut.

“ A.D, 674. Twaymsnawa, king of Ossorie,
died.”—Ann. Clon.

° Colgu.—‘* A. D. 677. Mors Colggen mic
Failbei Flainn, Regis Muman.”—Anzn. U lt.

“ A.D. 674. Colgan mac Falvé Flyn, King
of Munster, died.” Ann. Clon.

» Failbhe.—* A. D. 678. Quies Failbhe, Abba-
tis Iae.”—Ann. Ut.

“A.D. 674. Failve, abbot of Hugh, died.”—
Ann. Clon.

He was succeeded by the celebrated Adamnan,
who wrote the Life of St. Columbkille.—See
Vita Columbe in Colgan’s Trias Thaum., pp. 340—
498, where Adamnan makes the following refer-
ence to this Failbhe: ‘* Meo decessore Falbeo
intentils audiente, qui et ipse cum Segineo
presens inerat.”—Lib. 1. ¢. 3.

9 Neachtain Neir.—‘ A. D. 678. Dorinitatio
Neachtain Neir.”—Ann. Ut.

286 ANNQGZa RIOshachTa elREGNN.

(678.
Cath

cain Nein véce. “Ceannpaolas, mac Orliolla, par m ecena, vécc.
Callefh ma pPinpneachta pPUoach pon becc boipce.

Cop Cmorc, pé céd peachtmogac a hocht. Un curccead bliadam
oPmaccta. Colman, abb bfnocaip, vécc. Maolpothapcars, eprcop Apoa
ppacha, vécc. Pianamanl, mac Maolecuile, my Cagfn, vo sun la Porc-
peachan, dia mucin pein, ian na ponconsna porn oPinpneacca Pledach.
Catal, mac Ragallais, vécc. Catch bodbsna, 04 in po manbad Conall oe
gnech, coipech Ceneoil Coinppe.

Clip Cmore, pé céd peachtmogat a naot.
pneachca.

Cn peipead biieber: oPin.
S$. Cian 65h, mstn Ouwbnea, vécc an 5 lanuap. Oungal, mac
Sccanvail, torpech Cnmtne, 7 Ceanopaolad, mac Suibne, coipech Ciann-
achca Glinne Gaimin, vo lopccad la Maolotin, mac Maolepichmsh, 1 nOun

Ceichipn.

Conall, mac Ounchada, v0 mapnbavh hi cCiunn cipe.

Seach-

napach, mac Cinmedarg, 7 Conaing, mac Congale, 00 manbaoh.
Coip Cmorz, pé céd ochtmogac. Cn peachtmad bliadam oPhfonachea.

Suibne, mac Maoluma, comanba baippe Concaighe, vécc.

Cennpaolao,

mac Colcan, pi Connachc, vo manbad ian ngabail cige pap. Ulchaolps

* Ceannfaeladh. —“ A.D. 678. Cennfaeladh
mac Aililla mic Baetain sapiens pausat.””—Ann.
Ul.

“A.D. 675. Keanfoyle the Wise, died.”—
Ann. Clon.

The true year is 679, as marked by Tigher-
This Ceannfaeladh is called of Daire

Lurain (now Derryloran, in Tyrone), in the

nach.

preface to Uracepht na n-Eigeas, a work which
he is said to have amended. — See O’Reilly’s
Descriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, pp. 46-48.

* The battle of Tailltin.—< A. D. 678. Bellum
Finsneachta contra Bece mBairche.”—Ann. Uit.

* Colman, §c.—These entries are given in the
Annals of Ulster at 679, and in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise at 675, as follows:

“A.D. 679. Colman, Abbas Benchair, pausat.
Jugulatio Finamla, mac Meeletuile, Regis Lagenio-
rum. Cathal mac Ragallaig moritur. Mors Moilefo-
thartaig Episcopi Ardsratha. Bellum i mBodgna,
ubi cecidit Conall Oirggneach. Lepra gravissima

in Hibernia, que vocatur Bolgach.”—Ann. Ul.

“A. D.675. Colman, abbott of Beanchor, died.
Finawla, King of Lynster, was killed. Cathal
mac Ragally died. There reigned a kind of
a great leprosie in Ireland this year, called the
Poxe, in Irish, Bolgagh.”

* Bodhbhghna, otherwise written Bach bic huny
and in the Annals of Ulster (Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49), Bogna. It was the name of a moun-
tainous territory extending from Lanesborough
to Rooskey, on the west side of the Shannon, in
the county of Roscommon; and this name is
still preserved in Sliabh Badhbhghna, anglicé
Slieve Bawne, a well known mountain in this _
district. The country of the Cinel-Cairbre or |
race of Cairbre, son of the monarch Niall, was —
on the other side of the Shannon, opposite Sliabh

Badhbhghna, in the present county of Longford. — i

” St. Ciar.—The festival of this virgin is set

down in the Feilire Aenguis, and in O’Clery’s 4 l ;

Irish Calendar, at 5th January, and her church |

wee

678.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

287

Ceannfaeladh’, son of Oilioll, a paragon in wisdom, died. The battle of Tailltin’
[was gained] by Finshneachta Fleadhach over Bece Boirche.

The Age of Christ, 678. The fifth year of Finachta. Colman‘, Abbot of
Beannchair, died. Maelfothartaigh, Bishop of Ard-sratha, died. Fianamhail,
son of Maeltuile, King of Leinster, was mortally wounded by Foicseachan, [one]
of his own people, at the instigation of Finshneachta Fleadhach. Cathal, son
of Ragallach, died. The battle of Bodhbhghna*, where Conall Oirgneach, chief
of Cinel-Cairbre, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 679. The sixth year of Finshneachta. St.Ciar’, virgin,
daughter of Duibhrea, died on the 5th of January. Dunghal, son of Scannal,
chief of the Cruithni, and Ceannfaeladh, son of Suibhne, chief of Cianachta-
Glinne-Geimhin, were burned by Maelduin, son of Maelfithrigh,at Dun-Ceithirn*.
Conall, son of Dunchadh, was slain at Ceann-tire’.
meadhach, and Conaing, son of Conghal, were slain.

The Age of Christ, 680. The seventh year of Finachta. Suibhne, son of
Maelumha, successor of Bairre of Corcach* [St. Barry, of Cork], died. Ceann-
faeladh’, son of Colgan, King of Connaught, was slain after the house in which

Seachnasach’*, son of Air-

ee

is described as Cill-Ceire in Muscraighe-Thire.
It is now called Kilkeary, and is situated in
the barony of Upper Ormond, in the county of
Tipperary, about three miles south-east of the
town of Nenagh. Colgan gives all that he could
collect of the Life of this virgin in his Acta SS.,
at 5th January, pp. 14-16.

* Dun-Ceithirn.—Now the Giant’s Sconce, in
the parish of Dunboe, in ‘the north of the
county of Londonderry.—See note under the
year 624.

“ A.D. 680. Combustio Regum in Dun Cei-
hirn .i. Dungal mac Scannaill Rex Cruithne,
ot Cennfaela Rex Cianachte .i. mac Suibne in
initio estatis la [i. e. per] Maelduin mac Maeli-

‘tithric.”’—Ann. Ut.

¥ Ceann-tire: i. e. Head of the Land, now Can-
tire, in Scotland.

* A.D. 680. Jugulatio Conaill Coil, fii Dun-
¢10 i gCiunn-tire.”—Ann. Ut.

“ A, D. 676. Conell mac Donnough was killed

in Kyntyre.”—Ann. Clon.

* Seachnasach.— A. D. 680. Jaugulutio Seach-
nasaig, mic Airmetaig, et Conaing, mic Congaile.”
—Ann. Ult.

“ A. D. 676. Seachnassach mac Arveay and
Conaing mac Conoyle were killed.”—Ann. Clon.

* Corcach.—Now Cork, the chief city of Mun-
ster. This name signifies moor, marsh, or low,
swampy ground; and Barry’s or Finnbharr’s
original church at Cork was erected in or on
the margin of a marsh.—See Lanigan’s Hcclesi-
astical History of Ireland, vol. ii. pp. 208, 316.
In the Annals of Ulster the death of Suibhne is
entered at the year 681, and in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise at 677, as follows :

“A.D 681. Obitus Suibne, filii Maeleduin,
Principis Corcoige.”—Ann. Ut.

“ A. D.677. Swynie mac Moyle-uwaie, Bishop-
prince of Corke, died.”»—Ann. Clon.
year is 682, as marked by Tighernach.

» Ceannfaeladh, §c.—These entries are given

The true

288

Ua Caillide, 00 Chonmaicmb Cirle, po manb eipive.

ANNQGZa RIOSshachta elReEGNn.

(681.
Cach Ratha méine

Manighe line pon Opfcnub, bart m po mantad Catapach, mac Maoilevann,
correc Cnurtne, 7 Ullcan, mac Orcollae. - ;
Coir Cmorc, pé Céd ochtmogat a haon. On cochtmad bliadaimn oP ion-

acta.
Colman ab Cluana mic Noip, vecc.

S$. Enmbfohach, abb Cpaoibe Laine, vécec an céd lé do lanuapt.
O Cincech vo.

Ounchad Murnipcce,

mac Maolouib, pi Connacht, v0 manbaoh. Cach Copainn, 06 nan manbad
Colcca, mac blaitmic, 7 Pfpgup, mac Maorlevim, correc Cenel Coinbne.

Coip Cmorz, pé céd ochtmogat a v6.
Manne, abb nOonopoma, vécc.

achta.

Cach Caryl Pronnbaipp.

Clip Cmorc, pé céo ochtmogat a chi.
Papusad Muighe Op(Fh la Saroib, ecip ecclaup 7 cuarch, hi mi Jun

acta.

in the Annals of Ulster at the year 681, and in
the Annals of Clonmaenoise at 677, thus:

“ A. D. 681. Jugulatio Cinnfaela, mic Colgen,
Regis Connacie. Bellum Ratha-moire-Maigi-Line
contra Britones, ubi cecidit Cathusach, mac Maele-
duin, ri Cruithne, ¢ Ultan jilius Dicolla.”—
Ann. Ult.

‘A. D. 677. Kinfoyle mac Colgan, King of
Connaught, died. The battle of Rathmore
was given against the Britons, where Cahasagh
mac Moyledoyn, King of the Picts, and Ultan
mac Dicholla, were slaine.”—Ann. Clon.

° Conmaicne-Cuile—A sept of the race of
Fergus mac Roich (ex-king of Ulster in the
first century), seated in the present barony of
Kilmaine, in the county of Mayo.—See O’Fla-
herty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 46.

“ Rath-mor-Maighe- Line-— Now Rathmore, a
townland containing the remains of an ancient
rath, or earthen fort, in the parish of Donnegore,
in the plain of Moylinny, in the county of An-
trim.—See Reeves’s Keclesiastical Antiquities of
the Dioceses of Down and Connor, &¢., pp. 69, 70.
See also note on Rath-bec in Magh-Line, under
the year 558, p. 200, supra.

© Craebh-Laisre : i.e. Laisre’s Bush or Branch,

Cn naomad bliadain oPhionr-
Loch n€athach vo poad hi pull.

Cn ofchmad bliadam oPhionn-

i.e. of the Old Tree; the name of a place near
Clonmacnoise. The festival of Airmeadhach,
Abbot of Craebh-Laisre, is set down in the
Martyrology of Tamlacht and O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar at 1st January; and it is stated in the
latter that he died in 681.—See Colgan’s Trias
Thaum., p. 172, n. 49. See this place again
referred to at the year 882. In the Annals of
Ulster ‘‘ Dormitatio Airmedaig na Craibhe,”
i.e. the decease of Airmedhach of Craebh, is
entered in the Annals of Ulster under the year
682; but Dr. O’Conor translates it, “‘ Dormi-
tatio Airmedagit Ducis Criveorum,” which is
totally incorrect, and the less to be excused
because the old translation in the Clarendon

Manuscript, which he had before him, gives the — i

entry very correctly as follows :

“A, D. 682. Dormitatio Airmedha na Craive
i. of the Bush or Branch.”

‘ Airteach: i. e. of Ciaraighe-Airtich, a sept
seated between the Rivers Lung and Brideog,

in the old barony of Boyle, and county of Ros- — i

common.—See note under the year 1297. The —

death of the Abbot Colman is entered in the &

Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 678, which a
is incorrect.

681.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.
INA |

289

he was taken. Ulcha-dearg [Redbeard] Ua-Caillidhe, [one] of the Conmaicne-
Cuile’, [was the person that] killed him. - The battle of Rath-mor-Maighe-Line*
[was gained] over the Britons, wherein were slain Cathasach, son of Maelduin,
chief of the Cruithni [Dal-Araidhe], and Ultan, son of Dicolla.

The Age of Christ, 681.

The eighth year of Finachta. St. Eirmbeadhach,

Abbot of Craebh-Laisre’, died on the first day of January. Colman, Abbot of

Cluain-mic-Nois, died ; he was of Airteach’
The battle of Corann, wherein were slain

dubh, King of Connaught, was slain.

Dunchadh Muirisce®, son of Mael-

-Colga, son of Blathmac, and Fearghus, son of Maelduin, chief of Cinel-Cairbre.

The Age of Christ, 682.

battle of Caiseal-Finnbhairr’.
The Age of Christ, 683.

& Dunchadh Muirisce—Dr. O’Conor incor-
rectly translates this, ‘‘Duncha Dux mariti-
mus,” in his edition of the Annals of Ulster,
in which these entries are given under the year
682, thus: ‘“ Duncha Muirsce, filius Maelduib
Jugulatus. Bellum Corainn, in quo cecidit Colgu,
Jilius Blaimic, et Fergus, mac Maeleduin, rex
Generis Coirpri.” Dunchadh Muirsci, who was
of the Ui-Fiachrach Muaidhe, was called Muirsce
irom his having lived, or been fostered, in the
territory of Muirisc (i.e. the marshes or fens),
ja the north of the barony of Tireragh, in the
10w county of Sligo.—See Genealogies, Tribes,
§¢, of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 314.

» Aendruim.—‘ A. D. 683. Mors Maine Ab-
bitis Noindromo, et Mors Derforgail.”—Ann. Ut.

* Loch nEathach—Now Lough Neagh.—See
note‘, under A. D. 331, p. 124, supra.

“ A. D. 683. Loch Eathach do soud hi fuil.”
—-Ann. Ult. Edit. O’Conor. ’

“The lake called Logheagh tourned into
bloud this yeare.’— Ann. Ult. Cod. Claren.
ton. 49.

«A. D. 680. Logh Neaagh was turned into

The ninth year of Finachta.
Aendruim® [Nendrum], died. Loch nEathach' was turned into blood.

Maine, Abbot of
The

The tenth year of Finachta. The devastation of
Magh-Breagh*, both churches and territories, by the Saxons, in the month of

blood this year.”—Ann. Clon.

§ Caiseal-Finnbhair : i. e. Finnbharr’s Stone
Fort. Situation unknown.

“ A. D. 683. Bellum Caissil-Finbair.”—Ann.
Ott.

Under the year 682 the Annals of Ulster re-
cord “ Initium mortalitatis puerorum in mense
Octobris ;”” and under 683, ‘“Mortalitas parvu-
lorum.” The Annals of Clonmacnoise mention
the beginning of the mortality of children under
the year 678.

* Magh- Breagh.—A territory in East Meath,
comprising five cantreds, and lying principally
between Dublin and Drogheda, i. e. between the
Rivers Boyne and Liffey.—See note *, under
A. D, 1292, pp. 455, 456. Colgan translates
this passage as follows, in Trias Thaum., p. 385:
“ Anno Christi 683, et Fiennacte decimo. De-
vastatur regio Magbregensis in mense Junio, per
Saxones, qui nec populo nec clero pepercerunt : sed
et multos captivos et multas predas ad suas naves
retulerunt.”

The devastation of Magh-Breagh by the Sax-
ons, is noticed in the Annals of Ulster under the

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290 ~ ANNQaza RIOshachta elReaNn. (684.
do hponnnavd, 7 pugpac bnargo1 1omda leo ap sach 1onavh bn pancaibpfe ap
fuo Marghe Oph, mailli pe heavaloib 1omdarb oile, 50 nolcpac 1apom vo
cum a long. Congal mac Guaine vécc. Onearal, mac Pfpsura, coipec
Coba [vécc]. ‘

Coir Core, pé céd ochtmogac a cleaip. On caonmad bliadam vdécc
oPronacca. Poncnon, abb Cluana mic Noip, vécc. Op apn na hulibh cfe-
pai’ a ccoitcinne, ipin ule voman, co o1f1d Teona mbliadan co na cfpna cfd
aon ap an mile va sac cenel anmann ancfna. Sicc mép 1pm mbliadain yn,
co po perfec locha 7 abne Epeann, 7 on po peod an muip eivip Eninn 4
Alban, co mbid imaichig1d eaccoppa ponr an lice easha. Cloamnan oo dul
50 Saraib vo cuimogid na bnaite vo bfptpat Saxain cuaipcfnt leo a Mush

year 684, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise
at 680, thus:

“A.D. 684. Ventus magnus. Terremotus in
insula. Sazxones campum Breg vastant, et Eccle-
sias plurimas in mense Junii.”—Ann. Ult.

“ A. D. 680. There was an extream great
winde and Earthquake in Ireland. The Saxons,
the plains of Moyebrey, with divers churches,
wasted and destroyed in the month of June,
for the allyance of the Irish with the Brittons.”
—Ann. Clon. *

This descent of the Saxons upon Ireland is
mentioned by Venerable Bede, in his Ecclesias-
tical History, lib. iv. c. 26, where he writes that,
“in the year of our Lord’s incarnation 684,
Egfrid, King of the Northumbrians, sending
Berctus, his general, with an army, into Ireland
[ Hiberniam], miserably wasted that inoffensive
nation, which had always been most friendly
to the English [nationi Anglorum semper ami-
cissimam]; insomuch that in their hostile rage
they spared not even the churches or monaste-
ries. The islanders, to the utmost of their power,
repelled force with force, and, imploring the
assistance of the divine mercy, prayed long and
fervently for vengeance; and, though such as
curse cannot possess the kingdom of God, it is
believed that those who were justly cursed on

_ not now regard those who would have prevented

account of their impiety did soon after suffer
the penalty of their guilt from the avenging
hand of God; for the very next year that same
king, rashly leading his army to ravage the
province of the Picts, much against the advice
of his friends, and particularly of Cuthbert, of
blessed memory, who had been lately ordained
bishop, the enemy made show as if they fled,
and the king was drawn in the straits of inac-
cessible mountains” [at Dun Nechtain.—Ann.
Ut. 685], “and*slain, with the greater part of
his forces, on the 20th of May, in the fortieth
year of his age, and the fifteenth of his reign.
His friends, as has been said, advised him not
to engage in this war; but he having the year
before refused to listen to the most reverend
father, Egbert, advising him not to attack the
Scots, who did him no harm, it was laid upon
him, as a punishment for his sin, that he should —

his death.

‘From that time the hopes and strength of {7
the English crown began to waver and retro- 7
grade; for the Picts recovered their own lands,
which had been held by the English and the | :

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June precisely; and they carried off with them many hostages from every place
which they left, throughout Magh-Breagh, together with many other spoils,
and afterwards, went to their ships. Congal, son of Guaire, died. Breasal', son
of Fearghus, chief of Cobha”, died.

The Age of Christ, 684. The eleventh year of Finachta. Forcron", Abbot
of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. A mortality® upon all animals in general, throughout
the whole world, for the space of three years, so that there escaped not one out
of the thousand of any kind of animals. There was great frost” in this year, so
that the lakes and rivers of Ireland were frozen ; and the sea between Ireland
and Scotland was frozen, so that there was a communication between them on

the ice.

Adamnan’s Vita Columé., lib. ii. c. 46; Trias
Thaum., p. 363.

' Breasal, §c.—“ A. D. 684. Mors Congaile
mic Guaire, ef mors Bresail mic Fergusa, morbo.”
Ann. Ult.

™ Of Cobha: i. e, of Ui-Eathach-Cobha, the
present baronies of Iveagh, in the county of
Down.

2 Forcron.—* A. D. 681. Forcron, Abbot of
Clonvicknose, died.”—Ann. Clon.

° Mortality.—Adamnan refets to a great mor-
tality, which, for two years after the war with
Egfrid, swept the whole world except the Picts
and Scots of Britain, who, he says, were pro-
tected against it by the intercession of their
patron, St. Columba:

“ De Mortalitate. Et hoc etiam, ut existimo,
10n inter minora virtutum miracula connume-
andum videtur de mortalitate, que nostris
iemporibus terrarum orbem, bis ex parte vas-
1avit majore. Nam ut de ceteris taceam latio-
iibus Europe regionibus, hoc est Italia, et ipsa
Jiomana Civitate, et Cisalpinis Galliarum”’ [i.e.
Callorum] ‘“‘provinciis, Hispanis quoque Pirinzi
niontis interjectu disterminatis, oceani Insule
per totum videlicet Scotia et Britannia binis
vcibus vastate sunt dira pestilentia, exceptis
d.iobus populis, hoc est, Pictorum plebe et Sco-

Adamnan! went to Saxon-land, to request [a restoration] of the pri-

torum Britannie, inter quos utrosque Dorsi
montes Britannici distermini, &c. &c Nos
verd Deo agimus crebras grates, qui nos, et in
his nostris Insulis, orante pro nobis nostro ve-
nerabili Patrono a mortalitatum invasionibus
defendit : et in Saxonia Regem Aldfridum visi-
tantes amicum adhuc non cessante pestilentia et
multos hinc inde vicos devastante, ita tamen nos
Dominus, et in prima post bellum Ecfridi visi-
tatione, et in secunda interjectis duobus annis,
in tali mortalitatis medio deambulantes, peri-
culo liberavit, ut ne unus etiam de nostris
comitibus moreretur, nec aliquis ex eis aliquo
molestaretur morbo.”—JTvrias Thaum., p. 363.

Florence of Winchester notices this plague in
his Annales at the year 685: ‘ Magna pestilen-
tie procella Britanniam corripiens lata nece
vastavit.”

® Great frost.—There is no reference to this
frost in the Annals of Ulster or Clonmacnoise.

1Adamnan.—Colgan, in a note on this passage,
translates the above passage from the Four
Masters, as follows:

“Anno Christi, 684. Finnachte Regis undecimo.

_S. Adamnanus Legatus missus venit ad Saxones,

ad predas e captivos quos Septentrionales Saxones
(hoe est Northumbri) ea supra memorata regione
Bregurum diripaerunt, repetendos. Et ab eis

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292 ANNaZa RIOSshachta elReGNN. (685.

Sp(sh an bhadam pémpaice. Puan a haipec uacha iap nofnam ppc 4
mionbal piad na ploghaib, 7 vo bipcpac onéip 4 aipmiom méip Do 1apam
imanlli pe hoganpeace gach neith po cuimnigh cucca.

Aop Core, pé céd ochtmogat a cing. On vana bliadain véce oPion-
acca. Oocummaiconds, ab Glinve va locha, vécc. Roippem, abb Concarge
moine, décc. Orpen eppcop Mamipcpeach, Pioncaimn, mac Tulchai, vécc.
Fepavach, mac Congaile, v0 manbaoh. Pinpneachca, an pi, vo dul ora
olitpe.

Cop Cmorz, pé céd ochtmogac apé. On cpearp bliadain vécc oP hion-
acca. Cach Imbleacha Phich ma Niall mac Cfpnaich Socorl, pon Congalae,
mac Conaing, aipm in po manbad Ouboambtp, coipeé Cpoa Ciannachca, 4
hUapenide hUa Orene, correc Conalle Muintemne, 7 po ppaomead an
cath pon Congalac ianam. Ap o1a noweadab po padead : ©

bponac Conall mor, oAcbip 0616 rap NUaipenid14,

Ni ba heallma bier 5fn, 1 nApo rap nOuboainb(p.

S. Seghene, eppcop Apoa Macha, vo écc. O Achad Clad’ vopiwe.
S. Cucbent, eppcop P{pna, a Sarxoib, vecc.

honorificé exceptus, et coram nonnullis signis et
miraculis perpetratis omnia que petiit impetravit.”
—Trias Thaum., p. 385, n. 40.

“A. D. 686. Adamnanus captivos reduxit ad
Tiberniam la.”—Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend. tom. 49.

“A. D. 682. Adamnanus brought 60 captives
to Ireland.”—Ann. Clon. See Bede’s Ecclesias-
tical History, lib. v. c. 15, where it is stated that
Adamnan made some stay in England on this
occasion with King Alfred, the successor of
Egtrid, and that he conformed to the Catholic
or Roman mode of keeping Easter, and incul-
cated the same on his arrival in Ireland, It is
added that his own monks of Hii would not
conform to what they considered an innovation,
and that St. Columbkille’s monasteries in Ireland
also refused to conform.

* Docummaichonnog.—These entries are given
in the Annals of Ulster under the year 686, as
follows :

“A. D. 686. Jugulatio Feradaig mic Congaile.
Quies Documai Conoc, Abbatis Vallis da locha”
[Glendalough]. ‘ ‘* Dormitatio Rosseni Abbatis
Mors Osseni Episcopi Monas-
Fintain mac Fingaine” [quievit].

Corcaide Moire.
teri.

* Corcach-mor: i. e. the great Corcach or
Marsh, now Cork, the chief city of Munster. It-
is also frequently called Corcach-mor-Mumhan,
i.e. the great Cork of Munster.

* Imleach Phich.— This, which is otherwise
called Imleach-Fia and Imleach-Fio, is the pre-
sent Emlagh, a townland in a parish of the

same name, about four miles north-east of the —
town of Kells, in the county of Meath: 7

“ A.D. 687. Bellum Imlecho-Pic, ubi ceeidit

Dubdainber, rex Arda-Cianachte, et Huarcride
nepos Osseni, et Congalach, mac Conaing, fugiti-
vus evasit. Niall mac Cernaig victor erat.”—Ann. —
Uk. p i a

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soners which the North Saxons had carried off from Magh-Breagh the year
before mentioned. He obtained a restoration of them, after having performed
wonders and miracles before the hosts ; and they afterwards gave him great
honour and respect, together with a full restoration of everything he asked of
them. .

The Age of Christ, 685. The twelfth year of Finachta. Docummaich-
onnog", Abbot of Gleann-da-locha, died. Roisseni, Abbot of Corcach-mor’, died.
Osseni, Bishop of Mainistir; Fintan, son of Tulchan [recté of Fingaine], died.
Fearadhach, son of Conghal, was slain. Finshneachta, the king, went on his
pilgrimage.

The Age of Christ, 686. The thirteenth year of Finachta. The battle of
Imleach Phich* [was fought] by Niall, son of Cearnach Sotal, against Congalach,
son of Conaing, wherein were slain Dubhdainbher, chief of Ard-Cianachta", and
Uaircridhe Ua Oisene, chief of Conaille-Muirtheimhne”; and the battle was
afterwards gained over Congalach. Of their deaths was said :

Sorrowful are the Conailli this day ; they have cause after Uaircridhe’,

Not in readiness shall be the sword, in Ard’, after Dubhdainbher.

St. Seghene, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died. He was from Achadh-claidhibh’.
3t. Cuthbert, Bishop of Fearna*, in England, died.

iard, in the county of Louth.—See note under
the year 660.

“ Conaille-Muirtheimhne. —This tribe gave
name to a territory comprising, at this period,
tie baronies of Ardee, Louth, and Upper Dun-
dalk.. Magh-Muirtheimhne was originally more
extensive than the country of the Conaille since
the settlement of the Cianachta in Meath.—See
note", under A. M. 2859, p. 10, and note *,
under A. D, 226, p. 110, supra.

* Uaircridhe.—Dr. O’Conor translates this
“« Nimia festinatio illis causa doloris ;”? but this
is childishly incorrect, as Uaircridhiu is a man’s
name.

¥ Ard: i.e. in Ard-Cianachta. Dr. O’Conor
trenslates this “inter Nobiles,” which is incor-
rect. -

* Achadh-claidhibh. — Situation unknown to
the Editor. The festival of this holy bishop is
marked in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar at 24th of
May, and it is added that he died in the year
687, which agrees with the Annals of Ulster.
Ware places his death in 688, which is the true
year.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 294, and
Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 40.

* Of Fearna: i.e. of Farne, a small island in
the parish of Holy Island, Durham, about two
miles eastward of Bambrough Castle, and about
nine from Lindisfarn.—See Bede’s Eccl. Hist.,
lib. iii. ce. 3, 16, 27. This bishop was the ille-
gitimate son of an Irish king, as appears from
a Life of him given by John of Tinmouth, and
from him by Capgrave at 20th March.—See
Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 944, 945.

294 GNNaza RIOShachta elREGNN. (687.

Aoip Core, pé céo, ochcmogat a peacht. Cn cltpamad bliadain vécc
oPionacca. beccan Cluana hlonaipd vécc. Gnachnac, banabb Cille oana,
vé5. Congal, mac Maoilevim, mac Coda bfnoamn, pf lanmuman, oo mapbavd.
Apomacha do lopccad. Span, mac Conall, pi Larg(n vécc. Finguine Pocca
Ffpavhach Méich, mac Nechclicc, véce.

Coip Core, pé céd ochcmogac a hochc. Cn ciiccead bliadam vécc
oP inpneacca. Cnonan Macu Caulne, abb 6{nocaip, vécc an 6 v0 Nouemben.
Piogellach, mac Plain, correc Ua Manne, lolan, eppcop Cimnganad, vécc.
Oochinne Oape Spuchaip), véce.

Clip Cmopc, pé céo ochtmogact a nao. Cn peipead bliadain vécc
vPhinpneachca. Oabecog Cluana hAino vécc. Pipsap, mac Lovam, pi
Ulad, 00 manbad la hUib Eachodach.

Coip Cmort, pé cév nochat. Un peachtmad blhadam dvécc oPi-
pneachca. Ononach, eppcop Pfpna, vécc an 27 lu. bpan Ua Paolam, pi
Cach exip Opparghib 7 Carsmu, bail n po manbaoh Paolcon
Ua Maoloopa. Ro plnad pleachad pola 1 Cagnib ipin bliadainys. Ro poad

vécc.

Caighh, vécc.

® Beccan of Cluain-Iraird.—This is a mistake
for Beccan of Cluain-ard.—See note on Dabhe-
cog, 689. These entries are given in the Annals
of Ulster, under the year 689, except that relating
to thedeath of Bran, King of Leinster, and Gnoth-
nat, abbess, which they omit altogether.

“A. D. 689. Congal mac Maeleduin, mic Aeda
Bennain, Rex Jarmuman, et Dunnecaid, mac
Oircdoit, et Ailill mac Dungaile, et Eilne mac
Scandail, jugulati sunt. Combustio Ardmacha.
Mors Finguine Longi et Feredaig Meith (ffatt,
Cod. Clarend., 49) mic Neichtlice, et Cobiaith,
Jjilia Canonn moritur. Debecog [Beccan] Cluana
airdo pausat.”

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the deaths of
Bran mac Connell, King of Leinster, and of
‘“* Gnahnat, abbesse of Killdare,” are noticed
under the year 685.

° Cronan Macu Caulne.—“ A. D. 690. Cronan
Maccuchuailne, Abbas Benchuir, obit. Fitchillach
mac Flainn, rew hUa Maine, moritur.’—Ann. Ul.

“ A. D. 686. Cronan Maccowcaylne, abbott of
Beanchor, died. Fihellagh mac Flyn, prince of
Imaine, died.”—Ann. Clon.

* Ceanngaradh.—See note under the year 659.
« A, D. 688. Iolan, Hpiscopus Cinngarat, obit.”
—Ann. Ult.

© Doire-Bruchaisi.—Now Derrybrughis, alias
Killyman, in the county of Armagh. According
to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, the memory of St.
Aedhan was venerated at this church on the ~
29th of March.

‘ Cluain-ard: i. e. the High Lawn or Meadow.
This was the ancient name of the place on which

stands Kilpeacan old church, at the foot of Sliabh — |
gCrot, in the barony of Clanwilliam, and county Di

of Tipperary. Dabhecog, in this entry, is the

same person as Beccan, incorrectly called of —

Cluain-Iraird, whose death is entered by the

Four Masters under the year 688. In the Fe- — |

lire Aenguis, and in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at

26th May, it is stated that Beccan of Cluain-ard a

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The Age of Christ, 687. The fourteenth year of Finachta. Beccan’, of
Cluain-Iraird, died. Gnathnat, Abbess of Cill-dara, died. Congal, son of Mael-
duin, son of Aedh Beannan, King of West Munster, was slain. Ard-Macha was
burned. Bran, son of Conall, King of Leinster, died. Finguine Foda died.
Feradhach Meith, son of Nechtlig, died.

The Age of Christ, 688. The fifteenth year of Finshneachta. Cronan
Macu Caulne’, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died on the 6th of November.
Fidhgellach, son of Flann, chief of Ui-Maine, [died].
garadh‘, died. Dochinne, of Doire-Bruchaisi’, died.

The Age of Christ, 689. The sixteenth year of Finshneachta. Dabhecog,
of Cluain-ard’, died. Fearghus, son of Lodan®, King of Ulidia, was slain by

the Ui-Eachdhach [people of Iveagh].
' The Age of Christ, 690. The seventeenth year of Finshneachta. Diraith",
Bishop of Fearna, died on the 27th of July. Bran Ua Faelain, King of Leinster,
died. A battle between the Osraighi' and the Leinstermen, wherein Faelchar

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Tolan, Bishop of Ceann-

Ua Maelodhra was slain.

was otherwise called Mobecoc (synonymous with

Dabecoc), and that his church is situated in ‘

Muscraighe-Breogain, in Munster, or at Tigh
Ji Conaill, in Ui-Briuin-Cualann. Keating,
speaking of the same saint (regimine Diarmada
1aic Fearghusa Ceirbheoil), states that he con-
secrated the church of Cill-Bheacain, in Mus-
' craighe-Chuire, on the north side of Sliabh
eCrot.

of the Irish saints, by prefixing mo, 0a, or do,

For the varieties of form of the names

aid postfixing an, en, in, 0%, oc, see note on
Mochaemhog, under the year 655.

8 Fearghus, son of Lodan.—* A. D. 691. Fer-
gis mac Aedain rex in Coicid [ provincie] obitt.
Luna in sanguineum colorem in Natali S. Martini
versa est.”—Ann. Ult.

» Diraith—“ A. D. 492. Dirath, Episcopus
Fernan e¢ Bran nepos Faelain rex Lageniensium
et Cellach, mac Ronain, mortud sunt.””—Ann. Wit.

“A.D. 688. Dyrath, Bushop of Fernes, and
| Bian, nephew” [recté grandson] “to Foylan,
| king of Lynster, died.”—Ann. Clon.

It rained a shower of blood* in Leinster this year.

The festival of Diraith, Bishop of Ferns, is
marked in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar at 27th
August, and it is added that he died in the
year 690.

‘ Osraight: i.e. the People of Ossory, some-
times considered a part of Munster, because
they were generally tributary to the king of
This battle is noticed in the
Annals of Ulster under the year 692.

‘A shower of blood.—This is not given in the
Annals of Ulster, but it is entered in the Annals
of Tighernach at the year 693, which add that
the blood flowed in streams for three days and
three nights.

that province.

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
the battle between Leinster and Ossory, these
prodigies are given under the year 688, thus:

* A.D. 688. There was a battle between
Lynstermen and those of Ossorie, wherein Foy]-
chor O’Moyloyer was slain. It reigned [rained ]
Blood in Lynster this year ; butter was turned
into the colour of Blood; and a wolf was seen
and heard speak with human voice.”

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296 aNNaza RIoghachta eiReann. (691.

_ mmm ann beop hn paintib cpo 7 pola, comba poppell vo cach 1 coiccimne é.
Acclop an paol ag labainc vo slop vaonna, somba haduat la cac.

Cloip Cort, pé cé0 nochac a haon. An cochcmad bliadamn vdécc
oPhinpneachca. b6ecpola eppcop vécc. hUidpeim Mhaighe bile vécc.

Qoip Cmorc, pé céo nochat a vo. Cn naomad bliadam véce oPhion-
acta. Chonan becc, abb Cluana mic Noip, vécc 6 Appil. Chonan balnae
[vecc].

Cloip Cmiort, pé céo nochac atpi. OGarmive Lugmaiw vécc. Meann
boinne, abb Cichaio b6, vécc. Jap mbeith pice bliadam hi pighe Eneann
oF hionachta Pleadac, mac Ounchaoha, vo cfp la hQod, mac nOlutang, mic _
Chlilla, mic Clooa Slane, correc P(p Cul, 7 la Congalach, mac Conaing, mic
Congarle, mic Coda Slaim, hn cach, hic Gpeallaagy Oollaich. Oo pocaip beor
bpeapal, mac Pionnacca, 1pin cach fpin anaon pia a acthaip. Tadg, mac

Failbe, 00 mapbavh hn n6linn nGarmin.

Qoip Cort, pé céo nochac a cltanp.
Loicheine Meann, eagnaid, abb Cille

Cummen Mugoopne vés. Finngume mac Cof sén mataip, m

mac Clonsupa, hi pighe n€peann.
vana, vécc.

At the year 685 the Saxon Chronicle records
that a shower of blood fell that year in Britain,
and that the milk and butter were moreover
turned into blood. Caradoc says, that in the
fifth year of Ivor, King of the Britons, who
began his reign A. D. 689, showers of blood fell
in Britain and Ireland, which caused the milk
and the butter to be turned into a sanguine co-
lour. — See Caradoci Hist. Brit. Lond., 1702,
p- 15, and also the Philosophical Transactions,
vol. xix. p. 224% Giraldus, in his Zopographia
Hibernia, dist. ii. c. 19, tells a long story about
a wolf which spoke to a certain priest in Meath,
and predicted that the English would conquer
Ireland on account of the sins of the Irish; but
it would appear from the story, that this was not
a real wolt, but one of the human inhabitants of
Ossory, two of whom were turned into wolves

every seventh year, in consequence of a curse pro-

nounced against that territory by St. Natalis.
' Becfhola.— A. D, 693. Beccfhola, Episco-

Cn céi0 bliadain vo Loingpeac,

Huidren Campi Bile quievit.”—

pus, quievit.
Ann. Ut.

= Cronan Beg: “ A. D. 693. Cron Beg, Abbas. ~ i

Cluana mic Nois, obiit. Obitus Cronain Balni.”—
Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 689. Cronan Beag, Abbott of Clon-—

vicnose, died.”— Ann. Clon.

" Gaimide—* A. D. 694. Gaimide Lugmaid — 3
Quies Min-Bairen, Abbatis Acha-bo.”

dormivit.
—Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 690. Myn Baireann, Abbott of Achabo,
died.”—Ann. Clon.

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agree with the Four Masters. In the Annals’

of Ulster the death of Finsnechta is entered |
under the year 694, and in the Annals of Clon- __

macnoise at 690, thus:

“ A.D. 694. Finsnechta rex Temro, et Bresalll t
Jilius suus, jugulati sunt a nGreallaig Dollaith ‘abe
Aed mac Dluthaigh, et a Congalach, mac Conaing, , }

mic Aeda Slaine.”—Ann. Ult.

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691.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 207

Butter was there also turned into lumps of gore and blood, so that it was
manifest to all in general. The wolf was heard speaking with human voice,
which was horrific to all.

The Age of Christ, 691. The eighteenth year of Finshneachta. Becfhola',
bishop, died. Huidhreini of Magh-bile [Movilla], died.

The Age of Christ, 692. The nineteenth year of Finachta. Cronan Beg",
abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died on the 6th of April. Cronan Balnae [i. e. of
Balla], died.

The Age of Christ, 693. Gaimide" of Lughmhaidh, died. Meann Boirne,
abbot of Achadh-bo, died. After Finachta Fleadhach, son of Dunchadh, had
been twenty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain® by Aedh, son of
Dluthach, son of Ailill, son of Aedh Slaine, chief of Feara-Cul’, and Congalach,
son of Conaing, son of Congal, son of Aedh Slaine, in a battle at Greallach-

Dollaith’.
father.

Breasal, son of Finachta, also fell in this battle along with his
Tadhg, son of Failbhe, was killed in Gleann-Gaimhin’.

The Age of Christ, 694. The first year of Loingseach’, son of Aenghus, in
che sovereignty of Ireland. Loichene Meann‘, the Wise, Abbot of Kildare,
lied. Cummeni of Mughdhorna [Cremorne] died.. Finnguine, son of Cu-gan-

“A.D. 690. King Finaghty was killed by
Hugh mac Dluhie, son of Hugh Slane, at a
j lace called Greallagh Tollye, and Prince Breas-
su, the king’s son.”—Ann. Clon.

? Feara-Cul.—This, which is otherwise called
Feara-Cul-Breagh, is a territory in Bregia, com-
ptising the barony of Kells, in the county of
Meath. The parishes of Moybolgue and Emlagh
ayementionedasin thisterrritory.—See O’Clery’s
lish Calendar, at 5th April and 26th No-
vember.

4 Greallach-Dollaith.—This is probably the
plice called, in Irish, Greallach, and anglicé
Grley, situated about two miles to the south
of the town of Kells, in Meath.

’ Gleann-Gaimhin: otherwise Gleann-Geimhin.
Tl is was the old name of the vale of the River
Roe, near Dungiven, in the county of London-
derry. Inthe Annals of Ulster this is called vallis

pellium, which is the true translation of Gleann-
Gaimhean, but it has no connexion with Pelli-
par Manor, in this territory, which is not older
than the plantation of Ulster.

* Loingseach—‘‘ A. D. 695. Loingsech mac
Aengusa regnare incipit.”—Ann. Ult.

“ A, D. 689. Longseagh mac Enos began his
reign, and was king 8 years.”——Ann. Clon.

O’Flaherty follows the Annals of Ulster in
placing the accession of this monarch in 695.

t Loichene Meann, §c.—‘ A. D. 695. Jugulatio
Domhnaill, filii Conaill Crandamhnai. Finguine
mac Cucenmathair” [ Canis sine matre, Cod. Cla-
rend. 49], “rex Mumhan, moritur. Fergal
Aidne, e Fianamail, mac Maennaic, moriuntur.
Locheni Sapiens, Abbas Cille-daro jugulatus est.
Cummene Mugdorne pausat. Congalach, mac
Conaing, filii Congaile filii Aedo Slaine moritur.”
—Ann. Ul.

a

298

NNAaza RIOshachca elReGNN.

(695.

Muman, vég. Ppgal Chone, pi Connache, vég, mac poe Guaipe Cone.
Fianamail, mac Maenaich, vég. Congalach, mac Conaing, mic Congaile,

mic Cloda Slaine, vécc.

Cop Cmorz, pé céd nochat a cig. On oana bliadain vo Loingpeac.
Canpin, pepibmd 6 Lureca, 0€5. Maolpochancarg, mac Maolowb, cig fpna
na nCiipgiall, vécc. Magh Muintemne vo papugad la Op(cnoibq la hUl cob.
lomainecc Cpanocha, 04 map mapnbad Ffpadac, mac Manlevorch.

Qop Cmorc, pé céo nochac apé.
S. Moling Cuacpa eprcop, vécc an17 Man.

Qn cpp bliadain vo Lompgpeac.
Cach 1 cCuloig Gappaipcc, 1

bEhfpnmang, bal in po manbad Concoban Macha, mac Maoileoiin, copec— |

na nCunehp,7 Cod CAinéo, corpec Oal Aparohe.

w1s(;na Cfneoil Coinppe, vécc.

Coip Cmore, pé céd nochac a peache.
Popanoan, abb Cille vana, vécc.
Cloip Corr, pé céo nochat a hoche.

reac,

“ Lusca.—Now Lusk, in the barony of Bal-
ruddery, about twelve miles north of the city
of Dublin.
crypt, or subterranean habitation, and is ex-

The word lupca signifies a cave,

plained ceaé calman [a house in the earth] by
O’Clery. Theseevents, and others totally omitted

by the Four Masters, are given in the Annals of

Ulster as follows, under the year 696:

“ A.D. 696. Taracin de regno expulsus est.
Adomnanus ad LHiber-
niam pergit, et dedit legem innocentium populis.
Euchu nepos Domhnaill jugulatus est. Maelfo-
thartaig, mac Maelduib, rex na nAirgiall mortwus

Ferchar Foda moritur.

est. Imarecc Cranchae, ubi cecidit Feradach mac
Maeledoith. Moling Luachra dormivit. Britones
et Ulaid vastaverunt campum Murtheimne. Cas-
san, scriba Luscan, quievit.

“ Crannach : i.e. Arborous Place or Woodland.
There are many places of this name in Ireland,
but nothing has been discovered to prove the
situation of the one here referred to.

* St. Moling Luachra.—He erected a church
at a place originally called Ros-broc, now Tigh-

Muipgiup, mac Maileouin,

Cn cltpamad bliadain vo Loing-
Cn cuiccead bliadain vo Loins-

Moling, anglicé St. Mullin’s, on the River Bar-|
row, in the Kavanaghs’ country, in the county
of Carlow, where his festival was celebrated on
the 17th of June. In the Annals of Clonmac-
noise the death of St. Moling i8 entered under
the year 692, as follows:

“ A. D. 692. Moling Lwachra, a man for
whose holyness and sainctity King Finaghty
remitted the great taxation of the Borowe of 7
the Lynstermen, died.” : :

According to the ancient historical tale called | ;
Borumha-Laighean, St. Moling obtained a re- i
mission of this taxation while the celebrated |~
Adamnan was in Ireland (for some account of i :
which see Bede, lib. v. c. 15), and contrary to |
the latter’s will, who wished that the Leinster-
men should pay it to the race of Tuathal
Teachtmhar for ever. It appears, however, that
Moling’s sanctity prevailed against the repre
sentative of Tuathal and his aristocratic rela-
tive, Adamnan, Abbot of Iona; for by a singular is
use of the ambiguity of the Irish word

(which means Monday, and also the day |

695.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 299

mathair, King of Munster, died. Fearghal Aidhne, King of Connaught, died ;
he was the son of Guaire Aidhne. Fianmhail, son of Maenach, died. Conga-
lach, son of Conaing, son of Conghal, son of Aedh Slaine, died.

The Age of Christ, 695. The second year of Loingseach. Caisin, scribe
of Lusca", died. Maelfothartaigh, Lord of the Oirghialla, died. The devasta-
tion of Magh-Muirtheimhne by the Britons and Ulidians. The battle of Cran-
nach”, wherein Fearadhach, son of Maeldoith, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 696. The third year of Loingseach. St. Moling Lu-
achra*, bishop, died on the 13th of May. A’ battle [was fought] at Tulach-
Garraisg, in Fearnmhagh’, wherein were slain Conchobhar Macha, son of Mael- .
duin, chief of the Airtheara [Oriors], and Aedh Aired, chief of Dal-Araidhe.

Muirghius’, son of Maelduin, Lord of Cinel-Cairbre, died.

The Age of Christ, 697.
of Kildare, died.

The fourth year of Loingseach. Forannan’, Abbot

The Age of Christ, 698. The fifth year of Loingseach. Aedh, Anchorite?

_udgment), in his covenant with the monarch,
1e abolished this exorbitant tribute, not till
Monday, as the monarch understood, but till
ihe day of judgment, as the saint intended. A
writer in the Dublin University Magazine for
Vebruary, 1848, p. 225, says that ‘“‘it would
lave been better for the people of Leinster to
_ have continued to pay the Borumean tribute to

tiis day, than that their Saint Moling should
have set an example of clerical special pleading
and mental reservation, in the equivocation by
which he is represented to have procured their
rlease from that impost.” On this it may be
observed that if St. Moling was really guilty of
this equivocation, his notions of morality were
nt of'a very lofty pagan character, and not at
al in accordance with the doctrine of the
Gospel and the practice of the primitive Chris-
tiens; but it is to be suspected that the equi-
vovation had its origin in the fanciful brain of
| the author of the historical romance called
| Bcrumha-Laighean, who displays his own, not
St. Moling’s, morality, in the many strange in-

cidents with which he embellishes the simple
events of history. We may very easily believe

‘ that Adamnan wished that the race of Tuathal

Teachtmhar should for ever remain the domi-
nant family in Ireland; but were we to believe
that he was such a person as this story repre-
sents him to have been, we should at once reject
as fictitious the character of him given by Ve-
nerable Bede, who describes him as ‘‘ Vir bonus
et sapiens, et scientia scripturarum nobilissimé
instructus.”—Fccl. Hist., lib. v. c. 15.

¥ Tulach-Garraisg, in Fearnmhagh. — This
name would be anglicised Tullygarrisk, but
there is no place now bearing the name in
Fearnmhagh, or the barony of Farney, in the
county of Monaghan.

* Muirghius, §ce.—‘* A. D. 697. More Muir-
gisa, mic Maelduin, regis Generis Coirpri.”—
Ann. Ult.

® Forannan, §c.—* A.D. 697. Mors Forannain
Abbatis Cille-dara, et Maelduin mic Mongain.”
Ann. Uli.

> Aedh, Anchorite.— This was the. Aidus of

2°92

300 aNNQaza RIOSshachta eiReadnn.

(699.

yeac. Cod Ancoipe, 6 Slebhtiu, vécc. lapnlait, abb Lipmoip, vécc. Pian-
amal Ua Ounchavha, coipec Oal Riaoa, 7 Plann, mac Cinnpaolaw, mic
Suibne, toipec Cenéil Eogam, 00 mapnbad. CQupchuile Ua Cpunnmaoll, coipec
Ceml Eogain, oionnapbad ap in pighe, 1 mOpfcain. Plano Fino, mac Maoil-

cule hUi Cnunomaoil, coipec Ceml ECogam, vécc.

coipec na nOeipi, décc.

Conall, mac Suibne,

e

Cop Core, pé céd nochat anaor. On peipead vo Lompgpeac. Colman,
Umne Uachalle, vécc an 30 Manca. Ailill, mac Cuf gan mactarp, pf Muman,

vécc.

Conall, mac Oomnlnnorg, corpeac Ua Progeince.

Niall Ua Cfpnaig

vo mapbad 1 nOpoman Ua Caran, la hlongalac, mac Conaing.
Cop Core, peacht ecév. On peachctmad bliadam vo Lomngpeac. Col-
man Ua h€ine, abb Cluana lopaino, vég. Mumploach Muige hao, mg

Connache, mac P{psura, 6 crac Siol Muipeadang, vés5.

Sleibte mentioned in Tirechan’s Annotations on
the Life of St. Patrick, preserved in the Book
of Armagh.

° Sleibhte—Now Sleaty, or Sletty, on the
western margin of the River Barrow, a short
distance to the north of the town of Carlow.
In the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, quoted by
Ussher (Primordia, p. 864), the situation of Ci-
vitas Sleibhti is described as “‘juxta flumen Ber-
bha in Campo Albo.” This church was called
from its situation near Sliabh Mairge. These
obits are entered in the Annals of Ulster under
the year 699: ‘ Quies Aedo Anachorite o [de]
Sleibtiu. Dormitatio Iarnlaig Abbatis Lismoir.
~ Fiannainn nepos Duncho, rex Dalriati, et Flann,
mac Cinnfaelad, mic Suibne, jugulati sunt. Aur-
thuile, nepos Cruinmail, de regno expulsus, in
Britanniam pergit. Flann Albus mac Maeltuile,
nepos Crunmail, de Genere Eugain moritur.”
The same annals contain the following im-
portant notices, totally omitted by the Four
Masters :

“A.D. 699. Accensa est bovina mortalitas in
Hibernia in Kalendis Februarit in Campo Trego
i Tethbai” [Moytra, in the county of Longford].
‘*Fames et pestilentia tribus annis in Hibernia

lopgalac Ua Con-

Sacta est, ut homo hominem comederet.”

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, which are
very meagre about this period, the notices of
the murrain and famine, &c., are entered under
the years 694 and 695, thus :

“A.D. 694. A great morren of cows through-
out all England.” ]

‘“A. D. 695. The same morren of cowes came
into Ireland next year, and began in Moyhrea
in Teaffa. Hugh of Sleiwtyve, Anchorite, died.
There was such famyne and scarsitie in Ireland
for three years together, that men and women
did eat one another for want.”

* Conall, son of Suibhne.—* A. D. 700. Jugu-
latio Conaill, mic Suibhne, regis na nDesi.”—
Ann. Ult.

° Linn- UVachaille : otherwise called Linn-Dua-
chaille, now Magheralin, on the River Lagan,
(which was anciently called Casan-Linne as well
as Abhainn-Locha, the River of the Lough),

about five miles north-west of Dromore, in the

county of Down. Colgan has put together, at

30th March, all the scattered notices that he |~
could find of St. Colman of this place, who was | Ht §

gon of Luachan, of the royal house of Niall of
the Nine Hostages. He quotes the Annotations

699.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 301
of Sleibhte’, died. Iarnla, Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Fianamhail Ua Dunchadha,
chief of Dal-Riada, and Flann, son of Ceannfaeladh, son of Suibhne, chief of
Cinel-Eoghain, were slain. Aurthuile Ua Crunnmaeil, chief of Cinel-Eoghain,
was driven from his chieftainry into Britain. Flann Finn, son of Maeltuile
Ua Crunnmaeil, chief of Cinel-Eoghain, died. Conall, son of Suibhne’, chief
of the Deisi, died. ;

The Age of Christ, 699. The sixth year of Loingseach. Colman, of Linn-
Ua-chaille’, died on the 30th of March. Ailill’, son of Cuganmathair, King of
Munster, died. Conall, son of Doineannaigh, chief of Ui-Fidhgeinte, [died].
Niall Ua Cearnaigh was killed at Droman-Ua-Casan*, by Irgalach-Ua-Conaing".

The Age of Christ, 700. The seventh year of Loingseach. Colman-Ua-
hEire, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], died. Muireadhach of Magh-Aei’,
King of Connaught, son of Fearghus, from whom are the Sil-Muireadhaigh,

of Cathaldus Maguire on the Feilire-Aenguis,
to show that Uachuill, or Duachaill, was the
name of a demon who infested this place before
St. Colman’s time: ‘* Quod erat nomen damonis
in Cassan-Linne, qui nocebat multis ante Colma-
num.” —Acta Sanctorum, p.793, n. 10.

‘ Ailill, §c.—*‘ A. D. 700. Bovina adhue mor-
talitas. Ailill, mac Con-sine-matre, rex Muman,
moritur, Conall mac Doinennaig, rex Nepotum
Figeinti, moritur. Occisio Neill, mic Cearnaig.
Irgalach, nepos Conaing, occidit illum.”— Ann.
Uit.

8 Droman-Ua-Cassan.—The Ridge or Long
Hill of the Ui-Casain. Not identified.

4 Irgalach- Va- Conaing.—It is stuted in a poem
describing the remains at Tara, that Adamnan
sursed this chieftain at a synod held in the
Rath of the Synods on Tara Hill.—See Petrie’s
History and Antiquities of Tara Hill, pp. 122,
\48. Adamnan came to Ireland in the year 697,
:ecording to the Annals of Tighernach. It
sppears from Bede, lib. v. c. 15, that his prin-
cipal object in visiting Ireland on this occasion
was to preach to the people about the proper
time of keeping Easter.—See note under the
year 704.

* Magh-Aei.—Now Machaire-Chonnacht, a
large plain in the county of Roscommon, lying
between the towns of Roscommon and Elphin
and Castlerea and Strokestown.—See note ®,
under A. D. 1189, p. 87. The people called
the Sil-Muireadhaigh were the O’Conors of
this plain, and their correlatives, who, after the
establishment of surnames, branched into va-
rious families and spread themselves over the
neighbouring territories, as the Mac Dermots,
Mac Donoughs, O’Beirnes, O’Flanagans, Mage-
raghtys, O’Finaghtys.—See note ™, under the
year 1174, pp. 12, 13. Some of these entries,
and others omitted by the Four Masters, are
given in the Annals of Ulster under the year
700, and some under 701, as follows:

“A, D. 700. Colman Aue Oirc, Ceallach mac
Maeleracha Episcopus Dichuill, Abbas Cluana
Auis mortui sunt.

“ A.D. 701. Muredach Campi Ai moritur.
Irgalach, nepos Conaing, a Britonibus jugulatus in
Insi mic Nechta. Maicnia rex Nepotum Echdach
Ulat” [Iveagh, e] “ Ailill mac Cinnfaelad, rec
Cianachta, mortui sunt. Garba Mide, et Colgga
mac Moenaig, Abbas Lusca, et Luathfoigde, e
Cracherpais, sapientes mortut swnt.”

302 ANNaZa RIOSshachTa EIREGNN.

(701.

ang vo manbad la 6plenuibh. ed, mac Olutag, 0é5. Conall, mac Surbne,
cisfna na nOéim, vécc. Ceallach, mac Maelepoca eprcop, Orucuill, abb

Cluana hE€ory, vécc.

Cloip Cort, peache ccéd a haon.

FPaoloobain Clocaip véce 29 lan.

lan mbfich oche mbliadna hi prghe Epeann vo Loingpeach, mac Clongura,

mic Oomnaill, vo pochaip, hi ccach Conain, la Ceallach Locha Cime, mac
Ragalloig, amail veanbup Cellach ipin pann,

6a ulec tuilcc, macan pombi oc Glaip curlcc,
beopa Loinspeac ano vo chalg (apo Epeann mma cuipo) .1. ma cuarne,

Toncpacap tna a tpi merc mall mp, Ancsal, Conachcach,7 Plano Ols5-
Ro mapbaic vin va mac Colcfn ann, 7 Ouboib(ps, mac Ounganle, 7 PHsur

Fopcpaich, 7 Conall Gaba, 7 apoile paepclanna cenmocacypive.

Conall

Meann, mac Cainbpe, po pad na pony, 7 ba heiprven pochann an catha,

Ona ci Lomsgpeach von bannai, co na ctpocha céd imme,
Oiallpaid, cd leabain a ach, Cellach Ciach Cocha Cimme.
Tecpaioh Ceallach ceinctle cpuimne, cno tna pinne bodb mor linge

_ Ca mg Camodfpce Locha Cimme.

Coir Cniopt, peachc ccéd a 06,

‘ Clochar.—Now Clogher, the head of an an-

cient episcopal see in the county of Tyrone.
The name is said to have been derived from a
stone called Cloch-oir, i. e. golden-stone, at
which the pagan Irish worshipped a false god
called Kerman Kelstach.— See O’Flaherty’s
Ogygia, part iii. c. 22. The Annals of Ulster
also place the death of Faeldobor Clochair in
this year. ‘

' Loingseach—* A. D. 702. Bellum Corainn,
in quo cecidit Loingseach mac Oengusa, rex Hi-
berniv, i.e. mac Domhnaill, mic Aed, mic Ain-
mirech, la [per] Ceallach Locha Cime mac Ra-
dallaig, cum tribus filiis suis, et duo filii Colgen, et
Dubdibergg, mac Dungaile, Fergus Forcraith,
et Congal Gabhra, e ceteri multi duces: iv. Id.
Julii, sexta hora die Sabbathi hoc bellum confectum
est.’”—Ann. Ult.

Cn céi10 bliadam vo Congal Cinn

“A. D. 699. King Loyngseagh, with his
three sons, named Artghall, Connaghtagh, and
Flann Gearg, were slain in the battle of Corann,
the 4th of the Ides of July, the 6th hour of
Saturday.”—Ann. Clon.

™ Corann.—A famous ancient territory, now
a barony in the county of Sligo.—See O’Fla-
herty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 69.

» Loch Cime.—This was the ancient name of

Lough Hackett, in the parish of Donaghpatrick, |

barony of Clare, and county of Galway.—See
note P, under A. M. 3506, p. 32, supra.

° Testifies, —It is stated in the Leabhar-Gabhala
of the O’Clerys, p. 194, that Ceallach composed |
these lines to boast of his triumph over Loing-— i
seach. From Fearghus, the brother of this |

Ceallach, all the O’Conors of Connaught, and
other septs, are descended.

FT RS i a

701.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 303

died. Irgalach Ua Conaing was killed by the Britons. Aedh, son of Dluthach,
died. Conall, son of Suibhne, Lord of the Deisi, died. Ceallach, son of Mael-
roca, bishop, [and] Diucuill, Abbot of Cluain-Eois [Clones], died.

The Age of Christ, 701. Faeldobhair of Clochar* died on the 29th of June.
After Loingseach’, son of Aenghus, son of Domhnall, had been eight years in
the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain in the battle of Corann”, by Ceallach
of Loch Cime®, the son of Raghallach, as Ceallach himself testifies? in this
quatrain :

For his deeds of ambition, on the morning he was slain at Glais-Chuilg ;
I wounded Loingseach there with asword, the monarch of [all] Ireland round.

There were slain also his three sons along with him, Artghal, Connachtach, and

‘Flann Gearg. There were also slain there the two sons of Colcen, and Dubh-
dibhearg, son of Dunghal, and Fearghus Forcraith, and Conall Gabhra, and
other noblemen besides them. Conall Meann, son of Cairbre, composed these
quatrains, and that was the cause of the battle :

If Loingseach? should come to the Banna, with his thirty hundred about him,

To him would submit, though large his measure, Ceallach the Grey, of Loch
Cime.

Ceallach of the round stones was well trained; a paling of spears was leaped over

By the Redhanded King of Loch Cime.

The Age of Christ, 702. The first year of Congal of Ceann Maghair’, son

» If Loingseach.—This quatrain is quoted by
Michael O’Clery, in his Glossary, under the
vord biaé; but the reading he gives there is
different from that in the Annals, and is as
jollows :

‘Oa ozi Ceallac von banna, Zona ctpiocaio
céod ime
Oiallpaio cioh leabaip a bhiac, Ceallac
liat loca Cime.”

“Wf Ceallach should come to the Bann, with
his thirty hundred about him,
He should submit, though long his penis, Ceal-
lach the Grey of Loch Cime.”

« Ceann-Maghair.—This place is still so called
in Irish, and anglicised Kinnaweer, and is si-
tuated at the head of Mulroy Lough, in the
barony of Kilmacrenan, and county of Donegal.
—See note *, under A.D. 1392, p. 725. In
the old translation of the Annals of Ulster,
preserved in Cod. Claren. tom. 49, the accession
of Congal is thus noticed under 704, which is
the true year: ‘“‘Congal mac Fergusa regnare
In the An-
nals of Clonmacnoise it is noticed under 701:

incipit in Cenn-Magair .i. Fanad.”

‘‘Congall Ceanmayor reigned King of Ireland
19 years, and died of a sudden sickness.”—See
O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part ili. c. 93, p. 43.

304

Magaip, mic P(psupa Panao, var Epinn hi pighe.

ANNQZa RIOshachTa eIRECNN.

(703.

Colman mac Pionnbarp,

abb Lip méip, vécc. Cath pon Clom ach, pia Ceallach Cualonn, pon Pogap-
cach (1apom na pf Enfnn) Ua Cfpnoigh, capm in po manbad bodbchad Mhoe,
mac Orapmava, 7 po meabawd pon Posancach. |

CQoip Core, peach ccé0 acpi. An vana bliadain vo Congal. Goamnan,
mac Ronan, abb lae Colum Cille, vécc an 23 vo Sepcembep, 1ap mbeit
ré bliadna pichfe 1 naboaine, 7 1ap peace mbliaona peachtmogac a aoipe.
ba maith tna an ci naom Cloamnan, vo péip pradnaip: naomm béoa, in ba
venach, ba hatmsech, ba hupnugtech, ba hinneitmech, ba haomcech, 4
ba mfpapda, vag ni loingfoh vo pip act dia DomMNaIg 7 DIA Dapoaon nama.

* Colman, son of Finnbhar.—* A. D. 702. Col-
man mac Finbair, Abbas Lismoir, moritur.”—
Ann. Ult.

* Claen-ath.—Now Claenadh, or Clane, in the
county of Kildare :

“ A.D. 703. Bellum pon Cloenath” [at Cloe-
nath, Cod. Clarend. 49], ‘ubi victor fuit Ceallach
Cualann, in quo cecidit Bodbcath Mide mac
Diarmato. Focartach nepos Cernaig fugit.”—
Ann. Ult.

‘ Adamnan, son of Ronan.—The pedigree of
this illustrious man is given in the Genealogies
of the Saints compiled by the O’Clerys, up to
Heremon, son of Milesius. He was the seventh
in descent from Conall Gulban, the common
ancestor of the tribes of Tirconnell. Adamnan
was the son of Ronan, who was son of Tinne,
who was son of Aedh, son of Colman, son of
Sedna, son of Fearghus Ceannfada, son of Conall
Gulban.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 480.

« St. Beda.—Venerable Bede calls Adamnan,
“Vir bonus et sapiens et scientia scripturarum
nobilissimé instructus,” in his Heel. Hist., lib. v.
c. 15. He says, in the same chapter, that after
his return from England, whither he had been
sent by his nation, as an ambassador to King
Alfred, he endeavoured to bring his people of
Hii to the true observation of Easter, which he

had learned and warmly embraced in England,

but that in this he could not prevail. That he
then sailed over into Ireland to preach to the
Irish, and that by modestly declaring the legal
time of Easter he reduced many of them, and
almost all that were not under the dominion of
Hii, to the Roman or Catholic mode, and taught
them to keep the legal time of Easter. During
his stay in Ireland, he is said to have censured
the monarch for having remitted the Borumean
tribute to the Leinstermen, in proof of which
the O’Clerys have inserted in their Leabhar-
Gabhala an Irish poem condemnatory of Fi-
nachta Fleadhach, by whom it was remitted.
In this poem Adamnan is made to say, that, were
he Finachta, and King of Tara, he would not do
what Finachta had done ; and adds, * maing pi
po. maiz a ciora,” “wo to the king who for-
gave his rents,” “ap maing leanap vo lactu,”

““wo to those who follow grey-headed -men;” -

and that if he were a king, he would erect for-
tifications, fight battles, and subjugate his ene-
mies. He is also said to have promulgated a law
among the Irish called Cain Adhamhnain, and
lex innocentium in the Annals of Ulster, at the
year 696. This law exempted women from

going on expeditions or into battles.—See the

Leabhar Breac, fol. 38, b.; and the Book of Le-
can, fol. 166, p. a. col. 4. After having estab-

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of Fearghus of Fanaid, in sovereignty over Ireland. Colman, son of Finnbhar’,
abbot of Lis-mor, died. A battle [was fought] at Claen-ath* by Ceallach Cua-
lann, against Fogartach Ua-Cearnaigh, who was afterwards King of Ireland,
wherein Bodhbhchadh of Meath, son. of Diarmaid, was slain, and Fogartach
was defeated.

The Age of Christ, 703. The second year of Congal. Adamnan, son of
Ronan‘, abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, died on the 23rd of September, after having
been twenty-six years in the abbacy, and after the seventy-seventh year of his
age, Adamnan was a good man, according to the testimony of St. Beda’, for he
was tearful, penitent, given to prayer, diligent, ascetic, and temperate ; for he
never used to eat excepting on Sunday and Thursday only ; he made a slave

after having celebrated the canonical Easter in
Ireland, he returned to Hii or Iona, where he
most earnestly inculcated the observance of the
Catholic or Roman time of Easter in his monas-
tery, but without being able to prevail; and Bede
remarks that it so happened that he departed
this life before the next year came round, the
divine goodness so ordaining it, that, as he was
a great lover of peace and unity, he should be
taken away to everlasting life before he should
be obliged, on the return of the time of Easter,
to quarrel still more seriously with those that
would not follow him in the truth.

Of Adamnan’s works we have still remaining,
1. his Vita Columba, which is a remarkable piece
of biography, in the purest style of Latin then
in use. Mr. Pinkerton says that, ‘‘among the
{rish writers, Adamnan has given in the Life of
Columba the most complete piece of biography
hat all Europe can boast of, not only at so
carly a period, but through the whole middle
«ges. 2, His account of the holy places in Judea,
jrom the relation of Arculph, a French bishop,
end which he presented to King Alfred. An
abridgment of this was given by Bede, but
Mabillon has published it at fulllength. There
are other prose tracts and poems in Irish, which
are ascribed to him, but these have not been

yet published or translated. The death of
Adamnan is entered in the Annals of Ulster at
the year 703, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise
at 700, but the true year is 704.

“ A.D. 703. Adomnanus lxxvii anno etatis sue
Abbas Je, pausat.”—Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 700. Adawnanus, Abbott of Hugh,
in the 78th year of his age, died; of whom
Syonan, in Kynealeagh, is named in Irish
[Sue Cloamndin], which is as much in Eng-
lish as the seat of Adawnan ; but no church
land, as I take it.””—Ann. Clon.

The Syonan, here referred to, is the name of a
townland containing the ruins of a castle, in
the parish of Ardnurcher, barony of Moycashel,
and county of Westmeath.—See the Ordnance
Map of that county, sheet 31, and also the Mis-
cellany of the Irish Archeological Society, vol. i.
p- 197, note *. According to the tradition in
the country, St. Adamnan, on his visit to Ire-
land, preached to his relatives, the race of Fia-
cha, son of Niall, on a hill in this townland,
which has ever since been dignified by his
name. The churches at which the memory of
St. Adamnan was particularly venerated are
those of Raphoe and Drumhome, in Tircon-
nell, Dunbo, in Kienachta, and Skreen, in Tire-
ragh, in Connaught. According to O’Clery’s

JER

QNNQtwa RIOShachta eiReann.

306 (704.

Oo pone mogh ve Péin do na pubélleiby,7 beor ba heagnard, eolach ileipe *
culcplona an naoimpemopcuna oiada. Ceallach mac Ragallaigh, m Con-
vache, 1ap noul 06 pa cuing clénceéca vécc. lomaipecc Concmodpuad, bail
in po manbavh Celechan, mac Comma.

Coip Cmorc, peache ccéo a cltap. On cheap bliadain vo Congal.
Cfnnpaolad Ua oda bpicc, abb bthoéaip, vécc an 8 Appl. Oaconna Oaim,
7 Ceallan, mac Seachnapaig, eccnaid, vécc. Oippene Fpemann, mac Hall- |
wit, abb Cluana mic Norp, vecc. Oo Calpaige Techba a cenel. Concubap,

mac Maeiliotin, coipec Cemuil Coinppe.
bachlae, 7 a écc ma ote, 1 porncfnn va bliadan vécc ap pin.

becc boipche, pi Ulad, 00 Zabanl
Plann

Feabla, mac Sgannlain, abb Anoa Macha, vo écc.
Coir Cmorc, peache ccéo a cing. Un clénamad bliadain vo Congal.
Coibotnach, eppcob Apoa pnatha, vécc 26 Nouembep. Conodap, abb Pobaip,

vécc 3 Nouemben.

Imechtach, mac Ounchadha Muipipcce, pf na cceona

Connache, 00 manbad la Pfpgal, mac Maoileviin, 7 la Pfpgal mac Comns-

rich, me Clongura, 7 la Conall Mfno, copec Cemuil Coinppe.

Sloicchfoh

la Congal Cino Masgaip, mac Ppsupa Panac, pon Caigmb, co ccanac a

péip uadorb.

Irish Calendar, his body was buried at Iona,
but his reliques were afterwards removed to
Ireland.

* Ceallach.—* A. D. 704. Ceallach mac Ro-
gallaigh, Rex Connacht, post clericatum obiit.”

* Coremodhruadh.—Now Corcomroe, a barony
in the west of the county of Clare.

“A.D. 704. Bellum Corcomodhruadh, ubi
cecidit Celachar, mac Comain.”—Ann. Ult.

¥ Ceannfaeadh.— A. D. 704. Ceanfaela, nepos
Aedo Bric, Abbas Bennchair, dormivit.’”—Ann.
Ult.

* Dachonna of Dairi: i. e. of Doire-Mochonna:

«A.D. 705. Duchanna, et Oissene filius Gal-
luist, Abbas Cluana-mac-Nois, pausant. Bruide,
mac Derili moritur. Conchobar mac Maeleduin,
Rex Generis Coirpre jugulatur. Ceallan, mac
Seachnusaig, sapiens, obiit.’—Ann. Ult.

* Calraighe-Teathbha. — A territory in the
county of Longford, the position of which is

(5 coche do von cplois(o hipin acbent Congal imnpo :

determined by Sliabh gCalraighe, now Slieve
Golry, near the village of Ardagh.—See note
on Sliabh Callraighe Bri-Leith under A. D,
1444, p. 937.

> Beg Boirche.—“ A. D. 706. The Crostaff
[Cross-staff] of Bec Bairrche.”—Ann. Ult. ; Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.—See Dr. O’Conor’s note on
this passage in his edition of the Annals of |
Ulster, pp. 70, 71, where he quotes various au-
thorities to shew that persons were enjoined
various penances for crimes, before the seventh
century: “Clericus si genuerit filium vii annis
peniteat, vel exul portet cilicium et virgam,
Cumean De Mensura penitentiarum, c. 3. Si
quis Laicus per cupiditatem perjurat, totas
res suas vendat, et donet Deo in pauperibus,
et conversus in Monasterio usque ad mortem —
serviat Deo. Si autem non per cupiditatem, —

sed quia mortis periculum incurrit, tribus annis
inermis exul peeniteat in pane et aqua.”—Jb., c.6.

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of himself to these virtues; and, moreover, he was wise and learned in the clear
understanding of the holy Scriptures of God. Ceallach”, son of Raghallach,
King of Connaught, died, after having gone under the yoke of priesthood. The
battle of Coremodhruadh*, in which Celechar, son of Comman, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 704. The third year of Congal. Ceannfaeladh’, grand-
son of Aedh Breac, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died on the 8th of April.
Dachonna of Dairi’, and Ceallan, son of Seachnasach, a wise man, died. Oissene
of Freamhainn [Frewin], son of Gallust, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. He
was of the tribe of Calraighe-Teathbha*. Conchubhar, son of Maelduin, chief of
Cinel Cairbre [died]. Beg Boirche’, King of Ulidia, took a [pilgrim’s] staff, and
died on his pilgrimage at the end of twelve years afterwards. Flann Feabhla’‘,
son of Scanlan, Abbot of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died.

The Age of Christ, 705. The fourth year of Congal. Coibhdeanach‘,
bishop of Ard-sratha, died on the 26th of November. Conodhar, abbot of
Fobhar, died on the third of November. Inreachtach, son of Dunchadh Mui-
risce, King of the tripartite Connaught, was slain by Fearghal, son of Maelduin,
and Fearghal, son of Loingseach, son of Aenghus, and Conall Meann, chief of
Cinel-Cairbre. A hosting® was made, by Congal of Ceann-Maghair, son of
Fearghus of Fanaid, against the Leinstermen, and he obtained his demand!’
from them. On returning from this expedition Congal composed these lines:

° Flann Feabhla.— He is set down as arch-
sishop of Armagh for twenty-seven years in the
ist of the prelates of Armagh preserved in the
iragment of the Psalter of Cashel already often
yveferred to. He held a synod in Ireland, in the
year 697, at which Adamnan was present.—See
Colgan’s Acta SS., p. 473, and Trias Thaum.,

-y. 294, and also Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bi-

stops, p.40. In the Annals of Ulster his death
is entered under the year 714, and in the Annals
of Clonmacnoise at 712.

4 Coibhdeanach, §c.—‘‘ A. D. 706. Conodhar
Fabuir obit. Occisio, Indrechtaig, mic Duncha,
Muirsece, Fergal mac Maeleduin, e¢ Fergal mac
Loingsig, e Conall Menn, rex Generis Coirpri,
a ciderunt eum. Becc nepos Dunchado jugulatur.
Coibdenach, Hpiscopus Ardsratha quievit. Duo

terremotus septimana in eadem, in mense Decem-
bris in Aquilonart parte Hibernie. Bachall Beicce
Mors Colmain Aui Suibhne. Slogad
Congaile, filii Fergusa pop Laigniu. Duncha
principatum Ie tenuit.”—Ann. Ult.

© A hosting, ploicc(o.—This is the first occur-
rence of the word yploicéfo, henceforward so
frequently used in the Irish Annals. It means
the making of an expedition, excursion, or in-

Bairche.

cursion, with an army mustered for the pur-
pose, like the old English word “hosting,” by
which the Editor shall henceforward translate
it. It is rendered “ ewercitus ductus,” by Dr.
O’Conor, and “ an army led,” by the old trans-
lator of the Annals of Ulster, in Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.' z

* His own demand.—This would seem to mean

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308 anNNazwa RIOshachta E€IREGHN. (706.

Celeabain vam, a Lippe, ay lop novo bo hit snap,
Clann bepptan pil pone, ba plan co cpolc a Oan Nayp.
ba Mag Lippe mad co pé, nou ap mag ponaithe,
Ticubra via achpuine, mz(ppach co naitmu.

Cach Ufchaipbe ma cCongal, mac P(pgopa Panacc, pon Chenél n€océam,

of in po manbavoh Maolotin, mac Maolipitnicch, cig(pnaCheneol nEogham. » °

Cloip Cmorc, peacht ccév apé. On cinccead bliadain vo Congal. Cu-
cuandain, pi Cpuichne-7 Ulad, 00 manbaoh la Pionncom hUa Ronan.
Piachna, mac Oungaile, vo sun la Cputniu.

Qloip Cmiopc, peacht ccév a peachc. Cn peipead bliadaim vo Congal.
Maoloobancon, eppcop Cille vana, vécc 19 Pebpuam. Cath Oola 1 Mag
Ele, apm in po manbad Ceachloban, mac Eatac, Cualaiwd, 7 Caoionaipce.
Cath Selgse hi Ponthuachaib Caig{n, in po manbad 0a mac Ceallang Cua-
lann, Piachpa,7 Fianamail, 7 apall vo Onfcnuib cangacan hi pocnaive
Ceallans.

Cloip Cort, peacht ccév, a hochc. Conamhail mac Parlbe, abb lae,
[oécc]. Colman, mac Seachnuparg, abb Lothna, vécc.
mbliaona hi pisge nEpeann vo Congal Cinnmagain, mac Pfpsupa Panac, po
cataim vo bldg aonuaine. Cill vana vo lopccad.

Cloip Cmorc, peacht ccéd anaor. An cé10 Bhavan oP (pgal mac Maorle-
otin, mac Maolepempsh, hi prghe uap Epinn. Cinovpaolad, abb Pobap, vécc.

Oiccolan egnavde [vécc]. CTetsal, eppcop 6 Lain Ela, vécc 16 Appl.

that he renewed the Borumean tribute. It is cendit.”—Ann. Ult.

lap mbfich plche —

stated in the Leabhar Gabhala of the O’Clerys,
that Congal made this excursion to wreak his
vengeance on the Leinstermen for the death of
his great grandfather, Aedh mac Ainmirech,
whom the Leinstermen had slain in the battle of
Dun-bolg ; but that he obtained his ovghreir, or
full demand, from them without any opposition.

8 Bid me farewell.—These lines are also quoted
by the O’Clerys, in their Leabhar Gabhala, p.194.

» Leathairbhe.—Not identified. This entry is
not in the Annals of Ulster.

* Cucuaran.— A. D. 507. Canis Cuaran, rex
Cruithne, jugulatur. Bovina strages tterum in-

* Fiachra— A. D. 709. Fiachra mac Dun-
gaile apud Cruithne jugulatus.”—Ann. Ult.

' Maeldobharchon.—“* A. D. 708. Maeldobor-
con, Episcopus Cille-daro, pausavit.”—Ann. Ult,

™ Dola, in Magh-Ele.—Magh Ele, which
should be Magh Elle, or Magh Eilne, is a plain
on the east side of the River Bann, near the town
of Coleraine.—See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Anti-
quities of the Diocese of Down and Connor, S¢5
p- 330. In the Annals of Ulster this battlem is
noticed under the year 708 :

“A.D. 708. Bellum Dolo in Campo Bila,

ubi jugulati sunt Lethlabhar mac Echdach, Cuale ! '

“Spa eoee

- 706.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 309

Bid me farewell®, O Liffe ! Long enough have I been in thy lap ; .

Beautiful the fleece that is [was] on thee; thou wert safe, except thy roof, -
O fort of Nas!

The plain of Liffe was so till now, to-day it is a scorched plain ;

I will come to rescorch it, that it may know a change.

The battle of Leathairbhe" [was gained] by Congal, son of Fearghus Fanad,
over the Cinel-Eoghain, where Maelduin, son of Maelfithrigh, Lord of the Cinel-
Eoghain, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 706. The fifth year of Congal. Cucuaran', King of
the Cruithni and of Ulidia, was killed by Finnchu hUa Ronain. Fiachra*, son
of Dunghal, was mortally wounded by the Cruithni.

The Age of Christ, 707. The sixth year of Congal. Maeldobharchon',
Bishop of Kildare, died on the 19th of February. The battle of Dola™, in Magh-
Ele, where Leathlobhar, son of Eochaidh, Cu-allaidh, and Cu-dinaisc, were
slain. The battle of Selgge", in Fortuatha-Laighean, wherein were slain the
two sons of Ceallach Cualann, Fiachra and Fianamhail, and some of the Britons,
who had joined the army of Ceallach.

The Age of Christ, 708. Conamhail°, son of Failbhe, Abbot of Ia, [died].
Colman, son of Seachnasach, Abbot of Lothra [Lorha], died. After Congal”
of Ceann-Maghair, son of Fearghus-Fanad, had been seven years in the sove-
ceignty of Ireland, he died of one hour’s sickness. Cill-dara was burned.

The Age of Christ, 709. The first year of Fearghal‘, son of Maelduin, son
of Maelfithrigh, in sovereignty over Ireland. Ceannfaeladh’, Abbot of Fobhar
|Fore], died. Diccolan the Wise [died]. Tethghal, Bishop of Lann-Ela [Ly-

liidh et Cudinaisce.”—Ann. Ult. See note ',on Failbe, Abbas Ix, pausat. Colman, mac Sech-

Vola, at A. D. 571, p. 208,- supra.

» Segge: i.e. a Place of Hunting. This was
tie name of a place near Glendalough, in the
county of Wicklow. In the Annals of Ulster
tlris battle is noticed under the year 708, thus:

“A.D. 708. Bellum Selgge hi Forthuathaibh-
Laighin, contra nepotes Cennselaigh, in quo ceci-
drunt duo filii Cellaich Cualann, Fiachra et
Fannamhail; e¢ Luirgg cum Britonibus Ceal-
Ja shi.”—Ann. Ule.

° Conamhail.—* A. D. 709. Conainn, mac

nusaig, abbas Lothra, moritur.”—Ann. Ul.

® Congal.—* A. D. 709. Congal mac Fergusa
Fanad” [mic Domhnail mic Aedha, mic Ain-
mire mic Sedna mic Fergusa Cinnfoda] “mic
Conaill Gulban, rex Temorie, subita morte peritt.
Combustio Cille-dara.”Ann. Ult.

4 Fearghal.—* A. D. 709. Fergal mac Maele-
duin regnare incipit.”—Ann. Ult. O?Flaherty
places his accession in the year 711.

" Ceannfaeladh.* A. D. 710. Ceannfaela,

abbas Fobair, moritur. Diccolan sapiens, et

Sg hg la le

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310 annaza Rioghachta e€iReann. (710.

Ulcan, mac Cummine, vécc. Eprpcop Teléa Olam [vécc]. Cath Slebe
Puaic pa pPeangal pop Ub Méit, m po mapbad Tnuchach, mac Moch-
log), corpec Ua Méit, 7 Cupor, mac Coda, me Oluchag.

Qoip Cort, peacht ccéd a veic. An vana bliadain oP fpgal. Coedo,
eprcop lae, vécc. Oubsualar, abb Glinne va Locha, vécc. Ro plpad 1om-
aipece ecip poche Cloda Slaine, m po mapbad Niall, mac CCpnang, la Plann,
mac Qlooa, mic Olutas. Cuclpca, toipec Oppaise, vécc. Imaineacc la
Cagmb Oearsabaip, ou m po manbad bpan Ua Maoloiin 7 a mac. Oluch- |

cuaips(pto1s, In no manbaoh Copmac, mac Ping, pi Muman.
Cop Cort, peacht ccév a haon novécc.

ach, mac Pitceallang, 00 lopccad. Catch Chaipn Pfhaoms lap an Dep ~-
|

baocan, eppcop Ini bo Finne, vécc.

vécc. Oo Gallngaib Copan v0.
manbaoh hi ccach.

v5 (nna Opparge, vécc.

Coir Cmopt, peact ccéd avo décc.
lomaipecc etcip oa mac beicc boipche 7 clann bpeapanl, corpecha Ua n€chaé
Ulad, 7 po meabard pon clomn bpeapail. Pogancach Ua Cennoig oionnap-
bao 1 mbneatnab la Pepsal ps Eneann.

Ultan mac Cummieni, Episcopus Telca-Olain,
mortuntur.’—Ann. Ult.

* Télach Olainn.—This place is mentioned in
the Irish Calendar of O’Clery, at 23rd January
and at 7th August, as the church of St. Molaga,
but its situation is not pointed out.—See Col-
gan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 151, note 32. It is
sometimes written Tulach-Ualann.

* Sliabh-Fuaid.A mountain near Newtown-
Hamilton, in the county of Armagh.—See note®,
under A. M. 3500; and note *, under A. D.
1607. In the Annals of Ulster this battle is
noticed under the year 710, as follows :

“A. D. 710. Bellum nopotum Meith, ubi
Tnudach, mac Mochloingse, Rex Nepotum Meith,
et Curoi, filius Aedo, filii Dluthaigh, ceciderunt.”

* Coeddi.—* A.D.711. Coeddi, Episcopus Ia,
pausat.”—Ann. Ult, This and many other en-

Conmac, mac Orliolla, pi Muman, vo
Seachnurach, coirec Ua Mame, [vécc].

Cn cpear bliadain oP (psal.
Pailbe becc, abb Cluana mic Nop,

Cuceanca,

Cn ceatpamad bliadain oPepgal.

tries shew that the Presbyterian writers are
wrong in supposing that there were no bishops
at Iona.
* Dubhgualai.—‘A. D. 711. Dubgualai, Abbas
Glinne da locha, periit,”,—_ Ann. Ult. Yi
* A battle— A. D. 711. Bellum inter duos —
nepotes Aedo Slane tn quo Maine, mac Neill, ju-
gulatus est. Flann, mac Aedo, mic Dluthaig,
victor erat. Ulait prostrati, ubi Dubtach, filius
Becce Bairche, occubuit. Duo filii Feradaig mic
Maeleduin in cede Generis Laegaire perierunt, —
Bellum apud Lagenienses Deteriores” [Laighnibh i :
Desgabhair] ‘‘ wbi Bran nepos Maeleduin, et filit i ;
ejus ceciderunt. Dluthach, mac Fitcellaig, igne ©
uritur.’—Ann. Ult. ¢ tl :
¥ Cucerca.—His death is again entered under |
the year 711. ca
* The northern Des: i.e, Deis-Beg, a territory |—

710.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

nally], died’on the 16th of April. Ultan, son of Cummine, Bishop of Telach
Olainn’. The battle of Sliabh Fuaid* [was gained] by Fearghal over the Ui-
Meith, wherein were slain Tnuthach, son of Mochloingi, chief of Ui-Meith, and
Curoi, son of Aedh, son of Dluthach.

The Age of Christ, 710. The second year of Fearghal. Coeddi", Bishop
of Ia, died. Dubhgualai*, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha, died. A battle* was fought
between [two parties of] the race of Slaine, wherein Niall, son of Cearnach, was
slain by Flann, son of Aedh, son of Dluthach. Cucerca’, chief of Osraighe, died.
A battle by the south Leinstermen, wherein Bran Ua Maelduin and his son
were slain. Dluthach, son of Fithcheallach, was burned. The battle of Carn-
Fearadhaigh by the northern Des’, wherein Cormac, son of Finghin, King of
Munster, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 711. The third year of Fearghal. Baetan, Bishop of
Inis-Bo-finne’, died. Failbhe Beg, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died ; he was of
the Gailenga” of Corann. ,Cormac, son of Oilioll, King of Munster, was killed
in a battle. Seachnasach, chief of Ui-Maine, [died]. Cucearca’, Lord of Ossory,
died.

_ The Age of Christ, 712. The fourth year of Fearghal. A battle’ [was
fought] between the two sons of Beg Boirche and the sons of Breasal, chiefs
of Ui-Eathach Uladh [Iveagh]; and the victory was gained over the sons of
Breasal. Fogartach® Ua Cearnaigh was banished into Britain by Fearghal, King

of Ireland.

311

n the county of Limerick, containing the town
of Bruff and the hill of Knockany. For the
situation of Carn-Feradhaigh see note *, under
-A. M. 3656, p. 41, supra. In Dr. O’Conor’s
dition of these Annals some lines are here left
cut by mistake.

* Inis-bo-finne.—N ow Boffin, or Bophin Island,
cff the south-west coast of the county of Mayo.

“A.D. 712. Baetan, Episcopus Insole Vacce
élbe obiit. Faelbus Modicus, Abbas Cluana-mac-
Nois, pausat. Cormac, mac Ailello, rex Muman,
tv. bello jugulatus est. Cuchercca, rex Osraigi,
noritur.. Sechnusach rex, hUa Maine, moritur.”
—-Ann. Ult:

» Gaileanga.—These were a sept of the race

of Oilioll Olum, King of Munster, seated in the
diocese of Achonry, in the province of Con-
naught. Corann is now the name of a barony
in the county of Sligo.

© Cucearca.—See his death before entered
under the year 710, which is the wrong year.

1 A battle—“ A. D. 711. Ulait prostrati, ubi
Dubthach jilius Becce Bairche occubutt.”

“A. D. 713. Bellum inter duos filios Becce
Bairche, et filium Bresail regem Nepotum Echdach,
Fogartach hUa Cer-
naig de regno expulsus est, [et] in Britanniam
ivit.-—Ann. Ult.

© Fogartach.—Dr. O’Conor says that it is in-
terpolated in a more modern hand in the copy

in quo victores filii Becce.

312 ANNaza RIOshachta eIlReEGNn. (713.

Qoip Cmorc, peacht ccéd a epi véce. A ciice oPeangal. 8. Oonbaime
ova, abb lae, vécc 28 DOccobep. Mochonna Cluana aipone déce 30 00
Septemben. Cillene, eppcop abb Pfpna, vécc. Plaitma eccnaid, mac Col-
Ceallac Cualann, mac Geppeide, pi Carstn, vécc. Munchav,
mac Oiapmaca, mic Cipmfoharg Caoich, plait Ua Nell Chloinne Colman,
do mapbad la Conall Gpanc Ua Cfpnoich. Qooh Oub, coipech Ua Prdgeinc,
oecc.

Cloip Cniorc, peacht ccéd a cftaipn décc.
Celecigfinaig, abb Cluana heourp, vécc. CTennocc, mac Cianam, vécc.
Plano Poinbeée, mac Pogancang, vécc, Pogancac Ua C(pnaig vo toweacht
dia onnanbad a 6plcain. Paolchu, mac Oonbbene, vo oiponead 1 naboaine
lae an c(tpamad Kalaind vo Sepcembep, dia Satuinn do ponnnad, 1pm ceat-
pamad bliadain peaccmosgac a aoip.

Cloip Cmorz, peacht ccéd a ciice décc.

ccan, oécc.

Cin peipead bliadam oP pgal.

sal. Conach Taillcfn vo ofnam la Pipgal, mac. Maorlevinn, 7 Posancach
Ua Cfpnois 00 mearpccbuaidpead an aonagh, vain po mapb Maolpuba, 7

Cn peachctmad bliadain oPfp- j

mac Oubrleébe.

at Stowe, and that this Fogartach was after-
“Cn Poganeach pin
The Annals of
Ulster have some curious entries immediately

wards King of Ireland :
lanam na ms n€ipeann.”

after the notice of the expulsion of Fogartach,
which have been totally omitted by the Four
Masters, viz. :

“« Coscrad .i. Garbsalcha in Midiu” (the mas-
sacre of Garbhsalach] “ in quo cecidit Forbasach,
nepos Comgaile, rex hUa Failgi, apud viros Mide,
uno die et bellum predictum. Siccitas magna. In
hoc anno inter fecti sunt Peregrini apud Mumnenses
a. in clairineach cum tota familia sua. Nox
lucida in Autumno.”

The slaying of the pilgrims in Munster is
noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under
the year 710, as follows:

“There were certain pilgrims killed by the
Mounstermen, viz., Clarinach, with all his fa-
mily. There was a shining and extream clear
light in harvest.”

‘ Dorbaine.—This entry is not in the Annals

of Ulster, which contain most of these entries
under the year 714, as follows:

“A.D. 714. Ceallach Cualann rex Lagenie,
Flann Febla, mac Sganlain, Abbas Ardmache,
Cilleni, Episcopus Fernann, mortui sunt. Jugu- |
latio Murchado, mac Dermato, jilii”? [Armedi]
Aed Dub, Rex Ne- |

“Ceci, Regis Nepotum Neill.

et Mochonna Cuerne” [recté Cluana-airne] ~

\
potum Fidgenti, Flaithnia, mac Colggen sapiens H |
t

“‘dormierunt. Sloghadh la [per] Murcha, mac af |
Brain, du Caisil.” i

Four of these entries are given in the Annals ;

of Clonmacnoise under the year 712, thus: a

“A. D. 712. Ceallagh Cwallann, King of
Lynster, died. Flann Feavla, Abbott of Ard-—
magh, died. Killin, Bushop and Abbott of |
Fearnes, died. Murragh mac Brayn with” ‘
great army went to Cashell.”

& Cluain-airdne.—The festival of Mochonna
Cluain-airne is set down in O’Clery’s me

MBSR SrA Ty

.

713.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 313

The Age of Christ, 713. St. Dorbaine’ Foda, Abbot of Ia, died on the
28th of October. .Mochonna, of Cluain Airdne®, died on the 30th of September.
Bishop Cillene, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns], died. Flaithnia the Wise, son of
Colgan, died. Ceallach Cualann’, son of Gerrtide, King of Leinster, died. Mur-
chadh, son of Diarmaid, son of Airmeadhach Caech, chief of Ui-Neill of Clann-
Colmain, was slain by Conall Grant' Ua Cearnaigh. Aedh Dubh, chief of
Ui-Fidhgeinte*, died.

The Age of Christ, 714. The sixth year of Fearghal. Cele-Tighearnaigh',
Abbot of Cluain-Eois [Clones], died. Ternog™, son of Ciaran, died. Flann
Foirbhthe, son of Fogartach, died. Fogartach Ua Cearnaigh returned from his
exile in Britain. Faelchu, son of Dorbene, was appointed to the abbacy of Ia,
on the fourth of the Calends of September, on Saturday precisely, in the seventy-
fourth year of his age.

The Age of Christ, 715. The seventh year of Fearghal. The fair of Taill-
tin” was celebrated by Fearghal, son of Maelduin; and Fogartach Ua Cearrnaigh

disturbed the fair, for he killed Maelrubha, and the son of Dubhsleibhe.

Calendar at 30th September. Colgan conjec-

tures that Cluain-airdne may be the church of |

Cluain-aird, in the territory of Airteach, in the
diocese of Elphin.—See 7Zrias Thaum., p. 178,
n. 115. There are countless places of the name
in Ireland, but the Editor has discovered
aothing to prove which of them is the one re-
‘erred to in the text.

» Cealluch Cualann.—He was the ancestor of
\ tribe called Ui-Ceallaigh Cualann, seated in
the north of the present county of Wicklow.
Duald Mac Firbis gives the names of twelve
enerations of his lineal descendants as follows:
‘* Cathal” [chief of Ui-Ceallaigh Cualann] ‘son
vf Amhalgaidh, son of Tuathal, son of Cu-
lochair, son of Madudan, son of Raghallach, son
cf Flann, son of Dubhdaithreach, son of Madu-
can, son of Cathal, son of Ceallach, son of
Hdersgel, son of Ceallach Cualann.”

Conall Grant : i.e. Conall the Grey. “ Gpanc
«. hat.”—0O’ Clery. af

* Ut-Fidhgeinte.—A tribe giving name to a

great territory in the present county of Limerick.
—See note under A. D. 645, supra, and also
note ™, under the year 1178, p. 46.

' Cele-Tighearnaigh : i.e. Servant of St. Ti-
ghearnach. In the Annals of Ulster these, and
other entries omitted by the Four Masters, are
given under the year 715, as follows:

“A.D. 715. Jugulatio regis Saxonum Osrith,
Jilti Aldfrith nepotis Ossu. Garnat, filius Deile-
roit, moritur. Fogartach, nepos Cernaig iterum
regnat. Pasca commutatur in Ia Civitate. Faelchu,
mac Dorbeni, kathedram Columbe \xxiv., etatis
sue anno tv Kal. Septembris, die Sabbathi suscepit
Obitus Celi-Tigernaich, Abbatis Cluana-Eois.
Flann Foirbthe, mac Fogartaich, moritur. Mors
Ardbrani, mac Maelduin.”

™ Ternog.—This Ternog was interred at Kil-
nasagart, near Jonesborough, in the county of
Armagh, where his grave is still marked by a
pillar stone exhibiting his name, Cepnoc macc
‘Ciapain.

» Tailltin.—Now Teltown, on the River Sele

25s

314 aNNaca RIOSshachta erReann. (716.

Coip Cmorc, peacht ccéd apé vécc. An cochemad bliadain oPeapgal.
8. Ounchavh, mac Cinnpaolard, abb lae Colarm Cille, vécc an 25 Man.
Cponan Ua Eoain, abb Lip méip Mocuda, vécc 1 lan. Ouboim Ua Paolam,
eprcop 7 abb Cluana h€paino, vécc. bece boipce vécc. Pionamail
Ua bogaine, mac Finn, [ovécc]. Cach Cfhhannyo ma eConall n@panc Ua Cfp-
nag, m po mapbavh Tuatal Ua Paolcon, 7 Gopmsal, mac Coda, mic Oluch-
ag,7 Amalgond Ua Conaing,7 Efpsala bnataip. Ro manbaoh ona Conall
Opanc peipn ian noib mfopaib lap m jig, la Peangal. Thi pnopa msgnac-
acha ipin Bliadamyps, ppop canccid pon Ochain moip, fpor mealae pop Ocham
mbicc, 7 pporp pola hi Carsmb.

Coip Cmorc, peacht ccéd a peacht véce. An naomad bliadain oPeap-
sal. $.Cuanna 6 Rop eo vécc an 10 Apml. Onpopcan Oamneige véce 1
n(po Opfccamn. lJomameace Piomabpach la Lagmb, m po manbad Cod,
mac Ceallaig. Oipmdac, mac Taidg, 7 Cmrochan, coipech Ua Mic Uary,
do manbad. Papugad Laugh po ctice 1 naom bhavhain la hUib Nélt. Catch

etip Chonnaccaib 7 Conca baapcmn, nap manbad mac Talamnas. Par-

or Abha-dhubh, near Navan, in the county of
Meath.—See note ", under A.M. 3370, p. 22,
supra. “A.D, 716. Commiatio Agonis Talten
la Fogartach, ubi cecidit filius Rubai et _filius
Duibslebe.”

° St. Dunchadh—* A. D. 716. Duncha mac
Cinnfaelad, Abbas Jae, obiit.’— Ann. U lt.

» Cronan, §c.—These entries, and others omit-
ted by the Four Masters, are given in the Annals
of Ulster, under the year 717, as follows :

“A.D. 717. Filius Cuidine, rex Sazonum,
moritur. Becc Bairche obit. Bellum Ceninnso, ubi
cecidit Tuathal, nepos Faelcon, et Cellach Diath-
raibh, ef Gormgal, mac Aedo, mic Dluthaig, ¢
Amalngai hUa Conaing, e Fergal, frater ejus,
occiderunt. Conall Grant victor erat; et Conall
Grant, nepos Cernaig, in fine duorum mensium
post bellum interfectus est la” [per] “ Fergal mac
Maeleduin. Cronan hUa Ecain, Abbas Lis-
moir, moritur. Fianamail, nepos Bogaine mic
Finn Insule princeps Maigi Sam” [Inismacsaint ],
“e Dubduin, nepos Faelain, Episcopus Abbas

Cluana-Irardo. Conri mac Congaile Cennfotai,
Ailill mac Finsnechta, jugulati sunt. Pluit fros
melo pon Othain Big ; pluit fros sanguinis supra
fossam Lageniorum, et inde vocatur Niall Frosach ;
mac Fergaile, qui tunc natus est. Eclipsis lune in
plenilunio suo.”

The Annals of Clonmacnoise, which are very
meagre at this period, notice the falling of three —
showers under the year 715, such as the Four
Masters describe, thus : -

“A.D. 715. It reigned [rained] a shower of
honie on Ohinbeg, a shower of money on Ohin- _
more, and a shower of Blood upon the ffosses of ©
Lynster, for which cause Neal Frossagh, sol
then was born, was called Neal Frossagh.”—See —
the Philosophical Transactions, t. xviii. No. 139, 7)
April, May, June, 1677, 1678, p. 976, &.

° Othain-mor.—This was another form of i
the name of Fathan, now anglice Fahan, near (*
Lough Swilly, in the barony of Inishowen, and i
county of Donegal.—See note under the year |
657. Othain-beg was probably in the same

716.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. “B15

‘ The Age of Christ, 716. The eighth year of Fearghal. St. Dunchadh’,
son of Ceannfaeladh, Abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, died on the 25th of May.
Cronan? Ua Eoan, Abbot of Lis-mor, died on the 1st of June. Dubhduin Ua
Faelain, Bishop and Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, died. Becc Boirche died. Fian-
amhail Ua Boghaine, son of Einn, [died]. The battle of Ceanannus [Kells, in
Meath] by Conall Grant (i.e. the Grey) Ua Cearnaigh, wherein were slain
Tuathal Ua Faelchon, and Gormghal, son of Aedh, son of Dluthach, and Amhal-
gaidh Ua Conaing, and Fearghal, his brother. Conall Grant himself was also
slain, in two months afterwards, by King Fearghal. Three wonderful showers
[fell] in this year: a shower of silver on Othain-mor’, a shower of honey on
Othain-Beag, and a shower of blood in Leinster.

The Age of Christ, 717. The ninth year of Fearghal. St. Cuanna, of
Ros-eo", died on the 10th of April. Drostan* Dairthighe died at Ard-Breacain.
The battle of Finnabhairt by the Leinstermen, in which Aedh, son of Ceallach,
Airmeadhach, son of Tadhg, and Crichan, chief of Ui-Mac-Uais,
were slain. Leinster" was five times devastated in one year by the Ui-Neill.
A battle [was fought] between the Connaughtmen and the Corca-Baiscinn”,

was slain.

wherein the son of Talamhnaigh was slain.

neighbourhood.

* Ros-eo: i.e. the Wood of the Yews, now
Rush, a village to the north of Lusk, in the
sounty of Dublin. In O’Clery’s Irish Calendar,
Ros-eo, where the festival of St. Cuanna was
elebrated on the 10th of April, is described as
n Magh Lacha, in the east of Magh Breagh.
-nthe Annals of Ulster ‘‘ Mors Cuannac Rois-eu”
is entered at the year 720.

* Drostan.—* A. D. 718. Airmedach mac
‘Taidg, et Crichan, Rex nepotum Maccuais, jugu-
(wi; et Ertuile, mac Fergusa Guill, jugulatus.
Drostan Deartaighe quievit in Ardbreccain. Con-
gressio apud Lagenienses, ubi Aed mac Ceallaig
c2cidit i, bellum Finnabhrach.”—Ann. Ul.

* Finnabhair—There are several places of
tiis name in Leinster, anglicised Finner, or
Fennor. The place here referred to is, in all
probability, Fennor, in the parish of Duneany,

Magh-Breagh was devastated by

barony of Offaly, and county of Kildare, and
about a mile and a half from the Curragh.

« Leinster.—This devastation of Leinster is
noticed in the Annals of Ulster under the year
720, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 716;
thus in the latter: “A. D. 716. All Lynster
was five times wasted and prey’d in one year
by the O’Neals.”

* Corca-Baiscinn.—A territory forming the
south-west part of the county of Clare, and
comprising, at the period of which we are treat-
ing, the present baronies of Clonderalaw, Moy-
arta, and Ibrickan: ‘ A. D. 720. Bellum inter
Connachta ef Corco-Baiscinn, ubi cecidit Mac
Talamnaigh. Vastatio Maigi Breagh ou” [per]
‘Cathal mac Finguine, & ou Murcha, mac
Brain. Inred Laighen fri Fergal & maidm”
[naidm] “inna Boraime & maidm” [naidm]
‘na ggiallne Laigen fri Fergal mac Maelduin.”

Pais

316 aNNava RIOshachta erReann. fis. @

uccad Marge Ops la Catal, mac Pionngume, 7 la Mupchad, mac pan.
Inoplo Langth, 7 ncadm na bopoma oopidip, 7 na siallna la Pipsal.

Cop Cmort, peachc ccéd a hocht véce. lap mbert vere mbliadna In
mse var Epinn oP (pgal, mac Maolevdim, mic Maolepiemg, 00 pocaip bi
ccath Clmaine la Ounchad, niac Mupchada,7 la hOod mac Colgan, oamna
ms. Aciad lion cangacap pfol cCuinn don cat pin 1. mle an picle. Aciao -
Vion cangacan Longin, von leit ele, nao mile. Ap vo bar Pfpsanl vo pardead,

Ounchad mac Mupcada muaid, God mac Colgan cloandfm puaid,
Mapbrac Pfpsal perdm ngaile, hn ccat eplam CAlmanne.

Acad anno na hams 4 na cops concnacap ipin cath in, manaen la
PMpsal, vo Ufch Cumn, Conall Menn, toipec Ceneoil Coippne, Popbapach,
coipeach Cheneoil mbogaine, Pfpsal Ua Cichfcoae, Pipgal, mac Eachoaé
Ufmhna, toipec Tamnag, Convalac, mac Conaing 7 Eccnec mac Colgan,
coipec na nCinetp, Coibofnach, mac Piachpach, Mumpsiup, mac Conall,
Leataiteach, mac Concanac, Anmeaid, mac Concanat, Aedgen hUa Mat-
samnae, Nuada mac Eine, coipech Guill 7 Ipshuill, 7 vechnebap vo hSiol
Malepichms. baccan 1aopde eapbada aip(ch q ciopfch an cuarpceipc.
Tlpbada Ua Néill an veipceinc, Plann, mac Raghallaig, Aileall, mac
Pmadag, Suibne mac Congalang, od Larghean Ua Ceapnaig, Nia mac
Copbmaic, Ouboacmioch, mac Owboamnbeap, Cilll mac Conall Spainc,
Plateamail, mac Olutaig, PHpsup Ua h€ogam. Toncpacap om tpi prcie
an céo vampaibh Pipgal amaille mp na paonclanoaib pin, cenmo cao

* Battle of Almhain : i. e: of Allen, a celebrated
hill in the county of Kildare, about five miles
north of the town of Kildare. This battle is
noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year 721,
and in the Annals-of Tighernach at 722, which
is the true year, as indicated by the criteria
which he furnishes, iii. Jd. Dec. fer. 6, Cyclo
Solis iii. Luna i. The Annals of Clonmacnoise
notice it under the year 720, as follows:

“A.D. 717. Before King Fohartagh began
his reign, the battle of Allone was fought,
wherein King Ferall was slain by the Lynster-
men, on Friday the 3rd of the Ides of December,

in the year of our Lord, 720. King Ferall had
in his army twenty-one thousand men well
armed, and the Lynstermen nine thousand:

These are they that were slain on the King’s —

side in that battle: first, King Ferall himself
with one hundred and sixty of his guard; Conell
Meann, prince of the race of Carbrey; Forba-
sagh, prince of the race of Bowyne; Ferall

O’Hagheaghty; Ferall mac Eahagh Leawna, ~
prince of Tawnye; Conallagh mac Conyng;

Eigneach mac Colgan, prince of the Narhirs”

[rex Orientalium.—Ann. Ult.]; ‘‘ Cowdenagh — Hl
mac Fiaghragh ; Morgies mac Conell; Leaha-

718: ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 317

Cathal, son of Finnguine, and Murchadh, son of Bran. Leinster was plundered,
and the Borumha again enjoined, and the hostages, by Fearghal.

The Age of Christ, 718. After Fearghal, son of Maelduin, son of Mael-
fithrigh, had been ten years in sovereignty over Ireland, he was slain in the
battle of Almhain*, by Dunchadh, son of Murchadh, and Aedh, son of Colgan,
an heir presumptive to the sovereignty. The number which the race of Conn
brought to this battle was twenty-one thousand, and the number brought by
the Leinstermen was nine thousand. Of the death of Fearghal was said :

Dunchadh, son of Murchadh the Noble, Aedh, son of Colgan of the Red Swords,
Slew Fearghal of valiant fight, in the vigorous battle of Almhuin.

The following were the chieftains and leaders of Leath-Chuinn who fell in this
battle together with Fearghal : Conall Menn, chief of Cinel-Cairbre ; Forbasach,
chief of Cinel-Boghaine ; Fearghal Ua Aitheachdae ; Fearghal, son of Eochaidh
Leamhna, chief of Tamhnach ; Connalach, son of Conaing ; and Egnech, son
of Colgan, chief of the Airthera [the Oriors]; Coibhdeanach, son of Fiachra ;
Muirghius, son of Conall; Leathaitheach, son of Concarat ; Anmchaidh, son
of Concharat; Aedhgen Ua Mathghamhnae; Nuada, son of Eire, chief of Gull
and Irgull’; and ten of the race of Maelfithrigh. These were the losses of the
chieftains and leaders of the North. The losses of the South were: Flann, son
of Raghallach; Aileall, son of Fearadhach; Suibhne, son of Congalach; Aedh
Laighean Ua Cearnaigh ; Nia, son of Cormac; Dubhdachrich, son of Dubh-
dainbher; Aileall, son of Conall Grant; Flaitheamhail, son of Dluthach; Fear-

» ghus Ua Eoghain. One hundred and sixty of Fearghal’s satellites, and numbers

yegh mac Concharad; Edgen O’Mathgawna ;
Anmchad mac Concharad; Nwa mac Oirck,
wince of the Orcades” [recté of Gull and Irgull];
‘the ten nephews” [recté, ten of the descen-
dants] ‘‘ of Moylefithry. These were of the
‘PNeales of the North; the O’Neales of the
west and south were those that were slain in
the said battle. Flann mac Rogally; Ailill mac
Veraye ; Hugh Lynster O’Kearnie; Swyne mac
Konoloye; Nia mac Cormack; Duffdakrich
Liac Duffdainver ; Ailell mac Conell Graint ;
Flayheqwil mac Dluhye, and Fergus O’Heoaine;

all which number were slain. There were nine
that flyed in the ayre, as if they were winged
fowle, and so saved their lives. Of both armies
there were slaine but seven thousand, both
kings guarde and all.” ;

¥ Gull and Irgull—Mageoghegan renders this
by ‘“‘the Orcades,” but he is decidedly in error,
as Gull is the district now called Ros-Guill, and

‘situated in the parish of Mevagh, in the north

of the county of Donegal; and Irgull was the
old name of Hornhead, opposite Rossguill, on
the west side of Sheephaven.

318. -[7g.

pochaiwe ole. Naonbap cpa ipp locap hn panveal 7 1 ngealeace ap in
cath pin. Sect mle ippead toncanp rou 4 anall (ccoppae. [Inpaccac, mac
Oonnchada Mummpce, ps Connace vo mapbad pan scomblioce pin CAlrnume
mad pfon.] ;

Coip Cmorc, peacht ccéd anao vécc. Pogaptach, mac Néill, mc Cip-
nag Socal, hi pge nEpeann an bliadainy, co cconcaip hi ccat Oelsean la
Cionaeth, mac longalong. $. Sionach Innp: Clotpann dvécc an piclemad la
vo mi Appl. Aelchu Mampcpech buicc: [vécc]. Inopechtach, mac Mu-
peaohang, ni Connacc, vécc. Cluam mic Noip do lopccad. Sealbach, cig fina
Oal-Riaoa, vo dol 1 cclencecct.

Coip Cort, peacht ccév piche. Un céd bliadain vo Chionaot, mac
lopgalaigh, mic Conaing Cun, hi pighe Epeann. $. Paolchu, mac Oonbbe,
abb lae, $. Cumolfp, abb Cluana mic Nop, $. Sionach Tarlefn, vécc. Cath
Cinn Oelsen pra cCionaot, mac nlonsalaish, n po mapbad Pogancach
UaCfpnaigh. S$. Caochpcule, pcpbnedin Ooine Chalggang, vés. S$. Cillene
Ua Colla, abb Qhtne, vécc 3 lanuam. $. Colman Uamach, pembnedip Apoa
Maca, 7 $. Colman bdanban, pcpibneoin Cille vana, vécc. $. Rmbin, mac
mic Connaro, pecpibneoin Muman, mac pe Spocain 6 Tigh Telle. Teched
(.1. pealbutad) Ulad pra cCionaed mac Congalais. .

Coip Cmort, peacht ccéd piche a haon. Cn vana bliadain vo Chionaot.

aNNazZa RIOSshachta elReaNn.

* Panic and lunacy.—Mageoghegan translates
this: ‘‘ There were nine persons that flyed in
the ayre as if they were winged fowle;” but
this is not exactly correct.—See Battle of Magh
Rath, p. 231, and p. 234, note °.

* Inrachtach.—This entry is inserted in a
more modern hand in the Stowe copy. Accord-
ing to Duald Mac Firbis, Dunchadh Muirsge,
son of Tibraide, King of Connaught, was slain
by Fearghal, son of Loingseach; Lord of the
Kinel-Connell, and Fearghal, son of Maelduin,
Lord of the Kinel-Owen.—See Genealogies, §c.,
of Hy-Fiachrach, p, 315.

> Fogartach.— A.:D. 723. Bellum Cinn-
delggden, in quo ceeidit Fogartach hUa Cernaig,
mac Neill, mic Cearnaig Sotail, mic Diarmata, mic

‘ Aedo Slaine. Cinaeth mac Irgalaig victor erat.”

° Innis-Clothrann. —Now Inishcloghran, an — |

island in Lough Ree in the Shannon, This entry
is not in the Annals of Ulster.

* Mainistir-Buite.—Now Monasterboice, in the
county of Louth. “ A. D. 722. Combustio
Cluana-mic-Nois. Mors Ailchon Mainistrech-
Buiti. Indrechtach, mac Muireadaig, rex Con-
nacht, moritur in clericatu. Selbach Sinach
Tailten moritur.’—Ann. Ult.

° Faelchu.— A. D. 723. Faelchu mac Dor-—
beni, Abbas Ie, dormit. Cillenius Longus et in

principatu Te successit. Bellum Cinndelggden,

in quo cecidit Fogartach hUa Cernaig mac Neill

mic Cernaich Sotail, mic Diarmato, mic Aedo |
Slaine. Cinaeth, mac Irgalaig, victor erat, Cue
innles Abbas Cluana mic Nois, obit. Jugulatio P|

#)

Letaithig mic Concarath Caechscuile, Scriba | |

ipo peed

719.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

of others, were slain besides these nobles. Nine was the number of persons
that fled with panic and lunacy’ from this battle. Seven thousand was the
number that fell on both sides between them. [Inrachtach*, son of Dunchadh
Muirisce, King of Connaught, died in that battle of Almhain, if true].

The Age of Christ, 719. Fogartach’, son of Niall, son of Cearnach Sotal,
[was] in the sovereignty of Ireland this year, until he fell in the battle of Del-
gean, by Cinaeth, son of Irgalach. St. Sinach, of Innis-Clothrann’, died on the
20th day of the month of April. Aelchu, of Mainistir Buite*, [died]. Indreach-
tach, son of Muireadhach, King of Connaught, died. Cluain-mic-Nois was
burned. Sealbhach, Lord of Dal-Riada, went into holy orders.

The Age of Christ, 720. The first year of Cinaeth, son of Irgalach, son of
Conaing Cuirri, in the sovereignty of Ireland. St. Faelchu’, son of Dorbhe,
Abbot of Ia; St. Cuindles, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Sinach, of Tailtin,
died. The battle of Ceann-Delgen’, by Cinaeth, son of Irgalach, in which
Foghartach Ua Cearnaigh was slain. St. Caechscuile, scribe of Doire-Chalgaigh,
died. St. Cillene Ua Colla, Abbot of Athain’, died on the 3rd of January.
St. Colman Uamhach, scribe of Ard-Macha, and St. Colman Banban, scribe of
Cill-dara [Kildare], died. St. Ruibin, son of the son of Connad, [chief] scribe

319

of Munster, [died]; he was son of Brocan, of Tigh-Telle’.

Ulidia was taken

oossession of by Cinaeth, son of Congalach.
The Age of Christ, 721. The second year of Cinaeth. St. Maelrubha,

Doire Calggaed, quievit.”.—Ann. Ult.
Ceann-Delgen.—Otherwise written Ceann-
lelgthen.—See note under A. D. 617.

8 Athain.—Also written Othain and Fathain,
now Fahan, near Lough Swilly, in the barony
of Inishowen, and county of Donegal.

“A. D. 724. Cilleni nepos Collae, Abbas
Othnae, et Aldchu. Doimliagg moriuntur. Ailen
mic Craith construitur. Simul, filius Druis con-
stingitur, Colman humach, scriba Ardmachae,
Rubin, mac Conad, scriba Muman, filiusque Broc-
cain o [de] Thaigh Theille, gui magister bonus
Evangelii Christi erat, et Colman Banban, scriba
Cille-daro omnes dormierunt.”—Ann. Ult.,

‘ Tigh-Telle.—In a gloss on the Feilire Aenguis

x

in the Leabhar-Breac, at 25th June, it is stated
that “cig Telly” is “1 paul Oaupmuigi,” ice.
“in the vicinity of Durrow.” Mageoghegan,
in his translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
anglicises this name Tehill:

“ A. D. 723. Rubyn, chief scribe of Moun-
ster, died, and the son” [recté, he was the son]
“of Brogaine of Tehill, who” [recté, and] ‘“‘ was
a good preacher and divine.”

This place, which lies close to Durrow, in the
north of the King’s County, is still called ag
Theille in Irish, and anglicised Tyhilly, or
Tihelly.—See the published Inquisitions, La-
genia, Com. Regis. No. 16, Car. I—See also note
under the year 670.

(722.

320 anNaza RIoghachta erreann.

$.Maolpuba, abb b6fnncarp, 1ap noul no C{Lbam, véce ina ell pérpin, 1 nC pup-
cporan, an 21 Apmil. Occmogac bliadam an tpi mfopaib pon naoib laa,
foo a paogail. S$. Celecmorc vécc. $. Conall, mac Mouvain, vo slacad
copome maincipe. P(poacmioch, mac Congalais,vécc. Cuanan oChill Oelcce,
Oeimp Oaimmyp, 0UIb Colla vopde, Cuana Opoma Cuilinn, 7 Cillene Locha
Sepce, vécc. Cat Opoma ponnoche pia pPlaicb(pcac, mac Lompypis,7 pa
cCenel cConaill, pon Govh nAllan, mac Pipsaile,7 pop Cenel n€ogam. Ro
rpaoml pon God nAllan. Aciad na maite po manbad 6 Mod,—Plann mac

ee eS ee EE Ss

Entaile,7 Sneogup Ofpec Ua bpachawwe.
Cpiomtann, mac Ceallaig Cualann, vo manbad 1 ccat belang Licce.

Cat ma cCionaot, mac longalang, pon |

Laigmb, 7 00 bfpc a péip. Cat npr Oplscin mia pRaolan, bail m po mapbad - |

|

|

|

voécc.
Qhlll, mac bodbcada Mhide, vécc.

Eiccinppeol, mac Ceallarg Cualann, 7 Congal, mac bpam.

coipec vercent Onlsh, véce.

Clip Cmoyt, peace ccéo piche a 06,
lan mbeich tpi bliadna vo Cionaed, mac longalaig, var Epmn
hi pighe, tonchain hi ccat Onoma Conca, la Plarchb(cach mac Coingpic.

culn, 0écc.

' Apurcrosan. — See note », under the year
671. It is stated in the gloss to the Feilire
Aenguis, at 21st April, that Maelrubha was of
the Cinel-Eoghain, and that his mother was
Subtairc, daughter of Setna, and the sister [or
kinswoman ] of St. Comhgall of Beanchair; and
that his church is at Abur-Chresen, in Alba
[Scotland].

* St. Celechrist : i.e. the Servant or Vassal of
Christ. Most of these entries, and others totally
omitted by the Four Masters, are given in the
Annals of Ulster, under the years 725 and 726,
as follows :

* A.D. 725. Nechtain mac Deirile constrin-
gitur apud Druist Regem. Duchonna Craibdech,
Episcopus Condere moritur. Jugulatio Cram-
thainn filii Cellachi, in bello Belaig-licce immatura
etate. (Quies Mancheine Lethglinne. Jugulatio,
Bodbchodha Mide.”

“A.D. 726. Mors Ailchon, Abbatis Cluana
Traird. Bellum Droma-fornocht, inter Genus Co-

Mupchad, mac bam, pi Larsfn, |

Catal Cfpp,

$. Plano 6 Cloincneb, abb bfno-

naill et Eugain, wht Flann mac Aurthile, @ |
Snedgus Dergg, nepos Inrachdi, jugulati sunt
Congressio Irrois foichne, wbi quidam ceciderunt
den dibh Airgiallaibh, inter Selbacum e fami- — t
liam Echdach, nepotis Domhnaill. Conall mac
Moudan martyrio coronatus. Adomnani reliquie
transferuntur in Hiberniam, et lex renovatur. Bel- — Di
lum Moin inter dina Bullaigniu, in quo cecidit ~
Laidgnen mac Conmealde ; Duncha victor fuit.

Murchadh, mac Brain, Rex Lageniensium moritur. i
Dubdainber, mac Comgail, Rex Cruithne jugwla-
tus est. Bellum Bairne vel Inse Bregainn, in quo —
ceciderunt Ederscel, mac Cellaig Cualann, et Con-
Faelan victor fuit. Dormitatio —

gal mac Brain.
Cdli- Christi.” (it
' Cill-Delge.—N ow called, in Irish, Cill-Dealga,
and anglicised Kildalkey. This was the name i
of an old church, now totally destroyed, giving
name to a parish situated between the parish

722.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 32]

Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], after having gone to Alba [Scotland], died in his
own church at Apurcrosan’, on the 21st of April; eighty years, three months,
and nine days, was the length of his life. St. Celechrist died* St. Conall, son
of Moudan, received the crown of martyrdom. Feardachrich, son of Congha-
lach, died. Cuanan, of Cill-Delge'; Deirir, of Daimhinis [Devenish], of the
Ui-Colla ; Cuana, of Druim Cuilinn™; and Cillene, of Loch Gerg”, died. The
battle of Druim-fornocht? [was fought] by Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach,
and the Cinel-Conaill, against Aedh Allan, son of Fearghal, and the Cinel-
Eoghain. Aedh Allan was defeated. These chieftains were slain on the side
of Aedh, [namely] Flann, son of Erthaile, and Snedgus Dearg Ua Brachaidhe.
Murchadh, son of Bran, King of Leinster, died. Crimhthann, son of Ceallach
Cualann, was slain in the battle of Bealach-lice’. Ailill, son of Bodhbhcha, of
Meath, died. A battle [was fought] by Cinaeth, son of Irgalach, against the
Leinstermen ; and he obtained his demand. The battle of Inis-Breagain‘,
wherein were slain Edersgeoil, son of Ceallach Cualann, and Congal, son of
Bran. Cathal Cerr, chief of the south of Breagh, died.

The Age of Christ, 722. St. Flann, of Aentrebh", Abbot of Beannchair
[Bangor], died. After Cinaeth, son of Irgalach, had been three years in sove-
reignty over Ireland, he fell in the battle of Druim-Corcrain’, by Flaithbhear-

this is the Druim-fornacht mentioned in the
foundation charter of the abbey of Newry, and

or Dymphna, whose festival was celebrated there
m the fifteenth of May. Near the site of the
thurch was a holy well called Tobar-Damhnata,
early dried up when the Editor examined the
Jocality.

™ Druim-Cuilinn : i.e. Ridge or long Hill of
the Holly, now Drumcullen, an old church in
iuins, situated in the south of the barony of
Iiglish, in the King’s County. This church
stands on the boundary between the ancient

which comprises the present townlands of Cro-
bane and Croreagh, in the lordship of Newry.

® Bealach-lice: i.e. the Road of the Flag or
Flat Rocky Surface. Not identified.

4 Inis- Breagain.—Now obsolete.

* Aentrebh.—Also written Oentrebh, pee
trebh, Oentribh, and Oentrabh. This was the
ancient name of the town of Antrim, and is to

Meath and Munster.
" Loch Gerg.—Now Lough Derg, so famous

for containing the island of St. Patrick’s Purga-

tory, in the parish of Templecarn, barony of
‘lirhugh, and county of Donegal.

° Druim-fornocht : i.e. the Naked or Exposed
Ridge or Long Hill. There are several places
of this name, but there can be little doubt that

be distinguished from Aendruim, or Oendruim,
which is the old name of Nendrum Island, now
Inishmahee in Loch Cuan, or Strangford Lough,
in the county of Down.—See Ecclesiastical Anti-
quities of the Dioceses of Down and Conor, §c.,
p- 63, note’, and pp. 277, 278.

* Druim-Corcrain: i.e. Corcran’s Ridge, or
Long Hill. Not identified :

oer

322 AnNNaza RIOSshacncd elReGNN.

723.

Tonchain Eudop, mac CAiiletla,7 Maoloum, mac Pihadms, 1pm cach pm la
Ounchad,macConbmaic. Cath Aillinne ecip oa mac Munchavda, mic hpan,
m po manbad Ounchad plop. Oornnall, mac Ceallong pr Connache, [vég].

Cloip Cmorct, peacht ccéd piche acpi. An céo bliadam do Plaicbfpcac,
mac Lomsyich, mic Clongura, uap Epinn hi pighe.. S. Gall Lilcangh véce.
S$. Pachtna, mac Polachcamn, abb Cluana pfpca bpénainn, vécc.

Cloip Core, peacht ccéo piche a cltaip. On oana bliadain vo Plant-
bipcac. Mac Onchon, pecmbneoin Cille vana. Mac Concumba, pecpib-
neon Cluana muc Noip, Cochall odapn, pepbmd Ofnnchuip, v€5.

Cloip Cmort, peacht ccév piche a cing. Un cpeap bliadain vo Plait-
bcach. S$. Oochonna Cpaboeach, eprcop Convene, vécc an 15 Man.
S$. Cillene Pooa, ab la, vécc. S$. Aoamnan, eppcop Rata Marge hClonang.
S. Mamchin Ufeslimne vécc. $. Paelooban becc, eccnad Pobaip, vécc. Cal
patain vo lopecad. Cath eorp Cpuchmu 7 Oal Riava, 1 Munbuls, in po
mapbad opong mop vo Chnwmetmu. $. Colman Ua Lioccam, voccip cosaiwde,
vécc. $. Eochawd, mac Colgan, ancom Apoamacha, S. Colman Tealcha
Ualano, 7 bpeac beanba, vécc. Coblat, ing(n Ceallanrg Cualann, vécc.

Cloip Cmorc, peachz, ccéo piche ayé. On clépamad bliadam vo Plait-
bentac. Clolcha, abb Cluana hlonaipo, Plann Sionna Ua Colla, abb Cluana
mic Noip [vécc], 00 Ub Cnemtaino 06. Gapalc Marge heo vécc an 13 vo
Marca. Seboann, npn Cuinc, banab Cille dana, vécc. TimnenCille Gapas,

“A. D. 727. Bellum Droma Corcain inter
Flaithbertach, mac Loingsig, et Cinaed, jiliam
Irgalaig, in guo Cinaed e Endus, mac Ailello,
Maelduin, mac Feradaig, et Duncha,macCormaic,
ceciderunt. Bellum Ailenne, inter duos Germanos
jilios Murchada, mic Brain, et Duncha Senior
jugulatur, junior Faelanus regnat. Flann Oen-
trib, Abbas Benchuir, obit. Bellum Monidcroib
inter Pictores invicem, ubi Oengus victor fuit, et
multi ex parte Hilpini Regis perempti sunt. Bellum
lacrimabile inter eosdem gestum juxta Castellum
Credi, ubi Elpinius effugit. Domhnall mac Ceal-
laig, rex Connacht, moritur. Quies filii Bethach,
viri sapientis Momonie.”—Ann. Ult.

* Flaithbheartach.—O’F laherty places the ac-
cession of this monarch in the year 727.—See
Ogygia, p. 433.

'

“ §t. Gall Lilcaigh—See notes i, *, under
the year 512, p. 167, suprd. The death of —
‘Gall of Lilcach” is entered in the Annals of
Ulster at the year 729.

” St. Fachtna—* A. D. 726. Faghtna mac |

Folaghtaine, Abbot of Clonfert of St. Brandon,
died.”—Ann. Ult. :

* Mac Onchon.—“‘ A. D. 729. Mac Onchon, —
scriba Cille-daro, filius Concumbu, scriba Cluana —

mic Nois, dormierunt. Coculodor, seriba familie |

Benchuir, dormivit.”—Ann. Ult.

¥ St. Dachonna.—The festival of this bishop &
is marked in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar at 15th ;
May. Some of these entries are given in the |)
Annals of Ulster under the year 730, thus: >
“A.D. 730. Combustio Cuile-raithin. Bellum |
inter Cruithni et Dalriati, in Murbuilgg, ubt_ i

723.] ANNALS. OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 323

tach, son of Loingseach. Eudus, son of Ailell, and Maelduin, son of Fearadhach,
fell in that battle by Dunchadh, son of Cormac. The battle of Aillinn [was
fought] between the two sons of Murchadh, son of Bran, in which Dunchadh,
the senior, was slain. Domhnall, son of Ceallach, King of Connaught, died.
The Age of Christ, 723. The first year of Flaithbheartach', son of Loing-
seach, son of Aenghus, in sovereignty over Ireland. St. Gall Lilcaigh® died.

St. Fachtna”, son of Folachtan, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn [Clonfert], died.

The Age of Christ, 724. The second year of Flaithbheartach. Mac On-
chon*, scribe of Cill-dara [Kildare]; Mac Concumba, scribe of Cluain-mic-Nois;
Cochall-odhar, scribe of Beannchair, died.

The Age of Christ, 725. The third year of Flaithbheartach. St. Dachonna’
the Pious, Bishop of Condere [Connor], died on the 15th of May. St. Cillene
Foda, Abbot of Ia [Iona], died. St. Adamnan, Abbot of Rath-Maighe hAen-
aigh’, [and] St. Mainchin, of Leithghlinn, died. St. Faeldobhar Beg the Wise,
of Fobhar, died. Cul-rathain was burned. A battle [was fought] between the
Cruithni at Murbholg, wherein a great number of the Cruithni was slain.
St. Colman O’Liadain, a select doctor, died. St. Eochaidh, son of Colgan, ancho-
rite of Ard-Macha; St. Colman, of Tealach Ualann ; and Breac-Bearbha, died.
Cobhlaith, daughter of Ceallach Cualann, died.

The Age of Christ, 726. The fourth year of Flaithbheartach. Aelchu,
Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard]; Flann Sinna* Ua-Colla, Abbot of Cluain-
mic-Nois, [one] of the Ui-Creamhthainn, [died]. Gerald, of Magh-eo, died on
the 13th of March. Sebhdann, daughter of Corc, Abbess of Cill-dara, died.
Dubhdalethe mac Dunchon, et Flanncurrigh,

Cruithni devicti fuerunt. Faeldobur Bece sapi-

ons Fobair. Adomnanus Episcopus sapiens Ratho
Maighi Oinaigh; Colman, nepos Littain, religiosus
doctor, pausant. Jugulatio Moenaig, mic Sechnu-
saig. Mors Echdach, mic Colggen, anacorete
s\rdmache. Colman Telcha-Ualann, et Brecc
lierba dormierunt. Coblaith, jilia Cellaig Cua-
lund, moritur.”

* Rath-Maighe hAenaighA church situated

in Tir-Enna, in Tirconnell.—See note under 779.

® Flann Sinna.—“ A.D. 731. Mors Flainn
Sinna Aui Collae, Abbatis Cluana maccunois.
J igulatio Daitgusa, mic Baith, regis na nDeisse;

mac Aithechdai, moriuntur. Bellum Connacht in
quo cecidit Muredach, mac Inrechtaig. Pontifex
Maigi heu Sawonum, Garalt, obiit. Magnus phi-
losophus Hibernie, nepos Mitrebhtha extinctus est.
Ceallach, ingen Duncha, do Uib Liathain, Regina
optima, et benigna dormivit. Teimnen Cille-Garad,
religiosus clericus quievit. Cellach mac Tuathail,
rec Nepotum Cremthainn jugulatus est. Bellum
inter Laigniu Desgabair et Muimnechu, quo Aed,
mac Colggen, victor erat. Fergus Sebdan, filia
Cuire, dominatrix Cill-daro, obit, Fergus, mac
Conaill Oirenigh, e¢ Ferdomnach Scriba Ard-

QiTe2ne Ve

324 aNNaza RIoghachta e1ReaqNnn. (727.

Neachcan, mac Demi [décc], Guin Ooevhgara, mac bart, correc na nam.
Muipfoach, mac Inopeachcarg, 00 manbad, eppcop Mange ef epide. lom-
ainecc ecip Cargmu Ofpsabain 7 Muimneca, 7 po meabawd ma nod, mac
Colgan. Pfpoomnac, pgmbneoin Apoa Macha, Pfpsup,mac Conall Oinems,
véce. Congalac Cnticha vécc. Ceallach, gf Ounchavha, vo Uib
diachain, vécc.

~Coip Cmort, peacht cceo piche a peachet. Cn ctccead bliadain vo
Platbencac. lomainecc ecip Mod, mac Pipsaite,7 Cenel cConall, 1 Mang
lotha, bent in po manbad Conaing, mac Congaile, mc Pfpsura, 7 pocande ele
vo Cenel Eogam. Eochad, mac Eacthaé, torpeé Oarl Riaca, vécc. Conall,

mac Concubaip, vécc.

Cualann, aomc(no 7 aon conp le 50

mache, obierwnt Congalach Cnucho moritur.”—
Ann. Ult.

» Bishop of Magh-eo.—This is clearly a mistake
of the Four Masters. Doctor O’Conor, in his
Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores, denies that the
Annals of Ulster and Tighernach record the
death of St. Gerald at 732. He says that at
this year they record the death of Muireadhach,
one of his successors, and that St. Gerald him-
self died long before. See his notes on the
Annals of Ulster at the year 731, of Tighernach
at 732, and of the Four Masters at 726. It is
true that Dr. O’Conor is borne out in his opi-
nion by the Annals of the Four Masters, in
which it is expressly stated that Muireadhach
was Bishop of Mayo; but the Editor is of
opinion that the Four Masters have mistaken
the original Annals of Tighernach, in which
the passage stands as follows, without any
punctuation :

“A. D. 732. Cath Connachz in quo cecioie
Muipeoach Mac Inopachcarg Poncipex Muige
h-€o Saronum Sapaile obiz.”

Now it is quite clear from the two verbs
cecidit and obit, that two distinct persons are
referred to in the entry, and that the passage

$. Oochumma bolsgan, ancoine Apoa Macha, vécc.
Cod, mac Conaing, torpec lopluacna, vo manbad.
a plinofnanb, o& chonp 6 a plinotnat

Accfp b6 1 nOeilsmp

should be thus punctuated: “A. D. 732. Cach
Connachz, in quo cecioit Muinedach Mac
Inopachcarg. Ponczipex Muige h-Eo Saronum,
Sanaile, obiz;” i.e. “ “A.D, 732. The battle
of Connaught, in which fell Muiredach, son of
Indrachtach. The Pontiff of Mayo of the Saxons, ~
Gerald, dies,” i.e. ‘Gerald, Pontiff of Mayo of
the Saxons, dies.” It is quite clear that Mui-
readhach was a chieftain, not a bishop, and it
is more than probable that he was the son of
the Indrachtach, King of Connaught, who is _
said to have been slain in the year 718.— Vide
supra, p. 315, note *.

Colgan also, at Mart. xiii. seems to think
that St. Gerald of Mayo died earlier than 732;
and Ussher thinks that he must have died |~
before the year 697; but Dr. Lanigan clearly
proves that both these opinions are groundless.
The Four Masters enter the death of St. Gerald
under the year 726; and in Mageoghegan’s {7
translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is 4
entered under the year 729; but as these 4k
Annals are antedated by a few years, it is ob- 4 |
vious that the same date is intended as in ||
Tighernach. But it should be confessed here ii

727.)

Timnen, of Cill-Garadh [in Scotland]; Neachtan, son of Derili, [died]. The
mortal wounding of Doedhghus, son of Baeth, chief of the Deisi. Muireadhach,
son of Indreachtach, was slain; he was Bishop of Magh-eo’. A battle [was
fought] between the South Leinstermen and the Munstermen; and the victory
was gained by Aedh, son of Colgan. Feardomhnach, scribe of Ard-Macha,
{died}. Fearghus, son of Conall Oireneach, died. Congalach, of Cnucha’, died.
Ceallach, daughter of Dunchadh, of the Ui-Liathain, died.

The Age of Christ, 727. The fifth year of Flaithbheartach. A battle’ was
fought between Aedh, son of Fearghal, and the Cinel-Conaill, at Magh-Itha,
where Conaing, son of Congal, son of Fearghus, and many others of the Cinel-
Eoghain, were slain. Eochaidh, son of Eochaidh, chief of Dal-Riada, died.
Conall, son of Conchubhar, died. St. Dachonna Bolgan, Anchorite of Ard-
Macha, died. Aedh, son of Conaing, chief of Irluachair*, was slain. There was
a cow seen’ at Deilginis-Cualann’, having one head and one body as far as her

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 325

tion of his original, which he renders thus :

‘© A. D. 729. The battle of Connaught was
ought, wherein Moriegh Mac Inreaghty, Bushop
of Moyoe of the English, was slain. Geralt
‘lied? It should be: “The battle of Con-
naught was fought, wherein Moriegh Mac In-
,ieaghty was slain. The Bushop of Moyoe of
the English, Garalt, died.”—See Genealogies,
Vribes, §c., of Hy-Fiachrach, pp. 452, 453.

© Cnucha.—Now Caislean-Cnucha, or Castle-
knock, near Dublin.—See note f, under A. M.
' 3579, p. 39, supra; and, in line 4, col. 1, for
“probably” read “certainly.” “A. D. 729.
Konolagh of Castle-Cnock, died.”—Ann. Clon.

‘ A battle—These entries are given in a dif-
ferent order in the Annals of Ulster as follows,
wider the year 732:

“A. D. 732. Congressio iterum inter Aed, mac
Firgaile, et Genus Conaill in Campo Itho, ubi
ce idit Conaing mac Congaile, mic Ferguso, e
cert multi. Nativitas Duncha, mac Domhnaill.
Oceisio Aedo, mic Conaing, Regis Irlochrae.
Ocsisio Echdach Cobo, filii Breasail. Coscrait
Cathail do Domhnall a Tailltae acus coscraid
Fa lomain do Cathal a Tlachtgha” [the onsett

of Cahall to Daniell at Taillten, and the onsett
of Fallomain to Cahal at Tlachtga.— Cod. Clarend.
tom. 49]. ‘ Jugulatio Dunlaing, jilii Dunchon.
Flann Finn, Abbas Cluana-mic-Nois, obit do

“cumhaid” [of grief]. ‘ Bolggan, ancoreta Ard-

mache, pausat. Vacca visa est in Delggenis
Cualann, se cossa lea .i. da corp iar niarthar,
oen cheann sair do omlacht fo thri olnais caich
mbleguin.”—Ann. Ult.

° Irluachair.—The position of this territury
is marked by Da Chich Danainne, or the Pap
Mountains, in the south-east of the county of
Kerry.—See Leabhar-na-gCeart, pp. 74, 75.

‘A cow seen; at cep bd.—This phrase is
translated “Vacca visa est” in the Annals of
Ulster.

lows, in his translation of the Annals of Clon-

Mageoghegan gives the passage as fol-

macnoise :

“ A, D. 730. There was a cow seen in Deilg-
inis this year (mine author reporteth to have
had conference with divers that did eat part of
her milk and butter) which was formed with
one body, one neck, and two hynder parts, with
two tails and six feet.”

& Deilginis-Cualann.— Now Dalkey Island,

326 ANNQGta RIOShachta eiReEGNnN.

(728.

lap, 7 0a epball. bacap pé copa puippe, no bligcé po tpi hf gach lao, 7 ba
moa an Zac nuain a happ. Ro coimlead la oaomb iomda a hap, 7 ni von
1m DO ponad de.

Coip Cort, peacht ccéo piche a hocht. Un peipead bliadam vo
Flactbepcac. lomaipfcc hh Marg locha ecip cloinn Lomsyic, mic Congura,
7 clono Psa, mic Maoileviin, ou in po mapbad pochaide vo Cenel
Cogam. Placbencac vo tochuiped mupcoblaig vo Oal Riaca vo cum
n€peann, 7 1ap na cconachcam, ni po amypfcap co pangacan Imp hOinae,-4
po plpad cach eicip Placb(pcach co na ampaib, 7 Ciannachca, 7 anal
oUlcoib 7 voChenel Cogain,7 po madaisead onons oipime 0UlLcorb, vo Chenel
Eogan, 7 00 Channachcab ann, 1m Concubap, mac Lorchene, 7 1m Opancom,

mac Spain, 7 po badead Lion oipime vib 1pin mbanva, 1ap ppaomead fponpa. .
Cop Cort, pect ccéd pice anaor. lan mbit pecht mbliadna vo Plaic-

b(pcach, mac Lomsgpicch, mic Clongura, 1 mghe n€peann, acbanl mo Apo-

macha 1apam, 14 tcpéccad a pige ap cléinceacc. Suibne, mac Cponnmaoil,

mic Ronan, eppcop Anoa Maca, vo écc, 21 lum.
Cn cé10 bliadam oClooh Allan, mac |
Efsaile, mc Maoileoimn, op Epinn.
S$. Plann, mac Conaing, abb Cille mine O1otpaib, vo mapbaoh. S$. Oeglc-

Coip Core, pect ccéd toca.

near Dublin.—See note ®, under A. M. 3501,
p- 26, supra.

\ Her milk was greater: that is, she yielded
more milk at noon than in the morning, and in
the evening than at noon. Dr. O’Conor renders
this: “et magna erat ferocitas ejus dum mul-
geretur,” which is incorrect.

‘ Magh-Itha. —‘“ A. D. 733. Congressio in
Campo Itho inter Flaithbertach filium Loing-
sigh, et Aed Allan mac Fergaile, ubi Nepotes
Echdach ces? sunt.”

« Inis hOinae.—In the Annals of Clonmacnoise
this is called Inis-Owen, which is probably cor-
rect. ‘

“A.D. 730. Fergus brought an army out of
Dalriady, into Inis-Owen, in Ulster, upon whom
there was great slaughter made, among whom
Connor, son of Locheny, and Branchowe, the

Oo Uib Niallain 06.

S$. Mobmioccu bealaig Pele, vécc.

son of Bran, were slain, and many others drowned
in the River Banne.”
! Cianachta: i. e. the Cianachta Glinne-Geim-

hin, who were seated in the present barony of ~

Keenaght, in the county of Londonderry.

™ The Banna: i.e. the River Bann, rising im |
Beanna Boirche, in the county of Down, flowing

by a circuitous course through the county of i '
Down, falls into Lough Neagh, from which it

escapes at Toom Bridge, after which it expands ©

itself into Lough Beg, and then, contracting its | >

dimensions, it flows between the counties of /
: ; = ie
Down and Antrim, and between the plains an- |

ciently called Magh-Li and Magh-Eilne, and |
falls into the sea below the town of Coleraine. |

= A monastic life. —Clépcece or clericatus uy

does not appear to mean always the state of

being in priest’s orders. This passage is not in

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. Macha [Armagh], having resigned his kingdom for a monastic life”.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 397

shoulders, two bodies from her shoulders hindwards, and two tails; she had
six legs, was milked three times each-day, and her milk was greater® each time.
Her milk, and some of the butter made of it, were tasted by many persons.
The Age of Christ, 728. The sixth year of Flaithbheartach. A battle
[was fought] in Magh-Itha', between the sons of Loingseach, son of Aenghus,
and the sons of Fearghal, son of Maelduin, where numbers of the Cinel-Eoghain
were slain. Flaithbheartach sent for a marine fleet of Dal-Riada to Ireland,
and on their arrival they made no delay till they arrived in Inis hOinae*; and
there was a battle fought between Flaithbheartach with his guards and the
Cianachta, and others of the Ulidians and the Cinel-Eoghain ; and a countless
number of the Ulidians, Cinel-Eoghain, and Cianachta', were cut off, together
with Conchubhar, son of Loichene, and Branchu, son of Bran; and a countless
aumber of them was drowned in the Banna”, after their having been defeated.
The Age of Christ, 729. After Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach, son of
\enghus, had been seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at Ard-
Suibhne,
son of Cronnmael, son of Ronan, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died on the 21st of

e une; he was of the Ui-Niallain®.

The Age of Christ, 730. The first year of Aedh Allan’, son of Fearghal,

son of Maelduin, over Ireland. St. Mobrigu, of Bealach-Fele’, died.
sm of Conaing, Abbot of Cill-mor-Dithraibh’, was slain.

tle Annals of Ulster, or in the Annals of Clon-
macnoise. O’Flaherty writes: ‘‘Flahertius Long-
seshi regis fillus R. H. septem annos: inde
[734] factus monachus.”— Ogygia, p. 433.

° Ui-Niallain.—This tribe, who furnished so
m:uny archbishops to the see of Armagh, were
se: ted in the present baronies of Oneilland, in
th: county of Armagh.—See Colgan’s Trias
Thaum., p. 294, and Harris’s edition of Ware’s
Bi-hops, p. 40.

| Aedh Allan.—* A. D. 733. Aedh Ollan reg-

| nave incipit.”—Ann. Ul.

‘A.D. 732. ug Allon reigned nine years.”

| —ctnn. Clon.

4 Bealach-Fele-—Not identified. The obit of

‘| this Mobrigiu is not given in the Annals of Uls-

.

St. Flann’,
St. Oegheatchair,

ter or Clonmacnoise.

* St. Flann.—“ A. D. 734. Oedgedear, Epis-
copus Aendromo pausat. Bellum inter Mumain
et Laigniu, wbi multi de Laigniu, pene innumera-
biles de Momonia perierunt ; in quo Ceallach mac
Faelcair, rex Osraigi, cecidit. Sed Cathal, filius
Finguine, rex Mumhan evasit. Airechtach nepos
Dunchado Muirsce, rex Nepotum Fiachrach, e
Cathal, jiiws Muredaig, rex Connacht moriuntur.
Jugulatio Flainn, mic Conaing, Abbdatis Cille
moire Dithribh. Draco ingens in fine Autumni,
cum tonitru magno post se, visus est. Beda sapiens
Saxonum quievit.”—<dnn. Tht.

* Cill-mor-Dithraibh. — Colgan, in note 108
on the fifteenth chapter of Adamnan’s Vita Co-
lumbe, asserts that this was the old name of

328 aNNaza RIOshachta eiREGNN. [731.

chain, eppcop nClonopoma, vécc. Cat bealaig Ele ecip Catal, mac Pinr-
suine, pi Muman, 7 Cargniu, apm im po mapbad pochawe vo Largmb. Oo
pocain vo Mumneachab ann, Ceallach, mac Paelcaip, coipeé Opparge, 7
va mac Conbmaie, mic Rora, coipich na nO€ips, co cmb milib amanlle ppié.
Catal, mac Muipeavhaigh, pi Connache, vécc. Oipeccach Ua Ouncavha
Muinpce, correc Ua Piachpac, vécc.

Cloip Cort, peache ccéo tmocha a haon. Un oana bliadain oClooh
Qllan. Pianamail, mac Gente, abb Cluana lonaino, vécc. Cpunnmaol,
mac Colgan, abb Curca, 7 Oamel, mac Colmam, abb Cipo bpecam, vécc.
Colman, mac Mupcon, abb Marge bile, véce. Maolpocthantais, mac Maoi-
lecuile, vo Caigmb,7 bodbcad, mac Conall Gabna, coipec Cainppe, vécc.

Clip Cmorc, pect ccéd ctpioca a 06. On cpeap bliadain oClovh Allan.
Ronan, abb Cinn Ganaoh, Conamail Ua CLoichene, abb Cluana muc Noip,
vo Ciannaccaib peas, 7 Opaiphnid, abb Imleacha Pia, vécc. Parlbe, mac
Ouaipe, comapba Maoilepuba, vo batad go bpoipinn a lunge amaitle pip.
Onap ap picic allion. Piangalach, mac Munchada, corpec Ua Mail, [oécc}.

Scainn(p etin Shiol Qloda Slame, mn po manbad Catal, mac Coda, von taob |

Wh yet cA) Te Pag

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coin vo Lice Ailbe, la Conaing, mac Amalgaoa.

Kilmore : ‘ Sedes Episcopalis in regione Breffi-
niz, seu comitatu de Cavan.”—TZrias Thaum.,
p. 381. But the Editor thinks that it is Kilmore,
near the Shannon, in the territory of Tir-Briuin,
in the county of Roscommon.

* Bealach-Ele.— “Locus in Elia [Carolina]
Regione Momonia.”— Colgan, Acta SS., Ind.
Topogr., p. 873.

* Fianamhail, §c—*“ A.D. 735. Mors Fian-
amhla, mic Gertnide, Abbatis Cluana-Iraird ; e€
Mors Crunnmail, filii Colggen, Abbatis Luscain.
Daniel, mac Colmain Indmin, Abbas Ardbreccain,
@ Colman mac Murchon, Abbas Maigi-bile quie-
verunt. Jugluatio Maelefothartaig, filii Maele-
tuile di Laignib, vir sapiens et ancorita Insole
Vacce Albe” [Insi-Bo-Finne] “ Dublitter et
Samson nepos Corcrain, dormierunt. Bodbtach
mac Conaill Gabri, rex Coirpri moritur.’—Ann.
Ui.

Muipslp, mac Psupa

* Cairbre : i.e. of Cairbre-Gabhra, a sept de-
scended from Cairbre, son of Niall Naighiallach, :
and seated in the present barony of Granard, —
in the north of the county of Longford, the ~
mountainous portion of which is still called
Sliabh Chairbre.

* Ronan.— A. D. 736. Mors Ronain, all
Cinngaraid. Failbe, mac Guaire, Maelrubi heres
[Apor] crosain, in profundo pelagi dimersus est ;
cum, Conmal, i
Lochene, Abbas Clonomaccunois, pausat. Con-
gressio invicem, inter nepotes Aedo Slaine,
Conaing, mac Amalgaid, moritur; Cernach vicity |
et Cathal mac Aedo cecidit juxta Lapidem Adbe,
ab orientali parte, gesta est. Muirgis, mac Ferguso
Forerid, jugulatur. Breasal, mac Concobair Aird, —
occisus est. Oengus, mac Aillello, ri Airddae
Ciannachta, moritur. Mors Graifni, A
Imleco Fia. Dal (‘a parlee’ Cod. Clarend.

suis nautis numero xm@it.

731.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 329

Bishop of Aendruim [Nendrum], died. The battle of Bealach-Ele* [was fought]
between Cathal, son of Finguine, King of Munster, and the Leinstermen, where
many of the Leinstermen were slain. There fell of the Munstermen here
Ceallach, son of Faelchair, chief of Osraighe [Ossory], and the two sons of
Cormac, son of Rossa, chief of the Deisi, with three thousand along with them.
Cathal, son of Muireadhach, King of Connaught, died. Airechtach, grandson
of Dunchadh Muirsce, chief of Ui-Fiachrach, died. ;

The Age of Christ, 731. The second year of Aedh Allan. Fianamhail’,
son of Gertide, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], died. Crunnmael, son of
Colgan, Abbot of Lusca, and Daniel, son of Colman, Abbot of Ard-Brecain
[Ardbraccan], died. Colman, son of Murchu, Abbot of Magh-bile [Movilla],
died. Maelfothartaigh, son of Maeltuile, [one] of the Leinstermen, and Bodhbh-
chadh, son of Conall Gabhra, chief of Cairbre”, died.

The Age of Christ, 732. The third year of Aedh Allan. Ronan*, Abbot
of Ceann-Garadh [in Scotland]; Conamhail Ua-Loichene, Abbot of Cluain-mic-
Nois, of [the sept of] Cianachta-Breagh ; and Graiphnidh, Abbot of Imleach-
Fia’, died. Failbhe, son of Guaire, successor of Maelrubha’, was drowned, and
the crew of his ship along with him ; they were twenty-two in number. Fian-
galach, son of Murchadh, chief of Ui-Mail*, [died]. A battle [was fought]
between [two parties of] the race of Aedh Slaine, wherein Cathal, son of Aedh
was slain, on the east side of Lic-Ailbhe’, by Conaing, son of Amhalgaidh.

inter Aed nAldan ocus Cathal oc [at] Tir-
diglas. Lex Patricii tenuit Hiberniam. Fianga-
lech, mac Murchado, rex Ua-Mail moritur.”—
Ann. Ult.

¥ Imleach-Fia.—Now Emlagh, an old church
g:ving name to a parish lying to the north-
east of the town of Kells, in the county of
Meath.

* Of Madrubha: i.e. Abbot of the Monastery
erscted by Maelrubha, Abbot of Bangor, at
Aporcrossan, in Scotland. Mageoghegan mis-
talces the meaning of this passage in his trans-
lation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, where he
| has: “ A.D. 734. The work done at” [recté the

Coarb of] ‘‘Opercroosann was sunck in the dept
of the sea, and certain seafareing men to the
number of 22.”

* Ui-Mail.—The position of this territory is
determined by the Glen of Imaile, near Glenda-
lough, in the barony of Upper Talbotstown, and
county of Wicklow.—See note *, under A. D.
1376, p. 664. ;

> Lic-Ailbhe.—This was the name of a large
stone which stood at Moynalvy in the barony
of Deece, and county of Meath, till the year
992, when, according to these Annals, it fell,
and was formed into four mill-stones by Mael-
seachlainn, or Malachy IL, Monarch of Ireland.

2u

330 aNNawa RIOshachta eiReann. (733.

Poncnaid, v0 manbad. Cengup, mac Chlealla, cis(ana Clipoe Ciannaéea,
vécc.

Cach Pochanca 1 Mang Muipterne pra nOooh Allan, 7 pra cclanoab
Néll an cucnpceipt pon Ulcanb, mn po manbad Hod Rém, pi Ulad,7 po bfhad
a é{no ve pon Clore an commaig 1 noopap ceampaill Pochainve,7 po manbad

~Concad, mac Cuanach, toipec Coba, 50 pochuidib ole amanlle a. 6a he
pochann an chacha Cill Cunda vo papuccad la Ua Sesain, 00 mumcip Cloda
Rém, o1a nebainc Cod Ron perp, nf peappam a conn ppp an Taipp, uaip
caob pe taob aca ceall Cunna 7 Ceall Tape. Congap, comanba Pacnance,
vo pShne an pann po vo spéapace Cloda Allain a noiogail panargte na cille,
an pob éipium anmcana Clovha, co nenbainc,

Abain pe hClod Allan nuap, vom macht ponpan la pluas pul,

Rom nelacc Ged Rom appafp, im Chonna Cill an cain crit.
Tionoilid Clooh Allan a ploga 50 Pochaino, conad ann acbent Clod Allan
occ mtmall in cacha :

Im Chunna im cill manamcanacc, cingiu ania céim an conaip,

Paicpid God Rom a cfno lin, no puicplecpa lapoodain.

(yp oon cach ceona at pubpaoh :
Ap nUlad im Cod Rone la hOod Allan pi Ene,
Cp comnm vo Chill Chonna cuippiom bonna pm mévde.
Corp Cmorc, peacht ccéd tmoéa acpi. On clépamad bliadam oooh.

S$. Tola, mac Ounchada, eprcop Cluana Ipaipo, mild o1onsmala vo Cmore,
vés. Splpal, mac Coda Rom, m Ulad, 00 manbad acc Oun Celcchamp.

* Ard-Cianachta.—Now the barony of Fer- * Cill-Cunna.—Now Kilcoony, in the parish —

rard, in the county of Louth. of Ballyclog, barony of Dungannon, and county
‘ Fochart.—Now Faughard, in the county of _ of Tyrone.—See the Ordnance Map, sheet 39.
Louth.—See note *, under A. D. 248, p. 114, sup. » Its Conn.—This is a pun on the names of the

*Cloch-an-chommaigh: i.e. the Stone of Break- churches, but in what sense the witty king in- —
ing or Decapitation. This is still pointed out tended conn and tarr to be taken, it is not easy —
at the doorway of the church of Faughard. Dr. to determine. Conn means sense or reason, and
O’Conor translates this ‘‘Saxum circuli con- Tairr is probably the name of the patron saint

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ventionis Seniorum,” which is incorrect.—See of Ceall-Tairre ; or he might have intended = |
Lec-comaigh-cnamh, note *, under the year 594. ‘‘ni pcappam a conn pnip an camp,” to re |

‘ Cobha. — Otherwise called Magh-Cobha, a ‘‘ni pcappam a ceann ppipin ccolamn,” i

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733.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 331

Muirgheas, son of Fearghus Forcraidh, was slain. Aenghus, son of Ailell,
Lord of Ard-Cianachta’, died.

The battle of Fochart*, in Magh-Muirtheimhne [was fought] by Aedh Allan
and the Clanna-Neill of the North, against the Ulidians, where Aedh Roin, King
of Ulidia, was slain ; and his head was cut off on Cloch-an-chommaigh’, in the
doorway of the church of Fochard ; and Conchadh, son of Cuanach, chief of
Cobha*‘, was also slain, and many others along with him. The cause of this
battle was the profanation of Cill-Cunna* by Ua Seghain, one of the people of
Aedh Roin, of which Aedh Roin himself said : “I will not take its Conn" from
Tairr,” for Ceall-Cunna and Ceall-Tairre' are side by side.
of Patrick, composed this quatrain, to incite Aedh Allan to revenge the profa-
nation of the church, for he was the spiritual adviser of Aedh,.so that he said:

Congus, successor

Say unto the cold Aedh Allan, that I have been oppressed by a feeble army ;
Aedh Roin insulted me last night at Cill-Cunna of the sweet music.

Aedh Allan collected his forces to Fochard, and Aedh Allan composed [these
verses] on his march to the battle :

For Cill-Cunna, the church of my confessor, I take this day a journey on the road;
Aedh Roin shall leave his head with me, or I shall leave mine with him.

Of the same battle was said :

The slaughter of the Ulidians with Aedh Roin [was made] by Aedh Allan, King

of Ireland;
or their coigny* at Cill-Cunna he placed soles to necks’.

The Age of Christ, 733. The fourth year of Aedh. St. Tola™, son of Dun-
chadh, bishop, a worthy soldier of Christ, died. Breasal, son of Aedh Roin,
King of Ulidia, was slain at Dun-Celtchair".

which would not be a far-fetched pun, when he
intended to give Conn and Tarr a similar pro-
fene treatment.

‘ Ceall Tairre.—Now Cill-Thairre, anglicé
Kilharry, a glebe in the parish of Donaghmore,
in the same barony.—Ord. Map, sheet 46.

* Coigny: i.e. Refection. It would appear
that the King of Ulidia had forcibly obtained

i | re‘ection in these churches, contrary to their

privilege, being free from all customs and visi-
tations of temporal lords.

1 Soles to necks.—This is an idiom expressing
indiscriminate carnage, in which the sole of the
foot of one body was placed over against or
across the neck or headless trunk of another.

™ Tola.— A.D. 737. Tole, Episcopus Cluana-
Traird, dignus Dei miles, pausat.”—Ann. Ult.

2 Dun-Celtchair : i. e. the Fort of Celtchar, son

202

ANNQGCA RIOshachca eiReann. | (733.

332

Cod Ollan, ni Eneann, vo tiondl Leite Chun, do dul 1 Longmb go parme
Ae Sthait. Ro tancclaimp(e Caigin m lion connangacap vo Copnam a cipt
rrp. Ro plpad cat ainmin Cecoppa pn margm pm. Oo veachad mm
Cod Allan peipin ipin ccat go naipecaib an cuaipceipct a maulli ppp. Tan-
Zacan cops Cougfn imo pogaib ipin ccat, conba puilec poipniaca pa plnad
an gleo pin (ecoppa oiblimb. Ro maccaic laoic, 7 po camnaic colla led.
Imo compaimc oClod Ollan 7 oOovh mac Colgan, vo mg Langtn, 7 concaip
Mod, mac Colgan la hOod Ollan. Ro mapbad 7 po mudaiccead, po ofot-
aiccead, 7 po ofotlaiccead Longin co hanbpoill pin cantgleo pin, cona cfpna
app ob accmad cipuaipp: mbice, 7 peceolanga cfnca. bacap iavpo na
cops, 7 na has concnacap 6 Cangnib 1. Gooh mac Colgan, pi Ua cCemn-
pelons, bpan bce mac Munchada, an ovana ws bor pop Cargmb, P(psup mac
Maenag 7 Ouboacmioc oa mslpna Potanc, mac hUi Cellars, mac Them,
Piangalach Ua Manlemtgen, Conall Ua Citechoa, ceitpe meic Ploimn
Ui Congaile, Eladach Ua Maoluiwip, 7 pocawde oile po bud ermle oarpnerp.

Om. 6

of Duach, one of the heroes of the Red Branch in
Ulster, who had his residence here in the first
century of the Christian era. This was one of
the old names of the large fort near Downpa-
trick, in the county of Down.—See Colgan’s
Trias Thaum., p. 566, n. 52, and Battle of Magh-
Rath, pp. 206, 206, note *.

° Ath-Seanaith.—Called Ath-Senaich in the
Annals of Ulster, now Ballyshannon, in the
county of Kildare, four miles south-west of Kil-
cullen Bridge. Ballyshannon, in Ulster, is also
called Ath-Senaith, or Ath-Senaich, in Irish.
The Bally prefixed in both instances is a cor-
ruption of Bel-atha, i.e. 0s vadi, ford-mouth.
This place was otherwise called Uchbhadh. In
the Annals of Ulster this battle is noticed at
the year 737, and in the Annals of Clonmac-
noise at 735, as follows:

“ A. D. 737. Bellum Atho-Senaich inter Ne-
potes Neill et Lagenienses, .i. Cath Uchba, xiii.
Septembris, die vi. ferie, crudeliter gestum, est in
quo binales Reges celsi vigoris pectoris, armis alter-
natim congresst sunt, i. Aed Alddan, rex Temorie,

SE STE EH Teese cone.

et Aed mac Colggen, ri Laigin ; e quibus unus
superstes vulneratus, 1. Aed Alddan vizit, alius
vero militari mucrone capite truncatus est. Tune
nepotes Cuinn immensa victoria ditati sunt, cum
Lagenos,. suos emulos, insolito more in fugam mit-
tunt, calcant, sternunt, subvertunt, consumunt, ita
ut usque ad internecionem universus hostilis pene
deletus exercitus, paucis nunciis renunciantibus, et
in tali bello tantos ceditlisse ferunt, quantos per
transacta retro secula, in uno succubuisse impetu, et
Seroci cecidisse conflictu non comperimus. Cecide-
runt in hoc autem bello optimi duces .i. Aed mac
Colggen, e¢ Bran Becc, mac Murcado, .i. da ri
Laigin, Fergus, mac Moinaig, et Dubdacrich,
mac Aincellaig, mic Triein” [duo magnates re-
gionis Fotharta], ‘et Fingalach hUa Maeleaitcen, —
Conall hUa Aitechdai; cethre mic Flainn, Aui
Congaile ; Eladhach Aui Maeluidhir, e ceteri
multi quos compendii causa omisimus.”—Ann. Ul,
“ A. D. 735. The battle of Athseanye, on the |/~
14th day of the Kallends of September, was
cruelly and bloodyly fought between the |)

Sia ge Coa a aor ae + Fetes ptm Sein °

733.) “ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

333

Aedh Allan, King of Ireland, assembled [the forces of] Leath-Chuinn, to
proceed into Leinster; and he arrived at Ath-Seanaith. The Leinstermen
collected the [greatest] number they were able, to defend his right against
him. A fierce battle was fought between them. The king, Aedh Allan himself,
went into the battle, and the chieftains of the North along with him. The
chieftains of Leinster came with their kings into the battle ; and bloodily and
heroically was the battle fought between them both. Heroes were slaughtered,
and bodies were mutilated. Aedh Allan, and Aedh, son of Colgan, King of
Leinster, met each other [in single combat]; and Aedh, son of Colgan, was slain
by Aedh Allan. The Leinstermen were killed, slaughtered, cut off, and dread-
fully exterminated, in this battle, so that there escaped of them but a small
remnant, and a few fugitives. The following were the leaders and chieftains
of the Leinstermen who fell, namely : Aedh, son of Colgan, King of Ui-Ceinn-
sealaigh ; Bran Beg, son of Murchadh, the second king who was over the Lein-
stermen; Fearghus, son of Maenach, and Dubhdacrich, two lords of Fotharta’;
ihe son of Ua Ceallaigh ; the son of Trian; Fiangalach Ua Maeleaithgin ;
Conall Ua Aithechdai; the four sons of Flann Ua Conghaile ; Eladhach Ua-
Maeluidhir’; and many others, whom it would be tedious to enumerate. The
[people of] Leath-Chuinn were joyous after this victory, for they had wreaked

kings, heads of the two Armies, did so roughly
a>proach one another, as King Hugh Allan,
hing of Ireland, and Hugh Mac Colgan, King
o: Lynster, whereof the one was sore hurt, and
lived after; the other, by a deadly blow, lost
hs head from the shoulders. The O’Neales,
with their King, behaved themselves so val-
liintly in the pursuit of their enemies, and
killed them so fast in such manner, as they
mide great heapes in the fields of their car-
cassess, so as none or very few of the Lynster-
men escaped to bring tyding to their friends
home. In this battle the two joynt Kings of
Lynster, Hugh Mac Colgan, and Bran Beag
M:c Murchowe; Fergus Mac Moynay, and
Dowdachrich, the two Lords of Foharte; Mac
; O'Kelly; Mac Treyn; Fiangalagh O’Moyleaigh-
ten; the four sons of Flann O’Conoyly; Eala-

gach O’Moyleoyer, and many others which my
Author omitteth to relate, for brevity’s sake,
were slain, and sayeth that this was the greatest
slaughter for a long time seen in Ireland.’”—
Ann. Clon.

» Two Lords of Fotharta.—The Fortharta at
this period appear to have constituted two
lordships, namely, Fotharta- Fea, afterwards
Fotharta-Ui Nuallain, now the barony of Forth,
in the county of Carlow, and Fotharta-an-
Chairn, now the barony of Forth, in the county
of Wexford. There were many other tribes of
the Fotharta at an earlier period.

9 Ua Maeluidhir—O’Moyleer, or, as the name
is now generally anglicised, Myler. He was
probably the chief of Sil-Maeluidhir, now the
barony of Shelmalier, in the county of Wex-
ford.

334

bacan pais Ufé Chui app an ccopecan pin, vamp po vfoganlpiot a nain-

ANNQata RIOSshachta elRECANN.

(734.

eee a a oe ee ee

mnne,7 a naincnide pon Laigmb. Nao mle aplo concaip o1b, amailapbfpap: |

O cat Uchbad co naine, imbid tnuclam P{p Péine,

Ni 0015 po snéin sil sainmis rol nach Caignis m hEne.
Naor mile vo pocpacap, 1 ccat Uchbad co noéne,

Oo plog HSarlian sép sume, mop vo maim’ Pp Péne.

(od Allan cecinic,

Cn cod ipin tip, an pi 1pm puam,

Qn cenan von velad[in cénan oil véin, Lib. Lec. fol. 311], la Cianan 1 cCluamn.

Samchann cecinit pap an cach,

Ma conmpac na oa Clod, bid monpaet a nengaine,
Mad co oul vampa ap paet Cod la hClood mac Pipgaite.

Paolan, mac Spam, pi Langth, véce ian nohgb(chard.
Pogancaigh, mic Nell, mic Cfpnaigh Shocail, mic O1anmatca, mic Cloda
Slame, vo manbaoh. Elpsup mac Cnemtainn vo manbad.
Catal, mac Pinnguine, co Cargniu, co pug sialla 6 bpan Spice mac Munpcada,

co pug maine mona.

Cloip Cort, peacht ccéo tmocha acftaip. An ciiccead bliadain 0 Cod.
S. Samthann ogh, 6 Cluain G6ponangh 1
Ap pupm cug Cod Allan.an circ pi,

' Fir-Feini: i.e. populi Feniorum. ‘“ A Fenisio
Farsaidh Hiberni nominantur Feni. Unde apud
nos Oic-Fheni posteri Fenii, in plurali numero
dicuntur ab illo.2—/ach’s Scholiast, in Trias
Thaum., p. 5, not. 23. Feine is also explained
bpugas, a farmer, or yeoman.

* The posterity of.—In this and the battle of
Almhuin, fought in 718, the Leinstermen were
nearly extirpated by the race of Conn of the
Hundred Battles, so that the remission of the
Borumean tribute, through the intercession of
St. Moling, was but of little advantage to the
Leinstermen.

* Cluain: i.e. Cluain-mic-Nois, now anglicé

Ceannach, mac

Slogheavh la

tTebtha, vécc an 19 v0 Oecembep. —

Clonmacnoise, of which St. Ciaran is the patron
saint.

« Samhthann.—According to the Leabhar-
Gabhala of the O’Clerys, the Samthann who
composed this quatrain was the virgin saint of ~ ;
Cluain-Bronaigh.—See her death noticed under ,
the year 734, infra. 4¥

~ Faelan, §c.—“ A.D. 737. Faelan, nepos
Brain, Lageniensium rea, immatura etate, et inopi- —
nata morte pertit. Cernach, filivs Fogartaig, a
suis sceleratis sociis dolosé jugulatur, quem vacca-
rum vituli, et infime orbis mulieres tediosé flev ,
Jugulatio Fergusa, mic Cremthainn, &c. Sl
adh Cathail, mic Finguine, co Laigniu, co ru

734.) .

their vengeance and their animosity upon the Leinstermen.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

335

Nine thousand was

the number of them that was slain, as is said in these verses:

From the battle of Uchbhadh the great, in which a havoc of the Fir-Feini?

[i. e. the farmers] was made,

There is not known on the fair sandy soil the posterity of* any Leinsterman in

Treland.

Nine thousand there fell in the battle of Uchbhadh with vehemence,
Of the army of Leinster, sharp-wounding, great the carnage of the Fir Feini.

Aedh Allan cecinit :

The Aedh in the clay, the king in the churchyard,
The beloved pure dove, with Ciaran at Cluain'!

Samhthann" cecinit before the battle:

{f the two Aedhs meet, it will be very difficult to separate them,
lo me it will be grevious if Aedh [son of Colgan] fall by Aedh, son of Fearghal.

Faelan”, son of Bran, King of Leinster, died, after a well-spent life.

Cear-

nach, son of Foghartach, son of Niall, son of Cearnach Sotal, son of Diarmaid,

son of Aedh Slaine, was slain.

Fearghus, son of Creamhthann, was slain. A

losting was made by Cathal, son of Finguine, into Leinster ; and he obtained
hostages from Bran Breac, son of Murchadh, and carried off much property.
The Age of Christ, 734. The fifth year of Aedh. St. Samhthann’, virgin,

of Cluain-Bronaigh, in Teabhtha, died on the 19th of December.

Aedh Allan’ gave this testimony :

giallu O Faelain, ocus co rucc maine mara.”
[.\n armie by Cathal mac Finguine into Lein-
ster, and he brought pledges, with great booties,
from I-Faelain.— Cod. Clarend., 49.|—Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 735. Cahall mac Finguyne prepared.

a ;reat army and went to Lynster, and there-

out brought hostages from Bran Brick mac

Murchowe, with many rich bootys.””—Ann. Clan.

Si. Samhthann, virgin, of Cluain-Bronaigh.—

‘© A. D. 738. Dormitatio Samthainne Cluano-
Bronaig.”—Ann. Uit.

It was of her

She was abbess of Clonbroney, in the barony of
Granard, and county of Longford.—See Colgan’s
Acta SS., p. 347, n. 26, and Archdall’s Monast.
Hiber., p. 438. In the Feilire Aenguis, and
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, the festival of Sam-
thann Cluana-Bronaigh is marked at 19th De-
cember, and it is added in the latter that she
died in 739, which is the true year.

¥ Aedh Allan.—That some Irish verses were
believed to have been composed by this mo-
narch appears from the Leabhar-Gabhala of the

GNNaCa RIOShachTa elREGNHN. (735.

Samchann pi poly: paimand, mod pogab seanpa slunbanp,
Tuad mars mide miad nimglann, mop paech po pine Samcann.
Ro sab an nf nao apa, aim ppi mse pl(pa;
Oa main pf cepca cuapa, bacan cnuada a cnepra.
Cpad pm mme nichiu, slan a cniohiu pm baetha,

~ Inuche piadac ppi slanbanp, an po la Samtann paecha.

Flann, mac Ceallong, mic Cnunomaoil, eppcop Reacnainne, vécc. Cuana
Ua berramn, pcpibneoin Theor [vécc]. Plpgup Gluce coipec Coba [vécc].
“Acclp voploe aep ule 7 amomille: ag cealgao Spamcpelis m po laicip 1opada
ma cgId pain, conad € pochanna bap. Cilll, mac Tuachail, cigfpna Ua
cCmomtaim, vécc.

Cop Cmort, peacht ccéd tmoca a ciicc. An perpead bliadam ooo.
S. bpan, Cainve h€ala, vécc. Mainchemne Tuama Hpéine, vécc. Plano
Feabla, abb Goinc conais, 1 Musgdopnabh Muishth, vécc. Ceallac, mac
Secho1, vo Chonmaicnib, abb Cluana muc Noip, vécc. Ouboaboiptno, abb
Fobaip, vécc. Popbapach, mac Oilealla, ais(fna Oppuise, 00 manbaoh.

Coip Cort, peache ccév tmoca apé. On peachtmad bliadain oCood.
Conola, w5(pna Teabta, vécc. Amalgad, mac Catapaig, coipec Conaille,
vécc. Munchad, mac Peangaile, mc Marlediin, 00 manbaoh. Catch Cainn

O’Clerys, p. 198, and in these Annals at the
year 738, where the last quatrain composed by
him is quoted.

* Reachrainn.—The Editor is not able to de-
cide whether this is the Reachrainn in the east
of Bregia, where St. Columbkille erected a
church, or Reachrainn, now Rathlin, or Ragh-
aree Island, off the north coast of Antrim.

@ Treoit. — Otherwise written Trefoid, now
Trevet, in the barony of Skreen, and county of
Meath. In the Feilire Aenguis the festival of
St. Lonan mac Talmaigh, of Treoit, is marked at
13th November, but in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar
it is marked at lst, November, thus, ‘“* Condn 6
Thepoiz1 mOpeagaib,” i.e. ‘ Lonan of Trefoit,
in Bregia.” It is stated in the ancient Irish
tract called Senchus na Relec, i.e. the History
of the Cemeteries, preserved in Leabhar-na-

hU idhri, fol. 41, b., that Art, son of Conn Ced-
chathach, monarch of Ireland, was interred
here; and it is added, in the historical story
called Cath Maighe Mucraimhe, that the place
was called Tri-foid, i.e. Three Sods, because —
“three sods were dug there in honour of the
Trinity, when the grave of Art was being dug
there.” It is stated in this story that Art, who
believed in Christianity, predicted that a Chris-
tian church would be afterwards erected over
his grave. These passages are given in the An-
nals of Ulster, under the year 738, as follows :
“A.D. 738. Fergus Glutt, rex Cobo, sputis
venenatis maleficorum hominum, obit. Cuana, née i
pos Bessain, scriba Treoit, pausat. Dormitatio
Samthainne Cluano Bronaig, e dormitatio nepo-
tis Maeledathnein Episcopi.
Domhnaill i mBodbraith, ubi cecidit Bregleith

Combusti Muintire

ae os

tee
Be: Si

735.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 337

Samhthann for enlightening various sinners, a servant who observed stern
chastity,

In the northern plain of fertile Meath, great suffering did Samhthann endure ;

She undertook a thing [that was] not easy, fasting for the ele above ;

She lived on scanty food ; hard were her girdles ;

She struggled in venomous conflicts; pure was her heart amid the wicked ;

To the bosom of the Lord, with a pure death, Samhthann passed from her suf-
ferings.

“Flann, son of Ceallach, son of Crunnmael, Bishop of Reachrainn’, died.
Cuanna Ua Bessain, scribe of Treoit*, [died]. Fearghus Glut, chief of Cobha,
[died]. It appeared to him that wicked and destructive people used to cast
spits, in which they put charms, in his face, which was the cause of his death.
Ailill, son of Tuathal, Lord of Ui-Crimhthainn, died.

' The Age of Christ, 735. The sixth year of Aedh. St. Bran, of Lann-Eala
[Lynally], died. Maincheine, of Tuaim-Greine®, died. Flann Feabhla, Abbot
of Gort-conaigh’, in Mughdhorn-Maighen [Cremorne], died. Ceallach, son of

a

Sechdi, one of the Conmaicne, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Dubhdabhoi-

reann, Abbot of Fobhar [Fore], died. Forbasach,

Israighe [Ossory], was slain.

son of Ailell, Lord of

The Age of Christ, 736. The seventh year of Aedh. Connla, Lord of
‘Teabhtha, died. Ambhalgaidh, son of Cathasach, chief of Conaille, died. Mur-

chadh, son of Fearghal, son of Maelduin, was slain.

i. domo cene. Mors Ailella, mic Tuathail, regis
xepotum Cremthainn. Flann mac Ceallaich,
filius Crunmhail, Episcopus Rechrainne, mort-
tur”? In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, which
ave very meagre at this period, the notice of
Fergus Glut is given under the year 736, thus:

“ A.D. 736. Fergus Gluth, prince of the Race
of Cova [i.e. of Eochie Cova], with the spittle

} of men and witchcraft, died.”

® Tuaim-Greine ; i.e. the mound or tumulus of
Grian, a woman’s name, now Tomgraney, in the
barony of Upper Tullagh, and county of Clare.
° Gort-conaigh: i. e. Field of the Fire-Wood.
Tlus was the name of a monastery in the barony

The battle of Carn-Fear-

These
entries, and some others omitted by the Four

of Cremorne, and county of Monaghan.

Masters, are given in the Annals of Ulster at
the year 739, as follows:

“A. D. 739. In clericatu Domhnall exiit.
Jugulatio nepotis Ailello tigherna Ceniuil Fiach-
ach” [Lord of Kynaleagh.—Ann. Clon., 737]:
“ Terremotus in Ile secundo Id. Aprilis. Flann
nepos Congaile moritur. Cubretan, mac Congusa,
moritur; et mors Cellaig, filii Sechnadi, Abbatis
Cluana mic Nois. Dubdabairenn, Adbésas Fo-
bair’’ [moritur]. ‘‘ Dormitatio Maincheine Tomae
Greine. Dormitatio Sancti Brain Lainne Ela.
Flann Febla Abbas Goirt Connaigh, moritur.”

DAD

338 anNNaza RIOshachta elReaNN. (737.

Pipavhang, in po manbaoh Topncan Tinepéid. Puipeachcach, ampémoeach
Inp1 Caorl, [7] Plann Aisle, eppcop Echdpoma, vécc.

Cop Cmorc, peachc ccéo tmiocha a peachc. On cochtmad bliadam
ood. Cineccach, mac Cuanach, abb Pfpna, vécc. Maolochtparcch, abb
Cille Poipbpig, vécc. Ppoacmioch ab Imlfcha 7 Leitslinmne, vécc. Oachua,
mac Inoaighe, angcoime, vécc, 7 Curogeal, ab 7 popbmd Lugmand, vécc.
Pointbe Ceneoil Prachach,7 Oealtna la hOpnagibh. Cathal mac Pino-
suine, pi Muman, vécc. Plano Feonna, cig(nna Copco Moodpuad, vécc. Cod
balb, mac Inopeachcaid, pf Connacht, véce. OUpcpach, mac Citeachoa,
cisfina Ua Méich, v€5. ;
Cppiat, abb Marge bile,
vécc. AUppnica, banabb Cille oana, vécc. -Curmmem Ua Canam, abb Rech- —
painne, vecc. Cooh Allan, mac Pfpgaile, mic Maoileviin, vo cuicim 1 ccat
Mange Seims, 1. Chhanoup, eroip of Teabcha, la Oomnall, mac Mupchada,
ian mbeich nao mbliadna 1 pige Epeann. Tiugnann Cloda Allam,

Coir Cmort, peache ccéd tpocha a hoche.

Oia nom aimnpiod mo Ora oil, pon bnu Locha Sailceodin,
lapam via mbemny1 pp col, po bad maoin vo mog manacol.

Tonchain beop 1pm cat céona Cumarecac, mac Concubaip, wisfpna na
nCupce(p,7 Maonach macConoalars, cig fina Ua sCpfmtainn,7 Muipeavhac,
mac P(psupa Poncnad, cis(ina Ua Tuincpe. Cach Oaimdeince 1 mop Fab
pia nInopeachcach hUa Conaing, in po manbad Oungal, mac Plonn, cig fpna,
Pm cCal,7 PMsup mac Oipeig g0 pocadib ole. Ceallac, mac Ragallang,

4 Inis Caeil.—Now Inishkeel, an island off the
west coast of the barony of Boylagh, and county
of Donegal.—See note under the year 619.

¢ Eachdhruim: i.e. Equi Mons vel Collis [Col-
gal, Acta Sanctorum, p. 632], now Aughrim, a
village in the county of Galway, about four
miles west of Ballinasloe.

£ Cille-Foirbrigh.— Archdall (Monast. Hib.,
p- 52) identifies this with Kilfarboy, in the ba-
rony of Ibrickan, and county of Clare; but it is
more probably Kilbrew in Meath.—See note
under the year 768; and see it again referred
to at the years 782, 809, 837.

8 Core Modhruadh.—A territory in the county

of Clare, the name of which is still preserved in, 4

that of the barony of Corcomroe.—See note °,

under A. D.1175. The most of these entries aré

given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 741:

“A.D. 741. Mors Airechtaig /ilii Cuanach,
principis Fernan. Foirtbe Ceiniuil Fiachach
acus Delvna la Osraighi. Mors Cathail mie
Mors Maeleochtraigh,
Abbatis Cill Fobrigh. Mors Cuidghile, scribeet
Abbatis Lughmaidh. Mors Aido Bailb, regis a |
Cianachte. Jugulatio Artrach, filii Aitechdai, |—
righ nepotum Craumthainn. Lepra in Hibernia”

Finguine, regis Caisil.

aoe

ae eee eee

737.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

339

adhaigh, in which Torcan Tinereidh, was slain. Fuireachtach, Airchinneach
of Inis-Caeil*, [and] Flann Aighle, Bishop of Eachdhruim’, died.

The Age of Christ, 737. The eighth year of Aedh. Aireachtach, son of
Cuana, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns], died. Maelochtraigh, Abbot of Cille-Foir-
brigh‘, died. Feardachrich, Abbot of Imleach and of Leithghlinn, died. Dachua,
son of Indaighe, an anchorite, died ; and Cuidgheal, Abbot and Scribe of Lugh-
mhadh [Louth], died. The devastation of Cinel-Fiachach and of Dealbhna
by the Osraighe. Cathal, son of Finguine, King of Munster, died. Flann Feorna,
Lord of Core Modhruadh’, died. Aedh Balbh, son of Innreachtach, King of
Connaught, died. Artrach, son of Aitheachda, Lord of Ui-Meith, died.

The Age of Christ, 738. Affiath, Abbot of Magh-bile [Movilla], died.
Affrica, Abbess of Cill-dara [Kildare], died. Cuimmen Ua Ciarain, Abbot of
Rechrainn, died. Aedh Allan, son of Maelduin, fell in the battle of Magh-
Seirigh” (i. e. Ceanannus), between the two Teabhthas, by Domhnall, son of
Murchadh, after having been nine years in the sovereignty of Ireland. The
last quatrain of Aedh Allan :

If my beloved God would look upon me on the brink of Loch Sailchedain’,
Afterwards if I should be found at guilt, it would be wealth to a servant to
save me.

There were also slain in the same battle Cumascach, son of Conchubhar, Lord
of the Airtheara [the Oriors]; Maenach, son of Connalach, Lord of Ui-Creamh-*
‘hainn ; and Muireadhach, son of Fearghus Forcraidh, Lord of Ui-Tuirtre.
The battle of Damh-dearg*, in Breagh, by Indreachtach Ua Conaing, in which
‘vere slain Dungal, son of Flann, Lord of Feara-Cul'; and Fearghus, son of
isteach, with many others. Ceallach, son of Raghallach, King of Connaught,

» Magh-Seirigh—This was the name of the
lain lying round Dun-Chuile Sibrinne, now
Ceanandus, or Kells, in the county of Meath.—
See note *, under A. M. 3991, p. 56, supra.

‘ Loch Sailchedain.— This is called Loch

‘Saileach in these Annals at A. M. 3790, but

Loch Sailchedain by Keating at the same period,
when it is said to have first burst from the

earth ; and it is again referred to at the year

1) 22, where it is described as in Meath. Nothing

is clearer than that this is the place in Meath
now called Loughsallagh, and situated in the
parish and barony of Dunboyne, near Dun-
shaughlin, in the county of Meath.—See Ord-
nance Map of the County of Meath, sheets 50, 51.

* Damh-dearg: i. e. the Red Ox. Not iden-
tified.

1 Feara-Cul.—See note under A. D. 693. The |
entries given by the Four Masters under this
year (738), are given, with a few others totally

PMS:

340 aNNata RIOshachta elReann. (739.

pi Connacht, vécc. Oluchach, mac Pitceallans, ci§fna Ua Mame, vécc.
Oubhodotpae, cigfmna Ua mbmiim Cualann, 00 gun. Coincheann, mpfn
Ceallaig Cualann, vécc. i

Coir Cort, peacht ccéd tmocha ana. Cn céo bliadain vo Oomnall,
mac Mupchada, mic Oiapmaca op Epinn ; [céona ps Clamne Colmain punn].
Colman, eppcop Laerrain, vécc. Cardgnen, mac Oomeannarg, abb Sargne,
Pfpsup, mac Colmain Cuclang, eccnaid oinpdenc, vécc. Reachcabpac, mac
Etgaile vo Connachtaib, vécc. lJomaipeacc Ciliuin oa bepnach, in po
mapbad Ouboavop, mac Mupgaile [7] oa Ua Ceallarg Cualano, Catal 4
Oistl. Ro chup im muin miol mon 1 ccin 1 ccoiccead Ulad, 1 mboince vo
punnnad. Oo veachaid sac aon baor na pocnaib o1a vecpain an a insgnaicte.
Qn can po bap acca corcenad po pmt tpi piacla éip ma cfno, caocca unga
in gach pracoil oibpide. Ro chum Piacna, mac Clooha Rom, pf Ulad, 7
Eochaw mac Opfpal, plait Ua nEatac, pracanl ofb 50 bfnncanp, Fo parbe
pp né cian pon alcdin mbfnncoip, sup bo poippéil vo cach hi ccoicéimne hi.

omitted by them, in the Annals of Ulster, under
742, as follows:

“A.D. 742. Mors Affrice dominatricis Cille-
dara. Bellum Daimderg, in quo ceciderunt Dungal
mac Flainn ri Cul” [i.e. King of Feara-Cul]
“et Fergus, mac Oistic. Innreachtach, nepos

; Conaing, victor erat. Mors Cumene, nepotis Cia-
rain, Abbatis Rechrainne. Bellum Serethmaighe”
[at Kells, Cod. Clarend. 49], ‘in quo cecidit
Aed Alddain, mac Fergaile, et Cumascach mac
Concobair, ri na nAirther” [rex Orientalium]
‘“‘et Moenach mac Conlaich, rea nepotum Crem-
thainn, et Muredach, mac Fergusa Forcraid, rex
Nepotum Tuirtre. Bellum inter Ui-Maine et
Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne. Bellum Luirg inter Ui-
nAilello et Gailengo. Hee quatuor bella pene in
una estate perfecta sunt. Lex nepotis Suanaig.
Concenn, ingen Ceallaich Cualann, moritur.
Jugulatio Duibdoithre, regis Nepotum Briuin.
Affiath, ‘Abbas Maighi-bile” [moritur] ‘* Com-
mutatio Martirum. Treno Cille Delgge, et in
Bolgach.”

™ Dubhdothra: i.e. the Black Man of the

Dothair, now the River Dodder, in the county

of Dublin.
" Ui-Briuin-Cuatann.—A sept giving name
to a territory comprising the greater part of the '

barony of Rathdown, in the present county of —

Dublin, and some of the north of the county
of Wicklow. The churches of Cill-Inghine-

Leinin, now Killiney, Tigh-Chonaill, now Sta- —

gonnell, and Dun-mor, are set down in O’Clery’s
Irish Calendar as in this territory.
° Domhnall, son of Murchadh.—* A. D. 742.

Domhnall, mac Murcha, regnare incipit.”—Ann.

Ut.

P Clann-Colmain. — This observation in

brackets is, according to Dr. O’Conor, an in- —

terpolation in a more modern hand in the
Stowe copy.

4 Laessan.—Written Lessan in the Annals of
Ulster, which is more correct. It is the name

of a parish situated at the foot of Slieve-Gallion, — i
in the counties of Londonderry and Tyrone.
The most of these entries are given in the Am-— |

nals of Ulster, under the year 743, as follows: —

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 341

739.)

‘died. Dluthach, son of Fithcheallach, Lord of Ui-Maine, died. Dubhdothra™,

Lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualann", was mortally wounded. Coincheann, daughter of
Ceallach Cualann, died.

The Age of Christ, 739. The first year of Domhnall, son of Murchadh’,
son of Diarmaid, over Ireland ; [he was the first king of the Clann-Colmain’].
Colman, Bishop of Laessan‘, died. Laidhgnen, son of Doineannach, Abbot of
Saighir, [died]. Fergus, son of Colman Cutlach, a celebrated philosopher, died.
Reachtabhrat, son of Fearghal, one of the Connaughtmen, died. The battle of
Ailiun-da-bernach’, in which were slain Dubhdados, son of Murghal, [and] the
two grandsons of Ceallach Cualann, [namely], Cathal and Oilioll. The sea
cast ashore a whale in Boirche’, in the province of Ulster. Every one in the
neighbourhood went to see it for its wondrousness. When it was slaughtered,
three golden teeth were found in its head, each of which teeth contained fifty
sunces. Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, King of Ulidia, and Eochaidh, son of
Breasal, chief of Ui-Eathach [Iveagh], sent a tooth of them to Beannchair, where

Cee

a
camer

t remained for a long time’ on the altar, to be seen by all in general.

“A.D. 743. Jugulatio Laidggnein, flit Doi-
nennaig, E/piscopi e Abbatis Saighre. Domhnall
in clericatu wterum. Jugulatio Colmain, Episcopi
lessain, la Uibh Tuirtri. Bellum Cliach, in quo
cecedit Concobar dia Uib Fidgeinte. Bellum
\iliuin-dabrach, in quo cecidit Dubdados, mac
Murghaile, da Uae Ceallaig Cualann .i. Cathal
e Ailill, interfecti sunt. Jugulatio Murgusa, filit
Anluain, i Tuilain. Foirddbe Corcumdruaid
dm Deis” [the spoyle of Corcumdrua by the
Lesies.—Cod. Clarend., 49]. Lex Ciarain, ili
Artificis, et lec Brendain simul, la Fergus, mac

Cellaig. Mors Fergusa, mic Colmain Cutlaig,

sc pientis.””—Ann. Ult.

* Ailiun-da-bernach : i.e. Island of the Two
Gaps. Situation unknown,

* Boirche.—This was the ancient name of the
Mourne mountains, in the south of the county
of Down. Giraldus Cambrensis, referring to
ths wonderful fish, says that it was cast ashore
at Carlenfordia, now Carlingford, which is op-
posite the Mourne mountains; but Giraldus,

who only knew the whereabouts, marks the

’ place by the nearest English castle. Zopographia

Hiber., dist. ii. c. 10:

“In Ultonia apud Carlenfordiam inventus
est piscis tam quantitatis immense, quam qua-
litatis inusitate. Inter alia sui prodigia, tres
dentes, ut fertur, aureos habens, quinquaginta
Quos aureos
quidem exteriore quadam similitudine, aurique
nitore, potius quam natura crediderim, &c. Nos-
tris quoque diebus in Britannia majori, foresta

unciarum pondus continentes.

scilicet Dunolmensi, inventa et capta est cerva,
omnes in ore dentes aurei coloris habens.”

The notice of the casting of this whale with
the three golden teeth, ashore, in Boirche, is
given in Irish in the Annals of Ulster at the
year 752, in nearly the same words as used by
the Four Masters ; and in the Annals of Clon-
macnoise at 740.

‘ For a long time; pm pé cian—An alias
reading is inserted in a more modern hand:
“no pm pé imcéin.”

342 aNNaza RIOSshachcta €iReann.

[740.

Corp Cort, peacht ccéo cftpachac. On vana bliadain v0 Domnall.
Fonanoan, abb Cluana h€parpo, vécc. Cummene hUa Maonarg, abb Lamve
Léine, vé5. Conguyp, ancoipe Cluana Opie, vécc. Ceanopaolad, com-
anba Opoma Cuilinn, vécc.

Corp Cmorc, peache ccéd cltpachat a haon. Cn cpear bliadam vo
Oomnall. Conbmac, eppcop Acha Tpuim, vécc. Oubdaboipfno Ua beccam,
abb Cluana h€omp, Aongup, mac Tiobnaicce, abb Cluana Potca baorcain
Aba, Cialcpocc, abb Slaip: Naowe, b6eocall Apoachard, Prongal Lip mop,
Maolanpa Cille achand Opompocca, Seachnapac, mac Colgan, mgfpna
Ua cCenpealaig, vécc. Jomaipecc Racha ciile ma nOnmcan, 1 ccopcamp
hUanpgup, mac Paccna.

Coip Cmorc, peacht ccéo ceachpachac a 06. On clépamad bliadamn
vo Oomnall. S$. Cuanan 6linve, abb Marge bile, vécc 3 Appil. Abel, abb
Imleacha Pia, vécc. Sanan, abb b{nncaip, vés5. Comman ino Roip, 7 ba
habb Cluana mic Noip epide, ba fp lan vo path O€ € beor,7 a Ecc. Plp-
vacpfoch, abb Oaipmny), vécc. Cucummne, eccnaid togaide eipide, do écc.
Ap 06 vo pome Cloamnan an pann, via gneapachc fyi leigionn.

‘ Cucuimne, po leg puiche co opurmne,
Ach ale annacha po lece ap a chaillecha.

" Forannan, §c.—These entries, and a few
others omitted by the Four Masters, are given
in the Annals of Ulster under the year 744:

“In nocte signum horribile et mirabile visum est
in stellis. Forannan, Abbas Cluana Iraird, obitt,
et Congus anchorita Cluana-Tibrinne; Cum-
mane Aua Maenaig, Abbas Lainne-leire, mortuus
est. Bellum inter Nepotes Tuirtre & na hAir-
thern. Congal mac Eignich victor fuit, et Cu-
congalt, filius nepotis Cathasaig, fugitivus evasit,
et cecidit Bocaill, mac Concobair, e Ailill, nepos
Cathasaig; in-innis itir da Dabul gestum est”
[at Inis betweene the two Davuls it was fought.
— Cod. Clarend., 49]. ‘* Mors Conaill Foltchain,
scribe. Mors Cinnfaela, principis Droma-cuilinn.
Mors filii Indfertaigse, Abbatis Tighe Taille.”

* Lann-Leire.—Now the old church of Lyn,
on the east side of Lough Ennell, in the barony

of Fartullagh, and county of Westmeath. Cum-
mine hUa Maenaig is anglicised ‘* Comynge
O’Mooney” by Connell Mageoghegan, in his
translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise at
the year 741.

* Cluain-Tibhrinne.—N ow Clontivrin, a town-
land in the barony of Clankelly, on the confines
of the counties of Monaghan and Fermanagh,

and about one Irish mile west of the town of fl

Clones. The ruins of an old church were to be

seen in this townland till about forty-three i
years ago, when they were destroyed by @ {—
farmer of the name of Stephenson, who tilled
the spot, and removed every trace of its sanctity. |
In O’Olery’s Irish Calendar, at 24th October,
the church of ‘ Cluain Tibpinne” is placed in |
the territory of ‘Clann Ceallang.” 4 y
Y Druim-Chuilinn.—Now sara in the :

740.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

343
The Age of Christ, 740. The second year of Domhnall. Forannan", Abbot

. of Cluain-Eraird [Clonard], died. Cuimmene hUa Maenaigh, Abbot of Lann-

Leire”, died. Congus, anchorite of Cluain-Tibhrinne*, died. Ceannfaeladh,
Comharba of Druim-Chuilinn’, died.

The Age of Christ, 741. Cormac’, Bishop of Ath-Truim [Trim], died.
Dubhdabhoireann Ua Beccain, Abbot of Cluain-Eois [Clones]; Aenghus, son
of Tibraide, Abbot of Cluain-foda Baedain-abha [Clonfad]; Cialtrog, Abbot of
Glais-Naeidhe [Glasnevin]; Beochaill, of Ard-achadh [Ardagh]; Finghal, of
Lis-mor; Maelanfaidh, of Cill-achaidh-Droma-foda[Killeigh]; and Seachnasach,
son of Colgan, Lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. The battle of Rath-cuile*, by
Anmchadh, in which Uargus, son of Fachtna, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 742. The fourth year of Domhnall. St.Cuanan’Glinne,
Abbot of Magh-bile [Movilla], died on the 8rd of April. Abel, Abbot of
Imleach-Fia, died. Saran, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Comman of
Ross‘, who was Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, and eke a man full of the grace of
God was he, died. Feardacrich, Abbot of Dairinis*, died. Cucummne, a select
philosopher, died. It was for him Adamnan composed a quatrain, to stimulate

him to learning :

Cucuimne read the authors half through,
The other half of his career he abandoned for his hags.

south of the barony of Fircal, or Eglish, in the
King’s County.—See note under the year 721.

* Cormac, §-c.—These entries are given in the
Amnals of Ulster under the year 745, with a
fiw others omitted by the Four Masters, as:
“ Dracones in celo vist sunt. Sarughadh Domh-
naigh Phadraig ; vii Cimmidi crucifixi”? [The
fircible entry of Donaghpatrick, and six pri-
scners crucified or tortured.]—Ann. Ult. Ed.
O’ Conor, et Cod. Clarend., 49.

* Rath-cuile.—This is probably the Rath-cuile,
ai glicé Rathcoole, a townland in the parish and
barony of Ratoath, and county of Meath.—See
the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, published by
Colgan, part iii, c. 14, Tr. Thawm., p. 151.

* St. Cuanan, §c.—These entries are given in
the Annals of Ulster under the year 746.

° Comman of Ross.—According to Colgan
(Acta Sanctorum, p. 791, n. 12) this was the
patron saint of Roscommon.—See note under
the year 746.

4 Dairinis : i.e. Oak-Island. There were two
monasteries of this name in Treland, one on an
island in the bay of Wexford, and the other,
which is probably the one here referred to, on
the Abhainn-mhor, or Blackwater River, and
about two miles and a half north-west of
Youghal, in the county of Waterford. ‘The
place is now called Molana, from St. Maelanfaidh,
its patron saint. In O’Clery’s Irish Calendar
at 3lst.January, the Dairinis, of which St. Mae-
lanfaidh was patron, is described as near Lis-
mor-Mochuda, now Lismore, in the county of
Waterford ; and in the Gloss to the Feilire-

344 GNNata RIOshachta eiReann. (743.

Frmpecap Cucummne :

Cucurmne, po léig puiche co opumne,
Clich ale anaro cu, legpard huile copop pur.

Tuachatan, abb Cinn Rigmonaid, vé5. Choneach baipligge, vécc. lacob
Ua Ponannam, ppoicfpcag (ppna ma ampip, vé5. Ruman, mac Colman,
paor m eccna, 1 ccpomic, 7 1 pilubecht, vécc. Muipfoach Mtno, coipec
Ua Méich, 00 manbad 1 cCiml Cummanps, la hUlcarb. Ged Muinofps, mac
Placb cag, wgZfina an Tuaipeceint, vég. Seachnupach, mac Colgan, pf
Largtn Ofpsabaip, vécc. lomaipece Carpn Ailche la Mumann, m po manbad
Coipppe, mac Condionaips. lomaipecc ma nOnmchard, 1 cconcain Coinppe,
EMsur, asup Caicfp meic Cumpcnas, co pé coipechoib véce mmaille piu.
Fiachna, mac Sapbpam Mhive, vo badad 1 Coch Rib. Ountamg, mac Oun-
con, TIS(pna Ceneoil Apogail, vécc.

Cop Cmorc, peacht ccéd cltpachac acpi. On curccead bliadam vo
Oomnall. Apapccac abb Murcinps Regul, d0 baoavh. Oovimméc, ancoim,

Aenguis, at the same day, it is described near
the mouth of the River Abhann-mor.

© Cucuimne.—These lines are given in the Liber
Hymnorum, fol. 10, a, in a preface to a hymn by
Cucuimne in praise of the Virgin Mary, from
which it appears that he was leading a bad life :
‘quia conjugem habuit, et in mala vita cum illa fuit:
no comad vo nézigao0 pemi a neich nav poache
leip ora Légunod vo gnecth in molad pa do
Maine.” [Or it was to facilitate his progress in
what he had not compassed of his studies that
he composed this praise of the Virgin Mary. ]

Ceann-Righmonaidh.—In the Feilire-Aenguis
and O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, this monastery is
called Cill-Righmonaidh, and described as in
Alba, or Scotland. It was the ancient name of
St. Andrews.

8 Baisleac : i.e. Basilica, now Baslick, in the
barony of Ballintober, and county of Roscom-
This church is called Baisleac-mor, Ba-
silica magna, in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick,
lib. ii. c. 52.—See Colgan’s 7rias Thaum., p. 177,

mon.

note 104, where it is described as ‘ Ecclesia
parrochialis Diocesis Alfinnensis in regiuncula
et decanatu de Siol-Muireadhuigh.”

» Ua-Forannain.— A. D. 746. Quies Jacobi

O’Farannain predicatoris maximi tempore suo?

—Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., 49.
* Rumann, son of Colman.—The death of this
poet, Rumann (who is called the Virgil of Ire-

land in his genealogy in the Book of Ballymote) ;
is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year
746, and in the Annals of Tighernach at 747,

which is the true year: ‘“‘ Rumann mac Colman,
poeta optimus, quievit.”—Ann. Tig. For a curious

notice of this poet see Petrie’s Round Towers, ;

pp. 348, 349. sy

5 Cuil- Cummaisg : i, e. the Corner or Angle of ,
Not identified. a |
* Tuaisceart: i. e. the North. The word |

the Conflict.

Tuaisceart is used here and generally in thé
Irish annals to denote the country of the north- |

743.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

345

Cucuimne replied : x

Cucuimne’ read the authors half through,
During the other half of his career he will read till he will become an
_adept.

Tuathalan, Abbot of Ceann-Righmonaidh‘, died. Aidhneach, of Baisleac®,
died. Jacob Ua Forannain", a learned preacher in his time, died. Rumann, son
of Colman’, an adept in wisdom, chronology, and poetry, died. Muireadhach
Meann, chief of Ui-Meith, was slain at Cuil-Cummaisg! by the Ulidians. Aedh
Muindearg, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of Tuaisceart*, died. Seachnasach,
son of Colgan, King of South Leinster, died. The battle of Carn-Ailche! [was
fought] by the Munstermen, in which Cairbre, son of Cudinaisg, was slain. A
battle [was fought] by Anmchadh, in which Cairbre, Fearghus, and Caicher,
sons of Cumascrach, were slain, and sixteen chieftains along with them. Fiachra,
son of Gaphran, of Meath, was drowned in Loch Ribh”.
Dunchu, lord of Cinel-Ardghail", died.

The Age of Christ, 743. The fifth year of Domhnall. Arasgach, Abbot
of Muicinis-Riagail’, was drowned. Dodimog, the anchorite, Abbot of Cluain-

Dunlaing, son of

t2nding from Rathlin Island, on the north, to
tie River Ravel on the south, and comprising
tie modern baronies of Cary and Dunluce, the
greater part of Kilconway, and the north-east
Liberties of Coleraine.—See Reeves’s Fcclesi-
atical Antiquities of Down and Connor, &c.,
p> 71, 324.

| Carn-Ailche: i.e. the Carn of Ailche, a
man’s name. This is most probably the place
now called Carnelly, near the town of Clare, in
the county of Clare.

" Loch Ribh.—Also called Loch Righe, an ex-
paasion of the River Shannon, between Athlone
an] Lanesborough.

‘ Cinel-Ardghail.—Situation of this tribe not
devermined. _

' Muicinis-Riagail: i.e. Hog-Island of St. Ria-

' gailor Regulus, now Muckinish, in Loch Deirg-

dhcire, now Lough Derg, an expansion of the
Shinnon between Killaloe and Portumna, Dr.

O’Conor translates this passage in the Annals of
the Four Masters, p. 268, ‘‘ Arasgachus Abbas
Mucinisensis ab Alienigenis dimersus ;” and in
the Annals of Ulster, where a parallel passage
occurs under the year 747, p. 92, he renders it,
“Dimersio Arascachi Abbatis insula porcorum
ab alienigenis;” to which he appends the fol-
lowing note: ‘ Hic Dani vel Norwegi, nomine
In his
enim Annalibus semper Hibernice appellantur
gall, goll, et guill.” On this Mr. Moore improves
in his History of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 2, n., as fol-
lows: “The Annals of Ulster refer to A. D.
747 the date of this attack upon Rechrain by
the Danes, and record, as the first achievement
of these marauders, the drowning of the Abbot
of Rechran’s pigs. Badudh Arascaich ab Muic-
Thus has Irish history been

Alienigenarum subintelligi videntur.

cinnse re guil.”
manufactured! Dr. O’Conor mistranslates the
Irish of the Annals, and Mr. Moore mistranslates

23;

ANNQta RIOshachta elReEANN.

346 (744.

abb Cluana hInaino, 7 Cille vana, vécc. Cobtach, abb Reachnamne, vé5.
Cuan Camm egnaid, vés5. Cuan angcome 6 Liolcaré, 0é5. Murmptno, ingtn
Ceallaig Cualann, bfn lopsalang, vécc. Congal, mac Eigmch, cigfpna na
nCippc(p, vo manbad 1 Raith Epclain la Oonn boo, mac Conbpfcan.

Coip Cniort, peacht ccév clépachac acléaip. On peipead bliadam vo
Oomnall. bpeapal, mac Colgan, abb P(pna, vécc. Cibep, abb Marge bile,
vécc. Conall, abb Tuama Gpeine, és. Seigeme Clanaich ovécc. Mac
Cuanach, eccnad vo Cenel Coinppe, vecc. Cluain pinta Opfnainn vo Lor-
ccad. Cnpad mén do teacht 1pm mbliadainy), co po baitead opons moép vo
muincin Iae Colaim Cille. Conomach, mac nOenvenorg, vécc. lomamecc
Cinve Cianachca la Oungal, mac Amalgaoha, m po mapbad Chthill, mac

Ouiboacpioch hl Chinopaoland, 7 m po mapbad Oomnall, mac Cionaovo, hi —

pmochsuin ian mbuadugad 06 an céid plche.

Coipppe, mac Mupchavha

Miohig, vécc, 7 becc baele, mac Eachach.

Dr. O’Conor’s Latin! That Muicinis-Riagail is
the name of an island in Lough Derg, and that
it received that name from St. Riagail or Regu-
lus, its patron saint, will appear from the Feizre-
Aenguis, and O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at 16th
October, in which he is called, ‘* Riagail Muic-
innpe Fop Coe Oeipsveinc,” i.e. Riagail of
Muckinish or Hog-Island, in Loch-Deirgdheire.”
Had Dr. O’Conor, and his humble follower,
Mr. Moore, studied Colgan’s Acta SS., they
would have learned that Riagail or Regulus
was the name of a saint whose festival was cele-
brated on Muic-inis, i.e. Hog-Island, in Loch
Deirgdhearc, in Dal Cais, and that it has no
reference to Danes or foreigners. Colgan has
the following note on Regulus in the Life of St.
Farannan, at 15th January: “ Regulus de Muc-
inis in regione de Dal Cais, c.7. Ejus natalis
celebratur 16 Octobris in insula lacus Deirg-
dhearc, que Muc-inis appellatur, ut docent
Martyrolog. Tamhl. et Aingussius auctus ad
eundem diem.”—Acta SS., p. 339, n. 24. This
mistake is the less excusable in Dr. O’Conor,
because the old translator of the Annals of Ul-

ster (Cod. Clarend. 49) renders the passage cor-
rectly: ‘The drowning of Arascagh Abbas

Muicinse-Regail,” and because he might have 3

learned, even from Archdall, who refers to the

proper authority, that “ Regulus, who was living —

in the time of the great St. Columb, was abbot
of Mucinis, in Lough-Derg, bordering the county
of Galway, where his festival is held on the 16th
of October.”—Monast. Hiber., p. 294.

By what process of reasoning Mr. Moore came — |

tothe conclusion that the abbot referred to in this
passage, at A. D. 747, was abbot of Rechrainn

oe ae

‘
%
a)
D
3
.
&
iy
na

(a place which was not attacked by the Danes |

till the year 795), the Editor cannot éven ima-

gine, and whence he inferred that it was the

abbot’s pigs that were drowned, and not the ||

abbot himself, looks still stranger, for O’Conor’s
Latin, literally translated, means ‘‘ The drown-
ing of Arascach, abbot of Pig-island, by the
foreigners.” The name of St. Reguil or Regu
lus has been, by O’Conor, split in two, and, by
a false analysis, converted into the preposition
pe, “by,” and gallaib, “ foreigners.” The

passages given by the Four Masters under the ql

744.) 347

Traird [Clonard], and Cill-dara [Kildare], died. Cobhthach, Abbot of Reach-
rainn, died) Cuan Cam the Wise, died. Cuan, Anchorite of Lilcach®, died.
Muireann, daughter of Cealach Cualann, [and] wife of Irgalach, died. Con-
gal, son of Eigneach, lord of the Airtheara [the Oriors], was slain at Rath-
Esclair‘, by Donnboo, son of Cubreatan. Ships", with their crews, were plainly
seen in the sky this year.

The Age of Christ, 744. The sixth year of Domhnall. Breasal*, son of
Colgan, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns], died. Liber, Abbot of Magh-bile, died.
Conall, Abbot of Tuaim-Greine, died. Seigeine of Clarach died. Mac Cua-
nach the Wise [one] of the Cinel-Cairbre‘, died. Cluain-fearta-Brenainn [Clon-
fert] was burned. A great storm" occurred in this year, so that a great number
of the family of Ia-Coluim Cille [Iona], were drowned. Connmach, son of
Oendenog, died. The battle of Ard-Cianachta by Dungal, son of Amhalgaidh,
in which was slain Ailill, son of Dubhdachrich Ua Cinnfaelaidh, and in which
was slain Domhnall, son of Cinaedh, in the heat of the conflict, after he had, at
the first, gained the victory. Cairbre, son of Murchadh Midheach, died, and

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

peat
LTRS OS RAE

Beccbaile, son of Eochaidh.

year 743, are entered in the Annals of Ulster
inder 747, together with a few others totally
omitted by the Four Masters, as follows :

“A.D. 747. Badubh Arascaich, Ab. Muicc-
innse Reguil” [the Drowning of Arascach, Abbot
of Muicinnis-Regail.— Cod. Clarend. 49.] ‘ Quies
Cuaind Caimb Sapientis. Nix insolite magnitudinis,
1a ut pene pecora deleta sunt tocius Hibernie, et postea
i. wolita siccitate mundus exarsit. Mors Indrechtaig,
Ltegis Cianachte. Dormitatio Dodimoc, Anchorite
«\bbatis Cluano-Iraird e¢ Kildaro do chumhaidh”
[of grief]. ‘* Sapiens Murenn, filia Ceallaig
Cualann, Regina Irgalaig” [principis] “ mori-
tur. Occisio Congaile, mic Hicnig, regis na nAir-
ther i rRaith Esclaith. Zex Au Suanaich for
Leith Cuinn. Flann Foirbthe, mac Fogartaig,
a Cuan Ancorita 6 Lilcach moriuntur.”

The Annals of Clonmacnoise, which are very
meagre at~this period, notice the great snow,
rand the drought which ensued it, and the es-
ta lishment of the Rules of O’Suanaigh, under

' the year 744.

P Lilcach.—See notes ‘, *, under A. D. 512,
p- 167, supra.

4 Rath-Esclair: i.e. Esclar’s Fort. This is
probably the place now called Rathesker, situated
about two miles and a half west of Dunleer, in
the county of Louth.

* Ships.— A. D. 648. Naves in aere vise sunt,
cum suis viris os cinn Cluana maccunois” [over
Clonmacnoise].— Ann. Ult. See Hardiman’s
edition of O’Flaherty’s Jar-Connaught, p. 33,
note ».

* Breasal, §c.—These entries are given in the
Annals of Ulster, at the year 748.

t Cinel-Cairbre: i. e. the Race of Cairbre, son
of the monarch Niall of the Nine Hostages,
seated in the present barony of Granard, in the
county of Longford.

“A great storm.—‘ Dimersio familie Ie propter
ventum magnum.’—Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend.,
49.

Dy ews

348 ANNQG~a RIOshachta elReGgNnn. (745.
Aop Cort, plche ccéd clthpachac a cing. On pfchcmad bliadam bo
Oormnall. $. Suaipleach, eppcop Pobaip, vécc 21 Mane. Oubodleithe

na Opaippne, abb Cille Scipe, vécc. Mac Neamnall, abb bronpae, vécc.
Comonbach, mac Cellam, ab Cille moip Imp, vég. Pobon 7 Oormach
Pavpaice vo lopccad. Cachal Maenmaighe, migfna Ua Maine, vécc.
blachmac, mac Coibofhaig, tigfina Mupccpaiwde, vécc. Ouboabointno,
cisfina Ua Prdgeince, vécc. Anmchard, coipfch Ua Liachain, vég. loman-
peacc Inpe Snaice pa nOnmcaid, mac Concfpca. Cudionaipe Ua Ppgupa
oUib Piachpach, vécc. Piachna, mac Cilene, cig na Mugoonn, vo mapbad.
[Eogon mac Tpipoic, abb, vécc].

Qoip Cort, pecht ccéd cftpachac apé. On cochtmad vo Domnall.
Maolhomapchaip, eppcop Eachdpoma, vécc. Cuangup, abb Léich mop,
Colman na mbnlcan, mac Paola, abb Slaine, vécc. Nuada, mac
Ouwbrylebe, abb Cluana h€orp, v€5. Funra, abb Leacnae Mhive, vécc. Lops-
laigve eaccnaid vég. Eochad Cill Toma, Cele Oulanys 6 Ocuminip déce.
Mac hUige Lip mop [vécc], Lopccad lech aiple Cluanah lonaipo.
mac 6arcbeictne, vécc. [$. Coman .1. naom Roppa Comam, agur ip uad amm-
ms tean Rop Chomain veeppe ran bliadain pin, no pan bliadain nap noing

vécc.

bpan, |

“ Suairleach, §c.—These entries are given in
the Annals of Ulster under the year 749.

* Cill-Scire : i.e. the Church of the Virgin, St.
Scire, who flourished about the year 580, now
Kilskeery, in the county of Meath, about five
miles north-west of the town of Kells. The
festival of St. Scire of this church is set down
in the Feilire-Aenguis, and in O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar, at the 24th of March.—See Colgan’s
Acta Sanctorum, p. 337. This Dubdathelethe
seems to have been the author of Irish annals
referred to in the Annals of Ulster.

Y Cill-mor-Inir.—Called in the Annals of
Ulster Cill-mor-Einir. This is the church of
Kilmore, situated about three Irish miles east
of the city of Armagh.—See Magh-Enir at A. D.
825, and Cill-mor-Maighe-Emhir at A. D. 872.

* Domhnach-Padraig: i.e. Patrick’s Church,
now Donaghpatrick, a townland giving name

to a small parish situated near Tailltin, midway
between the towns of Kells and Navan, in the

. county of Meath.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum.,

p. 129.
* Muscraighe.—There were many territories
of this name in Munster, but the one here re-

ferred to is probably Muscraighe Mitine, now

the barony of Muskerry, in the county of Cork.
This would appear from its contiguity to Ui-
Fidhgeinte, the -plains of the now county of
Limerick, and Ui-Liathain, in the county of
Cork.—See notes under the years A. M. 2
3273, and A. D. 1579 and 1583.

> Anmchaidh.— He was the ancestor of

O’hAnmchadha, chief of Ui-Liathain, before q d

the English Invasion.

¢ Inis-Snaig.—Now Inishnag, a townland giv-

ing name to a parish situated at the confluence

of the River Abhainn Righ, or Callan River, — :

nti

349

745.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

The Age of Christ, 745. The seventh year of Domhnall. St. Suairleach”,
Bishop of Fobhar [Fore], died on the 21st of March. Dubhdaleithe of the
Writing, Abbot of Cill-Scire*, died. Mac Neamhnaill, Abbot of Birra [Birr],
died. Comorbach, son of Ceallan, Abbot of Cill-mor-Inir’, died. Fobhar and
Domhnach-Padraig* were burned. Cathal Maenmaighe, Lord of Ui-Maine, died.
Blathmhac, son of Coibhdeanach, Lord of Muscraighe*, died. Dubhdabhoi-
reann, Lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. Anmchaidh’, chief of Ui-Liathain, died.
The battle of Inis-Snaig*, by Anmchaidh, son of Cucearca. Cudinaisc Ua-
Fearghusa [one] of the Ui-Fiachrach, died. Fiachra, son of Ailene, lord of
Mughdhorna’, was killed. [Eogon’, son of Tripot, an abbot, died].

The Age of Christ. 746. The eighth year of Domhnall. Maelimarchair,
Bishop of Eachdruim! [Aughrim], died. Cuangus, Abbot of Liath-mor, died.
Colman of the Britons, son of Faelan, Abbot of Slaine, died. Nuada, son of
Dubhsleibhe, Abbot of Cluain-Eois [Clones], died. Fursa, Abbot of Leacain-
Midhe*, died. Losglaigde the Wise died. Eochaidh, of Cill-Toma', [and] Ceile-
Dulaisi, of Daimhinis [Devenish], died. Mac hUige, of Lis-mor, died. The
burning of half the Granary of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard]. Bran, son of Baitbeitre,
died. [St. Coman' the Saint, of Ros-Chomain, and from whom Ros-Chomain

vith the Nore, near Thomastown, in the county
of Kilkenny.

4 Mughdhorna: i. e. of Crich-Mughdhorna,
1.ow the barony of Cremorne, in the county of
Monaghan.

¢ Eogon.—This is inserted in a modern hand in
t ie Stowe copy.—See Dr. O’Conor’s Ed., p. 270.

£ Of Eachdruim.—* A. D. 747. Moyle-Imor-
cior, Bushop of Achroym O’Mayne” [Aughrim
Cmany], “ died.”—Anzn. Clon.

8 Leacain-Midhe: i. e. Leacain of Meath, now
L>ckin, an old church, near Bunbrusna, in the
bi rony of Corkaree, and county of Westmeath.
T1is church was built by St. Cruimin, who was
coatemporary with St. Fechin of Fore, and
whose festival was celebrated here on the 28th
of June.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, pp.
141, 231. In the Annotations to the Feilire-
Acnguis, preserved in the Leabhar-Breac, this

church is called Lecain-mor Midhe, and placed
in the territory of Ui-Mic-Uais Midhe. It is
not in the modern barony of Ui-Mic-Uais, or
Moygoish, but lies a short distance from its
eastern boundary, in the adjoining barony of
Corkaree, which shows that in forming the
baronies the exact boundaries of the territories
were not preserved.

» Cill-Toma.—Now Kiltoom, near Castlepol-
lard, in the county of Westmeath. These en-
tries are given in the Annals of Ulster at the
year 749.

' St. Coman.—This is inserted in a hand more
modern than the autograph in the Stowe copy.
According to Colgan (Acta Sanctorum, p. 791,
not. 12), the Coman, whose death, as abbot of
Clonmacnoise, is mentioned by the Four Masters
at the year 742, was the saint after whom Ros-
Chomain, now Roscommon, was named. His

350 aNNaza RIOshachta elReaNN.

(747.

agup p5mbcan ain go parb pé 0a céd bliadain oaoip.
na hannalaib cia acu bliadam nan é% pé, Fea. ]

Coip Cpiorc, peache ccéd clépachac a peachc. » An nomad bliadamn vo
Oomnall. S$. Cilem Onoigtech, abb lae,7 angcoie, vécc 3 lulu. Cachal,
mac Popannain, abb Cille vana, vég. Oricolla, mac Meine, abb Ins Mu-
plohag, vécc. Piachna Ua Maicmad, abb Cluana pfpca bpfhainn, Opbpan,
angcoipe, 7] eppcop Cluana cpfma, Reachcabpac Ua Huaipe, abb Tuarha
Spéne, Maolcule, abb Tipe va slap, vécc.
Munn, coipec Cenel Caipbpe, véce. Innpeachzach, mac Muipeadhoig Minn,
vé5. Poromfno, mac Pallang, correc Conaille Mupnteimne, Conaing Ua Oub-
ot, TIZlpna Cainppe Ceabséa, vés. Plann, mac Ceallans, cis(pna Mur-
cnaige, vécc.

Cloip Core, peacht ccéd cftpachac a hoéc. An veacmad bliadam vo
Oomnall. S. Maccoiccet, abb Lip mop, vég 3 Oecembep. S. Lurcmd, abb
Cluana mic Noip, vég 29 Appl. S. Cellan, abb Cluana pfpca Opfnainn,
vécc. Scannlan Ou Ufeglanys, vécc. Moban vécc. Pipblar, mac Mapgura,
eaccnald, 0é5. Scannlan Cluana bdoipfnd vécc. Puppa Eara mic n€ipe
0é5. [Eap mic n€ipe pon bill Cap Ui Plomn amGé]. Tomaleac, mac

(ca impearan eoin

FPlaizhbencach, mac Conall .

Maoilecule vo manbad.

CQoip Core, peacht cced cftpachac anao. Cn caonmad bladain véce
Cfpban Oambias vécc. Abel Acha Ommne v€é5. Comspioc

vo Oomnall.

death is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the
year 746. According to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar,
at 26th December, the Coman, who was the
founder and first Abbot of Roscommon, was a
disciple of St. Finian of Clonard, and was a
young man in the year 550, and-it is added
that the year of his death is unknown. The
same is stated in an extract given from an old
Life of Coman by Ussher, in Primord., p. 1066;
so that, if we may rely upon these authorities,
it is quite evident that the Coman who died in
742, or 746, was not the Coman who founded
Roscommon.

* Cilleni Droigthech: recte, Droichteach, i. e.
Cillini the Bridge-maker. These entries are
given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 651.

Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, King of Ulidia, was
called Fiachna Dubh Droichtech, i. e. Black

Fiachna of the Bridges, because he built Droi- — |
ched-na-Feirse and Droiched-Mona-Damh.— |

See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down
and Connor, §c., p. 359. !

1 Inis-Muireadhaigh : i. e. Muireadhach’s Is-
land, now Inishmurray, an island off the coast
of the barony of Carbury, in the county of
Sligo, on which are the ruins of a primitive

Irish monastery, consisting of small churches i
and cells, surrounded with a stone wall, builé |
of cliff stones, in the Cyclopean style, without |

cement of any kind. j
™ Cluain-creamha : i.e. the Lawn or Meadow

of the Wild Garlic, now Clooncraff, near Elphin, i :

i
!
i

~

747.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 351

is named, died this year, or the year after it.
Annals as to which year he died, &c.]

The Age of Christ, 747. The ninth year of Domhnall. St. Cilleni Droig-
thech*, Abbot of Ia, and an anchorite, died on the 3rd of July. Cathal, son of
Forannan, Abbot of Cill-dara [Kildare], died. Dicolla, son of Meinide, Abbot
of Inis-Muireadhaigh', died. Fiachna Ua Maicniadh, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-
Brenainn [Clonfert]; Osbran, anchorite, and Bishop of Cluain-creamha™; Reach-
tabhrat Ua Guaire, Abbot of Tuaim Greine [Tomgraney]; Maeltuile, Abbot
of Tir-da-ghlas[Terryglass], died. Flaithbheartach, son of Conall Meann, chief
of Cinel-Cairbre, died. Innreachtach, son of Muireadhach Meann, died: Foid-
meann, son of Fallach, chief of Conaille-Muirtheimhne ; Conaing Ua Duibhduin,
lord of Cairbre-Teabhtha’, died. Flann, son of Ceallach, lord of Muscraighe
[Muskerry], died.

The Age of Christ, 748. The tenth year of Domhnall. St. Maccoigeth’,
Abbot of Lis-mor, died on the 3rd of December. St. Luicridh, Abbot of
Cluain-mic-Nois, died on the 29th of April. St. Cellan, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-
Brenainn, died. Scannlan, of Dun-Lethglaise [Downpatrick], died. Mobai
lied. Fearblai, son of Margus, a wise man”, died. Fursa, of Eas-mic-n-Eirc,
lied. [Eas-mic-n-Eire on the Buill, at this day Eas-Ui-Fhloinn‘]. Tomaltach,
son of Maeltuile, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 749. The eleventh year of Domhnall. Cearban’, of
}Jaimhliag [Duleek], died. Abel, of Ath-Oirne’, died. Loingseach, son of

There is a discrepancy in the

2S «

a

5
=o

“a>

inthe county of Roscommon.—See note °, under
4. D. 1451, p. 975; and A. D. 1405, p. 783.

” Cairbre-Teabhtha : i. e. Carbury of Teffia,
now the barony of Granard, in the county of
Longford.

° St. Maccoigeth, §c.—These entries are given
in the Annals of Ulster under the year 752, but
the true year is 753, as appears from an eclipse
. of the sun mentioned in the Ulster Annals as
having occurred in 752, for that eclipse really
happened on the 9th of January, at 11 o’clock
A. M.—See Art de Ver. les Dates, tom. 1, p- 66.

“A wise man.—* A. D. 752. Mors Ferblai,
ili’ Nargusso, sapientis.””—Ann. Ult.

4 Kas-Ui-Fhloinn.—Now Assylin, near the
town of Boyle, in the county of Roscommon.—
See note 5, under A. D. 1209, p. 161. The
words enclosed in brackets are in a modern
hand in the Stowe copy.—See Dr. O’Conor’s
edition of these Annals, p. 272.

* Cearban, §:c.—These entries are given in the
Annals of Ulster, at the year 753.

* Ath-Oirne.—In the Annals of Ulster, at the
year 753, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
at 750, this place is called Ath-Omna, i. e. Ford
of the Oak, which is the true form of the name.
According to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, St. Sei-
sein was venerated at Ath-Omna, on the 31st

352 aNNaza RIOshachta Eireann. (750.

mac Plaitbencorg, cigfina Ceneoil Conall, és. Plann, mac Concubaip,
cip(pna Marge hQh, vécc. CTuachlaiche, msn Catal, bin mg Cangtn véce.
lomainece Ono Naercan eitip Ua mbpium 7 Cenel Coipppe, ou m po man-
bad pochade. Fomntbe Potanc Pea vOpnagib. Cachapach .. pi Ulad,
mac Ohlealla, oo manbad i Rat bechech. Congup pepibnd, eppcop Anoa
Maca, vo écc. Oo Chenel nAinmine vopde.

Coy Cmopt, peacht ccéd caoga. On vana bliadain vécc 00 Oomnall.
Oaolgup, abb Cille Scipe, vécc. Prangalach, mac Cinméada, mic Maorle-
cupaic, abb Inn bo fimne pon Loc Rib. Sneichcert, abb nQonopoma, décc.
Piomame Ua Suanaig, angcoipe Raitne, vécc. Cluam muc Noir 00 lopccad
21 00 Manca. Cachal mac Oianmacca, eccnaid, vécc. Flartmad, mac
Cnuchas, ci5(mna Ua Merk, 065.

Inpfchcach, mac Oluchars, cigfpna

Ua Maine, décc.

mac Cnméada, décc.

Clip Cort, peacht ccédv caoga a haon. Cn cheap bliadain vdécc do
Oomnall. Colgal, angcompe, 6 Imlioch Ponvdeonac, 7 o Cluam mic Nop, vécc.
baechallac, mac Colman hUi Suibne, abb,Acha Tpuim, v€>5.
mac Faolam hUi Silne, vécc. Popannan, eppcop Mlchaip Tnuim, vécc. — ~

of August.
name of Port-Omna, now Portumna, on the

This may have been the ancient

Shannon, in the barony of Longford, and county
of Galway.

* Ard-Naescan.—Now Ardnyskine, near Ar-
dagh, and county of Longford.

* Fotharta-Fea.—More anciently called Magh-
Fea, now the barony of Forth, in the county
of Carlow.—See note ', on Magh-Fea, under
A. M. 2527, p. 5, and note ", on Cill-Osnadha,
under A. D. 489, p.152, supra. According to the
Book of Ballymote, fol. 77, a remarkable hole-
stone (now called Cloch a? phoill, situated two
miles to the south of the town of Tullow) is in
‘the territory of Fotharta-Fea, near the ford of.
Ath-fadhat, on the bank of the River Slaney.
In. Grace’s Annals and Anglo-Irish records this
territory is called Fohart O’Nolan, from O’No-

Flaitna, mac Plamn, mic Congaile, toipec Ua False,
vécc. lomaipecc Cinvebnat,1 ccopchain baobsal, mac P(pgail. Piangalac

Copnbmac,

lan, its chieftain, after the establishment of
surnames. — See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iil.
c. 64.

“ Rath- Bethech.—Now Rathbeagh, a townland
on the Nore, in the barony of Galway, and |
county of Kilkenny.—See note %, under A.M. >
3501, p. 26, supra. Li

* Congus.—He succeeded in 730. See Colgan’s }
Trias Thaum., p. 294, and Harris’s Ware’s Bi-
shops, p. 41. ih

¥ Inis-Bo-finne : i.e. the Island of the White ! |
Cow, now Inishbofin, an island in that part of i
Loch Ribh or Lough Ree, which belongs to the —
county of Longford, where St. Rioch erected a i ;

Acta SS., pp. 266 and 268, nn. 6,7, and the Map

to Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many. The most of |
these passages are given in the Annals of Ulster | _

750.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 353

Flaithbheartach, lord of Cinel-Conaill, died. Flann, son of Conchubhar, lord
of Magh-Ai, died. Tuathlaithe, daughter of Cathal, wife of the King of Lein-
ster, died. The battle of Ard-Naescan‘, between the Ui-Briuin and Cinel-
Cairbre, wherein many were slain. The devastation of Fotharta-Fea" by the
men of Osraighe [Ossory]. Cathasach, son of Ailell, King of Ulidia, was slain
at Rath-Bethech”. Congus*, the scribe, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died ;
he was of the race of Ainmire.

The Age of Christ, 750. The twelfth year of Domhnall. Daelgus, Abbot
of Cill-Scire [Kilskeery], died. Fiangalach, son of Anmchadh, son of Maelcu-
raich, Abbot of Inis-Bo-finne, in Loch Ribh’, [died]. Sneithcheist, Abbot of
Aendruim [Nendrum, in Loch Cuan], died. Fidhmuine Ua Suanaigh, ancho-
rite of Raithin’, died. ~ Cluain-mic-Nois was burned on the 21st of March.
Cathal, son of Diarmaid, a wise man’, died. Flaithniadh, son of Tnuthach,
lord of Ui-Meith, died. Inreachtach, son of Dluthach, lord of Ui-Maine, died.
Flaithnia, son of Flann, son of Congal, chief of Ui-Failghe, died. The battle
of Ceann-Fheabhrat’, in which Badhbhghal, son of Fearghal, was slain.
galach, son of Anmchadh, died.

The Age of Christ, 751. The thirteenth year of Domhnall. Aelgal, ancho-
tite of Imleach-Fordeorach’, and of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Baethallach, son
of Colman Ua Suibhne, Abbot of Ath-Truim [Trim], died. Cormac, son of
Faelan Ua Silne, died. Forannan, Bishop of Meathas Truim‘, died. Beannchair-

Fian-

ut the year 754. called ‘* Ancorita Cluana-Cormaic.”

* Raithin.—Now Rahen, in the King’s County.
-—-See Petrie’s Round Towers, pp. 240, 241. In
the Annals of Ulster the death of Fidhmuine,
nepos Suanaich, Anchorita Rathin, is entered
under the year 756. In the Annals of Clon-
niacnoise it is entered under the year 751:

“ A.D. 751. Luanusalias Fimoyne O’Swanaye
0‘ Rahin, died.”

* A wise man.— “A. D. 754. Cathal, mac
Diarmato, sapiens, et Doelgus, Abbas Cille-Scire,
mortut sunt.’—Ann. Ult.

» Ceann-Fheabhrat.See note *, under A. D.
186, p. 107, supra.

° Imleach-Fordeorach.—Not identified. In the
Annals of Ulster, at the year 755, Ailgal is

4 Meathas-Truim.—Called in the Annals of
Ulster ‘ Metus-tuirinn.” Not identified.

“ A.D. 755. Fergus, filivs Fothgaideirg, filii
Muredaig, rex Connacht, Ailgal, ancorita Cluana-
Cormaic, Forindan, Episcopus Methuis-tuirinn,
Baethallach,. filius Colmain, nepotis Suibne, mor-
tui sunt. Sloghadh Laighin la Domhnall fria
Niall co robhadar i Maigh Muirtheimne” [‘‘ The
armie of Leinster by Daniel upon Niall, untill
they were at Magh Murhevne.”—Cod. Clarend.,
42.] “ Naufragium Delbnae .i. xxx etar” [‘thirty
vessels.’ —Cod. Clarend., 49] “ prater unam in
Stagno Ri” [Lough Ree] “erga ducem .i. Diuma-
sach.”—Ann. Ult.

The shipwreck of the Dealbhna-Nuadhat is

27,

354

aNNaza RIOshachta eiReGNn.

(752.

bfinchaip mop vo lopccad la péle Pacpaice. Etpsur, mac Ceallaig, pi

Connacht, vécc.
co mbacan 1 Mus Muintemne.

Sloigead Larg(n la Oomnall, mac Mupchada, pm Niall
Lompbmpead Oealbna Nuadac pon Loch

Rib, ma ccis(ina Orumapac, con do po padead :

Tm naor nftain 1p a tpi, oon GHamannaise Cocha Rib,
Ni cfpna orb 1 mbfchad amam, ache lucz aen(taip.

Cat bealang cno ma sCpiomtann pon Oealbna Ua Maim, m po mapbad
Fino mac Cinb, cigfina Oealtna, og Tioppaic Finn, 7 an Oelmna imme, 4
ap ve pin aca Locan bealaig cpo,7 Tioppa Pino, uaip ag copnam an cpio-
chaic céd etip Suca 4 Sionainn bacan hUi Maine piu, ap pob pide tpocha

céo Oelbna.

Cp vopide po padead :

Cath bpfc buidnech bealang cpd, ba tnuasy cupup Oealbna 06,
Cmomtann veabtac oft vo pact, pon Oealbna neimnec Nuadac.
Finn mac Cinb, pop Oelbna, po sonad vo sab leabna,

Oon cach cpdda po ba cing, co conchaip 1c Tippaic Finn.

Qoip Cniopt, peacht ccéd caocca a6.

Cn cltpamad bliadain vécc vo

Oomnall. Sionchu, abb Lip méip vécc. Siadcal Linne Ouachal vécc. Cill

mép Ofotpaib vo lopecad la hOab Cpumtainn.

noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise,, under
the year 752, thus:

“ A. D. 752. The shipprack was this year of
Delvyn Nwagat (which is between the River
of Suck and Syninn), on Loch Rye, against their
Capitaine, Dimasach.”

© Beannchair-mor : i.e. the Great Beanchair,
i. e. the Great Monastery of Bangor, in the
county of Down.

‘ Gamhanraighe of Loch Ribh.—These were a
sept of the Firbolgs, who were seated in that
part of the now county of Roscommon lying
. between the River Suck and that expansion of
the Shannon called Loch Ribh or Lough Ree.
These had been subdued, but not expelled, at
an early period, by a sept of the Dal-Cais of
Thomond, called Dealbhna, and both were sub-
dued by the Ui-Maine, in the ninth century.—

See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p.83, note’,
and the map to that work.

® Bealach-cro: i. e. the Pass of Blood, or Bloody
This name, which would be anglicised
Ballaghcro, is now obsolete.

4 Finn, son of Arbh.—He was chief of Dealbhna-

Pass.

Nuadhat and of the race of Lughaidh Dealbh- —

Aedh, third son of Cas, the ancestor of the Dal-
Cais of Thomond. The Gamhanraidhe were his
serfs. :

‘ Lochan-Bealaigh-cro: i.e. the Pool or small
Lough of the Bloody Pass. This may be the
lough now called Loughcrone, situated near
Turrock, in the barony of Athlone, which isa
part of Dealbhna-Nuadhat, lying between the
Suck and the Shannon.

* Tibra-Finn:; i. e. Finn’s Well. There are
various wells of this name, but the one here re-

Cumapccac, wigfpna .

I RAT ce aici

752.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 355

mor* was burned on Patrick’s day. Fearghus, son of Ceallach, King of Con-
naught, died. The army of Leinster was led by Domhuall, son of Murchadh,
against Niall [i. e. the Ui-Neill], until they arrived in Magh-Muirtheimhne. The
shipwreck of the Dealbhna-Nuadhat on Loch-Ribh, with their lord, Diumasach,
of which was said :

Thrice nine vessels and three, of the Gamhanraighe of Loch Ribh’;
There escaped of them with life except alone the crew of one vessel.

The battle of Bealach-cro® [was gained] by Crimhthann over the Dealbhna
of Ui-Maine, in which was slain Finn, son of Arbh", Lord of Dealbhna, at Tibra-
Finn; and the Dealbhna were slaughtered about him. From this are [named]
Lochan-Bealaigh-cro', and Tibra-Finn*. The Ui-Maine were contending' with
them for the cantred between the Suca [the River Suck] and the Sinainn [the
River Shannon], for this was [called] the cantred of Dealbhna. Of this was
said :

The battle of the speckled hosts of Bealach-cro, pitiable the journey of the

Dealbhna to it.

Crimhthann the warlike brought destruction on the fierce Dealbhna-Nuadhat.
Finn, son of Arbh, chief king of Dealbhna, was wounded with large spears,
Of the fierce battle was he chief, until he fell at Tibra-Finn.

The Age of Christ, 752. The fourteenth year of Domhnall. Sinchu, Abbot
of Lis-mor, died. Siadhail, Abbot of Linn-Duachail”, died. Cill-mor-Dithraibh"
was burned by the Ui-Crumthainn®. Cumasgach, lord of Ui-Failghe [Offaly],

ferred to was probably in Magh-Finn, in the
barony of Athlone, and county of Roscommon.

1 Contending.— When the Ui-Maine, who at
his time were seated at the west side of the
River Suck, in the now county of Galway, had
learned that the fleet of the Dealbhna had been
cestroyed by a storm on Lough Ree, they made
this attack to annihilate them; and succeeded so
effectually in doing so, that the Dealbhna dis-
appear from history early in the next century.
For some account of the original settlement of
tie Ui-Maine in the province of Connaught, see
the extract from the Life of St. Grellan, in Z’ribes

and Customs of Hy-Many, pp. 8 to 14.

™ Linn-Duachail.—Now Magheralin, in the
county of Down.—See note *, under the year
699, p. 300, supra.

2 Cill-mor-Dithraibh.See notes under the
year 7 30, p- 327, supra.

° Ui-Crumthainn.— A sept descended from
Crumthann Cael, son of Breasal, son of Maine
Mor, seated in and giving name to Crumthann,
now anglicé Cruffon, a district in Hy-Many,
comprising the barony of Killyan, and part of
that of Ballymoe, in the county of Galway.—
See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p.73, note °.

AAS

356 GNNaZa RIOshachta erReaNn. (753.

Ua Palge, 00 mapbad la Maolotim, mac Cloda bfnndin, pf Muman. Oonn,
mac Cumarpccoig, coirech Ua mobpiuin an odeipceint, 0é5. Soobgal mac
Etpsaile, abb Mungaipve, 00 manbad. Tomalcach, cigfina Cianachca
Olinne Germ, vécc. .

Coip Cort, peacht ccéd caoccac acpi. On ciigead bliadain décc do
Oomnall. Muploach, mac Conbmaic Slame, abb Lugmaid, vé5. €lpm
Slay Nadth vés. Piobadac Cille Oelcce vécc. Mancha, mngfn Oubam,
banabb Cille oapa [vécc].
cCluain mic Noip, naahtpe,7 ba herpde atarn Conbarg, comapba Paopaice.
Niallgup, mac boit, wis(pna na nOéipe On, vécc. Cachal Ua Cionaocha,
coipeac Ua cCemrelaig, vécc. lomaipeac Onoma pobarc, pmip a pach cat
bpecmarge, ecip Ur Piacpach 7 Ur bpum, m po manbad tpi hUi Ceallang,
J. tpi meic P(psupa, mic Rogallang 1. Cachpannach, Cachmug, 7 Apcbpan,
a nanmanna,

Coiy Cmorpz, peacht ccév caogac a cltoip. Mn peipead bliadain vé5
vo Oomnall. Eochaw, mac Conall Minn, abb Paoibnain vécc. Oubopoma,
abb Tuilen, vécc. Perdlimid, no Pailbe, abb lae, vécc, 1ap pecc mbliadna
octmosat a aeip1. Coippetach, abb Cugmand, vécc. €ochad, mac Piac-
fac, ecenad, vé5. Reachcabnac, mac Ouncon, cigfpna Mugoopn, vécc.
lomain(cc Gabnam pa nOnmchaw pon Lagnb. Cat €amna Macha pa
bPiachna, mac Ceda Rom, pop Ub Néill, 04 m po mapbad Oungal Ua Con-

Oopman, comanba Mochca Lugmaig, vécc 1°

ang 7 Oonnbo.

» Mungairid._Now Mungret, situated about
three miles south-west of the city of Limerick.
An abbey was founded here by St. Patrick, who
placed over it a St. Nessan, who died in 551.—
See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., pp. 157, 158, 186,
and note ‘, under the year 551, p. 188, supra.
In the Annals of Ulster, in which these entries
occur, at the year 756, Bodhbhghal is called
“‘princeps Mungairt;” and Dr. O’Conor, who evi-
dently assumed that Bodhbhghal was a chieftain,
not an abbot, identifies this place with Mount-
garret ; but he is clearly wrong, as “‘ princeps”
is constantly applied to abbots in the Ulster An-
nals, and Mountgarret is not an ancient name.

4 Torbach.—He was Archbishop and Abbot of

Armagh, and died in the year 808. The en-
tries which the Four Masters have given under
the year 753, are set down in the Annals of
Ulster under 757.

* Deisi-Breagh: i.e. the Desies of Bregia,
otherwise called-Deisi Teamhrach, i.e. the Desies
of Tara, now the baronies of Deece, in the south
of the county of Meath.

* Breachmhagh: i. e. Wolf-field. There are
several places of this name in Connaught, but
the one here referred to is probably the place
now called anglicé Breaghwy or Breaffy, a town-
land in a parish of the same name, in the barony
of Carra, and county of Mayo:

“A.D, 754. The battle of Dromrovay, fought

753.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. . 357

was slain by Maelduin, son of Aedh Beannain, King of Munster. Donn, son
of Cumasgach, lord of the southern Ui-Briuin, died. Bodhbhghal, son of
Fearghal, Abbot of Mungairid?, died. Tomaltach, Lord of Cianachta-Glinne-
Geimhin, died.

The Age of Christ, 753. The fifteenth year of Domhnall. Muireadhach,
son of Cormac Slaineé, Abbot of Lughmhagh [Louth], died. Elpin, of Glais-
Naidhean [Glasnevin], died. Fidhbhadhach of Cill-Delge [Kildalkey], died.

* Martha, daughter of Dubhan, Abbess of Cill-dara [Kildare], died. Gorman,
successor of Mochta of Lughmhagh, died at Cluain-mic-Nois, on his pilgrimage;
he was the father of Torbach*, successor of Patrick. Niallgus, son of Boeth,
lord of Deisi-Breagh’, died. Cathal Ua Cinaetha, chief of Ui-Ceinsealaigh,
died. The battle of Druim-robhaich, which is called the battle of Breach-
mhagh’, [was fought] between the Ui-Fiachrach and Ui-Briuin, in which were
slain the three Ui-Ceallaigh, i.e. the three sons of Fearghus, son of Roghallach,
i.e. Catharnach, Cathmugh, and Artbran, their names.

The Age of Christ, 754. The sixteenth year of Domhnall. Eochaidh,
son of Conall Meann, Abbot of Faebhran', died. Dubhdroma, Abbot of

- Tuilen", died. Feidhlimidh or Failbhe, Abbot of Ia [Iona], died, after the
eighty-seventh year of his age. Coissetach, Abbot of Lughmhagh [Louth],
died. Eochaidh, son of Fiachra, a wise man, died. Reachtabhrat, son of
Dunchu, lord of Mughdhorna [Cremorne], died. The battle of Gabhran”
[was gained] by Anmchaidh, over the Leinstermen. The battle of Eamhain-
Macha* [was gained] by Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, over the Ui-Neill, wherein
were slain Dunghal Ua Conaing and Donnbo.

between the Fiachraches and the O’Briwynes,
where Teige mac Murdevour and three O’ Kellies
were slain, viz., Cathrannagh, Caffry, and Ardo-
van. Aileall O’Donchowe had the victory.” —
Ann. Clon.

* Faebhran.—At the year 811 this monastery
is placed in Graigrighe, which originally com-
prised the barony of Coolavin, in the county of
Sligo, and a great portion of the north of the
county of Roscommon. In O’Clery’s Irish Ca-
lendar the festival of Aedh, son of Roigh of
Foibhren, is set down at the 1st November.

« Tuilen—Now Dulane, a parish situated a
short distance to the north of Kells, in the
county of Meath. There was a monastery here
dedicated to St. Cairneach.—See Battle of Magh
Rath, pp. 20, 147.

“ Gabhran.—Now Gowran, a small town in a
barony of the same name, county of Kilkenny.

* Eamhain-Macha.—Now the Navan fort,
near Armagh.—See note ", under A. M. 4532,
p- 73, supra. The events noted by the Four
Masters at the year 754, are entered in the
Annals of Ulster at 758, with a few others, as:

358 ANNazwa RIOshachta elRECANN. (755.

Corp Cniope, peacht ccéd caogzac acing. On peaccmad bliadam véce
vo Oomnall. Conoath, abb Lip méip, vécc. Suaiplioch, abb 6fnocharp,
vécc. Chilgnio, mac Gnol, pmidin abba Cluana hipaipo, vécc. Gaimoibla,
abb Cipne, vécc. Pulapcach, mac Opicc, angcoipe [vecc]. Mumeadach,
mac Mupchada, no Ua bpam, wm Largfn, vés. Plann, mac Eic, cigfpna
Ua Pidgeince, vécc. Eunis(pn, eppcop, 00 mapbad la pacanc oc alcéip

bpigde, 1 cCill. oana, «1. ecip an cnocaingel 7 an alcoip. Op ap yin po par

co na vem pacant oippenn 1 pladnaiy! eppcorp opin alle a Cill vana.

Coy Cmorc, peacht ccéo caogat apé. On cochcmad bliadain vécc
vo Oomnall. Oormnall, mac Munc(heas, cws(fmna hUa Nell, vécc. Pin-
pneachta, mac Posapcaig Ui Cfpnaig, vécc. lomaipeacc bealang Gabpain
ecip Largmu 7 Oppaigib, co poemd pia mac Concfpca, 7 po mapbad Oonngal,
mac Umdgnem, wisfina Ua cCemrpealag, 7 anole cog maille ppp.
lomarpece Ocha ouma ercip Ulcarb 7 Un Eachach, in po mapbad Chul, mac
Femlumid, c1sfina Ua n€atach.

CQoip Cmoyc, peacht ccéd caogat a peacht. Cnaoi vécc vo Oomnall.
Conbmac, abb Cluana mic Nap, vécc. Oo Cenel Coipbpe Cpuim oo. Ro-
bapcach, mac Cuanach, abb Chtne méipe ; Suibne, abb Cluana pihca, Oom-
snapach, abb Imleac each; Peappio, mac Paibpe, eccnaid, abb Compaine

* Estas pluvialis. Benn Muilt effudit amnem
cum piscibus.”

*’ Eutighern.—This event is given in the An-
nals of Clonmacnoise at the year 756, and in
the Annals of Ulster at 761, but the true year
is 762, as marked by Tighernach :

“A.D. 761. Nix magna e Luna tenebrosa.
Occisio Echtighern, Episcopt, a sacerdote in der-
taig” [in Oratorio] ‘ Cille-daro. Nox lucida in
Autumno, §c.”—Ann. Ult.

“ A. D. 756. Eghtigern, Bushop, was killed
by a priest at Saint Bridgett’s Alter, in Kill-
dare, as he was celebrating of Mass, which is
the reason that since that time a Priest is pro-
hibited to celebrate mass in Killdare in the
presence of a Bushopp.”—Ann. Clon.

Under the same year the latter Annals con-
tain the following, omitted, perhaps intention-

ally, by the Four Masters :

“A. D. 756. There was great scarcity of vic-
tualls this year, and aboundance of all manner
of the fruites of trees. There was a field fought
between those of Clonvicknose and the inhabi-
tants of Byrre, in a place called in Irish Moyne-
Koysse-Bloy.”

The parallel entries to these are found in the
Annals of Ulster at the year 759: “ Fames a
Mess mar. Bellum etar” [inter] ‘“ Muintir
Clono et Biroir in Moin Coisse Blae.”

* Crocaingel. — Dr. O’Conor translates this,
“inter Crucem maximam et altare;” but this
is incorrect, for the Crocaingel is defined in
Cormac’s Glossary as the latticed partition
which divided the laity from the clergy, after
the manner of the veil of Solomon’s Temple.—

See Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of

\

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755.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 359

The Age of Christ, 755. The seventeenth year of Domhnall. Condath,
Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Suairleach, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died.
Ailgnio, son of Gno, Prior-Abbot of Cluain-Iraird’[Clonard], died. Gaim-
dibhla, Abbot of Ara [Aran], died. Fulartach, son of Breac, an anchorite,
[died]. Muireadhach, son of Murchadh, or grandson of Bran, King of Leinster,
died. Flann, son of Erc, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. Eutighern’, a bishop,
was killed by a priest at the altar of [St.] Brighit, at Kildare, between the Cro-
caingel’ and the altar; from whence it arose that ever since a priest does not
celebrate mass in the presence of a bishop at Kildare.

The Age of Christ, 756. The eighteenth year of Domhnall. Domhnall,
son of Muirchertach, lord of the Ui-Neill, died. Finsneachta, son of Fogartach
Ua Cearnaigh, died. The battle of Bealach Gabhrain* [was fought] between
the men of Leinster and Osraighe [Ossory], in which the son of Cucerca had
the victory, and Donngal, son of Laidhgnen, lord of Ui-Ceinsealaigh, and other
chieftains along with him, were slain. The battle of Ath-dumha” [was fought]
between the Ulidians and Ui-Eathach [people of Iveagh], in which Ailill, son
of Feidhlimidh, lord of Ui-Eathach, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 757. The nineteenth year of Domhnall. Cormac, Ab-
bot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. He was of the race of Cairbre Crom’. Robhartach,
son of Cuana, Abbot of Athain-mor [Fahan]; Suibhne, Abbot of Cluain-fearta
[Clonfert] ; Domhgnasach, Abbot of Imleach-each*; Ferfio, son of Faibhre, a

the Round Towers of Ireland, p. 202.

* Bealach Gabhrain : i.e. the Road of Gabhran,
now Gowran, in the county of Kilkenny. This
road extended from Gowran in the direction of
Cashel, as we learn in the Zertia Vita S. Patricii,
published by Colgan:

“Tune venit Patricius per Belach-Gabran,
ad reges Mumuniensium; et occurrit ei in
Campo Femin Oengus, filius Natfraich, Rex
Mumuniensium, et ille gavisus est in adventu
Patricii, et adduxit eum secum ad habitaculum
suum, qui dicitur Caissel.” — Trias Thaum.,
p. 26, ¢. 60.

The battle of Bealach Gabhrain is noticed in
the Annals of Ulster at the year 760 [recté,
761]: “The battle of Gavran’s Pace, where

Dungal mac Laignen, rex Nepotum Cinselai, was
slain, and other kings.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

> Ath-dumha: i. e. Ford of the Tumulus, or
Sepulchral Mound. Not identified. :

“ A. D. 760. Bellum Atho-dumai inter Ulto-
nienses et Nepotes Echach, in quo cecidit Ailill
mac Feitelmito.”—Ann. Ult.

© Cairbre Crom.—He was chief of Ui-Maine,
or Hy-Many, in Connaught, and contemporary
with St. Ciaran of Clonmacnoise.—See 7'ribes
and Customs of Hy-Many, pp. 15, 27, 80, 81.
The death of the Abbot Cormac is entered in
the Annals of Ulster at the year 761, and in
the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 757, but the
true year is 762.

* [mleach-each : i.e. the Strath or Marsh of

360 anNNazwa RIoshachca ElReECGNN. © (758.

Moe, vécc. lomamecc Calle Tardbig, n po meabard pon Lurgm pra cCenel
Coinppe. Pogapcach, mac Eatach, nsfpna hEle, CelepCoain, abb Apoa
Maca, v0 écc. Oo Uib bplpail v6.

Coir Cniopc, peacht ccéo caoccac a hocc. beclaicnae, abb Cluana
lopaipo, 0é5. Piodaiple Ua Suanaig, abb Raitne, vécc céo la oOctobep.
Reovoaide, abb Pfpna, vécc. Anpaoan, abb Linve Ouachail, [vécc]. Paol-
chu Pionnglaips véce. Jap mbeich fiche bliadam 1 pige 6p Epinn vo Oom-
nall, mac Mupchada, mic Oi1apmacca, puaip bap, ba héipide cé10 pf Epeann
6 Cloinn Colma, 7 po hadnaicead 1 nOfpmaig co nondip,7 co naipmiom.

Cp 06 po pmdead :

Corpm uain no nucad ve, Oormnall vocum nOeanmaise,
Nocha paba oiogal speip na cneip pon lan Oplsmange.

the Horses, now Emlagh, in the barony of Cos-
tello, and county of Mayo. In Colgan’s Life of
St. Loman of Trim (Acta Sanctorum, p. 362),
this place, where a church was erected by St.
Brocadius, is described as in “ Kierragia Con-
naciz regione ;”” and in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar,
at 9th July, it is called Imleach-Brocadha, and
described as in Mayo. Archdall (Monast. Hib.
p- 610) is wrong in placing it in the county of
Roscommon.

* Comhraire- Midhe-—Now Kilcomreragh, near
the hill of Uisneach, in the county of West-
meath.—See note *, under A. M. 3510, p. 33,
supra. Dr. O’Conor translates this, ‘*‘ Abbas
Coadjutor Midi,” in the Annals of the Four
Masters (p. 278), and ‘“predicator Midix” in
the Annals of Ulster (p. 99); but he is wrong
in both, and is the less to be excused, because it
is rendered correctly in the old translation of
the Annals, which he had before him, and in
Mageoghegan’s Annals of Clonmacnoise, which
he ought to have consulted, thus:

“A.D. 761. Ferfio mac Faivre, Sapiens, et
Abbas Covraire, in Meath, obdit.”—Ann. Ul,
Cod. Clarend., 49.

“A. D. 758. Fearfio, the son of a smith,

abbott of Cowrier” [Compaip], “in Meath,
died.” Ann. Clon.

‘ Caille-Taidbig : i.e. the Wood of Taidhbeg.
This is probably the place now called Kiltabeg,
situated near Kiltucker, in the county of Long-
ford. The septs between whom the battle was
fought were seated in the ancient Meath; the
Cinel-Cairbre in Teffia, in the present barony
of Granard, in the county of Longford; and the
Luighne, in the present barony of Luighne, or
Lune, and in the adjoining districts, in the
county of Meath. The notice of this battle is
entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 761,
and is correctly printed by Dr. O’Conor, thus:
“A.D. 761. Bellum Caille Taidbig, ubi Luigni
prostrati sunt. Cenel Coirpre victoriam accepit.”
But the old translator, in Cod. Clarend. 49, has
mistaken the meaning of it, in the following
version: ‘‘ Battle of the wood called Taidbig,
where Luigni of Connaught were overthrowne,
and Generatio Cairbre conquerors jam” [victo-
riam] ‘“accepit.” It should be: ‘The battle
of the wood called Caille-Taidbig, where the
Luigni” [of Meath] “were overthrown, and
Generatio Cairbre victoriam accepit.”

® Cele-Peadair: i.e. the Servant of Peter.

758. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 361

wise man, Abbot of Comhraire-Midhe’, died. The battle of Caille-Taidbig’, in
which the Luighne were defeated by the Cinel-Cairbre. Fogartach, son of
Eochaidh, lord of Eile [died]. Cele-Peadair*, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. He
was of the Ui-Breasail.

The Age of Christ, 758. Beclaitnae, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard],
died. Fidhairle Ua Suanaigh", Abbot of Raithin, died on the first of October.
Reoddaidhe, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns], died. Anfadan, Abbot of Linn-Dua-
chail, [died]. Faelchu, of Finnghlais’, died. After Domhnall, son of Murchadh*,
son of Diarmaid, had been twenty years in sovereignty over Ireland, he died.
He was the first king of Ireland of the Clann-Colmain, and he was buried at

Dearmhagh [Durrow] with honour and veneration.

Of him was said :

Until the hour that Domhnall was brought to Dearmhagh
There was no avenging conflict or battle on the plain of Breaghmhagh.

He succeeded Congusa in the year 750.—See
Harris’s Ware’s Bishops, p. 41. He was of the Ui-
Breasail-Macha, seated on the south side of Lough
Neagh, in the now county of Armagh, and de-
scended from Breasal, son of Feidhlim, son of
Fiachra Casan, son of Colla Dachrich.—See
Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 147, note *.

» Fidhairle Ua Suanaigh—He became the

patron saint of Rahen, near Tullamore, in the

King’s County, after the expulsion thence of
St. Carthach, or Mochuda, who settled at Lis-
more, in the county of Waterford.See Petrie’s
Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the Round
Towers of Ireland, p. 241. The death of Fidh-
airle is entered in the Annals of Ulster at 762,

_ but the true year is 763, as marked by Tigher-

nach. _

i Finnghlais: i.e. the Bright Stream, now
Finglas, a small village in the barony of Castle-
knock, about two miles and a half north of the

- city of Dublin. The festival of St. Cainneach of

this place is set down in the Feilire-Aenguis
and in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar at 15th of May.
In the Gloss to the copy of the Feilire, preserved

3A

in the Leabhar-Breac, Findglais is described as
“i taebh Atha cliath,” i.e. by the side of
Dublin.

* Domhnall, son of Murchadh.—This monarch’s
death is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the
year 762; but it appears from an eclipse of the
sun noticed at the same year, that 763 is the
true year.—See Art de Ver. les Dates, tom. i.
p- 66:

“A.D. 762. Mors Domhnaill, jiléi Murchadha,
regis Temorie wit. Kal. Decembris, &c. &e. Sol
tenebrosus in hora tertia diet.,—Ann. Ult. See
also O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, p. 433.

“ Donaldus filius Murchadi, &c. &e., obiit 12
Calendas Decembris Anno 763, in Iona Insula,
quo peregrinationem susceperat.”— War.

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, which are
about five years antedated about this period,
the death of King Domhnall is entered under
the year 759, as follows :

“King Donell was the first King of Ireland
of Clann-Colman, or O’Melaghlyns, and died
quietly in his bed the 12th of the Kalends of
December, in the year of our Lord God 759.”

362 aNNata RIoshachta elReaNNn.

(759.

CQoip Cpiort, peache ccéd caogac anao. Cn céio bliadam vo Niall
Fpopac, mac Peangsaile, uap Epinn hi pighe. Pracna, mac Potand, abb batr-
licce, vécc. Ronan, abb Cluana mic Néip, vécc. Oo Cuighmb vo. Conb-
mac, mac Cililla, abb Mammpcpeach buite, vés5. Oonaic, mac Tohence,
abb Concaige, vécc. Elpsup, mac Ceallang, pi Connache [oécc]. Scanlan
Fein, mac Cledgaile, vécc. Plann Sanav, cigfina Cenél mic €anca, vég.
lomaipeacc Oum bile pra nOonnchad, mac Oornnall, pop Piopa culach.
Ounchad, mac Eogamn, TSCpna na nOEips, décc. Mupchad, mac Muipefp-
caig, vo mapbad la Conmnachcaib. Tp pnora vo feapchain hi Cmch Mu-
peadaig 1 nimp Eogam 1. pnor vo anccac gil, ppor oo Cpwtneache, 7 Fpor
vo mil. Conad ooibpide po padead :

Thi ppoppa Capo ullimne, an spad OE vo nim
Fporr apsaicc, pnorp cuipimne, agup pporp oo mil.

Qoip Cmorc, peacht ccéd peapccac. An vana bliadam vo Niall Ppopac.

| Niall Frosach : i.e. Niall of the Showers.—
See the year 716. “A. D. 762” [recté 763].
“Niall Frosagh regnare incipit.”—Ann. Ult.

™ Baisleac.—Now Baslick, near Ballintober,
in the county of Roscommon.—See note under
the year 742.

» Dun-bile : i. e. the Fort of the Ancient Tree.
This was probably the name of a fort in the ba-
rony of Farbil, in the county of Westmeath, but
the name is now obsolete. There is a Bile-rath,
which is nearly synonymous with Dun-bile, in
the barony of Rathconrath, in the same county.
The events which the Four Masters give under
the year 759 are given in the Annals of Ulster
at 763, with other curious notices totally and
intentionally omitted by the Four Masters :

“A. D. 763. Nix magna tribus fere mensibus,
Ascalt mor et fames. Bellum Arggamain inter
familiam Cluana-mic-Nois e Dermaigi, whi cecidit
Diarmaid Dub, mac Domhnaill, et Diglac, mac
Duibliss et cc viri de familia Dermaigi. Breasal,
mac Murcha victor fuit, cum familia Cluana mic
Nois. Siccitas magna ultra modum. Ruith fola”

[bloody flux] “in tota Hibernia.” ‘

° Three showers.—These showers are noticed
in the Annals of Ulster at the year 763, in the
same Irish words used by the Four Masters,
and thus translated in Cod. Clarend., tom. 49:
“The shedding of three showers in Muireach
his land, at Inis-Owen, viz., a shower of bright
silver, a shower of wheat, and a shower of
hony.”—See a notice of three similar showers
at the year 716. The famine, the falling of the
three showers, and other events, are noticed in
the Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 759,
as follows:

“ A.D. 759. Nealle Frassagh, son of King
Ferall, began his reign imediately after the
death of King Donell, and reigned seven years.

“There was a great famyne throughout the
whole kingdome in generall in the time of the
beginning of his reign, in so much that the King
himself had very little to live upon; and being
then accompanied with seven goodly Bushops,
fell upon their knees, where the King very
pitifully before them all besought God of his

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The Age of Christ, 759. The first year of Niall Frosach' in sovereignty
over Irelané. Fiachra, son of Fothadh, Abbot of Baisleac™, died. Ronan, Ab-
bot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. He was of the Luighne. Cormac, son of Ailill,
Abbot of Mainistir-Buite [Monasterboice], died. Donait, son of Tohence, Ab-
bot of Corcach [Cork], died. Fearghus, son of Ceallach, King of Connaught,
[died]. Scanlan Feimhin, son of Aedhgal, died. Flann Garadh, lord of Cinel-
Mic-Earca, died. The battle of Dun-bile” [was gained] by Donnchadh, son of

_ Domhnall, over the Feara-Tulach [Fartullagh]. Dunchadh, son of Eoghan,

lord of the Deisi, died. Murchadh, son of Muircheartach, was slain by the
Connaughtmen. Three showers’ fell in Crich-Muireadhaigh”, in Inis-Eoghain
[Inishowen], namely, a shower of pure silver, a shower of wheat, and a shower
of honey, of which was said:

Three showers at Ard-Uillinne, fell, through God’s love, from heaven:

A shower of silver, a shower of wheat, and a shower of honey.

The Age of Christ, 760. The second year of Niall Frosach. Folachtach‘,

Infinite Grace and Mercy, if his wrath other-
wise could not be appeas’d, before he saw the
destruction of so many thousands of his subjects
and Friends, that then were helpless of reliefe,
and ready to perish, to take him to himself,
otherwise to send him and them some releive
for maintenance of his service; which request
was no sooner made, than a great Shower of
Silver fell from heaven, whereat the King greatly
rejoyced; and yet (said he) this is not the thing
‘that can deliver us from this famyne and imi-
nent danger; with that he fell to his prayers
again, then a second Shower of heavenly Hony
fell, and then the King said with great thanks-
giving as before; with that the third Shower
fell of pure Wheat, which covered all the fields
over, that like was never seen before, so that
there was such plenty and aboundance that it
was thought that it was able to maintain a great
many Kingdomes. Then the King and the seven
Bushops gave great thanks to our Lord.
“There was a battle fought between the

families of Dorowe and Clonvicknose, at Arga-
moyn, where Dermott Duff mac Donell was
killed.

“There was exceeding great drowth this
year.

“* Allell O Donchowe, King of Conaught,
died.

“ Donnough, son of King Donell, gave a battle
to the families of the O’Dowlies in Fertulagh.

“Moll, King of England, entered into Reli-
gion.

“Flaithvertagh mac Longsy, King of Taragh,
died in the habit of a religious man.

‘“* Follawyn me Conchongailt, King of Meath,
was wilfully murthered.”

® Crich-Muireadhaigh: i. e. Muireadhach’s
Territory. This district comprised that portion
of the present barony of Inishowen, in the
county of Donegal, comprising Aileach and
Fahan.—See the year 716.

4 Folachtach, §c.—This and most of the other
entries given by the Four Masters under the

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364 GNNaza RIOshachta eireann. (761.

Folachcach, mac Sappaelada, abb bionna, vécc. CLoapn, abb Cluana
lonaipo, vécc. Cellbil Cluana bponag vécc. Tola Aino bpeacam vécc.
Qilill, mac Cnaoibecham, abb Munganac, [oécc]. Plartblpcac, mac Long-
ricc, pf Epeann, vécc 1 nOpo Maca, rap mbeit peal pooa 1 ccléncecc.
Suibne, mac Munchada co na dip mac vo manbad. lomampecc Carpn Piachaé
eltip 0a mac Oomnaill 1. Oonnchad 7 Mupchad, 7 Celgal cig(pna Teatba,
m po mapbad Pallomon, mac Concongale, la Oonnchad, 7 po mapbad Mup-
chad ann, 7 po meabaid pon Clelgal. Oungalac, correc Ua Liatain, vécc.
Uapgal, coipeac Conalle, vécc. Tonpta, mac Cfpnarc, crs fpna na nOéip,
ves.
CQloip Cmort, peacht ccéd pearcecat a haon. Cn tneap bliadain vo Niall.
Cpiomtann, mac Reachtgoile, abb Cluana plpza [vécc]. Qodan Lip méin
[vécc]. lomaipfcc Sputpa ecip Ur mbpium, 7 Conmaicne, in po mapbad
pocaide vo Conmaicniu, 7 God Oub, mac Toirchlig. Ro meabaid an tio-
maines pin pia nOuibmopeachcac, mac Catal. lomaipecc ecip pina Mhde
7 Spa, n po manbavh Maoluma, mac Tot, 7 Oongal, mac Oorpert.
Coip Cmiopt, peacht ccéd peapccac aod. An cltpamad bliadam vo Niall.
Cubnan, abb Cille achad [vécc]. Probadach, abb b{nvéarp, véce. Oub-
vamnb(, mac Copmac, abb Mainiypcpneaé burt, do badad 1pm Hoinn. Slebene, —
mac Congaile, vo Chenel Conall Gulban, abb lae, vé5. Mac an cramp,
abb Eanaig omb, vécc. Glamoiubaip, abb Latpars Spun, vécc. Mup-
chad, mac Plaicb(pcais, cis(pna Cenel Conall, v0 manbad. Ceallac, mac

year 760, are given in the Annals of Ulster
under 764.

now called Carn, and is situated in the barony
of Moycashel, in the county of Westmeath :

" Cluain-Bronaigh.—Now Clonbroney, near
Granard, in the county of Longford.—See note
under the year 734.

“In religion: 1 ccléipceacet, in clericatu.—
“A.D. 764. In nocte signum horribile et mirabile
in stellis visum est. Mors Flaithbertaig filii Loing-
sich, regis Temorie, in clericatu.”—Ann. Ult.

‘ Carn-Fiachach: i. e. the Carn of Fiacha.
This place was called from a carn, or sepulchral
heap of stones, erected in memory of Fiacha,
son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, and ancestor
of the family of Mageoghegan. The place is

“A.D. 764. Bellum Cairn Fiachach inter, duos
filios Domhnaill .i. Donnchadh e Murchadh ;
Falloman la Donnchadh, Ailgal la Murchadh.
In bello cecidit Murchadh; Ailgal in fugam
versus est.” —Ann. Ut.

"The Deisi: i. e. the Desies, in the now
county of Waterford. The Annals of Ulster
add “ defectus panis” at 764, which corresponds
with 760 of the Four Masters, the true year
being 765.

~ Sruthair.—Now Shrule, or Abbeyshrule,
in the barony of Shrule, and county of Long-

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son of Sarfaeladh, Abbot of Birra, died. Loarn, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clo-
nard], died. Cellbil, of Cluain-Bronaigh’, died. Tola, of Ard-Breacain [Ard-
braccan], died. Ailill, son of Craebhachan, Abbot of Mungarait [Mungret],
died. Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach, died at Ard-Macha [Armagh], after
having been some time in religion’. Suibhne, son of Murchadh, with his two
sons, was slain. The battle of Carn-Fiachach‘ [was fought] between the two
sons of Domhnall, i. e. Donnchadh and Murchadh, and Aelghal, lord of Teathbha,
wherein Fallomhan, son of Cucongalt, was slain by Donnchadh, and Murchadh
was also slain, and Aelghal was defeated. Dungalach, chief of Ui-Liathain,
died. Uargal, chief of Conaille, died. Torptha, son of Cearnach, lord of the
Deisi", died.

The Age of Christ, 761. The third year of Niall. Crimhthann, son of
Reachtghal, Abbot of Cluain-fearta, [died]. Aedhan of Lis-mor [died]. The
battle of Sruthair’ [was fought] between the Ui-Briuin and Conmaiene, in which
numbers of the Conmaicne were slain, as was Aedh Dubh, son of Toichleach.
This battle was gained by Duibhinnreachtach, son of Cathal. A battle [was
fought] between the men of Meath and the men of Breagh, in which were slain
Maelumha, son of Toithil, and Dongal, son of Doireith.

The Age of Christ, 762. The fourth year of Niall. Cubran, Abbot of
Cill-achaidh?, [died]. Fidhbhadhach, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died.
Dubhdainbher, son of Cormac, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithi [Monasterboice], was
drowned in the Boinn’. Slebhene, son of Congal, of the race of Conall Gulban,
Abbot of Ia’, died. Mac an-tsair, Abbot of Eanach-dubh’, died. Glaindiubair,
Abbot of Lathrach-Briuin’, died. Murchadh, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of

ford.—See note ", under A. D. 236, p. 112, miles to the north of this river.

where, for “county of Louth,” read “ county of
Longford :”

“A. D. 765. Bellum Sruthre etir hUi-Briuin
ocus Conmacne, ubi plurimi ceciderunt di Con-
macnibh, et Aed Dubh, filiws Toichlich cecidit.
Dubinrecht, jilivs Cathail, victor fuit.”—Ann. Ult.

* Cill-achaidh.i_Now Killeigh, near Geshill,
in the King’s County. “A. D. 766. Conbran,
Abbas Cille-achaidh, moritur.”—Ann. Ult.

The Boinn: i.e. the River Boyne. Mainistir-
Buithe, now anglicé Monasterboice, is about four

* Abbot of Ia: i.e. of Iona. For the pedigree
of this abbot see Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 482,
n. 40.

* Hanach-dubh: i.e. the Black Marsh, now
Annaghduff,
Drumsna, in the county of Leitrim.—See note ',
under A. D. 1253, p. 349.

> Lathrach-Briuin : otherwise written Laith-

a townland and parish near

reach-Briuin, now Laraghbrine, near Maynooth,
in the barony of Salt, and county of Kildare.
According to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, and the

&

366 ANNacta RIOshachta elReaNN.

(763.

Comppe, mic Pogancais, 00 mapbad la lacnonoaib.
mbnpece ma cCuaimpnama, mac Plomn.

Coip Cmort, peacht ccéd peapccac acpi. On cingead bliadain vo Niall.
Sonpmsal, mac Ailiolla, vécc. Cedan, ab Lip méip, vécc. Cemnpealaé,
mac Conboinne, abb Imlig lubaip, vécc. Coibofnach, abb Cille Toma décc.
Popsla ppuite Cluana mic Noip vé5. Owbhinpechc, mac Catal, pi Con-
nacht, vécc. Eitne, msn Oplpail Ops, bin pf Tlmpac vécc, ian narmllead
pocpaicce 6 Ohia cma véissnformaib,7 cma aiepise nofocpa ma camméteach-
cob. lomaipeace evin Lagmb buddéipin .1. ercip Cionaed, mac Plaino, 7
ed, 1 Poincpinn, m po manbad Cleo. Concubap, mac Cumarpceang, mgfpna
Chone, vécc. Niall mac Orapmaca, cigfina Miovhe vécc. Gun Tuama-
nama, w1sfnna Opnaige.

Cop Cmort, peace ccéo pearcca a ceataip. On peipead bliadain vo
Niall. Mupsgal, mac Ninneada, abb Rfchnainne, vécc. Encopach hUa Oo-
vain, abb ®linne oa Locha, vécc. Comman Eanash Oaithe vécc. lomaipece
eicip Opnargib péippin pra Tuaimpnama im po meabaid pon cloinn Cheallang,
mic Paeléap. lomainfec Pfpna pa cCeimnpealachaib, nm po mapbad Oub-

lomarpéce Cind na

calgais, mac Carognen.

Cloip Cmorz, peacht ccéo plpcca a cing. On peaccmad bliadamn vo
Niall. Apogal, abb Clocorp mic nOaimhine, vécc. Prachpa Gpanaino vécc.

Feilire-Aenquis, the festival of St.Senan was cele-
brated here on the 2nd of September; this place
is described as in the territory of Ui-Faelain.

° By robbers. —‘ A. D. 766. Cellach, jfilius
Coirpri, filii Fogartaig, a latrone jugulatus est.” —
Ann. Ut.

4 Ard-na-mBreac: i.e. Height of the Trouts,
or speckled Persons. Not identified.
in Ossory.

* Gormghal, §:c.—This, and most of the entries
given by the Four Masters under the year 763,
are given in the Annals of Ulster under 767.

It was

‘ Cill-Toma.—Now Kiltoom, near Castlepol-
lard, in the county of Westmeath.—See note
under the year 746.

8 Sruithe.—This is translated ‘‘ Forglaus sa-
piens Cluane-mac-nosie, obiit,” by Dr. O’Conor,

but incorrectly, because forgla is not a man’s
proper name, but a common noun substantive,
signifying the most, or greater part or number.
But it is probably a mistake of the Four Mas-
ters. The parallel passages in the Annals of
Ulster run as follows in Cod. Clarend., tom. 49:

“ A. D. 767. Duvinrecht mac Cahail, rex
Connacie, mortuus est a flucu sanguinis. Gorm-
gal, mac Ailella, mortuus est. Aedan, Abbas
Lismoir, e¢ Lyne sapiens Cluana-mic-Nois, mor-
tut sunt.”

* Reward.—The word pocpaic is generally
used in the best Irish writings to denote “ eter-
nal reward.” This passage is given in Latin,
in the Annals of Ulster, as follows, under the
year 767 :

“A. D. 767. Eithne, ingin Breasail Breg,

‘*

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763.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 367

Cinel-Conaill, was slain. Ceallach, son of Cairbre, son of Fogartach, was slain
by robbers’. The battle of Ard-na-mBreac* [was fought] by Tuaimsnamha, son
of Flann.

The Age of Christ, 763. The fifth year of Niall. Gormghal’, son of Ailioll,
died. Aedhan, Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Ceinnsealach, son of Cuboirne, Abbot
of Imleach-Iubhair [Emly], died. Coibhdeanach, Abbot of Cill-Toma’‘, died.
The most of the Sruithe® [religious seniors] of Cluain-mic-Nois died. Duibh-
inrecht, son of Cathal, King of Connaught, died. Eithne, daughter of Breasal
Breagh, [and] wife of the King of Teamhair [Tara], died, after having deserved
reward" from God for her good works, and for her intense penance for her sins.
A battle was fought between the Leinstermen themselves, namely, between
Cinaech, son of Flann, and Aedh, at Foirtrinn', where Aedh was slain. Con-
chubhar, son of Cumasgach, lord of Aidhne, died. Niall, son of Diarmaid, lord
of Meath, died. The slaying of Tuaimsnamha‘*, lord of Osraighe [Ossory ].

‘The Age of Christ, 764. The sixth year of Niall. Murghal, son of Nin-
nidh, Abbot of Reachrainn, died. Enchorach Ua Dodain, Abbot of Gleann-da-
locha, died. Comman, of Eanach-Daithe’, died. A battle between the Osraighe™
themselves, by Tuaimsnamha, in which the sons of Ceallach, son of Faelchar,
were routed. The battle of Fearna [Ferns] [was fought] by the Ui-Ceinn-
sealaigh, in which Dubhchalgach, son of Laidhgnen, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 765. The seventh year of Niall. Ardghal, Abbot of
Clochar-mac-nDaimhine”, died. Fiachra, of Granard, died. Feirghil, of Cill-

Regina Regis Temorie, Regnum celeste adipisci Irish Calendar, or in the gloss to the Feilire-
meruit post penitentiam.” Aenguis in the Leabhar-Breac.

' Foirtrinn.—Dr. O’Conor translates this, “‘ in
regione Pictorum;” but he is decidedly wrong,
for we must assume that Foirtrinn was the

name of a place in Leinster in Ireland, unless

we suppose that the Leinstermen went over to
Foirtren in Scotland to fight a battle between
themselves there.

* Tuaimsnamha.—This entry is a mistake,
and should have been struck out by the Four
Masters.—See the notice of the death of this
chieftain under the year 765.

‘ Eanach-Daithe : i. e. Daithe’s Marsh. Not
identified. This name does not occur in O’Clery’s

™ The Osraighe: i. e. the People of Ossory.
“A. D. 768. Coscrad itir Osraigi invicem, ubi
Jilit Ceallaig, filti Faelchair in fugam verst sunt.
Toimsnamha victor evasit.”,—Ann. Ult.

The Annals of Ulster contain, under the year
768, the following notices, totally omitted by
the Four Masters :

“ Longus Coirpri, mic Foghertaig, re nDonn-
cha” [the expulsion of Cairbre, son of Foghar-
tach, by Donnchadh]. ‘‘ Zerremotus, fames, et
morbus lepre, multas invasit. Habundantia diar-
mesa glandium.”

* Clochar-mac-nDaimhine ; i. e. Clogher of the

368 * GNNata RIOShachta eiReaNn. (766.

Peipsil Chille méin Eimipe vécc. Peangur, mac Catal, eppcop, décc.
Polaccach The Tuae, abb Cluana mic Néip, vécc. Cpunomaol, eppeop
7 abb Cille méine Emine, v€g. Conormac, mac bpenainn, abb Cluana Tochne,
vécc. hUa becce, abb Pobaip, vécc. Tuaimpnama, mac Ploinn, asfpna
Oypaige, do manbad. Nangal, mac Nacpluang, vécc. lomainece ecip Cargnib
buddéipin, m po meabard pra cCeallac, mac nOunchada, 7 mm po manbad
Cionaed, mac Plomn, 7 a bpataip Ceallac, 7 Caitnia, mac becce, 7 pochaide
-eli cenmocaiopide. Spamead etin Ui Cennrealaig, in po meabaid pia
n€cenysel, mac Moda, mic Colgan, 7 m po manbavh Cennpealac, mac 6pain,
lanp. Copcpad Ocae pia bpfpaib ofpcenc OplS pon Largmu. Copcpad bhuils
boinne pon fplona vercenc Ops in po manbad Plaieb(pcach, mac Plomn,
mic Rogallaig, 7 hUaipcnwde, mac bart, 7 Snedgup, mac Ampeg, 7 Cfpnac,
mac Plomn Phoipbte. Copcpaoh Ata chat ma Ciannaccaib bpeag pop
hUa Tés, 7 ap mon pop Largmb, 7 ona po barohead pochaide vo Ciannach-
caibh illan mana oc tionntud. Niall Pnorach, mac Pipgaile, plcc mbliadna
6p Eipimn na pigh, co nepbarl 1 nl Cholaim Chille aga oilitpe iap noche
mbliadna 1apom.

CQoip Cort, peache ccéo peapceca a pé. In céd bliadain vo Ohonnchad,
mac Oormnall, vap Erinn, 1 pige. Plano hUa Oacua, abb Inp: Camofga,
vé5. Falbe Enoam vés. Popbapac Ua Cfpnaig, abb Cluana mic Nop,
vécc. Oo hUib Spiuin 06 rem. Cledgen, eppcop 7 abb Pobaip, vég. Cob-

9 Cluain- Tochne.—Not identified.

Sons of Daimhin. This was the ancient name

of the town of Clogher, in the county of Tyrone.
—See note under the year 701.

° Cill-mor-Eimhire.— This is probably the
church of Kilmore-Oneilland, in the county of
Armagh.—See it again referred to at the year
872, under the name of Ceall-mor Maighe
Einhir, i.e. the great church of the plain of
Emhir.

» Teach Tuae: i. e. the House of St. Tua, now
anglicé Taghadoe, and sometimes Taptoo, situated
near Maynooth, in thecounty of Kildare. The an-
cient church of this place has disappeared, but
a considerable part of a round tower still stands
in the grave-yard, which indicates the ecclesi-
astical importance of the place.

* Tuaimsnamha, son of Flann.—See his death
already entered by mistake under the year 763.
It is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year
769, as are most of the entries which the Four
Masters have given under 765.

* Ocha.—This was the ancient name of a place
near the hill of Tara, in Meath.—See note %,
under the year 478, p. 150, supra.

* Bolg-Boinne: i. e. the Belly of the Boyne.
This was probably the name of a remarkable
winding of the River Boyne, near Clonard, in
the county of Meath.

“A. D. 769. The Onesett of Bolgboinne”
[Corcpad Suilg Soimne] “upon the men of
Descert-Bregh, where Flaithvertach, mac Flainn,

a ae reeset

a

. 766.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 369

mor-Eimhire®, died. Fearghus, son of Cathal, a bishop, died. Folachtach, son of
Teach Tuae?, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Crunnmael, Bishop and Abbot of
Cill-mor-Eimhire, died. Connmhach, son of Brenainn, Abbot of Cluain-Tochne’,
died. hUa Becce, Abbot of Fobhar [Fore], died. Tuaimsnamha, son of Flann’,
lord of Osraighe, was slain. Narghal, son of Natsluaigh, died. A battle between

‘the Leinstermen themselves, wherein Ceallach, son of Dunchadh, had the vic-

tory, and in which Cinaedh, son of Flann, and his brother, Ceallach, and Caith-
nia, son of Becc, and many others besides them, were slain. A conflict between
the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, in which Edersgel, son of Aedh, son of Colgan, had the
victory, and in which Ceinnsealach, son of Bran, was slain by him. The battle
of Ocha* by the men of South Breagh upon the Leinstermen. The battle of
Bolg-Boinne‘ against the men of South Breagh, in which were slain Flaith-
bheartach, son of Flann, son of Roghallach; Uairchridhe, son of Baeth ; Snedh-
gus, son of Ainsteach; and Cearnach, son of Flann Foirbhthe. The battle of
Ath-cliath", by the Cianachta-Breagh”, against Ui Tegh*; and there was great
slaughter made of the Leinstermen, and numbers of the Cianachta were drowned
in the full tide on their returning. Niall Frosach’, son of Fearghal, was seven
years king over Ireland [when he resigned]; and he died at I-Coluim-Cille, on
his pilgrimage eight years afterwards.

; The Age of Christ, 766. The first year of Donnchadh, son of Domhnall,
in sovereignty over Ireland. Flann Ua Dachua,*Abbot of Inis-cain-Deagha’,
died. Failbhe Erdaimh died. Forbasach Ua Cearnaigh, Abbot of Cluain-mic-
Nois, died ; he was of the Ui-Briuin. Aedhgen, Bishop and Abbot of Fobhar

mic Rogellaig, Uarchroi, mac Baih,Snedgus,mac Meath.
Ainfitre, and Cernach mac Faelain Foirfe, were * Ui-Tegh.—A sept seated in Imail, in the
slaine.”—Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. now county of Wicklow.

* Ath-cliath: i.e. Dublin, “A. D. 769. The ¥ Niall Frosach.—This entry is in a modern

ee Se a ah a

skirmish of Dublin” [copenav Aa cliaz] “by
Cianachte upon the Teigs” [pop hUib Teig].
“Great slaughter of Lenster. Great many of
the Cianachtes were drowned in the sea-tyde at
theire returne.”?” — Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

” Cianachta-Breagh.—A sept of the race of
Cian, son of Olioll Olum, King of Munster,
seated at and around Duleek, in the county of

hand in the Stowe copy. Niall Frosach. com-
menced his reign in the year 763, and after a
reign of seven years, he became a monk in the
monastery of Iona in Scotland in 770, and died
there in 778.—See Annals of Ulster, A. D. 778;
O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, p. 433.

* Inis-cain- Deagha.—Now Inishkeen, achurch,
near which are the remains of a round tower,
giving name to a parish lying partly in the county

3B

370 annaza Rrioghachta €iReann. (767.

lait, ingen Catal, banab Cluana Cutbino, vég. Ro par eapaonta ecip
Ceallac, mac Otnchada, pf Cargfn, 7 an pf Oonnchad, mac Oomnaill. Oo
ponad ono Lénémol Ua Neill la Oonnchad go Lanrgmb. Ro praccavan Langin
fap an mis co na pocparve 50 pangavan Sciat nEaccam. Chmyprd Oonnchad
co na plég 1 nQullinn. Ro gabpad ona a mumncin pop 60, 7 lopecatd, 1onn-
pad, ] anZzain an Coigid co cfnn peaccmaie, co po pranardple Laigin é€ po
veo. Coipppe, mac Pogancaig, cisfina Only, vés. becc, mac Connla,
cisfina Teatba, vécc. Clongup, mac Pipadarg, cigfina Ceneoil Laogaipe,
vé5 v0 bls. Catal, mac Conall Minn, cig (nna Coimppe Moipe, vécc. Oun-
xolac, mac Tach, coipeac Cuigne vé5. Apcgal, mac Conall, cigfpna
Coipppe Citba, vés.

Coir Cmorc, peachze ccéd pearcca a peacc. Cn ovana bliadain vo
Oonnchad. CGepland Cluana lonaipo vé5. $. Suibne, abb lae Colum Cille,
vé5. Maelarchsen, abb Cluana hedmg, Sealbac, mac Conalta, ab Concarge,
Eomuc, mac Epc, abb Léth [vecc]. Conach na lamcomanca, uain cudca-
cap aipdtha cugtide aduatmana an can pin, po ba pamalea pnt haippdib Laon
bnata .1. coimneac 7 cemnteac anpporl, sup b6 oipulaing vo Cac pon cloipefet
no paincp! apoile. Gabaid ona aduat 7 oman propa Epeann gun po funarl-
peat a pnuid ponna oa tpfoan vo denam imaille pe hepnaigte noiocna 4
aon ppomn (conna pide d1a pnadad 7 paopad an tlomaim im fel Micil
vo ponnnad, conad ve pin-bor an lamcomainc via penbnad an cene vo

of Monaghan, and partly in the county of Louth.
—See Shirley’s Account of Farney, pp. 180, 181.

* Cluainn- Cuithbhin.—The festival of St. Fin-
tina, virgin, of Cluain-Guithbhinn, is set down
in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at 1st November.
The place is now called Cluain-Guithbhinn,
anglicé Clonguffin, and is situated in the parish
of Rathcore, barony of Lower Moyfenrath, and
county of Meath.

» Sciath-Neachtain : i.e. Neachtain’s Shield.
This was the ancient name of a place near Castle-
dermot, in the south of the county of Kildare.
This attack upon Leinster is noticed in the An-
nals of Ulster, at the year 769, as follows:

“ A.D. 769. Congressio Donnchada mic Domh-
naill e¢ Cellaich mic nDonnchaid, ¢ exit Donn-

chad cum exercitu Nepotum Neill cu Laigniu, et
effugerunt eum Laigin, et exierunt i Sciath-Nech-
tain, et manserunt hUi Neill i Raith Ailinne, e
accenderunt igne omnes terminos Laigin.”

© Aillinn.—Now Cnoc-Aillinne, a hill on which
are the remains of a very large fort, near old Kil-
cullen, in the county of Kildare.—See note °,
under A. M. 4169, p. 58, supra.

“A sudden fit.—‘‘ A. D. 770. Oengus, mac
Fogertaigh, ri Ceniuil Laegaire, subcta morte
pertit.’—Ann. Uk.

* Cairbre-mor.—The addition of mor to Cairbre
here is probably a mistake by the Four Masters.
It is thus given in the Annals of Ulster. “ A. D.
770. Cathal, mac Conall Minn, ri Coirpri, mori-
tur.”

767.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 371

[Fore], died. Cobhlaith, daughter of Cathal, Abbess of Cluain-Cuithbhinn’,
died. There arose a dissention between Ceallach, son of Donnchadh, King of
Leinster, and the monarch Donnchadh, son of Domhnall. Donnchadh made a
full muster of the Ui-Neill [and marched] into Leinster. The Leinstermen
moved before the monarch and his forces until they arrived at Sciath-Neach-
tain’. Donnchadh, with his forces, remained at Aillinn*; his people continued
to fire, burn, plunder, and devastate the province for the space of a week, when
the Leinstermen at length submitted to his will. Cairbre, son of Fogartach,
lord of Breagh, died. Becc, son of Connla, lord of Teathbha, died. Aenghus,
son of Fearadhach, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, died of a sudden fit?. Cathal, son
of Conall, lord of Cairbre-Mor’, died. Dunghalach, son of Taithleach, chief of
Luighne’, died. Artghal, son of Conall, lord of Cairbre-Teathbha, died.

The Age of Christ, 767. The second year of Donnchadh. Aerlaidh of
Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], died. St. Suibhne, Abbot of Ia-Coluim-Cille, died.
Maelaithgen, Abbot of Cluain-Eidhneach*; Sealbhach, son of Cualta, Abbot of
Corcach [Cork], [and] Edhniuch, son of Erc, Abbot of Liath, [died]. The
fair of the clapping’ of hands, [so called] because ‘terrific and horrible signs
appeared at the time, which were like unto the signs of the day of judgment,
namely, great thunder and lightning, so that it was insufferable to all to hear
the one and see the other. Fear and horror seized the men of Ireland, so that
their religious seniors ordered them to make two fasts, together with fervent
prayer, and one meal between them, to protect and save them from a pestilence,
precisely at Michaelmas. Hence came the Lamhchomart, which was called the

‘ Luighne.—Now the barony of Leyny, in the
county of Sligo.

® Cluain-eidhneach.—Now Clonenagh, a town-
land near Mountrath, in the Queen’s County.
In the Life of Fintan, the patron saint of this
place, published by Colgan in his Acta Sancto-
rum, at 17th of February, p. 350, the name
Cluain-Eihdnach is translated “ latibulum hede-
rosum.” The foundations of various buildings
are traceable at Clonenagh, but no ruins of a
church of an antiquity greater than four cen-
turies are now visible.

» Of Liath.— Colgan takes this to be the

Liath-mor-Mochaemhog, near Thurles, in the
county of Tipperary.—See his Acta Sanctorum,
p. 598.

Clapping of hands.—This fair is noticed in
the Annals of Ulster, under the year 771, as
follows :

“A.D. 771. Oenach ina lamcomarthe in quo
ignis et tonitruum in similitudinem diet judicit. Ind
lamcomairt hi Feil Michil dia nepred in tene dia
nim.” Dr. O’Conor and the old translator take
Lamcomairt to be the name of the place where
the fair was held, but this is clearly a mis-
take.

DeBee

372 aNNQaza RIOSshachta elReaNN.

(768.

nm. Cod Ailgm, cag(pna Ua Maine, 00 mapbad. Apc, mac Plaitma,
coipeac Chine, vo manbad. Oungal, mac Ceallaig, cigfpna Oppaige, vés.
Cemrealaé, cigeanna Ua Pidgence, vécc.

Coip Cort, peache ccéo plpeca a hoct. In tneap bliadam vo Ohonn-
chad var Epimnipmige. Maenac, mac Colma, abb Slaie,7 Cille poibnich,
vés5. Oanel Ua Porlene, pcpibnesip Letabar vés. S$. Mapcan .1. eppcop
Inp1 eoms, veug 1 Nouembep. Sallbpan Ua Lingain, pcpibneoin Cluana mic
Noip, Gledan, eprcop Marge eu, Cech(pnach hUa Epmono, abb Cluana
Fipca Spenainn, Lentan, banabb Cille oana, ed, mac Coipppe, abb Ric-
pamne, Oonnchad, pi Connacc, veus.

Coip Cort, peact ccéd pfpcca anaor. In cfchpamad bliadain vo Ohonn-
chad or Epimn. Albnan, mac Poromig, abb Tpeoie mop, vécc ecip 01 camps.
Ulcan hUa bepodens, abb Otna moine, vés. Epnadac, mac Echm, abb
Lerglinne, v€§. Popanoan, pcmibneoip,7 eprcop Thedit, éug. Soampleac
Ua Concuanain, abb Lip méip, véus. Sfrcan, abb Imleaca ubain, oéus.
lompaiceac Ghlinne Cloicige, ancoipe, véus. Tomalcac, mac Mupgarle,
cs(ina Mage hl, veug. badbcad, mac Eaccsupa, corpeac Ceneol Mic
€anca, vés. Ceallac, mac Ounchada, mm Langtn véce. Eogan, mac Colmam,
v€é5. Céoconsbarl Tamlachca Manlepuamn.

Corp Cmoyt, peacht ccéo plccmogav. In cingead bliadam vo Ohonn-
chad 1pm pige. Oondgal, mac Nuadav, abb Lugmad, véug. Pranca, abb

* Cill-Fotbrigh.—Now probably Kilbrew, near
Ashbourne, in the county of Meath.

' Leathabha : i. e. called Letuba, in the Annals
of Ulster. There is no place of this name in the
Feilire-Aenguis, or the Irish Calendar of O’Clery,
or in Colgan’s published works, nor has the
Editor been able to find any monastery of the
name in Ireland. In the Feilire-Aenguis, at
26th March, mention is made of ‘* Leatha, nomen
sylve magne i nDeisibh Mumhan.” In O’Clery’s
Calendar, at 30th March, is set down the festi-
val of St. Liber of Leathdumha, which is pro-
bably the same as the Letubai of the Annals of
Ulster, but its situation is not. known.

™ Inis-Eidhnigh.—The festival of St. Martin

of Inis-Eidhnigh is set down in O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar, at lst November, but its situation is
not pointed out. It is probably the ancient
name of Inishnee, in the mouth of the Owen-
more River, in the west of the county of Gal-
way. The entries which the Four Masters have
transcribed under the year 768, are given in the
Annals of Ulster under 772; but the true year
is 773, as appears from a notice of the eclipse of
the moon noticed in these latter Annals as having
taken place ‘i Non. Decembris.”—See Art de
Ver. les Dates, tom. i. p. 66. The Annals of
Ulster contain the following notices of the wea-
ther, &c.

“A. D. 772. Maenach, mac Colmain, Abbas

ee

768.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 373

Fire from heaven. Aedh Ailghin, lord of Ui-Maine, was slain. Art, son of
Flaitnia, chief of Aidhne, was slain. Dunghal, son of Ceallach, lord of Osraighe,
died. Ceinnsalach, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died.

The Age of Christ, 768. The third year of Donnchadh in sovereignty over
Treland. Maenach, son of Colman, Abbot of Slaine and Cill-Foibrich*, died.
Daniel Ua Foilene, scribe of Leathabha’, died. St. Martin, Bishop of Inis-Eidh-
nigh", died on the 1st of November. Gallbran Ua Lingain, scribe of Cluain-
mic-Nois ; Aedhan, Bishop of Magh-eo [Mayo]; Cethernach Ua Ermono, Abbot
of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn [Clonfert]; Lerthan, Abbess of Cilldara [Kildare];
Aedh, son of Cairbre, Abbot of Reachrainn ; [and] Donnchadh, King of Con-
naught, died.

The Age of Christ, 769. The fourth year of Donnchadh over Ireland.
Albran, son of Foidmeach, Abbot of Treoit-mor [Trevet], died between the
two Easters". Ultan, hUa Berodherg, Abbot of Ohain-mor [Fahan], died.
Ernadhach, son of Echin, Abbot of Leithghlinn, died. Forannan, scribe and
bishop of Treoit [Trevet], died. Soairleach Ua Concuarain, Abbot of Lis-mor,
died. Se#nchan, Abbot of Imleach-Iubhair [Emly], died. Imraiteach of Gleann-
Cloitighe’, anchorite, died. Tomaltach, son of Murghal, lord of Magh-Aci, died.
Badhbhchadh, son of Eachtghus, chief of Cinel-Mic-Earca, died. Ceallach, son
of Dunchadh, King of Leinster, died. Eoghan, son of Colman”, died. The first
erection of Tamlacht-Mailruain®.

The Age of Christ, 770. Tlie fifth year of Donnchadh in the sovereignty.
Donnghal, son of Nuadhad, Abbot of Lughmhadh [Louth], died.

Fianchu,

Slaine ef Cille-Fobrich, a fluru sanguinis moritur.
Insolita siccitas, et ardor solis, ut pene panis omnis
deperiit. Dairmess mor inna deadhaig” [great
store of acorns after it.—Cod. Clarend., 49],
“&o. &e. Luna tenebrosa ti Non. Decembris.”

» Between the two Easters: i. e. between Easter
Sunday and Minnchaisg, i. e. Little Easter or
Dominica in Albis; in England called ‘* Low
Sunday,” and in the Greek Church, ‘New Sun-
day:” Kugiaxn Dicexonsvyrtpcos 5 viet OF xan xupraxn.

“A. D. 773. Mors Albrain, mic Foidmid,
Abbatis Treoit, in feria inter duo Pasca.”—
Ann. Ut.

° Gleann-Cloitighe: i.e. the Vale of the River
Clody, probably the vale of the river near New-
town-Barry, in the county of Wexford.

? Eoghan, son of Colman.— A. D. 773. Eu-
gan, mac Colmain, a fluxu sanguinis moritur, et
multi alit ea isto dolore mortui sunt.’”—Ann. Ult.

4 Tamhlacht-Mailruain.—Now Tallaght, near
the city of Dublin.—See note % under A. M.
2820, pp. 8, 9, supra. The festival of St. Mael-
ruain Tamhlachta, whose first name was Colman,
is set down in the/eilre-Aenguis and in O’Clery’s
Trish Calendar, at 7th July; and it is added in
the latter work that he died in the year 787.

374 aNNaza RIOSshachta elREANN. (771.

Lugmaid, deus, 7 Conall, abb Marge Cuinge. Cianan Cnaibo0eac dealang
oun véug 14 lun. Suaipleac, abb Linne [vécc]. Apomaca, Ceall oana,
Sltho v4 Laca,7 Imp bacéin do lopccavh. Oonnchad, mac Oornnall, pi
Eneann vo tionol plorg lap 1 Mumam. An Mhuma opapucéad larp,7 pocaide
mop vo Mhumnfeub vo mapbad von cupup pn. Oo blpcpac iapam a pén
06. Elpsup, mac Colgan, vécc. Celgal, mac Plamo, mic Conlar, toipeac
Teactba, 0é5. lomaipeace Achaw hace etip Ui mbmium 4 Uib Manne, m
po meabard pon Uib Maine. Owbinnplecac, agfina Apad, véug. Cucoin-
Zealca, cis(pna Conca Large, veus.

Cop Cort, peacht ccéo plécmogad a haon. In phpead bliadam vo
Oonnchad 1pm ge. Colam Pinn, CAncompe, veug. Maccorcclo, abb Cluana
mop Maedécc, vécc. Tnutsal, abb Sargpe, veug. Gaoweal Cluana lopaino
vé5. Ponbara, abb Rata Cloda, v€5. Collbnan, abb Cluana mic Noi,
véus. Eogain, mac Romeéimn, abb Lip moip, véug. Maolmaenarg, abb Chinn
Zapad, veug. Maolpuba Ua Maenas véus. Mumpeadac, mac Ainbceal-
lag, 0éug. lomaipecc ecip Ohal Anade pep: Sléb Mp, mm po manbad
Nia, mac Concongalca. lomaipecc ole vo mdip edip Oal nAfiade ma
nGochad, mac Piacna, 7 pra tTComalcac mac lonnneactang, in po manbao
Cronaod Ciappse, mac Catapaig, 7] Oungal Ua Plpgura, 50 nopuing ele
cenmocaopom. lomaineacc Cita Ouma etip na hOine(pa, 7 hUi Eachdac

* Magh-Luinge.—See note’, under A. D. 671,
p: 283, supra.

* Bealach-duin : i.e. the Road or Pass of the
Fort.
Chiarain or Castlekieran, near Kells, in Meath.
—See note under the year 868. In O’Clery’s
Trish Calendar the festival of St. Ciaran of Bea-
lach-duin is set down at 14th June.

* Linn.—This is copied from the Annals of
Ulster, in which this obit is entered, under the
year 774, but something has been omitted. The
name intended is probably Linn-Duachaill, now
Magheralin, in the county of Down.

« Inis-Baeithin: i.e. St. Baeithin’s Island, now
Inishboheen, or Inishboyne, a townland in the
parish of Dunganstown, barony of Arklow, and

This was the ancient name of Disert-

county of Wicklow. Here are the ruins of an
old church wherein the rectors of Dunganstown,
up to the present one, were inducted. The fes-
tival of St. Baeithin, son of Fianach or Finnach,
of this place, is set down in the Feilire-Aenguis
and O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at 22nd of May.

* Munster was devastated.—This devastation
of Munster is noticed in the Annals of Ulster,
under the year 774, thus :

“A.D. 774. Congressio inter Mumunenses 4
Nepotes Neill; et fecit Doncha vastationem mag-
nam in finibus Mumunensium, et ceciderunt multi
di Muimhneachaibh.”

x Achadh-liag: i.e. the Field of the Stones.
Dr. O’Conor says in the Annals of Ulster (A. D.
774), that this is Athleague in Connaught,

7714 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 375

Abbot of Lughmhadh, died ; and Conall, Abbot of Magh-Luinge’, [died]. Cia-
ran, the Pious, of Bealach-duin’, died on the 14th of June. Suairleach, Abbot
of Linn‘, [died]. Ard-Macha, Cill-dara, Gleann-da-locha, and Inis-Baeithin", were
burned. Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, King of Ireland, mustered an army and
marched it into Munster. Munster was devastated” by him, and great numbers
of the Munstermen were slain on that expedition. They afterwards gave him
his own demand. Fearghus, son of Colgan, died. Aelghal, son of Flann, son
of Conla, chief of Teathbha, died. The battle of Achadh-liag* [was fought]
between the Ui-Briuin and Ui-Maine, wherein the Ui-Maine were defeated.
Duibhinnreachtach, lord of Aradh’, died. Cuchoingealta, lord of Corca-Laigh-
dhe’, died.

The Age of Christ, 771. The sixth year of Donnchadh in the sovereignty.
Colum Finn, anchorite, died. Maccoigeadh, Abbot of Cluain-mor-Maedhog,
died. Tnuthghal, Abbot of Saigher [Serkieran], died. Gaeidheal of Cluain-
Iraird [Clonard], died. Forbasa, Abbot of Rath-Aedha*, died. Collbran, Ab-
bot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Eoghan, son of Roinchenn, Abbot of Lis-mor,
died. Maelmaenaigh, Abbot of Ceann-garadh, died. Maelrubha Ua Maenaigh’,
died. Muireadhach, son of Ainbhcheallach, died. A battle was fought be-
tween the Dal-Araidhe themselves at Sliabh-Mis’, in which Nia, son of Cucon-
galt, was slain. Another battle [was fought] between the Dal-Araidhe, by
Eochaidh, son of Fiachna, and Tomaltach, son of Innreachtach, where Cinaedh
Ciarrge, son of Cathasach, and Dunghal Ua Fearghusa, and others besides them,

were slain. The battle of Ath-dumha‘ [was fought] between the Airtheara* and

but that cannot be true, because Athleague is
called in Irish, Ath-liag, i.e. Ford of the Stones.
. The Achadh-liag referred to in the text is pro-
bably the place now called Achadh-leaga, si-
tuated on the east side of the River Suck, in
the barony of Athlone, and county of Roscom-
- mon. — See Tribes and Customs of [Hy-Many,
pp- 7, 15, 83.

¥ Aradh.—Now the barony of Ara or Duharra,
in the county of Tipperary.

* Corca-Laighdhe—This was the tribe name
of the O’Driscolls and their correlatives, who
possessed a territory coextensive with the dio-

cese of Ross, forming the south-western portion
of the present county of Cork.

* Rath-Aedha: i.e. Aedh’s or Hugh’s Rath or
Earthen Fort, now Rathhugh, in the barony of
Moycashel, and county of Westmeath.

> Ua-Maenaigh.—* A. D. 769. Moyle-Rovay
O’Mooney died.”—Ann. Clon.

© Sliabh Mis. —Now Slemish, a mountain in the
barony of Lower Antrim, and county of Antrim.

* Ath-dumha.—See note under the year 756.

© Airtheara.—Now the Oriors, two baronies
forming the eastern portion of the now county
of Armagh.

376 aNNaca RIOSshachtd elReEGNN.

772.)

Coba, in po manbad Hopmsal, mac Conall Cpa, cigeanna Coba. lomaip-
eacc ecip Ohonnchad 7 Congalaé, 1 ccopcain Ppsal, mac Elavarg, wg(pna
Ua mbneayail beim. Ceallac, mac Oanchada, pi Larsen, vécc. Tuatal,
mac Cniomtainn, Oomnall.mac Pogancars, coipeac na hCipove, véug. Cod
Finn, ciseanna Oal Riava, veug. Pippacmoch, abb Apoa Maca, mac pide
Suibne, mic Rénain, mic Cnunnmaoil, vo écc.

Cop Cort, peacht ccfo peactmogad avd. An plécmad bhiadam vo
Ohonveéad 6p Epind. ban badbgna, eagnaid, oéug. lomaipeace occ Oopaib
cimpac ecip 0a Cummarpcans, 50 po manb an oana pean anole. lomaineace
Cala tpomma ecipn va Ua Cfpnaig a. Niall 7 Cumapcac, 1 concain Eaccgup,
mac bait, 7 pochad: imaille pnp. Platpor, mac Oomnanll, pr: Connacc, veg.
Sloigead Laigth vo tabainc la Oonnchad pon bhplsa. Cogsad eoip Oonnchad
7 Congalac.

Coir Cmorz, peacc ccéd pletmogad acpi.
Ohonncad 6p Epo.

Cn coccmadh bliadain vo
Snévhchept, mac Tuamcon, abb bf(nnchuip, véus.
Conall, mac an tpaoip, esnaid, 7 abb 6fnncuip, vé5. CAimbceallac, abb Con-
vepe 7 Cane hE€ala, veugs. Fionan, abb Cluana h€uip, véug. Sitmait,
bannabb Chluana boinfno, vé5. Eztne, ins(n Cianavon, véucc. Cluaim mic
Norp vo lopeead. On cogad céona etip Oonnchad 7 Congalac, 1 toncain
Congalac, mac Conaing, toipeac bpeas, Cuana mac Eccms, 7 Ouncad mac
Cllene, TS fina Musvopn, 7 Oianmuro, mac Clotna, co pochaioib mmaille
piu. Ro ppainead an cat pia nOonnchad.

' Ut-Eachdhach-Cobha : i. e. the people of
Iveagh, in the now county of Down.
* Ard: i.e. Ard-Cianachta, now the barony

(yp von cach pin po nadead :

‘ Cala-truim.—Now Galtrim, in the county of
Meath.—See note °, under the year 1176. The
most of the entries transcribed by the Four

of Ferrard, in the county of Louth.

» Feardachrich.—He is set down as Arch-
bishop of Armagh in the Catalogue in the
Psalter of Cashel. He succeeded in 758. See
Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 41.

' Badhbhghna.—Now Slieve-Baune, in the
county of Roscommon.

* Odhra-Teamhrach.—Now Odder, in the pa-
rish of Tara, barony of Skreen, and county of
Meath. “ A. D. 776. Jugulatio mic Cumascaigh
oc Odhraibh, alius vixit, alius mortuus est.”—
Ann. Ult.

Masters, under the year 772, are given in the
Annals of Ulster under 776, and the following
notices of ‘the weather, diseases, &c., totally
omitted by the Four Masters:

“A, D. 776. Ind uile gaimh issin samhradh
Ind riuth
fola, galrai imdai olchena. Pene mortalitas, in
boar mar [i.e. all Winter in the Summer, i.e.
great wet and great wind. The bloody flux,
and many other diseases ; pene mortalitas; the
great murrain ].”

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise these diseases

«i. fleochodh mor, ocus gaeth mor.

<

772.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 377

the Ui-Eachdhach-Cobha’, in which Gormghal, son of Conall Crai, lord of Cobha,
was slain. A battle [was fought] between Donnchadh and Conghalach, in which
Fearghal, son of Eladhach, lord of Ui-Breasail Beiri, was slain. Ceallach, son
of Dunchadh, King of Leinster, died. Tuathal, son of Crimhthann, [died]. Domh-
nall, son of Foghartach, chief of Ard*, died. Aedh Finn, lord of Dal-Riada,
died. Feardachrich', Abbot of Ard-Macha, the son of Suibhne, son of Ronan,
son of Crunnmael, died.

The Age of Christ, 772. The seventh year of Dunchadh over Ireland.
Ban of Badhbhghna’, a wise man, died. <A battle [was fought] at Odhra-
Teamhrach* between the two Cummascachs, so that the one killed the other.
The battle of Cala-truim' [was fought] between the two Ua Cearnaighs, namely,
Niall and Cumascach, wherein Eachtghus, son of Baeth, and numbers along
with him, were slain. Flathroi, son of Domhnall, King of Connaught, died.
The army of Leinster was brought by Connchadh over Breagh. A war be-.
tween Donnchadh and Congalach.

The Age of Christ, 773. The eighth year of Donnchadh over Ireland.
Snedhchest, son of Tuamchu, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Conall,
son of the artificer, a wise man and Abbot of Beannchair, died. Ainbhcheal-
lach, Abbot of Connor and Lann-Eala [Lynally], died. Finan, Abbot of Cluain-
Eois [Clones], died. Sithmaith, Abbess of Cluain-Boireann”, died. Eithne,
daughter of Cianadon, died. Cluain-mic-Nois was burned. The same war"
[continued] between Donnchadh and Conghalach, during which fell Congalach,
son of Conaing, chief of Breagh; Cuana, son of Eigneach; Dunchadh, son of
Alene, lord of Mughdhorna [Cremorne]; and Diarmaid, son of Clothna, and
many others along with them. The battle was gained by Donnchadh. Of this
battle was said:

are noticed under the year 770, thus :

“ A. D. 770. There reigned in Ireland many
diseases about this time.
cowes came over the whole kingdom, called the
Moylegarb.” .

™ Cluain-Boireann.—Now Cloonburren, near
the Shannon, in the barony of Mos trnas, and
county of Roscommon,—See note ”, under A.D.
577, p. 209, supra.

» The same war.—This war is noticed in the

A great morren of —

Annals of Ulster under the year 777: “ Bellum
Forcalaidh in Ui Forciunn.” It is stated in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise, at the year 771, that
a battle was fought between Donnogh and
Conolagh at Cala:

“A.D. 771. There was a battle in Cala,
fought between Donnogh and Conolagh, in
which Conolagh mac Comyn, prince of Moy-
brey, Cwana mac Eigny, Donnagh mac Elene,
with many other nobles, were slain.”

oC

378 ANNQGCa RIOSshachta elReaqnn.

(774.
Oo cat Poncalaid ponaenad, oomnach oubac venac,
ba 1omda mataip baewd bpénac ip ind Luan an na banac.

Imbutle mn Scaal aca an pannpa :

biad co mmbiud accan [accain] an maoan hi Popcalad,
Ria nOonnéad Mhoe mfhaip cat ime apanl Congalac.

Ecenpcel, mac Cleda, mic Colgan, cigfina Ua Cennpealang, vés. Niall,
mac Conall pane, toipec vepcent Onls, véug. CTuacal, mac Cpumtainn,
coipec Cualann, véug. Plannabpo, cigfina Umanll, véug.

Coir Core, plec ccéd peaccmosao a clap. In néomao bliadain vo
Oonnchad. Pulapcach, eppcop Cluana hlonaipo, véug. Ceangal, eccnars,
mac Nemuc, abb bionaip, véug. Moenan, mac Copbmaic, abb Catnac Punra
ipm Pnaine, véus. Popbapac, mac Mailecola, abb Ropa Comain, veucc.
Sluaigead la Oonnchad, mac Domnall, 1pm Pocla, 50 ccuc gialla o Ohom-
nall, mac Coda Mumoveips, c15 fina in Tuapceipc. lomaipeacc Cille Corce,
1 cconcain P(psal, mac Oungarle, mic Paolcon, cigfina Pontuat Caigen, lap
an ms Oonnchad. Cell oapa vo lopccad. Cluain mon Maedog, 7 Ceall
Oelsi v0 lopgad. Cengap, mac Cilen, cis(pna Mugoonn, vécc. PFlactpae,

° Caladh, or Forcaladh.—This is probably the
district in the barony of Clonlonan, and county
of Westmeath, called the Caladh of Calraighe,
included in the present parish of Ballyloughloe.

» Buile-an-Scail: i.e. the Hero’s Furor, or
Rhapsody. This was evidently the name of a
poem, or historical tale, like that called Buile
Shuibhne—See Battle of Magh-Rath, pp. 236,
237, note 4.

« Umhall.—A_ territory comprising the baro-
nies of Murrisk and Burrishoole, in the now
county of Mayo.—See Genealogies, Tribes, §c., of
Hy-Fiachrach, p. 499 ; and the map prefixed to
that work. The Four Masters should have
- transcribed those entries under the year 778.
The Annals of Ulster, which are antedated by
one year at this period, give the most of them
under 777, together with a notice of the preva-
lence of a bloody flux, and a murrain among

the cattle: ‘“‘Ind ruith folo; in b6-ar mar.”

* Birar.—This sometimes appears as an old
form of the name Birra, now Birr, in the King’s
County, which is to be distinguished from
Achadh-Biroir, now Aghaviller, in the county
of Kilkenny.

* Cathair-Fursa: i.e. the City of Fursa, i.e.
Peronne, in France, where St. Fursa, an Irish-
man, erected a monastery in the latter end of
the sixth century.—See Bede, lib. iii. c. 19;
and Colgan’s edition of the’ Life of Furseus in
his Acta Sanctorum, xvi. Jan.
see that this monastery was supplied with

It is curious to

abbots from Ireland.

t The h.—“ A. D. 772” [recté, 779].
“ King Donnogh brought an army to the North,
and tooke hostages of Donell mac Hugh, King
of the North.”—Ann. Clon.

" Cill-Coice: i.e. the Church of St. Coc, now

774.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 379

Of the battle of Forcaladh° came slaughter on a melancholy and tearful Sunday ;
Many a mother was distracted and sorrowful on the Monday following.

The following quatrain is in Buile-an-Scail?:

There will be increase of lamentation in the morning at Forcaladh ;
By Donnchadh of Meath the battle shall be won in which Congalach
shall perish.

Edersgel, son of Aedh, son of Colgan, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Niall,
son of Conall Grant, chief of South Breagh, died. Tuathal, son of Crumhthann,
chief of Cualann, died. Flannabhra, chief of Umhall‘, died.

The Age of Christ, 774. The ninth year of Donnchadh. Fulartach, Bi-
shop of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], died. Learghal, a wise man, son of Neimhith,
Abbot of Birar", died. Moenan, son of Cormac, Abbot of Cathair-Fursa’, in
France, died. Forbhasach, son of Maeltola, Abbot of Ros-Comain [Roscommon],
died. A hosting was made by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, into the North’,
so that he brought hostages from Domhnall, son of Aedh Muindearg, lord of
the North. The battle of Cill-Coice", in which Fearghal, son of Dunghal, son
of Faelchu, lord of Fortuatha-Laighean*, was slain by the king Donnchadh.
Cill-dara was burned. Cluain-mor-Maedhog* and Cill-Delge [Kildalkey] were
burned. Aenghus, son of Aileni, lord of Mughdhorna [Cremorne], died.

Kilcock, in the barony of Clane, and county of:

Kildare, where the festival of the Virgin Coc
was celebrated on the 6th of June.—See Colgan’s
Acta Sanctorum, p. 465, n. 29; and Archdall’s
Monast. Hib., p. 321.

“ Fortuatha-Laighean—The Glen of Imail
and Glendalough were included in this terri-
tory.—See note under the year 707.

* Cluain-mor-Maedhog.—There are two places
of this name, now anglicé Clonmore, in Leinster ;
one near the River Slaney, in the barony of
Bantry, and county of Wexford, and the other
in the barony of Rathvilly, and county of
Carlow. There is at the latter a holy well
called Tober-Mogue, and the Editor is of opi-
nion that it is the place referred to in these

Most of the
entries transcribed by the Four Masters under
the year 774 are given in the Annals of Ulster
under 778, together with the following, totally
omitted by the Four Masters:

“A.D. 778. ‘Boum mortalitas, e mortalitas
hominum de penuria. In Bholgach for Eirinn
huile.”’ [The pox through all Ireland.—Cod.
Clar., 49.] ‘“Ventus maximus in fine Autumni.”

These notices are entered in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise under the year 772, thus:

“A.D. 772” [779]. ‘The morren of the
Cowes in Ireland still continued, and, which

Annals as Cluain-mor-Maedhog.

was worse, great scarcity and penury of victualls
among the men continued. The Poxe” [the
small pox] ‘came over all the kingdome.”

SNC

380 anNNaza RIOshachta elReEANN. (775.

pi Connacc, véus. Muiploac, mac Clongurpa, corpeac Cpoa Ciannacca, vo
manbao.

Coip Cmorc, react ccéo plécmoda a cincc. On ofémad bliadain vo
Ohonnchad. Scanoal abb, comanba Camoig, vé5. Maicmad, mac Ceallang,
abb Ohamlleglaim, vécc. Augupcin bfhocuip véus. Séopac, mac Sobarp-
tain, 0é5. Cloancu eagnad vé5. Ponbplant, ingfn Chomlar, banabbC hluana
bponarg, vés. lomainfce hUilne Guaipe, 1 concaip Plann, mac Ceallag, 7
Scannlan, mac Piannaccars.

Cop Cmorz, plcc ccéd peactmoda a pé. On caonmad bliadamn vé% vo
Ohonnchad. Cilgmad, eppcop Apoa Oplccain, Stncan, abb Imleaca lubarp,
Onach, abb Lipmoip, 7 abb Inf: Oommle, Saengal hUa Oungnae, abb Cluana
Ffpca Molua, Ourbinopecc, mac Pfpsura, abb P(pna, Maenac Ua Maonans,
abb CUainne Léine, Peaccnac, abb Pobain, 7 Saensal Ua Cathal esnaid,

vécc.

Celbpan hUa Caguoon, abb Cluana Oolcain, Nuavha Ua bolcaim,

abb Tomma Oaolann, Plaitmad, mac Congaile, abb Cluana peanta bpen-

aimn, po éccpact pin ule an bliadain yp.

Colcca, mac Ceallang, msfina

Ua cCpemtamn. Oungal, mac Plaitmad, agfnna Umanll, véus. Conoalac,
mac Chlella, oo mapbad1 nApo Maca. Cath Righe ma plnaib bpeag pon

¥ Successor of Cainneach : i.e. Abbot of Agha-
boe, in the now Queen’s County. Mageoghegan
renders it, ‘Scannall, Abbot of Kilkenny,
died,” in his translation of the Annals of Clon-
macnoise at the year 773; but this is a mere
conjecture.

* Cluain-BronaighNow Clonbroney, near
Granard, in the county of Longford. This pas-
sage is given in the Annals of Ulster at the
year 779, together with the following passages
omitted by the Four Masters :

“A.D. 779. Combustio Alocluade in Kal. Jan.
Fuga Ruadhrai o Ochtar Ochae; et Coirpri, mac
Laidgnein, cum duobus generibus Lagin. Donchad
persecutus est eos cum suis sociis, vastavitque, et
combussit fines eorum et ecclesias. Nix magna in
April. Fergus Maighi dumai moritur. Congressio
Sinodorum Nepotum Neill et Laginensium in
oppido Temro, ubi fuerunt scribe, et Anchorite

multi, quibus dux erat Dublitter. Lex tercia Com-
main et Aidain incipit.”

The flight, of Ruadhrach and the Synod at
Tara is noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise
under the year 773, but the true year is 780.

* Uilleann-Guaire: i. e. Guaire’s angle, or
elbow. Not identified. This battle is not no-
ticed in the Annals of Ulster or Clonmacnoise.

> Inis-Doimhle.—In O’Clery’s Irish Calendar,
at 4th July, Inis-Doimhle is described as in
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh.—See also Colgan’s Acta Sanc-
torum, p. 597, n: 14. It would appear to be the
place now called Inch, situated in the barony of
Shelmaliere, and county of Wexford.

¢ Lann-Leire.—See note under the year 740,
“A. D. 778. Moynagh O’Mooney, Abbot of
Loynlere, died.”—Ann. Clon.

4 Cluain-Dolcain: i. e. Dolcan’s Lawn or
Meadow, now Clondalkin, in the barony of

775.]

Flathrae, King of Connaught, died. Muireadhach, son of Aenghus, chief of
Ard-Cianachta [Ferrard], was slain.

The Age of Christ, 775. The tenth year of Donnchadh. Scannal, abbot,
successor of Cainneach’, died. Maicniadh, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Dunleath-
ghlaisi [Downpatrick], died. Augustin, of Beannchair[Bangor], died. Sedrach,
son of Sobharthan, died. Adharchu, a wise man, died. Forbflaith, daughter
of Connla, Abbess of Cluain-Bronaigh’, died. The battle of Uilleann-Guaire’,
wherein fell Flann, son of Ceallach, and Scannlan, son of Fianachtach.

The Age of Christ, 776 [recte 781]. The eleventh year of Donnchadh.
Ailgniadh, Bishop of Ard-Breacain [ Ardbraccan]; Seanchan, Abbot of Imleach,
Tubhair [Emly]; Orach, Abbot of Lis-mor, and the Abbot of Inis-Doimhle’;
Saerghal Ua Dungnae, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Molua [Clonfertmalloe]; Duibh-
innreacht, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns]; Maenach Ua Maenaigh, Abbot of Lann-
Leire’; Feachtnach, Abbot of Fobhar [Fore]; and Saerghal Ua Cathail, a wise
man, died. Aelbran Ua Lagudon, Abbot of Cluain-Dolcain’; Nuada Ua Boleain,
Abbot of Tuaim Daolann’; Flaithniadh, son of Congal, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-
Brenainn [Clonfert]: all these died this year. Conga, son of Ceallach, lord of
Ui-Cremhthainn ; Dunghal, son of Flaithniadh, lord of Umhall; died. Conda-
lach’, son of Ailell, was slain at Ard-Macha. The battle of Righ* [was gained]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 381

Newcastle, and county of Dublin, where there
is an ancient Round Tower in good preserva-
tion. St. Cronan, otherwise called Mochua, was
venerated here on the 6th of August.—See
Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 577; and Arch-
dall’s Mi onasticon, p. 131.

* Tuaim-Daolann.—This is another form of
Tuaim-da-ghualann, which was the ancient
name of Tuam, in the county of Galway.

“A, D. 780. Nuad O-Bolgain, Abbas Tuama
Daolan (Dagualan), defunctus est.”—Ann. Ul.
Cod. Clarend., 49.

‘ Condalach.— A. D. 780. Magna commixtio
in Ardmacha in quinquagesima, in qua cecidit
Condalach mac Ailello.”—Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 778. There was a great fraye in
Ardmagh on Shrovetide, where Conolagh mac
Conoylye died.”—Ann. Clon.

8 Righ.—Now the River Rye, which divides
the counties of Meath and Kildare for several
miles, and unites with the Liffey at Leixlip.

“A. D. 780. Bellum Rige re feraib Breg for
Laigniu die Samnae, in quo cecidit Cucongalt ri
Ratho-Inbhir, Diarmait, mac Conaing, ¢ Cona-
ing, mac Dungaile, da ua Conaing, et Maelduin
mac Fergusa, et Fogartach, mac Cumasgaid.
Duo nepotes Cernaig victores erant, belli Rigi.”—
Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 778. There was a battle given at the
River Rie, by the inhabitants of Moybrey, to
Lynstermen, where the Lynstermen had the vic-
tory” [recté, were overthrown]. ‘“ This was the
first of November, in the year of the margent
quoted ; which overthrow was prophesied long
before by the words Ar fiet rigt iugt.”’—Ann.
Clon.

®

382 . ANNAZA RIOshachta elReEaNN. (777.

Langnib, la Samna do ponnnad, in po manbad Cucongalc, aisfpna Rata mbip,
1 Flpgal, mac Ailella, ciseapna Ceniuil Uchae. Apao bavan caps
opfpab Opls ag ppamead m cata hipm, Orapmuio, mac Conaing, Conaing,
mac Oungaile, Maolotin, mac Pfpsupa, 7 Posancac, mac Cumarpeag. Ap
dO PM Po paloedd :

Lovan Longin an Samain, 00 Hg DaISPIp nac capnpac,

Nip pagaib luga oige, pon bna Righe no anrpac.

Ptsurp, mac Eacoac, tiseapna Oal Riava, vécc.

Cloip Cmorz, peacc cced pfccmoda a pfec. On vana bliadain vécc vo
Oonnchad. Copbmac, mac Opfrail, abb Aino Opeacain 4 ceall narle vécc.
Scanoal Ua Tad5, abb Achand bé, vécc, 1an mbeit tpi bliadna ap oa Picie 1
naboaine. hi péil Compal acbat porn. banban, ab Claonta, vé5. Clodan,
abb Ropa Comam, vécc. Oaniel Ua Qhemic, abb Ocipinm [vécc]. Cianan
Tishe Munoa décc. Efpoomnach Tuama Oagualann vés. MuipCohac, mac
Uapsarle, pmioip la Colum Cille, vécc. Ulcan piptighp beanochuip, becan
Lipeacain, Taleplant, msfn Mupchada, banabb Cluana Cuiptin, vécc
lomaipeace Cuipms la caob Cille vana an w. Kal. Sepcembep, o1a Maine
etip Ruadparch, mac Paolain,7 Span, mac Muipeavhans, in po mapbavh
Mucchpon, mac Plomn, wig (pna Ua Parse, 7 Ouboacpioch, mac Larognein
In pptcap. Ria Rucodpi po meabad. Ancgal, mac Catal, pi Connacc, vo
sabal bacla, 7 a dol co hl via oletpe an bliadain ap ccino.-

Corp Cmorz, peace ccéo peactmoda a hecc. Cn tpeap bliadain vécc

» Rath-inbhir: i.e. the Rath or earthen Fort
at the Inver or Mouth of the River, so called
because it was situated at Inbher-Dea, or the
mouth of the River Dea. Ussher thinks that
this was the ancient name of Oldcourt, near
Bray, in the county of Wicklow.—See Ussher’s
Primordia, p. 846; and Colgan’s Trias Thaum.,
p31, n. 29.

i Dal-Riada.—This entry is given in the An-
nals of Clonmacnoise under 778; but the true
year is 781. “A.D. 778. Fergus mac Cahall,
King of Dalriada or Reade Shanckes, died.” ©

* The festival of St. Comhgall : i.e. 10th of May.

1 Claenadh.—Now Clane, a village giving:

name to a barony in the north of the county of
Kildare. In the gloss to the Feilire-Aenguis,
preserved in the Leabhar-Breac, it is stated
that Claenadh is situated in Ui-Faelain, in Magh-
Laighen.

™ Dairinis.—See note under the year 742.

» Cluain-Cuifihin. —Now Clonguffin, near
Rathcore, in Meath.—See note under 766.

° Cuirreach, by the side of Cill-dara.—-Otherwise
called Cuirrech-Liffe, now the Curragh of Kil-
dare.—See note ", under the year 1234, p. 272.
This battle is noticed in the Annals of Ulster,
thus:

“A, D. 781. Bellum Cuirrich, in confinio

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

777.) 383

by the men of Breagh over the Leinstermen, on the day of Allhallows precisely,
wherein were slain Cucongalt, lord of Rath-inbhir", and Fearghal, son of Ailell,
lord of Cinel-Ucha. These were the chieftains of the men of Breagh who were
routing in that battle : Diarmaid, son of Conaing ; Conaing, son of Dunghal ;
Maelduin, son of Fearghus ; and Fogartach, son of Cumascach. Of this was
said :

The Leinstermen went on Samhain to the house of a good man, whom
they loved not;
They left not the least of drink; on the brink of the Righ they remained.

Fearghus, son of Eochaidh, lord of Dal-Riada’, died.

The Age of Christ, 777 [recté 782]. The twelfth year of Donnchadh.
Cormac, son of Bresal, Abbot of Ard-Breacain [Ardbraccan], and other
churches, died. Scannal Ua Taidhg, Abbot of Achadh-bo [Aghaboe], died,
after having been forty-three years in the abbacy. He died on the festival of
St. Comhgall*. Banbhan, Abbot of Claenadh’, died. Aedhan, Abbot of Ros-
Comain [Roscommon], died. Daniel Ua Aithmit, Abbot of Dairinis™ [died].
Ciaran of Teach-Munna [Taghmon], died. Feardomhnach of Tuaim-da-ghua-
lann [Tuam], died. Muireadhach, son of Uarghal, Prior of Ia-Coluim-Cille
[Iona], died. Ultan, @iconomus of Beannchair [Bangor]; Becan Lifeachair ;
[and] Tailefhlaith, daughter of Murchadh, Abbess of Cluain-Cuifthin”; died.
The battle of Cuirreach, by the side of Cill-dara® [was fought] on the sixth of
the Calends of September, on Tuesday’, between Ruadhriach, son of Faelan,
and Bran, son of Mureadhach, wherein Mughron, son of Flann, Lord of Ui-
Failghe, and Dubhdachrich, son of Laidhgnen, were slain in a combat. The
victory was gained by Ruaidhri. Artghal, son of Cathal, King of Connaught,
took the [pilgrim’s] staff‘, and went to Hi on his pilgrimage.

The Age of Christ, 778 [recté’783]. The thirteenth year of Donnchadh.

Cille-daro, in vi. Kal. Septembris iti. feria inter
Ruadraich, mac Faelain, et Bran, mac Muire-
daig, ubt ceciderunt Mughron, mac Flainn, rex
Hua Foilgi, e Dubdacrich, mac Laidgnein, hi
frecur. Ruaidhri victor fut; Bran captivus
ductus est.” —Ann. Ult.

» On the 6th of the Calends of September, on

Tuesday.—These criteria indicate the year 782.
9 The staf.— A. D. 781. Bachall Airtgaile,
mic Cathail, ri Connacht, et peregrinatio ejus in
sequenti anno ad insolam Iae.”—Ann. Ult.
“The Crosstaff taken by Ardgall, King of
Connaght, and his pilgrimage the year after to
Iland Iae.””—Cod. Clarend., 49.

384 » QONNAGCaA RIOshachta elREGNN.

(779.

vo Ohonnchad. Peansup, eppcop voimliacc, Oengup, mac Cpunnmaoil, abb
Oommliacc, Suaipleach, angcope Lip map, Mac Plaiémad, abb Cluana
Fipca, Recclaic(n Pobaip eccnaid, Canon eagnaid, Paelgup, mac Tnue-
sale, eaccnad Cluana hEpaipo, Chill Ua Tiopnaicce, 7 becc, mac Cu-
mapeaich, vécc. [Cianan o bhelag oan, v0 pgmib beata Phaonarc, vécc.]
CApomacha 7 Mash eo vo lopccad vo tene parsnem aici Satainn vo
ronnnad, 1pin cftpamad nom Cluguyc. Oa coipneac, cemteac, ZFaotac, am-
ampfnac, an odce hipn, 7 1p pide avhand po ofotlatmsl marmpoip Cluana
bponas. Oomnall, mac Plaitmad coipeac Ua pPailge, 00 mapbad hn
cCluain Conaine. lomaipeacc Ouma achid eicin Oal nCparwde, hn cconcaip
Pocanca hUa Conalca. Popup cana Pacnaice 1 cCpuacam la Ouboaleite,
7 la Thoppaica, mac Taidcc.,

Coip Cmort, peacc cced pletmoda anaor. An cltpamad bliadain vécc
v0 Ohonnchad. Plann, eprcop, eagnad, 7 abb Inp: Camofsha, Reccma,
abb Cluana mic Noip, 00 Siol Choppy: Cnuim, Cianan, abb Rata Marge
Conagy 7 Tige Mopionva, Ceapnac, mac Subne, pmo Anoa Maca, 4
Conall, mac Cnunnmaorl, abb Cupcan, vécc. Rioghoal etcin Ohonnchad,
mac Oomnanll, 7 Piacna, mac CQlooa Rom, ag Inpr na pig 1 naiptean Ons.

Cp v1 no pondead.

" Bealach-duin.—Now Castlekieran, near the
town of Kells, in the county of Meath. Dr.
O’Conor says that this passage is inserted in a
modern hand in the autograph copy at Stowe.

* Thunder and lightning.—“‘ A. D. 782. Com-
bustio Airdmache, et Maighi heu Saxonum.
Ignis horribilis tota nocte Sabbati, et tonitruam in
iv. Non. Augusti, et ventus magnus, et validissimus,
destruxit monasterium Cluana-Bronaig.”— Ann.
Uk.

Most of the entries transcribed by the Four
Masters under 778 are given in the Annals of
Ulster under 782, with a notice of an affray
which took place at Ferns between the Cico-
nomus and the Abbot, intentionally left out by
the Four Masters.

* Dumha-achidh. — This is called “ Bellum
Dunai-Achaidh” in the Annals of Ulster. It
was the name of a fort in the townland of Bal-

lycreggagh, parish of Dunaghy, in the county
of Antrim.—See the Ordnance Map of that
county, sheet 27.

* Dubdaleithe—He was Archbishop of Ar-
magh. Doctor O’Conor renders ‘“ Forus cana
Phattruig,” by ‘Collectio tributi S. Patricii;”
but he is clearly wrong.—See Petrie’s Anti-
quities of Tara Hill, pp. 148, 149.

’ Inis-caein-Deagha.—Now Iniskeen, in the
barony of Farney, and county of Monaghan.—
See note under the year 766.

“A.D. 783. Flann, Episcopus, sapiens, Abbas
Innse Caindegho veneno mortificatus est.”—Ann.
Uk.

* Rath-maighe-Eonaigh.—In O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar, at 1st November, is set down the
festival of St. Ciaran, Abbot of Rathmoighe
and Teach-Mofhinna ; and it is added that he
resigned his spirit in the year 783. In the same

779.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 385

Fearghus, Bishop of Daimhliag [Duleek] ; Oenghus, son of Crunnmhael, Abbot
of Daimhliag; Suairleach, anchorite of Lis-mor; Mac Flaithniadh, Abbot of
Cluain-fearta [Clonfert]; Reachtlaiten of Fobhar [Fore], a wise man; Aaron,
a wise man; Faelghus, son of Tnuthghal, a wise man of Cluain-Iraird
[Clonard]; Ailill Ua Tibraide; and Becc, son of Cumasgach, died. [Ciaran
of Bealach-duin’, who wrote the Life of Patrick, died.] Ard-Macha and
Magh-eo were burned by lightning on Saturday night, precisely on the fourth
of the Nones of August. That night was terrible with thunder, lightning‘,
and wind-storms; and it was on this night the monastery of Cluain-Bronaigh
[Clonbroney] was destroyed. Domhnall, son of Flaithniadh, chief of Ui-
Failghe, was slain at Cluain-Conaire [Cloncurry]. The battle of Dumha-
Achidh', between the Dal-Araidh, wherein Focharta Ua Conalta was slain. The
promulgation of Patrick’s law at Cruachain by Dubdaleithe", and Tibraide, son
of Tadhg. ;

The Age of Christ, 779 [recté 784]. The fourteenth year of Donnchadh.
Flann, Bishop, wise man, and Abbot of Inis-Caindeagha”; Reachtnia, Abbot
of Cluain-mic-Nois, of the race of Cairbre Crom; Ciaran, Abbot of Rathmaighe-
Eonaigh*, and Teach-Mofhinna [Taghmon]; Cearnach, son of Suibhne, Prior’
of Ard-Macha; Conall, son of Crunnmhael, Abbot of Lusca [Lusk], died. A
royal meeting between Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, and Fiachna, son of
Aedh Roin at Inis-na-righ’, in the east of Breagh. Of it was said:

Calendar, at lst September, is set down the
festival of Brudhach, Bishop of Rath-moighe

hAenaigh, who is noticed in the Tripartite Life

of St. Patrick, as, ‘“ Episcopus Brugacius, qui
est in Rath Mugeaonaich, a sancto Patricio
ordinatus Episcopus.”—Part ii. c. 136, Trias
Thaum., p. 147. The Four Masters, as quoted
by Colgan in Acta Sanctorum, p. 347, note 6,
and as in the Stowe copy, record the death of
St. Adamnan, Bishop of Rath-Maighe-hAenaigh,

‘at the year 725, which corresponds with the

year 730 of the Annals of Ulster.—See note »,
under the year 725, p. 323, supra. Colgan is
of opinion that the Rath-maighe Aenaigh men-
tioned in this passage is Airther-maighe, now
Armoy, in the county of Antrim, but he loses

sight of the clue afforded by O’Donnell, in his
Life of St. Columbkille, lib. i. c. 32, where he
states that the church of the Bishop Brugacius
is in Tir-Enna. It is probably the church of
Rath, in the district of Tir-Enna, near Manor-
Cunningham, in the barony of Raphoe, and
county of Donegal.—See note ™, under A. D,
1566, p. 1606.

¥ Prior.—In the Annals of Ulster, A. D. 783,
he is called “‘Cernach mac Suibne equonimus
Ardmache,” i. e. house-steward of Ardmagh.

* Inis-na-righ: i. e. the Island of the Kings.
Not identified. This ‘‘kingly parlee” between
the Monarch of Ireland and Fiachna is noticed
in the Annals of Ulster at the year 783.—See
Cod. Clarend., 49.

3D

386 aNNaza RIOshachta EIReGNN. .[780.

Cip bmg, an oal oc Inpi na ms,
Oonnchad m vichet pop mun, Prachna m oicec In cfp.

lomaipece Caipn Conaill,1 none, pa cTroppaicce, mac Tardg, pi Con-
nacc, 7 po ppaomead pon Uib Piacnac. Maoloiin, mac Clongura, cig fpna
Cemuil Caogaipe, Inopeccac, mac Ounchada, Cledgal, as(pna Umhaill,
Coipenmech Ua Pnevene, ais(ina Ua n€atac Ulad, Maelcaec, mac Cum-
repait Mino, Cugamna, mac Naomofnarg, cis fpna Cenél cCompppi, décc.

Cop Cort, pec ccéd o€tmoda. An cingead bliadain vécc vo Ohonn-
chad. Maeloccpais, mac Conall, abb Chille Cuilinn, 7 pembneon Cille
na manac. Moctis(pn easnad, Mac Ceallarg, abb Inm: Cealcna, loreb
Ua Faelamn, abb bionaip, Eochaw mac Pocanca, abb Poclada, 7 np Clot-
pann, 7 Ellopig, banabb Cluana bponarg, vécc.
lobaip, vécc xn. Oecembep. Rucdm, mac Paolam, mp Cargsfn, Concuban
mac Colgan, Ounchad Ua Ocomine, cisfrna Ua Mame, Maeloiimn, mac
Pmpsupa, cisfpna Loca Hoban, Plaitma, cis(pna Copp: Chum [vécc].
lomainfec Muaide ma cTroppaicce, mac Tadg, pf Connacc, 7 po meabard
poe. Raomfd ole ma cTiopparoe pon Mhuimnfcharb.

Cop Cmort, pléc ccéd ochtmoda a haon. An phpead bliadam vécc do
Ohonnchad. Tioppaicce, mac P(pcaip, abb Cluana pfpca Onénainn, Mael-
combaip, abb Slinne va Loca, Sneomraganl, abb Cluana mic Nop, vo Cal-
paigib Clolmnaige 06, Paebapoait, abb Tulain, Maeloain, mac Meda bfnnam,
cisfpna hIpluachna, Scanolan, mac Ploinn, coipeac Ua Prdgeince, Ciopnarve,

S{can, eppcop 7 ab Imlis.

* Carn-Conaill—A place in the barony of
Kiltartan, in the south-west of the county of
Galway.—See note *, under A. D. 645, p. 260,
supra.

» Cill-na-manach : i. e. Church of the Monks,
now Kilnamanagh, in the barony of Crannagh,
and county of Kilkenny, where St. Natalis
erected a monastery about the middle of the
sixth century.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum,
pp- 169-174. The festival of St. Natalis of Cill-
na-manach is set down in O’Clery’s Irish Ca-
lendar at 31st July, which seems correct, though
Colgan thinks that he is the same as St. Naile
of Kilnawley, in Breifny, and of Inver-Naile, in

Tirconnell, whose festival is set down in the
same Calendar at 27th January. St. Natalis of
Cill-na-manach is the abbot referred to by Cam-
brensis, Topographia Hibernia, Dist. ii. c. 19, as
having left a curse on the men of Ossory, which
caused two of that people, a man and a woman,
to be transformed into wolves and expelled their
territory every seventh year.

° Fochladh,—This was the name of a woody
district near Killala, in the barony of Tirawley,
and county of Mayo, wherein were two churches,
namely, Domhnach-mor and Cros-Phadruig.—
See Genealogies, Tribes, $c., of Hy-Fiachrach,
p- 463.

id

780.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. __ 387

Of what effect was the conference at Inis-na-righ ?
Donnchadh would not come upon the sea, Fiachna would not
come upon the land.

The battle of Carn-Conaill*, in Aidhne, by Tibraide, son of Tadhg, King
of Connaught, and the Ui-Fiachrach were defeated. Maelduin, son of Aen-
ghus, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire; Innreachtach, son of Dunchadh; Aedhghal,
lord of Umhall ; Coisenmhech Ua Predene, lord of Ui-Eathach-Uladh [Iveagh];
Maelcaech, son of Cumscrath Meann; [and] Cugamhna, son of Naeinnea-
naigh, lord of Cinel-Cairbre, died.

The Age of Christ, 780 [recté 785]. The fifteenth year of Donnchadh.
Maeloctraigh, son of Conall, Abbot of Cill-Cuilinn [Kilcullen], and Scribe of
Cill-na-manach’; Mochtighearn, a wise man; Mac Ceallaigh ; Joseph Ua Fae-
lainn, Abbot of Biror [Birr]; Eochaidh, son of Fogarta, Abbot of Fochladh’,
and Inis-Clothrann*; and Ellbrigh, Abbess of Cluain-Bronaigh [Clonbroney],
died. Seanchan, Bishop and Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair [Emly], died on the
12th of December. Ruaidhri, son of Faelan, King of Leinster*; Conchubhar,
son of Colgan; Dunchadh Ua Daimhine, lord of Ui-Maine; Maelduin, son of
Fearghus, lord of Loch Gobhair‘; Flaithnia, lord of [the race of] Cairbre
Crom [died]. The battle of Muaidh® by Tibraide, son of Tadhg, King of
Connaught, and he routed [the enemy] before him. Another victory was
gained by Tibraide over the Munstermen.

The Age of Christ, 781 [recte 786]. The sixteenth year of Donnchadh.
Tibraide, son of Fearchair, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn [Clonfert]; Mael-
combair, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha; Snedriaghail, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois,
[one] of the Calraighe of Aelmhagh’; Faebhardaith, Abbot of Tulean [Dulane];
Maelduin, son of Aedh Beannan, lord of Irluachair'; Scanlann, son of Flann,

several miles divides the counties of Mayo and
Sligo.—See note *, under A. D. 1249, p. 333.

* Inis-Clothrann.—An Island in Lough Ree,
in the Shannon.—See note under the year 719.

° King of Leinster.—“ A. D, 784. Ruaidhri,
mac Faelain, rex cunctorum Laginensium, et Con-
cobar mac Colgenn, perierunt.”—Ann. Uit.

‘Loch Gobhair.—Now Loughgower, or Logore,
near Dunshaughlin, in the county of Meath.—
See note under the year 675, p. 284, supra.

8 Muaidh.Now the River Moy, which for

4 Calraighe of Aelmhagh.—See note *, under
A. M. 3790, p. 50, supra. This sept of the Cal-
raighe was probably that otherwise called Cal-
raighe-an-Chala, and seated in the barony of
Clonlonan, and county of Westmeath.

' Trluachair.—See note *, under A. D. 727,
p. 325, supra.

sel

388 GNNQZa RIOshachta elReaNn.

(782.

mac Taig, pi Connacht [vécc]. Cach [Acha] Liace Pind eicip Oonnchas,
mac Mupchada, 7 prol Coda Slane, m po mapbad Piacna, mac Catan,
coipeac Pean cCal,7 Posapcac, mac Comapccarg, coipeac Loca Saban, 7
va Ua Conaing, a. Conaing 7 Oiapmmo Ooibil. Ceallac mac Maenarg,
Ceallac, mac Conbmaic, torpeac Apoa Ciannacca, vécc. Popbapac, mac
Seachnurancch, coipec Ceneoil mbdgaine [vécc]. lomaipeacc ecip Ui Eatac
7 Conaille, in po manbad Catnae, corpeac Musovonn, 7 Rimi, mac Ceannarg.
Faelan, mac Popbaparg, 00 Oppaigib, vo mapbad leo budveipin. Raomead
ma Maoloam, mac Coda Allain, pon Ohomnall, mac Aoda Muinveince.
Coip Cpiorc, peace cced octmoda a 06. On peaccmad bliadam vécc
00 Ohonnchad. Lomtuile, eppucc Chille oana,7 Oubodbopeann, abb Cluana
hEpaipo, vé5. Snedbnan, eprcop Cille vana, Colga, mac Cpunnmaoil, abb
Lupccan, Robancach, mac Maenaig, pentisip Slame, 7 abb Cille Poibnig,
Muipfoach, mac Catal, abb Cille oana, Rechcabna, mac Owbcommaip,
abb Eacopomma, Leansur Ua Prdcain, (ccna Cille Margnfnn, Alavhcu
anchome Racha Oenbo, 7 Cuan Imleaca lubain, vecc wile. Conall, mac
Piogarle, mZCGnna Ua Manne, vécc. lomainfec (.1. Cath Incona) ecip Chenel
Conall, 7 Cogan pra Maoloum, mac Coda Allain, mn po meabad pon

* The battle of (Ath Liace-Finn.—Dr. O’Conor
states that the word Ath is interpolated between
the lines, he knows not on what authority. The
passage is given as follows in the Annals of Ul-
ster:

“A.D. 785. Bellum Liac-fin inter Donnchad
et Genus Aedo Slaine, in quo ceciderunt Fiachrai,
mac Cathail, et Foghartach, mac Cumuscaig,
rez Locha Gabor, et duo nepotes Conaing, i. e.
Conaing et Diarmait.”’

. Ath-liag Finn is the ancient name of Bally-
league, the western or Connaught portion of
Lanesborough, on the Shannon, in the county
of Roscommon. But the interpolated Ath seems
incorrect. Liagfinn is more probably the place
now called Leafin, situated in the parish of
Nobber, barony of Morgallion, and county of
Meath.—Ordnance Map, shect 5. ;

' Feara-Cul.—See note’, under the year 693,

p- 297, supra.

™ Cinel-Boghaine.—A sept of the Cinel-Conaill,
who were seated in and gave name to the pre-
sent barony of Banagh, in the west of the county
of Donegal.

" Conaille: i.e. The Conaille-Muirtheimhne,
the ancient inhabitants of the level portion of
the now county of Louth.

° Faelan.—* A.D. 785. Bellum inter Osraigi
invicem, in quo cecidit Faelan mac Forbasaig.”—
Ann. Ult.

The obits and other entries given by the Four
Masters under the year 781, are given in the
Annals of Ulster under 785, together with the
following, totally omitted by the Four Masters:

“A.D. 785. Ventus maximus in Januario. Inun-
datio in Dairinis. Visio terribilis hi Cluain-mic-
Nois. Penitentia magna per totam Hiberniam.
Pestis que dicitur Scamach.”

782.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 389

chief of Ui-Fidhgeinte; Tibraide, son of Tadhg, King of Connaught [died].
The battle of [Ath] Liacc-Finn* between Donnchadh, son of Murchadh, and
the race of Aedh Slaine, wherein was slain Fiachra, son of Cathal, chief of
Feara-Cul'; Fogartach, son of Comasgach, chief of Loch-Gabhair; and the two
Ua Conaings, namely, Conaing and Diarmaid Doibil. Ceallach, son of Maenach,
[and] Ceallach, son of Cormac, chief of Ard-Cianachta [Ferrard], died. For-
bhasach, son of Seachnasach, chief of Cinel-Boghaine”, [died]. A battle [was
fought] between the Ui-Eachach [people of Iveagh] and the Conaille”, in which

-Cathrae, chief of Mughdhorna [Cremorne], and Rimidh, son of Cearnach, were

slain. Faelan®, son of Forbhasach, [one] of the Osraighe, was slain by [the
Osraighe] themselves. A victory was gained by Maelduin, son of Aedh Allan,
over Domhnall, son of Aedh Muindearg.

The Age of Christ, 782 [recté 787]. The seventeenth year of Donnchadh.
Lomtuile, Bishop of Cill-dara [Kildare], and Dubhdabhoireann, Abbot of Cluain-
Iraird [Clonard], died. Snedhbran, Bishop of Cill-dara ; Colga, son of Crunn-
mhael, Abbot of Lusca [Lusk]; Robhartach, son of Maenach, Giconomus? of
Slaine, and Abbot of Cill-Foibrigh ; Muireadhach, son of Cathal, Abbot of Cill-

‘dara; Rechtabhra, son of Dubhchomar, Abbot of Eachdhruim [Aughrim] ;

Learghus Ua Fidhchain, a wise man of Cill-Maighnenn’; Aladhchu, anchorite
of Rath-Oenbo"; and Cuan of Imleach-Iubhair, all died. Conall, son of Fidh-
ghal, lord of Ui-Maine, died. A battle (i.e. the battle of Ircoir*) between the
Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, in which Domhnall, son of Aedh Muindearg,

The disease called Scamhach is noticed in the Maighnenn, now Kilmainham, near the city of
Annals of Clonmacnoise under ‘the year 783, Dublin. St. Maighnenn (son of Aedh, son of
thus: Colgan, of the race of Colla Dachrich) erected

“ There was a general disease in the kingdom
this year called the skawaghe.”

But the Editor has not been able to ascertain
what kind of disease it was.

® Zeonomus: the Spenser, or House Steward.

—‘‘A. D. 784. Lergus O’Fichayn, the sadge of

Kilmaynum, Rovartagh mac Mooney, Spenser
of Slane and Abbot of Fobrie, and Moriegh
mac Cahall, Abbot of Killdare, died.”—Ann.
Clon.

4 Cill-Maighnenn: i. e. the Church of St.

a monastery here, towards the close of the sixth
century, and his festival was observed on the
18th of December. — See Colgan’s Acta SS.,
pp. 584 and 713, and Obits and Martyrology of
Christ Church, Introduction, p. xlvi.

* Rath-Oenbo: i. e. the Rath or Earthen Fort
of one Cow. Not identified.

* Ircoir. —This is probably the place now
called Urker, situated between the villages of
Creggan and Crossmaglen, in the county of
Antrim,

390 aNNAza RIOshachta elReECNN. (783.

Ohornnall, mac oda Mumnveips. Ap Ua mOpiun Umanll la HU Piaépach
Muipipce, ] topcpavan pochawe ann ima coipeac, Platgal, mac Plamn-
abnac.

Cop Core, pléc céed octmoda acpi. On coécmad bliadain vécc vo
Ohonnchad. Colum, mac Paelgura, (ppcop Lotpa, Ouboatuat, eppcop 4
abb Rata Clooa, 7 Maccécc, abb Sargpe vécc. Guaipe, mac Oungalarg
Gisfina Ua mbmum Cualann epde. Maoloaim, mac Clodoa Alam,
pian Pocla, vécc. Ooipe Calgaicch vo lopgaoh. Cex Chiandin pon Chon-
nachcaib.

Cop Cmorc, pec ccéd ochtmoda acltaip. On naor vécc v0 Ohonnchad,
Mupgal, abb Cluana mic Noip, v0 Chenel Piacpac, mic n€achach Morg-
mfoom 06. Peavhach, mac Copbmaic, abb Cugrad, Slame, 7 Oombag,
v€s. Hopmsal, mac Eladas, cZepna Cnogba, vécc 1 cléipcecc. Pfppuganll,
epreop Cluana Oolcam, vécc. Slumgloac, corpeaé Conall, vécc. Pengil
1. an Zeometen, abb Achad bo, véce pan nO(pmainne pan 30 bliadam oa
eappcopoio. lomaipfec Claroige ecip Cenel Eogain 7 Conall, 7 po meab-

vécc.

ad pon Oomnall.

* Was routed.‘ A.D. 785. Bellum inter Ge-
nus Conaill et Eogain, in quo victor fuit Maelduin,
mac Aeda Alddain, et Domhnall, mac Aedo
Muinderg in fugam versus est.”,—Ann. Ul.

" The Ui-Briuin Umhaill: i.e. descendants of
Brian, son of the monarch Eochaidh Muigh-
mheadhoin, who were seated in the territory of
Umallia, now the Owles, in the county of Mayo.
After the establishment of surnames the chief
family of this sept took the surname of O?Maille.
They descend from Conall Orison, son of Brian,
who was contemporary with St. Patrick.—See
O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 79.

“ Ui-Fiachrach-Muirisce.—These were the in-
habitants of the present barony of Tireragh, in
the county of Sligo. For the position of the
district in this barony called Muirisc, see Ge-
nealogies, Tribes, §c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 257,
note >, and the map to the same work.

“A. D. 786. Ar [cedes] Nepotum Briuin

Sapucchad bacla lopa 7 monn Pavpaice la Oonnchad

hUmaill per Nepotes Fiachrach Muirsce, wbi
homines optimi circa Regem Flathgalum, filium.
Flannabrait ceciderunt.””—Ann. Ut.

* Ui-Briuin- Cualann.—Dr. O’Conor says, in
his edition of the Annals of Ulster, p. 113, that
these were ‘“‘ the O’Byrnes of the county of
Wicklow ;” but he is in error.

¥ The North.—Fochla is used in the Irish An-
nals to denote the North of Ireland, or province
of Ulster.—See Circuit of Muircheartach Mac
Neill, p. 9, note ».

* Doire-Calgaigh. — Now Derry or London-
derry.__See note *, under A. D. 535, p. 178.
These entries are given in the Annals of Ulster
under the year 787, but the year intended is
788, as appears by an eclipse of the moon re-
corded in those Annals to have occurred on the
12th of the Calends of March. This eclipse
really took place on the 26th of February, 788.
—See Art. de Ver. les Dates, t.i. p. 67.

783.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 391

was routed‘. The slaughter of the Ui-Briuin-Umhaill", by the Ui-Fiachrach-
Muirisce”; and many of them were slain, together with their chief, Flathghal,
son of Flannabhrath.

The Age of Christ, 783 [recté 788]. The eighteenth year of Donnchadh.
Colman, son of Faelghus, Bishop of Lothra [Lorha]; Dubhdathuath, Bishop and
Abbot of Rath-Aedha [Rathhugh]; and Maccog, Abbot of Saighir [Serkieran],
died. Guaire, son of Dungalach, died; he was lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualann*.
Maelduin, son of Aedh-Allan, King of the North’, died. Doire-Calgaigh’ was
burned. The law of Ciaran* was promulgated among the Connaughtmen.

The Age of Christ, 784 [recté 789]. The nineteenth year of Donnchadh.
Murghal, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, of the race of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh
Muighmheadhoin ; Feadhach, son of Cormac, Abbot of Lughmhadh [Louth].
Slaine, and Daimhliag [Duleek], died. Gormghal, son of Eladhach, lord of
Cnoghbha’, died in religion. Fearfughaill, Bishop of Cluain-Dolcain [Clondal-
kin], died. Sluaigheadhach, chief of Conaille [Muirtheimhne], died. Ferghil,
i.e. the Geometer’, Abbot of Achadh-bo, [and Bishop of Saltsburg], died in
Germany, in the thirteenth year of his bishopric. The battle of Claideach’,
between the Cinel-Eoghain and Cinel-Conaill, in which Domhnall was routed.
The profanation of the Bachall-Isa* and the relics of Patrick by Donnchadh, son

* The law of Ciaran A. D. 785, The rules
of St. Keyran were preached in Connaught.”
Ann. Clon.

» Cnoghbha.—Now Knowth, in the parish of
Monksnewtown, near Slane, in the county of
Meath.

“A.D. 788. Gormgal, mac Eladaig, rex Cnod-
bai in clericatu obiit.’—Ann. Ult.

° Ferghil the Geometer.—His death is entered
in the Annals of Ulster under the year 788,
but the true year is 789. This is the celebrated
Virgilius Solivagus, who, after having been for
some time Abbot of Aghaboe in Ossory, in Ire-
land, became Bishop of Saltsburg, in Germany,
about the year 759. He was one of the most
distinguished mathematicians of his time, and
the first who asstrted that there were Antipodes,
for which it is said that he was declared a here-

tic, but never excommunicated or divested of
the priesthood. A suspicion of heterodoxy
was, however, associated with his memory till
the year 1233, when he was canonized by Pope
Gregory IX.—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s
Writers, p.49, and Dr. O’Conor’s edition of the
Annals of Ulster, p. 172.

* Claideach.—Now Clady, a small village on
the Tyrone side of the River Finn, about four
miles to the south of Lifford.

“A.D. 788. Bellum Cloitigi inter Genus Eu-
gain et Conaill, in quo Genus Conaill prostratum
est, et Domhnall evasit.””,— Ann. Ule.

* Bachall-Isa: i.e. Baculus Jesu.
the name of St. Patrick’s Crozier, for an ac-
count of which see note %, under A. D. 1537,
pp: 1446, 1447. :

“A.D. 788. The dishonoring of the Crostaffe

This was

392 GNNAZa RIOSshachta EIREGNHN. - (785.

mac Oomnaill ace Rant Ciptip ap an aonac. Cluam Epaipod vo lopccad
adce Chaps 00 ponnnad. lomaipfcc Opoma Hay ecip Connaccaib, 7 po
meabaid pon Pogancac, mac Catal.

Cloip Cmort, peace ccéo ochctmoda a cing. On picfcmad bliadain vo
Ohonnchad. Noe, abb Cinnganad, Siavhal, abb Oubhlinve, vécc. Oungal,
mac Laegaine, abb Oumlleglarp1, 7 Maelconcubaip, abb Slime va Loca,
vécc. Cinaed, mac Anmcada, tig(pna Ua Liatam, vég. Piachna, mac
Cevha Rom, pi Ulad vég. lomainfec Acha Roip pia nUib Ailella pon
Cugnmu, m po mapbaoh Ouboatuat, mac Plartpiupa, cigfina na com
Sloinnce. lJomaipeacc Cluana Mholain, 1 ccopcain Maelotin, mac Cu-
mapecais, la Pfpgal.

Cop Cmorc, peacht ccév ochtmoda apé. On caenmad bliadain piclc
vo Ohonnchad. Caencompac, eppcop Pionnglarpe Caimnig, Saepbfpcc abb
Cluana mic Nop, vécc, Siopnae, abb 6{hocaip, 7 Muipeadac, mac Clongura,
abb Cupccan, vécc. Oinlpcac, mac Mogaoaig, ancoim, ovécc. MApogal,
mac Catal, pi Connacc, vécc 1 nlae Colum Cille, ina oitpe. Omalsand,
cis(pna Ua Maine, vécc. Jomaipeace Aino Abla m po mapbad Orapmumo,
mac bece, ci5fpna Teatba la P(psup, mac Ailgille.

Cloip Cmort, peachc ccév ochtmoda a peact. On oana bliadam picle
vo Ohonnchad. S$. Maelpuam, eppcop Camlacca Maoilpuam, vécc an 7 la
Jul. Qedan hUaConcumba, eppcop,7 mld coccade vo Cpipt,o€cc. Tepocc,

called Bachall-Isa, and the reliques of Patricke,
by Donogh Mac Daniell, at the faire of Rath-
airhir.”,—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., t. 49.

‘ Rath-airthir: i.e. the Eastern Fort. This
was the name of the most eastern fort in the dis-
trict where the fair of Tailltin was held. The
place is still so called in Irish, and anglicised
Oristown. —See the third Life of St. Patrick
published by Colgan in Zrias Thaum., p. 25,
c. 44, and Jocelin’s Life of St. Patrick, c. 44,
‘ibid. p. 77, and p. 111, not. 62.

8 Druim-Gois.—Not identified. The entries
which the Four Masters have transcribed under
the year 784, and which really belong to 789,
are given in the Annals of Ulster under 788,

with the following curious passages totally
omitted by the Four Masters:

“A.D. 788. Nix magna tertio Kal. Maiti.
Contencio in Ardmacha in qua jugulatur vir in
hostio oratorit. Combustio Cluana fearta Mon-
gain la Oengus mac Mugroin, in qua cecidit Aed
mac Tomaltaig, e& Oratorium combustum. Bel-
lum inter Pictos, ubi Conall mac Taidg victus est,
et evasit, et Constantin victor fuit.”

» Ceann-garadh.—See note », under the year
659, p. 269, supra.

* Duibhlinn—Now Dublin.
the years 291 and 650.

* Maelconchubhair.—He is called ‘‘ Maelcom-
bair” in the Annals of Ulster at the year 790.

See notes under

785.] _ ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 393

of Domnall, at Rath-airthir’, at the fair. Cluain-Iraird [Clonard] was burned
on Easter night precisely. The battle of Druim-Gois* between the Connaught-
men, where Fogartach, son of Cathal, was routed.

The Age of Christ, 785 [recte 790]. The twentieth year of Donnchadh.
Noe, Abbot of Ceann-garadh’, [and] Siadhal, Abbot of Duibhlin’, died. Dun-
ghal, son of Laeghaire, Abbot of Dunleathglas [Downpatrick], and Maelconchu-
bhair*, Abbot of Gleann-da-Locha, died. Cinaedh, son of Anmchaidh, lord of
Ui-Liathain, died. Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, King of Ulidia, died. The battle
of Ath-Rois' [was gained] by the Ui-Ailella® over the Luighni’, in which Dubh-
dathuath, son of Flaithghius, lord of the Three Tribes, was slain. The battle
of Cluain-Milain®, in which Maelduin, son of Cumasgach, was slain by Fearghal.

The Age of Christ, 786 [recté 791]. The twenty-first year of Donnchadh.
Caencomhrac, Bishop of Finnghlais-Cainnigh”, [and] Saerbhearg, Abbot of
Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Sirna, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], and Muireadhach,
son of Aenghus, Abbot of Lusca [Lusk], died. Dineartach, son of Mogadhach,
anchorite, died. Ardghal, son of Cathal, King of Connaught, died at Ia-Coluim-
Cille [Iona], on his pilgrimage. Ambhalgaidh, lord of Ui-Maine, died. The
battle of Ard-abhla, in which Diarmaid, son of Bec, lord of Teathbha, was slain
by Fearghus, son of Ailghil.

The Age of Christ, 787 [recté 792]. St. Maelruain, Bishop of Tamhlacht
Maelruain’, died on the 7th of July. Aedhan Ua Concumba, a bishop, and
select soldier of Christ, died. Terog, Abbot of Corcach [Cork]; Aedhan of

! Ath-Rois: i. e. Ford of the Wood. Not
identified.

™ Ui-Ailella : i.e. the Inhabitants of the Ter-
ritory of Tir-Ailella, now the barony of Tirer-
rill, in the county of Sligo.

» Tuighni: i.e. the Inhabitants of the barony
of Leyny, in the same county.

“ A, D. 789. Belum Atho-Rois re nOaib
Ailello for Luigniu, in quo cecidit Dubdatuath,
mac Flaithgiusa, dux na Tri Slointe” [Captain of
the Three Surnames. Cod. Clar. 49].—Ann. Ult.

° Cluain-Milain : i.e. Milan’s Lawn or Meadow,
now Clonmellon, a small town in the barony of
Delvin, and county of Westmeath.

~ P Finnghlais-Cainnigh: i.e. St. Cainneach’s
Finnglais, or Bright Stream, now Finglas, near
Dublin.—See note under the year 758.

4 Ard-abhla: i. e. the Height or Hill of the
Apple Trees, now Lis-ard-abhla, anglicé Lissar-
dowlin, a townland in the parish of Temple-
michael, about three miles to the east of the
town of Longford, in the county of Longford.—
See note ®, under the year 1377, p. 669. ©

“A.D. 690. Bellum Aird-ablae, ubi cecidit
Diarmait, mac Beice, rex Tethbae. Fergus mac
Ailgaile victor fuit.”—Ann., Ult.

* Tamhlacht-Maelruain.—Now Tallaght, near
Dublin.—See note under the year 769.

OnE

394 GQNNQata RIOSshachta elReEaNN.

(788.

abb Concaige, Aeohan Raithne, Cnonan Liae Efpnae,7 Soepmugh Eanag
oulb vé5. Tomalcach, mac Innpeccarg, m Ulad, 00 mapbad la hEochmsd,
mac Piachna. bpearal, mac Platpa, cig(pna Oail Anawe, Maelbplpant,
mac Qleda, mic Cmicain, igfpna Ua Piacpac, Piachan, cigfpna Conartle,
Oonncoipce, TE(pna Oail Riaca, 7 Catmus, cisfpna Calpage, vécc. loman-
peace ppuite Cluana Apggaio,1 cconcain Cionaed, mac Ancgaile, la Muip-
sp, mac Tomalcarg. lomaipeacc Cipod mic Rime, pia Mupglp, mac
Tomalcais, beop pon Uibh nChilella, 1 ccopcaip Concubap 7 Aipeaccac
Ua Catal, Cachmugh, mac Plaicbencang, cigfpna Coinppe,7 Conbmac, mac
Ouboadenfoc, tig(nna peipne.

Coir Cmorpc, peacht ccéd o¢cmoda a hoche. Qn cnear bliadain pice
v0 Ohonnchad. Cpunnmaol Opoma Inercclainn, abb Cluana lopaipo.
Cionaed, mac Cumapcceang, abb Oeapmage, Ooimteac, CAipchnveac The-
port moin, Cuptaile, abb Otna, Flantgeal, mac Taichlic, abb Opoma pacha,
Maelcola, abb Catnaic bpium, Cucatpach Saigpe, Reccine Eacapnsabla,
Cuan Ata eapecnach, Comppe, mac Ladgnen, cis(pna Lastn Olpsabaip,
[oécc]. Cex Comma la hCeloobaip a. ab Ropa Commann, 7 la Muipslp
pop tedpa Connaccaib. Cex Ailbe Imig lobaip pon Muman.

Cloip Cmorc, peacht ccéd ocemoda anaor. Cn clépamad bliadamn piclc

ovo Ohonnchad.

* Lia Fearna: i.e. the Stone of Ferns. This
may have been the name of a stone church at
Ferns, in the county of Wexford; or Lia may
be a corruption of liath, grey, and an epithet of
Cronan.

* Eanach-dubh.—See note under the year 762.

" Ui-Fiachrach ; i. e. Ui-Fiachrach Arda-
Sratha, seated along the River Derg, in Tyrone.
—See note °, under A. D. 1193.

¥ Sruth-Cluana-arggaid.—Not identified.

“A.D. 791. Belum Sraithe Cluana-argain,
ubi cecidit Cinaed, mac Artgaile. Muirgis, mac
Tomaltaig, victor fuit, et inicium regni ejus.”—
Ann. Uit.

* Ard-mic-Rimidh : i. e. Height or Hill of the
Son of Rimidh. Not identified.

¥ Druim-Ineasglainn.—This name is still re-

Tomar, abb 6{nocuin, Catma Ua Guaipe, abb Thuamma

tained, and is applied to a village near Castle-
Bellingham, in the county of Louth, where
there remains a considerable portion of a round
tower. The place is now called in English
Drumiskin, but always Druminisklin by the

natives of the Fews and Cuailgne, who speak -

the Irish language very fluently. Colgan, Arch-
dall, and Lanigan, are wrong in identifying
Druim-ineasglainn with Drumshallon, in the
same county.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum,
p- 141; and Lanigan’s Ecclesiastical History of
Ireland, vol. iii. p. 52.

* Airchinneach: i.e. the hereditary Warden
of the Church.—See note °, under A. D. 601,
p- 229; and note°, under A. D. 1179; and
correct “ the first mention made of this office in
these Annals occurs at the year 788,” into, ‘‘the

a =

ae a ee

788. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 395

Raithin [Rahin]; Cronan Lia Fearna*; and Saermugh of Eanach-dubh’, died.
Tomaltach, son of Innreachtach, King of Ulidia, was slain by Eochaidh, son of
Fiachna. Breasal, son of Flathrai, lord of Dal-Araidhe; Maelbreasail, son of
Aedh, son of Crichan, lord of Ui-Fiachrach"; Fiachan, lord of Conaille ; Donn-
coirche, lord of Dal-Riada; and Cathmugh, lord of Calraighe, died. The battle
of Sruth-Cluana-arggaid”, in which Cinaedh, son of Artghal, was slain by Muir-
gheas, son of Tomaltach. The battle of Ard-mic-Rime* [was fought] also by
Muirgheas, son of Tomaltach, against the Ui-nAilella, wherein were slain Con-
chubhar and Aireachtach Ua Cathail, [and] Cathmugh, son of Flaithbheartach,
lord of Cairbre, and Cormac, son of Dubhdachrich, lord of Breifne.

The Age of Christ, 788 [recté 793]. The twenty-third year of Donnchadh.
Crunnmhael of Druim-Inesglainn’, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard]; Cinaedh,
son of Cumasgach, Abbot of Dearmhach [Durrow]; Doimtheach, airchinneach’
of Trefoit-mor [Trevet]; Aurthaile, Abbot of Othain [Fahan]; Flaithgheal, son
of Taichleach, Abbot of Druim-ratha*; Maeltola, Abbot of Laithreach-Briuin
[Laraghbrine]; Cucathrach of Saighir [Serkieran]; Rechtine of Eadargabhal’;
Cuan of Ath-eascrach*; Cairbre, son of Laidhgnen, lord of South Leinster,
[died]. The law‘ of [St.] Comman [was promulgated] by Aeldobhair, 1. e. Abbot
of Ros-Commain [Roscommon], and by Muirgheas, throughout the three divi-
sions of Connaught. The law of Ailbhe of Imleach [Emly], in Munster.

The Age of Christ, 789 [recté 794]. The twenty-fourth year of Donnchadh.
Thomas, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor]; Cathnia Ua Guaire, Abbot of Tuaim-

first mention made of this office in these Annals
occurs at the year 601.” In the Annals of Ul-

ster, at’ A. D. 792, Doimthech is called ‘‘ Prin-.

ceps Treoit moir.”

* Druim-ratha: i. e. Church of the Fort.
Colgan says that this is a church in Leyny, in
the province of Connaught.—See Acta Sancto-
rum, Ind. Top., p. 876.

» Eadargabhd : i.e. Between the Fork. There
are several places of this name in Ireland ; but
the place here referred to is probably Adder-
gool, a townland giving name to a parish in

Glen-Nephin, in the south of the barony of.

Tirawley, and county of Mayo.

© Ath-eascrach—Now Ahascragh, in the east
of the county of Galway, where the festival of
St. Cuan is still celebrated on the 15th of Octo-
ber.—See note °, under A. D. 1307, p. 487.

4 The Law.— A. D. 792. Lex Comain by
Allovar and Muirges, in the three parts of Con-
naght. Lex Aillve in Mounster, and the ordi-
nation of Artroi mac Cahail upon the kingdome
of Mounster.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., 49.

“A.D. 790. The rules of St. Coman were
preached and put in execution in the three
parts of Connaught, and the lawes of Ailve of
Imleagh, in Mounster. Artry mac Cahall was
ordained King of Mounster.”—Ann. Clon.

oes,

‘

396 ANNALA RIOshachta erReaNn. * (790.
Hpéine, lopeph Ua C fpnarch,abb Cluana mic Néip, 0o Chiannaccanb Speacch,
Leanbanban, apémoeach Cluana boipeann, Colgu Ua Oumeachoa, pfhp-
leigmo Cluana mic Noip, apé vo pome an Scuarp Chnabaroh. Sloigead la
Oonncad oima;nvean Lang fn ap Mhurmneachanb.

Cop Core, pléc cced nocac. On ciicc picfc v0 Ohonnchad. Tiop-
paicce, mac Pfpcaip, abb Cluana pipca Opénamn, Guape: Ua Tioppaicce,
abb Cluana poca, Maonach, abb Cluana pfpca Molua, Mupchaoh, mac
Pthavhaigh, [vécc]. Uopccavh Rfchpainve 6 dibeanccab, 7 a Secpine vo
copecnad 7] vo lompad. pan Cipoctno, pf Cargtn, 7 Eréne, msn Oomnall
Midis, 00 manbad la Pmpnecca Cfchaipdfpec, macCeallang, hi cCill Chile
ouma an phpead odce vo pampad via Cédaoin do ponnnad. Cond do 00

pardeao :

* Colgu.—This is the Coleu, Lector in Scotia,
to whom Alcuin, or Albin, one of the tutors of
Charlemagne, wrote the Epistle, published by
Ussher in his Sylloge, No. xviii, and reprinted
by Colgan from Ussher, in his Acta Sanctorum,
at 20th February. At the same day Colgan
gives a short Life of Colchu, from which it ap-
pears that he was supreme moderator and pre-
lector of the school of Clonmacnoise, and that
he arrived at such eminence in learning and
sanctity that he was called chief scribe and
master of the Scots of Ireland. The reader
may form an idea of Alcuin’s high estimation
of his character from the following extract
from this letter.
of Charlemagne’s arms in subduing the Sclavi,
Greeks, Huns, and Saracens, he says :

After describing the success

‘“‘De cetero (Pater sanctissime) sciat rever-
entia tua, quod ego, filius tuus, et Joseph Ver-
naculus tuus (Deo miserante) sani sumus: et
tui amici toti, qui apud nos sunt, in prosperi-

tate Deo serviunt. Sed nescio quid de nobis

venturum sit. Aliquid enim dissentionis, dia-:

- bolico fomento inflamante, nuper inter Regem
Carolum et Regem Offam exortum est: ita ut
utrinque navigatio interdicta negotiantibus ces-
set. Sunt qui dicunt nos pro pace esse in illas

partes mittendos: sed obsecro ut vestris sacro-
sanctis orationibus manentes vel euntes munia-
mur. Nescio quid peccavi, quia tue Paterni-
tatis dulcissimas litteras multo tempore non
merui videre: tamen pernecessarias orationes
sanctitatis tue me quotidie sentire credo.”

Scuaip Chrabhaidh : i.e. the Besom of Devo-
tion. Colgan states that he had a copy of
this work transcribed from the Book of Cluain,
which is probably the manuscript called Leabh-
ar-na-hUidhri :

“ Extat apud me ex Codice Cluanensi, et
aliis vetustis membranis, quoddam hujus sancti
viri opusculum, titulum n. 8 dedi, et Hibernicé
Scuap chrabhaigh, id est, Scopa devotionis.
Estque fasciculus ardentissimarum precum per
modum quodammodo Litaniarum: opus ple-
num ardentissima devotione et elevatione mentis
in Deum.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 379, n. 9.

8 To protect Leinster.—Dr. O’Conor translates
this “per limites Lageniz ;” but if he had com- —
pared it with the Annals of Ulster and the
translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, he
would have found that this interpretation was
incorrect :

“A.D. 793. Sloghadh la Donnchadh ad auai-
lium Lageniensitum contra Mumenenses.”—Ann.

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790.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 397

Greine [ Tomgraney]; Joseph Ua Cearnaigh, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, [one]
of the Cianachta-Breagh ; Learbanbhan, airchinneach of Cluain-boireann [Cloon-
burren]; Colgu® Ua Duineachda, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, he who composed
the Scuaip-Chrabhaidh‘, [died]. A hosting was made by Donnchadh, to pro-
tect Leinster® against the Munstermen.

The Age of Christ, 790 [recté 795]. The twenty-fifth year of Donnchadh.
Tibraide, son of Fearchair, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn [Clonfert]; Guaire
Ua Tibraide, Abbot of Cluain-foda ; Maenach, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Molua ;
[and] Murchadh, son of Fearadhach, [died]. The burning of Reachrainn” by
plunderers'; and its shrines were broken and plundered. Bran-Airdcheann*,
King of Leinster, and [his wife] Eithne, daughter of Domhnall Midheach, were
killed by Finsneachta Ceathairdherc, son of Ceallach, at Cill-cuile-dumha’, on

the sixth night of summer precisely. Of this was said :

Uk., Ed. O’Conor.

“ A.D. 793. An army by Donnogh in assist-
ance of Leinster against Mounster.”— Cod. Cla-
rend., t. 49.

“A.D. 791. King Donnogh sent an army to
assist the Lynstermen again the Mounstermen.”
—Ann. Clon.

A . . tJ
4 Reachrainn.—This was one of the ancient

names of the Island of Rathlinn, off the north
coast of the county of Antrim; but it was also
the ancient name of Lambay, near Dublin,
which is probably the place here referred to.—
See the year 793, and the note under A. D.
747.

* Plunderers.—This should be 6 Sencib, i.e.
by the Gentiles, or Pagan Danes, as in the An-
nals of Ulster :

“A.D. 794. Losgad Rachrainne o Gentib
ocus a scrine do coscradh ocus do lomrad.”
[The burning of Rechrainn by Gentiles, who
spoyled and impoverished the shrines.—Cod.
Clarend., 49.|—Ann. Ud.

“A, D. 792. Rachryn was burnt by the
Danes.”—Ann. Clon.

This is the first attack on record made by
the Danes upon any part of Ireland, for Dr.

O’Conor’s attempt to show that they attacked
the island of Muic-inis-Riagail in Loch-Deirg-
dheirc, in Dal-Cais, so early as 747, has been
already proved’ to be erroneous. They had
attacked England a year or two earlier.—See
the Saxon Chronicle at the years 787 and 793.
The Annals of Ulster have the first notice of the
devastation of the British Isles by the Pagans at
the year 793, and the Annals of Clonmacnoise
at 791 (the true year being 794), as follows :

“A.D. 793. Vastatio omnium insolarum Bri-
tannic a Gentibus.”’—Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 791. All the Islands of Brittaine
were wasted and much troubled by the Danes:
this was their first footing in England.”—Anz.
Clon.

* Bran Airdcheann: i. e. Bran the High-
headed. “A. D. 794. Bran Arddcenn, rex La-
ginensium, occisus est, et Regina ejus, Eithne, ingin
Domhnaill Midhe. Finsnechta Cetharderc, mac
Ceallaig, oceidit eos hi Cill Chuile-dumai, in vi.
nocte post Kal. Maiti, iv. feria.”—Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 792. Bran, King of Leinster, and his
wife, Eihnie, daughter of Donell of Meath,
Queen of Lynster, died.”—Ann. Clon.

1 Cill- Cuile-Dumha : i. e. Church of the Angle

398 GaNNaZa RIOSshachta elReaNnn.

Qhoherp bam, ole pm caro, 1 Cill Chinle oumhan,
Eichne, msh(n Oomnanll Midig, ba oippan vo purdiu.

Cond Cetadach, mac Oonnchada, vo mapbad hn ccarg Cumalcaich hi
Cnich Ua nOlcan, la Plano, mac Congalaich. Ap v0 bap Cuno po paidead:

Coipm do ponad la hUa Olcain ipped voc cat ve linn span,
Tucta vepeaio vo 6 Plann co puc a cend o bebanl.

Catarach, mac Toinptea, tig(pna Ua n€achach vég. Caofnaipe, mac
Conapaigh, abb Apoa Maca, véce.

Cloip Cmorz, peace ccéo nocat a haon. Un peipead bliadam fpicet do
Ohonnchad. Clothchu, eppcop 7 Angcomne Cluana lonaipo, Suibne, eppcop
Ata Tpum, [vécc]. Owblicip, abb Pinglaipe, véce an 15 Man. Olcobap,
mac Flamo, mic Einc, pepibnid, eppcop,7 ancoim, vécc. Colcca egnaio
Stnéan, abb Cille Achawd Opummoca 7 bionap, Maenach, mac
Clongura, pion Cupcan, 7 ECochad, mac Cfpnaich, plpeigip Apoa Macha,
vééc. Maelcoba, mac Plomn Feonna, cis(pna Ciappaige Luacna, Pogap-
cach, mac Catal, cisfina Marge Ai,7 Oumeachaw Ua Oaipe, agfpna
Cianparge Oi vécc.

Cloip Cmorc, plc ccéd nochaz a 06.

vécc.

Oonnchad .1. mac Oomnaill, mic
Munpchada, a plcc picle Fo nepbaile 1ap mbuaid aitmse pan lx bliadain
via aor. Conad occa eccaoie vo pa@ioh(oh an nano :

Oonnchavh Ppemann plait puaca cloichpi Epeann clc céte,

(791.

Ni pull bup Lach vo malaint, ucip nap anache a céce.

Inopechtach, mac Oomnaill, ofpbpataip an pig Oonnchada, vécc. Oub-

valete, mac Sionaig, abb Anoa Maca, vo écc.

of the Mound, now probably Kilcool, near New-
town-Mountkennedy, in the barony of New-
castle, and county of Wicklow.

™ Crich- Ua-nOlcan : i. e. the ee of the
Ui-Olcain. A small district in Meath, but its
position has not been yet determined.

" Cudinaise.—He is set down as archbishop in
the list of the Archbishops of Armagh preserved
in the Psalter of Cashel.—See Harris’s Edition

Conoal, ngfn Mupchada,

of Ware’s Bishops, p. 42.

° Colca the Wise.—See this distinguished scho-
lar already noticed under the year 789 [794].

“ A.D. 795. Dublitter Finnglaissi, ¢ Colggu
nepos Dunechdo, Olcobhur, mac Flainn, filii Eirc,
rec Mumhan, Scribe e Episcopi, et anchorite dor-
mierunt.”—Ann. Ult.

® Eochaidh,. son of Cearnach.— A. D. 795.
Equonimus Ardmache, Echu mac Cernaig mo-

791.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 399

The death of Bran, evil the deed, at Cill-Chuile-dumhai,
Of Eithne, daughter of Domhnall Midheach, was woful to him.

- Conn Cetadhach, son of Donnchadh, was slain in the house of Cumalcaich, in
Crich-Ua-nOlcan”, by Flann, son of Congalach. Of the death of Conn was said :

A feast was made by Ua Olcain, which was partaken of in odious ale ;
Dregs were given to him by Flann, so that he bore away his head after
his death.

Cathasach, son of Toirpthea, lord of Ui-Eathach [Tveagh], died. Cudinaisc’,
son of Conasach, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 791 [recté 796]. The twenty-sixth year of Donnchadh.
Clothchu, bishop and anchorite of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard]; Suibhne, Bishop
of Ath-Truim [Trim], died. Duibhlitter, Abbot of Finnghlais [Finglas], died
on the 15th of May. Olcobhar, son of Flann, son of Erc, scribe, bishop, and
anchorite, died. Colca the Wise® died. Seanchan, Abbot of Cill-achaidh-droma-
foda [Killeigh], and of Birra; Maenach, son of Aenghus, Prior of Lusca [Lusk];
and Eochaidh, son of Cearnach’ (Economus of Ard-Macha, died. Maelcobha,
son of Flann Feorna, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra [in the county of Kerry];
Fogartach, son of Cathal, lord of Magh-Aei; and Duineachaidh Ua Daire, lord
of Ciarraighe Aei', died.

The Age of Christ, 792. Donnchadh’, i. e. the son of Domhnall, son of
Murchadh, reigned twenty-seven years, when he died, after the victory of
penance, in the sixty-fourth year of his age; in lamentation of whom this quatrain
was composed :

Donnchadh of Freamhainn, dreaded prince, famed King of
Treland, of the hundred fair greens ;
There is no more mournful loss, as he did not quiet his fair.

Innreachtach, son of Domhnall, brother of King Donnchadh, died. Dubh-
daleithe, son of Sinach, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. Condal, daughter of Mur-

ritur immatura morte.’—Ann. Ult.

4 Ciarraighe-Aei.—Now Clann-Keherny, a dis-
trict near Castlerea, in the county of Roscom-
mon.—See note », under A. D. 1225.

* Donnchadh.—* A. D. 796. Mors Donncha,
mic Domhnaill, regis Temhro, @ Innrechtaig

@

mic Domhnaill, frater ejus.””—Ann. Uli.

O’Flaherty places the accession of Donn-
chadh in the year 770, and his death in 797,
which is the true chronology. He adds: ‘* Quo
rege, Anno 795, Dani Scotie, et Hibernie oras
infestare ceperunt.”— Ogygia, p. 433.

400 annatwa rioghachca e€lREGNN. (793.

banabb Cille vana, Conamanl, abb Léith, Olcoban, mac Flamn, aipcimneach
Inn: Cataigh, Celmidaip peipeiship Cluana mic Nop, 00 rol Maolpuanad
voploe, Cumurcae, mac Pogancang, cigeapna Oé€ipcenc Ops, vécc 1 cclém-
c{cht. Mumpeadaé, mac Plomn Hapas, cigeapna Cenel Mic n€anca, vég.
Cupnao, mac Clongura, cigepna Cenel Laogaine, [vécc].

Clip Cmort, peacht ccéd nochac acpi. On cédv bliadam ood Oipo-
mde, mac Néill Phpopas, hh pise var Epinn. CEuoup hUa Orocolla, abb
Cille oana, Connmach, mac buipbocha hua Guaine Chone, pepibneomn Cluana
mic Néip,7 Eochad Phinc Heda, vécc. Cath Onoma pig ma nod nOino-
mde 1 TTONCanavan o& mac Oomnall, Pinpn(eca 7 Orapmuro, Pinpneacca
mac Pollamain,7 pocaide ole nach ainfme(p imaille pniu. Ap o1a popaich-

met vo paolo :

Cia vo pochain Clod la Oomnall corcap cicap,
Fmpm Cod pinn pip, 1 ccat Opoma mg po hicad.

(ed Oiponde vo fapuccad Mhide sun bo manac 06. Imp Paonarce vo
lopecad la hAllmuipecharb, 7 pspin Ooconna vo bert dob, 7 mpfoa vo

denam dob cha ectip Epinn 7 Alban.

Cippiat, eppcop Anoa Macha, 7

Cipeccach Ua Paola, abb Apoa Macha, vécc 1 naen o1dche.
Cop Cmort, peacht ccéo nochac a cléaip. On oana bliadam ood

* Inis- Cathaigh.—Now Scattery Island, in the
Shannon, opposite the town of Kilrush, in the
county of Clare.—See note", under A. D. 1188,
See also Ussher’s Primordia, p. 873, and Arch-
dall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 49.

* Cumascach.—“ A. D. 796. Cumascach, mac
Fogartaig, rer Deiscirt Bregh in clericatu” [obit].
—Ann.U lt.

“ Feart-Aedha: i.e. Aedh’s or Hugh’s Grave.
Not identified.

“ Druim-righ: i. e. the King’s Ridge or Long
Hill, now Drumry or Dromree, near Ratoath,
in the county of Meath.

* A. D. 796. Bellum Droma righ, in quo ceci-
derunt duo filii Domhnaill .i. Finsnechta, e¢ Diar-
mait hOdor, frater ejus, et Finsnechta mac Fol-
lomhainn, ¢ alii multi. Aedh, mac Neill, jilit

Fergaile, victor fuit.”—Ann. Ult.

* Devastated. —* A. D. 796. Vastacio Mide la
[per] Aedh mac Neill Frosaig, e inicium regni
ejus.”—Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 794. Hugh Ornye succeeded King
Donnogh, and reigned twenty-seven years. In
the beginning of his reign he wasted and spoyled
all Meath, for none other cause but because they
stuck to the” [ancestors of the] “ O’Melaugh-
lins, which were his predecessors in the govern-
ment.”—Ann. Clon.

¥ Inis-Padraig: i. e. Patrick’s Island, now Pa-
trick’s Island, near Skerries, in the county of
Dublin.—See Ussher’s Primordia, p. 846, and
Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 218, This
notice of the burning of Inis-Padraig is entered
in the Annals of Ulster at the year 797, and in

793.]

chadh, Abbess of Cill-dara ; Conamhail, Abbot of Liath ; Olcobhar, son of Flann,
Airchinneach of Inis-Cathaigh*; Aelmidhair, Giconomus of Cluain-mic-Nois,
who was of the Sil-Maelruanaidh, died. Cumascach', son of Fogartach, lord of
South Breagh, died in religion. Muireadhach, son of Flann Garadh, lord of
Cinel-Mic-Earca, died. Curoi, son of Aenghus, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, died.

The Age of Christ, 793 [recté 798]. The first year of Aedh Oirdnidhe,
son of Niall Frosach, in sovereignty over Ireland. Eudus Ua Dicholla, Abbot
of Cill-dara ; Connmhach, son of Burbotha, a descendant of Guaire Aidhne,
scribe of Cluain-mic-Nois; and Eochaidh of Feart-Aedha’, died. The battle of
Druim-righ* by Aedh Oirdnighe, wherein were slain the two sons of Domhnall,
Finshneachta and Diarmaid ; Finshneachta, son of Follamhan ; and many others
along with them not enumerated. To commemorate which was said :

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 401

Though Aedh was slain by Domhnall, a greedy triumph ;
By the true fair Aedh it was avenged, in the battle of Druim-righ.

Aedh Oirdnidhe devastated* Meath, until it submitted to him. Inis-Padraig’
was burned by foreigners, and they bore away the shrine of Dochonna ; and

they also committed depredations between Ireland and Alba [Scotland].
Affiath’, Bishop of Ard-Macha, and Aireachtach Ua Faelain, Abbot of Ard-

Macha, died on the same night.

The Age of Christ, 794 [recte 799].

the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 794, but the true
year is 798.

“A.D. 797. Combustio Innse Patricii 0 Gen--

tib ocus borime na crich do breith, occus scrin
Dochonna do briseadh doaibh, ocus indreda
mara doaibh cene etir Erinn ocus Albain.”—
Ann. Ult. Ed. O’ Conor.

“A. D. 797. The burning of St. Patrick’s Iland
by the Gentiles. The taking of the countries’
praies, and the breaking of Dochonna’s shryne
by them, and the spoyles of the sea between
Treland and Scotland.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“ A.D. 794. The Island of Patrick was burnt
by the Danes; they taxed the lands with great
taxation; they took the relicks of St. Dochonna,
made many invasions to this kingdome, and took

The second year of Aedh Oirdnidhe.

many rich and great booties from Ireland, as from
Scotland.”—Ann. Clon.

* Affiath.—The list of the Archbishops of Ar-
magh, in the Psalter of Cashel, omits Affiath and
gives Aireachtach as archbishop for one year.—
See Harris’s edition of Ware’s. Bishops, p. 42.
In the Annals of Ulster the deaths of these
ecclesiastics are thus noticed:

“A.D. 793. Airechtach O’Fleadhaig, abbas
Airdmache, e Affiath Episcopus, in pace dor-
mierunt in una nocte.”

From this passage it might appear that the
abbot and the bishop were different persons ;
but Ware thinks that the person called Com-
harba of Patrick, or Abbot of Armagh, was the
Primate of all Ireland.

oF

402 ANNaza RIOSshachta elReEANN.

(796.
Oipomde. Plpadac, mac Sergem, abb Reachpainne, Anaile, abb Cluana mic
Nop, .1. 00 Urb 6pm [dvécc]. $. Siadal Ua Commam, abb Cinnlaca, véce an
8 Mapca. blatmac, mac Huaipe, abb Cluana baeoain, Piannachca Pfpna,
Suibne Cille Oelsge,7 Operlen beppe, vécc. Cluain lopaipo vo lopccad 1
coop Sampaid. Chlell, mac Inopeaccars, ciseapna Ua Mame Connacr, vécc.
Oornall, mac Oonnchada, 00 mapbad la a bpcaemib. Oanplaie, gin Plare-
bipcaig, mic Lomsprs, Décc. lomampeacc Oame Gambe ercip Chonnaccarb
peipm, 1 cconcaip Copcnach, mac Oumn,7 Saipecldac, 7 pocharwde ole
imaille ppd. lomaineace Pinnabpach 1 Tleba pia Mumplach, mac Oomnanll,
ctoncpacap maite 1omda 1m P(pgap, mac Alilgile, cig Gynae Chenedil Comppe,
im Ohuibmopeacc, mac Anzsaile, 7 m Mumnfoac, mac Connmang, 7m
Corcenaé [mac] Ceré(pnarg. Ino larncomaine 1 péil Mieil na bliadna po, ora
nebhnad an tene vo mmh. Paomvealach, mac Maenaigh, abb Anoa Maca,
véce 1an mbeit 06 Ohuboaleite 1 mmpfpam ppp cécup mon abboaine, 7 00
Ohonmsal ma deavharo.

Gop Core, peachc ccéo nochat a cice. On cpp bladain 0Ood 1
mse. Oipmfohac, abb bfmchuip, Aeloobarp, abb Ropa Commam, Mimetn-
ach, abb Glinne va Locha, Taipodelbach, abb Cille achad, Lomspeac, mac

* Ceann-lacha: i. e. Head of the Lake, anglicé
Kinlough. There are several places of this name
in Ireland; the place here referred to may be
Kinlough, at the north-west extremity of Lough
Melvin, in the barony of Rosclogher, and county
of Leitrim.

> Cluain-Baedain.—Otherwise called Cluain-
foda-Baedain, and Cluain- foda-Baedain - abha,
now Clonfad, in the barony of Farbil, and county
of Westmeath.—See note “, under the year 577,
p: 209, supra.

“A.D. 798. Jugulatio Blathmic, mic Guaire,
abbatis Cluana-fota Boetain o [per] Maelruanaig,
et o [per] Fallomhain filiis Donncha.”—Ann.
Ute.

° By his brothers.—This might be translated
“by his cousins,” or “by his kinsmen,” but itis
expressed by “a fratribus suis,” in Latin, in the
Annals of Ulster, as follows:

“A.D. 798. Domhnall, mac Donncha, dolosé .
a fratribus suis jugulatus est.”

4 Dun-Gainbhe.—Not identified. “A. D. 798.
Bellum Duin-Gamba inter Connachta invicem, ubi
Coscrach, mac Duinn, e Gaiscedhach, ée alii multi
ceciderunt.”—Ann. Ult.

* Finnabhair.—Now Fennor, in the county of
Westmeath. It was the seat of Edward Nugent,
who died on the 10th November, 1601.— See
Inquisitions, Lagenia. Westmeath, No.62. Jac. I. ;
and Ordnance Map, sheet 13.

‘A.D. 798. Bellum Finnubhrach hi Tethbui,
ubi reges multi occisi sunt .i. Fergus, mac Algaile,
Coscrach mac Cethernaich, reges Generis Coir-
pri .i. Dubinnrecht, mac Artgaile, et Murcha
mac Condmaigh. Murcha, mac Domhnaill, vic-
tor fuit.,—Ann. Ult.

* Lamhchomairt :
See note under the year 767.

i.e. Clapping of Hands.—
In the old trans-

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 403

795.)

Fearadhach, son of Seigheni, Abbot of Reachrainn ; Anaile, Abbot of Cluain-
mic-Nois, who was of the Ui-Briuin, [died]. St. Siadhal Ua Commain, Abbot
of Ceann-lacha*, died on the 8th of Marti. Blathmac, son of Guaire, Abbot of
Cluain-Baedain’; Fiannachta, of Fearna; Suibhne, of Cill-Delge [Kildalkey];
and Breslen, of Berre, died. Cluain-Iraird [Clonard] was burned in the begin-
ning of summer. Ailell, son of Innreachtach, lord of Ui-Maine-Connacht, died.
Domhnall, son of Donnchadh, was slain by his brothers’. Dunfhlaith, daughter
of Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach, died. The battle of Dun-Gainbhe'
between the Connaughtmen themselves, wherein fell Coscrach, son of Donn, and
Gaisgeadhach, and many others along with them. The battle of Finnabhair‘,
in Teathbha, by Muireadhach, son of Domhnall, in which many chiefs were
slain along with Fearghus, son of Ailghil, lord of Cinel-Cairbre, with Duibhinn-
reacht, son of Artghal, with Muireadhach, son of Connmhach, and with Cos-
grach, son of Ceithearnach. The Lamhchomhairt' at the Michaelmas of this
year, which was called the fire from heaven. Faindealach, son of Maenach,
Abbot of Ard-Macha, died, after Dubhdaleithe had been in contention with
him about the abbacy first, and after him Gormghal*.

The Age of Christ, 795. The third year of Aedh in the sovereignty. <Air-
meadhach, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor]; Aeldobhar, Abbot of Ros-Commain
[Roscommon]; Mimtheanach, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha; Tairdhealbhach, Abbot

of Cill-achaidh [Killeigh]; Loingseach,

lation of the Annals of Ulster in Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49, this passage is translated, A. D. 798:
“The pestilence at Michaelmas, whereof sprung
the tene di nim;” but this is incorrect. The
Lamhchomairt was evidently a horrific thun-
der-storm, which struck the people with such
terror and dismay, that they clapped their
hands with despair. The Saxon Chronicle men-
tions, under the year 793, the occurrence of
excessive whirlwinds and lightnings in Nor-
thumbria, which miserably terrified the people.
The year 794 of the Four Masters corresponds
with 798 of the Annals of Ulster, which con-
tain, under that year, the two notices following,
which have been totally omitted by the former:

“A.D. 798. Nix magna in qua multi homines

son of Fiachra, Abbot of Dun-Leath-

et pecora perterunt. Lex Patricii for Connachta
la Gormgal mac Dindataigh.”

® Gormghal.—He is not mentioned in the list
of the Archbishops of Armagh given in the
fragment of the Psalter of Cashel now in the
Bodleian Library. There are irreconcilable dif-
ferences among the Irish writers concerning the
succession of the Archbishops of Armagh at this
period; and Harris, in his additions to Ware’s
Bishops, remarks, p. 42, that ‘there is no way
to reconcile these differences, but by supposing
that the great contests about the succession, at
this time, created a schism in the see; and that
the contending parties became reciprocally in
possession of the archiepiscopal cathedral, as
their factions prevailed or declined.”

ok

404 [796.
Fiacpa, abb Oun Learglaim, [oécc]. Maoloccparg, ab Ooine eoms, vo
mapbao, Commach, mac Oonaic, abb Concaicce moipe, 7 Fepgil Ua Tands,
rembneoin Cupeca [do écc]. Ail, mac PHgupa, cis(pna Oeipeipc ONG,
do tnapccpad oa eo, 1 PEL Mic Curlinn Lurca,7 a.écc po Ceddip. lomaipfce
ecip Cenel Laegaipe 7 Cenel Apogail, in po manbad Piangalac, mac Oun-
Laing, la Conall, mac Néill, 7 la Congalach, mac Clongura.

Qoip Cpiorc, peacht ccéd nochac a pé. On cltpamad bliadam ooo.
bplral, mac Segem, abb lae, vécc, 1an mbeit bliadam an tprochac 1 naboaine.
Pedlimd Ua Lugavon, abb Cluana Oolcain, Catapnach, macCachail Maen-
maige, 7 Ninoid, angcoipe, vécc. Ruamnup, abb Oomnaig Seachnaill, vé5.
Tay naom Ronan, mic 6{pais, vo con 1 nance bai ap na himvenam v6p
j vapsacc. bépal, ngfn Catal, mogan Oonnchada, mic Oomnanll, vécc.
lomaip(ce ecip Ulead, 7 Ui Eatac Coba, 1 tconcaip Eochai, mac Chlella,
wis(nna Coba.

Cloip Cnort, peacht ccéd nochat a peacht. On cuigead bliadain ooo.
Qhoull, mac Conbmaic, abb Slane, egnaid 7 bneit(m (pgna, vécc. Muiploach,
mac Olcobaip, abb Cluana pipca Opénainn, Convaccac, pcmbneoin cocch-
aide, 7 abb lae, Clemenrp Tipe oa slap, Macoige Aponcpopam, abb bfnn-

ANNQta RIOShAachtTa EIReEGaNN.

chuip, d€5.

» Dotre-Edhnigh: i.e. the Derry or Oak-Wood
of the Ivy. According to the Gloss on the Fe:-
lire Aenguis, and O?Clery’s Irish Calendar at
3rd November, this was another name for Doire-
na-bhFlann, in Eoganacht-Chaisil, where St.
Corcnutan was venerated on that day. The
place is now called Doire-na-bhFlann, anglicé
Derrynavlan, and is a townland in the parish of
Graystown, barony of Slievardagh, and county
of Tipperary. According to the tradition in
the country, the celebrated Irish architect, Go-
ban Saer, was interred here.

* Ailill—_A. D. 799. Ailill, mac Fergusa, rex
Descert Breg trajectus est de equo suo in circio
ferie Filii Cuilinn Luscan, e continuo mortuus
est.”—Ann. Ult.

« The festival of Maccuilinn: i.e. the 6th of
September. In O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at this

Corecnach Ua Pnaoich, abb Lugmaid, vécc.

Muipfoac, mac

day, it is stated that Maccuilinn, otherwise
called Cainnech, Bishop of Lusca, died in the
year 497.

1A battle, §c—“* A.D. 799. Belliolum inter
Genus Loigaire et Genus Ardggail, in quo cecidit
Fiangholach, mac Dunlainge. Conall, mac Neill,
et Conghalach, mac Aengusa, victores erant, causa
interfectionis fratris sui i. Failbi.”—Ann. Ult.

Under the year 799, which corresponds with
795 of the Four Masters, the Annals of Ulster
have the following notice omitted by the former:

“ A.D. 799. Positio reliquiarum Conlaid hi
scrin oir ocus airgit (the putting of the relics of
Conlaoi in a shrine or tomb of gold and silver)”.
—Cod. Clarend, 49. For a curious description
of this shrine the reader is referred to the Life
of St. Bridget by Cogitosus, published by Mes-
singham, Florilegium, p. 199, and by Colgan,

796.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.
glaisi, [died]. Maelochtraigh, Abbot of Doire-Edhnigh", was slain. Conn-
mhach, son of Donat, Abbot of Corcach-Mor [Cork], and Ferghil Ua Taidhg,
scribe of Lusca, [died]. Ailill’, son of Fearghus, lord of South Breagh, was
thrown from his horse on the festival of Maccuilinn*® of Lusca, and he died
immediately. A battle’ [was fought] between the Cinel-Laeghaire and Cinel-
Ardghail, in which was slain Fiangalach, son of Dunlaing, by Conall, son of
Niall, and Conghalach, son of Aenghus.

The Age of Christ, 796 [recté 801]. The fourth year of Aedh. Breasal™, son
of Segeni, Abbot of Ia, died, after having been twenty-one years in the abbacy.
Feidhlimidh Ua Lugadon, Abbot of Cluain-Dolcain [Clondalkin]; Catharnach,
son of Cathal Maenmaighe ; and Ninnidh, anchorite, died. Ruamnus, Abbot
of Domhnach-Seachnaill”, died. The relics of Ronan’, son of Bearach, were
placed in a shrine formed of gold and silver. Befhail, daughter of Cathal,
queen of Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, died. A battle? between the Ulidians
and the Ui-Eathach-Cobha, wherein Eochaidh, son of Ailell, lord of Cobha
[Iveagh], was slain.

The Age of Christ, 797 [recté 802]. The fifth year of Aedh. Ailill, son of
Cormac, Abbot of Slaine, a wise man and a learned judge‘, died. Muireadhach,
son of Olcobhar, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Connachtach, a select scribe,
and Abbot of Ia [Iona]; Clemens, of Tir-da-ghlas ; [and] Macoige, of Apor-
crosain, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Cosgrach Ua Fraeich, Abbot of

405

Trias Thaum., p. 523; and also to Petrie’s Jn-
quiry into the Origin and Uses of the Round
Towers of Ireland, pp. 194 to 201.

™ Breasal.—* A. D. 806. Bresal, mac Segeni,
abbas Jae, anno principatus sui xxat. dormivit.”—
Ann. Ult.

» Domhnach-Seachnaill: i.e. the Church of
Seachnall, or Secundinus, now Dunshaughlin,
in the barony of Ratoath, and county of Meath.
—See note ’, under the year 448, p. 134, supra.

° Ronan, son of Bearach.—He is the patron
saint of Druim-Ineasclainn, in Conaille-Muir-
theimhne, now Drumiskin, where, according to
the Irish Calendar, his festival was kept on the
18th of November.

“A. D. 800. Positio reliquiarum Ronain, fili

Beric, in arca auri et argenti.’—Ann. Ult.

? A battle—“ A. D. 800. Bellum inter Ultu et
nepotes Echdhach Cobho, in quo cecidit Echu,
mac Aililla, rex Cobho, et cecidit Cairell, mac
Cathail ex parte adversa belli, et exercitus ejus
victor fuit.’—Ann. Ult.

The year 796 of the Four Masters corre-
sponds with 800 of the Annals of Ulster, which
contain the two notices following, omitted by
the four Masters:

“ A.D. 800. Bresal, mac Gormgaile, de Genere
Loegaire, a fratribus suis dolose occisus est. Estas
pluvialis.”

aA learned judge.— A. D. 801. Ailill, mac
Cormaic, abbas Slaine, sapiens a& judex optimus,
obiit.”—Ann. Uli.

va

&

406 annaza rioshachta elRedann. (798.

Oomnaill, cigffna Mhide, vécc. Ceoh Oimnonide vo dol 1 Mivde, co po pann
Thode ecip 04 hac Oonnchada «1. Conéuban 7 Call. CAibll vo mapbad la
Conchabap on bliadam ap noimd 1 scat. Eugima, mgln Oonnchada, mic
Oomnarll, progam mg Tlmpa [.1. pig OplFh] vécc. hl Cholurmb Chille vo
lopccad la hallmupacarb 1. la Nopcmanoibh. Togail Locha Riaé la Murp-
siup, mac Tomaleas. Peansal, mac Anmchada, cigfpna Oppaige, 0€5.
Anem, mac Aihilla, aF(pna Mugoopn Mangln, véce.

Corp Cmort, peach ccéd nochat a hocc. Cn perpead bliadain ooo.
Plann, mac Naengarle, po povaimpide pé bliadna décc 1 ccpeblaro vicumaing
ap Oa, co po écc1apamh. Mac laippe, an pui 6 Imp Murpfoargh, vécc.
Cippinoan, abb Tamlacca Maeilepuam, vécc. lomaipece Ruba Conaill
eitip 0a mac Oonnchada, m po mapbad Chlill la Concubap. Oengar
Ua Muspom, wsZ(pna Ua Palge, 00 manbad cpe ceilcc la a muincip Féin.
Finacca, mac Cellars, 00 manbao. Ounchad mac Congaile, ws fpna Locha
Cal, 00 manbad la a bnataip. :

Cop Cmorz, peacht ccéd nochat a nao. An peaccmad bliadain oQod.
Canabpan, abb Lip méip, Paelan, mac Cellang, abb Cille vana, 7 Conbmac,
mac Conall, peipcigip Cupcan, vécc. Owbmopechc, mac Catail, pi Con-
nacc, vécc. Laexam, mac Pepgaile, Ts(pna Ofpmuman, vécc. Oomnall,
mac Clooa Mumvdeins, mic Plaitbepncais, mic Loingpig, mic Clongara, mic
Oomnanll, mic Coda, mic Cinmipeac, tizeapna an Tuaipceipe, vécc. Cinaed,

' Divided Meath.—“ A. D. 801. An armie by “A.D. 799. Eugenia, daughter of King Don-
Hugh in Meath; and [he] divided Meath be- nogh and Queen of Ireland” [recté of Meath]
tween Duncha’s two sons, viz, Conor and ‘‘died.”—Ann. Clon.

Ailill.”_Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. t Hi-Coluim-Cille—“‘ A. D. 801. Hi Coluimb
“ A.D. 799. Hugh, King of Ireland, came Cille a Gentibus combusta.”—Ann. Ult. ‘
with a great army to Meath, and divided it into « Loch-Riach.—Now Lough Reagh, near the
two parts, whereof he gave one part to Connor, town of the same name, in the county of Galway.
son of” [the late] “King Donnogh, and the See note”, under A. M. 3506, p. 33, supra.

other part to his brother, Ailill”’—Awn. Clon.

* Of Breagh.—The words enclosed in brackets
are inserted in a modern hand in the Stowe
copy. King of Teamhair, or Tara, at this pe-
riod, did not mean Monarch of Ireland, but
King of Bregia, or East Meath.

“A.D. 801. Euginia, filia Donncha, Regina
regis Temorie moritur.’—Ann. Ult,

This is the oldest reference to this lake as a
fortress. Dr. O’Conor translates this passage
in the Annals of Ulster, p. 193, ‘ Vastatio
Lacus Rigie a predonibus maritimis;” but
this is incorrect, for Muirghius, i.e. Maurice,
was the name of a chieftain who afterwards be-
came King of Connaught.—See the year 803.
In the old translation of the Annals of Ulster,

\

798.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 407

Lughmhadh [Louth], died. Muireadhach, son of Domhnall, lord of Meath,
died. Aedh Oirdnidhe went to Meath, and divided Meath" between the two
sons of Donnchadh, namely, Conchubhar and Ailill. Ailill was slain the year
following, by Conchubhar, in a battle. Euginia, daughter of Donnchadh, son
of Domhnall, queen of the King of Teamhair [i. e. of the King of Breagh‘], died.
Hi-Coluim-Cillet was burned by foreigners, i.e. by the Norsemen. The demo-
lition of Loch-Riach" by Muirghius, son of Tomaltach. Fearghal, son of Anm-
chaidh, lord of Osraighe, died. Artri, son of Ailill, lord of Mughdhorna-
Maighean [Cremorne], died.

The Age of Christ, 798 [recté 803]. The seventh year of Aedh. Flann",
son of Narghal, after having suffered sixteen years under severe sickness for
God, died. Mac Laisre the Learned*, of Inis-Muireadhaigh [Inishmurry], died.
Airfhindan, Abbot of Tamhlacht-Maeleruain [Tallaght], died. The battle of
Rubha-Conaill’, between the two sons of Donnchadh, in which Ailill was slain
by Conchubhar. Oenghus Ua Mughroin’, lord of Ui-Failghe, was slain through
treachery by his own people. Dunchadh, son of Conghal, lord of Loch-Cal',
was slain by his brother.

The Age of Christ, 799 [recte 804]. The seventh year of Aedh. Carabran,
Abbot of Lis-mor; Faelan, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Cill-dara; and Cormac,
son of Conall, Ziconomus? of Lusca, died. Duibhinnreacht, son of Cathal, King
of Connaught, died. Laeghaire, son of Fearghal, lord of Desmond, died.
Domhnall, son of Aedh Muindearg, son of Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach,
son of Aenghus, son of Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, lord of the

in Cod. Clarend., 49, it is rendered correctly :

“A. D. 801. The breaking of Lochriach by
Murges ;” and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise
at 799: ‘‘Loghriagh was destroyed by Morgies.”

“ Flann— A. D. 802. Quies Flainn, mic
Narghaile, qui.in temptacione. doloris xvi. annis
incubuit.”—Ann. Ult.

* The learned.—‘‘ A. D. 800. Mac Laysre, the
excellent of Inismoyré, died.”—Ann. Clon.

Y Rubha-Conail.—Now Rowe,. a townland in
the barony of Rathconrath, and county of West-
meath.

* A, D. 802. Bellum Rubbai Conaill inter duos

filios Donncha, ubi Ailill cectdit, e Concobar
victor fuit.”

* Oenghus Ua Mughroin.—“ A. D. 802. Oengus
mac Mugroin, rec Nepotum Failghi, jugulatus est
dolosé a sociis Finsnechte filii Cellaich, consilio
Regis sui.”—Ann. Ult.

@ Loch-Cal.—Now Loughgall, in the barony
of West Oneilland, and county of Armagh.—
See note *, under A. M. 2859, p. 10, supra.

«A, D, 802. Duncha mac Conghaile, rex
Locha Cal, a fratribus suis jugulatus est.” —A. U It.

> Geonomus.—** A. D. 803. Cormac, mac Co- .
naill, eguonimus Luscan’ moritur.’—Ann. Ult.

408 GNNQGta RIOSshachta elReGNHN.

(799.

mac Oumeachoa, 7 Clpnach, mac Ounchada, cigepna Mugoonn, v€g. Fa-
pugad Laig(n pa 061 naom mip la hUib Néill, conad 06 vo padead :

lanai poaip co LLmgniu, Ged net nac imcaib os pu,
Nip an ance cpf cavcach, convo pancarb 1 mbpognu.

Clovh Omomde vo ciondl play lanmoip do dol 1 Cargmb, 7 Laigin do
Papuccad po of a naon mi. Oo ponad lérptionol pep nEpeann vo moiy) Leip
(cenmotac Langin), ertip Laoéaib 4 clémpcib, 50 pace Oin Cuanp,1 corccpioch
Moe 7 Cargfn. Tamic ann Connmac, comanba Pacparce, co ccléin Leite
Cumn maille pnip. Nip 66 mat lap na cléincaib cocc pop plosfoh ieip.
Cgaompioc a nmnfoh pap ang. Apbent om an pi 1. od, no Fébad amarl
acbénad Potad na Canéme, comoh ano puccyoe an mbpeit, via po paon

clés Eneann fon peace 4 ploigfo vo spép, co nepent:

Ecclar O€ bi, léicc 01, na pnaf,

bid a cent pon leat, feb ap veac po baor.
Oach prop manac pil, pop a cubaip nglan,
Oon (cclaup o1an dip Hn1d amarl Fac mod.
Oach oilman ian pin, pil gan peche san péip
Cle cia teip pi bas Ceda main mic Néill.
Q pi an magail cept, pec ni mon m blcc,

Pognad cac a mod, Zan on Zan Ecc.

° Devastation.—“ A. D. 803. Vastacio Lagi-
nensium apud filium Neill duabus vicibus in uno
mense,”—Ann. Ult.

“A.D. 801. King Hugh wasted Lynster
two times in one month, tooke awaye all their
preys and bootyes.”_Ann. Clon.

4 Dun-Cuair: i.e. Cuar’s Dun or Fort. This
place is now called by the synonymous name of
Rath-Cuair (idem enim, nempe arcem seu muni-
tionem, significant dun et rath), anglicé Rathcore,
which is a small village, situated in the barony
of Lower Moyfenrath, in the county of Meath,
and not far from the confines of the ancient
- Leinster with Meath.

“A, D. 803. Congressio Senatorum Nepotum

€Ecclap.

Neill, cu¢ dux erat Condmach, abbas Ardmache
in Duncuair.”—Ann. Ult. “ This yeare the
cleargi of Ireland were freed from rysing out,
or any such, by Hugh Oirnie, by the judgment
of Fahadh Canonist.””—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Fothadh na Canoine.—For some account of
this writer see Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, at 11th
March, p. 581, c. 13, and p. 583, n. 13, where
he translates this passage as follows :

‘Tllam autem expeditionem, Clerique exemp-
tionem in annum 799” [recté 804] “ referunt
nostri annales. Ita tradunt Quatuor Magistri
ad eundem: Collegit Rex Aidus Ordnidhe ingen-
tem exercitum, e suscepit expeditionem in Lage-
niam; eamque secundo infra unius mensis spatium

799.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 409

North, died. Cinaedh, son of Duinechda, and Cearnach, son of Dunchadh,
lord of Mughdhorna [Cremorne], died. The devastation* of Leinster twice in
one month by the Ui-Neill, of which was said :

Afterwards he returns to Leinster, Aedh, a soldier who shunned not battles ;
The robber king did not cease till he left them in dearth.

Aedh Oirdnidhe assembled a very great army to proceed into Leinster
and devastated Leinster twice in one month. A full muster of the men of
Ireland (except the Leinstermen), both laity and clergy, was again made by
him [and he marched] until he reached Dun-Cuair*, on the confines of Meath
and Leinster. Thither came Connmhach, successor of Patrick, having the
clergy of Leath-Chuinn along with him. It was not pleasing to the clergy to
go upon any expedition; they complained of their grievance to the king, and
the king, ie. Aedh, said that he would abide by the award of Fothadh na
Canoine®; on which occasion Fothadh passed the decision by which he ex-
empted the clergy of Ireland for ever from expeditions and hostings, when he
said :
The Church of the living God, let her alone, waste her not,

Let her right be apart, as best it ever was.

Every true monk, who is of a pure conscience,

For the Church to which it is due let him labour like every servant.
Every soldier from that out, who is without [religious] rule or obedience,
Is permitted to aid the great Aedh, son of Niall.

This is the true rule, neither more nor less:

Let every one serve in his vocation without murmur or complaint.
The Church, &c.

vastavit. Denud collegit alium exercitum ex uni-
verse Hibernice, e populo et Clero, exceptis
Lageniis tune tumultuantibus, et venit usque Dun-
Cuair, in Lagenie a Midie confinibus: venit

-cum eo tunc Conmachus, Patricit successor (hoc est

Archiepiscopus Ardmachanus) Aquilonaris Hi-
bernie Clero comitatus. Clerus autem iniquo animo
ferebat se ad Bellicas expeditiones vocari: et coram
Rege tali gravamine conqueritur. Rex promisit se
in hae re facturum quod Fothadius, cognomento de

Canonibus indicaret expedire. Fothadius autem —
tulit sententiam pro clero, que cum a Bellicis
expeditionibus de ccetero liberavit.”

This decision of Fothadh na Canoine is re-
ferred to in the preface to the Feilire-Aenguts,
preserved in the Leabhar Breac, fol. 32. On
this occasion Fothadh wrote a poem by way of
precept to the king, in which he advises him
to exempt the clergy from the obligation of
fighting his battles. There-is a copy of the

3G

410 aNNaZa RIOshachta elReaNnn. [800.

Oo C61} Clod Orponide 1apam co ms Length, 7 puaip a ospéip 6 Largmb,
7 vo bent Finpneachca, pr Langtn, Seill 7 eroipe 66. Tanla Zaet anbpoill,
coipneac, ] temoceac ipm Lo pla péil Paonaice na bliadna po, 50 po manbad
veicnebap an mile hi cnfic Conca baipemd, 7 co po pand an muip olen Pitae
1 cb panoarb.

Coip Cmiopc, och ccéo. On cochtmad bliadain ood Oipomde. Ro-
_bapcach, abb bfnocuip, Muipfoac, mac Cimipgin, abb Leitslinne, Cuana,
abb Maimptpech buite, Maonac, mac Colgan, abb Lupcan, Ouboaboipfnn
Ua Oubamn, abb Cluana lopaipo, Piangup, abb Ruip Cné, Conbmac, mac
Mumpsiupa, abb barplicce, Pine, banabb Cille oana, [vécc]. Ceall achaw
vo Lopccad co na ofptaig nui. Muipcfpcach, mac Oonnganle, cis (ina bperpne,
Maelbpacha, mac bpeplén, ciZ (ina Conca Coigde, 7 Pronnacca, mac Oonn-
saile, oécc. Cfnnac, mac Pfpsura, rigfina Loca Gabaip, vécc. Pmpneacca,
mac Ceallarg, pr Cangth, vo gabail cléinceacca. Oo deachawd Cod Oino-
mode co On Cuaip, co po pomn Largniu eten na oa Mhuipeadac, 1. Mu-
ploac, mac Ruadpach,7 Muipeaohach, mac Spain.

Clip Cort, occ ccétc a haon. Un naomad bliadain oCood Oinomide.
Congal, mac Moenaich, abb Slame, puf neccna, 7 occh 1odan e1pide, 7 Loit-
each, vocton b{noéaip, vécc. hl Colurm Chille 00 1onnnad la hallmupacoib,
5 pochawde mop v0 Laochab 7 vo cléipcib vo mapbad leo 1. o¢can ap epib

entire poem preserved in a vellum manuscript,
in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin,
H. 2.18. It is also quoted in the Leabhar-
Gabhala of the O’Clerys, p.199.—See O’Reilly’s
Descriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. 55.

' Great wind.—“ A. D. 803. Tonitruum vali-
dum cum vento, et igne, in nocte feriam precedente
Patricii dissipantes plurimos hominum, 7. e. mille

“et x. viros i tir Corco-Baiscinn ; e& mare divisit
insolam Fite in tres partes; et illud mare cum
arena terram Fite abscondit i. med da boo deac
do tir.”—Ann. Ult.

‘“‘Greate thunder with a greate wynde and
fyre in nocte precedenti Patricit feriam dissipantes
plurimos hominum, viz. 1010, betweene Corcabas-
cinn and the rest of the country; and the sea
divided the and of Fihe into three parts; and

the sea covered the land of Fihe with sand, i.e.
the extent of twelve cows of land.”—Cod. Clar. 49.

“A, D. 801. There was such horrible and
great thunder the next day before St. Patrick’s
day, that it put asunder a thousand and ten
men between Corck-Bascynn and the land about
it; the sea divided an island there in three
parts, the seas and sands thereof did cover the
earth near it.”,—Anz. Clon.

8 Island of Fitha.—According to the tradition
in the country this is the island now called
Inis-caerach, or Mutton Island, lying opposite
Kilmurry-Ibrickan, in the west of the county
of Clare. The whole of the barony of Ibrickan
anciently belonged to the territory of Corca-
Bhaiscinn.—See Dr. Todd’s Irish Version .of
Nennius, p. 205.

800. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 411

Aedh Oirdnidhe afterwards went to the King of Leinster, and obtained his —
full demand from the Leinstermen ; and Finsneachta, King of Leinster, gave
him hostages and pledges. There happened great. wind‘, thunder, and light-
ning, on the day before the festival of Patrick of this year, so that one thousand -
and ten persons were killed in the territory of Corca-Bhaiscinn, and the sea
divided the island of Fitha® into three parts.

The Age of Christ, 800 [recté 805]. The eighth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe.
Robhartach, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor]; Muireadhach, son of Aimhirgin,

‘Abbot of Leithghlinn ; Cuana, Abbot of Mainistir-Buite [Monasterboice]; Mae-

nach, son of Colgan", Abbot of Lusca [Lusk]; Dubhdabhoireann Ua Dubhain,
Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard]; Fiangus, Abbot of Ros-Cre'; Cormac, son
of Muirghius, Abbot of Baisleac [Baslick]; Fine, Abbess of Cill-dara, [died].
Cill-achaidh [Killeigh] was burned, with its new oratory". Muircheartach, son
of Donnghal, lord of Breifne ; Maelbracha, son of Breslen, lord of Corca-
Loighdhe'; and Finnachta, son of Donnghal, died. Cearnach, son of Fearghus,
lord of Loch-Gabhair”, died. Finnshneachta, son of Ceallach, King of Leinster,
entered into religion. Aedh Oirdnidhe went to Dun-Cuair’, and divided Lein-
ster between the two Muireadhachs, namely, Muireadhach, son of Ruadhrach,
and Muireadhach, son of Bran.

The Age of Christ, 801. The ninth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe. Congal’, son
of Maenach, Abbot of Slaine, who was a learned sage and a pure virgin; [and]
Loitheach, doctor of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Hi-Coluim-Cille? was plun-
dered by foreigners ; and great numbers of the laity and clergy were killed by

» Maenach, son of Colgan.— A. D. 804. Moe-
nach mac Colgen, Lector bonus, lacrimabiliter
vitam finivit. Dubhdabhairenn hUa Dubain
princeps Cluana Iraird patribus suis additus est.”
—Ann. Ult.

+ Ros-Cre.—Now Roscrea, in the barony of
Ikerrin, and county of Tipperary, where St.
Cronan, the son of Odhran, erected a monastery
in the latter end of the sixth century.—See
Ussher’s Primordia, p. 969; and Archdall’s
Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 672.

* Oratory— A. D. 804. Cell-achaidh cum
oratorio novo ardescit.”—Ann. Ult.

' Corca-Loighdhe.—See note under A. D. 746,
and note *, under 1418, p. 832.

= Loch-Gabhair.—Otherwise written Loch-
Gobhair, now Loughgower, or Logore, near
Dunshaughlin.—_See A. M. 3581, and A. D.
675, 781.

» Dun-Cuair.—Now Rathcore in Meath.—See
note under 799.

° Congal.—* A. D. 805. Congal, mac Moenaig,
abbas Slaine, sapiens, in virginitate dormivit.”—
Ann. Ult.

® Hi-Coluim-Cille.—“* A. D. 805. Familia Iae
occisa est a gentibus .t. lx. octo.”’”—Ann. Ult.

3G2

‘

412 anNata RIoshachta ereann.

piccib. Flantiupa, mac Cionaeda, cig(pna Ua Parlge, v0 manbad 1 Rait
Imgam. Tip oa slap vo lopccad. Pinnacca, mac Ceallang, pi Largtn, v0
Zabal pise vo pio. Connmach, bpecheamh Ua moma, vé5.

Cop Cmorc, ocht ccéov a 06. On ofémad bliadam ood Oipomde.
Cfnopaolad, eprcop Cluana plpca, vécc. Elamup, angcoipe,7 pepibnedip
Loca Cpéa, vécc. Lemnata Cille manac vécc. Ecclap Choluim Chille In
cCfnannup do dfotlatmiuccad. Imp MuipCohang volopccadla hallmupachanb,
J a nool ipces pon Rop Commain. Conbmac mac Oongalang, aigfpna an
Phocla, vécc. Mupchad Ua Plomn, cigfpna Ua Piogeice, vécc.

Cop Cmore, ocht ccéd acpi. An taenmad bliadain vécc oOlod. Tomar,
eprcop pembneoip,7 abb Linne Odachanll, Paelgup, abb Cille hAcharw,
[oécc]. Pinpneacca, mac Ceallang, pi Caigtn, vécc 1 cCill vana. Cinaed,
mac Concobaip, vo mapbad 1 Mag Coba la Cnmémb. Slagfoh la Munp-

“A. D, 803. There was sixty-eight of the
familie of Hugh of Columbkill slain by the
Danes.”—Ann. Clon.

1 Rath-Imghain: i. e. Imghan’s Fort, now
Rathangan, a well-known town in the barony
of Eastern Offaly, and county of Kildare. The
rath, which gave name to this town, is still to

be seen in a field near the church-yard, to the -

right of the road as you go from Rathangan to
Edenderry. It is about 180 feet in diameter.—
See note ™, under A. D. 1546, p. 1495; and
Cox’s Hibernia Anglicana, pp. 79, 84.

“A. D. 805. Flaithnia, mac Cinaeda, rex Ne-
potum Foilgi, jugulatus est i rRaith-Imgain.”—
Ann. Ult.

“A. D. 803. Flathnia mac Kinoye, King of
Offalie, was killed in Rathangan.”—Ann. Clon.

* Finnachta.— A.D. 805. Finsnechta mac
Cellaig reguum suum [rursus | accepit.”— Ann. Ult.

* Judge.—* A. D. 805. Connmach, Judex Ne-
potum Briuin, moritur.,—Ann. Ult.

The year 801 of the Four Masters corre-
sponds with 805 of the Annals of Ulster, which
contain under that year the entries following,
totally omitted by the former :

“A.D. 805. Pestilencia magna in Hibernia.
Lex Patricii \a Aedh mac Neill.”

* Loch-Crea.—This is called “ Stagnum Cree”
in the Life of St. Cronan, as quoted by Ussher
(Primord., p. 969) : “In quo est insula modica,
in qua est monasterium monachorum semper
religiosissimorum.” According to this life, St.
Cronan of Roscrea had erected a cell near this
lough (evidently at the place now called Cor-
bally), before he erected his great church of
Roscrea; but the church on the insula modica,
which is the ‘‘ Insula viventium? of Giraldus
Cambrensis, and the Inis-Locha-Cre of the Irish
writers, was dedicated to this St. Helair, or Hi-
larius, referred to in the text, whose festival
was there kept on the 7th of September, as ap-
pears from O’Clery’s Irish Calendar. This lough
is now dried up, but the church, which is of
considerable antiquity and of remarkably beau-
tiful architecture, is still to be seen in ruins in
the middle of a bog in the townland of Moin-na
h-innse, anglicé Monahincha, parish of Corbally,
barony of Ikerrin, and county of Tipperary,
and about two miles to the south-east of Ros-
crea. For an account of this wonderful island

802.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 413

them, namely, sixty-eight. Flaithiusa, son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Failghe, was
slain at Rath-Imghain‘’. Tir-da-ghlas [Terryglass] was burned. Finnachta', son
of Ceallach, King of Leinster, took the government again. Connmhach, Judge*
of Ui-Briuin, died.

The Age of Christ, 802 [recté 807]. The tenth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe.
Ceannfaeladh, Bishop of Cluain-fearta [Clonfert], died. Elarius, anchorite and
scribe of Loch-Crea‘, died. Lemnatha of Cill-manach" died. The church of
Coluim-Cille at Ceanannus” was destroyed. Inis-Muireadhaigh* was burned
by foreigners, and they attacked Ros-Commain. Cormac, son of Donghalach,
lord of the North, died. Murchadh Ua Flainn, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died.

The Age of Christ, 803 [recté 808]. .The eleventh year of Aedh. Thomas,
Bishop, Scribe, and Abbot of Linn-Duach ; [and] Faelghus, Abbot of Cill-
achaidh, [died]. Finshneachta, son of Ceallach, King of Leinster, died at Cill-
dara. Cinaedh, son of Conchobhar, was slain at Magh-Cobha, by the Cruithni

see Giraldus Cambrensis, Top. Hib., Dist. ii.
c. 3; and Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum,
p- 667. In the Annals of Ulster the death of
Elarius, ancorita et scriba Locha Crea, is entered
under the year 806, and in the Annals of Clon-
macnoise at 804, where he is called Hillarius.

* Cill-manach.—Now Kilmanagh, in the ba-
rony of Crannagh, and county of Kilkenny.—
See note under A. D. 780.

“ Ceanannus.—Now Kells, in the co. of Meath.

“A.D. 806. Constructio nove Civitatis Columbe
Cille hi Ceninnus.”—Ann. Ult.

“ A.D, 804. There was a new church founded
in Kells in honour of St. Colume.”—Anzn. Clon.

* Inis-Muireadhaigh.—Now Inishmurry, an
island off the coast of the county of Sligo.—See
note under the years A. D. 747, 798. This entry
is given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 806,
and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 804, thus:

“A, D. 806. Gentiles Combusserunt insolam
Muredaich, e tnvadunt Roscommain.” — Ann.
Ult. ;
“ A. D. 804.. The Danes burnt Inis-Moriey
and invaded Roscomman.”—Ann. Clon.

Most of the entries given by the Four Masters
at the year 802-are to be found in the Annals
of Ulster at 806, together with the following,
totally omitted by the former:

*“Condmach mac Duibdaleithi, abbas Ard-
mache subita morte periit. Occisio Artghaile,
mac Cathasaig, regis Nepotum Cruinn na nAir-
ther. Jugulatio Conaill mic Taidg o Conall mac
Aedain i Ciunn-tire. Luna in sanguinem versa est.
Bellum inter familiam Corcaighi, e& familiam
Cluana ferta Brendain, inter qguas cedes innume-
rabiles hominum Ecclesiasticorum et sublimium de
JSamilia Corcaighi ceciderunt.”

The Four Masters have intentionally omitted
all the battles recorded in the older annals as
having been fought between the ancient monas-
tic establishments, but the Editor has inserted
them in the notes to this edition.
of the moon recorded in the Annals of Ulster as

The eclipse

having taken place in this-year, shews that
these annals are antedated by one year, for a
total eclipse of the moon occurred in the year
807, on the 26th of February.—See Art de Ver.
les Dates, tom. i. p. 67.

414 aNNata RIOSshachea ElRECGNN.

[804.

Reap, mac Tomalcaig 50 cConnaccaib imme, do Congnam La Concoban, mac
Oonnchada, mic Domnall, vo mlLfoh pean Mivde, co maccacan cip an aenarg.
Tamce an pi, ed, oimd(ganl, plp Mhde, 7 po cup Concubap co na poéparve
1 paon madma epti, amail bacafp mmoa 7 clénaca (.1. caord). Ro loipe
lanam an po ba camp! 00 Ohonnchad vo cpich Mhide.

Coir Cort, oct ccév a cltaip. An vana bliadain véce ood Orponide.
Cod, abb Slinne va Locha, Maolpotapcaig, mac Plann, abb Pinvabnaé
abae, 7 Cille mona, vé5. Pinbil, banabb Cluana bpénaig, 7 Ounchu, abb
Tealcha lep, 00 mapbad. Cuciapan, pon Cluana, vég,7 baecan Cluana
cuaipceint. Tomaiecc la hUlcoib eccip va mac Piacna, 7 po ppafned ra
cCampell pon Eocaw. lomaipfce ercip Ui cChinnpeleng, 1 cconcain Cellac,
mac Oonngaile. lonopad nUlad la hAod Oipomoe, lap in pig, 1 noogarl
papargte Scpine Paoparce pon Ouncéom.
manbad oaome 1 nOentors Cledain.

Coir Cmort, ocht ccéo a ctuce. An tneap bliadam vécc oMed Oipo-
mde. Cantnia, abb Oomblacc, Tisfpnach, lap po potagls Oarpe Mele, abb

Tene vo toinud vo nim, lap po

Cille acond, Guaine, abb Glinne oa

* Tir-an-aenaigh: i.e. the Land of the Fair.
This was the land of Tailtin, where the great
national Irish fair was annually held, and where
there is a hollow pointed out still called Lag-
an-aenaigh, i. e. the hollow of the fair.—See
note *, under A. M. 3370, where, for “near the
Boyne,” read “near the Sele or Blackwater
River,” which unites with the Boyne at Navan.

* As if they were goats and sheep—Amail
bazaip mmoa j cetnava. The word cetnava
is glossed by caoimid, i. e. sheep, in the Stowe
copy. Dr. O’Conor translates this, ‘quo tem-
pore fuere onusti rebus pretiosis et pecoribus ;”
but had he taken the trouble to compare the
Trish text of the Four Masters with the Annals
of Ulster he would have found that this was
not the true meaning. The passage is given in
the latter annals as follows :

“A. D. 607. Sloghadh Muirgissa, mic Tomal-
taig, co Connachtaib, la Concobur, mac nDonncha
co rigi tir an aenaig; et fugerunt repente post

lacha, 7 Maolotin, mac Oonngaile,

tres noctes, et migravit Aed, mac Neill, in obviam
eorrum, et combussit terminos Midi; eorumque fuga
capris e hinulis simulata est.”

* Finnabhair-abha.—According to the gloss
on the Feilire-Aenguis, and O’Clery’s Irish Ca-
lendar, this place is on the margin of the River
Boinn, in Bregia. It is now called Fennor, and
is.situated on the River Boyne, in the parish of
the same name, in the barony of Lower Duleek,
and county of Meath.—See the Ordnance Map
of Meath, sheet 19. Neachtain, a disciple of St.
Patrick, and the son of his sister, Liemania, is
set down in the Irish Calendars as the patron
saint of this place, where his festival was kept
on the 2nd of May.

® Cill-monat: i. e. Church of the Bog,. now
Kilmoone, in the barony of Skreen, and county
of Meath.

© Tealach-lias : i.e. Hill of the Huts or Cabins,
now Tullalease, an old church in the barony of
Orrery, in the north of the county of Cork.

804.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. | ALS

[of Dal-Araidhe]. A hosting by Muirgheas, son of Tomaltach, with the Con-
naughtmen about him, to assist Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, son of Domh-
nall, to destroy the men of Meath, and they arrived at Tir-an-aenaigh’. The
king, Aedh, came to protect the men of Meath ; and he drove Conchobhar and
his forces to flight out of it, as if they were goats and sheep’. He afterwards
burned that part of the country of Meath which was dearest to Donnchadh.
The Age of Christ, 804 [recté 809]. The twelfth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe.
Aedh, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha ; Maelfothartaigh, son of Flann, Abbot of
Finnabhair-abha* and Cill-monai®, died. Finbil, Abbess of Cluain-Bronaigh, and
Dunchu, Abbot of Tealach-lias’, were slain. Cuciarain, Prior of Cluain[-mic-
Nois], and Baedan, of Cluain-tuaisceirt’, died. A battle by the Ulidians between
the two sons of Fiachna, and Cairell defeated Eochaidh. <A battle between
[two parties of] the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, in which Ceallach, son of Donnghall, was
slain. The plundering of Ulidia by Aedh Oirdnidhe, the king, in revenge of
the profanation of the shrine of Patrick*, against Dunchu.
heaven, by which persons were killed in Dearthach-Aedhain‘.
The Age of Christ, 805 [recté 810]. The thirteenth year of Aedh Oird-
nidhe. Caithnia, Abbot of Daimhliag; Tighernach, by whom Daire-Melle* was
founded, Abbot of Cill-achaidh"; Guaire, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha ; and Mael-

Fire came from

oe a es

“A.D. 808. The killing of Duncho, prince
of Tulach-less, in Patric’s Shrine’s place, in the
abbot of Tulach-less his house.”—Ann. Ult. Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

4 Cluain-tuaisceirt: i.e. the North Lawn, or
Meadow, now Clontuskert, near Lanesborough,
in the barony of South Ballintober, and county
of Roscommon.—See note *, under A. D. 1244,
p- 310; and Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum,
p- 607.

° The shrine of Patrick.—See A. D. 784.

“A.D. 808. The spoyle of Ulster by Hugh
mac Nell, for the dishonoring of the Shrine
upon Dunchu.”—Ann. Ut. Cod. Clarend., 49.

Dearthach Aedhain.—Called Oratorium Nodan
in the Annals of Ulster. This oratory was pro-
bably at Disert-Nuadhain, now Eastersnow,
near Elphin, in the county of Roscommon,

where the memory of St. Nuadhan is still held
in veneration.—See note, under A. D. 1330,
p- 546, infra.

“ A. D. 508. Lgnis celestis percussit virum in
Oratorio Nodan.”—Ann. Ult.

& Daire-Melle.—Id est quercetum sive roboretum
Sancte Melle. This place is described as on the
margin of Loch Melghe, now Lough Melvin, in
the Lower Breifne. A nunnery was erected
here by St. Tighernach for his mother Melle,
who died here before the year 787.—See Col-
gan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 796. This name is
now unknown. The place is situated in the
parish of Rossinver, barony of Rossclogher, and
county of Leitrim.

Cill-achaidh ; i. e. Church of the Field. The
exact situation of this place is nowhere pointed
out. Archdall places it in the county of Cavan,

416

ANNACA RIOSHAChHTA EIREGHN. (806.

repcisip Apoa Maca, vécc. Maolpochancang, 1. pcnibnid, mac Aedgaile,
abb Ciipeccanl Oachiapog, vé5. Anluan, mac Concobarp, cig (pna Cone, vég.
TadgZ 7 Plaitna, 04 mac Muipsfpa, mc Tomalcars, vo manbad la Lurgmb,
] papugad Lurgne la MuipsfP ina noroganl. Caoch vo Lurgmb aopubarpe :

Ro mapb Muinglp mo mac ya, ba po mép po vom cépn,
Ap meip. mpubaine cailec pon bnagaio Tadg oap éip.

Cachal, mac Piacnach, asfpna Racha aptip 7 Pip ccfl, véce. Gopm-
sal, mac Omoaghagh, abb Apoa Maca 7 Cluana heoarp, véce.

Coip Cmort, oche ccév apé. On cltpamad bliadam vécc 0Clod Oino-
mde. Tuactsal, abb pnuite Cluana, blatmac hUa Muipdeabarp, abb Oeap-
maize, Oimman Cinad, angcoipe [dvécc]. Tepbad agae cenag Talc oa
Sataipn, co na paacht each na canpact la hed, mac Neill, 1. mumein
Tamlachtae vo ovanonba thé paptsad ceanmainv Camlaéca Maelpuain vo
Uib Néill. Oo pac Ged Oipomde 1apom a nogmian vo mumcin Tamlachca,

maille pé hapcadoib ile.

but there is no place now bearing the name in
that county. The festival of St. Tighernach
was kept here on the 4th of November.—Acta
Sanctorum, p. 796.

‘ Maelduin.—“ A. D. 809. Maelduin mac
Donngaile, eqguonimus Ardmache, moritur.” —
Ann. Ult.

* Airegal-Dachiarog: i. e. St. Dachiarog’s
residence, or habitation, now Errigalkeeroge, in
the barony of Clogher, and county of Tyrone.
—See note under A. D. 1380 and 1557.

' Rath-Airthir and Feara-Cul.—Rath-airthir
is the ancient name of Oristown, near Teltown,
and Feara-Cul was the name of a district com-
prising the baronies of Upper and Lower Kells,
in the county of Meath.—See note ”, under
A. D. 693, p. 297; and note ‘, under 784.

™ Religious seniors.—The word sruithe is trans-
lated seniores by Colgan in Trias Thaum., p. 298,
and sapientes by Ussher in Primordia, p. 895.
In the old English version of the Annals of
Ulster, in Cod. Clarend., tom. 49, the death .of

Ip in mbliadainp: camic an Cele 0€ von faipnece

this abbot is noticed thus:

“A.D. 810. Tuahgall, Abbas sapiens Clona,
moritur ;” but in Dr. O’Conor’s edition, p. 197,
the reading is: ‘“‘ Tuathgal, Ab. Sruithe Cluana,
moritur.”

» Dearmhach.—Now Durrow, in the King’s
County. “ A. D. 810. Strages Gentilium in
Ulster. Blathmack, nepos Muirdivar, Abbot
of Dorowe, died.”—Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., 49.

° Aradh.—Now the barony of Arra, or Du-
harra, in the county of Tipperary,

® The prevention.“ Teanbad .. vealugas.”
—O’Clery. ‘Teanbad .. 1onnanba no vea-
lugad.”—D. Mac Firbis.

4 Celebration. — Aga «1. cup, uz ep, bor
Cilell 7 Mevb az aga in aonang, ie. agha, to
carry on, celebrate, as, ‘‘ Ailell and Medhbh were
celebrating the fair.”—MS., T. C. D., H.3. 18,
fol. 232.

* Prevented it.—Oapopbat «1. 0°& ¢ommeare.
“‘Ronben .1. commearc, prevent.”— Old Gloss,
Ju ES Fo tg On Oa » Ee ‘

806. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

417

duin’, son of Donnghal, iconomus of Ard-Macha, died. Maelfothartaigh, i. e.
the scribe, son of Aedhghal, Abbot of Airegal-Dachiarog*, died. Anluan, son
of Conchobhar, lord of Aidhne, died. Tadhg and Flaithnia, two sons of Muir- .
gheas, son of Tomaltach, were slain by the Luighni; and Luighne [Leyny] was
laid waste by Muirgheas, in revenge of them. A hero of the Luighni said :

Muirgheas slew my son, which very much wounded me ;
It was I that struck the sword into the throat of Tadhg afterwards.

Cathal, son of Fiachra, lord of Rath-Airthir and Feara-Cul', died, Gorm-
ghal, son of Dindaghaigh, Abbot of Ard-Macha and Cluain-Eois, died.

The Age of Christ, 806 [recté 811]. The fourteenth year of Aedh Oird-
nidhe. Tuathghal, Abbot of the religious seniors™ of Cluain; Blathmac Ua
Muirdheabhair, Abbot of Dearmhach"; and Dimman of Aradh®, anchorite, died.
The prevention? of the celebration? of the fair of Tailtin, so that neither horse
nor chariot was run, by Aedh, son of Niall; i. e. the family of Tamhlacht pre-
vented it’, in consequence of the violation of Termon* of Tamhlacht-Maelruain.
Aedh Oirdnidhe afterwards gave their full demand to the family of Tamhlacht,

together with many gifts'.

* The violation of the Termon : papugad Teap-
maine: i.e. the violation of the sanctuary, or
plundering of the termon lands of the monas-
tery of Tallaght, near Dublin. The old trans-
lator of the Annals of Ulster renders it: ‘after
dishonoring of the privilege of Taulaght-Mael-
ruain by the O’Neylls.”

‘With many gifts. —‘ Postea familie Tamlachte
multa munera reddita sunt.”—Ann. Ult. The old
translator of the Annals of Ulster and Doctor
O’Conor have mistaken the grammatical con-
struction of the language of this passage ; and
Mr. Moore, who has helped to perpetuate the
errors of O’Conor, in his own clear and beau-
tiful style, throughout his History of Ireland,
notices this event as follows, in vol. ii. p. 24 :

‘*In the year 806, say the annalists, a violent
interruption of the Taltine sports took place,
owing to the seizure and retention, by the monks of

In this year the Ceile-Dei" came over the sea, with

Tallagh, of the monarch’s chariot horses; this step
having been taken by them in consequence of
the violation of their free territory by the
O’Neills. It is added, that ample reparation
was made to the monastery of Tallagh, as well
as gifts in addition bestowed upon it by the
king.”

« The Ceile-Dei: i.e. the Vassal of God. This
term is usually latinized Celicola or Colideus,
and anglicised Culdee. This entry is not in the
Annals of Ulster or Clonmacnoise. It has been
also copied by the Four Masters into their
Leabhar-Gabhala, but where they found it the
Editor has not been able to determine. Dr.
O’Conor, in a note to this passage in his edition
of the Annals of the Four Masters, p. 315, con-
jectures that the Culdees were of Druidic origin,
and that after the reception of Christianity they
retained some of their pagan tenets :

3H

418 ANNQazta RIOshachta elReaNN.

[807.

a nofp copaibh cionmait cen (chap 1oip,7 do bentea pouas pcpiobta vo mm
06 TMap a noénad pnoic(pc vo Hhaowelarb, 7 vo beipti puar oopfoips f an
can cainccld an ppocfpc. No ceighf an mac (cecal: cech lao oapp an
Fainpse podlp ian ccainccpin an ppoic(pca. Cp innce ona vo mrgnld pul vo
na barns Cnuib, 7 no pl an full eiptib occa cefpccad. Op innce beor no
cantaoiy na hedin an cancam daonoa. Clomoep, ngfn Aeda Largtn, oécc
ina plndacar 1ap noeigb(chad. Connmach, mac Ouiboaleite, abb Apoa
Macha, vo écc Fo hopann.

Qoip Core, ocht ccév a peacht. Un ciiccead bliadain vécc 0Mod
Oiponde. Plann, mac Ceallang, abb Pionnglaiy, pcepibnedip, angcoipe, 7
eppeop, 0é5. Gochaid,eppcop 7 angcoine, comanba, Maelpuain Tarmlachca,
Cobtac, abb Saigne, Catapac, mac Cloda, pmoin Apoa Maca, 4 abb ceall
momoa ele,7 Plaitb(pcach, mac Coinppe, abb Cille méipe Emip, vécc. Abel
bench vé5. Eochaid, mac Piachna, mic eda Rom, pf Ulad, 7 Caneallt, :
a bnatain, vo tabaint cacha oiapnorle, sup po meabaid pon Eochaio. Plann,
mac Congalong, vis fina Ciannacca, Cod Ron cigfpna Conca baipcino, vécc.
Ap la propa Umanll pon allmupacharb. Op la hallmupacaib pon Chon-
Ap Calpage Cups la hUib Opin. Ap la hUib mic Uap pon
Concanowe Mivdve. Ap la Cobtac mac Manleoiin, ciseanna Loca Léin, pon
allmupachaib. Copsnach, mac Niallgupa, agfpna Gapbpury, 7 Cfpnach,

maicnibh.

“Ordo erat religiosa, antiquitus, ni fallor, mities brought on the Northumbrians by the

Druidica, que abjecto Ethnicismo, et Christi
fide amplexa, nonnulla tamen veterum instituta
servasse videtur. Colideorum austeritate, et
aliquando etiam fictis miraculis, vulgi simpli-
citas decepta erat.”

But this is a mere conjecture, as there exists
not the shadow of an authority to shew that
the pagan Irish had any religious order called
Ceile-De. :

* Converted into blood.—Literally, ‘‘ that blood
was made of the cakes.” These strange events
are not noticed in the Annals of Ulster. They
were evidently regarded as ominous of the cala-
mities brought upon the Irish by the Scandina-
vian invaders. The Saxon Chronicle also notices,
at the year 793, dire forewarnings of the cala-

heathen men.

* Admoer.—“ A. D. 810. Admoer, ingin Aida
Laigen, tn senectute bona mortua est.””—Ann. Ult.

¥ Connmhach.— According to the Catalogue of
the Archbishops of Armagh, in the Psalter of
Cashel, Connmacus was Primate for fourteen _
years. Harris makes him succeed in 798, and
die in 807.—See his edition of Ware’s Bishops,
p- 42.

* Cill-mor-Emhir.—See notes under the. year
745 and 765.

* Conmaicni: i. e. the People of Connamara,
in the west of the county of Galway.

“A. D. 810. There was a great slaughter of
these of Iarhar-Connaught by the Danes.”— -
Ann. Clon.

807.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 419

dry feet, without a vessel ; and a written roll was given him from heaven, out
of which he preached to the Irish, and it was carried up again when the sermon
was finished. This ecclesiastic used to go every day southwards across the
sea, after finishing his preaching. It was in it [i. e. this year], moreover, that
the cakes were converted into blood”, and the blood flowed from them when
being cut. It was in it also the birds used to speak with human voice. Admoer",
daughter of Aedh Laighen, died at an advanced age, after a well-spent life.
Connmhach’, son of Dubhdalethe, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died suddenly.

The Age of Christ, 807 [recté 812]. The fifteenth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe.
Flann, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Finnghlais, scribe, anchorite, and bishop, died.
Eochaidh, bishop and anchorite, successor of Maelruain of Tamhlacht ; Cobh-
thach, Abbot of Saighir; Cathasach, son of Aedh, Prior of Ard-Macha, and
abbot of many other churches; and Flaithbheartach, Abbot of Cill-mor-Emhir’,
died. Abel Berchi died. Eochaidh, son of Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, and
Caireall, his brother, gave battle to each other, in which Eochaidh was defeated.
Flann, son of Conghalach, lord of Cianachta; Aedh Roin, lord of Corca-Bhais-
cinn, died. A slaughter was made of the foreigners by the men of Umhall.
A slaughter was made of the Conmaicni* by the foreigners. The slaughter of
Calraighe-Luirg” by the Ui-Briuin. A slaughter was made of the Ui-Mic-Uais
by the Corca-Roidhe* of Meath. A slaughter was made of the foreigners by
Cobhthach, son of Maelduin, lord of Loch-Lein*. Cosgrach, son of Niallghus,

“A.D. 811. The slaughter of the Gentiles
by the men of Uvall, and the slaughter of Con-
vaicne by the Gentiles. The slaughter of the
Gentiles by the Maunsterians, viz., by Covhach

defeat of the Danish fleet by the Scoti of Hi-
bernia.

» Calraighe-Luirg.—A sept of the Calraighe
seated in the territory of Magh-Luirg, in the

mac Maoileduin, kinge of Loch Lein.”—Ann.
Uit., Cod. Clarend., 49.

Dr. O’Conor, in his edition of the Annals of
Ulster, p. 198, quotes Eginhart, who, in his
Annals of the Achievements of Carolus Magnus,
has the following passage under the year 812:
** Classis Nordmannorum Hiberniam Scottorum
Insulam aggressa, commisso prelio cum Scotis,
parte non modica Nordmannorum interfecta,
turpiter fugiendo domum reversa est.” He
also quotes Egolismensis, who also notices the

county of Roscommon.

° Corca-Roidhe.—Now the barony of Corkaree,
in the county of Westmeath. These were di-
vided from the Ui-Mic-Uais by the River Eithne
or Inny. The latter were seated in and gave
name to the adjoining barony of Moygoish.

4 Loch-Lein: i.e. Lord of Eoghanacht-Locha
Lein, a territory comprised in the present
county of Kerry. Loch Lein was originally
applied to the lakes at Killarney.—See note *,
under A. M. 3579, p. 39, supra.

3H2

420 aNNazwa RIOshachta eIReaNN.

[808.

‘mac Plaitma cigfpna, Mugoopn mbpeacch, vég. Topbach, mac Gopmam,
pepibmid, legcdip, 7 abb Apoa Maca erwe [vécc]. Oo Chenel Tonbang,
a. O Ceallang bpeag,7 po ba oibh~rde Conn na mbocc po bat h cCluain
mic Noip, 7 ap aine acbeipti Conn na mboche pip, ap a méd vo boccaib no
biatavh vo spép.

Cop Cort, ot ccéd a hoche. An peiplo bhadain véce 0Cod. Conall,
mac Oaimtig, abb Tpeoic, Ceallac, mac Eachoach, abb Cille Toma, Pfp-
aohach, mac Scanoail, peprbneoin 7 abb Achaid bo Cainms, 7 Congalcach,
mac Ecsuini, pion Cluana Peanca, vécc. Ounlaing, mac Plannchada,
ciseapna Ua n€achach [vécc]. lomameacc ecip propa Umanll 4 allmupang,
in po lad ap ppfp nUmaill, 7 1 ccopcain Copecpach mac Flamnabpac, 4
Otnadac, TS (pna Umall. Toicteach Ua Tisfpnarg a. 6 Thin lomclaip, abb
CApoa macha, do écc.

Qoip Cmopc, ochc cced a nan. On peaccmad bliadain vécc ood.
Ecippeél, mac Ceallaig, eppcop 7 abb Glinne 04 loca, Pedilmid, abb Cille
Momne, angcoine 7 pepibnedin ofpycagte, Poinceallac Pobaip, abb Cluana
mic Noip, 00 Ghaleangaib monarb 06, Optanac, abb Cille Poibmg, Cronaoo,
mac Ceallaig, eppcop 7 aincinveach Tpelecc, Pfpavhach, abb Sagne,
Maoloun, epycop 7 apcimoeach Eachonomma, blatmac, mac Colgurpa, abb
Tipe va slay, Ronan Ua Locveine eprcop, blatmac, valca Colgan, abb
Innp1 b6 Finne, 7 Suibne, mac Maonarg, plpersip Slane, vég. Tuachal, mac

* Garbhros : i.e. the Rough Wood. Situation
unknown.
~ Mughdhorna-Breagh.—A sept of the Oirghi-
alla seated in Bregia, in East Meath, but their
exact position has not been determined. They
are to be distinguished from the Mughdhorna-
Maighen, who were seated in and gave name to
the barony of Cremorne, in the county of
Monaghan.

8 Torbach.—He is given in the list of the
Archbishops of Armagh, in the Psalter of Cashel,
as Primate for one year. This passage is trans-
lated by Colgan as follows, in Trias Thaum.,
p. 294:

“A.D. 807. S. Torbacus, filius Gormani,

Scriba, Lector, e¢ Abbas Ardmachanus obiit. Fuit
ex Kinel-Torbaich i. Hut Kellaich regionis Bre-
garum oriundus ; ex quibus etiam fuit Constantius
cognomento Pauperum, qui claruit Cluanmacnosia,
at sic cognominatus est quiq consuevit multos pau-
peres quotidie alere.”

4 Scannal.— A. D. 812. Feradach, mac Scan-
nail, scriba et sacerdos, Abbas Achaboo, feliciter
vitam finivit.”—Ann. Ult.

‘ Umhall_—_Now the Owles, comprising the
baronies of Murresk and Burrishoole, in the
county of Mayo.

“A.D. 812. The slaughter of them of Uval
by the Gentiles, where fell Coscrach mac Flan-

nayrad and Dunaach, king of Uvall.”—Ann. Ul,

Vie

‘\

808.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. — 42]

lord of Garbhros’, and Cearnach, son of Flaithnia, lord of Mughdhorna-Breagh',
died. Torbach®, son of Gorman, scribe, lector, and Abbot of Ard-Macha, [died].
He was of the Cinel-Torbaigh, i. e. the Ui-Ceallaigh-Breagh ; and of these was
Conn na mbocht, who was at Cluain-mic-Nois, who was called Conn na mbocht
from the number of paupers which he always supported.

The Age of Christ, 808 [recté 813]. The sixteenth year of Aedh. Conall,
son of Daimhtheach, Abbot of Treoit ; Ceallach, son of Eochaidh, Abbot of
Cill-Toma; Fearadhach, son of Scannal", scribe and Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cain-
nigh ; and Conghaltach, son of Etguini, Prior of Cluain-fearta, died. Dunlaing,
son of Flannchaidh, lord of Ui-Eathach, died. A battle between the men of
Umhall' and the foreigners, in which the men of Umhall were slaughtered, and
Cosgrach, son of Flannabhrat, and Dunadhach, lord of Umhall, were slain.
Toictheach Ua Tighearnaigh, of Tir-Imchlair, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 809 [recté 814]. The seventeenth year of Aedh. Edir-
scel, son of Ceallach, Bishop and Abbot of Gleann-da-locha ; Feidhlimidh,

Abbot of Cill-Moinne*, anchorite and celebrated scribe; Foircheallach of

Fobhar, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, one of the Gaileanga-Mora'; Orthanach,
Abbot of Cill-Foibrigh ; Cinaedh, son of Ceallach, Bishop and Airchinneach
of Trelecc™; Fearadhach, Abbot of Saighir; Maelduin, Bishop and Airchin-
neach of Eachdhruim ; Blathmac, son of Aelghus, Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas ; Ronan
Ua Lochdeire, bishop ; Blathmac, fosterson of Colgan, Abbot of Innis-bo-finne;
and Suibhne®, son of Maenach, (Economus of Slaine, died. Tuathal, son of

Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Cill-Moinne.—This is called Cill-monai at
the year 804 ; now Kilmoone, in the barony of
Skreen, and county of Meath.

“ A.D. 813. Fedilimid, Abbas Cille-moinni, et
moer Breg o Phatruic, Ancorita precipuus, scriba
et doctor Cluana-miccunois, dormivit.”—Ann. Ult.

‘“Felim, Abbot of Killmoinni and Serjeant of
Bregh from Patrick, a chief anchorite and an
excellent scribe, happily ended his life.”—Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49. By “moer Bregh o Phatruic”
in this passage, is meant Collector of Patrick’s
dues in Bregia, i.e. the person appointed by
the Archbishop of Armagh to collect Patrick’s

tribute in Bregia. :

' Gaileanga-Mora: i.e. the inhabitants of the
barony of Morgallion, in the county of Meath.

™ Trelecc.—Now Trillick, in the barony of
Omagh, and county of Tyrone. In the Annals
of Ulster, at the year 813, this place is called
Trelic-moer, which Dr. O’Conor explains, ‘‘ Mo-
nasterii seu oppidi Magni Tralee;” but he is in
error, as the town of Tralee in Kerry is never
called Trelic in Irish, but Traigh Li.—See
note *, under A. D. 1468, p. 1052.

» Suibhne— A. D. 813. Suibne, mac Moenaig
equonimus et, Gormgal, mac Neill, filii Fergaile,
mortut sunt.” —Ann. Ult.

422 annaza RIOshachta elReGNn. [810.

Oubeae, pepibnedip, esnad, 7 voccop Cluana mic Noip, 7 Soelgaile Acaroh
tip, vécc. Opoean, mac Ruadpach, cpéanplp Largfn, Niall, mac Ceda,
cis(pna Ua Conbmaic, vécc. Opuaoap, cigeapna Ua Piogeince, vé5.

Coip Cmiopc, ocht ccéo a vere. On cochcmad bliadain vécc oClod
Oipomde. Ceallac, mac Congaile, abb lae Cholaim Chille, Concoban, abb
Saigne, Cele fora, abb Cille Moinne, Maolcanars, angcoipe Cugmans, Cat-
apac, abb Cille Ice, Gopmlant, mgin Phlartnat, banabb Cluana bponars,
[7] Muipsfp, mac Tomalceag [ata Thanos moip, pi: Connacc], pi Connace, »
vécc. Colman, mac Néill, 00 mapbad la Cenel cConall. Catch lahQod ~
1anam pon Cenel Conall, 1 ccopcaip Rogeallac mac Plaitsfpa. Ongain
Cluana cpfma, 7 sun daeme moi opeanaib bpeipne, 7 vo Siol cCatanl.

Conall, mac Néill, tiseapna vepceanc bpeagh, déce.
nas letcoipeac veipceipe pes, vécc.
Sluacchad la hAled nOiponde pon Cenel cConaill ora

50 Comachcaibh.
nooncain Rogallac, mac Ploarchura.

Coir Cmorc, ochc ccéd a haondécc.

° Hero of Leinster—‘* A. D. 813. Broen mac
Ruadrach satrapa Legenorum moritur.”—Ann. Ult.

» Ui-Cormaic.—There were several tribes of
this name in Ireland, as Ui-Cormaic-Moen-
maighe, in Connaught; Ui-Cormaic, in Iveagh,
in the now county of Down; and Ui-Cormaic,
near Sliabh Callain, in Thomond. The year
809 of the Four Masters corresponds with 813
of the Annals of Ulster, under which the fol-
lowing curious entries occur, which have been
totally omitted by the Four Masters :

“A.D. 813. Sloghadh la Muirgius ocus For-
cellach for Uv Maine Deisceirt, wbi plurimi in-
terfecti sunt innocentes. Bellum inter Laginenses
invicem, ubi Nepotes Cennselaig prostrati sunt et
filii Briuin victoriam acceperunt. Ceallach Abbas
lae, finita constructione templi Cenindsa, reliquit
principatum et Diarmicius alumpnus Daigri pro
eo ordinatus est. Le&® Quiarani for Cruachna
elevata est la Muirgius. Saeth mor ocus trom
galair.” (Great sadnes and heavie diseases.—
Cod. Clarend., 49.]

Pocanca, mac Ceap-
Nuada, abb Apoa Macha vo dol

Cin nomad bliadam vécc oCooh.

On Diarmicius alumpnus Daigri, above men-
tioned, Dr. O’Conor has the following note in
his edition of the Annals of Ulster, p. 199:

“Hic est ille Diarmitius, de quo Quatuor
Magistri, ad annum 816, ere communis 821,
inquiunt: ‘ Diarmitius, Abbas Hiiensis, cum
scrinioS. Columbe, ex Hibernia rediit Albaniam.’
Unde sequitur falsum esse, corpora SS. Patricii,
Brigide, et Columbe, in eodem tumulo condita
fuisse, Duni in Ultonia, ante annum 821.”

4 Cille-Ite: i.e. the Church of St. Ite, or Ide,
now Killeedy, in the barony of Upper Connello,
and county of Limerick, where there are some
remains of a beautiful ancient Irish church.
The place was otherwise called Cluain Creadhail.
—See note ', under the year 546, p. 184, supra.

* Father of.—The words enclosed in brackets
are interpolated in a modern hand in the Stowe
copy-

* Cluain-creamha.—Now Clooncraff, situated
to the east of Elphin, in the county of Roscom-
mon.—See note ™, under A. D. 747, p. 350,

810.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 423

Dubhta, scribe, wise man, and doctor of Cluain-mic-Nois, and Boelgaile of Ach-
adh-ur, died. Broean, son of Rudhrach, hero of Leinster®; Niall, son of Aedh,
lord of Ui-Cormaic?, died. Bruadar, lord of Ui Fidhgeinte, died.

The Age of Christ, 810 [recté 815]. The eighteenth year of Aed Oird-
nidhe. Ceallach, son of Conghal, Abbot of Ia-Coluim-Chille ; Conchobhar,
Abbot of Saighir; Ceile-Isa, Abbot of Cill-Moinne ; Maelcanaigh, anchorite
of Lughmhadh ; Cathasach, Abbot of Cille-Ite*; Gormlaith, daughter of Flaith-
niath, Abbess of Cluain-Bronaigh ; and Muirgheas, son of Tomaltach [the
father of’ Tadhg Mor, King of Connaught], King of Connaught, died. Colman,
son of Niall, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill. A battle was afterwards fought
by Aedh against the Cinel-Conaill, in which Rogheallach, son of Flaithgheas,
was slain. The plundering of Cluain-creamha’, and the slaying within it of
some of the men of Breifne, and of the Sil-Cathail*. Conall, son of Niall, lord
of South Breagh, died. Focharta, son of Cearnach, half-chieftain of South
Breagh, died. Nuadha, Abbot of Ard-Macha, went to Connaught. A hosting
was made by Aedh Oirdnidhe against the Cinel-Conaill, by which Roghallach",

son of Flaithghius, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 811 [recté 816].

supra ; and note °, under A. D. 1451,
infra.

t Sil-Cathail.— Otherwise Clann-Cathail, i. e.
the race or progeny of Cathal. This was the
name of a sept of the Sil-Muireadhaigh, the
chief of whom, after the establishment of sur-
names, took that of O’Flanagan. They were
seated in the barony and county of Roscommon,
—See note *, under A. D. 1289, p. 448.

“ Roghallach, §c.—This is a repetition, but
the Editor thinks it better not to strike it out,
as it stands so in the autograph copy at Stowe.

“ A. D. 814. Direptio organorum Ecclesiae
Clooncreve, ef jugulatio hominis intra Ecclesiam
ab incolis Brehnai e& Sil-Cathail.”—Ann. Ul.

‘* The taking away of the organs of Clonkreva,

Pp. 975,

and the hurting of a man within the church, by
the men of Brehni and by Kindred Cahail.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The nineteenth year of Aedh.

It looks rather remarkable here that what is
made orgain, plunder, by the Four Masters, is
made organorum in Latin, by the compiler of
the Annals of Ulster. The probability seems
to be that the compiler of the Annals of Ulster
mistook the Irish word orgain, plunder, for
orgain, organa, organs; but Dr. O’Conor, who
thinks that the passage is genuine, adds, in a
note to the Annals of Ulster, p. 199:

“ Sinceritate horum Annalium minime oflicit.
Organa in Ecclesiasticis officiis ad Psalmodiam,
ab antiquissimis temporibus in Kcclesia Orien-
tali usurpari solita, nec nuperum esse inventum
in Ecclesia ,occidentali, jam antea, in Annota-
tione 2, ad seculum viii. satis dilucide demon-
stravi, ex S. Augustino in Psal. 56, ex Isidoro,
1. 2; Orig. c. 20 ; Amalaris, 1. 3, c. 3, de Eccl.
Offic. ; et ex Monachi S. Gallensis, 1. i. c. 10, de
Gestis Caroli Magni supra,” p. 153, &.” ~

424 ANNGZa RIOshachtd elReaNn. [812.

Suibne, mac Cuanach, abb Cluana mic Néip, 00 hUib Sin Seola 06, 4
lorep, pembneoin Roppa Commam, vécc. Ceallach, mac Mumsiupa, abb
Opoma canad [ovécc]. Cluam mic Nop vo lopccavh. lap ccmocaice late
lanamh po ppaomead pra nOiapmaio, mac Tomalearg, pop Uib Piacnach
Mumipce. Ro loipccead 7 po haipccead Poibpén 1 cpich Sparcmige, 7 po
mapbait pochaide ann. Tuatal, mac Oomnall, cigfina Aintin Lippe, Oun-
sal, mac Cuanach, as(pna Pp Roip, lonsalac, mac Maolumha, cisfpna
Conca Sogam, Nuaoha Loca hUama, eprcop, ancoipe, 7 abb Apoa Maca,
vE5. :

Cop Cniort, occ ccéd a 06 vécc. An pich(crhad bliadain 0Mod. Tio-
bnaite, mac Cetennais, abb Cluana peanta bnénaimn, Maolcule, abb
benncain, Conomac, mac Oonaic, abb Concange, Cumargac, mac C{pnag,
EMTs Apoa Maca [vécc]. Oepnteac Pobaip vo lopecad. Catal, mac

“ Ui-Briuin-Seola: i. e. the race of Brian of
Magh-Seola, a sept seated in the present barony
of Clare, and county of Galway.—See O’Fla-
herty’s Chorographical Description of West Con-
naught, edited by Mr. Hardiman for the Irish
Archeological Society, p. 368.

x Druim-caradh.—Now Drumcear, a townland
in a parish of the same name, in the barony of
Ferrard, and county of Louth.—See the year
868, where this place is referred to as in Ard
Cianachta, now the barony of Ferrard. See
also Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 173. Archdall
identifies this with Drumcree, in the barony of
Delvin, and county of Westmeath, but this was
a mere guess, and is obviously erroneous.

¥ Foibhren.—See note ', under the year 754,
p. 357, supra.

* Graicrighe.—Otherwise called Greagraighe,
a territory comprising the present barony of
Coolavin, in the county of Sligo, and a consi-
derable portion of the north of the present
county of Roscommon. The hill of Druim-
Greagraighe, and the church of Cill-Curcaighe,
now Kilcorkey, near Belanagare, in the county
of Roscommon, are*referred to in the Irish an-

nals and calendars as in this territory:

“A, D. 815. The breaking of a battle upon - ~

the O’Fiachrachs of Mursce, by Diarmaid mac
Tomaltai, who burnt and praied Foivren in
Gregrai, where many ignobles were killed.”—
Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Airthear-Liffe.— Otherwise written Oirthear-
Liffe. That part of the present county of Kil-
dare, embraced by the River Liffey in its cir-
cuitous course, was anciently known by this
name.—See note *, under A. M. 628, p. 250,
supra.

> Feara-Rois.—A tribe seated in the south of
the present county of Monaghan, and in the
adjoining parts of the counties of Louth and
Meath._See note ', on Dubh-chomar, under
A. D. 322, p. 122, supra.

© Corca-Soghain: i. e. race of Soghan Sal-:
bhuidhe, son of Fiacha Araidhe, King of Ulster.
There were three distinct tribes of this race in
Ireland: one in the barony of Tiaquin, and
county of Galway; another in the barony of
Farney, in the county of Monaghan; and the
third in Meath.—See Tribes and Customs of Hy-
Many, pp. 72, 159. ;

812.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 425

Suibhne, son of Cuanach, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, one of the Ui-Briuin-Seola*;
and Joseph, scribe of Ros-Commain, died. Ceallach, son of Muirghius, Abbot
of Druim-caradh*, [died]. Cluain-mic-Nois was burned. In thirty days after-
wards a victory was gained by Diarmaid, son of Tomaltach, over the Ui-Fiach-
rach-Muirisce. Foibhren’, in the territory of Graicrighe* was burned and
plundered, and numbers were slain there. Tuathal, son of Domhnall, lord of
Airthear-Liffe*; Dunghal, son of Cuana, lord of Feara-Rois’; Irghalach, son of
Maelumha, lord of Corca-Soghain*; Nuadha* of Loch-Uamha*, bishop, anchorite,
and abbot of Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 812 [recté 817]. The twentieth year of Aedh. Ti-
braide, son of Cethernach, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Maeltuile, Abbot
of Beannchair ; Connmhach, son of Donat, Abbot of Corcach ; Cumasgach, son
of Cearnach, (Economus‘ of Ard-Macha, [died]. The oratory® of Fobhar was

* Nuadha.—Colgan gives a life of this saint
at 19th January. -The Annals of Ulster agree
with those of the Four Masters in the date of
this Nuadha’s death. In most other entries at
this period they differ about four years, the
Four Masters being five years, and the Annals
of Ulster one year antedated.

° Loch-Uamha: i.e. Lake of the Cave. The
situation of this lake has not yet been identified,
though it was well known in the time of Colgan,
who describes it as follows :

“Est in finibus Breffinie occidentalis sive
inferioris, que Breffne-Hi Ruaire appellatur,
hic lacus e vicina quadam specu, unde et Loch-
uamha .i. lacus spects appellatur, exoriens, et
in eandem sepé prodigiosé refluens: quod indi-
gene observant passim contingere quando illius
regionis Dynastis, eorumque filiis mortis im-
minet periculum.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 373;
see also Lanigan’s Ecclesiastical History of Ire-
land, vol. iii. p. 254; and Harris’s edition of
Ware’s Bishops, p. 43.

‘ Zconomus.—** A. D. 816. Cumascach, mac
Cernaigh, Equonimus Ardmache, dormiit.”—
Ann. Ult.

* The oratory. —“ A. D. 815. Ventus Magnus
tn Kal. Novembris. Oratorium Fobair combustum
est.” —Ann. Ult..

The year 812 of the Four Masters corresponds
with 816 of the Annals of Ulster, which give
under that year the following notice of a battle
between the monks of Taghmon and Ferns, in
the present county of Wexford, and of the
cursing of Tara, which have been intentionally
omitted by the Four Masters:

“A.D. 816. Bellum re Cathal, mac Dunlaing,
ocus re Muinntir Tighe-Mundu, for Muintir
Fernan, whi ccce. interfecti sunt. Muintir Coluim
Cille do dul i Temhair do escuine Aeda.” [The
men of Colum Cille went to Tarach to curse
Hugh.—Cod. Clarend., 49.]

These entries are given in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise under the year 814, as follows:

“A.D. 814. There was a battle fought be-
tween Cahall mac Dunluing, and those of Ti-
monna, of the one side, against the family of
Farnes, where there were 400 of laye and
churchmen slain. The familyes of St. Columb
went to Taragh, and there excommunicated
King Hugh, with bell, book, and candles.” —

: aL

426 aNNQaza RIOshachta elReaNn. (813.

Cpcpaé, agfina Mugdopn, Maoloamn, crgCpna Pp Roip, Gopmsal, crgsCpna
Marge hlocha, Oungal, cigeanna Anoa Ciannacca, 7 Catal, mac Chlella,
ciseanna Ua pPiacnach, vég. Cat eicip propa vepceine Only 7 Ciannacca,
1 toncnacan ile vo Ciannaccarb.

Qoip Cort, ocht ccév a tpi vécc. An taonmad bliadam fiche oClooh.
Maolotin, mac Cimnpaolad, eppcop Rata bot, Cucpuitne, comanba Colu- —
main Ela, 7 Siadal, abb 7 eppcop Rora Commam, vécc. Cinbceallac, mac

Oaelgupa, cis(pna Ua Potand cine, vécc.

mm Cargtn, véce.

Cloip Core, ocht ccéd a cltain véce.

Oiponide.

Muipeavhach, mac bpar, lec-

Cn oana bliadam pichfe ooo

Inopfecaé, eppcop Cille mc Ouach, Pfpsup Rata Ciipice, abb

Fionnglaip1, Cillem, abb Pfpna, Owbmy pspibnedip Cluana mic Néip, Cu--
mupecach, mac Cfpnaig, pepcigip Apoa Maca, 7 Cilbe Cinnmapa, dé.
Cicomsealca, mac Catal, tizeapna Lagsean Oeaygabain, vécc.

Coip Cmorc, ocht ccéd a ccc décc.
Reachcabpa Ua hCnoola, abb Oammmpi, vécc.

Cn cpearp bliadain piclc 0Coo.
Clod Oiponide, pi Eneann,

vo dul co pluaicchead Lan mép co Ofn Cuan ovomdip1, co po pann Cangmiu

eioip oa Ua Onan.
ro, 6 Nocclaic co hime.

Qoip Cort, ocht ccéd a pé décc.

Cigpead anaigeanca 7 pneachca mop ipm mbliadain

An cltpamad bliadain picle oMoo.

Cinb(pcac Cille oana,7 O1oma, mac Piangura, abb Rorra Cpé, vécc. Mac

Cachtna, cizepna Ciannaige Cuachpa, 0€5.

" Rath-both: i.e. rath or earthen enclosure of
the booths, huts, or tents, now Raphoe, the head
of an ancient bishopric, in the county of Do-
negal,

' Successor of Colman Ela: i.e. Abbot of Ly-
nally, near Tullamore, in the King’s County.

* Ui-Fothaidh-tire.—The baronies of Iffa and
Offa, in the county of Tipperary, are called
“Ui-Fathaidh agus O’Fathaidh” in Irish ; but
there was more than one tribe of the name in
Treland.

1 Cill-Mic-Duach: i.e. Mac Duach’s Church,
now Kilmacduagh, in the barony of Kiltartan,
and county of Galway, where the ruins of seve-

lomainfce Rata Peanad mia

ral churches and a round tower in good preser-
vation are still to be seen.

™ Rath-Luirigh.—This is written Rath-Lu-
raigh in the Annals of Ulster at the year 815.
It was the ancient name of Maghera, in the
county of Londonderry. —See note ', under
A. D. 1218, p. 193.

" Ceannmhara: i.e. Head of the Sea, now |
Kinvara, a small seaport town in a parish of
the same name, in the west of the barony of
Kiltartan, and county of Galway. St. Coman is
the patron of this parish.

° Dun- Cuar.—Now Rathcore, in Meath.

“A. D. 817. Hugh mac Neill went with an

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 427

burned. Cathal, son of Artrach, lord of Mughdhorna; Maelduin, lord of Feara-
Rois ; Gormghal, lord of Magh-Itha; Dunghal, lord of Ard-Cianachta; and
Cathal, son of Ailell, lord of Ui-Fiachrach, died. A battle between the men of
South Breagh and the Cianachta, in which many of the Cianachta were slain.

The Age of Christ, 813. The twenty-first year of Aedh. Maelduin, son
of Ceannfaeladh, Bishop of Rath-both"; Cucruithne, successor of Colman Ela’;
and Siadhail, Abbot and Bishop of Ros-Commain, died. Ainbhcheallach, son
of Daelghus, lord of Ui-Fothaidh-tire*, died. Muireadhach, son of Bran, half-
king of Leinster, died.

The Age of Christ, 814. The twenty-second year of Aedh Oirdnidhe.
Innreachtach, Bishop of Cill-Mic-Duach’; Fearghus of Rath-Luirigh™, Abbot of
Finnghlais ; Cilleni, Abbot of Fearna ; Duibhinsi, scribe of Cluain-mic-Nois ;
Cumasgach, son of Cearnach, iconomus of Ard-Macha; and Ailbhe of Ceann-
mhara’, died. Cuchoingealta, son of Cathal, lord of South Leinster, died.

The Age of Christ, 815. The twenty-third year of Aedh. Reachtabhra
Ua hAndola, Abbot of Daimhinis, died. Aedh Oirdnidhe went a second time
with a very great army to Dun-Cuar®, and divided Leinster between the two
grandsons of Bran. There were unusual ice and great snow? in this year, from
Christmas to Shrovetide.

The Age of Christ, 816. The twenty-fourth year of Aedh. Airbheartach of
Cill-dara ; and Dima, son of Fianghus, Abbot of Ros-Cre, died. Mac Lachtna,
lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra, died. The battle of Rath-Fhearadh‘ by the chief-

813.]

armie into Leinster to Duncuar, and divided the
countrie between two of the Birnes.”—Ann. Ult.
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

® Great snow.— A. D. 817. Wonderful frost
and great snowe from Christmas to Shrovetyde,
that men might goe drie shod any broad waters
and most rivers, as if they had been smooth
loghes” [roads ? ]. ‘‘ Horsloads and carriages upon
LoghEagh; Stags and hynds taken without any
chasing of hounds ; timber for great buildings”
[sent] ‘out of the country of Connaght into
the country of Crywhan, by Logh Erne, upon
ice, as if it had beene firme dry land. Many
such other unknown things don this yeare by

meanes of the frost and hayle.” [Aliaque incog-
nita per gelu et grandines in hoc anno facta sunt. |
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. :

4 Rath-Fhearadh: i.e. Fearadh’s Rath, or Fort,
now Rahara, a townland in a parish of the same
name, in the barony of Athlone, and county of
Roscommon. Dealbhna-Nuadhat was the old
name of the territory lying between the Suca

_and the Sinainn, i. e. the Suck and the Shannon,

i.e. the baronies of Moycarnan, Athlone, &.—
See notes ‘and ', under A. D. 752. This battle
is noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year
817, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 815,
as follows:

ae: hes fey

428 GNNAZa RIOshachta eiReaNnN.

(817.

ccoipeachaib Ua mbpiiin, Oiapmuio, mac Tomalcarg, 7 Maolcotaig, mac
Pogancaic, pon cig(pna Ua Mame, Catal, mac Munchada, oce Oealbna
Nuadac, eicin Suca 7 Sionainn, ainm a tconcain Catal 7 apaile paenclanna
imaille ppip. lomaipeace eictip Ulcaib péipin, in po mapbad Caieall, mac
Piachna, pi Ulad, la Muipeadac mac Eacdac. Orapmaio, abb lae Colum
Cille, vo oul 1 nAlbain.

Coir Cmorpc, ocht ccév a peacht vécc. Reaccabna Ua Muiccig (hin,
eagnaid 7 abb Imleaca lubaip, Mupeavhach, mac Cpunnmaoil, abb Ofpipc

Tennécc, Cpunnmael, mac Ahlella, comanba Cianain Oombace, Laippén |

Chille vana, Cnunomael Tige Munoa,7 Conomac Ua Catail, esnad Cluana
p(pca Opénaimn, vég. Papuccad cmice Cualann 4 Laigin 50 Oliho va loca,
lap in mg, la hClod Oipomde. lomaipeace ecip Cenel Conall 7 Cenel
n€ogain, m po manbad Maolbnerail, mac Mupchada, cigeanna Ceneort
cConaill, la Mupchad mac Maeloain. Catal, mac Ounlaing, cisfpna
Ua cCeimpealais, vécc. Congalac, mac Plpgaile, mg(pna Pp cCal, vé5.
lap mbeité cing bliaona ficlc 1 naipomse na hEpeann oAod Oipomde, mac
Néill Phapas, acbat ag At oa peanca, 1 Murs Conanlle, 1ap mbuaid nae-
mse. Oipcm, mac Concobaip, co pepin Pacparce vo dol hi cConnachcaibh.
Inopead Cargfn la hCed nOiponide 1. tip Chualano 50 6lfno va laca.
Cloip Cmoryz, ocht ccév a hocht vécc. Un cév bliadain vo Choncobap,

mac Oonnchava, mic Oomnaill, 6p Epinn bi pige. Maelcuile, abb bfno-

“A. D. 817. Bellum gestum est in regione
Delbnae Nodot ic Ath-forath, ubi nepotes Maine
cum rege eorum .i. Cathal, mac Murchada, e
multi alii nobiles prostrati sunt. Reges Nepotum
Briuin .i, Diarmait, mac Tomaltaig, e Mael-
cothaigh, jilius Foghertaich victores erant.”—
Ann. Ult.

‘A.D. 815. A battle was fought in Delvin
Nwadatt, where the” [ancestors of the] ‘‘O’Kel-
lys of Omanie, with their prince, were over-
throwne. This Delvin lyeth between the rivers
of Synen and Suck.”—Ann. Clon

* Disert-Ternog : i. e. St. Ternog’s or Ternoc’s
desert or wilderness. According to the gloss

to the Feilire-Aenguis, and O’Clery’s Irish Ca-

lendar, at 8th February, St. Ternoc’s church
was situated on the west side of the Barrow,
but the name of the territory is not given.

* The devastation. —‘* A. D. 818. Vastacio
Laigin la Aed mac Neill i tir Cualann usque
Glenn duorum stagnorum.”—Ann. Ult.

“A, D. 816. All Lynster was destroyed and
wasted by King Hugh to Gleanndalogha.”—
Ann. Clon. :

' Ath-da-fhearta : i. e. Ford of the Two Graves,
or of the two miracles.—See note ‘, under A. D.
607, p. 234.

“A. D. 818. Mors Aeda, mic Neill, juata
Vadum duorum mirabilium, in Campo Conaille.”
—Ann. Ult.

817.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 429

tains of Ui-Briuin, Diarmaid, son of Tomaltach, and Maelcothaigh, son of Fogar-
tach, against the lord of Ui-Maine, Cathal, son of Murchadh, iri Dealbhna-
Nuadhat, between the Suca and the Sinnainn, where Cathal and many other
nobles along with him were slain. A battle between the Ulidians themselves,
in which Caireall, son of Fiachna, King of Ulidia, was slain by Muireadhach,
son of Eochaidh. Diarmaid, Abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, went to Alba [Scotland].

The Age of Christ, 817. Reachtabhra Ua Muichtighearn, wise man and
Abbot of Imleach-Iubhair ; Muireadhach, son of Crunnmhael, Abbot of Disert-
Ternog’; Crunnmhael, son of Aileli, successor of Cianan of Daimhliag; Laisren
of Cill-dara; Crunnmhael of Tigh-Munna; and Connmach Ua Cathail, wise
man of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, died. The devastation® of the territory of Cua-
lann, and of Leinster as far as Gleann-da-locha, by Aedh Oirdnidhe. A battle
between the Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, in which Maelbreasail, son of
Murchadh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain by Murchadh, son of Maelduin.
Cathal, son of Dunlaing, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Conghalach, son of
Fearghal, lord of Feara-Cul, died. After Aedh Oirdnidhe, the son of Niall
Frasach, had been twenty-five years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at
Ath-da-fhearta', in Magh-Conaille, after the victory of penance. Artri, son of
Conchobhar, went to Connaught with the shrine of Patrick. The plundering
of Leinster® by Aedh Oirdnidhe, i. e. the territory of Cualann, as far us Gleann-
da-locha.

The Age of Christ, 818. The first year of Conchobhar*, son of Donn-
chadh, son of Domhnall, in sovereignty over Ireland. Maeltuile, Abbot of

“A. D. 816. King Hugh, son of King Neale
Frassagh, died at the Foorde of the two vertues.”
—Ann. Clon.

O'Flaherty places the accession of Aedh Oird-
nidh in 797, and his death in 819, which is the
true chronology:

‘* Aidus Ordnidius, Nielli Nimbosi regis filius,
R. H. viginti duos annos: regnum tenuit per
annos plus, minus 22, obiit 819, vel ut alit habent
820, wtatis sue sexagesimo. War.

“Hoe rege, Dani, Norwegi, vel Ostmanni, ut a
diversis vocantur, Anno 798, iterum Ultoniam,
et Hebrides piraticd infestarunt.- Anno 807,

Hiberniam primum incursionibus intrarunt ;
deinde anno 812, Demum anno 815, Turgesius
Norwegus in Hiberniam appulit, et exinde
ibidem fixas sedes habere ceperunt.”— Ogygia,
par. iil. c. 93, p. 433.

" The plundering of Leinster.—This is an in-
correct repetition, which the Four Masters
should have struck out.

“ Conchobhar.—O’Flaherty places the acces-
sion of Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, in the
year 819, and the Annals of Clonmacnoise in
816. The first mention of him in the Annals
of Ulster occurs at the year 820:

430 ANNGZa RIOShachta eiReaNn. (819.

chain, Cpunomael, mac Odpain, abb Cluana hlopaipo, 7 Oalach, mac Con-
supa, comanba Ciandin Oommliace, véce. Slog la Munchad, mac Maorle-
vin, vo Onuim Invech go nUib Néill an cuaipceipc immaille pip. Taine
Conchoban, 3 Epeann, co nUIb Néill an veipceipt a nolp, 7 co Laignib von
leit oile, 7 1ap poccaimn co haon maigm o616 canic, 00 mopbailib O€, go no
rsappac pnia pole an can pin gan puiliuccad gan poipveapgad 6 neach ofb
Fon anole.

Qoip Cmort, ocht ccéd a naoi vécc. Un vana bliadain vo Chonchobanp.
Cfnnpaolad, mac Ruamam, pcmbnedip, eppcop, angcoine, 7 abb Ata Tpuim,
3 Plann Oaipinpr vécc. Opgam Coan la Gallarb, 7 bnoio mop vo mnaib
vo bpeit leo. Onsain becc-Eneann, 7 Oaipinm Caomam leo vomdipt.
Slaphead la Concuban, mac Oonnchada, co hApoachad Sleibe Puaic, Fo
po papas na hCine(pa mle lap 50 prache Eamam Macha.

Coip Cmorz, ocht ccé0 a pice. Cn tnear bliadam vo Chonéobap. Mac
Riagail Ua Maglena, pembnedip, eppeop,7 abb biopaip, Cartbeancach,
mac Clengara, eppceop Cluana p(pca bpenaimn, Coca Ua Tuatail, angcorpe,
eppeop, 7 abb Lushmaw, Olcobap, mac Cummurccang, abb Cluana peanca
bpénoinn, Popbapac, abb Achad b6 Caimmgh, 4 Chloeabain Cille manac,
véce. Sloghlo la Munchad, mac Maorlevin, co beeanaib ino Focla imme,
co pamic Ano mbpeacain. Ro elawpeac ianam pip Onl 7 Sfol Coda
Slaine curse, co po siallpac 06 acc Opum Fipsapa. Cumarcecac, mac

“A. D. 816. Connor mac Donnogh, third a small island close to the land in Wexford

monarch of the O’Melaghlyns” [recté Clann-
Colmain], “began his reign, and governed this
land fourteen years.””—Ann. Clon.

* Druim-Indech.—This is probably the place
now called Drimnagh, near Dublin:

“A.D. 819. Slogh la Murcha do Druimin-
dech co n-Oib Neill in tuasceirt.
n-Oib Neill in deisceirt a ndes ocus co Laignib,
donec Dominus eos separavit per suam potenciam.””
—Ann. Ult.

¥ Edar.—This was the ancient name of the
peninsula of Howth, near Dublin. The hill of
Howth is still called Binn-Eadair by the native
Irish.—See note , under A. D. 9, p. 92, supra.

* Beg-Eire: i.e. Little Ireland, now Begery,

Concobur co

Haven. This name is translated Parva Hibernia
in the Lives of St. Ibar and St.Abban, quoted by
Ussher (Primord., p. 794, 1061). According to
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, St. Ibhar, who died in
the year 500, erected a church on this island,
where his festival was kept on the 23rd of April.
Begery is destined to lose its insular character
in the improvements of Wexford Haven which
are now in progress.

° Dairinis-Caemhain: St. Caemhain’s Oak-
island ; an island in Wexford Haven.

> Ardachadh of Sliabh-Fuaid—aA place near
Newtown-Hamilton, in the county of Armagh.
—See note *, under A. M. 3500, p. 26, supra;
and note °, under A. D. 1607.

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Beannchair; Crunnmhael, son of Odhran, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; and Dalach,
son of Conghus, successor of Cianan of Daimhliag,died. An army was led by
Murchadh, son of Maelduin, to Druim-Indech*, having the Ui-Neill of the North
along with him. Conchobhar, King of Ireland, with the Ui-Neill of the South
and the Leinstermen, came from the South, on the other hand; and when they
came to one place, it happened, through the miracles of God, that they sepa-
rated from each other for that time without slaughter, or one of them spilling _
a drop of the other’s blood.

The Age of Christ, 819. The second year of Conchobhar. Ceannfaeladh,
son of Ruaman, scribe, bishop, anchorite, and Abbot of Ath-Truim, and Flann
of Dairinis, died. The plundering of Edar’ by the foreigners, who carried off
a great prey of women. The plundering of Beg-Eire’ and Dairinis-Caemhain*
by them also. An army was led by Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, to Ard-
achadh of Sliabh-Fuaid’; and all the Airtheara® were devastated by him, as far
as Eamhain-Macha*.

The. Age of Christ, 820. The third year of Conchobhar. Mac Riagail*
Ua Maglena, scribe, Bishop, and Abbot of Birra ; Laithbheartach, son of Aen-
ghus, Bishop of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Eocha Ua Tuathail, anchorite, Bishop,
and Abbot of Lughmhadh ; Olcobhar, son of Cummuscach, Abbot of Cluain-
fearta-Brenainn ; Forbhasach, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh; and Aildeabhair
of Cill-manach, died. An army was led by Murchadh, son of Maelduin, having
the men of the North with him, until he arrived at Ard-Breacain. The men of
Breagh and the race of Aedh Slaine went over to him, and gave him hostages

at Druim-Fearghusa‘*.

¢ Airtheara: i.e. Orientales, the eastern parts
of the territory of Oirghialla.
still preserved in that of the baronies of Upper
and Lower Orior, inthe east of the county of
Armagh.

4 Eamhain-Macha: i. e. Emania, now the
Navan Fort, near Armagh.—See note ", under
A. M. 4532, p. 73; and A. D. 331, p. 125,
supra.

“A. D. 820. Slogh la Concobur, mac Donncha,
co hArdacha Sleibe Fuait. Vastacio na nAirther
con rice Emain-Machae.”—Ann. Ult.

This name is

Cumascach, son of Tuathal, lord of Ard-Cianachta, was

* Mac Riagail.—For some account of a manu-
script copy of the Gospels made by this scribe,
see Dr. O’Conor’s Prolegom. ad Annales, ii. p.142.

‘ Druim-Fearghusa: i. e. Fergus’s Ridge, or
Long Hill. Not identified.

“A. D. 819. Murrogh mac Moyledoyne, with

_ the O’Neales of the North, came to Ardbrackan,

where they were mett by those of the countryes
of Moybrey, with the race of King Hugh Slane,
whose chief was Dermott, and they were joynt
partakers with him against King Connor.’ —
Ann. Clon.

432 GQNNata RIOshachta elReGNN. (821.

Tuatal, cigheanna Cipoe Ciannacca, vo mapbad la Mupchad. Raomfo
fon Flona Clinve Ciannachca, hi cat Caipn Conan, pia cComapccac, mac
Congalaig, in po manbad Eodop, mac Tigeapnarg,7 pocharde ole an aon pip.
Raom ma nCoib Ganban 7 Cuipcne pon Oelbnae. Opgain Inpi Oormnle,
7 Concaige la Gallanb.

Cop Cmorz, ocht ccéd fiche a haon. On cltpamhad bliadain v0 Chon-'
cobap. Orapmaic, mac Oonnchada, abb Roipp each, Oubodépioc, mac
Maorlecurle, abb Chille achad, Muipfohac, mac Ceallaig, abb Chille vana,
Seachnurach Locha Cenom, epycop 7 ancoim, Cucaech, abb Cluana hUama,
Popbapach, comanba baippe Concarge, Sealbach In Pich, 7 Congal, mac
longalaig, pproin Cluana mic Nop, vég. PFimeachca, mac badbchada, t§-
eanna na nOéip, 0é5. Peangal, mac Catannaice, cigepna Loca Riac, vécc.
Conaing, mac Conganl, cigeanna, Teatba, vég. Citmgead Munchada, mic

Maorlevaiin, la Niall Calle, mac Geda Oipomde, 7 la Cenel n€ogain.

’ Carn-Conain: i.e. Conan’s Carn, or sepul-
chral heap of stones. Now unknown.

» [nis-Doimhle.—See note *, under A. D. 776,
p- 381. Archdall says that this was the ancient
name of Cape Clear Island, in the county of
Cork, the most southern land in Ireland; and
refers to Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p.629, where,
however, there is no authority to support this
assertion.

“ A, D. 819. The island of Corck and Inis-
Dowill were spoyled and ransacked by Danes.”
—Anan. Clon.

The year A. D. 820 of the Four Masters cor-
responds with 821 of the Annals of Ulster,
which contain the following notice of a great
frost in that year, which was 822 of the com-
mon era:

“ A. D. 821. Wonderfull frost at” [on]
“seas, loghs, and rivers, that horses, chattle,
and carriages might be lead over and over.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

This frost is noticed in the Annals of Clon-
macnoise under the year 819, thus:

“ A. D. 819. There was such frost this year

that all the loghes, pooles, and rivers of Ireland
were so dried upp and frozen that steeds and
all manner of cattle might pass on them without
danger.”

The Annals of Ulster also contain the follow-
ing passages, omitted by the Four Masters:

“A. D. 821. Bellum Tarbgi inter Connachta
invicem : Nepotes Briuin prostrati sunt, plurimi
nobiles interfecti erga Duces .i. Duncha, mac
Moinaig, et Gormgal, mac Duncha. Nepotes
Maine victores erant, et Diarmait mac Tomaltaig.
Strages virorum Breibne erga Regem suum .i.
Maelduin, mac Echtghaile, la Cenel Fedelmito.”

* Ross-each.—See note *, under the year 614,
p- 238, supra.

* Loch-Cendin.—This is now corrupted to
Lough Kineel, which is the name of a lake si-
tuated about a mile east from Abbeylara, in the
county of Longford. The tendency to change
final n and r to J, in this part of Ireland, is re-
markable in this instance as well as in Loch
Ainninn, which is made Lough Ennell, and
Loch Uair, which is anglicised Lough Owel.

1 Cluain-uamha: i. e. the Lawn or Meadow of

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821.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. . 433

slain by Murchadh. A victory was gained over the men of Ard-Cianachta, in
the battle. of Carn-Conain*, by Comascach, son of Conghalach, wherein was
slain Eodhos, son of Tighearnach, and many others along with him. A victory
was gained by the Ui-Garbhain and the Cuirene over the Dealbhna. The
plundering of Inis-Doimhle* and Corcach [Cork] by the foreigners.

The Age of Christ, 821. The fourth year of Conchobhar. Diarmaid, son |
of Donnchadh, Abbot of Ross-each'; Dubhdachrich, son of Maeltuile, Abbot of
Cill-achaidh ; Muireadhach, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Cill-dara ; Seachnasach
of Loch-Cendin*, Bishop and anchorite ; Cucaech, Abbot of Cluain-uamha';
Forbhasach, successor of Bairre of Corcach ; Sealbhach of Inis-Pich™; and Con-
ghal, son of Irghalach, Prior of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Fineachta, son of
Badhbhchadh, lord of the Deisi, died. Fearghal, son of Catharnach, lord of
Loch-Riach, died. Conaing, son of Conghal, lord of Teathbha, died. The
deposing of Murchadh, son of Maelduin, by Niall Caille, son of Aedh Oirdnidhe,

and by the Cinel-Eoghain.

the Cave, now Cloyne, the head of a bishop’s
see, in the barony of Imokilly, and county of
Cork.

™ Inis-Pich.—In O’Clery’s Irish Calendar at
7th April, this is called Innis-Picht; and in
Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum it is described as in
“regione Momonie Muscragia nuncupata.”’ The
name is now obsolete. The year 821 of the
Four Masters corresponds with 822 of the An-
nals of Ulster, which have under that year the
three entries following, omitted by the former:

“A, D, 822. Ronan, Abbas Cluana-mic-Nois
reliquit principatum suum. Galinne na mBretann
evhausta est cum tota habitatione swa et cum ora-
torio, o Feidlimidh. Tene diuu for Foruth na
nAbbadh i nArdmacha conid ro loisce.”—Ann.
Tit.
“Ronan, Abbot of Clonmacnoise, left his prin-
cipality. Gailinne of the Britons thoroughly
wasted by Felim, with the whole habitation and
oratory burnt. The fyre Domini [i. e. lightning]
upon the Abbot his mansion in Ardmach, that
it was burnt.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The burning of “Galen of the Welshmen”
is noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under
the year 820:

“A. D. 820. Galen of the Welshmen was
altogether burnt by Felym mac Criwhan, both
houses, churches, and sanctuary.”

Dr. O’Conor states in a note to the Annals of
Ulster, p. 204, that Galinne na mBretann is
Gallovigia, i.e. Galloway, in Scotland, and that
Pinkerton therefore errs in saying that the
name Gallovigia was unknown till the twelfth
century. But this is one of Dr. O’Conor’s own
unaccountable blunders, for Galinne-na-mBre-
tann is the old name of Gallen, in the barony of
Garrycastle, and King’s County, where St. Ca-
nocus, a Welshman, erected a monastery for Bri-
tish monks towards the close of the fifth century,
and the place was called “na mBretann,” i. e.
of the Britons, in the same way as Mayo was
called na Sacson, i. e. of the Saxons.—See
Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 311. Connell Ma-
geoghegan, in the dedicatory epistle prefixed to
his translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise,

3K

434 ANNaza RIOshachtd eiReaqNnn.

(922.

Qoip Cort, ocht ccéd piche a 06. On circcead bliadain vo Chonéu-
ban pan pige. Muipeaohach, mac Ceallarg, abb Conlaed [vécc]. Ongam
beanncain la Hallaib,7 copecnad a veptaige, 7] pelcc: ComsZaill vo cpochad
ar an pspin na pabpac, amail po taimngin Comgall péipm, ora nebannc :

61d pip, ip, 00 Deon Gipoms na pis,
benton mo cnama gan cpén, 6 bheanocuin baga v0 Eancpobh.

Niall, mac Peansura, ciseapna Ua Ponannam, vécc. lomaipeacc Pion-
nabpach eitin plona Tlchba péipin, m po mapbad Clooh, mac Pogapcang, 1
anole pochawde. Eochaid, mac Opfpail, asCpna Oal Apande an cuaipceipe,
vo mapbad la a muincip péipm. Spealan, mac Slog loans, cig(ina Conall
Muipteimne, vécc. Tigeannac, mac Catmosga, cis (pna Chone, 7 Pionnaccan,
mac Copecnaig, tisfina bpeagmaie, vé5. Lex Pacpaicc pon Mumamn
la Pelim, mac Cmomtainn, 7 la hQipem, mac Concobarp, 1. eppcop Apoa
Macha.

Qoip Cmorc, ocht ccéd piche a tpi. An perpead bliadain v0 Choncubap.
Cuana Cugmaid, easnaid 7 eppcop, O1apmuo Ua Coda Rom, angcome 4
voccuin ofppcaigte epide, Cumnfc, abb Pionnglaip1, Clodan, abb Tam-
lachca Maelepuamn, Subne, mac Pfgaya, abb Ovm CUleslaim, angcoim, 7
eproop, Plannabna, abb Mange bile, Colman mac Chlealla, abb Slaine 4
ecclar ole an ¢c{na ipin pPpainc 7 1 nEpinn, Maelpuba, angcoine, eppeop 7

remarks that the Irish gave ‘to the English-
men a college in the town of Mayo, in Con-
naught, which to this day is called Mayo of the
English, and to the Welshmen the town of
Gallen, in the King’s County, which is likewise
callen Gallen\of the Welshmen, or Walles.”

» Conlaedh.—This is probably a corruption of
Cluain-laedh, now Clonleigh, near Lifford, in
the county of Donegal.

° The plundering of Beannchair : i.e. of Bangor,
in the county of Down. This is given in the
Annals of Ulster at the year 823, and in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise at 821, but the true
year is 824.

» Kantrobh.Now Antrim, in the county of
Antrim.—See note ', under 722, p. 321, supra.

“ A. D. 823. The spoile of Benchair ag arti”
[recté Benchair ag ardu, i.e. in Ard-Uladh],
‘by the Gentiles, and fallinge downe his build-
inge shaked the reliques of Cougal out of the
shrine.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., 49.

“ A. D. 821. Beanchor was spoiled and ran-
sacked by the Danes, together with St. Cow-
gall’s church yard.”— Ann. Clon.

« Finnabhair.—Now Fennor, in Westmeath.
—See Ordnance Map, sheet 13.

* The law of Patrick.—« A. D. 820. Felym
mac Criowhayn, king of Mounster, caused to be
put in practice through that province the rule
and constitutions of St. Patrick.”—Ann. Clon.

The year 822 of the Four Masters corre-
sponds with 823 of the Annals of Ulster, which

an anchorite, and a distinguished doctor ;

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 435

822.)

The Age of Christ, 822. The fifth year of Conchobhar in the sovereignty.
Muireadhach, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Conlaedh”, [died]. The plundering
of Beannchair® by the foreigners ; the oratory was broken, and the relics of
Comhghall were shaken from the shrine in which they were, as Comhghall
himself had foretold, when he said :

_ It will be true, true, by the will of the supreme King of kings,
My bones shall be brought, without defect, from the beloved
Beannchair to Eantrobh?.

Niall, son of Fearghus, lord of Ui-Forannain, died. The battle of Finnabhair*
between the men of Teathbha themselves, in which Aedh, son of Fogartach,
and many others, were slain. Eochaidh, son of Breasal, lord of Dal-Araidhe
of the North, was slain by his own people. Spealan, son of Sloigheadhach, lord
of Conaille-Muirtheimhne ; Tighearnach, son of Cathmogha, lord of Aidhne ;
and Finnagan, son of Cosgrach, lord of Breaghmhaine, died. The law of Pa-
trick" [was promulgated] over Munster by Felim, son of Crimhthann, and by
Airtri, son of Conchobhar, i. e. Bishop of Ard-Macha.

The Age of Christ, 823. The sixth year of Conchobhar. Cuana of Lugh-
mhadh, wise man and bishop; Diarmaid*, grandson of Aedh Roin, who was
! Cuimneach, Abbot of Finnghlais ;
Aedhan, Abbot of Tamhlacht Maeleruain ; Suibhne, son of Fearghus, Abbot
of Dun-Leathglaisi, anchorite and Bishop ; Flannabhra, Abbot of Magh-bile ;
Colman‘, son of Aileall, Abbot of Slaine, and also of other churches in France
and Ireland; Maelrubha, anchorite, Bishop and Abbot of Ard-Breacain ; Flann,

have under that year the two entries following,
‘omitted by the former :

“A. D. 823. Roscomain erusta est magna ex
parte. Bellum inter Connachta invicem, in quo
ceciderunt plurimi. Eitgal Sceiligg a Gentilibus
raptus est, et citd mortuus est fame et siti.”

* Diarmaid.—‘“‘ A. D,. 824. Diarmaid Ua
hAedha Roin, anchorita et religionis doctor totius
Hibernia, obitt.’— Ann. Ult,

* Colman.—* A. D. 824. Colman /filius Ailello,
Abbas Slaine, e¢ aliarum civitatum in Francia et

Hibernia, periit.”—Ann. Ult.

The year 823 of the Four Masters corre-
sponds with 824 of the Annals of Ulster, which
give under that year the following entries,
omitted by the former:

“A, D, 824. Magna pestilencia et fames panis.
Fallomain, mac Fogartaich, jugulatus est a fratre
suo, qui nominatur Ceallach.” The defeat of the
Danes in Maighinis is noticed in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise at the year 822; but the true
year is 825.

3-K2

436 ANNaLa RIOShachca eReann. (924.

abb ipo bpeacain, Plann, mac Poipceallang, abb Lip mop, vécc. Peapgal,
mac Cachnanoaig, tigeapna Cocha Riac vé5. Cengur mac Maorlevi,
cig(ina Loca Gabap, vécc. blatmac, mac Plain, vo sabail copéna mamp-
Tip, uain do mapbad pomh la Galloib in hl Colum Cille. On va Uchslaip
vonzain la Galloib. Lopccad Marge bile co na veantaisib leo bedp,7 opgain
Inn: Oomle. Romeoh1 Muismip wa n Ulcoibh pon Shallaib, ou mm po mapn-
bhavh pochaide, Raomeadh pa nGallarb pon Oppargib. Maelbnfpail, mac
Oilella Coba, tigeapna Oail Anande, vécc.

Qoip Cort, ocht ccéo fiche a cftap.
Choncobap. Clemenp eprcop, abb Cluana hlopaipo, Ruchmael, eppcop 4
abb Cluana pica bpénaimn, vécc. Conomach, mac Saengura, abb Ruip
alitip, baechlocha, abb biopaip, vdécc. Maoloim, mac Sopmgaih, cig fana
Ua Méct, vécc 1 ccléinceacht. Orapmuio, mac Néill, cigfna verpcemc
bpsh, Niall, mac O1apmava, cisfpna Mhde, vécc. Apc, mac Oiapmada,
cisfina Teatba, vo manbad. Copccad [Oealbna] bfepa la Pewlimid, mac
Cmiomtainn. Céx Paccpaice pon ceonarb Connaccaib la hOlinem, mac Con-
cobain, 1. eppcop Anoa Maca.

Cop Cort, ocht ccéd fiche a cing. On cochtmad bliadain vo Chon-
coban. EccsZup, comanba Maeilepuam Tamlachta, vécc. Abnep, abb
Cille hachmd, vécc. Maonac, mac Cpunnmaoil, pnp Plp Rory, vécc.
Sapushad Eogsan Maimpzpeac im ppiomawect Anoa Maca, via pocup
Cumurccach, mac Catal, cig(pna Aingiall epce cco haimbdeonac é, 7 po
chun Cinctpf, mac Concobaip (mac matap epide vo Cumupcecach) ma ronad.
Eoghan imoppo, pfpleisginn Moumpepeach, do pigne an pann po, via po cup a
pralmc(cclais oaccalaim Néill Challe, ap ba heiprum po banmcana vo

An peachcmad bliadam vo

* Ros-ailithir : i.e. the Wood of the Pilgrims,
now Roscarbery, the head of an episcopal see,
in the county of Cork. In the Life of Saint
Fachtna, the patron, Rossailithri is described
as “in australi Hiberniew parte juxta mare.”—
See Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 907, 908.

“ In religion ; in clericatu.—‘“ A. D. 825.
Maelduin mac Gormgaile, rex Nepotum Meith, in
elericatu obiit.’”—Ann. Ul. ,

* Beathra.— A. D. 826. The burninge of

Bethre by Felim, the army of Mounster with
him.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 823. Delvyn Beathra was burnt by
King Felym.”—Ann. Clon.

Y The law of Patrick“ A. D. 824. Lex Pa-
tricit for teora Connacht la Artrigh mac Con-
chobhair.”—Ann. Ult.

“A, D, 822. Artry mac Connor, King of Con-
naught” [recté Primate of Ireland], ‘‘ caused to
be established the Lawes of St. Patrick through-

824.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 437

son of Foircheallach, Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Fearghal, son of Cathasach, lord
of Loch-Riach, died. Aenghus, son of Maelduin, lord of Loch-Gabhar, died.
Blathmac, son of Flann, received the crown of martyrdom, for he was killed by
the foreigners at I-Coluim-Cille. Dun-da-Leathghlas was plundered by the
foreigners. The burning by them, moreover, of Magh-bile, with its oratories,
and the plundering of Inis-Doimhle. A battle was gained in Magh-inis [Lecale]
by the Ulidians over the foreigners, wherein many were slain. A victory was
gained by the foreigners over the Osraighi. Maelbreasail, son of Ailell Cobha,
lord of Dal-Araidhe, died.

The Age of Christ, 824. The seventh year of Conchobhar. Clemens,
bishop, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; Ruthmael, Bishop and Abbot of Cluain-fearta-
Brenainn, died. Connmhach, son of Saerghus, Abbot of Ros-ailithir"; [and]
Baethlocha, Abbot of Birra, died. Maelduin, son of Gormghal, lord of Ui-
Meith, died in religion®. Diarmaid, son of Niall, lord of South Breagh; Niall,
son of Diarmaid, lord of Meath, died. Art, son of Diarmaid, lord of Teathbha,
was slain. The burning of [Dealbhna] Beathra* by Feidhlimidh, son of Crimh-
thann. The law of Patrick’ [was promulgated] throughout the three divisions
of Connaught by Airtri, son of Conchobhar, i. e. Bishop of Ard-Macha.

The Age of Christ, 825. The eighth year of Conchobhar. Echtghus, suc-
cessor of Maelruain of Tamhlacht, died. Abnier, Abbot of Cill-achaidh, died.
Maenach, son of Crunnmhael, Prior of Feara-Rois, died. The violation’ of
Eoghan Mainistreach, as to the primacy of Ard-Macha; for Cumasgach, son of
Cathal, lord of Airghialla, forcibly drove him from it, and set up Airtri, son of
Conchobhar (half-brother of Cumasgach by the mother), in his place.
[who was] lector of Mainistir*, composed this quatrain, when he sent his
psalm-singer to converse with Niall Caille—he being Niall’s spiritual adviser—

Eoghan,

out the three thirds of Connaught.”’—A nn. Clon.

The Ulster Annals mention also under 825,
“Great fright throughout all Ireland, viz., a
forewarning of a plague geven by Mac Fallan ;
also the Law of Daire upon Connaght again.”
—Cod. Clarend., 49.

* The violation.—‘‘ A. D. 826. Sarughadh
Eugain i nArdmdcha la Cumuscach, mac Cathail,
ocus la Artrig, mac Conchobair.”_Ann. Ult.

“The dishonoringe Owen, or sacrilege comitted
against him, being Bishop of Armach, by Cu-
muscach, mac Cahail, and by Airtri, mac Connor.”
—Cod. Clarend. 49.

“A, D. 824. Owen Mainisdreagh was over-
come and put out of Ardmach by Artry mac
Connor, and Comaskagh mac Cahail.” — Ann.
Clon. :

@ Mainistir: i. e. of Mainistir-Buithe, now

438 ANNGéa RIOshachta elREGNN. °

Niall, 1m comanburp i a vo copnam 06, dip po ba nfpeman pom .1. Niall
ino Ulcorb:

Abain pé Niall nm mada, suc Eogam, mic Anmcada,

Ni biod pan pishe 1 paba, munab abb a anmcana.

Ipé cpa a comarp, cionsilid Niall a ploga 1. Conall 7 Eogamn. Tiondid

Cumurccach, cig fina Cingiall,] Muipeadac, mac Eachach, ngfpna Ua Eat-
ach Ulad, Cingialla 7 Ulaid, 7 peantain cat cnoda (copna, 1. cat Leite —

cam, hi Mag Emp. Ap vo taipngipe in cata pin no tioncan Oaciapéce «1.
naom a hCimiccul :

Leti cam, vo paetpat mon ngepat ann,
CTappupcapn oce Lic Lum cid cian, cid cu Ip cid mall.

Ap vo taipngipe an cata céona avbept becc, mac O€ :

Leite cam, conpicpad diap amnup ann,
bid pr Eosan an Cogan, ano an sledgal iar ano.

Ro comallead pamlaid, ap vo meabaid pon buiomb Cilis ma nOlingiallenb
Ipm v4 1a Tops, an cpeap lé moppo, via cccime Niall pérpin ip m cat oc
Lit Cum hn ccompoccup leit: cam po meabad pop Aingiallanb, 7 po of6t-
asic, 7 po inca co Cnaib calle, 6r Callan, pr hOpo Maca amap, 7 po
meabaid an cat pon Ullcob 7 Aingiallanb, 7 po lad a nap. Ro mapbad
ann Cumupccac 7 Congalac, o@ mac Catal, 7 anaile paonclanna vo Cip-
siallaib. Ro gab iapom Eosan Maimpecpeac apocomapbup Paopaice Fy
pé nao mbliadan ap pin cpé neanc Neill calle, Je. Stnoip vo mo
Apoa Maca acbent ian nan CAipgiall hi ccat Léit1 cam :

(925)

anglicé Monasterboice, in the county of Louth.
See note ', under the year 521, p. 171, supra.

> Leithi-cam.—This was the name of a place
in the parish of Kilmore, situated about three
miles to the east of Armagh, but it is now ob-
solete.—See note on Cill mor-Maighe-Emhir at
A. D. 872.

° Airigul.— Now Errigal-Keeroge, in the
county of Tyrone.—See note *, under A. D. 805.

4 Leithi-Luin.—This was the name of a place
in the same parish, but it is now forgotten, and

the Editor has not as yet discovered any docu-

ment to enable him to identify it.

* Craebh-Caille—This is probably the rhe
now called Kilcreevy, and situated in the parish.
of Derrynoose, in the barony and wmeny of
Armagh.

‘ Callainn—Now the River Callan, whic

825.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 439

concerning the successorship of Patrick, for he (i.e. Niall) was powerful in
Ulster :
Say to Niall that not lucky for him will be the curse of Eoghan, son
of Anmchadh ;
He will not be in the kingdom in which he is, unless his spiritual
adviser be abbot.

The summary [result] was, that Niall mustered his forces, namely, the races of
Conall and Eoghan ; [and] Cumusgach, lord of Airghialla, and Muireadhach,
son of Eochadh, lord of Ui-Eathach-Uladh, mustered the Airghialla and the
Ulidians ; and a spirited battle was fought between them, i. e. the battle of
Leithi-cam’, in Magh-Enir. It was to foretell this battle that Dachiarog, 1. e. the

Saint of Airigul’, prophesied :

Lethi-cam ! great heroes shall perish there,
They shall be caught at Leth-Luin, though
far, though late, though slow.

It was to predict the same battle that Beg mac De said :

Leithe-cam ! a fierce pair there shall meet ;
Eoghan shall be king over Eoghan ; noble
the conflict which will be there.

This was fulfilled accordingly, for the victory was gained over the troops of
Aileach, by the Airghialla, on the two first days ; but on the third day, when
Niall himself came into the battle at Leithi-Luin’, in the vicinity of Leithi-cam,
the Airghialla were defeated, cut down, and pursued to Craebh-Caille’, over
the Callainn’, to the west of Ard-Macha ; and the battle was gained over the
Ulidians and Airghialla, and a slaughter made of them. There were slain here
Cumusgach and Conghalach, two sons of Cathal, and other nobles of the Air-
ghialla. Eoghan afterwards assumed the arch-successorship, [which he retained]
for a period of nine years afterwards, through the power of Niall Caille, &c.
A senior of the family of Ard-Macha said, after the slaughter of the Airghialla
in the battle of Leithi-cam :

flows through the barony of Armagh, in the water, near Charlemont.—See note ‘, under
county of Armagh, and unites with the Black- A. M. 3656, p. 43, supra.

GQNNQGZa RIOshachta elIREGNNH. (826.

Ni ma puccpam an mbaipe, nf ma looman pech Léipe,
Ni manggabram Eogan pec cec noeonaid mo Efe.

Riogdal occ bioppae ecip Concubap, mac Oonnchada, pf Epeann, 7 Ped-
lim, 1. mac Cmomtaimn, pi Muman. Plachfih, mac Oonngalang, wgZlpna
an Phochla, 00 maptbad. Copbmac, mac Oomnaill, cisfpna na nOéipi, vécc,
Lupcca vo opsam la Halla’. Planngap, mac Loingyigh, abb Apoa Macha,
vécc. Copcpad aonag Taillcin pon Gailfngaib, la Concobap, mac Oonn-
chada, via po manbad pochawe. Copcpad aonarg [Colmain la Mumedac
fon Cangmb Oeapsabaip 04 in no manbad fle. Copcpad Ounawd Largean]
1nOpuim la Geimcib, ou in po manbad Conaing, mac Concongele, msfpna
na pRoptuat, co pocharoib ile.

Clip Cmort, ocht ccéo piche apé. On nomhad bliadam do Choncobap.
Coo, mac Ceallang, abb Cille vana, Robancach, mac Catupais, aipcinveac
Cluana moip anoa, Conomaé Ua Lochéne, abb Saigne, Muipciu, abb Onoma
merclainn, Ciapan, eccnad 6 Rop Cpé,7 Clemenp, abb Uinne Ouachall,
vécc. Maptpa Themnen angcoipe la Gallaib. Catppaomead pon Gallarb

ma cCompm, mac Cachail, ciseanna Ua cCeimrealaig. Catpaomf ma

s Leire—It is remarked in an interlined
gloss that this means Cano Céipe, i. e. the
church of austerity, which is the name of a
monastery near Lough Ennell, in the county of
» Westmeath.—See note “, under the year 740,
p- 342, supra.

‘A royal meeting.— A. D. 826. A kingly
parlee at Byre between Felim and Connor.”—
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D, 824. There was a meeting between
King Connor and Felym at Byrre.”—Ann. Clon.

‘ The foreigners.—‘ The spoile of Lusca by
Gentiles, burninge and prayinge it and Cia-
nachta untill” [i.e, as far as] ‘‘ Ochtar-ungen,
and” [they] ‘“‘spoyled the English” [recté the
Galls] ‘of the North-east after.’"—Ann. Ult.
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Abbot of Ard-Macha.—In the list preserved
in the Psalter of Cashel he is set down as Mac
Longsechus, Archbishop of Armagh for thir-

teen years.—See Dr. O’Conor’s Rer. Hib. Script.,
vol. iii. p. 107; and Harris’s edition of Ware’s
Bishops, p. 43.

' Destruction.—The Irish word corenad is
rendered skirmish, or onset, in the old transla-
tion of the Annals of Ulster; but the original
compiler of these Annals translates it by de-

structio. Thus, copgpad Ohhig Fmgpeinn, occur- ~

ring in the Annals of Tighernach at the year
675, and in the Annals of the Four Masters at
674, is given in Latin, ‘ Destructio Ailche Fri-
greni,” in the Annals of Ulster at 675.—See
note £, p. 284, supra. These passages are given
more correctly in the Annals of Ulster under
the year 826, thus:

“ A. D. 826. Coscrad oinaig Taillten for Ga-
lengaib, la Coneobar, mac nDonncha, in quo
ceciderunt multi. Coscrad oinaig Colmain la
Muredhach, for Laignib Desgabair, in quo ceci-
derunt multi. Coscrad Dunaid Laigen do Gentib,

—

826.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 44]

Not well have we gained our goal, not well have we passed by Leire®,
Not well have we taken Eoghan in preference to any pilgrim in Ireland.

A royal meeting" at Birra between Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, King of
Ireland, and Feidhlimidh, i. e. son of Crimhthann, King of Munster. Flaitheamh,
son of Donghalach, lord of the North, was killed. Cormac, son of Domhnall,
lord of Deisi, died. Lusca was plundered by the foreigners’. Flannghus, son
of Loingseach, Abbot of Ard-Macha‘, died. The destruction! of the fair of
Tailltin, against the Gaileanga™, by Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, on which
occasion many were slain. The destruction of the fair [of Colman by Mui-
readhach, against the South Leinstermen, where many were slain. The de-
struction of Dun-Laighen], at Druim", by the Pagans, where Conaing, son of
Cuchongelt, lord of the Fortuatha, was slain, with many others.

The Age of Christ, 826. The ninth year of Conchobhar. Aedh, son of
Ceallach, Abbot of Cill-dara ; Robhartach, son of Cathasach, airchinneach of
Cluain-mor-arda’?; Connmhach Ua Loichene, Abbot of Saighir; Murchiu, Abbot
of Druimineasclainn ; Ciaran the Wise, of Ros-cre; and Clemens, Abbot of
Linn-Duachaill, died. The martyrdom of Temhnen, anchorite, by the foreigners.
A battle was gained? over the foreigners by Cairbre, son of Cathal, lord of

ubi ceciderunt Conall, mac Concongalt rex na
Fortuath et alii innumerabiles.’—Ann. Ult. Ed.
O’Conor.

“ A. D. 826. The skirmish of Aenach Tailten
upon the Galengs by Connor, mac Duncha,
where many were slain. The onsett of Aenach-
Colmain by Muireach upon Leinster Desgavar,
in quo ceciderunt plurimi. The battle” [recté
destruction] “of Dunlaien by Gentiles, wbi ceci-
derunt Conall mac Congalt, king of the Fortuahs
in Leinster, et alii innumerabiles.”’—Cod. Clar., 49.

™ Gaileanga: i.e. the inhabitants of the ba-
rony of Morgallion, and some of the neighbour-
ing districts in the county of Meath, in whose
territory Tailtin was situated.

” At Druim.—This has been incorrectly copied
by the Four Masters, who have skipped one line,
which the Editor has supplied in brackets from
the Annals of Ulster. The fair of Aenach-Col-

main, or Circinium Colmain, was held on the
present Curragh of Kildare, in Campo Liphi,
where the royal fair and sports of Leinster were
celebrated.—See Appendix, pedigree of O’ Dono-
van, p. 2434.

° Cluain-mor-Arda.—Now Clonmore, a town-
land giving name to a parish in the territory of
Cianachta-Arda, now the barony of Ferrard, in
the county of Louth.

» A battle was gained: Catpaoinfo.—This
term is rendered “battle-breach” in the old
translation of the Annals of Ulster, thus :

“A. D. 827. Cathroined re Lethlabar, mac
Loingsig, ri Dal-Araidhe for Gennti. Cathroined
ele for Genti re Coirpre, mac Cathal, ri hUa
Ceinnselaig ocus re muintir Tighe Mundu.”—
Ann. Ult. :

“A.D. 827. Battle-breach by Lehlovar mac
Loingsi, kinge of Dalarai, upon the Gentiles.

oo

Ww

449 (827.

Uleloban, mac Loingypich, pi Ulad, pop Ghallaib.. Murpfohac, mac Ruadpac,
pi Largean, vécc. Cionaed, mac Mogpdm, ngZpna Ua pParlse, vécc. huaoa,
mac Orapmana, cis(pna Teabta, vo manbad.

Coip Cmors, occ ccéd piche a peacht. On veacmad bliavam do Chon-
coban. Maoloobapcon, abb Cille Uapaille, Copbmac, mac Muipsfpa, abb
SCncpuib, Maoluma, mac Cetepnaig, ppioim Pionnabpach, Cledan Ua Con-
oumha, pecpibneon Oepraagi, Cpball, mac Pionnacca, cigfina Oelbna
beatpa, vécc. Opugan, mac Tads, cigfina Ua Mére, vécc.

Coir Cort, ocht ccéd piche a hochc. Qn caonmad bliadain vécc, v0
Choncoban. Copbmac, mac Suibne, abb Cluano hloppaipo, pcembneoip 4
eprpcop, Tippaice mac Reccabnac, abb Cluana Oolcéin, loreph, mac Nech-
cam, abb Rop Comma, Siadal, mac Pipavhaig, abb Cille vam, Carler,
mac Enc, abb Pfoa vam, Ceallac, mac Condmarg, angcome Onpint Ceal-
lag, MupiuccanCille oana, Congup,mac Oonnchada, ms (pna Tealca Mivde,

anNaza RIOshachtd elReann.

vécc.

Fionnpneacca, mac bodbcada, tiZeapna Ceneoil mic Eanca, vécc.

Ounchad, mac Conamng, tiZ(ina Ciannacca, vé5. Pollumam, mac Oonn-

chada, 00 manbad la Mumneachanb.
Qoip Cmorct, ocht ccéo piche anaor.

coban.
banab Cille oana, vécc.

Another upon them by Cairbre, mac Cahail,
kinge of Cinselai, and by the men of Tymuna.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The defeat of the Gentiles, or Danes, by the
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh is noticed in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise under the year 825, thus: ‘‘ There
was an overthrowe given to the Danes by the
O’ Keannsealeys, and those of Tymonna.”

The year 826 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 827 of the Annals of
Ulster, which contain under that year the three
entries following, which have been omitted by
the former:

“A.D, 827. Muc-ar mar di mucaibh mora i
nairer nArdae-Ciannachta, o Gallaib, Guin
Cinaeda, mic Cumascaig, ri Arddae-Ciannachta,
a Gallaib. Ar Dealbbna hi fello.”—Ann. Uit.,

Cinmfohach, comanba Finvem Mage bile, vo batad.

Cn oana bliadain vécc vo Chon-
Mupfho

Ceitfpnac, mac Ouncon, pcmbnedip, paccape, 7

Edit. O’Conor, p. 207. fi
“A.D. 827. A great slaughter of greate hogs
in the borders of Ard-Cianachta by the English”
[recté the Galls, i.e. Norsemen]. ‘* The wound-
inge of Cinaeh mac Cumascai, king of Cianacht,
by the said foreigners, and the burninge of
Lain-lere and Cluonmor by them alsoe. The
slaughter of the Delvinians by murther or in
guilefull manner.”"— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

4 Cill- Vasaille.—Now Killossy, or Killashee,
near Naas, inthe county of Kildare.—See note *,
under the year 454, p. 142, supra.

* Seantrabh.—Now Santry, a village in the
barony of Coolock, and county of Dublin.

* Finnabhair.—Now Fennor, near Slane, in
the county of Meath.

“ A. D, 828. Maelumai, mac Cothersnigl

*

827.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 443,

Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. A battle was gained by Leathlobhar, son of Loingseach,
King of Ulidia, over the foreigners. Muireadhach, son of Ruadhrach, King of
Leinster, died. Cinaedh, son of Moghron, lord of Ui-Failghe, died. Uada, son
of Diarmaid, lord of Teathbha, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 827. The tenth year of Conchobhar. Maeldobhar-
chon, Abbot of Cill-Uasaille?; Cormac, son of Muirgheas, Abbot of Seantrabh';
Maelumha, son of Ceithearnach, Prior of Finnabhair*; Aedhan Ua Condumhai,
scribe of Dearmhach ; [and] Cearbhall, son of Finnachta, lord of Dealbhna-
Beathra‘, died. Drugan, son of Tadhg, lord of Ui-Meith, died.

The Age of Christ, 828. The eleventh year of Conchobhar. Cormac, son
of Suibhne, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, scribe and bishop ; Tibraide, son of Rech-
tabhar, Abbot of Cluain-Dolcain ; Joseph, son of Nechtain, Abbot of Ros-
Commain; Siadhal, son of Fearadhach, Abbot of Cill-dara; Cailti, son of Erc,
Abbot of Fidh-duin"; [and] Aenghus,son of Donnchadh, lord of Téalach-Midhe*,
died. Finnsneachta*, son of Bodhbhchadh, lord of Cinel-Mic-Earca, died! Dun-
chadh, son of Conaing, lord of Cianachta, died. Follamhain, son of Donnchadh,
was slain by the Munstermen.

The Age of Christ, 829. The twelfth year of Conchobhar. Airmheadhach,
successor of Finnen of Magh-bile, was drowned. Muirenn, Abbess of Cill-dara,
died. Ceithearnach’, son of Dunchu, scribe, priest, and wise man of Ard-Macha,

equonimus Finnabhrach, mortuus est.”—Ann. Ult.

* Dealbhna- Beathra.—Otherwise called Dealbh-
na-Eathra, This was the ancient name of the
present barony of Garrycastle, in the King’s
County. The year 827 of the Four Masters
corresponds with 828 of the Annals of Ulster,
which contain under that year the following
entries, omitted by the former:

“A.D. 828. Jugulatio Conaing, mic Ceallaich,
o Eachaidh, mac Cernaig, per dolum. Diarmait,
abbas Iae, do dul i nAlbain co minnaib Coluim
Cille’ [with Colum Cille’s reliques. — Cod.
Clar., 49]. ‘‘ Roined for Chonnachta re feraib
Midhe, in quo eeciderunt multi.”

The removal of the relies of St. Columbkille
to Scotland, and the defeat of the Meathmen, are
noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 825.

» Fidh-duin.—Otherwise written Feadh-duin,
i, e. Wood of the Fort, now Fiddown, in the ba-
rony of Iverk, and county of Kilkenny, where,
according to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, the fes-
tival of St. Maidoc, or Mo-Maidoc, was kept on
the 18th of May.—See also Colgan’s Acta Sanc-
torum, p. 727.

” Tealach-Midhe: i. e. the Hill of Meath.
This is probably Tealach-ard, now Tullyard,
near the town of Trim, in Meath, where the
chief of Ui-Laeghaire had his residence.

* Finnsneachta.—“ A. D. 829. Fineachta, mac
Bodhbcoda, rex Generationis filiorum Erca, obiit.”
—Ann. Ult.

» Ceithearnach.—“ A. D. 830. Cernach, mac
Duncon, seriba, e& sapiens, et sacerdos Ardmachae
pausavit.’—Ann. Ult.

Sin i 4

444 AQNNQGZa RIOSshAachta eiREGNN. —

(830.

eccnaid Apoa Maca, vé5. lonnpad Conaille la Gallaib co pa gabad Maol-
bnigde an pi, Canannan a bnataip,7 puccrac leo 1a0 vochum a long.
Suibne mac Painms, abb Apoa Macha pn pé oa mip, 00 écc. PFeolimid,
mac Cpiomtaimn, co plog Muman 7 Langen, v0 tocc co Pionnabain Onfs, vo
lonopad fean mbpeas, 7 mopead Lipe la Concobap, mac Oonnchada, la pi
€neann.

Cop Cort, ocht ccé0 tnocha. Cn cneap bliadain vécc 00 Choncobap.
Céona opgaimn Anoa Macha. Apo Macha vo ongain fo epi naoin mi la
Hallaib,7 ni po hoinsl la heachcancenela pram go pin. Ongam Oamliace
Chianam, 7 pine Chiannacca, co na cceallaib ule, la Gallanb. Orlill, mac
Colgan, vo engabarl leo ona. Ongain Cugmaid, 7 Mucpnama,7 Ua Mere,
7 Onoma mic hUa blae, 7 apoile cealla anctha led beop. Tuatal, mac
Etravhaig, 00 bneit v0 Shallanb leo, 7 pepin Aoamnam 6 Oomnac maigen.

Coip Cmorc, ocht ccéo tmocha a haen. On cltpamad bliadain vécc
vo Choncobap. Reaccgal, mac Suibne, paccape Apoa Macha, vécc. Ongain
Raca Liaims, 7 Conoipe 6 Ghallaib. Ongain Cip méin Mochuda. Corecad

* The plundering of Conaille: i.e. of Conaille-
Muirtheimhne, in the present county of Louth.
This is noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the
year 830. The old translator in Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49, takes Conaille to mean Tirconnell, but
this is a great error.

* Suibhne—* A. D. 829. Suibne, mac Foran-
nan, abbas duarum menstum in Ardmacha, obit.”
—Ann. Ult.

“A. D, 827. Swynye mac Farnye, abbot for
two months in Armagh, died.”—Ann. Clon.

The person called Abbot of Armagh, by the
Irish annalists, is generally the Archbishop or
Primate of all Ireland; but this Suibhne is not
given in the list of the Archbishops of Armagh
preserved in the Psalter of Cashel.—See Harris's
edition of Ware’s Bishops, pp. 44, 45.

> Finnabhair: i.e. Fennor, near Slane.

“A.D. 830. Felim mac Crivhain, together
with the force of Mounster and Leinster, came to
Finnuir to spoile the men of Bregh. Lyfii spoyled
by Conor.”—Ann. Wit, Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“ A, D. 828. Felym mac Criwhan, with the °

forces of Mounster and Lynster, came to Fynore
to destroy, prey, and spoyle Moybrey. The
lands about the Liffie were preyed and spoyled
by king Connor” [ancestor of] ‘“ O’Melaugh-
lyn.””—Ann. Clon. .

° Ard-Macha.—This passage is translated by
Colgan in his Trias Thaum., p. 294, thus :

“A. D. 830. Ardmacha spatio unius mensis
fuit tertio occupata et expilata per Normannos
seu Danos. Et nunquam ante per exteros oc-
cupata.” :

The first plundering of Armagh by the Norse-
men is noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the
year 831 (the true date being 832), as follows :

“ A. D. 831. Cetna orggain Ardmachae o
Gentib fo thri i noenmis.”—Ann. Ult.

The plundering of Armagh and other churches
in Ulster is noticed in the Annals of Clonmac-
noise, under the year 829, as follows:

‘A. D, 829. The first outrages and spoyles
committed by the Danes in Armagh was this

ee ee CTF OE

'930.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. * 445

died. The plundering of Conaille’ by the foreigners, who took Maelbrighde,
its king, and Canannan, his brother, and carried them with them to their ships.

‘Suibhne’, son of Fairneach, Abbot of Ard-Macha for the space of two months,

died. Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann, with the forces of Munster and Lein-
ster, came to Finnabhair-Breagh’, to plunder the men of Breagh; and the Liffe
was plundered by Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, King of Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 830. The thirteenth year of Conchobhar. The first
plundering of Ard-Macha. ~ Ard-Macha*® was plundered thrice in one month by
the foreigners, and it had never been plundered by strangers before. The
plundering of Daimhliag and the tribe of Cianachta, with all their churches, by
the foreigners. Oilill, son of Colgan, was also taken prisoner by them. The
plundering of Lughmhadh and Mucshnamh’, and Ui-Meith’, and Druim-Mic-
hUa-Blae’, and of other churches, by them also. Tuathal, son of Fearadhach,
was carried off by the foreigners, and the shrine of Adamnan from Domhnach-

Maighen*.
The Age of Christ, 831.

year, and they ransacked these ensuing churches,
Louth, Mucksnawe, Oameith, Droym-Mac-
Awley, and divers other religious houses, were
by them most paganly ransacked. Also the
relicks of Adawnan were most outrageously
taken from Twahall mac Feraye out of Dow-
naghmoyen by the Danes, and with the like
outrage they spoyled Rathlowrie and Conrye in
Ulster.”

* Mucshnamh.—Now Mucknoe, a parish com-
prising the little town of Castleblayney, in the
east of the county of Monaghan.—See Colgan’s
Acta Sanctorum, p. 713.

° Ui-Meith.—This should be the churches of
Ui-Meith-Macha, a tribe and territory in the
present county of Monaghan. It comprised the
churches of Tehallan, Tullycorbet, Kilmore,
and Mucknoe, in this county.—See Leabhar-na
gCeart, p. 151, and note *, under the year 605,

The fourteenth year of Conchobhar.
ghal, son of Suibhne, priest of Ard-Macha, died.
Luirigh" and Connor by the foreigners.

Reacht-
The plundering of Rath-
The plundering of Lis-mor-Mochuda.

p- 231, supra.

‘ Druim-Mic- Va- Blae.—This church, at which
the memory of St. Sedna was venerated on the
9th of March, is described as in.the territory of
Crimhthannn, which comprised the baronies of
Upper and Lower Slane, in the north of the
county of Meath; but there is no church of this
name now to be found in these baronies.—See
Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, pp. 569, 830; and
Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 532.

& Domhnach-maighen: i. e. the Church of
Moyne, or the small plain, now Donaghmoyne,
in the barony of Farney, and county of Mo-
naghan.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p- 424;
also Shirley’s Account of the Territory or Domi-
nion of Farney, pp. 151, 152, 153.

» Rath-Luirigh.—This should be Rath-Luraigh,
as it is written in the Annals of Ulster at the
year 831, thus: ‘“ A. D. 831. Orggain Ratha

446 GNNQGta RIOSsHAachTA elRECHN.

(932.

cfnmainn Canam la PEM, mac Cmoméamn. Inopfoh [Oealbna] bféna
fo tpi lap bedp. Inopfoh Cille vana la Cellac mac Onan. Cronaed, mac
Eachach, ag(pna Oal Anawe an Tuaipceipt vo mapbad. Cronaed, mac
Antpach, agfpna Cualann, 7 Orapmuio, mac Ruadpach, agfina Aipein Cipe,
vécc. lan mbeit certm bliadna vécc 1 naipomise na hEipeand vo Choncobap,
mac Oonnchada, mic Oomnaill, aobat 1ap mbucd natpicce.

Cloip Cmort, ocht ccé0 tmioca a 06. On céd bliadam vo Niall Challe,
mac Cleda Oimomde, hi prcce 6¢ Erinn. ~Reaccabna, abb Chille aca, 7
longalac, abb Saugpe, vécc. Raemeadh pia Niall cCalle 7 pa Munchad
pon Shalluib, hi nOome Chalgang, co po lad a nan. Opgsam Cluana Oolcam
vo Shallaib. Opong mop vo muinneip Cluana mic Noip 00 manbad la Pew-
limid, mac Cmiomtaim, pi Carpt,7 po lapecead a ccfpmonn ule lonp 50 vopar

a cille.
vonap a cille.

Luraigh ocus Connire o Genntib.” Rath-Lu-
raigh, i.e. Lurach’s Fort, was the ancient name
of Maghera, in the county of Londonderry.—
See note under A. D. 814.

‘ Tearmann-Chiarain: i.e. St.Ciaran’s Termon
or Sanctuary. This was the Termon of Clon-
macnoise, in the King’s County.

* Beathra: i.e. the barony of Garrycastle,
containing the monastery and termon lands of
Clonmacnoise.

“A.D. 829. Felym mac Criowhan burnt,
spoyled, and preyed the lands belonging to
St. Keyran, called Termyn-lands, and Delvyn
Bethra, three times.”—Ann. Clon.

! The plundering of Cill-dara.—* A. D, 832.
Cath-roiniud for Muinntir Cille-daro, ina cill, re
Cellach mac Brain, whi jugulati sunt multi in feria
Johannis in Autumno.”—Ann, Ut.

“A. D. 830. Ceallagh, mac Bran, gave an over-
throw to the clergy of Killdare, within their
own house, where there were many and infinite
number of them slain on St, John’s day in har-
vest.””—Ann, Clon.

Fa éncuma mumcipe Ofpmaige lap ona, pon ccuma cfecna co
Oianpmaic, mac Tomalcars, pi Connache, vécc.
mac Maeleotmn, ci5(pna lapmuman, vo mapbad.

Cobtach,
Ongam Locha bpicnenn

™ Airthear Liffée. —See note under A. D.
811.

» Conchobhar.—O’Flaherty places his acces-
sion in 819, and his death in 833, which is the
true chronology.—Ogygia, p. 433. The Annals
of Ulster, which are antedated by one year,
place it in 832.

“A, D. 832. Artri, mac Concobhair, Abbas
Ardmachae, e& Concobhar, mac Donncha, rex
Temro, wno mense mortut sunt.”—Ann. Ult.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise, which are about
four years antedated at this period, notice the

death of King Connor Mac Donogh under the |

year 829, and givea list of the names of Danish
captains, as follows:

“ A, D. 829. Connor mac Donnogh” [ancestor
of] ‘“‘O’Melaughlyn, king of Taragh and Ire-
land, died this year. The Danes intending the
full conquest of Ireland, continued their inva-

sions from time to time, using all manner of —

cruelties, &c. Divers great fleets and armies of
them arrived in Ireland, one after another, under
the leading of sundry great and valiant captains,

—

832.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 447
The burning of Tearmann-Chiarain' by Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann. The
plundering of [Dealbhna] Beathra* thrice by him also. The plundering of Cill-
dara! by Ceallach, son of Bran. Cinaedh, son of Eochaidh, lord of Dal-Araidhe
of the North, was slain. Cinaedh, son of Arthrach, lord of Cualann, and Diar-
maid, son of Ruadhrach, lord of Airthear-Life”, died. After Conchobhar’, son
of-Donnchadh, had been fourteen years in the monarchy of Ireland, he died,

‘after the victory of penance.

The Age of Christ, 832. The first year of Niall Caille’, son of Aedh Oird-

_ nidhe, in sovereignty over Ireland. Reachtabhra, Abbot of Cill-achaidh ; and

Irghalach, Abbot of Saighir, died. A battle was gained by Niall Caille and
Murchadh over the foreigners, at Doire-Chalgaigh”, where a slaughter was made
of them. The plundering of Cluain-Dolcain by the foreigners. A great number
of the family of Cluain-mic-Nois were slain by Feidhlimidh, son of Crumhthan,
King of Caiseal ; and all their termon’ was burned by him, to the door of the
church. In like manner [did he treat] the family of Dearmhach, also to the
door of its church. Diarmaid, son of Tomaltach, King of Connaught, died.
Cobhthach, son of Maelduin, lord of West Munster, was slain. The plundering
of Loch-Bricrenn’, against Conghalach, son of Eochaidh, [by the foreigners];

as Awuslir, Fatha, Turgesius, Imer, Dowgean,
Imer of Limbrick, Swanchean, Griffin, Arlat,
Fyn Crossagh, Albard Roe, Torbert Duff, Fox
Wasbagg, Gotma, Algot, Turkill, Trevan, Cossar,
Crovantyne, Boyvan, Beisson, the Red Daughter,
Turmyn mac Keile, Baron Robert, Mylan, Wal-
ter English, Goslyn, Talamore, Brught, Awley,
King of Deanmark, and king of the land in Ire-
land called Fingall; Ossill and the sons of Imer ;
Ranell O Himer; Ottar Earle, and Ottarduffe
Earle.”

° Niall Caille.—O’Flaherty places the acces-
sion of this monarch at A. D. 833, which is the
true year. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is
placed in 829; but, as already remarked, those
Annals are antedated by four years at this pe-
riod :

“ A. D. 829.. Neale Caille, son of Hugh Ornie,
began his reign after the death of King Connor,
and reigned sixteen years. After whose reign

the most part of the kings that were in Ireland,
untill King Bryan Borowe’s time, had no great
profitt by it, but the bare name; yet they” [the
Irish] ‘had kings of their own that paid into-
lerable tribute to the Danes.”—Ann. Clon.

® Doire-Chalgaigh.—Now Derry, or London-
derry. The defeat of the Danes at Derry, and
the plundering of Cluain-Dolcain, now Clon-
dalkin, near Dublin, are-given in the Annals of
Ulster, at the same year.

3 Their Termon.—This is also noticed in the
Annals of Ulster at the year 832, and in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise at 830, thus :

“A.D. 830. Felym mac Criowhyn killed
and made a great slaughter upon the clergy of
Clonvicknose ; burnt and consumed with fire
all Clonvicknose to the very door of the church ;
and did the like with the clergy of Dorowe to
their very door also.””—Ann. Clon.

' Loch-Bricrenn: i.e. the Lake of Bricrinn,

448 ANNata RICshachta elReEGNN.

(833.

pon Congalach, mac Eachoach,7 a ensabail,7 a mapbaoh occa longaib
1anam. Olinepi, mac Concobarp, abb Apoa Macha, vo écc. Opatain vo pig
Oippiall eprdén. Rucdm, mac Maolepotancas, Uecaonpeac Ua cCmom-
cain, vécc. !

Cloip Cort, oct ccéd tmoca acpi. On vana bliadam vo Niall Calle.

Tuatéan, eppucc 7 pepibneoin Cille vana, Appnaic, banabb Cille oana,

Ounlains, abb Concaige, 7 Ceallach, mac Pinnacca, abb Cille Ite, vécc.
Ceallach, mac bnain, pi Cangin, vécc. Cionaed, mac Conaing, cig fina Op (sh,
37 Oianmaic, mac Conaing, aisfpna Tleba, vécc. Cat pon Sallab ma
nOunadac, mac Scannlam, cis(pna Ua Pidgeince, ou 1 cconcpaccap ile,
Onsain Slinne 04 locha, Slane, 7 Pionnabnach abae la Gallaib. Ounadac,
mac Scannlain, wmZCpna Gabpa, vécc. Subne, mac Ancpach, ws(pna Mus-
dopn, vo manbad la a cenél péipin. Congalach, mac Cengurpa, apf{pna
Cheneoil Caogaine, vécc. Cogan Mampcpeac, abb Apoa Maca 7 Cluana
h€paipo, vo écc.

Cloip Cort, ocht ccéd tprcha a clean. On cpear bhiadain vo Niall.
bpeapal, mac Conbmaic, ampémo(e, 1. abb Cille Ouma 7 ceall nale, vécc.
Codazan, mac Tonbans, abb Cucémaid, véce ma aitecthpe hi cCluam mic
Nop. €Eogan, mac Aedagcin, po anpde hi cCluain mic Noip, conad uada
po cinpfe Meic Cumn na mbocc innce. Cumurgach, mac Cengurpa, ppioin
Cluana mic Noip, vécc. Caoncompac, mac Siadail plcisip Cille oana, vécc.

who was one of the chiefs of Ulster in the first
century ; now anglicé Loughbrickland, a small
town near a lough of the same name in the
barony of Upper Iveagh, and county of Down.—
See note *, under A. D. 1434, p. 862, infra.
' * Airtrii—According to the list of the Arch-
bishops of Armagh, preserved in the Psalter of
Cashel, he sat in the see of Armagh for two years.
Ware makes him succeed Flanngus in 822, and
sit for eleven years; but itis quite clear that he
was disturbed by Eoghan Mainistreach, who was
Lector of Monasterboice, and who was supported
by Niall Caille, King of Aileach.

* Ui-Crimhthainn. — Otherwise Ui-Creamh-
thainn, a tribe of the Oirghialla seated in the
present baronies of Upper and Lower Slane, in

the county of Meath. — See Colgan’s Trias
Thaum., p. 184, n.9; and O’Flaherty’s Ogygia,
part iii. c. 76. See also note on Druim-Mic-
Ua-Blae, under A. D. 830, supra ; and note on
Achadh-farcha under A. D. 503, p. 163.

« Of Gabhra: i.e. of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, now
the baronies of Upper and Lower Connello, in
the county of Limerick. This Dunadhach was
the head chieftain of all the Ui-Fidhgeinte.—
See Appendix, Pedigree of O’Donovan, p. 2436,
line 2. In the Annals of Ulster his death is
thus noticed at the year 834: ‘“‘ Mors Dunadh-
aig, mic Scanlain, regis hUa Fidgenti.”

~ Eoghan Mainistreach: i. e. Eoghan of Mai-
nistir-Buithe, now Monasterboice. ‘ Eugenius
Monaster” is set down in the list of the Arch-

%

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 449

833.]

and he was taken prisoner, and afterwards killed at their ships. Artri*, son of
Conchobhar, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died ; he was brother of the King of Oir-
ghialla.: Ruaidhri, son of Maelfothartach, half-chieftain of Ui-Crimhthainn'‘,
died.

The Age of Christ, 833. The second year of Niall Caille. Tuathchar,
Bishop and scribe of Cill-dara ; Affric, Abbess of Cill-dara ; Dunlaing, Abbot
of Corcach ; and Finnachta, Abbot of Cill-Ite, died. Ceallach, son of Bran,
King of Leinster, died. Cinaedh, son of Conaing, lord of Breagh, and Diarmaid,
son of Conaing, lord of Teathbha, died. A battle [was gained] over the Danes
by Dunadhach, son of Scannlan, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, wherein many were
slain. The plundering of Gleann-da-locha, Slaine, and Finnabhair-abha, by the
foreigners. Dunadhach, son of Scannlan, lord of Gabhra", died. Suibhne, son
of Artrach, lord of Mughdhorna, was killed by his own tribe. Conghalach,
son of Aenghus, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, died. Eoghan Mainistreach*, Abbot
of Ard-Macha and Cluain-Eraird, died.

The Age of Christ, 834. The third year of Niall. Breasal, son of Cormac;
Airchinneach, Abbot of Cill-dumha* and other churches ; Aedhagan, son of
Torbach, Abbot of Lughmhadh, died on his pilgrimage at Cluain-mic-Nois.
Eoghan, the son of [this] Aedhagan, remained at Cluain-mic-Nois, and from
him descended Meic-Cuinn-na-mBocht’ there. Cumasgach’, son of Aenghus,
Prior of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Caenchomhrac, son of Siadhal, Giconomus of

bishops of Armagh, given in the Psalter of was kept there on the 26th of December.—See

Cashel, as successor of Artrigius, and Primate
of Ireland for eight years. :

* Cill-dumha.—This should be Cill-dumha-
gloinn, now Kilglinn, in the parish of Balfeaghan,
barony of Upper Deece, and county of Meath.—
See the Ordnance Map, sheet 49.

“A, D. 834. Bresal mac Cormaic princeps
Cille-dumagloinn, et aliarum civitatum, moritur.”
—Ann. Ult.

The church of Dumhagloinn is described in
the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick (apud Colgan,
Trias Thaum., p. 129, col. 1), as “in regione
Bregarum ;” and it appears from O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar that the festival of Bishop St. Mogenog

also Lanigan’s Ecclesiastical History of Ireland,
vol. ii. p. 235.

¥ Meic-Cuinn-na-mBocht.—“ A. D. 832. Aegan
mac Torbie, abbot of Louth, died in pillgrimadge
in Clonvicknose aforesaid, whose son, Owen mac
Torbey, remained in Clonvicknose aforesaid, of
whome issued the familyes of Connemoght and
Muintyr-Gorman. They are of the O’Kellys of

- Brey.”—Ann. Clon.

* Cumasgach.— A. D, 834. Cumuscach, mac
Oengusa, Secnas Cluana mic Nois moritur.”—
Ann. Ult. ;

“ A, D, 832. Comasgagh mac Enos, Abbot of
Clonvicknose, died.”—Ann. Clon.

3M

450 anNaza RIoshachtd eiReGNn. (834.

Slaghfoh la Niall Carlle, la mg Epeann, co Largmu, co po opoags pi poppo
a. bpan mac Paelén,7 vo bene a péip. Inopld Mhide la Niall Calle, co
po loipcead lap co cf5h Maelconoc, cig fina Oealbna 6fépa 1 mbodammaip.
Opgain Peanna, 7 Cluana méin Maedécc,7 Opoma hing la Gallanb. Lop-

ccad Mungaipo: 7 apoale ceallu 1 nUpmumain leo oi. Peapnsup, mac j

badbeada, cisfina Cainpse Spacande, 00 mapbad la Muimneachaib. O@-
nadac, mac Scannlam, cigfpna Ua Prdgeinte, vécc. Eochaid, mac Concon-
salca, cisfina Ua Tuincpe, vécc. Epgsabcail Camppe, mic Catal, ngfpna
Castn Ofpsabaip. Sapucchad Cluana mic Noip vo Catal, mac Chlella,
tigenna Ua Maine, pon Phlann, mac Plaitbeneas, oUib Ponsgo, pproip a
Murmam, con do capo ipin Sionainn, co noopcharp. Oligf un. ceall vo
Chandan 7 mance mon. Maidm pia cCatal, mac Cilealla, pon Pedlimid,
mac Cmomtamn, pi Carpil, hr Mang nf, borl in po mapbaie pocharwe, conad
06 flo paldead :

Roptap ctpén Connacca, hr Mang ni mpcan panna,

Abnad nlc pe Pedlimid, cro 1a cca Loc na calla.

Caemclid abbad 1 nApo Maca 1. Popandan 6 Rait mic Malaip 1 monavh

Oiapmacca Ut Tisfpnaigh.

“A hosting“ A. D. 834. Slogh la Niall co
Laigniu con ro digestar ri foraib .i. Bran mac
Faelain.”—Ann. Ult.

“A, D. 832. King Neale prepared an army,
and went to Lynster, where he ordained Bran
mac Foylan king of that provence.”—Ann. Clon.

» The plundering of Meath.—“ A. D. 832. King
Neale preyed and spoyled all Meath to the
house of Moyleconoge, prince of Delvin Bethra,
now called Mac Coghlan’s countrey.”—Ann. Clon.

° Bodhammair.—Not identified. There was
another place of this name near Cahir, in the
county of Tipperary, but the name is lost there
also.

* Druim-hIng.—This, which was a monastery
of St. Finntain, is mentioned in O’Clery’s Irish
Calendar, at 10th October, as in ‘‘Ui-Seaghain,”
a tribe and territory situated near Rath-Cuile,
in the barony of Ratoath, and county of Meath.
—See note *, under A. D. 741, p. 343, supra.

It is probably the place now called Dromin,
situated near Dunshaughlin, in the county of
Meath. The situation of Ui-Seaghain, in which
Druim-hIng is placed, will appear from the fol-
lowing passage in the Tripartite Life of St.
Patrick (apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 151):

“Inde” [ex Ath Hi-Liolcaigh juxta Enach-
Conglais] “ profectus vir sanctus ad fines Midie,
venit ad arcem Rath-cuile, appellatum: ibique
salutaria ejus consilia celestemque doctrinam
amplectentes, populos de Fera-cuil, et populos
de Hy-Segain sux benedictionis hrreditate locu-
plevit. Et mox veniens ad locum Bile-tortan
vocatum jecit ibi fundamenta Ecclesie prope
Ard-brecain que et Domnach-Tortan postea dicta
est.”—Part iii. c. 14.

© Carraig Brachaidhe.—A territory forming
the north-west portion of the barony of Inish-
owen, in the county of Donegal,

‘ Ui-Forga.—This was the name of a tribe

a

834.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 451

Cill-dara) died. A hosting* was made by Niall Caille, King of Ireland, into
Leinstér; and he appointed a king over them, namely, Bran, son of Faelan, and
obtained his demand. The plundering of Meath? by Niall Caille ; and it was
burned by him as far as the house of Maelconoc, lord of Dealbhna Beathra, at
Bodhammair®. The plundering of Fearna, Cluain-mor-Maedhog, and Druim-
hIng*, by the foreigners. The burning of Mungairid and other churches in
Ormond by them also. Fearghus, son of Badhbhchadh, lord of Carraig-Brach-
aidhe*, was slain by the Munstermen. Dunadhach, son of Scannlan, lord of
Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. Eochaidh, son of Cuchongalt, lord of Ui-Tuirtre, died.
The capture of Cairbre, son of Cathal, lord of South Leinster. Cluain-mic-
Nois was profaned by Cathal, son of Ailell, lord of Ui-Maine, against the prior,
Flann, son of Flaithbheartach, [one] of the Ui-Forga‘ of Munster, whom he cast
into the Sinainn®, and killed. The rights of seven churches" [were for this]
given to Ciaran, and a great consideration. A defeat was given by Cathal, son
of Ailill, to Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann, King of Caiseal, in Magh-I', where
many were slain ; of which was said :

' The Connaughtmen were mighty ; in Magh-I they were not feeble ;
Let any one inquire of Feidhlimidh, whence Loch-na-calla* is [named].

A change of abbots' at Ard-Macha, i.e. Forannan of Rath-mic-Malais™ in
place of Diarmaid Ua Tighearnaigh.

seated at and around Ardcroney, near Nenagh,
in the county of Tipperary.

8 Sinainn : i.e. the Shannon.

* The rights of seven churches: i. e. the reve-
nues of seven churches in Hy-Many were for-
feited to Clonmacnoise, and other considerations
given in atonement for the profanation of the
church and slaying of the prior. The same fact
is referred to in the pedigree of Ui-Maine, in
the Book of Lecan, fol. 90. The eric, however,
did not fully atone for the sacrilege, for it ap-
pears from the genealogies that the senior line
of Maine Mor became extinct in Cathal mac
Ailella, and the chieftainship was transferred
to the race of his distant relative, Ceallach mac
Finnachta, ie. the O’Kellys.

* Magh-I.—This should be Magh-Ai, or Ma-
chaire-Chonnacht.

* Loch-na-calla: i. e. Lake of the Shouting ;
a name imposed by the Ui-Maine after their
victory over the King of Munster. The name
is now obsolete.

1A change of abbots— A. D. 834. Fit Mu-
tatio Abbatis Ardmachae Farennanus de Rath-
mic-Malus sufficitur loco Diermitii Hua Tiger-
naich.”—TZrias Thaum., p. 295.

“A. D. 834. The changinge of Abbots in
Ardmacha, viz., Forannan of -Rath-Maluis in
place of Dermod Ua Tiernaig.”—Ann. Ul. Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

™ Rath-mic-Malais : i. e. the Rath of the Son
of Malus. Not identified.

3M 2

ANNQGCa RIOShachta elReGNN.

452 (835.

Coip Cort, ocht ccéd tpiocha a ciicc. On cfépamad bliadam vo
Niall. Popbapach,eprcop 7 angcome Lurca, Suibne, mac lopep, abb Slinne
va locha [vécc]. Ceallach, mac Popbapang, arpcinneach Ropa Commann, do

manbad. Saopgap Ua Cronaeda,abb Deapmange, Pracna, mac Ouboacpfoch, ©

abb Cluana pooa Ciobpam, 71 Robancac, mac Maelwdip, abb Achar bé
Caimnig, vécc. Ounlang, mac Catupaig, comanba bappa Concaige, véce,
Sabai vencaicche Cille oana pon Popannan, abbad Anoa Macha, co pamad
Paoparce apétna, la Pedlimid, mac Cpomtamn, co cat 7 10dna,, 7 po sabad
na cléims Leip co na numaloic. Cluam mon Maedoce vo lopccad odce
Noolace la Gallaib, 7 pochade mon vo manbad leo, amarlle lé bnangoib
1omdarb vo bneit leo. Oentech Olinne oa locha vo lopccad led ona. Cmoch
Connacht wile do diotlmtpiushad led man an ccéona. Meay mon ecip cn
mear 7 damp mfp, po 1ad slarp1 co po anrac do piut. Ceall oana do ongamn
vo Shallaib Inbin Oeaa, 7 v0 loipecl Uch na cille leo. Caipbpe, mac
Maoilevin, TIZfpna Locha sabap, 00 manbad la Maolcfpnag. Orapmaice
vo vol 50 Connaccaib le lex Paccpaicc. GHoppad, mac Ppsupa, coipeach
Oingiall 00 meléc Fo hAlbain ovo nfcugad Ohanl Riava, cpé poncongpad

pga es gee

Chionate mic Cilpin.

" Cluain-foda-Librain: i.e. St. Libran’s long
Lawn or Meadow; now Clonfad, a townland con-
taining the ruins of an old church in a parish
of the same name, about two miles to the north
of Tyrell’s Pass, in the barony of Fertullagh,
and county of Westmeath. Colgan has given all
that he could gather of the history of St. Libra-
nus of this place, in his Acta Sanctorum, at xi.
Marti, p. 584; but he states that he does not
know whether he was of Cluain-foda in Fera-
Tulach, in Meath, or of Cluain-fota in Fiadh-mor,
in Leinster.
Feilire-Aenguis, preserved in the Leabhar-Breac,
at 21st August, it is stated that Cluain-foda-
Fine, in Fera-Tulach, was otherwise called
Cluain-foda-Librein. The same statement is to
be found in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at 21st of
August, thus: ‘* Duodecimo Cal. Sept., Seanac,
Eppog 6 Chluain poda pine 1 BFeanuib Tulaé

But in a note in the copy of the

+. Cluain pooa Cibnein, agup comapba Fin-*

nein, i. e. Duodecimo Cal. Sept. Seanach, Bishop of
Cluain-foda-Fine, in Feara-Tulach, i. e. Cluain-
foda-Librein, and successor of St. Finnen.” It
is to be distinguished from Cluain-foda-Bae-
tain-abha, which is situated in the adjoining
barony of Farbill; for some account of which
see Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, pp. 304, 306; and
note *, under A. D. 577, p. 209, supra.

° Dunlang.—‘‘ A. D. 835. Dunlang mac Ca-
thusaigh, princeps Corcaige moire, moritur sine
communione, in Caisil Regum.”—Ann. Uli.

» Forannan.—These are given under the same
year in the Annals of Ulster, and in the Annals
of Clonmacnoise under 833, as follows:

“A, D. 833. Felym mac Criowhayn took the
church of Killdare on Foranan, abbot of Ard-
mach, and substitute of St. Patrick, and therein
committed outrages. The church of Gleanda-
logha was burnt, and the church of Killdare

ransacked by the Danes. The Danes, upon the

. .

835.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 453

The Age of Christ, 835. The fourth year of Niall. Forbhasach, Bishop
and anchorite of Lusca, [and] Suibhne, son of Joseph, Abbot of Gleann-da-
locha, [died]. Ceallach, son of Forbhasach, airchinneach of Ros-Commain, was
slain. Saerghus, Abbot of Dearmhach ; Fiachra, son of Dubhdachrich, Abbot
of Cluain-foda-Librain"; and Robhartach, son of Maeluidhir, Abbot of Achadh-
bo-Cainnigh, died. Dunlang?, son of Cathasaigh, successor of Bara of Corcach,
died. The taking of the oratory of Cill-dara upon Forannan’, Abbot of Ard-
Macha, with all the congregation of Patrick likewise, by Feidhlimidh, by battle
and arms ; and the clergy were taken by him with their submission. Cluain-
mor-Maedhog was burned on Christmas night by the foreigners ; and a great
number was slain by them, and many prisoners were carried off. The oratory
of Gleann-da-locha was also burned by them. All the country of Connaught*
was likewise desolated by them. Great produce both of masts and acorns, which
so choked up the brooks that they ceased running. Cill-dara was plundered
by the foreigners of Inbher-Deaa’, and half the church was burned by them.
Cairbre, son of Maelduin, lord of Loch-Gabhar*, was slain by Maelcearnaigh.
Diarmaid‘ [Archbishop of Ard-Macha] went to Connaught with the law of
Patrick. Gofraidh, son of Fearghus, chief of Oirghialla, went to Alba, to

strengthen the Dal-Riada, at the request of Cinaeth, son of Ailpin.

Nativity of our Lord, in the night, entered the
church of Clonmore-Moyeog, and there used
many cruelties, killed many of the clergy, and
took many of them captives. There was abun-
dance of nutts and acorns this year; and they
were so plenty that, in some places, where shal-
low brookes runn under the trees, men might
go dry shod, the waters were so full of them.
The Danes this year harried and spoyled all the
province of Connaught, and confines thereof,
outragiously.”

1 Connaught.— Vastatio crudelissima a Gentilt-
bus omnium Connachtorum.”—Ann. Ult.

* Inbher-Deaa : i. e. Ostium Fluminis Dee por-
tus regionis Cuolenorum. This was the ancient
name of the mouth of the little River Vartry,
which falls into the sea at Wicklow, and has its
present name from flowing through the territory

of Fin Tine.—See Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 845,
846. See also note», under A. D. 430; and
note *, under 431, pp. 129, 130. This place was
in the territory of Ui-Garchon, which contained
Gleann Fhaidhle, now Glenealy, and Rath-Naoi,
now Rathnew, near Wicklow.

* Loch-Gabhar.— Now Lagore, near Dun-
shaughlin, in Meath.

“A. D. 835. Coirpre mac Maelduin, rev
Locha-Gabhor jugulatus est o Maelcernaig, ef
Maelcerna jugulatus est o Coirpriu in eodem hora,
et mortut sunt ambo in una nocte. Prima preda
gentilium o Deiscert Breg .i. 0 Theleaibh Dro-
man é o Dermaigh-Briton, & captivos plures
duxerunt et mortificaverunt multos, et captivos plu-
rimos abstulerunt.”—Ann. Ult.

* Diarmaid.—* A. D.835. Dermaid do dul co
Connachta cum lege et verillis Patricii”—Ann. Ut.

454

~

Coip Cmorpt, ocht ccéo ctmocha apé.
Challe. Plaitm, abb Maimpopnech buite, eppcop 7 angcoine, Peovach, abb:

ANNGZa RIOshachta eiReaNn.

(836.

Cn cirgead bliadcnn vo Niall

Cille Oelcce, 7 Mapcam, eppcop Cluana cao, véce. Raomfd pop Muh

neachaib ma Catal, mac Muipgiupa.

Catal, mac Muipgeara, mic Tomal-

cals, pi Connacht, vécc 1apom. Riagan, mac Finnacca, letpi Laugh, vécc.
Maeloim, mac Sfchnupaigh, asfpna Pp cCal, vécc. Owblicip Ovdan
6 Tempars vo epsabail vo Gallaib,7 bay cuimpig vo mmbinc pain ina longaib
1apom, co nooncain led. Coblach cpf pichic long 00 Nopcmanmb pon bémn.

tuche cpi picic Long ole pon abainn Lipte.

Ro ampsrple 4 po 1onnmpaipple

an oa mon coblac pin Mag Lipte,7 Mag OnlS, ercip ceallay consbala,
daoine 7 VEISZtpeba, cnod clépa. Raeimlo pia bpeanaib bpls pon Bhallanb
1 Mugoopnaib Opts, co ccopcpaccan pé picicc vo Shallaib 1pm _ ngleo pin.
Cachppaoinfo pa nGallaib oc Inbean na mbane pon Urb Néill 6 Sionainn

“ Cluain-caein : i. e. secessus amenus sive delec-
tabilis, the beautiful lawn or meadow, now
Clonkeen, in the barony of Ardee, and county
of Louth. This church is described in the Tri-
partite Life of St. Patrick as in Fera-Rois.—
See Trias Thaum., pp. 162 and 185, n. 96.

“ A fleet of sixty ships.—These entries are
given in the old translation of the Annals of
Ulster, thus:

“A, D, 836. A navy of thre score ships of
the Northmans upon Boinn, another of three
score upon Lifi, who carried away in those two
shipings all that they could lay hands on in
Mabregh and Malifi, and in all their churches,
townes, and houses. An overthrow by the men
of Mabregh upon the foreigners at Decinn, in
that parte called Mughdorna-Bregh, that six
score of them were slain. A battle given by
the Gentiles of Invernamark by the Nury, upon
O’Nells, from Sinan to sea, where such a havock
was made of the O’Nells that few but their
chief kings escaped.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

In Mageoghegan’s translation of the Annals
of Clonmacnoise these events are noticed under

A. D. 834, as follows:

“ A. D. 834. A fleet of 60 sailes was on the
river of Boyne by the Danes, and another of 60
on the river of Liffie, which two fleets spoyled
and destroyed all the borders of Liffie and Moy-
brey altogether. Moybrey [men] gave an over-
throw to the Danes in Mogorn, where there
were 120 of them killed. The O’Neales gave”
[recté received] “a great overthrow to” [recté
from] “the Danes, at Inver-ne-marke, where
they were pursuing them from Synan to the
sea, and made such slaughter on them that
there was not such heard of in a long space

before ; but the chiefest captaines of the Danes”

[recté of the Ui-Neill] “escaped.”

This last passage is very incorrectly translated
by Mageoghan.

* Abhainn-Liphthe.—Anglicé Anna-Liffey, i. e.
the River Liffey, which washes Dublin.

¥ Magh-Liphthe : i.e. the Plain of the Liffey.
Keating (in the reign of Niall Cailne) states

that Magh-Liffe was the county of Dublin ; and’

this is taken for granted by old Charles O’Conor
of Belanagare, who makes it the same as the

county of Dublin.on his map of Scotia Antiqua, ~

1

—e_S:,

SS

836.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 455

The Age of Christ, 836. The fifth year of Niall Caille. Flaithri, Abbot
of Mainistir-Buithe, bishop and anchorite ; Fedach, Abbot of Cill-Delge ; and
Martin, Abbot of Cluain-caein", died. A victory was gained over the Munster-
men by Cathal, son of Muirghius. Cathal, son of Muirghius, son of Tomaltach,
King of Connaught, died [soon] after. Riagan, son of Finnachta, half king of
Leinster, died. Maelduin, son of Seachnasach, lord of Feara-Cul, died. Dubh-
litir Odhar, of Teamhair, was taken prisoner by the foreigners, who afterwards
put him to death in his gyves, at their ships, and thus he fell by them! A fleet
of sixty ships” of Norsemen on the Boyne. Another fleet of sixty ships on the
Abhainn-Liphthe*. These two fleets plundered and spoiled Magh-Liphthe’ and
Magh-Breagh’, both churches and habitations of men, and goodly tribes, flocks,
and herds. A battle was gained by the men of Breagh over the foreigners in
Mughdhorna-Breagh’*; and six score of the foreigners were slain in that battle.
A battle was gained by the foreigners, at Inbhear-na-mbarc’, over [all] the
Ui-Neill’, from the Sinainn to the sea, where such slaughter was made as never

in his Dissertations on the ancient History of
Ireland ; but Magh-Liphthe lies principally in
the present county of Kildare, through which
the Liffey winds its course; for we learn from
the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick (part iii.
© xviii, apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 152),
that the churches of Killashee and old Kilcullen

' are in it—See Lanigan’s Heclesiastical History

of Ireland, vol. i. pp. 273, 276.

* Magh-Breagh.—A great plain in the east of
ancient Meath, comprising five cantreds or baro-
nies, and lying principally between Dublin and
Drogheda. The church of Slane is described in
an old Life of St. Patrick, quoted by Ussher
(Primord., p. 850), as ‘in regione Breg prope
fluvium pulcherrimum et fertilem Boyn ;” and the
churches of Magh-bolg, Ros-eo, Trevet, and
Daimhliag, are mentioned in various authorities
as in this plain.—See. note *, under A. D. 683,
p- 289, supra ; and note*, under A. D. 1292,
pp: 455, 456, infra.

* Mughdhorna-Breagh.—See note under A. D.
807.

» Inbhear-na-mbarc : i.e. the inver or river-
mouth of the barques or ships. According to
the old translator of the Annals of Ulster, this
place was ‘by the Nury ;” but this would ap-
pear to be an error, as it is not in the original
Trish, and it is more probable that Inbhear na
mBare was the ancient name of the mouth of
the river of Rath-Inbhir, near Bray.

° Over the Ui-Neill : i. e. over all the southern
Ui-Neill, or race of Niall of the Nine Hostages,
who were seated in the ancient Meath, extend-
ing from the River Shannon to the sea. Ma-
geoghegan has totally mistaken and reversed the
meaning of this passage, as if he wished to rob
the Danes of this victory, and give it to his own
sept, the Nepotes Neill-Naighiallaigh. But the
old translator of the Annals of Ulster, and the
original Irish of the passage, as preserved by the
Four Masters, and in the Annals of Ulster, en-
able us to correct him. It is given as follows
in the Annals of Ulster :

“A.D, 836. Bellum re Genntib oc Inbiur na
mbare for hUib Neill 6 Sinainn co muir, du

456 aNNava RIOShAchTa elREGNN. (837.

co muip, 04 m po Lavh ap nac papmfoh pam, ace nama cepnaiple na moga
] na puimig, na ctmata 7 na corpecha san aipleach san atcuma. Cealla
Loca h€ipne vo dilgfnc la Gallarb im Cluam Eoarp, 7 1m Oaimnmy, Je.
Cealla Uméceine, Imp Cealcpa,7 Cill Pinnce, vo lopecad la Gallaib. Ino-
ptoh Cent Coipppe Cpumm la Pelimid, mac Cmomtainn. Sarolb, coipeac
na nOall, vo mapbad la Ciannaccarb. Ap pon Shallanib oce Cap Ruard.

(np ponna ag Cann Pfpadarg. Maiom na bPeanca ma nGallaib. Céo ~

sabal Ata chat la Gallanb.

Cloip Cope, oche ccév tmiocha a peache.
Niall.
c{nntun cco po Faold a pplonat vo cum mme. Copbmac, eppcop 7 pembmd
Cille Poibic, vé5. Tis (pnac, mac Ceda, ab Pionnabnac aba 7 ceall narle,
vécce. €Egnech Cille Oelcce, eppcop, abb, 7 pepbnedin, vo manbad co na
mumncip la Gailtnganb. Gpan Pionnglanps, eppeop 7 pembnid, vég. Ceallac,
mac Coinppe, abb Acha Thum, vécc. Ruan, mac Oonnchada, pion
Cluana hlonaino, 7 abb ceall noile ancfna vécc. Oomnall, mac Cevha,
abb Onoma Unchaille, vécc. Ceallac, mac Copgnarg, abb Aineccanl Ciapéce.
Riogdal mon bn cCluain Conaine Toma, ercip Niall Canlle,7 Peidlimid, mac

‘

Cn peipead bliadam vo

§. Docaca, naom eprcop 7 angcoipe, 00 fopbad a dergb(cha 1pm |

irrolad ar nad rairimedh. Primi reges evaserunt.”
i.e. “A. D. 836. A battle by the Gentiles at
Inver-na-mbarc, over the Ui-Neill, from the
Shannon to the sea, where a slaughter not rec-
koned was made. The chief kings escaped.”

* The churches of Loch-Eirne.—This is incor-
rectly stated by the Four Masters. It should
be: “The churches of Loch Eirne,as Daimhinis,
&c., together with Cluain-Eois and other churches
situated at some distance from that lake, were
destroyed by the Pagan Danes.” Daimhinis is
one of the churches of Loch-Erne.—See note *,
under A. D. 563, p. 203, supra. Cluain-Kois,
now Clones, is several miles to the east of that
lake.

° The churches of Laichtene.—The churches of
St. Lachtin were Achadh-Ur, now Freshford, in
the county of Kilkenny; Bealach-abhra in Mus-
craighe, in the county of Cork; and Lis-Lachtin,

at Ballylongford, in the north of the county of

Kerry.—See note *, under A. D. 622, p. 245,

supra.

‘ Cill-Finnche.—In the gloss to the Feilire-
Aenguis this church is described as near a great
hill, called Dorn-Buidhe, in Magh-Raighne, in
Osraighe. It has not been yet identified.

& Race of Cairbre-Crom: i.e. the people of
Ui-Maine, in Connaught.

» Cianachta : i.e. the Cianachta-Breagh, seated
at and around Duleek, in the east of Meath.

“ A.D, 834. Saxolve, chief of the Danes, was
killed by those of Kynaghta.”—Ann. Clon.

‘ Fas-ruaidh.—Now Assaroe, at Ballyshannon,
in the county of Donegal.

* Carn-Fearadhaigh.—A place in the south
of the county of Limerick.—See note ", under
A. D. 622, p. 245. A

| Fearta: i.e. the Graves. There are several

837.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 457

before was heard of ; however, the kings and chieftains, the lords and toparchs,
escaped without slaughter or mutilation. The churches of Loch-Eirne* were
destroyed by the foreigners, with Cluain-Eois and Daimhinis, &c. The churches
of Laichtene®, Inis-Cealtra, and Cill-Finnche’, were burned by the foreigners.
The plundering of the race of Cairbre-Crom* by Feidhlimidh, son of Crimh-
thann. Saxolbh, chief of the foreigners, was slain by the Cianachta’. A slaughter
was made of the foreigners at Eas-Ruaidh’ A slaughter of them at Carn-
Fearadhaigh*. The victory of Fearta' was gained by the foreigners. The first
taking of Ath-cliath™ by the foreigners.

The Age of Christ, 837. The sixth year of Niall. St. Dochata", holy
bishop and anchorite, finished his virtuous life in this world, and resigned his
spirit to heaven. Cormac, Bishop and scribe of Cill Foibrich, died. Tighear-
nach’, son of Aedh, Abbot of Finnabhair-abha and other churches, died. Egnech
of Cill-Delge, bishop, abbot, and scribe, was killed, with [all] his people, by
the Gaileanga’. Bran of Finnghlais, bishop and scribe, died. Ceallach, son of
Cairbre, Abbot of Ath-Truim, died. Ruaidhri, son of Donnchadh, Prior of
Cluain-Irard, and abbot of other churches too, died. - Domhnall, son of Aedh,
Abbot of Druim-Urchaille’, died. Ceallach, son of Cosgrach, Abbot of Airegal-
Ciarog’, [died]. A great royal meeting at Cluain-Conaire-Tomain‘, between

or Spaniel Hill, in the county of Clare.

“ A. D. 837. Domhnall, mac Aedha, Princeps
Droma Urchaille, moritur.’”—Ann. Ult.

* Airegal- Ciarog.—Otherwise called Airegal-
Dachiarog ; now Errigal-Keeroge, in Tyrone.—
See note under A. D. 805. In the Annals of
Ulster this passage is given as follows :

places of this name in Ireland ; but the place
here referred to is probably Fearta-fear-Feig,
which was a place on the Boyne, close to Slane,
in the county of Meath.

™ Ath-cliath: i.e. Dublin. “A. D. 834. The
first taking and possession of the Danes in Dub-
lin was this year.”—Anzn. Clon.

» §t. Dochata.—“ A. D. 837. Docutu, sanctus
Episcopus, ¢ Anchorita Slane, vitam senilem feli-
citer finivit.’—Ann. Ult.

° Tighearnach.—* A. D. 837. Tigernach, mac
Aedha, Abbas Findubrach Abae, et aliarum civi-
tatum, dormivit.”—Ann. Ult.

Gaileanga : i. e. the Gaileanga-mora, seated
in the present barony of Morgallion, in the
county of Meath.

« Druim-Urehaille : i.e. Ridge or Long Hill
of the Greenwood. This may be Cnoc-Urchoille,

“A. D. 837. Ceallach, mac Coscraich, Princeps
ind Airicuil Dachiarog, mortwus est; which Dr.
O’Conor incorrectly translates, p. 213: ‘ Ceal-
lach mac Coscraich, Princeps Darcuilensis, morbo
ulceris inveterati, mortuus est.”

® Cluain- Conaire-Tomain.—In the gloss to the
Feilire-Aenguis, at 16th September, ‘Cluain-
Conaire-Tomain” is described as 1 tuaipeine
hUa Faelam, in the north of Ui-Faelain. It
is the place now called Cloncurry, situated in
the barony of Oughteranny, in the north of the

3N

458 ANNazZa RIOSshacheca elREAGNN.

(838.

Cmomtamn. Maelcpén, mac Cobéarg, cigfina Loca Léin, vécc. Spaomfs
ua ngemcib pon Connaccaib, in po manbad Maoloiin, mac Muipslya, mic
Tomalcag, co pochadib amaille pup. Span, mac Paelain, 6 pducep
Uf Paolain, pi Laig(n, vécc. Congalac, mac Maonag, ctigepna Ua Mic
Uap Onlsh, vécc.

Aoip Cmorc, oche ccéo tmocha a hochc. On peaccmad bliadain vo
Niall. Maolsaimp, pgpibnedin cogaide, angcoipe,7 abb bfmnchaip, Chon,
ppidin Cluana mic Noip,7 abb Ropa Cpé, Colman, mac Robaptaig, abb
Slane, Maolpuanad, mac Catail, pecnabb Lurcan, Conbmac, mac Conall,
abb Tpeoit, ] Reaccabna, abb Léit Mocaoméce, vécc. Muiplohach, mac
Eachach, mic Piachach, pi corccid Concobaip, vo mapbad la a bnaitmb,
Ceoh 7 Clengap, co pochmdib ole cenmotarom. Qlooh, mac Eatac, vo
mapnbad la Mavadan, mac Mumpeavhag. Ro gabpac mupcoblac vo Shal-
laib pon Loc Eachach. Ro hunta 7 po haipgte cuata 7 cealla cuaipceinc
Eneann leo. Copccad Peapna 7 Concaige moipe la Hallaib. Commurpsac,
mac Congalang, w1S5(;na Ciannacca, vécc. Cinnéioid, mac Congalang, ci5-
eapna Ua Mic Uap, 00 manbad la a bnataimb. Caemhclao abbaoh 1
nAMpo Macha, 1. Orapmaice Ua Tis (pnaigh 1 nionaoh Phopanoain 6 Raich
mic Matuip. .

Qoip Core, ocht ccév tmocha anao. On cochtmad bliadain vo Niall.
lorep Roip moip, eppcop 7 pepibnesip veanpeaigce, abb Cluana heoaip 4

county of Kildare.—See note", under the year
586, p- 212, supra. The old translator of the
Annals of Ulster anglicises this name Cloncurry ;
and Mageoghegan, Clonconrie-Tomayne, thus :

“A.D. 837. A great kingly parly at Clon-
curry, between Felim and Nell.”— Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

“A.D. 835. There was a great meeting be-
tween King Neale and Felym niac Criowhayn,
at Cloncrie-Tomayne.”—Ann. Clon.

* Ui-Faelain.—This was the name of a tribe
seated in the plains of Magh-Laighean and Magh-
Liffe, in the north of the present county of Kil-
dare.—See note %, under A. D. 1203.

* Ui-Mic-Uais-Breagh.— A tribe seated in
Magh Breagh, in East Meath, to the south-west

of Tara. They are to be distinguished from the
Ui-Mic-Uais-Teathbha, who gave name to the
present barony of Moygoish, in the north of the
county of Westmeath.

“ Vice-abbot.—Secnap is explained ‘ secundus
abbas” in Cormac’s Glossary, and prior by the
Four Masters.

* Province of Conchobhar : i.e. the province
of Conchobhar Mac Nessa, who was King of all
Ulster in the beginning of the first century :

“A. D. 838. Mureach mac Echtach, king of
Cuige Conor (Ulster), died by the hands of his
kinsmen, viz. Hugh and Aengus, assisted with
many more.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“ A. D. 836. Moriegh mac Eahagh, king of
Ulster, was killed by his own brothers, Hugh

Eee eee

838.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 459

Niall Caille and Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann. Maelcron, son of Cobhthach,
lord of Loch Lein, died. A battle was gained by the Gentiles over the Con-
naughtmen, wherein was slain Maelduin, son of Murgheas, son of Tomaltach,
with numbers of others along with him. Bran, son of Faelan, from whom is
named Ui-Faelain‘, King of Leinster, died. Conghalach, son of Maenach, lord
of Ui-Mic-Uais-Breagh*.

The Age of Christ, 838. The seventh year of: Niall. Maelgaimhridh, a
select scribe, anchorite and Abbot of Beannchair; Aidean, Prior of Cluain-
mic-Nois, and Abbot of Ros-Cre ; Colman, son of Robhartach, Abbot of Slaine;
Maelruanaidh, son of Cathal, Vice-abbot® of Lusca; Cormac, son of Conall,
Abbot of Treoit; Reachtabhra, Abbot of Liath-Mochaemhog, died. Muireadh-
ach, son of Eochaidh, son of Fiacha, King of the province of Conchobhar*, was
killed by his brothers, Aedh and Aenghus, with many others besides them.
Aedh, son of Eochaidh, was killed by Madadhan, son of Muireadhach. A
marine fleet’ of the foreigners took up on Loch Eathach. The territories and
churches of the North of Ireland were plundered and spoiled by them. The
burning of Fearna and Corcach-mor by the foreigners. Commasgach, son of
Conghalach, lord of Cianachta, died. Cinneididh’, son of Conghalach, lord of
Ui-Mic-Uais, was killed by his brother. A change of abbots* at Ard-Macha,
i.e. Diarmaid Ua Tighearnaigh in the place of Forannan of Rath-mic-Maluis.

The Age of Christ, 839. The eighth year of Niall. Joseph of Ros- -mor”,
bishop and distinguished scribe, Abbot of Cluain-eois and other churches, died.

and Enos ; and Hugh mac Eahagh was killed
by Mathew” [recté Maddan] ‘mac Moriey.”—
Ann. Clon.

¥A marine fleet.—“ A. D. 838. An army of the
forrainers upon Loch Each, that from thence
they vexed all Ireland, temporall and church
land, towards the North.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Cla-
rend., tom. 49.

“A.D. 836. The Danes made a forte, and
had shipping on Logh Neagh, of purpose and
intent to waste and spoyle the North from
thence, and did accordingly.”—Amn. Clon.

* Cinneididh. —“* A. D. 838. Cenneitig, mac
Congalaig, Rea Nepotum filiorum Cuais Bregh, a
suo fratre, Cele, dolosé jugulatus est.” —Ann. Ult.

“A change of abbots.—‘ The changinge of
Diarmaid O’Tiernay for Foranan of Rathmaluis
to be Abbot of Ardmach.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Cla-
rend., tom. 49.

> Ros-mor : i.e. the Great Wood. This is the
place in the county of Monaghan from which
Lord Rossmore takes his title. The Four Mas-
ters seem to have adopted the chronology of the
Annals of Ulster at this period, for this entry is
given in the latter Annals at 839, as follows :

“A.D. 839. Joseph Roiss-moir, Episcopus, et
scriba optimus, et Ancorita, Abbas Cluana Auis, et
aliarum civitatum, dormivit.”

The obit of this Joseph is given in the Annals
of Clonmacnoise, at the year 837, as follows :

3N2

460 aNNaza RIoghachta e:ReaNn. (840.

ceall nale, vécc. Ontanac, eppcop Cille vana, Cipmfohach, abb Ropra
hatin, Cpunnmaol, pmidin Ofpmaige, Maelcuile Leicglinne, Aipfchcach
Chille manach, 7 bdemiccip Tulca Léip Décc 6 Decembep. Innpd Pfp cceall,
} Oealbna Eatpa la Niall Calle. Ongamn Lugmawd la Fallaib Loca
h€achach, 7 po sabrac bnarsve 1omda veppuccoib 7 vo daomib eaccnawde
poslamta, 4 puccpac 1acc vo com a longpont 1ap manbad pochaide ole led
beop. Mupchad, mac Cleda, pi Connache, vécc. Oubodbanc, ugtna Ofp-
muman, décc. Cronaed, mac Copcenans, ais (nna Op(smaine 1 Tlchba[vécc].
Lopecad Apoa Macha co na ofptargib,7 co na vamlacce, lap na Gallab
pempaice. Pedlimid, mac Cpromtain, pi Muman, 00 mopead Mide 7 Onbs,
co nveipio 1 Tlmpang, ian ngabail siall Connace 1 naon 16, conad vo pm po
pad Ceallac, mac Cumapsaig :

Ap € Pedlimd an pi, o1amd obaip aon larch,
€Ecms) Connacc san cat, acur Mive vo manopad.

Qoip Core, oche ccév clénaca. On nomhad bliadain vo Niall. Maol-
vlotpaib, angcoipe 7 egnaid Tine oa slap, vé5. Longpopc acc Linn Ouacaill
la Sallaab, ap po hupta 7 po hanste cuata 7 cealla Ceatba. Longponc

ole as Owmblinn, ap po hupta Cangin 47 hUi Néill, ecip cuata 7 cealla, co |
Shab bladma. Slog lo la Pewdlmid co Canmam. Slog la Niall ap a cnn,

co Mag noccaip.

bachall Pedlimid pighs poppagbaid ip na opoigms,

Our puce Niall co neant vata, a ceant an cata clodmng.

‘A.D. 837. Joseph of Rossemore, bushopp,
scribe, and a venerable anchorite, died. He was
abbot of Cloness and other places.”

° The plundering of Lughmhadh.—“ A. D. 839.
Orggain Lughmhadh di Loch Echdach 0 Genn-
tib, gui et episcopos, et presbiteros, e sapientes,
captivos duxerunt, et alios mortificaverunt.”—
Ann. Ut.

“A.D. 838. The Danes continued yet in”
[recté at, or on] ‘‘ Lough Neagh, practizing their
wonted courses. They had a forte at Lyndwa-
chill, from whence they destroyed all the tem-
porall and church land of the contrey of Teaffa.

They had another forte at Dublin, from whence
they did also destroy the lands of Lynster, and
of the O Neals of the South, to the Mount[ain]
of Sliew-Bloome.”—Ann. Clon.

4 The burning of Ard-Macha.—“ A. D. 839.
Loscadh Airddmache co na Derthighib ocus a
Doimliag.”—Ann. Ult.

“ A.D. 837. Ardmach, the town, church, and
all, was burnt by the Danes.”—Ann. Clon.

© Rested at Teamhair.—* A. D. 839. Felim,
king of Mounster, spoyled Meath and Bregh,
until he sojourned at Tarach, e¢ in illa vice the
spoyle of churchtowns and of Behne by Nell

840.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. : 461

Orthanach, Bishop of Cill-dara ; Airmeadhach, Abbot of Ros-ailither ; Crunn-
mhael, Prior of Dearmhach ; Maeltuile of Leithghlinn ; and Aireachtach of
Cill-Manach, [died]. Berichtir of Tulach-leis died on the 6th of December.
The plundering of Feara-Ceall and Dealbhna-Eathra by Niall Caille. The
plundering of Lughmhadh’ by the foreigners of Loch-Eathach ; and they made
prisoners of many bishops and other wise and learned men, and carried them to
their fortress, after having, moreover, slain many others. Murchadh,son of Aedh,
King of Connaught, died. Dubhdabharc, lord of South Munster, died. Cin-
aedh, son of Coscrach, lord of Breaghmhaine, in Teathbha, [died]. The burning
of Ard-Macha*, with its oratories and cathedral, by the aforesaid foreigners.
Feidhlimidh, King of Munster, plundered Meath and Breagh ; and he rested
at Teamhair‘, after having in one day taken the hostages of Connaught; of
which Ceallach, son of Cumasgach, said : ,

Feidhlimidh is the king, to whom it was but one day’s work
[To obtain] the hostages of Connaught without a battle, and to devastate Meath.

The Age of Christ, 840. The ninth year of Niall: Maeldithraibh, ancho-
rite and wise man of Tir-da-ghlas, died. A fortress [was erected] by the
foreigners at Linn-Duachaill, out of which the territories and churches of
Teathbha were plundered and preyed. Another fortress [was erected] by
them at Duibhlinn‘’, out of which they plundered Leinster and the Ui-Neill,
both territories and churches, as far as Sliabh-Bladhma*. An army was led by
Feidhlimidh to Carman’. An army was led by Niall to Magh-ochtair’, to meet
him.

The crozier* of the devout Feidhlimidh was left in the shrubbery,
Which Niall by force bore away from them, by right of the battle of swords.

mac Hugh.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.
“A.D. 837. Felym mac Criowhan, king of

Munster, preyed and spoyled all Meath and

Moybrey, and rested at Taragh.”—Ann. Clon.

‘ Duibhlinn.—Now Dublin. The site of this
fort is now occupied by the castle of Dublin.

& Sliabh-Bladhma.—Now Slieve Bloom, in the
King’s county, to which the country of the
southern Ui-Neill, or ancient Meath, extended.

» Carman.—Now Wexford. . “A. D. 840. An

army by Felim as farr as Carmain. An army
by Nell before them to Magh Ochtair.”—Ann.
Uit., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“ A.D. 838. Felym mac Criowhayn came-with
a great army to Logh Carman, alias Weixford,:
and there was met with” [i.e. by ] ‘“‘kinge Neal
and another great army.”—Ann. Clon.

} Magh-ochtair.—See note under A. D. 586.

* The crozier.—This is inserted in a modern
hand in the Stowe copy. The reader must bear

462 aNNQcZa RIOshachta elReaHN.

(841.

Ongain Cluana heidn(ch, 7 oilg(no Cluana hlopaipo 7 Cille hachao
Opumacar, la Galler’. Spaomead pop Maolpuanai, mac Oonnchada, .1.
ataip Mhaol(chlomn an mg, la Orapmuro, mac Concobaip, 7 O1apmaice vo
manbaoh la Maelpeachlainn ipm lo céona.

Coip Cmort, ocht ccéo clépaca a haen. Qn ofchmad bliadain vo Niall.

Caoman, abb Linne Ouacall, vo manbad, 7 [vo] lopccad la Gallaib. Ceal-
lac, mac Caitgemn, abb Onoma méin la hUib Eachoach, vécc. Subne

Ua Teimnén, abb Glinne 04 locha, vécc. Pmeacca, mac Opfpail, abb Chille |

ouma, Compud, mac Ruamlupa, abb Oomnarg Seachnaill, Mopdan, mac
Inopechcaig, abb Clocann mic nOammem,7 Mupfohac, mac Cfpnarg, pen-
cisip Apoa macha, vécc. Opgsain Cluana mic Noip la Gallaib inne Ouac-
alle. Opgoaim Ofpipc Oiapmava la Galloeab Chaoil wuipece. Opgam bionpa

7 Sagpe la Gallab Ocinne.

Longar Noptmaomonum fon bomn occ Linn
Roip. Longup oile viob occ Cinn Saileach la hUlca.

Longur orle ofob occ

Linn Ouaéall. Oungal, mac Peangarle, cigeanna Oppaige, vécc. Mug-

in mind that Felim, son of Crimhthann, was
Abbot or Bishop of Cashel, in right of his crown
of Munster. It is stated in the old Annals of
Innisfallen that Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann,
received homage from Niall, son of Aedh, King
of Tara in the year 824 [recté 840], and that
Feidhlimidh then became sole monarch of Ire-
land, and sat in the seat of the Abbot of Cluain-
fearta.—See Leabhar-na-gCeart, Introduction,
p- xvi. note ‘.

1 Druim-mor in Ut-Eathach.—Now Dromore,
a market-town on the River Lagan, in the ba-
Saint
Colman, or Mocholmoc, who was a disciple of
Mac Nise, who died in 513, founded an abbey
here.—See Colgan’s Zrias Thaum., p. 113, note
106; and Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum,
p- 118. There are no ancient remains there at
present except a large moat situated at the
eastern extremity of the town.

™ Cill-dumha.—This should be Cill-dumha-
gloin, as in the Annals of Ulster at the same
year.—See note under the year 834, supra.

rony of Iveagh, and county of Down.

2 Domhnach-Seachnaill.Now Dunshaughlin,
in the county of Meath.—See note », under
A. D. 448, and note under 796.

° Disert-Diarmada : i.e. St. Diarmaid’s desert,
wilderness, or hermitage. This was the ancient
Irish name of Castledermot, in the baronies of

Kilkea and Moone, near the southern extremity _
- of the county of Kildare, where Diarmaid, son of

Aedh Roin, whose festival was there kept on
the 21st of June, erected a monastery about
A. D. 500.—See Archdall’s Monasticon Hiber-
nicum, p. 310.
be seen an ancient Round Tower and several

In the church-yard here are to

curious crosses, which attest the antiquity and
former importance of the place.

P Cael-Uisce: i. e. Narrow Water, now Nar-
rowwater, situated between Warren’s Point and
Newry, in the barony of Upper Iveagh, and
county of Down.—See note ‘, under A. D. 1252,
p. 344.

4 Linn-Rois : i.e. the Pool of Ros, This was
the name of that part of the River Boyne
opposite Rosnaree, in the barony of Lower

- |

$41.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 463

The plundering of Cluain-eidhneach, and the destruction. of Cluain-Iraird
and Cill-achaidh-Droma-fota, by the foreigners. A battle was gained over
Maelruanaidh, son of Donnchadh, i.e. the father of King Maelseachlainn, by
Diarmaid, son of Conchobhar ; and Diarmaid was slain on the same day by
Maelseachlainn.

The Age of Christ, 841. The tenth year of Niall. Caemhan, Abbot of
Linn-Duachaill, was killed and burned by the foreigners. Ceallach, son of
Caithghenn, Abbot of Druim-mor, in Ui-Eathach’, died. Suibhne Ua Teimhnen,
Abbot of Gleann-da-locha, died. Fineachta,son of Breasal, Abbot of Cill-dumha”;
Comsudh; son of Ruamlus, Abbot of Domhnach-Seachnaill"; Moran, son of
Innreachtach, Abbot of Clochar-mic-nDaimheni; and Muireadhach, son of
Cearnach, @Economus of Ard-Macha, died. The plundering of Cluain-mic-
Nois by the foreigners of Linn-Duachaille. The plundering of Disert-Diarmada®

by the foreigners of Cael-uisce’?.
foreigners of the Boinn.

The plundering of Birra and Saighir by the
A fleet of Norsemen on the Boinn, at Linn-Rois‘.
Another fleet of them at Linn-Saileach, in Ulster’.

Another fleet of them at

Linn-Duachaill.. Dunghal, son of Fearghal, lord of Osraighe, died. Mughroin,

Duleek, and county of Meath.—See the Ord-
nance Map of the county of Meath, sheet 20.

* Linn-Saileach in Ulster—This is very pro-
bably, if not certainly, one of the ancient names
of Loch Suileach, now Lough Swilly, in the
county of Donegal.—See Leabhar-na-gCeart,
pp. 7, 23, 248.

* Linn-Duachaill.—Now Magheralin, in the
county of Down. These entries relative to the
Danes are given in the Annals of Ulster at the
year 841, and the most of them are to be found
in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 839 (the true
year being 842), as follows:

“A. D. 841. The Gentiles upon Dublin yet.
The taking of Maelduin, mac Conaill, king of
Calatrom, by the Gentiles, captive. The spoil-
ing of Clonmicnois by them from the water
called Linn Duachail. The spoyling of Biror
and Saigir by them from the water of Dublin.
A navy from Manon” [recté Nortmanorum]
‘upon Boinn at the water called Linn Rois,

and Ulster brought shipping of them upon
the water called Linn Suileach. Moran, mac
Inrechtach, abbot of Cloghar mac Damine, taken
captive by the forreiners of Linn, and died with
them after. Coman, abbot of Linnduachail,
wounded and burnt by the Irish and Gentiles.
The spoyling of Disert-Diarmada by the Gentiles
out of Caeluisce.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clar., tom. 49.
‘A. D. 839. The Danes continued in Dublin
this year; and the Danes of Lyndwachill preyed
and spoyled Clonvicknose. Birre and Sayer
were also spoyled by them. Moran, mac In-
reaghty, Bushop of Clochar, was killed by the
Danes. There was a fleet of Normans at Lyn-
ross, upon the river of Boyne ; another at Lyn-
soleagh, in Ulster; and another at Lyndwachill
aforesaid. Koewan, abbott of Lyndwachill, was
both killed and burnt by the Danes, and some of
the Irishmen. Dysert Dermot was destroyed by
the Danes of Keyll Usge. Kynnety and Clonvick-
nose were destroy’d and burnt by the Danes.”

464 aNNata RIOSshachta elREGNN. (842.

pdoin, mac Cengupa, ciseapna Ua pPailse, vécc. Maolotin, mac Conall, .

cigfpna Calacpoma, vo epsabail vo Gallaib.

Cop Crore, o¢c ccéo cltpaca a 06. An caonmad bliadam véce vo
Niall. Oooru, eppeop bioppa, vécc. Cumpud, mac Oenepo,7 Moenach, mac
Savcaomg, 0a eppcop 7] 04 angcoipe 1adpom, 7 po éccpac 1 naon o1dce hi
nOipipc O1apmava. Smbne, mac Ponannam, abb Imleca Pio, vécc. Ronan,
abb Cluana mic Noip, 00 Luaigmb Rup clmpach a cenél, [agup] Opicine,
abb Lotpa, véce. Oonnacan, mac Maorlcurle, pecpibnedip, 7] angcdipe, véce
ip Ecal. Colggu, mac Pevarg, angcoim, vécc. Maolpuanad, mac Oonn-
chada, pi Mive, achain Maolpeachlaino e1pde [vécc]. Ffsur, mac Poch-

aid, pi Connacht, vég. Crionaed, mac Conna, cigfina Chenél Laogaine, 00

manbavh la Oealbnaib. Compe, mac Catanl, pf Laigtn Oeapsabaip, véce.
Tolons, mac Allailed, plait Pealla, vo manbad la Gallaib Loca Rib, 7
Finvacan, mac AUlailed, 00 tépnad uadaib. CLopccad Cluana peanca bpé-
namn lap na Gallen’ cévna.

Qoip Cmorc, ocht ccév clénaca acpi. An vana bliadain vécc do Niall.

Hopmsal, mac Muipfohars, eppcop 7 angcoipe Cainve Léne, Piacna, mac
Maolbpfpal, abb Pmoabnac abae, Cabnad, mac Cilella, abb Slame, Ro-
bancach, mac Onfyail, abb Achand bo Camnsg, Robancach, mac Plann, abb
Oomnag moip, bpeapal, mac Caingne, abb Cillemanach, Cet(pnach, mac
Posapcag, pmoip Tipe va glap,7 Glooan Slinne hUipean, vécc. Slog la
Halla’ Aéa chat a cCluanaib an vobaip, 7 angam leipp Chile hachano, 4
mantpad Nuadac mic Seigem leo. Ongain Ofin Mapce la Gallaib, v4 in

* Calatruim.—Now Galtrim, in the barony of
Deece, and county of Meath.—See note *, under
A. D. 1176.

" Cumsudh.—‘ A. D. 842. Comsudh, mac
Derero, et Moenach mac Sothchadaig, duo Epis-
copt et ancorite, in una nocte mortui sunt in Disert
Diarmada. Fergus mac Fothaig, Rex Connacht,
moritur. Donnacan, mac Maeletuile, scriba e
ancorita, in Italia quievit.”—Ann. Ult.

“ Luaighni.For the position of this tribe
see note ', under A. D. 122, ‘p. 103, supra.

* Chief of Fealla.—This entry is not in the
Annals of Ulster, or in those of Clonmacnoise.

The Editor has not been able to find any other —

reference to this territory, and thinks that itis
a mistake of the Four Masters.

¥ Gleann- Uisean.—This was the name of a
remarkable glen situated in the territory of
Ui-Bairche, about two Irish miles to the west
of the town of Carlow, where there exists a
considerable portion of the ruins of an ancient
church, called Cill-Uisin, anglicé Killeshin.
Archdall, in his Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 398,
identifies the church. of Gleann-Uissen with
Gleane, or Glin, on the River Brusna, in the
barony of Garrycastle, and King’s County ; but

842.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 465

son of Aenghus, lord of Ui-Failghe, died. Maelduin, son of Conall, lord of
Calatruim‘, was taken prisoner by the foreigners.

The Age of Christ, 842. The eleventh year of Niall. Dodiu, Bishop of
Birra, died. Cumsudh’, son of Derero, and Maenach, son of Sadchadach, who
were both bishops and anchorites, died in one night, at Disert-Diarmada.
Suibhne, son of Forannan, Abbot of Imleach-Fio, died. Ronan, Abbot of Cluain-
mic-Nois, [one] of the tribe of the Luaighni® of Ros-Teamhrach, and Bricine,
Abbot of Lothra, died. Donnacan, son of Maeltuile, scribe and anchorite, died
in Italy. Colggu, son of Fedach, anchorite, died. Maelruanaidh, son of Donn-
chadh, King of Meath, the father of Maelseachlainn, [died]. Fearghus, son of
Fothadh, King of Connaught, died. Cinaedh, son of Conra, lord of Cinel-
Laeghaire, was slain by the Dealbhna. Cairbre, son of Cathal, King of South
Leinster, died. Tolorg, son of Allailedh, chief of Fealla*, was slain by the
foreigners of Loch Ribh ; and Finnacan, son of Allailedh, made his escape from
them. The burning of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn by the same foreigners.

The Age of Christ, 843. The twelfth year of Niall. Gormghal, son of
Muireadhach, Bishop and anchorite of Lann-Leire ; Fiachna, son of Maelbrea-
sail, Abbot of Finnabhair-abha; Labhraidh, son of Ailell, Abbot of Slaine ;
Robhartach, son of Breasal, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh ; Robhartach, son
of Flann, Abbot of Domhnach-mor ; Breasal, son of Caingne, Abbot of Cill-
manach ; Cethearnach, son of Foghartach, Prior of Tir-da-ghlas; and Aedhan
of Gleann-Uisean’, died. An army was led by the foreigners of Ath-cliath to
Cluana-an-dobhair’, and burned the fold of Cill-achaidh ; and Nuadhat, son of
Seigen, was martyred by them. Dun-Masg* was plundered by the foreigners,

(ee eT ee

this is a childish guess, because Gleann-Uisean
is described, in the authorities referred to by
Archdall himself, as in the territory of Ui-
Bairche, in which the church of Sletty, close to
Carlow, is situated. The festival of St. Diar-
maid, Bishop of Gleann-Uisean, is set down in
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar at 8th July. See Lani-
gan’s Eccl. History of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 78.

* Cluana-an-dobhair.— A district near the
church of Cill-achaidh, anglicé Killeigh, in the
King’s County. This passage is translated by
Colgan as follows, Acta SS., p. 373, n.3:

“A.D. 843. Nortmanni Dublinid egressi expe-
ditionem suscipiunt versus Cluana-an-dobhuir,
Ecclesiamque de Kill-achadh expilant, et Nuadum
Segeni filium martyrii affictunt corona.”

* Dun-Masg : i.e. the Dun or Fort of Mase,
son of Augen Urgnuidh, the fourth son of Sedna
Sithbhaic. The name is anglicised in an Inqui-
sition, Donemaske, anno 20 Richardi II.; but
now always Dunamase.—See Harris’s edition of
Ware's Antiquities, c. v. p. 35. It is the name
of a lofty isolated rock, on which formerly stood
an earthen fort, or stone-cashel, but which now

Bye)

466 aNNawa RIOShachta elReGNN. [843.
po sabad Clod, mac Owbdacpfoc, abb Tipe oa slap, 7 Cluana herdneac, 4
puccpac leé 61 Mumain,7 po pooaim mapncpa ap Ora, po manbad Ceréfp-
naé, mac Conomanps, ppidip Chille oana, co pochaidib ole amanlle piu, 1pm
opccain céona. Popannan, prima Anoa Maca, vo engabail vo Shallanb
1 cCluain Chomapoa, co na rmonnaib 7 co na muinncip, 7 a mbpet leo ora
longaib 50 Lumneac. Slog la Tungerp, cig(pna Gall pon Loc Rib, co po
ainecpeat Connacca 7 Mhde,7 po loipcpeac Cluain mic Nop co na ofp-
tangib, 7 Cluain peapca Spénainn, Tin va slap, Lotpa, 7 cealla 1omda
anéfna. Catpaomead pon Ghallaib map an pig, Niall, mac eda, hh Marg
lota, 7] Opong vipime oo cuicim Lap. Tuipgeip do Sabai la Maolpeachlamn,
mac Maolpuanaw, 7 a badad mm Loch Uap iapam, cpé mopbale O€ 4

contains the ruins of a strong castle, situated in
the territory of Ui-Crimhthannain, in the barony
of East Maryborough, in the Queen’s County.—
See Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 216, note*; and Mac
Firbis’s genealogical work (Marquis of Droghe-
da’s copy), pp. 185, 186:

“A, D. 842. Dun-Masse was assaulted and
destroyed by the Danes, where they killed Hugh
mac Duffedachrich, abbot of Tyrdaglasse and
Cloneneagh ; and also there killed Kehernagh
mac Comosgaye, old abbot” [recte vice-abbot ]
“of Kildare.”—Ann. Clon.

> Cluain- Comharda.—Not identified. ‘A. D.
844. Forannan, Abbot of Ardmach, taken cap-
tive by the Gentiles at Cluoncovarda, with his
reliques, or oathes, and his people, and carried
away by” [recte to] “the shippinge of Limrik.”
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 842. Forannan, abbot of Armagh,
was taken captive by the Danes at Cloncowardy,
together with all his family, relicks, and books,
and” [they] ‘‘ were lead from thence to their
ships in Limbrick.”—Ann. Clon.

° Luimneach.—This was the ancient name of
the Lower Shannon; but henceforward it is
applied in these Annals to the city of Limerick.

4 Tuirgeis.—There is not a vestige to be found
of this chief, under this name in any of the

Northern Chroniclers. Ledwich has endeavoured
to identify him with a prince named Thorgils,
who is said by Snorro to have reigned in
Dublin; but he has totally failed, for Harold
Harfager, the father of this Thorgils, was not
born for many years after the death of Turgeis.
The only places in Ireland with which his name
is still associated is Dun-Turgeis, or Dun-Dair-
bheis, and Lough Leane, near Castlepollard, in
the county of Westmeath, where some strange
traditional stories are still told of him and the
Trish monarch, Maelseachlainn. He had also
another fortress at Rinn-duin, near St. John’s,
on Loch-Ribh, anglicé Lough Ree, in the county
of Roscommon, but no local traditions of his
exploits are there preserved at present.

¢ And many others.—This should be, “ and
many others on the islands in the Shannon, and
in the vicinity of that river.” Duald Mac
Firbis states, in his Account of Danish Families
in Ireland, that Turgeis took possession of and
held his residence at Clonmacnoise; and that
his wife was wont to issue her orders to the
people from the high altar of the cathedral
church there.

* Magh-Itha.—See note *, under A. M. 2530,
p. 5, supra.

“A. D, 844. Battle-breach by Nell, mac

-foreigners by the king, Niall, son of Aedh, in Magh-Itha’;

843.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 467

where Aedh, son of Dubdhachrich, Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas and Cluain-eidhneach,
was taken prisoner; and they carried him into Munster, where he suffered
martyrdom for the sake of God; and Ceithearnach, son of Cudinaisg, Prior of
Cill-dara, with many others besides, was killed by them during the same plun-
dering excursion. Forannan, Primate of Ard-Macha, was taken prisoner by the
foreigners, at Cluain-Comharda’, with his relics and people, and they were car-
ried by them to their ships at Luimneach®. An expedition by Tuirgeis’, lord of
the foreigners, upon Loch-Ribh, so that they plundered Connaught and Meath,
and burned Cluain-mic-Nois, with its oratories, Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, Tir-da-
ghlas, Lothra, and many others® in like manner. A battle was gained over the
and a countless
number fell. Tuirgeis was taken prisoner by Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruain-
aidh ; and he was afterwards drowned in Loch-Uair’, through the miracle of

Hugh, upon Gentiles at Magh Tha.”—Ann. Ul.
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A, D. 842. King Neale gave a great over-
throw to the Danes in the plains of Moynithe.”
—Anan. Clon.

8 Loch-Uair.—Now Lough Owel, near Mul-
lingar, in the county of Westmeath.—See note ®,
under A. M. 3581, p. 40, supra; and note *,
on Port-Lomain, under A. D. 1461, p. 1016,
infra. The drowning of Turgeis in Loch-Uair
is noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year
844, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 842,
as follows :

“A.D. 844. Turges du ergabail la Maelsech-
naill, ocus bagud Turges i Loch Uair iarom.”—
Ann. Ult., Ed. O’Conor.

“A.D. 844. Tuirges, chief of the forreiners,
taken by Maeilsechlainn, and Tuirges, drowned
in Loch-Uair after.””—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 842. Turgesius was taken by Moyle-
seaghlyn mac Moyleronie, and he afterwards
drownded him in the poole of Loghware ad-
joyning to Molyngare.”—Ann. Clon.

It would appear from Jocelin and Giraldus
Cambrensis, who wrote about the year 1183,
that some strange traditions were then pre-

served respecting a personage named Gurmun-
dus, the son of an African prince. Giraldus
has strangely confused these traditions in his
Topographia Hibernia, Dist. iii. cc. 38, 39, 40;
for he makes Gurmundus contemporary with the
British king, Careticus, who flourished about
the year A. D. 586; and yet he makes him act
under Turgesius, who appointed him his Lord
Deputy in Ireland! A similar story is gravely
repeated in some Acts of Parliament, Reg. Eliz.—
See Ussher’s Primord., p. 568, et segg. Jocelin
speaks of Gurmundus and also of Turgesius as
Norwegian pagan kings of Ireland, who perse-
cuted the Christians; but he seems to have
been aware that Turgesius was not contemporary
with Gurmundus. His words are:

“Tempus autem tenebrarum, Hibernici illud
autumant, quo prius Gurmundus, ac postea Tur-
gesius Noruagienses Principes Pagani, in Hi-
bernia debellata regnabant. In illis enim diebus
sancti in cauernis, et speluncis, quasi carbones
cineribus cooperti, latitabant 4 facie impiorum,
qui eos tota die, quasi oues occisionis mortifica-
bant.”— Vita Patricit,c.175; Trias Thaum., p.104.

On this passage Colgan has the following
note (Trias Thaum., n. 164) :

302

468

Cianain, 7 na naem ancha.

ANNQata RIOSshachta elReEAHN.

[843.

Peangal, mac bdpain, mc Maeilecuile, mic

Tuatal, ciseapna Mupcpaige, vo mapbavh,7 Carcep, risfpna Peap mange.
Opgain Oonnchada, mic Pollamain, 7 Plamn, mic Baclnpancre, la Mael-

réchlainn, mac Maoilpuanaid.

“‘Nec Gildas Moduda, nec Ioannes Dubaganus
in Catalogo regum Hiberniw, nec Quatuor Ma-
gistri in eodem Catalogo vel Annalibus, nec
alius domesticus Rerum Hibernicarum scriptor,
nec etiam externus (quod sciam) ante Geraldum
Cambrensem numerat Gurmundum vel Turge-
sium inter Hibernie Reges, vel scribit eos in
Hibernia vnquam regnasse; licet memorent
Turgesium, aliosque Normannos anno 836. &
sequentibus, continuis preliis, predis, et incur-
sed
omnes vnanimi consensu referunt Conchoua-
rium Dunchado natum, qui anno 818. cepit,
regnasse annis 14. eique immediaté successisse

sionibus turbasse eius quietem, & pacem :

Niellum tertium, cognomento Calne, eumque
regnasse annis 13. vel iuxta alios 15. & post hunc,
Maelsechlannium (qui & Malachias vocatur)
annis 16. Aidum septimum cognomento Fin-
liath annis 16. deinde Flannium Malachie filium
annis 38. ex ordine immediaté successisse &
regnasse. Turgesius autem fuit in Hibernia
occisus anno 842: Niello tertio tunc regnante,
per predictum Maelsechlannium siue Mala-
chiam, tune Medie, & posted Hibernie Regem,
vt tradunt Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus ad
eundem annum, & contestatur Giraldus Cam-
brensis homo Britannus in Topographia Hiber-
nie dist. 3. cap. 40. qui Giraldus, alias testatis-
simus hostis gentis nostra, negat ibidem cap. 38.
& 39. Gurmundum vnquam subiugasse Hiber-
niam, & licet cap. 37. scribat eum regnum Hiber-
nicum aliquamdiu pacificé rexisse ; tamen postea
c. 45. & 46. solum asserit pacem & quietem
Hibernie per hos tyrannos fuisse turbatam &
interruptam. Verba eius cap. 45. sunt: Est
itaque numerus omnium Regum, qui a primo huius
gentis Rege Herimone vsque ad hunc vltimum Ro-

thericum, Hiberniam rexerunt, centum octoginta
onus. Etc. 46. Gens igitur Hibernica a primo
aduentus sui tempore e primi ilius Herimonis
regno vsque ad Gurmundi e Turgesii tempora
(quibus et turbata quies, et interrupta aliquandiu
Suit eius tranquilitas) ; iterumque ab eorum obitu
vsque ad hee nostra tempora, ab omni alienarum
gentium incursu libera permansit, e inconcussa,
donec per vos Rex inuictissime (Henricum secun-
dum Anglie Regem intelligit) et vestre animosi-
tatis audaciam, his denuo nostris diebus est subiu-
gata anno etatis vestre 41. Regni vestri 17. ab
Incarnatione verd 1172. Hee Giraldus alias
Hibernis in aduersus referendis numquam pro-
pitius, vel parcus.’—(Topographia Hibernia,
Dist. iii. cc. 39, 40, 41, 42).

According to Giraldus, Turgesius was assas-
sinated by a number of young men concealed in
women’s clothes, by a stratagem plotted by
O’Machlachlin, or O’Melaghlin ; and the same
story has been given as true history by Keating.
Giraldus’s words are as follows:

“ Vnde in Hiberniam vel Britanniam Gurmundus
aduenerit.

“CAP. XXXIX.

“Tn Britannica legitur historia: Gurmun-
dum ab Africa in Hiberniam aduectum, & inde
in Britanniam a Saxonibus ascitum, Cireces-

triam obsidione cinxisse. Qua tandem capta, &

passerum (vt fertur) maleficio, igne succensa: ©

ignobili quoque tune Britonum Rege Kereditio
in Cambriam expulso, totius regni dominium in
breui obtinuisse. Siue ergo Africanus, seu (vt
verius esse videtur) Norwagiensis fuerit: vel
in Hibernia nunquam fuit, vel relicto ibidem
Turgesio modici temporis in ea moram fecit.

‘

843.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 469

God and Ciaran, and the saints in general. Fearghal, son of Bran, son of Mael-
tuile, son of Tuathal, lord of Muscraighe, was killed, and Caicher, lord of Feara-

Maighe.

The plundering of Donnchadh, son of Follamhan, and of Flann, son

of Maelruanaidh, by Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh. =

“* Qualiter interfecto in Gallia Gurmundo Turge-
sius dolo puellarum in Hibernia delusus occubutt.

“CAP, XL.

“Gvrmyndo itaque in Galliarum partibus
interfecto, & Barbarorum iugo a Britannicis
collis ea occasione iam depulso : Gens Hibernica
ad consuetas artis inique decipulas, non ineffi-
caci molimine statim recurrit. Cum igitur ea
tempestate filiam Regis Medensis scilicet Omach-
lachelini Turgesius adamasset: Rex ille virus
sub pectore versans, filiam suam ipsi concedens,
ad insulam quandam Mediz, in stagno scilicet
Lochyreno illam cum quindecim puellis egregiis
ei missurum se spopondit. Quibus & Turgesius
gauisus cum totidem nobilioribus gentis sue
statuto die et loco obuiam venit: & inuenit, &
inueniens in insula quindecim adolescentes im-
berbes animosos, & ad hoe electos sub habitu
puellari dolum palliantes, cultellis, quos occulte
secum attulerant, statim inter amplexus Tur-
gesius cum suis occubuit.

“ De Norvvagiensibus, qui circiter annos triginta
regnauerant, ab Hibernia expulsis.
“CAP. XLI.

“Fama igitur pernicibus alis totam statim
insulam peruolante, & rei euentum, vt assolet,
diuulgante, Norwagienses vbique truncantur, &
in breui omnes omnino seu vi, seu dolo, vel
morti traduntur: vel iterum Norwagiam &
insulas, vnde venerant, nauigio adire compel-
luntur.

“ De Medensis Regis qucstione dolosa.
“CAP, XLIL

“ Qvesiverat autem a Turgesio predictus
Medensium Rex, & in dolo (nequitia iam animo
concepta) quonam tenore vel arte aues quedam

in regnum nuper aduecte terre toti, patriaque
pestifere destrui possent & deleri. Cumque
responsum accepisset, nidos eorum vbique de-
struendos, si iam forte nidificassent (de castellis
Norwagiensium hoc interpretantes) mortuo
Turgesio in eorum destructione Hibernenses
per totam insulam vnanimiter insurrexerunt.
Annos igitur circiter triginta Norwagiensium
pompa, & Turgesii tyrannis in Hibernia perdu-
rauit, & deinde gens Hibernica, seruitute de-
pulsa, & pristinam libertatem recuperauit, & ad
regni gubernacula denuo successit.””

Colgan, who discredits the above story of
Giraldus, has the following note on Maelseach-
lainn, son of Maelruanaidh, who drowned Tur-
gesius in Loch-Uair, in his Life of Corpreus,
Bishop of Clonmacnoise, at vi. Martii:

“ Malachie filii Moelruanacit c. 2. Obiit
anno 860 hic Rex, iuxta Quatuor Magistros, in
Annalibus ad eundem annum, & in Catalogo
Regum Hibernie, vbi de ipso sic scribunt;
Malachias primus filius Moelruanacij, filij Dun-
chadij etc. postquam regnasset annis sedecim, de-
cessit anno 860. Hibernis patrio sermone vocatur
Moeleachluinn, & Giraldus Cambrensis in Topo-
graphia Hibernie distinct. 2. c. 40. mendosé
O Machluchelinum Regemque Medensem appellat.
Fuit enim Rex Medie dum Turgesium, Ducem,
Norwegiorum, & Hibernice Ecclesie & Reipub-
lice primum turbatorem, curaret é medio tolli,
antequam anno 845. capesseret regnum Hiber-
nie. Necem enim Turgesij in annum 843 refe-
runt Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus: quem
non cultellis per quosdam adolescentes cesum,
vt Giraldus refert, sed captum, & in lacuVarensi
suffocatum referunt, vt meruit scelestissimus
tyrannus, pacis publice subuersor, centenarum

470 aNNata RIOgshachta erReaqnNn. ~ (844.

Cloip Cmort, ocht ccéd ceatpaca a ceataip. Murpeavhach, mac Plamo,
abb Maimpcpeach bunts, Coipppe, mac Colmam, abb Aéa Thum, Conaing,
mac Pfpoomnaig, abb Oomnarg Paoparce, vécc. Peapvomnach, eagnard 7
repibnid togaide Cipoa Maca, vécc, 7 Robantac, mac Swibne, pproip Chille
achad, pembnid 7 eccnad vo mapbad. Oonnchad, mac Amalgada, tigeapna
Ua n€atac, Clotnia, tigeapna Conca Laoigde, Catal, mac Ailella cigeanna
Ua Maine, Connmac Mop, mac Copccparg, 7 Niall, mac Cimopaoland, cig-
eapna Ua Pidgemce, vécc. Maolowin, mac Conall, agfpna Calacpoma,
vo mapbad la Largmb. Spaoinead pop Connaécais ma nGallaab, m po
mapbad ‘Riagan, mac Peangupa,7 Mugpon, mac Orapmanva, 7 God mac
Catapnaig, co pochmde ole. Cail Caippme vo opgain 7 do lopecad la Gal-
laib. Onpsain Cinle moe vo loinglp na cCanllec, 7 popbaip corctigip) la
Ceapball, mac nOunlang, ponpu,] a nodeangan vo cup tap pin. Onpgain
c(pmainn Cianain la Pewlimid, mac Cmomtainn, 7 Ciapan ona vo teact ina
deadmd, anoan Lai, popsam oa bacall vo tabaint ind, 50 por Zab sun
m(dom, co nap bo plan 50 a écc. lap mbeit tpi bhadna véce 1 ge nEpeann
vo Niall Calle, mac Cleda Orponide, po bald 1 cCallaimn, 1pm ciiccead
bliadam caoccat a aonp. Ap oponmemée a bap po pardlo :

Mallacc onc, a Challamn cpuaid, a ppuaim amail ced vo ples,
Oo momant écc 04 Fac leit, pop opeich mtaig mamguinm Néill,
Ccup beor :
Ni capaim ind uipece nouvabaip, mtéic peac taob Maparp,
A Challann cé no maoiwe, mac mn& bade po bédip.

*

Ecclesiarum incensor, aliquot millium Presby- the year 1156.

terorum, Clericorumque necator, ac Christiani * Cuil-moine.—This was one of the names of
sanguinis helluo insatiabilis.” Colooney, in the county of Sligo.

» Domhnach-Padraig.—Now Donaghpatrick, 1 The Caillii—Dr. O’Conor takes this to be
near Navan, in the county of Meath.—See note’, the name of a river, but it is in the genitive
under A. D. 745, p. 348, supra. case plural, and was evidently the name of a

‘ Cuil- Caissinee—Now Coolcashin, a townland party of Norsemen.
giving name to a parish in the barony of Galmoy, ™ The Termon of Ciaran.—< A. D. 843. All
and county of Kilkenny. It was held under the the Tyrmyn lands belonging to Saint Keyran
Viscount Mountgarrett in 1635, as of his manor. were preyed and spoyled by Felym mac Criow-
of Ballyne.— See Inquisitions, Lagenia, Kil- hayn, without respect of place, saint, or shrine;
kenny, 76, Car. I. See it again mentioned under and, after his return to Munster the next year,

844.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 471

The Age of Christ, 844. Muireadhach, son of Flan, Abbot of Mainistir-
Buithe ; Cairbre, son of Colman, Abbot of Ath-Truim ; and Conaing, son of
Fordomhnach, Abbot of Domhnach-Padraig", died. Fordomhnach, a wise man,
and a distinguished scribe of Ard-Macha, died ; and Robhartach, son of Suibhne,
Prior of Cill-achaidh, scribe and wise man, was slain. Donnchadh, son of
Amhalghadh, lord of Ui-Eathach ; Clothnia, lord of Corca-Laeghdhe ; Cathal,
son of Ailell, lord of Ui-Maine ; Connmhach Mor, son of Coscrach; and Niall,
son of Ceannfaeladh, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. Maelduin, son of Conall, lord
of Calatruim, was slain by the Leinstermen. A battle was gained over the
Connaughtmen by the foreigners, in which Riagan, son of Fearghus ; Mughron,
son of Diarmaid; and Aedh, son of Catharnach, with many others, were slain.
Cuil-Caissine' was plundered and burned by the foreigners. The plundering
of Cuil-moine* by the fleet of the Cailli'; and a fortnight’s siege was laid to
them by Cearbhall, son of Dunlaing, and they were afterwards dreadfully
slaughtered. The plundering of the Termon of Ciaran”, by Feidhlimidh, son
of Crimhthann ; but Ciaran pursued him, as he thought, and gave him a thrust
of his crozier, and he received an internal wound, so that he was not well until
his death. After Niall Caille", son of Aedh Oirdnidhe, had been thirteen years
in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was drowned in the Callainn, in the fifty-fifth
year of his age. In commemoration of his death was said :

A curse on thee, O severe Callainn, thou stream-like mist from a

mountain,
. Thou hast painted death on every side, on the warlike brunette-
bright face of Niall.
And again :

I love not the sorrowful water, which flows by the side of Maras,

O Callainn, who shall boast of it? Thou hast drowned the son
of an illustrious woman !

he was overtaken by a great disease of the flux
of the belly, which happened in this wise: As
king Felym (soone after his return into Moun-
ster) was taking his rest in his bed, Saint Keyran
appeared unto him, with his habitt and Bachall
or pastorall staffe, and there gave him a push
of his Bachall, in his belly, whereof he tooke his

disease, and occasion of his death ; and notwith-
standing his irregularity and great desire of
spoyle, he was of some numbered among the
scribes and anchorites of Ireland. He died of
the flux aforesaid, Anno 847.”—Ann. Clon.

2 Niall Caille—‘“ A. D. 845. Niall, mac Aedha,
rec Temhro, mersione mortuus est.” —Ann. Ult. :

472

Maongal alitip po paid:

aNNaza RIOSshachta eiReaNN.

(845.

bein lac leip imcomont NélU, na bad bmétm conval célll,
Oo ms nme caibnld péip, conoib peid vo cec naimpeo. :

Niall 00 baa, Niall po ba,

Niall 1 mmuip, Niall 1 cem, Niall cen nario.

Cloip Core, ocht ecév cltpaca acing. An cév bhadamn vo Mhaolplé-

laimn, mac Maoilpuanas, 6p Erpinn.
EM Roy, vécc.

Ceallac, mac Maoilpaopaice, ppidip
FPeolimd, mac Cmomtainn, pi Muman, angcoipe 7 pepib-

neoin ba veac DEpennchanb ma aimpip, vécc 18 Clugure, dia Sun mfdon, cpa

mnonbaile O€ 7 Cianain.

ba vo bap Feiolimid po pavead :

Oupran a Ohe oPewlimid, connbaip ba pom pod bide,

Fo veana bnon v€imionncaib, nav main mac Cmomtainn Clane.
Ap puaiénd vo Shaowealab can vo amc an veo(nbard,

Ro peace an a nEpind uaig on vain acbat Pedlimid.

Ni veachad imped mg manban bad inmgplcap,

Plo pial po mg nailbine cobpat nocon signechaip.

Eogan 1. angcoine, mac Cledagam, mic Tonbang, 6 Cluain mic Nop, vécc.
Tosail mp: Cocha Mumpeamain la Maolpechlarnn, mac Maelpuanan, pon

“A, D. 843. This year King Nealle Kailly
died at Kallen.in Mounster.”—Ann. Clon.

There are three rivers named Callainn in Ire-
land: one in the county of Armagh, the other
in the county of Kilkenny, now more generally
called the King’s River, and the third in the
valley of Gleann-Ua-Ruachtain (Glanarough),
in the county of Kerry. The Callainn in the
county of Kilkenny is probably the one in
which this king was drowned.

° Niall without death The meaning of these
rhymes, which look very obscure, is evidently
this: ‘* King Niall was drowned, but his cha-
racter for goodness is so high, that whether his
death was caused by fire or water, his fame is
deathless, his glory immortal.”

® Maelseachlainn.—O’ Flaherty places the ac-

cession of this monarch in the year 846.—See
Ogygia, p.434; and the Annals of Clonmacnoise
in 843:

“‘ Moyleseaghlyn mac Moyleronie, of the race
of the O’Melaghlyns of Meath, succeeded after
king Neale in the kingdom, and reigned seven-
teen years.”—Ann. Clon.

4 Feara-Ros.—‘‘ A. D, 846. Ceallach mac
Maelpatraice secnap Fer Rois desabainn, mor?-
tur.”’—Ann. Ult. The Feara Rois were seated
along the Boyne and at Carrickmacross, in the
county of Monaghan.

* Anchorite and scribe.— A, D. 846. Feidhli-
midh mac Crimthainn rec Muman, optimus pau-
savit scriba et ancorita.””—Ann. Ult.

According to the old Annals of Innisfallen,
preserved in the Bodleian Library, this Feidh-

EE ae, Sa selena oer

olathe

845.]
Maenghal, the pilgrim, said :

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

473

Take with thee the total destruction of Niall, who was not a judge

without judgment ;

To the King of heaven let him make submission, that he may make
smooth for him every difficulty.

Niall was drowned, Niall was good ;

Niall in the sea, Niall in fire, Niall without death°.

The Age of Christ, 845.

The first year of Maelseachlainn’, son of Mael-

ruanaidh, over Ireland. Ceallach, son of Maelpadraig, Prior of Feara-Rois', died.
Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann, King of Munster, anchorite and scribe’, the
best of the Irish in his time, died on the 18th of August of his internal wound,
[inflicted] through the miracle of God and Ciaran. Of the death of Feidh-
limidh was said :

Alas! O God, for Feidhlimidh; the wave of death has drowned him!

It is a cause of grief to the Irish that the son of Crimhthann of Claire*
lives not. ;

It was portentous to the Gaeidhil, when his last end arrived ;

Slaughter spread through sacred Ireland from the hour that Feidh-

limidh died.

There never went on regal bier a corpse so noble ;
A prince so generous under the King of Ailbin never shall be born.

Eoghan, i.e. the anchorite, son of Aedhagan, son of Torbach of Cluain-mic-
Nois, died. ‘The demolition of the island of Loch Muinreamhar‘ by Mael-

limidh was full monarch of Ireland, which
agrees with Cambrensis (op. Hib. Dist. iii.’
c. 44); but the northern annalists do not num-
ber him among the sole monarchs of Ireland.—
See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 186, note 53,
and Leabhar-na-gCeart, Introduction, p. xvi. It
looks very strange that the Annals of Ulster
should describe this Munster potentate as opti-
mus scriba et ancorita, for his career was that
of turbulence and depredation, and his death
was brought about’ by his sacrilegious enor-

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mities. He was succeeded on the throne of
Munster by Olchobhar, son of Cinaedh, Abbot
and Bishop of Emly.

* Claire—This is the name of a remarkable
hill (near Duntryleague, in the county of Lime-
rick), on which Oilioll Olum, the great ancestor
of this king, as well as of the most distinguished
families of Munster, was slain, and whereon his
sepulchral monument is still pointed out.

t Loch-Muinreamhair.—Now Lough Ramor,
near Virginia, in the county of Cavan, on the

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474 anNNaza RIoshachta elReEGNn. [846.
Fiallac mop vo macaib bap Cuiccne 7 Gal(ng po baoan oce mmm na
ccuat a hucc Sall, 50 po mallancnagic lap. Maolgoan, mac Eataé,
cis(nna Ceneoil mbogaine, vécc. CApcuip, mac MuipCohang, cigfpna Cipem
~ lipe, vécc. Catal, mac Copcecpms, wis(fna Potapca, vo mapbad la
hui Néill. Conomach, mac Cetennars, lfecofpec Ciappaige, vécc. Niall,
mac Cindpaolaid, ag(pna Ua pPrwsince, vécc. Ap pon Gallaib Aca chat,
oc Capn mbpammic, la Ceanball, mac nOungaile, cis fina Oppaige, 04 in
po manbavh oa chéo vécc viob. Céona hopsamn Imlig lubaip la Gallenb.
Coip Core, ocht ccéd ceatpaca apé. On vana bhadain vo Mhaoil-
peaclainn. Finpneachca Curbnige, mac Tomalcars, pi Connace, 7 ba hang-
compe 1anam, vécc. Robantac, mac Maolepotancarg,abb Cille moinne, vécc.
Cnluan, abb Saigne, vécc. Colmén, mac Oumncocharg, comanba Colmam
Cille me Ouac, vécc. Oranmand Cille Carp: vécc. Catppaoinfo pia Maol-
réchlaimn, mac Maolpuanad, pon Gallaib, 1 Fonarg 04 mn po manbad un. céo
lap ofob. Cat ole ma nOléobap, pi Muman, 7 pra Concan, mac Ceallang,
pi Cangstn co Langmb 7 Muimneacarb 1ompa pon Hhallaib, ace Scéit NfCcam,
in po manbad Tompain Epla, canarpr pig Coclamne, 7 oa céd décc ume.

borders of the county of Meath.—See note ’,
under A. M. 2859, p. 10, supra.

“A.D. 846. Maelsechnaill, mac Maelruanaig,
regnare incipit. ‘Togail innsi Locha Muinrea-
mhair la Maelsechnaill for fianlach mar di ma-
caib bais Luighne ocus Gaileng, ro batar oc in-
driud na tuath, more Gentilium.”—Ann. UU., Ed.
O’Conor.

“A.D. 846. The breakinge of the Iland of
Loch Muinrevar, by Maelsechnaill, upon a great
company of the sons of bais” [i. e. sons of death,
i.e. malefactors] ‘of Luigne and Gaileng, who
were spoylinge the countries from thence after
the manner of the Gentiles.”"— Cod. Clar., tom. 49.

« Carn-Brammit.—N ot identified.

’ Finsneachta Luibnighe : i.e. Finsneachta of
Luibneach, a place on the borders of ancient
Meath and Munster, where it is probable he
was fostered.—See Book of Lecan, fol. 260, 8,
and Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 10, note ¥.

“A.D. 847. Nix magna in Kal. Februarit.

Finsnechta Luibnighi, Ancorita, et Rex Connacht
antea, mortuus est.’—Ann. Ult.

* Successor of Colman: i.e. Bishop of Kil-
macduagh, in the now county of Galway.—
See note under 814.

Y Cill-Caisi.Now Kilcash, an old church
situated at the foot of Slieve-na-man, in the
barony of Iffa and Offa East, in the county of
Tipperary. The south door of this church in-
dicates considerable antiquity, but the greater
part of the walls were rebuilt at a comparatively
recent period.

* Forach.—This is the place now called Far-
ragh, and situated near Skreen, in the county
of Meath. Dr. O’Conor translates this ‘‘in mari”
in his edition of the Annals of the Four Masters,
p- 349; and in the Annals of Ulster, p. 218;
but he is clearly mistaken, and he had no reason
to differ from the old translator of the Annals
of Ulster, who takes Fora, the name of a place,
and renders the passage thus:

— ee

846. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 475

seachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, against a great crowd of sons of death [i. e.
malefactors] of the Luighni and Gaileanga, who were plundering the districts at
the instigation of the foreigners; and they were destroyed by him. Maelgoan,
son of Eochaidh, lord of Cinel-Boghaine, died. Artuir, son of Muireadhach,
lord of Airthear-Life, died. Cathal, son of Cosgrach, lord of Fotharta, was slain
by the Ui-Neill. Connmhach, son of Cethernach, half-chief of Ciarraighe, died.
Niall, son of Cinnfaeladh, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. A slaughter made of
the foreigners of Ath-cliath, at Carn-Brammit", by Cearbhall, son of Dunghal,
lord of Osraighe, where twelve hundred of them were slain. The first plun-
dering of Imleach-Iubhair by the foreigners.

The Age of Christ, 846. The second year of Maelseachlainn. Finsneachta
Luibnighe”, son of Tomaltach, King of Connaught, and who was afterwards
an anchorite, died. Robhartach, son of Maelfothartaigh, Abbot of Cill-Moinne,
died. Anluan, Abbot of Saighir, died. Colman, son of Donncothaigh, suc-
cessor of Colman*, of Cill-mic-Duach, died. Diarmaid of Cill Caisi’ died. A
battle was gained by Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, over the Danes, at
Forach’, where seven hundred of them were slain by him. Another battle was
gained by Olchobhar, King of Munster, and by Lorcan, son of Ceallach, King
of Leinster, having the Leinstermen and Munstermen along with them, over
the foreigners, at Sciath-Neachtain*, wherein Tomhrair Earl’, tanist of the King

“ A. D, 847. A battle by Maelsechnaill, upon
the Gentyles at Fora, where 700 fell.”

Connell Mageoghegan also takes Forach to be
the name of a place, and renders the passage as
follows :

“A, D, 848, Olchover, King of Cashell, did
overthrow the Danes in a battle in Munster,
where he slew 1200 of their best men, anno 848.
King Moyleseaghlyn did overthrow them in the
battle of Farchae.”—Ann. Clon.

* Sciath-Neachtain.—See note >, under A. D.
766, p. 370, supra.

“A.D. 847. Bellum by Ollchovar, king of
Mounster, and Lorgan mac Cellai into” [recte
with] “Leinster upon” [the] “Gentiles, at
Sciahnechtan, where fell Tomrair Erell, the next
or second in power to the king of Laihlin, and

1200 about him.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clar., tom. 49.

> Tomhrair Earl.— This prince’s ring was
preserved by the Danes at Dublin in the year
994, when it was carried off by Maelseach-
lainn II., King of Ireland; and there are
strong reasons for believing that he was the
ancestor of the Danish kings of Dublin. The
pedigree of Imhar, or Ifars, the ancestor of the
Danish kings of Dublin, is given in none of
the genealogical Irish works as yet discovered;
and in the absence of direct evidence it is rea-
sonable to assume, that, as the Danes of Dublin
had his ring or chain in 994, this ring or chain
descended to them as an heir-loom from him.
In these Annals, at the year 942, the Danes
of Dublin are called Muintir-Tomair, which
strengthens this argument; for, if we examine

a P.2

476 aNNaza RIOshachta elReaNH.
Raomld ma cag(hnac, cisfpna Locha sabap, pop allmupachaib 1 nOaipe
Oipipt Oaéonna, in po manbad v4 Preit vécc ofb lap. Raoml pia n€ogan-
act Cail pon Hhallanb, occ Oin-Maelecuile, apm in po manbad cig céd
ofob. Slog la hOlcoban vo togail Ot Copcanse pop Hhallaib. Cuach-
can, mac Cobtag, tigepna Ligne, vécc. Mardm ma nEchaigfpn co Laigmb
pon Oppaigib, a hUachcan Ganaoha. Marom ma nOunadac, mac Oungaile
co nOppangib, popp na O€iynb.

Corp Cort, ocht ccév clepacaapeachc. On cpnlp bliadaim vo Mhaoll-
pfclamn. Onchu, eppcop 7 angcoipe Slame, Robantac, mac Colgan, abb
Slame, Oengayp, mac Ailgile, abb Oomnais Phacpaicc, Pinpneachta, mac
Oiapmaoa, abb Oomliacc, Maelpuavas, abb Aino bpeacain, Plano, mac
Cuanach, abb Mamipcpeac, 7 Anannan, abb 6Cnocaip, vécc. Maelmeda,
in5{n eda, banabb Cluana Cuiptin, vécc. Conaing, mac Plann, cigeanna
bpls, Niall, mac Cronaeda, cigffna Ua pPailse, Coinppe, mac Cionaeda,
cisfina Ua Ment, 7 CGhull, mac Cumupcecars, cisfina Loca Cal, vécc.
Tuatal, mac Ceallais, tigeanna Ele, vécc. Plannaccan, mac Eatach,
cisfina Oal Apawde an Tuaipceint, 00 manbad la Cenel ECogam. Inopead
Oublinne la Maelpectainn, mac Maelpuanaid,7 la Tig(pnac, cig fpna Locha
Saban. Mumpplec plche picit long 00 mumntin pi Gall vo toct vo tabaint
sptma fony na Galla po béoap ap a ccimn 1 nEpinn, sup mlpgbucadipple
Ene (conpa. Maelbpfpal, mac Cfpnarg, cigfpna Mugoonn, v0 manbavh la

(S47,

the Irish tribe-names, in which Muintir is pre-
fixed, we will find that the second part of the
compound is invariably the name of the proge-
nitor of the tribe, as Muintir-Maelmordha,
Muintir-Murchadha, Muintir-Eolais, Muintir-
Chinaetha, which were the tribes of the O’Reil-
lys, O’Flahertys, MacRannalls, and Mac Kinaws,
who, according to their pedigrees, respectively
descend from Maelmordha, Murchadh, Eolus,
Cinaeth, the genitive case of whose names form
the latter part of the tribe-names. In this
.genealogical sense, in which it should be taken
at this period, Muintir-Tomair would unques-
tionably denote the race of Tomar, or Tomrar.
In the modern Irish language, Muintir is more
extensive in its application, and means people

or family, whether descendants, correlatives, or
followers.—See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, Introduction,
p. XXXviili.

¢ Daire-Disirt-Dachonna : i. e. the Oak Wood
of St. Dachonna’s desert or wilderness. The
Editor has not been able to identify this place.

4 Dun-Maeletuile: i.e. Maeltuile’s Fort, now
unknown.

° The fort of Corcach : i. e. the Danish Fortress
of Cork.

Uachtar-Garadha : i.e. Upper Garden. This
is probably the place in the county of Kilkenny
now called by the synonymous name of Uachtar-
achaidh, i.e. Upper Field, anglicé Oughteraghy.

8 Cluain- Cuifthin.—See note *, under the year
766; and note ™, under 777, supra. —

_

847.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 477

of Lochlann, and twelve hundred along with him, were slain. A victory was
gained by Tighearnach, lord of Loch Gabhar, over the foreigners, at Daire-
Disirt-Dachonna‘, where twelve score of them were slain by him. A victory
was gained by the Eoghanacht-Caisil over the foreigners, at Dun-Maeletuile",
where five hundred of them were slain. A hosting was made by Olchobhar, to
demolish the fort of Corcach® against the foreigners. Tuathchar, son of Cobh-
thach, lord of Luighne, died. A defeat was given by Echthighern and the
Leinstermen to the Osraighe, at Uachtar-Garadha’. A defeat by Dunadhach,
son of Dunghaile, and the Osraighe, to the Deisi.

The Age of Christ, 847. The third year of Maelseachlainn. Onchu, Bishop
and anchorite of Slaine; Robhartach, son of Colgan, Abbot of Slaine; Aenghus,
son of Ailghil, Abbot of Domhnach-Padraig ; Finsneachta, son of Diarmaid,
Abbot of Daimhliag; Maelfuadaigh, Abbot of Ard-Breacain; Flann, son of
Cuanach, Abbot of Mainistir [Buithe]; and Arannan, Abbot of Beannchair,
died. Maelmedha, daughter of Aedh, Abbess of Cluain-Cuifthin’, died.
Conaing, son of Flann, lord of Breagh; Niall, son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-
Failghe; Cairbre, son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Mail"; and Ailill, son of Cumas-
gach, lord of Loch-Cal', died. ‘Tuathal, son of Ceallach, lord of Eile, died.
Flannagan, son of Eochaidh, lord of North Dal-Araidhe, was slain by the
Cinel-Eoghain. The plundering of Duibhlinn* by Maelseachlainn, son of
Maelruanaidh, and by Tighearnach, lord of Loch-Gabhar.
score ships of the people of the king of the foreigners came to contend
with the foreigners that were in Ireland before them, so that they disturbed
Ireland between them. Maelbreasail, son of Cearnach, lord of Mughdhorna,

A fleet! of seven

» Ui-Mail.—The position of this tribe is de-
termined by the Glen of Imail, a district in the
barony of Upper Talbotstown, and county of
Wicklow.—See note *, under the year 1376,
infra.

‘ Loch Cal.—Now Loughgall, in the county
of Armagh.—See the years A. M. 2859, and
A. D. 798.

* Duibhlinn.—Now Dublin. See it already
referred to at A. D. 291, 650, 785, 840.

‘A fleet, §e.— A. D. 848. A navy of seaven
skore ships of the people of the forreners

king came to assist” [recté, to oppose] ‘‘ the
forreners before them, that they grieved” [i. e.
harassed] “all Ireland after. Inrachtach, abbot
of Aoi, came into Ireland with Colum Cillye’s
oathes or sanctified things. Rovartach, mac
Colgan, abbot of Slane, deceased. Flannagan
killed mac Echtach, rex of Dalarai in the North,
by Kindred Owen. Maelbresail, mac Muredai,
kinge of Mugorn” [jugulatus est a Gentilibus post
conversionem suam ad clericos}, ‘killed by Gen-
tiles after his conversion to the clergy.”—Ann.
Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom, 49.

478 AQNNAZa RIOshachta ElREANN.

Haller’ rap na beit 1 ccléipcecc 1ap ccon in cpaogail vé. On cpop bor an
paitce Slaine vo tupccbail ipin aep. OC combo 7 a pooml co ccoppace
ni oa bapp caillee,7 plonnabaip abae. Popbary Maolp(chlainn 1 Cpipanre,
amail po pad Maolpechim :

Michio oul oap bomo mbain, 1 nol marge Mhivde min,

Ap ann bichio pm gant ngluaip, 1pm voip 1 Cpupaie cpin.
Niall, mac eda Alain, cisfpna Ua Marl, vécc.

Cop Cmort, ocht ccév clépaca a hoche. Un clépamad bliadain vo

Maoileaclamn. Cezaoach, abb Cluana mic Néip, vécc. Oo Uib Conbmaic
Maenmaige a cenél. Cp occa eccafne atpubnadh an pann:

C{c clu cach, etip inggnach 7 snach,
Abb hi cCluamn man Cevavach nocan etpatap co bnach.

Tuatal, mac Pfpavhaig, abb Richpamne 7 Ofpmaige, Peancarp, mac
MuipCohag, abb Uamne Léne, Ruan, abb Cupcca, 7 Rectatpa, abb
Cluana pinta bpénainn, vécc. Clongup, mac Suibne, cig fina Mugoonn, vo
manbaoh la Gaipbech, mac Maolbmgive. Maelan, mac Catmoga, cig fpnna
Ua mbpiumn deipceint Connacht, 00 mapbavh la Gallaabh. Cobtach, mac
Maolcoba, tis (na Ciapparge Cuachna, vécc.
(nna Ciannachca Opts, vo Ftcowecc pm Maorlpechnall, mac Maolpuan-
aid, coche co nfpt gall larp, co po moip Ui Néill 6 Shionamn co muip, ecip
cealla 7 tuata,7 po oimce nmi Locha gabon, po loipce ianam, gun bo
comhano ppi lap. Ro loipcced vin leo ventech cpeoit, 7 tm pichic ap va

kille erected a monastery. It is described in
O’Donnell’s Vita Columba, lib. i. c.65, as in the

™ Reached Tailltin: i.e. a part of its top fell
at Teltown, and another part at Fennor.—See

(848.

Cionaod, mac Conaing, c1s- |

this event among the Wonders of Ireland in Dr.
Todd’s edition of the Irish version of Nennius’s
Historia Britonum, p. 215.

® Crufait.—Now probably Croboy in Meath.

° Ui-Cormaic-Maenmaighe.— A sept of the
Ui-Maine, seated near Loughrea, in the county
of Galway.—See Tribes and Customs of Hy-
Many, pp. 37, 76, 77, 90, 91.

P Rechrainn.—This was the ancient name of
the Island of Lambay, near the hill of Howth,
in the county of Dublin, whereon St. Columb-

east of Bregia.—See Trias Thaum., pp. 400, 450.
The modern name of Lambay, more correctly
Lamb-eye, i.e. Lamb-island, was imposed by the
Danes, or early English settlers.

« Cinaedh.—This passage is given in the An-~

nals of Ulster at the year 849, as follows:

SAC Da849: Cinaed, mac Conaing, rex Cian-
achta do frithtuidhecht Maelsechnaill anneurt
Gall, con rinnradh Ou Neill o Sinnaind co muir,
etir cella ocus tuatha, ocus co rort innsi Locha

Gabur dolose, cor bo com ard fria lar, ocus co ro ~

848.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 479

was slain by the foreigners, after having embraced a religious life and retired
from the world. The cross which was on the green of Slaine was raised up
into the air; it was broken and divided, so that a part of its top reached
Tailltin™ and Finnabhair-abha. The encampment of Maelseachlainn at Crufait”,
as Maelfechini said :

It is time to go across the bright Boinn into the smooth plain of Meath ;
It is there they are in the pure breeze at this hour at withered Crufait.

Niall, son of Aedh Alainn, lord of Ui-Mail, died.

The Age of Christ, 848. The fourth year of Maelseachlainn. Cetadach,
Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. He was of the tribe of Ui-Cormaic Maen-
mhaighe®. It was in lamentation of him this quatrain was composed :

All have heard it, both uncommon and common,
That an abbot at Cluain like Cedadach will never again be seen.

Tuathal, son of Fearadhach, Abbot of Reachrainn? and Dearmhach; Fear-
chair, son of Muireadhach, Abbot of Lann-Leire ; Ruaidhri, Abbot of Lusca ;
and Rechtabhra, Abbot of Cluain-fearta Brenainn, died. Aenghus, son of
Suibhne, lord of Mughdhorna, was slain by Gairbheth, son of Maelbrighde.
Maelan, son of Cathmogha, lord of Ui-Briuin of South Connaught, was slain
by the foreigners. Cobhthach, son of Maelcobha, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra,
died. Cinaedh*, son of Conaing, lord of Cianachta-Breagh, rebelled against

- Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, and went with a [strong] force of foreign-

ers, and plundered the Ui-Neill from the Sinnainn to the sea, both churches
and territories ; and he plundered the island of Loch Gabhor", and afterwards
burned it, so that it was level with the ground. They also burned the oratory

loscad leis derthach Treoit, ocus tri xx. decc di
doinib ann.”—Ann. Ult., Ed. O’Conor.

This passage is also given in the old transla-
tion in Cod. Clarend:, tom. 49; but the trans-
lator or transcriber has mistaken the construc-
tion of the language, as follows :

“A. D. 849. Cinaeh mac Conaing, king of
Cianacht, died” [recté, did oppose] ‘* Maelsech-
lainn, with the force of the forreners; spoyled
the O’Nells from the Sinainn to sea, as well

churches as temporal; and brake down the Iland
of Loch-Gavar to the very bottom; and burnte
the oratorie of Treoit and 260 men therein.”

* The island of Loch Gabhor: i. e. of Lough
Gower, or Logore, near Dunshaughlin, in the
county of Meath. This island was explored
some years since, and several curious antiques
were there found. The lake is now entirely dried
up.—See Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy,
vol. i. p. 424,

480
chéod vo daombh ann.
élao.

GNNaZa RIOshachta elReaNnn.

[849.

Loch Laois bi ccpich nUmanll la Connachtanb vo
bpaon, mac Ruadpach, cigfpna Ua Cpumtaimn, 7 a 0a bnataip, Po-

sancac 7 Spuacap, vo manbad la a noenbpine buvdéin.
Qoip Cpiopz, ocht ccéd cfépaca anaor. On cinccead bliadam vo Maoil-

pfchlamn.

Tiopnave Ua banicfnang, ab Lip moi, Colcca, mac Ceallang,

abb Chille Toma, Uangap, abb Letglinne, 7 Scanoal, mac Tiopnaice, abb

Oomnarg Sfchnanll, 7 Connagan Cluana pinta bpénainn, vdécc.

Olcoban,

mac Cionaeda, pi Carpil, vécc. Crionaet, mac Conaing, cisfpna Ciannacca
dns, 00 badad 1 nCinge la muinneip an wg, Maoileachlamn,7 cisfpna Locha
Oabon, ag ate pain ma noepna oule pm cuae 7 (cclaip. Comvh 06

appubnao,

Monuan, a daome maite, ba peann a late cluite,

Mop ach Cionaed, mac Conaing, hi lomaino vo cum cuite-
lap na cumpech ipin man, mon lach po cléc an an cpluag,
Ace aiecpin a aippbi bain popp an cnang op Aing) uarp.

Huaine Oall acbenc po,

Q Thinaip, a celbuide, anoat cer! mo cuipe,

bai lac, mam ofpbave, oamna ws Epeann ule.

Q Thaillem, ace menglan, a tip mbuada ina mban,
ba cain DIMM ciandan Immo tcpelolo mn cach tan.

Oubsgoill vo cect v0 Aé chat, co po lapac ap mop pon Pionngallaib, co

po moipple an longponc etip vaoine 7 maoine.

* Loch Laeigh, in the territory of Umhall.—This
lake was situated in the south-west extremity
of the parish and barony of Burrishoole, in the
west of the county of Mayo.—See the migration

of this lake referred to among the Wonders of '

Treland in Dr. Todd’s edition of the Irish ver-
sion of Nennius’s Historia Britonum, p. 207.

‘ The Ainge.—Now the River Nanny, flowing
through the very middle of the territory of
Cianachta-Breagh, and dividing the barony of
Upper Duleek from that of Lower Duleek, in
the county of Meath. In the Tripartite Life of
St. Patrick, published by Colgan, part i. c. 54,

Slacc oile vo Oubsallaib

the mouth of this river, which is called Jnbher-
Ainge, is described as lying opposite Inis-Pa-
druic. These entries are given in the Annals
of Ulster, at the year 850, thus: .

“ A. D. 850. Colgan, mac Cellai, chief of
Killtuoma ; Scanal, mac Tibraid, chief of Dom-

nach-Sechlainn; and Ollchovar, mac Cinaeha,

kinge of Caissill, all died. Cinaeh, mac Con-
aing, king of Cianacht, drowned in a loch, by a
cruell death, by Maelsechlainn and Tiernach,

through contention of” [recte, to revenge his o|

contention with and his contempt of ] ‘the best
men in Ireland, specially Patrick’s Covarbai .i.

849.] _ ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 481
of Treoit, within which were three score and two hundred persons. Loch
Laeigh’, in the territory of Umhall, in Connaught, migrated. Braen, son of
Ruadhrach, lord of Ui-Crumhthainn, and his two brothers, Fogartach and Brua-
dar, were slain by their own tribe.

The Age of Christ, 849. The fifth year of Maelseachlainn. . Tibraide
Ua Baeitheanaigh, Abbot of Lis-mor ; Colga, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Cill-
Toma; Uarghus, Abbot of Leithghlinn ; Scannal, son of Tibraide, Abbot of
Domhnach-Seachnaill ; and Olchobhar, son of Cinaedh, King of Caiseal, died.
Cinaeth, son of Conaing, lord of Cianachta-Breagh, was drowned in the Ainge’
by the people of the king, Maelseachlainn, and Tighearnach, lord of Loch-
Gabhor, to revenge upon him the evils he had committed against the laity and

the Church ; of which was said :

Alas, O good people, his playful days were better !

Great grief that Cinaedh, son of Conang, is in a sack approaching the pool!
After having mangled him in the sea, great grief came over the army,

On viewing his white ribs on the strand over the cold Aingi.

Guaire Dall said this:

O Teamhair, O beloved hill, thou hast rejected my company ;

Thou hadst, if thou hadst not abandoned him, the materies of a King of
all Ireland ;

O Tailtin, who art illustrious, pure, thou victorious land of women,

It is pleasant to enumerate thy noble tribes and their virtues at all times.

The Dubhghoill" arrived in Ath-cliath, and made a great slaughter of the
Finnghoill, and plundered the fortress, both people and property. Another

Deputy. Black Gentiles came to Dublin and
committed great slaughter upon the whyte Fin-
gallians, and spoyled the cittie, both men and
goods. Great spoyle and slaughter alsoe by
them at Linduochaille. Congalach, mac Irgalai,
kinge of Coill-Fallavain, mortuus est. A kingly
congregation in Ardmacha, between Maelsech-
lainn, with the Nobility of Leh-Cuinn, half
Treland, and Madogan, with the nobilitie of
Connaght” [recte, of Concovar’s province], “and

troups and companies of them to Patrick’s
sanctuary, and Suairlech, with the clergy of
Meath. Caireall mac Ruarach, king of Loch-
Uaithne, jugulatus est dolose ante portam oratorii
Tiernai, at Cluonauis, by the Connells of Fern-
voy. Echa, mac Cernay, kinge of them of Ross,
killed by the Gentyles. Tibraid nepos Baeihe-
nai, Abbot of Lismor, mortuus est.”—Ann. Ult.,
Cod. Clarend., 49. .

* Dubhghoill : i. e. Black Foreigners. Aceord-

3 Q

482 QNNQata RIOshachta elReaNnN.

pop Pionngallan’ occ Linn Ouachall,7 po cupple ap mop poppa. Rigoal
ino Apomacha ecip Maolpeaclamn, mac Maolpuanad, co martib Leite
Cuinn,7 Maoudan co marti’ coigd Concubarp. Orapmaio 7 Fetgna, co
rama’ Paccparsy map aen piu, 7 Suciplec a. Inofonen co cleipcib Mhode.
Caipeall, mac Ruadpach, as(pna Locha hUartne, vo mapbad la Concnlb.
Eochad, mac Ceannaig, cigeanna Pean Roip, 00 manbad la 5 areas Plann-
chad, mac Clongura, cisfina [Ua] Potad cine, vécc.

Qoip Core, ochc ccév caecca. On peipead bliadain vo Mhaoilpeach-
lainn. Maongal, abb Anoa ppata, Colam, mac Clineccaig,‘abb Concaige,
Ceallac, mac Cpunnmaoil, abb Cind E1cig, Conoach, abb Ruip alitip, Pio-
nan, abb Imbleacha lobaip, Fingin, mac Candginn, abb Cluana p(pca Molua,
hUansup Ua Raitnén, abb Leitglinne, Ufnpgal, abb Otna, Ponbapach, mac
Maoluwdip, abb Cille moipe Cinvech, Cinopaelas, mac Ulcadin, eccnaid boite

Chonarp,7 Cipcm, mac Paola, amncinneach Cille vana, vécc.

ing to Duald Mac Firbis’s genealogical work
(Marquis of Drogheda’s copy), p. 364, the Irish
called the Danes by this name to distinguish
them from the Norwegians, whom they styled
Finnghoill, or Finn-Lochlannaigh. His words
are as follows:

“Soimo pepibne Gaorweal Goll vo Coch-
tanouib : goimio beop Oublochlannuig do
opuing viob «1. Ouibseinze, ap na Oanain 6n
Oana a. Oanmapg. Fionn-Cochlannarg a.
Finngeinnze «1. luéz na h-lopuaige, .1. luce na
Nopwegia; i.e. the writings of the Irish call
the Lochlannaigh by the name Goill: they also
call some of them Dubhlochlannaigh, i. e. black
Gentiles, which was applied to the Danes of
Dania, i.e. Denmark. Finn-Lochlannaigh, i.e.
fair Gentiles, i.e. the people of Jorwaighe, i.e.
the people of Norwegia.”

According to this definition, the Norwegians
were the first Scandinavian invaders of Ireland,
and Turgesius was a Norwegian, not a Dane.—
See O’Brien’s Irish Dictionary, voce Lochlon-
nach.

" Province of Conchobhar.—This pS mean

Catal, mac

all the province of Ulster, which was governed
by Conchobhar Mac Nessa in the first century;
but Madudhan was really only king of cireum-
scribed Uladh, or Ulidia.—See Reeves’s Eccle-
stastical Antiq. of Down and Connor, &c., p. 354.

* Of Indednen.—This place is in the territory
of Bregia, not far from Slane.—See Archdall’s
Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 540.—See Trias Th.,
p- 295, where Colgan translates this passage as
follows :

“A. D. 849. Publica comitia Ardmachae cele-
brata per Malachiam filium Malruani (Hibernie
Regem) cum proceribus Leth-cunnie (hoc est,
Aquilonaris Hibernia) e& per Madaganum (Re-
gem Ultonie) cum proceribus Ultonie: quibus
et interfuerunt Diermitius e Fehgna cum clero
Sancti Patricii (id est, Ardmachayo) ; et Suar-
lechus Indedhnensis cum clero Media.”

¥ Loch Uaithne: i. e. Unithne’s Lough, now
Lough Ooney, situated near the village of
Smithborough, in the barony of Dartry and
county of Monaghan. The chief of Dartraighe-
Coininnse had his principal residence at this
lake, and hence he was sometimes called lord of

arse 2 Peawee tenor e = ———
eeneiitedkinae diameencenresesainessec ee ee

859.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 483

-depredation by the Dubhghoill upon the Finnghoill, at Linn-Duachaill, and

they made a great slaughter of them. A royal meeting at Ard-Macha, between
Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, with the chiefs of Leath-Chuinn, and
Madudhan, with the chiefs of the province of Conchobhar*. Diarmaid and
Fethghna, accompanied by the congregations of Patrick, and Suairleach, i. e. of
Indednen*, with the clergy of Meath. Caireall, son of Ruadhrach, lord of
Loch Uaithne’, was slain by the Conaille. Eochaidh, son of Cearnach, lord of
Feara-Rois, was slain by the foreigners. Flannchadh, son of Aenghus, lord of
[ Ui-]Fothadh-tire’, died.

The Age of Christ, 850. The sixth year of Maelseachlainn. Maenghal,
Abbot of Ard-srath ; Colann, son of Aireachtach, Abbot of Corcach; Ceallach,
son of Crunnmhael, Abbot of Ceann-Eitigh*; Condath, Abbot of Ros-ailithir’;
Finan, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Finghin, son of Laidhgin, Abbot of Cluain-
fearta-Molua; hUarghus Ua Raithnen, Abbot of Leithghlinn; Learghal, Abbot
of Othain ; Forbhasach, son of Maeluidhir, Abbot of Cill-mor-Cinnech*; Ceann-
faeladh, son of Ultan, wise man of Both-Chonais‘; and Airtri, son of Faelan,

Loch-Uaithne.—See it again referred to at
A. D. 1025.

* Ui-Fothadh-tire.—This is probably the ba-
rony of Iffa and Offa West, in the now county
of Tipperary, of which, according to O’hUidh-
rin’s Topographical Poem, O’Mearadhaigh, now
O’Mara, was the ancient chieftain :

“ O’Meanadarg, maiz an ig, tat O Pata
FucUp modipein
Ui Néill a h-Uib Eogain Fhinn, na leoguin
co Léip luaiohim.”
“ O’Mearadhaigh, good the king, lord of Ui-
Fathaidh, who obtained a great territory;
The O’Neills of fair Ui-Eoghain, all the lions
I mention.”

See note *, under A. D. 813, p. 426, supra.

* Ceann-Eitigh._Now Kinnity, in the barony
of Ballybritt, and King’s County.—See note >,
under the year 1213, p. 183, infra.

» Ros-ailithir.—N ow Roscarbery, in the barony
of East Carbery, and county of Cork.—See

note *, under A. D, 824, p. 436, supra.

© Cill-mor-Cinnech : i. e. the great Church of
Ceann-eich. This was probably Ceanneich,
anglicé Kineigh, near the village of Iniskeen, in
the barony of Carbery, and county of Cork,
where are the remains of a Round Tower. There
is another Ceann-eich near Castledermot, in
the county of Kildare.

* Both-Chonais : i. e. Conas’s booth, tent, or
hut. This is described by Colgan, who knew it
well, as in the barony of Inishowen, in the dio-
cese of Derry:

“ Fuit.olim magnum et celebre monasterium
Diccesis Derensis, in regione de Iniseonia.
Hodie locus prophenatus est, et in vicinia asser-
vantur apud viros pios multi libri istius loci
S. Moelise” [Brolchani] ‘manu conscripti.”—
Acta Sanctorum, p. 108.

The name is now obsolete; but there can be
little doubt that it is the place in the parish of
Culdaff, in the barony of Inishowen, called the
Templemoyle.

30D

484 AQNNaZa RIOShachta elReaNnn. (851.

Ouban, cs(pna Ua nOuach Angaopoip, Posancach, mac Maolbpfpait,

cisfina Oingiall, [vécc]. Plannagan, ng(pna Leite Chatail, vo manbad la
_ Flann, mac Conaing. Cuche oct picic long 00 Pinvgallaib vo poccavan vo
cat pu Oubsallaib co Snam E1dneach, tpi la 7 ceopa howce omb ace catu-
céad pe pole, co po mebad pra nOubsgallenb, 50 ppapsaibmoc Piondgoll a
longa led. Apo Macha vo papugad la Gallaib Cinne Ouacharlle an vomnaé
An pon Sallaib 1 naiptean Ons, an oile oc Raité Cloain la

1an cCaupec.
Ciannaccaib m aom mi.

Qoip Cmorz, ocht ccéd caecca a haon. An peactmad bliadain 00 Maoil-
eaclamn. Platmad, mac Congale, eppcop 7 abb bronaip, Cantach, abb
Tine va Slaup, Chill, mac Robancarg, abb Lupcca, Plano, mac Reaccabpac,
abb Lert Mancain, Anolis, eccnaw Tipe va slap, Ailstnan, .1. mac Oonn-
saile, np: Capil, vécc. Cachmal, mac Tomalcaig, leitp Ulad, 00 manbad
la Gallaibh. Caches (pn, mac Guaipe, cis (nna Laig(n Olpgabaip, 00 mapbad
la bpuavan, mac Meda 7 la C(pball, mac Oungarli, 1 meabanl. bpuavap, mac
eda péipin 00 mapbad 1 cho ocht la 1apam la mucin Eécis (pn a nofogail
a ceiseanna. Maolcaupanoa, mac Maolbpeapal, cigfyna Ua Mic Up
Cingiall, vo écc. Catal, mac Oubam, TF(pna Apgacc poip vécc. Ceap-
nach, mac Maelebpfpail, as (pna Coba, vécc. Oengup, mac Néill, cigeanna
Ua mbepcon, vécc. Od comonba Pacparce 1. Popannan pcmbnid, eppuce,

* Ui-Duach-Argad-Rois.—The territory of
this tribe is defined in an Inquisition taken on
the lst of May, 1635, from which it would ap-
pear that it was then regarded as coextensive
with the barony of Fassadineen, in the county
of Kilkenny; but it was originally far more ex-
tensive, for Rath-Beothaigh, now Rathveagh, on
the Nore, in the barony of Galmoy, is referred
to as in this territory (see note £, p. 26, supra) ;
and in O’hUidhrin’s Topographical Poem, Ui-
Duach-Osraighe, ‘the country of O’Braenain, is
called “ Pionnélap paipping na Peome,” i. e.
the extensive fair plain of the Nore.”

‘ Snamh-Eidhneach.—Otherwise called Cuan
Snamha-Aighneach. From various references
to this bay it appears to have been the ancient
name of Carlingford Lough, an arm of the sea

lying between Cuailgne and Boirche in Uladh.—
See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down
and Connor, §c., p. 252, note *.
the events given by the Four Masters under
the year 850, are noticed in the Annals of Ulster
under 851, as follows:

“A. D. 851. The spoile of Ardmach by the
forreiners in Easter-day. The navy of 28 ships
of White Gentiles came to give battle to Duv-
gents (i.e. Blacke) to Snavaignech, three dayes

and three nights to them” [recte, were passed by”

them] “fighting, but the Blacke broake” [i.e
gained the victory] ‘‘at last, and” [the White]
‘ran away; both tooke their ships. Stain fugi-
tivus evasit ; Ercre decollatus jacuit. Moengal,
abbot of Ardsraha; Cennfaela mac'Ultain, sa-
pens; Boithe-Conais, e Lergal princéps of Oithne,

The most of *

851.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 485

airchinnech of Cill-dara, died. Cathal, son of Dubhan, lord of Ui-Duach-Argad-
rois*; Fogartach, son of Maelbreasail, lord of Oirghialla, [died]. Flannagan,
lord of Leath-Chathail, was slain by Flann, son of Conaing. A fleet of eight
score ships of Finnghoill arrived at Snamh-Eidhneach’‘, to give battle to the
Dubhghoill ; and they fought with each other for three days and three nights,
and the Dubhghoill gained the victory ; the Finnghoill left their ships to them.
Ard-Macha was devastated by the foreigners of Linn-Duachaille, on the Sunday
before Easter. A slaughter was made of the foreigners in the east of Breagh ;
{and] another slaughter was made of them at Rath-Aldain®, by the Cianachta,
in one month.

The Age of Christ, 851. The seventh year of Maelseachlainn. Flaith-
niadh, son of Conghal, Bishop and Abbot of Birra; Carthach, Abbot of Tir-da-
ghlas ; Ailill, son of Robhartach, Abbot of Lusca; Flann, son of Reachtabhra,
Abbot of Liath-Manchain®; Andlidh, wise man of Tir-da-ghlas; Ailgheanan,
i.e. son of Donnghal, King of Caiseal, died. Cathmal, son of Tomaltach, half
king of Ulidia, was killed by the foreigners’. Eachtighern, son of Guaire, lord
of South Leinster, was treacherously slain by Bruadar, son of Aedh, and Cear-
bhall, son of Donghal. Bruadar, son of Aedh, was himself slain at the end of
eight days afterwards, by the people of Echtighern, in revenge of their lord.
Maelcaurarda, son of Maelbreasail, lord of Ui-Mic-Uais-Oirghiall, died. Cathal,

> son of Dubhan, lord of Argat-ros*, died. Cearnach, son of Maelbreasail, lord

The two

of Cobha, died. Oenghus, son of Niall, lord of Ui-Berchon’, died.

successors of Patrick", namely, Forannan, scribe, bishop, and anchorite, and

dormierunt. Fogartach, mac Maeilbressail, king
of Airgiall, moritur. Cahal, mac Duvan, king
of Oduoch Arcatrois, moritur. Forbasach, mac
Maeiluir, prince of Killmor of Cinneh, moritur.
A slaghter of the forreiners at Daivinsies in the
north” [recte east]. ‘of Bregh, and another at
Rathallain by Cianacht in uno mense.”—Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

§ Rath-Aldain.—Now Rathallon, in the parish
of Moorechurch, near Duleek, in the territory
of Cianachta-Breagh, in the east of the county
of Meath.

» Liath-Manchain.._Now Lemanaghan, in the

north of the King’s County.—See it already
referred to at the years A. D. 645, 664, supra,
and 1531, infra.

' The foreigners.—“ A. D. 852. Cathmal, mac
Tomaltaigh, leth-ri Uladh, a Nordmannis inter-
fectus est.” —Ann. Ult.

« Argat-ros.—See this obit before entered
under 851.

! Ut-Berchon.—Now Ibercon, a district on the
west side of the River Barrow, in the barony of
Ida, and county of Kilkenny. The village of Ros-
bercon, anciently Ros-Ua-mBerchon, is within it.

™ The two successors of Patrick.— A. D. 851.

486 ANNQZa RIOshachta eIREGNN.

7 angcoipe, 7 Orapmaice an cf ba porpcti 7 ba heccnade* pin Copaip Fo
hurlioi, oécc. Amlaoib, mac ms Loclamne, vo teacht 1 n€pimn, sup po
$iallpace 1 mbaccan vo eaccaipcenélaib 1 nEpmn 06,9 vo blpc cfor 6 Bhaord-
elaib. Goppaiwd, mac Peangupa, coiplch.Innpi Gall, vécc.

Cop Core, ocht ccév caoga a 06. On tochemad bliadam vo Maoil-
Inopeaccach Ua Pinaécdin, comanbba Colamm Cille, eaccnard
coccade po Fodaim mantpa la Saraib an vana la vécc vo Mhapca. Maoit-
pfchlainn, pi Epeann vo dul a Muman, co pcimecc Inveom na nOéip1, 7 00

eaclainn.

bent a ngiallaq a oispéip uata, an po tmallpac pmcblpe pip a huche

(852.

ectainceinel.
cigeapna Ua pPidgeince, vo écc.
do Mantpad.

Muipseal, bth ms Cangln, décc. Cpunnmaol, mac Maoiteotm,
Tuachal, mac Maolbmgoe, pi Carstn,
bpuavap, mac Cinopaoland, cigfmna Muypspaise, v€p.

Cloip Cmorc, ocht ccév caoga a tpi.

Cn nomad bliadain 00 Mhaorl-

eaclaimn. Qilill, abb Achaid b6,7 Robantach, abb Inny: Camolsa, pembmd,

DECC.

mboimn. Cacan, banabb Cille oana, vécc.
co hUlcaib, co ppanecaib Conneccan, mac Colman, 4

Néill, agup pochade ele anceana.
vécc.

Ruosup, mac Macmada, abb Maimpzpech bute, vo bachad ipin

Sloicchead la hQlod, mac Néill
Plaitbeancach, mac

Muipfoach, cis fpna Anoa Ciannacca,
Ongain Cocha Ceno la Gallaib ran nool pain pon lécc oigped, 7 con-

cpacap piche an chévd do daoimb leo 1m Hopman.

Cloip Cort, ocht ccév caoga,a cltaip. An veacmad bliadain vo Mhaorl-
(clainn. Sooomna, epreop Slane, vo pulang mancpa 6 Nontmannaibh. Conb-
mac Catms Sprain, pepibnedip, angcoipe, | eppeop, décc. Suibne Ua Roichig,

Duo heredes Patricii, viz. Forinnan Episcopus et
Anchorita, et Diarmaid sapientissimus omnium
Doctorum Europe, quieverunt.”—Ann. Ult.

» Lochlann : Dr. O’Brien
in his Irish Dictionary, voce LOCHLONNACH, con-

i: e. Scandinavia.

jectures that Lochlann means “land of lakes,”
and remarks as follows:

‘“* All the countries about the borders of the
Baltic are full of lakes; hence George Fournier,
in his Geographical Description of the World,
says that Dania, literally signifies terra equatilis,
which is the same thing as a land of lakes. It
was, doubtless, from the Danes themselves the

Trish did learn this circumstance of the nature ~ |

of their country, which made them give them
the Irish name of Loch-lannaice.”

In the Annals of Ulstér the arrival of Amh-
laibh (i.e. Amlaff, Aulaf, or Olaf) is noticed at
the year 852, as follows:

« A. D. 852. Avlaiv, king of Laihlinn, came
into Ireland, and all the forreiners of Ireland

submitted to him, and had rent from the Irish.”

—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

° Innsi-Gall: i. e. insule Gallorum: i.e. the
Hebrides, or western islands of Scotland.

? Innreachtach—* A. D. 853. Heres Columbe

852.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 487

Diarmaid, the mdst learned and most wise in all Europe, died. Ambhlaeibh, son |
of the King of Lochlann’, came to Ireland, so that all the foreign tribes in Ire-

land submitted to him ; and they exacted rent from the Gaeidhil [the Irish].

Gofraidh, son of Fearghus, chief of the Innsi-Gall°, died.

The Age of Christ, 852. The eighth year of Maelseachlainn. Innreach-
tach? Ua Finachtain, successor of Colum Cille, a distinguished wise man, suffered
martyrdom from the Saxons on the twelfth day of March. Maelseachlainn,
King of Ireland, proceeded into Munster, until he arrived at Indeoin-na-nDeisi';
and he enforced hostages and submission from them, for they had given him
opposition at the instigation of the foreigners. Muirgheal, wife of the King of
Leinster, died. Crunnmhael, son of Maelduin, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died.
Tuathal", son of Maelbrighde, King of Leinster, was martyred. Bruadar, son
of Ceannfaeladh, lord of Musgraighe, died.

The Age of Christ, 853. The ninth year of Maelseachlainn. Ailill, Abbot
of Achadh-bo, and Robhartach, Abbot of Iniscaindeagha, a scribe, died. Rudgus,
son of Maicniadh, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithe, was drowned in the Boinn. Catan,
Abbess of Cill-dara, died. A hosting was made by Aedh, son of Niall, into
Ulidia, where he lost Connegan, son of Colman, and Flaithbheartach, son of
Niall, and many others besides. Muireadhach, lord of Ard-Cianachta, died.
The plundering of Loch Cend* by the foreigners, after they had entered it on
the ice ; and one hundred and twenty persons were slain by them, together
with Gorman.

The Age of Christ, 854. The tenth year of Maelseachlainn. Sodhomna,
Bishop of Slaine, received martyrdom from the Norsemen. Cormac of Laith-.
reach-Briuin, scribe, anchorite, and bishop, died. Suibhne Ua Roichlich,

Cille, sapiens optimus, iv. Id. Marcti apud Saxones
martirizatur.”—Ann. Ult.

_ 9 Indeoin-na nDeisi.itNow Mullach-Indeona,
a townland in the parish of Newchapel, near
the town of Clonmel, in the territory of the
northern Deisi, called Magh-Feimhean, now
the barony of Iffa and Offa East, and county
of Tipperary.—See Keating’s History of Ireland
(reign of Cormac, son of Art). This entry is
given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 853,
thus:

“ A. D. 853. Maelsechlainn, King of Tarach,
went into Mounster, even to Inneoin of the
Desies, and brought their pledges.”—Cod. Cla-
rend., tom. 49.

* Tuathal.—* A. D. 853. Tuathal, mac Mael-
brighti, rex nepotum Dunlaingi jugulatus est do-
losé a fratribus suis.”—Ann. Ul.

* Loch Cend.—This is evidently a mistake tor
Loch Cendin.—See note *, under the year 821.
This entry is not to be found in the Annals of
Ulster. The others given by the Four Masters

488 ANNaZa RIOSshachca elReGaNn. (855.

repibneoin, angcoipe, 7 abb Lip méip, Catapach, mac Tigfpnars, pencigip
CApoa Macha, 4 (ccna poipcte epioe, vécc. Caippen Tige Munna vécc,
Maolpeaclamn, mac Maolpuanaid, vo oul coCaipiol Muman, 50 ccucc Falla
pean Muman odopidip. Coipne mop 7 pecc, comtcan poipp! prom loca, 4
pniom aibne Eneann do tpaisgtecharb 7 mapcachaib on nomad Callamn vo
Oecemben sup an o¢cmad lo Enaip. Ouwnpteach CLupcca vo lopccad la
Noncmannab. Romo mop ma nQod, mac Néill, pon Gallgaoidealla In
nBliond Phoicle, co po lad a nap leip. Ounlang, mac Owboam, cigeanna
Potanca cine, vécc. Paolcad, mac Ponbaparg, cig(pna Ua mbarnpnce marge

vécc. Niall, mac Gillan, 1ap mbeit cpioca bhadamn gan vig gan biad, véce. —

Qip Cmopc, occ ccév caoga a ctice. Un ctaenmad bliadain vécc vo
Mhaoleaclainn. Maengal, abb Pobaip, Siadal, O1pipc Cianam,7 Maoloena,
mac Olbnaind, 00 Cuicemb Connacc, pean leiginn Cluana mic Nop, d€cc.’
Macuodan, mac Muipfohais, pr Ulad,7 a cléncecc acbat. Opan, mac
Scannlain, tis(pna Habpa, vécc. Thmian vo lopccad 1 cTallein la pargnen.

Qoip Cmorz, ocht ccév caecca apé. An ovana bliadain vécc v0 Mhaoell-
(clamn. Comypad eprcoip 7 abb Cluana h€paino, vécc. Tiopnaive ban-
ban, abb Tine va slay, Maelcule, abb Imleacha lubaip, Ceallac, mac
Huaipe, c15(pna Ua cCeimnpelarg, vécc. Cfpnach, mac Cionaota, asfpna
Ua mbainpce Tipe, vécc. Maolpeachlainn, mac Maolpuanaid, co prfpab

The year 854 of the Four Masters corres-
ponds with 855 of the Annals of Ulster, which
notice the events of that year as follows. The

under 853, are to be found in the former under
854. ,
t The Gall-Gaeidheala: i.e. the Dano-Irish.

* Gleann- Fhoichle.—Otherwise written Gleann-
aichle, and anglicised Glenelly, a remarkable
valley in the parish of Badoney, barony of Stra-
bane, and county of Tyrone.—See note‘, under
A. D. 1600, p. 2226, infra.

* Fotharta-tire—Now the barony of Forth,
in the county of Carlow.

* Ui-Bairrche-Maighe.—This should be ‘ Ui-
Bairche and Ui-Maighe.” They were the names
of two territories on the west side of the River
Barrow, in the present Queen’s County, com-
prising, the former the barony of Slievemargy,
and the latter the barony of Ballyadams.—See
Leabhar-na-gCeart, notes ™ and *, pp. 212, 213.

true date is 856.

“A. D. 855. Great frost and ice soe as the
loghes and rivers of Ireland were passable for
foote and horse from the 9th Kal. of December
untill the 7th Id. of January. Tempestuosus
annus et asperissimus” [recte, asperrimus ]. “ Mael-
sechlainn, mac Maelruanai, at Caissill, untill he
got the pledges of Mounster.
tween the Gentiles and Maelsechlainn, and the
English-Irish” [recte Dano-Irish ] ‘‘ assisted him.
The Oratory of Luscan burnt by the Nordmans,
A conflight by Hugh mac Nell upon the English-
Irish” [recte Dano-Irish] “at .Glinfocle, that
great slaghter was had of them. Horm, chief

Greate warr be- -

Sn eee

855.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 489

anchorite, and Abbot of Lis-mor, [and] Cathasach, son of Tighearnach, C2co-
nomus of Ard-Macha, and who was a learned wise man, died. Laisren of Tigh-
Munna died. Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, went to Caiseal of Munster,
and again carried off the hostages of the men of Munster. Great ice and frost,
so that the chief lakes and the chief rivers of Ireland were passable to footmen
and horsemen, from the ninth of the Calends of December to the eighth of the
Ides of January. The oratory of Lusca was burned by the Norsemen. A great
victory was gained by Aedh, son of Niall, over the Gall-Gaeidheala', in Gleann-
Fhoichle", where he made a slaughter of them. Dunlang, son of Dubhduin,
lord of Fotharta-tire’, died. Faelchadh, son of Forbhasach, lord of Ui-Bairrche- °
Maighe’*, died. Niall, son of Gillan, after being [living] thirty years without
food or drink’, died.

The Age of Christ, 855. The eleventh year of Maelseachlainn. Maenghal,
Abbot of Fobhar; Siadhal of Disert-Chiarain’; and Maeloena, son of Olbrann,
[one] of the Luighni of Connaught, Lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Matudan,
son of Muireadhach, King of Ulidia, died in religion. Bran, son of Scannlan,
lord of Gabhra’, died. Three persons were burned at Tailltin by lightning.

The Age of Christ, 856. The twelfth year of Maelseachlainn. Comsadh,
Bishop and Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, died. Tibraide Banbhan, Abbot of Tir-da-
ghlas ; Maeltuile, Abbot of Imleach-Iubhair ; Ceallach, son of Guaire, lord of
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Cearnach, son of Cinaeth, lord of Ui-Bairrche-tire,
died. Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, with [all] the men of Ireland,

of the Black Gentiles, killed by Ruarai, mac
Merminn, king of Wales. Suivne nepos Roichli,
scriba et anchorita, abbot of Lismor; Cormac of
Lahrach-Briuin, scriba et episcopus, in pace dor-
mierunt. Sodomna, Episcopus of Slane, martiri-

_ zatur.’—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

¥ Without food or drink.—The death of this
Niall is noticed in the Annals of Ulster under
the year 859, but it is only stated that he
suffered from paralysis.—See it repeated by the
Four Masters under A. D. 858.

* Disert-Chiarain.—Now Castlekieran, near
the town of Kells, in the county of Meath._See
note *, under the year 770, p. 374, supra ; also

note under A. D. 868, infrd. Some of the en-
tries given under 855 by the Four Masters
are inserted in the Annals of Ulster under the
year 856, as follows :

“ A. D. 856. Maenghal, abbot of Fovar, and
Siagal of Disert-Ciarain, mortud sunt. Madugan,
mac Muireai, King of Ulster, mortuus est. Three
men burnt at Taillten by the fyre Déinim” [i. e.
de celo]. ‘Great wynde, that it brake downe
many trees, and alsoe the Iland of Innselocha”
[recté, the artificial islands in lakes].

* Of Gabhra: i.e. of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, now
the baronies of Upper and Lower Conello, in
the county of Limerick.

3R

490 AQNNada RIOghachta EIReaNHN. (857.

Epeann, cen mo tao Mums, vo dol 1 ccfb Muman co noeipd vere noice

oc nEmhd. Ro loipce 7 po mop Muma co muip nd aen 16, 14ap madmaim
fon a mlogaib acc Capn Luccdac, co ppapecbad ann laip Maolcpnén, mac
Muipfohaig, canaips na nOéipi, co pochaide ele. Tucc 1apam Maolpfchlamn
sialla Murman 6 Chumap na cpi nuipce co hIny: Tapbnar 1ap nEpinn,7 6 Oan
Ceapmna co hApamn nOipeip, von cupap pm. Maidm ma cCeanball,
cigeapna Opparge, 7 pia nlomap hi ccmich Cpad cine, pop Cenel Piacac, co
nHallgaowealab Leite Cuinn. Ceitpi céd an pé milib an lion caimcc Ceap-
ball 7 loman.
sabal im Coipppe, mac nOunlaing, 7 1m Suichenen, mac Apcinp.

Cloip Cpiopt, ocht ccéo caocca a peachc. Qn cpeap bliadain vécc do
Mhaolpeaclainn. Sucapleach, abb Achaw b6 Camoig, Chill banban, abb
biopaip, Maolcoba Ua Paolain, abb Cluana hUama, 4 Paolgap, abb Ruip
Cpé, vécc. Sloicéfoh mop la hOmlaoib 7 la hlomap, 7 la Cfpball, cigeanna
Oppage i Mhvde. Ro ciondilead piogoal mate Epeann lap in mg Maorl-
peaclaimn, 50 Rait Coda mic Spc, 1m Petgna, comanba Pacnance,7 1m Suarp-
leach comapba Pinna, 00 dénam pioda agup caoncompaic pean n€peann,
cond ann vo pao C(pball, c1Zeanna Oppaige, oigpéip comapba Phaonare, 4
Finnia 00 ms Eneann, 1an mbeit vo Ceanball ceatpacac ovwche m Enenor,

Innpead Larg(n la Clpball, mac nOunlaing, 7 a ngeill vo —

7 mac ws Cocland mmaille ppip 1 ccopuc oc mopead Moe.

* Carn-Lughdhach : i.e. Lughaidh’s Carn, or
monumental heap of stones. This place has not
been identified. ‘

° Cumar-tri-n Uisce.-Otherwise written Comar-
dtri n-Uisce, ie. Confluentia Trium Fluviorum,
i.e. the Meeting of the Three Waters, near
Waterford.—See Colgan’s 7rias Thaum., p. 164,
c. 81; and note », under A. M. 3727, supra.

4 [nis-Tarbhnai: i.e. Insula Tauri, now the
Bull, a small islet situated due west of Dursey
Island, in the barony of Beare, and county of
Cork.

° Dun-Cearmna : i. e. Cearmna’s Dun, or Fort.
This was the ancient name of the‘Old Head of
Kinsale, in the south of the now county of Cork.
—See note °, under A. M. 3668, p. 44, supra.

Conad ian

‘ Ara-Airthir : i. e. East Ara, now Inis-soir,
anglicé Inisheer, the most eastern of the three
Islands of Aran, in the Bay of Galway. This
island was always considered a part of Munster,
and is still inhabited by families of Munster
descent, as O’Briens, O’Sullivans, &c.; while
the Great Island of Aran is chiefly inhabited by
families of the Connaught race, as O’Flahertys,
Mac Conneelys, &c.

8 Aradh-tire—Now the barony of Arra, or

Duharra, in the north-west of the county of

Tipperary.—See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, p. 46, note*.
The year 856 of the Annals of the Four Mas-

ters corresponds with 857 of the Annals of —

Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows :

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 491 ©

except the Munstermen, went into the territories of Munster, and tarried ten
nights at Emlidh [Emly]; he burned and plundered Munster as far as the sea
in one day, after having defeated its kings at Carn-Lughdhach”, where he lost
Maelcron, son of Muireadhach, Tanist of Deisi, with many others. Maelseach-
lainn carried off the hostages of [all] Munster, from Cumar-tri-nUisce*® to Inis-
Tarbhnai? in the [south-]west of Ireland,and from Dun-Cearmna’ to Ara-Airthir‘,
on this expedition. A victory was gained by Cearbhall, lord of Osraighe, and
by Imhar, in the territory of Aradh-tire®, over the Cinel-Fiachach, with the Gall-
gaeidhil [the Dano-Irish] of Leath-Chuinn. Four hundred above six thousand
was the number which came with Cearbhall and Imhar. The plundering of
Leinster by Cearbhall, son of Dunlang ; and he took their hostages, together
with Cairbre, son of Dunlang, and Suithenen, son of Arthur.

The Age of Christ, 857. The thirteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Suair-
leach, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh ; Ailill Banbhan, Abbot of Birra ; Mael-
cobha Ua Faelain, Abbot of Cluain-Uamha ; and Faelghus, Abbot of Ros-Cre,
died. A great army was led by Amhlaeibh and Imhar’,and by Cearbhall, lord
of Osraighe, into Meath. A great meeting of the chieftains of Ireland was
collected by the King Maelseachlainn to Rath-Aedha-mic-Bric’, with Fethghna,
successor of Patrick, and Suairleach, successor of Finnia‘, to establish peace

857.)

* and concord between the men of Ireland; and here Cearbhall, lord of Osraighe,

gave the award of the successors of Patrick and Finnia to the King of Ireland,
after Cearbhall had been forty nights at Ereros', and the son of the King of
Lochlann at first along with him plundering Meath. And after they had awarded

“A. D. 857. Cumsa, Episcopus, Anchorita, ea
princeps of Clonirard in pace dormit. Cinaeh,
mac Ailpin, king of Pights” [Rex Pictorum],
“and Adulf, king of Saxons, mortui sunt. Tibraid,
Abbot of Tirdaglas, mortuaus est. Maelsechlainn,
mac Maelruanai, with all Ireland, came into
Mounster, and stayed ten nights at Neim” [i.e.
the Blackwater River], ‘“spoyling them to”
[the] “sea, after puttinge theire kings to flight
at Carn-Lugach, and the haulfe king of the
Desies, Maelcron, mac Muireai, was lost there,
and Maelsechlainn brought their pledges or
captives, from Belach Gavrain to Iland-Tarvnai

westerly behind Ireland, and from Dun-Cermnai
Pluvialis Autumnus e
perniciosus frugibus.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

4 Imhar: i.e. Ivor, or Ifars. He was the an-
cestor of the Danish kings of Dublin.

* Rath-Aedha-mic-Bric—Now Rathhugh, or
Rahugh, in the barony of Moycashel, and county
of Westmeath.—See note *, under A. D. 771;
and note ', under A. D. 1382, p. 686, infra.

* Successor of Finnia: i.e. Abbot of Clonard.

1 Ereros.—This is probably the place now
called Oris, or Oras, in the county of West-
meath.

to Arain, northward.

3R2

492 ANNQGZA RIOshachtd e€lREGNN. [858.

po manaigpioc pig Opparse vo berth 1 nop por Let Chuinn pogaid Mael-
Zualar, mac Oonngarle, pf Muman, a oily on. ~Maelsuala, pf Muman, vo
clocad la Noncmannaib, co po manbrac €. Sesonnan, mac Conaing, cigeanna
Cainpge Opacande, vécc.

Cloip Cmiopz, ocht ccéd caoga a hoche.
vo Mhaoileaclamn.

Cn clépamad bliadain vécc
Oengurp, abb Cluana peanca Molua, 7 ba heccnaio
coccalde € ona, asup Colman, abb Oombliacc, vécc. Niall, mac Oiallam,
vécc, 1an noeis beatard, 1ap mbeich ceitpe bliadna pichfc 1 cneablaic oicum-
ang. Sloicchead Lars(n, Muman, 7 Connacc, 7 Ua Néill an veipceine, 1pm
Pocla la Maolpfchlainn, mac Maelpuanaid, 50 po sab Lonsponc occ Mang
ouma, 1 ccompoccup Apoa Macha. Ro pobain Moo Pinoliat, mac Néill, 4
Flann, mac Conaing, an otinaid an odce pm fon an pfs, po manbaro 7 po
muodaigio daome 1omda led pon lap an longpoinc, 7 po meabond 1apam pon
Cod co pangaib ile dia rhuincip, vain po copam Maolyéland co na plogh
an lons5pont co peapda pi luchc an Phocla. Cod Oub, mac Omboaboiptnn,
cizeanna Ua Piogencte, décc, 1an na gum.
Puinc Caipse oc Achod mic Enclaise.

Cloip Cmorc, oche ccév caoga anao. On circcead bliadain vécc do
Mhaorleaclainn. Piachpa, abb Tige Munoa, vécc. Cach Opoma va marge

vo tabaine la Maolp(clamn pop Shallaib Ata chat, apm a ccopcpavan

Mam mia cCfpball pop Loing(p

a om agen

™ Carraig-Brachaidhe.—A territory in the
north-west of the barony of Inishowen, in the
county of Donegal.—See note under A. D. 834.

The year 857 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 858 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows :

“A.D. 858. Suairlech, abbot of Achabo;
Ailill Banvan, abbot of Biror; Maelcova O’Fae-
lain, abbot of Cluon-Uova, e Faelgus, abbot of
Roscre, in pace mortut sunt. A greate army by
Avlav and Ivar, and Cervall in Meath A
kingly assembly of the nobilitie of Ireland at
Rath Hugh mic Bric, about Maelsechlainn,
king of Tarach” [about Fethgna, coarb of Pa-
trick], ‘‘and about Suairlech, coarb of Finnio,
making peace and friendship between Irishmen,

and out of that assemblie Cervall gave obedi-
ence to Patrick’s Suma’? [i.e. the clergy of Ar-
magh], ‘‘and to his Coarb, and that Ossory be-
came in league with Lethcuinn, .i. the Northern
haulf” [of Ireland], ‘(and Maelguala, king of
Mounster, became true frend. The said Mael-
guala, king of Mounster, was killed a Nord-
mannis. Sechonan, mac Conaing, king of Car-
raig-Brachy, moritur.””— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

» Niall, son of Giallan.—See his death already

entered under the year 854, where it is stated”

that he lived thirty years without food or drink.
—See note 4, p. 493, infra.

° Magh-dumha: i.e. the Plain of the Mound.
This is the place now called Moy, adjoining

Charlemont, on the Tyrone side of the Black-

water.

858.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 493

that the King of Osraighe should be in league with Leath-Chuinn, Maelgualai,
son of Donnghal, King of Munster, then tendered his allegiance. Maelgualai,
King of Munster, was stoned by the Norsemen, until they killed him. Seghon-
nan, son of Conang, lord of Carraig-Brachaidhe”, died.

The Age of Christ, 858. The fourteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Oenghus,
Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Molua, and who was a distinguished sage ; and Colman,
Abbot of Daimhliag, died. Niall, son of Giallan’, died, after a good life, after
having been twenty-four years in oppressive sickness. A hosting of [the men
of ] Leinster, Munster, and Connaught, and of the southern Ui-Neill, into the
North, by Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh ; and he pitched a camp at
Magh-dumha’, in the vicinity of Ard-Macha. Aedh Finnliath, son of Niall, and
Flann, son of Conang, attacked the camp that night against the king, and many
persons were killed and destroyed by them in the middle of the camp; but
Aedh was afterwards defeated, and he lost many of his people; for Maelseach-
lainn and his army manfully defended the camp against the people of the North.
Aedh Dubh, son of Dubh-dabhoireann, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died, after being
wounded. A victory was gained by Cearbhall, over the fleet of Port-Lairge’,
at Achadh-mic-Erclaighe’.

The Age of Christ, 859. The fifteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Fiachra,
Abbot of Tigh-Munna, died. The battle of Druim-da-mhaighe’ was given by
Maelseachlainn to the foreigners of Ath-cliath, where many of the foreigners

» Port-Lairge.—This is the present Irish name
of the city of Waterford. It would appear to
be antedated here, for it is quite evident that
it derived this name from Lairge, Larac, or
Largo, who is mentioned in these Annals at the
year 951. The name Waterford was imposed
by the Danes, or Norsemen, who write it Ve-
drafjordr, which is supposed to signify “‘ wea-
ther bay.”

% Achadh-Erclaighe.—Not identified. The
year 858 of the Annals of the Four Masters
corresponds with 859 of the Annals of Ulster,
which notice the events of that year as follows:

“*A. D. 859. An army of Leinster, Mounster,
and Connaught, with the south O’Nells, into

the North” [ipin Focla], ‘by Maelsechlainn,

King of Tarach, untill he came to Magdumai,
near Ardmach. Hugh, mac Nell, and Flann,
mac Conaing, came upon them by night, and
killed some men in” [the] ‘‘midest of the campe,
and Hugh was put to flight, after that he lost
many, stante exercitu Maelsechlainn in statu suo.
Hugh mac Duvdavoiren, king of Figinties, mo-
ritur. Flannagan mac Colmain mortuus est. Niall,
mac Fiallain, gui passus est paralisi 34 annis, et
qui versatus est visionibus frequentibus, tam falsis
quam veris, in Christo quievit.”—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49. :

* Druim-da-mhaighe: i.e. Ridge of the Two
Plains. A remarkable hill in the barony of
Coolestown, in the King’s County.—See note”,
under A. D. 1556, p. 1543, infra.

(860.

494 ANNatwa RIOshachtTd elREGNN.

pochaide v0 Bhalla’ lap. Inovpead 7 opsain Mide la hClod bPinnhiae, mac
Néill Challe. Gopmlant, ms(n Oonnchada, baimpiogain Epneam, véce, rap
ccaol a clonad 7 a cupsabal, 7 1an bpfncaic cogaide ma caipmteccaib 4
Slungead la Chpball1 Mide co Maolpeaélamn1 nagaid Cleovha,
CAc-

peactoib.
mic Néill 7 Amlaoib, 1 copchain Ruanc, mac Opaom, la hUib Néill.
nuadad aenaig Roigne la Cfpball, mac nOungarle.

Qoip Core, ocht ccéo plpsa. Pionan Cluana caom, eppcop 7 angcoipe,
Oalach, mac Maelenarcce, abb Cluana hlopaipo, Pindéeallach, abb Pfpna,
7 Muipsiop, angcope Apoa Maca, vécc. Mepcceall, mac Oonngaile,
Ruanc, mac Opa, pi Laigtn, vo manbad la hUib Néill, Onuavap, mac Oun-
Laing, cS (nna Conca Loesve, Maelooan Ua Timo, pus leis1p Eneamn, véce.
Qooh Pinvliat, mac Néill Chanlle,7 Plann, mac Conarng, vo dul la tigeanna
Hall vo 1onopad Mhode co noeannpat aipcene mona ponab. Maelplclamn
mac Maelpuanawd, mic Oonnchada, apopi Epeann, ovécc, an veacmad lé
pice vo Nouembep, O1a Maine vo punnpad, ian mbeit pé bliaona véce hi

mse. Ap ora Ecc po canavh,

Sipechcach no ppltnasl a peol noobnom pon Ene,

O acbat an pleacht puipeac, Maelyeaclainn Sionna pnede.
Ap 1omda maps m Zac 06, ap pecél mon La Haowweatlu,

Oo popcad pion plann po sleann, 00 poobad aipopf Epeann.
Cé ou oimpm sabup ngeal, agup v1lomad each pm pam,

€n 10 Maelpeacnanll ania, accia 1 noeavhad da vam.

* The plundering.—‘ A. D. 860. Meath spoyled
by Hugh mac Nell and his forreiners. Gorm-
laih, daughter to Donogh, amenissima regina
Scotorum post penitentiam obiit.””>—Ann. Ult., Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

‘ Roighne-—Otherwise called Magh-Roighne,
or Magh-Raighne, a plain in Ossory, containing
the churches of Mar-thortheach, Cill-Finnche,
and Gleann-Dealmhaic.—See the Feilire- Aenguis,
and O’Clery’s Irish Calendar at 2nd February,
17th September, and 5th October; and the
Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, part iii. c. 27,
apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 153.

“ Ua-Tindridh. —‘* A. D. 861. Maelohar

©’ Tinnri, one of the” [best] “‘ phisitians in Ire-
land moritur.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

This is the first notice of an Irish physician
to be found in the Irish annals since the intro-
duction of Christianity. After the establish-
ment of surnames there were various heredi-
tary medical families in Ireland, as O’Hickey in
Thomond, O’Callannan in South Munster, O’Ley
and O’Canavan in West Connaught, O’Cassidy
in Fermanagh, O’Sheil in Delvin Mac Coghlan,
and various other districts; O’Fergus in Umh-
all, in the west of the county of Mayo; Mac

Donlevy in TirconneH. For a curious notice”

of old medical Irish manuscripts, used in Ire-

er

860.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 495

were slain by him. _ The plundering*® and devastation of Meath by Aedh Finn-
liath, the son of Niall Caille. Gormlaith, daughter of Donnchadh, Queen of
Ireland, died, after having lamented her crimes and iniquities, and after doing
good penance for her transgressions and’sins. An army was led by Cearbhall
into Meath, to [assist] Maelseachlainn against Aedh, son of Niall, and Amh-
laeibh, where Ruarc, son of Braen, was slain by the Ui-Neill. The renewal of
the fair of Roighne‘ by Cearbhall, son of Dunghal.

The Age of Christ, 860. Finan, of Cluain-caein, bishop and anchorite ;
Dalach, son of Maelraitte, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; Finncheallach, Abbot of
Fearna ; and Muirgheas, anchorite of Ard-Macha, died. Mescell, son of Donn-
ghal; Ruarc, son of Bran, King of Leinster, were slain by the Ui-Neill. Bruadar,
son of Dunlang, lord of Corca-Loighdhe ; Maelodhar Ua Tindridh’, the most
learned physician of Ireland, died. Aedh Finnliath, son of Niall Caille, and
Flann, son of Conang, went with the lord of the foreigners to plunder Meath,
and committed great depredations there. Maelseachlainn",son of Maelruanaidh,
son of Donnchadh, Monarch of Ireland, died on the thirteenth day of November

precisely, on Tuesday, after he had been sixteen years in the sovereignty. Of

his death was sung :

Mournfully is spread her veil of grief over Ireland,

Since the chieftain of our race has perished, Maelseachlainn of the
flowing Sinainn.

Many a moan in every place, it is a mournful news among the Gaeidhil ;

Red wine has been spilled into the valley, Erin’s monarch has died.

Though he was wont to ride the white stallion, and many steeds of
steady pace,

The only horse of Maelseachlainn this day [i. e. his bier] I see behind

two oxen.

land in the sixteenth century, see Stanihurst,
Hiber. Lugd. Batav. 1584, p. 43. Colgan has
the following reference to the family of O’Sheil,
in a note on his Life of Sedulius, Bishop of
Dublin, at 12th February :

“ Frequens est hodie et numerosa per diversas
Hibernie provincias Seduliorum familia, natu-
ralis scientie peritid, et medicine professione
continue excellens, quasi ‘que nomen a magno

Sedulio hereditavit, doctrinam etiam quasi he-
reditariam emularetur et possideret patrimo-
nium.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 313, n. 1.

~ Maelseachlainn.—‘ A. D. 861. Aedh, mac
Neill, regnare incipit. Maelsechnaill, mac Mael-
ruanaigh, ri Erenn uile, 7. Kal. Decembris tertia
Seria anno regni sui xvi. defunctus est.”,—Ann. Ult.
O'Flaherty places the death of Maoilseachluinn
mac Maolruanaidh, and the accession of Aidus,

ee

496 anNNaza RIOshachtd eiReGNn.

(861.

Corccpad longpuinc Rochlaib la Cinvéiccid, mac nOaichin, cgZeapna

Carsipt ipin cficcid lo Sepcembep, 7 manbad Conuill Ulcaig 7 Cuipgnen, 50 |

pochadib ole immanlle pa.

Cop Ciopt, ocht ccév pearceca’ahaon. Cn cév bliadain ood Fhinn-
hat, mac Néill Challe, 6p Epmnn hi picce.
eppcop 7 pepbnedip, ancoipe, 7 adban abbaoh Cpoa Maca, vécc. Oamiel
Ua Liaitive, abb Concarge 7 Lip méip, 00 sun. Cledan, abb Inpi Catang,
vécc. Muiplsan, mac Oianmaoa, tigeapna Nap 7 Cincipn Lipe, vo manbad
la Noncmannaib. Coo, mac Cumupcearg, ctigeapna Ua Niallam, véce.
Amlaoib, lomap, 7 hUiph, tp cong Gall, 7 Concan, mac Catal, mZeapna
Mivde, vo 1onnnad peapann Ploinn, mic Conaing. Uaim Achawd Aloa hi
Mugdonnab mangen, uaim Cnosbar, uaim pent bovain 1. buachall Ele-
maine, op Oubac, 7 veom mna an Oobano az Onoichead ata, vo cnothad,q
vonsamn lap na Gallaib cfona. lonopavh Conoacc lap in mg Cod Pinnliae,

Maolpaccpaicc, mac Pioncon,

or Aedh Finnliath, in the year 863, which is
the true year.

* Loughphort-Rothluibh : i.e. the Fortress of
Rothlabh.
Rathlaigh, anglicé Dunrally, situated close to

This is the place now called Dun-

the River Barrow, in the townland of Court-
wood, parish of Lea, barony of Portnahinch,
and Queen’s County. It lies close to the boun-
dary between Laighis and Clann-Maelughra.

Cinneididh, son of Gaithin.—See this Gaithin
referred to in an interpolated passage in the
Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, part iii. c. 26
(apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 155, and p. 186,
notes 54, 55), as having rebuilt the fort of Rath-
Bacain, in the plain of Magh-Reda (now the
manor of Morett), near the church of Domh-
nach-mor.

* Nas.—Now Naas, in the county of Kildare,
about fifteen Irish miles from Dublin.—See it
already mentioned under A. D. 705, and under
A. D. 1466, 1575, and 1599. The name is ex-
plained in Cormac’s Glossary as denoting “a
fair or place of meeting,” and is applied to some
other places in Leinster, as Naash, a fair-green
in the parish of Owenduff, barony of Shelburne,

and county of Wexford; and Bally-Naase, in
the parish of Rathmacknee, in the barony of
Forth, in the same county. From a very re-
mote period till the tenth century, Naas, in
Kildare, was the chief residence of the kings of
Leinster, and their palace is supposed to have

stood at what is now popularly called the north |

moat of Naas.—See Leabhar-na-gCeart, pp. 3, 9,
99, 202, 205, 226, 250, 253.

* Airther-Life-—See notes under the years
628, 811, and 834, supra. The town of Naas
was the capital of Airther-Lifé, and the_resi-
dence of the local chiefs after its desertion by
the kings of Leinster. ’

> Achadh-Aldai: i.e. the Field of Aldai, the
ancestor of the Tuatha-De-Danann kings of Ire-
land. This place is described by the Four Mas-
ters as situated in the territory of Mughdhorna-
Maighen,/now the barony of Cremorne, in the
county of Monaghan; but it is highly probable,
if not certain, that Mughdhorna-Maighen is a
mistake of transcription forMughdhorna-Breagh,
and that Achadh-Aldai is the ancient name of
New Grange, in the county of Meath. If this be
admitted, the caves or crypts plundered by the

861.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 497

The destruction of Longphort-Rothlaibh* by Cinnedidh, son of Gaithin’, lord
of Laighis, on the fifth of the Ides of September ; ‘and the killing of Conall
Ultach and Luirgnen, with many others along with them.

The Age of Christ, 861. The first year of Aedh Finnliath, son of Niall
Caille, in sovereignty over Ireland. Maelpadraig, son of Finnchu, bishop, scribe,
and anchorite, and intended abbot of Ard-Macha, died. Daniel Ua Liaithidhe,
Abbot of Corcach and Lis-mor, was mortally wounded. Aedhan, Abbot of
Inis-Cathaigh, died. Muiregan, son of Diarmaid, lord of Nas’ and Airther-Life’,
was slain by the Norsemen. Aedh, son of Cumasgach, lord of Ui-Niallan, died.
Amblaeibh, Imhar, and Uailsi, three chieftains of the foreigners ; and Lorcan,
son of Cathal, lord of Meath, plundered the land of Flann, son of Conang. The
cave of Achadh-Aldai’, in Mughdhorna-Maighen; the cave of Cnoghbhai*; the
eave of the grave of Bodan, i.e. the shepherd of Elemar*, over Dubhath*; and
the cave of the wife of Gobhann, at Drochat-atha’, were broken and plundered
by the same foreigners. The plundering of Connaught by the king, Aedh
Finnliath, with the youths of the North. The killing of the foreigners at

Danes on this occasion were all in the immediate
vicinity of the Boyne. It should be here re-
marked that all the crypts plundered by the
Danes on this occasion were in one territory,
namely, in the land of Flann, son of Conang,
one of the chieftains of Meath; and that it is
evident from this that Mughdhorna-Maighen is
an error of the Four Masters, as that territory
is in Oriel, many miles north of the land of
Flann, son of Conang. The Editor deems it his
duty to record that these mounds were first
identified with these passages in the Annals by
Dr. Petrie, in his Essay on the Military Archi-
tecture of the ancient Irish, read before the
Royal Irish Academy, January, 1834.

© Cnoghbhai.Now Knowth, in the parish of
Monknewtown, near Slane, in the county of
Meath. It is separated from Ros-na-righ by
the River Boyne.—See note », under A. D. 784,
p- 391, supra.

4 Elemar.—He was son of Dealbhaeth, a Tua-
tha-De-Danann prince.

¢ Dubhath.—Now Dowth, on the River Boyne,
near Drogheda, in the county of Meath. The
cave referred to in the text is in a remarkable
mound, 286 feet high. The interior of this
mound has been recently examined by the Royal
Trish Academy, who have found that the cave
had been, at some remote period, broken into
and disturbed. ‘The Danes seem to have been
aware of the traditions of the country, that these
mounds were burial places, and that they con-
For a de-
scription of the recent exploration of this cave
see Wakeman’s Handbook of Irish Antiquities.

‘ The cave of the wife of Gobhann, at Drochat-
Atha.— This cave is in the great mound at
Drogheda, on which now stands a fort which
commands the town. This mound has not been
examined in modern times, nor is it worth the

tained treasures worth digging for.

trouble, as we have every reason to infer, from
the recent operations at Dowth, that we may
receive the testimony of the Irish annalists, who
inform us that Uaimh mna an Ghobhann, at

- 358

498 aNNaza RIOshachta elReann. [862.
co noceaib an Phocla. Mapbad na nSall,1 PCpca na cCafpech, le Cfpball,
co pansabpte xt. cfhn lap, 7 sup po mnanb ap a cmc iad. Piaé Lurmnig déce.

Qoip Cmort, ocht ccév peapeca a6. On vapa bliadamn ood Phinn-
hat. GQeidginbnic, eprcop Cille vana, pepibnid 7 angcorpe, vécc. Sé bliadna
véce an céd a ap an can acbat. M«aonac, mac Conomars, abb Ruip Cpé,
Muipfoach, mac Néill, ab Cugmand 7 ceall naile,7 Gpoccén, mac Compurd,
abb Slébce, vécc. Raomfd mén map an mg Qed Pimhat,7 pra Plann, mac
Conaing, pop Antié mac Cleda, pf Ulad co nUlcoib 1 cei Conarlle Cfo.
Cneach la Cfpball pon Cargmu,7 cpfch ole 01 peachcmame 1anam la Congmu

pop Oppmgib. Concan, mac Catal, cigeanna Mivde vo dallad la hod |

FEmnlat. Concéoban, mac Oonnchada, an vana cigfpna bof pon Mode, vo
baohad m huipece oc Cluain hlonaino, la hAmlaib, ciseapna Gall. Oorn-
nall, mac Ounlaings, msZoormnna Langth, vécc. Clpmav, mac Catannarg, corpeaé
Conca bhaipemd, vo-manbaoh la Gallaib. Inoped Eoganacca la Ceanball,
mac Oungaile, co poacht co Pionu Marge Péne, 7 co ccuc sallu aiteach-
cuata Muman, 7 moped Ua nClongura an Oercernc, 1 naom bliadam lary.

Cop Cort, ocht ccév peapcca a tpi. On cheap bliadain ooo.

Drogheda, was plundered by the Danes. <Ac-
cording to the pedigrees of the Tuatha-De-
Dananns, Goibhninn, Gobha, or the Smith
(whose brothers were Creidne, the Brazier ;
’ Diancecht, the Physician ; Luchtain, the Car-
penter; ar&l Cairbre, the Poet), was the son of
Tura mac Tuireill, of the royal line of the
Tuatha-De-Dananns.

* Fearta-na-gCaireach : i.e. the Graves of the
Sheep; so called from the carcasses of a great
number of sheep, which died of a mortality,
having been buried there.
now called Fertagh, is situated near Johnstown,

The place, which is

in the barony of Galmoy, and county of Kil-
kenny, and is well known to Irish antiquaries
for its ancient church and Round Tower.

" Luimneach.—This was originally the name of
the Lower Shannon ; but at this period it ceased
to be the name of the river, and was usually ap-
plied to the Danish fortress at Limerick. -

The year 861 of the Four Masters corres-

ponds with 862 of the Annals of Ulster, which
notice the events of that year as follows. The
old translation in Cod. Clarend., tom. 49, which
is very faulty, is here corrected by the Editor.

“A, D. 862. Hugh, mac Cumascai, king of
Oniallans, moritur. Mureach, mac Maeileduin,
Secnap of Ardmach, and king of East-North”
[recte, Oriors], ‘died by” [the hand of]
“ Donell, mac Hugh, mic Nell.
Diarmada, king of Nas, and North-east of Lifi”
[recté, Airther-Lifi, or East-of-Liffey] ‘a Nord-
mannis, is killed. The den” [recté, crypt] “or
cave of Acha-Alda, and of Cnova, and the cave
called Fert-Boadain, over” [the] “ place called
Duma” [recté, Dubhad] ; ‘‘and the cave of the
Smith’s wife, broken and spoyled by the forrei-
ners, which was never done before they did soe
out of their Navy. Three kings of them, viz.,
Avlaiv, Ivar, and Auisle, entered the lands of
Flann, mac Conaing. Lorcan mac Cahail, king
of Meath, was with them.”—Ann. Ui.

Muregan, mac ”

862.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 499

Fearta-na-gCaireach®, by Cearbhall, so that forty heads were left to him, and
that he banished them from the territory. Fiach of Luimneach® died.

The Age of Christ, 862. The second year of Aedh Finnliath. Aeidhgin-
brit, Bishop of Cill-dara, a scribe and anchorite, died ; one hundred and six-
teen years was his age when he died. Maenach, son of Connmhach, Abbot of
Ros-Cre; Muireadhach, son of Niall, Abbot of Lughmhadh and other churches;
and Brocan, son of Comhsudh, Abbot of Slebhte’, died. A great victory was
gained by the king, Aedh Finnliath, and by Flann, son of Conang, over Anbhith,
son of Aedh, King of Ulidia, with the Ulidians, in the territory of Conaille Cerd.
A prey by Cearbhall, [lord of Osraighe], from Leinster ; and another prey in
a fortnight afterwards from the Osraighi, by the Leinstermen. Lorcan, son of
Cathal, lord of Meath, was blinded by Aedh Finnliath. Conchobhar, son of
Donnehadh, the second lord that was over Meath, was drowned in a water at
Cluain-Iraird, by Amhlaeibh, lord of the foreigners. Domhnall, son of Dunlang,
heir presumptive of Leinster, died. Cermad, son of Catharnach, chief of Corca-
Bhaiscinn, was slain by the foreigners. The plundering of Eochanacht by
Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, so that he reached Feara-Maighe-Fene*, and bore

_ away the hostages of the Aitheach-tuatha of Munster’; and the Ui-Aenghusa™

of the South were [also] plundered by him in the one year.
The Age of Christ, 863. The third year of Aedh. Maincheine, Bishop of

, a? O% SED aE eee

* Slebhte. —Now Sleaty or Sletty, an old
church near the town of Carlow, on the west
bank of the Barrow, in the barony of Slieve-
margy, and Queen’s County.—See note *, under
A. D. 698, p. 300, supra.

The year 862 of the Annals of the Four Mas-
ters corresponds with 863 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows : P

-“ A. D. 863. Lorcan, mac Cahail, King of
Meath, blinded by Hugh, mac Nell, king of
Tarach. Conor, mac Diarmada, halfe king of
Meath, styfled in water at Cluain-Iraird by
Avlaiv, king of the forreiners. A great deroot”
{i.e. derout, or defeat] “by Hugh, mac Nell,
and Flann, mac Conaing, upon Ainfi and Hugh

with Ulsterians, in Tirconnell” [recté, in Tir-.

Conaille-Cerd, in the now county of Louth].
“ Mureach, mac Nell, Abbot of Lugai, and of
many more churches, died. Aegen Britt, bu-
shop of Kildare, and scribe and anchorite, et
senex almost of 116 yeares of age, died.”

* Feara-Maighe-Fene—Now Fermoy, a ba-
rony in the north of the county of Cork.

| Aitheach-tuatha of Munster: i.e. the Attacotti
of Munster. These were such tribes of Mun-
ster as were not of the race of Oilioll Olum.

™ The Ui-Aenghusa.—These were the descen-
dants of Aenghus Mac Nadfraeich, King of
Munster, who was slain in Ceall-Osnadha, in the
now county of Carlow, in 489. They were the
ancestors of the families afterwards called Mac
Carthy, O’Callaghan, O’Keeffe, and O’Sullivan.
—See note °, under A. D. 489, p. 153, supra.

3s2

500 GQNNQta RIOSshachta eiReaqnn. (864.

Maunceine, eppeop leitglinne, Cuatal, mac Apogura, ppm eppcop Fopcpenn,
7 abb Otin Ceallam, Cellach, mac Ohlilla, abb Chille oana,7 abb lae vécc
hicCmé Cpwtntch. Clefpnach, mac Porpms, prop Apoa Macha, Conmal,
pron Tamlacca, 7 Cuchaipén, .1. atop Eceancairg, mac Cogan, mic Cled-
again, mic Tonbarg, pcpibmid, 7 angcome hi cCluain mic Nop, véce. Ticéfp-
nach, mac Pocanta, cigeapna Loca SHabap, 7 an oapa plait bof pon
bpeagoibh, [vécc]. Tads, mac Oranmava, cigeapna Ua Cennpealang, v0
manbad la a bnmitmb péipin. Colman, mac Osnlamng, cigeapna Potapec
cine, oo manbad La a cloinn péipin.

Qoip Core, ocht ccév peapceca a cltap. Omeancach, eaprcop J abb
Lotpa, Colgga 7 Aevh, oa abbavh Mamiptpeac buite, décc 1pin mbliadamnpi.
Ro clcclomaovh léiptionol an Tuarpceinc la hod pPmodhiat, 50 po amcc
lonspopca Gall sac aipm hi pabacap ipm Pocla ecip Cenel Eogainy Oal
nCpave, 7 v0 beanc a cpooh 7 a nétead, a néovalay a molmaome. Ran-
Zavap Holl an coicci co haon maigin Fo Loc Peabail mec Lovamn. . lan na
pop oooh, .1. pi Eneann, an cupcorpac eaccaipémél pin vo bert 1 nop a
tine nip bo heipl(oac po ppfpclad lap iad, uaip do porch va porghd Lion a
pocnarve, ] po peanad cat ainmin aimapmancac fconpa clccapn oa lete. Ro
rpainead pon na Hallaib, 7 po cuinead a nap. Ro ciondil(o a ccionna co
haon margin a bpiaonuiyp! an pig, conad da fFicic véce clnd po comammmeady
plada, vo nocanp lair don Catgleo pin cenmoca in po cpéctnaiste ofob, 7 vo
bplta1 notampligib écca lap, aobatic cid 1ap coll via ngonaib. Spucap,
7 Slébce, 7 Achad Apglaip vopgain oOppangib. Coch Lépino vo potoh hn

" Fortrenn.—A region of Alba inhabited by
the Picts.

° Dun-Ceallain—Now Dunkeld, a town of
Perthshire, in Scotland, situated on the River
Tay, about ten miles north of Perth. ‘* Dun-
kelden, vel rectius Dun-culden, quod tumulum
corylorum ex etymo interpretaberis, est oppi-
dum Caledoniorum in Scotia ad Taum annem
situm.”—Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 690, n. 5.

The year 863 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 864 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows :

“A. D. 864” [recté, 865]. ‘“ Eclipsis solis in
Kal. Januarit, et Eclipsis Lune in eodem mense.
Cellach, mac Ailill, abbot of Killdare and of Ia,
dormivit in regione Pictorum. Tiernach, mac
Fogartai, Kinge of Loch Gavar, and halfe Kinge
of Bregh, moritur. The Britones, or Welshmen,
banished out of their country by Saxons, that
Eacht, theire cheife, was captive at Moin-Conain”
[Anglesea]. ‘‘Teige mac Diarmada, rex Nepotum
Cinselai, interfectus est dolosé a fratribus suis, e&
a plebe sua. Convael, Equonimus of Tavlacht,

and Tuahal mac Artgusa, Archbushop of For-.

tren, and abbot of Dun-Callen, dormierunt.”—-

864.]

Leithghlinn ; Tuathal, son of Ardghus, chief Bishop of Fortrenn", and Abbot
of Dun-Ceallain’, [died]. Ceallach, son of Ailell, Abbot of Cill-dara, and the
Abbot of Ia, died in Pictland.. Ceithearnach, son of Fairneach, Prior of Ard-
Macha; Conmhal, Prior of Tamhlacht ; and Luchairen (i. e. the father of Eger-
tach), son of Eoghan, son of Aedhagan, son of Torbach, scribe and anchorite
at Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Tighearnach, son of Focarta, lord of Loch Gabhar,
and the second chief who was over Breagh, [died]. Tadhg, son of Diarmaid,
lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain by his own brethren. Colman, son of Dun-
lang, lord of Fotharta-tire, was slain by his own children.

~The Age of Christ, 864. Dineartach, Bishop and Abbot of Lothra; Colgga
and Aedh, two abbots of Mainistir-Buithe, died. A complete muster of the
North was made by Aedh Finnliath, so that he plundered the fortresses of the
foreigners, wherever they were in the North, both in Cinel-Eoghain and Dal-
Araidhe ; and he carried off their cattle and accoutrements, their goods and
chattles. The foreigners of the province came together at Loch-Feabhail-mic-
Lodain®. After Aedh, King of Ireland, had learned that this gathering of
strangers was on the borders of his country, he was not negligent in attending
to them, for he marched towards them with all his forces ; and a battle was
fought fiercely and spiritedly on both sides between them. The victory was
gained over the foreigners, and a slaughter was made of them. Their heads
were collected to one place, in presence of the king ; and twelve score heads
were reckoned before him, which was the number slain by him in that battle,
besides the numbers of them who were wounded and carried off by him in the
agonies of death, and who died of their wounds’ some time afterwards. Sruthar
Slebhte and Achadh-Arglais were plundered by the Osraighi. Loch Lephinn"

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 501

Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. eorum vulneribus,” p. 367; but azbdiziz dia

® Loch-Feabhail-mic-Lodain : i.e. the Lake of
Feabhal, son of Lodan, a Tuatha-De-Danann
chieftain. This lough is now called anglicé
Lough Foyle, situated near the town of Lon-
donderry.—See note ‘, under A. M. 3581, p. 40,
supra.

2 Died of their wounds.—Dr. O’Conor incor-
rectly translates this: ‘“‘ Et transvecti sunt
eorum vulnerati in Ecclesias” [recte, in mortis
angore|, ‘et baptizati sunt postquam sanati de

ngonaib, or az badtpao via ngonaib, means
“they died of their wounds,” not “ baptizati
sunt.” lan ccpioll means “ after some time.”

* Loch-Lephinn.—Otherwise written Loch-
Leibhinn, now Lough Leane, about one mile to
the south of the village of Fore, in the north of
the county of Westmeath. According to the Life
of St. Fechin, published by Colgan, Diarmaid,
King of Meath, lived on an island in this lake
in the time of St. Fechin, who died in the year

502 aNNGéa RIOshachta elReEaNN. [865.

pul, acan la ca com bo paipce cpd amaul peurha a imeachcaip. Cepnachan,
mac Cumapcaig, cigeapna Racha hCiptip, vo mapbad la Mupegen, mac
Cledagam. Mandm pon loinsfp nEocharlle map na Oépib, 7 copspad a Long-
pupc. Apna nGall la cucapceanc nOppaise, la Cmneroig mac Garchin
oc Mimonoichec.

Cloip Cniopt, ocht ccév peapcca a ciice. Cn cinccead bliadain 0Coo.
Oegedcain, ab Conoine,7 Camve eala, eppcop 7 pepbmd, Robapcach Pionmn-
slap eppoop 7 pembmd, Conall Cille Scine eppcop, Oubantac bey), dvéce.
Copbmac Ua Ciatain, eppcop, abb 7 angcoine, vécc. Maolcuile, mac ango-
bann, abb Ciinne aintip, vécc. Codacan, mac Pinnpneachcta, canaip: abbad
Cluana,7 abb ceall mombda, véce an céo la v0 Nouembepn. Meaoloiin, mac
Cloda Oiponwe, cti5(fna Orlig, décc 1ap nool hi ccléincféc 06. Copecpach
Ticce Telle, pepibmd 7 angcoipe, vécc. huppan, mac Cionaoda, mZoamna
Connact, vo lopccad hi tears temead la Sochlacan, mac O1apmava. Cor-
ccad Oune Amlaib, occ Cluain Oolccin, la mac Gaitene, 7 la mac Cianain
mic Ronaic, 7 cé0 cfnn do toip(chaib Gall vo taipealbad vo na paonclan-
daub pm apmang oce Cluain Oolcain. Muipfoach, mac Catal, tizeanna
Ua cCnemtamn, vé5 00 pamlip. Canannan, mac Ceallag, piogoamna

664, g. v. supra ; and according to the tradition
in the country the tyrant Turgesius had a resi-
dence on the same island.

* Rath-Airthir.—Now Oristown, near Teltown,
in the county of Meath.—See it already referred
to under the years 784 and 805.

' Eochaill :-i.e. the Yew Wood, now Youghal,
a town near the mouth of the River Blackwater,
in the south-east of the county of Cork, where
the Danes had entrenched themselves about the
middle of this century.

® Mindroichet.—Now Monadrehid, near Borris
in Ossory, in the Queen’s County.—See note °,
under A. D. 600, p. 225, supra.

The year 864 of the Four Masters corre-
sponds with the year 865 of the Annals of Ulster,
which notice the events of that year briefly as
follows :

“A, D. 865. Amlaiv and his nobilitie went
to Fortren, together with the forreiners of Ire-

land and Scotland, and spoyled all the Cruhnes,
and brought all theire hostages with them.
Colga and Hugh, two abbots of the Abbey of
Bute, in uno anno mortui sunt. Cernachan mac
Cumascai, King of Rathairthir, jugulatus est
dolose by Muregan, mac Aedgan. Hugh, mac
Nell, praied all the mansions of the forreiners
between Tirconnell and Dalnarai, that is, the
South East of Ulster, and brought their goods
and Chattles to his place of abode after battle
geven them ; an overthrow geven them at Loch
Fevail, from whence he brought 240 heads.
The tourninge of Loch Levinn into bloud, that
it was in lumps of bloud as if it were lights of
beasts in the bottom of it.”—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49. <a
My Ara-airthir: i. e. the Eastern Ara, now In-’
isheer, the most easterly of the three islands of
Aran, in the Bay of Galway.—See the year 856.
* Dun-Amhlaebh.—Anmilaff’s, Auliffe’s, or Au-

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 503

865.]

‘was turned into blood, so that it appeared to all that it was lumps of blood like

the lights [of animals] externally. Cearnachan, son of Cumasgach, lord of
Rath-Airthir’, was slain by Muirigen, son of Aedhagan. A victory was gained

over the fleet of Eochaill' by the Deisi, and the fortress was destroyed. A

slaughter was made of the foreigners by the people of the north of Osraighe,
and Cinnedidh, son of Gaithin, at Mindroichet".

The Age of Christ, 865. The fifth year of Aedh. Oeghedhchair, Abbot
of Conner and Lann-Eala, bishop and scribe ; Robhartach of Finnghlas, bishop
and scribe ; Conall of Cill-Scire, bishop; [and] Dubhartach of Beiri, died.
Cormac Ua Liathain, bishop, abbot, and anchorite, died. Maeltuile Mac an
Gobhann, Abbot of Ara-airthir’, died. Aedhacan, son of Finnsneachta, Tanist- —
abbot of Cluain, and abbot of many churches, died on the first day of November.
Maelduin, son of Aedh Oirdnidhe, lord of Oileach, died, after having entered
into religion. Cosgrach of Teach-Telle, scribe and anchorite, died. Huppan,
son of Cinaedh, heir presumptive of Connaught, was burned in an ignited house,
by Sochlachan, son of Diarmaid. The burning of Dun-Ambhlaeibh* at Cluain-
Doleain, by the son of Gaithen’ and the son of Ciaran, son of Ronan ; and one
hundred of the heads of the foreigners were exhibited by the chieftains in that
slaughter at Cluain-Dolcain. Muireadhach, son of Cathal, lord of Ui-Cremh-
thainn, died of paralysis. Ceanannan, son of Ceallach, heir presumptive of

laff’s Fort. This was the name of a Danish
fortress at Clondalkin, near Dublin.

¥ The son of Gaithen.—He was chief of Laeighis,
or Leix, in the present Queen’s County. The
year 865 of the Annals of the Four Masters
corresponds with 866 of the Annals of Ulster,

prayed by Daigio” [recté, destroyed with fire] ‘ by
Sochlachan, mac Diarmada. Auisle the third
Kinge of Gentyles, by guile and by murther
killed by his own kinsmen” [Auéisle, tercius Rex
Gentilium, dolo et paricidio, a fratribus suis jugu-
latus est]. ‘ Battle upon Saxons of the North

which notice the events of that year as follows :

“A. D. 866. Maelduin, mac Hugh, King of
Ailech, in clericatu dolore extenso mortuus est.
Rovartach of Finglais, episcopus et scriba ; and
Conall of Kilskere, episcopus ; and Coserach of
Tetaille, seriba e anchorita ; and Ogechar, abbot
of Connire and Lainela; and Cormacke, nepos
Liahain, scriba episcopus et anchorita, in Christo
omnes dormierunt. Maeltuile, abbot of Lower
Arne; died. Guaire, mac Duvdavoiren, mortuus
est Aban, mac Cinaeh, second in Connaught

at the cittie Evroc” [York] ‘‘ by the Black for-
reiners, wherein Ailill” [Alli] “King of Saxons,
was killed. Dunavlaiv burnt at Cluondolcain by
Mac Gaeithin, and by Maelciarain, mac Ronain,
and the slaghter of a hundred heads of the best
of the forreiners, the same day, with those said
captains, in the confines of Clondolcain” [in
eodem die apud duces predictos in confinio Cluana
Dolcain]. ‘‘ Muireach, mac Cahail, King of Kin-
dred Crimthainn, died of a long palsy” [ paralisi
longa extinctus est].— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

504 ANNQCa-RIOSshachta eiReaNnn. [866.
Ua cCemnrpealang, vécc. Maidm pra mac GHaichim pon Halla Aca chat

1 concain Ovolb micle. Gnimbeolu, coipeac Hall Concaige, 00 manbad lap
na Oépib.

Cloip Cmiort, ocht ccéd pepcca apé. An peiplo bliadam ood. Ceal-
lac, mac Cumurpccans, abb Pobaip, eccnad uapal oiponide eipide. Conn- —
mach, abb Cluana mic Noip, a Pine Gall 06 1. vo Chenel Eachach Hall, 7.
a éce an cé0 la 00 thi Januapn. Oamel, abb Slinne 04 Loca, 1 Tamlachta,
Caoman, mac Oaolarg, abb Oomblace Cianain, Congal, mac Pfoaicch, abb
Cille Oealga,7 pombmd cogaivde,7 Plpgup Rup aahicip, pepbmd 4 angcoipe,
vécc. Reaccabna, mac Munchada, abb Concaise méipe, 7 Lanchtene, abb
Cluana h€ioneach, vécc. Plano, mac Conaing, tigeanna Opls mle, vo
tiondl pean mon(s, Largn,7 Gall, co Cill ua nOaigne, cing mile lion a
pocnarve, ino ashad an pigsh Goda Fimnleit. Ni parbe Cod acc aon mile
nama 1m Concoban, mac Tads mop, MZ Connacc.

Ro peanad an cat co
viocna oatpaccac (coppa,7] po meabaid po deold TMA neapt 1omsona, 7
lomaipeace pon plopa Onls, pon Cargmb,7 pon Gallaib, 7 po cuipead a nap, ~
| topcpavan pochade mop vo Sallarb ipm ccat pm. Topcarp ann Plann,
mac Conaing, wigfpna bpeag, 7] Oriapmaio, mac Eceppceoitl, cisfpna Loca |
Haban,7 Caplup, mac Amlaib, mac ciseanna Gall. Toncaip oonleit anal
i
|

Paccna mac Maolediin, psdoamna an Phocla, hi puitsum an cata. Man-
nacan, tiZeapna Ua mbmain na Sionna, po manb Plann, oa nebnad,

Moép an buaw vo Mhannachan, vo slonn an gaipecw Fans,
Cho mic Conaing ina lam, vo bag pon 1onchaib mic Tands.

* Kochaidh Gall.—This notice of Connmhach’s
descent is not in the Annals of Ulster. The
Editor has not been able to find any authentic
document to prove the existence of this Eoch-
aidh. Jocelin, in his Life of St. Patrick, makes
him the father of Ailpin, King of Dublin in St.
Patrick’s time ; but this is a silly fable (similar
to that about Gurmundus and his Irish Lord
Deputy, Turgesius), which was evidently writ-
ten since A. D. 930, to flatter the vanity of the
Christian Danes of Dublin, by asserting that
their ancestor was converted to Christianity by
St. Patrick.—See Colgan’s notes on this fable

in Jocelin, Trias Thaum., p. 112, n. 70,71; and
Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 226, note. The Fine-
Gall, who were seated at Dublin, and in the
east of the plain of Bregia, were evidently the
descendants of the prince, Tomar, or'Tomrar,
who was slain in the year 847.

* Cill-Ua-nDaighre: i. e. Church of the Ui-
Daighre, now probably Killaderry, in the county
of Dublin.

> Conchobhar, son of Tadhg Mor: i.e. of Tadhg,
son of Muirgheas, who was the fourth in descent
from Muireadhach Muilleathan, a quo Sil-Mui-

readhaigh, This Conchobhar was the grandfather —

—

866.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 605

Ui-Ceinnselaigh, died. A victory was gained by the son of Gaithin over the
foreigners of Ath-cliath, wherein fell Odolbh Micle. Gnimhbeolu, chief of the
foreigners of Corcach, was slain by the Deisi.

The Age of Christ, 866. The sixth year of Aedh. Ceallach, son of Cumas-
gach, Abbot of Fobhar, who was a noble and illustrious wise man ; Connmhach,
Abbot of Gluain-mic-Nois, one of the Fine-Gall, i.e. of the race of Eochaidh
Gall’, died on the first day of the month of January. Daniel, Abbot of Gleann-
da-locha and Tamhlacht ; Caemhan, son of Daelach, Abbot of Daimhliag-
Cianain ; Conghal, son of Feadach, Abbot of Cill-Dealga, and a distinguished
scribe; and Fearghus of Ros-ailithir, scribe and anchorite, died. Reachtabhra,
son of Murchadh, Abbot of Corcach-mor ; and Laichtene, Abbot of Cluain-
eidhneach, died. Flann, son of Conaing, lord of all Breagh, collected the men
of Breagh [and] Leinster, and the foreigners, to Cill-Ua-nDaighre*,—five thou-
sand was the number of his forces,—against the king, Aedh Finnliath. Aedh
had only one thousand, together with Conchobhar, son of Tadhg Mor’, King of
Connaught. The battle was eagerly and earnestly fought between them; and
the victory was at length gained, by dint of wounding and fighting, over the
men of Breagh, the Leinstermen, and the foreigners ; and a slaughter was made
of them, and a great number of the foreigners were slain in that battle. There
were slain therein Flann, son of Conaing, lord of Breagh ; Diarmaid, son of
Ederscel, lord of Loch-Gabhar ; and Carlus, son of Amhlaeibh, [i.e.] son of
the lord of the foreigners. There fell on the other side Fachtna, son of Mael-
duin, Righdhamhna of the North, in the heat of the battle.
of Ui-Briuin-na-Sinna’, slew Flann ; of which was said :

Mannachan, lord

Great the triumph for Mannachan, for the hero of fierce valour,
[To have] the head of the son of Conaing in his hand, to exhibit
it before the face of the son of Tadhg".

of Tadhg of the Three Towers, King of Con-
naught, who died in 954, and the great-grand-
father of the Conchobhar, from whom the family
of the Ui-Conchobhair, or O’Conors of Con-
naught, derived their hereditary surname.

© Mannachan, lord of Ui-Briuin-na-Sinna.—
This Mannachan is the ancestor from whom the
family of the Ui-Mannachain, or O’Monahans,

derive their surname. The territory of the Ui-
Briuin-na-Sinna, or Ui-Briuin of the Shannon,
lies principally between Elphin and Jamestown,
in the county of Roscommon, and comprises the
parishes of Kilmore, Aughrim, and Clooncraff —
See note *, under A. D. 1197, p. 107, infra.

4 The son of Tadhg: i.e. Conchobhar, King of
Connaught.

37

506

aNNaza Rioshachta eireann.

(866.

Ap vo na tofpeachab vo pfol Muplohag cangavan vo cach Chille .

Ua nOargpe, po padfo moro,

Ciac bena cac a ble, ap a luige lan éEtang,

Crp iad po an caoinf(p vécc, Lovap 1pm ccat 04 Coimén.

Uocan pan cat 0a cabaip, Pinnacca 7 Pollamann,

Maonach, mart mem an mapncars, agup Tads, mac Tomalcais.
Plannacean plant poramoa an peurp, 1p Mugspoin caorm Ua Catal,
Mannachan ba mart a méin, 1p Choic va Maoilmicét.

¢

Opuch CAeda avbent pap ccat, cecinic,

Oop pail oan Finovabaip Find, prallac gpinn dond oap la Linn Luino,
Ap an céoaib pimtean soill, vo cat pi is n€cap null.

(ed cecinic,

Mat an mana, mait an peact, neant ced cunad man cconp,
Apnaigid puap, oénaid ect, manbard an tpéd Immon Tope.

File cecinic,

hi cCill Ua nOgpe mor, blaippic piaic lomann cpo,
Meabaip pon pluas prabna nSall, 1p pon Plann nip pippan v6.

* The Sil-Muireadhaigh : i.e. the O’Conors of
Connaught and their correlatives.—See note ‘,
under A. D. 700, p. 301, supra.

‘To guard him.—Dr. O’Conor says that two
lines are here wanting, which seems true.

* Finnachta.—He was the ancestor of the fa-
mily of O’Finaghty of Duinamon, whose terri-
tory extended on both sides of the River Suck.

» Flannagan.—He was chief of Clann-Cathail,
a territory near Elphin, in the county of Ros-
common, and ancestor of the family of O’Flan-
nagain, now Flanagan.

' Maelmichil.—He is the ancestor of the family
of O’Maeilmhichil, now anglicé Mulvihil and
Mulville, anciently seated in the territory of
Corcachlann, in the east of the county of Ros-

common.—See note ', under the year 1256,
p- 358, infrd. For a curious account of the
chiefs of Sil-Muireadhaigh, and their offices
under the King of Connaught, see the Stowe
Catalogue, p. 168; and Hardiman’s edition of
O’Flaherty’s West Connaught, pp. 139, 140.

* The poet of Aedh: Opue Ceda.—In the
Leabhar-Gabhala of the ‘O’Clerys, p. 203, the
reading is pile Cleda, i.e. the poet of Aedh-

Finnliath, Monarch of Ireland. The Druth was _

rather the king’s fool, who was often as wise
and as witty a man as the king himself.

1 Brown-haired-host : i.e. the forces of Con-
chobhar, King of Connaught.

™ King of Etar: i.e. King of Howth, by which

is here to be understood Flann, son of Conaing,

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866.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 507

It was of the chieftains of the Sil-Muireadhaigh® who came to the battle of
Cill-Ua-nDaighre, the following was composed :

Though every one should judge adversely, it is on his full false oath :

These are the eleven men who went into the battle to guard him‘

There went into the battle to assist therein Finnachta’ and Follamhain,

Maenach,—good was the disposition of the horseman,—and Tadhg,
son of Tomaltach ;

Flannagan", beauteous chief of the cavalry, and the comely Mughroin,
grandson of Cathal ;

Mannachan, good was his mind, and Aidit, grandson of Maelmichil:.

The poet of Aedh* said before the battle :

There comes over the bright Finnabhair a pleasant, brown-haired host,
across the noble, rapid stream.

It is in hundreds the foreigners are counted, to fight with the great
King of Etar™.

Aedh cecinit :

Good our cause", good our expedition, the strength of a hundred

heroes in our body ;
Rise ye up, accomplish valour, kill the herd along with the boar’.

A certain poet cecinit:

At Cill-Ua-nDaighre this day, the ravens shall taste sups of blood,
A victory shall be gained over the magic host of the foreigners, and
over Flann ; it will be no good news to him.

prince of Bregia. CQpnmgid puap oénaid écz
» Good our cause.—This quatrain is quoted by Foippg1é an zpéo mon conc.”
Michael O’Clery in his Glossary, 7m voce af- © Along with the boar : immon cope «1.1m an
NABI, Cite, The CARATS Ae pple, cane conc.—It is stated in an interlined gloss in the
grannies Stowe copy, and in the Leabhar-Gabhala of the
“Mae an mana, pedpp dp bpeacc, O’Clerys, p. 203, that the conc,. boar, here
Neanz céo cunad inanp gcopp. alludes to Flann, son of Conaing.

3872

uN

508 QNNQZa RIOshachta elReEaNnN.

‘

Qed cecinc,

Do pil buidne Langln lerp, lap an mbpeip von Shon bray,
Ciplo vo beip maoin 1m Fhlann, comapda na nGall pia a ap.

Qed cecinic,

Cumpid neh pop ccfngad parp, pon mac nmgon vo Oubpars,
Tpéan an colba Cpe pon am, 1 mbealach bodba vor fil.

Ap von cat ceona no pmdtd, -

4

Eol oufb an vo pigne, mac Néill Oils eangnae,

An cQod Pind co poobf, clpp occ Cill Ua nOangne.
Oeich cécoip co [a] nuaige, 1an péoarb ind 1 pige
Oon veabad conpuala, mebaid pon cé1g mile.

Loippin oput Plamn acbenc po,

Oia lua lite Lota loomapn 1 mbelac nata.
Finopuine pip po biota, 1onmume snap snata.

Macaip Plain, msm Nell appubainc po,

Sinpan, vippan, veagpcél, oporchpcél, madm cata puaid paenais,
Sippan pi, o1a noeanna paold, oinpan pi Popp poemio,

Oropyan vo pluaicch Leite Cun, a ccuicim la prabpa Slam,
Sioppan piogad Ceda ull, agup ouppan o1obad Plain.

Mactan Plann beop,

Cn toe toe, 00 ni mac Conaing don por,
Cilem pi comcc gac dt do Fonte an bpt do vonnoe.

» Dubhsaigh : i.e. the black slut, or bitch.—
This reproachful name is bestowed by the mo-
narch on his own sister, who was the mother of
Flann.—See note *, infra.

1 Christ protects. —The monarch Aedh here
reminds his troops that, as they were fighting
against pagans and their Irish allies, Christ
would be on their side to ensure them victory.

* Bealach-natha.—This was the name of an
ancient road near Killonerry ; but the name is
now obsolete.

* Findruine.—In the Leabhar-Gabhala of the
O’Clerys, p. 204, this is glossed by Fip Speag,
i.e. men of Bregia.

‘ The daughter of Niall_—tt is stated in the
Leabhar-Gabhala of the O’Clerys (ubi supra),
that the mother of Flann mac Conaing was the
daughter of Niall Caille. She was, therefore, the
sister of the monarch, and Flann was slain fight-
ing on the side of the Danes against his uncle.
The joy and grief of Flann’s mother expressed
in these rhymes can then be easily imagined.

oy

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866.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 509

Aedh cecinit :
The troops of Leinster are with him, with the additional men of the
rapid Boinn ;
What shews the treachery of Flann is the concord of the foreigners
by his side.
Aedh cecinit :
Put ye the venom of your tongues upon him, upon the narrow-hearted
son of Dubhsagh?;
Mighty is our standard, Christ protects’ us in the pass of danger in
which we are.
Of the same battle was said :
Know ye what did the intelligent son of Niall of Oileach,
The fair Aedh, with slaughter, southwards at Cill-Ua-nDaighre ?
Ten hundred in the grave, by direct computation ;
In the battle which happened, five thousand were defeated.
Loisin, the poet of Flann, said this :

Monday, the day of terror, we went to Bealach-natha’.
The men of Findruine* were slaughtered ; dear were the well-known faces.

The mother of Flann, the daughter of Niall‘, said this :

Happiness! wo! good news! bad news! the gaining of a great trium-
phant battle,

Happy for the king whom it makes joyous; unhappy for the king who
was defeated.

Unhappy for the host of Leath-Chuinn, to have fallen by the sprites of
Slaini".

Happy the reign of the great Aedh, and unhappy the loss of Flann !

The mother of Flann again :

The fire, fire which the son of Conang made of the plain !
\ I beseech the king, who protects every place, to strengthen the
mother who bore him.

" The sprites of Slaini: i.e. the Danes, who Boyne, near Slane, in the county of Meath.—
had taken up their station at Linn-Rois, on the See note 4, under the year 841, p. 462, supra.

510 ANNQACA RIOshachta elRECGNN.

iad wipece anaicmd vo meabram a ccaob Sléibe Cualann ma paibe
1apecac 7 bpic clopouba, sup b6 maccnad mép la cach mopm. Conn, mac
Cionaevha, cigeanna Ua mbaipnci cipe, 00 mapbad oc cogail n fine pop
na sallaib.

Coy Cort, ocht ccév peapcca a peachce. On peachcmad bliadamn
vQoo. Calll Chlocain pepbnid, eppcop, 7 abb Clocaip, Conbmac, mac
Eladaig, abb Saispe,epycop,7] pepbmd, Niallan, eppcop Slaine,vécc. Eovorp,
mac Oongaile vo dol 1 mantpa la Hallcab 1 nOipipc O1anmacca. Mancan,
abb Cluana mec Nop 7 Ocmimy, pembmd eipde vo Ohancpagib darminy!
a cenél. Oubtac, mac Mharlcule, pean po deappsnad an eccna 7 poslaim
vo luce na h€onpa ule ina né, vécc. Plano, mac Peancaip, abb Lainve
Céine, 7 pepsi Apoa Maca, vécc. Copbmac, mac Connmans, peptisip,
pembmd, 7 (ccna Cluana peanta Opénamn, vécc. Ounlance, mac Murp-
fohang, pi Longin, vécc. Maelbmiszve, mac Spealamn, cigeapna Conaille, vécc
1ccléinceacc. ‘Cionaed, mac Maelpuanad, an vana ciseapna boi an can
rin pon Channaccoib vo mapbad. Maolcianam, mac Ronan cpéimpean
aintipn Eneann péinoiw pogla pon Ghallaib, 00 manbavd. Cian, mac Eachac,
cizeanna Cpemtaime,véce. Cian mac cummupccaig, cigeapna Ua mbarpncr,
vé5. Clpnach, mac Eatach, tizeanna Musdonn mops, [vécc]. Oonnagan,
mac Cevpacca, tiZeanna Ua cCeimnpealarg, vo mapbad. Conaing, én mac
Flainn, mic Conaing, 00 manbad la hUib cCeimnpelars. Apo Maca vongain
7 vo lopccad, co na veantaisib wile la hAmlaoib. Oeic ccéd etin bneod 4

“ Sliabh-Cualann.—This was the old name of forreners, wherein fell 900, or more. Flann,

‘

(67,
{
(

the Sugar-loaf mountain, near Bray, in the
county of Wicklow. ‘The year 866 of the Four
Masters corresponds with 867 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year
briefly as follows:

* A. D. 867. Cellach, mac Cumascaich, Abbas
Fovair, juvenis sapiens et ingeniosissimus, peritt.
Convach, Abbot of Clonmicnois, tn nocte Kal. Ja-
nuarti in Christo dormivit. Daniel, Abbot of
Glindaloch and Taulachta. Caevan, mac Daly,
Abbot of Doimliag, mortuus est. A battle by
Hugh, mac Nell, at Killonairi, upon the O’Nells
of Bregh, upon Leinster, and a greate army of

mac Conaing, King of all Bregh; Diarmaid,
mac Edirsceoil, and many Gentiles, were killed
in that battle; Diarmaid being king of Loch-
gavar. Fachtna, mac Maeilduin, died of a wound
gotten in the battle, being heir apparent of the

Fochla, that part of Ulster” [so called]. “Con-.__

gal, mac Feai, Abbot of Killdelga, scriba, quievit.
Eruptio ignota aque de Monte Cualann cum pis-
cibus atris. Ventus magnus in Feria Martini.
Rechtavra, mac Murcha, abbot of Corca-mor,
dormivit.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Dartraighe-Daimhinsi : i.e. Dartry of Deye-
nish. This is clearly a mistake for Dartraighe-

867.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 511

A stream of strange water burst forth from the side of Sliabh-Cualann”, in
which were fish and coal-black trouts, which were a great wonder to all. Conn,
son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Bairrchi-tire, was slain while demolishing the for-
tress of the foreigners.

The Age of Christ, 867. The seventh year of Aedh. Ailill of Clochar,
scribe, bishop, and Abbot of Clochar ; Cormac, son of Eladhach, Abbot of
Saighir, bishop and scribe ; Niallan, Bishop of Slaine, died. Eodois, son of
Donghal, suffered martyrdom from the foreigners at Disert-Diarmada. Martin,
Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois and Daimhinis, a scribe of the sept of Dartraighe-
Daimhinsi*; Dubhthach, son of Maeltuile, a man who excelled all the people
of Europe in wisdom and learning, died. Flann, son of Fearchar, Abbot of
Lann-Leire and Giconomus of Ard-Macha, died. Cormac, son of Connmhach,
ceconomus, scribe, and wise man of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, died. Dunlang, son
of Muireadhach, King of Leinster, died. Maelbrighde, son of Spealan, lord of
Conaille, died in religion. Cinaedh, son of Maelruanaidh, the second lord that
was at that time over the Cianachta, was slain.
champion of the east of Ireland, a hero-plunderer of the foreigners, was slain.
Cian, son of Eochaidh, lord of Creamthainn, died. Cian, son of Cumasgach,
lord of Ui-Bairrchi-tire, died. Cearnach, son of Eochaidh, lord of: Mughdhorn-
Breagh, [died]. Donnagan, son of Ceadfadh, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain.
Conang, only son of Flann, son of Conang, was slain by the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh.
Ard-Macha was plundered and burned, with its oratories, by Amhlaeibh. Ten
hundred was the number there cut off, both by wounding and suffocation ;

Mael¢iarain, son of Ronan,

\

Coininnsi, which was the ancient name of the
barony of Dartry, in the west of the county of
Monaghan.

The year 867 of the Annals of the Four Mas-
ters corresponds with 868 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows: :

“ A.D. 868. Martan, Abbot of Clonmicnois
and Daivinis, seriba, and Niallan, bushop of
Slane, died. Cormac, mac Elaai, Abbot of
Saigir, et scriba, vitam senilem finivit. Flann, mac
Ferchair, equonimus of Ardmach, and prince of
Lainleire” [heu/] “‘ breviter finivit vitam. Mael-

ciarain, mac Ronain, the only kingly man of the
North-east’? [recté, of the east] “of Ireland, and
the bruising champion of forreners, killed. Cer-
nach, mac Echach, chiefe of Mugorne-Bregh ;
Ruaachan, mac Neill, cheife of the O’Forinans,
died. Ardmach spoiled by Aulaiv” [vecte, Aulaiv
spoiled Ardmach], “ burninge the towne and
the oratories, and slaying ten hundreth by fire
and sword, and caried great booti away. Don-
nagan mac Cedfaa, Hex O’Cinselai, jugulatus est
dolosé a socio suo. Ailill of Clochar, scriba, Epis-
copus, and Abbot of Clochar-mac-Damen, mor-
tuus est. Duvhach, mac Maeltuile, doctissimus

512 anNNaza RIOSshachta elREGnHN. (868.

muduccad po manbad ano la caobgZac évala 7 Zac 1onnmapa oa beuappeac
ann vo bpeit led. Ruadacan, mac Nell cofpeac Ua Popanoan, vécc.

Coip Cmorc, ocht ccéo peapeca a hocht. On coccmad bliadain ood.
Suaipl(ch md Eronen eprcop, angcoime, 7 abb Cluana hlopaipo, doctulpi 1
noiadacc 7 ind Cena ppipéacalca ind Imp Cpabard, 7 caoin gnfoma, go po Ue
a aim po Eipmn ule. Compud, abb Oipipt Canam bhealarg ofin pgpibmod
+ epreop, vécc. Sep, mac Orcorea, abb Sangne, Orapmaro, abb Pfpna,
Connla, ancoipe Opoma capad Cinve Cianacca, Ouboatuile, abb Let morn
Mocoemoce, Maolodan, angcome, eppcop, 7 abb Oaimmy, [vécc]. Cobtach,
mac Mumpfohaig, abb Cille oana, (nad 7 ovoccup (gna epwe.
pared,

Cobtach cupms cuipn(charg, oomna pig Lipthe lennarc,
Oippan mac mop Mumpeoarg, ba hac Ua Coeimpmn Ceallais.
Cleric: laigean lesmvde. puf plan, pfsaimn, poclac,

Réclu pupeach pedmse, comonba Conlao Cobtach.

Comgan Bova, angcoipe Tamlacca, valca Maorlepuam, vég. Odlach,
mac Muine(nras, TIFeapna Ceneoil Conall, oo manbad, 7 Maolmopda,
mac Chlella cigeanna Ceneail Lugdac, vég. Maolpeacnaill ba cigeanna
leit veipceinc bpeagy vo manbad la Gallanb. Cionaod, mac Peangarte,
cigeanna Ua bmi Cualann, véce. lonopad Largfn la hQoo pPinnliat o
Ae chat co Babpan. Ceanball mac Oangarle, cop m lion bof o1a monnnad

(yp do po |

von leit ole 50 Oun bolcc.

Latinorum totius Europe, in Christo dormivit.
Maelbrighde, mac Spelain, rez Conaille, in cler-
catu. obiit.’,—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

¥ Disert-Chiarain of Bealach-duin.—Now cor-
ruptly called, in Irish, Ister-Chiarain, and in
English, Castlekieran, an old church on the
Abhainn-Sele, or Blackwater River, in the ba-
rony of Upper Kells, and county of Meath, and
about two miles and a half north-west of the
town of Kells.
crosses still to be seen at this church, which

There are some curious ancient

indicate the antiquity of the place.—See note *,
under the year 770, p. 374, suprd,
* Druim-caradh of Ard-Cianachta. — Now

Popoppaoan Cargin ounaid Ceanbarll 7 mac

Drumcar, in the barony of Feara-Arda-Cia-
nachta, now anglicé Ferrard, in the county of
Louth.—See note*, under the year 811, p. 424,
supra.

* TheCuirreach of races.—Now the Curragh of
Kildare, which is still celebrated for its horse-
races. It would appear from Cormac’s Glos-
sary, in voce Cuippech, that the ancient Irish

had chariot races here; for in that work it is

conjectured that the word cu:nnech is derived
This derivation of the word,
though not strictly correct, still affords a strong
presumption that chariot races’ were held on
the Curragh in the time of the author of this

“a curribus.”

ee

868.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 513

besides all the property and wealth which they found there was carried off by
them. Ruadhachan, son of Niall Ua Forannain, died.

The Age of Christ, 868. The eighth year of Aedh. Suairleach of Eidhnen,
bishop, anchorite, and Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, doctor in divinity, and in spiri-
tual wisdom, in piety, and in good deeds, so that his name spread over all
Ireland, [died]. Comsudh, Abbot of Disert-Chiarain of Bealach-duin’, scribe
and bishop, died. Geran, son of Dichosca, Abbot of Saighir; Diarmaid, Abbot
of Fearna; Connla, anchorite of Druim-caradh of Ard-Cianachta’?; Dubhdathuile,
Abbot of Liath-mor-Mochaemhog ; Maelodhar, anchorite, bishop, and Abbot

-of Daimhinis, [died]. Cobhthach, son of Muireadhach, Abbot of Cill-dara, who

was a wise man and learned doctor, [died], Of him was said :

Cobhthach of the Cuirreach of races*, intended king of Liphthe of tunics,
Alas! for the great son of Muireadhach. Ah grief! the descendant of the
comely fair Ceallach.
_ Chief of scholastic Leinster, a perfect, comely, prudent sage,
A brilliant shining star, was Cobhthach, the successor of Connladh?.

Comhgan Foda, anchorite of Tamhlacht, the foster-son of Maelruain, died.
Dalach, son of Muircheartach, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain; and Maelmordha,
son of Ailell, lord of Cinel-Lughdhach’, died. Maelseachnaill, who was lord
of half South Breagh, was slain by the foreigners. Cinaedh, son of Fearghal,
lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualann, died. The plundering of Leinster by Aedh Finn-
liath, from Ath-cliath to Gabhran*. Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, plundered it
on the other side, as far as Dun-bolg’. The Leinstermen attacked the fort of

Glossary. The chariot is frequently referred to

in the lives of St. Patrick, as in use among the
pagan Irish: “Junctis terno novem curribus
secundum deorum traditionem.”—Lib.Ardmach.

» Connladh.—He was the first Bishop of Kil-
dare.—See note *, under the year 519, p. 179,
supra.

* Cinel-Lughdhach : i. e. the Race of Lughaidh,
son of Sedna.
tended from the stream of Dobhar to the River
Suilighe, now anglicé the Swilly, in the pre-
sent county of Donegal.—See Book of Fenagh,

The territory of this tribe ex-:

fol. 47, 6, a; and Battle of Magh Rath, note *,
pp. 157, 158.

4 From Ath-cliath to Gabhran : i.e. from Dublin
to Gowran, in the county of Kilkenny.

* Dunbolg.—This was the ancient name of a
fort near Donard, in the county of Wicklow.—
See note », under A. D. 594, p. 218, supra. The
year 868 of the Annals of the Four Masters
corresponds with 869 of the Annals of Ulster,
which give the events of that year as fol-
lows:

“ A. D, 869. Suairlech of Aignen, Episcopus

3U

[869.
Haiteni, 7 00 mapbad oaome 1omda leo. lap na patuccad pin do lucht an
longpuinc po chachaopl< co calma piu, 50 po pupalple poppa co na plare

514 aNNaza RIOshachta elReEGNN.

bnan mac Muipeadans, clL6d ma ppitems rap mapbad pochaide dia mumneip |

uaidib. Inopead na nOeip la Cfpball, mac nOungale, co nOppangib, 7
concain Copcpan, mac Célecaip, 7 Hopman, mac Cachcnain leo.

Cloip Cort, oche ccéd pearcca anaor.
Quill, eppeop, abb Pobaap, Oubtach, abb Chille achand, pembmid, ancorm,4

epreop, Cunor, mac Allmad, abb 7 eaccnatd Inpi Clotpann,7 Caille Poclada,

1 Mhvde, vécc. Colcca, mac Maoilecuile, abbaid, 7 angcome Cluana Con-

apne Tommen, Maongal, alicip, abb b{nocamp, 7 Maolmde, mac Cumupcecang, -

pproin Cluana mic Noip, vécc. Oiuill, mac Ounlaing, pi Cangfn, vo manbad
la Noptmanmb. Cazal, mac Inopeccang leit pi Ulad, 00 mapbad cpia pop-
consna an 5 eda. Platt, mac Paolcaip, v0 badad. Maolmuaid, mac
Pinnpnecca, cizeapna Cintip Cipe, 0é5. Invpead Connacc la Cfpball, 7 la
Ouncad, 7 concaip Guachal mic Ounavars led.
Ceanball can Cuachaip pap.

Qoip Cmorct, ocht ccéo peachtmoda. Cn ofchmad bliadain ood Pinn-
hat. 6ma eprcop abb Oombace, angcoine 7 pembnedip. Secc mbliadna

ochtmosac a aeip an can acbat. Cp via eccaoine vo padead,

Ona span ap ccaom clainve, cnn cpabard mp hEmip,
Maovgab napad naeb Ppamne comopba Cianamn célig.
Cenmain pamad ponchaide v1amba cenn céim céncia,

Ompan inno mop molbtaige ap capa caorm fino Ha.

house. Duvdatuile, Abbot of Liahmor-Mocae-
mog; Maelohar, Abbas et Anchorita Daminse ;
Cumascach, Abbot of Disert-Ciarain of Bealach-
duin, scriba et Episcopus ; Comgan Foda, An-
chorite of Tavlachta, Maelruain’s disciple ; and

anchorita, et Abbas of Clon-Iraird, doctor religionis
totius Hibernia pausavit. ‘The spoylinge of Lein-
_ ster by Hugh, mac Nell, untill” [i.e. as far as]
“‘Gavran. Cervall, mac Dungail, with his force,
came to hinder them to Dunbolg ; but Leinster-
men spoyled Cervall and Mac.Gaeihine’s mansion
places, and killed som men, and did flee backe

Conla, Anchorite of Druim-cara in Ard-Cia-
nachta, omnes mortui sunt. Obsessio Aile-cluithe

Cin nomad bliadain ood. |

Innnead Muman ona la -

with their King, viz., Mureach, mac Brain, and
some of them were killed. Dalach, mac Mur-
tach, dua Generis Conell, a gente sua jugulatus
est. Diarmaid, mac Diarmada, killed a man in
Ardmacha before the dore” [interfecit virum ante
januam domiis] “of Hugh, King of Tarach his

a Nordmannis i. Avlaiv and Ivar, duo reges
Nordmannorum; obsederunt arcem illam, et de-
struxerunt, in fine quatuor mensium arcem, é pre-
daverunt, Maeilsechlainn, mac Nell, haulfe king

of Descert Bregh, is falsely killed” [interfectus

dolosé} “‘by Ulf, a Blacke Gentile. Covhach,

a et

869.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 515

Cearbhall, and of the son of Gaithin, and many men were slain by them. When
the people of the fort had perceived this, they fought bravely against them, so
that they compelled them, with their chief, Bran, son of Muireadhach, to return
back, after numbers of their people had been slain. The plundering of Deisi
by Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, and the Osraighi, and Corcran, son of Ceileachar,
and Gorman, son of Lachtnan, were slain by them.

The Age of Christ, 869. The ninth year of Aedh. Ailill, bishop, Abbot
of Fobhar ; Dubhthach, Abbot of Cill-achaidh, scribe, anchorite, and bishop ;
Curoi, son of Alniadh, Abbot and wise man of Inis-Clothrann‘, and Caille-
Fochladha in Meath, died. Colga, son of Maeltuile, Abbot and anchorite of
Cluain-Conaire-Tomain ; Maenghal, the pilgrim, Abbot of Beannchair ; and
Maelmidhe, son of Cumasgach, Prior of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Ailill, son of
Dunlang, King of Leinster, was slain by the Norsemen. Cathal, son of Inn-
reachtach, half king of Ulidia, was killed at the request of the king, Aedh.
Flaitheamh, son of Faelchar, was drowned. Maelmhuaidh, lord of Airther-
Life, died. The plundering of Connaught by Cearbhall and Dunchadh ; and
Buachail, son of Dunadhach, was slain by them. The plundering also of Mun-
ster, from Luachair westwards", by Cearbhall.

The Age of Christ, 870. The tenth year of Aedh Finnliath. Gnia, bishop,
Abbot of Daimhliag, anchorite and scribe, [died]. Eighty-seven years was his
age when he died. In lamentation of him was said :

Gnia, the sun of our fair race, head of the piety of the island of Emhir ;

Well he celebrated the festival of St. Prainne, the successor of the
wise Cianan.

For a long time the bright congregation, of which he was head, had
dignity without obscurity ;

Alas ! for the great precious gem, our fair bright friend, Gnia.

mac Mureai, prince of Kildare, mortuus est.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

' Inis-Clothrann: i.e. Clothra’s Island, now
Tnisheloghran in Loughree, opposite Knock-
croghery, in the county of Roscommon.—See
note ', under A. D. 1193, p. 98, infra.

8 Caille-Fochladha.—Now Faghly, or Faghil-
town, in the barony of Fore, county of West-

meath. There was another Caille-Fochladha,
near Killala, in the county of Mayo.

» From Luachair westwards : i.e. that part of
Munster, extending from the mountains of
Sliabh Luachra westwards to the sea, was plun-
dered by Cearball.

The year 869 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with the year 870 of the

au2Z

516 anNNaca RIOSshachta elReaNn. (871.

Maolcuile eppcop,7 abb Tuléin, Comspech, mac Paorllén, abb Cille
h€upalle, Efpoomnach, abb Cluana mic Nop, 7 Robancach Ofpmaige,
rembmd coccaide, vécc. Clhopaolad Ua Murchtigepn, cigeapna Carpil,

véce 1ap mbeit 1 ccpeblard cian fooa, 7 ba habb Imig lubanp erpide. ~Maol- |

puanad, mac Maolcuapoa, cigeapna Ua Mic Uaip an Phocla, vés. Mug-
pon, mac Maelecotard, letpf Connache, vécc. Opgain pCp na cop Mange,
7 na cComann co Shab bladma vo cigeannaib Gall 1 pneachca péle Opigve
na bliadna po.

Coir Cmort, oche ccéo plchcmooha a haon. On caonmad bliadam
véce ood. Colman eprcop pepibnedip 7 abb nClononoma, Oichull, eppcop
Cilli moip Enip, Oungal, mac Maonang, abb Inp1 Camofsa, Maolewli Cluana
huinnptin, abb Cugmad, 7 Plaitbeancach, mac Mupc(pcag, abb Own
Canlofnn, vécc. Scannlan Oomnag Paccpance, repr bmd vepppeargte, vécc.

Uloban, mac Comps, pi Ulad, vécc 1ap noeigb(charo.
bpocan, ciZeapna Ua Piachnach Cone.

Uatmanan, mac
Ounadach, mac Ragallarg,

tizeajina Cenedil Coippne moip, 7 ba via Ecc do paidead,

Ounadach omodoncaill can, saip Fp nvoman conomaib salt,
Cazmuil cnaibdeach clamne Cuno po cnopparb cull 1 nOpuim chiab.

Annals of Ulster, which note the events of that
year as follows :

«A.D. 870. Cahalan, mac Inrechtai, haulfe
kinge of Ulster, is trecherously killed by”
[King] ‘‘Hugh his advice. Avlaiv and Ivar
came again to Dublin out of Scotland, and
brought with them great bootyes from English-
men, Britons and Pights, in theire two hun-
dreth ships, with many of theire people captives”
[et preda maxima hominum Anglorum, et Brito-
num, deducta est secum ad Hiberniam in capti-
“ Expugnatio Duin Sovairche, quod
Forreiners there with

vitatem].
antea non perfectum est.
Tyrowen. Ailill mac Dunlaing, king of Lein-
ster, ab Nordmannis interfectus est. Ailill Epis-
copus, Abbot of Favar, in Christo dormivit, Curoi,
mac Ailnia, of Iland Clohrann, and of Fochla of
Meath, Abbas sapiens, et peritissimus Historiarum
Scoticarum, in Christo dormivit. Colga, mac Mael-

tuile, sacerdos, Abbot of Clonconaire, quzevit.
Maengal, the Pilgrim, Abbot of Benchuir,
vitam senilem feliciter finivit. Maelmeath, mac
Cumascai, Secnap of Cluonmicnois, mortuus est.”
—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

' Ui-Mic- Uais of the North—The exact situa-
tion of this tribe has not been yet determined.
The Ui-Mic-Uais of Teffia were seated in and
gave name to the present barony of Moygoish,
in the north of the county of Westmeath.

* The Three Plains: i.e. the Plains of Magh-

Airbh, Magh-Sedna, and Magh-Tuathat, in the .

baronies of Crannagh and Galmoy, in the county
of Kilkenny, and in that of Upper Ossory, in
the Queen’s County. Magh-Tuathat is at the
foot of Shabh Bladhma, or Slieve Bloom.

1 The Comanns.—Otherwise called na ep: Co-
maim, i.e. the Three Comanns. They were
three septs seated in the north of the present

871.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 517

Maeltuile, Bishop and Abbot of Tuilen ; Loingseach, son of Faeillen, Abbot
of Cill-Ausaille ; Feardomhnach, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Robhartach
of Dearmhach, a distinguished scribe, died. Ceannfaeladh Ua Muichthighern,
lord of Caiseal, died, after long and protracted illness ; he had been Abbot of
Imleach-Iubhair. Maelruanaidh, son of Maelcuarda, lord of Ui-Mic-Uais of the
North’, died. Mughron, son of Maelcothaidh, half king of Connaught, died.
The plundering of the men of the Three Plains", and of the Comanns' as far as
Shabh Bladhma, by the lords of the foreigners, during the snow of Bridgetmas
this year.

The Age of Christ, 871. The eleventh year of Aedh. Colman, bishop,
scribe, and Abbot of Aendruim; Dichuill, Bishop of Cill-mor-Inir ; Dunghal,
son of Maenach, Abbot of Inis-Caindeagha; Maeltuile of Cluain-Uinnseann”,
Abbot of Lughmhadh; and Flaithbheartach, son of Muircheartach, Abbot of
Dun-Cailldenn’, died. Scannlan of Domhnach-Padraig, a celebrated scribe,
died. Leathlobhar, son of Loingseach, King of Ulidia, died, after a good life.
Uathmharan, son of Brocan, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne, [died]. Dunadhach,
son of Raghallach, lord of Cinel-Cairbre-Mor®, died. Of his death was said :

Dunadhach, a noble protection, a famous man by whom hostages were
held,
A pious soldier of the race of Conn [lies interred] under hazel crosses

at Druim-cliabh?.

county of Kilkenny.—See them again referred
to under A. D. 931. This plundering of Ossory
is not noticed in the Annals of Ulster. Most of
the other events given under 870 by the Four
Masters are set down in the Annals of Ulster at
871, as follows:

“A.D. 871. Gnia, prince of Doimliag, An-
chorita, Episcopus, et Seriba optimus” [quievit].
Maelruana, mac Maelcurarda, dua Nepotum filio-
rum Cuais-in-Fochla, mortwus est. Cennfaela,
nepos Mochtigern, King of Cassil, extenso dolore
in pace quievit, Ferdovnach, prince of Cluon-
micnois dormivit. Artga, King of Brittains of
Srahcluode, consilio Constantini, mic Cinaeh, oc-
cisus est. Maeltuile, Hpiscopus, prince of Tula-

ain, mortuus est. Loingsech, mac Faillen, prince
of Killausily, mortuus est. Rovartach of Durow,
seriba optimus, mortuus est. Mugron, mac Maeile-
cohai, haulf king of Connaght, mortwus est.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

™ Cluain- Uinnseann: i. e: the Lawn or Meadow
of the Ash Trees. Not identified.

» Dun-Cailldenn.— Otherwise written Dun-
Ceallain, now Dunkeld, in Scotland.—See note’,
under A. D. 863, p. 500, supra.

° Cinel-Cairbre-Mor.—This tribe was seated
in the barony of Granard, county of Longford.

» Druim-cliabh.Now Drumceliff, in the ba-
rony of Carbury, and county of Sligo.—Sce
note under the year 1187.

518 ANNQAZa RIOSNaAchta elREGNN.

Plaicbeantach, mac Owbpoip cigeanna Conco Modpuad Ninarp, vécc.
Oonncuan, mac Plannacan, 00 manbad la Conaing, mac Plann. Inopead
Connaéc ta Oonncad, mac Owboaboipfnn la ws Canpil, 7 la Ceanball co
nOppaigib. Inoped Muman la Gallarb Ata cliat. lJomap, pi Nopcmann
Eneann 7 Oplcan, vo ێcc.

Aap Cmorc, ocht ccév peachtmoda a 06.* An vana bliadain vécc
ood. Clooh, mac Piangurpa, abb Roppa Comam, eprcop, pembmd cocéatte,
Tonpard, abb Tamlachca, eppeop,7] pembnid,7 Paelsup, eppucc Apoachand,
vé5. Cmbeeallac, mac Ponapeas, abb Cluana h€dneach, vécc. Maol-
mopoa, mac Oianmava, eppcop 7 pembnioh, vécce. Ceall mop Marge Emin
vonsain vo Shallaab. Lonean, mac Ceallarg, vécc. Inopead na nOéip la
Ceapnball 50 Gealach n€ocaille. Pechsna, 1. Neaccam, comapba Pac-
tpaice, chho cnabard Epeann ule, vécc. Slégead la hClod pPinoliat 50
Laigmb, co po moin in cpfoch go Leip.

Qoip Cmorc, oche ccéo peachcmoda acpi. On cheap bliadain véce
ood. Robancach, mac Ua Ceapntca, «1. 0 ca imp Robapcash, eppcop

« Corca-Modhrudh-Ninais.—This was the an-
cient name of a territory comprising the baro-
nies of Corcomroe and Burren, in the county of
Clare, and the three islands of Aran, in the Bay
of Galway.

The year 871 of the Annals of the Four Mas-
ters corresponds with 872 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows :

“A.D, 872. Flaihvertach, mac Duvrois, King
of Coreamrua, Juvenis” [recté, Ninais]; ‘‘Uah-
maran, mac Brogan, rex Nepotum Fiachrach
Aigne; Dunaach, mac Ragallai, rex Generis
Cairbre-mor defuncti. Lehlovar, mac Loingsi,
King of the North, died in his old age. Ivar,
rez Nordmannorum totius Hibernie et Britannie
vitam finivit. Dungal, mac Maenai, prince of
Inis-Kyn-Deai, in pace quievit. Donncuan, mac
Flanagan, by Conaing, mac Flainn, is treache-
rously killed. The faire of Tailten cen aige”
[i. e. without celebration] “ sine causa justa et
digna, quod non audivimus ab antiquis temporibus

cecidisse” [accidisse ?]. ‘* Colman, Episcopus et
scriba, Abbas Noendroma ; and Flaivertagh, mac
Murtagh, prince of Dun-Caillin, mortuus est.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Cill-mor-Maighe-Emhir.—This is also writ-
ten Cill-mor-Maighe-Inir, and Cill-mor-Enir,
and Cill-mor Maighe Enir. It was the ancient
name of the church of Kilmore, situated about
three miles to the east of Armagh.—See note’,
under A. D. 745, p. 348, supra. See also the
years 765 and 807, pp. 368, 418. .

* Bealach-Eochaille : i.e. the Road of Eochaill,
now Youghal. This was an ancient road ex-
tending from Lismore to Youghal, close to the

western boundary of the country of Deisi.—See —

it again referred to at the year 1123.

* Fethgna.—According to the Catalogue ofthe __

Archbishops of Armagh given in the Psalter of

Cashel, he was successor of Patrick, or Primate
of Ireland for twenty-two years. He succeeded 7

Diarmaid O’Tighearnaigh in 852, and the true
year of his death was 874.—See Harris’s edition

872.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 519

Flaithbheartach, son of Duibhroip, lord of Corca-Modhruadh-Ninais’, died.
Donncuan, son of Flannagan, was slain by Conang, son of Flann. The plun-
dering of Connaught by Donnchadh, son of Dubhdabhoireann, King of Caiseal,
and by Cearbhall and the Osraighi. The plundering of Munster by the
foreigners of Ath-cliath. Imhar, King of the Norsemen of Ireland and Britain,
died. ‘

The Age of Christ, 872. The twelfth year of Aedh. Aedh, son of Fian-
ghus, Abbot of Ros-Comain, bishop and distinguished scribe ; Torpaidh, Abbot
of Tamhlacht, bishop and scribe ; and Faelghus, Bishop of Ard-achaidh, died.
Ainbhcheallach, son of Fonascach, Abbot of Cluain-eidhneach, died. Mael-
mordha, son of Diarmaid, bishop and scribe, died. Cill-mor-Maighe-Emhir" was
plundered by the foreigners. Maelmordha, son of Diarmaid, bishop and scribe,
died. Lorcan, son of Ceallach, died. .The plundering of the Deisi by Cear-
bhall, as far as Bealach-Eochaille*. Fethgna‘, i.e. the son of Neachtain, successor
of Patrick, head of the piety of all Ireland, died. An army was led by Aedh
Finnliath into Leinster, so that he plundered the entire country.

The Age of Christ, 873. The thirteenth year of Aedh. Robhartach Mac-
Ua-Cearta, i.e. he from whom Inis-Robhartaigh" [was named], Bishop of Cill

of Ware’s Bishops, pp. 45, 46. Not identified. The Annals of the Four Mas-

The year 872 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 873 of the Annals of

_ Ulster, but the true year is 874. The Annals

of Ulster notice the events of their 873, as
follows :

“A. D. 873. Hugh, mac Fiangusa, prince of
Roscomain, Episcopus et scriba optimus; Mael-
mora, mac Diarmada, E/piscopus et scriba; Torba,
prince of Tavlachta, Episcopus et scriba optimus,
in Christo dormierunt. Fachtna, Episcopus, heres
Patricii, caput religionis totius Hibernie, in Prid.
Non. Octobris in pace quievit, An army by
Hugh, mac Neill, into Leinster, and” [they]
‘forcibly dishonoured Killausili, and other
shurch-townes, and oratories, which they burnt.
Killmor of Magh-Inir praied by the forreiners.”
—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Inis-Robhartaigh : i.e. Robhartach’s Island.

ters are two years, and the Annals of Ulster
one year antedated at this period. The events
transcribed by the Four Masters under the year
873 are noticed in the Annals of Ulster under
874, as follows:

“A.D. 874. Maenghal, chief” [recté, Tanist-
abbot] ‘tof Clonmicnois ; Rovartach, mac Na-
cerda, Bushop of Kildare, an excellent writer,
and prince of Killacha; and Lachtnan, mac
Mochtiern, bushop of Kildare, and prince of
Fernan, died all. Muireach, mac Brain, with
his troups of Leinstermen, wasted untill” [i. e.
as far as] ‘‘ Mount Monduirn, and returned to
his own country againe before evening. The
cominge of the Pights upon the Blacke Galls,
where great slaughter of the Pights was had”
[Congressio Pictorum for Dubgallu, et strages
magna Pictorum facta est]. ‘ Ostin, mac Aulaiv,

520 AQNNata RIOShachta €1REGNN. (874.

Cille vana, pombnid, 7 abb Cille achard, Lachcnan, mac Muccisfpn, eppcop
Cille vana, 7 abb Peanna, beanoachca, eppcop Lupcan, Pechtnach, abb
Olinne va locha, Macoige, abb Tamlacca, 7 Maongal, pmorp Cluana mic
Noip, vécc. Maclenoa, mic Tomam oon Mumain, pepibnid 7 (Snend,7 Niall
6bpan, abb Pfoha oa, vécc.

Clip Cmorz, ocht ccév peactmoda a cltain. On clépamad bliadain
vécc ood. Oomnall, eppcop Concarge, pembmd engna epide, Maolbmgoe,
eppcop Slame, O1apmanc, mac Comppe, abb Slinne hUippin, Cionaod, abb
Achad bo Cainnigh, vécc, ap 06 vo pads, |

Mon lac Cionaed spaca mind mac Copsnaig co ppfcharb pnau,
In bneo buava, baile bano, comanbba Apo achard bo.

Feoach i. mac Sesim, abb Oipipt Orapmava, Cogan 7 Maolcule
Ua Cuana oa abba Cluana mic Nop, 0€5. Congalach, mac. Pinnachcta,
cTiZeapna na nOinsiall, 7 Catal, mac Ceannais, cigeanna P(p cCul, vécc.
Coipppe, mac Oranmava, ctigeapna Ua cCemnrpealais, vo manbad la a
Oonnchad, mac Aedaceain, mic Concobaip, vo manbad la
Flann, mac Maolpeacnall. Socantach, ciszeanna Ua Conbmaic, vécc.
Reachcabna, mac bpam Phino, ctigeanna na nOéip1 vécc. Oungal, mac
Faolan, cana: Ua cCemnrpelais, 0é5. Oonnchad, mac Maoileachloinn,
vo sun la hEub. =Plachm, mac Maolevtin, mZeanna Racha CTamnaige,

bpootpib peippin.

vécc. Ruadm, mac Mopmino, pi Oplcan, vo coche 1 n€pinn, vo teichfo —

ma nOub gallaib. Cat pon Coc Cuan, eicin Phinngemcib 7 Oubseimcib,
m po manbad Albano, toipeac na nOuibseinte.

Cloip Cmiopt, ocht ccév peachcmoda a cing. Cn cingead bliadain véce
oQov. Maolpacctpaicc, mac Ceallaisz, abb Mainpcpeac buite, véce.

a

King of Nordmanns, per Albanos per dolum
occisus est. Maccoige, prince of Tavlacht, and
Benacht, Episcopus of Lusca, in pace dormivit.
Fechtnach, abbot of Glindaloch, obzit.”

“ The Eili.—This tribe inhabited the present
baronies of Elyogarty and Ikerrin, in the county
ot Tipperary, and those of Clonlisk and Bally-
britt, in the King’s County. :

* Rath- Tamhnaigh.—Now Rathdowney, a small

town in the district of Clandonough, barony of
Upper Ossory, and Queen’s County. The most
of the events transcribed by the Four Masters,
under A. D. 874, are given in the Annals of
Ulster under the years 875, 876, as follows:

“A, D. 875” [recté, 876]. ‘‘ Constantin, mac

Cinaeh, rex Pictorum ; Cinaeh, abbot of Achabo-

Cainni; Congalach, mac Finechta, King of Oir- |
gialla, and Feach, prince of Disirt-Dermada,

me en

epee

iam tree

874.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 521

dara, scribe, and Abbot of Cill-achaidh ; Lachtnan, son of Moichtighearn, Bishop
of Cill-dara and Abbot of Fearna; Beannachta, Bishop of Lusca ; Fechtnach,
Abbot of Gleann-da-locha ; Macoige, Abbot of Tamhlacht ; and Maenghal, Prior
of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Maclendai, son of Toman of Munster, scribe and
wise man; and Niallbran, Abbot of Fidh-duin, died.

The Age of Christ, 874. The fourteenth year of Aedh. Domhnall, Bishop
of Corcach, who was a learned scribe ; Maelbrighde, Bishop of Slaine ; Diar-
maid, Abbot of Gleann-Uissean; Cinaedh, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh, died.
Of him was said :

Great grief is Cinaedh the revered chieftain, son of Cosgrach of
beaming countenance,

The gifted torch, enraptured Bard, the exalted Abbot of
Achadh-bo.

Fedach, i.e. the son of Seghini, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada ; Eoghan and
Maeltuile Ua Cuana, two abbots of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Conghalach, son of
Finnachta, lord of Oirghialla; and Cathal, son of Cearnach, lord of Feara-Cul,
died. Cairbre, son of Diarmaid, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain by his own
brethren. Donnchadh, son of Aedhagan, son of Conchobhar, was slain by
Flann, son of Sechnall. Socartach, lord of Ui-Cormaic, died. Reachtabhra,
son of Bran Finn, lord of the Deisi, died. Dunghal, son of Faelan, Tanist of
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Donnchadh, son of Maelseachlainn, was mortally
wounded by the Eili*. Flaithri, son of Maelduin, lord of Rath-Tamhnaigh’,
died. Ruaidhri, son of Mormind, King of Britain, came to Ireland, to shun the
Dubhghoill. A battle on Loch Cuan, between the Finngheinte and the Duibh-
gheinte, in which Alband, chief of the Duibhgheinte, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 875. The fifteenth year of Aedh. Maelpadraig, son
of Ceallach, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithe, died. Ceallach, wise man of Tir-da-

mortuus est. Cairbre, mac Diarmada, rex Nepo- sunt. Donogh, mac Aeagan, mic Connor, killed

tum Cinsela, killed by his owne kinsmen. The
faire of Tailten cen aige” [without celebration],
“* sine causa justa et digna. Domnall, Bushop of
Corke, and an excellent scribe, subita morte
periit.”

“A, D. 876. Eogan and Maeltuile, nepos
Cuanach, duo Abbates of Cluonmicnois, mortut

treacherously by Maeilsechlainn. Roary, mac
Murmin, King of Britons, came into Ireland
for refuge from Blacke Gentyles. Maelbride,
Bushop of Slane, in pace quievit. Battle between
the White and Blacke Gentiles at Lochcuan,
where fell Alban, captin of the Blacke Gentiles.
Socarhach, mac Brain, dua Nepotum-Cormaic,

Be.4

522 ; annaza RiIoghachta elReaNN. (876.

Ceallac, (§nmd Tine va glarp, [vécc]. Cumapcac, mac Muipfoace, cig-
eanna Ua Cnemtainn, v0 manbad la hUlceab. Gaipbit, mac Maoilbmgoe,
cis(pna Conaille vo dicfnoad la hUib Eatac. Gaet mop, cemclch, 7 corp-
nechi n€pinn an bliadampi, 7 po feanad pnora pola iapam, sun bo ponpéil
paince cno 7 pola popp na maigib cianaccaib oc Ouma mm Oearpa. Sepin
Colaim Cille,7 a mionna ancfna vo tioccain a n€pimn pon cechead ma
nOallaib. Innpead Ua cCemnpealarg la Cinve1nig, mac Gaerchin, cigeapna
Laoisip1, 7 po manbad pochade lap.

Coip Core, oche ccév peachemogac apé. TicéCpnaé, mac Muiploang,
eppcop 7 abb Opoma merclaimn, véce. Peipgil, mac Compuid, abbas Oom-
nary Sechnaill, oo manbad 1 nounetaive. Oungal, abb Leitglinne, 7 Roban-
cach, abb Ruipp Cpé, décc.
vo ensabal vo Ghallaib Coca Cuan, 7 an penleisinn 1. Mocca. becan,
mac Ganbain, ppiomn Cille hacai, Congap, mac Cionaoda, msfpna Pp
nQpoa,7 Maelcaene, ciseapna O cCpemeainn, vés. Ualgancc, mac Plart-
b(pcag, psdamna an cuaipceipc, 7 Pinpneacca, mac Maeliconcna, ciZeanna
Luigne, véce. Maodm pon Cargnb a nUaccan oapa, 1 cconcain bolccovhan
mac Maolcémp, Ap Lasth Ofpsabaip, oc Pulaccaib, ma nOppargib, 1
cconcain Oundee, mac Anmchada, 7 Oubcomcms, mac Maolotm, amaille
pe oa ced Flip eroip Sum 7 badad. Mardm ma cCfpball, mac nOungaile, 7
ap na Oeipb, pop pipu Muman, ac Inveomn, 1 concaip Planoabnae, cizgeanna
Oabpa, 7 pocawe ole amaille pip. Inoplo Mide 6 p(Hpaib Muman co Loch

viz., Anmire instead of Maelcova. Cahalan, Maelbride, King of Tirconell” [recté, Conaille-
Muirtheimhne], ‘“‘ beheaded by the Ivehaches.
Cumascach, mac Muireach, King of Kindred-

Crivhain, killed by Ulstermen. Maelpatricke,

King of the Men of Cul, mortuus est.’
¥ Dumha-an-Deasa :. i. e. the Mound of Deasa.
This was otherwise written Dumha Deasa, and

Maolcoba, mac Cpunnmaoil, abb Anoa Maca, -

was the name of a mound or tumulus near
Knockgraffon, in the county of Tipperary.—See
Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 88, note '.

The year 875 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 877 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows:

‘“A. D. 877. Roary, son of Murninn, king of
Britons, killed by Saxons. Hugh mac Cinaeh,
rex Pictorum, a sociis suis occisus est. Gairfi, mac

mac Cellaigh, prince of Monaster-Buty, subita
morte periit. Ventus magnus ée fulgor; a shower
of bloud came downe soe as it was in great
lumps swyming. The faire of Tailten sine causa
justa cen aige” [i. e. without celebration],
“* Kclipsis Lune Idibus Octobris, iv. luna. The
Shrine of Colum Cille, and his oathes or re-
liques, brought into Ireland for refuge from
Gentyles.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Murderously: 1 nounataioe. The term

——_--

876.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 523

ghlas, [died]. Cumascach, son of Muireadhach, lord of the Ui-Cremhthainn,
was slain by the Ulidians. Gairbhith, son of Maeilbrighde, lord of Conaille,
was beheaded by the Ui-Eathach. Great wind, lightning, and thunder, in Ire-
land this year ; and showers of blood were afterwards shed, so that lumps of
gore and blood were visible on the extensive plains at Dumha-an-Deasa’. The
shrine of Colum-Cille, and his relics in general, were brought to Ireland, to
avoid the foreigners. The plundering of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh by Cinneidigh, son
of Gaeithin, lord of Laeighis ; and numbers were slain by him.

The Age of Christ, 876. Tighearnach, son of Muireadhach, Bishop and
Abbot of Druim-Inesclainn, died. Feirghil, son of Comhsudh, Abbot of Domh-
nach-Sechnaill, was murderously’ killed. Dunghal, Abbot of Leithghlinn, and
Robhartach, Abbot of Ros-Cre, died. Maeleobha, son of Crunnmhael, Abbot
of Ard-Macha, was taken prisoner by the foreigners of Loch-Cuan, as was also
the Lector, i.e. Mochta. Becan, son of Garbhan, Prior of Cill-achaidh ; Aen-
ghus, son of Cinaedh, lord of Feara-Arda*; and Maelcaere, lord of Ui-Crem-
thainn, died. Ualgharg, son of Flaithbheartaigh, heir-apparent of the North ;
and Finsneachta, son of Maelcorcra, lord of Luighne, died. A defeat was given to
the Leinstermen at Uachtar-dara’, where Bolgodhar, son of Maelceir, was killed.
A slaughter was made of the South Leinstermen at Fulachta’, by the Osraighi,
wherein Dunog, son of Anmchadh, and Dubhthoirthrigh, son of Maelduin, were
slain, together with two hundred men, [who were cut off] by slaying and
drowning. A victory was gained by Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, and by the Deisi,
over the men of Munster, at Inneoin’, where fell Flannabhra, lord of Gabhra®, and
many others along with him. The plundering of Meath, as far as-Loch Ainninn’,

Dunathaide signifies to kill a man by treachery
and conceal his body.—See note ", under A. D.
1349, p. 595, infra. This entry is given in the
Annals of Ulster under the year 878; but the

* Fulachta: i.e. the Cooking Places. Not
identified.

4 Inneoin.—Now Mullach-Inneona, near Clon-
mel, in the south of the county of Tipperary.—

old translator takes Dunathaide to be the name
of a place, which is decidedly incorrect.
*Feara-Arda: i.e. Feara-Arda-Cianachta, now
the barony of Ferrard, in the county of Louth.
» Uachtar-dara.—This is probably the same
place now called Outrath, and situated in the
barony of Shillelogher, and county of Kilkenny.
—See note ‘, under that year, p. 476, supra.

See note 4, under A. D. 852, p. 487, suprd.

° Of Gabhra : i.e. of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, now
the baronies of Upper and Lower Connello, in
the county of Limerick.

* Loch-Ainninn._Now Lough Ennell, near
Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath.—See
note ‘, under A. M. 2859, supra ; and note ®,
under A. D. 1446, p. 949, infra.

Boe

524

anNnNaza RIOghachta elReaNn.

(876.

nCinomd. lan mbert pé bliadna vécc hn pige nEpeann oClod Phinnhiat, mac
Néill Caille, puaip bap 1 nOpuim Inepclamn 1 ccpich Conanlle, an 20 la vo
Nouemben, conad dia veimmucéad a oubarpe Pochavh,

Circe bliadna an pecc noécib, vech ccéod ip chice mile,
O Codam, nic saela, co hécc nOlebda ac pimi.
Seccmosga ap occ ccévarb, la pé bliadnaib amb,

O gem Cpfort san aepa, co bap Aevha nQilig.

Cl 06 vé5 calainn ceolac Oecemben diana coroln

In epbaile ampa amb Aod Chhg aipopig Gaordeal.

Plannaccan, mac Ceallarg, po paid ind po,

Ap pova an gam-adang, py sleppa saiche sanba,

Po bpén bmg 00 mumebaip, nao marp pi pl ofpg padba.
Ap adbal pria himmaipe, tonna cum co ngpinne,
FPichoth bio pamlanti, cac vpong impaizec ino}.

E¢p pal poppaiwd popnaiwe, o1am bu lan Tfmain cipeac,
Sciat pm homna 1 nepnaide o1ofn bpoga mac Milead.
Opaipnd Tailcin celglame, pi Ceampac cplp co clcarb,
Ruipe Poola pebdaide, ba moo Cod Org esarb.

Ap valac, m veanmaccac veinse an bfta bude,

Ap clocoa, nf comofncel, cmde miadbac mac ouine.

Ni moo beitfp mincuile, plant: pil adaim occa.

heu cn ainme impadad pon ind polcleaban poca.

s Aedh Finnliath—The real year of this mo-
narch’s death was 879: ‘‘ Aidus Finnliathus
_Nielli Calnei regis filius R. H. annos sexdecim ;
12 Kalendas Decembris feria sexta defunctus;
ut habet Tigernach, seu Chronicon Scotorum,
quod annum 879 confirmat.” This monarch
had at least: two sons, namely, Niall Glundubh,
Monarch of Ireland, and ancestor of the family
of O’Neill of Ulster; 2, Domhnall, King of
Aileach, who, according to Peregrine O’Clery’s
genealogical work, is ancestor of the Ui-Eathach
Droma-Lighean, who, after the establishment
of hereditary surnames, took that of O’Donn-

ghaile, now O’Donnelly, or Donnelly.—See the
Appendix, p. 2427. -

The year 876 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 878 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year
(zre. com. 879), as follows :

“A, D. 878. Hugh Finnliah, mac Nell Caille,

King of Tarach, in ait. Kal. Decembris, at Drum-
Inisclainn in Crich-Conaille, died.” ([Flann,
mac Maelsechnaill, regnare incipit]. ‘‘ Tiernach,
mac Muireai, bushop, cheif of Drum-Inisclainn,
extenso dolore pausavit. Fergal, mac Cumsai,

“Abbot of Dovnach-Sechlainn, killed at Dune-

876.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 525

by the Munstermen. After Aedh Finnliath’, the son of Niall Caille, had been
sixteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at Druim-Inesclainn, in the
territory of Conaille, on the 20th day of November ; to record which, Fothadh

said :

Five years above seven times ten, ten hundred and five thousand,
From Adam, no falsehood, to the death of Aedh, are counted.
Seventy above eight hundred, with six years, are reckoned,

From the birth of Christ without blemish, to the death of Aedh of

Aileach.

On the twelfth of the musical Calends of December of fierce

tempests,

Died the illustrious chieftain, Aedh of Aileach, monarch of the

Gaeidhil.

Flannagan, son of Ceallach, said this :

Long is the wintry night, with rough gusts of wind,
Under pressing grief we encounter it, since the red-speared king of

the noble house liveth not.

It is awful to watch how the waves heave from the bottom ;
To them may be compared all those who with us lament him.
A generous, wise, staid man, of whose renown the populous Teamhair

was full,

A shielded oak that sheltered the palace of Milidh’s sons.
Master of the games of the fair-hilled Tailtin, King of Teamhair of

an hundred conflicts, °

Chief of Fodhla the noble, Aedh of Oileach who died too soon.
Popular, not forgotten, the departure from this world ;

Stony, not merciful, is the heart of the son of man ;

No greater than small flies are the kings of Adam’s race with him,

A yew without any charge of blemish upon him was he of the long-

flowing hair.

dathi” [recté, by secret murder]. ‘ Aengus,
mac Cinaeha, Capten of the men of Ardcia-
nacht, mortuus est. Maelcova, mac Crunvaeil,
cheife of Ardmach, and Mochta, the Lector,

taken by the Gentyles. Great fleaing of cattle”
[recté, great famine among cattle] ‘in the Lent.
Great flood in harvest. Maelcaire, Capten of
the O’Crivhains, occisus est. Uolgarg, mac Fla-

526 aNNQaZa RIOshachtTa €IRECGNN.

(877. .

Cinmipe, abb Apoa Macha ppf pé naoi mfoy, 00 écc, 7 po baf cmoca
bliadain na paganc map an can pin.

Cop Cort, ocht ccéo peachcmogac a peace. On céd bliadamn vo
Plann cSionna mac Maoilechlamn, op Epimn hi pighe. .P{padach, mac
Copbmaic, abb lae, Oulblicip, abb Cluana heomp 7 Tige Cipmoan, Munp-
eapach, mac Copbmaic, abb 6 Eancpaib, Oomnall, mac Muimigem, pf Largean,
Pensil, abb Cluana moin Moedocc, FPlannaccan, mac Paola, poshdarnna
Ua Ceimnpealang, vo écc. Maolcianain, mac Conaing, tigeapna Teatta,
vés hi ccléncecc, 1ap nveisbeathand. MWMaolmihvh, mac Owubmopneccang,
vo mapbaoh la hCipe(parb. Cainvealban, mac Riagain, piogoamna Largtn,
vé5. Plann, mac Maorleclainn, vo tect bn cepich Langfh, co puce a ngialla.
Invpead Muman 6 ca boname co Copcaig la Plann, mac Maoilechlamn.

Cop Cmorpc, oche ccéo peachtmogac a hocht. On vana bliadam vo
Plann cSionna. Cpunmaol Cluana caom, eppuce 9 angcoipe, Suibne Ua Pin-
nacca, eppeop Chille vana, Rudsel, eppcop 7 abb Imleca lobaip, Cooacan
an Onlem, Pfpcarp, abb 6fmncaip, Mancan Ua Roichlig, abb Lip mon, Near-
pan, mac Ceallong, abb Cluana pfpca Molua, Congup, mac Maelcaulanoa,
comapba eppcoip Eogam Apnoa ppaca, 7 CGonacan, mac Ruadpac, abbaid
Lurpeca, vécc. Maolpabarll, mac Comps, tiZeapna Chainnse Spachaige,
Plaictmain, mac Ceallang, wZeapna Ua mbmrum Cualann, Maolpmeill, mac
Mugpoin, cigeapna Ua pPalse, vég. Oentec Cianain vangain 7 00 cpotad
vo Hallaib,7 pocade mop vo daomb vo bheith apa mbpoww. banich, copard
anogad vo Noncmannaibh, ba corpeac vo Luct na hingneama pin, vo manbad
lapam, 7 vo lopccad 1 nAeé chat, cpé mopbalibh O€ 7 naommh Chianamn.
Oonogal, mac Mailecam, plait Ua Conanola, 7 Cfpball, mac Concoinne,

a SS ieee
~ -. —

vertai, heire apparent of the North, mortuus est.
Finachta, mac Maelcorcra, king of Luigne-
Connaght, mortuus est. Ainmire, prince of nyne
moneths in Ardmacha, mortuus est. Dungal,
prince of Lehglin, mortuus est.”,—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

» Tigh-Airindan: i.e. the House of Airindan,
or Farannan. This place is so called at the pre-
sent day, and anglicised sometimes Tifarnan,

but more usually Tyfarnham. It is the name

of a townland and parish in the barony of

Corkaree and county of Westmeath, and about
five miles and a half to the north-east of Mul-
lingar.

‘ Eantrobh: i. e. Antrim, the chief town, of
the county of Antrim.

k Airtheara: i.e. the inhabitants of the baro-
nies of Orior, in the east of the county of
Armagh.

1 From Boraimhe to Corcach: i.e. from Beal-

Boroimhe, a large fort close to the west bank of |

the River Shannon, near Killaloe, in the county

"=.

877.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 527

Ainmire, Abbot of Ard-Macha for the space of nine months, died ; and he
had been thirty years a priest before that time.

The Age of Christ, 877. The first year of Flann Sinna, the son of Mael-
sechlainn, in sovereignty over Ireland. Fearadhach, son of Cormac, Abbot of
Ia; Duibhlitir, Abbot of Cluain-Eois and Tigh-Airindan”; Muireadhach, son of
Cormac, Abbot of Eantrobh'; Domhnall, son of Muirigen, King of Leinster ;
Ferghil, Abbot of Cluain-mor-Maedhog ; Flannagan, son of Faelan, heir appa-
rent of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Maelciarain, son of Conang, lord of Teathbha,
died in religion, after a good life. Maelmithidh, son of Duibhinnrechtach, was
killed by the Airtheara*. Caindealbhan, son of Riogan, heir apparent of Lein-
ster, died. Flann, son of Maeleachlainn, came into the province of Leinster,
and took their hostages. Munster was plundered, from Boraimhe to Corcach',
by Flann, son of Maelseachlainn.

The Age of Christ, 878. The second year of Flann Sinna. Crunmhael of
Cluain-caein, bishop and anchorite ; Suibhne Ua Finnachta, Bishop of Cill-dara ;
Ruidhghel, Bishop and Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Aedhagan of the Island ;
Fearchair, Abbot of Beannchair; Martin Ua Roichligh, Abbot of Lis-mor ;
Neassan, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Molua; Aenghus, son of Mael-
caularda, successor of Bishop Eoghan of Ard-srath ; Aenacan, son of Ruadh-
rach, Abbot of Lusca, died. Maelfabhaill, son of Loingseach, lord of Carraig-
Brachaighe ; Flaitheamhain, son of Ceallach, lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualann; Mael-
sinchill, son of Mughron, lord of Ui-Failghe ; died. The oratory of Cianan was
plundered and destroyed by the foreigners ; and a great number of persons
were carried off from thence into captivity. Barith, a fierce champion of the
Norsemen, who was the chief of these persecutors, was afterwards slain and
burned at Ath-cliath, through the miracles of God and St. Cianan. Donnghal,
son of Maelacan, chief of Ui-Conannla™; and Cearbhall, son of Cucoirne, heir

of Clare, to the city of Cork.

The year 877 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with the year 879 of the
Annals of Ulster, which give the events of that
year briefly as follows :

“A.D. 879. Feraach, mac Cormaic, Abbot
of Aei, mortuus est. Maelciarain, mac Conaing,
king of Tehvai, in clericatu mortuus est. Duv-

liter, prince of Cluon-Auis, and Te-arinain,
mortuus est. Muregan, mac Cormaic, prince of
Sentraiv,” [Santry] ‘mortuus est. Maelmihi,
mac Duvinrecht, killed.”,—Cod. Clarend., tom.
49. a
™ Ui-Conannla.—The situation of the terri-
tory of this tribe, which is mentioned again

under the year 915, is unknown to the Editor.

528 ANNQZa RIOShachta elReaNn.

[879.

pogdamna Carpi, vés. Codagan, mac Oelbant, vé5. Tuatal, mac Piach-
pach, cig fina Téchaip moip, Prono, mac Oubplaime, ciseapna Ua pPidseince,
vo ێcc.

Cop Cmoyc, ochc ccév peachtmogac a nao. Cn cpeap bliadain vo
Ehlann. Muipéfpcach, mac Néill, abb Oaine Chalgarg 7 ceall narle, v€5.
Scannlan, abb Oain Uleslary, 00 Ecc. Catal, mac Conbmaic, ab 7 eprcop
Cluana Oolcain, Conbmac, mac Cianam, abb Tuama oa sualann, 7 pop
Cluana plpca bpénaimn, Ombmny, ab Inp: Caomofsa, Aedan, abb Cluana
lonaipo, Plann, mac Owboacpioch, egnai Tipe oa slap, vécc. Raoinfoh
a Conalle Muintemmne «1. ma TiZeanna Sibleacain, pon Ulcaib,1 cconcaip
Cinbit, mac Cleda, pi Ulad,7 Conallan, mac Maeleotm, cisfpna Coba, 4
anole paonclanna immaille pnd. Concuban, mac Ta1dg (7 ap epin Tads
mon mac Mumnsfpa) pi ceona Connachr, vécc, rap noeigb(chaw. Sluaiccflo
lap an mg Plann, mac Maoleachlainn, co nGaowdealaib 4 Fo nGallarb pin
Pocla co noeipdeaoan 1 Mugs eicip 01 slarp, 50 po hinopead la opuing vo
na plogaib Apo Maca, 7 po sab sialla Conaill,7 Eogam von copup pin.

Loncan, mac Copspag, tigeapna Ua Niallam, 7 Oonnagan, mac Pocancarg,

cigeapna E(pnmaige, 00 comtuicim pmia pole. Inopead Muman la Plann,
mac Maol(clainn, 7 a mbpaigve vo bneit lay. Aull, mac Pinoceallang,
plort Ua Tena hi cepic Ua cCeimnpealarg, vo écc.

Cop Core, ocht ccéd ochtmoda. On clépamad bliadain vo Phlann.
Maolpuamn, eppeop Lupca, Pepsil, abb Plpna, Congap, mac Maoileotin,

” Tochar-mor: i.e. the Great Causeway. This, “A. D. 880. Ferchair, Abbot of Benchar,

mortuus est. Crunnmael of Clonkine, bushop
and Anchorite, mortuus est.

which was otherwise called Tochar-Inbhir-moir,

is situated near Arklow, in the south-east of The mansion Ora-

the county of Wicklow.—See notes * and ', under
A. M. 3501, p. 26, supra. Fiachra, the father
of the Tuathal whose death is above recorded,
was the progenitor of the family of O’Fiachra,
the head of which was chief of the territory of
Ui-Eineachlais-Cualann, which is included in
the present barony of Arklow.

The year 878 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 880 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows :

tory of Kynan spoyled by Gentiles, carieng
many captives from thence; and afterwards

Barreth, the great Tyrant of the Nordmans, was

killed by Kynan. Maelsinchill, mac Mugroin,
king of Ofaly, died. Aengus, mac Maelcararda,
prince of Ardsraha; Aenagan, mac Ruarach,
prince of Luscan; and Flaihevan, mac Cellai,

King of the O’Briuins of Cualann, moriuntur.

Suivne, Episcopus of Kildare, guievit. Ruigel, a
bushop, Abbot of Imlech-Ivair, guiewit. Mael-

favaill, mac Loingsi, king of Cairig-Brachai,

879.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 529

apparent of Caiseal, died. Aedhagan, son of Dealbhaeth, died. Tuathal, son of
Fiachra, lord of Tochar-mor"; [and] Finn, son of Dubhslaine, lord of Ui-Fidh-
geinte, died.

The Age of Christ, 879. The third year of Flann. Muircheartach, son of
Niall, Abbot of Doire-Chalgaigh and other churches, died. Scannlan, Abbot
of Dun-Leathghlaise, died. Cathal, son of Cormac, Abbot and Bishop of
Cluain-Dolcain ; Cormac, son of Ciaran, Abbot of Tuaim-da-ghualann and Prior
of Cluain fearta-Brenainn ; Duibhinsi, Abbot of Inis-Caeindeagha; Aedhan,
Abbot of Cluain-Iraird; Flann, son of Dubhdachrich, wise man of Tir-da-ghlas,
died. A battle was gained by the Conaille-Muirtheimhne, with their lord
Gibhleachan, over the Ulidians, wherein fell Ainbhith, son of Aedh, King of
Ulidia; and Conallan, son of Maelduin, lord of Cobha; and other nobles along
with them. Conchobhar, son of Tadhg (and this was Tadhg Mor, son of Muir-
gheas), King of the three divisions of Connaught, died, after a good hfe A
hosting was made by the king, Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, with the Irish
and foreigners, into the North ; and they halted at Magh-eitir-di-glais®, so that
Ard-Macha was plundered by some of the troops ; and he took the hostages of
the Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain on that expedition. Lorcan, son of Cos-
crach, lord of the Ui-Niallan, and Donnagan, son of Fogartach, lord of Fearn-
mhagh, mutually fell by each other. Munster was plundered by Flann, son of
Maelseachlainn, and their hostages were carried off by him. Ailill, son of Finn-
cheallach, chief of Ui-Trena?, in the territory of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died.

The Age of Christ, 880. The fourth year of Flann. Maelruain, Bishop of
Lusca; Ferghil, Abbot of Fearna; Aenghus, son of Maelduin, heir apparent

mortuus est.”>— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

° Magh-eitir-di-glais: i.e. the Plain between
the two Streamlets. Not identified, unless it
be Moy, at Charlemont.—See it again referred
to at the year 950. i

® Ui-Trena.—The situation of this tribe has
not been yet determined.

The year 879 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 881 of the Annals of
Ulster, which give the events of that year as
follows: . ae

* A, D, 881. An army by Flann, mac Maeil-

sechlainn, with his English” [recté, Danes]
“and Irish, into the North” [1p an Pochla},
“until he came to Magh betweene the two
rivers, from whence he spoyled Ardmach. Mur-
tagh, mac Nell, Abbot of Daire-Calcai, mortuus
est. A rising out between Lorcan, mac Coscrai,
King of the O’Niallains, and Donnagan, mac
Fogartai, King of Fernmai. Battle between the
O’Connells of” [Muirtheimne] “and the rest
of the North” [recté, and the Ultu, or Ulidians],
““where Anfith, mac Hugh, King of Ulster,
Conallan, mac Maeileduin, King of Cova, and

ony,

530 GNNAaza RIOShachtTa eEIReEGNN. (881.

pigdamna an cuaipceipe, do dicfhoad la Oal nOpawde. Pocapta, mac Oub-
vdcheall, abb Tige Mocua, Cumupcach, mac Oornall, cigeapna Ceneoil
Laogaipe, Paolan, mac Ounlamnge, cigeapna Tochain Eachoach, véce.
. bpaon, mac Tigeannars, vo manbad la hAinbit, mac Garpbit. Ap oia bap
7 vo bap Clongapa po pawdead,

bpaon, mac Tigeannars Zan gao1, cadla aenclor fon mbit cé,
Clengup 00 sum amanl 6poen, ca ni cen vo vecpaid Oé.

Cintit, mac Muspom, cigeapna Musdopn min, vo manbad. Caturach,
mac Robancaigh, abb Anoa Macha, ovo écc.

Cloip Cort, oche ccév octmoda a haon. Cn ciiccead bliadain vo
Phlann. Scanoal, eppcop Cille vana, Qhlbpend, abbard mac Maichcich, com-
anba Pinnéin Cluana hlonaino, Suaipleach, abb Gino bpeacain, Ragallach,
abb 6{mocmp, Ounadach, mac Conbmaic, abb Mamipctpeach bute, Conal-
Lan, mac Maoilceimin, abb Inp: Cainolsa, Conbmac, mac Ceiteannars, ppioin
Tipe oa slap 7 Cluana peanza Gnénainn,7] an vana cigeanna bof an can
yin pon Loch Riach, Oomnall, mac Muipeccen, pi Cargtn, vo manbad la
Laignib buddém, Coipppe, mac Ounlarng, ci5eapna Clincin Cipe, 7 Oonncuan,
mac Congalaig, ciZeapna Ciannacca Hlinne Heimin, vécc. CAinbich, mac
Ceoha, mic Mavagain, pi Ulad, vo manbad vo Chonalub Muintemne.
HSapbie, mac Apcuip, canary lanchaip Liphe, vég. Cachalan, mac Copbpe,

canapp! Ua pPailge, 00 manbad. Conaing, mac Plann, canaip: Ciannacca, :

vo manbad la Laigmb. Ounagan, mac Tuatcain, tiZeanna Garl(ng Col-
lampach, vo manbad la Gail(nganb moparb.
other nobles, were killed. The Conells were

where a beautiful round tower in good preser-

victors. Scanlan, prince of Dunlehglais by vation, and some remains of a church, are still

Ulster, killed. Cormacke, mac Ciarain, Secnap
of Clonfert-Brenainn, and prince of Tuomda-
gualan, mortuus est. Conor mac Teig, King of
the three Connaghts, died in old age. Aean,
prince of Clon-Iraird, in pace qguievit. Duvinsi,
prince of Inis-Kyne-dea, mortuus est.”—Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

% Teach-Mochua : i. e. Mochua’s House, now
Timahoe, in the barony of Cullenagh, Queen’s
County, about four miles south of Stradbally,

to be seen.—See Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin
and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 229-
235.

* Tochar-Eachdhach ; i. e. Eochaidh’s Cause-

way. Not identified.

* Cathasach.—He succeeded in the year 875,
and the true year of his death is 883.—See
Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 46.

The year 880 of the Annals of the Four

Masters corresponds with 882 of the Annals of

881.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 531

of the North, was beheaded by the Dal-Araidhe. Focarta, son of Dubhdacheall,
Abbot of Teach-Mochua?; Cumascach, son of Domhnall, lord of Cinel-Laegh-
aire; Faelan, son of Dunlang, lord of Tochar-Eachdhach’, died. Braen, son of
Tighearnach, was slain by Ainbhith, son of Gairbhith. Of his death, and of
the death of Aenghus, [son of Maelduin], was said :

Braen, son of Tighearnach, without falsehood, universal his renown
throughout the earthly world.
Aenghus was slain, as well as Braen; what thing is removed from
God’s decision ?

Ainbhith, son of Mughron, lord of Mughdhorn-Breagh, was slain. Catha-
sach’, son of Robhartach, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 881. The fifth year of Flann. Scannal, Bishop of
Cill-dara ; Ailbrend, son of Maichteach, successor of Finnen of Cluain-Iraird ;
Suairleach, Abbot of Ard-Breacain; Raghallach, Abbot of Beannchair; Dunadh-
ach, son of Cormac, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithe; Conallan, son of Maelteimhin,
Abbot of Inis-Caindeagha; Cormac, son of Ceithearnach, Prior of Tir-da-ghlas
and Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, and the second lord who was over Loch-Riach* at
that time, [died]. Cairbre, son of Dunlang, lord of Airther-Life, and Donn-
chuan, son of Conghalach, lord of Cianachta-Glinne-Geimhin, died. Ainbhith,
son of Aedh, son of Madagan, King of Ulidia, was slain by the Conaille-Muir-
theimhne. Gairbhith, son of Arthur, Tanist of Iarthar-Liphe’, died. Cathalan,
son of Cairbre, Tanist of Ui-Failghe, was slain. Conang, son of Flann, Tanist
of Cianachta, was killed by the Leinstermen. Dunagan, son of Tuathchar, lord
of Gaileanga-Collamhrach”, was slain by the Gaileanga-mora.

Ulster; but the true year is 883. The latter
annals record the following events under 882:
“A, D. 882. Maelruain, bushop of Luscan,
in pace dormivit. Cumascach mac Donell, King
of Kindred Laoire, mortuus est. Bran, mac
Tiernai, killed by Ainfith, mac Gairvith. ors
mic Ausli, by Mac Ergna, and Maeilsechlainn
his daughter. Mac Mugroin, capten of Mugorn-
Bregh, killed. Eochagan, mac Hugh, haulf
King of Ulster, did kill the sonn of Anfith, mac
Hugh. Cahasach, mac Rovartai, prince of Ard-

mach, died in peace. Aengus, mac Maelduin,
heyre apparent of the North, beheaded” [decol_
laius est] ‘ by Dalarai.””—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

t Loch Riach.— Now Loughrea, in the county
of Galway.—See note", under A. D. 797, p. 406,
supra.

« Tarthar-Liphe: i.e. West of the Liffey.—
See note *, under A. D. 628, p. 250, supra.

* Gaileanga-Collamhrach, §c.—This was pro-
bably another name for Gaileanga-Beaga, on the
north side of the River Liffey, in the present

Bian ew4

532 “ANNGZA RIOSHAchTA eIREGNN. [882.

Coip Core, ocht ccéd o€tmoda and. Cn perpead bliadain 00 Phlann.
Conbmac, eppcop Ooimliacc,7 abb Cluana hlopaipo, Eochu, mac Robancang, |
abb Pinvabpach abae 7 Cille Momne, Muipfohach, mac Opom, cigeapna
CLaigean, 7 abb Cille vana. 6a 06 po padead,

Mopliaé Muipedach Marge Lipe, Laoc mb cuipe,

Ri Cargean collen lebenn, mac Spain, buaid n€peann ule.
lonmain snip caomib pfogaib, caom otip po Liogaib Lonanb,
Olen pup a pion, po bmp pon mlb moparb. “ce

/Mugpon, mac Cinnpaolaid, abb Cluana pfnca bpénainn, Maolcuile, mac
Péctsnag, abb Slaip: Noéden, Tulelait, instr Uapgalang, banabb Chille—
vapna, 0é5, an 10 la Januapn. Oomnall, mac Cloda, tiseanna Cenedil Uaos-
aipe, véce hi ccléinceace. Maolpaoparce, mac Maolcuanapooa, cigeapna
Qingiall, vo manbad la hAipsiallanb peippin. Maolotin, mac Congura,
cisfina Calle Pallamam, v€ég. Mac écc vo labpa oce Cpaoib Lanppe dia
ba Mop 1ap na seinfmain. CEochasan, mac Ceoha, mic Mavagain, pi Ulas,

vo manbad la mancne nCinbit, mic Cleoa.
Cloip Coys, ocht ccéd ocemoda acpi. An peaccmad bliadain vo Phlann.
Maolpaopaicc, abb Cluana mic Noip, vo Uib Mame a cenel, Cuatal, mac

county of Dublin. The people called Gaileanga
Mora inhabited the present barony of Morgal-
lion, in the county of Meath, and some of the
adjoining districts—See note ', under A. D.
809, p. 421, supra.

The year 881 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 883 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows :

“ A. D, 883. Ailbren, mac Maichtig, prince
of Clon-Iraird, extenso dolore mortuus est. Suair-
lech, prince of Ardbrecan, vitam senilem finivit.
Daniell, mac Muregan, King of Leinster, jugu-
latus est a suis soctis. Cairbre, mac Dunlaing,
. King of West-Lifi, mortuus est. Conaing, mac
Flainn, heyre of Cianacht, killed by Leinster-
men” [decollatus est a Laginensibus]. ‘‘ Doncuan,
mac Connalai, Kinge of Cianacht of Glingavin,

mortuus est. Dunagan, mac Tuochar, Captain of
Galengs of Collumrach, killed by the great Ga-
lengs. Cormac, mac Cehernai, secnap of Tir- —
daglas and of Clonfert-Brenainn, mortuus est.
Ragallach, Abbot of Benchair; Dunagan, mac
Cormac, Abbot of Manister-Buty; Conallan,
mac Maelteivin, prince of Inis-Kyne-dea, dor-
mivit.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Caille-Fallamhain : i.e. Fallon’s Wood. The
situation of this territory appears from a note
in the Feilire-Aenghuis, at 14th September, and
also from O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at the same
day, which place in it the church of Ros-each,
now Russagh, in the barony of Moygoish, and —
county of Westmeath.—See Leabhar-na-gCeart,
p- 182, note },

¥ Craebh-Laisre.—A place near Clonmacnoise,
in the King’s County. This entry is given in

SS eS a eo

882.] ANNALS OF.THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 533

The Age of Christ, 882 [recté 885]. The sixth year of Flann. Cormac,
Bishop of Daimhliag, and Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; Eochu, son of Robhartach,
Abbot of Finnabhair-abha and Cill-moinne; Muireadhach, son of Bran, lord of
Leinster, and Abbot of Cill-dara, [died]. Of him was said :

Great grief is Muireadhach of Magh-Liphe, a hero of whom many
deeds are told,

King of all Leinster, even to the sea of ships, son of a the most
gifted of all Ireland.

Beloved his countenance of regal dignity, comely chieftain under
heavy flag-stones,

Whiter his skin than that of the people of the fairy palaces; he over-
threw great heroes.

Mughron, son of Ceannfaeladh, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Maeltuile,
son of Fethghnach, Abbot of Glas-Noedhen; Tuilelaith, daughter of Uarghalach,
Abbess of Cill-dara, died on the 10th of January. Domhnall, son of Aedh,
lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, died in religion. Maelpadraig, son of Maelcuararda,
lord of Airghialla, was slain by the Airghialla themselves. Maelduin, son of
Aenghus, lord of Caille-Fallamhain*, died. A male child spoke at Craebh-Laisre’
two months after his birth. Eochagan, son of Aedh, son of Madagan, King of
Ulidia, was slain by the sons of Ainbhith, son of Aedh.

The Age of Christ, 883. The seventh year of Flann. Maelpadraig, Abbot

of Cluain-mic-Nois, of the race of the Ui-Maine; Tuathal, son of Ailbhe, Abbot

est @ sociis suis.
tn celo.

the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 870, in
which it is added that the child said ** Good
God” in Irish See Dr. Todd’s edition of the
[rish version of Nennius, p. 208.

The year 882 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 884 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
‘ollows :

Eclipsis Solis, et vise sunt stelle
Maelduin, mac Aengusa, King of Coill
Follavain, mortuus est. Cormac, prince of Clon-
Traird, and Bushop of Doimliag, extenso dolore
A man child, at Cryvlashra, did speak
within two moneths after his birth, quod anti-
quis temporibus non auditum est antea. Mureach,

mac Brain, King of Leinster, and prince of Kil-

pausat.

“A. D. 884. Tuleflaih, Abbatissa of Kildare,
nortua est. Skanal, Bushop of the same, also
lied. Daniell, mac Cinaeh, King of Kindred-
Laoire tn clericatu obiit. Maeltuile, mac Fachtna,
wince of Glaisnoiden, mortuus est. Maelpatricke,
nac Maelcurarda, King of Airgialla, jugulatus

dare. Mughron, mac Cinfaela, prince of Clonfert-
Brenainn, mortuus est.’>—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The eclipse of the sun here referred to in the
Annals ofUister shews that the real year was
885, for it happened on the 16th of June that
year.—See Art de Verefir les Dates, tom. i. p- 68.

i)

534 AQNNQaZa RIOSshachta elREGNN.

CAilbe, abb Chille vana, Robancach, mac Colgan, abb Chille Thomae, vés.
Scanoal, mac Pensil, abb Oomnags Secnall, Popcellach, abb Chille mic
Mioléon, Cloécu, mac Maorlecuile, ppidip Cluana hlonaipv, Ananle Secnab
(1. pmo) Blanne v4 locha [vécc]. Guin Tuatarl, mic Oomnaill,7 Catal,
mic Finnagain, 04 Zoarmna Largean, la Pinpneachca, mac Muipeoarg.

Lonsboncan, mac Pinnacca, ciseapna Mapcnparse, 00 mapbads. Opgam.
Chille vana la Sallaib, co puccpat ceitpi picic vécc Do Daoimb a mbpord -

le6 vo cum a Long, man pmorp .1. Surpne, mac Ourboaboipfno, la caob Facha
maic(pa oile oa puccypac leo.

Aoi Cmorc, ocht ccév o¢tmoda a cltap. On coccmad bliadam vo
Planc. €ochaw, mac Comgain, eppcop Lainve h€ala, vo cpfocnuccad a

b(cha ian phhoacand. Reachctand, pui eppcop Cluana hUamach, Maolcuile, -

a. mac Oungaile, abb beanncaip, Colcu, mac Connacain, abb Cinmn Ectic,
ollari auplabpawd,7 pinchand ap veach po buf 1 nEpnn na péim(p, Orapmaro,
abb becc Eneann, Maolpuamn, abb O1pipt Oranmava, Chille hachad,7 Tige
Thaille, Cur san mazaip, abb Imleacha lobaip, Medan, mac Reccada, abb
Ropa Cpe, Tigeannach, mac Tolainss, tanaipp: veipceipc Ons, [vécc].
Tplpach, mac becain, plat Ua mbaippce Mange, vo mapbad la hQov, mac

lolsumne. Up 06 po pad Plann mac Conan,

Thom ces pon coicead mbperail, 6 acbach leo: Ciph leppars,
Tpomm (rpnada Appanl, vobpon cfpbada Thlppans.

Scit mo meanma, muad mo snap, olluid Thearpach 1 ciugbar
Opnad oenang Lips Lain, Cargin co mun mac becain.

Maolmuna an pile poincte pioneolac, pcanaiwe eangna an bepla Scoic-
ezoa, vécc. Up paip cuccad an cfpcemain pr,

(884.

* Cill-Toma.—See note ", under A. D. 746,
p- 349, supra.

® Cill-mic-Milchon: i. e. the Church of the
Son of Milchu, now Kilmeelchon, in the parish
of Lusmag, barony of Garrycastle, and King’s
County.—See the Ordnance map of that county,
sheet 29.

The year 883 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 885 of the Annals of

Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows:

“ A. D. 885” [recté, 886]. ‘‘Erevon mac
Hugh,” [half] “King of Ulster, killed by
Elar mac Ergine. Clohovar, mac Maeiltuile,
Secnap of Clon-Iraird, and Rovartach, mac Col-
gan, prince of Kiltuom, mortuus est. Fiachna,

mac Ainfith, King of Ulster, a sociis jugulatus ;

est. Scannal, mac Ferall, prince of Dovnach-

884.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 535

of Cill-dara; Robhartach, son of Colgan, Abbot of Cill-Toma’, died. Scannall,
son of Ferghil, Abbot of Domhnach-Sechnaill ; Forcellach of Cill-mic-Milchon’;
Clothchu, son of Maeltuile, Prior of Cluain-Iraird ; Anaile, Vice-abbot (i. e.
Prior) of Gleann-da-locha, [died]. The mortal wounding of Tuathal, son of
Domhnall, and of Cathal, son of Finnagan, two royal heirs of Leinster, by Fin-
nachta, son of Muireadhach. Longbortan, son of Finnachta, lord of Muscraighe,
was slain. The plundering of Cill-dara by the foreigners, who carried off with
them fourteen score persons into captivity to their ships, with the prior, Suibhne,
son of Dubhdabhoireann, besides other valuable property which they carried
away.

The Age of Christ, 884. The eighth year of Flann. Eochaidh, son of
Comhgan, Bishop of Lann-Eala, ended his life at an advanced age. Reachtaidh,
learned Bishop of Cluain-Uamhach ; Maeltuile, son of Dunghal, Abbot of
Beannchair ; Colcu, son of Connacan, Abbot of Ceann-Eitigh, doctor of elo-
quence, and the best historian that was in Ireland in his time; Diarmaid, Abbot
of Beg-Eire ; Maelruain, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada, Cill-achaidh, and Teach-
Theille; Cui-gan-mathair, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair; Aedhan, son of Rechtadh,
Abbot of Ros-Cre ; Tighearnach, son of Tolargg, Tanist of South Breagh, [died];
Treasach, son of Becan, chief of Ui-Bairche-Maighe, was slain by Aedh, son of
Ilguine. Of him Flann, son of Lonan’, said :

A heavy mist upon the province of Breasal, since they slew at the
fortaliced Liphe,

Heavy the groans of Assal, for grief at the loss of Treasach.

Wearied my mind, moist my countenance, since Treasach lies in death.

The moan of Oenach-Lifi all, and of Leinster to the sea, is the son of
Becan.

Maelmura’, the learned and truly intelligent poet, the erudite historian of
the Scotic language, died. It is of him this testimony was given :

Sechnaill, a fratribus suis moritur.’—Cod. Clar.. usually called Maelmura Othna, or of Fathan,
tom. 49. now Fahan, near Lough Swilly, in the barony of

> Flann, son of Lonan.—The death of this Inishowen, county of Donegal.—See some ac-
poet is noticed in the Annals of the Four count of this writer in O’Reilly’s Descriptive
Masters twice; first under the year 891, and Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. lvi.; and the
again under 918. Irish version of Nennius’s Historia Britonum,
. ©Maelmura: i.e. Servant of St. Mura. He is edited by Dr. Todd, p. 222.

536 QNNQaZa RIOSshachtd eIReGNN. ~~.

(885.

Ni poplaigh calmain cocca, ni tanga 1 cClmpars cuna,

Ni caipce all Erp iopmap pean map Mhaol minglan Muna.
Ni epib bap gan volmai, m poace snap co manba,

Nip hiadad calam cpebtaig pon peancand bavio amna.

Clnanloen an calichip cor in epiptil do pavad vo mm 1 nlepupalem co
Cam Oomnaig 7 fpoinclelaib mate vo tiactain a n€pinn. Curlen, mac
Clpball, mic Oungarle, 7 Maelpeabarl, mac Muipcfpcas, v0 manbad la
Noptmannab, conad 06 po paivead,

Cuilen pon comainse O€ an péin ipfpinn olc alli,
Rommfnain Cuilen vo cor vég do pum po bad pi.

Maelpebaal, ng Maoilpeclann, 0é§. Ap vo tabainc an Hhallarb
Cumms la Connaccarb.

Cloip Cmorz, occ ccéd ochtmoda acing. An nomad bliadam vo Phlann. °
Maolcule, mac Culen, abb Cluana peanta Opénoimn, Maolpavpaicce,
pecmbmd, (Snand, 7 abb Theor, Ronan, mac Cathal, abb Cluana Oolcam,
Cucongalca, abb Cluana hlonaino, Maolmapcain, abb Achad bé Camnis,
Slosadach Ua Raitnen, abb Saigne,7 Maenach, abb Cille achaid Onomaca,
[7] Canta, abb bionain,vés5. Pipsal,mac Pionnacca,abb Cluana hUama, q
hUamanan, mac Cénén, pmioip Cluana hUama, vo manbad la Noptmannanb.
Snedsiup, esnaid 6 Orplpe Orapmava, aor Chopbmaic, mc Culennan,
Oungal, mac Catal, peacnabb Tige Munva, vé5. Ounchad, mac Ourb-, © i
oabointin, pf Carpil, vé5. Cachpaomead pon Phlann, mac Maoilpeacnall,
ma nOallaib Aca chat, 041 cconcain ed, mac Concubaip, pf Connacht, 4
Usar, mac Cpumoen, eprcop Cille vana,7 Oonnchad, mac Maelevinn,

abb Cille Oealga 7 ceall naile, 7 pochaie ele nach aipemten.

* Cain-Domhnaigh: i.e. the Sunday Law, or

rules regulating the solemnization of the Sab-
bath. .
The year 884 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 886 of the Annals of
Ulster, which give the events of that year briefly
as follows :

“A. D. 886” [reeté, 887]. “ Murcha mac
Maelduin, heire of the Fochla” [i.e. the North],

Oobailen,

“killed by Flannagan, mac Fogartai, King of
Fernmai. Tiernach, mac Tolairg, heyre of De-_
scert-Bregh, jugulatus est a sociis suis, An-
Epistle brought by the pilgrims” [recté, by the
pilgrim] “into Ireland, with forfeyture for
breaking of the Saboth day, and many more
other good instructions. Echai of Lainn mac
Comgain, vitam senilem finivit, and Maelmura,

the kingly poet of Ireland, mortwus est.”—Cod. |

885.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 537 -

There trod not the charming earth, there never flourished at affluent
Teamhair,

The great and fertile Ireland never produced a man like the mild-fine
Maelmura.

There sipped not death without sorrow, there mixed not a nobler face
with the dead,

The habitable earth was not closed over a historian more illustrious.

Ananloen, the pilgrim, came to Ireland with the epistle which had been
given from heaven at Jerusalem, with the Cain-Domhnaigh* and good instruc-
tions. Cuilen, son of Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, and Maelfebhail, son of
Muircheartach, were slain by the Norsemen. Of whom was said:

May Cuilen be under the protection of God from the pains of hell of
ill favour, .

We did not think that Cuilen would [thus] have NE we thought
he would be king.

Maelfebhail, daughter of Maelsechlainn, died. A slaughter was made of the
foreigners of Luimneach by the Connaughtmen.

The Age of Christ, 885. The ninth year of Flann. Maeltuile, son of
Cuilen, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Maelpadraig, scribe, wise man, and
Abbot of Treoit; Ronan, son of Cathal, Abbot of Cluain-Dolcain; Cucongalta,
Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; Maelmartain, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh ; Slogh-
adhach Ua Raithnen, Abbot of Saighir; and Maenach, Abbot of Cill-achaidh
Dromata ; Carthach, Abbot of Birra, died. Fearghal, son of Finnachta, Abbot
of Cluain-Uamha, and Uamanain, son of Ceren, Prior of Cluain-Uamha, were
slain by the Norsemen. Sneidhius, wise man of Disert-Diarmada, tutor of Cor-
mac, son of Cuileanan*; Dunghal, son of Cathal, Vice-abbot of Teach-Munna,
died. Dunchadh, son of Dubhdabhoireann, King of Caiseal, died. A battle
was gained over Flann, son of Maelsechnaill, by the foreigners of Ath-cliath, in
which were slain Aedh, son of Conchobhar, King of Connacht, and Lerghus,
son of Cruinden, Bishop of Cill-dara, and Donnchadh, son of Maelduin, Abbot
of Cill-Dealga and other churches, and many others not enumerated. Dobhailen,

Clarend., tom. 49. of Cashel, and King of Munster.—See_ note
* Cormac, son of Cuileanan.—He was Bishop under the year 903.

32

538 annaza rioshachta elreann. [886.

mac Hopmsupa, cigeapna Curshne Connachc, vécc. Oo Conca Pipcm
a cenél,7 ap umdib Ui Oobailen. Ceanball, mac Oungaile, ciseapna
Oppaige, vé5. Tolangs, mac Ceallarg, an vana cigeapna bof an can pm pon
vepcent Ons, vé5. Epeamon, mac Clevha, pi Ulad, 00 mapbad la hEléip,
mac langm oo Noncmannab. Onpochan mac Mupchava, cigeanna Ua
cCmomtanndin, 0€5.
mbainpche. 6uin Cplppars mic lolgum. Maolcoba mac Cponnmaoil, abb
Cpoa Macha, vo écc, 1ap pinoaca. Oo muincip Chille méipe vo prohe.
Cloip Cmiorc, oct ccéd o¢tmooda, a pé.. An veachmad bliadain vo Fhlano.
Maolodap,eppcop Cluana mic Noip, Seachnupach, mac Pocanza, abbCluana
mom Maedog, Maolpacpaice, mac Néill, abb Slame, Eogan, mac Cimnpao-

lad, abb Imleacha lubaip, Cipmfsach, abb Mange bile, Orapmaro, mac |

Ru, abb Tse Munoa, vé5. Plann, mé(n Oangarle, bin Meantp(chlainn, mic
Maolpuanai, pi Epeann,7 ba bipive matain Phloinn Sionna, vég 1ap noerg-
bichard, 7 1an bpfnnainn hi cCluam mic Nap, 7 a hadnacal hipwde. Hib-
lecan, mac Maorlbmiccoe, tiZeapna Conaille Muipternne, vés. Inopeach-
tach, mac Ceda, cigeapna Cianpaisge Luachpa, 7 Hopmacan, mac Plamn,
plait Ua mbamppce cine, vé5. Prachna, mac Cintie, pf Ulad, vo mapbad
la hUlcaib buddéin. Inoped Aino Splcam, 7 Oomnag Pacparcc, Tulen, 7
Olinne oa locha la Gallaib. Cronaed, mac Cennéoid pfogdamna Laoigips,.
vo manbao. Up 00 po paioead,

6a iach ua Cathal cain, pob(n puba pil bfpaich,

Mac pg Racha bacain bua, Cionald cingev sn nOabpuam.

* Corca-Firthri.—This tribe inhabited the of Treoid, and serjeant of Patrick’s people by

Sun Maoléencag, mic Piacpac, cigepna Ua

barony of Gallen, in the county of Mayo, and
those of Leyny and Corran, in the county of
Sligo.—See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 69.

8 Cill-mor.—Now Kilmore, in the county of
The year 885 of the Annals of the
Four Masters corresponds with 887 of the
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of
that year as follows:

“A. D. 887. Maelcova, mac Crunnvael, Abbot
of Ardmach, vitam senilem finivit. Maeltuile mac
Cilen, prince of Clonfert Brenainn, mortuus
est. Maelpatrick, scriba et sapiens optimus, prince

Cavan.

the mountain southerly, died. Duncha, mac
Duvdavoiren, King of Cassill, mortuus est. A
breach of battle upon Flann, mac Maelsech-
lainn, by the forreners, where Hugh mac Conor,
King of Connaght ; Lergus mac Cruinnen, bu-
shopp of Kildare ; and Duncha mac Maeilduin,

prince of Killdelga, e¢ aliarum Civitatum, were —
Cervall, mac Dungail, King of

all killed.
Ossory, subita morte periit. Cuganmahair (mo-
therless), prince of Imleach-Ivar, mortuus est.
Tolarg mac Cellai, haulf King of Descert-Bregh,

vitam senilem finivit. Jeffry mac Ivair, rex Nord-

886.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 539

son of Gormghus, lord of Luighne-Connacht, died. He was of the tribe of
Corca-Firthri‘, and from him the Ui Dobhailen [are descended].' Cearbhal,
son of Dunghal, lord of Osraighe, died. - Tolarg, son of Ceallach, the second
lord that was at that time over South Breagh, died. Eremhon, son of Aedh,
King of Ulidia, was slain by Eloir, son of Iargni, [one] of the Norsemen.
Anrothan, son of Murchadh, lord of Ui-Crimhthainn, died. The mortal wound-
ing of Maelchertaigh, son of Fiachra, lord of Ui-Bairche. The mortal wounding
of Treasach, son of Ilguini. Maelcobha, son of Cronnmhael, Abbot of Ard-
Macha, died at an advanced age ; he was of the family of Cill-mor*.

The Age of Christ, 886. The tenth year of Flann. Maelodhar, Bishop of
Cluain-mic-Nois ; Seachnasach, son of Focarta, Abbot of Cluain-mor-Maedhog ;
Maelpadraig, son of Niall, Abbot of Slaine ; Eoghan, son of Ceannfaeladh,
Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Airmedhach, Abbot of Magh-bile ; and Diarmaid,
son of Rui, Abbot of Teach-Munna, died. Flann, daughter of Dunghal, wife
of Maelsechlainn, son of Maelruain, King of Ireland, and who was the mother
of Flann Sinna, died after a good life, and after penance at Cluain-mic-Nois ;
and she was there interred. Gibhleachan, son of Maelbrighde, lord of Conaille-
Muirtheimhne, died. Indreachtach, son of Aedh, lord of Ciaraighe-Luachra ;
and Gormacan, son of Flann, chief of Ui-Bairrche-tire, died. Fiachna, son of
Ainbhith, King of Ulidia, was killed by the Ulidians themselves. The plun-
dering of Ard-Breacain, Domhnach-Padraig, Tuilen, and Gleann-da-locha, by
the foreigners. Cinaedh, son of Cennedidh, heir apparent of Lacighis, was slain.
Of him was said :

Alas for the comely descendant of Cathal", deprived of joy are the race
of Bearach,
Son of the king of lasting Rath-Bacain, the hero of the pass of Gabhruan’.

manorum, a fratre suo per dolum occisus est.
Aenach Fame et Talten cen aige ecin” [i. e.

Ceinneididh, son of Gaeithin, the first chief of
Laeighis, who took possession of the three ter-

without celebration ].—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.
» Descendant of Cathal.—This Cinaeth, who
was the ancestor of the family of O’Mordha, or
O’More, of Laeighis, or Leix, in the present
Queen’s County, was the son of Ceinnedidh,
who was son of Mordha, a guo O’Mordha, who
was son of Cinaeth, the son of Cearnach, son of

ritories of Comainn, who was the son of Cinaeth,
son of Cathal, son of Bearach (from whom the
O’Mores were called Sil-Bearaigh), son of Meis-
gill, son of Maelaithghin, son of Bacan, who
built the fort of Rath-Bacain, in Magh-Reda.—
See note ¥, under the year 860, p. 496, supra.

' Gabhruan.—Otherwise called Bealach-Gabh-

: Biv Ays

540 ANNata RIOshachta e1ReEGNnN. [887.

‘Aor Cort, ocht ccéd otmoda a peache. On caonmad bliadain véce

vo Fhlann. Seachnapach, abb Lureca, Plano, mac Maoloiim, abb la,

Copbmac, abb Pobaip,7 canary abbas Cluana-mic Noip, Copbmac, mac
Fiannamla, abb Opoma Inapclainn, Potad abb Maimpopeac Stice, Smbne,

mac Maolurha, angcome, 7 pombmd Cluana mic Nérp,[oécc]. Maolmépda,

mac Haipbic, cigeapna Conaille Muiptemne, vo oicfnnad la Ceallac, mac
Flannagan. Ongam Cille vapa 7 Cluana hlopaipo la Gallaib. Cp Or-
paige lap na O€ipib, 7 mapbad Spaonain, mic Cfpbaill, 7 Surbne, mic Oan-
supa, tiseanna Ua Phsura ann ona. Ap Sall la hUi nOmalgard, oa 1
cconcain Elaip, mac bam, aen via ccoipfchaib, 7 opong ole imanlle ppp.
Maolpaball mac clés, ciZeapna Cone, vécc. Conach Taillc{n vo age
ta Plann, mac Maolplenall. Ganpeal po la an muip 1 ceip ino oipfp Alban,
Cig tposte nocac ap céd ma pote, ochc ctpaisce vécc poo a cpillp,
peacht tcpaise poo meon a lame, a pect naile pod appona. GHilitin séip
ule hi. Concoban, mac Plannaccain, tigeanna Ua Foilge oongain pm

vaigi0 1 cCluain pota mic Fim, pin ecclaip, 7 mimna Finniain do papugad-

la P(paib Tulach, oc tiachcamn 06 6 accallaim Plainn, mic Maoilechlamn
pi Epeann.

Qoip Cmorz, ocht ccéd ochtmoda a hocht. Cn vana bliadain véce vo
Ehlann. Maolbpigve abb Cluana mc Nop, 7 Maolcopgaip, abb Cotpa,

mac Maeilbride, Kinge of Conells of Murhevne,
mortuus est. Flann, daughter to Dungall, Queen

ruain, an old road extending across Sliabh
Mairge, in the now Queen’s County.—See

Leabhar-na-gCeart, Introduction, p. 1x.

Some of the events noticed in the Annals of
the Four Masters under the year 886 are given
in the Annals of Ulster under 888, and others
under 889, as follows:

“A, D. 888. An army by Daniell, mac Hugh,
with the Northmen and forreners, to the South
O’Nells.”” [Maelmartain, coarb of Cainech,
mortuus est. |
Dromad moritur. Aenach Taillten cen aigt” [i. e.
without celebration ].

“A.D. 889. Celum ardere visum est in nocte
Kal. Jun. Maelpatrick, mac Nell, prince of
Slane, mortwus est feliciter. Owen, mac Cinfaela,
prince of Imleach-Ivair, jugulatus est. Giblechan,

“*Maenach, prince of Killacha-

of Tarach, in penitentia dormivit. Airmeach, prince
of Mabile, mortuus est.’”,—Cod. Clarend., 49.

k Suibhne, son of Maelumha.—The death of
this celebrated man is noticed in the Saxon
Chronicle, and by Florence of Worcester, at the
year 892, which is the true year. A tombstone
inscribed with his name is still preserved at
Clonmacnoise. — See Petrie’s Round Towers,
p: 323.

1 Cleireach: i.e. Clericus. He is the progenitor
from whom the family of the O’Clerys have de-
rived their hereditary surname.

™ Whiter than the swan: gilitip 5ép.-—Dr. i

O’Conor translates this incorrectly, ‘alba erat
inter humeros tota,” in his edition of the An-

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887.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 541

The Age of Christ, 887. The eleventh year of Flann. Seachnasach, Abbot
of Lusca; Flann, son of Maelduin, Abbot of Ia; Cormac, Abbot of Fobhar,
and Tanist-abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Cormac, son of Fianamhail, Abbot of
Druim-Innasclainn ; Fothadh, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithe ; Suibhne, son of
Maelumha*, anchorite and scribe of Cluain-mic-Nois, [died]. Maelmordha, son
of Gairbhith, lord of Conaille-Muirtheimhne, was beheaded by Ceallach, son of
Flannagan. The plundering of Cill-dara and Cluain-Iraird by the foreigners.
A slaughter [was made] of the Osraighi by the Deisi, and the killing of Braenan,
son of Cearbhall, and also of Suibhne, son of Dunghus, lord of Ui-Fearghusa.
A slaughter [was made] of the foreigners by the Ui-Amhalghaidh, in which
fell Elair, son of Bairid, one of their chieftains, and others along with him.
Maelfabhaill, son of Cleireach!, lord of Aidhne, died. The fair of Tailltin was
selebrated by Flann, son of Maelsechnaill. A mermaid was cast ashore by the
sea in the country of Alba. One hundred and ninety-five feet was her length,
aighteen feet was the length of her hair, seven feet was the length of the fingers
of her hand, seven feet also was the length of her nose ; she was whiter than
che swan™ all over. Conchobhar, son of Flannagan, lord of Ui-Failghe, was
lestroyed by fire at Cluain-foda-Fini’, in the church ; and the relics of Finian
were violated by the Feara-Tulach, on his way from parleying with Flann, son
of Maelseachlainn, King of Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 888. The twelfth year of Flann. Maelbrighde, Abbot
of Cluain-mic-Nois, and Maelcorghais, Abbot of Lothra, died. Tighearnan, son

uals of the Four Masters, p. 395, but correctly of Aei, én pace dormivit. Conor, mac Conor,

enough, ‘tota erat candida ut olor,” in the
Annals of Ulster, p. 239. For various examples
of the comparative degree ending in cip or cep,
‘ee the Editor’s Jrish Grammar, part il. c. 111.
yp. 119, 120.

2 Cluain-foda-F'ini.—Otherwise called Cluain-
voda-Librain, now Clonfad, in the barony of
‘Tertullagh, and county of Westmeath.—See
note ", under the year 835, p. 452, supra.

The year 887 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 890 of the Annals of
llster; which notice the events of that year as
follows :

“A, D. 890. Flann, mac Maeleduin, Abbot

mac Flanagan, King of Fali, dyed of a mortall
jlua’? [recté, was destroyed with fire], ‘at Clon-
fad-Mackfini,” [being] ‘dishonoured in the
church, and the reliques of Finian dishonored
and burnt with him. Maelmoira, mac Garvith,
beheaded by Cellach, mac Flanagan, King of the
Conells of Murhevne. Cormac, King” [recte,
Princeps, i.e. Abbot] “of Favar, and second to
the Abbot of Clonmicnois, mortuus est. Cormac,
mac Finavla, prince of Drum-Inisclainn, mor-
tuus est. Sechnusach, Bushop of Luscan, dor-
mivit. Foha, prince of Abbai-Buti, mortuus est.
Suivne, mac Maeluva, Anchorita et Scriba op-
timus of Clonmicnoys, dormivit. A woman”

542 ANNQAZa RIOshachta eiReGNN.

[ss9.

vég. Tigeannan, mac Seallacam, cigeapna Opepne, vé5. Gace mon la

péle Manca na bliadna po, co po tpapcaip cpanna 1omda, co ccapnat pioo
an mép pon callcip Eneann, co puce ofptage 7 cige ale ap a latpmsib

ancfna.

ccuaipcent Connacc pon Gallaib, 1 copchaipn Eloi mac bapicha.
pon elib ma mac Maelgsuala,7 pa pefpab muman oc Caipul 1 concaip © |

pochaide vo macanb caomanb.

Qop Cmorc, ocht ccéd octmoda anaoi.

Phlann.

Maiwdm pa Riacedén, mac Oungaile, pop Ghallaib Puipe Conpse,
Locha Canman, 7 Tige Moling, 1 panccbad va céd ceamn.

Maom pa
Maiom

Cn cpeap bliadamn vécc do

Cochlén, abb Tige Munna, Oichull Tamlachca,7 Peapgup, mac — H

Maolmichil, pepasip Cluana mic Noip, vécc. Suadbap 1. mac Coiccloharg

Inp1 Snaicc, 0é5,7 ba hancoim epide.
bad la hCceid, mac Cargne.
vo écc lan noeigbeatand,

pelong, Selblait, ng{M Cleoha, 7 Maolecig, ngln Cachmant, vé5.
mac Cionaid, cizgeapna Pfp Cualann, [vé5].

becc, mac Epiomon, pf Ulad, vo map-

Congalach, mac Plannaccam, tigeanna Onfs,
Riacan, mac Echtigeanpn, tiZeapna Ua cCemn-

Oubetnn,
Cumare 7 cfnnaipnce 1m cinc-

cfoip do punnpad f nApv Macha eicip Cenel n€ogain 7 Ulea «1. ercip Cocern,
mac Caigm, 7] Plaitbeantac, mac Munchaoa, co por Cecaprpcan Maelbpigve

comanba Patpaice 1atvc 1apam.

,

Paopaice 6 coiccead Epeann 1. 6

Rian Maolbmgsoe ianypmn hi ccol emech
coiccead Ulad la satel a nareeipe wt |

tpiocha peace cumal, 7 cftpap hi ccnochad 6 Ulcembh, a commmeit orle 6

[mermaid] ‘coming from sea in Scotland, 195
foote longe; 17 foote the length of her hayre;
7 foote the length of the finger of her hand.
The length of her nose 7 foote. Whyter then a
swan her boddy. Macilfavuill, mac Cleri, Kinge
of Aigne, mortuus est.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

° Left behind : i. e. in which the Irish beheaded
200 Danes.

The year 888 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 891 of the Annals of
Ulster, which give the events of that year as
follows :

“A. D. 891. Maelbrighde, Abbot of Clon-
macnoys, in pace dormivit. Ventus magnus in
feria Martini, that it made great havock of
woods, and caryed churches and houses out of

their places. Maelcorgus, prince of Lothra,
mortuus est. Tiernan, mac Sellachan, Kinge of
Brefna, mortuus est.””— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

® Inis-Snaig.—Now Inishnag, near Thomas-
town, in the county of Kilkenny.—See note °,
under the year 745, p. 348, supra.

1A conflict and dissension—This passage is

translated by Colgan in his Trias Thaum.,
p- 296, as follows:

“A. D. 889. Contigit tumultus et seditio
Ardmache in ipso festo Pentecostes inter

Kinel-Eoguin et Ulidios ; hoc est, inter Adde- y i
dium filium Laigne et Flathbertacium filium
Murchadi, donec Malbrigidus Sancti Patricii — i :
Comorbanus, seu successor, interveniens eos i!
compescuerat, sive ab invicem separaverat. Mal-

—_—e

—_

889.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 543°

of Seallachan, lord of Breifne, died. A great wind [occurred] on the festival
of St. Martin of this year; and it prostrated many trees, and caused great
destruction of the woods of Ireland, and swept oratories and other houses from
their respective sites. A battle was gained by Riagan, son of Dunghal, over
the foreigners of Port-Lairge, Loch-Carman, and Teach-Moling, in which two
hundred heads were left behind’. A battle was gained by North Connaught
over the foreigners, in which Eloir, son of Barith, was slain. <A battle was
gained over the Eili by Maelguala and the men of Munster, at Caiseal, in
which many noble youths were slain.

The Age of Christ, 889. The thirteenth year of Flann. Cochlan, Abbot
of Teach-Munna ; Dichuill of Tamhlacht ; and Fearghus, son of Maelmichill,
Cconomus of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Suadhbhar, 1. e. the son of Coitceadhach,
of Inis-Snaig®, died ; he was an anchorite.
Ulidia, was slain by Ateidh, son of Laighne. Conghalach, son of Flannagan,
lord of Breagh, died after a good life. Riagan, son of Echtighearn, lord of
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; Sealbhlaith, daughter of Aedh; and Maeletigh, daughter of
Cathmhael, died. Dubhcheann, son of Cinaedh, lord of Feara-Cualann, died.
There was a conflict and dissension’, about W hitsuntide, at Ard-Macha, between
the Cinel-Eoghain and the Ulidians, i.e. between Atteidh, son of Laighne, and
Flaithbheartach, son of Murchadh; but Maelbrighde, successor of Patrick, sepa-
rated them afterwards. After this Maelbrighde obtained reparation for the
violation of Patrick’s law, from the fifth part of Ireland, i.e. from the province

Becc, son of Erimhon, King of

of Ulster, together with the delivery of their hostages, namely, thirty times

seven cumhals’, and four of the Ulidians to be hanged, and as many more from

brigidus autem, quia ita contra reverentiam
Ecclesiz Dei, et S. Patricio debitam impegerunt,
ab Ulidiis obsides et 210 boves :
delicti authoribus suspendi curarunt Ulidi.

et quatuor ex

Kineleoguin etiam in consimilem ex parte sua
consenserunt satisfactionem.”

* Cumhals.—A cumhal originally denoted a
bondmaid, which was estimated as of the value
of three cows; but it afterwards was used to
denote three cows, or anything estimated as of

~ that value.

The year 889 of the Annals of the Four

Masters corresponds with 892 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows: :

“ A. D. 892” [recté, 893]. ‘* Mochta, the
adopted of Fethgnai, Bushopp, Anchorite, and
an excellent writer of Ardmach, in pace quievit.
Contention in Ardmach in Whitsontyde, be-
tweene Tyreowen and the rest of Ulster, where
many were slaine. A battle upon the Black ~
Gentiles by the Saxons, where innumerable
men were slaine. Great confusion among the
forreners of Dublin, t@at they divided them-

544

Chenel Eogain. Maoloohan, mac Ponbappars, ppim bnerchem Leche Cumo, —

ANNata RIOshachta elReEGHH.

[890.

vég. Uopecad Racha Ecam, 1 copchain Eccfptach, mac Coinppe.Lachenan,
mac Maolciandn, tigeanna Tlchba, véce. PFaolan, mac Guaipe, ciseanna

Ua Ceimnpealarg, Niall, mac Copbmaic, cigeapna na nOéiy1, vég. Mochea, ©

valca Pechgna, eppcop, ancoim, 7 pembmd- Anoa Macha, v€ 5.

Coip Cmorct, ocht ccéd nocha.

Cn cltpamad bliadain vécc vo Phlann.
Maolpfoaip, mac Cucin, eppcop Tipe va slap, 7 comanba 6pénaimn, Crapan,

mac Maolomb, abb Cinone Colum, Colcca, mac Caitmad, abb Cluana
heidneach, Loichene, abb Oaimmy, 7 Oenacan, mac Manlecuile, peacnabb
Oomblace Ciancon, 0é5. Mupfoach, mac €Cochacain, pf Ulad, 00 manbad la
hCoit, mac Loesne. Oublachcna, mac Maolguala, pi Carpi, vé5. Ceallach,
mac Flannagan, tigeanna bps, vo mapbao la Pogancach, mac Tolaips, 1
meabail, conad ann apbent Plannacan péipin ofa egaine,

Holla Ceallaig po amap, soban Ceallarg lany na larmh,
Cp mana vép an peél sanb, nf oalb ap mapb mac Oeanbal.
Ni bai mac pf pige con, po Ceallach ngonmamec nglan,
Teaglach po teaslac an pip ni Fil po nim mambda gal.

Plann, mac Conan, po pars,

Cripa cpé cng, tpi merc Plann mluaidfe Oodba,
Consgalach Cuilc, Ceallach Cfpna 1p Cionaod Cnodba.
Ma po bit Ceallac cincach oippan a oit ba belcak,
Mopuap ba pom a boegal, nav pumale paesal peanchad.

selves into factions: the one parte of them with
Ivair, and the other with Jeffry the Erle. Con-
galach mac Flanagan, heyre of Bregh, mortuus
est.” —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Successor of Brenainn : i.e. Bishop or Abbot
of Clonfert, of which St. Brenainn, or Brendan,
was the founder and patron.

* Airdne-Coluim : i.e. Colum’s Height or Hill,
now Ardcolum, an old church in ruins on the
north side of Wexford haven.

« Dearbhail.—Pronounced Dervil, was the
name of a woman among the ancient Irish. This
Dearbhail was the wife of Flannagan, and the
mother of Ceallach.

~ Flann is here used for its diminutive, Flan-

nagan, which is too long for the metre.

x Odhbha.—This was the ancient name of a
mound near Navan, in the county of Meath.

¥ Colt.—This was the name of a regal resi-

dence in Meath; but it has not been yet iden- ||

tified. In the elegy on the death of Fearghal

O’Ruairc, attributed to Mac Coisi, Colt and =~

other places in Meath are thus referred to as
mourning for his death :

“ Uipneac Mise, Cnodba ip Colz, bpénaé pa

pone a mbiod Niall,

Tlacega ip Teamdip na plog, papiop na —

maineann a pgiam |”

Be

~~. :

890.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 545

the Cinel-Eoghain. Maelodhar, son of Forbasach, chief judge of Leath-Chuinn,
died. The burning of Rath-Etain, in which Egeartach, son of Cairbre, was killed.
Lachtnan, son of Maelciarain, lord of Teathbha, died. Faelan, son of Guaire,
lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh; Niall, son of Cormac, lord of the Deisi, died. Mochta,
fosterson of Fethghna, bishop, anchorite, and scribe of Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 890. The fourteenth year of Flann. Maelpeadair,
son of Cuan, Bishop of Tir-da-ghlas, and successor of Brenainn*; Ciaran, son
of Maeldubh, Abbot of Airdne-Coluim'; Colga, son of Caithniadh, Abbot of
Cluain-eidhneach; Loichene, Abbot of Daimhinis; and Oenacan, son of Mael-
tuile, Vice-abbot of Daimhliag-Cianain, died. Muireadhach, son of Eochagan,
King of Ulidia, was slain by Adith, son of Loegne. Dubhlachtna, son of Mael-
guala, King of Caiseal, died. Ceallach, son of Flannagan, lord of Breagh, was
treacherously slain by Foghartach, son of Tolarg ; of which Flannagan himself
[the father of Ceallach] said, lamenting him :

The page of Ceallach [is coming] from the west, with the steed of
Ceallach [held] in his hand !

Cause of tears is the bitter news! It is no fylsehood ; the son of
Dearbhail" is dead !

There was no son of a king who rules over chiefs as good as Ceallach
of untarnished fame ;

A household like the household of the man exists not under heaven
of brilliant rays.

Flann, son of Lonan, said :

Illustrious the careers of the three sons of Flann”, who coursed over
Odhbha’,

Congalach of Colt’, Ceallach of Cearna’, and Cinaedh of Cnodhbha*.

Though Ceallach slew an outlaw, pity he should fall in the battle’s
onset ;

Alas! his danger was certain; [it was clear] that he would not
spend the life of a historian [as some had expected].

* Uisneach of Meath, Cnodhbha, and Colt, are * Cearna.—Not identified. It is referred to in
sorrowful, and the fort wherein dwelt Niall; | the Dinnseanchus as in Meath.

Tlachtgha and Teamhair of the Kings, alas * Cnodhbha.—Now Knowth, near Slane, in
that their ornament liveth not !” the county of Meath.—See note », under A. D.

4a

546 ANNazZa RIOshachta eliReann.

(891.

Ruadacan, mac Catalan, tigeapna Pean cCal, 00 manbad 1 nOppangibh
7} Incpeachcach, mac Maileovimn, tigeapna Carlle Pollarnain 1 lung Maol-
puanaid, mac Flamn,7 mic lomaip. Crinoveicigh, mac Cionaovha, cigenna
Ua mbmum, vo mhapbhad 6 Popchuchabh Laighen. Maolsopm, canapr
na nOeip1, vo mapbad. Scolaicche, mac Macam, ciseapna Oealbna Gacpa,
vo mapbad la mumcip Cluana mic Néip, Conad ina dfoganl po manbad
Maolachaw lapamh. Apo Macha vo onccain la Glamanainn, 7 la Gallenb
Acta chat, co pucpat veichneaban 7 peacht ccéd 1 mbporn Les, 1ap noipcaor-
lead anaill von eacclarp,7 1ap mbps an veantarse. Conad 06 ip pubpad,

Tpuas, a naem Paonaicc, nan anache tennaige,

'

An gall co na ccuasanb, ag bualad vo deantaise. ‘

Maolaitsfin, eppcop Anoa Macha, vo é€cc.

Qoip Cmopt, ochc ccéd nocha a haon. Qn ciiccead bliadam vécc do
Fhlann. Soeptpfcach mac Connaid pepibmid, esnaid, eppcob 7 abb Concarge,
blatmac, mac Taincealcag, 00 OplSmainb, abb Cluana mic Nop, Mopan
Ua bude, abb bionpa, vécc, 1ap nverigb(chard cian aopoa. Maolacaid peac-
nabb, .1. pnoip, Cluana mie Noip,7 abb Oaimmyp: vo Sul. 1 mancpa la Oealbna
€atpa, 7 vo nao luga pm bap co na boi cion 06 1 manbad Scolaige. Muip-
eaohach, mac Maolpuanaiw, ppioip Cupeca, vég. Plannaccan, mac Ceallang,
cigeanna Ops wle vo manbad hic Olba la Noptmannaib. Cionaed mac
Plannagam, canaip: Opts ule, vo vécc 1 nOGn Hpic. Plartbeancach, mac
Mupchada, ageanna Chg, vo mapbad la hUa mbplpail. Maolmorchenge,
mac Inopectag, tigeapna Leite Chatanl, vo mapbad la Lert Chatail peippin.

784, p. 391; and note‘, under 861, p. 497,
supra.

» Striking thy oratory.—The ancient Irish ora-
tories were sometimes constructed of wood, and
sometimes of stone. The allusion to the axes
here might suggest that the oratory at Armagh
was of wood, unless it be understood that the
axes were used to break open the door, &c. The
substance of this passage is given by Colgan, as
follows: “A. D. 890. Ardmacha occupata et
expilata per Gluniarnum et Nortmannos Dub-
linienses ; qui ipsa summa Basilica ex parte
diruta, et diversis sacris edificiis solo equatis,

decem supra septingentos abduxerunt captivos.”
—Trias Thaum., p. 296.

Some of the events which are noticed in the
Annals of the Four Masters under the year 890,
are given in the Annals of Ulster under 893,
and others under 894, as follows:

** A, D. 893. Maeloar, mac Forbasai, Patrick’s
serjeant from the Mountain Fotherbi” [reeté,

southwards], “died. Lachtnan, mac Maeilcia-.

rain, King of Tehva, mortuus est. Fergus, mac
Maeilmihill, eqguonimus of Clon-mic-Nois, dor-
mivit. Ivar’s son” [came ] “ againe into Ireland.”

“ A. D. 894. Duvlachtna, mac Maeilguala,

espe ase

891.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 547

Ruadhachan, son of Cathan, lord of Feara-Cul, and Innreachtach, son of
Maelduin, lord of Caille-Follamhain, were slain in Ossory, in the army of Mael-
ruanaidh, son of Flann, and of the son of Imhar. Cinneidigh, son of Cinaedh,
lord of Ui-Briuin, was slain by the Fortuatha of Leinster. Maelgorm, Tanist
of the Deisi, was slain. Scolaighe, son of Macan, lord of Dealbhna-Eathra, was
slain by the people of Cluain-mic-Nois, in revenge of which Maelachaidh was
afterwards killed. Ard-Macha was plundered by Gluniarainn, and the foreigners
of Ath-cliath ; and they carried off seven hundred and ten persons into captivity,
after having destroyed a part of the church, and broken the oratory; of which
was said :

Pity, O Saint Patrick, that thy prayers did not stay
The foreigners with their axes when striking thy oratory”.

Maelaithghin, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 891. The fifteenth year of Flann. Soerbhreathach,
son of Connadh, scribe, wise man, bishop, and Abbot of Corcach ; Blathmhac,
son of Taircealtach, one of the [people of ] Breaghmaine, Abbot of Cluain-mhic-
Nois, [died]; Moran Ua Buidhe, Abbot of Birra, died, after a good life, at an
advanced age. Maelachaidh, Vice-abbot, i.e. Prior, of Cluain-mic-Nois, and
Abbot of Daimhinis, suffered martyrdom from the Dealbhna-Eathra ; and he
took an oath at his death, that he had no part in the killing of Scolaighe*.
Muireadhach, son of Maelruanaidh, Prior of Lusca, died. Flannagan, son of
Ceallach, lord of all Breagh, was slain at Olbha* by the Norsemen. Cinaedh,
son of Flannagan, Tanist of all Breagh, died at Dun-Bric’. Flaithbheartach, son
of Murchadh, lord of Aileach, was slain by Ua Breasail. Maelmoicheirghe, son
of Innreachtach, lord of Leath-Chathail, was slain by [the people of] Leath-

King of Cassill, mortuus est. Maelpedair, Bushop viz., by Gluniarann, that they carryed” [off]
and prince of Tirdaglas, mortuus est. Cellach,mac “710 captives.” —Cod. Clarend., tom, 49.
Flannagan, kingly heyre of Bregh altogether, ¢ Of Scolaighe: i.e. of Scolaighe, son of Macan,
killed falsely” [dolosé jugulatus est] ‘by Fogar- Lord of Dealbhna-Eathra, in the now King’s
tach, mac Tolairg. Muireach, mac Eochagain, County, who had been slain by the people of
half King of Ulster, killed by Hughded, mac Clonmacnoise the year before.

Laigne. Great frost and fleaing of cattle” [recté, ‘ Olbha.—Not identified. It is probably an
Nie magna et ascolt mor, i.e. great snow and error for Odhbha.

great dearth, or scarcity of victuals]. ‘“ Ard- © Dun-Bric: i. e. the Dun or Fort of Breac, a
mach spoyled by” [the] “Gentiles of Dublin, man’s name denoting speckled or freckled.

4a2

548 ANNQZa RIOshachta eIlReaNN. (892.

Cumarcach, mac Muipfohang, ciseapna Pean nOpoa Ciannachca, vo map-
bad la hUlcaib. =Mupchad, mac Maenag, mgZeapna veipceanc Connacr, 4
Orapmaie cigeanna Luigne, vé5. Flann, mac Lonéan, Uingil pil Scoca ppm
file Gaoweal ule, pile ap oeach bai 1 n€pimn ina aimpip, vo mapbad la
manbad la macaib Cuipbuide, 00 Ub Potae iacpen, hv noumecaide hic
Loc vacaoée 1 noderp1b Muman. An Gall la Conaille, 7 la hAcvew, mac
Largne, in po manbad Amlaoit Ua hiomaip,7 Glancnadna, mac Gluniapainn,
co noche ccécaib imaille pnd. ~=Op n€oganachca la hOpparsibh 1 nOpém
Cinb, 1. la mac Ceanbaill, 7 la Cargmb.
la Noncmannanb orle.

Clip Cmorc, oct ccéo nochac a 06. Un peipead bliadain décc do
Flann. Aingecan, mac Popanoain, abb Concaige, Cachapach, mac Pfpsara,
canaiy) abbavh Apoa Macha, occan cnaiboech, 7 Compud, mac Echtgavde,
uapal paccant Anoa Macha, vécc. huatmapan, mac Concobarp, tigeapna
Ua pPailge, 00 manbad a mebail la Copgnac, mac Rfécabnace,7 Corecnac,
mac Reccabpac, cana Ua Pailge vo mapbaovh ina diogail.
Mumplohags, canary Carg(n, oo manbaoh.

bpan, mac
Laegaine, mac Maélpuacais,
cigeapna Pean cCeall, vés. Maeleicig, mac Pfpavhang cigeanna pip Roip

Sitmuc, mac lomaip, vo manbad ©

vo mapbad la Gallaib. Catpaoinfoh oc Rawat Cpd6 ma Maolpmnia, mac

' Flann, son of Lonan.—In the Annals of
Ulster he is called O’Guaire, i.e. descendant of
Guaire Aidhne, King of Connaught.—See Ge-
nealogies, §c., of the Ui-Fiachrach, Table. His
death is again entered by mistake under the year
918. See O’Reilly’s Catalogue of Irish Writers,
pp. 58, 59.

* Race of Scota: i. e. the Scoti, or Milesian
Trish race, who are said to have derived that
name from Scota, daughter of Pharoah Cinchres,
the mother of Gaedhal Glas, from whom they
are said to have derived the name of Gaeidhil.
—See Dr. Todd’s edition of the Irish version of
Nennius’s Historia Britonum, pp. 26, 53, 231.

4 Ui-Fothaith.— This was the name of a tribe
seated in the barony of Iffa and Offa West, in
the county of Tipperary. It was also the name
of two tribes in Connaught, of which one was

seated on the east side of Loch Oirbsen, now
Lough Corrib, in the barony of Clare, and county
of Galway (see Duald Mac Firbis’s genealogical
work, Marquis of Drogheda’s copy, p. 345 ; and
Hardiman’s edition of O’Flaherty’s Jar-Con-
naught, p. 372); and the other called Cinel-
Fothaidh in Ui-Maine, in the same province.—
See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p. 35, note *.

i Loch-Dachaech.—This was the ancient name
of Waterford harbour.

* Grian-Airbh.—Now Greane, in the barony
of Crannagh, and county of Kilkenny, and on
the borders of the county of Tipperary.—See
Circuit of Muircheartach Mac Neill, p.39, note 87.

The year 891 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 895 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows:

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 549

892.)

Chathail themselves. Cumascach, son of Muireadhach, lord of Feara-Arda-
Cianachta, was slain by the Ulidians. Murchadh, son of Maenach, lord of South
Connaught, and Diarmaid, lord of Luighne, died. Flann, son of Lonan’, the
Virgil of the race of Scota®, chief poet of all the Gaeidhil, the best poet that’
was in Ireland in his time, was secretly murdered by the sons of Corrbuidhe
(who were of the Ui Fothaith"), at Loch-Dachaechi, in Deisi-Mumhan. A
slaughter was made of the foreigners by the Conailli, and by Athdeidh, son of
Laighne, in which were slain Amhlaeibh, grandson of Imhar, and Gluntradhna,
son of Gluniarainn, with eight hundred along with them. A slaughter was
made of the Eoghanachta at Grian-Airbh*, by the Osraighi, i.e. by the son of
Cearbhall, and the Leinstermen. Sitriuc, son of Imhar, was slain by other
Norsemen.

The Age of Christ, 892. The sixteenth year of Flann.
Forannan, Abbot of Corcach ; Cathasach, son of Fearghus, Tanist-abbot of
Ard-Macha, a pious youth ; and Comhsudh, son of Echtgaidhe, a noble priest
of Ard-Macha, died. Uathmharan, son of Conchobhar, lord of Ui-Failghe, was
treacherously killed by Cosgrach, son of Reachtabhra ; and Cosgrach, son of
Reachtabhra, Tanist of Ui-Failghe, was killed in revenge of him. Bran, son of
Muireadhach, Tanist of Leinster, was slain. Laeghaire, son of Maelfuataigh,
lord of Feara-Ceall, died. Maeleitigh, son of Fearadhach, lord of Feara-Rois,
was slain by the foreigners. A battle was gained at Rath-cro' by Maelfinnia,

Airgetan, son of

“ A. D. 895. Blamack, prince of Clon-mic-
Nois; Moran O’Binne, prince of Biror, mortut
sunt. Cinaeh, mac Flannagain, heyre of Bregh,
mortuus est. Sitrick mac Ivar, ab aliis Nor-
mannis est occisus. Maelmochaire, mac Inreachtai,
half King of Ulster, killed by his owne fellowes”
[asociis suis occisus est]. ‘ Cumascach mac Murea,
king of the men of Ardcianacht, killed by the
Ulsterians. The slaughter of the Eoganachts
by Ossorii. The slaughter of the forreners by
Tyrconnell” [recté, by the Conailli-Muirhevne]
“and by Mac Laigne, where Avlaiv mac Ivair
fell. Maelacha, the second at Clon-mic-Nois,
and prince of Daiminis, martirized by Delvni.
Flanagan mac Cellai, Kinge of Bregh, killed by
the Nordmans. Flann mac Lonain O’Guaire

wounded by Mounstermen of the Desyes.”’—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

' Rath-cro.—Not identified. See note *, under
A. D. 226, p. 110, supra. The year 892 of the
Annals of the Four Masters corresponds with
896 of the Annals of Ulster, which give the
events of that year as follows:

“A. D. 896. Cahasach, mac Fergusa, heyre
to the abbacy of Ardmach, religiosus juvenis
pausat. An overthrow by Maelfinna, mac Flan-
nagain, upon Ulstermen and Dalarai, where
many were slaine about the King of Dalarai,
viz. Muireach mac Maeleti, and about Maelmo-
choire, mac Inrechtai, King of Leh-Caal. Adeit,
mac Laigne, vulneratus evasit. Uahmaran, mac
Conor, King of Faly, falsely killed by his owne

a) ‘

550 aNNQaZa RIOSshachta e1ReEGNnN.

[893.

Flannaccam, pop Ohoohe, mac Largne,7 pon Oal nApawe, m po manbao

Muipfohac, mac Maolenig cigeapna Oal Cpaiwe, 7 Aimoiappod mac”

Maoilmoicheinse, mic Inopeachtang, cicceapna Leite Chatail, co cmb cévaib
amaille pmiu, 7 tepna Cloverd op € cnectnaigte co mép conad do pin fo paid
Maolmicich, mac Plannagain,

Ulaid imcpat vo lo po gavacan oa bid,
Ag pasbal 0616 an (pnach nfp bo voipb cfhoach pnia.

Inopead Connacc la Plann, mac Maolechlan, 7 a ngeill oo tobach.

Cloip Cniors, ocht nocat acpi. On peachtmad bliadamn vécc vo Plann.
Coippne, mac Suibne, abb Laine Lene, EsCpcach, aipchinnech eccarly bicce,
atop Clenacain 7] Ounadang, vé5. Maolagna, mac Gaiphit, tiseapna na
nQipceap, vo manbaoh la hOmalsaivh, mac Eachoach. Ruanc,mac tigean-
nan, tiZeanna Speipne, Oobalén, mac Ailella ciZeapna Ua Mert Maca,
vé5. Maelmaine, mac Plannagain, cizeanna Pp bn, 0€§. Cedaccan, mac
Concobain, tisgeapna Ceachba, vé5. An calitip vo dol a hEpimn. Apo
Macha vo opgain 6 Hhallaab Cocha Pebail, 7 Cumapcach vo gZabanl ooib, 7
a mac Cod mac Cumarcecais vo mapnbad. Sluaiccead lap na Oeipb, la
Hallarb, 7 la Ceallach, mac Ceanbaill, can Opnaigib 50 Gabpan ov mm po
mapbad Maolmopda, mac Maolmuad,7 opong mop ole amaille ppp. Guin
cp mac nOubsiolla mic 6puavaip, 7 me Eogam mic Curlennain, 1 cpfc na
nOeiy1. Criot pola vo plptainn 1 nApo Ciannachca.

fellowes” [per dolum occisus est a sociis suis. |—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

™ Eaglais-beag : i. e. ecclesia parva, the little
church. This was the name of a small church

Scannlan, son of Aedh Finn, son of Feargna,
son of Fearghus, son of Muireadhach Mal, son
of Eoghan Sriabh, son of Duach Galach, son of
Brian, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, mo-

at Clonmacnoise,—See it again referred toatthe narch of Ireland in the fourth century.

years 947 and 977.

" Ruare, son of Tighearnan.—He is the ancestor
after whom the family of O’Ruaire, or O’Rourke,
have derived their hereditary surname. Accord-
ing to the Books of Lecan and Ballymote, Tigh-
earnan, the father of this Ruarc, was the son of
Seallachan, who was the son of Cearnach, or
Cearnachan, who was son of Dubhdothra, son
of Dunchadh, son of Baeithin, son of Blathmhac,
son of Feidhlimidh, son of Creamhthann, son of

° Feara-LiiiA tribe and district on the

west side of the River Bann, extending from
Bir to Camus, in the barony of Coleraine, and

county of Londonderry.—See note *, under =

A. D. 1176; note *, on Magh-Lii, under A. M.
2550, p. 8, supré ; also Reeves’s Ecclesiastical
Antiquities of the Dioceses of Down and Connor,
&e., p. 295, note %. The Feara-Lii, or Fir-Lii,

were seated on the east side of the Bann at the —

period of the English Invasion.

aed

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893. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 551

son of Flannagan, over Aiddeidh, son of Laighne, and over the Dal-Araidhe, in
which were slain Muireadhach, son of Maeleitigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, and
Ainniarraidh, son of Maelmoicheirghe, son of Innreachtach, lord of Leath-
Chathail, with three hundred along with them ; and Aiddeidh escaped, severely
wounded ; of which Maelmithidh, son of Flannagan, said :

The Ulidians, at one hour of the day, reaped thy food,
On their departure in terror they would not feel reluctant to purchase it.

The plundering of Connaught by Flann, son of Maelseachlainn ; and their
hostages were taken.

The Age of Christ, 893. The seventeenth year of Flann. Cairbre, son of
Suibhne, Abbot of Lann Leire; Egeartach, Airchinnech of Eaglais-beag™, the
father of Aenagan ; and Dunadhach, died. Maelagrai, son of Gairbhith, lord
of the Airtheara, was slain by Amhalghaidh, son of Eochaidh. Ruarc, son of
Tighearnan”, lord of Breifne ; Dobhailen, son of Ailell, lord of Ui-Meith-Macha,
died. Maelmaire, son of Flannagan, lord of Feara-Li’, died. Aedhagan, son
of Conchobhar, lord of Teathbha, died. The Pilgrim? departed from Ireland
Ard-Macha was plundered by the foreigners of Loch-Febhail*; and Cumascach
~ was taken by them, and his son, Aedh mac Cumascaigh, was slain. An army
was led by the Deisi, the foreigners, and Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, over
Osraighe, as far as Gabhran’, where Maelmordha, son of Maelmhuaidh, and a
great number of others along with him, were slain.
the three sons of Duibhghilla, son of Bruadar, and of the son of Eoghan, son of

The mortal wounding of

Cuilennan, in the territory of the Deisi. A shower of blood was rained in

Ard-Cianachta.

» The pilgrim ; i. e. Ananloen, who is said to
have come from Jerusalem.—See the year 884,
p. 536, supra.

9 Loch-Febhail : i.e. Lough Foyle, near Lon-
donderry.—See note ‘, under A. M. 3581, p. 40,
and note”, under A. D. 864, p. 501, supra. This
passage is noticed by Colgan in his Annals of
Armagh, as follows :

“A, D. 893. Ardmacha occupata, et spoliata
per Nortmannos ex partibus Laci Febhalensis
excurrentes.”—Trias Thaum., p. 296.

* Gabhran.—Now Gowran, in the county of
Kilkenny.. The year 893 of the Annals of the
Four Masters corresponds with 897 of the An-
nals of Ulster, which are very meagre at this
period, containing only the three short entries
following under that year :

“A.D. 897 [898]. Aded, mac Laigne, king
of Ulster, killed treacherously by his owne peo- __
ple. A shower of blood shedd at Ardcianacht.
Carbre, mac Suibne, Archinnech of Lainn-Lere,
mortuus est.”"—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. .

552 anNaza RiIoshachta Eireann. (894.

Coir Cort, ocht ccéd nochac a cltaip. An cochcmad bliadam décc vo
Phlann. Seachnapach, abb Tamlachca Maeilenuain, MNepcell abb Imleacha
lubaip, Apssacan, abb Concarse moipe, 7 Spearal, rfp lergimn Apoa Macha,
vég. Haipbic, mac Muipeccam, ciseapna Ofplaip, vés. Oonnaccan, mac
Posapcaich, tanaip: Cochain Eachach [vég]. Op Conaille la hUib Each-
ach, 04 1 ttopcain oa mac Harpbit, 1. mac €icig,7 Maolmogna. Cetnu-

uaduccad aenaig Connacc la Tadz, mac Concobain,7 atnuaduccad aonaigh —

Talleth la Oiapmaro, mac Ceanbarll,7 a nase oiblinmib led. Sloigead la
Connachcarb 1 nlantan Mide. Sapuccad In: Cling, 7 oume vo gum pop
a lan, pepin Cianam imnce,7 peanad ppuite 1m Caipppe Cnom, eprcop
Cluana mic Noip. Maiom pon Chonnaccas occ Ach luam pia nlantap
Mhivde ipin lo cévna co pangaibp(c an cf{nn leo.

Qoip Cort, ocht ccéo nocha a cincc. On naomad bliadain dvécc do
Phlann. Mumpsiop, eppeop7 abb Ofpipc Orapmava, Maelbpigve, mac
Phpolig, neach naemta ba hapofppucc Muman, Plaitim, mac Neccain, abb
leit, Maenach, mac Caemam, abb Oomliace, Pingin, angcomme Cluana mic
Nop, Torctiuch Inpr Ainge, v€5. Gall pon Loch Eacdach 1 calaimn
lanuain, co pupac Ecac Paonarc. Tads, mac Concubaip, pi ceona Connacc,

* Breasal, lector.—Colgan has the following
remark on this passage : “ A. D. 894. Bressalius
Scholasticus, seu Lector Theologie Ardmachanus
obiit. Sed Usserus ex Annalibus Ultoniensibus
anno 898 mortuum refert pag. 861. dicens ;
Anno peccexcvil. Bressalus Lector Ardma-
chanus mortuus est.” —Trias Thaum., p. 296.

t Dearlas.—Otherwise written Durlas.—See
note *, under A. D. 660, p. 271, supra ; and
note *, under A. D. 1217, infra.

« Tochar-Eathach—See note ', under A. D.
880, p. 530, supra.

“ Were celebrated ; a n-aige : literally, their
celebration, or being celebrated. Dr. O’Conor
translates this ‘et habita sunt diversis tempo-
ribus per eos.” But the verb arge certainly
means ‘‘to hold or celebrate.””—See note 4, under
the year 806, p. 416, suprd. Throughout the
Annals of Ulster Qenacé Taillzenn vo aige

means ‘‘the fair of Tailltin was held or cele-

brated,” and Qlenac Taillzen cen ange, “the
fair of Tailltin without celebration.” And,

strange to say, these phrases are so understood

by Dr. O’Conor himself, though he loses sight
altogether of the meaning of alge in this pas-
sage, being misled by the prefixed n.

* Inis-Aingin.—This island is still so calledin
Trish, and pronounced Imp Cimnin ; but in Eng-
lish is called “ Hare island.” It is situated in
Lough Ree, and belongs to the parish of Bunown,
barony of Kilkenny West, and county of West-
meath. It is stated by Colgan, Ware, and even
by Lanigan, in his Ecclesiastical History of Ire-

land, vol. iii. p. 427, that Inis-Aingin, the island _
on which St. Ciaran, son of the artificer, the

patron of Clonmacnoise, erected his first church,

is that now called ‘‘ The Island of all Saints,”

and situated in Lough Ree ; but these writers

Oo SAREE Se gate nner ype tenes

a

894.)

The Age of Christ, 894. The eighteenth year of Flann. Seachnasach,
Abbot of Tamhlacht-Maeleruain ; Mescell, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Arggatan,
Abbot of Corcach-mor ; and Breasal, lector* of Ard-Macha, died. Gairbhith,
son of Muireagan, lord of Dearlas‘, died. Donnagan, son of Fogartach, Tanist
of Tochar-Eathach", [died]. A slaughter was made of the Conailli by the
Ui-Eachach, in which fell the two sons of Gairbhith, i.e. the son of Eitigh, and
Maelmoghna. The renewal of the fair of Connaught by Tadhg, son of Con-
chobhar; and the renewal of the fair of Tailltin by Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall;
and both were celebrated” by them. An army was led by the Connaughtmen
into Westmeath. Inis-Aingin* was profaned, and a man was mortally wounded
in the middle of it, and the shrine of Ciaran there, and a synod of seniors, with
Cairbre Crom, Bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois. A victory was gained on the same
day over the Connaughtmen, at Ath-Luain’, by [the men of] Westmeath, and

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 553

-a slaughter of heads left behind with them.

The Age of Christ, 895. The nineteenth year of Flann.
shop and Abbot of Disert-Diarmada; Maelbrighde, son of Proligh, a holy
man, who was Archbishop of Munster; Flaithim, son of Nechtain, Abbot of
Liath ; Maenach, son of Caemhan, Abbot of Daimhliag ; Finghin, anchorite of
Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Toicthiuch of Inis-Aingin’, died. The foreigners were
on Loch-Eathach on the Calends of January, and they seized on Etach-Padraig*.
Tadhg, son of Conchobhar, King of the three divisions of Connaught, died

Muirgheas, Bi-

had no reason for this statement, which is not
true. In an Inquisition tempore Car. 1, this
island is called ‘‘Insula vocata Inishingine,” and
described as ‘‘jacens in Loghry, et continens
1 cartron terre et 1 Molendinum aquaticum
vocatum Mollinglassen.” On the Down Survey
it is called Inchingin, alias Hare Island. The
ruins of an old church, dedicated to St. Ciaran,
are still to be seen on this island, and a small
tombstone near it exhibits a fragment of an an-
cient Irish inscription, of which the Mditor
deciphered the following words :

oralo 00 Tuathal hua huarain.
“A Prayer for Tuathal Hua Hurain.”
» Ath-Luain: i.e. the Ford of Luan. Now

Athlone, a well-known town on the Shannon, on
the confines of the counties of Westmeath and
Roscommon. The year 894 of the Annals of the
Four Masters corresponds with 898 of the An-
nals of Ulster, which are very meagre at this
period, containing only the three obits following
under that year :

“A.D. 898. Miscell, abbot of Imlech-Ivar ;
Artagan, abbot of Corke; and Bressal, lector of
Ardmach ; mortut sunt.”-— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Inis-Aingin.—See note under the year 894.

* Htach-Padraig : i.e. Patrick’s raiment. This
was probably a garment preserved in some old
church near Lough Neagh.

The year 895 of the Annals of the Four Mas-
ters corresponds with 899 of the Annals of

4B

ANNGZa RIOshachta elREGNN.

a

554 (896.

vé% 1ap mbeich1 ngalan food. Rian, mac 6puavaip, vo manbavh la Gallanb. |

Mopdal oce Acluam ecip Phlann, mac Manlechlainn, 7 Catal, mac Concu-
bap, 7 Catal vo toche mm ccag Plamn pop comaipce pamea Ciapam, sup
—b6 manach don mig 1apam. Opgaim Cille vanala Gallaib. Cpech la Cangnib
Fon Oppagib, co po manbad ann 6buadach, mac Cilella.

Cin pic(cmad bliadain vo Fhlann.
Capéc, mac Mailcnom, abb Achad biopoip, vécc. Maolbpeapal, mac
Maoloonad, ciZeapna Ceneoil cConall, oo mapbavh hi cat Salem, la
Claomclud pigh hi
cCaipiol 1. Conbmac mac Curleannam a monad Chinogégain 1. Pinnguine.
Maolpuanaid, mac Plaino, mic Maolpeacnaill, vo manbad (.1. a lopecad 1
ccis temead) la Cuigmb 1. la macarb Cfpnacam, mic Tardg, 7 la mac Lop-
cain, mec Catal, ctiZeanna Mhive.

Cop Coy, ocht ccéd nochac a pé.

Mupchad mac Maoleotn, ciZeapna Cenedil Cosain.

Toncain ona led Maolcpom a. ataip

Cainvelbn, mac Oormnall, tiZeapna Cheneoil Caosaipe, conad 06 po,

yiaidead,
hi Cfcam cpuad peappupa, pu Maolpuanaid pan pat,
Oia Oanoain sabupa céll, pon mgnap mic matap.

As5up oubculinn, abb Rup each, Tioppaicce, mac Nuadac, abb Conoaine,
Cainve Ela, 7 Catpas Opium, vo écc. Oublachcna, mac Ceipine, tigeanna
Ua mbainpche, vé5. An Gall la hUlcowb.
Qoip Cops, oche ccéo nocha a peacc. QO haon picfe vo Phlann.
Posgancach, mac Plaim, abb Catpag Opium, 7 ctIZeapna Potanc CAipeip
Chow, mac Cuigne, pf Ulad, vo manbad la a cenel pém .1. la

nn

eae

Lipe, 0€5.
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows : 7

“A.D. 899. Pluvialis annus. Mac-Edi mac

Great
fleaing of Chattle” [recte, great want of food for
cattle]. ‘‘ Maenach mac Coevain, Abbot of
Doimliag, mortwus est. Teige, mac Conor, Kinge
of” [the] ‘three Connaghts, eatenso dolore,
mortuus est. Daniell, mac Constantine, King of
Scotland, mortuus est.”>—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

> Achadh-biroir: i. e. Field of the Water-
cresses, now called in Irish by the synonymous

Lehlavar, King of Dalarai, mortuus est.

name of Achadh-bhilair, and anglicé Aghaviller,
situated near the hamlet of Newmarket, in the
county of Kilkenny.
tower are to be seen at this place, which indi-
catesits ancient ecclesiastical importance. Tighe,
in his Statistical Account of the County of
Kilkegny, conjectures that Aghaviller is a
corruption of Achadh Oilither; but this is a
mere. silly guess by one who had no acquain-
tance with the Irish annals or Irish literature,
and who indulged in those wild etymological
conjectures which characterize the Irish anti-

155

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ns

996] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 599

_ after a lingering sickness. Rian, son of Bruadair, was slain by the foreigners.

A meeting at Ath-Luain between Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, and Cathal, son
of Conchobhar ; and Cathal came into the house of Flann under the protection
of the clergy of Ciaran, so that he was afterwards obedient to the king. The
plundering of Cill-dara by the foreigners. A prey was taken by the Leinster-
men from the Osraighi, on which occasion Buadhach, son of Ailell, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 896. The twentieth year of Flann. Caroc, son of

Maelcron, Abbot of Achadh-biroir’, died. Maelbreasail, son of Maeldoraidh,

lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain in the battle of Sailtin’, by Murchadh, son of

Maelduin, lord of Cinel-Eoghain. A change of kings at Caiseal, i. e. Cormac,
son of Cuileannan, in the place of Cennghegan, i. e. Finguine. Maelruanaidh,
son of Flann, son of Maelseachnaill, was killed (i. e. he was burned in a house
set on fire), by the Luighne, i. e. by the sons of Cearnachan, son of Tadhg, and
by the son of Lorcan, son of Cathal, lord of Meath. They also slew Maelcroin

(the father of Caindelbhan), son of Domhnall, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire ; of

which was said :

On a hard Wednesday I parted with Maelruanaidh the nobly gifted,
On Thursday I began to think on being without my father’s son.

And Dubhchuilinn, Abbot of Ros-each ; Tibraide, son of Nuadhat, Abbot of

Connor, Lann-Eala, and Laithreach-Briuin, died. Dubhlachtna, son of Ceirine,
lord of Ui-Bairrche, died. A slaughter was made of the foreigners by the

-Ulidians.

The Age of Christ, 897. The twenty-first year of Flann. Fogartach, son
of Flann, Abbot of Laithreach-Briuin, and lord of Fotharta-Airthir-Life, died.
Aididh, son of Luighne, King of Ulidia, was slain by [one of] his own tribe,

quaries of the last century.

¢ Sailtin.—See note £, under A. D. 1256.

The year 896 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 900 of the Annals of
Ulster, which give the events of that year, thus:

“A, D. 900. Maelruannai mac Flainn, mic
Moilsechlainn, heyre apparent of Ireland, killed
by Lenster” [recté, by the Luighni, or inhabi-
tants of the barony of Lune, in Meath], ‘“viz.,
by the sonns of Cernachan, mac Teig, and by the

sonn of Lorcan, mac Cahail, where many nobles
were slaine, .i. Maelcron, son of Daniell, Kinge
of Kindred-Locaire, and the prince of Rossech,
viz., Duvcuilinn, and many more, and all pe-
rished through daigi” [conflagration ]. “ Tibradi,
mac Nuad, Archinech Conuire, and of other
cities, .i. Lainn-Ela, and Lahrach Briuin. A
change of Kings in Caissill, .i. Cormac mac Cui-
lennan, in place of Cingegain, .i. Finguine.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

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556 ANNQza RIOshachta elRECANHN.
Maelbonpne. Pionngume 1. Cfnngfsam, pi Muman, oo manbad la a cenél |
péin. lonoapbaoh Sall a hEpinn, a longpope Aca chat la Ceanball, mac

Muipesem, 7 la Largmb, la Maolpinma co pfpab Ops imme, co panccaib-
plot opécca mona o1a Longaibh oa neip,7 co nenlonpfc leatmanb can muip.
Oungal, mac Cfpbaill, vo gum la Laoigip. Cache pon Fallen’ Acha chat
im Imp inc Neachcain. Pogapcach, mac Plano, vé5. Catupach mac Pfp-
supa, canaipp abbaoh Apoa Macha, vo écc.

Cloip Core, ocht ccév nocha a hocc. Un dana bliadain pichfe vo
FPhlann. Caencompac Inpi Enoom, eppcop 7 abb Cusmand, acc: Genacann,
mic Ecefptaig, 7 Otnadarg, mic Eccentag 6 ccac Ui Chuinn na mboche,
vé5 an tneap la pice lulf. Suapleach, angcome 4 eppcop Tpedic, Maol-
ciancin, abb Tine va slay, 7 Cluana hewnfch, Qilill, mac Clongupa, abb
Cille Cullinn, Copccnach, pup a parce tnuagan, angcoine Inpi Cealcna,
Tuachal, ancoipe, vég5. Scanoal Tige Telle, Gill Rata epreoip, azur
Reachcabna Ropa Cpé, 0ég. Caencompac na nuam1 nimp b6 pinne, dv€5.
Maolpmma, mac Plannaccam, vip (nna OntF, laech mpeac cnaibdeach epioe.
Cp via écc po nmdto,

Mac Oeapbal ag bag ap SpCsrach, bpp sach odul san volbach,

Maol pral Pinma popoll paobnac, eo puad po sonm pogslach.

“ Were besieged.—This might be translated,
‘*were hemmed in, or reduced to great straits.”

* Inis-mic-Neachtain.—This is a mistake of
the Four Masters for Imp mac Neram, Island
of the sons of Nesan, now Ireland’s Eye, near
the hill of Howth, in the county of Dublin.
This island was originally called Inis-Ereann,
i.e. Eria’s Island, which is the name given in
the Dinnsennchus ; afterwards Inis-mac-Nes-
sain, from Dicholla, Munissa, and Nadsluagh,
three sons of Nessan, who erected a church
upon it.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 609.
The modern name of Ireland’s Eye is incor-
rectly translated Oculus Hibernie by Ussher in
his Primordia, p.961, for Insula Hibernia. This
name, which is a translation of Inis-Ereann,
was given it by the Danes, in which language

ey or et denotes island. The same people trans-
lated, remodelled, or altered the names of other
islands near Dublin, as Dalk-ey, for the Deilg-
ints of the Irish ; Lamb-ey for Inis-Reachrainn,
&e. &e.

The year 897 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 901 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows :

“A, D. 901. Finguine, Kinge of Cassill, a
soctis suis occisus est per dolum. The expulsion
of Gentyles out of Ireland, viz., those that en-
camped at Dublin, by Maelfinnia mac Flannagan,
with the mén of Bregh, and by Carroll O’Muri-
gan, With Leinstermen, that they left” [behind]
“‘a great fleete of their shippes; many escaped
half dead after they were broken and wounded. -

898.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. Bays

i.e. by Maelbairne. Finguine, i. e. Cenngeagain, King of Munster, was slain
by his own tribe. The expulsion of the foreigners from Ireland, from the for-
tress of Ath-cliath, by Cearbhall, son of Muirigen, and by the Leinstermen ;
by Maelfinnia, with the men of Breagh about him; and, leaving great numbers
of their ships behind them, they escaped half dead across the sea. Dunghal,
son of Cearbhall, was mortally wounded by [the people of] Laeighis. The
foreigners of Ath-cliath were besieged" on Inis-mic-Neachtain®. Foghartach, son
of Flann, died. Cathasach, son of Fearghus, Tanist-abbot of Ard-Macha, died.

- The Age of Christ, 898. The twenty-second year of Flann. Caenchomrac
of Inis-Endoimh‘, Bishop and Abbot of Lughmhadh, the tutor of Aenagan, son
of Eigeartach, and of Dunadhach, son of Eigeartach, from whom are descended
the Ui-Cuinn na mBocht, died on the twenty-third day of July. Suairleach,
anchorite and Bishop of Treoit; Maelciarain, Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas, and
Cluain-eidhneach ; Ailell, son of Aenghus, Abbot of Cill-Cuilinn ; Cosgrach,
who was called Truaghan’, anchorite of Inis-Cealtra; [and] Tuathal, anchorite,
died. Scannall of Teach-Teille ; Ailill of Rath-Epscoip"; and Reachtabhra of
Ros-Cre, died. Caenchomhrac, of the caves of Inis-bo-fine, died. Maelfinnia,
son of Flannagan, lord of Breagh, who was a religious, devout layman, [died].

Of his death was said :

The son of Dearbhail, battling over Breaghmhach, disperses each
meeting without delay,

The generous Maelfinnia, the great, the fierce, most illustrious most
valiant hero.

Fogartach mac Flainn, prince of Lathrach- “ O naé maineann fearza an plait ip mé an

Briuin, mortwus est.”»—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

‘ Inis-Endoimh.—Now Inisenagh, in Lough
Ree, near Lanesborough.—See note ', under
A. D. 1180.

8 Truaghan: i.e. the Meagre. Dr. O’Conor
translates this passages: “‘Coscrachus a quo
dicitur Turris anachoretica Insule Celtre;”
but this is undoubtedly incorrect. The word
tpuagan is still used in the south of Ireland
to denote a poor, miserable person. It is thus
fised in Mac Coisi’s elegy on the death of Sean
Fearghal O’Ruairc :

tpuagan vo cart a Lon,
Q 3-Cluain Chianéin mic an zpaoip, bia
mipe sac lao: po bnon.”

“Since no longer lives the prince, I am the
truaghan who spent his store,
At Cluain Chiarain-mic-an-tsaeir, I shall be
daily under sorrow.”

—See Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin and Uses
of the Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 49, 50.

» Rath-Epscoip: i. e. Rath or Fort of the
Bishop, now Rathaspick, near the village of

aNNGta RIOShachtTa elREaNN. (899.

‘bat umal pi péim gan gabad, anocli op Eamna oenarg,

_ Feap ao perdim cen baogal, ba pru Epinn a aonap.
Maolpmma, plp cen hualla, como Speas, bned oan omna,
C vealboha pi pogach pach, sopmpean conach, cachlom conna.
Laoch pi bpoga buillibaip, co cpaigh mana michcaip sell,
Monuap cen Maolpmma pial bap: an span pm nicha nell.

Oubsiolla, mac Eiccippcesil, cigeapna Ua cCeimnpealarg, Cinnerois,
mac Gaoichine, cigeapna Carghy1, 7 na cComan, Amoiannad mac Maol-
muipe tigeapna Tuinbe vécc. Ciapan, mac Ounghal, cigeapna Mupcnaise,
vo mapbaoh la a muincin pém. Conligan, mac Copcpain, 00 manbavh a
nnogail Cinogezain. Ceallach, mac Saepsupa, ancom, epreop Apoa
Macha, vo écc. ;

Cloip Cmorpt, ocht ccéo nocha ana. On cnear bliadam fichfc vo
FEhtann. Oungal, mac baeitine, abb 7 eppcop Slinne oa locha, Coipppe
Chom, eppcop Cluana mic Noip. Op 06 tuapccaib ppropac Maolplclamn,
mic Maolpuanaid cfno. lopeph Cocha Con, abb Cluana mic Noip vo Uib
Puachpach an cucapceint acenel. Plann, mac Conaill, abb Imlecha lubaip,
Cinpaolad,mac Copbmaic, aincimneach Achand tip, Pogapcach, mac Maoil-
donaid, ctiZeapna Cenedil Conall, oo cuicim mo sar péin,7 a écc dE, conad

dO vo paolo,

Ruipe echcach Eappa Ruad, immo cceccpaicip mop pluang,
Cpr 1b 015 mbcap baeglach pé, rap cenavh ui lepe (1. Cmorc).

Rathowen, in the barony of Moygoish, and
county of Westmeath. In O’Clery’s Irish Ca-
lendar, at 16th February, this place is called
Razé na neappog, i. e. Fort of the Bishops.

' Batile of Niall—Dr. O’Conor adds here two
quatrains more, from a totally different poem,
but as these are not found in the Dublin copies,
and as they relate to a chief of Lacighis, not to
Maelfinnia, the Editor has thought it proper to
omit them, as a blunder of Dr. O’Conor’s.

* Tuirbhe—-Now Turvey, near the village of
Donabate, in the county of Dublin.

The year 898 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with the year 902 of the

Annals of Ulster, which give the events of that
year as follows:

« A, D. 902. Caeinchorak, Bushop and prince
of Lugmai; Maelciarain, abbot of Tyrdaglas

and Cloneigne; and Cellach, mac Saergusa, iW

anchorite and Bushopp of Ardmach, in pace
dormierunt. Maelfinnia, mac Flannagan, Rex
Breagh, religiosus laicus, mortuus est. Ceinnedi,
mac Gaeihin, King of Lease; Ainniarai, mac
Maelmuri, King of Turbi, mortui sunt. Occisto
Treoid by Maelmihi, mac Flannagan, and by i
Aengus, Maelsechlainn’s cosen” [nepotem Mael- |
sechnaill], “‘by the advice of Maelsechlin.”*
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 559

Fit was he to be a king of cloudless reign, high chief over Eamhain
of fairs ;

A man, I assert it without fear, who was alone worthy of having
all Ireland.

Maelfinnia, a man without haughtiness, lord of Breagh, a torch over
the fortresses ;

He of royal countenance, most deishiy: gifted, a famed just man, a
prudent battle-prop.

The heroic king of heavy blows, even to the sea-shore he won the wager;

Alas that the generous Maelfinnia is not a sun over the battle of Niall’.

Duibhghilla, son of Edirsgeal, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; Cinneidigh, son of
Gaeithin, lord of Laighis and of the Comanns; Ainniarraidh, son of Maclmuire,
lord of Tuirbhe*; Ciaran, son of Dunghal, lord of Muscraighe, was slain by his
own people. ee, son of Corcran, was slain in revenge of Ceanngegan.
Ceallach, son of Saerghus, anchorite, and Bishop of Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 899. The twenty-third year of Flann. Dunghal, son
of Baeithin, Abbot and Bishop of Gleann-da-locha, [died]. Cairbre Crom, Bishop
of Cluain-mic-Nois, [died]; it was to him the spirit of Maelseachlainn shewed
itself’. Joseph of Loch-Con, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, of the tribe of the
northern Ui-Fiachrach ; Flann, son of Conall, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Ceann-
faeladh, son of Cormac, Airchinneach, of Achadh-ur™ [died]. Fogartach, son of
Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, fell upon his own javelin, and died of it
{the wound]; of whom was said :

The great-deeded chieftain of Eas-Ruaidh, about whom great hosts
-used to assemble,

He took a Lethiferous drink dangerous truly, after persecuting the
descendant of Jesse (i. e. Christ).

' Shewed itself; cuapgaib ceann:
“raised its head.”

literally p. 599, n. 8.

For a long account of the conversation which
is said to have taken place between this bishop
and the spirit of King Maelsechlainn, or Ma-
lachy I., see the gloss to the Feilire- Aenguis, at

6th March ; and Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum at the

This is still the phrase

of a ghost. This passage is translated by Colgan
as follows :

“Anno salutis S. Corpreus Curvus Episcopus

de Cluain-mic-nois obiit: cui apparuit spiritus
Malachi filit Maelruanacii.’—Acta Sanctorum,

same day, p. 508.
™ Achadh-ur.—Now Freshford, in the county

560 aNNawa RIOshachta elReaNN. [900.

Maclerginn, mac Spuavaip, tiZeapna Muycpagse bpeogam, vég. Cron-
aed, mac Maelpuanaid, 7 Cod, mac lolguine, plait Ua mbainnce, 00 manbad
Fubcad, mac Mupchada, nseapna
Ua Cmomchannam, vé5. Pupbadi, mac Curlennain, cigeanna Ua Poip-

na noip la C(nouban, mac Maelecain.

ceallain, do suin.
veg. Sapuccad Cfhannpa la Plann mac Maoileaclainn, pop Ohonncad fon
a mac podéin, 7 pochaide ile vo dic{ndad ann don Cup pin.

Coip Cort, naoi ccéo.
Maolcianan, mac Poincceipn, eppcob Lanne Céipe, Liocan, abb Tuama va
hualann, Plannacan Ua Concin, abb let Mocaemocc, Ouban, abb Cille

vam, 7 Gaccnan, abb Peapna, vég. Oranmaio, mac Cfpbaill, 00 1onoapbad

a pis: Opnaige, 7 Ceallach, mac Ceanbaill, vo moghad can a éip. Orleach
Fmspeann oo onsain vo Bhalla’. Immyp: cata ecip 04 mac Coda Pinnlerté
1. Oomnall 7 Niall cco po coipmipccead tna impiwe Cenedil Cogan.
Madm pra cCeallac, mac Ceapballl, 7 ma nOppasib pop Erb 7 Mur-
cpagib, 1 ccopcaip cy. 1m Thechtegan, mac Uamnachain im tigeanna n€lu
7 pochawe tle. Cilpmio, p15 po ononead nlchet, 7 péneachup na Saran, 7 an
ws bud mo echz, poipslige gaoip 7 cnabad vo pigaib Saran, vé5.

Clap Cmorc, naoi ccév a haon. Cn cingead bliadain pichfe v0 Phlann.

Inopeachcach, mac Oobarlen, abb b fhocarp, vécc, an perpead la pichfc Apmt, —

dia nebnan,

bpuaicl mac Ploantbeancarch, tigeanna Concomopuad, —

Qn clépamad blavam fiche vo Phlanc.

of Kilkenny.—See note *, under A. D. 622,
p. 244, supra.

» Muscraighe-Breogain.—A territory now com-
prised in the barony of Clanwilliam, in the south-
west of the county of Tipperary.

° Wi-Foircheallain—Now Offerrilan, a large
parish near Mountrath, in the Queen’s County.
This was the name of a tribe, and became that
of the district, according to the ancient Irish
usage. The ancient name of the plain in which
this tribe was seated was Magh-Tuathat.

The year 899 of the Annals of the Four Mas-
ters corresponds with 903 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year
briefly as follows : ;

“A. D. 903. Joseph, Abbot of Clon-mic-Nois,

mortuus est. Kells forcibly entered by Mael-
sechlainn, upon Doncha, his owne sonn, and
many were killed about the oratory” [et multt
decollati sunt circa Oratorium]. ‘* Dungall, Bu-
shopp and prince of Glindaloch, vitam senilem in

Christo finivit. Ivar O’Hivair killed by the men ~

of Fortren, with a great slaghter about him.
Flann mac Conell, Abbot of Imlech-Ivair, mor-
tuus est.”,— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

® Oileach-Frigreann.—Otherwise written Ai-
leach-Frigreinn, now Elagh, near Lough Swilly,
in the barony of Inishowen, and county of © |
Donegal.—See note £, under A. D. 674, p. 284, —

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Macleighinn, son of Bruadair, lord of Muscraighe-Breogain’, died. Cinaedh,
son of Maelruanaidh, and Aedh, son of Ilguine, chief of Ui-Bairrche, were both
slain by Ceandubhan, son of Maelecan. . Fubhthadh, son of Murchadh, lord of
Ui-Crimhthainn, died. Furbuidhi, son of Cuileannan, lord of Ui-Foircheallain®,
was mortally wounded. Bruaideadh, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of Corcam-
druadh, died. The profanation of Ceanannas by Flann, son of Maelseachlainn,
against Donnchadh, his own son; and many others were beheaded on that
occasion.

The Age of Christ, 900. The twenty-fourth year of Flann.
son of Fortchern, Bishop of Lann-Leire ; Litan, Abbot of Tuaim-da-ghualann ;
Flannagan Ua Lonain, Abbot of Liath-Mochaemhog ; Dubhan, Abbot of Cill-
dara; and Lachtnan, Abbot of Fearna, died. Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, was
driven from the kingdom of Osraighe; and Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, was
made king in his place. Oileach-Frigreann’ was plundered by the foreigners.
A challenge of battle between the two sons of Aedh Finn-liath, i. e. Domhnall*
and Niall; but it was prevented by the intercession of the Cinel-Eoghain. A
battle was gained by Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, and by the Osraighi, over the
Eili and the Muscraighi’, in which fell one hundred and ten persons, among
whom was Techtegan, son of Uamnachan, lord of Eili, and many others [of
distinction]. Alfred’, the king, who instituted the laws and ordinances of the
Saxons, and who was the most distinguished for prowess, wisdom, and piety,

Maelcianain,

‘of the Saxon kings, died.

The Age of Christ, 901. The twenty-fifth year of Flann. Innreachtach,
son of Dobhailen, Abbot of Beannchair, died on the twenty-sixth day of April;
of whom was said :

°

work, this Domhnall was the ancestor of the
Feara-Droma, or Ui-Eathach-Droma-Lighean,
who, after the establishment of hereditary sur-
names, took that of O’Donghaile, now O’Don-
nelly.—See note *, under A. D. 876, p. 524.

* The Muscraighi: i. e. the inhabitants of
Muscraighe-Thire, now the baronies of Upper
and Lower Ormond, in the county of Tipperary.

* Alfred.—According to the Saxon Chronicle,
King Alfred died in the year 901, six days
before the Mass of All Saints.

The year 900 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 904 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice but few of the events of
that year, as follows :

“ A, D. 904. Maelciarain mac Fortchirn,
Bushop of Lainn-Lere, in pace quievit. An army
by Flann, mac Maeilsechlainn, into Ossory.
Lachtnan, abbot of Ferna, mortuus est. A de-
termination of battle between the two sons of
Hugh, viz., Daniell and Nell, untill Kindred
Owen prevented them.” —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

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562 ANNQGzZa RIOshachta elReaNn. (902.

Q haon cpi cév cavla cup, 6 ecpecc Comganll beannchuip,
Co pé poenad puantan ngle Inpeccarg aipo oiponide.

Maolpoil, abb Sputpa Gucrpe, Pupadpan, mac HSapbain, ppidip Cille
hAchand, vég. Cél, mac Uptwl, prom Achmad b6 Camoig, Ergneacan,
mac Odlaig, mic Muinceancarg, ciseapna Ceneo Conall, vé5. Ap ora

écc adpubpaoh,

Ecc 1p eitig ponaccanb pluaga pars(p ian pecanb,

Ma po claoivenn pi peitpech, mop ach Eccneach 1 nésaib.
€Eccneach ba vodaing doccarb, pi Cemuil Conall céoarg,
Oippan snip cpéobap mfdend po cuimn ipfnn ian néccanb.
Inopeachcach 6fnocaip buioms, Crapmac Gabpa saipm pobpang.
Flano Peabanl, pial pyr oodaing, Eccneach pil Conaall caingms.

Plann, mac Oomnaill, pfoarmna an cuaipceipt, vécc. Crapmacdn, mac
Plamnabpac hUi Ounadang, riseapna Ua Conall Gabpa, vé5. Ciapodap,
mac Cnunomaoil, cgeapna Ua Pelmeda, Lardgnen, mac Oonnagain, c1Zeapna
Ffmmaisge, 00 mapbaoh. Muipfohach, mac Oomnaill, msdarmna Cangean,
vo Suni ccipib Muman,7 a écc. Muvan, mac Oonngarle, ciseanna Conca
Laigde, 0€5. Slog la Plann mac Maorlp(chlamn, 7 la Cipball, mac
Mumpegain, co propa Muman, go po hionnnad leo 6 Ghobpan 50 Cumneac.
Slappm, mac Uiprem, ciZeapna Ua Maccaille, v€5.

Coip Cort, naoi ccéd a 06. On peipead bliadain pichfc vo Phlann.

Colman, pembmd 7 eppcop Ooimlace, 7 Cupcan, Pepgil, eppeop Rinvabyach, ’

7 abb Inveidnen, 7 Flann, mac Oenacam, abb Lupcan, vé5. Plann, mac
laicb(pcaig, TIZeapna Conca Moodpuad, vég. Sloshead pean Muman lé

‘ From the death of Comhgall—Comhgall died
in the year 600.—See p. 225, suprd.

' « Sruthair-Guaire—Now Shrule, to the east
of Sleaty, on the River Barrow, near the town
of Carlow.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 313,
note 11; and also A. D. 864, p.501, supra, where
Sruthair, Slebhte, and Acha-Arglais, now Agha,
a parish church in the barony of Idrone, county
of Carlow, are referred to as not far asunder.

* Ui-Felmedha:—Now the barony of Ballagh- ©

keen, in the county of Wexford.—See note ™,
under A. D. 1381.

* From Gobhran to Luimneach: i. e. from
Gowran to Limerick.

¥ Ui-Maccaille.—Now the barony of Imokilly,
in the county of Cork.

The year 901 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 905 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice a few of the events of that
year as follows :

“A, D. 905. Flann, mac Domnallan, heyre of
the Northern” [country], “‘mortwus est... Egna-
chan, mac Daly, King of Kindred-Conell, mor-
tuus est. An army by Flann, mac Maeilsechlainn,

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One and three hundred fair revolving years from the death of Comh-
gall* of Beannchair,
To the period of the happy death of the great illustrious Innreachtach.

Maelpoil, Abbot of Sruthair-Guaire"; [and] Furadhran, son of Garbhan,
Prior of Cill-Achaidh, died. Celi, son of Urthuili, Prior of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh;
[and] Eigneachan, son of Dalach, son of Muircheartach, lord of Cinel-Conaill,
died. Of his [Eignechan’s] death was said :

Death has left destitute the hosts who seek after precious gifts,

If it has changed the colour of a potent king; great grief that
Eigneach has died.

Eigneach, who was the sternest of youths, King of the populous
Cinel-Conaill ;

Alas that his shrunken, colourless face is below the surface of the
clay in death.

Innreachtach of populous Beannchair, Giaciabee of Gabhra of great
renown,

Flann Feabhail, generous and resolute, Egneach of Sil-Conaill of the
good councils.

Flann, son of Domhnall, heir apparent of the North, died. Ciarmhacan, son
of Flannabhra Ua Dunadhaigh, lord of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, died. Ciarodhar, son
of Crunnmhael, lord of Ui-Felmedha”; [and] Laidhgnen, son of Donnagan, lord
of Fearmhagh, were slain. Muireadhach, son of Domhnall, heir apparent of
Leinster, was wounded in the country of Munster, and died. Mudan, son of
Donnghal, lord of Corca-Laighdhe, died. An army was led by Flann, son of
Maelseachlainn, and by Cearbhall, son of Muireagan; and they plundered from
Gobhran to Luimneach*. Glaissini, son of Uisseni, lord of Ui-Maccaille’, died.

The Age of Christ, 902. The twenty-sixth year of Flann. Colman, scribe
and Bishop of Daimhliag and Lusca; Ferghil’, Bishop of Finnabhair, and Abbot
of Indeidhnen ; and Flann, son of Oenacan, Abbot of Lusca, died. Flann, son
of Flaithbheartach, lord of Corca-Modhruadh, died. An army of the men of

into Mounster, that he prayed from Gavran to * Ferghil.—This name is usually latinized
Lymrick. Ciarmac, King of Figintes,” [and] Vérgilivs. The death of Virgilius, an Abbot of
“Innrechtach, Abbot of Benchar, mortu sunt.” the Scots, is noticed in the Saxon Chronicle ~
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. under the year 903.

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Copbmac, mac Culennam,7 la Plartb(pcach 50 Marg Lena. Tronodilple
Ufch Cun ina noécom and pin im Plann, mac Maoil(clamn, 7 peaptan cach
etonpa, co po meabaiw pon Ufé Chum, 4 vo pocaip ann Maolcnaoibe
Ua Catalan. Sloighead ole la Conbmac, 7 la Plaitbeapcach pop Uib Néill
an deipceint, agup pop Connachcoib, co ccuccpac sialla Connachc ma
ccoblaigib mépaibh rap Sionamn, 7 aipcce(p innpeada Cocha Rib leo.

* Magh-Lena.—Now Moylena, alias Kilbride, Ulster, which notice a few of the events of that
a parish comprising the town of Tullamore, in year as follows:
the King’s County.—See p. 105, supra. | “A.D. 906” [alias 907]. ‘* Colman seriba,
The year 902 of the Annals of the Four Episcopus Doimliag e@ Lusca, in pace quievit.
Masters corresponds with 906 of the Annals of Fergall, Bushopp of Finnurach,” [Episcopus

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Munster was led by Cormac, son of Cuileannan, and Flaithbheartach, to Magh-
Lena*. The [people of] Leath-Chuinn collected against them thither about
Flann, son of Maelseachlainn; and a battle was fought between them, in which
the [people of] Leath-Chuinn were defeated, and Maelcraeibhe Ua Cathalain
was slain. Another army was led by Cormac and Flaithbheartach against the
Ui-Neill of the South, and against the Connaughtmen; and they carried away
the hostages of Connaught in their great fleets on the Shannon, and the islands
of Loch Ribh were plundered by them.

Findubrach, i. e. Bishop of Finnabhair.—Ed.] _finivit. Annus mortalitatis. Duvsinna, mac Elge,
“and prince of Einen, vitam senilem in Christo kinge of Magh-Iha, mortuus est.”

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Pass, Via Muganiev, now Ballaghmoon, in the
south of the county of Kildare, and about two
miles and a half north of the town of Carlow ;
not Ballymoon, in the county of Carlow, as Dr.
Lanigan asserts in his Keclesiastical History of
Ireland, vol. iii. p. 351.—See Circewit of Muir-
cheartach Mac Neill, p. 38. The site of this
battle is still pointed out at the place, and the
stone on which King Cormac’s head was cut
off by a common soldier is shewn.

Keating gives a curious account of this battle
in his History of Ireland, from a historical tract
called Cath-Bealaigh-Mughna, or Battle of Bal-
laghmoon, not now accessible. It is translated
by Dr. John Lynch as follows, p. 231, et sequent. :

“ Septennii illius, quo rerum omnium afflu-
entid Hiberniam abundasse diximus, jam finis
appetebat, cum nonnulli Momonie Proceres, et
Flaibhertachus Immuneni filius, Abbas Insule
Cahiz, Regia stirpe oriundus, crebris suasioni-
bus Cormacum hortari non destiterunt, ut a
Lageniensibus Tributum, uel illato bello, ex-

igeret ; utpoté qui cum Leighmoighe adscribe-
rentur, Leighmoighe Regi vectigal, ex veteri
pacto inter Moghum Nuadathum et Connum
Centiprelium seu Centimachum icto, pendere 4
obstringerentur : His insusurrationibus aures
Cormacus, non autem assensum prebuit, quid-
piam se de tanti ponderis negotio anté staturum
negans, quam ad Procerum consilium integrum
deferretur. Regni itaque Patribus in vnum
locum properé coactis, rem aperuit, insuper
pollicitus, quidquid illis decernere placuisset,
id se non grauaté adimpleturum. Negotium
haud diu agitatum erat, cum suffragiis conspi-
rantibus decretum emanavit, ut Lagenie bellum
inferretur, et Tributum, quod pendere dudum
Lagenienses superbé negligebant, ab ipsis uel
invitis, extorqueretur. Cormacus intimis sen-
sibus angebatur, suos sancivisse bellum Lagenie
inferendum, quod presagiebat animus, non sine
indice celitis misso, eo se periturum bello: —
rescindere tamen concilii decreta noluit; ne

promissi fidem non prestitisse argueretur. Ad

bellum igitur hoc profecturus, non secus ac

fa]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

THE Age of Christ, 903. The twenty-seventh year of Flann. Maelmartin,
Abbot of Lughmhadh; Diarmaid, Abbot of Doire-Chalgaigh ; Cormac, Abbot
of Druim-mor; and Suibhne, son of Dubhdabhoireann, Prior of Cill-dara, died.
Maeloghrai, son of Conghalach, lord of Loch-Gabhar, was slain by Fogartach,
son of Tolarg. The battle of Bealach-Mughna’ [was fought] by Flann, son of

3i nunc animam efilaturus esset, anime saluti

prospiciens omnibus alicujus note per Hiber-
niam Ecclesiis, aut certam aliquam auri argen-
tiue summam, aut aliquod donum testamento
legavit : ac primtim vnam ynciam auri, et alte-
ram argenti, preter vestimenta, et equum, loco
dicto Opuim abpas, alias Ardfinnain legavit.
Vasculum aureum et aliud argenteum necnon
disinam casulam, Lismorie. Tres vncias auri
2t Missale Emblaco Ibari. Vasculum aureum
2t aliud argenteum cum quatuor vnceis aureis,
et centum vnceis argenti, Cassilie. Wnciam auri
zt alteram argenti Glandaloche. Equum, et
sericum syparium, Kildarie. Vigenti quatuor
rncias auri et totidem argenti Armachiz. Tres
vuri uncias Insule Cahie: Tres item vncias
wri, et bisinam Casulam, Mungarede ; hunc
‘tiam locum fausta precatione prosecutus est,
{m6 multis laudibus extulit, ut in illo poemate
egere est, cujus initium C1 giolla cfnguil ap
om, ubi commemorat in ejus loci Conobio
(locus autem civitas Decani Easani” [recté,
Jiaconi Nessani.—Ep.] “‘dicebatur) quingentos
eruditos Monachos commorari solitos, qui con-

cionibus ad populum habendis per sex Ecclesias
in loci ambitu sitas incumbebant ; sexcentos
alios quorum munus erat recitandis in odeo
Psalmis assidué insistere ; Quadringentos etiam
emeritos Monachos, qui celestium rerum con-
templatione animam exercerent.

“ Cormaci jam ad iter accincti jussu, Lorca-
nus Lacthnai filius, Dalgasiorum Regulus, Cassi-
liam accessit, et Regiam subiens, ac in Cormaci
conspectum adductus, honorificis salutationum
officiis ab eo exceptus est. Cormacus uerd post
debitum honorem Lorcano exhibitum, adstan-
tem Eoganachtorum coronam in hunc sensum
affatus est: Non vos fugit (amantissimi Pro-
ceres) Olillum illum Olumum, a quo due inclite
Eoganachtorum et Dalgasiorum Gentes propa-
gate sunt, firmiter dudum sanxisse, ut Fiachi
Milleahoni et Cormaci Cassi soboles in Momoniz
Regno ineundo, vicissitudinem tenerent ; Eoga-
nachtorum autem familia vices suas in adminis-
trandd Momoniad satis superque jam obivit,
proinde non grauaté feratis, si tandem ali-
quando equi et recti ratione habita, Dalgasii
suum jus postliminio vindicentur, et hic Lorca-

506

Eneann, 7 wa cCfpball, mac Mumpergem, pf Largn,7 pra cCachal, mac Con-
cobain, pf Connacht pop Copbmac mac Curlennai, pi Capit. Ro meabao

nus in meo solio, post me de medio sublatum,
pro eo ac debet, constituatur : Regnum enim
hoc ex vicissitudinis lege illi deferendum etiam
mes sententie calculo confirmo. Proceres Regis
Orationem silentio exceperunt, pre se quidem
ferentes ejus voluntati non refragaturos: verum
eventus documento fuit, eum hee frustra locu-
tum, cium hoc ejus consilium haudquaquam
adimpletum fuerit. Caterum ille, copiis ex uni-
versa Momonié, tum per se, tum Flathertachi
Cum
enim ea Provincia Leighmoz accensebatur, ejus

opera, contractis, in Lageniam movit.

incolas ad pendenda sibi vectigalia coacturus
erat. Dum uero in procinctu jam ad iter ex-
ercitus, lustrandi causa, castra-metatus esset,
et Rex Cormacus militem, equo vectus, obiret,
equus quem insedit forté in altam fossam de-
lapsus est ; equi casu bene magnus militum
numerus malum captans omen, Nuntio Militie
remisso, domum delapsus est ; ejusmodi enim
sancti viri infortunium in ipsa belli molitione
victorix jacturam indubitanter portendere aie-
bant.

structis, a Lageniensium Rege Kearballo Muri-

Momoniorum copiis in hunc modum in-

geni filio missi oratores ad Cormacum veniunt
postulantes ut Momonienses arma et belli con-
silia ponant, et inducias in proximum mensem
Maijum pacisci non detrectent; si tum ex eorum
animi sententia negotium non transigeretur, eos
culpa uacare, si Lagenie bellum inferant: Ce-
terum retinende pacis obsides, Meinachi Ab-
batis de Ofpepc Orapmanva, explorata pietate
et eruditione viri, custodia, et fidei sequestro,
se commissuros, et amplissima dona in impe-
trate pacis® gratiam, Cormaco Flabhertachoque
collaturos. Cormacus, auditis his nuntiis, om-
nibus incessit letitiis, non dubitans quin Fla-
bhertachus ejusmodi conditionibus acceptandis
assensum illicd preberet, cum adiens sic allo-
quitur: oratores a Rege Lagenie ad me missi

QNNQZa RIOSshachta elIREANN.

(908.

enixé flagitant, ut pace cum ipsis adusque men-
sem Maijum initd, copias dimittam, et milites,
collectis vasis, domum suam abire permittam,
nec dubitant sancté polliceri, etiam traditis ob-
sidibus, tum, nostram voluntatem ad amussim
expletum iri, nec solum ob impetratam hanc
pacem gratias se infinitas, sed ingentia etiam
dona mihi tibique repensuros asseueranter affir-
mant ; hereo ego dubius quodnam potissimim
illis responsum feram; tui ergo arbitrii esto illos
concessé pace, uel denegata, dimittere. Tunc
Flabhertachus iracundié excandescens Corma-
cum, vultis indicio motus animi prodentis,
acribus insectari objurgationibus, superuacanei
timoris, et flexe mobilitatis arguere, omnem
denique pacis mentionem respuere, non veretur.
Legatis itaque, re infecta, dimissis ; Flabhertache,
(ait Cormacus) et tibi certum est cum Lagenien-
sibus aleam pugne subire? nec Ego me, aut
tuo comitatui, aut illi prelio subducam ; sed)

gequeé certum habeo me animam in hoc certamine —
profusurum, et nisi me mea conjectura fallit, .
ipsi tibi conflictus hic interitum afferet. Fine-
que hic loquendi facto, se ad suos populares
recepit, tristitid non mediocri excrutiatus ; et
a suorum aliquo receptum, munusculi loco, cor-
bem pomis refertum, inter adstantes partitus,
nunquam posthac (inquit) quidquam inter vos,
o charrissimi, distribuam; quam ejus vocem illi
gemitu excipientes mox subjungunt: Atque
hic tuus sermo maximum nobis dolorem incussit,
quod tu, preter consuetudinem, tibi tamen malé
ominaris. Ille vocem eam sibi non cogitanti
excidisse dolens, ne subesse aliquid suspicaren-
tur adstantes, addit, sibi hactenus non fuisse
familiare distributionibus ejusmodi inter suos —
vti, nec eam se consuetudinem postea fortassis —

unquam usurpaturum : nec plura affatus, cum

famulis dedit in mandatis diuersorium suum
militum presidio munire, et Minachum Mystam

903.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 567

Maelseachlainn, King of Ireland, and Cearbhall, son of Muirigen, King of Lein-
ster, and by Cathal, son of Conchobhar, King of Connaught, against Cormac,

Religiosissimum accersere. Huic omnibus ante
acte vite criminibus patefactis, conscienti
sordes per confessionem eluerat, et ab eodem
continu sacrosancto synaxeos pabulo refectus
est, exploratum habens tantum sibi duntaxat
spatium ad vivendum superesse, quanta foret
a pugnando mora; cujus tamen rei suos con-
scios esse noluit. Testamentum etiam con-
didit, id eis pie ceteris injungens, ut ipsum
Cluanuamiam Maclenini sepeliendum ducerent,
si facultas iis illuc cadauer asportandi suppe-
teret ; sin minus ejusmodi nanciscerentur fa-
cultatem, in sepulchro Dermicii, Aidi Roni
filii, (alias desertum Diermode) mandari terre
jussit ; in quo nimirum loco tenerioris etatis
institutione imbutus fuerat. Primum illud Cor-
macus, postremum hoc Minachus magnopere
expetiit, utpoté qui ipse sancti Comgelli insti-
tutum secutus ccenobio inibi constituto, Com-
gelli successor, preesset, vir multa sané pietate
et literatura preditus, quique labores maximos
in Momoniensibus et Lageniensibus ea tempes-
tate conciliandis subiverat.

“ Momonienses é castris signa non moverunt,
cim nuntiatum est Filanffum alias Flannum
Malachie filium, Hibernia Regem, cum maxi-
mis equitum et peditum copiis, se Lageniensibus
junxisse, et in eorum castris jam tum versatum
fuisse. Que res sic milites consternavit, ut
quam plurimi, ducibus insciis, se castris clam
subduxerint. Quod Minachus perspiciens, resi-
duos facile adduci posse ratus, ut pacem lubentes
amplecterentur, ad eos conversus ; strenuissimi
milites (inquit) non est cur vosmet et patriam
in apertissimum interritis discrimen injiciatis :
Nonne animadvertitis, quot hine aufugerint
milites, tot esse dextras, vestrarum copiarum
corpori amputatas ? Proinde non esse vos aded
rationis expertes censeo, ut manci et trunci inte-
gra agmina, et ejus partibus usquequaque con-

stantia, moleque vos loigé superantia adoriri
nitamini? Quidni potius Nobiles illos Ephebos
Carbhalli Lageniz filium, itemque filium Ossirie
Reguli in obsides dudiim vobis oblatos accepte-
tis, et pacem in Maijum usque mensem rité
constituta, vosmet, belli laboribus et periculis
subductos, ad meliora tempora reservetis inco-
lumes. Orationem hance multitudinis murmur
mussitantis excepit, et culpam totius molitionis
in Flabhertachum conferentis : Nihilominus
capescens iter exercitus exstructis ordinibus
trans Montem Margum processerat ad pontem
usque Leighlinie. Interim Tibrudius, Albei
successor, magna virorum Ecclesiasticorum
turba stipatus, Leighliniam subiit, ibique sub-
stitit ; eodem etiam militum famuli se recepe-
runt, et jJumenta, exercitus impedimenta vehen-
tia, duxerunt. Aciei verd moles prope Campi
Albei nemus in munimentis, noctem operiens,
consederat ; et mox classicum canitur, ac sig-
num ad instruendas acies datur, extemploque
agmina omnia Momoniorum in tria expendun-
tur cornua. Primis Flabhertachus Imuneni, et
Keallachus Karbulli filius Ossirie Regulus ;
mediis Cormacus ipse Culenani filius Momoniz
Rex ; et extremis Cormacus Mothlai filius Des-
siorum Regulus communicato cum aliquot Mo-
moniz Phylarcis imperio, prefuerunt. Tandem
educuntur in campum, et pugnam Momoniorum
copix, Que hostes quadruplo numerotiores (qui
aliquorum authorum calculus est) conspicate
quanquam, animum despondentes, manus tamen
et signa conferunt : verum haud diu stetit in
ancipiti prelium, cum cadentium passim Momo-.
niensium ejulatibus immistus Lageniensium,
similis Celuasmati, clamor mutud ad cedem
incitantium exauditur. Duabus porrd de causis
tam de repenté, et primo feré assultu Momo-
nienses prostrati fuerunt: prima erat, quod
Kelliocharus Kinchengani Momonie quondam

568

GQNNata RIOshachta elReaNnN.

(903.

an cat pon conbmac, 7 atpochain pém ann, 5én bo liacha tuicim, vain pf, eap-
pucc, angcoipe, pembmd, 7 esnaid ofppceaigte ipin mbenla Scoiceccda epide.
Aciad na Saepclanna concpacan imalle pup. Pogsancach, .1. eccnade
mac Suibne, tigeapna Ciannaige Cuince, Ceallac mac Ceapbaill, cigeanna
Orppase, Maolgonm, cigeanna Ciappagse Luacpa, Maolmépoa, cigeapna
Raituinne, Chlell, mac Eogain, abb Thin Concarge, Colman, abb Cinvéicaig,
7 mISZeapna Conca ombne,7 apoile paonclanna cenmocacpiwe 50 pé milib

maille pid.

Regis propinquus in equum insiliens, intenta
voce, glomeratum circa se militum globum
monuerit pugne campo confestim excedere, so-
lisque clericis, quorum iras nihil preter bellum
exsatiat, permittere, ut sitim bellandi, qua
xstuabant, bellando, penitus extinguant, et dicto
citius, ad cursum excitato equo, é castris euolat,
aliquot manipulis, ejus exemplo et monitis allec-
tis, fugam pariter capientibus. Altera funden-
dorum Momoniensiuin hec causa extitit ; Keal-
lachus Carvalli filius magnam clientum suorum
stragem edi perspiciens subitaneo ascensu in
equum latus, suis edixit, propulsatis lis qui ex
adverso erant equos ascendere ; vocis ambigui-
tate alios eludens, suos nimirum ad hostem loco
pollendum visus hortari, reuera tamen fugam
eos capere admonens. Illi igitur insinuata
Domini precepta exequentes terga verterunt.
Atque hinc initium et ansa soluendorum Mo-
moniensis exercitus ordinum emanavit. Deinde
singuli milites (prout elabendi facultatem quis-
que nanciscebatur) saluti sue prospiscientes,
diuerticula et effugia querere, ad latebras repere,
denique, remis et velis, e discrimine tam luculento
emergere, festinabant : siquidem in illo con-
flictu sacri et profani homines promiscua inter-
necione mactabantur, nulla ordinis aut dignita-
tis habita ratione ; et si alicui sacris ordinibus
initiato, aut profand dignitate fulgenti benefi-
cium incolumitatis hostes preberent, nequaquam
amoris aut honoris causa, quo captum proseque-
rentur, eam faciebant gratiam, sed ut ex lytro,

Cp via ponatm(c pin po padead moro la Oallan mac Moe,

quod pro captis persolueretur, non mediocris
accessio ad eorum fortunas fieret.

“Tandem Cormacus ipse Rex Momonie dum
ad prime aciei frontem tendit, e corruente in
fossam equo lapsus, ab aliquibus in fugam versis
visus, e fuga reuersis, in equum attolitur; ille
paululim inde progressus adstantem e suis
vnum, quem in deliciis semper habebat, et indi-
uiduum periculorum omnium comitem, oculos
et orationem convertens, etiam atque etiam
monuit, a suo latere et a tot periculorum cu-
mulo quantotius discedere, se proculdubio su-
perstitem huic prelio non futurum. Hujus
viri nomen Aidus erat, cujus ideo saluti con-
sultum Cormacus voluit, quod vir fuerit Iuris,
Historiarum, et latine lingue scientificus. Pro-
cesserat ultra Cormacus, et per campum ceso-
rum hominum et equorum sanguine redundan-
tem, uectus, et crebris, equi et viarum lubrica,
lapsibus in terram sepius demissus est; tandem
equus, postremis calcibus in lubrico labentibus,
in tergum cessori supersternitur: ille, collo dor-
soque jumenti pondere illiso, animam, uerba
illa, in manus tuas Domine commendo spiritum
meum, geminans, effando, creatori reddidit. Ve-
rum sccelestissimi sicarii quem vivum ullo affi-
cere damno nequiuverant in mortuum atrociter
seuiunt: ei enim sarissis prius confosso, caput
amputarunt. Hanmerus author est, annum a
partu virginis nongentessimum quintum tune
decurisse, cum Cormacus Culenani filius Mo-
moni, et Kearbullus Murigeni filius Lagenie, .

\

903.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 569
son of Cuileannan, King of Caiseal. The battle was gained over Cormac, and
he himself was slain, though his loss was mournful, for he was a king, a bishop,
an anchorite, a scribe, and profoundly learned in the Scotic tongue’. These
were the nobles who fell along with him, namely, Fogartach the Wise, son of
Suibhne, lord of Ciarraighe-Cuirche’; Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, lord of
Osraighe ; Maelgorm, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra°; Maelmorda, lord of Raith-
linn; Ailill, son of Eoghan, Abbot of Trian-Corcaighe*; Colman, Abbot of
Ceann-Eitigh; and the lord of Corca-Duibhne*; and many other nobles besides

them, and six thousand men along with them. It was in commemoration of

this the following lines were composed by Dallan, son of Mor :

Sed

nec a Danis hec pugna commnissa est, nec in ea

Reges, devictia Danis, in acie ceciderunt.

Kearballus Murigeni filius Lagenie Rex periit.
Locupletior multo testis prelii Belachmughne,
Flannum Synaum Hibernie Regem victoriam
hance a Momoniensibus, reportasse narrat. In
ipso porro pugne hujus exordio, Morchertachus
Ossirie Regulus cum filio occubuit, in pro-
gressu, magna prestantissimorum Ecclesiastico-
rum, Regulorum, Toparcharum, et inferioris
ordinis nobilium multitudo desiderata est;
et nominatim vitam profuderunt Fogartachus
Subhnii filius Kieria Regulus; Olillus Eogani
filius vir in etatis flore, et in multis literis ver-
satus; Colmanus Kinnethigensis Abbas, Iuris
peritorum in Hibernia Coripheus ; et cum his
_ gregariorum militum ingens numerus. Pre-
lium illud insuper exhausit Cormacum De-
siorum Regulum, Dubhaganum Fearmuighe
Regulum, Cenfoeladum Ui-gonille Regulum,
Eidenum Aidnie Regulum in Momonia profu-
gum, Milemuadum, Madagonum, Dubdabhuri-
num, Conallum, Feradachum; Aidum Valie-
hanie, et Domhnallum Duncarmnie Regulos.
Hi wero in victrice Exercitu familiam duce-
bant; Flannus Malachie filius Rex Hibernia,
Kearballus Murigeni filius Lageniw Rex, Tegus
Foilani filius Ua-Kinsalochie, Temineanus Ua-
Deaghoide, [ Ua-Deaghaidh, sive Ide orientalis,

4D

hodie baronia de Gorey in Agro Wexfordiensi,
—Ep.] Keallachus et Lorcanus, duo Cinelorum
Reguli, Inergus Duibhghillei filius, Ui-Drone,
Follamunus Olilli filius, Fothartafe, Tuahallus
Ugeri filius, Ua-Mureadache, Odronus Kinnedi
filius, Lisie, Muilchallonus Feargalli filius, For-
tuahe, et Clerkenus Ui-Bairche, Reguli.”

© Scotic tongue.—Cormac was the author of an
ancient Irish Glossary called Sanasan Chormaic,
and is said to have been the compiler of the
Psalter of Cashel.—See Colgan’s Acta Sancto-
rum, p. 5, col. 2; O’Reilly’s Irish Writers, p. 1x. ;
and Leabhar-na-gCeart, Introduction, pp. xxii.

to xxxiii.

* Ciarraighe-Chuirche—Now the barony of
Kerrycurrihy, in the county of Cork.

* Ciarraighe- Luachra.—This territory is com-
prised in the present county of Kerry.

‘ Raithlinn.—This was the name of the seat
of O’Mahony, chief of Kinelmeaky, in the
county of Cork.—See Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 59,
note *, ;

¢ Trian- Coreaighe : i. e. the third part of Cork.

® Corca-Duibhne.—Now the barony of Corca-
guiny, in the county of Kerry, anciently the ter-
ritory of the O’Falvys.—See Duald Mac Firbis’s
Genealogical Work (Marquis of Drogheda’s
copy), pp. 14, 141, 143, 305; and Leabhar-na-
gCeart, p. 47, note °.

570 AQNNQGza RIOSshachta elReaNnn.

~ (904.

Conbmac Femmm Pogantach, Colman, Ceallac cpuaid nugna,
Acbatpac co ml mmlb, hi ccat bealarg muaoh Mughna.

Plann Ceampa von Tarlletn maiz, Ceanball oon Capmain cin ach,
hi Sepoecim Sepcembepn, cloip(c cat cécanb 1olach.

Cn ceppeop, an tanmcana, an puf ba pocla popdanc,

Ri Carpi, m lapmuman a Ohé oippan vo Chonbmac.

Ap vo bliadain baip Conbmaic po padead beop,

O sfnain lopa vo nimh, a tpi, nao ccéd vo bliadnaib, |
Co bap Copbmaic comal nglan, ba tach a écc pf Muman.

Piach Ua Uspadan, 6 Oenlip, apé po dfcfnn Conbmac. Sléisld la Cenel
n€ogain .1. la Oormnall, mac Coda, 7 la Niall, mac Cloda, co po loipecead
Tlachtsa led. Cncimerm, mac Maenagh, tigeanna Ele, v€5.

Cloip Cmort, nao ccév a cltaip. An coécmad bliadain pich(c 00 Phlano.
Ruadan,eppcop Cupcan, 7 Cumapcach, mac Chlella, pensip Apoa Macha,
vé5. Musgpom, mac Soclacain, cisgeanna Ua Maine, vé5. Amalsaid, mac
Congalons, canny) Opls,7 Plann, a bnataip, vo mapbad la Conall’ Muip-
teimne. Colman, mac Cionae, cigeanna Ciannaige Cuachpa, v0 écc. Oam-

liace Cluana mic Noip vo dénam lap m picch Plann Sionna, 7 la Colman

Conaillech.
paolo,

‘ Denlis.—Not identified. Dunluce, in the
county of Antrim, is called Dun-lis by the Four
Masters at A. D. 1584.

“ Tlachtgha.—Now the Hill of Ward, near
Athboy, in the county of Meath.—See note ‘,
under A. D. 1172.

The year 903 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 907, alias 908, of the
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of that
year as follows :

“A.D. 907” [al. 908]. “An army by Kin- .

dred-Owen, that is, by Daniell mac Hugh, and
Nell, mac Hugh, that they burnt Tlachtga.
Maelmartan, prince of Lugmai, died. Bellum
betweene Mounster and Lethchuinn with Lein-

bec Ua Ufchlobain, TZeapna Oal nCparwde, vés. Ap 06 po |

ster, where Cormac mac Cuilennan, king of

Cassil, cum aliis regibus preclaris, occisi sunt. Hi
sunt Fogartach, mac Suivne, king of Ciarrai ;
Cellach mac Cervall, king of Ossory; Ailill mac
Owen, prince of the third belonging to Cork ;
Colman, prince of Cinneti; and [Corca-Duivne ].
Flann, mac Maelsechnaill, king of Tarach ;
Cerval mac Muregan, king of Leinster; and
Cahal mac Connor, king of Connaght, victores
erant.” [This was the battle of Bealach Mughna. ]
‘“‘ Dermaid, prince of Daire Calgai, mortuus est.
Cormac, Anchorite, and Prince of Drommor,
mortuus est. Maelogra, mac Congal, King of
Lochgavar, per dolum occisus est by Fogartach,
mac Tolairg.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

904.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 571

Cormac of Feimhin, Fogartach, Colman, Ceallach of the hard conflicts,

They perished with many thousands in the great battle of Bealach-
Mughna.

Flann of Teamhair, of the plain of Tailltin, Cearbhall of Carman
without fail,

On the seventh of [the Calends of] September, gained the battle of
which hundreds were joyful.

The bishop, the souls’ director, the renowned, ifaaivions doctor,

King of Caiseal, King of Iarmumha; O God! alas for Cormac !

It was of the year of Cormac’s death was also said !

Since Jesus was born of heaven, three, nine hundred years,
Till the death of Cormac, were clearly fulfilled; sorrowful the death
of the King of Munster.

Fiach Ua Ugfadan of Denlis' was he who beheaded Cormac. <A hosting was
made by the Cinel-Eoghain, i.e. by Domhnall, son of Acdh, and Niall, son of
Aedh; and Tlachtgha* was burned by them. Cnaimheini, son of Maenach, lord
of Eile, died.

The Age of Christ, 904. The twenty-eighth year of Flann. Ruadhan,
Bishop of Lusca, and Cumascach, son of Ailell, @aconomus of Ard-Macha, died.
Mughroin, son of Sochlachan, lord of Ui-Maine, died. Amhalghaidh, son of
Conghalach, Tanist of Breagh, and Flann, his brother, were slain by the Conailli-
Muirtheimhne. Colman, son of Cinaeth, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra, died. The
Daimhliag' of Cluain-mic-Nois was erected by the king, Flann Sinna, and by
Colman Conailleach. Bec Ua Leathlobhair, lord of Dal-Araidhe, died. Of him
was said :

Caradoc refers the death of Cormac to the

year 905. He calls him Carmot, ‘‘ Rex Episcopus
Hibernie filius Cukemani.”—See the London

' Daimhliag : i.e. the great stone church, or
Cathedral of Clonmacnois. The erection of this
church is noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise

edition of 1792, p. 44. His death is noticed in
the Chronicon Pictorum, as follows :

“VIII. anno Constantini, filii Edii, cecidit
excelcissimus Rex Hybernensium, et Archiepis-
copus, apud Laignechos .i. Cormac filius Cu-
lenan,”

under the year 901, as follows:

“A. D. 901” [recté, 908]. ‘ King Flann and
Colman Conellagh this year founded the church
in Clonvicknose, called the Church of the
Kings” [Ceampoll na pfog].—See Petrie’s
Round Towers, pp. 266, 267.

4p2

572

ANNQAZa RIOshachta eiREGNHN. |

[904.

Cnopcél peante lang lip, popuaip mop nuile ip mmnd,
Nav maip opsap opuach oil, clot puipe Tuanse Inbip.

Ceanball, mac Muipeigém, pi Cargfn v0 manbavh. Crp occa eccaine po

paidead,

Mon bach Lire longach, gan Ceanball cubarg ceileach,
Fean pial popad popbanach, o1a bpognad Eni érmech.
diach hompa Cnoc Almaine, asupr Chlleann cen écca,
diach l(m Canman, nocha cel, agur pen dan a pdcca.

Nip 66 cian a paogal pom, vaitle Conbmaic po cuillead,

La co leit, ni maoilmaganl, agup aom bliadain cen pullead.
Enmach mse poslaine pi Cargean linib laechnad,

Oipyan all nano nAlmaine vo dol 1 ple ppb paetpach.
Saet la p(caib popchande plant nan Naip noichis mappna,

Ro tnaeta oponga voncaide, ba moo hacaib an lacrpa. ©

Oo Cfnkall beop,

ba conzba1d Cepball oo spép, ba pobnad a ber co bap,
In po bai via cept san ciop, caipceall apa nent pm nap.

Hopmlane [avbenc],

Ole popmpa commaoin an oa sall, manbrac Niall asup Ceanbtall,
Cenball la hulb comal ngle, Niall Glunoub ta hAmlarvde.

™ Tuagh-Inbhir.—This was an ancient name
of the mouth of the River Bann. According to
a legend in the Dinnsenchus (as in the Book of
Lecan, fol. 252, b, 0), Tuagh-inbhir derived its
name from Tuagh, daughter of Conall Collamh-
rach (Monarch of Ireland A. M. 4876; see
note “, under that year, p. 83, supra), who was
drowned here, after she had been carried off
from Tara. Previously it had borne the appel-
lation of Inbher-glas.—See Reeves’s Ecclesiasti-
cal Antiquities of Down and Connor, §c., p. 341,
note *.

» Almhain and Aillean.—These are the names
of two celebrated hills in the present county of
Kildare ; the former situated about five miles

to the north of the town of Kildare, and the
other near old Kilcullen.

° Nas.—Cearbhall was the last King of Lein-
ster, who held his residence at Naas, in the
county of Kildare, as appears from an Irish
poem preserved in a manuscript in the Library
of Trinity College, Dublin, H. 1. 17, fol. 97:
“Wi poibs pig a n-Oileac 6 Mhaipceanzac

mopgpoiceac.

(ca an Nap gan mig anall, én to po cop-

cain Ceapball.”
‘ There was no king at Oileach since” [the time
of ] ‘“‘ Muircheartach, of great steeds.

Nas is without a king ever since Cearbhall

was slain.” z

a _ = _

904.) - ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 573

Awful news that now disperses those ships of the sea that have
braved many dangers and perils,

That no longer lives the golden scion, the sage, the beloved, the famed
chieftain of Tuagh-inbhir™.

Cearbhall, son of Muirigen, King of Leinster, was killed. In lamentation
.of him was said :

Great grief that Liffe of ships is without Cearbhall, its befitting spouse,

A generous, staid, prolific man, to whom Ireland was obedient.

Sorrowful to me the hills of Almhain and Ailleann® without soldiers,

Sorrowful to me is Carman, I do not conceal it, as grass is on its
roads.

Not long was his life after Cormac avho was dishonoured,

A day and a half, no false rule, and one year, without addition.

Ruler of a noble kingdom, King of Leinster of the troops of heroes ;

Alas! that the lofty chief of Almhain has died through a bitter
painful way.

Sorrowful for brilliant jewels, to be without the valiant, illustrious
lord of Nas’.

Although dense hosts have been slain ; greater than all their sorrows
is this sorrow.

Of Cearbhall also :

Cearbhall was always a conservator, his rule was vigorous till death ;
What lay of his tributes unpaid, he brought by his strength to Nas.

Gormlaith? [said]:

Evil towards me the compliment of the two foreigners who slew Niall
and Cearbhall; _ :
Cearbhall [was slain] by Hulb, a great achievement; Niall Glundubh,

by Ambhlaeibh. .

® Gormlaith.—She was the daughter of Flann _ Leinster ; and to Niall Glundubh, Monarch of Ire-
Sinna, and had been married to Cormac MacCul- land. Several poems of considerable merit are at-
lennan, King of Munster; to Cearbhall, King of tributed to this Gormlaith, which are still extant.

574 GNNAZa RIOshAChTA elREANN.

(905.
hi Cill Conbbain po hadnarcead Cepball, amail apbfpap,

Poaalle nor ms péim nagha, hi cell nan po neim mamoda,
Murpeccan, maen san meanball, Cellach ip Cfpball cialloa.
Colman, bpoen, 1p Span beoda, Pino, Paolan, Ounchad oana,
hi Cill Chonbamn, po chuala, po claicc: a nuasha agha.

Coip Cort, naoi ccéd a cing. A nao pichfe vo Phlann. Maolmonda,
aapcinvech Tipe va slap, 0é5. Uallacan, mac Catal, cana: Ua Pailge,
vo mapbao. Cat Mage Cumma ma Plann, mac Maolpeaclamn, 7 pia
maccib pon plona bpepne, m po manbad Plann, mac Tigeannain, cigeapna
bperpne, 7 a mac, 7 pochade vo paonclanoaib ole a maille pé tpi mile vo
cuitim amaille piu ipm cach pin. Coblach la Oomnall Ua Maorleclamn,
7 la hInopeaccach, mac Concobap, fon Loe Oeipgvenc, co po paeinptc pop
coblac Muman, 7 po manbad pochaide mon leo. Cipde mongnad vo tocan
an bhadamp? a. 01 Zpem oparcpm pon a pitch 1 martle 1 noen lo. Oentech
Mage €0 vo lopccad. Cod, mac Maolpacpance, ciseapna Ua pPiacnach,
vo manbad la Niall, mac Qeda. buadach, mac Motla, canapi na nOearp,
vécc.

Coip Cmore, naoi ccéo a pé. Cn veacmad bliadain picec v0 Phlann.
Ecigéen, mac Fingin, abb Thedic, vég. Posapcach, mac Cele, cigeanna
Ua mic Uap, vé5. ed, mac Ourbsiolla, ciseapna Ua nOpona na cTpi
Mase, canary: Ua cCemnpelaig, vo mapbaoh la hUib bappce. Cp vo no

pcoheaoh :

« Cill- Corbain.—N ow Kilcorban, in Ely O’Car-
roll, in the King’s County.

The year 904 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 908, alias 909, of the
Annals of Ulster, which give the events of that
year as follows:

“ A.D. 908” [al. 909]. ‘* Cervall, mac Mu-
regan, the noble king of Leinster, dolore mor-
tuus est, Mugron, mac Sochlachan, rex Nepotum
Maine, and Bec, nepos Lehlavair, King of Da-
larai, defunctus est. Bovina mortalitas. Amalga,
mac Congalai, second chiefe of Bregh, and In-
nerga mac Maeltevin, religiosus laicus, decollate

sunt by the Conells of Murhevni. Cumascach,
mac Ailill, eguonimus of Ardmach, mortuus est.”
—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Magh-Cumma.—Not identified. See note »,
under A. M. 3529, p. 36, supra.

* Loch Deirgdherc.—Now Lough. Derg, an ex-
pansion of the Shannon between Killaloe and
Portumna.

‘A wonderful sign—The Annals of Clonmac-
noise, the chronology of which is seven years
antedated at this period, notice this phenomenon
and two other events under the year 902, as
follows :

905.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 515
At Cill-Corbain? Cearbhall was interred, as stated [in the following verses]:

There are nine kings of famous career, in a noble church of shining
lustre,

Muiregan, hero without mistake, Cellach, and Cearbhall the prudent,

Colman, Broen, and Bran the lively, Finn, Faelan, Dunchadh the bold;

In Cill-Chorbain, I have heard, their warlike graves were made.

The Age of Christ, 905. The twenty-ninth year of Flann. Maelmordha,
airchinneach of Tir-da-ghlas, died. Uallachan, son of Cathal, Tanist of Ui-
Failghe, was slain. The battle of Magh-Cumma’ [was gained] by Flann, son
of Maelseachlainn, and by his sons, over the men of Breifne, wherein were slain ’
Flann, son of Tighearnan, lord of Breifne, and his son, and many others of the
nobility, together with three thousand men, who fell along with them in that
battle. A fleet by Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, and by Innreachtach, son of
Conchobhar, upon Loch Deirgdherc’, so that they defeated the fleet of Munster;
and great numbers were killed by them. A wonderful sign' appeared in this
year, namely, two suns were seen moving together during one day. The oratory
of Magh-eo was burned. <Aedh, son of Maelpadraig, lord of Ui-Fiachrach, was
slain by Niall, son of Aedh. Buadhach, son of Mothla, Tanist of the Deisi,
died.

The Age of Christ, 906. The thirtieth year of Flann. Etigen, son of
Finghin, Abbot of Treoit, died. Fogartach, son of Cele, lord of Ui-mic-Uais,
died. Aedh, son of Dubhghilla, lord of Ui-Drona of the Three Plains, Tanist
of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain by the Ui-Bairrche. Of him was said :

“A. D. 902” [recté, 909]. “King Flann, Masters corresponds with 909 of the Annals of
accompanied with the princes of Ireland, his Ulster, which give a few of the events of that
own sonns, gave a great battle to the Brenie- year briefly as follows:
men, wherein were slain Flann, mac Tyrenye, “A. D. 909” (al. 910]. ‘An overthrowe by
prince of Brenie, with many other noblemen of — Flann, mac Maelsechlainn, with his sonns, upon
his side. Wallaghan, mac Cahall, prince of the men of Brehny, where Flann, mac Tiernan,
Affalie, was killed. A strange thing fell out this and other nobles, with many more, were killed’
year, which was two sunns had their courses [whi cecidit Flann mac Tigernain, ée alii multi
together throughout the space of one day, which —_nobiles interfecti sunt]. ‘Hugh, mac Maelpatrick,

was the Pride of the Nones of May.” Kinge of Fiachrach, killed by Nell, mae Hugh.”

The year 905 of the Annals of the Four —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

576 ANNaza RIOSshachta elReGNHN. [907.

Cl éeca Chilbi cam, caomid pf Slame paorpe,

Encbaw Clod buidnec Ofpba, conf pon Fina paeme. ~
Feapna mop mlb vagnat, mp panaic ap mad cuimneae,
Mapban bad (pgna allad, 6 po bit bpan Oub bufdneac.
Ro part mo din mo dieu, MW na pis pelo pocu,

Ip puaiend pon port Cledam Clevh 1 néccanb, a occu.

Ounlains, mac Comppe, pidamna Cang(n, vég. Oormnall, mac Coda
Pimléit, cigeapna Chligh, v0 Fabail bacla. Gaitine, mac Ausnam, canayy
Lagi, o€5. buadach, mac Gupam, cana Ua mbampce cipe [ves].
Oran, ngtn Oubsiolla, baancéile Ounlaing, vég, via nebnad,

Oianm ofn ap ndem, popcace spermm pig na noile,
Omppan caeb pCccu puaitmd, vo bert 1 nuaip cis tpe.

Coip Cmore, nao ccév a peachce. OQ haon tmoca vo Phlann. Fion-
nacca eppcop vécc. Copnbmac, eppcop Saigpe, 0€5. Maolbmgoe, mac
Maoloomnas, abb Lipp moip, 7 Plann, mac Caoige, abb Concaige, vécc.
Sapuccad Anoa Macha la Cfpnacan, mac Oullsen, 1. crmbid vo bneit ap
mcill,7 a badad bi Coe Cipp pu hApomaca amap. Clpnacan vo badad
la Niall, mac Coda, ms an Tuaipcerpt 1pm loch céona hi ccionavd panargte

» Ailbhe: i.e. Magh Ailbhe, a great plain on
the east side of the River Barrow, in the south
of the county of Kildare—See Ussher’s Pri-
mordia, pp. 936, 937.

“ Slaine: i.e. the River Slaney, which flows
through the middle of Leinster to Wexford.—
See Keating’s History of Ireland, Haliday’s edi-
tion, Preface, p. 42.

* The Bearbha: i.e. the River Barrow.

’ Fearna: i.e. Ferns, where the kings of
Leinster were interred.

* Bran Dubh.—See note *, under the year
601, pp. 228, 229, supra; also the Life of St.
Maidocus, published by Colgan at 31st January,
Acta Sanctorum, p. 213, where the following
passage occurs :

“ Et sepultus est” [Rex Brandubh]. “ hono-

rificé in cemeterio S. Moedoc, quod est in Civi-
tate sua Fearna, ubi genus ejus reges Laginen-
sium semper sepeliuntur.”—c. xlvii.; see also
c. XXXVill.

* The Fort of Aedhan: i.e. Ferns, which was
originally the seat of Bran Dubh, King of Lein-
ster, who not only bestowed it upon St. Aedhan
or Maidoc, but also made it the metropolitan see
of all Leinster.—See note ", under the year 594,
pp- 218 to 221, supra.

> Domhnall, son of Aedh Finnliath—He was
the eldest son of Acdh Finnliath, and the an-
cestor of the family of O’Donnelly. “ Hune

frater ejus Niall glundubh, natu minimus adreg- |

num pervenit.”—Dr. O’Conor, in Ann. Ut. n. 2,
p- 245.
The year 906 of the Annals of the Four

2S

907.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 577

O youths of pleasant Ailbhe", mourn ye the king of noble Slaine*,

Slain is the populous Aedh of the Bearbha*, the just king of the
land of peaceful Fearna’.

To great Fearna of the thousand noble graces there came not, if I
remember rightly,

A corpse of more illustrious fame, since the populous Bran Dubh’
was slain. ;

My shelter, my protection has departed, may the King of kings
make smooth his way, ~

’Tis easily known by Aedhan’s* rath that Aedh is dead, O youths.

Dunlang, son of Cairbre, heir apparent of Leinster, died. Domhnall, son
of Aedh Finnliath’, Jord of Aileach, took the [pilgrim’s] staff. Gaithine, son
of Aughran, Tanist of Laighis, died. Buadhach, son of Gusan, Tanist of Ui-
Bairrche-tire, [died]. Dianimh, daughter of Duibhghilla, the wife of Dunlang,
died ; of whom was said :

Dianimh, protection of our purity, is fettered by the power of the
King of the elements ;
Alas! that the long and beautiful person is in a cold house of clay.

The Age of Christ, 907. The thirtieth year of Flann. Finnachta, bishop,
died. Cormac, Bishop of Saighir, died. Maelbrighde, son of Maeldomhnaigh,
Abbot of Lis-mor, and Flann, son of Laegh, Abbot of Corcach, died. The vio-
lation’ of Ard-Macha by Cearnachan, son of Duilgen, i.e. a captive was taken
from the church, and drowned in Loch-Cirr‘, to the west of Ard-Macha. Cear-
nachan was [soon afterwards] drowned by Niall, son of Aedh, King of the
North, in the same lake, in revenge of the violation of Patrick. Ruarc, son of

Masters corresponds with 910, alias 911, of the
Annals of Ulster, which notice a few of the
events of that year briefly as follows :

“A.D. 910” [alias 911]. ‘Fogartach, mac
Cele, rea Nepotum filiorum Cuais, moritur. Etigen
mac Fingin, prince of Treoid, dyed in his old
age” [senilem vitam finivit]. ‘‘ Two sonns” [suns]
running together in one day” [i.e. for one day ],
“viz. in Pridie Nonas Mai’? [Donell mac

Hugh tooke the Crosstaffe].—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

° The violation ; papuccad.—See note ’, under
A. D. 1223, and note ’, under 1537, infra. This
entry is given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at
the year 904, but the true year is 912.

* Loch-Cirr.—There is no lough now bearing
this name near Armagh. It is probably now
dried up.

4k

578 GQNNGZa RIOshachta erRedann. | [908:

Paonaice. Ruane, mac Maolpabanll, cigeapna Cainpse Opacawwe, vé5.
MuipCohac, mac Mugndm, cigeapna Clomne Catal, vé5.

Cloip Cmort, naoi ccéd a hocc.
mac Maoilpino, eppcop 7 abb Imleacha lubaip, 0é5. Muipfohach, mac
Copbmaic, abb Opoma merclaimn, 7 Gambit, mac Maolmspda, cana
Conaille Muiptemne, vongain 1 ppoinntis Opoma mepclainn, la Congalaé,
mac Haipbit, ciseanna Conaille Muipcermne. Cp vo eccafne Muipfohag
vo paohfoh,

Muinfoach, ciod na caommodh, a caoma,

Cp oamna vo oumbach ap nél co nme naoma.

Mop veapbard an coiponde mac Conbmaic mlb maim,
Qn mionn popoll poipslide, ba cameall 5a¢a clanyn.

Soclacan mac Oranmana, tigeanna Ua Maine, v€ég hi cclefncléc. Clerp-
cem, mac Mupchada, tiZeanna Ua mbniun Seola, vés5. Culennan, mac
Maolbmgoe, vé5. Congalach, mac Gampbich, rgeanna Conaille Muiptemne,
vo mapbad la Conaillib pefpin ipin nomad mip 1ap napsam an cage abbaio
1 nopuim mepcclainn pon Maolmonda 7 pon Muipfohac, mac Conbmaic, abb
Opoma nfpclaimn. Catpaemfo pia nGallaib pon phoipmn no coblach oUll-
cab 1 nain(p Saran, 04 1 cconcpacap ile 1m Cumarccach, mac Maolmor-
cense, cana! Leite Chatail. Maolbpighve, mac Topnann, vo dol 1 Mumain
vo puaplaccad alizip vo Ohpeatnarb.

(1 06 ctmocha vo Phlann. Tioppaice, ©

© Clann-Cathail, i. e. O’Flannagan’s country,
near Elphin, in the County of Roscommon.

The year 907 of the Annals of the Four Mas-
ters corresponds with 911, alias 912, of the
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of that
year as follows:

“A.D. 911” [alias 912}. “ Flann, mac Mae-
loie, prince of Cork, mortuus est. Maelbride,
mac Maeldovnay, prince of Lismor, dyed. Cer-
nachan, mac Duilgen, heyre apparent of the
North-east” [recté, of the Oriors], “put to
death, Linacu Crudeli” [Coé Cinp], “by Nell,
mac Hugh. Mureach, mac Cormac, prince of
Drum-Inesclainn, and heyre of Tyreconell”
[recte, Conailli] “by Garvith, mac Maelmoira,

killed” [recté, destroyed by fire in the refectory
of Drumiskin]. ‘‘Sochlachan, mac Diarmada,
rec Nepotum Maine, in clericatu mortuus est.
Clerchen mac Murcha, king of Ui-Briuin Seola,
and Muireach, mac Mugron, Captain of Clann-
Cahill, moriuntur. Many houses burnt in the
Rath of Ardmacha per incuriam. Pluvialis
atque tenebrosus annus apparuit.”— Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

‘ Maelbrighde, son of Tornan.—He was Arch-
bishop of Armagh from A. D. 885 to 927.—See
Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, pp. 46, 47.

Some of the entries given in the Annals of _

the Four Masters, under A. D. 908, are set

down in the Annals of Ulster under 912, alias

oe

908.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 579

Maelfabhaill, lord of Carraig-Brachaidhe, died. Muireadhach, son of Mughron,
lord of Clann-Cathail’, died.

The Age of Christ, 908. The thirty-second year of Flann. Tibraide, son
of Maelfinn, Bishop and Abbot of Imleach-Iubhair, died. “ Muireadhach, son
of Cormac, Abbot of Druim-Inesclainn, and Gairbhith, son of Maelmordha,
Tanist of Conaille-Muirtheimhne, were destroyed in the refectory of Druim-
Inesclainn, by Conghalach, son of Gairbhith, lord of Conaille-Muirtheimhne.
It was in lamentation of Muireadhach these verses were composed :

Muireadhach,—who does not lament him, O. ye learned !

It is a cause of human plague, it is a cloud to sacred heaven !

Great loss is the illustrious man, son of Cormac of a thousand charms ;
The great and well-tested relic, who was the lamp of every choir.

Sochlachan, son of Diarmaid, lord of Ui-Maine, died in religion. Cleirchen,
son of Murchadh, lord of Ui-Briuin-Seola, died. Cuileannan, son of Mael-
brighde, died. Conghalach, son of Gairbhith, lord of Conaille-Muirtheimhne,
was slain by the Conailli themselves, the ninth month after destroying the
abbot’s house at Druim-Inesclainn, against Maelmordha, and Muireadhach, son
of Cormac, Abbot of Druim-Inesclainn. A battle was gained by the foreigners
over a crew or fleet of Ulidians, in the region of Saxonland [i. e. in England],
where many were slain with Cumascach, son of Maelmoicheirghe, Tanist of

Leath-Cathail.
a pilgrim of the Britons.

913, as follows:

“A.D. 912” [al. 913]. “ Tibraid mac Mael-
finni, prince of Imlech-Ivair; Maelmaire, daugh-
ter to Cinaeh, mac Ailpin; Etulpp, King of
North Saxons, mortui sunt. Congalach, mac
Garvi, King of Tirconell” [recté, Conaille-Muir-
theimhne], “killed by his owne friends in the
nynth month after the spoyling of the Abbot’s
house at Druminisclainn, uppon Maelmoira’s
sonn, and upon Mureach, mac Cormac, prince
of Droma” [recté, princeps or abbot of Drumi-
nisclainn, now Drumiskin.«Ep.] ‘ Culennan,
mac Maelbfide, dyed in the end of the same

Maelbrighde, son of Tornan‘, repaired to Munster, to ransom

yeare” [in fine ejusdem anni moritur]. “ An
overthrow by Donncha O’Maelsechlainn and
Maelmihi, mac Flannagan, upon Fogartach mac
Tolairge, Kinge of South Bregh, and upon
Lorcan mac Donogh, and upon Leinster, that
many perished, as well taken as killed. A
shipwrack by Gentiles upon a navy of Ulster,
in the borders of England” [1 n-aipiup Saran],
“‘where many perished, with Cumascach mac
Maelmohore, son of the Kinge of Leth-Cael.
Pluvialis atque tenebrosus annus. Maelbride mac
Dornain came into Mounster to release pil-
grims out of Walles.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

42

580 aNNata RIOshachta eiReaNn. [909.

Qoip Cniope, naoi ccéd a nao. Oncpeap bliadain cmocac vo Phlann.
Cioppaitce, eppcop Cluana heinech,7 Maolmaedocc, abb Opoma méip, v€é5.
Uicheach, abb Cluana heineach,7 Maolcaipil, abb Munganac, vécc. Cat-
paomead oce Hulbam Huine pia Niall nGlunoub, mac nOlodoa Pinnleit pop
Connaccaib 1. pop Maolcluice, mac Concobaip, 04 1 ctoncaip ap Connacr,
im Maolcluice pefpm co pochaidib ole vo porcenélaib. lomaineag pra
Maolmichw, mac Plannaccain, 7 pra nOonnchad Ua Maoileachlamn pop
Lopcén, mac Ovnchada, 7 pon Pogapcach, mac Tolaince, co Largmb led, in
po manbad oaome 1omec, 7 mm po hepgabad pochaide mop. Maelpacpaice,
mac Platpa, cigeanna Rata Camnaige, vé5.

Coip Cmort, naor ccév a verch. Cn cfepamad biadain véz ap Pcie do
Fhlann. Gull vo tect mo Epinn Fo po gabpac hi Pont Lainge. Sloigead
an Phocla,] Ulad ule mm Niall Glanoub mac Cooha 1 Mivhe, 50 Bpeallang
n€illce §0 paoimd ponpae ann pia Plann Sionna co na macaib apm 1 ccop-
cpatan opeam oa ccaomaibh 1m Peangal, mac Congupa, mic Maorlevin,
jy 1m Maolmopda mac nEpemom, mic Ceda, oUlcaib, 7 1m hepuoan, mac
Haipbic, plait Ua mbpeparl 7 1m Orapmaiv, mac Sealbaich, tigeapna Oat
Riacca, 7 1m Maolmuipe, mac Plannaccain, tigeapna Peapnmarge, 7 1m
Oomnall, mac Haipbit, ciseapna Conaille, 7 1m Conmcan, me CAineccars, 7
im Copbmac, mac Inopeachtaig, ciZeapna Cranage, 7 anole paonclanna
cen mo tactmohe. Op von cat ac pubpad,

bpndn vo Shpellarg Eller huain, puapaman cuain ina cab,
Apbent Conbmac pp Niall nac an leccan pian ciagam pam.

* Gulban-Guirt.—This was the ancientname upon the youth of Conaught, viz., upon Oha-

of Beann Gulban, now Binbulbin, a mountain
in the barony of Carbury, and county of Sligo.
From this mountain, Conall Gulban, the ances-
tor of the O’Donnells and other families of Tir-
connell, took the cognomen of Gulban.—See
note ™, under A. D. 464, supra ; and Battle of
Magh Rath, p. 312, note*. This defeat of the
Connaughtmen by Niall Glundubh is noticed
in the Annals of Ulster under the year 912,
alias 913, as follows:

“A. D. 912” [al. 913]. ‘Nell, mac Hugh,
with an army into Conaght, and broke battle

valgai” [i.e. the Ui-Amhalghaidh, or men of
Tirawley], ‘‘and upon the men of Umall, that
they lost many by taking and killing, about
Maelcluiche, mac Conor.”— Cod. Clar., tom. 49.

» Rath-Tamhnaighe.—Now Rathdowney, in
the barony of Upper Ossory, in the Queen’s
County. :

‘ Port-Lairge—Now anglicé Waterford.

) Fochla: i.e. the North, usually applied in
the Irish annals of this period to that part of
Ulster belonging to the King of Aileach.

* Greallach-Eillte.—There were two places of

' ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 581

909.]

The Age of Christ, 909. The Thirty-third year of Flann. Tibraide, Bishop
of Cluain-eidhneach ; and Maelmaedhog, Abbot of Druim-mor, died. Litheach,
Abbot. of Cluain-eidhneach ; and Maelcaisil, Abbot of Mungairit, died. <A
battle was gained at Gulban-Guirt® by Niall Glundubh, son of Aedh Finnliath,
over the Connaughtmen, i. e. Maelcluiche, son of Conchobhar, where a slaughter
was made of the Connaughtmen, together with Maelcluiche himself, and many
others of the nobility. A battle [was gained] by Maelmithidh, son of Flannagan,
and Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, over Lorcan, son of Dunchadh, and Fogar-
tach, son of Tolairg, and the Leinstermen, wherein many persons were slain,
and great numbers taken prisoners. Maelpatraig, son of Flathrai, lord of Rath-
Tamhnaighe’, died.

The Age of Christ, 910. The thirty-fourth year of Flann. Foreigners
arrived in Ireland, and took up at Port-Lairge’. A hosting of the Fochla’, and
of all Ulidia, with Niall Glundubh, son of Aedh, into Meath, as far as Greallach-
Eillte‘, where they were there defeated by Flann Sinna and his sons, and some
of their friends slain, together with Fearghal, son of Aenghus, son of Maelduin ;
’ Maelmordha, son of Eremhon, son of Aedh, of the Ulidians ; and Erudan, son
of Gairbhith, chief of Ui-Breasail'; Diarmaid, son of Sealbhach, lord of Dal-
Riada ; Maelmuire, son of Flannagan, lord of Fearnmhagh ; Domhnall, son of
Gairbhith, lord of Conaille; Connican, son of Aireachtach; and Cormac, son
of Innreachtach, lord of Ciarraighe ; and other nobles besides them. Of this
battle was said :

Sorrow to the cold Greallach-Eillte, we found hosts by its side ;

Cormac said to Niall, we shall not be permitted to go westwards,
let us move eastwards.

this name in Ireland ; one at the foot of Sliabh-
Gamh, in Connaught, and the other, which is
the one here referred to, is described in the
Annals of Ulster as situated to the west of
Crossa-coil, now Crossakeel, in the barony of
Upper Kells, and county of Meath.—See note ’,
under A. D. 538, p. 180, suprd.

' Ui-Breasail : i. e. of Ui-Breasail- Macha.—
See note *, under A. D. 525, pp. 172, 173, supra.

The defeat of Niall Glundubh at Greallach-
Eillte is noticed in the Annals of Ulster under

the year 913, alias 914, as follows :

“A. D. 913” [al. 914]. “The army of the
Fochla with Nell mac Hugh into Meath, in the
moneth of December; he alighted” [pcopay,
i.e. encamped] “at Grelaghelte, beyond Crossa-
coile, westerly, and sent an army out of the
camp to bring corne and woodd. Aengus
O’Maelechlainn and his kinsmen mett them,
with the companies of Meath, that 45 men were
killed by them about Coinnegan, mac Murtagh ;
Ferall mac Aengus; Uahvaran,- mac Ailiv;

582 GQNNGata RIOShachTa EIREGNN. (911.

Coir Cmiort, naoi ccéd a haon noés. An ciigead bliadain v€s an picie
oo Fhlann. Inopead veipceant Onfs, 7 vepcenc Ciamnaéca la Plann, mac
Maoll(chlainn. Maolbpigve, mac Geibleacam, cigeapna Conarlle, vo map-
bad la hUib Eatach ipm ecfeparad mf rap ngabal corpigecca 06. Oengap,
mac Floimn, mic Maol(chlann, mgZoarnna Epeann, vo Fun 1 nH pellaig Ellce
la Cfpn, mac bipnn, 4 a éce a ccionn plpccac la 1apam. Conaoh via deap-

bavh vo paoheaoh,

beannachc pop Léimh Cipnn, mic binnn, no manb Cengar pind muad Pall,
Mat ind onpain sarpecid Fein ofogail Aeda Ollain ain.

Oomnall, mac Cleda 1. Aed Pindliat mic Néill, cigeanna Ailigh,’ vég
hi ccleinc(cc, ian noeigb(chaid. Conavdh acca ێccaoine, 7 ace eccaoine

Clongupa do pmdeao,

O sein Cpfort cpf co nuagaib, co bap Oomnaill, ian plecarb
Séd 1p DEac na paccald, aen bliadamn [vég] ap naoi ccévarb.
Cinipne na bhadna pa tnoim ced vo Shanba bnaims,
Clengay: Mhide an mép slonnac, Oomnall, mac Ceda Alig.
Nocha po cin vEneannéaib mac amail Congup Codail,

Ip na peib védencarb mglac po Oornall oobaul.

Tpom cuma vo Hhaowelab, camhacan ind amg pin,

Oray copaish ino eanpans pe, bridal ip na haipipmb.

Clip Cort, naor ccéd a 06 décc.
Maolciapain, mac Eocacéin, abb Cluana h€oip 7 Mucnama,

vo Phlann.
' a

Erugan, mac Gairfith, prince of the Bressals of
Macha; Maelruana, mac Cumascai, prince of
them of Duwhire; Maelbride, mac Aeagan ;
Mac nEruvain, mac Hugh; and Maelmuire,
mac Flannagan, Kinge-heyre” [Rigoamna] “of
Oirgialla.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

™ Breagh.—This entry is given in the Annals
of Ulster at A. D. 913, alias 914.

» Fail.—Otherwise Inis-Fail, one of the an-
cient names of Ireland.

° Aedh Ollan.—He was slain in the battle of
Kells, fought A. D. 738 [743], by Domhnall,
son of Murchadh, who succeeded him in the

An rfp bliadam véce an Phicic

sovereignty. The death of Aenghus is noticed
in the Annals of Ulster at A. D. 814, alias 815:

“ A.D. 813” [al. 814]. “*Oengus hUa Mael-
sechnaill, Righdomna Temhrach, wit. Idus Fe-

» Banbha.—One of the bardic names for
Treland.

a Codail.—Otherwise called Beann-Codail,
or Inis-Erenn, now Ireland’s Eye, near the Hill
of Howth, in the county of Dublin.

* Domhnall of Dobhail : i.e. of Dabhall, a river

in Ulster, now the Blackwater.—See note a

under A, D. 356, p. 124, supra. This Domh-

mah ae Citar tal

911.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 583

The Age of Christ, 911. The thirty-fifth year of Flann. The plundering
of the south of Breagh”, and of the south of Cianachta, by Flann, son of Mael-
seachlainn. Maelbrighde, son of Geibhleachan, lord of Conaille, was slain by
the Ui-Eathach, in the fourth month after his having taken the chieftainship.
Aenghus, son of Flann, heir apparent to the sovereignty of Ireland, was mortally
wounded at Greallach-Eillte, by Cernn, son of Bernn ; and he died at the end
of sixty days afterwards. In attestation of which was said :

A blessing on the hand of Cern, son of Bernn, who slew Aenghus
Finn, the pride of Fail";

It was a good achievement of his sharp valour to avenge the noble
Aedh Ollan°.

Domhnall, son of Aedh (1. e. of Aedh Finnliath), son of Niall, lord of Aileach,
died in religion, after a good life. In lamentation of him and of Aenghus was
said :

From the birth of Christ, body of purity, till the death of Domh-
nall, according to the chronicles, — '

A better guide cannot be found,—one year [and ten] above nine hundred,

The history of this year is heavy mist to fertile Banbha?,

Aenghus of Meath, the great champion, and Domhnall, son of
Aedh of Aileach [perished].

There came not of the Irish a youth like Dt of Codail’,

In the latter ages there was not a royal hero like Domhnall of
Dobhail’.

Heavy sorrow to the Gaeidhil that these chiefs have perished

The first two of this spring ; their times will be found in the histories.

The Age of Christ, 912. The thirty-sixth year of Flann. Maelciarain, son
of Eochagan, Abbot of Cluain-Eois and Mucnamh‘, died. He was the foster-son

nall was the eldest son of King Aedh Finnliath; Aedho, ri Ailigh, Verno equinoctio in penitencia
and, according to Peregrine O’Clery’s genealo- —_moritur.”
gical work, the ancestor of the Feara-Droma, * Mucnamh.—Otherwise written Mucshnamh,
or O’Donnellys, who are, therefore, senior to now anglicé Mucknoe, in the east of the county
the O’Neills. His obit is entered inthe Annals of Monaghan.—See note “, under A. D. 830,
of Ulster under A. D. 814, alias 815, thus: p- 445, supra.

“A. D. 814” [al. 815]. “‘Domhnall, mac “A. D. 914” [al. 915]. “ Maelciarain, mac

584 GNNG~a RIOshachta €lREGNNH. (913.

vé5. Oalca Petgna eipide. Sloicefo la Niall, mac Ceda Finnleie hi nOal
~CApade i mf lun vo punnnad. Coimsyplch Ua Letlobain, cisgeapna Oal
nCpaide, dia ccappaccain occ Ppesabanl, 7 po ppaomead ma Niall pain co
Fanccaib a bnataip 1pm loncc a. Platpuae Ua Uchlobaip. Mod, mac Eocha-
Bain, pf an coiceid, 7 Lomppec Ua Ufelobap ora Unrnam ianam go Capn
Eneann, 7 Niall oo bmpead ponpa do pidip1,7 cfppan mac Colmain, coipech
Chenél Mailce, 7 mac Allacain, mic Lanchtein, vo mapbad 7 Oubsall mac
Cleda, mic Eocagam, vo cpéctnuccad co mop, 7 opong mop oULLco1b 00 map-
bad 1pm 1apmdipect pin cen mo tat na veay daomerpin. SIO do denam Ian
yn hi calainn Nouemben etip Niall, cigeapna Orhg, 7 GAeoh, pf an coicein,
occ Tealac Occ. Nocoblach mop vo Ghallaibh vo tocht go Loch Oacaoc,
50 no sabpac longpont ano.
Cop Cmorc, nao ecéd a tpi 0é5. An p(ecmad bliadam déce ap picic
vo Phlann. Scamnlan, eppcop 7 abb Tamlacca vég. Scannlan, ainémoeach
Consbala Glinne Sinlige, vég. Opgaim Copcarge, 7 Lipmérp, 7 Achand bé

Kochagain, prince of Clonauis, and Bushop of
Ardmach, anno 70 etatis sue in Christo moritur.”
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Ua-Leathlobhair.Now anglicé O’Lalor, or
Lawler. There was another family of this name,
and also of this race, seated at Dysart-Enos, in
the present Queen’s County. Major-General
O’Lalor, of the Spanish service, Honorary Com-
panion of the Order of the Bath, and Patrick
Lalor, of Tinnakill, Queen’s County, Esq., ex-
M. P., are of the latter family.

« Freghabhail—_Now the Ravel Water, in the
county of Antrim.—See note °, under A. D.
3506, p. 33, supra.

“ The province: i. e. Ulidia, that part of
Ulster east of Glenn-Righe and the Lower
Bann, not the entire province of Ulster.

* Carn-Ereann: i.e. the carn or sepulchral
heap of Eri, a woman’s name, now Carnearny,
in the parish of Connor, and county of Antrim.
See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down
and Connor, §c., p. 341, note _

’ Cinel-Mailche.—A tribe of the people called

Monach, seated near Moira, in the now county
of Down.—See Lib. Lec., fol. 138, 6, a; and
Reeves’s Eccles. Antiquities, §c., p. 355, note °.

* Tealach-Og.—Now Tullaghoge, a small vil-
lage, in the parish of Desertcreaght, barony of
Dungannon, and county of Tyrone. This was
the seat of O’Hagan till the confiscation of
Ulster; and here O’Neill was inaugurated by
O’Hagan on a stone, which remained at the
place till 1602, when the Lord Deputy Mount-
joy remained here for five days, “and brake
down the Chair wherein the O’Neals were wont
to be created, being of stone planted in the
open field.”—F. Moryson, Rebellion of Hugh, Earl
of Tyrone, book iii. c. 1, edition of 1735, vol. ii.
p- 197.—See Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of
Hy-Fiachrach, p. 431, note’. This defeat of
the Dal-Araidhe is noticed in the Annals of
Ulster under the year 913, alias 914, as follows:

“A, D. 913” [al. 914}. ‘An army by Nell,
mac Hugh, into Dalnaraie, in Junii mense.
Loingsech O’Lehlavar came to prevent them”
[at Fregaval], “and was overthrowne, that he

913.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

of [the archbishop] Fethghna. An army was led by Niall, son of Aedh Finn-
liath, into Dal-Araidhe, in the month of June precisely. Loingseach Ua Leath-
lobhair‘, lord of Dal-Araidhe, met them at Freghabhail" where he was defeated
by Niall; and he lost his brother in the conflict, i. e. Flathrua Ua Leathlobhair.
Aedh, son of Eochagan, king of the province”, and Loingseach Ua Leathlobhair,
afterwards pursued them to Carn-Ereann*, where Niall again defeated them,
and where Cearran, son of Colman, chief of Cinel-Mailche’, and the son of
Allacan, son of Lachten, were slain, and Dubhghall, son of Aedh, son of Eocha-
gan, was severely wounded ; and great numbers of the Ulidians were slain in
the pursuit besides these distinguished men. A peace was afterwards, on the
Calends of November, made at Tealach-Og’, between Niall, lord of Aileach,
and Aedh, King of the province. A great new fleet of foreigners came to
Loch-Dachaech’, and placed a stronghold there.

The Age of Christ, 913. The thirty-seventh year of Flann. Scannlan,
Abbot and Bishop of Tamhlacht, died. Scannlan, airchinneach of Congbhail-
Glinne-Suilighe’, died. The plundering of Corcach, Lis-mor, and Achadh-bo,

585

lost his brother, Flahrua O’Lehlavar, by the
meanes. Hugh mac Eoghagan, kinge of the
North, and Loingsech, king of Dalaraie, wayt-
inge for them at Carnerenn, where they were
also discomfited; Cerran mac Colman and Mac-
Allagan, mac Laichtechain, and others, were
lost by the meanes. Hugh, with very few more,
turninge back from the flight, and sharply re-
sistinge in the flight, killed some of Neill’s
souldiers. Dubgall, his sonn, escaped wounded.”
[Aedh vero cum paucissimis ex fuga revertens, et
acerrimé intra fugam resistens quosdam ex mili-
tibus Neill prostravit. Dubhgall, filius ejus, vul-
neratus evasit.| ‘‘ Peace betweene Nell mac
Hugh, Kinge of Ailech, and Hugh, Kinge of
the Cuige, .i. the fifth of Ireland, at Tulachoog,
in the Kalends of November.”—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49. :

* Loch-Dachaech.—This was the old name of
Waterford harbour. The Annals of Ulster
notice the arrival of the Gentiles, or Pagan
Danes, at Loch Dachaech, at the year 913, alias

914; and a naval battle fought between two
Danish chieftains, at the Isle of Mann, in the
same year, thus :

“A.D. 913” [al. 914]. “ Bellum navale oc
Manainn ittir Barid, mac nOctir et Ragnall
hUa Imair, whi Barid pené cum omni exercitu suo
deletus est. Nocoblach mor di Genntib oc Loch
Dacaech.”

“A.D, 912. There came new supplies of
Danes this year, and landed at Waterford.”—
Ann. Clon.

> Congbhail-Glinne-Suilighe : i. e. the church
of the vale of the Swilly, now Conwall, an old
church in ruins in the valley of Glenswilly,
barony of Kilmacrenan, and county of Donegal. |
—See note}, under A. D. 1204.

The most of the entries transcribed by the
Four Masters, under the year 913, are given in
the Annals of Ulster under 914, alias 915, as
follows: ;

“ A.D. 914” [al. 915]. “The coming secretly
of Flann, mac Maelsechlainn, from or upon his

4F

586 QNNQaza RIOshachtd elReadNn.

(914.

6 eactpanoaib. Ruanc, mac Maolbpigoe, cigeanna Murcpange cine, vés.
Epicuidecc Plann Sionna 6 a rhacaib .1. 6 Ohonnchad 7 Choncubap 7 mopad
Mive led co Loch Ribh. Sl&sZead an Phochla la Niall, mac Ceda, pf
nCulish, co po sab nam Oonochada, 7 Choncobain ppi peip a natap, 7 co
FRansaib oppad ecip Mide, 7 Oplsha. Tonmach mop meinic v0 Hallaib vo
tiaccam co Loch Oacaoch beop,7 mopnad cuat 7 ceall Muman leo vo spép.
Lenae, mac Cachannag, ciseapna Conca bhanygino, vo écc. —

Cloip Cniorc, nao: ccév a cltaip vécc. Movh, mac Ahlella, abb Cluana
pipca bpénaimn, Moenach, mac Oaligem, abb Achar b6 Caimoig, Maol-
baipppino, paccane Cluana mac Noip, 7 Mancain, ab Ruip Commann, ov€5.
Cobplait, ngen Ouboain, banabb Cille oapa, vég. Pogancach, mac To-
laince, tiseapna veipeceipc Onls,7 Caclan, mac FPinpnfcca, mgoamna
Laighh, vé5. Gebennach, mac Coda cigeapna Ua Pidgeinte, 00 manbad la
Nopcmannaib. bpan, mac Eacheisenn, canary: Ua cCemnealaig, 00 manbad
la Noptmannaib, 7 la, Oranmaio, mac Cfpbaill, cigeapna Orppaige. Apo
maéa vo lopcead. Jap mbeit ocht mbliadna vécc an ficic hi pige Epeann
vo Phlanc Sionna mac Maorleclamn, acbat 1 cTaillcfh. Op ace eccaoine
Ploino vo paiofo moro,

Plann pionn Ppemann peanp cec claind, aipop) Epeann saipgi a Slurmn,
ba pe concfpta ap nopong, conpaplaic conn calman tpuim.

Tola cule tTocald mop cappmogal coin cpota cam,

Cup cputslan vo cupad canc, plait pean Parl co ponoactanl.

Qul mo onoan uap cec cmd, plait pind ponsanl pésta pann,

Ruicen snéne spaca spino pind na péne pele Plann. Je.

sonns” [recté, the rebellion against Flann mac
Maelsechlainn by his sonns], ‘ Donncha and
Conor, and spoyled Meath to Lochry. The
army of the Fochla” [the North] ‘by Nell mac
Hugh, King of Ailech, that he made Conor and
Donogh obey their father, and made association
betweene the Midians and Breghs. Scanlan,
Archinnech of Tavlaght ; Scanlan, Airchinnech
of Glinn-Suilie, in Christo moritur. Ruarc, mac
Maelbride, King of Muscryetyre, killed by
murther, and buried by the O’Dongalaies. A
great and often” [i.e. frequent] “supply of

Genties” [Gentiles] “ comminge yett to Loch-
dachaech, spoyling temporal] and churchland in
Mounster.”’— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

¢ Flann.—According to the Annals of Clon-
macnoise, King Flann died at Kyneigh of the
family of Cloone, on Sunday the 8th of the
Kalends of June, Anno Domini 912. In the
Annals of Ulster his death is noticed under the
year 915, alias 916; ‘and by Ware and O’Fla-
herty under 916, which is the true year, as ap-
pears from the criteria given in the Annals of
Ulster, and in the Chronicon Scotorum :.

914.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 587

by strangers. Ruarc, son of Maelbrighde, lord of Muscraighe-thire, died. The
harassing of Flann Sinna by his sons, namely, Donnchadh and Conchobhar; and
Meath was plundered by them as far as Loch Ribh. A hosting of the North
“was made by Niall, son of Aedh, King of Aileach, [and, marching into Meath],
he obtained the pledges of Donnchadh and Conchobhar, that they would obey
their father ; and he left peace between Meath and Breagh. Great and fre-
quent reinforcements of foreigners arrived in Loch-Dachaech ; and the lay
districts and churches of Munster were constantly plundered by them. Lenae,
son of Catharnach, lord of Corca-Bhaiscinn, died.

The Age of Christ, 914. Aedh, son of Ailell, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-
Brenainn ; Maenach, son of Dailigein, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh ; Mael-
bairrfinn, priest of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Martin, Abbot of Ros-Commain, died.
Cobhflaith, daughter of Duibhduin, Abbess of Cill-dara, died. Fogartach, son
of Tolarg, lord of South Breagh ; and Cathalan, son of Finnsneachta, heir appa-
rent of Leinster, died. Gebhennach, son of Aedh, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, was
slain by the Norsemen. Bran, son of Echtighearn, Tanist of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh,
was slain by the Norsemen, and by Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, lord of Osraighe.
Ard-Macha was burned. After Flann’, the son of Maelsechlainn, had been
thirty-eight years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at Tailltin. It was in
lamentation of Flann the following verses were composed :

Flann, the fair of Freamhain, better than all children, monarch of

Ireland, fierce his valour ;
It was he that ruled our vale until. eae beneath the earth’s

heavy surface.
Flowing flood of great wealth, pure carbuncle of beauteous form,
Fine-shaped hero who subdued all, chief of the men of Fail of au-

gust mien,
Pillar of dignity over every head, fair chief of valour, caster of the

spears,
Sun-flash, noble, pleasant, head of the men of hospitality is Flann.

‘“ Flannus Sinna, Malachie regis filius R. H. “Ita suffragatur supradictum Chronicon
» triginta septem annos. Regnavit annos 36, Scotorum: Octavo Kalendas Junit, septima
menses 6, ac dies 5. Obiit 8 Calendas Junii anno feria, 37 anno regni sui defunctus est.””—Ogygia,
916, etatis 68. War. p- 434.

4¥2

588 ANNaGZa RIOshachta elReaNnN.

(915. .

Cinle, mac Catan, tigeapna Uaitne Cliach, vo bapugad la Gallaib Loca
vacaoc. Holl Locha Oachaoch beor vo mopads Muman 4 Largtn.

Coir Core, nao ccéd a cig vég. On céd bliadamn vo Niall Glunoub,
mac Clooa Finnlert var Epinn hi pighe. Maolgmic, abb Cille hAchan,
vێg. Conach Talle(n vo atnuaduccad la Niall. Sitproc, ua hlormain co
na coblach vo gabarl oc Cind puaié 1 naipfp Langfm. Razgnall, ua hlomanp,
co coblach ole 50 Gulla Loca Oacaoc. Ap pon Shallarb la Mumain. Ap
nate la h€oganacca 7 ciappage pop Hhallaib. Sloccead Ua Néill an
veipceint 7 an cuaipceinc la Niall, mac Qloda, pi Epeann co popu Muman
oo Coccad pn Hallanb. Scopmy a longponc oc Topan Hlecpac 1 Mags
Pemin an 22 oQlugupe. Oo locan na Soll 1pm cip anla céona. Porpuab-
paccan Gaoiwil iad in tneay uaip pia mfo6n Laor co cconcaip mile an céo
Et Ccconna, acz ar la vo ¢fp vo Sallanb,7 po ppaomld ponpa. Oo pocpacap
hi ppmotsuin annpm caoipec Cainnge Opacarde, 7 Maocilprinén mac Oonna-
sain caoirpeach Ua cCfpnans,7 Efpgal, mac Mupigem, caoipeach ua cCpem-
tamn, 7 apall cenmotac. Ooloccan cobpa ap Longpont Gall vo pormem
Imrorpfe an Gowil pop ccula vo Cum an vunaid map an comp
noewlnars, 1. pra Ragnall pi Oubsall co plog vo Hhallaib ume. Cur Niall
co nuaitib ind acchad nangall co po toipmipce dia TMD an 1omsuin. Clnaip
Niall ianpin fiche ovoce 1apam a nounad popp na Gallaib. Ro popcongpad
uad pop Cagmbh aimpiom a popbary pop na Gallarb co ccucc Sitmuce
ua hlomaip co nOallaib ume cat Cinnpuaic pon Cargnib, ov 1 cconcpaccan

a muintine.

* Uaithne- Cliach.—Now the barony of Owney,
in the north-east of the county of Limerick.
The adjoining barony of Owney, in the county
of Tipperary, was anciently called Uaithne-tire.
—See the years 949, 1080.

The entries transcribed by the Four Masters
under A. D. 914, are given in the Annals of
Ulster under 915, alias 916, as follows :

» “ALD. 915” [al. 916]. “Flann, mac Moil-
sechlainn, mic Maelruana, mic Donncha, King
of Tarach, reigninge thirty-six yeares, and 6
moneths, and 5 dayes, in the yeare of his age
68, the 8 day of the Kal. of June, the 7th day,
and about the 7th hower of the day, mortuus

est. Fogartach, mac Tolairg, King of Descert
Bregh, mortuus est. Ainle mac Cahan, King of
Uaithne-Cliach, put to death by the Gentiles
of Lochdachaech. Hugh mac Ailell, Abbot of
Clonfert Brenainn ; Coinligan, mac Droignein, . -
chief of O’Lomain of Gaela ; and Martan, Ab-
bot of Roscomain, moriuntur. Nell Glundub
mac Hugh begineth his reigne in Tarach, and.
reneweth” [recte, celebrateth] ‘the fayre of
Taillten, which was omitted for many yeares”
[quod multis temporibus preetermissum est]. ‘The
Genties” [Gentiles, i.e. Pagans] ‘‘ of Loch-da-
chaech yet spoyling of Mounster and Leinster.
Maelbarrinn, priest of Clon-mic-Nois, mortuus

’

915.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 589

Ainle, son of Cathan, lord of Uaithne-Cliach’, was put to death by the
foreigners of Loch Dachaech. The foreigners of Loch Dachaech still continued
to plunder Munster and Leinster.

The Age of Christ, 915. The first year of Niall Glundubh, son of Aedh
Finnliath, over Ireland in sovereignty. Maelgiric, Abbot of Cill-achaidh, died.
The fair of Tailltin was renewed by Niall. Sitric, grandson of Imhar, with his
fleet, took up at Ceann-fuait®, in the east of Leinster. Raghnall, grandson of
Imhar, with another fleet, went to the foreigners of Loch Dachaech. A slaughter
was made of the foreigners by the Munstermen. Another slaughter was made
of the foreigners by the Eoghanachta, and by the Ciarraighi. The army of the
Ui-Neill of the South and North was led by Niall, son of Aedh, King of Ireland,
to the men of Munster, to wage war with the foreigners. He pitched his camp
at Tobar-Glethrach’, in Magh-Feimhin, on the 22nd of August. The foreigners
went into the territory on the same day. The Irish attacked them the third
hour before mid-day, so that one thousand one hundred men were slain between
them ; but more of the foreigners fell, and they were defeated. There fell
here in the heat of the conflict the chief of Carraig-Brachaidhe, and Maelfinnen,
son of Donnagan, chief of Ui-Cearnaigh ; Fearghal, son of Muirigen, chief of
Ui-Creamhthainn ; and others besides them. Reinforcements set out from the
fortress of the foreigners to relieve their people. The Irish returned back to
their camp before [the arrival of] the last host, i.e. before [the arrival of']
Raghnall, king of the black foreigners, who had an army of foreigners with hin.
Niall set out with a small force against the foreigners, so that God prevented
their slaughter through him. Niall after this remained twenty nights encamped
against the foreigners. He requested of the Leinstermen to remain in siege
against the foreigners. [This they did, and continued the siege] until Sitric,
the grandson of Imhar, and the foreigners, gave the battle of Ceannfuait to the
Leinstermen, wherein six hundred were slain about the lords of Leinster, toge-

est. Ardmach burnt wholly, on the 5th Kal. of
May, viz., on the south side, together with the
Savall hall other abbots reliques” [recté, with
the Toi, the Sabhall, the Kitchen, and all the
. fort of the abbots]. ‘Coblaith, daughter to

-Duvduin, Coarh of Bryde, guievit.”—Cod. Cla-
rend., tom. 49.

© Ceann-fuait.Now Confey, near Leixlip, in
the barony of Salt, and county of Kildare. It
is highly probable that it was the Danes of this
place that gave its name to Leixlip, i.e. Lax-
leap, or, as Giraldus Cambrensis calls it, Saltus
Salmonis.

£ Tobar- Glethrach.—Now unknown.

590 AQNNaZa RIOShachta erReaNnn. (915.

ré céd 1m tiseapnadaib Larsfn, 7 1mon pig Usaine, mac Cilella. Ciao
annpo anmanna opuinge oa maitib. Maolmopda, mac Muipeccam, tiseapna
Gintin Uipe, Mugnon, mac Cimnéiceig, tigeanna na com cComann 4 Lagip,
Cionaet, mac Tuachal, ciseapna Ua Peneclaip,7 pocawe ole vo oF
daoimb 1mon ainveappucc Maelmaedécc, mac Oiapmaca, vo Uib Conannla
vo, abb Glinne hUiplh, pepbmd coccande, ancoipe,7 paor 1pin eccna Lartion-
vae,7 11n mbépla Scoic(cda. Ap 00 cat Cinnpuaid po paolo inopo pior,

Tupup Cangtn limb occ, 1ap pote po geal pioghda cuainc,

Ni mac cualacan an péo puanacan écc 1 cCind Puarce.
Plate Liphe Ufchan glonn cantaic slonn pp pleal fino,
Our pimapc cin clcab cend 1pm nglenn var cig Moling.
Mona capbent mm cec peut, oertbip cid aapoipe an poo,

Tap mash co milb clo caimup Canrg(n limb occ.

Ongain Cille vana 6 Gallaibh Chinn Puarc.

Maolpuanaw, mac Néill,

canap! na NOEip1, 0o manbad la Conbmac, mac Moca, cigeapna na Noéipr.
Calothaip, mac Macudam, toipeac Ua cCeallarg Cualann [vécc].

& Ui-Feineachlais.—A tribe seated in the ba-
rony of Arklow, in the south-east of the county
of Wicklow. — See note ', under A.M. 3501,
p- 26, supra; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 195,
note *.

* Tigh-Moling : i.e. St. Moling’s house. There
are at present two places of this name in Ireland ;
first, Tigh-Moling, or St. Mullin’s, on the Barrow,
in the south of the county of Carlow; and
Timolin, near Castle-Dermot, in the county of
Kildare; and it would appear that the lines
here quoted have reference to some other than
the battle of Ceann-Fuait.

* Ui-Ceallaigh-Cualann.—A territory in the
north of the now county of Wicklow, contain-
ing the church of Tigh-mic-Dimmai.—See the
Feilire-Aenguis at 13th November; see note +,
under A. D. 713, p. 313, supra, where the
pedigree of this Culothair is given.

The year 915 of the Annals of the Four

Masters corresponds with 916, alias 917, of the
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of
that year as follows :

“ A, D. 916” [al. 917]. “Snowe and ex-
treame cold in this year, and strange sight”
[recté, unusual frost] ‘‘ that the principall
loches and rivers of Ireland were so frosen that
there was great slaughter of chattle, byrds, and
fishes. Evill favoured signes also that yeare;
a flame of fire was seen to come from the west
beyond Ireland, untill yt went beyond the East
sea. The comett seemed to burn the ayre.
Sitrick mac Ivar, with his Navy, taken at Cin-
fuad, in the borders of Leinster. Ragnall
O’Hivar, with his other shipping, went to the
Genties” [Gentiles] ‘‘ of Lochdachaech. A
slaghter of Genties at Imly by Mounster. Ano-
ther slaghter by Eoghanacht and Kiery. An
army of the O’Nells of the South and North,
with Mounstermen, by Nell, mac Hugh, Kinge

915.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 591

ther with the king Ugaire, son of Ailell. These are the names of some of
their chiefs : Maelmordha, son of Muireagan, lord of Airther-Life ; Mughron,
son of Cinneidigh, lord of the three Comainns and of Laighis ; Cinaedh, son of
Tuathal, lord of Ui-Feineachlais*; and many other chieftains, with the arch-
bishop Maelmaedhog, son of Diarmaid, who was one of the Ui-Conannla, Abbot
of Gleann-Uisean, a distinguished scribe, anchorite, and an adept in the Latin
learning and the Scotic language. It was concerning the battle of Ceann-Fuaid
the following lines were composed :

The expedition of the Leinstermen of many youths, upon a very fine
road, royal the march ;
Scarcely heard they the [sound of] the road; they received death at
Ceann-Fuaid.
The chiefs of Liphe of broad deeds waged a battle with a sacred shrine.
There were cut off five hundred heads in the valley over Tigh-Moling".
Great its renown in every thing, rightly indeed, for celebrated is the
spot, |
Over the plain with thousands of hundreds, Leinster sends its troops

of youths.

The plundering of Cill-dara-by the foreigners of Ceann-Fuaid. Maelrua-
naidh, son of Niall, Tanist of the Deisi, was slain by Cormac, son of Mothla,

lord of the Deisi.
[died].

of Ireland, to warr with the Gentyes, and
[en-] camped about twenty dayes, in the
moneth of August, at Tober Glehrach, in the
fyld called Fevin’” [recté, in Magh-Fevin, or in
the plain of Fevin]. ‘‘ The Genties went into
the country the same day. They did sett on
the Irish about the third howre in the after-
none, and fought to evening that about” [one
thousand] “one hundred fell between them;
but the Genties lost most. The Genties went
behinde theire people out of the campe for
theire saulfty. The Irish tourned back into
their campe before the last of them, viz., before
Ranall, King of Black Genties, with a nomber

Culothair, son of Matudhan, chief of Ui-Ceallaigh-Cualann’,

of Genties about him. Nell, mac Hugh, with a
few with him, went against the Genties, that
he expected their fight by battle. Nell stayed
20 nights after in campe against the Genties ;
he sent to Leinster to byker on the other side
with theire campe, where Sitricke O’ Hivar over-
threw them in the battle of Cinnfuaid, where
fell Augaire mac Ailill, King of Leinster; Mael-
morre” [mac Muirecain, Kinge of Airther-
Liphi; Maelmaedhog] ‘‘mac Diarmada, sapiens
et Episcopus of Leinster; Ogran, mac Cinnedi,
King of Lease; et ceteri duces atque nobiles.
Sitrick O’Hivar came to Dublin.”—Cod. Clar.,
tom, 49.

592 ANNdZa RIOShAachTA EIREGNN. - (916.

Cop Cmorct, nao ccéo apé vég. Cn vana bliadain vo Niall. €ccnech,
comanba Enoa aipone, eppcop 7 angcoipe, vécc. Flpadach, abb Inpi bo
pine, Maoileom abb Ropa Cpé, 7 Ceallacan Ua vonaic, abb Tuama inbip,
vé5. Muipeann, ngtn Suainc banabb Cille vapa, vécc an 26 Man. Oamel
Cluana Caippte, pinchaid ampa, vécc. Eitne, ingfn Clooa, mic Néill, pogan
EMH mops, vécc la péile Mapcain. Mép, ngln Ceanball, mic Ounganle,
baincigeapna Lagtn Oeapgabaip, vécc 1ap noeigb(char.
ua Cléims,cigeapna Chone, vécc. Clc,mac Plaitbeancaich, cigeapna Conca
Moopuaoh, vécc. Ceall vana vo opgain vo gallaib Acha chat. Ongain
Ceichslinne, la allan’, capm m po manbad Maol Pacparce, pacape 7 ancom
Oicip 7 na Holl vo oul
o Loc Oaeaoe 1 nAlbain,7 Conpcancin, mac Cleda vo tabaine cata ob, 7

Oicin vo manbad co nan Gall immantle ppipp.

Coip Cpiopt, naor ccév a peacht vécc. Oornmnall, mac Oiapmava, abb
Slime hUiprpin, Maelcoe, abb nOenopoma, [oécc]. Inopeccach, abb Tpe-
poite, do mapbad na tang abaid padéipin. Maorlene, mac Maolbpigve, abb
Laine Eala Convene, 7 aule Epeano, vég. Oubgiolla, mac Lachcnamn,
ciseapna Tetba, 00 manbad. Copbmac, mac Moctla, ciseapna na nOery,
vé5. Cat Ata chat (1.1 Cill Mopamoéce la ctoeb Atcha chach) pop
Shaowedlab pia nHallaab 1. pra nloman 7 ma Sicpusg Gale, 3. m xun
Octobep, m po mapbad Niall Glanoub, mac eda Pimleit pi Epeann ran
mbeich 06 tpi bliadna 1yin igi. ~Concoban Ua Maoleachlaimn, mgoamna

Tigeannach

7 Mongan, anconi 4 pochade ole 1 malle pniu.

' Successor of Enda of Ara: i.e. Abbot of
Killeany, in the Great Island of Aran, in the
Bay of Galway.

‘ Tuaim-inbhir.—In the Feilire-Aenguis, at
2nd December, Tuaim-Inbhir, or Druim-Inbhir,
is described as “‘a n-1apcan Moe,” in the
west of Meath, where St. Mael-Odhrain was on
that day venerated as the patron of the place.
There is a Druim-inbhir, anglicé Drumineer,
with the ruins of a very curious and ancient
church, in the barony of Lower Ormond, and
county of Tipperary, about five miles north and
by west of the town of Nenagh.

‘ Cluain- Coirpthe.—Now Kilbarry, near the

hamlet of Termonbarry, in the county of Ros-
common.—See note‘, under A. D. 1238.

™ Hithne.—“ A. D. 916” [al. 917]. ‘ Ehne,
Hughe’s daughter, in vera penitentia et in feria
Martini, defuncta est.’—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

The most of the entries transcribed by the

“Four Masters under A. D. 916, are given in the

Annals of Ulster under 917, as follows :
“A.D. 917. Maeleoin, prince and bushopp

of Roscrea ; Egnech, prince of Arain; Daniell —

of Cluon-Coirbhe, a great chronicler, in pace
dormierunt. Muiren, Suairt’s daughter, Abbess

of Kildare, mortua est. The Genties” [Gentiles] q

916.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 593

The Age of Christ, 916. The second year of Niall. Egnech, successor of
Enda of Ara’, bishop and anchorite, died. Fearadhach, Abbot of Inis-bo-finne;
Maeleoin, Abbot of Ros-Cre ; and Ceallachan Ua Daint, Abbot of Tuaim-inbhir‘,
died. Muireann, daughter of Suart, Abbess of Cill-dara, died on the 26th of
May. Daniel of Cluain-Coirpthe’, a celebrated historian, died. Eithne™, daughter
of Aedh, son of Niall, queen of the men of Breagh, died on the festival day of
St. Martin. Mor, daughter of Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, Queen of South
Leinster, died after a good life. Tighearnach Ua Cleirigh, lord of Aidhne,
died. Ceat, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of Corca-Modhruadh, died. Cill-dara
was plundered by the foreigners of Ath-cliath. The plundering of Leithghlinn
by the foreigners, where Maelpadraig, a priest and anchorite, and Mongan, ancho-
rite, and many others along with them,were slain. Oitir and the foreigners went
from Loch Dachaech to Alba ; and Constantine, the son of Aedh, gave them
battle, and Oitir was slain, with a slaughter of the foreigners along with him.

The Age of Christ, 917. Domhnall, son of Diarmaid, Abbot of Gleann-
Uisean, and Maelcoe, Abbot of Oendruim, [died]. Innreachtach, Abbot of
Trefoit, was slain in his own abbatical house. Maelene, son of Maelbrighde,
Abbot of Lann-Eala and Connor, and the glory of Ireland, died. Duibhghilla,
son of Lachtnan, lord of Teathbha, was slain. Cormac, son of Mothla, lord of
the Deisi, died. The battle of Ath-cliath (1. e. of Cill-Mosamhog”, by the side
of Ath-cliath) [was gained] over the Irish, by Imhar and Sitric Gale, on the
17th of October, in which were slain Niall Glundubh, son of Aedh Finnliath,
King of Ireland, after he had been three years in the sovereignty ; Conchobhar

“of Lochdachaech left Ireland, and went for
Scotland. The men of Scotland, with the as-
sistance of the North Saxons, prepared before

Murmor” [mopmoep] “of them was lost in
that conflight. The night discharged the battle”
[Nox prelium diremit]. ‘“ Etilflut, famosissima

them. The Genties divided themselves into fower
battles, viz., one by Godfry O’Hivair ; ano-
ther by the two Earles; the third by the young
Lordes; and the fowerth by Ranall mac Bicloch,
that” [which] “the Scotts did not see; but
the Scotts overthrew the three they sawe, that
they had a great slaghter of them about Ottir
and Gragava; but Ranall gave the onsett be-
hind the Scotts,” [so] “ that he had the killing
of many of them, only that neyther king nor

regina Saxonum mortua est. Warr betwene Nell,
mac Hugh, King of Tarach, and Sitrick O’Hivair.
Maelmihi, mac Flannagan, King of Cnova, went
toward the Gentyes to save Tuaiscert Bregh
from them, which did avayle them” [him]
“ nothing” [quod et nihil contulit].

» Cill-Mosamhog: i.e. Mosamhog’s Church,
now Kilmashoge, near Rathfarnham, in the
county of Dublin. No reference to this saint
is to be found in the copy of the Feilire- Aenguis

46

594 GQNNaza RIOSshachta elREGNN. (917.

Eneann, Cod mac Eoéagain, pi Ulad, Maolmichd, mac Plannagain, cigeapna
bps, Maolcnaoibe Ua Oubpronaich, ciZeapna Oipgiall, Maolcnaoibe, mac
Ooilgen, cigeapna Topncan, Ceallac mac Poccantarg, tiZeapna veipceipc
bpnls, Cnomman, mac Cinneicich, 7 pochaide ale nach aipemtap, do paop-
clannaib 7 oaopclanoaib, immaille pip an mish Niall. Cp von cat pm
aopubnao,

ba ovabaip an Chéoaoin cpuaid,

lap ppet pluaigh po copaib pia,

O1 vo Faintlp co cei bnac, |

Macan alcec Ata chat. |

hi cconcain Niall, nia popelcc,

Concoban cond sopra Zaipcc,

led, mac Eatach Ulad uno,

Maolmichd cuilce opoain apo.

Mop vo snaypib Gaoweal Fnae,

Mop vo oprb laocnad hag,

Oo macaib progan 4 m5,

Ro bit 1 nA claidbeach chat.

bplca banann commd1d card.

Marnce pony ccaipinn la nent pluans,

Nin ba heccaom 1pm cpaigh,

ba ouvabaip an Cheoaom cpuai.

Ace égaine Néill po paolo beor,
bpdnach amu Epe uagh,
Cen pups puad mg) pall,
Ap oésyp1 nme Fan spéin,
Fas muige Néill gan Niall.
Nipca main marciup pip
Nipca pit na puba ploigh,
Ni cumaing aenach do ain,
O nor bad an bnaenach bpoin.
preserved in the Leabhar Breac, in O’Clery’s Oirghialla seated near Ardbraccan, in Meath._—

Trish Calendar, or in Colgan’s Works. See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. c.60; Book of 4
° Tortan : recte, Ui-Tortain. A tribe of the Ballymote, fol. 229,6; Colgan’s Zr, Th., p. 129,

917.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 595

Ua Maeleachlainn, heir apparent to the sovereignty of Ireland ; Aedh, son of
Eochagan, King of Ulidia; Maelmithidh, son of Flannagan, lord of Breagh ;
Maelcraeibhe Ua Duibhsinaich, lord of Oirghialla ; Maelcraeibhe, son of Doil-
ghen, lord of Tortan®; Ceallach, son of Fogartach, lord of South Breagh ;
Cromman, son of Cinneitich ; and many other noblemen and plebeians, who
are not enumerated, along with the king. Of this battle was said :

Fierce and hard was the Wediesday

On which hosts were strewn under the feet of shields :
It shall be called, till Judgment’s day,

The destructive morning of Ath-cliath,

On which fell Niall, the noble hero ;

Conchobhar, chief of fierce valour ;

Aedh, son of valiant Eochaidh of Ulidia ;
Maelmithidh of the proud, lofty dignity.

Many a countenance of well-known Gaeidhil,

Many a chief of grey-haired heroes,

Of the sons of queens and kings,

Were slain at Ath-cliath of swords.

The strength of a brave lord was subdued.

Alas that he was deceived in the strength of an army,
There would [otherwise] be no moan upon the strand.
Fierce was the hard Wednesday !

In lamentation of Niall was moreover said :

Sorrowful this day is sacred Ireland,

Without a valiant chief of hostage reign ;

It is to see the heavens without a sun

To view Magh-Neill? without Niall.

There is no cheerfulness in the happiness of men ;
There is no peace or joy among the hosts ;

No fair can be celebrated

Since the sorrow of sorrow died.

c. ii, and p. 184, n. 23, 24; the Feilire-Aenguis, » Magh-Neill : i.e. the Plain of Niall, a bardic
8 July; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, p.151, note ». name for Ireland,
: 462

aNNazZa RIoshachta eiReann.

(917.

Tpuag pin a Mug Onls bude,
C1 cin nalaind navgade,

Ro peapaip pit mg puipeach,
Pocpaccant Niall mad sumeach.
Caiti mail iantain bfea,

Caiti pian cec ainm speata,
Inad Niall cnoda Cnuca,

Ro malaipc, a mon tpucha.

Niall po paid moro an la map an chat,

Cepe vambail boccoit bneac, agup claiveab leoca liac,
Asup 500 slarp gona cpoch, céip macan moc vo Ach cliat.

Céleovabaill, mac Scanvail, comanba Comganll, 7 anmchapa Néill Glunoub,
ap é po aplais pon Niall cmdect don catpa,7 ap é vo pac a chuic poch-
paicce vo Niall an claomclod ech vo thabhaint 06 via belt péin ap in ccat.

Hopmlac, mp(n Phlomn, po pao,

Ole ponm commaom an va Shall manbpac Niall, agup Ceanbalt,
Ceanball la hUlb comal nglé Niall Glunoub la hOmhlave.

Capee an 25 Appil,7 min Chaipe 1 Sammpad. Ora cdice mbliadna rfpecac

ap tp céd Tecmoins yn,

Caipce 1 Sampad pn(chaib pluacé 1ap cceonaib bliadnaib buanban,
Otpsup ap nGoedell oap pian, hi pendarb pinvol Parl aim Niall.

1 Cnucha.—Now Caislen-Cnucha, or Castle-
knock, on the River Liffey, in the county
of Dublin. — See note *, under A. D. 727,
p- 325.

* Confessor.—The word anamcapa is trans-
lated ‘‘ confessarius” in Trias Thaum., p. 294.

* Gormlaith._See this quatrain quoted before
under the year 904 [909]. In Mageoghegan’s
translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise the
following notice of this Gormlaith is given under
the year 905:

“A.D. 905” [recté, 913]. ‘ Neal Glunduffe
was king three years, and was married to the

Lady Gormphley, daughter to King Flann, who .
was a very fair, vertuous, and learned damosell ;
was first married to Cormacke mac Cowlenan,
King of Munster; secondly, to King Neal, by
whom she had issue a son, called Prince Don-
nell, who was drownded, upon whose death she
made many pittiful and learned ditties in Irish; ,
and, lastly, she was married to Cearvall mac
Moregan, King of Leinster. After all which
royal marriages she begged from door to door,
forsaken of all her friends and allies, and glad 4
to be relieved by her inferiors.”

It should be here remarked that the order of

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917.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 597

This is a pity, O beloved Magh-Breagh,
Country of beautiful face,

Thou hast parted with thy lordly king,
Thou hast lost Niall the wounding hero.
Where is the chief of the western world ?
Where the sun of every clash of arms ?
The place of great Niall of Cnucha*

Has been changed, ye great wretches !

Niall said this before the battle :

_ Whoever wishes for a speckled boss, and a sword of sore-inflicting
wounds,

And a green javelin for wounding wretches, let him go early in the
morning to Ath-cliath.

Celedabhaill, son of Scannall, successor of Comhghall, and confessor’ of Niall
Glundubh, was he who had requested of Niall to come to this battle ; and it
was he that gave the viaticum to Niall, after having refused to give him a horse
to carry him from the battle. Gormlaith’, daughter of Flann, said :

Evil to me the compliment of the two foreigners who slew Niall
and Cearbhall ;

Cearbhall [was slain] by Hulb, a great deed ; Niall Glundubh by
Ambhlaeibh.

Easter [day fell] on the 25th of April, and little Easter‘ in the summer.
This happened after three hundred and sixty-five years.

Easter in summer, marching of armies during three fully accom-
plished years,

There was a red slaughter of the Gaelidhil in every path, through-
out the points of fair great Fail along with Niall.

these marriages of Gormlaith must beincorrect, to his enemy, Cearbhall ; and, lastly, to Niall
because Cormac Mac Cullenan was slain in 908, Glundubh, after whose fall in 919 she begged
Niall Glundubh in 919, and Cearbhall in 909. from door to door.—See note under 941.
The probability is that Gormlaith was first mar- t Little Haster: i.e. Dominica in Albis. The
ried to Cormac; and secondly, after his death, criteria here given indicate the year 919.

598 aNNac~a RIOshachta €lReEGNN.

(918.
Comsgall po pmo, ——,

Pel Coemain Léch 1 Congup, 00 ag bliadain vo anputh,
Coice la eppog rap cCaipee Mion caupce vo bich 1 pampaod.

Opsain P(pnaq Tighe Munna la Galland.

Cop Cpiopc, nao ccév a hocht vécc. On céd bliadain vo Oonnchad,
mac Floin cSionna, hi pghe uap E1mino. ~Fincan, eppeop Ooimliacc, Copb-
mac, mac Cuilennéan, eprcop Cip méip, 7 tiZeapna na nOéi~1 Muman, Coins-
reach, eppeop Cluana mic Noir, Maolmaipe, abb Apoa bpecam, Cianan,
abb Ocamhinm, Scannlan, mac Gopmain, eccnaid, pepbmd cogarde, 7 abb
Rorra Cpe, 7 Menage Cluana moip Maedoce, vég. Cia mop 1pin mblia-
dainpl co poact an cuipce Upp nabaid Cluana mic Néip, 7 co Clocan Uland na
ccp{ ccnop. Ceananour do 1onopad vo Ghallaib, 7 bnipeavh an voimliace.
Cn mon 6ce Bpéin pon Uib Maine. Cat1 cCiannaccaib ops, 1. oce Tig
mic nEachach, ma nOonnchad, mac Plamn mic Maeleaclamn, pon Shallaib,
v4 m po manbad lfon vipimhe vo na Gallaib, ucnn ba 1pm cat pm po ofoglad
cat Ata chat poppa, 0615 toncpadvap ouaiplib na Noncmann ann comblion
a tconcain do paepclanoaib 7 vaopclannai’b Gaowel pin cat pin Ata chat.
Ro sonavh Mupcficach, mac Tigfpnain, 1. ploghdarnna bperpne, hn ccat
Ciannacca, 7 accbat 1anam oia sZonaib. Mupcado, mac Plano, ciseanna

" Coemhan Liath.—This is probably the St.
Caemhan whose festival is set down in O’Clery’s
Irish Calendar under the 14th of March, which
would agree with the time referred to in the
text, for in the year 919 Ash-Wednesday fell
on the 10th of March.

The year 917 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 918, alias 919, of the
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of
that year as follows:

“A.D. 918” [al. 919]. ‘‘ Easter the 7. Kal.
of May, and Little Easter after some dayes in
Summer” [recté, the second day of Summer].
“ Hugh O’Maeilechlainn blinded by his cosen,
Donncha, King of Meath. Battle at Dublin
by the Genties” [Gentiles] ‘‘upon the Irish,
where fell Nell, mac Hugh, King of Ireland,

the third yeare of his raigne, in the 17 Kal. of
October, 4th day, where also fell Hugh mac
Eochagan, King of Ulster; Maelmihi, mac Fla-
nagan, King of Bregh; Conor, mac Maeilech-
lainn, heyre of Tarach; Flathvertach mac Da-
nyell, heire of the Fochla; Maelbridi, mac
Duivsinai, King of Airgialla, with many more
nobles. Ceallach, mac Flaihvertai, King of
Corcamrogha, and Tiernach O’Clery, King of
Ofiachrach Aigne, mortut sunt.”—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

* Cormac, son of Cuilennan.—He is to be dis-
tinguished from Cormac, son of Cuilennan,
King of Munster, and Archbishop of Cashel,
who was slain in the battle of Bealach-Mughna,
A. D. 903 [908], ¢. v.

“A. D.916. Cortiaske res nadas Bushop

918.]
Comhghall said :

The festival of Coemhan Liath" in Lent, denotes a year of storms,
Five days of spring after Easter, Little Easter to be in summer.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

The plundering of Fearna and Teach-Munna by the foreigners.

The Age of Christ, 918. The first year of Donnchadh, son of Flann Sinna,
in sovereignty over Ireland. Finchar, Bishop of Daimhliag ; Cormac, son of
Cuilennan”, Bishop of Lis-mor, and lord of the Deisi Mumhan ; Loingseach,
Bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Maelmaire, Abbot of Ard-Breacain ; Scannlan, son of
Gorman, wise man, excellent scribe, and Abbot of Ros-Cre ; and Meraighe of
Cluainmor-Maedhog, died. A great flood in this year, so that the water reached
the Abbot's Fort of Cluain-mic-Nois, and to the causeway of the Monument of the
Three Crosses*. Ceanannus was plundered by the foreigners, and the Daimh-
liag’ was demolished. A great slaughter was made of the Ui-Maine at Grian’.
A battle was gained in Cianachta-Breagh (1. e. at Tigh-mic-nEathach*) by Donn-
chadh, son of Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, over the foreigners, wherein a
countless number of the foreigners was slain; indeed in this battle revenge
was had of them for the battle of Ath-cliath’, for there fell of the nobles of the
Norsemen here as many as had fallen of the nobles and plebeians of the Irish
in the battle of Ath-cliath. Muircheartach, son of Tighearnan, i.e. heir appa-
rent of Breifne, was wounded in the battle of Cianachta, and he afterwards died
of his wounds. Murchadh, son of Flann, lord of Corca-Bhaiscinn, died. Flann,

of Eochaidh, now unknown. This battle is
noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the

of Lismore, and King of the Desies, was killed
by his own family.”—Ann. Clon.

* The monument of the Three Crosses.—This
causeway, and this Uluidh, or penitential station,

year 915:
“ This King” [Donnogh mac Flyn] “gave a

exist at Clonmacnoise.

¥ Daimhliag : i. e. the Stone Church or Cathe-
dral. “‘A. D. 915. Kelles was altogether ran-
sacht and spoyled by the Danes, and they rased
down the church thereof.”—Ann. Clon.

* Grian—A river which has its source in
Sliabh Echtghe, in the north of the county of
Clare—See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many,
p- 134, note, and the Map to that work, on
which the position of this river is shewn.

* Tigh-mic-nEathach: i.e. the house of the son

battle to the Danes, where there was such a

slaughter committed on them, that the one-half

of the Danish army was not left alive; there
was never such a massacre of them before in
Ireland; in which great conflict Moriertagh
mac Tyernie, one of the king’s nobles, was cru-
elly wounded and thereof died.”

» The battle of Ath-cliath—More correctly the
battle of Cill-Mosamhog, now Kilmashoge, near
Atheliath, or Dublin.—See note ", A. D. 916,
p. 593, supra.

600 GQNNQZa RIOShachtTA EIREGNN.

(919.

Conca 6haipcino, véce. Plano, mac Conan, Uipgsil Sil Scoca, pile 1p veach
baor 1 nEpinn ina campip, do mapbad la macanb Cuippbuide, vo Uib Poca
lajoplde) 1 NouINetafde occ Loc Oacaoe 1 nNOEPb Muman.

Coip Cpiort, nao ccéo a nao vég. On vana bliadain 00 Ohonnchad.
Cianan, eppcop Tolam, 7 Ruman, mac Catapaig, eppucc Cluana hlopaipo,

vé5. Up 06 atpubpad an pann po,

Compan eccnar updaine ait, pp co noccaib occa ab,

Ounad vom oil moat, Ruman, mac Cataparg cam.

Maonach, mac Siadail, abb bf{nncain, 7 pecpibmd na nGaowel wile, Coip-
ppe, mac Pfradarg, clin cnaband Long Cn, comapba Oiranmaca, mic Coda péin,
aincinnech Tige mocua, 7 anchoipe, vég 1an noeigb(tad cian aopoa, 7] Ffpsal,
mac Maolmonda, ab Saispe, vé5. Ap vob no pmofo,

Ni bladain cen capipm, anabad abb buan 6fmncurp,

Csup comapba Orapmaca, Coinppe ba buaid céc veas tcurp.
Ab Sagne co pocnaici, P(psal plp co poenofnanb,

Oomnall veil ano wile mat ouinébmt pon Haowealanrb.

Ni puipmi, ni aipéma, po bit pam tmamarinp,

CQ cainic ve ancfppaib Eneann pin mbliadampe.

Oomnall, mac Plomn, mic Maoileclamn, plogdamna Eneann vo mapbad-
la a bnatarp Oonncad 1 mbpuigin Oacoga.

Ap v0 bap an Mhaonans, mic

Siadanl, ceona, 7 Oomnaill po pardead,

° Flann, son of Lonan.—See this obit already
entered under the year 891, p. 549, supra. The
insertion of it here is a mistake of the Four
Masters.

The year 918 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 919, alias 920, of the
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of that
year as follows :

“A. D. 919” [al. 920]. ‘‘Maelmuire, prince
of Ardbrackan, mortwus est. An overthrow by
Doncha O’Maeilechlainn of the Genties” [Gen-
tiles], ‘‘ where innumerable of them were slaine.
Finchar, Episcopus et scriba of Doimliag, feli-
citer pausavit. Scannal of Roscre and Scribe of

Cluon-mic-Nois, qguéevit. Sitric mac Ivar for-
sook Dublin by divine power.” [The] ‘* Doim-
liag of Kells broken by Genties, and” [they]
“did martire many there.” [The] ‘‘ Doimliag
of Tuileain burnt the same day. Cormac, mac
Cuilenan, Kinge of Desyes in Mounster, jugu-
latus.”’— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

4 Tolan.— Otherwise written Tuilen, now
Dulane, a parish near the town of Kells, in the
county of Meath.

© Maenach.—“‘ A. D. 917” [recté, 921]. “‘ Moo-
nagh, mac Sheil, abbot of Beanchor, the best
scribe of all Ireland, died.””—Ann. Clon.

‘ Abbot of lasting Beannchair.—It is added in

os

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919.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 601

son of Lonan’, the Virgil of the race of Scota, the best poet that was in Ireland
in his time, was treacherously slain by the sons of Corrbuidhe, who were of
the Ui-Fothaidh, at Loch Dachaech, in Deisi-Mumhan.

The Age of Christ, 919. The second year of Donnchadh. Ciaran, Bishop
of Tolan’, and Ruman, son of Cathasach, Bishop of Cluain-Iraird, died. It was
for him this quatrain was composed :

Shrine of wisdom illustrious, acute, a man of virgin purity,
By the hosts of people assembled was he loved, Ruman, son
of Cathasach the amiable.

Maenach’, son of Siadhal, Abbot of Beannchair, and the [best] scribe of all
the Irish race, [died]. Cairbre, son of Fearadhach, head of the piety of Leinster,
successor of Diarmaid, son of Aedh Roin, airchinneach of Tigh-Mochua, and
an anchorite, died, after a good life, at a very advanced age ; and Fearghal, son
of Maelmordha, Abbot of Saighir, died. Of them was said :

It was not a year without events; premature died the Abbot of
lasting Beannchair‘

And the successor of Diarmaid, Cairbre, the gifted above all good
pular.

The Abbot of Saighir with multitudes; Fearghal, man of gentle
exactions;

Domhnall, a scion all-good; a plague’ among the Gaeidhil.

I have not enumerated, I shall not enumerate, because I am sor-
rowful,

What misfortunes came upon Ireland in this year.

Domhnall’, son of Flann, son of Maeleachlainn, heir apparent to the sovereignty
of Ireland, was slain by his brother, Donnchadh, at Bruighean-Dachoga’. It was
of the death of the same Maenach, son of Siadhal, and of Domhnall, was said :

an interlined gloss that this was Maenach. * Domhnall__* A. D. 917. King Donnogh
® Domhnall.—It is added in an interlined gloss _ killed his own brother, Donell, who was elected
that this was Domhnall, son of Flann, son of to be his successor in the kingdom.”—Ann. Clon.
Maelechlainn. ) Bruighean-Dachoga.—Now Breenmore, in the
» A plague.—“ A. D. 917” [recté, 921]. parish of Drummaney, barony of Kilkenny
“ There reigned in Ireland a great plague this West, and county of Westmeath.—See note »,
year.” —Ann, Clon. under the year 1415.

44

«

Céiccead bhadam baeglac bmn

GNNaZa RIOshachta elReaNn.

[919.

O Fhlann Tfmpac conceaib opons,
Maenac catpac Comsaill spinn
Hun Oormnanll la Oonncad nOonn.
Mép hac Maonaé, a Ohé oil,
Uipoencc daolac m snip Flom, ©
Opomcla Epeann van oa mun
Comapba cuin Comgaill caom.
Ceann cumonig an cuiccid corp,

C1 mind 6ip ap manps) mun,

Saet lfm egnad Inpi Parl,

Oo vit a dal NG adeal ngup.
Olm von lice logmain lam,

6° Ruaim pain ap aippde mbpor,
Nac main Maenac Muman muad
Ap lon ctnuag a Ohe mérp.

Ceallac, mac Congalans, abb Cille achaio, Cionaed, mac Oomnaill, abb
Ooipne Chalgas,7 Opoma Tuama, cnn atcomainc Ceneoil cConaill, vés.
Flaitbeapcach, mac Muincfpcag, abb Cluana mop, vé5. Ap 06 po padead, .

Caitce annad mn maip uals, caicce allad eccer Lop,
Imd Plaitbeancac pind Pal po pean por mad Cluana moi.

Maolpinchll, mac Canannam, v€%, ap 06 po paidead an pann po,

Caran Lengean lin co tnaig ni bo clait ppi poplann pérg,
Clencect caem, cen 1méim nart, po part fon Maelpincill péim.

* Comhghall’s city: i.e. the Monastery of
Beannchair, or Bangor, in the county of Down,
founded by St. Comhghall in the sixth cen-
tury.

* Donnchadh Donn: i.e. Donnchadh, Donough,
or Denis, the brown-haired.

™ Druim-Thuama.—tTranslated by Adamnan .

Dorsum-Tomme, now Drumhome, in the barony
of Tirhugh, and county of Donegal.—See note*,

under A. D. 1197. Colgan quotes this passage
as from the Annals of the Four Masters in his
Annals of Derry; but he makes Cinaedh Abbot
of Doire-Chalgaich and Druimchliabh, thus :

“ A. D, 919. S. Kinedus, filius Domnaldi,
Abbas de Doire-Chelgaich, et de Druimchliabh,
arx et caput religionis totius Tirconellia, obiit.”
—Quat. Mag., Trias Thaum., p. 503.

» Cluain-mor: i.e. the great lawn or meadow.

¢

919.)

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 603

The fifth year, disastrous, sweet,

From Flann of Teamhair, a company have died,
Maenach of happy Comhgall’s city*, :
Domhnall was slain by Donnchadh Donn.
Great grief is Maenach, O dear God !

The illustrious, black-haired man of the charming face,
The paragon of Ireland between two seas,

The successor of the mild Comhgall,

Head of counsel of the just province,

Its golden crown to be sorrowfully regretted,
Grievous to me that the wise man of Inis-Fail
Died from the assembly of the brave Gaeidhil.
A gem of the full precious stone,

As far as noble Rome it is sign of sorrow.
That Maenach of noble Munster does not live,
Tis sufficient cause of grief, O great God.

Ceallach, son of Conghalach, Abbot of Cill-achaidh ; Cinaedh, son of Domh-
nall, Abbot of Doire-Chalgaigh, and of Druim-Thuama”, head of the council
of the Cinel-Conaill, died. Flaithbheartach, son of Muircheartach, Abbot of
Cluainmor’, died. Of him was said :

Where is the resting place of the sacred ornament? Where the
renown of great poetic powers ?

Behold? Flaithbheartach, the fair of Fail, has separated from the ho-
nours of Cluain-mor.

Maelsinchill, son of Canannan, died ; for him this quatrain was composed :

The flame of wide Leinster to the shore, he was not feeble in the
unequal strife,

Mild clerkship, without violation of chastity, descended as a blessing
on the gentle Maelsinchill.

“This is probably the place now called Clon- ° Behold: vo. The word imo, otherwise
more, in the barony of Rathvilly, and county of written enne, is the same as the Latin ecce, and

Carlow.

is explained pé¢ no fionn by O’Clery.
4H2

604 aNNata RIOSshachta elReaNN. (919.

Ceapnac, mac Plamn, abb Lanne Léipe, décc, via nebpad,

Sucpall Muse, mart pm bas, Ops mban mbuide bale a bpis,
Ruth spéim span pm spuad clpnac Lépe hac a ort.

Macpdomvde, mic Ounchada, aipcimnec Cluana boipfnn, és. Maonach,
Céle O€, do Tiaccamn don Fainnse anian vo denam pecca Eneann. Gorpae
ua hlomain vo gabaal popad 1nQAeé chat,7 Apo Maéa ovonccain lap 1apam,
7 la a plog pm Satapn pa pél Mapcam, 7 na case epnarse vo anacal lap
co na luct v0 Chélib OE, 7 00 lobpanb. An cip 00 anecain laip in Zac capo
1. plan co hin labpada, poip co banna, po tuait co Mag Uillpf. Cer aca
ni c(na an pluag 00 deachaid po cualt vor paippaid Muine (cach, mac Nel,
7 Ahgn(pc, mac Munchada, co naomd pon na Gallaib, 7 concpacan opong
ofo Mon 16,7 DO epnatcan uatad orle la poncace céd topalg na hooce, uain
nip bo poppet vob race. ~=Muipiucc 00 Shallaib oc Loch Peabal ace Olb
co noib Longaibh pon tocac 7 Imp Eoccham do opccann voibh. Flpsal, mac
Oomhnall, 1. cZeapna an Phocla, 1 neapcecaipoine pid, 50 po manb luce
lunge ofob,7 po bmp an luing péipin, 7 puce a hionnmup 7 a heoail. Piche
long oile vo toée co Cfnn Magain 1 naintean Tine Chonaillim mac Uatma-

» Godfrey.—The substance of this passage is
translated by Colgan, in his Annals of Armagh,
as follows :

“A.D. 919. Godfredus Hua Himhair (Dux
Nortmannorum) cepit Dubliniam et cum exercitu
die Sabbathi ante festum Sancti Martini predis et
rapinis devastat Ardmacham : pepercit tamen Ec-
clesiis, Colideis, et infirmis.” — Trias Thaum.,
p- 296. This event is noticed in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise under A. D. 917, but the true
year is 921,

4 Inis-Labhradha: i.e. Labhraidh’s Island.
Not identified.

* Magh- Uilseann.—Now unknown.

* Inis-Eoghain: i. e. Eoghan’s Island, now
the barony of Inishowen, in the county of
Donegal.

* Ceann-Maghair—Now Kinaweer, in the
north of the barony of Kilmacrenan, and county

of Donegal.—See note 1, under A. “D. 702,
p. 303, supra.

The year 919 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 920, alias 921, of the
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of
that year as follows:

“A. D. 920” [al. 921]. ‘ Maenach, mac
Siagail, chief of learning” [recté, wisdom] ‘“ in
the Iland of Ireland, died. Daniell O’ Maelech-
lainn per dolum occisus est a fratre suo, Doncha,
quod aptum erat. Kieran, abbot of Daiminis,
died. Maeilsechlainn O’Flainn” [i. e. grandson
of Flann], “heyre of Tarach; Fiachra, mac
Cahalain, King of Coill-Follomain; and Ragnall
O’Hivar, King of White and Black Genties”
[Gentiles] ‘‘omnes mortui sunt. Godfry O’Hivar
in Dublin. Cinaeh mac Daniell, prince of Daire-
Calgai, and Drumtuoma, head of counsel among
the Conells of Tuaisceirt, died. The Genties came

919.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 605

Cearnach, son of Flann, Abbot of Lann-Leire, died ; of whom was said :

The torch of the plain (good in battle) of Bregia the fair and lovely,
stout his strength,

Brilliance of the sun, the sun upon his cheek. Cearnach of Leire,
mournful the loss of him.

Macrodaidhe, son of Dunchadh, airchinneach of Cluain-Boireann, died.
Maenach, a Ceile-De [Culdee], came across the sea westwards, to establish laws
in Ireland. Godfrey, grandson of Imhar, took up his residence at Ath-cliath ;
and Ard-Macha was afterwards plundered by him and his army, on the Satur-
day before St. Martin’s festival; but he spared the oratories, with their Ceile-
Des [Culdees], and the sick. The country was plundered by him in every
direction, i. e. westwards as far as Inis-Labhradha’, eastwards as far as the Banna,
and northwards as far as Magh-Uillseann’. But, however, the host that went
northwards was overtaken by Muircheartach, son of Niall, and Aighneart, son
of Murchadh, so that the foreigners were defeated, a very great number of them
was slain; but a few escaped in the darkness of the very beginning of the
night, because they were not visible to them [the Irish]. A fleet of foreigners,
consisting of thirty-two ships, at Loch-Feabhail, under Olbh; and Inis-Eoghain‘*
was plundered by them. Fearghal, son of Domhnall, lord of the North, was at
strife with them, so that he slew the crew of one of their ships, broke the ship
itself, and carried off its wealth and goods. Twenty ships more arrived at
Ceann-Maghair‘, in the east of Tir-Chonaill, under the conduct of Uathmharan,

by sea to Lochfeval untill they came to Inis-
Owen, viz., at Low, with 32 shipps” [recté, viz.,
under the conduct of Olv, who had 32 shipps],
“where they mett with straights and rocks,
where few of them remained per torporem.
Fergal, mac Daniell, King of the Ochla, con-
tending with them, killed tHe people of one
shippe, bracke that selfe” [same], ‘“‘ and caried
the spoyle of yt. Another Navi at Cennmaghar,
in the borders of Tirconell, by Mac Uahmaran
mic Barith with 20 shipps. The spoyle of
Ardmach, the 3rd of ‘November, by” [the]
“‘Genties of Dublin, in the Saturday of St.

Martin’s feast, viz., by Godfrith O Hivair, with
his men, who saved the houses of prayer with
their people of God” [i.e. Culdees], ‘‘ and lepers,
and the whole church towne, unless” [i.e. ex-
cept] ‘“‘some howses” [which] ‘were burnt
through neglect” [nist paucis in ed tectis exustis
“Broad spoyles made by them
on all sydes, that ys, to Inis-Lavraa westerly,
easterly to Banna, in the north to Magh-Nilsen,
but the north Army were mett by Murtagh
mac Nell, and by Aignert mac Murcha, who
did overthrowe them, killed many of them,
paucis elapsis subsidio sublustris noctis, Eclipsis

per incuriam].

606 aNNaza RIOghachtd elREGNN.

(920.

pon, mic banith, 7 nf vengzenpac nach podarl von oul pom. Maolpechlainn,
mac Maolpuana, me Ploinn, vég. Opgam Cluana heroneach, 7 lopecad
Oencaige Mochua, 7 opgam Pfpna méine Maoddce vo Shallaib.

Coip Crore, nao ccéd fiche. On tneap badain vo Oonnchad. Maol-
porl, mac Cilella, eppcop, anchoipe,7 pepibmd Leite Chuinn,7 abb Invednén,
véce. Up dia écc po pmwidfoh an pann,

Maelpol baof po opooun mop eppcop sab pamac m5,
Sui no nfcad pect pon caé pp poceipved peccaip pio.

Conbmac, Eppuce Cluana pfpca Opénamn, 7 Ailell, mac Plantim, abb
Cluana moin Maevdoce, v0 écc. Plannagan Ua Riaccan, abb Cille vana, 7
pisoamna Caisean, ves. Meaolionmain Ua 6lapcon, abb Cluana Oolcam,
Cols5u, mac Pevaic, abb Slame, Allogup Chille Scfpe, Aod Ua Rantnén,
rin puf Eneann, 7 eccnad Saigpe, F(poalach, paccanc Cluana mic Noip, 7
Lomppeac, mac Clonaccan, peipcigip Oommlace, vé5. Tads, mac Paolam,
cisgeanna Laigean Ofpsabaip pp anaice Ui Ceimnpelang, vEG, DIA _nebpnad,

O04 veich mbliadan acgleam ap nao cécaib ap moam,
O snap Cmopc, ian nasal, cur an mbliadam icaam.
Cp ipin bhadain vermin 1appan magail ac, again,
Ecca Taidcc upveipe cammo, an mg abo Ofpsabaip.

Inopeécach, mac Concodain, mgZoamna Connacr, vés. Maolmicouaich,
cizeapna Chone, 00 mapbadla Gallaib. Cod, mac Lonam Ui Guanine, cana
Chone, vécc. Pinoguine Ua Maolmuan, cig(pna Pean cCeall vés. SlHslo
la Oonnchad, pi Epeann, co Connaccaib, co po manbad onem mon dia mun-
cin 1 nNOWbein Aca Cucin, va 1 ccopcain Cionaed, mac Concobaip, tigeanna

Lune, at 15. Kal. Junii, the 3rd day, the first
howre at night.

the Four Masters, p. 440, note 1; and also
Quinta Vita S. Patricii, Trias Thaum., p. 64,
where Colgan translates this passage as follows:

“ Anno 920. Mal-Paulinus Alildi filius, Epis-

Flahvertach mac Murtagh,
Abbot of Clonmore, mortuus est.”»— Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

The eclipse of the moon here mentioned hap-
pened on the 17th December, 921.—See L’ Art
de Ver. les Dates, tom. i. p. 69.

*t Maelpoil_Dr. O' Conor thinks that this was
the Paulinus to whom Probus dedicates his Life
of St. Patrick.—See his edition of the Annals of

copus, Anachoreta, Scriba, sive Scriptor preecipuus
Leth-Cunnensis, hoc est Aquilonaris Eber
et Abbas Indenensis, obiit.”

* Ua Maelmhuaidh.—Now anglicé O’Molloy.
This is the first notice of the family name
O’Molloy occurring in these Annals. Their

/

920.] ‘ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 607

son of Barith, but they committed no depredation on that occasion. Mael-
seachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, son of Flann, died. The plundering of Cluain-
eidhneach, the burning of the oratory of Mochua, and the burning of Fearna-
mor-Maedhog, by the foreigners.

The Age of Christ, 920. The third year of Donnchadh. Maelpoil*, son of
Ailell, bishop, anchorite, and [best] scribe of Leath-Chuinn, and Abbot of
Indedhnen, died. Concerning his death the [following] quatrain was composed :

Maelpoil, who was in great dignity, a bishop who took the road of
a king,

A sage who enforced the law upon all, a man who dispensed peace
all round.

Cormac, Bishop of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; and Ailell, son of Flaithim,
Abbot of Cluain-mor-Maedhog, died. Flannagan Ua-Riagain, Abbot of Cill-

-dara, and heir apparent of Leinster, died. Maelinmhain Ua-Glascon, Abbot of

Cluain-Dolcain ; Colga, son of Feadhach, Abbot of Slaine ; Alldghus of Cill-
Scire ; Aedh Ua Raithnen, old sage of Ireland, and wise man of Saighir; Fear-
dalach, priest of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Loingseach, son of Aenagan, @iconomus
of Daimhliag, died. Tadhg, son of Faelan, lord of South Leinster, who was
called Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died ; of whom was said :

Twice ten years, have followed upon nine hundred more,

Since Christ was born, by rule, till the year in which we are.

It is in this year certainly, according to the clear rule, occurred

The death of Tadhg, the illustrious, happy, the noble King of
Deasgabhair.

Innreachtach, son of Conchobhar, heir apparent of Connaught, died. Mael-
micduach, lord of Aidhne, was slain by the foreigners. Aedh, son of Lonan
O’Guaire, Tanist of Aidhne, died. Finnguine Ua Maelmhuaidh’, lord of Feara-
Ceall, died. An army was led by Donnchadh, King of Ireland, into Connaught,
so that a great part of his people was killed in Duibhthir-Atha-Luain’, where
Cinaedh, son of Conchobhar, lord of Ui-Failghe, was slain. Maelmordha, son

territory of Feara-Ceall, now Fircall, formed lycown, and Ballyboy, in the King’s County.
the south-west part of the ancient Meath, and Y Duibhthir-Atha-Luain: i. e. the Black Dis-
comprised the modern baronies of Fircall, Bal- trict of Athlone. This was otherwise called

608

Ua False. Maolmonda, mac Riacam, canap Opnaige, vé5. Onpgain
Cluana mic Nop 00 Ghallab Cumnmicch, 7 teacc ooibh pop Coch Ribh, 50
po oinceplc a olena mle. Opgaim En inp la Potancaib cine vo Shallaib,
da mm po manbea va céd vécc vo Haowelab, 7 Abel pepibmd vo dol. 1 mantpa
mmanlle pou. Inopad Cluana mic Noip la mac nQilgi,7 a lopccad lap
1anom. Uatmanan, mac Oobarlém, cigeapna Lugne Connacc, vé5. Flant-
beapcach, mac lonmamen, pf Carpil, vo dul via orlitpe, 7 Loncan, mac Con-
liugain, vo sabarl mge Carpil.

Cloip Cope, naor ccéd fiche a haon.

aNNQa~da RIOSshachtd elRedadnn. (921.

An efepamad bliadam vo Ohonr-
chad. Maolcallanod abb Orpipt O1anpmava, Maolpavpaice, mac Mopaino,
abb Opoma chab 7 CApoa ppata, Ouboabpaine,abb Roppa atin, Maolcule,
mac Colman, peplerginc Chluana mic Noip,7 Piachpa eccailp bicce, véce.
Ouwblicip Cille plebte, paccanc Apoa Maca, vo dol 1 mantpa la sallaib
Snama Qigneach. Cucongalca, paccant Camne Leipe tcetpa (.1. cancaipe
no opacon) Epeann ecip 5ut, 7 cput,7 poar (.1. po Flop) vég. Maolmonda,
mac Concubain, ciZeapna Ua Pailge, 7 Pind, mac Cfpnain, tiseapna Murp-
cpaige, vécc. Liogac, nsean Ploimn, mic Maoileaclainn, b(n Mhaolemichs,
cis(pna Ops urle, vécc, 7 po hadnacc co narpmicin moin hi cCluam mic Norp.
Spelan, mac Congalaig, ciseapna Conaille Muipteimne, 00 manbad. Inoplo

8

AAT HE

Fean nCnoa,7 Camne Céine,7 Pean Roip 1pin mbliadain hipin.

Qnpocthan, tiseanna Ua Cmiomtannain, vécc.

Feadha-Atha-Luain, a district in the barony of
Athlone, and county of Roscommon.—See it
referred to at the years 1536, 1572, 1580.
En-inis: i.e. Bird-island. This name is
Fotharta-tire is one of the old
names of Fotharta-O’Nolan, now the barony of

now unknown.

Forth, in the county of Carlow.

* The son of AilgiiThis was the Tomrar
Mac Alchi, king, who, according to the Annals
of Clonmacnoise, was reported to have gone to
hell in the year 922.—See Leabhar-na-g Ceart,
Introduction, p. xi.

¥ Flaithbheartach.—He had been first Abbot
of Scattery Island in the Shannon, and was the
person who incited Cormac Mac Cuileannain,
the Bishop-King of Munster, to fight the battle

Céle mac
Maolcluiche, mac Conco-

of Bealach-Mughna in 903 [908].

The year 920 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 921, alias 922, of the
Annals of Ulster, and 918 of the Annals of
Clonmacnoise, which notice the events of that
year as follows:

“A. D. 921” [al. 922]. ‘ Maeilpoil, mac
Ailill, cheife and bushopp of Kindred Hugh
Slane; Teige, mac Foelain, King of the Kin-
selaes; Cernach, mac Flainn, prince of Lainn-
Leire, and Proctor” [moep] ‘to them of Ard-
mach from Belachduin” [now Castlekieran,
near Kells] ‘‘ to [the] sea, and from [the] Boyn
to Cashan, head of counsell and doing of the
men of Bregh wholly, all dead” [Ruman Ejis-
copus Cluana-Iraird]; ‘‘Ferdalach, bushop of

Sa eran Bak See Re eee

921.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 609

of Riagan, Tanist of Osraighe, died. The plundering of Cluain-mic-Nois by the
foreigners of Luimneach ; and they came upon Loch Ribh, and plundered all
its islands. The plundering of En-inis” in Fotharta-tire, by the foreigners, where
twelve hundred of the Irish were slain, and Abel the scribe was martyred along
with them. The plundering of Cluain-mic-Nois by the son of Ailgi*, who
afterwards burned it. Uathmharan, son of Dobhailen, lord of Luighne in Con-
naught, died. Flaithbheartach’, son of Inmhainen, King of Caiseal, went upon
his pilgrimage; and Lorcan, son of Conlingan, assumed the kingdom of Caiseal.

The Age of Christ, 921. The fourth year of Donnchadh. Maelcallann,
Abbot of Disert-Diarmada ; Maelpadraig, son of Morann, Abbot of Druim-
cliabh and Ard-sratha ; Dubhdabhraine, Abbot of Ross-ailithir ; Maeltuile, son
of Colman, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Fiachra of Eaglais-beag [at Cluain-
mic-Nois], died. Duibhlitir of Cill-Sleibhthe’, priest of Ard-Macha, was mar-
tyred by the foreigners of Snamh-Aighneach*. Cucongalta, priest of Lann-Leire,
the Tethra (i. e. the singer or orator) for voice, personal form, and knowledge,
died. Maelmordha, son of Conchobhar, lord of Ui-Failghe ; and son of Cearran,
lord of Muscraighe, died. Lighach, daughter of Flann, son of Maelseachlainn,
and wife of Maelmithidh, lord of all Breagh, died, and was buried with great
veneration at Cluain-mic-Nois. Spelan, son of Conghalach, lord of Conaille-
Muirtheimhne, was killed. The plundering of Feara-Arda and Lann-Leire, and
of Feara-Rois, in this year. Cele, son of Anrothan, lord of Ui-Crimhthannain,
Clon-mic-Nois ;

Loingsech, mac Oenagain, of Athlone, he lost divers of his army, and

Equonimus of Doimliag ; and Colga mac Sem-
puil, abbot of Slane, all died. The shipping of
Limericke” [i. e. of Mac Ailche] ‘to Lochri,
and spoiled Clon-mic-Nois, and all the Islandes,
that they carried away great booty of gold,
silver, and all manner of riches from the Loch.”
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A.D. 918” [recté, 922]. ‘‘ Teig mac Foylan,
King of the west” [recté, south] “of Lynster,
died. Flannagan O’Riagan, abbot of Killdare
and prince of Lynster, died. Moylepoyle mac
Aileall, Bushop, best scribe, and anchorite of
all Leihkoyn, died. King Donnogh went with
an army to Connaught, where, in the wilderness

41

Kenny, mac Connor, King of Affulie” [Offalie ].
‘“‘Indreaghtagh, mac Connor, prince of Con-
naught, died. The Danes of Limbrick spoiled
and ransacked Clonvicknose, and from thence
they went on Logh Rie, and preyed all the islands
thereof. Ffingonie O’Molloye, King of Fear-
keall, died.””— Ann. Clon.

* Cill-Sleibhthe. — Otherwise written Cill-
Sleibhe, now Killeavy,.near Newry, in the
county of Armagh.—See note», under A. D.
517, p. 168, supra.

* Snamh-Aighneach.—N ow Carlingford Lough,
between the counties of Louth and Down.—See
note ‘, under A. D. 850, p. 484, supra,

610 ANNGZa RIOfShachta EIREGNN. [922.

bain, plogdamna Connace, vo manbad. Fim mac Maelmonda, mc Mume-
ccain, mosdamna Laigfn, oo manbad la Ceallac, mac Cenbaill. Plartbean-
cach, mac lonmainéi, v0 gabml vo Ghallaib 1 n Imp Loca Cpé, | a bnert co
Cuimneach.

Cop Core, nao ccéd pice a v6. On cirgZead bliadam vo Ohonnchad.
Ourblicip, abb Cluana herdneach. Muipfohac, mac Oomnaill, abb Mamry-
cpeach buite,cfnn atcomane (1. plappaise) pean mOnfZ ule, dccarb, cléipcrb,
| Maonmuinneine Pacpars 6 Sliab Pucnd co Langniu vég. Maolmonoa, mac
Congalais, abb Ocimmm, Mocca na hlnny, mac Cfhnacain, paganc Apnoa
Maca, véce. Cellac, mac C{pball, pogoamna Laigin, la Oonnchad, mac
Oomnaill, concaip pém, 7 Oonnchad, mac Oomnaill, psdammna Thinpac, vo
mapbao la Maolpuanaio, mac Concobaip, 1 noiogail Cellars, mec Cfpbaill,
mic Muipeccém. Congup v0 Ghallaib pon Loc Enne, co no noinple mnp loa,
7 oléna an loca, 7 na ctuata an Zach caob ve, alppiom 0016 pon an loc 50
pampoard an ceinc, 7 an cip opasbail voib 1 necmaing (.1.1 nveipfo) na pee

rm.
ctigid do Tucim Leo.

Ruaohpurde.

Oall vo cocc pop Coc Cuan, 7 Maoloam mac Coda mgoamna an
O04 céd Es D0 Fallaib Loca Cuan vo badad ln Loch
Hall pon Loch Ribh «a. Colla mac banic, cigeanna Curmnis,

7 ap leo po mapbad Eachtisfpn, mac Plannchada, tizeanna 6p(smaie.

» Loch- Cre.-—Now Monahincha, near Roscrea.
—See note *, under the year 802, p. 412, supra.

The year 921 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 922, alias 923, of the
Annals of Ulster, and with 919 of the Annals
of Clonmacnoise, which notice the events of that
year as follows :

“A.D. 922” [al. 923]. ‘* Maelpatrick, mac
Morain, prince of Drumcliav and Ardsraha,
mortuus est. Spelan, mac Congalai, per dolum
occisus, being king of the Conells” [of Muir-
theimhne ].
{Ferrard], ‘‘ Lainn-Lere, and them of Ross in
the same moneth” [recté, in eodem die], ‘and

“The spoyling of them of Arta”

the spoyle of Cill-sleve by Genties” [Gentiles]

“from Snavaignech, Duivlitir, priest of Ard-
mach, with them” [recté, by them] “to be
martired. Cucongalt, priest’ of Lainn-Lere,

chiefe of Ireland in all vertues, in pace quievit.
Maelcluiche, mac Conor, heyre of Connoght,
Ligach” [Flann] ‘“ mac
Maeilsechlainn’s daughter, and Queene to the

per dolum occisus est.
King of Bregh, mortwa est. Finn, mac Mael-
morra, heyre of Linster, a fratre swo occisus est.
Maelcallan, prince of Disert-Diarmada, quievit.”
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 919” [recté, 923]. ‘* Ligach, daughter
of King Flann, mac Moyleseaghlynn, Queen of
Moybrey, died, and was buried in Clonvicknose.
Dowlitter, priest of Ardmach, was killed by the
Danes. Dedim O’Foirvhen, Tanaist, Abbott of
Clonvicknose, died.”—Ann. Clon.

' © Mochta of the Island: i.e. Inis-Mochta, now
Inishmot, in a parish of the same name, in the
barony of Slane, and county of Meath. The
ruins of the church of Inis-Mochta are still to

922.) , ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 611

died. _ Maelcluithe, son of Conchobhar, heir apparent of Connaught, was killed.
Finn, son of Maelmordha, son of Muiregan, heir apparent of Leinster, was slain
by Ceallach, son of Cearbhall. Flaithbheartach, son of Inmainen, was taken
by the foreigners on the island of Loch-Cre’, and conveyed to Limerick.

The Age of Christ, 922, The fifth year of Donnchadh. Duibhlitir, Abbot
of Cluain-eidhneach ; Muireadhach, son of Domhnall, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithe,
head of the counsel of all the men of Breagh, lay and ecclesiastical, and steward
of Patrick’s people, from Sliabh Fuaid to Leinster, died. Maelmordha, son of
Conghalach, Abbot of Daimhinis. Mochta of the Island’, son of Cearnachan,
priest of Ard-Macha, died. Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, heir apparent of Lein-
ster, was slain by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall; and Donnchadh, son of Domh-
nall, heir apparent of Teamhair, was slain by Maelruanaidh, son of Conchobhar,
in revenge of Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, son of Muirigen*. <A fleet of foreigners
upon Loch Eirne’, so that they plundered the islands and islets of the lake, and
the districts on every side of it ; and they remained on the lake till the ensuing
summer, and they left the country at the end of that time. Foreigners came
upon Loch Cuan ; and Maelduin, son of Aedh, heir apparent of the province,
fell by them. Twelve hundred of the foreigners were drowned in Loch Rudh-
ruidhe’. Foreigners upon Loch Ribh, i. e. [under the conduct of] Colla, son of
Barith, lord of Luimneach ; and it was by them Eachtighearn, son of Flann-
chadh, lord of Breaghmhaine®, was slain.

“be seen on a spot of ground containing about “ Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, son of Muirigen,

two acres, which was formerly an island, and is
now surrounded by low, marshy ground, which
is always flooded in Winter. According to
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, the festival of St.
Mochta of this place was kept here on the 26th
of March. He is to be distinguished from St.
Mochta of Louth, whose festivals were cele-
brated on the 24th of March and 19th of
August.—See note *, under A. D. 448, p. 135,
supra. See Inis-Mochta again referred to at
the years 939, 997, 1026, 1138, 1150, and
1152.

4 Son of Muirigen.—The language of this pas-
sage is very carelessly constructed by the Four
Masters. It should stand thus:

heir apparent to the kingdom of Leinster, was
slain by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, heir ap-
parent of Teamhair, who was slain by Maelrua-
naidh, son of Conchobhar, in revenge of Ceal-
lach.”

© Loch-Eirne.-- Now Lough Erne, in the
county of Fermanagh.—See note *, under A. M.
3751, p. 47, supra.

Loch-Rudhruidhe : i.e. Rury’s Lough.—See
note", under A. M. 2545, p. 7, supra. See also
the Feilire-Aenguis, note at 29th August.

& Breaghmhaine—Now Brawney, a barony
verging on Loch Ribh, or Lough Ree, in the
county of Westmeath. After the establishment
of surnames, the chief family in this territory

4712 ‘

612 CANNALA RIOShachTa ‘elReEGNN.

Qoip Cort, naoi ccéo piche a tpi. On perpead bliadain 00 Ohonnchad.
Paalbe, ancomne, vécc. Catal, mac Concubaip, pi teopa Connache, [vécc].
Oubsall, mac Coda, 7s Ulad, v0 mapbad la hUUcorb 1, la Cenel Maelée.
Uoncan, mac Ouncada, cigeanna bpts [vécc]. Op via nécc po pmdlo,

Naoi mbliadna acplp, anim opon, 6 Plann T(mpach, nf con ngel,
Catal Connace, pi na nape, Oubsall cuaga m bale Opls.

Oomnall, mac Catarl, mgodarina Connaée, vo manbad la abndataip, Tads
mac Catal, 7] Cadg vo sabal 1onad a atap. Paolan, mac MuipCohans, pi
Laigsfn, co na mac «1. Loncan, vo engabail la allan’ Acha chach. Tompap,

mac Tompalc, vo mapbad vo Conmaicmb mana. Plaitciup, mac Sco-

pachain, cZeanpna Ua Cmomtannain, véce.

Coip Cprort, nao scéd, pice, a cain. Cn peaéctmad bliadain vo Ohonn-
chad. Colman, mac Chilla, abb Cluana lonaipo, 7 Cluana mic Noip, eppuce,
7 docton esnaid, vé5. Ap leip v0 pénad vaimliac Cluana mic Néip. Oo

Chonaillib Muipcemne a cenel.

An ofchmao bliadain, ocul oip, po pln panlce 4 bnon,
Colman Cluana sain gach cup ; Alboann vo dol oap mui.

took the surname of O’Braie, now O’Breen,
Breen, and sometimes incorrectly O’Brien.

The year 922 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 923, alias 924, of the
Annals of Ulster, and 920 of the Annals of
Clonmacnoise, which give some of the events of
that year (ere communis 924) as follows :

“ A. D. 923” [al. 924]. “A navy of the
Genties” [Gentiles] ‘upon Loch-Erne, spoyl-
ing all the Ilands of the Loch, and the contry
about the haven, and left it in Somer next.
Genties at Loch Cuan, and Maelduin, mac
Hugh, heyre of Ulster, was slain by them.
Great shipping of the Genties of Loch Cuan,
drowned at Fertais Ruraie, where nine hundred
or more were lost. Anarmy by Gofrith O’Hivar
from Dublin to Limericke, where many of his
men were killed by Mac Ailche. Mureach mac
Daniell, second to the Abbot of Ardmach, High

Serjeant” [Gpomaen] “of the south O’Nells,
and coarb of Buty, mac Bronai, the head doer”
[recté, the head counseller] ‘of all the men of
Bregh among the” [laity and] “clergy, 5 die
Kal. Dec. vita decessit. Maelmorra, mac Con-
gaile, prince of Daivinis, gudevit.”—Ann. Ul,
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 920” [recté, 924]. “ Two hundred of
the Danes were drowned in Logh Rowrie. The
Danes made residence on Logh Rie, by whom
Eghtigern, mac Flancha, prince of Brawnie,
was killed. Foylan mac Murtagh, or Morey,
King of Lynster, was taken by the Danes,
and led captive together with his sons.”—Ann.
Clon. _

» Lorean. — “ A. D. 920” [recté, 925].
“‘Lorckan, mac Donnogh, prince of Moybrey,
died.”,—Ann. Clon.

‘ Exact: opon.—This word is glossed .1.

Sa goer erage enero nrg

924.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 613

The Age of Christ, 923. The sixth year of Donnchadh. Failbhe, ancho-
rite, died. Cathal, son of Conchobhar, king of the three divisions of Connaught,
[died]. Dubhghall, son of Aedh, King of Ulidia, was slain by the Ulidians,
‘i.e. by the Cinel-Maelche. Lorcan", son of Dunchadh, lord of Breagh, [died].
Of their deaths was said :

Nine years, it is known, exact' the computation, from Flann of
Teamhair, it is not a charming circumstance,

Till Cathal of Connaught, king of the nobles, and Dubhghall
of Tuagha, strong King of Breagh.

Domhnall’, son of Cathal, heir apparent of Connaught, was killed by his
brother, Tadhg, son of Cathal; and Tadhg assumed the place of his father.
Faelan, son of Muireadhach, King of Leinster, with his son, i.e. Lorcan, was
taken prisoner by the foreigners of Ath-cliath*. Tomrar, son of Tomralt, was
slain by the Conmaicni-mara’. Flaithchius, son of Scorachan, lord of Ui-Crimh-
thannain, died.

The Age of Christ, 924. The seventh year of Donnchadh. Colman, son
of Ailill, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird and Cluain-mic-Nois, a bishop and wise doctor,
died. It was by him the Daimhliag™ of Cluain-mic-Nois was built ; he was of
the tribe of the Conailli-Muirtheimhne.

The tenth year, a just deeree, joy and sorrow reigned,
Colman of Cluain, the joy of every tower, died; Albdann

went beyond sea.

cinnce, i.e. certain, or exact, in the Stowe copy.

i Domhnall.—** A. D. 920. Donnell, mac Ca-
hall, prince of Connought, was killed by his
own brother.”—Ann. Clon.

‘The foreigners of Ath-cliath: i.e. the Danes
of Dublin.

The year 923 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 924, alias 925, of the
Annals of Ulster, which note a few of the events
of that year as follows :

“A.D. 924” [al. 925]. ‘ Duvgall, mac Hugh,
King of Ulster, a suis jugulatus est. Lorcan,
mac Dunchaa, King of Bregh, senili morte mori-

tur. Cahall, mac Conor, King of Connaght, in
penitentia obiit. Daniell mac Cahel killed by his
cosen” [recté, brother] “‘ Teige fraudulently,
and others of the nobles of Connaght.”— Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49. |

' Conmaicni-mara : i.e. the inhabitants of
Connamara, or the barony of Ballynahinch, in
the north-west of the county of Galway.—See
note ', under A. D. 663, p. 274, supra.

™ Daimhliag : i. e. the Stone-church, or Cathe-
The death of this abbot
is entered in the Chronicon Scotorum at the year
926.—See Petrie’s Round Towers, pp. 266, 267.

dral of Clonmacnoise.

614 ANNQGZa RIOSshacnNTAa €lREGNN.

_ (925.

Maolpeachlamn, mac Maolpuanaw, aapopigoamna Teampach, 7 Ouin-
eacaioh, mac Laogaine, plaich Pean cCeall, vég. Ongain Oaime Sobaince
vo Bhallaib Coca Cuan, 7 po manbad oaoine 1omda led.

C{ cltain picle ap 5lé, agup nao ccéd cen cimdibe,
O po sfnaip mac Oe bi co hopccan Oun Sobanpg).

Raomead ma Muipceancac, mac Neill 7 pra nUleanb occ Onocac Cluana
na cnuime(p an 28 vo Oecemben via Oanoaom vo punnpad, 0% mn po manbad
oct ccéo 1mo ccoipeachaib 1. Alboann, mac Goppait, Aupep,7 Role. Ro
Zabad cacc peachtmaine pon anl(e oile v10b occ At Cpuitne, 50 crams
Hoppa, cigfpna Gall, 6 Ae chat via ccobaip. Onsain Cle vana vo
Ohallaib Puinc Loainse. CA hopgamn vomdyp 6 Aé chat ipin mbliadain

cfona.

Pengup, mac Owlgem, agfpna Lungs, 00 manbad la plparb Sperpne.

Mochca, eppceop Ua Néill 7 paccanc Apoa Maca,7 Muinfoach, mac Dom-
naall, canary: abbaoh Apoa Maca, vés.

Coip Cmorc, nao ccéd a cing pichte.

chad.

Cn coccmad bliadain v0 Ohonn-

Copbmac, mac Picbpain, abb 6linne va Locha, Maolplccain, abb

Cluana peanca Molua, vé5. Soichleacan Tige Munoa vo sun 4 a Ecc 1.

» Dun-Sobhairce—Now Dunseverick, near
the Giants’ Causeway, in the north of the
county of Antrim.—See note °, under A. M.
3501, pp. 26, 27, supra.

° Cluain-na-g Cruimhther : i.e. the lawn or
meadow of the priests or presbyters. Not iden-
tified.

» Being Thursday.—This shews that the year
was not 924, for in that year the 28th of De-
cember fell on Tuesday; but, according to the
Annals of Ulster, this victory was gained by
Muircheartach in 926, in which year the 28th
of December fell on Thursday. Hence, it is
quite evident that the Annals of the Four Mas-
ters are ante-dated at this period by two years.

« Ath-Cruithne: i.e. Ford of the Crutheni, or

Picts. This is probably the same as that called.

Athcrathin, in the foundation Charter of Newry,
and now included in Sheeptown, in the lordship

of Newry.—See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities
of Down and Connor, §c., p. 117.

* Lurg—Now the barony of Lurg, in the
north of the county of Fermanagh.—See note",
under A. D. 1369.

* Mochta.—The Annals of Ulster, though they
generally differ two years about this period
from the chronology adopted by the Four Mas-
ters, yet agree with them in the date of the
death of this bishop :

“A.D. 923” [al. 924]. “ Mochta, bushopp of
the O’Nells, and priest of Ardmach, in pace
quievit.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. ;

The year 924 of the Annals of the Four

Masters corresponds with 925, alias 926, of the — :

Annals of Ulster, and with 921 of the Annals
of Clonmacnoise, but the true year is 926, as

is, demonstrable from the criteria above set
forth:

ESTs n e Te

" ghus, son of Duiligen, lord of Lurg", was slain by the men of Breifne.

925.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 615

Maelsechlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, heir apparent to the sovereignty of
Teamhair; and Duineachaidh, son of Laeghaire, chief of Feara-Ceall, died.
Dun-Sobhairce” was plundered by the foreigners, and many persons were slain
by them.

Twenty-four years exactly, and nine hundred without curtailment,
From the birth of the son of the living God to the plundering of
Dun-Sobhairci.

A victory was gained by Muircheartach, son of Niall, and the Ulidians, at
the bridge of Cluain-na-gCruimhther®, on the 28th of December, being Thurs-
day’, where were slain eight hundred men with their chieftains, Albdann, son of
Godfrey, Aufer, and Roilt. The other half of them were besieged for a week
at Ath-Cruithne’, until Godfrey, lord of the foreigners, came to their assistance
from Ath-cliath. Cill-dara was plundered by the foreigners of Port-Lairge. It
was plundered again by [the foreigners of] Ath-cliath in the same year. Fear-
Mochta’,
Bishop of Ui-Neill, and priest of Ard-Macha; and Muireadhach, son of Domh-
nall, Tanist-abbot of Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 925. The eighth year of Donnhhadh. Cormac, son
of Fithbran, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha ; Maelpeadair, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-
Molua, died. Soichleachan of Teach-Munna was wounded, and died of the

“ A. D. 925” [al. 926). “‘Dunsovarche praied
by the Genties” [Gentiles] ‘of Loch Cuan,
where many men were killed and taken” [in
quo multi homines occisi sunt et capti|. ‘An
overthrowe geven by Murtagh mac Nell, at
Snavaigne, where 200 men were killed” [wd ce.
decollati sunt]. ‘‘ Colman, prince of Clon-Iraird
and Clon-mic-Nois, seriba et Episcopus, in Christo
quievit.. Fergus, mac Duiligen, King of Lorg,
killed by the men of Brefny. The Navy of
Loch Cuan taken at Linn-Duochaill, viz., Alp-
than, mac Gofrith, pridie Nonas Septembris. An
overthrowe by Murtagh mac Nell at the bridge
of Clon-Crumher, in quinta feria, quinta Kalen-
darum Januarii, where fell Alpthann mac
Gofrith, cum magna strage exercitus sui. They
were sett about” [besieged] ‘ fora whole seave-

y

night at the battle” [recte, at the ford] “ of
Cruithne, untill Gofrith, king of the Genties,
came from Dublin to relieve them.”—Avnn. Ulz.,
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“ A. D. 921” [recte, 926]. “Colman mac
Ailealla, abbot of Clonvicknose and Clonard, a
sage doctor, died in his old age.
was preyed by the Danes of Loch Cuan; Kill-
dare by the Danes of Waterford, and again by

Donsovarke

the Danes of Dublyn the same year. Mortagh,
son of King Neale Glunduffe, made a great
slaughter of the Danes, where Alvdon, son of
Godfrey, Awfer and Harold, together with 800
Danes were killed. Downeachah, mac Lagerie,
prince of Farkeall, died. Moyleseaghlyn, mac
Moyleronie, archprince of Taragh, died.” Anz. °
Clon.

616 AQNNaza RIOshachtd eElREGNN.

[925.

6man, mac Cimedig, do Fenemam pan mbliadamn pm a. xxiv. bhadna pom
Maoil(chlainn mac Oomnall. Oonngal, Ropa Comma, vécc. Cainoeal-
ban, mac Maolcpom, cigeapna Ua Laogaine,7 Pogapcach, mac Laccnain,
cigeapna Teatba, vécc. GHaoch, mac Oubpoa, ciseapna Crannacca Hlinne
Semm, vo mapbaoh la Muipefpcach, mac Néill. Sicpiuc ua hlomaip,
cigeapna Oubsall 7 Pionngall, vécc. Goppait co na Shallaib oo pasbanl
Aca chat, 7 a nool na pppitens iap pé miopaibh. Gorll Uinne Ouacaill
vo dense (4. paccbail) Eneann. Oenach Tarlle(n vo tommlpce la Muip-
cfpcach mac Néill im Oonnchad Ua Maoleaclainn, cma mneip: cata boi
fcoppa, 50 por foanpcan Ora Zan puiluuccad san forpo(pgad pon neach orob.
Maolbmiszoe, mac Topnam, comopba Pacnaice 7 Colum Cille, 7 Adam-
non, cCno cnabaid Eneann ule, 7 upmdip Eonpa, vés 1an plnovacaiw cocchawe
22 Pebpuapn. Comd opopmetm(c a bop a oubpavh,

_ Ala bliadain vécc ni oruip,
C1 hoce Calne lul Plamn pm hip,
CQ hocht Cailne Manza mua,
Maolbmsove buaid nGaoweal nguap.
O senain mac veoda OE
Fon bit cé In colla epi,
Cig bliaona picet naor ccéo,
Co hécc Maolbnigove 1ap ni.
Ni bhadain cen capipne,
Cnabbaid abb Anoa Macha,
Maolbpigoe bann Eonaipe,
Copbmac Glinne oa locha.

' Brian, son of Cinnedigh.—This is the prince
who afterwards became Monarch of Ireland, and
is better known by the name of Brian Borumha.

" Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall_—He was
the Monarch of Ireland till 1002, when he was
deposed by Brian Borumha.

* Caindealbhan.—He was the ancestor from
whom the family of O’Caindealbhan, now Quin-
lan and Kindellan, of Ui Laeghaire, in Meath,
took their hereditary surname.—See the Mis-
cellany of the Irish Archeological Society, vol, i.

p- 142, note °.

~ Dubhghoill and Finnghoill: i.e. black for-
eigners and fair foreigners, or the Danes and
Norwegians.—See note *, under the year 849,
pp- 481, 482, supra. The Irish also called their
Scandinavian invaders by the general name of
Lochlannaigh, which Keating (in the reign of
Aedh Oirdnidhe) explains as lo¢-lonnang, i. e.
“ powerful on lakes, or on the sea” : :

‘¢ Nec Hibernica vox Lochlonnuigh, que Danos
significat nationis illius proprium nomen est, sed.

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925.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 617

wound. Brian, son of Ceinnedigh*, was born in this year, i. e. twenty-four years

before Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall". Donnghal of Ros-Commain, died.
Caindealbhan, son of Maelcron’, lord of Ui-Laeghaire ; and Fogartach, son of
Lachtnan, lord of Teathbha, died. Goach, son of Dubhroa, lord of Cianachta-
Glinne-Geimhin, was slain by Muircheartach, son of Niall. Sitric, son of Imhar,
lord of the Dubhghoill and Finnghoill”, died. Godfrey, with his foreigners, left
Ath-cliath, but came back after six months. The foreigners of Linn-Duachaill
deserted (i.e. left) Ireland. The fair of Tailltin was prevented by Muirchear-
tach, son of Niall, against Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, in consequence of a
challenge of battle which was between them; but God separated them, without
slaughter or bloodshed on either side. St. Maelbrighde*, son of Tornan, suc-
cessor of Patrick, Colum Cille and Adamnan, head of the piety of all Ireland,
and of the greater part of Europe, died at a good old age, on the 22nd of
February ; in commemoration of whose death was said :

Twelve years not trifling

On the eighth of the Calends of July, Fie was buried,
On the eighth of the Calends of noble March,
Maelbrighde most gifted of the brave Gaeidhil [died].
Since the divine Son of God was born

Upon the earthly world in carnal shape,

Five years and twenty, nine hundred,

To the death of Maelbrighde in evil hour.

It was not a year without events ;

Premature the death of the Abbot of Ard-Macha,
Maelbrighde, head of Europe, —

Cormac’ of Gleann-da-locha.

translation of Keating’s Hist. Irel., p. 218. See

note", under the year 851, p. 486, supra.
The Irish also called the Scandinavians by the

illis ab Hibernica gente ideo impositum, quéd
validi fuerint epibate, seu quod strenues se
milites in bellis navalibus prebuerint; Loch

enim apud Hibernos perinde est ac lacus seu
mare, et lonn ac validus, ex quibus una vox Loch-
lonn conflata est, nempé gens que classibus
solito numerosioribus in Hiberniam pluries in-
vecta, infinitis eam molestiis infestabant, novo
quodam nomine ac classiarios earum vires ex-
cogitato, notari debuit.”—Lynch, manuscript

name of Getnte, which the original compiler of the
Annals of Ulster usually calls in Latin Gentiles,
* St. Maelbrighde—He succeeded Maelcobha
in 885, and the true year of his death is 927.
—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops,
pp. 46, 47.
¥ Cormac.—The Stowe manuscript adds by

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ANNQzéa. RIOSshachta eiReaNN.

(926.

_ Annotan, mac Maolguipm, vo sabanl ciZeannupa Concomodpuad.

Cloip Cniorc, nao ccéd, pice a pé.

Cn nomad bliadain v0 Ohonnchad.

baoichine, abb binnae, Pronnacca, abb Concange,cfnd magla enmoin Epeann,
Cianan, abb Achaid b6 Cainoigh, Celeoabanl, mac Scannal, vo dol co Rom
oia aalitpe a habdaine Ofmocaip, 7 acbenc na pamnpi occ imtect 06.

Michig oampa caipip 00 tpiall o conab clslans, .
Oo apecnamh 1mm alten, tan cumn mana muaid mfnmnanis.
Mich anavh vinncladad collna co lion a carpe, .
Michs 1apam mpavdad co po pnit Mac mon Marne.
Michs apcenam pualac, palcpad pon coil co tneamon,
Michig pneiceach noualcha, agup vepna pp veamon.
—Mhichig conp vo carmucéad, og ipa cion pon bpena,
MWhehs popp ian ccarmpiud canm 1 ccelecmip an nvéna.
Mhizhs pocul ciglaia, cepbad ppi snip snaca,
Michs oman monawe tneara luain late bnacta.
Michis lam conp cpéobarde, coptad 1m cnabaid nglinne,
Michis peic na neancpawe ap tip na plata pinne.
Mich lam pp cupbaide vomnain cé cécaib canst,
Michs spér pm hipnange, icc adpad among angeal.
Cict inge 01 aen bliadain, ni tipca oom chi piccib.
Cipiplm po naom magenl m nach margin ba michis.
Ni mapacc mo comaeipps, biccip pu cnabard cpichi,
Cnad vo mot no baorpps mnach margin ba michig.

way of gloss, inter lineas, ‘‘.1. Copnbmac, mac
Ficbpain, abb Blinne 04 locha, i. e. Cormac,
son of Fithbran, abbot of Glendalough.”

The year 925 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 926, alias 927, of the
Annals of Ulster, and with 922 of the Annals
of Clonmacnoise ; but the true year is 927:

“A. D. 926” [al. 927]. ‘“‘Maelbride, mac
Dornaine, Coarb of Patrick and ‘Colum Cille,
felice senectute quievit. Sitrick O’Hivair, King
of Black and White Genties, zmmatura eate mor-
tuus est. The Navy of Linn” {Duachaill] “ de-
parted, and Gofrith departed Dublin, but came

back againe before the end of six moneths”
[et terum Gothfrith reversus est ante finem sex
mensium]. ‘A skirmish geven at the faire by
Mac Nell to Donogh O’Maelsechlainn ; but the
Lord separated them without any killing” [sed
Dominus eos separavit sine ulla occisione]. “ Goach
mac Duivroa, King of Cianacht of Glenn-Gavin,
killed by Murtagh, mac Nell. Fogartach mac

Lachtnain, King of Tehva, dolose a sua familia

occisus est. Cormac, Episcopus of Glindalock
and Airchinnech, quievit.”"—Ann. Uit., Cod. Cla-
rend., tom. 49.

“ A, D. 922” [recte, 927]. “ Moylbrigitt, mac

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| Anrothan, son of Maelgorm, assumed the lordship of Corca-Modhruadh.
The Age of Christ, 926. The ninth year of Donnchadh. Baeithine, Abbot
of Birra; Finnachta, Abbot of Corcach, head of the rule of the most of Ireland ;
Ciaran, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh ; Celedabhaill, son of Scannal, went to

Rome. on his pilgrimage from the abbacy af Beannchair ; and he composed

these quatrains at his departure :

Time for me to prepare to pass from the shelter of a habitation,

To journey as a pilgrim over the surface of the noble, lively sea.
Time to depart from the snares of the flesh, with all its guilt,

Time now to ruminate how I may find the great son of Mary.

Time to seek virtue, to trample upon the will with sorrow,

Time to reject vices, and to renounce the Demon.

Time to reproach the body, for of its crime it is putrid,

Time to rest after we have reached the place wherein we may shed

our tears.

Time to talk of the last day, to separate from familiar faces,

Time to dread the terrors of the tumults of the day of judgment.
Time to defy the clayey body, to reduce it to religious rule,

Time to barter the transitory things for the country of the King of

heaven.

Time to defy the ease of the little earthly world ofa hundred pleasures,
Time to work at prayer, in adoration of the high King of angels.
But only a part of one year is wanting of my three score,

To remain under holy rule in one place it is time.

Those of my own age are not living, who were given to ardent devotion,
To desist from the course of great folly, in one place it is time.

Tornayn, a substitute or Cowarb of St. Patrick
and of St. Columbkill, and chief head of the
devout of Ireland, died. Sittrick O’Himer,
prince of the new and old Danes, died. The
Danes of Dublin departed from Ireland. The
fair of Taillten was held by King Donnogh and
Mortagh mac Neale” [recte, but disturbed by
Mortagh mac Neale]. ‘My author sayeth of

Mortagh that he was Membrum iniquum inobe-

diens capiti iniquo. Coyndealvan, mac Moylcron,
prince of the race of King Lagerius, died, of
whom” [are descended] ‘the sept of Moynty-
Kenydelan. Mac Eilgi, with the sons of Sitrick,
took Dublyn on Godfrey. Colen, mac Keally,
prince of Ossorie, died. Tomrair, mac Alchi,
King of Denmark, is reported to go” [to have
gone] ‘to hell with his pains, as he deserved.”
—Ann. Clon.

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620 aNNaza RIoshachta eiReann. 927.

ba ach Conbmac cuipfoach saeca go plfsaib pitib,
Inopeaccach muad, Muipfoach, Maonach, Maol molbtac Michig.

Muipseal, nsf Plomn, mic Maolpeachlamn, vég5 hi cCluain mic Noip.

Oonnchad, mac Oomnaill, pogoarmna an Tuarpceipc, v0 mapnbaoh la Nopc- —

manoaib. Uopcan, mac Maoilcéin, mF(pna Ua Palse, vé5. Pionnacca,
mac Tads, piogdamna Ua Ceimnpealang, vés. Cionaed mac Ospam, cig-
eapna Laogip1, oo manbad. CEagspa, mac Pops, ciseapna Lurgne Con-
nacht, 7 Cfc, mac Plaitbeantang, mseapna Conca Modpuad, vég. Ongain
Cille vapa a Punt Lanse la mac Gotpnait, co puccpac bnoic 7 evala
mona eipce. Maolpuanad, mac Concobaip, 00 mapbad la Oonnchad.

Coip Cmorz, nao ccéd fiche a peace. On ofchmad bliadain vo Oonr-
chad. Tuatal, mac Oenacdin, eppcop Ooimliacc 7 Lupca, 7 maop mumn-
tine Paccpaice. Celeoabaill, mac Scanoail, comanba Comsaill beanovcaip,
fo Eninn eaprcop pepibmd, ppoic(pzand, 7 voccon (pgna, vég ma aalitpe iin
Roimh an 14 00 Sepcembep, 7 1pm naomhaoh bliadam an caogace a aoipt.
ba vo bliadain a bap po paohead,

Thi naor, nao ccéd do bliadnaib, pfomtap po maglaib pel,
O sein Cpiorc, gniom sa noéine, co bap cid Céle cléipigh.

Caoncomnac, mac Maoluwip, abb 7 eppcop Oaipe Calccaicch, 7 maon
cana Cloamnam, Tuatal, mac Maolcianaimn, abb Cluana herdnech [vécc].
Fengil, abb Tine va slapp, oécc 1 Réim ina ote. Ounchad,mac bpaonam,
pagapc Cille oana, Maolginicc, abb Tige Spuite Cluana mic Noip, Maol-

* Cormac.—It is stated in an interlined gloss
that this was Cormac Mac Cuileannan.—See
note, on the battle of Bealach-Mughna, p. 564
to 569, suprd.

* Eaghra, son of Poprigh.—He is the ancestor
from whom the Ui-Eaghra or O’Haras of Leyny,
in the county of Sligo, have derived their name.
According to Duald Mac Firbis, Fearghal Mor
O’Hara, who erected Teach-Teampla, now Tem-
plehouse, was the eleventh in descent from this
Eaghra, and Cian or Kean O’Hara, who was

living in 1666, was the eighth in descent from
that Fearghal.

The year 926 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 927, alias 928, of the
Annals of Ulster, and 923 of the Annals of
Clonmacnoise, but the true year is 928:

“A. D. 927” [al. 928]. “Baeihin, Coarb of
Brenainn Biror, guevit. Murgel, daughter to
Maelsechlainn, in old age died” [in senectute
obit]. ‘‘ Maelruana mac Conor, killed by Donogh.
Donogh, mac Daniell, mic Hugh, killed by the

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927.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 621

It was grievous that Cormac® the hospitable was wounded with long
lances,.
Indreachtach the noble, Muireadhach, Maenach, the great Maelmithigh.

Muirgheal, daughter of Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, died at Cluain-mic-
Nois. Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, heir apparent of the North, was slain by
the Norsemen. Lorcan, son of Maelcein, lord of the Ui-Failghe, died. Fin-
nachta, son of Tadhg, heir apparent of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Cinaedh, son
of Oghran, lord of Laeighis, was killed. Eaghra, son of Poprigh*, lord of
Luighne, in Connaught; and Ceat, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of Corca-Modh-

‘ruadh, died. The plundering of Cill-dara by the son of Godfrey Port-Lairge,

who carried away captives and great spoils from thence. Maelruanaidh, son of
Conchobhar, was slain by [king] Donnchadh.

The Age of Christ, 927. The tenth year of Donnchadh. Tuathal, son of
Oenacan, Bishop of Daimhliag and Lusca, and steward of the family of Patrick’;
Celedabhaill, son of Scannall, successor of Comhgall of Beannchair, throughout
Ireland, bishop, scribe, preacher, and learned doctor, died on his pilgrimage at
Rome, on the 14th of September, and in the fifty-ninth year of his age. Of the

year of his death was said :

Three times nine, nine hundred years, are reckoned by plain rules
From the birth of Christ, deed of purity, to the holy death of Cele
the Cleric.

Caencomhrac, son of Maeluidhir, Abbot and Bishop of Doire-Chalgaigh, and
steward of Adamnan’s law’; Tuathal, son of Maelciarain, Abbot of Cluaineidh-
neach, [died]. Ferghil, Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas, died at Rome on his pilgrimage.
Dunchadh, son of Braenan, priest of Cill-dara; Maelgiric, Abbot of the house

Nordmans. Mac Ailche upon Loch-Nehagh, Byrre, died. Murgeal, daughter of King Flann,

with sea-men of Genties” [Gentiles], ‘“‘ robbing
all the ilands and borders about” [et confinia
ejus} “ Diarmaid, mac Cerval, King of Ossory,
mortuus est. Cele, the Coarb of Comgall, e
apostolicus doctor totius Hibernie, went to pilgri-
mage. Ciaran, Coarb of Cainnech, quievit.”—
Ann. Ut. Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 923” [recte, 928]. ‘* Bohine, abbot of

mac Moyleseaghlyn, died, an old and rich woman.
Killdare was ransackt by the son of Godfrey of
Waterford, and from thence he brought many
captives.””—Ann. Clon.

> Steward of the family of Patrick : i. e. proctor
of Armagh.

¢ Adamnan’s law.—See Petrie’s History and
Antiquities of Tara Hill, p. 147 to 150.

622 aNNaza RIOshachta elReaNnn.

pacpaice, mac Celen, paccapt 7 pecnap 6fnncain, Maolmuicheinge, pemergip
Cluana mic Noip, Oiapmaio, mac Ceanbaill, cizeanna Opnaighe, Inopeach-
cach, mac Catal, cig(pna Lert: Catal, [vécc]. Babail pon Loe Orpbptn
vo Shallar’ Cummg, 7] mpi an locha vo opgain odibh. Coimleang né cob-
laig pon Coch Rib eicip Conmaicne 7 Tune n€lla, mn po manbad Catal
Ua Maele,7 Plaitbeancach, mac Tuatsaile, 7 opong ole immaille pra.
$1615 La Oomnchad Fo Liachopuim inv acchaid Muincfpcarch, mic Néill, co
po peappac san puiluuccad gan porpoeanccadh pop apaile. Oia mbof Oonn-
chad ace uptmall an cplagio. Op and ap pubnad,

Cbpad neach pp Oonnchad vonn, mp an ponnchad plaice clann,
Cia berth Liat opurm ap a cinn, aca gillae o1apoain ann.

Cainech, n(n Canannain, bth mg Eneann, vécc. Oomnall, mac Taids,
psoamna Ua cCemnpelaig, v€5. Opgain Cille vana 6 Hotppith la peile
bpigoe.

Cloip Cmorz, nao ccéo pice a hocht. Un caonmad bliadain vécc do
Ohonnchavh. Nuada, eppucc Glinne v4 lacha, Plann Pobaip, abb Lu¢g-
maid, Maolcaoimgin mac Scamnlain, abb Tige Mocua, 7 Oonngal, abb Roa
Comin, €5. Maoloabonna, mac Oobarlén, coipec Lurgne, Mumpcfpcach,
mac Eagna, cigeapna Luigne, 7 lodnaide Ua Mannacan vo manbad. Hor-
pat, ua hlomaip, co nOallabh Aca chat, vo toga 7 vo opsain Oence
Peapna, aipm im po manbad mile 00 daoimbh an bliadain ~, amanl apbfpan
pm pann,

Sr nae ne

i

* Loch Oirbsen.—Now Lough Corrib, in the
county of Galway.—See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia,
p- 180; and Hardiman’s edition of O’Flaherty’s
Chorographical Description of West Connaught,
p- 20, note *.

° Tuath nElla.—A district on the west side of
Lough Ree, in the barony of South Ballintober,
and county of Roscommon. This district is
called Fealla under A. D. 842.—See note *,
under that year, p. 464, supra.

‘ Liathdruim; 1. e. the Grey Ridge. There
are countless places of this name in Ireland, as
Liathdruim, now Leitrim, which gave name to

the county of Leitrim. It was one of the ancient |

names of the hill of Tara.

The year 927 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with the year 928, alias
929, of the Annals of Ulster, and with 924 of
the Annals of Clonmacnoise, but the true year
is 929:

“A. D. 928” [al. 929]. ‘‘ Tuahal, mac Mae-
nagan, Scriba et Episcopus of Doimliag and
Lusca, proctor to Patrick’s men from the.moun-
tain southerly; alas! immatura etate quievit. A
Navy at Loch Orbsen in Connaght.\ | Cele,
Coarb of Comgall, Seriba, Anchorita, e& aposto-

es

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 623

928.]'
of the Seniors at Cluain-mic-Nois; Maelpadraig, son of Celen, priest and Vice-
abbot of Beannchair ; Maelmoicheirghe, Giconomus of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Diar-
maid, son of Cearbhall, lord of Osraighe ; Innreachtach, son of Cathal, lord of
Leath-Chathail [died]. The foreigners of Luimneach went upon Loch Oirbsen*,
and the islands of the lake were plundered by them. A new fleet was launched
upon Loch Ribh, between Conmaicne and Tuath-nElla*, where Cathal Ua Maele,
and Flaithbheartach, son of Tuathghal, and some others along with them, were
slain. An army was led by Donnchadh to Liathdruim‘, against Muircheartach ;
but they separated without battle, or shedding blood on either side. When
Donnchadh was setting out on this expedition, these lines were composed :

Let one say to Donnchadh the brown, to the bulwark of plundering
septs, ;

That though Liathdruim be before him, there is an angry fellow
there.

Caineach, daughter of Canannan, and wife of the King of Ireland, died.
Domhnall, son of Tadhg, heir apparent of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. The plun-
dering of Cill-dara by Godfrey, on the festival day of St. Brighit.

The Age of Christ, 928. The eleventh year of Donnchadh. Nuadha,
Bishop of Gleann-da-locha ; Flann of Fobhar, Abbot of Lughmhadh ; Mael-
caeimhghin, son of Scannlan, Abbot of Teach-Mochua; and Donnghal, Abbot
of Ros-Comain, died. Muircheartach, son of Eagra, lord of Luighne, and Idh-
naidhe Ua Mannachain, were slain. Godfrey, grandson of Imhar, with the
foreigners of Ath-cliath, demolished and plundered Dearc Fearna*, where one
thousand persons were killed in this year, as is stated in this quatrain :

feliciter Rome quievit.

Uicus Doctor totius Hibernie, in the 59 yeare of
his age, 18. die Kal. Octobris, in peregrinatione
An army by Donncha to
Liatrym upon mac Nell.”— Ann. Ult., Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 924” [recté, 929]. “ Twahall, mac
Oenagan, Bushop of Dowleeke and Luske, ser-
geant of Saint Patrick, died. Cayneagh, daugh-
ter of Canannan, Queen of Ireland, and wife of
King Donnogh O’Melaghlyn, died penitently.
Dermott, mac Cervall, King of Ossorie, died.

Inreaghtagh, mac Cahallan, prince of Lecall,
died. Donogh, mac Brenan, abbot of Killdare,
died. Virgill, abbot of Tyrdaglasse, Keyle mac
Scannal, Cowarb of Beanchor and Cowgall, died
happily in pilgrimadge.”—Ann. Clon.

® Dearc-Fearna: i.e. the Cave of Fearna.
“Qeapc .1. uag no uaimh.”—_O’ Clery. This is
described as in Osraighe, and was probably the
ancient name of the cave of Dunmore, near Kil-
kenny.—See the Dublin Penny Journal, vol. i.
Re. tas

624 GQNNQaza RIOshachta eiReaNn.

(929.

Naor ccéo bliadhain gan vogna, a hochz ficlc non veanba,
O voluid Cmort oan ccobaip co cogail Oence Pfpna.

Ap na nOall baoap pon Loc Oipbpih do cup la Connaccab. Goll Curm-
mg vo Zabail Lonsponc 1 Mmg Roigne. Goll 2.1m Topolb, 00 sabaal pon
Loch Eatach, 7 a longpopt occ Ruba Mina. Accolb, rapla,7 an Gall mbe,
vo manbad la hUib Ceimnpealaig. Fino, mac Mhaolmopda, piosdamna
Ua pPalse,7 Plann a deapbpatain vo manbas.

Coip Cpiopc, naoi ccéd pice a nao. =n vana bliadain vécc 00 Ohonn-
chad. Cpunnmaol, eppcop Cille ovana, Tioppaicce, mac CAinopene, abb
Cluana mic Nop, 1. 00 Unb Opium a cenel, 0é5. Maoileom, eppeop 7 ancorm
Cita Thum, vécc 1ap noeisbeatad. Clnopaolad, mac Loncam, comapba
Cluana h€oayp 7 Clocain mac nOaimeim, vé5. Opan, mac Colmam, abb
Ropa Cpé, 00 manbavh la Gallaib. Maelbmgoe, mac Peavacdmn, abb
Cainne mic Cuacain, 7 Oncu, pasganc Cille oana, vécc. Cfpnacan, mac
Tigeannain, cigeapna Opeipne, vécc. Gall Cumms vo sabdail pon Loch
Rib. Hoppa vo dol 1 nOppargib vo 1onnapbad Ua nlomaip a Mog Roigne.
Oonncuan, mac Paola, mosdamna Langfn, vé5. Oenbarl,ing§(n Maolpmna

fozain Ceamna, [oés].
Clip Cmorz, naor ccéd toca.

Cn tnearp bliadain vécc 00 Ohonnchad.

Suibne, abb Lamne Léipe, Owblicip, mac Sealbas, abb Tige Molins, 7

" Magh-Roighne.—Otherwise written Magh-
Raighne and Raighne, a celebrated plain in
Ossory.—See note *, under A. M. 3817, p. 51;
and note ', under A. D. 859, p. 494, supra. °

* Rubha-Mena.—Not identified.

* Finn, son of Maelmordha.—He was the an-
cestor of O’Conor Faly, and Brian O’Conor
Faly, who lost Offaly by his attainder in the
reign of Philip and Mary, was the twentieth in
descent from him.

The year 928 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 929, alias 930, of the
Annals of Ulster, and with 925 of the Annals
of Clonmacnoise, which are very meagre at this
period :

“A. D, 929” [al. 930]. “ Gofrith O’Hivar,

with the Genties” [Gentiles] ‘of Dublin, broke
down Derga-Ferna, which was not hard of aun-
cient tyme” [quod non auditum est antiquis tem-
poribus]. ‘‘Flann of Favair, bushop and ancho-
rite, in his old age died happily. Genties upon
Loch Ehach and their campe” [a longponz]
‘‘at Ruvamena. Genties upon Loch Behrach
in Ossory.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A, D, 925” [recté, 930]. “ The Connaught-
men committed a great slaughter on the Danes
of Logh Oirbsen. The Danes of Lymbrick re-
sided at Moyroyne. Torolv, prince of the Danes,
armied” [i. e. emcamped] “at Lough Neagh.
Nwa, Bushop of Glandalogha, and Moylekevyn,
abbot of Tymochwa, died.”—Amn. Clon.

1 Lann-mic-Luachain : i. e. the church of the

ee

929.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 625

/ 5 ° .
Nine hundred years without sorrow, twenty-eight, it has been proved,
Since Christ came to our relief, to the plundering of Dearc-Fearna.

A slaughter was made of the foreigners who were on Loch Oirbsen by the
Connaughtmen. The foreigners of Luimneach encamped in Magh-Roighne".
The foreigners, i. e. those under the command of Torolbh, took up their station
at Loch-Eathach, and had their camp at Rubha-Mena‘. Accolbh Earl, with a
slaughter of the foreigners about him, was slain by the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. Finn,
son of Maelmordha‘, heir apparent of Ui-Failghe, and Flann, his brother, were
slain.

The Age of Christ, 929. The twelfth year of Donnchadh. Crunnmhael,
Bishop of Cill-dara, Tibraide, son of Ainnsene, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, of
the sept of the Ui-Briuin, died. Maeleoin, bishop and anchorite of Ath-Truim,
died, after a good life. Ceannfaeladh, son of Lorcan, comharba of Cluain-Eois
and Clochar-mac-Daimheini, died. Bran, son of Colman, Abbot of Ros-Cre,
was slain by the foreigners. Maelbrighde, son of Feadacan, Abbot of Lann-mic-
Luachain'; and Onchu, priest of Cill-dara, died. Cearnachan, son of Tighear-
nan, lord of Breifne, died.
upon Loch Ribh. Godfrey went into Osraighe, to expel the grandson of Imhar
from Magh-Roighne. Donncuan, son of Faelan, heir apparent of Leinster, died.
Dearbhail, daughter of Maelfinnia, Queen of Teamhair, [died].

The Age of Christ, 930. The thirteenth year of Donnchadh.

The foreigners of Luimneach took up their station

Suibhne,

“Abbot of Lann-Leire ; Duibhlitir, son of Sealbhach, Abbot of Teach-Moling,

son of Luachan, so called from St. Colman, son “A. D. 930” [al. 931]. “ Tibraid mac An-

of Luachan, whose festival was kept there on sene, Coarb of Ciaran, extenso dolore obiit.

the 30th of March. This place is described in
the Gloss to the Feilire-Aenguis, at 30th March,
as in Meath, and is the place now called Lynn,
situated'in the barony of Delvin, and county of
Westmeath. It is to be distinguished from
Lann-Leire.—See Archdall’s Monasticon Hiber-
nicon, p. 722.

The year 929 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 930, alias 931, of the
Annals of Ulster, and with 926 of the Annals
of Clonmacnoise, both which are very meagre
at this period :

Cennfaela mac Lorcain, prince of Cluon-Auis
and Cloghar-mac-Damene, next to be abbot of
Ardmach, died. Maeleoin, bushop and ancho-
rite of Trim, happily died. Dervail, Maelfinnia’s
Cerna-
chan, mac Tiernan, king of Brefny, mortuus est.”
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A, D. 926” [recté, 931]. “The Danes of
Lymbrick, resided on Logh Ree. Onchowe,
priest of Killdare, died. Godfrey went to
Ossorie to banish O’Himar from Moyroyney.
Cronmoyle, Bushop of Killdare; Keanfoyle,

daughter, Queen of Tara, mortua est.

4.

626 GNNaALa RIOshachta elReECaNn. _

(931.

fepleigin Slinne va locha, Peanoomnach, mac Plannagain, abb Cluana
lopaino, Puacanza, abb Inp1 Camofga, Maongal, mac beccin, abb Onoma
chab, Maolgipicc, abb Pobaip, vécc.- CAipmflo, abb Cuile pacham, 00 map-
bad la Gallaib. Clongap mac Angupa ppimpile Epeann, vécc. Plano, mac
Maorlpinna, cigeanna OplS 00 manbad vo Uib Eachach, a. la Cummupccach
mac Eccentars. Conad via écc po parole,

ba veithbip vo Gaowealarb, oa léctip véna pola,
Nac cing Tarllce Taowen Ua Plamn, Plann an bhpoga.

Cionaed, mac Cainvealbain, tigeanna Cenel Laogaine. bacall Chianain
1. an 6pameac do badad hi Loch Tecer, Loc Ui Shadpa ami, 7 oa fp vécc
amonlle pha, agup a pagbail po cévéip. Coingpech Ua Ceaclobaip, pf Ulad,
v€é5. Tonolb iapla oo mapbad la Muincfpcach mac Néill 7 la Oal nAparde.
Flann, mac Muipeadarg, pfosdamna Cars(n, 7 Concan, mac Cachail, pfos-
damna Caig(n, vécc.

Qoip Cort, nao ccécc tpoca a haon. Cn cleépamad bliadain vécc do
Ohonnchad. Corccnach, mac Maolmuchainsi, eppcop Tige Mochua, 9 na
ccommano. Seachnupach paccanc Oeanmaige, 7 Pedelm, .1. n§(n Oomnall,

banabb Cluana bponas, vé5. Catal mac Oodpam, cigeanna Laogiyp), 7

Culen, mac Ceallans, tiseanna Orppaise, vécc. Celecen, .1. mac Oapbit,
cigeapna na nClinteap, vécc. Copcan, mac Eatach, an papa w1pfpna boi
an can pin pon Cine(p Lippe, vécc. Raomfoh1 Mog uata a pP{psal, mac
Oomnall, 7 pra Siocpnaid, mac Uatmanain 1. mac msime Oomnaill pop
Muipcfpcach, mac Neill, 041 cconcaip Maolganb, mac Gaipbic, ciseapna

mac Lorcan, Cowarb of Cloneas and Clochor,
and Bran mac Colman, abbot of Rossecre, died.”
—Anan. Clon.

™ Cyil-rathain.—Now Coleraine, a well-known
town, on the River Bann, in the county of
Londonderry.—See note *, under A. D. 1213.

2 Taillte: i.e. Tailltin, now Teltown, near the
town of Navan, in the county of Meath.

° Brugh: i. e. Brugh-na-Boinne, a place on
the River Boyne, near Stackallan Bridge, in
the same county.

» The Oraineach ; i.e. of the circles or rings.

9 Loch-Techet.—Now Loch Gara, near Boyle,
on the confines of the counties of Roscommon
and Sligo.—See note ”, under A. M. 2532, and
A. D. 1256.

The year 930 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 931, alias 932, of the
Annals of Ulster, and with 926 of the Annals

of Clonmacnoise, which give a few of the events __

of that year (ere commun. 932) as follows :
“A, D. 931” [al. 932]. “‘ Ferdovnach, mac
Flannagan, prince of Clon-Iraird, scriba optimus,

quievit.” [Torolv Earl, killed by mac Nell],

apae reer

ae ee

ee

2 ra ibidin

2

931.)

and Lector of Gleann-da-locha ; Feardomhnach, son of Flannagan, Abbot of
Cluain-Iraird ; Fuacarta, Abbot of Inis-Caindeagha ; Maenghal, son of Becan,
Abbot of Druim-chliabh ; [and] Maelgiric, Abbot of Fobhar, died. Airmheadh,
Abbot of Cuil-rathain™, was killed by the foreigners. Aenghus, son of Anghus,
chief poet of Ireland, died. Flann, son of Maelfinnia, lord of Breagh, was slain
by [one of] the Ui-Eathach, i.e. by Cummascach, son of Egceartach; of whose
death was said :

It would be lawful for the Gaeidhil, if they should shed tears of blood,
As Taillte” of Taeidhen is not walked by the grandson of Flann, Flann
of Brugh’. .
_ Cinaedh, son of Caindealbhan, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, [died]. The crozier
of Ciaran, i. e. the Oraineach? was lost in Loch Techet?, now Loch-Ui-Ghadhra,

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 627

and twelve men along with it; but it was found immediately. Loingseach

Ua Leathlobhair, King of Ulidia, died. Torolbh the Earl was killed by Muir-
cheartach, son of Niall, and the Dal-Araidhe. Flann, son of Muireadhach, heir
apparent of Leinster; and Lorcan, son of Cathal, royal heir of Leinster, died.
The Age of Christ, 931. The fourteenth year of Donnchadh. Cosgrach,
son of Maelmochoirghi, Bishop of Teach-Mochua, and of the Commans'; Seach-
nasach, priest of Dearmhach; and Fedhelm, i. e. daughter of Domhnall, Abbess
of Cluain-Bronaigh, died. Cathal, son of Odhran, lord of Laeighis; and Cuilen,
son of Ceallach, lord of Osraighe, died. Celecen, i. e. the son of Gairbhith, lord
of the Airtheara, died. Lorcan, son of Eochaidh, the second lord that was at
that time over Airther-Life, died. A battle was gained in Magh-Uatha* by
Fearghal, son of Domhnall; and Sichfraidh, son of Uathmharan, i.e. the son of
the daughter of Domhnall, over Muircheartach, son of Niall, where were slain

lere; Ferdonagh mac Flanagan, abbot of Clo-
nard ; Fwagarta, abbott of Iniskeyndea; and

“Maelgiric, Cowarb of Fechin Favair, dormivit.
Loingsech Ua Lethlavair, King of Dalarai, mor-

twus est. Airmeach, prince of Culrahan, killed
by Gentiles” [a Gentibus interfectus est]. ‘ Ci-
naedh, mac Cainnelvain, Dux Generis Laegaire,
jugulatus est. A navy upon Loch-Ri.”—Ann.
Uit., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 927” [al. 932]. “ Torulfe Asalfland
was killed by these of Dalnary and by prince
Moriertagh mac Neale. Swyne, abbott of Lyn-

Moyngall mac Becan, abbott of Dromcleive, died
a good happy death. Enos mac Angussa, chief
poet of Ireland, died. Dowlitir mac Sealvay,
abbott of Tymoling, and Lector of Gleandalogha,
died.””—Ann. Clon.

* The Commanns.—See the years 870,898,915.

* Magh- Uatha.—A plain in the east of Meath,
but its exact position is unknown to the Editor.

ACT 2

628 aNNaza RIOSshachta elReaNN.
}

Oeapluip,7 Conmal, mac bpuadpan, co nopumgs oile hi mantle ppd. ~Raoim-
Coh pia cConaing, mac Néill co nGallanb Loca hEatach pon corgead Ulan,
of 1 ctoncpatan va céo vécc. GHoill vo sabcl pon Locaib Eipne, co po
lonnpnaccap 750 po ainecplccap iolcuata,7 ilcealla 50 Loch Gama. Apo-
macha do ongainim péil Manca vo mac Hoppa a. amlab, co nGallaibh
Locha Cuan imme. Macadan, mac Aeda.co céigzead Ulad, 7 Amlaib, mac
Ooppait co nHallaib oionnnad 7 oapnsain an coisead co Shab bla pra, 7
co Mucnama podear. Conupcappad Mumc(pcach mac Néill. Peanmd
cat pplu, 7 po meabard ponna co pranccaibpiot va fpicit décc cfnn Lap la
caob bnaice 7 sabala. ano bonne ppimpile Epeann vo mapbad oUib
Copbmaic Ua n€chach Coba. Oomnall, mac Hadpa, cigeapna Lurgne
vo manbad. Moidm Ourb cine pra nAmlaoib Cenocaipec 6 Cumnech, va1
ctopcnaccan paonclanoa vo Uib Mame.

CQoip Ciorc, naoi ccéd tpiocha a 06. On cinccead bliadain vécc do
Ohonnchad. Goll Cumms vo 1onnnad Connacc co Mug Lunce po chuaich,
7 co badbsna pop. Owmbsrolla, mac Robacam, ciseapna Ua Conbmaic, vo

(982.

‘ Loch Gamhna.—Now Lough Gowna, in the
barony of Granard, and county of Longford.
This is the head of the chain of the Erne lakes.
—See note *, under the year 1384.

* Sliabh-Beatha.—Now Slieve-Beagh, on the
confines of the counties of Monaghan and Fer-
managh.—See note 4, under A. M. 2242, and
note ", under A. D. 1593.

~ Mucnamha.— Now Mucknoe, near Castle
Blayney, in the county of Monaghan. See note‘,
under A. D. 830, p. 445, supra.

* Bard Boinne: i.e. the bard of the Boyne.

* Ui-Cormaic-Cobha.—The territory of this
tribe comprised the district about Newry, in
the county of Down, as appears from the
Charter of Foundation of the Abbey of Newry.
—See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down
and Connor, §c.. p. 117, note *.

* Duibhthir: i. e. Duibhthir-Atha-Luain, a
territory comprised in the present barony of
Athlone, in the south of the county of Roscom-
mon. This was a part of Ui-Maine-Chonnacht.

—See note under the year 920.

* Ceanncairech : i.e. of the scabbed-head.

The year 931 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 932, alias 933, of the
Annals of Ulster, and with 928 of the Annals
of Clonmacnoise : :

“A. D. 932” [al. 933]. “ An overthrowe by
Ferall mac Daniell mic Hugh, and by Jefry
mac Uohmaran, viz., Daniell’s daughter’s sonn,
upon Murtagh mac Nell and Conaing at Magh-
Uaha, where fell Maelgarv, King of Thurles,
and Conmal, King of Tuohachai, with 200.
Culen mac Cellai, King of Ossory, optimus laicus,
mortuus est. A battle breach by Conaing mac
Nell upon the Northmen at Ruva-Concongalt,
where 300, or little less, were slaine. Madagan
mac Hugh, with the fifth of Ireland and forre-
ners, untill they came to Sliav-Beha westerlye,
and to Mucnam southerly. Murtagh mac Nell,
with his strength mett them, whoe killed and
tooke 24Q-0f them. Celigan mac Garvith, dux
of the North-west” [recté, dux Orientalium, i.e.

932.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 629
Maelgarbh, son of Gairbhith, lord of Dearlas ; and Conmhal, son of Bruadhran ;
and many others along with them. A battle was gained by Conaing, son of
Niall, and the foreigners of Loch Eathach, over the province of Ulidia, wherein
twelve hundred were slain. The foreigners took up their station upon the
lakes of Erne; and they spoiled and plundered many districts and churches,
as far as Loch Gamhna. Ard-Macha was plundered about the festival of
St. Martin, by the son of Godfrey, i.e. Amlaeibh, with the foreigners of Loch-
Cuan about him. Matadhan, son of Aedh, with [the inhabitants of] the pro-
vince of Ulidia, and Amhlaeibh, son of Godfrey, with the foreigners, spoiled
and plundered the province [of Ulster] as far as Sliabh-Beatha" to the west, and
and as far as Mucnamha’ to the east ; but they were overtaken by Muirchear-
tach, son of Niall, and a battle was fought between them, in which he defeated
them ; and they left with him two hundred heads [cut off], besides prisoners
and spoils. Bard Boinne*, chief poet of Ireland, was slain by the Ui-Cormaic-
Cobha’. Domhnall, son of Gadhra, lord of Luighne, was slain.
of Duibhthir? was gained by Amhlaeibh Ceanncairech* of Luimneach, where
some of the nobles of Ui-Maine were slain.

The Age of Christ, 932. The fifteenth year of Donnchadh. The foreigners
of Luimneach plundered Connaught as far as Magh-Luirg® to the north, and as
far as Badhbhghna‘* to the east. Duibhghilla, son of Robachan, lord of Ui-Cor-

The victory

Captain of the Oriors], ‘“ mortuus est.”—Ann.
Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 928” [recte, 933]. ‘‘ Seachnassach,
priest of Dorowe, died. Adalstan, King of
Saxons, prey’d and spoyled the kingdom of
Scotland to Edenborough; and yet the Scottish-
men compell’d him to return without any great
victory. Adulf mac Etulfe, King of North
Saxons, died. The Danes of Logh Ernie prey'd
and spoyled all Ireland, both temporall and
spirituall land, without respect of person, age,
or sex, untill they came to Logh Gawney. Mac
Godfrey preyed Armach on St. Martyn’s Eave
from Logh 'Cwan. Mathew mac Hugh, with
the forces of the five provinces’ [recté, with the
forces of the province, i.e. of Uladh], ‘and
Awley mac Godfrey, with the Danes of Ireland,

preyed, spoyled, and made havock of all places
untill they came to Sliewe Beha, where they
were mett by prince Moriertagh mac Neale,
who, in a conflict, slewe 1200 of them, besides
the captives he took. The Bard of Boyne,
chief of all Ireland for poetry, was killed by
O’Neachaghs of Ulster.’"-—Ann. Clon.

» Magh-Luirg : i.e. the plains of Boyle, in the
county of Roscommon.

* Badhbhghna.—Now Slieve Baune, a moun-
tainous district in the east of the same county.
—See note », under A. M. 2859, p. 11, supra.
Some of the events transcribed by the Four
Masters under the year 932, are given under
933, alias 934, in the Annals of Ulster, and
under 929 and 930 in the Annals of Clonmac-
noise, as follows:

630 (933.
mapnbavh la Congalach mac Concain tpi cangnache.. Uallach, n(n Muim-
nechamn, baméccfr Epeann, vécc. Gothpmich, ciseanna Hall, vécc. Ro
loipee tene vo mm plébce Connacht 1pm mbliadam ji, 7 po tiopmangpfcon
locha 4 ppocha, 7 po loipcced beup daome 1omoa Lé.

Clap Cniopt, naoi ccéd ctmocha a tpi. On peipead bliadain vécc do
Ohonnchat. Copbmac, mac Maenaig, ab Achaid b6, Macclenna, abb Im-

aNNata RIOshachta eiReaNn.

bleach lobaip 7 Léch moip Mochoemécc, v0 mapbad. Maolbpigve, abb-

Mampcpeac bute, 7 Muipfoach, mac Maolbmsoe, abb Oomliacc, vécc.
Anlai, banabb Cluana bponag 7 Cluana bdoipenn, m po b(noach Caipeach
Oeanccamn, [oécc]. Concubap, mac Oornnall, mogdarnna Chg, vécc, 7 a
adnacal co nonoin mon 1 nApo Macha. Cuionaed, mac Coipppe, tigfpna
Ua cCemorpealans, 00 manbad la Gallaib Locha Gapman, hi puabaine awdce.
Maolmuipe, mac C{nnoubam, tana: Laoigiy1, vécc. Orlein Loca Saban,
7 uaim Cnodba 00 cpotadh 4 vo Cneachaoh la Gallarbh.

Cay Core, nao ccéo tnioca a clean. On peaccmad bliadain véce
00 Ohonnchad. Concobap, mac Oomnaill, 00 manbad la mac Pind mic
Maolmopoa. bec, mac Hapbit, cigeapna Oeaplaipp, vécc. Anpudan, mac
Maolguipm, cigeapna Concomodpuad, vég. Cluain mic Noir vonsam la
Halla’ Aca chat,7 a hopsainpr vomdipr la Ceallaéén Carpi co FReanaib
Muman. Onlab Chhoéamech co na Gallaab vo tocht 6 Loch Eipne van
bperpne, 7 co Loch Rib odce Nocclace Mop pangavap Sionanv, 7 po baczan

“A. D. 933” [al. 934]. “ Gofrith, the most
cruell King of Norman, dolore mortuus est”
[Gothfrith hUa hImair, rex crudelissimus Nord-
manorum dolore mortuus est]. ‘+ Duvgilla mac
Rubucan, captaine of Kindred-Cormac, dolose
occisus est.’—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 929” [recté, 934]. “The Danes of
Lymbrick preyed and spoyled all Connought
to Moylorge of the north, and to Bowgna of the
east. Godfrey, King of Danes, died a filthy
and evil-favoured death.” «

* Catreach Deargain.—She was the sister of
St. Endeus of Aran, and the patroness of Cloon-
burren, in the barony of Moycarnan, and county
of Roscommon. She died in 577.—See note “,°

under that year, p. 209, suprd. Dr. O’Conor,
though he translates the notice of this virgin’s
death correctly at 577, still in this entry he does
not recognise Caireach Dergain as a proper name,
but renders the passage very incorrectly, thus:

“‘ Anlatha Abbatissa Cluane Bronaig et Clu-
ane Boiren” [obiit]. ‘In ejus Abbatiali tem-
pore vastatum est Monasterium istud’’! !

° Loch-Garman.—This is the present Irish

name of Wexford. It was anciently called

Carman and Loch Carman.—See A. M. 3727,

3790, 4608; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 15,
note % :

‘ The Cave of Cnodhbha: i.e. of Knowth, near
Slane, in the county of Meath.—See a previous

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Eo a ee ne

933.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 631

maic, was treacherously slain by Conghalach, son of Lorcan. Uallach, daughter
of Muimhneachan, chief poetess of Ireland, died. Godfrey, lord of the foreigners,
died. Fire from heaven burned the mountains of Connaught this year, and the
lakes and streams dried up; and many persons were also burned by it.

The Age of Christ, 933. The sixteenth year of Donnchadh. Cormac, son
of Maenach, Abbot of Achadh-bo, [and] Macclenna, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair
and Liath-mor-Mochaemhog, were slain. Maelbrighde, Abbot of Mainistir-
Buithe ; and Muireadhach, son of Maelbrighde, Abbot of Daimhliag, died. An-
laith, Abbess of Cluain-Bronaigh and Cluain-Boireann, which was blessed by
Caireach Deargain’, [died]. Conchobhar, son of Domhnall, heir apparent of
Aileach, died, and was interred with great honour at Ard-Macha. Cinaedh, son
of Cairbre, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain by the foreigners of Loch Garman’,
in a nocturnal attack. Maelmuire, son of Ceanndubhan, Tanist of Laeighis,
died. The islands of Loch Gabhar and the Cave of Cnodhbha' were attacked
and plundered by the foreigners.

The Age of Christ, 934. The seventeenth year of Donnchadh. Concho-
bhar, son of Domhnall, was slain by the son of Finn, son of Maelmordha. Bec,
son of Gairbhith, lord of Dearlass, died. Anrudhan, son of Maelgorm, lord of
Corca-Modhruadh, died. Cluain-mic-Nois was plundered by the foreigners of
Ath-cliath ; and it was plundered again by Ceallachan Caisil* and the men of
Munster. Amhlaibh Ceannchairech, with the foreigners, came from Loch Eirne
across Breifne to Loch Ribh. On the night of Great Christmas they reached

plundering of this cave already referred to at
the year 861, and note *, under that year,
p- 497, supra.

The year 933 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 934, alias 935, of the
Annals of Ulster, and 930 of the Annals of
Clonmacnoise :

* A. D. 934” [al. 935]. ‘Cormac, Maenach’s
disciple, prince of Achabo, obit. Maelbride,
prince of Monaster” [Buithi] ‘‘ obit. Muireach
mac Maelbride, prince of Doimliag, immaturd

etate obiit. The Iland of Lochgavar pulled downe |

by Aulaiv O’Hivair. The Cave of Cnova by
him turmoyled the same week. Great ackorns.

Cinach mac Cairbre, dua Nepotum Cinnselai,
cum multis a Nordmannis occisus est.” [Conor
mac Daniell royall heyre of Ailech, mortuus est,
et sepultus est in Cimeterio Regum in Ardmacha. |
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 930” [recté, 935].
Mooney, abbot of Achiebo; Maccleanna, abbot
of Imleagh-Iver and Leighmore, were slain by
those of Eoghanachta. Cynay mac Carbrey,
Kimg of O’Keansealie, was killed by night, by
the Danes of Weixford.”’—Ann. Clon.

& Ceallachan Caisil : i.e. Callaghan of Cashel,
King of Munster, the ancestor of the O’Cal-
laghans, Mac Carthys, and O’Keeffes.

‘“*Cormac mac

632 ANNata RIOshachta elRECGHN.

ul mip annpin, 7 po Monnnad, 7 po hopsead Mag A leo. Lopecavh Ata
chat la Oonnchad mac Plaino, la mgs Epeann. CAncuip Ua Tuatanl vés.
Cop Core, nao ccéo tmocha a cing. On coccmad bliadam vécc
oOhonnchad. Cipeachtach, abb Oipipc Orapmava. Pédach abb Slane,
Muipeaodhach, abb bfnocurp, [vécc]. Orapmaic, mac Ahlella, abb Cille
Cullim, véce ian pfhoacais. Congap, mac Muincfpearg, pao, angcoipe, 7
cana) abbaid lae, oécc. Aipeachcach, pagapc Cille hachand, vécc. Eocand,
mac Conull, pi Ulad, vég. Cléipcén mac Tigeannamn, mac Tig fina Gperpne,
vécc. Congalach, mac Catalan, cigeapna bpeipne, Conams, mac Néill -
Slanoub, pigdarnna Epeann, vécc. Cpoingiolla, mac Cunlennam, cigeanna
Conaille Muintemmne, vécc. Maceti5 mic Ainpemain, tigeanna Mugdonna
Margen, Loncan, mac Congalarg, c1seapna Ua mic Uap Ons, [vécc], Gaip-
bic, mac Maleizis, tiZeanna Pp Roip, vo manbad. Opuavan, mac Oub-
siolla, tigeapna Ua cCemnpealang, 00 manbad la Tuazal mac Usaine.
Amhlaoib, mac Goppavha, tigeanna Hall, vo ciachtam im Lugnapad 6 Ac
chat, co pucc Amlaoib Cenvcaipech vo Loch Rib leip, 7 na Gall baccan
lap, 1. la caimec, 1an mbmipead a long. Gall Ata chat vo pagbail an
oinmd, 7 a nool co Saxoib. Onpgain Cille Clete vo mac banith, 7 lopecad

' Va Tuathail.—Otherwise written O’Tuathail,
and now anglicé O’Toole, and very generally
Toole, without the prefix O’,

The Annals of Ulster notice some of these
events under the year 935, al. 936, and the
Annals of Clonmacnoise under 930, as follows:

“ A. D. 935” [al. 936]. ‘Joseph, prince of
Ardmach, Episcopus sapiens et anchorita in
senectute bona quievit. Cluain-mic-Nois evilly
handled by the Gentiles of Dublin, and they
“‘staied there two nights, which was never hard
in old tyme” [quod antiquis temporibus non audi-
tum est]. ‘‘ Maelpatrick mac Maeltuile, prince
of Ardmach, in senectute quievit.””,—Ann. Ult., Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49. .

“ A, D. 930” [recte, 936]. “* The two abbotts
and worthy successors of St. Patrick in Ard-
mach, Joseph, and Moylepatrick, the two sages
of Ireland, Bushops, anchorites, and scribes,

died. Clonvicknose was preyed by the Danes
of Dublin; and also it was sacrilegiously robbed
afterwards by Ceallaghan, King of Cashell, and
his Monstermen. ‘The Danes of Logh Ernie
arrived at Logh Rie on Christmas night”
{under the conduct of ] ‘‘Awley Keanchyreagh,
and there remained seven months preying and
spoiling the borders” [recte, the plains] ‘ of
Connought called Moy-Noye. King Donnough
mac Flynn burnt all Dublin.””—Anan. Clon.

‘ Tuathal, son of Ugaire—This Tuathal was
the ancestor from whom the family of O’Tua-
thail, now anglicé O’Toole, have derived their
hereditary surname. ° ni

* Cill-Cleithe: i. e. the Hurdle Church, now
Kilclief, near the mouth of Loch Cuan, or
Strangford Lough, in the barony of Lecale, and s

county of Down.—See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical

Antiquities of Down and Connor, §c., p. 217.

935. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 633

the Sinainn, and they remained seven months there; and Magh-Aei was spoiled
and plundered by them. The burning of Ath-cliath by Donnchadh, son of
Flann, King of Ireland. Arthur Ua Tuathail® died.

The Age of Christ, 935. The eighteenth year of Donnchadh. Aireach-
tach, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada; Fedhach, Abbot of Slaine ; Muireadhach,
Abbot of Beannchair, [died]. Diarmaid, son of Ailell, Abbot of Cill-Cuilinn,
died at an advanced age. Aenghus, son of Muircheartach, a learned man,
anchorite, and Tanist-abbot of Ia, died. Aireachtach, priest of Cill-achaidh,
died. Eochaidh, son of Conall, King of Ulidia, died. Clerchen, son of Tigh-
earnan, son of the lord of Breifne, died. Conaing, son of Niall Glundubh, heir-
apparent to the monarchy of Ireland, died. Croinghilla, son of Cuileannan,
lord of Conaille-Muirtheimhne, died. Macetigh Mac Ainseamain, lord of Mugh-
dhorna-Maighen ; [and] Lorcan, son of Conghalach, lord of Ui-Mic-Uais of
Breagh, [died]. Gairbhith, son ‘of Maeleitigh, lord of Feara-Rois, was slain.
Bruadar, son of Duibhghilla, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain by Tuathal,
son of Ugaire’. Ambhlaeibh, son of Godfrey, lord of the foreigners, came at
Lammas from Ath-cliath, and carried off [as prisoners] Amhlaeibh Ceanncairech
from Loch Ribh, and the foreigners who were with him (i.e. with Cairech),
after breaking their ships. The foreigners of Ath-cliath left their fortress, and
went to England. Cill-Cleithe* was plundered by the son of Barith, and the

The year 935 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 936, alias 937, of the
Annals of Ulster, and 931 of the Annals of
Clonmacnoise, but the true year is 937:

“ A.D. 936” [al. 937]. ‘“ Diarmaid, son of
Ailill, prince of Kilcullinn, in senectute quievit.
Bruadar mac Duvgilla, rex Nepotum Cinselaigh,
jugulatus est. Garvith mac Maelmihi” [recte,
Maeletti], ‘‘ rex of the men of Ross, a fratribus
jugulatus est. Crongilla mac Cuilennan, king of
the Conells of Murheivne, dolore mortuus est.
Conaing mac Neill, heyre of Ireland, moritur.
Bellum ingens, lachrimabile, et horribile inter Sax-
ones et Normannos crudeliter gestum est, in quo plu-
rima millia Normannorum, que non numerata sunt,
ceciderunt ; sed rex cum paucis evasit, viz‘. Aulaiv,
Ex altera autem parte multitudo Saxonum cecidit ;

but Adelstan, king of Saxons, was enriched
with great victorie” [ Adelstan vero rex Saxonum

+ magna victoria ditatus est]. ‘* Mac-Etig mic

Ainsemain, king of Mogorn-Mayen, mortuus est.
Feach, prince of Slane, mortuus est.” —Ann. Ult.,
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 931” [recté, 937]. “The Danes of
Logh Rie arrived at Dublin. Awley, with all
the Danes of Dublin and north part of Ireland,
departed and went over seas. The Danes that
departed from Dublin arrived in England, and,
by the help of the Danes of that kingdom, they
gave battle to the Saxons on the plains of Oth-
lyn, where there was a great slaughter of Nor-
mans and Danes, among which these ensueing
captains were slain, viz‘. Sithfrey and Oisle, the
two sones of Sittrick Galey, Awley Fivit, and

4m

634 ANNQta RIOShachta elREGNN.

(936.

in doimliace, 7 bnacc po mép vo bpeich eipce. Raomead ma Cangmb pon
occa’ an Tuaipeeipic .1. pop mumeip mic Néill, of 1 ccopchpaccap ile mm
Oiapmaic mac Maoilmuine, mic Plannacedin, 7 m Ceallach, mac Cumup-
ccaigh vo plpaib Op(Fh co pocainib ele.

Coip Core, naoi ccéo, tpiocha a pé. An norhad bliadain vécc vo Ohonn-
chad. Maolpacpaice .1. mac bnom, eppcop Lughmaroh, Oubtach, comanba
Colam cille 7 Gloomnain 1 n€pinn, 7 1 nAlbam, Caoncompac Mucynama,
ancoipe, 0é5. Crianan, mac Ciapmam, abb Lip méip, vé§. Conaingen, abb
Tige Petsna, 7 ppympagapc Apoa Macha, 7 Pinguine, mac Pubchard, mic
Oonnagain, mic Posancaig, mic Oumechda mic 6(paig, mic Merpcell, pecnap
Tige Mocua, 7 cigeapna Mange hatna. Maolcaipmg, mac Conall, abb
Tulain, vécc. Robancach, Tighe Theille, vécc. Elpgal, mac Oormnanll,
cigeapna an Tuaipceipc, 7 Mupchad, mac Sochlacamn, tiseapna Ua Maine,
vécc. Concoban, mac Maeilcem, cigeapna Ua Pailge, 7 a 0a mac do
manbad la Loncan, mac Paola, cisgeapna Laigfn. Oonnchad Ua Maor-
leaclainn ‘vo 1onnpad Cipntip Cipe. Amlaib, mac Goppada, vo teacht co
hz chat vo midis, 7 Ceall Cuilinn vo opgai lap, 7 vee ccéd do Bow
vo bneit eiper. Immyp cata eitip Oonnchad, pf Epeann, 7 Mumcfpcach,
mac Néill Glanouib, cigeapna Oils, co po pfodas via. Oonnchad 7 Mump-
é{ncach co na plog orblinib vo dol 50 Lionman Léntiondilce 00 ponbarpy) pop
Hhallaib Aca cliat, co po cpecpatc 7 co po cpecpacc 7 co po 1onopadple
ina mbof po mamup Gall 6 Aé chat co he Tpupcin. Conad 06 yin po
paid Congalach, mac Maolmichis,

Moytemorrey, the son of Cossewarra, Moyle-Isa,
Geleachan, King of the Islands; Ceallach, prince
of Scotland, with 30,000, together with 800
captains about Awley mac Godfrey, and aboute
Arick mac Brith, Hoa, Deck, Imar, the King
of Denmark’s own son, with 4000 soldiers in
his guard, were all slain. Conyng mac Nealle
Glunduffe, died.”,—Ann. Clon.

’ This great battle between the Saxons and
Danes is recorded in the Saxon Chronicle at
the year 937, which is the true year. This
Chronicle adds that it was fought at Brumby,
by King Athelstan, and Edmund, his brother,

against Anlaf; and that they slew five Kings
and seven Earls; but though it states that
greater carnage had not been in Britain since
the arrival of the Angles and Saxons, it does ~
not mention the names of the chief leaders, or __
give any definite account of the numbers slain.

1 Teach-Fethghna : i. e. the House of Fethghna.

Not identified. It was probably the name ofa

church at Armagh.
™ Duineachaidh.—He was brother of Cathal,
the ancestor of the O’Mores of Laeighis, or
Leix, in the now Queen’s County. 5.
* Magh-abhna.—This is the name of a parish,

936.) _ ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 635

church was burned, and a great prey was carried out of it. A battle was gained
by the Leinstermen over the forces of the North, i.e. over the people of the son
of Niall, where many fell with Diarmaid, son of Maelmuire, son of Flannagan,
and Ceallach, son of Cumasgach, [who were] of the men of Breagh, and num-
bers of others [of distinction].

The Age of Christ, 936. The nineteenth year of Donnchadh. Maelpa-
draig, i.e. the son of Bran, Bishop of Lughmhadh ; Dubhthach, successor of
Colum Cille and Adamnan in Ireland and Alba; [and] Caencomhrac of Muc-
shnamh, anchorite, died. Ciaran, son of Ciarman, Abbot of Lis-mor, died.
Conaingen, Abbot of Teach-Fethghna', and chief priest of Ard-Macha; and
Finguine, son of Fubhthaidh, son of Donnagan, son of Fogartach, son of Duine-
chdha®™, son of Bearach, son of Mescell, Vice-abbot of Teach-Mochua, and lord
‘of Magh-Abhna”, [died]. Maelcairnigh, Abbot of Tulan, died. Robhartach
of Teach-Theille, died. Fearghal, son of Domhnall, lord of the North ; and
Murchadh, son of Sochlachan, lord of Ui-Maine, died.. Conchobhar, son of
Maelchein, lord of Ui-Failghe, and his two sons, were killed by Lorcan, son of
Faelan, lord of Leinster. Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn plundered Airthear-
Liffe. Ambhlaibh, son of Godfrey, came to Dublin’ again, and plundered Cill-
Cuilinn, and carried off ten hundred prisoners from thence. A challenge of
battle between Donnchadh, King of Ireland, and Muircheartach, son of Niall
Glundubh, lord of Oileach ; but God pacified them. Donnchadh and Muir-
cheartach went with the forces of both fully assembled to lay siege to the
foreigners of Ath-cliath, so that they spoiled and plundered all that was under
the dominion of the foreigners from Ath-cliath to Ath-Truisten?; of which
Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, said :

now anglicé Mowney, in the barony of Lower ‘ The Northmen departed in their nailed barks;
' Ormond, and county of Tipperary; but it is Bloody relics of darts
probably a mistake here for O-mBuidhe, or On roaring ocean o’er the deep water Dublin

Omuigh, which is the ancient name of the dis- to seek ;
trict in which Teach-Mochua, or Timahoe, is Again Ireland shamed in mind.”
situated.—See Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 213, note*. — Giles’ Translation, p. 377.

° Came to Dublin.—The Saxon Chronicle, in » From Ath-cliath to Ath-Truisten: i, e. from
a metrical rhapsody on the battle of Brumby, Dublin to Ath-Truisten, a ford on the River
contains the following allusion to the return of Greece, near the hill of Mullaghmast, in the
Ambhlaeibh, or Anlaf to Dublin : south of the county of Kildare. Keating, in the

4mu2

\

GNNAta RIOShachta elReaNN.

Muinc(each van pine Pal, nf pagba spem na gsabarl,
Cia bert oc lopccad an ngpain, ap ran noesite an nanan.

x

Fmpeapce Muipceancach,
Cumba Congalach bpeag mbuide occup dune mut no got
Ap a chino ni cuctan sluitiud ache ma beit co bpmciun bpoc.

04 comonba Paccpaicc .1. lopep, pecpibmd, eppeop, 7 ancorm, an ci pob-
eaccnaide v0 Gaorwhelaibh, 7] Maolpacpaice, mac Maelcurle, eprcop, 7
eccnaid. Ciicc mora 06 in abdaine 7 a Ecc.

Cop Cort, nao ecéo tpocha a peachc. Qn picfemad bladam vo
Ohonnchad. Maolvomnais,abb Tamlacca, Ceallach, mac Caellaide, ppiéip
Saigne, 0é5. Finnachca, mac Ceallaig, comanba Ooipe, eprcop 7 pao
benlapéne, Caiggnen, comanba Peanna, 7 Tamlachca, [vécc]. Aileach
vongain la Gallon’ pon Mhupe(pcach, mac Néll,7 a ensabarl leo co puce-
pac vo cum a long co po puaplaic Ora uadaib. Mardm mia Congalac, mac
Maolmitich, pon Haullnsarb monaib, 7 beccaib occ Ach valaance, 0a 1
ctopcpavap ceitpi picic lair ofob. Oorhnall, mac Loncain, tigeapna Cone,
véce hi cCluaan mic Nop. Cpiocan, mac Maelemuine, cZeapna Ua Piach-

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reign of Cormac, son of Art, asserts that Ath-
Truisten was the old name of Ath-I, now Athy,
on the Barrow; but this is an error, for the
Annals of Clonmacnoise, as translated by Ma-
geoghegan, and the Book of Lecan, speak of
Ath-Truisten and Ath-I, as two different fords
where two different battles were fought be-
tween the Munstermen, on the one side, and the
Leinstermen, aided by the Ulstermen, on the
other. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise Ath-an-
trosden is described as ‘‘a little foorde near the
hill of Mullamaisden,” and the following pas-
sage, literally translated from the Book of Lecan,
will shew that it is not Ath-I, or Athy:

“It was at Ath-Truisden the first engagement
took place, and the men of Munster were routed
thence to the River Bearbha” [the Barrow],
“where, at Ath-1” [Athy], ‘a second battle
was fought, in which Eo” [or Ae], “son of

Dergabhail, the fosterer of Eochaidh Fothart,
was slain, and from him the ford was called
Ath-I, i.e. the ford of Eo.”—Fol. 105, a.

4 The two successors.—This passage is trans-
lated by Colgan as follows: “935. Duo Comor-
bani S. Patricii (id est, duo Archiepiscopi Ard-
machani) obierunt, nempe Joseph Scriba, Epis-
copus, Anachoreta, et Hibernorum sapientissimus ;
et Patricius filius Maeltulii, Episcopus, e Sapiens

postquam quingue tantum mensibus sedisset.”— —

See also Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops,
p- 48. Bi:

Masters corresponds with 937, alias 938, of the
Annals of Ulster, and with 932 of the Annals

of Clonmacnoise, which are very meagre at this i
period : }

“A. D. 937” [al. 938]. “ Dubhach, Coarb of
Colum Cille and. Adamnan, in pace quievit.

The year 936 of the Annals of the Four : d

937.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 637

-Muircheartach, above all the men of Fail, has not seized upon place
or prey, : .
Although he has been burning our corn, and well eating our bread.

Muircheartach replied :

Conghalach of the fertile Breagh is like unto a mute or stammering
man,

Out of his head no muttering is understood, but [what is] like the
bubbling of boiling meat.

The two successors! of Patrick, namely, Joseph, scribe, bishop, and ancho-
rite, the wisest of the Irish; and Maelpadraig, son of Maeltuile, bishop and wise
man, died. The latter was five months in the abbacy when he died.

The Age of Christ, 937. The twentieth year of Donnchadh. Maeldomh-
naigh, Abbot of Tamhlacht; [and] Ceallach, son of Caellaidhe, Prior of Saighir,
died. Finnachta, son of Ceallach, Comhdarba of Doire, bishop, and adept in
the Bearla-Feine’; Laighnen, comharba of Fearna and Tamhlacht, [died],
Aileach was plundered by the foreigners against Muircheartach, son of Niall ;
and they took him prisoner, and carried him off to their ships, but God redeemed
him from them. <A battle was gained by Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, over
the Gailengs Great and Small, at Ath-da-laarg*, where four score of them were

slain.

Maelcairni mac Conell, prince of Tuilain, obztt.
Ferall mac Daniell, king of Ailech, mortuus est.”
[A challenge of battle between Donogh mac
Flainn, and Murtagh mac Neill, but God paci-
fied them.] ‘Aulaiv mac Gofri at Dublin
againe. Cillcuillin praied by Aulaiv O’Hivair,
which was not hard of long before” [quod non
auditum est antiquis temporibus}, ‘An army by
Donogh O’Maelsechlainn, king of Tarach, and
by Murtagh mac Neill, king of Ailech, to hinder
the Galls, or Gentiles of Dublin,” [so] “ that
they spoyled from Dublin to Ath-Trustin.

Maelcen, king of Faly, killed by Lenster.”—

Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.
“A. D. 932” [recté, 938]. ‘Connor mac

Domhnall, son of Lorcan, lord of Aidhne, died at Cluain-mic-Nois.

Moylekeyne, king of Affalie, and his two sons,
were killed by Lorcan mac Foylan. Killkolyn
was preyed by the Danes, and” [they] “lead a
thousand captives from thence.”—Ann. Clon.

* Bearla- Feine: i. e. that dialect of the Irish

language in which the Brehon laws are written.
Thaddeus Roddy, translates it “the law or
lawyers’ dialect.” —See the Miscellany of the Irish
Archeological Society, p. 123.
: * Ath-da-laarg: i.e. Ford of the two Forks.
There were two places of this name in Ireland,
one on the River Boyle, in Connaught,—see
note ', under A. D. 1174; and the other in
Meath; but the situation or modern form of the
name of the latter is unknown to the Editor.

638 anNazwa rioghachta eiReaNnn.
pach, vécc. Plann, mac Ceallars, canaiy: Oppaige, vécc. Cran, mac Clen-
supa, vo manbad la hUib Pailge. Munchad, mac Pino, 00 sum la Tuacal.
Canom paccpaice vo Cumoac la Oonnchad, mac Ploinn, pf Eneann. Ceal-
lacan, pf Canpil, co ppfpaib Muman,7 Macca cud co nGallaib Puipclonpsy
1 Mhde, co ccucpac cpech moip, 7 bpoio. Opgain ona, Cille heidnech, 7 Cille
hachad vob co po gabpac a 0a nabbad 1. Muipeadac Ua Concobaip 4
Coibofhach mac bf{pgoa, co ppanccabrac Oilull mic Clenguy-a, cigeapna
Ua pPochawd, 7 pocawe ele la hOimmepgin cigeapna Ua pPailge. Fin
Muman um Ceallacan, pf Muman, co nHallab amalle ppp, 00 opsain
Moe, 7 Cluana heidneac, 7 Cille hachad 50 po apple an cip co Cluain
lopaipo. Goll vo vengu Acta cliat 1. Amlaoib, mac Gorpme, tne pupcace
0é 7 Micra.

Cop Core, naoi ecéo tmocha a hocht. C haonpiéfe vo Oonnchad.
Muipc(pcach campa, abb b{nochuin, Oubmopecc, mac Ronam, abb Cluana
Oolcain, Cinbit, mac Domnall, abb Slinne huip{n, vécc. Coibofnach, abb
Cille hachand, vo badad kn muip Oelginnyp: Cualann ag elad 6 Bhalla’.
Plann Ua Catail, vo dol mancpa hm cCluain an vobain la Gallanb. Suibne,
mac Conbnfcan, abb Slane, 00 manbad la Gallanb. Maolbfnoacra, ancoipe,oo
écc. Maolmancain Ua Sceallan pean lesind Leitglimne, vo écc. Sloighead
lap an jg, Oonnchad, 7 la Muipcfpcach, mac Néill, 50 Langnib, 7 co pona
Muman, co po Zabpac a ngialla. Niall, mac Peansgaile, mogdamna Olis
do sun 7 badad la Muipcfpcach. Plann, mgln Oonnchada, bameigeapna

* Ui-Fiachrach : i. e. of the Ui-Fiachrach of
Ard-sratha, in Tyrone.—See note ", under the
year 787, p. 394, supra.

« Murchadh, son of Finn.—This Murchadh
was brother of Conchobhar, ancestor of the

O’Conors of Offaly. Finn, his father, was slain
A. D. 928, g. 2.

* Ui-Fothaidh.—Now the barony of Iffa and
Offa West, in the county of Tipperary.
Y Mactail__He was the patron saint of Kil-

chael le Pole’s church, near Ship-street, Dublin,
also, as is highly probable from this passage.—
See note *, under A. D. 548, p. 186, supra.

cullen, in the county of Kildare, and of St. Mi- .

* Canoin-Phadraig.—This was the name of
the celebrated Book of Armagh.—See Petrie’s
Round Towers,. p. 329, 330. :

’ Cill-eidhneach.—This is a mistake for Clu-
ain-eidhneach. The reader will observe that
this plundering of the two churches is given
twice, having been evidently copied from two
different authorities.

The year 937 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 938, alias 939, of the

Annals of Ulster, which give the events of that

year as follows:

“A. D. 938” [al. 939]. “Kilculen againe
distressed by Genties, which, till then, was not e
Crichan mac Maelmuire, King of

Fiachrach, moritur. Ailech broken upon Mur-

often done.

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Crichan, son of Maelmuire, lord of Ui-Fiachrach*, died. Flann, son of Ceallach,
Tanist of Osraighe, died. Cian, son of Aenghus, was slain by the Ui-Failghe.
Murchadh, son of Finn", was mortally wounded by Tuathal. Canoin-Phadraig’
was covered by Donnchadh, son of Flann, King of Ireland. Ceallachan, King
of Caiseal, with the men of Munster, and Macca Cuinn, with the foreigners of
Port-Lairge, went into Meath, and seized upon a great prey, and took the spoils
and prisoners of Cill-eidhneach” and Cill-achaidh; and took their two abbots,
namely, Muireadhach Ua Conchobhair, and Coibhdeanach, son of Beargdha ;
but they left behind Oilill, son of Aenghus, lord of Ui-Fothaidh*, and many
others, in the hands of Aimhergin, lord of Ui-Failghe. The men of Munster,
under Ceallachan, King of Munster, who had the foreigners along with him,
plundered [the churches of] Cluain-eidhneach and Cill-achaidh, and the territory
of Meath, as far as Cluain-Iraird. The foreigners deserted Ath-cliath by the
help of God and Mactail’.

The Age of Christ, 938. The twenty-first year of Donnchadh. Muirchear-
tach of Camus’, Abbot of Beannchair ; Duibhinnreacht, son of Ronan, Abbot
of Cluain-Doleain ; [and] Ainbhith, son of Domhnall, Abbot of Gleann-Uisean,
died. Coibhdeanach, Abbot of Cill-achaidh, was drowned in the sea of Delginis-
Cualann’, while fleeing from the foreigners. Flann Ua Cathail suffered mar-
tyrdom at Cluain-an-dobhair, by the foreigners. Suibhne, son of Cu-Breatan,
Abbot of Slaine, was killed by the foreigners. Maelbeannachta, anchorite, died.
Maelmartin Ua Scellain, Lector of Leithghlinn, died. An army was led by the
king, Donnchadh, and by Muircheartach, son of Niall, to Leinster, and to the
men of Munster; and they took their hostages. Niall, son of Fearghal, heir
of Oileach, was mortally wounded and drowned by Muircheartach. Flann,
daughter of Donnchadh, and Queen of Oileach, died. Aralt, grandson of Imhar,

tagh mac Nell, and himself brought captive to
the shippe untill he was redeemed after. An
army by Doncha to Finavar-aba, which he
spoyled, and killed the priest in the midest of
the church, and others with him. An over-
throwe by Congalach mac Maelmihi to the
Greate and Little Galengs, where many perished
at Battle-Dalorg”’ [recté, at Ath-da-loarg] ‘‘ Ad-
alstan, king of Saxons, the most majesticall fea-
_ ther” [recté, cleithi, i. e. pillar] “of the west

world, secura. morte moritur. Finechta mac Cel-
laigh, Coarb of Daire, in Christo quievit.”’"—Ann.

Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Camus.—Now Camus-Macosquin, in the
barony of Coleraine, and county of London-
derry. This was one of St. Comhghall’s mo-
nasteries.—See Archdall’s Monasticon Hiberni-
cum, p. 83.

* Delginis- Cualann.—Now Dalkey, i.e. Delg-et,
in the county of Dublin.

640 [939.

Cpale ua hlomaip, 1. mac Sitpioca, ciZeapna Gall Cumms,
vo manbad 1 cConnaccaib la Caennaigib Chone. Op mon mia cCeallacan,
pi Chaipil, pon Oppagib. OUmlaob Cuapndn vo tféc co Caipabpoc, 4
blacaine mac Goppada vo tecc m Ae chat. Cpeacha Largen il Leite
Chum .1. Opaen1 Mivde, Concan 1 mOnfFarb, 7 Muipefpcach hi cCualamo,
co ttuccpac cpfcha mopa eiptib. Comppe Ua Cronalé, mgeanna Ua
nClitecoa, vécc. Catnaomfd ma mg Saran pon Conpranctin mac Cleda pop
Cnlap no Amlaoib, mac Sicpic, 7 pon Opeatnarb.

Amp Cort, naor ccéo tmocha anao. On oapa bliadam picle vo
Ohonnchad. Cocha, mac Scannanl, abb Imleacha lobaip,7 Oenacan, pasapt
oum leitglaiy, vécc. Maolbmsoe, mac Nectpa, opoan Cualann, vécc 1ap
ccianaoip. Muincfpcach, mac Néill co pfpaib an Pocla q Opts vo vol hi

anNNazwa RIoshachta eiReaNn. |

Ons, véce.

crip nOppaige, 7 na nOeip 50 po hainsfo 7 co po hionnnad laip an ¢cpioch |

ule 50 Léip 50 Ulp Ruadpach somoan apach 06 1apam. Mupcoblach la
Muinc(pcach, mac Néill, co ccuc ongzain 4 évala 1omda a hIn~ib Hall rap
mbpeit buaoa 7 copgaip. Up na nO€ip vo cup la Ceallacdn 7 la propa
Muman, pooash a native vo Muipc(pcach, mac Néill, 50 cconcnaccan 0a
mile ofob Lap im Célecaip, mac Conbmare, 7 1m Maelsonm, mac G1plecann,
in Segda, mac Noebelam, 7 1m Clénech, mac Sepcan, Fé. Catpaomead ele

> Caenraighe of Aidhne.—A sept seated at
Ard-Aidhne, near Ardrahin, in the barony of

Ulster, which notice the events of that year as
follows:

Kiltartan, and county of Galway.—See Genea-
logies, §c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 53.

° Cair-Abroc: i.e. Eboracum, now the city of
York, called by the Welsh, Caer Ebrauc, or
Eborauc.—See Todd’s edition of the Irish ver-
sion of Nennius’s Historia Britonum, p. 29, and
Additional Notes, p. iii.

4 Ui-Aitheachda.—This is the only notice of
this tribe occurring in the Annals of the Four
Masters. They were probably seated in the
district of Tuath-Aitheachta, now anglicé Tou-
aghty, in the barony of Carra, and county of
Mayo.—See Genealogies, &c., of Ui-Fiachrgch,
p- 157, note *.

The year 938 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 939 of the Annals of

“A.D. 939. An army by Donogh and by
Murtagh into Leinster and Mounster, that they
brought both their hostages. :
breton, killed by the Genties” [recté, by the — ;

Galls]. ‘‘ Nell mac Ferall wounded and drowned =

by Murtagh mac Nell. Flann, daughter to
Donncha, queene of Ailech, moritur. Anarmy
by Donncha in Bregha, that he spoyled Lainn-
Lere. Quies Muireai, Coarb of Ce a iz
Ul, Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. :
Some of the entries given by the Four Mas- ;%
ters under 937 and 938, are given in the Annals —
of Clonmacnoise under 933, as follows : .
“A. D. 933” [recté, 939, 940]. “ Adulstan,
King of England, died. The sunn for one day

appeared like blood untill none the next day. o-

Suvne mac Con-

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 641

939.]

i.e. the son of Sitric, lord of the foreigners of Luimneach, was killed in Con-
naught by the Caenraighi of Aidhne’. A great slaughter was made of the
Osraighi by Ceallachan, King of Caiseal. Amhlaeibh Cuaran went to Cair-
Abroc’; and Blacaire, son of Godfrey, came to Ath-cliath. Depredations were
committed by the Leinstermen in Leath-Chuinn; namely, by Braen in Meath,
Lorcan in Breagh, and Muircheartach in Cualann; and they carried great preys
from these places. Cairbre Ua Cinaeidh, lord of Ui-Aitheachda’, died. A
victory was gained by the king of the Saxons over Constantine, son of Aedh ;
Anlaf, or Amhlaeibh, son of Sitric ; and the Britons.

The Age of Christ, 939. The twenty-second year of Donnchadh. Eocha,
son of Scannal, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; and Oenacan, priest of Dun-Leath-
ghlaisi, died. Maelbrighde, son of Nechtrai, the glory of Cualann, died at an
advanced age. Muircheartach, son of Niall, with the men of the North and of -
Breagha, went into the territory of Osraighe and Deisi; and he totally plundered
and ravaged the entire country as far as Leas-Ruadhrach’, so that they [the
inhabitants] submitted to him. A fleet [was conducted] by Muircheartach, son
of Niall, and he carried off much plunder and booty from the Insi-Gall’, after
gaining victory and triumph. A slaughter was made of the Deisi by Ceallachan
and the men of Munster, because they had submitted to Muircheartach, son of
Niall ; and he slew two thousand of them, together with Ceileachair, son of
Cormac; Maelgorm, son of Gibhleachan ; Seghdha, son of Noebelan; Cleireach,
son of Sesta, &c. Another battle was gained by the Deisi and the Osraighi

Aileagh was taken by the Danes on Mortagh
mac Neale, and himself taken therein, wntill”
[recté, but] “he made a good escape from them,
as it was God’s will. Ceallachan of Cashell,
with his Mounstermen and Danes, harried and
spoyled all Meath and” [recté, as far as] ‘‘ Clo-
nard. Congallagh mac Moylemihie gave an
overthrowe to that part of Lynstermen” [recté,
Meathmen ] “ called Gallenges, where 80 persons
were slain. King Donnogh O’Melaghlyn and
Mortagh mac Neal went over all Munster and
Lynster, and took their hostages. Harrold
O’Hymer, King of the Danes of Lymbrick, was
killed in Connaught at Ratheyney. Neall mac

Ferall, prince of Aileagh, was killed by Mortagh
mac Neale. Flann, daughter of King Donnogh,
Queen of Aileagh, died. Moylemartan O’Skel-
lan, Lector of Leighlyn, died. Ceallaghan of
Cashell made a great slaughter on those of
Ossorie. Awley Cwaran, came to Yorke, and
Blackare mac Godfrey arrived in Dublin to
govern the Danes.”—Ann. Clon.

° Leas-Ruadhrach : i. e. Ruadrach’s Fort. This
fort was somewhere in the county of Waterford,
but the name is obsolete.

‘ Insi-Gall : i.e. the Islands of the Foreigners,
i.e. the Hebrides or Western Islands of Scot-
land.

4N

642 aNNaza RIOshachca erReann. (939.
lap na Oeipib 7 la hOppangib pop mgs Canpil, ou 1 cconcpaccap wh. = Muip-
c(pcach 1apam oo ciondl Conall 7 Eogam, 7 an Cuaipceipc ancfha co
hOileac, convo pofsoa vec cév lap ovo Zléipe. Zaipsfoach mo Phocla,
7 po caipmeill Epinn lam cli pf paippge co mache Ata cliat, 7 do
bic Sicpuc, cigeapna Ata chat hn ngiallnup lap. Oo cod 1apam co
Langmb,7 po tmallpac Coangin ppitbepct ppip, conad parp veipid occa pooedid
a Mapticcad, 7 vo pac Lopcan pi Larg(n lap. Rainic din s0 plopu Muman,
7 pobcan eplama iaopide pop a Cionn do cat ppp. Conavh eadh po cinnpfe
po ved) Ceallacan vo tabaine dia ccinn, 7] vo bnfta sermel pain la Muip-
ceantach. Oo deochad 1apam co Connaccaib, 7 camic Concuban mac
Taldp ina Ocul, ni capac Zemeal na slap pap. Oo puacc apy co horlech
sup an pfospaid hi pin hi ngiallnup loa, 7 bacap annpide co cnt naor mior
oc plMSuccad, 7 po cup na Zéll 1 neacmams na pee pm 50 Oonnchad, pi
Epeann, vain ap é boi a Timpais, 7 ap 06 panic an pige. Conad vo taboarne
Chellacam lap adopubpad an pann,

Oo coroh Muinc{pcach po ofp,

Co Capel caem canlcec carp,

Co cuce Cellacan na ccliap,

Ni po sab giall ole ary.

8 Chosen heroes.—For a romantic account of
the manner in which these heroes were chosen by
Muircheartach, see the Leabhar-Gabhala of the
O’Clerys, p. 212; and Circuit of Muircheartach
Mac Neill, published by the Irish Archeolo-
gical Society, pp. 20, 21.

‘A circuit of Ireland.—According to a poem
by Cormacan Eigeas, describing this circuit,
Muircheartach proceeded from Aileach toa place
called Oenach-Cross in Magh-Line, where he
remained for one night, after which he went to
Dun-Eachdhach, which is probably Dun-Eight,
in the parish of Blaris (see Reeves’s Ecclesiastical
Antiquities, p. 342, note‘), where he remained
another night. He next went to Magh-Rath,
now Moira; next to Glenn-Righe, the vale of
the Newry River, and thence to Casan-Line, a

tidal river, a day’s march south of Glenn-Righe.
—(See note under the year 1045.) From thence
he marched the next day to Ath-Gabhla, a ford
on the river Boyne, near Knowth in Meath, and,
having rested a night there, he marched over
the plain of Magh-Ealta, then covered with

snow, to Ath-cliath, or Dublin.—See Circuit of —

Muircheartach mac Neill, p. 29 to 33.

' Sitric, Lord of Ath-cliath.—The Sitric carried
off by Muircheartach Mac Neill on this occasion
was certainly not lord of Ath-cliath, or Dublin,
for the lord or king of the Danes of Dublin at
this time was Blacar, the son of Godfrey. It is

highly probable, if not certain, that the Sitrie —

carried off on this occasion was Sitric, brother
of Godfrey, son of Sitric, who succeeded ‘as
King of Dublin in 948. This Sitric, though

rasrciaciige aaa

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 643

939.]

over the King of Caiseal, where many were slain. Muircheartach afterwards
assembled the Cinel-Conaill and Cinell-Eoghain, and the people of the North
in general, at Oileach, where he selected ten hundred of the chosen heroes®, and
made a circuit of Ireland", keeping his left hand to the sea, until he arrived at
Ath-cliath ; and he brought Sitric', lord of Ath-cliath, with him as a hostage. He
afterwards proceeded into Leinster, and the Leinstermen began to oppose him*
but finally agreed to submit to him ; and he carried Lorcan, King of Leinster,
with him. He then went to the men of Munster, who were in readiness on his
arrival to give him battle; but they ultimately resolved! to give up [their king]
Ceallachan, and a fetter was put upon him by Muircheartach. He afterwards
proceeded into Connaught, where Conchobhar, son of Tadhg™, came to meet
him, but no gyve or lock was put upon him. He then returned to Oileach,
carrying these kings with him as hostages; and they were for nine months"
feasting there; and at the end of that time he sent the hostages to Donnchadh,
because it was he that was at Teamhair, and the sovereignty had come to him.
Concerning the carrying away of Ceallachan the following quatrain was com-

posed :

Muircheartach went to the South,

To the beautiful chalk-white Caiseal,

And he brought with him Ceallachan of troops ;
He did not accept of any other hostage for him.

tered and carried off as a hostage.—Jbid., p. 39.

' Ultimately resolved.Cormacan Eigeas states.
that Ceallachan requested his people not to op-
pose the race of Eoghan, but to surrender him

not King of Dublin, as the Four Masters state,
was nevertheless of royal extraction, and a man
of sufficient dignity and importance to be taken
as a pledge of Blacar’s allegiance.—See Circuit

of Muircheartach Mac Neill, p. 34, note to line
55.

* To oppose him.—Cormacan Eigeas states that
Muircheartach proceeded to Liamhain [Dunla-
van], and that the Leinstermen assembled at
night in the valley of Gleann-Mama, determined
to oppose him; but that, when they saw the
northern warriors by day-light, they durst not
approach them, but permitted them to pass to
Dun-Aillinne (near old Kilcullen), where they
took Lorcan, King of Leinster, whom they fet-

as a hostage.—Jbid., p. 43.

™ Conchobhar, son of Tadhg. — This Con-
chobhar, who is the progenitor of the O’Conors
of Connaught, was a very young man at this pe-
riod. His father, Tadhg of the Three Towers,
who was at this time King of Connaught, lived
till 954. Conchobhar himself lived till 972.—
Ibid., pp. 48, 49, 65.

2 Nine months.—This is a mistake of the Four
Masters, for co1g miora, i.e. five months.—
Ibid., pp. 56, 57.

And

644 AQNNQGZa RIOSshachtTa elREGNN.

[940.

Cn gall Do con la hUib Parlge .1. la hOimengin, mac Cionaeda, 7 la Cenel
Finachach, co po mapbrac oa céo véce bh Mmg Cips ob. Aig 1. proc
anaicfnta, comcon pony aibne 7 locha co po oipecpfccan na Hall Imp
Mocca ap lic (Sa. Maolpuanaid, mac Plomn, cana Oils, 00 manbad vo
Chenel Conall. Catpaomead pon Ghallaib Ata cliaé pia nUib pParlge
1. mia nCumipsm mac Cionaecha, cigeapna Ua pPailge, 04 1 cconcain mile

vo Shallaibh 1m Aloo nAlbanach, co tcoipecarb 1omda cen mo tapom.

Cop Cmort, naor ccéo clépacha.
chao.

Eponamn, eppeop Cluana heidnech, vécc.

Cn cpearp bliadain pich(< 00 Ohonn-

Outnéad, mac Sutainen, eppcop Cluana mic Noip,7 Cellach, mac

Maelmocca, pembnid 7 abb

Cluana lonaipo, o€5. Cfnn cpabaid, esna Epeann epioe.

Maolmocca von Mode mais,
Mop iach an cnaob caom cumna,
Acbat cfnn na hanmcaipoe,

Caoncompac molcach Mugna.

Faolan, mac Muploharg, pi Largln, vo Ecc do eapecap 1 nOenach

Cholmann.

Faolan puamann puamaige, ap spit mop mucta marsén,
Combe Cualann cuanaige, 00 podbad laoich pr Cargfn.
Lupe Eneann Epemom, opinglo vap oponga dvoenap,

ba oaig vép cpé Sle vedorl, ba Lach plaich pea Paolain.

° Magh-Cisi.—This was the ancient name of
a plain near Rahen, in the north of the King’s
County.—See note under the year 1153.

» Inis-Mochta.—Now Inishmot, in the barony
of Slane, and county of Meath.—See note under
A. D. 922, suprd.

The year 939 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 940, alias 941, of the
Annals of Ulster, and 934 of the Annals of
Clonmacnoise, which notice the events of that
year (wre communis, 941) as follows :

“A.D. 940” [al. 941]. “A great frost, that
loches and rivers were iced. The birth of Brian
mac Cinedy. An army by Murtagh, that he

spoyled Meath and Ofaly, and went to Ossory -

and brought them to subjection, and from thence
prayed the Desyes, that he brought Cellachan,
King of Cassill, with him, subject to Donncha.
Maelruany, heyre of Ailech, and son of Flann,
killed by the Conells. Eocha mac Scannail,
Airchinnech of Imlech-Ivair, mortwus est. Aena-
gan, priest of Dun-Lethglaise, mortwus est.” —
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 934” [recté, 941]. “ There was such
druth” [drought] and ice over loghes, and the
waters of Ireland this year, that the Danes went
to Inis-Moghty upon ice, and spoiled and ran-
sackt the same. Mortagh mac Neale, with the

940.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 645

A slaughter was made of the foreigners by the Ui-Failghi, i. e. by Aimhergin,

son of Cinaedh, and the Cinel-Fhiachach, who slew twelve hundred of them at
Magh-Cisi®. Unusual frost, so that the rivers and lakes were passable ; and
the foreigners plundered Inis-Mochta? on the ice. Maelruanaidh, son of Flann,
Tanist of Oileach, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill. A battle was gained over
the foreigners of Ath-cliath by the Ui-Failghe, i.e. by Aimhergin, son of Cin-
aedh, lord of Ui-Failghe, where there fell a thousand of the foreigners, with
Aedh Albanach, and many chieftains besides him.
' The Age of Christ, 940. The twenty-third year of Donnchadh. Dun-
chadh, son of Suthainen, Bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Ceallach, son of
Eporan, Bishop of Cluain-eidhneach, died. Maelmochta, scribe and Abbot of
Cluain-Iraird, died ; he was the head of the piety and wisdom of Ireland.

Maelmochta of the plain of Meath,—

Great grief is the beauteous sweet branch,—

The chief of spiritual direction,
The centre of the praise of Mugain’.

Faelan, son of Muireadhach, King of Leinster, died of a fall at Aenach-

Colmain’:

Faelan of resounding rapidity, whose shout overwhelmed the plain,
Lord of Cualann of the harbours, the subduer of champions, King of

Leinster,

The flame of Eremhon’s Ireland, he subdued hosts singlehanded,—

Cause of tears is his total separation.

forces of the North, went to Ossorie and Desies,
and preyed them. Awley mac Godfrey, king
of Danes, died. Ceallaghan of Cashell, and his
Munstermen, gave an overthrow to the Desies,
and slew of them 2000. They of Affalie and
Kyneleagh killed 2000 Danes. Orlath, daugh-
ter of Kennedy mac Lorcan, was queen of Ire-
land this time. Mortaugh mac Neale, with the
king’s forces, went to Cashell, and there took
Ceallaghan (that unruly kinge of Mounster that
partaked with the Danes) prisoner, and led him
and all the hostages of Mounster, and the other

Alas for the Prince of Faelan’s* land !

provinces of Ireland, with him, and delivered
them all into the hands of King Donnogh
O’ Melaghlin.””—A nn. Clon.

4 Mughain.—This is probably intended tor
Bealach-Mughna, or Mughna-Moshenog, near
Carlow.

* Aenach-Cholmain : i. e. Colman’s Fair. This
fair was held on the present Curragh of Kildare,
in Campo Liffe.

* Faelan’s land.—The Ui-Faelain were seated
in the plains of Magh-Laighean and Magh-Liffe,
in the present county of Kildare.

'

(941.

Congalach 7 Alpin, 04 mac Conca, mic Ounchada, vo mapbaoh 14 Con-
-galach, mac Maolmichich. Ounlaich, ngtn Mhaoilmichich, vé5. Cluam
mic Noip 7 Cell oana vo onccain la blacaipe, mac Hoppada, 7 la Gallaab
(cha chach. Odn Ufchiglarp: v0 opgain la mac Ragnaill co na Bhallonb.
Ro oiogail Oia 7 Paccpaice a ccpaicce an snfom pin faip, vain cangaccan
Holl ovap mup 50 po gabrpac ma np ponpa, conenla mac Ragnaill a
ccoipeac 50 po sab cip. Ro manbad é la Maoudan la pig nUlad pia ccind
pectmaie 1appan onccain a neineach Phaccpaice. Cia mp ip mbhadamy1
co caplaiclo alfch niochcanach vo Chluam mic Noip lap an uipcce.

Cop Core, nao ccé0 cltnaca, a haon. Cn clepamad bliadamn pichte
v0 Ohonnchad. Convla, mac Otnacam, eprcop 7 abb Leichglinne, Caon-
compac, eppcop Oomlacc, Pogantach, abb Saigpe, 7 Efpoomnach, abb
Pobain, vécc.

646 aNNaza RIOshachtd elReEaNnN.

(lod, mac Scannlam, tigeapna Ipluachpa, eccnaid engna
iLaiccin, 7 1 NGaowels, [vécc]. Mumncfpcach na ccocall ccpoicfnn, mac
Nell Glanowb, cigeanna Og, Eaccain lantonp Coppa ma aimypip, vo man-
bao oc Act Phipoiad la blacaipe, mac oppada, cigeapna, Gall an 26 Manca.

Ap via eccaome acpubnaoh,

' Foreigners: i.e. strangers came across the
sea and attacked the island on which the son of
Raghnall and his Irish Danes were stationed ;
but the son of Raghnall fled, and escaped to the
mainland, where he was slain by the King of
Ulidia, in less than a week after his having
plundered Downpatrick.

The year 940 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with the year 941, alias
942, of the Annals of Ulster, and with 935 of
the Annals of Clonmacnoise, but the true year
is 942:

“ A.D. 941” [al. 942]. “ Donncha mac Su-
thainen, bushop of Clon-mic-Nois, and Faelan
An
overthrowe by Ofaly of the Genties of Dublin,

mac Muireai, king of Lenster, moriuntur.

but this as ys said was don in the yeare before.
Dunlethglaise spoyled by Genties. God and
Patrick were avenged of them, for he brought
Galls from beyond seas, that they took the
Iland from them; theyre kinge stealing from

thence, that the Irish killed him ashore. The
two sons of Lorcan mac Donncha killed by
Congalach mac Maelmihi. Maelmochta, Air-
chinnech of Clon-Iraird, guievit. Clon-mic-Nois
spoyled by the Genties of Dublin and Kildare.”
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 935” [recté, 942]. ‘*Donnogh, bu-
shopp of Clonvicknose, died. Foylan mac
Moreay, King of Linster, died of a bruise he
received of a fall. Iduall mac Anoroit, prince
of Brittons, was killed by the Saxons. The two
sons of Lorcan mac Donnogh were killed by
Congalach mac Moylemihie. Blacarie mac
Godtry, with the Danes of Dublin, robbed and
spoiled Clonvicknose.

Donlaith, daughter of —
Moylemihie, and sister of King Congalagh, died. —
Donleithglasse was spoiled by the son of Ran-
dolph, the Dane, who, within a week after, was — 4
killed by Mathew, Kinge of Ulster. Liahmore, _
in Connaght, this year, the one halfe thereof
next the water was granted to Conia

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941]

Conghalach and Ailpin, two sons of Lorcan, son of Dunchadh, were slain
by Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh. Dunlaith, daughter of Maelmithigh, died.
Cluain-mic-Nois and Cill-dara were plundered by Blacaire, son of Godfrey, and
the foreigners of Ath-cliath. Dun-Leathghlaise was plundered by the son of
Raghnall and his foreigners. God and Patrick quickly took vengeance of him
for this deed, for foreigners' came across the sea, and attacked them on their
island, so that the son of Raghnall, their chief, escaped to the main land ; he
was killed by Madudhan, King of Ulidia, in revenge of Patrick, before the end
of a week after the plundering. A great flood in this year, so that the lower
half of Cluain-mic-Nois was swept away by the water.

The Age of Christ, 941. The twenty-fourth year of Donnchadh. Connla,
son of Dunacan, Bishop and Abbot of Leithghlinn ; Caenchomhrac, Bishop of
Daimhliag ; Fogartach, Abbot of Saighir; and Feardomhnach, Abbot of Fobhar,
died. Aedh, son of Scannlan, lord of Irluachair, a wise man, learned in Latin
and Irish,[died]. Muircheartach of the Leather Cloaks", son of Niall Glundubh,
lord of Aileach, the Hector of the west of Europe in his time, was slain at
Ath-Fhirdiadh” by Blacaire, son of Godfrey, lord of the foreigners, on the 26th

of March*.

[recté, a great inundation in Connaught this
year by which the one-half of Clonvicknose,
next the waters of the Shannon, was destroyed ].
—Ann. Clon. ;

* Muircheartach of the Leather Cloaks : Muip-
éeanzac na ccocall ccpoiceann. Doctor John
Lynch, in his translation of Keating’s History
of Ireland, p. 306, takes cocall in this cognomen
to denote a net, and interprets Muipceanzac na
ccocall ccnoiceann, “id est a coriaciis retibus
nomen sortitus ;? and Dr. O’Conor translates it
_n this place: ‘ Murcertachus cognominatus chla-
nydum croco tinctorum ;? and “ Murcertachus,
vognominatus bellatorum coloris crocet,” in the
Annals. of Ulster; and Mr. Moore, in his His-
iory of Ireland (vol. ii. pp. 79, 80), asserts that,
n the brief record of Muirchertach’s death, he
s described as ‘‘a warrior of saffron hue ;”
out this is a silly blunder, originating in the

In lamentation of him was said :

etymological fancies of Dr. O’Conor, and re-
echoed by the poetical instincts of Mr. Moore.
The old translators of the Irish annals have,
however, handed down the true explanation of
the name as Murtagh of the Skin or Leather
Coates.—See Circuit of Muircheartach Mac Neill,
p-. 14-16.

’ Ath-Firdia: i.e. the Ford of Ferdia, so
called from Ferdia, son of Daman, the bravest
of the Gamhanradii of Erris, who was slain here
by Cuchullin.
in the county of Louth.—See note ‘, under the
year 1452.

* On the 26th of March.—<According to the
Annals of Ulster, Muircheartach was killed on
Sunday, the fourth of the Kalends of March in
942, alias 943; but the true year is 943, in
which the fourth of the Kalends of March fell
on Sunday.

The place is now called Ardee,

648 ANNQGta RIOshachta elRedann. (941.

Oepd oigal agup oft pop pfol clomne Cuin go bpat,
Nac main Mumc{pcach ba tach oflécta iat Gaoweal ngnac.

Apo Macha vo onsain lap na Sallaib céona anabapach ian manbad
Muipceancash. Mugpoin po paovh po,

C1 haon naoi ccéd, cetpe veic, 6 snap Cmipt omod og bet,
Apo vo bliadnaib nonparg co bar mopoll Muincfpcargh.

Catpaomls oc Tpaécce Muga pra Rumdm Ua cCanannam pon Cenel
n€oshain 7 pop Salleaab Coca Peabail, m po mapbad cpi céov vo Chenél
Eogain 7 vo Hallaib im Maolpuanaid, mac Plano piogdamna an Tuarpcernc.
Loncan, mac Paolain, pf Caigtn, 00 mapbad la Noptmannab, via mboi occ
inopead Aca chaz, 1ap ccatpaomead pop Shallaib an cop 06 1 cconcpacan
ile o16 Loup, o1a nebnavh, :

Ma po bit va Speapail Spice,
Ob cup tic tneapac pop topc,
O mii co bnat mbaipneac mbale,
Ni cicpa Cargnec po lone.
Uoncan Lang(n 1 ccpeib cpoch,
Magn céd clot canad nat
Oiprpan opadiuch po Lion bit,

Cp cmt, ap cainead, ap cat.
Combe coiccid nO aoweal ngaet,
Ma po saet pon laoch ni lc,

ba Lag lonn pm lem in ae,

Cp beim vo bnat ma po bie.

Ceallach, mac bece, tigeapna Oal Apande, do opccain 1 nOenzmib la a
éenéL pap. Plann Ua Poccaptar cigeapna Opeccparge, 7 cigeapna

* Tracht-Mugha: i.e. the Strand of Mugh. * Descendant of Breasal Breac : i.e. of Breasal

Not identified. Bealaigh, grandson of Cathaeir Mor, monarch
* Ua-Canannain. — This family descended of Ireland.
from Canannan, the fifth in descent from > Breacraighe: i.e. of Magh-Breacraighe, a —

Flaithbheartach, who was monarch of Ireland district in the north-east of the county of (7
from 727 to 734.—See Batile of Magh-Rath, Westmeath, adjoining that of Longford. The
pp. 335, 337, 338. village of Street, anciently called Sraid-Maighe- £ a

941.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 649

Vengeance and destruction have descended upon the race of the
Clann-Cuinn for ever,

As Muircheartach does not live; alas, the country of the Gaeidhil
will be always an orphan.

Ard-Macha was plundered by the same foreigners on the day after the killing
of Muircheartach. Mughron composed this :

One, nine hundred, four times ten, since Christ was born of Virgin birth,
Is the number of years that have come, to the great death of the Muir-
cheartach.

A victory was gained at Tracht-Mugha’, by Ruaidhri Ua Canannain’, over
the Cinel-Eoghain and the foreigners of Loch-Feabhail, where three hundred
of the Cinel-Eoghain and foreigners were slain, together with Maelruanaidh, son
of Flann, heir apparent of the North. Lorcan, son of Faelan, King of Leinster,
was slain by the Norsemen, as he was plundering Ath-cliath, after having first
defeated the foreigners, where many of them were slain by him ; of which was

said :
Since the descendant of Breasal Breac* has been slain,

A rapid brave king, subduer of princes,

From this day till the fierce and terrific day of judgment,
No Leinsterman shall march in his army.

Lorcan of Leinster in a wretched house,

The theme of a hundred renowns, the friend of poetry.
Alas, the world has been filled with wailing,

It is trembling, it is weeping, it is battle.

Lord of provinces of the wise Gaedhil,

If he wounded a hero, it is not joyous ;

He was a puissant Lugh to jump into the ford,

It is a stain for ever if he has been slain.

Ceallach, son of Bec, lord of Dal-Araidhe, was killed at Oentrobh by his
own tribe. Flann Ua Fogarta, lord of Breacraighe’, and lord of Teathbha;

Breacraighe, marks its position. The year 941 which notice the events of that year as fol-
of the Annals of the Four Masters corresponds lows:
with 942, alias 943, of the Annals of Ulster, “ A. D. 942” [al. 943]. ‘The Galls of Loch

40

650 anNNaca RIOSshachta eiReann. (942.

Teatba, Owblfrna msCn Tigeannain, cigeanna bpéipne, b(n Oonnchaoa
mic Flomn, pi Eneann, vés.

CQoip Cpiopc, nao ccéo cltpachat a v6. Robancach, mac Maolcain-
mph, abb Cluana an vobain, Maolpeiceme, abb Cluana hlonaipo, Oubeéach,
mac Maolpfmpul, pp leigimn Cluana hlopaino, 7 Guaipe, mac Mailecam,
pacanc Cluana mic Nop, vécc. Plaitbeancach, mac lonmainéin, pi Carpil,
Plann, mac Pino,7 Muipeavhach, mac Maolmépda, 0a mogoamna Longin,
vég5. Fino, mac Maca, cigeanna Conca Laigve, 00 manbad oPeapoib
Moaige Péne. Conn, mac Oonnchanda, fogoamna Epeann, vo manbad
opeanaib Peannmaige. Coinppe, mac Maolpaccparce, cigeapna Ua Liatan,
vécce. Catpaomead pia cCeallacan, Carpil pop Cheimneiceig, mac Conca,

hi mang ote, m po manbad pocarve.

Cuan discomfitted by Lecale, im quo pene omnes
deleti sunt. Murtagh mac Nell, surnamed Na go-
chall Croicenn .i. Nell of Skinn” [coats], “* King
of Ailech, and Hector of the west of the world,
killed by Genties, prima feria, 4 Kal. March.
Ardmach spoyled in the 3. Kal. the next day
by the same Genties. Lorcan mac Faelain,
king of Lenster, killed by Genties. Cellach
mac Becce killed by his family murtherously.”
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise give some of the
same events under A. D. 936, and the translator,
Connell Mageoghegan, has added some fabulous
matter not worth inserting here.

* A. D. 936” [recté, 943]. “‘ Lambert, bushop
of Killmoyne, died. They of Leihcale made a
greate slaughter of the Danes of Logh Cwan.
Mortaugh mac Neale, upon Shrove-tide Sonday,
at Athfirdia, was killed in battle by the Danes
of Dublin. This Murtaugh was son of King
Neale Glunduffe, King of Ireland, and was sur-
named Moriertagh na gCoghall gCroickeann,
which is as much as to say in English, as Mur-
taugh of the Leather Coates, which name was
given him upon this occasion.”

The translator here interpolates a fabulous
account of the origin of this cognomen, of which

Copccnad Ata chat oo Ohaewelanb

the substance is this: ‘ After the fall of King

Niall Glunduffe, Monarch of Ireland, in the |

battle of Dublin, Cearbhall, King of Leinster,
treated his body with indignity. Gormlaith,
the queen of Niall Glunduffe, after the death of
that monarch, married Cearbhall, or Carroll
mac Muirigen, King of Leinster! and having
received from her new husband a gross insult,
she called upon her stepson, Muircheartach, to
revenge the indignity. Muircheartach com-
plied with her request, and disguising his fol-
lowers in cow-hides, spread them over the
grounds of the King of Leinster, near his palace
at Naas, who, supposing them to be a number
of straying cows that had settled in his meadows,
ventured unattended into the midst of them,
and was slain.” He then adds: ‘“‘Murtagh and
his Ulstermen carried his bones with him to the
North, and there artificially caused to be made
a payre of tables of the said king’s bones, which,
for a long time after, was kept as a monument
in the King of Ulster’s house. And of these
cow-hides Murtagh was ever after during his
life named Mortagh of the Leather Coates.”
That this is a legend invented long after the
period of Muircheartach, is evident from the
true dates of the deaths of Queen Gormlaith’s

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942.)
Duibhleamhna, daughter of Tighearnan, i.e. lord of Breifne, and wife of Donn-
chadh, son of Flann, King of Ireland, died.

The Age of Christ, 942. Robhartach, son’ of Maelcainnigh, Abbot of
Cluain-an-dobhair®; Maelfeichine, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; Dubhthach, son of
Maelseampul, Lector of Cluain-Iraird ; and Guaire, son of Maelecan, priest of
Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Flaithbheartach, son of Inmainen, King of Caiseal ;
Flann, son of Finn, and Muireadhach, son of Maelmordha, two royal heirs of
Leinster, died. Finn, son of Matan, lord of Corca-Laighdhe, was slain by Feara-
Maighe-Feine*. Conn, son of Donnchadh, heir apparent to the sovereignty of
Ireland, was slain by the men of Fearnmhagh. Cairbre, son of M aelpadraig,
lord of Ui-Liathain, died. A victory was gained by Ceallachan of Caiseal, over
Ceinneidigh, son of Lorcan, at Magh-duin‘’, where many were slain. The
destruction of Ath-cliath by the Irish, i. e. by Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh,

royal husbands, furnished by the Annals of
Ulster. Cormac Mac Cuileannain, King of
Munster, who, according to Mageoghegan, was
her first husband, was slain in the battle of
Bealach-Mughna, in the year 908. Now, if we
take for granted that Niall Glunduffe was her
second husband, he must have repudiated her
within that year, for Cearbhall, her third hus-
band, was killed in A. D. 909, one year after the
death of Cormac.—See p. 573, line 17, supra.
This fact proves the utter fallacy of Mageoghe-
gan’s story, for Niall Glunduffe lived till the
year 919, ten years after the death of Cearbhall!
The fact would therefore appear to be, that
Gormlaith was first married to Cormac Mac
Cuileannain, after whose death she married,
secondly, Cearbhall, or Carroll, King of Leinster,
who was slain by a Dane named Ulbh in the year
909; and that she married, thirdly, Niall Glun-
dubh, with whom she lived till he was slain by
Amlaff at Dublin in 919; after which she was
left destitute, and begged from door to door.—
See a quatrain of Gormlaith’s own composition,
cited by the Four Masters under the year 903,
p- 573, and again under 917, p. 597.

Charles O’Conor of Belanagare asserts in his
Dissertations that Muircheartach made improve-
ments in the art of war, namely, leather cloaks,
which were impenetrable to the arrows and
javelins of the enemy; from which coverings
he received the cognomen of Na gCochall
gCroiceann ; but this, which is a mere conjec-
ture, is not borne out by any Irish authority, for
it appears from the poem of Cormacan Eigeas
that these Cochalls were not used as a protec-
tion against the arrows and javelins of the
enemy, but as coverings against the inclemency
of the weather.—See this poem in the Circuit of
Irdand by Muircheartach Mac Neill, lines 64-70,
99-104, and 119-122.

° Cluain-an-dobhair.—A place near Killeigh,
in the barony of Geshill, and King’s County.—
See it already referred to at the years 507, 843,
938.

4 The Feara Maighe-Feine: i. e. the inhabi-
tants of the barony of Fermoy, in the county
of Cork.

© Magh-duine : This
would be anglicised Moydown, or Moyadown,
but it has not been yet identified.

i.e. plain of the fort.

402

AQNNa~a RIOshachtda elReaNN.

652 [942.

1. 00 Chongalac, mac Maolmichs, pfogdamna Epeann, 7 vo Spaen, mac
Maolmépoda, pf Larsfn,7 00 Cheallac, mac Paelam, mogoamna Largtn.
Clpé copccnad vo pacad pain 1. a ciZe, 7 a ainbeada, a Longa, 7] a cumoaige
olc(na 00 lopccad, a mna, a mic, a Daepecappluals vo bneit 1 noaeine, a Fin
7 aaep calma vo manbad, a 6goilgeann 6 ceitip Fo Dune e1vip Fun, 7 badad,
7 lopccad, 7 bnaice acc uatad beacc vo vicpfo 1 nuatad Long vo poccpacan
1nOelccmp. Conad 06 po padead,

Naor ccéo bliadam buan nepnad,
Ceitpe veich a 06 atpéshtap,

O snap Circ, 1ap mraganl,

Co pin mbliadain po meaclaro.

Ro copccpad At cliat clorobeach,
Co nmac peat pceo clslach

Ro cnadead mumcip Thomaip,

] mantap oomain vebnao.

bpaen Canmain von cat copecnac,
On al Almain co na plogan,

Cp la ws Cargean Lamec,

Ro cnadead aguy po corccpad.
Ponpbanach pnp m copnam,
Congalach cond mbnes mbnarslan,
Oman 1antaip domain oacang,

Co cathaib oca copecpad.

Oonnchad, mac Plomn, mic Maoileclaimn, pi €Epeann, dvécc 1app an cfice-
ead bliadan pichte a plaicfpa. Ap vo ponntm(e, agup véccaoine Oomnchada

po paidead an pann,

‘ Deilginis—Now Dalkey Island, near Dublin,
on which the Danes had a fortress.—See it
already mentioned under the years 719, 727,
938.

* Race of Tomar.—From this it may, be safely
inferred that the Danes of Dublin were de-
scended from Tomar, or Tomrar, who was slain
by the Irish in the year 846.—See note », under

that year, p.475, supra ; and Leabhar-na-g Ceart,
Introduction, p. xxxvi. to xli.

» Donnchadh, son of Flann.—According to
Ware and O’Flaherty, Donnchadh mac Flainn
succeeded as Monarch of Ireland in 919, and

died in 944, after a reign of twenty-five years.— i

See Ogygia, p. 434.
The year 842 of the Annals of the Four

EN RA I EEA EP PE aR gate rae

LEIP ATER GIS PET SR IS

Ae ptt ke +1

TA fem aI een 1 AT

942.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 653

heir apparent to the sovereignty of Ireland; Braen, son of Maelmordha, King
of Leinster; Ceallach, son of Faelan, heir of Leinster. The destruction
brought upon it was this, i. e. its houses, divisions, ships, and all other structures,
were burned ; its women, boys, and plebeians, were carried into bondage. It
was totally destroyed, from four to one man, by killing and drowning, burning
and capturing, excepting a small number who fled in a few ships, and reached
Deilginis’.. Of which was said :

Nine hundred years of lasting harmony,
Four times ten and two, is seen,

Since the birth of Christ, according to rule,
Till this year, have been spent,

Ath-cliath of swords was destroyed,

Of many shields and families,

The race of Tomar? were tormented,

In the western world, it has been manifested.
Braen of Carman went to the victorious battle,
The golden Rock of Almhain with his host,
It was by the King of Leinster of swords

It was oppressed and destroyed.

Swelling for the contention was Conghalach,
The fine vigorous chief of Breagh,

The sun of the bright western world,

With battalions destroying it.

Donnchadh, son of Flann*, son of Maelseachlainn, King of Ireland, died after
the twenty-fifth year of his reign. It was to commemorate and lament Donn-

chadh the [following] quatrain was composed :

Masters corresponds with 943, alias 944, of the
Annals of Ulster, and 937 of the Annals of Clon-

from whence they brought jewells, goods, and
great captives. Donncha mac Flainn mac Mael-

macnoise, but the true year is 944.

“A.D. 943” [al. 944]. “ Flaihvertach mac
{nmainnein in pace mortuus est. Carbre mac
Maelpatrick, King of the O’Liahans ; Finn mac
Mudain, king of Corcalaoie, killed by them of
Maghfene. Congalach mac Maelmihi, and Braen
nac Maelmorra, king of Lenster, sett on Dublin,

ruanai, king of Tarach, annis 25, transactis in
regno, moritur ; Maelfinnia, Coarb of Fechin, and
Dungall mac Cahain, in Christo dormierunt. The
battle of” [Gort] ‘‘Rodachan by Cellachan
upon Thomond, where many fell.””—Ann. Ult.,
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 937” [recté, 944]. “‘ Dublin was ran-

aNNaza RIOshachta elReaNn. (943.

O acbat Oonnchad, velm vonor, po clo1 Timaip comtach Vy,
Cen pechc né lens ms porna, aca cip n€peann ian ni.

Cloip Core, naoi ccéo cltpaca a tpi. On chév bliadamn vo Chonga-
lach, mac Maolmichs, op Epinn hi pighe. Maolcule,mac Ofnam, comapba
Tigeannars 7 Chanpnigh, .1. 6 Tulém, vés. Eappucc éipde. GHuaipe, mac
Sealbaig, abb Oipipc Oiapmava, vécc. Cengup, mac Oonnchada, mic
Plomn, cigeanna Mode, vécc. Conchad, mac Munchada, cigeanna lantain
Conoache, [oécc]. Obpeaccach, mac Antith, coipec Calpaige, 00 manbaoh.
Holl Cocha h€atach vo manbad imo pig 1 mbpép: la Oomnall Ua Néill,
a.mac Muipch(pcag, me Nell Glanowmb,7 la a ofpbpataip. blacaipe,
aon vo toipecaib Gall, oo 1onnanbad a hActchath, 7 Amlaib oan a epi ann.
Ua Canannan, 1. Rucdp: do dol 1 mOp(Fab co ppansaib oneam oia Plog
ann la Congalach. Gell Connacc la Congalac, mac Maolmchs. Of
colamam téintive Do aucpin p(ecmain pra Samain, co no polls an biog ule.
Culeannan, mac Coibdenais, cigepna Ua mbaipce, vé5.

Qoip Cmorzc, naor ccéo cltpacha a cléarp. On vana bliadam vo Chon-
salac. Placgup, abb Peanna moine, Scanlan, abb Tuama Pionnloca,
Maolbfead, abb Oaimny,7 Guaipe pagzanec Cluana mic Noip,vێ5. Aimipgin,
mac Cionaeda, tizeanna Ua Pailge, vécc an cneap la vo Tanuapn. Oun-
lains, mac Cleda, tiseanna Ua nOnona, vo mapbad. Oomnall, mac Maol-
muand, tIZeapna Connacc, vo écc. Oomnall, mac hUatmanan, mic Oobalen,

sackt and spoyled by Congalagh mac Moyle-
mihie; these of Moybrey and Breen mac Moyle-
morry, with his Lynstermen ; and in burning
Dublin they killed forty hundred Danes that
made resistance to keep the forte, and took
away all their jewells, goods, and hangings.
Donnogh, King of Ireland, died. The King of
the Danes was killed by the King of the Saxons
at York.”—Ann. Clon.

‘ Ua-Neill—This is the first mention of Ua-
Neill, or O’Neill, as a hereditary surname in
the Irish Annals. This branch of the Nepotes
Neill Naighiallaigh of the North, took their
hereditary surname from Niall Glundubh, who
was the grandfather of this Domhnall.

The year 943 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 944 of the Annals of

Ulster, and with 940 of the Annals of Clon- —

macnoise.

“A. D. 944. An unaccustomed great frost”
[Sece mép anaicenza] ‘that Loches and Rivers
were dried upp. The Genties of Loch Echach
killed by Daniell mac Murtagh, and his brother,
Flahvertach, and the spoyles of their shippes”
[carried off]. ‘‘ Maeltuile mac Dunain, Coarb
of Tiernach, and Carnech, secura morte moritur,
Urcha mac Murcha, king of West Connaght ; ‘ei

Maelduin mac Garvith, Secnap of Ardmach” ; b
“ Blacar renewed” [recté, eschewed]
“ Dublin, and Aulaiv after him. Some of _

[died].

———=-

943.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 655

Since Donnchadh’s death,—unspeakable misfortune,—Teamhair
the threatener has changed its hue,

Without the enlightening laws of a king to bind it, the land of
Ireland is for ever ruined.

The Age of Christ, 943. The first year of Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh,
in sovereignty over Ireland. Maeltuile, son of Dunan, successor of Tighear-
nach and Cairneach, i.e. of Tuilen, died; he was a bishop. Guaire, son of ©
Sealbhach, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada, died. Aenghus, son of Donnchadh, son
of Flann, lord of Meath, died. Aerchadh, son of Murchadh, lord of West Con-
naught, died: Aireachtach, son of Ainbhith, chief of Calraighe, was slain. The
foreigners of Loch-Eathach were slain, together with their king, in a battle by
Domhnall Ua Neill’, i. e. the son of Muircheartach, son of Niall Glundubh, and
by his brother. Blacaire, one of the chiefs of the foreigners, was expelled from
Dublin ; and Amhlaeibh remained after him there. Ua Canannan, i. e. Ru-
aidhri, proceeded into Breagh, and left some of his army there with Conghalach.
The hostages of Connaught [were delivered] to Conghalach, son of Maelmithich.
Two pillars of fire were a week before Allhallowtide, and they illumined the
whole world. Cuileannan, son of Coibhdheanach, lord of Ui-Bairche, died.

The Age of Christ, 944. The second year of Conghalach. Flathghus,
Abbot of Fearna-mor ; Scannlan, Abbot of Tuaim-Finnlocha®; Maelbeathadh,
Abbot of Daimhinis ; and Guaire, priest of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Aimhirgin,
son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Failghe, died on the third day of January. Dunlaing,
son of Aedh, lord of Ui-Drona, was slain. Domhnall, son of Maelmhuaidh,
lord of Connaught, died. Domhnall, son of Uathmharan, son of Dobhailen,

O’Canannan’s people killed by Congalach and
Aulaiv Cuarain, in Tir-Conell” [recté, in Co-
naille-Muirhevné].— Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49. ;
“A. D. 940” [recté, 945]. ‘ Congallach mac
Moylemihi reigned 20 years. Enos mac Donnogh,
king of Meath, died. Blacairy was banished
rom Dublin, and Awley succeeded him in the
zovernment. O’Canannan, prince of Tyrecon-
iell went to Moybrey, and there lost some of
ris forces. There was two Lightning pillars

seen in the firmament this year for the space of
seven nights before Allhallontide, which shined
so bright that they gave light to this whole
clymatt. King Congallagh tooke hostages of
all Connought this year. Areaghtagh mac
Anfie, chief of Calrie, was killed.”,—Ann. Clon.
k Tuaim-Finnlocha : i. e. the mound or tumu-
lus of the bright lake, now Tomfinlough, an old
church near a lake, in the barony of Upper
Bunratty, in the county of Clare, and about
two miles north-west of the village of Six-Mile-

656

cigeanna Conca Phincpi, 00 écc.
ancfna vo Shallanb Ata chiac:
Amlonb Cuanan.

Cloip Cort, nao ccéo clépacha a etice.
salach. Caoncompacc, abb la,7 Catapach, mac Guapam, peaplerginn
Catpaomead pia nOonnchad, mac Ceallans, cigeapna
Oppasge pon Cangmu, 041 ccopcain Gpaon, mac Maolmopoda, pi Largth via ©

Cpoa Macha, vécc.

nebnad,

Naoi cc€év, naoi ccoice do bliadnanb, ni pév nach tiamva tpogoa,
O sein Cpiore ap mao paoip planoa co bap Gpaoin, mic Maolmopoa.

(sup concain beop Ceallach, mac Cionaeda, ctizeapna Ua Cemnyealaig 50
pocharoib bi maille ppiu ipin cat pin.

bnaon, balp Cag lonngalach, Congalach laechoa lamonech,
Cfcpacha céctt compamach opptac m At chat Claidbeach.
O gem mic Ve veachparsic pelcaic co pel 1 maglan,

Cl ctice la caeb cltpacaic agup naoi ccéo vo bliadnaibh.

Can an Phinopadoich vo anggacc 6 Chenel Cogain an binoachcaib Pa-
Tpaicc 7 a comanba an can pin, .1. lopeph.
Cat eicip praca’ Muman1 n6l(nn Oamain oc Oanmmp, e
7 po meabawd pon na prachaib pian vo pocain a nan aud.

cipe occ Cuimnech.

Bridge.—See it again referred to at the years
1049 and 1054.

1 Corca-Firtrii—The inhabitants of Gallen,
Leyny, and Corran, in the counties of Mayo
and Sligo, were anciently so called.—See O’Fla-
herty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 69. See also note
under the year 885.

™ Athelstan.—This is an error for ‘‘ Edmund.”
Athelstan died, according to the Saxon Chro-
nicle, on the sixth before the Kalends of Novem-
ber, A. D. 940, and Edmund was stabbed at
Puckle-church on St. Augustin’s Mass day,
A. D. 946.

The year 944 of the Annals of the Four

anNNaca RIoshachtd elReaNnN.

Opgain Cluana mic Nap, 7 ceall na Mive
Opsam Cille Cuilinn, vo Ghallanbh a. vo |
CAcalpcan pi oppofpe Saran, vécc. P

apbiiute

[945.

SE es

paca

Cn cpeap bhava vo Chon-

Conad via ponaitmle po paidead,

Cat eicip eonaib an mana, 7 an
Sloigead la

Masters corresponds with 945 of the Annals of ‘
Ulster, and with 941 of the Annals of Clon- ©
macnoise, which are very meagre in this year:

“A.D, 945. Cluain-mic-Nois and” [other] —
‘“‘churches of Meath robbed by the Genties of —
Dublin. Maelbeathach Airchinnech of Daivinis
ys dead.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 7

“A, D. 941” [recté, 946]. “ Awargin mac
Kynaye, King of Affalie” [Offaly], “ died. §
Ettymon” [recté, Edmund], “‘ King of the Sax-
ons, was killed by his own family.”—Ann. Clon.

» Finnfadhach.—This was evidently a bell
which had belonged to St. Patrick.—See note *, ‘a }
under the year 448, p. 137, supra. 4

945.) _ ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 657

lord of Corca-Firtri’, died. The plundering of Cluain-mic-Nois, and the other
churches of Meath, by the foreigners of Ath-cliath. The plundering of Cill-
Cuilinn by the foreigners, i.e. by Amhlaeibh Cuaran [and his followers].
Athelstan”, the celebrated king of the Saxons, died.

The Age of Christ, 945. The third year of Conghalach. Caenchomhrac,
Abbot of Ia; and Cathasach, son of Guasan, Lector of Ard-Macha, died. A
battle was gained by Donnchadh, son of Ceallach, lord of Osraighe, over the
Leinstermen, in which Braen, son of Maelmordha, King of Leinster, was slain ;
of which was said :

Nine hundred, nine times five years, not a course without gloom
and grief,

From the birth of our noble redeeming treasure till the death of
Braen, son of Maelmordha.

~ And Ceallach, son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh,. was also slain in that
battle, and many others along with them; in commemoration of which was

said :

Braen, the valorous chief of Leinster, Conghalach the heroic, illus-
trious,
[And] four hundred valiant men, were slain at Ath-cliath of swords.
From the birth of the Son of God, are clearly set down by rules,
Five besides forty and nine hundred of years.

The full of the Finnfadhach” of silver [was given] by the Cinel-Eoghain for
the blessing of Patrick and his successor at that time, i.e. Joseph’. A battle
between the birds of the sea and the birds of the land at Luimneach. A battle
between the ravens of Munster, in Gleann-Damhain, at Darinis’; and the ravens
of the west were defeated and slaughtered there. An army was led by Ruaidhri

° Joseph.—This is an error of the Four Mas-
ters, for Joseph died in 936. He was succeeded
by Maelpatrick, son of Maeltuile, who died in
the same year, and was succeeded by Catha-
sach, son of Duilean, who was the successor
of Patrick in this year and till his death in

957.—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops,
p- 48.,

® Gleann-Damhain at Dairinis.—A valley near
Molana, in the barony of Coshmore and Cosh-
bride, in the county of Waterford.—See note *,
under the year 742, p. 343, supra.

4p

658 aNNaZa RIOshachta elReEANN.

(946.
Ruaodm Ua cCananném co Slame cona caipt(cap Sarl, 7 Gaorwil a. Con-
galach, mac Maowlmichig, 7 Arnlaoib Cuapén, co paeimoh pon Hhallarb
Céa cliaé mm po manbad 7 mn po bacheavh pocawe. Scolarge Ua hCed-
accamn, tigeapna Oapcpaige,7 Harpbre, mac Muiploars, canary: Ua cCpem-
tainn, 7 Clos Ua Ruainc, mac Tigeanndm, a purégum. Ongsam Ata chat
la Congalach, mac Maolmitio.

Coir Cnrore, naor ccéo clcpacha apé. Cn clépamad bliadain v0 Chon-
salac. Cinmipe Ua Cala, abb Cluana mic Nop, 7 Ceacna Mhide, v5, 00
Uib mic Uaip Mivhe a cenél. Catapach, mac Domnall, abb Glinne hUiphh,
vé5. Colman, mac Maolpacpaic, apcinvech Slame, 00 manbad la Galland.
Conc, mac Comliogam, abb Lothna, vécc. Copmacan, mac Maonlbpigoe, an
capopile, pean camta Néill Glanomb, vé5. Cat Ata chat ma cCongalach,
mac Maolmichiz, pop blacaipe ua nlomaip, tiseapna na Nopcmann, in po |
mapbad blacaipe pein, 7 pé céd vécc ecip sum 7 bpoite, 7 culled an
mile amontle pup. Op 06 po paohfoh,

Oapoain Chongalaich na ccmach,

1 nQlé chach ba cuinpcte laoch,

hi ccém manup clann pn claino,
Oo blhac Gaull pm cec paet.

4 Aedh Ua Ruairc.—This is the first mention
. of Ua Ruaire as a hereditary surname in the
Irish Annals ; but it is a mistake, because this
Aedh was the brother of the Ruarc from whom
the surname is derived. Sean Fearghal, King
of Connaught, son of Art, son of Ruarc, was
the first who could with propriety be called
Ua Ruaire, or O’Ruairc, i.e. Nepos Ruarci.
This once great and proud family has dwindled
to insignificance in their original territory of
West Breifny, or the county of Leitrim ; but
the dignity of the name is still sustained by two
distinguished officers in the Russian Empire,
namely, Joseph, Prince O’Rourke, General-
in-chief in the Russian Empire, and Patrick
Count O’Rourke, a colonel in the same service.

The year 945 of the Annals of the Four

Masters corresponds with 946, alias 947, of the
Annals of Ulster, but the Annals of Clonmac-
noise contain no parallel entries, for it wants
the year 942, which is the corresponding year
according to the antedated chronology adopted
in that chronicle.

“A. D. 946” [al. 947]. “ An army by Roari
O’Canannan to Slane, assisted by both English
and Irish” [recté, resisted by the Galls, i. e.
Danes and Irish], ‘ viz., Congalach mac Mael-
mihi, and Aulaiv Cuaran, that they overthrew
the Gentiles of Dublin, where many were killed :
and drowned. The Finfai .i. a relique, full of
white silver from the Owens, .i. Tyrowen, to
Patrick. Scolai O’Haegan, king of Dartry;
Garvith mac Mureai, heire of O’Crivhainns,
and Hugh O’Roirk mac Tiernan, deceased.

946.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 659

Ua Canannain to Slaine, where the foreigners and the Irish met him, namely,
Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, and Amhlaeibh Cuaran ; and the foreigners
of Ath-cliath were defeated, and numbers slain and drowned. Scolaighe
O’hAcdhagain, lord of Dartraighe ; Gairbhith, son of Muireadhach, Tanist of
Ui-Creamhthain ; and Aedh Ua Ruairc’, son of Tighearnan, in the heat of the
battle. The plundering of Ath-cliath by Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh.

The Age of Christ, 946. The fourth year of Conghalach. Ainmire
Ua Cathlai, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, and Leacain in Meath’, died. He was
of the Ui-Mic-Uais of Meath. Cathasach, son of Domhnall, Abbot of Gleann-
Uisean, died. Colman, son of Maelpadraig, airchinneach of Slaine, was slain
by the foreigners. Core, son of Coinligan, Abbot of Lothra, died. Cormacan*,
son of Maelbrighdhe, the chief poet, the play-mate of Niall Glundubh, died.
The battle of Ath-cliath [was gained] by Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, over
Blacaire, grandson of Imhar, lord of the Norsemen, wherein Blacaire himself,
and sixteen hundred men were lost, both wounded and captives, [and upwards
of a thousand'] along with him. Of this was said :

The Thursday of Conghalach of chiefs

At Ath-cliath was a conflict of heroes,

As long as his children live to propagate children,
They shall bring the foreigners to all kinds of trouble.

Bran mac Maelmorra, king of Lenster, killed at
a praie in Ossory. Cahasach mac Ailce, bushop
of Kindred-Owen, mortuus est.”—Ann. Ult., Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

* Leacain in Meath.—Now Leckin, in the ba-
rony of Corcaree, and county of Westmeath.

* Cormacan.—He was usually called Cormacan
Eigeas, or the Poet, and was the author of a
poem describing a circuit of Ireland made by
Muircheartach, son of Niall Glundubh, king of
Aileach, in the Winter of A. D. 942. This
poem was for the first time printed for the Irish
Archeological Society in 1841.

* Upwards of a thousand.—This is an alias
reading, incorrectly inserted into the text by
the Four Masters. The true reading is given

in Peregrine O’Clery’s copy of the Leabhar-
Gabhala, p. 217, as follows :

“ 6a ip in clépamad bliavain a Flata (946)
po pioccad caé Giza cliat lair pon dlacaine
ua n-lomaip, tigeanna na Nonemann, aipm in
po mapbad Slacaine budéin go pé céoaib
vécc etcip Zum 7 bnow immaille Fpip 1 noio-
gail mapbea Muipelpzarg mic Néill Slunowib

‘laip peée pram.”

“It was in the fourth year of his” [Congha-
lach’s] ‘reign (946) the battle of Ath-cliath
was fought by him against Blacaire, grandson
of Imhar, lord of the Norsemen, where Blacaire
himself was slain, together with sixteen hun-
dred men, in revenge of Muircheartach, son of
Niall Glundubh, slain by him some time before.”

4p2

660 ANNaza RIOshachta erReann. (947.
Hopmplat, msn Plamo, mic Maoilechlaimn, mogan Néill Slunowbh,
vécc 1ap naitpicce diocpa ina caipmeeccanb 7 ovodilcibh. Slagead lap na
Hallas oan Opurm paée,co po loipepfe an ventech 7 veichneban ap peach
Fichtib ano. Cathupach, mac Ailci, eppcop Cenel Eoccham, vécc.

Coir Cmorc, nao ccéo cltpacha a peachc. Cn ciiccead bliadain vo
Chongalach. Oenacan, mac €ccfptaigh, ampcmoech Eccanlp: bicce In
cCluain mc Noip, eppeop,7 6§ 1odan, bnatainprde Odnavhag, mic Eccap-
cash, vo Mugoonnab Margen a cenél,7 a écc. Cedan, mac Anal, aip-
cmbeach Cuama va Ualann, [véce]. Plartb(cach, mac Muipefpcarg, mic
Neill Ohlanourb, 00 manbad la Cenél Conall. Cardgnén, mac Congalaig,
ciseapna Harl(ng, oo manbad la Pfpaib Cal. Oornnall, mac Pind pgdarina
Lagtn, vécc. Posapcach, mac Oonnagain, cigeapna Oingiall, vécc, rap
mbuad natmse. Mavoudan, mac Coda mic Eochaccamn, pi Ulad, 00 map-
bad la hUlcoib buden. Slasead la Congalach, mac Maoilmichig, co. po
hinoip hUi Mert, 7 Efpnmas. :

Coy Cmorc, nao ccéd cfénacha a hocht. Cn perpead bliadain vo Chon-
salac. PFinnachta, mac Echcigepn, eppeop, pepibmd,7 abb Cugmad,7 maen
muicipne Pacpaice 6 fleibh poof, Colman, eppoop 7 abb Pia vin, vécc.
Maolpinvén, pur eppcop Oaine Chalgarg, Conbmac Ua hdilella, aipéin-

veach Cille Curlino, Scuitme, abb Oepmaige, vécc.

" Gormfhlaith.—See note under the years 903,
917, and 941; and extract from the Annals of
Clonmacnoise in the next note.

* Druim-raithe—See note *, under the year
788, p. 395, supra.

The year 946 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 947 of the Annals of
Ulster, and with 943 of the Annals of Clon-
macnoise, but the true year is 948.

“A.D. 947. Blacar mac Gofrith, king of
Genties, killed by Congalach mac Maelmihi,
with 1600 hurt and killed. Anmere O’Haglai,
coarb of Ciaran mac an Tayr, mortuus est. Col-
man mac Maelpatrick, prince of Slane, taken
and died between them. Gormly, daughter to
Flann mac Maeleachlainn mortua est in peni-
tentia.””—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

*

Oonngal Ua Maoll-

Ley oan DS 943” [recté, 948]. ‘* Blacaire mac
Imer, king of the Normans, was killed by king
Congallagh, and a thousand Danes and upwards
were slain with him also, Aynmier O’Kahal-
lane, abbot of Clonvicknose, and of Leackan in
Meath, died in his old age. Gormphly, daughter
of King Flann mac Moyleseaghlyn, and Queen
of Ireland, died of a long and grievous wound,

‘which happened in this manner: She dreamed

that she sawe King Neale Glunduffe, whereupon
she gott up and sate in her bed to behold him;
whom he for anger would forsake, and leave
the chamber; and as he was departing in that
angry motion (as she thought), she gave a
snatch after him, thinking to have taken him

by the mantle, to keep him with her, and fell - _

upon one of the bed-sticks of her bed, that it

947.) - ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 661

Gormfhlaith", daughter of Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, queen of Niall
Glundubh, died after intense penance in her sins and transgressions. An army
was led by the foreigners over Druim-raithe*; and they burned the oratory and
seven score and ten persons within it. Cathusach, son of Ailchi, Bishop of
Cinel-Eoghain, died.

The Age of Christ, 947. The fifth year of Conghalach. Oenacan, son of
Egceartach, airchinneach of Eaglais-beag at Cluain-mic-Nois, bishop and pure

- virgin,—the brother of Dunadhach, son of Egceartach, of the tribe of Mugh-

dhorna-Maighen,—died. Aedhan, son of Anailedh, airchinneach of Tuaim-da-
Ghualann, [died]. Flaithbheartach’, son of Muircheartach, son of Niall Glun-
dubh, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill.
Gaileanga, was slain by the Feara-Cul.
Leinster, died. Fogartach, son of Donnagan, lord of Oirghialla, died, after the
victory of penance. Madudhan, son of Aedh, son of Eochagan, King of Ulidia,
was slain by the Ulidians themselves. A hosting by Conghalach, son of Mael-
mithigh ; and he plundered Ui-Meith and Fearnmhagh.

The Age of Christ, 948. The sixth year of Conghalach. Finnachta, son
of Echthighern, bishop, scribe, and Abbot of Lughmhadh, and steward of
Patrick’s people from the mountain southwards ; Colman, Bishop and Abbot
of Fidh-duin, died. Maelfinnen, learned bishop of Doire-Chalgaigh ; Cormac
Ua h-Ailella, airchinneach of Cill-Cuilinn ; [and] Scuithine, Abbot of Dear-

Laidhgnen, son of Conghalach, lord of
Domhnall, son of Finn, royal heir of

gierced her breast even to her very heart, which
seceived no cure untill she died thereof. Col-
nan mac Moylepatrick, archdean of Slane, was
slain by the Danes. The Danes brought a great
»rey from Dromrahie, and burnt the church
shereof, and also killed 170 men therein.”—
Ann. Clon.

Y Flaithbheartach.—It is added in a modern
nand in the Stowe copy, that this Flaithbhear-
iach was the brother of Domhnall O’ Neill, king
of Ireland.

The year 947 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 948, alias 949, of the
-\nnals of Ulster, and with 944 of the Annals
<f Clonmacnoise, which are very meagre in the
events of this year :

“A.D. 948” [al. 949]. “An army led by
Madugan mac Hugh, and by Nell O’Nerailb,
that they spoyled T'yre-Conell” [recté, Conaille-
Muirhevné] “and Druiminisclainn, with Inis-
Kyndea. <A pray with O’Canannan, and killed
Flaihvertach O’Nell, and brought the spoyle of
the Men of Lii.
in Christo pausavit.
king of Airgiall, in penitentia moritur. An army
by Congalach mac Maelmihi, and” [he] “ prayed
the men of Meth and Fernvach.”—Anan. Ult.,
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A.D. 944” [recté, 949]. ‘« Flayvertagh, son
of Mortagh mac Neall, prince of Aileagh, was
slain by Tyrconnell. Donnell mac Fynn, prince
of Lynster, died.”—Ann. Clon.

Hughan of Tuom-danolann,
Fogartach mac Donnagan,

662 aNNata RIoshachta eiReaNn.

(948.

mide, pp leigimn Cluana mic Noéip, Plann Ua Cnaile, apémneach Slinne
va locha, c(no opoain an coiccrd, 0ۤ. CEochacan Ua Cleipigh, pagloip erpen,
vécc. Oamiet eccnmd vécc. Reachtabpa, mac Maonms, ppimpaccane
Cluana mic Noip, aincimnech Imbleacha Pia 1. Imleacha mbeccam. Oengurp,
mac bpain, paccant, 7 Spwt SCnop Cluana mic Néip, vécc. Cloictech
Slaine vo lopccad vo Shallaib co na lan vo mionnaibh, 7 of§ dacimbh 1m
Chaomecain pean léiginn Slame, 7 bacall an enlama, 7 clocc ba veach vo
cloccaibh. Catpaomead pia Ruaidp Ua Canannain, 1 Mide pop Congalach,
mac Maolmiths, 04 1 ctcopcaip Congalach, mac Ceallarg, cigeapna Fean
Roip, co nopuing ole amanlle pup. SlHaglo ole la Rud Ua Canannain
1 mbp(saib, 7 mopead bneas ule 06, 7 vo bent ile 01 Cumaing pon Chonga-
lac. Ro gabh longpont ppi né pé inf acc popbair pon Mhide, 7 Opeaganbh
hi Mune Spocamn, 7 v0 macht oligeada ms Epeann ap Zach apo curcce.
Catpaomead 1apamh eicin Shallaib, 7 FZaowealaib, a. erp Ruaodp Ua
Cananvam agup Gulla Aca chat a bpéil Anopeap aprcol oo ponnnaoh.
Ro meabad pon Shallaib, 7 po cuipead a nap, uaip concpaccan pé mile
do tnén peanaib ann sen motac gille, 7 slaplare concaip Rua om piog-
damna Eneanni pitsum an cata bpm, 7 concaip 1omap canaip: Hall ann
beop. Tépna, 1monpo, Goppad a. mac Sicpiucca, co nuachad oaome hi
maille ppp. Oonnchad, mac Oomnall Ui Maoilechlaimn, pigoamna Mide,
vo manbaoh la a veinbhfpine ba dém «1. la Peangal mac Clengupa. Sligo
la Congalach, mac Maolmichisg pin Mumain, 7 po aipce 1apmuma, 7 po
manb oa mac Ceimnéiceig, mic Loncain a. Echtis(pn 7 Oonncuan. Inopavh
Mage Pin la Congalach. Ruapc, mac Anpré Ui Caogacan, cigeanna
Pean Cal Teacba, vécc. Maoduohan mac Covha, pi Ulad, 00 manbad la
hUlcoibh péipin.

ott??? —
Round Towers,

* Imleach Fia, i.e. Imleach Beccain.—See note’, Trias Thaum., p. 219.

See Petrie’s

under A. D. 732, p. 329, supra.

* The Belfry of Slaine —This passage is trans-
lated by Colgan as follows :

“ A.D. 948. Coeneachair, id est Probus, Pre-
lector seu preefectus Schole Slanensis in ipsa turrt
Slanensi flammis per Danos enecatus interiit, cum
multis aliis pits sociis Sanctorum reliquiis et baculo

ipsius Sancti Antistitis, nempe Sancti Erct patront

pp- 47, 55, 368, 369.
» Muine-Brocain :
shrubbery. Not identified. e|
°Magh-Finn.—Now Tuath-Keogh, or Keogh’s
country; a district containing forty quarters of
land, in the parish of Taghmaconnell, barony 2

of Athlone, and county of Roscommon.—See 4 |

Tribes and oa of Hy-Many, pp. 77, lone

i.e. Brocan’s brake, or

-

~

948.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 663

mach, died. Donnghal Ua Maelmidhe, Lector of Cluain-mic-Nois; Flann
Ua Anaile, airchinneach of Gleann-da-locha, head of the dignity of the province,
died. Eochagan Ua Cleirigh, a lawgiver, died. Dariet, a wise man, died.
Reachtabhra, son of Maenach, chief priest of Cluain-mic-Nois; airchinneach
of Imleach-Fia’, i. e. of Imleach-Beccain ; Oenghus, son of Bran, priest of the
learned seniors of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. The belfry of Slaine* was burned by
the foreigners, with its full of relics and distinguished persons, together with
_Caeineachair, Lector of Slaine, and the crozier of the patron saint, and a bell
[which was] the best of bells. A victory was gained by Ruaidhri Ua Canannain,
in Meath, over Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, where fell Conghalach, son of
Ceallach, lord of Feara-Rois, and a number of others along with him. Another
hosting by Ruaidhri Ua Canannain into Breagha; and he plundered all Breagha,
ind he reduced Conghalach to great straits. He encamped for the space of six
nonths at Muine-Brocain’, to reduce Meath and Breagha ; and the dues of the
King of Ireland were sent him from every. quarter. A conflict afterwards
‘ook place between the Irish and the foreigners, namely, between Ruaidhri Ua
Canannain and the foreigners of Ath-cliath, on the festival of Andrew the
apostle precisely. The foreigners were defeated and slaughtered, for there fell
six thousand mighty men, besides boys and calones ; but Ruaidhri, heir to the
sovereignty of Ireland, fell in the heat of that conflict, and Imhar, Tanist of the
foreigners, also. Godfrey, however, i.e. the son of Sitric, escaped, and a few
persons along with him. An army was led by Conghalach into Munster ; and
he plundered West Munster, and slew the two sons of Ceinneidigh, son of
lorcan, namely, Echthighern and Donnchuan. The plundering of Magh Finn‘
by Conghalach. Ruarc, son of Anfith Ua Laeghachain, lord of Feara-Cul-
‘Ceathbha‘, died. Madudhan, son of Aedh, King of Ulidia, was killed by the
Ulidians themselves.

aad the Map to that work, on which the posi-
t on of this district is shewn.

2 Feara-Cul-Teathbha. — A district in the
north-west of the county of Westmeath. It is
to be distinguished from Feara-Cul-Breagh, in
} ‘East Meath.—See note ’, under the year 693,
p. 297, supra.

The year 948 of the Annals of the Four

Masters corresponds with 949 of the Annals of
Ulster, and with 945 of the Annals of Clonmac-
noise, but the true year is 950.

“A. D. 949. Donogh mac Daniell, king of
Meath, killed by his brothers. Ael, king of
Wales, died.” [Scohine Airchinnech of Dur-
rowe]; ‘‘ Maelfinnan, bushop of Kildare; and
Cleircen mac Conallain, Airchinnech of Daire-

664 ANNawa RIoshachtca erReaNn. 949.

Corp Cmorc, nao ccéo clépacha a nao. Cn peactmad bliadam vo
Chongalach. Qilill, mac Cuinc, abb Concarge, Guaipe Ua Ponanoar, arp-
émnech Apoappata, [oécc]. Cod, mac Maolpuanad, pfogdsamna Tlmpa, vo
manbad la Oomnall mac Oonnchada. Maceicis, mac Cuilenoam, tigeapna
Conaille Muptemne, v0 mapbavh la Mushoopnnbh Margen. béc, mac
Oumncuan, ciZeanna Teathbha, vécc. Niall Moclach Ua Canannain, vo

-manbad vo Coipppaib Mopaib. Congalach, mac Maolmichis, co mop cob-
lach Leite Chuinn lap pon Loch Oepnccdenc. Ro oipsple ono wile innpfoa
an locha 3 po sabpac sell 7 neapc Muman rap na picbeipc pod. Gop-
paroh, mac Sicmrocca co nGallaib Ata chat vo opnsam Chfhanopa, Oomnang

Pacpaic, Gipobnlcam, Tulain, Oipipc Cianam, Cille Scine,7 a laile cealla , é

ancfna, acc ap a Cfhanoap po cpoice mle. Rugpac culled ap tpi mile a
mbpoid led la caob 6p, apgaicc, €01§,7 1olmaoine,7 sacha maitfpa anchfna.
InopCo Shill nOnmcada,7 opsam Cluana plpca Gpénainn la Ceallacan 4 la

plona Muman. Inopead Oealbna Ofchpa von lucht céona,7 Oambas

Hailinve vo lopgad leo.
cine la hUa Loman Gaela.

Chalgaigh, mortui‘sunt. Madagan mac Hugh
killed by Ovehach .i. by the sonns of Bran, but
God revenged him in short time by their own
death.” [Sed Deus illum vindicavit in brevi tem-
pore, in morte ipsorum). 4 Rory O’Canannan,
killed by Genties, viz., heyre of all Ireland, after
warfaring six monthes upon Meath and Bregh,
and after discomfiting Genties to two thousand
or more. Nell O’Canannan and some more killed.
Incredible fruite. The Steple of Slane burnt by
the Genties of Dublin, and burnt the saint’s
Crostaff, and a ston most pretious of stones”
[recté, cloc ba ve€ 00 clocaib, i.e. a bell, the
best of bells]. ‘‘ Cinechair and a great number
about him burnt, being the Lector.”—Ann. Ul,
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A.D. 945” [recté, 950]. ‘ Donnogh mac
Donnell O’Melaghlyn, prince of Tarach, was
killed by his own brothers. Hoel mac Cahall,

Soene Cluana lopaipo 6 Chongalach, mac Maoile-
michig Zan choinnm ms no plata puippe.

Maidm fon plona Mupccpaige

Mam pop hUib Parlge occ bionnaerb, m po

King of Wales, died. Scothyne, Archdean of
Dorowe, died. The steeple of Slane was burnt
by the Danes, which was full of worthy men

-

and relicks of saints, with Kennyagher, Lector \ |

of Slane. The battle of Moynbrackan was
fought this year between the Danes of the one
side, and King Congallagh and Irishmen of the
other side, where Godfrey, chief of the Danes,

was put to flight, and 6000 of his army slain; — |

and Rowrie O’Canannan was also slain therein.

Donnogh mac Donnell, King of halfe Meath, |

died. Cormack O’Hailealla, Archdean of Kill-
collyn, died. King Congallagh preyed West
Munster, and in pursuit of the prey he killed
the two sonns of Kynnedy mac Lorcan, named
Eghtygerne and Donchwan.”—Ann. Clon.

© Ceanannus, §c.—These churches still retain
their ancient names, and are all situated in East

Meath. ‘Their names are now anglicised Kells,

949.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 665

The Age of Christ; 949. The seventh year of Conghalach. Aileall,.son
of Core, Abbot of Corcach ; Guaire Ua Forannain, airchinneach of Ard-stratha,
[died]. Aedh, son of Maelruanaidh, royal heir of Teamhair, was killed by
Domhnall, son of Donnchadh. Maceitigh, son of Cuileannan, lord of Conaille-
Muirtheimhne, was slain by the Mughdhorna-Maighen. Bec, son of Donnchuan,
lord of Teathbha, died. Niall Mothlach Ua Canannain was slain by the Cairbri-
Mora. Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, with the great fleet of Leath-Chuinn,
upon Loch-Deirgdherc. They plundered all the islands of the lake, and
obtained the hostages of the Munstermen, over whom they obtained sway, after
some opposition. Godfrey, son of Sitric, with the foreigners of Ath-cliath, plun-—
dered Ceanannus’, Domhnach-Padraig, Ard-Breacain, Tulan, Disert-Chiarain,
Cill-Scire, and other churches [of Meath] in like manner; but it was out of
Ceanannus' they were all plundered. They carried upwards of three thousand
persons with them into captivity, besides gold, silver, raiment, and various
wealth and goods of every description. The spoiling of Sil-Anmchadha‘, and
the plundering of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, by Ceallachan and the men of Mun-
ster. The plundering of Dealbhna-Beathra by the same party; and the Daimh-
liag of Gailine’ was burned by them. The freedom‘ of Cluain-Iraird [was
granted] by Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, no king or prince having claim

of coigny upon it.
by Ua-Lomain-Gaela*.

Donaghpatrick, Ardbraccan, Dulane, Castle-
kieran, Kilskeery.

‘ Out of Ceanannus : i.e. the encampment was
at Kells, from which marauding parties were
sent forth to plunder the neighbouring churches.

s Sil-Anmchadha: i.e. race of Anmchadh,
This was the tribe-name of a sept of the Ui-
Maine of Connaught, who, after the establish-
ment of surnames, took that of O’Madadhain,
aow O’Madden. Their territory comprised the
yarony of Longford, in the county of Galway.

» Gailine.—Now Gallen, in the barony of Gar-
sycastle, King’s County, which was anciently
called Dealbhna-Beathra, or Dealbhna-Eathra.

‘ The freedom.—Dr. O’Conor translates this
passage very incorrectly as follows:

A victory was gained over the men of Muscraighe-thire
A victory was gained over the Ui-Failghe at Birra,

“Violatio sacrilega Cluanirardie per Conga-
lachum filium Maolmithigi, nullo retinente Rege
vel Duce contra eum.”

* UVa-Lomain Gaela.—This was the name of a
sept of the Hy-Many of Connaught, seated at
Finnabhair, now Finnure, in the barony of
Leitrim, and county of Galway. Muscraighe-
thire was the ancient name of the baronies of
Upper and Lower Ormond, in the county of
Tipperary.—See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many,
p. 35, note °; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 29.

The year 949 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 950 of the Annals of
Ulster, and with 946 of the Annals of Clonmac-
noise, but the true year is 951.

“A. D. 950. Macetig mac Culennan, King of

4Q

666 aNNdza RIOSshachta elRECGNN.

(950.

mapbad pocaide imCionaetCpuac. Ouboabanc,mac Maoilmopda, cigeanna
Uaitne cine, 00 écc. Clamcpupccad mop,7 pit pola pop Gallaib Ata cliat.

Coir Cnriopt, nao ccéd caoga. On coccmad bliadain vo Chongalach.
Colano, mac Egms, mic Odlaigh, comapba Oaipe Colaim Chille eipe,
Huaipe adne clépech n€peann, vécc. Glatmac Sgeillice vécc. Plann
Ua becam, aipchmneach Opoma chab, pcpbhnde Epeann, vécc. Peap-
oomnac Ua Maonaig, abb Cluana mic Nop 7 Hlinne 04a Loca, v0 Chonca
moccha a cenél. Céleclam ancorpe Ano Macha, 7 Plann, mac Maoil-
plachpach, amchmnech Muse ecip of glaip, vécc. Plann Ua Cléinig,
tiseanna Oeipceipt Connacc,7 msZoamna Connacc uile,oo mapbad vo plnaib ©
Muman. Oomnall Oonn, mac Oonnchada piogdamna Tlmpa,7 Oebinn, insfn
Oonnchavha, vécc. Canannan, mac Ceallans, canary) Ua cCeimnrpelans,
Mondm pon Chenél cConall ma pP(psal, mac Aine, oa
1 cconcaip Piacpa Ua Canannain. Concubap, mac Oomnanll Ui Maoilech-
lainn, pfogdamna Epeanod, vo manbavh la a cenel peippin. Maidm pon
Laigip,7 pop Ua pPaipcellain pia cCuatal mac Ugaine m po mapbaoh

vécc lap na gun.

the Conells, and Guaire O’Farannain, died.
Gofrith mac Sitrick, with the Genties of Dublin,
prayed Kells, Dovnach-Patrick, Ardbrackain,
Tuileain, and Killskyre, with other churches.
They all gathered to Kells, where 3000 men
were taken with an innumerable pray of cowes,
horses, gold, and silver” [ubi capta sunt tria
millia hominum vel plus, cum maxima preda boum
et equorum, auri et argenti|. ‘“ Hugh mac
Maelruanai ; Beg mac Duinncuan, King of
Tehva; Cennedi mac Lorcan, King of Thomond;
Gairvith mac Lorcan, King of the men of Le-
vain. Nell Mohlach killed by Carbry by sleight.
Perishing of bees. Leprosie and running of
blood upon the Genties of Dublin.”—Anzn. Ult.,
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 946” [reeté, 951]. “* Beag mac Donc-
wan, King of Teaffa, and Kennedy mac Lorcan,
died. This Kennedy was chief of all Dalgaisse.
Godfrey mac Sitrick, with the Danes of Dublin,
preyed and spoyled Kells, Downapatrick, Ard-

brackan, Tullean, Disert-Queran, and Kills- -

keyre, with many other churches, and took
from them about 3000 captives, with many
rich booties of gold, silver, and cloathes, which
God did soon after revenge on them. Awley
was King of York for a year after. King Con-
gallach granted that freedome to Clonard, that
there shou’d never after be cesse or presse, or
other charge thereupon,”—Ann. Clon.

1 Guaire- Aidhne.—He was King of Connaught
in the seventh century, and was so celebrated .
for generosity and bounty that his name became
proverbial.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p.219,.
n. 38, where Colgan writes :

‘“‘ Guarius filius Colmani, non soliim in hys:
toriis nostris multum celebratus, sed in hune
usque diem, ita ipsi vulgo ob eximie liberali-
tatis prerogativa notissimus, ut quando quis

vult quempiam a liberalitate plurimum laudare |

dicat ; est qpso Guario liberalior.”

™ Sceillic: i.e. the sea-rock, now the Great |
Skellig, a rocky island situated in the Atlantic |

Ocean, about ten miles off the coast of the ba-

950.] 667

where many were slain, together with Cinaeth Cruach. Dubhdabharc, son of
Maelmordha, lord of Uaithne-tire, died. Great lues and bloody flux among the
foreigners of Ath-cliath. ‘

The Age of Christ, 950. The eighth year of Conghalach. Adhlann, son
of Egneach, son of Dalach, comharba of Doire-Choluim-Cille, the Guaire
Aidhne' of the clergy of Ireland, died. Blathmhac of Sgeillic™ died. Flann
Ua Becain, airchinneach of Druim-cliabh, scribe of Ireland, died. Feardomhnach
Ua Maenaigh, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois and Gleann-da-locha, of the tribe of
Corca-Mogha’; Celeclamh, anchorite of Ard-Macha ; and Flann, son of Mael-
fiachrach, airchinnech of Magh-etir-di-ghlais®, died. Flann Ua Cleirigh?, lord of
South Connaught, and royal heir to all Connaught, was slain by the men of
Munster. Domhnall Donn, son of Donnchadh, royal heir of Teamhair ; and
Oebhinn, daughter of Donnchadh, died. Canannan, son of Ceallach, Tanist of
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died, after being mortally wounded. A victory was gained
over the Cinel-Conaill by Fearghal, son of Art, where Fiachra Ua Canannain
was slain. Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, royal heir of Ire-
land, was slain by his own tribe. A victory was gained over the people of
Laighis and the Ui-Faircheallain’ by Tuathal, son of Ugaire, in which many

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

rony of Iveragh, and county of Kerry.—See
Smith’s Kerry, p. 113; and Archdall’s Jonas-
ticon Hibernicum, pp. 306, 307.

® Corca-Mogha.—Now anglicé Corcamoe, a
district comprising the parish of Kilkerrin, in
the barony of Killian, and county of Galway.—
See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p.84, note *,
and the Map to that work, on which the boun-
daries of this district are marked. See also

note under the year 1382.
| ° Magh-etir-di-ghlais.—See note °, under A. D.
879, p. 529, supra.

® Flann Ua Cleirigh.—He was the first person
ever called Ua Cleirigh, or O’Clery. He was
otherwise called Maelcerarda, and was the
grandson of Cleireach, the progenitor after
whom the hereditary surname was called.—
See Genealogies §c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 392.

° Ut-Faircheallain.—See note °, under the

year 899, p. 560, supra.

The year 950 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 951 of the Annals of
Ulster, and 947 of the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
but the true year is 952.

“ALD. 951. Scannal, Airchinnech of Donach-

Sechnaill; Flann, Airchinnech of Dromcliav;
Constantine mac Hugh, king of Scotland; Fer-
donach, Coarb of Kyaran, mortuz sunt. A battle
upon Scotts, Welsh, and Saxons, by Gentiles”
{recté, Galls]. ‘‘Flann O’Clery, king of Des-
cert-Connaght; Daniell mac Donogh, heyre ap-
parent of Tarach; Celeclain, an Anchorite ;
Flann mac Maelfiachrach, Airchinnech of Magh
between the two streames, in Irish Maghedirda-
glais, mortui sunt.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49. 2

“A, D. 947” [recté, 952]. ‘Connor mac
Donnell O’Melaghlyn ; Constantine mac Hugh,

4Q2

668 aNNaza RIOshachtd elReEaNN.

(951.

pocaide, 7] in po sabad Cuilén, mac Hurpain. Catpnaomead pia nHallarb pon
Ffpaib Alban pon Splenaib, 7 pon Saranacaib, ou 1 ccopcpacon tle.

Coip Cope, nao ccév caoga a haon. On norhad bliadam vo Chonga-
lach. Ciapan Ua Sabla, eppucc Cluana pfpca Opéncimn, Owrbimnys pao 4
eppucc mumncipe bfmnchaip, O1apmaic, mac Caicip eppucc Inp Celcpa,
Maolcotaig, mac Laccnam, comapba ComgZaill 7 Mocolmécc,[vécc]. Cenn-
paolad, mac Suibne, abb Saige, vécc ma alitpe 1 nGlionn va loca. Orap-
maitc, mac Tonptais, abb Ufpa moip. Ferdlimid, oalca Maolmaodéce, abb
Hlinne hUippln, pao. Largfn, Maolmaipe, aipchimnech, Tige Petgna, Maol-
mancan, mac Maenag paccance Oom CUleslarp1, Maolpacpaice, mac Cor-
ccain, pip leiginn Apoa Macha,7 Gonmsal, plp léighinn Tige Mochua, 7 Innp1
Robantaig, vécc. Copbmac, mac Maolyluas, pao! Muman, Angal pip
léigimn Cluana lopaino, 7 Colgsa, angcoine Apoa Maca, vécc. €Eichne, ns{n
Ptsanile, banniogan Eneann, b(n Congalang, mic Maolmitig, o€5. Echrig(pn,
mac Cionait, cigfana Ua Cemnrpelaig, 00 manbad la macab Ceallars.
Cluain mic Néip do onccain vo pfparb Muman co nHallcaab Cuimms amanlle
pma. Ruavacan, mac Eitigén, ciseanna Ciptin Garltns, Paolan, mac
Tawdcc ctanay Ua cCeimnpelais, 7 Ourbsionn, mac Cuilennam, cizeanna
Ua nOuach, vécc 1 naen 6. Opgsam Inp: Oomle, 7 Inp: Ulad la hAmlarb
Cuanan,7 la Tuatal mac Usaine. Ongain Tighe Molince rap muip 6 Lanare.

Qoip Cniopz, nao ccéd caoza a 06. On veachmad bliadam vo Chonsa-
lach. Robancach, comapba Colum Chille 7 Goamnain, Reccabna, eppcop
7 abb Cille hOcha, Caoncompac, abb Cille h€arpuice Sanctam 4 Sputpa,

Ulster, and with 948 of the Annals of Clonmac-
noise, but the true year is 953.

“ A. D. 952. Cluoin-mic-Nois spoyled by
Mounstermen and Genties. Maelcohai, Coarb

King of Scotland; and Ferdownagh O’Mooney,
abbot of Clonvicknose, died. The pox (which
the Irish called then Dolor Gentilium) rann over
all Ireland this year.”—Ann. Clon.

* Inis- Uladh : i.e. the Island of the Ulidians.
This was a place near Slieve Gadoe, not far from
Donard, in the county of Wicklow.—See note",
under A. D. 594, p. 219, supra.

* Laraic.—This was in all probability the
chieftain after whom Waterford was called Port-
Lairge by the Ivish.

The year 951 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 952 of the Annals of

of Comgall and Mocolmog, died. Galeng spoyled
by the O’Crivthains. Daniell came upon Mur-
tagh, beheading many. Maelmartan mac Mae-
nai; Ruaagan mac Etigen, king of East Galeng;
Maelpatrick mac Coscan, Lector of Ardmach ;

Maelmuire, Airchinnech of Tifethghna; Cen- — |
faela, Airchinnech of Saighir; Dermott mac |)
Torptha, Airchinnech of Lismor-Mocuda; and :
Duvinse, bushop of Benchar, dormierunt.”— |

951.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 669

were slain; and Cuilen, son of Gusan, was taken prisoner. A battle was gained
by the foreigners over the men of Alba and the Saxons, in which many were slain.

The Age of Christ, 951. The ninth year of Conghalach. Ciaran Ua Gabhla,
Bishop of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Duibhinnsi, a sage and bishop of the family
of Beannchair; Diarmaid, son of Caicher, Bishop of Inis-Cealtra ; Maelcothaigh,
son of Lachtnan, successor of Comhghall and Mocholmog, [died]. Ceannfae-
ladh, son of Suibhne, Abbot of Saighir, died on his pilgrimage at Gleann-da-
locha. Diarmaid, son of Torpthach, Abbot of Lis-mor; Feidhlimidh, fosterson
of Maelmaedhog, Abbot of Gleann-Uisean, the sage of Leinster ; Maelmaire,
airchinneach of Teach-Fethghna ; Maelmartan, son of Maenach, priest of Dun-
Leathghlaisi ; Maelpadraig, son of Coscan, Lector of Ard-Macha; and Gorm-
ghal, Lector of Teach-Mochua and Inis Robhartaigh, died. Cormac, son of
Maelsluaigh, sage of Munster ; Anghal, Lector of Cluain-Iraird ; and Colgga,
anchorite of Ard-Macha, died. Eithne, daughter of Fearghal, Queen of Ire-
land, wife of Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, died. Echthighern, son of
Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was killed by the sons of Ceallach. Cluain-
mic-Nois was plundered by the men of Munster, and the Danes of Luimneach
along with them. Ruadhacan, son of Eitigen, lord of East Gaileanga ; Faclan,
son of Tadhg, Tanist of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; and Duibhginn, son of Cuileannan,
lord of Ui-Duach, died on the same day. The plundering of Inis-Doimhle and
Inis-Uladh* by Amhlaibh Cuaran and Tuathal, son of Ugaire. The plundering
of Teach-Moling from the sea by Laraic*.

The Age of Christ, 952. The tenth year of Conghalach. Robhartach,
successor of Colum-Cille and Adamnan; Reachtabhra, Bishop and Abbot of
Cill-achaidh ; Caenchomhrac, Abbot of Cill-Easpuig, Sanctain', and Sruthair';

Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. n. 13. In-the Gloss to the Fetlire-Aenguis, at

“A. D. 948” [recté, 953]. ‘‘ Malcolme mac
Donnell, king of Scottland, and Dermott mac

. Torpha, abbott of Lismore, died. Clonvicknose
was preyed by the Munstermen and Danes.
~Eihne, daughter of Ferrall, Queen of Ireland
and wife of King Congallagh, died.””—Ann. Clon.

‘ Cill-Easpuig-Sanctain. —Now Kill-Saint-
Ann, in the barony of Rathdown, and county
of Dublin.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 8,

9th May, Bishop Sanctan’s church is called
Cill-da-leis ; and, it is added, that he had ano-
ther church at a place called Druim-Laighille
[now Drumlile], in Tradraighe [in Thomond ].

« Sruthair.—Otherwise called Sruthair-Guaire,
now Shrule, in a parish of the same name, ba-
rony of Slievemargy, and Queen’s County, and
about two miles from Sleaty.—See the Ordnance
Map of the Queen’s County, sheet 32.

670 aQNNQZza RIOshachta elReaNN.

(953.
Flannaccan, mac Alcon, comapba Mic Nipr, 7 Colmaan Eala, Celechamp,
mac Robantag, comapba Pinnéin 7 Cianain, vo Uib Mic Uap Mide a cenét,
Cellachan, pi Chanpil, véce. Cod, mac Harpbit, cigeanna Conca méipe, 7

cizeapna Oantpaise vo manbavh. Niall Ua Tolaipcc, ciyeapna Curncne, -

| ap uad aimmmsetp Cann Ui Tholaince fon bnu Locha Ribh [vécc]. Sarshin
cana vo onccain opfpaibh Muman. pan, mac Oomnaill, cigeapna Chenel
Laesaine Ons, 00 manbad. Conn, mac Epavam, mic Haipbit, ciZeanna
Maige ouma, do mapbad. Op mop vo Choippmb4 clébarb ma nUa Ruane,

co cconcain ann Ua Ciapda, cigeapna coipppe. Ualgancc, mac Ciandin,

cigeayna Oal meipm cuinb, 00 mapbad la Catal, mac Lonceéin, 7 conéain
Catal po céooip pmippium. Ounlang Ua Oubdin vo manbadh. Sléiccead
Cenél Eocéain la Oornall Ua Néill 50 po nvipple Opfsa a haoncad Gall.

Cop Cope, naor ccéd caoga acpi. On caonmad bliadam dvéce vo
Chongalach. Ounadac, mac Eccfptaig, eppucc Cluana mic Noir. Oun-
lang, mac ua Ounaccain, abb Innp1 Ooimle 7 Tse Munna, Maolionmann,
eccnald 7 ancoine 6linne va loca, [vécc]. Culen mac Cellang, abb Cille
vana, oo manbavh. Congup, mac Lomgpich, aipcmvec Maise bile, vécc.

Congup, mac Maoilbmgoe, anchmneach Oomlace, Aline, tigeanna Muz- ©

oopn Mars{n, 7 Spaon, mac Catacam, tigeanna Rata mbip, vé5. Michigen,
mac Cionaeda,cigeanna Ua Mailhéna, Munchad,mac Cumupccans, tigeanna
FM Roy, 7 Flan, mac Gletnecain, correc Clomne Munchada, vécc.
Invenge, mac Mocam, ciZeapna Ciannachca, 00 manbad 1 cConnaccaib hi

“ Carn- Ui-Tholairg: i. e. O’Tolairg’s Carn, dha is now anglicised Keary, and Carey.

or sepulchral heap of stones. This name is now
obsolete. It was probably the carn which gave
name to Kilcarnan, in the parish of Noughaval,
barony of Kilkenny West, and county of West-
meath, The family name, Ua Tolairg, or O’To-
lairg, is now obsolete, unless it be that now
anglicised Toler. :

* Magh-dumha: i.e. the Plain of the Mound,
now Moydoo, or Moydoe, a barony in the county
of Longford.—See note under A. D. 1295.

Y Cairbre: i.e. of Cairbre-Ui-Chiardha, now
the barony of Carbury, in the north-west of the
county of Kildare. The family name O’Ciar-

* Dal-Mesincuirb,—A tribe seated in the ba-
rony of Arklow, and some of the adjoining dis-
tricts, in the present county of Wicklow.—See
the Feilire-Aenguis at 22nd May.

The year 952 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 953 of the Annals of
Ulster, and with 949 of the Annals of Clonmac-
noise, but the true year is 954.

“A. D. 953, Flannagan mac Allchon, Coarb
of Mac Nish, and of Colman Elo; Maelcolum
mac Daniel, King of Scotland, killed. Con mac

Eraain, mic Garvith, king of Maiduma, killed.
Great sleaing” [recté, mortality] ‘“‘of cowesin |

a ne

953.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 671

Flannagan, son of Allchu, successor of Mac Neisi and Colman Eala; Celeachair,
son of Robhartach, successor of Finnen and Ciaran, of the tribe of the Ui-Mic-
Uais of Meath ; [and] Ceallachan, King of Caiseal, died. Aedh, son of Gair-
bhith, lord [recté Abbot] of Corcach-mor, and lord of Dartraighe, was killed.
Niall Ua Folairg, lord of Cuircne, and the person from whom is named Carn
Ui Tholairg”, on the margin of Loch Ribh, [died].
dered by the men of Munster. Bran, son of Domhnall, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire-
Breagh, was slain. Conn, son of Eradan, son of Gairbhith, lord of Magh-dumha*,
was slain. A great slaughter was made of the people of Cairbre and Teathbha
by Ua Ruairc, on which occasion Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre’ was slain.
Ualgharg, son of Cianan, lord of Dal-Meisincuirb’, was slain by Cathal, son of
Lorcan ; and Cathal died immediately [of the wounds inflicted] by him [Ual-
gharg]. Dunlang Ua Dubhain was slain. A hosting of the Cinel-Eoghain by
Domhnall Ua Neill; and they plundered Breagha by consent of the foreigners.

The Age of Christ, 953. The eleventh year of Conghalach. Dunadhach,
son of Egeartach, Bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Dunlang Mac-Ua-Donnagain,
Abbot of Inis-Doimhle* and Teach-Munna; Maelinmhain, wise man and ancho-
rite of Gleann-da-locha, died. Cuilen, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Cill-dara, was
slain. Aenghus, son of Loingseach, airchinneach of Magh-bile, died. Aenghus,
son of Maelbrighde, airchinneach of Daimhliag; Ailinne, lord of Mughdhorna-
Maighen ; and Braen, son of Cathacan, lord of Rath-inbhir®, died. Mithighen,
son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Mailhena*; Murchadh, son of Cumasgach, lord of
Feara-Rois ; and Flann, son of Glethneachan, chief of Clann-Murchadha, died.
Innerghe, son of Mochan, lord of Cianachta, was slain in Connaught, in the army

Saighir-Chiarain was plun-

Ireland. A great slaughter of Carbries and
Tethvaes by O’Roarke, where O’Ciardai, king
of Cairbre, fell. Celechar, Coarb of Kiaran and
Finan; Ravartach, Coarb of Columcill and
Adomnan, pausaverunt. Nell O’Tolairg ; Kel-
laghan, King of Cashill; Rechtavra, Airchin-
nech of Killacha, mortui sunt. Bran mac Daniell,
king of Kindred-Laoaire-Bregh, jugulatus est.”
—Ann., Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A.D. 949. Ceallaghan, King of Cashell ;
Reaghawry, abbott of Killeachie, and Flannagan
mac Allcon, Cowarb of Mac Nissi, and of Col-

man-Eala, died. Neale O’Tolairge, lord of Ma-
chaire-Chivirckny, now called the baronie of
Kilkenny west, died. Karne-I-Tolarge, at the
side of Logh-Rie, tooke the name of” [i. e. from ]
“this man. Sayer was preyed by Munstermen.”
—Ann. Clon.

® Inis- Doimhle.—See note *, under A. D. 776.

» Rath-inbhir.—Now Bray, in the north of the
county of Wicklow.—See note ", under A. D.
776, p. 382, supra.

° Ut-Maeilhena.—The situation of this tribe
is unknown to the Editor.

672 ANNAZa RIOfhachTd elREGNnN. (954,

lunce, Chongalaigh mic Maoilmichig. Sloiccead la Oomnall mac Muipéf-
cas co longaib o Thuaig mnbin pon Loc nEachoac pon Oaball, oapp na
hQingiallanb, pop loch neipne, rappm pop Coc nUaécarp, 50 po aipec,7 co po
mop an bperpne co cucc Falla Ua Ruane. a"

Cloip Cmorpt, nao ccéo caoga a cléaip. Gaeicheine pur eppcop Ofin
Ufchglaipe, Oengap, mac Noachain, comanba Pechene, Maolpatpaice, mac
Conbpfcan, aipchimnech Slame, Maonach, comapba Pinvéin, 7 plplerginn
CApoa Macha 7 Maolbnigve, mac REoain, comanba Mic Neipys, 7 Colmam
Eala, vé5. Tad5 na com cTon, mac Catail pi Connace, véce. Sléiccead
la Congalach, mac Maoiwlmeig, pi Epeann co Laigmb, 7 1an monnnad Cans tn,
7 lap nage aonags Lire pi cpib lab vo cop 6 Cargmb co alla’ Ata chat,
7 cuccpac Amlaoib, mac Goppada, cigeapna Gall co na Shallaib, 7 po
hinolead caitCoannags led pop co Congalaig, comoh tma pm ceilcc pin
caipup € cona matib oc Tig Grospann. Aciaod concpacan annpin, Conga-
lac péipin, Mavidan, mac Cloda, mic Maoilemithich, ooh mac Cichtive,

cizeapna Clchba.

* Tuagh-inbher.—This was the ancient name
of the mouth of the River Bann.—See note ™,
under A. D. 904, p. 572, supra. Domhnall
O’Neill on this occasion carried the boats, cots,
and curraghs of Tuaigh-inbhir to Lough-Neagh
and over the Dabhall, or Blackwater River; he
then conveyed them over the land through the
territory of Airghialla until he launched them
on Lough Erne, in Fermanagh ; and afterwards
upon Lough Oughter in Breifne; and plundered
the islands of these lakes on which the principal
treasures of the adjacent territories were depo-
sited.

The year 953 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 954 of the Annals of
Ulster, and with 950 of the Annals of Clonmac-
noise, but the true year is 955.

“A, D. 954. Aengus mac Conloingse, Air-
chinnech of Mabile; Aengus mac Maelbride,
Airchinnech of Doimliag, moriuntur. Alen, king
of Mugorn-Maien and Mugorn-Bregh, and In-
nerg mac Mocaoin, perished prosecuting Congala

Conbmac, mac Catalan, tigeanna Phip nApoa, 7 opong

in Conaght” [recté, while on an expedition with
the Galls, or Danes, in Connaught]. “An army
by Daniell mac Murtagh, with shiping from
Tuoi-Invir upon Loch Nehach, and upon Davall,
through Airgiall upon Loch Erne, and after
upon Loch Uachter, that vanquishing Brefny
they brought O’Roark’s hostages.”—Ann. Ult.,
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 950” [recté, 955]. “Enos mac Con-
loingsie, Archdean of Moyvill, and Enos Moyle-
bryde, Archdean of Dowleek, died. Downagh
mac Egertay (of the O’Kellys of Brey), Bushopp
of Clonvicknose, died.”—Ann. Clon.

° The fair of the Liffe: i.e. Aenach Cholmain
in Magh-Liffe.—See note under A. D. 940.

* Teach-Gighrain: i.e. Gighran’s House. -This —
was the name of a place near the River Liffey,
not far from Dublin, but the name is now ob-
solete, and the place has not been identified. It
would be anglicised Tigyran, or Stigeeran.

8 Feara-Arda.—Now the barony of Ferrard,

‘in the county of Louth.

954.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 73

of Conghalach, son: of Maelmithigh. A hosting by Domhnall, son of Muirchear-
tach, with the boats of Tuaigh-inbhir‘, [which he convened] on Loch Eathach,
over the Dabhall, over the Airghialla, upon Loch-Eirne, and afterwards upon
Loch-Uachtair ; and he plundered and devastated Breifne, and carried off the
hostages of O’Ruaire.

The Age of Christ, 954. Gaeithine, learned Bishop of Dun-Leathglaise ;
Oenghus, son of Noachan, successor of Feichin; Maelpadraig, son of Cubreatan,
airchinneach of Slaine; Maenach, successor of Finnen, and Lector of Ard-
Macha; and Maelbrighde, son of Redan, successor of Mac Neissi and Colman
Fala, died. Tadhg of the Three Towers, son of Cathal, King of Connaught,
died. A hosting by Conghalach, son of Maelmithig, King of Ireland, into Lein-
ster ; and after he had plundered Leinster, and held the Fair of the Liffe® for
three days, information was sent from Leinster to the foreigners of Ath-cliath ;
and Amhlaeibh, son of Godfrey, lord of the foreigners, with his foreigners went
and laid a battle-eambush for Conghalach, by means of which stratagem he was
taken with his chieftains at Tigh-Gighrainn’ The following were they who
were slain there : Conghalach himself; Madudhan, son of Aedh, son of Mael-
mithigh ; Aedh, son of Aithide, lord of Teathbha ; Cormac, son of Cathalan,
lord of Feara-Arda*; and a great many others along with them. Concerning

The year 954 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 955 of the Annals of
Ulster, and with 951 of the Annals of Clon-
macnoise, but the true year is 956.

“A. D. 955. Maelpatrick mac Conbretan,
Airchinnech of Slaine; Aengus mac Nogain,
Coarb of Fechin; Gacithen, an excellent bushop
of Dunlehglaiss ; and Teig mac Cahell, king of
Connaght, mortud sunt. Congalach, mac Maelmihi,
mic Flannagan, mic Cellai, mic Congalai, mic
Conaing Carry, mic Congalai, mic Hugh Slaine,
being king of Ireland, was killed by the Gen-
tiles” [recte, Galls] ‘of Dublin and Leinster at
Tigiuran, in Leinster. They killed alsoe Hugh
mac Aitie, king of Tethva, with manie more.
Maenach, Coarb of Finnia, and Lector of Ard-
nach ; Maelbride mac Ernain, Coarb of Mack-
uish, and Colman Ela, mortui sunt. Mureach,

mac Egnechan, mic Donell, regnare incipit.”—
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. F
“A. D.951” [recté, 956]. “‘ King Congallagh,
king of Ireland, was slain by the Lynstermen
and Danes of Dublin at the Liffy-side, together
with divers of his nobles, as Hugh mac Aithie,
King of Teaffa; Mathew mac Hugh, mac Moyle-
mihie, the king’s nephewe, and prince Cormack
mac Cahallaine, with divers others. Moylefto-
harty, king of Munster, died; and Moylecolume
O’Canannan, prince of Tyrconnell, died. Don-
nell O’Neale, succeeded King Congallagh, and
reigned 25 years. In his time there were two
great feilds fought ; the one is called the battle
of Killmoney; the other the battle of Bealay-
leaghta, where Mullmoye, or Mulloye, King of
Munster, was killed, and the Danes discomfitted
by Bryen Borowe: after which battle Meath

4R

674 aNNaza RIOshachtd eiReaNn. [955.

-mép orle amantle pniu. Conavh vo péimmop Congalaig hi pighe, 7 oaoip an
ccigeapna Cniopt an can po manbad an pi pi acbenc Clod Ua Raitnén,

lap nongain Céa cliaé spin,

Ro huc sulla a hEpino

Iz 0a Bhadam fon a vec

1 pérmup caoim Congalaigh.

C1 cléaipn caogac ian pip

Ocup naor ccéd, nf gniom puall,
O sein Cmort 1 mbertil bdr
Co bap me Maolmitis mua.

Cloip Cmort, nao ccéd caoga a ciicc.
mac Muipceantarg, uap Epinn hi pighe.

Cn céo bliadain vo Ohomnall,
Plann, mac Cledaccam, abb 6linne
va locha, Maolceallaig, mac Qeda, comanba Cilbe Imus, Colman, mac
Conganl, comapba Mola: Oar, Orapmaniec, ancompe Slinne 04 locha,
Maolcolum Ua Canannain, ctiseanna Ceneoil Conall, vécc. Maolpotan-
cas, mac Plame, pf Caml, Muinfohac Ua Lachtnain, cigeanna Teacba,
vécc. Eochawd, ciseapna Locha Cal, Maolpmeill, mac Ouibeinn, plait
Ua momum Cualann, vég. Coblach Pigail, mic Cine, pon Loch Cé. Bun
Coipppe Finn hUi Opuavaip,7 a merc 1. God. Riaccan, mac Piannacca,
Ur Loncam, vé5. Maelpeclainn, mac Cimipgin, cigeanna Ua Panlge, Des.

Mawom pra cTuatal, mac nUsaine pon Uib Cemnpealang, in po mapbad

pocaide. Slérgead la Oornall, mac Muipc(pcarg, 50 Largmb, 50 po moner-
can Maz Lipe, 7 na Comne 50 Oan Salac.

Cloip Cmiopz, naor ccéo caoga a pé. On dana bliadain vo Oomnall.
Flam, mac Mochlomgy1s, comanba Tigeapnagy 7 Maolocit, Tanade mac

remained waste and desolate for the space of
five years, and without a King.”—Ann. Clon.

Domhnall, son of Muircheartach.—O’ Flaherty
places the accession of Domnaldus O’Neill in
the year 956, which is the true year.—See
Ogygia, p. 435.

* Loch-Cal.—Now Loughgall, in the county -

of Armagh.—See it already referred to under
A. M. 2859, A. D. 798 and 847.

* Loch-Ce.—Now Lough Key, near the town
of Boyle, in the county of Roscommon,—See
note %, under A. M. 3581, p. 40, suprd.

1 Comainns.—See it already referred to at the
years 870, 898, 915, 931.

= Dun-Salach.—N ot identified.

The year 955 of the Annals of the Four |

Masters corresponds with 956 of the Annals of
Ulster, which notice the events of that year

ee ae

955.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 675

the length of Conghalach’s reign, and the age. of our Lord Christ, when this
king was killed, Aedh Ua Raithnen said :

After despoiling of pleasant Ath-cliath,

Which sent the foreigners out of Ireland,

Was two years over ten

Of the reign of fair Conghalach.

Four, fifty, in truth,

And nine hundred,—no slight fact,—

From the birth of Christ at fair Bethil

Till the death of the noble son of Maelmithigh.

The Age of Christ, 955. The first year of Domhnall, son of Muirchear-
tach", in sovereignty over Ireland. Flann, son of Aedhagan, Abbot of Gleann-
da-locha ; Maelceallaigh, son of Aedh, successor of Ailbhe of Imleach; Colman,
son of Conghal, successor of Molaise of Daimhinis ; Diarmaid, anchorite of
Gleann-da-locha ; Mocoluim Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, died. Mael-
fothartaigh, son of Flann, King of Caiseal ; [and] Muireadhach Ua Lachtnain,
lord of Teathbha, died. Eochaidh, lord of Loch Cal'; [and] Maelsinchill, son
of Dubhcinn, chief of Ui-Briuin-Cualann, died. The fleet of Fearghal, son of
Art, upon Loch-Ce*. The mortal wounding of Cairbri Finn Ua Bruadair and
his son, i.e. Aedh. Riagan, son of Fiannachta Ui Lorcain died. Maelsechlainn,
son of Aimhirgin, lord of Ui-Failghe, died. A battle was gained by Tuathal,
son of Ugaire, over the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, in which many were slain. An army
was led by Muircheartach into Leinster, and plundered Magh Liffe and the
Comainns’, as far as Dun Salach™.

The Age of Christ, 956. The second year of Domhnall. Flann, son of
Mochloingseach, successor of Tighearnach and Maeldoith"; Tanaidhe Mac

(ere commun. 957) as follows : Airchinnech of Glindaloch, defunct.” —Ann. Uii.,
“A.D. 956. Maelfogartai, king of Cashill; Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Colman mac Congail, Coarb of Molaishe; Echa Successor of Tighernach and Maeldoith :' i. e.

mac Anluain, king of Lochcall; Scanal mac Abbot of Clones and Mucknoe, in the present

Luachduiv, Coarb of Laisserin, mortui sunt. county of Monaghan.—See note *, under the

Maelcolum O’Canannan, king of Cinel-Conell; year 548; and Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p.

Mochta mac Cormakan; and Flann O’Haegan, 713. ;

4Rr2

676 ANNQZa RIOSshachta elReEaHN.

(957.

Undin, comanba Comgaill, 00 mapnbad la Gallarb. Piannachca, mac Lache-

nan, ainchmneach P(pna, Cod, mac Ceallaig, comanba bpénainn,7 Cucchad,

mac Colgan, aincinneach Slaime, vécc. Tuatal, mac Ugaine, pi Cangth, v€5.
Niall Ua hEpulb vo écc.. Mardm pon hUib nOunchada,7 pop hUib Poilge,
7 pon Cloinn Cellang, ag Prod Chuilinn 1. pon Oomnall, mac Concain, 7 pon
Oomnall mac Maolmopda, pra nUib Paolam 1. ma Mupchad, mac Finn,
in po manbad Cfpnac, mac Loncain, plait Clomne Ceallarg, 7 Naoiohfnan

Ua Oomnanll,7 pocaide oile 00 paopclannaib cenmo tacyide.

Oomnall, mac

Cengura, ciseapna Ua n€achach, vo écc.

Qoip Core, nao ccéd caoga a peace. An tneap bliadain vo Ohomnall.
Oengarp Ua Lapam, eprcop Ratha both, Oubotin, comanba Colaim Chille,
Mapcain angcoine, comanba Caomsin 7 Maoilepuain, Maenach, mac Conb-

manic, abb Lip moip, 7 Maenach, amchinvech Lotpa, vécc.

mac Oomnaill, pi Caipil, vécc.
Ua False, véce.
véiticch, 7 la plona Muman.

Oubvaboinino,

Oomnall, mac Maoilmonda, cigeanna
Cluam mic Noip do opgain la MatsZamain, mac Cein-
Copccad cfpmainn Chanain 6 cpoip aino co
Sronaind eicip anban 7 muilnib, an bliadainp..

Cpeachpluais% mpi Eanais

la Pfisal Ua Ruaine,7 mam Maise Icha, 00 1 cconcain od, mac Plarc-

beanctaig, msdomna Cenel Eogain.

Caturpach .1. 6 Ohpuim Toppa, mac

Ooiligem, comonba Patnaicc Sui eppucc Haorvdel, vécc.

° Mac Uidhir: i.e. son of Odhar, now angli-
cised Maguire. This is the first notice of the
family of Maguire occurring in the Irish annals.

» Tuathal, son of Ugaire.—This Tuathal was
the progenitor from whom the family of O’Tua-
thail, now anglicé O’ Toole, derived their here-
ditary surname.

1 Ui-Dunchadha.—A tribe seated in that dis-
trict of the county of Dublin through which
the River Dothair, now anglicé the Dodder,
flows. They descended from Dunchadh, grand-
son of Bran Mut, the common ancestor of the
O’Byrnes and O’Tooles of Leinster. According
to the Gloss to the Feilire-Aenguis, and to
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at 11th of May, the
church of Achadh-Finche.is situated on the
brink of the River Dothair in Ui-Dunchadha,—

See Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 12, note ‘.

* Clann-Ceallaigh.—Otherwise Ui Ceallaigh
Cualann, i.e. the race of Ceallach Cualann,
seated in the north of the present county of
Wicklow.—See note ", under A. D. 713, p. 313,
supra.

* Fidh-Chuilinn : i. e. Cuileann’s Wood, now
Feighcullen, a small parish situated near the
hill of Allen, in the county of Kildare.

* Domhnall Mac Aenghusa, lord of Ui-Eathach.
—Would be now anglicised Daniel Magennis,
lord of Iveagh. This is the first notice of the
family of Magennis occurring in the Irish annals.

The year 956 of the Annals of the Four —

Masters corresponds with 957 of the Annals of
Ulster, and with 952 of the Annals of Clon-
macnoise, which are very meagre at this period:

x
se ee

957.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 677

Uidhir®, successor of Comhghall, was killed by the foreigners. Finnachta, son
of Lachtnan, airchinneach of Fearna; Aedh, son of Ceallach, successor of Bre-
nainn ; and Lughaidh, son of Colgan, airchinneach of Slaine, died. Tuathal,
son of Ugaire’, King of Leinster, died. Niall Ua hEruilbh, died. A victory
‘was gained over the Ui-Dunchadha', the Ui-Failghe, and the Clann Ceallaigh’,
at Fidh-Chuilinn*; namely, over Domhnall, son of Lorcan, and Domhnall, son
of Maelmordha, by the Ui-Faelain ; namely, by Murchadh, son of Finn ; in which
were slain Cearnach, son of Lorcan, chief of Clann-Ceallaigh, and Naeideanan
Ua Domhnaill, and many others of the nobility besides them. Domhnall Mac
Aenghusa, lord of Ui-Eathach', died.

The Age of Christ, 957. The third year of Domhnall. Oenghus Ua La-
pain, Bishop of Rath-bhoth ; Dubhduin, successor of Colum Cille ; Martin,
anchorite, successor of Caeimhghin and Maelruain"; Maenach, son of Cormac,
Abbot of Lis-mor ; and Maenach, airchinneach of Lothra, died. Dubhdabhoi-
reann, son of Domhnall, King of Caiseal, died. Domhnall, son of Maelmordha,
lord of Ui-Failghe, died. Cluain-mic-Nois was plundered by Mathghamhain, son
of Ceinneidigh”, and the men of Munster. The Termon of Ciarain* was burned
this year, from the High Cross to the Sinainn, both corn and mills. A plun-
dering army was led to Inis-Eanaigh’ by Fearghal Ua Ruairc ; and the battle
of Magh-Itha was gained, wherein Aedh, son of Flaithbheartach, heir apparent
of Cinel-Eoghain, was slain. Cathasach of Druim-thorraidh’, son of Duilgen,
successor of Patrick, the most distinguished bishop of the Irish, died.

“A.D. 957. Flann mac Mochloingse, coarb
of Tiernai and Maeldoid; Tanaie Mac Uirr, coarb
of Benchar, killed by Genties” [recté, by Galls].
“Nell O’Herailv and Tuohal mac Ugaire, king
of Lenster, mortuz sunt.
chinnech of Slane, and Finachta mac Lachtnan,
Airchinnech of Ferna, mortut sunt.” —Ann. Ult.,
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Lua mac Colgan, Air-

“A. D. 952. Taney Mac Gwyer, Cowarb of

Cowgall, was killed by the Danes. Twahall mac
Owgayre, king of Lynster, died.”— Ann. Clon.
"Successor of Caeimhghin and Maelruain : i.e.
Abbot of Glendalough and Tallaght. P
“ Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh.—This

would be now anglicised ‘‘ Mahon, son of Ken-
nedy.” He was the eldest brother of the cele-
brated Irish Monarch, Brian Borumha.

_ * The Termon of Ciaran: i.e. of St. Ciaran at
Clonmacnoise, on the east side of the River
Sinainn, in the barony of Garrycastle, King’s
County.

¥ Inis-Eanaigh.—Now Inchenny, in the parish
of Urney, barony of Strabane, and county of
Tyrone.

* Druim-thorraidh.—N ot identified. The death
of this-Cathasach is entered in the Annals of
Ulster at the year 956 (but the true year is
957), thus :

673

Clip Cort, naoi ccéd caoga a hoche.

nall.
moin, 7 eppcop Concaige, vécc.

ANNQLa RIOShachta elREGNN.

(958.

Cn cftpamad bliadain vo Ohom-

Ouboiin Ua Sceapécin, comapba Colaim Cille, 7 Catmog, abb Lipp
Caplup, mac Cumo, mic Oonnchad, vo

mapbad la Nopcmannaibh. P{pgal, mac Qugnain, cigeanna Laoigip Récae,

vég. Paoldan, mac Pipsaile, cana: Laorgip1 Recae, vo manbad.
la Oomnall, mac Muipcfpears, co OAl nAparde, co ctuce a ngiallu.
Bpaid, mac Clémmig, canary Caipil, vo €cc.

Slagead

Plp-

Oonnchad, mac Loncain, mic

Catal, oo gum bn ceip Ua cCemnpelarg. Parpne pili, ppiméicclp Largtn,

vEéCcC.

Finpnecca Ua Cull, pile Muman, vécc.

Cop Cort, nao ccéo caogza anaor. Cn ciiccead bliadain vo Ohomnall.
Conamg Ua Oomnallam, aincmoech Clocain mac nOaimem, Oonnchad,

mac Clupchada, cigeanpna Ua bum Sedla, décc.

Feangpmd, mac Cléims,

pi Caipil, vécce. Pogaptach, mac Ciapmaic, 00 mapbad 1 meabanl. Ualgance,

cizeanna Oancpaise, 00 manbad.

Sogle cemead vo tect ian puc Laigtn,
a manotp, co no manb mile do daoinib 7 allcoib co mece Ach chat.

Niall,

mac Clooha, mic Eochaccain, pi Ulad, vécc.

Cor Cmoyc, nao ccéd pearpcca.

Cn peipead bliadam vo Ohomhnall.

Slog lola Placbeancach, mac Concobarp, la ciseapna Oiligh,1 nOal nCparde,
50 po moip Convene, conapcaintfcan Uland, co po manbad Plaitbeancach,

* Cahasach mac Duilgen of Drumthorra,
Coarb of Patrick, and an excellent” [recte, the
most excellent] ‘‘bushop of all the Irish, in
Christo quievit.””,—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. See
Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 48.

Some of the entries transcribed by the Four
Masters, under the year 957, are to be found in
the Annals of Ulster under 958, and in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise under 953, as follows:

* A.D. 958. Clon-mic-Nois spoyled by Moun-
ster. Martan, the Coarb of Comgen; Duvduin,
Coarb of Columceill ;
sunt. Duvdavoren mac Daniell, king of Cashill,
killed by his owne” [a suis sociis occisus est].
**Maenach mac Cormack, Airchinnech of Lis-
mor, mortuus est.’°—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

“A. D, 953. Clonvicknose was eee by

Aengus O’Lapan, mortui

Munstermen. Dowdavorean mac Donell, king
of Cashell, was killed by some of his own’people.
Donnell mac Moylemorrey, king of Affalie,
died. Moonach mac Cormack, abbot of Lis-
more; and Moonach, archdean of Lohra, died.”
—Ann. Clon.

* Laeighis-Rettae.—This was the most distin-
guished of the seven divisions of Laeighis, orLeix,
in the present Queen’s County, containing the
fort of Rath-Bacain, and the rock of Leac-Reda.
—See note *, under A. M. 3529, p. 36, suprd.

The year 958 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 959 of the Annals of
Ulster, and with 954 of the Annals of Clon-
macnoise, but the true year is 960:

“A, D. 959. An army by Donell mac Mur-
tagh to Dalnaraie, that he brought pledges.
Carlus mac Con mic Donogh, killed at Dublin.

hostages.

958.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 679

~The Age of Christ, 958. The fourth year of Domhnall. Dubhduin
Ua Steafain, successor of Colum Cille, and Cathmogh, Abbot of Lis-mor and
Bishop of Corcach, died. Carlus, son of Conn, son of Donnchadh, was slain by
the Norsemen. Fearghal, son of Aughran, lord of Laeighis-Retae*, died. Faelan,
son of Fearghal, Tanist of Laeighis-Retae, was slain. An army was led by
Domhnall, son of Muircheartach, to Dal-Araidhe ; and he carried away their
Feargraidh, son of Cleireach, Tanist of Caiseal, died. Donnchadh,
son of Lorcan, son of Cathal, was wounded in the territory of the Ui-Ceinnsea-
laigh. Faifne the Poet, chief poet of Leinster, died. Finshneachta Ua Cuill,
poet of Munster, died.

The Age of Christ, 959. The fifth year of Domhnall. Conaing Ua Domh-
nallain, airchinneach of Clochar-Daimheni, [and] Donnchadh, son of Aurchadh,
lord of Ui-Briuin-Seola’, died. Feargraidh’, son of Cleireach, King of Caiseal,
died. Foghartach, son of Ciarmhac, was treacherously killed. Ualgharg, lord
of Dartraighe’, was killed. A bolt of fire passed south-westwards through Lein-
ster, and it killed a thousand persons and flocks as far as Ath-cliath. Niall, sou
of Aedh, son of Eochagan, King of Ulidia, died.

The Age of Christ, 960. The sixth year of Domhnall. An army was led
by Flaithbheartach, son of Conchobhar, lord of Oileach, into Dal-Araidhe, and
he plundered Connor; but the Ulidians overtook him, so that Flaithbheartach

An overthrowe given to Makar mac Aulaiv at
Duv (a river). Mureach mac Fergus that he
went through Connaght. Cathmog, Airchin-
nech of Lismor, quéevit.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Cla-
rend., tom. 49. s

“A. D. 954. King Donnell mac Mortagh of
the Leather Coats, went to Dalnarie, and tooke
hostages of Clanna-Rowries there.””—Ann.Clon.

» Ui-Briuin-Seola.—A sept seated on the east
side of Lough Corrib, in the barony of Clare,
and county of Galway.—See note “, under the
year 811, p. 424, supra.

° Feargraidh.—See his death already noticed
under 958, as tanist of Caiseal.

* Dartraighe.—Now Dartry, or the barony of
Rossclogher, in the north of the, county of
Leitrim.

The year 959 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 960 of the Annals of
Ulster, and with 955 of the Annals of Clon-
macnoise.

“A, D. 960. An arrow of fire came from the
south-west among Leinster, and killed hundreth
thousands of men and chattle, with the houses
of Dublin burnt. Mac Erchaa, King of O’Briuin
Eola, obiit. Uolgarg, king of Dartrai, a swis
occisus est. Conaing O’Donallain, Airchinnech .
of Clochar-mac-Daven, mortuus est.’—Ann. Ult.,
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. ‘

“A. D. 955” [recté, 961]. “ There was a great
dearth of cattle this year, and many diseases
generally reigned all over Ireland by reason of
the great frosts and snow, which procured the
intemperature of the air.”_Ann. Clon.

680 AQNNaLa RIOShachta eiReGNN.

(960.

| a 0a bata, TadsZ 7 Conn, 7 pochaide ole imaille pmé. Congap
Ua Maoloonaw, cigeapna Cenél cConaill, vo mapbad la Cenél Conall
budvéippin. Cogan, mac Muipfoharg, vo mapbad la hUibh Page... Mup-
chad, mac Cloda, tigeapna Ua Maine Connache, vécc. Musgpon Ua Maol-
muaid, tiZeanna Fean cCell, vécc. Cluam mic Noip vopsain oOppaighibh.
Imp mop pon Coch Ribh vo Sabaal oo Mupcad Ua Chellang pon Cheallac,
mac Ruainc, cTiZeanpna Fean Cal 1. cigeanna Sil Rondin, co puccad co na
coblac 1 Tip Maine 1 nensabanl. Coblach pean Muman ian Sionaino, co po
moipple Thhmann Ciapain 6n mbion pian. Ro sabpac mumcip Domnall,
mic Ounéava, ma noiad, co panceabpfc pip Muman a ccoblach led, 7 v0
manbao opong mop viob ian bpaccbail a long. Muinclpcach, mac Ecnech-
ain, mec Oalaig, vécc. Slog la hUib NEW ipin Mumain, convensenyec
oinccné mana .. mona. Ppsal Ua Ruane vo papuccad Midve. Tene pais-
néin vo mapbad na nZéiyp1 7 na ccadan 1 nCintlj Cipe. Comply merc Amlaip,
7 na Laogmainn vo teacc 1 nEpinn, co po optacan Conaille 7 Ectap co
hlmp mic N¢ppam, co nofchatap na Caogmaimn iaptcain co propa’ Muman,
vo diogcal a mbpatap 1. Om, co po optaccap Inf: Oomle 7 Uf Ciatain, co
po loicpioc Cipp mon 7 Concac, 7 co nofpnpac ulca imda anctna. Tiascap

* Aenghus Ua Maeldoraidh.—This is the first
mention of O’Maeldoraidh in the Irish Annals as
a hereditary surname. In fact, this Aenghug
was the first who could have been so called,
being the son of Maelbreasail, prince of Tircon-
nell, who was slain A. D. 896, and the Ua, O,
nepos, or grandson of Maeldoraidh, the proge-
nitor after whom the hereditary surname was
called. Maeldoraidh was the son of Aenghus,
who was son of Maelbreasail, prince of Tircon-
nell, who was slain in 817, who was the son of
Murchadh, who was son of Flaithbheartach,
Monarch of Ireland from A. D. 727 till 734.—
See Battle of Magh Rath, p. 335, 337, 338. This
family supplied many princes to Tirconnell,
but, on the death of Flaithbheartach O’Mael-
doraidh, in 1197, the head of the O’Dohertys,
became prince of Tirconnell; but, being slain a
fortnight after his inauguration by SirJohn De

Courcy, Eigneachan O’Donnell became prince
of Tirconnell, and his descendants retained that
dignity till the commencement of the seven-
teenth century. The name O’Maeldoraidh is now
unknown in Tirconnell; but there are a few
persons of the name in the city of Dublin, and
at Rathowen, in the‘county of Westmeath, where
it is anglicised Muldarry, without the prefix O.

f Inis-mor: i.e. the Great Island, now Inch-
more, in Lough Ree, situated midway between
Inis-Aingin, or Hare Island, and Inisbofin. It
belongs to the parish of Bunown, barony of
Kilkenny West, and county of Westmeath.

& Feara-Cul: i.e. the Back-men. The Sil-
Ronain of Feara-Cul-Teathbha, were seated on
the east side of Lough-Ree, in Westmeath.

There was another sept called Feara-Cul of — :

Bregia, near Kells, in East Meath.

» The barnacle ducks.—The cadan is described | |

960.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

and his two brothers, Tadhg and Conn, and many others along with them, were
slain. Aenghus Ua Maeldoraidh’, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain by the Cinel-
Conaill themselves. Eoghan, son of Muireadhach, was slain by the Ui-Failghe.
Murchadh, son of Aedh, lord of Ui-Maine of Connaught, died. Mughron
Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, died. Cluain-mic-Nois was plundered
by the Osraighi. Inis-mor‘ in Loch-Ribh was taken by Murchadh Ua Ceal-
laigh from Ceallach, son of Ruarc, lord of Feara-Cul§ ['Teathbha], i.e. lord of
the Sil-Ronain ; and he was carried as a prisoner with his fleet into Ui-Maine.
The fleet of the men of Munster upon the Sinainn ; and they plundered the
Termon of Ciaran, from the river westwards. The people of Domhnall, son of
Dunchadh, set out after them, and the men of Munster left their fleet to them ;
and a great number of them was slain, after leaving their ships behind. Mur-
cheartach, son of Eigneachan, son of Dalach, died. An army was led by the
Ui-Neill into Munster, and they committed great plunders there. Fearghal
Ua Ruairc devastated Meath. Lightning destroyed the swans and the barnacle
ducks" in Airthear Liffe. The fleet of the son of Amhlaeibh and of the Ladg-
manns came to Ireland, and plundered Conaille and Edar, with Inis-mac-Neasain’;
and the Ladgmanns afterwards went to the men of Munster, to avenge their
brother, i.e. Oin, so that they plundered Inis-Doimhle* and Ui-Liathain, and

681

pe 0y ee

robbed Lis-mor and Corcach, and did many other evils.

in Cormac’s Glossary as a bird of passage. The
birds now known by this name in Irish, in
Mayo, are called in English by the natives “ Bar-
nacle ducks,” and are believed to come from
Shetland.

‘Conaille and Edar with Inis-mac-Neasain.—
This might be rendered, ‘and plundered Con-
aille and Edar (now Howth) as far as Inis-mac-
Neasain (now Ireland’s Eye).

* Inis-Doimhle. — Otherwise written Inis-
Teimhle, as in the gloss to the Feilire-Aenguis
at 4th of July, where it is described as in Ui-
Ceinnsealaigh. Archdall thinks (Monas. Hib.,
p- 59) that it was one of the ancient names of
Cape Clear Island, in the county of Cork ; and
quotes Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 629, where

They afterwards went

there is nothing tocorroborate this identification.
The name Inis-Doimhle occurs in O’Clery’s [rsh
Calendar at 30th of January, 3rd of March, 4th
of July, and Ist of December; but its situation
is not indicated except at 4th of July, where
Inis-Doimhle, the church of Finnbhair, is placed
in Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. In the gloss to the Feilire-
Aenghuis, at 4th July, St. Finnbhair is called
of Inis-Teimle, and placed hi cip hUa Ceno-
pelaig, i.e. in terra Nepotum Ceinnsealaigh ;
but adds that he is interred in the Deise. There
may have been another island of the name near
Lismore, which may be that alluded to in the
text; but the Editor has not been able to find
any satisfactory authority for placing any island
of this name in Munster.

4s

682 GNNata RIOSshachta elReann. (961.

lanccain in hUib Liatam, co ccappaid ponpa Maolcluice Ua Maoleiccmo,
co no la a nap 41. cice plpecac ap tpi céd, co na cfpnovap ofb acc luct cm
long. Cpeach la mac Amlab a himp mac Nfpam co bplecan 7 co Mom
Condimn. Cpeach la Siccpuce Cam vo muip co hUib cColgan, co ccappad
Amlaib co nGallaib Aca chat,7 col Cargmb,7 co pubad Amlaib vo pagic
the na pliapaic, co naeimid fon Sitpiucc cCam, co nepla na Longaib 1ap nap
a muincipe. 6uadach mac Conbmaic,7 Oonnchad, mac Cinnpaolaid, vo
manbad la hEoganaccaib 1 naen mi. Ounchad, mac Laegarpe, ciseapna
Ffpnmaige, vécc. Sloigead la Oomnall Ua Néill pop cuaipct Eneann, co
paibe thi cpat oce Rat Ercan.

Cop Cope, naoi ccéo pearcea a haon.
Ohomhnall. Pochad, mac bpamn, pembnid 7 eppucc Inpr Alban, Coyccpach,
mac Ofmacain, pw eppeop, 7 aipcimnech Inp: Cainofsha, Catal, mac Conb-
maic, pur eppucc Cluana peancta Opénainc, [vécc]. Cnale, pepibmoh
Oombace Ciandmn, véce 1ap phoacaw. Oubcach Oipipe Chandan, Caon-
compac, mac Cupai, pur eppcop 7 abb Cluana h€oayp, [oécc]. Ni nfngnac
vo dénam la pin pig Oomnall, mac Mumpc(pcag 2. longa oo bpfie oan
Oaball, cap Sliab Puaie co loch nCinomo, co po horpccl} oiléna an loca
lap. €cnech, nac Oalag cigeapna Oipsiall,7 a mac .1. Ouboana, vo map-
bad la a Bnatain la Mupchad, 7 po o1oglad 6 Ola pap an gsnfom pin, uci
po manbad pomhian namyip la hUa cCanannann.

Cn plecmad bliadain vo

Ua Canannan, vo bneit
longaip Lap pop lochaibh Eipne, go po hoinccead oiléna an locha lamp.
Maiom pia Peangal Ua Ruainc, pf Connace, pon Mumnecaib pon Sionnaino
1. marom na Cacinci eccip Cluam pl(pca q Cluam mic Noéip, 7 Oalcaip vo

| Rath-Edain.—Not identified. See it already
mentioned at A. D. 889, p. 545, line 2.

The year 960 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 961 of the Annals of
Ulster, and 956 of the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
but neither of these chronicles contains a word
relative to the arrival of the Ladgmanns, or
their attack on Lismore, or Inis Doimhle.

“A.D. 961. An army with Flahvertach mac
Conor, king of Ailech, in Dalarai, and” [he]
“‘praied Coinire, where Ulster came upon him,

and killed himself and his two cosens, Teige
and Conn, with many more. Owen mac Mu-
reai, heire of Ireland, killed by Ofaly. Aengus
O’Maeldorai, a suis jugulatus est.’—Ann. Ult.,
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 956. Flathvertagh mac Connor, prince
of Aileach, made a great prey in Dalnary, and
ransackt Conrey, and was overtaken by the in-
habitants of that country, who killed his two
brothers, Teig and Conn, with many others.
Iwulfe, king of Scotland, died. Enos O’Moyle-

961.)

into Ui-Liathain, where they were overtaken by Maelcluiché Ua Maeleitinn,
who made a slaughter of them, i. e. killing three hundred and sixty-five, so that
there escaped not one of them but the crews of three ships. A prey was carried
off by the son of Amhlaeibh from Inis-mac-Neasain to Britain, and to Mon-
Conain. A prey by Sitric Cam from the sea to Ui-Colgain ; but he was over-
taken by Amhlaeibh, with the foreigners of Ath-cliath, and the Leinstermen ;
[in the conflict] Amhlaeibh was wounded through his thigh with an arrow, and
escaped to his ships, after the slaughter of his people. Buadhach, son of Cor-
mac, and Donnchadh, son of Ceannfaeladh, were killed by the Eoghanachta in
one month. Dunchadh, son of Laeghaire, lord of Fearnmhagh, died. An army
was led by Domhnall Ua Neill upon the circuit of Ireland, and he remained
three days at Rath-Edain’.

The Age of Christ, 961. Fothadh, son
of Bran, scribe and Bishop of Insi-Alban™; Cosgrach, son of Donnagan, distin-
guished Bishop and airchinneach of Inis-Caeindeagha ; Cathal, son of Cormac,
distinguished Bishop of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, [died]. Anaile, scribe of Daimh-
liag-Cianain, died at an advanced age. Dubhthach of Disert-Chiarain ; Caen-
comhrac, son of Curan, distinguished Bishop and Abbot of Cluain-Eois. An
unusual thing was done by the King Domhnall, son of Muircheartach ; namely,
he brought vessels over Dabhall, and across Sliabh Fuaid, to Loch Ainninn’, so
‘that the islands of the lake were plundered by him. Egneach, son of Dalach,
lord of Oirghialla, and his son, i. e. Dubhdara, were killed ; but God took ven-
geance of him for that deed, for he was, after some time, killed by O’Canannain.
Ua Canannain carried vessels with him on the lakes of Erne, so that the islands
thereof were plundered by him. A victory was gained by Fearghal, King of
Connaught, over the Munstermen, upon the Sinainn, i.e. the victory of Catinchi’,
between Cluain-fearta and Cluain-mic-Nois; and Dal-gCais was afterwards plun-

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 683

The seventh year of Domhnall.

dorie, prince of Tyrconnell, was killed. Mow- occasion over the mountain of Sliabh Fuaid

groyn O’Moyloy, prince of Ferkeall, died. Clon-
vicknose was preyed by those of Ossorie.”—
Ann. Clon. .

™ Insi-Alban : i.e. the islands of Scotland.

» Loch Ainninn.—Now Lough Ennell, near
Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath. The
vessels conveyed by King Domhnall on this

were light skiffs, cots, and curraghs, carried on
the shoulders of men, for the purpose of landing
on the islands in Lough Ennell.

° Catinchi.—This was an island in the River
Shannon, between Clonfert and Clonmacnoise.
The name is now obsolete.

The year 961 of the Annals of the Four

482

684 GNNaZa RIOShachta eiReaNN. (962.
opccam lap rappin. Op an Macgamam, mac Cemneicois, pra pe psa
Ua Ruane, 04 1 cconcaip cp hU1 Loncain 7 pecc picec mpu. Oonnchad,

mac Ceallachain, pi Carpil, vo sum 6 na bpatamp péippm. Plpgal, mac
Ceallaig, vo écc hi Sangip, 1ap bpfnmnaimn.

Coip Corc, nao ccév pearcca a 06, On coécmad bliadam vo Ohom-
nall. Oubrpcetile, mac Cionaeda, comanba Cholaim Chille, Subm, mac
Niamain, abb Mugna, vé5. Suibne, mac Segonain, eppucc 7 mragloip Cilli
Culino, vécc. Fingin, pul eppcop, On Ulchslanp1, Conpmac, eppuce Cam-
lacca, 0é5. Colman, mac Cobnad, peplerginn Cilli vapa,7 Muiniono, msn
mic Colman, banabb Cilli oana, 0€g. Maolpuanard, mac Ploimn, mic Ece-
neacain, ] a mac vo manbad la cloino Piangupa. Pupaohpan, mac bece,
ciseapna Oflaip, oo manbad la Cenel Eoghan. Muipceancach, mac Con-
galais, mic Maolmichs, pfogdamna Epeann, vo mapbad la Oomnall, mac
Congalaig. Ceall vana vo anccain la Gallaib, 7 bnoio mon vo ppuicib, 7
vo cléipcibh vo Zabal 0616 ann, Niall Ua h€pulbh oa ppuapclavh. Can
an tose moin Sancc Spigve,7 Lan an véntige apead vo puarchill Niall ofobh
laa apsav budvéin. Muipc(pcach hUa Canannam, aisgeapna Cenél Conuill,

vo manbad la a veipbpine.

Masters corresponds with 962 of the Annals of
Ulster, and with 957 of the Annals of Clon-
macnoise, but the true year is 963.

“ A. D. 962. Shipping by Donell O’Nell from
Davall over Sliav-Fuaid to Loch-Ainninn, which
was not done of a long tyme; but thus in Duv-
dalethe his book”? [quod non fuctum est ab antt-
quis temporibus. Stic in Libro Duibhdaleithi—
O’Conor’s Ep.] ‘“ Egnech mac Dalai, and Duv-
dara, his son, king of Airgiall, killed in the same
month. Maelmuire mac Eochaa, Coarb of Pa-
trick, natus est. Mac Cellachan, king of Cashill,
mortuus est. Gefri mac Aulaiv mortuus est.
Caenchorac, Coarb of Tiarnach, mortwus est.”—
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 957” [recté, 963]. ‘Godfrey mac
Awley, a very fair and homesome man, died.
King Donnell brought shipping on Logh-Innell.
Dowhagh of Disert-Kyeran, a very merry and

Mam an bhealaigy pe pEMsal hUa Ruane

jocund fellow, died. Donnogh, mac Ceallachan,
king of Cashell, was killed. Ferall O’Roirk was:

king of Connaught this time. Ferall gave an
overthrow to the Monstermen in a place be-
tween Clonvicknose and Clonfert, neer the river

of Synan, called the field of Kattince, where

there were many slain; and immediately after

Ferall preyed and spoyled all the race of Dal-
gayse.””—Ann. Clon.

® Mughna: i. e. of Mughna-Moshenog, now
Dunnamanoge, in the south of the county of
Kildare.—See note under A. D. 940. The
church of Moone in the same neighbourhood
was called in Irish Maoin-Choluim-Chille, not
Mughna.—See the years 1014 and 1040.

4 Cill-dara.—This passage is translated by
Colgan as follows :

“A.D. 962. Nortmanni Kildariam fade de-
populati, seniorum et Ecclesiasticorum. plurimos

Ve eee

962.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 685
dered by him. A slaughter was made against Mathghamhain, son of Cein-
neidigh, by Fearghal Ua Ruairc, where fell the three grandsons of Lorcan, and
seven score along with them. Donnchadh, son of Ceallachan, King of Caiseal,
was mortally wounded by his own kinsman. Fearghal, son of Ceallach, died
at Saighir, after penance.

The Age of Christ, 962. The eighth year of Domhnall. Dubscuile, son
of Cinaedh; Suibhni, son of Niamhan, Abbot of Mughna?, died. Suibhne, son
of Segonan, Bishop and ruler of Cill-Cuilinn, died. Finghin, distinguished
Bishop of Dun-leathghlaisi ; [and] Cormac, Bishop of Tamhlacht, died. Col-
man, son of Cobradh, Lector of Cill-dara; and Muireann, daughter of Mac
Colman, Abbess of Cill-dara, died. Maelruanaidh, son of Flann, son of Egne-
achan, and his son, were killed by the Clann-Fianghusa. Furadhran, son of

Bece, lord of Dearlas, was slain by the Cinel-Eoghain. Muircheartach, son of

Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, heir to the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain

by Domhnall, son of Conghalach. Cill-dara? was plundered by the foreigners,
and a great number of seniors and ecclesiastics were taken prisoners there ;
but Niall Ua h-Eruilbh ransomed them. The full of St. Bridget’s Great House,
and the full of the oratory of them, is what Niall purchased with his own money.
Muircheartach Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was killed by his own tribe.
The victory of Bealach" was gained by Fearghal Ua Ruairc, where Domhnall,

sleight and malice. Murtagh, mac Congalai,
mic Maelmihi, heyre of Tarach, by Daniell mac
Congalai, occisus est. Kildare rifled by Genties,

captivos tenuerunt : ex quibus tot personas proprits
pecunis redemit Nellus Oheruilbh, quot in magna
S. Brigide domo et Ecclesia simul consistere pote-

rant.” —Trias Thaum., p. 630.

* Bealach: i. e. the road or pass.
unknown.

The year 962 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 963 of the Annals of
Ulster, and with 958 of the Annals of Clon-
macnoise.

“A. D. 963. This is the last yeare of full
profitt” [lan cadcoip] “ since Patrick came for
Ireland, Maelruanai, mac Flainn, mic Egne-
chan, and his sonns, killed by the sonns of
Fiangus. Duvscule mac Cinaeha, Coarb of
Colum Cill, mortuus est. Foruran mac Bece,
king of Thurles, killed by Kindred-Owen, by

Situation

but O’Nerulv through merciful pietie tooke
pitty of them, and redemed all the clergi almost
for the name of the lord, viz., the full of St.
Brigid’s great house, and the oratori-full, he
redemed all by his owne moni.” [Sed mirabili
pietate misertus est Niall hUa n€puilb, redemptis
omnibus clericis pene pro nomine Domini, .1. lan
in taige moip Sance Opigve 7 lan in ventas)
ipped oopuagell Niall onb oa angaz pépm.—
O’Conor’s Ep. |—Anan. Ult., Cod. Clar., tom. 49.

“ A, D, 958” [al. 964]. ‘* Killdare was preyed
by the Danes of Dublin, and they tooke many
captives, and were put to their ransome.”—
Ann. Clon. See Petrie’s Round Towers, p. 227.

686 ANNAZa RIOShachta Eireann. (963.

pop plpaib Tleba, ou 1 ccopcam Oornall mac Mupeccon. Mavdm fon
Cmlaib, mac Sitpiucca 1. oc Imp Teoc, pé nOppargib, of 1 ccopcpaccap flu
vo Shallaib 1m Gacbanp mac Nipae. Comppe Ua Huaipe cenn péy Lang hh,
vécc.

Coip Cniort, nao ccéo plpeca a tpi. On nomad bliadain vo Ohomnall.
Ounchad, mac Ceallang, eppcop 7 ab Tipe v4 slap, Colman, abb Oipine
Oiapmacca, vécc. lopep, comanba Mic Neipi 7 Colmam Eala, Cionaod,
mac Maorlcianain, abb Lip moip Mocuva, Gebennach, mac Catal, abb Inpr
Cataigh, [vécc]. Sloighead la Oomnall Ua Néill, co po oiee Connachza,
7 eco ccucc Falla 6hUa Ruane. Cooh, mac Maolmehig, véce ma oilitpe.
Caomcluo mig la hUib cCemnpelang 1. Oomnall mac Cellaig a monad Oonn-
chada, mic Taocc. GHopca viopulaing 1 nEpinn co penad an cataip a mac
7 a ingfn an biadh.

Cop Cmopz, naoi ccéo peapcca a cltaip. On veacmad bliadain vo
Ohomnall. Copbmac Ua Cilléne, comanba Candin, eppcop,7 eccnaid cian-
aopoa, oo Uib Piachpach Chone a cenél, vécc. Pingin, angcoipe 7 eppcop
la, vécc. Cpunnmael, abb bec hEpeann, eppcop, 7 plpleigino Tamlachta,
vo bavad oce Tochan Eachoach. Aptacan Ua Manchan pipleigmo Slinne
va locha, vécc. Ouboaboipfnn, pu eppcop Marge Ons, 7 comapnba buite,
ves, pI eZna larghen epive. Madm pia cComalean Ua Cléms 1. Tigeanna
Ua Piachnach Qhone, 7 pra Maolp(chlamn, mac Anco, pop Eh(psal Ua
Ruainc, ou 1 pancabta pece cév mm Torchleach Ua n&adpa, cigeapna
Luigne veipceipt. Ceallach, mac Paola pf Caigin, vécc. Oonnchad, mac

Cuatail, mosdamna Laig(n, Paolan, mac Conbmaic, cigeapna ua nOerre |

* Inis- Teoc.—Now Ennistiogue, a small town a mngen an biad}. “An overthrowe by the

on the River Nore, in the barony of Gowran,
and county of Kilkenny.

* The ninth year of Domhnall._—This was really
the year 965. There is a chasm in the Annals
of Clonmacnoise from 958 to 970. The Annals
of Ulster give the following events under 964,
which corresponds with 963 of the Annals of
the Four Masters:

“A. D. 964. A great, miserable dearth in
Ireland, that the father sould his sonn and
daughter for meat” [conenad an tataip a mac

O’Canannans, where Danyell was killed. Battle
between Scottsmen about Etir, where many
were killed about Donogh, abbott of Duncallen.
A change of Abbotts in Ardmach, viz., Duvda-
lehe instead of Mureach. An army by Donell
O’Nell, that turmoyled Connaght, and had
O’Rorke’s hostages.” —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Tochar-Eachdach : i. e. Eochaidh’s causeway.
—See this place already referred to at the years
880 and 894.

YA victory, §c—It is stated in the Stowe

Se Se eee

So ee Se aa

963.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 687

son of Muireagan, was slain. A victory was gained over Amlaeibh, son of
Sitric, by the Osraighi, i.e. at Inis-Teoc’, where many of the foreigners were
slain, together with Batbarr, son of Nira. Cairbre Ua Guaire, head of the
hospitality of Leinster, died.

The Age of Christ, 963. The ninth year of Domhnall'. Dunchadh, son
of Ceallach, Bishop and Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas, [and] Colman, Abbot of Disert-
Diarmada, died. Joseph, successor of Mac Neisi and Colman-Eala ; Cinaedh,
son of Maelchiarain, Abbot of Lis-mor-Mochuda; [and] Gebhennach, son of
Cathal, Abbot of Inis-Cathaigh, [died]. A hosting by Domhnall Ua Neill, so
that he plundered Connaught, and carried off the hostages of O’Ruairc. Aedh,

son of Maelmithigh, died on his pilgrimage. A change of kings by the Ui-

Ceinnsealaigh ; namely, Domhnall, son of Ceallaigh, in the place of Donnchadh,
son of Tadhg. An intolerable famine in Ireland, so that the father used to sell
his son and daughter for food.

The Age of Christ, 964. The tenth year of Domhnall. Cormac Ua
Cillene, successor of Ciarain, a bishop and a wise man of great age, died.
Finghin, anchorite and Bishop of Ia, died. Crunnmhael, Abbot of Beg-Eire,
Bishop and lector of Tamhlacht, was drowned at Tochar-Eachdhach". Artagan
Ua Manchain, lector of Gleann-da-locha, died. Dubhdabhoireann, distinguished
Bishop of Magh-Breagh, and successor of Buite, died. He was a paragon of
wisdom. A victory was gained’ by Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, i.e. lord of Ui- »
Fiachrach-Aidhne, and by Maelseachlainn, son of Arcda, over Fearghal Ua
Ruairc, where seven hundred were lost, together with Toichleach Ua Gadhra,
lord of South Luighne. Ceallach, son of Faelan, King of Leinster, died. Donn-
chadh, son of Tuathal, royal heir of Leinster ; Faelan, son of Cormac, lord of

copy that this entry is taken from the Book of
the Island [of all Saints in Lough Ree], and
from the Book of Clonmacnoise. It is not in
Mageoghegan’s translation of the Annals of
Clonmacnoise, from which it may be inferred
that the Book of Clonmacnoise used by the
Four Masters was a different manuscript from
that translated by Mageoghegan in 1627.

The year 964 of the Annals of the Four

Masters corresponds with 965 of the Annals of

Ulster, which notice the following events under
that year:

“ A. D. 965. Mureach mac Fergus, Coarb of
Patrick ; Cahasach mac Murchadain, bushop of
Ardmach ; Faelan mac Cormack, king of Len-
ster, and Faelan, king of Desyes, mortui sunt.
Maelmuire, daughter of Nell mac Hugh, mortua
est. Duvdavoren, Coarb of Buti, witam finivit.
Ferall O’Roark killed by Donell mac Congalai,
king of Bregh.

688 anNnaza Rioshachtd eiReann. 965.

Muman, 7 Maolmaipne, ngfn NEL, mic Coda, vécc. Fipsal Ua Ruarpe, pif
Connacht, vo manbad la Oomnall mac Congalaig, ciseapna Gpeacch, 4
Cnosba.

Cloip Cort, nao ccéo plpeca a ciice. On caonmad bliadain véce vo
Ohomnall. Coll, mac Maenaig, eppeop Suino 7 Lupcan, Oanel, eppcop
Ceithslinne, Plann, mac Clengura, abb Lainve léipe, Caipppe, mac Lawgnén,
abb (ina mompe,7 Tige Moling, Cond mac Concpam, abb Mungainoe, 4
cfno Muman ule, [7] Concoban, plpleigmn Cille vana, vécc. Oubpcule
Ua Mancha, anchoim 7 ceno magla Glinne oa locha, vés. Muipeadach,
mac Paoldain, abb Cille vana, 7 piogoamna Laigean, vo mapbad la hAm-
laoiph, tigeanna Gall, 7 la Cfpball, mac Loncain. Gopmsiolla, mac C fnn-
ouban, aipopeacnabb Cluana hewneach, 00 mapbad la hOppagib. Cat
propmaoile oc Rait bicc pra Cenel €Cogsam pon Chenél Conall, oa 1 ccopcain
Maoiliopa Ua Canannam, tigeanna Cenél Conall, Munc(pcach Ua Tmds,
pfosdamna Connact g0 pochaiib ale amaille ppiu. Coo Ua hCirie, pi
Ua n€achach Coba, vo manbad la a Chenél péipin. Ceanball, mac Lop-
cain pfogdamna Lang(n, vo mapnbad la Oomnall, tigeanna bps. Matgsamain,
mac Cinveiccigh, pi Caipil, vo angam Cummsg 7 oa lopccad. Tigfpnach,
mac Ruainc, tigeapna Cainnge Spachad, vécc. Catpaoimead pa Mat-
Zaman, mac Cinveivig, pop Gallaib CLumms, 0G mm po lad ap Gall, 7 po

loipee a loms(p poppy, 7 po oince Inip Ubcam, 7 po mapbad Maolpuana, — |

mac Plaino, canaip) Oppaide 1 ppitsuin oce mopad an ovine. Sloigead la
Mactsamain 50 Sciad ind Eccip, go ccucc sialla Muman laip va targh, 7 Fo
po moanb mac Spain cigfina Oeapmuman. Sluagy Gall Cea cliat 7 Laigtn
1 mbplshanb, co po mvainple Op(Fha, 7 po gonad ann Cfnball, mac Concain
piogdamna Larg(n, co nenbarlc 1apom. Sluanged la Mupchad mac Pino, pf
Cais(n in Oppasib, 50 po aipip ceceona aroche ann, 1ap ninonad Rargne, co

pus Matgarhain co befpaib Muman paip,7 na Dei: 7 Opparge, 6 Ach buana

’ Formaeil, at Rathbeg.—Now Formil, in the
parish of Lower Badoney, barony of Strabane,
and county of Tyrone.

* Ua-Taidhg.—Now O’Teige, and sometimes
anglicised Tighe. There are many persons of
the name in the neighbourhood of Castlerea, in
the county of Roscommon.

.

¥ Inis- Ubtain.—This is a mistake for Inis-
Sibtonn, which was the ancient name of the
King’s Island in the Shannon, at Limerick.

* Sciath-an-Eigis.— This is the place now
called the Hill of Skea, situated to the south of —

the River Bandon, in the barony of Kinelmeaky, “al

and county of Cork. The son of Bran, lord of

965.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 689

the Deise-Mumhan, and Maelmaire, daughter of Niall, son of Aedh, died. Fear-
ghal Ua Ruairc, King of Connaught, was slain by Domhnall, son of Conghalach,
lord of Breagha and Cnoghbha.

The Age of Christ, 965. The eleventh year of Domhnall. Ailill, son of
Maenach, Bishop of Sord and Lusca; Daniel, Bishop of Leithghlinn ; Flann,
son of Aenghus, Abbot of Lann-Leire ; Cairbre, son of Laidhgnen, Abbot of
Fearna-mor and Teach Moling; Conn, son of Corcran, Abbot of Mungairit,
and head of all Munster; [and] Conchobhar, Lector of Cill-dara, died. Dubh-
scuile Ua Manchain, anchorite, and head of the rule of Gleann-da-locha, died.
Muireadhach, son of Faelan, Abbot of Cill-dara, and royal heir of Leinster, was
slain by Amhlaeibh, lord of the foreigners, and by Cearbhall, son of Lorcan.
Gormghilla, son of Ceanndubhan, chief Vice-abbot of Cluain-eidhneach, was
killed by the Osraighi. The battle of Formaeil, at Rath-beg”, [was gained] by
’ the Cinel-Eoghain over the Cinel-Conaill, where Maelisa Ua Canannain, lord of
Cinel-Conaill, and Muircheartach Ua-Taidhg*, royal heir to Connaught, were
slain, together with many others. Aedh Ua hAitidhe, King of Ui-Eathach-
Cobha, was killed by his own tribe. Cearbhall, son of Lorcan, royal heir of
Leinster, was slain by Domhnall, lord of Breagha. Mathghamhain, son of
Ceinneidigh, King of Caiseal, plundered Luimneach, and burned it. Tighear-
nach, son of Ruarc, lord of Carraig-Brachaidhe, died. A battle was gained by
Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh, over the foreigners of Luimneach, where
he made a slaughter of the foreigners, and burned their ships ; and he plun-
‘dered Inis-Ubtain’; and Maelruanaidhe, son of Flann, Tanist of Osraighe, was
slain in the heat of the conflict, while plundering the fortress. An army was
led by Mathghamain to Sciath-an-Eigis*; and he carried the hostages of Mun-
ster with him to his house, and expelled the son of Bran, lord of Desmond.
The army of the foreigners of Ath-cliath and of Leinster, into Breagha; and
Cearbhall, son of Lorcan, royal heir of Leinster, was there wounded, so that he
afterwards died. An army was led by Murchadh, son of Finn, King of Leinster,
into Osraighe, where he remained four nights, after having plundered Magh-
Raighne ; but Mathghamhain and the men of Munster overtook him, as did the
Deisi and the Osraighi, from Ath-Buana to Commur*; but Murchadh escaped

Desmond, here referred to, was Maelmhuaidh, * From Ath-Buana to Commur:i.e. from Augh-
the ancestor of O’Mahony, chief of Kinelmeaky- boyne, a ford on the River Suir, to Commur,
AT

690 GQNNaza RIOshachta elReEGNN. (966.

co Commup, 7] tenna Mupchad iomlan uadab gan ech gan ouine opagbarl.
Caemclud abbaoh in Apo macha 1. Ouboalete 1 nionad MuipCohargh 6
Shiabh Cuillenn.

Corp Corr, naoi ccéd pearcca a pé. On vapa bliadain vécc 00 Oom-
nall. Ceallach Ua bandin, comanba Comgaill, Mumpfohach .1. valca Mao-
naigh, comapba Cainoigh, Epc Ua Suailen, eppcop no abb Tamlachca,
Connmac, mac Amoippard, comanba UUcain, 7 pacapc Cfnannpa, [vécc].
Slog la Oomnall Ua Néill co Largmb co por mop o Shfpba pan go
painpse, 7 vo b(pc Gopoma mon lap, 7 do pad ponbair pop Bhallarb, 7 pop
Largmbh co c{nn va mfop. Op von cup pm concain Fionn, mac Goipmsiolla,
Oungal, mac Onsale 1 Riagamn,7 Ronan, mac Opuavaip, mic Oubsiolla,
| aporle paopclanna vo Langmib amartle ppiu. Maolmopda mac Pinn, pfogh-

damna Cars vo sun. Rua, mac Maolmancain, c1s(pna Potanc, vo

manbad. Plaitb(pcach Ua MuipCohang, cigfina Ua n€choach, vécc. Mur .

pCohach mac Pfpsgapa, comopba Pacpaice, vécc. Catapach, mac Mupca-
dam, eppcop Anoa Macha, vécc.

Coir Cort, naoi ccév plpeca a plec. On cpear bliadam vecc do
Oomnall. Maolpmvem, mac Uchcam, eppcop Cfnannpa, comanba Ullcam
5; Cains, Eogan Ua Cléims, eppcop Connachc, Maolgonm, mac Maoll-
ceallaig, abb Inpi Cealcpa,7 Oonnchad, mac Caclam, abb Cille mic Ouach,
vécc. Mummeccen, abb Oipipc Orapmaca vo écc. Congap Ua Robancang,
ancoipe Ohoipe Chalgaig,7 Cronaed Ua Catmaoil, aipcinnech Ohoipe Chal-
ZaIg, décc maen mi. beollan, mac Ciapmaic, tigfpna Locha Gabap, vécc.
Tplpach, mac Marlemuine, tig(pna Ua cConaill Gabpa, vo mapbad. Mp
dioméop co ccabaipt: ocht mbuilce a bun aon cpoinn. Sloiecfo la Mupchad

now Castlecomer, in the barony of Fassadineen,
in the north of the county of Kilkenny.

» A change of abbots.—“* A. D. 964. A change
of Abbots in Armagh, viz., Duvdalehe, instead
of Muireach.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The year 965 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 966 of the Annals of
Ulster, which give the following events under
that year:

“A, D. 966. Duv mac Maelcolum, king of

Scotland, killed by Scotsmen themselves; Tier-
nach mac Ruarc, king of Carrick Brachi, mor-
tuus est. The battle of Formail by Tirowen
upon Tirconell, where Maelisa O’Canannan,
king of Tirconell, and Murtagh O’Teig, heir of
Connaght, and many more, were killed. Hugh
O’Hathi, king of the Eachachs, by his owne
killed. Mahon mac Cinedy, king of Cashill,
praied and burned Limerick. Cervall mac Lor-
can, heyre of Lenster, killed by Daniell, king of

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966.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 691

from them in safety, without leaving horse or man behind. A change of
abbots” at Ard-Macha, i. e. Dubhdalethe in the place of Muireadhach of Sliabh-
Cuilenn’.

The Age of Christ, 966. The twelfth year of Domhnall. Ceallach Ua Ba-
nain’, successor of Comhghall; Muireadhach, the foster-son of Maenach, suc-
cessor of Cainneach ; Erc Ua Suailen, bishop or abbot of Tamhlacht ; Connmhac,
i.e. the son of Ainniarraidh, successor of Ulltan, and priest of Ceanannus, died.
An army was led by Domhnall Ua Neill into Leinster; and he plundered from
the Bearbha westwards [recté eastwards] to the sea; and he carried off a great
prey of cows ; and he laid siege to the foreigners and the Leinstermen for two
months. On this occasion were slain Finn, son of Goirmghilla ; Dunghal, son
of Dunghal Ua Riagain ; Ronan, son of Bruadar, son of Duibhghilla, and other
nobles of the Leinstermen along with them. Maelmordha, son of Finn, royal
heir of Leinster, was mortally wounded. Ruaidhri, son of Maelmartain, lord
of Fotharta, was slain. Flaithbheartach Ua Muireadhaigh, lord of Ui-Eathach,

died. Muireadhach, son of Fearghus, successor of Patrick, died. Cathasach,
son of Murchadhan, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died.
The Age of Christ, 967. The thirteenth year of Domhnall. Maelfinnen,

son of Uchtan, Bishop of Ceanannas, successor of Ulltan and Cairneach ; Eoghan
Ua Cleirigh, Bishop of Connaught ; Maelgorm, son of Maelcheallaigh, Abbot
of Inis-Cealtra ; and Donnchadh, son of Cathlan, Abbot of Cill-mic-Duach, died.
Muirigen, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada, died. Aenghus Ua Robhartaigh, ancho-
rite of Doire-Chalgaigh ; and Cinaedh Ua Cathmhaeil, airchinneach of Doire-
Chalgaigh, died. Beollan, son of Ciarmhac, lord of Loch-Gabhar, died. Trea-
sach, son of Maelmuine, lord of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, was killed. Very great
fruit, so that eight sacks were brought from the foot of one tree. An army was

Bregh.”—Ann. Uilt., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.
° Sliabh- Cuillenn.—Now Slieve-Gullion,a high
mountain in the south-east of the county of

gall, moritur. Muireach, Coarb of Cainnech;
Flahvartagh mac Mureai, king of Onehagh,
moriuntur. An army by Danyell O’Nell into

Armagh.—See note ’, under 517, p. 168, supra.
4 UVa Banain.—Now anglicé Banan and Banim.
The year 966 of the Annals of the Four Masters
corresponds with 967 of the Annals of Ulster,
which give the events of that year as follows:
“ A, D. 967. Cellach O’Banan, Coarb of Com-

Lenster, and pray’d from Berva westerly to
Farche” [recté, easterly to the sea], “from
whence he brought great prayes, and was bick-
ering with Lenster and Genties” [recté, Galls]
“for two months. Convach Ultan’s Coarb
quievit.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

472

692 GQNNQZza RIOshachtad eiReGNn. [968.
mac Find §0 Largmb in Oppangib, co pabacap céice o1dCe nnte, co ccappad
Mazgamam mac Ceimnéiccig, co plpab Muman, na va Ele, na Oéip), 7
foman Phuinz Lapse co nGallanb, 7 Opnaige imo pig, co po loipccead la
Mupchad Oin Ua ccocmame ap eiccen, co ccudcacap uaid pad pal cen
ouime cenech opagbal. Sloiccfo la Matgamain, mac Cinnéiccig 1 nOCpmu-
main, co po an teopa hodce 1 cConcaig, co ccuce sialla Ofpruman laip.
Onsain Chhannpa la Sicpruce, mac Amlab cis(pna Gall, 7 la Mupchad
mac Finn, pi Cargth, conup cappaids Oomnall Ua Néill, pi Eneann, 7 co
paeimd fopna. Cod Allan, mac Pfhgaile, cis(pna Oppaige, 7 Echeiglpn,
mac €icig, TZCpna na cComann, vécc.

Qoip Core, naoi ccéd plpcea a hochc. On clépamad bliadam vécc vo
Ohomnall. Ceanannup v0 opgain 00 Arman Cuapan co nSallaib’ 7 Largmb,
co pucc bonaime mop laip,7 50 bpanccarb pochaide dia muincip 1m bpeapal
mac nQilella, 7 po bmp madm pon Uib Nell occ Apo Maelchon. Marom
pop Ualgance Ua Ruaine pa cConcoban, mac Tardg, in po manbad Ualgancc,
co pocaioib ole anaon pip im Ombsiolla a. mac Lawdgnem. Sloreéld la pig
nUlad, la hApcgal mac Maoudain Fo Gallaib, 50 po once Convene fpoppa,
7 co papcecbad an cho lap. Opgsain Cugmaid,7 Opoma Inepeclainn la
Muipcfpeach, mac Oomnaill, 1. mac Righ Epeann, la mg nCihg, pon Sal-
lab, m po mapbad ile. Opecain Mampcpeach buite, 7 Laine Lépe la
Oomnall la pig Eneann pon Ghallarb, 7 po loipecead caocca apn cpi céo m
aon vig lap vib. ~=Ppaimoceach Caimne Léine vo lorccad la Oomnall, mac
Mupchada, 7 ceitpi céd do dul do Fun 7 Vo lopccad ann eiccip plona 4 mnd.
Cugmad 7 Onuim Inepglumn vo apsain la Olamllan 1. la Mupchad Ua
FPlaicbeancais. .

° Dun-Ua-Tochmaire: i.e. Fort of the Ui-
Tochmairc. Not identified.

The year 967 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 968 of the Annals of
Ulster, which give the following obits under
that year (ere com. 969) :

“A. D. 968. Cinaedh mac Cahvaeil, Air-
chinnech of Dare Calgai; Maelfinnen mac Uch-
tane, bushop of Kells, and Coarb of Ultan and
Carnech; and Owen mac Cleri, bushop of Con-
naght, mortud sunt. Saerlai, daughter to Elcho-

ma, being one hundred yeares of age, died.
Beollan mac Ciarmeic, king of Lochgavar, in
Christo quievit.”»—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

‘ Amhlaeibh Cuaran: i.e. Aulaf, or Olave the
Crooked or Stooped.

8 Ard-Maelchon: i.e. Maelchu’s height, or
hill, now Ardmulchan, on the River Boyne,
near Navan, in the county of Meath.

» Coindere: i.e. Connor, in the county of
Antrim.
' Glunillar: i.e. of the eagle-knee. The year

a

968.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 693

led by Murchadh, son of Finn, into Leinster and Osraighe, and they remained
five nights there; but he was overtaken by Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh,
with the men of Munster, the two Eili, the Deisi, and Imhar of Port-Lairge,
with the foreigners and the Osraighi. Murchadh burned Dun-Ua-Tochmaire*
by force ; but they escaped before his eyes, without leaving a man or a horse
behind. An army was led by Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh, into Des-
mond, and remained three nights in Corcach, and carried off the hostages of
Desmond. Ceanannas was plundered by Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, lord of the
foreigners, and by Murchadh, son of Finn, King of Leinster; but Domhnall
Ua Neill, King of Ireland, overtook and defeated them. Aedh Allan, son of
Fearghal, lord of Osraighe ; and Echthighern, son of Eitech, lord of the Com-
ainns, died. ‘

The Age of Christ, 968. The fourteenth year of Domhnall.
was plundered by Amhlaeibh Cuaran‘, with the foreigners and Leinstermen ;
and he carried off a great prey of cows, but lost numbers of his people, together
with Breasal, son of Ailill; and he gained a victory over the Ui-Neill at Ard-
Maelchon®. A victory was gained over Ualgharg Ua Ruaire by Conchobhar,
son of Tadhg, in which were slain Ualgharg, and among the rest Duibhghilla,
i.e. the son of Laidhgnen. An army was led by the King of Ulidia, Artghal,
son of Madudhan, against the foreigners ; and he plundered Coindere’, then in
their possession, but left behind a number of heads. The plundering of Lugh-
mhadh and Druim-Inesclainn by Muircheartach, son of Domhnall, King of
Aileach, and son of the King of Ireland, against the foreigners, in which many
were slain. The plundering of Mainistir-Buithe by Domhnall, King of Ireland,
against the foreigners ; and three hundred of them were burned by him in one
house. The refectory of Lann-Leire was burned by Domhnall, son of Murchadh ;

Ceanannas

and four hundred persons were destroyed by. wounding and burning there,
both men and women. Lughmhadh and Druim-Ineasclainn were plundered |

by Glunillar’, i.e. by Murchadh Ua Flaithbheartaigh.

968 of the Annals of the Four Masters corres-
ponds with 969 of the Annals of Ulster, which
notice the following events under that year:
“A.D. 969. Kells praied by Aulaiv Cuaran.
An overthrow given O’Roark by Conor mac
Teige, whom he killed, with many more. An

army by Artgar mac Madagan, king of Ulster,
upon Genties” [recte, the Galls], ‘“ spoyled
Conire, and killed a number. The battle of
Killmonai, by Daniell O’Nell, where Airtgar
mac Madagan, king of Ulster; Donnagan mac
Maelmuire, airchinnech; and Cinaeh mac Cron-

604 AQNNaCa RIOShachta eiReEAaNN. (969.

Qo Core, nao ccéd plpeca a nao Cn ciiccead bliadbam vécc do
Ohomnall. Tuacal, comapba Chianam, eppcop 7 abb Cluana mic Nop,
vécc. Maenach, eppcop Cluana mic Néip, Pimnguine Ua Piachpach, abb
Tige Mochua, 7 Maolpamna, comanba Cainoigh, vécc. Ceallach Ua Nu-
adait 00 manbad vo Ghallaib 1 noonar a ppomneige. Oornall Ua Néill,
an pi, do 1onnanbad a Mhde can Shab Puaio pocuaiwd la Clomn Colman,
conad 06 po paidead,

Ni ma cualaman an gut, plaich Cfmpa 00 cumpcuganh,
CTeanca nea, 1omacc peoip, Fo tinpe aicen(oh nanccbeoil.

Sloisfo la Oomnall Ua Néill iapam co noccarb an cuaipceipt .1. co
cConall, | Cogan, 50 propa Mfde 7 co Gallanb, 50 po once a nuile dine, 4
long ponta, 7 co po hoinccead Uibh Parlge, 7 Potanca laip,7 po dfogail poppa
von cup pin a bpmitbeanc ppp, vain vo pome Llongpont ceca cuaite 1 Mode
o ca Sionamn co bealac notin. Holl Cumms vo 1onnapbad a hlmp Ubhodin
la Matsamain, mac Cimnéiccig. O1 Spém cuopama vo farccpm 1 naipo
moon Laon.

Cloip Cmiopt, nao ccéd peachtmoda. Un pfhipead bliadam dvécc do
Ohomnall. Cpunomaol, comanba Caoimsin, véce. Muipfdoach Ua Conco-
boon, eppcop 7 comanba Pionncoin Cluana heidnech, Catapach mac Peap-
ccura comapba oii, [vécc]. Pogapcach, mac Néill Ui Tholaincc, vo
mapbad la Oomnall, mac Congalais cpa meabal. Mupchad mac Pino,
pi Lagtn, vo mapbavh la Oomnall cClaon, mac CLoncain ian ccomol 4
comtomaile o6ib. Up vo bhadamn a bap do pmdead,

Oo bliadnaib peccmogac nao ccéd, 6 gem Chpiore, ni ble an béo,
Cipopi Cangsfn, la na lino co bap Munchada, mic Finn.

oS Se

gaille, king of the Conells, and many more.
Lugmai and Drum-Inesklainn spoyled by Mur-
cha, king of Ailech. Mainister and Lainn-Leire
rifled by Daniell, king of Ireland, where 350
were burnt in one house.”— Cod. Clar., tom. 49.
k Clann-Colmain.—This was the tribe-name of
the O’Melaghlins of Westmeath. .
' From the Sinainn to Bealach-duin: i.e. from

the River Shannon to Castlekieran, near Kells,
in the county of Meath.

™ Inis- U bhdain.—See note ’, under A. D. 965.
The year 969 of the Annals of the Four Masters
corresponds with 970 of the Annals of Ulster,
which give the events of that year as follows :

“A. D.970. Culen mac Illuilv, king of Scot-
land, killed by Britons in open battle. Daniell

a ee ee

[err

2 eRe Be OE

969.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 695

The Age of Christ, 969. The fifteenth year of Domhnall. Tuathal, suc-
cessor of Ciaran, Bishop and Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Finnguine
Ua Fiachrach, Abbot of Teach-Mochua, and Maelsamhna, successor of Cain-
neach, died. Ceallach Ua Nuadhait was killed by the foreigners in the doorway
of his refectory. Domhnall Ua Neill, the king, was driven from Meath north-
wards, across Sliabh Fuaid, by the Clann-Colmain*; of which was said :

Not well we have heard the voice, that the prince of Teamhair was
removed ;
Scarcity of corn, much of grass, will dry up the mind of the terrible.

An army was afterwards led by Domhnall Ua Neill, with the soldiers of
the North, i.e. the races of Conall and Eoghan, against the men of Meath and
the foreigners, so that he plundered all their forts and fortresses, and spoiled

. Ui-Failghe and Fotharta ; and he took revenge on them on that occasion for

their opposition to him, for he erected a camp in every eantred of Meath, from
the Sinainn to the Bealach-duin'’. The foreigners of Luimneach were driven
from Inis-Ubhdain™ by Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh. Two suns of equal
size were seen at high noon-day.

The Age of Christ, 970. The sixteenth year of Domhnall. Crunn-
mhael, successor of Caeimghin, died. Muireadhach Ua Conchobhair, bishop,

’ and successor of Finntan of Cluain-eidhneach ; [and] Cathasach, son of Fear-

ghus, comharba of Dun, [died]. Foghartach, son of Niall Ua Tolairg, was
treacherously killed by Domhnall, son of Conghalach. Murchadh, son of Finn,
King of Leinster, was killed by Domhnall Claen, son of Lorcan, after they had
eaten and drank together. Of the year of his death was said :

Of years seventy, nine hundred, from birth of Christ,—no small
deed,—

Till death of Murchadh, son of Finn, chief King of Leinster in
his time.

O’Nell, king of” [Tarach], “expelled out of ran; Maelsavna, Coarb of Cainnech, moriuntur.
Meath by Clann-Colmain, .i. O’Maelaghlins. An army by Daniell O’Nell to the men of
Cellach O’Nuad killed by Genties, in the door Meath, that he spoyled all their churchtownes
of the Pronty” [Refectory]. ‘‘ Nell mac Hugh, and castles, and spoyled Ofaly and Fotharta.”—
king of Ulster, moritur. Tuahal; Coarb of Cia- Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

696 GNNata RIOshachta elReECaHN. (971.

Heiblnnac, mac Oiapmaca, cigeanna Ciappaige, vécc. Slogfo la Mat-
samain, mac Cemneiccig,1 cCianpaige, co po toglaptaip ote moda 1m Ohan
na Pitpec. Mavadan, mac Spain, vo manbad la mac Spain. Finn, mac
bpain, vo mapbad la Ceallac, mac Oormnaill, mic Finn, mic Maoilmonda,
cisfina Ua pPaelam. Cluain lopaipo, Pobap, Cann Eala, 7 Oipfpe Tola
vo lopccad 7 vo angam la Oomnall, mac Munchada.

Cloip Cmorct, naoi ccév pectmoda a haon. On plecmad bliadain vécc
v0 Ohorinall. Ounchad, oalca Orapmava, pao 7 eppcop 7 ollarn Opparge,
[oécc]. Maolmaine, abb Oeapmaige vo badad 1 nEap Ruaioh. becan,
a. mac Cactnaimn, comanba Pinder, «1. Cluana hIpaino, eprcop, Chill, mac
ino Laigms, abb Slinne 04 locha, vécc. Cionaed mn Ofptarse, ancom
Cluana plpca, vécc. ~Pimachca Ua Plaitmu, abb Tine va slap, Concobap,
mac Tads an cup, pi Connache, vécc. Cat Ceip: Conainn, ercin Mupchad
Ua Plaicbeapcong 1. Glan Wan pf Aihs, 7 Catal, mac Tas, pi Connacez,
va 1 cconcaip Catal peippn, 7 Gerbthoach, mac Coda, a1§ (ina Ua Mae, 4
Tadce, mac Muinefpcaig, copeac Ua nOrapmava,7 Mupchad, mac Plomn,
mic Gletneacamn, taoipeac Clomne Munchada, 7 Senmd Ua Plarcb(pcaigh,
50 Vion oipime imaille pnd, 7 Mupchad oionnnad Connacht §0 léip 1anccan.

Coir Cmort, naoi ccédv peachtmoda a 06. On tochtmad bliadain vécc
vo Ohomnall. Maolbpigve, mac Catapaig, eppcop 7 abb Opoma méin
Moéolméce, Oiapmaicc, mac Oochaptais, abb Oaimhinyi, véce. Coipppe

» Dun-na-fithrech_Now Dunferrees, in the
parish of Lisselton, barony of Iraghticonor, and
county of Kerry.

° Disert-Tola: i.e. St. Tola’s desert, or wil-
derness. There are two places of this name in
Treland ; one in Thomond, now Dysart-O’Dea,
in the barony of Inchiquin, and county of Clare;
and the other in Westmeath, which is the one
above referred to in the text. This is now
called Dysart-Taula, and is a townland situated
in the parish of Killoolagh, in the barony of
Delvin, and county of Westmeath. The site of
St. Tola’s church is still pointed out in this
townland, but no portion of the walls are now

visible, and even the grave-yard has been effaced

by the progress of cultivation.

The year 970 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 971 of the Annals of
Ulster, which give a few of the events of that
year as follows :

“A. D. 971. Battle betweene Ulster and Dal-
narai, where the king of the fifth” [i.e. of the
province of Ulidia], “‘.i. Hugh mac Loingsy, and
others, were slaine. Murcha mac Floinn killed
by Donell Cloen, per dolum. Cahasach mac
Fergus, Coarb of Dun” [Downpatrick], ‘“ mor-
tuus est.” Fogartach mac Nell O’Tolairg killed

by Daniell mac Congalai, per dolum. Crunn- & i
mael, Airchinnech of Glenn da Locha, mortuus ]

est.” — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

971.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 697

Gebheannach, son of Diarmaid, lord of Ciarraighe, died. An army was led
by Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh, into Ciarraighe, where he demolished
many forts, and among others Dun-na-fithrech". Madudhan, son of Bran, was
killed by Mac Brain. Finn, son of Bran, was killed by Ceallach, son of Domh-
nall, son of Finn, son of Maelmordha, lord of Ui-Faelain. Cluain-Iraird, Fobhar,
Lann-Eala, and Disert-Tola°, were burned and plundered by Domhnall, son of
Murchadh.

The Age of Christ, 971. The seventeenth year of Domhnall. Dunchadh,
the foster-son of Diarmaid, distinguished bishop and chief poet of Osraighe,
[died]. Maelmoire, Abbot of Dearmhach, was drowned in Eas-Ruaidh. Becan,
i.e. son of Lachtnan, successor of Finnen, i.e. of Cluain-Iraird ; Ailill, i.e. son of
Laighneach, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha, died. Cinaedh of the Oratory, anchorite
of Cluain-fearta, died. Finachta Ua Flaithri, Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas, [and] Con-
chobhar, son of Tadhg of the Tower, King of Connaught, died. The battle
of Ceis-Corainn between Murchadh Ua Flaithbheartach, i. e. Glun-IIlar, King
of Aileach, and Cathal, son of Tadhg, King of Connaught, wherein fell Cathal
himself, and Geibheannach, son of Aedh, lord of Ui-Maine ; Tadhg, son of
Muircheartach, chief of Ui-Diarmada?; Murchadh, son of Flann, son of Gleth-
_ neachan, chief of Clann-Murchadha; and Seirridh Ua Flaithbheartaigh, with a

countless number along with them: and Murchadh totally plundered Con-
naught afterwards.

The Age of Christ, 972 [recté 974]. The eighteenth year of Domhnall.
Maelbrighde, son of Cathasach, Bishop and Abbot of Druim-mor-Mocholmog’,
[and] Diarmaid,son of Dochartach, Abbot of Daimhinis,died. Cairbre UaCorra,

? Ui-Diarmada.—This was the tribe-name of Hugh, king of Mani, and many more perished.
the family of O’Concannon, who were seated in Maelmuire, Airchinnech of Dorowe, drowned in
the territory of Corca-Mogha, or Corcamoe, in Easro. Becan, Coarb of Finnen, and Ailill, Air-
the north-east of the county of Galway.—See chinnech of Glindalogh, secura morte moriuntur.
the Map to Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many. Duvdalehe among Mounster untill they sub-

The Annals of Ulster notice this battle, and mitted.’?—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

a few other events, briefly, under the year 972, 4 Druim-mor-Mocholmog : i.e. the great ridge
as follows : or long hill of St. Mocholmog, now Dromore,

“A. D. 972. Conor mac Teige, king of Con- the head of an ancient bishop’s see in the barony
naght, mortuus est. Battle betweene Murcha of Lower Iveagh, and county of Down.—See
O’Flaihvertai and Connaght, where Cahal mac Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 147; and Archdall’s
Teige, king of Connaght, and Gevennach mac Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 118.

Au

698

Ua Coppa, comapba Caemsin, Roiteccach, apcmneach Ciile paetin, an-
choim, 7 eccnad, Coipppe, mac Eetigepn, comanba Cluana méin Maevsce,
[oécc]. Mupchad Ua Plarcb(pcargh vo dol pop cpeich hi cCenel Conall,
co tcuc GHabal mop, cona cappad 1 apmomecc Fo po sonad Munpchas, «a.
cis fina Oils, co nepbaile 01 1apom oc On Cloivige, 1ap ccomain 4 atpicche.
Oonnchad Pino, .1. mac Cleoha, tigeapna Mivde, v0 manbad la hOgoa, mac
Oubemo, mc Taoszam, cisfina Tleba. Mardm ole pia nOppaigib pon
Uib Cemorpealargs, 1 ccopcaip Oomnall, mac Ceallaig. Pinpneacca, mac
Cionaeda, TZ(pna Popcuat Largstn, [vécc]. Ap Opparge 1 nlapcap Lip mn
concpaccan fiche cfc 1m tpi pichic oigc1s(pn 1m Oirapmarc, mac nOonnchada,
cana Oppaige, 7 mm ectig(in Ua Cuanang, cis(ana an Phochla, conad 06

aNNata RIOshachta elReaNN. (972.

po paidead,
Nao1 céo, a 06, pechtmogac
bliadna, ba buad cen aebtar :
O Cnorc co han nOpains,
In mantap Cipi laocoda.
Ceopaic plums Ui Mupichas,
Ni mfp an ci noc nimi,
Im tpi picce occig (pn,
Pichic cle no of mili.

Sa EEE ee ON aa eT a iS

Ap Ua cCeimypealars ona m Oppaigib, 1 copchain Oomnall, mac Ceal-
lang, tiseapna Ua Ceinnpelans, 50 pocadib ole. Onpgain Inre Cathars vo
Mhagnup, mac Anaile co LLagmannaib na ninnped 1mbi, 7 loman ciccheapna
Hall Cumns ovo bmé epti,7 panusad Strain imbi. ~Muincfpcac, mac Coda,

Ireland by the Danes.
" Aralt.—This is a hibernicizing of the Danish
name Harold.

* Dun-Cloitighe.—Now called Dun-Glaidighe,
anglicé Dunglady, a very remarkable fort, con-
sisting of three circumvallations, with deep

ditches, situated in the parish of Maghera, in
the county of Londonderry.
* Duibhcenn, son of Tadhgan.—The tombstone
of this Duibhcenn, inscribed with his name, is
. still to be seen at Clonmacnoise.—See Petrie’s
Round Towers, p. 324.
* Maghnus.—This is the first mention of the
name Maghnus, in the Irish annals, from which
it is clear that it was first. introduced into

~ Lagmanns.—These were a sept of the Danes
settled in the Inse-Gall, or western Islands of
Scotland.

* The violation of Seanan: i. e. St. Seanan’s
Sanctuary, on Scattery Island, was profaned on
this occasion, by forcibly carrying off as a captive
Ivor, King of the Danes of Limerick, who had
taken refuge there. It is highly probable that —
Ivor was at this period a Christian, but that the

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699

successor of Caeimhghin; Roithechtach, airchinneach of Cuil-raithin, anchorite
and wise man ; Cairbre, son of Echtighern, comharba of Cluain-mor-Maedhog,
[died]. Murchadh Ua Flaithbheartaigh went upon a predatory excursion into
Cinel-Conaill, and took a great prey ; but being pursued and overtaken, Mur-
chadh, i.e. lord of Aileach, was wounded, and died thereof at Dun-Cloitighe’,
after communion and penance. Donnchadh Finn, son of Aedh, lord of Meath,
was killed by Aghda, son of Duibhcenn, son of Tadhgan’, lord of Teathbha.
Another battle was gained by the Osraighi over the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, wherein
Domhnall, son of Ceallach, was slain. Finnsnechta, son of Cinaedh, lord of
Fortuatha-Laighean, died. A slaughter was made of the Osraighi in Iarthar-
Liphi, in which were slain two thousand men and sixty young lords, and among
the rest Diarmaid, son of Donnchad, Tanist of Osraighe, and Echthighern Ua
Luanaigh, lord of the North; of which was said :

Nine hundred and seventy-two years,

It was victory without abatement,

From Christ to the slaughter of the Osraighi,

In the west of warlike Liphi.

The host of the Ui-Muirithaigh slaughtered them,—
Not hasty he who reckoned them,—

With three score young lords,

Twenty hundred, or two thousand men.

The Ui-Ceinnsealaigh were plundered in Osraighe, where Domhnall, son of
~ Seallach, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and many others, were slain. The plun-
ering of Inis-Cathaigh by Maghnus'’, son of Aralt", with the Lag-manns” of the
‘slands along with him ; and Imhar, lord of the foreigners of Luimneach, was
varried off from the island, and the violation of Seanan* thereby. Muircheartach,

Janes of the islands of Scotland were still pagans. taken the sacrament]. ‘‘Diarmaid mac Docharty,

The Annals of Ulster give a few of these events,
inder the year 973, as follows:

“A.D. 973. Murcha mac Flaihvertai went
upon Kindred-Connell, and tooke great bootie,
untill he was kilt” [recté, wounded] “with a
cast of a dart, and died thereof at Duncloitie,
haveing repented and taken sacrifice” [recté,

Coarb of Molashe, mortuus est. Doncha Finn,
King of Meath, killed by Aga mac Duvchinn.
An overthrowe by Ugaire mac Tuohall upon
Ossory,” [where he] “killed Diarmaid mac
Donchaa. Another overthrowe by Ossory upon
Cinnsealai, where Daniell mac Cellai was slaine.”
—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

402

700 ANNQca RIOSshachta elReaNN.

(973.

mic Plamn Ui Maoilpeachlainn, pf Mide, v0 manbad la Oomnall, mac
Congalais. |

Cloip Cmorz, nao ccéo peachtmoda acpi. On nomad bliadain vécc vo
Ohorinall. Poghancach, abb Oaine Calgag, vécc. Apcgal, mac Copena-
chain, comopba Comgaill 7 Finnéin, déce, 1an noes blond cranaopoa. Peap-
valaé, abb Reacpaimne, vo manbad la Gallaib. Crionaovdh Ua hAncasain,
prmésear Eneann ina aimpip, vé5. Ceallac, mac Oomnaill, asfna
Ua Paola, 00 manbad la Gpoen, mac Mupchada. Muipeadac, mac Oonn-
chad, mic Cellaig, canary: Oppaige, vé5. Imancpaid pleochaid sun po
millic conte. Oubodleite, comonba Pacnaice pop cuaipe Muman co ccuce
a pein.

Coip Cmoyc, nao ccéo plccmoda a cltaip. Cn picfemad bliadam vo
Ohomnall. Conaing, mac Pionain, abb Conveine 7 Camnve Eala, vécc. Séona
Ua Oémain, abb nClenopoma, vo lopccad ina tish fem. ODonnchad, mac
Ceallaig, cigfina Opnaige, vécc. Oomnall, mac Congalaig, cigfpna nfs,
vécc. Ap 06 bo hanm Tmubup Pluuch. Tads5 Ua Ruadpach, cisfpna
Cianacca vo manbad 1 nUlcab. Grollacolaam Ua Cananoam, ws(pna
Ceneoil Conall, vo tiaccain pon cpeich 1 nUib Parlge, co papsaib cis (pna
comppe mon ipa lunce 1. Peansal, mac Pogantais. Ounchad Ua bpaom,
comanba Cianain Cluana mic Noip, 00 oul o1a olitpe co hApo Macha.
| Matgamamn, mac Cindéiv1g, aipopi Muman uile vo (pgabal vo Ohonnaban
mac Catal, ws(pna Ua Pidgeince cpa tangnachc, co capac vo Maolmuais,

¥ Cinaedh Ua hArtagain.—Usually anglicised
Kineth O’Hartagan. The death of this poet is
noticed in the Annals of Tighernach at 975,
which is the true year. For some account of
the poems attributed to him, see O’Reilly’s
Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. \xiii. The death
of this poet, and a few other events, are given in
the Annals of Ulster, as follows, at the year 974 :

“A.D. 974. Edgar mac Edmond, King of
Daniell mac Owen, King
of Wales, in pilgrimage. Fogartach, Abbot of
Daire, mortuus est. Fergal, Airchinnech Rech-
rain, @ Gentilibus occisus est. Cinaeh O’Hartagan,
prim-écess of Ireland, guievit. Very fowle wea-

Saxons, mortuus est.

ther this yeare.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Ua Demain.—This surname is still common

in the north of Ireland, where it is sometimes
anglicised O’ Diman, but more usually Diamond,
without the prefix O.

® Triubhus Fliuch : i. e. Wet-Trouse, or Trou- ¥

sers. In Mac Coisi’s elegy on the death of Fear-

ghal O’Rourke, the poet states that he had — i
received the price of a trouse (luac Tpiubaip)
from Conghalach, at Ath-cliath, or Dublin. The
word does not appear to be of Irish origin. ‘-
, » Dunchadh Ua Braein.—See Colgan’s Acta &
Sanctorum, pp. 105, 106; and Petrie’s Round — 3
Towers, p. 111.

973.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 701,

son of Aedh, son of Flann Ua Maelseachlainn, King of Meath, was slain by
Domhnall, son of Conghalach.

The Age of Christ, 973 [recté 975]. The nineteenth year of Domhnall.
Foghartach, Abbot of Doire-Chalgaigh, died. Artghal, son of Coscrachan, suc-
cessor of Comhghall and Finnen, died, after a long and virtuous life. Fearda-
lach, Abbot of Reachrainn, was killed by the foreigners. Cinaedh Ua h Arta-
gain’, chief poet of Ireland in his time, died. Ceallach, son of Domhnall, lord
of Ui-Faelain, was slain by Broen, son of Murchadh. Muireadhach, son of
Donnchadh, son of Ceallach, Tanist of Osraighe, died. ‘Too much wet, so that
the fruits were destroyed. Dubhdalethe, successor of Patrick, made a circuit
of Munster, and obtained his demand.

The Age of Christ, 974. The twentieth year of Domhnall. Conaing, son
of Finan, Abbot of Coindere and Lann-Eala, died. Sedna Ua Demain’, Abbot
of Aendruim, was burned in his own house. Donnchadh, son of Ceallach, lord
of Osraighe, died. Domhnall, son of Conghalach, lord of Breagha, died ; he
was named Triubhus Fliuch*» Tadhg Ua Ruadhrach, lord of Cianachta, was
slain in Ulidia. Gilla-Coluim Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, went upon
a predatory excursion into Ui-Failghe, where the lord of Cairbre-mor, 1. e. Fear-
ghal, son of Fogartach, was lost on the expedition. Dunchadh Ua Braein’,
successor of Ciaran of Cluain-mic-Nois, went on his pilgrimage to Ard-Macha.
Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh, supreme King of all Munster, was treache-
rously taken prisoner by Donnabhan’, son of Cathal, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, who

° Donnabhan, son of Cathal_—He was the pro-
genitor after whom the O’Donovans have taken
their hereditary surname. This entry is given
in the Annals of Tighernach at the year 976,
which is the true year, as follows :

“A. D. 976. Matgamain, mac Cindédid,
&ipopi Maman, 00 mapbud vo Maelmua,
mac Spain, 00 mg hUa n€acach, 1ap na cd-
nacol v0 Oonnuban, mac Cazail, vo mg hUa
Figena, a pill.”

“ A.D. 976. Mathghamhain, son of Ceinne-
ligh, supreme King of Munster, was killed by
Maelmhuaidh, son of Bran, King of Ui-Eathach,
ufter having been delivered to him by Donnu-

bhan, son of Cathal, King of Ui-Figeinte, in
treachery.”

This treacherous capture of Mahon, the elder
brother of the monarch, Brian Borumha, by
Donovan, the ancestor of the O’ Dovovans of Ui-
Fidhgeinte, is noticed as follows in the Dublin
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen :

“ A. D. 976. Donovan, son of Cathal, prince
of Cairbre Aodhbha, treacherously seized upon
Mahon, son of Kennedy, in his own house”
{at Brugh righ], “where he was under the
protection of Colum, son of Ciaragan, bishop
of Cork (successor of Barra), who guaranteed
his safety, to make peace with Maolmhuadh,

702

aNNaza RIOSshachta elReaNn.

(974.

mac bpamn, cig(pna Ofpmurhan, comd po manb parde oan entach naom 4

' pipeon.

son of Bran, to whom, and to whose brothers,
Teige and Brian, Donovan treacherously de-
livered Mahon, who was murdered by them,
without respect to the saint” [recté, holy man]
‘*who had ensured his safety. Some antiqua-
ries say that it was at Bearna-dhearg (Red
Chair), on the mountain of Feara-Maighe-
Feine, this shocking murder of Mahon was
committed; and others that it was at Leacht
Mhathghamhna (Mahon’s heap), on Muisire-na-
mona-moire” [now Mushera mountain, near
Macroom], “he was betrayed. The bishop of
Cork maledicted all who were concerned in con-
spiring the murder of Mahon.”— See Pedigree of
O’ Donovan, Appendix, p. 2436.

The most circumstantial account yet disco-
vered of the treacherous capture of Mahon, son
of Kennedy, by Donovan, son of Cahal, ancestor
of the O’Donovans, and of his subsequent mur-
der by Maelmhuaidh, or Molloy, son of Bran,
ancestor of the O’Mahonys, is given in a curious
Irish work called ‘* Cogadh Gaeidheal re Gal-
laibh, i. e. the War of the Gaels or Irish with
the Danes,” preserved in the Library of Trinity
College, Dublin. The following is an abstract :

‘* When Donovan, son of Cathal, King of Ui-
Fidhgeinte, and Molloy, son of Bran, King of
Desmond, perceived the increasing power and
influence of the Dal-gCais, they were filled with
envy and malice, conceiving that the crown of
Munster would remain in that family for ever,
if something were not done to check their career.
The Ui-Cairbre in particular, whose territory
adjoined that of the Dal-gCais, saw reasons to be
apprehensive that the latter would either extend
their dominion over their principality, which at
this time extended from Hoclan to Limerick,
and from Cnamhchoill to Luachair, or wrest
some portion of it from them. For these rea-
sons Molloy, son of Bran, Donovan, son of

-

Cathal, and Ivor, King of the Danes of Lime-
rick, formed a conspiracy to undermine the
power of Mahon, son of Kennedy, King of -
Munster.

“ At the suggestion of Ivor, Donovan invited
Mahon to a banquet at his own house” [at
Bruree on the River Maigue, in the territory of
the Ui-Cairbri]; “and Mahon, although he |
suspected the loyalty of his host, consented to
accept of the invitation, his safety having been
guaranteed by Columb Mac Kieragan, successor
of St. Barry, or Bishop of Cork, and others of
the clergy of Munster. Mahon attended the
feast; but his treacherous host, violating the
laws of hospitality, and the solemn compact
with the clergy, seized upon his person, in order
to deliver him up to Molloy, son of Bran, and
Ivor of Limerick, who were stationed in the
neighbourhood with a body of Irish and Danish
troops. Donovan’s people conducted Mahon to
Cnoc-an-rebhrainn” [{ Knockinrewrin], “in the
mountains of Sliabh Caein, whither two of
the clergy of St. Barry and Molloy’s people re-
paired to meet them. Molloy had ordered his
people, when they should get Mahon into their
hands, to dispatch him at once; and this order
was obeyed. <A bright and sharp sword was
plunged into his heart, and his blood stained
St. Barry’s Gospel, which he held to his breast
to protect himself by its sanctity. When, how-
ever, he perceived the naked sword extended to
strike him, he cast the Gospel in the direction
of the clergy, who were on an adjacent hillock,
and it struck the breast of one of the priests of
Cork; and those who were looking on assert
that he sent it the distance of a bow-shot from
the one hillock to the other.

*« When Molloy, who was within sight of this

tragic scene, observed the flashing of the sword :
raised to strike the victim, he understood that

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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

703

delivered him up to Maelmhuaidh, son of Bran, lord of Desmond, who put him
to death, against the protection of saints and just men.

the bloody deed was done, and mounted his
horse to depart. One of the clergy, who knew
Molloy, asked him what was to be done. Mol-
loy replied, with sardonic sneer, ‘‘Cure that
man, if he come to thee,” and then took his
departure. The priest became wroth, and, curs-
ing him bitterly, predicted that he would come
to an evil end, and that his monument would be
erected near that very hill, in a situation where
the sun would never shine upon it. And this
was verified, for Molloy afterwards lost his eye-
sight, and was killed in a hut constructed of
alder trees, at the ford of Bealach-Leachta”
[A. D. 978], “by Hugh, son of Gevennan of
Deis-Beag” [a territory lying around Bruff, in
the county of Limerick]; ‘‘and the monument
of Mahon is on the south side of that hill, and
the monument of Molloy mac Bran is on the
north side, and the sun never shines upon it.

“The two priests afterwards returned home,
and told Columb Mac Kieragan, the Coarb of
St. Barry, what had been done, and gave him
the Gospel, which was stained with the blood of
Mahon ; and the holy prelate wept bitterly, and
uttered a prophecy concerning the future fate
of the murderers.

“Molloy mac Bran was the chief instigator
of this deed; but it were better for him he had
not accomplished it, for it afterwards caused
him bitter woe and affliction. When the news
of it reached Brian and the Dal-gCais they were
overwhelmed with grief, and Brian vented his
grief and rage in a short elegy, in which he ex-
pressed his deep regret that his brother had not
fallen in a battle behind the shelter of his shield,
before he had relied on the treacherous word of
Donovan, who delivered him up to the infamous
Molloy to be butchered in cold blood. He then
recounts Mahon’s victories over the Danes at
Aine, at Sulaigh in Tradry, at Machaire-Buidhe,

and at. Limerick, and concludes thus:

«My heart shall burst within my breast
Unless I avenge this great king;
They shall forfeit life for this foul deed,
Or I shall perish by a violent death.”

“* Mahon, son of Kennedy, was thus cut off by
Donovan, son of Cathal, and Molloy, son of Bran,
nine years after the battle of Sulchoid” [fought
A. D. 968], ‘‘the thirteenth year after the death
of Donough, son of Callaghan, King of Cashel”
[A. D. 962]; “the sixty-eighth year after the
killing of Cormac mac Cullennan” [ A. D. 908];
“the twentieth year after the killing of Congha-
lach, son of Maelmihi, King of Tara” [A. D.
956]; ‘and the fourth year before the battle
of Tara” [A. D. 980].

“ After the murder of Mahon, Brian, son of
Kennedy, became king of the Dal-gCais, and
proved himself a worthy successor of his war-
like brother. His first effort
against Donovan’s allies, the Danes of Limerick,

was directed

and he slew Ivor, their king, and two of his
sons. After the killing of Ivor, Donovan sent
for Harold, another of Ivor’s sons, and the
Danes of Munster elected him as their king. As
soon as Brian received intelligence of this, he
made an incursion into the plains of Ui-Fidh-
geinte, seized upon a vast spoil of cattle, and
slew Donovan, King of Ui-Fidhgeinte, a praise-
worthy deed. He also plundered the city of
Limerick, slew Harold, King of the Danes,
making a great slaughter of his people, and
returned home, loaded with immense spoils.
This was in the second year after the murder of
Mahon.”

The above epochs are all perfectly correct, as
can be shewn from the accurate chronology of
the Annals of Tighernach and those of Ulster.

The killing of Mahon, King of Cashel, and a

704 GNNata RIOshachta elReann. (975.

Cloip Cmort, nao ccéo peachtmoda a cincc. On caonmad bliadain
picfc vo Ohomnall. Gopmsal, comopba Tolar, Conaing, mac Catam, abb
Ptpna, 7 Noemban Inpt Cacaicch, vécc. Muipéfpcach, mac Oomnaill
Ui N&,7 Congalach, mac Oomnaill, mic Congalarg, oa piogdamna Epeann,
vo mapbavh la hAmlaobh, mac Sicpucca. Giolla Cola Ua Cananoain,
cig fina Céneoil cConarll, oo mapbad lap an pigh, Oomnall Ua Nel. Maol-
puanad Gor Ua Maoll(chlainn, progoamna Tlmpac, vo manbad a meabail.
Imp Cachaig vo papugad vo Shan, mac Cinneroig, pon Hhallaib Cumms,
im lomap co na oa mac 1. Amlaob 7 Oubefno. 6man caogao bliadain
Seachnarach mac hlpuad cigfpna Eile 00 manbad. |

Cloip Cort, naoi ccév peactmoda a pé. On vana bliadam fice vo
Ohomnall. Piachna Ua hAncacain, abb la Cholurm Chille, Maonach, mac
Muiplohais, abb Onoma Inepclainn, [oécc]. Cat bealaig leachta eiceip
bhman, mac Cinvewig, 7 Maolmuas, cig(pna Ofprauman,7 concap Maol-
muaioh and 7 ap pip Muman. Cat brotlainne pon Caigmb pra nGallarb

oaoir an tan pin.

H
i

few other events, are noticed in the Annals of
Ulster, under the year 975, as follows :

“A.D. 975. Mahon mac Cinnedi, king of
Cashell, killed by Maelmoy mac Brain. Donn-
cha, mac Cellai, king of Ossory; Donell mac
Congalai, king of Bregh, mortui sunt. Conuing
O'Finan, Coarb of Maknisi and Colman Ela,
mortuus est. Teige O’Ruarach, king of Cianacht,
killed. Sedna O’Deman, Airchinnech of Aen-
drom, in sua domo exustus est.””,—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

4 Was violated.—The holy island of St. Senan
was profaned by attacking persons in its sanc-
This at-
tack on the Danes of Limerick is not mentioned
in the Annals of Ulster, but it is set down in
the Annals of Clonmacnoise, at the year 970, as
follows :

tuary, as Brian did on this occasion.

“A. D. 970. Inis-Cahie was taken by Bryan’

mac Kynnedy, upon the Danes of Lymbrick,
that is to say, Imer and his two sons, Awley
and Dowgean.”

The Annals of Ulster have the following en-

tries under the year 976:

“ A, D. 976. Murtagh mac Donell O’Nell, a
and Congalach mac Donell, two heyres of Ire- —
land, killed by Aulaiv mac Sitrick. Gillcolum —

O’Canannan, killed by Donell O’Nell. Aulaiv
mac Ilulv, king of Scotland, killed by Cinaedh
mac Donell. Conaing mac Cagan, Coarb of
Maog, mortuus est.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Bealach-Leachta.—In the Dublin copy of
the Annals of Innisfallen, which was largely in-
terpolated by Dr. O’Brien and John Conry from

various sources, the following notice of this bat- _ j

tle is given under 978, which is the true year :

“A, D. 978. Brian, son of Kennedy, and his —

son, Morogh, at the head of the Dal-gCais,

fought the battle of Bealach-leachta, against — 4

Maolmuaidh, son of Bran, at the head of the
Eugenians, with the additional forces of the
Danes of Munster.
was slain by the hand of Morogh, son of Brian;
two hundred of the Danes were also slain, toge-
ther with a great number of the Irish. Some

antiquaries, and particularly our author” [i.e.

In this battle Maolmuaidh —

s

975.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 705

The Age of Christ, 975 [recte 977]. The twenty-first year of Domhnall.
Gormghal, successor of Tola ; Conaing, son of Cathan, Abbot of Fearna; and
Noemhan of Inis-Cathaigh, died. Muircheartach, son of Domhnall Ua Neill,
and Conghalach, son of Domhnall, son of Conghalach, two heirs to the monar-
chy of Ireland, were slain by Amhlaeibh, son of Sitric. Gilla-Coluim Ua Canan-
nain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain by the king, Domhnall Ua Neill. Mael-
ruanaidh God Ua Maeleachlainn, royal heir of Teamhair, was treacherously
killed. Inis-Cathaigh was violated* by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, against the
foreigners of Luimneach, with Imhar and his two sons, namely, Amhlaeibh and
Duibhchenn. Brian was fifty years of age at that time. Seachnasach, son of
Hiruadh, lord of Eile, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 976 [recté 978]. The twenty-second year of Domhnall.
Fiaehra Ua hArtagain, Abbot of Ia-Choluim Chille, [and] Maenach, son of
Muireadhach, Abbot of Druim-Inesclainn, [died]. The battle of Bealach-
Leachta® between Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, and Maelmhuaidh, lord of Des-
mond, wherein Maelmhuaidh was slain, and the men of Munster slaughtered.
The battle of Bithlann’ [was gained] over the Leinstermen by the foreigners

the original compiler of the Annals of Innis-
fallen}, “say that this battle was fought at
Bearna-dhearg (Red-Chair), on Sliabh Caoin.
We find in another ancient manuscript that it
was at Cnoc-ramhra, south of Mallow, on the
road to Cork, that Brian defeated the enemy;
and in another ancient manuscript we find that
the battle of Bealach-leachta was fought by the
side of Magh Cromtha” [Macroom], “near
Muisire-na-mona-moire” [Mushera mountain ].

Dr. O’Brien, in his Law of Tanistry, ¢c.,
published under Vallancey’s name in the Collec-
‘anea de Rebus Hibernicis, says that Leacht-
Mhathghamhna was near Macroom. Mr. Moore,
Hist. Irel., vol. ii. p. 85, writes:

“In my copy of the Innisfallenses, says Val-
ancey, Bearna-Dearg, now Red-Chair, on the
tnountain which was then called Sliabh Caoin,
but now Sliabh Riach, between the barony of
Jtermoy and the county of Limerick, is said to
be the pass on which Maolmuadh and his bro-

thers waited for the royal captive, and put him
to death.” This should be: “In my copy of
the Annales Innisfallenses, says Dr. O’Brien, as
printed by Vallancey, Bearna-dhearg,” &e. &c.
The gap of Bearna-dhearg is situated about one
mile to the south of the parish church of Kilflin,
on the borders of the counties of Cork and
Limerick. It is a chasm lying between the hills
of Kilcruaig and Red-Chair; the former on its
east and the latter on its west side. The high
road from Limerick to Cork passes through it.

John Collins of Myross (Midporp), in his MS.
Pedigree of the O’ Donovan Family, in the pos-
session of Mr. James O’Donovan, of Cooldur-
ragha, near Union-Hall, in the county of Cork,
states that Bealach-Leachta is situated in Mus-
Kerry, a mile east of Macroom, at the confluence
of the Lee and the Sulane.

£ Bithlann.—Now Belan, in the south of the
county of Kildare, about four miles to the east
of the town of Athy.

4x

706 GQNNaza RIOshachta eiReann.

Cea chat, 1 ccopcaip pi Longin a. Cugaipe mac Tuatail,7 Muipfoach, mac
Rian, m3ZCpna Ua Ceinnpealarg, 7 Congalach, mac Plamo, cig fpna Leige 4

Recec, 50 pochadib 1omda amarlle ppd. Cachpaomead long occ Locharb —

Eipne pa nCingialleab pon Chenel Conall, 04 1 copcpaccap ile 1m Niall
Ua Chanannan,7 1m Ua Congalaig,7 mac Mupchada slamllan,7 anole
paonclanna. Comalcan Ua Cléimg, tigeapna Ua Piacpach Chone, véce.
Cat Cilleména pia nOomnall mac Congalarg,7 pra nAmlaoib pon Oormnall
Ua NEU pony an ms, 04 a cconcain Apogal, mac Mavudam, pf Ulad. Oor-
nacean, mac Maoilmuine, 7 Cionaod, mac Cnomgille, tigfpna Conalle, co
nopuing mom cenmo tacpom. Cat paomead ma mbman, mac Cemnéiccig
pon Hallan’ Cumms, 7 pon Oonnaban, mac Catal, cig(pna Ua Progeince,

Bul a call ia SEAT Wb

(976.

oa 1 ccopicnacan Goll Cumnis, 7 m po lad a nap.

* Leighe.—Now Lea, in the barony of Port-
nahinch, in the Queen’s County. This is called
“ Tuat Céige na leans polop; i.e. the district
of Lea of bright plains,” by O’Heerin, in his
topographical poem.

» Rechet: i.e. Magh-Rechet, now Morett, an
old castle and manor adjoining the Great Heath
of Maryborough, in the same county.

' Ua-Conghalaigh._Now anglicé O’Conolly,
or Conolly, without the prefix O.

* Donnabhan, son of Cathal.—This is the pro-
genitor from whom the O’Donovans have taken
their hereditary surname. The name is more
frequently written Oonnouban, which means a
black-haired, or black-complexioned, chieftain.
In the short elegy said to have been composed
on the death of Mahon, King of Munster, by
his brother, Brian Borumha, he is called Oon-
nabdn ovonn, i.e. Donovan the dun or brown-
haired, which is not very descriptive of those
who bear his name at present, for they are ge-
nerally fair-haired, and of a sanguineous tem-
perament. %

The Four Masters have misplaced this entry.
It should have been given before the notice of
the battle of Bealach-Leachta, as it stands in
the Dublin copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, in

which it is correctly entered under the year
977, as follows: :

“A. D.977. Brian, son of Kennedy, marched
at the head of an army to Ibh-Fighenti, where
he was met by Donovan, dynast of that territory,
in conjunction with Auliff, king of the Danes
of Munster. Brian gave them battle, wherein
Auliff and his Danes, and Donovan and his Irish
forces, were all cut off.”

John Collins of Myross, in his Pedigree of the
O’ Donovan Family, gives the following notice of
this defeat of Donovan and Auliffe by Brian
Borumha, as if from an authority different from.
the Annals of Innisfallen ; but the Editor has
not been able to find any original authority to
corroborate his details.—See note °, under A.D.
974.

‘““O’Donovan” [recté, Donovan], ‘“‘ who was

well acquainted with the personal abilities and —

spirit of Brian, Mahon’s brother, who now suc-

ceeded him as king of North Munster, took into ¥
his pay, besides his own troops, fifteen hundred — i
heavy-armed Danes, commanded by Avlavius, a —
Danish soldier of great experience. Brian, in
the Spring of 976, entered Kenry” [recte, Ui-
Fidhgeinte], ‘‘ where, at Crome” [on the River 4 .
Maigue], “he gave battle, in which O'Donovan”

ie

976.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

of Ath-cliath, wherein were slain Augaire, son of Tuathal, King of Leinster ;
Muireadhach, son of Rian, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; and Conghalach, son of
Flann, lord of Leighe® and Rechet", with numbers of others along with them.
A naval victory [was gained] on Loch Eirne by the Airghialla, over the Cinel-
Conaill, where many were slain, together with Niall Ua Canannain, and Ua Con-
ghalaigh’, and the son of Murchadh Glunillar, and other nobles. Comaltan
Ua Cleirigh, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne, died. The battle of Cill-mona [was
gained] by Domhnall, son of Conghalach, and Amhlaeibh, over the king, Domh-
nall Ua Neill, wherein fell Ardghal, son of Madadhan, King of Ulidia ; Don-
nagan, son of Maelmuire’;; and Cinaedh, son of Croinghille, lord of Conaille,
with a large number besides them. A battle was gained by Brian, son of
Ceinneidigh, over the foreigners of Luimneach, and Donnabhan, son of Cathal‘,
lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, wherein the foreigners of Luimneach were defeated and

707

slaughtered.

[recté, Donovan, the progenitor of the O’Dono-
vans of Ui-Fidhgeinte], ‘“‘ Avlavius, and their
party, were cut to pieces. After that battle
was fought, Brian sent a herald to Maelmuaidh,
then king of Munster, denouncing war and ven-
geance against him, and letting him know he
would meet him at Bealach-leachta, in Mus-
kerry, near Macroom (at the confluence of the
Lee and Sulane). Maelmuaidh, besides his pro-
vincial troops, had collected a great body of Danes,
and by mutual consent the battle was fought at
the time and place appointed. In this bloody
engagement Morrough, son of Brien, by More,
daughter to O’Hine, prince of Ibh-Fiachra-
Aidhne, in Connaught, made his first compaign,
and though but 13” [gr. 18?] “years old, en-
gaged Maolmuaidh hand to hand, and slew this
murderer of his uncle. Brian hereby became
King of Munster, A. D. 978. This great man
was born in the year 926” [recté, 941]; “came
to the crown of North Munster in 975” [recté,
976], “very early; hence was King of North
Munster two years; of the two Munsters, 10

years ; of Leath-Mhogha, 25 years; and of the
whole kingdom 12 years, until he was slain at
the battle of Clontarf on the 23rd of April, on
Good Friday, in the year 1014.”

The defeat of Maelmhuaidh, King of Desmond,
by Brian Borumha, is briefly noticed, with a
few other events, in the Annals of Ulster, at
977, as follows:

“ A.D. 977. Fiachra, airchinnech Iai, quievit.
A battle between Brien mac Cinedi, and Mael-
muai, king of Desmond, where Maelmuai pe-
rished. The battle of Bithlainn upon Lenster by
Gentiles” [recté, the Galls] “of Dublin, where
Ugaire mac Tuohal, king of Lenster, with many
more, fell. An overthrow by Airgialla upon
Kindred-Conell, where Nell O’Canannan, with
many more, were killed. Corca-mor in Moun-
ster, praied by Deai” [rectée, destroyed by fire].
“Lissmor Mochuda praied and burnt.””—Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49. :

The battles of Bealach Leachta and of Bith-
lann are noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise
at the year 971.

4x2

708 aNNaza RIOshachta eiReann. (977.

Cloip Cniopt, naoi ccév plecmoda a peacht. On cnearp bliadain pice v0
Ohormall. Copbmac hUa Maeilb(pag, abb Glinne Puan, vécc. Plane,
mac Maoilmicil, pean leigimn Cluana mic Noip, eppcop 7 aipembeach
Cluana Ocoéna. Plancc, mac Mhaolmoedoce, aipcmoeach Glinne hUipphh,
Catapach, aipcimveach Eaccaily: bicce Cluana mic Néip, 7 Muipfho, msn
Chongalaig, banabb Cille vana, véce. Concoban, mac Pino, cis(pna Ua
Failge, vécc. Oornall Claon pi Lagtn, 00 ensabail vo Hhallaib Aca
chat. Ufchlobap Ua Piacna, cigeapna Oal Anade, vo mapbad. Cill vapa
vo ongain vo Hhallaib.

Coip Cort, nao ccéo peachtmoda a hochc. Mucchpém, abb lae,
repibnid 7 eppcop, pao. na cOp Rano, 7 Rumanod Ua hCledaccam, abb
Cluana h€oaip, vécc. Cat Thnpa pia Maoilpeclamo, mac Domnall, pon
Ohallaib Ata cliat,7 na ninoplo, pon macab amlaoib an cpampiud, ou 1
cconcpaccan ile im Ragnall mac Omlaoib, piogdarmna Gall, 7 1m Chonamail,
mic Oillhoaippi, 7 paeplabpaid Aca chat, po laoh veans an Gall imaille
Fa. Toncpacan beop hn pmtguin an cata Spaon, mac Mupchada, miog-
damna Larg(n, 7 Congalac mac Plain, cigfpna Sarl(ng, 7 a mac 1. Maolan,
Piacna 7 Caotilich, oa mac Oublarch, va Tglna Pean Tulach, 7 Caccnan,
cis(pna Mugoonn Maig(n. Co noveachaid Amlaoiph iapom cap muip co
nenbail in 1 Colaim Cille. Jan mbeith ceitpe bliaona picfc 1 mse var
€Epinn vo Oomnall, mac Muinc(pcargs na scocall cpoctnn, mac Néill Slan-
ouib, acbail in Ano Maca ian mbuaioh natpige. Ap via Cumniuccad poe
po nad Ouboalete,

‘ Gleann-Fuaid.—Not identified. This is the
only reference to this place occurring in the
Irish annals. It was probably the name of a
valley near Sliabh Fuaid, in the county of Ar-
magh.

™ Cluain-Deochra.—Archdall (Monast. Hib.,
p- 708) identifies this with Clonrane, in the
barony of Moycashel, and county of Westmeath ;
but in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at 11th of Ja-
nuary, it is placed in the county of Longford :
“ Tertio Idus Januarii. Epnan Chluana Oeoépa
a gConzae Congpoipe.”

Eaglais-beg—This was the nate of St.

Kieran’s little church at Clonmacnoise.

° Conchobhar, son of Finn.—He was the ances-
tor of the Ui-Conchobhair Failghe, or O’Conors of
Offaly, and evidently the progenitor from whom
they took their hereditary surname, though
Duald Mac Firbis says that the surname was
taken from his grandson, Conchobhar, son of —
Conghalach. His father, Finn, was slain in ’
928, i

The Annals of Ulster notice a few of these
events at the year 978, and the Annals of Clon- a re
macnoise at 972, as follows: a

“A.D. 978. Murenn, daughter of Con

4

977.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 709

The Age of Christ, 977 [recté 979]. The twenty-third year of Domhnall.
Cormac Ua Maelbearaigh, Abbot of Gleann-Fuaid', died. Flann, son of Mael-
michil, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, Bishop and airchinneach of Cluain-Deochra™;
Flann, son of Maelmaedhog, airchinneach of Gleann- Uisean ; Cathasach, airchin-
neach of Eaglais-beg” at Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Muireann, daughter of Congha-
lach, Abbess of Cill-dara, died. Conchobhar, son of Finn’, lord of Ui-Failghe,
died. Domhnall Claen, King of Leinster, was taken prisoner by the foreigners
of Ath-cliath. Leathlobhar Ua Fiachna, lord of Dal-Araidhe, was killed. Cill-
dara was plundered by the foreigners.

The Age of Christ, 978 [recte, 979]. Mughroin, Abbot of Ia, scribe and
bishop, the most learned of the three divisions’, and Rumann Ua hAedhagain,
Abbot of Cluain-Eois, died. The battle of Teamhair [was gained] by Maelseach-
lainn, son of Domhnall, over the foreigners of Ath-cliath and of the Islands, and
over the sons of Amhlaeibh in particular, where many were slain, together with
Raghnall*, son of Amhlaeibh, heir to the sovereignty of the foreigners ; Conam-
hail, son of Gilla-Arri; and the orator of Ath-cliath; and a dreadful slaughter
of the foreigners along with them. There fell also in the heat of the battle
Braen, son of Murchadh, royal heir of Leinster; Conghalach, son of Flann, lord
of Gaileanga, and his son, i.e. Maelan; Fiachna and Cuduilich, the two sons
of Dubhlaech, two lords of Feara Tulach ; and Lachtnan, lord of Mughdhorn-
Maighen. After this Amhlaeibh went across the sea, and died at I-Coluim-
Cille. After Domhnall’, the son of Muircheartach of the Leather Cloaks, son
of Niall Glundubh, had been twenty-four years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he
died at Ard-Macha, after the victory of penance. In commemoration of this,
Dubhdalethe said :

Soarb of Brigitt, died. Lehlavor O’Fiachna, » The three divisions: i.e. Ireland, Mann, and

fing of Dal-Araie, per dolum occisus est. Mur-
‘agh O’Caran, head of all Ireland in learning,
in pace quievit.”.— Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom.
(9,

“A.D. 972” [recté, 979]. ‘‘Flann mac Moyle-
| xaihill, Lector of Clonvicknose, died. Morean,
| daughter of King Congallagh, abbess of Kill-
| care, died. Donnell Kloen, King of Lynster,
was taken prisoner by the Danes of Dublin.”—
«{nn. Clon.

] ay
ea)
.

Alba or Scotland.

4 Raghnall.—This name, which was borrowed
by the Irish from the Danes, is latinized Regi-
naldus, and Ranulphus, and anglicised Randal,
Reginald, Ranulph, Ralph.

* Domhnall.—‘* Domnaldus O’Neill, Nielli
Glundubii regis e Murcherto filio nepos R. H.
viginti quatuor annis, 956-980.” — Ogygia,
p- 435.

“ A.D. 973” [recté, 980]. * Donnell O’Neale,

710 annaza rioshachta elReaNnn.

(979.

O gfnain mac Dé, ni bpéce,

Cl hochc peacht nveic ip naoi ccéd,
Co bar Mugpom mopncaip painn,
Comapba caolar Coloam.

Our an ccaté 1 cClmpag tale,
In po val cpa van caile

1 ngaoca Haeidil ip Gorll,

La Maelpaen-bladac Seachloinn.
6° héicpechc Oomnaill 1 Nélt
In Ano Maca mépoda sérll,
Cpoplait Eneann érpnd sporg,
Fon opuim oomain nf ad sharp.

Caz evin Ulcoib 7 Oal nCnarde, a cconcoip pi an céiceid «1. Qlooh, mac
Lompié, 50 pochardib ele la hEochad mac Apogaip. Oubgall, mac Oonn-
chada, canary) Chg, 00 mapbad la Muipfoac mac Plann, la a bndtaip, 7
Muipfohac péipin vo manbad la a cenél ma ccionn mip a ccionad Oubsanll.
Tigfinan Ua Maoloonar, ctigeanna Cenél Conall, 00 mapbad.
mac Oonnchada, tana: Oppaige, véce.

Oungal,

An céd bliadain v0 Mhaol-
pfchlaimn, Mhon, mac Oomnaill, mic Oomnchada, mic Plamn, mic Maoilpch-
lamn op Epinn 1 pige. Paolan, mac Coellaide, puf eppcop, 7 abb Imleacha
luborp, 7 Mupchad, mac Riaca, abb Roppa Comam 7 pmo Cluana mic
Nop, 0€5. Agoa, mac Oubeind, cis (pna Teatba, vécc 1 nlomdad Cianain,
lap noergbeatars. Clmlaoib, mac Siocmocca apo cig(pna Gall Aéa chat,

Clip Cmorz, nao ccétt pectmoda a nao.

king of Ireland, after long pennance, died in
Ardmach, and thereof was called Donnell of
Ardmach, because he resided at Ardmach a
long time to do pennance.””—Ann. Clon.

* The province: i.e. of Ulidia, or the circum-
scribed territory of the Clanna-Rudhraighe.

The Annals of Ulster notice the most of these
events at the year 879, as follows:

“A. D. 879. The battle of Tarach by Mael-
sechlainn mac Donell, upon Genties of Dublin”
[recte, upon the Galls of Dublin] ‘and the

Ilands, where theire main slaughter was com-
mitted, and theire strenght out of Ireland,
where Ragnall mac Aulaiv, the son of king of
Genties” [recté, king of the Galls], ‘*and Con-
mael,.son to the deputy king of them, and
more that cannot be tould, were discomfited.
Daniell O’Nell, arch-king of Ireland, post peni-

tentiam, in Armach obiit. Mugron, Coarb of ii
Columbkill in Scotland and Ireland, felicem
Rumann O’Haegan, Coarb of

vitam finivit.
Tiernach ; Murcha mac Riada, Coarb of Coman,

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

From the birth of the son of God,—no falsehood,—
Eight, seventy, and nine hundred,

Till the death of Mughroin whom verses extol,
The comely successor of Colum ;

Till the battle of strong Teamhair,

Wherein blood was spilled over shields,

Wherein the Gaeidhil and Galls were slaughtered
By the noble famous Maelseachlainn ;

[And] till the death of Domhnall Ua Neill

At Ard-Macha of majestic hostages,
Monarch of Ireland who bestowed horses, [than whom a worthier man]
On the surface of the earth was never born.

979.) 711

A battle between the Ulidians and Dal-Araidhe, wherein the king of the
province’, i e. Aedh, son of Loingseach, and many others, were slain by Eoch-
aidh, son of Ardgar. Dubhghall, son of Donnchadh, Tanist of Aileach, was
slain by his kinsman, Muireadhach, son-of Flann ; and Muireadhach himself
was slain by his tribe before the end of a month, in revenge of Dubhghall.
Tighearnan Ua Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain. Dunghal, son of
Donnchadh, Tanist of Osraighe, died.

The Age of Christ, 979 [recté 980]. The first year of Maelseachlainn Mor',
son of Domhnall, son of Donnchadh, son of Flann, in sovereignty of Ireland.
Faelan, son of Coellaidhe, distinguished Bishop and Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ;
and Murchadh, son of Riada, Abbot of Ross-Chomain, and Prior of Cluain-mic-
Nois, died. Aghda, son of Duibhcenn, lord of Teathbha, died in Imdhaidh-Chia-
rain’, after a good life. Ambhlaeibh”, son of Sitric, chief lord of the foreigners of

, mortut sunt. Duvgall mac Dunchaa, heyre of
Ailech, by Mureach mac Flainn, his own cosen,
was killed. Muireach mac Flainn within a
month was slain by his kindred. Comaltan
O’Cleri, king of Fiachrach Aigne, mortuus est.
Tiernach O’Maeldorai, king of Kindred-Conell,
@ suis jugulatus est. Braen mac Murchaa, king
of Lenster, taken by Genties” [recté, the Galls]
“and killed after.””—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

‘ Maelseachlainn Mor.—O’Flaherty and Ware

place the accession of Maelseachlainn in 980,
which is the true year.

* Imdhaidh-Chiarain: i. e. St. Kieran’s bed.
This was probably the name of a church at
Clonmacnoise.

“ Amhlaeibh.—This is the first evidence in
the Irish annals of a Danish chieftain being a
Christian. Ware thinks. that the Danes of
Dublin embraced the Christian religion in the
year 930.

712. aNNaza RIOSshachtda elReaNnN.

vo dol co hl o1a oilitpe, 7 a Ecc mnnce 1ap pfnnonnd 7 versberchad. Mép-
plag% la Maolp(chlainn, mac Oormnaill, pf Epeann, 7-la hEochad, mac
Cpogain, pi Ulad, 50 Hullu Cléa chat, co ccapopac popboup cpi la 4 pi
noldce poppa co ccuccyac sialla Epeann app,im Oomnall Claon, pf Cangtn, 7
mm aoine Ua Néill ancfna. Pice céo lion na nG1all la caob pes 7] maome,
7 la paoine Ua Néill 6 Sionaimn co muip cen cain cen cobach. Ap anny cpa
pop uaccane Maolpfchlann péippin mn earpgaipe nampoeipe oia nénbarnc,
cec aen vo Gaowealabh pil hicepic Gall 1 noaeipe 7 vocpaive caed ap oa
tip podepin ppi pd pm puba. 6a pi bnord barbelom na hEpeann an bnoro
hip, co po paonad rac la Maolpeclaino, 7 ba canaim bporece 1pppinn beor.

Cloip Cmoyc, naoi ccéd oc¢cmova. Cn vana bliadain v0 Mhaoilpfchlaimn.
Cnméad, eprcop Cille vana, 00 cpfochnuccad a veigb(chaid 1pin cfnncan
lap p(noacaid. Eogan Ua Cacain, abb Cluana peanca Opénaino, Sionach,
mac Muncuten, abb 6{nocain, Cleincem, mac Oonngarle, comanba Pechene,
Conaing Ua Plannagain por aipcino(ch Apoa Maca, Roteccach Oammy1
paccapt, oécce. Oomnall Ua hAceiw, cigfpna Ua n€atach, 7 Coingreach,
mac Pogancais, caoip(ch Ua Niallain, 00 comtuicim pia anole. Oonngal,

ord aie Nin rab,

(980. -

mac Oubnise, abb Poa oi, décc.

Qoip Cmorz, naoi ccéd o¢cmoda a haon.
Muipfoach, mac Ruadpach, comanpba Péchin, Opuavan mac

péchlainn.

Ercais(pn, wZ(pna Ua cCeimypealangs [vécc].

» A great army.—This remarkable passage is
not in the Annals of Ulster, which are very
meagre at this period; but it is in the Annals
of Tighernach in nearly the same words as tran-
scribed by the Four Masters, and in the An-
nals of Clonmacnoise, as follows :

“A. D. 974” [recte, 980]. “ Moyleseaghlyn
mac Donell tooke upon him the kingdome, and
reigned 23 years. The first act he did was that
he challenged the Danes to battle, and gave
them the battle of Taragh, where the Danes
were quite overthrown, and Randulph mac
Awley and Conawill mac Gillearrie, with many
other Danes, were therein slain. After which
overthrow King Moyleseaghlyn prepared” [recté,
collected] “‘ together a great army, accompanied

Cn cnearp bliadain vo Maoil-

Ancu, mac Néill, pfosdamna

with Eachie mac Ardgar, king of Ulster, went
into the parts of Fingall (which was the place
of greatest strength with the Danes then), and
there remained three nights and three days,
untill he compell’d the Danes and the rest of
Ireland to yeald him hostages; and afterwards

proclaimed that as many of the Irish nation as

lived in servitude and bondage with the Danes
(which was at that time a very great number)
shou’d presently pass over without ransome,
and live freely in their own countreys, accord-
ing to their wonted manner, which was forth-

‘

2

with obeyed without contradiction ; among 4 q :
which prisoners, Donell Cloen, king of Lynster,

was forced to be sett at liberty; and” [it was] 4
‘also procured from the Danes that the O’Neals

980.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 713

Ath-cliath, went to Hi on his pilgrimage ; and he died there, after penance and
a good life. A great army* was led by Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, King
of Ireland, and by Eochaidh, son of Ardgar, King of Ulidia, against the foreigners
of Ath-cliath; and they laid siege to them for three days and three nights, and
carried thence the hostages of Ireland, and among the rest Domhnall Claen,
King of Leinster, and all the hostages of the Ui-Neill. Two thousand was the
number of the hostages, besides jewels and goods, and the freedom of the
U-Neill, from the Sinainn to the sea, from tribute and exaction. It was then
Maelseachlainn himself issued the famous proclamation, in which he said :—
“ Every one of the Gaeidhil who is in the territory of the foreigners, in servitude
This
captivity was the Babylonian captivity of Ireland, until they were released by
Maelseachlainn ; it was indeed next to the captivity of hell.
_ The Age of Christ, 980 [recté 981]. The second year of Maelseachlainn.
Anmchadh’, Bishop of Cill-dara, completed his virtuous life in this world, at an
advanced life. Eoghan Ua Cathain, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Sinach,
son of Murthuilen, Abbot of Beannchair ; Clerchen, son of Dgnnghal, successor
of Feichin ; Conaing Ua Flannagain, vice-airchinneach of Ard-Macha; and
Rothechtach of Daimhinis, a priest, died. Domhnall Ua hAiteidh, lord of
Ui-Eathach, and Loingseach, son of Foghartach, chief of Ui-Niallain, mutually
fell by each other. Donnghal, son of Duibhrighe, Abbot of Fidh-duin, died.
The Age of Christ, 981 [recté 982]. The third year of Maelseachlainn.
Muireadhach, son of Ruadhrach, successor of Fechin, [and] Bruadar, son of

Echthighern, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, [died].

and bondage, let him go to his own territory in peace and happiness.”

Archu, son of Niall, royal heir

of the south shou’d have free libertyes from the
river of Synan to the sea, without disturbance
of Dane or other person whatsoever. Awley
mac Sitric, king of the Danes of Dublin, went a
pillgrimadge to the Island of Hugh in Scotland,
and there, after pennance, died.”

Y Anmchadh.—* A. D. 980. B. Anmchadius,
Episcopus Killdariensis sancté traductam vitam in
senectute bona finivit.”.—Trias Thaum., p. 630.
“A.D. 975” [reeté, 981]. ‘St. Anmcha, bushop
of Killdare, died an old and holy man.”—Ann. Clon.

The chronology of the Annals of the Four
Masters agrees with that of the Annals of Ulster
at this period. The latter notice the following
events under the year 980:

“A. D. 980. Donell O’Hathi, king of One-
hach, and Longsech mac Fogartai, king of Nial-
lans, killed one by another. Clercean mac
Donngaile, Coarb of Fechin ; Owen O’Cadain,
Coarb of Brenainn; Sinach mac Murthilen,
Coarb of Comgall, in Christo dormierunt. Great
fruit this yeare.””— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

4y

714 aNNaza RIOSshachta elReann. [982.

Ulad, 00 mapbad la a Bnartmb. Clooh Ua Ouboa, cig(pna cuarpgeipc Con-
vache, vécc. Plaitbfpcach, abb Leitglimne, v0 écc. Cilell, oalca Oancada,
vo écc. Oal cCaip vopecam vo Maolpeclamn, mac Oomnaill, 7 bile
Conag Marge hClohap vo éfpccavh ap na cocaile a calmain co na ppé-
maib. Ongam Cille vana la hlomap Puine Caipse. Inopd Opparge la
bman, mac Cemnéiccig. Giolla Caoimsgm vo dallad la Oomnall mac
Concain.

Cop Cmorc, nao ccéo ochtmoda a 06. An cltpamad bliadain vo
Mhaolpeaclamn. Copbmac, mac Maoilciapam, comanba Mocca, Aled
Ua Motpam, comanba oa Sinceall, Mumfoach, mac Muipeccam, pomp
Cpoa Macha, [vécc]. Catpaomead ma Maoilpeachlainn, mac Oomnaill,
7 ma nBluiniapnd mac Amlaorb 1. mac matan Maoileaclainn, pon Oomnalt
cClaon 7 pop loman Phuc Lanse, 061 cconcnacap ie eiccip badad, 7
mapbad m Ghiollapaccpaice, mac lomaip, 7 pochaioe ele mmaille ppp.
Inopf 7 opgam Carg(n la Maoilpeachlainn go muip. Glin oa locha vo

opccain vo Ghallanb Aca chat.

ccapnacc maincine a da mac vo Mola, 7 aitplcup ann go bnat.

Slolla Pacpaice vo onsain Leitslinne, co

Ololla-

pacpaice vo epsabail do Oman mac Ceimnéiceis.

* Aedh Ua Dubhda.—Anglice Hugh 0’ Dowda.
Doctor O’Conor erroneously makes it Aodhus
O'Duffy. This Aedh was the first person called
Ua Dubhda, being the Ua, O, or grandson of
Dubhda, the progenitor after whom the O’Dow-
das have taken their hereditary surname.—See
Genealogies, §c., of Hy-Fiachrach, pp. 349, 350.
The present representatives of this family are:
Thaddeus O’Dowda, Esq., alias the O’ Dowda, of
Bunnyconnellan, county of Mayo; and his bro-
ther, Robert O’Dowda, Esq., registrar of the
Supreme Court of Calcutta. James O’Dowd,
Esq., barrister at law, is of the sept of the
O’Dowdas of Tireragh, in North Connaught, but
his pedigree has not been yet satisfactorily
made out. He is probably descended from
Ruaidhri, son of Feradhach, son of Teige Reagh,
son of Donnell O’Dowda of Ardnaglass, who
was the brother of Teige Boy, who was inau-

gurated O’Dowda by O’Donnell in 1595.

* The tree of Aenach-Maighe-Adhair: i.e. the
tree of the meeting-place of Magh Adhair, now
Moyre, near Tullagh, in the county of Clare.
The O’Briens were inaugurated under this tree.
—See note under A. D. 1599. This entry is
not in the Annals of Ulster, but it occurs in
the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 976, as fol-
lows:

“ Dalgaisse was preyed altogether by King
Moyleseaghlyn, and he hewed down the great
tree of Moye-Ayer, in spight of them.”

The Annals of Ulster notice the following
events under 981 :

* A. D. 981. Bruadar mac Tiernai, king of
Cinnselai, mortuus est. Archu mac Neill, killed
treacherously by the sons of Ardgar. Hugh
O’Duvda, king of the North Connaght, secura
morte moritur. Kildare rifled by Ivar. of Wa-

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 715

982.)

of Ulidia, was slain by his kinsmen. Aedh Ua Dubhda’, lord of North Con-
naught, died. Flaithbheartach, Abbot of Leithghlinn, died. Ailell, the fosterson
of Dunchadh, died. Dal-gCais was plundered by Maelseachlainn, son of Domh-
nall, and the Tree of Aenach-Maighe-Adhair* was cut, after being dug from
the earth with its roots. Cill-dara was plundered by Imhar of Port-Lairge.
Osraighe was plundered by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh. Gilla-Caeimhghin was
blinded by Domhnall, son of Lorcan.

The Age of Christ, 982. The fourth year of Maelseachlainn. Cormac, son
of Maelchiarain, successor of Mochta; Aedh Ua Mothrain, successor of the two
Sinchealls; Muireadhach, son of Muiregan, Prior of Ard-Macha, [died]. A
battle was gained by Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, and by Gluniairn‘, son
of Amhlaeibh, i.e. the son of Maelseachlainn’s mother, over Domhnall Claen
and Imhar of Port-Lairge, where many perished, both by drowning and killing,
and among the rest Gilla-Padraig, son of Imhar, and many others [of distinction]
along with him. Leinster was spoiled and ravaged by Maelseachlainn as far as
the sea. Gleann-da-locha was plundered by the foreigners of Ath-cliath. Gilla-
Phadraig* plundered Leithghlinn, in atonement for which he gave the mainchine

[gifts] of his two sons to Molaisi for ever, besides doing penance for it.

Gilla-

Phadraig was taken prisoner by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh.

terford.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

> Successor of the two Sinchealls : i.e. Abbot of

Killeigh, in the barony of Geshill, King’s
County.

° Gluniairn: i.e. of the Iron Knee.
probably so called from having kept his knees
cased in iron mail against the stroke of the
battle-axe, for some account of which see Giral-
dus’s Topographia Hib., dist. iii. c. 10.

4 Gilla-Phadraig : i. e. servant of St. Patrick.
This was Gillaphadraig, son of Donnchadh, and
the progenitor after whom the Mac Gillapha-
draigs, or Fitzpatricks, of Ossory, have taken
their hereditary surname. He was slain by
Donovan, who was son of Ivor, king of the
Danes of Waterford, in the year 995.

The defeat of Domhnall Claen, King of Lein-
ster, and a few other events, are given in the

He was

Annals of Ulster at the year 992, and in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise at 977, as follows:
“A.D. 982. Cormac mac Maeilciarain, Coarb
of Mochuda, and Mureach mac Muiregan, sec-
An overthrow
by Maeilsechnaill mac Donell” [and Gluniairn
mac Awlaiv] ‘upon Donell, king of Lenster,

nap of Ardmach, mortuz sunt.

where a great number were drowned and killed,
together with Gilla-Patrick mac Ivair of Wa-
terford, and others. Hugh O’Mothrain, Coarb
of the Sinchells, jugulatus est.”—Ann. Ult., Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49. :

“A. D. 977” [recté, 983]. “King Moyle-
seaghlyn and Gluniarn mac Awley gave a
battle to Donell Kloen, king of Lynster, and to
Iver of Waterford, where many of Donell Kloen’s
side were both drownded and killed, as Patrick”
[recté, Gilla-Patrick] “mac Iver, and many

Ay?

716 AaNNQazwa RIOshachta elReEGNnN.

(983.

op Cope, naor ccéd ochtmoda a tpi. On cficcead bliadam oo
Mhaolp(chlaimn. Uippine Ua Capain, apémbeach Oape Calggais, Mur-
ploach Ua Plannaccain, pean lergimn Apoa Macha, [vécc]. Oomnall Claon
vo mapbad la hQlod, mac Ectisepn vo Uib cCemnpealans, 7 Piachpa, mac
Finpneacca, plait Pontuat Castn,7 Maolmitis, mac Haipbeit beop cpe
cangnacc. Cochlamnc, cigfpna Conca Moopuaodh, 7 Maolpfchlamn, mac
Copecpms, vécc. Thi mic Ceanbaill, mic Concain, vo ongain Tfpmainn
Chaomsin, 7] a mapbad a ccpin pa nofdce, tna plontaib O€ 7 Caoimgin.
Plaitb(pcach Ua hAnnluain, cis (pna Ua Niallain vo manbaoh a meabail la
hUibh G6peapal. Ouboanach, mac Oomnallam, tip fina Oeaplarp, 00 map-
bad. Ongain iantain Mide la GSman, mac Ceinneiccig. Cod Ua Ouboa,
cisfina tuaipseipc Connacc ule, vo écc.

Qoip Cmorc, naor ccév ochtmoda a cltain. An rpeipead bliadain vo
Mhaolplclamn. Posgancach Ua Congaile pgpibmvh cogawe abb Oaimmp,
Plaicht(m aincinneach Saigpe,[vécc]. Cochaid, mac Soensara, aipcmoeach
Oomlacc Chanain, 00 mapbavh. Maelpinna, apémveach Oomnag Pac-
tpaicc, [vécc]. Maolpechlamn, mac Oomnaill, vo monlo Connacc, 7 v0
tosal a ninnploh, 7 00 mapbad a tcoipeach,7 vo pavad Mag nQor
Wuaitpfoh laip. Cpeach po a la mod la Connaccaib co Coch nCinoino, co no

others. Gleandalogha was preyed by the Danes
of Dublin.
and destroyed by king Moyleseaghlyn.

All Lynster to the sea was preyed
Donell
Kloen did put out the eyes of Gillekevyn mac
Kenny.”—Ann. Clon.

* Lochlainn.—This is the progenitor after
whom the O’Lochlainns, or O’Loughlins of
Burren, in Thomond, have taken their heredi-
tary surname. '

‘ Ua hAnluain.—Now anglicé O’ Hanlon. This
Flaithbheartach was the son of Diarmaid, who
was son of Aedh, son of Brian, son of Anluan,
after whom the O’Hanlons have taken their
hereditary surname, who was the eleventh in
descent from Niallan, from whom were named
the Ui-Niallain, a tribe seated in the baronies
of Oneilland and Orior, in the present county
of Armagh.

® Aedh Ua Dubhda.—This is a repetition.—
See note under 980. The Annals of Ulster,
which agree in chronology with the Annals of
the Four Masters at this period, notice the fol-
lowing events under this year :

“A. D. 983. Ussine O’Lapan, Airchinnech
of Daire-Calgai; Muireach O’Flannagan, Lector
of Ardmach, died. Duvdara mac Donallan,
king of Turlas, a suts interfectus. Donell Claen,
king of Lenster, killed by O’Cinnsealai. Flaih-
vertach O’Hanluain, king of the O’Niallans, per
dolum occisus est by the O’ Bressalls.”,—Ann. Ult.,
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Some of the same events are given in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 978, thus:

“A. D. 978” [recte, 984]. ‘ Donell Kloen,
king of Lynster, was killed by Hugh mac
nEghtigern of the O’Kinsealies. Hugh O’Dow-

983.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 717

The Age of Christ, 983. The fifth year of Maelseachlainn. Uissine
Ua Lapain, airchinneach of Doire-Chalgaigh, [and] Muireadhach Ua Flannagain,
lector of Ard-Macha, [died]. Domhnall Claen was slain by Aedh, son of Ech-
thighern, [one] of the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and Fiachra, son of Finnshneacta, chief
of Fortuatha-Laighean, and also Maelmithigh, son of Gairbheth, by treachery.
Lochlainn’, lord of Corca-Modhruaidh, and Maelseachlainn, son of Cosgrach,
died. The three sons of Cearbhall, son of Lorcan, plundered the Termon of
Caeimhghin [at Gleann-da-locha]; and the three were killed before night,
through the miracles of God and Caeimhghin. Flaithbheartach Ua hAnluain’,
lord of Ui-Niallain, was treacherously slain by the Ui-Breasail. Dubhdarach,
son of Domhnallan, lord of Dearlus, was slain. The west of Meath was plun-
dered by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh. Aedh Ua Dubhda®, lord of all North
Connaught, died.

The Age of Christ, 984. The sixth year of Maelseachlainn. Foghartach
Ua Conghaile, a distinguished scribe, and Abbot of Daimhinis ; Flaithlemh,
airchinneach of Saighir, [died]. Eochaidh, son of Soerghus, airchinneach of
Daimbliag-Chianain, was slain. Maelfinnia, airchinneach of Domhnach-Padraig,
[died]. Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, plundered Connaught, destroyed its
islands, and killed its chieftains, and reduced Magh-Aei to ashes. A depredation
was committed by the Connaughtmen, in retaliation, as far as Loch-Ainninn’;

die, king of the North of Connought, died. The
three sons of Kervall mac Lorcan preyed the
Tyrmyn land of St. Kevyn (Caoimgin@Linne 04
loca), and were killed themselves immediately
the same day together, by the miracles of St.
Kevyn. Donell mac Lorcan, king of Lynster,
was killed*by the O’Kinsealies.”’

» As far as Loch-Ainninn: i.e. the Con-
naughtmen plundered Meath as far as Lough-
Ennell, near Mullingar.

The following events are recorded in the
Annals of Ulster under this year :

“ A.D. 984. Fogartach O’Congaile, Airchin-
nech of Daivinis; Flaihlem, Airchinnech of
Saiir; Maelfinnia, Airchinnech of Donagh-
Patrick, mortui sunt in Christo. An army by
Maelseachlainn mac Donell into Connaght, that

they burnt Magh-Aei into ashes. A stealing
army by Connaght” [cpe¢ poluma la Con-
nachza] “to Loch Annin, burning and killing
the king of Fera-Ceall.
Daniell spoyled Connaght, brake down their
Tlands, and killed their captaines.”— Cod. Cla-
rend., tom. 49.

The overrunning of Connaught by the mo-
narch, with another entry omitted by the Four
Masters, is entered in the Annals of Clonmac-
noise at 879, thus:

“A. D. 979” [recte, 985]. “ King Moyle-
seaghlyn preyed and wasted all Connaught,
destroyed their islands and fortes, and also
killed and made havock of theire cheiftaines
and noblemen. Ferall mac Lorcan, prince of
Kynaleaghe, was killed,”

Maelsechlainn mac

718 QNNQaza RIOSshachtd elReann.

(985.

loipcceavh Pin Ceall led, po manbrac cigeapna Pean cCeall. Peansal,
mac Loncain, cigeapna Ceneoil Piachach vo mapbad. Oiapmaro, mac
Uatmanam, tigeanna Luigne, vécc.

Cloip Cort, naoi gcév ochtmoda a ciicc. On peaccmad bliavain vo
Mhaoleaclann. Maolcianain Ua Magne, comanba Colaim Chille vo dul
1 nofasmancna lap na Oananaib 1 nClé chat. Muipeadaé, mac Plano,
comonba Conolait, vég. Puacach pepine Paccpaicc la Maolpeclainn 6
Ac Pipdiavh co he pige cia coccad mic Cainelam. Sit vo denam o61b

lapypin,] Man Paccpaice 6 Mhaoilpeachlamn «a. cuame plp Mhde ercip call 7

cuait. Epgsnam saca ote 6 Mhaolp(chnaill péippm la caob pecc ccumal,
asup a oispene anceana. Mdp, ngfn Oonnchada, mic Ceallaig, bainmrogain
Eneann, vécc. Munps(p, mac Oomnall, cigeapna Ua Mane, vo manbad.
Cumurcec mop 1 nApo Maca ipin vomnac pia Cugnaypad eicip Ui Eatach 4
Us Niallan,ot 1 cconcain mac Tpénpin mic Celechan,7 pochade ole. Oanaip
do toldeact Ind aipean Oail Riava 1. ceona longa. Ro magad, 7 po muod-
asl pléc picic viob, 1an ppaomead ponpna. hi Cholaim Chille vo anccain
vo Ohananab owce Noolace, 7 po manbpac a nabbaid, 7 ciice pip décc 00
ppucibh na cille a male pip. Cluam mic Noip vo lopccad adce Aine
Plachnw Ua Comngps, 15 (pna Oal Apaiwde, v0 manbad

Slug la Cangmb 1 nOppasib co po aipecple cuaip-

pia cCaipe morn.
la a Chenél péipin.
cent nOpnaige,7 sup no manbad ann Riacan,mac Muipedars,7 mac Cult.
Oomnall, mac Amalsgavha, canary: Ulad, [oێcc].

Cin coccmad bliadain vo Mhaor-
Maolpacpaice abb Rup Cpé, 7 Caencomnac, mac Cinbithe,
-abb Glinne hUipphh, vé5. Opoen Ua hoa, aipchinoech eccanlm bicce,

Coip Cor, nao ccédv octemoda a pé.
leachloimn.

' Successor of Connlath: i.e. Bishop of Kildare.

* Ath-Sighe.—Now Assey, on the River Boyne,
near Tara, in the county of Meath.—See note ‘,
under the year 524, p.171, supra. The forcible
taking away of the shrine of St. Patrick, from
Ardee to this place, was considered a sacrilege
by the Archbishop of Armagh, who compelled
the King of Ireland to make atonement for it
by paying a heavy penalty.

‘Seven Cumhals: i. e. twenty-one cows, or an
equivalent in money or other property.

m Hi-Choluim-Chille: i.e. Jona. ‘A. D. 985.
Hiensis Insula expilata et devastata ipsd nocte
Nativitatis per Nortmannos, qui et loci Abba-
tem, et quindecim ex senioribus impié trucida-
runt.”—Trias Thaum., p. 501.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

“A.D. 986. A great conflight at Ardmach,
the Sunday before Lammas, betwene O’Nehachs
and O’Niallans, where Maktrenar mac Celegan,

and others, were slaine. The forreners came

Hl

985.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 719

and they burned Feara-Ceall, and slew the lord of Feara-Ceall. Fearghal, son
of Lorcan, lord of Cinel-Fiachach, was killed. Diarmaid, son of Uathmharan,
lord of Luighne, died.

The Age of Christ, 985. The seventh year of Maelseachlainn. Maelcia-
rain Ua Maighne, successor of Colum-Cille, was cruelly martyred by the Danes
at Ath-cliath. Muireadhach, son of Flann, successor of Connlath’, died. The
abduction of the shrine of Patrick, by Maelseachlainn, from Ath-Fhirdiadh to
Ath-Sighe*, in consequence of the rebellion of the son of Cairelan. They
afterwards made peace ; and Maelseachlainn submitted to the award of [the
successor of] Patrick, i.e. the visitation of Meath, both church and state, and
a banquet for every fort from Maelseachlainn himself, besides seven cumhals',
and every other demand in full. Mor, daughter of Donnchadh, son of Ceallach,
Queen of Ireland, died. Muirgheas, son of Domhnall, lord of Ui-Maine, was
slain. A great contention at Ard-Macha, on the Sunday before Lammas, between
the Ui-Eathach and the Ui-Niallain, wherein the son. of Trenfhear, son of
Celechan, and many others, were slain. The Danes came to the coast of Dal-
Riada in three ships ; seven score of them were hanged, and otherwise cut off,
after they were defeated. Hi-Choluim-Chille™ was plundered by the Danes on
Christmas night ; and they killed the abbot, and fifteen of the seniors of the
church along with him. Cluain-mic-Nois was burned on the Friday night before
Easter. Flathrui Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, was slain by his own
tribe. An army was led by the Leinstermen into Osraighe ; and they plundered
the north of Osraighe, and they slew there Riagan, son of Muireadhach, and
the son of Cuiliun. Domhnall, son of Amhalgaidh, Tanist of Ulidia, [died].

The Age of Christ, 986 [recte 987]. The eighth year of Maelseachlainn.
Maelpadraig, Abbot of Ros-Cre ; Caenchomhrac, son of Ainbhithe, Abbot of
Gleann-Uisean, died. Broen Ua hAedha, airchinneach of Eaglais-beg [at Cluain-

into the borders of Dalriada, three shippes,
where 140 of them were hanged, and the rest
banished. Aei of Colum-Cill rifled” [on]
“Christmas eve, by the forreners, and they
killed the Abbot, and 15 of the learned of the
church” [vo ppuieib na cille].—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49. ;
The martyrdom of Maelciarain, successor of

Columbkille, and the death of More, Queen of
Treland, is given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise
at the year 980, thus :

“A. D. 980” [recte, 986]. ‘More, daughter
of Donnough mac Keally, Queen of Ireland,
died. Moylekyeran O Mayney was cruelly tor-
tured and martyred to death by the Danes of
Dublin. He was Coarb of Columbkill.”

720 ANNQZa RIOshachta eiREGNnN. [987.

vécc. Ceallach, an naomh ogh, vécc. Gaot mop anacnaca so po tpapccap
iol cumcargte 7 c(Zoaip1 1omda 1m dencigh Cugmaid,7 1mm opoile cumcaser
Ap mon popp na Oananaib po ons hl, 50 po manbta chi picic
| cm céd ofob, tne rmopbalb O€ 7 Cholaim Chile. Tplsac prtnay
(1. opaoilec) 6 dearinabh mo capten Eneann co po la ap noaome, co,
mboi pop pinlibh vaome In poll. =Topach an b6 ap méip .1. an manlgainb
Sluaigfo la Maelpeachlamn 1 Longmb coppuce

anciha.

anaicnecar na Tuldcld plam.
bonama lap.

Cloip Copt, nao ccév ochtmoda a peacht. Cn nomad bladain vo
Mhaolpeaclamn. Ounchad Ua bpaoin, abb Cluana mic noéip, (snond ofp-
peaigte, 7 angcoine, vécc an xun Kal. Pebpuapi 1 nApo Macha ma anlitne
hi ppoipe:nod teopa mbliadan vécc, 7 no tmallad pon a aip 50 Cluam sacha
bhaona, ciccfoh vin opongs Eccpamail vo luce na cille ap sach nuaip oa
lomporttad moeoid Zacha bliaona, cona pnit leo eis dia popcavh acc na
cftpa,7 po apippium poppa bladain. Cpé van, po todiwpars mapbh a bar
fo veo1d 1 NEpmn. Ap pain cuce Eochaw Ua Plannagam paor peancapa
€peann an cept pi,

Macha mambteat meaopaic muand,
Prailmteach a pluag pelbaic naim,
Ni canla munclad a min

Oap ol man Oanchad Ua bpaom.

" The oratory of Lughmhadh: Oepéeé Cug- virgin died this year. This year began the

maid.—Mageoghegan renders this “ the steeple
of Louth ;” but this is clearly an error.

The Annals of Ulster notice the following
events under this year :

“A. D. 986. The battle of Manan by Mac
Aralt and the forreners, wbi mille occist sunt.
A great mischance among Saxons, Irish, and
Welsh, that a great slaughter of men and cattle
issued thereof. Great slaughter of the forre-
ners that committed the spoyle of Hi, that 360
were killed of them.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.
_ The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice the mur-
rain of cows, and the great storm, and a few
other events, under the year 981, as follows :

“A. D. 981” [recté, 987]. ‘St. Ceallagh the

morren of cowes call’d in Ireland the Moyle-
garve” [an maolganb]. ‘There was such boys-
terous winde this year that it fell down many
turretts, and, among the rest, it fell down vio-
lently the steeple of Louth, and other steeples.
St. Dunstane, archbishop of England, died.
Donnough O’Broyn, Cowarb of St. Keyran of
Clonvicknose, a holy and devoute anchorite,
died in pillgrimadge in Ardmach.” .

° To detain him.—The following passage from

the life of this Dunchadh, published by Colgan

in his Acta Sanctorum, at the 16th of January,

will explain this entry, which is so obscurely
worded by the Four Masters.
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mic-Nois], died. Ceallach, the holy virgin, died. - Great and unusual wind,
which prostrated many buildings and houses, and among others the oratory of
Lughmhadh’, and many other buildings. A great slaughter was made of the
Danes who had plundered Hi, for three hundred and sixty of them were slain
through the miracles of God and Colum-Cille. Preternatural (i. e. magical ) sick-
~ ness [was brought on] by demons in the east of Ireland, which caused mortality
of men plainly before men’s eyes. The commencement of the great murrain of
cows, i. e. the strange Maelgarbh, which had never come before. An army was
led by Maelseachlainn into Leinster, whence he carried off a great spoil of cows.

The Age of Christ, 987 [recté 988]. The ninth year of Maelseachlainn.
Dunchadh Ua Braein, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, a celebrated wise man and
ancharite, died on the 17th of the Calends of February at Ard-Macha, at the
end of the thirteenth year of his pilgrimage. He proposed to set out for Cluain
every year, but different parties of the people of the church [of Ard-Macha]
used to come at the end of each year to detain him®; but they found no force
able to detain him but the solicitation of the clergy, and he was wont to re-
main for them a year. He was the last that resuscitated the dead? from
death in Ireland. It is of him Eochaidh O’Flannagain, the most distinguished
historian of Ireland, gave this testimony :

721

The seat of Macha [i.e. Queen Macha] the treacherous, voluptuous, haughty,
Is a psalm-singing house possessed by saints ;

There came not within the walls of her fort

A being like unto Dunchadh O’Braein.

Donchadus his plurimisque aliis coruscans mi-
raculis, videret nomen suum magis magisque
inter homines celebrari, totamque civitatem im-
portuno strepentem applausu, firmo statuit ani-
mo, Ardmacha relicta, ad alium se conferre
locum. Sed primores civitatis, ubi hoc intel-
lexerant, communicato consilio quosdam ex ve-
nerabilioribus ad eum mittunt legatos humiliter
rogantes ut saltem ad unum insuper dignetur
apud se commorari annum. Annuit tandem
vir pius et flexibilis. Et cum anno isto evoluto,
iterum meditaretur discessum, similo inito con-

4Zz

silio mittunt et alios ex gravioribus, qui pre-
cum importunitate, et personarum reverentia
meruerunt ipsum uno adhuc anno retinere.
Quid moror? Ad annos singulos iteratis lega-
tionibus, et intercessionibus a bono flecti nes-
cium a recessu sepits proposito reflectunt et
Ardmache prope invitum detinent, donec tan-
dem (quod summé optaverant) ejus corporis
sacras exuvias retinuerint, et cum honore debito
terrae mandeyverint, tanti viri patrocinio gavi-
suri.” Acta Sanctorum, p. 106.

® Resuscitated the dead.—His life, as compiled

4

722 aNNAata RIOShachca eiReann. (988.

Colum, aipcinveach Copcaige, vécc,7 Ouboabointno, ainémoech boiche
Chonap, vécc. Pip Muran vo coche m aptpangibh pop Loch Ribh, 7 gorll
Puipc Laipge. Tiondilic Connaécagy ma naghard,7 peachaip 1omaipece
(coppa. Toncpacan ap mop v0 Mhuimneachaib 7 v0 Shallaibh la Con-
naccaib 1m Ounlaing mac Ouboaboipthn, pfogdarhna Muman 50 pochawib
amaille pnp. Oo cean Muipgiop, mac Concobaip, pfogdarnna Connaéc
Fmd hi pprotsum. Lardgnén, mac Ceanball, ciseapna Ppnmaige, v0 map-
bad pon lap Thin Apoa Macha, la Peangal, mac Conaing, cigeapna Oris,
1 la Cenél Eogam. Congalach Ua Curlennam, cigfpna Conaille, 7 Crap-
caille, mac Cainellain, aigfpna cucapceipt Ons, vo Comhturcmm pnia are:
Congal, mac Anpudam, cigfpna Conca Modpuad, vécc.

Coir Cmorz, nao ccéo ochtmoda a hocc. Cn veacmad bliadam vo
Mhaoleachlamn. Ounchad Ua Robacéin, comapba Cholaim Chille 7 Cloam-
nan, Comppeach, mac Maoilpacnance, peaplersinn Cluana mic Noéip, Maol-
mogna Ua Camill, aincmnech Otin Uleslarp, Cecpard, abb Imleacha lubarp,
7 Macleiginn Ua Mupcadain, aincmoeach Chinle pata, vé5. Coimppe
mac Rian vécc. Muipfohach Ua Cléms, cis(pna Aone, vécc. Echm*ilid,
mac Ronan, msCpna na nCineth, oo manbad vo Chonailb Ceno. Concoban,
mac Oomnaill, cig(ina Luigne, vécc. Cat Ata chat pon Shallan’ mar an
sh, Maolp(claimn, m po manbad onong ofpime vo Shallaib lap, 7 po sab
fopbaip an ote poppa ranoain pi pé pichfc o1dce, conan ibhyfe uipce pip

by Colgan, has the following notice of this :
‘‘Fuit etiam Donchadus, inquit vetustus ejus
encomastes, ultimus ex Hibernie sanctis, qui
mortuum ad vitam revocavit.”

4 Both- Chonais.—See note“, under A. D, 850,
p- 483, supra. Colgan describes this place as
“in regione de Inis-Eoguin prope Cul-Maine.”
—Trias Thaum., p. 231, b. The editor is there-

fore wrong in his conjecture (ubi suprd) that -

Both-Chonais is the Templemoyle in the parish
of Culdaff. It is obviously the old grave-yard,
in the townland of Binnion, parish of Clon-
many, and barony of Inishowen.—See the Ord-
nance Map of the county of Donegal, sheet 10.

The Annals of Ulster record the following

events under this year:

“A. D. 987. Dunlaing mac Duvdavoirenn,
heyre of Cashill, and Murges mac Conor, slaine
together by the O’Briuins of Synann” [recté,
mutually fell by each other’s hands in the terri-
tory of the O’Briuins of the Shannon].: ‘Con-
galach O’Culennan, king of Connells, and Ciar-
chaille mac Cairellan fell with” [i. e. by] “one
another, the last being king of Tuoscert Bregh.
Laignen mac Cervall, king of Fernvai, killed in
Ardmach by Fergall mac Conaing, king of
Ailech. Colum, Airchinnech of Core ; Duvda-

vorenn, Airchinnech of Both-Conais, dormie- = |)

runt.””—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.
* The fortress.—The Danish Dun, or fortress

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988.} ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 723

Colum, airchinneach of Corcach, died ; and Dubhdabhoireann, airchinneach
of Both-Chonais‘, died. ‘The men of Munster came in hosts upon Loch Ribh,
and the foreigners of Port-Lairge. The Connaughtmen assembled to oppose
them, and a battle was fought between them. A great number of the Munster-
men and the foreigners were slaughtered by the Connaughtmen. Among the
slain was Dunlaing, son of Dubhdabhoireann; royal heir of Munster, and many
others along with him. Muirgheas, son of Conchobhar, royal heir of Connaught,
was slain by them in the heat of the conflict. Laidhgnen, son of Cearbhall,
lord of Fearnmhagh, was slain in the middle of Trian-Arda-Macha, by Fearghal,
son of Conaing, lord of Oileach, and the Cinel-Eoghain. Conghalach Ua Cui-
Jennain, lord of Conaille and Ciarcaille, son of Cairellan, lord of North Breagha,
mutually fell by each other. Conghal, son of Anrudhan, lord of Corca-Modh-
ruadh, died.

The Age of Christ, 988 [recté 989]. The tenth year of Maelseachlainn.
Dunchadh Ua Robhachain, successor of Colum-Cille and Adamnan ; Loingseach,
son of Maelpadraig, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Maelmoghna Ua Cairill, airchin-
neach of Dun-Leathghlais ; Cetfaidh, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; and Mac-
leighinn Ua Murchadhain, airchinneach of Cuil-rathain, died. Cairbre, son of
Rian, died. Muireadhach Ua Cleirigh, lord of Aidhne, died. Echmhilidh, son of
Ronan, lord of the Airtheara, was slain by the Conailli-Cerd. Conchobhar, son
of Domhnall, lord of Luighne, died. The battle of Ath-cliath [was gained]
over the foreigners by Maelseachlainn, in which many of the foreigners were
slain by him. And he afterwards laid siege to the fortress" for the space of

of Dublin, occupied the site of the present
Castle of Dublin.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A. D. 988. Duncha O’Brain, Coarb of Kya-
ran, scriba optimus religiosissimus, died in Ard-
mach, in 14 Kal. Februari, in his pilgrimage.
Dun Lehglais rifled and burnt by Genties”
[recté; Galls]. ‘‘Gluniarn, king of Galls, killed
by his own servant in drunkenness. Gofry mac
‘Aralt, king of Innsigall, killed by Dalriada.
Duncha O’Robucan, Coarb of Colum Cill, mor-
tuus est. Eocha mac Ardgall, king of Ulster,

went with an army to Kindred-Owen, where
O’Nathi was killed. Duvdalethe, Coarb of Pa-
trick, toke the Coarbship of Colum Cill upon
him by advise of Ireland and Scotland. Echmile
mac Ronain, king of East” [Oriors], ‘ killed by
Conells-Cerd” [i.e. the Conailli-Muirtheimhne].

« Maclegin O’Murchadan, Airchinnech of Cuil-

rahan, mortuus est.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The killing of Gluniarn, and of Godfrey, the
son of Harold, and the battle of Dublin, are
noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the
year 982, and in the Annals of Tighernach at
988. Thus in the former:

47 2

724. aNNaza RIoshachta elRedaNn.

[989.

pin acc an pal. Oo bepcpac a oigpéip péin 06 pa dedId an ccein bad pi, 7
uinece ip uata ap gach ganpoa sacha howce Novlac mép cma biépion.
Eochad, mac Apogain, pi Ulad vo dol pon pluaiglo 1 cCenél n€oghain co
FRapecaib Ua hCicwe. Oubhoa Lerche, comanba Paccnaicc, vo Zabail
comapbaip Choluim Chille a comaiple peap n€peann 4 Clban. 6 lumanpn,
mac Amlaoibh, aigfina Gall, vo mapbad oa hogad péipin cpia meipce.
Colbam a ainm an mogaivh. Gopparoh mac CApaile, cis(pna Ini Gall vo
éurcim la Oal Riaoa. Oxtn Ufchglanp vo apgain 7 vo Lopecad vo Shallaib.
Maolpuanai, mac Oonnchada, vés.

Qloip Cort, nao ccéd ochtmoda anaor. On caonmad bliadam vécc vo
Mhaolpeaclaimn. Copbmac, mac Congalcaigh, comanba bpénainn bionpa,
vécc. Med Ua Maoloopaoh, casfpna Cenél cConaill, vécc. Cat Caipn
Fopdpoma ma Maolpeaclamn pon Thuadmumann, 1 cconcaip Oomnall, mac
Lonean, tiZeapna Mupecnaise cine 7 Ui Ponsgo co pé céd amanlle ppp.

“ A. D. 982” [recté, 989]. ‘‘Gluniarn, king
of the Danes, was unhappily killed by a base
churle of his own called Colvan. Godfrey, son
of Harold, king of Insi-Gall, was killed by the
king of Dalriada, or Redshanks.
seaghlyn gavé the battle of Dublin to the Danes,

King Moyle-

where an infinite number of them were slain;
and he tooke” [recté, he laid siege to] ‘‘ the fort
of Dublin, where he remained three score nights,
that he made the Danes” [recté, reduced the
Danes to such straits] ‘“‘that they drank none
other drink dureing the said space but the
saltish water of the seas, untill they were driven
at last to yeald King Moyleseaghlyn his own
desire dureing his reign, which was an ounce of
gold out of every garden and croft in Dublyn,
yearly at Christmas, to the King, his heirs and
successors, for ever.”

* Carn-Fordroma: i.e. the carn or sepulchral
heap of the long ridge. Not identified.

« Muscraighe-thire.—Now the baronies of Up-
per and Lower Ormond, in the county of Tip-
perary.—See Leabhar-na-gCeart, note *, p. 29.
For the situation of Ui-Forggo, or Ui-Furgdha,

see note ‘, under the year 834, pp. 450, 451, sup.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A. D.989. Daire Calgai rifled by forreners.
Urard Mac Coshe, principall poet of Ireland;
Hugh O’Maeldorai, king of Kindred-Conell,
mortui sunt. Battle of Fordrom by Maelseach-
lainn upon Thomond, where fell Donell mac
Lorcan, king of Forka, and many more.”—Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49. _

The death of Urard Mac Coise, which is not
noticed by the Four Masters, is entered in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 983,
but the true year is 990, as appears from the ac-
curate Annals of Tighernach. The Four Masters
notice the death of an Erard Mac Coise at the
year 1023; and it would appear that they took
him to be the same person as Urard Mac Coise,
whose death is recorded in the Annals of Ulster
at 989, and in the Annals of Tighernach at 990.
—See O’Reilly’s Irish Writers, pp. 69, 72.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain a curious

account of the poet, Mac Coise, and a few other

events under the above year, as follows :

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twenty nights, so that they drank no water during this time but the brine.
At length they gave him his own full demand while he should be king, and an
ounce of gold for every garden, [to be paid] on Christmas night, for ever.
Eochaidh, son of Ardghar, King of Ulidia, went upon an expedition into Cinel-
Eoghain, and lost Ua h-Aitidhe. Dubhdaleithe, successor of Patrick, assumed
_ the successorship of Colum-Cille, by the advice of the men of Ireland and Alba.
-Gluiniarh, son of Amlaeibh, lord of the foreigners, was killed by his own slave
through drunkenness; Colbain was the name of the slave. Dun-Leathghlaissi
was plundered and burned by the foreigners. Maelruanaidh, son of Donnchadh,
died. *.

The Age of Christ, 989 [recté 990]. The eleventh year of Maelseachlainn.
' Cormac, son of Congaltach, successor of Brenainn of Birra, died. Aedh
Ua Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, died. The battle of Carn-Fordroma*
[was gained] by Maelseachlainn over [the people of] Thomond, wherein fell
Domhnall, son of Lorcan, lord of Muscraighe-thiret and Ui-Forggo, and six

“A.D. 983” [recté, 990]. ‘‘ Erard Mac Cossie,
chief poet of King Moyleseaghlyn and all Ire-
land, died in Clonvicknose very penitently. This
man, for his devotion to God and St. Keyran,
had his residence in Clonvicknose, to the end
he might be neer the church dayly to hear
mass ; and upon a night there appeared an angel
unto him, that reprehended him for dwelling
so neer the place, and told him that the paces
of his journey, coming and going to hear mass
dayly, wou’d be measured by God, and accord-
ingly yeald him recompence for his pains ; and
from thencefoorth Mac Coyssie removed his
house a good distance from Clonvicknose, to a
place among boggs to this day called the place
of Mac Coyssie’s house, from whence he did
daily use to repair to Clonvicknose to hear
masse, as he was warned by the angel.

“ Before Mac Coyssie fell to these devotions,
king Moyleseaghlyn, of his great bounty and
favour of learning and learned men, bestowed
the revenewes of the Crown of Ireland for one
year upon Mac Coyssie, who enjoyed it accord-

ingly, and at the year’s end, when the King
would have the said Revenewes to himselfe,
Mac Coyssie said that he would never suffer the
King from thencefoorth to have any part of the
Royalltys or profitts, but wou’d keep all to
himself, whether the king would or no, or loose
his Life in defence thereof: whereupon the
King challenged Mac Coyssie to fight on Horse-
back, which mac Coyssie willinglie consented to
do, though he knew himself unable to resist
the valourous and incomparable hardy hand
of King Moyleseaghlyn, who was generally
‘coumpted to be the best horseman in these
parts of Europe; for King Moyleseaghlyn’s
dileight was to ride a horse that was never
broken, handled, or ridden, untill the age of
seven years, which he would so exactly ride as
any other man would ride an old Tame and
Gentle Horse. Notwithstanding all Mac Coyssie
was of such hope that the King of his favour of
Poetry and Learning would never draw his
blood, which did embolden and encourage him
to Combatt with the King, and being on horse-

726 cae aNNaza RIOSshachca eiReaNn. (990.

Ooine Chalgaig oo ongam vo Shallab. Sluagy na nSall4 na nOanap 4
Langfn 1 Mhivde, co po nvenrle co Loch Cindino. Oomnall, mac Tuatail, vo
eangabail la Oonnchgd mac Oorhnall, pi Largfn. ~Oonnchad, pi Largtn, v0
engabonl la Maelp(chlamn, mac Oomnanll pf Eneann. Ouboalerte, comonba
Paccpaicc vo sabarl comopbaip Cholurm Chille ene comonple pean mii

7 Alban.

Qoip Core, nao ccéd nochao. On vana bliadain véce 00 Mhaoilpfch-

lain.
cugao an ceipcy,

Owblicin Ua Spuavaip, pee Leitglinne [vo écc]. Ap pain

Oublicip omo esnar ucns, ba bua pnecpa pm cee mb&g,
ba put lerginod leabpad Lop ba oluim 6p op Epinn aan.

Ceallach mac Cionaeda, abb Imleacha Piae .1. Imleach mbécann, v€é5-
Oonnchad Ua Congalaig, piogdamna Tlrnpach, 00 mapbad oc Comapcu hi
meabarl la Cloinn Cholmam an tpampiud .1. la Concoban mac Ceanbaill.

Tavdg, mac Oonnchand, cana: Opparse, vo manbad la prona Muman.

Coo

Ua Ruaipe, piosdamna Connacc, 7 Ouboapach Ua Piachna, vo mapbad

la Cenél €ogam.

c15fina Mupcpnarge, vo manbao.

back, Mac Coyssie well provided with horse and
Armor, and the king only with a good horse, a
staff without a head, fell eagerly to the encoun-
ter, Mac Coyssie desirous to kill the King, to
the end he might enjoye the revenewes without
contradiction. The king cunningly defended
himself with nimble avoidings and turnings of
his horse, fearing to hurte Mac Coyssie, untill at
last, with his skillfullness and good horseman-
ship, he vanquished Mac Coyssie, and enjoyed
his kingdome and the revenews thereof ever-
after, untill Bryan Borowe, and his Mounster-
men, tooke the same from him.

“Hugh O’Moyledorye, prince of Tyrconnell,
died. King Moyleseaghlyn gave a great over-
throw, called the overtorow of Fordroyme, where

Cn gaet vo plucad inpi Coca Cimbe co hoband 1 naon
ucip, co na opeich 7 ponnach 1. cpichac cpmsto.
cigeapna Gallng, vécc. Oonnplébe, mac Oiapmana, vécc.

Cn Sionoach Ua Leoéan,
hUa Oungalang,

Daniell mac Lorcan, prince of Muskry, with
many others, were slain.”

There is extant a curious elegy on the death
of Fearghal O’Ruairc, written by.Urard Mac
Coise; but it would appear from a reference
it makes to the fall of Brian in the battle of
Clontarf, that it was composed by the poet of
that name who died in 1023. It consists of
twenty-two quatrains of Dan Direach poetry.
The ollav, prostrate on the grave-stone of his
patron at Clonmacnoise, bewails his loss in a
very pathetic strain, and utters the praises of
the departed prince with all the warmth of
grief. There is a good copy of it made in 1713
by Maurice Newby, in a small quarto paper
manuscript, No. 146 of O’Reilly’s Sale Cata-

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hundred men along with him. Doire-Chalgaigh was plundered by the foreigners.
An army of the foreigners, Danes, and Leinstermen [marched] into Meath; and
they plundered as far as Loch Ainninn. Domhnall, son of Tuathal, was taken
prisoner by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, King of Leinster. Donnchadh, King
of Leinster, was-taken prisoner by Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, King of
Ireland. Dubhdalethe, successor, assumed the successorship of Colum Cille,

by advice of the men of Ireland and Alba.

The Age of Christ, 990 [recte 991].
Duibhlitir Ua Bruadair*, lector of Leithghlinn, [died].

mony was given :

The twelfth year of Maelseachlainn.
It was of him this testi-

Duibhliter, the stronghold of perfect wisdom, the gifted respondent

to every challenge ;

He was an adept in learning of various books, a flame of gold over

noble Ireland.

Ceallach, son of Cinaedh, Abbot of Imleach-Fia, i. e. Imleach-Becain, died.
Donnchadh Ua Conghalaigh”, royal heir of Teamhair, was treacherously slain
at Comarchu*, by the Clann-Colmain in particular, i.e. by Conchobhar, son of

Cearbhall.
of Munster.

Tadhg, son of Donnchadh, Tanist of Osraighe, was slain by the men

Aedh Ua Ruairc, royal heir of Connaught, and Dubhdarach,
Ua Fiachna, was slain by the Cinel-Eoghain.
Loch Cimbe’ suddenly, with its dreach and rampart, i. e. thirty feet.

The wind sunk the island of
The

Sinnach Ua Leochain’, lord of Gaileanga, died. Donnsleibhe, son of Diarmaid,
died. Ua Dunghalaigh*, lord of Muscraighe, was slain.

logue, now in the possession of the Editor.

* Ua-Bruadair.— Now anglicised Broder,
Brothers, and Broderick.

~ Ua- Conghalaigh.—N ow O’Conolly, and Con-
olly, without the prefix O’.

* Comarchu.—This is probably the place called

Cummer, near Clonard, in the county of Meath. /

¥ Loch Cimbe.—Otherwise Loch Cime, now
Lough Hackett, in the parish of Donaghpatrick,
barony of Clare, and county of Galway.—See
it already referred to at A. M. 3506, and A. D.
701, supra, pp. 32, 302. See also Hardiman’s

edition of O’Flaherty’s West Connaught, p. 148.

*Ua-Leochain.-Now O’ Loughan, and Loughan,
without the prefix O’, and sometimes translated
Duck. .
* O’Dunghalaigh. —Now anglicised O’Don-
nelly and Donnelly. The O’Donnellys of this
race are to be distinguished from those of Bal-
lydonnelly, now Castlecaulfield, in Ulster.

The Annals of Ulster notice the, following
events under this year :

“A, D. 890. Duncha O’Congalai, heyre of
Tarach, killed by sleight” [per dolum] “ by

728 annata RiIoshachta elReEaNN. (991. ‘ ;

Coir Copc, nao ccéo nochat a haon. On cpear bladam vécc do-
Maoileaclamn. Onanmaic, pipleigino Cille oana, 7 abb Cluana herdneac,
vécc. Conad 06 po padean,

Oiapmaicc omd mo econa ain, plp co prialblaré co nalt bag,
Omran, a pf na pect pan, écc do tuiccect na comoail.

Maolpfoaip Ua Tolancc, comanba Spénamn Cluana plpca,7 Maolpinnia,
mac Spelam, comapba Cianain mic an traoip, vécc. Giollacommain, mac
Néll, agfpna Ua nOiapmava, 7 Cacfnand, mac Tadgs, 00 Comtuicim ppia
Oonn mac Oonngail, mic Oumocuan, Tis (pna Teatba, v0 manbad la
a muincip buddéin. Sloigfo la Maolpeachlainn hi cConnaccaib, co tcucc
bnac Béporha ap m6 am cuc pf pam. Cp iappm came bman co bpfpab —
Muman, 7 Connaéca hn Mhde co cicer Loch nOinoimo, 7 nf po garb bom na

porte.

DuIne co noecald app 1 ccoip néluda. Mop, msn Tadg an cup, me Catal,

bampfogan Eneann, és.

Cop Crore, naor ccéo nocha a 06. Cn cfépamad bliadain décc do
Mhaoleachlainn. Maelpoil, eppcop Mugna, vécc. Tuatal, mac Maorle-
puba, comanba Pinnia, 7 comapba Moéolméc, ecenmd 7 agl6ip erpide, 0€5.
Mac Leigino, mac Oungalam, aipémoech Oatin leacglarpn, Ounchaoh, pean
leigino otin, Maolpmma Ua hQonag, pean lergino Pobaip,] eppcop cuat
Luigne, vé5. Ounchad Ua hUcécam, pp leigmn Cfhannpa, vécc. Oorhnall
5 Plaibfpcach, 04 mac Grollacolamm, mic Canannam, vo manbad. Ruadp,

Maelsechlainn. Teige mac Donogh, heyre of
Ossory, by Monster; Hugh O’Rorke, heyre of
Connaght ; Duvdarach O’Fiachna by Kindred-
Owen, all killed.””— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain only
two of these entries under the year 984, which
corresponds with 990 of the Annals of the Four
Masters:

“A.D. 984” [recté, 991]. ‘ Donnough O’Ko-
nolye, prince of Taragh, and next heir of the
Crown, was wilfully killed by those of Clan-
Colman and Connor mac Kervall. The Island
of Logh Kymie was, by a greate whirle winde,
sunck on a sudden, that there appeared but 30
feet thereof unsunck.”

> Cuceanann.—He is the ancestor of the fa-
mily of the O’Conceanainns, now Concannons,
who became the chiefs of Ui-Diarmada of Cor-
camoe, in the north-east of the present county —
of Galway.
The Annals of Ulster give the following 4
events under this year : d
* A, D. 991. Maelpedar O’Tola, Coarb of —
Brenainn, Maelfinnia O’Moenai, Coarb of Ciaran

of Clone, dormierunt. Duncha O’Duncuan, king a ;
_of Tehva, mortuus est. An army with Maelsech- —
‘lainn into Connaght, from whence he brought
great booty. A wonderfull sight on St. Ste
phan’s night, that the firmament was all fyery.”

—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

,

- ever brought.

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The Age of Christ, 991 [recte 992]. The thirteenth year of Maelseach-

lainn. Diarmaid, lector of Cill-dara and Abbot of Cluain-eidhneach, died ; of
whom was said :

Diarmaid, stronghold of noble wisdom, a man of generous fame, of
great battle ;

Pity, O king of the righteous laws, that death has now approached
him.

Maelpeadair Ua Tolaid, successor of Brenainn of Cluain-fearta ; and Mael-
finnia, son of Spelan, successor of Ciaran, son of the artificer, died. Gillacom-
main, son of Niall, lord of Ui-Diarmada; and Cuceanann’, son of Tadhg,
mutually fell by each other. Donn, son of Donnghal, son of Donncuan, was

slain by his own people. An army was led by Maelseachlainn into Connaught;

and he brought from thence a prey of cattle, the greatest that a king had ever

brought. After this, Brian came with the men of Munster and Connaught into
Meath, as far as Loch Ainninn ; and he did not take a cow or person, but went
off from thence by sécret flight. Mor, daughter of Tadhg of the Tower, son
of Cathal, Queen of Ireland, died.

The Age of Christ, 992. The fourteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Mael-
poil, Bishop of Mughain, died. Tuathal, son of Maelrubha, successor of Finnia,
and successor of Mocholmoc, a wise man and governor, died. Macleighinn,
son of Dunghalan, airchinneach of Dun-Leathghlaisi; Dunchadh, lector of Dun;
Maelfinnia Ua hAenaigh, lector of Fobhar, and Bishop of Tuath-Luighne’, died.
Dunchadh Ua hUchtain, lector of Ceanannas, died. Domhnall and Flaithbhear-

tach, two sons of Gillacoluim, son of Canannan®’, were slain.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain the
notice of the army of King Maelseachlainn
plundering Connaught, and the attack by Brian
Borumha upon Meath, under the year 985, as
follows :

“A. D. 985” [recté, 992]. ‘King Moyle-
seaghlyn, with an army, went into Connought,
and from thence brought many captives and
rich bootties, such as none of his predecessors
Dureing the time the king was
occupied in Connought, Bryan Borowe, with

Ruaidhri, son of

his Munstermen, came to Meath, and there
wasted and destroyed all places, untill he came
to Logh Innill” [@o¢ Ginninn, now Lough En-
nell], ‘‘ where the king’s house was, in soemuch
that they left not cow, beast, or man, that they
could meet withall, untaken, ravished, and taken
away.”

° Tuath-Luighne.—Now the barony of Lune,
in the county of Meath.

* Son of Canannan.—This should be grandson
of Canannan, or Ua Canannain, for Gillacoluim,

Deas

730 ANNQaza RIOSshachta ElIReEANN.

(993.

mac Corcecnarg, tig(pna veipceipt Connaéc, vo mapbad la Concoban, mac
Maoilpeaclainn, 7 la mac Comalcdin Us Clémig.. Concobap, mac Ceapbanll ©
Us Maoileachlamn, vécc lan noeice blchad. Maolpuanad Ua Ciapda,
cisfina Caipppe, 00 manbad la propa Tleba. Ecnec Ua Leocan, asfpna
Tuata Luigne, 00 manbhao la Maolpeachlamn 4 la Catal, mac Labpada.
Clencem mac Maorleoim, wg fpna Ua n€atach, v0 manbad lia a mumein
peippn. Muipecan 6 bhoit Oomnaig, comapba Pacpaicc, pon cuaipt 1
cTin nEogam, co po eples spad ws pon Cod, mac Oomnarll, hm ppiadnapt
pamta Pacpaicc, 7 co tcuce monchuaint tuaipefine Epeannianomh. Puar-
laccad Oonnchada, mic Oomnanll, pf Largtn, 6 Maoileachlaim. N6 coblach
pon Loe Rib la ban, mac Cindvér01g, Fup po aipce propu bpeipne. Ounadac,
mac O1anmaoa, t1i5(pna Copco Ohaipeinv, vécc. Cpeach la Gallarb Aca
chat, 5up po oinspeao ino mbpeacain, 7 Oomnac Pactpaice, 7 Mune bpoc-
cam. Popoat temead vo bit pon mm s0 macain.

Cled, mac Ecrigseipn,
cana) Ua Cemnpealarg, véce.

lomap vo 1onnanbad a he chaz tia ice
na naom. Oondv, mac Oonngail, ci5(nna Teatba, vé5. Ruan Ua Supain
vécc.
Cloip Cope, naor ccéd nocha a cpif.
Mhaoileactainn.

Cn cinccead bliadam vécc do
Muipgep, mac MuipCohang, abb Mungainei, Pogancach,
mac Orapmava, mic Uatmanam, cig fina Conca Pinem Connace, vo manbad
vo Hharl(mgaib Conamo. Congalach, mac Londgnen, 1. Ua Gadna, cigfpna
Halths, veg. Maolcaipfpoa, wmg(pna Ua mbpiiin, Aed, mac Oubsaill,
mic Oonnchada, TIS5(rna Marge Ite 7 progdamna Oils, vécc.. Conn, mac

prince of Tirconnell, who was slain in 975, was introduction of Christianity, were inaugurated
by the Archbishop of Armagh.”

*& Ua-Gusain.—This family name is always
anglicised Gossan, without the prefix Ua or O”.

The Annals of Ulster record the following

son of Diarmaid, who was son of Canannan, the
progenitor of the O’Canannains.—See Battle of
Magh Rath, p. 335.

° Both-Domhnaigh.— Now Badoney, in the

valley of Glenelly, in the barony of Strabane,
and county of Tyrone.—See Colgan’s Trias
Thaum., p. 188, col. a, not. 121.

' Degree of King.—This passage affords a cu-
rious corroboration of an opinion put forth by
the Editor, in the Genealogies, §c., of Hy-Fiach-
rach, p. 452, namely, that “it is highly pro-
bable that the monarchs of Ireland, since the

events under this year :

“A, D. 992. Tuohal mac” [Mael-] “ Ruva,
Coarb of Finnen and Macolmog, and Conor mac
Maelsechlainn, mortui sunt. Maelruanai O’Ciarga,
king of Carbry, killed by the men of Tethva.
Two O’Canannans killed. Egnech O’Leogan,
king of Luigne, killed by Maelsechlainn in the
Abbot of Dovnach-Patrick’s house. Maelfinnia

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 731

993.]

Cosgrach, lord of South Connaught, was slain by Conchobhar, son of Mael-
seachlainn, and by the son of Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh. Conchobhar, son of
Cearbhall Ua Maelseachlainn, died after a good life. Maelruanaidh Ua Ciardha,
lord of Cairbre, was slain by the men of Teathbha. Egnech Ua Leochain, lord
of Tuath-Luighne, was slain by Maelseachlainn, and Cathal, son of Labhraidh.
Cleircen, son of Maelduin, lord of Ui-Eathach, was slain by his own people.
Muireagan of Both-Domhnaigh*, successor of Patrick, went upon his visitation
in Tir-Eoghain ; and he conferred the degree of king’ upon Aedh, son of
Domhnall, in the presence of Patrick’s congregation, and he afterwards made a
great visitation of the north of Ireland. Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, King of
Leinster, was ransomed from Maelseachlainn. A new fleet upon Loch-Ribh
by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, who plundered the men of Breifne. Dunadhach,
son of Diarmaid, lord of Corca-Bhaiscinn, died. A predatory incursion by the
foreigners of Ath-cliath, so that they plundered Ard-Brecain, Domhnach-Padraig,
and Muine-Brocain. The colour of fire was in the heavens till morning. Aedh,
son of Echthighern, Tanist of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Imhar was expelled
from Ath-cliath through the intercession of the saints. Donn, son of Donnghal,
lord of Teathbha, died. Ruaidhri Ua Gusan* died.

The Age of Christ, 993. The fifteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Muirgheas,
son of Muireadhach, Abbot of Mungairid. Fogartach, son of Diarmaid, son of
Uathmharan, lord of Corca-Firtri in Connaught, was slain by the Gaileanga of
Corann. Conghalach, son of Laidhgnen, 1.e. Ua Gadhra, lord of Gaileanga,
died. Maelcairearda, lord of Ui-Briuin; Aedh, son of Dubhghall, son of Donn-
chadh, lord of Magh-Ithe, and royal heir of Oileach, died. Conn, son of Con-

Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 986, as
follows:

“ A. D. 986” [recte, 993]. “Twahall mac Moy-
rowa, Cowarb of St. Fynian, and of Mocolmack,
a man sadge and holy, died. Donnogh O’Hugh-
tan, Lector of Kells, died. There was great

O’Haenai, Coarb of Fechin, and Bushop of
Tuoth-Luigne, in Christo Jesu pausat. Clerchen
mac Maelduin, king of Onehach, a@ suis jugulatus
est. Great death of men, cattle, and bees, in all
Ireland this yeare. Moregan, Coarb of Patricke,
visiting Tyrowen, where he did read” [recté, con-

fer] ‘the degree of king upon Hugh mac Do-
nell, in presence of Patrick’s Samhtha” [i. e. the
clergy of Armagh.—Ep.], ‘‘ and went in visita-
tion of all the north of Ireland.”— Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

Some of the same events are noticed in the

mortality in St. Keyran’s see of Clonvicknose.
Connor mac Kervall O’Melaghlyn died. Moyle-
ronie O’Kyergie, prince of Carbry, now called
Bremyngham’s Countrey, died. The two O’Ka-
nannans were slain, that is to say, the two sons
of Gillacholume, Donnell and Flathverta.”

Liver Ny

732 anNNaza RIoshachta elReann.

(994.

Congalaig, wig(pna Ua pPailge, 00 mapbad. Sicpioc, mac Amlaaib, vo
ronnanbad a hAch chat. SGrollacéle, mac Cipball, piosdamna Largfn, vo
mapbad la mac Amlaoib. Muipeaccén 6 boi Oornnaigh, comopba Pac-
Thaicc, pon cuainc 1 cCipn pEogain go no lés spavha ms pon Mod, mac
Oomnaill, hi ppiadnaip pamta Paccpaicc,7 $0 ccucc mop cuaipe cuaipceipec
€Epeano.

Cloip Cprort, nao ccéo nocha a cltaip. Un ypeipead bliadam vdécc do
Mhaoleachlamn. Rébachan, mac Ofinchada, ainchinvech Mungainti, Colla,
abb, 7 eccnaid Inpe catargh, Clencén, mac Lepam, praccanc Apoa Maca, 7
Odpan Ua h€olap, pepibhmd Cluana mic Nop, 0ég. Woman vo toct 1
nClé chat van éip Sicmoca, mic Amlaoib. Oomnach Pacnaice do apccaim
vo Hhallaib Aéa chat, vo Muipé(pcac Ua Congalang, acc po diogal Ora
lap coMOLL pap uaip po éccpomh pia ccionn mforpa ianomh. Meaolpfchlomn
vo lopecad Clenaig Thece, 7 00 inopfo Unmuman, 7 po ppaomead noime fon
Oman, 7 pon pra’ Muman ancMhae. Pal Tomaip, 7 claveab Chaplupa
vo tabaipt vo Mhaolpfchlainn mac Oomnall an eiccin 6 Ghallaab Ata

4 Muireagan of Both-Domhnaigh.—This is a
See the year 992.

The Annals of Ulster notice the following
events under this year :

“A. D. 993. Fogartach mac Diarmada, king
of Corcatri, killed by the men of Galeng-Corainn.
Hugh, mac Duvgaill, mic Duncha, heyre of
Ailech, killed. The Sord of Colum Cille burnt
by Maelsechlainn. Conn mac Congalai killed.
Maelmuire mac Skanlain, bushop of Ardmach,
died. Sitrick mac Aulaiv banished from Dub-
lin. Ranall mac Ivar killed by Murcha.”——Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

The year 993 of the Annals of Ulster and
the Four Masters corresponds with 987 of the
Annals of Clonmacnoise, which contain one
entry under that year, namely, the death of
‘*Moylemorie mac Scanlan, Bushop of Ard-
mach.”

* Ua-hEolais.—This family name is still in
use, and anglicised ‘ Olus.”

« Aenach-Thete.—This was the ancient name

repetition.

of Aenach-Urmhumhan, now the town of Ne-
nagh, in the county of Tipperary. Dr. O’Brien,
in his Dissertations on the Laws of the ancient
Irish, suppresses this defeat of Brian Borumha,
on which Moore, who took this to be the produc-
tion of Vallancey, makes the following remark
in his History of Ireland :

“With a spirit of partisanship which de-
serves praise, at least for its ardour, being
ready to kindle even on matters as far back as
the tenth century, Vallancey” [recte, Doctor
O’Brien] ‘“‘ suppresses all mention of this defeat
of his favourite hero; though, in the annals
most partial to the cause of Munster—those of
Innisfallen—it forms almost the only record for
the year.” —Vol. ii. p. 95, note.

The attributing of this ardour to Vallancey
in favour of Brian Borumha, is pitiful in our
national bard.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

“ A. D. 994. Cinaeh mac Maelcholuim, king

994] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 733

ghalach, lord of Ui-Failghe, was slain. Sitric, son of Ambhlaeibh, was expelled
from Dublin. Gillacele, son of Cearbhall, royal heir of Leinster, was slain by
the son of Amhlaeibh. Muireagan of Both-Domhnaigh’, successor of Patrick,
was on his visitation in Tir-Eoghain, and he conferred the degree of king upon
the son of Domhnall, in the presence of the congregation of Patrick, and made
a great visitation of the north of Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 994. The sixteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Rebachan,
son of Dunchadh, airchinneach of Mungairid ; Colla, Abbot and wise man of
Inis-Cathaigh. Clerchen, son of Leran, priest of Ard-Macha, and Qdhran
Ua h-Eolais', scribe of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Imhar came to Ath-cliath after
Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh. Domhnach-Padraig was plundered by the foreigners
of Ath-cliath and Muircheartach Ua Conghalaigh ; but God took vengeance of
him, for he died before the end of a month afterwards. Maelseachlainn burned
Aenach-Thete*, and plundered Urmhumhain, and routed before him Brian and
the men of Munster in general. The ring of Tomar' and the sword of Carlus
were carried away by force, by Maelseachlainn, from the foreigners of Ath-cliath.

of Scotland, killed per dolum. Donach-Patrick Moyleseaghlyn took from the Danes of Dublin

rifled by Genties” [recté, Galls] ‘of Dublin,
and by Murtagh O’Congalai; but God was re-
venged on him, for he died in the end of the
same moneth. Colla, Airchinnech of Inis-Cahai,
mortuus est. Clercan mac Leran, priest of Ard-
mach, died.””— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Most of the same events are entered in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 988, as
follows :

“A. D. 988” [recté, 995]. “King Moyle-
seaghlyn burnt and spoyled all the Hether Mun-
ster, and overthrew Bryan Borowe and Mun-
stermen in the feild. Hymer reigned in Dublin
after Sittrick mac Awley. Randolph was killed
by the Lynstermen. Hymer was putt to flight
and Sittrick was king of Dublin in his place.

Cynath, son of Malcolme, king of Scottland,

died. Down-Patrick was preyed by the Danes
of Dublin, and by Mortagh O’Konolaye; but
God revenged the same on Mortagh before the
end of the same month, by looseing his life. King

the Sword of Charles, with many other jewells.”

'The ring of Tomar.—This Tomar, or Tom-
rair, was evidently the ancestor of the Danish
kings of Dublin.—See note », under A. D. 846,
p- 475, supra. This entry is the theme on
which Moore founded his ballad, ‘* Let Erin re-
member the days of old.” In his History of
Ireland, vol. ii. p. 95, he adds the following
note, which is very incorrect :

‘The Collar of Tomar was a golden torques,
which the monarch Malachy took from the
neck of a Danish chieftain whom he had con-
quered.”’

There was no Tomar in Malachy II.’s time,
and the chain or ring referred to in the text
was certainly preserved at Dublin as an heir-
loom by the descendants of Tomar, or Tomrair,
the Earl, tanist of the King of Lochlann, who
was killed at Sciath Neachtain, near Castleder-
mot, in the year 846 [847].—See Leabhar-na-
gCeart, Introduction, pp. xxxvi. to xli.

734 AQNNGta RIOshachta elReaNnn. (995.

Ragnall vo mapbad vo Langmb, .1. vo hac Mupchada mic Finn, 4
loman vo techead oomdim a Cé chat, 7 Sicmioce vo sabdil a tonad.
Oiollapacpaice, mac Ounncuan, cigfpna Tleba, 00 manbad. Maolmaipe,
mac Scannlain, eppcop Apoa Maca, vo écc.

Clip Cniopt, naor ccéd nocha a céiicc. On plécmad bliadam vécc do
Maoilpeaclainn. Copbmac Ua Congarle, abb Oaimmre, vécc. Orapmano,
mac Oormnanll, w§fpna Ua cCemnpealaig, vo mapbad vo Donouban, mac
lomain ta tangnacc. Giollapaccpaice, mac Oonnchada, agfpna Opnarge,
vo maybad 00 Ohonnouban mac lomain,7 00 Ohormnaill, mac Paola, cig fina
na nOێippe. Oonnoubdan, mac lomaip, vo manbad la Caigmb rapom 4. la
Comouilig, mac Cionaeva vo Uib Pailge, 1 cind peachtrhame, 1 nofogail
Orapmaca, mic Oomnaill. Oormnall, mac Paolam, cis (pna na nOeip!, décc.
Gpo Macha vo lopecad vo tene pargnén eceip cigibh 7 vomuliace, 7 clore-
teacha, 7 a pronfimed vo huile oilg(nv. Ni €crmc 1 nEpinn o conocbadh, J
ni tanga co la bnatae viogail amlaroh, conad vo acpubnad,

chiac.

Ciice bliadna nochat, naoi ccéd 6 Sein Cort, apead acpte,
Co lopecad catpac, cen cht mic &ipo Calppainn, mic Orci.

Sloicchead la Conaille 7 Musgoopna, 7 cuapcernt mols 50 Blinc
Rige, conup canna Cod, mac Oomnall, cs(pna Orig, co ccapac veabawd
vob co paoimsd popnoib, 7 po mapbad cigfina Conaille ano 1. Macudan
Ua Cpoingille, 7 oa cé0 amalle mp. Catpaoml pon pfpaib Muman pia
cCatal 7 pia Muipgeap 0a mac: Rumom, mic Corccpnaig, 7 ma nUa Ceal-

™ Donndubhan, son of Imhar: anglicé Donovan,
son of Ivor. This Danish Donovan was evidently
the grandson of Donovan, rex Nepotum Fidhgeinte,
who was slain by Brian Borumha‘in 976 [977].
Ivor, king of the Danes of Waterford, was mar-
ried to a daughter of this Donovan, who had
himself formed an alliance with the king of the
Danes of Limerick.—See note under A. D.
976; and Appendix, Pedigree of O'Donovan,
p. 2436. ;

” Faelan.—He was the progenitor after whom
the family of Ua Faelain, or O’Faelain, now
anglicé O’Phelan, Phelan, and Whelan, have

taken their hereditary surname.

° Cloictheacha : i.e. Belfries. This is still the
Irish name for the ancient Irish round towers
in most parts of Ireland.

» Fidhneimhedh: a. pid cilli, i. e. the sacred
wood, or wood of the church or sanctuary.—See
Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the
Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 59-62. Doctor
O’Conor translates this “turres celestes,” but
without any authority whatever from Irish
dictionaries, glossaries, or even from correct
etymological analysis.

4 The great son of Calphrann, son of Oitidh :

995.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 735

Raghnall was slain by the Leinstermen, i. e. by the son of Murchadh, son of
Finn ; and Imhar fled again from Ath-cliath, and Sitric took his place. Gilla-
phadraig, son of Donncuan, lord of Teathbha, was slain. Maelmaire, son of
Scannlan, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 995. The seventeenth year of Maelseachlainn. Cor-
mac Ua Conghaile, Abbot of Daimhinis, died. Diarmaid, son of Domhnall, lord
of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was killed by Donndubhan, son of Imhar™, through trea-
chery. Gillaphadraig, son of Donnchadh, lord of Osraighe, was killed by
Donndubhan, son of Imhar, and by Domhnall, son of Faelan”, lord of the Deisi.
Donndubhan, son of Imhar, was afterwards slain by the Leinstermen, namely,
by Cuduiligh, son of Cinaedh, [one] of the Ui-Failghe, at the end of a week,
in revenge of Diarmaid, son of Domhnall. Domhnall, son of Faelan, lord of
the Deisi, died. Ard-Macha was burned by lightning, both houses, churches,
and cloictheacha’, and its Fidh-neimhedh?, with all destruction. There came
not in Ireland, since it was discovered, and there never will come till the day
of judgment, a vengeance like it ; of which was said :

Five years, ninety, nine hundred, from birth of Christ, it is told,
Till the burning of the city without sparing, of the great son of
Calphrann, son of Oitidh’.

An army by the Conaille and Mughdhorna, and the north of Breagha, to
Gleann-Righe ; but they were overtaken by Aedh, son of Domhnall, lord of
Oileach, who gave them battle, in which they were defeated, and the lord of
Conaille, i. e. Matudhan Ua Croinghille’, and two hundred along with him,
were slain. A battle was gained over the men of Munster by Cathal and
Muirgheas, the two sons of Ruaidhri, son of Coscrach, and by Ua Ceallaigh’,

Murchadh, son of Aedh, who was son of Ceal-
lach, the progenitor after whom the hereditary

i.e. St. Patrick.—See note %, under A. D. 432,
p- 131, supra.

* Ua Croinghille-—Now Cronelly without the surname was taken.—See Tribes and Customs of

prefix O’.

* Ua Ceallaigh.—Now anglicé O’Kelly, and
Kelly, without the prefix O’. This is the first
notice of the family of O'Kelly of Ui-Maine, or
Hy-Many, occurring in the Irish annals. The
first person of this race called Ua Ceallaigh, was

Hy-Many, p. 97, and the Genealogical Table in
that work.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A. D. 995. The fyre Diat” [ignis divinus]
“taking Ardmach, left neither sanctuary,

736 ANNQGCa RIOSshachta elREGHN.

(996.

laig, 04 1 ctopcpaccon ile, concanp Mumpsiop mac Ruaodp 1 pMetsuin.
Olollapacnaice Ua Plannacam, cigenna Tlchba, 00 mapbad la Pracna mac
Roouib, tanipioc Mumncipe Mhaolpinoa. Muinceapcach beas Ua Conga-
laig vo manbad. Machgamaimn, mac Cfptaill, cigfpna Ua nOunchada, vo
mapbad 1 ne chat la Maolmonda, mac Mupchada, 1 nofogail a achap.

Clap Cmopc, nao ccév nocha a pé. On coccmad bliadain vécc vo
Mhaoleaclainn. Colman Concarge cup opdain Eneann, Cono Ua Lardsnén,
abb Peapna, 7 Oubtach Ua Tadgain, 1. mac Oubpind, paccanc Cluana
Ruaidm, mac Newt Ui Cananoain, cig fina Cenel Conall,
vé5. Mondm pon Uib Mei oce Sputaip pia mac nOonnchada Pim, 4 pa
FEMGab Roip, co cconcain ann cigfina Ua Mé1€ 7 pochande ole. Cluam
lopaipo 7 Cfnanoup vo anccain la Gallaib’ Ata chach. _Maolyeachlamn,
mac Maolpuanad, pfogdarina Orig, vé5. Oornnall, mac Donncada Phinn,
vo dallad la Maolypeachlamn, mac Oomnaill.

mic Noip, ves.

Qoip Core, nao: ccéo nocha a peachc. An nomad bliadain vécc vo
Mhaoil(chlaimn. Conaing Ua Copccpang, pur eppeop Cluana mic Nop, 05.
Orapmaicc, mac Oomnanll, cigeanna Ua cCeimnpelang, G1ollapacpaice, mac
Oonnchada, TEZfpna Opnaige, vécc. Giolla Epnam, mac Asoa, cig (pna
Terba, vo manbad la Sfol Ronain. Orippme Ua Machainén, cisfina Mus-
Donn, vo manbad la Maoleachlainn 1 nlmp Mocca. Sloghead la Maol-
pfchlainn 7 la Oran, co ccuccpat Falla Gall pp puabayp vo Shaowelaib,
Maelpeclainod co plpaib Mhive, 7 Oman co befpaib Muman vo tonol po
ceooin 50 hAe chat, 50 ccuccpac gialla 7 an ba veach via pévoib uadoib.

houses, or places, or churches, unburnt. Diar-
maid mac Donell, king of Cinnselaies ; Gilpa-
trick mac Doncha, king of Ossory; and Cor-
mack mac Congalai, Coarb of Daivinis, mortui
sunt. Tir-Conell” [recté, Conailli-Muirhevne],
‘*Mugorn, and Tuaiscert-Bregh, with theire
force, along to Glenn-Rie, where Hugh mac
Donell, king of Ailech, mett them, and gave bat-
tle, and discomfitted them, and killed Madugan
mac Crongilla, king of Conells, there, and 200.”

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice the plun-
dering and destruction of Armagh by fire, in
the year 989, as follows:

“A. D. 989” [recté, 996]. ‘“‘ They of Uriell
preyed Ardmach, and tooke from thence 2000
Ardmach was also burnt, both church,
house, and steeple, that there was not such a
spectacle seen in Ireland.”

' Sruthair.—Now Sruveel, in the district of
Ui-Meith-Macha, parish of Tedavnet, barony
and county of Monaghan,—See the Ordnance
Map of that county, sheet 8. The Annals of .
Ulster record the following events under this
year:

“A. D. 996. An overthrow of the O’Mehes
at Sruhar, by Donogh Fin’s son, and by the

cowes.

996.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

wherein many were slain ; and Muirgheas, son of Ruaidhri, fell in the heat of
the conflict. Gillapadraig, son of Flannagan, lord of Teathbha, was slain by
Fiachra, son of Rodubh, chief of Muintir-Maelfhinna. Muircheartach Breag
Ua Conghalaigh was slain. Mathghamhain, son of Cearbhall, lord of Ui-Dun-
chadha, was slain at Ath-cliath by Maelmordha, son of Murchadh, in revenge
of his father. !

The Age of Christ, 996. The eighteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Colman
of Corcach, pillar of the dignity of Ireland ; Conn Ua Laidhgnen, Abbot of
Fearna; and Dubhthach Ua Tadhgain, 1. e. the son of Duibhfinn, priest of Cluain-
mic-Nois, died. Ruaidhri, son of Niall Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, died.
A battle was gained over the Ui-Meith, at Sruthair‘, by the son of Donnchadh
Finn and the Feara-Rois, wherein the lord of Ui-Meith and many others were
slain. Cluain-Iraird and Ceanannus were plundered by the foreigners of Ath-
cliath. Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, royal heir of Oileach, died.
Domhnall, son of Donnchadh Finn, was blinded by Maelseachlainn, son of
‘Domhnall.

The Age of Christ, 997. The nineteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Conaing
Ua Cosgraigh, distinguished Bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Diarmaid, son
of Domhnall, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; [and] Gillapadraig, son of Donnchadh,
lord of Osraighe, died. Gilla-Ernain, son of Aghda, lord of Teathbha, was
slain by the Sil-Ronain. Oissine Ua Machainen, lord of Mughdhorna, was slain
by Maelseachlainn on Inis-Mocha". An army was led by Maelseachlainn and
Brian, so that they obtained the hostages of the foreigners, to the joy of the
Trish. Maelseachlainn, with the men of Meath, and Brian, with the men of
Munster, collected immediately to Ath-cliath, and carried off the hostages and
the best part of their jewels from them. Doire-Calgaich was plundered by the

737

men of Ross, where theire king and others were
lost. Maelsechlainn mac Maelruana, heyre of
Ailech, died by phisic geven him. Clon-Irard
and Kells spoyled by Genties” [recté, by Galls].
* Donell mac Donogh Finn blinded by Maelsech-
lainn. Maelcolum mac Daniell, king of North
Wales, died.””»— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

‘The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain some of
_these entries under the year 990.

“A. D. 990” [recte, 997]. ‘‘The Scottish
men in battle slewe their own king, Constan-
tyne, and many others. Malcolme mac Donnell,
king of North Wales, died. Duffagh mac Ta-
gaine, priest of Clonvicknose, died. Rowrie mac
Neale O’Kanannan, prince of Tyrconnell, died.”

* Inis- Mochta.—Now Inismot, in the barony
of Slane, and county of Meath.—See it already’
referred to at the years 922, 939.

5B

738 ANNAaza RIOSNAchtTa EIReEGNN. (998.

Ongain Oarpe Calgaich 00 Bhallaibh. Sloiéclo la Maeltpeachlamn 1 cCon-
naccaib, co po moip, no lorpec Mash Ch, co po panccbad mac wisfpna
Cianponge led. Imhap co nGallaibh,7 co nOppangib pon cperc 1 nUib Cemn-
pelong, co ppapsabplc popmna a ngnfsa 7 aponll oa pluaish. .
Coip Cmopc, naor ccév nochat a hoche. On piclemad bliadain vo
Mhaolpeclamn. Ouboaleite, mac Ceallars, comopba Pacpaice 7 Colaim
Cille, 0é5 2 lin 1pm cpeap bliadain occmogac a aoire. Ceall vapa vo
anszain vo Hhallaib’ Ata chath. WNhall, mac Agoa, mogoamna Teacta, vo
manbad ta Calpargib hi cCluain mic Noip 1m péil Cranain. ~=Oonnchad, mac
Oomnaill, 00 engabail vo Sicpioc, mac Amlaoib, cig fina Gall,7 00 Mhaol-
mopda mac Mupnchada. Orapmaic, mac Otnavhas, cigfpna Sil nnm-
chada, 00 manbad la mac Comalcamn Us Chleéipicch, c1s>fpna Chone. loman-
pece etip Aingiallaib 7 Conaille, ou 1 cconcain Giolla cpiopt Ua Curlennann,
c1s(pna Conarlle, 7 pochawde ole imanlle pip. Maolpfchlamo Ua Maol-
puanad, cisfina Ua Cpemtainn, 00 manbad la hUibh Ceallangh. Inonfo
Ua nEatach la hQlod, mac Oomnaill, co ccucc bopoma mon, 7 ba dipfde vo
dia aulbe 00 cuicim,7 ba he mag nCilbe
prim diongna Marge Ops. Oo ponca clcona cloca muilinn 01 la Maoileach-

Zainti cneach mop Mhonse Coba.

laimn.
Olio Mama.

~ Was lost by them : i.e. by the Connaughtmen.
The meaning is: ‘“‘On this occasion the Con-
naughtmen lost the son of the lord of Ciarraighe-
Aci.”

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A. D. 997. An army by Maelsechlainn and
by Bryan, that they brought pledges from the
Galls for submission to Irishmen. Duvdalehe,
Patrick’s Coarb and Columcill’s, in the 83rd
year of his age, died. The burninge of Ard-
mach to the haulfe. Daniell mac Duncuan
killed by Gailengs. An army by Maelsechlainn
into Connaght, and” [he] “prayed them. Ano-
ther by Bryan into Lenster, and prayed them.”
—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Some of these events are noticed in the An-

Sloiccld lap an pig Maolpfchlaimn, 7 la Span, mac Cinveiccis, 50°
Tangavapn ona Holl Aca cliat via pobaipe co paoimd pon

nals of Clonmacnoise, under the year 991, thus :

“A. D. 991” [recté, 998]. ‘‘King Moyle-
seaghlyn and Bryan Borowe joyned together,
and took hostages of all the Danes of Ireland,
and went also to Connaught together, and tooke
their hostages and jewells, such as they made
choice of. Duffdalehe, Cowarb of St. Patrick,
and St. Columb, in the 73rd year of his age,
died a good devoute sadge and holy man. Derye-
Kalgie was preyed and robbed by Danes. Gil-
lapatrick mac Donnogh, king of Ossory, died.
King Moyleseaghlyn preyed and spoyled Moye-
Noye in Connought.” ;

* The Calraighi : i. e. Calraighi-an-chala, who
were seated in the parish of Ballyloughloe, ba-
rony of Clonlonan, and county of Westmeath.

¥ Magh-Ailbhe.—Now Moynalvy, a townland

998.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 739

foreigners. An army was led by Maelseachlainn into Connaught; and he
plundered or burned Magh-Aei, and the son of the lord of Ciarraighe was lost
by them”. Imbhar, with the foreigners, went on a predatory excursion into
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, where they lost the great part of their horses, and some of
their army.

The Age of Christ, 998. The twentieth year of Maelseachlainn. Dubh-
daleithe, son of Ceallach, successor of Patrick and Colum-Cille, died on the
2nd of June, in the eighty-third year of his age. Cill-dara was plundered by
the foreigners of Ath-cliath. Niall, son of Aghda, royal heir of Teathbha, was
slain by the Calraighi*, at Cluain-mic-Nois, on the festival of Ciaran. Donn-
chadh, son of Domhnall, was taken prisoner by Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, lord
of the foreigners, and by Maelmordha, son of Murchadh. Diarmaid, son of
Dunadhach, lord of Sil-Anmchadha, was slain by the son of Comhaltan Ua Clei-
righ, lord of Aidhne. A battle between the Oirghialla and Conailli, in which
fell Gillachrist Ua Cuilennain, lord of Conailli, and many others along with
him. Maelseachlainn Ua Maelruanaidh, lord of Creamhthainn, was slain by
the Ui-Ceallaigh. The plundering of Ui-Eathach by Aedh, son of Domhnall,
so that he carried off a great cattle spoil ; and this was called the great prey of
Magh-Cobha. ‘The stone of Lia Ailbhe fell (and Magh-Ailbhe’ was the chief
fort of Magh-Breagh), and four mill-stones were made of it by Maelseachlainn.
An army was led by the king, Maelseachlainn, and by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh,
to Gleann Mama’. The foreigners of Ath-cliath came to attack them, but the

in the parish of Kilmore, in the barony of Lower
Deece, and county of Meath.

* Gleann-Mama.—This was the name of a
valley near Dunlavan, in the county of Wicklow.
—See Circuit of Muircheartach Mac Neill, p. 36.
In the Annals of Tighernach, and in the Dublin
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, this battle is
noticed under the year 999. Dr. O’Brien, in
his Laws of Tanistry, §c., with all the feelings
of a provincial partisan, complains of the author
of Cambrensis. Eversus, who assigns to King
Maelseachlainn, or Malachy, alone, all the glory
of the victory of Gleann-Mama; and Mr. Moore,
in his History of Ireland, transfers all the warmth

and energy of Dr. O’Brien in vindicating the cha-
racter of his ancestor to General Vallancey, who
was only the editor and not the author of this
Treatise, and had no feelings of this description
towards Brian Borumha. Mr. Moore writes:
“We have here another historical partisan
in the field. The author of Cambrensis Eversus,
with whom Malachy is not undeservedly a fa-
vourite, assigns to him alone all the glory of
this achievement. He attributes (says Val-
lancey!)” [recté, says O’Brien] “the whole ho-
nour of this action to Malachy, with an utter
exclusion of Brian, although the Annals of
Innisfallen expressly mention Brian as solely

onBeZ

740 aNNaza RIOoshachta eiReann. [999.

Hhallaib,7 po lad a nan im Apale, mac nCmlaoib, 7 1m Choilén mac Eaigen,
J 1m maitib Ata chat ancfna, 7 po mudaig1d fle vo Ghallanb ipin catgled
pn. Oo deachad Maolp(chlaim 7 6man 1appm co he chat, ocur baccap
reccmain lan ann, 7 puccpac a 6p,] a ampsfeq a bnaic. Ro loipsplc an
vin, J ionnapbaice TIF (pna Hall 1. Sicpioc mac Amlaoib. Ap vo caipngepne

an cata pin acpubnao,

Ticpadp 00 Gunn Mama,
Ni ba huipece van lama,

Ibaic neice DIF TONDaIZ

Imon cloich 1 cClaen congaip.
Mebaip app an madm co mbuad
Copm cap calli po tuans,

Co loipcpiofp Ae cliat cam,

lan nmoplo pon Cargenmang.

Mac éiccms, mic Oalang, cis (na Aipsiall, 00 manbad la mac hUi Ruarnc.

Mac Ofsnadans, mic Hadpa, 00 manbad.

la Giolla Caoimgin mac Cionaevha.

Cloip Cort, nao ccéo nocha a nao.

Oungal, mac Cionaeda vo manbad

Qn caonmad bliadam pice vo

Mhaoleclainn. Orapmaice, 1. Conallech, pip lergimn Cluana mic Noiy, 0€5.
Placbficach Ua Cananoain, cigfpna Cheneol Conall vo manbavh la a

cenel buddéin.

hua Néill 1. la hCoo.

engaged in the affair, without attributing any
share of it to Malachy. Vallancey” [recte,
O’Brien] ‘‘then proceeds with much warmth
and energy to contend that Malachy had no
share whatever in this exploit.”—Vol. ii. p. 96.

* Claen-conghair: i.e. Slope of the Troop. Not
identified. The Annals of Ulster record the
following events under this year :

“ A. D. 998. Gillenan mac Agdai killed
by Kindred-Ronain murtherously. Gillchrist
O’Culennan killed by Argiallai, and many with
him. Donncha mac Daniell, king of Lenster,
taken captive by Sitrick mac Aulaiv, king of

Ua Oomnaill, 1. Cacalle, cigfmna Ouplaip, vo mapbad la
Muipsiup, mac Clooa, cigeanna Ua nOiapmana, vo

Galls, and by Maelmorra mac Murchaa. ~The
kingdome of Leinster geven to Maelmora after
that. The stone called Lia-Ailve fell, being
chiefe monument of Mabregh, and Maeilsech-
Great
booty with Maelsechlainn from Lenster. Mac
Egny mac Dalai, king of Airgiall, killed by
O’Royrk. The spoyling of Onehach by Hugh
mac Donell, from whence he brought” [a]

lainn made fower millstones of it ‘after.

“great many cowes. An army by Bryan, king
of Cashill, to Glenn-Mamma, whither the Gen-
ties” [recté, the Galls] ‘of Dublin” [and Len-
stermen along with them] “came to resist him,

bE ety la

999.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 741

foreigners were routed and slaughtered, together with Aralt, son of Amhlaeibh,
and Cuilen, son of Eitigen, and other chiefs of Ath-cliath ; and many of the
foreigners were cut off in this conflict. After this Maelseachlainn and Brian
proceeded to Ath-cliath, where they remained for a full week, and carried off
its gold, silver, and prisoners. They burned the fortress, and expelled the lord
of the foreigners, namely, Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh. To predict this battle

was said :

They shall come to Gleann-Mama,

It will not be water over hands,

Persons shall drink a deadly draught

Around the stone at Claen-Conghair*.

From the victorious overthrow they shall retreat,
Till they reach past the wood northwards,

And Ath-cliath the fair shall be burned,

After the ravaging the Leinster plain.

Mac-Egnigh, son of Dalach, lord of Airghialla, was slain by the son of

Ua Ruairce.

The son of Dunadhach, son of Gadhra, was slain.

Dunghal, son

of Cinaedh, was slain by Gillacacimhghin, son of Cinaedh.

. The Age of Christ, 999.

but they were overthrowen, and their slaghter
had about Aralt mac Aulaive, and about Culen
mac Etigen, and about the chiefes of the Galls.
Bryan went to Dublin after and spoyled Dub-
lin.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Some of the same events, and particularly
the battle of Gleann-Mama, is noticed in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 992, thus :

“A. D. 992” [recté, 999]. ‘‘Donnogh mac
Donnell, king of Lynster, was taken by Sit-
trick mac Awley, and held captive. King
Moyleseaghlyn preyed all Lynster. Killdare
was preyed and destroyed by the Danes of
Dublin. King Moyleseaghlyn and Bryan Bo-

The twenty-ninth year of Maelseachlainn.

’ Diarmaid, i. e. Conaillech, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, died.
Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain by his own tribe.
i.e. Cuchaill, lord of Durlas, was slain by Ua Neill, i.e. by Aedh.

Flaithbheartach
Ua Domhnall,
Muirgheas,

rowe, with a great army, went to Gleanmamye,
where they were encountered by the Danes of
Dublin, in which encounter the chiefest Danes
of Dublin, with their Captaine, Harolde, mac
Awley, and Cwillen mac Etigen, with many
others of their principalls, were slain; after
which slaughter, King Moyleseaghlyn and
Bryan entered into Dublin, and the forte
thereof, and there remained seven nights, and
at their departure tooke all the gold, silver,
hangings, and other pretious things, that were
there with them, burnt the town, and broke
down the forte, and banished Sitrick mac Awley,
king of the Danes of Dublin, from thence.”

742 aNNa~a RIOshachta elREANN.

[1000.

mapbad la a muinncip peipin. Ceallac Ua Maoilecongaip, ppimecctp Con-
vact, vécc. loman Pune Lange vécc. Na Halll vo mdips vo Ae chat, 4
a ngeill vo Spmian. Clod Ua Ciandda vo oallad via bpataip 1. OUalgaps
Ua Cianda. Slocco mop la ban, mac Crmeiceig, 50 mantib 7 50 ploganb
véipceint Connacc co nOppaigib, 7 Caigmb,7 co nGallab Ata chat vo
tonpaccam tempach, acc vo coccan na Gaill cperch mapcach pfmpa hn
Muicch Opts, conup canna Maolplchlainn, 7 po pisld pcainveap cpoda
(compa, po meabad pon na Gallaib co na cfpna acc vathad oiob. Oo
deachaid Oman 1anam co mboi hi Peanta nemead 1 Mug Speag, 7 lund pon
a ctla san cat, San monad san lopccay. Céona hompdd bmiam, 7 Connaéc
ap Maoileachlaino mopin.

Coipy Cniopz, mile. On oana bhadam picle 00 Maoileachlamo. Maol-
pol, eppcop Cluana mic Noip 7 comanba Peceine,7 Flaitem, abb Concange,

DECC.

hUlcoib.

» The foreigners: i.e. the Danes of Dublin.
Hugh Mac Curtin, in his Brief Discourse in Vin-
dication of the Antiquity of Ireland, pp. 214, 215,
Dr. O’Brien, in his Law of Tanistry, and others,
assert that Maclseachlainn resigned the monar-
chy of Ireland to Brian, because he was not able
to master the Danes; but this is all provincial
fabrication, for Maelseachlainn had the Danes
of Dublin, Meath, and Leinster, completely mas-
tered, until Brian, whose daughter was married
to Sitric, Danish King of Dublin, joined the
Danes against him.—See his proclamation in
979, and his victory at Dublin, A. D.988. Never
was there a character so historically maligned
as that of Maelseachlainn II. by Munster fabri-
cators of history; but Mr. Moore, by the aid of
the authentic Irish annals, has laudably endea-
voured to clear his character from the stains

with which their prejudices and calumnies have .

attempted to imbue it.
° Feart-Neimheadh: i.e. Neimhidh’s Grave.
Now probably Feartagh, in the parish of Moy-

Feangal, mac Conaing, ci5(pna Orlig, vécc.
oun, tisgeapna Pp luing, vo mapbao.

Ouboana Ua Maorle-
Laidgnen Ua Leoggan v0 manbad la

Niall Ua Ruane vo manbad la Cenel Conall 7 la hod Ua Néill.

nalty, barony of Lower Kells, county of Meath.

* The first turning.—It is remarked in the copy
of these Annals made for Charles O’Conor of
Belanagare, that, according to the old Book of
Lecan, this was the first turning of Brian and
the Connaughtmen against Maelseachlainn Mor,
by treachery, after which the hosting was made:
“Oo péip peinleabaip Ceacam céo 1ompdd
Spain j Connace pop Maoilpeaclainn Mép,
tne meabail, 7 an ploigead ap pin.” Tigher-
nach also, who lived very near this period, calls
Brian’s opposition to Maelseachlainn, 1mpoo _
zpé meabail, i. e. turning through guile, or
treachery. No better authority exists.

The Annals of Ulster record the —o
events under this year:

“A.D. 999. Hic est octavus sexagessimus quin-
centessimus ab adventu S. Patricii ad baptizandos
Scotos. Plenty of fruit and milke this yeare.
Donell O’Donellan, king of Thurles, killed by
Hugh O’Nell. Ivar, king of Waterford, died.
The Genties” [recté, Galls] ‘“‘againe at Dublin,

1000.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 743

son of Aedh, lord of Ui-Diarmada, was slain by his own people. Ceallach
Ua Maelcorghais, chief poet of Connaught, died. Imhar of Port Lairge died.
The foreigners again at Ath-cliath, and their hostages to Brian. Aedh
Ua Ciardha was blinded by his brother, i.e. Ualgharg Ua Ciardha. <A great
hosting by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, with the chiefs and forces of South Con-
naught, with the men of Osraighe and Leinster, and with the foreigners of
Ath-cliath, to proceed to Teamhair ; but the foreigners” set out before them,
with a plundering. party of cavalry, into Magh Breagh, where Maelseachlainn
opposed them ; and a spirited battle was fought between them, in which the
foreigners were defeated, and only a few of them escaped. Brian afterwards
proceeded to Fearta-neimheadh* in Magh-Breagh, but returned back without
battle, without plundering, without burning. This was the first turning® of
Brian and the Connaughtmen against Maelseachlainn.

The Age of Christ, 1000. The twenty-second year of Maelseachlainn.
Maelpoil, Bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois, and successor of Feichin; and Flaithemh,
Abbot of Corcach, died. Fearghal, son of Conaing, lord of Oileach, died.

Dubhdara Ua Maelduin, lord of Feara-Luirg’, was slain.

gan was slain by the Ulidians.

and their hostages to Bryan. Flahvertach O’Ca-
nannan, king of Kindred-Conell, killed by his
owne” [a suis occisus est. Hugh O’Ciardha was
blinded]. ‘‘ An army by Bryan to Fertnive in
Maghbregh, and Genties” [recte, Galls] ‘and
Lenster went” [with a] “troupe of horse before
them, untill Maelsechlainn mett them and killed
them all almost. Bryan retourned without
battle or pray, cogente Domino.””—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

The most of the same events are given in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 993, thus :

“A. D. 993” [recté, 1000]. ‘‘ Bryan Borowe
went with great power to the North, rested a
night at Tailtean, and from thence went to
Ardmach, where he remained a sevenight, and
offered ten guineas in gold” [recte, ten ounces
of gold] “at the alter at Ardmach, and got
none hostages of the Ulstermen. O’Donnell,

Laidhgnen Ua Leog-

Niall Ua Ruairc was slain by the Cinel-Conaill

prince of Durless, was killed willfully by Hugh
O’Neale, prince of Tyrone. Hymer of Water-
ford died. The Danes returned to Dublin again
and yealded hostages to Bryan Borowe. Flath-
vertagh O'Canannan, prince of Tyrconnell, was
killed by some of his own family. Ulgarge
O’Kyerga did put out the eyes of his brother,
Hugh O’Kyerga. Bryan Borowe, with a great
army, accompanied with the Danes of Dublin,
went towards Taragh, and sent a troop of
Danish horse before them, who were mett by
King Moyleseaghlyn, and he slew them all for
the most part at Moybrey; and from thence
Bryan went to Fearty-Nevie, in Moybrey, and
after some residence there returned to his
country of Mounster, without committing any
outrages, or contending with any.”

© Feara-Luirg: i.e. the men of Lurg, now a
barony in the north of the county of Fermanagh.

744 AQNNdza RIOfShachta elReEGNN. (1001.

Cinopaolad, mac Concobamn, cigeapna Saba, Riogbapcan, mac Ombecpém,
véce. Cpeach mop la propa Muman1 nvepcearpic Mfde 1 nom lanuam, conur
cappad Clonsup mac Cannas 50 nuachad o1a muincip, co papccabpac na
sabala, 7 an cfno lair. CTocan Ata lua vo dénam la Maolreachlamn
mac Oomnaill, 7 la Catal mac Concobaip. Tocap Aca lacc vo dénam la
Maolpeactain co noice Le na habann. Oranmaio Ua Lachenam, cisfpna
Teabta, vo mapbad la a muincip Feipin.

CQoip Cmopz, mile ahaon. Oncpeap bliadain pice vo Mhaoilechlamn. -
Colam, abb Imleacha lubhaip, [vécc]. Thpémplp, mac Celecam, pnioin
Apoa Macha, v0 manbad. Conamsg Ua Piachpach, abb Tige Mocua, Cele,
mac Suibne, abb Slame, Catalan Ua Concndin, abb Oaimnm, Maonach,
capcine Cfnannpa, 7 Plann, mac Eogain aipobphictm Leite Cuinn, o€5.
Maelmuaiw, mac Owbsiolla, c15(pna Celbna bfEpa, vo écc. Sitmroce, mac
Cmlaob, wZfina Gall, vo vol pon cpeich mo Uleaib ina longaib co po
once Cill Cleite, 7 Imp Cumpenang, 7 vo bent bnacsabanl mop eipcib wile.
Stocco la hQod, mac Oomnanll Us Néill co Tallzin,7 lwd pon cilau fo pic,
| caoncompac. Cpeachad Connacc bes la hQlod, mac Oomnaill. Ceap-
-nacan, mac Plain, cwigfpna Curgne, v0 dol 1 Flpnmaig pon cpeich, 7 po
manbad € la Muipcfpcach Ua Ciapda, canary Cainppe. Stloiccld la Oman
co nOallaib, co Carcemb, 7 co pefpuib Muman co hCG Luan, co po heiminc-

The family name, O’ Maelduin, is now anglicised
Muldoon, without the prefix Ua, or O°.

' The causeway of Ath-liag.—This is imper-
fectly given by the Four Masters. It should
be: ‘The causeway, or artificial ford of Ath-
liag” [at Lanesborough], ‘‘ was made by Mael-
seachlainn, King of Ireland, and Cathal Ua Con-
chobhair, King of Connaught, each carrying his
portion of the work to the middle of the Shan-
non.”

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year : :

“A.D. 1000. A change of abbots at Ard-
mach, viz., Maelmuire mac Eocha, instead of
Muregan of Bohdovnai; Fergall mac Conaing,
king of Ailech, died. Nell O’Royrke killed by
Kindred-Owen and Conell. Maelpoil, Coarb of

Fechin, mortuus est. An army by Mounstermen
into the south of Meath, where Aengus mac
Carrai mett them, rescued their praies, and
committed theire slaghter. The battle” [recte,
the causeway] “of Athlone by Maelsechlainn
and Caell O’Conor.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Most of the same events are given in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 994, as
follows : -

“A. D, 994” [recte, 1001]. “They of the
borders of Munster came to the neather parts of
Meath, and there made a great preye, and were
overtaken by Enos mac Carrhie Calma, who
tooke many of their heads. Ferall mac Conyng,
prince of Aileagh, died. Neale O’Royrck was
killed by Tyrconnell, and Hugh O’Neale of
Tyrone. Moylepoyle, Bushopp of Clonvicknose,

1001.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 745

and Hugh Ua Neill. Ceannfaeladh, son of Conchobhar, lord of [Ui-Conaill]
Gabhra, and Righbhardan, son of Dubhcron, died. A great depredation by
the men of Munster in the south of Meath, on the Nones of January ; but
Aenghus, son of Carrach, with a few of his people, overtook them, so that they
left behind the spoils and a slaughter of heads with him. The causeway of
Ath-Luain was made by Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, and by Cathal, son
of Conchobhar. The causeway of Ath-liag' was made by Maelseachlainn to
the middle of the river. Diarmaid Ua Lachtnain, lord of Teathbha, was killed
by his own people.

The Age of Christ, 1001. The twenty-third year of Maelseachlainn.
Colum, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair, [died]. Treinfher, son of Celecan, Prior of
Ard-Macha, was slain. Conaing Ua Fiachrach, Abbot of Teach-Mochua ; Cele,
son of Suibhne, Abbot of Slaine ; Cathalan Ua Corcrain, Abbot of Daimhinis ;
Maenach, Ostiarius® of Ceanannus; and Flann, son of Eoghan, chief Brehon"
of Leath-Chuinn, died. Maelmhuaidh, son of Duibhghilla, lord of Dealbhna-
Beathra, died. Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, set out on a predatory excursion into
Ulidia, in his ships; and he plundered Cill-cleithe’ and Inis-Cumhscraigh*, and
carried off many prisoners from both. An army was led by Aedh, son of
Domhnall Ua Neill, to Tailltin; but he returned back in peace and tranquillity.
Connaught was plundered by Aedh, son of Domhnall. Cearnachan, son of
Flann, lord of Luighne, went upon a predatory excursion into Fearnmhagh ;
and he was killed by Muircheartach Ua Ciardha, Tanist of Cairbre A hosting
by Brian, with the foreigners’, Leinstermen, and Munstermen, to Ath-Luain, so

and Cowarb of Saint Feichyn, died. King
Moyleseaghlyn, and Cahall O’Connor of Con-
nought, made a bridge at Athlone over the
Synan. Dermott O’Laghtna, prince of the land
of Teaffa, was killed by some of his own men.
King Moyleseaghlyn made a bridge at Ath-
Lyag” [now Lanesborough] ‘to the one-halfe
of the river.”

8 Ostiarius, apcipe : i.e. the porter and bell-
ringer.—See Petrie’s Rownd Towers, pp. 377,
378.

” Chief Brehon : i.e. chief judge.

+ Cill-cleithe—Now Kilclief, in the barony of

Lecale, and county of Down.—See note under
A. D. 935.

* Inis- Cumhscraigh : i.e. Cumhscrach’s Island,
now Inishcourcey, a peninsula formed by the
western branch of Loch Cuan, near Saul, in the
county of Down.—See Harris’s History of the
County of Down, p. 37; The Dublin P. Journal,
vol. i. pp. 104, 396; and Reeves’s Eecles. Antiq.
of Down and Connor, &¢., pp. 44, 93, 379.

1 With the foreigners.—Since Brian conceived
the ambitious project of deposing the monarch,
Maelseachlainn, he invariably joined the Danes
against him, and this is sufficient to prove that

bie:

746 GNNGZa RIOSshachta eiReann. (1002.

mech lay Ui Néill an verpceinc, 7 Connacta, co po sab a ngialla. Oo
deachad Span Maolpeachlainn iappm co prfpaib Epeann 1ompu ecip
phiopa Mide. Comachcarb Mumntcharb, Langmu, 7 Gallenb, 50 pangaccan
Oun Oealga 1 Concallibh Mupceimne. Oo mace Clos, mac Oornaill
Ur Néill, piogdarhna Epeann, Eoéaid, mac Apogarp, pi Ulad, co nUleorb, 50
Cenel Conall, 1 €Cogain,] co nOingiallenb ma nodal sup an mongin céona,4
nip pelccpfcan picha pei, co no pecanrpac po opad, gan giallonb, san sabarl,
san omccne Zan aiccipe. Merpléchan, 1. mac Cumo, cigfpna Harllng, 7
bpooub, «1. mac Oranpmaca, vo manbad la Maelpechlamn. Caermclid
abbavh 1 nApo Macha .1. Maolmuipe, mac Eochada 1 monaoh Mhuipeiccéin
6 bhoith Oomnaigh. Slagld la Oman g0 he chiac, co pug siralla Me 7
Connacc.

Coir Cmorc, mile a v6. On cév blhadain vo Sham, mac Cinvéiceig,
mic Concain op Epinn hi pige, Lexum bhadam a aoip an can pm. Ounchad
Ua Manchain, comanba Caoimsin, Planochad Ua Ruaifne, comanba Crapain
mic an tpaoin vo Chonca Moccha a cenél. Cogan, mac Ceallarg, Aip-
cinveach Chpo Oplcamn, Oongal, mac beoain, abb Tuama Spéine, [oécc].
Cpeach mép la Oonnchad, mac Oonnchada Finn, 7 la hUib Méz, co po
oinccplo Land Léipe, conup tanpad Catal mac Labnada, 7 conup capt(ean
Fp Opts co paoimd fonpa, 7 co panccaibpioc a ngabail, co po lad a nap
lanom etin epsabcal 7 mapbhavh, 1m Shionach Ua hUapgura, cigfpna
Ua Mere. Oo pocaip von Catal, mac Labpada aghaid no aghad 7 Copcan

the subjugation of the Danes was not Brian’s
chief object. The Munster writers, with a view
of exonerating Brian from the odium of usur-
pation, and investing his acts with the sanction
of popular approval, have asserted that he had
been, previously to his first attack upon the
monarch, solicited by the king and chieftains of
Connaught to depose Maelseachlainn, and be-
come supreme monarch himself; but no autho-
rity for this assertion is to be found in any of
our authentic annals.
\ ™Dun-Dealgan.—NowDundalk, in the county
of Louth.

»Anarmy, §c.—It is stated in the Royal Irish

Academy copy of these Annals that this entry
is from Leabhar Lecain. The Annals of Ulster
record the following events under this year :

“ A.D. 1001. An army by Bryan to Athlone,
that'he carried with him the pledges of Con-
naght and Meath. The forces of Hugh mac
Donell into Tailten, and went back in peace.
Trenir mac Celegan, Secnap of Ardmach, killed
by Macleginn mac Cairill, king of Fernvay.
The praies of Connaght with Hugh mac Donell.
Merlechan, king of Galeng, and Broda mac
Diarmada, accist sunt, by Maelsechlainn. Colum,
Airchinnech of Imlech Ivair, and Cahalan, Air-
hinnech of Daivinis, mortuz sunt. Cernachan

1002.} ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

747

that he weakened the Ui-Neill of the South and the Connaughtmen, and took
their hostages. After this Brian and Maelseachlainn, accompanied by the men
of Ireland, as well Meathmen, Connaughtmen, Munstermen, and Leinstermen,
as the foreigners, proceeded to Dun-Dealgan”, in Conaille-Muirtheimhne. Aedh,
son of Domhnall Ua Neill, heir apparent to the sovereignty of Ireland, and
Eochaidh, son of Ardghar, King of Ulidia, with the Ulidians, Cinel-Conaill,
Cinel-Eoghain, and Airghialla, repaired to the same place to meet them, and did
not permit them to advance further, so that they separated in peace, without
hostages or booty, spoils or pledges. Meirleachan, i. e. the son of Conn, lord
of Gaileanga, and Brodubh, i. e. the son of Diarmaid, were slain by Maelseach-
lainn. A change of abbots at Ard-Macha, i.e. Maelmuire, son of Eochaidh, in
the place of Muireagan, of Both-Domhnaigh. An army” was led by Brian to
Ath-cliath ; and he received the hostages of Meath and Connaught.

The Age of Christ, 1002. The first year of Brian, son of Ceinneidigh,
son of Lorcan, in sovereignty over Ireland. Seventy-six years’ was his age at
that time. Dunchadh Ua Manchain, successor of Caeimhghin ; Flannchadh
Ua-Ruaidhine, successor of Ciaran, son of the artificer, of the tribe of Corca-
Mogha ; Eoghan, son of Ceallach, airchinneach of Ard-Breacain ; [and] Donn-
ghal, son of Beoan, Abbot of Tuaim-Greine, [died]. A great depredation by
Donnchadh, son of Donnchadh Finn, and the Ui-Meith, and they plundered
Lann-Leire ; but Cathal, son of Labhraidh, and the men of Breagha, overtook
and defeated them, and they left behind their booty; and they were after-
wards slaughtered or led captive, together with Sinnach Ua hUarghusa, lord of
Ui-Meith. Cathal, son of Labhraidh, and Lorcan, son of Brotaidh, fell fighting

mac Flainn, king of Luigne, went to Fernvai of Imleach, died.”

for booty, where Murtagh O’Kiargay, heyre of
Carbry, was killed. Forces by Bryan and Mael-
sechlainn to Dun Delgan, .i. Dundalk, to seek
hostages, but returned with cessation” [po
oppao ].— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Of these entries the Annals of Clonmacnoise
contain only the two following :

“ A. D. 995” [recte, 1002]. ‘* Moylemoye mac
Dowgill, prince of Delvin Beathra (now called
Mac Coghlan’s Countrey), died. Colume, abbott

° Seventy-six years.—See A. D. 925, where it
is stated that Brian, son of Kennedy, was born
in that year; and that he was twenty-four years
older than King Mealseaghlainn, whom he de-
posed. This is very much to be doubted, for,
according to the Annals of Ulster, Brian, son of
Kennedy, was born in 941, which looks more
likely to be the true date. He was, therefore,
about sixty-one years old when he deposed
Maelseachlainn, who was then about fifty-three.

ae 2

748 GNNaza RIOshachta elReaNnn. (1003.

mac bpécavha. Oonogal, mac Oumocochagh, cigfina Gaillng, v0 map-
bhavh la Tpocan, mac builccapgaic, (no Toncan mac builgapsaic), mic
Maoloona, aglpna P(p Cal ma as buddem. Ceallac, mac Oiapmava,
cis(ina Oppaige, 00 mapbad la Oonnchad, mac Hrollapacpaice, la mac
bnatan a achap. Qed, mac Ui Compacla, cigfpna Tleba, Do mapbaoh
6 Ub Concille. Concoban, mac Maolplchlamn, cig fina Conca Modpuas, 7
Cichen Ua Tnaigtech, vo manbad La plparb Umanll, co pochadib ole. led,
mac Eichtisfin, vo manbad 1 noentog Plpna mone Maedds,.la Maol na
mbo. :

Cloip Cmorc, mile a tpi. On vana bliadain 00 Shmian. Clongup, mac
bpearpal, comanba Camnoigh, of§ ma aaltpe 1 nApo Macha. Oubylaine
Ua Concain, abb Imlfcha lubhaip, vécc. Cochad Ua Flannagan, amchin-
veach lip and Apoa Macha,7 Cluana Piachna,7 pao pfncura Gaowdeal,
vécc. Sloighfo la bman 7 la Maoleachlaimn a ccuaipcefpc Connace co
tnais neotaile vo dol timcheall Eneann, co po coipmypeple Ui Néill an

cuaipceipt impu. Oommnall, mac Flannagan, c1sCpna FE Cp Uf, vé5. lapnan, - 4

» Conchobhar.—He was the progenitor after
’ whom the family of O’Conchobhair, or O’Conor,
of Corcomroe, in the west of the county of
Clare, took their hereditary surname.

4 Mael-na-mbo : i.e. chief of the cows. His
real name was Donnchadh, and he was the
grandfather of Murchadh, after whom the Mac
Murroughs of Leinster took their hereditary
surname.

The Annals of Ulster notice the following
events under this year:

*“ A. D. 1002. Brienus regnare incepit. Flann-
cha O’Ruain, Coarb of Kiaran ; Duncha O’Man-
chan, Coarb of Caemgin ; Donngal mac Beoan,
Airchinnech of Tuomgrene ; Owen mac Cellay,
Airchinnech of Ardbrekan, guieverunt in Christo-
Sinach O’hUargusa, king of Meith” [Ui-Meith],
“and Cahal mac Lavraa, heyre of Meath, fell
one with another” [recté, fell the one by the
other]. ‘* Ceallach mac Diarmada, king of
Ossory ; Huglr O’Coniacla, king of Tehva ;

nN

Conor mac Maelsechlainn, king of Coremurua ;
and Acher, surnamed of the feet,” [were] “all
killed. Hugh mac Echtiern killed within the
oratory of Ferna-more-Maog.”’—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

The accession of Brian to the monarchy of
Ireland is noticed in the Annals of Clonmac-
noise under the year 996; but the translator
has so interpolated the text with his own ideas
of the merits of Brian, as to render it useless as
an authority. His words are: .

“A.D, 996. Bryan Borowe took the king-
dome and government thereof out of the hands
of King Moyleseaghlyn, in such manner as I do
not intend to relate in this place.” ['Tighernach
says, “ctpe meabail,” i.e. per dolum.—Ep.]
“‘ He was very well worthy of the government,
and reigned twelve years, the most famous king
of his time, or that ever was before or after him,
of the Irish nation. For manhood, fortune,
manners, laws, liberality, religion, and other

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1003.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 749

face to face. Donnghal, son of Donncothaigh, lord of Gaileanga, was slain by
Trotan, son of Bolgargait (or Tortan, son of Bolgargait), son of Maelmordha,
lord of Feara-Cul, in his own house. Ceallach, son of Diarmaid, lord of
Osraighe, was slain by Donnchadh, son of Gillaphadraig, the son of his father’s
brother. Aedh, son of O’Coinfhiacla, lord of Teathbha, was slain by the
Ui Conchille. Conchobhar?, son of Maelseachlainn, lord of Corca-Modhruadh ;
and Aicher Ua Traighthech, with many others, were slain by the men of
Umhall. Aedh, son of Echthighern, was slain in the oratory of Fearna-mor-
Maedhog, by Mael-na-mbo‘.

The Age of Christ, 1003. The second year of Brian. Aenghus, son of
Breasal, successor of Cainneach, died on his pilgrimage at Ard-Macha. Dubh-
shlaine Ua Lorcain, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair, died. Eochaidh Ua Flannagain’,
airchinneach of the Lis-aeidheadh* of Ard-Macha, and of Cluain-Fiachna', the
most distinguished historian of the Irish, died. An army was led by Brian and
Maelseachlainn into North Connaught, as far as Traigh-Eothaile’, to proceed
around Ireland ; but they were prevented by the Ui-Neill of the North. Domh-
nall, son of Flannagan, lord of Feara-Li, died. Iarnan, son of Finn, son of

good parts, he never had his peere among them
all; though some chroniclers of the kingdome
made comparisons between him and Con Ked-
cagh, Conarie More, and King Neale of the Nine
Hostages ; yett he, in regard of the state of the
kingdome, when he came to the government
thereof, was judged to bear the bell from them
all.”

* Eochaidh Ua Flannagain.—Connell Ma-
geoghegan, who had some of his writings, calls
him ‘“ Eoghie O’Flannagan, Archdean of Ar-
magh and Clonfeaghna.”—See note », under
A. M. 2242; and extract from Leabhar-na-
hUidhri, in Petrie’s Round Towers of Ireland,
pp. 103,104. O’Reilly has given no account
of this writer in his Descriptive Catalogue of Irish
Writers.

* Lis-aeidheadh : i.e. Fort of the Guests.

* Cluain-Fiuchna.—Now Clonfeakle, a parish
in the north of the county of Armagh. The

ancient parish church stood in the townland of
Tullydowey, in a curve of the River Black-
water, on the north or Tyrone side.—See the
Ordnance Survey of the County of Tyrone,
sheet 62. Joceline calls this church Cluain-fiacail
in his Life of St. Patrick, c. 87; but in the Tax-
ation of 1306, and in the Registries of the
Archbishops Sweteman, Swayne, Mey, Octavian,
and Dowdall, it is called by the name Cluain-
Fiachna, variously orthographied, thus: ‘ Ee-
clesia de Clonfecyna”—7" ‘axation, 1306; ‘ Eccle-
sia parochialis de Clonfekyna,”—Regist. Milo
Sweteman, A. D. 1367, fol. 45, b ; ‘ Clonfeguna,”
—Reg. Swayne, A. D. 1428, fol. 14, 6; ‘*Clon-
fekena,”—Reg. Mey, i. 23, b, iv. 16, 6; “ Clon-
fekena,”—Reg. Octavian, fol. 46, b; ‘* Clonfe-
kena,”’—Reg. Dowdall, A. D. 1535, p. 251.

» Traigh-Eothaile.—A large strand near Bal-
lysadare, in the county of Sligo.—See note °,
under A. M. 3303.

‘

750 ANNata RIOSshachta elReaNn.

mac Finn, mic Oubsiolla, 00 mapbad vo Chopc, mac eda, mic Oubsiolla q

1 noonar ventaige Galinne, cna meabarl. Orap o1a mhuincip péin vo map-
bad an Chuinc pin po cédd6ip, co po mépad aimm O€ 7 Moconéce dé pin.

bman, mac Maolpuanaw, agfpna lantaip Connaéc, vo mapbad la a thumn-

cin peipm. Oa Ua Canannain vo mapbad v0 Ua Maoloonaoh. Muploach,
mac Oranmaoa, cis(nna Ciappange Luachpa, vég. Naeban, mac Marléra-

pan, ppimc(po Epeann vécc. Cach Cpaoibe culcha eccin Ulcaib 7 Cenel :
n€ogan, co paoimid pon Ulcaibh. Oo cfp ann Eochaw, mac CApogaip, pi —
Ulad,7 Oubcumne a bndataip,7 oa mac eocada a. Chomls, 7 Oornnall, |
Haipbioh, cs (ina Ua nE€atach, Grollapaccpaic, mac Tomalcag, Cumury- —

cach, mac Plaitpa, Oubplanga, mac CAeda, Catal, mac Ecpoch, Conene,

(1003. —

mac Muine(pcarsh, 7 ponsla Ulad anctha,7 po piace an 1omguin.co On — 4

Eatach, 7 co Onum bo.
moshdamna Ulad, vo mapbavh apnabanach la Cenel n€ogam. Cod, mac
Oomnall Ui Nall, ciseanna Oils, 7 prosgdamna Eneamn vo cuicim hn pyie-
sun an cata, 1pm ciiccead bliadain vécc a plaitfpa, 7 m naomad bliaoham
pichle a ao. Imaipecc eiccin Tadsg Ua Ceallars co. nUib Mame, 7 co
FMpaibh rapchorp Mfohe hi pormitin Uib Mame, 7 Ui Piachpach Chohne co

nlantan Connace ina portin, o& In ccopncain Hiollaceallaig, mac Comal- —

can 1 Cléims, cigeanna Ua Piacnach, Conéubap, mac Ubbam, 7 Ceanopao-
lad, mac Rumdpi,7 pocharohe ole. Oo cean oin Pind mac Mapccon
cana: Ua Mame 1 pmotgun.
Ci: Becc.
mapbad.

Mavadan, mac Clengura, corpeac Haul(ng mb(cc,7 Flp cCal vo

” Gailinne—Now Gallen, in the barony of

Garrycastle, and King’s County. same name, in the barony of Upper Castlereagh,

Oonnchad Ua Loimspich, ms(pna Oarl Cparde, 7

Oomnall, mac Plannaccain, cigeapna Ftp ~

Irish Round Tower, situated in a parish of the :

* Craebh-tulcha : i.e. the Spreading Tree of
the Hill. This is probably the place now called
Crewe, situated near Glenavy, in the barony of
Upper Massareene, and county of Antrim.

¥ Dun-Eathach.—Now Duneight, in the pa-
rish of Blaris, or Lisburn, on the River Lagan.
—See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down
and Connor, fe., pp. 47, 342.

* Druim-bo.: i. e. Hill of the Cow, now Dunbo,
a townland containing the ruins of an ancient

and county of Down.—ZJbid., p. 342, note’.

The Annals of Ulster record the following -

events under this year :

* A. D. 1003. Aenghus mac Bresaill, Coarb L él

it aR ata hat aA EN 1 iT sae ah Sea

of Cainnech, in Ardmach, in peregrinatione

quievit, Eocha O’Flannagan, Airchinnech of —

Lissoige” [at Ardmach] “and Cluoan Fiachna,

cheife poet and chronicler, 68 anno etatis sue
obiit, Gillakellai mac Comaltan, king of Fiach- — 3
rach Aigne; and Bryan mac Maelruanai, occist

1003.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 751

Duibhghilla, was slain by Core, son of Aedh, son of Duibhghilla, in the doorway
of the oratory of Gailinne”, by treachery. Two of his own people slew this Core
immediately, by which the name of God and Mochonog was magnified. Brian,
son of Maelruanaidh, lord of West Connaught, was slain by his own people.
The two O’Canannains were slain by O’Maeldoraidh. Muireadhach, son of
Diarmaid, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra, died. “Naebhan, son of Maelchiarain,
chief artificer of Ireland, died. The battle of Craebh-tulcha*, between the
Ulidians and the Cinel-Eoghain, in which the Ulidians were defeated. In this
battle were slain Eochaidh, son of Ardghair, King of Ulidia, and Dubhtuinne,
his brother; and the two sons of Eochaidh, i.e. Cuduiligh and Domhnall ;
Gairbhidh, lord of Ui-Eathach ; Gillapadraig, son of Tomaltach ; Cumuscach,
son of Flathrai; Dubhshlangha, son of Aedh; Cathal, son of Etroch; Conene,
son of Muircheartach ; and the most part of the Ulidians in like manner ; and
the battle extended as far as Dun-Eathach’ and Druim-bo%» Donnchadh
Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, and royal heir of Ulidia, was slain on the
following day by the Cinel-Eoghain. Aedh, son of Domhnall Ua Neill, lord
of Oileach, and heir apparent to the sovereignty of Ireland, fell in the heat of
the conflict, in the fifteenth year of his reign, and the twenty-ninth of his age.
A battle between Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh with the Ui-Maine, and the men of
West Meath assisting the Ui-Maine [on the one side], and the Ui-Fiachrach
Aidhne aided by West Connaught [on the other], wherein fell Gillaceallaigh,
son of Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, lord of Ui-Fiachrach ; Conchobhar, son of
Ubban; Ceannfaeladh, son of Ruaidhri, and manyfothers. Finn, son of Marcan,
Tanist of Ui-Maine, fell in the heat of the conflict. Domhnall, son of Flannagan,
died. Madadhan, son of Aenghus, chief of Gaileanga-Beaga and Feara-Cul,
was slain.

sunt. Donell mac Flannagan, king of Fer-Li;
and Mureach mac Diarmada, king of Ciarray
Luoachra, moriuntur. The battle of Krivtelcha,
betwene Ulster and Kindred- Owen, where
Ulstermen were overthrowne. Eocha mac Ard-
gar, king of Ulster, there killed. Duvtuinne,
bis brother, his two sonns, Cuduly and Donell,
and the slaughter of the whole army both good
and bade, viz., Garvith, king of: O’Nehach ;
Gilpatrick mac Tomaltay; Cumascach mac

Flathroy; Duvslanga mac Hugh; Cahalan mac
Etroch; Conene mac Murtagh, and most of Ul-
stermen; and pursued the slaughter to Dunech-
dach and to Drumbo, where Hugh mac Daniell,
king of Ailech, was killed ; but Kindred-Owen
saith that he was killed by themselves. Donncha
O’Longsi, king of Dalnarai, killed by Kindred-
Owen, per dolum. Forces by Bryan to Traohaila
to make a circuit, untill he was prevented by
Tyrone. Two O’Canannans killed by O’Mul-

a

[1004.

Cop Core, mile a ceataip. On cplp bliadam vo bhman. Oormnall,
mac Maicnavha, abb. Maimptpeach bute, eppcop 7 pPndip naem epwe.
8. Hed plplergino 7 abb Tpépoice, eppeop, eccnard, 7 oilitpeach, vécc. lap
nofighbeachaid 1 nOpo Macha, co nondip 7 co napmiom méip. Cp occa
éccaine po paolo,

752 anNNaza RIoshachta eiReann.

“ ¥
Cn cecenaid an caino eprcop,

Cn naem Oe, co pei’ noelba,

Ro pat uainn a nabpalache,

Oc luo Cod a caeb Tlmpa.

Nao main Ceoh von Obpeasmang binn,

Co ngelblaid glino gléce pano ‘
Carpa an glé semm sleo(no spinn,

Ceapoa leiszeanod Epeann ano.

Maolbpicchoe Ua Rimfoa, abb lae, vécc. Oomnall mac Néill, abb
Cille Lamparge, vécc. Pogancach, abb Leitslinne 7 Saigpe, vécc. Mui-
ploach, a5(pna Conaille, vo manbad la Mugodonnaib. Giolla Comgaillt,
mac Cpogain,7 a mac,7 04 Céd0 manaon pi 00 manbhad vo Mhaolpuanan,
mac CQposain ag copnam pige Ulad. Sloghead la bman, mac Cinoeid1g co
ER fpaibh veipceint Eneann 1mme co Cenel n€ogain 7 co hUlcoip, v0 cungid
siall. Cpead looan vap Mhoe co mbaccan ace 1 cCaillcin. Cocan
lanom co mbaccan p(écmum occ Apo Macha, co papcarb Opran xx uncca op
pop alcoip Apoa Maca. Locaprap pin 1 nOail nApaide, co cucpac aiccine
Oal nApavde, 7 Oal Piacach anéfha. Ingeiner, cS (ina Conall, oo mapbad.
Ach chach do lopccad la Oeipcenc Ops hi caohe. Inonfoh Leite Catail
la Plaitbeancach Ua Neill, 7 God, mac Tomalcaig, cis (pna Leite Catal,

doray. Duvslane O’Lorkan, Airchinnech of as follows:

Imlech Ivair, guievit. Maelsechlainn, king of
Tarach, fell off his horse, that he was like to
die.” Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* From the side of Teamhair.—This alludes to
the position of Trefoid, now Trevet, in Meath.
This passage is incorrectly translated by Dr.
O’Conor, which is the less excusable, as Colgan
renders it correctly (Zrias Thaum., p. 297)

“A.D. 1004. Sanctus Aidus Scholasticus, seu
Theologie Lector, Abbas Trefotensis (in Media)
Episcopus, Sapiens, et Peregrinus, Ardmache in
vite sanctimonia, cum magno honore sepultus de-

cessit. Cujus Epitaphium his Hibernicis versibus |)

descriptum ibidem legitur.” [Here he gives the

' Irish verses as printed above in the text.] “Qui

versus latine redditi talem exhibent sensum :

1004.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 753

The Age of Christ, 1004. The third year of Brian. Domhnall, son of
Maicniadh, Abbot of Mainstir-Buithe, a bishop and holy senior, died. St. Aedh,
lector of Frefoit, bishop, wise man, and pilgrim, died after a good life at Ard-
Macha, with great honour and veneration. In lamentation of him was said :

The wise man, the archbishop,

The saint of God of comely face,—

Apostleship has departed from us,

Since Aedh departed from the side of Teamhair*,
Since Aedh of sweet Breaghmhagh liveth not,
Of bright renown, in sweet verses sung ;

A loss is the gem, shining and pleasant,

The learning of Ireland has'perished in him.

Maelbrighde Ua Rimheadha, Abbot of Ia, died. Dombhnall, son of Niall,
Abbot of Cill-Lamhraighe’, died. Foghartach, Abbot of Leithghlinn and
Saighir, died. Muireadhach, lord of Conaille, was slain by the Mughdhorna.
Gillacomhghaill, son of Ardghar, and his son, and two hundred along with
them, were slain by Maelruanaidh, son of Ardghar, contending for the kingdom
of Ulidia. A hosting by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, with the men of the south
of Ireland, into Cinel-Eoghain and Ulidia, to demand hostages. They proceeded
through Meath, where they remained a night at Tailltin. They afterwards
marched northwards, and remained a week at Ard-Macha; and Brian left
twenty ounces of gold [as an offering] upon the altar of Ard-Macha. After
that they went into Dal-Araidhe, and carried off the pledges of the Dal-Araidhe
and Dal-Fiatach in general. Ingeirci, lord of Conailli, was slain. Ath-cliath
was burned by the people of South Breagha, by secrecy. Leath-Chathail was
plundered by Flaithbheartach Ua Neill; and Aedh, son of Tomaltach, lord of

“ Iste sapiens, Archiepiscopus, Sanctus Dei decorus Aenguis, at 6th of December, the church of

forma ; Cill-Lamhraighe, of which Gobban Mac Ui La-
Transiit a nobis Apostolus, quando decessit Aidus _nairech was the patron, is placed ‘*1 nUib Caip-
ex partibus Temorie. theno .. a mapzan Oppaige,” in Ui-Cairthenn,
Quandoquidem non vivit Aidus de Bregmagia in the west of Ossory. It is the church now
speciosa vir celebris fame, lucens lucerna ; called Killamery, situated in the barony. of
(O detrimentum /) pretiosa gemma, decus clarum, Kells, and county of Kilkenny. There is a
interiit in eo doctrina Hibernia.” tombstone with a very ancient inscription near

> Cill-Lamhraighe.—In the gloss to the Feilire- this church.
dD

754 QNNQZa RIOSshachta elReEGNnN.

(1005.

vo mapbad lair. Raomfs oc Loch Omicpeno ma fFElatbfpcach pon
Uib Eactach 7 pon Ulcaib, hi cconchain Ancan, mogdamna Ua n€atach vo
manbao.

Coy Cmorc, mile actice. On clépamhad bliadain vo Ohpian. Pingin,
abb Rorpa Cpé, vécc. Ounchad, mac Ounadaicch, plpleigino Cluana mic
Nop, @ hangcompe rappin, cfhod a magla,7 a plncaip, vécc. Stn ml Cumn
na mboéc epide. Maolpuanad, mac eda Ui Ouboa, cig(pna Ua Piacnaé
Muipipcce, 7 a mac «1. Maolp(chlainn, 7 a bnataip a. Gebenoac mac Cleda,
vé5. Cpeach mon la Plaicb(pcach, mac Muincfpeag la mas(pna nChhs hi
Conaillib Muipteimne, conup cappad Maolpfchlainn, pi Tlmpach, co prap-
ceabp(et 0a céd dfob eiccip manbad 7 epsabal im zig(pna Ua Piacnach
QApoa ppata. Catal, mac Ounchada, cisfina Galeng mép, vo mapbad. |
Eénnhd Ua hCicide, tigepna Ua n€atach, vo manbad la hUlcab péipin.

Slioche bubaip Cluana mic Noip, 7 bubaip an Onlén .1. Orlen na naom pon
Coch Ribh.

Mopylucicchead rfp nEneann la Gpian, mac Cimnérccish, vo cuingid Fall
co Cenel Conall 7 Cogan. Apo locan oan lap Connache pon Ear Rua, °
van lan Tine Conall, cma Cenel n€ogam, pon Pipcaip campa 1 nOal Riaova
71 nOal nOpawe, 1 nUlcaib, 1 Conaille muiptemne co ccoppaccaccap im
lucchnapad co bealach ouin. Coccap mmoppo Caigin oan Op(Sa podearp via

© Loch-Bricrenn.—Now Loughbrickland, in
the county of Down.—See note *, under the
year 832, pp. 447, 448, suprd.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

“A.D. 1004. Hugh O’Flannagan, Airchin-
nech of Maine-Coluim Cill” [now Moone, in the
south of the county of Kildare,—Ep.]; “‘ Rag-
nal mac Gofray, king of Ilands; Conor mac
Daniell, king of Loch Behech; Maelbryde
O’Rimea, Abbot of Aei; Donell mac Macnia,
Airchinnech of Mainister, in Christo mortut sunt.
Gilcomgail, king of Ulster, killed by Maelruanay,
his owne brother. Hugh mac Tomaltay killed
by Flavertagh O’Nell, the day he spoyled Lecale.

Muregan of Bothdonay, Coarb of Patrick, in
the 72nd yeare of his age, died. Hugh of Treod,
cheife in learning and prayer, mortuus est, in
Ardmach. <A battle between the men of Scot-
land at Monedir, where the king of Scotland,
Cinaeth mac Duiv, was slaine. An overthrow
at Lochbrickrenn given to Ulstermen and
O’Nehachs, where Artan, heyre of Ehaches,
fell. Great forces by Bryan, with~the lords
and nobility of Ireland about him, to Ardmach,
and left 20 ounces of gold upon Patrick’s altar,
and went back with pledges of all Ireland with
him.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Book of Cluain-mic-Nois.—This is probably
the chronicle translated into English by Connell

te

estintinriaines slttasimabasiial

1005.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 755

Leath-Chathail, was slain by him. A battle was gained at Loch-Bricrenn‘, by
Flaithbheartach, over the Ui-Eathach and the Ulidians, where Artan, royal heir
of Ui-Eathach, was slain.

The Age of Christ, 1005. The fourth year of Brian. Finghin, Abbot of
Ros-Cre, died. Dunchadh, son of Dunadhach, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, and
its anchorite afterwards, head of its rule and history, died ; he was the senior
of the race of Conn-na-mbocht. Maelruanaidh, son of Aedh Ua Dubhda, lord
of Ui-Fiachrach-Muirisge, and his son, i. e. Maelseachlainn, and his brother,

i.e. Gebhennach, son of Aedh, died. A great prey was made by Flaithbhear-

tach, son of Muircheartach, lord of Aileach, in Conaille-Muirtheimhne ; but
Maelseachlainn, King of Teamhair, overtook him [and his party], and they lost
two hundred men by killing and capturing, together with the lord of Ui-Fiach-
rach Arda-sratha. Cathal, son of Dunchadh, lord of Gaileanga-Mora, was slain.
Echmhilidh Ua hAitidhe, lord of Ui-Eathach, was slain by the Ulidians
themselves.

Extract from the Book of Cluain-mic-Nois*, and the Book of the Island’, 1. e. the
Island of the Saints, in Loch Ribh.

A great army was led by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, into Cinel-Conaill and
Cinel-Eoghain, to demand hostages. The rout they took was through the
middle of Connaught, over Eas-Ruaidh, through the middle of Tir-Conaill,
through Cinel-Eoghain, over Feartas Camsa‘, into Dal-Riada, into Dal-Araidhe,
into Ulidia, into Conaille-Muirtheimhne ; and they arrived, about Lammas, at
Bealach-duin’. The Leinstermen then proceeded southwards across Breagha

Mageoghegan in 1627; but this passage isnot Camus. This was the name ofa ford on the

to be found in the translation.

°* The Book of the Island.—This was a book of
annals, which were continued by Augustin Ma-
graidin to his own time, A. D. 1405. Ware had
a part of these annals, with some additions made
after Magraidin’s death.—See Harris’s edition
of Ware’s Writers of Ireland, p. 87; Colgan’s
Acta Sanctorum, p. 5; and Archdall’s Monast.
Hib., p. 442. These annals have not been yet
identified, if extant.

‘ Feartas-Camsa: i.e. the ford or crossing of

River Bann, near the old church of Camus-
Macosquin. — See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum,
p. 147; and Reeves’s Heclesiastical Antiquities of
Down and Connor, §c., pp. 342, 388, and note *,
under A. D. 938, p. 639, supra.

& Bealach-duin.—The place of this name
already referred to at the years 770, 778, 868,
969, is the present Castlekieran, near Kells, in
Meath. But from the references to the sea and
the plain of Bregia in this passage, it would
appear that the Bealach-duin here mentioned

OEDiz

756 . ANNAZA RIOShAchtTA EIREANN.

[1006.

ccin, 7 Halll pon mum ciméeall cap via noain. Muimmg mmoppo,7 Opparge,
7 Connacta ian puc mide prap vocum a cine. Ro siallpac, moppo Ula
vond fectya, act ni cucpac Zéill Conall 7 Eogam. Maol na mb6, ciseanna
Ua Cennpelaig, 00 manbad la a Chenél pém. Maolpuanaw, mac Apoganp,
pi Ulad, 00 manbad la Mavadan, mac Oomnarll, 1ap mbeit leit bhadain
apmige an céicetd. Mavoadan, mac Oomnall, pi Ulad, v0 mapbad von Tonc,
1. Oubcuinne, pon lan Otine Leachslaim, can cuptugad naom n€ntnn.
Oubcumne, «1. an Tone, pi Ulad, vo manbad, cné plopcanb OE 7 Paccpaice
la Muipeadac mac Mavadcin, a novfogal a atap. Munpeccen bocc o
bhoich Oormnagsh, comonba Paccparce, vés. Sechtmogac bliaohamn a aoip.

Cop Cort, mile a pé. On cinccead bliaohamn vo bhnian. Ceano-
paolad, aipchinneach Opoma moip Mocolmécc, Carcean, mac Maenarg,
abb Munganac, 7 Ceallach Ua Mnogopam, ainchimnech Concange, vécc.

Piachna Ua Pocanca, paccapc Cluana pinta Opénainn, vécc.

padead,

Cp 06 vo

Oo neoch nanaccpa po Epino,
€oin achavh 4 cll,

Nocan puanap uache na cenca,

Co nanace Cluain pfpta fino.

A Chpipe ni pecépmanp hn pesda
Manbad Fiachpna an bepla binn.

Cuazcal Ua Maolmacha, paci 7 comopba Phaccpaice 1 Mumam, 7 Ro-
bancach Ua hOilsiupa, ancoipe Cluana mic Noip v0 écc. Oo 6plshmaimbh

a cenél.

was in the present county of Louth. It is pro- —

bably intended for Bealach-Duna-Dealgan, i. e.
the road or pass of Dundalk.

» The foreigners : i. e. the Danes, who were
Brian Borumha’s allies, and who assisted him
in deposing Maelseachlainn II., and in weaken-
ing the power of the Northern Ui Neill.

* Westwards.—The writer is not very accurate
here in describing the points of the compass.
Westwards will apply to the men of Connaught,
but not to those of Ossory, who dwelt south-
wards of the point of their dispersion.

Thénphh Ua barseallan, c1s(pna Oanctparge, vo mapbad la Cenel

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

“A. D. 1005. Armeach mac Coscrai, bushup
and scribe of Ardmach, and Finguine, Abbot of
Maelruanai O’ Duvdai, his
sonn, Maelsechlainn, and his cosen, Gevennach,
mortut sunt. Echmili O’Haty, king of Onehach,
by Ulster, Maelruanai mac Flannagan, by the
Conells, and Cahalan, king of Galeng, occist sunt.
Forces about Ireland by Bryan, into Connaught,
over Esroe, into Tir-Conell, through Kindred-
Owen, over Fertas-Camsa, in Ulster, in Aenach-

Roscre, mortut sunt.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

1006.] 157

to their territory, and the foreigners" by sea round eastwards [southwards ?] to
their fortress. The Munstermen also and the Osraighi went through Meath
westwards' to their countries. The Ulidians rendered hostages on this occa-
sion ; but they [Brian Borumha and his party] did not obtain the hostages of
the races of Conall and Eoghan. Mael-na-mbo, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was
killed by his own tribe. Maelruanaidh, son of Ardghar, King of Ulidia, was
slain by Madadhan, son of Domhnall, after being one-half year in the govern-
ment of the province. Madadhan, son of Domhnall, King of Ulidia, was killed
by the Tore, i.e. Dubhtuinne, in the middle of Dun-Leathghlaise, in violation
of the guarantees of the saints of Ireland. Dubhtuinne, i.e. the Tore, King of
Ulidia, was slain, through the miracles of God and Patrick, by Muireadhach,
son of Madadhan, in revenge of his father. Muiregen Bocht, of Both-Domh-
naigh, successor of Patrick, died ; seventy years his age.

The Age of Christ, 1006. The fifth year of Brian. Ceannfaeladh, airchin-
neach of Druim-mor-Mocholmog ; Caicher, son of Maenach,.A bbot of Mungairid;
and Ceallach Ua Meanngorain, airchinneach of Corcach, died. Fiachra Ua Fo-
carta, priest of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, died. Of him was said :

Of all I traversed of Ireland,

Both field and church,

I did not get cold or want,

Till I reached the fair Cluain-fearta.

O Christ, we would not have parted in happiness,
Were it not for Fiachra of the sweet language.

Tuathal Ua Maoilmacha, a learned man, and comharba of Patrick in Mun-
ster ; and Robhartach Ua hAilghiusa, anchorite of Cluain-mic-Nois, died ; he

was of the tribe of Breaghmhaine. Trenfhear Ua Baigheallain‘, lord of Dar-

Conaill until Lammas, to Bealach Maoin” [recté,
duin], “until they submitted to Patrick’s re-
liques” [recté, to Patrick’s clergy], ‘‘and to his
coarb, Maelmuire mac Eochaa. Battle betwene
Scotsmen and Saxons, where Scottsmen were
discomfitted, with a great slaghter of their good
men. Maelnambo, king of Cinnselai, killed by
his owne” [a suis occisus est]. ‘‘ Gilcomgaill,

mac Ardgair, mic Madugan, king of Ulster,
killed by his brother, Maelruanai mac Ardgair.”
—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Trenfhear Ua Baoigheallain.—This name
would now be anglicised Traynor O’Boylan. The
O’Boylans, now Boylans, were chiefs of Dar-
try-Coininse, the present barony of Dartry, in
the county of Monaghan, adjoining Lough Erne.

758 aNNata RIOshachta eirReann. [1007.

Conall pon Coch Enne. Ciconnachr, mac Ounavhaig, caoipech Sil nOnm-
cada, vo manbad la Munchad mac Sram. Ua Oangalargs mmonpo cigfpna
Murccponge cipe por manb hi ppanpaoh Cothpa. Muipfohach, mac Cp-
ochamn, 00 faccbail comapbaip Cholaim Chille ap Ohia. Cetnuaducchad
aenaig Caillcfn la Maoilechloinn, 7 plpoormnach vo oiponeavh hi comanbup
CholaimChille a comanple pp n€peann ipin aenaé pin. Soipecél mopCholarm
Chille 00 dubsZold Ipin o1dce apm enoom raptanach an voimliacc méoip Chin-
ampa. Ppimmind 1aptaip oomhain ap aor an cumcaigh oaenoa, 7 a pasbal
via pics avhad pop vib miopaibh ian ngaicc OE a 6ip,7 OID caipip.

Slog lo la Plaicb(pcach Ua Néill co hUlcaib, co ccuce pecc naccine vavh-'

abh, 7 co po manb asfina Lerche Catal 1. Caulad mac Aengapa. _ Oom-
nall, mac Ourbcuinne, pi Ulad, v0 manbaoh la Mumpacé, mac Maoudain, 7
vo Uangaet Sléibe Puan.
CQpva Macha, vo écc.
Qoip Cmopz, mle a peace. Cn peipl bliadain vo bhman. Mupfoach
rut eppoop, mac bnatan Cinmipe borcc, vo macad 1 nuaimh 1 nOarlensaibh
Conamo. Pfpoomnach, comanba Cholaim Chille hi eCfanoup, 7 Pacena,
comapba Pinvéin Cluana hlopaipo, véce. Pimpnecca Ua Prachpa, abb Tige
Mochua, 7 Tuatal Ua Conéobain, comanba Pionncain, vécc. Maolmaine

Cinmfoach, mac Copccnaig, eppeop, 7 pecmbnid

Ua Seanagain, comanba Camnis, 7 Célecaip, mac Oumocuan, mic Cin-
neitcis, abb Tine va slap, vés. Madm ma nClongup, mac Cannas,
Fon PipabCeall, 0 1 cconcaip Oemun Saclac Ua Maolmuaiwh. Sece

' The Great Gospel.—This passage is translated
by Colgan as follows:

“A. D. 1006. Codicem Evangeliorum Divi
Columbe gemmis et auro cxlatum quidam la-
trunculi é Basilica majori Kenunnasensi de
nocte furantur: et post duos menses auro et
cxlatione exutus, reperitur sub cespitibus.”—
Trias Thaum., p. 508.

This splendid manuscript of the Gospels is
now preserved in the Library of Trinity Col-
lege, Dublin.—See the Miscellany of the Irish
Archeological Society, vol. i. p. 127.

™ Erdomh: i.e. the porticus, sacristy, or lateral
building, attached to the great church of Kells.

—See Petrie’s Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 433
to 438. :

The Annals of Ulster notice the following
events under this year:

“A, D. 1006. Maelruana mac Ardgair killed

by Madagan mac Donell. Cellach O’Menngo-
ran, Airchinnech of Cork, quievit. Trener
O’Boyllan, king of Dartry, killed by Kindred-
Connell at Loch Erne. Madagan mac Donell,
king of Ulster, killed by Tork, in St. Bride’s
Church, in the midest of Dundalehglas. Cucon-
nacht mac Dunai killed by Bryan, per dolum.
An army by Flahvertach O’Nell into Ulster,
that he brought seven pledges from them, and

"4

» ie

1007.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

759

traighe, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill on Loch-Eirne. Cuconnacht, son of
Dunadhaigh, chief of Sil-Anmchadha, was slain by Murchadh, son of Brian
[Borumha]. Ua Dunghalaigh, lord of Muscraighe-thire, slew him in the vici-
nity of Lothra. Muireadhach, son of Crichan, resigned the successorship of
Colum Cille for the sake of God. The renewal of the fair of Tailltin by Mael-
seachlainn ; and Feardomhnach was appointed to the successorship of Colum
Cill, by advice of the men of Ireland. The Great Gospel’ of Colum Cille was
stolen at night from the western Erdomh™ of the great church of Ceanannus.
This was the principal relic of the western world, on account of its singular
cover ; and it was found after twenty nights and two months, its gold having
been stolen off it, and a sod over it. An army was led by Flaithbheartach
Ua Neill into Ulidia, and carried off seven hostages from them, and slew the
lord of Leath-Chathail, i.e. Cuuladh, son of Aenghus. Domhnall, son of Dubh-
tuinne, King of Ulidia, was slain by Muireadhach, son of Madudhan, and
Uarghaeth of Sliabh Fuaid.
of Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 1007. The sixth year of Brian. Muireadhach, a dis-
tinguished bishop, son of the brother of Ainmire Bocht, was suffocated in a
cave", in Gaileanga of Corann. Feardomhnach, successor of Finnen of Cluain-
Iraird, died. Finshnechta Ua Fiachra, Abbot of Teach-Mochua; and Tuathal
O’Conchobhair, successor of Finntan, died. Maelmaire Ua Gearagain, successor
of Cainneach ; and Ceileachair, son of Donncuan, son of Ceinneidigh, Abbot

Airmeadhach, son of Cosgrach, Bishop and scribe

of Tir-da-ghlas, died. A victory was gained by Aenghus, son of Carrach, over
the Feara-Ceall, wherein fell Demon Gatlach Ua Maelmhuaidh. Great frost and

killed the king of Lecale, Cu-Ula mac Aengusa.
Forces by Bryan into Kindred-Owen to Dune-

Columkill by the advice of Ireland in that faire.
The book called Soscel mor, or Great Gospell of

rainn, nere Ardmach, and brought with him
Criciden, Coarb of Finnen Maibile, who was cap-
tive from Ulster with Kindred-Owen. The Tork,
king of Ulster, killed by Mureach mac Madu-
gan, in revenge of his father, by the power of
God and Patrick. Mureach mac Crichain re-
nounced” [recté, resigned] ‘the Coarbship of
Colum Cill for God. The renewing of the faire
of Aenach Taillten by Maelsechlainn. Ferdov-
aach” [was installed] “in the Coarbship of

Colum Cill, stolen.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The entry relating to the stealing of the
Gospel of St. Columbkille is left imperfect in
the old translation of the Annals of Ulster, but
in O’Conor’s edition the passage is complete,
and agrees with the text of the Four Masters.

" A cave.—This is probably the cave of Kesh-
corran, in the barony of Corran, and county of
Sligo, connected with which curious legends
still exist among the peasantry.

760 aNNAaza RIOshachta elReaNnn. [1008.
mop] pneacca 6 oche lv lanuam coCaipe. Mumeadach, mac Oubcuinne,
pi Ulad.
Coip Cmorc, mile a hochc. Qn pléctmad bhavhain vo bhman. Catal,
mac Capplupa, comanba Camoig, Maelmuine Ua hUchcamn, comapnba Cfn-
annpa, vés. Echrigeann Ua Goinmsilla, vécc. Oubcoblais, mgxtn prs Con-
nace, b(n Ghmiain, mic Cimneiceig, vécc. TadgZ Oubpinleac, mac mg Con-
nact, vo mapbad la Connmarcmb. Guppan, mac Ui Tpearparch, cigfpna
Ua mbainnce, vécc. Maovodan, c1i5(pna Sil nOnmchada, vo manbao la a
bpacaip. Slash la Plentb(pcach Ua Néill 50 fiona Oplsh, co ccuce
bonoma mop. Maidm pon Connaccaib a ppfpaib bnerpne. Mardm ona pon
peanaib Gpéipne pia Connaccaibh. Clotna, mac Clongura, ppim pile Epeann
Ina campip, vécc. Gupan, mac Thplparg, ciseapna Ua mbaippce, vo écc.
Cloip Cmorc, mile a nao. On coccmad bliadain vo Ohman. Conaing,
mac Cleoagain, eppcop, vécc hi cCluam mic Norp. Oo Mugodopnaib Mans
achenél. Cpunomaol eppcop vecc. Sccannlan Ua Otngalam, abb Oiin
Lfeslaips, 00 dallad. Oranmano, comanba beanargh, Muipfoach, mac Moch-
loinspis, capcimneach Mucnama, Maolputain Ua Cfpball vo muinncip Inp
Paicttho, ppm paoraptaip domam ina aimyip,7 cT1Zfna Eoganachca Locha
Lém, décc 1ap noeisb(chaw. Mancan, mac Cinnéiccis, cfno cléipeac
Comanba Colaim mic Cmomtaimn, 1. Tipe va slap, Innpr
Cacal, mac Concobarp, pi Connacc, véce
Ocanbail, mgtn Tardg,

Muman, vece.
Cealtna,7 Cille Oalua, vo écc.
vin bpfmamn. € pm Mac mic Caioce an cup.

° Muireadhach.—This is inserted in a modern
The Annals of
Ulster notice the following events under this

or Timothy, the Black-eyed.
hand, and is left imperfect. The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year: F

“© A.D. 1008. Extream revenge by Maelsech- _

Jainn upon Lenster. Cahal mac Carlusa, Coarb

year :

“A, D. 1007. Ferdovnach, Coarb of Kells,
viz'. Cenannas; Celechair, mac Duncuan mic
Cinedi, Coarb of Colum mac Crivthainn; and
of the great speare, king of O’Dorhainn, killed
by Kindred-Owen in Ardmach, in the midest of
Trian-mor, for the uprising of both armyes.
Donncha O’Cele blinded by Flahvertach at Inis-
Owen, and killed him after. An overthrow

Maelmuire, Coarb of Cainnech, in Christo dor-
mierunt. Mureach mac Madugan, heyre of Ul-
ster, killed by his own. Fachtna, Coarb of |
Finian of Clon-Iraird, quievit. Great frost and
snow from the first’ [recté, sixth] “Id. of Ja-

of Cainnech; and Maelmuire O’Huchtan, Coarb ~
of Kells, mortui sunt. Maelan-in-gai-moir, .i.

nuary untill Easter.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.
» Tadhg Dubhshuileach : i. e. Teige, Thaddeus,

given to Connaght by Brefnymen; and another

by Connaght given them. An army by Flah-

1008. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 761

snow from the eighth of the Ides of January till Easter. Muireadhach®, son of

Dubhtuinne, King of Ulidia, [was slain].

The Age of Christ, 1008. The seventh year of Brian. Cathal, son of
Carlus, successor of Cainneach; Maelmuire Ua hUchtain, comharba of Ceanan-
nus, died. Echthighearn Ua Goirmghilla, died. Dubhchobhlaigh, daughter of
the King of Connaught, and wife of Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, died. Tadhg
Dubhshuileach?, son of the King of Connaught, was slain by the Conmaicni.
Gussan, son of Ua Treassach, lord of Ui-Bairrche, died. Madudhan, lord of
Sil-Anmchadha, was slain by his brother. An army was led by Flaithbheartach
Ua Neill against the men of Breagha, and carried off a great cattle spoil. A
battle was gained over the Conmaicni by the men of Breifne. A battle was
gained over the men of Breifne by the Connaughtmen. Clothna, son of Aen-
ghus, chief poet of Ireland in his time, died. Gusan, son of Treasach, lord of
Ui-Bairche, died.

The Age of Christ, 1009 [recté 1010]. The eighth year of Brian. Conaing,
son of Aedhagan, a bishop, died at Cluain-mic-Nois ; he was of the tribe of the
Mughdhorna-Maighen. Crunnmhael, a bishop, died. Scannlan Ua Dungha-
lain, Abbot of Dun-Leathghlaise, was blinded. Diarmaid, successor of Bear-
rach; Muireadhach, son of Mochloingseach, airchinneach of Mucnamh; Mael-
suthain Ua Cearbhaill, [one] of the family of Inis-Faithleann‘, chief doctor of
the western world in his time, and lord of Eoghanacht of Loch-Lein’, died after
a good life. Marcan*, son of Ceinneidigh, head of the clergy of Munster, died.
The comharba of Colum, son of Crimhthainn, i. e. of Tir-da-ghlas, Innis-Cealtra
and Cill-Dalua, died. Cathal, son of Conchobhar, King of Connaught, died
after penance; he was the grandson of Tadhg of the Tower. Dearbhail,

4 Inis-Faithleann.—Now Innisfallen, an island
in the Lower Lake of Killarney, in the county
of Kerry, on which are the ruins of several an-

vertach O’Nell to the men of Bregh, from whom
he brought many cowes. Maelmorra, king of
Lenster, gott a fall, and burst”? [broke] “his

legg. Duvchavlay, daughter to the king of
Connaght, wife to Bryan mac Cinnedy, mortua
est. The oratory of Ardmach this yeare is co-
vered with lead” [Oratorium Ardmacha in hoc
anno plumbo tegitur}]. ‘ Clothna mac Aengusa,
chief poet of Ireland, died.”—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

cient churches.

* Koghanacht Locha-Lein.—A territory in the
county of Kerry, comprised in the present ba-
rony of Magunihy, in the south-east of that
county.

* Marcan.—He was a brother of Brian Bo-
rumha.

55

762

aNNaza RIOSshachta E€IReEaNN. [1010.

mic Catal, vécc. Catal, mac Owboana, cig(ina PGmanach, vécc. Mur-
plohac hUa hCeda, cig(pna Murpcpaige, [vécc]. Sloshfo la 6man co
‘Claonloch Sléibe Puarc, co puce aiccipe Cenél Eoghan 7 Ulad. Cod, mac
Cuimn, mogdarnna Oils, 7 Oonncuan, cigeapna Musdonn, 00 manbad.
Cloip Cmorz, mile aveich. Cn nomad bliadain 00 bhmian. Muipfoach,
mac Cpfocham, comanba Colaim Cille, 7 Cloamnain, pao, 7 eppcop, 7 mac
oicce, pipleigimo Apoa Macha, 7 adban comapba Phaccpaicc, vécc 1appan
cltpamad bliadamn peaccmodat a aoip) a u. Calainn lanuam, aidce Sataipn
vo ponnpavh, 7 po haonaiclo co nondip, | 50 naipmicin pin doimliacc mop 1
nCpo Macha an bélarb na halcopa. Plano Ua Oonnchada, comanba Oen-
Plaitbeancach Ua Cetenen, comapba Tis (pnarg, pfndip, 7 put
eppcop, do sun 6 p(paib Opeipne, 7 a €cc tap pin ina cill peippm nm Cluamn
€oap. Oubcach, mac lapnam, aipcinveach Oeanmarge, Odlach Ofpipt
Tola, comanba Pécene 7 Tola, pembms cogaide, Pachcna, comanba Pin-
vem Cluana hlonaips, véce. Sloicchead la 6pran co Mag Conainn, co puce
leip ti5(na Cenedil Conall 1. Maelpuanaio Ua Maoloonaid, pra péip, 50

nae, décc.

Cin Conao.

* Feara-Manach.—Now Fermanagh.

« Claenloch.—Situated near Newtown-Hamil-
ton, in the county of Armagh.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

«A. D. 1009. Cahal mac Conor, king of
Connaght” [in penitentia moritur] ; “* Mureach
O’Hugh, king of Muskry, and Cahal mac Duv-
dara, king of Fermanach, mortui sunt. Maelsu-
hain O’Cerval, chiefe learned of Ireland, and
king of Eoganacht Locha-Lein. Markan mac
Cinnedy, Coarb of Colum mac Crivhainn, of
Inis-Celtra, and Killdalua, and Mureach mac
Mochloingse, Airchinnech of Mucknay, in Christo
dormierunt. Hugh mac Cuinn, heyre of Ailech,
and Duncuan, king of Mugorn, occist sunt.
Forces by Bryan to Claenloch of Sliave-Fuaid,
that he got the pledges of Leth Cuinn, .i.” [the
northern ] “half of Irland. Estas torrida. Au-
tumnus fructuosus. Scannlan O’ Dungalain, prince

Maolpuanad Ua Oomnall, mZeanna Cenedil Cuigdeach, vo

of Dundalehglas, was forcibly entred into his
mansion” [recté, was forcibly entered upon in
his mansion], ‘‘himself blinded after he was
brought forth at Finavar by Nell mac Duv-
thuinne. Dervaile, Teg mac Cahal’s daughter,
mortua est.”,—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. ’

“ On Saturday night.—These criteria clearly
show that the Annals of the Four Masters, as
well as the Annals of Ulster, are antedated at
this period by one year. In the year 1010, the
fifth of the Calends of January, or 28th of De-
cember, fell on Friday, as appears from the
order of the Dominical letters, and of the cycle
of the moon. But in the next year, 1011, the
fifth before the Calends of January, or 28th of
December, fell on Saturday.

* Oenna: i.e. Endeus of Killeany in Aran-
more, an island in the bay of Galway.

¥ Magh-Corrann.—N ot identified.

* Ceann-Coradh: i.e. Head of the Weir, now

1010.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 763

daughter of Tadhg, son of Cathal, died. Cathal, son of Dubhdara, lord of
Feara-Manach’, died. Muireadhach Ua hAedha, lord of Muscraighe, [died].
An army was led by Brian to Claenloch" of Sliabh-Fuaid, and he obtained the
hostages of the Cinel-Eoghain and Ulidians. Aedh, son of Conn, royal heir of
Oileach ; and Donncuan, lord of Mughdhorna, were slain.

The Age of Christ, 1010 [recté 1011]. The ninth year of Brian. Mui-
readhach, son of Crichan, successor of Colum-Cille and Adamnan, a learned
man, bishop, and virgin, lector of Ard-Macha, and intended successor of Patrick,
died after the seventy-fourth year of his age, on the fifth of the Calends of
January, on Saturday night” precisely ; and he was buried with great honour
and veneration in the great church of Ard-Macha, before the altar. Flann
Ua Donnchadha, successor of Oenna*, died. Flaithbheartach Ua Cethenen,
successor of Tighearnach, a [venerable] senior and distinguished bishop, was
mortally wounded by the men of Breifne ; and he afterwards died in his own
church at Cluain-Eois. Dubhthach, son of Jarnan, airchinneach of Dearmhach ;
Dalach of Disert-Tola, successor of Feichin and Tola, [and] a distinguished
scribe ; [and] Fachtna, successor of Finnen of Cluain-Iraird, died. An army
was led by Brian to Magh-Corrann’, and he took with him the lord of Cinel-
Conaill, i. e. Maelruanaidh Ua Maeldoraidh, in obedience, to Ceann-Coradh’.
Maelruanaidh Ua Domhnaill*, lord of Cinel-Luighdheach, was slain by the men

anglicised Kincora. This was the name of a hill
in the present town of Killaloe, in the county
of Clare, where the kings of Thomond erected
a palace. It extended from the present Roman
Catholic chapel to the brow of the hill over the
bridge ; but not a vestige of it remains. The
name is still retained in Kincora Lodge, situated
not far from the original site of Brian Borumha’s
palace.—See Cireuit of Muircheartach Mac Neill,
p- 46. ;

* Ua Domhnaill.—Now anglicé O’Donnell.
This is the first notice of the surname Ua Domh-
naill to be found in the Irish annals. This fa-
mily, who, after the English invasion, became
supreme princes or kings of Tirconnell, had
been previously chiefs of the cantred of Cinel-

Luighdheach, of which Kilmacrenan, in the
county of Donegal, was the principal church
and residence. They derive their hereditary
surname from Domhnall, son of Eigneachan, who
died in the year 901 (see p. 563, supra), who
was son of Dalachk, who died in 868,—who was
the youngest son of Muircheartach, son of
Ceannfaeladh, son of Garbh, son of Ronan, son
of Lughaidh, from whom was derived the tribe-
name of Cinel-Luigheach, son of Sedna, son of
Fearghus Ceannfoda, i.e. Fergus the Long-
headed, son of Conall Gulban, son of Niall of
the Nine Hostages, monarch of Ireland in the
beginning of the fifth century. For the extent
of Cinel-Luighdheach, see note *, under the
year 868, p. 513, supra.

53n2

764 ANNQza RIOshachta eiReann.

(1011.

manbad la pina’ Mange hiche. Oengup Ua Lapain, cig (ina Cenél n€noa,
vo manbad la Cenel n€ogain na hlnpi. Mupchad, mac bain, co befpab
Muman, co Cargmbh, co nUibh Néill an véipceinc, 7 co bPlaitbfptach, mac
Mumpce(pcarg, agZ(nna Os co nogaib an Phochla vo 1onopaoh Chénel Cuigh-
deach, 50 puccpace cpi céd vo bnoid 7 cpeach mép 00 molibh. Oomnall,

mac bpiain, mic Cinveio1g, mac ms Epeann, vég. Sloree la Plentb(pcach

Ua Néill, co OGn Eacach, co po loipe an vin, co po br an baile, 7 v0
bene aiccipe 6 Niall mac Ourbhtunne. Clod, mac Matgamna, pfogoamna
Carpi, vécc. Paelan, mac Ounlans, ci§(nna Ua mbuiwe, vécc.

Coy Cmorc, mile a haon vécc. On veachmad bliadain vo Ohman.
Tedm mon .1. cnurc, 7 tpfsaic 1 nApo Macha o Shamam co bealcainne co
nebletan opong mon vo pnwucib,7 00 macanb lerginn, im Ch(nophaolad an
tpabaall, eppcop, angcoipe, 7 aalitin, im Maolbpigve mac an Ghobann,
EMleigmo Anoa Macha, 1m Scolage mac Cléincen uapal paccane
CQpoa Macha. Qobatacan pom von tedmain pin, pocaide ole amarlle
pma. Manpcan, abb Lucchmaioh, Cran, comanba Cainmgh, Caoncompnac
Ua Scannlain, ainémoeach Oammre, Maclonam, abb Ropa Cpe, 7 Cono-
mach Ua Tompain, pacayc,7 toipeach ceileabanta Cluana mic Nop, v€5.
Sloishfo la Plaitbeantach mac Muincfpearg hi Cenel Conall, co puacht
MashcClctne. Rug bosabal mop, 00 veochad plan ora chich. Sloishlo
la Plaitb(pcach mac Muipc(pcaicch oom 1 Cenél Conall co puacht
Opum cliabh 7 Tpacc nEotule, 04 m po mapnbad Niall, mac Giollapac-

> Cined-Enda.—A territory lying between
Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly, in the present
county of Donegal.—See note *, under 1175.

° The Cinel-Eoghain of the Island : i.e. of Inis-
Eoghain, now the barony of Inishowen, in the
county of Donegal.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1010” [recté, 1011]. ‘* Dunaach in
Colum Cill’s in Ardmach ; Flaihvertagh O’Ce-
hinan, Coarb of Tiarnach, cheife bushop and
anchorite, killed by Brefnemen in his owne
cittie. Mureach O’Crichan, Coarb of Colum
Cill, and Lector of Ardmach, in Christo mortuus

est. Flavertach O’Nell, king of Ailech, with the
young men of the Fochla, and Murcha Bryan’s
sonn, with Mounstermen, Lenster, and the south
O’Nells, spoyled Kindred-Conell, from whence
they brought 300 captives, with many cowes.
Bryan and Maelsechlainn againe in campe at
Anaghduiv. Maelruanay O’Donell, king of
Kindred-Lugach, killed by the men of Magh-
Itha, Aengus O’Lapan, king of Kindred-Enni,
killed by Kindred-Owen of the Iland. Hugh

mac Mathgamna, heyre of Cashill, mortwus est. -

An army by Flaivertach O’Nell against mac
Duvthuinne to Dun-Echach, burnt the said
Dun, broocke the towne, and tooke Nell mac

Pee te tag

ihe sy
=

1011.] 765

of Magh-Ithe. Oenghus Ua Lapain, lord of Cinel-Enda’, was slain by the Cinel-
Eoghain of the Island*. Murchadh, son of Brian, with the men of Munster, the
Leinstermen, with the Ui-Neill of the South, and Flaithbheartach, son of Muir-
cheartach, lord of Oileach, with the soldiers of the North, to plunder Cinel-
Luighdheach, and they carried off three hundred and a great prey of cattle.
Domhnall, son of Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, son of the king of Ireland, died.
An army was led by Flaithbheartach Ua Neill to Dun-Eathach ; and he burned
the fortress, and demolished the town, and he carried off pledges from Niall,
son of Dubhthuinne. Aedh, son of Mathghamhain, royal heir of Caiseal, died.
Faelan, son of Dunlaing, lord of Ui-Buidhe, died.

The Age of Christ, 1011 [recté 1012]. The tenth year of Brian. <A great
malady?, namely, lumps and griping, at Ard-Macha, from Allhallowtide till May,
so that a great number of the seniors and students died, together with Ceann-
faeladh of Sabhall, bishop, anchorite, and pilgrim ; Maelbrighde Mac-an-Gho-
bhann, lector of Ard-Macha ; and Scolaighe, son of Clercen, a noble priest of
Ard-Macha. These and many others along with them died of this sickness.
Martin, Abbot of Lughmhadh ; Cian, successor of Cainneach ; Caenchomrac
Ua Scannlain, airchinneach of Daimhinis ; Maclonain, Abbot of Ros-Cre ; and
Connmhach Ua Tomhrair, priest and chief singer of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. An
army was led by Flaithbheartach, son of Muircheartach, into Cinel-Conaill, until
he arrived at Magh-Cedne’; he carried off a great prey of cows, and returned
safe to his house. An army was led by Flaithbheartach, son of Muircheartach,
a second time into Cinel-Conaill, until he reached Druim-cliabh and Tracht-
Eothaile’, where Niall, son of Gillaphadraig, son of Fearghal, was slain, and

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

Duvthuinne’s pledges. An army by Bryan to Maelbrigidus Macangobhann, Scholasticus, seu

Macorainn, and carried with him the king of
Kindred-Conell close” [prisoner] ‘‘to Cenn-
Cora, .i. Maelruanai O’Maeldorai. Dalach of
Disert-Tolai, Coarb of Fechin” [bona senectute],
‘in Christo mortuus est.”>— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

‘A great malady.—This passage is translated
by Colgan as follows:

“A. D. 1011. Ardmacha a festo omnium
Sanctorum usque ad initium Maii, magna mor-
talitate infestatur; qua Kennfailadius de Sa-
ballo, Episcopus, Anachoreta et Peregrinus ;

Lector Ardmachanus; Scolagius, filius Cler-
cheni, nobilis Prabyter Ardmachanus, et alii
innumeri Seniores et studiosi Ardmachani in-
terierunt.”—Trias Thaum., p. 298.

® Magh-Cedne-—Now Moy, a plain situated
between the rivers Erne and Drowes, in the
south of the county of Donegal.—See note ™,
under A. D. 1301.

* Tracht-Kothaile: i. e. the Strand of Eothaile,
now Trawohelly, a great strand near Ballysa-
dare, in the county of Sligo.

766 ANNaza RIOSshachta eiReaNn.

(1012.

tpaice mic plpsaile, 7 po ppaomlo pon Mhaolpuanawd Ua Maolooparw, ace
m plo panecbad neac ann. Sloighfo la Maolp(chlaimn cap a ney by cTip i
n€ogain 50 Mag va gabarl 50 po loipeple a cneaé a Tealaig nOcc, co puce
sabala, 7 co nveacaid via tich pon cula. Slorccfo la Plartb(pcach 1apam
coppice Cipno Uladh, co po hoinccead co Léip an apo lap, pucc sabdla ap
oipimi puce pf pram eiccip bpaice 7 mole cennach naipeam ioip. Mardm
pon Niall, mac Ouibcuinne 3. caé na Mulach, pra Niall mac Eocada, mic
Aposaip, 08 1 ctcopcaip pochawe im Muipclpcach, mac Apcdin, canayp
Ua n€acac, 7 po haitmogad lap Niall, mac Ouibtuinne 1apamh. Chlell,
mac Geibenoaig, piogoamna Ua Maine, vécc. Cpionan, mac Sopmlada,
w15(pna Conaille, 00 manbad la Comcuailsne.

— Cloip Cpfopt, mile a v0 décc. Cn vana bliadain véce v0 6hmian. Mac
Mame, mic Copecnaig, comanba Cille ovalua, [ovécc]. Pmdm Saigpe vo
mapbaoh. Cian Ua 6(psgain, comanba Cainois, Oenbarl, mg(n Congalaig,
mic Maolemichig, ng pig Epeann, vég. Oomnall, 1. an Cac, pigoarmna
Connacc, vo mapbad la Maolpuanaid Ua Maolovonad, 7 Mag nor vo lop-
cead 7 vanecain ule Lap, 14ap ppaoiead pon Connaccarb 7 1ap ccon a naip.
Cheach mon la hUalsang Ua Ciappdai la mig(pna Comnppe, 7 la mac Néill
Ui Ruaine, 7 la piopa Teatba hi nGaleangab, conup tappad uachad veag- —
oaome do lucht taige Maoilpeachlaino rap nol ipin vain pin accé mepeca
co ttapopat cat oo1b tné diumap. Toncaip and von Oonnchad, mac

® Magh-da-ghabhal.—Plain of the Two Forks.
Not identified.—See note on Magh-da-ghabhar
under A. M. 3727, p. 46, supra.

» Tealach-Oog.—Now Tullaghoge, in the ba-
rony of Dungannon, and county of Tyrone.—
See note *, under the year 912, p. 584, supra.

i Ard-Uladh: i.e. altitudo Ultorum, now the
Ardes, in the east of the county of Down.—See
note under A. D. 1433.

k The Mullachs : i. e. the summits. There are
many places of this name, but nothing has been
yet discovered to fix the site of this battle.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1011. A certain disease that year at

Ardmach, whereof died many. Maelbride Macan-.

govan, Ferleginn” [Lector] ‘‘of Ardmach, and
Scolai mac Clearkean, priest of the same, died
thereof, and Cenfaela of the Savall, .i. chosen
Sowle-friend” [anmcana]. “ An army by Flaver-
tach mac Murtagh, king of Ailech, upon Kindred-
Conell, untill he came to Macetne, from whence
he brought a great pray of cowes, and returned
saufe again. An army by him againe to the
Conells as farr as Drumcliav, and Tracht-Neo-
thaile (.i. shore of Neothaile), and killed” [Gil]
Patrick mac Fergaile, sonn of Nell, and broke
of Maelruanai O’ Maeldorai, but none killed. An
army behind them” [i. e. in their absence] ‘into

Tyrone by Maelsechlainn, and to Madagaval, *

and burnt the same; prayed Tullanoog and
caryed them” [the preyes] “away. An army

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 767

Maelruanaidh Ua Maeldoraidh was defeated; but no [other] one was lost
there. An army was led, in their absence, by Maelseachlainn into Tir-Eoghain,
as far as Magh-da-ghabhal*, which they burned; they preyed as far as Tealach-
Oog", and, having obtained spoils, they returned back to his house. An army
was afterwards led by Flaithbheartach, till he arrived at Ard-Uladh’, so that
the whole of the Ardes was plundered by him; and he bore off from thence
spoils the most numerous that a king had ever borne, both prisoners and cattle
without number. A battle was gained over Niall, son of Dubhtuinne, i. e. the
battle of the Mullachs*, by Niall, son of Eochaidh, son of Ardghar, where many
were slain, together with Muircheartach, son of Artan, Tanist of Ui-Eathach ;
and he afterwards deposed Niall, son of Dubhthuinne. Ailell, son of Gebhen-
nach, royal heir of Ui-Maine, died. Crinan, son of Gormladh, lord of Conaille,
was killed by Cucuailgne.
The Age of Christ, 1012. The twelfth year of Brian. Mac-Maine, son of
Cosgrach, comharba of Cill-Dalua’, [died]. The Prior of Saighir was killed.
Cian Ua Geargain, successor of Cainneach, [and] Dearbhail, daughter of Con-
ghalach, son of Maelmithigh, [i. e.] daughter of the King of Ireland, died.
Domhnall, i. e. the Cat, royal heir of Connaught, was killed by Maelruanaidh
Ua Maeldoraidh ; and Magh-Aei was totally plundered and burned by him, after
defeating and slaughtering the Connaughtmen. A great depredation was com-
mitted by Ualgharg Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, and the son of Niall O’Ruaire,
and the men of Teathbha in Gaileanga ; but a few good men of the household
of Maelseachlainn overtook them, and being at that time intoxicated after
drinking, they [imprudently] gave them battle, through pride.

1012.)

There were

yet by Flavertach into Ard-Ula, and spoyled
and gott the greatest bootyes that ever king
had there, both men and chattle, that cannot be
numbered. Forces by Bryan into Magh-Mur-
thevni, that he gave fredom to Patrick’s churches
by that voyage. A discomfiture of Nell mac
Duvthuinne by Nell mac Eochaa, where Mur-
tagh mac Artan, heyre of Onehachs, was killed,
and mac Eochaa raigned after. Caenchorack
O’Scanlan, Airchinnech of Daivinis ;” [and]
“ Macklonan, Airchinnech of Roscree, mortut
sunt, Aengus, Airchinnech of Slane, killed by

the heyre of Duva” [vo mapbad vo Cinéinnech
Oubao, i.e. was killed by the airchinnech of
Dowth]. ‘“Crinan mac Gormlaa, king of the
Conells, killed” [by Cucuailgne].—Cod. Cla-
rend., tom. 49.

1 Cill-Dalua: i. e..the Church of St. Lua,
Dalua, or Molua, who erected a church here
about the beginning of the sixth century; now
anglicé Killaloe, a well-known town, the head
of an ancient bishop’s see, situated on the
western bank of the River Shannon, in the
south-east of the county of Clare.

768 ANNaza RIOSshachtTa eIReEGNN.

(1012.

Maolp(chlainn, 7 Oubcachigh Ua Maolcallann, cigffna Oecalbna bice.
Oonnchad mac Oonnchada Pim, pfogdamna Tfmpach, C finacan, mac Plamo,
cis(nna Cuigne, Shan Ua Leocan, tigfpna Gaullng, 7 pochmvde ele amaille
fmu. Maolp(chlann iapam via ccappachcain, co pranccabta occa na
sabala, 7 concain Ualgance Ua Cianpda, cisfpna Coinppe, co pocaidib ele
cenmotapom. Slogfoa méopa la Maolpfchlamn hi cepic Gall, 50 po loipce
an cip 50 h€vap cco ccappard Sicmucc, 7] Maolmopovha cpeich o1a ccpeach-
ab, co po manbrac oa cév01b 1m Plano mac Maoileachlainn, 1m mac Cop-
cain mic Echtigeinn, tig(pna Ceneoil Meacharp, 7 pochawe ole, 7 ay erpioe

maiom an Onaignem. Cond dia cummuccad no paolo mn nano,

Ni ma lovan Cuan pon peachc, pin Mide ppf popmmetecc,
baccan pailce Goll po clop, occ an Onaignén von cunap.

Sloiceld la Plaitb(pcach, la TISZCpna nis, co Margin atcaed 1 tcaob
Cfhannpa, co pangaib Maolpeaclainn an tealach 06. ®rollamoconna, mac
Pogapcais, wZ(pna oeipceipc Ops, poslargh Gall, 7 cule opovam aipcin
Emeann, véecc. Cylch la Mupchao, mac mam, hi Cangniu, co po ance an
cin 50 Glo 04a Locha, } co Cill Margneann, go po Loire an tip ule, 7 co pucc
sabala mona,7 bpoo oraipmide. Congup mop vo teacht vona Gallaibh
ipm Mumam, co po loipeple concach, act po ofogail Ora an gniom pin ponpa
po cé06ip, ap po mapbad Amlaob mac Sitmocca 1. mac agsfpna Salt, 7

Mazcsamain mac Oubsoill,7 Sochade ole la Catal mac Oomnaill, mic °

Ouboaboipmo. Muipépcach, mac Cloda Ui Néill, 00 manbhavh la Oal
Riavda co nopuing ole amanlle pnp. Cogad mon eiccip Hhallaib, 7 Ghaor-
dealab. Slog la bpian co hAeé an Carptino,7 po sabh ponbaip, 7 dunaoh
ano pi pé cedpa miop pon Hhallaibh. Ocingm iomda vo dénam la bman,

™ (’ Maelchallann.—Now anglicé Mulholland,
without the prefix O’. There were several dis-
tinct families of this name in Ireland.—See
Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and
Connor, §c., pp. 370 to 375.

» Dealbhna-Beag.—Now the barony of Fore,
or Demifore, in the north-west of the county of
Meath.

° Edar.—Otherwise called Beann-Edair, which

is still known throughout Ireland as the Irish
name of the Hill of Howth, in the county of
Dublin. :

® Draighnen.—Now Drinan, near Kinsaly, in
the county of Dublin.

4 Maighen-Attaed: i.e. Attaedh’s little plain.
This would be anglicised Moynatty; but the
name is obsolete.

* Cill- Maighneann.—Now Kilmainham, near

aN

1012) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 769
&

slain in it Donnchadh, son of Maelseachlainn; Dubhtaichligh Ua Maelchallann”,
lord of Dealbhna Beag"; Donnchadh, son of Donnchadh Finn, royal heir of
Teamhair ; Cearnachan, son of Flann, lord of Luighne ; Seanan Ua Leochain,
lord of Gaileanga ; and many others along with them. Maelseachlainn after-
wards overtook them [with his forces], and the spoils were left behind to him;
and Ualgharg Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, and many others besides them,
were slain. Great forces were led by Maelseachlainn into the territory of the
foreigners, and he burned the country as far as Edar®; but Sitric and Mael-
mordha overtook one of his preying parties, and slew two hundred of them,
together with Flann, son of Maelseachlainn ; the son of Lorcan, son of Ech-
thigern, lord of Cinel-Meachair ; and numbers of others. This was the defeat
of Draighnen?; in commemoration of which this quatrain was composed :

Not well on Monday on the expedition did the Meathmen go to

overrun ;
The foreigners, it was heard, were joyful of the journey at the
Draighnen. .

An army was led by Flaithbheartach, lord of Aileach, to Maighen-Attaed®,
by the son of Ceanannus; and Maelseachlainn left the hill [undisputed] to him.
Gillamochonna, son of Foghartach, lord of South Breagha, plunderer of the
_ foreigners, and flood of the glory of the east of Ireland, died. A deptredation
by Murchadh, son of Brian, in Leinster; he plundered the country as far as
Gleann-da-locha and Cill-Maighneann", and burned the whole country, and
carried off great spoils and innumerable prisoners. A great fleet of the foreigners
arrived in Munster, so that they burned Corcach ; but God immediately took
vengeance of them for that deed, for Amhlaeibh, son of Sitric, i.e. the son of
the lord of the foreigners, and Mathghamhain, son of Dubhghall, and many
others, were slain by Cathal, son of Domhnall, son of Dubhdabhoireann. Muir-
cheartach, son of Aedh O’Neill, was slain by the Dal-Riada, with a number of
others along with him. A great war between the foreigners and the Gaeidhil.
An army was led by Brian to Ath-an-chairthinn’, and he there encamped, and
laid siege to the foreigners for three months. Many fortresses were erected by

Dublin.—See note 4, under the year 782, p. 389, * Ath-an-chairthinn: i.e. Ford of the Rock.
supra. Situation unknown.

5 ¥

770

aNNata RIOshachta elReaNN. (1013.

B Great Cind conad, 7 Imp Sarll Owb, 7 Imp Cocha Sarghlfno. Cangeny —
Holl 1 Zcoccad pon Ohman, 7 Oman oce méomévd pop MWiumam oc Sleib —
Manpcce, 7 lagi vo ndpad lap co he chat. Opgain diormon pon Conallib
la Maelpeclainn 1 ccionand papagte Pinoparorg Phaccparce, 7 bmpce bac-
lae Pacpaic 6 Conclib .. 6 macaib Concuarlgne.

Cloip Cpiorc, mile acpi vécc, Ronan, comanba Pécin, Pine bent
mac Oomnaill, 1. 00 Chloinn Cholmain, comapba Ciandain 7 Pinvem, 7 Cond
Ua Ongpard, comanba Caoimsin, décc. Coimppe Pial, mac Catal, ancome
Olinne 04 Locha, Naoman Ua Semcind vécc. Oa angcoipe 1a0pide. Ounlang,
mac Tuacal, pi Cargfn, vécc. Coinppe, mac Cleinceimn, cig fina Ua Pi0-

seinti, oo manbad 1 meabanl la Maolcolaim Caonnargeach.

* Cathatir-Cinn-coradh: i.e. the Stone Fort
of Kincora at Killaloe.—See note under A. D.
1010, supra.

« [nis-Gaill-duibh: i. e. the Island of the
It is stated in the Dublin
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, at the year
1016, that this was the name of an island in the
Shannon, but it has not been yet identified. It
was probably another name for the King’s Island
at Limerick.

W Inis~Locha-Saighlean. — Unknown to the
Editor. Keating mentions the first establish-
ment of surnames, and the following erections

Black . Foreigner.

by Brian Borumha, from whom the O’Briens of
Munster took their hereditary surname of Ui
Briain, i. e. Nepotes Briani.

“Tle preterea primus instituit, ut cuique
genti certum cognomen, inderetur, quo explo-
ratitis esset ex qua stirpe queque familia pro-
pagaretur: cognomina enim antea in incerto
vagabantur, et in longd majorum serie contex-
enda consistebant. Templum etiam Laonense, ac
Templum Insule Celtrache condidit: obelis-
cumque Tuamgrenense” [cloizteac Cuama
Onéine] “ restauravit.
construxit,

Multos quoque pontes
et vias publicas lapide struxit.
Multa propugnacula, et insulas firmis muni-
mentis vallavit. Cassiliam etiam, Cennabradham,

lomaipece

Insulam Lochkeensem” [? Loch Cre juxta Ros-
crea] ‘‘Insulam Lochgairensem” [Lough Gur],
‘“* Duneocharmagham” [ Bruree], “‘ Duniasgum”
[hodieCahir], ‘‘ Duntreliagum”[ Duntryleague]
* Dungrottum” [Dungrod in valli de Gleann
Eatharlach ad radices Montis de Sliabh Grod in
agro Tipperariensi ], “‘ Duncliachum”’ [in vertice
collisde Knockany ] ‘ Inisangalldubhum, Insulam
Lochsaighlensem, Rossium Regum, Keanchoram,
et universe Momoniz portus[municipia? ] muni-
vit. Adeoacurata Regni administratione, ac se
vera disciplina Brianus usus est, ut feminam
unam ab aquilonari Hiberniz plagaad australem
progressam annulum aureum in propatulo ges-
tantem nemo attingere, vel minima violatione affi-
cere ausus fuerit.”—Dr. Lynch’s Translation of
Keating’s History of Ireland, p. 251.

These places are all known except Inis-an-
Ghoill Duibh, and Inis-Locha Saighleann.

The Annals of Ulster notice the following
events under this year :

«A. D. 1012. Forces by Maelsechlainn into
Tirconell” [recfé, into Conaille-Muirheyni], “in
revenge of forcing” [recté, the profanation of :
the] ‘‘ Finnfai of Patrick, and breacking Pa
trick’s Crosstafe in the contention of Maelmuire
and Bryan. A great army by Uolgarg O’Ciar-

1013.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 771

Brian, namely, Cathair-Cinn-coradh‘, Inis-Gaill-duibh", and Inis-Locha-Saigh-
leann”, [&c.] The Leinstermen and foreigners were at war with Brian ; and
Brian encamped at Sliabh Mairge, to defend Munster; and Leinster was plun-
dered by him as far as Ath-cliath. A great depredation upon the Conailli by
Maelseachlainn, in revenge of the profanation of the Finnfaidheach, and of the
breaking of Patrick’s crozier by the Conailli, i. e. by the sons of Cucuailgne.
The Age of Christ, 1013 [recté 1014]. Ronan, successor of Fechin; Flaith-
bheartach, son of Domhnall, i. e. of the Clann-Colmain, successor of Ciaran and
_Finnen ; and Conn Ua Diugraidh, successor of Caeimhghin, died. Cairbre
Fial*, son of Cathal, anchorite of Gleann-da-locha, [and] Naemhan Ua Sein-
chinn, died ; these were both anchorites. Dunlang, son of Tuathal, King
of Leinster, died. Cairbre, son of Cleirchen’, lord of Ui Fidhgeinte, was

treacherously slain by Maelcoluim Caenraigheach’.

sonn, into Galeng, and were mett by the good
men of Maelsechlainn’s houshold, after drinking
‘that howre, and through drunknes they gave
them battle by pryde, whereby fell there Dun-
cha mac Dunchaa Finn, heyre of Tarach ; Cer-
nachan mac Floinn, king of Luigne; Senan
O'Leogan, king of Galeng, and many more.
Maelsechlainn afterwards came upon them, res-
cued the prayes, and killed Uolgarg O’Ciardai,
king of Cairbre, and many more. An army by
Flavertach, king of Ailech, as farr as Ed, neare
Kells, and Maelsechlainn avoyded the hill for
him. Gilla-Mochonna, king of Descert Bregh,
died in Maelseachlainn’s house after tipling. He
was the man that made the Genties” [rectée, the
Galls] “plough by theire bodies, and two of
them by their tayles harowing after them. An
overthrow to the men of Meath by Genties”
[recté, by the Galls] ‘‘and Lenster at Draynan,
where 150 of them were slaine about Flann
mac Maelsechlainn. An army by Bryan to
Athkyrhynn, where he remayned for three
months. Great forces with Murcha mae Bryan
into Lenster, that he spoyled the country to
Glendaloch, and to Killmanane, and burnt all
the country, and caryed away great prayes and

A battle between the

innumerable captives. The slaghter of the Gen-
ties” [recté, Galls] “‘ by Cahall, mac Donnchaa,
mic Duvdavoirenn, where Sitrick, sonn to king
of Galls, and Mahon mac Duvaill mac Awlaiv,
and others, were slaine. A discomfiture of
Connaght by O’Maeldorai, where Donell mac
Cahell, surnamed Catt, heyre of Connaght, was
lost. Murtagh mac Hugh O’Nell killed by
Dalriaday. Many [de]fences made by Bryan,
viz. the City of Cinnchora, Inis-Galduv, and
the Iland of Loch Saylenn.
ties” [Galls] ‘‘ made warre with Bryan.

Lenster and Gen-
The
forces of Mounster and Bryan at Mountaine
Marci, and spoyled Lenster to Dublin. Flann,
sonn of Maelsechlainn by Genties” [rectée, Galls |
“of Dublin.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Cairbre Fial : i.e. Carbry the Hospitable
or Munificent.

¥ Cleirchen.—He was the ancestor of the family
of O’Cleirchen, now pronounced in Irish O’Cleire-
achain, and anglicised Cleary and Clarke, a
name still extant in the county of Limerick.

* Maelcoluim Caenraigheach : i. e. Malcolm of
Kenry, now a barony in the north of the county
of Limerick. Dr. O’Conor incorrectly trans-
lates this : ‘* Malcolumba tributi regii (exactore

‘ 5-2

772 ANNALA RIOshachTa eIREGNN. [1013.

eictin Uib Eatach pay a. eccip Cian, mac Maolmuad, 7 Oomnall mac
Ouboaboip(no, co cconéaip ann Cian, Catal,7 Rogallach, cpi merc Maoil-
muaid co nap mop impu. Sloicc(o la Oonnchad, mac bman, 1 noeipceipe
Eneann, 50 po manbh Catal, mac Oormall,7 co ccucc sialla 6 Ohom-
nall. Sloishead la Sallan’ 7 la Largmib hi Mhde, 7 1appin hi moplscnb, co
po oinccp(e Tlamonn Peicene, 7 puccpac bnaic 1omda,7 moile ofcapmide.
Sloghead la bran, mac Cinneiceig, mic Concain, la pig Epeann,7 la Maol-
rfchlainn mac Oomnaill, la mgs Tlmpach, co hAeé chat. § Ro tionolpiot
soll 1aptain eonpa inv asad Ohman 7 Maorily(chlaimn, 7 00 bepcpac vere
cév 50 Linpeachaib leo. _Peachap cach cpdda, amnap, assanb, amgid, amap-

mancach, Ccopna va na pmit pamail ipm aimpip pin, hr cCluam canpb, 1pin
Cine pia cCaayree vo ponnnad. Topéaipipin ccaé pin pian mac Cindéiceis,
aipopi Epfnn, Auguipc iantaip Coppa ule epfoe, 1pm ocemad bliadain an
ceitpe piccib a aoip1; Mupchad mac bmann, piosdamna Epeann ipin tnear
bliavain plpcac a aoip1, Conaing, mac Oumncuan, mac bnatap v0 bhman,
Toindealbac mac Munchad, mic 6am, Motla, mac Oomnaill, mic Pao-

“Cath Coradh Cluana tarbh,” which is trans-
lated ‘ Prelium Heroicum Cluantarbhie,” but it q
simply means “Battle of the Fishing Weir of
Cluain tarbh.” The Danes were better armed
in this battle than the Irish, for they had one

vel custode),” taking Caennaige, the name of a
tribe, to be cain pigoa, i. e. royal tribute.

a The Ui-Eathach.—This was the tribe-name
of the O’Mahonys and O’Donohoes of south
Munster.

> Cian, son of Maelmhuaidh : i. e. Kean, son of
Molloy. He is the ancestor of the family of
O’ Mahony.

° Domhnall, son of Dubh-da-bhoireann : i. e.
Donnell, or Daniel, son of Duy-Davoran. He was
the ancestor of the O’Donohoes. Both these
chieftains fought at the battle of Clontarf, and
the Four Masters have therefore misplaced this
entry.

‘ Tearmonn-Feichine : i.e. asylum Sancti Fe-
chini, the Termon, or Sanctuary of St. Feichin,
now Termonfeckin, in the barony of Ferard,
and county of Louth.—See Ussher’s Primordia,
p- 966; and Archdall’s Monas. Hib., p. 491.

* Cluain-tarbh : i.e. the Plain, Lawn, or Mea-
dow of the Bulls, now Clontarf, near the city of
Dublin. In Dr.O’Conor’s edition this is headed

thousand men dressed in, armour from head
to foot. In a dialogue between the Banshee
Oeibhill, or Oeibhinn of Craglea, and the hero,
Kineth O’Hartagan, the former is represented
as advising the latter to shun the battle, as the
Gaeidhil were dressed only in satin shirts, while
the Danes were in one mass of iron:

“ Céinceaca pndil an pol nSaerwdil,
Tp Boll na n-aonbpoin iapainn.”

‘ In the eighty-eighth year of his age.—This is
also stated to have been Brian’s age in the An-
nals of Clonmacnoise, as well as the Annals of In- —
nisfallen, and other accounts of this battle. But
the Annals of Ulster state that Brian was born —

in the year 941, according to which he wasin _

the seventy-third year of his age when he was :

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 773

1013.)

Ui-Eathach? themselves, i. e. between Cian, son of Maelmhuaidh®, and Domhnall,
son of Dubh-da-bhoireann’, in which were slain Cian, Cathal, and Roghallach,
three sons of Maelmhuaidh, with a great slaughter along with them. An army
was led by Donnchadh, son of Brian, to the south of Ireland; and he slew Cathal,
son of Domhnall, and carried off hostages from Domhnall. An army was led
by the foreigners and Leinstermen into Meath, and afterwards into Breagha ;
and they plundered Tearmonn-Feichine’, and carried off many captives and
countless cattle. An army was led by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, son of Lorcan,
King of Ireland, and by Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, King of Teamhair, to
Ath-cliath. The foreigners of the west of Europe assembled against Brian and
'- Maelseachlainn; and they took with them ten hundred men with coats of mail.
A spirited, fierce, violent, vengeful, and furious battle was fought between
them,—the likeness of which was not to be found in that time,—at Cluain-
tarbh*, on the Friday before Easter precisely. In this battle were slain Brian,
son of Ceinneidigh, monarch of Ireland, who was the Augustus of all the West
of Europe, in the eighty-eighth year of his age’; Murchadh, son of Brian, heir
apparent to the sovereignty of Ireland, in the sixty-third® year of his age; Conaing,
son of Donncuan, the son of Brian’s brother; Toirdhealbhach, son of Mur-
chadh', son of Brian; Mothla, son of Domhnall, son of Faelan’, lord of the Deisi-

slain, and this seems correct.—See Colgan’s
Acta Sanctorum, p. 106, note 3; and Ogygia,
p. 435, where O’Flaherty has the following re-
marks on the reign and death of Brian Borumha:

_“Brianus Boromexus ex Heberi progenie, ut
superiis capite 83, 6 rege Momonie R. H. duo-
decim annis: Cruento Danorum Cluantarvensi
prelio prope Dublinium, Anno etatis 88, cum
Murchado filio annorum 63, et Tordelvacho Mur-
chadi filio annorum 15, aliisque multis proceri-
bus occubuit feria 6 Parasceves, ut habent
Dungallenses annales et Ketingus : Octava Pas-
chali estatem attingente, ut in Scotochronico ;
sed accuratius apud Marianum Scotum in Chro-

nico ita traditur; Brianus Rex Hibernie Paras-’

ceve Paschee, sexta feria 9 Calendas Maii, mani-
bus et mente ad Deum intentus necatur. Quibus
omnibus annis 1014, et dies 23 Aprilis aperté

designatur.”’

8 Stxty-third.—This should probably be fifty-
third, or, perhaps, forty-third. The eldest son
of Murchadh was fifteen years old at this time,
according to the Annals of Clonmacnoise. This
looks very like the truth: the grandson was fif-
teen, the eldest son forty-three, and Brian him-
self seventy-three.

4 Toirdhealbhach, son of Murchadh.—‘ Ter-
rence, the king’s grandchild, then but of the
age of 15 years, was found drownded neer the
fishing weare of Clontarfe, with both his hands
fast bound in the hair of a Dane’s head, whom
he pursued to the sea at the time of the flight
of the Danes.” Ann. Clon.

‘ Faelan.—He was the progenitor after whom
the O’Faelains, or O’Phelans, of the Desies, took
their hereditary surname. This Mothla was

774

ANNawa RIOSshachta eiReaNN.

(101s.

lam, as(pna na nOéip~1 Muman, Coca mac Ounavharg, 1. plait Clomne
Ssannlain, Niall UaCuimn, 7 Ctomhs, mac Cinvéiccish, cpi coeimtrs bhmianin,
Tads Ua Cealleng, cigfina Ua Maine, Maolpuanasd na parope Ua hErwin,
cis(nna Clione, Hebeannach, mac Oubacam, cig(pna Peanmarge, mac bea-
charg, mic MumpCohanrg’ Chlaomn, cig(ana Crapparge Luachna, Oornnall, mac
olapnmava c15(pna Conca bhaipemo, Scannlan, mac Catal, v1 na€osanacca
Loca Len, 7 Oomnall, mac Eimme, mic Cainoig, mopmaon Main 1 nClbain.

Ro meabaid 1anam an cat tna neant

the first who was called O’Faelain, i. e. Nepos
Foilani.

* Niall Ua Cuinn.—He is the ancestor of the
O’Quins of Muintir-Iffernain, a distinguished
sept of the Dal-gCais, who were originally
seated at Inchiquin and Corofin, in the county
of Clare. The Earl of Dunraven is the present
head of this family.

' Three companions.—In Mageoghegan’s trans-
lation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, these are
called “three noblemen of the king’s bed-
In the translation of the Dublin
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen they are called

chamber.”

‘* Brian’s three companions, or aid-de-camps.”
™ Tadhg O’ Ceallaigh: i. e. Teige, Thaddeus,
or Timothy O’Kelly. From him all the septs
of the O’ Kellys of Hy-Many are descended. Ac-
cording to a wild tradition among the O’ Kellys °
of this race, after the fall of their ancestor,
Teige Mor, in the battle of Clontarf, a certain
animal like a dog (ever since used in the crest
of the O’Kellys of Hy-Many), issued from the
sea to protect his body from the Danes, and
remained guarding it till it was carried away
by the Ui-Maine.—See Tribes and Customs of
Hy-Many, p. 99. There is a very curious poem
relating to this chieftain, in a fragment of the
Book of Hy-Many, now preserved in a manu-
script in the British Museum, Egerton, 90. It
gives a list of the sub-chiefs of Hy-Many, who
were cotemporary with Tadhg Mor O'Ceallaigh,
who is therein stated to have been the principal

catalgcte, | cnodacca, 7 1ommbuailce

hero in the battle, next after Brian; and it adds
that he did more to break down the power of
the Danes than Brian himself. According to the
tradition in the country the Connaughtmen were
dreadfully slaughtered in this battle, and very
few of the O’Kellys, or O’ Heynes, survived it.

” Maedruanaidh na Paidri O’hEidhin: i.e. Mul-
rony O’Heyne of the Prayer. He was the first per-
son ever called O’Heidhin, as being the grandson
of Eidhin, the progenitor of the family, brother
of Maelfabhaill, from whom the O’ Heynes, now
Hynes, chiefs of Hy-Fiachrach-Aidhne, in the
county of Galway, are descended.—See Genea-
logies §c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 398. :

° Dubhagan.—He was descended from the Druid
Mogh Roth, and from Cuanna Mac Cailchine, com-
monly called Laech Liathmhuine.—See note i,
under A. D. 640, p. 258, supra. From this
Dubhagan descends the family of the Ui Dubha-
gain, now Duggan, formerly chiefs of Fermoy,
in the county of Cork, of whom the principal
branch is now represented by the. Cronins-of
Park, near Killarney, in the county of Kerry,
who are paternally descended from the O’ Dubh-
agains of Fermoy.

® Mac Beatha, son of Muireadhach Claen.—He
was evidently the ancestor of O’Conor Kerry,
though in the pedigrees the only Mac Beatha
to be found is made Mac Beatha, son of Con- —
chobhar, but it should clearly be Mac Beatha,
son of Muireadhach Claen, son of Conchdbhar, —
the progenitor from whom the O’Conors Kerry —

1013.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 775

Mumhan; Eocha, son of Dunadhach, i. e. chief of Clann-Scannlain ; Niall
Ua Cuinn*; Cuduiligh, son of Ceinneidigh, the three companions! of Brian ;
Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh”, lord of Ui Maine; Maelruanaidh na Paidre Ua hEidhin”,
lord of Aidhne ; Geibheannach, son of Dubhagan’, lord of Feara-Maighe ; Mac-
Beatha?, son of Muireadhach Claen, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra; Domhnall, son
of Diarmaid‘, lord of Corca-Bhaiscinn; Scannlan, son of Cathal’, lord of Eogh-
anacht-Locha Lein ; and Domhnall, son of Eimhin‘, son of Cainneach, great
steward of Mair in Alba. The forces were afterwards routed by dint of battling,

derive their hereditary surname. Daniel O’Con-
nell O’Connor Kerry, of the Austrian service,
‘is one of the representatives of this family.
The following are also of the O’Connor Kerry
sept: Daniel Conner, Esq., of Manche, in the
county of Cork; Feargus O’Connor, Esq., M.P.,
who is son of the late Roger O’Connor Kierrie,
Esq., of Dangan Castle, author of the Chro-
nicles of Eri ; Daniel Conner, Esq., of Bally-
briton; and William Conner, Esq., of Mitchels,

Bandon, county of Cork; also William Conner, °

Esq., late of Inch, near Athy, in the Queen’s
County, author of “ The True Political Economy
of Ireland,” &c., who is the son of the celebrated
Arthur Condorcet O’Connor, General of Division
in France, now living, in the eighty-sixth year
of his age, who is the son of Roger Conner, Esq.,
of Connerville, son of William Conner, Esq., of
Connerville, son of Mr. Daniel Conner, of Swi-
thin’s Alley, Temple Bar, London, merchant, and
afterwards of Bandon, in the county of Cork, son
of Mr. Cornelius Conner of Cork, whose will is
dated 1719, son of Daniel Conner, who was the
relative of O’Conor Kerry. This Cork branch de-
scends from Philip Conner, merchant, of London,
to whom his relative, John O’Connor Kerry,
conveyed Asdee by deed, dated August, 1598.

4 Domhnall, son of Diarmaid.—This Domhnall
was the progenitor of the family of O’Domh-
naill, or O'Donnell, of East Corca Bhaiscinn,
now the barony of Clonderalaw, in the present
county of Clare. According to Duald Mac Fir-

bis’s genealogical work, a Bishop Conor O’Don-
nell of Raphoe was the nineteenth in descent
from this Domhnall. The editor does not know
of any member of this family. The O’Donnels
of Limerick and Tipperary, of whom Colonel Sir
Charles O’Donnel is the present head, are de-
scended from Shane Luirg, one of the sons of
Turlough of the Wine O’Donnell, prince of Tir-
connell, in the beginning of the fifteenth century.

* Scannlan, son of Cathal.—He was the ances-
tor of afamily of O’Cearbhaill, who had been lords
or chieftains of Eoghanacht-Locha-Lein, before
the O’Donohoes, a branch of the Ui-Eathach
Mumhan, dispossessed them.

* Domhuail, son of Eimhin.—He was chief of
the Eoghanachts of Magh Geirrginn, or Marr, in
Scotland, and descended from Mainé Leamhna
(the brother of Cairbre Luachra, ancestor of the
O’Moriartys of Kerry), son of Corc, son of
Lughaidh, son of Oilioll Flannbeg, son of Fiacha
Muilleathan, son of Eoghan Mor, son of Oilioll
Olum, King of Munster, and common ancestor
of King Brian, and of this Domhnall of Marr, who
assisted him against the common enemy.—See
O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part ili. c. 81.

“In Cluantarvensi prelio ad annum 1014, a
Briani regis Hibernix’ parte desideratos legimus
Donaldum filium Evini filii Canichi Mormhaor
Mair, et Muredachum Mormhaor Leavna: ab
hoc priscos Marrie Comites, Cairbreo Picto
Satos ; ab illo Levinie Comites Manii Levinii
posteros oriundos censendum est.”—p. 384.

776 -annata rRioghachta eiReann. (1013.

pa Maolpeaclamn 6 Thulcamd co hOé chat pon Gallai agup Largnib, 7
conéain Maolmépda, mac Munchada, mic Pinn, pi Cang(n,7 mac bpogapbain —
mic Concobaip, tanaim Ua Palge,7 Cuactal, mac Usaine, pfosdamna Cangth,
| 4p viaipmide vo Lagnib amaille pod. Topchaip Oubhsall, mac Am-
laoibh, 7 Grollacianain mac sluimaipn, vd cancay Ball, 7 Sichppit, mac
Lovaip, 1apla Inm hopic, Gpovap, corpeach na nOanmance, 7 ba héipide po
manb Gman. Ro machcaic lucht na veich cécc laipeach wile annpin, 4

* By Maelseachlainn,—-This fact is suppressed
in all the Munster accounts of this action, which
state that Maelseachlainn did not take any part
in the battle. The Munster writers, and among
others Keating, introduce Maelseachlainn as
giving a ludicrous account of the terrors of the
battle, in which he is made to say that he did
not join either side in consequence of being para-
lysed with fear by the horrific scenes of slaugh-
ter passing before his eyes.

‘‘Malachiam Midie Regem a Cluantarfensi
pugna reducem, mense post pugnam exacto,
Colmanorum Gentis Primores sciscitantur quo-
nam pacto illud prelium gestuin fuerit; et ille,
nec lapso de celis angelo (inquit) rationem qua
illa pugna inita fuerit, nuncianti fidem vos ad-
hibere putem. Quod ad me attinet, nec similem
unquam vel vidi vel audivi, imo in hominis
situm esse potestate non credo quavis verborum
delineatione illam vel leviter adumbrare, aut
illius effigiem animo vel cogitatione formare.
Que mihi parebant acies decertantibus se non
immiscuerunt ; sed pugna iniri cepta, trans
agellum sepimento circumdatum secesserunt, et
paulo eminus a conflictu dissiti, spectatores se
pugne prebuerunt: cum interim, strictis in
ictum telis ad certamen utrinque ambe acies
concurrerunt, eo splendore protegentes capita
parme, et vibrata dextris tela micuerunt, ut
candescentium mergorum, littora catervatim
zstu accedente circumvolantium, specimen de-
derint, et ita fulgor armorum oculos nostros
perstrinxit, et hebetavit, ut eos recté in pug-

nantes convertere non potuimus. Insuper ce-
sorum cincinni acutissima gladiorum acie quasi
abrasi, et levissimo quoque vento validius per-
flante in nostra tela perferebantur. Et si alteri
parti opem ferre statueremus, arma nostra inter
se mutuo implexa ita tenebantur, ut ea vel ex-
pediendi satis tempestivé, vel distringendi po-
Atque hine liquet,
quanquam Brianum Malachias in hoc prelium
comitatus fuerit acie’se decertaturum ab illius
parte pree se ferens, clandestina, tamen ante hoc

testas nobis erepta fuerit.

prelium, cum Danis pacta iniisse, suas se copias
pugna subtracturum, et neutrius se partibus
addicturum. Kineloni et Kinel-Conelli huic cer-
tamini non interfuerunt, suas tamen operas
ultrd ad hoc bellum Briano detulerunt, sed ob-
latam opem ille respuit, et cum multas res hac-
tenus, expers eorum subsidii, preclaré gesserit,
hoc etiam se facinus, illis in subsidium non ad-
scitis, aggressurum affirmavit.”—Lynch’s Trans-
lation of Keating’s History of Ireland, pp. 260,
261.

This passage was abstracted by Keating from
the historical tract already referred to, called
Cath-Chluana-tarbh, which is a Munster pro-
duction full of prejudice against the dethroned ~
Maelseachlainn ; but the northern annalists —
acknowledge no treachery on the part of this
prince, whom they describe as a true patriot —
and magnanimous hero. The Dalcassian writers, —
however, in order to exalt by a comparison the
character of the popular hero, Brian, did nothesi-
tate to blacken unjustly the fame of his injured

1013.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. T77

*.*

bravery, and striking, by Maelseachlainn’, from Tulcainn" to Ath-cliath, against

the foreigners and the Leinstermen; and there fell Maelmordha”, son of Mur-

chadh, son of Finn, King of Leinster ; the son of Brogarbhan, son of Concho-
bhar*, Tanist of Ui-Failghe ; and Tuathal, son of Ugaire’, royal heir of Leinster ;

anda countless slaughter of the Leinstermen along with them. There were
also slain Dubhghall, son of Amhlaeibh, and Gillaciarain, son of Gluniairn, two

tanists of the foreigners ; Sichfrith, son of Loder, Earl of Innsi hOrc’; Brodar,

chief of the Danes of Denmark, who was the person that slew Brian.

The ten

hundred in armour* were cut to pieces, and at the least three thousand of the

competitor.— See Moore’s History of Ireland,
vol. ii. p. 108, where the author has made the
proper use of this passage in the Annals of the
Four Masters, in vindicating the character of
Maelseachlainn.

« Tulcainn—Now the Tolka, a small river
which flows through the village of Finglas, and,
passing under Ballybough Bridge and Annesley
Bridge, unites with the sea near Clontarf.

~ Maelmordha.—He was not the ancestor of
the Mac Murroughs, or Kavanaghs, as gene-
rally supposed, but was the father of Bran,
the progenitor after whom the Ui Broin, or
O’Byrnes of Leinster, have taken their heredi-
tary surname.

* The son of Brogarbhan, son of Conchobhar.—
This should be Brogarbhan, son of Conchobhar.
He is the ancestor of O’Conor Faly.

¥ Tuathal, son of Ugaire.—This is a mistake,
because Tuathal, son of Ugaire, died in 956. It
should be, as in the Annals of Innisfallen, Mac
Tuathail, i. e. “the son of Tuathal, son of
Ugaire,” or “ Dunlaing, son of Tuathal, son of
Ugaire.” This Tuathal was the progenitor after
whom the Ui-Tuathail, or O’Tooles of Ui-Mui-
readhaigh, Ui-Mail, and Feara-Cualann, in Lein-
ster, took their hereditary surname.

* Insi-hOre: i. e. the Orcades, or Orkney
Islands, on the north of Scotland.

* The ten hundred in armour.—In the Niala
Saga, published in Johnston’s Ant. Celto-Scand.,

a Norse prince is introduced as asking, some
time after this battle, what had become of his
men, and the answer was, that ‘“ they were all
killed.”
in coats of mail, and is sufficient to prove that
the Irish had gained a real and great victory.
According to the Cath-Chluana-tarbh, and the
account of this battle inserted in the Dublin
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, thirteen
thousand Danes and three thousand Leinster-
men were slain; but that this is an exagge-

This seems to allude to the division

ration of modern popular writers will appear
from the authentic Irish annals. The Annals
of Ulster state that seven thousand of the
Danes perished by field and flood. The An-
nals of Boyle, which are very ancient, make
the number of Danes slain the one thousand
who were dressed in coats of mail, and three
thousand others. The probability, therefore, is,
that the Annals of Ulster include the Leinster-
men in their sum total of the slain on the
Danish side, and in this sense there is no dis-
crepancy between them and the Annals of
Boyle, which count the loss‘of the Danes only,
In the Chronicle of Ademar, monk of St. Epar-
chius of Angouleme, it is stated that this battle
lasted for three days; that all the Norsemen
were killed; and that crowds of their women in
despair threw themselves into the sea; but the
Irish accounts agree that it lasted only from
sun-rise to sun-set on Good-Friday.

OG

778

ANNata RIOSshachca eIReann.

(1013.

anay luga de toncnaccap cp mile vo Shallaib ann. Cp oo bap Ohmam,

J] don cat pin 0o paidead an pann,

Thi bladna vécc mile muad, 6 sfrarp Cpforc, ni cop cian,
Oo bliadnab pon, pesdoa an pann, Fo po lad ap Hall im Oman.

Cuid cna Maelmuipe mac Eocadach, comapba Paccpaice, co ppuitib _

7 monoaib co Sono Colaim Chile, co ccuccpat ap conp bam, mg Eneann,

> Sord-Choluim-Chille—Now Swords, in the
county of Dublin. Ware says that, according
to some, the bodies of Brian and his son, Mur-
chadh, as well as those of O’Kelly, Doulan
O’Hartegan, and Gilla-Barred, were buried at
Kilmainham, a mile from Dublin, near the old
stone cross.—See Dublin P. Journal, vol. i. p. 68.

The most circumstantial account of the battle
of Clontarf accessible to the Editor is that given
in the Cath- Chluana-tarbh, from which, and from
other romantic accounts of this great battle,
a copious description has been given in the
Dublin copy of the Annals of Innisfallen com-
piled by Dr. O’Brien and John Conry; but it
has been too much amplified and modernized
to be received as an‘ authority. It also gives
the names of chieftains as fighting on the side
of Brian, who were not in the battle, as Tadhg
O’Conor, son of Cathal, King of Connaught ;
These fal-
sifications, so unworthy of Dr. O’Brien, have
been given by Mr. Moore as true history, which
very much disfigures his otherwise excellent
It is stated

Maguire, prince of Fermanagh, &c.

account of this important event.

in the Annals of .Clonmacnoise that ‘“ the

O’Neals forsooke king Brian in this battle, and
so did all Connought, except”? [Hugh, the son
of ] ‘‘ Ferall O’Rourke and Teige O’Kelly. The
Lynstermen did not only forsake him, but were
the first that opposed themselves against him
of the Danes’ side, only O’Morrey” [O’Mordha,
or O’More] “and O’Nollan excepted.”

The following chiefs are mentioned in the

account of the battle of Clontarf in the Dublin
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, as fighting in
the second division of Brian’s army, viz.: Cian,

son of Maelmuaidh, son of Bran (ancestor of

O’Mahony); and Domhnall, son of Dubhdabhoi-
reann (ancestor of O’Donohoe), who took the
chief command of the forces of the race of
Eoghan Mor; Mothla, son of Faelan, king of
the Desies ; Muircheartach, son of Anmchadh,
chief of the Ui-Liathain; Scannlan, son of
Cathal, chief of Loch-Lein ; Loingseach, son of
Dunlaing, chief of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra; Cathal,
son of Donnabhan, chief of Cairbre Aebhdhaj
Mac Beatha, son of Muireadhach, chief of Ciar-
raigh-Luachra; Geibheannach, son of Dubha-
gan, chief of Feara-Maighe-Feine; O’Cearbhaill,
king of Eile ; another O’Cearbhaill, king of
Oirghialla, and Mag Uidhir, king of Feara-
Manach.

This account omits some curious legendary
touches respecting Oebhinn (now Aoibhill), of
Craigliath (Craglea, near Killaloe), the Leanan
Sidhe, or familiar sprite of the Dal-gCais, which
are given in the romantic story called Cath-
Chiuana tarbh, as well as in some Munster copies
of the Annals of Innisfallen, and in the Annals
of Kilronan, and also in some ancient accounts
of the battle in various manuscripts, in the
Library of Trinity College, Dublin. It is said
that this banshee enveloped in a magical cloud —
Dunlaing O’Hartagain (a chief hero attendant

~ on Murchadh, Brian’s eldest son), to prevent him

from joining the battle. But O’Hartagain, ne-

1013.]

foreigners were there slain.
[following] quatrain was composed :

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 779

It was of the death of Brian and of this battle the

Thirteen years, one thousand complete, since Christ was born, not long

since the date,

Of prosperous years—accurate the enumeration—until the foreigners
were slaughtered together with Brian.

Maelmuire, son of Eochaidh, successor of Patrick, proceeded with the seniors
and relics to Sord-Choluim-Chille’; and they carried from thence the body of

vertheless, made his way to Murchadh, who, on
reproaching him for his delay, was informed that
Oeibhinn was the cause. Whereupon O’Harta-
gain conducted Murehadh to where she was,
and a conversation ensued in which she pre-
dicted the fall of Brian as well as of Murchadh,
O’Hartagain, and other chief men of their army:

“Tuicpio Munchad, cuizpid Span,
Ip cuicpid uile ap aon pian,
ba veang an mag po amanac,
6d cpuil pe 50 mdpoodlac,
Murchadh shall fall; Brian shall fall;
Ye all shall fall in one litter ;
This plain shall be red to-morrow with

thy proud blood !”

Mr. Moore, who dwells with particular in-
terest on this battle, and who describes it well,
notwithstanding some mistakes into which he
has been led by Dr. O’Conor’s mistranslations,
has the following remarks on the Irish and
Norse accounts of it, in his History of Ire-
land :

“Tt would seem a reproach to the bards of
Brian’s day, to suppose that an event so proudly
national as his victory, so full of appeals, as
well to the heart as to the imagination, should
have been suffered to pass unsung. And yet,

though some poems in the native language are
still extant, supposed to have been written by

an Ollamh, or Doctor, attached to the court of
Brian, and describing the solitude of the halls
of Kincora, after the death of their royal master,
there appears to be, in none of these ancient
poems, an allusion to the inspiriting theme of
Clontarf. By the bards of the north, however,
that field of death, and the name of its veteran
victor, Brian, were not so lightly forgotten.
Traditions of the dreams and portentous ap-
pearances that preceded the battle formed one
of the mournful themes of Scaldic song; and
a Norse ode of this description, which has been
made familiar to English readers, breathes, both
in its feeling and imagery, all that gloomy wild-
ness which might be expected from an imagi-
nation darkened by the recollections of defeat.”
—Vol. ii. pp. 128, 129.

This battle is the theme of an Icelandic poem,
translated by the English poet, Gray, ‘“ The
Fatal Sisters.””—See Johnson’s A ntiguitates Celto-
Scandice, Hafn., 1786.

The Annals of Ulster give the following events
under this year :

“A. D. 1013” [al. 1014]. “ Hie est annus oc-
tavus circuli Decimnovenalis et hic est 582 qprnus
ab adventu Sancti Patricti ad baptizandos Scotos.
St. Gregorie’s feast at Shrovetide, and the
Sonday next after Easter, in Summer this yeare,
quod non auditum est ab antiquis temporibus. An
army by Bryan, mac Cinnedy, mic Lorkan, king

5 G2

780 aNNata RIOSshachta elReEGNN.

(1014.

7 conp Mupchand a meric, 7 cfno Conaing,7 cfnn Mocla. bai mmonpo, Maol-
Maine co na parhad acc ape na ccopp co nonéip 7 co naipmiccm médip, 7 po
hadnaicice 1aparh m Apo Macha m alaid nu. lomaipece eiccip 0a mac
bhmain, a. Oonnchad 7 Tadz. Muidead pon Oonochad, 7 vo pure ann Ru-
adm Ua Oonnaccam, tis (ina Anaoh, 7 pocharde ole amantle pmp. Sloighto
. la hUa Maoloonawd,7 la hUa Ruaipce ki Macc no, co po mapbrac
Oomnall, mac Catail,7 co po moipplo an mag, co puccpac sialla Connaéc.

Coir Cpiorc, mile a cltaip vécc. Un.céd bliadain vo Mhaoileachlaimn
Mép, mac Oomnaill, op Epinn ap mapbad Sham, mic Cinneiccig. Ronan,
comanba Pecm, 7 Colum Ua Plannaccam, abb Main Choluim Chille,
Conaing, mac Pino, abb Oaipe Mop 7 Lerch Mocoemoce, vécc. Munpclp-

cach Ua Loncam, aincinveach Cotpa, vécc.

neach Mungaince, 00 manbao.
Tine va sZlap, [dés].

of Ireland, and by Maelsechlainn mac Donell,
king of Tarach, to Dublin. Lenster great and
small gathered before them, together with the
Galls of Dublin, and so many of the Gentiles of
Denmark, and fought a courageous battle be-
tween them, the like [of which] was not seene.
Gentiles and Lenster dispersed first altogether,
in which battle fell of the adverse part of the
Galls” [in quo bello ceciderunt ea adversa caterva
Gallorum), ‘* Maelmora mac Murcha, king of
Leinster ; Donell mac Ferall” [recté, Donell
O’Ferall of the race of Finnchadh Mac Garchon],
‘king of the Fortuaths, i. outward parts of Len-
ster ; and of the Galls were slaine, Duvgall mac
Aulaiv; Siuchrai mac Lodar, Earle of Innsi
Hork; Gilkyaran mac Gluniarn, heyre of Galls;
Ottir Duv; Suartgar ; Duncha O’Herailv;
Grisene, Luimni, and Aulaiv mac Lagmainn;
and Brodar, who killed Bryan, .i. cheife of the
Denmark Navy, and 7000, betwen killing and
drowning: and, in geveing the battle, there were
lost of the Irish, Bryan mac Kennedy, Archking
of Ireland, of Galls and Welsh, the Cesar of the

Niall, mac Ocang5am, aipcm-

Oonngal mac Ua Chantene, ainchinneach
Munpcfncac, mac Mumpfoharg Uf NEW, 00 manbavh
la Concoban Ua Oomhnallam, asf(pna Ua Tuinem.

Oonnchad Ua Soag,

North-west of Europe all; and his sonn, Murcha,
and his grandsonn, Tirlagh mac Murcha, and Co-
naing, mac Duncuan, mic Cinedy, heyre of Moun-
ster; Mothla, mac Donell, mic Faelain, king of
Dessyes in Mounster. Eochaa mac Dunaai, Nell
O’Cuinn, and” [Cuduiligh] “mac Kinnedy,
Bryan’s three bedfellowes; the two kings of .
O’Mani O’Kelli; and Maelruanai O’Heyn, king
of Aigne; and Gevinach O’ Duvagan, king of Fer-
mai; ‘‘ Magveha mac Muireaiklyn, king of Kerry
Luochra ; Daniell mac Dermada, king of Cor-
cabascin; Scannlan, mac Cahal, king of Eogan-
acht Lochlen; Donell mac Evin, mic Cainni, a
great murmor in Scotland” [recté, morrmoer of
Marr in Scotland], ‘‘and many more nobles.
Maelmuire mac Eocha, Patrick’s Coarb, went
to Sord Colum Cill, with learned men and re-
liques in his company, and brought from thence
the body of Bryan, the body of Murcha, his r
sonn, the heads of Conaing and Mothla, and
buried them in Ardmach, in a new tombe [1 —
nulaio nut].' Twelve nights were the people —
and reliques” [recté, clergy] ‘‘ of Patrick at the

1014] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 781

Brian, King of Ireland, and the body of Murchadh, his son, and the head of
Conaing, and the head of Mothla. Maelmuire and his clergy waked the bodies
with great honour and veneration ; and they were interred at Ard-Macha in
a newtomb. A battle between the two sons of Brian, i.e. Donnchadh and
Tadhg. Donnchadh was defeated, and Ruaidhri Ua Donnagain, lord of Aradh,
and many others along with him, fell in the battle. An army was led by
Ua Maeldoraidh and O’Ruaire into Magh-Aei; and they slew Domhnall, son of
Cathal, and plundered the plain, and carried off the hostages of Connaught.
The Age of Christ, 1014 [recte 1015]. The first year of Maelseachlainn
Mor, son of Domhnall, over Ireland, after the killing of Brian, son of Cein-
neidigh. Ronan, successor of Fechin ; Colum Ua Flannagain, Abbot of Maein-
Choluim-Chille*; and Conaing, son of Finn, Abbot of Doire-mor* and Liath-
Mochaemhog*, died. Muircheartach Ua Lorcain, airchinneach of Lothra, died.
Niall, son of Dearggan, airchinneach of Mungairit, was killed. Donnghal Macua
Chantene, airchinneach of Tir-da-ghlas, [died]. Muircheartach, son of Mui-
readhach Ua Neill, was slain by Con¢hobhar Ua Domhnallain‘ lord of Ui-Tuirtre.

wake of the bodyes, propter honorem Regis positi.
Dunlaing mac Tuohall, king of Lenster, died.
A battle betwene Kyan mac Maeilmuai and
Donell mac Duvdavorenn, where Kyan, Cahell,
and Ragallach, three sonns of Maelmuai, were
killed. Teige mac Bryan put Duncha mac
Bryan to flight, where Roary O’Donnagan, king
of Ara, was slaine. An army by O’Maeldorai
and O’Royrk into Magh Naei, where they killed
Donell mac Cahall, and spoyled the Magh” [i. e.
the Maghery, or plain of Connaught], ‘“ and
caryed ther captives; licet non in eadem vice.
Dalnarai dispersed by Ulster, where many were
killed, Flavertach mac Donell, Coarb of Kya-
ran and Finnen ; and Ronan, Coarb of Fechin ;
and Conn O’Digrai, in Christo dormierunt. The
annals of this year are many.”—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

© Maein- Choluim-Chille-—Now Moone, an old
church, near which are the remains of a very
ancient cross, called St. Columbkill’s Cross, in
the barony of Kilkea and Moone, in the south

of the county of Kildare.

* Dotre-mor : i.e. Nemus Magnum, now Kilcol-
man, in the barony of Ballybritt and King’s
County. The exact situation of this church is
pointed out in the Life of St. Mochoemhog, or
Pulcherius, as follows: ‘Ipse enim’ [Colma-
nus] ‘erat in suo monasterio quod Scoticé di-
citur Dotre-mor, id est, nemus magnum ; et est
positum in Mumuniensium et Lageniensium ;
sed tamen positum in regione Mumuniensium,
in regione scilicit Kile.”’—See Ussher’s Pri-
mordia, p. 960; and Colgan’s Acta Sunctorum,
ad xi. Mart., p. 591.

¢ Liath- Mochaemhog.—Now Leamakevoge, near
Thurles, in the barony of Elyogarty, and
county of Tipperary.—See note >, under A. D.
655, p. 266, supra. :

£ Conchobhar O’Domhnallain.—This would

‘ now be anglicised Conor O’Donnellan, or Cor-

nelius Donolan. ‘This family is of a different
race from the O’Donnellans of Ballydonnellan in
Hy-Many, in the county of Galway.

732 ANNata RIOshachca elReEGNN. : (1014.

cigfina Chhanacca Glinne Sermin, oo mapnbad. Giollacpire mac Néill, mic
Oublaich, 00 mapbad la Maolplchlainn. Muipcfpcach, mac Anmceana,
cisfina Ua Liatain vo mapbhaoh la Machghamain, mac Maoilmuais.
Meanma, mac cigeapna Ua Caipm, vécc. Oonnchad, mac oda bice
Ui Maorleachlainn, vo mapbhad la Gallanb. Maolipu, mac cisfpna
Ua Mame, vo mapbad occ luban Apnun la phnarb Tleba. Mac Ragnaill
mic lomain, aaslpna Pune Lapse, 00 mapbad la hUib Liatain. Ca Oub,
mac Maolpaball, copeac Carppge Opachange vo mapbad la Sil Taids 1
mobp(saib. Sleigh la Oomnall, mac Ouboaboip(no, co Cumneach. Oa
mac O6miain a. Oonnchad 7 Tadg an a chfno. Plptan 1omaipfce (coppa.
Marom pon veipcent Epeann, 7 vo tut ann Oomnall co pochawib amaille
rip. Sloisead la hUa Nall 2. la Plaicb(pcach co ppfpaib Mive 7 Ons
ime i1LLagnib, co po once an cip co Leitglim, co ccucc Zabala 7 bnoio co po
manb cis(pna Ua mbuide 7 pocaiwde ele. Sloiccfo la Maolpectomn 7 la
hua Néll,7 la hUa Maolvopmd co he chat, co po loipecpfe an vin, 4
sach anaibe 6 ofn amac vo targib,] Do Deocacan 1anom m Uib Chemnpelang
co poainccple an cip wiley tuccpac mile vo bhaice 7 mmlib co ccanpuper
cpech o1a cpeachaib-ann 50 po manbta opong mop ofob 1m mac ms Cor-
nact,1. an Slfsanac,7 cop asbad ann Congalach, mac Concobaip, cigfpna
Ua Pailge,7 Giollacolaim Ua hAgoa angfpna Tleba, 7 pocade anctha.
Slog la Maolpeclainn 7 la hUa Néill, 7 la Maoloonar, 7 la hUa Ruane
wblagmb, co tcuccpac gialla Las(n 7 vo paopac wise Cangfh vo Ohonnr-

* Donnchadh O’ Goaigh.—Anglicé Donough whom the O’Anmchaidhs of Ui-Liathain, in
O’Goey, or Denis Gough. the now county of Cork, took their hereditary

» Dubhlaech.—“* A. D. 1008. Gillechrist mac surname. They are descended from Eochaidh
Neale O’Dowley was killed by the king.”—-Ann. Liathanach, third son of Daire Cearba, son of
Clon. He is the progenitor from whom the fa- Oilioll Flannbeg, son of Fiacha Muilleathan,
mily of O’Dubhlaeichs, or Dooleys of Fertul- King of Munster in the third century.—See
lagh in Westmeath, took their hereditary sur- O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, pp. 380, 381.
name. They are of the race of Feidhlimidh, * Meanma.—He was son of Aedh, son of Enda,
son of Enna Ceinnsealaigh, and from their an- son of Eissidh, son of Sida an-Eich-Bhuidhe,
cestor, Oilioll, seventh in descent from Feidh- the ninth in descent from Caisin (a quo Ui-
limidh; Rath-Oilealla, in Ui-Feidhlimthe, was Caisin), the ancestor of the Mac Namaras of
called.—See Duald Mac Firbis’s, Genealogical Thomond.
work (Marquis of Drogheda’s copy), p. 239. 1 Iubhar Arnun: i.e. Arnun’s yew tree. This

‘ Anmchadh.— He is the progenitor after is probably the place now called Cill-Iubhair,

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 783

Donnchadh Ua Goaigh®, lord of Cianachta Glinne Geimhin, was slain. Gilla-
christ, son of Niall, son of Dubhlaech”, was slain by Maelseachlainn. Muirchear-
tach, son of Anmchadh’, lord of Ui-Liathain, was slain by Mathghamhain, son
of Maelmhuaidh. Meanma*, son of the lord of Ui-Caisin, died. Donnchadh,
son of Aedh Beag O’Maeleachlainn, was slain by the foreigners. Maelisa, son
of the lord of Ui-Maine, was slain at Iubhar Arnun', by the men of Teathbha.
The son of Raghnall, son of Imhar, lord of Port-Lairge, was slain by the
Ui-Liathain. Cudubh, son of Maelfabhaill, chief of Carraig-Brachaidhe, was
slain by the race of Tadhg in Breagha™. An army was led by Domhnall, son of
Dubhdabhoireann, to Luimneach. The two sons of Brian, namely, Donnchadh
and Tadhg, met him, [and] a battle was fought between them, wherein the
[people of the] south of Ireland were defeated, and Domhnall fell, and numbers
along with him. An army was led by Ua Neill, i. e. by Flaithbheartach, with
the men of Meath and Breagha about him, into Leinster ; and he plundered
the country as far as Leithghlinn, carried off spoils and prisoners, and slew the
lord of Ui-mBuidhe", and many others. An army was led by Maelseachlainn,
Ua Neill, and Ua Maeldoraidh, to Ath-cliath; and they burned the fortress,
and all the houses outside the fortress®; and they afterwards proceeded into
Ui-Ceinnsealagh, and plundered the whole territory, carrying off many thousand
captives and cattle. A party of his marauders were overtaken, and a great
number of them killed, together with the son of the King of Connaught, i. e.
Sleghanach; and there were also lost Conghalach, son of Conchobhar, lord of
Ui-Failghe ; Gillacoluim Ua hAghdha, lord of Teathbha, and many others also.
An army was led by Maelseachlainn, Ua Neill, Ua Maeldoraidh, and O’Ruaire,
into Leinster; and they carried off the hostages of Leinster, and gave the kingdom

1014]

i.e. church of the yew, anglicé Killure, in the
barony of Kilconnell, and county of Galway.

™ Race of Tadhg in Breagha: i.e. the Cian-
nachta Breagh, descended from Tadhg, son of
Cian, son of Oilioll Olum.

» Ui-mBuidhe.—A sept seated in the barony
of Ballyadams, Queen’s County. The church
of Killabban was in their territory.—See Col-
gan’s Acta Sanctorum, p.617; and Leabhar-na-
gCeart, p. 213, note ».

° Outside the fortress.—‘ A. D. 1008” [recté,
1015]. “King Maelseaghlyn, O’Neale, and
O’Moyledorie, with their forces, went to Dublin
and burnt all the houses therein, from the Forte
out, and from thence they went to O’Kean-;
seallye, in Lynster, which they preyed, harried,

‘and spoyled, and took divers captives with them,

among whom Congalach mac Connor, King of
Affalie, was taken, and Gilla~Colume O’Hugh,
prince of Teaffa.”—Ann. Clon.

annata RIosghachta erReann.

784 — (101s.

~ cuan, mac Ounlaing,7 po moippfe Oppaige,7 cuccpac aipcene vipme y

bnaice 1omda. Chfch mop la Maolpotantaig 1 nodal gCarp, conuy cappaid
Oonnéad, mac 6miain co nOal cCap co pae:md foppiayrde, 7 concaip ann
~mac Ruawy 1 Oonnaccam, 7 mac Ui Chatalam, 7 oaoine ole beor,7 vo
bic Maolpotancars na sabala laip 1anam. Cod Ua Ruainc, .. mac pen
Etpsanl, cis (nna Opeipne, 7 plogdamna Connacc, vo mapbad la Tadg an eich
sil mac Catait mic Concobaip, la ps Connacc, ace Loch Néill 1 Moangh Cor,
a noiogail Oomnall a bnatap. An Sleganach Ua Maoilpechlainn vo map-
bad la hUib cCemyelans. Cinders mac Pipgail, mgfpna Laoigim, vécc.
Cod mac Tadcc mic Muncada Ui Cheallarg, cig(pna Ua Maine vo mapnbad
1 cCluam mec Nop. Grollacpipt, mac NéU, mic Oublarg, 00 mapbad la
Maoilplchlomn, mac Domnall. Otngal Ua Oonnchaid vo dul an cpeich
50 hCnad cliac sup po manbad Pino mac Ruawm Ui Ohonnagam, cisfpna
Anad q Ua cCuanach lap.

Qoip Cort, mile a cince véce. On vana bladamn vo Mhaolfchlamn,
Flannaccan, mac Conaing popaincinnec Apoa Macha, 7 Mupsrop, aincw-
neach Lip Cowead, vécc. Oranmarcc, Ua Maorléelca, comapba Comsaill,
7 Gichne, nsfm Ui Suainc, comanba Opighoe, véce. Aipbicach, mac Com-
oobnomn, ainchinnech Rwy alitin, 7 Maolpactpaice Ua Sluagadag, paor
€neann, vécc. Mac hace 1. Muincfpeach, mac Concfpcaich ano ollam

€peann an can pin, vécc. ba hé céd pann Mic lace annpo,

» Loch Neill: i.e. Niall’s Lake. There isno with an army and spoyled them, and brought

lough now bearing this name in Magh-Aei, or
Plain of Connaught.

« AradhCliach.—A territory in the east of the
county of Limerick. The church of Kilteely
and the hill of Knockany are referred to in an-
cient documents as in this territory.

* Ui-Cuanach.—Now the barony of Coonagh,
in the county of Limerick. The Annals of Ulster
record the following events under the year 1015,
which corresponds with 1014 of the Annals of
the Four Masters:

“A. D. 1015. ‘Donell, son of Duvdavoren,
killed by Donogh mac Bryan in battle. Flaver-
tagh O’Nell came into Meath to assist Maelsech-
lainn. Maelsechlainn after went into Lenster

great booties and pledges with him. Nell mac
Ferall mic Conaing, a swo genere occisus est. Mur-
tagh mac Mureach O’Nell killed by the O’Tuir-
tries. Duncha O’Goai, king of Kyanacht, killed
by Kindred-Owen. Murtagh O’Lorcan, airchin-
neach of Lothra; Cernach mac Cahasai, Air-
chinnech of Dunleghlaise. Nell mac Dercan,
Airchinnech of Mungaret” [Mungret, near the
city of Limerick]. ‘* Dungal O’Cainten, Air-
chinnech of Tirdaglas, in Christo dormierunt.
Hugh O’Royrke, king of Brefni, killed by Teige,
king of Connaght, deceitfully, at Loch-Nell,
in Magh-Aei, rescuing the crostaffe of Iesus,
whereby he lost” [ the prerogative of] “‘any of his
posterity to raigne, his sonn Hugh excepted

1015.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

785

of Leinster to Donncuan, son of Dunlaing ; and they plundered Osraighe, and
carried off innumerable preys and many prisoners. A great depredation by
Maelfothartaigh in Dal-gCais ; and Donnchadh, son of Brian, and the Dal-gCais,
overtook him, but these were defeated, and the son of Ruaidhri Ua Donnagain,
the son of Ua Cathalain, and other persons also, were slain ; and Maelfothar-
taigh afterwards bore away the spoils. Aedh O’Ruaire, i.e. the son of Sen-
Fearghal, lord of Breifne, and royal heir of Connaught, was slain by Tadhg of
the White Steed, son of Cathal, son of Conchobhar, King of Connaught, at
- Loch Neill’, in Magh-Aei, in revenge of Domhnall, his brother. The Slegha-
nach Ua Maelseachlainn was slain by the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. Ceinneidigh, son
of Fearghal, lord of Laeighis, died. Aedh, son of Tadhg, son of Murchadh
Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui-Maine, was slain at Cluain-mic-Nois. Gillachrist, son
of Niall, son of Dubhlaech, was slain by Maelseachlain, son of Domhnall.
Dunghal Ua Donnchaidh went on a predatory excursion into Aradh Cliach’,
and Finn, the son of Ruaidhri Ua Donnagain, and Ui-Cuanach’, were slain by
him. .

The Age of Christ, 1015 [recté 1016]. The second year of Maelseachlainn.
Flannagan, son of Conaing, Fos-airchinneach of Ard-Macha ; and Muirgheas,
airchinneach of Lis-aeidheadh’, died. Diarmaid Ua Maeltelcha, successor of
Comhghall ; and Eithne, daughter of Ua Suairt, successor of Brighid, died.
Airbheartach, son of Cosdobhroin, airchinneach of Ros-ailithir ; and Maelpa-
draig Ua Sluaghadhaigh, the [most] learned of Ireland, died. Macliag*, i. e.
Muircheartach, son of Cuceartach, chief poet of Ireland at that time, died. The
following was Macliag’s first quatrain :

only. Flavertach mac Donell, coarb of Kyaran,
Finnen, Cronan, and Fechin, quievit.”—Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

s Lis-aeidheadh : i.e. Fort of the Guests.—
This was the name of the hospital or house of
the guests at Armagh.

* Macliag—He was chief poet and secretary
to Brian Borumha, and is said to have written
a life of that celebrated monarch, of which copies
were extant in the last century; but no copy
of this work is now known to exist.—See Mac
Curtin’s Brief Discourse in Vindication of the

Antiquities of Ireland, pp. 214, 217; O’Hallo-
ran’s History of Ireland, vol. i. p. 148. He also
wrote several poems still extant, for some ac-
count of which the reader is referred to O’Reilly’s
Descriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, pp. 70-72,
and Hardiman’s Jrish Minstrelsy, vol. ii. p. 208,
where a short poem of Mac Liag’s is published,
with a versified translation.

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise Mac-Liag is
called ‘* Arch-Poet of Ireland, a very good man,
and one that was in wonderful favour with king
Bryan.”

5H

786 aNNaza RIOSshachta elReaqNnn.

(1015.

Muipefpcach bGlcc, mac Maolcencargs, baoi acc 1ongaipe na mbé,
CQ pé ap monaic nach ap 1omlaic, cabaip psfnach pmonaip v6..

ba hé a pann ofidfnach annpo,

C1 cluice ata cind madaine, dot Ip nf ceccait canaitc,
OE do né Tu DO DINE Dang ap dic pcencep an palann.

Sloice(d la Maelpeclainn mo Ulcob, 50 ccucc Falla Ulad lap.
Siollacolaam Ua hAsoan, cis (pna Tleba, 00 mapbhavdh 6 mac Oumn, mic
Oonngale, 1 nOpuim pace. Macpac, mac Muipfohag Claom, cigfina
Ciappage Cuacna, 00 manbad. Oonncuan, 1. an baechan, mac Ounlaing.
cistina Largtn,7 Tadg Ua Ria, cigeapna Ua nOpona, v0 mapbad la
Oonnchad, mac Giollapacpaice, 1 Leithslionn ian noénam ooib cocaig 7
comluige 1 ccap lao. Moling no caipngip innpo,

Oonn ounsfh, asup an prsbano puibnec,
TlEpac commono 1 NHlind Sls, mp nam comluisi cpovens.

Ounoalleslapp 00 lopccad wile cona vaimliacc, 7 cona cloietech vo tene
Cluam mic Nop, 7 Cluam pfpca bpénainn, 7 Cfnannup vo lopccad.
Cat eiccip Uleab 7 Oal nApade,7 po ppaomead pon Oal nApade ma
Niall mac Eoéada,7 00 put ann Oomnall mac Lompypis, TISCpna Oanl
nCnaide, 7 Niall mac Ouibcuinne, mac Eocada mic Apogaip atpi Ulad, 4
Concoban Ua Oomnallain, cisfina Ua Tuipep, 7 apall amaille fyi.
Slaghfo la Maolpeachlamn 1 nOppaigib, 50 po mon Oppaise, 1 00 pao

vEQIT.

«" The salt.—It is added, in an interlined gloss
in the Stowe copy of these Annals, that women
were dividing salt by the bell : “«mna po bazan
oc peinoid palaimn oon cluc.”

“ Druim-raite.—There is a place of this name,
now anglicé Drumrat, in the barony of Corran,
and county of Sligo; but the place here referred
to was probably in Westmeath.

* O’Riain—Now Ryan. This family is still
numerous in Idrone, and throughout Leinster ;
but they are to be distinguished from the
O’Mulryans, now Ryans, of Owny O’Mulryan,

in Tipperary. Both are of the race of Cathaeir
Mor, King of Leinster and monarch of Ireland
in the second century; but their pedigrees are
different. ‘The Ui-Drona descend from Drona,
fourth in descent from Cathaeir Mor. The
O’Mulryans of Owny-O’Mulryan descend from
Fergus, son of Eoghan Goll, son of Nathi, son
of Crimhthainn, son of Enna Ceinnsealach, son
of Labhraidh, son of Breasal Bealach, son of

-Fiacha Baiceadha, son of Cathaeir Mor.

» Donn Durgen.—It is stated in an interlined
gloss, in the Stowe copy, that by this Moling

1015.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 787

Muircheartach Beag, son of Maelcertach, who has been herding
the cows,

It is more worthy that he retaliates not,—give him a handful of
findraip.

His last quatrain was this :

O Bell, which art at the head of my pillow, to visit thee no friends
come ;

Though thou makest thy “ ding dang,” it is by thee the salt" is mea-
sured.

An army was led by Maelseachlainn into Ulidia, and carried off the hostages
of the Ulidians. Gillacoluim Ua hAghdhai, lord of Teathbha, was slain by the
son of Donn, ‘son of Donnghal, at Druim-raite’. Macrath, son of Muireadhach
Claen, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra, was killed. Donncuan, i. e. the Simpleton,
son of Dunlaing, lord of Leinster, and Tadhg Ua Riain*, lord of Ui-Drona, was
slain by Donnchadh, son of Gillaphadraig, at Leithghlinn, after they had made
friendship, and taken a mutual oath in the beginning of the day. Moling deli-
vered this prophecy :

Donndurgen’, and the royal Bard’ of lances,
Shall violate friendship at Glinngerg*; mutual oaths shall not
prevent bloodshed.

Dun-da-leathghlas was totally burned, with its Daimhliag® and Cloictheach*,
by lightning. Cluain-mic-Nois, Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, and Ceanannus, were
burned. <A battle between the Ulidians and the Dal-Araidhe, wherein the
Dal-Araidhe were defeated by Niall, son of Eochaidh ; and wherein fell Domh-
nall, son of Loingseach, lord of Dal-Araidhe ; Niall, son of Dubhtuine, son of
Eochaidh, son of Ardgar, ex-king of Ulidia; and Conchobhar Ua Domhnallain,
lord of Ui-Tuirtri, and others along with them. An army was led by Mael-
seachlainn into Ossory ; and he plundered Osraighe, and carried off spoils and

predicted ‘ Donncuan.” © Cloictheach : i.e. the steeple, or round tower
* The royal Bard: i.e. “ Tadhg.’’— Gloss. belfry. This steeple was pulled down at the
* Glinn-Gerg : i.e. “ Leithghlinn.”— Gloss. re-erection of the church of Down; but a
> Daimhliag: i.e. the great stone-church, or drawing of it is preserved, and will be pub-
cathedral. lished in the Second Part of Petrie’s Round

5 n2 ;

788 AQNNQAZa RIOSshachtTa elReEGNN. (1016.

sabala 7 bnaicc layp,7 po manb Otingal mac Hrollapavpaice mic Oonr-
chada 7 pocade ole. Sléiccfd la Mavlpeaclamn m Opnaigib vonidip co
po mon Le an cine, 7 cucc a ngialla. Oo deochad 1anpam m Unb Ceimo-
pelaig, co pop moparcaip,7 tucc a mbuany a mbpaicc. Connachta vo
anccam, 7 vo bhp Cinvconad 7 Cille oa lua. Pip muman vo onsamn Int
Clotpann 7 Inpi b6 pinne.
mapbad la hUib Mame peipn. Maohopa, mac Planoaccam, vo manban.
Maiom ae nEibh pon Eoganacc Canpil, of1 ccopéarp Oomnall, Ua Oom-
nal, pfosdamna Chanpil, 7 Oomnall, Ua Rua, cigfpna Apad, 7 pochaiwe
oile.

Clip Cmorc, mile a pé vécc.
Oiapmaicc Ua Maoilcealéa, comapba Comgaill, eaccnaid poincte pecpibmd,
7 eappeop, vécc. Caencompac Ua but, pep lerginn Slinne hUippth, véce.
Ceallach Ua Maoilmiwde, arpemvech Onoma pate, vé5. Oengup, mac
Elam, aipcinveac Cainve Léine, 7 Orapmaio Ua Maolmaodds, abb Slinne
hUnpren, vécc. Conomach, pfplergmo 7 abb Achad Upslaip, 00 manbad la
huis bamppche. Oengup mac Capps Calma, pfosoamna Teampach cup

Cn cheap bhadam vo Mhaoileaclamo.

opoaimn Eneann, vécc do tneagaic.

pogdamna Chugh, oo mapbad la Cenel Cogan padéin.
Oonocavh, mac Oonncada Us Congalarg, pfog-

bain, mic Eigneachain, vécc.

Towers and Ancient Ecclesiastical Architecture of
Treland.

* Ceann-coradh and Cill-Dalua: i.e. Kincora
and Killaloe. “A. D. 1009 [recte, 1016].
* Connoughtmen broke down Killaloe and Ky-
korey (King Bryan’s Manour-house), and took
away all the goods therein.” —Ann. Clon.

© Inis- Clothrann and Inis-bo-fine.—These are
islands in Lough Ree, an expansion of the River
Shannon, between Athlone and Lanesborough.
—See note °, under the year 719. Inis-Bo-finne,
i.e. insula Vacce Albe, belongs to the parish of
Noughaval, barony of Kilkenny west, and county
of Westmeath.

The Annals of Ulster notice the following
events under the year 1016:

“A, D. 1016. Flannagan mac Conaing, Air-

EmMsal, mac Oomnarll, mic Concobaip,

Convo, mac Conco-

chinnech of Ardmach; and Murges, Airchinnech
of Lisaei, mortud sunt. Ethne Nyn-Suairt, Coarb
of Brigitt” [Eihne, O’Swarte’s daughter abbess
of Killdare.—Ann. Clon.]; ‘¢ and Diarmaid mac
Maeltelcha, Comarb of Comgall, died. Mac-
Liag, high poet of Ireland, mortuus est. Battle
between Ulster and Dalnarai; and Dalnarai
were vanquished, where fell Donell O’Longsy,
king of Dalnarai, Nell mac Duvthuinne, and
Conor O’Donallan, king of O’Turtry, and many
Nell mac Eocha was victor. Coscrach,
mac Mureai, mic Flann, king of the men of
Magh-Itha, a suis occisus est. Duncuan mac
Dunlaing, king of Lenster, and Teg O’Rian, of
Odrona, killed by Duncha mac Gillapatrick, in
midest of Lethglinn. Dunlehglais all burnt.
Cluon-mic-Nois, Clonfert, and Cenannus, .i.

more.

Oebenoach, mac Cleda, ms(pna Ua Manne, vo .

\

1016] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 789

prisoners, and slew Dunghal, son of Gillaphadraig, son of Donnchadh, and many
others. An army was led again by Maelseachlainn into Osraighe ; and he plun-
dered half the territory, and carried off hostages. He subsequently proceeded
into Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, which he plundered, and carried off their cows and
prisoners. The Connaughtmen plundered and demolished Ceann-coradh and
Cill-Dalua’. The men of Munster plundered Inis-Clothrann and Inis-bo-fine®.
Gebhennach, son of Aedh, lord of Ui-Maine, was slain by the Ui-Maine them-
selves. Maelisa, son of Flannagan, was killed. A victory was gained by the
Eili over Eoghanacht-Chaisil, where Domhnall, grandson of Domhnall, royal
heir of Caiseal, and Domhnall, grandson of Ruaidhri, lord of Aradh, and num-
bers of others, were slain.

The Age of Christ, 1016 [recté 1017]. The third year of Maelseachlainn.
Diarmaid Ua Maeiltealcha, a distinguished wise man, scribe, and bishop, died.
Caénchomhraic Ua Baithin, lector of Gleann-Uisean, died. Ceallach Ua Mael-
midhe, airchinneach of Druim-raithe, died. Ocenghus, son of Flann, airchin-
neach of Lann-Leire ; and Diarmaid Ua Maelmaedhog, Abbot of Gleann-Uisean,
died. Connmhach, lector and Abbot of Achadh-Urghlais‘, was slain by the
Ui-Bairrche. Oecnghus, son of Carrach Calma, royal heir of Teamhair, pillar
_ of the dignity® of Ireland, died ‘of the cholic. Fearghal, son of Domhnall, son
of Conchobhar, royal heir of Aileach, was slain by the Cinel-Eoghain them-
selves". Conn, son of Conchobhar, son of Eigneachan, died. Donnchadh, son

Kells, burnt. Airvertach mac Coise-Doveran,
airchinnech of Roshailehir, died. Peace in Ire-
land.”’—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

At the year 1009 of the Annals of Clonmac-
noise, which corresponds with 1015 of the
Annals of the Four Masters, the following entry
occurs :

“There was great scarcity of Corne and vic-
tualls this year in Ireland, insoemuch that a
hoope was sold for no lesse than five groates,
which came (as my author sayeth) to a penny
for every barren” [cake].

‘Achadh- Urghlais.—Otherwise called Achadh-
arghlais and Acheadh-finglais, now Agha, a
townland containing the ruins of a very ancient
church, in the barony of Idrone East, and county

of Carlow, about four miles to the east of Old
Leighlin.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 352;
and also Lanigan’s Eccl. Hist. of Ireland, vol. ii.
pp. 228, 230, where Lanigan incorrectly de-
scribes the situation of this church as on the
west of the River Barrow, though it is expressly
stated in the Life of St. Fintan, to be ‘in plebe
Hua-Drona, contra civitatem Lethghleann in
orientali parte fluminis Bearva.”

8 Pillar of the dignity“ Enos mac Carry
Calma, prince of Taragh, the joye of Ireland,
died.”—Ann. Clon.

» The Cinel-EHoghain themselves.—The Four
Masters should have written this passage as
follows: ‘‘Fearghal, son of Domhnall, son of
Conchobhair, chief of the Cinel-Eoghain, and

790 aNNaza RIOSshachta elReGNnN.

(1017.

damna Epeand, vo manbad la pln’ Only buoddéin. Griollacnipc Ua Lon-
cam, ag(pna Calle Pollamam, 00 manbad hicCfannup. Plano Ua beice,
cis(ina Ua Met, 00 mapbad. Muipfoach Ua Oubeoin, cisfina Ua mic
Uap bhps, 00 manbad la Plaitbeancach Ua Néill. Cp vo tabarpt pop
Hhallaib la Maolpeachlamn 1 nOdba, v4 1 cconépaccanp fle. Gaerchim
Ua Mopda vo mapbad. Ouboabornenn Ua Riam vo mhapbhaoh.

Clip Cniorc, mile a pec véce. On cltpamad bliadaimn vo Mhaoil(ch-
lainn. Gopmsal mo Apo ailém, ppm anmcana Epeann, 7 Conpmac
Ua Micicceamn, abb Achaid ablae, vécc. Muipfoach Ulcach, anmcana
Cluana mic Nop, vécc. Gpaon,mac Mhaoilmopda, mic Munchada, nf Cangs{n,
vo dallad m Ae chat la Sicmocc, mac Amlanb a meabanl,7 a écc v€.
Congalach, mac Concobain, mic Fino, cig (nna Ua Pailge, 00 écc. Maolan,
mac Ecenig Ui Leocam, tig(na Garl(ng 7 cuat Luiccne ule, 00 mapbad vo
na Saitmb. Ceanball, mac Maolmopda, piogdamna Casfnh vo mapbad

1 meabail.

heir to the kingship of Aileach, was slain by
- the Cinel-Eoghain themselves.”

‘ Gaethine Ua Mordha.—This would be now
anglicised Gahan O'’More. This family took their
hereditary surname after Mordha (Majesticus),
son of Cinaeth, son of Cearnach, son of Ceinnei-
digh, son of Gaeithine, the first chief of Laeighis,
who attached the Three Comanns to Leix, who
was the twenty-first in descent from Conall
Cearnach, chief of the heroes of the Red Branch.

The Annals of Ulster give the following
events under the year 1017:

“A.D. 1017. Aengus mac Carrai Calma
mortuus est, being heyre of Tarach. Ferall, mac
Donell, mic Conor, heyre of Ailech, killed by
Kindred-Owen. Flann O’Bece, king of Meth”
[i.e. Ui-Meith], ‘killed by his owne” [a suis
occisus est]. ‘Cormack mac Lorcan” [king of
Onehachs |, “killed by the O’Trenas. Doncha
mac Donchaa O’Congalai, heyre of Ireland, a suis
occisus est. Mureach O’Duiveoin, king of the
Mic Cuais of Bregh, killed by Flavertach O’Nell.

Coccad etin Maolpfchlamn 7 hUsi Néill an Tuaipceinc, co
noeacatcan Eosanaig can Shab Puaic po tua.

Cneach la Maolpeac-

The slaughter of Lenster and Galls by Mael-
sechlainn at Fodvai. Aengus mac Flainn, Air-
chinnech of Lainn-Lere, and Cormack O’Mael-
mie, Airchinnech of Dromrath, mortuz sunt.
Gilkrist O’Lorkan, king of Coillfallavan, kild
at Kells. Con, mac Conor, mic Egnechan, mor-
tuus est. Glenndaloch burnt for the most part.”
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Ard-Oilean: i.e. High Island; an island
containing the ruins of a primitive Irish monas-
tery, erected by St. Fechin, in the seventh cen-
tury, off the coast of the barony of Ballynahinch,
in the county of Galway. Colgan, in his Ap-
pendix to the Life of St. Endeus of Aran (Acta
Sanctorum, p. 715), mistakes this for the island
of Ara Chaemhain, in the bay of Galway; though
in the Life of St. Fechin, pp. 135, 141, he de-
scribes it correctly, as: “‘ Hec insula est etiam
in Oceano, distatque paucis leucis versus occi-
dentem ab Imagia” [Omey].—See Hardiman’s
edition of O’Flaherty’s Iar-Connaught, p. 114,
note". Colgan translates this passage as fol-

1017.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 791

of Donnchadh Ua Conghalaigh, [lord of Breagha, and] royal heir of Ireland,
was slain by the men of Breagha themselves. Gillachrist Ua Lorcain, lord of
Caille-Follamhain, was killed at Ceanannus. Flann Ua Beice, lord of Ui-Meith,
was killed. Muireadhach Ua Duibheoin, lord of Ui-Mic-Uais-Breagh, was slain
by Flaithbheartach Ua Neill. A slaughter was made of the foreigners by
Maelseachlainn, at Odhbha, where many were slain. Gaeithini Ua Mordhai
was slain. Dubhdabhoirenn Ua Riain was slain.

The Age of Christ, 1017 [recté 1018]. The fourth year of Maelseachlainn.
Gormghal of Ard-Oilean*, chief anmchara of Ireland ; and Cormac Ua Mithi-
dhein', Abbot of Achadh-abhla™, died. Muireadhach Ultach, anmchara of
Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Braen", son of Maelmordha, son of Murchadh, King of
Leinster, was blinded by Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, at Ath-cliath, through trea-

_chery ; and he died in consequence. Conghalach, son of Conchobhar, son of
Finn, lord of Ui-Failghe, died. Maelan, son of Egneach Ua Leocain, lord of
Gaileanga and all Tuath-Luighne, was killed by the Saithni®. Cearbhall, son
of Maelmordha, royal heir of Leinster, was slain by treachery. A war between
Maelseachlainn and the Ui-Neill of the North, so that the Eoghanachs went
northwards over Sliabh-Fuaid. A predatory excursion by Maelseachlainn into

lows: “A. D. 1017. S. Gormgalius de Ard-
oilen, precipuus Hibernorum Synedrus, sive
spiritualis Pater, obiit.”

1 O’ Mithidhein—Now anglicé O’Meehin, or
Meehin, without the prefix O’.

™ Achadh-abhla: i. e. Field of the Apple-Trees,
now Aghowle, or Aghold, in the barony of
Shillelagh, and county of Wicklow, where are
the ruins of an ancient monastic Irish church in
good preservation.—See Colgan’s Acta Sancto-
rum, p.731. Archdall (Monast. Hib., p. 731)
erroneously places this monastery in the county
of Wexford. It was anciently called Crosailech,

and was founded by St. Finian of Clonard, who .

resided here for sixteen years, and who is still
remembered as the patron of the parish. This
place was never identified before by any of our
modern antiquaries.

» Braen, son of Maelmordha, son of Murchadh.

—He is called Bran in the old translation of
the Annals of Ulster,— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49,—
which is the true name. He is the progenitor
after whom the Ui-Brain, or O’Byrnes of Lein-
ster, took their hereditary surname. His father,
Maelmordha, was the principal Irish champion
in opposition to Brian Borumha in the battle of
Clontarf.

° Saithni.—A sept of the Cianachta, or race of
Tadhg, son of Cian, son of Oilioll Olum, seated
in Fingal in Magh Breagh, in the east of ancient
Meath.—See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 69.
After the establishment of surnames the chief
family of this territory took the surname of
O’Cathasaigh, now anglicé Casey. They were
dispossessed by Sir Hugh de Lacy, who sold
their lands.—See Giraldus’s Hibernia Expugnata,
lib. ii. c. 24; see also Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 187,
note *.

792 annaza RIoshachtd elReaNnn.

[1018
lainn 50 Fiona Ceallt, 7 conncfp opong von cpluag la Piona Ceall 7 la h€le,

50 po mapnbad ann Oomnall Ua Camnvealbam, cigfpna Ceneoil Laogaipe, 7.

Carp Moe, plecaipe Maolp(chnaill, 7 Ua Cléncéin, cigfpna Calle Pol-
lamain vo gun, 7 a écc ian ppt. Flannaccan Ua Ceallaig, 7 Congalach,
mac Maolp(chlaimn, vo sun 1pm maigm céona. Brollacolaam, mac Muw-
ploags Ui Maolcpea, 7 Ged Ua h€pavam, cigfmna Ua mbplpail Macha,
vécc. Clpnach Ua Monoda, cis(pna Lang, vo manbad.
Muincfpcaigh, cisfpna Potapc, 00 manbad.

Cloip Crore, mile a hochc vécc. On cticcead bhadaimn vo Mhaoileach-
lan. Oomnall, mac Maolp(chnalt, mic Oomnall, comapba Pinnen, 4
Mocholmoce, vécc. Ongapcc Ua Maonlevinn, pfcnab, .1. ppidip, Cluana mic
Nop, vécc. hUa bpooubamn, abb Acwd ain, vo mapbad. Cealloana vo
ule Lopccad do tene Dealt, cenmota aon cls aman.

Muipfoach, mac

Opngaimn Cfhannpa vo
Sicmucc, mac Amlaoib, co n6allarb Aca chat, co pugpaz sabala Oranmide
7 bpaicc, 7 po mapbrac vaome iomda pon lan na cille. Scpin Cianain vo
opszamn vo Oormnall mac Tardg, 7 a mapbad pem a ccfno plécmame cma
ploncaib O€ 7 Cianain. Od mac Maolpeaclomn, mic Maolpuanawd, Apo-
san,7 Apnoca, oa pigoamna Oilhg vo mapbad la Cenél Cogan paqoéein.
Macgamain, mac Conaing, mic Ournncuan, plogdamna Muman, véce. Mac

aes Secaias yaa engage merc

» Domhnall Ua Caindealbhain.—Now angliceé
Daniel O’Kindellan, or Quinlan. This family
took their hereditary surname from Caindeal-
bhan, son of Maelcron, the lineal descendant of
Laeghaire mac Neill Naighiallaigh, the last
pagan monarch of Ireland.—See the Miscellany
of the Irish Archeological Society, vol. i. p. 142 ;
and note ¥, under the year 925, p. 619, col. 2,
supra.

“A.D. 922” [recté, 927]. ‘‘ Coyndelvan mac
Moylcron, prince of the Race of Lagerius, died,
of whom the sept of Moyntyr-Kenydelan.”—
Ann. Clon.

4 Ua-Ceallaigh : i.e. O'Kelly of Bregia, of the
race of Diarmaid, son of Fearghus Ceirbheoil,
monarch of Ireland from A. D. 544 till 565.
Of the fallen state of this family Conell Mageo-
ghegan writes as follows, in 1627, in his trans-

lation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, at A. D.
778:

“They are brought so low now a days that the
best Chroniclers in the kingdom are ignorant of
their descents, for the O’Kellys are so common
everywhere that it is unknown whether the
dispersed parties of them be of the family of
O’Kellys of Connaught or Brey, that scarcely
one of the same family knoweth the name of his
own great grandfather, and are turned to be
meere churles and poore labouring men, so as
scarce there is a few parishes in the kingdom
but hath some one or other of those Kellys in it,
I mean of Brey.”

The year 1017 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 1018 of the Annals
of Ulster, and 1011 of the Annals of Clon-
macnoise :

1018.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 793

{the territory of the] Feara-Ceall ; and a party of the army was overtaken by
the Feara-Ceall and the Eli, so that Domhnall Ua Caindealbhain?, lord of
Cinel-Laeghaire, and Cass-Midhe, Maelseachlainn’s lawgiver, were slain ; and
Ua Cleircein, lord of Caille-Follamhain, was wounded, and died after a short
period. Flannagan Ua Ceallaigh’, and Conghalach, son of Maelseachlainn,
were mortally wounded at the same place. Gillacoluim, son of Muireadhach
Ua Maeltrea, and Aedh Ua hEradain, lord of Ui-Breasail-Macha, died. Cear-
nach Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis, was killed. Muireadhach, son of Muirchear-
tach, lord of Fotharta, was killed.

The Age of Christ, 1018 [recté 1019].
Domhnall, son of Maelseachlainn, son of Domhunall, successor of Finnen and
Mocholmog, died. Ua Brodubhain, Abbot of Achadhur, was killed. Cill-dara
was all burned by lightning, excepting one house only. Ceanannus was plun-
dered by Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, and the foreigners of Ath-cliath ; and they
carried off innumerable spoils and prisoners, and slew- many persons in the
middle of the church. The shrine of Ciaran was plundered by Domhnall, son
of Tadhg; and he himself was killed at the end of a week, through the miracles
of God and Ciaran. Two sons of Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, Ard-
ghar and Ardchu, both royal heirs of Aileach, were killed by the Cinel-Eoghain
Mathghamhain, son of Conaing, son of Donncuan, royal heir of

The fifth year of Maelseachlainn.

themselves.

“A. D. 1018. Gormgal in Ard-Olean, prime-
soul-frend” [ppun-anmcapa] “in Ireland, i
Christo quievit. Bran mac Maelmorra, king of
Lenster, blinded at Dublin by Sitrick mac
Aulaiv. Maelan mac Egni O’Lorkan, king of
Galeng and all Tuothluigne, killed by an ar-
row” [recte, by the tribe of Saithni]. “* An army
by Kindred-Owen to Killfavrick, killed many,
and imprisoned” [recte, lost] ‘ Gilchrist, mac
Conaing, mic Congalai. Antrim spoyled by
Fermanach. Donell O’Cynnelvan, king of Lao-
aire, and Casmie, heard” [Rec¢zaine ] “ to Mael-
sechlainn, killed by Ferkall and Ely, about a
pray. The Comet permanent this yeare for 14
days in harvest. Gilcolum mac Mureai O’ Mael-
trea, and Hugh O’Heruan, king of O’Bressall-
Macha, mortui sunt.””— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A.D. 1011” [recté, 1018]. “ Moriegh Ul-
tagh, anchorite of Clonvicknose, died. Broen”
[recté, Bran] ‘‘ mac Moylemorry, king of Lyn-
ster, had his eyes putt outt by the deceipt of
Sittrick. There appeared this year in the Au-
tumne two shining Cometes in the Firmament,
which continued for the space of two weeks.
King Moyleseaghlyn, with a great army, went
to Ferkall and Elye, where he tooke a great
prey, and through the stordy resistance of the
inhabitants of the said countrey, in defence of
their preys and libertys, Donnell O’Koynde-
laine, prince of the Race of King Lagery, and
Casmye, the king’s Stewarde” [Reaczaipe],
‘‘with many others, were slain. Congallach
mac Moylemorry, prince of Lynster, was killed
wilfully.””—Ann. Clon.

: sae P

794 ANNata RIOshachta elReEGNN.

[1019-

Catapnaig, mic Coda vo Uib Canpreni, 00 commionnparzead por Ohonnchad
mac Opiain, co tcanac beim vo claideb ma ¢cfno, 4 cap a lam gup bin an
lam, 1. a bapp dear vé. Tepna 1apam mac bmain, 7 po manbad mac
Catapnag. Maolmopda, mac Maolmucnd, canny: Oealbna, v0 mapbad.
Ua Seibennas, canny: Ua Maine, vo manbad. Plaebipcach Ua Néill
vo teace a TTin Conall, go po hainccead lap Tip nEnoa, 7 Tip Cuccdach.
Ruadm Ua hAilellan, cigfnna Ua n€atac, vo mapbad la prona Pfinmaige,
J po manbad oa mac Ceimneinig 1. Congalac,7 Giollamuine ma odfosail po
cevoip. Grollacavimgin, mac Ounlaing, mic Tuatail, pZoamna Laig(n vo
mapbad vo Caigoib buddém 4. 00 Caoisip. CAlilen’ mac Oippene, cisfpna
Muzoonn,7 oppene Ua Cataprpaig, tiZfpna Saitne, vo manbad la Garlean-
sab. «Ruan, mac Paoldin, cigfpna Potanc, 00 manbad.

Clap Cpiopc, mile a nao vécc. An peipead bladam v0 Mhaolfchlamo.
Maolmucd Ua Maolmuan, cig fina Pean cCeall, 00 manbad hi Mang Léne
la Mumel(pcach Ua Cannas. Sloecfo la Maolpeachlamn, 7 la hUa Nélt
3 la Oonnchad mac Omran, 7 la hApt Ua Ruane, co Sionamn, co tcuccpat
siolla Connacc v0 Mhaolpfchloinv. Plaicbficach Ua hEocada vo dallad
la Niall mac Eocada. Teapmann Finoia vo opgain 6 Uib Paola. Oom-

‘Ua Geibhennaigh.—N ow anglicised Keaveny. The Annals of Ulster notice the following

events under the year 1019:
“A. D. 1019. Alen mac Ossene, king of Mu-

This family descends from Geibhennach, son of
Aedh, chief of Hy-Many, who was slain in 971.

—See note under that year; and Tribes and
Customs of Hy-Many, pp. 62, 63.

* Tir-Lughdhach: i.e. the territory of the
Cinel-Lughdhach.—See note °, under A. D. 868,
p- 513, supra.

* Gillacaeimhghin : i.e. Servant of St. Coeimh-
gin, or Kevin. He was the grandson of Tuathal,
the progenitor after whom the Ui-Tuathail, or
O’Tooles of Leinster, took their hereditary sur-
The O’Tooles descend from his brother
Donn, or Donncuan, who was appointed king of

name,

Leinster by the monarch Maelsechlainn II., in
1015.

* Ua-Cathasaigh.—Now O’Casey, or Casey,
without the prefix O’.—See note on Saithne
under A. D. 1017.

gorn, and Ossen O’Cahasay, king of Saihni,
killed by Galengs. Kildare all burnt by fyre,
called Zenediait. Donell mac Maelsechlainn,
Coarb of Finnen and Macolmog, in Christo
guievit. Ardgar and Archu, mic Maelsechlainn,
mic Maelruanai, two heyres of Ailech, a suis
occist sunt. Gilkyvin, heyre of Lenster, killed
by his owne people. Mahon, mac Conaing, mic
Duinncuan, heir of Mounster, died. Flavertach
O’Nell came to Tyrconell, and preyed Tir-
Enna and Tirlugach. Roary O’Halelan, king
of O’Nechach, killed by the men of Fernmai.
The two sonns of Kennedy were killed in his
revenge very soone, .i. Congalach and Gilmuire.
A skyrmish given by O’Cassens about Donogh
mac Bryan, that his right hand was cut off.”

1019.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 795

Munster, died. The son of Catharnach, son of Aedh of the Ui-Caisin, attacked
Donnchadh, son of Brian, and gave him a stroke of a sword in his head and
across the arm, so that he struck off his right hand, i. e. his right palm. The
son of Brian afterwards escaped, and the son of Catharnach was slain. Macel-
mordha, son of Maelmhuaidh, Tanist of Dealbhna, was killed. Ua Geibhennach’,
Tanist of Ui-Mane, was killed. Flaithbheartach Ua Neill came into Tir-Conaill,
and plundered Tir-Enda and Tir-Lughdhach*. Ruaidhri Ua hAileallain, lord
of Ui-Eathach, was slain by the men of Fearnmhagh; and the two sons of Cein-
neidigh, namely, Conghalach and Gillamuire, were immediately slain in revenge
of him. Gillacaeimhghin‘, son of Dunlaing, son of Tuathal, royal heir of Lein-
_ster, was slain by the Leinstermen themselves, 1. e. by [the people of] Laeighis.
Aileni, son of Oissene, lord of Mughdhorna; and Ossene Ua Cathasaigh", lord
of Saithne, were slain by the Gaileanga. Ruaidhri, son of Faelan, lord of
Fotharta, was slain. ®

The Age of Christ, 1019 [recté 1020]. The sixth year of Maelseachlainn.
Maelmhuaidh O’Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, was slain in Magh-Lena” by
Muircheartach Ua Carraigh. An army was led by Maelseachlainn, Ua Neill,
Donnchadh, son of Brian, and Art Ua Ruairc, to the Sinainn ; and they gave
the hostages of Connaught to Maelseachlainn. Flaithbheartach Ua hEochaidh*

was blinded by Niall, son of Eochaidh.

[The] ‘ Damliac of Dorow, .i. a sanctified place”
[recté, the great stone church] ‘broken by
Murtagh O’Carrai upon Maelmoi, king of Fer-
call, bringing him forth forcibly, and” [he was]
“killed after.”,>—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice some of
these events under the year 1012, as follows:

“A. D. 1012” [recté, 1019]. “ All the town
of Killdare was burnt by a thunderbolt, but
one house. Sittrick mac Awley of Dublin irre-
verently and without respect made havock of
all the kings in the church of Kells, and killed
many within the walles of the said church. The
Shrine of St. Keyran was abused by Donnell
mac Teige, who, by the miracles of St. Keyran,
was killed within a week after. The son of one
Caharnagh O’Cassine, in the territory of Tho-

The Termon of Finnia® was plundered

mond, fell upon Donnogh mac Bryan Borowe,
and gave him a blow in the head, and did cutt
off his right hand. Donnogh escaped alive ;
the other was killed in that pressence. Moyle-
morry mac Moylemoye, prince of Delvyn, died.”
—Ann. Clon.

~ Magh-Lena.—Now Moylena, near Tulla-
more, in the King’s County.—See note *, under
A. D. 902, p. 564, supra.

* Ua-hEochaidh.—N ow O’ Haughey, and some-
times anglicised Haughey, Haugh, Hoey, and
even Howe. This family took their hereditary
surname from Eochaidh, son of Niall, son of
Eochaidh, son of Ardghar, who was the eighth
in descent from Bec Boirche, King of Ulidia,
who died in the year 716.—See p. 315, supra.

¥ The Termon of Finnia: i. e. the Termon of

yey

796 [1020.

nall, mac MuipCohang, c1g(pna Ua Maine, v0 mapbad. led Ua hlnoneach-
cag, tIZ(Gina Ua Méit, 00 mapbad la hUib Niallain. Caluacna Ua Con-
cobain, tisfnna Ciapnaige Cuacpa, vo éce.

Coir Cpfopc, mile piche. Cn plécmad bliadain vo Maoil(chlamn.
Copbmac Ua Fino pui eppcop Muman, véce. Mpomacha vo lorccad sup
an pat ule, san clpanccam aon tige inte cenmota an ceach pceneaptpa
nama, 7 po loipects iol cage 1p na tneabarb,7 po lopecad in Ooimliace mop,
7 mm Cloicteach co na cloccaib,7 Oamliags na Toe, Oaimliace an cSabanll,
7 an cpfn cataoin ppoic(pca,7 Cappac na nObbad,4 a hubaip 1 ccangib na
mac le1ginn co momatt oi, 7 angi, 7] Zach peorc ancfna. Ceall vana co
na vepntorg vo lopccad. Gl(nd oa loca co na ventaisib vo lopccad. Lopecod
Cluana lopaipo, Apano, Suipo, 7 Cluana mic Nop. Scpin Paccparce, 7 an
Finnporoeach Paccpaice vo onccam 6 mspinneib, 7 la hUa nQoie,7 la
hioccayUa n€acoac, co puccpact un céd b6 led. Maolmuipe, mac Eochada,
comonba Patnaicc, cfho clénech 1aptain tuaipceipt Eonpa ule, 7 cule

GNNaza RIOshachta eiReaNn.

Clonard in Meath, of which Finnia, or Finnen,
was the patron saint.

* O h-Innreachtaigh.—This name is now an-
glicised Hanratty, without the prefix O, in the
original territory of Ui-Meith-Macha, in the
In the south of Ireland
the name Mac Innreachtaigh is anglicised En-
right, without the prefix Mac, which disguises
the Irish origin of the name.

* Culuachra: i.e. Canis Montis Luachra: i. e.
dog, hero, or fierce warrior of Sliabh Luachra.

» Except the library only : literally, ‘save only
Colgan mis-

county of Monaghan.

the house of the manuscripts.”
takes the construction of the language of this
passage, and omits several items, in his Annals
of Armagh (Zrias Thaum., p. 298), as fol-
lows. The errors and omissions are marked by
brackets :

“A. D. 1020. Ardmacha tota incendio vas-
tata usque ad arcem majorem in qua nulla domus
fuit combusta” [recté, servata] ‘‘ preter Biblio-
thecam solam ; sed” [recte, et] ‘‘ plurime edes
sunt flammis absumpte in tribus aliis partibus

civitatis et inter alia ipsum summum templum,”
[turris cum suis campanis] ‘ Basilica Toensis,
Basilica Sabhallensis, Basilica vetus conciona-
toria” [recté, rostrum vetus concionatorium,
currus abbatialis |; ‘libri omnes studiosorum in
suis domiciliis, et ingens copia auri et argenti,
cum aliis plurimis bonis.”

But this passage is more correctly rendered
by Mageoghegan in the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
and in the old translation of the Annals of Ul-
ster.— Vide infra.

° Maelmuire.—This passage is translated by
Colgan as follows : :

“A. D. 1020. S. Moelmurius (sive quod
idem est) Marianus, filius Eochodii, Comorbanus
S. Patricii, caput Cleri Occidentalis Europ,
precipuus, sacrorum Ordinum Occidentis, Doc-
tor sapientissimus, obiit die tertio Junii, feria
Sexta ante Pentecosten: et in ejus locum elec-
tus Comorbanus S. Patricii instituitur Amal-
gadius communi consensu cleri et populi.”—
Trias Thaum., p. 298.
~ The most of the passages given by the Four

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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 797

by the Ui-Faelain. Domhnall, son of Muireadhach, lord of Ui-Maine, was
killed. Aedh Ua h-Innreachtaigh’, lord of Ui-Meith, was slain by the Ui-Nial-
lain. Culuachra* Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra, died.

The Age of Christ, 1020. The seventh year of Maelseachlainn. Cormac
Ua Finn, a distinguished Bishop of Munster, died. Ard-Macha was burned,
with all the fort, without the saving of any house within it, except the library
only’, and many houses were burned in the Trians ; and the Daimhliag-mor
was burned, and the Cloictheach, with its bells; and Daimhliag-na-Toe, and
Daimhliag-an-tSabhaill ; and the old preaching chair, and the chariot of the
abbots, and their books in the houses of the students, with much gold, silver,
and other precious things. Cill-dara, with its oratory, was burned. Gleann-da-
loch, with its oratories, was burned. The burning of Cluain-Ivaird, Ara, Sord,
and Cluain-mic-Nois. The shrine of Patrick, and the Finnfaidheach [a bell ?]
of Patrick, were robbed by the plunderers, by Ua hAidith, and [the people of']
Lower Ui-Eathach ; and they carried off with them seven hundred cows. Mael-
muire’, son of Eochaidh, successor of Patrick, head of the clergy of all the
north-west of Europe, and flood of the dignity of the western world,—this

1020.]

Masters under the years 1019, 1020, are given
in the Annals of Ulster under 1020, and some
of them are given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise
under 1013, as follows:

“A, D. 1020. Kildare, with the Durhay,
burnt. Glendalocha all, with Durhayes, burnt.
Clon-Irard, Clon-mic-Nois, and Sord-Colum-
Cill, tertia parte cremate sunt. Gilkiaran mac
Ossene, king of Mugorn, killed by men of Rosse.
Maelmoi mac Ossene, king of Mugorn, in one
day killed by [Ui-]Macuais of Bregh. All
Ardmach burnt wholly, viz., the Damliag with
the houses” [recté, with the roof], ‘‘ or cover of
lead, the Steeple, with the Bells; the Savall,
and Taei, and Chariott of the Abbott, with the
old chaire of precepts, in the third Kal. of June,
Monday before Whitsonday. Maelmuire mac
Eocha, Coarb of Patrick, head of the clergy of
the North-west of all Europe, in the 20th yeare
of his principality, the 3. Non. Junii, Friday
before Whitsonday, mortuus est. »Amalgai in the

Coarbshipp by consent of lai and church. Fin-
laech mac Roary, king of Scotland, a sués occisux
est. Hugh O’Hinrechta, king of O-Meith, killed
by the O-Niallans.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“ A. D. 1013” [recté, 1020]. ‘ Murtagh
O’Carry Calma_ tooke Molloye, or Moylemoye,
prince of Ferkall, from out the church of Dor-
row, and killed him at Moylena, adjoining to
Dorrowe. King Moyleseaghlyn, O’ Neale, Don-
nogh mac Bryan, and Art O’Royrck, with theire
forces, went into the provence of Connought,
took hostages there, and delivered them into
the king’s hands. Killdare, Gleandalogha, Clon-
arde, Aron, Swords, and Clonvicknose, were
thoroughly burnt by Danes. Ardmach, the
third of the Kallends of June, was burnt from
the one end to the other, save only the Librarie.
[Cenmoza an zeach pepeapepa nama}. All
the houses were burnt; the great church,”
[the] “‘ steeple, the church of the Savall; the
pullpitt, or chair of preaching, together with

anNWaca RIOgshachtTa eiReaNn.

798 (1021.

opocin iaptain Domam in cpu ecenawde vo écc, an cpfp la vo mf Tun 1pm
Cloine ia cCinctidiep 00 ponnpad, 7 Amalgaid 1 ccomapbar Pacpaice vo
péip cuaite 4 ecclaips.

Coy Cpiort, mile piche a haen. On coccmad bliadain 00 Mhaoil(ch-
lam. Maonac, paccant 7 apemneach Lane Léipe, vo écc. Maolmaipe,
ins(1 Amlaoib, bin Maoil(chlamn mic Oomnaill, vés5. Cod, mac Plamn,
mic Maoilpfchlainn, piogdamna Eneam, vo manbad vo Ua Margceachain
vo Phfpab bile. Gpanacan Ua Maoiluoip ainpi Mode, vo baodd ora beal-
cainne hi Coch Ainoino,] Mac Conalhs, ppim peaccaine Maolpfchlainn, vo
écc, 1ap nonccain Scpine Cianain vob a noip. hi ccm némhavwe rany an
opecain. Mardm ma nUgaipe, mac Ounlaing, ma pig Longtn, pon Sicpice,
mac Cmlaorb, co nOallaib Ata chat occ Oense Mogonds, co po lad ols
an Ball 1 nUib 6mum Cualano. Cucalle, mac Oublaic, ws(pna Pean
Tulac, vécc. Chicalle, mac Mancain, vo manbad la Siol nOnmcada. Mac
Concfham, Tsfpna Ua nOianpmava, vo manbao la hUib Gadna. Cpeach
mop la Maolpichlaann pon Gulla,7 cpeach ipin owce céona 1anam la
hUnib Néill pon Chhannaccanb. = Cpfch mop ipin la apnamapach tla Maol-
p(chlainn pon Cenél n€occam, 7] a monnanbad can Shab Puaio pé tum.
Mace Eie1g mic Pollamain, corpeach Clomne Puavach, vo écc. FPpor cpwe-

the Life of St. Canocus:

“A. D. 1021., Augurius filius Dunluing Rex
Lagenie in conflictu habito ad Dergneam 8. Mo-
goroci, in regione de Hy-Briuin-Chualann, con-
trivit Sitricium filium Amlai, et Nortmannos
Dublinienses usque ad internecionem longe cru-
entam.”—Acla Sanctorum, p. 313, n. 11.

* Cuceanann.—He is the ancestor of the fa-
mily of O’Conceannainn, now Concannon, who
were seated in the territory of Corcamoe, in the

much gold, silver, and books, were burnt by
the Danes.”—Ann. Clon.

* Maelmaire, daughter of Ambhlaeibh.—It is
curious to remark how Sitric, King of Dublin,
He was the
brother-in-law of King Maelseachlainn II., and

stood allied to his Irish enemies.

the son-in-law of Brian Borumha! It is no
wonder then that he did not join either side in
the battle of Clontarf.

* Dergne- Mogorog.—Called Deilgne-Moghoroc

in the Annals of Ulster, and now anglicised north of the county of Galway.

Delgany ; it is situated in the barony of Rath-
down, and county of Wicklow. The change of
p tol in the anglicising of names of places in
Ireland is very common. Deirgne, or Deilgne,
is to be distinguished from Deilg-inis, which is
the Irish name of Dalkey Island. This passage

is translated by Colgan as follows, in a note to

8 The Ui-Gadhra: i.e. the family of O’Gara,
who were at this time seated in the territories
of Gaileanga and Sliabh-Lugha, in the present
county of Mayo.

» Fallamhan.—He was the ancestor of the fa-
mily of O’Fallamhain, anglicé O'Fallon, who
were seated in the territory of Clann-Uadach,

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1021.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 799

learned sage died on the third day of the month of June, the Friday before
Whitsuntide precisely ; and Amhalghaidh was installed in the successorship of
Patrick by the laity and the clergy.

The Age of Christ, 1021. The eighth year of Maelseachlainn. Maenach,
priest and airchinneach of Lann-Leire, died. Maelmaire, daughter of Amh-
lacibh‘, wife of Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, died. Aedh, son of Flann, son
of Maelseachlainn, heir to the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Ua Maigh-
teachain, [one] of the Feara-Bile.
Meath, was drowned on May-day, in Loch-Ainninn [Lough Ennell], and Mac-
Conailligh, chief lawgiver of Maelseachlainn, died, after the plundering of the
shrine of Ciaran by them both ; this happened at the end of nine days after the

Branagan, son of Maeluidhir, a chief of

plundering. A victory was gained by Ugaire, son of Dunlaing, King of Lein-
ster, over Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, and the foreigners of ‘Ath-cliath, at Derge-
Mogorog® in Ui-Briuin-Cualann, where he made a dreadful slaughter of the
Cucaille, son of Dubhlaech, lord of Feara-Tulach, died. Cucaille,
The son of Cuceanann’, lord

foreigners.
son of Marcan, was slain by the Sil-Anmchadha.
of Ui-Diarmada, was slain by the Ui-Gadhra’.

seachlainn upon the foreigners; and on the same night a depredation was com-
mitted by the Ui-Neill upon the Cianachta. A great depredation was committed
by Maelseachlainn upon the Cinel-Eoghain ; and they were driven northwards
over Sliabh-Fuaid. Mac-Etigh, son of Follamhain", chief of Clann-Uadach, died.

A great depredation by Mael-

in the barony of Athlone, and county of Ros-
common.—See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many,
p- 19, note ™; and note’, under A. D. 1225.

The chronology of the Annals of the Four
Masters is correct from this period forward.
The Annals of Ulster notice the following events
under this year :

“ A.D. 1021. An overthrow by Ugaire, king
of Lenster, to Sitrick mac Aulaiv, king of Dub-
lin, at Delgne-Mogoroc. A shower of wheat
rained in Ossory. An army by Hugh O’Nell
through O-Dorthainn. They were.at Matechta
and killed the Lehderg in the meeting” [recté,
in 2 conflict], ‘tand O-Meiths and men of Mu-

gorn mett him, together with the men of Saini”.

[Saithni], “the men of Fernvai, and O’Dor-

hainn, with their kings. Also O’Celegan, O’Lor-
kan, with O-Bressalls, and O-Niallans, were all
before him at Ardmach” [recte, Oenach-Macha,
near Ardmacha], “that they came all at once
about him; but the son of Hugh caried his
prayes from them all, and was” [i.e. had] “but
240 men, and some were killed in the midest of
Ardmach betwene them. Sic in Libro Duvda-
lethe. Branagan O’Maeluire, Deputy king”
[uipp:] ‘of Meath, drowned, May-day, in Loch-
Aininn. Awalgai, Coarb of Patrick, went into
Mounster and 100 men” [recté, céona cup, i. e.
prima vice, i.e. for the first time], ‘and visitted
about. Kellach O’Cahasai, king of Saithne,
killed by Kindred-Owen. The son of Flann
mac Maelsechlainn, heyre of Tarach; Hugh,

800 GQNNaza RIOshachtd elReGNnN.

(1022.

neacca vo PCptains nOppagib. Althalgand, commapba Pacparce, vo dol 1pm
Mumain céona cup, co ctcucc a mon Cuainc.

Clip Cpforc, mile piche a 06. Maidm Aca bude Tlaccga pra Maol-
rfchlaimn pop Shalloib Ata chat, 04 1cconcnaccan ile, o1a nebpard,

Cl copcean veang veidfnach, pearecon occ an At mbuive,
Toca lente Léermendach opm co cfno a ude.

Mi do na blchawd iappm. Maoileaclainn Mop, mac Oomnaill, mic Oonr-
cada, TUIN Opoam, 7 OIpeacaip iaptaip Soman, vo écc hi cCpd Imp Loca
hQimno, rap mbeit cpt bhiaona eftpacac 1 pige uap Epimn, mad rap lCban
Cluana mic Noip, 1. ag cop pighe Gmain, mic Cinnerdig, ane an dinemh, 1
necmaing naor mbliadna 1ap cCat Cluana canb ipin tcneap bliadain pléc-
mosac a ao, an c(tpamao Nom vo Septembep dia vomnarg vo ponnnad,
lan natpse diocpa ma plctoib agup caipmteaccaib, 1ap namecin cupp
Cmoyt, 7 a pola, 7 ap na ongad illamaib Amalgada, comanba Paccpaice
ap po bao pide, comanba Cholaim Chille,7 comapba Cianam, 7 epmon

ppmét Enon in ppptcnapcup occa, po celebaippioc orpppinn, 7 imna, |

ba hach vo aroilccneacaib an coimde
an bap pm Maolp(chlainn amail ap pollup pin pann,

ppalma, 7 cantice vo pat a anma.

Thi céd pont oce an pis, mma copan bporc ip bio,

Clcpom 6 pig na nomle 1 moon gach otine did.

heyre of Ailech ; and Donell O’Murchaa, occist
sunt.”,—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

A few of the same events are noticed in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 1014,
as follows :

“A.D. 1014” [recté, 1021]. ‘‘ Owgaire mac”
[Dowling, mic Tuahall, mic Owgaire, mic Mur-
rogh mic] ‘“‘Ailella, king of Lynster, gave a
great overthrow to the Danes of Dublin, at a
place called Deirgne-Mogoroge, where an infinite
number of Danes were slain. Cowchoylle mac
Dowlye” [recté, mac Marcan 0’ Dowlye], “prince
of Fertullagh, died. There was-a shower of
wheat in Ossorie this year. Moylemary, daugh-
ter of Awley of Dublin, Queen of Ireland, and

wife to King Moyleseaghlyn, died.”

‘ Ath-buidhe-Tlachtgha: i.e. the Yellow Ford
of Tlachtgha, now Athboy, a town in the ba-
rony of Lune, and county of Meath, and about
six miles north-west from Trim.—See note ‘, on
Tlachtgha, under A. D. 1172.

* Cro-inis-Locha-Ainninn : i.e. the island of
the house or hut, in Lough-Ennell. This island
is still called Cro-inis in Irish, and sometimes
Cormorant Island in English. It lies in the
north-west part of Lough-Ennell, near Mullin-
gar, in the county of Westmeath, and belongs
to the parish of Dysart. Some fragments of the
ruins of a small castle, or stone house, are still
to be seen on this island. The fort of Dun-na-

———

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1022] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 801
A shower of wheat was rained in Osraighe. Ambhalghaidh, successor of

Patrick, went into Munster for the first time, and made a great circuit thereof.
The Age of Christ, 1022. The victory of Ath-buidhe-Tlachtgha' [was

' gained] by Maelseachlainn over the foreigners of Ath-cliath, where many were

slain ; of which was said :

His last bloody victory was in the evening atAth-buidhe ;
Thirty revolving days from this until his death.

He lived but a month after this. Maelseachlainn Mor, son of Domhnall, son
of Donnchadh, pillar of the dignity and nobility of the west of the world, died
on Cro-inis Locha-Aininn*, after having been forty-three years in sovereignty
over Ireland, according to the Book of Cluain-mic-Nois, which places the reign
of Brian, son of Kennedy, in the enumeration, at the end of nine years after
the battle of Cluain-tarbh, in the seventy-third year of his age, on the fourth of
the Nones of September, on Sunday' precisely, after intense penance for his sins
and transgressions, after receiving the body of Christ and.his blood, after being
anointed by the hands of Amhalghaidh, successor of Patrick, for he and the
successor of Colum Cille, and the successor of Ciaran, and most of the seniors
of Ireland, were present [at his death]; and they sung masses, hymns, psalms,
and canticles, for the welfare of his soul. Sorrowful to the poor of the Lord
was the death of Maelseachlainn, as is evident from this quatrain :

Three hundred forts had the king, in which flesh and food were given,
Guests from the king of the elements were in each fort of these.

Sciath, the seat of King Maelseachlainn, which
consisted of several concentric entrenchments
or circumvallations, is situated on the brink of
the lake opposite this island.

This passage is translated by Colgan as fol-
lows in his Annals of Armagh :

“A, D. 1022. Malachias magnus filius Dom-
naldi Rex Hibernie supremum caput Ordinum,
et Procerum Occidentis postquam annis 43 reg-
nasset juxta Annales Cluanenses cum novem
annis quibus regnavit post prelium Cluantar-
bhense ; anno xtatis 73 quarto Nonas Septem-

bris cum summa peenitentid migravit ad Domi-
num, viatico corporis et sanguinis Christi pie
sumpto, et sacra unctione preminitus, in mani-
bus Amalgadii Archiepiscopi Ardmachani. Ade-
rant etiam Comorbanus S. Columbe, et Comor-
banus S. Kierani, et alii plerique seniores”
[rpuier] “ totius Hibernia, qui sacrificiis, hym-
nis, canticis, et psalmodia ejus exequias solem-
niter celebrarunt.”—Trias Thaum., p. 298.

1 On Sunday.—These criteria indicate the
year 1022, and shew that the chronology of the
Irish annals is correct at this period,

lived

802 GNNaza RIOSshachta elRedaqnn.

(1022.
Ap vo bliadnaib barp Maoleachlaimn bedp po padlo, ‘

04 bliadain 04 deic Ip mile, 6 Fem Cort cfnn Fac pise,
60° hécc uf Colman na ccneach, Maolpfchlamn comlan cuimneach.

Plann Ua Tacain, aincimneach Ofpmarge, eccnad ofprcaigte, 7 Maol-
coba Ua Sallcubaip, comonba Scpine Adamnain, vécc. Caccnan In Caom,
comanba Ocaga, vécc 1 nApo Maca. Catapach Ua Sapbamn, pfplersinn
Cluana mic Noip, vo Chuipcemb a cenel,7 lopeph, mac Oanchada, anmcana
Cluana mic Nop, vécc. Ataip Coin na mbocc epoe. Mumenna cingao
vo mapbad 6 ob Fillb vo Lusmb. Oornall, Ua Mupchada Slumeillap,
cisCpna an cuaipceinc, do mapbav la Ciannaccaib Glinne Germin. Oomnalt,
mac Clooa Ui Mhaolvonard, v0 manbad. Muipfoach Ua Slebene, apo ollam
cuaipceint Eneann, vo manbao la propa Roip. Mac Cipbaill, cigeanna
Ele, 7 Oomnall, mac Ceallang, plait Potanz, 00 manbaoh. Sitpiocc, mac
lomanp, ciZ(pna Phuine Caunge, 00 manbad la TZ (pna Opnaige. Maclersimn,
mac Coiplll, cigfpna Oinsiall, 00 écc 1ap bpfnnamd ina plctab. Mat-
sama, mac Lawdsnéin, me Chhball, ciZGna Elpnmange, vo manbad hi

cCluain Eoaip la Catal Ua Cpiocain.

~™ Flann Ua Tacain—For some ancient in-
scribed tombstones to persons of this name,
see Petrie’s Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 324,
325.

" 0’ Gallchubhair.—Now O’Gallagher. This
family took their hereditary surname from Gal-
chobhar, sixth in descent from Maelcobha,
monarch of Ireland from A. D. 612 till 615,
whose eldest son, Ceallach, was monarch from
642 till 654.—See Battle of Magh-Rath, p. 336.

° Scrin-Adhamhnain : i. e. Adamnan’s Shrine,
now Skreen, an old church giving name to a
townland and parish, in the barony of Tireragh,
and county of Sligo.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanc-
torum, p. 337, and p. 340, n. 42. Near this
church is a holy well dedicated to St. Adamnan.
—See Genealogies, §c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 267,
note *.

» Deagha: i.e. St. Dageeus, who is the patron

Muinc(pcach Ua Cannas Calma

saint of Inishkeen, in the county of Louth—,
See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, pp. 348 and 374 ;
and Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 465.

4 Conn-na-mBocht: i. e. Conn of the Poor.
He was the ancestor of a family at Clonmac-
noise called Mac Cuinn na mBocht, otherwise
O’Gorman.

* Cearbhall.—He is the ancestor from whom
the family of O’Cearbhaill of Ely-O’Carroll, in
the now King’s County, derived their heredi-
tary surname.

* Ua Crichain—Now anglicé Creighan, and
Cregan, and sometimes scoticised to Creighton.

The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon-
macnoise, which agree in chronology with the
Annals of the Four Masters at this period
(and which are all correct at this year), record
the following events under 1022:

“A, D, 1022. Cervall’s sonn, king of Ely;

bal

1022.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

Of the year of Maelseachlainn’s death was also said :
Two years, twice ten, and a thousand, from the birth of Christ, the
head of every king,

Till the death of the descendant of Colman of preys, Maelseachlainn,
the perfect, the memorable.

Flann Ua Tacain”, airchinneach of Dearmhach, a distinguished wise man; and
Maelcobha Ua Gallchubhair”, comharba of Scrin-Adhamhnain®, died. Lachtnan
of Inis-caein, successor of Deagha”, died at Ard-Macha. Cathasach Ua Gar-
bhain, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, of the sept of Cuireni; and Joseph, son of
Dunchadh, anmchara of Cluain-mic-Nois, died: the latter was the father of
Conn-na-mBocht%. Muiren of the tongue was slain by two Gillies of the
Luighni. Domhnall, grandson of Murchadh Glunillar, lord of the North, was
slain by the Cianachta of Gleann-Geimhin. Domhnall, son of Aedh Ua Mael-
doraidh, was slain. Muireadhach Ua Sleibhene [Slevin], chief poet of the
north of Ireland, was slain by the Feara-Rois. The son of Cearbhall’, lord of
Eile; and Domhnall, son of Ceallach, chief of Fotharta, were slain. Sitric, son
of Imhar, lord of Port-Lairge, was slain by the lord of Osraighe. Macleighinn,
son of Coireall, lord of Oirghialla, died, after [doing] penance for his sins.
Mathghamhain, son of Laidhgnen, son of Cearbhall, lord of Fearnmhagh, was
slain at Cluain-Eois, by Cathal Ua Crichain’. Muircheartach Ua Carraigh

Daniell O’Kelly, king of Fothart ; and Sitrick
mac Ivar, king of Waterford, killed. Mac Leginn
mac Cairill, king of Airgiall; Flann O’Tacan,
Airchinnech of Dorow, died. Lachtnan, Coarb
of Iniskyn-Dea, died in Ardmach. Maelsech-
lainn, mac Donell, mac Doncha, the glorious
and courageous post or upholder of the west of
the world, died in the 43rd yeare of his reigne,
in the 73rd yeare of his age, in 4 Nonas Sep-
tembris die viz. Dominico it. lune. A sea battle
betwene the Galls of Dublin and Nell mac
Eochaa, king of Ulster. The Gentiles” [recté,
Galls] ‘ put to flight, that theire bloody slagh-
ter was had, and put to jeopardy after. Mur-
tagh O’Carroi, heyre of Tarach, killed by Mael-
sechlainn. An overthrow at Sliavfuaid of Air-

gialla by Nell mac Eochaa, that their bloody
slaghter was comitted. Mahon mac Laignen,
king of Fernvai, killed by Cahalan O’Chrichan,
in the midest of Clonoais, Muren Natenga, .i. of
the toung, killed.””—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clar., t. 49.

“A, D, 1022. Mac Kervell, prince of Ely,
was killed. Sittrick mac Hymer, King of Wa-
terford, was killed by these of Ossorie. Flann
O’Tagan, Archdean of Dowrowe, worthy sadge
and holy man, died. There was a great shower
of hail in Summer this year, the stones whereof
were as bigg as crabbs” [wild apples]. ‘* There
was also such thunder and lightning that it
killed an infinite number of cattle every where
in the kingdome. King Moyleseaghlyn gave
an overthrow to the Danes, where many of

Oke

,

804 aNNaza RIoshachta elReaNnn. [1023.

vo manbad la Maolpfchlamn 001 meabaal. Muipcompac pon pan ppainecr
eccin Ghallaib Aca cliaé 7 Niall mac €ocada, pi Ulad, co paemmd ponp
na Gulla, 7 cuccad 1avpéin 1 mbporc, 7 cuccad oan, a longa leo act uatad
acpula ap an éiccin. Platpo, mac Oulbrlanga, mic oda mic Tomalcms,
cis(na Leite Catal, vo tuicim lap na Galler’ 1pm muncompac pm ip
plccmad mbliadain vécc a aoip1. Oonncad, coipfch Clomne Catanl, oécc.
Cloichpn(cca 01 mop po pip ipm Sampad, comboan meive ubla piadain na
cloca, po aptpais coipneach, 4 cemnceach mop, co po mudaigead oaoine
| ceatpa peacnén Eipeann. Onccam Chille vapa 6 Ohonnypléibe 50
nUib Paoldin. Marom hi Sliab Pucio pop Aingiallaib mr Niall mac €oc-
ada, ] po cuipead veanszap Cingiall ann.

Cloip Cpfopt, mile piche a cpi. Maolmaine Ua Caimen, eccnad 4
eppcop Suipo Cholaim Chille; vécc. Oomnall mac Cloda bice Us Maoil-
eachlainn, an dana cisCpna bof pop Midve, vo mapbad la mac Sfnain
Ui Leocam 7 la Cugnib. Cylch la Sulla oan veipceanc mbps, 7 oan
Oomliace Chiantun, 7 Aintit Ua Catapais, coipeac na Saitne, vo manbad
dob pm lo pn. Otncad Ua Ounn, caigfpna Ons, peall vo Shallaib pain
ma nomn(che péin, 7 a bert Dap muip pap van papuccad Colaim Cille an
aré a comapba bai a ccomaince pnp. Cochlaino, mac Maoileachlainn,
cisfana Inpr hEosam 7 Marge hita, vo mapbad la a O(pbpataip péin a. la
Niall 7 la Ciannacca Slinne Geimin. Tavdsz, mac brain, mic Cinveicers,
vo manbad vo Eiliby prull, rap na endl via bnataip pém oo Ohonnchad,
poppae. Concoban, mac Clengupa, mac Canpaice Calma, v0 manbao lar
na Gucca 1 meabarl. Teanmann Cluana mic Noip vo ongam vo Hhadpa,
mac Ounavhaig, 50 puc icfoa bo app. Sloshfo la hUa-Concobarp, 41.
Tads an eich gil, pi Connacc, 1 nUIb Opiun, dia po mapbad ann Oomnall

Lord 1022. The Archbushop of Ardmach, the
Cowarb of St. Columb and the Cowarb of St.
Keyran being present, after he received the
sacrament of Extream Unction, died a good

them lost their heads, fifty days before his
death. King Moyleseaghlyn, mac Donnell, mic
Donnagh, king of all Ireland, having thus
triumphantly reigned over all Ireland, and his

enemies, the Danes, died in Croiniss upon Logh
Innill, neer his house of Downe-ue-sgyath, in
the 43rd year of his reign, in the fourth of the
Nones of September, the Sunday next before
the feast day of St. Keyran, in the year of our

death.

“This was the last king: of Ireland of Irish
blood that had crown; yett there were seven
kings after without crown, before the coming
in of the English, &c. &e. After the death of

1023.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 805

Calma was treacherously slain by Maelseachlainn God. A battle on the sea
between the foreigners of Ath-cliath and Niall, son of Eochaidh, King of Ulidia,
wherein the foreigners were defeated, and they themselves led into captivity,
and their ships carried away, except a few which fled away. Flathroi, son of
Dubhslangha, son of Aedh, son of Tomaltach, fell by the foreigners in that sea
battle, in the seventeenth year of his age. Donnchadh, chief of Clann-Cathail,
died. Very great [showers of] hail fell in the summer, the stones of which
were the size of wild apples ; and great thunder and lightning succeeded, so
that men and cattle were destroyed throughout Ireland. The plundering of
Cill-dara by Donnsleibhe and the Ui-Faelain. A victory was gained at Sliabh-
Fuaid over the Airghialla, by Niall, son of Eochaidh; and a great slaughter was
made of the Airghialla there. ;

The Age of Christ, 1023. Maelmaire Ua Cainen, wise man, and Bishop
of Sord-Choluim-Chille, died. Domhnall, son of Aedh Beag Ua Maeleachlainn,
the second lord that was over Meath, was slain by the son of Seanan Ua Leocain
and the Luighni. A predatory excursion was made by the foreigners over
South Breagh, and to Daimhliag-Chianain; and Ainbhith Ua Cathasaigh,
lord of the Saithni, was slain by them on that day. Donnchadh Ua Duinn, lord
of Breagh, was treacherously seized upon by the foreigners at their own
assembly ; and he was carried eastwards over the sea, in violation of Colum-
Lochlainn, son of Maeleachlainn,
lord of Inis-Eoghain and Magh-Itha, was slain by his own brother, Niall, and
the Cianachta of Gleann-Geimhin.
was treacherously slain by the Eili. at the instigation of his own brother, Donn-
chadh. Conchobhar, son of Aenghus, son of Carrach Calma, was killed by
the Guttas' by treachery. The Termon of Cluain-mic-Nois was plundered by

Cille, whose successor was his guarantee.

Tadhg, son of Brian, son of Ceinneidigh,

-Gadhra, son of Dunadhach, and carried off many hundred cows from thence.

An army was led by Ua Conchobhar, .i. e. Tadhg of the White Steed, King of

King Moyleseaghlyn, this kingdom was without was at Lismore. The land was governed like a

a king 20 years, dureing which time the realm
was governed by two learned men; the one
called Cwan O’Lochan, a well-learmed temporall
man, and chief poet of Ireland; the other, Cor-
eran Cleireach, a devoute and holy man, that
was anchorite of all Ireland, whose most abideing

free state, and not like a monarchie, by them.
There fell wonderfull great snow at this time
before the battle of Slieve-Grott.””—Ann. Clon.

t Guttas: i.e. the Stammerers. This was a
nickname of a family of the O’Melaghlins of
Meath.

806 aNNaza RIOshachta eiReann. (1024.

Ua h€agpna, cigfpna Cmgne Connacc. €Epano Mac Coipre, apo époinicid
na nOaoweal, oécc hn Cluain micNaip, 1ap noeigb(charo.

Cop Cpfore, mle pice acltain, Pachcna pfpleigio 7 pasanc Cluana
mic Nop, aipcinneach Pronoabpach abae, aincmoeach inveidnen, abb na
nOaoweal, oécc hr Roim ian nool via oiletpe. Oubplane, ppim anmcana
na nOaoweal, 7 paccanc Aino Oplcam, véce hi cCluam mic Noéip. Oono-
pléibe, ci5(pna Ua Paolam, vo gabail cige oc Oubloch pon Cugaine, mac
Danlams, pon pigs Largtn, 4 fon Mhaolmopda mac Concéin, cisfpna
Ua cCeimnpealars, 7 pon a mac,7 po mapbta 1acc a cepwp ano la Oonn-
plerbe. Cuan, Ua Lotcan, ppimécclp Epeann, 7 pao: pfnchard, vo mapnbad
1 cC(cba, 7 bnénaicc a naon vain an luce po manb, 7 mp pine FIUd mopin.
Cucaille, mac Gaipbit, op(pab bp ls, vécc. Oonnplébe, mac Maoilmopoda,
cigfina Ua Faelam, vo coche pon cneie 1 nUib Palge conap cannaid
cis (na Ua Pailge 7 opeam v0 Uib Muineadang co no manbrac € 1pm 1onad
m po pools cneich Cille vana. Catch Acha na cpoip hi cConand eiccin
Ua Maoloonamd 7 Ua Ruainc, 50 paoimd pon Ua Ruainc,7 po lad an a
muimnctipe .1. pice céd apead toncnaccan ann 1m Ruane Ua nOianmana,

cana) Speipne. Cp vo no pwmodlo,

* Erard Mac Coisse.—He was evidently a dif-
ferent person from the Urard Mac Coisse, whose
death is recorded in the Annals of Tighernach
at the year 990. This Erard, who died in the
year 1023, was probably the author of the
Elegy on the Death of Fearghal O’Ruairc, as a
distinct reference is made in the elegy to the
death of Brian, and the battle of Clontarf, thus:

“ Subaé Siol sCuimn cap é1p Ohman
Oo cwzim a ngliad cluana capb.”

* Joyful are the race of Conn after Brian’s
Fall in the battle of Cluain-tarbh.”

The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon-
macnoise, the chronology of which are correct
at this period, contain the following entries
under this year:

* A. D. 1023. An Eclipse of the Moone, the
4th Ides of January, being Thursday. An
Eclipse of the Sonn, the 27th of the same Moone,

on Thursday. Donell mac Maelsechlainn, Hugh
Beg’s sonn, killed by Mac Senan O’Lochan.
Donogh O’Duinn, king of Bregh, taken by Gen-
tiles” [recte, Galls] ‘in his own name” [recté,
at their own Jraght, or public assembly ], ‘‘ and
caryed beyond seas. Lochlainn mac Maelsech-
lainn, king of Ailech, killed by his owne people.
Teig mac Bryan killed by Ely. Conor O’Carrai
killed by the Guttas. Leovellin, king of Brit-
taine, died. Enrick, or Henricus, king of the
World, died. After him did Cuana” [i.‘e.
Otho III.] ‘assume the kingdome of the World.
Two O’Macoynens killed by Galengs. Donell
O’Hayra, king of Luigne Connaght, killed by
Conor, king of Connaght.”— Ann. Ult., Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 1023. There was an Eclipse of the
Sun about noon the first of the Kalends of Fe-
bruary. Donell mac Hugh Beag O’Melaghlyn,
king of halfe Meath, was killed by the sonn of

1024.} ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 807

Connaught, into Ui-Briuin, where Domhnall Ua hEaghra, lord of Luighne in
Connaught, was slain. Erard Mac Coisse", chief chronicler of the Irish, died
at Cluain-mic-Nois, after a good life.

The Age of Christ, 1024. Fachtna, lector and priest of Cluain-mic-Nois, air-
chinneach of Finnabhair-abha, airchinneath of Indeidhnen, and [the most dis-
tinguished] abbot of the Gaeidhil, died at Rome, whither he had gone upon a
pilgrimage. Dubhshlaine, chief anmchara of the Gaeidhil, and priest of Ard-
Breacain, died atCluain-mic-Nois. Donnsleibhe, lord of Ui-Faelain, took a house
[forcibly] at Dubhloch”, from Augaire, son of Dunlaing, King of Leinster, and
from Maelmordha, son of Lorcan, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and from his son; and
the three were therein slain by Donnsleibhe. Cuan Ua Lothchain*, chief poet of
Ireland, and a learned historian, was slain in Teathbha, and the party who killed
him became putrid in one hour; and this was a poet’s miracle. Cucaille, son of
Gairbhith, [one] of the men of Breagha, died. Donnsleibhe, son of Maelmor-
dha, lord of Ui-Faelain, set out upon a predatory excursion into Ui-Failghe ;
and the lord of Ui-Failghe, and some of the Ui-Muireadhaigh, overtook and
The battle of Ath-na-croise’ in
Corann, between Ua Maeldoraidh and Ua Ruairc, where Ua Ruaire was defeated,
and his people slaughtered, i. e. twenty hundred’ of them were slain, together

slew him as he was plundering Cill-dara.

with Ruare, grandson of Diarmaid, Tanist of Breifne.

Seanan O’Leogan, and by these of Lwynie.
Donnogh O’Doyne, prince of Moybrey, was
treacherously taken by the Danes, and carried
over seas. Teig, son of King Bryan Borowe,
was unnaturally deliver’d by his own brother,
Donnogh, to these of Elye O’Karoll, who accord-
ingly killed him, as was desired of them by his
brother, Donnogh. Leovellin, King of Wales,
died. Henric, monarche of the World, died, and
Conrado” [recte, Otho III.] ‘‘ succeeded him in
the monarchie.”—Ann. Clon.

The eclipses of the sun and moon above re-
corded show that the chronology of these Annals
is perfectly correct at this periodiSee L’ Art
de Ver. les Dates, tom. i. p. 71, A. D. 1023.

* Dubhloch: i.e, the Black Lough, or Lake.
Not identified.’ ,

Of him was said :

* Cuan O’Lothchain.—For some account of
this poet the reader is referred to O’Reilly’s
Descriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. 73;
and Leabhar na gCeart, Introduction, pp. xlii. to
It is stated in the Annals of Kilronan
that his murderers ‘‘met tragical deaths, and

xlv.

that their bodies were not interred until the
wolves and birds had preyed upon them,—
a manifest miracle wrought by God for the
poet.”

y Ath-na-croise : i. e. Ford of the Cross. There
is no place now bearing this name in the ba-

-rony of Corran, county of Sligo.

* Twenty hundred: i.e. 2000. This was a re-
markably large number slain of O’Rourke’s
people at so early a period, and shews that his
territory must have been densely inhabited.

AQNNata RIOshachcta e1REGNN. [1025.

An cat oc Aé na cpoip pecaccan pip cen carp, .
Ro lion vo collenb Conann ap la Conall a maipp.

Cat ele (conpa 50 pimhead pon flopa Spepne, 50 cconcain mac asfpndin
ann. Sloiccl la mac nEocava go Gallu, Fo no loipeclS lary, go: ccucc Falla
Haoweal uadaib. Sloiecld la hOpparghib, 7 la Carsmb co Talcainve, 7 vo
pacpac pesoa 7 sialla 6 Shallaib. Madm na nEpland pia nGeanngaolla
pop Gulla. Oomnall mac Coda, piosdamna Oilig, 00 manbad vo Ohiolla-
muna mac Occein. Maolotin Ua Concaille, cis fina Ua Niallen, vo map-
bad vo Uib Oopcrams. Maolpuanaw Ua Cianpda, cigfpna Caipppe, véce.
Gp php Mumhan vo cup la Oonnchad, mac Coda 1 nSlionn Uipfn, cpe
mionbail O€ 7 Comhoain.

Cloip Cpiopc, mle piche a cticc. Plannabna, comanba lae Colaim
Chile, Maolesin Ua Topéin, comapba Ooine Cholaim Chille, Cfnopaolad,
mac Plantb(pcaig, comanba Molary: Oammy1,7 Giollacmore a plplérginn,
vécc. Maolbpigo: Ua Ricioen, comanpba Pinna 7 Comsanll, vécc. Oubmp
Ua Panceallaig, abb Onoma lita, Saopbpltrach, abb Imleacha lubarp,
TUN TOCadD 7 opvamn 1aptain Epeand epide, 7 Muipfoach, mac Mucépdm,
comanba Crapéin 7 Comméin, vécce. Oo mucin Imlicch Ponveonae v6.

Niall Ua Concobaip, piogoamna Connacr, vo manbad.

* Tulcainne.—Now the River Tolka, which
passes through the village of Finglass, passes
under Ballybough Bridge, and unites with the
salt water at Annesley Bridge, near the North
Strand, Dublin.

> Erglann.—Not identified.

The Annals of Ulster and of Clonmacnoise
notice the following events under this year :

“A. D. 1024. Ugaire mac Dunlaing, king of
Lenster, and Maelmorra mac Lorcan, king of
Cinselai,” [had] ‘‘a howse taken upon them by
Maelmorra, king of the O’Faelains, where they
were lost, or by Donnsleve rather, which Donn-
sleve afterwards was killed by the O’Muiredaies.
The battle of Ath-na-Croise, betwene O’Mael-
dorai and O’Royrk, where O’Royrk was discom-
fitted and his slaughter committed. Cnan O’Lo-
chan, Archpoet of Ireland, killed treacherouslyby

Maccine, mac Oonn-

the men of Tehva, ancestors of the Foxes. They
stunk afterwards, whereby they got the name
Foxes ;—a miracle shewed of the poet. Donell
mac Hugh, heyre of Ailech, - by Gillamuire
O’Hogan killed. Maelduin O’Conchaille, king
of O’Niallains, killed by the O’Durhainns.
Maelruana O’Kiardai, King of Carbré, a suis
occisus est. An army by O'Nell’s sonn, and
he prayed O- Meth and O- Dorhainn.”—Ann. Uit.,
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 1024. O’Moyledorie gave an over-
throw to O’Royrck in Connought, near Corran,
where O’Royrck received great loss of his people.
Mac Neochy of Ulster tooke hostages of the
Danes, and caused them to sett at liberty their
Irish captives. Ossorie and Lynstermen went
to Taylchoynne, and brought a rich booty of
Jewells and prisoners from the Danes. Faghtna,

BUDD RARER EE I SN epi ORTLAND

1025.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 809

In the battle of Ath-na-croise, men looked without pity,
Corann was filled with carcasses ; the Conalls had its glory.

Another battle was fought between them, in which the men of Breifne were
defeated, and the son of Tighearnan slain. An army was led by the son of
Kochaidh against the foreigners, so that he burned [their territory], and carried
away the hostages of the Irish from them. An army was led by the Osraighi
and the Leinstermen to Tulcainne*; and they obtained jewels and hostages
from the foreigners. The victory of Erglann’, by Gearrgaela, over the foreigners.
Domhnall, son of Aedh, royal heir of Aileach, was slain by Gillamura, son of
Ogan. Maelduin Ua Conchaille, lord of Ui-Niallan, was slain by the Ui-Doctain.
Maelmuaidh Ua Ciarrdha, lord of Cairbre, died. A slaughter was made of the
men of Munster by Donnchadh, son of Aedh, in Gleann-Uisean, through the
miracles of God and Comhdan.

The Age of Christ, 1025. Flannabhra, comharba of Ia-Choluim-Chille ;
Maeleoin Ua Torain, comharba of Doire-Choluim-Chile ; Ceannfaeladh, son of
Flaithbheartach, successor of Molaisi of Daimhinis; and Gillachrist, its lector,
died. Maelbrighde Ua Crichidein, successor of Finnia and Comhgall, died.
Duibhinsi Ua Faircheallaigh’, Abbot of Druim-leathan; Saerbhreathach, Abbot
of Imleach Iubhair, who was pillar of the wealth and dignity of the west [recté
south] of Ireland ; and Muireadhach, son of Mughron, successor of Ciaran and
Comman’, died ; he was of the family of Imleach Fordeorach*. Niall Ua Con-
chobhar, royal heir of Connaught, was killed. Mactire, son of Donnghaile,

Lector and priest of Clonvicknose, Archdean of
Fynnawragh, abbot of Hugh, Archdean of Inne-
nen, and abbot of all Ireland, died in Rome
doing penance. Cwan O’Loghan, prime poet of
Treland, a great chronicler, and one to whom for
his sufficiencie the causes of Ireland were com-
mitted to be examined and ordered, was killed
by one of the land of Teaffa. After committing
of which evill fact there grew an evil scent and
odour of the party that killed him, that he was
easily known among the rest of the land. His

associate, Corkran, lived yett and survived him -

for a time after. Dowslany, that was first preist
of Ardbracken, and afterwards prime-ancho-

rite of Ireland, died.”,—Ann. Clon.

°UVa-Faircheallaigh.—Now O’Farrelly, or Far-
relly. The O’Farrellys were the hereditary
coarbs of St. Mogue, or Erenachs of Drumlane,
in the county of Cavan, till the suppression of
the monastery, and are now very numerous
throughout the county.

4 Successor of Ciaran and Comman: i.e. Abbot
of Clonmacnoise and Roscommon. ,

* Imleach Fordeorach.—This is probably the
place now called Emlagh, situated in the parish
of Kilkeevin, barony of Castlerea, and county of
Roscommon.—See A. D. 751; and the Ordnance
Map of the County of Roscommon, sheet 27.

bL

810 ANNQZa RIOSshachcta eiReaNNH.

(1026.

Zale, cana Teatba, vo mapbad. GHeappsaola, cis(pna Spfcch, vo map-
bad 7 v0 lopccad vo deipcent Onl} 7 vo Matgamain Ua Riaccéin. Slieclo
la Plaicbfpcach Ua Néill 1 mOp(sanb, co ccucc Falla Haoweal 6 Fhallarb.
Sléicé( la Oomnall Goce 1 mbplsarb, 50 po moanb hU; Néill cap Shabh
Pua po tuad,7 co papcembpiot a peiata ya neocha laip, 7 co truce
aiccine pip moOnls uaiwohibh. Maolpfchloino, Goce cigfpna Moe, vo écc
fo cedéip van a erp. Ua Comalcain (Ui Chléims], agfpna Ua Piacpac
Chine, vécc. Cpfch la Catalan misfpna Piphmaige pon Pfaib Manach.
Cpneach la Piona Mhanach po cevoin Fo Loch nUaitne, go po loipepfc, 7 co
pomapbrac plcc pip vécc pon bn anlocha. Otngal Ua Oonnéada, pi Carl,
vo écc. CTeanmann peicin 00 anccain 7 vo Lopccad aoce Nocclace mon la
hUib Cpiocam. |

Cloip Cmorc, mile piche a pé. Conall Ua Cilline, comapba Cpondin
Tuama Hnéme, Maolpaccpaice Ua Cilecain piplhgino Oum Lfleslaiypre
[oécc]. Maolpuanaw Ua Maolvona, agfpna Cemuil Conall, vo dol cap
muip oid oilitpe. Sloice> la Oonnchad, mac bam, co ccuce Gralla pep
Ihde 7 mbp(sh, Gall, Cars n,7 Opparse. Stocco la Plartb(pcach Ua Néill
7 la Maolpfchlono, mac Maolpuanaw, hi Mide, co tcuccpace Fralla,7 50
nveacpac pon lic oispead 1 nImp Mocca,7 po momplcc mn inip pop 6 hallanb.
Muipceancach, mac Congalang, wiZ(pna Ua pfoilse vo manbad la Gallaib
Céa chat. Cimpsin Ua Mopda, nglpna Caoigim, 7 Cuomlig Ua beangon,

‘Grandson of Comhaltan—He was Cugaela,
son of Gillacheallaigh O’Clery.—See Genealogies,
gc., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 393. See also the
years 964 and 976, supra. .

8 The Feara-Manach : i.e. the men of Ferma-
nagh.

» Loch- Uoathne.—Now Lough Ooney, in the
barony of Dartry, and county of Monaghan.—
See note’, under A. D. 850, p. 482, suprd.

* Tearmann-Feichin.—Now Termonfeckin, in
the barony of Ferrard, and county of Louth.—
See note under A. D. 1013.

* The Ui-Crichain: i.e. the followers of Ca-
thalan O’Crichain, chief of Farney.—See Shir-
ley’s Account of the Dominion of Farney, pp. 4, 5.

The Annals of Ulster and of Clonmacnoise
record the following events under this year :

« A, D. 1025. Flannavra, Coarb of Aei”
{Iona]; ‘‘ Muireach mac Mugron, Coarb of Kia-
ran; Maeleoin O’Toran, Coarb of Daire; Cen-
faela mac Flavertai, Airchinnech of Daivinis ;
Maelbride O’Cryeven, Coarb of Finnen and
Comgall; Duivinse O’Fairchellai, Airchinnech
of Dromlean; and Syrvrehagh, abbot of Imlech-
Ivair, in Christo dormierunt. Nell O’Conor,
heyre of Connaght; and Gerrgaela, king of
Bregh, killed. Maelsechlainn Gott, king of
Meath, died. An army by Flavertach O’Nell

into Bregh” [and] “into Fingall, and brought

the Irish hostages from the Galls. Cahalan,

8

1026.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 811

Tanist of Teathbha, was killed. Gearrguela, lord of Breagha, was killed and
burned by [the people of] South Breagha and Mathghamhain Ua Riagain. ©
An army was led by Flaithbheartach Ua Neill into Breagha, and he carried off
the hostages of the Irish from the foreigners. An army was led by Domhnall
Gott into Breagha, and he expelled the Ui-Neill northwards over Sliabh-Fuaid ;
and they left behind their shields and their horses to him, and he took the
hostages of the men of Breagha from them. Maelseachlainn Gott, lord of Meath,
died immediately afterwards. The grandson of Comhaltan‘ [Ua Cleirigh], lord
of Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne, died. A predatory excursion was made by Cathalan,
lord of Fearnmhagh, against the Feara-Manach*. A predatory excursion was
made by the Feara-Manach to Loch-Uaithne”, and they burned and slew seven-
teen men on the margin of the lake. Dunghal Ua Donnchadha, King of Caiseal,
died. Tearmann-Feichin' was plundered and burned on Christmas night by
the Ui-Crichain*.

The Age of Christ, 1026. Conall Ua Cillene, successor of Cronan of
Tuaim-Greine ; Maelpadraig Ua Ailecain, lector of Dun-Leathghlaise ; Mael-
ruanaidh O’Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, went over the sea on his pil-
grimage. A hosting by Donnchadh, son of Brian, so that he obtained the
hostages of the men of Meath, of the men of Breagha, of the foreigners, of the
Leinstermen, and of the Osraighi: An army was led by Flaithbheartach
Ua Neill, and Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, into Meath; and they
obtained hostages, and entered Inis-Mochta upon the ice, and plundered the
island, then in the possession of the foreigners. Muircheartach, son of Con-
ghalach, lord of Ui-Failghe, was slain by the foreigners of Ath-cliath. Aimergin
Ua Mordha', lord of Laeighis, and Cuduiligh Ua Beargdha, lord of Ui-Duach,

king of Fernvai, with his associates, upon Fer- tooke with him all the Captives of Ireland that
manach. Fermanach, with their strength, pre- were with the Danes. Donell God, with his
sently to Loch” [Uaihni, that they burnt and forces, banished O’Neale over the mount[ain] of
killed seventeen men on the brink of the loch] Sleiwe Fwayde. Melaghlyn God, king of Meath,
* Termon-Fechin distressed by Cahalan O’Cri- died this time.”—Ann. Clon.
chan.”’"— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 1 Aimergin Ua Mordha.—This Aimergin was

“A. D. 1025. Gearrgaela, King of Moybrey; the son of Cinaeth, who was son of Ceinneidigh,
was both killed and drownded by the south of who was son of Mordha, the progenitor after
Moybrey, and by Mahon O’Riagan. Flathver- whom the family of O’Mordha, or O’More, took
tagh O’Neale, with his forces of the North, their hereditary surname. .

5L2

812 ANNQGZa RIOshachta elReEANHN.

(1027.

cis(ina Ua nOuach, vo mapbad la apoile, 7 com Gp Ua nOuach, 7 Lagi,
act po meabaid pon Ua nOuach. Maidm ma Roen pon Shulla Ata chac
oce Lorch Rén. Cplchplocco la hOppargib m Urb MuipCoharg, 7 puccpac
sabala mona, 7 po sonrac Muincfpcac, mac Ounlaing. Oo deocaccan
U1 Mumplohang 1 nOppargib, co po oinecp fcc Tealaé nOimaino,7 po mapbrac
an pecnapaio. | Slaécl la cg Cpna nOppaige m Unb Ceinnpealang co por
inoip. Thi cata do bnipld vo Raon, mac Muipclpcons, mic Maoileachlaino,
vo progvamna Timpa, 1. 0o Chlomn Cholmain, cat pop propa Mhive, cat
pop propa Only, 7 cat pon Shallaib Ata chat. Cn clocan 6 t4 Sapnpda in
bainb co hllaid na ccm ccpop vo dénam la 6nlpal Conailleach hf cCluain »
mic Nop. Cptch mop la GCpp an cogaw pon Oornae Sfchnall,7 Gp an
Copad PEPIN Do mapbavd ap na mapac,] a oa bnatarp mmanlle ppip 1. Ecigen,
7] Hrollamait, la MuipCohac Ua Céle ina Hg pen, cné plpcaib OE 4 Sfch-
naall moyin.

Cop Cpiopz, mile piche a peachc. Ounchavh mac $1ollamoconna,
comapba Sfchnaill, an c(ccnad ba veanpecaigti OE inioncarb, vécc hi cColéin
ran n6(man. Maolpuanad Ua Maoloonawd, agsfina Cenel Conall, vo
ecc ina oitpe. Ruaiopm mac Posancaig, cig(ina veipceine Onls, és 1ap
naichmge 7 1ap pinvacaw. TadgsZ mac Hiollapaccypaig vo dallad la cis (ina

™ Loch-Rein.—There is a lough of this name
at Fenagh, in the county of Leitrim.—See note‘,
under A. M. 3506. But the one referred to in
the text would appear to be in Meath.

2 Tealach- Dimainn.—Otherwise written Tea-
lach n-inmaine, now Tullamaine, near Callan, in
the county of Kilkenny.

° Garrdha-an-bhainbh : i. e. the Garden of
the Sucking Pig; the name of a field at Clon-
macnoise. Mageoghegan explains it as if writ-
ten Sanpoa a banabbais, i. e. the ‘ Abbess hur
gardaine;” and this is probably the true name.

» Uluidh-na-dtri-gcross ; i. e. the monument,
or penitential station of the Three Crosses. This
monument is still pointed out at Clonmacnoise.

1 Gearr-an-chogaidh: i.e. the short man of
the war.

The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon-
macnoise record the following events under this
year:

“A. D. 1026. An army by Mac Bryan into
Meath, Bregh, Fingall, Lenster, and Ossori,
and” [he] “ gott their pledges. An army by
Flavertach O’Nell into Meath, and gott hostages,
and went into Inis-Mochta upon the ice, and
spoyled it. An army at the same tyme by
Eochie’s sonn, upon the Galls, and burnt and
brought many captives and many jewells. Gil-
kiaran mac Uolgarg, cheife of O-Duivinrechts,
died. Maelruana O’Maeldorai went in pilgri-
mage. Ameirgin O’Morra, king of Lease, killed.
Murtagh mac Congalai, king of Faly, killed.
Murther” [recté, peall, i.e. treachery] ‘“ by
Donell O’Kelly, donne upon Mureach O’Cele,

1027.) 813

were mutually slain by each other; and the Ui-Duach and Laeighisi were
mutually slaughtered, but the Ui-Duach were defeated. A battle was gained
by Roen over the foreigners of Ath-cliath, at Loch-Rein™. A plundering army
was led by the Osraighi into Ui-Muireadhaigh ; and they obtained great spoils,
and mortally wounded Muircheartach, son of Dunlaing. The Ui-Muireadhaigh
went into Osraighe, and plundered Tealach-Dimainn’, and slew the Vice-abbot.
An army was led by the lord of Osraighe into Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and plundered
it. Three battles were gained by Roen, son of Muircheartach, son of Mael-
eachlainn (i. e. one of the Clann-Colmain), royal heir of Teamhair,—one battle
over the men of Meath, another over the men of Breagha, and the third over
the foreigners of Ath-cliath. The paved way from Garrdha-an-bhainbh® to
Uluidh-na-dtri-gcross? was made by Breasal Conailleach, at Cluain-mic-Nois.
A great depredation was committed by Gearr-an-chogaidh at Domhnach-Seach-
naill; and Gearr-an-chogaidh* himself was slain on the following day, and his
two brothers along with him, namely, Etigen and Gillamaith, by Muireadhach
Ua Ceile, in his own house. This happened through the miracles of God and
Seachnall.

The Age of Christ, 1027. Dunchadh, son of Gillamochonna, successor of
Seachnall, the most distinguished wise man of the Irish, ‘died at Coloin’, in
Germany. Maelruanaidh Ua Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, died on his
Ruaidhri Mac Fogartaigh, lord of South Breagha, died, after
Tadhg Mac Gillaphadraig was blinded by the

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

pilgrimage.
penance, at an advanced age.

and killed him in a meeting.”—Ann. Ul, Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

“A, D. 1026. Donnough, son of King Bryan
Borowe, with his forces, this year had all the
hostages of Meath, Brey, Danes, Lynstermen,
and Ossorie, to himself. Flathvertagh O’Neale,
and the son of Moyleseaghlyn mac Moyleronie,
with their forces, came to Meath, tooke their
hostages, and upon ice entered Innis-Moghty,
which they bereaved of all the goods therein.
Gearr-an-Choggay made a great prey upon
Downaghsoghlyn (or Downsoghlyn), and was
killed himself the next day, with his two bro-
thers, Etigen and Moriegh. Cowdoly O’Bearrga

killed Awargin O’Morreye, king of Lease. Moyle-
ronie O’Moyledorai went on a pilgrimadge over
seas. Roen, prince of Meath, gave three great
overthrows this year, viz., an overthrowe to
Meathmen, another to these of Brey, and the
third to the Danes of Dublin. He was of Clan-
Colman. The pavement from the place in
Clonvicknose, called the Abbess her Gardaine,
to the heap of stones” [Ulu] “ of the Three
Crosses, was made by Breassall Conalleaghe.”—
Ann. Clon.

* Coloin : i.e. Cologne, situated on the west
bank of the Lower Rhine, in Germany, where
there was an ancient Irish monastery.

814 aNNawa RIoghachta eiReann. (1027:
Oppaige, Oonncad mac Grollapaccparce. Slog ld la Donnchad, mac Sprain

1 nOppaigib, F0 paoind pon a muincip, 7 po manbad an can pm Gadpa mac

Oinadans, cis (pna Sil nOnmcada,7 Oomnall, mac S{ncain, mic Plaicbfpcarg,

pogoamna Muman, Maolp(chloinn, mac Concobaip, cig frna Conco Modpuad,
7 04 mac Culén, mic Concobarp, cisfpna 7 canny: O Conall, oa mac
Ecceancais, vis(ina 7 cana Eocchanaéca, 7 Occén UaCuipc, mac Anluann,
mic Ceinveittis, 7 pochaide oile nach aipemten. Scpfn Cholaim Chille vo
opsain vo Raen, 7 bopame mop vo bneit epoe. Scpin Mocolméce vo
apecain la hOmlaoib 7 la Ounchad cig(pna Opts. Sloiccl la Sicproce, mac

Amlaoib 7 la Outnchad, agina Op 1 Mide co Léice mbladma co comap- _

nactan pma pip Mhide im Rofn Ua Maollchlamn. Plptan cat (conpa.
Manohead pon GFallaab,7 pop prona 6pls. Cuipe(p a nap rm Ohancad, mac
Oumn, asfpna Onls, agup 1m Hlnollauparlle mac Giollacaoimsm, ciseapna
Ua mbmtin Chualann. Soicen pon Roen vomdiy1, 7 malo pap, 7 manb-
can Roen, cigfpna Mide co pocharib ole. Catalén Ua Ciocam, cg Cana
Pfpnmans, 7 Cinsiall ancfna, 7 Calocha Ua Garpbit, cF(pna Ua Mert vo
comtuitim pia pole. Oomnall, mac Plartb(pcag Ui Néill, véce. Cpeach
la Cenél €Cogsain pon Ulcoib, co ccuccpac bopoma mop. Mac Cuino, mic
Oonoganle, pisdamna Tecba, vécc.

* Scrin-Choluim-Chille: i. e. the Shrine of St.
Columbkille.

Descert-Bregh, died in his pilgrimage. Teig

This shrine was in the church of Mac Gilpatrick blinded by Donogh Mac Gilpa-

Skreen, near the Hill of Tara, in the county of
Meath.

t Scrin-Mocholmoc: i.-e. the Shrine of St,
Mocholmog. This shrine was at Teach-Mochol-
mog, now Staholmock, in the barony of Lower
Kells, and county of Meath. :

« Leac-Bladhma: i. e. Bladhma’s flag-stone,
now Lickblaw, a townland containing a curious
moat and the ruins of an old church, in a parish
of the same name in the barony of Fore, and
county of Westmeath.—See it again referred to
at the year 1161.

The Annals of Ulster and those of Clonmac-
noise record the following events under this
year :

“A. D. 1027. Roary mac Fogarty, king of

trick, king of Ossory. An army by mac Bryan
into Ossory, where Ossory had the slaghter of
his men about Dogra” [recte, Gadhra] ‘* mac
Dunai, king of Silnanmchaa, and about Donell
mac Senchan, and about many more also. Da-
niell mac Flavertach O’Nell died. Roin, king
of Meath, and Donncha O’Duinn, king of
Bregh, fell one with another in battle. “Catha-
lan O’Crichan, king of Fernvai, and Culocha
O’Garvi, king of Meath” [recté, of Ui-Meith]
‘*fell also one with another in fight.
sett by Kindred-Owen into Ulster, and” [they]
“brought great booties. Duncaillen in Scot-
land all burnt. Gillmochonna, Coarb of Sech-
nall, Sapientissimus Scotorum in Colonia quievit.”
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Pipe’
Sy>

Anon

omiguien

1027.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 815

lord of Osraighe, Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig. An army was led by Donn-
chadh, son of Brian, into Osraighe, where his people were defeated; and there
were slain on that occasion Gadhra, son of Dunadhach, lord of Sil-Anmchadha,
and Domhnall, son of Seanchan, son of Flaithbheartach, royal heir of Munster;
Maelseachlainn, son of Conchobhar, lord of Corca-Modhruadh ; and the two
sons of Cuilen, son of Conchobhar, lord and Tanist of Ui-Conaill [Gabhra];
the two sons of Eigceartach, lord and Tanist of Eoghanacht [Chaisil]; and
Ogan Ua Cuire, son of Anluan, son of Ceinneidigh ; and many others not enu-
merated. Scrin-Choluim-Cille* was plundered by Roen, and a great prey of cows
was carried off from thence. Scrin-Mocholmoct was plundered by Amhlaeibh,
and Dunchadh, lord of Breagha. An army was led by Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh,
and Dunchadh, lord of Breagha, into Meath, as far as Leac-Bladhma", where
the men of Meath, under the conduct of Roen Ua Maeleachlainn, met them.
A battle was fought between them, in which the foreigners and the men of
Breagha were defeated and slaughtered, together with Dunchadh, son of Donn,
lord of Breagha, and Gillausaille, son of Gillacaeimhghin, lord of Ui-Briuin.
They rallied to the fight again, and defeated and slew Roen, lord of Meath,
with many others. Cathalan-Ua-Crichain, lord of Fearnmhagh, and of the Air-
ghialla in general, and Culocha Ua Gairbhith, lord of Ui-Meith, mutually fell
by each other. Domhnall, son of Flaithbheartach Ua Neill, died. A depreda-
tion was committed by the Cinel-Eoghain upon the Ulidians; and they car-
ried off a great prey of cattle. Mac-Cuinn, son of Donnghaile, royal heir of

Teathbha, died.

ronie O’Moldorai died in pillgrimadge. Roen
O’Melaghlyn robbed the shrine of Saint Colume.

Richard, king of France, died. Sittrick mac

“A.D. 1027. Teig Mac Gillepatrick had his
eyes put out by Donnough Mac Gillepatrick.
Donnogh mac Bryan, with his forces, went to

Ossorie, where the inhabitants of that contrey

gave. an overthrowe to some of the army of

prince Donnogh, killed Gara mac Downagh,
prince of Sil-Anmchie, Donell mac Seanchan,

| mic Flathvertye, prince of Mounster, and Moyle-

seaghlyn O’Connor, prince of Corcomroe; the
two sons of Cowlenan mac Connor, king and
prince of O-Connell” [Gavra]; ‘‘and the sons
of Egertaghe, prince and king of the north of
Eonnaught of Cashell, were also killed. Moyle-

Awley and Donnogh, king of Moybrey, with
their forces, came to Meath, to Leyck-Blae, and
Moynevilan, and were mett and strongly op-
pugned by Roen O’Melaghlyn, king of Meath,
who gave the Danes the overthrow, and killed
Donnogh O’Doyne, king of Moybrey, Gill-Au-
sally mac Gillekevin, prince of I-Brywyn; and
afterwards the Danes returned, and gave a new
onsett, and killed Roen, king of Meath, with
many others.”—Ann. Clon.

816 GNNQGta RIOshachta eiReaNnnN.

(1028.

Coip Cpiopc, mile piche a hocht. Tuatal Ua Oubannaigh, eppucc
Cluana Ipaipo, an ceappuce Ua Suaiplich,7 Tadg, mac Eatach, aipcinoeach
Cille Oalua, vécc. Apc Ua Ouncada, aipcmneach Mungaipei, vé5. GHiolla-
cmort, mac Owbculim, vapal paganc Apoa Macha, vécc 1 Rop Comain.
Copfnmac, mac Oubeaccsa, comanba Tola, Giollapaccpaice Ua Plarc-
b(pcaicch, aipcinveach Suinv, Conmac, Sagape Cfnannpa, Maolpaccparg
Ua baogalan, Sacanc Cluana mic Noip, Platma hUa Tigfpnain, plplerginn
Cille Oacealloce, 7 Clpnach, aipcipe Cluana mec Nop, vécc. Oman
Ua Concobaip, Scopn Ua Ruaince, Plaicb(pcach Ua hEpuvam, 7 Concobap,
mac €ocada, vo manbhavh. MWiaolmopoa, wis(pna Pp Roip, vo mapbaoh
la Conallb Mupzeimne. Mac Concuailgne, cigfpna Ua n€atach, vo écc.
Plannaccan Ua Ceallans, cisCana Onls,47 Sicpiocc, mac Amlaoib, cis fpna
Hall, vo dol vo Rom. Cplch la Cenel n€occain 1 cTin Conall, 50 ccucc-
pac sabala mona. Oonn Ua Congalaig vo manbad vo Conallib. Oentech
Slaine vo tuitim. bec Ua hA soa, cis fpna Teatba, vo manbhad.

Coip Cmorpc, mile piche a nao. Oonnpléibe Ua bposaptam, agsfina |
Ua Folge, 00 mapbad. Oonnchad Ua Oonnacain, cigfpna Pfpnmaige, 7
Cionaed, mac Angeinnce, tig(ina Conailli vo Comtuicim hi Cill Slébe. Oman
Ua Concobain, piosdamna Connacc, 00 manbad vo Mhaolpfchlainn, mac
Maolpuanad, ciZeapna Cnumtann. Muipcefpcach Ua Maoloonaid vo map-
bad vo Ub Canannain oc Raié Cananndin. Cod Ua Ruane, agfpna
Oantpaige,7 cig(pna Coinppe,7 Aengup Ua hCengura, aincinneach Onoma
cliabh,j tpi pices ouime do Lopccad imanlle put nl nip na lamoe ln cCoinppe

* Cill-Dacheallog.—Otherwise called Cill-Mo-
cheallog, i. e. the church of St. Dacheallog, or
Mocheallog, now Kilmallock, a well-known town

Shannon. This tribe, of which, after the esta-
blishment of surnames, the O’Donovans were

the chief family, were driven from these plains of

in the county of Limerick, about nineteen miles
to the south of the city of Limerick. In the gloss
to the Feilire- Aenguis, at 26th of March, Cill-
Dachealloc is described as situated “1 nUib
Caipppe 1 Mumanm, i.e. in Hy-Cairbre in Mun-
ster, i.e. in the country of the Ui-Cairbri
Aebhdha, i.e. Nepotes Carbrei Formosi, a tribe
who were anciently seated in the present ba-
rony of Coshma, and in the plains on the west
side of the River Maigue, extending to the River

the Maigue, in the county of Limerick, in the
twelfth century, by the O’Briens and other fa-
milies, and they settled in Corca-Laighdhe, in

the south-west of the present county of Cork,
and gave their name to the Carberies, now

forming four baronies in that county.
The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year. There is a chasm in

the Annals of Clonmacnoise from the year 1027
to 1037:

mnasemmeson

1028.]

The Age of Christ, 1028. Tuathal Ua Dubhanaigh, Bishop of Cluain-
Iraird ; the Bishop Ua Suairlich ; Tadhg, son of Eochaidh, airchinneach of
Cill-Dalua, died. Art Ua Dunchadha, airchinneach of Mungairit, died. Gilla-
christ, son of Dubhchuillinn, a noble priest of Ard-Macha, died at Ros-Commain.
Coiseanmach, son of Duibheachtgha, successor of Tola ; Gillapadraig Ua Flaith-
pheartaigha, airchinneach of Sord; Cormac, priest of Ceanannus; Maelpadraig
Ua Baeghalain, priest of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Flaithnia Ua Tighernain, lector of
Cill-Dacheallog”; and Cearnach, Ostiarius of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Brian
Ua Conchobhair; Scorn Ua Ruaire ; Flaithbheartach Ua h-Erudain ; and Con-
chobhar, son of Eochaidh, were slain. Maelmordha, lord of Feara-Rois, was
slain by the Conailli-Muirthiimhne. Mac Concuailgne, lord of Ui-Eathach, died.
Flannagan Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Breagha ; and Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, went
A predatory incursion by the Cinel-Eoghain into Tir-Conaill, from
Donn Ua Conghalaigh was slain by the
Bec Ua h-Aghda, lord of Teathbha, was

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 817

to Rome.
whence they carried off great spoils.
Conailli. The oratory of Slaine fell.
slain.

The Age of Christ, 1029. Donnsleibhe Ua Brogarbhain, lord of Ui-Failghe,
was slain. Donnchadh Ua Donnagain, lord of Fearnmhagh; and Cinaedh, son
of Angeirrce, lord of Conailli, mutually fell by each other at Cill-sleibhe*. Brian
Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Connaught, was slain by Maelseachlainn, son of
Maelruanaidh, lord of Crumhthann. Muircheartach Ua Maeldoraidh was slain
by the O’Canannains, at Rath-Canannain’. Aedh Ua Ruairc, lord of Dartraighe;
and the lord of Cairbre; and Aenghus Ua hAenghusa, airchinneach of Druim-
cliabh ; and three score persons along with them, were burned in Inis-na-lainne’,

“A. D. 1028. Teig mac Eacha, Airchinnech booties. The Derhach” [i.e. the Oratory] ‘of

of Kill-Dalua; Art, Airchinnech of Mungarty; Slane fell. Donn O’Congalai killed by the

Conells.”»— Cod. Clar., tom. 49.
* Cill-sleibhe—Now Killeavy, at the foot of

Gilkrist mac Duvchulinn, gentle priest of Ard-
mach, died in Roscomman. Bryan O’Conor;

Scorn O’Roirk ; Flavertach O’Heruan; and
Conor mac Eocha, occisi sunt. Maelmocta, king
of the Men of Rosse, killed by the O’Conners.
Damliag rifled by Farmanach. Mak-Concuailgne,
king of O-Nehachs, died. Sitrick mac mick Au-
laiv, king of Galls, and Flannagan O’Cellai, king

- of Bregh, went to Roome. Kindred-Owen with

theire might into Tir-Conell, and brought great

Sliabh Cuilinn, in the south-east of the county
of Armagh.

Y Rath- Canannain : i.e. Canannan’s Fort. Not
identified.

* Inis-na-lainne: i.e. the Sword Island. This
was the name of an island off the coast of the
barony of Carbury, and county of Sligo, but it
is now obsolete.

5M

818 ANNQta RIOshachta eiReaqnn.

(1030.

Mop. Amlaorbh, mac Sicmocca, wisfpna Gall vo (p5abéal vo MatgZamain
Ua Riagain, mZfpna OnlS, 7 v0 bm va céd vécc bd opuapeclad app, 71 Sle
picic each mOpftnach, ] cm picice umnge vo6p, 7 clo Caplupa, 7 accipe
Hadeal erccip Cargmb, 7 Cle Cuino, 7 cp pice uinge oanpsle sil ma unga
seiml(ch, 7 ceitpe picic bo focal, 7] imprwe, 7 ceitpe herccipe 0O Riagéin
péin pp pit, 7 lan log bnagace an cneap aiccipe. Maolcolaim, mac Maorl-
bnfgoe, mic Rua, vécc. Concobap, pfosoamna Connacc, vo dallad la
Tadsz Ua cConcobaip. Maolbpisve, pmompaon Eneann, vécc.

Aap Cpiorct, mile tpiocha. Opeapal Conalleach, comapba-Cianain,
vécc. Maolmancain, eppog Cille oana, [vécc]. Eochaw Ua Cettnen com-
anba Tisfinaig, apopaor Epeann 1 nfSna, vécc 1 nApomaca. Congur
Ua Cnumetip, comapba Comsaill, Cuachal Ua Gapbam, eppos Citi Curlinn,
7 Maelodan Oall, plpleiginn Cille Achad, vécc. Plann Ua Ceallars,
comanba Caoimsin, oéce 1 cCluain mic Nop. €Epcna spéime hi pmo calainn
bacall lopa vo panuccad 1m tm caiplib,7 po manbad ma conn
Plaicb(pcach Ua Néill vo dul vo Rom
Ruaom Ua Canannam, cig(pna Cenel Conall, vo manbad oc

Sepcemben.
nomaive an pean po va papas.
o1a olitpe.
Movdaipn la hOod Ua Neill, 7 cneach an tpneachcta amm an cploccai via
po manbad. Tavdgs an erc sl Ua Concobaip, 1. pf Connacc, 00 mapbad lar
an nOocc «1. la Maolp(chlamn Ua Maolpuanawd, cigfpna Mide 7 Cnem-
taimne. Cloo Ua Maoloonawd vo manbad la hApc Ua Ruane. Maidm pon

Ua Maoleaclamn, «1. Concobapn, map an nor, 1. Qomnall, v6 1 cconcap

* Fetter-ounce: i.e. the price of his fetters.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A, D. 1029. Donnsleve O’Brogarvan, king
of Ofaly, killed by his owne. Donncha O’Don-
nagan, king of Fernvai, and Makigerce, king of
Conells” [i. e. Conaille-Muirhevne], ‘ fell one
with another at Killsleve. Bryan O’Conor,
heyre of Connaght, killed by his”? [own people].
‘* Hugh O’Roirk, Aengus O’Haengusa, Air-
chinnech of Dromkliav, and 60 men with them,
in Iland-na-lainne. Murtagh O’Maeldorai, killed
by the O’Canannans. Aulaiv mac Sitrick, king
of Gentiles” [recté; of the Galls or Danes of

Dublin], t taken captive by Mahon O’Riagan,
king of Bregh, whom he kept untill he had 200
cowes, 80 Brittain” [British] “ horses, 3 ounces
of gold, Charles his sword, and the Irish hostages
betwene” [both of] ‘‘Lenster and Leh-Cuinn;
60 ounces of silver in his fetter money in this
manner, 80 cowes, persuading brybe, and four
pledges to O’Riagan himself to kepe the peace,
and full redemption or ransom of the three best
pledges. Maelcolum mac Maelbride mac Roari,
and Maelbride O’Brolchan, cheife mason” [ ppith-
foep] “of Ireland, mortui sunt. A man cast in
upon the shore at Corcabaskinn, and ther wer
eight foot betweene his head and the small of

1030.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 819

in Cairbre-mor. Ambhlaeibh, son of Sitric, lord of the foreigners, was taken
prisoner by Mathghamhain Ua Riagain, lord of Breagha, who exacted twelve
hundred cows as his ransom, together with seven score British horses, and three
score ounces of gold, and the sword of Carlus, and the Irish hostages, both of
Leinster and Leath-Chuinn, and sixty ounces of white silver, as his fetter-
ounce’, and eighty cows for word and supplication, and four hostages to
Ua Riagain as a security for peace, and the full value of the life of the third
hostage. Maelcoluim, son of Maelbrighde, son of Ruaidhri, died. Conchobhar,
royal heir of Connaught, was blinded by Tadhg Ua Conchobhair. Maelbrighde,
chief artificer of Ireland, died.

The Age of Christ, 1030. Breasal Conailleach, successor of Ciaran, died.
Maelmartin, Bishop of Cill-dara, [died].
Tighearnach, chief paragon of Ireland in wisdom, died at Ard-Macha. Aenghus
Ua Cruimthir, successor of Comhghall; Tuathal O’Garbhain, Bishop of Cill-
Chuilinn ; and Maelodhar Dall, lector of Cill-achaidh, died. Flann Ua Ceal-
laigh, successor of Coemhghin, died An eclipse of the sun? on the day before
the Calends of September. The staff’ of Jesus was profaned? [in a matter |
relating to three horses, and the person who profaned it was killed three days
after. Flaithbheartach Ua Neill went to Rome.
slain at Modhairn’, by Aedh O’Neill; and the expedition on which he was
killed was called the “ Prey of the Snow.” Tadhg of the White Steed Ua Con-
chobhair, King of Connaught, was slain by the Gott, i.e. Maelseachlainn,
grandson of Maelruanaidh, lord of Meath and Cremthainne. Aedh Ua
Maeldoraidh was slain by Art Ua Ruairc’. <A battle was gained over Ua
Maeleachlainn, i. e. Conchobhar, by the Gott, i.e. Domhnall, wherein fell

Eochaidh Ua Cethenen, successor of

Ruaidhri Ua Canannain was

his back.”»—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

> An eclipse of the sun.—This eclipse proves
that the chronology of the Irish is correct at
this period.

° Was profaned.See Obits and Martyrology
of Christ Church, Introduction, p. xiv. note *,
where Dr. Todd has collected all the curious
notices of this staff preserved by the Irish
writers. The Staff of Jesus was the name of St.
Patrick’s crozier.

* Modhairn.—This was anciently the name of

the River Foyle, flowing between the counties of
Tyrone and Donegal ; but the nameis now applied
only to one of its tributaries. A mile below the
confluence of the Rivers Derg and Strule they
receive the Douglas Burn, and thence the in-
creased volume of waters is borne down to
Strabane under the name of the Mourne River.

© Art Ua Ruairc.—This Art was the second
son of Sean-Fearghal, son of Art, son of Ruarc,
from whom the O’Rourk’s took their heredi-
tary surname.

5M2

820 aNNaza RIOSshachta eiReaNnn. [1030.

hUa Clhnacam cigpna Luigne,7 ba hepde mardm Aca PCpna. Rige Mhide
vo Zabal vo Ua Maolpfchlainn iap na 1onnapbad an Loch Rib lap m nGoce
hUa Maeileaclamn. Tavdg, mac Loncam, cigfina Ua Ceinnpealarg, v0 écc
ina olitpe 1 nGlionn oa loca. Cumapa mac Michiacc, ano ollam Eneann,
Maelowin, mac Ciapmarc, cigfpna Chemeoil mbinnig, v0 manbaoh
la Concoban Ua Lomgpig. Concoban, mac Tabs Ui Cheallaig, cigfpna
Ua Mame, vo manbad la pfpaib Tleba. Oornall Goce, ni Mive, vo map-
bad the mebail o Choincanpacc Ua Cobtaigh 6 a amup rem. Gopmlaich,
mst Munchada, mic Pind, machain ms Hall «1. Siccprs, 7 Oonnchad mic
6main, Ws Muman, 7 Choncobaip, mic Maolechlamn, pigh Tlmpa, véce.

décc.

Ari an Gopmlart pr po ling na cpi Lérmeannae, via nebnaoh,

Thi Lérmeanna po ling Gopnmlanc,

Ni lngped bin co bac,

Céim in Ach chat, léim 1 cChmpans,
Léim 1 cCarpel Connmais op cac.

Comtuicim 00 Chomgail(ng 7 00 mac SCnain Un Leocamn, oa proghoarnna
Halths. Plano Ua Plaino, c1slpna Garllng, v0 Ecc m arctpiéce hi cChnan-
nuy. Oonncad, cigfina Camnppe, vo manbad la hUib Piaénaé Murpipe 1

noonap cige Scpine CGodamnain.
Enaino, vécc, 1an noeighb(cha.

‘ Ath-fearna: i.e. Ford of the Alder, now
Aghafarnan, in the parish of Enniskeen, barony
of Lower Kells, and county of Meath.—Ord.
Map, sheet 2.

8 Cinel-Binnigh : i. e. race of Eochaidh Bin-
neach.—See note *, under A. D. 1181.

* Ua- Cobhthaigh.—This name is still common
in Meath, but anglicised Coffey, without the
prefix Ua, or O’.

* Gormlaith—She was the daughter of Mur-
chadh, son of Finn, chief of Offaly, who died in
928, and the wife of Anlaf, or Auliffe, king of
the Danes of Dublin. The relationship which
subsisted between Sitric Mac Auliffe, king of
the Danes of Dublin, and Brogarbhan, chief of
Offaly, who fought against Brian Borumha at

Tuatal Ua Oubanaig, eppcop Cluana

the battle of Clontarf, will appear from the
following genealogical table :

1. Finn, slain 928.
if

| ]
2. Murchadh. 2. Conchobhar, died 977.
|
Gr Garnilaith. 3. Conghalach, d. 1017.

] |
4. Sitric mac Auliffe. 4. Con¢hobhar, a quo
O’Conor Faly.

5. es slain at
Clontarf, 1014.

* Scrin-Adhamhnain.—Now the church of
Skreen, in the barony of Tireragh, and county
of Sligo. The Ui-Fiachrach Muirisce were seated
in the barony of Tireragh. The district called
Muirisc, or Muirisce, extended from the River
Easkey eastwards tu a stream which flows into

"Ua Cearnachain, lord of Luighne.

1030.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 821

This was the Breach of Ath-fearna‘. The
kingdom of Meath was assumed by Ua Maeleachlainn, after he had been ex-
pelled up Loch Ribh by the Gott Ua Maeleachlainn. Tadhg, son of Lorcan,
lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died on his pilgrimage at Gleann-da-locha. Cumara,
son of Macliag, chief poet of Ireland, died. Maelduin, son of Ciarmhac, lord
of Cinel-Binnigh®, was slain by Conchobhar Ua Loingsigh. Conchobhar, son
of Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui-Maine, was slain by the men of Teathbha.
Domhnall Gott, King of Meath, was treacherously slain by Cucaratt Ua Cobh-
thaigh", one of his own soldiers. Gormlaith', daughter of Murchadh, son of
Finn, mother of the king of the foreigners, i. e. of Sitric ; Donnchadh, son of
Brian, King of Munster; and Conchobhar, son of Maeleachlainn, King of

0) A RR gp Rit aR a SA a 2 a et

Teamhair, died.
was said :

It was this Gormlaith that took the three leaps, of which

Gormlaith took three leaps,

Which a woman shall never take [again],
A leap at Ath-cliath, a leap at Teamhair,
A leap at Caiseal of the goblets over all.

Cugaileang and the son of Seanan Ua Leochain, two royal heirs of Gail-

eanga, mutually fell by each other.
penitently at Ceanannus.

Flann Ua Flainn, lord of Gaileanga, died
Donnchadh, lord of Cairbre, was killed by the

Ui-Fiachrach-Muirisc, in the doorway of the house of Scrin-Adhamhnain*.
Tuathal Ua Dubhanaigh, Bishop of Cluain-Iraird, died after a good life.

the sea between the townlands of Ballyaskeen
and Dunnacoy.—See(enealogies, &¢., of Hi-Fiach-
rach, p. 257, note’, and the map prefixed to
that work.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“ A. D. 1030. Breasal Conellech, Coarb of
Kiaran; Eochai O’Cethenen, Coarb of Tiernach,
the most learned in Ireland, died in Ardmach.
O’Crumhire, namely, Aengus, Coarb of Com-
gall, died. Flavertach O’Nell went to Rome.
Teg O’Conor, king of Connaught, and the king
of Meath, mortui sunt. Roary O’Canannain
killed by Hugh O’Nell. Teg mac Lorcan, king

’

of Cinselai, died in pilgrimage in Glinn-da-loch.
Cumara” [son of] ‘* Macliag, cheife poet of
Ireland, died. Eocha mac Innavar, killed by
the Ore O’Ruagan, in murther. Kindred-
Owen broke O’Longsy his ship in the midest of
Antrym” [Nendrum in Loch Cuan]. ‘“ Mael-
duin mac Ciarmaic” [ who had profaned the effigy
of ?] “the Lady Mary of Kindred-Binni of
Glans, killed by the disease that killeth cattle,
in Irish called Conach” [recté, Maelduin mac
Ciarmaic, the muipeadac «1. tTIZeapna, i.e. the
lord of Kindred-Binni of the Glenn, was killed
by Conacher, or Conor O’Longsy ].—Cod. Clar.,
tom. 49.

822 aNNawa RIOshachta eiReaNnn. (1031.

Coip Core, mile cprocha a haon. Catupach, commapba Pingin, 00 oal-
lad. Maolpuchain, anméapa bmain, mic Cemveiccis, 7 Conamnce Ua Cfp-
banll, aincinnech Glinne oa Locha, ceann cpabaid, 1 véince na nGaorwel,
vécc. Mac Pino, aipchinnech cige aowlo Cluana mic Noip,7 Mac Oel-
Plaicb(pcach Ua Néill vo

Ay pm pemmh(p Plaicb(pcags po saibher an comin
oim6p mn Apo Macha amail ap pollup ip pano, q

baoith, comanba Cnonam Tuama Speine, vécc.
toweacc 6 Rom.

SeipCohach vo span conca,

No tman oaipnibh oub concna,
No vo ofpcnaib oapach oun,

No do cnoib palach pronncwill.
Fogaibte san caca tinn,

In Apo Macha an aon pinginn.

(po mbplcain vo anccain vo Shallaib Acha chat, 7 oa céd vo vaoimb
vo lopccad 1pm doimliace, 7 0a céd vo bneith 1 mbpoitc. Imp Eosain vo
anccain vo Plantbheancach, mac Muipe(pcans Ui Néill, 7 o1a mac 1. ooh.
Sloiccfo la mac n€ochada co Tealac Occ, 7 nocha tcapna ni. Coo
Ua Neil vo dol camp pain co ccucc tpi mile vo buab,7 oa céd an mile
vo boise. + Ua Oonnacam, aig (pna Apad tine, 0o manbad la hUa mbmam,
1. Toindelbac. Ua hAshoa, 1. Asoa mac Olollacoluim, cis(ina Tleba vo
bapaccad la a bnaitmb la Mumeip Maolpinn. Gluniaipn, mac Sicmicc, vo
mhanbad la veipcent bpeagh. Orapmaic, mac Oomnanill, mic Paolam, cig-
(nna na nOerp), 7 Oonnplébe, a bnachaip, 00 manbad la Muince(pcach, mac
bmain, hi ccat Slérbe Cua. Inoplo nOppage la Oonnchad mac bmamn,
co po manbrac Oppaige von cup pin an Gillapncach Ua Anpadann, 7 oa
Ua Maolechlamn, mic Ploimabpacc, va progoamna Chonaill Gabpa, 7

' Maelsuthain : The
hand-writing of this ecclesiastic, who was anm-

i.e. Calvus perennis.

chara, or spiritual adviser to Brian Borumha, is
to be seen in the Book of Armagh, which he
wrote ‘in conspectu Brian Imperatoris Scoto-
rum.”

™ Teach-nAcidheadh : i. e. house of the guests,
i.e. the hospital.

» Penny; pinginn. In a Brehon law tract,

preserved in the Library of Trinity College,
Dublin, H. 4. 22, fol. 66, a pinginn of silver is
defined as of the weight of seven grains of wheat.
—See Petrie’s Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 215—
223. Sezseadhach is cognate with the Latin sex-
tarius, and the French sesterot and seatier, a
measure both of fluids and of corn, being about
a pint and a half, but varying in magnitude in
different times and countries. In the middle-

1031.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 823

The Age of Christ, 1031. Cathasach, successor of Finghin, was blinded.
Maelsuthain’, anmchara of Brian, son of Ceinneidigh ; and Conaing Ua Cear-

bhaill, airchinneach of Gleann-da-locha, head of the piety and charity of the —

Gaeidhil, died. Mac-Finn, airchinneach of the Teach-Aeidheadh™ of Cluain-
mic-Nois ; and Mac Dealbhaeth, successor of Cronan of Tuaim-Greine, died.
Flaithbheartach Ua Neill returned from Rome. It was during the reign of
Flaithbheartach that the very great bargain used to be got at Ard-Macha, as is
evident 1 in this quatrain :

A sesedhach [measure] of oaten grain,

Or a third of [a measure of] black-red sloes,
Or of the acorns of the brown oak,

Or of the nuts of the fair hazel-hedge,

Was got without stiff bargaining,

At Ard-Macha, for one penny”.

Ard-Breacain was plundered by the foreigners of Ath-cliath ; and two hun-
dred persons were burned in the great church, and two hundred were carried
into captivity. Inis-Eoghain was plundered by Flaithbheartach, son of Muir-

cheartach O’Neill, and his son, i.e. Aedh. An army was led by the son of

Eochaidh to Tealach Og, but he seized nothing. Aedh Ua Neill passed him
by eastwards, and carried off three thousand cows, and one thousand two
hundred captives. Ua Donnagain, lord of Aradh-tire, was slain by O’Briain,
i.e. Toirdhealbhach. Ua hAghda, i.e. Aghda, son of Gillacoluim, lord of
Teathbha, was put to death by his kinsmen, the Muinntir-Maelfinn. Gluniairn,
son of Sitric, was killed by the people of South Breagha. Diarmaid, son of

Domhnall, son of Faelan, lord of the Deisi, was slain by Muircheartach, .

son of Brian, in the battle of Sliabh Cua®. Osraighe was plundered by Donn-
chadh, son of Brian; and the Osraighi slew on that occasion Gillarintach
Ua Anradhain’; the two grandsons of Maeleachlainn, son of Flannabhra, both
royal heirs of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra; and Maelcoluim Caenraigheach*. Gilla-

aged Latin sexterium and sistertum occur. ® Ua-Anradhain. —Now O’Hanraghan, or
° Sliabh Cua.—Now Slieve Gua, in the barony Hanrahan, without the prefix 0’. This name is
of Decies without Drum, and county of Water- still common in the county of Clare.
ford.—See it already referred to at A. M. 3790, 4 Maelcoluim Caenraigheach : i. e. Malcolm of
and A. D. 593. Kenry, now a small barony lying along the

824 ANNGta RIOShAchTA ElREGNN. (1032.

Maolcolum Caonnagech. GHiollacomganll Ua Slebene, pprmollam cuarp-
ceint Eneann, vécc. Condo na mbocht, cfno Celed ndé, 7 ancoim, Cluana
mic Noip, 00 cé1v tiondl apse vo boécaib Cluana 1 nlpeal Chana, 7 po
evhbaip fiche bo uaid féin innci. Cp 06 vo pdidead,

@ Chuimn Chluana, acclop ca a hEpmo 1 nCAlbain,
{chino onvain, nochan upa vo chill vapgam.

Plaicbicach Ua Munchada, caoipeac Cenel mbogaine, vo écc. Cu-
plébe Ua Oobailen, caorpeac Conca pipe, v0 mapbad 1 pull. Ua Ruainc,
Cnc, .. an Caleach, 00 angain Cluana pinta bpénaimn, 7 po meabaid pap
ipm lo céona pra nOonnchad mac bmain g0 prangaib Gp daoime 4 (cap.
Rasnall mac Ragnaill, mc lomap, wigfina Punt Lapse, 00 mapbad 1
nc chat 1 piull.

Coir Cpforc, mile cmiocha a v0. Maolmopda angcoipe vécc. Muspon
Ua Nioc, abb Tuama da Shualann, vécc. Owbmom, laccame Cluana mic
Nop, vécc. Oomnall, mac Maolpuanawd Uf Mhaoloonaw, cigfina Cemuil
Conall, 00 manbad la Cloino Pluangapa. Mac Matsamna, mc Muipfoh-
as, T15(pna Ciannaise oo manbad.
Scanolain, vécc.

Oianmaicct mac Eatach, c{no clomve
Oonngal, mac Ounncotas, cis(pna Garl(ng, 00 manbad
vo Ua Cannas. €Ecpu Ua Conaing, pios5damna Muman, vo mapbad la
muincip Imleacha Ibarp. Maidsm Onoma bMoéup pop Ulearb pia nCingial-
lab. Maiom Inbin Gone pra Sicpioc, mac Amlaoib pon Conaillib 7 pon
Uib cToncain, 7 pon Ub Méiz, in po lad a@ nap a. tpi céd 1oIN mapbad 4
(ps5aboul. Concoban, mac Maoil(chlainn Ui Ouboa, vo manbad o1a bnacaip,
1.00 mac Nél 1 Ohuboa. Ceallach mac Ounchada, cigfpna Ua nOan-

south side of the River Shannon, in the north donderry.

of the county of Limerick.

* [seal-Chiarain: i.e. St. Ciaran’s low land.
This was the name of a church at Clonmacnoise,
in the King’s County.

* Ua-Dobhailen.—Now always anglicised Dev-
lin, without the prefix 0’. This family of Corca-
Firtri, in the now county of Sligo, is to be
distinguished from the O’Devlins of Muintir-
Devlin, on the west side of Lough Neagh, in
the county of Tyrone, adjoining that of Lon-

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“ A. D. 1031. Flavertach O’Nell came from
Rome. Ardbrackan rifled by the Gentiles”
[recte, Galls] ‘of Dublin: two hundred men
burnt within the Damliag, and 200 captives
caryed. Kildare burnt through negligence of a
wicked woman. An army by Mac Eocha to
Tolanoog, and Hugh O’Nell came eastwards
about him, and brought 3000 cowes and 1200

eT ean RG

1032.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

chomhghaill Ua Slebhene, chief poet of the north of Ireland, died. Conn-na-
mBocht, head of the Culdees, and anchorite of Cluain-mic-Nois, the first that
invited a party of the poor of Cluain at Iseal Chiarain’, and who presented
twenty cows of his own to it. Of this was said :

825

O Conn of Cluain ! thou wert heard from Tretand in Alba ;
O head of dignity, it will not be easy to plunder thy church.

Flaithbheartach Ua Murchadha, chief of Cinel-Boghaine, died. _ Cusleibhe
Ua Dobhailen’, chief of Corca-Firtri, was treacherously slain. Ua Ruairc, Art,
i.e. the Cock, plundered Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; and he was defeated on the
same day by Donnchadh, son of Brian, with the loss of men and vessels. Ragh-
nall, son of Raghnall, son of Imhar of Port-Lairge, was treacherously slain at
Ath-cliath.

The Age of Christ, 1032. Maelmordha, anchorite, died. Mughron
Ua Nioc, Abbot of Tuaim-da-ghualann, died. Duibhinnsi, bell-ringer of Cluain-
mic-Nois, died. Domhnall, son of Maelruanaidh Ua Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-
Conaill, was slain by the Clann-Fianghusa. The son of Mathghamhain, son of
Muireadhach, lord of Ciarraighe, was killed. Diarmaid, son of Eochaidh, head
of Clann-Scannlain, died. Donnghal, son of Donncathaigh, lord of Gaileanga,
was slain by Ua Carraigh. Edru Ua Conaing, royal heir of Munster, was slain
by the people of Imleach-Ibhair. The victory of Druim-Beannchair‘ was gained
over the Ulidians by the Airghialla. The battle of Inbher-Boinne" [was gained]
by Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, over the Conailli, the Ui-Tortain, and the Ui-Meith,
in which a slaughter was made of them, they having lost three hundred between
killing and capturing. Conchobhar, son of Maeleachlainn Ua Dubhda, was
slain by his kinsman, i.e. by the son of Niall Ua Dubhda. Ceallach, son of

captives with him. Another army by Mac
Eochaa in I-Eachach, and burnt Kill-Cummar,
with the Oratory; killed fower of the Clergy,
and caryed 30 captives. An army by Mac Bryan
into Ossory, where his men were slaughtered,
Maelcolum Caenrigech and many others. Ca-
hasach, Coarb of Covgan, blinded by Duvlaing.
The snow army by Hugh O’Nell, into Tirco-
nell, and he killed O’Canannan, king of Kindred-

Conell. O’Donagan, king of Arahire” [pao
chine], ‘killed by O’Bryan, .i. Tyrlagh.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Druim-Beannchair —Now Drumbanagher,
about seven miles from Newry, on the road to
Tanderagee, in the barony of Lower Orior, and
county of Armagh.

* Inbher-Boinne : i.e, the mouth of the River
Boyne, otherwise called Inbher-Colptha.

5N

826 aNNata RIOShachta eireann. (1033.

chada, décc. Matgamam Ua Riagam, cig(pna bp Fh, v0 curzim la Oormnall
hUa Cealleng, ip m vomnac ma cCarpe. Oomnall hUa Ceallang, mac
Plannaccam, vo dallad la Mupcfpcac Ua Ceallang. Clongup Ua Tig (pnain,
vo manbad vo Chenél Coda. Munchad, mac Seanparg, cis(ina Coipppe
Mom, oéce. Muipclpcach, mac (no Ua) Maolpfchlainn vo dallad la Con-
coban Ua Maoleachlamn. TadsgUa Suaipe, 1s (pna Ua Curlinn, vo mapbav
la mac Maol na mbo. Mac Conconnacc 1. Ua Ounadaig, ms(pna Sil
n(nmchada, vo mapbad. Maolcuile, eppcop Apoa Macha, vo écc.

Qoip Cpiort, mile tpiocha a tpi. Mumfoach Ua Maonacain, varal
eppos 7 angcoine, 7 Muipfoach Ua Mancain, comonba Cnonam, vécc. Conn
Ua Sinach, apoangcoine Connacc, vécc. Conn, mac Maolepaccpaice,
aipémoeach Mungainci 7 Oipipt Oengupa, vécc. ed mac Plaitb(pcag
Ui Néill, cisfpna Oils, 7 pfosdamna Eneann, vécc, rap natmse 7 pinnaino
coccaide adce Pelle Cnopeap. Madm pa Mupchad Ua Maolechtainn
pon Concoban Ua Maoileachlainn, in po manbad Maolpuanawd Ua Cannas
Calma, 7 Concan Ua Cainvelbamn, wsfnna Caosam, 7 wsfpna Pp cCal,
co pochaib ole. Concoban Ua Muiplohang, cig(mna Cianpaise, vo map-
bad. Oenach Canman vo dvenam la Oonnchad mac Siollapaccpaice ian
ngabarl pige Cargfn v0 50 maichib laoc 7 cléneac Laig(n,7 Oppaise man aen
pp. MWMeowdm ecip Ele 7 Ui Piacnach Chone, 1 tconcaip 6paen Ua Cléms,
7 Muinfoach mac Giollapaccpaice co pocarwib ole. Ciminsm Ua Cipbanll,
cigfpna Ele, véce. Cengap Ua Catal, cigfpna Eoganacta Loca Léin, vo
manbao. Scpin Phfccap,7 Pho ace cep(ppam pola pon alcéip Paccparce
1nQno Macha hi piadnape caic 1 coiccinne. ~Poccantach Ua Cleda, vig (nna
Muige (no Tuaie) Cuincc,] Ua Prachnach Apoapnata, oo manbad vo Fipab

* The son of Mael-na-mbo : i.e. Diarmaid, son
of Donnchadh, who was surnamed Mael-na-mbo,
i.e. chief of the cows.

* Maeltuile—In Harris’s edition of Ware’s
Bishops, p. 49, he is called Maelmuire.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“ A. D. 1032. Mahon O’Riagan, king of
Bregh, killed by Donell O’Kelly, per dolum.
Gilcomgan mac Maelbryde, Mormoer, of Mu-

reva, burnt with 50 men about him. Donncha
O’Maeldorai, king of Kindred-Conell ; Makma-
hon mac Mureai, king of Kyarry; Donell mac
Duincothai, king of Galeng, occisi sunt. Etru
O’Conaing, heyre of Mounster, killed by the
men of Imlech. The discomfiture of Drumben-
char upon Ulster by Airgiall. The dispersion
of Invir-Boinne by Sitrick mac Aulaiv upon
the Conells, upon O-Dorhuin, and upon O-Meth,
and he had their slaghter. Maeltuile, bushop of

1033] | ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

Dunchadh, lord of Ui-Dunchadha, died. Mathghamhain Ua Riagain, lord of
Breagha, was slain by Domhnall Ua Ceallaigh, on the Sunday before Easter.
Domhnall Ua Ceallaigh, the son of Flannagan, was blinded by Muircheartach
Ua Ceallaigh. Aenghus Ua Tighearnain was slain by the Cinel-Aedha. Mur-
chadh, son of Searrach, lord of Cairbri-Mor, died. Muircheartach, son (or
grandson) of Maeleachlainn, was blinded by Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn.
Tadhg Ua Guaire, lord of Ui-Cuilinn, was slain by the son of Mael-na-mbo".
Mac-Connacht, i. e. Ua Dunadhaigh, lord of Sil-Anmchadha, was slain. Mael-
tuile*, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 1033. Muireadhach Ua Maenagain, a noble bishop and
anchorite ; and Muireadhach Ua Manchain, successor of Cronan, died. Conn
Ua Sinaich, chief anchorite of Connaught, died. Conn, son of Maelpadraig,
airchinnech of Mungairit and Disert-Oenghusa’, died. Aedh, son of Flaith-
bheartach Ua Neill, lord of Oileach, and heir to the sovereignty of Ireland, died,
after laudable penance and mortification, on the night. of Andrew’s festival.
A battle was gained by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn over Conchobhar Ua Mae-
leachlainn, in which Maelruanaidh Ua Carraigh Calma, Lorcan Ua Caindel-
bhain, lord of Laeghairi, the lord of Feara-Cul, and many others, were slain.
Conchobhar Ua Muireadhaigh, lord of Ciarraighe, was slain. The fair of
Carman was celebrated by Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig, after he had assumed
the kingdom of Leinster, having the chiefs of the laity and clergy of Leinster
and Osraighe. A conflict between the Eli and the Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne, in
which Braen Ua Cleirigh and Muireadhach Mac Gillaphadraig, with many
others, were slain. Aimhirgin Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Eile, died. Aenghus
Ua Cathail, lord of Eoghanacht-Locha-Lein, was killed. The shrine of Peter
and Paul emitted blood upon Patrick’s altar at Ard-Macha, in the presence of
all in general. Foghartach Ua hAedha, lord of Magh-Luirg (or Tuath-Luirg)’,
and Ui-Fiachrach of Ard-sratha, was killed by the Feara Manach. Disert-

827

Ardmach, in Christo quievitt, Hugh O’Foiri

took the bishoprick in hand.”—Cod. Clarend., —

tom. 49.

¥ Disert- Oenghusa.—Other wise written Disert-
Aenghusa, i.e. Aenghus’s desert, or wilderness,
now Dysart-Enos, near the Rock of Dunamase,
in the barony of East Maryborough, and Queen’s

5N2

County. The Aenghus who gave name to this
place was the celebrated Aenghus the Festilo-
gist, who flourished towards the close of the
eighth century.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum,
pp. 4, 5, 579, and p. 582, n. 6.

* Magh-Luirg (or Tuath-Luirg).—The true
reading is, “lord of Tuath-Luirg and Ui-Fiach- -

+

828 anNaza RIOshachta elReaNn. [1034.

manach. Onrp(pc Maoilecuile vo angain v0 Mupchad Ua Maoileachlamn.
Mupchad Ua Maoileachlamn (.1. mac Maorleaclamn Huic) 00 manbad 1
meabail la Mac lapndm .1. la corpeaé Cupene 1 nimp Loca Semoede. Pind
Ua Oatngalang, mEfpna Mupecnarge tine, vécc. Cumuman, mac Ruadm
Ui Checpada [vécc]. Oipfpe Mhaolcuile vopccam vo Mupchad 6 Mhaor-
Uchlamn.

Qoip Cpfort, mle ctmocha a cltonp, Catal Maripcip, aipchinveach
Concmsge, vécc. Oengap, mac Plamn, pfp leisino Cluana mic Nop, ano
eaznaid 1aptain domain vécc ian naitmige. Maicma Ua hUachcain plp
leiginn Cfnannpa, 00 batad oc coche a hAlbain cu lebad Colum Cille, 7
thi minda vo mionoaib Phaccnaice, 7 tmocha vo daoimb maille pip.
Hlollapeachnall, mac Giollamoconna, tig(pna veipceinc Op}, 00 mapbad
pa plona Roipp. Oubocingtn, cis(pna Convace, vo manbad la Connaccant
réippin. Oonvchad, wac bain vo 1onopavh Oppaige. Grollacolamm
hUa Riaceaan, TZ(pna veipeceinc On, do tuicim la Muine(ptac hUa Ceal-
lag. Grollapaccpaice Ua Flannagan, cig(pna Ceactba, vo tuicim la
bpeagsmamb. Muploach Ua Placblpcas, cws(pna Ua mopiun Seola,
[oés]. Comcten hUa Maolpuam, cig(pna Oealbna, vo mapbad pon carp-
poch Oipipc Tola 6 a mumctip péippin,7 po imp Tola Tma neanc OE
dfosail pop an ci po da Panag, an po manbad 1pm uaip céaona. Grollaulap-
cas, TIE(pna na nOéips Ops, Catal, mac Amalgada, cig(pna Ua Ceallang

rach-Arda-Sratha.” The territory of Tuath-
Lurg is the barony of Lurg, in the county of
Fermanagh ; and the territory of the Ui-Fiach-
rach of Ard-sratha extended from the north-
east boundary of this barony to the River
Mourne, in the county of Tyrone.

* Disert-Maeltuile: i.e. St. Maeltuile’s desert
or wilderness, now Dysart, a townland giving
name to a parish situated on the west side of
Loch-Ainninn, or Lough Ennell, in the barony
of Rathconrath, and county of Westmeath. The
festival of St. Maeltuile mac Nochaire, who
gave name to this place, is set down in O’Clery’s
Irish Calendar at 30th of July.

> Loch Semhdidhe.—Now Lough Sewdy, near

the little town of Ballymore, in the barony of
Rathconrath, and county of Westmeath.—See
note under A. D. 1450.

° Disert-Maeltuile.—This is repetition.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A. D. 1033. An overthrow by Murcha
O’Maelsechlainn of Conor O’Maelsechlainn,
where Maelruanai O’Carrai Calma and Lorkan
were killed, Lorkan being king of O’Laegaire,
and others with him. Con mac Maelpatrick,
Airchinnech of Mungart, guievit. Conor O’Mu-
reai, king of Kiarrai, killed. The fayre of Car-
man by Donagh mac Gilpatrick, in the begin-
ning of his reigne’ in Leinster. . Aimirgin

Ste

_ of Ui-Briuin-Seola, [died].

1034.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 829

Maeltuile* was plundered by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn. Murchadh Ua Mae-
leachlainn, i. e. the son of Maeleachlainn Gott, was treacherously slain by Mac

_Tarnain, i.e. the chief of Cuircne, on the island of Loch Semhdidhe». Finn

Ua Dunghalaigh, lord of Muscraighe-thire, died. Cumumhan, son of Ruaidhri
Ua Cetfadha, [died]. Disert-Maeltuile’ was plundered by Murchadh O’Mae-
leachlainn.

The Age of Christ, 1034. Cathal Martyr, airchinneach of Corcach, died.
Oenghus, son of Flann, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, chief sage of the west of the
world, died after penance. Maicnia Ua hUchtain, lector of Ceanannus, was
drowned coming from Alba with the bed of Colum-Cill, and three of Patrick’s
relics, and thirty persons along with him. Gillaseachnaill, son of Gillamochonna,
lord of South Breagha, was slain by the Feara-Rois. Dubhdaingean, lord of
Connaught, was slain by the Connaughtmen themselves. Donnchadh, son of
Brian, plundered Osraighe. Gillacoluim Ua Riagain, lord of South Breagh, fell
by Muircheartach Ua Ceallaigh. Gillapadraig Ua Flannagain, lord of Teathbha,
fell by the people of Breaghmhaine. Muireadhach Ua Flaithbheartach’, lord
Coirten Ua Maelruain, lord of Dealbhna, was slain
on the threshhold of Disert-Tola® by his own people; and Tola, through the
power of God, wreaked vengeance upon the person who committed the profa-
nation, for he was slain within the same hour. Gillaulartaigh, lord of the Deisi-
Breagh'; Cathal, son of Amhalgaidh, lord of Ui-Ceallaigh-Cualann, and his

a

O’Carroll, king of Ely; and Cumuvan mac

Roary O’Cetfa, mortui sunt. An overthrow
among Ely, where fell Braen O’Klery, and Mu-
reach Mac Gilpatrick, and others. The son of
Mac Baethe mic Cinaeh killed by Maelcolum
mac Cinaeh. Aengus O’Cathail, king of Eogha-
nacht of Loch Len.. The Shryne of Peter and
Paule streaming of blood upon Patrick’s altar
in Ardmach, in presence of all there living.
Hugh mac Flavertai O’Nell, king of Ailech, and
heyre of Ireland, post penitentiam mortuus est, on
St. Andrewe’s eve.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.
‘Ua Flaithbheartaigh.—N ow O’ Flaherty. This

_ Muireadhach was the grandson of Flaithbhear-

tach, from whom” the hereditary surname of
O’Flaherty was derived, and was, therefore, the

first person of this family ever called O’Flaherty.
He had three sons: 1. Ruaidhri of Loch Cime;
2. Donnchadh Aluinn; and 3. Aedh, from whom
all the septs of the O’Flahertys of West Con-
naught are descended. They were originally
seated on the east side of Lough Corrib, in the
barony of Clare, and county of Galway.

© Disert- Tola.—This church stood in the town-
land of Diserttaula, in the parish of Killoolagh,
barony of Delvin, and county of Westmeath.—
See it already referred to under A. D. 970, 1010.

‘ Deisi-Breagh.—Now the baronies of Deece,
in the south of the county of Meath.—See
note ', under the year 753, p. 356, supra.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

830 aNnNaza RIoshachta elRECGNN.

Cualann, 7 .a bin 1. ms(n mic Giollacommgsin, 00 mapbad oo mac Ceallarg
mic Ounchada, 7 00 mac Coda, mic Tuatail. OAmlaoib, mac Sitcmocea,
vo manbad la Saxanaib ag vol vo Rom.

Cloip Cpfopc, mile ctmocha a cince, Placb(pcach Ua Munchada,
cis(pna Cemiil mbogaine, vo manbad co nopuing ole amanlle pnp. Japnan
Ua Planochada (ci na naem 7 na bpipén vo sainti de) vo cecht ap cpeich
1nOelbna co na caipclcap uaice vo Oelbna co tcanopat 1omainecc 06, 7
po lad ap a mumcine,7 po manbad lapnan pém cpé propcaib O€ 7 na naem.
Ragnall Ua hlomaip, wgfpna Pune Caincce, 00 manbad 1 nOch cliach la
Sicmoc, mac Amlaoib. Apo mbplcain vo onccam vo Sicmoce 1apam, 7
Sono Cholaim Chille 00 opccain 7 do lopccad v0 Choncoban Ua Maorlec-
lain ina ofogail. Capléibe, mac Oobnain, cigfpna Conca Pinepf, [vécc].
Cellupaile 7 claonad vo opccain vo Shallanb, conup caippaiwd mac Oonn-
chaid mac Domnall 50 po laa nofpg ap. Cpech la Oonnchad mac Ounlaing
pop Ehfpaib Cualann, go tcucc b6 sabail mép 7 bporo.

Cloip Cpiorc, mile cniocha a pé. Congap Ua Flaim, comanba bpénainn
Cluana plpca, 7 Ceallach Ua Selbargh (.1. eppoce), comanba bainm ppuit
Clengap, mac Catan, abb Concange, vécc. Plait-
bipcach an cpopccam Ua Neill, cis (pna Oils, vێcc rap noeisb(chard 7 ran
Maelechlamn Ua Maelpuanaid, cig(pna Cnemtaimne, vo map-
bad la hCod Ua Concobaip, a noiogal Thadz an eich gil, 7 Oman.
Oomnall Ua hUatmapcin, gina Plp Ui, v0 manbad vo Oal nCpaide.
Oonnchad, mac Plomn, poghdamna Timpac, vo manbad la plpaib bpéipne.

rinoip Muman, vécc.

bpennainn.

“ A. D. 1034. Maelcolum mac Cinaeh, king
of Scotland, died. Aulaiv mac Sitrick killed by
Gilla-
sechnaill mac Gillamochonna killed. Doncha mac

[mic Cinaeh], “king of the English and Irish,
aliter Fingall”” [recté, Gallgaels], ‘‘mortuus est.”>—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. *

8 Cu-na-naemh agus na bhfiren : i.e. the watch-
dog of the saints and just men.

» Sord-Choluim-Chille: i. e. the monastery of

Saxons” [as he was] ‘‘ goinge to Rome.

Bryan spoyled all Ossory. Cathal, mairtir, and
Airchinnech of Cork ; and Conn mac Maelpatrick,

(1035:

Airchinnech of Mungarti, dormierunt. Ulster
forces into Meath to Mac Millen’s house. Gil-
lafularti, king of Dese-Bregh, killed. Macnia
O’Huachtan, Lector of Kells, drowned coming
from Scotland with Colum Cill’s: booke, and
three minns, ‘or swearing reliques of St. Patrick,
and thirty men with them. Suivne mac Hugh”

Swords, which was then in the Danish territory
of Fingal.

Claenadh.—Now Clane, in the county of
Kildare.—See note’, under the year 777, p.382,
supra.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

a

1035.) ' ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 831

wife, the daughter of Mac Gillacoeimhghin, were slain by the son of Ceallach,
‘son of Dunchadh, and his son Aedh, son of Tuathal. Amhlaeibh, son of Sitric,
was slain by the Saxons, on his way to Rome.

The Age of Christ, 1035. Flaithbheartach Ua Murchadha, lord of Cinel-
Boghaine, was killed with others along with him. Iarnan Ua Flannchadha
(who was usually called “Cu na naemh agus na bhfiren®”), came upon a preda-
tory excursion into Dealbhna ; but a small number of the Dealbhna-men over-
took him, and gave him battle, wherein his people were slaughtered, and Iarnan
himself was slain, through the miracles of God and the saints. Raghnall,
grandson of Imhar, lord of Port-Lairge, was slain at Ath-cliath by Sitric, son
of Amhlaeibh; and Sord Choluim Chille" was plundered and burned by Con-
chobhar Ua Maeleachlainn, in revenge thereof. Cusleibhe, son of Dobhran,
lord of Corca-Firtri, [died]. Cill-Usaille and Claenadh' were plundered by
the foreigners ; but the son of Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, overtook them,
and made a bloody slaughter of them. A depredation by Donnchadh, son of
Dunlaing, upon the Feara-Cualann ; and he carried off a great seizure of cows
and prisoners. ,

The Age of Christ, 1036. Aenghus Ua Flainn, successor of Brenainn of
Cluain-fearta ; and Ceallach Ua Sealbhaich, a bishop, successor of Bairri',
learned senior of Munster, died. Aenghus, son of Cathan, Abbot of Corcach,
died. Flaithbheartach an Trostain', lord of Oileach, died after a good life and
penance. Maeleachlainn, lord of Creamthainne, was slain by Aedh Ua Con-
chobhair, in revenge of Tadhg of the White Steed, and of Brian. Domhnall
Ua h-Uathmharain, lord of Feara-Li, was slain by the Dal-Araidhe. Doynchadh,
son of Flann, royal heir of ‘Teamhair, was slain by the men of Breifne. Scolog,

“ A. D. 1035. Cnut mac Sain, king of Saxons, slaghtered by myracle of the saints. Ranall

died. Cahal mac Awalga, king of West Leinster,
_ and his wife, daughter to Caeimgin mac Cinaeh,
and his greyhound, killed at once” [i.e. together]
“by the sonn of Kellach mac Dunchaa. Flah-
vertach O’Murchaa, king of Kindred-Boguine,
with many more, killed. Iarnan O’Flanchaa,
persecutor of saints and the righteous, came with
his” [followers] “into Delvin, and a few of
Delvin skirmished with him, and gave him the
overthrow, where he was killed, and his men

O’Hivair, king of Waterford, killed in Dublin
by Sitrick mac Awlaiv. Ardbrakan rifled by
Sitrick mac Awlaiv. The Sord of Colum Cille
burnt by Conor O’Maeleachlainn in revenge it.’
—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Successor of Bairri: i.e. Bishop or Abbot of
Cork.

' Flaithbheartach an Trostain: i. e. Flaherty
of the Pilgrim’s Staff. So called because he
went as a pilgrim to Rome.

832 aNNata RIOshachta elReaNN. [1037.

Scoléce «1. Niall Ua Plannagén, cis (pna Tleba, vo manbad la pipaib Tleba
bavéin 1. la Muinncip Tlamain. Munchad Ua an Chapall 1. Ua Plarcb{p-
caigh,7 Niall, mac Muinslpa oa pfoghoamna lantain Connacc, 00 mapbav.
Ciiciche, mac Eccnechain, cigfpna Ceneoil Enoa, vécc. Oonnchad, mac
Oanlaing, TIZ(ina Laigln, vo dallad la Oonnchad, mac Hiollapaopaice co
nepbail ve a ccionn treccmaine. Ruadm, mc Taidg, mc Loncain, vo
dallad la mac Maol na mbé6 a. Qiapmaio. Orapmaic, mac Oonnchada,
canaiy) Oppaghe, vo mapbad. Muincfpcach, mac Giollapaccpaice, cig(pna
Leite Opppaise, 00 manbad oUa Caellais) dia muincip péin1 pRioll. Cell
cana 7 Cenannurp vo lopccad. Oecancech Laitms bmain vo lopccad 7 do
onccain op(paib Mhoe.

Cop Cpiopt, mile cmocha a plche. Plann, ppiorn Glinne hUirean,
Cionaed hUa Maolcemin, ppuitphoip rantain Cangtn, vég. Coinpne, mac
Rovange, apchino(ch Eccanly bicce, vécc. Catal mac Rumodm, agfpna
1apcaip Connaéc, vo dol dia oilitpe co hApo Macha. Plann, mac Oom-
noall Ui Maoleachtainn, vo vallavh la Conchoban la a veapbpataip. Thi
hUi Maoloopas vo manbad la hUa Canannam. Thi hUi Phollamann, 4
Fimachca Ua Eapncada vo manbad ood Ua Concobaip. Ctionmain
Ua Rubano, cis (pna Pune Cainse v0 mhanbad la a cenél péippin. Pope
Laipcei v0 onccam, 7 lopccad la Oranmaicc, mac Marl na mbo. Scpin
Cholaim Chille, 7 Ooimliace Chianéin 00 onccain vo Shallaib Acha cliat.
Mupstpp Ua Concfhainn, ws(fna Ua nOianmava, vécc. Apc Ua Ce-
lecain, wi5 fina Ua mop(pal,7 Ruaiom Ua Concain, msZ(pna Ua Niallam, vo
mapbad 1 Cnaob Calle la Muipfoach Ua Ruadacain 4 la hUib Eatach.
Ceannacan Gotc vo manbad la hUa Plannagan, «1. Sicpiuc, vo Uib Maine.
Oillacaeimgin, mac Amalgada, ci5(ina Ua Ceallang 00 mapbad vo macaib
Goda, mic Tuatal. lomap vo mapbad vo Shallab Puc Caipge cpe

™ O' Caellaighe.—Now anglicised Kelly, with-
out the prefix O’. Y

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“ A. D. 1036. Daniell O’Huathmaran, king
of Firli, killed by Dalarai. Scolog O’Flannagan,
king of Tethva, by his” [people] ‘“ killed.
Donell O’Flainn, heyre of Tarach, by Breifni

killed. Murcha O’Cappall, and Nell mac Murges,
two heyres of West Connaght, killed. Cuchiche
mac Egnechan, king of Kindred-Enna, died.
Donogh mac Dunlevy, king of Leinster, blinded
by Mac Gilpatrick, and died thereof. Flahver-
tach O’Nell, Arcking of Ailech, post penitentiam

TEE Gaertigs

optimam, in Christo quievit. Aengus mac Flainn,

Coarb of Brenainn Cluona, and Kellach O’Selva,

1037.] ‘ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 833

i. e. Niall Ua Flannagain, lord of Teathbha, was slain by the men of Teathbha
themselves, i. e. by Muintir-Tlamain. Murchadh Ua an Chapail, i.e. Ua Flaith-
bheartaigh, and Niall, son of Muirgheas, two royal heirs of West Connaught,
were slain. Cuciche, son of Egneachan, lord of Cinel-Enda, died. Donnchadh,
son of Dunlaing, lord of Leinster, was blinded by Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig,
and he died at the end of a week. Ruaidhri, son of Tadhg, son of Lorcan, was
blinded by the son of Mael-na-mbo, i.e. Diarmaid. Diarmaid, son of Donnchadh,
Tanist of Osraighe, was slain. Muircheartach, son of Gillaphadraig, lord of
half Osraighe, was treacherously slain by O’Caellaighe™, one of his own people.
Cill-dara and Ceanannus were burned. The oratory of Laithreach was burned
and plundered by the men of Meath.

The Age of Christ, 1037. Flann, Prior of Gleann-Uisean ; Cinaedh
Ua Maeltemhin, learned senior of the west of Leinster, died. Cairbre, son of
Rodaighe, airchinneach of Eaglais-Beag [at Cluain-mic-Nois], died. Cathal, son
of Ruaidhri, lord of West Connaught, went on his pilgrimage to Ard-Macha.
Flann, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, was blinded by Conchobhar, his
brother. Three [of the] Ui-Maeldoraidh were slain by Ua Canannain. Three
[of the] Ui Follamhain, and Finnachta Ua Earchadha, were slain by Aedh
Ua Conchobhair. Cuinmhain Ua Rubann, lord of Port-Lairge, was slain by
his own tribe. Port-Lairge was plundered and burned by Diarmaid, son of
Mael-na-mbo". Scrin-Choluim-Chille and Daimhliag-Chianain® were plundered
by the foreigners of Ath-cliath. Muirgheas Ua Conceanainn, lord of Ui-Diar-
mada, died. Archu Ua Celechain, lord of Ui-Breasail, and Ruaidhri Ua Lorcain,
lord of Ui-Niallain, were slain at Craebh-caille’, by Muireadhach Ua Ruadhacain
and the Ui-Eathach. Cearnachan Gott? was slain by Ua Flannagain, i. e. Sitric,
one of the Ui-Maine. Gillacaeimhghin, son of Amhalghaidh, lord of Ui-Ceal-
laigh [of Cualann], was slain by the sons of Aedh, son of Tuathal. Imhar was

Coarb of Bairri, mortuus est. Roary mac Teig
mic Lorkan, blinded by Mack Moylnambo.””—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

» Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo.—He was the
first of the ancestors of the Mac Murroughs,
who became King of Leinster. Maelmordha
mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, who was
slain at the battle of Clontarf, was the ancestor

of the O’Byrnes, and not of this sept.

° Scrin- Choluim-Chille and Daimliag-Chianain:
i.e. the churches of Skreen and Duleek in
Meath.

Craebh-caille—A place on the River Callan,
in the barony and county of Armagh.—See
note *, under the year 825, p. 438, supra.

1 Cearnachan Gott: i.e. Victoricius Balbus. -

50

834 GNNAZA RIOshachta elReann. (1038.

PM sg

mada, a vallad oo Oonnchad Mac Giollapaopaice, 7 a écc 1aparh po

cfooip. Rumom, mac Taig Ur Lopedin, canary: Ua cCennpealang, do.

epgabal 1 nOamliag Cille Cunlinn la Oonnchad Mac Giollapaonans, 7 a
dallad 1appin la mac Maorl na mbéd.

Cop Cpiopc, mile tmocha a hochc. Platb(pcach, mac Loimsyicch,
eppucc 7 plplersinn Cluana mic Noip, Cumdén, eppcop, 7 abb, 7 plplerginn
Convépe, comanba Mic Ne 7 Cholmain Cala, hUa Gaba, pur eppcop
Oipipt Orapmacca, 7] mac Céin, mic Maorlmuad, vécc. Cibll Ua Camp,
pMpleiszinn Oeanmange, Maolmancain Cam, plpleigimn Convéne, Planvaccan,
Fipleisimn Cille oana, [vécc]. Coinppe Ua Coimpiollain, comanba Camois,
vécc 1 Roim. Colman Caech Ua Congaile, comanba Molar, Niall, mac
Riagain, orpcmneach Slame, vo manbad la hUa Conowb. Giollacmorc,
mac Catbaipn U1 Oomnarll, sabal pulams cogaid, 7 copnarna Ceml Conall,

vo mapbad la mac Cuinn Us Oomnanll.

manbao.

onccain vo Shallaib.
met onca na nope.

" The Daimhliag of Cill-Chuilinn: i. e. stone
church of Kilcullen, in the present county of
Kildare.

The Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise re-
cord the following events under this year:

“A.D. 1037. Cathal mac Roary, King of
West Connaght, went in pilgrimage to Ard-
mach, Flann O’Maelechlainn, by Conor O’Mael-
echlainn blinded. Archu O’Celegan, king of
O-Bressaill, and Rori O’Lorkan, king of O’Nial-
lan, killed at Krivchoill by Mureach O’Ruagan
and by O’Nechachs. Cu-inmain O’Roban, king
of Waterford, killed by his” [own people].
“Cernachan Gott killed by O’Flannagan of
O-Maine. Three O’Maeldoraies killed. Great
raine this yeare.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom.
49.

‘A.D, 1037. Dermott mac Moylenemo of

Ua Muipeccein, c1slina Tleba, vo

Laognén hUa Leocain, ms(pna Garllns, vo enszabanl. Coowmls
Ua Oonnchada, pfogdamna Canpil, 00 mapnbad oo Uib Paola.

Reacpu vo

Meap of mé6p 1pm mbliadamp, a pé a méd co po
Oa Scamoip vo con ton Ohelbna, 7 Ua Maine 1 nae

Lynster preyed, spoyled, and burnt Lymbrick.
Donogh mac Dowlen, king of Lynster, had his
eyes putt out by Mac Gillepatrick, king of
Ossorye, and soone after died for grief. It
Connor O’Me-
laughlyn did putt out the eyes of Flann O’Me-
laughlyn.”—Ann. Clon.

* Reachru.u—This name was applied to two
celebrated islands in Ireland ; first, to Rathlin,
or Ragharee island, off the north coast of the
county of Antrim; and, secondly, to the island
of Lambay, in the county of Dublin. As Lam-
bay belonged to the Danes at this period, it is
probable that the former island is the one re-
ferred to in the text.

* The Ores : i. e. the pigots, rutlands, /uchans,
or last pigs farrowed. :

* Dealbhna: i.e. the inhabitants of Delvin

reigned much this summer.

1038.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

835

killed treacherously: by the foreigners of Port-Lairge. Dunchadh, son of Dun-
laing, King of Leinster, was taken prisoner at Disert-Diarmada, and blinded by
Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig ; and he died immediately after. Ruaidhri, son
of Tadhg Ua Lorcain, Tanist of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was taken prisoner in the
Daimhliag of Cill-Cuilinn’, by Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig; and he was
afterwards blinded by the son of Mael-na-mbo.

The Age of Christ, 1038. Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach, Bishop and
lector of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Cuinnen, Bishop, Abbot, and lector of Condere,
successor of Mac Nisi and Colman Eala ; hUa Gabhaidh, distinguished Bishop
of Disert-Diarmada ; and the son of Cian, son of Maelmhuaidh, died. Ailill
Ua Cair, lector of Dearmhach ; Maelmartan Cam, lector of Condere ; Flannagan,
lector of Cill-dara, [died]. Cairbre Ua Coimhghillain, successor of Cainneach,
died at Rome. Colman Caech Ua Conghaile, successor of Molaisi, [died].
Niall, son of Riagain, airchinneach of Slaine, was killed by O’Conduibh. Gilla-
christ, son of Cathbhar Ua Domhnaill, supporting pillar of the war and defence
of the Cinel-Conaill, was slain by the son of Conn O’Domhnaill. Ua Muirigein,
lord of Teathbha, was killed. Laidhgnen Ua Leocain, lord of Gaileanga, was
taken prisoner. Cuduiligh Ua Donnchadha, royal heir of Caiseal, was slain by
the Ui-Faelain. Reachru‘ was plundered by the foreigners. Very great fruit
in this year, so that the orcs‘ of the pigs were fattened. Two rencounters
between the Dealbhna" and the Ui-Maine, on the Friday of Ciaran’s festival”,

Mac Coghlan, now the barony of Garrycastle, throw geven to O-Mani by Delvin, in the midst

in the King’s County.

“ Ciaran’s festival : i. e. the 9th of September.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A, D. 1038. Cuinniden Connere, Coarb of
Maknise and Colman Ela, and Colman Cam, .i.
Crooked O’Congail, Coarb of Molaise, in Christo
quieverunt. Gilkrist mac Cathvair O’Donell
killed by mac Cuinn O’Donell. Battle betwene
Cuana, King of All-Saxons, and Odo, King of
Fraunce, where a thousand and more perished.
Ore Allai, .i. the wyld boar, O’Ruagan, king of
O-Nehach, killed by Clann-Sinai in Ardmach,
upon Monday, in revenge of killing Eocha mac
Innavar, and dishonouring Ardmach, An over-

of Clon-mic-Nois, on Fridai, on St. Kyaran’s
feast, wherein many were slaine. Cuduili
O’Dunchaa, heyre of Cassill, killed by O’Fae-
lan.”’—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A.D. 1038, Flathvertagh mac Loyngsye,
Lector and Bushopp of Clonvicknose, died.
Aileall O’Gair, Lector of Dorowe, died. There
was such abundance of akorns this year that it
fattened the piggs” [piggotts] “of piggs. There
arose great contentions and fraye between those
of Delvyn Mac Coghlan, and those of Imain in
Clonvicknose, on St. Keyran’s day, and fell
twice the same day to the fraye, in which strife
there were slain 53 persons of Imaine.”—Ann.
Clon.

502

836 ANNQGwa RIOShachta elReaNN. [1039.

péle Ciandin 1 cCluain mic Néip, 7 po meabavon anoip pon 1b Maine, 50 po
mapbad than an caogaio o1b Marne.

Cloip Cpfore, mile cmocha a nao. ~Maicma, eppcop 7 comanba Mamip-
tneach buiti, Celecarp Ua Curlennain, comanba Tigeannars, 7 Muipoach,
mac Plannacain, porainemoech Apoa Macha, vécc. Cloicteach Cluana
lonaipo vo tuictim. Oormnall mac Oonnchada, cigfpna Ua Paelam, oo
manbad la Oomnall Ua Plpsaile, agpna na bPopcuat. Munpchad Ruad,
mac Maoileachlainn, vo dallad la Concoban Ua Maol(chlaino. Mumfoach,
mac Plaitb(pcas Ui Nell, 00 manbad la hUib Labpada. Oonnchad Oeancc,
mac Clint 1. an Caileaé Ui Ruaipe, cigfina aiptin Connace, pm lam a atan,
vo manbad la hQod Ua cConcobaip. Sligo la Oonnchad, Mac Hrolla-
paccpaice co nOppagib 1 Mhve, co no loipeple co Cnogba,7 co Onocat ata.
Cod Ua Plamagain, cwis(pna Cuince 7 Ua pPiacpac, vo manbad. Mac
Ruadm, asfina PCpnmange, vo curcim la a mumneip péipin. Mac Rupp,
wisCina Ceneoil Phiacach, vo mapbad la cigfina Ff Ceall. Oonnchad
Mac Giollapacpnaice, aZ(pna Oppose 7 Carglh oupmdp, vécc rap mbeit 1
ngalan pocca.

Qoip Cpiopc, mle ceachnacha. Meaolmaine Ua Ochcain, comanba
Cholaim Chille 7 Goamnain, vécc. Otnchad Ua hAnchainge pao tiachcana
lagmo Apoa Macha, vés. Copecnach, mac Cnogeada, comanba Plannain
7 Spenamn, vég 1ap popbhavh a darghbfchavh. Orapmanc Ua Sfchnupag

* The Cloictheach of Cluain-Iraird: i.e. the
steeple or round tower belfry of Clonard, in
Meath.

* Domhnall Va Fearghaile.—Duald Mac Firbis
gives the pedigree of a Domhnall Ua Fearghail,
King of Fortuatha Laighean, whom he makes
the twenty-seventh in descent from Mesincorb,
son of Moghcorb, King of Leinster, and the
thirtieth from Conchobhar Ahhradhruadh, Mo-
narch of Ireland.—See A. M. 5192, p. 91, supra.
The valley of Glendalough, and the district of
Imaile, in the present county of Wicklow, are
referred to as in the Fortuatha-Laighean.

* The Ui-Labhradha: i.e. the O’Laverys, a
family still numerous in the barony of Iveagh,

and county of Down.

* Cnodhbha and Droichead-atha : i.e. Knowth
and Drogheda.—See notes * and ‘, under the
year 861, p. 497, supra.

> Ui-Fiackrach : i. e. Ui-Fiachrach-Arda-
sratha, a tribe seated along the River Derg, in
the north-west of the county of Tyrone, adjoin-
ing the barony of Lurg, in the county of Fer-
managh. The Annals of Ulster and those of
Clonmacnoise notice the following events under
this year: :

“A. D. 1039. Jaco, king of Bryttain, @ suis;
Donell mac Doncha, king of O’Faelan, by Donell
O’Ferall; Doncha Derg, .i. Read, O’Roirk, by

, the O’Conors ; Roary, king of Fernvai, a suis ;

1039.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 837

at Cluain-mic-Nois, in both which the Ui-Maine were defeated, and fifty-three
of them were killed.

The Age of Christ, 1039. Maicnia, Bishop and Comharba of Mainistir-
Buithi; Ceileachair Ua Cuileannain, successor of Tighearnach ; and Muireadh-
ach, son of Flannagain, Fos-airchinneach of Ard-Macha, died. The Cloictheach
of Cluain-Iraird* fell. Domhnall, son of Donnchadh, lord of Ui-Faelain, was
slain by Domhnall Ua Fearghaile’, lord of the Fortuatha. Murchadh Ruadh,
son of Maeleachlainn, was blinded by Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn. Mui-
readhach, son of Flaithbheartach Ua Neill, was slain by the Ui-Labhradha’.
Donnchadh Dearg, son of Art, i.e. the Cock, Ua Ruairc, lord of East Con-
naught, in conjunction with his father, was slain by Aedh Ua Conchobhair.
An army was led by Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig and the Osraighi into
Meath ; and they burned as far as Cnoghbha and Droichead-atha.. Aedh
Ua Flannagain, lord of Lurg and Ui-Fiachrach’, was slain. Mac Ruaidhri, lord
of Fearnmhagh, fell by his own people. Mac Ruitsi, lord of Cinel-Fhiachach,
was slain by the lord of Feara-Ceall. Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig, lord of
Osraighe and of the greater part of Leinster, died after long illness.

The Age of Christ, 1040. Maelmaire Ua Ochtain, successor of Colum-
Cille and Adamnan, died. Dunchadh Ua hAnchainge, distinguished prelector
of Ard-Macha, died. Cosgrach, son of Aingeadh, successor of Flannan and
Brenainn’, died after a well-spent life. Diarmaid Ua Seachnasaigh*, the most

Imaine and those of Delvin in Clonvicknose
before.” —Ann. Clon.

¢ Successor of Flannan and Brenainn: i. e.
Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert.

* Diarmaid Ua Seachnasaigh.—This may be
understood as denoting Diarmaid, grandson of

Hugh O’Flannagan, king of Luirg and O-Fiach-
rach, all killed. Donogh mac Gillpatrick, arch-
king of Leinster and Ossory” [died]. ‘‘ Macnia,
Coarb of Buty, Episcopus e plenus dierum ; Ce-
lechar O’Culenan, Coarb of Tiernach, vitam feli-
citer finierunt. Muteach mac Flannagan, Air-

chinnech of Ardmach, by O-Hehachs; Mureach
mac Flavertaich O’Nell killed by Lethrens.
Cervall mac Faelan killed by Gentyes” [recté,
the Galls, or Danes].—Ann. Uit., Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

“A, D. 1039. The steeple of Clonard fell
down to the earth. Donnough mac Gillepatrick,
King of Ossory and Lynster, died. Leighman-
chan was preyed and spoyled by those of Imaine,
in revenge of the falling out between those of

Seachnasach. He was not of the O’Shaughnessys
of Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne, in the present county
of Galway, for the first of this latter family, who
was called O’Shaughnessy, was Raghnall, whose
father, Gealbhuidhe, who was slain in the year
1159, was the son of Seachnasach, the progeni-
tor after whom the hereditary surname was
called. Successor of Seachnall means Abbot of
Domhnach-Seachnaill, now Dunshaughlin, in
Meath.

838 GQNNaza RIOShachta eiReGNN.

(1041.

paor eccna Leite Cumd, 7 comanbavh Sfchnaill, vécc. Copcpan Cleipech,
angcoine, ainoé(nd iaptaip Coppa ap cnabord 7 eccna eipide, 7 a écc
Liopp mop. Echeisfpna, mac Spam, cig(na Oplsrnaine, vécc. Ua Oublarch,
cistpna P(p cTulach, vo mapbad oa thumncip pém. Cat Cille Ononnaén vo
bmp vo Shallaib, 7 00 mac Spam pon Cheapball mac Paolain, 7 Ceap-
ball oo manbad ano. Ceall oana, Cfnanoup, On v4 Ueslapy, 7 1Wcealla
MaemCholum Chille, Oip(ie Oranmacca, Mogna
Moptndc, 7 Cluam mon Mhaedoce do ongain la Oiapmaicc, mac Maoil na
mb6, ci5fina Ua cCeinnpealas, 7 bnoio mon vo bneié ap na olptangib.
Oenclch Lats Opin vo lopccad 7 vo onccain la piparb Mhoe.

Coir Cpforc, mile clépacha a haon. Maolbpig0e Ua Maoilpino, pac-
cant 7] angcoipe, 7 eprcop Slinne oa locha, vécc. Corecpach Ua Toichs,
aimoplnleisinn Cille oana, vécc. Soensap, pfplergimn 7 aincinnech Tonaige,
vécc. Mac blchaid, mac Cinmipe, ano ollam CApoa Macha, 7 €Eneano
ancfha, vé5. Maolpuanaid mac Roem, pisd.amna Tlmpach, v0 manbad.
Paelan hUa Monde, ais C(pna Caoigip, vo dallad la Munchad, mac Ounlams,
lap na Tonbent 00 Oonncad, mac Cloda vo, uaip ap é Oonnchad vo Fab eprom
ap cap concanad v0 Mupchad, mac Ounlams. Muipcfpcach Mac H1ollapac-
Tpaice vo manbad vo Uib Caolluide1 meabarl. Giollacomgaill, mac Ounr-
cuan, mic Ounlaing, do bneit ap éicin aCill oapa do Mhupchad, mac Ounlaing,
ainm mm po panaigead comanba Opigove. Oa mac Mhic Phaolam, mc Mup-
chada 1. Oonochavh, 7 Glumapn vo mapbad vo a Cilloana mac bpoer,

oile ancina do Lopecad.

* Corcran Cleireach.—He was the colleague of
Cuan O'Lochain in the provisional government
of Ireland after the death of Maelsechlainn IL,
in 1022.

‘ Cill-Dronnan : i.e. the Church of St. Dron-
nan. The festival of St. Dronnan of Cill-
Dronnan is set down in O’Clery’s Irish Calen-
dar at 12th of December ; but the situation of
the churbh is not described

®& Maein-Choluim-Chille, §c.—These churches
are situated in the present county of Kildare,
except Cluain-mor-Maedhog, which is in the
barony of Rathvilly, in the county of Carlow.
Their names are now anglicised: 1. Moone, or

Moone-Columbkille ; 2. Castledermot; 3. Dun-
namanoge, or Monamohennoge; and 4. Clon-

“more.

The Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise re-
card the following events under this year :

“A.D. 1040. Hic est annus millessimus et
al. mus ab incarnatione Domint. Coscrach mac
Aingea, Coarb of Flannan, and Brenainn; Mael-
muire O’Huchtan, Coarb of Colum Cill; Der-
mot O’Sechnasai, Coarb of Sechnall, in Christo
dormierunt. Corcran Clerk, the head of Europe
in learning and godliness, in Christo pausavit.
Duncha O’Canege, Lector of Ardmach, mitissi-

mus e doctissimus, in Christo pausavit. Donncha

1041.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 839
distinguished sage of Leath-Chuinn, and successor of Seachnall, died. Corcran
Cleireach®, anchorite, who was the head of the west of Europe for piety and
wisdom, died at Lis-mor. Echtighearna, son of Bran, lord of Breaghmhaine,
died. Ua Dubhlaich, lord of Fearta-Tulach, was killed by his own people.
The battle of Cill-Dronnan‘ was gained by the foreigners, and the son of Brian
[recte of Bran], over Cearbhall, son of Faelan; and Cearbhall was slain therein.
Cill-dara, Ceanannus, Dun-da-leathghlas, and many other churches, were burned.
Maein-Choluim-Chille®, Disert-Diarmada, Moghna-Moshenoc, and Cluain-mor-
Maedhog, were plundered by Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo, lord of Ui-Ceinn-
sealaigh ; and he carried many prisoners from the oratories. The oratory of
Laithreach-Briuin was burned and plundered by the men of Meath.

. The Age of Christ, 1041. Maelbrighde Ua Maelfinn, priest, anchorite,
and bishop, died. Cosgrach Ua Toicthigh, chief lector of Cill-dara, died.
Soerghus, lector and airchinneach of Torach*, died. Mac Beathaidh, son of
Ainmire, chief poet of Ard-Macha, and of Ireland in general, died. Maelruan-
aidh, son of Roen, royal heir of Teamhair, was slain. Faelan Ua Mordha, lord
of Laeighis, was blinded by Murchadh, son of Dunlaing, after having been
delivered to him by Donnchadh, son of Aedh, for it was Donnchadh that took
him first, and then delivered him up to Murchadh, son of Dunlaing. Muir-
cheartach Mac Gillaphadraig was slain by the Ui-Caclluidhe' by treachery.
Gillachomhghaill*, son of Donnchuan, son of Dunlaing, was forcibly carried away
from Cille-dara by Murchadh, son of Dunlaing, where the successor of Brighit
was violated. The two sons of the son of Faclan, son of Murchadh, namely, Donn-
chadh and Gluniarn, were slain at Cill-dara by the two sons of Braen', son of

mac Crinan, king of Scotland, a@ suis occisus est.
Aralt, king of Saxons of Gills, mortuwus est. All
Kildare burnt at Michaelmas. Kells, Dunda-
lehglas, and many other churchtownes, burnt.”
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A, D.1040. The overthrowe of Kildronnan,
given by the Danes and Mac Brayn to Mac
Foylan, where Mac Foylan was killed. Corcran,
anchorite of all Ireland, died at Lismore. This
is he that had the hearing of the Causes of
Ireland. Echtigerne mac Broyne, prince of
Brawnie, died.”—Ann, Clon.

* Torach.—Now Tory Island, off the north
coast of the barony of Kilmacrenan, and county
of Donegal.

i Ui-Caelluidhe.—This name is still numerous
in the county of Kilkenny, and anglicised Kelly,
without the prefix O’.

k Gillachomhghaill.—He is the ancestor of the
royal family of O’Tuathail, or O’Toole, of Lein-
ster. j

' Braen.—This name is more usually written
Bran. He was the ancestor of the O’Brains, or
O’Byrnes, of Leinster.

840 GNNaZa RIOshachta elREAnn.

(1042.

mic Malinépda. Cpfch la hOhpgiallaib 1 Conailb, co po bmpfecap Conalle
poppa 1 Marg va camneach. Cpfch la hUa Néill 1 nUib Eatach Ulad, co
cucpac cneich moip. Cpeach la hUib Ceimnpelans im hUib bainnci, conup
cappad Mupchad, mac Oanlaing, co po bmp ponpa hi Cill Molappéc, 7 co
FRapccabpac ap mépim Oomnall Reamap, vamna cigfpna Ua Cennpealars.
Cucice hUa Ovnlaing, cigfina Cagis, a mac,7 Calleoc a bin, 00 manbad
vo Mac Conin, ht Cash Mochua mic Londin, 7] po manbad pom péin ian na
mapach la hUa Gpoenam imn, 4 ap pips mop vo Mochua pm. PFlpna mén
Maoddg v0 lopecad la Oonnchad mac bmamn. SGli&no Uipfn vo anccam vo
mac Mail na mbo, 7 in ventech vo bpipfoh, 7 céd 00 daombh vo manbad, 7
reacht ccétc vo bneth ap a nofogail Ffpna moine vo angamn vo mac bmiam,
3 vo Munchad, mac Ounlaing, 7 a nofogail a bnacap Oomnall Reamanp.
Coip Cpiorc, mle clépacha avo. Maolbmgoe, eppus Cille vana, Ail
Mucnama, cfno manach na nGaorweal, vécc, hi cColom. Eocacdn, ampcm-
veach Slane, 7 plplergmo Suipo, 7 pembmd cogawe, Lomngreac Ua Maol-
richnall, ppleiginn Cluana hlopaipo, Lomspeach Ua Plaitén, comanba
Cianam 7 Cponain, Maelpfcap Ua hAilecain, pfpleigimn Apoa Macha, 7
coipeac na mac leigino vo manbad. Piacha Ua Maolmopnda prim Spme
€peann, vécc. Plano, mac Maoilp(chlamn GHuic, pisdamna Tlrnac, vo
mapbao la Concoban, mac Maoleachlainn. Mupchad, mac Oanlaing, pi
Lagfn, 7 Oonnchad, mac eda, ms (pna Ua mbaippce vo tuicim la Giolla-
pactpaicc, mac nO onnchavda, c15 Gina NOppaige,q la ComcoigepiceUa Ml6pda,

™ Magh-da-chainneach.—N ot identified.

* Cill-Molappog: i.e. Molappog’s Church. This
name is now applied to an old grave-yard in the
townland of Donore, parish of Leamhdhruim or
Lorum, in the county of Carlow. About thirty
perches to the south of this grave-yard is a
holy well called Tobar-Molappog. There is ano-
ther old church-yard of this name near the vil-
lage of Croghan, to the north of Elphin, in the
county of Roscommon ; but the place referred
to in the text is certainly the Kilmalappoge in
the county of Carlow.

° Teach-Mochua-mic-Lonain.—Now Timahoe,
in the Queen’s County.

The Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise record
the following events under this year :

“A.D. 1041. The annals are too many of
killing of men, dieing, praies, and battles. None
can tell them wholly, but a few among many
of them by means that men’s ages could not be
thoroughly knowne. Macbehi, archpoet of Ard-
mach and of Ireland. Fatt Donell mac Moyle-
na-mo by Leinster. Murtagh mac Gillpatrick
killed by O’Caellyes treacherously. Airgialla
went upon the Conells, and the Conells over-
threw them at Magh-da-Cainnech. O’Nell with
his into O’Nehach in Ulster, and brought a
great prai, Gillcomgaill mac Donkwan mic

———

1042,] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 841

Maelmordha. A preying excursion by the Airghialla, in Conailli; but the
Conailli routed them at Magh-da-chainneach™. A preying excursion by the
Ua Neills into Ui-Eathach, and they carried off great booty. A preying excur-

_ sion by the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh into Ui-Bairrchi; but Murchadh, son of Dunlaing,

overtook them, and defeated them at Cill-Molappoc", where they were greatly’
slaughtered, together with Domhnall Reamhar, [i. e. the Fat], heir to the lord-
ship of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. Cuciche U Dunlaing, lord of Laeighis, and his son,
and Cailleoc his wife, were slain by Mac Conin at Teach-Mochua-mic-Lonain’;
and he [Mac Conin] himself was killed on the following day, by Ua Broenain,
for this act ; and this was a great miracle by Mochua. Fearna-mor-Maedhog
was burned by Donnchadh, son of Brian. Gleann-Uisean was plundered by
the son of Mael-na-mbo, and the oratory was demolished, and seven hundred
persons were carried off [as prisoners] from thence, in revenge of the plundering
of Fearna-mor, by the son of Brian, and Murchadh, son of Dunlaing, and in
revenge of his brother, Domhnall Reamhar. ’

The Age of Christ, 1042. Maelbrighde, Bishop of Cill-dara; Aulill of
Mucnamh, head of the monks of the Gaeidhil, died at Cologne. Eochagan,
airchinneach of Slaine, and lector of Sord, and a distinguished scribe ; Loing-
seach Ua Flaithen, successor of Ciaran and Cronan; Maelpeadair Ua hAilecain,
lector of Ard-Macha, and the chief of the students; were slain. Fiacha
Ua Maelmordha, chief senior of Ireland, died. Flann, son of Maelseachlainn
Gott, royal heir of Teamhair, was slain by Conchobhuar, son of Maelseachlainn.
Murchadh, son of Dunlaing, King of Leinster, and Donnchadh, son of Aedh,

lord of Ui-Bairrche, fell by Gillaphadraig, son of Donnchadh, lord of Osraighe,

Dunlaing taken forceably out of Kildare, and were of Leath-Moye, if he could not command

killed after.’—Annals of Ulster, Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49,

“ A.D. 1041. Dermott mac Moylenemo was
king nine years. The kings or chief monarchs
of Ireland were reputed and rekoned to be abso-
lute monarchs” [i. e. full or supreme monarchs ]
“in this manner: if he were of Leigh-Con, or
Con’s halfe in deale, and one province in Leath-
moye, or Moye’s halfe in deale, at his command,
he was coumpted to be of sufficient power to
be king of Taragh, or Ireland ; but if the party

all Leath-Moye and Taragh, with the lordshipp
thereunto belonging, and the province of Ulster,
or Connought (if not both), he wou’d not be
thought sufficient to be king of all. Dermott
mac Moylenemo cow’d command Leathmoye,
Meath, Connought, and Ulster, and, therefore,
by the judgment of all, he was reputed sufficient
monarch of the whole’ [of Ireland]. ‘* Moyle-
bride O’Moylefyn, preist, died. Moyleronie mac
Roen, prince of Taragh, was killed by Foren-
ners.” —Azn. Clon.

5P

842 GNNGZa RIOshachta eiReaNn.

(1043.

cisfnna Longipt, 7 la Macpmt Ua Oonnchada, cigfina Coganachca In
Moigh Mulerae, 1 Lengip, 7 ap ipin caé pm Margi Manlelc conéain Srolla-
emin Ua hOnpotam, tigeanna Ua Cnemtannaéin, 7 Eachoonn, mac Osnlaing,
cana Caigtn, 50 pochardib ile. Macnot mac Gopman, mic Theaprang,
cigfina Ua mbainpce,) a bth 00 mapbad 1 nOipipc Orapmava la hUib bal-
lain. Sicmuce 7 Carlleach-Pionam, a ingth, véce 1 naen mi. -

Cop Chiopt, mile ceatpacha a tpi. Platb(pcach, eppcop Oam Ue
Slap, 00 é€cc. Concoban Ua Ladgnén, aincinveach Pfpna moni Maedérs,
7 Tise Moling, vécc. Codan Connachcach, anchoipe 7 plplersmn Rorr-
commain, Ceallach Ua Cleincein, comanba Pinvéin 7 Mocolméce,7 Catal,
mac Ruaom, cisfpna iaptain Connacc, véce ma oilitpe 1 nApo Macha.
Oomnall Ua P{psarle, ag (nna Popcuat Lag tn, 00 manbavh la mac Tuactarl,
mac Piachpach 1 cOfpmonod Caoimsgin. Plann Ua hCinpech, cigeanna
Ua Meith, v0 manbad la hUa Ceapbarll, la mZ(pna Peapnmaige. SGrolla-
mochonna Ua Oubdionma vécc. Ceimnéitcig Ua Curne, mis fpna Mupcpange,
vo manbao. IWaidm pon Chenel cConaill pa cCenel Eogam 1 cT(pmonn
Odbeoc. Cpeach la hCnnud Ua Ruane van Lugmad, oan Opum Inerp-
claimn,] oan Conaille ule, acc po v1ogailpioc na naoim po cév6ip 1. Mocca
7 Ronan, ap po mapbad Cnnud pia ccim pdute la haompfp .. mac Cine hice.
Tporecad vo Samad Cianam 1 cTealac Ganba pon God Ua Compiacla,
cigfina Tleba,7 6(pnan Chianain vo bim co lopp bachlae lopa paip, an

» Magh-Muilceth : i.e. Muilceth’s Plain. Now
unknown in Leix, or the Queen’s County.

1 Ut-Creamhthannain.—This was the name of
a tribe seated in the district around the rock of
Dun-Masc, or Dunamase, in the barony of East
Maryborough, and Queen’s County.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

“A, D. 1042. Fernmor-Maog burnt by Do-
Glen-Uissen burnt by Mac
Moylnemo, and he brake downe the oratory,
killed an hundreth, and captivated four hun-
dreth, in revenge of Fernmor. Loingsech O’Fla-
hen, Coarb of Kieran and Cronan, guievit. Hugh
mac Maelmuire and Inrechtai O’ Lorkain’s daugh-
ter, Ab., died in Corkmor in Mounster” [reete,

nogh mac Bryan.

Hugh the Abbot, son of Maelmuire, by Innech-
tai O’Lorkain’s daughter, died at Cork-More
in Mounster]. ‘Murcha mac Dunlaing, king
of Leinster, and Donel} mac Hugh, king of
O’Bairche, slaine by Gilpatrick mac Donogh,
king of Ossory, and by Mac-Rath mac Doncha,
king of Connaght. Flann mac Maeilechlainn,
heyre of Ireland, killed by murther. Maelpedar
O’Halecan, Lector and cheife learned of Ard-
mach, killed by the men of Fernmai. Aillen
Mucnova, head of the Irishe in Colonia, quievit.”
—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain but one
entry under this year, viz. :

“ Plann mac Moyleseaghlyn God, prince of
Ireland, was killed by Connor O’Melaghlyn.”

1043.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 843

and Cucoigcriche Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis, and Macraith Ua Donnchadha,
lord of Eoghanacht, at Magh Muilceth’, in Laeighis; and in this battle of Magh-
Mailceth was slain Gilla-Emhin Ua h-Anrothain, lord of Ui-Cremhthannain‘,
and Eachdonn, son of Dunlaing, Tanist of Leinster, with many others. Mac-
raith, son of Gorman, son of Treasach, lord of Ui-Bairrche, and his wife, were
slain at Disert-Diarmada, by the Ui-Ballain. Sitric, and Cailleach-Finain, his
daughter, died in the one month.

The Age of Christ, 1043. Flaithbheartach, Bishop of Dun-Leathghlaise,
died. Conchobhar Ua Laidhgnen’, airchinneach of Fearna-mor-Maedhoig and

‘Teach-Moling, died. Aedhan Connachtach, anchorite and lector of Ross-
~ Chommain ; Ceallach Ua Cleircein, successor of Finnen and Mocholmog; and

oO)
Cathal, son of Ruaidhri, lord of West Connaught, died on their pilgrimage at

Ard-Macha. Domhnall Ua Fearghaile, lord of Fortuatha-Laighean, was slain
by the son of Tuathal, son of Fiachra, in Tearmann-Caeimhghin®’. Flann
Ua h-Ainfeth’, lord of Ui-Meith, was slain by Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Fearn-
mhagh. Gillamochonna Ua Duibhdhirma’, died. Ceinneidigh Ua Cuirc”, lord
of Muscraighe, was slain. A victory was gained by the Cinel-Conaill, over the
Cinel-Eoghain, at Tearmann-Dabheoc*. A plundering excursion was made by
Annudh Ua Ruairc, over Lughmhadh and Druim-Ineasclainn, and over all
Conaille ; but the saints soon took vengeance, namely, Mochta and Ronan, for
Annudh was killed before the end of three months by one man, i.e. the son of
Art Beag. The fasting of the clergy of Ciaran at Tealach-Garbha’, against
Aedh Ua Coinfhiacla’, lord of Teathbha; and Bearnan Chiarain* was rung with

* Tearmann-Dabheog.—St. Daveog’s Termon
or Sanctuary. Now Termon-Magrath, in the

* 0’ Laidhgnen.—Now anglicised Lynam, with-
out the prefix O’.

* Tearmann-Chaeimhghin: i. e. St. Kevin’s
Termon, or Sanctuary, at Glendalough, in the
now county of Wicklow.

t Va hAinfeth._ Now anglicised Hannify, or
Hanvy, without the prefix O’.

« O’Duibhdhirma.—This name is still extant
in the barony of Inishowen, in the county of
Donegal, but anglicised Diarmid by some, and
changed to Mac Dermot by others.

¥ Ua-Cuire—Now always anglicised Quirk,
without any prefix.

parish of Templecarne, barony of Tirhugh, and
county of Donegal.—See note *, under A. D.
1196.

¥ Tealach- Garbha.—Now Tullaghangarvey, in
the parish of Noughaval, barony of Kilkenny
West, and county of Westmeath.

* Ua-Coinfhiacla,—This name is now obsolete.

* Bearnan-Chiarain: i.e. St. Ciaran’s gapped
or broken bell. Dr. O’Conor translates it
“Cithara Ciarani,” which is incorrect.—See
Petrie’s Round Towers of Ireland, p. 334.

OTP 2

‘GNNQata RIOShachtd elReEaNN.

844 (1044.

TIonad In fo lompa a Spuim pnip na clempcib. Ro oic{noaid Aled 1pm ceipc
1onad pm pia cecionn mior la Muipefpcach Ua Maoilechlaino. Chplch la
hOpnarsib, 7 la honpe(p Muman a. la Macnait Ua nOonncada, 7 la hEch-
cisfpn Ua nOonnaccamn, cigfpna Apavh go Ofn na peat, 7 po loipecple an
vin, 7] po sabrac sabala beacca. Conup cappad Captach, mac Saoip-
bp(charg, TI>(nae Eoghanachca ace Maeilcaennaigh pop bp Siiine, 7 po
rpaomn pia cCantach pon Oppaighibh, 7 pon Upmumann, v4 in po manbad
Ua Oonnaccain, mSfrna pad 50 pochadib 1h. Conaoh € madm Maorle-
caennalg myn.

Coip Cpiorc, mile cltpacha a clean. Maelmocca, eppug Cusmann,
Maenach Mucnama, Qloo 6 Sccelice Mhichil, 7 AQhlill, mac bnearpail, pac-
cant pop Cluana mc Nop, véce. Cumapecach Ua hCblellain, cigfpna
Ua n€achodach, v0 mapbhaoh 6 Uibh Canacam. Niall Ua Célechain,
caisfina Ua mopfpal,7 a bnachaip a. Tpenpfp, vo dallaoh la macanbh
Mavadain cna mebail,7 cangnachc. Oomnall Ua Cue, aigfpna Mur-
cnaige, 00 manbad oUa Plaichén, 7 oUa Oippén. Cpech la Niall mac
Maoleachlamno, la aigfina nQhugh pon Uib Mét,7 pop Chuailgne, co
pucc va céd vécc bd, 7 pochaide 1 mbpaitc a nofoganl papagte Cluig mo

" Bachall-Isa: i.e. the Staff of Jesus. This
was the name of St. Patrick’s crozier, preserved
at Armagh, and which was on this occasion
sent for by the clergy of St. Kieran of Clon-
macnoise, to add solemnity to their denuncia-
tion of the chief of Teffia.

¢ Dun-na-sciath: i.e. the Dun or Fort of the
Shields, now Dunnaskeagh, a townland in the
parish of Rathlynin, barony of Clanwilliam,
and county of Tipperary. The fort called Dun-
na-sgiath was on the top of a round hill in this
townland, where some remains of it are still
traceable.

“ Maeilcaennaigh.—This is evidently the place
where the River Multeen unites with Suir, near
the village of Golden, about three miles to the
west of Cashel, in the barony of Clanwilliam,
and county of Tipperary.

The Annals ‘of Ulster record the following

events under this year :

* A.D. 1043. Cahal mac Roary, king of West
Connaght, died in pilgrimage in Ardmach.
Donell O’Ferall, king of the borders of Lein-
ster” [Fortuatha Laighen], ‘killed by his owne
men. Flann O’Hanveid, king of O-Methes, by
the O’Carrolls and king of Fernvai; Hugh
O’Coiniakla, king of Tehva, by Murtagh mac
Maelechlainn ; and Kennedy O’Cuirc, king of
Muskrai, occist sunt. Ceallach O’Clerkin, Coarb
of Finnen and Mocholmog ; Carbry O’Laignen,
Airchinnech of Ferna and Tymoling ; Gillamo-
chonna O’Duvdirma, in pace dormierunt. The
overthrow of Maelcoini upon the brink of Sure,
upon Ossory and Ormond, by Carthach mac
Saeirvrehai, where O’Donagan, king of Ara,
was lost. A dispersion of Kindred-Conell by
Kindred-Owen at Termon-Daveog.”’—Cod. Clar.,
tom. 49. The Annals of Clonmacnoise want

1044.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 845

the end of the Bachal-Isa> against him ; and in the place where Aedh turned
his back on the clergy, in that very place was he beheaded, before the end of
a month, by Muircheartach Ua Maeleachlainn. A predatory excursion was
made by the Osraighi and the men of East Munster, i.e. by Macraith Ua Donn-
chadha, and Echthighern Ua Donnagain, lord of Aradh, as far as Dun-na-sgiath*;
and they burned the dun, and seized some small spoils. But Carthach, son of
Saerbhreathach, lord of Eoghanacht, overtook them at Maeilcaennaigh’, on the
brink of the Siuir; and he defeated the men of Osraighe and Urmhumhain,
where Ua Donnagain, lord of Aradh, was slain, together with many others.
This was called the defeat of Macilcaennaigh.

The Age of Christ, 1044. Maelmochta, Bishop of Lughmhadh ; Maenach
of Mucnamh ; Aedh of Sgelic-Mhichil*; and Ailill, son of Breasal, resident
priest of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Cumasgach Ua h-Ailellain, lord of Ui-Eathach,
was slain by the Ui-Caracain’. Niall Ua Ceileachain®’, lord of Ui-Breasail, and
his brother, i.e. Trenfhear, were blinded by the sons of Madadhan, througli
guile and treachery. Domhnall Ua Cuire, lord of Muscraighe [Breogain], was
slain by Ua Flaithen and Ua Oissen. A predatory excursion was made by
Niall, son of Maeleachlainn, lord of Aileach, into Ui-Meith and Cuailgne ; and
he carried off twelve hundred cows, and led numbers into captivity, in revenge

this year altogether.

° Sgeilic-Mhichil: i.e. St. Michael’s Sea-rock,
now the Great Skellig Rock off the coast of the
barony of Iveragh, and county of Kerry.—See
note ™, under A. D. 950, p. 666, supra.

- !Ui-Caracain.—This sept occupied and gave
name to a small tract of land lying on either side
of the River Blackwater, and coextensive with
the present parish of Killyman, in the diocese
of Armagh.—(See the Ordnance Survey of the
county of Armagh, sheet 4; and of Tyrone,
sheet 55.) In the Registry of Primate Flemyng
this parish is called ‘‘ Derrybruchaisse, alias
O’Karegan” (A. D. 1409, fol. 7); and among
the Collections of Primate Mey, A. D. 1444, it
is named Doirebrochais, alias O’Caragan. In
Pynnar’s Survey the territory of O’Carraghan,

- in the county of Tyrone and precinct of Mount-

joy, is represented as in the possession of Sir
Robert Heyburne in 1619.—(Harris’s Hibernicu,
p- 204.) In the Ulster Inquisitions we find
mention of ‘Sir Robert Hebron of Killiman.”—
(Tyrone, No. 11, 12, 18, Car. II.) This pro-
perty subsequently passed into the Stuart fa-
mily, who obtained a patent for it under the
name of ‘the Mannor of O’Corragan,” and it is
now possessed by Rev. Mr. Stuart of Rockhill,
near Letterkenny, county of Donegal.

® O’ Ceileachain.—N ow anglicised O’Callaghan
by the more respectable families of this sept ;
but Kealahan, without the prefix O’, by the
peasantry of the name, who are pretty nume-
rous in the counties of Louth, Monaghan, and
Armagh. They are to be distinguished from
the O’Callaghans of Munster, who are of a to-
tally different race.

846 aNNazta RIOshachta eiReaNn.

(1044.

€veacca. Cplch ole von la Mumpcfpeach Ua Neill pon Mugdopnanb, cco
ccucc bonoma 7 bnaic a noiogail panagte an cluig céona. hUa hCleda,
cisfina Ua Piacnach Apoa Spata, vo manbad la mac nCpailc, 7 lopecad
Scpine Pacparce laip bedp. Cluain mic Nip vo mopead 00 Murmnneaéab
1néccmaip Oonnchada mic bam. Oonnchad iappm vo tabaipt a pana
von eacclaip .1. 6§paoine vo Ona 7 00 Chhanan co la mbnata, 7 oa picle bé
fo CévoIpn uad, 7] do pad a mallaccain pon sach noen vo Mhumnecaib vo
bepnad nach noochan pon phamad Chanam co bnat. Cluain mic Noir v0
opsain vo Chonmancmb,7 00 pao Ora 7 Crandan méipdfoganl poppa ind .1. cam
anaitimd co ppanccabta na bucalce para co na ninolib ian nécc a noaomead
ule, co tcantpac péip pamta Chianain iappm .1. mancame merc hU1 Ruane
a. Mac na hatdce, 7 oa mac dvéce HIZtsZCpna bacap veach vo Conmaicmb 1
maille pip, 7 Scneball gaca oiine. Op pean Tetba 7 Conmaicne vo con
vo peanaib Mide oce an Eitne, hi cconcap mac Rwuitm hl Oomfnnag,
cana! Ceatba, 7 Caléna mac Ualgaincc, carpeac Mumncipe Scalange, 7
Ua Levban, an vana canny Teatba, 7 pochade ole cén m6 taicpiohe.
Ap Sil MuipCoharg la propa Sperpne 1. la hApc Ua Ruane, 04 1 cconchain
an cléipeach Ua Concobain, 7 opong ole a malle pump. Mupchad, mac
Span, visZfpna Ua Paelain vo manbavh vo mac G1ollamocolmécc, canary
Ua nOuncada.

* Clog-an-eadhachta.—Otherwise called Clog- Eithne, i.e. mouth of the Inny.—See note *,

ace

Udhachta-Phadraig, i. e. the bell of St. Patrick’s
Testament.—See this bell referred to under
A. D. 1356 and 1425; also Reeves’s Ecclesias-
tical Antiquities of Down and Connor, §c., pp. 370
to 375.

* Booleys : i. e. cow-sheds, or mountain dairies.
—See Spenser’s View of the State of Ireland,
Dublin reprint of 1809, p. 82.

k The Hithne: i.e. the River Inny, which, in
St. Patrick’s time, formed the boundary between
North and South Teathbha. It connects the
lakes Lough Sheelin, Lough Kineel, Lough
Derryvaragh, and Lough Iron. From Lough
Tron it proceeds by the town of Ballymahon;
three miles below which it falls into Lough Ree,
forming a considerable estuary called Bun-

under A. M. 3510, p. 33, supra.

' Mac Giillamocholmog.—This name was angli-
cised Mac Gilmoholmock. The family descends
from Dunchadh, the brother of Faelan, ancestor
of the O’Byrnes of Leinster. The progenitor from
whom they took their hereditary surname was
Gilla-Mocholmog, i.e. servant of St. Mocholmog,
son of Dunchadh, son of Lorcan, son of Faelan,
son of Muireadhach, son of Bran, son of Faelan,
son of Dunchadh, a guo Ui-Dunchadha, son of
Murchadh, son of Bran Mut. This family was
seated in that district of the county of Dublin
through which the River Dothair, or Dodder,
flows.

The Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise re-
cord the following events under this year:

1044.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

of the profanation of Clog-an-Eadhachta". Another predatory excursion was
made by Muircheartach Ua Neill into Mughdhorna, whence he carried a cattle
spoil and prisoners, in revenge of the profanation of the same bell. Ua h-Aedha,
lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Arda-Sratha, was slain by the son of Aralt, by whom also
the shrine of Patrick was burned. Cluain-mic-Nois was plundered by the Mun-
stermen, in the absence of Donnchadh, son of Brian. Donnchadh afterwards
gave satisfaction to the church, to wit, perfect freedom [of the church] to God
and to Ciaran till the day of judgment, and forty cows to be given by him
immediately ; and he gave a curse to any one of the Munstermen that should
ever inflict any injury upon the clergy of Ciaran. Cluain-mic-Nois was plun-
dered by the Conmhaicni, and God and Ciaran wreaked great vengeance upon
them for it, i. e. an unknown plague [was sent among them], so that the Booleys'
were left waste with their cattle after the death of all the [shepherd] people ;
after which the clergy of Ciaran received their own award [in atonement],
namely, the manchaie of the son of Ua Ruairc, i. e. Mac-na-h-aidhche, and
twelve sons of the sub-chieftains, the best of the Conmhaicni, along with him,
and a screaball for every dun. A slaughter was made of the men of Teathbha
and Conmhaicne, by the men of Meath, at the Eithne*, where fell the son of
Ruithin Ua Doineannaigh, Tanist of Teathbha; Culenai, son of Ualgharg, chief
of Muinntir-Scalaighe ; Ua Ledban, the second Tanist of Teathbha; and many
others besides them. A slaughter was made of the Ui-Muireadhaigh by the
men of Breifne, i. e. by Art Ua Ruairc, where the Cleireach Ua Conchobhair,
and others along with him, were slain. Murchadh, son of Bran, lord of
Ui-Faelain, was slain by Mac Gillamocholmog', Tanist of Ui-Dunchadha.

847

“A.D. 1044. Cumascach O?Hailillen, king
of O-Nehach, killed by the O-Caragans. Nell
O’Celegan, king of Bressals, and his brother,
Trener, blinded by the sonns of Madugan by
trechery. Donell O’Cuirk, king of Muskrai,

Ailech, upon Mugorn, and he brought cowes and
captives for the same business, .i. the” [profa-
nation of the] ‘Bell. The Clearke, O’Conor,
killed.,— Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“ A, D. 1044. Clonvicknose was preyed by

killed by O’Lahen and O’Hussen. An army by
Nell mac Maeilechlainn, king of Ailech, upon the
O-Meths, from whom they carried 240 cowes”
[recté, 1200, oa Géd vécc bd], “and many cap-
tives from them, and the men of Cuailgne, for
enforcing” [i.e. profaning] ‘‘the bell, Clogin-
echta. Another army by the same Nell, king of

the Munstermen, in the absence of Donnough
mac Bryan, for which Donnough granted to
Saint Keyran and Clonvicknose perpetuall free-
dom, and forty cowes at that present; and gave
his malediction to any Munstermen that would
ever after abuse any” [person or thing] ‘ be-
longing to St. Keyran. Clonvicknose was preyed

ANNaZa RIOSshachta elREAGNR.

848 ; (1045.

Cloip Crforc, mle clépaca aciice. Maolmapcam finn pfplergmno Cean-
anya, Cana uapal paccape Aca b6, Muipfohach, mac mic Saengura,
aineinveach Ooimbacc, Catupach Ua Catal, comanba Caoimsin, Catupac
Ua Concnain, comapba Glinne hUiptn, Copnbmac Ua Ruadpach, aincmofch
Tfrmain Peiceme, 7 Maonach Ua Ciopoubain, comanba Mochcta Lusmans,
vécc. Cluain lonamo vo lopccad fo tpi 1 naom peaccmain cona voimliacc.
Plaicb(icach Ua Canannain, cis (ina Cheneort Conailt,7 Gluimann Ua Clep-
cen, cisfana Ua Comppe, vécc. Congalach Ua Coclaimn, cigfpna Conco
Modpuaovh [vo écc]. Ap pop Ulcorb hi Reachpainne la o Shallarb Ata —
chath, 1. hlomap mac pale, m po manbad cpi céo 1m Ragnall Ua n€och- |
ada. Cpeach la Muinc(pcac, mac Plaicbfpcaig hUi Net hi pPfpanb Onls
conup cappawd Hapwtit Ua Catapas, cigfpna Ops hi cCarpan Cinne, 7 an
muip lan ap a ceind,7 vo chp Muipefpcac lap, $0 nopums dia muinncin
imme. Cantach, mac Saoipbp(chang, ag(pna ECoganacce Chaim vo lopccad
1 czars ceinfo oUa Longapcam, mic Oumncuain co noaombh ole a maille
pp. Oomnall hUa Cfcpava, cfno Ohal cCaip,7 opoan Muman, vécc. Mac
Maorleachlamn, mic Cimnpaoland, mic Concobaip, pigoamna Ua cConall,
vo mapbad. CAmalgaid, mac Plano, coipeac Calnaige, vo écc vo salan
anaitmd pia comn tpi ctpat ian ccomnmfo éiccne do con fon Cluam mic

by the O’Feralls, of whom a certain poet made
this Lattin verse:

* Hac urbs horrendis hodie vastata inimicis
Que prius ante fuit Scotorum nobile culmen.”

“For which outrages committed upon the
clergy of St. Keyran, God horribly plagued
them with a strange unknown disease, that they
died so fast of that infection, that their towns,
houses, and Darie places” [booleys], ‘ were
altogether waste, without men or cattle, inso-
much that at last they were driven to graunte,
in honour of St. Keyran, the abbey land of
O’Royrcke’s son, and the twelve best sons of all
the O’Fearalls, and a certain summ of money
for their maintenance, which was paid by the
pole throughout the countrey, for apeasing the
indignation which the saint conceaved against

them.”—Ann. Clon,

™ Ua-Cirdubhan.—Now anglicé Kirwan, a
name still very numerous throughout Ireland,
but particularly in the county of Galway.

* Ui-Cairbre : i, e. Ui-Cairbre-Aebhdha, in
the present county of Limerick. The O’Cleir-
cheans, now O’Clerys, are still in this territory.

° Casan-Linne.—See note *, under the year
939. This was evidently the mouth of the
river of Ardee, near Castlebellingham, in the
county of Louth.

® Carthach.—He was the ancestor of the Mac
Carthys of Desmond.

4 Calraighe: i. e. Calraighe-an-chala, or the
parish of Ballyloughloe, in the barony of Clon-
lonan, and county of Westmeath. The Amhal-
ghaidh here referred to was the progenitor after
whom the family of Mic Amhalghadha, or Ma-

1045.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 849

The Age of Christ, 1045. Maelmartin Finn, lector of Ceanannus ; Cana,
noble priest of Achadh-bo ; Muireadhach, son of Mac Saerghusa, airchinneach
of Daimhliag ; Cathasach Ua Cathail, successor of Caeimhghin; Cathasach Ua
Corcrain, comharba of Gleann-Uisean ; Cormac Ua Ruadhrach, airchinneach
of Tearmann-Feichine ; and Maenach Ua Cirdubhain”, successor of Mochta of
Lughmhadh, died. Cluain-Iraird was thrice burned in one week, with its
Daimhliag. Flaithbheartach Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill ; and Gluniarn
Ua Clercen, lord of Ui-Cairbre", died. Conghalach Ua Lochlainn, lord of
Corca-Modhruadh, [died]. A slaughter was made of the Ulidians at Reach-
rainn, by the foreigners of Ath-cliath, i.e. Imhar, son of Aralt, in which were
slain three hundred men, together with Raghnall Ua h-Eochadha. A predatory
excursion was made by Flaithbheartach Ua Neill against the men of Breagha ;
but Gairbhith Ua Cathasaigh, lord of Breagha, overtook him at Casan-Linne’,
when the sea was full in before them, and Muircheartach fell by him, and some
of his people along with him. Carthach’, son of Saerbhreathach, lord of
Eoghanacht-Chaisil, was burned in a house set on fire by the grandson of
Longargain, son of Donncuan, and other persons along with him. Domhnall
Ua Ceatfadha, head of Dal-gCais, and of the dignity of Munster, died. The
son of Maeleachlainn, son of Ceannfaeladh, son of Conchobhar, royal heir of Ui-
Conaill, was killed. Amhalghaidh, son of Flann, chief of Calraighe’, died of an
unknown disease, before the end of three days, after obtaining forcible refection

lan an a éinn, recté, the tide full before him],
«where Murtagh fell with many of his” [people].

gawleys, took their hereditary surname.
The Annals of Ulster record the following,

events under this year:

“A.D. 1045. Muireach mac Saergus, Air-
chinnech of Doimliag ; Cahasach O’Cathail, Coarb
of Coévgin ; Maenach O’Cieruvan, Airchinnech
of Lugmai, in pace dormierunt. Congalach
O’Lochlainn, king of Corkcomrua; Gluniarainn
O’Clerkean, king of Carbry; Flahvertach O’Ca-
nannan, king of Kindred-Conell; Donell O’Cet-
faa, the glory of Mounster, killed all” [recte,
mortui sunt]. ‘The Airchinnech of Lehglin
killed in the church doore. An army by Mur-
tagh O’Nell upon the men of Bregh, and Garvie
O’Cahasai, king of Bregh, met him at Cassan
Linne, and the towne full before him” [| m muin

“Carthach mac Saervrehai, king of Eonacht,
burnt in a fiery house, by Longargan mac Dun-
cuan, cum multis nobilibus ustis. Battle betwene
the Scotts themselves, where fell Cronan, Abbot
of Duncaillenn.””— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain but the
three entries following under this year:

“A, D. 1045. Clonard was thrice burnt in
one week, Cahassagh, Cowarb of St. Kevyn,
died. Hymar, son of Harold, made a great
slaughter of Ulstermen in Innispatrick” [and]
“in Rathklyn” [now Lambay, south of Innis-
patrick, in the county of Dublin], ‘to the
number of 300 of them.”

5Q

850 aNNaza RIOshachta elReann. [1046.

Néip. Clucan pica Opénamn co na voimliacc vo lopccad la hUib Manne.
Caiconnacc, mac Gadpa Ui Ohanadag, 00 mapbad ann.

Qoip Cpiorc, mile ceatpacha a pé. Maolpaccpaice Ua bileoice aipo-
Ehleisinn Apoa Macha, paor hi ccpaband 7 im o1ge, 7 Maolbnigve, paccane
Cille vapa, vécc. Muipeadach,mac Plancbfpcaigh 1 Néill pfogoamna Oils,
7 iced Ua hChiceid, cigfina Ua n€atach Ulad, vo lopccad 1 ccaig teinlo
la Comulad, mac Congalang, cis(pna Uachcain cipe. Apc Ua Ruane, pi
Connacc, do mapbad vo Chenel Conall ipin oana bliadain ian nopccain
Cluana mic Nop. hUa Finnguine, cis (pna Coganachca Calle na manach,
vo mapbad. Concoban Ua Lomppig, c1is(pna Ocal Apawde, vo mapbad vo
mac Oomnaill hUi Longs 1 LOargmb (1. 1 nUib bmde) oan paniccad N&ll,
mic Eocada, 1. pt Ulad,7 Ohianmava mic Maelnamb6. Gopnmplait, ngfn
Maoleachlamn,7 Maolpuanaid Goce, vécc. Mag Apailc vo 1onnanbad vo
Hhallaib, 7 Mac Ragnaill oo piogad. Flpgal Ua Cianoa, ag fpna Cainppe,
vo manbad oUa Plannagam, cis fina Teatba.

Coir Crforc, mle ceatpacha a peachc. Cetennach, eppcop 6 Tigh
Collam, vo écc m hl, 1 nalichpe. Gillamolaiypypi, pipléigmo Cugmanroh,
Maelmoicheipse, piplérginn Cluana Ipaino, 7 Caos, mac Gaitine, por
ainémneach Cfnannpa, vécc. Criapcaille, mac Poglada, maen Sil Ceda

* Uachtar-thire: i.e. the upper part of the
territory. This is shewn under the name of
Watertiry, on Mercator’s map of “ Ultonia Ori-
entalis,” as the territory adjoining the inner
bay of Dundrum on the west, containing the
castle of ‘‘ Dondrom,” and extending from Ma-
heracat southwards to below Magheraye. In
1605, Phelomy Mac Arton made over to Lord
Cromwell “the Castle of Dondrome, with the
third parte of all that his countrie called Kil-
lanarte, or in Waterterrye, or elsewhere in county
of Downe.””—( Cal. Canc. Hib., vol. ii. p. 71). See
Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and
Connor, &c., p. 351, note *.

* Eoghanacht- Caille-na-manach.—Now the ba-
rony of Kilnamannagh, in the county of Tippe-
rary.

* Ui-Buidhe.—Now the barony of Ballyadams,

in the Queen’s County.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A, D. 1046, Mureach mac Flahvertai, heyre
of Ailech, and Aitey O’Hatei, king of O’Nehach
in Ulster, burnt in a burning house by Con-
Ula mac Congalai, king of Uochtar-hire. Art
O’Royrke, king of Connaght, killed by Kindred-
Conell. Fergall O’Ciargai, king of Carbre,
killed by O’Flannagan, king of Tehva. - Conor
O’Longsy, king of Dalarai, killed by Donell
O’Longsi his sonn in Lenster. Maelpatrick
O’Bylecc, Arch-Lector of Ardmach, and cheife
in praier and hospitality” [recté, chastity ] “‘ died
in his good old age. Duvdalehe mac Maelmuire
tooke his place.”"—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise are defective
from the year 1045 to 1054.

1046.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 851

at Cluain-mic-Nois. Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, with its church, was burned by
the Ui-Maine. Cuchonnacht, son of Gadhra Ua Dunadhaigh, was there slain.
The Age of Christ, 1046. Maelpadraig Ua Bileoice, chief lector of Ard-
Macha, a paragon in piety and chastity, and Maelbrighde, priest of Cill-dara,
died. Muireadhach, son of Flaithbheartach Ua Neill, royal heir of Oileach, and
Aiteidh Ua hAiteidh, lord of Ui-Eathach-Uladh, were burned in a house set on
fire by Cu-Uladh, son of Conghalach, lord of Uachtar-thire’. Art Ua Ruairc,
King of Connaught, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill, in the second year after his
having plundered Cluain-mic-Nois. Ua Finnguine, lord of Eoganacht-Caille-
na-manach‘, was killed. Conchobhar Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, was
slain by the son of Domhnall Ua Loingsigh, in Leinster (i. e. in Ui-Buidhe'), in
violation of [the guarantee of] Niall, son of Eochaidh, King of Ulidia, and of
Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo. Gormfhlaith, daughter of Maelseachlainn, and
Maelruanaidh Gott, died. The son of Aralt was expelled by the foreigners, and

the son of Raghnall was elected king.

Fearghal Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre,

was slain by Ua Flannagain, lord of Teathbha.
The Age of Christ, 1047. Cethernach, bishop from Teach-Collain’, died

at Hi, on pilgrimage.

Gillamolaissi, lector of Lughmhadh ; Maelmoicheirghe,

lector of Cluain-Iraird ; and Cuduiligh, son of Gaithine Fosairchinneach of
Ceanannus, died. Ciarcaille,son of Foghlaidh, steward of Sil-Aedha Slaine", died.

* Teach-Collain : i.e. the house of Collan, now
called Tigh Collain in Irish, but anglicised Stack-
allan. It is situated nearly midway between
Navan and Slane, in the county of Meath. It
is curious to remark that in some of those dis-
tricts colonized by the Danes and English, the
Teach, or Tigh, of the Irish, was made Sta or
Stz, as in this instance, and in Stickillen, Sta-
gonnell, Stillorgan, in Irish Tig Chillin, Teac
Chonaill, Tig Concain.—See Reeves’s Ecclesi-
astical Antiquities of Down and Connor, §c.,
p. 32, note , where it is shewn that Tig Riagla,
i.e. the house of St. Regulus, now Tyrella, in
the barony of Lecale, county of Down, was an-
ciently anglicised Starely, Staghreel, &c.

It is highly probable that the Four Masters
are wrong in writing this name Teac Collain,

as it is now locally pronounced in Irish by the
natives, and that the true form of the name is
Teaé Condm, i. e. St. Conan’s house. In
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar mention is made, under
29th of June, of St. Conan of Tigh-Conain, in
the land of Ui-Crimhthainn, which comprises
the present baronies of Upper and Lower Slane
in Meath.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 184,
not. 9; and O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, p. iii. c. 76;
also note “, on Achadh-farcha, A. D. 503,
p- 163, supra.

w Sil-Aedha-Slaine: i.e. the race of the mo-
narch Aedh Slaine, seated in Bregia in East
Meath.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A, D. 1047. Great snowe this yeare from

ayers

852 AQNNazwa RIOSshachta EIReEaNN.

(1048. °

pubes opera eink

Slane, vécc. Cand, ingfn mic Sealbacam, comanba 6bmgoe,7 hUaballen,
FHléiginn Ruip Cpe, vécc. Mumpcfpcach mac Mhic Mavadamn, cis fpna ej
Ua monfpail, oo mapbad. Niall Ua Ruaine vo manbad la hUa Concobain
ip Copano. Sluarcéfo la Niall, mac Malpeachlamn, co Cenél nEogam |
z co nCingiallaib, 1 mobpfFaib, 50 po mapbrac Mavadan hUa hipfpnam
coipeac Clomne Cneccain. Gopcta mon vo tiaccain 1 nUlcanb co bpanccarb-
plot a ccin,co noecacap hillaigmb, 7 1p cpa millead caccarsh cams in Sonca
pin a. peall pop 0a mac 6main mic Maoilmonoa, 1. Mupchad 7 Ceallach,
vo mac Eocada, 7 00 maitib Ulad, 1ap na mbeit hi ccomaince piu, ap an
ulc pm mac Mhaoil na mbo vo ponpac Ula an peall pm. Snecca mopipimn
mbliadamyp? da na pit pamail mam o péil Maipe co péil Pactpaic,co pola |
ap mnmli,7 pradmil, 7 énlaite aeoip, ] anmanna an mana a coiccimne. Op {
von tpneacta pin a oubnad,

Seaéc mbliadna cfepacha can acur mile co nglan bal,
O sein Crfore cla cen ceanca co bliadam an mon pneacca.

Mac Oonnchaw Hurc, mgZoamna Tlmpach,7 hUa him cig fpna Ua Piach-
pach Cone, vécc.

Cop Cpiopc, mile ceatnacha a hochc.
culp Mel, vécc.

Céle, eppcop Apoachaid epr-
Qeoh mac Maolain hUi Nuadaiz, aipcmneach Suino, vo
mapbaoh owce Cloine vioine pra Cape pon lap Suipo. Cloitma, comanba
Cilbe, vécc. Plpoomnach hUa Innapceeans, comapba Pimnéin, 00 manbao
vo mac Tads5 Ui Malpuanad. Ouncad Ua Céileacharp, comanba Cianéin
Saigne, vécc. GHrollacolaim Ua hE€icems, wms(nna Cipgiall, o€5,7 a adnacal
1nOun va Ueslap. Ounlans, mac Oungarl, aisfpna Ua mbmiin Cualann,
opoan ciptin Eneann, vo mapbad la a bnmtmb. Maolpabail Ua hEiom,
cis(ina Ua Piachpach Chone, vécc. Plpsal hUa Maolmuad, agfina Ph
cCeall, vécc. Cfhopaolad Ua Cull, ollam Muman, Mac Conmana hUa Mic

our Lady day in Winter untill St. Patrick’s day,
that the licke was not seene, of which died
great slaghter of men, cattle, and wild creatures
of sea and land. Nativitas Donell mic Avalgaa,
Coarb of Patrick. Murtagh mac Madugan,
king of O-Bressaill, killed in Ardmach, by Ma-
dugan O’Celegan, per dolum. Lann ingen Mic

Selvachan, Coarb of Brigitt, died. Nell O’Roirk
killed by O’Conor. Nell O’Maelechlainn, with
his” [forces] ‘‘into Bregh, and killed O’Hif-
fernan.””—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

x Ardachadh of Bishop Mel: i. e. Ardagh, of
which Bishop Mel was the first founder and
patron. ;

1048. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 853

Lann, daughter of Mac Sealbhachain, successor of Brighid ; and Ua Baillen,
lector of Ros-Cre, died. Muircheartach, son of Mac Madadhain, lord of
Ui-Breasail, was slain. Niall Ua Ruairc was slain in Corann, by Ua Concho-
bhair. An army was led by Niall, son of Maelseachlainn, with the Cinel-
Eoghain and Airghialla, into Breagha, where they slew Madadhan Ua hlffer-
nain, chief of Clann-Creccain. A great famine came upon the Ulidians, so that
they left their territory, and proceeded into Leinster. It was on account of the
violation of a covenant this famine came on, namely, a treachery was committed
on the two sons of Maelmordha, i.e. Murchadh and Ceallach, by the son of
Eochaidh and the chiefs of Ulidia, after they had been placed under their pro-
tection ; and it was to annoy the son of Mael-na-mbo that the Ulidians com-
mitted this act of treachery. Great snow in this year (the like of which was
never seen), from the festival of Mary until the festival of Patrick, so that it
caused the destruction of cattle and wild animals, and the birds of the air, and
the animals of the sea in general. Of this snow was said.:

Seven years and forty fair, and a thousand of fine prosperity,
From the birth of Christ, of fame unlimited, to the year of the
great snow.

The son of Donnchadh Gott, royal heir of Teamhair, and Ua hEidhin, lord of
Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne, died.

The Age of Christ, 1048. Cele, Bishop of Ardachadh of Bishop Mel*,
died. Aedh, son of Maelan Ua Nuadhait, airchinneach of Sord, was killed
on the night of the Friday of protection before Easter, in the middle of Sord.
Cloithnia, successor of Ailbhe [of Imleach], died. Feardomhnach Ua Innascaigh,
successor of Finnen, was killed by the son of Tadhg Ua Maelruanaidh. Dun-
chadh Ua Ceileachair, successor of Ciaran of Saighir, died. Giullacoluim
Ua hEignigh, lord of Airghialla, died, and was interred at Dun-da-leathghlas.
Dunlaing, son of Dunghal, lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualann, the glory of the east of
Ireland, was killed by his brethren. Maelfabhaill Ua hEidhin, lord of Ui-Fiach-
rach-Aidhne, died. Fearghal Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, died.
Ceannfaeladh Ua Cuill’, chief poet of Munster; the son of Cumara, grandson

1 Ceannfaeladh Ua Cuill.See O’Reilly’s De- it is stated that he wrote a poem of 160 verses,
scriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. 74, where on the death of Eoghan, grand-nephew of Brian

854 ANNaZa RIOshachtTa eIREGNN. (1049.

Liacc, 00 manbad vo mac Tadg Ui Mhaoilpuanaw. Sapbit hUa Caca-
pag, vIsCpna Ons, vo engabal vo Choncobapn Ua Maoilplchlamn, co ppap-
ccaib peace naiccine occa. Cpeach lé mac Maoil na mbo popp na vepib
co puce bnaice 7 moi. ~Cpfch la Concoban Ua Maolpeaclamn van Mag
Lipi 50 pug sabala mona. Cpeach la hUib Paoléin oan Cluam lonampo, a
noiozail na cnece pin. Sloiccfo la mac n€ocada 7 la mac Maoil na mbo hi
Mive, co po loipecp lc cealla Mhivde acc mad beags. Cpeach la msdamnanb,
no coipeacaib, hUa Maine 1 nOelbna co po mapbea na pfog toms wile ann
a. Ua Maolpuanawd,7 Ua Plannacamn, 7 an Cleipeac Ua Tads,7 mac
buadachain, msoamna Oealbna.

Coip Chiopc, mile ceatpaca anao. Maolcamong Ua Taclis, comanba
Oaming, 0€5. Tuatal Ua hUal, oincimneach boite Chonmyp, Tuatal
Ua Muipglpa plpleigino Tuama Pionolocha, vécc. Plaitb(pcach, mac
Oomnaill hUn Coingy1g, 00 mapbad vo mac Concobain Uf Lomspmis. Murp-
efieach hUa Maolpeaclamn vo mapbad la Concoban Ua Maoilpeaclamn
Concoban Ua Cinofaolad, asfpna Ua Conall Gaba, vo
loman Ua beice, wi5fpna

tne meabail.
mapbad oo tis(ina Eosanachcta Locha Léin.
Ua Maz, 00 manbad. CAnaerplep, mac Oomnaill, agana Conca bhaipeino,
vo manbad vo mac Appt mic Oomnanll, 1. mac a ofpbndtap. Sloiccfo la
hUlcab, 7 la Cargmu, 7 la Gulla bi Mhide, vo cungid aiccipe Fp mops.

Borumha, who was killed in Ossory in the year
1027.

* Dealbhna: i. e. Dealbhna-Nuadhat, a terri-
tory lying between the Rivers Suck and Shan-
non, in the present county of Roscommon, where
a sept of the Dalcassian race of Thomond flou-
rished till this period, when they were totally
subdued by the Ui-Maine.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1048. Dunlaing mac Dungail, a fra-
tribus suis occisus est. Fergal O’Maelmuai, king
of Ferkall ; Gilcolum O’Hegni, Arcking of Air-
giall; Cenfaelu O’Cuill, archpoet of Mounster;
Maelfavaill O’Heighin, king of O’Fiachrach,
mortut sunt. Clothna, Airchinnech of Imleach-
Ivair; Ferdovnai O’Hinascai, Coarb of Finnen.

Duncha O’Celechar, Coarb of Kyaran of Saigir,
in pace quieverunt. The Coarb of Peter, and 12
of his chieffe associates, died with him, by drink-
ing of poyson given them by the Coarb that
was there before.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

*UaTaichligh._N ow anglicised Tully and Tilly.

> Ua hUail.—This name is now obsolete in
Inishowen and Donegal, where Both-Chonais
is situated ; but it may exist in other parts of
Ulster under the anglicised form of Hoel, or
Howell.

° O’Muirgheasa.—Now always anglicised Mo-
rissy, with the prefix O’,

¢ Tuaim-F innlocha.—Now Tomfinlough, in the
barony of Upper Bunratty, and county of Clare.
—See note *, under the year 944, supra.

* Ua Loingsigh.—Now anglicised Linchy,.and

a

. of English origin who bear this name. The

1049.} - ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 855
of Mac Liag, was killed by the son of Tadhg Ua Maelruanaidh. Gairbhith
Ua Cathasaigh, lord of Breagha, was taken prisoner by Conchobhar Ua Mael-
seachlainn ; and he [Ua Cathasaigh] left seven hostages with him [in lieu of
himself]. A predatory excursion was made by the son of Mael-na-mbo into the
Deisi, whence he carried off prisoners and cattle. A predatory excursion was
made by Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn over Magh-Liphi, and he carried off
great spoils. A predatory excursion was made by the Ui-Faclain over Cluain-
Traird, in revenge of the latter depredation. An army was led by the son of
Eochaidh and the son of Mael-na-mbo into Meath, and they burned the churches
of Meath, except a few. A predatory excursion was made by the royal heirs
or chieftains of Ui-Maine into Dealbhna’, where the royal chieftains were all
slain, namely, Ua Maelruanaidh, Ua Flannagain, the Cleireach Ua Taidhg, and
Mac Buadhachain, royal heir of Dealbhna [Nuadhat].

The Age of Christ, 1049. Maelcainnigh Ua Taichligh*, comharba of
Daimhinis, died. Tuathal Ua hUail®, airchinneach of Both-Chonais ; Tuathal
Ua Muirgheasa’, lector of Tuaim-Finnlocha’, died. Flaithbheartach, son of
Domhnall Ua Loingsigh’, was slain by the son of Conchobhar O’Loingsigh.
Muircheartach Ua Maelseachlainn was slain by Conchobhar Ua Maelseachlainn,
by treachery. Conchobhar Ua Cinnfhaelaidh’, lord of Ui-Conaill Gabhra, was
slain by the lord of Eoghanacht-Locha-Lein. Imhar Ua Beice®, lord of Ui-Meith,
was killed. Anaessles, son of Domhnall*, lord of Corcha-Bhaiscinn, was killed
by the son of Assith, son of Domhnall, i.e. his brother’s son. An army was led

’ by the Ulidians, Leinstermen, and foreigners, into Meath, to demand the hos-

h Anaessles, son of Domhnall_—From <Aedh,
another brother of this Anaessles, descended the
family of O’Domhnaill, or O’Donnell, of Corca-
Vaskin, in the south-west of the county of Clare.
Their father, Domhnall, from whom the here-
ditary surname was taken, was killed in the
battle of Clontarf in 1014; and Murchadh, son
of Flann, this Domhnall’s paternal uncle, who
was chief of Corca-Vaskin, died in the year 918.
—See p. 599, supra.

sometimes Lynch. The name is still common
in the county of Down.

‘ Ua Cinnfhaelaidh.Now anglicised Kinealy,
or Kinaily, without any prefix. The name is
still common in their original territory of Ui-
Conaill-Gabhra, or the baronies of Connello, in
the county of Limerick.

& Ua Beice.—Now made Beck and Peck, but
it is not easy to distinguish the Irish from those

tendency to assimilate Irish names of this kind
to English ones of similar sound is now very
general.

The O’Donnells of this race are still in Tho-
mond, but it is not easy to distinguish them
from the race of Shane Luirg O’Donnell of Tir-

856 aNNQaza RIOshachta elReEANN.

Ro manbea imoppo a naiccepe La Concobap im Toinpdealbach Ua Catapang.
Ro loipepfe na plug an cip ecip cealla, 7 otme iap pin.

6piain co Mag nCinb, co puce gialla Lang(n Oppaige. Amalgard, com-

Slorcefo la mac

opba Paccpaicc, vécc,] Oub oa lete, mac Maolmuipe, mic Eochada, Do

Sabail a ronnd apa plopupléiginn an la cfpca Amalgaid,7 God Ua Ponpech
vo sabl an plonara lerginn.

CQloip Cniopz, mile caocca. Cleipchén hUa Muimeoc, uapal eprcop Leie-
slumne, 7 ceand cnabaroh Opnarge, Oranmaro hUa Rovacdin, eppcop Ffpna.
Conall, aincinveach Cille Moceallécc, 7 a pfpleiginn cfoup, Oubtach mac
Milfoa, comanba Camoig, Guaipe Ua Manca, paccanc Shluinne v4 locha,
Oianpmaro hUa Céle, aincinneach Telca Poincceinn, 7 Achad aball, oé5.
Oranmaic Ua Lacan, pfpléigimn Cille oana, vécc. hUa Scula, capémneach
Inp) Cataigh, Maolan plplersinn Cfnannpa, egnaid ol(ppcaiste eipide, 4
Maoloun Ua h€icefpcars, aipcimneach Lotpa, vécc. Maolp(chlamn, mac
Cimpaolad, vécc. Oonnchad «1. an Coppalac mac Giolla Phaolain .. Oom-
nall, ciZfina Ua pPoilse, vo manbad la Congalac mac mic bpoganbain mic
Concobaip. Maolpuanad, mac Concoipne, cigfpna Ele, 00 manbad ora
muintip pen. f
Eochawd Ua hOippeine. Ouboaleite, comanba Phacpaic, pon cuaint Cenél —

connell, who settled in Munster in the fifteenth Moelmarii ex Scholastico, seu Theologie profes-

Scamofp ecip plona Mase hita, 7 Aipgialla, hi cconcaipn 4

or sixteenth century.—See note °, under A. D.
1013, p. 775, supra.

* Their hostages.—Six hostages of Magh Bregh,
~ or Bregia, were in the hands of Conchobhar
O’Maeleachlainn (Conor O’Melaghlin) since the
year 1048. He obtained them in exchange for
Gairbhith Ua Cathasaigh (Garvey O’Casey),
whom he had taken prisoner.

* Magh-nAirbh.—A plain in the barony of
Crannagh, and county of Kilkenny. The church
of Tubbridbritain is referred to as being in this
plain.—See the Circuit of Muircheartach Mac
Neill, pp. 39, 40.

' Amhalghaidh.—This passage is translated by
Colgan, as follows :

“A. D. 1049. Amalgadius Archiepiscopus
Ardmachanus decessit. Et Dubdalethus filius

sore Ardmachano in ejus locum sufficitur eodem
die quo Amalgadius decessit. Et Dubdaletho
in munere Professoris succedit Aidus Ua Foir-
reth.”—Trias Thaum., p. 298. \

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“ A. D. 1049. Amalgai, Coarb of Patrick, 29
annis transactis in principatu, penitens in Christo
quievtt. Maelcainni O’Tahli, Coarb of Daminis,
Tuohal O’Huail, Airchinnech Buthyconais, mor-
tut sunt. Flahvertach O’Longsi killed by Conor
O’Longsie’s sonn. Murtagh mac Maeilechlainn,
killed by Conor O’Maeilechlainn, against God _
and Man’s will. Conor O’Cinfaela, king of
O-Conells-Gavra; and Ivar O’Bece, king of it

O’Mehs, occist sunt. Duvdalehe tooke the Ab- a

batcie, the same day that Amalgai died, from

1050.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 857
tages of the men of Breagha. Their hostages‘ were put to death by Concho-
bhar [Ua Maeleachlainn], together with Toirdhealbhach Ua Cathasaigh ; after
which the forces burned the country, both churches and fortresses. An army
was led by the son of Brian to Magh-nAirbh*, and he obtained the hostages of
Leinster and Osraighe. Amhalghaidh’, successor of Patrick, and Dubhdalethe,
son of Maelmuire, son of Eochaidh, was raised to his place from the lectorship
on the day of Amhalghaidh’s decease ; and Aedh Ua Forreth assumed the
lectorship.

The Age of Christ, 1050. Cleirchen Ua Muineoc, noble bishop of Leith-
ghlinn, and head of the piety of Osraighe ; Diarmaid Ua Rodachain, Bishop of
Fearna ; Conall, airchinneach of Cill-Mocheallog™, and its lector previously ;
Dubhthach, son of Milidh, successor of Cainneach; Guaire Ua Manchain, priest
of Gleann-da-locha ; Diarmaid Ua Cele®, airchinneach of Tealach-Foirtcheirn®
and Achadh-abhall, died. Diarmaid Ua Lachan, lector of Cill-dara, died.
Ua Scula, airchinneach of Inis-Cathaigh ; Maelan, lector of Ceanannus, who
was a distinguished sage ; and Maelduin Ua hEigceartaigh, airchinneach of
Lothra, died. Maelseachlainn, son of Ceannfaeladh, died. Donnchadh, i.e. the
Cossalach?, son of Gillafhaelain, grandson of Domhnall, lord of Ui-Failghe, was
slain by Conghalach‘, grandson of Brogarbhan, son of Conchobhar. Maelruan-
aidh, son of Cucoirne’, lord of Eile, was killed by his own people. A conflict
between the men of Magh-Itha and the Airghialla, in which Eochaidh Ua hOis-
sene® was slain. Dubhdalethe, successor of Patrick, made a visitation of Cinel-

being Lector before. Hugh O’Forrey took his in old English records.

former place.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

m Cill-Mocheallog.—_Now Kilmallock, in the
county of Limerick.—See note *, on Cill-Da-
cheallog, under A. D. 1028, p. 816, supra.

» Ua Cele.—Now anglicised Kyley and Kealy,
without any prefix.

° Tealach-Foirtcheirn. — Otherwise written
Tulach-Foirtcheirn, i. e. Foirtcheirn’s hill. This
was the old name of Tullow, in the barony of
Ravilly, and county of Carlow. In the gloss to
the Feilire-Aenguis, at 12th of June, Tulach-
Foirtcheirn is placed in Ui-Felmedha, which is
the ancient. name of the territory, from which
Tullow was sometimes called Tullagh-Offelimy

® Cossalach : i. e. Dirty-footed.

9 Conghalach._He was son of Donnsleibhe,
son of Brogarbhan, who was slain at Clontarf
in 1014, who was son of Conchobhar, the pro-
genitor of O’Conor Faly.

* Maelruanaidh, son of Cucoirne.—This Cu-
coirne was the son of Maenach, who was son of
Cearbhall, the progenitor from whom the Ui-
Cearbhaill, or O’Carrolls of Ely-O’Carroll, took
their hereditary surname; and this Cearbhall
was the twentieth in descent from Tadhg, son
of Cian, son of Oilioll Olum, king of Munster.

* Ua hOissene.—Now anglicised Hessian and
Hussian, without the prefix Ua or O’.

5R

858 annaza Rioshachta eiReann. (1051.

Eogain, 7 do bipt tpi céo bs uadabh. Oomfnd mép v0 tiaccain hi ecip
Epeann, co pucc it, 7 blioce,] mfpp,7 1apee 6 daoimb, co po Pap erplonnpacur
hi cach, co n& haincfo ceall na oan na camolp cpiorc na comluise, 50 po
ciondlpac cléimg Muman, 7 a laoich, 7 a mogspard 1m Oonnchad mac bpiain
1. mac 1s Epeann, 7 1m Céle mac Oonnacan, 1m clon cpabard Eneann co
Cill Oalua, co po opdagpioc cain 4 coree gach moligid o biucc co mop.
Tuce via pit 7 pomlnn pon pliocht na cana pin. Ceall vapa co na voim-
lace vo lopccad. Cluam mic Noip 00 ongain pé tpi 1 naon pate, peacc
6 Siol nOnmchada, 7 pa 06 o Callpangib sup na Sionnchaib. Cand lene vo
opsam 7 v0 lopccaoh. Oaipe Caelane, 7 cloicceach Ropa comain vo
lopecad oplpaib bpepne. Ocrmlacc vo lopecad. Imp Clotpand vo opccain.
Ouboalete pon cuaino Chenel n€ogain co ccuc tpi céo bd uadanb.

Qoip Cpiort, mle caecca a haon. Mac Sluagadaig uarpal pagape
Cluana mic Noip, vécc. Muipcfpcach, mac Opic, Tslpna na nOeiy, vo
lopccad vo hUib Paola. Ua Concobaip, cs (pna Ua Porlge 1. Congalac,
mac Oumnpléibe mic Gpoganbain, oo mapbad via mumncin péin. Marom
ma nUa Maoloonard pon Connaccaib, 04 hi cconchnaccan ile vo Chonmaic-
mb. Onapmaio, mac Oomnaill, mic bam, do mapbad la mupchad mac
bmain cma meabarl. Mac Lachlaino vo 1onvanbavh a ms (pnup Tolca Occ,
7 God Ua Peangail vo sabcal a 1onaid. Mac Paola, mic bpic, v0 manbad
la Maolpfchlainn, mac Mupcad mic Taidg mec Spic. Amalgais, mac
Catal, w15(pna lantaip Connacz, vo dallad la hQoo Ua Concobaip, cis fpna
Qintip Connacc, ian na beic 1 nengabail pm pe bliadna co ccullead, co po
sabpide iap pin apup 1 mantan Connacc. Catal mac Tigfpnain, cisfpna

‘ Sinnacha: i.e. the family of the O’Cahar- mac Gilfaelan, king of Faly, killed. Kildare,
neys, or Foxes, of Teftia in Westmeath. with its Doimliag, burnt. Maelan, Lector of
“ Doire-Caellainne.—This was another name Kells, sapientissimus omnium Hibernensium ;
for Tearmann Caellainne, near Castlerea, in the Duvhach mac Mileaa, Coarb of Cainnech; Ua
county of Roscommon ; for some account of Scula, Airchinnech of Innis-Cahai; Maelduin
which see notes under A. D. 1225 and 1236. O’Hegertai, Airchinnech of Lohra; and Clerken
” Cloictheach of Ros-Comain: i.e. the steeple, O’Muneog, the ecclesiastical upholding of all

or round tower belfry of Roscommon. Ireland, mortui sunt. Diarmaid O’Cele, Air-
The Annals of Ulster record the following chinnech of Tulach-Fortcern ;” [and] ‘“ Mael-
events under this year: sechlainn mac Cinfaela, mortui sunt. An uprore

“A.D. 1050. Dominica incarnationis, Mael- betwene the men of Magh-Itha and Airgialla,
ruanai mac Concorne, king of Ele; Donncha where Eocha O’Hussen perished. Duvdalehe

1051.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 859

Eoghain, and brought three hundred cows from them. Much inclement wea-
ther happened in the land of Ireland, which carried away corn, milk, fruit, and
fish, from the people, so that there grew up dishonesty among all, that no pro-
tection was extended to church or fortress, gossipred or mutual oath, until the
clergy and laity of Munster assembled, with their chieftains, under Donnchadh,
son of Brian, i.e. the son of the King of Ireland, at Cill-Dalua, where they
enacted a law and a restraint upon every injustice, from small to great. God
gave peace and favourable weather in consequence of this law. Cill-dara with
its Daimhliag [great stone church] was burned. Cluain-mic-Nois was plun-
dered thrice in one quarter of a year,—once by the Sil-Anmchadha, and twice
by the Calraighi [an Chala] and the Sinnacha‘. Lann-Leire was burned and
plundered. Doire-Caclainne" and the Cloictheach of Ros-Comain” were burned
‘by the men of Breifne. Daimhliag [Chianain] was burned. Inis-Clothrann [in
Loch Ribh] was plundered. Dubhdalethe made a visitation of Cinel-Eoghain,
and brought three hundred cows from thence.

The Age of Christ, 1051. Mac Sluaghadhaigh, eile priest of Cluain-mic-
Nois, died. Muircheartach, son of Breac*, lord of the Deisi, was burned by the
Ua Faelains’. Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, namely, Conghalach, son
of Donnsleibhe, son of Brogarbhan, was killed by his own people. A battle
was gained by Ua Maeldoraidh over the Connaughtmen, wherein many of the
Conmhaicni were slain. Diarmaid, son of Domhnall, son of Brian, was killed
by Murchadh, son of Brian, through treachery. Mac Lachlainn was expelled
‘ from the lordship of Tulach-Og ; and Aedh Ua Fearghail took his place. The
son of Faelan, son of Breac, was slain by Maelseachlainn, son of Murchadh, son
‘of Faelan, son of Breac. Amhalgaidh, son of Cathal, lord of West Connaught,
was blinded by Aedh Ua Conchobhair, lord of East Connaught, after he had
been held in captivity for the space of one year and upwards ; after which he
[O’Conchobhair] fixed his residence* in West Connaught. Cathal, son of

visitting Kindred-Owen that he brought 300 of Waterford, took their hereditary surname.

cowes. Cluain mic Nois rifled three tymes in Y Ua-Faelains.—Now Phelans, without the

one quarter; once by Sil-Anmchaa, and twice prefix O’.

by Callrai with” [the ] “‘Foxes.”— Cod. Clarend., * Fixed his residence: i.e. at Inis-Creamha,

tom. 49. on the east side of Lough Corrib.—See Hardi-
* Breac.—He is the progenitor after whom the man’s edition of O’Flaherty’s Chorographical

OrBricks, or Bricks of the Decies, in the county Description of West Connaught, p. 367.

SoRee

860 aNNata RIOshachta elReaNnN.

(1052.

bneipne, do dul pon cpeich 1 nEabha co po tocchail Oin Perch 1 cconchap
caecca 00 daomnibh, apa ccuccad peache ccév b6. Maidm pon Conmaiemb
Sleib Popmaoile pra nClod Ua cConchobanp, ou 1 cconchain ap Conmancne.
Laocenn, mac Maolam hUi Leocain, ms(pna Garllng,7 a bln ins(n an
Hhuicc, vo dol o1a nalitpe vo Roim, co nepbalcaccap toip oc tiachcam
on Rom. Oomnall ban hUa bain vo mapbad la pig Connacc. bile marge
Coan vo tpapecpad la hQod Ua Concobaip. Paelan mac bpaccain, mic
bpic vo manbad 1 nooimblace Lip moin Mocuva la Maolp(chlamn mac
Muincheancars, mic Opie.

Qoip Cpiopc, mile caocca av6. OAncup, mac MuipCoharg, aipémneach
Cluana Maedoce opovan Laigfn, [vécc]. Echnigs(pn hUa Espain, comanba
Cianéin Cluana mic Noip 7 Commann, vo écc ma arlitpe hi cCluain Ipaipo.
Muipeavhach hUa Sionacain, maop Pactnarcc bh Mumain, Muipfoach, mac
Orapmava, comanba Cnonain Rup Cné, 7 Cléipeach Ruad [Ua] Vatacdin
vécc. Grollapacpaicc, mac Oomnall, pmdip Apoa Macha, vécc. Mac-
port Ua Oonnchada, tis(fna Eosarachca Chaipil, 7 mosoamna Muman,
vécce. Cpeach la mac Marl na mbo hi Pine Shall, so po lope an cin 6 Ae
chat co h(lbene, acc noca capnpad ba co nofpnrac pcamopeacha mona
imon oun, 04 1 Tconcnacan ile ile 7 mund, co noeachmd cTIs(pna Gall .1.
€achmancach, mac Ragnaill vap muip,7 po Zab mac Maoil na mbo pfse

* Eabha.—A level plain lying between Bin-
bulbin and the sea, in the barony of Carbury,
county of Sligo.—See A. M. 2859, 3656, 3790.

» Dun-Feich.— This is most probably the fort
now called Dun-Iartharach, or the West Fort,
which is situated on the hill of Knocklane, in
the barony of Carbury, county of Sligo. It is
situated on the western part of the hill, over-
hanging the sea, and is defended by a fosse and
mound on the south-east side ; at about eighty
paces to the south there is another fosse and
mound, extending across the whole breadth of
the declivity of the hill.

© Sliabh-Formaeile. — This was the ancient
name of Sliabh-Ui-Fhloinn, in the west of the
county of Roscommon, where a sept of the
Conmhaicne were seated at this period.

* Magh-Adhair.See note under A. D. 981.
The Annals of Ulster record the following events"
under this year:

“ A.D. 1051. Murtagh mac Brick, king of
Desies in Mounster, burnt by O’Faelan. Mael-
bruadar mac Brick killed in the Doimliag of
Lismore by Maelsechlainn O’Brick. Amalgai
mac Cathail, king of West Connaght, blinded
by Hugh O’Conor. Laignen mac Moylain, king
of Gaileng, with his Queen, viz., the daughter of
Gutt” [O’Maelechlainn], “‘ went on pilgrimage
to Rome, and died by the wai. Mac Lochlain
from being king of Tulach-Og, and Hugh
O’Ferall made king.”’— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

® Cluain-Maedhog: i. e. Cluain-mor-Maedhog,
now Clonmore, in the barony of Rathvilly, and
county of Carlow.

1052.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. , 861

Tighearnain, lord of Breifne, went upon a predatory excursion into Eabha*, and
demolished Dun-Feich’, where fifty persons were slain, and whence seven
hundred cows were carried off. A victory was gained over the Conmhaicni of
Sliabh-Formaeile* by Aedh Ua Conchobhair, where a slaughter was made of |
the Conmhaicni. Laidhcenn, son of Maelan Ua Leocain, lord of Gaileanga, and
his wife, the daughter of the Gott [O’Maeleachlainn], went on their pilgrimage
to Rome ; and they died in the east. on their return from Rome. Domhnall
Ban Ua Briain was slain by the King of Connaught. The Tree of Magh-Adhair‘
was prostrated by Aedh Ua Conchobhair. Faelan, son of Bradan, son of Breac,
was killed in the Daimhliag of Lis-mor-Mochuda, by Maelseachlainn, son of
Muircheartach, son of Breac.

The Age of Christ, 1052. Arthur, son of Muireadhach of Cluain-Maedhog*,
the glory of Leinster, [died]. Echthighern Ua Eaghrain, successor of Ciaran
of Cluain-mic-Nois and of Comman, died on his pilgrimage at Cluain-Iraird.
Muireadhach Ua Sinnachain, Patrick’s steward in Munster ; Muireadhach, son
of Diarmaid, successor of Cronan of Ros-Cre ; and Cleireach Ruadh Ua Lathi-
‘achain, died. Gillaphadraig, son of Domhnall, Prior of Ard-Macha, died.
Macraith’, grandson of Donnchadh, lord of Eoghanacht-Chaisil®, and royal heir
of Munster, died. A predatory excursion was made into Fine-Gall" by the son
of Mael-na-mbo, and he burned the country from Ath-cliath to Albene’ ; but
he did not seize cows until they had great skirmishes around the fortress, where
many fell on both sides, so that the lord of the foreigners, Eachmarcach, son of
Raghnall, went over seas, and the son of Mael-na-mbo* assumed the kingship of

ft Macraith.—He was brother of Carthach, the
progenitor of the family of Mac Carthy.—See
A. D. 1045.

& Eoghanacht-Chaisil—A tribe of the race of
Eoghan Mor, son of Oilioll Olum, seated around
Cashel, in the present county of Tipperary.
The mountain of Sliabh-na-mban-bhfionn are
referred to in the Dublin copy of the Annals of
Innisfallen at A. D. 1121, as in Eoghanacht
Chaisil.

» Fine-Gall: i.e. the territory then in the
possession of the Danes of Dublin. The name
is now applied to a district in the county of

Dublin, extending about fifteen miles to the
north of the city.

‘ Albene.—Not identified.

* The son of Mael-na-mbo.—Mr. Lindsay, in his
View of the Coinage of Ireland, gives this chiet-
tain a Danish descent ; but we have very an-
cient Irish authorities to prove that he was
the ancestor of Dermot Mac Murrough, the
king of Leinster at the period of the Anglo-
Norman invasion of Ireland. His real name
was Diarmaid, and he was the son of Donnchadh,
who was surnamed Mael-na-mbo, son of Diar-
maid, son of Domhnall, who was the fourteenth

862 aNNawa RIOshachcta Eireann. (1053.

Hall oana Gy. Cpeach la hUa Concobain van Conmaicne, co por imoip
comop. Op Calpage mmo cigfpna a.1m mac nampeachcans, la Conrnaremb
ta miopbail Cianéin. Oublppa, mgfn brain, vécc. Oomnall, mac Grolla-
épfopc, mic Concuanlgne, 00 mapbad la cigfpna Flip Roip. Gpaon mac
Maoilmopda, 1. pi Langs(n, vo Ecc bi cColom. ;
Coir Cpfort, mile caocca a tpi, Ooilgén uapal paccapc Apoa Macha,
Oomnall Ua Céle, aincimneach Slane, Conbmac hUa Ruadpach, aincindeach
Tlpmainn Peicme, 7 Munchad Ua beollam, aipcmneach Opoma chiab, vécc.
Placb(icach Ua Maelpaball, csfpna Caippece bpacande, vécc. Niall
Ua hE€icemsh, Ts5fana Pf Manach, 7 a bnatain Giollacmopce oo mapbad |

la Ptiaib Cunce tpe meabanl.

Oonnchad Ua Ceallachain, piogdarnna

Cail 00 manbad vOppagibh. Maolcnon, mac Caza, cis(pna veipceint
bps, v0 manbad oo hUa Riagain, «a. adce Cuai Capcc, 7 cpeacha leip

pron Mulla.

mbmoicch Locha Onochaic, agup pugpac tpi céo bo.

in descent from Enna Ceinnsealach, the ancestor
of the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. The following genea-
logical table will shew how the Mac Murroughs,
Kavanaghs, and other septs, are descended from
lawberee

1. Domhnall, the 14th generation from Enna

Ceinnsealach.
|
2. Diarmaid.
|
3. Donnchadh, surnamed Mael-na-mbo.

; }
4. Diarmaid Mac Mael-na-mbo, King of the
Danes of Dublin.

|

5. Murchadh, a guo Mac Murrough.
1 ‘

6. Donnchadh Mac Murrough.
|

I 7
7. Diarmaid Mac Murrough 7. Murchadh “ of
‘of the English.” the Irish,”’ an-
cestor of Mac
Davy More.

|
8. Enna, ancestor
of the family of
Kinsellagh.

|

8. Domhnall Caemhanach,
ancestor of the Kava-
nagh family.

1 Braen, son of Maelmordha.—He is more usu-

Cpeach la mac Cachlainn 7 la Pfpnb Marge hita pon Cenel

Cochlan, ci5(na

ally called Bran mac Maeilmordha. He is
the progenitor after whom the Ui Broin, or
O’Byrnes of Leinster, took their hereditary sur-
name. After the fall of his father, Maelmordha,
at Clontarf in 1014, he succeeded as king of
Leinster; but he was deposed by O’Neill in
1015, and, in 1018, he had his eyes put out by
the treachery of Sitrick, King of Dublin; after
which we may believe he retired into the Irish
monastery at Cologne, where he remained till
his death.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A. D. 1052. Donell Ban O’Bryan killed
by Connaght. Donell mac Gillchrist mic Con-
cualgne, killed by the king of Ferross, .i. Men of
Ross. Bryan” [recté, Bran or Braen] ‘mac
Maelmorra, king of Leinster, died in Colonia.
Macraith O’Dunchaa, king of Eonacht Cassill,
died. Echtiern O’Hayran, Coarb of Kyaran
and Comman; Mureach O’Sinachan, Serjeant of

Mounster, in pace dormierunt. Gilpatrick mac.

Donell, Secnap of Ardmach, killed by mac

es ieee

La oe

’ 2 "
Biappa raid 53

1053.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 863
the foreigners after him. A predatory excursion was made by Ua Conchobhair
over Conmhaicne, so that he plundered extensively. A slaughter was made
of the Calraighi, together with their lord, i.e. Mac-Aireachtaigh, by the Con-
mhaicni, through the miracle of Ciaran. Dubheassa, daughter of Brian, died.
Domhnall, son of Gillachrist, son of Cucuailgne, was slain by the lord of Feara-
Rois. Braen, son of Maelmordha’, i. e. King of Leinster, died at Cologne.

' The Age of Christ, 1053. Doilgen, noble priest of Ard-Macha; Domhnall
Ua Cele, airchinneach of Slaine ; Cormac Ua Ruadhrach, airchinneach of Tear-
mann-Feichin ; and Murchadh Ua Beollain, airchinneach of Druim-cliabh, died.
Filaithbheartach Ua Maelfabhaill, lord of Carraig-Brachaidhe, died. Niall
Ua h-Eignigh, lord of Feara-Manach, and his brother, Gillachrist, were slain by
the Feara-Luirg, through treachery. Donnchadh Ua Ceallachain”, royal heir
of Caiseal, was slain by the Osraighi. Maelcron, son of Cathal, lord of South
Breagha, was slain on Easter Monday night, by Ua Riagain*, who committed
depredations upon the foreigners. A depredation was committed by Mac Loch-
lainn® and the men of Magh-Itha upon the Cinel-Binnigh, of Loch-Drochait’;

and they carried off three hundred cows.

Archon O’Celechan trecherously” [Mureach
mac Diarmada, Airchinnech of Roscre, obiit ]—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

™ Donnchadh Ua Ceallachain.—This means
Donnchadh, descendant of Ceallachan of Cashel.
He was of the same stock as the Mac Carthys.

"Ua Riagain.—Now O’Regan, and often Regan,
without the prefix O’.

° Mac Lochlainn.—Now Mac Laughlin and
Mac Loughlin. This family was the senior
branch of the northern Ui-Neill.

?Cinel-Binnigh of Loch- Drochait.—There were
three tribes of the Cinel-Binnigh in the ancient
Tir-Eoghain, namely, Cinel-Binne of the Glen,
Cinel-Binnigh of Tuath-Rois, and Cinel-Bin-
nigh of Loch Drochait, or Lake of the Bridge.
These tribes, which gave their names to three
districts adjoining each other in Tyrone, lay
east of Magh-Itha.

It would appear from the Annals of Ulster at

Cochlan‘, lord of Dealbhna, was

this year that the church of Cluain-Fiachna,
now Clonfeakle, in the barony of Dungannon,
was in Cinel-Binnigh Locha-Drochait.

4 Cochlan.—He was the progenitor after whom
the family of the Mac Coghlans of Delvin Mac
Coghlan, now the barony of Garrycastle, in the
King’s County, took their hereditary surname.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A. D. 1053. Macnahaiche, .i. the night’s
son, O’Roircke, heyre of Connaght, killed by
Dermott O’Cuinn, in the Iland of Loch Arvach”
[Lough Arrow]. ‘* Mureach mac Dermod, Air-
chinnech of Roscree ; O’Ruorach, Airchinnech
of Termon-Fechin; Flaithvertagh O’Maelfavill,
king of Carrack-Brachai; Dolgen, gentle priest”
[uaral pacanz] ‘of Ardmach; Donell O’Cele,
Airchinnech of Dromeliav, omnes in pace dor-
mierunt. An army by Macklochlainn and the
men of Magh-Itha, upon the Kindred-Binni of

864 AQNNAZA RIOShachta eiREGNN. (1054.

Oealbna, vo manbad1 meabanl. Caman Ua Maoilevimn, cigfpna Pfp Lummec,
vo manbad la Mac na hace Ua Ruaine, tné meabail ina aipeache pém.
Mac na hawdce Ua Ruaipc 00 manbad vo Chonmaicmb po cé06ip. Sléice fo
la mac 6hmain a. Oonnchad,7 la Concobap Ua Maorlp(chlamn mn Pine Salt,
co ctuccpac pip Cleba, a. na Sionnars, bnarcc 1omda a ovoimlias Cupcca, 7
co puccyac aiccepe 6 mac Maoil na mbé 1m Moip mngln Congalars Ui Con-
cobain. Onanmaio, mac Mao na mbo,7 Giollapaccnars, cigfnna Opnaige
vo dul 1 Mive, 50 tcugpac bpoiv,7 gabdala vimopa a nofogail Morne, mse
Congalaig Us Choncobhaip, v0 dol 50 Concobap Ua Maoileachlainn van

papugad Giollupaccparce, 7 a nofosal na bopoma pug Ua Maorleclamnn a.

Sloisfo la mac Maoil na mbé 1 mbplSab 7 bi Mhoe, co po lope
6 Shlane coiantan Moe ezip cealla 7 cuata. Cpeach la Ufeloban, mac
Cadgnén, T5(pna Oipsiall, pon GHallngarb, 7 pon clceva pip Mide 7 Ops,
co pug mén vo buad 7 bpaire, co nofchaid ma noiaid Congalach, mac Strain,
v1s(pna Haill(ns co ccanao ba Pip Manach co na caiptfcap 1apam Fip-
manach imo cisfpna 1. Oomnall mac Maolpuanayd, co cconcaip led Conga-
lach, mac Stnain, tigeanna Gauls co pochaiwe ole cenmotapom. CAmlaorb
Ua Macainén, aiZ(pna Mugoonn, vés.

Cop Chpiopt, mile caocca, a clap. hUa Geanpuidip, eprcop Cille
Odlua, Maolcolaim Ua Collbpaind paccanc, Guaipe hUa Lachtnam, plp-
leiginn Cluana mic Noip, 7 Curlenndn Claen, pfpleigino Ceitglinne 7 Oipipe
Oiapmava, vés5. ed Ua P(pgarle, mic Conaing mic Néill, pigoamna Oils,
3 Tslpna Cenuil Eogain Tealéa éce vo manbad vo Ufcloban, mac Cadgnéen
vo cistpna Cingiall, 7 vo Plpab Peapnmage. Oubsall Ua hQedogam,
cis(ina Ua Nialléin, 00 mapbad vo Ua Laitén. Mardm Pimnmarge pon Ub
Meéi¢ 7 pop Uaccan tipe a nUib Eachach, 061 cconcaip an Chnoiboeaps,
canary: Uaccain tine. Cod, mac Cmmvéiccis, mic Oumncuan, muipn 7 opdan

Cangnib.

sus est.”,—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.
Under this year the Dublin copy of the An-

Loch-Drochaid, and caried away 300 cowes, and
killed Duvenna mac Cinaeh, secnap of Clon-

fiachna, and Cumacha mac Clerken, serjeant of
Dalgais. Maelcron mac Cahail, king of Bregh,
killed by O’Riagan. Donogh O’Keallaghan,
heyre of Cassill, killed by Ossory. Nell O’Hegny,
king of Fermanagh, killed by the men of Lurg,
Coghlan, kinge of Delvin, a suis per dolum ocei-

nals of Innisfallen notice the plundering of
Fingall and Meath by Donough, the son of
Brian, and O’Melaghlin; dissensions between
the O’Briens and O’Conors of Connaught; and
the killing of two chiefs of the Mac Carthys of
Desmond by O’Donohoe.

1054.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 865

treacherously killed. Curian Ua Maelduin, lord of Feara-Luirg, was treache-
rously killed by Mac-na-haidhche Ua Ruairc, at his own meeting. Mac-na-
haidhche Ua Ruairc was killed by the Conmhaicni immediately after. An army
was led by the son of Brian, i.e. Donnchadh, and Conchobhar Ua Maelseach-
lainn, into Fine-Gall; and the men of Teathbha, i. e. the Sinnaigh [the Foxes],
took many prisoners from the Daimhliag [great stone church] of Lusca ; and
they carried off hostages from the son of Mael-na-mbo, together with Mor,
daughter of Conghalach O’Conchobhair. Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo, and
Gillaphadraig, lord of Osraighi, went into Meath, whence they carried off cap-
tives and very great spoils, in revenge of the going of Mor, daughter of Con-
ghalach Ua Conchobhair, to Conghalach Ua Maeleachlainn, in violation of
Gillaphadraig ; and in revenge also of the cattle spoils which O’Maeleachlainn
had carried off from Meath. An army was led by the son of Mael-na-mbo

into Breagha and Meath, and he burned from the Slaine to West Meath, both

churches and territories. A predatory excursion was made by Leathlobhar,
son of Laidhgnen, lord of Oirghialla, against the Gaileanga and the fugitives of
the men of Meath and Breagha, and he carried off many cows and prisoners ;
but Conghalach, son of Seanan, lord of Gaileanga, went in pursuit of them,
and overtook the cattle spoil of the Feara-Manach ; but the Fir-Manach, with
their lord, Domhnall, son of Maelruanaidh, resisted, and slew Conghalach, son
of Seanan, lord of Gaileanga, with many others besides him. Amblaeibh
Ua Machainen, lord of Mughdhorna, died.

The Age of Christ, 1054. Ua Gearruidhir, Bishop of Cill-Dalua ; Mael-
coluim Ua Collbrainn ; Guaire Ua Lachtnain, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and
Cuileannan Claen, lector of Leithghlinn and Disert-Diarmada, died. Aedh,
grandson of Fearghal, son of Conaing, son of Niall, royal heir of Oileach, and
lord of Cinel-Eoghain of Tealach-Og, was slain by Leathlobhar, son of Laidh-
gnen, lord of Airghialla, and by the Feara-Manach. Dubhghall UahAedhagain,
lord of Ui-Niallain, was slain by Ua Laithen. The battle of Finnmhagh" was
gained over the Ui-Meith and the people of Uachtar-thire in Ui-Eathach-Uladh,
where Croibhdhearg [the Redhanded], Tanist of Uachtar-thire, was slain. Aedh,
son of Ceinneidigh, son of Donnchuan, the love and glory of Dal-gCais, died.

* Finnmhagh: i. e. the White or Fair Plain, situation of Uachtar-thiré see note under A. D.

now Finvoy, in the county of Down. For the 1046.
5s

866 AQNNawa RIOSshachta eiReaNn. (1054.

Oal cCaip, vé5. Mac Ualgaips, cigfpna Coippe, 00 manbad 1 meabail.
Cloicteach cenfs vo paincepin 1pm aep uap Ror Oeala via oomnaig pele
Ops! pm pé cig nuaip. Edin ouba oiaipmvde ind 7 app, 7 aon én mon
ma mfodon, 7 no te1glo na heomn blsa po a eivibpide an can céiccofp Ip
cloicteach. Tdéngaccan amach con vapgabaccap m com bos pop lan m
bole 1 na&ipoe ipm aep, 7 caploncple anuap vopfdi~1, co nenbailc po
cé06in,] tuapsabrac tpi bnuca 7 of Lérmd 1 néipoe,7 po léiccpfe anuap
pon coin céona. An coll ponpa noeiprofoan na hedin vo poconn potanb,7 m
oainbne popp a noerpidfoan na heom po b61 pop cme co na ppémaib 1 ccal-
mam. Coch Suide odpain hi Slé1b Guaine a elaoh 1 nveipead oidce péile
Mhieil, co noeachard 1pm Peabanll, gup b6 hiongnad mép la cach. Cpeach
la hQod Ua Concobap, la pig Connace, co Conca bhaipeind 7 co Thatpaige,
50 po sab gabala ofaimmide. Oa mac Cantaig vo manbad vo mac
hU1 Oonnchada. Sluarccs la mac Maal na mb6 4 la Fiollapaccpaice,
cis(ina Oppase, 7 la Cargmb,7 la Gallarb 1pm Mumma, co pdnccaccap
Imleach lubcin,7 co po loipeepfe On cm lacc,7 nocha ccappad mac
Opiam iad, vain po boi 1 novépcenc Epeann. Toipdealbac Ua bmiam so
cConnachcaib lep vo oul 1 cCuat Mumann, $0 nofpna aipsne mona, Fo po

—

audit KES tng lle ire

manbad lep God mac Cennénvig, 7 50 po hoipgead Cuaim Pronnlocha.

* Mac Ualghairg.—Now anglicised Mac Gol-
rick ; a name still common in the counties of
Donegal and Leitrim.

‘A steeple of fire —This is set down as one of
the wonders of Ireland in the Book of Bally-
mote, fol. 140, 6.—See Dr. Todd’s edition of the
Trish version of Nennius’s Historia Britonum,
p. 215, note 4.

« Ros-Deala: i. e. Deala’s Wood, now Ross-
dalla, a townland in the parish of Durrow, near
Kilbeggan, in the south of the county of West-
meath.

“ The festival of George——TIn the year 1054
the feast of St. George was on Saturday; the
annalist must, therefore, mean the year 1055,
unless by ‘‘ the Sunday of the feast,” be meant
“the Sunday next after the feast,”” which looks
very probable, as the chronology of the Four

Masters is at this period perfectly correct.

* The oak tree on which they perched.—In the
Wonders of Ireland as edited by Dr. Todd from
the Book of Ballymote, the reading of this part
of the passage is different from the text of the
Four Masters, as follows: “¢7 in vainbm fopp.a
n-vdepi in t-én mop uz po fuc Lap co na ppé-
maib a calmamn ; and the oak, upon which the
said great bird perched, was carried by him by
the roots out of the earth.”—Jrish Nennius,
p- 217.

¥ Loch Suidhe-Odhrain: i.e. the lake of Suidhe-
Odhrain, i.e. lacus sessionis Odhrani. Suidhe-

Odhrain, anglicé Syoran, or Secoran, is now the ~

name of a townland in the parish of Knockbride,
barony of Clankee, and county of Cavan. There
is no lake there now.

+ Sliabh- Guaire.—Now Slieve-Gorey, a moun-

1054.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 867

Mac Ualghairg*, lord of Cairbre, was killed by treachery. A steeple of firet
was seen in the air over Ros-Deala", on the Sunday of the festival of George”,
for the space of five hours ; innumerable black birds passing into and out of
it, and one large bird in the middle of them ; and the little birds went under
his wings, when they went into the steeple. They came out, and raised up a
greyhound, that was in the middle of the town, aloft in the air, and let it drop
down again, so that it died immediately ; and they took up three cloaks and
two shirts, and let them drop down in the same manner. The wood on which
these birds perched fell under them; and the oak tree upon which they
perched* shook with its roots in the earth. Loch Suidhe-Odhrain’ in Sliabh-
Guaire’ migrated in the end of the night of the festival of Michael, and went
into the Feabhaill*, which was a great wonder to all. A predatory excursion
was made by Aedh Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, into Corca-Bhaiscinn
and Tradraighe’, where he seized innumerable spoils. Two [of the] Mac Car-
thaighs were killed by the son of O’Donnchadha*. An army was led by the

‘son of Mael-na-mbo, by Gillaphadraig, lord of Osraighe, and by the foreigners,

into Munster, until they arrived at Imleach-Ibhair, and burned Dun-tri-liag*;
and the son of Brian did not overtake them, for he was in the south of Ireland.
Toirdhealbhach O’Briain, accompanied by the Connaughtmen, went into Tho-

mond, where he committed great depredations, and slew Aedh, son of Ceinn-

eidigh, and plundered Tuaim-Finnlocha®.

tainous district, anciently in Gaileanga, but
now in the barony of Clankee, and county of

‘Cavan.See note *, under A. M. 2859, p. 11,

supra; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 188, note *.

* Feabhaill._This was the name of a stream
which discharges itself into the Boyne; but the
name is now obsolete.

> Tradraighe.—This is still the name of a
deanery in the county of Clare, comprising the
parishes of Tomfinlough, Killonasoolagh, Kil-
maleery, Kilcorney, Clonloghan, Dromline, Fee-
nagh, Bunratty, and Killowen, and the island
of Inis-da-dhrom, in the Shannon, at the mouth
of the River Fergus.

® Ua Donnchadha—Now anglicised O’Do-
nohoe.

4 Dun-tri-liag: i.e. the Fort of the Three
Pillar Stones, now Duntryleague, situated about
three miles north-west of the village of Gal-
bally, in the barony of Coshlea, and county of
Limerick, According to the Book of Lis-
more, fol. 209, Cormac Cas, the ancestor of the
O’Briens, erected a strong fort here, where he
died, and was interred under three pillar stones,
from which the name was derived. His descen-
dant, the celebrated Brian Borumha, recon-
structed the fort of this place. Scarce a vestige
of any fort is now traceable. It is said that the
modern parish church occupies its site, at the
period of the erection of which the fort was
levelled.

© Tuaim-Finnlocha—Now Tomfinlough, in

a8 2

868 anNNaza RIOSshachta eiReGNN. (1055.

Coip Criopc,mfle caocca a ciicc. Maolotin, mac Gilleanopeap,eprcop
Alban 7 onvan Gaoweal 6 cléipcib, vég. Tuatal Ua Pollamam, comanba
FPinnén Cluana Ipaino, Maolmancain, mac Appioa, comanba Comgall,
Maolbpigve Ua Maolpuam, aipcmnech Slébce, Maolbpigve, mac baeccain,
Efpleiszinn Cnoa bpeacdin, Colam Ua Catal, apcimneach Roppa Chlitip, 9
Ovdan Ua Muipfohang, aincimveach Lurcca,7 plait Ua Colgan, vo écc.

Piachna Ua Concpain, hUa Ruancain, aipcimveach Cinone Coemain,7 Sop- |

man anmcéapa, vécc. Oomnall Ruad Ua bmiamn vo manbad vo hUa Eidin
vo cisgeapna Ua Piachpach Qhone. Sillapacnarce, cigeapna Opnaisge, vécc.
Cpeach na bealcaine do denam vo jig Connace, Cod Ua Concobaip van
lantan Mode, co pug sabala 1omda,q bpoice mop app. Cpeach la Oalecaip
im Mupchad Ua mbmain van Copcumopuad, co puccpacc sabala mépa,
j co ttapnpap cpeach o1b,7 co po manbad pochaide mop. Ceanopaolao
Ua Muipeadars, cig(ina an vapna pamo oo Cianpage Cuacpa, vo manbad
ovo Ua Conéobain mic Muipeadang, vo tigeapna na painve ele co pochawdib
ole apaon wp. Maom ma cToimpdealbach Ua mbmain pon Mupchad
Ua mbna 1. Mupcha an peét spp, 1 tconchpavap ceitpe céo im cic
coipeachaib vé5. Uae Sibliain, cigfpna Ua pFailge, vo manbad.

Qoip Cpfopc, mile caocca a pé. ed Ua Porpperdh, ano plpleigimn, 4

the barony of Upper Bunratty, and county of
Clare—See it already mentioned under the
years A. D. 944, 1049.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

“A, D. 1054. Ivar mac Geralt, king of Gen-
tyes” [recté, Ivar mac Harold, king of the Galls
or Danes], ‘“‘died. Hugh O’Ferall, king of
Tulachog, and Archon O’Celechan’s sonn,
killed by the men of Fernvay. Duvgall O’He-
gan, king of O’Niallans, killed by the Lahens.
The discomfiture of Finmai upon the Omethes
and Uochtar-tyre by the O-Hehachs, where the
Crovderg, .i. the Readhanded, was slaine, being
heyre of Uoghtar-tyre. Hugh mac Cinedy mic
Duinncuan, the muirn” [minion] ‘ of Kindred-
Tirlagh, slaine by Connaght. A battle betwene
Scots and Saxons, wherein 3000 Scots and

1500 Saxons were slaine, with Dolfin mac
Fintor. The loch or lake called Loch Suie-
Odran in Mountain-Guaire, stole away in the
later parte of the night of St. Michael’s eve,
untill it came into the river Favall, which was
never heard before.” Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain but one
entry under this year, namely, ‘‘ Hugh O’Ken-
nedie, the chiefest of Dalgasse, was killed by
O’Connor.”

£ Airdne-Caemhain : i.e. St. Coemhan’s or
Cavan’s hill or height. In O’Clery’s Irish Ca-
lendar, at 12th of June, this place is described as
“le caob Coca Gapman,” i.e. by the side of
Wexford bay. It is the place now called Ard-
cavan, where there are some ruins of an ancient

church, situated close to the margin of Wexford .

haven, in the barony of Shelmalier.

OE a ee eee

Se

1055.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 869

The Age of Christ, 1055. Maelduin, son of Gilla-Andreas, Bishop of Alba,
and the glory of the clergy of the Gaeidhil, died. Tuathal Ua Follamhain,
successor of Finnen of Cluain-Irard ; Maelmartan, son of Assidh, successor of
Comhghall; Maelbrighde Ua Maelruain, airchinnech of Slebhte ; Maelbrighde,
son of Baedan, lector of Ard-Breacain; Colum Ua Cathail, airchinneach of
Rossailithir ; and Odhar Ua Muireadhaigh, airchinneach of Lusca, and chief of
Ui-Colgain, died. Fiachra Ua Corcrain ; Ua Ruarcain, airchinneach of Airdne-
Caemhain’; and Gorman Anmchara‘, died. Domhnall Ruadh Ua Briain was
slain by Ua h-Eidhin’, lord of Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne. Gillaphadraig, lord of
Osraighe. The May prey was made by the King of Connaught, Aedh Ua Con-
chobhair, in West Meath, whence he carried great spoils and many prisoners.
A predatory excursion was made by the Dal-gCais, under the conduct of Mur-
chadh Ua Brian, over Corca-Modhruadh, where they took great spoils; but
one party of them was overtaken, and a large number killed. Ceannfaeladh
Ua Muireadhaigh, lord of the one division of Ciarraighe-Luachra, was killed
by the grandson of Conchobhar, son of Muireadhach, lord of the other division,
and many others along with him. A battle was gained by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Briain over Murchadh Ua Briain, i. e. Murchadh of the Short Shield, wherein
were slain four hundred men and fifteen chieftains. Ua Sibhliain, lord of
Ui-Failghe, was killed.

The Age of Christ, 1056. Aedh Ua Foirreidh’, chief lector and distin-

® Anmchara: i.e. friend of the soul, i.e. a
spiritual adviser.

» Va h-Eidhin.—Now anglicised O’ Heyne, but
more generally Hynes, without the prefix Ua
or 0’.

The Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise re-
cord the following events under this year:

“ A. D. 1055. Donell Roe, .i. Read O’Bryan,
killed by O’Heyn. Maelmartan Mac Assie,
Coarb of Comgall; Colum O’Cahaill, Airchin-
nech of Ross-Ailithir ; Oer O’Mureai, Airchin-
nech of Lusca;. Gilpatricke, king of Ossory ;
Fiachra O’Corkrain; all died in the Lord. An

overthrowe by Tirlagh O’Bryan upon Murcha

O’Bryan, where 400 fell, with 15 of the cheifes.

The battle of Mortartai by Duvdalehe, Coarb
of Patricke, upon Loingsech O’Maeilechlainn’s
sonn, viz., Coarb of Finnen” [and Colum Cille,
wherein many were killed].—-Ann. Ult., Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

“A.D. 1055. Gorman, a venerable anchorite,
died. Hugh O'Connor made a great prey in
Meath, called the prey of May.” [Cpeacé na
dSealleaine.] ‘Gillepatrick, king of Ossorie,
died of grief.”—Ann. Clon.

‘ Aedh Ua Foirreidh.—This passage is trans-
lated by Colgan as follows, in Zrias Thaum.,
p- 298:

“A.D. 1056. Beatus Aidus Hua Foirreth,
Archischolasticus, seu supremus moderator Schole

870 aNNaza RIOShachtTa elREGNN.

(1056.

pur eppcop Apoa Macha véce an clépamad Calainn vécc 00 lul ipin efticelo
bhabdamn pichemddac a aor) amail apbfpap,

Ro ceacht poi nem cem po main
Cleo Ua Foippfd an cpaoi pean,
hi ceatpamad véce Calainn Init
Cuioh an ceprcop cium an ceal.

Cécpai, c{no cnabaid Muman, naem,"eccnaid poipce vé5 na olitpe
lor mop. Plano Mamipctpeach, pHpléigino Maimptpeach binte, pao Fna
nGaoweal, hi lérgionn, 7 hi pfncup,7 hi prlideacc, 4 1 naipcfcal vo écc an
cltpamad Calamn vo Oecembep, amail apbeanon,

Plano a ppimeill Ofte bind,
Rind puipe a min cind ap mall,
Tho pur poe pufolp lino,
CGiuspui cine tpi fino Plano.

Oaigne Ua Oubacan, anmcana Cluana, vég 1 nOlind va locha. Suibne
Ua n€6cain, aipcmoeach Tfnmamn Peichin, Catupach, mac Gippsanbain,
comapba Camms hn cCiannaccaib,7 Maolpinvén mac Cuimn na mboccr, atain
Chopmaic, comanba Chianain, vés, .1. Maolpmven, mac Cuinn, mic loreph,
mic Oonnchada, mic Ounadas, mic Ercceaptais, mic Cuacain, mic Cogan,
mic Qlodazain, mic Tonbarg, mic Honma, vo Uib Ceallarg Gpeag. Ecpu,
mac Cabpada, coipeach Monach, cuip opoamn Ulad, vés ian noeig beard.
Mupchad, mac Orapmava, cigfpna Laigin, vo Sénam cpeice meabla pon
Laosaipib CTeampach, conup canpaid cis(pna Caogaine, co po la a nap.
Oomnall Ua Cfinacham, mac an Gurcc, vo mapbad vo Choncoban Ua Maor-
Uchlamn. Cptch la Niall mac Maoileachlaimn pon Ohal nApaide, co ccuce

Ardmachane, & Episcopus Ardmachanus civ.
Calend. Julii, anno etatis septuagessimo quinto,
ordormivit in Domino. Non numeratur tamen
in alio Catalogo Primatum. Unde videtur so-
lum Dubdalethi ante ipsum instituti Archiepis-
copi, et adhuc viventis, fuisse suffraganeus.
Extat ibidem ejus Epitaphium versibus Hiber-
‘nicis hunc sensus exhibentibus :

“ Magner extitit fame quamdit vixit, Aidus Hua
Foirreth, Senior egregius,
Decimo quarto Calendas Julit migravit hic mo-
destus Episcopus ad calum.”
* Flann-Mainistreach: i.e. Flann of the Mo-
nastery, i.e. of Monasterboice, in the county of
Louth.—See note ‘, under A: D. 432, p.131, sup.

1 Successor of Cainneach in Cianachta: i.e. —

\

1056.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 871

guished Bishop of Ard-Macha, died on the 14th of the Calends of July, in the
seventy-fifth year of his age, as is said :

Of brilliant fame while he lived was
Aedh O’Foirreidh the aged sage ;

On the fourteenth of the Calends of July,
This mild bishop passed to heaven.

Cetfaidh, head of the piety of Munster, a wise and learned saint, died on his
pilgrimage at Lis-mor. Flann Mainistreach*, lector of Mainistir-Buithe, the
paragon of the Gaeidhil in wisdom, literature, history, poetry, and science, died
on the fourteenth of the Calends of December, as is said :

Flann of the chief church of melodious Buithi,
Slow the bright eye of his fine head ;
Contemplative sage is he who sits with us,
Last sage of the three lands is fair Flann.

Daighre Ua Dubhatan, anmchara of Cluain, died atGleann-da-locha, Suibhne
Ua n-Eoghain, airchinneach of Tearmann-Feichin ; Cathasach, son of Gearrgar-
bhan, successor of Cainneach in Cianachta’; and Maelfinnen Mac Cuinn-na-
mBocht, the father of Cormac, successor of Ciaran, died, i.e. Maelfinnen, son
of Conn, son of Joseph, son of Donnchadh, son of Dunadhach, son of Egertach,
son of Luachan, son of Eoghan, son of Aedhagan, son of Torbach, son of Gor-
man, of the Ui-Ceallaigh-Breagh. Etru, son of Labhraidh, chief of Monach,
pillar of the glory of Ulidia, died, after a good life. Murchadh, son of Diar-
maid”, lord of Leinster, made a treacherous depredation upon the Ui-Laeghaire

of Teamhair; but the lord of Laeghaire overtook him, and made a slaughter

of his people. Domhnall Ua Cearnachain, son of the Gott, was slain by Con-
chobhar Ua Maeleachlainn. A predatory incursion was made by Niall, son of

‘Maeleachlainn, upon the Dal-Araidhe; and he carried off two thousand cows

“Abbot of Dromachose, or Termonkenny, in the A. D. 1090 and 1206.

barony of Keenaght, and county of Londonderry. ™ Murchadh, son of Diarmaid.—He was the
—See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down progenitor after whom the Mac Murroughs of
and Connor, §c., p»374, note 4; and notes under Leinster took their hereditary surname.

872 ANNAta RIOSshachta elReGNN.

(1057.

piche céd vo buaib,7 cpf picie 00 bpoitc. Cpeach vo deochad Coch
Ua Plaitein aidce Novlacc mop 1 Mang nléa, co ccucc cing cév bé co habainn
mage hUata,7 ponacpac na bia oce an abainn,) po baice occan an cftpachac
_ vib im Churlennan mac Offecain. TadsZ, mac an Cleimsh Uf Choncobain
do manbad vo Uib Maine. Rumdm Ua Gadpa, cana Lurgne, vo manbad.
Cpeach pluaighead la Oi1apmaio mac Mao na mb6 1pm Mumain, co po
loipcc van mic mnguip, 7 Oenach Téte, 7 vin Fupudpain. Grollacaoimsin
mac H1ollacomgaill, 7 Maolmopda mac mic Faolain, vo manbavh la Mup-
chad mac Oianmava tia feill, 7 meabail. Ovdap, mac Ploinn, agfpna
Calpaise, oo manbaoh.

Coip Cpiopc, mile caocca a plchc. Mugpon Ua Mucdin, comanba
bape, uapal eppcop 9 pfpleigimn, 00 manbad la lacponoaib vo Chonca
Laigde, 1ap TTHDEACT 06 6 Na 1apmMeiNge.
comanba Cholaim Chille 7 Goamnan, 7 Ouboaleite Ua Cionaeda, arpcin-

Robancach, mac Pfpoomnans, ©

neach Concaige, vécc.
manbaoh la a cenél péippin.

» The River of Magh-Uatha.—In the Annals
of Ulster the reading is, Abainn Marge nIcha,
i.e. the River of Magh-Itha. The principal
river of this. plain is the Finn, which flows
through it and unites with the Foyle at Lifford.

° Dun-Mic-Ninguir.—This was probably the
name of the fort which stood on the hill of
Down, over Lough Gur, in the county of Lime-
rick.

» QOe5enach-Tete. —Now Oenach-Urmhumhan,
anglicé Nenagh, a well-known town in the
county of Tipperary.

4 Dun-Furudhrain: i.e. Furudhran’s or Fo-
ran’s Dun or Fort. Not identified.

* Gillachaeimhghin : i. e. servant of St. Kevin.
He was Gillakevin O’Toole, the son of Gilla-
chomhghaill, who was living in 1041, who was
son of Donncuan, son of Dunlaing, son of Tua-
thal, the progenitor of the O’Tooles, who died
in 956.

The Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise re-
cord the following events under this year :

Niall Ua h€sneachain, wi5(pna Ceneoil Enoa, vo
Maolpuanaid Ua Poccapca, cis(pna véip-

“A, D. 1056. Cahasach mac Girrgarban,
Coarb of Cainnech in Kyanacht; Cetfa, head
clearke of Mounster, died. Hugh O’Forrey,
archlector of Armach, in the 75th yeare of his
age, in pace quievit. Gormgal, prime soul frend”
[of Inis-Daircairgren], ‘‘plenus dierum in peni-
tentia pausavit. Teig O’Conner, the Clearke’s
sonne, killed by O’Mane. Edru mac Lobraa,
chief monke” [recté, chief of Monach in Uladh],
“the most famous tuir ordain” [pillar of the
glory] ‘‘ of Ulster, in penitentia mortuus est. An

army by Nell mac Melaghlin into Dalnaray, and |

he brought 200 cowes and 60 men captive.
Gilmura mac Ogan, of Tullagh Oge, Lawgiver,
died. Flann of Monaster, archlector and chief
chronicler of Ireland, in vita eterna quievit.
Lightning appeared and killed three at Disert-
Tola, and a learned man at Swerts” [Swords],
‘“‘and did breake the great tree. Eochai O’Fla-
then, with his strength, went to Magh-Itha upon
Christmas eve, and brought five hundred cowes
as far as the River of Magh-Itha, and left the

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1057.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 873

and sixty persons as prisoners. Eochaidh Ua Flaithen, going upon a predatory
excursion into Magh-Itha on Christmas night, carried off five hundred cows to
the river of Magh-Uatha"; and he left the cows at the river, where forty-eight
persons were drowned, together with Cuilennan, son of Deargan. Tadhg,
son of the Cleric Ua Conchobhair, was slain by the Ui-Maine. Ruaidhri
Ua Gadhra, Tanist of Luigne, was slain. A plundering expedition was made
by Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo, into Munster; and he burned Dun-mic-
Ninguir®, Oenach-Tete”, and Dun-Furudhrain*, Gillachaeimhghin’, son of Gilla-
chomhghaill, and Maelmordha, grandson of Faelan, were slain by Murchadh,
son of Diarmaid, through treachery and guile. Odhar, son of Flann, lord of
Calraighe, died. :

The Age of Christ, 1057. Mughron Ua Mutain, successor of Bairre, noble
bishop and lector, was killed by robbers of the Corca-Laighdhe, after his return
from vespers. Robhartach, son of Feardomhnach, successor of Colum Cille
and Adamnan, and Dubhdalethe Ua Cinaedha, airchinneach of Corcach, died.
Niall Ua hEigneachain, lord of Cinel-Enda, was killed by his own tribe. Mael-
ruanaidh Ua Fogarta’, lord of South Eile’, was slain by Donnchadh, son of

cowes in the river, and 48 men were drowned,
with Culennan mac Dergan.”—Ann. Ult., Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

“ A.D. 1056. Murrogh, prince of Lynster,
and son of king Dermott, made a prey upon the
race of Lagerie, who by them was pursu’d, and
a great slaughter made of them, for which cause
the Meathmen preyed and spoyled all Lynster
from the mountaine of Slieve Blaume to Clon-
dolean, adjoyning to Dublin. Flann Lector, the
best”? [i.e. most] ‘learned chronicler in these
parts of the world, died. Odor mac Flyn,
prince of Callrie, was killed by Swynie O’No-
gann, Cowarb of the Termyn of Saint Fehyne.”
—Anan. Clon.

*0’ Fogarta.—Otherwise writtenO’Fogartaigh,
and now anglicised Fogarty, without the prefix
0’. According to O’Heerin’s topographical
poem, this family is of the race of Eochaidh Ball-
dearg, king of Thomond in St. Patrick’s time.

* South Hile—Now the barony of Eile-Ui Fho-

gartaigh, anglicé Eliogarty, in the county of
Tipperary.—See Leabhar-na-gCeart, pp. 78, 79,
note 4,

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A. D. 1057. Nell O’Hegneghan, king of
Kindred-Enna, a swis occisus est. Dungall O’Dun-
chaa, king of Eonacht-Cashell, killed by Mur-
rogh mac Brien, with many others. Finguine
O’Finguine, heyre of all Mounster, killed by
Melaghlin O’Bric. Echmarkach O’Kernay, Air-
chinnech of Dunlehglais, went in pilgrimage.
An overthrow by Rory O’Ruogan, with the
Eastians” [Oriors], “upon Gilchrist O’Fael-
chon and O-Nehach. Maelrony O’Fogartay,
king of Deskert-Ely, killed by Donogh mac
Brien. Murtagh O’Tressay, king of Barche,
mortuus est. Duvdalehe O’Cinaeha, Airchin-
nech of Cork, and Rovertach mac Donell, Coarb
of Columbkill, in domino dormierunt. Daniell
O’Ruairk killed by Donell mac Maelruany,

5T

874 annaza Rioshachta eiRedNn. [1058.

cept Ele, 00 manbad la Oonnchaoh, mac bpiam. Oungal, mac Micpaie
Ui Oonnchada, ciZ(pna Eoganaéca, vo anbad co nopuing oile mmapaon pp.
Cat eiccin Oormnall Ua Maolpuanayw, cigfpna Pen Manach, 7 Oornnall
Ua Ruane, cisffna Operpne, ou 1 cconcap Ua Ruane, co pochadibh
lomoaib dia Muincin imaille pup. Mdincpeach Luigne la hClod Ua cCon-
cobain. Op Ua mOnrim vo con v0 Choncoban Ua Maoileachlumn as
cabaint cpece vob camp 1 nOear Cagmb. Ounchad Ua Oonnchada,
cisfina Chaipil, 00 manbad.

Qoip Cpiorc, mile caocca a hoche. Colman Ua hOineachtag, comanba
Comgall 6fmocaip, Maolpmnéin Ua Huarpe, angcoine Oarminy1,7 Maolfora
Ua Flamncua, ppt pfnoip Imleacha lubarp, vécc. Imlfch lubaip do lor-
ccad co léip eiccip vaimliace 4 cloicteach. Cach Sléibe Cpoc ian lorecad
duimng la O1anpmaro mac Maoil na mbé pon Oonnchad mac mbniam, 1
cconcain Coipppe Ua Liogoa, aincmoeach Imleacha lubarp, 7 pfosbanoan,
mac Concoipne, wigfpna Ele, opong mop ole cénmoctmopiwe. SHallbpac
Ua Cfbaill, pogoamna Thhpach, 00 manbad la Concoban Ua Maoleach-
Clatdeb Caplopa 7 mépan do pévarb anctna vo bneit
vo mac Maol na mbo na mad pm, an po bof a ccomaince ppp. Ceallach,
mac Muipecam, cigfana Ua Mic Uap Opls, vécc. Sspnin Cholarm Chile
do onecamn do Ffparb Ceatba 7 Caipbm,7 po cuipple pip Mide ap php Teacba
7 Cainpm, ma ofogant.

Coip Cpiorc, mile caocca a nao. hUa Loncain, abb Cille hachas, véce.
Oormnall O€ipeach, eccnad 7 anccoipe, vécc. Oomnall mac Eodorra,

loinn, tné meabanl.

king of Fermanach.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.
The Annals of Clonmacnoise want this year and
the year 1058.

“ Ua Guaire.—Now anglicised Gorey, with-
out the prefix Ua or 0”.

* Daimhliag : i.e. the great stone church.

* Cloictheach : i. e. the Round Tower Belfry,
which was a separate building from the Daimh-
liag.

¥ Sliabh-Crot.—Now Mount-Grud, in the
townland of Cappa-Uniac, parish of Killardry,
barony of Clanwilliam, and county of Tipperary.
The fort and castle of Dun-gCrot are situated at

the foot of this mountain, in the Glen of Aher-
lagh.

* Ua Lighda.—Now anglicised Liddy, without
the prefix Ua or O’.

* Righbhardan.—He was Righbhardan, or
Riordan O’Carroll, chief of Ely O’Carroll. His
father, Cucoirne, was the son of Maenach, who
was son of Cearbhall, the progenitor after whom
the O’Carrolls of Ely O’Carroll took their here-
ditary surname, who was the twentieth in. de-
scent from Tadhg, son of Cian, son of Oilioll
Olum, king of Munster.

> Gallbrat Ua Cearbhaill.—_This would now be

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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 875

1058]

Brian. Dunghal, son of Macraith Ua Dunchadha, lord of Eoghanacht, was
slain, with a party of others along with him. A battle between Domhnall
Ua Maelruanaidh, lord of Feara-Manach, and Domhnall Ua Ruaire, lord of
Breifne, wherein O’Ruairc fell, and many of his people along with him. A
great plundering of Luighne was made by Aedh Ua Conchobhair. A slaughter
was made of the Ui-Briuin by Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn, as they were
bringing a prey from South Leinster by him [i. e. through his territory]. Dun-
chadh Ua Donnchadha, lord of Caiseal, was killed.

The Age of Christ, 1058. Colman Ua h-Aireachtaigh, successor of Comh-
ghall of Beannchair ; Maelfinnen Ua Guaire’, anchorite of Daimhinis; and
Maelisa Ua Flainnchua, a learned senior of Imleach-Ibhair, died. Imleach-
Ibhair was totally burned, both Daimhliag’ and Cloictheach*. After the burning
of Luimneach, the battle of Sliabh-Crot’ was gained by Diarmaid Mac Mael-
na-mbo over Donnchadh, son of Brian, wherein fell Cairbre Ua Lighda’, airchin-
neach of Imleach-Ibhair ; Righbhardan*, son of Cucoirne, lord of Eile; and a
great number of others besides them. Gallbrat Ua Cearbhaill’, royal heir of
Teamhair, was slain by Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn, by treachery. The
sword of Carlus® and many other precious things were obtained by the son of
Mael-na-mbo for him, for he was the security for him. Ceallach, son of Muirea-
gan, lord of Ui-Mic-Uais-Breagh, died. Scrin-Choluim-Chille was plundered
by the men of Teathbha ; and the men of Meath made a slaughter of the men
of Teathbha and Cairbre, in revenge thereof.

The Age of Christ, 1059. Ua Lorcain, Abbot of Cill-achaidh, died.
Domhnall Deiseach, wise man and anchorite, died. Domhnall, son of Eodhas,

“A. D. 1058. Imlech-Ivair all burnt, both
Daimliag and steeple. Lulach mac Gillcom-

anglicised Galbraith O’Carroll. This sept was
of the south Ui-Neill race, and not a branch of

the O’Carrolls of Ely O’Carroll.

° The sword of Carlus.—This sword was car-
ried off from the Danes of Dublin, in the year
994, by King Maelseachlainn IJ., in whose pos-
session it remained for some time; but it would
appear to have been recovered by the Danes in
the beginning of the next century, for it was
forced from them soon after.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

gain, Archking of Scotland, killed by Maelco-
lumb mac Donncha in battle. The overthrow
of Mountaine Crott by Dermot mac Mailnamo,
upon Donogh mac Brien, where Carbry O’Lig-
day, Airchinnech of Imleach Ivair, was slayne,
and Ribardan mac Concorne, king of Ely, and
many others. Galwrat O’Carroll, heire of Ta-
rach, mortwus est. Colman O’Hairectai, Coarb
of Comgall; O’Flancua, Airchinnech of Imleach
Ivair, in pace quieverunt. Mac Bethai mac Fin-

on 2

876 GQNNQZa RIOshachta eIReEGNN. [1059.

aipcinveach Mammpcpech birt, Cneiplip, mac Undip, aapemofch Lureca,
Eochaid Ua Cionaeda, aipcmneac Ata Thum, Conams Ua Paipceatlarg,
ainémneach Onoma Uféan, comapba Maeddce la Connachcaib 7 Largmu,
[vécc]. Conn na mbocht onvan 7 aipeachup Cluana mic Nop, vécc 1ap
pinoacarg. Niall Ua Maoloonas, tis fina Ceneoil Conall, vécc 1an noerg-
blchad,7 1ap nartpise Ina tarpmteccaib,7 peactoibh. Ceduan Ua Ouboa,
cigfna Ua nAmalsada, vo manbad la a cenel péipm. Catal, mac Tig fp-
nan, mic Néill, mc Cleda, w1S(pna Aint(p Connacc, vo mapnbad tla hod
Ua Ruane. Ouapcan Ua h€asna, as(ina Tedpa Slomnce Luigne, vo map-
bad. Tomalcach Ua Maorlbpenamn, cisfana Shil Mupeavhag, Maol-
péchlaim Ua bie, 1. agfpna na nO€ip1, do mucad mm varh la Maolpfchlaino
mac G1ollabpigoe, mac Paola. Congalach Ua Riaccann, pigdsamna Thin-
pach, vo manbad la Mupchad mac Oranmava. Grollacaoimsin, mac H1olla-
compaill, mrogoamna Caigfn, 7 Maolmépda, mac mic Paolam, vo manbad
oo Mhupchad, mac Orapmava cpé pérll 7 meabal. Ruaiwdm Ua Sadpa
vamna tis(pna Luigne [oécc]. Cpeach la Mhaolpeachlainn Ua Mavadain
1 nCipteanaib, co pug tpi cév bo,7 co po manb Siollamuipe, mac Clineccang,
cisfina Clomne Sionaich. Cpfch la hAnogan Mac Cachlainn, vo Chenél
Eosan 1 nOal Apawe, co ccucpat bonoma mép,7 0a Céo ecip mapbad, 9
ensabail. Mac 6am oo dul 1 tech Qoda Uf Choncobain co ctucc
amap 06. Maidm ma cConcoban Ua Maorleachlamn, cigeanna Mide, pon

loich, Archking of Scotland, killed by Maelco-
lumb mac Donncha in battle.””— Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

“In Connaught and Leinster.—St. Maedhog’s
successor in Connaught was the abbot of Drum-
lane, in the now county of Cavan, which was
then a part of Connaught; and his successor in
Leinster was the Bishop of Ferns.—See note °,
under A. D. 1172.

° Ui-Amhalghadha: i.e. the inhabitants of
the barony of Tirawley, in the county of Mayo.

* Ua Maelbhrenainn.—Now anglicised Mulre-
nin, without the prefix Ua or O’. This is the
only member of the O’Mulrenin family that
ever became chief of all the Ui-Muireadhaigh.—

See note ', under A. D. 700, p. 301, supra.

8 Gillacomhghaill.—This is a repetition. See
this entry already given under the year 1056.

» Ruaidhri Ua Gadhra.—This would be now
anglicised Rory or Roderic O’Gara.

The Annals of Ulster and those of Clonmac-
noise record the following events under this
year:

“A.D. 1059. Maelsechlinn O’Madagain came
with his force into the East” [Orior], ‘and
carried 300 cowes, or a few more, and killed
Gilmurre minion of Children-Sinay” [muipe
Clomn Sinaig]. ‘ Maelsechlinn O’Brick smo-
thered in a cave by Maelsechlinn O’Faelain.

Hugh O’Duvday, king of O-nAvalgai, a ‘suis °

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1059.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 877

airchinneach of Mainistir-Buithi; Aneslis, son of Odhar, airchinneach of Lusca;
Eochaidh Ua Cinaedh, airchinneach of Ath-Truim ; Conaing Ua Faircheallaigh,
airchinneach of Druim-leathan, successor of Maedhog in Connaughtand Leinster",
{died]. Conn-na-mBocht, the glory and dignity of Cluain-mic-Nois, died at an
advanced age. Niall Ua Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, died after a good
life, and after penance for his transgressions and sins. Aedhvar Ua Dubhda,
lord of Ui-Amhalghadha’, was slain by his own tribe. Cathal, son of Tighear-
nan, son of Niall, son of Aedh, lord of East Connaught, was slain by Aedh
Ua Ruaire. Duarcan Ua hEaghra, lord of the Three Tribes of Luighne, was
killed. Tomaltach Ua Maelbhrenainn‘, lord of Sil-Muireadhaigh, and Maelseach-
lainn Ua Bric, lord of the Deisi, were smothered in a cave by Maelseachlainn,
son of Gillabrighde, son of Faelan. Conghalach Ua Riagain, royal heir of
Teamhair, was slain by Murchadh, son of Diarmaid. Gillacaeimhghin, son of
Gillacomhgaill*, royal heir of Leinster, and Maelmordha, ‘grandson of Faelan,
were slain by Murchadh, son of Diarmaid, by treachery and guile. Ruaidhri
Ua Gadhra’, heir to the lordship of Luighne, died. A predatory excursion was
made by Maelseachlainn Ua Madadhain into Airtheara [Oriors]; and he carried
off three hundred cows, and slew Gillamuire Mac Aireachtaigh, lord of Clann-
Sinaich. A predatory excursion was made by Ardghar Mac Lachlainn, [one]
of the Cinel-Eoghain, into Dal-Araidhe; and he carried off a great cattle spoil,
and killed or captured two hundred persons. The son of Brian [Borumha]
went into the house of Aedh Ua Conchobhair, and tendered his submission to
him. A victory was gained by Conchobhair Ua Maeleachlainn, lord of Meath,

occisus est. An army by Artgar mac Lochlainn

of Kindred-Owen into Dalarai, and he brought |

a great prey, and 200 men were killed and taken
by him. Cahall mac Tiernan, king of West Con-
naght; Congalach O’Riegan, heire of Tarach ;
Duarcan O’Hagra, king of Luigne” [Gillacoev-
gin, son of Gillacomgaill, royal heyre of Lein-
ster, a suis]; ‘ Gildomangart O’Conchaille, king
of O’Niallan ; Muireach O’Flainn, king of Tur-
try; Tomaltach O’Maelbrenan, chief of Sil, or

posterity of Mureay, mortui sunt. Donell mac

Oaesa, Airchinnech of Manister; Eocha O’Ci- .

naeha, Airchinnech of Trim; Aneslis Mac Uvir,

Airchinneach of Lusk ; Conaing O’Fairchellay,
Airchinnech of Drumlehan, mortud sunt.’”—
Ann. Ult., Con. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A. D. 1059. Neale O’Moyledorie, prince of
Tyrconnell, died. There arose great contention
and warrs between Meathmen and Lynstermen
this year that there were many slain of the
Lynstermen’s side. Connor O’Melaghlyn, prince
of Taragh, gave a great overthrow to Murrogh
mac Dermott, king of the Danes. There was
another overthrowe given to the Lynstermen in
Dorowe the same day by the miracles of Saint
Columbkill.”—Ann. Clon.

878 aNNQCa RIOSshachta eiReaNn. (1060.

Mhupchad, mac Oi1apmava mic Maorl na mb6, crs fpna Gall, 04 1 cconcpavan
fle, 7 painead pon Lagmb 1 nOeapmargs Cholaam Chille 1pm 16 ceona co po
lad a nap cma proncaib O€ 7 Cholaim Chille. Mear mép po Eipmo an
bhadam pe. Coccad mop eicin Largmb 7 Mhideachaib,7 copcpavap fle 6
Cargmib ann im Muincfpcach mac nOalbars mic Maolpuana.

Qoip Chiopt, mile pipcca. Maolcianain Ua Robocéin, aipémoeach
Suipo Colum Chille, 7 Git Ua Maolcianam, aipémneach Eccailyy bicce,
vécc. Ceananoup do lopccad ule tigib cfmplaib. Lopccad Ceitslinne 50
léip cfh mo ta an veinteach. hele, 7 hUi Popgga v0 tiacheain pon cpeich
50 Cluam mic Noip, co puccpat gabail o Chpoip na pcpeaptpa,7 co po
manbpac ofp 1. Mac leiginnj laoc. Ro gneip Ora 7 Cianan Oelbna, co
na cisf(pna, 1. od Ua Ruaine, na noeavhard, 7 po bmipple poppa, 7 po lapte
anap im cancup: Ua Ponggo, eippde po manbh an mac Leigino. Rangaccan
Oealbna chat epge an na banach gup an ngabail led sup an ionad ap a
puccad. Mupchad, mac O1apmava, v0 dol 1 Manan, co ccucc c&n eipoe,
7 co po bmp an mac Ragnaill. Plaitbfpcach Ua Ceallarg, ag(pna dps,
véce ina olitpe. Cnoad Ua Loclainn, cigfina Concumdpuad, vo écc.

Cop Cpiopt, mile pfpeca a haon. Muipeadach Ua Maolcoléim, aipcin-
neach Ooine, Maolcolum Ua Lomppig, paor 7 pasant Cluana mic Noi,
Cianan, pipleigino Cfnannya, eccnad ofppcagte, Tig(inach bomméee Apo

* Wa Maelchiarain.—N ow anglicised Mulhern,
without the prefix Ua or O. Erard Mac Coisi,
in his elegy on the death of Fearghal O’Ruairc,
refers to the house of O’Maelchiarain as being
not far from the Grave of Fearghal at Clonmac-
noise; and adds that it was a habitation which
admitted no guests in the evening.

* Cros-na-screaptra.—This was the name of
the great stone cross still standing near the
west end of the cathedral church of Clonmac-
noise.—See Petrie’s Round Towers of Ireland,
pp. 268, 269, 270.

1 Ui-Forgga.—Called Ui Focertai in the An-
nals of Tighernach at this year. The Ui Forgga
were seated near Ardcrony, about four miles
north of Nenagh, in the county of Tipperary.
The Ui-Focertai were the O’Fogartys of Elio-

garty, in the same county.

™ Manann.—Now the Isle of Man. The An-
nals of Tighernach also record this expedition
of the ancestor of the Mac Murroughs.

2 Corcumdhruadh.—This name is now written
Corcomroe, which is a barony in the west of the
county of Clare; but the territory of this name
was originally coextensive with the diocese of
Kilfenora.

The Annals of Ulster and those of Clonmacnoise
record the following events under this year:

« A. D. 1060. Great strife in Ardmach be-
tween Cumascach O’Herogan and Duvdalethe
about the Abbacy. All Kells with” [its]

“ Doimliag burnt. Leighlin all burnt beside the’

relique” [recté, except the oratory]. “ Daniel
Desech” [i. e. of Desies or the Desian], ‘‘ chief

‘Great fruit throughout Ireland in this year.
stermen and Meathmen, during which many of the Leinstermen were slain,
‘together with Muircheartach, son of Dalbhach, son of Maelruanaidh.

layman.
Ua Ruaire, to go in pursuit of them ; and they defeated and slaughtered them,
killing, among others, the Tanist of Ui-Forgga’, who had slain the student.

1060.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 879

over Murchadh, son of Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo, lord of the foreigners,

wherein many were slain; and the Leinstermen were defeated on the same day

at Dearmhach-Choluim-Chille, through the miracles of God and Colum-Cille.
A great war between the Lein-

The Age of Christ, 1060. Maelchiarain Ua Robhachain, airchinneach of
Sord-Choluim-Chille; and Ailill Ua Maelchiarain‘, airchinneach of Eaglais-Beg
[at Cluain-mic-Nois], died. Ceanannus was all burned, both houses and
churches. Leithghlinn was all burned, except the oratory. The Eli and

‘Ui-Forgga came upon a predatory excursion to Cluain-mic-Nois; and they took

prisoners from Cros-na-screaptra*, and killed two persons, i. e. a student and a
God and Ciaran incited the Dealbhna, with their lord, i. e. Aedh

The Dealbhna arrived at rising-time on the following morning, bringing the
prisoners to the place whence they had been taken. Murchadh, son of Diar-
maid, went to Manann”, and carried tribute from thence, and defeated the son
of Raghnall. Flaithbheartach Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Breagha, died on his pil-
grimage. Annadh Ua Lochlainn, lord of Corcumdhruadh’, died.

The Age of Christ, 1061. Muireadhach Ua Maelcoluim, airchinneach of
Doire; Maelcoluim Ua Loingsigh, a learned man and priest of Cluain-mic-Nois ;
Ciaran, lector of Ceanannus, a distinguished sage ; Tighearnach Boircheach’,

soule-frend” [Cnmcana, i.e. spiritual adviser ]
“of Ireland, and Con-na-mboght, .i. of the poore,
in Clonmicnoise, ad Christwm vocati sunt. Mael-
kiaran O’Robucan, <Airchinnech of Swerts”
[Swords], “mortuus est. Murtagh mac Gilfu-

Jarty, heire of Desies, killed. A dispersion of

the Galenges and Carbryes by the men of
Bregh, viz., by Leochan mac Maelan. Flannagan
O’Kelly, king of Bregh, died in his pilgrimage.”
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* A, D. 1060. They of Ely O’Karoll and
O’Forga came to prey Clonvicknose, and tooke
certaine captives from the place called Crosse-

na-skreaptra, and killed two there, a layman
and a spirituall; whereupon the clergy of Clone
incited these of Delvyn-Beathra, with their
king, Hugh O’Royrck, in their pursuite, who
gave them an overthrow, and quite discomfitted
them, and killed the prince of O’Forga, that be-
fore killed the spirituall man, and also brought
their captives the next day back again tu the
place from whence they were so conveighed.”—
Ann. Clon.

° Boircheach: i.e. of Beanna-Boirche moun-
tains, near the source of the Upper Bann, in the
county of Down.

880 ANNaZa RIOshachta €iREGNN.

anmcana Eneann, angcome, 7 comanba Pinnein, 7 Maolbpigve mac an Go- a |

bann, vécc vo plaigh. Occén Ua Conpmacan, aipémoeach Inp: Cumpepan,
7 Conaing porppaipémveach Apoa Macha, vécc. Oomnall Ua Maoloonad
vo manbad la Ruan Ua Canannéin 1 ccat. Céulad mac Congalang,
cisffna Uaccain tipe, vécc 1an versb(chaid. Niall, mac Maolp(chlamn,
cisfina Oilig, véce. Sloiccead la hQod Ua Concobaip a. an Sha blpnargs, co
Cin copad, 50 po bpp an ounaid,7 co po munad an cioppac Laip,7 po tocat
a of bnaccan, 7 po loipe Cill Oalua beop. Mumncip Mupchada vo sabarl
pop Loch Oipbpfh, co po aitpiogpac lod Ua Concobaip. Maidm Slinne
Paccpaice pra nOlod Ua Concobain pon lantaip Connaéc, m po mudargic ile
m Ruadm Ua Plaitbeancag, aig(ina lantain Connaéc,7 po viclnoad é,
7 puccad a ceann co Cnuacham Chonnacée 1ap ppaomead pon mac Coda mic
Ruawm. Slio oa locha vo lopccad cona tf(mplab. Plann Ua Ceallang,
adban cigfpna Oneas, vo manbad vo na Smtmb. Gaipbit Ua Catapaicch,
cisfina OnlS, véce. Mac Mic Ofingaal, cigfpna Ua mbpiiin Chualann,
vécc. Mac Maoil na mbo pi Lars(n 7 Gall do dul spin Mumain im Sarma,
50 po la veapgan pop Muman ipin Cnaméolll,7 50 po loipe macaipe na
Muman eccip cb, 7 anbap.

Coip Cpiorc, mile pfpeca a 06. Giolla Cpfopc Ua Maoloonarw, com-
apba Cholcam Chille eccip Eninn 7 Albam, Maolpuanaid Ua Oargpe, ppm

(1062.

anmcana Tuaipceipt Eneann, 7 Mupchad Ua Landgnén, aincinneach Pfpna,

® Inis- Cumhscraigh.—Now Inishcourcey, near
Saul, in the barony of Lecale, and county of
Down.—See note under the year 1001.

a Aedh an Gha-bhearnaigh: i.e. Hugh of the
Broken Spear.

* Muintir-Murchadha.—This was the tribe-
name of the O’Flahertys and their followers,
who were at this period seated in the barony of
Clare, on the east side of Loch Oirbsean, or
Lough Corrib, in the county of Galway.—See
Hardiman’s edition of O’Flaherty’s West Con-
naught, p. 367.

* Gleann-Phadraig :
valley. Not identified.

* Cruachain in Connaught.—Now Rathcroghan,
in the county of Roscommon.

i.e. Patrick’s glen or

" Cnamhchoill_A celebrated place situated
about one mile east of the town of Tipperary.—
See it referred to at A. D. 1560, 1582, and
1600.

~ The plain of Munster.—This, which is other-
wise called the Great Plain of Munster, is situ-
ated in the present county of Tipperary, and is
bounded on the north by the Abhainn Og-
Cathbhadha (Owenogoffey), near Nenagh, and
extends thence to the Galty mountains.

The Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise re-
cord the following events under this year:

«A. D. 1061. Mureach O’Maelcolumb, Air-
chinnech of Daire; Kiaran best learned of Ire-
land; Ogan O’Cormagan, Airchinnech of [land
Cosgray; Tiernach Barkegh, Coarb of Finnen,

1062.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 881

chief anmchara of Ireland, anchorite, and successor of Finnen; and Maelbrighde
Mac-an-Ghobhann, died of the plague. Ogan Ua Cormacain, airchinneach of
Inis-Cumscraigh?; and Conaing, fossairchinneach of Ard-Macha, died. Domh-
nall Ua Maeldoraidh was slain by Ruaidhri Ua Canannain in a battle. Cu-
Uladh, son of Conghalach, lord of Uachtar-thire, died after a good life. Niall,
son of Maelseachlainn, lord of Oileach, died. An army was led by Aedh an
Gha-bhearnaigh? Ua Conchobhair to Ceann-coradh [Kincora]; and he demo-
lished the fortress, and destroyed the enclosing wall of the well, and eat its two
salmons, and also burned Cill-Dalua. The Muintir-Murchadha’ invaded Loch
Oirbsean, and deposed ‘Aedh Ua Conchobhair. ‘The victory of Gleann-Pha-
draig* was gained by Aedh Ua Conchobhair over [the people of] West Con-
naught, where many were slain, together with Ruaidhri. O’Flaithbheartaigh,
lord of West Connaught, was beheaded, and _ his head was carried to Crua-
chain in Connaught’, after the son of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri, had been defeated.
Gleann-da-locha was burned, with its churches. Flann Ua Ceallaigh, heir to
the lordships of Breagha, was slain by the Saithni. Gairbhith Ua Cathasaigh,
lord of Breagha, died. The son of Mac Dunghail, lord of Ui-Briuin-Chualann,
died. The son of Mael-na-mbo, lord of Leinster and of the foreigners, pro-
ceeded into Munster about Allhallowtide, and made a bloody slaughter of the
Munstermen at Cnamh-choill’, and burned the plain of Munster’, both houses
and corn.

The Age of Christ, 1062. Gillachrist Ua Maeldoraidh, successor of Colum-
Cille both in Ireland and Alba ; Maelruanaidh Ua Daighre’*, chief anmchara of
the north of Ireland ; and Murchadh Ua Laidhgnen’, airchinneach of Fearna,

and chief soul-frend” [anméana, synhedrus] ‘of
Ireland ; Conaing mac Innavair, Sub-Airchin-
nech of Ardmach, in penitentia quieverunt. Donell
O’Maeldoray killed by Rory O’Canannan in
battle. Garvie O’Cahasay, king of Bregh;
Cu-Ulah mac Congalay, king of Uochtar-thire,
in penitentia mortui sunt. Nell mac Maelsech-
lainn, king of Ailech, mortwus est. An army by
Hugh O’Connor into Cenncora, that he broke
the kingly citie, and filled up the well there.”
[Gleann-da-locha was totally burnt].—Ann.
Ul, Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A.D. 1061. Hugh O’Rowrcke, prince of
Delvyn, was treacherously killed. Hugh O’Con-
nor, king of Connought, broke down the manour
house of King Bryan Borowe in Kyncoroe, burnt
Killaloe, and also did eat the two salmons that
were in the King’s Fountain or Fishponde there.
Keyran, Lector of Kells, died.” Ann. Clon.

x Ua Daighre.—Now generally anglicised
Deery or Derry, without the prefix Ua or 0’,
in the north of Ireland.

» O’Laidhgnen. — Now anglicised Lynam
throughout Leinster.

5U

882 ANNQCa RIOshachta eiReann.

- (1063.

véce. Catpaomead né nClooh an Sha beannarg hUa Concobain pop mac
Ruaidm, m po mapnbad o¢cmogac vo Clon Chorcparg. Tads, mac Coda
Uj Concobain, vo manbad la mac Coda mic Rua, 7 la hlantan Connacc,
Cneach la hApogan mac Loclamn 1 coiccead Connacht, co ttuccpat pé
mile vo buaib 4 mile vo bpaicc. Oonncuan Ua Macaimne vo mapbad la
Siollacianain Ua Machainen, cig(na Musdonn. Ruaidm1, mac Concaipge,
canaip: Ffpnmaige, vo manbad vo mac Néill Ui Ruane. Orapmaro, mac
Mupchada co Laigmb do dol von Mumam, co po loipce Cuimneaé 7 On na»

Tpapcapla, o1a noebnandh,

Rangaccan Cargin Cuimntch,

Na oaigpip o Opuim oaipbptch,
Ro paccpact ann an pluag puips(ch
Cuimneach na sual Zann sainmeac.

Niall mac Eochada, pi Ulad, 7 a mac Eochawd mac Néill mic Eochada,
pfogdamna an cuiccid, décc in lo Nouembin o1a oanoam.

Qoip Cpiopc, mile pipeca a cpf. Cionaod, mac Cheip, aipcinneach Lip
moip Mocuva, Eochad Ua Oallam, aipcinneach Convene, 7 Maoudan

Ua Célecan, pproin Anoa Macha, vécc.

angcoipe, décc.

Ceallach Ua Caoim, eccnand 4

Ua Miadacam, pHlérginn vo mumcip Cluana mic Nop, 7

mac Oonngail pepleiginn Cille vana, véce. Conaing Ua hEagpa, piplerginn

Cluana mic Nop, vécc. Gopmlaic,

‘ The son of Ruaidhri: i.e. of Ruaidhri, Rory,
or Roderic O’Flaherty.

* Clann-Chosgraigh : i. e. the race or progeny
of Cosgrach; a sept of the Ui-Briuin-Seola,
seated east of Galway Bay, of whom, after the
establishment of surnames, Mac Aedha (now
anglicé Mac Hugh) was the chief family.—
“$iol mac Coda do’n caob coin an Cloimn
clappaipping Chorgpaig, i.e. the family of
Mac Aedha on the east side” [i. e. of Gno-mor
and Gno-beg] ‘over the Clann-Cosgraigh of
the wide plain.”—0O’ Dugan.

» Dun-na-Trapcharla.—There is no place now
bearing this name near Luimneach, or the city
of Limerick. It may have been the ancient

in5fn Catal mic Rua, vécc ma

name of Doon, near Pallasgrean, in the county
of Limerick.

° Druim-dairbhreach : i.e. Oak-hill, now un-
known.

The Annals of Ulster and of Clonmacnoise re-
cord the following events under this year :

“A. D. 1062. Rory O’Flatherty, king of
West Connaught, killed by Hugh O’Connor in
battle. Gilchrist O’Maeldoray, Coarb of Co-
lumbkill in Ireland and Scotland; Mailruan
O’Daigry, chief soule-frend” [anméapa, synhe-
drus | “of Ireland, in Christo dormierunt. Teig
mac Hugh O’Connor killed by Kindred-Cos-
gray, .i. by West Connaght, per dolum. An
army by Artgar mac Lochlainn into Connaght,

1063.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 883

died. A battle was gained by Aedh an Gha-bhearnaigh Ua Conchobhair over
the son of Ruaidhri’, wherein eighty of the Clann-Choscraigh* were slain.
Tadhg, son of Aedh Ua Conchobhair, was slain by the son of Aedh, son of
Ruaidhri, and [the people of] West Connaught. A plundering excursion was
made by Ardghar Mac Lochlainn into the province of Connaught, whence he
carried off six thousand cows and one thousand prisoners. Donncuan was slain
by Gillachiarain Ua Machainen, lord of Mughdhorna-Ruaidhri, son of Cucairrge,
Tanist of Fearnmhagh, was slain by the son of Niall Ua Ruairc. Diarmaid, son
of Murchadh, with the Leinstermen, proceeded into Munster, and burned
Luimneach and Dun-na-Trapcharla’; of which was said :

The Leinstermen came to Luimneach,
The good men of Druim-dairbhreach’;
The stately host left Luimneach

One heap of sand-like coal.

Niall, son of Eochaidh, King of Ulidia, and his son, Eochaidh, son of Neill,
son of Eochaidh, royal heir of the province, died on Thursday, the Ides of
September. |

The Age of Christ, 1063. Cinaedh, son of Aicher, airchinneach of Lis-
mor-Mochuda; Eochaidh Ua Dallain, airchinneach of Coindere; and Madudhan

Ua Ceileachain, Prior of Ard-Macha, died. Ceallach Ua Caeimh‘, wise man

and anchorite, died. Ua Miadhachain’, lector of the family of Cluain-mic-
Nois, and Mac Donghail, lector of Cill-dara, died. Conaing Ua hEaghra,
lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Gormlaith, daughter of Cathal, son of

eens Re ee ee eee ae

from whence they brought 6000 of cowes” [u1
mile vo buaib] “and 1000 of men. Doncuan
O’Machyen killed by Gilkieran O’Machainen,
king of Mogurn. Eocha mac Nell mic Eocha,
heire of the fifth of Ireland, and Eocha O’Lai-
then, king of Kindred-Duvtire, in penitentia
mortui sunt. Rory mac Concargie, heire of
Fernvai, killed by Nell O’Rourk’s sonne.”—
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“A, D..1062. Prince Teig mac Hugh O’Con-
nor was treacherously by the O’Flathvertyes
slain. Neale mac Eochie, king of Ulster, and

his son, died. Gillaerrie O’Moylemihie, a rich
young prince of all Ireland, died. Lymbrick
was burnt by king Dermott mac Moylenemo,
and by Terence or Turlough O’Bryan.”—Ann.
Clon.

4 Ja Caeimh.—Now anglicised O’Keeffe, and
sometimes Keeffe, without the prefix O’. This
family descends.from Art Caemh, who was son
of Finguine, King of Munster, who was slain in
the year 902.

° Ua Miadhachain.—Now always anglicised
Meehan, without the prefix Ua or O”.

5u2

884 aNNaza RIOshachta elReEaNR.

[1063.
holitpe m Apo Macha. Catal mac Oonnchada, cigfpna Ua n€achach
Muman 1. cis(pna Raitlnne vo manbad la a mac péipin .1. an Pronnphiilech.
Caowmls Ua Tads, mSpna Pp Ui, vécc. Maolp(chlainn Ua Maoudam,
pogxdamna Oils, vo manbao La Cenél cConaill. Giollaeppac Ua Maorl-
michis, oicctis(nn na nGaowweal, vécc. Sloccl mdp la hApogan, .1. mac
Locluinn, 6ca Glhho SHlige pran co Maptan Cuigne, 7 co muaw O nCmal-
5ald, ] tangaccan cigf;nada Connacc ule ma teach 1m Clod Ua Concobarp,
7 1m Cod mac Néill 1 Ruaipe, 7 1m mac Aint 1 Ruaipe. Ua alla sence
1cC{pa vo togail vo Conmaicmb pon muincin Us Choncobain Cloda, 7 po
muacca oct picit vo Daomb innte, 7] puccca peocca Conovacht eipte. Cuim-
neach vo lorecad la Tompdealbach Ua mbmam, 7 la Orapmaice mac
Mant na mbo. Tneagare 7 enuice hi Largmb, 7 po Ue cw po Erpmn. Acole
mon pop mob ipm mbliadainm, 7 cence apba 7 annloinn. C€ocharo
Ua h€ochada, pi Ulad, vécc. Sluaighead la [Oi1apmaid] mac Maoil na
mbo 1 Mumann, 50 ccangacap mate macaine na Muman ina teas 50 pan-
sabple sialla occa. Toms mac 6bhmiam 7 Munchad an pcét spp, a mac,
vo cum Tompdealbaig Ui bhmiain oa pobaine caneip Oiapmaoa, 50 ccapao
Toippdealbach madm pon Mupnchad so po la ap a mumncips. Oo chuaid
Oiapmaro 1apccain 1pm Wiumain g0 tcug sialla Muman o wip) podear 50
Cnoc mbnénainn, 50 ccug na Zell pin wWlaim Tompodealbarg, a dalca. Caoig-
peach, mac Paelam 1 Mihonoda, agfpna Cagis, 00 manbad.

‘ Cathal, son of Donnchadh.—He is the ances-
tor of the family of O’ Donohoe, who afterwards
settled near Lough Leane in Kerry.

& Raithlinn.—See note ‘, under A. D. 903,
p- 569, supra.

" The Finnshuileach : i.e. the White-eyed.

‘ Mac Lochlainn.—He was at this period the
head of the North Ui-Neill, or King of Aileach.

* Gleann-Sutlighe: i.e. the glen or vale of the
River Swilly, near the town of Letterkenny, in
the county of Donegal.—See note », under A. D.
913, p. 585, supra.

‘The River Muaidh of Ui-Amhalghaidh : i. e.
the River Moy of Tirawley, in the county of
Mayo.

™ Came into his house—This always means,
**made his submission to him.”

” The Cave of Alla Gere.—Now the Cave of
Aille, in the east of the parish of Aghagower,
in the barony of Murrisk, and county of Mayo.
This was formerly a part of the territory of
Ceara.—See the map to Genealogies, &c., of Hy-
Fiachrach, and Index, p. 477.

° Cnoc Brenainn: i.e. St. Brendan’s hill, now
Brandon hill, a high mountain in the north of
the barony of Corcaguiny, and county of Kerry.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A. D. 1063. Gormlath ny-Cahel mac Rory,
in her pilgrimage in Armagh, died. Madagan

1063.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 885

Ruaidhri, died on her pilgrimage at Ard-Macha. Cathal, son of Donnchadh‘,
lord of Ui-Eathach-Mumhan, i.e. lord of Raithlinn’, was killed by his own son,
i.e. the Finnshuileach". Cuduiligh Ua Taidhg, lord of Feara-Li, died. Mael-
seachlainn Ua Madudhain, royal heir of Oileach, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill.
Gillaerraith Ua Maelmithigh, a young lord [the most promising] of the Gaeidhil,
died. A great army was led by Ardgar, i.e. Mac Lochlainn’, from Gleann-
Suilighe* westwards to the west of Luighne, and to the [River] Muaidh of Ui-
Amhalghaidh’; and all the lords of Connaught came into his house™ with Aedh
UaConchobhair, with Aedh, son of Niall Ua Ruaire, and the son of Art Ua Ruaire.
The cave of Alla Gerc”, in Ceara, was demolished by the Conmhaicni, against
. the people of Ua Conchobhair (Aedh), and eight score persons and the jewels
of Connaught were carried off from thence. Luimneach was burned by Toir-
dhealbhach Ua Briain, and Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo. ‘The cholic and
Jumps prevailed in Leinster, and also spread throughout Ireland. Great scarcity
of provisions for cattle in this year, and scarcity of corn and obsonia. Eochaidh
Ua hEochadha, King of Uladh, died. A great army was led by [Diarmaid]
the son of Mael-na-mbo, into Munster; and the chiefs of the Plain of Munster
came into his house, and left hostages with him. The son of Brian, and Mur-
chadh of the Short Shield, his son, came to Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, to attack
him after the departure of Diarmaid, [son of Mael-na-mbo]; and Toirdhealbhach
defeated Murchadh, and slaughtered his people. Diarmaid afterwards pro-
ceeded into Munster, and took the hostages of Munster from the Water south-
wards to Cnoc Brenainn’, and delivered these hostages into the hands of Toir-
dhealbhach, [who was] his foster-son. Laeighseach, son of Faelan Ua Mordha.
lord of Laeighis, was slain.

The cave called

O’Celegan, Secnap of Armagh, mortuus est.
Cahel O’Donncha, Archking of Oneach-Moun-
ster; Cuduili O’Teig, king of the men of Lie ;
Mailsechlainn O’Madagan, heire of Ailech, killed
by his enemyes, viz., Kindred-Conell. Great
Cess by Mac Lochlainn, from Glen-Suile wes-
terly to the west part of Luigne, and to the
River Muay Onavalgai, where all the kings of
Connaught came into his house, with Hugh
O’Connor and Hugh mac Nell O’Rourk, and

with Art O’Rourk’s sonne.
Uaiv-Alla, in Ceara, taken by Connaght upon
Hugh O’Conner’s ‘men, where 160 men were
smothered. Nell mac Eochaa, archking of U]-
ster, died in the Ides of November upon Thurs-
day, and in the 18th of” [his reign?]. ‘* Cinaeh
mac Aichir, Airchinnech of Lismore-Mochuda ;
Eocha O’Dallain, Airchinnech of Coinnire, in
pace dormierunt.’ — Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

886 aNNQaca RIOShachtTa eIReaNN.

[1064.

Coip Cpfort, mile peapcca a cftarp. Oorlgen, Ua Sona, arpémoeach
Apoa ppata, Conbmac, apémoeach Apoa bneactin, Eochaw Ua Ooner,
ainemneach Oomnaig moin Marge Ite, an Oall Ua Londin, aipopile 7 apo
peanchand na Muman,4 Hiollahuapalle Ua Maolmichig, ovécc. Oonnchad
mac 6miain, aipopi Muman, vo aitpfoshad, 7 a oul vo Roim rappin, co nep-
baile po bucnd aitge 1 maimipcip Stepan maincip. Mumefpcach Ua Nal,
cig(ina Tealca Occ, vo mapbad la hUib cCpemtainn. Cpogal mac Loc-
lainn, cisfpna Orig, vécc 1 tCealac Occ, a adnacal in Apomacha co
nonéip, 7 co naipmidin 1 ccumba na prognaide. Orapmaro Ua Conca, pfos-
damna Laigtn, 00 mapbad la Cenel Cogan. Mupchad Ua Pallamam,
canaip! Mide,7 a bnactaip, vo manbad 1 meabail. Ouboaleche, mac Maol-
muine, comanba Phatpaice, vécc 1ap naitmige tocchaiwe an céd La do Sep-
cemben, 7 Maoliopa, mac Amalgada vo gabcnl na haboaine.

Cop Chforc, mile peapeca a ctice. Maolbpigoe Ua Mannarce, eppus,
Oubcach Albanach, ano anmcana Eneann 7 Alban, vécc 1 nApo Macha.
Cp vo Oubtach po naidead,

Oubtach oume oligteach dap,
Ronta an porad pugteac paon,
Nim puain an tanméana ao cid,
(p a tip clan cana coem.

Oomnall, améemneach Cucchmard, vécc. Oonnchad Ua Macgarmna, pi
Ulad, vo manbad la hUlcab buddéippin 1 nOaimliag Ofnncaip. Opdoap,

» Ua Doireidh.—Now anglicised Deery and
Derry, without the prefix Ua or O’.

4 Domhnach-mor of Magh-Ithe.—Now Donagh-
more, a parish church near the village of Cas-
tlefinn, in the barony of Raphoe, and county of
Donegal.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 181,

Ardbrecean ; Eocha O’Dorey, Airchinnech of
Donaghmor in Ma-Itha, in Domino dormierunt.
Murtach O’Nell, king of Telcha-Oge, killed by
the O’Cryvthaines. Donogh O’Brien, from his
Crowne deposed, went to Rome in his pilgri-

mage. Duvdalethe, Coarb of Patrick, in Kal.

n. 163, 164.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

“A.D. 1064. Dolgen O’Sona, Airchinnech
of Ardsraha; the blinde O’Lonain, prime poet
of Mounster; Gillaarhaly O’Maelmihy; én peni-
tentia mortut sunt. Cormac, Airchinnech of

Septembris, iz bona penitentia mortuus est. Mae-
lisa mac Awalgaa took his place. Dermot
O’Lorkan, heire of Leinster, killed by Kindred-
Owen in Ulster. Ardgar mac Loghlan, king of
Ailech, died at Telach Oge, and was buried in
Ardmagh, in Mausoleo Regum. Maklewelen,
king of Britaine, killed by Jacob’s sonne. Ech-

1064.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 887

The Age of Christ, 1064. Doilghen Ua Sona, airchinneach of Ard-sratha;
Cormac, airchinneach of Ard-Breacain ; Eochaidh Ua Doireidh’, airchinneach
of Domhnach-mor of Magh-Ithe’; the blind Ua Lonain, chief poet and chief
historian of Munster ; and Gillahuasaille Ua Maelmithigh, died. Donnchadh,
son of Brian, chief king of Munster, was deposed ; and he afterwards went to
Rome, where he died, under the victory of penance, in the monastery of Ste-
phen the martyr. Muircheartach Ua Neill, lord of Tealach-Og, was slain by
Ui-Cremhthainn. Ardghal Mac Lochlainn, lord of Oileach, died at Tealach-Og,
and was buried at Ard-Macha, with honour and veneration, in the tomb of the
kings. Diarmaid Ua Lorcain, royal heir of Leinster, was slain by the Cinel-
Eoghain. Murchadh Ua Fallamhain, Tanist of Meath, and his brother, were
treacherously slain. Dubhdalethe, son of Maelmuire, successor of Patrick, died,
after praiseworthy penance, on the first of September ; and Maelisa, son of
Amhalghaidh, assumed the abbacy.

The Age of Christ, 1065. Maelbrighde Ua Mannaigh, a bishop ; Dubh-
thach™ Albanach, chief anmchara of Ireland and Alba, died at Ard-Macha. Of
Dubhthach was said :

Dubhthach, a strict, austere man,

Who made the roomy, cheap abode,

The friend of souls, thou seest, has obtained heaven,
[In exchange] for his fair, thin-boarded domicile.

Domhnall, airchinneach of Lughmhadh, died. Donnchadh Ua Math-
ghamhna, King of Ulidia, was killed by the Ulidians themselves, in the Daimh-

markagh, king of Genties” [of the Galls or
Danes], “died. Hie est primus annus Cicli
magni paschalis a constitutione Mundi, principium
vero tertit cicli magni paschalis ab Incarnatione
Domini et Kal. 4, concurrentes bisextiles, et est se-
cundus annus Indictionis.””—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clar.,
tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice the death
of Donough O’Brien, at Rome, under the year
1063, as follows:

“A. D. 1063. Donnogh mac Bryan Borowe
was king, as some say, and was soone deposed

again, and went to Rome to do pennance, be-
cause he had a hand in the killing of his own
elder brother, Teig mac Bryan. He brought
the crown of Ireland with him thither, which
remained with the Popes untill Pope Adrian
gave the same to Henry the Second, that con-
quered Ireland. Donnogh mac Bryen died in
pillgrimadge in the abbey of St. Stephen the
protomartyr.”

* Dubhthach.—“ A. D. 1064. B. Dubthachus
Albanius, Archisynedrus, seu precipuus Confes-
sarius Hibernie et Albania spiritum reddidit Deo

888 aNNa~va RIOshachta eiReGNN.

[1066.

nama Comsaill ap leipde po mapbad an ma mbfnncaip, vo mapbaoh la
cis(ina Oal nCpawe. Oomnall Ua Lomgyrs, cisfpna Oal nApavwe, 4
Muipc(ncac Ua Maolpaball, cisfpna Cainnge Snachaiwe, vo manbad la
hUib Mert. Echmbho Ua hdiceiw, cisfpna Ua n€atach, vo mapbad la
Cenél Eosamn. Ceocan, mac Ladgnen, mF(pna Hail(ng, vo manbad la
~ Conéoban Ua Maoleachlaino. Ongain Cluanae mic Noip la Conmaicm,
7 lahUa Maine. Cluain pfpca vo ongain 06:6 1apna bapach. Iciad po na
cots baccap bi pude a. Cod mac Néill Ui Ruainc, 7 O1apmaic, mac Tards
Ui Cheallaig, aZfina Ua Maine. Raimc Ua Concobain Mod dia posi,
7 ppaomnead poppa tpia proptaib O€, Canam, 7 Opénamn, ipa cealla po
oinccpl, 7 po cuipead a nofpccan la hQod, 7 paccbaice a nfépa lap 1mon
luing cuccpac 6 t&4 In Faippcce amap oan lap Connacc co Sionamn. Tepna ood
Ua Ruane api nopsait pin, 7 acbail san puipec 1apam cpé plpcaib Canam.
Oo ¢fp om Oianmait mac Taos Ui Cheallaig,7 a mac Concobaip la pig
Comnacc, la hQod Ua cConcobaip pa ccionn bliadna.
Maoilmadaig Us Eolupa, torpeac Mumeipe Eolaip, 00 manbad la hUa Con-
cobaip 1. la hod. ~Cno mfp mon an bliadainy, co po gab prubal vo slarpib
7 mon pnotaib. Culfn Ua Oomnallam, ollam bneit(mnachca Ua Pailge,
vo mhapbad oUNb Cpmetannain.

Coip Cpiopt, mile peapcca a pé. OunchadUa Oaimene, comonba Oorpe,
Coemonan, comanba Camnoig, Praca Ua Riacam, ainéinveach Cluana bor-
penn, [vécc]. Pogancach, uapal paccanc Achand b6, vécc 1ap pinoacaid
copzaioe. Pogancach Fionn vo Ulcoib, eccnaid 7 angcoim, véce 1 cCluain
mic Nop. Giollabnawe, cisfina bpeipne, 00 manbad la hUib bfccon, 9
Onlond a bin, ngfn Concobain Ui Maolpeachnall, vécc. Grollabparve om

Ouapean, mac

Ardmache. Forte est 8. Dubthachus Confessor,
cujus Natalis celebratur 7 Octobris.”—Trias
Thaum., p. 298.

> Vi-Crimhthannain.—This tribe were seated

land and Scotland, in Ardmagh, quievit. Doncha
O’Mahowne, king of Ulster, killed by his owne
at Benchar. Donell, Airchinnech of Lugmai, ,
and Airchinnech of Drom, died. Hugh O’Hual-
garg tooke upon him the reigne of Kindred-
Owen. Broder, enemy of Comgall, who killed
the king in Benchar, killed by Dalnarai. Teig
O’Kellye’s son, king of O-Many, and O’Flagh-

around the Rock of Dunamase, in the barony
of East Maryborough, in the Queen’s County.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“ A. D. 1065. Duvhach Scotts” [Scotch]
‘* prime soul-frend” [ppim-anmcana] * of Ire-

ertay, king of West Connaght, killed by Hugh
O’Conner. Donell O’Longsy, king of Dalnaray,

1066.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 889
liag [stone church] of Beannchair. Brodar, the enemy of Comhghall (it was
by him the king was killed at Beannchair), was slain by the lord of Dal-Araidhe.
Domhnall Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, and Muircheartach Ua Maelfa-
bhaill, lord of Carraig-Brachaidhe, were slain by the Ui-Meith. Echmhilidh
Ua hAiteidh, lord of Ui-Eathach, was slain by the Cinel-Eoghain. Leochan,
i.e. the son of Laidhgnen, lord of Gaileanga, was slain by Conchobhar Ua Mae-
leachlainn. The plundering of Cluain-mic-Nois by the Conmhaicni and
Ui-Maine. Cluain-fearta was plundered by them on the day following. The
chiefs who were there were Aedh, son of Niall Ua Ruairc, and Diarmaid, son
of Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui-Maine. Ua Conchobhair (Aedh) came
against them, and defeated them, through the miracles of God, Ciaran, and
Brenainn, whose churches they had plundered ; and a bloody slaughter was
made of them by Aedh; and they left their boats with him, together with the
ship which they had carried from the sea eastwards, through the middle of
Connaught, to the Shannon. Aedh Ua Ruairc escaped from this conflict, but
he died without delay afterwards, through the miracles of Ciaran. Diarmaid,
son of Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh, and his son, Conchobhar, were slain by the King
of Connaught, Aedh Ua Conchobhair, before the end of a year. Duarcan, son
of Maelmhiadhaigh Ua hEolusa, chief of Muintir-Eoluis, was slain by Ua Con-
chobhair, i.e. Aedh. There was such abundance of nuts this year, that the
course of brooks and streamlets was impeded. Culen O’Domhnallain, chief
brehon of Ui-Failghe, was slain by the Ui-Crimhthannain*. ;
The Age of Christ, 1066. Dunchadh Ua Daimhene, comharba of Doire ;
Coemhoran, successor of Cainneach [i. e. Abbot of Aghaboe]; Fiacha Ua
Riagain, airchinneach of Cluain-Boireann, [died]. Fogartach, noble priest of
Achadh-bo, died at a good old age. Fogartach Finn, [one] of the Ulidians, a ~
wise man and anchorite, died at Cluain-mic-Nois. Gillabraide, lord of Breifne,
was slain by the Ui-Beccon'’; and Orlaidh, his wife, the daughter of Conchobhar

and Murtagh O’Mailfavail, king of Carrak- who was the seventh in descent from Eochaidh

brackay, killed byO’Meth. Leochan mac Laignen,
king of Galeng, killed by Conor O’Melaghlin.
Echmile O’Hathey, king of Onehach, killed by
Kindred-Owen.”— Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom.
49.

_* Ui-Beccon.—A tribe, descendants of Beccon,

Muighmheadhoin, monarch of Ireland in the
fourth century. This tribe were seated in
Meath, probably at Rathbeccan, in the barony
of Ratoath._See Genealogies, §c., of Hy-Fiach-
rach, p. 13; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 182,
note ),

Hyp.

890 anNnaza RIoshachta elRedaNnn.

(1067.

macpide Oomnarll, me Tis(indin, mic Ualgains, mec Néill. Ceallac, mac
Mumpcefpcas Ui Cheallais, 00 mapbad. Mac Stnam, cigfpna Sarllng, vo
manbad. Grollamonmne, mac Coda, mec Ualsaincc, 00 mapbad. Cionaod,
mac Ovapmaic, tis(pna Conaille, vécc, 1ap naitpighe. Révlu vo antpucch
hi rece Calainn Mai via Marne, 1an Mioncaipee, co nap m6 vealpad no
polur epcca ma a poly), ba podenc do caé amlad pin f co cfnn ceateona
noice 1anam. Mac Conamg Ui Mhumeccam, adban cis(pna Tleba, vo
mapbad la hOloo Ua Concobaip, 7 la TadZ Ua Mumecain. Cloibtnn, mgln
Ui Concobaip, b(n Ui Mhuin(Fan, vécc. Uilham Conquepep vo sZabail
piogacca Saran, an 14 Occoben.

Coir Cpiopc, mile peapcca a peacht. Celechain Musodopnach, eppus
Cluana mic Noip, v0 écc. Oo Uib Ceallaicch bp(sh a cenél. Scolaige,
mac Inopeccars, aipcimveach Mucnama, 7 aipcimneach Ouml(eslanps, vécc.
Echtig(pn, mac Plomn Maimpcpeac, apcmnech Mampcpec bite, vécc.
Monplucaccld Leite Mocca la O1anmaio, mac Maoil na mbé, la pi§ Langln,
la Munchad, 7 la Toippdealbac Ua Spain, la pi5 Muman, hi cConnaccanb,
co ccanao od Ua Concobaip, pi Connacc cart (ccapnaid pop a ccionn, 50
po mapbad ann Ua Concobain, cisfina Ciannaige Cuacpa, 7 daoine 1omda

"“ Son of Niall: i.e. of Niall O’ Ruaire.

‘ A star.—The appearance of this star is also
recorded in the Saxon Chronicle, as follows:

“A. D. 1066. In this year King Harold came
from York to Westminster at that Easter which
was after the mid-winter in which the King
died ; and Easter was then on the day 16th be-
fore the Kalends of May. Then was over all
England such a token seen in the heavens as no
man ever before saw. Some men said that it
was Cometa the star, which some men call the
haired star; and it appeared first on the Eve
Litania Major, the 8th before the Kalends of
May, and so shone all the seven nights.”

"William the Conqueror.—The commencement
of the reign of this monarch is usually dated
from the day of the battle of Hastings, Saturday,
the 14th of October, 1066. His coronation
took place at Westminster on Christmas Day in

that year.-See Chronology of History by Sir
Harris Nicolas, second edition, p. 293.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“ A.D.1066. Hugh O’Roirk, king of O-Briuin,
died presently after rifling St. Patrick’s shrine.
Cellach mac Murtagh O’Kelly; Gilbrath, king
of O-Briuin ; Maksenan, king of Galeng ; Gil-
moninn mac Hugh mac Ualgarg, killed. Great
fruit of Nutts in Ireland” [ut rebellarent flumi-
nibus]. ‘ Duncha O’Daiven, Coarb of Daire ;
and Cinaeh mac Ormick, king of Conells, in
penitentia mortui sunt.?’—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

A few of the same events are given in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 1065 :

“A.D. 1065” [recté, 1066]. ‘There appeared
a commett for the space of three nights, which
did shine as clear as the moone at the full.
Gillebrwitte, prince of the Brenie, was killed,

Fe Remy

roe

1067.]
Ua Maeleachlainn, died. This Gillabraide was the son of Domhnall, son of
Tighearnan, son of Ualgharg, son of Niall’. Ceallach, son of Muircheartach
Ua Ceallaigh, was killed. Mac Seanain, lord of Gaileanga, was killed. Gillamo-
ninne, son of Aedh,son of Ualgharg, was killed. Cinaedh,son of Odharmhac, lord
of Conaille, died after penance. A star’ appeared on the seventh of the Calends
of May, on Tuesday after Little Easter, than whose light the brilliance or light of
the moon was not greater ; and it was visible to all in this manner till the end
of four nights afterwards. The son of Conaing Ua Muireagain, heir to the lord-
ship of Teathbha, was slain by Aedh Ua Conchobhair and Tadhg Ua Muiregain.
Aeibheann, daughter of Ua Conchobhair, the wife of Ua Muireagain, died.
William the Conqueror” took the kingdom of England on the 14th of October.

The Age of Christ, 1067. Celechar Mughdhornach, Bishop of Cluain-mic-
Nois, died ; he was of the tribe of the Ui-Ceallaigh of Breagha. Scolaighe,
son of Innreachtach, airchinneach of Mucnamh, and the airchinneach of Dun-
Leathghlaise, died. Echthighern, son of Flann Mainistreach, airchinneach of
Mainistir-Buithe, died. The great army of Leath-chuinn was led by Diarmaid,

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 891

.son of Mael-na-mbo, King of Leinster; by Murchadh, and Toirdhealbhach

Ua Briain, King of Munster, into Connaught ; and Aedh Ua Conchobhair set
an ambuscade for them, so that Ua Conchobhair*, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra,

and Orlaith, his wife, also.
an anchorite and sadge, died at Clonvicknose.
There was a battle fought in England between

Fogartagh Fyn, century, for whose pedigree, with many collate-
rals, see the Books of Ballymote and Lecan, left

several sons, whose names, with those of their

Harolde and the Normans and Saxons this year,
where there was an overthrowe given to the
Danes, and a fleet of seventeen shipps of them
killed.”

* Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe.—Accord-
ing to the Annals of Tighernach and those of
Boyle, which correspond in recording his death
in this year, his name was Hugh. His son,
Cathal, carried on the line of the subsequent
princes of Kerry, for an account of whom see
note to these Annals at A. D. 1154.

Some notice of his predecessors, kings of
Kerry, may not be uninteresting here:

Flann Feorna (son of Colman, son of Coffey,
&c. &e.), their common progenitor in the eighth

posterity, may be found in the same books.

Of these sons, Maelcobha, the eldest, died,
according to the Bodleian copy of the Annals
of Innisfallen, King of Kerry, A. D. 782, leav-
ing a son, Coffey (Cobcac), who was King of
Kerry, A. D. 836, whose son, Hugh, died King
of Kerry, A. D. 843, leaving Inrechtach (In-
peaccac), who died King of Kerry, A. D. 876,
with whom the line of the posterity of Mael-
cobha in the genealogical compilations before
mentioned ends, having apparently been tran-
scribed from a record contemporaneous with
him ; but the annalists of Innisfallen (Codex
Bodl.) give the obits of his son, Congal, and of
his grandson, Cormac, successively Kings of

Ox

aNNaza RIOSshachta elReGNN.

892 [1067.

mmatlle pnipp. Cat Tuplaigh CAonag, erin Cod an Shae blppnags
Ua Concobaip, nf Connacc,7 Cooh mac Aine Uallaig Us Ruane 50 ppfpaib
bpeipne ime, ou 1 cconcaip Cod Ua Concobaip, pi céiccrd Connace luam
Zaipecid Leite Cuimn,7 v0 cfprac maite Connacc imaille pnp, 1m Coo
Ua Conchhainc, wigfpna Ua nOiapmava,7 co pocadib 1omdaib ancina. Op
vo Fopaicmfe bap Coda Ui Concobarp, vo pa@dto an pannc,

Sfche mbliadna plpccac, ni puaill,

Czsup mile mon in buand,

O sein Criorc, ni paob in pmace,

Co cconcain Cod pi Connace.

Mupcfneach Ua Captag vo badad 1 Loc Calgaich. Ppim opm 7 ppm

ollam Connact epive.

Kerry, at the years 932 and 947 respectively.
With the last mentioned they disappear from
Their
succession appears to have been interrupted
after the death of Inrechtach, by the accession

history, and probably became extinct.

of Colman, son of Kineth (Cionaez), a personage
who is found last on the line of the descendants
of Dunadhach, son of Flann Feorna. His death
as King of Kerry is recorded in these Annals at
the year 903.

The posterity of Melaghlin(Maelpeachlainn),
another son of Flann Feorna, then inherited
the sovereignty of Kerry. This Melaghlin left
a son, Finn, the father of Conor, from whom
the patronymic of O’Conor-Kerry is derived.
He again was the father of Dermot L, who left
four sons, namely, 1. Dermot II.; 2. Murrough;
3. Connor; and 4. Culuachra; of the posterity
of each of whom there were kings of Kerry
during the following century before the succes-
sion finally settled in the descendants of Cu-
luachra the youngest.

The eldest, namely, Dermot IT. was the father
of Gebhennach, the first of the posterity of Me-
laghlin, son of Flann Feorna, that became ruler
of the whole tribe as King of Kerry, and whose

CTaog Ua Muipeccan, cis(fna Teatba, 00 manbad

death is recorded in those Annals at A. D. 970,
but in those of Innisfallen (Bodl.) at the year
954; and from whose brother, Muredhach
(Muipeadac), called Claon, or the Crooked, ap-
pear to have sprung the chiefs of this line, who
are recorded under the name of O’Muireadhaigh.
Muireadhach Claen had two sons, Mahon and
Macbeth, both kings of Kerry: the former had
issue, Flann, King of Kerry, slain A. D. 1015
(Innisf. B.), and a son, whose death is noticed in
these Annals, A. D. 1032. The latter, namely,
Macbeth, fell leading his tribe against the Danes
at the battle of Clontarf, A. D. 1014. He left
three sons: 1. Macraith O’Muireadhaigh, King
of Kerry, who died A. D. 1027 (Innisf. B.);
2. Conor O'M., Kinggof Kerry, slain, according
to the Annals of Tighernach, A. D. 1033; and
lastly, Cinfaelad O’M., slain A. D. 1038.

Muireadhach, son of Dermot I, had a son,
Macraith, who died King of Kerry, A. D. 998
(Innisf. B.), and Conor, son of Dermot I., had
a son, Culuachra, King of Kerry, who was
murdered A. D. 1001.

The succession finally passed to the line of
Culuachra, the youngest son of Dermot I. in.
which it ever after remained. This Culuachra

1067.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

893

and many persons along with him, were killed. The battle of Turlach Adh-
naigh’, between Aedh of the Broken Spear Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught,
and Aedh, the son of Art Uallach Ua Ruairc, and the men of Breifne along with
him ; where fell Aedh Ua Conchobhair, King of the province of Connaught,
the helmsman of the valour of Leath-Chuinn; and the chiefs of Connaught fell
along with him, and, among the rest, Aedh Ua Concheanainn, lord of Ui-Diar-
mada, and many others. It was to commemorate the death of Aedh Ua Con-

chobhair this quatrain was composed :

Seven years, seventy, not a short period,

And a thousand, great the victory,

From the birth of Christ, not false the jurisdiction,
Till the fall of Aedh, King of Connaught.

Muireadhach Ua Carthaigh was drowned in Loch Calgaich’; he wasthe
chief poet and chief ollamh of Connaught. Tadhg Ua Muireagain, lord of

had a son, Rory, who had Tadhg (of whom, per-
haps, Culuachra, named by Tighernach the
Annalist, as having died King of Kerry, A. D.
1020, was an elder brother), who had Hugh, the
prince referred to in the text, and probably
also an elder son, the Conor O’Conor, who is
stated in the Annals of Innisfallen (Codex
Bodl.) to have been slain by the Connacians
near Loch Sampaite A. D. 1050.

For a further account of the O’Conor Kerry
family see note on Diarmaid Ua Conchobhair
Ciarraighe, A. D. 1154, infra.

¥ Turlach Adhnaigh.—This is probably the
same place as Turlach Airt in Aidhne, between
Moyvoela and Kilcornan, near Oranmore, in the
county of Galway, mentioned by O’Flaherty in
Ogygia, p. 327.

* Loch Calgaich; i. e. Lacus Calgachi.
identified. ‘

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year: ~

“A. D. 1067. Scolay mac Inrechtay, Air-
chinnech of Mucknova; the Airchinnech of Dun-

Not

leghlas; Hugh mac Ualgarg. chief of O-Duvin-
recht; Echtigerne mac Flainn, Airchinnech of
Manistir, in Domino mortui sunt. An army by
Tirlagh O’Brien to Lochkime, and” [there was |
“killed in that journey O’Conner, King of
Kerry-Luachra. Kildare with its church burnt.
Hugh O’Conner, surnamed Hugh of the want-
ing” [defective] ‘‘speare, archking of all Con-
naght, the martiall prop of Leghquin, .i. the
North half of Ireland, killed by Conmacne ;
with whom was Hugh O’Conkenainn also killed,
and many more by Hugh mac Art Uallaigh
O’Rourk, in the battle of Turlay-adnay.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Some of the same entries are given in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise, under the year 1066,
as follows :

“A. D. 1066” [recte, 1067]. ‘* Mortagh
O’Carhie, chief Poett of Connought, was
drowned upon Lough Colgay. Celeagher Moy-
ornogh, Bushop of Clonvicknose, died. Der-
mott O’Moylenemo, and Terence or Terlagh
O’Brien, King of Munster, with thcir- forces,

804 aNNaza RIOSshachca elReaNnn. (1068:

la Mumncip Tlaméin 1 Maonmarg. Oonopléibe Ua Sadpa, canary: Lurgne,
vo manbad la SpranUa n€agna. Maolplchlunn, mac Giollabmgor, cig (pna
na nOéip1, vo engabcal vo Thaippdealbac Ua bam go ccanad € Wlaim
1 Onc, 50 po daill pidi é.

Coir Cpiopc, mile peapcea a hocht. Crionaod, mac Muipeadard, com-
anba Caoimgin, Angene Mac an bheccanarg, comanba Mocolméce 7 Com-
saill, Oomnall Ua Catapaig aipcinneach Oatin, 7 Colman Ua Cpiocam,
EMpleisinn Apoa Macha, vécc. Mupchad Ua Oman, «a. an pcét spp, mac
Oonnchada, mic brain bopoime, piogd.amna Muman, vo mapbad la propa
Teatba a noiosgal a ccneiche, 7 a noinccne, 7 a cfnn vo bneit co Cluam,
7 a colam 50 Oeapmaig. Oomnall Ua Maoil(chlaimn, 1. mac Nell mic
Maoleaclamn, mZMna Oils, 0o manbad hi mardm Sitbe la a Ofpbnatain
la hQod mac Nell mec Maoleaclainn, 7 1p von Oomnall Sm vo soipes
Oomnall na mbocc, 7 apbeana Zomba pé ba cpaibodide no bos 1 nEpmn ina
pémmfp. Placbpcach Ua Plpganl, cis(pna Tealca Occ, vo sun vo cenel
mbinoig. ‘Maolora, mac Amalgada, comanba Pacpaice, pop cuaipt
Muman céona pect, co tcucc a lan Cuaint ecip pcnepall, 7 eobanca.

Cop Cpiopt, mile peapcca a nan. Cobtach, paccanc Cille oana, cfno
opoamn 7 ameacap Caigtn, vécc. Mod, mac Oubsaill, peacnab Cluana
Piacna, [vecc]. Plamaccan, mac Ceda, popamémneach Apoa Maéa, vécc
lan noeigb(ead. Odn oa Ueglap, Apo ppata, Cupcca, 7 Sopo Cholurm
Chille, vo lopccad. Ua haeda, cis(pna Ua Piacpac Apoa ppata, vécc.
Mac mic Gadpa Ui Ounadhang, 1. cig fina Shil nCnmchada, vo manbad oua

went to Connought, where they were mett by
Hugh O’Connor, king of that provence, who
gave them a feirce battle, where O’Connor

or pennies. The offerings referred to in this
passage meant valuable property, such as gob-
lets, cattle, rings, &c. &c.—See Petrie’s’ Round
Towers of Ireland, pp. 214, 2165.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

* A. D. 1068. Donell O’Cahasay, Airchinnech

Kerry, with many others, were slain. Soone
after the Breniemen gave the said Hugh a
battle, and slewe him therein. Hugh mac Art

O’Royrck had the victorie.”

« Sithbhe—Now Sivey, in the parish of De-
sert-creat, barony of Dungannon, and county of
Tyrone.—Ord. Map, sheet 38.

> Screaballs.—A screaball was a piece of silver
coin weighing twenty-four grains, and esti-
mated as of the value of three silver pinginns

of Dun; Colman O’Crichan, Lector of Ardmach;
Macbecanay, Coarb of Comgall; Cinaeh, Coarb
of Coemgin, ad Christum migraverunt. Maelisa,
Coarb of Patrick, visiting Mounster the first
time, and brought his full visitation, as well
offerings” [recte, screaballs] ‘as other dueties.’

iP

1068.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 895

Teathbha, was killed by Muintir-Tlamain, in Maenmhagh. Donnsleibhe
Ua Gadhra was killed by Brian Ua hEaghra. Maelseachlainn, son of Gilla-
brighde, lord of the Deisi, was taken prisoner by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain,
and he was delivered into the hands of Ua Bric, who blinded him.

The Age of Christ, 1068. Cinaedh, son of Muireadhach, successor of
Caeimhghin; Anghene Mac-an-Bheaganaigh, successor of Mocholmog and
Comhghall ; Domhnall Ua Cathasaigh, airchinneach of Dun; and Colman
Ua Crichain, lector of Ard-Macha, died. Murchadh, i. e. of the Short Shield,
Ua Briain, son of Donnchadh, son of Brian Borumha, royal heir of Munster,
was slain by the men of Teathbha, in revenge of their having been plundered
and preyed; and his head was taken to Cluain [-mic-Nois], and his body to
Dearmhach. Domhnall, grandson of Maeleachlainn, i.e. the son of Niall, son
of Maeleachlainn, lord of Oileach, was killed in the battle of Sithbhe*, by his
brother, Aedh, son of Niall, son of Maeleachlainn; and this Domhnall was
usually called Domhnall of the Poor, and it is said that he was the most pious
that was in Ireland in his reign. Flaithbheartach Ua Fearghail, lord of Tealach
Og, was mortally wounded by the Cinel-Binnigh. Maelisa, son of Amhalghaidh,
successor of Patrick, made a visitation of Munster, for the first time ; and he
obtained a full visitation tribute, both in screaballs? and offerings.

The Age of Christ, 1069. Cobhthach, priest of Cill-dara, head of the glory
and dignity of Leinster, died. Aedh, son of Dubhghall, Vice-abbot of Cluain-
Fiachna’, [died]. Flannagan, son of Aedh, fos-airchinneach of Ard-Macha, died
after a good life. Dun-da-leathghlas, Ard-sratha, Lusca, and Sord-Choluim-
Chille, were burned. Ua hAedha, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Arda-sratha, died. The
grandson of Gadhra Ua Dunadhaigh*, i. e. lord of Sil-Anmchadha, was slain by

Murrogh O’Brien, heire of Mounster, killed by
the men of Tehva. Flathertach O’Ferall, king
of Telcha-Oge, wounded by Kindred-Biny.
Donell mac Nell, called the Poore’s Donell,
killed by his brother, Hugh O’Melachlin.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain only
two of these entries, which are entered under
the year 1067, as follows :

“ A. D. 1067” [recté, 1068]. “ Murrogh
O’Bryen, prince of all Ireland, was killed by

the people of Teaffa for preying them before,
whose head was buried in Clonvicknose, and
body buried at Dorrowe. Donnell O’Melaghlin,
prince of Aileagh, was killed by his own bro-
ther.”

© Cluain-Fiachna.—Now Clonfeakle, in the
barony of Dungannon, county of Tyrone.—See
note under A. D. 1003, supra.

4 The grandson of Gadhra Ua Dunadhaigh :
i.e. of Gara O’Deny. He was Diarmaid, son of
Madadhan, son of Gadhra Mor, son ofp Du-

896 GANNQt~a RIOshachta elReaNn.

maoudain. Slug la Mupnchad mac Oianmaoa, hi Mise co po loipe
cuata, 7 cealla 1. Gpanapo, 7 Paban Pheicin, 7 Apo mbplcan, 7 po manb
ona, Féicin eippium imo gnuip vo snap, po manbad veance an Gall 4
Laisfn vo cfomannaib examlaib. Mac laipn mic Oubcaic, cis (pna na cCo-
mann, vécc. Paolan .. an Oall Ua Mopoa vecc 1 nAchad b6. Grollumolua
Ua bpuaveada, wIS(pna Rata Tamnarg1; vécc. Giollumaine mac Owb,
plait Cpiméannain, v0 manbad vo Macpait Ua Moépoda, 1 noopar veptaige
Cig1 Mocua, 1ap comluig1 voibh pon caimmin an cap,7 an caimmin 1 prap-
paid mic Owbd, 50 bpull pail mic Owbd beop, 7 50 mbia tne bit~ion popp an
Cammin. Macpat Ua Mopoda ranccain vo manbavd ag Muilfnn na ceporan
1 bail achad b6,7 ona, an Caimmm ina pappad, 1 neneach Pionncam, Mocua,
7 Colman.

Cloip Cpiopt, mile peachcmooa. Oilill Ua hCinpecuich, ano comapba
Cianam Cluana mic Noip, v€5 ina oiletpe 1 cCluain lopaipo.
Rande cenel Clilella.: Oonvgal mac Gonmam, capo plplersinn Leite Chun,
7 canaipp: abbaid Cluana mec Noip, 7 Catapach, mac Cainppe, abb Mun-

(1070.

Oo conca

sainove, cnn clénec pean Muman, vécc.
7 Maolbmsve, mac Cataparg, poppaincinneach Apoa Maca, vécc.
Mupchav, mac Oianmava, mic Maoil na

baeitine, abb lae, vo manbao.

Fepgal Ua Cadgnén, abb Otna,
Mac

mbo, cigfnna Gall 7 Lags(n pps laim a ata, vég 1 nAe cliat, via vomnarg

la perle Muipe ge1mpid do ponnpad.
pomnpl,

nadhach, the ancestor of the O’Maddens of the
barony of Longford, in the county of Galway.—
See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p. 143.

¢ Faelan, §c., Va Mordha.—He was the son of
Aimirgin, who was slain A. D. 1026, son of
Cinaedh, son of Ceinneidigh, son of Mordha, the
progenitor of the O’Mores of Leix.

Dubh.—He was the ancestor of the family of
O’Duibh, now Deevy, or Devoy, seated in Ui-
Crimthannain, now the barony of East Mary-
borough, in the Queen’s County.

8 Caimmin: i.e. Curvulum. This was the
name of some relic, but it is now unknown.
The Editor is of opinion that it was the crozier
of St. Mochua of Teach-Mochua, or Timahoe, or

Ap via éccaome po pad an pile na

of Fintan of Clonenagh, in the Queen’s County.

» Muilleann-na-Crossan : i.e. the Mill of the
Crossans. This mill was called from the family
of Mac Crossan, one of whom became very dis-
tinguished in the reign of Charles II., and took
the name of Crosby, as appears from a letter in
the handwriting of the great Duke of Ormond,
preserved in the State Papers’ Office, London.
The family of Crosby of Ardfert, in Kerry, are
his present representatives.

The Annals of Ulster contain the following
entries under this year:

“A. D. 1069.-Covhach, priest of Kildare, in
Christo quievit. Dundalethglas, Ardsraha, Lusk,
and Swords of Columbkill, ab igne dissipata

1070.) . ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 807

Ua Madadhain. An army was led by Murchadh, son of Diarmaid, [son of
Mael-na-mbo], into Meath, where he burned territories and churches, namely,
Granard, Fobhar-Feichin, and Ardbreacain; but Feichin slew him, face to face,
and a great destruction was made among the foreigners and Leinstermen by
various distempers. Maciairn, son of Dubhthach, lord of the Comanns, died.
Faelan, i. e. the Blind, Ua Mordha’, died at Achadh-bo. Gillamolua Ua Bru-
aideadha, lord of Rath-Tamhnaighe, died. Gillamaire, son of Dubh’, chief of
Crimhthannan, was slain by Macraith Ua Mordha, in the doorway of the oratory
of Teach-Mochua, they having previously mutually sworn upon the Caimminé,
which was in the possession of the son of Dubh, that the blood of the son of
Dubh is now and ever will remain upon the Caimmin. Macraith Ua Mordha
was afterwards killed at Muilleann-na-Crossan’, in the vicinity of Achadh-bo,
having the Caimmin with him, in revenge of Finntan, Mochua, and Colman.

The Age of Christ, 1070. Ailill Ua hAirretaich, chief successor of Ciaran
of Cluain-mic-Nois, died on his pilgrimage at Cluain-Iraird. Ailill was of the
tribe of Corca-Raidhe’. Donnghal, son of Gorman, chief lector of Leath-Chuinn,
and Tanist-abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois; and Cathasach, son of Cairbre, Abbot
of Mungairit, head of the clergy of Munster, died. Fearghal Ua Laidhgnen,
Abbot of Othain ; and Maelbrighde, son of Cathasaigh, fosairchinneach of
Ard-Macha, died. Mac Baeithine, Abbot of Ia, was killed. Murchadh, son of
Diarmaid*, son of Mael-na-mbo, lord of the foreigners and of Leinster, under his
father, died at Ath-cliath, precisely on Sunday, the festival of Mary, in winter.
It was in lamentation of him the poet composed these quatrains :

sunt. O’Hea, King of O’Fiachra Ardsraha; Hugh
mac Duvgall, Secnap of Clonfiachna; Flannagan
mac Hugh, Suvair” [poraincinnech, i.e. atten-
dant, or resident airchinneach ] “‘ of Ardmagh, in
penitentia mortui sunt.”’—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain but one
of these entries, which is given under the year
1069, thus:

““Cowhagh, priest of Killdare, flower of all
Lynster, died.” ;

‘ Corca-Raidhe: i.e. the race or progeny of
Fiacha Raidhe, son of Fiacha Suighdhe, son of
Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar.—See Ogygia, p. 333.

This tribe was seated in and gave name to the
present barony of Corkaree, in the county of
Westmeath. — See notes under A. D. 807 and
1185. :

k Murchadh, son of Diarmaid.—He is the
progenitor after whom the Mac Murroughs, or
Kavanaghs, of Leinster, took their hereditary
surname. The death of this Murchadh is entered
in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, under the year
1069, thus:

“Murrogh, son of King Dermott, king of
the Danes of Ireland and Lynster, under his
father, died.”

OLY.

898 anNaza RIOshachta Eireann. [1070.

Cuma cipoms 1 ne chat
Ni ba paipbmcch co bnaé mbaot ;
FPolam an ofan cen ua nOuach,
Cuat pio gonad Lut a laoch.
Toipppeach cec onfm yp in von,
Ima cfno nan caommpeach pluagh,
Clno ceil cach conp an nig,
Ra pil cec ole co bnat mbuan.

: Munchad mac Orapmava véin,
lomda dviangata na o1a1d,
Aca 1 mbpon vo bay an maorl
Cec plog no pcaoil snap von sliano.
Cobal an béo nach buan é,
€cc po pa tnuacch ana ti :
Nach pio moch po tog oneac de,
Neach man € do Con a epi.
Mat 1m cnod hUi Maoil na mbo,
Ro bponn peop, 7 po pecail ba,
Cn cfno pe na dul co Ona.

Cia ip pa peann do cpud ct. :

Hlamiann, mac Oianmava, mic Maoil na mbd, vo mapbad ofpeanaib
Mide, 7 1p ann po hadnaiclo nm nOamliace Cianamn. Concoban, mac an
clés 1 Choncobaip, 1. mosdamna Connacc, 00 mapbad vo Conmaicmb cpé
péll. Munchad Ciatanach, mac eda Uf Concobain 00 manbad1 meabail
la muincip pollamam. Maiom pia nOonnchad Ua Ruane, 7 wa nUib Opium
pop plopa Tleba, 04 1 ctconcain Conn mac mic Cun, as(pna Tleba co
nopuing oile. Cod na Oeanba Ua Cianpda, cigfpna Caipppe, v0 mapbad
imeabail. Muinc(pcach Ua Concobaip, cigfpna Ua Farlge vo dallad la a
o(pbpatain, Concobap. On clocan 6 cpoir eppcop Etcen co hIpoom Chia-

' Descendant of Duach.—The only Duach in Clann-Uadach, in the present barony of Ath-
the royal line of Leinster is Duach Ladhrach, Jone, and county of Roscommon.—See note °,
who was monarch of Ireland A. M.4462.— See under A. D. 1225.

p- 69, supra. . » The causeway.—See note ’, under the year

™ Muintir-Follamhain: i.e. the O’Fallons of 1026. The Annals of Ulster record the fol-

LEAP EARINS

PA ee pete raemem, metht

Sod a bond

NO Atri ggg etal rte a we Re gee Rise Ma ye Bal Eb ee

pri seers

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1070.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 899

There is grief for a chief king at Ath-cliath,

Which will not be exceeded till the terrible Judgment Day ;
Empty is the fortress without the descendant of Duach’,
Quickly was the vigour of its heroes cat down.

Sorrowful every party in the fortress

For their chief, against whom no army prevailed ;

Since the body of the king was hidden from all,

Every evil has showered ever constant.

For Murchadh, son of Diarmaid the impetuous,

Many a fervent prayer is offered ;

In sorrow for the death of the chief is every host

That was wont to defeat in the battle,

Great the sorrow that he was not everlasting ;

Pity that death hath attacked him.

Too early it was that he removed from him his complexion,
That he removed one like him from his body.

Liberal of wealth was the grandson of Mael-na-mbo ;

He bestowed horses, and he distributed cows,

For the sake of his going to God.

Who is it to whom ’tis best to give fleeting wealth ?

Gluniarn, son of Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo, was killed by the men of
Meath ; and he was buried at Daimhliag-Chianain. Conchobhar, son of Clei-
reach Ua Conchobhair, was treacherously killed by the Conmhaicni. Murchadh
Liathanach, son of Aedh Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Connaught, was treache-
rously killed by Muintir-Follamhain™. A battle was gained by Donnchadh Ua
Ruairc and the Ui-Briuin over the men of Teathbha, in which Conn, grandson of
Conn, with others, was slain. Aedh-na-Dearbha Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre,
was treacherously slain. Muircheartach Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe,
was blinded by his brother, Conchobhar. The causeway” from the Cross of

lowing events under this year : king of Dalnaray, killed by his own. Feral

“A. D.1070. Cahasach mac Carbre, Airchin- O’Laignen, Airchinnech of Othna, mortuus est.
nech of Mungart, died. Murchadh mac Der- Gilpatrick O’Mailcohay, died of an untimely
mot, king of Leinster and Gentiles” [recté, Galls] death. The Abbot of Aey” [Iona], ‘.i. Mac
“died, and was buried in Dublin. O’Echain, Boyten, killed by Innavar O’Maeldoraye’s sonne.

Soar’

900 anNaza RIoshachta eiReann. (1071.

pain-ovo denam hi cCluam mic Nop la Maolcranam mac Cuinn na mbocr, 4
an clocan o Cnor Comsaill co hULad na cTpi cCpop, 7 uaid pian go bel na
ppaioe.

Coip Cpiort, mile peccmoda a haon. Grollacmorc Ua Clochocan, pfp-
lexgzinn Apoa Macha, apo pao na nGaowwel, vécc ran p(nnainn. Oonngal
Ua Coibdfnarg, uapalpacane Cluana h€ineach, vécc. Rud Ua Canan-
noin, ti5(na Ceneoil Conall, vo mapbad la hOongup Ua Maoloonaioh.
Clesnevan Ua MuinfSan, cis(pna Tleba, vo manbad la Conmarcmb. Mac
Rigbapoan mac Concomne, cis(fna Ele, 00 manbad a ccat 50 pochadibh
ole 1 maille prip la Oonnchad Ua Ceallans, mZfna Ua Maine. Ri Ulad
1. Ca ulad Ua Plantni, vo mtpogad 7 a 1onnanbad 1llaigmb la hUa Maol-
puanaid, 7 la hUlcoib, 7 po manbad an cUa Maolpuanmd pm po cédoéip hn
ceat la Oonnplerbe Ua h€ochada. Mac Giollabmsoe Uf Maoilmuaidh,
w15Cpna Pp cCeall, vécc. Oonnchad Sor, piogdamna Tlmpach, vo manbad
la Concoban Ua Maoilfchlamn. hua Siblén a. Giollapaccpaice, cisfpna
Ua Poise, 00 manbad In ccat la Concoban Ua Concobaip, ctoncain ann
beop Matsamain Ua Uatmanam, 7 Concan mac Plaitmad Ui Owb, cis fpna
Ua Cnemtannain 50 pochargib ele. Ceall oana, 6lMo oa locha, 7 Cluain
Dolcain, do lopccad. Pimnacta mac Eicenecain hUi Cumo,7 Oonn mac
Pogancag hUi Chuinn, vo manbad vo Connaécaib a pill. Cat eccip Oom-
nall, mac Munchad, 7 Oonnchad, mac Oomnaill Reamaip, 50 po manbad
ann Tadg Ua Rian.

Cory Cpiorc, mile peachcmoda a 06. Maolmuipe Ua Muipeccan, ain-
cinveach Turonda, 7 Ouboil, comanba Opiccve, vécc. Oranmaic, mac
Maoil na mbo, pi Lagtn, Gall Ata chat, 7 Leite Moga Nuadac copnam-

Cathvarr O’Maelcohay killed by Mac Innerge
by murther. Murtagh O’Loingsay killed by
his” [own people]. ‘+ Ailill O’Hairedy, Coarb
Mac Gorman, Lector of
Kells, and chief learned of Ireland” [quievit}.

of Kiaran, gudevit.

‘**'Termon-Daveog rifled by Rory O’Canannan ;
et vendicavit Deus et Daveog ante plenum annum.
Glun-Iarainn, .i. Iron knee, mac Diermot, killed
by them of Luigne, beside a pray they had from
Leinster. The King of Tethva and the King of
Carbry killed. Maelbride.mac Cahasay mac

Innavar Suvoir” [foraipcmnec] “of Ardmagh,
killed.”,— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

° Ua Clothocan.—* A. D. 1069. O’Clohoghan,
Lector of Ardmach, and one famous throughout
the kingdom, died.”—Ann. Clon.

® The son of Righbhardan.—This Righbhardan,
the son of Cucoirne, had a son, Domhnall, the
ancestor of O’Carroll of Ely O’Carroll.—See ‘his
death recorded under the year 1052.

4 Ua Duibh.—This name is now usually an-
glicised Deevy, or Devoy, without the prefix

‘ naigh, noble priest of Cluain-eidhneach, died.

*

1071.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 901

Bishop Etchen to Irdom-Chiarain was made at Cluain-mic-Nois, by Maelchiarain
Mac Cuinn-na-mBocht; and the causeway from Cros-Chomhghaill to Uluidh-na-
dTri-gCross, and thence westwards to the entrance of the street.

The Age of Christ, 1071. Gillachrist Ua Clothocan®, lector of Ard-Macha,
and chief doctor of the Gaedhil, died after penance. Donghal Ua Coibhdhea-
Ruaidhri Ua Canannain, lord of
Cinel-Conaill, was slain by Aenghus Ua Maeldoraidh. Aeghredan Ua Muirea-
gain, lord of Teathbha, was killed by the Conmhaicni. The son of Righbhar-
dan’, son of Cucoirne, lord of Eile, was slain in a battle, with others along with
him, by Donnchadh, lord of Ui-Maine. The King of Ulidia, i. e. Cu-Uladh
Ua Flaithri, was deposed, and expelled into Leinster, by Ua Maelruanaidh and
the Ulidians ; and this Ua Maelruanaidh was slain in battle immediately after,
by Donnsleibhe Ua hEochadha. The son of Gillabrighde Ua Maelmhuaidh,
lord of Feara Ceall, died. Donnchadh Got, royal heir of Teamhair, was killed
by Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn. Hua Sibhlen, i. e. Gillaphadraig, lord of
Ui-Failghe, was slain in battle by Conchobhar Ua Conchobhair, where Math-
ghamhain, Ua-hUathmharan ; Lorcan, son of Flaithniadh Ua Duibh‘, lord of
Ceall-dara, Gleann-da-
locha, and Cluain-Dolcain, were burned. Finnachta, son of Eigneachan
Ua Cuinn, and Donn, son of Fogartach Ua Cuinn, were treacherously killed by
the Connaughtmen. A battle between Domhnall, son of Murchadh, and Donn-
chadh, son of Domhnall Reamhar, wherein Tadhg Ua Riain was slain.

The Age of Christ, 1072. Maelmuire Ua Muireagain, airchinneach of
Tuidhnidha’, and Dubhdil, successor of Brighid, died.
na-mbo’, King of Leinster, of the foreigners of Ath-cliath, and of Leath-Mogha-

Creamhthannain, with many others, were also slain.

Diarmaid, son of Mael-

Ua or 0’. The Ui-Crimhthannain were seated * Tucdhnidha.—Otherwise written Tuighnea-

in the barony of East Maryborough, in the
Queen’s County. The Annals of Ulster record
the following events under this year :

“A.D. 1071. O’Flathry, king of Ulster, de-
posed by Ulster and by O’Mailruanay, but that
O’Mailruanay was soone killed in battle by
Donsleve O’Heachaa. Gilchrist O’Clothacan,
Lector of Ardmagh, in Christo quievit. Kildare,
Glendalogh, et Clondolean, cremata sunt.” —
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. .

tha. This place is mentioned in O’Clery’s [rish
Calendar, at 28th of August, as the church of
St. Uindic. It is the place now called Tynan,
situated in the county of Armagh, near the con-
fines of the counties of Tyrone and Monaghan.

* Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo.—Caradoc calls
him * Dermitium Macken-Anel, dignissimum et
optimum principem qui unquam in Hibernia
regnavit.” But he is wrong in referring his
death to “circa an. 1068.”

902 aNNaZa RIOshachta eiReann. (1072. |

tag Largs(n phi Leré Cum, vo mapbad,7 v0 wéfnecad hi cCaé Odba Dia
Maine an un lo Pebpu, 1ap madm mn cata paip la Concoban Ua Maoileac- —
lainn, 1. :1 Mhde, 7 po manbad ona, ilcéva vo Shallaib 7 Largmb male ©
pm Orapmaice ip m cat pin. Ro manbad ona, ann Giollapaccpaice Ua Pfp-
saile, cié(pna na Popcuact, Jc. Ap v0 bap Oianmaoa vo paolo,

\ C06 pfcec noeich an mile,
O sein Crforc cé co pime,
Oup an mblhadamnyp: céo pip,
1 cconcaip Oiapmaro Langtn.
Olapmaid vonoglan 50 nopeic noait,
Ri no congbad clet coccand,

,

Oan fpuce hi paot pam Zann pit,
Oich laoch Cadpann co Llomspib. -
Ro cepccait oice colle ann,

Im cfho Claine, 7 Cuatanc,

Oon beip by pran sain nach pai,
Of nig Riadam co po bas.

Co ctopncain oc Mulionn Chul
Rup poptamn ap pan main

Ounp bit mn bneo baos cpa bac,
Ni pnft laoc led no lamhaovh.
Clobal an cect mo cec mane,

Cp cpece cno mm cpfdve comnanc,
Oon zpluag a Cafnopum nip cle,
Oit an paen damn cap oligple.
Ro mich a mfnmam co mop,
Oiapmand vedsaip fo dian bpdn,
Ni pul o1a bap pric na plod,

Ni bia pfoh nf tia perro.

‘ Ladhrann : i. e. Ard-Ladhrann.—See note“, was the name of a hill near Duntryleague, in |
under A. M. 2242. The heroes of Ladhrann were the county of Limerick, and also of a royal fort ee
the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. in the same neighbourhood; and Cualann was

“ Head of Claire and Cualann.—By this is the name of a celebrated territory in the pre-
meant King of Munster and Leinster. Claire sent county of Wicklow.

Pee eee es

1072.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 903

Nuadhat, was slain and beheaded in the battle of Odhbha, on Tuesday, the
seventh of the Ides of\February, the battle having been gained over him by
Conchobhar O’Maeleachlainn, King of Meath. There were also slain many
hundreds of the foreigners and Leinstermen, along with Diarmaid, in that battle.
In it was killed Gillaphadraig O’Fearghaile, lord of the Fortuatha, &c. Of the
death of Diarmaid was said :

Two, seven times ten above one thousand,
From the birth of Christ is reckoned,
To this year, in which Diarmaid,
First man in Leinster, fell.
Diarmaid, of the ruddy-coloured aspect,
A king who maintained the standard of war,
Whose death brought scarcity of peace,
The loss of the heroes of Ladhrann‘, with their ee
Comely youths were cut down there:
Together with the head of Claire and Cualann".
It caused in the breeze a noise not pleasant,
The loss of the King of Riada* of great valour.
Until at Muillenn-Chul” was slain
A brave chieftain of a strong fortress,
Until the furious fire-brand fell by treachery,
They found no hero who dared with him contend.
Great the loss, greater than all deaths,
It is a red wound through my firm heart ;
For the host from Caindruim* it was not just
To destroy our noble chief they had no right,
~ It has quenched their spirit greatly,
Diarmaid of the laughing teeth under violent sorrow ;
There is not on account of his death banquet or feast ;
There will not be peace, there will not be armistice.

* The King of Riada: i. e. the chief of Magh- Meath, where this battle was fought.
Riada, i. e. of Laeighis or Leix. * Caindruim.—This was one of the ancient
” Muillenn-Chul : i.e. the mill of Cul—There names of Tara in Meath, and the host from Cain-
is no place now bearing this name near Navan in druim here means “ the men of Meath.”

904 aNNaza RIOshachta eiREGNN. (1073.

Cuulad hUa Platpa, pi Ulad,7 Mac Apia, 1. Sabadan, cigfpna
Ua n6Oobla, v0 lopccad vo plpaib Mivde 1 ccig cenfo,7 pochade mop vo
daomb ole impu. Tpén comnmld la Mupchad mac Concobain 1 nlprolt
Chianain,7 popp na Célib OE, 50 po mapbad peécame na mboche ann, comd
ve tuccav Mags Nana vo na boccab. hUa Pocanca, wigfpna éle do map-
bad la hUa mobmiain.

Coip Cpiopc, mile pfchcmoda acpi. Maolmépda, abb Imleacha lubain,
Copbmac Ua Maoloum, apo piplerginn 7 pnw pfndip Eneann,7 Giollacaipys
Oppaigec, comanba Poa oiin, vo écc. Conéoban Ua Maolp(chlamn, pi
Mode, 00 manbad van papuccad bacla lopa tpé peill 7 meabail, la mac a
ofpbpacan, Mupchad, mac Plamn, 7 Mive opapiccad 1apam ecip Maolpec-
lainn, mac Concobain,7 an Mupchad pin mac Plain. Cluam lonaino 4
Cfhanoup co na clmplaib vo lopccad ule in aon mi. Ceano Choncobain
Ui Maorleaclainn vo bneit la Tomppdealbac Ua mbmain a Cluain mic Noip
an éiccn adce Clome pia cCaipee moip, 7 dia DoMNaIs Po CéddIN TUCcad

anofp vomdiy1 co nob pals om amaille pup cma plpcarb O€ 7 Cianain.

¥ Ui-Gabhla.—See note ', under A. D. 497,
p- 160, supra.

* Tseal- Chiarain.—See note under A. D. 1032.

* Magh-Nura.—This is probably Moyvore, in
the barony of Rathconrath, and county of
Westmeath.

> Ua Fogarta, lord of Eile: i.e. O’Fogarty,
lord of Eliogarty, now a barony in the county
of Tipperary.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

«A. D. 1072. Maelmuire O’Muiregan, Air-
chinneach of Tuinea, died. Gilchrist O’Longan,
serjeant in Mounster, died. Duvdill, Coarb of
Brigit, ¢n Christo quievit. Dermot mac Mael-
nambo, king of Leinster and Genties” [recté,
Galls], ‘‘fell in battle by Conner O’Melaghlin,
king of Tarach, with the slaughter of Genties”
[recté, Galls] ‘‘ and Leinster about him. Cunlay
O’Flathray, and Mac Assia, king of Gaula, killed
by Deskert-Bregh. O’Fogartaich, king of Ely,
killed by O’Brien. Rory O’Canannan, king of

Kindred-Connell, killed by Aengus O’Maeldoray.
The French went into Scotland, and tooke the
king of Scotland’s sonne with them as a hos-
tage.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain two of
those events under the year 1069, as follows:

“A. D. 1069” [recté, 1072]. “Dermott mac
Moylenemo, king of Ireland, Wales, Danes of
Dublin, and protector of the honour of Leath-
Koyn, was killed and mangled by Connor

- O’Melaghlyn, King of Meath, with many others

of his nobles, both Irishmen and Danes, in the
battle of Ova. Dowgill, abbesse of Killdare, died.
Murrogh mac Connor O’Melaghlyn, prince of
Meath, did so oversette the family of Moyle-
kyeran mac Conn ne Moght in Isill-Kyeran, and
the poor of that house, that the steward of that
family was slain by them, for which cause Moy-
voura was granted to the poor.”

¢ Bachall-Isa: i. e. the Staff of Jesus, which
was the name of St. Patrick’s crozier.

The Annals of Ulster record the following

1073.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 905

Cuuladh Ua Flathrai, King of Ulidia, and Mac Asidha, i. e. Gabhadhan,
lord of Ui-Gabhla’, were burned by the men of Meath, in an ignited house, and
a great number of other persons along with them. A forcible refection was
taken by Murchadh, son of Conchobhar [O’Maeleachlainn], at Iseal-Chiarain’,
and from Ceili-De, so that the superintendent of the poor was killed there, for
which Magh-Nura’ was given to the poor. Ua Fogarta, lord of Eile®, was killed
by Ua Briain.

The Age of Christ, 1073. Maelmordha, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Cor-
maic Ua Maelduin, chief lector and most learned senior of Ireland; and Gilla-
caissi Osraigheach, successor of Fidh-duin, died. Conchobhar Ua Maelseach-
lainn, King of Meath, was killed, in violation of the Bachall-Isa*, through
treachery and guile, by the son of his brother, Murchadh, son of Flann ; and
Meath was afterwards desolated between Maelseachlainn, son of Conchobhar,
and this Murchadh, son of Flann. Cluain-Iraird and Ceanannus, with their
churches, were all burned in one month. The head of Conchobhar Ua Mae-
leachlainn was forcibly carried off by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, on the night
of Good Friday; but it was brought back from the South again, with two rings
of gold along with it, through the miracles of God and Ciaran. A great disease

events under this year:

“ A.D. 1173. Bevin Ny-Brien in her pilgri-
mage died in Ardmagh. Conner O’Melachlinn,
king of Tarach, killed by Flann O’Melachlinn’s
sonne, contrary to Jesus Cross staff sworne be-
fore, and the staff present. Donell mac Ualgarg,
chief of Duvinrechty; Cucaille O’Finn, king of
Fer-Rois, i.e. men of Ross ; Cormack O’Clotha-
gan, serjeant of Mounster, in penitentia mortut
sunt. An army by Tirlagh into Lethquin, that
he tooke great preyes from Galengs, and killed
Moylmorra O’Cahasay, king of Bregh. Sitrick
mac Aulaive and two O’Bryans, killed in the
Tle of Man.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Some of the same events are noticed in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise, at the year 1070, as
follows :

“A, D. 1070” [recté, 1073]. “ Terlagh, alias
Terence O’Bryen, son of prince Teig mac Bryen,

succeeded as king next after King Dermott,
and reigned full twenty-five years. Connor
O’Melaghlyn, king of Meath and Leath-Koyn,
was treacherously and filthily slain by his own
nephew, Murrogh mac Fynn. Meath was wasted
Clonard and
Kells were burnt with their churches in one
month. King Terence O’Bryan did violently
take from out of the church of Clonvicknose
the head of Connor O’Melaghlyn, king of Meath,
that was buried therein, and conveighed it to
Thomond. A mouse came out of the head, and
went under the king’s mantle, and immediately
the king for fear fell sick of a sore disease by
the miracles of St. Keyran, that his hair fell off,
and he was like to die, untill he restored the
said head again with certain gold, which was
taken on Good Fryday, and sent back the day
of the resurrection next ensuing.”

and destroyed between them.

OZ

906 aNNata RIOSshachta eiReCaNnN. (1074.

salan mép vo sabdal an pig Toimpdeatbarg cmap pocuip a pole 7 a plonnpad
cma plontaib O€ 7 Ciandin, ucop an can puccad an cfnn na Piadnuipe vo
psemo luc a cind Concobain po com Torppdealbaig sun bohe pocann a
salaip. O€ébind, iIngfn Shiai, oéce ma holépe 1 nApo Maca.
mac Ualgains, corpeaé Ua nOwbmopecc, 7 Cacalle Ua Pin, aig(pna Pp
Roipp, vécc. Sloiccld la Tompdealbac WUE Chuinn, co nofpna cpeach
diaipmide pon Hharl{nganb, 7 po manbad Maolmopda Ua Catapas, cig fpna
ons.

Coir Cpfort, mile pfchcmoda a cftaip. Ounan, aipveappus Ata cliac,
Oiapmaro, mac Maolbnenaimn, comanba Opénainn, Maolmopoa, comanba
Qilbe, Cobtach, abb Oipinpe Oiapmava, Cacaippge Ua Ceallang, cornanba
Mapa, [vécc]. Apomaca vo lopccad via Manne 1ap mOClcame co na wlibh
clmploip, 7 cloceab eiccip part 7 cman. Cumupcach Ua h€pfoan, cfnn
Ragnall Ua Ma-
Oonnchad Ua Ceallans, cisfpna Ua Maine,
vo manbad la a bnacain, la Tadg, mac mic Concobain Ui Cheallarg 1 nimp
Loca Caoldain. Qooh Menanach, pi Ulad, ve bachad 1LLumneac no 1 Coch
€achac.

Cop Cpiorc, mile peachtmoda a ciicc. Cumarcecach Ua Enodan, abb
(Qpoa Macha, véce. Oonnchad Ua Canannam, tis fpna Ceneoil Conall, vo
manbao. Amalgaiw, mac Catarl, a1gfpna lantaip Connacc, vécc. Cugmad
Cluain lonaipo vo lopccad co na vents.
Oomnall, mac Munchada, pi Cag 7 Ata cliat, véce vo Zalan tpi noice.
Cionaot Ua Conbftad, toipeac Cenel mbinmg, vécc. Oomnall Ua Cain-
vealbam vo mapbad vo Cingiallaib. Oa mac Qugaim 1 Conca 1. Oonn-
chad 7 Hiollacaomsin vo manbad la mac mic Hiollucomsaill 1 Thuacail

bocc Eneann, véce 1ap noeispCnnainn 7 1ap naitpige.
oudain, canaipr Cilicch, vécc.

vo lopccad co na teampull.

‘ Dunan.—He is usually called Donatus.—See
Harris’s Edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 306.
© Successor of Mura: i.e. Abbot of Fahan, in

p. 298.
& Loch Caelain: i.e. Caelan’s lake. Not iden-
tified. The Annals of Ulster record the fol-

Oomnall, -

Inishowen, in the county of Donegal.

‘ Rath and Trian: i.e. the fort and the three
divisions of the town. “A. D. 1074. Ardmacha
tota cum omnibus ecclesiis et campanis cum arce et
reliqua urbis parte incendio devastata die Martis
post festum SS. Philippi et Jacobi.” —Trias Thaum.,

lowing events under this year:

“ A. D. 1074. Dermot mac Maelbrenan, Coarb
of Brenainn; Flaithen O’Carog, Airchinnech of
Roscree; Dunan, Archbushop of Galls; and
Cormack O’Maelduin, chief in science and divi-
nity, vitam feliciter fimerunt. Armagh burnt on

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1074.] ANNALS OF THD KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 907

seized the king, Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, which caused his hair and beard to
fall off, through the miracles of God and Ciaran, for when the head of Concho-
bhar was brought in his presence, a mouse issued from it, and went under
Toirdhealbhach’s garment, which was the cause of his disease. Bebhinn,
daughter of Brian, died on her pilgrimage at Ard-Macha. Domhnall, son of
Ualgharg, chief of Ui-Duibhinnreacht ; and Cuchaille Ua Finn, lord of Feara-
Rois, died. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach into Leath-Chuinn ; and he
took countless preys from the Gaileanga, and slew Maelmordha Ua Cathasaigh,
lord of Breagha.

The Age of Christ, 1074. -Dunan*, Archbishop of Ath-cliath ; Diarmaid,
son of Maelbrenainn, successor of Brenainn ; Maelmordha, successor of Ailbhe ;
Cobhthach, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada ; Cucairrge Ua Ceallaigh, successor of
Mura®, [died]. Ard-Macha was burned on the Tuesday after May-day, with
all its churches and bells, both Rath and Trian’. Cumascach Ua hEradhain,
head of the poor of Ireland, died after good penance and repentance. Raghnall
Ua Madadhain, Tanist of Aileach, died. Donnchadh Ua Ceallaigh, lord of
Ui-Maine, was killed by his brother, Tadhg, grandson of Conchobhar Ua Ceal-
laigh, on the island of Loch-Caelain*. Aedh Meranach, King of Ulidia, was
drowned at Luimneach, or in Loch-Eathach.

The Age of Christ, 1075. Cumasgach Ua Erodhan, Abbot of Ard-Macha,
died. Donnchadh Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was killed. Amhal-
ghaidh, son of Cathal, lord of West Connaught, died. Lughmhadh, with its
church, was burned. Cluain-Iraird, with its oratory, was burned. Domhnall,
son of Murchadh, King of Ath-cliath, died of three nights’ disease. Cinaeth
Ua Conbeathadh, chief of Cinel-Binnigh, died. Domhnall Ua Caindhealbhain
was slain by the Airghialla. The two sons of Augaire Ua Lorcain, namely,
Donnchadh and Gillacaeimhghin, were killed by the grandson of Gillachomh-

Tuesday after May-day, with all temples, bells,
and all other implements. Cumascach O’Her-
nan, head of the Irish poore men, post peniten-
tiam optimam, quievit. Ranell O’Madugan, heir,
of Ailech, occisus est a suts.”—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49. ;

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain three of
those entries under 1073 and 1074, thus :

“A.D. 1073” [recte, 1074]. “‘ Conhagh, abbot
of Desert-Dermott, died. Downan, Archbu-
shopp of Dublyn, both of Irish and Danes, died. *
Ardmach, with the churches, was burnt.’

“A, D. 1074. Donnough O’Kelly, prince of
Imaine, was killed by his own brother, Teig,
grandchild of Connor O’Kelly, at the Island of
Loghkeylan.”

eZee

aNNata RIOshachta eiReEaNnN.

908 [1076.

ag copnam poplamoap Ua Mupchada via nataip. Sloccl la Tompdeal-
bach Ua mbmain co prfpab Mide co Connaccaib, co nOallaib, Largmb,
Oppaigib,] Muimneachaib imme co pangaccap, co he Ehipoiad vo cupid
siall pon Oinsiallenb, 7 pop Ulcab. Oo puaccatrap mate an cuiccid ma
nacchad. Oacap enec in 1onchaib pa pole, co po pig 1omaiplec occ Apo
Monann eicip Cingialloenb 7 Mumpc(pcac Ua Sma, .1. pisdamna Muman, 4
po ppaomnl> pon Mhuipefpcac co na pocnarve, 9 po lad veangs ap a muincine,
7 do covap na maite yn dia TTIZIb Fan Fiall, gan eiccipe don cup pin. Ach
chat vo saba@l vo Mhuincfcach Ua Oma.

Coir Cpforc, mile peachtmova a pé. Céle, mac Oonnaccéin, &popCndi
na n®aoweal, 1. eapbos lagen, vécc ran noveigb(chard 1 nOlinn v4 locha.
Munchad, mac Plomn Ui Maorleachlainn, 00 manbad, 1 cc{no teopa nowce
cona laibh ian ngabarl poplamarp Thmpa, 1 ccloicteach C(nannpa tpé pélll la
Hasna Gallns a. lahAmlaoib, mac mic Maolain, 7 a manbaoh pie fein po
céoip, TMA Plpcab O€ 7 Cholamm Chile, la Maolpeachlam, mac Conco-
Hapbert Ua hinnpeccas, aigfana Ua Mrz, 00 mapbad la plpab
Mide. GHrollacpiopo Ua Owboana, cigfina Pf Manach, vo mapnbad la
Piopu Manach péippm 1 nOcimimip. Oomnall Ua Cpiocan, corpeach
Ua Pracnach Anoa ppata, vo manbad co nap ime la hUib Tuipcni, 7 la
Cenel mbinmg slinne. Sloicéfo la Torppdealbach Ua mbmam hi cConnac-
cab, co tcanaice Rucdp1 Ua Concobaip, pi Connacc, ma teach. Maodm

belac ma nClod Ua Maolp(chloinn 7 wa befpoib Maighe hlche pop Chian-

barn.

” The grandson of Gillachomhghaill—This was Kindred-Binni, mortud sunt. An army by Tir-

evidently Donnchuan, son of Gillachaeimhghin,
son of Gillachomhghaill O’Tuathail, the an-
cestor of all the O’Tooles of Leinster.—See the
year 1041.

* Ui-Murchadha.—This is a mistake for Ui-
Muireadhaigh.

i Ath-Fhirdia.—Now Ardee, in the county of
Louth.—See note”, under A. D. 941, p. 647, sup.

« Ard-Monann.—Not identified.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

“A.D. 1075. Godfry mac mic Ragnaill, king
of Dublin; and Cinaeh O’Convetha, chief of

lagh and Mounster into Lethquin along to Ath-
firdia, and the Airgialla gave the overthrow of
Ardmonann to Murtagh O’Brien, where many
were slayne. Duncha O’Canannan, king of
Conells, killed. Donell mac Murcha, king of
Dublin, died of the sickness of three nights.
Donell O’Kinelvan killed by Airgialla.””— Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice only
one of these events, namely, that relating to
O’Brien’s expedition against the Ulstermen,
which is entered under the year 1073, as fol-
lows :

1076.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 909

ghaill" Ua Tuathal, in contesting the chieftainship of Ui-Murchadha' for their
father. A hosting of the Meathmen, Connaughtmen, the foreigners, the Lein-
stermen, the Osraighi, and the Munstermen, was made by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Briain ; and they marched to Ath-Fhirdia’, to demand hostages from the
Oirghialla and the Ulidians. The chiefs of the province came to oppose them,
and when they were face to face, a battle was fought at Ard-Monann* between
the Airghialla and Muircheartach Ua Briain, i.e. the royal heir of Munster,
where Muircheartach and his forces were defeated, and a bloody slaughter
made of his people ; and his chiefs returned to their houses without hostage or
pledge on that occasion.

The Age of Christ, 1076. Cele, son of Donnagan, chief senior of the
Gaeidhil, and bishop of Leinster, died at Gleann-da-locha, after a good life. Mur-
chadh, son of Flann Ua Maeleachlainn, at the expiration of three days and three
nights after his having assumed the supremacy of Teamhair, was treacherously
killed in the Cloictheach of Ceanannus', by the lord of Gaileanga, i.e. Amhlaeibh,
the grandson of Maelan; and the latter was himself immediately slain in revenge,
through the miracles of God and Colum-Cille, by Maelseachlainn, son of Con-
chobhar. Gairbheith Ua hInnreachtaigh”, lord of Ui-Meith, was slain by the
men of Meath. Gillachrist Ua Duibhdara, lord of Feara-Manach, was slain
by the Feara-Manach themselves, on [the island of] Daimhinis. Domhnall
Ua Crichain, chief of Ui-Fiachrach Arda-sratha, was slain, with a slaughter about
him, by the Ui-Tuirtri and the Cinel-Binnigh of the valley. An army was led
by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain into Connaught ; and Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair,
King of Connaught, came into his house. The battle of Belaith" was gained
by Aedh Ua Maelseachlainn and the men of Magh-Itha over the Cianachta, of

“A. D. 1073” [recté, 1075]. ‘King Terlagh
O’Bryan, with a great army of Meathmen, Con-
noughtmen, Danes, and Lynstermen, with all
his forces of Munstermen and Ossorie, went to
the north of Athfirdya to gett hostages of the
Ulstermen, and returned from thence without
any one, with great slaughter and loss of his
army in those parts.”

‘The Cloictheach of Ceannanus : i.e. the Steeple
or Round Tower of Kells.

™ Gairbheith OhInnreachtaigh: anglicé Garvey
O’Hanratty.

» Belaith : i. e. Mouth of the Ford.
many places of thisname, but no evidence has been
discovered to identify the one here referred to.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year: F

* A. D. 1076. Garveh O’Hinrechtay, king of
Ometh, by the men of Meath; Gilchrist O’Duy-
dara, by them of Fermanach, occis? sunt. Donell

There are

910 ANNQGZa RIOshachca“’eiREAGHN. [1077.

naccaib m po lad a nap. Teipce bioh ipin mbliadainpt. Sloghead ta
cléipchhb Certe Moga im mac Maorloalua 50 Cluam Oolcain oronnanbad,
1 Roném a Cluam Oolcé&m ap ngabail aboaine 06 van papughavh mic
Maoloalua. Conad annypin vo pavao pesler co na pfpann 1 cCluam Ool-
cain vo celib 0é 50 bnat maille pe oa picic vécc bd tTusZad in eneclann vo
mac Maoloalua. QOp vo cup oUa Loncéin pon muncip mic Giollu Com-
sail, 50 ccugard ci cmn 4 cpl picit 1pin cealang pe Oipronc Orapmad amofp.
Slollacniopc, mac Catalam, plait Ua Nocpa, v0 mapbad vo mac mic
Cuachail.

Coir Cpiort, mile pfchtmoda a peacht. Muinfoach Ua Nuadac, ppwe
rhein Ofpmanse, Maolmancain Macua Cfnca pnmé pfndip Cluana mic Nop,
7 Comsplch Ua Conarpe pnt phon na Muman, vo écc. Plpoacpioc
Ua Coibofnag pao 7 paccant, vécc. Colcu Ua hEpodan, cfnn bocce Apoa
Maca, Chlbe, ben cig (pna na nChntfp,7 comanba Mommne, [vécc]. Ua Loing-
r¢, vgZ(pna Oal nApawde, v0 manbad la Oal nCpmide budvéippn. Hrolla-
paccpaice Ua Cianda, cisfna Coimppe, vécc. Ua Celecan, canaip: na
nQintip,7 Ruane Ua Catapaigh vo manbad. Munchad, mac Concobain
Uf Maoileclamn, piogdamna Mhde, 00 mapnbad vo Flpab Teatba 7 do

Catapnac Sionnac tpia popmat 7 mipcenige.

O’Krichan, king of Ofiachrach Ardsraha, killed
by the O-Turtry and Kindred-Binny of Glin.
Murcha mac Floinn O’Melachlinn, being three
nights king of Tarach, in the steeple of Kells
was killed by Maelan’s sonne, king of Galeng.
An army by Tirlagh into Connaught, untill Rory
king of Connaght, came into his house. The
overthrow of Belad by Hugh O’Melaghlin, and
by the men of Ma-Itha upon Cianacht, that they
got their bloody slaughter. Cele mac Donacan,
head religious of Ireland, in Christo quievit.
Gormlath Ny-Fogertaich, Tirlagh O’Brien’s
wife, died.” Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice some of
these events under the years 1075 and 1076, as
follows :

“A. D. 1075” [recté, 1076]. ‘“‘ Murrogh mac
Flyn O’Melaughlyn, that reigned king of Meath

Sloigead la Tompdealbach

three days and three nights, was killed by
Awley Mac Moyelan, prince of Gailleng, in the
borders of Lynster. He was killed in the
steeple of Kells, and afterwards the said Awley
was killed immediately by Melaughlyn mac
Connor O’Melaughlyn by the miracles of St.
Columb, who is Patron of the place. There was
great scarsity of victualls this year.”

° Successor of Moninne: i.e. abbess of Cill-
Sleibhe, or Killeavy, near Newry, in the county
of Armagh. This is an instance of a married
woman being successor of St. Moninne.

® Catharnach Sinnach: i. e. Catharnach Fox.
He was the ancestor of Ui-Catharnaigh, or
Foxes, who were originally chiefs of all Teffia,
in Westmeath, but latterly lords of Muintir
Thadhgain, or the barony of Kilcoursey, in the
present King’s County.—See the Miscellany of

1077.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 911

whom a slaughter was therein made. There was scarcity of provisions in this
year. An army was led by the clergy, of Leath-Mhogha, with the son of Mael-
dalua, to Cluain-Dolcain, to expel Ua Ronain from Cluain-Dolcain, after he had
assumed the abbacy, in violation [of the right] of the son of Maeldalua. It was
on this occasion that a church, with ‘its land, at Cluain-Dolcain, was given to
Culdees for ever, together with twelve score cows, which were given as mulct
to the son of Maeldalua. A slaughter was made of the people of the son of
Gillachomhghaill by Ua Lorcain ; and he carried three score and three heads
to the hill south of Disert-Diarmada. Gillachrist, son of Cathalan, chief of
Ui-nOcra, was slain by the son of Mac Tuathail.

The Age of Christ, 1077. Muireadhach Ua Nuadhat, learned senior of
Dearmhach; Maelmartan Macua Cearta, learned senior of Cluain-mic-Nois ;
Loingseach UaConaire, learned senior of Munster, died. Feardachrich UaCoibh-
dheanaigh, a learned man and a priest, died. Colcu Ua hErodhan, head of the
poor of Ard-Macha; Ailbhe, wife of the lord of the Airtheara [Oriors], and
successor of Moninne®, [died]. Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, was slain
by the Dal-Araidhe themselves. Gillaphadraig Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre,
died. Ua Celechain, Tanist of the Airtheara; and Ruare Ua Cathasaigh, were
slain. Murchadh, son of Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn, royal heir of Meath,
was slain by the men of Teathbha and Catharnach Sinnach?, through envy and

the Irish Archeological Society, pp. 184 to 189.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1077. An army by Tirlagh O’Brien
in O’Censelay, and fettered fatt Donell’s sonne,
king of Censelay. Mac Maelan’s sonne killed
by Maelsechlainn, king of Tarach. O’Longsy,
king of Dalnaray, killed by his owne. Murcha
O’Melachlinn killed by the men of Tehva. The
discomfiture of Maelderg upon Fermanach, by
Kindred-Owen, of Tulaghoge, where many fell.
Colca O’Heroan, head of the poore of Armagh,
in pace quievit. Ailve Nyn-Innavar, wife to the
King of Easterns” [Oriors], ““Coarb of Mo-
ninne, and Kilpatrick, king of Carbre-Kierry,
in penitentia mortui sunt. O’Celegan, heir of
Easterns, and Ruork O’Cahasay, killed.”— Cod.

Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice some of
the same events, under the year 1076, as fol-
lows :

“ A. D. 1076” [recté, 1077]. ‘The scarsity
of victualls continued for this year. There was
also great persecution of all the houses of reli-
gion belonging to Clonvicknose. The people of
Teaffa for envy and by deceipt murthered Mur-
rogh mac Connor O’Melaghlyn. Gillepatrick
O’Kiergie, prince of Carbrey, now called Brem-
yngham’s Contrey, died. Moriegh O’Nwaat,
auntient and sadge of Dorrowe, died. Gorm-
phlye, daughter of O’Fogorty, queen of Ireland,
and wife of King Terlagh, died, and bequeathed
much cattle and a rich legacie to the church for
her soule.”

912 GNNata RIOshachca eiReaNn. (1078.
Ua bpiain 1 nUib Cemnpealang, 50 po Cubs mac Oomnarll Rimarp, cisfpna
Ua cCempealaig. Gopmlanre nln Ui Poganca, ben Toippdelbarg Ui Shain,
vécc, ] Maome 1omda vpodarl o1 an ceallarb 7 eccarlyib, 7 ap boccaib an
coimdead vo part a hanma. Ceipce mop oan, ipin mbliadainp), 7 mspfim
pon ceallaib. Cluam mic Noip vo lopccad uile Zenmorain a tceamparll
Hlinn up gona robparb vo lopccad.

Coip Cpiopc, mile peachtmoda a hocc. Copbmac Ua bedin, comanba
Cponam Tuama Speine, 7 Corbofnac Ulcac anmcana Imleacha lubaip véce
cfnn cnabaid Epeann epioe. Concoban Ua bam, cig fpna Ceneoil n€ogain
5 Tealca Occ vo mapbad la Cenel mbinoig Slinne. Clelobap Ua Landgnén,
cistpna Cipsiall, oo mapbad la Rus Ua Ruadacan. Catal, mac Oom-
naill, c1sfina Cenel Enoa, vo manbad la Cenel n€ogham na hlnnys. Oom-
nall, mac mic Tis ffnam, cig(pna Conmaicne, vécc. Maiwodm pon Uib Cnem-
can pia peHpab Plpnmage hi Sleib Puaicc, 1 ccopcain Goll Clapaice 4
anale amalle pup. Ap pop Conalub pra nUib Mert, 1 cconcaip mac
Ui Tpeovam, cigfina Conaille. Copcan Ua bmam vo écc. Concoban
Ua Oonnchada, piogsamna Caipil, [vécc]. Clnopaolad Ua Oungalaig,
cis(ina Mupcpaise tine opvan 7 oinfcar Muman, vés. Cinneoig Ua bain
vo Zabaal cisfGinaip Hallng.

Coir Cpiort, mile peachtmoda a naor.
mboct, comanba Cianain, 00 écc.

Maolciandin, mac Cumn na
ba eiplden ondan 7 aipmiccin Cluana
Ceallach Rfmon, comanba Opfhamn bionpa 7 Cianam Sargne,
Mac Hiolladfoe Ui Concain, aZfpna Plpnmange, vécc. Ceallac Ua Rua-
nova, and ollam Epeann na aimpip, véce. Camide, mac Loncam, cig tana

Ptinmaige, vécc. Pip Tleba 7 Canpppe pon cpecharb m hUib Porlge, 50

ma pém(p.

° The Cinel-Eoghain of the Island : i.e. of the
island or peninsula of Inishowen, in the county
of Donegal.

Patrick, and wife to the king of Easterns”
[Oriors], ‘‘died. Donell, sonne to Mac Tiernan
king of Conmaicne; Cahel mac Donell, king of

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1078. Conner O’Brien, king of Tullagh-
oge, heire of Ireland, killed by Kindred-Byni-
Glinne. Lorcan O’Brien died. Lethlovar O’Laig-
nen killed by Rory O’Ruagan. Duvesa Nyn
Amalgaa [daughter of Amhalghaidh] Coarb of

Kindred-Enna, killed by Kindred-Owen of the
Iland. Conor O’Dunnchaa, heire of Cassill, occzsi
sunt. O’Cremthainns discomfited by the men of
Fern-moy at Slevfuaid, where Gollclary, and
many more, were slaine. A slaughter of the
Conells by the O-Methes, wherein Tresdan,
king of Conells, fell.” —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

1078.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 913

malice. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain into Ui-Ceinnsealaigh,
and he fettered the son of Domhnall Reamhar, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. Gorm-
laith, daughter of Ua Fogarta, wife of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, died; and
she had distributed much wealth among cells and churches, and the poor of the
Lord, for the welfare of her soul. There was great scarcity in this year also,
and persecution of churches. Cluain-mic-Nois was all burned, except the
churches. Gleann-Uisean, with its yews, was burned.

The Age of Christ, 1078. Cormac Ua Beain, successor of Cronan of
Tuaim-Greine, [died]; and Coibhdheanach, i. e. the Ulidian, anmchara of Im-
leach-Ibhair, died. He was head of the piety of Ireland. Conchobhar Ua Briain,
lord of Cinel-Eoghain and Tealach-Og, was slain by the Cinel-mBinnigh of the
valley. Leathlobhar Ua Laidhgnen, lord of Airghialla, was slain by Ruaidhri
Ua Ruadhacain. Cathal, son of Domhnall, lord of Cinel-Enda, was slain by the
Cinel-Eoghain of the island’. Domhnall, son of Mac Tighearnain, lord of
Conmhaicne, died. A victory was gained over the Ui-Creamhthainn, by the
men of Fearnmhagh, at Sliabh Fuaid, where Goll Claraigh and others along
with him, were slain. A slaughter was made of the Conailli by the Ui-Meith,
in which the son of Ua Treodain, lord of Conaille, was slain. Lorcan Ua Briain,
died. Conchobhar Ua Donnchadha, royal heir of Caiseal, [died]. Ceannfae-
ladh Ua Dunghalaigh, lord of Muscraighe-thire, the glory and ornament of
Munster, died. Ceinneidigh Ua Briain assumed the lordship of Gaileanga.

The Age of Christ, 1079. Maelchiarain Mac Cuinn na mBocht, successor
of Ciaran, died. He was the glory and veneration of Cluain [mic-Nois] in his
time. Ceallach Reamhar, successor of Brenainn of Birra, and of Ciaran of
Saighir; Mac Gilladhidhe Ua Lorcain, lord of Fearnmhagh, died. Ceallach
Ua Ruanadha, chief poet of Ireland in his time, died. Cumidhe, son of Lorcan,
lord of Fearnmhagh, died. The men of Teathbha and Cairbre set out upon

were all killed this year. Ceallach O’Ronowe,
archpoet of Ireland, died. Moyleseaghlyn mac

Some of the same events are noticed in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 1077, as

follows : Connor O’Melaughlyn came to Teaffa, to a place

“A.D. 1077” [recté, 1078]. ‘* O’Laignen,
archprince of Uriell; Connor O’Bryan, prince
of the Eonnought of Cashell; Donnell mac
Tiernan, prince of the Brenie ; and Kearnaghan
Gott O’Melaughlyn, young prince of Meath,

called Kwasan, now in Brawyn” [now Coosane,
on the margin of Lough Ree.—Ep. ], “‘and there
made a great prey, and tooke captives by the
vertue of Saint Keyran, because the inhabi-
tants of Kwasan aforesaid” [had] “ robbed

6A

914 GQNNQGZa RIOSshachta erReaNn. (1080.
pabpac ba 1omda, co puccpac hUi Parlge ponna hi cCluain plpca Molua, co
po cuinfo ap pp Tleba 7 Conppne imma pig 1. Mac Congeimle. Ocenach
Capman la Concoban Ua cConcobain Parlge. Ged Ua Plaicb(pcang, cig-
Cina lantain Connacc, vo mapbad la Ruadm Ua cConcéobaip. Giolla
cfnnlap, mac lapnaim vo Chonmaicmb, 00 manbad, 7 a adnacal hi cCluain mic
Nop. Mop pluagl la Compdealbac Ua mbmain 1 cConnaccanb, 50 po
oicuip Rumodm Ua Conchobain a pige Connache. Torppdealbac Ua bmam
vo dol pop Loc mbfnncuip, 7 pop Innpib Mod, 7 apgain na Cpuarce lap.

Coir Cpiopc, mile ochtmoda. Muinfoach Ua Mugpom, pfplersmn
Cluana mic Noip, véce. Oonn Ua Ulclobaip, asfina Pfpnmange, 00 map-
bad oo Ub Cath 1 Sléibh Pumice. Ofpbpopsaill, ingfn mic bmiain, bln
Oranmava mic Maoil na mb6, vécc. Eochaid Ua Meplish, cg fana Pfpn-
muige, 00 manbad. Oonnplérbe Ua h€ochada vo dol pin Mumma co martib
Ulad lap an cfho cuanapoal. Maidm ata Eangail la caob Clocain pon

Ftiab Manach pia nOomnall Ua Coclamn, 4 ma befnab Moige hlota, 1
cconcpaccap mppinntive Apoa Maca .1. Sicpioc Ua Caomain, 7 mac Néill
Ur Shfpnang, 7 oaome 1omda ole. Ap oce caippngine an cata pin po pmoh-

eacth,

Ach Engail, in opong naicclaic acfpbarv,
Sochaive biap san 1onmain, vo 1omsuin Acta Ensanl.

Maolpfchlamn, mac Concobarp, vo Giachcain 1 cCeba, co nofpna monead

mop ann a. cpfch Chuapain a hamm eicip ba 7 bnaice vo bert lap,7_ vaome
vo mapbad cpa floptaib naom Chapa, vain vo ainceplc pip Teatba

Cluam mic Noip co na venteach ip in mbliadam pin.

the church of Clonvicknose the precedent
year.”

* Cluain-fearta-Molua.—This is an error for
Cluain-fearta-Mughaine, now Kilclonfert, in
the barony of Lower Philipstown, and King’s
County. Cluain-fearta-Mughaine is mentioned
in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar as the é¢hurch of
St.Colman. Some ruins of the church are still
visible, and near them the well of St. Colman,
corruptly called Cloman’s well.—See the Ord-
nance Map of the King’s County, sheet 10.

Sochaid1 vo pipab

* The fair of Carman.—This fair was held at
Wexford. Conor O’Conor Faly, by celebrating
this fair, claimed the highest authority in Lein-
ster.

* Loch-Beannchair: i. e. the Lake of Beann-
chair. This was the ancient name of Tullaghan
Bay, in the west of the county of Mayo.

"The Cruach: i.e. the Rick, now locally
called the Reek of St. Patrick, or Croaghpatrick,
a remarkable mountain in the barony of Mur-
risk, county of Mayo.

SSO PIT ERIE SE FP

1080.} ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 915

plundering excursions into Ui-Failghe, and took many cows; but the Ui-Failghe
came up with them at Cluain-fearta-Molua‘, where a slaughter was made of the
men of Teathbha and Cairbre, with their king, i.e. Mac Congeimhle. The fair
of Carman® was celebrated by Conchobhar Ua Conchobhair Failghe. Gilla-
ceannlas, son of Jarnan, [one] of the Conmhaicni, was slain, and he was buried
at Cluain-mic-Nois. A’ereat army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, and
he expelled Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair from the kingdom of Connaught. ‘Toir-
dhealbhach Ua Briain went upon Loch-Beannchair‘ and Innsi-Modh, and plun-
dered the Cruach*.

_ The Age of Christ, 1080. Muireadhach Ua Mughroin, lector of Cluain-
mic-Nois, died. Donn Ua Leathlobhair, lord of Fearnmhagh, was killed by the
Ui-Laithen at Sliabh Fuaid. Dearbhforghaill, daughter of the son of Brian, and
wife of Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo, died. Eochaidh Ua Merligh, lord of
Fearnmhagh, died. Donnsleibhe Ua h-Eochadha went into Munster, with the
chiefs of Ulidia along with him, to serve for wages. The battle of Ath-Erghail,
by the site of Clochar, was gained over the Feara-Manach, by Domhnall
Ua Lochlainn and the men of Magh-Itha, where fell the plunderers of Ard-
Macha, namely, Sitric Ua Caemhain, and the son of Niall Ua Searraigh, and
many other persons. ‘To predict this battle was said :

Ath-Ergail’, people shall hereafter be there dispersed ;
Numbers shall be without affection, by the conflict of Ath-Erghail.

Maelseachlainn, son of Conchobhar, came into Teathbha, where he made a
great prey (called the Prey of Cuasan”), both of cows and prisoners, which he
carried off ; and persons were killed through the miracles of Saint Ciaran, for
the men of Teathbha had plundered Cluain-mic-Nois, with its oratory, that

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1079. Cellach O’Ruanaa, archpoet of
Ireland ; Cumie mac mic Lorkan, king of Fern-
moy; Mac Gildigde O’Lorkan, Secnap of Ard-
magh ; Mac Quin, heade of the poore of Clon-
mic-Nois, mortui sunt.’— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

’ Ath-Ergail: i. e. Erghal’s Ford. This was
the name of a ford near Clogher, in the county

of Tyrone; but the name is now obsolete, and
its exact situation has not been determined.

¥ Quasan: i.e. the Small Cave or Cavern, now
Coosane, a townland on the east margin of
Lough Ree, about two miles and a half to the
north of Athlone, in the barony of Brawney,
and county of Westmeath. There is an old
castle here which was erected by the family of
O’Breen, the ancient chiefs of Brawney.

6Aa2

916 anNaza RiIoshachta elReann. (1081.

Tleba, 7 vo Mhuinncip Glpadam, 7 v0 Carpbmb vo teacc ap cneie m Uib
Pailge, co puaccaccan Teapmann Cille hachaw. TCaptacan Ui Palge ac,
7 po manbrac G1ollamuine Ua Cianpoa, cig(pna Cainppe, 7 Aed, mac meic
Oubsall mic Pionnbaipp, coipeach Mumncipe Gépadamn, 7 anaill vo paop-
clannaib cen mo tat pide. Cochard Ua Lomsypig, cig (pna Uaitne tine, vés.
Sloisghead la Toinpdealbac Ua mbmiain go hCleé cliat 7 50 plona Mhoe, so
ccaime Maoilfchlainn ma teach la bacaill lopa, 7 la comanba Phaczpaice,
7 la cléncib Muman. .

Coip Cpiopc, mile occmoda a haon. Mac mec Conoabaill uapal paganc
CQpoa Macha, Pochuo hUa hdille, ano anmcana Cluana mic Noip, 7 Cert
Cuim, Flann Ua Concain, uapal pagapc Cugmaid, Ua Robancaig, aipcm-
neach Lugmaid, Célecain Ua Cinneiceig, comapba Colaim mic Cmomtainn,
Coinveccan Ua Flainn, comapba Opénainn Cluana pfpca, 7 hUa bpurc,
comanba Sfnain Inp1 Cataig, vécc. Copcach mon Muman do lorccad eitcin
cishib 7 clmplaib. Ceall oa lua vo lopccad. Mac Angeincce, msCpna
Conalle, vo mapbad la plhpab EGinmage. Macnat Ua hOccain, cisfpna
Cenel Pficcupa, oo manbad. Maolmichd Ua Maolpuanmsd, cisfpna
Ua cTuintpe, vo manbad la Cenél mbinmgh Slinne. Giollapiaonaca mac
Cmalsada, mic Plann, wg(pna Calpase, 00 manbad vo Mhaolp(chnalt
chia ploncaib Cianam, vain po ainecpde vepteach Cluana mic Nop an

bliadam pin.

* Mac Fhinnbhairr.—Now locally pronounced
in Irish, Maginbhairr, and anglicised Gaynor.
The line of descent of a member of this ancient
family, who lived towards the close of the last
century, is given in a MS. of Keating’s History
of Ireland, in the possession of N. Herbert De-
lamar, Esq., of Trinity College, Dublin, as fol-
lows:

“James, son of Cormac, son of Cormac, son
of Peter, son of Rudhraighe, son of Peter, son
of James, son of Cormac, son of Peter, son of
Feidhlim, son of Cairbre, son of Cathal, son of
Cuconnacht, son of Gormghal, son of Gilla-na-
naemh, son of Diarmaid, son of Gormghal, son
of Awley, son of Sithdhearg, son of Tadhg, son
of Donnchadh, son of Aedh, son of Sichfraidh,

Cpu vo apgain vo Shallaib. Mac Amalsaid mac Ploinn,

son of Cionnmuirraidh” [recté, Finnbharr],
“<a quo Mag Fhinnbhairr, son of Gormghal, son
of Gearadhan, a quo Muintir-Gearadhain.”

¥ Muintir-Geradhain: anglicé Muintergeran,
a territory situated on the west side of Lough
Gowna, in the north of the county of Longford.
—See the published Inquisitions, Longford,
Nos. 2 and 3, Jae. I.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

“A. D. 1080. Donn O’Lehlavar, king of
Fernvay, killed by O’Lathen in Slevuaid, .i. a
mountaine. O'’Ciarda, king of Cairbry, mortuus
est. Cellach, Coarb of Patrick, natus est. Der-
vorgaill Nyne Mic Brien, wife of Dermott mac
Moilnambo, died in Imlech. Eochai O’Merly,

-

- 1081.]

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 917

year. Numbers of the men of Teathbha, of Muintir-Gearadhain, and of the
Cairbre-men, came upon a plundering excursion into Ui-Failghe ; and they
arrived at the Termon of Cill-achaidh. The Ui-Failghe overtook them, and
slew Gillamuire Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, and Aedh, grandson of Dubh-
ghall Mac Fhinnbhairr’*, chief of Muintir-Geradhain’, and others of the nobility
besides them. Eochaidh Ua Loingsigh, lord of Uaithne-thire, died. An army
was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Brien to Ath-cliath ; and the men of Maelseach-
lainn came into his house with the staff of Jesus, and with the successor of
Patrick, and the clergy of Munster.

The Age of Christ, 1081. The son of Mac Condabhain, a noble priest of
Ard-Macha; Fothadh Ua h-Aille, chief anmchara of Cluain-mic-Nois and Leath-
Chuinn ; Flann Ua Lorcain, noble priest of Lughmhadh ; Ua Robhartaigh,
airchinneach of Lughmhadh; Ceileachair Ua Ceinneidigh, successor of Colum,
son of Crimhthann ; Coinneagan Ua Flainn, successor of Brenainn of Cluain-
fearta; and Ua Bruic, successor of Seanan of Inis-Cathaigh, died. Corcach-mor
in Munster was burned, both houses and churches. Cill-Dalua was burned.
Mac Angheirrce, lord of Conaille, was slain by the men of Fearnmhagh. Ma-
grath Ua h-Ogain, lord of Cinel-Feargusa, was slain. Maelmithidh Ua Mael-
ruanaidh, lord of Ui-Tuirtre, was slain by the Cinel-Binnigh of the valley.
Gillasiadnata, son of Amhalghaidh, son of Flann, lord of Calraighe’, was slain
by Maelseachnaill, through the miracles of Ciaran, for he had plundered the
oratory of Cluain-mic-Nois in that year. Ara* was plundered by the foreigners.

king of Fernmay, killed by sleight. Donsleve
O’Heochaa went into Mounster with all the
good men of Ulster with him to bring wages.
The overthrow of Athergail, .i. a forde neere
Clochar, upon Fermanach, by Donell O’Loch-
lainn, and by the men of Magh Itha, that they
fell in the vallyes of Armagh’’ [recté, that killed
the plunderers of Armagh], ‘i.e. Sitrick O’Cea-
van, and Nell O’Serraye’s sonne, and others.””—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The attack of the men of Teffia, upon Cill-
achaidh, in Offaly, now Killeigh, in the barony
of Geshill, King’s County, is noticed in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 1078,

as follows :

“A. D. 1078” [recté, 1080]. ‘*‘ The people of
Teaffa came to, the Termyn land of Killeachie
in Affalie, and preyed and spoyled the whole
Termyn land, and also killed Gillemorie
O’Keyrga, King of Carbrey, and the son of Mac
Fynbarr, chief of the O-Gerans, with many
others.”

* Lord of Calraighe : i. e. of Calraighe-an-chala,
in the parish of Ballyloughloe, barony of Clon-
lonan, and county of Westmeath, the territory
of the Magawleys.

*Ara: i.e. the Island of Aranmore, or the
Great Island of Aran, in the bay of Galway.

918 ANNQta RIOShachta eiReann.-

[1082.

cis(ina Callpaigi, vo mapbad la Maoileachlaimn mac Concobaip. Cucata
Ua Colman v€5.

Coip Crfopt, mile o¢cmoda a 06. Crionaed Ua Ruawin, canaipp: abbad
Cluana mic Nap, pindip 7 cfno atcomainc, Concoban Ua Uatsarle, plp-
lerginn Blinne hUipph, 7 Oanchad Ua Clepada, va ppme plndip raptam
Laig(n 1avpide, 7 a néce. GHrollacpfopt Ua Maolpabanll, cis (ina Carppece
bnachaide, Pionnchad Mac Amalgada, corpeac Cloinne Op (pal, Plaicbip-
cac Ua Maolevimn, cig(pna Cuinec, Urohpin Ua Maoilmuipe, caoipec Cenél
Peapavhang, [vécc]. Oomnall, mac Caos Us Chonéobaip, piogdamna Con-
nachc, 00 manbad la o(pbpatain a atan, la Catal mac Coda Ui Concobap,
Catal Ua Con-
cobain vo manbad la Rudo Ua cConcobaip 1 ccaté co pocharde méip ime.
Oneam mop olantan Mhde, 00 Oealtna, 7 Cuincne vo mapbad pon Loch Rib
la Oomnall, mac Plomn, mec Miaolfchland,7 maom na nftap amm an
madma tuccad ponpna. Reileacc Chailleach Cluana mic Nop vo lopcecad
co na voimlias, 7 sup an cman apc(pach oon cill ule.
Concobain Ui Obhmiam, 00 manbad.

Cloip Cpiopt, mile ochtmoda a tpi.

san nach cion aithmd vo daoimb, act ap tntit 7 ponmac.

Oomnall, mac

Muinefpcach Ua Call, apcin-
neach Otin, paor bnert(mnaip 7 pfncappa Eneand, Giollamoninne, aincm-
nech Cusmaid, Macpait Ua baallen, comanba Cnondin Roppa Cpé, 7 Tads

Ua Tads, comanba Plannain Cille Oalua, vécc.

» Lord of Callraighe.—This entry relates to
the same event as that just given ; but it has
been evidently taken from a different authority.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“ A.D. 1081. Makingeirce, king of Conells,
killed by the men of Fernmay. Macragh
O'Hogan, minion of Kindred-Fergusa” [recté,
lord or chief of Kinel-Fergusa]; ‘‘ Maelmihy
O’Maelruany, king of O-Turtry, by Kindred
Binny-Glinne; O’Huathmaran, king of the
men of Li, occist sunt. O’Mahowne, king of
Ulster, killed by Dunsleve O’ Heochaa, at Dun-
dalehglas. Gilchrone, high priest of Armagh ;
O’Rovarty, Airchinnech of Conner ; Flann
O’Lorkan, high priest of Lugva, mortud sunt.

Oomnall Ua Cananndun,

Cork, with its churches, and Kildaluo, ab igne
dissipate sunt.”

The Annals of Clonmacnoise, which are very
meagre at this period, notice two of the pre-
ceding events under the year 1079, as follows:

“A. D. 1079” [recté, 1081]. ‘ Gillesynata
Magawley, prince of Calrie, was killed by
Moyleseaghlyn O’Melaughlyn, for robbing or
ravishing the goods of the church of Clonvick-
nose the precedent year. Cork and Killaloe
were burnt.”

¢ Cathal.—The copy in the Royal Irish Aca-
demy adds that this was done “1 noigail
manbéa Oomnaill, | an adbapaib ale gan
ampup; i.e. in revenge of the death of Domh-
nall, and for other reasons without doubt.”

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1082.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 919

The son of Amhalghaidh, son of Flann, lord of Calraighe®, was slain by Mael-
seachlainn, son of Conchobhar. Cucatha Ua Colmain died.

The Age of Christ, 1082. Cinaedh Ua Ruaidhin, Tanist-abbot of Cluain-
mic-Nois, a senior and head of counsel ; Conchobhar Ua Uathghaile, lector of
Gleann-Uissean ; Dunchadh Ua Cetfadha, two learned seniors of the west of
Leinster, died. Gillachrist Ua Maelfabhaill, lord of Carraig-Brachaidhe ; Finn-
chadh Mac Amhalghadha, chief of Clann-Breasail; Flaithbheartach Ua Mael-
duin, lord of Lurg; Uidhrin Ua Maelmuire, chief of Cinel-Fearadhaigh, [died].
Domhnall, son of Tadhg Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Connaught, was slain
by his father’s brother, Cathal, son of Aedh Ua Conchobhair, without any rea-
son known to men, except envy and malice. Cathal’ Ua Conchobhair was
killed by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair in a battle, and a great number along with
him. <A great number of the people of West Meath, Dealbhna, and Cuircne,
was slain on Loch-Ribh by Domhnall, son of Flann Ua Maeleachlainn ; and the
battle in which they were defeated was called the “ Breach of the Boats.” The
cemetery of the Nuns of Cluain-mic-Nois was burned, with its stone church,
and with the eastern third of all the establishment. Domhnall, son of Concho-
bhar Ua Briain, was killed.

The Age of Christ, 1083. Muircheartach Ua Carill, airchinneach of Dun‘,
the most learned judge and historian of Ireland ; Gillamoninne, airchinneach
of Lughmhadh ; Macraith Ua Baillen, successor of Cronan of Ros-Cre ; and
Tadhg Ua Taidhg, successor of Flannan of Cill-Dalua, died. Domhnall

The Annals of Ulster record the following ters, under 1082, are to be found in the Annals

events under this year: of Clonmacnoise under 1080, thus:

“* A.D. 1082. Gilchrist O’Maelfavall, king of
Carrickbrachay; Fincha mac Amalgaa, chief of
Kindred-Bressall; Donell mac Conner O’Brien;
Flathertach O’Maelduin, king of Lurg; Uirin
mac Maelmuire, chief of Kindred-Feray; Uirin
mac Maelmuire; omnes occisi sunt. Donell mac
Teig O’Conner, heire of Connaght, wickedly
murthered by Cahell O’Conner. Cahell O’Con-
ner fell with” [recté, fell by] ‘‘ Rory O’Conner,
in battle, with a great number about him.”—
Cod. Clarend:, tom. 49.

Some of the events noticed by the Four Mas-

“A. D. 1080” [recté, 1082]. ‘* Donell O?Con-
nor, young prince of Connaught, was killed by
his own uncle, Cahall mac Hugh O’Connor,
without any other cause, but only for envy and
malice. A great part of Westmeath, viz., of
Delvin, Cwirckney, and others, were slain by
Donnell mac Flynn O’Melaughlyn, king of
Meath, on Loghry, and also the houses in the
church yard of the nunes of Clonvicknose, toge-
ther with their church, was burnt.”

4 Airchinnech of Dun: i.e. Erenach, or here-
ditary churchwarden, of Downpatrick.

920 QNNQaza RIOSshachtTa eiReaNN. (1084.

cis(pna Cenedil cConaill, vo mapbad la Cenel cConaill budefppm. Oor-
nall Ua Loclamn vo gabal pige Cenéil Cogan, 7 ploaghl pfog lap
cConaillib, co ccuce bopoma mop, co ccanace cuapupcal oon cpluaslo
rin vo pfpab Pfpnmage. Cod Ua Maorleclamn, cisfpna Oils, véce.
Congalach Ua Cianda, cigfpna Cainppe, vo mapbad la Conmaicmb co
pochaidib imaile poip. Ounlaing Ua Loncam, canaip: Cans(n 00 manbad.
Somaiple Mac Grollabmigve, pi Innpr Hall, vécc.

Coy Cpfopc, mile occmoda a cltain. Giollapaccnaice, eppcop Ata
chat, vo badad. Muipfohach Ua Ceitnén, aipcinneach Cluana h€oary,
Niall Ua Sfpnam, ppme plndip na Muman, [vécc]. Ceall Oalua,
Tuaim Gpeine, 7 Mags néo Nopbnaige vo lopccad v0 Chonmaicmb. Hltno
va loca co na tfmploib vo lopccad. €Ecclap Fuinche 1. Rory aipchip,
dpotushad. Sloicchead la Oonnypléibe, pi Ulad co Onoicle ata, co ccanac
cuapupcal vo Oonnchad, mac Cang Ui Ruaipc. Cpeach la Oomnall
Ua Coclainn can a éip a nUleab, co ccuccpat bnaicc 7 bopoma mop.
Sloicchead la propa Muman a Mhde, 7 ap pon an ploisfo pin acbat Conco-
ban Ua Cécpada, opvan 7 oipeacup Muman eipde. Oo covan ona, Con-
maicne 1 Tuadmimain oan a néiy1, co no loipecpfe ote, 7 DiongZnada 1omda,
5 v0 b(pcpac cplca oipime. Oonnchad mac an Carlig Us Ruane co naiptfp
Connacc co Caipbmib, 7 garltngaib vo clec WLargmb conup caipteccan Hall,
Caign, Oppose, 7 pip Mhuman im Muincfpceach Ua mbmanm, 7 plcan
reanotf puileach pompo(ps (coppa occ Mom Cpumneorge an cltpamad Cal-
laimn vo Nouembep, 7 00 c(ppac ile (copna aciu 7 anall. CToncaip om ann
Oonnchad Ua Ruane, Cemneitoig Ua byrain,7 a mac Tadz,7_ mac Ui Chor-

vécc.

° Somhairle.—This is the first occurrence of by Duncha O’Melachlin, king of Ailech. Donell
O’Lochlainn, began to reign over Kindred-Owen.

A king’s forces with him upon the Conells, and

this name, which seems Danish, in these Annals.
The Annals of Ulster record the following

events under this year:

“ A.D. 1083. Donell O’Canannan, king of
Kindred-Conell, @ suis occisus est. Hugh O’Me-
laghlin, king of Ailech; Murtagh O’Cairill, air-
chinnech of Dun, an excellent judge and Chro-
nicler; Teig O’Teig, Airchinnech of Kildaluo,
in pace quieverunt. Gilmoninne, Airchinnech of
Lugmay, occisus est. Hugh Meranach drowned
at Limerick. The king of Kindred-Enna killed

brought great booty, whereof he gave their
wages to the men of Fernmay.”—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49. _

‘ Gillaphadraig.—For some account of this
Bishop Gillaphadraig, or Patrick, who was a
Dane, see Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops,
pp. 306-309.

& Ua Seasnain.—Now usually anglicised Sex-
ton,

Soo > Soe

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1084.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 921

Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill themselves.
Domhnall Ua Lochlainn assumed the kingship of the Cinel-Eoghain, and made
a royal hosting into Conaille [Muirtheimhne], whence he carried off a great
spoil of cattle. He took the men of Fearnmhagh into his pay on this expedi-
tion. Aedh Ua Maeleachlainn, lord of Aileach, died. Conghalach Ua Ciardha,
lord of Cairbre, was slain by the Conmhaicni, and many others along with him.
Dunlaing Ua Lorcain, Tanist of Leinster, was killed. Somhairle’, son of Gilla-
brighde, King of Innsi-Gall, died.

The Age of Christ, 1084. Gillaphadraig’, Bishop of Ath-cliath, was
drowned. Muireadhach Ua Ceithnen, airchinneach of Cluain-Eois, died. Niall
Ua Seasnain®, learned senior of Munster, [died]. Ceall-Dalua, Tuaim-Greine,
and Magh-neo-Norbhraighe", were burned by the Conmaicni. Gleann-da-locha
was burned, with its churches. The monastery of Fuinche, i.e. Ross-airthir’,
was founded. An army was led by Donnsleibhe, King of Ulidia, to Droicheat-
ata, and gave wages to Donnchadh, the son of the Caileach Ua Ruairc. A pre-
datory excursion was made in his [Donnsleibhe’s] absence into Ulidia, by
Domhnall Ua Lochlainn, whence he carried off prisoners and a great spoil of
cattle. An army was led by the men of Munster into Meath; and it was on
that expedition Conchobhar Ua Cetfadha, the dignity and glory of Munster, died.
In their absence [i. e. while the men of Munster were absent from their own
province on this expedition] the Conmhaicni went into Thomond, and burned
enclosures and fortresses, and carried off innumerable spoils. Donnchadh, son
of the Caileach Ua Ruaire, with the people of East Connaught, the Cairbri and
Gaileanga, proceeded into Leinster, where the foreigners, the men of Leinster
and Osraighi,and the Munstermen, under the conduct of Muircheartach Ua Briain,

~ came up with them, and a fierce and bloody engagement took place between

them at Moin-Cruinneoige*, on the fourth of the Calends of November, where
many fell on both sides. There fell there Donnchadh Ua Ruaire, Ceinneidigh

» Maigh-neo-Norbhraighe—Now Mayno, an i Ross-airthir.—Now Rossorry, near Enniskil-
old church giving name to a parish on the mar- len, in the county of Fermanagh.—See Arch-
gin of Lough Derg, in the barony of Upper dall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 265.

Tulla, and county of Clare. This church is k Moin- Cruinneotge.—Now Monecronock, near
mentioned in the Caithreim Toirdhealbhaigh, or Leixlip, in the barony of North Salt, and
Wars of Thomond, at the year 1318, as the he- county of Kildare.—See Inquisitions, Lagenia,
reditary termon of the Ui-Bloid. Kildare, 7 Jac. I.

6B

922 anNNazta Riogshachta eiReaNnN. [1085.

cobain Phanlgigh, 7 opong mép ole 00 paopclanoab 7 oaonclandaib nac
apimetn. Conad ceitm mile copcpacap ann, 7 pusad clin Oonnchand
U1 Ruane co Cumneach. Oomnall Ua SaipmlSshawd vo mapbad vo Oorn-
nall Ua Coclaimnn.

Clip Cpiort, mile ochtmoda a ciice. Cod Ua hOrpin, comanba lap-
laite,7 aipveppcoip Tuama,vécc. Find,mac Huppain, mic Hopman, eppcop
Cille vana, véce 1cCillacaid. Gilla na naom Langfn, uapal epreop Slinne
— v& loca, 7 cfnn manach rap pin m Uaimipbups, vécc un Tour Apml. Usgaine
Ua Cawgnéin, aincinneach Pfpna, Gonmsal Coispech, comanba Reslera
Ohmsove 1 nApo Maca paor in eccna,7 1 ccnabaio. Neachcain mac Neach-
cain pur eppeop Rup alichne, Mac Sollig, aipcmneach Inp1 caom Ofsa,
[oécc]. Cleneach Ua Sealbaig, ano comanba baippe, opoan 7 ecena Ofp-
muman, 00 ponbad a deisb(chard 1pin c(nncap,7 Hiollacpforc mac Cuimn na
mboct, maic cleimg ap ppp bao in Epinn ina pemm(p onoan 7 omleur
Cluana mic Nop, vécc. Ceall camoig v0 lopccadh oupmop. Mupchad
Ua Maoloonawd, ciZfina Cenel Conall, cup opdvam, os, 7 (sgnama an
cuaipceint opasail bap. Ualgancc Ua Ruane, piogdsamna Connacr, vécc.
Cengap Ua Cainvealbain, cig (nna Laogaine, vécc. On vall Ua Phaolam,
imac Giollabpigoe, cZ(mna na nO, [vécc]. Muipfoach mac Oub,
coip(ch Muincipe Eolaip wile 00 Cpszabanl la Toinpdealbach Ua moma, 4
Mumcin Eolaayp ule vo onsain 06. Cpeach gabarl la Conmarcmb oan Shiol

' Ua Gairmleaghaidh.—This is now anglicised journey. Conmacni went into Thomond be-
hind them, and burnt townes and churches, and
brought a pray. The overthrow of Moncru-

neoge by Lethmoga, .i. Mounster, upon Donogh

O’Gormley and Gormley, without the prefix
Ua or O’.
The Annals of Ulster record the following

events under this year :

“A. D. 1084. Donncha O’Maelruany, perse-
cutor ecclestarum, killed both body and soule by
the men of Lurg. Glendaloch with the churches
Mureach O’Cethnen, Airchinnech of
Cluneois, died. An army by Donnsleve, king of
Ulster, to Tredach” [Drogheda], ‘‘ where he
gave wages to Caly O’Rourk’s sonne. Donell
O’Lochlainn, with his might behind him, into
Ulster” [Ulidia, or Eastern Ulster], “and
brought a great pray. The forces of Mounster
into Meath, and Connor O’Cedfaa died on that

burnt.

O’Rourk, where O’Rourk (Donogh mac Cailig),
and Kennedy O’Brien, and many more, were
killed. Donell O’Gairmelay killed by Donell
O’Lochlainn. Gilpatrick, bishop of Dublin,
drowned.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The defeat of O'Rourke by O’Brien is noticed
in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year
1082, which is the only entry under that year :

“A. D. 1082” [recté, 1084]. “ Donough,
son of Koyleagh O’Royrck, accompanied with
the east of Connought, the Carbreys, and Ga-
lenges, proceeded into Lynster, where they

1085.) 923

Ua Briain and his son, Tadhg, and the son of Ua Conchobhoir Failghe, and a
great many others of the nobles and plebeians not enumerated. Four thousand
was the [whole] number slain; and the head of Donnchadh Ua Ruairc was
carried to Luimneach. Domhnall Ua Gairmleaghaidh' was killed by Domhnall
Ua Lochlainn.

The Age of Christ, 1085. Aedh Ua hOisin”, successor of Iarlath, and
Archbishop of Tuam, died. Finn, son of Gussan, son of Gorman, Bishop of
Cill-dara, died at Cill-achaidh. Gilla-na-naemh Laighen, noble Bishop of
Gleann-da-locha, and afterwards head of the monks of Wirzburg”, died on the
seventh of the Ides of April. Ugaire Ua Laidhgnen, airchinneach of Fearna ;
Gormghal Loighseach, comharba of Regles-Bhrighde® at Ard-Macha, a paragon
of wisdom and piety ; Neachtain Mac Neachtain, distinguished Bishop of Ros-
ailithre ; Mac Soilligh?, airchinneach of Inis-caein-Deagha, [died]. Clereach
Ua Sealbhaigh’, chief successor of Bairre, the glory and wisdom of Desmond,
completed his life in this world; and Gillachrist Mac Cuinn-na-mBocht, the
best ecclesiastical student that was in Ireland in his time, the glory and orna-
ment of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Ceall-Cainnigh" was for the most part burned.
Murchadh Ua Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaiill, pillar of the dignity, hospi-
tality, and bravery of the North, died. Ualgharg Ua Ruairc, royal heir of
Connaught, died. Aenghus Ua Caindealbhain, lord of Laeghaire, died. The
blind Ua Faelain, i. e. Gillabhrighde, lord of the Deisi, [died]. Muireadhach,
son of Dubh, chief of all Muintir-Eolais, was taken prisoner by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Briain ; and all Muintir-Eolais was plundered by him. A plundering
excursion was made by the Conmhaicni over Sil-Anmchadha, and they killed

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

? Mae Soilligh.—Now anglicised Mac Solly.

1 Ua Sealbhaigh.—Now anglicised Shelly and
Shallow, without the prefix Ua or O”.

* Ceall-Cainnigh: i. e. the church of Cainneach,

were mett by prince Mortagh O’Bryen, son of
King Terlagh, who was likewise accompanied
with the forces of the Danes, Munster, and
Lynster, and killed the said Donnough in battle;

and also Kennedy O’Bryan, and the son of
O’Connor of Affalie, with many other noble-
men, were killed of the prince’s side.”

™ Ja hOisin.—Now anglicé Hessian.

2 Wirzburg.—Latinized Herbipolis, Wiirtzburg,
a town on the River Moin in Germany.—See
Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, pp. 328, 331.

° Regles-Bhrighde: i.e. Bridget’s abbey church.

or Canice. This may be intended to denote the
church of St. Canice, in the city of Kilkenny,
or it may be any other church dedicated to that
saint, as at Aghabo, in the Queen’s County;
Kilkenny West, in Westmeath; or Drumachose,
in the county of Londonderry; but the proba-
bility is that St. Canice’s church, in the now
city of Kilkenny, is here alluded to.

6B2

924 anNNaca Rioshachta elReann.

[1086.

nQ(nmchada, co po manbrac an Conmgin Pind mac Ualaccam,7 co tcuccrat ©
cola bé. Ap noaoime 4 inoile 1pin mbliadainyy, sup b6 hé a méd co nofpnaree

aicctpeabans via polib oaoimb padbmb mnte. Oengup Ua Cainoelbam,

cis(ina Laesame, vo mapnbad hi cCluain Epaipo ran nool 1 ccléinclér v6,

la mac meic Coipcén Us Maflepuam, as(pna Oealbna moipe.

Coir Crforc, mile ochcmoda a pé. Maolcaoimsin, uapal eppucc Ulaoh,
Encad Ua Maolposmaip, aipoveppuce Connachc, Maorhora Ua bpolcam,
ppuic phdin Epeann, paor1 neaccna, 1 ccnabad 7 bn pilud(ce an bepla cfé-
canoa. 6a he méo a eccna, a (pgna §0 po pemobad pém lubna 7 ealadna
lana vamamyp,7 omncleacc. Ro paod a ppipac vo Cum mme pin plécmad

vécc Callamn Pebpu, amanl apb(nan,

hi pepovecim Callamn Peabna,
Choce pele Pupra fino,
Acbat Maoliopa Ua bpolcain,

Ccéc cidead nip tnom cam cinn.

Pracna Ua Rondm, amncimneach Cluana Oolcain, véce.

Ua Paolam, atlaoch toccaie, décc.

ach, 1 ctconcain Oomnall Ua hCicceid co nopuing ole.

Mae Uallachtain. —This should be Mac

hUallachain. and

The name is still extant,
now anglicised to Cuolahan, the Mac being
dropped. It is written O’hUallachain in
O’Dugan’s Topographical Poem.—See Tribes
and Customs of Hy-Many, p. 183.

‘ Were made husbandmen : i. e. the poor, or
tillers of the soil, became so scarce, that the rich
were obliged to plough their own fields, and
sow the crops.

* Dealbhna-mor: i.e. the great Delvin, now
the barony of Delvin, in the county of West-
~ meath.

The Annals of Ulster record the pring
events under this year :

“A.D. 1085. Maksoily, Airchinnech of Inis-
kyndea; Ugaire O’Laignen, Airchinnech of
Ferna; Gorgal Loigsech, Coarb of Brigitt’s

Maolp(chlomn
Maiom ma nQne(panb pon Urb Eac-
Mondm Eocaitle ma
Regles, .i. Reliques, in Ardmagh, excellent in
learning and prayer. Maelsnechtai mac Lulay,
king of Mureb; Clerech O’Selvay, Airchinnech
of Cork, ended his life happily. Murcha O’Mael-
doray, king of Kindred-Conell; Donell mac
Malcomb, king of Scotland; Mureach mac Rory
O’Ruagan, heire of Connaght, and Aengus
O’Kyndelvan, king of Laegaire, mortui sunt.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

~ Bishop of Uladh: i..e. of Down. At the
synod of Kells, and in records of the twelfth
century, both native and Anglo-Norman, the
Bishop of Down is designated by his territorial
title of Uladh, in the same manner that the
Bishop of Connor is by his title of Dalaraidhe.
At an earlier period, however, Uladh and Dal-
Araidhe were not so limited or applied.

* Maelisa Ua Brolchain.—See Colgan’s Acta

1086.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

925

Coningin Finn Mac Uallachtain’, and carried off many cows. There was
destruction of men and cattle in this year, to such an extent that certain rich
people were made husbandmen* in it. Oenghus Ua Caindealbhain, lord of
Laeghaire, was slain at Cluain-Iraird, after he had entered into religion, by the
grandson of Coirten Ua Maelruain, lord of Dealbhna-mor".

The Age of Christ, 1086. Maelcaimhghin, noble Bishop of Uladh*; Er-
chadh Ua Maelfoghmhair, Archbishop of Connaught ; Maelisa Ua Brolchain*,
learned senior of Ireland, a paragon of wisdom and piety, as well as in poetry
and both languages’. His wisdom and learning were so great, that he himself
wrote books replete with genius and intellect.
on the seventh of the Calends of February, as is stated [in this quatrain]:

He resigned his spirit to heaven

On the seventeenth of the Calends of February,

The night of fair Fursa’s festival,
Died Maelisa Ua Brolchain,
But, however, not of a heavy severe fit’.

Fiachna Ua Ronain, airchinneach of Cluain-Dolcain, died.

Maelseachlainn

Ua Faelain, a distinguished old hero, died. A battle was gained by the Air-
theara over the Ui-Eathach, wherein Domhnall Ua hAiteidh was slain, with

Sanctorum, at 16th of January, p. 108, where
Colgan has published all the notices of this re-
markable man that he could find, and adds,
not. 8: ‘ Habeo penes me quedam fragmenta,
que scripsit, et scio ubi plura in patria asser-
ventur in magno habita pretio.”—See Harris’s
edition of Ware’s Irish Writers, p. 67.

The family of the O’Brolchains are still nu-
merous, but in reduced circumstances, in Inish-
owen, in the county of Donegal, and in the
neighbouring county of Londonderry; but the
name is now generally disguised under the an-
glicised form of Bradley. They descend, accord-
ing to the Book of Lecan, from Suibhne Meann,
who was Monarch of Ireland from A. D. 615
till 628, and from whom Maelisa was the seventh
in descent ; but in Colgan’s time they were re-
duced to poverty and obscurity. Colgan writes:

“‘Extant hodie mihi probé noti quidam ex illa
familia in eadem regione, sed qui pristinum ejus
splendorem (que rerum vicissitudo est) obseu-
rent potiusquam representent.”—TJbid.

It appears, however, from De Burgo’s /Hi-
bernia, that there were some learned ecclesiastics
of the name since Colgan’s time. The Editor
met several of this family in the province of
Ulster, where they are remarkable for love of
learning and native intelligence; but none above
the rank of tradesmen, policemen, or small far-
mers.

¥ In both languages : i. e. -utraque lingua: i. e.
in Latin and Irish: ‘“‘ Latino Scoticoque sermone

eruditus.”

* Severe fit—Nulla tamen infirmitate correptus
spiritum, §c., carlo reddidit, §c.—Colgan’s Acta
Sanctorum, p. 108, col. 1.

926

aNNaza RIOghachta eiReaNn. (1086.

nUlcab pon Aingialleanb 7 pon Ua Ruavdacén, 1 cconcaip Cumarecach
Ua Lartém, cis(pna Sil Ombeine, 7 GHiollamomnne Ua h€ocada, wmsfpna
Clomne Sionais,7 pochawe ole amaille ppd. Omalsaid, mac Ruaodpi
Ui Ruadacan, vo manbad vo pfpai’ Pipnmaige. Tompdealbac Ua Omam,
pi Epeamn co pnerabpa, 1ap mbeit 1 ngalan Gian pooa, uaip nip bo plan pom
én tan pusad clno Choncobain Ui Maoilfchlainn 6 Chluain mic Noip, 50
nepbanl hi cCfnn conad ip xxn bhadain a plaréfpa, 7 pin lerun a aos hn
Pid lo Jul vo ponnnaoh, 1ap manctpa fooa, 7 1ap natpige o1ocpa ma peac-
tab, 7 1ap ccac(m cuinp Cpiorc 4 a pola, 7 Cadg Ua bmam, a mac, vécc
ip m mi céona. Ap oponatm(c bap Toinpdealbars po pad(oh, -

Ochtmovda bliadan san bpéicc,
(sup mile na mon meicc,

Sé bliadna 6 sein mic O€ oil,

6° bap Thoinpdealbars cuipmig.
Cioce Manet bh Pd Io Tul,
Ria pel lacoib co nglan pan,

lan noo piclc acbach,

Qn camino pi chon Toinpdealbach.

Maolpeachlamn, mac Concobaip, vo dol co hOé chat, 7 mawm pain pa
n6alleab, 7 pra Coucemb «1. mardm na Cpionéa, ou 1 cconcain Maolcianain
Ua Catapaig, ti5(pna na Scene, 7 Tuat Lurgne, 7 pochawe ole cenmota-
poe im Maelmuad, cig(pna Ph(p cceall. Cn Sionnach Prom 1. Tadgs
Ua Catapnang, cis (nna Tleba, 7 Cionaod a mac, 7 Ua Muipfoars, coipeac
Mumcipe Claman, vo manbaoh hi poll la Maolpeactamn, mac Concobain
occ Loc Mage Uata hi ccion Mupchad mec Concobaip, vo manbad la

* Eochaill : i.e. Yew Wood. There are many
places of this name in Iveagh and Oriel, but the
place here referred to is probably Aghyoghill,
in the parish of Kilkeen, barony of Mourne,
and county of Down.

> Sil-Duibhthire: i.e. the race of Duibhthir,
a sept of the Oirghialla, but their exact situa-
tion has not been yet determined.—See Leabhar-
na-gCeart, p. 152, note &.

© With opposition—Co bpneapabpa ; cum

renitentia : i.e. he claimed the monarchy of Ire-
land, but his title was opposed by some,

4 Crinach—A place where the trees and
shrubs grow in a withered state. Not identified.

¢ Loch Maighe Uatha.—This is probably the
place now called Loch Luatha, or Baile-Locha
Luatha, anglicé Ballyloughloe, in the barony of
Clonlonan, and county of Westmeath.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

1086.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 927

some others. The battle of Eochaill* was gained by the Ulidians over the
Airghialla and Ua Ruadhagain, where Cumasgach Ua Laithen, lord of Sil-
Duibhthire’, and Gillamoninne Ua hEochadha, lord of Clann-Sinaigh, and many
others along with them, were slain. Ambhalghaidh, son of Ruaidhri Ua Rua-
dagain, was killed by the men of Fearnmhagh. Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain,
King of Ireland with opposition’, after having suffered from long illness (for
he was not well since the head of Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn had been
brought from Cluain-mic-Nois till this time), died at Ceann-coradh, in the thirty-
second year of his reign, and in the seventy-seventh of his age, on the day before
the Ides of July precisely, after long suffering, after intense penance for his sins,
and after taking the body of Christ and his blood ; and Tadhg Ua Briain and his
son died in the same month. In commemoration of the death of Toirdhealbhach

was said :
Eighty years without falsehood,

And a thousand of great extent,

And six years, from the birth of the dear Son of God,
To the death of the modest Toirdhealbhach.

The night of Tuesday, on the pridie of the Ides of July,
Before the festival of Jacob of pure mind,

On the twenty-second, died the

Mighty supreme King Toirdhealbhach.

Maelseachlainn, son of Conchobhar, went to Ath-cliath, and was defeated
by the foreigners and the Leinstermen in a battle called “ The Breach of Cri-
nach®,” in which were slain Maelchiarain Ua Cathasaigh, lord of Saithne and
Tuath-Luighne ; Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall ; and many others besides
them. ‘The Sinnach Finn, i.e. Tadhg Ua Catharnaigh, lord of Teathbha, and
Cinaedh, his son, and Ua Muireadhaigh, chief of Muintir-Tlamain, were trea-
cherously slain by Maelseachlainn, son of Conchobhar, at Loch Maighe Uatha*,
in revenge of Murchadh, son of Conchobhar, having been slain by Ua Cathar-

«“ A.D. 1086. Maelisa O’Brolchan, excellent O’Conners; Ercha O’Maelfoamar, Archbishop
in learning, prayer, poetry, and in any lan- of Connaght; Maelcaivgin, gentle bishop of
guage” [recté, in either language], “swum spiri- Ulster; Fiachna O’Ronan, Airchinnech of Clon-
tum emisit. Maelsechlainn O’Faelan, a chosen dolean, in pace dormierunt. Amalgay mac Rory
old man ; Mac Bethay, king of Kieray of the O’Ruagan killed by the men of Fernmay. Tir-

928 ANNQta RIOshachcta elReEGNn. [1087.

hUa cCatapnaig Sionoach. hUa bangellam, cisfpna Cipsiall, vo emcim la
Conaillibh. Mac beatad Ua Concobaip, cigfpna Cianpaige, vo mapbad
(no do écc).

Coir Cpforc, mile ochtmoda a pfchc. Maolpfchloinn, mac Concobanp,
pi Tlmpach, vo mapbad la Catal, mac Muinicen, 7 la plpab Tleba 1 nCpo-
achad Eprcorp Mel, cma fell 7 meabal, Oomnall mac Giollapacpaie,
cis(ana Oppaige, vécc ian mbeit 1 ngalan pooa. Catal Ua Cécpada vo
manbad la Cargmb. Capléibe Ua Cianpoa, cigfpna Coinppe, vo mapbad.
Oomnall Ua Laitén vo manbad la Oormnall mac meic Loclamn. Maol-
puanaid Ua hinc, 1. 00 Chlomn Oianmava, agslpna Tleba, vécc. Cach
eiccip Ruaidm Ua Concobaip, pi Connacc, 7 God mac Aine Ui Ruane,
w1s(;na Conmaicne 7 Gperpne, hh cConacail hi cConann,7 po meabard pon
Ua Ruaipe. Mapbeap é budéin,7 Mumpfoach mac Oub, corpeac Mumncine
hEolaip, 7 mac Hoppa Us Shiniccéin,7 mac Conpléibe Ui Pipganl,7 mate
Conmaicne apncfna etip paop 47 vaop, toncpaccan 1pm cat pm Conaino la
Ruaodm. Up vo ponaitmh(c an cata pin atpubnad,

Sfchet mbliadna 1p occmoda an,
Csup mile caom comlan,
O po sfnain Crore san coll,

Co cat conacla hi cconann.

Cat Rata Eoaip eccip Caigmb, 7 propa Muman, cop paemio ma Muip-
é(acach Ua mbmiain 7 pé befparb Muman pop Lagmb 7 pon mac Oomnaill

lagh O’Brien, king of Ireland, died in Kincora,
after great torments and long penance, and after
receiving the sacrament of the body and blood
of Christ, pridie [dus Julii, in the 77th yeare of
his age. His son, Teig,: also died within a
month. The overthrow of Crincha upon Me-
lachlin by Leinster and Gentiles” [recté, Galls],
where Maelkieran O’Cathasay fell with many
others. An overthrow by the Eastians” [ Ori-
entales ] ‘‘upon O’Nehachs, where Donell O’ Hat-
tey was killed. ‘The overthrow of Eochaill by
Ulstermen ypon Airgialls and O’Ruagan, where
Cumascach O’Lahen, king of Duvthire, was lost”

[as was also] ‘ Gillamoninne O’Heochaa, mi-
nion’” [recté, lord] ‘of Kindred Sinay, and
many others.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise give, under 1083
and 1084, some of the events entered by the
Four Masters under 1086, as follows :

“A.D. 1083. The king fell sick of a grie-
vous sickness this year, and was so ill therein
that all his hair fell off.”

“ A, D. 1084” [recte, 1086]. ‘* Moyle-Isa
O’Brothloghan, the elder and sadge of Ireland,
was so ingenious and witty, and withall so well
learned, that he composed great volumes, con-

1087.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 929

naigh Sinnach. Ua Baigheallain, lord of Airghialla, fell by the Conailli. Mac
Beathadh Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe, was killed, or died.

The Age of Christ, 1087. Maelseachlainn, son of Conchobhar, King of
Teamhair, was killed by Cathal Mac Muirigen and the men of Teathbha, at
Ard-achadh-Epscoip-Mel‘, through treachery and guile. Domhnall Mac Gilla-
phadraig, lord of Osraighe, died after long illness. Cathal Ua Ceatfadha was
killed by the Leinstermen. Cusleibhe Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, was killed.
Domhnall Ua Laithen was killed by Domhnall, the son of Mac Lochlainn.
Maelruanaidh Ua hAirt, i.e. of the Clann-Diarmada, lord of Teathbha, died.
A battle was fought between Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, and
Aedh, son of Art Ua Ruairc, lord of Conmhaicne and Breifne, at Conachail’, in
Corann, where Ua Ruairc was defeated and killed. There were also slain in
this battle of Corann, by Ruaidhri, Muireadhach Mac Duibh, chief of Muintir-
Eolais; the son of Godfrey Ua Siridein"; the son of Cusleibhe O’Fearghail ;
and distinguished men of the Conmhaicni, both noble and plebeian. In com-
memoration of this battle was said :

Seven years and eighty full,

And a thousand, fair, complete,

Since Christ was born without a stain,
Till the battle of Conachail in Corann.

The battle of Rath-Edair‘, between the men of Leinster and Munster, where
Muircheartach Ua Briain and the men of Munster defeated the Leinstermen

taining many great misteries and new sciences that was slain by Kaharnagh Shennagh. Of this
devised by himselfe, died this year. Terlagh Teig, Montyr-Hagan, now called Foxes Contrey,
O'Bryen, King of Ireland, in the 25th year of or the contrey of Killcoursey, tooke the name.”
his reign, died quietly in his bed, and his son, £ Ard-achadh-Epscoip-Med : i.e. Ardagh, of
Teig, died the next month. Melaughlyn went which Bishop Mel is the patron.

to Dublin, and was encountered and discom- 8 Conachail__Now Cunghill, a townland in
fitted by the Danes, where Kerann O’Cahasie, the parish of Achonry, barony of Leyny, and
prince of Saitnie, with the most part of the county of Sligo.

land of Lwynie, were slain. Teig Sheannagh © “Ua Siridein.—Now always anglicised Sheri-
O’Caharnie, archprince of the land of Teaffa, dan, without the prefix Ua or O’.

with his son, Kynnath, and the cheife of Mon- ' Rath-Edair: i.e. the Fort of Edar. This
tyr-Thlaman, were killed treacherously by was probably the name of a fort on or near
Moyleseaghlyn mac Connor O’Melaughlyn, in Binn Edair, the hill of Howth, in the county of
revenge of his brother, Morragh mac Connor, Dublin.

6c

930 GNNQGtCa RIOshachta eireaqnn.

floes.

mic Maoil na mbé,7 an Oiapmud Ua mbpiain,7 ap Enoa mac Oiapmava
co po lad ap mép annpin pon Largmb m mac Mupchada Ui Oornnanll mm
cis(pna hUa nOpona, 7 1m Chonall Ua Ciapmaic,7 1m Ua Néill Mange 0a
con, 77. Sluamsead la mac Loclainn, co po loipe Tuae mnbip 1 moplFab,7
co no lao Gp pona muincip. Niall Ua Ceatpada vécc. Catal Ua Clcpada
vo manbad la Laagmb. Mearp mop, 7 1omacc conaid, 7 b6 ap,7 apcale pin

mbliadainy1, agup Zaet mop co no bmp carse 7 clmpla.

Uilliam Rupur oo

sabail moshachca Saran, 9 Sepcemben.

Qoip Cniopc, mle ochcmoda a hochc.

Copbmac Ua Pinn, cipoptp-

leiginn Oal cCanp, vécc. Catalan Ua Ponpéw, paor a nfgna 7 scnabad,
vécc DIA DomNaNs Inicce icceipc Nom Mapca 1 nilmleach lobaip, conad v6

vo paolo,

Catalan an cnabaid corp,
ba ppuit pamaid, ba S{ndip,
Fon nfm ipin spianan gle,
Cwd 1 péil Chianain Sargpe.

Tis (pnach Ua Spaom, anocomanba Chianain 7 Chomann, vécc 1 nlomdand

Chiapain.

« Ua Ciarmhaic.Now sometimes anglicised
Kerwick ; but the name is almost universally
changed to Kirby.

'Ua Neill of Magh-da-chon.—The exact situ-
ation of this territory of O’Neill of Leinster,
appears from a certificate of commissioners ap-
pointed for forming the county of Wicklow
(published in Erck’s Repertory of the Chancery
Inrolments), dated 10th January, 1605, in which
its position in relation to the barony of Shile-
lagh is given as follows :

“And haveing viewed and surveied the irish
territorie called Shilellagh, bounded on the
south side by the territorie of Kilteile, alias
Mac Morishe’s contrie, in co. Wexford ; on the
west by the countrie of Farren O’Neale, and
the lordship of Tully, in co. Catherlagh; on the
north and east side by the lordshipp of Clone-
more, and the territorie of Cosha, &c. &¢.”

Sui leigino 7 pfnchura épiwe.

Maolora Ua Maoilginice, aipo-

The name Magh-da-Chon, i. e. Plain of the
two Hounds, is now corrupted to Moyacomb,
which is applied to a parish lying partly in the
barony of Shilelagh, in the county of Wicklow,

- and partly in the barony of Ravilly, in the

county of Carlow.

™ Tuaith-inbhir in Breagha : i. e. the district of
the invers or estuaries. This was probably the
ancient name of the tract of country lying be-
tween the river anciently called Inbher-Ainge,
now the Nanny Water, and the estuary of the
Boyne, anciently Inbher-Colpa, in Magh Breagh,
in Meath. It is to be distinguished from Tuagh-
Inbher already mentioned under the years 904
and 953, and from Tuaim-Inbhir, which occurs
at the year 916.

» William Rufus.—This assumes that William
Rufus commenced his reign immediately after
the death of William the Conqueror; but. Sir

1088.} ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 931

and Domhnall, son of Mael-na-mbo, and Diarmaid Ua Briain, and Enda, son of
Diarmaid; and where a great slaughter was made of the Leinstermen, together
with the son of Murchadh Ua Domhnaill, lord of Ui-Drona, and Conall Ua Ciar-
mhaic*, and Ua Neill of Magh-da-chon’, &. A hosting by Mac Lochlainn, and
he burned Tuaith-inbhir in Breagha™, but his people were slaughtered. Niall
Ua Ceatfadha died. Cathal Ua Ceatfadha was killed by the Leinstermen.
Great abundance of nuts and fruit, murrain of cows, and dearth, in this year,

and a great wind which destroyed houses and churches.

William Rufus? as-

sumed the kingdom of England on the 9th of September.
The Age of Christ, 1088. Cormac Ua Finn, chief lector of Dal-gCais, died.
Cathalan Ua Forreidh, a paragon of wisdom and piety, died on Shrovetide

Sunday, the third of the Nones of March, at Imleach-Ibhair ;

said :

Cathalan of true piety

of whom was

Was the sage of a congregation, was senior ;
To heaven into the bright palace he passed,
On the festival of Ciaran of Saighir.

Tighearnach Ua Braein®, chief successor of Ciaran and Coman, died at

Imdhaidh Chiarain ;

Harris Nicolas thinks it is most probable that
the reign of William Rufus began on the day
of his coronation, namely, Sunday, September
26th, 1087, not only because this is presumed
to have been the usage, but because, being a
younger son, he did not possess any hereditary
right to the crown.—See Chronology of History,
2nd edition, p. 295. The Annals of Ulster
record the following events under this year :
“A, D. 1087. Donell Mac Gilpatrick, king of
Ossory, died. Cathal O’Cedfaa killed by Lein-
ster, Cusleve O’Ciarda, king of Carbry, a suis
occisus. Maelsechlainn mac Conner, king of
Tarach, killed by them of Tethva, by falsehood
in Ardacha. Donell O’Lathen killed by Donell
O’Lochlainn. A battle in Corann between Rory
O’Conner, king of Connaght, and Hugh O’Rourk,
king of Conmacne, and Hugh, king of Conmacne,

he was a paragon of learning and history. Maelisa

with the best of that country, were lost. A
navy by Magranall’s” [sonnes], ‘‘and by the
king of Ulster’s sonne, into Manainn, .i. the Ile
of Man, where the Magranalls were slayne. Great

. fruite this yeare. ,Zranslatio reliquiarum S. Nicho-

lai hoc anno 7 Id. Maii.”—Cod. Clar., tom. 49.

Two of these events are noticed in the Annals
of Clonmacnoise, under the year 1084, as follows:

* A. D. 1084” [recte, 1087]. “ Moyleseaghlyn
mac Connor, King of Meath, was soone after”
[the killing of O’Caharnie] “slain by Cahall
Mac Morgan, and these of Teaffa, in the towne
of Ardagh. Rowry O’Connor, king of Con-
nought, and the son of Art O’Royrck, encoun-
tered in battle with each other;” [wherein]
“at last O’Royrck, with the most part of his
family, were slain.”

° Tighearnach Ua Braein.—He is the celebrated

6c2

932 aNNatwa RIOshachta eiReann. (1088.

pile 7 anoollam, vécc. Oubcablong, msfn Coda Ui Concobarp 1. ed an
Ohae blnnangs, b(n nf Muman, vécc. Mop, méfn Toimpdealbarg Us Ohman,
b(n pi Connace, vécc. Op ooib pin acbenpt Muincfpcac Ua Smann,

Mop ing(n mic Tadg acuand,
Anmice cec véccaib o1ombuai,
Oubcoblaict oc vol vo Chluam,
1 mavain poccmain flonnfuaip.

Ruaodp Ua Concobain co plnaib Connacc- v0 sabal Inpr adancaig pra
bpfrab Muman ap na po léiccead a ccoblac peca pom puap, 7 do patcad
maiom pop Mhuinc(pcac co pranccaib an a muimncipe ann. Ro lad ona an
fon coblac an pip céona 1apna cceachc cimceall ian pop an praippse
vo 1onopad Connacc. Inopfo vin Copco Moodpuad 6 Ruaopi po cpi,7 ap
inveachcain ma po pasar’ cltpa na oaoine gan malaine von cup pm, 7 00
pochnaccan tma baogal cman vo maitib Connacc 41. Srolla coinpte, mac
Cacail Ui Mugpom, copeach Clone Catal, 7 Caponna, mac Mupcada
Unoin tcoipeach Clomne Tomalcais,7] mac Hrollacmore, me Echeis(pn,
coipeach Concu Achlann. Up mop pon Shallaib Acha cliat, Loca Gap-
man, 7] Puinc Coapse pra nUib Eachoach Muman ipm 16 po 1ompmople
Concach Muman vo ongain. Sl6ig( la Oomnall, mac Mic Uochlainn, la
pis nQilis, co ccuaipcenc Eneann imme hi cConnaccaib, co tcane Rua
Ua Concobanp, pi Connace, sialla Connacc wile 06. Oo deocatcan oiblinib
co na pochnaiccib 1p nm Muman, 50 po loipcepfe Cuimneach,7 po monaipt

annalist whose work has been edited by Doctor each other manifests a degree of criticism un-
O’Conor. For an account of the different copies common in the iron age in which he flourished.
of the Annals of Tighernach, the reader is re- He quotes Eusebius, Orosius, Julius Africanus,
ferred to the Stowe Catalogue, p.192. Tighernach Bede, Josephus, St. Jerome, and others. It is
questions the veracity of all the most ancient stated in the Dublin copy of the Annals of In-
documents relating to Ireland, and makes the nisfallen, at A. D. 1088, that this remarkable

true historical epoch begin from Cimbaeth, and
the founding of the palace of Eamhain Macha,
about the eighteenth year of Ptolemy Lagus,
before Christ, 305. ‘‘ Omnia monumenta Scoto-
rum usque Cimbaeth incerta erant.” His quota-
tions from Latin and Greek authors are nume-
rous; and his balancing their authorities against

man was of the tribe of the Sil-Muireadhaigh ;
and Dr. O’Conor beasts in a note that he was of
the same race as the O’Conors of Connaught,
who were the principal family of the Sil-Mui-
readhaigh.

? Mor.—The death of this Mor is entered
under the year 1086 in the Annals of Clon-

1088.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 933

Ua Maelgiric, chief poet and chief Ollamh, died. Dubhchabhlaigh, daughter
of Aedh Ua Conchobhair, i.e. of Aedh of the Broken Spear, and wife of the
King of Munster, died. Mor’, daughter of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, and
wife of the King of Connaught, died. Of these Muircheartach Ua Briain said :

Mor, daughter of the son of Tadhg from the North,
Reached the unvictorious house of the dead ;
Dubhchobhlaidh went to Cluain

On a cold autumnal morning.

Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, with the men of Connaught, took Inis-Adharcach*
before the men of Munster, to prevent their fleet from advancing further up ;
and Muircheartach was defeated, and a slaughter was made of his people there.
The [crews of the] same man’s fleet were slaughtered, after they had sailed
round westwards on the sea to plunder Connaught. Corco-Modhruadh was
then plundered thrice by Ruaidhri, and it is wonderful if he left any cattle or
people without destroying on these occasions ; and three of the chieftains of
Connaught, being left in danger, were slain, namely, Gillacoirpthe, son of Cathal
Ua Mughron, chief of Clann-Cathail, and Cusinna, son of Murchadh Odhar,
chief of Clann-Tomaltaigh, and the son of Gillachrist, son of Echthighern,
chief of Corca-Achlann’. A great slaughter was made of the foreigners of
Ath-cliath, Loch-Garman, and Port-Lairge. by the Ui-Eathach-Mumhan, on the
day that they [jointly] attempted to plunder Corcach-Mumhan. An army was
led by Domhnall, the son of Mac Lochlainn, King of Ireland, and the people of
the north of Ireland with him, into Connaught; and Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair,
King of Connaught, gave him the hostages of all Connaught. Both proceeded

with their forces into Munster ; and they burned Luimneach, and plundered

macnoise: ‘A. D. 1086. Dowcowlye, the King
of Connought’s daughter, and Queen of Mun-
ster, died. More, daughter of King Terlagh,
and Queen of Connought, wife of Rowry O’Con-
nor, died.”—Ann. Clon.

4 Inis-Adharcach: i. e. the Horned Island.
Now Incherky, an island in the River Shannon,
belonging to the parish of Lusmagh, barony of
Garrycastle, and King’s County.—See the Ord-

nance Map of the King’s County, sheet 29. See
this island again referred to, under the name
Adhairceach, at the year 1157, infra.

* Corca-Achlann.—A territory in the east of
the county of Roscommon, the ancient inheri-
tance of the family of Mac Branan, comprising
the parishes of Bumlin, Kiltrustan, Cloonfin-
lough, and the western half of the parish of
Lissonuffy.—See note ', under A. D. 1256,

934 aNNQaca RIOSshachta eiReaNN.

[1089.

Machape na Muman .. co hlmleach lubaip, 7 Loch Garp, 7 Spas pigsh, 7
Oan Acéd,7 co opum Ua Clepcén,7 pucpac cfnn mc Cailigh Ui Ruane o
cnocaib Samccil, 7 po togailpfc, 7 po mappac Cfnn conad, 7 po sabpac o¢c
bpicic laec ecip Halla, 7 Gaoweala 1 ngallnup a naccipe, 7 cangaccap
via caisib iapam. CAciad porgne na naiccipe pin Mac Mavadéin Un Cir-
neroig, mac Congalaig 1 Occéin, 7 mac Eacdach Ur Lomspig. Oo pavad
ba, ec, 6p, opsac, ] capna can a cenn 6 Muipéfphach Ua bpiam ina pruarp-
laccavh. Ofpbail, mg(n hUi Marlpechnall, véce.

Cop Cpiorc, mile ochtmoda a nao. Grollapaccparcc Ua Célecan
plenap (1. poi) Apoa Macha, Concobap, mac Pogantaig hUi Maoileoiin
pfenab Cluana mic Nop, 7 Pepsal hUa Meipoloaig, peplergimn Imleacha
lubaip, vécce. Maidm ja nUib Catach Ulad pon plona Plpnmarge, 04 1
cconcaip mac eda Ui Chpiocam, cigfpna Pfinmange, 7 va tanaip véce
vo paon Cclanoaib, 50 pochadib 1omdaib ole. Oonnchad mac Oomnaill
Reamap, cis(fna Largtn (no Ua cCenpelaig) v0 mapbad vo Chonéoban
Ua Concobaip Pals: tmia baogal. Caech ap ampa po bao ma ammpip, cuip
cata an calmacap eipde. Oonnchad Ua Giollapaccpaice, .. mac Oornall,

* Imleach-Ibhair.—Now Emly, in the county
of Tipperary.—See note *, under A. D. 541,
p- 182, supra.

* Loch-Gair.cNow Lough Gur, a lake, at
which are the ruins of various ancient Irish
and Anglo-Irish fortifications, situated in the
parish of Knockany, barony of Small County,
and County of Limerick.—See note ?, under
AS Ds Y510:

« Brugh-Righ : i.e. the Fort of the King, now
Bruree, a small village on the west bank of the
River Maigue, in the barony of Upper Connello,
and county of Limerick. ‘There are extensive
ruins of earthen forts, said by tradition to have
been erected by Oilioll Olum, and occupied till
about the period of the English Invasion by his
descendants, the O’ Donovans.—See Leabhar-na-
gCeart, p. 77, note *, and p. 88, note *. See also
note °, under A. D. 974, p. 701, supra. The
O?Donovans were driven from this place, as well

as from Croom, about the period of the English
Invasion ; but they would appear to have reco-
vered them, and to have maintained possession
of both places, as well as the barony of Coshma,
and the plains along the Maigue, until finally
expulsed by Maurice Fitzgerald, who was Lord
Justice of Ireland in the year 1229.

~ Dun- Aiched.—This is probably the remark-

‘able fort now called Dunachip, situated near

Croom, in the parish of Dysart-Muirdeabhair,
barony of Coshma, and county of Limerick.

x Druim- Ui-Cleirchein : i. e. O’Cleirchein’s
Ridge or Long Hill. In the Dublin copy of the
Annals of Innisfallen, and the Chronicon Scoto-
rum, it is called Drumain-Ui-Chleirchein, which
is the form of the name still retained. It is
now anglicised Drummin, and is the name of a
townland and parish, in the barony of Coshma,
and county of Limerick, about three miles north
of Kilmallock.

1089.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 935

the plain of Munster, i.e. as far as Imleach-Ibhair*, Loch-Gair‘, Brugh-Righ",
Dun-Aiched”, and Druim-Ui-Cleirchein*; and they carried off the head of the
son of Caileach Ua Ruairc from the hills of Saingeal’; and they broke down
and demolished Ceann-coradh ; and they obtained eight score heroes, both
foreigners and Irish, as hostages and pledges, and then returned to their houses.
The chief of these hostages were the son of Madadhan Ua Ceinneidigh’; the
son of Conghalach Ua hOgain’; and the son of Eochaidh Ua Loingsigh. Cows,
horses, gold, silver, and flesh-meat, were [afterwards] given in ranson of them
by Muircheartach Ua Briain. Dearbhail, daughter of Ua Maelseachnaill’, died.

_ The Age of Christ, 1089. Gillaphadraig Ua Celechain, Secnab (1. e. Prior)
of Ard-Macha; Conchobhar, son of Fogartach Ua Maelduin, Secnab of Cluain-
mic-Nois ; and Fearghal Ua Meisdeadhaigh, lector of Imleach-Ibhair, died. A
battle was gained by the Ui-Eathach-Uladh over the men of Fearnmhagh,
wherein fell the son of Aedh Ua Crichain, lord of Fearnmhagh, and twelve
Tanists of the nobility, with numbers of others. Donnchadh, son of Domhnall
Reamhar*, lord of Leinster (or of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh), was slain by Conchobhar
Ua Conchobhair Failghe, by unfair advantage. He was the most illustrious
hero that lived in his time, a prop of battle for bravery. Donnchadh, grandson

¥ Saingeal.—Now Singland, a townland in the Ivair, Shrovetide Sunday, in pace quievit, An

parish of St. Patrick’s, about one mile south-
east of the city of Limerick.—See Septima Vita
S. Patricii, part iii. c. xliv., in Colgan’s T'rias
Thaum., p. 158, col. 1.

* Ua Ceinneidigh.—Now anglicised O’ Kennedy,
and more generally Kennedy, without the prefix
Ua or O’.

* Ua hOgain.—Now always anglicised Hogan,
without the prefix. This family was seated at
Arderony, about four miles to the north of Ne-
nagh, in the county of Tipperary.

> Ua Maelseachnaill. — Otherwise written
O’Maelseachlainn, and anglicé O’Melaghlin, now
corrupted to Mac Loughlin.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1088. Cathalan O’Forrey, chief in
learning and prayer, 3 Non. Martii in Imlech

army by Donell mac Lochlainn, king of Ailech,
in Connaght, that Rory gave him the hostages
of Connaght, and” [they] ‘‘ went together into
Mounster, and burnt Limerick and the Ma-
chaire to Dunached, and brought with them
the head of Mac Cailig, and brake down Cen-
cora, &c. Tiernach O’Broyne, Airchinnech of
Clon-mic-Nois, in Christo quievit. Great slaugh-
ter of the Galls of Dublin, of Wicklow” [recte,
Wexford], “and Waterford, by the O’Neachays
of Mounster, the day that they enterprised to
spoyle Corke. Maelisa O’Maelgirick, Archpoet
of Ireland, died.. This yeare Tirlagh O’Conner,
king of Ireland, was borne.”—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49. ;

© Domhnall Reamhar : i.e. Domhnall, or Da-
niel the Fat. He was evidently Domhnall Mac
Murchadha, who died in the year 1075.

*

936 GQNNGta RIOShacnca elREGNN. (1089,

cis(fna Oppagse, vo manbad vo macaw’ mic Spain Spic. GHrollacamonig
Ua Plaitpil, cig(pna Oealbna bfena, v0 mapbad la a bpatain Aed, mac
Coclam Uf Phlacpilfo. Coblach php Muman 1.1m Muincencac Ua mba,
vo tiactain fon Sionaimn, 7 pon Loc Rib co po aipecy fc cealla an loca, «1.
Imp Clotpann, Imp b6 pimne, Imp Ainggmn 4 Cluam GEamain, co po otnad
Qhoinceach, 7 Rechpat iappm oan a neip la Rucndpi Ua Concobanp, la pig
Connacht. CTCangaccappom anuar iapam co Cluam,7 po paomead opna puar
ma ppnicemngs co he Cuam, ba hannpide bao: Ua Maoilfchlainn 1. Oormnalt
mac Plomn, pi Cfmpach in enlaime pon a cep, 50 pRansaibyle oF a long 4
a nftan a5 Ua Maoleachlamn annpin,7 00 deocaccap Péipin pon a Comaipce,
7 po hiodnaict: 1omlan iace 1anam co plona Muman. Ruarwpi Ua Concobain
7 Oomnall Ua Maolpfchlamn vo dol Wongaib 7 mlépab co po momple
Muma co Cluain caom Mooviomog Cond ap mueachcam fponaspac mfol
ninoile m ainfcc pin la caob bnaice: vo tabaine leo. Cylch mon la Oomnall
Ua Maorleachlainn, la pig Tflmpach, co poce loban cind tnacca 50 po ainsi
plona Pfpnmaigse, Conalle, Musvdopna, 7 Ui MEit, 7 50 po loipe Conaille
ule. lpeall cranam vo chhoach an dilp1 vo Conbmac Mac Cuinn na mboér
6 Ua Plartén, 7 6 Ohomnall mac Plamn Ui WMaollchlome 6 pig Moe.
Concach, Imleach lubain, Anopfjica,7 Ceall oana, vo lopccad. Cupcca vo
lopccad la prona Muman, 7 naor ppicic OuIne vo lopccad ina varmlias.

4 Cluain-Eamhain.—Now Cloonoun, or Cloon- is bounded on the west by the River Shannon,

own, an old church on the west side of the
Shannon, in the parish of St. Peter’s, barony of
Athlone, and county of Roscommon.—See Tribes
and Customs of Hy-Many, p. 79, note}, and the
map to that work. The other churches here
referred to are on islands in Lough Ree. Inis-
Clothrann and Inis-Bofinne are so called at the
present day; but Inis-Aingin is now more usu-
ally called Inis-Inneen, and, in English, “the
Hare Island.”

© Aidhirceach.—See note 4, -Inis-Adharcach,
p- 933, supra.

* Rechraith.— Otherwise called Rachra, now
Raghra, a townland in the west of the parish of
Clonmacnoise, and north of Shannon Bridge, in
the barony of Garrycastle, King’s County. It

which divides it from the townlands of Raghra-
beg and Cappaleitrim, in the parish of Moore,
barony of Moycarnan, and county of Roscom-
mon.—See Rachra, referred to as a castle at
A. D. 1557.

& Cluain: i.e. Cluain-mic-Nois, or Clonmac-
noise.

4 Cluain-caein-Modimog.— According to the
gloss to the Feilire-Aenguis, at 21st of January,
and O’Clery’s Zrish Calendar, at the same day,
this church was in the territory of the Eogha-
nacht Chaisil, which is the present barony of
Middlethird, in the county. of Tipperary.

i Ibhar- Chinn-trechta.—Otherwise called In-
bhar-Chinn-tragha, i.e. the Yew at the Head
of the Strand, now the town of Newry, in the

Saad

FEL Pere re

1089.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 937

of Gillaphadraig (i.e. the son of Domhnall), was killed by the grandsons of
Domhnall Breac. Gillacainnigh Ua Flaithfhileadh, lord of Dealbhna-Beathra,
was slain by his brother, Aedh, son of Cochlan Ua Flaithfhileadh. The fleet
of the men of Munster, under the conduct of Muircheartach Ua Briain, arrived
on the Sinainn, and upon Loch Ribh ; and they plundered the churches of the
lake, namely, Inis-Clothrann, Inis-bo-finne, Inis-Ainggin, and Cluain-Eamhain‘.
But Aidhirceach® and Rechraith‘ were blocked up, after their passage, by Ruaidhri
Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught. They afterwards came down to Cluainé,
but they were repulsed back to Ath-Luain, where Ua Maeleachlainn, i. e. Domh-
nall, son of Flann, King of Teamhair, was in readiness to attack them; and they
left all their ships and vessels to O’Maeleachlainn there, and placed themselves
under his protection, and they were afterwards conveyed home in safety to
Munster. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair and Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn went in
ships and boats, and plundered Munster as far as Cluain-caein-Modimog", so
that they scarcely left a single head of cattle so far [as they penetrated], and
besides carried off captives. A great predatory excursion was made by Domh-
nall Ua Maeleachlainn, until he reached Ibhar-Chinn-trachta’; and he plun-
dered the men of Fearnmhagh, Conaille, Mughdhorna, and Ui-Meith, and burned
all Conaille. Iseal-Chiarain* was purchased for ever by Cormac Mac Cuinn na
mBocht from Ua Flaithen, and from Domhnall, son of Flann Ua Maeleachlainn,
King of Meath. Corcach, Imleach-Ibhair, Ard-fearta’, and Cill-dara, were
burned. Lusca was burned by the men of Munster, and nine score persons
were burned in its Daimhliag [stone-church].

county of Down.—See Dublin P. Journal, vol. i. “A.D. 1089. Lusk burnt, with the Daim-
p- 103; and Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of liag” [and nine score men therein], “ by the
Down and Connor, p. 116, note *. men of Mounster. Kildare also burnt this yeare.

* [seal-Chiarain.—This was the name of St. Donell mac fat Donell, king of Leinster, mur-
Ciaran’s hospital at Clonmacnoise—See note thered by his own, Murtagh O’Laythen, king of
under the year 1032, supra. Duvthire, died. The battle of Gernaide, gained

| Ard-fearta.—Now Ardfert, in the barony of over the men of Fernvay, and many were also
Clanmaurice, and county of Kerry, where St. killed by the O’Neathachs, and by Ulster, in

Brendan erected a monastery in the sixth cen-
tury.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 89; and
Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 299.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

Slevfuaid. Doncha mac Gilpatrick, king of
Ossory, murthered of his owne. Gilpatrick
O’Keligan, Secnap of Ardmagh, died on Christ-
mas eve.””—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice some of

6D

938 anNaza RIOshachta elReGNn. (ogo.

Cloip Cpiort, mile nocac. Maoloiin Ua Reabacan, comanba Mocicca,
3 Cian Ua buacalla, comanba Cainnig 1 cCiannacéca, vécc. Ingnaoan, pp-
lergzinn Cluana hEpaino, v0 mapbad. Maolpuanaid Ua Cainellan, cig(pna
Clomoe Oianpmacca,7 Hrollacmorc Ua Linms, wis(pna Cenél Moen, vo
mapbad m aon l6 la Oomnall Ua Lochlamo. Combdal mop ecip Oornall,
mac Mherc Lochlainc, pi Chuig,7 Muinefpcach Ua bmam, pi Carpi, 4
Oomnall mac Plone Ui Maol(chloinn, cis(pna Mivde, 7 Ruawp Ua Con-
cobain, pi Connacht, 7 00 pacpat ule gialla vo pig Ciligh,7 vo pcappac
po poh, caencompac. Mumpcfpcach Ua bpiam vo cwmvdecc bn Mide pon
cneich 1apam, 7 plcain 1omaipece eiccin Oomnall, ni Mide, 7 Muipe(pcach
cona a ploccab 1 Mag Céna. Ro meabard pon Mumam,7 po lad a nan
im Maolpeclainn Ua nOungalans, 7 1m mac Confn Ui Ombeind, 7 mm mac
Maonlmopda Ui Oomnall mac pig Ua Cermpealans. Cptch pluarcclo 14
Oormnall Ua Maolechlumn ipn Mumain, co po lope Ofin na peciach.
Cptch ole besp lap an Oomnall céona, 50 po aipcc Upmumain wile. Ruadm

Ua Concobain vo lopccad Ofine Chel.

nOéim vo manbad.
baogal.

the same events under the year 1087, as fol-
lows:

“A.D. 1087” [recte, 1089]. ‘* Munstermen
brought a great fleet on the river of Synann
and Loghrie, and robbed, and tooke the spoyles
of all the churches upon the islands of that
logh, viz. of Innis-Clothran, Innis- Boffyn,
Innis-Angine, and Cloneawyn; which Rowry
O’Connor, king of Connought, seeing, he caused
to be stopped the fords on the Synnan, called
Adyrckeache and Rathkrea, to the end they
might not be at liberty to pass the said passages
at their returns, and were driven to turn to
Athlone, where they were overtaken by Donell
mac Flyn O’Melaghlyn, king of Meath, to whose
protection they whollie committed themselfs,
and yealded all their cotts, shipps, and boats, to
be disposed of at his pleasure, which he received,
and sent safe conduct with them untill they

Muimpefpcach Ua Gye, agslpna na

Muipe(rcach Ua Gmain vo dol an Loch Riach cpe
Sluanngean la Muinefpcach Ua mobmiaain, 7 la pfpaib Muman, 7 la

were left at their native place of Mounster.
Gillekenny O’Flattyle, prince of Delvyn-Bethra,
was killed by his own brother, Hugh mac Cogh-
lan. Donnogh mac Donnell Reawar (in Eng-
lish, the fatt), king of Lynster, was killed by
Connor O’Connor, prince of Affalie; and also
Donnogh mac Donnell mac Gillepatrick, prince
of Ossorie, was killed. Isill Kieran, or the hos-
pitall of St. Keyran, was purchased by Cormack
Mac Connemoght from O’Flayhyn and Donnell
mac Flyn O’Melaughlyn of Meath, for ever.”

= Ua Buachalla.—Now anglicised Buckley,
without the prefix Ua or O’.

» Successor of Cainneach in Cianachta : i. e.
Abbot of Dromachose, in the barony of Kee-
naght, and county of Londonderry.

° Ua Caireallain.—Now anglicised Carlan,
Carland, Curland, and Carleton, without the
prefix Ua or O’, William Carleton, the author

1090.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 939

The Age of Christ, 1090. Maelduin, successor of Mochuda, and Cian
Ua Buachalla®™, successor of Cainneach in Cianachta’, died. Ingnadan, lector ,
of Cluain-Iraird, was killed. Maelruanaidh Ua Caireallain®, lord of Clann-
Diarmada?, and Gillachrist Ua Luinigh‘, lord of Cinel-Moen’, were killed one
day by Domhnall O’Lochlainn. A great meeting took place between Domhnall,
the son of Mac Lochlainn, King of Aileach ; and Muircheartach Ua Briain,
King of Caiseal; and Domhnall, son of Flann Ua Maeleachlainn, lord of Meath ;
and Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught; and they all delivered
hostages to the King of Aileach, and they parted in peace and tranquillity.
Muircheartach Ua Briain afterwards went into Meath upon a predatory excur-
sion ; and a battle was fought between Domhnall, King of Meath, and Muir-
cheartach, with their forces, at Magh-Lena*. The Munstermen were defeated
and slaughtered, with Maelseachlainn Ua Dunghalaigh, Mac-Conin Ua Duibhgin,
and Maelmordha Ua Domhnaill, son of the King of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. A plun-
dering army was led by Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn into Munster, and he
burned Dun-na-Sgiath: Another predatory excursion was made by the same
Domhnall, on which he plundered all Ormond. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair
burned Dun-Aichet". Muircheartach Ua Bric, lord of the Deisi, was killed.
Muircheartach Ua Briain went upon Loch-Riach”, by taking an unfair advan-
tage. A hosting was made by Muircheartach Ua Briain, the men of Munster,

of Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, is of
this family, and his Irish name is Uilliam Ua
Caipeallain.

P Clann-Diarmada.—A sept of the Cinel-
Eoghain, seated on the east side of the River
’ Foyle, in the barony of Tirkeeran, and county
of Londonderry. The name of this tribe is now
preserved in that of the parish of Clondermot,
in this barony.

4 Ua Luinigh Now Looney, without the
prefix Ua or 0. The mountainous district of
Mounterlooney, in the barony of Strabane,
county of Tyrone, took its name from this fa-
mily, who were afterwards driven into it.—See
note *, under A. D. 1178.

* Cinel-Moen.—A. sept of the Cinel-Eoghain,

at this period seated in the present barony of
Raphoe, county of Donegal, but afterwards
driven across the Foyle by the Cinel-Conaill.—
See note ", under A. D. 1178.

* Magh-Lena.—Now Moylena, otherwise Kil-
bride, a parish comprising the town of Tulla-
more, in the barony of Ballycowan, and King’s
County.—See note *, under A. D. 902, p. 564,
and p. 105, col. 1.

* Dun-na-sgiath.—Now Dunnaskeagh, a town-
land in the parish of Rathlynin, barony of Clan-
william, and county of Tipperary.—See note
under A. D. 1043.

« Dun-Aichet.—See note under A. D. 1088.

* Loch-Riach.—Now Loughrea, in the county
of Galway.

6D2

940 GNNaza RIOSshacnta elReEANN.

Hallaib Ata chat, 50 po mompple cfnncup Laign,7 propa Sneag 50 hc
buide, ] 00 beptpat oa aiccipe 0Ua Locluimn 1, Domnall, an a nanacal 6 ta
rm pian.

Qoip Cpiopc, mile nochaz a haon. Cfnopaolad Ua hOccain, comanba
bpénoinn, vécc, Mupchad, mac mic Oomnaill R(map, vo mapbad 1 meabarl
la hEnvoa, mac Oianmava. Mac mc Coda mic Rumdm, cisfpna laptaip
Connacc, vécc. Crionaet UalNonda, ais(pna Caigim, 7 mac Maolpuanard,
mic Concoipne, do comtuitim 1 cg Ui Ohmain bn cCanpyeal. Ceanball
Ua hCoda yinnpion Clomne Colmam, vécc. Cadgnen 31. an bmdenac
Ua Oumocotas, asfpna Gal(ns, 0o manbad oUIb Omiuin. Sloislo la
Muipcefpcac Ua mbpiain, co po ance lantan Mhoe. Sloighead la Con-
nachcaib, co po loipcpfc mop von Mumain. Opan Ua Cainoelbain vo man-
bad vo mac Mic Coincén. Cpeach na naitinnead do dénam vo Mhuinc(pcac
Ua bmain, adce Nocclac mop, an Uibh Parlge 7 ap macaib mic bpain Opie.
Sit 00 dénam vo Mumnclpeac 7 v0 rhacenh Tards Ur Spam, 7 Tuadmuma
vo dol oa ToIShib, 7 peall vo mac Thaidgs ponna, 7 a napccain vo Chonnach-

(1091.

cab. Muincfpcach Ua bpic, wsfpna na nOéim, vo manbad.
lantanach vo part Apoa Maca vo lorecad.

* Ath-buidhe: i.e. the Yellow Ford, now Ath-
boy, in the barony of Lune, and county of
Meath.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A, D. 1090. Maelduin O’Rebacan, Coarb of
Mochuda; Kien O’Buachalla, Coarb of Cainnech,
in Kyanacht, in Christo quieverunt. Maelruanai
O’Carellan, minion of Kindred-Dermaid ; Gil-
christ O’Luny, minion of Kindred-Moyne, killed
in one day, per dolum, by Donell O’Lochlainn.
The Daimliag of Ferta burnt, with a hundred
houses about it. A meeting between Donell
Mac Lachlainn’s sonne, Murtagh O’Brien, King
of Cashell, and Flann O’Melachlinn’s sonne,
King of Tarach, where they did conclude to
give hostages to the King of Ailech from them
all.. Taithlech O’Hegra taken prisoner.”— Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49. ‘

Cn Uch
Maohora, comopba Phac-

The battle of Magh-Lena is noticed in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise, at 1088, as follows:

“A. D. 1088” [recté, 1090]. ** Moriertagh,
son of King Terlagh O’Brien, succeeded his fa-
ther, and reigned after him eleven years. The
king came with his forces into Meath, and tooke
a prey there, but was overtaken by Donell mac
Flynn, King of Meath, at Molena, in Fercall,
where many of King Moriertagh’s army were
slain, as Moyleseaghlyn O’Dongaly, the son of
Conin O’Dowgin, and the son of Mollmorry
O’Donnell, prince of the O-Kinseallys.”

¥ Cinaeth Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis: anglicé
Kenny O’More, lord of Leix.

* Maelruanaidh, son of Cucoirne—This Mael- —
ruanaidh was the head of the O’Carrolls of
Ely-O’Carroll.—See note under A. D. 1050. _

* Of Gaileanga : i. e. of Gaileanga, in the dio-
cese of Achonry, in Connaught.

1091.} ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. . 941

and the foreigners of Ath-cliath ; and they plundered a district of Leinster, and
the men of Breagh, as far as Ath-buidhe*; and they delivered two hostages to
O’Lochlainn, i. e. Domhnall, for protecting them thence to the west.

The Age of Christ, 1091. Ceannfacladh Ua hOgain, successor of Brenainn,
died. Murchadh, grandson of Domhnall Reamhar, was treacherously killed by
Enda, son of Diarmaid. The grandson of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri (Ua Flaith-
bheartaigh], lord of West ‘Connaught, died. Cinaeth Ua Mordha, lord of
Laeighis’, and the son of Maelruanaidh, son of Cucoirne’, mutually fell by each
other in the house of Ua Briain, at Caiseal. Cearbhall, grandson of Aedh,
senior of the Clann-Colmain, died. Laighgnen, i. e. the Buidheanach Ua Duinn-
cothaigh, lord of Gaileanga*, was slain by the Ui-Briuin.
by the Connaughtmen, and they burned a great part of Munster.
Ua Caindealbhain was slain by the son of Mac Coirten. The prey of the fire-
brands made, on Great Christmas night, by Muircheartach Ua Briain, upon the
Ui-Failghe and the grandsons of Bran Breac.
Muircheartach Ua Briain and the sons of Tadhg Ua Briain; and the men of
Thomond returned to their homes, but the sons of Tadhg acted treacherously

A hosting was made
Bran

A peace was made between

towards them, and they were plundered by the Connaughtmen. Muircheartach
Ua Bric, lord of the Deisi, was killed. The western half of the fort of Ard-
Macha was burned. Maelisa®, successor of Patrick, died, after penance, on the

> Maelisa.—“ A. D. 1091. Moelisa Comorbanus
S. Patricii(id est, Archiepiscopus Ardmachanus),
post longam poenitentiam decessit die 20 Decem-
bris, ejusque locum occupat statim Domnaldus filius
Amalgadii. Unde, cum Moelisa supra ad an-
num 1068 vocetur filius Amalgadii, videtur
hic Domnaldus fuisse ejus frater.’— Trias
Thaum., p. 299.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A/D. 1091. Murcha, sonn’s sonne to Donell
fatt, killed by falsehood by Enna mac Dermot.
The west half of the Rath of Ardmagh burnt.
Dunsleve O’Heochaa, king of Ulster, killed by
Mac Lochlainn’s sonne, and by the king of
Ailech, at Belach gort-an-iubhair, in battle.
Rory mac Hugh his sonne, king of West Con-

naught, died. Maelisa, Coarb of Patrick, 9 Aul.
Januarii in penitentia quievit. Donell mac Awal-
gaa ordered in the abbacie in his place presently.
This year a happy fruitful yeare.”— Cod. Clar.,
tom. 49.

A few of the events noticed in the Annals of
the Four Masters, under 1091, are given in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise under 1089, thus:

“A, D. 1089” [recte, 1091]. ‘* Donslevye
O’Heoghaye, king of Ulster, was killed by
Donell mac Loghlyn, prince of Ailleagh. Cy-
nath O’Morrey” [O’More], ‘and Mollronie
mac Concornie fought hand to hand in the
king’s house in Cashell, and were both slain.
Moyleisa, Primatt of Ardmach, died.”

The reader should bear in mind that King of
Ulster here means King of Ulidia, or that part

942 ANNQZa RIOshachta elReaNnN.

[1092.

cpaic, vécc 1ap bpfnnainn 20 Decembep, 7 Oomnall, mac Amalgada, vomo-
nead ind 1onad ipin abdame po cfodip. Sicmug, mac Hiollabnuve, vo map-
bad 1 meabarl.

Cloip Cpforc, mile nochac a 06. Conntnach Ua Canmill, eppuce,7 mag-
loin cogaide, Conbmac, abb Mamipcpec pnw plndip naom, cfno eccna 4
cpabaioh na n@aowhel. Mupclpcach, mac Lomspich, comapba Pmoéin
Cluana hEpaino,7 Maolora Ua hApnachcann, comanba Chlbe Imlich, vécc.
An Cpaibdech 1. Prachpaich Ua Pollamain, paccant vo Chonnaécaib vo
badad loch Cainpgin. Raich Anoa Macha co na cfmploib vo lopecad an
cléparnad Callainn vo Septembep,7 pple oo Thun Mop, 7 ppet vo Thun
Saran. Ruawp Ua Concobaip a. Ruaohm na powe bude, aiponf Connacc,
vo ballad oUa Placbhcas 1. 00 Plaitbfpcach, 1 oPogancach Ua Pogap-
cay tma peill 7 cma meabal. 6a caipvep Core po pecc Ruaidm
oUa Placb(pcag. Oonnchad, mac Cantus, aiglpna Eoganacca Caryl vo
mapbad la Ceallachan Canyil. €Enoa, mac Oranpmava, cisfpna Ua cCeimr-
realaig, 00 manbad la cemnrealacaib feipm 1. 00 mac Munchad, mic
Oiapmaoa. Cpeach mop la Conmarcnib can piol Mupeaovhaig, co po pas-
baoh Mag nClor leo san mmle. Oonnchad mac Ui Choncobain Pailsig vo
Reod mop 7 ag 1pm mbliadamy, co no peodple
loca 7 aibne Epeann, co nmagoip oaome 4 eich copaib tiopmaib oan na
lochanb, 7 po pipad pneachta mon na oad pin. Sloighead la muinefpcach
Ua mbpiain 1 cConnachtaib, 50 pug sralla uadaib. Onapmaro Ua 6main
vionnapbad 1 nUlcaib. Muipfoach Mac Capntong, cig (pna Coganacca, vécc.
Oomnall mac Amalgada, comonba Phacpaice pon cuaint Cenel n€ogain, co

mapbad la a bnartpib péipin.

of Ulster, east of Lough Neagh and the River
Bann.

° Loch Cairrgin.—Now Cargin’s Lough, near
Tulsk, in the county of Roscommon.

4 Trian-Mor: i.e. the great third or ternal
division of Armagh.
i.e. the Third of the Saxons;
that division of Armagh, in which the Saxon
students resided.

This passage is translated by Colgan as fol-
lows: “A. D, 1092. Ara Ardmachane cum suis
Ecelesiis, una pars de Trien-mor, et altera Trien-

© Trian-Saxon:

Saxon, incendio vastantur quarto Calendas Sep-
tembris.”—Trias Thaum., p. 299.

‘ Ceallachan- Caisil : i.e. Callaghan of Cashel.
He was the ancestor of the O’Callaghans of
Munster. He was the son of Domhnall, who
died in 1044, who was the son of Murchadh,
who died in 1014 (from whose brother, Saerbh-
reathach, the Mac Carthys of Munster are de-
scended), who was son of Donnchadh, who was
son of Ceallachan Caisil, King of Munster, who-
died in the year 954.—See Circuit of Muirchear-
tach Mac Neill, p. 64. 2

1092.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

943

20th of December; and Domhnall, son of Amhalghaidh, was immediately
installed in his place in the abbacy. Sitric, son of Gillabruide, was treacherously.
killed.

The Age of Christ, 1092. Connmhach Ua Cairill, a bishop, and an excel-
lent moderator ; Cormac, Abbot of Mainistir[Buithe], a learned and holy senior,
head of the wisdom and piety of the Gaeidhil ; Muircheartach, son of Loing-
seach, successor of Finnen of Cluain-Iraird; and Maelisa Ua hArrachtain, suc-
cessor of Ailbhe of Imleach, died. The Devotee, i.e. Fiachra Ua Follamhain,
a priest of the Connaughtmen, was drowned in Loch Cairrgin.. The fort of
Ard-Macha, with its churches, were burned on the fourth of the Calends of
September, and a street of Trian-Mor’, and a street of Trian-Saxon® Ruaidhri
Ua Conchobhair, i.e. Ruaidhri na Soidhe Buidhe, supreme King of Connaught,
was blinded by Ua Flaithbheartaigh, i.e. Flaithbheartach, and Foghartach
O’Foghartaigh, through treachery and guile. Ruaidhri was seven times a
gossip to Ua Flaithbheartaigh. Donnchadh Mac Carthaigh, lord of Eoghanacht-
Chaisil, was killed by Ceallachan-Caisil’ Enda, son of Diarmada, lord of
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was killed by the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh themselves. A great
predatory excursion was made by the Conmhaicni over Sil-Muireadhaigh, so
that Magh-Aei was left without cattle. Donnchadh, son of Ua Conchobhar
Failghe, was killed by his own brothers. Great frost and ice in this year, and
the lakes and rivers of Ireland were frozen over, so that men and horses were
wont to pass with dry feet over the lakes ; and great snow fell afterwards. An
army was led by Muircheartach Ua Briain into Connaught, and he carried
hostages from them. Diarmaid Ua Briain was expelled into Ulster. Muireadhach
Mac Carthaigh®, lord of Eoghanacht, died. Domhnall*, son of Amhalghaidh,

8 Muireadhach Mac Carthaigh.—He is the an-
cestor of the Mac Carthys of Munster, and the
first person ever called Mac Carthaigh.- He was
the son of Carthach, who was son of Saerbhrea-
thach, son of Donnchadh, son of Ceallachan
Chaisil, King of Munster.—IJd. Ibid.

» Domhnall.—* A. D. 1092. Domnaldus filius
Amalgadii, Archiepiscopus Ardmachanus, circuit
et visitat regiones de Kinel-Eoguin, id est O’ Nel-
lorum.”—Trias Thaum., p: 299. '

The Annals of Ulster notice the following

events under this year:

«A, D. 1092. Follavan, the religious of Con-
naght, was drowned. Clon-mic-Nois spoyled by
Mounstermen. Rory O’Conner, Archking of
Connaght, blinded by O’Flatherty deceittully.
Mureach Mac Carty, king of Eonacht Cassill,
mortuus est. Donell mac Awalgaa, Coarb of
Patrick, visiting Kindred-Owen, got his will”
{co cuc a néip]. “ The Rath of Ardmach with
the church, 4 Cal. Sept. and a great part of the
great Trien” [and a part of the Saxons’ Trien ].

anNNaza RIOshachta elREGNN. [1093.

cous a péip. Cov, mac Caganl Ui Conéobaip, 00 sabail 00 6hmam, 4 mge
Sil MuipfSang vo cabaipt vo Ghnolla na naorh Ua Concobaip. Coblac pp
Muman do anecam Cluana mic Noip.

Coir Cpiorc, mile nochac a cpf. OnceprcopUa bpigcén vécc. Chhlt
Ua Niallain, cana abbad Cluana mic Nap, Comopba Cponcin Cuama
Hnéme, 7 comanba Colmam Cille mic Ouae, Cod, aipéinneach Oommbag
Chianam, hUa Scopta, comanba Commain,7 God Ua Congaile, arpcinneach
Targe ado Cluana mic Nop, vécc. Cod Ua Canannain, tisffna Ceml
Conall, vo dallad la Oomnall Ua Lachlamo, la pigsh nQiligh. Cod
Ua bageallan, wis (pna CAipsiall, 00 mapbavh la Conaillib Muiptemne.
Cod, mac Catal Ui Conéobaip, aisfpna Shit Muiploms, 00 manbad bn
Mumain 1 ngeimel la Posancach Ua Pogancas cma fell] meabail. On
Taitcleneaé 1. Niall, mac Ruawpi Us Concobaip, 00 mapbad vo Conmaicmb.
Ouboana, mac mic Chgfnnain, cs Cpna Luigne, véce. Tpénptp Ua Ceallang,
cistina Opts, vo mapbad la hUa nOwbiwip 1 nOombag Chandan. Muip-
é(pcach Ua bam vopgain 7 vionnapbad Sil Muipfoarg wile hn cip nEogam
lan n5abal a cois(pna Giolla na naomh. Ua Concobaip Ui Concfharnn,
mic Taos, T15(pna Ua nO1apmava. Siol Muipfoms vo todlec vopoiypr hi

Sneachta mon 7 peod 1pm mbliadainp: co po
(nv Macha vo lopecad co na cfmploiph.

Cop Crore, mile nocha a ceataip. Oonnplébe Ua h€ocada, pi Ulas,

vo manbad la pig Chg 1. Oomnall, mac Mic Loclamn, a ccat bealarg

944

cComachcaib gan cfousan.
teccpat loca na h€peann.

“Enna mac Dermot, King of Censelaghes, a
suis occisus est. Conmach O’Cairill, Archbishop
of Connaght, and Maelisa O’Harrachtain, Coarb
of Ailve, mortut sunt.”,—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Three of the events entered by the Four
Masters under the year 1092, are given in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise under 1090, as follows:

“A. D. 1090” [recté, 1092]. “* The Fleet of
Munster robbed and tooke the spoyles of Clon-
vicknose. Rowrie O’Connor, King of Connought,
had his eyes put out most maliciously by Flath-
vertagh O’Flaherty and Fogartagh O’Fogarty.
Cormack Mainisdreagh, the sadge and learned
divine of Ireland, died.”

* Successor of Colman of Cill-Mic-Duach : i. e.
Bishop of Kilmacduagh, in the county of Gal-
way.

* Teach-aeidheadh: i.e. House of the Guests,
or the Hospital.

1 The Aithchletreach : i.e. the ex-priest.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1193. Donogh Mac Carty, king of
Eonacht-Cassill; Trenar O’ Kelly, king of Bregh;
Hugh O’Boilan, King of Fernvay; Hugh mac
Cahell O’Conner, king of Connaght, omnes occisi
sunt. Hugh, Airchinnech of Domliag-Kianan;
Ailill O’Niallan, Coarb of Kiaran, and Cronan, .

—

Pad ieteecientenatiten ine. sel

1093.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 945

successor of Patrick, made a visitation of Cinel-Eoghain, and obtained his
demand. Aedh, son of Cathal Ua Conchobhair, was taken prisoner by Brian ;
and the chieftainship of Sil-Muireadhaigh was given to Gilla-na-naemh Ua Con-
chobhair. The fleet of the men of Munster plundered Cluain-mic-Nois.

The Age of Christ, 1093. The Bishop Ua Brighten died. Aulill Ua Nial-
lain, Tanist-abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. The successor of Cronan of Tuaim-
Greine ; and the successor of Colman of Cill-Mic-Duach'; Aedh, airchinneach
of Daimhliag-Chianain ; Ua Scoptha, successor of Comman ; and Aedh Ua Con-
ghaile, airchinneach of the Teach-acidheadh* of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Aedh
Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was blinded by Domhnall Ua Lochlainn,

‘King of Aileach. Aedh Ua Baigheallain, lord of Oirghialla, was slain by the

Conailli-Muirtheimhne. Aedh, son of Cathal Ua Conchobhair, lord of Sil-
Muireadhaigh, was killed in Munster, while in fetters, by Fogartach Ua Fogar-
taigh, through treachery and guile. The Aithchleireach', i. e. Niall, son of
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, was killed by the Conmhaicni. Dubhdara, the
grandson of Aighennain, lord of Luighne, died. Trenfhear Ua Ceallaigh, lord
of Breagha, was killed by Ua Duibhidhir in Daimhliag-Chianain. Muirchear-
tach Ua Briain plundered the Ui-Muireadhaigh, and expelled them into Tir-
Eoghain, after having made a prisoner of their lord, Gilla-na-naemh Ua Con-
chobhair, and of Ua Conceanainn, the son of Tadhg, lord of Ui-Diarmada.
The Sil-Muireadhaigh returned again to Connaught without permission. Great
snow and frost in this year, so that the lakes of Ireland were frozen. Ard-Macha
was burned, with its churches.

The Age of Christ, 1094. Donnsleibhe Ua hEochadha, King of Ulidia,
was slain by the King of Aileach, 1. e. Domhnall, the son of Mac Lochlainn, in

and Mac Duach; Fothud, Archbishop of Scot-

’ land, in pace quieverunt. Kindred-Murey exiled

out of Connaght by Murtagh O’Brien. Hugh

_O’Canannain, king of Kindred-Conell, blinded

by Donell O’Lochlainn, king of Ailech. Mael-

columb mac Donnchaa, Archking of Scotland,

and his son, Edward, killed by Frenchmen ;

and his Queen, Margaret, died of sorrow within

a few houres. Kindred-Mureay came againe

into Connaght without licence. Great fruit
«

this yeare.”—Cod. Clarend.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice, under
the year 1192, two of these events, as follows:

“ A, D. 1192” [recté, 1193]. “Hugh O’Ko-
noyle, Dean of the Little Church of Clonvick-
nose, died. Malcolme, king of Scottland, was
killed by Frenchmen, whose wife, Margrett,
Queen of Scotland, and daughter of the King of
England, for greif and sorrow of the king’s
death, died.”

65

(1094.
Shupc an robarp. Pip Epeann vo comemall 50 he Cliaé 1. Mumélpeach
Ua bain co pefpab’ Muman co nOppargib 7 Cargmb, Oomnall, mac merc
Loclaimn, pi Oilig co cCenel Conall, 7 Eogam, Oomnall, mac Plamo, pi
Timpach, co p(paib Mide, Oonnchad Ua hEochada, co nUlcaib, 7 Hoppa,
cig(pna Gall 7 Aca cliac, co nochac long leip. Cangaccap an luche anon
50 Mais Laigth, co po loiperfe Uaccap aipo,7 co pafmd ban maim mon
pop pla’ Muman, Cargmb,7 Oppaigib peampa. lomporc rap pin Ulan, an
nip b6 hadlaic le6 Largin vo mopiud. Impoipfe iappm pip Mhoman pomp
domdip!, 7 po 1onoanbpac Hopnaw a hAe chat, 7 po mtpiogpac pi Tflmpach

946 aNNaza RIOSshachta elReaNN.

1. Oomnall, 7 po 1onvanbrac € 1 nOinsiallaib iap mompod do Ffpaib Mhoe
pap. Oo deochaid 1appm Ua Maolp(chlaimn vatad mbf(cc acuaid co pa
saib ba Cuisn,7 aiptip Mive ule, pugpac Cugm 4 ainefp Mive pap, 7
ampa pigh Muman oc Loch Lebino, co ccappup eiccip na ba 7 an lonce, 4
po himpfo eccomlann pain la a mhumncip peipin a. mac Meic CAigenndin co
na pocpaitce, 7] vo ceap led anpi budvein «1. Oomnall mac Plamo, 7 Grolla-
énain mas Cugada, 1p in cnoc uap Pabaip Peicin. Placblpcach Ua hQo-
vith, TZ (nna Ua nEacach Ulaodh, do dallad la Oonnchad Ua nEochada, la
pis nUlad. Ap pon Cincfiaib la hUlcoib, 0 1 ccopcpaccap opons mon
do paopclanocib im Ua Pevacan, 7 1m Oomnall mac Clongupa. Concoban
Ua Conéobain, TZGpna Cianachca Glemne Hemin, vé5 rap noeigb(charo.
Concoban Ua Concobaip, mgfpna Ura bPanlge, 00 engabal la Mumpcfpcac
Ua mbmain, la ms Muman. Sloagola Muipcépcach Ua mOmam co fplpoib
Muman ime hi Connaccaib, 7 po por ina pmiting gan siolla. Sloglo orle
van lap an Luce céona ecip Loc 7 tip co OGn Taip,7 po pannpac Mhive eicep

™ Bealach-Guirt-an-iubhair: i. e. the Road or
Pass of the Field of the Yew. This pass was at
Gortinure, in the parish of Killelagh, barony of
Loughinsholin, in the county of Londonderry.
The Annals of Ulster notice this event under
the year 1091.

» Magh-Laighean: i.e. the Plain of Leinster.
Clane and Oughterard are in this plain.—See
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar at 18th of May.

° Uachtar-ard—-Now Oughterard, a hill on
the summit of which are the ruins of a round

tower and ancient church, situated in the ba-
rony of South Salt, and county of Kildare.

P Loch Lebhinn.—Now Lough Leane, about
one mile to the south of the village of Fore, in
the north-east of the county of Westmeath.—
See note ", under the year 864, p. 501, supra.

9 The hill over Fobhar-Feichin.—Now the Ben
of Fore, a remarkable cliffy hill 710 feet in
height. A number of distinct subterranean
rills, said to have been miraculously carried from
Lough Leane through this hill by St. Feichin,

2 = ee re

1094.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 947

the battle of Bealach-Guirt-an-iubhair™. The men of Ireland collected to Dublin,
namely, Muircheartach Ua Briain, with Munstermen, the Osraighi, and the
Leinstermen ; Domhnall, the son of Mac Lochlainn, King of Oileach, with the
Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain ; Domhnall, son of Flann, King of Teamhair,
with the men of Meath ; Donnchadh Ua hEochadha, with the Ulidians ; and
Godfrey, lord of the foreigners and of Ath-cliath, with ninety ships. These
proceeded from the East to Magh-Laighean”, and they burned Uachtar-ard’, and
routed the men of Munster, Leinster, and Osraighe, who fled, without spilling
blood. After this the Ulstermen returned [home], for they did not wish to
plunder Leinster. The men of Munster after this went eastwards again, and
expelled Godfrey from Ath-cliath, and deposed the King of Teamhair, i. e.
Domhnall [Ua Maelseachlainn], and banished him into Oirghialla, the men of
Meath having turned against him. After this Ua Maelseachlainn set out with
a small party from the North, and seized the cows of Luighne and of all East
Meath ; but the people of Luighne and East Meath, and the soldiers of the
King of Munster, overtook him at Loch Lebhinn?, and got between the cows
and the troop; and he was unfairly overwhelmed in battle by his own people,
i.e. the son of Mac Aighennnain and his troop; and their own king was slain
by them, i. e. Domhnall, son of Flann, and also Gilla-Enain, son of Lughaidh, on
the hill over Fobhar-Feichin’. Flaithbheartach Ua h Aidith, lord of Ui-Eathach-
Uladh, was blinded by Donnchadh Ua hEochadha, King of Ulidia. A slaughter
was made of the Airtheara [Oriors] by the Ulidians, where a great number of
the nobility fell, together with Ua Fedacain and Mac Aenghusa. Conchobhar
Ua Conchobhair’, lord of Cianachta Glinne Geimhin, died after a good life.
Conchobhar Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, was taken prisoner by Muir-
cheartach Ua Briain, King of Munster. An army was led by Muircheartach
Ua Briain, with the men of Munster, into Connaught, but he returned back
without hostages. Another army was led by lake and land‘, by the same people,

fall into a mill-pond, and turn a small mill in
the village just as they issue from the rock. ‘
* Conchobhar Ua Conchobhair: anglicé Conor

~ O’Conor. This family are still in Gleann-Geimhin,

in the parish of Dromachose, barony of Kee-
naght, and county of Londonderry, but are re-
duced to small farmers. They descend from

Connla, son of Tadhg, son of Cian, son of Oilioll
Olum, and were chiefs of Cianachta, till sub-
dued by the O’Kanes.

* By lake and land; i.e. a part of O’Brien’s
forces sailed up Lough Derg, and up the Shan-
non into Lough Ree, while another part set out
by land. '

652

948 AQNNGZA RIOShachtTa E€IREGNN. [1095.

ofp .1. ertep Oonnchad, mac Mupchada mic Ploinn,7 Concobap, mac Maoil-
peéchlainn. Rua Ua Oonnagan, ms(pna Apad, vécc. Catpaoinead ma
cans, mac Rua Ui Concobaip,7 pra Siol Muipfohang pon Tuadmimam,
7 Fop 1antan Connachc, ot hi ccopcnacap tpi cé0, 7 po aincepl(er iaptan
Connacht ule. 6a 00 na maitib concnacap ip cat pin Crilaob UathCheéip,
Oonnplébe Ua Cinnpaolad,7 mac Gillepuppa Ui Mhaowlmuaw. Cat Prod-
naca aainm. loman Mac Giolla Ulleam, caoipeac Mumncipe Maoilpionna,
vo mapbad la plona Midve. Oomnall, comonba Phacpaice, pon cuaipc Mu-
man céona cup co ccug a lancuaiac penepall la caeb neobanta uaduibh.
Ololla na mngfn mac Ui Cobtais, wis(pna Umaill, vo écc.
Acad pabain vo manbad opfpaib Cfha.
Qoip Cpiorc, mile nochac a cticc.

Oipcinneach

Cn ceppeop Ua Concpam, comanba
bpénainn Cluana pinta, [oécc]. Sfhoin mac Maolodlua, anmcana Epeann
uile, vécc 1ap pinvacaigh,7 1ap noergb(chad. Teidm anbpoill pin Eonaip
wile hi ccoiccinne 1pm mbliadamny1,7 acbenc anoile co nepl(can cltpoime vo
daombh Eneann von cam hi pm, atiad anopo opong vo na ofSoaomb ercip

ecclaip 7 tuat acbalplc. Oonngup, eppcop Ata chat, hUa Mancéan «1.

an bnetim, comapba Caoimgin, Macc Mapapr Ua Caomain, comonba Oenar,

‘ Dun-Tais.—N ot identified.

“Va hAichir.Now anglicised O’ Hehir, Hehir,
and sometimes Hare. This family was seated
in the territory of Ui-Cormaic, lying between
Slieve Callan and the town of Ennis, in the
county of Clare.

* Ua Cinnfhaelaidh.N ow anglicised Kinealy.
This family is of the sept of the Ui-Fidhgeinte,
and were seated in the territory of Ui-Conaill-
Gabhra, in the present county of Limerick.

The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon-
macnoise, which agree in chronology at this pe-
riod, record the following events under this year :

“A, D. 1094. Flathertach O’Hatheih, king
of Oneach, blinded by Doncha O’Heochaa, king
of Ulster. An army by Murtagh O’Brien to
Dublin, and banished Geffry Meranach from
being king of Galls, and killed Donell O’Me-
lachlainn, king of Tarach. The slaughter of

the Easterns’ good men by the North. Rory
O’Donagan, king of Ara, and Conner O’Conner,
king of Cianaght, mortui sunt in penitentia.
Donell, Comarb of Patrick, visiting Mounster,
and brought with him his full visitation, be-
side offering and devotion. Donell mac Mael-
columb, king of Scotland, killed by Donell
and Edmond, his kinsmen, by murther. The
battle of Finach, where the one-half of West
Connaght, and the moiety of Corcomuroe were
slaughtered by Teig mac Rory O’Connor.”—
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“ A.D. 1094. All the nobility and forces of
Treland assembled and gathered together at
Dublin, with King Moriertagh O’Brien, both
Munstermen, Lynstermen, and people of Ossorie.
Donell mac Flyn O’Melaghlyn, king of Meath ;
Donogh O’Heoghie of Ulster, and Godfrey of
Dublyn, with ninety shipps. These of the East

1095.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 949

to Dun-Tais'; and they divided Meath between two, i. e. between Donnchadh,
son of Murchadh, son of Flann, and Conchobhar, son of Maelseachlainn.
Ruaidhri Ua Donnagain, lord of Aradh, died. A battle was gained by Tadhg,
son of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, and the Sil-Muireadhaigh, over the people of
Thomond and West Connaught, in which three hundred were slain; and they
plundered all West Connaught. This was called the battle of Fidhnacha. Of
the chieftains who were slain in this battle were Amhlaeibh Ua hAichir®, Donn-
sleibhe Ua Cinnfhaelaidh”, and the son of Gillafursa Ua Maelmhuaidh. Imhar
Mac Gilla-Ultain, chief of Muintir-Maeilsinna, was slain by the men of Meath.
Domhnall, successor of Patrick, made a visitation of Munster for the first time ;
and he obtained his full tribute of screballs [scrupuli], besides offerings from
the inhabitants. Gilla-na-ninghean, son of Ua Cobhthaigh, lord of Umhall,
died. The airchinneach of Achadh-fabhair was killed by the men of Ceara.
The Age of Christ, 1095. The Bishop Ua Corcrain, successor of Brenainn
of Cluain-fearta, [died]. The Senior Mac Maeldalua, chief anmchara of all
Ireland, died at an advanced age, and after a good life. There was a great
pestilence over all Europe in general in this year, and some say that the fourth
part of the men of Ireland died of the malady. The following were some of
the distinguished persons, ecclesiastical and lay, who died of it: Donnghus,
Bishop of Ath-cliath ; Ua Manchain, i.e. the Brehon [judge], successor of
Caeimhghin ; Mac Maras Ua Caemhain*, successor of Oenna, of the tribe of

came to Oghterarde, where they gave a discom-
fiture to the Munstermen, people of Ossorie,
and Lynstermen. The Ulstermen retraited upon
, them, and wou’d neither hinder or opugne the
Lynstermen, but went and banished Godfrey
out of Dublin, and also deposed Donell; where-
upon the deposed King of Meath went to the
land of Lwyne, and there tooke a prey, and
being pursued by East Meath, and the King of
Munster’s guard, was slain among the cowes at
Loghlevyn, by one belonging to himself called
Mac Agenan; and soe this was the end of
Donell, king of Meath, that was deposed of his
kingdome, and slaine by his owne people. Connor
O*Connor of Affalie, King of Lynster, was taken
captive by King Moriertagh O’Bryen. Clon-

vicknose was robbed, and the spoyles taken by
those of Brawnie and the O’Royrcks, on Monday
in Shrovetyde. Dorrowe was likewise robbed
by those of Fercall and Affailie. Clonvicknose
was also robbed the same day by the son of
Mac Coghlan and Delvyn. King Mortagh
O’Brien, with his Munstermen, went to Con-
nought to take hostages, and returned from
thence without any. The King, with another
army, came to Dontaise, in Meath, and divided
Meath into two parts between two kings of the
O’Melaughlins, viz., Donnogh mac Murrogh
mac Flyn, and Connor mac Moyleseaghlyn
O’Melaughlyn.”—Ann. Clon.

* Mac Maras Ua Caemhain.—He was probably
the Mac Maras Trogh, who transcribed a charter

950 GQNNaca RIOshachta eiReaNnn.

(1095.

vo Ohelbna bicc a cenél, Caipppe .1. an cfppocc Ua Ceitfnnarg, comapba
Maeddcc, Ua Rinnanag, pHléiginn Leieglinne, GCochad Ua Cops, pecnab
Achad b6é, Scannlan Ua Cndcimpige, anmcapa Lip méip, buadach Ua Cfp-
pudip, pacanc Cille Odlua, Oubplacach Ua Mumpfohag, Cod mac Maor-
hora Ui bpolcam, cipoplplersino, 7 Cugupcm Ua Cum, ainobpert(th Cang{n.
Acbat von monclad cfcna Goppaw Mpanac, cigeapna Gall Ata chat, 7
na niInnp, Oomnall OubUa Pipsaule, as(ina Pontuat Langth, Matsamam
Ua Segda, aS (ina Conca Ohuibne, Ua Maolcnaoibe vo mucin Imleacha
lubaip. O hCinbid, cis(pna Oipsiall, 7 Ua Concobaip, t1s>(pna Cianachca
Slinne Sermm. Ua hEicems, cis§Cpna Flpmanach, v0 mapbad. GHiolla-
clanain mac mic Ualgainec, tigfpna Ua nOwb mopeche, v0 manbad. Cat-
ppaomld mon 1 nApoachad pra nOGL CApade pon Uleaib of 1 cconcamn
Cochlamn Ua Camill, mogoamna Ulad, 7 Giollacomgaltl Ua Caml, 7
pochawde mop amaille pnt. Oormnall Ua Muipeccan, mspna Tleba ule,
3 Amlaoib, mac meic Conm(da, mac cag Shil Rondm, vo manbad 1 pelll,
Jiace 1 nsemblbipm Muman. Taller, ms(n Oomnaill Hurce, vécc. Tavs,
mac Catal Uf Concobaip, vo manbad la pfpab Muman. Tarchleach
Ua h€agna, cis(pna Curgne, 7 an luigne imme, vo manbad lap na cpib Con-
maicmb 1. Cenél cCaip, Cenél Oubain,7 Cenel Lugna. Ua Concobaip,
cisfina Ciannaise, vo manbad la a bnacaip. Cacorccemce Ua hCinbiw,
cisfina P( mobile, 00 manbhaoh la Oonnchad Ua Maolp(chloino. Oub-
coblaig, mpfn cTs(pna Oppaige,7 baincig(fina Oppaige, vécc. Oapmanrs,

into the Book of Kells, some time previous to
the year 1094.—See the Miscellany of the Irish
Archeological Society, pp. 132, 156.

¥ Ua Cnaimhsighe.—This name is obsolete in
the south of Ireland; but it exists in Ulster,
where it is anglicised Cramsey.

* The Islands: i. e. the Hebrides, or western
islands of Scotland.

* Ua Seaghdha—Now O’Shea, O’Shee, and
sometimes Shea, and Shee, without the prefix
Ua or 0, According to O’Heerin’s topogra-
phical poem, O’Falvy, who was the senior of the
race of King Conary II. in Ireland, was chief of
the territory of Corca-Dhuibhne, or Corcaguiny,

which extended from the River Mang westwards
to the strand, Finntraigh, now Ventry, in the
now county of Kerry; and O’Shea was chief of
Ui-Rathach, now the barony of Iveragh, in the
west of the same county: and this is evidently
correct, though O’Shea, who was of the same
race with O’Falvy, was sometimes chief lord of
all the race of Conary.

> Ard-achadh: i.e. High Field, now Ardagh,
in the parish of Ramoan, barony of Carey, and —
county of Antrim.—See Ordnance Map of the
county of Antrim, sheet 14.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

1035.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 951

Dealbhna-Beag ; Cairbre, i. e. the Bishop Ua Ceithearnaigh, successor of Mae-
dhog; Ua Rinnanaigh, lector of Leithghlinn ; Eochaidh Ua Coisi, Vice-abbot
of Achadh-bo ; Scannlan Ua Cnaimhsighe’, anmchara of Lismore ; Buadhach
Ua Cearruidhir, priest of Cill-Dalua; Dubhshlatach Ua Muireadhaigh; Aedh,
son of Maelisa Ua Brolchain, a chief lector; and Augustin Ua Cuinn, chief
Brehon [judge] of Leinster. Of the same pestilence died also Godfrey Mea-
ranach, lord of the foreigners of Ath-cliath and the islands’; Domhnall Dubh
Ua Fearghaile, lord of Fortuatha-Laighean ; Mathghamhain Ua Seaghdha’, lord
of Corca-Dhuibhne ; Ua Maelcraeibhe, one of the people of Imleach-Ibhair ;
O’*hAinbhidh, lord of Oirghialla ; and Ua Conchobhair, lord of Cianachta-
Glinne-Geimhin. Ua hEignigh, lord of Feara-Manach, was slain. Gillachia-
rain, the son of Mac-Ualghairg, lord’of Ui-Duibhinnreacht, was slain. A great
victory was gained at Ard-achadh’, by the Dal-Araidhe, over the Ulidians,
wherein were slain Lochlainn Ua Cairill, royal heir of Ulidia; and Gillachomh-
ghaill Ua Cairill; and a great host along with them. Domhnall Ua Muireagain,
lord of all Teathbha, and Amhlaeibh, the son of Mac Conmeadha, son of the
chief of Sil-Ronain, were treacherously slain, while in fetters, in Munster.
Taillti, daughter of Domhnall Gott, died. Tadhg, son of Cathal Ua Concho-
bhair, was killed by the men of Munster. Taichleach Ua hEaghra, lord of
Luighne, was slain, with a slaughter of the Luighne about him, by the three
Conmhaicni, i.e. the Cinel-Cais, the Cinel-Dubhain, and the Cinel-Lughna.
Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe, was killed by his brother. Cucoigcriche
Ua hAinbhidh, lord of Feara-Bile, was killed by Donnchadh Usa Maelseachlainn.
Dubhchobhlaigh, daughter of the lord of Osraighe, and the lady of Gsraighe,

“A.D. 1095. Great snow fallen the Wed-
nesday after Easter, which killed innumerable
men, fowle, and cattle. Kells, with its churches;
Dorowe, with its books; Ardsraha, with its
church ; and many other churche townes, cre-
mate sunt. Senoir Mac Maelmolua, archaged of
Treland, in pace dormivit. Duvhach O’Sochuinn,
gentle priest of Ferta ; Dongus, bishop of Dub-
lin; Hugh mac Maelisa, Coarb of Patricke, died.
Kilkiaran, son of Mac Ualgarg, minion of Du-
vinrechty, a suis occisus. O’Hegny, King of

Fermanach, killed by his” [own people]. “ The
battle of Ardagh by Dalaray upon Ulster, where
Gilcomgaill O’Cairill” [was slain]. “Great
sicknes in Ireland, that killed many men, from
the Calends of August untill May next. Mur-
tach O’Cairre, minion of Kindred-Aenes,, and
heire of Ailech, mortuus est. Carbry O’Kehernay,
in penitentia mortuus est, i.e. the archpriest”
[recté, noble bishop] “of Cinselayes. Goffry
Meranach, King of Galls, mortuus est.””—Ann.
Ult.; Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

952 aNNaz~a RIOshachtd eiRedNn. [1096.

Cfhannur, Cluain Enaino, Old oa locha, Pabop, Lepr mén, Cluam bponas,
7 Cluain eoaip vo lopecad wile. Cluam mic Néip 00 onccam. Oornnall
Ua Mavadamn, cigfpna Ua n€achach, vécc.

Clip Cpiopc, mile nochac a pé. hUa Cochlan puf eppcop, 7 comonba
bainm, vécc. Eogan Ua Clpnag, aincinveach Ooipe, vécc m occ vécc
Callainn lanuapn. Columm Ua hAnpadain, aincmneach Rorpa Aiheip,
Plano Ua Muipeccain, arpcinvech Centpuib, Ceangup hUa Cpummeip, com-
anba Comgaill, Mac Nechcown hUa hUaitns, pfpleisinn 7 uapal pasanc,
vécce. Ua Manlcain, ollam Oal gCaip, vécc. OUmlaoib, mac Tads
Uf 6hmam, vo manbad 1 Manaimn. Feil Eom pon Coie ipin mbliadanns.
Ro sab imeagla mon propa Eneann pemmpi, conad 1 comaiple apmiache la
cleipcib Epeann 1m comanba Phatpaice via mmbdiofn an an clomaim po
Tipcanad dob 6 cCéin a poncongna pon cach a ccoiccinne tnedfnop 6 Chfo-
aom 50 Oomnach vo vénam sacha mfp,7 tpopccad sach lao go cnn
mbliaona, cen mo tac Oomnaige, 7 pollamna, 7 aipofeile, 7 dan vo pacpac
almpana,7 eobanta 1omda do dia. Tuccad van pfpanna 1omda do eccailb,
7 cléiporb, 6 piogonb, 7 caoipecaib, 7 po paonta pin Epeann an cuche pin an
Cho conad vo atnuaduccad la Muipe(peach Ua mbmain
Plann Ua hints, aigfina
Oeipceinc Cipgiall [vécc]. Conéobap Ua hCinniappand, cigfpna Cianacca,
7 Ua Cem agfpna Ua Mic Canptino, v0 comtuicmm ppia porte hf cchathad.
Cuulad Ua Célecan, canary Cingiall, vo manbad la coiccead n€peann,
1. coiccead Ulad. Mactsamam Ua Sesda, cisfrna Conca Ohuibne, vécc.
Muipcfpcach 1. an Cullach Ua Ouboa, cigfpna Ua nOmalgada, 00 manbad

céine na diosla.
lan na minaoh peacht pram la Ufe Cuno.

° Darmhaigh.—Otherwise written Dearmhach
and Durmhagh; now Durrow, in the King’s
County.—See note under A. D. 1186.

* Fell on Friday.—This passage is translated
by Colgan as follows:

“A.D. 1096. Festum 8S. Joannis Baptiste
hoe anno cecidit in feriam sextam: quod tan-
quam malum omen ex quibusdam vaticiniis
augurati nimium expaverunt Clerus et populus
Hiberniz. Unde consilio inito visum est Ar¢hi-
episcopo et Clero totius patrie, ut preservaren-
tur a malis que premisso tali omine subsequ-

utura qui dudum predixerant indixere toti
populo, ut singuli a Feria quarta usque in diem
Dominicam protelent jejunium singulis men-
sibus; et spatio insuper totius anni singulis
diebus, exceptis Dominicis, festis, et solemnita-
tibus majoribus, una refectione maneant con-
tento. Unde multe a populo facte sunt obla-
tiones et pie elargitiones; et a Regibus et
Proceribus agri et predia multa sunt donata
Ecclesiis. His pietatis officiis peractis ab igne
imminentis vindicte populus mansit intactus.”’
—Trias Thaum., p. 299.

er ee

1096:] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 953

died. Darmhaigh’, Ceanannus, Cluain-Iraird, Gleann-da-locha, Fobhar, Lis-mor,
Cluain-Bronaigh, and Cluain-Eois, were all burned. Cluain-mic-Nois was
plundered. Domhnall Ua Madadhain, lord of Ui-Eathach, died.

The Age of Christ, 1096. Ua Cochlain, a learned bishop, and successor
of Bairri, died. Eoghan Ua Cearnaigh, airchinneach of Doire, died on the
eighteenth of the Calends of January. Colum Ua hAnradhain, airchinneach
of Ross-ailithir ; Flann Ua Muireagain, airchinneach of Aentrobh ; Learghus
Ua Cruimhthir, successor of Comhghall; Mac Neachtain UahUaithnigh, a lector
and noble priest, died. Ua Mailcain, chief poet of Dal-gCais, died. Ambhlaeibh,
son of Tadhg Ua Briain, was killed in Manainn. The festival of John fell on
Friday’ this year; the men of Ireland were seized with great fear in conse-
quence, and the resolution adopted by the clergy of Ireland, with the successor
of Patrick [at their head], to protect them against the pestilence which had
been predicted to them at a remote period, was, to command all in general to
observe abstinence, from Wednesday till Sunday, every month, and to fast [on
one meal] every day till the end of a year, except on Sundays, solemnities, and
great festivals; and they also made alms and many offerings to God; and many
lands were granted to churches and clergymen by kings and chieftains ; and
the men of Ireland were saved for that time from the fire of vengeance. Ceann-
coradh was re-edified by Muircheartach Ua Briain, it having been demolished
some time before by the people of Leath-Chuinn. Flann Ua hAinbhidh, lord
of South Airghialla, [died]. Conchobhar Ua hAinniarraidh, lord of Cianachta,
and Ua Cein, lord of Ui-Mic-Cairthinn’, fell by each other in a combat.
Cu-Uladh Ua Celeachain, Tanist of Airghialla, was slain by the province of
Ireland, i. e. the province of Uladh. Mathghamhain Ua Seaghdha, lord of
Corca-Dhuibhne’, died. Muircheartach, i. e. the Boar, O’Dubhda, lord of the

© Ut-Mic-Cairthinn.—A tribe of the Oir-
ghialla, descended from Forgo, son of Cairthenn,
or Caerthainn, who was son of Earc, the grandson
of Colla Uais, Monarch of Ireland in the fourth
century. The territory inhabited by this tribe
was called Tir-mic-Cairthinn, or Tir-mic-Caer-
thainn, a name still retained in the barony of

‘Tirkeerin, on the east side of Lough Foyle, and

adjoining the barony of Cianachta, or Keenaght,

in the county of Londonderry.

“ Ericus e tribus Colle regis nepotibus pri-
mus genuit Carthennium : cui nati Forgous, ex
quo Hy-Maccarthen juxta sinum lacus Fevail
Londinodoriam alluentem.”—O’Flaherty’s Ogy-
gia, p. 362. See also Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 122,
note *.

‘ Lord of Corca-Dhuibhne.—This is a repeti-
tion.—See the year 1095.

< OF

aNNata RIOshachta elReEaNn.

954 [1097..

la a cenél pém. Macodan Ua Mavodam, cig(pna Sil nOnméada, vécc.
Sollaoippen Mac Concén, cig(pna Oealbna méipe, vo hanbad la hUnb Lao-
Fane .1. apna tiodnacal oo Mhuipcfpcach Ua 6mam v6ib 1ap mbnert Sdpde
xxx umge do 6p uad,7 céo mbo 7 ochtan eiczined. Oonnchad mac an
Ohuice vo manbad vo Chalnaigib. Sicpmuc, mac Mic Sealbarg, cisfpna
Phen Roip, 00 mapbad la Mugodonnar Maigfr. Maolpaccnaice Mac
Qipmfoharsh, eppcop Apoa Macha, véce.

‘oir Cpiopc, mile nocha a peachc. Planoaccan Ruad Ua Oubeais,
comanba Commam 4 peplersim Tuama va gualann. Maolan Ua Cumn,
aipcmneach Eccaily bicce, Maolbpigve mac an cpaoip Us Spolcamn pao 4
eppcop Chille oana, 7 coiccid Langtn, vécc. Tads, mac Rump Ui Chon-
cobaan (1. bhatain Toippdealbargs Mhoip), cisfpna Sil MuipCoarg, 7 copnam-
tach an cuiccid ancfna, vo manbad la Clomn Choncobaip, 7 la aepgpada
pém 1 prull 1. la mac Conluacpa Ui Maolbnénainn iin clépamad bliadain

piceat a aelpe.

* Ui-Amhalghadha: i.e. the inhabitants of
the barony of Tirawley, in the county of Mayo.

" Madadhan Ua Madadhain : anglicé Madden
O’Madden.—See note *, under A. D. 949, p. 665,
supra; also note under A. D. 1178.

' The Calraight.—These were the Magawleys,
who were seated in the parish of Ballyloughloe,
barony of Clonlonan, and county of Westmeath.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

“A, D. 1096. Flann O’Hanbeth, king of
Deskert-Oirgiall; Maelpatrick O’Hermeay, Bi-
shop of Armagh ; Columb O’Hanraan, Airchin-
nech of Ross-ailither; Flann O’Muregan, Air-
chinnech of Aendrum, in Christo dormierunt.
Mahon O’Segday, king of Corkduvné; Conor
O’Ainiarray, king of Cianaght ; and O’Keyne,
king of O-Carthinn, fell one with another”
[recté, the one by the other] “in fight. Great
fright in Ireland from St. John’s feast in this
yeare, untill God, through fasting and prayer
of the Coarb of Patrick, and the rest of the
Irish clergie, did save them. Duvgall O’Mael-

Cimingin Ua Mopda, cigfpna Laois vécc.

Slog la

cothay his sonne killed by his” [own people].
“* Murtagh O’Duvda, king of O-nAvalgaa, killed
by his” [own people]. ‘“ Madagan O’Madagan,
king of Sil nAnmchaa, mortuus est. Cuula
O’Celegan, heire of Airgiall, killed by Coige-
Ireland, .i. Ulster. Gillossen mac Carten, king
of Delvin, killed. O’Caell, Airchinnech of
Tuam-Grene, in Christo quievit. Owen O’ Kernay,
Airchinnech of Daire, 9 Kal. Januarii quievit.”
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The mortality and plague, and the killing of
the chief of Delvin-mor, are noticed in the An-
nals of Clonmacnoise, under the year 1095, as
follows :

“A. D. 1095” [recté, 1096].: ‘* There was a
great mortality and plague over all Europe this
year, in so much that it depopulated great pro-
vinces and contrys. There was not such a pes-
tilence in this land since the death of the sons
of King Hugh Slane, that died of the disease
called Boye-Koynneall, untill this present year ;
of which disease the ensueing noblemen, with
infinite number of meaner sort, died, viz.: God-

1097.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 955

Ui-Amhalghadha®, was slain by his own tribe. Madadhan Ua Madadhain’, lord
of Sil-Anmchadha, died. Gilla-Oissen Mac Coirten, lord of Dealbhna-mor, was
killed by the Ui-Laeghaire, he having been delivered up to them by Muir-
cheartach Ua Briain, after he had obtained thirty ounces of gold, one hundred
cows, and eight hostages. Donnchadh, son of the Gott [Ua Maeleachlainn],
was slain by the Calraighi’. Sithfruich, son of Mac Sealbhaigh, lord of Feara-
Rois, was slain by the Mughdhorna Maighen.
dhaigh, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 1097. Flannagan Ruadh Ua Dubhthaigh, successor of
Comman, and lector of Tuaim-da-ghualann ; Maelan Ua Cuinn, airchinneach
of Eaglais-Beag [at Cluain-mic-Nois]; Maelbrighde Mac-an-tsaeir Ua Brolchain,
a learned doctor, and Bishop of Cill-dara and of Leinster, died. Tadhg, son of
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair (i. e. the brother of Toirdhealbhach Mor), lord of
Sil-Muireadhaigh, and defender of the province in general, was treacherously
killed by the Clann-Conchobhair* and his own servant.of trust, i.e. by the son
of Culuachra Ua Maelbhrenainn, in the twenty-fourth year of his age. Aimhir-
gin Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis, died. An army was led by Muircheartach

Maelpadraig Mac Airmhea-

frey, king of the Danes of Dublyn and the
Islands; Dunchus, archbushop of Dublyn;
Breahawe O’Manchan, Cowarb of St. Kevyn;
Donell Duffe O’Ferall, prince of the borders of
Lynster” [Popzuata Caigean]; “Mac Maras
O’Koewan, Cowarb of Oenne; the bishopp
O’Kehernie, Cowarb of Moyeoge ; Augustin
O’Koyne, chief Judge of Lynster. The king
and subjects seeing the plague continue with
such heat with them” [recté, with such viru-
lence amongst them], ‘“‘ were strocken with
great terror; for appeasing of which plague, the
clergy of Ireland thought good to cause all the
inhabitants of the kingdome to fast from Wed-
nesday to Sunday, once every month, for the
space of one whole year, except sollemne and
great festivall days; they also appointed cer-
tain prayers to be said dayly. The king, noble-
men, and all the subjects of the kingdome, were
very beneficiall” [recte, beneficent] ‘‘ towards

the church and pooremen this year, whereby
God’s wrath was asswaged. The king of his
great bounty gave great immunities and freedom
to churches that were theretofore charged with
sesse and other extraordinarie contrie charges,
with many other large and bountifull gifts. The
king’s house of Kyncorie was repaired and re-
newed again, after that it was rased down by
those of Leah-Koynn.
of Delvyn-more, was slain by the race of Lage-
rie, after he was delivered by them to” [recté,
delivered to them by] ‘king Murtagh, for tak-
ing from thence” [recté, taking for him] “ thirty

Mac-Miccorthean, chief

ounces of gold, one hundred cows, and eight
prisoners.”

* Clann-Conchobhair.—This was the tribe-
name of the O’Maelbhrenainns, or O’Mulrenins,
who were seated in the parish of Baslick, near
Ballintober, in the county of Roscommon, where
they are still extant.

6F2

956

ANNQaZa RIOshachta elReaNn. [1098.

Muipc(pcach Ua bmamn so Lert Moda, 4 co pel(paib mide, 7 co noperm vo
Connache an ammar an cuaipceint 50 pangavan Mag Conaille, 7 a mompod
arp.1ap pin Zan mndpead Fan eiccipe, uaip caimice Oomnall Ua Loclamn 50
ccionol an cuaipceipt 50 Piod Conaille vo tabaipt cata vo Mhuipcfpcach
co na pocnaroe co nofpna Ora, 7 comanba Phacpaice pio (ccopna. Loch-
lamnUa Oulboana, cp (pna P(pnmange, vo manbaodh vo Uibh Opiuin Spéipne.
In opue Ua Captarg, ollam Connacc, 00 manbad vo Chonnaccaib péippin.
Cnoi mfp mop an pud Epeann a ccoiccimne 1pm mbliadamny1, co po mét muca
€Epeann,7 po main cipuainp: na ccnd hip co cfno oa bliadan 1apamh.
bliadain na ceno bpionn vo Fanti 1,7 do Feibef perpload cno an aon pinginn.
Cloicteach Mammpcepeach «1. Mampcpeac bute, co leabnaib 7 co cranp-
ecfoarb 1omdaib vo lorecad. Platb(pcach Ua Plaitb(caig v0 toweacc
ma atanpoa 50 hClod Ua Concobaip (1. God an ga bipnaigs) 7 cfnnap Shil
Muipfohag oo Zabcal 06 vontoipr.
Coip Cpiorc, mile nochat a hocht. Oomnall Ua hEnm .1. 00 Oal cCaip
apo anmcana,7 uapal eprcop, cfno (cena 7 cnabaid na nOaowel, topan
combencle 1antaip Conpa paor an upd cfecanda Roman,7 na nOaoreal, vo
cmochnagsad ab(tad 1 Callainn Oecemben. Sé bliadna peachtmogac a
aoip an can po paid a ppinac. Oomnall Ua Robancars, comanba Cholaim
Chille, Maolipu Ua Scuip, pemibnid 7 peallpom Muman 7 Eneann anctna,

' Fidh-Conaille: i. e. the Wood of Conaille.
This was the name of a woody district in the
present county of Louth.

™ A seiseadhach of nuts.—This is explained
‘‘the sixth part of a barrell,” in the old trans-
lation of the Annals of Ulster.—See note under
‘A.D; 1031;

The cloictheach of Mainister: i.e. the steeple
or round tower of Monasterboice, in the county
of Louth.
sage, asserts that the round towers of Ireland
were not the cloictheachs of the Irish annals,
because the round towers could not be burned;
but the round tower of Monasterboice still
exists, and is known by no other name than that
by which it is called in the text, namely, Cloic-
theach Mainistreach.—See Petrie’s Round Towers

Dr. O'Conor, in a note to this pas-

of Ireland, pp. 64, 65.

° Aedh of the Broken Spear.—This is a mistake
of the Four Masters, because Aedh of the Broken
Spear, King of Connaught, was killed in the
year 1067.—See that year, p. 893, supra; and
Hardiman’s edition of O’Flaherty’s Chorogra-
phical Description of West Connaught, p. 367.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“ A, D. 1097. Lergus O’Crimthir, Coarb of
Comgall, post penitentian optimam obiit. Teig
mac Rory O’Conner, heire of Connaght, a suis
occisus. Flannagan Rua, .i. Red, Airchinnech
of Roscoman, in pace quievit. The Steeple of
Mainistir” [cloicteé maimipepeac], “ with the
books and much goods’ [therein placed] ‘to
be kept, burnt. Maelbrighde mac Antire

1098.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 957

Ua Briain, with the people of Leath-Mhogha, the men of Meath, and some of
the Connaughtmen, in the direction of the North ; and they arrived in Magh-
Conaille, but they afterwards returned without spoils or hostages, for Domhnall
Ua Lochlainn, with the mustered forces of the North, came to Fidh-Conaille',
to give battle to Muircheartach and his forces ; but God and the successor of
Patrick made peace between them. Lochlainn Ua Dubhdara, lord of Fearn-
mhagh, was slain by the Ui-Briuin-Breifne. The Druid Ua Carthaigh, chief
poet of Connaught, was killed by the Connaughtmen themselves. Great abun-
dance of nuts throughout Ireland in general this year, so that the swine of
Ireland were fatted ; and some of these nuts lasted to the end of two years
afterwards. It was usually called the year of the white nuts, and a seiseadhach
of nuts™ was got for one penny. The cloictheach of Mainistir® (i.e. of Mainistir-
Buithe), with its books and many treasures, were burned. Flaithbheartach
Ua Flaithbheartaigh returned into his patrimony to Aedh Ua Conchobhair
(i.e. Aedh of the Broken Spear’), and he assumed the chieftainship of the
Sil-Muireadhaigh again.

The Age of Christ, 1098. Domhnall Ua hEnni, one of the Dal-gCais, chief
anmchara and noble bishop, head of the wisdom and piety of the Gaeidhil,
fountain of the charity of the west of Europe, a doctor of both orders, Roman
and Irish, completed his life on the Calends of December. Seventy-six years
was his age when he resigned his spirit. Domhnall Ua Robhartaigh”, successor
of Colum Cille ; Maelisa Ua Stuir, scribe and philosopher of Munster, and of

O’Brolchan, Archpriest or Bishop’ of Kildare
and all Leinster, post penitentiam optimam, quievit.
An army by Murtach O’Brien, and Lehmoga,
.1, Mounster, or half Ireland, to Ma-Murhevné :
an army,.by Donell O’Lochlainn into the north
of Ireland” [recté, with the people of the north
of Ireland] “to Figh-Conell, to give battle to
them ; but Daniell, Coarb of Patrick, prevented
it with a kind of peace. Lochlainn O’Duvdara,
king of Fernmay, killed by the O-Briuins of
Brefny. Great fruit of nutts this year (thirty
years from the other nutt year to this, called
the Yeare of Whyte Nutts), that a man might
gett a measure called Sessagh, .i. the sixth parte

of the barrell, for a penny.”

Two of the events noticed by the Four Mas-
ters, under the year 1097, are set down in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise under 1096, as follows:

“A. D. 1096” [recte, 1097]. “ Awargin
O’Morrey”’ [O’Mordha, or O’More] “died. He
was prince of Lease. King Moriertagh, with
the forces of Lethmoye and Meath, with the
forces of a part of Connought, went to Ulster
of purpose to gett hostages, and returned from
thence without bootie or hostages.”

» Domhnall Ua Robhartaigh: anglicé Donnell,
or Daniell O’Rafferty, or O’Roarty. The O’Ro-
artys were Coarbs of St. Columbkille, on Tory

958 QNNQata RIOSshachtd eiReaNnn. [1098.

Eochaw, comapba Cianain, Ronan Ua Ocurnin, comapba Perc cécup, 7
Magloin cogaide 1anom, Maolmapcain Ua Ceallaig, comanba Mupa Otna,
7 Leangar eccnad vécc in aon lo. Platbicach, mac tigfpneng bappcis,
comonba Pinnein Mange bile, vécc ma oitpe. Mac Mapap Campppeé
a. uapal paccane paor 7 ppt p(ndin Eneann véce 1 nGlind va loca. Thi
longa vo longaib Gall na ninnp-fd vo bua amach vo Ulcaib, 7 a bpoinfno vo
mapbad 1. pice an céo a Yonpide. Mardm Peipcys Stulige pop Chenél Conall
pia cCeneéll n€ogain in po manbad Ua Tainceane, 1. Eccencac, 50 pochardib
ole. Cpeachad, 7 nopead Mage vaipbpe la Muincfpcach Ua mbmam pon
plona Teatba. Sloiccld la Mummneachaid co Shiab Puaic 00. pars Oomnanll,
mac meic Lochlainn, act nf pugpac gialla na aiccipeda. Mive vo papugad
eiccin Oonnchad, mac Mupchada,7 Concoban, mac Maoileachlamn. Plarc-
b(pcach Ua Placb(pcang, rigfpna Sil Mupeavhang 7 1aptain Connacr, vo
mapbad vo Mhaoudan Ua Cuanna 1 ccionaw vallca Ruaiom Ui Concobarp,
a. Rumdm na pode buive, mg Connacc. Ap vo bladam bap Plaacbfpcaigh
aopubpaoh,

Ochc mbliadna nochat ap mile,

O gem mic O€ ome nfpcang,

Ni psél pap, acc ip ofpb veimim,

Co bap peroil Plantbincans.

s

’
Oianmac, mac Enoa, mic Oiapmaoa, pi Carsth, vo manbad vo chloino
Mupcada, mic O1apmava. Catapnach, mac an cSionnag Unoip, cis fpna
Tichba, vo mapbad oaint(p Teatba, 1. oOUa Aine, mm proll. Macpaich
Ua Flaichen vo oncom vo Mumncin Tlamam hi Margh El. Mac Merc-

Island, off the north coast of the county of
Donegal.

9 Successor of Mura Othna: i.e. Abbot of Fahan,
in the barony of Inishowen, and county of
Donegal.

* Fearsat-Suilighe: i.e. trajectus, or crossing of
the Swilly, now Farsetmore, situated about two
miles to the east of Letterkenny, in the county
of Donegal.—See note *, under A. D. 1567.

* Magh-Dairbhre: i.e. Plain of the Oaks. This
name is now obsolete. It was probably near

Loch Daibhreach, or Lough Derryvaragh, which
form a part of the north-east boundary of Teath-
bha, or Teffia, in the county of Westmeath.

' Flaithbheartach Ua Flaithbheartaigh : anglicé
Flaherty O'Flaherty.—See Hardiman’s edition
of O’Flaherty’s Chorographical Description of
West Connaught, pp. 367, 368.

« Wa Cuanna.—Now anglicised Cooney and
Coyne, without the prefix Ua or 0’.

’ Ruaidhri na Soigh buidhe: i.e. Rory, Roderic
or Roger of the Yellow Greyhound Bitch. Dr.

AR we 5 on Rm eel eae AN a stag tll Bip Tee ohare Tue

Ppa Net iar ari, eee a sera eyes

1098.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 959

Ireland in general; Eochaidh, successor of Cianan ; Ronan Ua Daimhin, who
was at first successor of Feichin, and afterwards a distinguished moderator ;
Maelmartin Ua Ceallaigh, successor of Mura Othna‘; and Learghus, died on
the same day. Flaithbhéartach, son of Tighearnach Bairrceach, successor of
Finnen of Magh-bile, died on his pilgrimage. Mac Maras Cairbreach, a noble
priest, a doctor and learned senior of Ireland, died at Gleann-da-locha. Three
of the ships of the foreigners were captured, and their crews slain, by the
Ulidians ; one hundred and twenty was their number. The battle of Fearsat-
Suilighe’ was gained over the Cinel-Conaill by the Cinel-Eoghain, in which
Ua Taircheirt, i. e. Eigceartach, was slain, with a number of others. The plun-
dering and wasting of Magh-Dairbhre*, by Muircheartach Ua Briain, against the
men of Teathbha. An army was led by the Munstermen to Sliabh-Fuaid, to
oppose Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn ; but they obtained neither hostages
nor pledges. Meath was laid waste [during the contests] between Donnchadh,
son of Murchadh, and Conchobhar, son of Maeleachlainn. Flaithbheartach
Ua Flaithbheartaigh’, lord of Sil-Muireadhaigh and West Connaught, was slain
by Madadhan Ua Cuanna’, in revenge of the blinding of Ruaidhri Ua Concho-
bhair, i. e. Ruaidhri na Soigh buidhe”, King of Connaught. Of the year of the
death of Flaithbheartach was said :

Eight years and ninety above a thousand,

From the birth of the Son of God all-strengthening,
It is no vain story, but it is absolutely certain,

To the death of the faithful Flaithbheartach.

Diarmaid, son of Enna, son of Diarmaid, King of Leinster, was killed by the
sons of Murchadh, son of Diarmaid. Catharnach, son of the Sinnach Odhar",
lord of Teathbha, was treacherously slain by Ua hAirt, of East Teathbha.
Maccraith Ua Flaithen was plundered by Muintir-Tlamain, at Magh-Ellv.

O’Conor translates this, Rodericus Margarita- * Sinnach Odhar: i.e. the Pale Fox.

rum flavarum ; but this is certainly incorrect. ¥ Magh-ElliitNow Moyelly, a townland in
Dr. Lynch explains it ‘“‘ Ruaidrius na paige the parish of Kilmanaghan, barony of Kilcour-
buwe, .i. a flavo cane venatico dictus,” in his sey, and King’s County. This is a part of the
translation of Keating’s History of Ireland; and ancient territory of Muintir-Tadhgain, which
O’Flaherty, more accurately, renders it ‘‘Rode- was a subdivision of Teathbha, or Teffia.—See
ricus de flava cane,” in Ogygia, p. 440. note ™, under A. D. 1518.

960 ANNACa RIOfhachtTa e€iReEaNn.

(1099.

pait, piled, apo pile na Muman, vécc. Mac Gaitin Ua Mépoa, cigfpna
Laoigip!, 00 maptad via muincip péin. Oubcoblarg, ngfn Orapmava, mic
Taos, bth Mhuipc(pcas Ui bhmiam, véce.
mic Grollapacpaice, mataip Mhupepeag, 7 Toads Ui Shmam, véce 1
nOlionn va locha. Copcach Muman vo lopccad oupmép. Oent(ch Cluana
mic Noir vo anccain vo Mhuinncin Tlamain .1. do Comcaille mac mic Cloda.
Mac Siollacomms 1 Unadaimn, comalca Mhunchand 1 bhmam, vo manbad
vo Chloinn Chorcnaig,7 o€esanace cuaipceipe Cliach,7 po mapbad cmiocha
ettip mnai 7 plop mn.

Coip Cpiorc, mle nocha a nao.
lae, vécc.

Oonvcad, mac meic Maonaish, abb
Oiapmaicc Ua Maolaichsen, ‘amemneach Oi, véce owdche
Uamnacan Ua Mactipe, comonba Colman mic Lenin, Annud
Ua Longapgain, comopba Colaim mic Cpemtaimn, abb Tine va slap, vécc.
Caoncompac Ua baoigill vo Zabel eppcopowe Apoa maca via Oomnargs
Chinctigipt. Slogfo la Muipceficach Ua mbmam, 7 la Lert Mhoda co
Shabh Puaicc vo pargid gall Ui Lochlaimn, 7 bof Oomnall 1 neplamme pon
a cionn, 7] 00 pome, comanba Phacparce, pit mbliadna eiccip cuaipcent
Epeann 7 Lfe Mhovda, conad amlaid pin no pecappac von cup pin. Sloigfo
la Oomnall Ua Lachlan 5 la Clannaib Néill an cucapefipe can Tuam 1

Capce.

* Clann-Choscraigh.—See note *,. under A. D.
1062, p. 882, supra.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

‘“A. D. 1098. Flathvertagh O’Flathvertay,
king of West-Connaght, killed by Kindred-
Mureay. ‘Three shipps of the Gentyes” [recté,
Galls] “tof the Ilands robbed by Ulstermen,
and their men killed, viz., 120, or a little lesse”
[recte, a little more, ‘‘vel paulo plus” in orig.—
Ep.] ‘‘Maelisa Ua Sture, scribe of phylosophy
in Mounster, nay of all Scotts” [scriba philoso-
phie Momoniensium immo omnium Scotorum],
‘* in pace quievit. Diarmaid mac Enna mic Diar-
mada, king of Lenster, killed by Murcha mac
Diarmod’s sonns. Eocha, Coarb of Kianan, post
penitentiam obiit. Ronan O’Davin, Coarb of
Fechin Fovar, prius et religiosus optimus, post

penitentiam ; Maelmartan O’Kelly, Coarb of
Mura Othna, largus et sapiens in una die quieve-
Flahvertach mac Tierny Barky, Coarb
of Finen, in peregrinatione mortuus est. Donell
O’Hena, Archbishop of West Europe, and bright
fontain of the world, post penitentiam optimam
x. Kal. Decembris vitam feliciter finivit. Mak-
maras Carbrech, chosen soul-frend”” [anméana

runt.

cogaive ]; ‘* Donell mac Rovartai, Coarb of Co-
lumbkille, during his life” [pm pé, recté, for a
time], ‘in pace dormierunt. The overthrow
of Kindred-Conell by Kindred-Owen at Fersad-
Suliche, where Egert O’Torchert, and others,
were slaine. This yeare Hugh O’Mayleoin,
Coarb of Kiaran of Clon-mic-Nois, natus est.””—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Some of the entries given by the Four Mas-
ters, under the year 1098, are set down in the

Oecapbpongaill, msth Tas -

*

——

<4

- cheartach and Tadhg Ua Briain, died at Gleann-da-locha.

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ~

1099.] 961

The son of Macraith, poet, chief poet of Munster, died. The son of Gaeithin
Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis, was killed by his own people. Dubhchobhlaigh,

- daughter of Diarmaid, son of Tadhg, and wife of Muircheartach Ua Briain, died.

Dearbhforgaill, daughter of Tadhg Mac Gillaphadraig, and the mother of Muir-
Corcach-Mumhan
was burned for the most part. The oratory of Cluain-mic-Nois was burned by
Muintir-Tlamain, i.e. by Cucaille Mac Aedha. Mac-GillachoinnighUi-Uradhain,
foster-brother of Murchadh Ua Briain, was slain by the Clann-Choscraigh’ and
the Eoghanacht of the north of Cliach ; and thirty persons, both women and
men, were killed in revenge of him.

The Age of Christ, 1099. Donnchadh, grandson of Maenach, Abbot of
Ta, died. Diarmaid Ua Maelaithghein, airchinneach of Dun, died on Easter
Night. Uamnachan Ua Mictire*, successor of Colman, son of Lenin ; [and]
Annudh Ua Longargain®, successor of Colum, son of Cremhthann, Abbot of
Tir-da-ghlas, died. Caenchomhrac Ua Baeighill assumed the bishopric of Ard-
Macha on Whitsunday. An army was led by Muircheartach Ua Briain and
the people of Leath-Mhogha to Sliabh-Fuaid, to obtain the hostages of [Domh-
nall] Ua Lochlainn, and Domhnall was in readiness to meet them; but the suc-
cessor of Patrick made a year’s peace between the north of Ireland and Leath-
Mhogha, and so they separated for that time. An army was led by Domhnall
Ua Lochlainn and the Clanna-Neill of the North across Tuaim’, into Ulidia.

died.

Annals of Clonmacnoise, at 1097, thus:

“ A.D. 1097” [recté, 1098]. “ King Mortagh
O’Bryen tooke the spoyles of the people of
Teaffa, and wasted them this year. All Meath
was wasted and destroyed between Donnogh
mac Murrogh, and Connor mac Moyleseagh-
lyn, both of the O’Melaughlyns. Flathver-
tagh O’Flathvertye was killed by one Mathew
O’Kwanna, for putting out Rowrie O’Connor’s
eyes. Flathvertagh was prince of Silmorrey
and Iarther Connought. O’Hairt, prince of the
East of Teaffa, killed treacherously. Kaharnagh
Mac-en-Tynnaye, alias Foxe, prince of Teaffa.
Dowchowly, daughter of Dermott mac Teige,
wife to King Mortagh, and Queen of Ireland,

Donnough mac Murrogh O’Melaghlyn
tooke the kingdom and government of Meath
upon him. Dervorgill, daughter of Teig Mac Gil-
lepatrick, mother of King Moriertagh O’Bryen,
Queen of Ireland, died this year.”

* Ua Mictire.—Now anglicé Wolfe.

> Ua Longargain.—Now Lonnergan, or Lon-
dergan, without the prefix Ua or 0’, This name
is very common in the neighbourhood of Cashel,
in the county of Tipperary.

¢ Tuaim.—More usually called Fearsat-Tuama,
now Toome, between Leagh Neagh and Lough
Beg, on the confines of the counties of London-
derry and Antrim.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum.,
pp. 148 and 183, col. 2.

66

962 GNNAta RIOshachta eiReaNn. (1099.

nUllcoib. Ularo ono iWlongponc an a ccionn ag Cpaoib culca. Sargic na
plag an poccain co haon margin iomaipfce nucchpa pop anaile. Compaicic
na va mancpluagh. Mad pop mancpluarg Ulad, 7 mapbeap ap ua ham-
panann. Paccbaicc Ula iappm an longpone, 9 loipeicc Clanna Néill é,
7 clpcaic Cpaob Tulca vo bfpan oeib 1ap pin 0& anezine, 7 comonba Corn-
saul hf pacans(p ppi oa arccine ole. Conad 06 pm vo padfoh,

Tuccta Féll Ulad an eicein,
Inmpic fiadain co péicch,

ta Oomnall co lomne Leomain,
Rug Clomne h€ogain pel.

04 eiccipe tpéna tuccta,

Oo laochpad Ulad 6 céin,

Cn cplp san o1obmd abb Comsat,
Oo pfogad Oomnanll 1 Néill.

In nomad bliadain an nochac,

Cp mile bliadain 50 mblaivh,

O sein Cpiort cinnce gan Cpionad,
Cp innce po piolad poi.

1 mbliadam coictide uachad,

1 cpfp bhadam pain ian puc,

Co cnuaid ian ngaoime Zan cpeanca,
lan mbuain Cnaoibe Tealca cus.

Ruaodm Ua Ruadacan, c1s(pna aintip Oingiall, 7 macaompiog Eneann,
vécc pin xlu a plata, 7 1pm vecmad Callan vo Oecemben. Cfnanour 4
Ceall vana vo lopccad 1 neapnach na bliadnapo. Oommliacc Apoa ppata
vo lopecad. Catpaoin(d, 1. maiom Cocain Ze1md, a maptan Cleba, .1. ma
Muincip Tadgsamn, pop a ainttp, 04 1 ccopcain vo Cloinn Oiapmaoae von
chup pn. Muinc(peach Ua hQine, cigs(pna Tleba, co pochaidib ole am-

* Craebh-Tulcha.—Now Crewe, near Glenavy, Thomond.—See note under the year 981.
in the barony of Massareene, and countyof An- — ° The Daimhliag: i.e. the great stone church
trim.—See note *, under the year 1003, p. 750, or Cathedral of Ardstraw, in the county of
supra. This place derived its name fromawide- Tyrone.
spreading tree, under which the kings of Ulidia ‘ Lochan-geiridh.—The nearest name to this
were inaugurated, like Bile Maighe-Adhair, in now to be found in or near Teffia, in Westmeath,

1099.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 963

The Ulidians were encamped before them at Craebh-Tulcha*. On coming
together, the hosts press the battle on each other. Both the cavalries engage.
The Ulidian cavalry was routed, and Ua hAmhrain slain in the conflict. After
this the Ulidians left the camp, and the Clanna-Neill burned it, and cut down
- [the tree called] Craebh-Tulcha. After this two hostages were given up to
them, and the successor of Comhghall as security for two hostages more. Of

this was said :

The hostages of Ulidia were brought by force,

As witnesses distinctly relate,

By Domhnall of the lion fury,

Chief of the generous race of Eoghan.

Two brave hostages were given

Of the heroes of Ulidia on the spot,

The third without reproach, the Abbot of Comhghall,
To acknowledge Domhnall Ua Neill as king.

The ninth year above ninety,

And a thousand years of fame,

From the birth of Christ, certain without decay,

Was that in which these things were accomplished.
From the year in which cook-houses were few,

The third was that in which,

With vigour, after difficulty unspeakable,

After cutting down Craebh-Tealcha, he brought them [i. e. the hostages].

Ruaidhri Ua Ruadhagain, lord of the east of Oirghialla, and the most distin-
guished of the dynasts of Ireland, died in the fortieth year of his chieftainship,
and on the tenth of the Calends of December. Ceanannus and Cill-dara were
burned in the spring of this year. The Daimhliag® of Ard-sratha was burned.
A victory, i.e. the Breach of Lochan-geiridh’, was gained by the people of
West Teathbha, i.e. by Muintir-Tadhgain, over the people of the east of the
same, wherein were slain of the Clann-Diarmada on that occasion, Muirchear-
tach Ua hAirt, lord of Teathbha, and many others along with him, and among

is Loughanagor, locdn na gcopp, i.e. the Small beggan, and barony of Moycashel.—See the Ord-
Lake or Pool of the Cranes, in the parish of Kil- nance Map of Westmeath, sheets 32 and 38.

6G2

964

maille pip 1m Ua Cachtnain. OonochadUa hQheip, uisfina Mage hQdap,
vécc. Mac Conmana, mac Domnall, as(pna Ua cCaipin, véce.

Qoip Cpiopc, mile céo. Cod Ua hEpemom, eppcop Cille vana, Conn
Mac Sillebuive, abb Mungaipove, pui esnaide, 7 ppuit p(ndoin Muman, vég.
Plann Ua Cionaeda, aincmoeach Ata Thum apo olla Mie. Macpare
Ua Plaicén, comonba Canam 7 Cponan Tuama Gpéne, vécc ina oilepe 1
nCcaid bs. Oo Ub Piacpac Pella a cenél. Camfoa Ua Laegeam ano
caoipeach Sil Ronan, opoan 7 aipfcup php Tleba 7 Ua Néill an veipceipec
anctna, véce lan ccian aoip,] lap nolitne fooa, hy czy mic Cuind na mboche
hi cCluain mic Nop. Sloice(o la Muinefpcach Ua mbmiam co fopcla plp
n€peann imme co pangaccan co hEappuawd. Tiondilic Cenel Conall vo
copnam a ccipe pid, 7 po pupdalple an éiccm an Mhuinclpeach co na poch-
pardote pod na pnitemgy Zan mopead, Zan sialla, gan aiczipe. Cpeach-
pluaiccfo la mac meie Lochlamo la pig NOs, co po ance 7 co po mon
Oulla 7 prona SpFh. Mop longur Gall lap an Muinclpcach céona, 50
pangaccap Oome ap a aor ni vengenple nach cron, 7 ni po loicp(e ni, 7 pon
accaibptc a nan la mac meic Lochlamn eiccip manbad,7 batad. Oonnchad
Ua h€ochada, pi Ulad, 7 opfm vo maitib Ulad ime 00 Shabail la Oomnall

anNNaza RIoshachta eiReann. (1100.

Ua Lachlamn, la piog nOis 1pm cficcead Callan lan.

8 O’Lachtnain.—Now anglicised Laughnan,
and sometimes changed to Mac Loughlin, and
even to Loftus.

" Magh-Adhair.—A level district lying be-
tween Ennis and Tulla, in the county of Clare.
—See note under A. D. 981 and 1599. Ua-
hAichir, now anglice O’Hehir and Hare, was
afterwards driven from Magh-Adhair by the
Ui-Caisin, and he settled in Ui-Cormaic, on the
west side of the River Fergus, and between it
and the mountain of Sliabh Callain.

‘ Mac Conmara.--Now anglicised Mac Na-
mara. This family was originally seated in
the territory of Ui-Caisin, the name and extent
of which are still preserved in that of the
deanery of Ogashin, in the county of Clare.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

Ololla na naom

“A.D. 1099. Great sleaing” [recte, great
dearth of provisions] ‘in all Ireland. Kells
perished by fyre” [Ceanannus igne dissipata
est]. ‘ Diarmaid O’Maelahgin, Airchinnech of
Dun, in Easter eve dyed. Kildare to the half
burnt” [Ceall dara de media parte cremata est].
“‘Coyncourack O’Boyle tooke uppon him the
Bushoprick of Ardmach on Whytsontyde Son-
dai. Donogh mac Maenay, Abbot of Ia; Uam-
nachan O’Mactyre, .i. Wolf’s-sonn, Coarb of
Mac-Lenin; Annad O’Longargan, Coarb of
Colum mac Cremthainn, in pace pausaverunt.
An army by Murtagh O’Bryan and by Lehmoa,
to Mountain Fuaid, untill Donell, Coarb of
Patrick, concluded a yeare’s cessation betwyn
them and the North of Ireland. An army by
Donell O’Lochlainn, and by the North of Ire-
land, beyond Toym in Ulster; but Ulster being

oer

1100.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 965

the rest Ua Lachtnain*. Donnchadh Ua hAichir, lord of Magh-Adhair*, died.
Mac Conmara‘, son of Domhnall, lord of Ui-Caisin, died.

The Age of Christ, 1100. Aedh Ua hEremhoin, Bishop of Cill-dara; Conn
Mac Gillabhuidhe*, Abbot of Mungairid, a distinguished wise man, and [most]
learned senior of Munster, died. FlannUa Cinaetha, airchinneach of Ath-Truim,
and chief poet of Meath [died]. Macraith Ua Flaithen, successor of Ciaran,
and Cronan of Tuaim-Greine, died on his pilgrimage at Achadh-bo; he was of
the tribe of Ui-Fiachrach-Fella’. Cumeadha Ua Laeghachain, head chieftain
of Sil-Ronain, the ornament and glory of the men of Teathbha, and of the
southern Ui-Neill in general, died at an advanced age, and after long pilgrimage,
in the house of Mac Cuinn na mBocht, at Cluain-mic-Nois. » An army was led
by Muircheartach Ua Briain, with the choice part of the men of Ireland about
him, until they arrived at Eas Ruaidh™. The Cinel-Conaill assembled to defend
their country against them ; and they compelled Muircheartach and his forces
to return back without boody, without hostages, without pledges. A plunder-
ing army was led by the grandson of Lochlainn; and he plundered and preyed
the foreigners and the men of Breagha. The great fleet® of the foreigners was
brought by the same Muircheartach [Ua Brian], till he arrived at Doire ; but
they did not commit aggression or injure anything, but were cut off by the
grandson of Lochlainn, both by killing and drowning. Donnchadh Ua hEoch-
adha, King of Ulidia, and some of the chieftains of Ulidia along with him, were
taken prisoners by Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn, King of Oileach, on the

in campe at Krivtulcha, both their horsemen ! Wi-Fiachrach-Fella.—Fella, or Fealla, was
encountered ; the horse of Ulster were put to the name of a district situated on the west side

flight, where O’Hamrain was killed. Ulster
then left the campe, and burnt it, and cutt
downe Krivetulcha. Two pledges were given
them, and the Coarb of Comgall for two more.
The Doimliag of Ardsrah burnt by the men of
Kryve upon O-Fiachrachs. Roary O’Ruogan,
King of East Airgiall, and the most vertuous
of all the kings of Ireland, in the 45th yeare of
his raigne, in x. Kal. Decembris vitam finivit.”—
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. ;

* Mac Gillabhuidhe.—Now anglicised Mac Gil-
wee, and sometimes corruptly, Macavoy and
Macaboy.

of Lough Ree, in the county of Roscommon.

™ Fas Ruaidh.—Now Assaroe, or the Salmon
Leap, a celebrated cataract at Ballyshannon, in
the county of Donegal.

” The great fleet.—This passage is translated
by Colgan as follows, in Trias Thaum., p. 504:

‘“* Murchertachus O’Briein (Princeps Australis
Hibernie) cum magna advenarum classe venit
Doriam, civitatem invasurus. Sed nihil effecit,
licet invitus. Nam ejus exercitus partim gladio
cesus, partim undis absumptus, ingenti clade
deletus est per Hua Lochlainn, nempe Domnal-
dum Septemtrionalis Hibernie princinem,”

Go

966 aNNatwa Rloshachca e€lREGNN. (1101.

Ua hGiom, cis(pna rantain Connace, déce,7 a adnacal hi cCluain mic Nop.
Mac mic Hiollacolum Us Oomnanll, wgZ(pna Cenel Luigole vo mapbavh la
a muincip péippin. Giollabmsoe Ua Curne, cisfpna Mupccpaige Sneogain,
vécce. Chpio Ua hAmpadam, ag(pna Ohal pPiacach, vécc. Epi Ua Maoil-
muine, tisfina Cianacca, vo manbad la hUa cConcobaip Ciannachca an
Shleinne. An cév King henpy vo sabail mogachca Saran a. Qugupcp.
Moppluags la Cargmb go pangaccan co Shab Puaic, 7 50 po loipcpeac

‘Cingialla, 7 Ui Méc 7 Pip Ror.

Coir Cpfoyc, mile céo a haon. Peapoomnach, eprcop Cille vapa,
Conbmac Ua Mail, eppcop Glnne oa locha, Maolciapain Ua Oonngapa,
ppt Shindip Cluana mic Noip, Mung lp Ua Muipfoarg, aincinveach Cluana
Conmaicne, vo écc ina ailitpe bi cCluain mic Nop. Comodal Leite Moda
hy cCarpiol im Mumcfpcach Ua mbmain, co maitib laoch 7 clépec, 1m
hUa nOanam, uapal eppcop 7 apo pfnoip Epfnn, comd annpin cuce Muip-
é(ncach Ua bain an Eadbaine na cuce pf péime pramh .1. Carpiol na piog
vo Eadbaint v0 éEnaibdeacharb cfn oplamm laoich na Cleimch pap ache
cpabhoich Enfnn co coiccfno. Moéppluarcefo la Mumpcfpcach Ua Oman,
la ps5h Muman, co ppfpab Muman go Cargmb, 50 nOppargib, 7 co prlpanb
Mivde, 7 co prfparb Connachc vap Eappuaid 1 nlmp Eogain, 7 po aince Imp
Eogam, 7 po lope 1 cealla, 7 1 ofine 1m Phatain Muna, 7 mm Apo ppata,

° The first Henry.—Henry the First was elected
King of England on the 4th, and crowned at
Westminster on Sunday, the 5th of August,
A. D. 1100.—See Chronology of History, by Sir
Harris Nicolas, second edition, pp. 296 and
366.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

«A, D. 1100. Flann O’Cinaeh, Airchinnech of
Trym and Archpoet of Meath” [died]. ‘* Donogh
mac Eochaa, king of Ulster, and some of the sept
of Ulster about him, were taken by Donell
O’Lochlainn, king of Ailech, in quint. Kal. Juni.
An army by Donell O’Lochlainn, and he preyed
the men of Bregh and Fyngall. An army by
Murtagh O’Brian to Esroa. The navy of Dublin
to Inis-Owen, where most of them perished by

drowning and killing. Makilcolume, O’Donell’s
sonn, killed by his” [own tribe], ‘being king
of Kindred-Lugach. Assi O’Hanragan, minion
of Dal-Fiatach; Gilbryde O’Cuirk, king of
Muskray-Breoain; and Gillnanaev O’Heine,
king of Fiachrachs, mortu sunt. Echry O’Mael-
muire, king of Cianacht, killed by O’Conor of
Kyannacht.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Some of the entries given by the Four Mas- -
ters under A. D. 1100, are to be found in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise, under 1098, as follows:

* A. D. 1098” [recté, 1100]. ‘* Donnell mac
Donnogh, king of Scottland, was blinded of
both his eyes by his own brother. Mac Loghlyn
of Ulster, with his forces, preyed the Danes.
King Mortagh, with his forces of Treland, went
to Easroe of Ulster to gett hostages of the

o

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 967
fifth of the Calends of June. Gilla-na-naemh Ua hEidhin, lord of West Con-
naught, died, and was interred at Cluain-mic-Nois. The son of Gillacholuim
Ua Domhnaill, lord of Cinel-Luighdheach, was killed by his own people. Gilla-
bhrighdhe Ua Cuire, lord of Muscraighe-Breoghain, died. Aissidh Ua hAmhra-
dhain, lord of Dal-Fiatach, died. Echri Ua Maelmuire, lord of Cianachta, was
killed by Ua Conchobhair of Cianachta-Glinne [-Geimhin]. The first King
Henry° assumed the kingdom of England in August. A great army was led
by the Leinstermen till they arrived at Shiabh Fuaid ; and they burned Air-
ghialla, Ui-Meith, and Fir-Rois.

The Age of Christ, 1101. Feardomhnach, Bishop of Cill-dara ; Cormac
Ua Mail, Bishop of Gleann-da-locha ; Maelchiarain Ua Donnghusa, learned
senior of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Muirgheas Ua Muireadhaigh, airchinneach of Cluain-
Conmhaicne”, died on his pilgrimage. A meeting of Leath-Mogha was held at
Caiseal by Muircheartach Ua Briain, with the chiefs of the laity, and Ua Dunain,
noble bishop and chief senior, with the chiefs of the clergy ; and on this occa-
sion Muircheartach Ua Briain made a grant such as no king had ever made
before, namely, he granted Caiseal of the kings to religious‘, without any claim
of layman or clergyman upon it, but the religious of Ireland in general. A
great army was led by Muircheartach Ua Briain, King of Munster, with the
men of Munster, Leinster, Osraighe, Meath, and Connaught, across Eas-Ruaidh,
into Inis-Eoghain ; and he plundered Inis-Eoghain, and burned many churches
and many forts about Fathan-Mura’, and about Ard-sratha; and he demolished

1101.)

North, and returned without hostages, prey, or
boottie, with the loss of many of his horse and
men in that journey. King Mortagh again,
accompanied with a great fleet of Danes, arrived
in Derry in Ulster, and did no outrages by the
way, and were mett by the son of Mac Laghlyn,
who gave them an overthrow, and made a
slaughter upon them.”

P Cluain-Conmhaicne: i. e. the Lawn or Mea-
dow of the Conmhaicne, now the village of
Cloon, in the barony of Mohill, and county of
Leitrim, where St. Cruimhthear Fraech erected
a monastery in the sixth century.—See note ™,
under A. D. 1253.

2 To religious.—It is not easy to understand
the exact nature of this grant. It appears to
be a grant to the cenobites, with exemption
from any duties to lay persons, or secular eccle-
siastics.—See the Miscellany of the Irish Arch-
eological Society, pp. 131, 153, 154, 155, for a
charter, by which the King of Tara and others
granted Disert-Columbkille at Kells, in Meath,
to religious for ever, about the year 1084.

* Fathan-Mura.—Now Fahan, near Lough
Swilly, in the barony of Inishowen, county of
Donegal, where St. Mura, the patron saint of
the Cinel-Eoghain, was held in the highest
veneration.

968 annNazwa Rioshachta eiReann.

7 po peaol Gpranan Orlig 1 norogarl. Cinn conad vo Hiopcaoilead,7 v0 munad
la Oornall Ua Lochlamn peace jam, 7 po pimachc Muipefpeach pop a
flocch clocé sacha builcc loin va paibe aca vo bpeit led 6 mleach co luim-
neach. Up via ponatm(c vo paolo,

~~ (1101.

Ni cuala comnm(o nemip,
Ciac cuala comnmfs muipin
Oap comnmfos clocha Oils,

Fon gpogib plata Puno.

Oo chua Mumpéfpcach rappin cap Rlpcap Campa 1 nUlzoib, 7 cucc
sialla Ulad, 7 cance timéell Enfnn 1omldn ppi né caerctigips an mip san cat
gan puabainc,7 vo deachad rap pligio Miodluachpa oa Ag. An ploigslo cim-
cll amm an cplos pin. Cpfch v0 chum Oonnchavh Ua Maorleachlamn,
cisfina Mide, hh POpnmaigh 7 hi cConallibh, co ccucc cpeach anbpoill vo
buaib,7 canna CacarplUa Chbaill, agfpna Pfpnmange 7 Oipsiall cneach
diobh 1 nClingeiccslionn, 7 po manbad laip an plog oop panpmd acc blce, 7
do pocain ona Echaig(pn Ua Gnam, cis(pna OplSmaine, 7 mac merc Caipttn
Ui Manlnuam, 7 Ua Inoploamn, copeac ceaslaig Ui Mhaoileachlamn, 7 va
céo amaille pu. Oonnchad, mac Cline Uf Ruainc, cig(pna Conmancne, 4
pfosdamna Connacc, vo manbad lar an nG10llapponmaol Ua Ruaine. Catal
Ua Muipeaccan, mg(pna Teatba, vo manbhad vo aint(p Tleba. Oeanbail,
in5{ Ui Maoileachlamn, vécc. Oonnchad Ua hEochada, pi Ulad, vo puap-
laccad a culbpeac la Oomnall mac meic Lochlaimn la pig nChlg can cfno
a meic,7] a comalcta 1 noomlas Anoa Macha tpé mpidve comanba Pha-
Tpaicc 7 a pamta ancfha ian ccomluga v61b po bhacaill lora, 7 po monoaib

« Every sack.—Dr. O’Conor translates this
passage incorrectly as follows: ‘* Et precepit

8 Grianan- Oiligh.Now Greenan-Ely, which
is the name of a ruined cyclopean fort, on the

summit of a hill near Burt, in the barony of
Inishowen. For a minute description of this
fort see the Ordnance Memoir of the Parish of
Templemore, county of Londonderry, Town-
lands.

* Ceann-coradh: anglice Kincora, situated at
Killaloe, in the county of Clare.—See the years
1012, 1015, 1061, 1088. "

,

stricte Murchertachus exercitui suo omne saxum
jaculatorium quod fuit apud eos in Arce, auferre
secum ex Alichia Limericum.”—p. 678.

W Feartas-Camsa.—Now Camus-Macosquin,
near the River Bann, in the county of London-
derry.—See note ‘, under the year 1005, p. 755.

* Slighe-Midhluachra.—This was the name of
the great northern road extending from Tara

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1101.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 969

Grianan-Oiligh’, in revenge of Ceann-coradh', which had been razed and
demolished by Domhnall Ua Lochlainn some time before ; and Muircheartach
commanded his army to carry with them, from Oileach to Luimneach, a stone
[of the demolished building] for every sack" of provisions which they had. In.

commemoration of which was said :

I never heard of the billeting of grit stones,
Though I heard of the billeting of companies,
Until the stones of Oileach were billeted

On the horses of the king of the West.

Muircheartach after this went over Feartas-Camsa” into Ulidia, and carried
off the hostages of Ulidia; and he went the round of all Ireland in the space
of a fortnight and a month, without battle, without attack, and he returned to
his house by Slighe-Midhluachra*. The expedition was called “ The circuitous
hosting.” Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Meath, set out upon a predatory
excursion into Fearnmhagh, and into Conaille, and took immense spoils of cows;
but Cucaisill Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Fearnmhagh and Oirghialla, overtook one
of the spoils at Airgedgleann’, and slew the host which he overtook, except
very few; among the slain were Echthighern Ua Braein, lord of Breaghmhaine ;
the grandson of Cairthen Ua Mailruain ; Ua Indreadhain’, chief of Ua Maeleach-
lainn’s household, and two hundred men along with them. Donnchadh, son
of Art Ua Ruaire, lord of Conmhaicne, and royal heir of Connaught, was killed
by Gillasronmhaoil Ua Ruaire. Cathal Ua Muireagain, lord of Teathbha, was
killed by the people of the east of Teathbha. Dearbhail, daughter of Ua Mae-
leachlainn, died. Donnchadh Ua hEochadha, King of Ulidia, was liberated
from fetters by Domhnall, the grandson of Lochlainn, [in exchange] for his son
and his foster-brother, in the daimhliag of Ard-Macha, through the intercession
of the successor of Patrick, and all his congregation, after they had mutually

into Ulster; but its exact position has not been barony of Farney, and county of Monaghan.—
yet determined.—See Leabhar-na-gCeart, Intro- See note *, under A. M. 4981; and also note
duction, p. lix. under A. D. 1460.
¥ Airgedgleann : i.e. the Silver Glen, or Money *Ua Indreadhain.—Now Hanrahan, The head
Glen. This is probably the place now called of this family was chief of Corkaree, now a ba-
Moneyglen, in the parish of Donaghmoyne, rony in the county of Westmeath.
6H

970

aNNaZa RIOSshachca elReEGNN.

(1102.

na hEaccanl an «1. Callan lanuamt. Magnuy, pi Cochlamoe, vo tiach-
cain vo Zabail Eneann, amail oeanbar an pano,

bliadain an céo ap mile,

Cen nach mbaogal nmpimhe,

O sem Cpiore an chnabaid spinn,
Co ceacht Magnaip in Eipinn.

Holla na naern Ua Otnabya, ollam Connacc, vo écc.

Coir Cpiorc, mile céd a 06.

Muiplohach Ua Cfopdubam, capcmneach

Lushmand, Mugnon Ua Mopngonp, aapopfpléiginn Apoa Macha, 47 iantain
€oppa wile, véce hi cceipc Non Octcoben 1 Mungainc hi Mumain. Maol-

muipe Mideach, paor paccaint Cluana h€paipo, vécc.

pul, aipcmoeach Om, décc.

* Bachall-Isa: i.e. the Staff of Jesus.
was the name of St. Patrick’s crozier.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1101. Donogh mac Hugh O’Royrk
killed by Fermanagh. Rigan, bishopp of Drom-
more, and all the North, im pace quievit. Inis-
Catha rifled by Galls.) An army by Murtagh
O’Brian and Lethmoga into Connaght, beyond
Easroa into Tyrowen, and broke downe Ailech,
and burnt and spoyled very many churches
about Fahan-mor and Ardsraha. They went
afterwards beyond Fertas-Camsa, and burnt
Culrahan, and encamped there awhyle. He
took the pledges of Ulster then, and went over
at Sligo to his home” [recté, and returned home
by the great road of Slighidh-Midhluachra].
“An army by Donnogh O’Maelechlainn into
Fernmay, where O’Carroll mett him, and killed
two hundred of them or more. Ferdounagh,
bushop of Kildare, guievit, Cathal O’Murigan,
king of Tethva, beheaded. Donnogh O’hEochaa,
king of Ulster, ransomed out of fetters by
Donell Mac Laghlain’s sonn, king of Ailech, for
his sonn and brother in law” [recté, foster-bro-

This

Camaige Ua Car-

Oonochad mac Echm Ui Cicew, cana

ther], ‘‘and took theire oathes on both sydes,
viz. in the Doimliag of Ardmach,” [through the
intercession | ‘“‘ of the Coarb of Patrick and Pa-
trick’s Samtha” [i.e. clergy] “‘ withall, after
swearinge by Jesus’s Crosstaffe.”"— Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49. :

Most of the events entered by the Four Mas-
ters, under the year 1101, are noticed in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise, under 1100, as follows:

“A.D. 1100” [recté, 1101]. ‘* There was an
assembly of all the subjects of Ireland at Cashell,
in the pressence of King Mortagh, and in the
pressence of O’Downan, archbushopp and elder
of Ireland, with the clergy of the kingdome,
where the king, of his meer motion and free will,
granted to the church, and all devout members
thereof, such a graunt as none of his predeces-
sors, the kings of Ireland, ever granted to the
church before, which was his chiefest seat,
court, and town of Cashell, to be held in com-
mon by all spirituall men and women in perpe-
tuall” [recté, perpetuity] ‘‘to them and their
successors for ever. King Mortagh, with the
forces of Munster, Lynster, Ossory, Meath, and
Connought, went to Easroe, in Inis-Owen”’

1102.)

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

971

sworn on the Bachall-Isa* and the relics of the Church, on the eleventh of the
Calends of January. Maghnus, King of Lochlann, came to invade Ireland, as

this quatrain testifies :

A year above one hundred and a thousand,
Without any danger of miscalculation,

From the birth of Christ of the pure religion,
Till the coming of Maghnus to Ireland.

Gilla-na-naemh Ua Dunabhra, chief poet of Connaught, died.

The Age of Christ, 1102.

Muireadhach Ua Ciordhubhain’, airchinneach

of Lughmhadh. Mughron Ua Morgair, chief lector of Ard-Macha, and of all
the west of Europe, died on the third of the Nones of October, at Mungairit, in

Munster.

Maelmuire Midheach, a learned priest of Cluain-Iraird, died. Cu-

mhaighe Ua Cairill, airchinneach of Dun [Padraig], died. Donnchadh, son of

[recte, went by Easroe into Inis-Owen], “in the
North; destroyed all the towns, fortes, and
churches of Inis-Owen, and brake downe the
stone-house that was in Aileagh, and afterwards
went over Fertas Camsa to Ulster” [i.e. Ulidia,
or Eastern Ulster], ‘‘ took their hostages, and
so went over all Ireland in the space of six
weeks, without disturbance, strife, or impedi-
ment-of any man. Two companies of Kerne
contended together in Clonvicknose, that is to
say, Moynter-Hagan and Moynter-Kenay, where
in the end, Gillafin mac Wallachan, chieftain of
Sileanmchie, was slain.’

» Muireadhach Ua Ciordhubhain.—Now anglice
Murray O’Kirwan.
write this name Kirwan, without the prefix O’.

The Annals of Ulster record the following

The family now always

events under this year:

“A.D. 1102. Sworts of Colum Cille burnt,
Donogh mac Echry O’Haity, heyre of Oneachay,
killed by Ulster. Donnell mac Tiernain O’Roirk,
king of Conmacne, killed” [by the Conmacne
themselves]. ‘*Cumay O’Carrill, Airchinnech

of Dun, mortuus est. Flahvertach O’Fothay,
kinge of O’Fiachrach of Ardsraha, killed by the
men of Lurg. An army by Kindred-Owen into
Macova, and Ulster came bee night into their
camp, and killed Sitrick O’Maelfavall and
Sitrick mac Conray mic Owen, and others, the
first being king of Carrack-Brachay. Manus,
king of Denmark, with a great navy, came to
the He of Mann, and made peace of one yeare
with Ireland. The hostages of Ireland given
into the hands of Donell, Patrick’s Coarb, for a
twelve months peace, between Murtagh O’Brian
and Donnell O’Lochlainn, and the rest. Mureach
O’Cieruvan, Airchinnech of Lugvay, killed by
the men of Meath. Rosailithir, with the fryers,
spoyled by O’Neachay, in revenge of the killing
of O’Donnchaa. Casshill burnt by Ely. Mu-
gron O’Morgair, archlector of Ardmach, and
the. west of all Europe, in presence of many
witnesses in the 3. Non. of October, vitam felt-
citer finivit.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise want the years
1101, 1102, and 1103.

6H2

972 ANNata RIOshachta eIReEGNn. 11103.

Ua nE€atach, vo manbad vo UUlcoibh. Oornnall, mac Tis (pnéin Ui Ruane,
cis(nna Gpeipne, 7 Conmaicne 7 Connacht ule pp pe 00 mapbaoh vo Con--
maicmbh péippin. Plaitb(pcach, mac Potad, cis(pna Ua Piacnac Apoa
~pata, vo manbaoh opfpaib Cuince. Sloiccld la Cenél n€ogam co Mag
Coba. Oo loccan Ulaid ipin odce 1pm longpont co po manbrac Sitpiec
Ua Maolpaball wsZfina Caippse Spacharwe, 7 Sitpiocc, mac Conpaor, mic
Eogain. Eicepeada php n€rmonn hllaim Oomnanll mic Amalgada, comanba
Phaccparce, pe pit mbliadna e1tip Oomnall Ua Cochlainn, 7 Muipefpcach
Ua bam. Mac na heplame Ua Oonnchada vo manbad vo Conca Lange.
Slag pip nEpeano co hQé chat 1 naghaw Magnupa 7 Gall Uochlamne
cangaccap D1onopad Epeann co nofpnpac pic mbliaona pm pfpaib Eneann,
co ccanac Muipcfpcach a ngfm do Sicpaid, mac Magnupa, 7 tuc peotca 4
apgada iomda. Muincfpcach Ua Conchobaip Parlge, 00 écc. Situs,
mac Conmfoa Ui Caogacain, caoipeac, Sil Rondin, vo écc. Muipéfpcach
Ua Maoilpeachloinn vo aepfogad, 7 pige 00 Zabcul 0o Mhupchad oan é1p.
Niall mac Néill Uf Ruainc, piogdamna bperpne, 00 manbad la p(parb Cups.

Coip Cpiore, mile céo a cpi. Mupchad Ua Flait(can, amcinneach
Cpoa bo, pao nfccna 7 naincfcal, vécc ina olitpe 1 nApo Macha. Conb-
mac Mac Cuinn na mboche, canaipy: abba Cluana mic Noip,7 pfp Sona,
paobip, vécc. In pfp lersinn Ua Connmang vo muinzin Inpi mone, Ua Cingf
PH leiginv Ofpmanshe, mac Mic bpandin, paccant Cille vana,7 Maolioya
Mac Cumod na mbocht, vécc. Ua Canannan vo 1onnapbad a cigfpnup Tipe
Conall la Oomnall Ua Cochlamn. Munchad Oonn Ua Ruadacan vo mhap-
bao pon cneic 1 Mangh Coba,7 an pluag pin vo manbad an Shiollaguicc
Ui Chopbmare ipin 16 céona. Ragnall Ua hOcan Rechcaipe Telca Oce
vo, mapbavh vo Fipaib Maige hlota. Coccad mép ecip Cenel Eogain 4
Ulca, co ccame Mumpefpcach Ua Oma co ppfpar’ Muman, co Largmb, co
nOppaigib, co maitib Connache, 7 co pPMpaib Mide immo pfogaib co Mag

° Ard-bo; i.e. Collis bovis, now Arbo, an old Monasticon Hibernicum, p- 678.
church giving name to a townland and parish, * Inis-mor : i, e. the great Island, now Inch-
in the barony of Dungannon, and county of more, or Inishmore, an island in Lough Ree,
Tyrone, about two miles west of Lough Neagh. Welonging to the barony of Kilkenny west, and
There is a very ancient and elaborately sculp- county of Westmeath.—See note ‘, under A. D.
tured stone cross at this place—See Archdall’s 960, p. 680, supra.

1103.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 973 © |

‘Echri Ua Aiteidh, Tanist of Ui-Eathach, was killed by the Ulidians. Domhnall,

son of Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, lord of Breifne and Conmhaicni, and of all Con-
naught for a time, was slain by the Conmhaicni themselves. Flaithbheartach
Mac Fothaidh, lord of Ui-Fiachrach of Ard-sratha, was slain by the men of
Lurg. An army was led by the Cinel-Eoghain to Magh-Cobha. The Ulidians
entered their camp at night, and killed Sitrick Ua Maelfabhaill, lord of Carraig-
Brachaidhe, and Sitric, son of Curoi, son of Eoghan. The hostages of the men
of Ireland in the hands of Domhnall, son of Amhalghaidh, successor of Patrick,
for a year’s peace between Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn, and Muircheartach
Ua Briain. Mac-na-hErlaimhe Ua Donnchadha was slain by the Corca-Laighdhe.
A hosting of the men of Ireland to Ath-cliath, to oppose Maghnus and the
foreigners of Lochlann, who had come to plunder Ireland ; but they made peace
for one year with the men of Ireland; and Muircheartach gave his daughter
to Sichraidh, son of Maghnus, and gave him many jewels and gifts. Muirchear-
tach Ua Conchobhair Failghe, died. Sitric, son of Cumeadha Ua Laeghachain,
chief of Sil-Ronain, died. Muircheartach Ua Maelseachlainn was deposed, and
the kingship [of Meath] was assumed by Murchadh after him. Niall, son of
Niall Ua Ruaire, royal heir of Breifne, was slain by the men of Lurg.

The Age of Christ, 1103. Murchadh Ua Flaithecan, airchinneach of Ard-
bo’, a paragon of wisdom and instruction, died on his pilgrimage at Ard-Macha.
Cormac Mac Cuinn-na-mBocht, Tanist-abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, and a pros-
perous and affluent man, died. The Lector Ua Connmhaigh, of the family of
Inis-mor*; Ua Cingeadh®, lector of Dearmhach ; the son of Mac Branan, priest
of Cill-dara ; and Maelisa Mac Cuinn-na-mBocht, died. Ua Canannain was
driven from the lordship of Tir-Conaill by Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn.
Murchadh Donn Ua Ruadhacan was slain on a predatory excursion in Magh-
Cobha, and his host had slain Gillagott Ua Cormaic the same day. Raghnall
Ua hOcain’, lawgiver of Telach Og, was slain by the men of Magh-Itha. A
great war [broke out] between the Cinel-Eoghain and the Ulidians; and Muir-
cheartach Ua Briain, with the men of Munster, Leinster, and Osraighe, and
with the chiefs of Connaught, and the men of Meath, with their kings, proceeded

© O’ Cingeadh.—Now anglicé King. hoge, in the county of Tyrone, and in many
‘ Va hOcain.—Otherwise written O’hAgain. parts of Ulster. It is anglicised O'Hagan, and
This family is still very numerous near Tully- frequently Haggan, without the prefix O’.

ANNata RIOshachca elREGNHN. »

974 (1103.

Coba hi poimtin Ulad. Oo locap wile oiblinib co Machaipe Apoa Macha
1.co Cill na cCopnaipe, co mbaccap pfécmain a bpopbaip: pon Apo Macha.
Oomnall, mac mic Lachlamn, co ccuaipcenc Epeann ppp an pé pin m
Uib Opfpal Macha aghaiw m aghaid pp, an na po léigead vo ceitpe coig-
eadaibh Eneann pogail no oibeng vo denam nf ap uille 1pm cingead.
O pobcap coippig cpa FIN Muman vo lu Muipcfpeach go hOonac Macha
co hEmam, 7 timéeall vo Apo Macha co ppangoib oche nunga ip pony an
alcoip, 7 po geall oche picit bd, 7 1ompaip co Mag Coba vopfoip,7 pagbaip
cincclé Lagtn, agup pochaide opfnaib Muman annpin. Oo deachatd pém
1apam pon cpeich 1 nOaL CApade, 7 pi Mivde,7 pf Connaéc, 7 po mapbad
Oonnchad mac Toippdealborg Ui Ghmiain oon cupur pin, 7 mac Us Conco-
bain Ciapparge,7 Pecavemain hUa beoan,7 Oonncuan hUa Ourbemo agup
Oo lus Oomnall Ua Loch-
lamn co cClanomb Neill an cuaipcemc 1 Margh Coba pon amup longpuipt
Laigtn. Trondilice mmonpo Largin, 7 Oppaige, 7 pip Muman, 7 sarll an lion
po baccap, 7 plaice cat cpdoda pon Mary Coba via Cévaom m Ném Cu-
suire 1pm occtmad lo 1an ccocht von macha. Ro meabad tna pop Let
Mhoda,7 po lad a nap 1. an Carsfn im Muinefncach, mac Giollamocolmocc,
pi Carsean, 1m da Ua Concain a. Mupnchad mg Ua Muipfohars cona
bnacaip, 7 mm Muinclpcach, mac Honma, co nopuing moip ole cén mo tac
poe. Un Ua cCemnpealeng im o@ mac Maolmopda,7 1m Rian, agfpna
Ua nOpona,7 anal eile besp. An Oppase im Siollapaccpaice Ruad,
ciseapna Opnaige, 7 mm maitib Oppase ancha. An Gall Aca cliat,
im Toppcan mac Enic,7 1m Pol mac Amaino,7 1m beollan Apmunn co
nopuing oipime ole. Ap phy Muman mm va Ua bypic a. 0a Canam: na nOEip,
7 1m Ua Falbe 1. pfogdamna Conca Ourbne, 7 em: Carg(n, mm Ua Mu-
plohag, cisfna Cianpaige cona mac, pochaiwe ole vo paonclanoaib po

opons mon oile vo faonclanoab amaille pia.

’ Magh-Cobha.—A plain containing the church
of Domnach-mor Maighe-Cobha, now Donagh-
more, in the barony of Upper Iveagh, and
county of Down.—See note under A. D, 1252.

» Machatre-Arda-Macha: i. e. the Plain of
Armagh, a level district lying round the city
of Armagh. :

} Cill-na-g Cornaire.—This was the name of an

old church somewhere near Armagh, but its
exact position has not been yet discovered. The
name would be anglicised Kilnagornery.

* King of Connaught.—It is added, inter lineas,
in the Stowe copy, that he was ‘‘ Domhnall, son
of Ruaidhri,” which is correct.

1 Peata deamhain : i. e. the Devil’s or Demon’s
Pet.

1103.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. «O75

to Magh-Cobha’, to relieve the Ulidians. Both parties went all into Machaire-
Arda-Macha’, i. e. to Cill-na-gCornaire’, and were for a week laying siege to
Ard-Macha. Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn, with the people of the north *
of Ireland, was during this time in Ui-Breasail-Macha, confronting them face to
face, so that he prevented the people of the four provinces of Ireland from
committing depredation or aggression any further in the province. When the
men of Munster were wearied, Muircheartach proceeded to Aenach-Macha, to
Eamhain, and round to Ard-Macha, and left eight ounces of gold upon the
altar, and promised eight score cows, and returned to Magh-Cobha, and left
the people of the province of Leinster and numbers of the men of Munster there.
He himself afterwards set out on a predatory excursion into Dal-Araidhe, with
the King of Meath and the King of Connaught*; and Donnchadh, son of Toir-
dhealbhach Ua Briain, was slain on this expedition, as were the son of Ua Con-
chobhair Ciarraighe, Peatadeamhain' Ua Beoain, Donncuan Ua Duibhcinn, and
a great many others of the nobility along with them. Domhnall Ua Lochlainn,
with the Clanna-Neill of the North, proceeded to Magh-Cobha, to attack the
camp of the Leinstermen ; and the Leinstermen, the Osraighi, and the Mun-
stermen, assembled together all the forces they had, and fought a spirited battle
in Magh-Cobha, on Tuesday, the Nones of August, on the eight day after their
coming into that plain. The people. of Leath-Mhogha were, however, de-
feated, and slaughter made of them, viz. the slaughter of the Leinstermen, with
Muircheartach Mac Gillamocholmog, King of Leinster, with the two Ua Lor-
cains, i.e. Murchadh, King of Ui-Muireadhaigh, and. his brother, and with
Muircheartach Mac Gormain, with a great number of others besides them ; the
slaughter of the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, together with the two sons of Maelmordha,
and Rian™, lord of Ui-Drona, and many others also; the slaughter of the
Osraighi in general, with Gillaphadraig Ruadh and the chieftains of Osraighe ;
the slaughter of the foreigners of Ath-cliath, with Thorstan, son of Eric,
with Pol, son of Amann", and Beollan, son of Armunn, with a countless
number of others; the slaughter of the men of Munster, with the two Ua
Brics, i.e. two tanists of the Deisi; and with Ua Failbhe, Tanist of Corca-
Dhuibhne and Erri of Leinster ; with Ua Muireadhaigh, lord of Ciarraighe,

™ Rian.—He is the progenitor of the O’Ryans 2 Pol, son of Amann: i.e. Paul, son of Ha-
of Idrone, in the county of Carlow. mond.

976 GNNQata RIOShachta eiReaNnn. . [104.

bad ermilc odipfm. Oo deochaccap Clanna Néill an cuaipceipec 1. Cenel
Cogan 7 Cenel Conall, co mbuaid 7 copceap dia notinib co pévaib pomaor-
nech, 7 co névalaib 1omdaib 1mon pupall piogoa, 7 1m camlinne,7 1m péoaib
poin(mlaib ancfna. Magnuy, pi Cochlamne 7 na nmnped,7 pip po tmall
ponbary: pop Eipinn uile, vo manbad vo Ulcorb an cpeich go nép a mumncipe
imbe. 6fn vo bert 0a Lfnam m aoinfecc 1pm mbliadainp), 7 aen conp aca
6ta a mbpuimne co pige a nimlinn,7 a mboill uile co coin cenmota pin, 4
aiged cach of6 ppia poile, 7 01 IngZIn 1adDpIde. Catalan mac S{nain vo.
mapbad vo Choippmb Gaba. Oonnchad, mac Enna, v0 dallad vo mac
Oinlamng, 1 Chaellangi. Amalgaid mac mic eda mic Ruadpi .1. vo Chloinn
Chorpecnas, 00 manbad ora atain 7 ora ofpbpatain pén 1 nofogail a noalca
1.Concoban, mac Ruadp Ui Concobaip, v0 manbad laipiom pap an can pin.
Maiom Ata Calgan eicip aipt(p Cleba 7 a hantap m po manbad Cronaod
mac mic Amalgada, cig (nna Callpaise an Chalano.

Qoip Cpiopc, mile céo a cftaip. Grollacpiope Ua Eccigtin, eppucc
Cluana mic Noip, 7 aipcmneach Apoacaid eprcoip Mel, vécc. Plarétin
Ua Oubidomp, eppcop Aiptip Casi, Pewlimio, mac Plainn Mamipcpeach,

° But one body.—* A. D. 1100. This year a
woman in Munster was delivered of a couple of
children that were joyned together in their
bodys.”—Ann. Clon.

® Ua CaellaighiiThis name is still extant,
but usually anglicised Kelly.

« Ath-Calgain : i.e. Calgan’s Ford. Not iden-
tified.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A, D.1103. A couragious skirmish between
the men of Lurg and Tuahraha, where both of
them were slaughtered. O’Canannan banished
from being king of Tyreconnell by Donell
O’Lochlainn. Morough Donn O’Ruoagan, killed
in warfare at Macova, and the same army killed
Gillgutt” [O’Cormaic] ‘‘ the same day. Ranall
O’ Hogan, constable” [ Reécaipe] “of Tullaghog,
killed by the men of Magh Itha. Great warr
between Kindred-Owen and Ulster, and Mur-

tagh O’Bryan, with the host of Mounster, of
Lenster, Ossory, and with the nobility of the
province of Connaght and Meath about their
kings to Macova to relieve Ulster; they went
on all sydes to Killcornaire, to the field of Ard-
mach, and were a whole week in siege upon
Ardmach. Donell O’Lochlainn, with all the
northern men, were all the whyle in O’Bressall-
Macha face to face to them; but when Moun-
stermen were weary Murtagh went to Aenach-
mach, to Emanmach, and about to Ardmach,
and left eight ounces of gold upon the alter,
and promised eight score cowes. He [re ]tourned
into Macova, and left all Lenster there, and
some of Mounster: he went himself to prey
Dalaray, where he lost Donogh mac Tirlagh and
O’Conner, king of Kerry’s sonn, and O’Beoain,
et alit optimi. Donell O’Lochlaynn went into
the North of Ireland to Macova, to meete with
Leinster. Lenster and Ossory, Mounster, and

1104.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. O77

with his son, and many others of the nobility, which it would be tedious
to enumerate. The Clanna-Neill of the North, namely, the Cinel-Eoghain and
Cinel-Conaill, returned to their forts victoriously and triumphantly, with valua-
ble jewels and much wealth, together with the royal tent, the standard, and
many other precious jewels. Maghnus, King of Lochlann and the Islands, and
a man who had contemplated the invasion of all Ireland, was slain by the
Ulidians, with a slaughter of his people about him, on a predatory excursion.
A woman brought forth two children together in this year, having but one
body? from the breast to the navel, and all their members perfect, with that
exception, and their faces turned to each other; and these were two girls.
Cathalan, Mac Seanain, was killed by the Cairbri-Gabhra, Donnchadh, son
of Enna, was blinded by the son of Dunlaing Ua Caellaighi?. Amhalghaidh,
grandson of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri, one of the Clann-Choscraigh, was killed by
his own father and brother, in revenge of their alumnus, i. e. Conchobhar, son
of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, who had been killed by him some time before.
The battle of Ath-Calgaint between the people of the east of Teathbha and
those of the west of the same territory, in which Cinaedh, son of Mac Amhal-
ghadha, lord of Callraighe-an-Chalaidh, died.

The Age of Christ, 1104. Gillachrist Ua Echthighern, Bishop of Cluain-
mic-Nois, and airchinneach of Ardachaidh-Epscoip-Mel, died. Flaitheamh
Ua Duibhidhir’, Bishop of East Leinster ; Feidhlimidh, son of Flann Mainis-

Galls, as they were come against them, but
Lethmoga, .i. Mounster, was put to flight, and
theire slaughter committed, viz., the slaughter
of Lenster about Murtagh Mac Gilmocholmog,
and about two O’Lorkans, and about Murtagh
Mac Gorman; the slaughter of O-Cinselay about
the two sons of Moylmurry, about Rian, king
of O-Dronay, with Uoaran, ¢ alii ; the slaughter
of Ossory about Gilpatrick Roe, King of Ossory,
together with the nobility of Ossory; the slaugh-
ter of the Genties” [recté, Galls] ‘of Dublin,
about Drostan” [recté, Thorstan] “ mac Erick,
Paul mac Amainn, and Beollan Armunn, eét alit;
the slaughter of Mounstermen about the two
O’Bricks, .i. the two heyres of the Desyes, and

about O’Falve, heyre of Corkduivne, and second
in Lenster” [eip1Cargean], “and about Mureay,
king of Kerrey, with his sonn, and many more,
which for brevity of wrytinge we omitt. Kin-
dred-Owen tourned back to the North of Ireland
with great sway, and many booties about the
kingly pavillion, the banner, and many precious
jewells” [1mon pupoll pigoa 7 1m chainlinne,
7 1m pécaib imoaib ancfna]. ‘“ Manus, King
of Denmark, killed in Ulster, with the loss of
his men. Cahalan mac Senan killed by Carbry.
Murcha O’Flahegan, Airchinnech of Ardbo,
chiefe learned, liberall, and Doctor, dyed in pil-
grimage in Ardmach.”— (Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.
* Ua Duibhidhir.—Now anglicé O’Dwyer.

61

978 aNNaza RIoshachtda erReann.

[1105.

milead oronsmala vo Chpfort, ano ptndip,7 pao pfncapa epvde. Copecnach
Ua Cpumdin, pfpléiginn Cinlle vana, véce. Maidm ma nUlcoib pop Ohal
n(pade, 1 ctconcain Ombc(no Ua Oairnn 1 pmotguin. Ua Concobaip
Concamdpuad 1. Concoban mac Maoil(chlamn, vécc. Mac na harwdce
Ua Ruainc vo manbad la a bpGtmib. Otincad Ua Concobarp, m1gfpna Cran-
nachca an Ghlemne, vo manbad la a mumncin péin. Piachpa Ua Plomn
caoipeac Sil Maolpuain, vo manbao la Conmaicnib. Slag la Muinclp-
cach Ua mbmam co Moig Muiptermne, 7 po mmllple cpeabaine 7 anban
an marge, ap pon an pluaigfo pm po hfppccpad Ciulad Ua Camvealbam,
cis(ina Coesaine hi ccpaisbaile, 7 acbail ve 1anam a ccmo mip. Slorshlo
la Oomnall Ua Lochlomn co Mag Coba, co ccusg sialla Ulavd, 7 v0 beochad
co Tlrpawd raparh, 7 po loipee blows mop vo Ub Laoganpe acc an mei via
ccaipoib via ccapac cfpmonn. Cecplinn oaimliacec Cluana mic Néip vo
popbad la Plaitbencac Ua Lomspig ian na cinnpcecal la Conbmac mac
Cuinn na mboche.

Cop Cpiorc, mile céo a ciice. Mod Ua Ruaddn, paccane Achad bé,
Muinc(pcach Ua Catannang, ppuit coccad vo mucin Chluana mic Nay, 9
Ohlellan Ua Spelam, paccanc Achad b6, vécc. Catal, mac G1ollabnaicce,
mic Tig(nnam, cigfpna Ua mbmium bpéipne 7 Hallhg, 00 manbad vo macaib
a matain péin, 1. vo macarb Oonnéad mic Caligh hUs Ruane. Conchobanp,
mac Maeilpfchlamn, mic Conchobaip, cislina Thnpach 7 Oplsh wle,7 leite
Mhide, vo manbad cpa baogal la hUib Opin Speipne. Muips(p Ua Con-
cfnainn, cS fina Ua nOianmava, vécc: Oomnall, mac an Shu Ui Mhaor-
Uchlaimn vo mhanbhavh vo Chenel Phiachach. Oonnchad Ua Maoil(ch-

* Ua Floinn.—Now O’F lynn. The territory shingles of the great church of Clonvicknose,

of the Sil-Maelruain, or O’Flynne, comprised the
parish of Kiltullagh, and a part of Kilkeevin, in
the west of the county of Roscommon.—See
note ‘, under A. D. 1192.

* Dun-Dealgan.—Now Dundalk, in the plain
of Magh-Muirtheimhne, in the present county
of Louth.

* Shingles—Slimn is used in the modern Irish
to denote slates, but at this period it was applied
to oak shingles. “A. D.1100” [recté, 1104]. ‘The

and the lower end of the walls of the fine church,
were repaired and finished by Flathvertagh
O’Longsie, after the work was begun by Cor-
mack Mac Connemoght, Cowarb of St. Keyran,
though others call it Mac Dermott’s church.”—
Ann. Clon. The Annals of Ulster record the
following events under this year :

“ A.D.1104. Felimi mac Flainn Manistrech,

‘miles optimus Christi in pace quievit. An over-

throw of Dalaray by Ulster, where Duvcenn

1105.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

979

treach, a faithful soldier of Christ, who was a chief senior and learned historian;
[and] Cosgrach Ua Cruaidhin, lector of Cill-dara, died. A battle was gained
by the Ulidians over the Dal-Araidhe, wherein Duibhceann Ua Daimhin was
slain in the heat of the conflict. Ua Conchobhair of Corcamdhruaidh, i. e. Con-
chobhar, son of Maeleachlainn, died. Mac-na-haidhche Ua Ruaire was killed
by his brethren. Dunchadh Ua Conchobhair, lord of Cianachta-an-Ghleinne,
was killed by his own people. Fiachra Ua Floinn’, chief of Sil-Maelruain, was
killed by the Conmhaicni. An army was led by Muircheartach Ua Briain to
Magh-Muirtheimhne, and they destroyed the tillage and corn of the plain ; and
on this expedition Cu-uladh Ua Caindealbhain, lord of Loeghaire, was thrown
[from his horse] at Dun-Dealgan‘, of the effects of which he died a month after-
wards. An army was led by Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn, to Magh-Cobha,
and he obtained the hostages of Ulidia; and he afterwards proceeded to Tea-
mhair, and burned [the whole of] a great part of Ui-Laeghaire, except some of
his friends, to whom he afforded protection. The shingles" of one-half the
Damhliagh of Cluain-mic-Nois were finished by Flaithbheartach Ua Loingsigh,
it having been commenced by Cormac Mac Cuinn-na-mBocht.

The Age of Christ, 1105. Aedh Ua Ruadhain, priest of Achadh-bo ;
Muircheartach Ua Catharnaigh, a distinguished senior of the family of Cluain-
mic-Nois; and Ailillan Ua Spealain, priest of Achadh-bo, died. Cathal, son of
Gillabraite, son of Tighearnan, lord of Ui-Briuin-Breifne and Gailenga, was
killed by the sons of his own mother, i.e. by the sons of Donnchadh, son of
Caileach Ua Ruaire. Conchobhar, son of Maelseachlainn, lord of Teamhair,
and of all Breagha, and of half Meath, was killed by the Ui-Briuin-Breifne,
who took an unfair advantage of him. Muirgheas Ua Conceannainn, lord of
Ui-Diarmada, died. Domhnall, son of the Gott O’Maeleachlainn, was killed by
the Cinel-Fhiachach. Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn was deposed by Muir-

O’Daman was slaine. Connor mac Mailech- Donnell O’Lochlainn to Macova, and he brought

lainn O’Connor, kinge of Corkumroa, mortuus
est. Mac Nahyche O’Roirk a suis fratribus
occisus est. An army by Murtagh O’Bryan to
Magh-Murthevne, and he spoyled the corn of
the country, and it was in that jorney that
Coula O’Kinnelvan gott the fall by which he
dyed, being king of Laegaire. An army by

the pledges of Ulster, and went to Tarach, and
burnt a great part of Laegaire, and gott brybes
from them” [recté, but he gave protection to
some of them]. ‘Cormack O’Cormock, chiefe
of Monach, dyed. Doncha O’Conor, king of
Connaght, killed by his owne men.”— Cod. Clar.,
tom. 49. ,

67-2

AQNNQGZa RIOshachta elIReEaNN. (1106.

980

lain do mitpfogad la Mumpcfpcach Ua Sprain, 7 a dol 1 nOCipgiallanb, 4
epmon aintin Mide vo anccain 06 ap m cip 1pm, 7 Muipcfpcach Ua Spam
co pponccla pfp nEpfnn ime vo dol 1 nofshad Oonnchada 50 Mag Conantle,
7 nf cappad nf acc anbanna vo lopccad, 7 po pandad an mide Leap 1apam eccip
macaib Ohormnaill Ui Mhaoileachlainn ap permd pfoda 06 7 00 Ohonn-
chad pma pole. MuipCohach mac Cana, Maolpuanaw Ua bilpagse, ag(pna
Ua Camppe, 7 ode Toimpdealbarg 1 Spam, vég. Maolpfchlainn Ua Con-
ang vécc. Niall Odan Ua Concobain vo manbad. Niall mac Mic Riabang,
cisfina Callpaige, vécc. Oomnall, mac Amalgada, anocomanba Pacnaicc,
vo vol 50 he chat vo dénam pfoda ecan Oomnall Ua Cochlainn 7 Muip-
é(rcach Ua bmiain, 50 po sab salan a écca, 7 cugad ma galan co vomnac
ainten Erna, 50 po hongad annpde he. Tuccad rappin co vaimliag CApoa
Macha, co nepbaile 12 Qusgupc a pret Carppem Innpt Muipfoharg, 7 po
hadnache co nondin n Apo Macha. Ceallach, mac Qlooa, mic Maorliora,
doinoneavh 1 ccomapbup Phacparce a cosa Flip nEpeann, 7 vo chuaid po
Spaomb a lo pele Qoamnann. -

Qoip Cpforc, mile ceva pé. Tuatal Ua Catail, comanba Caeimsin.
Mac bead Ua hAilstnan, comanba baippe, Muipfoach Ua Maorleoun,

* Ui-Catrbrii—A sept of the Ui-Fidhgeinte, church of Armagh. In the Annals of Ulster

seated in the plain of the county of Limerick.
The family of O’Bilraighe (O’Billery), which is
of the same race as the O’Donovans, sunk into
obscurity shortly after this period, and the
O’Donovans took their place, and remained the
dominant family in this plain, till about the
period of the English Invasion.

* Ua Conaing.—Now anglice Gunning. ‘This
family was seated at Caislean-Ui-Chonaing, now
Castleconnell, in the county of Limerick, till
the beginning of the thirteenth century.

* Mac Riabhaigh.—Now anglice Macreevy, or |

Magreevy.

Y Domhnach-airthir-Eamhna: i.e. the church
to the east of Eamhain. This is probably the
ancient name of Donnycarney, in the county of
Dublin.

* Daimhliag of Ard-Macha: i.e. the cathedral

this is called Domhliag, by which the compiler
evidently meant Duleek, in Meath.

* Adamnan’s festival: i.e. the 23rd of Sep-
tember.—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops,
p. 51.

> Ua hAil gheanain.—Now anglicised O’Hal-
linan and Hallinan.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1105. Mureach Mac Cana; Mael-
Yuanai O’Bilrye, king of Carbry; and Melaghlin
O’Conaing, in penitentia mortui sunt. Conor
O’Maelechlainn, heyre of Tatach, occisus est.
Donell, coarb of Patrick, came to Dublin to
make peace betwene Murtagh O’Bryan and
Donell” [son of Ardga] ‘‘ Mac Lochlainn, where
he fell sick ; in his sickness he was brought to
Donach of Airther-Evna, and was chrismated

1106.) 981

cheartach Ua Briain ; and he proceeded into Airghialla, and plundered the
greater part of East Meath from that country. Muircheartach Ua Briain, with
the greater part of the men of Ireland, went in pursuit of Donnchadh to Magh-
Conaille, but he effected nothing but the burning of the corn; and he after-
wards divided Meath between the sons of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, he and
Donnchadh having refused to come on terms of peace with each other. Mui-
readhach Ua Cana, [and] Maelruanaidh Ua Bilraighe, lord of Ui-Cairbri’, and
the tutor of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, died. Maelseachlainn Ua Conaing™
died. Niall Odhar Ua Conchobhair was killed. Niall, son of Mac Riabhaigh*,
lord of Callraighe, died. Domhnall, son of Amhalghaidh, chief successor of
Patrick, went to Ath-cliath, to make peace between Domhnall Ua Lochlainn
and Muircheartach Ua Briain, where he took his death’s sickness; and he was
carried in his sickness to Domhnach-airthir-Eamhna’, and he was anointed there.
He was afterwards removed to the Daimhliag* of Ard-Macha, where he died on
the 12th of August, being the festival of Laisren of Inis-Muireadhaigh ; and he
was buried with honour at Ard-Macha. Ceallach, son of Aedh, son of Maelisa,
was appointed to the successorship of Patrick by the election of the men of
Ireland ; and he received orders on the day of Adamnan’s festival.

The Age of Christ, 1106. Tuathal Ua Cathail, successor of Caeimhghin ;
Mac Beathadh Ua hAilgheanain®, successor of Bairre ; Muireadhach Ua Mael-

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

there, and brought from thence to Domliag, and
there dyed; and his body was brought to Ard-
mach” [in Pridie Id. Augusti, on Saturday the
festival of Laisren of Inis-Mureai, in the 68th
year of his age]. ‘“Cellach mac Hugh mic
Maelisa, collated in the coarbship of Patrick by
the election of all Ireland, and took his orders
in the day of St. Adomnan’s feaste. Niall Oge
O’Conor killed. Murges O’Conkennain dyed.
An army by Murtagh O’Brian, by which he
banished Donogh O?Maelsechlinn out of his
raigne of Westmeath. Fiach O’Flainn killed.”
—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Some of the events entered by the Four Mas-
ters, under 1105, are given in the Annals of
Clonmacnoise, under 1104, as follows:

“A.D. 1104” [recté, 1105]. ‘‘ Connor O’Me-

laughlyn, king of Taragh, Moybreye, and halfe
Meath, was slain by these of the Brenie. Donnell
mac-en-Gott O’Melaughlyn was killed by these
of Kynnaleagh” [i.e. the Cinel Phiacac, or
the Mageoghegans of the barony of Moycashel,
county Westmeath]. ‘“‘ Donnogh O’Melaughlyn
was deposed from the kingdom of Meath, and
betooke himself to the contrey of Uriell (Mag
Mahon’s land), and from thence preyed the
most part of East Meath. King Mortagh hearing
thereof assembled together a great army, pur-
sued him thither, and did nothing there but
burnt some stackes of corn for protecting him
in that contrey, and afterwards divided Meath
in two parts between the two sons of Donnell
O’Melaughlyn, when Donnogh refused to accept
protection of him.”

982 aQNNQaza RIOSshachta elReEGNN. (1106.

pécnab Cluana mic Nap, Copbmac Ua Cillin, aipcinvech Tige arohead
Cluana me Nop, Maolmmpe Ua Scolenge, comapba Ruadamn Loépa, 4
Muipe(pcach Ua Ceannaish, aipopfplergino na nGaoweal, véce, 1ap noergsh-
bichawd cian aopoa hn cCluain mic Nop. Oo Cugmb Connacheca cenél.
Maolmuipe, mac Mic Cuind na mboche vo manbad an Lap voimliace Cluana
mic Nap la haop mdmillce. Cachbapp O Oomnaill, cup copnama,7 com-
Blfea, onoain, 7 emph Chenel Cuigoeach, vpagal bap ap mbneit buada
6 doman 7 6 of(man. Oonnchad Ua Maorileachlainn 1. mac Mupchada mic
Floinn, pf Mhde, vo manbad vo Uib Minneccain 1. vo Uib Mic Uaip Moe.
Oomnall, mac Ruaodm Ui Conchobaip, vo atmosad la Muipclpcach
Ua mbpiain 7 a bpacaip 1. Toippdelbac vo pfogad occ At an ceanmoine
uap pol Muiplohag van éip Oomnall. Siccpuce mac Conmfoa Us Laes-
acéin, caoipech Sil Ronan 7 cétacht, topeach Teatba, vécc. Muincfp-
cach Ua Maorleachlamn vo aitmoghad, 7 mse Mive vo sabarl vo Mupnchad
Niall, mac Oomnaill Ui Ruainc, canary) bperpne, vo manbaoh
vo Plpab Luipcc,7 pochawe ole vo paen clanoaib amaille pnp. Mac
Sollamanncag 1 Rucape vo mapbad Oormnaill, me Oomhnaill | Ruane.
Ragnall Ua Ofohad vécc. Ceallac, comopba Phacnarce, pop cuaint Ulad
cedna cup 50 ccucc a ogneip «1. bo gacha peipyip, no ash noana sacha chin
la caob nevbant nomda ancina. Ceallach pop cuaint Muman ceona cun

van a €1/p).

termined. It was probably on the Shannon,
near Termonbarry, in the east of the county of

© Teach-aeidheadh: i. e. the House of the

Guests.

4 Maelmuire.— He was the transcriber of
Leabhar na h-Uidhre, a considerable fragment
of which is still preserved in his own hand-
writing in the Library of the Royal Irish Aca-
demy.

© Cathbharr O’ Domhnaill.—His name appears
in the inscription on the case of the Cathach, a
beautiful reliquary of the O’Donnell family,
now in the possession of Sir Richard O’ Donnell,
of Newport, county of Mayo. .

‘ Ath-an-tearmoinn ;: i.e. Ford of the Termon.
The O’Conors of Sil-Muireadhaigh were inau-
gurated Kings of Connaught, at Carn-Fraeich,
near Tulsk, in the county of Roscommon. The
situation of Ath-an-tearmainn has not been de-

Roscommon.

& Ua Deadhaidh.—Now anglice O’Dea. He
was chief of Cinel-Fearmaic, in the present ba-
rony of Inchiquin, and county of Clare.

» Ceallach.—The two passages relating to
these visitations are translated by Colgan as
follows:

“A.D. 1106. S. Celsus Archiepiscopus Ard-
machanus circuit et visitat Ultoniam; ea juata po-
puli taxationem, ad numerum quemque senarium
personarum accipit unum bovem, vel ad numerum
ternarium unam juvencam cum multis aliis dona-
riis et oblationibus. S. Celsus visitando circuit
Momoniam: e in singulis Cantharedis (hoc est
districtu centum villarum seu pagorum) accipit

1106.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

983

duin, Vice-abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Cormac Ua Cillin, airchinneach of the
Teach-aeidheadh® of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Maelmuire Ua Scolaighe, successor of
Ruadhan of Lothra, [died]. Muircheartach Ua Cearnaigh, chief lector of the
Irish, died at Cluain-mic-Nois, after a good life, at an advanced age; he was of
the tribe of Luighne-Chonnacht. Maelmuire*, son of Mac Cuinn-na-mBocht,
was killed in the middle of the Daimhliag of Cluain-mic-Nois by plunderers.
Cathbharr O’Domhnaill’, pillar of the defence and warfare, of the glory and
hospitality, of the Cinel-Luighdheach, died, after having gained the victory
over the world and the devil. Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, i.e. the son of
Murchadh, son of Flann, King of Meath, was killed by the Ui-Minnegain, 1.@,
some of the Ui-Mic-Uais of Meath. Domhnall, son of Ruaidhri Ua Concho-
bhair, was deposed by Muircheartach Ua Briain; and his brother, i. e. Toir-
dhealbhach, was inaugurated at Ath-an-tearmoinn’, as king over the Sil-Mui-
readhaigh after Domhnall. Sitric, son of Cumeadha Ua Laeghachain, chief of
Sil-Ronain, the strength of the chiefs of Teathbha, died. Muircheartach
Ua Maeleachlainn was deposed, and the kingdom of Meath was assumed by
Murchadh after him. Niall, son of Domhnall Ua Ruairc, Tanist of Breifne, was
killed by the men of Lurg, and many others of the nobility along with him.
The son of Gillamantach Ua Ruaire was killed by Domhnall, son of Domhnall
Ua Ruairc. Raghnall Ua Deadhaidh® died. Ceallach, successor of Patrick,
made a visitation of Ulster for the first time ; and he obtained his full demand,
namely, a cow from every six persons, or an in-calf heifer from every three

persons, besides many other offerings.

septem boves, septem oves, et mediam unciam ar-
genti, cum multis aliis gratuitis donarits.” —Trias
Thaum., p. 299.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

«A, D.1106. Donell O’Lochlainn, with force,
came toayde Donogh O’ Maelechlainn, and spoyled
Westmeath; but Donogh was mett in a skirmish
and was killed. Disert-Dermott, with its Dur-
tach” [oratory], ‘“‘burnt. Tuothall, Coarb of
Caeivgin, in pace guievit. Cellach, Coarb of
Patrick, visiting Kindred-Owen at his first
tyme, and gott his will, .i. a cow from every

e

Ceallach® made a visitation of Munster

six, or a young heyfer from every three, or half
an ounce from every seven, besyde many offrings.
Cathvarr O’Donell, king of Kindred-Lugach,
dyed. Ceallach upon his visitation of Mounster,
at his first tyme, and brought his full will, viz.,
seven cowes, seven sheepe, and half an ounce
out of every hundreth or cantred in Mounster,
besides many gifts of prise; and become arch-
bishopp by taking orders at the request of Ire-
land in generall. Cainchorack O’Boyll, Arch-
bushopp of Ardmach. Hector, king of Scotland,
dyed. Donell mac Roary O’Conor deposed by
Murtagh O’Bryan, and he putt Tirlagh, his

984 aNNaza RIOshachta eiReaNn. (1107.

beop, co cuce a lan cuaine 1. pléc mba q pléc scaoims, 7 We unga sacha
funn tniocac céo hi Mumam, la caob péo momda olcfna, 7 apnoec Ceal-
lach snada vayal eprcoip von cup pm a fon Ccongpa pp n€peann. Caon-
compac Ua baorgill, enpcop Anoa Macha, vo écc.

Qoip Cpiorc, mile céo a plchc. Mungaimc vo ongain vo Mhuipctp-
cach Ua bhniain. Clnd conad 4 Caipiol vo lopccad vo teme vo aicc etin
va Chaipe co plpecaic oabach etin miod 4 bndgoicc. Curlen Ua Catalam,
cig fina Umitne Cliac, vécc. Concoban (.1. Concoban Cipenach) mac Oumn-
pléibe, pfogdamna Ulad, 00 manbad la plnaib Plpnmage. Maidm ma
nUib bpeapail macha pon Uib Méich, 1 ccopcaip an Gp imo casfpna im
Qood Ua nInopeachtang, 7 1m Plpccup, mac wigf(pna Conarlle, 7 concpaccan
pochaide mon ole amanlle piu. Catapach Ua Tuamann, cig (ina Ua mobniiin
Apcaille, vo sun vo Uib Cnemeéuinn, co nenbaile vé, 7 Eogan, mac Merc
Riabaig, 0o manbad ina dioganl. Oomnall Ua hCinpie, cig(pna Ua Mere,
vo manbad la hUib Eatach Ulavdh. Compac eitin aint(p Teatba 7 a
lantan m po mapbhavh Cionaon, mac Mic Amalgada, mgfpna Calarge,
7 opong ole amaille pip la Oomnall Mac Pracla (noUa Piacla). Marom
(Acta Calccain ainm an madma. Oomnall, mac Tad5 hUi Sian, oo cub-
peach oo Muncfpcach hUa Oman 1 nA chat, 7 oplaccad ve po Cedi.
Haet mon 7 Cene sealain pin mbliadain pin, co no manbean oaome 7 inorle,
7 cono bpip tage, 7 proobada.

Cod. Clarend.,

cosen, in his place to be king.”—
tom. 49.

A few of the events noticed in the Annals of
the Four Masters, under the year 1106, are set
down in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, under
1105, as follows:

“A D. 1105” [recte, 1106]. ‘ Donnough
O’Melaughlyn was killed by O’Myneachan, of
O’Mackwaise, of Meath. Bushop O’Boyle, arch-
bushop of Ardmach; Moriegh O’Moyledowne,
Bushop of Clonvicknose; Cormack O’Killin,
dean of the house of” [the guests at] ‘Clone
[vicknose] ; and Sittrick mac Convay, chief of
Sileronan, died.”

' Between the two Easters : i.e. between Easter

Sunday and Dominica in albis, which the Irish
called Little Easter.

* Ath-Calgain.—See note under A. D. 1103.
The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1107. A snow of 24 howers” [pnechta
lai co nadche, i.e. of a day till night], “the
Wednesday before St. Patrick’s, that it killed
much cattle in Ireland. Cenncora burnt be-
tweene both Easters, with 70 tuns of drinke
called Mieh, and old ale” [bpogéio]}. “ Conor
mac Donnslevey, heyre of Ulster, killed by
Fernvai-men. A discomfiture of the O-Meth
by the O’Bressalls, where they were slaughtered
with theyre king, viz, Hugh O’Hanrachtai.

1107.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND, 985

for the first time; and he obtained a full tribute, namely, seven cows and seven ‘
sheep, and half an ounce [of silver], from every cantred in Munster, besides
many jewels ; and Ceallach conferred the dignity of Noble on this occasion, at
the request of the men of Ireland. Caenchomhrac Ua Bacighill, Bishop of
Ard-Macha, died.

The Age of Christ, 1107. Mungairit was plundered by Muircheartach
Ua Briain. Ceann-coradh and Caiseal were burned by lightning, between the
two Easters', with sixty puncheons of mead and beer. Cuilen Ua Cathalan,
lord of Uaithne-Cliach, died. Conchobhar (1. e. Conchobhar Cisenanch), son
of Donnsleibhe, royal heir of Ulidia, was killed by the men of Fearnmhagh.
A battle was gained by the Ui-Breasail-Macha over the Ui-Meith, in which the
latter were slaughtered, together with their lord, Aedh Ua hInnreachtaigh, and
Fearghus, son of the lord of Conaille, and a great number of others, fell along
with him. Cathasach Ua Tuamain, lord of Ui-Briuin-Archaille, was wounded
by the Ui-Cremhthainn, and he died in consequence ; and Eoghan, the son of.
Mac Riabhaigh, was killed in revenge of him. Domhnall Ua hAinbheith, lord
of Ui-Meith, was killed by the Ui-Eathach-Uladh. A battle was fought between
the people of the east and those of the west of the Teathbha, in which Cinaedh,
the son of Mac Amhalghadha, lord of Calraighe, and others along with him,
were slain by Domhnall Mac Fiacla (or Ua Fiacla). The breach of Ath-
Calgain* was the name of this battle. Domhnall, son of Tadhg Ua Briain, was
fettered by Muircheartach Ua Briain, at Ath-cliath, but he was released imme-
diately. Great wind and lightning in this year, so that many men and cattle
were killed, and houses and woods were destroyed. :

Cahasach O’Tuoman, king of O-Briuin-Arcaill,
wounded by O-Cremthainn, whereof he dyed ;
Owen mac Megrievai killed in his revenge”
[ina digail]. “ Great weatt this yeare, and it
spoyled the corn. Maelpatrick O’Drucan tak-
inge” [recte, tooke] ‘‘ the function of Lector in
Ardmach this yeare, in St. Ailve and Molaise of
Daivinis their feast day. Maelcoluim O’Brol-
chan took the bushoprick the next day. A
yeare’s peace made by Ceallach, Coarb of Pa-
trick, between Murtagh O'Bryan and Donell

mac Mic Lochlainn.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The year 1107 of the Annals of the Four
Masters corresponds with 1106 of the Annals of
Clonmacnoise, which are very meagre at this
period.

“A.D. 1106” [recte, 1107]. ‘ The family of
Kilkenny gave an overthrowe to the family of
Leighlyn. There grew great contention be-
tween the east and west of the contrey of Teaffa,
where Kynath Mac Awalgie, prince of Calrie,
with many others, were slain.”

6K

anNaca RIOshachta elREGNN.

986 (1108.

Coip Cpfopc, mle céo a hocht. On cepreop Mac mic Oonnganl .1.
eppcop Cilli vana, vécc. Maelpmoden a. apveppucc Laign, comanba
Colaim mic Cpiomtaimn, Eochaw, mac an piplegmo hUi Potavdm, uapal
pasanc, penoip, 7 anmécana Oipipct Chaomsin, vécc. Celech hUa Cao-
mopan, comonba Cainoig, oécc. Cocpich, ing(n hUi Noennfnaig, comonba
Cluana bpénais, Oengup Ua Cleipcem maon Muman 6 Phacpanc, 7 Aed
mac Ourbodleite, adban comanba Phacnaice, por aincmneach Apoa Macha,
véce. Ceallach, comanba Patnaic, pop cuainc Connact céona cup co tcucc
a oispeip. Tech vo Zabel vo Ua Mac-
samna 4 00 Ua Maolpuanad pon Sholl nGanbpaise pi Ulad 1. Eochans,
mac Oummnpléibe Ui Eocada 7 a dicfnoad led. Ua Cfpbaill, wis(ina Eoga-
nacca Locha Léin, vo manbad la a bnctmb peipin. Oomnall, mac Oonn-
chada Ui Ruane, t1s(pna Ua mbpitin Operpne, vo cuitim la Coippps Gabpa.
Cptch la Niall, mac Oomnaill, cane: Oils 1pn Conan, co pug ba 7 bpaice
romoa. Cpeach la hUlcoibh mn Ub Merk, co po ainepfe wile act becc. Imp
labnada vo tosail la Pah Manach. Cumneach ule oo lopccad ovdce
petle Paccpaice. Orap vo lopccad vo temd Fealcin 1 cT(pmonn Caollamne.
bliavhain Sutach co momac mfpa 7 tconad an bliadainyt.

Cloip Cpiorc, mle céd anao.

Ecpa hUa Oumveatais décc.

Maoliopa Ua Cullen, uapal eppuce
Oengup Ua Oomnallam, prim anméana 7 ano-
phon pamta Colaim Cille, vécc hh cCfhhanoup. =Platb(pcach Ua Loinsyig,
comanba Cianain, 7 paccance mon Cluana mic Nop [vécc]. Sluaglo la
Muinclpcach Ua mObmiam, co prfpaib Muman, 7 co befpaib Mide, 7 Con-
naccuib 1 cTip bpitin Gperipne, [h beomdm Muncada Ui Mhaoileaclamn],

Cuaipceint Epeann, vécc.

’ Disert-Chaeimhghin: i.e. St. Kevin’s Desert
This church is situated in the
recess of the mountain on the south side of the
upper part of Glendalough, county of Wicklow.

” Cairbri-Gabhra.—This tribe was seated in
the barony of Granard, in the present county of

—See note >, under A. D. 1225.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“ A. D. 1108. Lymrick burnt out right”
[recte, by lightning]. ‘ Donell O’Hanveth,
king of O-Meth; Donell O’Roirk, kinge of

or Wilderness.

Longford.
Inis-Labhradha.—See note under A. D, 919.
° Termonn-Caellainne: i.e. St. Caellainn’s Ter-
mon, or Sanctuary, now Termonkeelin, or Ter-
monmore, near Castlerea, in the parish of Kil-
keevin, in the west of the county of Roscommon.

I-Briuin, killed. Ceallach, Coarb of Patrick, vi-
siting Connaght, in his first tyme, and he brought
his will. Aengus O’Clerkean, Serjeant of Dal-
gais, .i. in Mounster; Ceallach O’Cyvoran, Coarb
of Cainnech” [died]. ‘‘ Boysterous wynde in
the 3. Non. of September. A house taken by

)

1108.]

The Age of Christ; 1108. The Bishop Mac-mic-Donnghail, Bishop of Cill-
dara, died. . Maelfinnen, i.e. Archbishop of Leinster, successor of Colum Mac
Crimhthainn; [and] Eochaidh,son of the lector of Ua Fothadain, a noble priest,
senior, and anmchara of Disert-Chaeimhghin’, died. Celech Ua Caemhorain, suc-
cessor of Cainnech, died, Cocrich, daughter of Ua Noenneanaigh, comharba of
Cluain-Bronaigh ; Oenghus Ua Clercein, Patrick’s steward in Munster; and Aedh,
son of Dubhdalethe, vice-airchinneach of Ard-Macha, and intended successor of
Patrick, died. Ceallach, successor of Patrick, went on his visitation of Munster
the first time ; and he obtained his full demand. Etru Ua Duinncathaigh died.
A house was taken by Ua Mathghamhna and Ua Maelruanaidh upon Goll
Garbhraighe, King of Ulidia, i. e. Eochaidh, son of Donnsleibhe Ua hEochadha;
and he was beheaded by them. Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Eoghanacht-Locha-Lein,
was killed by his own brethren. Domhnall, son of Donnchadh Ua Ruaire, lord
of Ui-Briuin-Breifne, was killed by the Cairbri-Gabhra™. A predatory excur-
sion was made by Niall, son of Domhnall, Tanist of Oileach, into Corann ; and
he carried off many cows and prisoners. A predatory excursion was made by
the Ulidians into Ui-Meith ; and they plundered it all, except a small portion.
Inis-Labhradha" was demolished by the Feara-Manach. All Luimneach was
burned on the night of the festival of Patrick. Two persons were burned by
lightning at Termonn-Caellainne’.
abundance of nuts and fruit.

The Age of Christ, 1109. Maelisa Ua Cuillen, noble bishop of the north
of Ireland, died. Oenghus Ua Domhnallain, chief anmchara and chief senior
of the clergy of Colum-Cill, died at Ceanannus. Flaithbheartach Ua Loingsigh,
succéssor of Ciaran, and great priest of Cluain-mic-Nois, [died]. An army was
led by Muircheartach Ua Briain, with the men of Munster, Meath, and Con-
naught, into Tir-Briuin-Breifne, [to aid Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn?], whence

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 987

This year was a prosperous one, with

O’Mahon, and by O’Maelruanoy, upon Goll
Garvray, king of Ulster, who by them was be-
headed. Hugh mac Duvdalehe, Suvair of Ard-
macha, and that should be Coarb of Patrick,
dyed. Great oak-fruict in all Ireland. A
happy year of corn, fruict, and all good this
yeare. The Iland of Lauraa broken downe by
Fermanach.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain two of
these entries under the year 1107, as follows:

“A.D. 1107” [recté, 1108]. “Cogrich, daugh-
ter of Unon, abbesse of Clonbrony, died. O’Kar-
vell, prince of the Eoganaghts of Logh Leyn,
was killed by his brothers.’

» To aid Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn.—This
clause, so necessary to the clearness of the whole

6K2

98g ANNQGZa RIOshachta eiReEaNN. (1110.

co ctuspac ba asup bpoicc mép, 7 co noeacaccap fon inopib Loca Uacrap,
| co ctucpac bate eipcib. Tare ianpin Ua Ruane, 7 Us 6prain co pap-
ccaib Ua Maoileachlamn a longpont led, co po mapbrac Mac Grolla-
pulancas, 7 pochaide amalle pump. Stogl la Oormnall Mas Cachlamn
co ctuaipcent Epeann ime co Slab Puaicc, co nofpna Ceallach, comapba
Phacparc pié mbliadna ecip Mhag Cachlamn,7 Ua bam co noeachaccan
cuaipcent Epeann ian pin im Chonall 7 1m Eogan co Mags hUa Splpail pon
amup Ulad baccan 1 Mog Coba, co cantpac Ula na ceona sialla po
tospat péin ooib. Cpeach la Munchad Ua Maoileachlamn, la pi Thnpa
co po oince Piona Roip, 7 co po manb Ua Pim, «1. cis(pna PH Roy, oan
comainge na bacla lopa 7 comanba Phaccpaic, act po viogail Oia paip inn
pin. Cod Ua Ruaine vo teache n Longponc Mupnchawd Ui Maoileachlamn
po di, co po la a nap cma epccaome pamta Phacparc. Apo mbplcan vo
lopecad co na tlmpla vo Uib Omiiin, 7 Daoine vo manbad ano, 7 bnacc vo
bneit app. Oomnall mac Merc Siollapaccpaig v0 mapbad vo macaom orle
as cup cluice. Cocad ag ite na ngonc wile mm analb cipib 1 n€pinn.

Cloip Cpiopc, mle céo a verch. Cepnach, mac Mic Ulca, aipcmneach
Cala pata, vécc 1 natpise. Plann hUa hOoda, comanba Einve Apann,
Hiollapacparce hUa Owbpata, plplersinn Cille Oalua, 7 pao: Muman,
Peapnoomnach Oall, pao ppuite pecca ppleisinn Cille vana,7 6pan Ua bpurc,
rop lapmiman, véce. Cchaig(pnUa Plpsanl, ppm atlaoch cogaide, vécc.
Hlollacolam Ua Maolmuan, cisfpna Php cCeall 7 a bfn 00 manbad lap an

passage, and which was omitted by the Four
Masters, is here inserted, in brackets, from the
Annals of Ulster.

« Loch Uachtair: i. e. the Upper Lake, now
Lough Oughter, in the county of Cavan. It
was so called as being the uppermost of the
chain of lakes formed by the River Erne.—See
note under A. D. 1231.

* Magh-hUa-Breasail: i.e. the Plain of the
Ui-Breasail. This is the level plain on the south
side of Lough Neagh, where it receives the
Upper Bann.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A. D. 1109. Easter the 8 Kal. of May, and
lesse Easter” [Min-Chdaipe] “in some dayes of
Summer” [recté, on the second day of Summer],
‘*tand Mocholmog’s day on Shrove Saturday.
Gillailve O’Ciarmaic, king of Aine-Cliach, mor-
tuus est. Maelisa O’Cullen, bushopp of the
North of Ireland. Aengus O’Donallan, chiefe
soul-frend by the relique of Colum Cill” [recté,
of the congregation, or clergy of St. Colum
Cille], ‘died. The slaughter of O-Bressail,
about their kinge, Dartry, and O-Neachai
slayne by O-Meths, and by the men of Fernmay.
An army by Murtagh O’Brian, in aiding Murcha

O’Mailechlainn, and they preyed some of

1110.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 989

they carried off many cows and prisoners ; and they entered on the islands of
Loch Uachtair*, and took prisoners out of them. After this Ua Ruairc came,
and Ua Maeleachlainn gave up his camp to them; and they killed Mac Gilla-
fhulartaigh, and numbers along with him. An army was led by Domhnall
- Mac Lochlainn, with the people of the north of Ireland, to Sliabh-Fuaid ; but
Ceallach, successor of Patrick, made a year’s peace between Mac Lochlainn and
Ua Briain ; after which the people of the north of Ireland, with the Cinel-
Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, proceeded to Magh-hUa-Breasail", to attack the
Ulidians who were in Magh-Cobha; and the Ulidians gave them the three
hostages which they themselves selected. A predatory excursion was made
by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair, on which he plundered
the Feara-Rois, and slew Ua Finn, lord of Feara-Rois, in violation of the Staff
of Jesus and the successor of Patrick ; but God took vengeance of him for this.
Aedh Ua Ruaire came into the camp of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn twice, and
slaughtered his people, through the curse of the clergy of Patrick. Ard-Brea-
cain was burned, with its churches, by the Ui-Briuin, and many persons were
killed there, and prisoners carried off from thence. Domhnall, the son of Mac
Gillaphadraig, was killed by another youth, at a game.
corn fields in certain territories in Ireland.

The Age of Christ, 1110. Cearnach, son of Mac Ulcha, airchinneach of
Cul-rathain, died in penance. Flann Ua hAedha, successor of Einne of Ara ;
Gillaphadraig Ua Duibhratha, lector of Cill-Dalua, and paragon of Munster ;
Feardomhnach, the most distinguished of the senior jurisconsults, [and] lector
of Cill-dara; and Bran Ua Bruic, senior of West Munster, died. Echthighern

Ua Fearghail, a distinguished old champion, died. Gillacoluim Ua Maelmhuaidh,

Mice eat up all the

O-Briuin. An army by Donell O’Lochlainn,
with the north of Ireland, to Sliav-Fuaid, untill

“that he had his slaughter through the cursinge
of Patrick’s reliques” [recte, clergy]. ‘The

Cellach, Coarb of Patrick, made one yeare’s
peace betweene O’Brian and O’Lochlainn; and
the north of Ireland went after that to besett”
[Eastern] “ Ulster, who were at Macova, untill
Ulster gave them the three pledges chosen by
themselves. Cocrich, Coarb of the reliques of
Clonbronay” [recté, Coarb of St. Samhthann of
Clonbroney ], ‘‘quievit. Hugh O’Roirk came into
Murcha O’Maeilechlainn’s camp twice,” [so]

slaughter of O’Meth, about their king, Goll
Bairche; and some of the men of Fernmay were
slaine by O-Bressails and by O-Nechai. Donell
Roa Mac Gillpatrick, king of Ossory, killed by
another young man at a game. Donogh O’Duv-
derma mortuus est.”>—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise, as translated by
Mageoghegan, are defective from the year 1108
till 1127.

ANNGta RIOShachca eiReann.

990 (1111.

ngeocach Ua Cillén. Mupchad mac Tadz Ui bhmiam, pfogdarmna Murhan,
véce. Cpech la Oormnall mac Cochlamn hi Connachcaib, co ccuc chi mile
vo nace, 7 11 mile vo cfépaib. Marom Rupp 1 Mug Cor an bélenb Cpu-
achna ma Siol Mumpeadaig, 1. 1m Thompdealbac, an Chonmaicmb oa 1
cconcnaccan cm Ua Plpsaite .1. 1m Giolla na naom,7 1m mac Concaille, 4
maize romda ancfna 1m Ohuancan, mac Ouboapa Ui Edlupa. Maolpuanad
Ua Machaném, cisfina Mugodopn, 6ébmn, mgln Cimeicersy hUi Shmam, bln
Oornnaill hUi Cochlaimn, pig Oils, vég. Ceallach, comanba Phaccpaice
pop cuainc Mide céona cup, co ccucc a péip. Maidm pra Conmancmb pon
Shiol Muipfomgs a. mardm Muse Spéangaip, 041 cconcpaccapn pochawe mm
Mfrmam Ua Mumfoarg, 7 1m Rud Ua Mhuipfoharg.

Qoip Cpiorc, mile céo a haon novécc. Catapach Ua Laeda, vo pamaoh
Phaccpaice, uapal pron Epeann, vécc. Odin va Uchslap vo lopecad ecin
Ceananoup, Pont Caipse, 7 Cugmad vo Lor-
ccad. Slog la hUllcoib co Tealaig Occ, co po teapccract a bilfoa.
Cneach la Niall Ua Cochlamn, co ccuce tpi mile vo bua’ ina nofogail.
Senad vo tiondl hi Fiad mic nClenguip la mantib Eneann 1m Ceallach, com-

pat | Than, 00 tene doaic.

~ Ua Aillen.—Otherwise written O’hAillen,
now anglicised Hallion.

t Ros.—Now Ross, near Rathcroghan, in the
parish of Elphin, and county of Roscommon.

" The Ui-Fearghaile : i. e. the O’Farrells.

* O@hEolusa.—Now anglicé Olus.

* Magh-Breanghair.—N ot identified.

* Ua Muireadhaigh: anglice O’Murray, now
usually written Murray, without the prefix Ua
or O?. The head of this family was seated at
Ballymurray, in the barony of Athlone, and
county of Roscommon.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

“Anno Domini 1110. Echtyern O’Ferall, chief
old champion” [pp azloeé cogawe], “in
pace quievit. Gilcolum O’Maelmoy, king of
‘Fercall, killed. Cernach Mac Ulcha, Airchin-
nech of Culraan, in pace” [recte, penitentia]
““mortuus. Flann O’Hugh, Coarb of Enne
Arann, mortuus est.

Maelruanay O’Machainen,

king of Mugorn, killed. Murcha mac Teig
O’Bryan, heyre of Mounster, mortuus est. Bevinn
Nin-Kennedy O’Bryan, wife to Donell O’Lach-
laynn, king of Ailech, died. An army by Da-
nyell O’Lachlin into Connaght, and he brought
a thousand of captaiues, and many thousands of
cowes and chattle. The overthrow of Ross,
neare Crochan, by Kyndred-Mureay, upon Con-
maicne, where three O’Ferralls were slayn, and
many more of the best. Bran O’Bruick, elder
of West Monster. Gilpatrick O’Duvratha, lector
of Kildaluo, and chefe lerned of Monster” [in
harp-playing]; ‘‘ Blind Ferdonach, cheif lerned
in Lawe, and Lector of Kildare; Cellach, Coarb
of Patrick, went upon” [his first] “‘ visitation of
Meth, and he gott his will. A discomfiture by
Conmakne upon Kindred-Mureai, called the
overthrow of Mabrengair.””— Cod. Clarend., tom.
49. .

* Old trees: i. e. the old trees at Tulloghoge,
at which the kings of Cinel-Eoghain were inau-

1111.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 991

lord of Feara-Ceall, and his wife, were killed by the beggar, Ua Aillen’ Mur-
chadh, son of Tadhg Ua Briain, royal heir of Munster, died. A predatory
excursion’ was made by Domhnall Mac Lochlainn into Connaught, whence he
carried off three thousand prisoners and many thousand cattle. The battle of
Ros‘ in Magh-Aei, opposite Cruachain, was gained by the Sil-Muireadhaigh,
under the conduct of Toirdhealbhach, over the Conmhaicni, where fell three
of the Ui-Fearghaile", together with Gilla-naynaemh and Mac-Conchaille, and
many other chieftains, together with Duarcan, son of Dubhdara Ua hEolusa”.
Maelruanaidh Ua Machainen, lord of Mughdhorna; Bebhinn, daughter of Cein-
neide Ua Briain, and wife of Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn, King of Oileach,
died. Ceallach, successor of Patrick, [went] on his visitation in Meath for the
first time ; and he obtained his demand. A battle was gained by the Conmhaicni
over the Sil-Muireadhaigh, i. e. the battle of Magh-Breanghair*, where many were
slain, together with Meanman Ua Muireadhaigh’, and Ruaidhri Ua Muireadhaigh.

The Age of Christ, 1111. Cathasach Ua Laedha, one of the clergy of Pa-
trick, noble senior of Ireland, died. Dun-da-leathghlas was burned, both fort
and trian [i.e. third part] by lightning. Ceanannus, Port-Lairge, and Lughmhadh,
were burned. An army was led by the Ulidians to Tealach-Og, and they cut
down its old trees’: a predatory excursion was made by Niall Ua Lochlainn, and
he carried off three thousand cows, in revenge of it. A synod was convened

at Fiadh mic-Aenghusa* by the chiefs

gurated. It appears from various passages in
these Annals that there were ancient trees at
all the places where the ancient Irish chieftains
were inaugurated.—See notices of Bile-Maighe-
Adhair at the years 981 and 1051; and of
Craebh-tulcha at the year 1099.

* Fiadh mic-Aenghusa: i.e. the Land of the
Sons of Aenghus. This was the name of a place
near the hill of Uisneach, in the county of
Westmeath. Colgan translates this passage as
follows :

“A.D. 1111. Synodus indicta in loco Fiadh-
mac-Aengussu appellato, per proceres Cleri e
populi Hibernice, cui interfuerant S. Celsus Archi-
episcopus Ardmachanus, Moelmurius, sive Mari-
anus Hua Dunain nobilissimus senior Cleri Hi-

of Ireland, with Ceallach, successor of

bernie, cum quinquaginta Episcopis, trecentis
Presbyteris, et tribus millibus Ordinis Ecclesiastici ;
et Murchertachus Hua Briain (Australis Hi-
bernie Rex) cum proceribus Lethmoge (id est
Australis Hibernia) ad regulas vite et morum
Clero et populo prescribenda.”

On this passage he wrote the following re-
marks:

“‘Heec Synodus in margine Annalium Synodus
de Vsneach, vocatur qui mons speciosus est Me-
diez, & in domesticis Historiis longé celebris
propter multos regni conuentus publicos in eo
celebratos, locum etiam huius Synodi refert
Wareus de Scriptor. Hibernia, lib. i. cap. 8,
vbi loquens de scriptis S. Celsi, ait; Refert Ba-
leus eum scripsisse (preter testamentnm, de quo

gg2 aNNazZa RIOshachta elReEGNN. (1112.

opba Phaccpaice, 7 1m Maolmuipe Ua nOunén, 1m uapal pfndip Epeann, co
ccaeccait neprcop co cepib céoaib paccapec, 7 co tpi milib mac necalpa
im Muipéeancach Ua mbmiain co mantib Leite Mhoda vo enal magla, 4
pobéra pon cach ecip tune 7 ecclaip. Oonnchad Ua hCnluam, csfina
Ua Niallamn, 00 manbad oa bnartmb a meabanl, 7 na bpartp hi pm vo man-
bad vo Unb Niallain ma diogail ma ceinn fFicle o1dce. Comdal etip Oom-
nall Mag Coclamn 7 Oonnchad Ua h€ochada co nofpnpac pit 7 caencom-
pac,] co ccapecpac Ulad eiccipfoa a pana pém vo Oomnall. Catal mac
Catal Ui Muspom, corpeach Clomne Cactail vo écc. Cluam mic Nap v0
opccain vo Ohail cCarp tna Comamle Muincfpcarg Ui Ohmain. Chpeach
la Tomppdealbac Ua cConcobaip, 50 po aince cfmann Oadbedcc. Cpeach
aule Laip, 5up po ainec co beind Eachlabna, co pliab Rupén, 7 50 Loch Enne.

Cloip Cpiopc, mile céo a do décc. Congalach, mac Mic Concalle, aip-
emneach Oaine, décc ian nofsatpisge rappan ccftnamhad bladain nochac
aap. SHopmlait, mgm Munchada, mic O1anmava, comapba bmigve vé5

ran bpfnnainn.

supra fit mentio) Epistolas complures ad Mala-
chiam, et constitutiones quasdam. Statuta intelligit
fortassé celeberrime illius Synodi, juata Annales
Vitonienses (vt habent in Margine) in loco dicto
Aengussij terra, coacte anno MCLXI. vel MCLXII.
cui interfuisse dicuntur Episcopi 50. preter Pres-
byteros 318. Meminit ad eum annum concilij
magni Episcoporum, et omnium Magnatum Hiber-
nie Henricus Marleburgensis in Annalibus: sed
perperam @ fictitio quodam Mauritio Mac-loch-
Hee
Wareus. Verum Mauritius Mac-lochlainn non
fuit fictitius Rex Hibernia (vt Wareus asserit) ;
sed verus et ab Historicis patrie plurimum
laudatus Rex Hibernie; licet dubium sit an
predicte Synodo alio titulo quam sub nomine

lainn, Rege Hibernie conuocatum asserit.

Principis regij sanguinis interfuerit. Eo nam-
que tempore Domnaldus Hua Lochlainn pre-
dicti Mauritij patruus, & Murchertachus, siue
Mauritius Hua Briain (quem citati Annales
asserunt illi Synodo interfuisse) hic in Australi,

ille in Septentrionali Hibernia regnabant; &

Rait Anoa Macha co na cfmpal vo lopcecad in veacmad

vterque se Regem Hibernie appellabant. Et
postea Mauritius Hua Lochlainn patruo suo
Domnaldo succedens, annis multis in Septen-
trionali Hibernia principatum tenens, postea
annis octodecim multis triumphis & victoris
clariis supremam in toto regno adoptus est po-
testatem, donec tandem an. 1166, in prelio de
Lettir-luin, occubuerit.”—T7riasThaum., p. 300.

» Ui-Niallain.—Now the baronies of O’Neil-
land, east and west, in the county of Armagh.

© Ua Mughroin.—Now O’Moran, or Moran,
without the prefix Ua or 0’. This family was
afterwards dispossessed by the O’Flannagans.
The Clann-Cathail were seated in the district
lying between Belanagare and Elphin, in the
county of Roscommon.

¢ Beann-Eachlabhra.—Now Binaghlon, a very
remarkable rocky-faced mountain about two
miles north-west of Swanlinbar, in the county
of Fermanagh.—See note under A. D. 1455.

° Sliabh- Ruisen.—Now Slieve Rushel, a moun-
tain situated partly in the parish of Tomregan,

1112] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 993

Patrick ; Maelmuire Ua Dunain, noble senior of Ireland ; with fifty bishops,
three hundred priests, and three thousand students, together with Muirchear-
tach Ua Briain and the chiefs of Leath-Mhogha, to prescribe rules and good
morals for all, both laity and clergy. Donnchadh Ua hAnluain, lord of
Ui-Niallain’, was treacherously killed by his brothers; and these brothers were
killed by the Ui-Niallain, before the end of twenty nights, in revenge of him.
A meeting between Domhnall Mac Lochlainn and Donnchadh Ua hEochadha,
and they made peace and friendship with each other ; and the Ulidians deli-
vered hostages to Domhnall, for paying him his own demand. Cathal, son of
Cathal Ua Mughroin‘, chief of Clann-Cathail, died. Cluain-mic-Nois was plun-
dered by the Dal-gCais, at the instance of Muircheartach Ua Briain. A preda-
tory excursion was made by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, and he plundered
Tearmann-Dabheog. Another predatory excursion was made by him; and he
plundered as far as Beann-Eachlabhra*, Sliabh-Ruisen’, and Loch-Eirne.

The Age of Christ, 1112. Conghalach, the son of Mac Conchaille, airchin-
neach of Doire, died, after good penance, in the ninety-fourth year of his age.
Gormlaith, daughter of Murchadh, son of Diarmaid, successor of Brighit, died
after penance. The fort of Ard-Macha‘, with its church, was burned on the

and partly in that of Kinnawley, in“the south
of the county of Fermanagh. The reader will
observe that, in anglicising names of places, a
final x, nn, or r, often becomes J, as in this in-
stance, and in that of Loch Ainninn, in the
county of Westmeath, which is anglicised Lough
Ennell ; and in Loch Uair, which is anglicised
Lough Owel.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1111. Extreame ill” [bad] ‘* weather
of frost and snow, which made slaghter of tame
and wild bestes, Cahasach O’Leday, archpriest
of the reliques of Patrick” [recté, of the clergy
of Patrick], “in pace quievit. Lugmai burnt.
Waterford burnt. Kells burnt. An army by
Ulster to Tulaghoge, and” [they] ‘“‘cutt down
the greatt trees. An army by Nell O’Lochlainn,
and he brought 3000 cowes. Wild fyre” [light-

ning] “‘ burnt Dundalethglas, with its forte and
Tryan. A Senat in Land Mac Aeneas, gathered
by the nobility about Cellach, Coarb of Patrick,
and about Maelmuire O’Dunan, the arch Elder
of Ireland, with 50 bushops, 300 priests, and
three thousand churchmen ; alsoe about Mur-
tagh O’Bryan, with the nobility of Mounster,
to procure rule and good manners among the
people, church and laimen. Donagh O’Han-
luain, king of O-Nellans, killed trecherously by
his cossens ; the same kinsmen killed by the
O-Nellans in his revenge within 20 nights. A
meting betwene Donell O’Lochlainn and Donagh
O’Heochaa, at the shore, that they made full
peace, and Ulster gave pledges to his own con-
tent to Donell O’Lochlainn.”—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

‘ The fort of Ard-Macha,—This passage is
translated by Colgan as follows :

61L

ANNaza RIOshachta elReEGNN.

994 (1113.

Callan Appil,7 0a ppeit vo Tpian Mapan,7 an cpep ppet 00 Tprun Mhop.
Cpfch la Oornnall Ua Lochlaim cap Pine Gall, 1. co Opaéle Oubgsanll, co
ctucc bépoma mop 7 bnpaicc 1omda. Ushaine Ua Loncam, ngfpna Ua Mun-
ploaig, vo écc 1ap bpfhoaind 1 nNHlind valacha. Tip oa slarp 7 Pabap vo
lopccad.

Cloip Cpiopc, mile céo a tpi vécc. Ono San bennapd do tionnrenad.

Plannaccan, mac Maorliopa, adban abbad Cpoa Macha, vécc 1ap nongad

Jap natpge cogaide. Connla Ua Ploinn, comanba Mola: Leitslime,
O1apmaro Ua Ceallang, comapba Ui Shuanag, vécc. Orapmaio Ua Lon-
sain, maon Muman, vécc odce pele Paccpaice. Pionnéap Ua Loimsyrgh,
cisfina Oal nAnarde, 7 Maolpeachlainn Ua Concobaip, cis (na Concmod-
puad, vécc 1ap naémge. Oonnchad O Tainceine, cafpech Cloinne Snev-
saile, do manbad la Niall Ua Cochlainn. Slog la Oormnall Ua Lochlainn
co mathe Cenél Conaill, 7 €océam, 7 Cingiall 50 Gltho Rige, co po ion-
oapbpac Oonnchad, a pige Ulad,7 co po pannpac Ullca ecin Ua Matgamna,
3 mac Ur Oumnplébe. Oal nCpawe imonppo, 7 Ui Eatach aricce pém.
Slaglo la Mupcfpcach Ua mbmain co plpab Muman co Largmb, 7 co
Connaczaib co Mag Coba hi pormtin Oonnchava. Slog fo oan la Oomnall
Ua Lochlainn sup na plogaib pempaicib co Mas Coba hi poimitin Ulad, co
paibe imneiy: cata (conpa co po nfoanrccan Ceallac, comapba Phacpaic

“A. D.1112. Arx Ardmachana cum templis,
due platee in Trian-Massain, et tertiant Trian-
mor incendio devastantur.”

On the divisions of the city of ae he
writes the following remarks :

“Ex hoc loco et aliis dictis supra ad annum
1092, colligimus civitatem Ardmachanam in
quatuor olim partes fuisse divisam. Prima
Rath-Ardmacha, i. Arx Ardmachana, dicebatur :
Secunda Zrian-mor, id est, tertia portio major :
Tertia, Trian-Massan, id est, tertia portio Mas-
san: Quarta Z'rian-Saxon, id est, tertia portio
Saxonum, appellata: quod nomen videtur adepta
ex eo, quod vel mercatores, vel (quod verosimi-
lids est) studiosi Anglo-Saxones illi inhabita-
verint. Nam Monachi et studiosi Anglo-Saxones
abstractioris vite, discipline, et bonarum litter-

arum gratia in magno numero olim Hiberniam
frequentare’ solebant, ut tradunt Venerabilis
Beda in Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum,
lib. 3, cap. 23, lib. 4, c. 3, 4, et passim in illa
Historia: S. Alcuinus in vita Willebrordi, au-
thor vite S. Geraldi, quam damus Tomo sequenti
at 13 Martii. S. Adelmus in Epistola ad Eath-
fridum (quam in sua Sylloge veterum Epistola-
rum Hibernicarum, pag. 37, producit Jacobus
Usserus) Joannes Cambrobritannus in vita
S. Sulgeni, et innumeri alii, quos longum esset
recitare. Sufficiat hic producere solius Gui-
lielmi Camdeni hominis Angli testimonium, qui
in Descriptione Hiberniz ita de hac re loquitur:
Anglo-Saxones nostri illa cetate in Hiberniam, tan-
quam ad bonarum litterarum mercaturam undique
confluxerunt. Unde de viris sanctis m nostris

So me eee ae eee

1113.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 995

tenth of the Calends of April, and two streets of Trian-Masan, and the third
street of Trian-mor. A predatory excursion was made by Domhnall, grandson
‘of Lochlainn, across Fine-Gall, i. e. as far as Droichet-Dubhghaill®; and he car-
ried off a great spoil of cattle and many prisoners. Ughaire Ua Lorcain, lord of
Ui-Muireadhaigh, died after penance. 'Tir-da-ghlas and Fabhar were burned.
The Age of Christ, 1113. The Order of St. Bernard was commenced.
Flannagan, son of Maelisa, intended Abbot of Ard-Macha, died after unction
and good penance. Connla Ua Floinn, successor of Molaisi of Leithghlinn ;
Diarmaid Ua Ceallaigh, successor of Ua Suanaigh", died. Diarmaid Ua Lon-
gain, steward of Munster, died on the night of Patrick’s festival. Finnchas
Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe; and Maelseachlainn Ua Conchobhair, lord
of Coremodhruadh, died after penance. Donnchadh O’Taircheirt, chief of
Clann-Snedhghaile’, was killed by Niall Ua Lochlainn. An army was led by
Domhnall Ua Lochlainn, with the chiefs of Cinel-Eoghain, Cinel-Conaill, and
Airghialla, to Gleann-Righe ; and they banished Donnchadh from the kingdom
of Ulidia, and they divided Ulidia between Ua Mathghamhna and the son of
Ua Duinnsleibhe, he himself retaining Dal-Araidhe and Ui-Eathach. An army
was led by Muircheartach Ua Briain, with the men of Munster, Leinster, and
Connaught, to Magh-Cobha, to aid Donnchadh. Another army, composed of
the forces before mentioned, was marched by Domhnall Ua Lochlainn to Magh-
Cobha, to relieve the Ulidians ; and there was a challenge of battle between
them, but the successor of Patrick separated them, under the semblance of

scriptoribus legitur ; Amandatus est ad disciplinam
in Hiberniam.”—Trias Thaum., p. 300.

8 Droichet-Dubhghaill: i.e. the Black Dane’s
Bridge. From a reference to this bridge in old
accounts of the battle of Clontarf, it would ap-
pear to have been situated on the River Tolka,
near Dublin, where Ballybough Bridge now
stands. The name Fine-Gall, or Fingal, is now
applied to that part of the county of Dublin
extending to the north of the city, and of the
River Liffey.

The Annals of Ulster notice the following
events under this year :

“A.D. 1112. The rath of Ardmach, with

the church, burnt, in x. Kal. April, and two
streats of Tryan-Massan, and the third streat of
Tryan-mor. Congalach mac Conchaille, Air-
chinnech of Daire, in the 94th yeare of his age,
in penitentia optima quievit. An army by Donell
Mac Lochlainn, through Fingall, and he brought
great booty and many captives. Gormlai Ny-
Murcha mic Diermott, Coarb of Brigitt, in bona
penitentia quievit.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

4 Successor of Ua Suanaigh: i.e. Abbot of
Rahen, near Tullamore, in the King’s County.

* Clann-Snedhghaile—Now Clannelly, a dis-
trict lying westwards of Letterkenny, in the
county of Donegal.

62

996

po Sné pioda | caencompaic. Oonnchad Ua h€ochada vo dallad la hEoch-
ao hUa Matsamna 4 la hUllcab. Sloglo la Muinc(pcach Ua mbmain,
7 la Ufe Mhoda ecip laech 4 cléipeach 50 Gpendicc. Oomnall imoppo mac
meic Uochlainn, co mantib cuaipceinc Epeann co Cluam caom Phfp Rory,
co mbatcapn pm pé mip 1 cinn comaip pia anole, 50 noeanna Ceallach,
comanba Phacpaice co mbacaill lopa pit mbliadna fconpa. Scamofp cnoda
etip plona Flpnmarge padéin, 1 cconcpaccan oa plogdamna Pfpnmaise ..

GQNNQta RIOSshachtd elReEaNN. (1114.

Ua Cpfocham, 7 Ua Oonnaccam.

bpavan vo Zabail 1 cCluam mic Noip an

bliadam po, 1 mbaccan va tpaishead décc ina fod, 0a domn décc Ina lelt(c
pan ppolcad, cpi ouipn, | 0a méep 1 pad a eice bnagac.

Coir Cpiopc, mile céo a veich a ceachaip.

O1apmaio Ua Plomn,

comapba Cilbe Imleacha lubaip, uapal eppcop, 7 pfplersinn epnfoach pedcc,

bid 7 veince.

Plann Mac Plannchada, comonba Mola Oammm, Maol-

colaim Ua Conbmacam, comonba Enoe Apann, 7 Efpoomnach Ua Clucain,

comanba Cfnannpa, vécc.

piogdamna Ulad, vé5.

Ruawp: Ua Canannain, pfogdamna Ceml
cConaill, oo mapbad la Cenél nE€ogain.

Cod, mac Oonnchada Us Eochada,

Oonnchad Ua Lomngpig, TZ(pna Ohal Anade,
Muipcfrcach, mac Mic Lochlainn, piogdoamna Orlice, vdécc.

CTeidm salain

mop vo Zabel Muipcfpcars Ui Ohman, co nveanna anbobnacc ve, 7 co
po pean pra pige. Onapmanc, mm, vo gabail pigse Muman ma pradnays

Zan ceaougao.

* Greanog.—Now Greenoge, a townland with
a curious moat, in a parish of the same name, in
the barony of Ratoath, and county of Meath.

1 Cluain-caein in Feara-Rois.—Now Clonkeen,
in the barony of Ardee, and county of Louth.—
See note *, under A. D. 836, p. 454, supra.

The Annals of Ulster notice the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1113. Conla O’Flainn, Coarb of Mo-
laise Lehglinn, quievit. A thunderbolt fallen in
St. Patrick’s eve upon Cruachan Aigle” [Croagh-
patrick mountain, in the county of Mayo],
‘“‘and killed thirty of the pilgrims. Dermott
O°Kelly, Coarb of O’Suanay; Dermott O’Lon-
gan, serjeant of Monster; Maelsechlainn O’Co-

Slorgead la Oomnall Ua Lachlamn co Rat Cinoarg, 7 00

nor, King of Corcomrua; Finnchaisse 0’ Longsi,
King of Dalarai, in penitentia mortui sunt. Flan-
nagan mac Moylisa that should be abbott of
Ardmagh, after contrision and confession, in
pace quievit. Donogh O?Taircheirt killed by Nell
O’Lochlainn, King of Kindred-Conell. Donell
mac Donogh Mac Gilpatrick killed by Gull
Gavran. An army by Donell O’Lochlainn, with
Kindred-Owen, Kindred-Conell, and Airgiall,
to Glenn-Righe, and killed” [recte, expelled]
“Donagh, being king of Ulster, and divided.
Ulster” [i. e. East Ulster, or Ulidia] “ betweene
Mack-Mahon” [recte, O’Mahon], ‘and the Dun-
slevis, and left Dalnaray and O’Nehach to them-
selves. An army by Murtagh O’Bryan, Mon-

1114.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 997

peace and tranquillity. Donnchadh Ua hEochadha was blinded by Eochaidh
Ua Mathghamhna and the Ulidians. An army was led’ by Muircheartach
Ua Briain and the people of Leath-Mhogha, both laity and clergy, to Greanog*.
Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn, with the chiefs of the north of Ireland, pro-
ceeded to Cluain-caein, in Feara-Rois'; and both [armies] remained for the
space of a month in readiness, confronting each other, until the successor of
Patrick, with the Staff of Jesus, made a year’s peace between them. A spirited
conflict took place between two parties of the men of Fearnmhagh themselves,
in which fell the two royal heirs of Fearnmhagh, namely, Ua Crichain and
Ua Donnagain. A salmon was caught at Cluain-mic-Nois this year, which was
twelve feet in length, twelve hands in breadth without being split, and three
hands and two fingers was the length of the fin of its neck.

The Age of Christ, 1114. Diarmaid Ua Floinn, successor of Ailbhe of
Imleach-Iubhair, a noble bishop and a lector, who bestowed jewels, food, and
alms; Flann Mac Flannchadha”, successor of Molaise of Daimhinis; Maelcoluim
Ua Cormacain", successor of Ende of Ara; and Feardomhnach Ua Clucain,
comharba of Ceanannus, died. Ruaidhri Ua Canannain, royal heir of Cinel-
Conaill, was killed by the Cinel-Eoghain. Aedh, son of Donnchadh Ua hEoch-
adha, royal heir of Ulidia, died. Donnchadh Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe,
[and] Muircheartach, son of Mac Lochlainn, royal heir of Oileach, died. A
great fit of sickness attacked Muircheartach Ua Briain, so that he became a
living skeleton’, and resigned his kingdom ; and Diarmaid assumed the kingdom
of Munster after him,«without permission. An army was led by Domhnall

stermen, Lenster, and Connaght, to Macova, to
aide Donogh. His own forces, with Donell
O’Lochlainn, to meett the said other armies, and
they were on both sides preparing for battle,
untill Cellach, Coarb of Patricke, putt them
asunder by a kind of peace. Donogh mac
Eochaa blynded by Eocha mac Mahon, and by
Ulster. An army by Murtagh O’Bryan and
Lethmoa, both clerke and lay, to Grenog.
Donell Mac Lochlainn, with the nobility of the
North of Ireland, to Clonkyne-Feross, and were
a whole moneth camping one against another,
untill Kellach, Coarb of Patrick, and Jesus

Crosstaff, made peace betwine them for one
whole year. A courageous skirmish bytwene
the men of Fernmai, where the heyrs of Fern-
mai were slaine, viz. O’Crichan and O’Donna-
gan.”—COod. Clarend., tom. 49.

™ Mac F'lannchadha.—Now anglicé Mac Clancy
and Clancy.

" Ua Cormacain.—Now anglicé O’Gormagan
and Gormagan.

° A living skeleton.—The word anbabnaéz,
which is otherwise written anpobnacz, is ex-
plained in Cormac’s Glossary as, ‘“‘ainm vo
duine peapgop 7 eipmaiger salap co na bi

998 anNNaza RIOshachta elReEGHN. (1115.

deachas Eochad Ua Matgarina, co nUlemb ma teach, 7 Oonnéad
Ua Lonspis co nOal Apawe, 7 God Ua Ruaine, co peanaib bperpne, 7
Mupchad Uq Maorlechlamn co plpab Mide. Oo locan rap pm oiblimb
can Ac Cuam co Oan Leoda, 7 camc Tommpdealbac Ua Conéobain co cCon-
naccaib, 7 Niall, mac Oomnall Meg Cochlann, a mac fem co maith
CenelConaill ma aipeachc. Oo cécan ono wle 1appm co Tealac nOeavhard
1nOal cCaip,'co nofpnpac opad mbliadna pm prona Muman, v0 deachar
cpa Oomnall Ua Loclainn an pud Connacée via 15. + Toippdealbac Ua Con-
cobain vo moanbad Oomnanll Uf Concobaip, a dfpbpatap, 1pm Mumma, 4
Oomnall vo sabaeal 1anccam la hUib Maine, a cabaune 1 lam Thoipp-
dealboang. Foban Pheichin, Cluain lonaino, Ceall benedm, Cunga, Ceall
Chuilinn, Ceall Carnoigh, 7 Apo Pacnarce, vo lopccad wile an bliadainp.
Cop Cpiopc, mile cév a cince véce. Oiapmaic Ua Oman, pi Muman,
vo ensabonl la Muipcfpcach Ua mbmam, 7 Mupcfpcach Ua mbmiain vo
sabaal a pige ooptoipy,7 clche ploig 1 Wargmb 71 mbplsaib. Muipefpcach
Ua Ciapmaic, wig fpna Cine, Oormnall Ua Concobain Ciappaige, Munchao
Ua Plann, mac Plannchada, ws (nna Mapcenaige, 00 manbad. Oaimliace
Cpoa bpeacain co na lan vo daoimb do lopccad opfparb Muman, 7 cella
1omda anctna 1 pF Cpa’ Oph. Cplch mép la Toippdealbac Ua cConcho-

beoil na pg ma conp; i.e. a name for a per-
son whom disease shrivels and dries, so that
there be no flesh or juice in his body.”

» Rath-Ceannaigh: i. e. Kenny’s Rath, or
earthen fort, now Rathkenny, in the barony of
Upper Slane, and county of Meath.

* Across Ath-Luain to Dun-Leodha : i. e. across
the Shannon at the ford of Athlone to Dunlo at
Ballinasloe.—See note ‘, under A. D. 1189.

* Tealach-Deadhaidh.—Now Tullagh-O’Dea, in
the barony of Inchiquin, and county of Clare.—
See Tulach-Ui-Dheadhaigh, A. D. 1598.

* Cill-Beneoin: i.e. the church of St. Benean,
or Benignus, now Kilbannon, a church in ruins,
at which are the remains of an ancient round
tower, situated near Tuam, in the barony of
Dunmore, and aounty of Galway.—See Leabhar-
na-gCeart, Introduction, pp. ii. to v.

* Cill-Cainnigh.— Now Kilkenny, the chief
town of the county of Kilkenny.—See note
under the year 1085.

« Ard-Padraig : #e. Patrick’s Hill, or height,
now Ardpatrick, a small village at which are
the remains of an ancient Irish cloigtheach, or
round tower, in the barony of Coshlea, and
county of Limerick.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1114. Flann Maglanchaa, Coarb of
Molaise of Daivinis; Maelcoluim O’Cormakan,
Coarb of Enne-Aran; Diarmaid Ua Flainnchua,
Coarb of Ailve in Imlech Ivar, bushop, lector,
liberall in bestowing of goods and meat, and”
[in doing] ‘‘ almes deeds;” [and] ‘‘ Ferdovnach
O’Clucan, Coarb of Kells ; in pace quieverunt.
An extream kind of disease took Murtagh

999

Ua Lochlainn to Rath-Ceannaigh”, where Eochaidh Ua Mathghamhna, with the .
Ulidians, went into his house, as did Donnchadh Ua Loingsigh, with the Dal-
Araidhe; Aedh Ua Ruairc, with the men of Breifne; and Murchadh Ua Mae-
leachlainn, with the men of Meath. They all afterwards proceeded across
Ath-Luain to Dun-Leodha’, where Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, with the
Connaughtmen, and Niall, son of Domhnall Mac Lochlainn, his own son, with
the chieftains of Cinel-Conaill, came to join his assembly. They all afterwards
proceeded to Tealach-Deadhaidh’, in Dal-gCais ; and they made a year’s peace
with the men of Munster. Domhnall Ua Lochlainn then went through Con-
naught, for home. Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair banished Domhnall
Ua Conchobhair, his brother, into Munster; and Domhnall was afterwards
taken by the Ui-Maine, who delivered him into the hands of Toirdhealbhach.
Fobhar-Feichin, Cluain-Iraird, Cill-Beneoin’, Cunga, Cill-Chuilinn, Cill-Cain-
nigh‘, and Ard-Padraig", were all burned this year.

The Age of Christ, 1115. Diarmaid Ua Briain, King of Munster, was
taken prisoner by Muircheartach Ua Briain; and Muircheartach Ua Briain
assumed his kingdom again, and set out with an army into Leinster and Breagha.
Muircheartach Ua Ciarmhaic, lord of Aine’; Domhnall Ua Conchobhair Ciar-
raighe; Murchadh Ua Flainn ; the son of Flannchadha, lord of Muscraighe*,
were slain. The Daimhliag [great stone church] of Ard-Breacain, with its full
of people, was burned by the men of Munster, and also many other churches
in [the country of the] Feara-Breagh. A great predatory excursion was made

1115.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

O’Bryan, king of Ireland, and made hima mi- O-nDeai in Dalgais, in Monster, where they

serable wretch, so as hee lett goe his majesty,
and Dermott took the kingdom in his presence,
viz., of Monster, without taking” [asking]
“leave. An army by Donell O’Lochlainn to
Rath-Cenay, whither Eocha O’Mahon, with
Ulster, came into his house, and Donogh
O’Longsy with Dalarai, and Hugh O’Royrk
with Brefni-men, and Murcha O’Maeilechlainn
with Meathmen ; and” [they] ‘“ went all after-
wards over Athlone to Dunleoa, where Torlagh
O’Conor, with Connaght, and Nell, O’Lochlainn
his own son, with Kindred-Conell, came to mete
them, and went all from thence to Tulagh

and Monstermen made peace for a yeare. Donell
O’Lochlainn went along Connaght to his howse.
Hugh mac Doncha O’hEochaa, heyre of Ulster;
Donogh O’Longsi, king of Dalaray; O’Canannan,
-i. Rory, heyre of Kindred-Conell” [and] “ Mur-
tagh O’Lochlainn, heire of Ailech, died.””—Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

“ Lord of Aine: i.e. of Aine-Cliach, a terri-
tory extending round the hill of Knockany, in
the county of Limerick.

* Lord of Muscraighe: i.e. of Muscraighe-
Mitine, otherwise called Muscraighe-Ui-Fhloinn,
now Muskerry, or Musgrylin, a district com-

1000

aNNaca RIOSshachta Eireann. [1116.

bain 7 la Connachcaib, co no ainsple Tuadmuma co Curmneach, co pugpac
bonoma ofaipme 7 bpoid 1omda. Maidm ma nOomnall Ua mbmain 7 ma
nOallaib Aca chat pop Largnib, 04 1 cconcam Oonnchad Ua Maoil na mbo,
cis(nna Ua cCeinnpelang, 7 Concoban Ua Concobaip, wig(pna Ua pPailge,
co na macaib,7 pocaide ele cen mo tac. Oomnall Ua dbmiam, .1. mac Taids,
fogdamna Muman, v0 manbad vo Chonnachtoibh. Sang speiy a. ag Ae
bd, vo cabaupe vo macaib Maol(chlaino, me Coda, mic Ruaidm, ap Thoipp-
delbac Ua cConcobaip, ap pigh Connache, co po loitpioc, 7 sup bd cpdlige
06. Maolpuanad Ua Cianpoa, mgfpna Coipppe, [vécc]. Maolpeclamn
Ua Maorleachloaunn, piosdamna Teampach, vo mapbad. Ooienn vepmaip,
peod 7 Snecca on curccfd Callan véce lanuann co cirgead Callan vécc
Manca no ni ap ulle, co po la Gp pon clépaib pon Enlait, 7 pon daomib,7 o1a
po par ceince mon fo Epinn ule, WlagZmb pampead. Coblach la Toipp-
dealbac Ua cConcobaip, pf Connacc, sup po aipcc Oomnall mac Conrlebe
Ui Rpganl, 7 co cecime Mupchad Ua Maolfchlainn ina teach, gop po
daingnizead Lfp bud: an beite. Ro 10dbaip tm peooa vo Naoim Chianan
1. copn 50 nop, 7 bleide 50 non, 7 mullocc uma go nop. . Ro pann Mhode 1ap-
ccain eittin oa mac Oomnall Ui Mhaoileachlaim, Maolp(chlamn vo
tuicim fo cevoin La Mupcad.

Clip Cpiopc, mile céo avech arpé.
cinneach Lip aeiohead, vécc 1ap bpfnnainn,7 ian nolsh mtpise.

Congalach mac $1ollacianam, aip-
Ceallach,

comanba Phaccnaice, pon cuaipt Connacc an oana cup, co ctuc a lan

prising fifteen parishes, in the north-west of the
county of Cork.—See Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 44,
note *.

¥ Dounchadh Ua Mael-na-mbo : i.e. Donough,
or Denis, descendant of Mael-na-mbo. He was

events under this year:

“A.D. 1115. Extreame hard weather of frost
and snow from the 15th Kal. Jan. to the 15th
Kal. of March, or thereabouts, that it committed
great slaughter” [i. e. caused great destruction]

the father of Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, king of
Leinster, who brought the English into Ireland.
He was the great grandson of Mael-na-mbo.

* Ath-bo: i.e. the Ford of the Cow. Not
identified.

* Buidhi-an-bheithe : i. e. the yellow-surfaced
land of the birch. Not identified.

» Mullog : i.e. a patena, or cover of a chalice.

The Annals of Ulster record the following

‘“‘of byrds, chattle, and men, whereby grewe
great dearth in all Irland, and especially in
Leinster above all. Diarmaid O'Bryan, king
of Mounster, taken by Murtagh O’Bryan. An
onsett geven by the sonns of Hugh mac Roarye
to Tirlagh O’Conor at Ath-na-bo, where hee
was wounded, and” [he] “languished thereof.
An overthrow by Donell O’Bryan and Galls of
Dublin upon Lenster, where Donogh O’Mael-

ee eee

1116.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1001

by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair and the Connaughtmen ; and they plun-
dered Thomond as far as Luimneach, and carried off countless spoils and many
prisoners. A battle was gained by Domhnall Ua Briain and the foreigners of
Ath-cliath over the Leinstermen, wherein fell Donnchadh Ua Mael-na-mbo’,
lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and Conchobhair Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe,
with his sons, and many others besides them. Domhnall Ua Briain, i.e. the
son of Tadhg, royal heir of Munster, was killed by the Connaughtmen. An
onset was made at Ath-bo’ by the sons of Maeleachlainn, son of Aedh, son of
Ruaidhri, upon Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught ; and
they wounded hin, so that he was lying in the agonies of death. Maelruanaidh
Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, [died]. Maelseachlainn Ua Maeleachlainn, royal
heir of Teamhair, was killed. Boisterous weather, frost, and snow, from the
fifteenth of the Calends of January to the fifteenth of the Calends of March, or
longer, which caused great destruction of cattle, birds, and men; whence grew
a great dearth throughout all Ireland, and in Leinster particularly. <A fleet
was brought by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught; and he
plundered Domhnall, son of Cusleibhe Ua Fearghail, and Murchadh Ua Mae-
leachlainn came into his house ; and he fortified Buidhi-an-bheithe.. He made
an offering of three jewels to St. Ciaran, i. e. a drinking-horn with gold, a cup
with gold, and a mullog® of copper with gold. He afterwards divided Meath
between the two sons of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, [namely, Maelseachlainn
and Murchadh], but Maelseachlainn fell by Murchadh immediately after.

The Age of Christ, 1116. Conghalach, son of Gillachiarain, airchinneach
of Lis-aeidheadh [at Cluain-mic-Nois], died after penance and good repentance.
Ceallach, successor of Patrick, made a visitation of Connaught the second time,

nambo, king of Kinsela, was slain, and Conor
O’Conor, king of Ofaly, with his sonns, and a
nomber of others. Murtagh O’Teg, king of
Ferli, killed. Donell mac Teg O’Bryan, heyre
of Mounster, killed by Connaght. Mahon mac
Maeilmuay, king of Oneachay, in Mounster;
Maeilsechlainn O’Fogartai, king of Ely” [died];
“Murtagh O’Bryan receaved into his raign

againe, and came upon Lenster and Bregh with -

an army. Murtagh O’Ciarmaic, lord of Ane;

O’Conor Kyerry, Donell; Murcha O’Flainn,
mac Flanchaa, king of Muscrai, all killed.
Doimliag of Ardbrekan, full of people, burnt
by Monster, and many more churches in Ma-
bregh. <A greate army by Tyrlagh O’Conor
and Connaght, and preyed Thomond to Lym-
rick, and they took innumerable spoyles and
many captives. Maeilsechlainn O’Maelechlainn,
king of Tarach, occisus est.”—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

6M

1002 ANNQLA RIOShachta eIReEGNN.

(1127.

cuaipct. Ceall Oalua co na tempall vo lopecad. Concach mép Muman,
Imleach luborp, Oentech Mhaoliopa hl bhpoléain, Achad bé Chains,
Cluam lopaipo, ceachnabad mon Apoa Macha co ppicic c(Fh uimme,7 blod
mén vo Lip méin Mocuda vo lopead 1 ccorach congaip na bliadna po.
Plas mon 7 sopca pin mbliadamy1 1 Mumain,7 1 Cargmb, co po papas
cealla, 7 otme, tuata, 7] tneaba, 7 co po eppeld cid po epind,7 cap muip
1anam. Oecanbonl ng Toinpdelbargs hUi Sprain, vécc. Chpeach pluagslo
la Tompdealbac Ua cConchobaip 1 Mumam, sup po loipee 7 Fup po mon
bonoma 7 Clnnconad, 7 po manbad pochade lap. Oo bp buan 7 bpor
1omda Lap no $0 Tcanacc an mbnod vo Ohia 7 vo Phlannan. Slums la
Orapmencc Ua mbmain, 7 la php’ Muman 1 cConnachcmb, 7 po lad a nap
ipm Ruad bheitis, co ppansaibp(c a lon, a neic, a napm,4 a néiold.

Cloip Criopc, mile céd a vech a peachc. Maolmaine, eppcop Ofin va
Weslap, Plann Ua Scula, eppcop Convene, Giollamocua Mac Camcuapca,
eppcob Oombiacc, Ceallach Ua Colmam, eppcob Pfpna, Cataprach Ua Co-

nall, uapal eppcop Connacc, Anmchaw hUa hAnmchada, eppeop Apoa

peanca Onénaimn, Mumfohac Ua hEnlamsi, eppcop Cluana peanca bpénain,
[vécc]. Maolmuine Ua Oandin, aipoeppcop Muman, cfnn clénec n€peann,

° The oratory of Maelisa Ua Brolchain.—This
was at Lismore, in the county of Waterford.

“ Great plague and famine.—The Saxon Chro-
nicle records a dearth in England this year:
‘“‘This year also, the Winter being severe and
long, it was a very heavy time for the cattle
and all things, &c. This was a very calamitous
year, the crops being spoiled by the heavy rains,
which came on just before August, and lasted
till Candlemas.
year that none was to be heard of in all this
land, or in Wales.” —Giles’s Translation of Saxon
Chronicle.

* Boromha.—Now Beal-Borumha, an earthen
fort, situated near the margin of the Shannon,
about one mile north of the town of Killaloo, in
the county of Clare. Mr. Dutton, in his Statis-
tical Account of this county, confounds this
fort with Ceann-coradh, which was a mile far-

Mast also was so scarce this

ther to the south. According to local tradition
Brian Borumha’s stables and out-offices extended
from Ceann-coradh to Beal-Borumha ; but no
remains are now visible except some of the
earthen ramparts of the fort of Beal-Borumha
alone.

* Flannan.—He was the first Bishop of Kil-
laloe, and was consecrated at Rome about the
year 639.— See Harris’s edition of Ware’s
Bishops, p. 590.

* Ruaidh-Bheitheach: i.e. the Red Birch, now
Roevehagh, a townland and hamlet situated in
the north-west of the parish of Killeely, barony
of Dunkellin, and county of Galway.—See it
again referred to at the years A. D. 1143 and
1599.

The Annals of Ulster notice the following
events under this year :

“A.D. 1116. Ceallach, Coarb of Patrick,

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and he obtained a full tribute. Cill-Dalua, with its church, was burned. Cor-
cach-mor-Mumhan, Imleach-Iubhair, the oratory of Maelisa Ua Brolchain‘,
Achadh-bo-Chainnigh, Cluain-Iraird, the great house of the abbots at Ard-
Macha, with twenty houses about it, and a great portion of Lis-mor-Mochuda,
were burned in the beginning of the Lent of this year. A great plague and
famine‘ this year in Munster and Leinster, so that churches and fortresses, ter-
ritories and tribes, were desolated ; and they also spread throughout Ireland
and beyond seas afterwards. Dearbhail, daughter of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain,
died. A predatory excursion was made by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair ;
and he burned and demolished Boromha® and Ceann-coradh, and killed many
persons. He took many cows and prisoners, but he restored the prisoners to
God and to Flannan’. An army was led by Diarmaid Ua Briain and the men
of Munster into Connaught; and he slaughtered the inhabitants at Ruaidh-
Bheitheach*, where they left behind their provisions, their horses, their arms,
and their armour.

The Age of Christ, 1117. Maelmuire, Bishop of Dun-da-leathghlas ; Flann
Ua Scula, Bishop of Condere; Gillamochuda Mac Camchuarta, Bishop of
Daimhliag ; Ceallach Ua Colmain, Bishop of Fearna; Cathasach Ua Conaill,
noble Bishop of Connaught ; Anmcha O’hAnmchadha, Bishop of Ard-fearta-
Brenainn ; Muireadhach Ua hEnlaingi, Bishop of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, died.
Maelmuire Ua Dunain, Archbishop of Munster", head of the clergy of Ire-

/

upon visitation of Connaght he second tyme, merable slaghters. Lagmonn mac Donell, sonn’s

and brought his full visitation. Hugh O’Kin-
nelvan, King of Laoire; Echry O’Lorkan, King
of Mallan” [Ui Faelain?] “died. Killdaluo,
with the church, burnt. Cork-more of Mun-
ster, and Imlech-Iver; Maeilisa O’Bro]chan’s
manse, and part of Lissmore ; Achabo of Can-
nech, and Clon-Iraird, burnt. The house of
the great Abbot” [recté, the greathouse of the
abbots] ‘in Ardmach, with twenty howses
about yt, burnt in the begyning of Lent this
yeare. Great pestilence and famine yett in
Mounster and Lenster both, that the churches,
townes, and canthreds, were dispeopled through-
out Ireland, and beyond seas, and made innu-

sonn to the King of Scotland, killed by” [the]
**men of Moriab” [Moray]. ‘ Dervail Ny-.
Tyrlagh O’Bryan mortua est. Congalach mac
Gilkyaran, Airchinnech of Lisaigy, in bona pe-
nitentia quevit. The slaghter of Roaveai upon
Diermaid O’Bryan.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

“ Archbishop of Munster.—This is probably
an error, for in a contemporaneous document, a
charter in the Book of Kells, in the Library of
Trinity College, Dublin, he is called pfnoip
leiche Cuino, i. ey senior of Leath-Chuinn, or
northern half of Ireland. He was evidently the
Idunan, Bishop of Meath, given in Harris’s edi-
tion of Ware’s Bishops, p. 140, as having flou-

6 M2

1004 aNNata RIOSshachcta eiReann.

(1118.

| muipigh vépce 1antaip Eonpa, vécc pin peccmad bliadain plccmodac a
aoip! in nonip Cal. lanuapn. Maolpuanaw Ua Cibleacdin, comonba Perc
Fobaip, vécc. Concoban Ua Pollamam, comonba Cluana Enaipo, 7 Eogan
mac Eccigepn, comanba buite, véce. Maolbmgoe Mac Roném, comonba
Cfnannpa,7 ap mumcine Cfnannpa ume do manbad la hed Ua Ruane, la
hUnb Siu cndce vomnarg Cnomm Owb. Oiapmarce, mac Enoa, pi Largfn,
vo écc in Ac chat. Concoban Ua Carpellam, 00 mapnbad oPheapmb Ma-
nach. Caz Ufccam vo tabaint 00 bman mac Mupchada Ui Plantb(peang,
7 vo mac Catal Ui Concobain co cConnaccaib 1ompad vo Toinpdealbae,
mac Oiapmacca,7 vo Oarlccap,7 po lad a nap ipin cat ipin. Mandm pon
Chenél n€ogam na hing la Cenel cConaill, aimm m po lad a nap,7 m po
manbad we via maitib. Orapmaic Ua bain, pip Muman vo invpead
Thine Piacnach, 7 Thine Oprain, sun po cuinple Connaccarg cat podlp cap
a néip1 1m Chatal mac mic Catail Ui Choncobaip, 7 1m bman mac Mup-
chada, co no moinrfe pempa co Shab, co nofpnpac loipcte, 7 mapbta. Ro
laypfe Mumnig pluag ma napmaw, sup po pig p5aino{p (coppa oc Leic-
peachaib Odpam, Fo paoimead po ofp, sup po mapbad oa Ua Cinvéiceig, J
pochade oile von cup pin.

Coip Cpiopt, mile céo vech a hoche. Ruaidm Ua Concobaip 1. Ruaodpi
na Soige Oude, pi Connace pm pé cian do écc ina oiitpe n Cluafin mic Norp,

rished in the year 1096. See the Miscellany of the
Trish Archeological Society, pp. 136, 155, 156.

* 0’ Cibhleachain.—Now always O’Gibhlea-
chain, and anglicised Geilahan.

* The Ui-Briuin: i.e. the Ui-Briuin-Breifne,
which was the tribe-name of the O’Rourkes,
O’Reillys, and their correlatives seated in the
present counties of Leitrim and Cavan.

1 Domhnach Chroim Duibh: i.e. Black Crom’s
Sunday. This name is to this day applied by
the Irish to ‘Garland Sunday,” or the last
Sunday in summer. Crom Dubh was the name
of a chieftain in Umhall, who had been a pow-
erful opponent of St. Patrick, but who was con-
verted by St. Patrick on this day.

™ Leacain: i.e. Hill-side.. This is probably
Lacken in the parish of Kilmihil, barony of Clon-

deralaw, and county of Clare.—Ordnance Map,
sheet 48.

» Leitreach- Odhrain.—Now Latteragh, in the
barony of Upper Ormond, county of Tipperary.
—See note ’, under A. D. 548, p. 186, supra.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A, D. 1117. Connor O’Carillan by Ferma-
nach killed. Diermatt mac Enna, king of Lein-
ster, died in Dublin. Owen mac Echtiern,
Coarb of Buti; Conor O’Follovan, Coarb of
Clon-Irard ; Cathasach O’Cnaill, Archbushop
of Connaght, in Christo dormierunt. Maelbryde
mac Ronan, Cowarb of Kells, and the slaughter
of the men of Kells about him, killed by Hugh
O’Royrk and O-Briuins, on the Fridai before
Crumdufe Sonday; facies Domini super facientes

ee

a
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1118.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1005

land, and lord of the almsdeeds of the west of Europe, died in the seventy-
seventh year of his age, on the ninth of the Calends of January. Maelruanaidh
Ua Cibhleachain’, successor of Feichin of Fobhar, died. Conchobhar Ua Fol-
lamhain, comharba of Cluain-Iraird ; and Eoghan Mac Echthighern, succes-
sor of Buithe, died. Maelbrighde Mac Ronain, comharba of Ceanannus, was
killed, and the people of Ceanannus slaughtered along with him, by Aedh
Ua Ruaire and the Ui-Briuin*, on the night of Domhnach Chroim Duibh'.
Diarmaid, son of Enda, King of Leinster, died at Ath-cliath. Conchobhar
Ua Caireallain was killed by the Feara-Manach. The battle of Leacain™ was
given by Briain, son of Murchadh Ua Flaithbheartaigh, and the son of Cathal
Ua Conchobhair, who had the Connaughtmen along with them, to Toirdheal-
bhach, son of Diarmaid, and the Dal-gCais, and made a slaughter of them in
that battle. A battle was gained over the Cinel-Eoghain of the Island [i. e. of
Inis-Eoghain], by the Cinel-Conaill, in which the Cinel-Eoghain were slaugh-
tered, and many of their chieftains slain. Diarmaid Ua Briain and the men of
Munster plundered Tir-Fiachrach and Tir-Briuin. The Connaughtmen dis-
patched a battalion southwards, in pursuit of them, under the conduct of Cathal,
grandson of Cathal Ua Conchobhair, and Brian, son of Murchadh ; and they
plundered all before them, as far as the mountain, and committed acts of con-
flagration and slaughter. The Munstermen sent a host to oppose them ; and
a battle was fought between them at Leitreacha-Odhrain", and the southerns
were routed, and two of the Ui-Ceinneidigh and many others were slain on
that occasion.

The Age of Christ, 1118. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, i. e. Ruaidhri na
Soighe Buidhe, King of Connaught for a long time, died on his pilgrimage at

hee scelera, ut perdat de terra memoria eorum.
The battle called Cath-Lekan, by Bryan mac
Muragh, and by the sonns of Cahal O’Conor,
with Connaght about them, against Tirlagh mac
Diermod and Dalgais, .i, Munstermen and Dal-
gais, being overthrowne their slaghter was had.
The slaghter of Kindred-Owen of the Iand
putt by Kindred-Conell, that many good men
with them fell. Flann O’Skanlain, bushop of
Connere; Maelmuire, bushop of Dundalehglas ;

Gillmochua Mac Camchuarta, bushop of Daim-
liag; Kellach O’Colmain, bushop of Ferna ;
Anmcha O’Hanmchaa, bushop of Ardfert Bre-
nainn ; Muireach O’hEanlainge, bushop of Clon-
fert-Brenainn ; Maelruanai O’Kivlichan, Coarb
of a long tyme; omnes in Christo dormierunt.
Maelmuire O’Dunan, chief bushop of the Irish,
and head of Irland’s clergy, and over laetys for
almes of all the world, in the 77th yeare of his
age, in Von. Kal. religionis sue magne optimum

1006 aNNaza RIOshachta eiReann.

(lls.

ipin pepCo bliadam picheac ian na dallad oUa Plaichbheaptaigh. Onap-
mace hUa bam, pi Muman 7 Lete Moga anétna, véce hi cConeag mom
Muman ian nongad 7 1ap natmse. Oornall, mac Ruawm Uf Conéobarp,
piogdammna Convachr, véce. CLawgnén Ua Ourboapa, csfpna Pfpmanae, vo
manbad vo Uib Piacnach 7 opfparb na cnaoibe. OSman, mac Mupchada
Ui Opiain, prosdamna Muman, 00 manbad la Tavs mac Cantang 7 la Ofp-
human. Slog la Tomppdealbac Ua Concobaip, pf Connacc,7 la Munchad
Ua Maoileaclainn, pi Tlmpa, 7 la hQod Ua Ruaine pm Mumain Fo Blinn
Mhaghap, co ccanacc Ofpmuma vo Mhac Captagh,7 Tuadmuma va
macaibh O1anmava Ui Ohman, 7 vo beanc a ngialla oiblinb. Sloigl orle
lap co he cliat, co ctcuc mac wg Tlmhpnaé 1. Oomnall mac Muncada
Ui Manleaclamn, bar lam Shall, 7 gialla Gall pavdéin,7 Opnaige, 7 Larg-
ean [30 mbliadna a aeip an can yin]. Maodom Chino oaipe pon Uib Eacdach
Ulad pia Mupchad Ua Ruadacam, co po lad a nap. Munpducann vo gabanl
vo 1apecaimib conad lip ap slinod 1 nOppangib, 7 anole hi Pope Laipge.
Moppluag Connacc 1m Toinpdealbac Ua cConcobaip 50 Cfnn conad, sun po
cuinead leo he 1pm Sionainn eitip cloic 7 cnann. O baoiseallam, ollam
€peann, vo manbad lap an Sparlleach Ua Plannagain ian ngabarl cise par.

Maelmuire O’Dunan, arch-
Archbushop of Munster,
The battle of Lettrachs.”—Cod. Clar.,

cursum consumait.
bushop O’Dunan,

Not identified. :

‘ Lis- Arglinn.—N ow Listerlin, near Inistiogue,
quievit. in the barony of Ida, and county of Kilkenny.
tom. 49.

° The twenty-sixth year.—See the year 1092.

» The men of Craebh.Fir na Craeibhe. This

Dr. O’Conor translates this passage very incor-
rectly as follows: ‘‘Marinum monstrum cap-
tum a piscatoribus, cujus longitudo fuit talis

tribe was seated in O’Kane’s territory; but
their exact situation at this time has not been
determined. At a later period they were seated
in the present barony of Coleraine, county of
Londonderry.

° Gleann-Maghair.—Now Glanmire, a remark-
able glen or narrow valley, near the city of
Cork.—See note under A. D. 1569.

* Thirty years of age.—This passage is not in
the Stowe copy, and was evidently interpolated
into the Academy copy at the suggestion of.
Charles O’Conor of Belanagare.

° Ceann-dara: i, e. Head or Hill of the Oak.

ut pars esset in Ossoria et pars altera in Water-
fordia.” He refers to the Annals of Ulster for a
parallel passage, which he also translates incor-
rectly, though the old translator of the Annals
of Ulster renders it correctly.

“ Hurled it—The meaning is: “And tore
down the royal palace of Kincora, and hurled its
materials, both stone and wood, into the River
Shannon.”

The Annals of Ulster retotd the following
events under this year:

“A, D. 1118. Laignen O’Duvdara, king of
Fermanach, killed by O-Fiachrachs, and by the

1118.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1007

Cluain-mic-Nois, the twenty-sixth year? after his having been blinded by
Ua Flaithbheartaigh. Diarmaid Ua Briain, King of Munster and of all Leath-
Mhogha, died at Corcach-mor-Mumhan, after unction and penance. Domhnall,
son of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Connaught, died. Laidhgnen
Ua Duibhdara, lord of Feara-Manach, was slain by the Ui-Fiachrach [of Ard-
sratha], and the men of Craebh?. Brian, son of Murchadh Ua Briain, was slain
by Tadhg Mac Carthaigh and the people of Desmond. An army was led by
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, [who was joined by]
Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair, and by Aedh Ua Ruaire, as
far as Gleann-Maghair? in Munster ; and he gave Desmond to Carthaigh, and
Thomond to the sons of Diarmaid Ua Briain, and carried off the hostages of
both. Another army was led by him to Ath-cliath ; and he carried away the
son of the King of Teamhair, i.e. Domhnall, son of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn,
who was in the hands of the foreigners, and the hostages of the foreigners
themselves, as well as those of Osraighe and Leinster. [He was thirty years of
age’ at this time]. The battle of Ceann-dara® was gained over the Ui-Eathach-
Uladh, by Murchadh Ua Ruadhacan, who made a slaughter of them. A mer-
maid was taken by the fishermen of the weir of Lis-Arglinn’, in Osraighe, and
another at Port-Lairge. The great army of Connaught, under Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair, marched to Ceann-coradh, and hurled it" into the Sinainn,
both stone and wood. O’Baoigheallain, chief poet of Ireland, was killed by
Spailleach Ua Flannagain, after he [O’Flannagain] had forcibly taken the house
in which he was.

men of Krive. Diermaid O’Bryan, king of Mon-
ster, and all Lethmoga, mortuus est, in Corkmor,
in Monster, after penance and receipt of sacre-
ment. ‘To the value” [merp] “‘of 100 ounces of
Mass instruments” [oo aiémib aipppinn] “of
Kellagh, Comarba of Patricke, was drowned in
Davall, and he escaped hardly himself. Paschalis,
Comarba of Peter, a religious servant, with love
of God and his neighbours, ad Christum migra-
vit. Maria Ni” [i.e. Mary, daughter of ] “ Moyl-
colum, king of Scotland, wife to the king of Eng-
land, mortua est. Bryan mac Muragh O’Bryan,
heyr of Monster, killed by Teig Mac Carthai,

and by Desmond. An army by Tirlagh O’Conor,
king of Connaght, and by Morough O’Melagh-
lin, king of Tarach, with him, and by Hugh
O’Roirk, into Mounster, untill they came to
Glenn-Mayr, and gave Desmond to Macarthai,
and Thomond to the sons of Dermott” [O’Bryan ]
“and brought their pledges on eyther syde.
Another army by him to Dublin, and he brought
the sonn of the king of Tarach, who was cap-
tive in the hands of the Galls, together with
their owne pledges, and the hostages of Lein-
ster and Ossory. A wonderfull tale tould by
the pilgrims: that an Earthquake fell down

1008 anNNaza RIoshachcta elReaNnn.

(1119

Coir Cpforz, mile céo a nao vécc. Ruaidmi aincinveach Otna méipe,
Peangal Innp Loca Cpé. pfndip aipmionech, milead cogaide vo Chpiort, 7
Oiapmaid Ua Ufnna, comapba Shfnain Innpi Catang, pao aitpicce, véce.
Muinc(pcac Ua Sram, pi Epeann, cup opoain 7 aipeacharp 1antaip vomain,
véG ap mbuaid prise 7 aemse, 1 pert Mocaeméce Lét, 1 perplo lo Manca, 7
a adnacal 1 cceampall Cille Oalua, 1ap nartmse ipin peipead bliadain
a tpeablafoe. Niall, mac Oomnaill Meg Lachlan, progdarmna Og 4
Epeann, ceatpa Enemn beor ap cput, an céill, an emec,7 ap epgna, vo turcim
14 Cenel Moan ipm occmad bliadain picle a ao. Oormnall Ua hCoeich,
cigfina Ua n€cvac, vo mapbad la h€cm mac Plaitbipeag. Concoban
Ua Soipml(oharg, caorpeac Cenél Moan, 00 mapbad vo Uib Ouboa, 7 v0
Chlomn Plaicbficas. Placbeanpcach Ua Ladgnén, cigfina Pfpnmaige

FM pé, v€cc.
vo mapnbad vo Oppangib pein.
€Epeann lé van.

Mac Oonnchaw mic Giollapaccpaice, pogdarnna Orpaige,
Caicollcalle Ua 6aseallam, ano ollam
Saoi lé veinc, le heinfch 7 le conaincle coiccimn pm tpuag-

aib 7 thénaib, do manbad o¢(naib Luince 7 vo Thuaié pata, co na mnaoi, 4
co na oiap mac lan mart amanlle Lé coigfp 7 cmocaic ele ecip mumntip 7

aowlooib m aon cig bn Satapn mincaips hi pél becain mic Cula.

many cittyes, and slaughtered many men” [over-
whelmed many cities and destroyed many per-
sons]. ‘‘ There was another wonderfull tale in
Treland, that ys: a Mermaid to bie taken by
the Fishers of” [the weir of] ‘‘ Lisarglinn, in
Ossory, and another at Waterford. Donell mac
Roary O’Conor, heyre of Connaght, died. The
discomfiture of Kenn-Daire, upon O-Neachai of
Ulster, by Murcha O’Ruagan, and” [recté, who ]
‘slaughtered them. Roary O’Conor, king of
Connaght, after many yeares so, died in his pil-
grimage in Clonmicnois, in the 26th” [year]
‘‘after his blinding.””—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Island of Loch Cre.—Now Monahincha, near
Roscrea, in the county of Tipperary. — See
note ‘, under A. D. 802, p. 412, supra.

* Mochaemhog of Liath: i. e. of Liath-mor,
near Thurles, in the county of Tipperary.
According to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, the fes-

Cod

tival of St. Mochaemhog, or Pulcherius, was
kept here on the 4th of the Ides of March.

» The Ui Dubhda: i. e. the O’Duddeys. These
are to be distinguished from the Ui-Dubhda or
O’Dowdas of Connaught, who are of a different
race.—See (Genealogies, §c., of Hy-Fiachrach,
note 8, pp. 111, 112.

* The Clann-Flaithbheartaigh : i.e. the family of
the Ui-Fhlaithbheartaigh, now the O’Laffertys,
or O’Lavertys, who are still numerous in the
counties of Donegal, Tyrone, and Londonderry.

* Tuath-ratha.—Now Tooraah, a territory
comprised in the barony of Magheraboy, and ©
county of Fermanagh.

» Becan, son of Cula.—He was the patron
saint of Imleach-Fia, near Kells, in Meath,
where his festival was formerly kept on the 5th
of April. The Sunday next after Easter is
called Minchaisg, i. e. Little Easter, by the

1119.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

The Age of Christ, 1119. Ruaidhri, airchinneach of Othain-mor ; Fear-
ghal, of the island of Loch-Cre", a venerable senior, and a select soldier of
Christ ; and Diarmaid Ua Leanna, successor of Seanan of Inis-Cathaigh, a para-
gon of penance, died. Muircheartach Ua Briain, King of Ireland, prop of the
glory and magnificence of the west of the world, died, after the victory of reign
and penance, on the festival of Machaemhog of Liath*, on the sixth [recté fourth]
of the Ides of March, and was interred in the church of Cill-Dalua, after pe-
nance, in the sixth year of his illness. Niall, son of Domhnall Mac Lochlainn,
royal heir of Aileach and of Ireland, [and who was] also the paragon of Ireland

1009

for personal form, sense, hospitality, and learning, fell by the Cinel-Moain, in
the twenty-eighth year of his age. Domhnall Ua hAideith, lord of Ui-Eathach,
was killed by Echri, son of Flaithbheartach. Conchobhar Ua Goirmleadhaigh,
chief of Cinel-Moain, was slain by the Ui-Dubhda’ and the Clann-Flaithbhear-
taigh*. Flaithbheartach Ua Laidhgnen, lord of Fearnmhagh for a time, died.
The son of Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig, royal heir of Osraighe, was slain by
the Osraighi themselves. Cucollchoille Ua Baigheallain, chief ollamh of Ire-
land in poetry, a man distinguished for charity, hospitality, and universal bene-
volence towards the needy and the mighty, was killed by the men of Lurg and
Tuath-ratha*, with his wife and two very good sons, and also five-and-thirty
other persons, consisting both of his family and guests, in one house, on the
Saturday before Little Easter, being the festival of Becan, son of Cula®. Aedh

Irish. The Annals of Ulster record the fol- with his wife, and two sonns good inough, and

lowing events under this year:
“A.D. 1119. Kinn-corad destroied by Con-
naght. Murtagh O’Bryan, king of Irland, and

35 aliis of his owne people and strangers, in one
house, Saturday in Small Easter, and in St.
Becan, son of Cula, his feast” [cum sua uxore et

the golden juell of the west of the World, after
prosperity of raigne and penaunce, in Mocay-
moge’s feast, and in the 6th of the Ides of
March (10 Martii), in 5 feria, in 28 Lune, mor-
tuus est. Donell O’Hadeth, king of O’Neachai,
killed by Echry mac Laithvertai O’Hadith, king
of O-Neachai after. Cucholchaille O’Bagellan”
[O’Boylan], ‘ archpoet of Irland, and an excel-
lent splenderry for liberality and condescending
of both poor and rich, strong and feeble, killed
by the men of Lurg and Tueth-Rath, together

duobus filiis satis bonis et cum xxxv. aliis et familia
et hospitibus in una domu]. ‘‘ Flathvertagh
O’Laignen, king of Fernmai a long time, died.
Hugh mac Branan’s” [recté, O’Byrne’s] ‘‘sonn,
king of Leinster, killed. Donogh Mac Gillpa-
trick’s sonn, heyre of Ossory, killed by Ossory
themselves.. Roary O’Domrair, Airchinnech
of Athain-mor, quievit. Ferall of Hand Loch-
Cre, elder godly, chosen knight of God, ad
Christum migravit. [Conéoban hua §ailmpe-
dag, coiplué Ceneil Moein vo manbad do 16

6N

1010 ANNQGLa RIOShachtTa elReGNN. (1120.

Ua bpam, agfpna captip Langtn, 00 €cc. Ua Tuatal, mgfpna Ua Muiplo-
aig, 00 manbad. Clod Ua Concfnainn, agfpna Ua nOiapmana, vo ێcc. Mon
coblach la Toinpdealbac Ua Concobarp, la pi Epeann mama po péwrgZead
an cSionann lap, 50 pf Caugtn 1. Enoa Mac Mupchada,7 50 pi nOpparge
1. Oonncad mac Giollapaccparce 7 Fo mati’ Gall ea chat maille ppp
50 painice 50 Cill Oalua,y baccan athaid ipuide ag cocaiteam bid Mu-
mhan.

CQoip Cpiorc, mile cév a piche. Slog la Tompdealbac Ua cConco-
baip 1 hoe, sup po ronnapb Mupnchad Ua Maoil(chlaimn ipin cuarpceipt 50
pug a géill lap pon paopam comapba Phactpaice 7 na bacla lopa. Ceal-
lach comanba Phaccpaice pop cuaipet Muman an vana cup co cuc a orgpéip,
7 co pranceaib bennaccan. Slog la Oomnall Ua Loclamn 1 pormem
Munpchaw Ui Mhaoileaclainn co hCeluam in acca Connaéc, co tcapacec
Tompdealbac Ua Concobain bpéice pit impé. Echmancach mac Urpin
taoipeac Chenél Peanavhaig, 00 manbad oPepaibh Manach. Mawm
macaine Chille moine Ua Niallain pa Ragnall mac Meic Riabarg pon
Uib Eacdach, in po lad a nap. Spandn mac Hiollacpiorc, caorpeac Concac-
lann, vo écc. Onoicle Ata Luam, opoicfe Ata Cpédich, 7 opoéfe Oham
Leoda pon Suca do dénam la Toinpdelbach Ua cConcobaip. Conach Talt-
cf{n vo venam la Toippdealbach Ua cConchobhaip.

Coir Chiorc, mle piche a haon. Samuel Ua hAngli, eppcop Ata chat,
vo écc, 7 Ceallach cornanba Phacpaicc, vo sabail eppugdsive Ata chat a

Ouboa, 7 00 Chlomn Carebeancarg. Niall
mac Oomnaill hU1 Cocluinn, proormna Chlig
} Eneann, 7 Ceaépa Eneann, ap ¢puz, 7 ap
céill, ap ainech, ] an eapgna vo cuizim la
Cenel Moen ipin um. bliadain xx. a ap 1
luan, 7 n x. Thad, 7 hi pel na cp1 mac nennac
in x.ui. Kal. Jan. ]”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49;
et Bodl. copy.

° Cill-mor Ua-Niallain : i. e. the great church
of O’Neilland, now Kilmore, in the barony of
O’Neilland West, and county of Armagh.

* The bridge of Ath-Luain: i.e. of Athlone ‘on
the Shannon.

* The bridge of Ath-Croich.—This was near the

present Shannon harbour.—See Tribes and Cus-
toms of Hy-Many, p. 5.

‘ The bridge of Dun-Leodha on the Suca: i.e.
the bridge of Dunlo on the Suck. This bridge
stood over the River Suck, opposite Dunlo-
street, in the present town of Ballinasloe, on
the boundary of the counties of Galway and
Roscommon.

8 The fair of Tailitin.—Toirdhealbhach, or
Turlough O’Conor, by the celebration of this
national fair indicated his title to the monarchy
of all Ireland. The Annals of Ulster record
the following events under this year :

“A.D, 1120. An army was led by Donell

1120:} ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1011

Ua Brain, lord of East Leinster, died. Ua Tuathail, lord of Ui-Muireadhaigh,
was slain. Aedh Ua Conceannainn, lord of Ui-Diarmada, died. A great fleet
by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Ireland, before the Sinainn was
cleared by him, with the King of Leinster, i. e. Enna Mac Murchadha, and with
the King of Osraighe, i. e. Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig, and the chiefs of the
foreigners of Ath-cliath along with him, until he arrived at Cill-Dalua; and
they remained for some time consuming the provisions of Munster.

The Age of Christ, 1120. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Con-
chobhair into Meath, and he expelled Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn into the
North ; and he carried off hostages, under the protection of the successor of
Patrick and the Staff of Jesus. Ceallach, successor of Patrick, made a visitation
of Munster the second time ; and he obtained his full demand, and imparted
his blessing. An army was led by Domhnall Ua Lochlainn, to the relief of
Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, to Ath-Luain, against Connaught; and Toirdheal-
bhach Ua Conchobhair made a false peace with them. Eachmarcach Mac
Uidhrin, chief of Cinel-Fearadhaigh, was slain by the Feara-Manach. The
battle of the plain of Cill-mor Ua-Niallain® was gained by Raghnall, son of Mac
Riabhaigh, over the Ui-Eathach, in which the latter were slaughtered. Branan,
son of Gillachrist, chief of Corcachlann, died. The bridge of Ath-Luain‘, the
bridge of Ath-Croich® [on the Sinainn], and the bridge of Dun-Leodha on the
Suca‘, were made by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair. The fair of Tailltin®
was celebrated by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair.

The Age of Christ, 1121. Samuel Ua hAingli’, Bishop of Ath-cliath,
died ; and Ceallach, successor of Patrick, assumed the bishopric of Ath-cliath

SS

O’Lochlin, for the aid of Murrogh O’Melaghlin,
towards Athlone. Tirlagh O’Conner brak of
their conspiracie” [recté, made a bpéspis, i.e.
false or pretended peace with them]. ‘“ An
overthrow in the field of Kilmore O’Nyallane
by Randall, the sonne of Mac Reogh, against
Iveagh, where their destruction or slaughter
was wrought. Connogher, mac Flannacan, mic
Duncuan, the chief of the Birnes, being wounded
in the mountaynes of Uaitt” [Sliabh-Fhuait]
‘by the O’Cremthainns, thereof died. Cellach,
the Coarb of Patrick, visiting Mounster, was

there much reverenced, that they deserved his
benediction. Brannan mac Gillechrist, king of
Corck-Aghlin, deceased. Eaghmarcagh mac
Uidhrein, the chief of Kenell-Fearadhaigh, was
slaine by the people of Fermanagh.” — Cod. Clar.,
tom. 49.

» Samuel Ua hAingliiSee Colgan’s Trias
Thaum., p. 300; and Harris’s edition of Ware’s
Bishops, pp. 310, 311. It would appear from
a document published by Ussher in his Sylloge,
p- 100, that the Danes of Dublin did not submit
to Cellach or Celsus on this occasion.

6Nn2

1012 aNNaza RIoghachta eiReann. (1121.

coxa Hall 7 Gaoweal. Oomnall, mac Apogaip Mic Lochlainn, pi Eneann,
veappecaigteac Gaoweal ap cput, cenél, céill, saipecead, ponup, 7 pobap-
tan, an tiodnacal pedo 7 bid vo tnénaib 7 tpuagarb, vo écc 1 nNOompe Cholum
Chille, 1ap mbert pfec mbliadna picle uap Epinn 1 pise, 7 En bliadan véce
1pige Chhs, pm cpear bliadain plecmogac a aeip: o1dce Céoaome 1 cféna-
mad lo Pebna,7 1 ppéil mocuanog painpnead. Hille eppurg ECosam Ua hAin-
viappad, cisfina Ciannacca Slinne Geimm vo mapbad oia bnatmb.
Cumaige mac Oeonada Ui Plomn, cigfpna Ouplarp, do baoad Loch Eacdac,
rap nsabaul Innp oparcpenn pain vo Ub Eacoac v0 1 cconcnaccan cois(p an
clcpacac. Maolpeclainn Ua Ceallacam 1. cigfpna Ua n€atac Muman,
aipecap veipceint Muman, vo écc. Slog la Tompdealbac Ua Concobaip, 7
la corccead Connaéc 1 nofpmumain oa po moinple 6 ta Mag Peimin co
Tpnaig Ui eccip tuata 7 cealla. Cpeachpluag(o la Toppdealbac bedp 1
nO(pmumain, co puacc cfpmann Lip mop, co tcapacc bépoma diainme, 7
po panccbad don cup pin Mumpfoac Ua Plaicbeancas, cisfpna iaptain
Convact, 7 Aod Ua hin, agfpna Ua Piacpach Qhone, 7 Muins(p Ua Cop-
Cusail(ng Mac Giollapeacnall, cis(ina Oeipceipe
bps vo manbad la Gallaib Ata chat. Of ppet Tpm Maryan 6 dopap
Rata co cnoip mbmgve vo lopccad in Apo Macha. CAtach saoite moipe
vo tiachtam 1 nOecembep na bliadna yo co po la a b(nocoban vo cloicteach
Apoa Macha, 7 po la van piodap mop po Epimn. Cloicteach Thelca nlon-
mainoe 1 nOppaighib vo oluise do Caoip temead, 7 cloc vo rsemm ap an

cam co yocharoib oile.

* Domhnall, son of Ardghar.—This passage is
translated by Colgan as follows:

“A. D.1121. Domnaldus, Lochlanni ex Ard-
garo filio nepos, Rex Hibernie, Hibernorumque
forme prestantia, generis nobilitate, animi in-
dole, et in rebus agendis dexteritate pariter ac
prosperitate, excellentissimus; postquam multa
munera egenis clementer et potentibus libera-
liter fuerat elargitus, in Roboreto Divi Columb
(hoc est Dorensi Monasterio) anno extatis sue
septuagesimo tertio, et principatus in Hibernia
vigesimo septimo, postquam ante annis undecim
fuisset Rex seu Princeps de Aileach; quartoIdus
Februarii, in nocte ferie quarte, ipso S. Mo-

chuaroci festo decessit.”—Trias Thaum., p. 504.

* Fourth of the Ides of February.—This should
be “fifth of the Ides of February ;” for, accord-
ing to the Feilire- A enguis, and O’Clery’s Irish Ca-
lendar, the festival of Mochuaroc, who was also
called Cuaran the Wise, of Deisi-Mumhan, was
held on the fifth of the Ides, i.e. the 9th of
February. Colgan notices this error of the Four
Masters in his remarks on the passage just
quoted : “ Hae Quatuor Magistri, ubi pro quarto
Idus Februarii potius quinto Idus ejusdem debet
legi ; tum quia festum S. Mochuaroci quinto Idus,
seu die nono Februari celebratur juxta domesticos
passim Martyrologos ; tum quia anno 1121, quo

PEER RSs Ri tein

1121] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1013

by the suffrages of the foreigners and Irish. Domhnall, son of Ardghar'.Mac
Lochlainn, King of Ireland, the most distinguished of the Irish for personal
form, family, sense, prowess, prosperity and happiness, for bestowing of jewels
and food upon the mighty and the needy, died at Doire-Choluim-Chille, after
having been twenty-seven years in sovereignty over Ireland, and eleven years
in the kingdom of Aileach, in the seventy-third year of his age, on the night of
Wednesday, the fourth of the Ides of February‘, being the festival of Mochuarog.
Gilla-Easbuig Eoghain Ua hAinniarraidh, lord of Cianachta-Glinne-Geimhin,
was killed by his brothers. Cumaighe, son of Deoraidh Ua Floinn, lord of
Durlas, was drowned in Loch-Eathach, after [the island of] Inis-Draicrenn' had
been taken upon him by the Ui-Eathach, where forty-four persons were slain.
Maelseachlainn Ua Ceallachain”, lord of Ui-Eathach-Mumhan, the splendour of
the south of Munster, died. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Concho-
bhair and the people of the province of Connaught into Desmond, by which
they plundered from Magh-Femhin to Traigh-Li*, both territories and churches.
A plundering excursion was, moreover, made by Toirdhealbhach, and he arrived
at the Termon of Lis-mor, and he obtained countless cattle spoils ; and he lost
on that occasion Muireadhach Ua Flaithbheartaigh, lord of West Connaught ;
Aedh Ua hEidhin, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne ; Muirgheas Ua Lorcain ; and
many others. Cugaileang Mac Gillaseachnaill, lord of South Breagha, was slain
by the foreigners of Ath-cliath. Two streets of Trian-Masain’, from the door
of the fort to Cros-Brighde, were burned in Ard-Macha. <A great wind-storm
happened in the December of this year, which knocked off the conical cap of
the cloictheach of Ard-Macha, and caused great destruction of woods through-

out Ireland. The cloictheach of Tealach-nInmainne?, in Osraighe, was split by

Donnaldus decessit, dies nonus Februarit incidit the county of Kerry.

in feriam quartam, cujus nocte fertur dececisse.”
—Trias Thaum., p. 300.

! Inis- Draicrenn.—Now Rathlin, a small island
opposite Rockland, where the Upper Bann falls
into Lough Neagh, in the north-east of the
county of Armagh.

™ Ua Ceallachain.—Now O’ Callaghan, a family
still highly respectable in Munster. Lord Lis-
more is probably the present chief.

» Traigh-Li.—Now Tralee, the chief town of

° Two streets of Trian-Masain.—This and the
succeeding passage is translated by Colgan as
follows :

* A, D. 1121. Duz plate in Trian-Massain,
a porta Rathensi, seu Arcis usque ad Crucem
S. Brigide Ardmache igne consumpte sunt.
Ingens venti tempestas hoc anno in mense De-
cembri supremum tectum turris Ardmachane
dejecit.”— Trias Thaum., p. 300.

® The cloictheach of Tealach-nInmainne ; i.e.

1014 ANNQACa RIOSshachta eiReCaNN.

(1122.

ccloicteach ipin, co po mapb mac Leiginn pin cil. Rigbapodn, mac Con-
compe, tiZeapna Ele vo écc. Concoban Ua Poccapca, tigepna vercerpe
Ele vo manbad.

Clip Cpiort, mile céo fiche a 06. Scpin Colmam, mic Luachéin, vo
pagbarl mn 1olaid Camve pean cuba 1 ccalmaimn cevaomn an bnare do ponn-
pad po pith. Pepgna mac Echtigeipn, comanba binze, paccant ‘eccnar,
Cnoad mac Merc Ulea, aipcinvech Cirle patam, 7 Concoban Ua Liogoa,
comanba Cilbe, vécc. Congal, plplerginn Cluana h€paipo, véce 1 nGluom
va Loca na aalitpe. Cod Ua Oubdfopma, coipeac na bpédéa, ceann ems
cuaipceint Epeann, 7 Oomnall a bnataip vo écc. ODonnpléibe Ua hOccan,
caoipeac Cenel Ffpccupa,7 peccaipe Telca Og, vécc. Maelpechlornn
Ua Oomacamn, ciseapna Apad tine, vécc. Cod Ua Ruane 1. mac Domnall,
cisfina Conmaicne, vo tuicim la pflpaib Mfde oc bneit cpeice uadab.
$lo1$% la Toippdealbac Ua cConcobain co Loch Santech 1 Mhoe, co ccaimic
mac Mupchada, pi Laigfny Gall ima teach. Cpech mon l& Concoban Mac
Caclaim, 7 la Cenél n€ogam co pangaccap co Cill Rum imo Ullcoip, 4

the steeple or round tower of Tullymaine, near
Callan, in the county of Kilkenny.—See note *,
under A. D. 1026, p. 812, supra.

« Righbhardan, son of Cucoirne.—This is an
error of the Four Masters, because this chief-
tain was slain in 1058. The Dublin copy of the
Annals of Innisfallen notices at this year the
death of O’Fogarty, chief of the southern Ely,
being slain by the army of Turlough O’Conor,
but makes no mention of Righbhardan.

The Annals of Ulster record the following.

events under this year:

“A. D. 1121. Donell mac Artgail mic Loch-
lin, monarch of Ireland, the excellentest of the
Irish, as well by favour and countenance” [as]
“by birth also, witt, and chivalry, by happiness
and constancie, by bounty and hospitality, died
at Derry of Columbkill, in the 38th yeare of his
reigne, and the 76th year of his age, upon Wed-
nesday, at night, 4. Jd. Februarii, 18. Lune.
upon the feast of St. Mocuarog. Cumaighy mac
Deory O’Fflynn, king of Derlas, being drowned

in Loghneagh, after he wonn the Iland of Dar-
carcrenn from Iveagh” [recté, after the Iveaghs
had wonn the Iland of Darcarcrenn, now Rath-
lin islet, in Lough Neagh, from him.—Ep.]
‘where there hath been 45 slaine. Gilleaspoig-
Eoghain O’Hainniaraidh, king of Ciannaghta,
was slain by his own kinsmen in the middest
of Banchor church yard” [now Banagher, near
Dungiven, in the county of Londonderry.—Ep. |
“Great forces gathered by Terlagh O’Connor,
and by the province of Connaght, towards Des-
mond, untill he came within the borders or
liberties of Lismore, and brought from thence
a great pray of cowes past number[ing], and
there lost Muredach O’Flaiverty, king of West
Connaght ; Hugh O’Heidhin, king of O-Fiagh-
rach. The steeple of Telagh Innmynn, in Oss-
raighe, burnt with fire” [recté, split by a thun-
derbolt], “from the which a stone that fell
downe killed one of the clearks’ [recté, one of
the students]. ‘‘ Samuel O’Hangli, bushop of
Dublin, rested in peace. Ceallagh, the Comharb

1122.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1015

a thunderbolt, and a stone flew from the cloictheach, which killed a student in
the church. Righbhardan, son of Cucoirne’, lord of Eile, died Conchobhar Ua
Fogarta, lord of South Eile, was killed. —

The Age of Christ, 1122. The shrine of Colman, son of Luachan, was
found in the tomb of Lann’, a man’s cubit in the earth: on Spy Wednesday
precisely it was found. Feargna Mac Echthigheirn, successor of Buithe, a wise
priest ; Annadh, son of Mac Ulca, airchinneach of Cuil-rathain ; and Concho-
bhar Ua Lighda’, successor of Ailbhe, died. Conghal, lector of Cluain-Iraird,
died at Gleann-da-locha, on his pilgrimage. Aedh Ua Duibhdhirma, chief of
Breadach*, head of the hospitality of the north of Ireland, and Domhnall, his
brother, died. Donnsleibhe Ua hOgain, chief of Cinel-Fearghusa", and lawgiver
of Tealach-Og, died. Maelseachlainn Ua Donnagain, lord of Aradh-thire, died.
Aedh Ua Ruairc, i.e. the son of Domhnall, lord of Conmhaicne, fell by the
men of Meath, as he was carrying off a prey from them. An army was led by
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair to Loch Saileach” in Meath, where Mac Mur-
chadha, King of Leinster, came into his house. A great predatory excursion
was made by Conchobhar Mac Lochlainn and the Cinel-Eoghain, until they
arrived at Cill-ruaidh*, in Ulidia; and they carried off countless cattle spoils.

of St. Patrick’s, made Bushop of Dublin, by the
election both of the English and Irish. Da
Sreith, in Trian-Massan, from the mote doore”
[recté, the rath doore] ‘to St. Bridgitt’s crosse,
being then all burnt. A great storme happened
the ninth of December, and struck off the brasen
topp” [recté, the Beannchopor, or conical cap—
Ep. ] “‘of the steeple of Ardmagh, and many pro-
digies shewen” [recté, caused great destruction
of woods] “ over all Ireland.”—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

* Zann: i. e. Lann-mhic-Luachain, in Meath.
—See note', under A. D. 929, p. 624, supra.

* Ua Lighda—Now anglicised Liddy, with-
out the prefix Ua or O’.

* Breadach.—A territory comprising about
the eastern half of the barony of Inishowen, and
county of Donegal. The name is still retained
in Bredach-Glyn, and the little River Bredach

flowing through it into Lough Foyle. “ Bredach
est fluviolus peninsule de Inis-Eoguin, qui in
sinum de Loch Fabhuil apud Magh-bile exone-
ratur.”—Trias Thaum., pp. 145, 181.

" Cinel-Fearghusa.— A sept of the Cinel-
Eoghain, seated at Tulloghoge in Tyrone. The
chief family of this tribe took the name of
O*h-Ogain,'now O’Hagain, and anglicé O’Hagan.

“ Loch Saileach: i.e. Lake of the Sallows,
now Lough Sallagh, in the parish of Dunboyne,
in the county of Meath.—See note ‘, under the
year 738, p. 339, supra.

* Cill-ruaidh.—Now Kilroot, in the barony of
Upper Glenarm, and county of Antrim, where
St. Colman, a disciple of St. Ailbhe, of Emly,
erected a cell.—See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Anti-
quities of Down and Connor, &c., p. 60, note ”.
This church is described in the Feilire-Aenguis,
at the 16th of October; and in O’Clery’s Irish

GNNAZa RIOshachta elReaNnn.

1016 (1123.

cuspac bonoma dipime. Maolcoluim Ua bpolcam, eppcop Apoa Maca, vo
écc na oilichpe 1 nOip(pt Ooine po bua maptpa 7 naitpige.

Cop Cpfopc, mile piche acm. Congup Ua Hopman, comanba Corm-
gail, vo écc ina arhitpe Wliop mop Mocuda. PlannUa Owbmp, aipcmveach
Cugmad, Maolmaipe Ua Conoubain, aincmoeach Ooipe Cupain,7 Maoiora
Ua hQipcm, maop Conoacht, vécc. Congalach Ua Plartb(pcaig, pfos-
damna Oils, vécc. Cucaypil Ua Ceanball, cis (ina P(pnmaige, vécc. Oonn-
plebe mac Catalam ponup 7 pobantan Ulad, vécc. Oonnchad mac Siolla-
paccparg Rua, cigfina Oppaige, 00 tuicim la venbpine. Moéppluaig la
Toippdealbac mac Ruaodm Us Concobain co bealach Eocalle oa po sab
sialla Oeapmuman ule. Gallnga vo Zabanl cige 1 nNOombas Chianam pon
Mupchad Ua Maorleacloinn pon pig Teampnach, 7 po loipeple occmogace
ceash uime,] plo manbad pochaide via mhuincin don cup pin. Tépna imonpo
Ua Maoileaclomn vo emeach Chianain gan manbad sanlorecad. Oomnall,
mac Oonnchada, pfoshdamna Tempa, 00 mapbad vo Shail(ngab. Cmup
anaitcmd vo tabainc pon comanba Cilbe 1. Maolmonda, mac Meic Cloitma
1. teach vo sabanl pain pop lap Imleacha fei, 7 pon mac C(pbaill U1 Chiap-

maic ws(pna Aine Clach,7 po manbad moippeip(p ann.
na mate app tma monbail O€, Ailbe, 7 na heccantp.

Calendar it is described as ‘‘in Dal-Araidhe, on
the brink of Loch Laoigh,” now Belfast Lough.

’ Disert-Doire : i.e. the hermitage of Derry,
now Londonderry. This passage is translated
as follows by Colgan :

“A.D. 1122. B. Moelcolumbus, seu Colum-
banus Hua Brolchan, Episcopus Ardmachanus,
in sua sancta perigrinatione, quam in Deserto
seu Erimitorio Dorensi egit, per palmam mar-
tyrii in vite sanctimoniam ad Dominum migra-
vit."— Trias Thaum., p. 504.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

“ A. D. 1122. Hugh O’Ruark, king of Con-
maicne, was slaine by Meathmen, at the taking
of a prey from them. The scrine of St. Colman,
the sonn of Luaghan, was found in Lynn, a
cubite deepe in the ground, the Wednesday be-

Cépnaccan tha
Ro loipccead ann

fore Easter. Great forces came with Terlagh
O’Connor into Loghsaileagh in Meath, and
theither came Mac Murchuda, king of Leinster,
and the English” [recté, the Galls. i. e. the Danes]
into his house. More, the daughter of Donnell
O’Loghlynn, the wife of Terlagh O’Connor, died.
A greate prey taken by Connor O’Loghlynn,
and by the people of Kynell-Eoghan from Kill-
Ruaydh, in Ulster, and their prey of cowes was
past number[ing]. Maelcolum O’Brolchan,
bushop of Ardmagh, died in his pilgrimage in
Disert-Daire, with vertue of martirdome and
repentence. Hugh O’Duibhdirma, cheefe of the
Bredagh, and chiefe for bountie in the North of
Ireland, together with his brother Donell, were
dead [mortui sunt. Bodl. copy ].—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

* Doire-Lurain: i. e. Luran’s or Loran’s

1123.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1017

Maelcoluim Ua Brolchain, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died at the Disert of Doire’,
after the victory of forbearance and penance.

The Age of Christ, 1123. Aenghus Ua Gormain, successor of Comhghall, ©
died on his pilgrimage at Lis-mor-Mochuda. Flann Ua Duibhinsi, airchinneach
of Lughmhadh ; Maelmaire Ua Condubhain, airchinneach of Doire-Lurain’;
and Maelisa Ua hAirtri, steward of Connaught, died. Conghalach Ua Flaith-
bheartaigh’, royal heir of Aileach, died. Cucaisil Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Fearn-
mhagh, died. Donnsleibhe Mac Cathalain, the prosperity and happiness of
Ulidia, died. Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig Ruaidh, lord of Osraighe, fell by
his [own] tribe. A great army was led by Toirdhealbhach, son of Ruaidhri
Ua Conchobhair, as far as Bealach-Eochaille®, by which he took all the hostages
of Desmond. The Gaileanga took a house at Daimhliag-Chianain upon Mur-
chadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair; and they burned eighty houses
around it, and killed many of his people, on that occasion. Ua Maeleachlainn
escaped being killed or burned, by the protection of Cianan. Domhnall, son
of Donnchadh, royal heir of Teamhair, was slain by the Gaileanga. An unusual
attack was made upon the successor of Ailbhe, i.e. Maelmordha, son of Cloith-
nia. A house was forcibly taken from him, and the son of Cearbhall Ua Ciar-
mhaic, lord of Aine-Cliach, in the very middle of Imleach, and seven persons
were therein killed ; but the chiefs escaped through the miracle of God, Ailbhe,

and the Church.

Derry, or Oak Wood, now Derryloran, a parish
in the barony of Dungannon, county of Tyrone,
and extending into the barony of Loughinsholin,
county of Londonderry. According to O’Clery’s
Irish Calendar, Bishop Luran was venerated at
Doire Lurain on the 29th of October.

* Ua FlaithbheartaighNow O’Laverty, or
Lafferty.

» Bealach-Eochaille : i. e. the Youghal Road.—
See note *, under the year 872, p. 518, supra.

© Bearnan-Ailbhe: i.e. St. Ailbhe’s gapped
or broken Bell. This is incorrectly rendered
“the mitre of St. Ailve,” by the old trans-
lator of the Annals of Ulster, and in Arch-
dall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 656.—See Pe-

The Bearnan-Ailbhe® was burned on this occasion.

The

trie’s Round Towers of Ireland, p. 334. Dr.
O’Conor translates it ‘‘ Cathedra Ailbei,”’ which
is equally incorrect. The Annals of Ulster record
the following events under this year:

“ A.D. 1123. The people of Gailenga have
taken the house of Daimhliag of Cianan from
Murcha O’Melaghlynn, king of Temoria, and
burned his house and eight of his household
servants” [recté, 1 o¢cmoga cag ime, i.e. and
eighty houses about it—Ep.], ‘“‘and slew a
nomber of his people, and Murcha escaped by
the miracle of St. Cianan from that fire. An
hidden assalte given to the Corbe of St. Ailbhe,
whose name was Moylmordha mac Clothna, and
likewise to Mac Cearvaill O’Ciarmaic, king of

60

1018 QNNaca RIOSshachta elReEGNN.

(1124.

om an 6fpnan Cilbe. Ro manbad iaparh pia ccmd mip an cf po sab an
teas 1. an Giollacacé Ua Ciapmaic. Oeocam ewe iap nammniuccad, 4
po b{nad a cfnd ve a nofoganl papaiste O€ 7 CAilbe. Oonnchad, mac Tad
mic Canthang, cigfina Ofpmuman, v0 éce,] Copbmac a bnataip vo shabhaal
a ionav. TadzZ Ua Malle, asfpna Umaill, v0 bédad co na lung a
nCpainn.

Cloip Cpiopc, mile céo pice a ceachaip. S. Maelmaodog O Mopgain
vo pulde 1 neappogoio(cc Chonneipe. Maolcolaim, mac Maolmart Ui Con-
naccain, uapal paccant, 7 paor ecena 7 cpabard aptip Eneann, véce 1 nlmp
Paccnaig an cplp la picfe Oecembep. Ponbad Cloiccigze Cluana mic Noéip
la hUa Maoileom, comanba Cianam. Tadg Mac Cantus, awslpna Oly-
muman opoan Muman, vé5 1ap bpfhnamn 1 sCaupiul. Muiploac Mac Sop-
main, cip(pna Ua mbarppce onoan, 7 aipeacay, 7 ppm atlaoc Lang(n epwoe
[véce]. CApogap, mac Coda, pfosdamna Oils, 00 manbad la mucin dope
m eneac Choluim Cille. Maolpfchlainn mac Tadg, mic Maolpuanard, cig-
fnna Mage Cups 00 manbad la propa bperpne 7 la Tigheannan Ua Ruane.
Hiollabnoiwe, mac Tig(pnain Ui Ruane, vo manbad la Connaccaib pon Loc
En, 7 pochade ole amatle pmp. Mumeadach (.1. cig fina Cloinne Chor-
Spas) mac me Coda mic Rua, vécc 1 cclénceachc. Coclaim Ua Pol-
lamain, tS (pna Cpice na gCevac, 7] a mac vo manbad la mac a ofpbpatan.
Slumapn, mac Span, aSpna aptin Ua pPaolam vo manbad la Oomnall

Aine, and a house taken within Imleagh, where
seaven of their men were slaine, and those good
men made an escape by or through the miracle
of St. Ailbhe; and there was burnt the mirtre”
[rectée, the bell], ‘‘and he that tooke the house,
which was Gillcaegh O’Ciarmaic (and he was a
deacon nominated) was slaine within a moneth
after, and his head was cutt off for committing
such violence against St. Ailbhe and his God.
Aengus O’Gorman, the Corbe of Comgall, died
in Lismore of Mochuda, with repentance” [recte,
na align, ie. on his pilgrimage.—Ep]. “Flann
O’Duibhinse, Archdeacon of Lowth; Cucaisil
O’Caroll, king of Farnvoy ; Moylmury O'Con-
dubhan, Archdeacon of Daire-Lubran, and

.

Donnsleibhe mac Cathalan, the happiest and
best of all Ulster, were all dead” [mortui sunt].
“Donnogh Mac Gillepatrick, king of Ossorie,
killed” [a suis occisus est. Bodl. copy]. ‘ Con-
galagh O’Laithvertaigh, who was to be king of
Ailech, was slaine.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

‘ Maelmaedhog O’Morgair: i. e. Malachy
O’Morgair. He was afterwards raised to the
archbishopric of Armagh.—See Harris’s edition
of Ware’s Bishops, p. 54-57.

° Inis-Padraig.—Now Inchpatrick, or St. Pa-
trick’s Island, a small island lying off the coast
of the barony of Balrothery East, and county
of Dublin.—See note », under the year 793,
p- 400, supra.

SAT ARAM Ts este oe - 3

1124.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1019

person who had taken the house, i. e. Gillacaech Ua Ciarmhaic (who was after
being named a deacon), was killed before the end of a month; and his head
was cut off, in revenge of the violation [of the laws] of God and Ailbhe. Donn-
chadh, son of Tadhg Mac Carthaigh, lord of Desmond, died ; and Cormac, his
brother, assumed his place. ‘Tadhg Ua Maille, lord of Umhall, was drowned
with his ship at Ara.

The Age of Christ, 1124. St. Maelmaedhog O’Morgair‘ sat in the bishopric
of Conneire. Maelcoluim, son of Maelmaith Ua Connagain, noble priest, and
the paragon of wisdom and piety of the east of Ireland, died at Inis-Padraig*,
on the twenty-third day of December. The finishing of the cloictheach of
Cluain-mic-Nois‘ by Ua Maeleoin, successor of Ciaran. Tadhg Mac Carthaigh,
lord of Desmond, the ornament of Munster, died, after penance, at Caiseal.
Muireadhach Mac Gormain, lord of Ui-Bairrche, who was the ornament and
glory, and the chief old hero of Leinster, [died]. Ardghar, son of Aedh, royal
heir of Aileach, was killed by the people of Doire, in revenge of Colum-Cille.
Maelseachlainn, son of Tadhg*, son of Maeclruanaidh, lord of Magh-Luirg, was
slain by the men of Breifne and Tighearnan Ua Ruaire. Gillabroide, son of
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, was slain by the Connaughtmen, on Loch En’, and many
others along with him. Muireadhach (i.e. lord of Clann-Coscraigh), the son
of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri [O’Flaithbheartaigh], died an ecclesiastic. Lochlainn
Ua Follamhain, lord of Crich na gCedach’, and his son, were killed by the son
of his brother. Gluniairn, son of Bran, lord of the east of Ui-Faelain, was

‘ The cloictheach of Cluain-mic-Nois: i.e. the
steeple or round tower of Clonmacnoise. This
is now called O’Rourke’s tower.—See it de-
scribed, with an exquisite view of the building
and church-yard of Clonmacnoise, in Petrie’s
Round Towers of Ireland, p. 407.

8 Maelseachlainn, son of Tadhg.—From Diar-
maid, the brother of this Maelseachlainn, the
Meic Diarmada, or Mac Dermotts, of Moylurg,
are descended.

» Loch En.—Now Loch-na-nean, i.e. Lake of
the Birds, a marsh, which was formerly a lake,
near the castle of Roscommon.—See note %,
under A, D. 1225.

' Crich na gCedach: i.e. the territory of the
Cedachs, a sept descended from Oilioll Cedach,
son of Cathair Mor, monarch of Ireland in the
second century. This territory was formerly
in Meath, but is now included in the King’s
County. In the Black Book of the Exchequer
of Ireland, and in sundry Pipe Rolls in the
reign of Edward III., it appears that the terri-
tory of Cryngedagh, now a part of the King’s
County, on the Westmeath side, was charged
with royal services as lying within the county
of Meath.—Harris’s edition of Ware’s Antiquities,
ch. v. p. 35. See Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 200,
note °.

602

GQNNaza RIOSshachcta elReaNN. (1125.

1020

mac Mic Phaolam, la pfogdarnna Largs. Oa mac Taids, mic Ui Lopcdan,
va canary Ua Muipfoas, v0 mapbad la hUa Loncain ele 1 pproll. Coo
Ua Macgamna, piesdamna Ulad, vo tuicim la piona Peapnmaige. Mon
coblaé la Toippdealbac Ua Concobain pon Loc nOeinccdenc, 7 a ccabaipe
leip van Earp Oanainne co po ance Ui Conall ag pams,7 co prpanccaib
coblac Ofpmuman leip. Mon longponc ona leip oc Ach calle 6 ta péil
mancain co bealcaine. Thi caipceoil vo dénam la Connaccaib, conplén
On Ledda, caiplén na Gaillme,7 caplén Cirle Mhaole. Cpeachpluaigl
la Tompdealbac Ua Concobain co po aipce Conmaicne a Marg Caipbpe, 4
po ance Mag Curgne. Ro ciondoilpfc Conmaicne 7 pin Mhode curse, 7 vo
pavpact ammay pain oc Cnaib Roip va capn,7 po mapbrac oponce via
plogab. Ro impo pom pmu ianpin, 7 po meabard pon Flpaib Mode, 7 pon
Conmaicnib, co ttopcnactcan pochaide vo paonclanoaib 7 oaonclanoaib
vib lap. Geill Ofpmuman immac Conbmaic mic Meic Cantaig, vo mapbad
la Toippdealbac Ua Concobap.

Coip Cpiopt, mile céd pice a cing. Maoleoin Ua Ottnaccam, paoi ecc-
naid, 7 eppcop Ua cCennpelars, Maolcpéna uapal paganc,7 ppwc pfnop
Chpaoi Caoimsin, bnonoalca cogade hUi Ohanain vapal pMopac Epeann,

‘ Mac Fhaelain: anglicé Mackelan. This was
the senior family of the tribe of the Ui-Faelain.
Upon their decline, in the thirteenth century,
the O’Broins, or O’Byrnes, a junior branch of
the same sept, became very powerful in the
present county of Wicklow.

' Has-Danainne: i. e. Danann’s cataract, now
Dunass rapids, in the Shannon, opposite Sir
Hugh Massy’s residence, in the county of Clare.

™ Faing.—Now Foyne’s Island, in the Shan-
non, belonging to the barony of Lower Connello,
and county of Limerick.

2 Ath-caille: i.e. Ford of the Wood, now
Woodford, a small village in the barony of Lei-
trim, and county of Galway, not far from the
boundary of Thomond.

° Dun-Leodha.—This castle stood near the
River Suck, in the present town of Ballinasloe,
in the county of Galway. The name is still

preserved in that of Dunlo-street.

The Castle of the Gaillimh : i.e. the Castle of

the River Galway. This castle stood near the
mouth of the River Galway, in the present
town of Galway.

4 Cul-Maeile.—Now Colooney, a small town
about five miles south of Sligo.—See A. D. 1408.
See also Chorographical Description of: West Con-
naught, p. 31.

* Magh-Cairbre.—This was the ancient name
of the level part of the barony of Granard, in
the county of Longford.

* Magh-Luighne.—A plain in the barony of
Lune, and county of Meath.

* Craebh- Rois-da-charn.—The Large or branch-
ing Tree of the Wood of the two Carns. This
name is now obsolete; but Ros-da-charn was
probably applied to a wood situated between
the Carn mountains, in the barony of Granard,

ARMac ees ue

rte ig Kase yrs

1125.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1021

killed by Domhnall, son of Mac Fhaelain*, royal heir of Leinster. The two
sons of Tadhg, son of Ua Lorcain, both Tanists of Ui-Muireadhaigh, were slain
by another Ua Lorcain, by treachery. Aedh Ua Mathghamhna, royal heir of
Ulidia, fell by the men of Fearnmhagh. The great fleet of Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair on Loch Deirgdheirc, and he conveyed it over Eas-Danainne';
and he plundered Ui-Conaill at Faing™, and the fleet of Desmond was left to
him ; he had also a great camp at Ath-caille" from the festival of Martin till
May. Three castles were erected by the Connaughtmen, the castle of Dun-
Leodhar®, the castle of the Gaillimh”, and the castle of Cuil-maeile*. A plun-
dering army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair ; and he plundered
the Conmhaicne in Magh-Cairbre’, and he also plundered Magh-Luighne*. The
Conmhaicne and the men of Meath flocked to oppose him, and made an attack
upon him at Craebh-Rois-da-charn‘, and slew some of his forces. He [Toir-
dhealbhach] turned upon them, and defeated the men of Meath, and many of
their nobles and plebeians were slain by him. The hostages of Desmond,
among whom was the son of Cormac, son of Mac Carthy, were put to death by
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair.

The Age of Christ, 1125. Maeleoin Ua Dunagain, a paragon of wisdom,
and Bishop of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; Maeltrena, a noble priest and learned senior
of Cro-Caeimhghin", the bosom fosterling of Ua Dunain, noble senior of Ireland,

and county of Longford. Two carns are still
to be seen on Sliabh-Chairbre, in this barony,
which were anciently called Carn Furbhuidhe,
and Carn Maine.—See the Dinnseanchus in the
Book of Lecan, fol. 231.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

A, D. 1124. Toirfin mac Turcuil, a prime
young lord of the English” [recté, Danes] ‘or
Gaules of Ireland, perished of a suddaine death.
Teige Mac Carthaigh, king of Desmond, in pe-
nitentia mortuus est. An ill chaunce happened
to the king of Temor, or Taragh, which was
that his house fell upon himselfe and his familie
upon Easter day. Lymricke all burnt but a
little. Alexander, the sonne of Moylecolum,

king of Scotland, bona penitentia mortuus est.
The pledges of Desmond were slaine by Terlagh
O’Connor, and these were Maelseaghlynn, the
sonn of Cormac Mac Carty, king of Caisil ;
O’Ciarmaic, of Any;” [and] ‘ O’Cobthy, of the
Ui-Cuanach Cnamheailly. Ardgar, the son of
mac Hugh O’Maelseaghlyn, who should be king
of Ailegh, was slain by the people of Derry
within the liberty of Colum Killy.”— Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49. :

* Cro-Caeimhghin: i.e. St. Kevin’s house.
This was the name of that building at Glenda-
lough, in the county of Wicklow, now called
St. Kevin’s kitchen.—See Petrie’s Round Towers
of Ireland, p. 427-432; and note under the
year 1162, infra.

1022 ANNQAZa RIOShachtTa elReEGNN.

(1126.

vécc co heslapcacoa, 1ap noeigbeatand.
leiginn 1antain Eneann vécc 1 cCamlacca.

Mac Maoileputam, apo peap-

Cinve1o1g, Ua Conaing, ameém-
neach Cille Oalua vécc. hi quinc lo Enaip pop aomoiom ip move tuanccbad
a buinne o10In Fon nm oDaImliag mon CApva Maca ian na lain eagap vo plinoib
la Ceallac comanba Phaccpaice 1pm cmocacmad bliadam ain céo 6 na
paibe plinn comlann pain co pm. Sluanrgd la Toippdealbac Ua Concobain
7 la Tigfpnan Ua Ruaipe hi Mivde, co po mtpiospac Munchad Ua Maor-
leaclamn, 7 vo paccpac tmuin cis(pnad pon Mfde. Maolp(chlamn, mac
Oonnchad Ui Mhaoileaclamnn, an tpear cis(pna oibpide, vo manbadh la
Oomhnall mac Mupchada Ui Mhaoleachlamn. Cpeach vo cud Mup-
éfpcach Ua Ceanbaill, agfpna vepcent Flpnmaige 1 ppeanai’ bneag conur
cappad Orapmarcce Ua Maoileachlainn co ppfpaib Mave 7 Opts, co ccop-
cain Munclhcach Leip, 7 opong ouciplib P(pnmange, co pochaiwe ole. OG
mac Cinerplp U1 €10m vo manbao oUa Plancb(pcang 1 poll oc bun Gaallmi.
Opoicle Ata Cuan 7 opoicle Ata cpoie vo pccatlead la plpab Mive.
Plann 7 an 1ollamabac, va mac Aiméipup Ui Eid vo mapbad la Conéo-
ban Ua pPlaicb(pcans.

Clip Chior, mile céd pice a pé. Clod Ua Movam, eppeop Olinne 0a
loca, [vécc]. Fionn Ua Conangén, aincimnech Ooipe pm pe, vo ecc. Mu-
peoach Ua Cullein, aipcimnec Clocaip, vo manbad la Peanaib Manac.
Concoban Ua Cléimg pean lersinn Cille oapa, [vécc]. Grollapfonam, corm-
apba Péicm,7] Maolopa Ua Comme, paoi Gaoweal1 p(ncup 7 1 mbpeiteam-
nap, mm Upo Paccparce, vécc 1ap natge cogade. Oaimliag Reicclepa
Pol 7 Peaoapn m Apo Macha, vo ponad la hloman Ua nCedacain vo

* Tamhlacht.—Now Tallaght, in the county of

petition. The Annals of Ulster record the fol-

Dublin.

* The daimhliag of Ard-Macha.—“ A. D. 1125.
Quinto Idus Januarii tegulis integré contecta et
restaurauta est ecclesia cathedralis Ardmachana
per Sanctum Celsum, Archiepiscopum ; post-
quam per annos centum triginta non nisi ex
parte fuisset contecta.”—Trias Thaum., p. 300.

¥ Bun-Gaillimhe: i. e. the mouth of the River
Galway.

* The two sons of Ua hEidhin.—This is a re-

lowing events under this year :

“A.D. 1125. The fifth of the Ides of Ja-
nuary was the church of Ardmagh broke in the
roofe, which was covered by Ceallagh, the
Corbe of St. Patrick, being unroofed in an
hundred and thirtie yeares before. Gillbraiti
O’Ruark was drowned in Logh Aillene. Tirlagh
O’Connor went, with great forces, into Meath,
and banished Murogh O’Moyleaghlin out of his
kingdome, soe that insteed of one there were

1126.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1023

died, as became an ecclesiastic, after a good life. Mac Maeilesuthain, chief
lector of the west of Ireland, died at Tamhlacht*. Cineidigh Ua Conaing,
airchinneach of Cill-Dalua, died. On the fifth of the Ides of January, which
fell on Friday, the roof was raised on the great daimhliag of Ard-Macha*, after
having been fully covered with shingles by Ceallach, successor of Patrick, one
hundred and thirty years since it had a complete roof before. An army was
led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair and Tighearnan Ua Ruairc into Meath;
and they deposed Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, and placed three lords over
Meath. Maelseachlainn, son of Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, the third lord
of these, was slain by Domhnall, son of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn. On one
occasion, as Muircheartach Ua Cearbhaill, lord of the south of Fearnmhagh,
went upon a predatory excursion into the territory of the men of Breagha,
. Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, with the men of Meath and Breagha, opposed him;
and Muircheartach was slain by him, and a party of the gentlemen of Fearn-
mhagh, with many others. The two sons of Aineislis-‘Ua hEidhin were slain
in treachery at Bun-Gaillimhe’. The bridge of Ath-Luain and the bridge of
Ath-Croich were destroyed by the men of Meath. Flann and Gillariabhach,
the two sons of Aineislis Ua hEidhin’, were slain by Conchobhar Ua Flaith-
bheartaigh.

The Age of Christ, 1126. Aedh Ua Modain, Bishop of Gleann-da-locha,
died. Finn Ua Conaingen, airchinneach of Doire for a time, died. Muir-
eadhach Ua Cuillein, airchinneach of Clochar, was killed by the Feara-Manach.
Conchobhar Ua Cleirigh, lector of Cill-dara, [died]. Gillafinain, successor
of Feichin, and Maclisa Ua Coinne, the most learned of the Irish in his-
tory, in judicature, and in the Ord-Padraig*, died after good penance. The
church called the Regles of Paul and Peter’, at Ard-Macha, which had been

three kings of Meath, and whereof the third
was slaine within three dayes and three nights
after, by name Maelsaghlin mac Donnell. Mor-
tagh O’Caroll, king of south Fearnmoy, went
to prey upon the people of Bregh, where they
were mett with by Dermott O’Maelsaghlyn,
with his men of Meath, and the men of Bregh,
wherein the said Murtagh was slain, and the
prey restored.” —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* The Ord-Padraig: i.e. the Order of St. Pa-
trick. This is some ecclesiastical code of laws
not now known to exist.—See Genealogies, ¢c.,
of Hy-Fiachrach, pp. 74, 75, note >.

> The Regles of Paul and Peter.—This was the
church belonging to the abbey of SS. Peter and
Paul at Armagh. It is called “ Basilica SS.
Petri et Pauli” by Colgan, who translates this
passage as follows:

1024 GQNNQCa RIOSshachta eiReaNn. (1197.

coippeccad la Cellach, comapba Phacepaice an 12 Callan Nouembep.
Copcac mop Muman co na cfmpall vo lopecad. Enoa, mac Mic Mup-
chada 1. mac Oonncada, pi Largfn, vo écc. Slums la Toippdealbac
Ua cConcobaip, co ccucc pige Gall Ata chat, 7 Laigtn via mac pém vo
Choncobap. Tame ona 1ap pm co ccucc maidm pon Chonbmac Mac Cap-
tars, 1 co po lope a Longpont occ SLE‘ an Chaiclig. Mop lonsponec lap an
jg céona 1 nUpmumain 6 Cugnapad co péil bpigve, 7 po ainec pect ar an
longopc pinUi Conall, pect ele go Moin mo1,7 50 Gl(no Maganp,7 pec co
veipeept Oppaige, 7 po cup an Oppaige 1m Ua cCapécc,7 cus pialla Op-
page oon chun pin. Oomnall Pinn Ua Ouboa, cigeapna Ua nOmalgada,
vo badad 1ap noénam cpece hi cCip Chonall. Anpad cogad méip 1 nEpmn
1 ccoitcinne, sup bo héccfn v0 Cheallac vo comapba Paccpaice, bert mi
pop bladain 1 necemaip Apoa Maca oc pfobuccad pp nEpeann, 7 oc (pail
agla 7 poibépa pon cac eivip tuaie 7 eslaip. Cpeach meabla la Ruaopi
Ua Tumtcain 1 nCinthaib, conup captacap propu Cintip, 7 po lapacc a
nap, 7 po vicfhoad Rud po déipin leo.

Cloip Cmiort, mile céo pice a peacht. Hrollacmorc Ua Maoiledin, abb
comapba Cianam Cluana mic Noip, coban (§na 7 vépence opvain 7 oeacaip
Leite Chun, clon ponupa 7 padbmopa Epeann, vég. Maolmaine Ua Soc-
cain uapal paccane, 7 pnw pfnoip Cfnannpa, Congalach, comanba Cianéan,

“A, D. 1126. Basilica SS. Petri et Pauli
Ardmache extructa per B. Imarum Hua Hoedh-
again, consecrata est per S. Celsum Archiepis-
copum Ardmachanum 12 Calend. Novemb.”—
Trias Thaum., p. 300.

© Sliabh-an-Caithle.—This, which is now obso-
lete, was the name of a mountainous district
near the town of Kilkenny. According to
O’Huidhrin’s topographical poem, the terri-
tory of O’Cearbhaill of Ossory, which adjoined
Ui-Duach, extended from Kilkenny to Sliabh
gCaithle.

-* Moin-moi.This place is unknown to the
Editor.

‘* Gleann- Maghair.—Now Glanmire, near the
city of Cork.

A great storm of war.—This passage is trans-

lated by Colgan as follows:

‘A. D. 1126. Magna belli tempestas per to-
tam Hiberniam Principum factionibus et simul-
tatibus exorta est : ad quam sedendam S. Celsus
Primas Ardmachanus a sua sede spatio unius
anni et mensis abfuit, discordes Principum ani-
mos reconcilians, et regulas pacis et morum
Clero et populo prescribens.”—Trias Thaum.,
p- 300.

& Ua Tuathchair.—Now O’Togher and Toher.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year :

“A. D. 1126, Enna mac Mic Morchaa, king
of Leinster, mortuus est. An army by Tirlagh
O’Connor into Leinster, and he had their
pledges. O’Moylrony, King of Fermanagh, a
suis occisus est. Moylisa O’Conne, chiefe of the

1127.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1025

erected by Imhar Ua hAedhagain, was consecrated by Ceallach, successor of
Patrick, on the 12th of the Calends of November. Corcach-mor of Munster,
with its church, was burned. Enda, the son of Mac Murchadha (i. e. the son
of Donnchadh), King of Leinster, died. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair, and he gave the kingdom of Ath-cliath and Leinster to his
own son, Conchobhar ; he afterwards proceeded [to the South], and defeated
Cormac Mac Carthaigh, and burned his camp at Slabh-an-Caithligh*: The
same king had a great encampment in Ormond, from Lammas till the festival
of Brighit; and he plundered from that camp, on one occasion, Ui-Conaill, and
on another as far as Moin-moi* and to Gleann-Maghair‘, and another as far as
the south of Osraighe ; and he made a slaughter of the Osraighi, together with
Ua Carog, and carried off the hostages of the Osraighi on that occasion.
Domhnall Finn Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha, was drowned, after he
had plundered Tir-Conaill. A great storm of war’ throughout Ireland in
general, so that Ceallach, successor of Patrick, was obliged to be for one month
and a year absent from Ard-Macha, establishing peace among the men of Ire-
land, and promulgating rules and good customs in every district among the
laity and the clergy. A treacherous prey was made by Ruaidhri Ua Tuath-
chair’, in Airtheara; and the men of Airtheara overtook and slaughtered his
people, and Ruaidhri himself was beheaded by them.

The Age of Christ, 1127. Gillachrist Ua Maeleoin, abbot, successor of
Ciaran of Cluain-mic-Nois, fountain of the wisdom, the ornament, and magnifi-
cence of Leath-Chuinn, [and] head of the prosperity and affluence of Ireland,
died. Maelmaire Ua Godain, noble priest and learned senior of Ceanannus ;

Trish in chronicle and judgment, and in St. Pa-
trick’s Order, after great penitence, in Christo
quievit. Great Corke of Mounster, with its
church, burnt. Donell O’Duvda drowned after
making a prey in Tirconnell. A kingly pro-
gress by Tirlagh O’Connor to Dublin, and” [he]
“cave the kingdome of Dublin and Leinster to
his sonn, Connor. A great tempest of warr in
Ireland, that the Coarb of St. Patrick was forced
to be a yeare and a month from Ardmagh,
making peace between Irishmen, and learning”
[recté, teaching] ‘‘good rules and manners to

layty and cleargie. A stealing army by Roary
O’Tuogher, into the east, and the Eastmen met
them, and had their slaughter, and beheaded
himselfe. Mureagh O’Cullen, Archdeacon of
Clogher, killed by Fermanagh. The Damliag of
the reliques” [recté, called the regles, or abbey-
church] ‘‘of Peter and Paul, made by Himar
O’Hegan, was consecrated by Kellagh, Coarb of
Patrick, on the xii, Kal. of November. An
army by Tirlagh O’Connor into Desmond, that
he wasted Glenmayr, and brought many cowes.”
—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

6P

t

1026 anNNata RIoshachta eiReaNn.

(1127.

7 Siolla Chianain Ua Rova, apéimnvech Cunga, [vécc]. Grollacomgarlt
Ua Tuatal, comanba Caoimsin, vo manbad lap na Pontuachaib, Maol-
bnigo0e Ua Ponannam, aincinveach Anoa ppata. Maolbpigoe Ua Cionaoda,
aipcinveach nova Trea, Oomnall Oall Ua Munchada, aipolecnaw Lars fn,
vécc. Mac Conaonaig Ua Maolguipm, aincimveach Rup Cpé, 00 manbad
la h€lb. Scpin Cholaim Chille vo bneré vo Ghallawb Ata cliat leo 1
mbpoio,7 a hionacal vopidipt 1 ccinn mip o1a Cig. Hrollacmope Ua hEicems,
cizeanna Pean Manach 4 Aingiall, vo écc 1 cClocamn mac nOaimine ian
naichnige togaide. Ceanball Mac Paolain vo manbad la hUib Parlge pon
lap Cille vapa co nopums do annadanb 7 mantib ole amaille pmip. Sloaglo
la Toippdealbach Ua cConcobain 00 muip 4 do tin co place Concach mop
Muman, co po cup Conbmac nm LLiopp mop, 7 so po pomn Mumain 1 cept, 4
vobent tmioca siall a Mumaim. Oonnchad, mac Mic Canctharg, vo 1onnap-
baoh 1anam 1 cConnaccaib co picic céd immaille pup la Conbmac Mas
Cantaig, 1an ccocht apa olitpe, 7 pip Muman vo 1ompud an Thoippdeal-
bach. Mop coblach Thommpdealbarg Ui Choncobaip nocact an céd leapcan
an Loch nOeng denc, sup po Fapaig ceanncan Muman. Compac oa coblac
fon Paippse .1. Connaccans, 7 pln Muman, 7 puccpac Connaccarg bua an
cachaighte hipm. Cat ercip Ulcab buddém 1 cconcnacan oa pig Ulad 1.
Qed Ua Matsgamna, 7 Niall, mac Oumnplébe Ui Eochada,7 ap Ulad mm

» Cunga.— Otherwise written Conga, now
Cong, in the barony of Kilmaine, and county of
Mayo, where St. Feichin erected a monastery in
the seventh century.—See Archdall’s Monasticon
Hibernicum, p. 498.

‘Ard-Trea: i. e. the church of Trea. Now
Ardtrea, near Lough Neagh, in the barony of
Loughinsholin, county of Londonderry. Ac-
cording to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, and Col-
gan’s Trias Thaum., p. 183, the virgin St. Trea,
or Treagha, the daughter of Cairthenn, son of
Ere, son of Eochaidh, son of Colla Uais, was
venerated here on the 3rd of August.

* Domhnall Dall Ua Murchadha,—This would
now be anglicised Blind Daniel Murphy.

' He drove Cormac to Lis-mor.—This Cormac
is usually called a king-bishop—See Petrie’s

Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 302-308, where
the question is discussed as to whether he was
bishop as well as king of Cashel.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A, D. 1127. An army by Tirlagh O’Connor
into Desmond, that he wasted Corkmor in Mun-
ster, and brought all the pledges of Mounster.
The Eastmen” [ Airtheara, Orientales, i. e. inha-
bitants of Orior.—Ep.] “ took Tyflinn of the
Mac Synnachs” [recté, took the house of Flann
Mac Sinnaigh] “in Tryan-Saxan” [at Armagh]
‘*upon Ragnall Mac Rewye, in Shrovtyde, and
beheaded him. A battle betweene Ustermen
themselves, where both their kings, Nell mac
Dunleve, and Eocha Mac Mahon, were slain in
the pursuit” [1 pmeguin, recte, in the heat of

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Brith aeear pawiah eos

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1127.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1027

Conghalach, successor of Cianan ; Gillachiarain Ua Roda, airchinneach of Cunga®,
[died]. Gillachomhghaill Ua Tuathail, successor of Caeimhghin, was killed by
the Fortuatha. Maelbrighde Ua Forannain, airchinneach of Ard-sratha; Mael-
brighde Ua Cinaedha, airchinneach of Ard-Trea‘; and Domhnall Dall Ua Mur-
chadha*, chief sage of Leinster, died. Mac Conaenaigh Ua Maelguirm, airchin-
neach of Ros-Cre, was killed by the Eli. The shrine of Colum-Cille was car-
ried off into captivity by the foreigners of Ath-cliath, and was restored again to
its house at the end of a month. Gillachrist Ua hEignigh, lord of Feara-
Manach and Airghialla, died at Clochar-mac-Daimhine, after good penance.
Cearbhall Mac Faelain was killed by the Ui-Failghe, in the middle of Cill-
dara, with some of his servants and chieftains along with him. An army was
led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, by sea and land, until he reached
Corcach-mor, in Munster; and he drove Cormac to Lis-mor', and divided Mun-
ster into three parts, and he carried off thirty hostages from Munster.
chadh, the son of Mac Carthaigh, was afterwards expelled into Connaught, with
two thousand along with him, by Cormac Mac Carthaigh, after returning from
his pilgrimage ; and the men of Munster turned against Toirdhealbhach. The
great fleet of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, consisting of one hundred and
ninety vessels, upon Loch Deirgdheirc ; and he devastated the adjoining can-
treds of Munster. The fight of two fleets at sea, namely, the Connaughtmen
and the men of Munster; and the Connaughtmen gained the victory in that
battle. A battle between the Ulidians themselves, in which two kings of
Ulidia were slain, namely, Aedh Ua Mathghamhna, and Niall, son of Donns-
leibhe Ua hEochadha; and a slaughter was made of the Ulidians along

Donn-

the conflict] “with the slaughter of Ulster
about them. Gillchrist O’Hegny, king of
Fermanagh, and Archking of Argialls, died at
Clogher, after due penitence. The men of
Mounster and Leinster revolted againe against
Tirlagh O’Connor, having no respect to their
pledges, and his son deposed by Leinster and Galls
through. misdemeanors of Danyell O'Fylan, king
of Ely. Carroll O’Fylan, and the slaughter of
Ely about him, by the O’Falies” [recté, and his
son was deposed by the Leinstermen and the
Galls, who elected another king over them,

namely, Donnell, the son of Mac Faelain. Cear-
bhall, the son of Mac Faelain, and a slaughter
of the Ui-Faelain about him, fell by the Ui-
Failghe], ‘‘ within Kildare, defending the Coarb-
ship of St. Bridgett. Taillte, Morogh O’Me-
laghlin’s daughter, died. Moylbride O’Farannan,
Airchinnech of Ardsraha; Moylbride O’Kineth,
Airchinnech of Ardtrea, in good penitence,
mortuus est. Gilchrist O’Moyleoin, Coarb of
Kyaran of Clon-mic-Nois, the best of all Air-
chinnechs in the churches of Ireland, zn Christo
quievit.””—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

6P2

1028 annaza Rioshachta erReann.

(1128.

marlle pniu. Mupcad Ua Maolplchlamn vo metpfogad, 7 Oomnall a mac
vo gabmil a iona. Oorhnall vo mépsad pia ccd parte, 7 Oiapmaio
Ua Maoleaclamn vo sabarl a ronan.

Coir Cpforc, mile céo fiche a hochc. MWMumps(p Ua Nioc, comanba lap-
laite Tuama va sualann pi pé, vécc 1 nImp. in Shoill. Conams Ua berce-
leiginn, abb Cfnannpa, vo écc. Grollapaccpaice Ua Catal, comanba
Caoimsin, 00 manbad 1 nGlionn va Loca la Largmib. GHiollacpuimtin Ppaoic
mac Scolonge, comanba beanaig Cluana Conpti, Ua bandin, comanba Cpé-
nan Rup Cpe, Mac Mapay Ua Reabacain, comapba Mocuva, Giolla
Chhanain mac Giollaomb Uf Opaova, aincimneach Cunga, Cemnéicrig
Ua Consail, aipcinneach Lip aorohead Cluana mic Noip, Giolla an combed,
mac Mic Cumn, canary: abba Cluana mic Nop, pni pé,7 Pinganc, anm-
chana Copcumdpuan, vécc. Cennéiccig, mac Cloda mic Oumpléibe, pi
Ulad, 00 mapbhavh. Pip Marge hlte, 1m Oomnall Ua nGoipmleaghan, vo
sabail cise pon Fhaolan Ua Ourboana pop asfpna Rp Manac, 7 a turcim
les’co nopuing vo mati’ Ph(pmanach ina pappad. Maidm Aca Phipdiad
ya mancpluay Concobain mac meic Loclain pop mancpluag Tig(pnain
Ui Ruane, 1 ccopcain Ua Cianpda, cis (pna Caipppe,7 Catal Ua Ragalhs,
Sicmuce Ua Maoilbnigve, mac Coda Ui Ofboa, cig(pna Ua nOmalgada, 4
yocharde oile amanlle pniu a nofogail ems Phaccpaice. Cpeachplumss la
Concoban mac meric Lochlainn, cig(pna Cheneorl Eogam, 7 la Ol nCnarde,
7 la hCipngiallaib 1 Marg Coba, co ccugpac sialla Ua n€achoach. Tiagaio
ape co hCint(hp Mhoe,7 co plhab Speag,7 po pagaibmiot opeam dia
mumntip ann. Cpeachpluaigo la Coinpdealbac Ua Concobaip Wlaigmb,
co plop aipicc co mép, uaip po cimeill Cargen laim pi paincce co poct co
hd chat. Ap von cploiglo ipm concain Ua Gadpa, cig(pna Cwgne, 7 ~
pochawe ele cen mo tapom. Sith mbliadna vo dénam vo Cheallac, com-

™ Tnis-an-Ghoill: 1. e. the Island of the Fo-
reigner, now Inchagoill, or Inchaguile, an island
in Lough Corrib, in the county of Galway,

" Ua Goirmleaghaidh.—Now O’Gormley, and
more generally Gormley, without the prefix Ua
or O°.

situated nearly midway between Oughterard
and Cong, and belonging to Cong parish.—See
O’Flaherty’s Chorographical Description of West
Connaught, p. 24; and Petrie’s Round Towers
of Ireland, pp. 161, 162.

° Cathal Ua Raghailligh._This name would
now be anglicised Cahill or Charles O’Reilly.

® Aedh Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha :
anglicé Hugh O’Dowda, lord of Tirawley.

° In revenge of Patrick's protection.—The Four

1128.} ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1029

with them: Murchadh Ua Maelseachlainn was deposed, and Domhnall, his son,
assumed his place. Domhnall was deposed at the end of a month, and Diar-
maid Ua Maeleachlainn assumed his place.

The Age of Christ, 1128. Muirgheas O’Nioc, successor of Iarlath of
Tuaim-da-ghualann for a time, died on Inis-an-Ghoill™. Conaing Ua Beg-
leighinn, Abbot of Ceanannus, died. Gillaphadraig Ua Cathail, successor of
Caemhghin, was killed at Gleann-da-locha, by the Leinstermen. Gillacruimh-
thirfraeich Mac Scolaighe, successor of Bearach of Cluain-coirpthe ; Ua Banain,
successor of Cronan of Ros-Cre ; Mac-Maras Ua Reabhachain, successor of
Mochuda; Gillachiarain, son of Gilladubh Ua Draeda, airchinneach of Cunga;
Ceinneidigh Ua Conghail, airchinneach of Lis-aeidheadh at Cluain-mic-Nois ;
Gilla-an-choimhdheadh, son of Mac Cuinn, Tanist-abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois for
a time ; and Fingart, anmchara of Corcumdhruadh, died. Ceinneidigh, son of
Aedh Mac Duinnsleibhe, King of Ulidia, was killed. The men of Magh-Itha,
with Domhnall Ua Goirmleaghaidh’, forcibly entered a house upon Faelan Ua
Duibhdara, lord of Feara-Manach; and slew him and a party of the chiefs of
Feara-Manach along with him. The battle of Ath-Fhirdhiadh was gained by the
cavalry of Conchobhar, the son of Mac Lochlainn, over the cavalry of Tighearnan
Ua Ruairc, where Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre ; Cathal Ua Raghailligh’; Sitriuc
Ua Maelbrighde ; the son of Aedh Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha?; and
many others along with them, were slain, in revenge of [the violation] Patrick’s
protection’. A plundering army was led by Conchobhar, the son of Mac Loch-
lainn, lord of Cinel-Eoghain ; by the Dal-Araidhe, and the Airghialla, into Magh-
Cobha; and they carried off the hostages of the Ui-Eathach. They proceeded
from thence to East Meath, and to the Feara-Breagh, and left some of their
people there. A plundering army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair
into Leinster, which he plundered far and wide, for he went round Leinster
along by the sea, until he arrived at Ath-cliath. On this expedition Ua Gadhra,
lord of Luighne’, was slain, and many others besides him. A year's peace was
made by Ceallach, successor of Patrick, between the Connaughtmen and the men

Masters have, perhaps intentionally, omitted to of Ulster, pp. 1030, 1031, infra.

notice a sacrilegious attack made in this year * Ua Gadhra, lord of Luighne.—This name
by Tighearnan O’Ruaire, upon the successor of would now be written, in English, O’Gara, lord
St. Patrick.—See it supplied from the Annals of Leyny.

1030 aNNatCa RIOshachta Eireann.

(1129.

anba Paccpaice etm Connaccarb 7 pfpab Muman. Tarllein, mgpfn Mup-
chad Ui Mhaoileaclamn, b(n Toippdealbarg Ui Chonchobaip, vécc. Oom-
nall mac an Ghillepinn mic Mic Uallacham, caoipeach muimnmipe Crone,
vo manbad oUa Mavadéin. Moin cpeac la Connaccarb 1 pPeapnmarg, 7
po oinecplo an cin,7 Lagmad,7 vo pocaccan don, pochaide oibpium la Cocall,
mac MWhic Sinan, 7 la pfpaib Pepnmaige. Magnup mac Mic Loclainn, cig (pna
Chenéil n€ogain 4 an cuaipceint, 00 manbad la Cenel cConaill,7 la Cenél
Moern.

Coip Crfopc, mle céd pice a nao. Maolbpigve Ua Plannain, ancoipe
dipp mop, Grollacolmain Ua Ceallang uapal pagapc Oeapmaige Cholaim
Chille, Mac Muinsfpa ph lerginn PCpna, 7 Ua Orapmava, comapba Cpo-
nain Ruip Cné, 0€5. Teac Choluim Cille 1 cCill mic Nénam vo gabal oUa
Taincent pop Hod mac Catbainp Ui Oomnanll, 7 a lopccad pain. Caemcluoh
cisfna la Cenel n€ogain 1. Magnup 1 monao Conchobarp. “Magnup om,
vo mapbad pa ccionn pate vo Chenel cConaill 7 oUa Gaipmleadarg 7 vo
Cenel Moem, 7 Concoban vo pfogad vomdipt.. Matgamain, mac Mumetp-
cag Ui Shmam, vécc. Plann Ua Ceallang, cigfpna pean mbnes, 7 Murp-
é(pcach Ua Concubaip, piosdamna Ua pPailse, v0 mapbad vo pfpab Pfpn-
mange. Niall Ua Cpfocam, aigfina Ua Piacpach Apoa ppata, vo manbad
la hUnib Cenneioig. Grollacmorc hUa hUiwpin, corpeac Cenél Peanadans,
vo lopecad 1 ccs a alcpann 1 cCin Manachi meabal. Conplén Aca Cuan

* Mac Uallachan.—Now Mac Cuolaghan, and
Cuolahan, without the Jfa.—See Tribes and
Customs of Hy-Many, p. 41, and from p. 183 to
p- 188. The Annals of Ulster record the follow-
‘ ing events under this year :

“A.D. 1128, Bisextus et Embolismaticus an-
nus. ‘The men of Moyyth tooke house upon the

king of O-Namalga, e¢ alit multi. Murges
O’Nick, Airchinnech of Tomdagualann, died at
Inis-Gall. A most filthy act, that deserved the
curse ofall Ireland, both spiritual and temporal],
that the like was never seene in Ireland, com-
mitted by Tiernan O’Roirk and the O-Briuins.
The Coarb of Patrick, with his company, was
robbed, and some of them killed, and one of his
owne clergie among them. The hurt that came
of this evill act” [is] ‘‘ that there is noe saufty”

king of Fermannagh, Fylan O’Duvdara, and he
was slaine by them, and a nomber of the good
men of Fermannagh. Gilpatrick mac Tothal,

Coarb of Coemgen, killed by the O’Mureais, in
the midest of Glindalogh. An overthrow by
the horsemen of Conor Mac Loghlin on the
horsemen of Tiernan O’Roirk, where fell O’Ci-
array, king of Carbry, and Cathel O’Rogelly,
and Sitrick O’Moelbride, and Hugh O’Duuday,

[to be] ‘‘in Ireland from thenceforth untill this
evill deed be revenged by God and man. This
dishonor given to the Coarb of Patrick is all
one and to dishonor God” [recte, Christ, or the
Lord], “for God” [recte, the Lord, or Christ],
“himself said in the Gospell: ‘qui vos spernit

1129.)

of Munster. Tailltin, daughter of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, and wife of
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, died. Domhnall, son of Gillafinn, son of Mac
Uallachain’, chief of Muinntir-Chinaith, was slain by Ua Madadhain. A great
predatory excursion was committed by the Connaughtmen in Fearnmhagh, and
they plundered the country and [the monastery of] Lughmhadh ; and numbers
of them were slain by Cochall, son of Mac Seanain, and the men of Fearnmhagh.
Maghnus, the son of Mac Lochlainn, lord of Cinel-Eoghain and of the North,
was slain by the Cinel-Conaill and the Cinel-Moein.

The Age of Christ, 1129. Maelbrighde Ua Flannain, anchorite of Lis-mor ;
Gillacolmain Ua Ceallaigh, noble priest of Dearmhach-Choluim-Chille ; Mac
Muirgheasa, lector of Fearna ; and Ua Diarmada, successor of Cronan of Ros-
Cre, died. The house of Colum-Cille at Cill-mic-Nenain‘ was [forcibly] taken,
by Ua Tairchert, from Aedh, son of Cathbharr Ua Domhnaill, and it was
burned over him. A change of lords by the Cinel-Eoghain, namely, Maghnus
in the place of Conchobhar ; but Maghnus was slain, before the expiration of
three months, by the Cinel-Conaill, O’Goirmleadhaigh, and the Cinel-Moein ;
and Conchobhar was again set up as king. Mathghamhain, son of Muirchear-
tach Ua Briain, died. Flann Ua Ceallaigh, lord of the men of Breagha, and
Muircheartach Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Ui-Failghe, were killed by the
men of Fearnmhagh. Niall Ua Crichain, lord of Ui-Fiachrach of Ard-sratha,
was killed by the Ui-Cenneidigh". Gillachrist Ua hUidhrin, chief of Cinel-
Fearadhaigh, was burned by treachery, in the house of his fosterage, in Tir-

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1031

from I-Egha. They tourned then upon theire
left hand to Firbrea, and left some of their men
there, and comitted wickednes before God and
man, viz., the burninge of Trim, with the

me spernit, et qui me spernit spernit ewm qui me
misit? An army by Tirlagh O’Conor into Lein-
ster, to Wicklo” [recte, Loch Carman, i. e. Wex-
ford], “from thence about Leinster to Dublin,

and praied many that way, and from Dublin to
his house. The defame of that is to Tiernan
O’Roirk. An army by Manus and the men of
Fernmoy to Tirbriuin, and brought great booties.
Tiernan, with I-Briuin and many others, over-
tooke them at Ardy, where they gave battle,
and Tiernan and his I-Briuin were put to flight,
and three or four hundred of them were, as a
beginning, killed through Patrick. An army by
Connor O?Loghlin, and Tirone, and Dalaray, and
Airgiall, into Macova, and they brought hostages

churches, and many martirized in it: Non im-
petrata pace Dei vel hominum retro ambulaverunt.
Peace for a yeare and a halfe made by the Coarb
of Patricke, between Connaght and Mounster.”
—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Cill-mic-Nenain : i.e. church of the son of
Nenan, now Kilmacrenan, in the county of
Donegal.

u The Ui-Cenneidigh : i.e. the inhabitants of
the territory now the barony of Tirkennedy,
in the county of Fermanagh.

aNNata RIOshachta eiReaNnn.

1032 (1129.

do Hénam, 7] an oporceac do tosbail la Toimpdealbac Ua cConcobaip 1 par-
pad na bliadna po... pampad an canta. CAledip im vaimliag mop hh cCluain
mic Noir 00 popemugavd, 7 peoid vo bneit eipce 1. Cappacan cempail Sol-
man tuccad 6 Mhaoleaclamn mac Oomnaill, Cuoin Oonnchada mic Floinn,
7 na tpi peoict cus Toippdealbarc Ua Concobaip .1. blewe ainecice, 7 copan
aipccld co ccpoip 6in tamp, 7 conn Fo nop, 7 conn hUi Riava, ms Apa, 7
caileac aipccio co Fpopnermh oin pain cona cfpe 6 ingen Rua Ui Conco-
bain, 7 copan ainccio Cellars, comanba Paccnaicc. Ciandn van 6 pugaice
oia ppoillpiuccad 1anam. Ceallach, comanba Phacpaice, mac orge, 7 aip-
veppus i1aptain Coppa, aeincfnn po mapmgypioce Holl, 7 GHaoiwil laoic, 7
clenig Eneann, ian noiponead eprcop, pacant,] aopa Zaca spaid ancina, 1ap
ccoippeccad teampall, 7 peilgf momda, 1ap cciodnacal péd 7 maoine, 1ap
nfpal mragla 7 poibep an cac etip tuat,7 ecclaip, ian mbf(chao aomtis,
epnaigtig, celeabancad, oipppeanvaib, ian nongad7 ian naitpisge coccade, po
paid a ppipac oo cum nme in Apo Paccpaice 1pin Mumam an céd la oAppil

* Tir-Manach.—Now Fermanagh.

* The altar of the great church of Cluain-mic-
Nois.—This passage is given in Connell Ma-
geoghegan’s translation of the Annals of Clon-
macnoise, as follows:

“ A.D. 1129. The great alter at Clonvicknose
was robbed this year, and many jewells sacri-
legiously taken from thence, viz., Kearnaghan
of Sollomon’s Temple, which King Moyleseagh-
lyn bequeathed to that church; the standing
cupp of Donnogh mac Flyn; the three jewells
that King Terlagh gave to that church, viz, a
cupp of silver, a guilt Crosse, and another
jewell; a silver chalice, marked with the stamp
of the daughter of Rowrie O’Connor; and a
cupp of silver, which Ceallagh, primatt of Ard-
mach, bestowed on the church. The clergy of
Clone made incessant prayers to God and St.
Keyran to be a meane for the revelation of the
party that tooke away the said jewells.”

* Ceallach.—This passage is translated .by
Colgan as follows : P

“A, D. 1129. S. Celsus Archiepiscopus Ard-

machanus, occidentalis Europe Primas, vir il-
libate castimonie, et unicus cujus arbitrio
Hiberni et extere gentes, Clerus et populus
Hibernie erant contenti; post multos ordinatos
Episcopos, Presbyteros, et diversorum graduum
Clericos; post multas Basilicds, Ecclesias, et
Cemeteria consecrata; post multas et magnas
eleemosynas, et pias elargitiones ; post regulas
morum Clero et pacis populo prescriptas ; post
vitam in jejuniis, orationibus, predicationibus,
missarum celebratione et id generis variis pie-
tatis officiis transactam ; sacramentis Penitentie
et Extreme Unctionis premunitus, anno etatis
sug quinquagesimo, in Momonia, locoque Ard-
Patruic dicto spiritum celo reddidit, primo die
Aprilis. Cujus verO corpus feria quarta se-
quenti ductum est Lismorum 8. Mochude ibi
sepeliendum, juxta ipsius testamentum : ibique
feria quinta sequenti, cum psalmis, hymnis, et
canticis in Sanctuario Episcoporum vulgo ap-
pellato, honorificé sepultum est. In ejus vero
locum in sede Ardmachano sufficitur (vel ve-
rius intruditur) Murchertachus, seu Mauritius,

mies Tere tenets lt eg EEA RES A ccs

:
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4
si
t

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Yi

1129.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

Manach”. ‘The castle of Ath-Luain and the bridge were erected by Toirdheal-
bhach Ua Conchobhair in the summer of this year, i.e. the summer of the
drought. The altar of the great church of Cluain-mic-Nois* was robbed, and
jewels were carried off from thence, namely, the carracan [model] of Solomon’s
Temple, which had been presented by Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall ; the
Cudin [Catinum] of Donnchadh, son of Flann; and the three jewels which
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair had presented, i.e. a silver goblet, a silver
cup with a gold cross over it, and a drinking-horn with gold; the drinking-
horn of Ua Riada, King of Aradh ; a silver chalice, with a burnishing of gold
upon it, with an engraving by the daughter of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair ; and
.the silver cup of Ceallach, successor of Patrick. But Ciaran, from whom they
were stolen, afterwards revealed them. Ceallach’, successor of Patrick, a son
of purity, and Archbishop of the west of Europe, the only head whom the
foreigners and Irish of Ireland, both laity and clergy, obeyed; after having
ordained bishops, priests, and persons of every degree ; after having consecrated
many churches and cemeteries ; after having bestowed jewels and wealth ; after
having established rules and good morals among all, both laity and clergy ;
after having spent a life of fusting, prayer, and mass-celebration ; after unction
and good penance, resigned his spirit to heaven, at Ard-Padraig, in Munster, on

1033

Amalgadii filius.’—7Z7ias Thaum., pp. 300, 301.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A.D. 1129. Makmaras O’Reboghan, Air-
chinnech of Lismore” [died]. ‘* Gillmochonna
O’Duvdirma killed by Ulster,” [on Inis Toiti,
now Church Island, in Lough Beg, near Toome
Bridge, county Londonderry.—Ep. ] ‘“ Kellagh,
Coarb of Patrick, chief and Archbushop of the
west of Europe, and the only pleasinge” [to]
“Trish and English” [recté, Galls or Danes], ‘‘ lay
and clergy, after grading” [i.e. ordaining] “ bu-
shop, priest, and all degrees, and after conse-
crating of churches and churchyardes many,
and bestowinge of jewells and goods, and gev-
inge good rules and manners to all spirituall
and temporall, endinge a life in fastinge and
prayer, ointment and penance, he gave up his

spirit into the bosom of angells and archangells,
at Ardpatricke, in Mounster, in the Kal. of
Aprill, and in the 24th yeare of his abbotship,
and in the 50th yeare of his age. His body was
caried the 3rd of Aprill to Lismore, according to
his will, and was served” { waked] “‘ with Salmes,
hymnes, and canticles, and buried in the bu-
shop’s buriall, in Prid. Non. April. the fifth
day. Murtagh mac Donell chosen in Patrick’s
Coarbship in Non. April. The house of Colum-
kill, at Killmicnenan, taken by O’Tarkert upon
Hugh mac Cathbair O’Donell, and” [he was]
“burnt by him. The castle of Athlone made by
Tirlagh O’Conor. Gilchrist Mac Uirin, chief of
Kindred-Feragh, burnt in his fosterer’s house,
in Fermanagh, murtherously. Nell O’Krighan,
king of O-Fiachrach of Ardsraha, killed by the
Kennedyes,”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49,

6 Q

1034 ANNata RIOSshachta eiReaNnn. (1130.

oa Luain vo ponnpad ip caeccacmad bhadain a aap. Rusad tha a conp
via adnacal ip ccévaom ap ccind F0 Lior mop Mocioa vo pein a tiomna
budvem, 7 po pmotamlo co ppalmaib, 7 mmnaib, 7 cancicib, 7 po hadnaicld
co hononac 1 molad na neppcop Oia Oapoaom apnabapach. Muipncfpeach,
mac Oomnaill, voiponead hf ccomapbup Paccpaice ianpin.

Cloip Cpiorc, mile cé0 tmocha. Sono Cholaim Chille cona teamplaib,
7 monoaib vo lopccavh. Coclamn Ua Maolpuanawd, pfosdamna Ulad, vo
mapbad. Cuaipne Ua Concobaip, mg(pna Ua paige, v0 écc. §Hrolla
Cualann mac merc Otngarle, TiZ(mna Ua mbpiiin Cualann, vo mapnbad la
a bnatpb. Orapmaice Ua Pollamam, caoipeac Clomne hUazcaé, 7 Goll-
cluana (1. G1ollapacpaice) Ua hOtpeaccang, ollam laptaip Mide 1 pildecc,
véce. Seo Cluana mic Nop opollpugad pon Shallai’ Cuimms ian na
ngo10 vo Hhiollacomgain. GHiollacomgain péippn do cnochad1 nOanCluana
bhmamn la pig Muman, ap na tapblpc la Concoban Ua mbpiam. Ro pin
tha an Giollacomsaim pom Concac, Lior mép,7 Ponclainge vo dol cap muip.
In long 1 pagbad ionad ni pagbad Zaoit peolca,7 po seiboipr na longa ele
anceana. Ocitbip 6n ap no poptad Cianan an luing 1 ccpallad pom ceacc
caImyp, 7 do pcopom ina coibpenaib ppi bap co narcls Crapnan co na bacaill ac
poptcad gaca lunge ina ccmallad. Ro monad tna amm O0é 4 Cianaéin ve pin.
Sloig lo la hUa Caclam 1. Conéobap, mac Oornnall, 7 14 cumpeenc Eneann
mo Ullcaib. Ro tionailpecc Ulaid vo tabaint cata oé1b. O po comporceprs
cac dia poile o1b pecan 1omanp(ce aammin (conpa. Ro meabad pon Ullcaib
Fodedd,7 po lad a nap im Cod Ua Lomsnig cagsCpna Oal nApnarde, 1m Siolla-
paccpaic mac Seannas, cig(pna Ohal mbuinne, 1m Oubpailbe mac Ancann,

* Cuaifne.—He was the son of Muircheartach,
son of Conghalach, son of Donnsleibhe, son of
Brogarbhan, chief of Ui-Failghe, who was slain
at the battle of Clontarf, A. D. 1014.

* Diarmaid Ua Follamhain, §e.—‘ A. D. 1130.
Dermott O’Fallawyn, chieftaine of Klynodagh,
and Gall-Clwana, otherwise named Gillepatrick,
chief poet of West Meath, died.”—Ann. Clon.

° The jewels of Cluain-mic-Nois.—This passage
is given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise as fol-
lows :

“A. D, 1130. The jewells that were stollen

from out the church of Clonvicknose were
found with one Gillecowgan, a Dane of Lim-
brick. The said Gillecowgan was apprehended
by Connor O’Bryen, and by him delivered over
to the family of Clonvicknose, who, at the time
of his arraignment, confessed openly that he
was at Cork, Lismore, and Waterford, expecting
for wind to goe over seas with the said jewells;
all the other passengers and shipps passed with
good gales of wynde out of the said townes, save
only Gillecowgan, who said as soone as he wou’d
enter a shipp-board any shipp he saw St. Key-

1130.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1035

the first day of April, on Monday precisely, in the fiftieth year of his age. His
body was conveyed for interment, on the Wednesday following, to Lis-mor-
Mochuda, in accordance with his own will; it was waked with psalms, hymns,
and canticles, and interred with honour in the tomb of the bishops, on the
Thursday following. Muircheartach, son of Domhnall, was appointed to the
successorship of Patrick afterwards.

The Age of Christ, 1130. Sord-Choluim-Chille, with its churches and
relics, was burned. Lochlainn Ua Maelruanaidh, royal heir of Ulidia, was killed.
Cuaifne* Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, died. Gillacualann, grandson of
Dunghaile, lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualann, was killed by his brethren. Diarmaid
Ua Follamhain’, chief of Clann-Uadach ; and Goll-Cluana, 1. e. Gillaphadraig
Ua hAireachtaigh, ollamh of West Meath in poetry, died. The jewels of Cluain-
mic-Nois® were revealed against the foreigners of Luimneach, they having been
stolen by Gillacomhgain. Gillacomhgain himself was hanged at the fort of Cluain-
Bhriain’, by the King of Munster, he having been delivered up by Conchobhar
Ua Briain. This Gillacomhgain sought Corcach, Lis-mor, and Port-Lairge, to
proceed over sea; but no ship into which he entered found a wind to sail,
while all the other ships did [get favourable wind]. This was no wonder,
indeed, for Ciaran used to stop every ship in which he attempted to escape;
and he said in his confessions at his death, that he used to see Ciaran, with his
crozier, stopping every ship into which he went. The name of God and Ciaran
was magnified by this. An army was led by Ua Lochlainn into Ulidia. The
Ulidians assembled to give them battle. When they approached each other, a
fierce battle was fought between them. The Ulidians were finally defeated and
slaughtered, together with Aedh Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe ; Gilla-
phadraig Mac Searraigh, lord of Dal-Buinne*; Dubhrailbhe Mac Artain ; and

4 Dal-Buinne: i.e. the race of Buinne, son of
Fergus Mac Roich, King of Ulster. This was
the name of a deanery in Colgan’s time. It
embraced a tract of country lying on either side

ran, with his staff, or Bachall, return the ship
back again untill he was so taken. This much
he confessed at the time of the putting of him
to death by the said family.”

© Cluain-Bhriain: i.e. the Fort of Brian’s
Lawn or Meadow, now anglicé Cloonbrien, a
townland in the parish of Athlacca, near Bruff,
in the county of Limerick.—See the Ordnance
Survey of that county, sheet 39.

of the River Lagan, from Spencer’s Bridge, near
Moira, in the county of Down, to Drum Bridge,
near Belfast.—See Colgan’s Zrias Th., pp. 182,
183; and Reeves’s Kcclestastical Antiquities of
Down and Connor, §c., pp. 44, 233.

6Q2

1036 aNNaca RIOSshachta eiReEGNnN.

[1131.

co nopoing ole cen mo cat pom, 7 mopit an cin co haintf{p na hCApoa ecin
cuait 7 cill, 7 cucpac mile vo bnaic,7 ilmile vo buab, 7 veacab. CTeccaic
mate Ulad imo ccis(pnadanbh ian yin co hOpo Maca 1 ccomdal Chonéo-
bain co nofpnpace pich,7 comh luighe,7 co prancceabroc gialla lap.
Compiup la Toippdealbach Ua cConcoban co macht co Topas, 7 po aipce
Ror ngmll. Compiup eile oan, lerp 1 nNOfpmumann, 7 po aipce Oaipbm ule,
7 Imp moip. Catpaomead pa Tigfpnan Ua Ruane 7 ma nUib Omum 1
Sleib Huaine pon pfpab Midve, oa 1 cconcaip Oranmaice Ua Maoil(chlainn,
pi Timpac,7 Amlaoib, mac Mic Shain, cis (pna Garling,7 Oengup Ua Caoin-
velbam, ci5fpna Ua Laogaine, mac Mic Hiollapulancans, cig(pna veipceipe
bps, opons ole nac aipmmtip.
cnoa, deancnorb, 7 ublaib.

Cloip Cpiopc, mile céd tmiocha a haon. Maoiliopa Ua Poslada, ampv-
eppeop Caipl,7 Mumpcefpcach Ua hlnoneaccang, comanba Comgaill, vécc
1nQnv Maca an tneap la DOctobep. Oubcoblang, gn Ruan na Sowe
bude Ui Choncobain bth cigfpna Luigne vég. Cpeachpluaigf la Toipp-
vealbac Ua Concobaip, 7 la cmgead Connace 1 Mumain, 50 po ainecpet
Ui Conall Gabna. Sluaigead la Concoban Ua mba, 7 la par’ Muman
1 Caigmb,7 po sabpac a ngialla. Coccan rappin: Mode, 7 po ampsplc imp
Loca Semvigde. Compaicit a mancpluas, 7 mancpluag Connacc. Spaoin-
cp pon mancpluag Connacc, 7 concain mac Conconnacc Ui Concobain von
cup pin, 7 an Pfpoana Ua Cantarg 1. ollam Connaéc. Slog fo la Concoban

Meap mop ap na hub cnanoaib ecip

‘Ard: i.e. Ard-Uladh, now the Ards, in
the east of the county of Down.

' Torach : i.e. Tory Island, off the north coast
of the county of Donegal.

* Ros-Guill—This name is still preserved,
and is applied to the north-western portion of
the parish of Mevagh, barony of Kilmacrenan,
and county of Donegal.—See note , under A. D.
718, p. 317, supra.

" Dairbri.—This is the ancient and present
Irish name of the Island of Valencia, in the ba-
rony of Iveragh, and county of Kerry.—See
Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 47, note *.

* Inis-mor.—Now the Great Island, near the

city of Cork, otherwise called Oilean-mor-Arda-

Neimhidh.

* Sliabh- Guaire—A mountainous district in
the barony of Clankee, county of Cavan.—See
note *, under A. M. 2859, p. 11, supra.

The Annals of Ulster record the following
events under this year:

“A, D. 1130. Swordes, with the church, and
many reliques, burnt. Cuaifne O’Connor, king
of Offaly, mortuus est. Awley mac Senan, king
of Gaileng; Eneas O’Kinelvan, king of Loeguire,
and a number of his good men killed by the men
of Brefny, at Slewgoary. A battle betweene
Scottsmen and the men of Moreb, where 4000 of

1131.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1037

many others besides them : and they plundered the country as far as the east
of Ard‘, both lay and ecclesiastical property, and they carried off a thousand
prisoners, and many thousand cows and horses. The chief men of Ulidia, with
their lords, afterwards came to Ard-Macha, to meet Conchobhar ; and they
made peace, and took mutual oaths, and they left hostages with him. Toir-
dhealbhach Ua Conchobhair proceeded with a fleet as far as Torach’, and
plundered Ros-Guill*. He brought another fleet to Desmond, and plundered
all Dairbhri® and Inis-mor’. A battle was gained at Sliabh-Guaire* by Tighear-
nan Ua Ruairc and the Ui-Briuin, over the men of Meath, wherein were slain
Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair ; Amhlaeibh, son of Mac Sea-
nain, lord of Gaileanga ; Oenghus Ua Caindealbhain, lord of Ui-Laeghaire ; the
son of Mac Gillafhulartaigh, lord of South Breagha, and others not enumerated.
Great fruit upon all trees, both nuts, acorns, and apples.

The Age of Christ, 1131. Maelisa Ua Foghladha', Archbishop of Caiseal,
[died]; and Muircheartach Ua hInnreachtaigh, successor of Comhghall, died
at Ard-Macha on the third day of October. Dubhchobhlaigh, daughter of
Ruaidhri na Soighe Buidhe Ua Conchobhair, lady of Luighne, died. A plun-
dering army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, and the people of the
province of Connaught, into Munster ; and they plundered Ui-Conaill-Gabhra.
An army was led by Conchobhar Ua Briain and the men of Munster into Lein-
ster, and took its hostages. They afterwards proceeded into Meath, and plun-
dered the island of Loch-Semhdighdhe™. Their cavalry engaged the cavalry of
Connaught. The cavalry of Connaught were defeated, and the son of Cuchon-
nacht Ua Conchobhair, and Feardana Ua Carthaigh, chief poet of Connaught,

fell in the engagement.

the men of Moreb, with their king, were slayne.
Eneas, son to Lulaye’s daughter, killed 1000
Scotts in a retyre” [i. e. retreat]. ‘An army
by Connor O’Loghlin, and the North of Ireland,
into Ulster, and Ulster” [i. e. the Ulidians.—Ep. ]
‘‘did gather to give them battle. Ulster putt
to flight, and their slaughter had about Hugh
O’Loingsy, king of Dalaray, and Gilpatricke
O’Serry, king of Dal-Buinne, and Duvrailve
Mac Cairtin, and a nomber more; they praied
the country both spirituall and temporall, and

An army was led by Conchobhair, son of Domhnall

brought one thousand captives and many thou-
sands of chattles and horses. The nobilitie of
Ulster afterwards, about their kinge, went to
Ardmaghe, to meete Connor, and made peace
and tranquilitye, and left pledges. Greate store
of all fruite this yeare.”—Cod. Clar., tom. 49.

‘ Ua Foghladha.— Now always anglicised
Foley, without the prefix Ua or O’.

™ Loch Semhdighdhe.—Now Lough Sewdy, in
the barony of Rathconrath, county of West-
meath.

~

aNNaz~a RIOSshachta elReaNnN,

1038 [1131.

mac Oormnall Us Loclamn, 7 la cucipcept nE€peann, 7 la hUlcoib hn cCon-
noccaib, 7 vo bentpac Comaccans amur pon venead an cypluais 1 frail na
Sfsanm (1. Coipppliab), 7 poptap veabard eaconpa,7 copcain Conn Ua Maol-
Zaoite, 7 an Sanbanach Ua baoigill, 7 pocharde oile 1pm maigm pin. Ana
aol comdailic an na banac og Loc Cé,7 00 Fmacc pich mbliadna. Cpeach
la Tis(pnan Ua Ruane, 9 la plpab Opéipne oan erp) an cpluags bi pin hi
cCuailgne,7 po aipecple Ui Mhére. Oc 1ompéd rmoppo oUlard, 7 do verp-
cept Cipgiall van Ae Luan via cers compaicic 1 Marg Conalle pnp an
cenec, ] Fiptan 1omaipeace fcoppa 1 czoncain Ragnall Ua h€ochada, pi
Ulad, 7 Cumibde Ua Cocain, asfpna Pfpnmaige co na mac, 7 Oonnyplébe
Ua hinnpeaccarg, ci5(pna Ua Mert, 7 pochawe ele bedp. Tuadmuma
omonead la Conbmac mic Mic Cantang, 7 la Concoban Ua mbmiain. Marom
la Mupchad Ua Maorleaclamn, pop Shol Ronéin capm 1 cconcpaccan tle.
Concoban Ua Opiain vo tnomsum la a flon spada pém sun bo hotanhse
bap 06. Concoban Ua Longancam amm an ci por gon, 7 po manbad pide
po cé06in mo. Oomnall Ua Puince, cigfina Ua Poncco, vo tuicim la Sfol
nAnmchada hi cchatad. Maolpfclamn, mac Muincfpems Ui Mhaoilfch-
lainn, vo manbad la Pipaib Ceall. Cluain Epaipo oanccain v0 Chainpmb,
7 op(pab Teatba po of. An pp cCleba vo cup vo Mhupchad Ua Maor-
leachlain ip ionad m po pannpac bu Cluana Enaino. Maidm Challe

» Coirrshliabh.—Now the Curlieu hills, near
Boyle, on the confines of the counties of Ros-
common and Sligo.

° O’ Maelgacithe—This name was anciently
anglicised O’Mulgeehy; but it is now usually
translated Wynne, because gaeize, the latter
part of the compound, denotes “of the wind.”

» Ua Baeighill_Now O’Boyle, and sometimes
Boyle, without the prefix Ua or O”.

4 Loch-Ce.—Now Lough Key, near the town
of Boyle, in the county of Roscommon,—See
note under A. M. 3581.

* Ui-Meith: i. e. the Ui-Meith-mara, now
Omeath, a district in the north of the county
of Louth.

* Caill-Cobhthaigh : i.e. Coffey’s Wood. This
was the name of a woody district in the south

of the county of Galway, on the confines of
Thomond ; but the name is now obsolete. The
Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clonmacnoise
record the following events under this year :

“A.D. 1131. Anarmy by Tirlagh O’Connor
and Connaght, into Mounster, and he spoyled
I-Conell-Gaura. An army by Connor O’Bryan,
and the men of Mounster, into Leinster, and
they tooke their pledges, and then into Meath,
and spoyled the Iland of Logh Seudy, and their
horsemen and the horsemen of Connaght fought,
and the horsemen of Connaght were defeated.
Maelisa O’Foglada, Episcopus Cassill, in senec-
tute bona quievit.”” — Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

“A. D. 1131, Connor. O’Bryen arrived in
Meath, seeking to gett through Athlone to gett

1131.} ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1039

Ua Lochlainn, by the people of the north of Ireland, and the Ulidians, into
Connaught; and the Connaughtmen made an attack upon the rear of the army,
in the vicinity of Seaghais (i.e. Coirrshliabh”), and a battle was fought between
them ; and Conn Ua Maelgaeithe®, Garbhanach Ua Baeighill®, and a number
of others, were there slain. They met, however, on the following day, at Loch-
Ce‘, and made a year’s peace. In the absence of this army a predatory excur-
sion was made by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, and the men of Breifne, into Cuailgne;
and they plundered Ui-Meith". The Ulidians and the South Airghialla, how-
ever, returned homewards across Ath-Luain, and fell in with the depredators
in Magh-Conaille, where a battle was fought between them, in which Raghnall
Ua hEochadha, King of Ulidia ; Cumidhe Ua Crichain, lord of Fearnmhagh,
with his son; Donnsleibhe Ua hInnreachtaigh, lord of Ui-Meith ; and many
others besides them, were slain. ‘Thomond was plundered by Cormac, the son
of Mac Carthaigh, and Conchobhar Ua Briain. A battle was gained by Mur-
chadh Ua Maeleachlainn over the Sil-Ronain, in which many were slain. Con-
chobhar Ua Briain was severely wounded by his own servant of trust, so that
he was lying in his death-sickness. Conchobhar Ua Longargain was the name
of the person who wounded him, and he was immediately killed in revenge of
it Domhnall Ua Fuirg, lord of Ui-Furgo, fell by the Sil-Anmchadha in a con-
flict. Maelseachlainn, son of Muircheartach Ua Maeleachlainn, was killed by
‘the Feara-Ceall. Cluain-Iraird was twice plundered by the Cairbri and the
men of Teathbha. A slaughter was made of the men of Teathbha, by Mur-
chadh Ua Maeleachlainn, at the place where they divided the cows of Cluain-
Iraird. The battle of Caill-Cobhthaigh* was gained over the Sil-Muireadhaigh

hostages there, after he had the hostages of
Lynster. Tyernan O’Royrck gave an overthrow
to these of Uriell, where Gillaryavagh O’ Hoghea,
king of Ulster, and O’Krichan, prince of Fear-
noye, and his son, with many others, were slain.
Thomond was preyed by the two kings of both
the Munsters,” [viz.] “by Cormack Mac Carrhie
and Connor O’Brien. Moyleseaghlyn mac Mur-
tagh O’Melaughlyn was killed by those of
Ferkell. A thunderbolt burnt the castle of
Athlone; and the castle of Donleo” [was burnt]

“by casual fire. The O’Briens of Thomond

banished the Macartys out of Munster into Lyn-
ster, and tooke to themselves the possession and
government of Munster. Donnogh O’Moylloye,
King of Farkall, was killed in captivity by Mur-
ragh O’Melaghlyn. Mortagh O’Molloye, that
succeeded as king of Farkall, was burnt by the
family of Muntyr Lwanym, in the church of
Rahin. Mac Randolph Mac Moriey, cheif of
Montyr-Eolus, was treacherously killed by
Tyernan O’Royrck. Cowchonnoght O’Dalie of
Meath, chief” [of Corca-Adain], “and Archpoet
of Ireland, died.””»—-Ann. Clon.

GQNNaZa RIOShachtTa elRECANHN.

1040 (1132.

Cobtas pop Shiol Mupfohag pa nUaccan Connace ian na cetéc pon
cpechipm Muman, co ccapla cma mfpaitne (conpa co ppancrpac a ngabala.
Fine Gall vo onsam vo Oomnall mac Mupchada Us Maoil(chlomo.

Qoip Cpforz, mile céo cmochat a 06. Maolmaodog Ua Mongaip vo
purde 1 Scomonbup Paccpaic tne impiwe cléipech nEpeann. Maolbpénamn
Ua hAnpadain, comonba 6pénainn Cluana plnca, vécc. Maolbmgoe mac
Dolsén, uapal paccanc Apoa Maca, 7 pinnpfp pacapo n€peann, véce mmm
dana bhadam caoccat a pacapdacta, 7 1pm occmogad bliadam a aoipi, 79
pm 27 00 Clugupt. Uapeinse Ua Neaccam, cfno céled noe Cluana mic
Nop, 7 a ppuic pindin vég. Cucarlle Ua Pino, aincmvech Cille Colccan,
vécc. Slumglo la Concoban Ua Cochlamo co he Phindiad, 7 camice
Tis(anan Ua Ruaine ina teach, 7 vopad bnaigve 06. Maolpeaclamnn mac
O1anpmava Mic Mupchada, vg (inaUa cCemnpealaig, vo mapbavh. Cneach
Maonmaisze la Concoban Ua mbmamn co pug bi 1omda lap. Caiplén dona
Haillme vo lopccad 7 vo pcaoilead la lomsfp pip Muman,7 ap mop vo
cabaine pop 1aptan Connace mm Ua Taidg an cfshlaigh,7 1m paop clanoaib
iomda ole. Mac Amhlab Ui Uochlamn, c1s(pna Conco Modpuad, vo rhap-
bad lap an lomsfp cfona. Ap mép pra befrab’ Muman pon Chonnacraib
da 1 cconcaip Concoban Ua Plaitbeancais, cis(nna laptop Connacéc, 4 oa
mac Catal Ui Muspoin 7 pochawe ole. Orlén na beite pon Sionamn vo
lopecad la pfparb Muman,7 fiche vo daoinb im taoipeach muincine Cionait
do tuicim ann. Orapmait Mac Eiticcén, caoipeach Clomne Oiapmava,

Cpeach na péypoicce la Tisf(vnan Ua Ruaipe pop one oplpab

DECC.

* Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair: anglicé Malachy
O’Morgair. For the history of this remarkable
man the reader is referred to his life by St.
Bernard, published by Messingham; to Colgan’s
Trias Thaum., p. 303; and Harris’s edition of
Ware’s Bishops, pp. 54-57.

* Maelbrighde Mae Doilgen.—* A. D. 1132.
Beatus Maelbrigidus, Dolgenii filius, nobilis
presbyter Ardmachanus, ac omnium presbyte-
rorum totius Hibernie senior precipuus, sacer-
dotii anno quinquagesimo secundo, et statis
,octuagesimo, die 27 Augusti migravit ad Domi-
num.”—Trias Thaum., p. 303. .

* Ua Neachtain.—Now O’Naghtan, and some-
times Naughton, and even Norton, without the
prefix Ua or O’.

* Cill-Cholgain: i.e. Colgan’s church, now
Kilcolgan, in the barony of Dunkellin, and
county of Galway.—See note under the year
1600; and Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 350.
The family of O’Finn, now anglice Finn, with-
out the prefix Ua or O’, is still extant in the
town of Galway, and near Cong, in the county
of Mayo.

» Bun-Gaillmhe: i, e. the Mouth of the River
Galway.—See the years 1125, 1132, 1232.

1132.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1041

by the people of Upper Connaught, the former having come on a predatory
excursion into Munster ; and both parties having engaged through mistake, the
Sil-Muireadhaigh left their spoils behind. Fine-Gall was plundered by Domh-
nall, son of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn.

The Age of Christ, 1132. Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair* sat in the succes-
sorship of Patrick, at the request of the clergy of Ireland. Maelbrenainn
Ua hAnradhain, successor of Brenainn of Cluain-fearta, died. Maelbrighde
Mac Doilgen®, noble priest of Ard-Macha, and senior of the priests of Ireland,
died in the fifty-second year of his priesthood, and-in the eightieth year of his
age, on the 27th of August. Uareirghe Ua Neachtain”, head of the Culdees of
Cluain-mic-Nois, and its venerable senior, died. Cucaille Ua Finn, airchinneach
of Cill-Colgain*, died. An army was led by Conchobhar Ua Lochlainn to Ath-
Fhirdiadh ; and Tighearnan Ua Ruaire came into his house, and gave him
Maelseachlainn, son of Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, lord of Ui-Ceinn-
sealaigh, was slain. Maenmhagh was plundered by Conchobhar Ua Briain, who
carried off many cows. The castle of Bun-Gaillmhe’ was burned and demo-
lished by a fleet of the men of Munster; and a great slaughter was made of
the people of West Connaught, together with Ua Taidhg an Teaghlaigh, and
many other noblemen. The son of Amhlaeibh Ua Lochlainn, lord of Corca-
Modhruadh, was slain by the same fleet.
Connaughtmen by the men of Munster, wherein Conchobhar Ua Flaithbhear-
taigh, lord of West Connaught, the two sons of Cathal Ua Mughroin, and many
others, were slain. Oilen-na-Beithe’ in the Sinainn was burned by the men
of Munster, and twenty persons, together with the chief of Muintir-Chinaith,
fell there. Diarmaid Mac Eitigen*, chief of Clann-Diarmada, died. The prey
of Feasog’ by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, against a party of the men of Teathbha

hostages.

A great slaughter was made of the

* Oilen-na-Beithe: i. e. Island of the Birch, now
Illanaveha in the Shannon, belonging to the pa-
rish of Lusmagh, in the barony of Garrycastle
and King’s County.—Ord. Map, sheet 29.

* Mac Eitigen.—Now Mac Gettigan, a family
still extant in the counties of Londonderry and
Donegal. For the situation of Clann-Diarmada
see notes under A. D. 1087 and 1205.

> The prey of Feasog ; Cpeaé na Peapoige.

This may be interpreted “the Prey of the
Beard ;” but nothing has been discovered to
explain why it was so called.

All the copies. of the Annals of Ulster known
to exist are defective from the end of the year
1131 to 1156. The Annals of Clonmacnoise
record the following events under this year,
but they belong to the year 1133:

“A.D. 1132. Terlagh O’Connor, King of

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1042 ANNQaca RIOshachta elREGNNH. (1133.

Cleba, 7 00 Chonnaccanb, co paimcc Longpopt Toippdealbarg Us Concobarp.
Cpeach Muige Cuince la peanaib Opeipne.

Coip Chiopc, mile céo cmochac acpi. MumpfoachUa Oinbinnp!, aipein-
veach Lughmaoh, Conaing mac Ourboalert: popamemoeach Apoa Macha,
Maolbmsoe Ua hCinnmn uapal maiptip Epeann, 7 benpe cpabofch cfnnya, 7
veine 1antaip blea, vécc. Ror Cpé 7 Caghmag vo lopccad. Muipéfpcach,
comanba Phaccpaice pon cuainc Tipe hEogam,7 a prapugad vo bua, 7
veacaib, co ppanccaib b(nnachcain. Concobap, mac Mupchada Ui Mhaor-
Uchlainn, plosdamna Cfmpac, vo manbavh la Oonnchad Mac Siollamocol-
mos pogdamna Larg(n, 7 Oonnchad peippin vo mapbad la plpab Mivde .1. la
hQoo Ua hCeda a ccionn mip 1 noiogail Concobaip. Cupca co na cfmpal
lan vo daoimb, 7 taipecfoaib vo Lopccad pop Pine nOall von lucht céona
a nofogail merc Mupchada 1. Chonchobaip. Moéincpeach la Munchad
Ua Maoleachlamd a nofoshail a mic, co po aince Pine Shall, amteip
Langean. Slucigfo la Conbmac mac Cancthaig, 7 la Concoban Ua mbniain
1 cConnaccanb, co po mapbrac Catal mac Catail Ui Concobaip, pfosdamna
Connacc,7 Giolla na naom Ua Ploino, caipech Sil Maolepuain,7 po peal-
pf Oun Mugdopn, 7 Oan Mop, 7 po moippfc m6p oon cip. Impaid iappm
san sialla. Cpeaé la Oonnchad Ua Ceanball, 7 la plhab Efpnmage m
Pine Ohall, conup cappfcan Holl oc Pionvabain na nngln, co nofpnpac
veabad 1 tcopcaip Ragnall mac Pal,7 opons mop vo Shallaib wme.
Cw 1a0 prlona Pipnmagse cugad éccenoail popna. Cpeach la Tigfpnan
Ua Ruane la cisCpna Opeipne pop Urb Piacpach an cuaipceipc. Mondm
qa befpaib Ceatba pon Shfol Muipfohaig, 06 1 cconcap Amlaoib mac mic

Tyernan O’Royrck was deposed of his princi-
pality by his own sept, and againe restored

Ireland, made a wooden bridge over the river
of” [Synann at] ‘‘ Athliag, and came himself to

the land of Teaffa to keep” [i.e. restrain] ‘“ the
O’Feralls, where he was mett by Murrogh
O’Melaghlyn, king of Meath, Tyernan O’Royrck
and Teaffymen, with their forces, and they put
the king and Connoughtmen out of his camp,
and burnt the place afterwards, and killed divers
of the king’s armie. King Terlagh made ano-
ther wooden bridge over the river of Synann at
Athlone, that he might at his. pleasure have
access to take the spoyles of West Meath.

thereunto.”

It is stated in the Dublin copy of the Annals
of Innisfallen, under this year, that Turlough
O’Conor marched at the head of an army into
Munster, and plundered and destroyed Croma
[Croom, on the Maigue, in the county of Lime-
rick, the seat of O’Donovan], and proceeded
from thence into Meath, and gave the govern-
ment of that territory to Murrough O’Melagh-
lin, from whom he took hostages; also that

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1133.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1043

and of Connaught, until he reached the camp of Toirdhealbhach Ua Concho-
bhair. Magh-Luirg was plundered by the men of Breifne.

The Age of Christ, 1133. Muireadhach Ua Duibhinnsi, airchinneach of
Lughmhadh ; Conaing, son of Dubhdaleithi, fosairchinneach of Ard-Macha ;
Maelbrighde Ua hAinnin, noble martyr of Ireland, and pious paragon of the
mildness and charity of the western world, died. Ros-Cre and Lughmhadh
were burned. Muircheartach, successor of Patrick, made a visitation of 'Tir-
Eoghain ; and he received his tribute of cows and horses, and imparted his
blessing. Conchobhar, son of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, royal heir of Tea-
mhair, was slain by Donnchadh Mac Gillamocholmog, royal heir of Leinster ;
and Donnchadh himself was killed by the men of Meath, i. e. by [the people of]
Aedh Ua hAedha, at the end of a month, in revenge of Conchobhar. Lusca,
with its church full of people and relics, was burned upon the Fine Gall by the
same party, in revenge of the son of Murchadh, i.e. Conchobhar. A great
depredation was committed by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, in revenge of his
son ; and he plundered Fine-Gall and the east of Leinster. An army was led
by Cormac Mac Carthaigh and Conchobhar Ua Briain into Connaught ; and
they killed Cathal, son of Cathal Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Connaught, and
Gilla-na-naemh Ua Floinn, chief of Sil-Macileruain; and they demolished Dun-
Mughdhorn’ and Dun-mor’, and plundered a great part of the country : they
afterwards returned without hostages. A depredation was committed by Donn-
chadh Ua Cearbhaill and the men of Fearnmhagh in Fine Gall, but the foreigners
came up with them at Finnabhair-na-ninghean‘; and they made battle, in which
Raghnall, son of Pol, and a great party of the foreigners about him, were slain.
The men of Fearnmhagh, however, encountered great danger. A depredation
was committed by Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, lord of Breifne, upon the Ui-Fiach-
rach of the North. A battle was gained by the men of Teathbha over the Sil-
Muireadhaigh, wherein fell Amhlaeibh, grandson of Aireachtach Ua Roduibh,

Conor O’Brien destroyed Athlone, being assisted * Dun-mor.._Now Dunmore, in the barony of
by the Conmhaicni and Meathmen. Dunmore, and county of Galway.
° Dun-Mughdhorn.—Otherwise called Dun- © Finnabhair-na-ninghean.—This was the name

Mughdhord; now Doon, four miles to the east of a townland situated on the south side of the
of Westport, in the county of Mayo.—See note Boyne, opposite the mouth of the Mattock River,
under A. D. 1235. in the parish of Donore, county of Meath.

6R2

1044

anNNaza RIOSshachta elReEANN. (1133.

Chpeaccang Us Roomb, caoipeac Clomne Tomalems, 7 mn po Zabad Mac an
Upcaip Ui Angi caoipec Ceneil Oobta, 7 1 cconcpaccap ile. Onoicle Ata
Cuain 7 a caiptiall vo pcaolead la Mupchad Ua Maoleachlam 7 la
Tis(pnan Ua Ruainc. Comdal la Toinpdealbac Ua Concobaip,7 la Con-
cobap Ua mbmain co maitib clerpeac Connacc 7 Muman oc Abarll Cet-
epnaig, 7 pit bliadna vo dénam eacoppa. Maolpfchlamn, mac mic Orap-
mava mic Maoil na mbo,7 Eochad Ua Nuallam, cig(pna Potanc, vo tuitim
1 cchachad la hUsape Ua Tuatal,7 la hUib’ Muiplohais,7 Gp mop
amaille pniu. Oa mac Conconnace Ui Choncobain vo batad 1 Loc Ribh.
Holla na naom Ua binn vécc pig plccaine Epeann eipide,7 a adnacal 1
Rop Commain. 60 dit mop ino Epinn, va ngointi Maolganb, o@ na pit
pamail 6 tainic an bo viobad ole 1 naimpip Fhlaicbeancaig mic Lomspis,
conan paccaib act cipuaipy becc vo buanb 1 nEpinn, o1a nebnad,

Ccpi pa tpioca, na ceil ©
Céo an mile 00 bliadnanb,

O sein Crore 1 mbertil binn
Oup an mbo ofépr 1 nEpinn.

Placb(pcac Ua Plaitbfpcag vo manbad la mac Loclaimn Ui Loclamn,
rnofogal a atap. Moppluagead Leite Moga ule 1m Chopbmac Mac
Cantaig,7 1m Choncoban Ua Maoitpfchlainn a cConnaccaib, sup po manbad
leo mac mic Catanl Ui Choncobaip, 7 Giolla na naom Ua Plomn, caocipeac
Sil Maolpuana,7 po loipeepfe Oun Musdonn, 7 Oan mop,7 po 1ompmdptc
san pid Zan Zlalla.

‘ Ua hAinlighe—Now O’Hanly, and some-
times Hanly, without the prefix Ua or O”.

* Abhall-Chethearnaigh : i. e. Cethearnach’s
Orchard, a place near Uisneach, in Westmeath.

* Ua Birn.—Now O’Beirne. He was chief
steward to Turlough O’Conor, monarch of Ire-
land.

* Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach—He was
monarch of Ireland from A. D. 727 till 734.

* Dun-Mughdhorn, §c.—This is a repetition,
but as it has been evidently copied from a dif-

ferent authority, the Editor deems it right to
let it stand. The Annals of Clonmacnoise re-
cord the following events under this year:

“A. D. 1133, Dermott Mac Murrogh, king
of Lynster, exercised great tyranies and cruel-
ties upon the Lynster nobility ; he killed O’Foy-
lan, prince of Lynster and Murrogh O’Twahaill,
and did execrably putt out the eyes of Gillemo-
cholmoge, King of Kwalan-men, which brought
all Lynster farr under hand. Donnogh of
Affalie was killed by others of Affalie, viz., by

1133.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1045

chief of Clann-Tomaltaigh, and Mac-an-leastair Ua hAinlighe’, chief of Cinel-
Dobhtha, was taken prisoner, and many slain. The bridge of Ath-Luain and
its castle were destroyed by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn and Tighearnan
Ua Ruairc. A conference was held by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair and
Conchobhar Ua Briain, with the chiefs of the clergy of Connaught and Mun-
ster, at Abhall-Chethearnaigh*, and a year’s peace was made between them.
Maelseachlainn, grandson of Diarmaid, son of Maelnambo, and Eochaidh Ua Nu-
allain, lord of Fotharta, fell in a conflict by Ugaire Ua Tuathail and the
Ui-Muireadhaigh, and a great slaughter along with them. The two sons of
Cuchonnacht Ua Conchobhair were drowned in Loch Ribh. Gilla-na-naemh
Ua Birn", who was the royal lawgiver of Ireland, died, and was interred at Ros-
Commain. A great murrain of cows in Ireland, which was called Maelgarbh,
the likeness of which was not seen since the great cow mortality which hap-
pened in the time of Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach’, and it left but a small
remnant of the cattle of Ireland ; of which was said :

Three and thirty, do not conceal,

A hundred over a thousand years,

From the birth of Christ at sweet Bethlehem,
To this cow-mortality in Ireland.

Flaithbheartach Ua Flaithbheartaigh was killed by the son of Lochlainn
Ua Lochlainn, in revenge of his father. The great army of all Leath-Mhogha
was led by Cormac Mac Carthaigh and Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn into
Connaught, and they slew the grandson of Cathal Ua Conchobhair, and Gilla-
na-naemh Ua Floinn, chief of Sil-Maelruanaidh ; and they burned Dun-Mugh-
dhorn* and Dun-mor, and returned without peace or hostages.

Clanmalyrie. Connor O’Bryen went with his
forces to Dublin, and obtained there of the
Danes to be their king. There was a meeting
at Usneagh, between King Terlagh O’Connor
and Morrogh O’Moyleaghlyn, king of Taragh,
where Morrogh yealded hostages to king Ter-
lagh, for Meath and Teaffa, and he took hos-
tages of the Brenie also. Connor, grandchild of
Donnogh O’Melaughlyn, was killed in captivity

by Murrogh O’Melaughlyn, which was soon
avenged by God, by taking away Art, sonn of
the said Melaughlyn, within a fortnight after.
The Cowarb of Saint Keyran was robbed at
Clonfinlogh by these of Sileanmchye, and Con-
nor Mac Coghlan, and the spoyles restored
again by the procurement of prince Connor, the
king’s sonn. King Terlagh O’Connor, with the
forces of Connought, Meath, and Brenie, came

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aNNata RIOSshachta EIRECGHN.

1046 (1134.

Cop Cpiopt, mile céo tpiocha a ceataip. Celeacain, mac Copbmaic
Us Chum na mboce, pnw pfhdip, cfnn comaiple,7 coban eccna, pfncura,
cfnd ems 7 coimeva pasta Cluana mic Nop, décc m 1omda1d Chhapén ap
mbuaid naitpice 1 Nom Sepcembep. Ap 06 po paid mac Macaim Ui Cfo-
candin 6 ECoangabail an pannpo,

- Mo senan ouc ic blcharo,
Q Mhic Cumo, a Chélecaip,
CQ caoip: a Chelechain Cluana,
1 nglé bfchad gle buada.

Maolciapain mac von Chonbmac céona, uapal paccane cup cpabar, 7
eccnae uapal cfho Cluana mic Norp, 0é5 o1dce pérle Mheil, 7 ba 1 nlomdad
Cianain beop. Pogapcach Ua Riagain, aincimveac Ruip Cpé, 7 Hiollabpé-
nann Ua hAnpadam, comanba bpénamn Cluana peanta, vécc. loman
Ua hCedaccam, lap po cumoaiccead necclep Pal 7 Peavain1 nApo Maca,
vécc 1 Rom ina cahitpe. bebinn, msn Mic Concaille banaincimneac Oorpe,
vécc 22 Oecembep. Maolmaodécc Ua Monson pop cuaipc Muman, 7 vo
Apcu Ua Plantb(pcais, pfogdamna Oihg vo tuicim la Cenel
Conall 1 puitsum. Oonnchad, mac me Mupchada Us bhmiam go na mac
vo manbad la Oeapmumain. Oonnéad a. mac Conaipne Ua Concobaip,
astina Ua Pailse, 7 Maolpfchlaimn, mac a atan, 00 deabad ppl apoile co
cconcnaccan comtuicim. Sloigfo la mac Mic Mupcada, 7 la Cargmb 1 nOrp-
paigib, conup cainteetan Opnaige 7 po lapac a nap, 7 conéap ann Ugaipe
Ua Tuatanl, piogdamna Lais(n co pocadib ole. On Opparse,7 Gall Pune
Cainse vo cup la mac Mhe Muncada, 7 la Congmb a nofogail an cop pém-
Teampall vo ponad la Conbmac mac Meic Cantarg, pi Caipil, v0

bent a péip.

pace.

to Munster, but they returned without hos-
tages, and spoyled some cornes in Lease and
Ossorie. Canute, son of Lane, King of England
and Denmark, died. Sittrick the Dane preyed
and spoyled Ardbreakan, and took certain cap-
tives from thence too. Connor O’Melaughlyn,
king of Meath, took the prey and spoyles of
Swords, together with many captives.”

‘ Imdhaigh-Chiarain : i. e. St. Keyran’s Bed.

v

This was the name of a church at Clonmacnoise,

™ Kadargabhail.—See note », under A. D.
788, p. 395, suprd.

2 Imhar UahAedhagain: anglicé Ivor O’ Hegan.
He was the tutor of St. Malachy, and is called
by his contemporary, St. Bernard, “‘ Vir Sanc-
tissime vite.”—Vita Malach, c. 2.

° Maelmaedhog.—This entry is misplaced. See
it repeated below.

1134.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1047

The Age of Christ, 1134. Ceileachair, son of Cormac Ua Cuinn na
mBocht, learned senior, head of the counsel, and fountain of the wisdom and
history, and head of the hospitality and keeping of the rule of Cluain-mic-Nois,
died in Imdhaidh-Chiarain’, after the victory of penance, on the Nones of Sep-
tember. It was for him the son of Macamh Ua Cicharain, of Eadargabhail™,
composed this quatrain :

Happy for thee in thy life,

O Mac Cuinn, O Celeachair !

Thou art now, O Celechair of Cluain,
In a bright life of bright victory.

Maelciarain, a son of the same Cormac, a noble priest, prop of piety and
wisdom, noble head of Cluain-mic-Nois, died on Michaelmas Night, and it was
in Imdhaigh Chiarain he died. Fogartach Ua Riagain, airchinneach of Ros-Cre,
and Gillabhrenainn Ua hAnradhain, successor of Brenainn of Cluain-fearta, died.
Imhar Ua hAedhagain”, by whom the church of Paul and Peter at Ard-Macha
was erected, died at Rome on his pilgrimage. Bebhinn, daughter of Mac Con-
chaille, female airchinneach of Doire [Choluim-Chille], died on the 28rd of
December. Maelmaedhog® Ua Morgair made a visitation of Munster, and ob-
tained his tribute. Archu Ua Flaithbheartaigh, royal heir of Oileach, fell by
the Cinel-Conaill in the heat ofa conflict. Donnchadh, grandson of Murchadh
Ua Briain, with his son, was killed by the people of Desmond. Donnchadh?,
i.e. son of Cuaifne Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, and Maelseachlainn,
his father’s son, fought a battle, in which they mutually fell by each other. An
army was led by the son of Mac Murchadha and the Leinstermen into Osraighe,
and the Osraighi resisted and slaughtered them, and slew Ugaire Ua Tuathail,
royal heir of Leinster, with many others. A slaughter was made of the Os-
raighi, and of the foreigners of Port-Lairge, by the son of Mac Murchadha, in
revenge of the slaughter aforesaid. A church*which was erected by Cormac,
grandson of Carthach, King of Caiseal, was consecrated by a synod of the clergy,

» Donnchadh.—He was the ancestor of Brian now called Cormac’s Chapel.—See it described,
O’Conor Faly, who lost Offaly by his attainder with beautiful illustrations of the present state
in the reign of Philip and Mary. of its ruins, in Petrie’s Round Towers of Ireland,

1A church, §c.—This is the building at Cashel pp. 284 to 300.

aNNata RIoshachtd elReGNN.

1048 (1135.

coippeccad La peanad clépeach n€peann m ao 1onad. Mumec(pcach mac
Oomnall mc Amalsada, comapba Phacparce, vég 1an mbuaid mapcpa, 4
natpige 17 Sepcemben. Niall, mac Cleda, voiponead 1 ccomapbup Pa-
cpaicc. Caemclud abbad in Apo Maca 1. Maelmaedoce Ua Mopnganp 1
monao Néill. Maolmaedécc rappin pon cuaipc Muman, go ccuce a perp.
Cod mac merc Loclamn mécc Coclamn, wisfpna Oealbna Eatna, voécc. Mup-
chad O hE€agpa, 7 a bm «1. nsfn Toppoealbarg Uf Concobarn 00 mapnbad la
Tarcleac Ua n€agpa.

Aoip Cpforc, mile céd tmioca a cincc. Crionaet Ua baoigill, vapal
eppcop 1. eppcop Clocaip, 7 apo p{ndin tuaipceinc Eneann. An ceppop
Ua Caccan 1. aipo eppucc Ua cCennpelais, 7 Maoliora Ua Pionnacca,
comanba Rora Commamn,, vé3. Giollacomam Ua Congalarg, plplérsinn
Ropra Commain, vo mapbad la Conmaicmb. Oomnall, mac Muincfpcang
Ui bhniam, cigfna Gall, 7 Cargn céccup vo éce 1 ccumce cléipceéca 1
Lbiop mép ian pfnoacad. Piacna Mac Ecnén ppt Shhoip Cluana Epanno,
FM Mive anclna, vécc. Plano Ua Sionaigz, maon bacla lopa, vécc 1ap
Maoliopa Ua hAimmipe 1. eppcop Pune Laipge, 7
ano pon Gaoweal iapp an occmad bliadain ochtmosad a aoipi vécc 1
llior mop Mocucca. Cachmancach Ua hAimmipe ppurt p(noin na nGaowwel,
cTopap esna q véipce vécc 1 LLiop mop. Maolmaeddocc Ua Mopgaip, com-
apba Phaccnaicc, vo cfnoach bacla lopa 7 via cabaint apa pocla an peacc-
mad la oo mi Tal. Ooine Cholaim Chille co na tfmplaib vo lopccad an 30
vo Mhancta. Ruadp Ua Canannam, cis(pna Cenel Conarll, cuin coctach
copnamac co noépenc 7 co noaonnacc, vo manbad op(pab Marge hice «1.

naitpige tToccalvde.

* Muircheartach, son of Domhnall.—St. Bernard Et in hoc anime sue Mauritius adhuc
inveighs against this Muircheartach and his kins-
man Niall, in the seventh chapter of his Life of
St. Malachy. They were both descended from the

noble family of the Oirghialla, which had now for

ripuit.
vivens previderat, ut hunc haberet heredem,
in quo, qui damnandus exibat, operibus adjiceret
damnationis persistere. Erat enim et, ipse ex

damnata progenie cognatus Mauritii.”” — See

208 years possessed itself of the archiepiscopal
see, and held it, as it were, by hereditary right.
Notwithstanding the good character given of
him in the text, St. Bernard pronounces dam-
nation to him as well as to Niall: “Illo igitur”
[Mauritio] “celeri morte facto de medio, rur-
sum Nigellus, imd veré nigerrimus, sedem pre-

Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 304; and Harris’s
edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 54.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise record the fol-
lowing events under this year :

“ A. D.1134. Connor Mac Dermott O’Bryen,
king of both the provinces of Munster, died at
Killaloe. Donnogh Mac Carrhie came to Mun-

$1185.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

1049

assembled in one place. Muircheartach, son of Domhnall’, son of Amhalghaidh,
successor of Patrick, died, after the victory of martyrdom and penance, on the
17th of September. Niall, son of Aedh, was installed in the successorship of
Patrick. A change of abbots at Ard-Macha, i. e. Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair in
the place of Niall. Maelmaedhog afterwards made his visitation of Munster,
and obtained his tribute. Aedh, grandson of Lochlainn Mac Cochlain, lord of
Dealbhna-Eathra, died. Murchadh Ua hEaghra, and his wife, the daughter of
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, were killed by Taichleach Ua hEaghra.

The Age of Christ; 1135. Cinaeth Ua Baeighill, a noble bishop, i. e. Bi-
shop of Clochar, and chief senior of the north of Ireland ; Bishop Ua Cattan,
Archbishop of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh*; and Maelisa Ua Finnachta, comharba of Ros-
Commain, died. Gillacommain Ua Conghalaigh, lector of Ros-Commain, was
killed by the Conmhaicni. Domhnall, son of Muircheartach Ua Briain, who
had been lord of the foreigners, and previously of Leinster, died in clerical
habit, at Lis-mor, at an advanced age. Fiachra, learned senior of Cluain-Iraird,
and of all the men of Meath, died. Flann Ua Sinaigh, keeper of the Bachall-
Isa, died after good penance. Maelisa Ua hAinmire, i. e. Bishop of Port-Lairge,
and chief senior of the Irish, died at Lis-mor-Mochuda, after the eighty-eighth
year of his age. Eachmarcach Ua hAinmire, learned senior of the Irish, foun-
tain of wisdom and charity, died at Lis-mor. Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair, suc-
cessor of Patrick, purchased the Bachall-Isa‘, and took it from its cave on the
seventh day of the month of July. Doire-Choluim-Chille, with its churches,
was burned on the 80th of March. Ruaidhri Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-
Conaill, warlike and defensive pillar of charity and humanity, was slain by the

ster, and committed a slaughter on Terlaugh
O’Bryen, that succeeded the said Connor in the
kingdom of Munster. Mac Conrye, prince of
Delvyn of Tyredalogha, was killed by some of
his own familly. Terlagh O’Connor, with his
forces of Meath and Breny, went to the pro-

the familly of Montyr-Rodan, at Dorrowe. Mac
Otyr, prince of Innsi-Gall, was chosen to be
prince of the Danes of Dublin. These of Or-
mond and Elie tooke a prey from Kynaleagh.”
* Archbishop of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh: i.e. of Ferns.
There was no archbishopric of Dublin at this

vences of Lynster and Munster to take hostages,
had none, ‘but returned without doing anything
worthy of note, save the burning of some cornes
in the contrey of Lease and Ossorie. The son
of Ferall O’Molloye, prince of Ferkell, was killed
by the grandchild of Rowrie O’Molloye, and

period.

* Purchased the Bachall-Isa: i.e. the crozier
of St. Patrick. It appears that after the death
of Muircheartach, Niall or Nigellus obtained
forcible possession of this crozier.—See St. Ber-
nard’s Life of St. Malachy, c. xii. This purchase

68

1050 ANNQGta RIOSshachta elReGNN. (1135.

vo Mhaolpuanaw Ua Cameallain, 7 00 Clomn OQiapmava, 7 Gp mép rappin
6 Chonall pon Cogan. Catal mac Tavs Us Concobaip, canary Connache,
vo manbad la pipaib Teatba co pocharwib ole amaille pup. Cluam Enaipo,
Cfhannup, Rat Linas, 7 Wcealla ancfna vo lopcead. Sochawe vo Ohfy-
mumam vo tuicim la Tuadmumain pon técan Cluana caom Mooviomécc.
ba oibpém Piongume Ua Caom, agfina OlMoamnach, MatsZamam Ua
Oonnchada, TIZ(pna Cenel Laogaine, Maolsonm Ua Rino, 7 mac Loch-
laino Ui Cionaeda oUib Maccanlle, 50 pocaide ele. Cod Ua Concobaip,
cis(ina Concamodpuad, 7 Cumapa Mac Conmapa mic Oomnaill, cisfpna
Ua cCaipin, vo tuicim 1 ppmotsum 6 Thuadmumamn. Mas Nao, Mag
luince, 7 an Conann vo lopccad la Conmaicmb. Ror Commain vo apccain
7 v0 lopccad congib teamplanb lap an lucc céona a cciom mip 1apam.
Ua Mavadan, wsZ(pna Sil nOnmcaday Ua Maine ppi pé, 00 manbavh 1
FRIoll la mac Hrollacaoimgin | Cenneiceis, 7 oF a mumncine amarlle pnip.
Amlob, mac Oomnall Phinn Ui Ohuboa, c1g(pna Ua nAmalgada, vo map-
bavh la hUib Piacpach an cuaipceinc. Coblach Mupchada Ui Mhaoileach-
lainn, 1g Cfmpach, pop Shionaimn, 7. pon Loc Rib. Tangsaccan Sfol Mui-
plohag co na pig, 1. Concoban, mac Tompdcalbars, 7 Ui Mame co na ceig-
fina 1. Cadg Ua Ceallarg, co bpanccaibpiood oiblimb bnaighoe ag Mupchad.
Teine paignéin vo béim a Cind do Cloicteac Cluana mic Néip, 7 00 tollad
cloictigh Rup Cpné. Fiona Pfnmaige vo 1ompud an Mhiweachab, 9 pio
voib ppi Spérpnechanb. Scephen vo sabal pogaichce Saran 2 Oecember.

of the Baculus Jesu by Malachy is not noticed
by Colgan.

* Rath-Luraigh.— Now Maghera, in the county
of Londonderry.—See A. D. 814 and 831.

* Cluain-caein-Modimog. — See note under
the year 1089.

* Ua Caeimh.—Now anglicé O’Keeffe, and
sometimes Keeffe, without the prefix Ua or O’.

Y Gleannamhnach.—Now Glanworth, in the
barony of Fermoy, and county of Cork.—See
Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 78, note &. ;

* Cinel-Laeghaire.—This was the tribe-name
of the O’Donohoes, who descended from Laegh-
aire, the fourth in descent from Core, King of
Munster.

* Ua Rinn.—Now Ring, without the prefix
Ua or O’.

» Ua Cinaedha.—Now Kenny, without the
prefix Ua or O”.

° Ui-Maccaille.—Now the barony of Imokilly,
in the county of Cork.—See note ’, under A. D.
901, p. 562, supra.

* Cumara, son of Cumara, son of Domhnaill.—
This should be Cumara, son of Domhnall, son
of Cumara, son of Domhnall. His father,
Domhnall, was the first person ever called Mac
Conmara, now Mac Namara.

° The cloictheach of Cluain-mic-Nois: i. e.
the steeple or round tower of Clonmacnoise.
This is the tower now called O’Rourke’s Tower.

1051

1135.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

men of Magh-Itha, namely, by Maelruanaidh Ua Caireallain and the Clann-
Diarmada, after which a great slaughter was made of the Cinel-Eoghain by the
Cinel-Conaill. Cathal, son of Tadhg Ua Conchobhair, Tanist of Connaught, was
killed by the men of Teathbha, and many others along with him. Cluain-Iraird,
Ceanannus, Rath-Luraigh", and many other churches, were burned. Many of
the men of Desmond fell by those of Thomond, at the causeway of Cluain-caein-
Modimog”. Of these was Finguine Ua Caeimh*, lord of Gleannamnach’, and
Mathghamhain Ua Donnchadha, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire*; Maelgorm Ua Rinn’,
and the son of Lochlainn Ua Cinaedha’, of the Ui-Maccaille’, and many others.
Aedh Ua Conchobhair, lord of Corea-Modhruadh, and Cumara, son of Cumara,
son of Domhnaill‘, lord of Ui-Caisin, fell of the Thomond men in the heat of
the conflict. Magh nAei, Magh Luirg, and Corann, were burned by the Con-
mhaicni. Ros-Commain was plundered and burned, both houses and churches,
by the same party, at the end of a month afterwards.. Ua Madadhain, lord of
Sil-Anmchadha, and of Ui-Maine for a time, was treacherously killed by Gilla-
caeimhghin: Ua Ceinneidigh, and the choice part of his people along with him.
Amblaeibh, son of Domhnall Finn Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha, was
slain by the Ui-Fiachrach of the north. The fleet of Murchadh Ua Maeleach-
lainn on the Sinainn and on Loch Ribh; the Sil-Muireadhaigh, with their king,
i. e. Conchobhar, son of Toirdhealbhach, and the Ui-Maine, with their lord, i. e.
Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh, came, and both left hostages with Murchadh. Lightning
struck off the head of the Cloictheach of Cluain-mic-Nois®, and pierced the cloic-
theach of Ros-Cre. The men of Fearnmhagh turned against the Meath men, and
made peace with the men of Breifne. Stephen assumed the kingdom of England
on the 2nd of December’.

—See Petrie’s Round Towers of Ireland, p. 388.

£ On the 2nd of December: that is, the day after
the death of Henry I. Stephen was elected and
crowned on Thursday, the feast of St. Ste-
phen, 26th of December, 1135.—See Sir Harris
Nicolas’s Chronology of History, second edition,
p. 297.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise place the follow-
ing events under this year; but the most of
them belong to the year 1134, according to the
Four Masters:

«“ A.D. 1135. Murrogh O’Melaghlyn was re-
stored again to his kingdom of Meath. The
Abbesse of Killdare was forced and taken out
of her cloisters by Dermott Mac Murrogh, king
of Lynster, and compelled to marrie one of the
said Dermott’s people, at whose taking he killed
a hundred and seventie of the townesmen and
house of the abbesse. Cormack Mac Carhie,
and Connor O’Bryen, with their forces of Mun-
ster, came to Connought, where they cleered
the paces of Rabehie and Belfada; they burnt

682

1052 aNNaza RIOshachta €lReGNn, (1136.

Coip Cort, mile céd cmocha a pé. Cooh Ua Finn, eprpcop na bpérpne,
vo écc 1 nlmp Clotpann. Oornall Ua Oubéarg, ano eppucc Connacr, 7
comonba Cianamn, cnn eaccna 7 emg an cérccid Dpagail barp rap noippfno 4
celebnad 1 cCluain pfpca bpénainn. Robancach Ua Ceallang, apcinofch
Patna moipe, vé5 ap nofsh mtmige. Giolla Cpiopc Ua hE€cam, corhanba
Finvéin, 7 Saepbneatach Ua Ceallarg, comanba 1 Shuanag, vé5. Mac
Cianain, aipcmoeach Suino, do tuitim la plona Peapnmaige. Maelmaine
mac Colman, aipcinnech Ooipe Cunam. Maoliopa mac Maolcolam, ppim-
callavéin Anoa Maca, a ppim cmiocaipe 7 a leaban comméoans, vécc 1a
naltpige ToZaide adce aeim an cépta. Concubap, mac Oomnanll Uf Loch-
lainn, ws(pna Chlig céccuyp,7 pi an cuaipceinc mle ecip Chonall €Cogan,
Ullca, 7 Aingialla, 7 prosdamna Epeann beor, vo manbad opfhab Marge
hice 1 meabanl. = Echpi Ua hQiccéiw, c1S>(Gna Ua nEacoac, vo manbad oUib
Mod mac Oomnanll Ui Concobanp, progdamna Connaéc, vo
mapbad vo na Tuataib ian na tosgainm odib cuca cpa ceilcc dia mogav,
| Dpong dia aep Spada amanlle pip 00 manbad. Mac Oomnaill Ui Ohaboa,
cisf(yna Ua nOmalsada, 00 manbad. Oonnchad, mac Maoileachlamn
Ui Phaolain, 00 tuicim la Copbmac Mac Cantaig1 meabail. Cod, mac
Toippdealbarg Ui Choncobaip, vo dallad la Tompdelbac podéin. Oomnall

Eacoac péipin.

the two Corkes, and Mogorne, and Dunmore ;
and also killed Cahall mac Cahall, prince of
Connought, and Gillenenewe O’Flyn, prince
The Bridge of Athlone
and castle was broken and razed down by
Morrough O’Melaughlyn, king of Meath. Con-
nor mac Murrough O’Melaughlyn, prince of
Meath, was killed by Donnough Mac Gillemo-
cholmock, and the Danes of Dublin. For which
cause the said Mac Gillemocholmock was killed
within a week after by Meathmen, and Hugh
O’Hugh. There was a meetting of Connour
O’Bryen, king of Munster, and King Terlagh
O’Connor, with all the clergy of Munster, at
Avall-Kehernye, where there was a truce for
one year confirmed between them. Luske, and
the contrey of Fingall, was altogether burnt by
Donnell mac Murrogh O’Melaughlyn, in revenge

of Sile-Moyleroyne.

of the killing of his brother, Connor O’Melaugh-
lyn, prince of Meath. Melaghlyn mac Dermott
mic Moylenemoe, and Eochie O’Nolan, king of
Fohartye, were killed in a fraye by Wogarie
O’Twahill, and by the O’Tooles of Lynster,
with a great slaughter of many others. Mor-
rogh O’Harie, and his wife, king Terlagh O’Con-
nor his daughter, were killed by Taighleagh
O’Harie. Clonvicknose, on the Sunday of Easter,
was burnt, with the church-yard of Moriegh
O’Duffie, and the place called Lisseannabby.
There was a great assembly of Leathmoye in
Cashell at the consecration of the churche of
Cormack Mac Carhie, king of Cashell. These
of Ossorie gave an overthrow to Dermott Mac
Murrough, king of Lynster, where Owgary
O’Toole, chief of the Tooles, was killed. The
said Dermott gave an overthrow to those of

1136.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

1053

The Age of Christ, 1186. Aedh Ua Finn, Bishop of Breifne, died at Inis-
Clothrann. Domhnall Ua Dubhthaigh, Archbishop of Connaught, and suc-
cessor of Ciaran, head of the wisdom and hospitality of the province, died
after mass and celebration at Cluain-fearta-Brenainn. Robhartach Ua Ceal-
laigh, airchinneach of Fathain-mor, died after good penance. Gillachrist
Ua hEchain, successor of Finnen, and Saerbhreathach Ua Ceallaigh, succes-
sor of Ua Suanaigh, died. Mac Ciarain, airchinneach of Sord, fell by the
men of Fearnmhagh. Maelmaire Mac Colmain, airchinneach of Doire-Lurain;
Maelisa Mac Maelcoluim®, chief keeper of the calendar of Ard-Macha, its chief
antiquary and librarian, died, after good penance, on the night of Good Friday.
Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Lochlainn, who was first lord of Aileach,
and king of all the north, both Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, Ulidians and
Airghialla, and also royal heir of Ireland, was killed by the men of Magh-Itha,
by treachery. Echri Ua hAitteidh, lord of Ui-Eathach, was killed by the
Ui-Eathach themselves. Aedh, son of Domhnall Ua Conchobhair, royal heir
of Connaught, was killed by the people of the Tuathas", after they had treach-
erously invited him to inaugurate him as king, and some of his servants of
trust were killed along with him. The son of Domhnall Ua Dubhda, lord of
Ui-Amhalghadha, was killed. Donnchadh, son of Maeleachlainn Ua Faelain,
fell by Cormac Mac Carthaigh, by treachery. Aedh, son of Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair was blinded by Toirdhealbhach himself. Domhnall Ua Cain-

Ossorie, to Connor O’Bryen, and Danes of Wa-
terford, where an infinite number of them were
Morogh O’Melaghlyn, king of Meath,
gave an overthrow to those of Farnoye, and
‘killed two hundred and fifteen of them, with
ten chieftaines. Hugh mac Coghlan OF latylye,
prince of Delvyn-Beathra, died. Henrick mac
Willelan, king of France and Saxonie, died.
Conrado, the Emperor, died. Morrogh O’Me-
laughlin, king of Meath, with a fleet of barks
and boats, went upon the river Synann, where
the princes of Sile-Morye in Connought, came
to his house. Connor mac Terlagh and the
O’Kellys, with their prince, Teig O’Kelly, came
and yealded him hostages as pledges of their
fidelity to him.” :

slain.

s Maelisa Mac Maelcoluim.—This entry is
translated by Colgan thus : '

“ A.D. 1136. Beatus Moelisa Moelcolumbi’’
[filius], ‘‘exactissimus calculator temporum
Ardmachane sedis, ejusque Antiquarius nulli
secundus, ac Bibliothecarius, in egregia peni-
tentia ipsa feria sexta Dominice passionis de
nocte, animam Deo reddidit.”—T7rias Thaum.,
p- 304.

On this passage Dr. O’Conor writes in a note:
“Ecce Bibliothecarii officium in Hibernicis An-
nalibus memoratum ante adventum Anglorum.”

» The Tuathas.—Generally called Teora Tua-
tha, i.e. the Three Districts; territories in the
east of the county of Roscommon, for the ex~
tent of which see note *, under A. D. 1189.

1054 aNNaza RIOshachta elReGNK. (1137.

Ua Camoelbam, cigfpna Cenel. Laogaipe, vo mapbad la Tig(pnén Ua Ruane
7 la hU Oprdm, 7 copcpaccan pocawde vo bpéipnecharb la ppb Mive.
—Mawom pfoda erccip Mideacarb 7 Sperpnechaib. Cpeach la haintean Mide
1nUib Spun, ‘co ccuccpace buan ofpme. Chfch ele lar an luce céona1
PE Gnmaig. Cpeach Loca Carnpcein la plpaib Teatba, 7 po loiperfec an
-caiplén co nan a daome. Cpeach ele lap in luce céona co po oinceple
Munem Pidne. Cylch la Oornnall mac Mupchada Ui Mhaolfchlamn can
Ub Ouncada, 7 ap lap an ccperé pin vo manbad Hrollap(chnanll mac Giolla-
reachnall. Grollamépa Ua hOgain vo manbad la mac Néill mic mic Loch-
lain. Cuaipc Muman la Maolmaodéce Ua Mopgain, comopba Paccpance.
Caemélud abbad 1 nApo Macha 1. Niall, mac Geoha, 1 monavh Maol-
maeooicc. Ruaodp Ua Concobain 7 Uaoa Ua Concfnainn vo sabail la
Toinpdealbac Ua cConcobain an comaincce comapba lanlaite, 7 1 Oubemns,
7 na bacla bude 7 Ui Ohomnallain. Néwde Ua Maoiléoname, an pfnchand,
vo écc. Maolmaedocc Ua Mongain vo léig(n comopbaip Phaccpaice ve
ap Ohia.

Cop Chiopt, mile céo tmocha a recht. Oomnall Ua Conaing, aino-
eppucc Leite Moga, cuin cnabard, epnaigte, eccna,7 eimmdte bid 7 pedo vo
tpuacchaib, 7 tnénab. Cn ceppucc Ua bangill,7 an teppucc Ua Maol-
Fosmaip, vécc. An ceprcop Ua Cléimg 00 Connaccaib,7 an oall Ua Cadla,
(Snaid (pgna, vécc. Macnat Ua Poppeit pao pinchawd,7 anméana co
Cod Ua Pin, ainopfpleisinn pean mbneipne, vécc.
Caemcluo

ccfnnpa, 7 co nailsine.
Mac Giollapionain 1 Chibleacain, comanba Peicin Pobarp, vécc.

‘ Loch Cairgin.—This was the ancient name of
Ardakillen Lough, near the town of Roscom-
mon.—See note °, under A. D. 1388.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise record the fol-
lowing events under this year:

«A. D. 1136. Donnell O’Duffie, archbushopp
of Connought, and Cowarb of Saint Keyran,
immediately after celebrating of Masse by him-
self, died, and was buried on Saint Patrick’s
day, at Clonfert, where he died and celebrated
the said Masse. Clonarde was preyed, and the
spoyles thereof taken away by the Breniemen,
They behaved themselves so exceeding outragi-

ous in the taking of these spoyles, that O’Daly,
archpoet of all Ireland, without respect was
very irreverently striped of his cloaths to his
naked skin; and, among the rest, they tooke a
sword out of the vestry preserved by St. Fynnan
himself. Murrogh O’Melaughlyn, king of Meath,
tooke his own son, whom he committed to pri-
son for his evill behaviour and miscarriadge of
himselfe. Dermott Mac Morrogh, king of Lyn-
ster, accompanied with all the forces of the
Danes, came to Westmeath to be revenged of
the O’Melaghlyns for their abuses done to him
before. He was mett by the O’Royrcks, O’Rel-

1137.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

dealbhain, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, was killed by Tighearnan Ua Ruaire and
the Ui-Briuin, and many of the men of Breifne were slain by the men of Meath.
A breach of the peace between the men of Meath and Breifne. A predatory
incursion was made by the people of East Meath into Ui-Briuin, and they car-
ried off countless cows. Another predatory incursion was made by the same
party into Fearnmhagh. Loch Cairgin' was plundered by the men of Teathbha,
and they burned the castle, and slaughtered its people. Another predatory
excursion was made by the same party, and they plundered Muintir-Fidhnigh.
Gillamura Ua hOgain was slain by the son of Niall, grandson of Lochlainn.
The visitation of Munster was made by Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair, successor of
Patrick. A change of abbots at Ard-Macha, i.e. Niall, son of Aedh, in place
of Maelmaedhog. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair and Uada Ua Concheanainn were
taken prisoners by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, they being under the pro-
tection of the successor of Iarlath and Ua Dubhthaigh, and of the Bachall Buidhe
[i. e. the yellow staff or crozier], and Ua Domhnallian. Neidhe Ua Maelcho-
naire, the historian, died. Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair resigned the successorship
of Patrick for the sake of God.

The Age of Christ, 1137. Domhnall Ua Conaing, Archbishop of Leath-
Mogha, prop of the piety, prayer, wisdom, and bestowal of food and jewels
upon the feeble and the mighty. The Bishop Ua Baeighill; the Bishop
Ua Maelfoghmhair of Connaught; and the blind Ua Cadhla, a learned sage,
died. Macraith Ua Forreith, a learned historian and an anmchara of meekness
and mildness ; Aedh Ua Finn, chief lector of the men of Breffne, died. Mac
Gillafhinain Ua Gibhleachain, successor of Feehin of Fobhar, died. A change

1055

lyes, and these of Uriell of the other side, where
they caus’d Mac Murrogh, with his Danes and
Lynstermen, to return without committing any
hurtes worthy to be remember’d, but only the
burning of Ardbrackan; whereupon they of East
Meath went to the O’Foylans and borders, burnt
- and spoyled their towns without respect to either
spirituall or temporall Jand. Soone after, Der-
mott Mac Murrogh, King of Danes and Lynster,
came to the house of Morrogh O’Melaghlyn, in
Clonarde, where he made an offer to the said
Morrogh of his own service in the feild, with

his forces, against any one with as great an
army, for King Murrogh’s assistance, against
any other, dureing the king’s pleasure, as long
as his occasion required, at his own charges, so
that Morrogh would be pleased to suffer him
quietly to enjoye only the territorys of the
O’Foylans and Affailie without disturbance,
which the said Murrogh accepted. Terlagh
O’Connor, King of Ireland, did put out the eyes
of his own son, Hugh, for some haynous misde-
meanor of his. Soirvreagh O’Kelly, Cowarb of
Rahin O’Swanaye, died.”

1056 aNNawZa RIOSshachta €IREGNN.

(1137.

abbad 1 nOpo Macha .1. capéinveach Oorpe 1 monad Néll, mic Coda. Cluam
uama, 7 Apoachad eppuice Mel vo lopecad, cargib ceamplaib. Gaot mop
fo Epinn, co po tpapcaip cnanoa 1omda, cige, tlmplu,7 cumoaigte. Rd
puaoaig oan oafne 7 imme ip mm ppaincce 1 Marg Conaille. Oornnall, mac
Mupcada Ui Mhaoleachlaimn, piosdamna Epeann, 7 py Tlmpa ppi pé, aon
Hhuaine Epeann ma aimpip an emeac, vo manbad vo na Satmb,7 oCinetp
Mivde co, nap a muincine ume, uaip 1 ccoccad vo Deacand pide fon a ataip
7 ponpapom. Uaoa Ua Concfnainn vo dallad la Toippdealbac Ua Conco-
bap ma misnmomaib. Mop, msn Muipclpcarg Ui Ghmam, b(n Mhuncada
Us Mhaoileachlaimn, vécc 1 nOeanmarg Cholaim Chille 1an bpeannainn.
Popbap Puipclaipse la Orapmaice Mac Mupchada, la pg Cons tn, 7 la Con-
cobap Ua mbqiain, cigfpna Oal cCap, 7 Goll Ata chat, 7 Loéa Canman,
pop muip oa céo long. Tucpac sialla Oonnchaid Merc Captaig, na nOéip1,
7 Hall Pune Canncce led. Concobap Ua bam, cigsfpna Tuadmuman 5
Upmuman, v0 dol 1 cc5h Oi1anmaoa, merc Mupchada, pi Langs tn, co ppangaib
bnaigoe ann vap cfnn Ofpmuman, vo copnam 06. Cpfch la Conbmac, mac
Meic Cantag an Chemnveicaig Ua mbmain,7 an Ghallanab Cuimngh. Cob-
lach la Toippdealbac Ua cConcobain pon Shionaimn, 7 pon Loch Rib. Tunap
coda dorom 6n an cunay hi pm In ccfnn coblong pip mbneipne im Tigfpnan
Ua Ruaine,7 1 ccfno coblaig pean Mide,7 Ceactba 1m Mhuncad Ua Mhaoi-
leaclainn, 1m pig Clmnac, bal 1 pabaccan va céo Ufpcap, 7 ni paibe la
Toippdealbach cén mo ta Fice long. Ofnmide, ngfn Choncobaip Uf Mhaor-
leachlainn, vécce 1 cCluain Epaino ian nofsbeachawd cian aopoa. Maiom
pioda eiccip Mioeachaib, 7 Operpneacharbh. Ano Macha, Tuam va sua-
lann, Conga, 7 Tipmann Caollamve, vo lopccad. Mas neo budeamnac
vo lopccad. Coéiccead Chonnacc ule vo papusad 6 Ohpdbaoip 50 Sionainn,
7 co h€ccge, 7 a ccup péin1 nlantan Chonnacc.

* For defending Desmond: i. e. O’Brien gave
hostages to Mac Murrough, and submitted to

the years A. D. 1108, 1225, 1236.
™ Buidheamhnach: i. e. the Yellow Swamp, now

him as his king, on condition that Mac Mur-
rough should secure to O’Brien the obedience
of the Mac Carthys of Desmond, who impugned
his authority.

' Termann Caellainne.— An old’ church near
Castlerea, in the county of Roscommon.—See

Boyounagh, or Kilboyounagh, an old church in
the middle of a bog, giving name to a parish
in the barony of Dunmore, and county of
Galway.

» Echtghe.—Now Slieve Aughty, on the con-
fines of Clare and Galway.—See A. D. 1263,

1137.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1057

of abbots at Ard-Macha, i.e. the airchinneach of Doire [Choluim Chille] in
place of Niall, son of Aedh. Cluain-uamha and Ard-achadh of Bishop Mel
were burned, both houses and churches. A great wind-storm throughout Ire-

land, which prostrated many trees, houses, churches, and [other] buildings, and
swept men and cattle into the sea, in Magh-Conaille. Domhnall, son of Mur-
chadh Ua Maeleachlainn, royal heir of Ireland and of Teamhair for a time, the
only Guaire [Aidhne] of Ireland in his time for his hospitality, was killed by
the Saithni and the people of East Meath, with a slaughter of his people about
him, for he had made war against his father and them. Uada Ua Conceanainn
was blinded by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair for his evil deeds. Mor,
daughter of Muircheartach Ua Briain, the wife of Ua Maeleachlainn, died at
Dearmhach Choluim-Chille, after penance. The siege of Waterford by Diar-
maid Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, and Conchobhar Ua Briain, King of
Dal-gCais, and the foreigners of Ath-cliath and Loch-Carman, who had two
hundred ships on the sea. They carried off with them the hostages of Donn-
chadh Mac Carthaigh, of the Deisi, and of the foreigners of Port-Lairge. Con-
chobhar, lord of Thomond and Ormond, went into the house of Diarmaid Mac
Murchadha, King of Leinster, and left hostages there for defending Desmond*
for him. A predatory excursion was made by Cormac, grandson of Carthach,
upon Ceinneidigh Ua Briain and the foreigners of Luimneach. A fleet was
conveyed by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair upon the Sinainn and Loch
Ribh. This was, indeed, a brave expedition for him against the fleet of the
men of Breifne, under Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, and against the fleet of the men
of Meath, under Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair, where there
were two hundred vessels; and Toirdhealbhach had but twenty ships. Ben-
midhe, daughter of Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn, died at Cluain-Eraird, after
a long and well-spent life. A breach of the peace between the men of Meath
and the men of Breifne. Ard-Macha, Tuaim-da-ghualann, Conga, and Tear-
mann Ceallainne!, were burned. Magh-nEo [and] Buidheamhnach™ were burned.
All the province of Connaught was laid waste, from Drobhaeis to the Sinainn
and to Echtghe”, and the people themselves were driven into West Connaught.

and note on Abhainn -da-loilgheach, A. D. lowing events under this year:
1598. “ A, D. 1137. There was such boysterous,
The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice the fol- tempestious windes this year, that it fell’d

6T

1058 aNNazwa RIOshachta eiReann. (1138.

Qoip Cpfopc, mle céo cmocha a hocht. Griollacmopc Ua Mopgaip,
eprcop Clocaip, apo pao 1 nfsna 7 1 ccpdbaoh, Locnann polupoa no poll
plécead cuait 7 eacclaip cpa poipcfoal 7 cao gniom, mod oilfp vatpaccach
vo Ohia, aogaine caipipe na hfccaily, 50 coiccfnn, vécc,7 a adnacal
pecclep Peaccaip 7 Pol m Ano Maca. Maolpaccpaice Ua Opuccam,
pao (sna na nGaoweal anop(p lerginn Apoa Maca, cfnn atcomaine 1aptaip
Eonpa 1 ccpabad, 7 caonoutpacc, véce ina ailitpe in Imp Loca Cpe an 2
lanuapn. Ceall oana, Liop mop, TLE Moling, 7 Sond vo lopcecad. Cuaipe
Muman céona cup la comapba Phaccnaice la mac an fin dana, Fo Tuc a
péip. Copbmac, mac Muinpfohaig merc Cantag, mgZ Olpmuman, 7 eppucc
fs Epeann ma péimear an tiodnacal péo, 7 maoie vo cléipcib 7 ceallaib,
FH leapaigte cuat 7 ecclap, do manbad ina Hg péin1 pproll la Tompdeal-
bach, mac Orapmava Ui bhmiain,7 la 0& mac Ui Choncobain Ciapparge.
Ragnall, mac lomaip 1 Catan, cigfina na Cnaoibe, Ciannacca,7 PCp UU, vo
tuitim the tangnacc 7 meabail, la hUib Cogan Slinne. Maolnuanawd
Ua Caineallam, camvel tuaipceint Epeann an cnut an call 7 ap Zaipecead,
vo mapbad vo Cenél Moam. Oomnall Ua Cianpda, cigfina Canppe, vo
mapbad la Tisffnan Ua Ruaipc. Matsamain Ua Concobain, cigeanna
Ciappaige Cuacna, vécc. Toimpdealbac Ua Concobain co cConnaccanb,
Tigeannan Ua Ruaine co ppfhaib bpeipne, 7 Oonnchad Ua Cfpbaill co
nCingiallaib, vo cionol a pocnaitte vo Copnam a Ffpainn fein co hanpipén

downe many trees, houses, turretts, steeples, Clonvicknose to Eghtgie, was waste this year,
and other things, and whirl’d some of them into save Iarhar-Connought. More, daughter of King

the seas. Donnell mac Murrogh O’Melaughlyn,
prince of all Ireland, and King of Meath for a
time, a very bountifull and noble prince, as
free-hearted as Gwarie of Connought, was
killed by the East of Meath for being in rebel-
lion against his father and Meathmen. Water-
forde was besieged by Dermott Mac Murrogh,
King of Lynster, and Connor O’Bryen, prince
of Dalgaisse, where the Danes had a fleet of two
hundred shipps at sea; at last they obtained
hostages of the Danes, and Donnogh Mac Car-
hie, which they brought with them. All Con-
nought, from Esroe to the Synnan, and from

Mortagh O’Bryen, and wife to Morrogh O’Me-
laughlyn, and Queen of Meath, died a very good
death at Dorrowe. Moyleisa, called Crossan Fyn
O’King, archpoet of Ireland, in that kind of
Trish verse called Crossanaght, died at Clon-
conrie [Cloncurry] in Lynster.”

° Maelpadraig Ua Drugain.—This passage is
translated by Colgan as follows:

“ A.D. 1138. Beatus Maelpatricius Hua Dru-
gain Hibernorum sapientissimus Archischolas-
ticus Ardmachanus (hoc est, supremus Professor
Schole Ardmachane) occidentis Europe scien-
tissimus, vir pietate et religione precipuus, in

OS ea Re 009 ens Se

1138.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1059

The Age of Christ, 1188. Gillachrist Ua Morgair, Bishop of Clochar,
a paragon in wisdom and piety; a brilliant lamp that enlightened the laity and
clergy by preaching and good deeds; a faithful and diligent servant of the
Church in general, died, and was interred in the church of Peter and Paul at
Ard-Macha. Maelpadraig Ua Drugain’, paragon of the wisdom of the Irish,
chief lector of Ard-Macha; head of council of the west of Europe in piety and
devotion, died on his pilgrimage at the Island of Loch Cre’, on the second
of January. Cill-dara, Lis-mor, Tigh-Moling, and Sord, were burned. The
visitation of Munster the first time by the son of the poet‘, and he obtained his
tribute. Cormac, son of Muireadhach, son of Carthach, King of Desmond, and
Bishop of the kings" of Ireland for bestowal of jewels and wealth upon the
clergy and the churches, an improver of territories and churches, was killed
in his own house by treachery, by Toirdhealbhach, son of Diarmaid Ua Briain,
and by the two sons of O’Conchobhar Ciarraighe. .Raghnall, son of Imhar
Ua Cathain, lord of the Craebh, Cianachta, and Fir-Li, fell through treachery
and guile, by the Ui-Eoghain of the Valley. Maelruanaidh Ua Caireallain,
lamp of the north of Ireland for personal form, wisdom, and chivalry, was
slain by the Cinel-Moain. Domhnall Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, was killed
by Tighernan Ua Ruairc. Mathghamhain Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe-
Luachra, died. Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, with the Connaughtmen,
Tighernan Ua Ruairc, with the men of Breifne, and Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill,
with the Airghialla, mustered their forces to contest unjustly his own lands

sua peregrinatione in Insula Loch Creensi, die
secundo Januarii obdormivit in Domino.” —
Trias Thaum., p. 304.

® The Island of Loch Cre.—Now Moin-na-
hinnse, near Roscrea, in the county of Tippe-
rary.—See note *, under the year 802, p. 412,
supra.

4 The son of the poet: i. e. Gilla Macliag.—See
Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 305; and Harris’s
edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 57.

* Bishop of the Kings.—This might be also
translated bishop-king of Ireland.—See Petrie’s
Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 306, 307, where
the author inclines to the opinion that this Cor-

mac, the ancestor of all the septs of the Mac
Carthys, was really a bishop as well as King of
Munster, in opposition to the opinions of Drs.
O’Brien and Lanigan, who consider him as
having been only honoured with the title of bi-
shop for his piety and liberality to the Church.

* The Ui-Eoghain of the Valley.—A sept of the
Cinel-Eoghain, who were at this period seated
in the valley of Glenconkeine in the county of
Londonderry. The three territories possessed
by Ua Cathain or O’Kane, at this period, are
comprised in the present baronies of Tirkeerin,
Keenaght, and Coleraine, in the county of Lon-
donderry.

672

1060 GNNata RIOshachTa eiReEGNN. £1139.

la hUa Maoileclainn. Ténicc van Mupchad Ua Maorleclamn, co ppfpaib
Mode 7 Sallaib, 7 Oianmar mac Munchavda, co Laigmb ma naccard von
leit alle, co pangaccan an o& pocpaive pin co cnaoib mange lonccais. Ro
bé tna iomporcy! boi ecip an va longpopt co na boi acc bealac collead
bicce (coppa. Pp pé plecmaine ooib amlaid pin aghaio m acchaw, Ceér
éfna pop velig Oia Zan cat san siallad neich ofb via pole. Ro mllple
ip Whde 1apam apbanna Ua mbmium, 7 phi Pepnmaige gun bo sonca diopu-
Laing 0616 1pin mbliadain ap cciomn. = lappin oan vo léccan Mhoig, Cangms,
7 Holl co hImp Mocca via hapgain, vo deachaw onons oipime ofob an
pacannaib, 7 ap pnam ap in loc vo pochcain na hinnpt, 7 00 pact opeam
viob an imp. Cangaccap ona iappin luce na hinnm: cuca naptpaigib. Ro
badic, 7 po manbaicc pocade ob Léo,7 ceicit an opin of6 bos 1pm inp ete,
7 ni po pévpac lopccad na hinnpe tpé mmonbal O€ 7 an eplama. Ip annpm
po mapbao Cabpuimne Ua Longainec, 7 mac Tadvg mac Mic Ualgaince 4
mac Mhic Tupgsenll.

Qo Cpiopc, mile céo tniocha anan. Catal Mac Maoilpnn, comanba
Tisfnnag Cluana h€omp, topap ponapay pmobplpa cuaipceipt Eneann
epneadach bio v0 tuait 7 ecclaip. Cuconnacc Ua Oalang, anoollam lé oan,
vécc 1 cCluain Enaino. O Leacain Mive oopioe. Sloiszead la hUllcoib
co Tulaig nOc, co no loipeepfe an macaipe co na ceallaib. Mactgamain
Ua Ouboa, copeac Clomne Laeb(cars 50 maicib a Thuaite ume, vo man-
bad la Muipéfpcach, mac Néill a nofogaal Concobaip Us Coclaimn. Oonn-
chad Ua Maolmuan, aigfina Pip cCeall,7 Cheneoil Phiachach, vo manbad
1 n5emel la Munchad Ua Maoileclaann. Mupcfpcach Ua Maolmuan,
cisfina ele Pean cCeall, vo lopccad vPeanaib Ceall 1. 00 Urb Guana 1
c(mpall Raene. Ua Cadla 1. od, ti5fpna Conmaicne mana, v0 mapbad

* Craebh-Maigh-Lorgaigh: i.e. the Bush or altogether. Under this year the Dublin copy
Wide-spreading ‘ree of the Plain of Tracks. of the Annals of Innisfallen notice the death
Not identified. of Amhlaeibh Mor, or Aulavius Magnus Mac

* The lake.—There is no lake around the old Firbis, chief antiquary and poet of Ui-Fiach-
church of Inis-Mochta at present, but the spot rach. Pas,
is surrounded by a marsh which is still generally ~ Leacain in Meath—Now Leckin, near Bun-

flooded in winter.—See note °, under A. D. 922,
pp- 610, 611, supra.
The Annals of Clonmacnoise want this year

brusna, in the county of Westmeath.—See note
s, under the year 746, p. 349, suprd.
* Ua Dubhda,—Now Duddy. This sept, which

1139.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1061

with Ua Maeleachlainn. On the other side Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, with
the men of Meath, and the foreigners, and Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, with the
Leinster-men, came to oppose them, and both armies arrived at Craebh-Maighe
Lorgaight' The two camps were so near each other that there was only a pass
through a small wood between them. They remained for the space of one
week in this manner face to face, but at length God separated them without
coming to battle, without one giving hostages to the other. The men of Meath
afterwards destroyed the corn crops of the Ui-Briuin, and of the men of
Fearnmhagh, so that an insufferable famine prevailed amongst them the year
following. After this the Meath-men, Leinster-men, and the foreigners, pro-
ceeded to Inis-Mochta to plunder it, and a countless number of them went on
rafts, and by swimming, on the lake", to reach the island; and a party of them
did reach the island. The people of the island afterwards came to them in
vessels, and numbers of them [the aggressors] were drowned and slain by them;
and the party who were on the island fled from thence, not having been able
to burn the island, through the miracles of God and the patron saint. On this
occasion Cubruinne Ua Longairg, the son of Tadhg, the son of Mac Ualghairc,
and the son of Mac Turgaill, were slain.

The Age of Christ, 1139. Cathal Mac Maelfhinn, successor of Tighear-
nach of Cluain-Eois, fountain of the prosperity and affluence of the north of
Ireland, bestower of food upon the laity and the clergy ; Cuchonnacht Ua Da-
laigh, chief ollamh in poetry, died at Cluain-Iraird. He was of Leacain, in
Meath*. An army was led by the Ulidians to Tulach-Og, and they burned the
plain with its churches. Mathghamhain Ua Dubhda*, chief of Clann-Laith-
bheartaigh, with the chief men of his territory along with him, was slain by
Muircheartach, son of Niall, in revenge of Conchobhar Ua Lochlainn. Donn-
chadh Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall and Cinel-Fhiachach, was killed
in his fetters by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn. Muircheartach Ua Mael-
mhuaidh, the other lord of Feara-Ceall, was burned by the Feara-Ceall, i. e. by
the Ui-Luainimh, in the church of Raithin. Ua Cadhla’, i. e. Aedh, lord of

is of the Cinel-Eoghain, is not to be confounded venteenth century. Conmhaicne-mara is now
with the O’Dowdas of Connaught. ; anglicised Connamara, and is a well-known dis-

’ Ua Cadhla.—Now Kyley or Kealy. This trict in the north-west of the county of Galway-
name was latinized Queleus, by Malachias, Ro- —See Chorographical Description of West Con-
man Catholic Archbishop of Tuam in the se- naught, pp. 74, 366, 367.

1062 ANNQta RIOshachta eiReann. (1140.

la Oonnchad mac TadZ oIa mumncip Pein. Oonochaid, mac Tads5
hUf Maolpuanar, vo dallad la Toinpdealbac Ua cConcobaip. Ppsal, mac
Ragnall, mic Muploang,caorpeac Mumncipe hE€olap, 00 mapbad la Tig finan
Ua Ruaine an comaince Ua mbmiiin 7 pfp mbpeipne eccin laec 4 cleinfé
mionn 7 pleal. Clano Captaig vo 1onnanbad a Mumain la Sfol mbmam.
Sit mbliadna vo dénam iccin FCpa’ Muman 7 Cangmu la comanba Phac-
tnaicc 7 la bacaill lopa. Maolbmsoe Ua bpolcan, eppcop Apoa Maca,
7 chho cnabod cuaipceipt Eneann, pao: an eccna, an cpa, 7 an algine,
véce 1ap noeigpfnnainn 29 lanuapff. Niall, mac Coda mic Maoilfora, com-
opba Phaccpaicc ppi né, décc 1an nartpise Ofocna.

Qloip Cpiopt, mile céo ceatpacha. €ochaw Ua Ceallarg, apoétnn pip
Mhide, puf eppucc na hEpeann urle, vécc na p(nvacad 1 nOeapmaig Colum
Chille. Oornall Ua Sealbarg, ancinneach Concarge, cup opdain 7 aine-
acaip Muman, vé5. Comapba Paccpaicc pon cuaipt Connace ma céona
pect, co TTUS a OlFpeip, 7 po oilpigfo a ccealla pon a comur 6 Thoinpdeal-
bach O Concobaip, 7 6 martib Connaéc, co ppapccaib comapnba Phaccpargs
co na pamao bfhnaccamn pop an mg,7 pon matib Chonnache. Clatopoictc
vo vénam la Toinpdealbach Ua Concobaip van CAclias,7 a foplongponc 1
Maig Ceacba oc coméo Conmaicne. Tedinic 1aparh Mupchad Ua Maor-
leachlainn co pocnarve pip Mive, 7 Teatba, 7 Tig(mnan Ua Ruane, co poc-
pave pip mbpeipne vo paigid Lonsponc Connacc 7-Conmaicne. Pasbaic
rem a longponc leo. Coipecfp € lapan luce anvearp, 7 mapbaio Ragnall,

* The race of Brian: i.e. the O’Brians and
Mac Mahons of Thomond.

* Maelbrighde Ua Brolchain.—“ A. D. 1139.
B. Maelbrigidus Hua Brolchain, Episcopus Ard-
machanus, speculum religionis et pietatis Sep-
tentrionalis Hibernie, vir sapientia, mansue-
tudine et clementia excellens, obiit die 29.
Januarii, post summam carnis castigationem,
et penitentialis vite opera.”’— Trias Thaum.,
p- 305.

» Niall, son of Aedh.He was the grandson,
of Maelisa, who was Abbot or Archbishop of
Armagh from 1065 till 1092, who was the son
of Amhalghaidh, who was Archbishop of Ar-

magh from 102] till 1050. This is the person
called “Nigellus quidem, imo vero nigerrimus”
by St. Bernard. Colgan gives the obit of this
Niall from the Annals of the Four Masters, with
a very appropriate remark, as follows:

“A.D. 1139. Niellus, filius Aidi, filii Moelise,
comorbanus S. Patricii (id est Antistes Ardma-
chanus) post ferventissimam penitentiam decessit.
Severiori calamo in hunc advertit Divus Bernar-
dus quam domestici Annales.” —Trias, Thaum.,
p- 305.

° The successor of Patrick.—This passage is
translated by Colgan as follows:

* A. D. 1140. S. Gelasius in Connaciam pro-

a> SS eee, Ges

7 ad

fo: ee ee ee

oe a re

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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

1140.] 1063

Conmhaicne-mara, was killed by Donnchadh, son of Tadhg, one of his own
people. Donnchadh, son of Tadhg Ua Maelruanaidh, was blinded by Toir-
dhealbhach Ua Conchobhair. Fearghal, son of Raghnall, son of Muireadhach,
chief of Muintir-Eolais, was killed by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, while under the
protection of the Ui-Briuin and the men of Breifne, both laity and clergy, relics
and shrines. The Clann-Carthaigh were expelled from Munster by the race
of Brian’. A year’s peace was made between the men of Munster and the
Leinstermen, by the successor of Patrick, and the staff of Jesus. Maelbrighde
Ua Brolchain’, Bishop of Ard-Macha, head of the piety of the north of Ireland,
a paragon of wisdom, meekness, and mildness, after good penance, on the 29th
of January. Niall, son of Aedh®, son of Maelisa, successor of Patrick for a
time, died after intense penance.

The Age of Christ, 1140. Eochaidh Ua Ceallaigh, chief head of the men
of Meath, the most distinguished bishop of all Ireland, died at an advanced
age at Dearmhach Choluim Chille. Domhnall Ua Sealbhaigh, airchinneach of
Corcach, pillar of the glory and splendour of Munster, died. The successor of
Patrick® made a visitation of Connaught for the first time, and obtained his full
tribute, and their churches were adjusted to his jurisdiction by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair and the chieftains of Connaught, and the successor of Patrick
and his clergy left a blessing on the king and the chieftains of Connaught. A
wicker bridge was made by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair across Ath-liag’,
and pitched his camp at Magh-Teathbha, to guard Conmhaicni. Murchadh
Ua Maeleachlainn, with the forces of the men of Meath and Teathbha, and
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, with the forces of the men of Breifne, came to attack
the camp of the Connaughtmen and the Conmhaicni. These left the camp to
them ; and the southern party burned it, and slew Raghnall, the grandson of

fectus, a rege terre Theodorico Hua Concho-
bhair et proceribus, summé humanitate et re-
. verentid exceptus, facta ei a rege plena libertate
circa negotia Cleri et Ecclesiarum sui regni, ea
omnia liberé tractandi, et disponendi, que ad rei
Catholice promotionem judicaret expedire. Per-
agrata igitur tota Connacia, et ubique que re-
ligionem et pietatem concernebant, rité dispositis,
‘multis auctus donis honorariis ad sua reversus

est.”— Trias Thaum., p. 304.

4 Across Ath-liag: i.e. across the Shannon at
Ballyleague or Lanesborough. Dr. O’Conor
confounds this with Athleague on the River
Suck, in the county of Roscommon, and trans-
lates the passage incorrectly, thus:

‘Pons ligneus viminarum factus a Tordel-
bacho O’Conor supra vadum fluminis Succe,
dictum Athliacc, et castrametatus est ultra flu-

1064 aNNaca RIOshachta eiReaqNN. (1141.

mac mic Oubdana, corpeac Muncie hEolaip, co pocawdib 1omdayb. Com-
dal oc Aéluam la MunchadUa Maoileachlamn, 7 la Toinpdealbac Ua cCon-
cobain, 00 ponpac comluige 7 comorpad,7 pecanrpacc po pioh. Chatonoiéle
ole la Toinpdealbac van Aé Luan co po papas lantap Mide. Craulad
Ua Cainvelbain, wigfpna Laogaine, 7 Plartb(pcach Ua Catapmg cigtpna
na Saitne,7 Oomnall a bnataip vo ensabarl la Munchad Ua Maoileaclamn
ina néccopaigh fem. Tig fpnan Ua Ruane vo atcun a plaré(p Ua mbmuin
la hUib Omran peippin, 7 a ccfnoup vo sFabarl oonidipe 06. Cpeach la
Toippdealbac Ua cConcobaip, co po once Mumeip Maolcpionoa. Tugpac
pip Clcba puabaine biodbad pon a flog pom,7 po cupple ap poppa im
Muipfoac, mac mic Muipeadarg Ui Phionnacca, coipeac Clomne Muncada,
71m mac mic Coda me Rumom. Madm pon Shallaib Ata chat ma
nOallaib Puc Cage, 01 tconcaip mac Mic Tonmaip.

Qoip Cpiopz, mile cév ceatpachac a haon. Oormnall Ua Coimpiacla,
cis(ina Teacba, vécc 1 cCluam Enaipo ian bpfnnainn. Cod Ua Longan,
maop Muman, vécc. Comapba Cianain vo opgain la Siol nOnméada, 7 la
Concabapn mac Mic Coclam 1 cCluain pronnloca.- Cn cneach pin vo aiptec
po cé0dip la Concoban mac Tomppdealbars Ui Concobain. Oianmaio Mac
Munpcada, pi Cargfn, 00 Dénam pelle pop matib Cash 1. pon Oomnall,
uigfina Ua pPaolain 4 pfogdamna Cagtn, 7 pop Ua cTuatal 1. Munchad
7 a manbad lap orblimb,7 Muipefpcach Mac Grollamocolmés, agsfpna Rp
sCualann vo dallad laip beop. Enente mon 1 Largmib von gnfom pin, vamp
po manbad 7 po oallad peact prin décc vo paonclanoaib Laigtn co pocaiib
ole immanlle ppiu an can pin. Oonnchad mac Hull Hable 1. Ua Conco-
bain Pailge, 00 manbad vo Uib Palge peippm a. v0 Clomm Mhaoilugna.
Oomnall Ua Comps, TIZfpna Oal CApawe, v0 mapbad vo Cpocpargib.
Holla na naom Ua Plpsaile, corpeac Mumceipe hAngale pip Aponaie

men, in planitie Teffie, ad protegendam Con-
macniam.’’—See note}, under A. D. 781, p. 388,
and note ‘, under A. D. 1000, p. 744, supra.

* Ua Finnachtaigh.— Now anglicised Fin-
naghty and Finnerty, without the prefix Ua
or QO.

‘ Cluain-finnlocha: i.e. the Lawn or Meadow
of the Bright Lake, now Cloonfinlough, a town-

land in the parish of Clonmacnoise, barony of
Garrycastle, and King’s County.

® Goll Gaibhle: i. e. the Blind Man of Fidh
Gaibhle, a famous wood along the River Figile,
in the parish of Cloonsast, barony of Cooles-
town, and King’s County.—See Leabhar-na-
gCeart, p. 214, note °.

» Crotraight.—The situation of this tribe is

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1141.) - ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. > 1065

Dubhdara, chief of Muintir-Eolais, with many others. A conference was held
at Ath-Luain, by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn and Toirdhealbhach Ua Con-
chobhair, and they took mutual oaths, and made mutual armistice, and parted
in peace. Another wicker bridge was made by Toirdhealbhach across Ath-
Luain, and he devastated the west of Meath. Cu-uladh Ua Caindealbhain, lord
of Laeghaire, and Flaithbheartach Ua Cathasaigh, lord of the Saithni, and
Domhnall, his brother, were taken prisoners by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn,
for their own injustice. Tighearnan Ua Ruairc was expelled from the chief-
tainship of the Ui-Briuin, by the Ui-Briuin themselves ; but he assumed the
headship of them again. A predatory excursion was made by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair, and he plundered Muintir-Mael-tSinna. The men of Teathbha
made a fierce attack upon his forces, and made a slaughter of them, together
with Muireadhach, the grandson of Muireadhach Ua Finnachtaigh’, chief of
Clann-Murchadha, and the grandson of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri. A battle was
gained by the foreigners of Ath-cliath, over the foreigners of Port-Lairge, in
which the son of Mac Tormair was slain.

The Age of Christ, 1141. Domhnall Ua Coinfhiacla, lord of Teathbha,
died at Cluain-Eraird, after penance. Aedh Ua Longain, steward of Munster,
died. The successor of Ciaran was robbed by the Sil-Anmchadha and Con-
chobhar, the son of Mac Cochlain, at Cluain-finnlocha’’ The booty was imme-
diately restored by Conchobhar, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair.
Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, acted treacherously towards the
chieftains of Leinster, namely, towards Domhnall, lord of Ui-Faelain, and
royal heir of Leinster, and towards Ua Tuathail, i.e. Murchadh, both of whom
he killed; and also towards Muircheartach Mac Gillamocholmog, lord of Feara-
Cualann, who was blinded by him. This deed caused great weakness in Lein-
ster, for seventeen of the nobility of Leinster, and many others [of inferior
rank] along with them, were killed or blinded by him at that time. Donn-
chadh, son of Goll Gaibhle®, i.e. Ua Conchobhair Failghe, was killed by the
Ui-Failghe themselves, i.e. the Clann-Maelughra. Domhnall Ua Loingsigh,
lord of Dal-Araidhe, was slain by the Crotraighi’, Guilla-na-naemh Ua Fear-

unknown, unless the present barony of Cath- “‘ in coblang, i. e. of the fleet,” which shows that
raighe, or Carey, in the north-east of the county _ they were seated along the sea.—See Leabhar-na-
of Antrim. In Leabhar-na-gCeart they are styled gCcart, printed by the CelticSociety, p.171, note".

6U

1066 ANNdGZa RIOShachta eIReECNN. (1142.

Eneann v€5, 1ap ccian aoip, 7 a adnacal a nimp Clotpann. Sl6ig fo la Con-
éoban Ua mbmam co he chat, co ccugpat Holl a pige 06. Mapb opong
DIA Thuinntip ag pod a nop 1ap mte an spcin glaip v6ib m apaile locc
rllaigip. Moppluang la Sfol mbmiam la Concoban hUa Concobap, la
Toinpdealbac, la Tadzs, 7 la Concobap mac Oomnaill oap 1antapn Comacc,
co puspac il mile b6, 7 van po oipcefcec,7 po moinpfc,7 po manrac On

noaillme von cupap pm. Chpeach lap an luce céona 1 nUib Cemnpelaig, co

puacccacan Loch Gapman. Cpeach la O1apmaio mac Mupchada 1 LLagip,

J madm pa Cagip paippum ian ccabaine mop cneice umdib. Ulleags

Laig(n mle vo tocc via ccimbh péipm a. in Ullcoib, 7 ba comapda ofogla
ponillagmb. Combdal pioda oc Uipneac ecin Toippdealbac Ua Concobaip,
pi Connacc,7 Mupncad Ua Maorleaclainn, pi Clmpac. Tus Ua Maoileach-
lainn a bnagoe do Thoippdealbac can clhn Mhde 7 Teatba, bnaigve pip
mbneipne beop vo tabarnt la Toinpdealbac von cup pm. Concoban mac mic
Oonnchaw Ui Maoileachlamn vo manbad 1 ngeimel la Muncad Ua Maoi-

leclainn. Oo pdine Oia mopbal an Mupchad ma cionad 1. Ant a mac vo

éccad a ccionn coigoip1.. ~Cloban pi5 Epeann in cCApc ipin. Oomnall, mac
Ruaodp Ui Mhaolmuaid, cigeanna Pean sCeall 00 manbad la Muncin
cuaimm 1 pRatain hUi Suanais. Cpeachpluaig(o la Toinpdealbac Ua Con-
cobain 1 pRotapcaib aipbneach,7 po once opeam opfnaib Mhode,7 oPhotap-
cab, 7 peslep hUi Ohanéin. .
Coir Chiopt, mile céo cltpacha avo. hUa Rebeca, abb Lipp min
Mocuoa, vo mapbad la Tadg Ua Cemnéivig. Catapach Ua Cincaenech,
peanleiginn Anoa Maca, pagapct eccnaide aopoa ba poipste vo Hhaoiwea-
laib, vo éce. Ceall oa lua, Eanac otin, 7 Teach Mocua vo lopccad. Con-

' Muintir-Anghaile.— Otherwise called An- at this period. “
ghaile. This was the tribe-name of the O’Far- ™ Uisneach.—Now Usnagh Hill, in the barony

rells, who were seated in the present county of
Longford.

* Dun-Gaillmhe : i. e. the Fortress of the River
Gaillimh, now the Galway River. This was
the castle which was erected here in the year
1126, g. v.

‘ Ulstermen.—This may mean Ulidians or in-
habitants of East Ulster, many families of
whom were in exile in the province of Leinster

of Rathconrath, and county of Westmeath.—See
note °, under A. D, 507, p. 166, supra.

” Fotharta-Airbhreach.—A territory adjoining
the Hill of Croghan in the King’s County.—See
note ‘, under A. M. 3529, p. 36, supra.

° Regles- Ut-Dhunain : i.e. O’Dunain’s church.
This was probably the name of a church at Clo-
nard, in Meath, erected by the Bishop Maelmuire
O’Dunain, who died at Clonard in 1117 [1118].

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1142.} ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1067

ghaile, chief of Muintir-Anghaile’, the most prosperousman in Ireland, died at
an advanced age, and was interred in Inis-Clothrann. An army was led by
Conchobhar Ua Briain to Ath-cliath, and the foreigners submitted to him as
their king. Some of his people died on their return from the East, after
having eaten the green corn at a certain place in Laeighis. A great army was
led by the race of Briain, by Conchobhar Ua Conchobhair, by Toirdhealbhach,
Tadhg, and Conchobhar, son of Domhnall, across the west of Connaught, from
whence they carried off many thousand cows; and they also sacked, plundered,
and demolished Dun-Gaillmhe* on that occasion. The same party made a pre-
datory excursion into Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, until they reached Loch Garman. A
predatory excursion was made by Diarmaid Mac Murchadha into Laeighis ;
and the people of Laeighis defeated him, after he had carried off a great prey
from them. The Ulstermen! of all Leinster returned to their own territories,
i.e. into Ulster, and this was a sign of vengeance in Leinster. A conference
of peace was held at Uisneach™ between Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King
of Connaught, and Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair. Ua Mae-
leachlainn gave his hostages to Toirdhealbhach, for Meath and: Teathbha. The
hostages of the men of Breifne were also carried off by Toirdhealbhach on that
occasion. Conchobhar, grandson of Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, was killed
in fetters by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn. God performed a miracle upon
Murchadh in revenge of it, i.e. Art, his son, died at the end of a fortnight after-
wards. This Art was heir-presumptive to the sovereignty of Ireland. Domh-
nall, son of Ruaidhri Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, was killed by
Muintir-Luainimh, at Rathain-Ui-Suanaigh. A great plundering army was led
by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair into Fotharta-Airbhreach"; and he plun-
dered some of the men of Meath and of the Fotharta, and Regles-Ui-Dhunain’®.

The Age of Christ, 1142. Ua Rebachain, Abbot of Lis-mor-Mochuda, was
killed by Tadhg Ua Ceinneidigh. Cathasach Ua Circaerech, lector of Ard-
Macha, a wise aged priest, the most learned of the Irish, died. Cill-Dalua,
Eanach-duin?, and Teach-Mochua, were burned. Conchobhar, son of Diarmaid

—See the Miscellany of the Irish Archeological year 1152. The Dublin copy of the Annals of

Society, pp. 132, 155. Innisfallen accord with those of the Four Mas-
The Annals of Clonmacnoise want this year, ters at this period. ;
and contain but a few meagre entries till the ® Kanach-duin.—Now Annadown, in the ba-

6u2

1068 aNNaza RIOShachta elReaNnN. (1142.

coban mac Oranmaoa hl bhmam, arpopf oa corgead Muman cup Farperd 4
(ngnama Leite Moga, vécc 1 cCill Oalua 1ap mbuaw atpige, 7 apopigze
Muman ule vo sabail v0 Thoippdealbac Ua mbmain po céddéip dia érp.
Oonnchad, mac meric Cantaig vo cféc 1 nNOEPIK Muman, 7 opfn vo mapbad
06,7 anal via MuIMnTippiom vo tuITIM, 7 Oonnchad budéin vo Zabail lar
na Oéipib, 7 a tabhaipc iappin vo Thoippdealbac Ua Sain. Concobop,
mac Oomnaill Us bhpian, 00 1onnapbavh vo Thoippdealbach Ua byyarn, pi
Muman,7 ceacc vo pon coccad hi cConnaccaib. Maiom pe mac Neill mic
meic Loclaimn, tig fina Cenel Eogain pon Efpaib Onoma,7 po cpectnargead
pom pén co mon 1 pmicsuin an madma hi pin. Slosead la Toinpdealbac
Ua Concobain, la pig Connacht co prfpab Mide 7 Opéipne 7 co Cargmb
leip do c(cc pin Mumam, acc po 1ompadple Zan ba gan sialla (cen mo ta
bnaigve Cong fn) ian pin Opparge 7 Caoigip1,7 1ap mllead net o1a napban-
naib. Mdoipcpeach la Tormpdealbach Ua mbmain la ms Muman 4 Laigmb,
7 po once Ui Murpfoang, 7 anall vo Uib Cemnrpelaig, 7 00 bent buapnoipime
lap. Oonnchad Ua Concobaip, cis(pna Cianpase Cuacna, vo manbad la
csfina Ua cCaippin 1. Camana becc. Mac meic Conpoi, ax(pna Oealbna
Thine va loca, vo mapbad. Mac Pihpgarl Ui Mhaolmuasd, cigfina Pip
cCeall, vo mapbad vo mac Ruaiwdm Ui Mhaolmuad 1 nOaupmarg Colaim
Chille. Mac me Occip «a. Occip do luchc Inf: Gall, v0 Zabarl cfnnap 7
poplamaip Ata chat. Matgamam, mac Plomn Ui Phollaman, cisfpna
Cnice na cCéoach, vo tuicim la a dap Ofpbpactan pei 1 bpeill 7 a meabanl.

rony of Clare, and county of Galway. — See
note *, under A. D. 576, p. 209, supra.

1 Conchobhar, son of Diarmaid Ua Briain.—
He is called Conchobhar na Cathrach in the
Dublin copy of the Annals of Innisfallen. He
was so called from a cathair or fortress which
he built on an island in Lough Derg.

* Feara-Droma.—This was the tribe-name of the
O’Donnellys, who were, up to this period, seated
at Druim-Lighean, near Lifford, in the barony
of Raphoe and county of Donegal.—See Appen-
dix, Pedigree of O’Donnelly.

* Cumara Beg: i.e. Cumara the Little. He
was Cumara Beag Mac Namara, chief of Ui-

Caisin, in the baronies of Upper and Lower
Tulla, and county of Clare.

t Dealbhna-Thire-da-locha : i.e. Delvin of the
Land of the Two Lakes, now the barony of
Moycullen, situated between Lough Corrib and
Lough Lurgan, or the Bay of Galway, in the
county of Galway.—See Chorographical Descrip-
tion of West Connaught, p. 52, note *.

The Mac Conroys, who are of the Dalcassian
race of Thomond, are still very numerous in
this territory, but they usually translate the
name to King, from an erroneous belief that the
name is Mac-an-righ, i.e. Son of the King; but
the true anglicised form of the name is Mac

PeENS i al it 2 en

1142.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

1069

Ua Briain‘, supreme king of the two provinces of Munster, pillar of the valour
and prowess of Leath-Mogha, died at Cill-Dalua, after the victory of penance ;
and the sovereignty of all Munster was assumed by Toirdhealbhach O’Briain
immediately after him. Donnchadh, grandson of Carthach, came into the Deisi-
Mumhan, and killed some people ; but some of his people fell, and Donnchadh
himself was taken prisoner by the Deisi, who afterwards delivered him up to
Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain. Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Briain, was ex-
pelled by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, King of Munster, and he proceeded to
make war in Connaught. A battle was gained by the son of Niall, grandson
of Lochlainn, lord of Cinel-Eoghain, over the Feara-Droma’, and he himself was
severely wounded in the heat of that battle. An army was led by Toirdheal-
bhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, accompanied by the men of Meath,
Breifne, and Leinster, to march into Munster; but they returned without cows
or hostages (save only the hostages of Leinster), after having traversed Osraighe
and Laeighis, and destroyed some of their corn. A great predatory excursion
was made by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, King of Munster, into Leinster ; and
he plundered the Ui-Muireadhaigh and some of the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and
carried off countless kine. Donnchadh Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe-
Luachra, was killed by the lord of Ui-Caisin, i. e. Cumara Beg*. The son of
Mac Conroi, lord of Dealbhna-Thire-da-locha‘, was killed. The son of Fearghal
Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, was killed by the son of Ruaidhri
Ua Maelmhuaidh, at Darmhach-Choluim-Chille. The son of Mac Ottir, i. e.
Ottir, one of the people of Insi-Gall [the Hebrides], assumed the chieftainship
and government of Ath-cliath. Mathghamhain, son of Flann Ua Follamhain,
lord of Crich-na-gCedach", fell by his own two brothers, in treachery and guile.

Conry.—See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part ili. c. 82,
p.317.

« Crich-na-gCedach : anglicé Crinagedagh.
This was the name ofa rectory in the King’s
County in 1629. The townlands of Corbetts-
town, Killowen, and Clonmore are in it.—See
Inquisition taken at Philipstown, 9th January,
1629. It is the present parish of Castlejordan,
in the barony of Warrenstown, King’s County,
adjoining the counties of Meath and Westmeath.

—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Antiquities,
chap. v., where this territory is thus referred
to:

“In the Black Book of the Exchequer of Ire-
land, and in sundry Pipe Rolls in the reign of
Edward III, it appears that the territory of
Cryngedagh, now a part of the King’s County,
on the Westmeath side, was charged with royal
services, as lying within the county of Meath.”
—p. 35.

1070 ANNdza RIOSshachta eiReGNH. (1143.

Cpech la Concoban, mac sia ae la hUib Mame an Cenel Ponsgo,
co tcucpac buan dipime.

Coir Cpiort, mile ceo ceacnachac acpi. Macnart Ua Pulleacham,
eppcop 7 63, Macnat Ua Pioan clno inpi Loca Cpe, 7 Giollacmope Mac
an becanaig, aimcmoech Opoma morp, véce. Giolla aongupa Ua Clumam,

ollam Connacc 1 bpiliveacc, vécc. Cluain Eanaimno vo lorccad app an.

pain ap mo mm Lepr anmempa. Ceanannap, Accpum, Oomnach Sfchnanll,
7 Ceall vana vo lopcad. Copcac vo lopccad po df. Muipéficach, mac
Oomnanll Ui Mhaoleachlainn piogoamna Teampach, 7 lantan Mide ppi
pé, 7 Oonnchad Ua Concfnainn, vécc. Méipcneach la Cenél n€ogam hi
Popnmang, via po loicpfe an cip 50 mop ecin b44 anbap. Oo pocap vin
(nc Ua Ruane leo von cup pin.
Ua nGaipmleadang 1. 00 Ohomnall 1ap monnapbad Muipéefpcag mic Néill
mec Laclainn vo Chenel €ogain perpin, 7 00 Oomnall pémpaice. Cod, mac
Muinc(pcag Ui Ohiboa, cigfpna Ua Piaénac an cumpeeipc 7 hUa nCmal-
Zaoa, vé5. OA mac pém a. Ruaiom vo (pgabal la Toinpdealbac Ua Conco-
baip can papusad laech 7 cléipeac, mind, 7 comaipgead. Ic1ac na comaip-
sfoa Muinfoac Ua Oubtag F0 ccléincib 7 laocharb Connacht, Cavs Ua bniann,
cis (ina Tuadmuman, Tig(pnan Ua Ruane, cis (pna bpeipne,7 Mupchad mac

* Cinel-Forgo.—Otherwise called Ui-Forgo, a “A. D. 1139 [recté, 1143] King Terlagh took
tribe seated in Ormond.—See the years A.D. his son prisoner (his name was Rowrie O’Conor,
834, 989, 1060, 1131. he that was afterwards king of Ireland), after that

* Less-an-memra: i.e. the Fort of the Shrine, he gave him protection before upon these oaths
This was the name of the house at Clonard, in and securities following, viz.: Moriegh O’Duffie,
which the shrine of St. Finnen was preserved. Archbushopp, with all the laymen and Clergy

¥Ut-Fiachrach of the North.—This isa mistake of Connaught; Teige O’Bryen, king of Tho-
of the Four Masters for Ui-Fiachrach of the Moy, mond; Tyernan O’Royrck, king of the Breiny,
now the barony of Tireragh, in the county of and Murrough mac Gilleneneve O’Ferall, chief-
Sligo. The Ui-Fiachrach of the north were taine of the Annalie. They all, both clergy and

Rige Chenél €ogain vo gabal vo.

seated around Ardstraw and along the River
Derg, in the county of Tyrone.

* His own son, i.e. Ruaidhri.—This curious
passage, and a few others which properly belong
to this year, are translated as follows by Connell
Mageoghegan, in his Annals of Clonmacnoise, in

which it is incorrectly entered under the year
1139:

laymen, fasted at Rathbrendon to gett the said
prince Rowrie out of the king’s hands, and could
not. Also king Terlagh took Morrogh O’Me-
laughlyn, king of Meath, prisoner, after. he
[had] agreed with him that each of them would
be true to one another, and seek none advantage
or hindrance of another. These were the oaths
and suretys that were between them of either

:

1143.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1071

A predatory excursion was made by Conchobhar, son of Toirdhealbhach, and
the Ui-Maine, upon the Cinel-Forgo*, and carried off countless kine.

The Age of Christ, 1143. Macraith Ua Fuilleachain, bishop and virgin ;
Macraith Ua Fidan, head of the island of Loch-Cre ; and Gillachrist Mac-an-
Bheacanaigh, airchinneach of Druim-mor, died. © Gilla-Aenghusa Ua Clumhain,
ollamh of Connaught in poetry, died. Cluain-Iraird was burned, for the most
part, with Less-an-memra*. Ceanannus, Ath-Truim, Domhnach-Seachnaill, and
Cill-dara, were burned. Corcach was burned twice. Muircheartach, son of
Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, royal heir of Teamhair and of West Meath for a
time, and Donnchadh Ua Concheanainn, died. A great predatory excursion
was made by the Cinel-Eoghain into Fearnmhagh, by which they greatly injured
the territory in its cows and corn. On this occasion Art Ua Ruaire was slain
by them. The chieftainship of Cinel-Eogain was assumed by Ua Gairmleadh-
aigh, i.e. by Domhnall, after the expulsion of Muircheartach, son of Niall Mac
Lochlainn, by the Cinel-Eoghain themselves, and by the aforesaid Domhnall.
Aedh, son of Muircheartach Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Fiachrach of the North’,
and of Ui-Amhalghada, died. His own son, i.e. Ruaidhri’, was taken by Toir-
dhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, in violation of laity and clergy, relics and protec-
tion. These were the sureties: Muireadhach Ua Dubhthaigh, with the clergy
and laity of Connaught; Tadhg Ua Briain, lord of Thomond ; Tighearnan

side for performance of the said agreement, viz'.: prelates and noblemen that were sureties for

the alter of Saint Keyran’s shrine, the relicks
Norannagh, two prelates of every severall houses,
together with Moriegh O’Duflie, archbushopp
of Connought, the primatt of Ardmach, the
staff of Jesus, which St. Patrick brought to
this kingdom, the cowarb of Saint Fechine,
Saint Fechin’s bell, and the Boban of St. Ke-
vin; by all which sureties and oaths they were
bound to each other not to seek advantage either
by captivity, blynding, or encroaching upon
either’s land, untill apparent occasion had ap-
peared to the sureties; and notwithstanding all
which, Murrough was. taken by King Terlagh,
and kept prisoner for the space of a month,
without any breach of his side, untill at last he
was enlarged by the intercession of the said

him, whom they sent, with safe conduct, to
Munster. In the mean time King Terlagh
seized upon the kingdom of Meath into his own
hands, and graunted the same to his son, Connor
O’Connor, which was made by this devise: the
King caused to be assembled to Keylke the no-
bility of Meath, and O’Bryun of the Brenie,
where he apprehended King Murrogh of Meath,
and took hostages of the rest of Meath, which
he delivered to his said son, with the possession
of the kingdom of Meath as aforesaid. O’Gormley
tooke the principallity of Tyrowen to him, was
king thereof, and banished there hence the son
of O’Neall. Gilla-Enos O’Clowen, archpoett”
[recte, arch-ollav] ‘‘ of Connaught in the art of
poetry, died.”

ANNaGZa RIOshachtTda elREGNN. (1144.

1072

Siolla na naom 1 Pisal, cisfina Mumeipe hAngaile. Ro tpoipeeple
cpa cléims Connacc 1m Mumedac Ua nOubdaig occ Rat bpenainn imo
ccomainge, 7 nf tuccad 0616. ~Mupchad Ua Maorleachlaimn, pi Mivde co na
Fontuataib vo (pgabal la Torppdealbac Ua cConcobarp, la pig Connace,
fon pnadad mmo 4 comaipsfo Epfnon. Aciacpiwe 1. aledim Cianam co na
mionoaib, pepin Cianain an opemeach, an Mata mop, an cabb 7 an pmdip,7
play ap Zach opus von Eaglaipp. Muipfoach Ua Oubcang an caino epycop, |
cis(pna Connace,7] a caoipg, comanba Phaccnarce 7 bacall lopa, comapba
Peiéin 7 cloce Peicin, 7 66ban Caoimsin. Ro baccan cpa pin ule, erccin
Toippdealbac 7 Mupnchad gan pérll gan meabarl, gan cpégad neic ofob via
anoile gan vallad san (pgabail gan cimodibe cpice na pfpamn pon Munchao,
Zomad piadnac lap na comaipsib a cion, 7 co ppoccantaor plan é oionchaib
a comaipsfo. Acc nama ni pme cion pollup cuicce cia po sabad, 4 po
leiccead app 1 ccmn mip iappin oionchaib a comaipged, 7 po bdnaicfoh
eippium la a comaipgib pin Mumann, 7 do pavad pige Mide la Toinpdealbac
via mac peippm, vo Choncobap. Op amlaid po pon caomnaccaip an eangsa-
bal ipm 1. Sloccf vo dénam la Toippdealbac amal bud vo tléc 1pm
Muman, Connaccaig, Conmaicnt,7 Ui Opa vo tiondl 50 haon mangin, 7
Ua Maorleachtamn vo Zabaal,7 a bneit 50 Odin mép,7 bnargoe Mide anchha
ama pem(pbapcman, acc cena ni po millead a BF ipin Mive depin. Cnlch
la hElib 1 Pfiab Ceall, oap bnomd mom, 7 comaingead. Slois fo la Toinp-
dealbac Ua mbmaimn co bEfpab Muman hi cConnaccaib, sun elpcprac an
Rua bheitig, 7 sup peaolple a caupiol,7 po podplo iappin san cpeich san
slallna.

Cloip Cpforc, mile cév ceatpacha a cltaip. GHrollapaccpaice mac Con-
sail, pao: eaccna na nOaoiweal, pean leigino Cluana Enaipo, 7 a pacano,

* Rath-Brenainn: i.e. Brendan’s Fort, now
Rathbrennan, a townland in the parish of Ros-
common.— Ord. Map, sheet 39. See note*, under
A.D. 1410.

» The Oreineach— Sometimes : written Orain-
neach. This was probably a gold-embroidered
crozier.

° Matha-mor: i. e. the great Gospel of St. Mat-
thew.

¢ Boban of Caetmhghin.—This was probably a
bell which had belonged to St. Caeimhghin or
Kevin of Glendalough.

* Dun-mor.—Now Dunmore, in a barony of
the same name in the county of Galway.—See
note ‘, under A. D. 1249.

‘In violation of relic-oaths.— A. D. 1139 [recte,
1143]. They of the countrey of Elie tooke a prey
of Fearkeall, after they were sworn friends to

1144.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1073

Ua Ruaire, lord of Breifne ; and Murchadh, son of Gilla-na-naemh Ua Fearghail,
lord of Muintir-Anghaile. The clergy of Connaught, with Muireadhach
Ua Dubhthaigh, fasted at Rath-Brenainn’, to get their guarantee, but it was not
observed for them. Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath and its For-
tuatha, was taken prisoner by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Con-
naught, while he was under the protection of the relics and guarantees of
Ireland. These were they: the altar of Ciaran, with its relics; the shrine of
Ciaran, called the Oreineach’; the Matha-mor*; the abbot and the prior, and
two out of every order in the Church; Muireadhach Ua Dubhthaigh, the arch-
bishop, the lord of Connaught ; the successor of Patrick, and the Staff of Jesus ;
the successor of Feichin, and the bell of Feichin ; and the Boban of Caeimh-
ghin’. All these were between Toirdhealbhach and Murchadh, that there should
be no treachery, no guile, no defection of the one from the other, no blinding,
no imprisoning, and no circumscribing of Murchadh’s territory or land, until
his crime should be evident to the sureties, and that they might proclaim him
not entitled to protection ; however, he was found guilty of no crime, though
he was taken. He was set at liberty at the end of a month afterwards, through
the interference of his sureties, and he was conveyed by his sureties into Mun-
ster ; and the kingdom of Meath was given by Toirdhealbhach to his own son,
Conchobhar. This capture was effected as follows: a hosting was made by
Toirdhealbhach, as if to proceed into Munster ; the Connaughtmen, the Con-
maicni, and the Ui-Briuin, collected to one place, and Ua Maeleachlainn was
taken and conveyed to Dun-mor’, together with the hostages of Meath in gene-
ral; but not the smallest part of Meath was injured on this occasion. A pre-
datory excursion was made by the Eili into Feara-Ceall, in violation of relic-
oaths’ and sureties. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, with the
men of Munster and Connaught ; and they cut down the Ruaidh-Bheithigh’,
and demolished its stone-fort, after which they returned without booty or
hostages.

The Age of Christ, 1144. Gillaphadraig Mac Conghail, the paragon of
the Irish for wisdom, lector of Cluain-Iraird, and its priest ; and Flannagan of

each other by great oaths, for the preservation Tree. This tree, which was evidently the in-
of the peace between them.”—Ann. Clon. auguration tree of the Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne,
The Ruaidh-Bheithigh: i.e. the Red Birch gave name to the hamlet of Roevehagh, in the

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1074 aNNaza RIOoshachta eIReGNN. ~ (1144:

7 Planoagan Inny Partlenn, anmcana cogade, vég. Cfnannap vo lopccad
fo tpi an blhadamp. Oonnchad mac meic Cantag, Gino piogdamna Mu-
man, 00 écc 1 ngemmeal as Toinpdealbac Ua mbmiam, occ pp Muman. Teidm
tneagaicc 1 Mumain 7 hi cConnaccanb, o1a nfpbail bpran mac Toipdealbaug,
mic Oianmava Uf bhmiain. =Tads mac Toippdealbarg Ui Concobaip 7 poch-
aide ole do Chonnaccaib, 00 écc Don tTnesZard céona. Concobap, mac Toimp-
dealbaig Ui Concobain, aipomogdamna Eneann, 7 pi Mide ppi pé let bliadna,
vo manbad ag bealach Mhuine na pimde, la hUa nOublaich, msZ(pna Pp
Tulac, uain ba pi eaccaip ceneoil lap a bert prom 1 pise var peanaib Mave.
Toippoealbac vo tabainc laptop Whde vo Ohonnchad, mac Muipc(pemng
U1 Mhaol(chlainn, 7 Cinttp Mhode vo compamn ecip Tisfinan Ua Ruane,
cisfina bpeipne,7 Orapmaro mac Munchada, pi Lais(n,7 a mbeit pon a
ccomainccib pamlai 6 Chonnaccaib. Ruaom Ua Concobaip, mac Tomp-
vealbarg, vo légean a seimeal via a atain vo pnadad na ccléneac. Comdal
fioda eitip Toimpdealbac Ua cConcobain, 7 Toippdealbac Ua Sprain écc
Tip oa slap co maitib Muman 7 Connacc, laochaib, cleincib. Oo pdnad
lanam a pfougad amail po nawomplc na cléims Cconna. SlHagslo la Toipp-
dealbac Ua cConcobain 1 Mhde oopougad a pif. Tug 6 loch Cinmnd pain
vo Mupchad Ua Maorleachlaimn, 7 6 Coch Qinino pian vo mac Muipé(pcag
Ui Mhaoileachlainn. CTugta ona ceitpe céo bd op(paib Mide 1 népaic
Choncobain a meic 00 Thoippdealbac Ua cConcobaip. Cpeachpluaigead
la Compdealbac Ua mOmain 1 Langmib, co puce ilmfle b6,7 sup cup Gp cfnn.
Ceanball Ua Pimoullam, cig fina Oealbna méine, vécc. Oomnall Ua Ceal-

parish of Killeely, barony of Dunkellin, and
county of Galway. The caiseal referred to in
the text was probably a circular stone wall,
built in the cyclopean style around the tree.—
See note *, on Bile Aenaigh Maighe-Adhair,
under A. D. 981, p. 714; and also A.D. 1051,
p- 861, supra.

* Innis-Faithleann.—N ow Innisfallen, in lower
lake of Killarney, in the county of Kerry.—See
note %, under A. D. 1009, p. 761, supra.

* Bealach-Muine-na-Siride.—Not identified.

* Ua Dubhlaich—Now Dowley, without the
prefix Ua or 0’.

' Loch-Aininn.— Now Lough Ennell, near
Mullingar.

™ Dealbhna-mor.—Now the barony of Delvin,
in the county of Westmeath.

Most of the events given in the Annals of the
Four Masters under the year 1144 are given in
the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 1140, as fol-
lows:

“A.D. 1140, [recte 1144]. There reigned
strange diseases of biles and potches this year in
Munster, whereof many died, and among the
rest these two noble young men, Bryen mac
Terlagh O’Bryen, prince of Munster, and Teige

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Innis-Faithleann*,a distinguished anmchara, died. Ceanannus was burned thrice
this year. Donnchadh, grandson of Carthach, heir apparent of Munster, died in
fetters with [i.e. while in the hands of] Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, King of
Munster. An epidemic colic in Munster and Connaught, of which Brian, son of
Toirdhealbhach, son of Diarmaid Ua Briain, died. Tadhg, son of Toirdheal-
bhach Ua Conchobhair, and many others of the Connaughtmen, died of the same
epidemic. Conchobhar, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, heir apparent
to the monarchy of Ireland, was killed at Bealach Muine-na-Siride’, by Ua Dubh-
laich‘, lord of Feara-Tulach, for he considered him as a stranger in sovereignty
over the men of Meath. Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair gave West Meath
to Donnchadh, son of Muircheartach Ua Maeleachlainn ; and he divided East
Meath equally between Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, lord of Breifne, and Diarmaid
Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, and they remained thus under the protection
of the Connaughtmen. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, son of Toirdhealbhach, was
released from fetters by his father, at the intercession of the clergy. A confe-
rence of peace between Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair and Toirdhealbhach
Ua Briain, at Tir-da-ghlas, with the chiefs of Munster and Connaught, both
laity and clergy ; and they made terms of peace according to what the clergy
ratified between them. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair
into Meath, to appoint its kings. He gave from Loch-Aininn' eastwards to
Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, and from Loch-Aininn westwards to the son of
Muircheartach Ua Maeleachlainn. And four hundred cows were given by the
men of Meath to Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, as eric for his son, Concho-
bhar. A plundering excursion was made by Toirdhealbhach into Leinster ;
and he carried off many thousand cows, and made a slaughter of heads. Cear-
bhall Ua Finnallain, lord of Dealbhna-mor”, died. Domhnall Ua Ceallaigh was

mac Terlagh O’Conor, ought not to be forgotten.
Connor mac Terlagh O’Connor, prince of Ireland,
and king of Meath for the space of halfe a year,
was killed by O’Dowley, king of Fertullagh,
because he was unjustly constituted to reign
over Meath, which O’Dowley cou’d never well
brooke. King Terlagh graunted the govern-
ment of Weste Meath to Donnogh mac Mortagh
O’Melaghlyn ; and the government of East

Meath to Tyernan O’Royrck and Dermott Mac
Murrough, to be held of the king of Connought
by services of homadge and fealtie, during plea-
sure. Rowrie O’Connor was enlarged by his
father, King Terlagh, upon further securities.
There was an agreement of truce made between
king Terlagh and Terlagh O’Bryen, at Tyreda-
glasse” [Terryglass, in Lower Ormond.—Ep. ],
“as the prelattes of the church ordained between

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1076 | aNNaza RIOSshachta elReaNN. (1145:

lang 00 manbad la cmb macarb mic mic Concobarp Us Cheallang 1. Oonnchad,
Amlaoib, 7 Coclainn, 7 nfon b6 cian co ccopcpacan pide 1apam. Mac Mic
Maolan, cigfna Gaileang peas, 00 mapbav. Crionaed, mac Mic Amal-
Zada, toipeac Calnaige, vo mapbad la Plann Mac Amalgada. Oonnchad,
mac Tamds5 Ui Mhaolpuanay, vécc.

Cop Cmorc, mile céo ceatpachac a cing. Sluasfoach Ua Catam,
eppcop 7 6§ vo mumncip Lecslinne, vécc. Thpedic vo lopccad la Oonnchad
Ua Ceantbaill pon mumcip Ui Mhaolechlainn, 7 tpi picic vo daomb vo
mapbads mnce. Cluain piacpa vo lopccad. Tene aoil vo dénam la Giolla-
machiag, comanba Paccpaice,7 la pamad Phaccpaice amcfna, amban lr
cpaiccead pon ceach let an belab Eamna Macha. Maidm pia cCenél
Conall, 7 pia mac Néill Us Coclaimn pon Oomnall Ua nOaipmleadang 7 pon
Cenél n€ogain 1. pop an lucht 6 pléib po tua, apm 1 ccopcpaccap poch-
mode. Sluaisgead la Cenél cConaill hi pormtin mec Néill Mec Cochlaimn
vomdip1 7 ona la Oonnchad Ua Cfpbaill co nAipgiallaib, 7 po 1onnapbrac
Oomnall Ua Garpmleadaig ap a plaic(p,7 po pagmbr(ce mac Néill ina
ionavh. Tisfpnan Ua Ruane, cig (pna bpeipne, v0 1ompud pon Chonnaccanb.
Cpeach la Tigfnan ipin cConann. Cptch la Toippdealbac Ua Concobain
1 Mush Cugne pon pipaib Oneipne, co ccuccpac il mile b6. Sléigead la
Toippdealbac Ua mOmain la ps Muman co Ceitip cnannca hi Sleib bladma
vo teact 1 ccomne Ui Rumpe hi Mive. Porlongpopct CTompdealbars
Ui Choncobaip 1pm Rubann, 7 a mac Oomnall Mideach, 7 Maolpfchlainn

them. Terlagh O’Conor, king of Ireland, came ° A lime-kiln.—* A.D, 1145. Priorum labo-

to Meath to constitute a king over them, where
he appointed Donnogh O’Melaughlyn, king of”
[that part of Meath lying to] “the west of Logh
Innill, and the son of Mortagh O’Melaughlin, of
East part of the said logh. Meathmen gave an
Erick of four hundred cowes to king Terlagh
for killing his son.”

* Cluain-Fiachra.— This was probably an
error for Cluain-Fiachna, now Clonfeakle, in
the county of Armagh. There is a Cluain-

Fiachra in the parish of Dysart, barony of In-

chaquin, and county of Clare, but there is no
church on it. ;

rum indefessus exantlator Gelasius cogitans de
Ardmachana Basilica aliisque sacris edibus ad-
herentibus reparandis, extruxit pro calce et
cemento in hunc finem excoquendo ingentis
molis fornacem cujus latitudo ab omni, parte
erat sexaginta pedes protensa.”—Trias Thaum.,
p- 305.

» Leitir-cranncha.—This name is now obso-
lete.

9 Rubhann.—Now Rue or Killarue, in the
barony of Kilcoursey, in the north of the King’s
County. This place is referred to, in the Annals
of Clonmacnoise, as in Foxe’s Country, which

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1145.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1077

killed by the three sons of the grandson of Conchobhar Ua Ceallaigh, namely,
Donnchadh, Amhlaeibh, and Lochlainn. The son of Mac Maelain, lord of
Gaileanga-Breagh, was killed. Cinaedh, son of Mac Amhalghadha, chief of
Calraighe, was killed by Flann Mac Amhalghadha. Donnchadh, son of Tadhg
Ua Maelruanaidh, died.

The Age of Christ, 1145. Sluaigheadhach Ua Cathain, bishop and virgin,
of the people of Leithghlinn, died. 'Treoit was burned by Donnchadh Ua Cear-
bhaill, against the people of Ua Maeleachlainn, and three score persons were
killed therein. Cluain-Fiachra® was burned. A lime-kiln®, which was sixty
feet every way, was erected opposite Eamhain-Macha, by Gillamacliag, successor
of Patrick, and Patrick’s clergy in general. A battle was gained by the Cinel-
Conaill, and by the son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, over Domhnall Ua Goirm-
leadhaigh and the Cinel-Eoghain, i. e. over those north of the mountain, where
many were slain. A hosting was made by the Cinel-Conaill, to go again to the
relief of the son of Niall Mac Lochlainn ; and they were joined by Donnchadh
Ua Cearbhaill, with the Airghialla ; and they banished Domhnall Ua Goirm-
leadhaigh from his chieftainship, and set up the son of Niall in his place.
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, lord of Breifne, turned against the Connaughtmen. A
prey was made by Tighearnan in Corann. A prey was made by Toirdheal-
bhach in Magh-Luighne, upon the men of Breifne, and he carried off many
thousand cows. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, King of Mun-
ster, to Leitir-cranncha?, in Sliabh-Bladhma, to come against Ua Ruairc into
Meath. The camp of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair was at Rubhann‘,
and he had his son, Domhnall Midheach ; Maelseachlainn, son of Murchadh

is the old name of the barony of Kilcoursey, in
the King’s County.—See note), on Coillte-an-
Rubha, A. D, 1475. There is another place
called Coill a’? Rubha, in the south of the parish
of Killare, in the county of Westmeath. The
Annals of Clonmacnoise give this passage as
follows, under the year 1141:

“ A.D. 1141” [recté, 1145]. ‘‘ King Terlagh
O’Bryen, King of Munster, came to Leytter-
Crannaugh, on the mount([ain ] of Sliew-Bloome,
to meett with Tyernan O’Royrck, in Meath.
King Terlagh O’Connor encamped with his

forces in Ruwaghan, in Foxe’s countrey, and
sent his son Donnell, together with Melaghlyn
mac Murrogh O’Melaghlyn, Connor Mac Don-
nell O’Bryen, and Dermott mac Cormack Mac
Carhie, with great and many forces to Fercall,
to defend Meath, that the said Munstermen
should not pass through that contrey to annoy
Meath, and were mett by the Munstermen in
a wood in the west part of that contrey, where
they killed divers of them, and compelled them
to return to their houses without doing any
thing worthy to be remembered.”

1078

mac Mupchada Ui Mhaoileaclamn, 7 Concoban mac Oornanll Uf Ohman,
7 O1apmard mac Copbmaic mec Cantarg co ploccarb 1omdarb ina pamppad
oce comecc fp cCeall an na cipcafp Muimmg mncib. Oo deacacan
Mumnig anoear la nann vo fobarnt na ccoillcead conur capla an luce
naile ma ccfnn,7 po la pac a nap. Imporpfe Mumms ianpm oa cog, Fan
cneich, san sialla, san pid san opad. Med mac mic Tabs Ui Chuinn,
coipeac Mhumceipe Grollecan, vo curcim la opem vo Mhuincip Hhillcan, 7
la peanaib Teatba. Maidm Otine Oubén 1 nOecalbna pia Maolpfchlainn,
mac Mupchada Uf Mhaoileachlaimn, 7 pra cCaippmb pon pipab bneipne,
aipm 1 ccopcnaccan tpi céd dia nogband, 1m Uib Connachcarg, 1m Uib Cat-
luam, 7 1m Unb Cubnain. Coccad mop ipin mbliadainy co mbof Ene ma poo
cmthang. Cpech la Muncad Ua Maorleclainn hi P(pnmang, 7 vo bent ile
b6, 7 po manb ovaom 1omoa. Cpech la Tigfpnan Ua Ruane 1 Mug Cups.
Cpeach ole bedp la Mupcad Ua Maoilechlaim 1 nChpsiallab, co ccano
ba a Cualnge. Fin Muman vo coche ploisfo 1 cConnaccab, 7 pugpac
Ua Ceallang 1. Cadg mac Concobain, tis fpna Ua Manne, led, 7 po mapbrac
Ruawyp Ua Plencbeantars. Cpeach la Caippm Ua Ciapda 1 nUib Opin.
R6 loipepfe vampfn bona Cuilinn 7 po bmypic cm hfépa mona led, 7 cucpac
ba 1omda. Chpechpluagl la Mupchad Ua Maorlectainn 1 cOfip Sprim, 4
ba don cup pin do nocain Maorleclainn, mac Domnall Shagarg, mac Cocaill
Plc, mic Sfhéem la hUib Orin, co pochadib ole. Pionn Ua Ceapbaill,
tanaip! Ele, oo mapbad. Ommurp vo tabarpe la hUIb Spiiin 5 Léa opérm
vo Chonnaccaib an coblach Sil Mumeaohags 7 na cTuat, 7 Munchad
Ua Maolbpénainn, caopeac Clomne Concobaip, 00 mapbad ann, 7 Oonn
Ua Mannacam, ws (pna Ua mbmiin na Sionna.

GQNNGZA RIOShachca eiReaNn. (1145.

* Ua Cuinn.—Now anglicised Quin, without
the prefix Ua or O’.

* Muintir-Gilgain.—This was the tribe-name
of the O’Quins of Annaly, in the present county
of Longford, whose territory extended into the
baronies of Ardagh, Moydoe, and Shrule, in
that county.—See note *, under A. D. 1234,

* Dun-Dubhain: i.e. Dubhan’s dun or fort.
Not identified.

* Ui-Connachtaigh.—Now Connaughty, with-
out the prefix Ua or 0. This name is still ex-

tant in the county of Cavan.

~ Ui-Cathluain—Now anglicé Cahallan, or
Callan, without the prefix Ua or O’.

* Ui-Cubhrain.—Now Cowran and Corran.

» Daingean- Bona- Cuilinn. — Now Dangan
Castle, in the parish of Kilmore, in the east of
the county of Roscommon. This was the seat
of the chief of Ui-Briuin na Sinna, or Tir-
Briuin-na-Sinna. It is called Dangan-I-Beirne
in various Inquisitions taken in the reigns of
Elizabeth and James I.

1145.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

1079

Ua Maeleachlainn ;.Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Briain ; and Diarmaid,
son of Cormac Mac Carthaigh, with numerous hosts, along with him, to defend
Feara Ceall, and prevent the Munstermen from coming thither. The Munster-
men came from the south on a certain day, to scour the woods; and the other
party met them, and made a slaughter of them. The Munstermen then returned
home without prey, without hostage, without peace, without truce. Aedh, son
of Tadhg Ua Cuinn’, chief of Muintir-Gilgain’, fell by a party of the Muintir-
Gilgain and the men of Teathbha. The battle of Dun-Dubhain‘, in Dealbhna,
was gained by Maelseachlainn, son of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, and by the
Cairbri, over the men of Breifne, wherein fell three hundred of their soldiers,
among whom were the Ui-Connachtaigh", the Ui-Cathluain”, and the Ui-Cubh-
rain‘. Great war in this year, so that Ireland was a trembling sod. <A preda-
tory excursion was made by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn into Fearnmhagh, and
he carried off many cows, and killed many persons. A prey was made by
Tighearnan Ua Ruaire in Magh-Luirg. A predatory excursion was made by
Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn into Airghialla, and he carried off cows from
Cuailgne. The men of Munster proceeded with an army into Connaught ; and
they carried off Ua Ceallaigh, i. e. Tadhg, son of Conchobhar, lord of Ui-Maine,
and slew Ruaidhri Ua Flaithbheartaigh. A predatory excursion was made by
the Cairbri-Ua-Ciardha into Ui-Briuin ; they burned Daingean-Bona-Cuilinn’,
and broke three large boats, and carried off many cows. A plundering force
was led by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn into Tir-Briuin-na-Sinna; and on this
occasion Maeleachlainn, son of Domhnall Sugach’, the son of Cochall Fliuch*
Mac Seanain, and many others, were slain by the Ui-Briuin. Finn Ua Cear-
bhaill’, Tanist of Eile, was killed. An attack was made by the Ui-Briuin and
a party of the Connaughtmen on the fleet of the Sil-Muireadhaigh, and of the
Tuatha ; and Donnchadh Ua Maelbhrenainn, chief of Clann-Conchobhair, was
slain there, and Donn Ua Mannachain, lord of Ui-Briuin-na-Sinna*.

* Domhnall Sugach: i.e. Donnell or Daniel
the Jocund or Merry.

rolls of Ely O’Carroll took their hereditary
surname.

* Cochall-Fliuch: i. e. Wet-mantle.

> Finn Ua Cearbhaill : anglicé Finn O’Carroll.
He was the son of Domhnall, son of Righbhar-
dan, son of Cucoirne, son of Maenach, son of
Cearbhall, the progenitor from whom the O’Car-

° Ui-Briuin-na-Sinna.—A tribe seated on the
west side of that expansion of the Shannon
called Lough Bodarg, in the barony of Ballin-
tober north, and county of Roscommon.—See ~
Map to Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many.

1080 ANNQata RIOSshachta EIReEGNN. (1146.

Coir Crforc, mle céo ceatpachac a pé. CopbmacUa Catapaice, aipo-
eappucc Laigean, vécc. PFochano Muipteimne vo ule lopecad. Cp pon
Hhallab Aca chat ma nCine(p Mide margin 1 ctopcpacan oa céd 1m Rag-
nall mac Topcaill, 1. mop maon Acta chat, 7 1m luppas,7 pochaie ole via
mab. Ceallach Ua Ceallag, cigfina plp mbpls, vo manbad la Planc-
beancach Ua Catayaig 7 la Gallaib. Cpeach la Tis(pnan Ua Ruane oan
Mag nClor co Loe Long,7 co Otn lomgain. Ro mill 7 po loipce cert longa,
7 po manb mac Ui Mhaoil(chlaimn baf oca nanacal,7 pochaide ole. Ro
Zonad ann ona Hiollabpigve, mac Ourboana, tacipeac Mhumceine hEdlaip
sup 66 manb ap a hancle oca cig 1ap nangam Chluana Coippte do poime pin.
Hiollapaccpaice mac mic Oonnchada, cg(pna Oppaige, vo mapbad vo
Unb Opaoncins prullan lan Cille Cainoig. Cpeachpluaigead la Toppdeatl-
bach Ua mbmam 1 Cagmb. Ro ainecpfe Ui Palge,7 puspac bnaicc 1omda
led. €ccneach, mac Amlaot Ui Chaomain, vo mapnbad la Oonnchad
UaCeanball. Cctac saoite mone vo tiachtain an cnear la vo Oecemben,
con po la pfodan mop po Epinn. Ro cpapecaip plpcca cpann 1 nOoipe
Cholaim Chille, po mapb,7 po muvad vaoine 1omda Ipin cill. Ro manb
bedp vaome oile 1 cCill pleibe. Oomnall Ua bpaom, tis(pna bpeasmaine,
vo écc. Ceallac Ua Ceallaig, mg(pna Speas, v0 manbad la Plaitbipcach
Ua Catapaig 7 la Gallaib Aca chat. Giolla na naom mac mic Conmeada,
vo tuicim la a ofpbpataip péin «a. la Oomnall,7 Cameada, a mac, vo écc.

Cop Chfopc, mile cév ceatpachat a peachc. On teppcop Ua Meanr-
Zonpan véce. Muipfoach Ua Plamnaccain, paccapd cosaide, véce ian bpth-
oainn dfocna. Giolla ailbe mac mic Plomn, Cuillén mac pepleisinn Im-
leacha lubaip, 7 Fiacna Mac Muipeadars, aipcinveac Cugmaid ppi pé, v0
éce. Ropp Cné 7 Ofncnob vo lopccad. Caon temfd vo teacht an bliadainm

* Mormaer: i.e. Great Steward. He was pro-
bably the Danish mayor of Dublin.

* Loch-Long.—This was the name of a small
lough in the parish of Taghmaconnell, barony of
Athlone, and county of Roscommon.— Ord.
Map, sheet 51.

Dun-Imghain: i.e. Imghan’s Fort, now Du-
namon, on the River Suck, in the barony of
Ballimoe, and county of Roscommon.—See note’,
under A. D, 1232.

8 Cluain-Coirpthe—Now Kilbarry, in the pa-
rish of Termonbarry, near the Shannon, in the
east of the county of Roscommon.—See note },
under A. D. 916; and note ‘, under 1238.

» Cill- Cainnigh.—N ow Kilkenny, in the county
of Kilkenny.—See note under A. D. 1085.

‘ Doire-Choluim- Chille.—This passage is trans-
lated by Colgan as follows :

“ A. D. 1146. Ventosa et ingens tempestas
die 3 Decembris exorta plurimas quercus alias-

—o

1146.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. - 1081

The Age of Christ, 1146. Cormac Ua Cathasaigh, Archbishop of Leinster,
died. Fochard-Muirtheimhne was all burned. A slaughter was made of the
foreigners of Ath-cliath by the people of East Meath, where two hundred per-

“sons were slain, together with Raghnall Mac Torcaill, Mormaer* of Ath-cliath,

and Jufraigh, and many others of their chieftains. Ceallach Ua Ceallaigh, lord of
the men of Breagha, was slain by Cathasach Ua Cathasaigh, and the foreigners.
A predatory excursion was made by Tighearnan Ua Ruaire across Magh-n Aci,
to Loch-Long® and Dun-Imghain’‘; he destroyed and burned four ships, and slew
the son of Ua Maeleachlainn, who was defending them, and many others. Gilla-
brighde, son of Dubhdara, chief of Muintir-Eolais, was wounded; and he after-
wards died at his house, having plundered Cluain-Coirpthe® some time before.
Gillaphadraig, the grandson of Donnchadh, lord of Osraighe, was killed by the
O’Braenains, by treachery, in the middle of Cill-Cainnigh*. A plundering army
was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain into Leinster; they plundered Ui-Failghe,
and carried off many prisoners. Eigneach, son of Amhlaeibh Ua Caemhain,
was killed by Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill. A great wind-storm occurred on the
third day of December, which caused a great destruction of woods throughout
Ireland ; it prostrated sixty trees at Doire-Choluim-Chille’, and killed and
smothered many persons in the church; it also killed other people at Cill-
Sleibhe. Domhnall Ua Braein, lord of Breaghmhaine*, died. Ceallach Ua Ceal-
laigh, lord of Breagha, was killed by Flaithbheartach Ua Cathasaigh and the
foreigners of Ath-cliath. Gilla-na-naemh, grandson of Cumeadha’, fell by his
own brother, i.e. Domhnall ; and Cumeadha, his son, died.

The Age of Christ, 1147. The Bishop Ua Meanrgoran died. Muireadh-
ach Ua Flannagain, a distinguished priest, died after intense penance. Gilla-
Ailbhe, grandson of Flann ; Cuilen, son of the lector of Imleach-Ibhair ; and
Fiacha Mac Muireadhaigh, airchinneach of Lughmhadh for a time, died. Ros-
Cre and Oentrobh were burned. A thunderbolt fell this year upon the cloic-

was of the sept of the Ui-Caisin, or Mac Namaras
of Thomond.

que arbores per Hiberniam, et in roboreto Do-
rensi sexaginta robora e radicibus evulsit, et in

ipsa Ecclesia multos homines extinxit.”—Trias
Thaum., p. 504.

* Domhnall Ua Braein, lord of Breaghmhaine :
i.e. Donnell O’Breen, lord of Brawney.

) Gilla-na-naemh, grandson of Cumeadha.—He

The Dublin copy of the Annals of Innisfallen
notice under this year the erection of Caiplean
€ara Ounbe, i.e. the Castle of the Black Cata-
ract, now Asdee, in the county of Kerry, by
Diarmaid Sugach O’Conor Kerry,

6 yr

1082 anNNaza RIOshachta eiReGNnn. 7148.

pon Chloictech Ooimliag Cianam, co po tparsain a benochoban ve. Ouap-
can Ua hGagna vo tuicim la hUa nGadpa1 meatal. Cpeach la Comulad
mac Ounnnpléibr la prs nUlad 1 Pipnmange, 7 po aps CGamon Cluaine Mant-
oub. Slag la Muipé(peach, mac Néill Us Cochlamn,7 la Cenél nEogam,
7 14 Donnchad Ua C(pbarll go nAipgrallenb 1 nUleab. Gavan Ula ilong-
pont ana scmo an bp Uchveane. Pagbarcc Ulard an longponc la Cenel
nGogamn 7 la hCipgiallenb. Coccan ma nora co maccaccap tpay Oom
opoma hi leit Chatail. Oo bepcpac ulaw veabaw vob and pin, la péile
Pol 4 Plcain,7 meabard pop ulcorb 0G m po manbare pochaide mop of6 1m
Anco Ua Platpao, asfpna Lete Catal. Inome 7 lorpere na pluaig ap
pin Lert Catal wile,7 00 pacpac gialla leo 6 Ulearb. Tads Ua Spiann vo
léizgean ap a seimeal an mmpide eppcop Gpeann 1m comanba Phaccpance.
Maelmaedicc Ua Mopnsaip, 1m Muipeadach Ua nOubeas, 7 1m Oomnall
Ua Congangain, vain ba pon a comainge po sabad. Mearp mon po Epmn
anbliadainpt. Grollamocomo: Ua Catal, cisfpna Ua pPiacpach Chine, vo
mapbhaoh vo mac me Oomnall Ui Choncobaip. Madm Aca Cuam pon
Ohomnall mac Toippdealbang Ui Choncobanp, 7 pon Urb Manne ma pplparb
Teactba, 04 1 noopcaip mac mc Amalsaoa Ui Phlamn go pocadib orle.
Coip Cpiopt, mile ceatpachac a hocht. CTeampall Cnme na pingan
vo ponbad lar an eprcop O Caollawe 7 la Oonnchad Ua cCeapbaill,7 a
- coippeccad la hUa Mopgaip, comanba Phaccnarcc, 4 nemead 1. calam
ecclupva do 6pougad 061 Lugmad. Sfnad vo tiondl oce Imp Paccpance la
Maelmaedosg, comanba Phacnaic, ba hé a lion coice eppeopu vécc co noib
cévaib paccano vo enail piagla, 7 porbép pon cach ecip tuanc, 7 eglaip, 4
ona Maolmaedocc Ua Mopnsaip vo dol von vana ple vo accallaim comapba

™ The cloictheach of Daimhliag-Chianain : i.e.
the Steeple or Round Tower of Duleek, in Meath.

” Its beannchobhar : i.e. the roof or conical cap
of the tower.

° Cluain-Maelduibh : i. e. the Lawn or Meadow
of Maeldubh, a man’s name. This is probably
the old name of Magheracloone, in the barony
of Farney, and county of Monaghan.—See Shir-
ley’s Account of the Territory or Dominion of
Farney, pp. 154, 171. .

* Uchdearg.— Now Aghderg, near Lough-

brickland, in the county of Down.

a Dun-droma: i.e. the Fort of the Long
Hill, now Dundrum, a village on a bay of the
same name, in the barony of Leath-Cathail, or
Lecale, and county of Down, where the ruins of
a strong castle of great antiquity occupy the
site of the original dun or primitive fort.

* Wa Flainn: i.e. O'Flynn of Sil-Maelruain,
a territory lying round Ballinlough, in the west
of the county of Roscommon.

* Cnoc-na-seangan; i. e. Hill of the Ants or

ee

a a

1148] ~~ ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1083

theach of Daimhliag-Chianain”, and knocked off its beannchobhair®. Duarcan
Ua hEaghra fell by Ua hEaghra, by treachery. A predatory incursion was
made by Cuuladh Mac Duinnsleibhe, King of Uladh, into Fearnmhagh, and he
plundered the greater part of Cluain-Maelduibh®. An army was led by Muir-
cheartach Mac Neill Ua Lochlainn and the Cinel-Eoghain, and Donnchadh
Ua Cearbhaill and the Airghialla, into Ulidia. The Ulidians were encamped
at the brink of Uchdearg?, to meet them ; but they abandoned the camp to the
Cinel-Eoghain and the Airghialla, who pursued them till they reached the shore
of Dun-droma*, in Leath-Chathail. The Ulidians gave them battle there, on the
day of the festival of Paul and Peter; but they were defeated, and a great
number of them slain, together with Archu Ua Flathrai, lord of Leath-Chathail.
After this the forces plundered and burned all Leath-Chathail, and carried off
hostages from the Ulidians. Tadhg Ua Briain was released from his fetters, at
the intercession: of the bishops of Ireland, with the successor of Patrick, Mael-
maedhog Ua Morgair, Muireadhach Ua Dubhthaigh, and Domhnall Ua Lon-
gargain, for he was taken prisoner while under their protection. Great fruit
throughout Ireland this year. Gillamochoinni Ua Cathail, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-
Aidhne, was killed by the grandson of Domhnall Ua Conchobhair. The battle
of Ath-luain was gained over Domhnall, the son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Con-
chobhair, and the Ua-Maine, by the men of Teathbha, where the grandson of
Amhalghaidh Ua Flainn' and others were slain. |

The Age of Christ, 1148. The church of Cnoc-na-seangan* was finished
by the Bishop O’Caellaidhe and Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, and was consecrated
by Ua Morgair, successor of Patrick ; and a Neimheadh, i.e. ecclesiastical land,
was assigned it in Lughmhadh. A synod was convened at Inis-Padraig‘, by
Maelmaedhog, successor of Patrick, at which were present fifteen bishops and
two hundred priests, to establish rules and morals for all, both laity and clergy ;
and Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair, by advice of the synod, went a second time to

Pismires. This church stood on the hill of consecratur per sanctum Malachiam Hua Mor-

Knock, near the town of Louth, but scarcely a
vestige of it now remains. This passage is
translated by Colgan as follows :

“ A, D. 1148. Ecclesia de Cnoc-na-Seangan ~

in oppido Lugmagiensi per Hua Coelladium
Episcopum, et Donatum Hua Keruaill extructa,

gair, Archiepiscopum ante Ardmachanum, qui
et sanctuarium ibi’ [vecté, Lugmagia.—Act. SS.
p: 737] “‘constituit.”—Trias Thaum., p. 305.

* Inis-Padraig.—Now Patrick’s Island, near
Skerries, in the county of Dublin.—See ‘note ',
under A. D. 793, p. 400, supra.

6y2

1084 GNNaza RIOShachta elReGNN. [1148.
Phtcap vo Roi a comaple an cpiiad. Malachap 1. Maolmaevdce
Ua Mopgaip, aipveppeop cataomne Paopaice, aipoecfnn iaptaip Coppa,
legaice comanba Pfcaip aom ceano po mapasple Gaoiwil, 7 Holl, apopaor
in eaccna, 7 a ccpabad, Locnann polupca no pollyigf cuata 7 eccalpa cia
ponceacal, 7 caom gnioma, aogampe camp: na heccailp: co coiectho, 1ap
noiponead 00 eppeop 7 pacapc, | aop sacha Spar ancfna, rap ceoippeagad
ceampall 7 pelgead momda, 1an ndénam sacha lubpa ecclapcacda pichnon
Eneann, 1ap ccfodnacal pedo 7 bid vo tpénaib 7 tnuagaib, rap ppocugady
ceall 7 mampcpeach, an ap lerpiom po hatnuadaigte 1 n€pinn, ian na
prallugad 6 cém méap, sac lap po léctr 1 panll, 7 1 néiplip, rap bpagbart
sach magla 7 gach poibépa in eaglaipib Enpeann ancfha, 1~m vapa pec a
leccaioecca ian mbeité ceitpe bliadna vécc ina pplomand, 7 1app an ceat-
pamad bliadain caeccat a aoim, po Pald a ppipac do cum nime an vapa la
vo Nouembep, 7 ar ann celeabnaice an eglaup ie 7 pollamaim naom Mala-
chap ap an cpfp la ap na claochlad Lay na ppuichib 6 la péle na manb an
an la na dad an combad upaive a fpoac 7 a ondip, 7 po hadnache, 1
mainptin $ benpnano hi cClampualip hi pPpancoibh, 50 nonoip, 7 co naipmic-
tm. Ua Owbin, eppcop Chille oana, an ceppcop Ua Nawfnan, Ceallach
Ua Oomnacaéin, uapal cfno Cille beneon,7 Maolaanam Mac Minsamn
uapal paccanc péslepa Suide Colum Chille hn -cCfhanour, 1an mbuad map-
Ta 4 aiemge, vo écc. Cluam Eanaipo, Cano lene, 7 Cugmad, 00 lopcecad.

“ Malachias.—This passage is translated by
Colgan as follows :

“A. D. 1148. S. Malachias Hua Morgair,
Archiepiscopus olim Ardmachanus, Occidentalis
Europe Legatus Apostolicus, cujus arbitrio et
monitis Hiberni et Nortmanni acquiescebant, vir
nulli sapientia et religione secundus, lucerna
lucens, et Clerum populumque sacris operibus
et concionibus illuminans ; pastor fidelis Eccle-
sie Dei; post Episcopos, Prebyteros, aliosque
diuersorum graduum et ordinum clericos ordi-
natos; post Kcclesias multas, sanctuaria, et
monasteria consecrata; post multos labores et
diversa munera Ecclesiastica per uniuersam pié
exercita ; post multas eleemosynas, et pias elar-

gitiones in usus pauperum et egenorum im-
pensas ; post diversas Ecclesias et Monasteria
partim erecta partim restaurata (in more enim
habuit Ecclesias, dil ante neglectas et dirutas
denuo reparare et re-edificare); post multas
Canonicas constitutiones, Ecclesiastice disci-
pline reformationem, et Cleri mores in melius
commutandos, concernentes, pié sancitas, anno
decimo quarto sui primatus, etatis quinqua-
gesimo quarto, secunda jam vice Legati Apos-
tolici munere functus, spiritum celo reddidit
die secunda Novembris in Monasterio Clarevel-
lensi in Francia ; ibidem cum magna solemni-
tate, et honore sepultus. Quia tamen comme-
moratio omnium fidelium defunctorum eo die

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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1085

1148.]

Rome, to confer with the successor of Peter. Malachias", i. e. Maelmaedhog
Ua Morgair, Archbishop of the Chair of Patrick, chief head of the west of
Europe, legate of the successor of Peter, the only head whom the Irish and the
foreigners obeyed, chief paragon of wisdom and piety, a brilliant lamp which
illumined territories and churches by preaching and good works, faithful shep-
herd of the Church in general,—after having ordained bishops and priests, and
persons of every degree ; after having consecrated many churches and ceme-
teries; after having performed every ecclesiastical work throughout Ireland ;
after having bestowed jewels and food upon the mighty and the needy; after
having founded churches and monasteries (for by him were repaired in Ireland
every church which had been consigned to decay and neglect, and they had
been neglected from time remote); after leaving every rule and every good
moral in the churches of Ireland in general ; after having been the second time
in the legateship ; after having been fourteen years in the primacy ; and after the
fifty-fourth year of his age, resigned his spirit to heaven on the second day of
November ; and the Church celebrates the feast and solemnity of St. Malachias
on the third day, it having been changed by the seniors from the feast day of
All Souls to the day after, in order that he might be the more easily revered
and honoured; and he was buried in the monastery of St. Bernard at Clarvallis,
in France, with honour and veneration. Ua Duibhin, Bishop of Cill-dara ; the
Bishop Ua Naidheanan ; Ceallach Ua Domhnagain, noble head of Cill-Beneoin”,
[died]; and Maelchiarain Mac Mengain, noble priest of the church of Suidhe-
Choluim-Chille at Ceanannus, died after victory of martyrdom and penance.
Cluain-Iraird, Lann-Leire, and Lughmhadh, were burned. An army was led |

celebratur, festum ejus, quo commodius et so-
lemnius celebrari posset, translatum est in diem
sequentem.”—Trias Thaum., p. 305.

On this he writes the following remark :

‘“‘ Hee quatuor Magistri in Annalibus, quibus
quoad annum, diem et locum mortis et sepul-
ture consentit Divus Bernardus in ejus vita
cap. penultimo et ultimo: quoad reliqua verd
per totam illam ; nisi quod nec ipse innuat ip-
sum anno 14 sui primatus decessisse (ut illi
Annales tradunt): cum solum tribus annis in

possessione pacifica rexerit Metropolim Ardma-
chanum, nempé ab ann. 1133, usque ad 1136,
quo resignavit illi muneri, illudque transtulit.
in humeros B. Gelasii; sed illi solum videntur,
uti solum poterant intelligere quod anno decimo
quarto a suscepto munere Primatis, nisi et ve-
rius decimo quinto obierit cum anno 1134, illud
susceperit, et anno 1148 decesserit.”
* Cill-Beneoin : i.e, the Church of St. Benean,

or Benignus, now Kilbannan, near Tuam, in the
county of Galway.—See note under A. D. 1114.

1086 aNNaza RIOshachta elReaNnN. (1149.

Sluangf la Muipefpeach, mac Neill Ur Cochlannn, 7 la Cenél n€oghain, 4
la Oonnchad Ua Cfpball co nOingiallarb 1 nUleaib, co ccucepac sialla
Ulad im mac pig Ulad led, 7 po pagmbyple clépap cisfpmad pop Ulcoib von
éup pm. Ulawd 7 Aipgialla vo 1ompdd pon Mag Cachlamn 7 pon Cenet
n€ogam ian pin. Slorgl ele oan, la Muipefpcach Ua Caclainn 4 la Cenel
n€ogam cap Tuam 1 nUleab, co po 1ondapbpac Cuulad Ua Ounnplébe a
hUlcab, 7 co ccapopac Oonnchad ina 1onad, 7 co noeachaccap von cup pin
1 Macame Conall, co po loipeepfe an macaine acc na cealla na ma po
anache comanba Phaccpaice. Slaglo ona la Tis(pnan Ua Ruane 7 la
Oonnchad Ua cCeanbaill 1 nUltcanb, co Cparb Telca, co po cpeachpac an
cin] co ppanccaibpioc Chulad ma ge oommpe. lec ¢fna po vio cuipfo
fo céod6ip o Ullcarb buddéin. Comdal la hUa Loclamn co maitib Cenél
Eogain,7 la hUa cCeanbaill co martib Chpgiall,7 co maitib UlLad mmo ceigfp-
nadab m Ano Macha, co nofpnyac ogpid po bacall lopa mm prradnayp
comapba Paccpaice,] a pamta,7 po pagaibpoc gialla acc Ua Lochlaimn.
bpaigoe Ceneoil cConaill oan, la hUa Lochlainn. Ua Gammlfohang ..
Oomnall, wsZfpna Chenel ECosain pe heavh oionnapbad 1 cConnachtanb la
hUa Loclainn. Sitmog Ua Spaordmn, cis(pna Op(Fhmame, vo mapbavd la a
bpaitmb peippm. Comdal ecip Thoinpdealbac Ua cConcobaip 7 Tigfpnan
Ua Ruane ag Snam patamd 7 po loi an caitclenec Mac Concaipne
Ui Ph(psaal Tis (pnan Ua Ruaine ag vol cum na comne. Moip cneach la
Toippdealbac Ua cConcobain pon peanaib Teatba, co pugpac Pip Theatba
pain occ Aéluain, 50 po 1ompo pm co ccug a nap.

Cop Cpiopc, mile ced ceatpaca anaor. Giolla na naom Ua Muipclp-
cals, uapal epycop veipceinc Eneann pfnoin ogh eccnaide cndibdeach,

* Tuaim.—Now Toome Bridge, between Lough
Neagh and Lough Beg, on the boundary between
the counties of Down and Antrim. This place
is called Fearsat-Tuama in the Tripartite Life
of St. Patrick ; and Colgan remarks in a note
that it was called simply Tuaim in his own
time: ‘“‘ Hodié vulgd vocatur Tuaim, est va-
dum vel trajectus ubi Banna fluvius ex Lacu
Echach.”—Trias Thaum., p. 183, col. 2.

*. Craebh-Tealcha.—See notes under A. D.

1003 and 1099.

* A meeting.—‘‘ A. D. 1148. Conventus pub-
licus per Mauritium Hua Lochluinn cum pro-
ceribus Tironie, per Hua Kervaill principem
Orgielliz et alios Ulidie Principes servatur
Ardmachex : ubi feedere pacis et concordie sub
Baculo Jesu inito coram S. Gelasio et Clero
Ardmachano omnes alii obedientiam Mauritio
promiserunt, et obsides dederunt.’? — Trias
Thaum., p. 306.

1149.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1087

by Muircheartach, son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, by the Cinel-Eoghain anid Donn-

chadh Ua Cearbhaill, and the Airghialla, into Ulidia; and they carried off the

hostages of the Ulidians, together with the son of the King of Ulidia, and left
four lords over Ulidia on that occasion. The Ulidians and Airghialla turned
against Mac Lochlainn and the Cinel-Eoghain after this. Another army was
led by Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn and the Cinel-Eoghain, across Tuaim*, into
Ulidia ; and he expelled Cuuladh Ua Duinnsleibhe from Ulidia, ‘and placed
Donnchadh in his place ; and they proceeded on this occasion into Machaire-
Chonaill, and burned the plain, except the churches only, which were protected
by the successor of Patrick. An army was also led by Tighearnan Ua Ruaire
and Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill into Ulidia, as far as Craebh-Tealcha’; and they
plundered the country, and placed Cuuladh in his kingdom again ; however,
he was immediately expelled by the Ulidians themselves. A meeting’ was held
at Ard-Macha by Ua Lochlainn, with the chieftains of the Cinel-Eoghain ; by
O’Cearbhaill, with the chieftains of the Airghialla, and the chief men of Ulidia,
with their lords, and made perfect peace under the Staff of Jesus, in the pre-
sence of the successor of Patrick and his clergy ; and they left hostages with
O’Lochlainn. The hostages of the Cinel-Conaill were also in the hands of
Ua Lochlainn. Ua Geirmleadhaigh, i. e. Domhnall, who had been lord of
Cinel-Eoghain for a time, was banished into Connaught by O’Lochlainn. Sitrick
Ua Braenain’, lord of Breaghmhaine, was slain by his own brothers. A meeting
between Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair and Tighearnan Ua Ruaire at Snamh-
Rathainn’; and the Aithcleireach, son of Cuchairne Ua Fearghail, wounded
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, as he was going to the meeting. A great prey was
taken by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair from the men of Teathbha; and the
men of Teathbha overtook him at Ath-Luain, but he turned upon and made a
slaughter of them.

The Age of Christ, 1149. Gilla-na-naemh Ua Muircheartaigh’, noble bi-
shop of the south of Ireland, a chaste, wise, and pious senior ; Muircheartach

* Sitrick Ua Braenain.—This is evidently a the ancient names of Drumsna, on the Shannon,
mistake for Sitrick Ua Braein, for O’Braein, on the confines of the counties of Roscommon
now O’Breen, was chief of Breaghmhaine, or and Leitrim.—See note on Snamh-in-redaigh,
Brawney, in Westmeath. A. D. 1261.

» Snamh-Rathainn.—This is probably one of © Gilla-na-naemh Ua Muircheartaigh : anglicé

1088 aNNaza RIOSshachta erReann. (1149.
Mumpcffcach Ua Maolmoiceipge uapal eppeop Ua mbmim Gperpne phhoip
uapal,7 an ceppug Ua Sopmsarle plhoip uapal cnaiboec, vécc 1ap bpfnoamn,
7 1ap nemge Sfocna. Macpme Clépech aes carp aipmmoneac vo mumn-
cin Apoa Maca, vécc. Leat Oombag Chianam vonceam la Gallanb Aca
chat, 7 14 Oiapmaic Mac Mupchada co LLaigmb, 7 po mapbrac Orapmaic
mac Magnapa Us Coclainn, canaipp: Oihs, po bai ace vfogail na hogne,
7 cugad a copp co hMpo Macha,7 po hadnarcld ann, Ooipe:Cholam _
Chille 00 lopcecad,7 Imp Mic nOaipen co na ceampal. CaoigpechUa Mopoda,

cigfpna Laoigiy~1 7 na cComann, véce 1ap nartmge. Criulad «1. mac Conco-
bain vo tocht no Ullcoib vomdiyi, co po 1onnapb Oonncad a plantiup Ulad
1ap nuaccap, 7 cuy Ua Matgsarna 1anam 7 va mac Cloda mc Ounnyléibe
(Oonnchad 7 Mupchad) amup longpupc paippiom, Fo paemmd pra cComulad
poppa, 7 po manbad Munpchad lap. Slog la Cenél n€ogain co Mag an
caipn oionnanbad Choncobain co po taipmipce Ua Cfpbaill impa, uaip v0
pao a tac fem o61b can cnn Ulad. Sloiglo ele la mac Néill hUi Loch-
lain, co tcuaipcent Epeann ume .1. Cenel Conaill, Cenel Eogain, 7 Cip-
gialla, 1 nUllcoib. Ro aincepfe Ulad ian nuaccap mle ora cuan Snama
Chgneach co Onoic(c na peipcy1. Oo deachaccap porpeann vib pop mnpib
Loca Cuan. Ro apspeac van Imp Cumpcpnaiw lféslanp, Ceall Gedaimn,
Magh bile, OMnocon, 7 wle cealla an cipe ancfna cénmota Osun 7 Saball.
Tainic 1anccam hUa Oumorplébe 1 ccars hU1 Laclaimn co tcuce a mac Pein
1 ngiallna do, 7 an po cCunnig do Fiallaib an cena. lompoio iapym pon ccula

Nehemiah O’Moriarty. He was Bishop of note *, under that year), and now Rutland

Cloyne.—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops,
p- 574.

4 Muircheartach Ua Maelmoicheirghe.—No
Murtough O’Mulmoghery, or Early. This is
the first mention in these Annals of a Bishop of
Ui-Briuin-Breifne, Tir-Briuin, Triburna, or
Kilmore.—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bi-
shops, p. 226.

° Macraith.—“ A. D. 1149. Macratheus, senior
et venerabilis ex Clero Ardmachano, pié obiit.”
—Trias Thaum., p. 306.

‘ Inis- Mic-Dairen.—This is probably the island -

called Inis-Mic-an-Duirn at A, D. 1543 (see

Island, situated off the west coast of the barony
and county of Donegal.

8 Laeighseach Ua Mordha: anglicé Lewis
O’More. He was the son of Aimirgin, son of
Faelan, son of Aimirgin, son of Cinaeth, son of
Ceinneidigh, son of Mordha, the progenitor from
whom the O’Mores took their hereditary sur-
name.

» Magh-an-chairn : i.e. the plain of the carn,
or monumental heap of stones. Not identified.

' The harbour of Snamh-Aighneach.—This was
the ancient name of Carlingford Lough.—See
note §, under the year 850, p. 484, supra.

1149.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1089

Ua Maelmoicheirge’, noble Bishop of Ui-Briuin-Breifne, a noble senior; and
the Bishop Ua Gormghaile, a noble pious senior; died after penance and intense
penitence. Macraith*, a venerable, benevolent cleric of the people of Ard-
Macha, died. The half of Daimhliag was plundered by the foreigners of Ath-
cliath, and by Diarmaid Mac Murchadha and the Leinstermen; and they killed
Diarmaid, son of Maghnus Ua Lochlainn, Tanist of Oileach, who was taking
revenge for the plunder, and his body was brought to Ard-Macha, and there
interred. Doire-Choluim-Chille was burned, and Inis-Mic-Dairen‘ with its
church. Laeighseach Ua Mordha®, lord of Laeighis and the Comanns, died
after penance. Cuuladh, i. e. the son of Conchobhar, came into Ulidia again,
and expelled Donnchadh from the chieftainship of the upper part of Ulidia ;
and Ua Mathghamhna and the two sons of Aedh Mac Duinnsleibhe (Donn-
chadh and Murchadh) made an attack upon his camp, but they were defeated
by Cuuladh, and Murchadh was killed by him. An army was led by the Cinel-
Eoghain to Magh-an-chairn", to expel Conchobhar ; but Ua Cearbhaill pre-
vented them, for he delivered his own son up to them, for the sake of Ulidia.
Another army was led by the son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, being joined by the
people of the north of Ireland, namely, the Cinel-Conaill, the Cinel-Eoghain,
and the Airghialla, into Ulidia; they plundered all the upper part of Ulidia,
from the harbour of Snamh-Aighneach' to Droichet-na-Feirtsi*. A party of them
went upon the islands of Loch Cuan’, and they plundered Inis-Cumscraidh”,
Leathghlais", Cill-Aedhain®, Magh-bile, Beannchor, and all the other churches of
the country, except Dun [Leathghlais] and Sabhall?. Ua Duinnsleibhe after-
wards came into the house of Ua Lochlainn, and delivered his own son up to
him as a hostage, and whatever other hostages he demanded. After this they

* Droichet-na-Feirtsi: i. e. the Bridge of the
Ford. This bridge was near Newcastle, in the
barony of Upper Iveagh, and county of Down.—
See note*, under A. D. 1433. This bridge was
built by Fiacha, son of Aedh Roin, King of
Ulidia.—See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of
Down and Connor, §c.. pp. 253, 359.

1 Loch Cuan.—Now Strangford Lough, in the
county of Down.

™ Inis- Cumscraidh.—Now Inch, or Iniscourcey,

near Downpatrick.—See A. D. 1001, 1061.

» Leathghlais.—This should be omitted here,
because Leathghlais is another name for Dun,
or Downpatrick.

° Cill-Aedhain: i. e. Aedhan’s Cell. Saint
Aedhan’s festival-was kept here~on the Ist of.
April. The present name and situation of this
church are unknown to the Editor.

® Dun and Sabhall: i. e. Dun-Da-leathghlas,
or Downpatrick and Saul.

6 Zz

1090 aNNaza RIOshachta eiReGNn. (1150.

via ccipshib co mbopaime ofpithe, 7 co mbparcc 1omda. Cpeach la Oonn-
chad Ua sCeanbaill, 7 la Comulad Ua nOunnpléibe 1 mbplsanb, co ccuspac
sabalaiomda. Tangacap rappin pip Opls na niapmoipeache 4 po amecpler
Ue THnmainn Peicin, 7 puspacc ni vo Cnod na manach. Rige(pup la mac
Néill Uf Lochlainn co mancpluag Chenél Eoccam co Lugmad, co créinic
Gisfinan Ua Ruaipe ma teach,7 po pag bnargve age. CLéecan appide
Ua Lacloinn 7 Ua Ceantburll co he Chat. Tame Oiapmaw Mac Mup-
chada, pi Longth ma tfch,7 do pome Ua Lachlainn éghpid ecip Bhallanb 4
Shaowelab. Sluaigl la Tompdealbac Ua mbmiain, 7 la pla’ Murman 1
cConnacranbh, co machcaccan Mag Ua mobmiin. Rugpacc bopamme mop,
| po manpac Oun nGallme, 7 po berwolS Ua Lochlainn, cig fpna Concomod-
puad ipin nGarllimh. Ceallachan mac mic Cantaigh, do éce.

Coip Cpiopc, mile céo caecca. Muinpeaohach Ua Oubeaich, apoear-
pucc Connacc, aipopfnoin Eneann ule, 1 negna, 1 ndighe, 1 ctiobnacal peocc
7 bid, véce 1 cCunga, an peipead véce do mi Mazi 1 ppél naem bpenamn iapp
an ccoiccead bliadam peacht moghac aaeip. Maolora Ua bpanam, ap-
chinneach Ooim: Cholurm Chille, cnn ponapa 7 pobaptam cuaipceipt Epeann,
vécc. Ua Pollamain, comanba Pinvéin Cluana h€paino, vécc 1 cC fnanourp.
Cailleach Cille plebe pf{noin cpaiboech cogaie, vécc 1ap nolsh archmige rap
seran aoip. On lfch cumpefpcach vo Tun mé6n Apoa Macha do lopecad
ace péile Cianain. Ceananoap, Sono, Ceall mén Ua Niallém cona
ofpcarg do lopecad. Comanba Phavpaice,7 Samad Phaccpaice pon ccuaine
1cTin n€ogain, co ccuccpace a lam péip vo bua 1. b6 gacha cige bacag

7 Saentoig, each sacha coi gh, 7 fiche b6 6n pigsh péin. Cuainc Cenél

1 Magh Ua-mBriuin: i.e. the Plain of the
Ui-Briuin. This is a plain in the country of
the Ui-Briuin-Seola, or the barony of Clare, in
the county of Galway.

* Dun-Gaillmhe: i. e. the Fort of Galway.
This was a stone castle.

* Corca-Modhruadh. —- O’Lochlainn, now
O’Loughlin, was chief of all the diocese of Kil-
fenora at this period.

* Gaillimh : i.e. the River Galliv, or Galway,
which flows from Lough Corrib into the Bay of

Galway. The town of Galway derived its name
from it.

* Maelisa Va Branain.—* A. D. 1150. Moelisa
O’Branain Archidnechus (Archidiaconus) Do-
rensis, vir nulli in septemtrionali Hibernia hos-
pitalitate et prosperitate secundus, obiit.””—
Trias Thaum., p. 504.

’ Trian-mor: i. e. the Great Third or Ternal
Division of Armagh.

“A.D. 1150. Civitas Ardmachana in festo
8. Kienani (qui in 24 Novembris incidit) mag-

es

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1150.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1091

returned back to their houses, with a countless cattle spoil, and with many pri-
soners. A predatory incursion was made by Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill and
Cuuladh Ua Duinnsleibhe into Breagha, and they carried off many spoils. The
men of Breagha afterwards came in pursuit of them, and they plundered the half
of Tearmann-Feichin, and carried off some of the cattle of the monks. A royal
journey was made by the son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, with the cavalry of Cinel-
Eoghain, to Lughmhadh, where Tighearnan Ua Ruaire came into his house,
and left him hostages. From thence Ua Lochlainn and Ua Cearbhaill proceeded
to Ath-cliath. Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, came into his
house, and Ua Lochlainn made a complete peace between the foreigners and
the Irish. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain and the men of
Munster into Connaught, until they arrived at Magh Ua mBriuin‘; they carried
off a great spoil of cattle, and demolished Dun-Gaillmhe’; and Ua Lochlainn,
lord of Corca-Modhruadh‘, was drowned in the Gaillimh'. Ceallachan, grandson
of Carthach, died.

The Age of Christ, 1150. Muireadhach Ua Dubhthaigh, Archbishop of
Connaught, chief senior of all Ireland in wisdom, in chastity, in the bestowal of
jewels and food, died at Conga, on the sixteenth of the month of May, on the
festival of Saint Brenainn, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. Maelisa Ua Bra-
nain®, airchinneach of Doire-Choluim-Chille, head of the happiness and prospe-
rity of the north of Ireland, died. Ua Follamhain, successor of Finnen of
Cluain-Iraird, died at Ceanannus. Cailleach of Cill-Sleibhe, a pious good senior,
died, after good penance, at an advanced age. The northern half of the Trian-
mor” of Ard-Macha was burned on the night of the festival of Cianan. Cean-
annus, Sord, and Cill-mor-Ua-Niallain, with its oratory, were burned. The
successor of Patrick* and the clergy of Patrick made a visitation of Tir-Eoghain,
and they obtained their full tribute of cows, i.e. a cow from every house of a
biatach and freeman, a horse from every chieftain, and twenty cows from the

num passa incendium quo portio ejus tertia, ut pro more de Ecclesiarum negotiis disponeret,
que Zrien-mor vulgo appellatur, ex media et tum ut pro memorata jactura reparanda, piorum

septentrionali parte flammis absumpta est.”— _ subsidia corrogaret: peractaque visitatione sin-
Trias Thaum., p. 306. guli nobilium” [equum unum] “et Burgoma-
* The successor of Patrick.—‘‘ Eodem anno” gistrorum bovem unum contribuere, et Princeps

[1150] “S. Gelasius cum senioribus Cleri Ard- terre boves viginti adjecit.”—Trias Thaum.,
machani suam dicecesim” [Tir-Eoghain], ‘tum _ p. 306.

Onze

1092 aNNazwa RIOShachta elReAaNN. (1150.

E6gain do Vénam la comanba Colarm Chille la Plaicbeancach Ua bpoleain
7 v0 b(t each sacha coypigh,7 b6 Zacha veip biacach, 7 bé6 sacha cpip
raentach,7 b6 sacha cftain vfomaom, fiche bé imonpo on pigh fem, pal
6p 1 pabaccap ciicc uinge, a each, 7 a eanpad 6 Mhuinefpcach mac Néill
hU1 Lochlaimn, 6 ps Epeann mnpin. Mac mic Oormnarll hUi Concobain vo
mapbad la Rua, mac Oomnaill Ui Concobaip. Mupchad, mac Giolla
na naem Ui Ph(pgail, cup opoain, 7 ampfcharp Aintin Connacht, vécc 1 nlmp
Clotpano. Concobap Mac Ragnaill,cig(pna Muincine h€olaip, 00 manbad
la hCQlod, mac Tis (pnan Ui Ruainc. Muieadach Ua Plannagamn, caipeac
Clomne Catal, 0€5 ina anlitpe 1 cCCunga. Onanmaio Mac bnanain, cisfpna
Concaclann, vo dallad la Tompdealbac Ua cConcobaip. Cn giollaclaon
Ua Ciapda, a5 fpna Coinpm, 00 mapbad vo Uib Paolain. Riog tupup Mup-
éfpcas me Néill Ui Cachtamn co matib cumypcernt Epeann co hin
Mochca a ccomdail Ui Cheanbaill 7 Ui Ruane. Tugta géill Connacc 06
6 Tomppdealbaé co nuige pm san pluaiglo cma blmnaccain Pacanaicc, 9
comanba Pacctpaicc co na pamad. Fo pann Mioe don cup pin hi cepi
eiccip Ua cConchobain, Ua Ruane, 7 Ua Ceanbaill,7 po dfocupplec Mup-
chad Ua Maoleachlainn a Midve tnia (pecaoine comanba Phaccpaicc 9 a
ramcha. Ua Ceallais, c15fina Ua Piacpach Anoa ppata, ovo manbad la
hUib cComalcamn 1 nlmp Cocha Caegaine. Ua Canannain co na fléce vo
dol 1 pipaib Luips, co ccuspac ba 1omda leo. Geime pip Cups ponna, J
fagaibc(p pocaide vo muimneip Uf Chanannain co na diap mac im cetain
Ua Maelgaeite, 7 1m Siollamancam Uf Canann im Ua pPosapcais, 7
pocade ole ora nucaplib. Sl615( la Toimpoealbach Ua mbmiam co Loch
Ua nGoban 1 Machaine Garllng, 50 po ance Slane. Rug Ua Ceapbaill,4

’ The visitation of Cinel-Eoghain.—“ A. D.1150.
B. Flathbertachus O’Brolchain, Abbas Dorensis,
circuit regiones de Kinel-Eogain: et a Mur-
chertacho Hua Lochluinn Rege Hiberniz viginti
boves, cum ipsius Regis equo et aureo annulo
unciarum quinque accepit ; item a singulis pro-
ceribus equum unum et communi reliquorum
contributione juxta taxatum personarum nu-
merum, a singulis binis Burgimagistris unum
bovem, a singulis tribus liberis personis unum
bovem, a reliquis quatuor ex plebe similiter

unum.”—Trias Thaum., p. 504.

On this Colgan remarks: ‘‘ Hee contributio
videtur facta ad reparandum Monasterium Do-
rense anno 1149, incendio vastatum, ut ex
sequentibus constabit.”

* Mac Raghnaill—Now Mac Rannall, but
more usually anglicised Reynolds. This family
were seated in the southern -or level portion of
the county of Leitrim.

* Inis-Mochta.—See the years 922, 939, 997,
1026, 1138.

aa ae

oe tent gel

1150.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. :

1093

king himself. The visitation of Cinel-Eoghain’ was made by the successor of
Colum-Cille, Flaithbheartach Ua Brolchain ; and he obtained a horse from
every chieftain, a cow from every two biatachs, a cow from every three free-
holders, and a cow from every four villains, and twenty cows from the king
himself ; a gold ring of five ounces, his horse, and his battle-dress, from Muir-
cheartach, son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, King of Ireland. The grandson of Domh-
nall Ua Conchobhair was killed by Ruaidhri, son of Domhnall Ua Conchobhair.
Murchadh, son of Gilla-na-naemh Ua Fearghal, pillar of the glory and splendour
of the east of Connaught, died on [the island of] Inis-Clothrann. Conchobhar
Mac Raghnaill’, lord of Muintir-Eolais, was killed by Aedh, son of Tighearnan
Ua Ruaire. Muireadhach Ua Flannagain, chief of Clann-Cathail, died on his
pilgrimage at Conga. Diarmaid Mac Branain, lord of Corcachlann, was blinded
by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair. Gillaclaen Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbri,
was slain by the Ui-Faelain. A royal journey by Muircheartach, son of Niall
Ua Lochlainn, with the chieftains of the north of Ireland, to Inis-Mochta*, to
meet Ua Cearbhaill and Ua Ruairc. The hostages of Connaught were brought
him to that place, without a hosting, through the blessing of Patrick, the suc-
cessor of Patrick, and his clergy. He divided Meath on this occasion into
three parts between Ua Conchobhair, Ua Ruairc, and Ua Cearbhaill; and they
banished Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn from Meath, through the curse of the
successor of Patrick and his clergy. Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui-Fiachrach of
Ard-sratha, was killed by the Ui-Comhaltain, on the island of Loch-Laeghaire’.
Ua Canannain, with his army, proceeded into Feara-Luirg, and carried off many
cows. The Feara-Luirg overtook them, and many of the people of Ua Canan-
nain, with his two sons, four of the Ui-Maelgaeithe’, Gillamartan Ua Canann’,
Ua Fogartaigh, and many others of their nobles. An army was led by Toir-
dhealbhach Ua Briain to Loch Ua nGobhann’, in Machaire-Gaileang’, and he

» Loch-Laeghaire. —'This lake was in the
country of the Sliocht-Airt O’Neill, in the
county of Tyrone, to the south of Lifford, but
the name is obsolete, and the lake has probably
been drained.

¢ Ui-Maelgaeithe: i. e. the family of the
O’Mulgeehys or Wynnes.

4 Ua Canann.—Now anglicé Cannon.

This:

family is to be distinguished from the O’Canan-
nains, chiefs of Tirconnell. The former name
is still common in the county of Donegal, the
latter is obsolete.

© Loch Ua nGobhann : i.e. Lake of the O’Gow-
ans. Not identified.

* Machaire-Gaileang.—A plain in the territory
of Gaileanga (now Moregallion), in Meath.

~

1094 aNNaza RIOShachta eiReaNn. (1151.

Ua Ruane fonpa, co po mapbrac opeam o1a mumncip, m mac | Ipfpnan.
Slaglo la Toippdealbac Ua Concobaip 1 Mumam oan erp: pean Muman, 7

po aince Macaipe na Muman,7 cus ba 1omda, an a aor po Pagaib opeam.

ola mumncip 1m Ua Roduib. Slorsfo la Toinpdealbac Ua mbmain co he
chat, co ctangaccan Holl ina teac, 7 appioe co Commonmana, 7 Abha, 7
po loipec Oomnach mén Mic Lartbe. Sloslo la Muipefpeach, mac Néill
Ui Cochlainn co cCenél n€ogain, 7 co nUUcorb, 1 pRoipitin Ui Ceanbaall 4
Ui Ruane co Oun Lochaod 1 LLaegaine, §0 nofpnpacc Holl pi¢ mbliadna
ecin Ufch Cuinn,7 Let Moga. Congal Ua bpaoin, 6plsmaine, vo manbad
la Mumeip Cheit(nnaig 1 nGanda na Gamnaige hi cCluam mic Nop.

Coip Cpiopc, mle céo caocca a haén. Ua Maolposmain, eprcop
Ua nOmalgava, 7 Ua pPiacnach Muawde, Epolb, eppucc Cums, 7 Oman
Cléineac, mac Taidsg Ui Maolnuanar, vécc. Carpoional comapba Phfoan
a. lohanner Pappion, vo tioccain1 nEpinn vo enail magla 7 poibép, 7 00
C(ptusad cauc ina ccioncaib. Ro bai ona peactmain 1 cc1g comanba Phac-

tnaicc 1 nAnov Maca co ppanccaib bfnnaccan.

Cuainc Connacc an vana

feacc la comanba Paccnaice, la Hiollamachias, mac mic Rua, co ccug

a oshpein.
comapba Phaccpaice.

* Ua Ifearnain.—Now Heffernan, without the
prefix Ua or O. This family was seated in the
territory of Uaithne-Cliach, now the barony of
Owney, in the north-east of the county of Lime-
rick.

» Va Rodhuibh.—This name was afterwards
changed to Mac Oireachtaigh, now Geraghty.

* Commarmana.—This was probably the an-
cient name of the Commar or Confluence of the
Blackwater and the Boyne. It was also called
Dubhchommar, i. e. the Black Confluence.

* Abha.—A place on the Boyne, near Slane,
in Meath.

* Domhnach-mor Mic Laithbhe.—In O’Clery’s
Lrish Calendar, at 27th of May, this church is
placed in Mughdhorna, from which it appears
highly probable that it is the present Donagh-
more, near Slane, in the county of Meath. This

Oo pad ona, Ua Concobain pant picle uinge d6p don cup pin do
Cuaine Sil Catapas la Plaitbeancach Ua bpol-

may help the topographer to fix the situation of
Mughdhorna-Breagh, mentioned in these An-
nals, at A. D. 807, 836, 867, 880.

™ Dun-Lochad in Laeghatre:—This was the
name of a fort near Tara, in the county of
Meath.

2 Gardha-na-gamhnaighe: i.e. the Garden of
the Stripper or Milch Cow. This, which was the
name of a field at Clonmacnoise, is now obsolete.

° Wa Maelfoghmhair.—Now anglicised Milford.

P Bishop of Ui-Amhalghadha and Ui-Fiachrach
Muaidhe: i.e. Bishop of Tirawley. and Tireragh,
on the Moy, i.e. Bishop of Killala.

4 Erolbh.—He is called Harold by Ware, who
says that he was an Ostman.—See Harris’s edi-
tion of Ware’s Bishops, p. 505.

* Johannes Papiron.—This passage is trans-
lated by Colgan as follows :

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1151.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1095

plundered Slaine. Ua Cearbhaill and Ua Ruaire overtook them, and slew some
of their people, among whom was the son of Ua Ifearnain®. In the absence of
the men of Munster, Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair marched with an army
into Munster, and plundered the plain of Munster, and carried off many cows ;
but he lost some of his people, and among the rest Ua Rodhuibh*. An army
was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain to Ath-cliath, and the foreigners came
into his house, [and submitted to him]; and from thence to Commarmana‘, and
to Abha*, and burned Domhnach-mor Mic Laithbhe’. An army was led by
Muircheartach, son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, with the Cinel-Eoghain and the Uli-
dians, to relieve Ua Cearbhaill and Ua Ruaire, to Dun-Lochad”, in Laeghaire ;
and the foreigners made a year’s peace between Leath-Chuinn and Leath-
Mhogha. Conghal Ua Braein, lord of Breaghmhaine, was killed by Muintir-
Ceithearnaigh at Gardha na gamhnaighe’, at Cluain-mic-Nois.

The Age of Christ, 1151. Ua Maelfoghmhair®, Bishop of Ui-Amhalghadha
and Ui-Fiachrach-Muaidhe?; Erolbh’, Bishop of Luimneach; and Brian Clei-
reach, son of Tadhg Ua Maelruanaidh, died. A cardinal of the successor of
Peter, i.e. Johannes Papiron’, arrived in Ireland, to establish rules and good
morals, and to set all to rights from their faults. He remained a week in the
house of the successor of Patrick at Ard-Macha, and imparted his blessing.
The visitation of Connaught was performed, the second time, by the successor
of Patrick, Gillamacliag, the grandson of Ruaidhri; and he obtained his full
tribute. On this occasion Ua Conchobhair gave the successor of Patrick a ring
of gold, of twenty ounces. This visitation of Sil-Cathasaigh* was made by

“A.D. 1151. Joannes Paparo Cardinalis, et
Apostolice sedis Legatus designatus, venit in Hiber-
niam pro negotiis Ecclesie disponendis, & regulis
morum prescribendis, eumque honortfice septem
diebus secum B. Gelasius detinutt.”

On which he remarks: “Ita quatuor Ma-
gistri in Annalibus. Causa tamen precipua
ejus adventus fuit ut Quatuor Pallia Quatuor
Archiepiscopis, nempé, Ardmachano, Casselensi,
Dubliniensi, et Tuamensi conferret, que et
anno sequenti in Synodo Kenannasensi contulit.
Ejus adventum quidem in sequentem referunt,
sed rectius (ut observant citati) referendum in

hune annum existimo juxta mox dicenda.”—
Trias Thaum., p. 306.

The notice of this cardinal’s arrival in Ireland
is given, in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, as fol-
lows:

“A. D. 1151. John Papirion Cardinall came
to this kingdome from the Pope to procure the
inhabitants of the land to an amendment of
their lives.”

* Si- Cathasaigh.—A sept in the present county
of Antrim, adjoining the Ui-Tuirtre. They de-
scended from Feidhlim, grandson of Fiachra
Tort.

1096 aNNata RIOghachca erReann. (1151.

cam, comanba Cholaim Chille, 00 b(pc each 6 gach caoipech 1 caopa o Fac
noetac a ead, a eanpad,4 pail Gp ippabaccan odf uinge on cis(pna «1. 6
Chom Ulad Ua Land. Ofpbpopsaill, mgfn Oornall, mic merc Lochlaimn,
Eneann, b(n Toppdealbang Us Concobaip, pig Connacc, matarip Coda,
Chatail, 7 Oomnaill, vécc ma haitpe m Apomacha. 6man Ua Concobarn
Ciapparge 00 manbad la Crappansib péeippin. Concoban Ciabach Ua h€agna,
canaip: Lurgne, vo écc. Ippead po deana a dol bap pm hadape an a bit po
canaib Chianain mic an tpaoip, an nf deachand nac cis(pna vo Hg(pnadaib
Cuigne poime écc pmhadanc, cpé bneitin Chapa. Mac Maolpeacnall
Ui bhpic vo manbad la mac Hipp na ccuinnedce | Opic,7 a manbad pive po
céo6in la macaibh Oonnchada mic mercCantharg. An Giolla Goce UaCap-
pan cisfpna Ua Maccarlle, 00 manbad hi Ctl Collage 6 Uib Miccipe.
Tadgz, mac O1anmava Uf 6hniain oiompsd pon Toippdealbac Ua mbmiann,
pon pis Muman,7 a mtpslo 06,7 Tadg vo teacht 1 cos Thoippdealbang
Ui Choncobain. Sloaglo la Toimpdealbac Ua Concobarp, la pig Connacc,
Mumain, 50 po gab nenc Muman ule cfnmota lanmuma 1 mbof Toinpdeal-
bac, 7 nent Ofpmuman vo gabaal vo mac Conbmaic mic meic Cantaig tma
compuntacc Connacc. Sloslo ole bedp la Toinpdealbac Ua Concobain
1 Mumain, 7 v0 deca Orapmar Mac Munpchada, pf Lang(n vo Largmb na

comme. Ro moinpfo Mumain peampa co pangaccan Mom moip. Coccan

* Ua Lainn.—Otherwise written Ua Floinn, nor’s second wife. His first wife was Tailtin,

now anglicised O’Lyn, and not unfrequently
Lyn, and Lindsay, without the prefix Ua or O’.
This passage is translated by Colgan as follows :

“A. D. 1151. B. Flathbertus O’Brolchain
Abbas Dorensis circuit regionem de Siol-Catha-
saich et a terre Domino Cuuladio O’Flanni ac-
cepit cum annulo aureo duarum unciarum, a

singulis nobilibus unum equum, et a quolibet,

Patre familias unam ovem.”—Trias Thaum.,
p. 504,

* Dearbhforgaill— A. D. 1151. Dervorgalla,
filia Domnaldi, ex uxor Theodorici, Hibernie
successivé Regum in sua peregrinatione obiit
Ardmachx, ibique honorificé sepulta est.”—
Trias Thaum., p. 306.

This Dearbhforgaill was King Turlough O’Co-

the daughter of Murchadh O’Maeleachlainn, who
died in the year 1128. She was the mother of
his first son and heir, Maelisa, who became Ab-
bot of Roscommon, and also of Aedh Dall, and
Tadhg Aluinn. He married a third wife, Dubh-
chobhlach, daughter of O’Mulroney of Moylurg.

~ Aedh.—Called Aedh Dall in the Book of
Lecan, fol. 72, 8, col. 4.

* Cathal: i.e. Cathal Croibhdhearg, King of
Connaught, who died A. D. 1224.—See note £,
under that year. This passage affords evidence
that Cathal Croibhdhearg was the legitimate
son of King Turlough.

¥ Domhnall.—tn the Book of Lecan, fol. 72, 6,
col. 4, he is called Domhnall Mor, Tanist: of
Breifne, and the last to whom the Taradh Ce-

Sora ee

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1151.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1097

Flaithbheartach Ua Brolcain, successor of Colum-Cille; and he obtained a horse
from every chieftain, a sheep from every hearth, and his horse, battle-dress, and
a ring of gold, in which were two ounces, from their lord, i.e. from Cuuladh
Ua Lainn‘. Dearbhforgaill", daughter of Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn,
King of Ireland, the wife of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Con-
naught, and the mother of Aedh”, Cathal*, and Domhnall’, died on her pilgrimage
at Ard-Macha. Brian Ua Conchobhair Ciarraighe was killed by the Ciarraighi
themselves. Conchobhar Ciabhach [the long-haired] Ua hEaghra, Tanist of
Luighne, died [on his bed]. The reason that he died on his bed was, because
he was under the laws of Ciaran Mac-an-tSaeir’, for no lord, of the lords of
Luighne who preceded him, died on his bed, in consequence of a curse of
St. Ciaran. The son of Maelseachnaill Ua Bric was killed by the son of Gearr-
na-gcuinneog* Ua Bric, who was killed immediately after by the sons of Donn-
chadh, grandson of Carthach. Gillagott Ua Carrain, lord of Ui-Maccaille®, was
killed at Cuil-Colluinge’, by the Ui-Mictire’. Tadhg, son of Diarmaid Ua Briain,
turned against Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, King of Munster, and deposed him ;
and Tadhg came into the house of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair. An army
was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, into Munster ;
and he subdued all Munster’, except West Munster, in which Toirdhealbhach
[Ua Briain] was ; and the sovereignty of Desmond was assumed by the son of
Cormac, grandson of Carthach. An army was also led by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair into Munster ; and Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, King of Lein- »
ster, with the Leinstermen, went to join him. They plundered Munster before

tach, i. e. the first fruit, had been paid. His other
sons are set down in the following order in the
Book of Lecan, without naming their mothers,
viz.: Ruaidhri, King of Ireland, Brian Luigh-
neach, Brian Breifneach, Maghnus, Lochlainn,
Muircheartach, Muimhneach, Donnchadh, Mael-
seachlainn, Tadhg Fidhnacha, Cathal Migaran,
two Conchobhars, Diarmaid, Domhnall, Muir-
gheas, Tadhg Dairen, Murchadh Finn.

* Ciaran Mac-an-tSaeir: i. e. St. Kieran, pa-
tron saint of Clonmacnoise. :

Gearr-na-gCuinneog : i.e. the Short Man of
the Churns.

» Ut-Maccaille.—N ow the barony of Imokilly,
in the county of Cork.—See A. D. 901, 11365.

© Cuil-Colluinge—A church in the territory
of Ui-Liathain, founded by St. Abban in the
sixth century, and where a St. Dulbhach was
venerated on the 23rd of October.—See Colgan’s
Acta Sanctorum, p. 615. \

4 Ui-Mictire: i.e. the family of the O’Mac
Tyres, now Wolfes.

* Subdued all Munster—* A. D. 1151. King
Terlagh O’Connor, with his forces of Connought,
tooke hostages of all Munster, except West
Munster, which he left to Terlagh O’Bryen.

(ge

1098 GNNaca RIOSshachta EIReEaNN. (1152.

Oal cCarp 7 lapmuma, 7 Sfol mbmain mm Tompdealbac Ua mbman, pi
Muman pon cneié 1 NOfpmumain occ poad 0616 a nop vop pala 1 cefnn Con-
nace, Cargin, 7 php Mmnde. Plptan cat (coppa,7 ppaome(p pop peanab
Muman, 7 po lad anap. Secc mile cpa ipplo concaip opfpar’ Muman ipin
cat pin Mona mone 1m Mumpcfpcach mac Concoborp Ui Shmam, agsCpna
Tuadmuman, 7 posdamna Muman, 7 1m Cugaw, mac Oomnaill 1 Sprain, mm
Cnepliyp hUa nGpava, m cgfpna Ua cCaipmn, 1m Placb(pcac Ua nOeadad,
im macaibh tisfnad 7 Toipeac, 7 veagoaome ancfha. CAponeane Muman
vo gabcil vo Thoipdealbac Ua Concobain von cup pin, occup Toippdealbaé
Ua bam oronnanbad. Shocht lebaip Leacam. Tiavd na maite toncpaccan
ipuide, Muipcfpcac, mac Concobaip Ur Ohman, cagfmna Tuadmuman an
vapa pean ap peanp bai 00 Ohal cCaip, Cugad mac Oomnaill Uf bpiam,
oa Ua Cinneioig, occan vo Uib Oeadad mm Plartbfcac Ua nOeadand,
naonman oo Urb Sica, cHslp vo Uib Cuimn, 7 céig(p 00 Ub Bpava im
ameipup Ua n@pava,7 cetpan ap picic vo Ub Ogain,7 clépap vo Unb Aichip,
7 mac mic Eachach Ui Lomspig, cetpan vo Uib Néill Bude, 7 ciHsfp
oUib Eécisfpn, co pochawib vo vashdaoimb cén mo tac, cona cepna acc
aon cat epbadac vo na tpib catab cangaccap an 0a pin. Topncpaccap 1
bppotsuin an cata pm Tadg mac an Liatanang Ui Concobarp, Muincfpcac
Ua Catalan, taoipec Clomne Pogancarg,7 Aed mac Maolpuanaw Ut Pol-
lamain, taoipeac Clomne hUaccach, 7 cetnap 00 Lingmb co pochaiib ore.
CQponenc Muman vo gabarl vo Thoipdealbac Ua Concobaip von cup pn 4
Torpdealbac Ua Opiain Oronnanbad. Sloigld la mac Néill Us Coclamn co

Munster in old time was divided into five Mun-
sters, viz., Ormond, Thomond, Desmond, Middle
Munster, and West Munster.”—Ann. Clon.

* Moin-mor: i.e. the Large Bog. There are
many places of this name in Munster, but the
place where this terrible battle was fought
would seem to be Moanmore, in the parish of
Emly, barony of Clanwilliam, and county of
Tipperary.—Ord. Map., sheet 65.

“A.D. 1151. King Terlagh O’Connor this
year gave the battle of Moynemore against the
Munstermen. He was accompanied by Dermott
Mac Murrogh and the forces of Ireland, where
Murtagh mac Connor O’Bryen, and an infinite

number of the families of Munster, were slain,
and all Munster brought in subjection to King
Terlagh.”—Ann. Clon.

8 The Ui-Ceinneidigh : i.e. the O’ Kennedys of
Glenomra and Ormond.

4 The Ui-Deadhaidh: i. e. the O’Deas, or
O’Days, of Kinel-Fearmaic, in the present ba-
rony of Inchiquin, in the county of Clare.

' The Ui-Seanchain: i. e. the O’Shanaghans,
or O’Shannons, of Ui-mBloid, in Thomond.

i The Ui-Cuinn: i.e. the O’Quins of Muintir-
Iffernain around Corofin.

* The Ui-Grada: i.e. the O’Gradys.

‘ The Ui-Ogain: i. e. the O’Hogans, now

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1152.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1099

them, until they reached Moin-mor’. The Dal-gCais, the men of West Munster,
and the Sil-Briain, had set out, under the conduct of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain,
King of Munster, upon a predatory excursion into Desmond ; and on their
return from the South they fell in with the Connaughtmen, the Leinstermen,
and the Meathmen. A battle was fought between them, and the men of Mun-
ster were defeated and slaughtered. Seven thousand was the number of the
Munstermen slain in this battle of Moin-mor, among whom was Muircheartach,
son of Conchobhar Ua Briain, lord of Thomond, and royal heir of Munster;
Lughaidh, son of Domhnall Ua Briain; AneslisUa Grada ; [Mac Conmara], the
lord of Ui-Caisin ; Flaithbheartach Ua Deadhaidh ; and others, sons of lords,
chieftains, and distinguished men. The chief sway of Munster was assumed by
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair on this occasion, and Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain
was banished. According to the Book of Leacain, the following were the
chieftains who were here slain: Muircheartach, son of Conchobhar Ua Briain,
lord of Thomond, the second best man of the Dal-gCais ; Lughaidh, son of
Domhnall Ua Briain ; two of the Ui-Ceinneidigh®; eight of the Ui-Deadhaidh®,
with Flaithbheartach Ua Deadhaidh ; nine of the Ui-Seanchain’; five of the
Ui-Cuinn!; five of the Ui-Grada‘, with Aneslis Ua Grada ; twenty-four of the
Ui-Ogain’; four of the Ui-Aichir™; the grandson of Eochaidh Ua Loingsigh’;
four of the Ui-Neill Buidhe®; and five of the Ui-Echthighern’; with numbers
of good men besides them ; and there survived but one shattered battalion of
the three battalions which had come to that place. There were slain in the heat
of this conflict, [on the side of Connaught], Tadhg, son of Liathach Ua Con-
chobhair ; Muircheartach Ua Cathalain, chief of Clann-Fogartaigh ; Aedh, son
of Maelruanaidh Ua Follamhain, chief of Clann-Uadach ; four of the Luighni ;
and many others. Chief sway over Munster was assumed by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair on this occasion, and Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain was banished.
An army was led by the son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, with the Cinel-Conaill, Cinel-
Eoghain, and Airghialla, across Eas-Ruaidh, until they reached Coirrshliabh na

Hogans, who were seated at Ardcrony, near ° The Ui-Neill Buidhe: i.e. the O'Neills of
Nenagh, in the county of Tipperary. Clann-Delbhaeith, in Tradraighe, in the present
™ The Ui-Aichir : i.e. the O’Hehirs, or Hares, barony of Bunratty, and county of Clare.
of Ui-Cormaic, between the River Fergus and ® The Ut-Echthighern: i.e. the O’Aherns, or
Sliabh Callain, in the county of Clare. Hearnes of Ui-Cearnaigh, seated around Six-
» Ja Loingsigh.—Now Lynch. mile-bridge, in the county of Clare.
7A2

1100 aNNaca RIOSshachta e1rReann. (1152.

Cenél cConall, Eogam, 7 Aipgiallaab oan Capp Rua, co pangaccap Coipp-
plat’ na SfspaicCopann. Tugta eroipe 6 Toimpdealbac Ua cConcobain
cuca co pin, 7 po poopiod o1a cigZ1b. Onaigoe Largfn bedp vo 10dnacal Fo
a t(é vo mac Néill mic mac Laclainn 1. 00 ms Ahhig, 7 Teampa. Tino-
pelccal varmliag Cluana compte la Coméaille mac Mic Scolengi, 7 la
Hlollacommbde, mac mic an Ufpcain Ui Amligi, la caoipeé Cenet Oobea.
Mopcpeach la Rua mac Torppdealbarg Ui Choncobaip, pop Cuadmuman,
50 ccapo buan 1omda, 7 co po Loipcead Cpomavh. Concoban, mac Domnall
Ui bhai, wSlpna captip Muman, 7 mac mec Oonncada ui Hhiollapac-
tpaicc, T1S5(pna leite Opnaige, vo ensabail la Orapmaicc mac Mec Mup-
chada la mig Congth tpé peill ] meabarl. Oomnall mac Tompdealbang
Uj Concobain vo epsabail la Catal, la ofpbpatain budém. Gam ilpionach,
saetach, ambtionac co ppole nveapmaip. Tompdealbac Ua Sma vo dul
1) Culmneach, 7 nochan puaip a dfon 1pm Mumain, 7 vo pao péoro 1omoda lop
1. deich picit uinge oop, 7 lx péo pomfmail im conn 6mam bhopoma, 7 po
pannaic laip ercip mancib Shit Mumfoars, Ua mbpium, 7 Conmaicne.

Cloip Cpiopc, mile cév caecca avd. Fionn, mac mic Célecéip hUi Ceir-
neiccis, comanba Colaim mic Cpiomtamn, 7 comapba banppe ppi pé. Giolla
na naem Ua Pollamain, comapba Comain,7 Pipgal Ua Plpcubary, piplérginn
CApoa Maca ppi pé,7 Recclepa Choluim Chille 1 nApo Maca bedy, vé5.
Comtionol peanmd 1 nOporcle Ata ag eppcopaib Epeann 1m comanba Pha-
cpaice mon cCarpoional lohannep Papmion, co ccmb milib mac neglaptacoa
_etip manchaib 7 canancaib, co po opomsple anaill vo maglaib ann. Ccriav
pide 1. mna cil, campveapa dionnanbad 6 pCparb, gan 16g D1appand an ongad,

1 The hostages —‘“ A. D. 1151. The hostages « The Sil-Muireadhaigh : i.e. the O’Conors of

of Lynster were sent to Mortagh mac Neale Mac
Loghlyn, even to his house.”—Ann. Clon.

* The daimhliag of Cluain-Coirpthe: i. e. the
great stone church of Kilbarry, in the parish of
Termonbarry, near the Shannon, in the east of
the county of Roscommon.

* Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhealbhach : i. e. Roderic
O’Conor, afterwards Monarch of Ireland.

* Cromadh.—Now Croome, on the River Maigue,
in the county of Limerick, at this time the seat
of O’Donovan, ‘chief of Ui-Cairbre Aebhdha.

Connaught, and their correlatives.

* The Ui-Briuin: i.e. the O’Rourkes, &c.

“ The Conmhaicne: i. e. the O’Farrells, &c.
Under this year thé Dublin copy of the An-
nals of Innisfallen state that, after the battle of
Moin-mor, dissensions arose between Diarmaid
Sugach O*Conor Kerry, and Diarmaid, son of
Cormac Mac Carthy, during which Cormac
O’Cuileain [now Collins] burned the church
of Ardfert-Brendan over the heads of O’Conor
Kerry’s servants of trust.

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1152.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1101

Seaghsa, in Corann. Thither hostages were brought to them by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair, and they returned to their houses. The hostages’ of Leinster
were sent to his house, to the son of Niall, grandson of Lochlainn, i. e. King of
Aileach and Teamhair. The commencement of the erection of the daimhliag of
Cluain-Coirpthe’, by Cucaille, son of Mac Scolaighi, and Gillacoimhdhe, the
grandson of Leastar Ua hAinlighi, chief of Cinel-Dobhtha. <A great predatory
excursion was made by Ruaidhri, son of ‘Toirdhealbhach* Ua Conchobhair, into
Thomond; and he carried away many cows, and burned Cromadh*. Conchobhar,
son of Domhnall Ua Briain, lord of East Munster, and the grandson of Donnchadh,
grandson of Gillaphadraig, lord of half Osraighe, were taken prisoners by Diar-
maid, son of Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, through treachery and guile.
Domhnall, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, was taken prisoner by Cathal,
his own brother. A changeable, windy, stormy winter, with great rain. Toir-
dhealbhach Ua Briain went to Luimneach, but he did not get shelter in Munster ;
and he took many jewels with him, i.e. ten score ounces of gold, and sixty
beautiful jewels, besides the drinking-horn of Brian Borumha; and he divided
them among the chiefs of Sil-Muireadhaigh’, Ui-Briuin’, and Conmhaicne’.
The Age of Christ, 1152. Finn, grandson of Celechar Ua Ceimneidigh, suc-
cessor of Colum, son of Crimhthann [of Tir-da-ghlas], and who had been succes-
sor of Bairre for a time ; Gilla-na-naemh Ua Follamhain, successor of Comay;
and Fearghal Ua Fearcubhais, lector of Ard-Macha for a time, and of the church
of Coluim-Cille at Ard-Macha also, died. A synod was convened at Droichet-
atha* by the bishops of Ireland, with the' successor of Patrick, and the Cardinal
Johannes Papiron, with three hundred ecclesiastics, both monks and canons ;
and they established some rules thereat, i.e. to put away concubines’ and le-
mans from men; not to demand payment for anointing or baptizing (though it is

* Droichet-atha: i.e. Drogheda. According to
the Annals of Clonenagh, as quoted by Keating,
this synod was held at Kells, in Meath, not
Drogheda.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., pp. 306,
307; and Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops,
pp- 58, 59. It looks very strange that Colgan
takes no notice of this passage in the Annals of
the Four Masters.

¥ Concubines.—Mr. Moore, who regards this
synod as one of great importance, writes :

“ Besides the distribution of the palliums, the
chief affairs that appear to have occupied the
attention of the synod of Kells were some en-
actments against simony and usury, as well as
against the prevalence of marriage and concu-
binage among the clergy. There was also pro-
mulgated, among the acts of-this council, an
order from the Cardinal, in virtue of his apos-
tolic authority, for the payment of tithes.”

He then writes in a note: |

1102 aNNawZa RIOshachta elReaNN. ” (1152.

no an baipcead. Occ cha nf mat gan a ccabainc oa paibe a ccumang
ouine Fan Log vo Zabcul an ovoman necclapcucda, 7 veacmad vo Zabanl Fo
hionopaic. - Imleach lobcnp,7 Curmneach do lopccad. Scpin Cholurm Chille,
Oomnach Seachnaill, 7 Tpesio ovonccain 6 Uib Opin. Cpeachplumgead
la Mas Lochlainn co Cenél Edgain co paime Imp Mocca vo diocup 1 Cheap-
ball, 7 po ance pochaide don Cun pin, 7 po atcup Ua Ceanbaill a cfnoup
Oipsiall a ccionaid comanba Pacpaic po sonpide 7 po papas pecc pram.
Comodal ecip Ua Lachlan, Torpdealbac Ua Concobain 1 Mag Ene, co
noffnpac canaonad po bacaill lopa,7 po monoaib Cholaam Chille. Sligo
la Toippdealbac Ua cConcobarp 1 Mumam, co po pann an Mhuma an 06
ecip mac Chonbmaic mic mec Cantas,7 Siol mbmiam 1. Tads 7 Toinpdeat-
bac. Sluaiglo la Mag Cochlamn 1 Mide co Rat Clhoag bi ccomdarl pth
n€peann, 7 Coipdealbac Ua Concobain vo dol 1 Mide 1 ccombanl Us Uach-
lainn 7 Oiapmaoa mec Mupchada pf Largfh. Ro pannpac ona, Mide ap
D6 Don cup pn. Tucrpac 6 Chluam Epapo pan vo Mhupchad Ua Mhaor-
leachlainn, 7 Cint(p Mise via mac 06 Mhaoileachlainn. Ro binaio ona
Conmaicne vo This fpnan Ua Ruarpe ian ppaomead faip,7 po loips an baile
dianad amm bun cuilinn,7 do pavad pige 00 mac Giolla bnarwe Ui Ruane,
| do paccaitc a mbpaigoe vo Thoinpdealbac Ua Choncobaip. Rugad ona,
Ocanbpopsall, instr Munchada Us Mhaoileachlain, bth Tig(pnan Us Ruane
la pi Gargsth a. Oranmand co na cpod, 7 co na hamll(s von cupup pm, 7 po

“It was surely unworthy of Dr. Lanigan, be-
sides being short-sighted as a matter of policy,
to suppress all mention, as he has done in his
account of this council, of the above enactment
of the marriage and concubinage of the clergy.
He has himself, in another part of his work
(chap. xxxii. s. 8), referred to some canons of
the Irish Church relating to the marriage of
monks and clerks, which, combined with other
proofs, leaves not a doubt that on this point of
discipline some of the Irish clergy followed the
example set them at that time by their reverend
brethren on the Continent.”—vVol. ii. p. 191.

* Tithes.—“‘Hee prima Decimarum mentio
apprime notanda est !”—Dr. 0’ Conor.

* Magh-Ene.—Now the Moy, a plain lying

between the rivers Erne and Drowes, near Bal-
lyshannon.

> Rath- Ceannaigh.—N ow Rathkenny, in the
barony of Upper Slane, and county of Meath.—
See note under A. D. 1114.

¢ Conmhaicne.—The present county of Long-
ford, and the southern half of the county of
Leitrim.

* Bun-cuilinn.—Now Dangan, near the Shan-
non, in the parish of Kilmore, county of Ros-

common.—See note on Daingean-Bona-Cuilinn,.

under A. D. 1145.

° Dearbhforgaill_This name is usually lati-
nized Dervorgilla.—See note °, under A. D. 1193.
She was forty-four years old at this time.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice the fol-

ee ee a

1152.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1103

not good not to give such, if it were in a person’s power); not to take [simoni-
acal] payment for church property; and to receive tithes’ punctually. Imleach-
Ibhair and Luimneach were burned. Scrin-Choluim-Chille, Domhnach-Seach-
naill, and Treoid, were plundered by the Ui-Briuin. A plundering army was
led by Mac Lochlainn and the Cinel-Eoghain, to banish Ua Cearbhaill; and he
plundered many persons on that occasion, and expelled Ua Cearbhaill from the
chieftainship of Oirghialla, in revenge for the successor of Patrick, whom he
had wounded and violated some time before. A meeting took place between
Ua Lochlainn and Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair at Magh-Ene*, where they
made friendship under the Staff of Jesus, and under the relics of Colum-Cille.
An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair into Munster ; and he
divided Munster into two parts between the son of Cormac, grandson of Car-
thach, and the Ua Briains, namely, Tadhg and Toirdhealbhach. An army was
led by Mac Lochlainn into Meath, as far as Rath-Ceannaigh’, to meet the men
of Ireland ; and Toirdhealbhach proceeded into Meath, to meet Ua Lochlainn
and Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster. They divided Meath into
two parts on this occasion; they gave from Cluain-Iraird westwards to Mur-
chadh Ua Maeleachlainn, and East Meath to his son, Maeleachlainn. ‘They
took Conmhaicne® from Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, after having defeated him; and
they burned the town named Bun-cuilinn’, and gave the chieftainship to the

~ gon of Gillabraide Ua Ruairc, and their hostages were given up to Toirdheal-

bhach Ua Conchobhair. On this occasion Dearbhforgaill*, daughter of Mur-
chadh Ua Maeleachlainn, and wife of Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, was brought away
by the King of Leinster, i. e. Diarmaid, with her cattle and furniture ; and he

lowing events under this year : that is to say, of the west of Clonarde to Mor-

“A.D. 1152. All Munster was much impo- _ rogh, and of the east, as farr as Meath extends,
verished by continuall contentions of the Mac to his said sonn. Dermott Mac Murrogh, king
Carthys and O’Bryens contending against one of Lynster, tooke the Lady Dervorgill, daughter
another. King Terlagh O’Connor, for appeas- of the said Morrogh O’Melaughlyn, and wife of

ing of which contentions, went to Munster, and Tyernan O’Royrck, with her cattle, with him,

divided that provence in two parts between
Cormac Mac Carthie and the O’Bryens, Teig
and Terlagh. King Terlagh, accompanied with
Murtagh mac Neale Mac Loghlyn, came to Meath,
which he likewise divided into two parts between
Morrogh O’Melaughlyn and his son, Melaughlyn,

and kept her for a long space, to satisfie his in-
satiable, carnall, and adulterous lust. She was
procured and ‘induced thereunto by her unad-
vised brother, Melaughlyn, for some abuses of
her husband, Tyernan, done to her before.
Kenrick mac David, King of Scotland, died.”

1104 aNNawa RIOSshachta elReGNH. (1153.

pao: lé vo néip comarple a bnaéap Mhaol(chlamn. Ro pay ona, cogad ecip
Ui Omi, 7 plpab Mhide. Opoagoe Ui Ruane a. Tisffpndan, vo 10dnacal co

he Luam la Toippdealbac Ua Concobarp cap cfon Ua mbmuin nama.

Fingin mac Oonnchada, mac mec Captaig, 00 manbad la a bnaitmib che
meanaitne. Oomnall mac Riogbapoain Ui Chfpbaill, cis (pna Ele, oo manbad
la mac an Choppava Uf Ceanbaill. Catal mac Toinpdealbars Ui Conco-
bonp, pfosdamna Connacc,oo0 mapibad la macCpuinn luachpa Ui Corecpacam,
7 la Calpaigib m Chonainn «1. la Calpagsip mépab. Orapmaicee Ua Con-
cobain, vigfina Ciappaige Cuacpa oionnanbad, 7 vopgain la mac Copbmaic
mic mec Canta, la cigfpna Oeapmuman. Cod mac Mec Amalgana,
caipec Clomne Maolowb, vécc. Ing hUi Caellaige, bln Langs
Uf Mhopda, vécc. Cumide Ua Conmaide, tarpeac Ua Mac Uaip Mhide,
vécc. On Mhuma vo lot co mop ecip call 7 Cuat cné coccad Shil mbmann,
7 Chlomne Cantang, co po pay cence mop 1pin Mumamn cpep an ccogad 1pin,
co no peailple a ppodaome uata 1 LUeit Chuinn, 7 ca nepbalcacan pocaide
ele vib do Sontca.

Coip Cpiopt, mile céo caecca a tpi. Cod Ua Maeledin, comanba
Cianam Cluana mic Nop, coban ponupa 7 pawbplpa Leite Cuinn, pfp co
novepeipc, 7 co ctpocaipe do Cpfocnugad a beachad. Colman Ua bpeiyleim,
uapal paccant Cfnannpa, paor ecenade epide, Ounlang Ua Catanl, comanba
Caomsin, [oécc]. Cuaint Oal cCommpne, 7 Ua Eacdach Ulad vo tabaint
la Plaitbfpcac Ua bpolcam, comanba Cholaim Chille,7 vo bent eac 6 Zac
coipeac, 7 caona 6 Zach veacais, penepall, each, coice mbo 6n cisfpna
Ua Oumnpléibe, 7 unge d6p bedp 6 a mnaor. Mupncad Ua Maollchlamn,
pi Tlmpa 7 Mide co na poptuatab, Aingiall 7 epmon Cag epi né, cule
opdain aipeacanp, 7 paopclanoacza Epeann, véce 1 nOfpmarg Cholaim Chille.
Placb(icach Ua Canannain, cigfpna Cenél cConaill, 7 a b(n Oubcoblaig,
in5fn Toinpdealbars Ui Choncobaip, v0 badad co luct lunge 00 daomb ina
bpappad pon an bpaincce po epcomaip Cainppe Opoma cliab. Oomnall
Ua Catapaig, mis fpna na Saitne, vo mapbad la Maolpeaclamn, mac Mup-

‘The Ui-Briuin: i. e. the Ui-Briuin-Breifne, been previously ceded to Tighearnan O’Rourke,
or the O’Rourkes, O’Reillys, and their correla- and the hill of Tlachtgha, now the hill of Ward,
tives, in the counties of Leitrim and Cavan. near Athboy, which Giraldus Cambrensis calls

* For Ui-Briuin only.—A part of Meath had O’Rourke’s Hill, belonged to his portion of

1153.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1105

took with her according to the advice of her brother, Maeleachlainn. There
arose then a war between the Ui-Briuin‘ and the men of Meath. The hostages
of Ua Ruaire, i. e. Tighearnan, were conveyed to Ath-Luain by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair, for Ui-Briuin only*. Finghin, son of Donnchadh, grandson of
Carthach, was killed by his brethren, through mistake. Domhnall, son of
Righbhardan, lord of Eile, was slain by the son of the Long-lezged Ua Cear-
bhaill. Cathal, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Con-
naught, was killed by the son of Cronn-Luachra Ua Coscrachain, and by the
Calraighi of Corann, i. e. the Callraighi-mora. Diarmaid Ua Conchobhair, lord
of Ciarraighe-Luachra, was expelled and plundered by the son of Cormac,
grandson of Carthach, lord of Desmond. Aedh, son of Mac Amhalghadha, lord
of Clann-Maelduibh, died. The daughter of Ua Caellaighe, wife of Laeighseach
Ua Mordha, died. Cumidhe Ua Cormaidhe, chief of Ui-Mac-Uais of Meath,
died. Munster was much injured, both church and state, in consequence of
the war between the Sil-Briain and the Clann-Carthaigh, so that great dearth
prevailed in Munster from that war; and their peasantry were dispersed in
Leath-Chuinn, and many others of them perished of the famine.

The Age of Christ, 1153. Aedh Ua Maeleoin, successor of Ciaran of
Cluain-mic-Nois, fountain of the prosperity and affluence of Leath-Chuinn, a
man of charity and mercy, completed his life. Colman Ua Breislein, noble
priest of Ceanannus, a distinguished sage ; Dunlaing Ua Cathail, successor of
Caeimhghin, [died]. The visitation of Dal-Cairbre and Ui-Eathach-Uladh was
made by Flaithbheartach Ua Brolchain, successor of Colum-Cille ; and he re-
ceived a horse from every chieftain, a sheep from every hearth ; a screaball, a
horse, and five cows, from the lord Ua Duinnsleibhe, and an ounce of gold from
his wife. Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair and Meath, with its
dependent districts, of Airgialla, and, for a time, of the greater part of Leinster,
—flood of the glory, magnificence, and nobility of Ireland,—died at Dearmhach-
Choluim-Chille.: Flaithbheartach Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, and his
wife, Dubhchobhlaigh, daughter of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, were
drowned, with the crew of a ship of [their] people along with them, in the sea,
opposite Cairbre of Druim-cliabh. Domhnall Ua Cathasaigh, lord of Saithne,

Meath. It is stated in a note in the Book of part of Ireland extending from Drumcliff to
Fenagh, that this Tighearnan ruled over that Drogheda.
7B

1106 aNNaza RIOshachtad eiReann. (1153.

chada Uf Mhaoileachlainn, 7 Conéoban mac Oomnall Ui Mhaoileaclamn,
vo dallad leip bedp. Niall Ua Mopda, mFfpna Laoigips, vo Légad a Fermel
la pi Langean Oiapmaio mac Mupchada, 1ap na dallad van pnadad Lao 4
cléineach. Murpgiup, mac me Mupchada (no Mumpcfpearg) Usdin, corpec
Clomne Tomalcaig, vécc. Oonncataig, mac Aineaccarg Ui Roduib vécc
lan noergb(caip. Sluanglo la Tompdealbac Ua cConcobain co Ooipe an sab-
lain a ccomne Meic Mupchada, pi Cars{n, 7 cuc mngfm Us Mhaoileaclamn
co na cod uada co paibe pon comur pp Mivde. Tammie Tisfpnan Ua Ruaine
ma teach von cup yin, 7 po Fagaib bnargve occa, Toippdealbac Ua Ompiain
vo 1onnanbad 1 ccuaipecent Epeann la Toippdealbac Ua cConcobaip, 4
Muma do pom an 06 ectip Thadsg Ua mbmain 7 Oiapmaice mac Copbmaic
mic Muipfohaigy mec Cantos. Slog la Muinc(pcach mac Néill Mhés
Caclamn, 7 la cuaipcenc Eneann 1 poimtin Toippdealbanrs Ui bhmain, oia
tabainc 1 pize Muman vomdips, co pamic co Cnaib ceme. Toimpdealbac
Ua Concobain v0 tiondl Connacc, co mace co Mag Lici Pacpaic 1 nagar
an tuaipceinc. CTainic ona Cadsg Ua Opiain co na ploce co Rantin Us Shua-
nag hi poipitm Connact co tconaccacan co Mag Ci. Cwmd om Ua Lac-
lain oa Cat do poigmb a ploigh van Ac Margne,7 popaccanb a plos anctna
(cen mo taicpive) occ Cnaib cee, v0 deachad co na uatad ploig do
pobainc Longpuinc Caos Ui Ohman, co ccapacc maidm pap, 7 Fup Cup an
a muincine. Oo pac ona beop maiom pon mancpluag Larg(n. Ro apcom-
laid 1anom co a Longpont pein co Cnaib cene, 7 ba 1omoda lap, 1ap nonsain
vpoinge op(paib Teatba. Tanic aippide do pargid Connact co croppacc
lpeal Cianain. Cmd Toindealbac Ua Concobaip van Aé Cuan pian. Taimic
Ruadm, mac Toipoealbars, 7 cat 1antain Connacc, 7 slaplait Shit Mui-
peaoaig hi Fopopuim. Cn can tna pobaccan ag sabail lonspuipe anorin po

* Dowre-an-ghabhlain : i.e. the Derry or Oak Lough Ree called Killymore Lough, in the ba-

Wood of the Fork. Not identified.

‘ Craebh-teine: i.e. the Large or Branching
Tree of the Fire. Now Creeve, in the parish of
Ardnurcher, in: Westmeath.— Ord. Map, sheet
24, 31.

* Magh-lice-Padraig: i.e. the Plain of Pa-
trick’s Flag-stone. This is probably the place
now called Portlick, situated on that branch of

rony of Brawney, and county of Westmeath.

1, Raithin- Ui-Shuanaigh.—Now Rahen, near
Tullamore, in the King’s County.

™ Magh-Cisi.—See note °, under A. D. 939, sup.

» Ath-Maighne.—Connell Mageoghegan states
in his translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise,
at A. D. 1158 and 1213, that this place was
called Lismoyny in his own time. Lismoyny is

1153.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1107

was slain by Maelseachlainn, son of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn ; and Con-
chobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, was blinded by him. Niall
Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis, was released from fetters by the King of Leinster,
Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, after he had been blinded against the guarantee of
the laity and clergy. Muirgheas, grandson of Murchadh (or Muircheartach)
Odhar, chief of Clann-Tomaltaigh, died. Donncathaigh, son of Aireachtach
Ua Rodhuibh, died after a good life. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair, to Doire-an-ghabhlain", against Mac Murchadha, King of Lein-
ster, and took away the daughter of Ua Maeleachlainn, with her cattle, from
him, so that she was in the power of the men of Meath. On this occasion
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc came into his house, and left him hostages. Toirdheal-
bhach Ua Briain was banished into the north of Ireland by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair ; and Munster was divided into two parts between Tadhg
Ua Briain and Diarmaid, son of Cormac, son of Muireadhach, son of Carthach.
An army was led by Muircheartach, son of Niall Mac Lochlainn, and the people
of the north of Ireland, to relieve Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, and restore him
to the kingdom of Munster ; and they came to Craebhteine’. Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair assembled the Connaughtmen, and marched to Magh-Lice-
Padraig* against the Northerns. Tadhg Ua Briain arrived with his forces at
Raithin-Ui-Shuanaigh!, to assist the Connaughtmen, and both proceeded to
Magh-Cisi™. Ua Lochlainn then set out with two battalions of the flower of
his army across Ath-Maighne”, leaving the remainder of his army (all except
these) at Craebh-teine ; and he marched with this small force to attack the
camp of Tadhg Ua Briain, and he defeated him, and made a slaughter of his
people. He also defeated the cavalry of Leinster. He then returned to his own
camp at Craebh-teine, carrying off many cows, after plundering some of the
men of Teathbha. He set out thence to attack the Connaughtmen, and arrived
at Iseal-Chiarain. Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair proceeded westwards across
Ath-Luain. Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhealbhach, and the battalion of West Con-
naught, and the recruits of Sil-Muireadhaigh, came toFordruim’; but as they were
pitching their camp there, the heroes of the North poured upon them without

a townland in the parish of Ardnurcher, barony ° Fordruim.—Now Fardrum, in the parish of
of Moycashel, and county of Westmeath._See Kilcleagh, county of Westmeath.—Ord. Map,
note ‘, under A. D. 1213. , sheet 29.

7BQ

1108 aNNaza RIoshachta elReann. (1154.

dointp(e cnedm an cuaryceipic ma cefnd Zan patugad od1b, 7 po manbad
pocafde vo Chonnaccarb led 1m Ghiollaceallarg Ua n€rom, cis fpna Chone, 7
immo mac .1. Cod, im bran Ua nOaboa, cis (pna Ua pPiacpac an cuaipceinc,
im Muipélpcaé mac Conéobaip a. mac Toinpdealbarg Ui Concobaip 1m Oom-
nall Ua mbipn, im Ohomnall mac Catal Ui Choncobarp, 7 1m Sicpuce mac
mic Oubgaill. Tainic Ua Lachlan 1appin co na ploccaib co Loc nino, 4
camc Ua Maoleachlamn ina tig co beanccaib gialla age, 7 vo pavrom
an Mide wile 06 6 Sionamn co paippge, 7 Ui bPaolain,7 Ui bPailse. Oo
pao Ur Sprain Conmaicne vo Thigfpnan Ua Ruane, pug a mbpargve
oiblimb laip,7 [ma piu] po pot oa cig na ppiteing,7 po comnmfd la hUa Lac-
lainn Muimnig pon plpaib Mhide, pon Speipne, pop Aipgialtarb’ pon Uleab,
pon Conallchaib, 7 pop Coganachaib, vain po gab salan Toippdealbac
Ua Oma don tupur pin co na ead pin por coinmire san ccc 06 1pm Mumain.
Tadz5 Ua bmiam vo (nsabal la Oranmaio Pino Ua mbmam, 4 a dallad
laip p6 cé0oip. Torppdealbaé ona, co na mumncip vo dol 1pm Murmann, 7
leit pige Muman vo gabal vo cma neanc Muinc(pcas Mhes Cachlaimn.
bpasoe Ua bPailge,7 Ua bPaolain vo gabanl la Maoilpeactamn mac Mup-
chada, pi Mhde. Opp na ccumneog Ua Opie, cis(pna na nOéim, vo map-
bad 1 ngeimul, la Or1apmaio mac Conbmaic mecc Cantaig. Clatopoicle
Ata Luam vo diopcaoilead la Maolp(chlainn mac Munpcada, 7 a oaingin
v0 lopecad. Clatdpoicfe Ata Liag vo dénam la Tompdealbac Ua cCon-
cobain. Plann Ua Plannaccam, cigfina Teatba vo écc. Olpppopganll,
ing(n Mupchada Ui Mhaoileachlainn, vo toche 6 mgs Lars (6 Ohapmaio)
vo pagid Tisfnnain Us Ruainc vopidip.

Cloip Cpfopc, mile cévd caoccac a ceataip. Muipfoach Ua Cluccam
abb Cfnanmnpa,7 Cian Ua Gpeacan, comanba Camnoig vé5. Tads Ua bman,
tM Muman, vécc. Ceall Oalua, Imleach lubaip, Rop Cpe, Lotpa,7 Oaup-
mag, v0 lopccad. Orapmard Ua Concobarp, tigfpna Ciapparge Luacpa, véce.

» To Tighearnan Ua Ruaire.—Nothing has
been discovered to show whether she continued

—See note ‘, under that year.
The Annals of Clonmacnoise record two of

to live for any time with O’Rourke after her
return from Leinster. The probability is that
she did not, and that she retired immediately
after into the monastery of Mellifont, where she
died in 1193, in the eighty-fifth year of her age.

the same events under this year as follows :

“ A. D. 1153. Murrogh O’Melaughlyn, king
of Meath, borders of Lynster, and Taragh, the
chiefest of all Ireland for bounty and hospitality,
died at Dorowe in his house. Hugh O’Malone,

1154.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1109

previous notice, and numbers of the Connaughtmen were slain by them, and
among the rest Gillacheallaigh Ua hEidhin, lord of Aidhne, and his son, Aedh;
Brian Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Fiachrach of the North ; Muircheartach, son of
Conchobhar (who was son of Toirdhealbhach) Ua Conchobhair ; Domhnall
Ua Birn; Domhnall, son of Cathal Ua Conchobhair ; and Sitric Mac Dubh-
ghaill. After this Ua Lochlainn proceeded with his forces to Loch Aininn
{Lough Ennell], and Ua Maeleachlainn came into his house, and left him hos-
tages; and he [Ua Lochlainn] gave him all Meath, from the Sinainn to the sea,
and also Ui-Faelain and Ui-Failghe. He gave Ui-Briuin and Conmhaicne to
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, and carried the hostages of both with him; and before
Ua Lochlainn returned back to his house, he billeted the Munstermen upon
the men of Meath, Breifne, Airghialla, Ulidia, Conaill, and Tir-Eoghain, for
Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain was seized with a disease on that expedition, which
prevented him from returning into Munster. Tadhg Ua Briain was taken pri-
soner by Diarmaid Finn Ua Briain, and blinded by him immediately. Toir-
dhealbhach proceeded into Munster, and he assumed half the kingdom of
Munster, through the power of Muircheartach Mac Lochlainn. The hostages
of Ui-Failghe and Ui-Faelain were taken by Maelseachlainn, son of Murchadh,
King of Meath. Gearr-na-gCuinneog Ua Bric, lord of the Deisi, was killed in
fetters by Diarmaid, son of Cormac Mac Carthaigh. The wicker bridge of
Ath-Luain was destroyed by Maelseachlainn, and its fortress was demolished.
The wicker bridge of Ath-liag [Ballyleague] was made by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair. Flann Ua Flannagain, lord of Teathbha, died. Dearbhfor-
gaill, daughter of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, came from the King of Leinster
(Diarmaid) to Tighearnan Ua Ruairc? again. .

The Age of Christ, 1154. Muireadhaigh Ua Clucain, Abbot of Ceanannus,
and Cian Ua Gerachain, successor of Cainneach, died. Tadhg Ua Briain, King
of Munster, died. Cill-Dalua, Imleach-Ibhair, Ros-Cre, Lothra,and Daurmhaghi‘,
were burned. Diarmaid Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra’, died.

the King’s County.—See note under A. D. 1186.
® Diarmaid Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe-

Cowarb of Saint Keyran, who, for his great
riches, charitable and bountifull hospitality,

was called in generall the fountain of all happi-
ness of Leath-Coyn, died.”

3 Daurmhaghi._Otherwise written Dearmhach
and Darmhagh, now Durrow, in the north of

Luachra.—He was the son of Mahon, King of
Kerry, who was slain A. D. 1138, who was son
of Core, who was son of Mac Beth Ua Concho-
bair, King of Kerry, who died A. D. 1086, who

1110, anNazwa RIOSshachtTa eIReGHN. (1154.

Mac Hrollamoéolmds, cigfina Ua nOsncada, vo mapbad la a bnentmb.
Etpsal, mac mic Cionaoie Ui Mhaolbnigoe, vo tureim la cis(pna Ganllng.
Mac Cupp na cColptach Uf Piacpach, cigfpna Ua Peneaclarp, 00 mapbao
la Mumpceancach Ua Tuatail, agfpna Ua Mupeadhang. Mac Ragnaill
Oumn Ui Chpeaccarg, caorpeac Mumcipe Maolmancain, vo manbad la
mac Mupceapcags mic bpam Ui Pheangail. Cod, mac Ruardm Us Cha-
nanoain vo gabal cisfinap Tine Conall. Coblach la Toippdealbac
Ua cConcobaip pon muip ciméell Epeann po tua .. lomsfp Ou Sallie,
Chonmaicne mana, pean nUmaill, Ua nOmalgada, 7 Ua Piacpach, 7 an
Copnamarg Ui Ouboa In ccefnnap poppa, 7 po anceps Tip Chonanll, 7 Imp

Eogamn. Oo cuapr 6 Chenel Eogain,7 o Mhuincfpcac, mac Néill van mun

was son of Conchobhar, who, in the Bodleian
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, is said to have
died in this year, 1086, who was son of Cathal,
King of Kerry, who appears to have fallen in a
duel, A. D. 1069, according to the same autho-
rity, and was son of Aedh, King of Kerry.—See
note, A. D. 1067, pp. 891, 892, supra.

This Cathal would appear to have been father
also of Domhnall Ua Conchobhair, or Donnell
O’Conor, son of the King of Kerry, slain 1098,
and grandfather of Mahon O’Conor Kerry, seve-
ral of whose galleys were destroyed at Scattery
Island in the year 1100, both of which events
are recorded in the Bodleian copy of the Annals
of Innisfallen.

There is much obscurity in the genealogy of

O’Conor Kerry towards the close of the eleventh
century; but the following will be found to be
supported by the most of the authorities. Mac-
beth, who died in 1086, had two sons: 1. Cu-
luachra, King of Kerry, who was expelled by
the Mac Carthys, A. D. 1107; -and, 2. Core,
who carried on the line of the family, and was
father of Mathghamhain, or Mahon, who was
King of Kerry and Corca-Duibhne, and is called
tanist or presumptive heir to the throne of Mun-
ster, and who died, according to the Dublin copy
of the Annals of Innisfallen, A. D. 1138, leaving
a son, Diarmaid, Sigac, i.e. the Jocund, as he

is named by the annalists, but probably more
correctly by the genealogists, Sluagadaé, i. e.
of the hostings, who assassinated Cormac Mac
Carthy, King of Munster, A. D. 1138, who
built the Castle of Asdee in 1146, and who, in
1150, in conjunction with his son-in-law, Tur-
lough O’Brien, king of Thomond, defeated the
princes of the Eugenian line in the territory of
Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, in the now county of Lime-
rick. In 1151, when the O’Briens sustained a
memorable defeat from the Mac Carthys, and
their allies, at Moinmor, he escaped from the
carnage into Kerry; but, though Turlough
brought aid to him, they were both ultimately
so harassed by Diarmaid Mac Carthy that they
sought safety by flight from that territory.
He closed his turbulent life A. D. 1154, accord-
ing to the Dublin copy of the Annals of Innis-
fallen. After his time the power of the O’Conors
waned in Kerry.

The posterity of Diarmaid Sugach, or Sluagh-
aghach, appears to have divided into two branches
originating in his sons, Mahon, from whom the
reigning line, and Murrough, from whom the
branch of Aghanagrana, which was still exist-
ing in the last century.

A careful collation of six different genealo-
gical records gives the following result for the
eldest. line: Mathghamhain, or Mahon, son of

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1154.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. i111

Mac Gillamocholmog, lord of Ui-Dunchadha, was killed by his brethren. Fear-
ghal, grandson of Cinaeth Ua Maelbrighde, fell by the lord of Gaileanga. Mac-
Cuirr-na-gColpach Ua Fiachrach, lord of Ui-Feineachlais*, was slain by Muir-
cheartach Ua Tuathail, lord of Ui-Muireadhaigh. The son of Raghnall Donn
Ua hAireachtaigh, chief of Muintir-Maelmartain, was slain by the son of Muir-
cheartach, son of Bran Ua Fearghail. Aedh, son of Ruaidhri Ua Canannain,
assumed the lordship of Tir-Conaill. A fleet was brought by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Conchobhair on the sea, round Ireland northwards, i. e. the fleets of Dun-
Gaillmhe‘, of Conmhaicne-mara, of the men of Umhall, of Ui-Amhalghadha, and
Ui-Fiachrach, and the Cosnamhaigh Ua Dubhda in command over them ; and

they plundered Tir-Conaill and Inis-Eoghain.

Diarmaid Sugach, begat Mahon, who begat
Diarmaid, who begat Conor, who begat Diar-
maid, who begat Diarmaid, who begat Conor,
lord of Kerry, who was slain in 1366, as recorded
in these Annals, and Donnchadh, or Donough,
lord of Kerry, who, dying of the plague in 1483,
left a son, Diarmaid, who was slain A. D. 1405.
- The eldest son, Conor, begat Conor (who was
probably the O’Conor Kerry whose obit is en-
tered in these Annals at A. D. 1396), who
begat Conor, who was slain by his kinsman,
Mahon, in 1445, and who begat John, the
founder of the abbey of Lislaghtin, in 1470,
and who died lord of Kerry, A. D. 1485, leaving
a son, Conor, whose posterity for some genera-
tions bore the rank of lords of Iraght-I-Conor,
reigning chieftains, and a second son, Diarmaid,
founder of the branch of the lords of Tarbert.

Early after the English Invasion, the domi-
nions of this family were narrowed to the terri-
tory of Iraght-I-Conor. At the close of the
reign of Elizabeth, they were deprived of the
greater part of this little principality, and the
lands which they had possessed for at least 1600
years were conferred upon the then recently
erected University of Dublin. Finally, in the
confiscations under the Cromwellian usurpa-
tion, they shared in the common ruin of most

The Cinel-Eoghain and Muir-

of our noble Milesian houses.

Some worthy scions of this ancient stock still
remain; but it has not been yet determined
which is the senior branch. Among the most re-
spectable is the gallant Daniel O’Connell O’Con-
nor Kerry, captain of the 43rd regiment of in-
fantry in the Austrian service, who was com-
mandant of Lodi in Aug. 1848, from whom some
interesting letters on the then recent campaign
in Italy appeared in our morning journals. He
is son of James O’Connor of Tralee (by Eliza-
beth O’Connell, of Ballynahowne, whose sister,
Mary, married the celebrated Daniel O’Connell),
and, according to his pedigree at the Heralds’
Office, descends from the main stock through
the ancient lords of Tarbert, being eleventh in
descent from Diarmaid, first lord of Tarbert,
who was the second son of John, son of Conor
O’Conor Kerry, who founded the abbey of Lis-
laghtin in 1470.

For other members of this family, see note ?,
under A. D. 1013, pp. 774, 775, supra.

* Ui-Feineachlais.—See note ', under A. M.
3501; and note £, under A. D. 915, p. 590.

t Dun-Gaillmhe, §c. : i. e. the fleets of Galway,
Connamara, the Owles, Tirawley, and Tireragh.
—See Genealogies, Tribes, &c., of Hy-Fiachrach,
pp. 352, 353.

1112 ANNata RIOSshachta elReann. (1154.

co puaiclivip .1. 50 clnocanfr longar Hallgaoiwel, Apann, Cinncipe, Manann
7 cfncain Alban anctha, 7 mac Scelling f ccfnnap poppa, 7 1ap na ccoppaée
hi ccompogup Innpi hEogain ima ccompaimecc vd6ib 7 don lomngslp ole peacan
cat lonsoa co hamnup agtige eaconpa, 7 baccap occan 1omcuanccain 6
ppm co néin, 7 manbtan pocaide mop vo Chonnaccaib imon cCopnamaig
Ua nOuboa lap na hallmu pachaib. Ro meabard, pon an pluag nallmupach,
yj po lao a nap, pasbaic a longa,7 po bfnad a pracla a Mac Scelling.
Sluais% la Muinc(pcach Ua Coclaimn co ccuaipceant Eneann hi cConnac-
caib, co paimg Oun lomsam hi Marg Cor, 7 po aipce an Oun, 7 po mill anb-
anna Maige Cups, Mage Ao. Ap a aor nf pug bi na bnaigve. Cpead
lanam do cod can Ac Innpin Sputpa pan mbpeipne co po mapa pip
bpéipne vo Thgfpnan Ua Ruainc, 7 po 1onnanb Ua Loclamn GHoppad
Ua Ragalleng 1 cConnaccaib. Cwd appde co he chat, 7 00 pacpac Holl
ca chat a pige 06. Oo pad pom va Céd décc bo vo Shallaib na ccuap-
apcal, | pod ia TIF 1antcain. Cpeach la Toippdealbac Ua cConcobain hi
Mhode 7 po 1ompow gan bu ian mapbad a mic «1. Maolpeclamn, 7 Oonnchada
Ui Catal, cigfina Cenel Coda na h€ccse. Mardm ma nOpppargib pon
Uib Cemopelans, 0 1 cconcpaccan ile 1m mac Eochada Ui Nuallam.
Cpeachpluaigead la Tis (pnan Ua Ruane 1 Laicems, 7 po orpce Ub Mun-
peaoang eitin cella] cuait. Mumeip Maolpiénna vo onccam vo Mhaoil-
reclamn, mac Mupchada, 7 a monnanbad 1 cConnaccaib 1anctcam co na
tcaoipeac 1. lonan Mac Capngamna. Cpeach la Oeapmumain pon Ohal
cCaip, cneac la Oal cCaip ona pon Oeapmumamn. M mac fein vo dallad
la mac nOedpad Uf Phlain, uaip po sabpde cis(pnup Ua cTupcpe an

“ Gall-Gaeidhil : i. e. the Dano-Gaels of the

Hebrides.
" Ara: i.e. the Island of Aran, lying between

bably the name of a ford on the Shannon, but
nothing has been yet discovered to prove its

situation. There is a Sruthair, now Shrule, in

Cantire and the Frith of Clyde.

* Ceann-tire: i.e. Head of the Land, now
Cantire, or Kentire, in Argyleshire.

¥ Manainn: i.e. the Isle of Man.

* Alba: i.e. Scotland.

* Dun-Imghain.—Now Dunamon, on the River
Suck, at this period the seat of O’Finachtaigh.

* The ford of Innsin-Sruthra: i. e. the Ford of
the little Island of Sruthair. This was pro-

the county of Longford, and a Tuaim-Sruthra,
in the county of Roscommon ; but neither place
lies on the route from Dunamon into Breifne.

© As their wages: i.e. as a stipend for their
fealty and future services in war.

* Ua Cathail.—Now Cahill, without the prefix
Ua or O?. O’Cathail was chief of Kinelea of
Aughty, in the south-west of the county of
Galway, before O’Shaughnessy.—See Genealo-

1154] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1113

cheartach, son of Niall, sent persons over sea to hire (and who did hire) the
fleets of the Gall-Gaeidhil’, of Ara’, of Ceann-tire*, of Manainn’, and the borders
of Alba’ in general, over which Mac Scelling was in command; and when they
arrived near Inis-Eoghain, they fell in with the other fleet, and a naval battle
was fiercely and spiritedly fought between them ; and they continued the con-
flict from the beginning of the day till evening, and a great number of the
Connaughtmen, together with Cosnamhaigh Ua Dubhda, were slain by the
foreigners. The foreign host was [however] defeated and slaughtered ; they left
their ships behind, and the teeth of Mac Scelling were knocked out. An army of
the north of Ireland was led by Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn into Connaught,
till he reached Dun-Imghain’, in Magh-Aei; and he plundered the fort and de-
stroyed the corn-crops of Magh-Luirg and Magh-Aei. He did not, however,
obtain cows or hostages. He afterwards directed his course across the ford
of Innsin-Sruthra” into Breifne, and compelled the men of Breifne to submit to
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc ; and Ua Lochlainn banished Godfrey Ua Raghallaigh
into Connaught. He proceeded from thence to Ath-cliath; and the foreigners
of Ath-cliath submitted to him as their king ; and he gave the foreigners twelve
hundred cows, as their wages’, after which he returned to his house. A pre-
datory incursion was made by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, but he returned
without cows, after the loss of his son, Maelseachlainn, and Donnchadh Ua Ca-
thail’, lord of Cinel-Aedha-na-hEchtghe, who were slain. A battle was gained
by the Osraighi over the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, in which many were slain, together
with the son of Eochaidh Ua Nuallain*. A plundering army was led by Ti-
ghearnan Ua Ruairc into Leinster ; and he plundered Ui-Muireadhaigh, both
churches and territories. The Muintir-Maelsinna were plundered by Maelseach-
lainn, son of Murchadh ; and they were afterwards banished into Connaught, with
their chieftain, i.e. Imhar Mac Carghamhna‘’, A prey was taken by the people
of Desmond from the Dal-gCais, and a prey was taken by the Dal-gCais from
those of Desmond. His own son was blinded by the son of Deoradh Ua Flainn, -
because he had assumed the lordship of Ui-Tuirtre in opposition to his father.

gies, §c., of Ui-Fiachrach, pp. 374, 375. the county. Carlow.

© Va Nuallain.—Now Nowlan, or Nolan, with- Mac Carghamhna.—Now anglicised Mac Car-
out the prefix Ua or 0’. This family was seated roon, and Mac Carron, which is still a common
in Fotharta-Fea, now the barony of Forth, in name in Meath.

i 7c

1114 -annaza RIoshachta eiReaqnN.

bélaib a atap. Mac Oedpad ona oionnapbad 1 cConnaccarb la hUa Uach-
lamn. Op mép pop mob Epeann 1pm mbliadamnpr. Cn ere _o vo
piogavh 6p Saxaib 27 Occoben.

Corp Cpiorc, mile céo caogac a cing. Maolmaipe, mac 2 nace
omnemneach Lip aoiohead Cmorc 1 nApo Maca, clémeac aipmioneac aew-
eacam vo laochanb 7 cléipcib Epeand. Peangal UaPmnacea uapal paccane
RoppaCommam,7] Maolpuanaw Ua hAmlg vapal paccanc Cluana compete,
vécc. Ut Thum co na tfmpal vo lopccad,7 Ofpmag fo of 1 naom mi vo
lopccad beép. Ceall oapa, Tuam va gualann, Ceall Oalua,7 Cellrnfoom
vo lopecad. Maolpeachlain, mac Mupchada Ui Mhaoileaclamn, pi Mie
7 upmoin Cangean, vo Ecc 1pin tplocadmad bliadamn a aoip vo o1g nImMe 1
nOaunmaig Choloam Chille, hi ccomle a pata a pige, ace péle Opigve,
lap mbuaid natmige. Ap muc pém cét mfp, ap cnaob pra na blat écc no
pip ip. =n care clenec Ua Concobain Parlge 00 manbad la a thumcip
fem. Omlaoib, mac Cana, wig(pna Ceneol Clenguya, curp gaipecid 7 beod-
acca Cenéil Cogan ule, vécc,7 a adnacali nApo Maca. Cod Ua hEagna,
cip(nna Lungne, oécc. Piaca, mac Cet(pnag Ui Cherpin, cis fpna Ciappage
Loca na naipne, vécc. Sluagfo la Muincfpcac, mac Néilt Ui Cochlamn co
he Ot Calman fon Invedm,7 po sab bnargve Teatba, 4 cug dgaiplec
cpmd plp Mhde doneoe po ainecplc pome. Oo pao ona, pise Mide 6 Shio-
nainn co paipge 00 Ohonnchad, mac Oomnanll Ui Mhaolpfchlamn, 7 po
Pow a HF 1ap pm. Tislpnan Ua Ruane vo Fabsil Oonnchava Ui Cheap-
baall, c1é(nna Oipsiall, rap na dol na comdail so Cfhhanoup mo uachad
pochaide, 7 a éup 1 lam pon Loe Siltmn, 7 po baci coretfoip ap mip ann, 7 po

® On the 27th of October.—King Stephen died ;

on the 25th of October, 1154; and Henry II.
was crowned on the 19th of December following.
—See Chronology of History, by Sir Harris Ni-
colas, second edition, pp. 297, 298.

The Annals of Clonmacnoise want this year
altogether. The Dublin copy of the Annals of
Innisfallen accord with the Annals of the Four
Masters, and add that ‘*‘ Amhlaeibh O’Driscoll,
chief of Corca Laeighdhe, or Colleymore,. was
slain at the door of the church of Birra” [now
Birr, in the King’s County ].

» Maelmuire.—* A. D. 1155. Moelmurius, sive
Marianus O’Moelchierain, Archidnachus, seu
prefectus Xenodochii Ardmachani, vir venera-
bilis, et erga Clerum et populum benignus et
hospitalis, obiit.”—TZrias ‘Thaum., p. 308.

‘ Cill-meadhoin: i.e. the Middle Church, now
Kilmaine, in a barony of the same name, in the
south of the county of Mayo.—See note ’, under
A. D. 1266.

* Mae Cana.—Now Mac Cann. ‘This family
was seated in Clanbrassil, on the south side of

Lough Neagh, in the county of Armagh. |

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1155.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1115

The son of Deoradh was afterwards banished into Connaught by Ua Lochlainn.
There was a great destruction of the cattle of Ireland this year. ‘The second
Henry was made king over the Saxons on the 27th of October’

The Age of Christ, 1155. Maelmuire® Mac Gillachiarain, airchinneach of
the Fort of the Guests of Christ at Ard-Macha, a venerable cleric, who was
kind towards the laity and clergy of Ireland ; Fearghal Ua Finachta, a noble
priest of Ross-Commain ; and Maelruanaidh Ua hAinlighi, noble priest of
Cluain-coirpthe, died. Ath-Truim, with its church, was burned ; and Dear-
mhagh also was twice burned in one month this year. Cill-dara, Tuaim-da-
ghualann, and Cill-meadhoin', were burned. Maelseachlainn, son of Murchadh ~
Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath and of the greater part of Leinster, died in
the thirtieth year of his age, of a poisonous drink, at Daurmhagh-Choluim-
Chille, in the flood. of his prosperity and reign, on the night of the festival of
Brighit, after the victory of penance. The death of this man was like swine-
fattening by hot fruit, like a branch cut down before its blossoming. The Ath-
chleireach Ua Conchobhair Failghe was killed by his own people. Amhlaeibh
Mac Cana‘, lord of Cinel-Aenghusa, pillar of the chivalry and vigour of all
Cinel-Eoghain, died, and was interred at Ard-Macha. Aedh Ua hEaghra, lord
of Luighne, died. Fiacha, son of Cethearnach Ua Ceirin, lord of Ciarraighe-
Locha-na-nairneadh', died. An army was led by Muircheartach, son of Niall
Ua Lochlainn, to Ath-Duine-Calman on the Inneoin™; and he took the hos-
tages of Teathbha, and he gave a full restitution of the cattle of the men of
Meath to such as he had before plundered. He also gave the kingdom of
Meath, from the Sinainn to the sea, to Donnchadh, son of Domhnall Ua Mae-
leachlainn, after which he returned to his house. Tighearnan Ua Ruairc took
Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla, prisoner, after he had gone to
meet him, to Ceanannus, with a small force; and he incarcerated him on Loch
Sileann”, where he was [detained] for a month and a fortnight, but he was ran-

1 Ciarraighe-Locha-na-nairneadh.—A territory
comprising about the southern half of the ba-
rony of Costello, and county of Mayo.—See
note *, under A. D. 1224.

™ Ath-Duine-Calman on the Inneoin: i.e. the
Ford of Dun-Calman on the River Inneoin.
Dun-Calman, now Dungolman, is the name of a

fort and townland in the parish of Ballymore,
barony of Rathconrath, and county of West-
meath., Inneoin was the ancient name of the
stream which divides the barony of Kilkenny
West from that of Rathconrath. It is now called
the Dungolman River.

» Loch Sileann.—Now Lough Sheelan, a large

7c2

1116 anNNaza RIOSshachta elReaNN. (1155.

puaplagad 66 cma monbail O€ 7 naom Paccpaice 7 na naom apcfna, la
Hopnaid Ua Ragallarg,7 po manb an luce baccan occa poncomeén, 7 po Zab
Oonnchad cisfnap Oimpsiall vonfdip. Cpeach la Tigfpnan Ua Ruane pm
Conann,7 00 bent ba 10omda lap. Coblach la Toimpdealbac Ua cConéo-
bop co he Luam, 7 chatopacfs Ata Cuain v0 dénam Lap ap dang 10fn-
paste Mie. Canplén na Cuilfnncpaige vo lopecad 4 00 mupad la Ruaidpr,
mac Toippdealbarg Uf Chonéobaip. Opoicle Ata Luan vo peaolead, 7
a longpopt vo lopccad la Oonnchad, mac Oomnaill Ui Mhaorlpfchlamn.
Qn Holla Gov Ua Ciapda vo mapbavh 1 cCluam lopaipo la Oonnchad
Ua Maorleaclainn, pi Mide. Oonncad vm vo mtpigad la peanab Mide
Feipmn. 1 nofogail of miccne Pindén, 7 Orapmaro, mac Oomnanll vo cabaipe
cuca ma tonad. Curlén na Claonglaim, cig(pna Ua cConall Gabpa, vo
cuicim la hUa Cmopaolad, 7 a mapbad porh po céoéip la muineip Chuilén.
Concoban mac Oomnaill Ui Ohman, 7 mac Mic Grollamocolmég vo léccad
la O1anpmaic Mac Mupchada ap a Cumpeaé oan cfnn bnagac, 7 comluge.
Maiom pa nloman Mac Cappgamna, 7 wa nGiollacmorc a mac, 7 ma
Mumcin Mhaolpionoa pon Speagmaimb,7 pon Muimcip Thadgain, 7 pop
Mhumncip Tlamain, 1 cconcain caoipeac Mhumeine Tlamain, Hrollapiaona-
can, mac Coda, 7 a mac 1. an Giolla mabac. Cianan oan po bmp an cat
rin pon OhpfSmaimb uaip vo cuacap pom co Cluain,7 pugpac a coicfoa led,
co tcuccpat ina bpuanaccap vo mucaib pamta Chanam. Oo cuaccan
ona, an pamad co na pepin ina nofohaid 50 Liop an cporpcela, 7 ni puample
a anuccad. Ro bnipead maidm ponpa apnabanach cma aimpeip Samta
Chhanam. Cpeach la Oorhnall Ua cConéobaip pop Thuaré pata, co puc
buan dipime. Cpeach Marge Pino la plfpaib Teatba, 50 po onspfe opeam
vo Uib Mame.

lake on the borders of the counties of Meath,
Cavan,and Longford. It contains several islands,
on one of which the O’Reillys had a castle.

° Cuileanntrach: i.e. Hollywood or Holly-
bearing Land. There are many places of this
name in Ireland, but the place here referred to
is Cullentragh, in the parish of Rathmoline,
in the south-west of the county of Meath.—See
the Ordnance Map of Meath, sheets 8, 40, 41,
42, 47, 48, 50.

® Claenghlais.—Now Clonlish, in the barony
of Upper Connello, and county of Limerick, on
the borders of the counties of Cork and Kerry.
—See note *, under A. D. 1266.

9 Lis-an-tsoiscela : i. e. the Fort of the Gospel.
Not identified. :

* Magh-Finn._Now Tuath-Keogh, in the
barony of Athlone, and county of Roscommon.
See note °, under A. D. 948, p. 662, supra. —

. The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice some of

1155.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1117

somed, through the miracles of God, and of Patrick, and of the saints in general,
by Godfrey Ua Raghallaigh, who slew the party who were keeping him ; and
Donnchadh assumed the lordship of Oirghialla again. A predatory incursion
was made by Tighearnan Ua Ruaire into Corann, and he carried off many cows.
A fleet was brought by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair to Ath-Luain, and the
wicker bridge of Ath-Luain was made by him for the purpose of making incur-
sions into Meath. The castle of Cuileanntrach® was burned and demolished
by Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair. The bridge of Ath-
Luain was destroyed; and its fortress was burned, by Donnchadh, son of Domh-
nall Ua Maeleachlainn. Gillagott Ua Ciardha was slain at Cluain-Iraird, by
Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath ; and Donnchadh was then de-
posed by the Meathmen themselves, in revenge of the dishonouring of Finnen,
and they set up Diarmaid, son of Domhnall, in his place. Cuilen of Claenghlais?,
lord of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, fell by Ua Cinnfhaelaidh, who was slain immediately
after by Cuilen’s people. Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Briain, and the son
of Mae Gillamocholmog, were enlarged by Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, [in ex-
change] for hostages and oaths. A battle was gained by Imhar Mac Car-
ghamhna and Gillachrist, his son, and by Muintir-Maelsinna, over the Breagh-
mhaini, Muintir-Thadhgain, and Muintir-Tlamain, in which fell the chief of
Muintir-Tlamain, Gillafiadnatan Mac Aedha, and his son, Gillariabhach. It
was Ciaran that turned this battle against the Breaghmhaini, for they had gone
to Cluain, bringing with them cots, in which they carried off all they could find
of the pigs of Ciaran’s clergy. The clergy went after them with their shrine,
as far as Lis-an-tsoiscela‘, but. they were not obeyed. On the following day
they sustained a defeat, in consequence of disobeying Ciaran’s clergy. A pre-
datory incursion was made by Domhnall Ua Conchobhair into Tuath-ratha, and
carried off a countless number of cows.. Magh-Finn' was preyed by the men
of Teathbha, who plundered some of the Ui-Maine.

these events under this year, as follows : brother. There was a great discomfiture of

“A. D. 1155. Gillegott O’Kierga, prince of
Carbrey, was killed att Clonarde by Donnogh
O’Melaghlyn, king of Meath. -Donnogh O’Me-
laghlyn was deposed by the Meathmen of his
kingdome, and Dermott mac Donnell O’Me-
laughlyn put in his stead, who. was his own

these of Brawnie and Moyntyr Moylenna by
Hymer O’Carhon, and the son of O’Convaye,
and these of Moyntyr Hagan, alias Foxe’s Con-
trey. Saint Keyran was entercessor to God to
give this overthrow to these of Brawnie, because
they went with their cottes and hoates to Clon-

1118 ANNGZa RIOgshachta erReann. (1156.

Cop Chforc, mile cév. caoccac a pé. On céo bliadain vo Mhuipcfp-
cach Ua Laclainn var Epimn. Maolmacdéce mac Oubnavdm, ab Cana-
nac Sabeull, vécc, Tadg Ua Catapnng, ms(ina Ceatba, véce 1 cclép-
ceacc. €Eochad Ua Cumn an capomagipcip vo lopecad 1 ccloictfch na
Feapca. Cthanoap vo lopecad cigib cfmplarb, 6 cpoip vopaip upoorm co
Siopoice. Oaupmag Ua nOuaé, Acad me Ope, Cal. Caippin, 7 Pica cae-
pac vo lopccad. Coblac la Tompdealbac Ua cConcobaip pon Loch nOens
dec. Tamnic ona, Tompdealbac Ua Omoun ma teach, co ccapac bpaigove
06 van cfnn leite Muman vo cabainc 06. Coimne ecip Thoinpdealbac
Ua Conécobain 7 Tig(pnan Ua Ruane, 7 po nadmple pis 7 opad coicefnn
eizin Gperpneachaib, 7 Mideachab, 7 Connaccaib co belcaine bao an
Tommpdealbac Ua Concobaip, pi Connace, Mhoe, Opeipne, Muman,
7 €peann ule co pneapabna, cule opoam 7 ompeacap Epeann, Cugupe
rantain Conpa plplan vo déperne, 7 cnocaipe, vemeaé, 7 ooipbeant vécc rap
pm occmad bliadain plpecac a aoip,7 a aonacal hr cCluam mc Nop la
caob alcépa Chiapain ian cciomna, 7] 1ap pomn 6ip 7 ainccic, bi eo an
clemcib 7 eccailpib Eneann 1 ccoiccime. Rige Connact vo gabail. vo Ru-
aiom!, mac Tompdealbong Ui Concobaip, san nach pneapabna. Thi mic
Tompoealbang Ui Concobain, Oman bpeipntc, man Curgnéc,7 Muipefpcach
Murimneac vo Engabanl la Siol Muspeadans,7 a ccabaine pon comup Ruawm
mic Goippdealbarg. Opian bpeipnec vo dalla’ la Ruafdp: Ua cConcobarp
7 la Oianmaro Mac Tadg. Tompdealbac Ua bpiam vo toée hi cefnn
Ruaiodm Ui Concobaip, 1 0a bnagaio véce vo mhantib Ocal cCaip v0 pagbanl
06 aise. Qevh, mac Ruaodm Ui Chanannan, cigfpna Cenel cConaill, v0

cci1onn.

vicknose, and tooke all the swyne and hoggs
that the clergy and monckes had upon the
woodes of Faailt, which the monckes with the
scrine of St. Keyran followed to the place called
Lisantosgely, desiring restitution, which was
denied them, and by God’s will Brawnie re-
ceived this disgrace and overthrow the next
day.”

* Sabhall.—Now Saul, in the county of Down,
—See note *, under A. D. 1293. .

* Cloictheach of Fearta: i. e. the steeple or
round tower of Fartagh, in the county of Kil-

kenny, anciéntly called Fearta-Caerach.—See
note £, under A. D. 861, p. 498, supra.

« Doras Urdoimh : i.e. the Gate or Door of
the Porticus.. This passage is translated by
Colgan as follows :

“A.D. 1156. Kenannasum cum templis et
edificiis, a cruce porte Dorus Urdoimh, appel-
late, usque ad Siofoic, comburitur.”—Trias
Thaum., p. 508. “4

’ Sifoc—This name is now obsolete. "See it
mentioned in a charter preserved in the Book of
Kells, and printed in the Miscellany of the Irish

1156] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1119

~The Age of Christ,91156. The first year of Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn
over Ireland. Maelmaedhog, i. e: Aedh Mac Dubhradain, Abbot of the Canons
of Sabhall*, died. | Tadhg Ua Catharnaigh, lord of Teathbha, died in religion.
Eochaidh Ua Cuinn, the chief master, was burned in the cloictheach of Fearta*.
Ceanannus was burned, both houses and churches, from the cross of Doras-
Urdoimh" to Sifoc’. Daurmhagh-Ua-nDuach*, Achadh-mic-Airt’, Cul-Caissin’,
and Fearta-Caerach. A fleet was brought by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair
upon Loch-Deirg-dherc ; and Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain came into his house,
and delivered him hostages for obtaining the half of Munster. A meeting
between Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair and Tighearnan Ua Ruairc ; and
they made a general peace and armistice between the men of Breifne, Meath,
and Connaught, till the May next ensuing. Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair,
King of Connaught, Meath, Breifne, and Munster, and of all Ireland with oppo-
sition, flood of the glory and splendour of Ireland, the Augustus of the west of
Europe, a man full of charity and mercy, hospitality and chivalry, died after the
sixty-eighth year of his age, and was interred at Cluain-mic-Nois, beside the altar
of Ciaran, after having made his will, and distributed gold and silver, cows and
horses, among the clergy and churches of Ireland in general. The kingdom of
Connaught was assumed by Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair,
without any opposition. The three sons of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair,
Brian Breifneach, Brian Luighneach, and Muircheartach Muimhneach, were
taken prisoners by the Sil-Muireadhaigh, and given into the custody of Ruaidhri,
son of Toirdhealbhach. Brian Breifneach was blinded by Ruaidhri Ua Con-
chobhair and Diarmaid Mac Taidhg. Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain came to
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, and left him twelve hostages of the chieftains of

Dal-gCais.

Archeological Society, pp. 147, 148, 149.

* Daurmhagh- Va-n Duach : i. e. the Oak Plain
of Ui-Duach, now Durrow, on the borders of
the Queen’s County and the county of Kilkenny.
It originally belonged to the territory of Ui-
-Duach, in the county of Kilkenny. In the gloss
to the Feilire-Aenguis, and O’Clery’s Irish Ca-
lendar, at 20th of October, St. Maeldubh is
mentioned as of ‘ Daurmhagh Ua nDuach, in

Aedh, son of Ruaidhri Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was

the north of Osraighe.”

¥ Achadh-mie-Airt : ise. the Field of the Son
of Art, now Aghamacart, an old church in ruins,
in the barony of Galmoy, county of Kilkenny,
and on the borders of the Queen’s County.

* Cul- Caissin.—Otherwise written Cuil-Caisin,
ive. Caisin’s Corner or Angle, now Coolcashin,
in the barony of Galmoy, county of Kilkenny.—
See note '; under A. D. 844, p. 470, supra.

1120 aNNaZa RIOSshachca erReann.

(1156.

manbad la hUa sCacam, 7 la peanaib na Cnaobe ta meaboul. lompud
oUlcaib pop Mhumpe(pcach Ua Laclamn,4 coccad opogpa parp. Slog la
Mupecach 1 nUlcaib, 7 00 bepc bpangoe Ulad pp a pep, ana aor vo
bepcpac apall oUllcaib mm Eochad Ua nOumnpléibe ammup ap dpuing
von tpluas, 7] po mapbavh leo Ua hlnneipge, campeac na Culeanncpaige.
Ua Lompypig, TSF HMna Ohail Apande, vo manbad la Cenél nEdgain. Slorgfo
ole la Muipefpcach 7 la cumpceanc Epeann hn Caigmb, co crano pige
Lagm vo Ohanpmai Mac Mupchada, oap clon bnagav,7 po mnpfpcap
Oppasge ecip ceallay cuata. Madmla O1apmaro mac Oomnanll Ui Mhaor-
leachloum pop Ohonnchad, pop a ofpbpacaip, of hn cconcain mac Hiolla-
veacaip Ui Caippm, corpeach Tuaite buadsa. Cpeach la Oiapmance mac
Mupchada 9 la Gallen’ Aca chat, 7 la Oonochad mac Oomnarll Ui Mhaor-
leaclamn 1 naiptean Mide, co po moipple an cin eicip cealla 7 cuata, 4
puspac ba Apo bpeacamn, Slane, Cille Taillc(n, Oomnarg Paccpaice, 7 apall
vo buap na cuaite mmaille ppd. Maodm Cuapan ag Liop Cursor hi Lao-
sane pop Tigfpnan Ua Ruaipe pa nOiapmaic Mac Mupchada 7 ma nGal-
lab Aca chat, 7 ma nOonnchad mac Oormnall Ui Mhaolpfchlamn, aipm 1
cconcnaccan ile im Ohomnall mac Pionnbaipp, coipeac Mhuineipe Gpadan,
im Pogancach Ua cCumn, 7 1m Coo mac Ourboochna, 7 1m mac Cionaeit
bpic Ui Ruane. Aevh, mac Oonnchawd Ui Mhaoilmuand, ag(ana fp cCeall,
vo mapbao la Muincip Luamm 7 la Concoban Ua mbpaom Onlsmame 1
nlmp Mocuoa Raitne. Muipc(pcac mac Oomnanll Uf Mhaoilpeaclainn, v0
opccain 7 vo Zabarl la Oonnchad mac Domnall. Oonnchad mac Oormnaill
Ui Mhaoilpeaclainn, v0 gabeal mse Mide, 7 Oiapmaio, mac Oornnaill, vo
romanbad 1 cConnachcaibh. Mag Teatba, 7 Macape Cuipcne oionnpad

* Cuileanntrach.—There are two townlands of
this name in the county of Tyrone.—See Ord.

House is in this district, and helps to preserve
the name.

Map, sheets 53 and 64; and two in the county
of Armagh.—Ord. Map, sheets 11 and 22; but,
according to the tradition in the country,
O’Hinneirghe, now Henery, was seated in Glen-
conkeine, in the barony of Loughinsholin, and
county of Londonderry.

» Tuath-Buadhgha.—This is the district now
called Tuaith, or Twy, situated in the barony of
Clonlonan, and county of Westmeath. Twy-ford

© Cill- Tailltean: i.e. the church of Tailltin, now
Teltown old church, near Donaghpatrick, mid-
way between Kells and Navan, county of Meath.

* Cuasan, at Lis-Luighdhi—Lis-Luighdhi is
still the name of a fort, a short distance to the
north of the Hill of Tura, in the county of Meath.

° Inis-Mochuda-Raithne: i.e. the Holm or
Island of St. Mochuda of Raithin, a place near
Rahin, barony of Ballycowan, King’s County.

1156.} ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1121

slain by Ua Cathain and Feara-na-Craeibhe, by treachery. ‘The Ulidians turned
against Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, and proclaimed war upon-him. An army
was led by Muircheartach into Ulidia, and he obtained the’ hostages of the
Ulidians to secure their obedience to him; however, some of the Ulidians,
under the conduct of Ua Duinnsleibhe, made an attack upon some of the army,
and slew Ua hInneirghe, chief of the Cuileanntrach.. Ua Loingsigh, lord of
Dal-Araidhe, was slain by the Cinel-Eoghain. Another army was led by Muir-
cheartach and the people of the north of Ireland into Leinster, and they gave
the kingdom of Leinster to Diarmaid Mac Murchadha for hostages, and they
plundered Osraighe, both churches and territories. A victory was gained by
Diarmaid, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, over Donnchadh, his brother,
wherein was slain the son of Gilladeacair Ua Cairbre, chief of Tuath Buadhgha’.
A predatory incursion was made by Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, the foreigners
of Ath-cliath, and Donnchadh, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, into East
Meath, and they plundered the country, both churches and territories, and they
carried off the cows of Ard-Breacain, Slaine, Cill-Taillteann’, Domhnach-Padraig,
and some of the cows of the country in general. The battle of Cuasan® at Lis-
Luighdhi in Laeghaire was gained over Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, by Diarmaid
Mac Murchadha, the foreigners of Ath-cliath, and Donnchadh, son of Domhnall
Ua Maeleachlainn, where many were slain, and, among others, Domhnall-Mac
Finnbhairr, chief of Muintir-Gearadhain; Fogartach Ua Cuinn; Aedh Mac
Dubhdothra, and the son of Cinaedh Breac Ua Ruairc. Aedh, son of Donn-
chadh Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, was slain by Muintir Luainimh,
and Conchobhar Ua Braein, of Breaghmhaine, at Inis-Mochuda-Raithne*. Muir-
cheartach, son of Domhnall Ua Maelseachlainn, was plundered and taken
prisoner by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall. Donnchadh, son of Domhnall
Ua Maelseachlainn, took the kingdom of Meath, and Diarmaid, son of Domh-
nall, was banished into Connaught. Magh-Teathbha‘, and Machaire-Cuircne’,

‘ Magh-Teathbha: i.e. the Plain of Teffia.
8 Machaire-Cuirene.— Now the barony of

titude of all Ireland, giving to all, laity and
Clergy, died. An army by Murtagh O’Loughlin

Kilkenny West, county of Westmeath.
The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon-
macnoise give the events of this year as follows:
“ A.D. 1156. Tirlagh O’Connor, Archking
of Connaught, the thresure of liberality and for-

.into Ulster; and he brought pledges for obeying

him ; and it was in that journey that O’Hinery
was slayn by a loose wing. Hugh O’Canannan,
king of Kindred-Conell, killed by Hugh O’Ca-
than and Men of Krive. Another army by

7D

1122 / QNNata RIOFhachca, eReanH. + (1057;

la Ructdm Ua cConcobap.. Ocnlpmo ing Cn bpacain, btn Conulad Ui Caom-
vealbain, véce. Snecca mép 7 pedd ofpmaip 1 nZeimpead na bhaona po, sup
po peddpac Loca, aibne Epeann. Oa pé MED,.Ad0 Tpeaca Fup caappngead
la Rua Ua Concobaip a longa, 7. a Cépa fopp.an leic orgpead, oba bléin
ngaille, 50) Rinn vdin., ad. mapba amoppo, epmen em rears la méo an
tpnecta 4), an pedid. mld sil wole bas

Aap Cpforc, mle céd caogan a peache: 7G tolberictenenecy mac ‘Dand
chad Mec Captarg, comanba baippe Coneaige, ‘vécc.. Oaninmp, Giop mop,
7 Lotpa co na ccfmplaib vo lopccad, | Ca uladUa Oumnpléibe Us Gochada,
pi Ulad, véce 1ap bpeanoamno. 1 NOG oa Weglap, 7 a) adnacal» noun bud-
véipm:, Oomnall, Ua Ragallaig vo, mapbad la Garlfnganb., Rucodpi
Ua h€agpa, cigfina Ligne, v0 hapbad la aituaig pein. _ Gads, mac Mup-
chard Us Eagna, 00 manbad la mac Oonnchaw Ui,Gagna.-Caulad Ua Cain-
vealban, cis(pna Laogaine, pip pobanca po! emig-amail Gucmpe Chone,
p&Sainn pomlmarit amonl Mhongan mac Piacna, Lo¢apn lapamail ap oéjerpic
ppi bocranb, aen coamveal (ngnama sappaidve Gaowdeal vo mapbad cpa peill
7 meabaal pop pnadad (.1. comaince) laoc.7,clémpeach Gneann, l& Oonnchas,
mac Oomnaill Ui Mhaoleaclainn, la pig Midve. . Aciac. na,comaipsfoa po
baccap ppp, comanba Phaccpaice 7 Sacall pu, mon, légore a..Ua Con-
doipce, comanba Colaimm Cille co na mionnab, Gpene, Eppeop Aca chat,
abb na manac, comanba Ciancin co na mionnaib.comapba Pecin,co na. monn:
oaib, hUa Loclann pf Epeam (.1..coppepabna),; QOonnchad Ua Cipbaill,
cisfina Oingiall, Tighpnan Ua Ruane, amgZ(pna Speipne; Oiapmaio,Mde
Mupchada, pi Lagmh, mate pip Mhvde 7 pip Cleba-ane(na. .. Mainec tip.

O’Loghlin into East Bregh, and he brought
pledges of Leinster from Mac Murcha, for all
the: Fifth or:Country” \[recté, for all the fifth
or, province of Leinster] ‘¢Kindred-Owen and
Airgialla went to Ossory, untill they came to
Clardirrymore, and the chiefest;of/Ossory, came
to O’Loghlin’ s,house.,. Great fruit that year in
all Ireland. Nine years, from, the » last | great
fruit to that yeare,”—Ann. Ult.,, Cod. Clarend.,
tom..49,

4A. D. 1156, King ‘Terlagh, mac Rowzie
O}Connor, monarch of Ireland, a.great, benefac-

tor of the church, and all spirituall men in ge
nerall, a man of: wonderfull hospitality, and, in
fine, a reliever and cherisher of the poor, died
in Dunmore,.the 13th of the Kalends of June,
in the 50th year of his reign, and in the 68th
year, of this age; after, whose death ‘his son,
prince Rowrié, was invested in the government
of Connoght,..as king of that provinee, untill
Mortagh mac Neale Mac: Loghlyn :ended ‘his
reign, when Rowrie was promotted to: the:mo-
narchie of Ireland: » Mortagh mac | Néale. was
king of Ireland fourteen yeares. He was of the

.~§ %

“Sh

’

157.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1123

by* Ruaidhiri ‘Ua Conchobhair.' Dailfinn, daughtér-of Bracan, the’ wife of
Cuuladh Ua Caeindealbhain, died.» There was great snow and intensé frost in
the winter’ of this yéar, so that the lakes and’ rivers of Ireland were frozen over.
Such was the’ greatness of the frost, that’ Ruaidhri Ua Concobhair drew‘ his
ships and boats “on the’ ice from Blean-Gaille to Rinn:duin’ The! most ‘of the
birds of Ireland perished ‘on account of the greatness of the snow and the frost.
> ©The Age of Christ; 1157. * Gillaphadraig, son of Donnchadh ! Mae ‘Car-
thaigh, successor of Bairre of Corcach, died.’ Daimhinis, Liis-mor, and Lothra,
with their churches;were burned? ‘Cuuladh Ua Duinnsléiblie Ui-Eochadha;
King of Ulidia, died, after penance, at Dun-da‘leathghlas, and was intérred at
Duniitself., ‘Domhwall Ua Raghallaizh was slain by the Gaileanga. -Ruaidhri
UalEaghra;lord of Luighne, was killed with his' own! axe. ' Tadlig}'son of Mur-
ehadh Ua hEaghra;was'killed by Donrichadh Ua hEaghra.’ Cuuladh Ua Cain-
dealbhain;lord of Laeghaire, a man of unbounded hospitality like Guaire Aidhne"
courteous!and prosperous like Mongan, son of Fiachna’, @ brilliant lamp im cha-
rity to the poor, the chief lamp ‘of chivalry‘of the Irish race, was ‘killed ‘through
treachery and guile, while under the protection of the laity'and clergy of Ireland,
by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn; Kingiof Meath. These were
the sureties; for him = the successor of Patrick ‘and the Staff of Jesus; together
with ‘the legate; ive; Ua Condoirche*; the successor of Colum-Cille, with his
relies ;;Grene; Bishop of Ath-cliath; the abbot of the monks [of Mellifont}; the
successor) of; Ciaran, with their‘relies ; the succéssor of Fechinj with; his relies ;
Ua Lochlainn, King of Ireland (i.e. with opposition); Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill,
lord of Qirghialla; ‘Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, lord of Breifne; Diarmaid Mae Mur-
chadha, King of Leinster ; and the chiefs of the men of Meath, and of the men -
of ‘Teathbha i in general. Wo to the country in which this deed. was perpetrated \

O*Neales af the north. Terlagh O’Bryen, king
of Munster, came ‘into the: house of Rowrie
O’Connor, and. gave-him twelve hostages of the
chiefest, of ,Dalgasse... King Mortagh, with his
forces, went to Lynster, and gave the kingdome
and. government, of that province to Dermott
Mac. Murrogh for yealding him hostages of
obedience and allegiance... They wasted and
spoyled. all. Ossory,) without respect to church

or chapple.”—Ann. Clon.

>» Guaire Acdhne.See note ', hogan AL - ap
p.'273, supra.

‘ Mongan; son of FiacknaLThis ainaih who
was ‘*'a very well-spoken man, and much’ given
to the) wooing ‘of ‘women,” was Farm ‘by ‘a
Welshman, A. D. 624. Ani. Clon. {os
.'* 0 Condoirche.—He was’ Bishop “of Lismore.
See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, p.'550:

ye

*

1124 GNNata RIOshachta eiReaNn.

(1157.

ndeannad an gnforn hipin. Cpeach la Oonnchad Ua cCeapball 7 la Tigfpnan
Ua Ruaipe 1 nofogail a nem, 7 po oipceplc Satne, vo pocain ona, P(pgal
Ua Ruane co pochardib mapaon pnp lap na Sarémb. Comméionol Sfnav ag
cléincib Epeann, 7 ag opuing o1a pfoccaib ace maimpeip Onoicic Gta vo éoip-
peagad cfmpaill na manac. Seacht nepreop véce rmon léceard, 7 1m com-
anba Phaccpaice. Ofpith imonpo, vo aop gaca Spars apcfna. Ro baor ann
6 piogaib Muipc(pcac Ua Laclainn, Tisfpnan Ua Ruaine, hUa h€ocada, 4
hUa Cfpbarll. lap ccoippeaccad imoppo in clmpall la comapba Phac-
cpaice, po hfppcoicc(noad imoppo, 6 clempcib,7 po hionnapbad 6 piogaib
Oonnchad Ua Maorleaclann a mse Mhde, 7 po pigad Orapmaio a bpaconp
ma tonad. Oo pac Muipcfpcac Ua Loclainn plc picie bo 7 epi picic ume
v6p vo Ohia 7 vona cléincib m wobaipt do part a anma. Oo pao vob bedy
banle oc Opoicle ata a. Pronnabeip na nmgin. Oo pao om O Cipball cm
picic ole uinge v6p 0616,7 po pao ben Tigeannam Ui Ruaine mgean
Ui Mhaorleaclamn an ccomatc ceona 7 caileac 6ip ap alco Mhanm, 4
evac an sac nalcdéip vo na nao nalconaib ole bacan 1pin ceampall ipin.
Slagl la Murnc(pcac, mac Néill Uf Loclamn co ccumpeeanc Epeann imme
hi Cargmb 50 ccane pi Cargstn, Oiapmar Mac Mupchada, séll 06. Oo
loccan ona, Largip,7 Ui bPalge,7 Le Opparse hi cConnaccarb pon ceichead.
Oo cd tna 1appin 50 Langnib Lap 1 nNOCpmumann, 7 vo pav bnaigoe Oeay-
muman lap. Cmd appidve 50 Oal cCaip,7 po 1onnanb a Tuadmumain iace,
7 oinec(p pochaide ofob laip hy cCuadmumain. Tuce 1appin popbeay pon

' The monastery of Droicheat-atha.—This is the
name by which the abbey of Mellifont, in the
county of Louth, is usually called in the Irish
annals.—See Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum,
p- 479.
™ Finnabhair-na-ninghean.—This townland is
mentioned in the charter granted by John, Lord
of Ireland, to the abbey of Mellifont, A. D.
1185-6.—See the Miscellany of the Irish Arche-
ological Society, p. 158. The name was applied
to a piece of land on the south side of the River
Boyne, opposite the mouth of the Mattock
River, in the parish of Donore, county of Meath.
—See note *, under A, D. 1133, p: 1043, supra.

This passage is translated by Colgan as fol-
lows :

‘“* De hac enim re Quatuor Magistri ex Anna-
libus Cluanensibus et Senatensibus ad annum
1157, sic scribunt: Conventus Synodalis per
Clerum Hibernia, et per aliquot ex Regibus et
Principibus collectus apud Monasterium Ponta-
nense (sic enim Mellifontense vocant, quia juxta
Pontanam situm) ad consecrandam Basilicam
ejusdem Monasterii. Ibi cum Legato A posto-
lico, et Comorbano S. Patricii (id est, Archiepis-
copo Ardmachano) decem et septem Episcopi, et
innumeri alii diversorum ordinum. Item ex
Regibus et Principibus, Murchertachus Hua

1157.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1125

A predatory incursion was made by Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill and Tighearnan
Ua Ruaire, in revenge of their guarantee, and they plundered the Saithni ; but
Fearghal Ua Ruaire, and many others along with him, were slain by the Saithni.
A synod was convened by the clergy of Ireland, and some of the kings, at the
monastery of Droicheat-atha', the church of the monks. There were present
seventeen bishops, together with the Legate and the successor of Patrick; and
the number of persons of every other degree was countless. Among the kings
were Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, Ua hEochadha, and
Ua Cearbhaill. After the consecration of the church by the successor of Pa-
trick, Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn was excommunicated by the clergy of
Ireland, and banished by the kings from the kingdom of Meath ; and his bro-
ther, Diarmaid, was made king in his place. Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn pre-
sented seven score cows, and three score ounces of gold, to God and to the
clergy, as an offering for the health of his soul. He granted them also a townland
at Droicheat-atha, i. e. Finnabhair-na-ninghean™. O’Cearbhaill also gave them
three score ounces of gold ; and the wife of O’Ruairc, the daughter of Ua Mae-
leachlainn, gave as much more, and a chalice of gold on the altar of Mary, and
cloth for each of the nine other altars that were in that church. An army was
led by Muircheartach, son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, accompanied by the people —
of the north of Ireland, into Leinster ; and the King of Leinster, Mac Mur-
chadha, gave him hostages. The people of Laeighis, Ui-Failghe, and of the
half of Osraighe, then fled into Connaught. After this he {Muircheartach]
proceeded, accompanied by the Leinstermen, into Desmond, and carried off
the hostages of Desmond. He went from thence to the Dal-gCais, and expelled
them from Thomond, and plundered some of them in Thomond, He after-
* wards laid siege to Luimneach, until the foreigners submitted to him as their

Lochlainn, Rex Hiberniz ; Hua Eochadha, Rex
Ulidie ; Tigernanus O’Ruairche, Princeps Bref-
finie ; et Hua Kearvaill, Princeps Orgiellia.
Postquam illa Basilica consecrata, Dunchadus
O’Moelechluinn fuit per Clerum excommuni-
catus, et per Reges, Principesque presentes
Principatu Midie exutus ; et Diermitius ipsius
frater in ejus locum suffectus Murchertachus
autem Rex dedit in Eleemosinam pro anima sua
Deo et monachis centum et quadraginta boves

sive vaccas, et sexaginta uncias ex auro ; dedit
eis insuper predium juxta Pontanam, quod
Finnabhair na ningean nuncupatur. Dedit
etiam Hua Kearvaill alias sexaginta uncias auri
ipsis ; Totidemque auri uncias ipsis elargita est
uxor Tigernani O’Ruairche filia principis Midie
calicem aureum pro summo altari, et sacra pa-
ramenta pro singulis altaribus ex novem aliis,
que in eadem Basilica erant.”—Acta Sanctorum,
p, 655.

“NNOO rioshachta €iReaHnn.

i126 (1157.

Luimneaé, co ccapopac Goll a pige 06, 9 50 po diocuipple Toippdealbac
Ua dpram uadib. Ro pand Mumam ap 66 1apcam ercip mac Mec Captarg a.

Orapmar macConbmane, 7 Conéobap mac Oormnanllt Uf bpram. Tame iaparm
co Mag Ua Banca, 7 po la cperé vap Adainceach wad hf Siol nOinmchada.
Ro bmpead ona, madm pop an pluas hi pin, po mapbad pochawe oi 1m
Ua cCatain na Cnaoibe. Ro mllyte ona, na hEoganags Roy Cpé von cup
pin. Ro pof aippde via HF sap copgap. Cem cpa po snice na hipe vo
deachawd Ruadm Ua Concobaip 1 cCip nEogam, sup po lorpe Imp enars,7
po tlpec a haballgont, 7 po moip an cip co Cumlle Cianacc. Slumglo la
Ruawm Ua cConéobarp, la pig Connacc, hr Numan, co crapac let pige
Muman vo Thompdealbage Ua Opiann, 7 00 pao O1apmai mac Copbmaie
Mec Captags bnaigve ma uplam ppi hfo ore ccurcim: occa mena cripad
Mumcfprach Ua Laclamn oa ccopnam. Cho Cacdach 1. Cochod mac
Lucca, v0 pagbail oc Pionoconard, ba méivitep come mop €, no pagad Fé

" Magh-Ua-Farca.—A plain in the barony of
Ballybritt, King’s County.

° Adhairceach.—Otherwise Inis-Adharcaigh,
now Incherky, an island in the Shannon, be-
longing to the parish of Lusmagh, barony of
Garrycastle, and King’s County. The territory
of Sil-Anmchaidh lies to the west. of this island.

? Inis- Eanaigh.—Now Incheny, in the parish
of Urney, barony of Strabane, and county of
Tyrone.

4 Cuaille- Cianacht ; i.e. the Tree of Keenaght,
now Coolkeenaght, in the parish of Faughanvale,
county of Londonderry.—See the Ordnance Map,
sheets 9 and 16.

' Finnchoradh: i. e. the White Weir, now
Corofin, in the barony’ of Inchiquin, and county
of Clare.’ Eochaidh, son of’ Luchta, was King
of Thomond in the first century.

The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon-
macnoise give the events of this year as follows:

“* A. D.1157. Patrice Mac Carty, archdeacon’
of Cork, quievit; Cuula O’Kynelvan murthered?
by Doncha mac Donnell Sugagh’ O’Melaghlin,’
in spight of Corb-Patric; and Jesus’ staff, and’
against Mac Laughlin, and the best of the’

north: Corb-Patric, being archbishop of Ire-
land, consecrated the monk-church” [of Melli-
font, near Drogheda], ‘in the présence of the
clergy of Ireland, .i. the Legat Ui Conorchi, and
the bishops also, , and in . presence ‘of many
nobles about O’Loghlin, king of Ireland, Donogh
O’Carroll, and Tigernan O’Ruark. Murcher-
tach O’Loghlin gave 150 cowes and 60 ounces
of gould to God and the Clergy, and gave them
a town at Dredagh, called Finnavar-na-ningen.
And 60 ounces of gould from O?Carroll,: and
soe much more from _O’Melaghlin’s daughter,
Tiernan O’Ruark’s wife. That Donogh” [who
had murthered Cuula O’Kynelvan] ‘*was cursed
by temporall and spirituall, and the cursed
Atheist was excommunicated from the church
for dishonoring the Corb of Patrick, Jesus’s
staff, and the clergy, .i. Donogh O’Melaghlin.

An army by Murtagh O’Laughlin, from the
north of Ireland, into Mounster, untill they
came to the Greene of Limerick, and the nobi-
lity of Mounster about their ‘ils came to
O’Loghlin’s house; and left him their hostages.”
Ann, Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 0"
A. D. 1157. Cowuley O’Keyndelaine, prince

1157.) ANNALS.OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1127

king, and banished ‘Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain from among them. He. after-
wards divided Munster between the son of Mac Carthaigh, i.e: Diarmaid, son of
Cormac, and Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Briain. He afterwards came to
Magh-Ua-Fatca*, and sent forth a marauding: host: over Adhairceach’, into’ Sil-
Anmchadha. » ‘This host: was defeated, and many of them were ‘slain, together
with UaCathain of Craeibh. On this occasion ‘the: Cinel-Eoghain destroyed
Ros-Cre. »He [Muircheartach] returned from thence to his house in triumph.
While these things were doing, Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair went into Tir-Eoghain,
_ burned Inis-Eanaigh”, and;cut down its,orchard, and plundered the country as
farvas Cuaille-Cianacht*,».An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King
of Connaught} into Munster, and he gave half the kingdom of Munster to Toir-
dhealbhach Ua Briain;and Diarmaid, son of Cormac»Mac Carthaigh, gave
hostages into his hands for a time, and who were, to.fall.to him, unless Muir-
cheartach Ua Lochlainn should come to defend them. |The head of Eochaidh;

» i. ev of Eochaidh, son of Lichta, was found at Finnchoradh’; it was larger than

.

of the Race of Lagerie, a nobleman both ready
and. hasty to put in practice all goodness, as
liberall as King Gwarye of Connought, as well
spéken’as prince Mongan’mac Fiaghna, was un-
happily’ and treacherously killed by Donnogh
mac Donnell O’Melaghlin, king of Meath, hav-
ing sworné to.each other before by the ensewing
oaths td be true to one another, without. effu-
sion of blood; for performing of which oathes

the Primatt of Ardmagh was bound; the Pope’s ,

Legatt ; Grenan, archbushopp:of Dublyn ; the
abbott of the: monkes of Ireland; the Cowarb
of St..Keyran, with his oaths; the Staff or
Bachall of Jesus; the Cowarb of St. Feichyn,
with his oaths; the oaths of St. Columbkill.
These oaths:and sureties were taken before king
Mortagh’;, Donnogh 0’Kervall, king of Uriell;
Tyernan O’Royrck, king of the Brenie;,and
Dermatt Mac Morrogh, king of Lynster; and
the principallest of Meath and Teaffa also; and
if'there were no such oaths or securities it was
a wicked act to kill such a noble-hearted man
without cause... There was a great convocation

of the clergy, consisting of 17 Bushopps, . with
the Primatt of Ireland and Legatt, in Thredath”
[i. e, Tredagh, i. e. Drogheda] ‘this year aboute
the consecration of the church’ of the monkes
that was there, )in the presence of king Mortagh,
Tyernan O’Royrck, Donnogh O’Kervall, and
O’ Heoghie, where the said Donnogh O’Melaugh-
lyn was excommunicated, by the clergy, and
deposed from the kingdome and’ principallity of
Meath, by the kings'and said noblemen, and
the whole kingdome and government given to
his brother Dermott, as more worthy. thereof.
Cowuley mac Dunlevye O’Heochye, King. of
Ulster, died. - Mac Dowell, Steward. of ‘Dun-
more,\ was /killed.,:,King, Mortagh, with his
forces, went to Lynster, where Dermott..Mac
Murrogh, -king of Lynster,, gave him-hostages.
They. of Affalie; Lease, and Ossory;,fled: into
Connought. The, king afterwards, with the
forces of Lynster, ‘went, to Desmond, where he
had the hostages of that contrey; from. thence
he went’ to those of Dalgaisse; whom he banished
to’? [recté, from] ‘Thomond, and:also did putt

(1158.

1128 anNaza RIOshachta eiReann.

ap mé bip van coll a pala, van coll a pmfpa S[m]fncume. Coblach mop
la Ruaidm Ua cConcobaip pop Sionainn va na pre a pamanl an can pin ap
-Vonmame 7 1omac a long 7 a fea. :
Cop Cpiopt, mfle céo caoccac a hoche. Oorinall Ua Longanecam,
aipvepreop Carpil, apo pihoip Muman, pao: ap eaccna 7 ap vépeine, vécc
ina pfnoacaw. Cn berth Ua Otil (nda, aincmveach ECappa vapa, ollam
peineacaip, 7 taorpeach atuaite, vécc. Coimtiondl pind oc cléineib
Eneann occ bpi.mic Tads hi LLaogaipe, bail 1 pabaccan céice eppeob picle
im leccaitt comapba Phfcaip vo eanail magla 7 poibép. Op von cup yin
po oponsple clérms Epeann 1m comapba Phacpaice cataomp amail sac
neappcob vo comanba Cholaim Chille, vo Phlaitbeapcac Ua bpolcain, 4
apoabdaine ceall Epeann co coiccfno. Eppeoib Connace ona, po baccap oc
vol sup an pfhad pin vo place 7 vo bualad, 7 Dap DIA MUIMNTIp DO Manbad
hi cCupp Cluana, ian bpagbail Cluana ob, la hampaib O1apmava
Ui Maoileachlamn, pf Midve,7 po porce via ceigib. Concoban Ua bpiann os.
mac Oomnanll, cig(nna Ciptip Muman,7 a mac vo dallad la Toinpdealbac
Ua mbmain cap comarnce cléinec Muman 7 alaoch. Ceapnacan Ua dpa,
cistina Lungne, vécc. Ua Domnall, cig(pna Conca bhaipeid, vo mapbad
la hUa cConcobain Conca Modpuad. Pipsal, mac Moda na namur Ui Ruane,

DECC.

some of them to the sword. He also besieged
Limbrick, and compelled the Danes to submitt
themselves to his grace, and to acknowledge
him as their king, and to forsake Terlagh
O’Bryen, and also to banish him from out of
their jurisdiction, and there he divided Munster
in two parts between the son of Mac Carthie,
and the son of Donnell O’Bryen ; from thence
the king came to the plains of Moyeffarcha,
tooke the preyes and spoyles of Sile-Anmchie,
killed part of the inhabitants, and gave them an
overthrow. They of the Eoganaght of Cashell
destroyed and prey’d Rossery, and from thence
the king came to his house. While those things
were adoing, Rowrie O’Connor, king of Con-
naught, went with a great army to Ulster, in
the absence of King Mortagh, there burnt Innis-

Tavs, mac Cloda, mic Ruaiom, véce.

Ua Failte, agfpna Conca

Eanye, hewed and did cut downe all the trees
in the orchard, and took away all the prey
and spoyles of Tyreowen to Kwaillie-Kyan-
naghty. Rowrie O’Connor, with his forces,
went to Munster, and settled Terlagh O’Bryen
in possession as half king, or king of half Mun-
ster, and caused the son of Cormack Mac Car-
thy to yeald hostages into his handes with con-
dition of forfeiture of their lives, if king Mor-
tagh wou’d not come to defend them. The head
of Eoghie Mac Lughta, that reigned king of
Munster at the time of the birth of Christ (as
before is remembered) was this year taken out
of the earth where it was buried at Fyncorey.
It was of such wonderfull bigness, as mine au-
thor sayeth, it was as bigg as any cauldron; the
greatest goose might easily pass through the °

1158.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1129

agreat cauldron; the largest goose would pass through the hole of his eye, and
through the hole of the spinal. marrow. A fleet was brought by Ruaidhri
’ Ua Conchobhair upon the Sinainn, the like of which was not to be found at
that time for numerousness, and for the number of its ships and boats.

The Age of Christ, 1158. Domhnall Ua Longargain, Archbishop of Caiseal,
chief senior of Munster, a paragon of wisdom and charity, died at an advanced
age. The Brehon Ua Duileannain, airchinneach of Eas-dara‘, ollamh of law,
and chief of his territory, died. A synod of the clergy of Ireland was convened
at Bri-mic-Taidhg', in Laeghaire, where there were present twenty-five bishops,
with the legate of the successor of Peter, to ordain rules and good morals. It
was on this occasion the clergy of Ireland, with the successor of Patrick, or-
dered a chair, like every other bishop, for the successor of Colum-Cille, Flaith-
bheartach Ua Brolchain, and the arch-abbacy of the churches of: Ireland in
general. The bishops of Connaught who were going to this synod were plun-
dered and beaten, and two of their people killed, at Cuirr-Cluana’, after they
had left Cluain, by the soldiers of Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath,
and they returned to their houses. Conchobhar Ua Briain, the son ,of Domh-
nall, lord of East Munster, and his son, were blinded by Toirdhealbhach
Ua Briain, against. the protection of the clergy and laity of Munster. Cear-
nachan Ua Braein, lord of Luighne [in Meath], died. Ua Domhnaill, lord
of Corca-Bhaiscinn, was slain by Ua Conchobhair of Corca-Modhruadh. Fear-
ghal, son of Aedh na n-amhas Ua Ruairc, died. Tadhg, son of Aedh, son

of Ruaidhri, died. Ua Failbhe”, lord

two holes of his eyes; and in the place or hole
where the marrowe was towards his throat a
goose might enter.”—Ann, Clon,

* Eas-dara: i.e. the Cataract of the Oak, now
Ballysadare, in the county of Sligo.

t Bri-mic-Taidhg : i. e. the Hill of the Son of
Tadhg. This was the name of a place near Trim,
in the county of Meath. This passage is trans-
lated by Colgan, as follows:

“ A. D. 1158. Synodus per Clerum Hibernie
celebrata fuit apud Brigh-mac-Taidhg in re-
gione de Hi-Loegaire: in qua presente Legato
Apostolico interfuerunt viginti quinque Epis-

” copi, pro Ecclesiastica disciplina stabilienda et

of Corca Duibhne, was slain by the

moribus in melius commutandis. In hac synodo
Comorbanus S$. Patricii, seu Archiepiscopus
Ardmachanus, et Clerus Hibernie communi
consilio decreverunt Cathedram Episcopalem, ad
instar aliorum, dandam esse Comorbano (id gst
successori) S. Columbe Kille Flathberto O’Brol-
chain ; et insuper supremam preefecturam supra
omnes totius Hibernie Abbatias. Episcopi au-
tem Connacie non tunc aderant.” — Trias
Thaum., pp. 309 and 505. He leaves the latter
part of this passage untranslated.

* Quirr-Cluana.—A place on the Shannon,
near Clonmacnoise, in the King’s County.

’ Ua Failbhe—Now O’Falvy, or Falvy. . He

TE

1130 - @NNGZa RIOghachta erReaNn. (1158.

Oubne, vo hapbad la HUG Sésoa. Céulad, mac Oedpa Uf Phlamn,
cig(nna Ua cTuincpe 7 Ocil Apawde Guaine tuarpeeinc Enfnn an emeach,
véce. Cenél cConaill vo 1ompéd an Ua Laclamn. Slaghead la Muincfp-
cach Ua Laclaimn co nUleaib 7 co nOipgiallarb 1 cin Conall, 7 po momple
an vip eicip ceallaib 7 cuataib. Tucpac ona, Cenét cConaill ammup long-
puine pon Ulcarb, 7 po manbad Cod Ua Ounnylébe Uf Gocada, pi Ulad, led, 5
an Hall Ua Seanparg,7 pocharve ouaiplib 7 oanpadarb oile cen mo tac pomh.
Sléicéefo la Rud Ua cConcobain co paimice léréslino, 7 po Fab bnargve Or-
parse, 7 Laoigipi, 7] 00 pac seimeal pop Macpoat Ua Mopda, cis fina Laoigipe.
Sicpiug mac Giolla Endin Ui Oomnarll, corpeé Clomne Plarefinarl, vo rhap-
bad la Mupchad, mac me Tads Ui Cheallag. Oa mac Munchada mic
TaidZ ona vo manbad la Ruawm Ua cConcobamp 1 ngemeal ma diogail
poe. Coblach mép vo oul 6 Rua O Concobaip hi cCin nEogain, co
no(pnpac ulca mona innce. Chpeach la Ruan Ua Concobaip la pig Con-
nace 1 cC(eba,7 plo once opeam vo Mhuinein Cépin,7 pug ba 1ombda. Tug-
pac om pin Teatba maidm pon opuing dia muUIMTIN plom aipMm 1 ccopcaimp
Tomalcac Ua Maolbnénaimn, 7 Oonnchad mac mic Coda mic Ruaom, 4
mac Grollavé Ui Tpeapars,7 Ua Machace,7 Mac CGeda na namup 4
Ptcain Ua Pollamamn, 4 po sabad mac Ui Plartblpearg, co nopuing oile vo
manbad cen mo tac. Caipppne Ua Cianda 7 opong opfhaib Teatba vo
lompad an Ohapmaic Ua Maorleaclamnn, 7 Oonnchad vo pfogad odib.
Gisfinan Ua Ruane 7 Oiapmaro vo toce ina noeacchaw, 7 maidm Acta
Maigne vo bmpead ponpa, 7 cneaca mépa vo Sénam v616 pon Siol Rénain, 4
pop Cainpmib. Caipppe ona, Oonnchad oionnapbad1 Laigmb. Sido Caipppe
do dénam iappm, 7 Oonnchad vo dol 1. cConnaccai’. Mardm pioba om,
eitin Connaccaib bpéipneacarb 7 Whoeachaib. Pole ofpranp ipin pampad
via trainee cola wipce in Abamn inp na pub hi Shab Puaro, 7 po batic

was chief of Corca-Dhuibhne, now Coreaguiny, * Gillade Ua Treasaigh : anglicé Gilday
in the west of the county of Kerry. O’Tracey.
* Ui-Sheghdha: anglicé the O’Sheas, who * Ath-Maighne.—See note under by _
were seated in the barony of Iveragh, in the 1153:
same county. - » Inis-na-subh : i.e. the Island of tie Straw-
* Clann-Flaitheamhail—These were one of berries, now Inishnasoo, near ee a ae
the seven septs of Hy-Many.—See Tribes and ton, in the county of Armagh.
Customs of Hy-Many, pp. 31, 76, 77. ~ The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of (les

1158.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1131

Ui-Seghdha*.Cuuladh, son of Deoraidh Ua Flainn, lord of Ui-Tuirtre and
Dal-Araidhe, the Guaire [Aidhne] of the north of Ireland, for hospitality,
died. The Cinel-Conaill turned against Ua Lochlainn. An army was led by
Muircheartach Ua’ Lochlainn, with the Ulidians and Airghialla, into Tir-
Conaill, and they plundered the country, both churches and territories ; but
the Cinel-Conaill made an attack upon the camp of the Ulidians, and slew Aedh
Ua Duinnsleibhe Ui Eochadha, King of Ulidia, and the Gall Ua Searraigh, and
many others of the nobility and commonalty besides them. An army was led
by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair as far as Leithghlinn, and he took the hostages of
Osraighe and Laeighis; and he fettered Macraith Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis.
Sitric, son of Gilla-Enain Ua Domhnaill, chief of Clann-Flaitheamhail’, was slain
by Murchadh, grandson of Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh ; and the two sons of Mur-
chadh, son of ‘Tadhg, were killed in fetters by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, in
revenge of him. A great fleet was sent by Ruaidhri-Ua Conchobhair into Tir-
Eoghain, which did many injuries therein. A predatory incursion was made
by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, into Teathbha; and he plun-
dered some of the Muintir-Ceirin, and carried off many cows. The men of
Teathbha routed a party of his people, and slew Tomaltach Ua Maelbhrenainn ;
and Donnchadh, grandson of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri; and the son of Gillade
Ua) Treasaigh’; and Ua Macliag; and Mac Aedha na n-amhas; and Fear-
chair Ua Follamhain ; and the son of Ua Flaithbheartaigh was taken prisoner ;
and many others were killed besides those above mentioned. The Cairbri-
Ua-Ciardha, and some of the men of Teathbha, turned against Diarmaid
Ua Maeleachlainn, and [again] set up Donnchadh as king. Tighearnan
Ua Ruaire and Diarmaid came in pursuit of them, and gained the battle of
Ath-Maighne* over them, and made great preys upon the Sil-Ronain and the
Cairbri. The Cairbri then and Donnchadh were banished into Leinster. The
Cairbri were afterwards conciliated, and Donnchadh proceeded into Con-
naught. There was then a breach of the peace between the, Connaughtmen
and the men of Breifne and Meath. There-was great rain in the summer,
from which there came great floods of water into the river of Inis-na-subh’, in

macnoise give the events of this year as follows: O’Laughlin into Tireonnell, and spoyled all the

“A, D, 1158. Donell O’Longargan, Arch- land, A Synod by the Corb of Patrick, and

bishop of Mounster, guievit, An army by the clergy of Ireland, at Bry-mac-Teig, where
7H2

1132 annaza RIoghachta elRedNn. [1159.
cmap ap picic vo daomb m mp na pub. Ciedipne Ua Mavadam, crpfpna
Sil nOnmchada, véce. bak

Corp Cpiore, mile cév coeccac a nao. Maolmarpe Ua Loingpig, epreop
Lip mop, véce. Abél 7 Grellamuipfoars, oa angcome Apoa Maca, véce.
Hrollacaommgin Ua Cemnerceig, cig(pna Uprnuman, véce ma orliepe 1 cCill ~
Oalua. Cemneictig Ua bpiam «a. mac me Munchada, vécc. Oornnall mac
Conmapa vo bédav pop Sionamo. Oriapmaio, mac Cabs Ui Mhaolpuana,
crs(pna Mharge Lurpce, cfno comarple, céille,7 végsimpie Co1ced Connache,
véce. Cod, mac Oonnchaw Ui Concobaip, mg(pna Ua bPanlse, 00 manbad
la Maolp(chlamn mac Congalarg mic Conarpne Ui Choncobaip. Ua Maol-
donald 7 a Hap bnatan vo mapbad la hUa Canannan, 1 meabaul. . Sloigl
la Muimpc(pcaé mac Néill Ui Loclainn co Ruta Chonall, hn Mie, po
rondanb Orapmaro, mac Oornall Ui Mhaoileachlamn a pige Mide,7 v0 pav
pige Mide vo Ohonnchad, mac Oomnaill Ui Maoileaclainn 6 Shionamn co
pappse. Comdal pioda erin Rumom Ua Concobaip 7 Tig fpnan Ua Ruaipe,
| po ponyac pio 7 comluige do péip pata 7 miond. Tig fpnan ona vo 1ompéo
co bp(paib Speipne ap Mhuinéfpcac Ua Laclamn, 4 abdul 1 cleit Connaéc.

‘Chat dpoicle vo dénam oc Aé Luam la Rua Ua cConcobaip ap vaig
mnparger Mode. Sluaigead la peapah Mive 7 la peanab Tetba m pig
Mivde, Oonnchad Ua Maoilpfchlamn, vo tommm(pe an opoicic, 7 po ponpac
veabard ceccannae 1m Cé Cuan, po sumead Clod mac Rua Ui Chonéo-

there were twenty-five Bishops to persuade
good rule and manners among the people in ge-
nerall.
with the Corb of Patrick, and the Legat, give a
Bishop’s chair to the Corb of Columbkill, to
Flathertach O’Brolchan, as other Bishops; and
the abbatcie of churches in all Ireland.”—
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

‘CA, D. 1158. Rowrie O’Connor, king of Con-
noght, with -his forces, went to Leythlyn,
where he tooke the hostages of Ossorie and
Lease, and tooke captive with him Macrath
O’More, prince of Lease. Hugh O’Dempsie,
prince of Clanmalierie, died. Carbrey O’Kyer-
gie, accompanied with Teaffa-men, made a re-
trayte upon Dermott O’Melaughlyn, deposed

In that time did the Clergy of Ireland, -

him, and putt again Donnogh O’Melaughlyn
in his former place. Tyernan O’Royrck and
Dermott followed them to Athmoyne (now called
Lismoyne), where they gave an overthrow and
took great preys from Sileronan and Kyergie.”
[The sept of] ‘‘ Carbrey was banished to Lyn-
ster, and afterwards came to an attonement,
and Donnogh was banished into Connoght.
Connor mac Donnell O’Bryen was taken by
Terlagh O’Bryen, and his little son with him ;
they both had their eyes putt out, notwith-
standing that there was an agreement between
them of continuall peace, with sureties and
oaths taken before the prelates of the church,
‘There was convocation of all the clergy in Ire-
land at Breyvickteig. The Bushopps of Con-

;

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1133

1159.]

Sliabh-Fuaid, and twenty-three persons were drowned on Inis-na-subh. Cu-
coirne Ua Madadhain, lord of Sil-Anmchadha, died.

The Age of Christ, 1159. Maelmaire Ua Loingsigh, Bishop of Lis-mor,
died. Abel and Gillamuireadhaigh, both anchorites of Ard-Macha, died.
Gillacaeimhghin Ua Ceinneidigh, lord of Ormond, died on his pilgrimage at
Cill-Dalua. Ceinneidigh Ua Briain, i. e. the grandson of Murchadh, died.
Domhnall Mac Conmara was drowned in the Sinainn. Diarmaid, son of Tadhg
Ua Maelruanaidh, lord of Magh-Luirg, head of the counsel, wisdom, and good
supplication of the province of Connaught, died, Aedh, son of Donnchadh
Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, was killed by Maelseachlainn, son of
Conghalach, son of Cuaifne Ua Conchobhair. Ua Maeldoraidh and his two
brothers were treacherously slain by O’Canannain. An army was led by Muir-
cheartach, son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, to Rubha-Chonaill’, in Meath, and he
banished Diarmaid, son of Domhnall Ua.Maeleachlainn, from the kingdom of
Meath, and gave the kingdom of Meath, from the Sinainn to the sea, to Donn-
chadh; son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn. There was a pacific meeting be
tween Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair and Tighearnan ; and they made peace, and
took mutual oaths before sureties and relics. Tighearnan and the men of
Breifne then turned against Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, and joined the stan-
dard of Connaught. A wicker bridge was made at Ath-Luain by Ruaidhri
Ua Conchobhair, for the purpose of making incursions into Meath. The forces
of Meath and Teathbha, under the conduct of the King of Meath, Donnchadh
Ua Maeleachlainn, went to prevent the erection of the bridge; and a battle was
fought. between both parties at Ath-Luain, where Aedh, son of Ruaidhri

nought, with the Archbushopp Hugh O’Hosyn,
took their journey to come thither, and as they
were passing towards Clonvicknose, with two
of the. Cowarbs of Saint Keyran in their com-
panie, and as they were coming to the joyste or
wooden bridge over the Seanyn, at Clonvick-
nose, called Curr Clwana, they were mett by
the rebell Carbre the Swift and his kearne, who
killed two laymen, and did not. suffer them to
goe noe neerer the said convocation for another
cause he had himselfe.. There was a great
mound of fire seen in the firmament this year,

westerly of Tea-Doyn in Munster. It was

bigger than Saint Patrick’s mount” [Croagh-
patrick], ‘‘ which dispersed in severall showers
of small sparkling fire, without doing any hurt.
This was upon the eave of St.John, in Autumn,”
Ann. Clon.

* Rubha-Chonaill.—This place retains this
name to the present day among those who speak
Irish ; but it is usually anglicised Rathconnell.
-It is the name of a townland and parish in the
barony of Moyashel and Masharedens & in the
county of Westmeath.

anNaca RIOshachtTa eIREGNN. ~ (1159.

banp, mogoarnna Connace, co nepbarle 1 co plécmaine dia Fonarb. SlHaglo
mép la Rua Ua Concobenp 1appm co Connachcarb ma pappad, 7 co ceat
vo Thuadrhumam, 7 la Tig(pnén Ua Ruampe co befpaib Operpne 1 Mave, co
pamic Loc Sermdide. Cocap appre 1apam cohAe Phipdiaw. Slog fo ole
la Muipefpcach Ua Lachlamn co maicthib Chenél Conall 7 Eogam, 7 an
cuaipceine anctha 1 poem Orpgiall co he Phipdiad bedp. Peacamp cat
(compa annyin,7 maidm pon Chonnaccarb, pop Chonmaicmb,7 pop Urb Opin
amail po baccan ule pé cata commépa, laait an 0a cat ole a noeaps ap
im Ghollacmorc, mac Tavs Ui Mhaowlpuannsd, cagfpna Mwmge Cups, mm
Muipéfpcach Mac Tavs, 1m Muipfoach Ua Mannacam, mgfpna Ua mbpréin
na Sionna, im bpandn Mac bpanain, coipfch Copco Ciclann, 1m Cetepnach
Ua Pollamain 1. caoipeac Clomne hUaccac, 1m Cod mac Mic Uallacam,
coipeac Mhumcipe Cionaecha, 1m Gealbmde Ua Seacnaparg, 1m Oonnchad
mac me Cloda mic Rumdm, m.O1anpmaio Ua Conceanainn, mm Citiup mac
mic Cnaimin, im 0a mac Concobain Ui Choncoboenp, 7 m Mupchad mac
Oomnaill Ui Phlartb(pcas, co pochandib ole vucnplib, 7 vanpadaib immanlle
pra. Aciac na maice concnacan annpin 6 Uib Opiim, Mac na hawee
Ua Cfinacam, Camana Ua Cumpain, Giolla na naom Ua Galan, caoipeac
Clomne Oungalang, Annad mac Noennfnarg Ui Cheanbenll, 7 a bpatarp, mac
conppaic Ui Lomppis, capeac Cenél bacarcc, Macpot Ua Gopmavain,
Macponé Ua Cuaggam, va caoipeac Cenél Ouacéin, mac Mie Pionnbamp
Ui Sepadain, 7 pocawde ele cen mo ctacpom. Opong mop vo Mhuimneachaib
m mac mic Siollacianain Ui Cinnéiccig. Ro mnpupcain Muipefpeach
Uf Oma, 7 po once Mumeipn GEpadain. Oo pao ona Gin mbeccon,7 Tip
FPhnacac,7 Cailh Pollamain,7 Sovain,7 Pionncain oa pfpann pein vo fipaib
Mhoe, 7 po pope rap pin Conall 7 Eogain im Muipefpeach via ccigib co

1134

* Ua Seachnasaigh.—Now O’Shaughnessy.
He was chief of Kinelea, a territory lying round
the town of Gort, in the barony of Kiltartan,
county of Galway.

* Mae Cnaimhin.—Now anglicised Mac Nevin.
See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, pp. 68, 69.

‘ Ui-Briuin : i. e. the Ui-Briuin Breifne,
seated in the counties of Leitrim and Cavan.

® Cinel-Duachain.—Otherwise written Cinel-

Luachain, a tribe giving name to a territory
situated at the foot of Sliabh-an-iarainn, in the
county of Leitrim. The parish of Oughteragh
is a part of it.—See note “, under A. D. 1341;
and note °, under 1390.

» Muintir-Geradhain.—See note’, under A. D,
1080, p. 916, supra.

i Tir-Beccon.—See note *, on Uitiens & A. D.
1066, p. 889, supra.

1159.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1135

Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Connaught, was wounded, and he died of his
wounds at the end of a week. A great army was after this led by Ruaidhri
Ua Conchobhair with the Connaughtmen, and a battalion of Thomond, and
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, with the men of Breifne, into Meath, until they reached
Loch Semhdhighe. They afterwards proceeded from thence to Ath-Fhirdiaidh
fin the plain of the Oirghialla]. Another army was. led by Muircheartach
Ua Lochlainn, with the chiefs of Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, and of the
‘north in general, to Ath-Fhirdiadh also, to relieve the Oirghialla. A battle was
there fought between them, in which the Connaughtmen, the Conmhaieni, and
Ui-Briuin, amounting in all to six large battalions, were defeated, and the”
other two battalions were dreadfully slaughtered ; and among the rest Gilla-
christ, son of Tadhg Ua Maelruanaidh, lord of Magh-Luirg; Muircheartach
Mac Taidhg ; Muireadhach Ua Mannachain, lord of Ui-Briuin-na-Sinna; Branan
Mac Branain, chief of Corca-Achlach ; Ceithearnach Ua Follamhain, chief of
Clann-Uadach ; Aedh, son of Mac Uallachain, chief of Muintir-Chinaetha ;
Gealbhuidhe Ua Seachnasaigh*; Donnchadh, son of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri;
Diarmaid Ua Conceanainn; Athius, son of Mac Cnaimhin’; the two sons of
Conchobhar Ua Conchobhair; Murchadh, the son of Domhnall Ua Flaith-
bheartaigh ; and many others of the nobility and commonalty along with them.
These were the chieftains there slain of the Ui-Briuin': Mac-na-haidhche
Ua Cearnachain; Cumara Ua Cumrain; Gilla-naynaemh Ua Galain, chief of
Clann-Dunghalaigh; Annadh, son of Noenneanaigh Ua Cearbhaill, and his
brother; the son of Cufraich Ua Loingsigh, .chief of Cinel-Bacat; Macraith
Ua Tormadain, and Macraith Ua Cuagain, two chiefs of Cinel-Duachain*; the
son of Mac-Finnbhairr Ua Gearadhain, and many others besides them. Also
a great number of the Munstermen, with the son of Gillachiarain Ua Ceinnei-
digh. Muircheartach devastated Tir-Briuin and plundered Muintir-Geradhain*.
He gave Tir-Beccon’, Tir-Fhiachach’, Cailli-Follambain*, Sodhair’, and Finn-
tain”, which were his own lands, to the men of Meath. And after this the
- Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, and Muircheartach, returned to their houses

4 Tir-Fhiachach.—See note *, under 507, p.166, | Sodhair.—This is probably at present a pa-

supra. é rish in the barony of Slane, county of Meath.

_ * Cailli-Follamhain.—See note under A. D. ™ Finntain.—The situation of this territory
882.6 1 eiee is unknown to the Editor. F

1136 anNNaza RIOshachca elReGNn. (1160.

ccopecan 7 cotmmaord(th. Sluaglo ole la Mumpefpeach co maeib Cenel
Conall, Eogain, Cipgialla,7 an cuarpeceapc wle an aon mp coConnaccanb,
7 po lorpepte Ovan mop, Odn crapparge, Oin na nGall,7 po millple mop don
cip-anétna. Soap via Hig 1aporh gan pit gan Gralla. Sluasfo ele beop la
hUa Lacloainn: Midve vo 1onnanbad Ui Ruaipe. Ro comnmlo oa cat Cenél
Conall 7 Eogain ppf pé mip pon plpaib Mive .1. cae mm saptap Mhide, 7 cat
ina hainetp. Oo pome pit rapccam phi hUa Roane, po léice a pfhann
pein 06.1. pfponn an roméopnama. Oo pao ona pige Largsth mle vo Mac
Munpchada 7 po ronnanb mac Mhe Paola, Oce poad vo via tig po omice
Oelbna mop, 7 Ui mac ua Speas.

Cop Cpiopt, mile cév peapccac. Piono Mac Gopmain, eppeop Cille
papa, 7 abb manach lubain Chino tpacca ppi pé, 0€§. Neaccan eppeop véce.
Hiolla na naern Ua Ouinn piplérginn Inpr Clotpann, pao pfncura, 7 vana, >
ofsptp labpa, po pndphin a ppipac co a atapda ecip copaid aingel an 17 00
Oecemben iapp an occmad bliadain an Caogan a aoipe. GHrollacmore
Ua Maoilbelcaine, an tuapal pacanc,7 an capomangiycip, véce ma pfnoa-
cad ian notsb(chaw. Cod 6 Oomlace vécc. Lagmad 7 Chhoconad vo
lopcad. Oonnchad mac Oomnaill Ui Mhaorleaclamn, pi Mide, 00 mapbad

2 Dun-mor.—_Now Dunmore, below Tuam, in The other two battles had their slaughter, viz.:

the county of Galway,

° Dun-Ciarraighe.—Not identified.

P Dun-na-nGall: i.e. the Fort of the. For-
Not identified.

4 Mac Fhaelain.—Usually anglicised Mackelan

eigners.

in the Anglo-Irish documents.—See note §,
under A. D. 1203.

The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon-
macnoise give the events of this year as fol-
lows :

* A.D. 1159. Dermot mac Teig O’Mulrony
mortuus est. An army by Murtach O’Loghlin,
with the best of Kindred-Owen, to assist Air-
gialls to Athfirdee. Connaght, Conmacne,
O-Briuins, a greate battle of Mounster came to
Athnecassverna to give battle to Kindred-Owen.
Airgialls about O’Laughlin came to the same
ford, and broke of Connaght, Conmacne, and
Ibriuin, as they were, being all six great battles.

Connaght about Gillchrist mac Dermot mic
Teig; Murtagh mac Teig; Donogh O’Flath-
vertay 5 the nobility of West Connaght, and |
Brien Manegh mac Coner mic Tirlagh ; O’Ma-
naghan, king of O-Briuin, at Synan; Branan
mac Gillchrist Mac Branan, king of Corke-
Aghlan ; Synan O’Syvlen, king of Onethagh,
et alit multi nobiles; and upon O-Briuine about
Mactiernan, Mac Kilfinen O’Rody; Mac Swine
O’Gallan ; Mac Convay O’Tormadan; Mac
Hugh-na-navas, capten of Conmacne ; O’Dun-
chua; Finvar Mac Finvair O’Geradan, chief of
Muinter-Gerudan, and a great number of Mun-
ster-men about Mac Killkyran O’Kynedy; and
Macnehyhe O’Kernaghan” [was] “killed the
next day upon a praye; and Kyndred-Owen
carryed with them innumerable droves of cowes,
and went to their homes with great triumph,
An army by Murtagh O’Laghlin, with Tyrone,

*

1160.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1137

with victory and exultation. Another army was led by Muircheartach, having
the Cinel-Conaill, Cinel-Eoghain, the Airghialla, and all the northerns, with
him, into Connaught; and they burned Dun-mor", Dun-Ciarraighe®, Dun na-
nGall’, and destroyed a great part of the country generally, Another army was
led by Ua Lochlainn, into Meath, to expel Ua Ruairc. He billeted the two
battalions of the Cinel-Conail and Cinel-Eoghain, for the space of a month,
upon the men of Meath, i.e. a battalion on West Meath and another on East
Meath. He afterwards made peace with Ua Ruairc, and left his own land to
him, i.e. the land of the defence. He also gave the kingdom of all Leinster
to Mae Murchadha, and expelled the son of Mac Fhaelain’.. On his return to
his house he plundered Dealbhna-mor, and Ui-Mic-Uais-Breagh.

The Age of Christ, 1160. Finn Mac Gormain, Bishop of Cill-dara, and
who had been abbot of the monks of Iubhair-Chinn-trachta’ for a time, died.
Neachtan, a/bishop, died. Gilla-na-naemh Ua Duinn’, lector of Inis-Clothrann,
a paragon in history and poetry, and a good speaker, sent his spirit to his
[heavenly] patrimony, amid a choir of angels, on the 17th of December, in the
fifty-eighth year of his.age. Gillachrist Ua Maelbeltain, the noble priest and
chief master, died at an advanced age, after a good life. Aedh of Daimhliag
died. Lughmhadh and Ceann-coradh were burned. Donnchadh,son of Domhnall

Argialls, Ulster, and Kindred-Connell, into
Connaght, and burnt Dunmore, Dunkerry, and
Dunengall, and spoyled much of the country,
but returned to their country without peace or
ledges, and in that journey won O’Garmleay

d Kindred-Moan. Moylemore O’Longsy, By-
shopp of Lismore, swam vitam feliciter finivit.
Morough O’Roaghan, king of Easterns” [Oriors],
“‘mortuus est. Three O’Muldories murthered
by O’Canannan.””—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

“ A.D, 1159. King Mortagh came to Rowe-
Connell, in Meath, and banished Dermott O’Me-
laughlin from out of all Meath, and deposed
him of his principallity, and confirmed Don-
nogh, his brother, in the possession thereof.
Abbel, anchorite of Ardmagh, died. Rowrie
O’Connor and Tyernane O’Royrcke tooke their

severall oathes to be true to one another in all
respects, whereupon they retraited against Mor-
tagh, king of Ireland, and rebelled against him.
Rowrie O’Connor made a wooden bridge at
Athlone, that he might have passage to take the
spoyles of Meath. The forces of Meath and
Teaffa came to hinder the making of the said
bridge, with their king, Donnough O’Melaugh-
lyn, and fought with Rowrie O’Connor, where,
in the end, Rowrie O’Connor’s son was sore
hurt of an irrecoverable” [recté, incurable]
“wound, whereof he died within a week after.”
—Anan. Clon.

* Jubhair Chinn-trachta—Now Newry, in the
county of Down. ;

* Gilla-na-naemh Ua Duinn.—For some ac-
count of poems written by him, see O?Reilly’s
Descriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. \xxxv.

TF

1138 “annaza RIoghachta eiReann. (1160.

la4 Mupnchad Ua Pinvolléan, cigfpna Oealbna méipe, 7 la a macab epia a
anpolcaib 7 cma cioncab péin. OG Ua Maoloonad vo mapbad hi proll Lap
an Qhecléneac Ua cCanannain, la ms(pna Cenél Conall pop pnadad laoc 4
clémmeaé Cenél Conall buodémn. An cOhéclempeach peipin 7 04 Ua Canan-
nain ole immaille pip 00 manbad la Cenél Conall 1 nofogail a n€img.
Loncan Ua Cainoelbamn, ais (na Laoganpe, vo cuicim La hOlod mac Conulad
Us Camvealbam 1 ne Thum. Oorhnall Ua Saipmleadarg, coipeach
Ceneoil Moan vo tuicim la Maolpuanaw, msfpna Pp Manach, 7 mate
Cenel Moai imanlle pp cpa pall, 7 mebal, an poncconsna Mupefpcang
Ui Loclamn. Ged Ua hOnmcada, asfpna Ua Maccanlle, 00 mapbad la
macaib an siollacaoié Ui Anmchada. Opoovan mac Tupcaill, agfpna Aca
chat, vo mapbad la Maolcnén Mac Hiollapecnall. Ploacbfpeach Ua Ca-
tupais, TIS(pna Saitne, cainveal saipccid 7 (ngnama Mhide, és. Oornall
mac Giollapecnaill, cis(pna veipceinc Speas, vo manbad la Muipcfpeac,
mac Oomnaill Ui Mhaoleaclainn san cionao. Mupchad Ua Ruadacan,
cisfina Ua n€acdac, vé5. Tad5 Ua Plpgail vo manbad la a bpataip
papin, Aed Ua Peansal. Ruadp Ua Tomaleas, canpeac Muincipe
Ouibecain, emeach 7 (ngnarn Ua Tuincpe, do cuicim la plparb bpeipne.
Opong vo Chenél Edgain 1m Ua nSaipmleadaig, 7 1m mac Us Néill, vo
iompuod pon Ua Laclamn, 7 cneac mop vo dénam d616 pap. Micopcad mén
vo par hi ccuaipceanc Eneann ve pin sun po ml an cin co mép. Cpeach
ona la hUa Laclainn ina noid piom hi cCeapmann Odbedcc, sup po bin
buan dinime ofob. Maidm Mhaige Luadac ma cCenél Eogain Tolca Occ
pop Ua nSaipmleadang, 7 pon Oomnall Ua Coca, 7 pop Uib Piaépach
ou m flo manbad pochade dfob, 7] ar von cup pin Vo pocarp, co neimhcion-
cach, Muincfpcach Ua Néill la Uochlamn Mac Loclain, 7 00 pocaip Loc-
lan ianam ma dfogal La mac Ui Néill. Sluagf ona, la Rucidm Ua cCon-
cobain, la pig Connace, co ht peme co lonapap,7 po gab bnaigve pth

* Ui-Maccaille.—Now the barony of Imokilly,
in the county of Cork.

* Ua Ruadhacan, lord of Ui-Eathach : i. e.
O’Rogan, lord of Ui-Eathach, or Iveagh, in the
now county of Down. The O’Rogans are still
extant, but reduced to poverty and obscurity.

* Magh-Luaghat : i.e. Luaghat’s Plain. This

name is now obsolete, but it was probably the
ancient name of the plain now called Maghera-
cregan, situated near Newtown-Stuart, in the
barony of Omagh, and county of Tyrone.

The Cinedl-Eoghain of Tulach-Og.—This was
the tribe name of the O’Hagans, who were
seated at Tullaghoge, or Tullyhoge, in the ba-

1160. _ ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1139

Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath, was killed by Murchadh Ua Finnollain,
lord of Dealbhna-mor, and his son, through [old] grudges, and through his
own faults. Two of the Ui-Maeldoraidh were killed by the Aithchleireach
Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, while under the protection of the laity
and clergy of the Cinel-Conaill themselves. The Aithchleireach himself and
two others of the Ui-Canannain were killed by the Cinel-Conaill, in revenge of
their guarantee. Lorcan Ua Caindealbhain, lord of Laeghaire, fell by Aedh,
son of Cuuladh Ua Caindealbhain, at Ath-Truim. Domhnall Ua Goirmleadh-
aigh, chief of Cinel-Moain, was slain by Maelruanaidh, lord of Feara-Manach,
and the chiefs of Cinel-Moain along with him, through treachery and guile, at
the instance of Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn. Aedh Ua hAnmchadha, lord of
Ui-Maccaille*, was slain by the sons of Gillacaech UahAnmchadha. Brodar, son
of Turcall, lord of Ath-cliath, was killed by Maelcron Mac Gillaseachnaill.
Flaithbheartach Ua Cathasaigh, lord of Saithne, lamp of the chivalry and prowess
of Meath, died. Domhnall, son of Gillaseachnaill, lord of South Breagha, was
killed by Muircheartach, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, without [his being
guilty of any] crime. Murchadh Ua Ruadhacan“, lord of Ui-Eathach, died.
Tadhg Ua Fearghail was killed by his own brother, Aedh Ua Fearghail.
Ruaidhri Ua Tomaltaigh, chief of Muintir-Duibhetain, [soul of] the hospitality
and prowess of Ui-Tuirtre, fell by the men of Breifne. Some of the Cinel-
Eoghain, with Ua Goirmleadhaigh and the son of Ua Neill, turned against
Ua Lochlainn, and committed a great depredation against him. . A great com-
motion arose in the north of Ireland, in consequence of this, so that the country
was much injured. A predatory force was sent after them [the aforesaid party
of the Cinel-Eoghain] by Ua Lochlainn, to Tearmann-Daibheog, which forced
a countless number of cows from them. The battle of Magh-Luadhat* was »
gained by the Cinel-Eoghain of Tulach-Og’ over Ua Goirmleadhaigh, Domhnall
Ua Crichain, and the Ui-Fiachrach [of Ard-sratha]; and on this occasion Muir-
cheartach Ua Neill was undeservedly killed by Lochlainn Mac Lochlainn ; and
Lochlainn was afterwards slain, in revenge of him, by the son of Ua Neill.
An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, to Ath-
Feine, at Iraras”; and he took the hostages of the men of Teathbha and Meath,

rony of Dungannon, and county of Tyrone. a ford on a stream near Ories or Oris, in the
© Ath-feine at Iraras.—This was the name of _ barony of Clonlonan, and county of Westmeath.

7 F2

annaca Rioshachta erReann. (1161.

1140

Tleba, 7 pip Mide, 7 00 pad Orapmaro, mac Oormnarll Ui Maoleaclamn a
eefnnap, ] a ccisfpnap ponpa. Comdal pioda oce Gap Rud eicip Rum
Ua Chonéobarp, 7 Mumpe(pcach Ua Loclamn, 7 po peaoil a ecomne 6 anorle
Zan naidm pfod na opad eacoppa. Sluargfo la Muipefpcac Ua Loclamn co
ccuaipeceanc Eneann mm co he na Oarpbpige ap omg pip Made 7 pip
mOnpeipne vo gabail. Slog(o la Rumdm Ua cConcobaip co Mas nGapeccon
i pomem Tisfpnam Ui Ruampe, cisfpna Sperpne, 7 Ohapmaoa Ui Mhaor-
leachlamn, pf Mive. Céc po veg Ora san cat, gan catpae, gan pid, gan
opad. Coblach la Ruadm Ua cConcobaip an Sionainn,7 an Loc nOengbere,
7 po gab bnagoe Tompdealbarg Ur Ohman 7 Oal cCarp.

Cop Cpforc, mle céo0 peapcecac ahaon. Cod Ua hOippem, aipoeppeop
Thuama, 7 cfnn cnabard, 7 sfomnargecca Leite Chuimn, Cadg Ua Longancan,
epreop Tuadmuman, Ipac Ua Cuandin, eppcop Ele 7 Rup Cpé, 6§,7 arpo-
phdin Chptip Muman, Maolbpénainn Ua Ronan, eppcop Crapponge Cuacna,
7 loman Ua hlnnpeaccrang, aipcimmeach Mucnama, 7 msfpna Ua Mere pm
pé, déce. Ragnall Ua Odlarg, ollamm Ofpmuman le van, véce. Ruawm
Ua Concobain, 7 Connaéc, vo sabail Fall Coippdealbong Ui Ohman.
Slog fo la Ruadm Ua cConcobarp 50 cConnaccaib,7 la Tigfpnan Ua Ruenpe
50 bpfnaib Opeipne, ln Mhode, 7 po sab bnargoe Ua bPaolain 7 Ua bPailse,
7 po paccaib Paolan, mac Mic Phaolamn hi cig(pnap Ua bPaolam 7 Maol-

* Ath-na-Dairbhrighe : i.e. Ford of the Oak, Torkall, king of Dublin, killed by south Brey.

now Derwy, or Dervor, situated on the confines
of the counties of Meath and Cavan, in the pa-
rish of Castlekieran, barony of Upper Kells, and
county of Meath.— Ord. Map, sheet 10.

¥ Magh Gartchon : i. e. Gartchon’s Plain. Un-
known.

The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon-
macnoise give the events of this year as follows:

“A. D. 1160. Donogh O’Melaghlin, king of
Meath, kylled by Mac Finallan treacherously.
O’Canannan, king of Kindred-Connell, killed by
the Connells themselves by burning a house
uppon him by O’Boyll. Flathvertagh O’Catha-
say, king of Saithne, died. Finn O’Gennan, Bishop
of Killdare, abbot of Monks, at the Nury for a
long tyme, migravit ad Dominum. Brodar mac

The great slaughter of Magh-Lugat by Kyndred-
Owen Telcha-Og, uppon O’Garmleai, Donell
O’Krighan, and O-Fiachraghs, that innumerable
of them were slayne in that skyrmish. Murtagh
O’Neale was slayne by Loghlin O’Loghlin inno-
cently; but Loghlin in revenge of that was
killed by O’Neal’s son. O’Garmleay was mur-
dered by Donell O’Mulrony by the devise of
O’Neale, having dishonored the clearks of Ire-
land, and the reliques or oathes. An army by
Murtagh O’Neall, ‘together with Tyrone, and
Argyalls, to Mandula, to banish O’Gormleay,
where he was slayne as aforesaid, and his head
carried to Ardmagh through Patrick and Colum-
Kill.”"—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.
“A.D. 1160. David Mac Moylecolume, King

1161.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1141

and he placed Diarmaid, son of Domhnall Ui Maeleachlainn, ‘in chieftainship
and lordship over them. There was a pacific meeting at Eas-Ruaidh, between
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair and Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn ; and they sepa-
rated from each other without concluding a peace or armistice. An army was
led by Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, with the people of the north of Ireland
about him, to Ath-na-Dairbhrighe*, for the purpose of taking the [hostages of
the] men of Meath and the men of Breifne. An army was led by Ruaidhri
Ua Conchobhair to Magh-Gartchon’, to relieve Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, lord of
Breifne, and Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath. But God separated
them, without battle or conflict, without peace, without armistice. A fleet was
brought by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair upon the Sinainn, and upon Loch-Derg-
dhere; and he took the hostages of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain and the Dal-
gCais.

The Age of Christ, 1161. Aedh Ua hOissen, Archbishop of Tuam, head
of the piety and chastity of Leath-Chuinn ; Tadhg Ua Longargain, Bishop of
Thomond ; Isaac Ua Cuanain, Bishop of Eile and Ros-Cre’, a virgin, and chief
senior of East Munster ; Maelbhrenainn Ua Ronain, Bishop of Ciarraighe Lu-
achra*; and Imhar Ua hInnreachtaigh, airchinneach of Mucnamh, and [who had
been] lord of Ui-Meith for a time, died. Raghnall Ua Dalaigh, ollamh of Des-
mond in poetry, died. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, took the ,
hostages of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain. An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Con-
chobhair, with the Connaughtmen, and Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, with the men
of Breifne, into Meath, and took the hostages of the Ui-Faelain and the
Ui-Failghe, and left Faelan, the son of Mac Fhaelain, in the lordship of the

of Scottland, Wales, and the borders of England,
the greatest potentate in these parts of Europe,
died. Eugenius Tertius, the Pope, and Con-
rado, the Emperor of Allmayne, died. King
Mortagh granted the kingdome of Meath, from
the river of Synen to the seas, to Moyleaghlyn
mac Murrogh O’Melaghlyn, and the principal-
lity of the O-Byens” [the Ui-Briuin-Breifne]
“to Tyernan O’Royrck, took their hostages, and
returned to his own house.. St. Bernard, abbott
of Clarvall” [Clairvaux], “died. Melaghlyn

mac Murrogh, king of Meath, tooke hostages of
Offaelan and Offalie, for their obedience to
him.”—Ann. Clon.

* Bishop of Eile and Ros-Cre.—This bishop-
rick, which comprised the present baronies of
Clonlisk and Ballybritt, in the King’s County,
and those of Ikerrin and Eliogarty, in the
county of Tipperary, is now a part of the dio-
cese of Killaloe.

* Bishop of Ciarraigh-Luachra : i.e. Bishop of
Kerry, or Ardfert.

aNNaZa RIOShachTA elREANN. (1161.

péchlainn Ua Conéobam in ceis(pnap Ua bPailge.” Sluaighead la Muip-
é(pcach Ua Laclainn 1 nUib Omran, 7 po moip an cip poime Fo paime Lic
mbladma. Tansaccan sal 7 Langin co na pig, Orapmary mac Mupcada,
ma teach connicce pm. Oo pao Ruan Ua Concobain ceitpe byiarsve 66
oan c(nn Ua mbmum, 7 Conmaicne lerte Muman 47 Mide,7 cue Ua Caclamn
a céiccead comlén vopom. Oo pad ona, cog Laigtn wile vo Ohanmaio
Mac Mupchada. Ri Epeann ona cen ppepabpa Mumpefpeac Ua Caclamn
von cup pm. Oo pad an le pc&ame 06 von Mhidve 00 Ohapmare Ua Mhaor-
leaclainn, 7 baor an leat ole occ Ruadpi Ua Concobaip. Ro po Ua Lac-
lamn oa tis 1apom. Oo pao ona OQiapmare Ua Maolp(chlann bfno
CAncsgaile 00 Ohia 7 06 [Chanan]. Slogl ole la hUa Uaclainn1 Mise n
ccomdail pip nEpeann, laecharb, clénéib co he na Oapbpige,7 po sab a
mbnargoe wile. Ap von cup pin po paonarce cealla CholaimChille hi Mide 4
hn Caigmb la comanba Colaim Chile, Plaitb (peach Ua bpolcain,7 cugad 06 a
cceain,] a pmacc vain pobtap oaona poime pin. Cucint Opnarge vo tabaine
la Plaitbfpcach Ua mbpolcam, 7 apead ba dion 06 peace Pcie Dam, acc
apé prach po coibsead ann fiche umnge ap ceitprcéd ovaingeat Fil. Gopparwd
Ua Ragallaig vo manbad hi cCfhanour la Maolpeaclainn Ua Ruame. Oo
pocaip ona, a mac Giolla lop lap an Maolpeaclainn céona apnabanach.
Geach vo sabail vo Chatal Ua Ragallang, 1. mac Gopnada, pon Maolpfch-
lainn Ua Ruaine pon lap Slame, 7 po manbad ann Muinéfpcac Ua Ceallang,
cigfna Onls,7 a bh «a. Inveanb, Insti Ui Cammoealbam. Tlpna imonpo
Maolpeaclamn ap von cup pin. Maidm pa nOomnall Caomanac, mac mic
Mupchada, 7 pia nUib Cemnpealag pop Ghallaib Loca Capman, vf 1 ccon-
cpaccap ile im Ua nOomnall. Macudan, mac mic Cpondin, cis (pna Carp-

1142

> Leac-Bladhma.—Now Lickblaw, or Leckbla, correctly as follows :

a well-known place in the barony of Fore, and —

county of Westmeath.—See note ", under A. D.
1027, p. 514, supra.

° Beann-Artghaile: i.e. Artghal’s Peak or
Pinnacle. Now unknown. This passage, which
is left imperfect in all the copies of the Annals
of the Four Masters, is here restored from Ma-
geoghegan’s translation of the Annals of Clon-
macnoise. Dr. O’Conor translates it very in-

“ Dedit deinde Diarmitius O’Maolseachlan,

—ucorem Artgali?” [6eno Anzgaile] “ Deo et

ei.” It should be: ‘*Contulit tune Diarmitius
O’Maelseachlainn Benn-Artghali” [Pinnam Art-
ghali, pagum terre in Midia] ‘“ Deo et sancto
Kiarano.”

4 Ath-na-Dairbhrighe.—N ow Dervor, in Meath.
See note *, under A. D. 1160, supra.

* Domhnall Caemhanach : anglicé Donnell Ka-

1161.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1143

Ui-Faelain, and Maelseachlainn Ua Conchobhair in the lordship of Ui-Failghe.
An army was led by Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn into Ui-Briuin, and he plun-
dered the country before him, until he arrived at Leac-Bladhma”. The foreigners
and the Leinstermen, with their king, Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, came into his
house there. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair gave him four hostages for Ui-Briuin,
Conmhaiene, the half of Munster and Meath ; and Ua Lochlainn gave him his
entire province [of Connaught]. He also gave the entire province of Leinster
to Diarmaid Mac Murchadha. Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn was therefore, on
this occasion, King of Ireland without opposition. He gave the half of Meath
which came to him to Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, and the other half was in
the possession of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair. After this Ua Lochlainn returned
to his house. Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn granted Beann-Artghaile® to God
and [St. Ciaran]. Another army was led by Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn into
Meath, to attend a meeting of the men of Ireland, both laity and clergy, at
Ath-na-Dairbhrighe’; and he obtained all their hostages. It was on this occa-
sion the churches of Colum-Cille in Meath and Leinster were freed by the suc-
cessor of Colum-Cille, Flaithbheartach Ua Brolchain ; and their tributes and
jurisdiction were given him, for they had been previously enslaved. The visi-
tation of Osraighe was made by Flaithbheartach ; and the tribute due to him
was seven score o¥en, but he selected, as a substitute for these, four hundred
and twenty ounces of pure silver. Godfrey Ua Raghallaigh was killed at
Ceanannus, by Maelseachlainn Ua Ruairc. His son, Gilla-Isa [Ua Raghal-
laigh], also fell by the same Maelseachlainn, on the following day. A house
was [forcibly] taken by Cathal Ua Raghallaigh, i. e. the son of Godfrey, against
Maelseachlainn Ua Ruairc, in the middle of Slaine; and there were killed
therein Muircheartach Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Breagha, and his wife, i.e. Indearbh,
daughter of Ua Caindealbhain. Maelseachlainn, however, made his escape on
this occasion. A victory was gained by Domhnall Caemhanach*, son of Mac
Murchadha, and the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, over the foreigners of Loch-Carman
[Wexford], where many were slain, together with Ua Domhnall. Matudhan,

vanagh. Keating states that he was so called ster. Giraldus Cambrensis states, in his Hiber-
because he was fostered at Cill-Chaemhain, now xia Expugnata, lib. i. ¢. 3, that this Domhnall
Kilcavan, near Gorey, in the county of Wexford. was the illegitimate son of Dermot, King of
He is the progenitor of the Kavanaghs of Lein- Leinster.—See note ‘, under A. D. 1175.

1144 aNNQaca RIOSshachca elReEGNn. (1162.

pne Sabna, vo tuicim la macanb Mec Congeimle. Oornnall, mac Congalang
mic Conapne Ui Chonéobain Pailge, cana Ua Palse, 00 manbao la
Clomn Mhaohogna. Mardm pia cCuadmurham pon Oheapmuman, 1 czop-
can Maolplchlamn, mac Ceallacain, mac mec Cantarg,7 Amlaoib Ua Oonn-
chada co pochawib ole. ~Maidm oile ona, lap an luce céona pon Oecapmu-
mam 1 cconcaip Cod Ua Caoim, cigfpna Pipmuige,7 04 Ua Anmcava,
Lomgfp ofmnacda vo parcpin pop Cuan Haillme, 7 pad oce peolad 1 nagar
Oun Salle vo lopecad apabanach oa vars. Oornall, mac
Conmfoa Ui Laesaccin, taoipeac Clomne Suibne, do mapbad la Rumom
Ua cConcobaip, 1 ngeimul, 1ap mbeit 06 ap Comaince comanba Chiapain.
Fallaman Pionn Ua Pallamain, caoipeac Clone hUavach, v0 éce In
cclénceac.
Qoip Cpiopc, mile céo peapccac a 06. OHpéine, aipoeprcop Ball 4
, Lagtn, paor ecna 7 ibépla, vécc, 7 Lopcan Ua Tuatanl, comapba Caom-
Sn, 00 oiponead ina 1onav la comanba Phacnaice. Catapach Mac Comal-
cain, pp leiginn Ooine Cholaim Chille, vég. Saoi cogaide epfde. Orapmaro
Ua Langtnain, pln lergimn Cluana hUama, pao. Muman, vo mapbad la
hUb Ciapmhane. Tarps eppcorp Maomenn 7 Cummame Pooa vo cabaape a

Haoice.

‘ Cairbre-Gabhra.—Now the barony of Gra-
nard, in the county of Longford.—See it already
mentioned at the years 1103, 1108.

® Aedh Ua Caeimh : anglicé Hugh O’ Keeffe.

* Feara-Muighe.—Now the barony of Fermoy,
in the county of Cork.—See the years 640, 843.
1013, 1080.

* Demon ships.—Dr. O’Conor translates this
“ naves bellice,” p. 807; but he mistakes the
meaning intended by the Four Masters. O’Fla-
herty translates the passage as follows, in his
Chorographical Description of West Connaught :
‘Anno 1161. Fantastical ships were seen in
the harbour of Galway-Dun to saile against the
wind, and the next day Galway-Dun took fire.”
—pp. 31, 32.

The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon-
macnoise give the events of this year as follows:

“A. D. 1161. O’Hossen, Archbishop of Con-

naght, migravit ad Donlinum. The visitation of
Ossory made by the Coarb of Colum Kill,
Flathvertagh O’Brolchan, and had 27 gifts col-
lected for him; 420 ounces of pure sylver, viz.:
30 ounces in each gift. Geffry O’Relly kylled.
An army by Murtagh O?’Loghlin in Tir-Briuin,
and went over at Cloneois through the country,
and Tiernan” [O’Roirk] “left his campe for
them, From thence to Tibrat-Messan-Argiallay
and Ulta” [came] “thither to them Mac Mu-
racha, with Leinstermen, and a battle of Eng-
lish” [recté, a battalion of Galls or Danes], ‘‘ that
they went all to Moy-Tethva. O’Conor came
over the Senan, and gave pledges to O’Logh-
lin, and O’Neale gave him his whole contry”
[5th of Ireland]. “A house taken by Cathal
O’Rely uppon Maelaghlin O’Rorke, in the midst
of Slany, where Murtagh O’Kelly, King of
Bregh, with a number of his chiefs about him. —

1162.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1145

grandson of Cronan, lord of Cairbre-Gabhra‘, fell by the sons of Mac Congeimhle.
Domhnall, son of Conghalach, son of Cuaifne Ua Conchobhair Failghe, Tanist
of Ui-Failghe, was slain by the Clann-Maelughra. A battle was gained by the
people of Thomond over those of Desmond, wherein were slain Maelseachlainn,
son of Ceallachan, grandson of Carthach, and Amhlaeibh Ua Donnchadha, and
many others. Another battle was gained by the same party over the people of
Desmond, wherein were slain Aedh Ua Caeimh’, lord of Feara-Muighe’, and
two of the Ui-Anmchadha. Demon ships' were seen on the Bay of Gaillimh,
and they sailing against the wind. The fortress on the day following was con-
sumed by fire. Dombhnall, son’ of Cumeadha Ua Laeghachain, chief of Clann-
Suibhne, was’slain by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, in fetters, he being under the
protection of Ciaran. Fallamhan Finn Ua Fallamhain died in religion.

The Age of Christ, 1162. Greine*, Archbishop of the foreigners and
Leinster, distinguished for his wisdom and knowledge of various languages’,
died ; and Lorcan Ua Tuathal™, successor of Caeimhghin, was appointed to his
place by the successor of Patrick. Cathasach Mac Comhaltain’, lector of Doire-
Choluim-Chille, died : he was a distinguished scholar. Diarmaid Ua Laighnen,
lector of Cluain-Uamha, was killed by the Ui-Ciarmhaic. The.relics of Bishop
Maeinenn and of Cummaine Foda were removed from the earth by the clergy

Melaghlin escaped. Iver O’Hinreghtay, Air-
chinnech of Mucknoa, and king of Imeth a
while, died. Another army by O’Neale” [recté,
O’Loghlin], “‘into Meath, to meet all Ireland,
both Clergy and laytie, to Ath-Darbre, where
he tooke all their pledges. In that journey
were the churches of Colum-Kill made free by
Coarb of Colum, viz.: Flathvertagh O’Brolchan,
and he had his dutyes and domination; for they
were not free before that.”

“A, D. 1161. O’Klocan, Cowarb of Saint
Columbekill, in Kells, died. King Mortagh
went to Dublin, and caused the Danes to sub-
mit themselves to him, and acknowledge him as
their king, and gave them 1200 cowes in their
pays, because he employed them before in di-
vers services.”

* Greine.—He is called Gregorius by Ware
and others. He was of Danish descent, and was
consecrated at Lambeth by Ralph, Archbishop
of Canterbury, in 1121.—See Ussher’s Sylloge,
p- 98; and Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops,
p- 31.

' Various languages.— Vir eximia sapientia,
et variarum linguarum peritid preclarus.”—
Trias Thaum., p. 309.

= Lorcan Ua Tuathail : i.e. Laurence 0’ Toole.
—See note *, under the year 1180; Colgan’s
Trias Thaum., p. 309; and Harris’s edition of
Ware’s Bishops, p. 312, et sequent.

= Cathasach mac Comhaltain.—“ A. D, 1162.
Cathasachus, filius Comaltani, Scholasticus seu
professor Theologie Ecclesiz Dorensis, prestan-
tissimus, obiit.”—Zrias Thaum., p. 505,

7G

aNNaZa RIOSshachTa eIReEGNN. |

1146 (1162.

calmam lé parhad bpénainn, 7 po cumpead pepin curmoargte 1ompa. Carpbpe
Mac Samuel, apo olla Epeann In pemb(nn, véce m Apo Maca an 4 la
Febpu. Mampeip manach oce lubap Cmncpecca vo lopeead co na huilib
aomb 7 leabpab 7 bedp an cuban 00 cup Pacparc pérpm. Imleac lubann
co na ceampal vo lopccad. Eppcancad na cciged o clmpal Oorpe vo
dénam la comanba Colaim Cille Plaitb(pcac Ua bpolédin,7 la Muipefpeac
Ua Laclainn, la pi5 Epeann, 7 po cégbaie o¢cmogac ceag nd ni ap wille ap
m maigin 1 pabaccap, 7 Carpeal an uplaip v0 dénamn la comanba Colaim
Cille beép,7 00 bene mallacc popr an cf n6 ciocpad tap. Sfhad cléipech
n€peann 1m comapba Phacpanrce, Giolla mac ace, mac Ruawm, h cClaon-
aid, aipm 1 pabaccan pé heprcorp piclc 50 nabadaib 1omda, oce (pail magla
7 pobép, pop pina’ Epeann, laechaib cléipchib,7 ap oon cup pin po cmnple
clémgs Eneann na bad plplerginn 1 cell 1 nEpimn an plp na bad valca Cpoa
Maca céoup. Cuainc Cenél Cogan vo tabainc la comapba Phacnaicc,
Hiolla mac lacc, mac Ruawpi, 04 nac ppi¢ a honpamail pemmpe. Sluaiglo
la Mupcfpcac Ua Lachlan co ccuaipcent Eneann, 7 co bpfraib Mive, 7 Fo
ccat vo Chonnaccaib an aon pnd, co he chat opopbaip pop Shallarb.
Acc po impéd Ua Laclainn gan cat, gan gialla, 1ap nmopead Pine Hall.
Ro pagaib ona, Laigms 7 Whoig 1 ccoccad pon Shallaib. Oo ponad pid
lanam eiccin Hhallaib, 7] Ohaowdealaib, 7 vo pavad pléc picic uinge dip 6
Hhallaib oo Ua Lachlainn, 7 vo pavad cing pichite winge v6p 6 Ohapmaio
Ua Maoil(chlainn vo Ruaom Ua cConcobaip, oan éfnn lantaip Moe. Ceall
Ua Nilucain, 7 Rop Mive vo paonad vo Ohapmais Ua Maolpectainn vo

° The clergy of Brenainn: i.e. the clergy of
Clonfert, in the county of Galway, where St.
Maeinenn was interred in 570, and St. Cumin in
661,—See p. 207, and note *, under A. D. 661,
p: 271, supra.

” A separation of the houses.—This passage is
translated by Colgan as follows :

* A. D. 1162. Murchertachus Hua Lachluinn,
Rex Hiberniez, et Flathbertus O’Brolchain, Co-
morbanus 8. Columbe curant edificia Ecclesia

_Dorensi vicina destrui: ibique tune demoliti
sunt octuaginta vel amplius edificia. Et Flath-
bertus postea extruxitillum lapideum ambitum,

qui vulgd Caissiol-an-urlair vocatur.”—Trias
Thaum., p. 505.

1A synod—Thus translated by Colgan :

* A, D. 1162. Concilium Cleri Hibernie pre-
sidente Comorbano S. Patricii, Gelasio Roderici °
filio, servatur in loco Claonadh dicto: in quo
comparuerunt viginti sex Episcopi, et plurimi
abbates: et prescripta sunt tam Clero quam
populo Hibernia constitutiones, bonos mores, et
disciplinam concernentes. Illa etiam vice Clerus
Hibernie sancivit ut nullus in posterum in
ulla Hibernia Ecclesia admittatur Fearleginn
(id est, Sacre Paging, seu Theologie professor)

1162.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1147 |
of Brenainn®, and they were enclosed in a protecting shrine. Cairbre Mac
Samuel, chief ollamh of Ireland in penmanship, died at Ard-Macha, on the
4th day of February. The monastery of the monks at Iubhar-Chinntrechta
was burned, with all its furniture and books, and also the yew tree which Pa-
trick himself had planted. Imleach-Iubhair, with its church, was burned. A
separation of the houses? from the church of Doire was caused. by the successor -
of Colum-Cille, Flaithbheartach Ua Brolchain, and by Muircheartach Ua Loch-
lainn, King of Ireland ; and they removed eighty houses, or more, from the
place where they were ; and Caiseal-an-urlair was erected by the successor of
Colum-Cille, who pronounced a curse against any one that should come over it,
A synod? of the clergy of Ireland, with the successor of Patrick, Gillamacliag,
son of Ruaidhri, was convened at Claenadh [Clane], where there were present
twenty-six bishops and many abbots, to establish rules and morality amongst
the men of Ireland, both laity and clergy. On this occasion the clergy of Ire-
land determined that no one should be a lector in any church in Ireland who
was not an alumnus of Ard-Macha before. The visitation of Cinel-Eoghain was
made by the successor of Patrick, Gillamacliag, son of Ruaidhri, the like of which
had not previously occurred. An army was led by Muircheartach Ua Loch-
lainn, accompanied by the people of the north of Ireland, the men of Meath, and
a battalion of the Connaughtmen, to Ath-cliath, to lay siege to the foreigners ;
but Ua Lochlainn returned without battle or hostages, after having plundered
Fine Gall. He left, however, the Leinstermen and Meathmen at war with the
foreigners. A peace was afterwards concluded between the foreigners and the
Irish; and six score ounces of gold were given by the foreigners to O’Lochlainn,
and five score ounces of gold [were paid] by Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn to
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair for West Meath. Cill Ua Nilucain’ and Ros-Mide*

qui non prius fuerit alumnus, hoc est, Ardma- * Ros-Mide ; i. e. St. Mide’s or Ide’s Wood,

chanam frequentaverit Academiam.” — Trias
Thaum., p. 309.

* Cill Ua Nilugain.—This is a. mistake of
transcription by the Four Masters, for Ceall
Ua Milchon, or Cill mac Mitchon, now Kil-
meelchon, in the parish of Lusmagh, barony of
Garrycastle, and King’s County.—See note *,
under A. D. 883, p. 534, supra.

now Rosmead, in the parish of Castletown, ba-
rony of Delvin, and county of Westmeath..

This passage is given in the Annals of Clon-
macnoise under A. D. 1164, thus:

“ Kill-O’Milchon and Rossemide were freed
by Dermott O’Melaughlyn, King of Meath, from
all manner of cesse and presse for ever,in honour
of God and Saint Keyran.

762

- 1148 aNNaza RIOshachta eiReGNn. (1162.

Ohia 7 00 Chandan ap comm pfog plata co bnat. Concoban mac Tad
Un bhniain, v0 mapbad la Muipéfpeach mac mic Toippdealbarg Ui Ohpiam.
Catal, mac mic Catal Uf Mugndm, coipeac Clomne Catal, ppi pé, vécc.
Oonnchad, mac mec Hiollapacpaice, wisfpna Oppaige, véce. Catal Ua
Ragallang, cigfpna Muincipe Maoilmdpda, emeach 7 eangnam Ua mbprim,
vo baohavh. Cpeach la Maolpfchlamn Ua Ruaine 1 cCampppi Ua Ciappoa,
maiom ona pia CCarpppib paippiom co bpanceaib ap oaome. Maolpfchlainn,
mac Tig(pnam Uf Ruane, piogdamna Spéipne, camvel saipeoid, 7 emis Leite
Chum, vo manbad la Muimncip Maolmspoa, 7 la mac Anna Ui Ruane.
Cneach la Oiapmaro Ua Maolplchlainn, la pig Midve, pop plpaib Sperpne,
7 concain Tadg mac me Cappsamna Ui Silleulcam la ppb Opérpne.
Cpeach la Tis (pnan Ua Ruane an Caippmb Ua Crappda, 7 00 pocamp mac
Mic Pmobaipn Uf Glpudain oon cup pin la Carpppib. Coccad mop eicin
Oeapmumain, 7 Tuadmumain co nofpnad ilcpeaca, 7 sup po manbad an
-oaome (conna. Macpart Ua Machacc, caopeach Ceneoil Lugne, véce.
Mac Oonnchad mic mec Cantarg, 00 Zabarl la Conbmac mac mec Cantang.
Cpeach mop la hUib Pailge 1 n€ile,7 1 nUpmumann, co cucpac buap oipime.

* Muintir-Maelmordha.—This was the tribe- there should be noe Lector-scoller in Ireland

name of the O’Reillys, and it became also that
of their territory in the present county of
Cavan.

The events of this year are given in the An-
nals of Ulster, as follows :

“A. D. 1162. The houses at Dyrei were sun-
dered from the churches by the Coarb of
Colum-Kill, and by the king of Ireland, Mur-
tagh O’Neale” [recté, Mac Neale O’Loghlin]
‘‘where 80 houses, or more, and the wall of Ur-
lar, was made by the Coarb of Colum-Kill, with
acurse to him that would ever come over it.
Imlagh-Ivar, with its church, burnt. The
Coarb of Patrick, Gillamacliag mac Roary, at
Claena, where there were 26 Bishops, with
many Abbotts, persuading good rule and man-
ners; and there did the Clergy of Ireland confer
the degree of Archbishop of Ireland to the
Coarb of Patrick, and” [determined] ‘that

that were not adopted or suffered by Ardmagh.
An army of Murtagh O’Neale, with moster
of Leith-Cuinn, to Magh-Fithard, where they
stayd a whole week burning of corne and townes
of the Galls. The Galls encountered their horse,
and killed six or seven of them, and they’ got
noe good by that jorney. The Galls of Dublin
spoyled by Dermot Mac Murecha, and he bore
greate sway of them, the like was not” [for]
“a greate while before. Green, Bishop of
Dublin and Archbishop of Leinster, quievit.
The Coarb of Patrick ordained Lorkan O Toole
in his place” [from] “‘ being Coarb of Coemgin.”
—Arzin. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Some of the same events are noticed in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise, under the years 1162
and 1163, as follows :

‘* A. D. 1162. Melaghlyn mac Morrogh O’Me-
laghlyn, king of Meath, and the most part of

1162.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1149

were freed by Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, for God and Ciaran, from regal
coigny [cess] for ever. Conchobhar, son of Tadhg Ua Briain, was slain
by Muircheartach, grandson of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain. Cathal, grandson
of Cathal Ua Mughroin, lord of Clann-Cathail for a time, died. Donnchadh,
son of Mac Gillaphadraig, lord of Osraighe, died... Cathal Ua Raghallaigh, lord
of Muintir-Maelmordha‘, head of the hospitality and prowess of the Ui-Briuin,
was drowned. A predatory incursion was made by Maelseachlainn Ua Ruairc
into Cairbre-Ua-Ciardha; but the men of Cairbre defeated him, and he left be-
hind a slaughter of [his] people. Maelseachlainn, son of Tighearnan Ua Ruaire,
royal. heir of Breifne, lamp of the chivalry and hospitality of Leath-Chuinn, was
slain by Muintir-Maelmordha and the son of Annadh Ua Ruairc. A predatory
irruption was made by Diarmaid Ua Maelseachlainn, King of Meath, upon the
men of Breifne ; and Tadhg, grandson of Carrghamhain Ua Gilla-Ultain, was
slain by the men of Breifne. A predatory irruption was made by Tighearnan
Ua Ruaire upon the Cairbri-Ua-Ciardha, on which occasion the grandson of
Finnbharr Ua Gearadhain was slain by the Cairbri. A great war broke out
between Desmond and Thomond; and many depredations were committed, and
men were slaughtered, between them. Macraith Ua Macliag, chief of Cinel-
Lughna, died.. The son of Donnchadh, grandson of Carthach, was taken pri-
soner by Cormac, grandson of Carthach. A predatory incursion was made by
the Ui-Failghe into Eile and Ormond, and they carried off countless cows. The

Lynster, in his prime and flourishing estate, on
the night of Saint Bridgitt, the virgin, died in
his house of Dorrowe. King Mortagh, with his
forces, came to the river of Inneoyn at the
foord of Dongolman, and there tooke hostages
of all the country of Teaffa, and established
Donnogh O’Melaghlyn in the government of
Meath, as king thereof. Tyernan O’Royrck
took prissoner Donnogh O’Kervell, King of
Uriell, and fettered him with irons on his heels.
Soone after Godfrey, or Geffrey O’Rellye, tooke
him away by force from the said Tyernan. The
bridge of Athlone was broken, and the forte
. rased to the earth, by Donnogh O?Melaghlyn,
king of Meath. Donnogh mac Donnell O’Me-
laghlyn, king of Meath, was killed by Murrogh

O’Fynnollan, King of Delvin-more, and by his
sonns, for the great and extortious dealings of
the said Donnogh continually used against
them.

“A. D. 1163. King Mortagh mac Neale went
to Tyrbryun, preyed and spoyled that contrey,
where Dermott mac Morrogh, king of Lynster,
came to his house, and yealded him hostages.
Rowrie O’Connor gave him 12 good hostages.
He granted all the province of Lynster to Der-
mott Mac Murrogh. He gave the one-halfe of
Meath to Dermott O’Melaghlyn, and the other.
half to Rowrie O’Connor, King of Connoght.
Beann-Artgaile was given by Dermott O’Me-
laghlyn, king of Meath, to God and St. Keyran.”
Ann, Clon.

aNNaza RIoshachta erReanN. — * (1163.

Mac Oonnchas mic mec Captaigz vo eli a geimeal. Ui Oromuparg ...
Ceallac, Cabpoga, 7 Culén vo mapbad lé4 Maoilpfchlomn Ua cConcoberp;
cigtpna Ua Pailge, pop lap Cille hachaw. On Copnarmmarg Ua Ouboa,
cisfina Ua nOmalsada vo mapbad la a vepbpine. 3

Cloip Cpiorz, mile céo peapecat acpi. Maolhopa Ua Langtnan, eppcop
Imleaca, 7 comapba Cilbe, Maohopra Ua Concpéin, comapba Comganll, 9
abb cananach 6fnocain, Giollaciapdin Ua Opargnén, comapba Pechin, 4
Maolciapam, apophoip pean Mive, pao: eagna 7 cpabaiw, véce. Giolla-
bmgove Ua Oiomupang, comapba an va Sincell, 7 Callechoomnaill, ingfn
Naoneanaig, ban abb Cluana bponais, 7 comanba Sarmmtainne, vécc. Gleann
va loca vo Lopccad 1m Cné Chandan, 1m Cpé Chaoimgm, 7 1m pecclep an oa
Sincell. Tene aoil 1 parbe ler tng an Zac leé vo dénam la comapba
Cholaim Chille, la Plaitbeancach Ua bpoléam,} la pamad Choluim Chille
FM pé piclc la. Comnmio piogdamna la Niall, mac Mumeclpcong Ui Lach-
lainn la mac pig Epeann pop Let Chuinn. Cread vo deacad co hUlcaib
ancur co Cill plébe. Japp a nQingiallanb, 1 cCip Ghprain, 7 1 Mide, co
no(nna éccne 1omda 1 ccuataib 7 cellaib,7 vo péine cécup 1 cCfhanoup 1
nQpo bpeacain, 1 Poban pecin,7 mm Eacapud Lobpain, hi cCluain mie Nop.
Oo Gow 1ap pm van Ce luain hi cConnaécaib va picle véce a lion 4 do pon-
pac a ccomnmead pon Uib Maine, 7 po manbaic wile la Concoban Ua Ceal-
larg, 7 la Concoban Maonmarse, 7 la hUib Manne cma fell 7 meabarl cén
mo tac peeolunga 7 lucc eluda,7 po sabad Niall, mac Muipcfpemgs Ui Loc-
lainn, | po moonaicfoh plan € via 1H cma comaiple a naipeacc. Muip-
é(pcac Ua Maoilpeclainn, 1. mac Oomnaill, pfosdamna Tempac, vo turcim
vo Opoicle Concaige, 7 a badad 1pin Sabpaind. Mac Pino Ui Chepball,
cigfina Ele CTuaipceinc, 00 mapbad la Oornall, mac. Tomppdealbang

1150

Successor of the two Sinchells : i.e. Abbot of
Cill-achaidh-Droma-foda, now Killeigh, in the
barony of Geshill, King’s County.

* Cro-Chiarain: i.e. St. Ciaran’s or St. Kie-
ran’s house. This was the name of a small
church, near St. Kevin’s Kitchen at Glenda-
lough, in the county of Wicklow.

*Cro-Chaeimhghin: i.e. St. Kevin’s House, now
St. Kevin’s Kitchen, a small church in ruins
near the ruins of the cathedral church at Glen-

dalough.—See Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin and
Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 427-
431.

1A lime-kiln.—* A. D. 1163. Flathbertus
antistes et clerus Dorensis spatio viginti dierum
extruunt et instruunt fornacem septuaginta
pedes undique latum pro calce ad reparationem
Ecclesiz Dorensis excoquenda.”—Trias Thaum.,
p- 505. ‘a

* Eacharadh-Lobrain.—Now Augher, in the

1163. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 151°

son of Donnchadh, grandson of Carthach, escaped from fetters. The Ui-Dima-
saigh, i.e. Ceallach, Cubrogha, and Cuilen, were slain by Maelseachlainn
Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, in the middle of Cill-achaidh. Cosna-
mhaigh Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha, was slain by his own tribe.

The Age of Christ, 1163. Maelisa Ua Laighnain, Bishop of Imleach, and
successor of Ailbhe; Maelisa Ua Corcrain, successor of Comhghall; Gillachiarain
Ua Draighnen, successor of Fechin; and Maelchiarain, chief senior of the men of
‘Meath, a paragon of wisdom and piety, died. Gillabrighde Ua Dimusaigh, suc-
cessor of the two Sinchells"; and Caillechdomhnaill, daughter of Naeneanaigh,
abbess of Cluain-Bronaigh, and successor of Samhthann, died. Gleann-da-locha
was burned, together with Cro-Chiarain* and Cro-Chaeimhghin*, and the
church of the two Sinchells. A lime-kiln’, measuring seventy feet every way,
-was made by the successor of Colum-Cille, Flaithbheartach Ua Brolchain, and
the clergy of Colum-Cille, in the space of twenty days. A royal heir’s feasting
visitation was made by Niall, son of Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, the son of
the King of Ireland, through Leath-Chuinn. He proceeded to Ulidia, and first
to Cill-sleibhe ; afterwards into Airghialla, Tir-Briuin, and Meath; and he com-
mitted various acts of violence in territories and churches, and particularly at
Ceanannus, Ard-Breacain, Fobhar-Fechin, Eacharadh-Lobrain’, and Cluain-mic-
Nois:. He afterwards proceeded across Ath-Luain, into Connaught, with a
force of twelve score men ; and they feasted upon the Ui-Maine, but they were
all killed by Conchobhar Ua Ceallaigh, Conchobhar Maenmhaighe, and the
Ui-Maine, through treachery and guile, except some deserters and fugitives ;
and Niall, son of Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, was taken prisoner, and con-
ducted in safety to his house, by advice of their meeting. Muircheartach
Ua Maelseachlainn, i.e. the son of Domhnall, royal heir of Teamhair, fell off
the bridge of Corcach, and was drowned in the Sabhrann*. The son of Finn
Ua Cearbhaill®, lord of North Eile, was slain by Domhnall, son of Toirdheal-

barony of Deece, county of Meath.—See note °,
under A. D. 1192.

@ The Sabhrann.—This was the ancient name
of the River Lee, in the county of Cork.

» The son of Finn Ua Cearbhaill—He was |

probably Maelruanaidh, son of Finn, who was
son of Domhnall Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Ely-

O’Carroll, who was slain by the Ui-Maine in
A. D. 1071.

The Annals of Ulster notice a few of the same
events under this year, as follows:

«A. D. 1163. Moylisa O’Leyn, Bishop: and
Abbot of Imleach-Ivar, and Abbot of Belagh-
Conglais” [now Baltinglass ] ‘‘in Christo quievit.

“ANNQGZa RIOSshachta EIREGNHN.

1152 (1164.

Ui bhmam. Ch¢emgad Oiapmaoa Ui Mhaolfchlamn la pfpaib Mive, 7 corec
picie unge d6p do tabaipc vo Muipcfpcac Mac Loclaim can cfnn pige
Mie. Cucarpit Ua Pronoallain 00 mapbad la hQloo Ua Ruaipe cma cang-
nace .1. tna meabanl. ale

Coip Cpfort, mile cév peapecat acftonp. Oonnchad Ua dma, «1. mac
Oiapmava, eppeop Cill Oalua, 7 Maolcaoimpin Ua Gopmain, mongipoip
Lugmad apo pao: Epeann, 7 abb mamipcpeac cananac Tfhmamn Pecine
py pé, 00 écc. Teampall mon Ooipe 1 pail occmogac tpargead, vo énam
la comanba Colaim Chille, Plaitb(pcach Ua bpoléam, 7 la pamad Cholarm
Chille, 7 la Muipcfprac Ua Laclainn, la pig Epeann, 7 caypnic a dénam phi
pé clépacac late. Lopccad Apoa Maca, Cluana me Nop, Cluana pica
bpénaimn, 7 Cuama oa sualann. Copcecad Lugmaid ap mo pao ba moo a
cas Oonnchand Uf Cheanbarll, cig fina Oipsiall, 7 Mumefpcac, mac Néill,
pi Gis, 7 mate Cenel Eosain ann ian neaponopugad bacla lopa. Mac
Oonnchada, mic mec Cantaig, vo mapbad la a bnataip la mac Copbmaie.
Cpeach mop la Pfpaib Manach, 7 la hUib Prachpach Apoa ppata i cCin
hUa Cpfocam, cisgfpna Ua Piacpac Apoa Spata, vo Thuicim la
mac Néill Ui Loclaim. Muipéfpcach Ua Tuatal, aZfpnaUa Mupeadang,
7 plait lang(n an emeach 4 gaipecid, vécc 1an notpige. Cuaim Gpéine, 7
Tip oa slap do lopccad. Oabio, mac Oumnpléibe Us Eocada, v0 mapbad
la hUib Eacdaé Ulad 1 ppiull. Maolpfchlomm Ua Concobain Parlse, v0
mapbad la Cloinn Mhaolagna. Amlaoib, mac Giollachaoimsin U1 Cinvdéic-
cig, TS(pna Unmuman, vo dallad la Toipdealbac Ua mObmam.

E6gaun.

tum O’Brolchain, Comorbanum §. Columbe
Kille, Seniores Ecclesiz, et Murchertachum Hi-

Moylisa O’Corkran, Coarb of Comgall, the head
of Ulster devotion, quievit. A lyme-kill made

60 foote on each side by the Coarb of Colum-
kill, Flathvertagh O’Brolchan, and Columkill
his samha” [clergy ] “ for” [recté, in] “ the space
of 20 dayes.””— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

° The great church of Doire.—From this church
the parish of Templemore, which contains the
city of Londonderry, derived its name.—See the
Ordnance Memoir of that parish. This passage
is translated by Colgan as follows:

“A. D. 1164. Ecclesia major Dorensis octua-
_ ginta pedes, sive passus, protensa, per Flathber-

bernie Regem extruitur spatio octuaginta die-
rum.”—Trias Thaum., p. 505.

4 Muircheartach Ua Tuathail._He was the
father of the celebrated St. Lorcan, or Laurence
O'Toole, Archbishop of Dublin.—See note °,
under A. D. 1180; and note 4, under A. D.
1590. This Muircheartach was son of Gilla-
comhghaill, son of Donneuan, son of Gilla-
caeimhghin, son of Gillacomhghaill, son of
Donncuan, the son of Dunlaing, who died A. D.
1013.—See note’, under that year, p. 77, supra.

1164.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

bhach Ua Briain. Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn was deposed by the men of
Meath, and five score ounces of gold were given to Muircheartach Mac Loch-
lainn for the kingdom of Westmeath. . Cucaisil Ua Finnallain was slain by
Aedh Ua Ruaire through treachery, i. e. through guile.

The Age of Christ, 1164. Donnchadh Ua Briain, i. e. the son of Diarmaid,
Bishop of Cill-Dalua ; and Maeleaeimhghin Ua Gormain, master of Lughmhadh,
chief doctor of Ireland, and [who had been] Abbot of the monastery of the
canons of Tearmann-Feichin for a time, died. The great church of Doire’,
which is eighty feet [long], was erected by the successor of Colum-Cille, Flaith-
bheartach Ua Brolchain, by the clergy of Colum-Cille, and Muircheartach
Ua Lochlainn, King of Ireland ; and they completed its erection in the space
of forty days. _Ard-Macha, Cluain-mic-Nois, Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, and Tuaim-
da-ghualann, were burned. Lughmhadh was burned for the most part, [by fire
issuing] from the house of Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla, in
which Muircheartach, son of Niall, King of Aileach, and the chieftains of Cinel-
Eoghain, were [staying], after they had dishonoured the Staff of Jesus. The
son of Donnchadh, grandson of Carthach, was killed by his kinsman, the son
of Cormac. A great prey was taken by the Feara-Manach and the Ui-Fiachrach
of Ard-sratha, in Tir-Eoghain. Ua Crichain, lord of Ui-Fiachrach of Ard-
~ sratha, fell by the son of Niall Ua Lochlainn. Muircheartach Ua Tuathail*‘,
lord of Ui-Muireadhaigh, and chief of Leinster in hospitality and prowess, died
after penance. Tuaim-Greine and Tir-da-ghlas were burned. David, son of
Donnsleibhe Ua hEochadha, was killed by the Ui-Eathach-Uladh, by treachery.
Maelseachlainn Ua Conchobhair Failghe, was slain by the Clann-Maelughra.
Ambhlaeibh, son of Gillacaeimhghin Ua Ceinneidigh, lord of Ormond, was
blinded by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain.

1153

The Annals of Ulster give a few of the events
of this year as follows :

“A. D.1164. Donogh O’Brien, Bishop of
Killdalua, in Christo quievit. Sawarly mac Gill-
adomnan, and his son, and the slaghter of Irish,
Kintyremen, Insi-Gall, and Galls-of Dublin,
. about him, Part of Ardmagh burnt. The great
church of Dyrei built by the Coarb of Colum-
Kill, by ssa ia mac in Espug O’Brolchan,

by Sama-Coluim-Kille” [the clergy of Derry],
“and by Murtagh O’Neale” [recté, Murtagh
mac Neale O’Loghlin], ‘‘ Archking of Ireland.”
—(Ood. Clarend., tom. 49.

It is stated in the Dublin copy of the Annals
of Innisfallen that a wonderful castle was erected
in this year at Tuaim-da-ghualann by Ruaidhri,
or Roderic O’Conor. In Harris’s edition of
Ware’s Antiquities, p. 181, it is stated that this

TH

(1165.

Clip Cyforc, mile céo pearccac a cing. MasnapUa Canannéan, cigfna
Cenel Conall, vécc. Coccad mép, 7 commécpeachad erin pina’ Midve, 5
pina’ bperpne. Sicmus Ua Ruaipc, conn: bperpne, oo thapbad la
hUa Ciappda 7 la Carppmib. Cpeac mop la Rup Ua cConcobaip, 7 la
cérgea Chonnace ule pon Camnpmb 1 noroganl Sicpiucea. Cpeach orle lap
na plpaib céona pon plpab bpeas, 7 pop Saemb, 7 pon Urb Colgan go po
omecple an cip wile. Ro ¢mallpac ula iompud an Mhumpefpcach Ua Cach-
lainn,7 vo émHople pluag pon Uib Mée,7 pucepac bt, po manbrac ale.
Cpeac ona, leé pop Ub bpeapal Cineip,7 cpeac ole pon Oheal Riava.
Sléicc(d mén la Muipc(pcac 1apam éiccip Cenel Conall, Gogam, 7 Cip-
sallaib mn Ulcoib, 7 po cnoitplc,7 po apsyple an cip mle cen mo tac. ppm
cealla Ulad,7 cucpac an oipime an daoimb, 1m ECacmancac mac Giolla
eppcorb, 7 1m Ua Lomain,7 po honnanbad Coca, mac Ounnplebe a hUlcorb,
1an mbein a pige de, 7 00 paopac Ulaid wile 1 ngeill oUa Coclamn @ neant
mse. Cwd Muincfpcac Ua Loclainn co Cenel Eogam co hlmp Cacam po
loipceple 7 po mainrac animnp. TFarcc 1anam Cenel nEogam ora ccigib
lan ccopsan co névalaib mdble, 7 co Longnb 1omda led. Oo deachad 1apam
Ua Caclamn co hOpo Maca. Tarmic vin. Oonnchad Ua Ceanbaall cisfpna
Oinsiall, 7 Eochaw Mac Ounnypléibe hi ccomdcal Muine(peags vo cungid
se donidip) vo Mac Oumnpléibe. Oo pao Ua Laclaimn an pige 06 dan
cfno siall nUlaovh wile, cucc Cochawd mac sac cops vo Uleab 06,4 a
ingfm péem a ngiallnap vo Ua Caclainn, 7 cucta pedio 1omda 06 1m cloilm
mec an lanla,7 oo pao beop baipce vo Ua Coclamn, 7 cus Mumpeficac
oUa Ch(pbanll po céo6in 1. 00 Oonnchad, 7 cuccad ona, baile vo clénchb
Sabaill cma pat psge Mhec Loclamn. ToippdealbacUa bpiam vo ménigad
la Muipc(pcaé mac Tompdealbarg, 7 a ronnanbad 1 Largnib. Slagls la

1154 anNata RIOshachtd eiReaNn.

wonderful castle was erected in the year 1161.
—See Hardiman’s edition of O’Flaherty’s Cho-
rographical Description of West Connaught, p. 25,
note ?.

* Inis- Lochain.—Now Inisloughan, a remark-
able earthen fort in the barony of Upper Mas-
sareene, ‘county of Antrim, near the boundary
of the county of Down. This fort is called
Enishlaghlin by Fynes Moryson, who deseribes

it as in Killultagh : “ The fort of Enishloghlin,
seated in the midst of a great bog, and no way
accessible but through thick woods, very hardly
passable. It had about it two deep ditches,
both compassed with strong pallisadoes, a very
high and thick rampart of earth and timber,
and well flanked with bullworks.”—History of
Ireland, vol. ii. p. 190.

-! The sword of the son of the Earl.—This was

1165.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. _ ss

~The Age of Christ, 1165. Maghnus Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill,
died. A great war and mutual depredations between the men of Meath and
the men of Breifne. . SitricUa Ruaire, Tanist of Breifne, was killed by Ua Ciar-
dha and the Cairbri. A great depredation was committed by RuaidhriUa Con-
chobhair, and the people of all the province of Connaught, upon the Cairbri, in
revenge of Sitric. Another depredation by the same, upon the men of Breagha,
the Saithni, and the Ui-Colgain ; and they plundered the whole country. The
Ulidians began to turn against Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, and proceeded
with a force against the Ui-Meith, and carried off cows, and slew many persons.
They made another depredatory irruption upon the Ui-Breasail-Airthir, and
another upon the Dal-Riada. A great army was afterwards led by Muirchear-
tach [Ua Lochlainn], consisting of the Cinel-Conaill, Cinel-Eoghain, and Air-
ghialla, into Ulidia; and they plundered and spoiled the whole country, except
the principal churches of Ulidia; and they made a countless slaughter of men,
and slew, among others, Eachmarcach Mac Gilla-Epscoib and Ua Lomain; and
they banished Eochaidh Mac Duinnsleibhe from Ulidia, after having deprived
him of his kingdom; and all the Ulidians gave their hostages to Ua Lochlainn
for his: royal power. Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn proceeded with the Cinel-
Eoghain to Inis-Lochain*’, and burned and destroyed the island. The Cinel-
Eoghain afterwards returned to their houses in triumph, with vast spoils and
many ships. Ua Lochlainn then went to Ard-Macha, whither Donnchadh
Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla, and Eochaidh Mac Duinisleibhe, came to
meet Muircheartach, to request that he would again restore Mac Duinnsleibhe
to his kingdom. Ua Lochlainn gave him the kingdom, in consideration of
receiving the hostages of all Ulidia ; and Eochaidh gave him a son of every
chieftain in Ulidia, and his own daughter, to be kept by Ua Lochlainn as a
hostage ; and many jewels were given him, together with the sword of the son
of the Earl’. He also gave up [the territory of] Bairche* to Ua Lochlainn, who
immediately granted it to Ua Cearbhaill, i.e. Donnchadh ; and a townland was
_ granted to the clergy of Sabhall, for the luck of the reign of Mac Lochlainn.
Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain was deposed by Muircheartach, son of Toirdheal-
bhach, and expelled into Leinster. An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Con-

evidently a sword which Mac Duinnsleibhe had 8 Bairche.—Now. the barony of Mourne, in
won from the Danes of the Hebrides. the south of the county of Down.
7H2

1156 anNnaza RIoghachta e€IReGNN. — (1166.

Ruawp Ua cConcobaip go Comaccab go Ofpmuman co ccangaccap
maize Oeapmuman ma teach imma ceig(pna Oiapmaio mac Conbmaic Méc
Captag. Oornall Mac Giollapaccparce, cislina Oppose, v0 mapbad la
Langip Ui Mhépda. Macparé Ua Concobarp, agfpna Crapparge Cuacna,
véce 1ap naitmge. Plpgal Ua Maolmuaw, mgfpna Pip cCeall, 7 Cenél
Fiaéach, camvel saipec y ermg pip Mide, 00 mapbad la hUib Spaccam.
Hiollacmope Ua Maoilbpénamn, canrpeac Clomne Concobarp, véce,

Cop Cpiorc, mile cév peapccac a pé. Grollamacanblén Ua hOnmeada,
comapba bpénainn Cluana pfpca, 00 écc. Celecarn Ua Congaile, ainéindeac
cige aoivhead Cluana mic Noip, 7 Giolla na naom Ua Ceallaig, comapba
Us Suanmg ln Ratan, vécc.. Scpin Manéain Maorla, ve cumoach la
Ruawm Ua Conéobaip,7 pop bnac sip vo tabaipe campy) larp pei ap veach
po cumoais(o peachal a nEpinn. Macpait Ua Mopain vo atcup a epreo-
pave, Giolla Cmorc Ua hEochawd vo oiponfo 1 catain Conmaiene 1apecain.
Apo Maca vo lopcad na oi ppert 6 Cnoip Cholaam Chille co,Cpoip Eppeorp
Eogai, 7 6 Chnoip Eappeorp GCogam an vana ppeit co Cnoip Oopmp pata,
jan pat ule co na ceamplaib cenmota pecclep Pal Plcaip,7 uate
vo ti51b ancfna, 7 Speicth pp parch aman 6 ta Cporp Sfchnaall co Cnoip
mopigoe acc mad bf. Ooipe Cholaim Chille sup an Omb pecclep vo

» Laeighis- Ui-Mordha: i.e. Leix, O’More’s
country.

{Mac Neale O’Loghlin] “gave the domination
to Mac Dunleve, and all Ulster gave their

The Annals of Ulster give the events of this
year as follows:

“ A. D. 1165. Tirlagh O’Brien banished from
his kingdume of Munster by his son, Murtagh,
who tooke the kingdome himselfe after his
father. The revolt of Ulster against O’Loghlin;
and an army made uppon Imeth, and tooke
many cowes and killed. An army by the same
uppon O-Bressalls easterly, and another uppon.
Dalriada, An army of Murtagh O’Neale” [recté,
of Murtagh mac Neale O’Loghlin], “ both
Connells, Owens, and Argialls, and preyed all
the country save” [only] “the prime churches
of Ulster, and killed many of them about Mac
Gillesbog and O’Lomany, and banished Eochy
mac Dvinnleve out of Ulster, and O?Neale”

pledges to O’Neale” [recté, mac Neale O’Logh-
lin] ‘through his kingly power. Dermot mac
Mic Artan, the most liberall and stout of all
O-Neachachs, mortuus est. An army of English
and Galls of Dublin, with the Empresse’s son,
to conquer Wales; were there halfe a yeare
bickering and battering, and yet could not pre-
vayle; et reversi sunt sine pace retro. Mboileo-
lumb Cennmor (Great head) mac Enrick, the
best Christian of Irish Scotts, archking of all
Scotland, full of all goodness, mortuus est. An

army by Murtagh O’Nell” [recte, Murtagh mac

Neale O’Loghlin] ‘and Kindred-Owen to Inish-
Lachan, burnt the Iland and pulled it downe, -
until Ulster gave their pledges to O’Nele”
[recté, to Mac I.oghlin]. “ Kindred-Owen about

1166.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1157

chobhair and the Connaughtmen to Desmond; and the chiefs of Desmond came
into his house, with their lord, Diarmaid, son of Cormac Mac Carthy. Domh-
nall Mac Gillaphadraig, lord of Osraighe, was slain by the people of Laeighis-
Ui-Mordha®. Macraith Ua Conchobhair, lord of Conchobhair, died after
penance. Fearghal Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall and Cinel-Fiachach,
lamp of the prowess and hospitality of the men of Meath, was slain by the
Ui-Bracain. Gillachrist Ua Maelbhrenainn, chief of Clann-Conchobhair, died.
The Age of Christ, 1166. Gillamacaiblen Ua hAnmchadha, successor of
Brenainn of Cluain-fearta, died. Celechair Ua Conghaile, airchinneach of the
Teach-aeidheadh at Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Gilla-na-naemh Ua Ceallaigh, succes-
sor of Ua Suanaigh at Rathain, died. The shrine of Manchan, of Maethail’,
was covered by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, and an embroidering of gold was
carried over it by him, in as good a style as a relic was ever covered in Ireland.
Macraith Ua Morain resigned his bishopric; and Gillachrist Ua hEochaidh was
afterwards appointed to the chair of Conmhaicne*. Ard-Macha' was burned in
two streets, from the Cross of Colum-Cille to the Cross of Bishop Eoghan, and
from the Cross of Bishop Eoghan in the second street to the Cross at the door
of the fort, and all the fort with its churches, except the church of SS. Paul and
Peter, and a few of the houses, and a street to the west of the fort, from the Cross
of Seachnall to the Cross of Brighit, except a little. Doire-Choluim-Chille”,
together with the Duibh-Regles, was burned. Lughmhadh, Sord-Choluim-

O’Loghlin came home with great triumph, many -—-Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

shipps, and great booties. O’Neale” [recté, Mac
Neale] “from thence to Ardmagh, whither
came Donogh O’Caroll, Archking of Argiall,
and Eochay Mac Dunleave, to meete O’Neale”
[recté, Mac Neale], “to persuade him to give
his kingdome to Mak Dunleve, all which

O’Neale” [recté, Mac Neale] ‘“ granted for.

pledges of all Ulster, so that Mac Duinleve
gave every chieftaine’s son, and his owne daugh-
ter, as pledges to O’Loghlin, and gave him many
jewells, together with the Earl’s son’s sword,
and bestowed the land of Barcha upon him, and
— O’Nell” [recté, Mac Nele O’Loghlin] “gave it
to O’Caroll, and a towne was given to the
Clearkes of Savall to prosper O’Loghlin’s reigne.”

i Maethail..Now Mohill, a small town in the
barony of the same name, in the county of
Leitrim, where St. Manchan erected a monas-
tery about A. D. 608.—See Ussher’s Primordia,
pp. 969, 970; and Archdall’s Monasticon Hiber-
nicum, p. 410.

* The chair of the Conmhaicne : i.e. the bishop-
ric of Ardagh.—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s
Bishops, p. 250.

1 Ard-Macha.—See this passage, given nearly
word for word as in the text of the Four Mas-
ters, by Colgan, from the Life of Gelasius.—
Trias Thaum., p. 309.

™ Doire- Choluim-Chille—“ A. D. 1166. Doria
Divi Columbe usque ad Ecclesiam que Duibh-

“anNaza RIoghachca erReann.

lopecad. Cugbad, Supo Cholaim Chille,7 Apo b6, vo lopecad. ed
Ua Maelpaball, cig(pna Caippcce bpacharde, do manbad la mac Nell
Ui Loclaim. €ochad mac Oumnrplebe Ui Eochada, pi Ulad, cup sarpccr,
7 emg na nGaowweal, vo dallad la Muipefpcach Ua Loclamn, 7 an cpiup
ba peapp vo Ohal Apaide 1. 04 thac Lomgpig. mac mic Cataparg Ui Plac-
pae, vo manbad lap an pig ccfcna van comaipge comapba Phaccpaice, 7
bacla lopa, Ohonnchad Ui Cipball, as(pna Oipsiall,7 oap comaipge mind,
laec 7 clénec cumpceint Epfon wile. Slucaglo la Oonnchad Ua cCeapbarlt
ian pin hh cTip nEoccam vo ofogail emg Phacpaice, 7 a ems pém. Tpit
cata comména lion a plug, cat Omsiall, cat Ua mbpmin Opéipne,7 cat
Conmaicne. Rangaccap na plog pin co Leicip Cum 1 Plohab Ua n€acdae
1 cCin ECogam, imma compndime 0616 7 00Ua Laclaimo,7 v0 Chenél Gogain.co
nuatad ploig, Peccan cat amnup eccpdcain fecoppa oiblamb, 7 po meabauo
pon Chenél n€ogain, 7 po manbad Muimpcfpcach Ua Cachlaimn, capopi
Eneann urle, an cainveal sale, 7 saipecrd, ems, 7 Cnsnama 1aptaip: domain
ma né, pp an nan bpipl cat na comlann piam 50 pin, 7 po bmp rolcata. Ro
mapbad ina pappad ipm cat hi pn hUa Giollalaimne, 7 hUa hOlomanll, oa
ToIpedc ToZaide iaovpive,7 Mac Hillemancam, corpeac Cenél Peanadarg co
pochaioib ole. Oy acc caipngipe cata Let caimm,7 an cata po po pad
Oadcianéce 1. naom a hCiptecal :

1158

Lech Camm, .
Oo paetpac mon ngfpacc ano,
Canpupcain occ Cecip Lam,

Cid cian, cid cuin, 1p cid mall.

regles appellatur, incendio devastatur.”— Trias
Thaum., p. 505.
. The preposition co in this sentence is doubt-
ful, for it may signify either with, or together
with, or as far as. Colgan has taken it in the
latter sense ; but it is clear from the Annals of
Ulster that he is in error. :

" Ard-bo.—Now Arboe, in the barony of Dun-
gannon, county of Tyrone, and about two miles

west from Lough Neagh.—See note under A. D.
1103.

° Leitir-Luin.—This name is now obsolete;
but it is mentioned in an Inquisition (U/onia,
No. 4, Jac. I.) as situated in le Fues, and as hay-
ing belonged to the abbey of Peter and Paul,
Armagh. It was granted to Sir Toby Caulfield
(Ultonia, Armagh, 40 Car. I. and 10 Car. IL),
and from the denominations mentioned in con-
nexion with it we may safely infer that it is
situated in the parish of Newtown-Hamilton,
barony of Upper Fews, and county of Armagh.
See the Ordnance Map, Armagh, sheet 28. _

.

1166] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1159

Chille, and Ard-bo", were burned. Aedh Ua Maelfubhaill, lord of Carraig-
Brachaidhe, was slain by the son of Niall Ua Lochlainn. Eochaidh Mac Duinn-
sleibhe Ua hEochadha, pillar of the prowess and hospitality of the Irish, was
blinded by Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn; and the three best men of the Dal-
Araidhe, ise. two Mac Loingsighs, and the grandson of Cathasach Ua Flathrae,
were killed by the same king, in violation of the protection of the successor of
Patrickand the Staff of Jesus; of Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla;
and in violation of the protection of the relics; laity, and clergy of all the north
of Ireland: After this an army was led by Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, into
Tir-Eoghain, to revenge [the violation of] the guarantee of Patrick and his
own guarantee. Three large battalions was the number of his army, [i. e.] the
battalion of Oirghialla, the battalion of Ui-Briuin, i. e. of Breifne, and the bat-
talion of Conmhaicne. These hosts. arrived at Leitir-Luin®, in the Feadha of
Ui-Eachdhach, in Tir-Eoghain?. When these met Ua-Lochlainn and the Cinel-
Eoghain with a few troops, a fierce and merciless battle was fought. between
them, in which the Cinel-Eoghain were defeated, with the loss of Muirchear-
tach Ua Lochlainn, Monarch of all Ireland, the chief lamp of the valour, chivalry,
hospitality; and prowess of the west of the world in his time ; a man who had
never been defeated in battle or conflict till that time, and who had gained
many battles... There were slain along with him in the battle, Ua Gillalainne
and Ua hAdhmaill, two distinguished chieftains, and Mac Gillamartain, chief of
Cinel-Fearadhaigh, with many others. It was to foretell the battle of Leath-
Caimm and this battle, Dachiarog’, i. e. the saint of Airegal, said:

Lethi-Cam !

Great heroes shall perish there,

They shall be caught at Leitir-Luin,
Though far, though late, though slow.

® In Tir-Eoghain : i.e. in Tyrone. The reader
is to bear in mind that the Cinel-Eoghain had
by this time extended their territory far beyond
the limits of the present county of Tyrone.

4 Dachiarog.—He is the patron saint of Erigal- .

Keeroge, in Tyrone.—See this quatrain already
‘quoted under the year 825, p. 429, supra. It is
quite clear that the Four Masters took Leithi-

Luin, there mentioned to be the same as the
Leitir-Luin, where King Muircheartach, son of
Niall O’Lochlainn ; but their identity is ques-
tionable, as the Leithi-Luin referred to at A. D.
825, is in the vicinity of Magh-Einir, the plain
in which the church of Donaghmore, near Ar-
magh, is situated; but Leitir-Luin is in the
Feadha of Ui-Eachdhach, now the Fews.

1160 anNNazta RIoshachta elReaNN. (1166.
Slang lé Ruadm Ua Concobaip co hEap Ruaw,7 po gab Zell Cenél
Conall. Slagl la Ruadp1 Ua cConcobain go Connaccaib go bpeanaib
Thode, 7 50 bplpanb Tleba co he chae, 7 po pigad ann Ruawpr Ua Conco-
bain peb ap ondparge po pigad pi parm vo Ghaoiwealaib,7 po tfobnare piom
a ccuapapcal vo na Gallaib vo buan 1omda, uarp po ppeataic va picic céo
bo pon peanab Eneann od1b. Oo veacaccan Goill cona pocnaicce von cup
pin la Rumdpi co Opoéle ata, 7 came Oonncad Ua Cipbaill 7 mate Ahp-
Ziall ina teaé,7 vo benctpac a ngialla 06. Copgad Pipna la Mac Mup-
chada, an oman Connaéc vo lopgad a chaiptedil 7 a tng. Oo luo ona an
pf Ruaop sup an poénarve céona lap an cedla by Lagmb,7 po sab a
npialla, 7] vo luid 1appin go po péidead F160 noonca, 7 14apom 1 nUib Cemn-
pealaig, 7 po sab bnagve Oiapmada mic Mupchada 7 Ua Cemnpelargs
ancfna, Slog mop vo mdip1 la Ruan Ua Concobain 50 cConnaccarb go
bp(paib Opeipne 7 50 bpe(fpab Mive 1 LUagnib 1 nOppargib, 7 1 Muman
lapzcain, 7 cangaccan mlognaid Leite Moga ule na teach. Ro pano cna
an Mhumain ap 06.1. a UE 00 pdt Main, an LE nale vo Omapmain mac
Conpbmaic. Sluaisfo la Tig finan Ua Ruane co be(paib bperpne, Fo befparb
Mhoe, 50 nGallaib Aca chat, 7 co Largnib m Unb Cemnrealarg, 7 po hionn-

* Fearna.—Now Ferns, in the county of Wex-
ford. The present ruined castle of Ferns, now
the property of Richard Donovan, of Ballymore,
Esq., who has fitted up a small chapel in one of
its towers, is supposed by some to have been
erected by Dermot Mac Murrough; but the
Editor, after a careful examination of the ruins,
has come to the conclusion that no part of the
present works is as old as Dermot’s time.

* Fidh-dorcha: i.e. the Dark Wood, This is
probably the place now called Fidnaraghy, si-
tuated near Graguenamanagh, in the county of
Kilkenny.—See Jnguis. Kilkenny, No, 8, Car. 11.

The Annals of Ulster record the events of
this year as follows :

“A.D. 1166. Hugh O’Moilfavall, king of
Carrickbrachy, killed by Murtagh O’Loghlin,
per dolum. Armagh burnt on St. Senan’s day,
from Colum Kill’s Crosse on both sides to Bi-

shop Owen’s Crosse; the Rath all, with the
churches, beside Paule and Peter’s Regles, and
a few other houses, and a streete by the Rath
westerly from Seghnall’s Cross to St. Brigit’s
Cross, but a little. Kells, Lugma, Iniskynedea,
and many other churchlands, burnt. Dyrie-
Colum-Kille, for the most part, burnt. The
Black Regles burnt, guod non auditum est ab
antiquis temporibus. And Ardbo by Noars Ma-
kany Makillmori O’Morna and Crotryes. Eocha
mac Dunleve blinded by Murtagh O’Neall”
[recté, Mac Neale O’Loghlin], ‘* contrary to the ~
warrants of the Coarb of Patrick, Jesus’s Staff,
and Donogh O’Carroll, archking of Argialls.
An army by Rory O’Conner into Meath, from
thence to Dublin, and tooke the pledges of
Galls, Mac Morchoa’s, and all Leinster; from
thence to Drogheda to come to Argiall; and
Donogh O’Carroll, their king, came into his —

1166] 1161

An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair to Eas-Ruaidh, and he took the
hostages of the Cinel-Conaill. An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair,
with the Connaughtmen, the men of Meath and of Teathbha, to Ath-cliath ; and
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair was there inaugurated king as honourably as any
king of the Gaeidhil was ever inaugurated ; and he presented their stipends to
the foreigners in many cows, for he levied a tax of four thousand cows upon
the men of Ireland for them. On this occasion the foreigners accompanied
Ruaidhri to Droicheat-atha, whither Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill and the chief-
tains of Airghialla came into his house, and gave him their hostages. Fearna®
was burned by Mac Murchadha, from fear that the Connaughtmen would burn
his castle and his house. Ruaidhri then proceeded, accompanied by the same
forces, back to Leinster, and took their hostages ; and he afterwards advanced
to Fidh-dorcha*, and cleared the pass of that wood; and next proceeded into
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and took the hostages of Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, and of
the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh in general. Another great army of the men of Connaught,
Breifne, and Meath, was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair into Leinster, into
Osraighe, and afterwards into Munster ; and all the kings of Leath-Mhogha
-came into his house, [and submitted to him]. He divided Munster into two
parts, of which he gave one to the Sil-Briain, and the other to Diarmaid, son
of Cormac [Mac Carthaigh]. An army, composed of the men of Breifne and
Meath, and of the foreigners of Ath-cliath and the Leinstermen, was led by
Tighearnan Ua Ruaire into Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; and Diarmaid Mac Murchadha

ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

part of Europe all, in all vertues, and a few of
Kindred-Owen were slain about 13; and that was
a marvellous example, and a greate miracle : the

house, and gave him pledges, and went safe home,
having banished Dermott Mac Murchoa, king of
Leinster, beyond seas. An army by Donogh

O’Carroll, with Argialls, O-Briuins, and Kon-
macne, to Tirone, to set upon O’Loghlin, at the
draught” [i. e. instance] ‘of Kindred-Owen,
themselves having forsaken O’Neall’” [recté,
Mac Neale O’Loghlin], ‘‘archking of Ireland.
’ O’Neale” [recté, Mac Neale O’Loghlin] “came
with a few of Kindred-Owen-Tulcha-Og, to set
on them to the wood called Fi-Oneghtach, and
those same” [i.e. even those] ‘“ forsake him,
‘whereby Murtagh O’Loghlin, king of Ireland,
was slayne, who was Augustus of the north-west

king of Ireland slayne without battle, or fight,
through dishonouring the Coarb of Patrick,
Jesus’s Staff, Coarb of Colum Kill, with his
sama’ [clergy ], ‘‘and the Coarb of Colum Kille
himself fasted, for the matter, and the best of the
clergy of Dyry, for carying him to any buriall.
An army by Rory O’Conner and by Tiernan
O’Roirke to Esroy, that Kindred-Conell came
to O’Conor’s house, and gave him their pledges ;
and he gave them eight score cowes, beside
gould and cloathes.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

Wak

annNaca RIoghachta eiReGNN. — (1167.

anbad leo Oiapmaio Mac Mupchada vap muip 7 po mapad a conpriall hi
Peapna. Riogtap le6 Mupchad mac mec Mupchada van clno plc mbpagac
vécc do tabaint vo Rua Ua Concobain co tip Pracpach Cone. Mardm
a nOapcpangib, 7 pra mac Oonnchawd Uf Ruame ap Pipa’ Cumee, 7 ap
cunt pata, 04 1 cconcnacon pochawe. Cn vall Ua Conallea a. Grolla-
maine, pig oput Eneann vég. Oo Ub bpram a cenél. Mac Oormnaill bpa-
canaigy mic mec Cantais, 00 mapbad la Copbmac mac mec Capchaigh.
Coir Crfopc, mile céo peapccat a peace. Topgserl eppeob Luimms,
hUa Plannéin, eppeob Cluana hUama, Cionaet Ua Cetfpnang, pagape Inypi
Clotnann, mép mg(n Oomnall Ui Choncobaip Phailsig, banabb Cille vana,
Maolmicael Mac Ooteacéin uapal paccape,] apo eagnand,7 cum cpabaio
do muintin Apoa Maca,7 hUa Oubucan, 1. Grollagém, comanba Cnve
Cinne, véce. Tomppdealbac, mac Oianmava Us bhmiam, pf Murman, > Lete
Moga, pf po 1onnparg Epind wile, pl ip peanp caimc ma aimypip ppl ci0d-
nacal pedd 7 maeime vo boccaib 7 oaohilgneadaib an coimved, décc. Murp-
éfpctach, mac Cadmamn Uf Ohwbodiopma, cig(pna Pon opoma, cuip ampleap
cuaipceeipt Eneann ule, vo manbad 1 meabail la Oonnchad Ua nOwboionma,
7 lap an mbpéoms pop lan Mange bile, 7 a Oa mac vo mapbad apnabanac,
7 mac ole vo dallad. Conn Ua Maolmadag, corpeac mumeme hEolaiyp,
oécc. Mép comne la Rump Ua cConcobaip 50 martib Lerée Chumn ecip
laec 7 clénenec, 7 50 maitib Gall Aca chat oce Ac bude Tlaccga. Tarnic
ann comapba Phacparce, Cadla Ua Oubtang, apoéppeop Connaér, Lonean
Ua Tuatal, apveprcop Larg(n, ciZfpnan Ua Ruarpe, cs(pna bperpne,
Oonnchad Ua Clpbarll, cigfpna Oipsiall, 7 Mac Ounnplébe Ui EGocana, pi
Ulad, 7 Orapmaio Ua Maoileaclamn, pi Tearnnaé, Ragnaill mac Ragnalt,
cigfina Gall. 6a hé lion a cciomaipce 7 a ccionoil tpi mile Déce mapcac,
cy picic céo vo Chomaccaib ca picice céo 1m Ua Ruaipe, pice céd 1m

1162

‘ Torgelsi—He was an Ostman, and his real
name was Torgest, or Torgesius.—See Harris’s
edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 505.

" Maelmichael Va Doitheachain.—* A. D. 1167.
Moel-Michaél O’ Dothechain, egregius presbyter
ex Clero Ardmachano, vir sapientissimus,’ et
religionis specimen, decessit.”—TZrias Thaum.,
p. 309.

’ Fordruim.—Now Fordrum, in the barony
of Inishowen, county of Donegal.

* Breadach.—A territory comprising about
the eastern half of the barony of Inishowen.—
See note under A. D. 1122.

¥ Magh-bile—Now Moville, an old church in
ruins, in a parish of the same name, barony of
Inishowen, and county of Donegal.

1167.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1163

was banished over sea, and his castle at Fearna was demolished. They set up
as king, Murchadh, the grandson of Murchadh, he giving seventeen hostages to
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, to be sent to Tir-Fiachrach-Aidhne. A battle was.
gained by the Dartraighi, and the son of Donnchadh Ua Ruaire, over the men
of Lurg and Tuath Ratha, where numbers were slain. The blind Ua Conallta,
i.e. Gillamaire, royal poet of Ireland, died ; he was of the tribe of Ui-Briuin.
The son of Domhnall Bracanach, grandson of Carthach, was slain by Cormac,
grandson of Carthach.

The Age of Christ, 1167. Torgelsi', Bishop of Luimnéach ; Ua Flannain,
Bishop of Cluain-Uamha ; Cinaeth Ua Cethearnaigh, priest of Inis-Clothrann ;
Mor, daughter of Domhnall Ua Conchobhair Failghe, Abbess of Cill-dara ;
Maelmichael Mac Dotheachain", noble priest, chief sage, and pillar of piety of
the family of Ard-Macha ; and Ua Dubhacan, i. e. Gillagori, successor of Einde
of Ara, died. Toirdhealbhach, son of Diarmaid Ua: Briain, King of Munster
and of Leath-Mhogha, a man who had aimed at [the sovereignty of] all Ireland,
the best man that came in his time for bestowing jewels and wealth upon
the poor and the indigent of God, died. Muircheartach, son of Ladhmann
Ua Duibhdhiorma, lord of Fordruim’, pillar of the magnificence of all the north
of Ireland, was treacherously slain by Donnchadh Ua Duibhdhirma, and by all
the people of Bredach*, in the middle of Magh-bile’; and two of his sons were
killed on the following day, and another son blinded. Conn Ua Maelmhiadh-
aigh, chief of Muintir-Eoluis, died. A great meeting was convened by Ruaidhri
Ua Conchobhair and the chiefs of Leath-Chuinn, both lay and ecclesiastic, and
the chiefs of the foreigners at Ath-buidhe-Tlachtgha’. To it came the successor
of Patrick; Cadhla Ua Dubhthaigh, Archbishop of Connaught; Lorcan Ua Tua-
thail, Archbishop of Leinster; Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, lord of Breifne; Donn-
chadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla; Mac Duinnsleibhe Ua hEochadha,
King of Ulidia; Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair; Raghnall, son
of Raghnall, lord of the foreigners. The whole of their gathering and assem-
blage was thirteen thousand horsemen, of which six thousand were Connaught-
men, four thousand with O’Ruairc, two thousand with Ua Maeleachlainn, four

? Ath-buidhe-Tlachtgha: i.e. the Yellow Ford Tlachtgha was the ancient name of the Hill of
of Tlachtgha, now Athboy, a small town in Ward, adjoining this town.—See note *; under
the barony of Lune, in the county of Meath. A. D. 903; and note ‘, under A. D, 1172.

712

aNNaza RIOSshachta elReaNN. (1167.

Ua Maoleaclamn, oa picice cé0 la HUa cCfpbarll, 7 la hUa n€ocada, pice
céd la Donnchad Mac Paolain 7 véé céd la Gallarb Cea chat. Ro cme
cpa veg cinnce 1omba 1pm comdail hi pm ercip Cadup ceall 7 clémeach, 7
pmacc cpeab 7 cuat, 50 mmegeip na haon mna epind, 7] cuccad arpeacc a
peice vo comapba Pacparce la hUib Ponlse a lamarb na pios pémpnaice.
Ro peanrac rem iap pin po pid, 7 po Caom loiy Fan uspa Fan agspa san ac-
copan nech pon a céle 1pm comdail cpé pat an pig po tiondil na mate pin
cona plégaib 50 haom 1onad. Sluarg§fo,7 cocarcal pip nEpeann, mmo pios-
pod la Ruadm Ua cConcobarp. Téme ann Orapmar mac Copbmaic,
cis(mna Oeapmuman, Muinc(pcac Ua mbmam, msfpna Tuaomuman, Orap-
maio Ua Maoilpeachlaimn, pi Miwve, Oonnchad Ua Cipbanll, cis (pna Oipsiall,
7 mate Cagin anctiha. Rangaccan iapam hn cin Edgaim, 7 po pann
Ua Concobaip an cip 1 no6 a. Tip Eogam o Shléib Challam, po tua vo
Niall Ua Cachlainn van cfno va bnagad 1. Ua Catan na Cnaoibe, 47 mac
an Shall Ui bhpain, 7 Cenél Eogam 6 pleb podeap vo Aled Ua Nall oan
cfno oa bnagace ole 1. Ua Maoilaeda vo Chenél CQongura,7 hUa hUptuile
vo hUib Tuipcpe, comalcar Ui Néill podéipm. Locap pip Eneann ap ccéla
podvear oan Sliab Puaic ap puo cine Cogan Conall, van Capppuad 1
ccoinne a ccoblarg muipive,] po 1odnaic Ua Concobain cig (na Oeapmuman,
co na pocnaive van Tuadmumain po dear go hCine cliac go pévaib 7 maimib
1omoa leo. Tams cna Qiapmaic Mac Mupchada a Saronb co pocpaive
Gall, 7 po sab pise Ua cCemnpealang. SluanglS ole la Rua Ua cCon-
cobain,7 la Tigfpnan Ua Ruaine 1 nUib cCeimnpealang, 50 pangaccan Ceall
Orpnad. Peantan veabad eiccip opoing vo slaylare, 7 00 mancpluag Con-
nact, | mancyluag Ua cCeinopealang, 7 concpatop peipup 00 Chonnaccaib
im Oomnall mac Tads mic Maoilpuanad ipin céo puang. Oo pocpaccan vin,

1164

* Donnchadh Mac Fhaelain.—He was chief of donderry, and on the borders of the county of

Ui-Faelain, a tribe seated in the north of the
present county of Kildare; and not prince of
the Desies in Munster, as Colgan, by a strange
oversight, interprets it in his Trias Thaum.,
p- 310, and as Mr. Moore believes.—See his
History of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 199.

> Callainn.—Now Slieve Gallion, a mountain
in the barony of Loughinsholin, county of Lon-

Tyrone. The reader is to bear in mind that at
this period Tir-Eoghain, or the country of the
Cinel-Eoghain, comprised the whole of the pre-
sent counties of Londonderry and Tyrone, and
also the barony of Inishowen, in the county of
Donegal, as well as parts of the present county
of Armagh.

- © Cnoe-Aine.—Now Knockany, near Bruff, in

1167.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1165

thousand with Ua Cearbhaill and Ua hEochadha, two thousand with Donn-
chadh Mac Fhaelain*, one thousand with the Danes of Ath-cliath. They passed
many good resolutions at this meeting, respecting veneration for churches and
clerics, and control of tribes and territories, so that women used to traverse
Ireland alone; and a restoration of his prey was made by the Ui-Failghe at the
hands of the kings aforesaid. They afterwards separated in peace and amity,
without battle or controversy, or without any one complaining of another at
that meeting, in consequence of the prosperousness of the king; who had
assembled these chiefs with their forces at one place. A hosting and mustering
of the men of Ireland, with their chieftains, by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair.
Thither came Diarmaid, son of Cormac, lord of Desmond; Muircheartach
Ua Briain, lord of Thomond; Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath;
Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla ; and all the chieftains of Leinster.
They afterwards arrived in Tir-Eoghain, and Ua Conchobhair divided the ter-
ritory into two parts, i.e. gave that part of Tir-Eoghain north of the mountain,
i. e. Callainn®, to Niall Ua Lochlainn, for two hostages, i.e. Ua Cathain of
Craebh, and Macan-Ghaill Ua Brain, and that part of the country of the Cinel
to the south of the mountain to Aedh Ua Neill, for two other hostages, i. e.
Ua Maelaedha, one of the Cinel-Aenghusa, and Ua hUrthuile, one of the
Ui-Tuirtre Ua Neill’s own foster-brothers. The men of Ireland returned back
southwards over Sliabh-Fuaid, through Tir-Eoghain, and Tir-Conaill, and over
Eas-Ruaidh to meet their sea-fleet; and Ua Conchobhair escorted the lord of
Desmond, with his forces, southwards through Thomond as far as Cnoc-Aine*,
with many jewels and riches. Diarmaid Mac Murchadha returned from Eng-
land with a force of Galls’, and he took the kingdom of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh.
Another army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair and Tighearnan Ua Ruaire
into Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, until they arrived at Cill-Osnadh®. A battle was fought
between some of the recruits and cavalry of Connaught, and the cavalry of
Ui-Ceinnsealaich ; and six of the Connaughtmen, together with Domhnall, son
of Tadhg, son of Maelruanaidh, were slain in the first conflict; and there were

the county of Limerick. applied to the English.

4 Galls.—Hitherto the word Goill, or Gaill, © Cill-Osnadh.—Now Kellistown, in the ba-
foreigners, is invariably applied to the Norse- rony of Forth, county of Carlow.—See note ®,
men, or Scandinavians; but henceforward it is under the year 489, p. 152, supra.

aNNaza RIOSshachTa EIREGNN. »

1166 [110s.

von puaice ele canaip: la Tig(nén Ua Ruaine emsfp ap picic v0 Uib Cemo
pealag im mac pis Opcan, 7 ba hepive cup cata inp Oplcan, came cap
muip hi pocparve mic Mupchada. Tame ranarh Oianmaio Mac Mupchada go
hUa cConcobanp, co ccanace pléc mbpargve 06 van cfnn véc TemUca CED DA |
pleipeclama pooéipin, 7 céd unge 06 00 Thigfpnan Ua Ruarpe ma emeach.
Oecanbanl ng Oonnchaw Uf Maolpfchlamn, véce 1 cCluam me Nop rap
mbuaid cciomna j ccoibpean. Uaoa Ua Concfnamn, cigfpna Ua nOiapmaoa
cévup, 0€§ 1apom 1 ccléncece 1 cCluain me Nap. Ceampall Cailleac
Cluana mic N&ip vo ponbad la Ocanbponsaill méfm Mupchada Ui Maorl-
y(chlainn. Paban Pecine, Chl pin, 7 Sioppa vo lopecad. Mumeadach,
mac Mic Cana, vo mapbad la macaib Ui Loclamn. Teampall vo dénam 4
cCluam mic Nop 1 monad an veantaige la Concoban Ua cCeallaig, 7 la
huib Manne.

Coir Cpioyc, mile cécc peapccat a hocr. Plannagan Ua Oubtas,
eppcop ] apo pao na nGaoreal 1 Llergimo, hi pfneup, 7 1 naanefcal, 7 mn Fac
aicniud acclp do Sune Ina aimyip, vécce 1 leabaws Muipfoharg Ui Ohub-
tag 1 cCunga. Macnot Ua Mépdn .. eppeop pip mbperpne, mac Oalca
Ui Ohinain véce 1 nApovachad Eprcoip Mél 1pm cpear bliadain o¢cmogac
a ao. On ceppceop Ua Ceanbaill, eprpeop Ruip aihetip, v0 éce. Mupchad
Ua Muipfoas, aipoeagnard coiccid Connacc,] uapal pacanc, Maolpaccpaice
Ua Callava, comapba Cnonain Ropra Cpé, an paccant mon Ua Mongacam,
comapba Mola: Oaimmny, 7 Gallbpac, mac ouame Ui Thadsan, pagape
mon Cluana mic Noip, vécc. Muinclheac, mac Toppdealboarg Us Ohman,

‘ The son of the King of Britain: i.e. of the
King of Wales. He was probably the son of
Rees Ap-Griflith, who had detained Fitzstephen
in prison for three years ; but his name does
not appear in any authority accessible to the
Editor. The English writers do not mention

of Tighearnan O’Ruaire, who eloped with the
King of Leinster in the forty-fourth year of
her age.

‘ Ailfinn : i.e. Rock of the limpid Spring, now
Elphin, the head of an ancient bishopric in the
barony and county of Roscommon.—See Col-

him by name.—See Harris’s Hibernica, p. 13.

8 For his eineach : i. e. as an atonement for the
wrong done him by Dermot.

» The church of the nuns at Cluain-mis-Nois.—
The ruins of this church are still extant and in
tolerable preservation at Clonmacnoise. Dearbh-
forgaill, the foundress, was the celebrated wife

gan’s Trias Thaum., pp. 89, 139; O’Flaherty’s
Ogygia, part iii. c. 78; and Archdall’s Monas-
ticon Hibernicum, p. 609.

The Annals of Ulster record the events of
this year as follows:

“A.D. 1167. Murtagh mac Lamon O’Duv-
dirma, king of Fordrom, the upholder of the

1168.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1167

slain in the second conflict, by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, twenty-five of the
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, together with the son of the King of Britain’, who was the
battle-prop of the island of Britain, who had come across the sea in the army
of Mac Murchadha. Diarmaid Mac Murchadha afterwards came to Ua Con-
chobhair, and gave him seven hostages for ten cantreds of his own native terri-
tory, and one hundred ounces of gold to Tighearnan Ua Ruaire for his eineach*.
Dearbhail, daughter of Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, died at Cluain-mic-Nois,
after the victory of will and confession. Uada Ua Conceanainn [who had been]
lord of Ui-Diarmada at first, and afterwards in religion, died at Cluain-mic-Nois.
The church of the Nuns at Cluain-mic-Nois® was finished by Dearbhforgaill,
daughter of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn. Fabhar-Fechine, Ailfinn', and Birra,
were burned. Muireadhach, the son of Mac Cana, was slain by the sons of
Ua Lochlainn. A church was erected at Cluain-mic-Nois, in the place of the
Dearthach, by Conchobhar Ua Ceallaigh and the Ui-Maine.

The Age of Christ, 1168. Flannagan Ua Dubhthaigh, bishop and chief
doctor of the Irish in literature, history, and poetry, and in every kind of
science known to man in his time, died in the bed of Muireadhach Ua Dubh-
thaigh, at Cunga. Macraith Ua Morain, i.e. bishop of the men of Breifne, the
son of Ua Dunain’s fosterson, died at Ardachadh of Bishop Mel, in the eighty-
third year of his age. The Bishop Ua Cearbhaill, Bishop of Ros-ailithir, died.
Murehadh Ua Muireadhaigh, chief sage of Connaught and a noble priest;
Maelpadraig Ua Callada, successor of Cronan of Ros-Cre; the great priest,
Ua Mongachain, successor of Molaisi of Daimhinis; and Galbhrat, son of
Duairic Ua Tadhgain, great priest of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Muircheartach,

commonwealth of the north, falsely killed by
Donogh O’Duydirma and Bredagh, in the mid-

dest of Moybile [Moville in Inishowen], and two °

of his sons killed the next day, and one blinded.
An army by Rory O’Conor, with the nobility
of Ireland with him, to Ardmagh, from thence
to Belagh-grene, and from thenne to Fertna-
mevla ; and Kindred-Owen gathered about Nell
’ Mae Loghlin in battle array, to venture upon
all Ireland in their campe; but God himselfe
prevented that by Patrick his blessing and the
goodness of Rory O’Conor, and the rest of Irish-

men, for Kindred-Owen strayed into a grove of
willowes, and, thinking it was the camp, fell
uppon it, and killed some of themselves; and
the armyes went after about O’Conor to spoile
and burne Tyrone; but some of them came to
his house and gave him pledges, and he went
from thence through Parmaiagh and over Esroa,
and came safe home. Mureagh MacCanay killed
Mac Loghlin’s son, through Patrick and the
Bachall-Isa,: also by the draught” [instance or
procurement] ‘of his own brothers.”—Cod.
Clarend., tom. 49.

1168 — ANNQGZa RIOshachcta eiReaqNn. | (1168.

pi Muman, 7 mogdarina Epeann (mac matan vo Ruadm Ua Concobain
eiplde) Do mapbad la mac mic Choncobaip Ui Ohmam, 7 a mapbad pém po
chfooip co na luce coccanp la hUa pRaelan cigeanna na nOe1p) Muman, 4
ba& vo Ruan Ua cConcobaip do pome pum an smom bpm. Ro manbad
fo cé06Ip mac mic Concobaip na diogail la Orapmanc FF ino, la hUa pPao-
lain, 7 plcc merc toipeach co na mumc(poib. Rige Muman vo sabail vo
Oomnall, mac Tornpoealbang Ui 6am vap éip1 Muincheapcangs, a bnatan.
Mupchad Ua Pinoallain, wF(pna Oealbna moim, v0 mapbad la Orapmaio
mac Oonnchada Ui Maoilpeaclain 1 nofogail a atap can comapgze cHgZead
Connacc 7 Cingiall. Enoa mac Mupchavda, mogdoamna Lanrg(n, v0 dallad
la hUa nGiollapaccpare .1. Oonnchad, ag (pna Oppaige. Comne la Ruardm
Ua cConcobain, la pig Epeann go cedigead Convace uile,7 la Tigfpnan
Ua Ruaipe, v5 (nna bperpne,7 la Oonochad Ua cCeanball, co nOipgialleanb
oc Ocaind, vo cungio a nems an Ohapmad Ua Maoilpeaclamn, 7 ap
Ffparb Midve ap mapbad Us Finvallen leo oap comaipge coigiw Connacc 4
Cingiall. Oo paopao am, pip Midve co na pig o€e ccéd b6 ma nE€meach
vob, 7] epaic oile vo Oelbna. Conaé Tallefn imoppo vo dénam la pig
Epeann,7 la Let Chuinn don cup pin 7 po letplec a ngpaipne 7 a mancpluas
6 Mullaé aio 50 Mullac carcen. Oiapmaio Ua Maoileachlamn vo ae-
piogad la hOine(p Mide a nioc na mbé pémpaéice. Mardm ata an comarp
oce Opum Cmaas pia nUa Maolpfchlaimn co nlantan Mise pon cat Tuat
Cuigne, 06 hi cconcpaccan pochaide im mac Gaipbpét Ui Siprén vo Hhan-
Ungaib, 7 po manbad Concobap mac Mic Cappgamna ann 1 pmotsuin an
madma, Oubcoblans, ng{ Ui Chun, bfn Mic Canpgamna, vécc 1ap mbuand

* Enna Mac Murchadha.—He was the son of
Diarmaid, King of Leinster, and the ancestor of

in Irish at the present day; but it is usually
called in English the Hill of Lloyd. It is situ-

the family of Kinsellagh. | ;

' Ochainn.— Generally written Ocha. This
was the name of a place near Tara, in Meath.—
See note *, under A. D. 478, p. 150, supra.

™ The fair of Tailltin.—This was the last time
the national fair of Tailltin, now Teltown, near
the River Sele or Blackwater in Meath, was
celebrated._See note *, under A, M. 3370,
p. 22, supra. ;

" Mullach-Aiti—This place bears this name

ated to the west of the town of Kells, and isa
beautiful fertile hill, 422 feet in height, having
now on its summit a handsome pillar about
100 feet high, which was erected by the first
Ear! of Bective.

° Mullach-Taiten.—This is evidently an error
for Mullach-Tailten, i.e. the summit of Tailtin,
or Telltown. A straight line drawn from Mul-
lach-Aiti toMullach-Tailtin measures about six
and a half miles statute measure.

1168.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1169

son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, King of Munster, and royal heir of Ireland
(he was the son of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair’s mother), was slain by the grand-
son of Conchobhar Ua Briain, and he himself and his conspirators were killed
immediately after by Ua Faelain, lord of the Deisi-Mumhan, who. did this deed
for Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair. The grandson of Conchobhar was killed im-
mediately in revenge of him by Diarmaid Finn and Ua Faelain, as were seven
sons of chieftains, with their people. The kingdom of Munster was assumed
by Domhnall, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, after his brother, Muirchear-
tach. Murchadh Ua Finnallain, lord of Dealbhna-mor, was slain by Diarmaid,
son of Donnchadh Ua Maelseachlainn, in revenge of his father, in violation of
the protection of the people of the province of Connaught, and the Airghialla.
Enna Mac Murchadha‘*, royal heir of Leinster, was blinded by the grandson of
Gillaphadraig, i. e. Donnchadh, lord of Osraighe. A meeting was convened by
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Ireland, with all the people of Connaught ;
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, lord of Breifne ; and Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, with
the Airghialla, at Ochainn’, to demand their eric from Diarmaid Ua Maelseach-
_ Jainn and the men of Meath, after their having killed Ua Finnallain, in violation
of the protection of the province of Connaught and the Airghialla. The men
of Meath and their king gave them eight hundred cows for their eineach, and
another eric to the Dealbhna. On this occasion the fair of Tailltin™ was cele-
brated by the King of Ireland and the people of Leath-Chuinn, and their horses
and cavalry were spread out on the space extending from Mullach-Aiti" to
Mullach-Taiten’. Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn was deposed by the people of
East Meath, in revenge of the payment of the aforesaid cows. The victory of
Ath-an-chomair’, at Druim-criaigh*, was gained by Ua Maeleachlainn and the
people of West Meath over the battalion of Tuath-Luighne’, wherein many
were slain, together with the son of Gairbheth Ua Sirten, of the Gaileanga ;
and Conchobhar, the son of Mac Carrghamhna, was killed in the heat of the
conflict. Dubhchobhlaigh, daughter of Ua Cuinn, and wife of Mac Carrghamhna,

P Ath-an-Chomair: i.e. Ford ofthe Confluence. county of Westmeath. This place is men-
This was the name of a ford on the River Deel, tioned in the Dinnsenchus, and celebrated in
in the barony of Delvin, county of Westmeath. a romantic tale called the Battle of Druim-

4 Druim-criaigh. — More usually written Criaidh.

Druim-Criaidh, now Drumcree, a townland in * Tuath-Luighne—Now the barony of Lune,
the parish of Kilcumny, barony of Delvin, and in the county of Meath.
7K

1170 GNNata RIOSshachta erReann. (1169.

ongta 7 atmge, 7 a hadnacal 1 nlnip Clotpann. Oonncad Ua Ceanball,
cigeapna Clingiall, cuile opodin 7 oipecaip cuaipceipt Epeann, véce rap na
Uccpad vo tuarg opiop dia Muincip Fel 41. Ua Ombne, 00 Cenel Cogan, rap
mbuad onsta, 7] aitmse,] 1ap cciobnacal cpf ccéd unga von an peipe an
Goimde do cleipchib, 7 eccalpb. Sluarshf la Ruaiom Ua cConcobarp, 7
la TigCpndn Ua Ruarpe, co hOine Chiach, go ccantpac bparsve,7 po panopac
Mumma 1 nv6 eicip Mac Copbmac Még Captaris, 7 Oomnall mac Comp-
dealbars Ui bhpam, 7 vo pavad oa picic vécc bo po tpi m Checlann Murp-
é(pemgy Ur Kham la Olprnumam vo Rua Ua Concobamp. Concoban
Let deans, mac Maorlpeaclamn Ui Choncobaip, tiseapna Concomodpuan,
vo manbad la mac a bnatap. Oomnall Ua Slébim apo ollam Oipgiallt, v€5.
Amlaowb Mac Innnngneonac, apo ollam Eneann 1 ccpuitipece, véce. Oub-
coblac, ingth mic TaidZ 1. Maoleachlaimn Ui Mhaolpuanaw, bin Topp-
dealbang, ni Connacc, vé5. Mente Cenél Edgam,7 comanba Oorpe, vo toct
hi ceach Ruawm Us Choncobaip, pi Eneann co hQé Lua, 7 pucpac 6p 4
évach 4 bi 1omda led ora ccicchib.

Cloip Cpiopc, mle céd peapccac a nao. Congalac Ua Tomalears,
uapal paccanc, 7 aipop(plersinn Cluana mic Noip 7 paor (§na na nGaoweal,
vécce. Mas e6 na Saran co na pecclép, Paban Phecine, 7 Ooimlias Chia-
nain oo lopcad. Ap f po bhadam hi ccanacc Ruawpi Ua Concobaiy, pi
Epeann, vech mbt gaca bliadna uada péin,7 6 Fac pis ma deagaid co bnat
opion lergino Anoa Maca 1 nondin Phaccpaice an leiginn do dénam vo

* Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill : anglicé Donough
O’Carroll. For a curious notice of acts per-
formed by this distinguished chieftain, see
Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the
Round Towers of Ireland, p. 389.

* Dubhchobhlach.—This was Turlough O’Co-
nor’s second wife. His first wife was Tailtin,
daughter of Murrough O’Melaghlin.—See note *,
under A. D. 1151, p. 1096, supra.

The Annals of Ulster give the events of this
year as follows :

“A, D. 1168. Murtagh mac Donell O’Brian,
king of Dalgais, killed at Dunnasciath by” [mac
Conner’s son, and] ‘Morogh Mac Carthy his

son, king of Desmond ; and mac Conner’s son
was killed for that soone after by Dermod Fyn
and by O’Faelan, and seaven of his nobility
with them elphin men. Flannagan O’Dubthay,
Bishop of the Tuathes, chief chronicler and
learned of the west of Ireland all, died at Cunga
in his pilgrimage. An army by Rory O’Connor
to Athlone and Mac Gilpatrick, king of Ossory,
came to his house, and gave him four pledges,
and sent his army before him over Ath-crogha
into Mounster, and himself over at Athlone to
Maglenay” [ Moylena] ‘ to meet the rest of Ire-
land, until they came to Grenecliagh ; and Mac
Carthy came to his house and gave nine pledges

:

1169.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1171

died after the victory of unction and penance, and was interred in Inis-Cloth-
Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill*, lord of Airghialla, flood of splendour, and
magnificence, died after being mangled with his own battle-axe by a man of his
own people, i.e. Ua Duibhne,—one of the Cinel-Eoghain,—after the victory of
unction and penance, and after bestowing three hundred ounces of gold, for the
love of God, upon clerics and churches. An army was led by Ruaidhri
Ua Conchobhair and Tighearnan Ua Ruaire to Aine-Cliach [Knockany]; and
they obtained hostages, and divided Munster into two parts between the son of
Cormac Mac Carthaigh and Domhnall, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain; and
three times twelve score cows were given to Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair by the
people of Desmond, as eric for [the killing of] Muircheartach Ua Briain. Con-
chobhar Lethdhearg, son of Maelseachlainn Ua Conchobhair, lord of Corca-
Modhruadh, was killed by the son of his brother. Domhnall Ua Sleibhin, chief
poet of Oirghialla, died. Ambhlaeibh Mac Innaighneorach, chief ollamh of Ire-
land in harp-playing, died. Dubhchobhlach‘, daughter of the son of Tadhg,
i.e. of Maelseachlainn Ua Maelruanaidh, and wife of Toirdhealbhach, King of
Connaught, died. The chieftains of Cinel-Eoghain and the comharba of Doire
came into the house of RuaidhriUa Conchobhair, King of Ireland, at Ath-Luain;
and they carried gold, raiment, and many cows with them to their houses.
The Age of Christ, 1169. Conghalach Ua Tomaltaigh, noble priest and
chief lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, and the paragon of wisdom of the Irish, died.
Magh-eo of the Saxons, with its church, Fobhar-Fechine, and Daimhliag-Chia-
nain, were burned. This was the year in which Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair,
King of Ireland, granted ten cows every year from himself, and from every king
that should succeed him, for ever, to the lector of Ard-Macha", in honour of

rann.

to him; and Mounster was divided in twayne be-
tween Cormack” [Mac Carthy] ‘and Donell
O’Brien ; and he tooke 140 cowes by force, for
Morogh O’Brian’s satisfaction, Erack from Des-
mond, and O’Conor retourned to his house.
Donogh O’Carroll, Archking of Argiall, strucken
with a servant’s hatchet of his owne, viz.,
O’Duvna, and the king drunk, and died.”

« Lector of Ard-Macha.—This passage is trans-
lated by Colgan as follows:

“ A. D. 1169. Rodericus Rex summoperé cu-
piens in Academia Ardmachana studia promo-
vere, honoraria annuaque decem boum pensione,
stipendium Archimagistri illius schole adauxit,

et dato diplomate suos successores ad eandem

pensionem quotannis solvendam obstrinxit, ea
conditione ut studium generale pro scholaribus,
tam ex Hibernia undequaque, quam ex Albania
adventantibus Ardmache ‘continuaretur.” —
Trias Thaum., p. 310.

(aka2

1172 aNNaca RIOshachta erReaHNN. (1169.

macaib lergino Epeann 7 Alban ancfna. Orapmaro Ua Maolpeaclainn, pi
Mide 7 Fall Aca chac, Ua Pailge,7 Ua pPaolam, cfno ponupa q pobap-
tain a cid, do mapbad la Domnall mOpfFac, mac Maorleaclamn Cnopars,
5 la Donnchad Cemnpealac Ua Ceallaig 7 la plpab Ops. Slogead la
Racdm Ua cConcobap co he na pach, 7 po ronnanb Oomnall bplSach 1
nofogail an ééca pin, 7 po pann Mide 1 n06,7 cuc an Le aipteanach vo Tistp-
nan Ua Ruaipc, 7 ofpfpaib bpeipne,7 an leat 1aptapach 06 pem. Oman
Slébe bladma, mac Toppdealbaig Us Ohman, pf Muman,7 an v4 Ele, 00
dallad la Oormnall mac Toippdealbars 1 m(pal. Plpcarp Ua Pallamann,
corpeac Clomm Uacac,7 maop Ua Maine, véce 1ap naitmse. Ragnalt
Ua Maoilmiadang, corpeac Muincipe Eolaip, vécc 1ap naitpige. Coinsfp na
ph lémenoach vo toct a Sarmb hm pocnae Mec Mupchada 1. O1apmava,
do copnam pige Laig(n 06. baccap om, Lx laec co lipeacard led. Sluasfo
etn nEpeann la Rud Ua cConcobaip, 50 clmpars,] cangaccan maite
tuaipceipc Epeann ina coinne 1m Magnup Ua ECochada, pf Ulad,7 1m Mup-
chad cCeanball, asfina Oipsiall,7 00 veacaccan appde co hAe chat, 4
po léicaice ap cetla via ccimb vonfdips. Cwmd rapom pi Epeann Ruaom
UacCloncobain 1 Largmb, 7 Tig (pnan Ua Ruane, cis(fra Sperpne, 7 Orap-
maid Ua Maorleaclamn, pi Timpach,7 Goll Aca cliac, hi ccomne php Mu-
man, baigin, 7 Oppase,7 po cuipplc pon nemtni na Plemenoaig, 7 vo pao
O1anmard Mac Mupchada a mac a ngrollnup oUa Choncobaip. Rize
Cenél n€ogain vo Zabarl vo Concobap Ua Loclaimn.

* Ath-na-riach.—Ford of the greyish Cows.
Not identified.

* The Flemings.—The Editor has discovered
no English or Anglo-Irish authority for calling
this fleet a Flemish one. Mr. Moore has the
following remarks upon this passage in his His-
tory of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 216, note.

“In the Four Masters we find those foreigners
who joined the army of Dermot from Wales,
called more than once Flemings; and of this
people we know some colonies were allowed to
establish themselves in South Wales (about
Tenby and Haverfordwest) during the reigns
of the first and second Henrys. It was most

probably, therefore, of Flemings that the colo-
nies planted in these two Irish baronies”
[namely, the baronies of Forth and Bargie, in
the south-east of the county of Wexford ] “ con-
sisted. ‘Even at the present day,’ says Mr. Beau-
ford, ‘the port and countenance of the inhabi-
tants often designate their origin, especially
among the females, many of whom, if dressed
in the garb of the Netherlands, might be taken
for veritable Dutchwomen.’—MS. of Mr. Beau-
ford, cited in Brewer’s Beauties, &c.”

The Editor, when examining the baronies of
Forth and Bargie for the Ordnance Survey, was
particularly struck with the difference between

1169.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1173

Patrick, to instruct the youths of Ireland and Alba [Scotland] in literature.
Diarmaid Ua Maelseachlainn, King of Meath, of the foreigners of Ath-cliath, of
Ui-Failghe, and Ui-Faelain, head of the prosperity and affluence of his tribe, was
killed by Domhnall Breaghach, son of Maelseachlainn Crosach, and Donnchadh
Ceinsealach Ua Ceallaigh, and the men of Breagha. An army was led by
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair to Ath-na-riach”; and he expelled Domhnall Breagh-
ach, in revenge of that deed, and divided Meath into two parts ; and he gave
the eastern half to Tighearnan and to the men of Breifne, and he kept the
western half himself. Brian of Sliabh-Bladhma, son of Toirdhealbhach
Ua Briain, King of Munster and of the two Eiles, was treacherously blinded
by Domhnall, son of Toirdhealbhach. Fearchair Ua Fallamhain, chief of Clann-
Uadach, and steward of Ui-Maine, died after penance. Raghnall Ua Mael-
mhiadhaigh, chief of Muintir-Eolais, died after penance. Thé fleet of the
Flemings* came from England in the army of Mac Murchadha, i. e. Diarmaid,
to contest the kingdom of Leinster for him: they were seventy heroes, dressed
in coats of mail. An army of the men of Ireland was led by Ruaidhri Ua Con-
chobhair to Teamair; and the chiefs of the north of Ireland came to meet him,
together with Maghnus Ua hEochadha, King of Ulidia, and Murchadh Ua Cear-
bhaill, lord of Oirghialla; and they went from thence to Ath-cliath, and returned
home again. The King of Ireland, Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, afterwards pro-
ceeded into Leinster ; and Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, lord of Breifne, and Diarmaid
Ua Maeleachlain, King of Teamhair, and the foreigners of Ath-cliath, went to
meet the men of Munster, Leinster, and Osraigh ; and they set nothing by’
the Flemings ; and Diarmaid Mac Murchadha gave his son, as a hostage, to
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair. The kingdom of Cinel-Eoghain was assumed by
Conchobhar Ua Lochlainn.

the personal appearance of the inhabitants of
these baronies and those of O’Murphy’s coun-
try, of the northern baronies of the county of
Wexford. The Kavanaghs and Murphys are
tall, and often meagre, while the Flemings,
Codds, and other natives of the baronies of
Forth and Bargie, are generally short and
stout.

Y Set nothing by: i.e. thought them not worth

notice. The Annals of Ulster contain but a
few meagre notices of the events of this year,
as follows:

“ A. D. 1169. The Daimliag, viz., the sanc-
tuary of Kynan” [now Duleek], “burnt. Der-
mot O’Melaghlin, king of Meath, killed by his
brother’s son, Donell Bregagh (.i. Liar)” [recté,
the Bregian.—Ep.], “and Donagh Kinselagh
O’Kelly. In the same year Rory O’Conner,

1174 anNaza R1Ioshachta elReaNnN. [1170.

Cloip Cpiorc, mile céod peachtmogacc. Tar; Chommam, mic Paolcon
vo tabainc a calrham vo Ghiolla laplaite Ua Capmcaain, comapba Com-
main, pepin do con 1ompo lap Fo ccumoac on] ainsi. Maolpuanao
Ua Ruadain, eppcop Luigne Connaécr, aipopfnoip, paor (Ena 7 cnabad, Maol-
mopda Mac Uaipeinse, ppt phndip vépeancac, ponuy, 7 paobplp Cluana
mic Nop, cfnd a Chéled O€, vo écc 1 mi Nouembep. CopbmacUa Cumlum,
pHleigmo Cluana pipca Spénamn, 1appma puad Epeann ma aimpip, vécc.
Oiapmaid Ua bpaom, comapba Commam, 7 aipopfnoipn aiptin Connacc, vécec
1nlmp Clotpam 1anp an ciiccead bliadain nocav a ao. Concoban, mac
Muipé(pcags Un Coclamn, cwisZfpna Cenél Cogain,7 pfogoamna Epeann, vo
manbad la hQod mbece Mac Cana q vo Uib Canacain Satapn Capee an
lan cpin mop 1 nMpo Maca. Mac Ceallacain, mac mic Cantaig, 00 man-
bao la mac Tadg Ui Ohman. Tarllce, ngln Muincfpcars Ui Mhaoilp(ch-
tainn, bf Oomnaill mic Mupchada Ui Ph(pganl, canipec Muincipe Angarle,
véce ipin cltpaccmad bliadain a hao. Cinoil(p, mac Giolla Clongupa
Ui Chlamam, ollam 1 pildecc epide, vécc. Oomnall mac Toimpdealbaig
Ui Ohman, cis(pna leite Muman, vo 1ompod ap Rua Ua cConcobanp, 7
é vo dilpagad giall Ohal cCaip. Robepc mac Scepm,7 Ricano mac Hille-
bent .1. lanla 6 Stpangbouu vo teacc a Saxaib in Epino Fo plog nofpime, 7

King of Ireland, granted ten cowes yearly from
him and every king after him for ever, to the
Lector of Ardmagh, in honor of Patrick, for
learning to the strollers” [i. e. poor scholars]
“of Ireland and England.” — Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

* Comman, son of Faelchu.u—He is the patron
saint of Roscommon, in Connaught, where his
festival was celebrated on the 26th of December.
According to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, Comman
(son of Faelchu, son of Drethlan, of the race of
Rudraighe), who was a disciple of St. Finian, of
Clonard, was a young man in the year 550;
but it adds, that the year of his death is un-
known.—See Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum,
p- 618.

* Bishop of Luighne- Chonnacht: i.e. of Achonry.

> The Ui-Caracain.— A sept seated in the

parish of Killyman, in the diocese of Ar-
magh.—See note §, under A. D. 1044, p. 845,
supra.

© Fitz-Stephen.—He was the maternal brother
of Maurice Fitz Gerald, they being sons of Nesta,
mistress of Henry I., who, after separating from
her royal lover, married Gerald, Governor of
Pembroke, and lord of Carew, by whom she had
Maurice Fitzgerald. After Gerald’s death, Nesta
became the mistress of the Constable Stephen de
Marisco, by whom she had Robert Fitz-Stephen.
The character of Fitz-Stephen is thus described
by his nephew, Giraldus Cambrensis, in his Hi-
bernia Expugnata, lib. i. c. 26 :

“OQ virum virtutis unicum, verique laboris
exemplum, fortune varie, sortique adverse
plusquam prosperé semper obnoxium. O virum
toties tam in Hibernia quam Cambria utrasque

1170.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1175

The Age of Christ, 1170. The relics of Comman, son of Faelchu’, were
removed from the earth by Gilla-Iarlaithe Ua Carmacain, successor of Comman,
and they were enclosed in a shrine with 4 covering of gold and silver. Mael-
ruanaidh Ua Ruadhain, Bishop of Luighne-Chonnacht*, chief senior, and a
paragon of wisdom and piety, [died]. Maelmordha Mac Uaireirghe, a learned
charitable senior, the prosperity and affluence of Cluain-mic-Nois, and head of
its Culdees, died in the month of November. Cormac Ua Lumluini, lector of
Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, the remnant of the sages of Ireland in his time, died.
Diarmaid Ua Braein, successor of Comman, and chief senior of East Connaught,
died at Inis-Clothrann, after the ninety-fifth year of his age. Conchobhar, son
of Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, lord of Cinel-Eoghain, and royal heir of Ire-
land, was slain by Aedh Beg Mac Cana and the Ui-Caracain’, on Easter Saturday,
in the middle of Trian-mor, at Ard-Macha. The son of Ceallachan, grandson
of Carthach, was slain by the son of Tadhg Ua Briain. Taillte, daughter of
Muircheartach Ua Maeleachlainn, and wife of Domhnall, son of Murchadh
Ua Fearghail, chief of Muintir-Anghaile, died in the fortieth year of her age.
Aindileas, son of Gilla-Aenghusa Ua Clumhain, who was an ollamh in poetry,
died. Domhnall, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, lord of half Munster, turned

_against Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair ; and he appropriated the hostages of Dal-
gCais. Robert Fitz Stephen’ and Richard, son of Gilbert, i. e. Earl Strongbow’,
came from England into Ireland with a numerous force, and many knights and

rote circumferentias equanimiter expertum, et
omnia passum.

“ Que pejor fortuna potest, atque omnibus usum,
Que melior.

“Overe Marium secundum Stephaniden. Cujus
si felicitatem respexeris: felicissimum dixeris.
Si verum miserias : miserorum omnium miser-
rimum videas. Erat autem vir amplo corpore
et integro, vultuque decenti, et statura paulo
mediocritatem excedente, vir dapsilis et largus,
liberalis et jucundus, sed vino Venerique trans
modestiam datus.”

Robert Fitzstephen landed at the creek called
Cuan-an-bhainbh, now Bannow, in the month
of May, 1169, with a band of thirty knights,

sixty men in coats of mail, and 300 archers,
among whom was Hervey de Montemarisco, or
Mountmaurice, the paternal uncle of the Earl
Strongbow.

4 Earl Strongbow.—He was Richard de Clare,
Earl of Pembroke and Strigul.
named Strongbow, as had been his father, from
his strength in discharging arrows. For Giral-
dus’s character of this Earl, see note ®, under
A.D.1176. According to the work attributed
to Maurice Regan, Strongbow landed at Down-

He was sur-

‘donnell, near Waterford, on the eve of the feast

of St. Bartholomew, with an army of about
1200 men, of whom 200 were knights.—See
Hibernia Expugnata, lib. i. c. 16 ; and Harris’s
Hibernica, p. 23.

aNNaza RIOSshachta elReGNN. (1170.

1176

50 molan Rioipead, 7 pargoeonmb hi pocpaive Mec Mupchada vo copnam
Langtn 06, | 00 combuardpead Haoweal Epeann ancfna,7 vo pao mac Mup-
chada a msn vo lanla o Scpangbouu an coct ma pocpaive. Ro sabpace
Loc Gapman, do deacaccap an é1gn ap Pont Larncce,] po gabpac mac
Hillemaine apmanv an otin,7 Ua Paola, ag(pna na nOéipi, 7 a mac,7 po
mapbrac pecc ccéd ammnpide. Oomnall bpeagach Ua Maorleachlainn co
pochaidib opfaib Ops ume vo dul kn Largmb, 7 Oonnchad Ua Ceallang,
cigfna Ops, vo twucim la Largmb von cup pin. Slumsfo la Ruqwom
Ua cConcobaip, pi Eneann, 7 la Tigfinan Ua Ruane cig(nna bperpne 7 la
Mupchad Ua Ceanbaill, cis fpna Oinsiall, ino aipfp Largtn, 7 na nGall pern-
paice, 7 bao mmyr cata Cconpa pi pé tpi ccpat, Sup po lois tene do ac
é chliat, vain po tpéiceplec Goll an oume Connaccaig 7 Let Chum
ancfna. Oo ponad monbal pop Hhallarb Aca chat mopm an po feall Mup-
chada 7 na Saranaig poppa,7 po cuippfcc a nap an lan a noime Féin, 7
puccpat a ccnod 7 a nionnmay cma mi comall a mbpéitpe fpf pfpaib Epeann.
Colao uadaib apsall, mac Ragnaill mic Tuncall aipopi Gall Acha chat.
Mam la mac Conbmaic mic mec Cantas, 7 la Oeapmumain pon na proi-
peaoaib po pasaibp(c ag comed Phuinc Lapse. Sluaslo la mac Mupchada
co na poipeadoaib hi Mhde 7 1 mbpeipne, 7 po apsple Cluain Enaipo, 7 po,
loipeepfec Cfnannup, 7 Cill Taillc(n, Oubad, Slame, Tulén, Cell Scine,
Oipipe Chianain, 7 00 ponpac cpeach ianccain 1 cTip moma, 7 puccpac
bpaigsve Ohapmava mic
Mupchada vo manbad la Rumom Ua Concobaip, pf Epeann, occ Acluain,

bnaicc 7 buap 1omda led vo Com a Longpoine.

° Loch Garman; i.e. Wexford. For the Eng-
lish account of the taking of Wexford, see
Hibernia Expugnata, lib. i. c. 3. The citizens of
Wexford gave their invaders a repulse on the
first day, but on the second day they submitted
to their lawful prince, Dermot Mac Murrough,
by advice of two bishops who happened to be in
the town at the time.

‘ Port-Lairge : i.e. Waterford. For a curious

account of the taking of Waterford, see Hibernia
Expugnata, lib. i. c. 16; and Harris’s Hibernica,
pp. 24, 25.

8 Officer of the fortress.—Giraldus Cambrensis

calls this fortress Turris Reginaldi, which is the
tower now commonly called the Ring Tower.—
See the Dublin P. Journal, vol. i. pp. 188, 189 ;
and Moore’s History of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 226..

» Asgall.—He is called ‘‘ Hasculphus Dubli-
niensium princeps” by Cambrensis, in Hib, Ex-
pug.; and Herculph Mac Turkill, in the work
attributed to Maurice Regan, lib. i. cc. 17, 21.
Mr. Moore supposes that they were different
persons, but shows no reason on which he
grounds this opinion.—See his Hist. [rel., vol. ii.
p- 228. For the English account of the taking
of Dublin, see Hib. Hxpug., lib. i. c. 17.

1170.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.

1177

archers, in the army of Mac Murchadha, to contest Leinster for him, and to
* disturb the Irish of Ireland in general ; and Mac Murchadha gave his daughter
to the Earl Strongbow for coming into his army. They took Loch Garman’,
and entered Port-Lairge' by force; and they took Gillemaire, the officer of the
fortress’, and Ua Faelain, lord of the Deisi, and his son, and they killed seven
hundred persons there. Domhnall Breaghach Ua Maeleachlainn, with numbers
of the men of Breagha along with him, proceeded into Leinster ; and Donn-
chadh Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Breagha, fell by the Leinstermen on that occasion.
An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Ireland; Tighearnan
Ua Ruaire, lord of Breifne ; Murchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla, against
Leinster and the Galls aforesaid ; and there was a challenge of battle between
them for the space of three days, until lightning burned Ath-cliath ; for the
foreigners [Danes] of the fortress deserted from the Connaughtmen and the
people of Leath-Chuinn in general. A miracle was wrought against the
foreigners. [Danes] of Ath-cliath on this occasion, for Mac Murchadha and the
Saxons acted treacherously towards them, and made a slaughter of them in the
middle of their own fortress, and carried off their -cattle and their goods, in
consequence of their violation of their word to the men of Ireland. Asgall’,
son of Raghnall, son of Turcall, chief king of the foreigners [Danes] of Ath-
cliath, made his escape from them. A victory was gained by the son of Cormac,
grandson of Carthach, and the people of Desmond, over the knights who were
left to protect Port-Lairge. An army was led by Mac Murchadha and his
knights into Meath and Breifne; and they plundered Cluain-Iraird’, and burned
Ceanannus, Cill-Tailltean, Dubhadh, Slaine, Tuilen, Cill-Scire, and Disert-Chia-
rain; and they afterwards made a predatory incursion into Tir-Briuin, and
carried off many prisoners and cows to their camp. The hostages of Diarmaid
Mac Murchadha® were put to death by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Ire-

quists, as O’Brien, in his absurd work upon the
Round Towers of Ireland, assert thai King Ro-
deric did not execute the son of Dermot Mac
Murrough, who had been delivered as a hostage
for his father’s fidelity ; but we have the con-

i Cluain-Iraird, §c.—These churches are all
in Meath, and are now called in English Clonard,
Kells, Teltown, Dowth, Slane, Dulane, Kils-
keery, and Castlekieran. They have been al-
ready often referred to in these Annals.

* The hostages of Diarmaid Mac Murchadha.—
Dermot O’Conor, the translator of Keating’s
History of Ireland, and some modern Irish anti-

temporaneous testimony of Giraldus Cambrensis
that this execution took place: ‘ Indignans
Rothericus, filium ejus quem ei (supra, c. 10)

(eae

1178 annaza RIoghachta erreann. [1170.

1. Conéoban mac Oiapmada, plrogmacaom Largfn, 7 mac mic O1apmaoa «1.
mac Oormnaill Chaomanag, 7 mac a comalca 1. Ua Caollaige. Oornnall
dpnfsac 7 Chntp Mive vo 1ompéd an O Ruarpc,7 an O cConcobaip 7 bnaigve
vo tabaipc vo Mac Mupchada. Gpargsoe Ciptip Mive vo mapbav.la Cig fp-
nan Ua Ruane. Mac mic Paolam,7 mac Oonnchaw Mic G1ollapaccpaice
do 1onanbad la Mac Mupchada. Slucngfo la mac Munchada 1p m mbpeipne,
7 pnaincean pop opeim via Mhumeip la hampuib Tig (pnain Us Ruane, 7 vo
paopac 1apcccin ammup lonspuipc pain pein co Cargmb, Hallaib, Pha
Mive,7 co nCipgiallaib imme, 7 concpacan pochaide diob, 7 po pagabyle a
lonsponc. Oomnall Ua bain 7 Oal cCaip vo 1ompéd pon Ruadm. Cob-
lach ofpmain la Rucodp1 Ua cConcobaip pop Sionamn oionnpad Muman.
Cneach la hUib Maine a nUpmumain,7 cpeach la hlantan Connacc,1 cCuao-
mumain. Ro hmopead Unmuma leo von cup pin, po peaowlple clanoporc le
Cille Oalua.. Uoncan Ua hEécigepn vo manbad la macaib mc Mec Con-
mapa, 7 la hUib Cam. Onapmary Ua Cun, coipeac Clomne hlpfpnan,
vo manbad la Cenél Coda na e€crge. Oiapmai Ua hAmbpet, cgfpna
Ua Met,4 copeac mancpluag cigfpna Oils, 0o manbad pon Imp Lacan la
lomsfp came a hInmb hOne. Cpeac la Cigfpnan Ua Ruane 1 nGanl(ngarb
7 mm Saidmb, 7 00 bent buap 1omda lap. Cpeac la hAingialleab hi c Tin
bhniam. =Mupchad Ua Peangal, ms(pna na pPontuac, vo’ mapbaoh lé&
hUa Piachnach, ciseapna Ua pPineaclaip. Ruadm Mac Coda, cisfpna
Clomne Corpccpmg, véce ina olitpe 1 Tuam oa sualann. Gniom anaienio
amapmanptach vo dénam la Magnup Ua h€ocada, pi Ulad,7 oon manach
Omlaoib, mac comanba Findén Mange bile, 7 la hUleaib ancfna (cfhméta

obsidem dederat, capitali sententid condemna- guished from O’Ceallaigh, O’Cele, O’Caela, and
vit.’— Hib. Expug., lib. i. c. 17. See also Sta- O’Cadhla, which will soon be all anglicised to
nihurst, De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, lib. 3. Kelly, and become thus confounded for ever
The Kavanaghs of Leinster are descended from after the extinction of the native language.

Dombhnall Caemhanach, said by Giraldus Cam- ™ Diarmaid Ua Cuinn.—Now anglicé Dermot,

brensis to be a bastard son of King Dermot;
but Maurice Regan conceals his illegitimacy,
and calls him Prince Donald.—See Harris’s
Hibernica, p. 16, note '; and p. 30, note &

‘ O’ Caellaighe.—This name is still very nume-
rous in the county of Kilkenny, but always
incorrectly anglicised Kelly. It is to be distin-

Darby, or Jeremiah Quinn, the O’ being never
prefixed, even by the Dunraven family.—See
note *, under A. D. 1013, p. 774, supra.

Cinel-Aedha of Echtghe : i. e. the O’Shaugh-
nessys and their correlatives, who were seated
in the barony of Kiltartan, in the county of
Galway.

a

1170.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1179

land, at Ath-Luain, namely, Conchobhar, son of Diarmaid, heir apparent of
Leinster, and Diarmaid’s grandson, i. e. the son of Domhnall Caemhanach, and
the son of his foster-brother, i. e. O’Caellaighe.. Domhnall Breaghach and the
people of East Meath turned against O’Ruairc and O’Conchobhair, and deli-
vered hostages to Mac Murchadha. The hostages of East Meath were put to
death by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc. The son of Mac Fhaelain and the son of
Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig were banished by Mac Murchadha. An army
was led by Mac Murchadha into Breifne, and a party of his people were defeated
by the soldiers of Tighearnan Ua Ruairc. They afterwards made an attack
upon the camp in which he himself was, with the Leinstermen, Galls [English],
and the men of Meath and Oirghialla, about him, and slew numbers of them.
And they left their camp. Domhnall Ua Briain and the Dal-gCais turned
against Ruaidhri. A great fleet was brought upon the Sinainn, by Ruaidhri
Ua Conchobhair, to plunder Munster. A predatory incursion was made by the
Ui-Maine into Ormond, and a predatory incursion was made by the people of
West Connaught into Thomond. They [the Ui-Maine] plundered Ormond on
this occasion, and destroyed the wooden bridge of Cill-Dalua. Lorcan Ua hEch-
thighern was slain by the sons of Mac Conmara and the Ui-Caisin. Diarmaid
Ua Cuinn", chief of Clann-Iffearnain, was slain by the Cinel-Aedha of Echtghe",
Diarmaid Ua hAinbhfeth, lord of Ui-Meith, and leader of the cavalry of the
lord of Oileach, was slain on Inis-Lachain®, by a fleet which came from the Insi-
hOre [Orkney Islands]. A predatory incursion was made by Tighearnan
Ua Ruaire into Gaileanga and Saithne, and he carried off many cows. A pre-
datory incursion was made by the Airghialla into Tir-Briuin. Murchadh
Ua Fearghail, lord of the Fortuatha’, was slain by Ua Fiachrach, lord of Ui-
Fineachlais.. Ruaidhri Mac Aedha, lord of Clann-Cosgraigh, died on his
pilgrimage at Tuaim-da-ghualann. An unknown, atrocious deed was committed
by Maghnus Ua hEochadha, King of Ulidia, and the monk Amhlaeibh, son of
the successor of Finnen, and by the Ulidians in general,—except Maelisa, bishop,

° Inis-lochain.—See note *, under A. D. 1165. county of Wicklow, comprising Glendalough
There is another Inis-lochain in the River Bann, and the Glen of Imaile. ;
near the town of Coleraine.—See note », under a Ui-Feineachlais:—A tribe seated to the east

A. D. 1544. of Fortuatha, in the present barony of Arklow,
» Fortuatha.— A territory in the present in the same county.

(Gen ter’

1180 aNNata RIOFhacheTa elReGNHN. (1171.

Maorlfopa eppeop, 7 Grollavomanguinc mac Copbmaic, comanba Comgarll,
+ Maolmapcam, cormapba Pinnén co na muincip) .1. comtionol manach
jagalca co na nabbad po opoars Maolmaovdoce Ua Mongarp, legaro com-
anba P(caip, 1 Saball Phaccpaice vo londanbad ap an mainpcip po cogaib-
peac,] po cumomsplc pém,7 a naga §0 Leip ercip leabpaib 7 aidmib
ecclaptacta, bi, eoca, 7 caonca, 7 na huile po tiondilpfe 6 armpin an légaro
pempaice go pin. Maing cigfpna, 7 corps 00 pome an sniom hipin cma
comaiple an ci po dicupple manag Opoicic ata ap an abdame cma na
Goma pémn. Marpce cip a nofpnad, acc m veachad gan invechad on
ccommbe, ucip po manbare m aoimplec la humtib namac na corps do pomne
an gnfor pm, 7 po ponad an pi,7 po manbad san blcc 1apccai co hamp(ecnac
ipm barle 1 nofpnad an comarmple amppipén hipin 1.1 noan. Ona maint po

of cupead an cormtionol. Oia maint cpa 1 ccmo bliadna po manbad maite
Ulad, 7 po sonad a pi. Oia manne gap ucip iapccam po manbad é1 nOdn

la a ofpbpatain.

Corp Cpiorc, mile cév pfchcmogac a haon. PetpupUa Mopoa, eprcop
Cluana plpca Spénainn, manach cnaibdeac cécup, vo badad pin Sionamno
an 27 00 Oecembep. Sadb, mpfr Glamainn Mic Muncada, banéomanba
Opigde, 0ég 1ap naitpige. Clorcteach Telca apd vo lopccad la TrE(pnan

* Sabhall-Phadraigh.—Now Saul, in the ba-
rony of Lecale, and county of Down.—See
A. D. 493, 1011, 1020, 1149.

* Dun.—Now Downpatrick. The Annals of
Ulster record the events of this year as follows :

“A. D. 1170. Conor mac Murtagh O’Neall”
[recté, O’Loghlin], “king of Kindred-Owen,
and heire apparent of all Ireland, killed by
Hugh Begg Mac Cana, and the Uibh-Caragan,
on Easter Saturday, in the midest of the great
Tryan,in Ardmagh. Donogh Kynselagh O’ Kelly
killed by Leinster. Dublin spoyled by Dermod
Mac Murcha and the forreners that he brought
out of Great Britain to spoyle Ireland, in re-
venge of his banishment over seas out of his
owne land, and the killing of his son. They had
the slaughter of the Galls of Dublin and Water-
ford, and many slaughters were of them also.

Leinster and men of Meath were spoyled both
spirituall and temporall ; and they tooke Dublin
and Waterford. A very indecent act committed
by the monke, .i. Aulyv, son to the Coarb of
Finen-Moybyle, and by Manus Mac Dunleve,
king of Ulster, with the principalls of Ulster
and Ulstermen also, together with” [recté, with
the exception of] ‘‘ Moylysa, and Gilladoman-
gart mac Donell mic Cormack, Coarb of Com-
gall, and Moylmarten, Coarb of Finen, with
their people, .i. a Convent of Regular Canons,
with their abbot, ordained by Moylemoag
O’Morgair, Legat of the Coarb of Peter, in St.
Patrick’s Savall, .i. sanctuary, were banished
out of the abby built by themselves, and were
spoyled altogether, books, stuff, cowes, men,
horses, sheepe, and all that ever they gathered
there first coming in the tyme of the said Legat

1171.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1181

and Gilladomhangairt, son of Cormac, successor of Comhghall, and Maelmartain,
successor of Finnen, with their people,—i. e. a convent of religious monks, with
their abbot, whom Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair, legate of the successor of Peter,
had appointed at Sabhall-Phadraig’, were expelled from the monastery, which
they themselves had founded and erected ; and they were all plundered, both
of their books and ecclesiastical furniture, cows, horses, and sheep, and of every
thing which they had collected from the time of the legate aforesaid till then.
Wo to the lord and chieftains who perpetrated this deed, at the instigation of
one whom the monks of Droichet-atha [Drogheda] had expelled from the abbacy
for his own crime. Wo to the country in which it was perpetrated ; and it did
not pass without vengeance from the Lord, for the chieftains who had done this
deed were slain together by a few enemies, and the king was prematurely
wounded and slain, shortly after, at the town where the unjust resolution [of
. perpetrating it] had been adopted, namely, at Dun*. On Tuesday the convent
were expelled. On Tuesday also, at the end of a year, the chieftains of Ulidia
were slain, and the king was wounded. On Tuesday, shortly after, he was
killed by his brother, at Dun.

The Age of Christ, 1171. Petrus Ua Mordha, Bishop of Cluain-fearta-
Brenainn, who had been first a pious monk, was drowned in the Sinainn, on
the 27th of December. Sadhbh, daughter of Gluiniairn Mac Murchadha, suc-
cessor of Brighit, died after penance. The Cloictheach of Telach-aird* was

untill that tyme; also their coates, hoods, and Ulster killed, and the king wounded. ‘This

the rest about them at that tyme, through
emulation, fleshly combination, and covetous-
ness of honor to himselfe; for the monks of Ire-
land did banish him out of their abbacy, through
lawfull causes. Wo’, wo’, woe and woe the
doing, and woe to the country where this act
was committed, for it was not without revenge
from the Lord, for they were killed at once by
a few of their enemies, the principalls that com-
mitted this act. The king was wounded and
Garbeg’’ [recté, in a short time] ‘‘ unfortunately
after in the towne, where this was devised by
an unconscionable councel, .i. in Dun. Uppon
Tuesday was the Convent banished: uppon
Tuesday, at a yeare’s end, were the best of

Dermot” [recté, this Manus] “soone after was
killed himselfe by his brother in Dun. Dermot
O’Hanveth was killed by a navy that came out
of the Hes of Orcadia, in an Iland made by
themselves upon Loch Ney, called Inishlaghlin.”
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49.

* Telach-aird.—A townland in the barony of
Upper Navan, about two miles to the north-east
of Trim. The name Tealach-ard, which was
originally applied to a ballybetagh, or ancient
Trish townland, containing the seat of O’Coin-
dealbhain, chief of Ui-Laeghaire, originally em-
braced many of the modern denominations of
land adjacent to the present townland of Tully-
ard, and, among others, that called in Irish

1182 annNaza RIOghachta elReann. (1171.

Ua Ruaipc co na lan do daormb ann. Onapmaro Mac Mupchada, pi Longin,
an pip lap a nofpnad poo cpichig o€pmn ule, rap ccochupcal Saran, 7 1a4p
noenam ulc Gaoweal 50 hiombda, 1ap nanccaimn 4 lorccad ceall molapoa,
Cfhannup, Cluain Enaino, 7, 00 éce pra ccind bliadna vo salam eccuail-
nseaé anaicmd, varp po bnén ma blchawd cpa monbarl O€, Cholum Chile,
> Einvém, 7 naorm Epeann ipa cealla po panarg, 7 po loipce pecc pam, 7 1
Efpna mop acbat gan ciomna, gan aitpise, Fan conp cmopt, Zan ongav,
amail po cull a dpocaipitlead. Maolcpon mac Giolla Seacnanll cigfpna
Tallem, msn Concobain Uf Maolpfchlaino, bin
lomap Ui Chatapaig, wiZ(ina Sartne, vé5. Oomnall, mac me Ruaom
Ui Mhaolmuand, c15fina Pean cCeall, vo manbad la Mumncip Muimneaca.
Oomnall Ua Poganta, cisfina Ele véipceipc, vo mapbad la Oornnall mac
Oonnchada Opnaige, 7 po cuin ap an va Ele, 0 1 cconcnacap pice ap cpib
céoaib. Chpeach coblac la hUlemb hi cCip Eogain, via puccpac bi 1omda
le6. Cpeach la Niall mac Mec Laclaino go cCenél Eogam 1 nUlcab, 7 po
manbad pochaide led, 7 vo b(pcpac buan oipime. Opargoe CAipsiall 1apom
vo gabal la Niall Ua Loclaim. Cpeach mop la Magnup mac Oumnyleibe
Ui Eochada co nUllcoib 1 cCint an cuaipceint, 7 po apspec Cal patam,
7 cealla ole, 7 puspac uachad beag vo Cenél Cogan ponna 1m Choncoban
Ua Chatcin,7 po plpad 1omaiplee Ccoppa, 7 po meabaid pon Ulcorb, 7 con-
cap FP an Ficit do toipeachaib, 7 00 macaib coipeac co pochaidib 1omodaib
ole o Ulcaib, 7 po gonad Magnup pein,7 clpna ap an catgliad oon cup pin.
Ro mapbad iapom la a ofbpacain pén, la Oonnpléibe,7 la Giolla Aengupa

Ofpceine On(S, vo Ecc.

Baile an Ccloiczige, and, in English, Steeples-
town, in which the cloictheach, or round tower,

Library of Trinity College, Dublin, H. 1, 17,
that ‘‘he died at Ferns after the victory of Unc-

referred to in the text, stood. This tower fell
about the year 1760. The Editor was ac-
quainted with an old native of this district who
saw this steeple standing.—See the Miscellany
of the Irish Archeological Society, p. 138, note’.

“ Unknown disease.—It is also stated in the
Annals of Clonmacnoise that ‘Dermott Mac
Murrough died of an unknown disease, without
pennance, shrive, or Extreame Unction.” But
it is stated in a catalogue of the Kings of Lein-
ster, preserved in a paper manuscript in the

tion and penance.” This Dermot was a man of
His cha-
racter is described by his contemporary, Giral-
dus Cambrensis, as follows, in his Hibernia Ex-
pugnata, lib. i. cap. 6:

“ Erat autem Dermicius vir stature grandis,
et corpore peramplo: vir bellicosus et audax in
gente sua: ex crebro continuoque belli clamore
voce raucisona. Timeria cunctis quam diligi
cupiens; nobilium oppressor, humilium erector,
infestus suis, exosus alieniss Manus omnium

great stature, courage, and boldness.

171] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1183

burned by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, with its full of people in it. Diarmaid Mac
Murchadha, King of Leinster, by whom a trembling sod was made of all Ireland,
—after having brought over the Saxons, after having done extensive injuries to
the Irish, after plundering and burning many churches, as Ceanannus, Cluain-
Traird, &c.,—died before the end of a year [after this plundering], of an insuf-
ferable and unknown disease"; for he became putrid while living, through the
miracle of God, Colum-Cille, and Finnen, and the other saints of Ireland, whose
churches he had profaned and burned some time before; and he died at Fearna-
mor, without [making] a will, without penance, without the body of Christ,
without unction, as his evil deeds deserved. Maelcron Mac Gillaseachnaill,
lord of South Breagha, died. Tailltin, daughter of Conchobhar Ua Maeleach-
lainn, and wife of Imhar Ua Cathasaigh, lord of Saithne, died. Domhnall,
grandson of Ruaidhri Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, was slain by Muintir-
Muineacha. Domhnall Ua Fogarta, lord of South Eile, was slain by Domhnall,
son of Donnchadh [Mac Gillaphadraig] of Osraighe ; and he made a slaughter
of the people of the two Eiles, where he slew three hundred persons. A, plun-
dering fleet was brought by the Ulidians into Tir-Eoghain, in which they carried
off a couritless number of cows. A predatory incursion was made by Niall, son
of Mac Lochlainn, and the Cinel-Eoghain, into Ulidia, and numbers were slain
by them ; and they carried off countless cows. The hostages of the Airghialla
were afterwards taken by Niall Ua Lochlainn. A great predatory force was
led by Maghnus Mac Duinnsleibhe Ua hEochadha and the Ulidians into Cuil-
an-tuais-ceirt”; and they plundered Cuil-rathain [Coleraine] and other churches.
A small party of the Cinel-Eoghain, under Conchobhair Ua Cathain, overtook
them ; and a battle was fought between them, in which the Ulidians were de-
feated, with the loss of one-and-twenty chieftains and sons of chieftains, with
many others [of the commonalty]; and Maghnus himself was wounded, but he
escaped from the conflict on that occasion. He was afterwards killed by his
own brother, Donnsleibhe, and Gilla-Aenghusa, son of Mac Gillaepscoip, ruler

contra ipsum, et ipse contrarius omni.” The cuil, i. e. the corner or angle of that terri-

” Cutl-an-tuais-ceirt.—Tuaisceart was the name tory, is the district now called the north-east
of an ancient deanery in the north of the pre- liberties of Coleraine—See Reeves’s Ecclesias-
sent county of Antrim, comprising the modern tical Antiquities of Down and Connor, &c., p. 71,
rural deaneries of Ballymoney and Dunluce. note *

aNNaZa RIOshachta eIREGNN. 1171.

1184

mac Mic Giollaeppeoip, peccaine Manaig, 1 nOdn, 1ap ndénam ule 1omda.
Cpeach an Saitmb la Tigfpnan Ua Ruane go befpaib bperpne. Ro manbad
le6 pochaide, 7 v0 bfpcpac buap 1omda. Cpeach orle la Tis finan 1 nOer-
ceant Onls,7 po mapbad laip Giolla Nena Mac Lugada, 1. caoipfch
Cumpcne, 7 Mac Giollapeaclamn (1. caorpeac Oeipceinc Oplcc.) Topcarp
la plpaib Mide don cup pin Ua Lamouib. Oomnall opfSac, mgsfpna Mioe,
vo tabaipe Fall vo Thsfpnan Ua Ruaipc. Seache ccpeacha vo dénam la
hUib Maine pon Unmumain 6 vomnach na himpime co vomnach moncaps.
Cneac Oomlias Chiandain vo dénam la proinedad Mili Chocan, 7 toncpacan
anole ofob annabanac la gallanb Ata cliat nm emeac Chanam., Cat Ata
cat eicip Mili Cocan 7 Apgall, 1. mac Raccnaill, pi gall nEpeann pecc
mam. Toncpacan a nan ceccannae a 010, 7 anall eicin proepfohaib Saran
7 Balla Ata chat. Oo pocharp ann Apsall mac Ragnaill, 7 Goan loclan-
oac a hlnpib hOpc, co pochaiib ale cenmotac. Sluasf la Rumdm
Ua cConcobanp, la TigfGnnan Ua Ruainc,7 la Munchad Ua Cibaill 50 he
cliat, opopbarp ap an lapla a. Scpangbuu,7 ap Mili Cocan. bao cpa
veabad 7 1omsZum (coppa ppi pé corctioip1.. ~Oo co 1apom O Concobaip 1
ccomn Lais(n, 7 mancpluas pln mbpeipne 7 Aingiall vo bua 7 vo lopecad
anbann na Saranac. Oo veocavan iaptcain an clanla 7 Wht Cocan co na
vena’ illongponc Ceite Cuimn, po manbrac pochaie via noaorsan pluas,
7 tucpat a lon, a nevead,7 a ccaplib. Maodm la mac Conbmaic Més
Captag an Shallaib Cumms. Ro manbad pochaide mon ofob terp im
~Foipne mac Giollacamoig,7 1m Toncaip mac Tpém,7 plo loipee an manecad,

7 lf an vime anmeadén.

* Manaigh.—Otherwise called Mancha Mo-
naigh-Uladh, and Cath-Monaigh.—See note ”,
under A. D. 1173 ; Reeves’s Ecclesiastical An-
tiquities, &c.. p. 356; and Leabhar-na-gCeart,
p- 172, note*. This sept was seated near Moira,
in the barony of Lower Iveagh, and county of
Down. Doctor O’Conor prints this Rechtaire
Mum, which he translates Gubernatore Momonie,
but he is decidedly in error.

¥ Asgall.—For a curious account of the deaths
of this prince and Hoan, or John, see Hibernia
Expugnata, lib. i. cap.21. After a long struggle

Sloigf la Tisfnan Ua Ruane co befranb

with his assailants, Hoan, or John, called The-
woode Vehemens by Giraldus, and le Dene by
Maurice Regan, was at length felled to the
ground, and slain by Walter de Riddlesford,
assisted by others. Asgall, or Hasculphus, at-
tempted to fly to his ships, but was taken on
the sea shore, and brought back alive to be re-
served for ransom. But on appearing before
the governor, Milo de Cogan, and a large as-
sembly in the Council house, he proudly and
haughtily exclaimed: ‘“* We came here with
only a small force and this has been but the

1171.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1185

of Monaigh* at Dun [Downpatrick], after having perpetrated many evil deeds.
A predatory incursion was made upon the Saithni by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc,
with the men of Breifne. They slew numbers of persons, and carried off many
cows. Another predatory incursion was made by Tighearnan into South
Breagha ; and he slew Gillan-Enain Mac Lughadha, i. e. chief of Cuircne, and
Mac Gillaseachlainn, chief of South Breagha. Ua Lamhdhuibh was slain by
the men of Meath on this occasion. Domhnall Breaghach, lord of Meath, deli-
vered hostages to Tighearnan Ua Ruairc. Seven predatory incursions were
made by the Ui-Maine into Ormond, from Palm-Sunday till Low-Sunday.
Daimhliag-Chianain [Duleek] was plundered by the knights of Milo Cogan ;
and some of them were slain on the following day by the foreigners [i. e. Danes]
of Ath-cliath, in revenge of Cianan. The battle of Ath-cliath was fought be-
tween Milo Cogan and Asgall, [who was for] some time before king of the
foreigners [Danes] of Ireland. Many were slaughtered on both sides of the
Saxon knights and the foreigners [Danes] of Ath-cliath. Asgall’, son of Ragh-
_nall, fell therein, as did Eoan, a Dane from the Insi-hOre [Orkney Islands], and
many others besides them. An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair,
Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, and Murchadh Ua Cearbhaill, to Ath-cliath, to lay siege
to the Earl, i. e. Strongbow, and Milo Cogan. There were conflicts and skir-
mishes between them for the space of a fortnight. O’Conchobhair afterwards
went against the Leinstermen, with the cavalry of the men of Breifne and Air-
ghialla, to cut down and burn the corn of the Saxons. The Earl and Milo
Cogan afterwards entered the camp of Leath-Chuinn, and slew many of their
commonalty, and carried off their provisions’, armour, and horses. A victory
was gained by the son of Cormac Mac Carthaigh over the foreigners of Luim-
neach. A great number of them was slain by him, and, among the rest, Foirne,
son of Gillacainnigh, and Torchar, son of Treni; and he burned the market
and half the fortress to its centre. An army was led by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc*

corn, meal, and pork, as was sufficient to vic-

beginning of our labours. If I live, far other
tual the city of Dublin for one whole year.—See

and greater things shall follow.” Upon hearing

which the governor ordered him immediately to
be beheaded.

* Their provisions.—In the account of the Eng-
lish Invasion, attributed to Maurice Regan, it is
stated that the English got such quantities of

Harris’s Hibernica, pp. 25-30; and compare
with Hibernia Expugnata, lib. i. cc. 22, 23, 24.

® Tighearnan Ua Ruaire.—Compare with Hi-
bernia Expugnata, lib. i. c. 29; and Regan’s
account in Harris’s Hibernica, pp. 25, 26.

7M

1186 aNNata RIOshachta elReaNnn. (1171.

bpeipne dommdiyp), 7 la hCipgiallarb co hAé chaz, 7 po cunple veabard ppi
Mii Cocan co na proimidanb, 50 paeiind pon peanarb Speipne 7 pon Ahp-
siallaib. Oo pocap ann led mac Tigfpnain Uf Ruaine, canaipi Sperpne,
7 mac mic Orapmava U1 Chuinn,7 pochaide ole immantle pri. “Cpeach
la opéim vo Shiol Muipeadars 1 cCuadmumain, 4 po oincecple Sipteacan
Ua Liciuda, 7 po manbrac é buddéin 1 cchhatand. Cpeach la piol nOnmchada
3 la Muincip Chionaeta 1 n€le, 7 00 beptpac ba 1omda. Cpeach la mac an
lapla 50 po once cealla Marge Langtn 4 opong mon vo Uib Paolam. Cpeach
lé& hlantan Connacc,7 la operm vo Shiol Muipfoarg F0 po aineeplc lapmuma,
Copcumopuad,] cuccpac buan ofpime. Cpeach la mumncip mic an lapla oa
po oincep(c Cluam Conaipe, Galam,7 Catpac mbmumn. = Ing§fn Ui Eochada,
bth Mupchada Ui Ceanbaill, cigfpna Orpsiall, véce. Coblac Connacc
6 Shamain co bealcaine fon Sionaimn,7 pon Loc nOepngodenc. Sich vo dénam
v0 Ohomnall OplSach la Tigfpnan Ua Ruaine, 7 aint(p Mfde vo tocc oa
ag. Ri Saran an vana henpi O1uce na Noncmann, 7 Aquicaime lapla An-
vesauia,] TIS5(nna ap monan vo Tinib ole, vo Tecc In Epi an bliadamyp, 04

picic an va céd lion a long, 7 ap ann po gabpac 1 Ponclaipse.

» Ua Litiudha: i. e. O’Liddy ; now Liddy,
without the prefix Ua or O”.

° The King of England.—Henry II. landed at
Crook, in the county of Waterford, on the 18th
of October, 1171. He was accompanied by
Strongbow, William Fitz-Adelm, Humphrey de
Bohun, Hugh de Lacy, Robert Fitz-Barnard,
and many other lords. His whole force, which,
according to the most authentic English ac-
counts, was distributed in 400 ships, consisted
of 500 knights and about 4000 men at arms.—
See Harris’s Hibernica, p. 36.

The Annals of Ulster give the events of this
year as follows :

“A.D. 1171. Diermot Mac Murcha, king of
Leinster, after spoyling many churches and
temporall” [property], “died in Ferna, without
Unction, the body of Christ, repentance, or will,
in satisfaction of Colum-Kill, Finen, and the
saints that he spoyled” [i. e. dishonoured] “in

their churches. Askall mac Torcaill, king of
Dublin, and John of the Orcadian Iles,” [were]
“killed of” [by] “‘ the said Galls. Sawy, daugh-
ter of Gluniron Mac Murcha, Coarb of Brigit,
died in repentance. A great army by Magnus
Mac Dunleve, with all Ulstermen, into the
northern nookes, preyed Cuilrathan, and other
churches ; but a few of Kindred-Owen followed
them, about Conner O’Cahan, and fought with
them, and killed 21 of their cheif men, and
cheife men’s children, and another number to-
gether with them; and Manus himself was
wounded, and that Manus himselfe was soone
after killed, by Dunleve, his own brother, and
by Gillanus Mac Gillespuig, by the Monks’ heard
or servant” [recté, by the lawgiver, or chief
steward of the monachs, or Cath-Monaigh],
“in Dun, after committing many great evils,
viz., after putting away his wife from his fos-
terer, Cumoy mac Floinn, who was his own

1171.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1187

and the men of Breifne and Airghialla, a second time, to Ath-cliath ; and they
made battle with Milo Cogan and his knights, in which the men of Breifne and
the Airghialla were defeated ; and Aedh, son of Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, Tanist
of Breifne, and the grandson of Diarmaid Ua Cuinn, and many others along with
them, were slain. A predatory incursion was made by the Sil-Muireadhaigh
into Thomond, and they plundered Sirtheachan Ua Litiudha, and slew himself
in a battle. A predatory incursion was made by the Sil-Anmchadha and
Muintir-Chinaetha into Ele, and they carried off many cows. A predatory incur-
sion was made by the son of the Earl, and he plundered the churches of Magh-
Laighean, and many of the Ui-Faelain. A predatory incursion was made by the
people of West Connaught and some of the Sil-Muireadhaigh, and they plun-
dered the west of Corcumdhruadh, and carried off countless cows. A predatory
incursion was made by the people of the son of the Earl, in which he plundered
Cluain-Conaire, Galam [read Gailinne], and Lathrach-Briuin. The daughter of
Ua hEochadha, and wife of Murchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla, died.
The fleet of Connaught, from Allhallowtide to May-day, upon the Sinainn and
Loch Deirgdheirc. A peace was made by Domhnall Breaghach with Tighearnan
Ua Ruairc, and the people of East Meath came into his house. The King of
England’, the second Henry, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Earl of Ande-
gavia, and lord of many other countries, came to Ireland this year. ‘Two hun-
dred and forty was the number of his ships, and he put in at Port-Lairge.

brother Hughe’s wife before ; having ravished
his brother Eocha his wife before, after abusing
bells, bachalls, clerks, and churches. Dunleve
raigned after him. Anne, daughter to Dunleve,
Queen of Argiall, died. Slaughter committed
uppon Tiernan O’Roirk, men of Meath, men of
Fernmoy, by Myles Gogan, and his” [knights],
“where fell a great many about Hugh O’Roirk,
king of Maghary-Galeng, and that should be
king of O’Briuins and Conmacne. There were
there killed some of the best of Fernmoy, .i.
Moylmoghta Mac Confevla, and Conor, his bro-
ther: the two chiefs of Kindred Feriagh. Tenny

O’Congale, the splendor of Argiall for liberality
and martial feates, died. Venit in Hiberniam
Henricus potentissimus Rex Angliw, et idem dus:
Normannie e Aquitanie, et Comes Andegavie, et
aliarum multarum terrarum, cum ducentis et al.
navibus, and came to shore in Waterford, and
tooke pledges from Mounster. He came after
to Dublin, and tooke hostages from Leinster
and Meath, from Ibriuin, Argialls, and Ulster.
Petrus, bishop of O-Mane, in Connaght, a di-
vine monke and learned, drowned in the Synan,
the 6th Kalends of January.”—Cod. Clarend.,
tom. 49.

T7mM2

ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.

Pace 4, line 2 of note‘, after ‘‘ Tultuine,” insert “now modernized to Tonn cuime, or Tounthinna,
and situated in the parish of Templechala, or Temple-Callow, in the barony of Duharra, and
county of Tipperary.”

P. 7, note *, for “this was the name of the mouth of the River Erne, in the south-west of the
county of Donegal,” read ‘this was the ancient name of the Bay of Dundrum, in the county of

Down.” :
P. 8, note*, for “not identified,” read ‘a plain in the barony of Forth, and county of

Wexford.”

P. 22, line 2 of note *, for ‘‘now Teltown, near the River Boyne,” read ‘‘now Teltown, near
the River Sele, or Blackwater, a tributary to the Boyne.”

P. 27, line 4 of note °, for “‘a small bog,” read ‘a small bay.”

P. 28, at the end of note ‘, add: “ There is a place called Blary, or Bleary, in the parish of
Tullylish, barony of Lower Iveagh, and county of Down.”

P. 37, note *, for ** both names unknown,” read ‘“‘ Glascharn is the name of a townland in the
north-west extremity of the parish of Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath.”

P. 38, at the end of note ‘, add: “According to the authorities consulted by Keating and
O’Flaherty, the Monarch Conmhael was buried at Feart-Conmhaeil, near Aenach-Macha. His
grave *was on the hill of Druim-Chonmhaeil, or Drumconvel, in the parish of Armagh, county of

Armagh.—See Ogygia, part iii. c. 20.”
P. 38, note °, for “ Ucha.—Not identified,” read ‘“‘ Ucha was the ancient name of Ballyshannon,

or Ballysonnan, near Killcullen Bridge, in the county of Kildare.”
P. 40, at the end of note “, add: “ Dubhloch is now called the Black Lough, and is situated
in the townland of Rathkenny, barony of Upper Slane, and county of Meath, which was anciently

a part of the territory of Ferrard.”
P. 49, note ', for “ not identified,” read ‘Loch Saileach, now Loughsallagh, in the parish and

barony of Dunboyne, in the county of Meath.—Ord. Map, sheets 50, 51.”

P. 58, note &, on Moin-Foichnigh, for “ there is no place now bearing this name in the territory
of Offaly,” read “ Moin-Foichnigh is now called Moin-Boichnigh, or Boughna Bog, and is situated
in the parish of Kilbride, barony of Fertullagh, and county of Westmeath, on the northern boun-
dary of the ancient Ui-Failghe.”

519 04
1190 ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.

P. 75, note *, for “ Magh-Aeife, otherwise called Magh-Feimheann,” read “‘ Magh-Aeife was
the name of a plain in the ancient Ui-Failghe, adjoining Tuath-Leighe, near Portarlington.”

P. 79, A. M. 4702, for “ Aenghus Ollamh, son of Labhraidh,” read “ Aenghus Ollamh, son of
Oilioll, son of Labhraidh.”

P. 89, A.M. 5085, for ‘Ederscel, son of Oilioll,” read ‘ Ederscel, son of Eoghan, son of
Oilioll.”

-P. 104, at the end of note %, on Slighe-Dala, add: ‘‘ The townland of Bealach-mor, i. e. the Great
Road or Pass, now Ballaghmore, adjoining the parishes of Ballyadams and Timogue, in the barony
of Stradbally, Queen’s County, marks the direction of the great pass of Slighe-Dala, in the terri-
tory of Laeighis, or Leix.”

P. 104, A.D. 157. At the end of this paragragh add: “6a poineamanl an céipomig Conn,
oip ba ceinzbpeiteaé, Sa coipzeamarl na cpamn 7 na hinbeapa pe a linn, i.e. Conn was a pros-
perous monarch, because he was a righteous judge. The trees and the river-mouths were pro-
ductive during his reign.”

P. 107, A. D. 165, for “ Cairbre Riadal,” read ‘ Cairbre Riada.”

P. 108, col. 2, line 9, for “the Munster sept called Deirgthine,” read “the Munster sept called
Dairine.”

P. 111, A. D, 226, for “his hand did not fail Laighe,” read “ his hand did not conceal Laighe,”
and add: Lughaidh Lagha had slain seven kings, in token of which he wore seven rings on his
fingers, by which he was easily recognised,—See the Book of Lecan, fol. 124, a, a.”

P. 112, note *, for “Suithair, or Shrule, in the south-east of the county of Louth,” read
“ Sruthair, or Shrule, in the south-east of the county of Longford.”

P. 114, A.D. 248.“ The battle of Crinna-Fregabhail.—In the Annals of Tighernach this battle
is entered under A. D. 251 ; and in the Stowe copy of the Annals of the Four Masters it is
noticed under A. D. 262. It is to be distinguished from the battle of Crinna-Breagh, fought
A. D. 226.” .

P, 120, A. D. 284, for Fiopconb mac Conmaic Cap,” read “ Fiopconb mac Moga Cub,
mic Copmaic Cap, i.e. Fearcorb, son of Moghcorb, son of Cormac Cas.”

P. 124, at the end of note ?, add: “It is very probable that Fincarn, in the parish of Dotiaahe
moyne, county of Monaghan, marks the battle field of Achadh-leithdherg. It is stated in very
old accounts of this battle that its site was marked by a carn.”

P. 137, at the end of note *, on St. Laebhan, add: “ The principal church of this saint would
appear to be Cill-Laebhain, now Killevan, in the barony of Dartry, and county of Monaghan.”

P. 140, note ', on Dumh-Aichir, for ‘‘ Not identified,” read “‘ Dumha-Aichir was in Loch nEn,
near the town of Roscommon.—See Annals of Tighernach, A. D. 1066.”

P. 150, A. D. 479. To this year add: “ Cpftncann, mac Enna Cemnpealarg, p Cargean 00
zuizim-La hEochaw n§uinec 00 Uib Saippée, 7 la hApadaib Cliaéc. Muipeadaé Mumoeapgs,
m Ulas, véce, i.e. Creamhthann, son of Enna Ceinnsealach, King of Leinster, fell by Eochaidh
Guinech, one of the Ui-Bairrche, and the people of Ara-Cliach. Muireadhach Muindearg, King of
Ulidia, died.”

P. 159, last line, for “ A, D. 432,” read “A. D. 448.”

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