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CONTENTS
CHRONICLE:
A.D. 1057-1131 ... 8-127
1155-1378, 126-565
COREIGENDA AND ADDENDA.
P. 27, note 2, 1. 4, for period read or period.
,, 28,1. 14, ,, Cencmn pa read Cencmnya.
,, 32, n. 3, 1. 1, .. Chiarains ,, Chifirain.
,, 37, 1. 10, ,, out of for.
,, 40, ,, Pacn atla V 1Q ciia Ua.
90, 1. 26 -DC -oe.
,, 102, 27, xccx. acx.
,, 108, D. 1, 1. C, vil. tnogka imY. tnogha.
116, 1. 17, oxuicim a cuicitn.
n. 2, 11. 3-6, the error is corrected in Vol. II. of the A.L.C.
127, 1. 4, dele 2 .
,, 128, 10, for pceimleT) read pceimter).
129, 32, nnaehli lainn the.
132, 1, Tctnga'DUfi yicmga-oup..
,, 133, reach reached.
138, 1. 23, bps brxeg.
,, 140, ,,17, T>aib' im-oaib' read 6aib' d im-Dai6 d .
158, 27,
,, of a
of 1.
170, 23,
,, "Domnall
., "Oormiall".
172,,, 2,
TDOTl
.. 1T>O1l b .
175,,, 7,
rested
rested [peacefully.
230, 25,
cdmic 8
C01T11C 9 .
232,,, 6,
qieichi fin
,. cp.eic hipn.
234, 20,
; Oiuaiy^eiir.
243, 1,
encolsure
enclosure.
,, 259, col. 2, 1. 11, dele seems to have.
,, 265,11. 7, 8, for Muircertagh read Muircertach.
,, 273, 1. 10, after in insert the land of.
,, 279, 15, for foreign countries read neighbouring territories.
,, 290, 16, dele B 61a.
,, 298, 12, for Loctainn read LaclcnnTi.
305, 12, > r ra i set i rea( j elected.
n. 4, 1-. 1J- 7
306, 1. 18, for htla 2 read hUa'.
,, 308, 3, add l to Hucojfii.
,, 312, 20,/or "Oonca-D read "Ootincar).
,, 322, col. 2, 1. 6, dele the ref. no.
,, 332, 1. 7, for Cm^aToe read CiafuxiT>e.
25, prefix * to In.
" ^07' " f)a'cf or Driving read pursuing-.
,, 6oi, zy,>
,, 377, ., 26, the direction read an attack.
,, assumed undertaken.
380, 1. 12, bee ' bee i.
383, ,, 5, dele a.
n > 6, for foray read foraye.
CORRIGENDA AND ADDKNDA.
P. 887, 1. 23, for forc3* read moveables.
888, 3, laf Ifa.
,, 392, 20, mtnnncp, a< ' tnum[n]w|i.
414, 19, Clonr> Cloiivo .
418, 17, ., tabaipcajx tabatjxc afv.
,, 428, 10, ,, cnli .. ii? ii'i
432, 3, Catalim ,. Catal im.
443, 25, Gaidhel Foreigner.
,, 445, n. 6, 1. 2, for timpanut read timpanitts.
453, 3, i**ert by Mandoville after do Burgh.
,, 456, L 18, for Ccmcobujx read Concobujx.
458, 24, UUT>II ,, Uifnjv
461, 12, Foreigner ,, Gaidhel.
466, 25, ,, Umi]\ ,, UITMJX.
479, 11, pledge of ,, prize over (lit. of).
480, 18, Ocuc Ocuf.
,, 483, 3, ,, passed ,, reached [his end].
485, 16, dispersing ,, despoiling.
Add Note : Lit. relatire to moveablet ; i.e. a defeat in which what
the vanquished were driving off fell to the victor-.
,, 486, L 9, for , mac rea-i TTlac.
,,22, TTIuinncifx read lTluin[n]ci|X.
. 487, 8, dele , son of.
,, 607, 14, for apple read wild apple.
608, 22, ,, bp,iam, mic, read b[xiam TTlic.
,, 36, dele >om., B.
609, 25, for son Tawny read Mac-Ui Neill-buidhe.
516, ,. 13, dtU ref. no. .
518. u. 4, 1. 2, for from read form.
522, 1. 14, ,, -00 ,, -ooq.
26, " ,, p.
,, ,,27, ,, Cujxcnc read eayxcnc.
525, 28, ,, him ., them.
,, 526, 10, ,, Ctonnn Clann .
527, 1, after slain insert and [other] persons were slain.
529, 15, for with read by.
,, 21, ,, movement read jeopardy.
,, 546, 3, ,, iTiajxb ,, majxb TX>.
,, 548, "Dalacam "DaUrctin.
652, 10, ,, -no oman ,, o -00111011.
554, 12, ,, bail*-ata-na-jxi5 read baile CCta-
,, 555, 16, ,, prowess ,, championship.
,, 17, ,, benevolence ,, prowess,
,,661, 16, ., Eerghal ., Ferghal.
,, 662, 30, ,, mle U anile.
,, 564, 6, moficuu^ mo|vcua.
uiocbh.
ANNALS OP ULSTER;
OTHERWISE,
ANNALS OF SENAT.
uiccbh.
(A 44d; B 41c)
'al. 1cm. 1111. p., 1. xxi., CCnno "Domini 1TI. L.
uii. Iliall hUa b6icneca[i]n, ni Ceniinl-
B4ia en-oai, a fuif occfifUf 1 efc. "Oungal bUa
"Oonnca-oa, ni eo^anacca Caipl, -DO cuitim la
1Tlun,eaf>, mac m-bpiain, cum mulciy\ pinnguine bUa
Pnnguine, n.iT>omna ITluman, DO cuicim la TTlael-
Seclainn hUa* m-bfiic. ecmajicac, mac Cefinaij,
aificinnec "Ouin-lec-glaive, -DO -oul -oia ailicpi. TTlai-om
|iia Ruai-opi hUa Hua-5aca[i]n co ii-CCi[ifirepail5, pofi
^illa-Cpifc hll a paelcon 7 VOp UiC-6acac. lllael-
liuanai'5 bUa pocafica, fii "Oeivce[i]fic 61 le, -DO
la "Oormcxro, mac 0|UOOlt TTluificeficac htla b
|ii hUa-m-bapce, moficuuf* e^r. T)ubT)alece bUa
Cinae-oa, aiyicmnec Co^cai^e 7 Uoba^cac, mac pej\-
oomnaig, comapba Coluim-cille, in "Domino oofimi-
epunc. "Domnall bUa Uuaific -DO man,bar la "Oomnall,
mac TTlaelpuanai^, fii pefi-1Tlanac. .
* | denotes commencement uf MS. column.
[Contractions : t. in., top margin ; f. in., foot margin : r. in., right margin ;
1. in., left margin; c. in., centre margin: ill., interlined; t. h. (written by)
text hand ; n. t. h., not (written by) text hand.]
A.D. 1057. 'Occtppuf, B. -moiicup, B. mac to*, B. > m[ac],but
a dot in placed underneath, to signify deletion and h[lla] placed on c. in.. B.
1057. J [DonnchaJh]. All the
MSS M followed by the Annah of Loch
Ct (ndan.\ have Murchadh. To cor-
respond therewith, ton must be
changed into grandton ; a* Murchadh
was slain in the battle of Clontarf, but
Donchadh had a sonnamed Murchadh.
A this was apparently a general en-
gagement, it seems more probable that
the mistake of the transcription took
place in the proper name. The four
Afattert solve the difficulty by omit-
ting this portion of the entry. O'Conor
saw nothing that required correc-
tion.
* Royal-keir. Literally royal ma-
trrial (rrgia inateriet), signifying heir
apparent.
ANNALS OP ULSTER.
KALENDS of Jan. on 4th feria, 21st of the moon,
A.D. 1057. Niall Ua hEicnechain, King of
Cenel-Endai, was slain by his own [kinsmen].
Dungal Ua Donnchadha, King of the Eoganacht of Cashel,
fell by Murchadh [Donnchadh] 1 , son of Brian [Boruma],
along with many others. Finnguine Ua Finnguine, royal
heir 9 of Munster, fell by Mael-Sechlainn 3 Ua 4 Brie.
Echmarcach, son of Cernach, herenagh 5 of Dun-leth-
glais, went on his pilgrimage 6 . A defeat [was inflicted]
by Ruaidhri Ua Ruadhacain with the Airrthir upon
Gilla-Crist Ua Faelchon and upon the Ui-Eachach. Mael-
ruanaidh Ua Focarta, king of the South of Eili, fell
by Donnchad, son of Brian [Boruma]. Muircertach
Ua Tresaich, king of Ui-Barrce, died. Dubdalethe
Ua Cinaedha, herenagh of Cork and Robartach 7 , son of
Ferdomnach, successor of [St.] Colum-cille, slept in the
Lord. Domnall Ua Ruairc was killed by Domnall, son
of Maelruanaigh, king of Fir-Manach.
[1057]
* Mael-Sechlainn. Devotee (lit. ton-
sured) of (St. ,) Sechlann (or Sechnall),
disciple of St. Patrick. By omission
of the infected *, the name was
Maelechlainn (Melaghliu) ; which, in
turn, in disregard of the origin, be-
came Malachias and Malachy. See
Vol. I., f>. 8.
4 Ua. The reading of B (son) is also
found in the Annals of Loch Ce (ad
an.) But Ua (grandson), the lection
of A, is given in both of them at the
year 1059, where the killing of Mael-
Sechlainn is entered. C follows A.
5 flerenayh For the explanation
of this term, see O'Donovau, Four
Masters, iii. , p, 47 sq.
6 Went on his pilffrimaffe. That is,
either over sea ; or, more probably, to
another native establishment (perhaps
Armagh; cf. 1003 [=1004], 1037,
supra, 1063, infra), to end his life in
penitential exercises.
7 Robartach. Abbot of Kells, which
at that time (Adamnan, p. 399) was
apparently the official seat of the suc-
cessor of St. Columba. He succeeded
Mael-Muire, A.D. 1040 (supra). Dr.
Reeves suggests (loc. cit.) that he was
son of Ferdomnach, who died 1007
(=1008), supra.
A 2
CCNNCClCC UlCCDtl.
]Cal. 1an. u. p., 1. 11., CCnno "Domim 171. l. inn.
1mbleac-ibain. T>O lofccrfe co leip, icen. -oaimliac 7
cloiccec. Ltilac, mac ^illa-Comsam, aifvopis CClban,
DO majibcri) La TTlael-Coluim, mac "Oonncafca, i cac.
IDai-om SleiBe-Cfxot; fiia n-*0ian.maic, mac TTlail-na-
mbo, pop. "OonncaT), mac Ofiiain, 1 coficain. Caipbpi
nlla Li^oai, ai|\cinnec 1mleca-ibaip, 7
mac Con coi fine, fii 6le ec alii mulxi.
Cejibaill, fxi-oomna "Cemixac, mopcuuf 1 efc. Colman
hUa hCCifieccai, comapba Comgaitl; hlla planncua,
aipcinnec Imleaca-ibaifi, m pace quieuefiunr. TTIac-
bearai), mac pinnlaic, aip'opi^ CClban, "DO mafiba'5
la TTIael-Coluim,* mac "Oonnca-oa, 1 car.
1an. in. p., I. ac. 111., CCnno "Domini TTI. l.
ix. Cpec la TTlael-8eclainn hlla TTlocaf>a[i]n i
n-CCi prepaid, co puc rpi cec* bo, uel paulo plup 7
co pomapt5 ^illa-TTluipe TTlac CCipeccai, muipe
B 42a damne-Sinai^.- TTlael-Seclainn | hUa Opic *oo muca'5
i n-uaim la TTlael-Seclainn hlla "Paelain. CCef> hlla
T)ubT>ai, pi hlla-n-CCmalga^a, a puip occipup" e]^:.
A45 Cpec la | hCCp-D^ap TTlac ioclamn co Ceniul-Gogain 1
n-TJal-CCpai-De, co cucpcrc bopoma mop 7 T>a cec* 7>ume
A.D. 1058. 1 Tnojxcup, B. 2 TTIaet-Seclcnnn, A. This is erroneous.
It was probably an oversight.
A.D. 1059. .c., A, B. The Roman notation is regularly employed in the
MSS. b occippr , B.
10. r >8. 1 Both Literally between.
2 Gilla- Comgai* " Gillie " (r-
raiit ; employed in the secondary
sense of devotee as a proper name)
of St Comgan of Kilchoan, in Scot-
land (Reeves, Adamnan, p. 420).
This is, perhaps, the Comgan, whose
commemoration in the Martyrology
of Tallaght adds another to the in-
stances of the designation Cele-
De: III. Id. [Oct. Oct. 13]. Com-
yani, Celt De (L.L. [Book of Lein-
ster], Lith. ed., p. 363 h).
*Swxtuorof[Sl.'] ContgalL That
is, abbot of Bangor, co. Down.
4 Mnc-Beathadh. The sequence of
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 2nd of the moon, A.D. [1058]
1058. Imblech-ibair was burned entirely, both 1 stone
church and steeple. Lulach, son of Gilla-Comgain, 2 arch-
king of Scotland, was killed by Mael-Coluim, son of Donn-
chadh, in battle. The defeat of Sliabh-Crot [was
inflicted] by Diarmait, son of Mail-na-mbo, upon Donn-
chadh, son of Brian [Boruma], wherein fell Cairbri Ua
Ligdai, herenagh of Imblech-ibair, and Righbardan, son of
Cucoirne, king of Eili, and many others. Gallbrat
Ua Cerbaill, royal heir of Tara, died. Colman Ua
hAirechtaigh, successor of [St.] Comgall 3 ; Ua Flanncua,
herenagh of Imblech-ibair, slept in peace. Mac-Beathadh,*
son of Finnlaech, arch-king of Scotland, was killed by
Mael-Coluim, son of Donnchadh, in battle.
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 13th of the moon, A.D. [1059]
1059. A foray by Mael-Sechlainn Ua Motadhain into the
Airthir, so that he took away 300 cows, or a little more,
and killed Gilla-Muire Mac Airechtaigh, steward of Clann-
Sinaigh. Mael-Sechlaimn Ua Brie was smothered in a
cave by Mael-Sechlainn Ua Faelain. Aedh Ua Dubdai,
king of Ui-Amalgadha, was slain by his own [kinsmen].
A foray by Ardgar Mac Lochlainn along with 1 the Cenel-
Eogain into Dal-Araidhe, so that they took away great
cattle-spoil, and 200 persons were either killed or
the items respecting Lulach and Mac-
Beathadh (the Macbeth of Shakes-
peare) should be reversed. Marianus
Scotus, who had his information from
a pilgrim that came straight from
Scotland, writes in two autograph
notes in his Chronicle (ad an. 1070
[ = 1058]) : Macfinlaeg occiditur
in Augusto. Lulag successit et
occiditur in Martio : cui Moel-
Colitim successit . . . Macfinlaeg
regnavit annis xvii., ad missam
Sanctae Mariae. Lulach a nativitate
Sanctac Mariae ad missam Sancti
Patricii in mense Martio regnavit.
Inde Moekoluim regnavit annis xx.,
usque ad missam Sancti Patricii.
1059. ' Along with. The original
is co (with), which the Four Matters
changed into do (of). O'Donovan, ac-
cordingly, has " [one] of the Cinel-
Eogliain;" which a native annalist
would deem it superfluous to apply
to a king of that clan.
fcwifdec ulccoli.
bif.
ecep, mayibai) 7 eji^abcnl. Carat, mac
lanrain, Con[n]acc; Con^olac" hlla Riaccnn, pnxmina
'Gemn.ac; "Otiapcan hllg,hepa[i],yii Itn^ne; ^lU
pti, macSitla-Com^aiU, pi-oomna* lai$en, occip
itla-"Ooman5a[i]viT; hlla Concaille, ni
TThiifie-oac hlla plainn, ju hlla-Ttnpcpe ; "Gomalcac
hlla TTlaet-bn.enainn, muifto Sit-TTIuifie-Baic, moyirui
func. "Oomnall ITlac GoDOfa, aipcinnec TTlainifcpec
[bmn]; eocai-5 hlla Cinae'&a, aificmnec CCra-rfinim ;
CCnefbf TTlac Uitnp, aipcinnec Inpca; Conain^ hlla
"Patpceatlai^, aificmnec "Opoma-learan [moprin funr].
]Cal. 1an. un- -p., 1 ' 1. xx. 1111., CCnno "Oommi 171. tax '
CocaT> mop 1 n-CCfiD-lllaca ecep, Cumurcac hUa
n-Sfio^afi]!! 7 "Dub-oaleici, comapba parpaic, imon 1
aVoawe. Cenannuf* T>O lo^a-o T>O leip, co n-a
oaimbac. Leicgleann TJO lofca'5 T>O leifi, cenmoca in
[ojeprac. "Oomnatl "Oei^ec, ppim anmcapa epenn 7
Conn na m-bocc Cluana-mac-lloif CD Chfiifcum uocan
"Da 11 bliat>am "Dec 'n-a refcaif>,
Coic mile cen oen efbait)
, but with deletion mark under the first a, B. b occij)pi, B.
A.D. 1060. ' mon (i.e., aphteresis of i). B. 2 Ceanannuf, B- cmi., B-
* p. is placed overhead, having been omitted at first. B. c Illitlirpmo
ac Li- anno "Dommicae Incaixnamonif inserted, t h.. B. *-* L m.. t. h.,
the place of insertion being indicated by mark* prefixed, corresponding with
marks placed on margin opposite the entry. A ; om.. B.
2 Either killed or capturtd. Liter-
ally : [took] ZOQfertotu, beticeen kill-
ing and capturing.
3 Gitla-Domangairt Dtrotet o/(.<ft.)
JJomangart, of Uath-Muirbuilg (Mnr-
lough), Co. Antrim, brother of St.
Muru of Kalian, Co. Donegal. A glow
in the L. B. copy of the Calendar
of Ociipus suggests a line continu-
ing the nami- of Domangart as the
true reading in the quatrain for
March 24 (tho feast day), where
the text comineinvratcs M. Mochta of
Louth.
4 Tomalttiffh t'a Marl-Brtnaitm
The only member of the (VMulrenin
family, according to O'Donovan (f.
M. p. 870), that ever became chief of
all the Ui-Mureadhaigh. This is
based on the reading of the J-'ovr
Mattrn, who give, here and else-
where, tiyherna (lord) for mttire
(steward). The equation is, of course
quite groundless.
ANNALS OF ULSTER. ?
captured.- Cathal, son of Tigernan, king of the West
of Connacht ; Congalach Ua Riacain, royal heir of
Tara ; Duarcan Ua hEghrai, king of Luighne ; Gilla-
Coemgin, son of Gilla-Comhgaill, royal heir of Leinster,
were slain. Gilla-Domangairt 8 Ua Conchaille, king of
Ui-Niallain ; Muiredach Ua Flainn, king of Ui-Tuirtre ;
Tomaltach Ua Mael-Brenainn, 4 steward of Sil-Muiredaich,
died. Domnall Mac Eodosa, herenagh of Mainister-
[Buithi] ; Eochaidh Ua Cinaedha, herenagh of Ath-truim ;
Aneslis Mac Uidhir, herenagh of Lusca ; Conaing Ua
Fairchellaigh, herenagh of Druim-leathan [died].
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 24th of the moon, A.D.
1060. Great war in Ard-Macha between Cumuscach 1
Ua Erodhain and Dubdaleithi, successor of [St.] Patrick,
respecting the abbacy. Cenannus was burned entirely,
with its stone church. Lethglenn was burned entirely,
except the oratory. Domnall Deisech [i.e., of the Desi],
chief soul-friend of Ireland and Conn-na-mbocht 2 of
Cluain-mac-Nois, were called to Christ :
Two years [and] ten ended, 8
Five thousand withoxit any defect
[105D]
\
They further add that this indivi-
dual was smothered in the cave along
\\irh Ua Eric. The improbability of a
Koscommon chief taking part in a
South Waterford clan feud doubtless
never occurred to them.
106p. l Cumascach. In the list of
the successors of Patrick (L. L. p. 42,
and L. B. [Lebar Brec], I.itho. ed.
p. 220), he is given next after Dub-
daleithi. The Annals of Innisfnllen
(ad an.) say the latter was deposed
in favour of the former. See infra,
A.D. 1064.
- Conn-na-mbocld Conn of the poor.
Best known as the grandfather of
Mael-Muire the compiler of Lebar na
hUidri (Book of the Dun [cow]), an
llth cent. MS. in the Royal Irish
Academy, and published in facsimile.
For his epitaph (Oroti do Chunn
a prayer for Conn} and a notice of
his family, see Christian Inscriptions
(fig. 147, p. 65 sq.).
3 Ended. Lit., in their excifion.
The preposition t with the possessive
forms a native idiom, expressing state
or condition. (See O'Donovan, Irish
Grammar, p. 291; Windisch, Wor-
terbuch, p. 608-9). The computation
(5012), including the current year,
gives the Hebrew reckoning, A.M*
M6&
s
ccmicclcc uloroti.
hlla ofifieiti co fuilit>,
"Do fieip, ftobei-o, ftobuilit)
O ttif -Domain -0051101115 nc
Co heirfecr "Oomnaill "Oeific. d
fflael-Ciafia[i]n hlla Hoboca[i]n, aificinnec 8uifu>,
Tnoficu[u]p eft;. TTIuipcefuxie, mac Sil
fii-oomna na n-"0efe, occipup 4 efc. THai-om
Pepaib bfieg (iT>on, e pia ti-^aipboiD hlla Cacufai5 e )
pop SailengaitJ (iT>on f Leocan, mac mic TTlaela[i]n f )
7 -pofi Caipp|ii. plannacan hUa Ceattai^, |ii 6^05,
TX> ec i n-a aibrpe-
leal. 1an. 11. p., U u., CCnno T)omini TT1. be. i.
B42b TTIuifie^ac | hUa TTlael-Coluim, aijicmnec "Oaifie ;
Ciai\an, fut-ecnai-o Sfienn ; Ocan hUa Copmaca[i]n,
aificinnec 1nnfi-Cu[m])pcpai < D ; "Cisepnac baipficec,
comapba pinnen, 7 ap-o anmcayia Gfienn ; Conamj,
mac inT) aba-o, pofaipcinnec CCfi-ntaJ-tTlaca, m pem-
quieuepunc. "Oomnall hlla TTlael-oofiai-o T>O
la RuaiT>yn tlUa Cananna[i]n 1 car.
hlla Cacufai^, |ii bfieg; Cu-UUri>, mac
Uaccai|i-ci|ie, m pemcencia* mopcui
mac TTlail-Seclainn, fii CCili5, moficuup* ep:.
Slua^a-B la hCCe^ hUa Concobaifi co Cenn-copa^,
A 45b | co pobpif m carpais 7 co pomuc in nppaic. ^leann-
oa-loca' T)O lofca-5 -DO lei p.'
3 &UM Balafxcaig (, being silent, was om. by scribe), B. * occippup, B.
L m., t. h., A, B. ill., t h., A, B.
A.D.1061. 1 penecencia, B. 2 penecencia. B. J mo|icp B. om., C.
4 L'a Forrtidh. Most probably,
tbe one whose obit is given at 1088.
Living in Emly, he must hare heard
of the fame of Domnall, who belonged
to a neighbouring county ("Waterf ord).
5 Come laterally, comet. The
numerals, according to native usage,
are nom. abs. Collectively (= period),
they form the subject of tic (sg.)
8 Ghilla-Fhulartaigli.Derotce of
(St.) Fulartach, who died JLD. 778
( = 779), tupra. The Mart, of Tal-
laght (L.L.,p. 358a) has: lit*. KaL Ay
.Fiufarta[$"]cA, mic Brie (son of Brec).
The occurrence of Fulartach 's name
in the present entry may be taken as
proof that his father was eponymous
head of the Ui Brie.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
Ua Forreidb. 4 acutely found,
According to very established, very decisive rule
From beginning of the evil hoary world come 5
To decease of Domnall Deisech.
Mael-Ciarain Ua Robocain, herenagh of Sord, died.
Muircertach, son of Gilla-Fhulartaigh 6 [Ua Brie], royal
heir of the Desi, was slain. A defeat [was inflicted] by
the men of Bregha (namely, by Gairbeid Ua Catusaigh)
upon the Gailenga (that is, [upon] Leochan, grandson of
Maelan) and upon the Cairpri. Flannacan Ua Ceallaigh,
king of Bregha, died in his pilgrimage. 7
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 5th of the moon, A.D.
1061. Muiredhach Ua Mael-Coluim, herenagh of Daire ;
Ciaran, most eminent sage of Ireland ; Ocan Ua Corma-
cain, herenagh of Inis-Cumscraigh; Tigernach of Bairrce, 1
successor of [St.] Finnian and archsoul-friend of Ireland ;
Conaing,son of the abbot, deputy -herenagh 2 of Ard-Macha,
rested in penance. 3 Domnall Ua Maeldoraidh 4 was killed
by Ruaidhri Ua Canannain in battle. Gairbheidh Ua
Cathusaigh,king of Bregha; Cu-Uladh,son of Conghalach,
king of Uachtar-tire, died in penance. 3 Niall, son of Mael-
Sechlainn, king of Ailech, died. A hosting by Aedh Ua
Conchobair to Cenji-coradh, so that he broke down 5 the
city and choked up the [holy ?] well. Gleann-da-locha
was burned entirely.
[1060J
7 Died in his pilgrimage. That is,
probably, in a religious house situ-
ated outside his own territory.
A.D. 1081. x Tigernach ofBairce.
The abbot under whom Marianus
Scotus says he lived before his de-
parture for the Continent (Chron. ad
an. 1065=1043). He presided over
the monastery of St. Finnian of
Magh-bile (Moville), County Down.
Deputy-herenayh. Literally, aer-
vant-herenagh ; one acting under (and
doubtless nominated by) the herenagh.
3 In penance. Signifying, appa-
rently, that official functions had been
laid aside, the better to prepare for
death. Herein it differed from dying
in pilgrimage, that monks remained
in their own, and clerics and laics
entered local, establishments.
4 Domnall Ua Maeldoraidh <The
Annals of Loch Ce, which have this
entry under the present year, give
Domnall under the following year as
killed by Aedh Ua Conchobhair !
5 Broke down. Meaning, very pro-
bably, that he razed the royal resi-
dence and the fortifications.
[io6l]
10 CCNMCClCC UlCCDll.
|Cal. 1on. 111. ., 1. a-, ui., CCnno "Domini TT1." Uc." 11.
Uiiai-bpi Mia plaicbepcai, pi lapraip Connacc, 7>o
mapbafc la hCCe-6 1 hlla ConcoD'aip i cafc. ^illa-CpijT;
hlla TnaelDOpaiiJ, comapba Colaim-cilte ecep Gpinn
j CCLbain ; 1Tlaelpuanai hlla "Oai^pi, ppim anmcapa
T^iiairce[i]pc Gpenn, m Chpipro T>opmiepunr. "Cat^,
mac CCe-oa hlli Concobaip, 7>o mapba-o la Clainn-
Co^pai-o (7* la 1i1an.r:an. Connacc, pep -ooliim'). Cpec
la hCC|iT)5ap TTlac Loclamn i CoiceT) Connacc, co
cucfac fe b mile *DO buaitJ, mile imon.fio c T>O oainiB.
"Oonncuan hlla TTlacainen -no mafiba-5 -DO $illa-
Ciapam hlli ITlacainen, fii 1T)uroop.n. eocai"5, mac
lleill, mic Bocafia, p.iT)omna Coici'D Gpenn 7 Gocaift
hlla Laicem, fii 8il-"Duibt;in.e, in pemcenna 8
7'unc. TCuaiiin.!, mac Concaippgi, p.i'oomna pefi
DO mapba-5 T>O mac lleill hUi Huaipc.
]Cat. 1an. 1111. p., 1. xx. tin., CCnno "Oomnn TT1. LT. 111."
^opmlair, nigeii Cacail, mic Iluai-Djn, m peni^fiina-
none 1 n-CCpT)-Tinaca T>ofimitnr. ITIoco'oan hlla Cele-
ca[i]n, yecnap CCpT)[a]-1Tlaca, mofiruur 1 e)^. Coral
hlla T)onnca-5a, aip-npi hlla-n-Gcac THuman; CuT>tnli
n 4--'c ^^ a 'Ca 1 ^' T 11 Vep-Li ; | Tllael-Seclainn hlla moco-
T>a[i]n, fii-oamna CCili>, a fuif mimicif (iDon,* o
. [Cenel-Conaill*), occip Y\MC. Comnme-fe mop la TTlac
loclainn 6 cct ^lenn-8uili'5e pap co hlapcup Lui^ne 7
J co Illuai'D Ou-n-CCmal^ai'fc, -DII i ran^artip* pi^ Connacc
A.I). 1062. 'hCCo-o, II 2 pene , 1$. itl.,t. h., A; om,, B. *.u.,
A, B. c ueyxo (the Latin equivalent), B.
A.D. 1063. 'tnoficup B. *-^DUT\, B. * HI., t. li.. A ; 1. m.. t h., B.
1062. * Both in. Lit, Itltcttn. Leiuster, Munster, and Coimaught.
Kor Gilla-Crist (who succ-eeded See Vol. 1 , p. 386.
Kobartach in 1057) we Hceves,
Ailnninan, p. 400.
Fifth That I*. fifth division: Ire-
3 Eochaidh. The four Matter* at
the present year say he die<l on
Thursday, Nov. 1U. But the 13th
land having been anciently divided i fell on Wednesday in this year,
into fee provinces: Month, Ulster, '
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 11
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 1 6th of the moon, A.D. 1062. [10G2]
Ruaidhri Ua Flaithbertaigh, king of the Westof Connacht,
was killed by Aedh Ua Conchobhair in battle. Gilla-Crist
Ua Maeldoraidh, successor of [St.] Colum-cille/both in 1 Ire-
land and Scotland; Maelruanaigh Ua Daighri, chief soul-
friend of the North of Ireland, slept in Christ. Tadhg, son
of Aedh Ua Concobair, was killed by the Clann-Coscraidh
(and by the West of Connacht in treachery). A foray
by Ardgar Mac Lochlainn into the Fifth 2 of Connacht, so
that they took away six thousand cows, also a thousand
persons. Donncuan Ua Machainen was killed by Gilla-
Ciarain Ua Machainen, king of Mughdoirn. Eochaidh, 3
son of Niall, son of Eochaidh, royal heir of the Fifth of
Ireland, 4 and Eochaidh Ua Laithein, king of Sil-Duibtire,
died in penance. Ruaidhri, son of Cucairrgi, royal heir
of Fern-magh, was killed by the son of Niall Ua Ruairc.
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 27th of the moon, A.D. 1063. [1063]
Gormlaith, daughter of Cathal, son of Ruaidhri [Ua Flaith-
bertaigh], slept in pilgrimage in Ard-Macha. Motadan
Ua Celecain, vice-abbot of Ard-Macha, died. Cathal 1
Ua Donnchadha, arch-king of theUi-Echach of Munster;
Cuduiligh Ua Taidhg, king of Fir-Li; Mael-Sechlainn Ua
Motodain, royal heir of Ailech, by his enemies (namely,
by Cenel-Conaill), were slain. Great coigny 9 [was levied]
by Mac Lochlainn from Glenn-Suilidhe s westwards to the
western part of Luighne and to [the river] Muaidh of
Ui-Amalgadha, where all the kings of Connacht came
4 Fifth of Ireland. That is, Ulster ;
the Fifth, or Province, par excellence.
10G3. l Cathal. Slain, according
to the F. M. , by his own son. The
items of thia entry are too discrepant
to be included in one formula. Cud-
uiligh is said (in the F. M.) to have
died a natural death. Suis inimicis
to all three. I have followed the gloss
in restricting it to Mael-Sechlainn.
2 Coigny. Or coigne (anglicized
form of the coinnmedh of the text),
cess levied in lieu of billeting. The
/'. M. make it a hosting {sloiyhedli) ;
O'Conor, an army.
3 From Glenn-Suilidhe Literally,
can mean their enemies, -with reference I from [where] is Glei^n
cctmcclcc ulccoti.
^ / uile i n-a cec, im CCe-5 hUa Concot>aip 7 im CCe-5, mac
mic Meill Hi Ruaipc 7 im mac CCipt hUi Ruaipc.
hUaim CClla 1 Ceapa TX) |abail o Chonnaccaiti poT 1
muincep CCef>a hUi Concoo'aip, m po mucca pepca b
ap cec. b Niall, mac Goca^a, aip-opi Ula-o, a ec 1 n-1-o
Uouembip, 7 1 n-"OapT>ain, 7 1 C n-occmaT) [uara-o] -oec
[epci]. e Cinae'5, mac CCicip, aipcinnec Lifmoip-
TDocucu; Gocai-D hUa "Dalla[i]n, aipcinnec Comneipe*,
m pace *Dopmiepunr.
\45cibi ^* a *" lar1 ' u ' ^'' ^ 1X '' ^- Tlno "0 OTT1n11 ^- ^f- 1111 -
"Dolmen hUa 8onai, aipcinnec (Xip-o-ppara ; m "Dall
hUa Lona[i]n, ppim eicep pep TTluman; ^illa-appai
hUa TTlaelmiris, 1 m pemcencia mopcui punr. Copmac,
aipcinnec ttipT>-bpeca[i]n ; eocaiT) hlla "OoipeiD, aip-
cinnec "Oomnai^-moip TDuip-Ira, m "Oommo *oop-
miepunc. TTluipcepcac hUa Heill, pi "Celca-o^Jg,
o Uib-Cpemcainn occipup epc. "Oonncaf*, mac bpiain,
aipT>pi TTluman, (T>o b acpi^a-D 7 b ) -DO ec 1 Roim i n-a
aibcpi. "Oub-oaleici (mac b Tnael-TTluipe b ), comapba
Parpaic, 1 ]Calamn 8epnmbip m bona penecenna
moptuup epc. TTlael-1fU, 2 mac CCmalsa-oa, 7>o abail
na hab-oame. "Oiapmaiu hUa Lopca[i]n, piT>omna
Laigen, -DO majvba-D la Cinel-eogain 1 n-llllcaib.
b - b loc. ap, .c.. A, B. e- in .mm., A, B. * ComTe|xe, B.
A.D. 1064. l 1Tlaeil , B. 2 -1fa, A om., B. ; >> itl., t. h., A; om., B.
13 fell on Wednesday; but in 1063.
as the text states, on Thursday.
With regard to the lunar reckoning,
it is worthy of note that its accuracy
is confirmed by the old rule in Bede
(De rat. temp, xxii.) " November in the
Ides, 317." Deduct the current day
and add the January epact (as given
above), 27=343. I Divide by 59
(two consecutive lunations) and from
the remainder, 48, subtract 30. This
gives the 18 of the text New Moon
accordingly fell on Oct. 27.
4 Into hit house. An idiomatic ex-
pression, signifying to make formal
submission.
6 With. Literally, around.
'On the Ide*. The Four Matiert
say that N iall and his son, Eochaidh,
died on Thursday, Nov. 13, 10G2.
But Tigernach agrees with these
Annals in placing the obit of Eochaidh
at 1062, and that of his father at
this year. Furthermore, what is de-
cisive on the subject, in 1062, Nov.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
13
into his house 4 with 5 Aedh Ua.. Concobhair, and with 5 [iocs]
Aedh, grandson of Niall Ua Ruairc, and with 5 the son of
Art Ua Ruairc The cave of Alia in Cera was cap-
tured by the Connachtmen, against the people of Aedh
Ua Concobhair, wherein were smothered sixty above one
hundred [persons]. Niall, son of Eochaidh, arch-king of
Ulidia, died on the Ides 5 of November [Nov. 13] and on
Thursday and on the 18th [of, the moon]. Cinaedh Mac
Aichir, herenagh of Lis-mor of [St.] Mochutu ; Eochaidh
Ua Dallain, herenagh of Coindere, slept in peace.
Kalends of Jan. on oth feria, j)th of the moon, A.D. [io64]Bis
1064. Dblghen Ua Sonai, herenagh of Ard-sratha ; the
Blind Ua Lonain, chief poet of the Men of Munster ;
Gilla-arrai Ua Maelmi thigh, died in penance. Cormac,
herenagh of Ard-Brecain ; Eochaidh Ua Doireid, herenagh
of Donmach-mor of Magh-Itha, slept in the Lord.
Muircertach Ua Neill, king of Telach-og, was slain by the
Ui-Cremtainn. Donnchadh, son of Brian [Boruma], arch-
king of Munster, (was deposed and) died in Rome in his
pilgrimage. Dubdaleithi (son of Mael-Muire), successor of
Patrick, died on -the Kalends of September [Sep. 1] in
good penance. 1 Mael-lsu, son of Amalgaidh, took the
abbacy. Diarmait Ua Lorcain, royal heir of Leinster,
was killed by the Cenel-Eogain in Ulster. Airdgar Mac
Hereby are to be corrected the
Calendars (e.g. Nicolas, Chron. of Hist.;
Hampson, Med. Aevi Kal.) that place
the Golden Number XIX. (10G3 was
the last year of the Cycle.) at October
2G. It is accurately indicated in the
Calendar, Embolismal Computus and
Decemnovennal Tables appended to
the printed editions of the above-
named work of Bede.
O'Donovan queries whether " the
18th " refers to the reign of Niall.
But at 1016 he had given the slaying
of Niall's predecessor from these
Annals. In the list of Kings of
Ulidia in L. L. (p. 41 d) " 42 or
50 " years are assigned to Niall.
Marianus Sootus has: A.D. 1087
[=1065], Nial mac Eochada, rex
Ulad, obiit Id. Nov. This postdates
the obit by two years.
1064. x In good penance This per-
haps signifies that Dubdaleithe ac-
quiesced in his deposition (A.D. 1060),
and devoted his remaining years
exclusively to religious exercises.
H
raincclct ulcroli.
B 42.1
CCipvsap 1lTac loclainn, pi CCili, -DO ec i "Celac-oj; ec
fepulctip e^c i n-CCp-o-maca, m maiipolio pegum.
mac leobelem,' pi bpecan.-oo mapba-6 la mac lacoib.
Gcmapcac, 4 pi ^all, -DO ecaitf.
hic c epc ppimup annup unT>ecimi Cicli mapii
papchalip a conpcicucione mun-oi ; ppmcipnim tiepo
repcii Cicb magni papchabp ab Incapnacione "Domini
ec habec quacuop Concuppencep bippexcilep ec epc
pecunT>up annup 1n7>iccionip. c
let. 1an. un. p, U xx., CCnno "Domini m. lx. u.
"Oubrac CClbanac, ppim anmcapa 6penn i CClbann, i
ii-CCp-D-maca quieuic:
"Oubtac,. "ouini -olijtec, -otip,
Ronbia in f of af> flijrec f oep,
"Meih tiaip in c-cmmcapa, aDCfb,
CCpacip claptcma coem. m
"Oonnca^ hUa macgamna, pi Ula-5, T>O mapba-o | a
m-benncap a puif. "Domnall, aipcmnec Lu^bai-5 -j
aipcmnec *Dpoma, a n-ec. CCei> hUa tJalgaips T>O
3 Leo belem, A ; mac (son), having been omitted at first, is placed overhead
with reference mark, B. 4 ^acmajxcac, B. c - om., B; given in C.
A.D. 10C5. t. m., t. h., with corresponding reference marks, A ; om., P>.
- Mautokwn oj the kings. Called
the cemtfery of the Iringt, svpra, A.D.
984 (=935). See Reeves, Ancient
Churchet of Armagh, p. 18.
3 The ton of Llywelyn. Called Gru-
fud in the Brut y Tywysogion (A.T>.
10C1), and Grifin in the Annalm
Cambria (A.D. 1063). In both he is
stated to have fallen by the treachery
of his own men.
4 Echmarcach See Vol. I., p.
591, note 12. According to Marianus
Scotus, he died in Rome. Dnnnchad,
filius Briuin, de Hibernia atque Ech-
marcach, rex irmareim (? perhaps,
in Manenn, of Manann), viri inter
suos non ignobiles, Romam venient(>s
obierunt (1087=1065).
4 Eleventh. This Cycle has been
discussed in the Introduction.
6 Third. The second so-called
Dionysian Great Cycle commenced
A.D. 532 (531 of text), wprn.
7 Four. The reading in A is i.
Concurrentet. The scribe, namely,
not understanding the text, mistook
the two first letters of iiu. for .
O'Donovan (F. M., p. 887) gives
Kal. 4 as the lection of C : meaning
that New Year's Dav fell on Wednes-
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
Lochlainn, king of Ailech, died in Telach-og and was [10G4]
buried in Ard-Macha, in the mausoleum of the kings. 9
The son of Lly welyn, 3 king of the Britons, was killed by
the son of James. Echmarcach 4 , king of the Foreigners
[of Dublin], died.
This is the first year of the eleventh 5 great Paschal
Cycle from the formation of the world ; but the com-
mencement of the third 6 great Paschal Cycle from the
Incarnation of the Lord. And it hath four 7 bissextile
Concurrents and is the second year of the Indiction.
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 20th of the moon, A.D. [iocs]
1065. Dubtach, the Scotsman, chief soul-friend of
Ireland and Scotland, rested in Ard-Macha :
Dubthach, 1 person righteous, dour,
For him there will be a dwelling roomy, noble,
Heaven the soul-fiiend found, it is seen, i y/
Donnchadh Ua Mathgamna, king of Ulidia, was killed 8
in Bennchar by his own [subjects]. Domnali, herenagh
of Lughbadh and the Herenagh of Druim, their death 3
[took place]. Aedh Ua Ualghairg took the kingship of
day in 1064. But, as shown in the
text, it fell on Thursday. Habet (not
Kal.) is the word in the C. MS.
The Calendaj use of Concurrents is
explained in text- books of Chronology.
Blitextile also distinguishes this
(the 9th) year from the 4th, 15th and
26th years of the Solar Cycle of 28.
These three years (in the Old Style)
have four Concurrents, but are not
bissextile. The Indiction is correct.
1065. l Dubhtach His connexion
with Ireland is told in the Breviarj' of
Aberdeen: In qua utriusqne Veteris
et Novi Testamenti precepta et leges
accuratissime didicit (quoted in Ad-
amnan, p. 401). He probably died
011 a pilgrimage to Armagh.
The last line of the quatrain I Jim
unable to translate. Thlr may be
for th[x\ir, continued, constant. O'Do-
novan renders it : " [In exchange]
for his fair, thin-boarded domicile."
His text is : ar a tJiir clar tana
coemh (p. 886-7).
2 Was killed. Marianus Scotus,
A.D. 1088 [ = 1066], says: in templo
Bennrhuir, verno tempore, occiditur.
His slayer is given by name in the
third next entry.
3 'J heir death. O'Conor reads
JJroma-Anec and gives the equivalent
as Dromanecensis ; taking a n-ec (their
death) to be a factor in a local name.
He adds (pbierunt), to find a verb to
complete the imaginary sense. Dom-
nali nndHereiiarjh, according to native
idiom, are nominatives absolute.
1C CCNNCClCC UlCCDtl.
pige CeneoiL-Gosam. Dpooujli nama Com-
qui OCCI-DIC pegem i m-benncop, -DO mapbar>
la pi "OaL-n-CCpaim TTlac "Cai-o^ hUi CeaLLaig, pi
hlla-171aine 7 hlla pLaicbepcais, pi lapcaip Con[n]acc,
occip funr La bCCe'b bUa Concobaip. *OomnaLL hlla
Ix>in5pi5, pi.TJal-n-CCpai-oe ~j TTIuipcepcac bUa Tttael-
pabaill, pi Caipce-bpacaifce, T>O mapba-5 o bUib-TDeic
menna-Tifie. Leocan, mac Lai'Dgnen, pi 5 ai ^- eT1 S' "^
mafiba-5 La Concobup btla TTlaeL-SecLainn. OcmiLe-o
htla CCicei-5, fii Ua-n-Gcac, DO mapba-o T>O CbeniuL-
(No b juma-D afi 111 jCaLLamn fi bu-o coip "Oonnca-5,
mac bpiain bopuma, T>O bee, fecunt)um aLium libfuim ;
qui camen unjecup mopi anno ppecen.ico, fecun-oum
hunc Libn.um. b )
]CaL. 1an. i. -p., L. i., CCnno T)omini TT1. Lx. ui.
CCe-5 hUa Ruaipc, pi hUa-m-bpiuin, 1 mopcuup e]^c
pranm lap n-opcam pcpine parpaic. CeaLLac, mac
Tlluipcepcais hUi CeaLLai ; ^iLLa-bpaici, pi hUa-
m-bpnnn ; TTIac Sena[i]n, pi 5 ai ^ en 5 '> ?5 1 ^ a '^ OTlinTie
A 4:>d mac CCe-oa mic ui UaLgaips, | occipi f unc. Cnomep
A.D. 1C65. ^henel, B. > b L m., n. t. h., A ; om., B.
A.D. 1066. 'm-brunti, A. cuf, B.
* Enemy of [St.} ComyalLfhe
murder within the church was re-
garded as a personal affront to the
patron, St. Comgall.
8 Domnall L'a Loinysiyh Mari-
anus Scotus (ubi sup.) writes : / fel
8 Another bonk. This other bonk
is probably the Annals of Boyle,
which state that Donnchadh went to
Koir.e on a pilgrimage in this year.
Marianus Scotus (p. 14, note 4, tupra)
also says that he went to Rome in
Tigernaeg Cltiana eius ocrisus slain I 1087 [ = 1065].
on the feait of Tigernach of Clvain-
eoit (Clones, co. Monaghan). That
is, (Monday) April 4. This corres-
ponds with the terno tempore (p. 15,
note 2, tupra) of Donnchad's assas-
sination. Strange, that no local
chronicle noted the date.
10GG. l Shrine of Patrick. Ap-
parently, in Armagh; but the Four
Blasters say it was after plundering
Cloninacnoi.se and Clonfert.
3 Gitla-Moninne. Devotee of (St.)
Moninnc (Virgin),of Slieve Gallion, co.
Londonderry. Her obit U given tupra,
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
17
Cenel-Eogain. Brodur, the enemy of [St.] Comgall/ who [1065]
slew the king [Donnchadh] in Bennchor, was killed by
the king of Dal-Araidhe. The son of Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh,
king of Ui-Maine and Ua Flaithbertaigh, king of the
West of Connacht, were slain by Aedh Ua Conchobair.
Domnall Ua Loingsigh, 5 king of Dal-Araidhe and
Muircertach Ua Maelfhabaill. king of Carraic-Brachaidhe
o
were killed by the Ui-Meith of Menna-Tire. Leocan,
son of Laidgnen, king of Gailenga, was killed by Con-
chobur Ua Mael-Sechlainn. Echmhiledh Ua Ateidh,
king of Ui-Echach, was killed by the Cenel-Eogain.
(Or it may be [that it is] on this Kalend [i.e. year] it
were right for Donnchadh, son of Brian Boruma, to be,
according to another book 6 . He seems, however, to have
died in the past year, according to this book.)
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 1st of the moon, A.D. [loeej
1066. Aed Ua Ruairc, king of Ui-Briuin, died straightway
after rifling the Shrine of Patrick. 1 Ceallach, son of
Muircertach Ua Ceallaigh ; Gilla-Braiti [Ua Ruairc], king
of lli-Briuin, the son of Senan [Ua Leochain], king of
Gailenga ; Gilla-Moninne, 2 son of Aedh great grandson
of Ualgarg [Ua Ruairc], were slain. Great nutcrop in
all Ireland, so 3 that it impedes the rivers. The successor
A.D. 519 (=520); Quies Darer-
cae, quae Moninne nominate est. The
Saint's name possesses a literary
interest. In the so-called Chronicon
Scotorum, Mac Firbis gives his
original thus: Quies Darerca ....
quae Moninne, Aninne sanatho postea
nominata est (Marginal A.D. 514).
The reading is: quae Moninne a Ninne
sanato, etc. The explanation is given
in the Book of Leinster (p. 271 c) :
' ' fili balb rathroisc aicce, ar cotissed a
erlabra do. Ocus issed toesech ro-
labair, idon : A'iiz, Nln. Unde dice-
batur Moninne. Ocus Ninnine eices
ainm in fhiled A dumb poet fasted
with her, in order that his speech
might come to him. And what he
first said is this, namely: Kin, Nin.
Whence she was called Moninne {My
Ninne). And Ninnine the sage (was)
the name of the poet." He was
the author of a beautiful poetical in vo-
cation of St. Patrick in the native
tongue, preserved in the Book oj
Hymns.
3 So, etc. The Latin portion is
omitted in C.
B
is
ccmicclcc tilcroti.
mop i n-6pinn uile.ticpebeller'pluminibtip. Comapbct
"Daipe (i-oon, b "OonncaD tlUa *Duimem b ) 7 Cinaef, mac
rmc Obopmaic, pi Conaille, in pemrencia* mopcm punc.
]CaL 1an. n. p., 1. cc.ii-, CCnno "Oomim TT1. lx. tin.
8colaii, mac Innpaccaij, aipcinnec tTluc[p]noma; CCip-
cmnec "Ouin-lec-glaipe 1 ; CCe*5, mac mic Ual^aipj, muipe
bUa-n-T)uibmnpecT; ; Gccigepn, mac plainn TTlain-
ipcpec,iT>on, aipcinnec TTIainipcpec, m pace oopmiepunc.
SloigeT) la 'Caipp'oelbac hUa m-Opiain co Loc Cime, co
pomapba-o T)*bn c-pluasa-o bUa Concobuip, pi Ciapai7>e-
Luacpa. Ceall-T>apa co n-a cempall T>O lopca-b. CCe-5
bUa Concobuip (i-oon,* CCe-o m ^a beapnai^*),
Coici'o Connacc, luam saipci-o Leii Cuinn, 7>o
la Conmacne 1 cere, 1 copcpaDap ile // CCe'D blla
Concenain < o,pibUa-n-T)iapmaca,ecalii muln cum ei]^),
1-Doii, le bCCe-5, mac CCipc uallai^ bill Ruaipc, a cac
Sea* m-blicroTia pe^cac, m ftiaill,
Ocuf mile, mop m buait>,
O jem Cpipc, ni poeb in pmacc,
Co copcaip CCeTo, pi Connacr. b
B43abif | |d< 1an. 111. p., I. xx. 111., CCnno "Domini ITl^lx. uni.
TDomnall blla Ccrcupaig, aipcinnec T)uin ; Colman hUa 1
Cpica[i]n, pepleiginn CCp-Da-fnaca"; TDac m becanaig,*
comapba Comgaill ; Cmae-Db, comapba Coemgin, a-o
% I Cbpipcum mi5pauepunc. b TT)ael-1pu,comapbapat;paic,
I
1 jiebeUxrc, A, B ; but a was underdotted and e plsced overhead, B.
4 penecenci, B. b-b itL,t. h., A. B.
A.D. 1067. 1 glaip, B - itl., t h., A ; om., B. b-b f. m ^ t . h., with
relative signs of reference, A ; om., B. Secc and pepccrc are respectively .un.
and .be. in the (A) MS.
A.D. 1068. ' Repeated by oversight, B. s CCi]voniaca, A. 3 beccananaig,
B. om., B. b-b on , M A.
1067. 1 Flann. Lector of Monas-
terboice, who died in 1056, tupra.
Half of Conn "Id est, the
north half of Ireland," C.
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 19
- [of Colum-cille in the monastery] of Daire (namely, [1066]
Donnchad Ua Duimein) and Cinaedh, grandson of
Odhormac, king of Conaille, died in penance.
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 12th of the moon, A.D. [1067]
1067. Scolaighi, son of Innrachtach, herenagh of
Mucnom ; the Herenagh of Dun-lethglaise ; Aedh, grand-
^ son of Ualgarg, steward of Ui-Duibinnrecht ; Ecthigern,
son of Flann 1 of Mainister[-Buithi], namely, the herenagh
of Mainister[-Buithi], slept in peace. A hosting by
Tairrdelbach Ua Briain to Loch-Cime, so that Ua
Concobuir, king of Ciaraidhe-Luachra, was killed on that
hosting. Cell-dara, with its church, was burned. Aedh
Ua Concobuir (namely, Aedh " of the gapped spear "),
arch-king of the Fifth of Connacht, helmsman of the
championship of the Half of Conn, 2 was killed by the
Conmacni, in a battle in which fell many (and Aedh Ua
Concenaind, king of Ui-Diarmata and many others with
them), namely, by Aedh, son of Art Ua Ruairc the
haughty, in the battle of Turlach-Adhnaich :
Seven years [and] sixty, not trifling,
And a thousand, great the triumph,
From Birth of Christ, not yainjthe sway,
Until fell Aedh, king of Connacht.
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 23rd of the moon, AJ>. [i860 Bis].
1068. Domnall Ua Cathusaigh, herenagh of Dun;
Colman Ua Crichain, lector of Ard-Macha; Mac-in-
Becanaigh, successor of [St.] Comgall 1 ; Cinaedh, suc-
cessor of [St.] Coemghen, 2 departed to Christ. Mael-
Isu, successor of Patrick, [went] upon circuit of Munster
cessor of St. Mocholmog; that is,
bishpp of Dromore.
2 Successor of [St."] Coemyhen.Thtit
is, abbot of Glendalough. co.Wicklow.
B 2
A.D. 1068. * Successor of
Comgall. Namely, abbot of Bangor,
co. Down. The entry in the Four
Masters states that he was also suc-
20
(XNNCClOC UlCTOtl.
A 4Ga
pop cuaipc TYluman cecna pecc, co cue a lancuaipe,
ecep pcpepal 7 e-opuprxr. TYlupca-o hlla bpiam,
piT>omna TT)uman,T)0 mapba-o la pipu "Cebca- 4 ptaic-
bepcac hUa pepsail, pi ^elca-6[i]cc, TX> |um -DO
Cheniul-m-binni5. s "OomnU, mac Neilt, mic TTlael-
Seclcnnn (iTX>n, c *Oomnall na m-bocV), pi CCili|, T>O
mapba-o (i-oon d , maiT>m 8ibe d ) -o'CCe-o hUa TTIael-
8ectainn, iT>on, a -Depbpacaip.
}CaL 1cm. u. p., L 1111., CCnno "Domini TT1. lx. ix.
Cobcac, pacapc Citle--oapa, m Chpipro quieuic t)un-
7)a-lec5lav 7 CCp-o-ppara 7 tupca 7 Sop-o 1 Coluim-citte
ab igne oiy{p]ipuT;a[e] f tine. bUa CCe-5a,pi hUa-piacpac
CCpT)a-ppcrca ; CCe-o, mac "Dubgaill, pecnap Ctuana-
Piacna; plannacan, mac CCei)a, popaipcinnec CCp-oa-
TTlaca, m penicencia 2 mopcui punc.
| ]CaL 1an. tn. p., L x.ti., CCnno "Oommi m. lxac.
Ccrcupac, mac Caipppi, aipcmnec TTlunsapee, 1 TX> ec.
TDupca-D, mac "Oiapmaua, pi Lai^en 7 "^all, -DO ec ec
pepulcup epc 1 n-(Xc-cbar. hOa h6ocaiT)en, pi "Oal-
n-CCpaiTie, occipup epc a puip. pepgal hUa lai-Dgnen,
aipcmnec [ph]ocna, T>O ec- ^U^-Pcrcpxnc bUa TYlael-
coraig pepiic mopce immacupa. CCbbap 1a, 1-oon, mac
4 cba B. 8 Cinet-b , B. itl., t. h., A, B. -* itl., t. h., A ; 1. m., t. h., B.
A.D. 10G9. * Soyic, B. 2 penicencic, A.
A.D. 1070. 1 -^ce, B.
3 Both cess and donations. Liter-
ally, between scruple and offerings.
That the Serf pal (from the Latin
Scripvluni) was coined money, can
hardly be inferred from the distinc-
tion here made between itself and the
offerings in kind. Compare the pas-
sage in the Confession of St. Patrick :
Forte autem, quando baptizavi tot
milia hominum, speraverim ab aliquo
illorum vel dimedio [kge ium]
scriptule? Dicitc mihi et reddam
vobis. Also the expression in the
sixth Canon of the Irish Synod pub-
lished by Wasserschleben (Die Bus-
ordnunyen der abendlandische Kirche,
p. 141): duodecim discipuli [lege
scripuli] nsque viginti.
More likely, to judge from the Brehon
Laws, the word represented a stand-
ard of value. The meaning, accord-
ingly, would be that the sum was
made up of the proceeds of a rate,
supplemented by voluntary coutri-
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
21
the first time, so that he took away his full circuit [io68]Bis.
[amount], both cess and donations 8 . Murchadh Ua
Briain, 4 royal heir of Munster, was killed by the Men of
Tebtha. Flaithbertach Ua Fergail, king of Telach-oc,
was wounded [mortally] by the Cenel-Binnigh. Dom-
nall, son of Niall, son of Mael-Sechlainn (namely, Dom-
nall " of the poor "), king of Ailech, was killed (that is,
[in] the Defeat of Sithbe) by Aedh, grandson of Mael-
Sechlainn, namely, his brother.
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 4th of the moon, A.D. [1069]
1069. Cobthach, priest of Cell-dara, 1 rested in Christ.
Dun-da-lethglas and Ard-sratha and Lusca and Sord of
[St.] Colum-cille were wasted by fire. Ua Aedha, king of
Ui-Fiachracti of Ard-sratha ; Aedh, son of Dubghall, vice-
abbot of Cluain-Fiachna ; Flannacan, son of Aedh, deputy-
herenagh 2 of Ard-Macha, died in penance.
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 15th of the moon, A.D. [1070]
1070.' Cathusach, son of Cairpre, herenagh 1 of Mungarit,
died. Murchadh, son of Diarmait, 2 king of Leinster and
of the Foreigners, died 3 and was buried in Ath-cliath.
Ua hEochaiden, king of Dal-Araidhe, was slain by his
own [tribesmen]. Fergal Ua Laidhgnen, herenagh of
[F]othan, died. Gilla-Patraic Ua Maelchothaigh per-
ished by a premature death. The abbot of la, namely,
butions. This is confirmed by the
entry under 1106 (infra), in which the
apportionment of the levy is set forth.
*Jitrchad Ua Briain. Murchad,
sciathgerr, oa Briaen [Murchad
short-shield, grandson of Brian
(Boruma)] occiditur mense Septembris
(Marianas Scotus, A.D. 1090-1068).
1069. l Priest of Cell-dara. That
is, Chaplain of the monastery of the
nuns of St. Brigit, Kildare.
* Deputy-herenogh. See p. 9, note
2, supra.
1070. 1 Herenagh. But the Annals
of Innisf alien, which in Munster
affairs are far more reliable than the
Annals of Ulster, state that Cathusach
was successor of Deacon Nessan; that
is, abbot of Mungret, co Limerick.
- Diarmait Slain in 1072, infra.
3 Died. The Four Masters say his
death took place " precisely on Sun-
day, the festival of Mary in winter."
But in this year Dec. 8 fell on Wed-
nesday.
Marianas Scotus (A.D. 1091 [=
22
ocMMOclcc ulcroti.
^ mic baecen, T>O mafiba-5 DO mac im> abaD hlli
TfiaelDonaiD. Ccrcbafin. hlla TTlaelcoraiD DO ma^bu-o
DO mac hlli* 1nDifij;e qua meabail. TYluipceficac hlta
Loingfij; Decollacuf epc a fuif. 6ibll hUa hCCifier;i,
comapba Cian.a[i]n, quieuic. TTIac 5on.ma[i]n, pen.-
leisinn Cenann^a 7 fui ecna Crfienn [quieuic]. T-en.-
monn "Oabeo[i]c 2 D'an.5ain s DO HuaiDfii hlla Cananna[i]n
ec umDicauie "Oominuf ec "Dabeocc ance plenum annum.
B 43b | lumain.n, mac "Oiafimaca, DO rnapbaD DO "Cuacaib
Luine la caeb cfieice aliai^niC. Ui "Cebca 7 ni Cainppi
occip b func. mael-bfii^ce, mac Cacufaig mic inD ab-
aD, pofai|icinnec CCfiD[a]-TTlaca, occifup epc.
\CaL 1an. tin. p., 1. xx. ui., CCnno "Domini m. lxx.
i. Ri UlaD, iDon, Ua l placfiai, 1 DO acfii^aD la hlla TTIael-
f\uanai& 7 let hUlcu; ace nomap.baD in c-lla TTIael-
|iu[a]nai fin po cecoi]i m bello la "OoniifleitJe hlla
n-6ocaDa. ^illa-Cfiifc hUa Clococa[i]n, pepleiginn
CCpDa-TTIaca, 3 m Chpifco qineinc. Ceall-Dana 7 lenn-
Da-loca 7 Cluam-Dolca[i]n cfiemac[a]e func.
t)ip> ]Cal. 1an. 1. -p., I. uii., CCnno "Oommi m. lxx. n.
muiyie hUa 1Tluip.i5a[i]n, aipcinnec "CuiDiiisa,"
:. ^illa-Cp.ifc hUa Longafijii, mae|i ITluman,
DO ec. "OubDil, coma|iba b|nce, in Chnifi:o quieuic.
*Diafimaic, mac TTlail-na-mbo, p.i lai^en 7 ^all, DO
A.D. 1070. 2 65, B. 3 -oo ayvsain, B. om., B. b occiffi, B.
A.D. 1071. !-! hUa Vtaicrxt, A. 3 CCip.') , A.
A.D. 1072. 1 om.,B. - 1^151111x1,6.
'* Son (>f the abbot. St-u Adaiuiiuii.
p. 402, note b.
3 Ciaran. That is, the founder of
Clonmacnoise. According to the obit
in the Four Masters, Ua hAiretigh
died as a pilgrim at Clonard, co. Meath.
4 Eminent learned man Literally,
sage of wisdom. The Annals of Innis-
f alien state thnt Mac Gormain was also
lector of ClonniHcnoLe.
10G9]) has: " Murchad, oa Jlael-
nambo, oa Briaen, obiit verno tempore.
Murchad, grandson of Mael-na-mbo,
[and] descendant of Brian [Boruma]
ciied in spring time." Note the double
use of oa (grandson and descendant}.
Murchad was grandson of Mael-na-
mbo and great grandson of Brian,
whose grand-daughter was Diarmait's
wife (A.D. 1080 infra').
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
the grandson of Baethen, was killed by the son of the [1070]
abbot 2 Ua Maeldoraidh. Cathbarr Ua Maelchothaidh
was killed by the son of Ua Indirge through treachery.
Muircertach Ua Loingsigh was beheaded by his own
[tribesmen]. EilillUa hAiretigh, successor of [St.jCiaran, 3
rested. Mac Gormain, lector of Cenannus and eminent
learned man 4 of Ireland [rested]. The Termonn of
[St.] Dabeoc was pillaged by Ruaidri Ua Canannain.
And God and Dabeoc avenged 5 before the completion of
a year. Iron-knee, son of Diarmait, 6 was killed by the
Tuatha-Luighne, in addition to a foray 7 [made by them]
in Leinster. The king of Tebtha and the king of Cairpri
were slain. JVEael-Brighte, son of Cathusach son of the
abbot, deputy-herenagh of Ard-Macha, was slain.
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 26th of the moon, A.D. ; [1071]
1071. The king of Ulidia, namely, Ua Flathrai, 1 was
deposed by Ua Maelruanaigh 2 and by the Ulidians ; but
that [same] Ua Maelruanaigh was killed immediately in
battle by Donnsleibhe Ua Eochadha. Gilla-Crist Ua
Clothocain, lector of Ard-Macha, rested in Christ. Cell-
dara and Glenn-da-locha and Cluain-dolcain were burned.
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 7th of the moon, A.D. [io72]Bi
1072. Mael-Muire Ua Muiregain,herenagh of Tuidhnigha,
rested. Gilla-Crist Ua Longain, steward of Munster, died.
Dubdil, successor of Brigit [i.e., abbess of Kildare],
5 Avenged. Vindicavit ; the singu-
lar is employed by the Irish idiom,
whereby the number of the verb is
determined by that of the next follow-
ing subject.
6 Diarmait. See A.D. 1070, note
2, supra,
7 Foray. Creic/t, in the original,
which O'Conor characteristically
takes for a local designation : prope
Creich in Lagema.
1071. 1 Ua Flathrai. His proper
name, as given in the following year,
was Cu-Uladh Hound of Ulidia.
His predecessor, Ua Mathgamna,
was slain in 1065, supra. This agrees
with the regnal list in L.L. (p. 41),
which assigns six years to Ua Flathrai.
4 Ua Maelruanaiyh. There is a
Lochlaind Mac Maelruanaigh,to whom
one month is assigned in the L.L.
list, between Aed Meranach and
Donnsleibhe Ua Eochadha. But this
is at variance with the Annals. See
1080, note 4 ; 1083, note 2, infra.
24
ccwicclcc ulcroti.
ctntim 1 cac (ca* OiM5a*) la Concobup hlla ttluel-
Seclaiiin, la pi& 'Cempac 7 dp gall 7 Lai^en ime
(i-oon, b 1 ITIaipc y 1 pepc c 1t> pebpa b ). Cu-Ulai) hUa
7 mac CCffi'oa, pi hUa-^obla, t>o mapbafi la
m-bpeg. hUa pocapca, pi Gile, -DO mapba-o la
hUa m-bpiain- Ruaiftpi hUa Canarma[i]n, pi Ceniuil-
Conaill, 7)0 mapbaT) la hlla TTIaelDOpai'D (i7)on, b Oen-
5up. b ) Ppain^c 7)0 7)ul 1 n-CClbain, co cucpac mac pi
CClban teo 1 n-eicipecc.
A46b | ]Cal 1an. 111.* -p., L oc. tun., CCnno "Oommi m. lxx.
m. bebmn, m^en bpiam, m pepi spin act one 1 n-CCp7)-
TTlaca mopcua epc. ConcoCap hUa TTlael-Seclainn, pi
T^empac,T>omapba'5 7)0 mac plains hlli TTIael-Seclainn
7)ap aipcec baclu 1pu, baculo ppepence. "Oomnall, mac
mic Ual5aip5,T;oifec hUa-n-T)int>irmpacc; Cucaille hlla
Pinn, pi Pep-Hoip; Copmac hlla Cloasa[i]n, moep
1lluman,in penicenr;ia b mopT:ui punc. Sloga-o la "Caipp-
7>elbac ilLeic Cuinn, co n-7)epna cpeic n-'DiaipmiT>e
b 43c ^ailengaiC 7 | co pomapb TTlaelmop-Da hlla
pi bpea. 8iqiiuc, mac CCmlaim 7 7>a hlla m-bpiain
7)0 mapbai) 1 TTlanamn.
l.m., n. th.,A; om.,B. >->> ill., t h. , A, B ; om., B. .uii.,A,B.
A.D. 1073. .nn., B. Incorrectly. b })enicencia, A.
subsequent entry, A D. 1093, was
Donnchad (called Duncan in the
Chronicle). He lived for twenty-one
years at the English Court.
1073. 1 Beh!nn. "Bevinny[=*iw/f
(daughter), a form retained in the pre-
sent language] Brien in her pilgrimage
died, in Rome, id est, Ardniagh," C.
2 Conchobar Ua-Mael-Seclainn.
Conchobor oa Mael-Sechnaell, _rex_
Midi, ix. Kalendas Aprilis, Dominico
tfio Palmarum, occiditur (Marianus
Scotus, A.D. 1095 = 107:5). In M)7iJ,
Easter Sunday fell on March 31, ami
Palm Sunday consequently on March
24.
1072. 1 Tuesday. Marianus Scotus
says he was slain on Monday, the
Gth. Diaitnait, rex Layen, viii.
Idas Februarii, feria secunda, oc-
cissus (A.D. 101)4=1072).
1 Cu- Uladh Ua Flathrai. Cu-
Ulad oa Flaithrae, feria scxta, iiii.
Idus Februarii, occiditur (Marianus
Scotus,A.o. 1094=1072). February
10 fell on Friday in that year.
3 The Frankt That is, William
the Conqueror and his forces. The
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (A.D. 1072)
says that when William crossed the
Tweed, Malcolm gave him hostages.
Amongst these, we learn from a
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 25
rested in Christ. Diarmait, son of Mail-na-mbo, king of [1072] Bis.
Leinster and of the Foreigners, fell in battle (the battle
of Odhbha) by Conchobur Ua Mael-Sechlainu, king_pf
Tara^ and slaughter of Foreigners and of Leinstermen
[was inflicted] around him (namely, on Tuesday 1 and on
the 7th of the Ides [7th] of February). Cu-Uladh Ua
Flathrai 3 and Mac Assidha, king of Ui-Gobla, were
killed by the [people of the] South of Bregha. Ua
Focarta, king of Eili, was killed by Ua Briain. Ruaidhri
Ua Canannain, king of Cenel-Conaill, was killed by Ua
Maeldoraidh (namely, Oenghus). The Franks 3 went into
Scotland, so that they took away the son of the king of
Scotland with them in hostageship.
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 18th of the moon, A.D. [1073
1073. Bebinn, 1 daughter of Brian [Boruma], died in
pilgrimage in Ard-Macha. Concobhur Ua Mael-
Sechlainn, 2 .king of Tara, was killed by the son of Fland
Ua Mael-Sechlainn in violation of the honour of the
Staff of Jesus, 2 in. presence of the Stafi. 3 Don? nail, grand-
son of Ualgarg, chief of Ui-Duibhinnracht ; Cuchaille Ua
Finn, king <5f Fir-Rois ; Cormac Ua Clothagain, steward
of Munster, died in penance. A hosting by Tairrdelbach
[ Ua Briain] into the Half of Conn, so that he carried off 4
countless spoil from 5 the Gailenga and killed Maelmordha
Ua Cathusaigh, king of Bregha. Sitriuc, son of Amhlam,
[King of Dublin] and two grandsons of Brian [Boruma]
were killed in [the Isle of] Manann.
2 Staff of Jesus A crozier tradi-
tionally believed to have been given
by our Lord to St. Patrick. At first
preserved in Armagh, it was brought
to Dublin at the end of the twelfth
century, where it was destroyed by
the Reformers in 1538. See O'Curry,
MS. Materials, p. GOG.
3 In presence of the Stajf. From this
expression it may be inferred that the
assassination took place during Divine
Service. The Annals of Innisfallen
state that the son of Fland wrested the
Staff from Couchobar and struck
htm with it, thereby causing his
death. Being a relic, it was probably
being borne at the time by the kiiig
in the procession of the Palms.
4 Carried off. Literally, com-
mitted.
5 From. Literally, upon
tciiNcclcc uuroti.
|Cal. 1an. 1111. p, L xx.ix., CCnno "Domini m. Ucx. 1111-
1Yluc ITlael-bnenainn (1*0011,* "Oiapmaic"), coman,ba
bpenainn ; plairein hUa Cap,o[i]c aincinnec Roip-cfte ;
"Ounan, ajvoeppcop 5 a ll> Conrnac hUa nflael-ouin, pin
111*0 ecnai 7 i l cnabaT), puam uicam pebcicen. pniefiunc.
maeLmopt>a, b comafiba CCilbe, in pace quieuic. Cu-
cain.ce hlla Ceallaig, comanba tnuniii qtneuit;. b CCfvo-
ITlaca T>O lorca^o *Oia-TTlaifiT: iafi m-belluaine, co n-a
tnliC cemplaiC 7 cloccait), ecen, Hui6 7 "Cyuun. Cum-
UYCOLU hUa hefiOT)u[i]n, 2 cenn bocc Bfienn, pope penicen-
ciani 8 opcimam m pace quieuic. RagnaLl liUa
TTla < oa g 6a[i]n, 4 ^1-oomna CCilir, occifu-p epc a fuif.
1an. u. -p., L x., CCnno "Oonrum m. lxx. u.
mac* CCmtaim, mic Ra^naill,* \v\ CCca-cbctx ;
Cinaer hUa Conbeaca-o, coipuc Ceniti[i]L-binni5, mopcui
ftinc. 81050-0 la "Cainn-oelbac 7 la lee TTlo^a
Cuinn, co -coiiiiaccuii co hCCc-pfi-oea-o, co
mai*om b CCfi*oa-monann b pop, TDuificencac
A.D. 1074. Mn 0>/tAe),B. 8 heTiuT)a[i]n, B. 3 penecenciam, 15.
4 1TlaroT>a[i]n, B. M ill., t h., A, B. b - b r. m., t. h., A. The omission of
the items from the text was doubtless an oversight on the part of the c<>pyi-t.
CeuLtai5, with the exception, of Ce, was cat away in trimming the edgea.
The entries are omitted in C.
A.D. 1075. 1 Oceippif , B. TTlac CCThLcnm ton ofAmklam in text,
with no mac RagnaiU, or, son of Raghnall ill., t. h., A; mac mic
RajnaiLL ton of the son (grandtoit) of Raghnall in text, B. This last is
likewise the reading of C. It is also, what is more decisive, given in the Annals
of Innisfallen. Amhlam is mentioned at 1073, tvpra ; Raghnall was slain in
the battle of Tara, 071) (=980), supra. Hereby is removed the " uncertainty "
(arising from the A MS.) which caused Dr. Todd (War of the Gaidhill,etc. t
p. 2!X)) to omit Godfrey's name from the Genealogical Table (p. 278). b ' b r. in.
t.h., A; text, B.
*i>ucct*or of [St.] Aillte Bishop
of Etnly, co. Tipferary.
4 StKcettur of [..] Muru. Abbot
of Fahan, co. Donegal.
s Both Clote and Third. (Literally,
btticcen Close und Third.) That is, the
1074. * Succettor of [<.] Brtn-
niiin. That is, according to the An-
nals of Innisfallen, bishop of Ardfert,
co. Kerry.
2 Jlerenagh. He is called abbot
in the Annals of Iimisfallua.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
27
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 29th of the moon, A.D.
1074. The son of Mael-Brenainn (namely, Diarmait),
successor of [St.] Brenainn 1 ; Flaithemh Ua Caroic,
herenagh 2 of Ros-cre ; Dunan, archbishop of the Foreigners
[of Dublin] ; Cormac Ua Maelduin, master of learning
and in piety, felicitously finished their life. Maelmordha,
successor of [St.] Ailbe, 8 rested in peace. Cucarrce Ua
Ceallaigh, successor of [St.] Muru, 4 rested. Ard-Macha
was burned on Tuesday after May-Day [May 6], with all
its churches and bells, both Close and Third. 5 Cumuscach
Ua hEroduin, 6 head of the poor of Ireland, after most
excellent penance rested in peace. Ragnall Ua
Madadhain, royal heir of Ailech, was slain by his own
[tribesmen].
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 10th of the moon, A.D.
1075. Godfrey, son of Amhlam, son of Raghnall, king of
Ath-cliath ; Cinaeth Ua Conbeathad, chief of Cenel-
Binnigh, died. A hosting by Tairrdelbach and by the
Half of Mogh 1 into the Half of Conn, till they reached
Ath-fhirdeadh, so that the Airgialla inflicted the defeat
of Ard-Monain upon Muircertach Ua Briain, a place where
-Nights. Night, the context shows,
in these Annals and elsewhere, some-
times signifies by synecdoche the
vvxQ'hlJ-epov, period, from nightfall
to nightfall (cf. sen-night, fortnight).
Festiva sancti Columbae nox et so-
lemnis dies nos iiivenit valde tristiti-
catos (Adamnan, Vita Col., iii. 45).
Here the singular shows that nox and
dies are taken collectively. The
Tripartite Life of St. Patrick men-
tions the forty nights of Lent (Part
ii). The same expression glosses
forty niyhts in the Senchas Mor (i.
196). The Book of Armagh (folio
18 c) has three nights (that is. nights
and days). See Ideler, Handbuch der
math. u. tech. Chronologic, Berlin,
1825, vol. i. p. 79 sq.
[1074]
whole of the city. Armagh consisted
of the Fort, or Close ( locum in alto
positum, Book of Armagh, fol. 20 d),
and suburbs (suburbana ejus, ib.)
The latter were called Thirds from
their number. See Reeves, Ancient
Churches of Armagh, p. 14.
6 Ua hEroduin. Another obit, evi-
dently from a different source, is given
by the Four Masters at 1075. In it Ua
hEroduin is called Abbot of Armagh.
1075. l nalf of 3%fc.-.The
Southern half of Ireland. So called
from Mogh Nuadat (whose first
name was Eogaii Taidlech), father of
Ailill Olum, the father of Eogan
Mor (named from the grandfather),
eponymous head of the Eoganachts.
(L.L. p. 319 b).
[1075]
28
CCNMCClCC UlCCDtl.
hUa m-bfuain, 7>u i copcparufi ite. "Oonnca-o hUa Ca-
ll an na[i]n,pi [Cenitnl-jConaill, occijni]* 1 ey-c. "Oomnall,
mac TTluncaT>a, pi CCca-cliar, -DO ec T>O galup cpi n-oi-oce.
"Oomnall htla CamT)etba[i]n 7>o mafiba'5 T>O CCifigial-
taib.
b'P' ICaU 1an. tn. p., 1. xx. 1., CCnno "Oomini m. lxr.ui.
^ai^beic hUa Innpeccaig, pi hUa-TTlenc, o pefiait)
A 46c TTli^e; ^illa-Cpifc hUa | "OuibDcqia, pi pefi-TDanac, 1
n-*0aim-inip ta pifiu-TDanac, occip func. "Oomnalt
htla Cfiica[i]n, |\i hUa-piacyiac CCp'oa-ffiara, j afi ime
T>O mapba-5 T>'Uib-'CuiiiT:]ii 7 T>O Ceniut-Tn-binnig
linni. Tnuficaf>, mac plamn Mil TTlaiL-Seclainn, yii
"Cemfiac ppi pe cpi n-oi*5ci, "DO mafiba'D 1 cloiccriuc
B 43d Cen|ann fa -DO mac mic 1Tlaela[i]n, ju ^a^en^. Sloi^e-D
la TxHfifvoelbac 1 Connac^u, co ramie 1 ju Connacc 1 n-a
rec, iT>on, Huaiiifii htla Concobaifi. THaiDm OeLac |\ia
n-CCe-5 hlla TTlaet-SecUnrm 7 pia pepaiC TDuiji-Ica
pofi Ciarmacc[a], co fiola-5 a tvoeiisdp. Cete, mac"0on-
naca[i]n, cenn cfiabaT) e^enn, m Chfiifco quieuir.
^opmlaic, m^en Hi phocapra,* ben' "Caipjvoetbais htli
b|iiain, -DO ec.
"(Cat. 1an. i. p., t. 11., CCnno T)ommi m. lxx. uii.
"CaififiDeatbac hUa m-bpiain i n-hllib-Ceinn-
, sunjxocuibfus mac "Oomnaill pemaifi, 1-oon, fii
DO mapba-5 la TTlael-Seclainn, la pi "Cempac. hUa
Loin^fij, pi T)al-CCpaiT>e, a f uip occifup e^v. TTlupca'5
A.D. 107G. 1 cami5, A. 'ocajxca (p om., not being pronounced), B.
'bean, B. om., B.
A.D. 1077. ^m.,^
1076. J A'iffhts.SeK note 2 under
t he preceding year.
a Grandson vj Matlan. Tiger-
rach says (A.D. 1076) bis name was
Amlaini. The ' patronymic was Ua
Leochain.
3 Stark slaughter. Literally, red
i/unyhter.
4 Celt Bishop of Leinster (Kil-
dare), according to the Four Masters.
They add that he died [probably, as
pilgrim] in Glendalough.
8 Died. In Killaloe (Annals of
Innisfallcn).
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
29
fell many. Donnchadh Ua Canannain, king of Cenel- [1075]
Conaill, was slain. Domnall, son of Murchadh, king of
Ath-cliath, died of an illness of three nights. 2 Domnall
Ua Caindelbain was killed by the Airgialla.
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 21st of the moon, A.D. [1076] Bis.
1076. Gairbeith Ua Innrechtaigh, king of Ui-Meith, by
the Men of Meath ; Gilla-Crist Ua Duibdara, king of
Fir-Manach, in Daim-inis by the Fir-Manach, were slain.
Domnall Ua Cricain, king of Ui-Fiacrach of Ard-sratha,
and slaughter [took place] around him was killed by
the Ui-Tuirtri and by the Cenel-Binnigh of the Glen.
Murchadh, son of Flann Ua Mail-Sechlainn, king of Tara
for the space of three nights, 1 was killed in the steeple of it '!'
Cenannus by the grandson of Maelan, 2 king of Gailenga.
A hosting by Tairrdelbach into Connacht, so that the
king of Connacht, namely, Ruaidhri Ua Conchobair, came
into his house. The defeat of Belat [was inflicted] by
Aedh Ua Mael-Sechlainn and by the Men of Magh-Itha
upon the Ciannachta, so that stark slaughter 3 of them
was inflicted. Cele, 4 son of Donnacan, head of the piety
of Ireland, rested in Christ. Gormlaith, daughter of Ua
Focarta[King of Eili], wife of Tairrdelbach Ua Briain,died. 5
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 2nd of the moon, A.D.
1077. A hosting by Tairrdelbach Ua Briain into Ui-
Ceinnselaigh, so that he fettered the son of Domnall the
Fab, namely, the king of Ui-Ceinnselaigh. The grandson
of Maelan, 1 namely, king of Gailenga, was killed by Mael-
Sechlainn, [that is] by the king of Tara. Ua Loingsigh,
king of Dal-Araidhe, was slain by his own [tribesmen],
Murchadh [son of Conchobar] Ua Mael-Sechlainn was
1077. l Grandson of Maelan. adds that it took place immediately
Tigernach and the Iimisfallen Annals after the assassination ; the latter,
agree in placing the slaying of Mur- before the end of two months,
chad's slayer at 107G. The former
[1077]
rrmirclcc
lillu Illaet-Sectainn T)0 mafibaT) o epaiC "Cebca.
lT)an>m TTlaite-T>en5i pop. pepu-TTlanac pia Cenel-
eo^ain Telca-oftfe, 8 -011 1 copcpa-oun 8 ite. Colcu hlla
epo-&a[i]n,* cenn bocc CCip-oe-TTlaca, m pace quieuic.
OCiltbe, mgen m-o abcro, ben* pi| CCijvceji 7 comapba
ITIoninne 7 ^illa-pacpaic, p.i Caipppi-hUa-Ciap.T>ai, in
pemcencia mopxui ininc. hUa Ceteca[i]n, fiiT)OTYina
7 Huapc hUa Ca-ouf aig, occif i f unc-
}Cal. 1an. 11. p> ^ X.IIL, CCnno "Domini TT1. bcx. uin.
Lo^can, hua Opiain, T>O ecait. l/ectobup.* hUa Lait>5-
nen, i^on, 1 aijvoni CCippatt, 8 DO mafiba-5 ta Huait>ni
hUa Rua^aca[i]n. Concobafi hUa bfimin, yii 'Celca-
o[Vjc 7 ftiT)amna 6jienn, T>O mayiba^ (iT> b efc, cum fiia
uxofie b ) "DO Cenel-0inni5 ^inni. "Oube^a, ingen
CCTTial^a^ajComaiiba pacpmc, ben |n CCifi^en, -DO ecaiTI.
T)omnall, mac mic "dseiinain, fii Conmacne ; Cacal,
mac "Domnaill, fii Cemuil 8 -6nnai, o Ceniul s -Go5ain na
hlnnfi (i-oon, 11 im ma-omum TTlui5i-leine 4b ); Concubiifi
hUa "Oonnca-oa, fii-oomna Caifit, occifi funr. TTlaiT)m
ec alu mutn. 6 CC|i
pop Conaitbt) pia n-l1ib-TT1eic, 1 cojicaip mac Mil
"CfieoT)a[i]n 6 , fii Con ai tie.
3 relca-oc, B. 3 t>ari, B. 4 6riu , B. 5 bean, A. 6 teat\, A.
A.D. 1078. 'om., A. 2 CCit\sialla, A,B. 3 Cenel,B. 4 rnaiRi-leane,
B. 5 mutcn, B. "'Cheyxcyoan, B. * CMTVOJXI CCiixgiall in letlobuyv
ardJciny of A iryialla (icajt) Lethlobirr, 1. m. , t h., A. ; om., B. b - b 1. m., t. h. ,
A; r. m., t h., B.
2 Daughter of the aViot. O'Dono-
van (p. 910) equates Ailbe and the
successor of St. Moninne (of Newry),
and infers that this is an instance of
a married woman being an abbess.
But the text of the Four Masters docs
not necessarily mean this. It can
signify that Colcu, Aillbe and the
abbess died. This is put beyond doubt
by the present entry, where the
meaning is clearly that Aillbe and
the abbess and Gilla-Patraic, all
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 31
killed by the Men of Tebtha The defeat of Mail- [1077]
derg [was inflicted] upon the Fir-Manach by the Cenel-
Eogain of Telach-oc, a place where fell many. Colcu
Ua Erodhain, head of the poor of Ard-Macha, rested in
peace. Aillbe, daughter of the abbot, 2 wife of the king
of the Airthir ; and the successor of [St.] Moninne ; and
Gilla-Patraic, king of Cairpri-Ua-Ciardai, died in penance.
Ua Celecain, royal heir of the Airthir, and Ruairc Ua
Cadusaigh were slain.
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 13th of the moon, A.D.
1078. Lorcan, grandson of Brian [Boruma] died. Leth-
lobur Ua Laidhgneo, namely, archking of Airgialla,
was killed by Ruaidhri Ua Ruadhacain. Concobar Ua
Briain, king of Telach-oc and royal heir of Ireland, was
killed (together, namely, with his wife) by the Cenel-
Binnigh of the Glen. 1 Dubesa, daughter of Amhalgaidh
successor of Patrick, wife of the king of the Airthir, died.
Domnall, son a Mac Tigernain, king of Conmacni ;
Cathal, son of Domnall, king of Cenel-Ennai, by Cenel-
Eogain of the Island (namely, in the defeat of Magh-
Leine) ; Concobur Ua Donnchadha, royal heir of Cashel,
were slain. A defeat [was inflicted] upon the Ui-
Cremtainn by the Men of Fern-magh on Sliab-[F]uait, 2
wherein fell Goll-claraigh and others many. Slaughter
[was inflicted] upon the Conaille by the Ui-Meith,
wherein fell the son of Ua Treodain, king of Conaille.
[1078]
three, died in penance : very probably
at Armagh. Colcu was perhaps the
brother of Cumusach Ua hEroduin,
who died in 1074, supra.
1078. 1 Cenel- Binniyh nf the Glen.
How it happened that O'Brien was
slain by this Tyrone sept appears from
the Annals of Innisfalleu, which state
that he had received the kingship
in Cenel-Eogain (was crowned in
Tullaghoge). They add (without
mention of the wife) that the slayer
was slain straightway, and that Ken-
nedy O'Brien received the kingship.
2 SKab-[F Juait. Mount \F]uat.
The infected]/" (/A) was omittei]
in pronunciation. " Slevfuaid," C.
32 ccwicclcc uloroti.
I |Cal. 1an. iii-v\, 1. xx.1111., (XnnoT)omini 1T). lxx. ix.
I4a> Ceallac liUa ttuanaDa, apDollam 6penn ; Cu-TTIiDe,
mac mic Lofica[i]n, jii pefinm 11151 ; mac 5illai'-*Oi5De
hth lx>fica[i]n, fecnap CCnDa-TYlaca; mac Cuinn, cenn
bocc Cluana-mac-Noif, quieuen.unc' in pace.*
leal- 1an. [i]u. -p., I. u., OCnno *Oomini 171. lxxx.,
T)onn hUa Lerlobufi]^ 1 , ju penn-muip, DO manbaD DO
hUio'-Laten 1 8leib-[p]uair;. hlla Cianr>a[i],ni Cainbfie,
m on.ru [u]f efr. Ceallac, comanba pacpaic, nacu^
epc. T)e^b-pop5ailt, ! mgen mic bpiam, ben "Oiafimara,
mic TTlail-na-mbo, DO ecaib 1 n-lmb^. 6ocaiD hUa
1Tlen.li, fii pe]in-mui5i, DO majiba-o pen. Dolum.
"Donn^leiBe bl1a 6ocaDa DO Dul ipn Ilium am co
maicib UlaD laif, Oft cenn cuap.ii frail. TTlaiDm CCra-
ep^ail 1 raeC Clocai]i f oji |.'ef u'-HTanac |iia n-*0omnall
hUa toclamn 7 fia peyxai^ rnuii-1ca, 1 toficnxroun 4
in^pinnciDe CCiaDa-TTlata, 5 iDon, Sirjuuc hlla Coenia[i]n
7 mac "Heill hUi Shen.nai 8 ec aln :
1 n--Dion5ncrc taeic a
SocaiT>e bef cen inriiain
A.D. 1079. ^iMa , A motnuncutx, C.
A. D. 1080. l baiyx, B. a T)eariboixj;aill (p om. ), B. 'VejxaiG , B.
4 -oaix, B. * TTIaca om., B. ^eai\|xais. A. * on text spaw. u. t. h., A ;
om., B.
107J>. J Ceallach Ua Ruanadhn .
Cu-Midhe. "Cellacb 0' Ruanaa,nrch-
3 [Mael-Chiarains, Devotee of (St.)
Ciaran]. Supplied from the Four
poet of Ireland, Cuinie," etc., C. The Masters. See Christian Inscriptions,
infected d (dK) in Ruanadha and CM- pp. GG-7.
Midhe (llound of Heath) was not
pronounced. For Ua Ruanadha
(O'Rooney) see Todd Lectures, Ser.
iii, I.e. t. ii.
2 Gilla-Digde Devotee of (St.)
Jtigde (Virgin). One of the name is
piven in the Martyrology of Tallaght
at Jan. G ; another, at Apr. 25.
1080. l Sliab [F~\vat. ''Slevuaid,
id ett. Mountaine," C.
2 Through treachery. " By sleight,"
C.
*Nobles. Literally, worthies.
4 For the sake of stipend. Jhe
translator of C. correctly renders : "to
bring wages." They were condo(tieri,
in fact.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
33
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 24th of the moon, A.D. [1079]
1079. Ceallach 1 Ua Ruanadha, chief bardic professor of
Ireland ; Cu-Midhe, 1 grandson of Lorcan, king of Fern-
magh ; the son of Gilla-Digde 8 Ua Lorcain, vice-abbot of
Ard-Macha; [Mael-Chiarain] 8 the son of Conn, head of
the poor of Cluain-mac-Nois, rested in peace.
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 5th of moon, A.D. 1080.
Bonn Ua Lethlobuir, king of Fern-magh, was killed by
the Ui Lathen on Sliab-fFJuait. 1 Ua Ciardai, king of
Cairbri, died. Ceallach [Celsus], successor of Patrick,
was born. Derbfhorgaill, daughter of the son of Brian
[Boruma], wife of Diarmait, son of Mail-na-mbo, died in
Imlech. Eochaidh CJa Merligh, king of Fern-magh, was
killed through treachery. 2 Donnsleibhe Ua Eochada went
into Munster with the nobles 3 of Ulidia along with him
for the sake of stipend. 4 The defeat of the Ford of Ergal
by the side of Clochar [was inflicted] upon the Fir-Manach
by Domnall Ua Lochlainn and by the Men of Magh-Itha,
wherein fell the- persecutors 5 of Ard-Macha, namely,
Sitriuc Ua Coemain and the son of Niall Ua Serraigh
and others :
(The Ford of Ergal [it is],
Wherein heroes cause" the dispersing ;
A multitude shall be without delight
From the conflict of the Ford of Ergal.)
The Annals of Innisfallen, at 1078,
state that Donnsleibhe was dethroned
and went to O'Brien, his place being
taken by (Aed) Merauach Ua
Eochadha.
5 The persecutors (inffrinntide[-i]').
O'Conor, to whom nothing appa-
rently presented any difficulty, reads
in grainntide Ard, and translates by
Grnnarii custos Armachanus! The
translator of C. taking his text to
be = * n-glimtib, renders it : "in the
valleys. "
6 Wherein heroes cause. In the
original, i n-diongnat laeich ; which the
Four Masters, according to O'Donovan,
transcribe in drony naittlaic. The
editor, however, renders the words [?]
by " people shall hereafter be there (dis-
persed)" ! Furthermore (to judge from
the printed text), they give the verse in
two lines, ending respectively inaterb-
haid and Erghail. But it is a quatrain
in Rannaihacht bee gairet, hepta-
syllabic lines ending in dissyllables.
The metre is called gairet
C
owicclcc ulcmti.
B44b
A47a
]Cal. 1an. ui. p., L x.tn., CCnno "Domini TT1. bcxoc. 1.
TTlac Inseinjice, ni Conaille, -DO manba-o o pet\ai!5-
Penn-mtnsi. TTla[cJ Cfia hUa Oca[i]n,mtnpe Cenitnt-
Pefi^ufa 1 ; TTlaetmici^ hUa TTlaelfitianaig, fii hUa-
TjUifirpi, o Cenel-binnig ^linni ; hUa Uarmutia[i]n,*
ni pep-li, occifi punc. hUa TTlacsanina, yii ULa-6 -DO
mafiba-b ta hUa n-eoca-ba 1 n-T)un-T>a-lec5taf. i
Cfxone, uafatfacafic CCtiT>a-TTIaca ; hUa
ai|icninec Con*D6|ie 8 ; ptann hUa Lopca[i]
Lusbai-5, m penicenaa -0011111 iefiunr. Coficac co n-a
7 Ceall-T>a-lua ab igne T)if[f]ipcrca[e]
1an. un.p.,l. acx. un., CCnno "Oommi TT1. bcxx.n.
hUa TT1 ael/pabcnlt, |ii Caifipce-bfiacai-oe ;
mac CCTVial^a-Da, coifec Clomne-bpefail ;
"Oomnall, mac Concobuifi hlli Ojaiain; Coral, mac CCe'&a
htli Concobaiyi 1 ; plaicbepcac hUa TT1aetaT)Uin, ^1
, mac TTlael-TTluiiiej coi^ec Cenitnl-
,* omnef occifi func.
("Oomnatt, a TTlac 'Cai-bg hlli Concobaip, fii-oamna
Connacc, 7)0 mapba'D la Caal hUa Concobain. cpia
pell. Cacal hUa Concobuifi T>O uicim hi cac la
Concobaifi, co focai-oe moip tnme*.)
I ]caU 1an. i. p., 1. ix., CCnno T)ommi 171. Ixxx. 111.
"Oomnall hUa Cananna[i]n, p\ Ceniu[i]L-Conailt, a
puif occipuf efc. CCe-o hlla TTlael-Seclainn, fii CCibg ;
A.D. 1081. 'Ceniul^-, A. 2 mafian, B. 'Connetxe, B.
A.D. 1082. 1 buifi, B. 'Cenel , B. -f. m n n. t, h., A; om., B;
given in C.
A.D. 1083. l Cenel , B.
because the opening line is (four syl-
lables) short of the normal number.
See Todd. Led., ubi sup.
1081. 1 Steward. Here again, the
Four Matter* change muire of the
Ulster Annals into tigherna (lord).
8 Ua Mathgamna. This entry is
at variance with the Ulidian regnal
list (L.L.. p. 41), in making Ua
Mathgamna king. The correct ver-
sion is probably that of the Annals
of Innisfallen, in which it is stated
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
35
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 16th of the moon, A.D.
1081. Mac Ingerrce, king of Conaille, was killed by the
Men of Fern-magh. Ma[c] Craith Ua Ocain, steward 1 of
Cenel-Fergusa ; Maelmithigh Ua Maelruanaigh, king
of Ui-Tuirtri, by the Cenel-Binnigh of the Glen; Ua
Uathmarain, king of Fir- Li, were slain. Ua Mathgamna, 8
king of Ulidia, was killed by Ua Eochadha in Dim-da-
lethglas. Gilla-Crone, 3 eminent priest of Ard-Macha ; Ua
Robartaigh) herenagh of Condere; Flann Ua Lorcain,
eminent priest of Lughbaid, 4 slept in penance. Cork
with its churches and Cell-da-lua were wasted by fire.
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 9th of the moon, A.D.
1082. Gilla-Crist Ua Maelfhabaill, king of Carraic-
Bracaidhe ; Finnchadh, son of Amhalgaidh, chief of
Clann-Bresail ; Domnall, son of Conchobur Ua Briain ;
Cathal, son of Aedh Ua Conchobair ; Flaithbertach Uq,
Maeladuin, king of Lurg ; Uidhrin, son of Mael-Muire,
chief of Cenel-Feradhaigh, were all slain.
(Domnall, 1 son of Tadhg Ua Concobair, royal heir of
Connacht, was killed by Cathal Ua Concobair through
treachery. Cathal 1 Ua Concobair fell in battle 2 by
Ruaidhri Ua Concobair, with a great multitude around
him.)
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 9th of the moon, A,D.
1083. Domnall Ua Canannain, king of Cenel-Conaill,
was slain by his own [tribesmen]. Aedh Ua Mael-
[1081]
that Gall-na-gorta Ua Mathgamna
was slain in Downpatrick by Donn-
sleibhe Ua Eochadha.
3 Gilla-Crone. Devotee of (St.~)
Crone (Virgin). Seventeen of the
name are given in the Homonymous
Lists of Saints in the Book of Leinster
(p. 369 a).
4 Priest of Lughbaid. The Annals
of Innisfallen say he was lector of
Emly.
The Four Masters reverse the order
of this and the preceding obit, and state
(doubtless by an error of transcription)
that Ua Robartaigh (O'Roarty) was
herenagh of Louth.
1082. 1 Domnall; Cathall. These
two bracketted items are found in
Tigernach and the Annals of Boyle.
2 Fell in battle The so-called An-
nals of Loch Ce (adan.) state that O'Co-
nor died a natural death (mortuus ef).
[1082]
[1083]
36
cciiMCclcc uloroti.
X
TTluipcepcachlla CaipilU aipcinnec "Ouin, fui bpecenV
nacca 7 feancaif; Ta-og 8 hUa "Cai-Dg, aipcinnec Cille-
oa-lua, m pace quieuepunc. ^illa-TTloninne, aipcinnec
Lu^bai-5, occifUf 8 efc. CCe-o TTlepanac T>O bacuT) ac
Luimniuc. Ri Cemuil-6nnai* T)O mapba^B la "Donnca'5
hUa TTlael-Seclamn, la pi n-CCilig. "Oomnall hUa
Loclainn -DO abail pii Ceniuil-eogam. Cpec pi
Conailbt5, co cue bojioma mofi 7 co cafiai'5
-o'cn cp.eic fin -DO pejiaib
leal. 1an. 11. -p., L xx., CCnno *Oommi m. bcxx. 1111.
"Oonnca'5 hUa TYlael|iuanai5, pefifecucoyi aec[c]lefia-
fium, "DO mayiba'D e^efi copp 7 an mam o pepaib-Luipg.
^lenn--Da-loca, cum fuif cemplif,T)olofca'5. TTIuipe-oac
hUa Ce^nen, aificinnec Cluana-6oif, DO ecc. 81050-0
la T)onnfleiCe, fii Ula'5, co "Ofiocac-n-CCca, co cafiac
^imjuijncal -oo mac Caib hUi Ruaific. C|iec la T)ohS-
nall hUa Loclamn can. a eip 1 1 n-UllcaiB, co cucfac
bofioma mop. Slo^a-b la pepu TTluman 1 TDi-De 7 if
pof. an fluaga-o fin ar>bac Con cob up. hUa Cecpaca.
"Docuacup 2 Conmacne 1 "Cuac-mumam can. a n-eifi,
co fioloifCfec-DUine 8 7 cella 4 7 co fiucfan cfieic- TTlai-Dm*
TTlona-Cfiumeoice* pi a tec TTlosa fop "Oonnca'5 hUa
Ruaipc, 1 copcaip hUa Ruaipc (iT>on, b "Oonnca-o, mac
3 "Cai-og, B. * TT u r' ^* * Genial , B.
A.D. 1084. ' a, B. 2 ^afv, B. 8 -oune, B. * cealla, B. 5 baeu-6, B.
'* Ca6 Tnotia-cixuinneogi Battle nf Moin-crvinneogi is placed on left
margin, n. t. h., opposite these words, A. b ~ b itl., t. h., A ; om., B.
1083. 1 llerenagh. Tigeraach
and the Innisfallen Annals call
him, probably with justice, Comarba
(= bishop).
a Aedh Meranach. Aed the
furious. Tigernach calls him Ua
Eochadha, King of Uliclia. (See
1080, note 4, supra; from which,
taken with present entry, is to be
corrected the list of Kings in L.L. (p.
41 d), in which two years are as-
signed to his reign. The scribe mis-
took u for if.)
His being drowned at Limerick
shows that Aed, like Donnsleibhe,
was in the service of O'Brien.
9 Royal foray. An idiomatic ex-
pression, signifying the first expedition
made by a king after his inaugura-
tion.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
Sechlainn, king of Ailech ; Muircertach Ua Cairill,
herenagh of Dun, doctor of jurisprudence and of history ;
Tadhg Ua Taidhg, herenagh 1 of Cell-da-lua, rested in
peace. Gilla-Moninne, herenagh of Lughbaidh, was slain.
Aedh Meranach 2 was drowned at Limerick. The king
of Cenel-Ennai was killed by Donnchadh Ua Mael-
Sechlainn, [that is] by the king of Ailech. Domnall Ua
Lochlainn took the kingship of Cenel-Eogain. A royal
foray 3 [was made] by him upon Conaille, so that he took
away great cattle-spoil and gave stipend out of that foray
to the Men of Fern-ma^h.
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 20th of the moon, A.D. [io84Bis.
1084. Donnchadh Ua Maelruanaigh, persecutor of
churches, was killed, both body and soul, 1 by the Men of
Lurg. Glenn- da-locha, with its churches, was burned.
Muiredhach Da Cethnen, herenagh of Cluain-eois, died.
A hosting by Donnsleibhe, king of Ulidia, 2 to Drochat-
atha, so that he gave stipend to the son of Cailech Ua
Ruairc. A foray [was made] by Domnall Ua Lochlainn
after him 8 into Ulidia, so that they took away great
cattle-spoil. A hosting by the Men of Munster into
Meath, and it is upon that hosting died Concobur Ua
Cetfatha. The Conmacni went into Thomond after them, 4
so that they burned forts and churches and took away
spoil. The defeat of Moin-cruinneoice [was inflicted] by
the Half of Mogh upon Donnchadh Ua Ruairc, wherein
fell Ua Ruairc (namely, Donnchadh, son of Cailech
Ua Ruairc) and Cennetigh Ua Briain and others most
1084. 1 J3oth body and soul.
Literally, between body and soul,
That is, that he was either captured
and put to death without benefit of
clergy ; or killed in the act of dese-
cration.
2 Donnsleibfie, King of Ulidia
That is, Ua Eochadha. See A.D.
1080, note 4, supra.
3 After him. That is, whilst Donn-
sleibhe was absent on the expedition.
* After them. When, namely, the
Munstermen were gone to Meath.
38
CCNNCctcC UlCCDtl.
B44c
A47b
tith Ruaific b ) 7 Cennen^ hUa bpiam ec atn
plunimi (hi c quaniroecim d jcalann Mouimbpip ). "Oom-
nall hUa ailmf\ef>ai5 T>O mafibar> TJO "Oomnalt hUa
Loclainn. 5 1 ^a-pacn.aic, eppoc CCca-ctiar, T>O
(hoc* anno ecctefia 8ancc[a]e Quince -oe
61 p.
]Cat. 1an. 1111.' p., L 1., CCnno "Domim TH. lxxx .
TTlac 8011115, mpcinnec 1nnfi-cain-"0e5a; Ugaipe hUa
Lai7>5nen,aip.cinnec | pefina;^op.m5atLoi5fec,comafiba
peclef a bpi^ce 1 n-CCfi'D-TTlaca, f ui b 1 n-ecna 7 1 c|iabaT> b ;
TTIaet-fneccai, mac Lulai, |ii TTluitieb; CLeiyiec hUa
8elbaif>, aipcinnec Copcaip 1 , fuam uicam pebcice|i
pniejiunc. TTlufica'5 hUa TTlael'Don.ai'D, fii Ceni'u[i]L-
Conaill; "Oomnall, mac TTlael-Coluim, |ii CClban ;
TTlinn.eT>ac, mac Ruai-D[ii htli Rua"5aca[i]n ; bUal^apc
hUa Ruaific, fiiDomna Connacc; Oenguf hUa CainT>et-
ba[i]n, pi Loe^uifn, 2 -puam uicam inpebciceyi pmepunc.
| ]Cat. 1an. u. -p., I. xii., CCnno T)ommi TTl. lxxx. ui.
TTlael-lpu hUa bpolca[i]n, fui m ecnai 7 in cpaboD7 1
** 1. m., t h., A ; om., B, C. d .x.mi., MS. ^L ra., n. t h., A; om., B.
A.D. 1085. x cnt>e,B. * ai|ve, B .uit.,B. The scribetookthe first two n.
of 1111. foru., a mistake of frequent recurrence. Ub pii int> ecnai 7 in qfiabcro
matter of wisdom and of piety, B.
8 The 14tA The Four Masters
(ad an.) say the 4M of the Kalends
[Oct. 29]. They overlooked x. in the
arm*, of their original (MS. A).
6 GiOa-Patraic. Devotee of [St]
Patrick. He was consecrated in
London in 1073 by Lanfranc, Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, in accordance
with the request of the Dublin
clergy. He made a profession to
Lanfranc, from whom he received
letters dignas valde memoriae (Ap-
pendix to Anglo-Saxon Chronicle), to
be delivered to the kings of Ireland.
7 This year, etc. Given in Irish in
the Four Masters.
8 At. Literally, of. Of the twelve
given in the Homonymous Lists (L.L.
p. 369b), the Saint intended was most
probably Fainche of Lough Ree, whose
feast was Jan. 1 (Mart. Tal., L.L. p.
355 c).
1085. ' Superior Literally, suc-
cessor ; but employed here and
elsewhere in the secondary sense of
superior (abbot, or bishop, or both).
Gormgal was an abbot
2 Mael-sncchtui. His name occurs,
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
39
numerous (on the 14th 5 of the Kalends of November [Oct.
19]. Domnall Ua Gailmredhaigh was killed by Domnall
Ua Lochlainn. Gilla-Patraic, 6 bishop of Ath-cliath, was
drowned.
(This 7 year the church of Saint Fuinche [Fainche] at 8
Kosoirrther was founded.)
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 1st of the moon, A.D. [loss]
1085. Mac Soillig, herenagh of Inis-cain of [St.] Daig;
Ughaire Ua Laidhgnen, herenagh of Ferns ; Gormgal
Loigsech, superior 1 of the establishment of Brigit in Ard-
Macha, eminent in wisdom and in piety; Mael-snechtai, 8
son of Lulach, king of Moray; Cleirech Ua Selbaidh,
herenagh 8 of Cork, felicitously finished their life. Mur-
chadh CJa Maeldoraidh, king of Cenel-Conaill ; Domnall,
son of Mael-Coluim, king of Scotland ; Muiredach, son of
Ruaidhri Ua Ruadacain ; Ualgarc Ua Ruairc, royal heir
of Connacht ; Oengus Ua Caindelbain, king of Loeghaire,
inf elicitously 4 finished their life.
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 12th of the moon, A.D. [1086]
1086. Mael-Isu Ua Brolcain, 1 master of wisdom and of
as grantor of land to [St. ] Drostan,
in the second Gaelic charter in the
Book of Dear (a ninth cent. Evan-
gelistarium in the Public Library,
Cambridge). His obit was thus
doubtless recorded in the Columban
Annals ; whence it passed into the
present Chronicle.
3 Herenagh The Annals of Innis-
f alien call him Comorba, i.e., successor
of [Finn-]barr ; that is, bishop of Cork.
4 Infelicitously. That is, suddenly
or by violence.
1C86. * Mael-Isu Ua Brolcain
Of Mael-Isu's poems in the native
tongue, that in the Book of Hymns,
with the rubric Mael-Isu dixit, may
perhaps be reckoned as ope. It con-
sists of three quatrains, praying to the
Holy Ghost through Christ. The final
distich embodies well the Filioque
clause of the Nicene Creed :
A Isn, ronnoeba,
Rensoera do Spirut.
" Jesus! may Thy Spirit us sanc-
tify, us save."
Another is contained in the Yellow
Book of Lecan (a MS. in the Library
of Trinity College, Dublin, classed
H. 2, 16), col. 336, with the heading
Mael-Isu [MS. form is Ihu.~]hUa Brol-
chain ceclnit. It is an invocation of
the Archangel Michael in nine stanzas.
A third is given in Lebar Brec
(Lith. ed., p. 101), with the inscrip-
40
CCrltlCClCC UlCCDtl.
1* m-befitm' ceccafv&ai, fuum 1
* jcalann pebjxa,
CCif>a eile pufifa pnn,
COobat TTlael-1ffU hUa bfiolca[i]n,
CCc ! cia t>cmac cfiom cam cinn f
TYlael-Seclainn hUa Pa3la[i]n, acLoec cojaitu ; ITIac-
beaccco hUa Concobuifi.pi Ciajiai-oe ; ejiccro hllaTTlael-
poscmiccifi, afi-oeppcop Connacc; tnaet-Coemsin, uapal-
epfcop Uta-5 ; piacn a U i Hona[i]n, aificinnec CLuana-
oolca[i]n,in pace -oofimietiunr;. CCmat5ai < 5,mac Ruai%ii
hlli Rua > oaca[i]n, -DO mafiba-o 7)0 pepaitS pefin-muip.
<Caifip,-Delbac 4 hUa bpiain, fii epenn, -DO ec i Cmn-copaf>,
iafi mo|i map.cpa 7 lap. n^aicpi^i -poca 7 lap comaitc
Cui|ipC|iifC7 a phota, i Pfii-o IT> 1ml, ipn feccm<r5 b
blia"5am eccTnoma-5 b a
CCit>ci TTIaip,c,
1 ipeil lacoib co n-
1 nomcro d peer, crobat
1n c-aifi-Diiij cenn,
A.D. 1086. W 7 viliT>ecca andofpoetry,^. M in beyvlxn ofthelanguage
B. 3 puanif A. * t>ecrt/ , A. **t. m., with relative marks, t.h.. A: om
B. b-b .uii.Tn(TD bliaT>ain .txx. tncro, A, B. c om., B. d .ix., MS. (A).
tion Mod-Ttu hUa Brochcha[t]n
ceduit. This is a bilingual rhymed
prayer of seven stanzas to God the
Son. The opening quatrain will
best show the structure. Its singu-
larity, no doubt, caused the chronicler
to class the author as an adept " in
poetry in either language."
Deus metis, adjuva me,
Tucc dam do there, a mic mo De,
Tucc dam do there, a mic mo De t
Dent meut, adjuva me.
(The second line means : Give to
me Thy love (=love of Thee), O Son
of my God).
From the foregoing it is evident
why Ua Brolcain took the name of
Mael-Isu Devotee of Jems.
8 Night. See 1975, note 2, supra.
8 Fursa. XVII. Kal. [Fei.] Dor-
mitatio[nit~\ Furtei (Mart Tal^ L.L.
356 b). For his Virion (Vol. I. p. 97 ;
where he is erroneously styled bishop),
see Bede, H. E. iii. 19. His death
(Vol. I. pp. 109, 11 7) took place pro-
bably in 650.
4 Alat! etc. The original of this
line is thus given by the four Matter* :
Acht cidheadh ni'r from tamh tinn
(rendered by O'Donovan : "But,
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
41
piety and in poetry in either language, sent forth his [lose]
spirit :
The seventeenth of the Kalends of February [Jan. 16],
The night 2 of the feast of Fursa 3 fair,
Died Mael-Isu Ua Brolchain,
Alas 4 ! who [is there] to whom it is not grievous plague sore?
Mael-Seohlainn Ua Foelain, lay-brother 5 select; Mac-
beathad Ua Concobuir, king of Ciaraidhe ; Erchadh Ua
Mael-fhoghamair, archbishop of Connacht [Tuam] ; Mael-
Coemghin, archbishop of Ulidia [Down] ; Fiachna Ua
Roriain, herenagh of Cluain-dolcain, slept in peace.
Amhalgaidh, son of Ruaidhri Ua Ruadhacain, was killed
by the Men of Fern-magh. Tairrdelbach Ua Briain, king
of Ireland, died in Cenn-coradh. after much suffering and
* ' O
after long penance and after partaking of the Body of
Christ and of His Blood, on the 2nd of the Ides [14th]
of July, in the seventh year [and] seventieth of his age :
The night of Tuesday, 6 on the foreday of the Ides of July,
On the feast of James 7 of pure mind,
On the- ninth [and] twentieth 8 [of the moon], died
The stout archking, Tairrdelbach.
however, not of a heavy severe fit ").
Thus misled, Colgan perpetuated the
error : Nulla tamen infirmitate
correptus (A A. S3., p. 108). His
version has been adopted by O'Conor
(note at A.D. 1086 in his edition of
the Annals of Ulster).
8 Lay-brother. Literally, ex-laic.
The athloech was the laicus, or f rater
conversus, of the Latin Monastic
Rules : a monk who was neither in
Holy Orders, nor bound to recitation
of the Office.
The (Penitential) Commutations (in
Rawlinson B. 512, a MS. in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford) have:
Arra na n-athlaech ocus na n-athlae-
ces cetumusTihe commutation of lay-
brothers and lay-sisters (is to be set
forth) first (folio 42 d). As Ua
Foelain (O'Phelan) was member of a
ruling family, his humility appeared
remarkable in the selection of the
lowest grade hi the monastery.
6 Tuesday. July 14 fell on that
day in 1086. For night, see 1075,
note 2, supra. La (day) being mono-
syllabic, aidchi was employed here and
in the preceding quatrain to produce
a line of seven syllables.
7 On the feast of James. The in-
cidence of the festival is taken per-
haps from the Calendar of Oengus
(where the saint is called a bishop).
cctJNCCla: ulccoti.
' imoppo/ a mac, -DO ec a cinn tYrip- e TTlaiTjm
na Cpinca pop TTlael-Seaclainn pia LaigniC -j pia
^aUaio", i rx)pcaip TTlael-Ciapa[i]n hUa Catupai, pi
bpeg ec aln mulci. Tnaifni pia n-CCipcepaio* pop
Uift-ecac, 5 i copcaip "Oomnall hUa CCuceii). TTlai-om
Gocaille pia n-UltcaiC pop CCipgialtu ~] pop Ua-Rua-o-
aca[i]n, DU i topcaip Cumupcac hUa Lai^ein, pi 8il-
oninne hUa eoccroa, muvpe Cloinm-
ec aln
But it is not so found in the Hierony-
mian Martyrologies (Acta SS., Jun. t.
vi., p. 1), some of which give St.
James of Nisibis and St. James of
Alexandria at July 15.
8 OH the ninth [and] twentieth.
The Four Masters read lar ndo ficket
adbath " after two (and) twenty died."
But the change can be detected with
certainty. The metre is Dtbide
(consisting, namely, of heptasyllabic
lines). The syllable short in the read-
ing of the Four Masters accordingly
betrays the line in question. The
29th of the July moou coincided in
1086 with the 14th of the solar
month ; new moon having occurred
on June 1C. Not understanding to
Y
]Cal. 1an. in- p., L xx.ni., CCnno "Domini 171. Ixxx.
1111. "Oomnatt, mac ^illa-paupaic, pi Oppaip, -DO ec.
Coral hUa CetpaTta t>o mapba-o *DO Lainil5. Cu-pleibe
hUa CiapTa[i], pi Caipbpe, a puip occipup efc. TTlael-
Seclainn, mac Concobuip, pi 'Ceampac, -DO mapba-o la
B 44d pipu Tecba 1 | 1 mebail (iT)on a 1 n-CCp-o-acai-o Gppcoip <
TTlel 3 ). "Oomnatl Mlalairen -DO mapba-o la "Domnall,
mac TTlic toclamn. Car (i b Copunn b ) ecep Huai-opi
hlla Concobaip, pi Conn ace 7 CCe'5 hUa Huaipc, pi
Conmaicne, 1 copcaip CCe-o , pi Conmaicne 7 main Con-
maicne. txmpip la macu mic Ragnaill 7 la mac pi
Ula-o 1 TTlanairm, DU 1 copcpa-oup 2 maic 3 rmc Uagnaill.
TTlep 4 mop m hoc anno.
M om., A. 'uep.o, the Latin equivalent, B. 8 Gacac, B. "om., B.
A.D. 1087. a Tecpa, A. ^-cfiacafx, B. s niac, A. The omission of
i was doubtless an oversight. 4 meapp, B. itl., t.h., A ; om., B. b-b itL,
t. h., A; roon, i Coyxunn that w, in Corann, r. m., t. h., B.
CCet> namely, Aedh, itl., t. h. over ju Conmaicne, B.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
Taidhc, his son, also died at the end of a month.
The defeat of Crinach [was inflicted] upon Mael-
Sechlainn by the Leinstermen and by the Foreigners,
wherein fell Mael-Ciarain Ua Cadhusaigh, king of Bregha
and others many. A defeat [was inflicted] by the
Airthir upon the Ui-Echach, wherein fell Domnall Ua
Atteidh. The defeat of Eochaill [was inflicted] by the
Ulidians upon the Airgialla and upon Ua Ruadhacain, a
place wherein fell Cumuscach Ua Laithen, king of Sil-
Duibhtire and Gilla-Moninne Ua Eochadha, steward 9 of
Clann-Sinaigh and many others.
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria ; 23rd of the moon, A.D.
1087. Domnall, son of Gilla-Patraic, 1 king of Ossory, died.
Cathal Ua Cetfada was killed by the Leinstermen. Cu-
sleibe Ua Ciardhai, king of Cairpri, was slain by his own
[kinsmen]. Mael-Sechlainn, son of Concobur, king of
Tara, was killed by the men of Tebtha in treachery
(namely, in Ard-achaidh of Bishop Mel). Domnall Da
Laithen was killed by Domnall, son of Mac Lochlainn.
A battle [was fought] (namely, in Corann) between
Euidhri Ua Concobair, king of Connacht and Aedh Ua
Ruairc, king of Conmaicni, wherein fell Aedh, king of
Conmaicni and the nobles 2 of Conmaicni. A fleet [was led]
by the grandsons of Ragnall and by the son of the king
of Ulidia into Manann, 3 a place where fell the grandsons
of Ragnall. A great crop this year.
[108GJ
what the numerals had reference, the
Four Masters changed them to sig-
nify the regnal years (22) of the
deceased. Herein, needless to add,
they have been followed by O'Conor.
O'Donovan renders the phrase " on the
twenty-second" and makes no remark.
9 Steward (muire). Lord (tigherna),
Four Masters.
1087. 1 Gilla-Patraic. Died A.D.
1055 (supra).
2 Nobles. Literally, good (men).
3 Mannan. " Id est, He of Man."
C. The grandsons, there can be little
doubt, were the sons of the Amhlam
(Olaf) mentioned at 1075 (supra).
D 2
[1087J
CCNNCCLCC UlCCDtl.
("Cpanplacio d pebquiapum Sancci Nicholaun hoc anno,
peprimo 1-oup 1Daii. d )
X
p
lu
bif. fcaU 1an. un. p., L, 1111., CCnno "Domini m Ixxx- uin.
Catalan htla poppei-5, pui mTj ecnai 7 m cpaba^, 1 tep[t]
Non TTlapta, i n-1mli-iCaip, T)ia-"Domnai 1nit[e], in
pace quieuit :
Catalan*, m cpaBaiT) coip,
ba pptnt pamai-o 1 , ba penoip,
top nem, i n-a n-^pianan n-^le,
Alii) 1 peil Ciapain 8aipe. b -
la "Domnall, mac TTlic Loclamn, la pi n-CCili,
A 47c 1 Connactu, co tapT) Ruai^pi J pallu Conn act T>O 7 co
n-'oeocaDup'oTblinaiD' ipinTTlumain,copoloipcet Luimnec
7 m macaipe co"Oun-ace-D. co tucpat leo cenn mic Caili
7 co potocglaipet Cenn-copa-o 7 apaile. T^epnac bUa
bpoem, aipcmnecCluana-mac-Moip, m Chpipto
CCp mop pop allu CCta-cbat 7 t<oca-Capman
pia n-Uib-6acac TDuman ipm-o 16 p.omi-5patup
5 -DO apcam. TTlael-1pu hUa TTJael-^nipic,
apT>pile 6penn, T>O ec.
(tloc c anno natup ept "Coipp-oelbac hUa Concobaip*
pi Openn. c )
d-d n. t. h., A ; om., B ; given in C.
A.D. 1088. 1 |xxriica is the genitive employed elsewhere in the
Annals. om., B. ^ f. m., t. h., with corresponding reference marks, A ;
om., B. ^n. t. h., A ; om., B ; given in 0.
4 Translation, etc. The relics of
St. Nicholas of Myra were carried
off from the church of Myra by
some merchants of Bari, in Italy
and placed in the church of St.
Stephen at Bari, on the 9th of May,
in this year.
1088. 1 Sunday of the beginning [of
Lent]. O'Conor,by an inexcusable
blunder, renders this by Dominica
in Quinquagetima. In 1088, Easter
fell upon April 1 6. Quinquagesma
was, accordingly, Feb. 26. The
first Sunday of Lent, as the text
correctly states, coincided with the
feast of St. Ciaran, March 5th.
OTDonovan's Shrovetide Sunday
(F. M. p. 931), which is the same
as O'Conor's Q.uinquagesima, was
doubtless taken from C.
**Elder senior. This bilingual
(Hiberno-Latin) hendiadyB is em-
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
45
(Translation 4 of the relics of Saint Nicholas [took place] [1087]
this year, on the seventh of the Ides [9th] of May.)
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 4th of the moon, A.D. [i088]Bia.
1088. Cathalan TJa Forreidh, master of wisdom and of
piety, on the third of the Nones [5th] of March rested
in peace, in Imlech-ibhair, the Sunday of the beginning [of
Lent] i 1
Cathalan, the devotee just, tt fafof l**fy\
He was a community elder 2 , he was a senior ; 2
To heaven, into its sunny_mansion bright,
He went on the feast [March 5] of Ciaran of Saighir.
A hosting [was made] by Domnall, son of Mac Lochlainn,
[namely] by the king of Ailech, into Connacht, so that
Ruaidhri gave tjie pledges of Connacht to him and they went,
both of them, info Miinster, until they burned Limerick
and the plain as far as Dun-ached [and] carried away with
them the head of the son of Cailech 3 [Ua Euairc] and
razed Cenn-coradh and so on 4 . Tighernach Ua Broein, 5
herenagh of Cluain-mac-Nois, rested in Christ. Great
slaughter [was inflicted] upon the Foreigners of Ath-cliath
and of Loch Carman and of Port-lairgi by the Ui-Eachach
of Munster, on the day they designed to pillage Cork.
Mael-Isu Ua Mael-Ghiric, 6 archpoet of Ireland died.
(This year 7 was born Toirrdelbach Ua Concobair, king
of Ireland.)
ployed to eke out the line. The
truth was the senior of the Latin
Rule : a monk who acted as coun-
sellor to the abbot and spiritual
director to the brethren.
8 Son of Cailech. That is, Don-
chad, son of Cailech O'Rourke, who
was slain in the battle of Monecro-
nock, co. Kildare (supra, A.D. 1084).
Tigernach ^sub eod . an.) states that
his head was carried to Limerick.
* And so on. This expression
signifies that the account which
the compiler had before him was
more diffuse.
5 Tighernach Ua Broein. The
well-known compiler of the Annals
ofTigernach. It seems strange that a
curt obit like this is all that was de-
voted to him in the present Chronicle.
6 Mael-Ghiric. Devotee ofQuiricus
(or Gricus), martyr, of Antioch :
commemorated in the Calendar of
Oengus, at June 16).
7 This year, etc. Given in the
Annals of Boyle under 1088.
4G
ocwicclcc ulcroti.
fif
^ jCaU Ian. n. p., L, x, u., CCnno"Oommi m. lxxx. 11.
Lufca T>O lopcaT) 7 noi" picic* Tjume TX> lopcaD i n-a
oaimliac o phepaib TTluman. CealL-T>ana 7>o lopca-o
cen. m hoc anno. "Oonnca"5, mac "Domnaill nemaip, pi
Lai|en, a fuipoccifup epc. TDuificefirac hUa laiem,
pi 8il-"0uibrifie, *oo ec. Cuic'tpt]5ennai7>e pefi pepn-
^"iH 1 7 focaitie 1 aficena "DO mapba-5 la hthb-6cac 2 7la
htlltcu i 8leit5-[f?]uaiu. "Oonnca-5, hua b ^^Ct-Pct^paic'
pi Ofnaip, a f uif occipiif epr;. ^^M'Pc^P^c hUa Ce-
teca[i]n, fecnap CCp-oa-TTlaca, T>O ec ai-oce Norlaic mo[i]|i.
]Cal. 1an. 111. p., L xx. UL, CCnno "Domini TH.xc. 1i)on,
btia-oain oeini'6 1 OgDara 7 111*0 noca-omaT) blia-oain ap
mill o 5 e1 " CnipTj. TDaet'DUin hUa Rebaca[i]n, comap.ba
TTIocucu ; Cian hUa buacalla, comafiba Camni 1
Ciannacc [aiC], m Chpipco paupauepunr;.-
hlla Cai|iella[i]n, mtnn.6 Clainni-"Oia^maT;a;
Cpipi: hlla Lumg, muifie Cemuil-TTlaine, *DO ma[ibai>
i n-aen lo pefi *Dotum o "Oomnall hUa LocLainn.
A. D. 1089. 1 |X)caif)i, B. s &acac, A. M .ix. xx., A, B. b mac
ton, B.
A.D. 1090. l TeiTieiT), B.
1089. x Were burned. They had
probably fled to the church for
protection.
a fame of the nobility. Literally,
a lordly portion. The Four Masters
state that twelve tanists of noble
tribes fell. (For the noble tmdfree
tribes, see O'Donovan, Book of
Rights, pp. 174-5.)
O'Conor misreads the text
Cuit Gernaide for Fernmuighe and
translates : Pradlum Gernadiense
contra Fernmoyenses. C. has "the
battle of Gernaide"; but the
battle was fought at Sliab-Fuait
(the Fews mountains, co. Armagh).
* Grandson. He was son of
Domnall, who died 1087 (svpra).
1090. ' Ogdoad.O Conor trans-
lates Oydata by novae numeration!*,
with a reference to A.D.963 (=964),
tupra. At the place referred to,
he renders Ian tadchoir by plenaria
numeratio poetica ; because, accord-
ing to him, the Irish poets num-
bered 600 years from St. Patrick's
advent in 432 down to the year 963 !
This is scarcely worth refutation.
Tadchoir is a well-authenticated
word, meaning reversion, return (ni
fl taidchur there is not return : na
bid taidchur let there not be re-
turn. Wiirzburg Codex PauKnus, foL
3a). Hence, in a secondary sense,
it signifies Cycle. The full Cycle
means the great Paschal Cycle of
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
47
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 15th of the moon, A.D. [1089]
1089. Lusk was burned and nine score persons were
burned 1 in its stone church by the men of Munster.
Cell-dara was burned thrice in this year. Donnchadh,
son of Domnall the Fat, king of Leinster, was slain by his
own [kinsmen]. Muircertach Ua Laithen, king of Sil-
Duibthire, died. Some of the nobility 2 of the men of Fern-
magh and a multitude besides were killed by the Ui-Echach
and by the Ulidians on Sliab-[F]uait. Donnchadh,
grandson 3 of Gilla-Patraic, king of Ossory, was slain
by.his own [kinsmen], Gilla-Patraic Ua Celecain, vice-
abbot of Ard-Macha, died on the night of great Christmas-
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 26th of moon, A.D. 1090 : [1090]
namely, the final year of the Ogdoad 1 and the ninetieth
year above a thousand from the birth of Christ. Maelduin.
Ua Rebacain, successor of [St.] Mochutu 2 ; Cian Ua
Buachalla, successor of [St.] Cainnech in Ciannachta, 3
reposed in Christ. Maelruanaigh Ua Cairellain, steward 4
of Clan-Diarmata.; Gilla-Crist Ua Lunigh, steward 4 of
Cenel-Maine, were killed on one day in treachery by
Domnall Ua Lochlainn. The stone church of the Relics 5
532 years, as distinct from the solar
and lunar cycles of 28 and 19
respectively. It is fancifully em-
ployed A.D. 963 (=964), supra, to
denote that a period equal thereto
elapsed from the coming of St.
Patrick, in 432, down to that year.
Ogdoad (0780^) signifies the
eight first years of the Cycle of
Nineteen. (The remaining eleven
were called Hendecad^evSeKoif.) The
last year thereof being sufficiently
designated by the epact, xxvi. , this
formal identification was super-
fluous. It was taken apparently from
the margin of a Paschal Table. (See
Bede: De'temp. rat., cap. xlvi. : De
Ogdoade et Hendecade.)
2 Successor of \_St.~\Mochutu. That
is, bishop of Lismore, co. Water-
ford.
3 Successor of [St.] Cainnech in
Cianachta. " I.e. abbot of Drum-
achose, in the barony of Keenacht
and co. Londonderry." (O'Donovan,
Four Masters^ p. 938.)
4 Steward. Muire ; lord (tigh-
erna), Four Masters.
5 Relics. Literally, graves. From
the Book of Armagh we learn that
a procession took place thereto
43
CCWJCClCC UlCCDtl.
X
A47d
\f
xc.
"Damliac na pejura -DO lofcaft co cetf cai|i[b] ime. Com-
$al ecep, "Oomnall, mac THic Loclainn 7 TT1uin.cenixie
hUa bpiam, fii Caifilymacplainn hUi TTIael-Seclainn,
fii 'GeriSfiach, co capcfcrc a 2 n-giallu 1 uiti 3 TK> fU5
(Txxielec b h1Ja h6na -DO enao'ail. b )
]CaL 1an. 1111. p., t- un., CCnno "Domim TT1.
TTIufica-o, mac mic "Oomnaill pemaifi, 7)0
meCail ta Gnna, mac Thafimaca. | 1n lee iafxapac
DO Raic CCti-Da-TTlaca 1 -DO lofca-o. T)onnfleiCe htJa
Goca^a, fn tJtaT>, 7)0 mafiba'5 la mac TTlic Loclainn, la
fug Oilig, i m-belac ^ot|lXrtn-ft>aip i ca. TTlac CCe-oa,
mic RuaiTifii, fii lajiraifi Con[n]acc, T>O ec. TTlael-1fU,
comafiba paepaic, 1 quinT>ecim a jcalann Onaifi, in
quieuic. "Domnall, mac CCmal^a'Da, TX>
abi>aine 1 n-a ma-5 -po ceroip. bliar>ain
furac co n-T>e5fin m bba-oain fi.
1an. u. -p., L x. um., CCnno "Domini TT1. acc. n. 1n
bUa pollamam 1 T>O Con[n]accaiB -DO baru-5.
Cluain-mac-Noifoo milbuT) la Pfiu TTIuman. Ruait)fii
hUa Concobuip, aijvon.1 Con[n]acc, T>O ^allu-o la hUa
M giaU/u (that is, the pern. pron. om.), A. *uile, A. c., A, B.
** n. t. h., A ; om., B. Given in C.
A.D. 1091. ! CCiTvomacha, A.
Januarii (Dec. 24), C.
A.D. 1092. i Folloriiain, B.
-- cia, A.' x.u., A, B.
every Sunday from the church in
the Close. The prescribed Psalms
are also given. Fundamentum
orationisin unaquaque die Dominica
in Alto Machae ad Sargrif agum Mar-
tyrum (glossed on centre margin,
du ferti martur to grave of relics)
adeundum ab eoque revertendum :
id est : Domine, clamavi ad te [Ps.
cxL], usque in finem ; Ut quid,
Deus t repulisti in jinem [Ps. Ixxiii.
(usque in finem)] et Beati inmacu-
lati [Ps. cxviii.], usque in finem ;
Benedictionis [-es, Dan. iii. 57-88]
et XT. Psabni Graduum [Ps. cxix.-
cxxxiii.].
8 They. Namely, Muircertach
and the son of Flann.
7 King of Ailech. That is, Dom-
nall, son of Mac Lochlainn.
8 Ua Eghra. O'Hara, king of
the Connanght Luighni ; slain in
1095 by the Conmaicni of Dun-
more, co. Galway.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
49
[in Ard-Macha] was burned, with one hundred houses [1090]
therearound. A meeting between Domnall, son of Mac
Lochlainn, and Muircertach Ua Briain, king of Cashel
and the son of Flann Ua Mael-Sechlainn, king of Tara,
so that they 6 gave all their pledges to the king of Ailech. 7
(Taitlech Ua Eghra 8 was taken prisoner.)
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 7th of the moon, A. p. [1091]
1091. Murchadh, grandson of Domnall the Fat, was
killed in treachery by Enna, son of Diarmait. The western
half of the Close of Ard-Macha was burned. Donnsleibe
Ua Eochadha, 1 king of Ulidia, was killed by the son of
Mac Lochlainn, [namely] by the king of Ailech, in the
" Pass of the Field of the Yew," in battle. The son of
Aedh, son of Ruaidhri, king of the West of Connacht,
died. Mael-Isu, successor of [St.] Patrick, on the fifteenth
of the Kalends of January [Dec. 18] 2 rested in penance.
Domnall, son of Amhalgaidh, was immediately instituted
\rectel intruded] into the abbacy in his stead. A sappy
year in sooth with good weather [was] this year.
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 18th of the moon, A.D. [l092]Bis,
1092. The Devotee Ua Follamhaim of Connacht was
drowned. 1 Cluain-mac-Nois was laid waste by the men of
. Munster. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobuir, archking of Con-
nacht, was blinded by Ua Flaithbertaigh (namely,
Flaithbertach) in treachery.- Muiredach Mac Cartaigh,
1091. 1 Donnsleibe Ua Eochadha.
He slew his predecessor, Ua Math-
gamna, in 1081, supra. The regnal
list in L.L. (p. 41c) gives him a
reign of 30 years !
2 [Dec. 18]. Dec. 28, according
to the Annals of Loch Ce ; Dec.
20, according to the Four Masters,
who have been followed by Colgan
(Tr. Th.,f. 229). The true date
cannot be determined in the abr
sence of the lunation.
1092. ^Drowned. InLochCarrgin
(" Cargin's Lough, near Tulsk, co.
Roscommon," O'Donovan, F.M.,~Vo\.
ii. p. 942), according to the Annala
of Boyle.
2 The close of Ard-Macha, etc,
7
50
miMcclcc ulcroti.
B 45b
(iT>on, b plaicbept;ae b ) i mebaiL TTIuipe-
oac TTlac Capcaig, pi Ooganacca Caipil, mopcu[u]p opt-
plaicbepcac, mac HuaiT>pi hui Rua^acafijti, o UiB-
Gcac occipup epc- "Domnall, mac c CCmal&a-oa, comapba
Parpaic, pop cuaipc Ceniuil-Oogain, co cue a peip.
Hai GCip-o-TTlaca co n-a cempull -DO lopca-5 1 quapc 2
jcalann Sepcimbep 7 -ppec -DO Tpiuin TDop 7 | fpec -DO
"Cpiun 8axan. Gnna, mac "Oiapmaca,* pi hUa-Ceirm-
pelaig, a puip occipup efu. Connmac hlla Caipilli
uapal eppcop Con[n]acc, quieuic. TTlael-1pu hlla
hCCppacca[i]n, comapba CCilbe, m pace quieuic.
ICaL 1an. tin. p., I- xx.ix., CCnno "Domini Tn. xc.in.
T)onncaT> TTlac Cappcai, pi Goganacca Caipil; "Cpenaip
hlla Ceallaij, pi bpe ; CCe-5 hlla bai5ella[i]n, pi
Pepn-muigi ; CCe-5, mac Cacail hlli Concobaip, piT>omna
Connacc, omnep occipi punc. CCe-5, aipcmnec"0aimliac-
Cianna[i]n ; CCilill hlla Niatla[i]n, comapba Ciapa[i]n 7
Cpona[i]n 7 TTlic "Ouac; POCUT>, apDeppcop CClban, m
Chpipco quieuepunc. 8il-TTluipeDai^ -DO mnapbaf-o] a
Con[n]aci;ait> T>O TTluipcepcac hlla bpiam. CCeii hlla
Cananna[i]n,pi Cemuil-ConaiU, -DO -oallu-o la "Domnall
hlla loclamn, la pi n-CCili. TTlael-Coluim, 1 mac
A.D. 1092.2 iia. f A ; Kayxc, B. 3 macai, B. om., B. ^MtL, t. h., A;
om., B. c mac TTlic son of Mac, B.
A.D. 1093. i Colaim, B.
The remaining Third, that of Has-
san, was left intact.
8 [JTt'iMmen]. That is, according
to the Leinster regnal List (L.L.
39 d), Donchad, son of Murchad
(1091, supra) and the sons of Dom-
nall (1087, supra).
* Successor of[St.]Ailbe. That is,
bishop of Emly.
1093. 1 Donchadh Mac Cavthaigh,
etc. This entry is a typical instance
of the method in which there Annals
were compiled. By omission of
the respective means and of the per-
sons whereby death was inflicted,
four independent item*, given as
such in the Four Masters, are included
in one formula. It al.-u well illus-
trates the liability of such sum-
maries to serious error. For the
Annals of InnlsfalUn, an authority
beyond question in Munster affairs,
state that Mac Carthy was killed
in the preceding year.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
51
king of the Eoganacht of Cashel, died. Flaithbertach, [1092]
son of Ruaidhri Ua Ruadhacain, was slain by the TJi-
Echach. Domnall, son of Amhalghaidh, successor of
Patrick, [went] upon circuit of Cenel-Eoga in, so that he
took away his due. The Close of Ard-Macha 2 with its
church was burned on the 4th of the Kalends of September
[Aug. 29] and a street of the Great Third and a street of
the Third of the Saxons. Enna, son of Diarmait, king of
Ui-Ceinnselaigh, was slain by his own [kinsmen 3 ]. Conn-
mac Ua Cairill, archbishop of Connacht, rested. Mael-
Isu Fa hArrachtain, successor of [St.] Ailbe, 4 rested in
peace.
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 29th of the moon, A.D. [1093]
1093. Donnchadh Mac Carthaigh, 1 king of the Eoganacht
of Cashel; Trenair Fa Ceallaigh, king of Bregha; Aedh
Fa Baighellain, king of Fern-mhagh ; Aedh, son of Cathal
Fa Conchobair, royal heir of Connacht, all were slain.
Aedh, herenagh of Daimliac-Ciannain ; Ailill Fa Niallain,
successor of [St.] -Ciaran 2 and of [St.] Cronan and of [St.]
Mac Duach ; Fothud, 3 archbishop of Scotland, rested in
Christ. The Sil-Muiredaigh were expelled from Connacht
by Muircertach Fa Briain. Aedh Fa Canannain, king of
Cenel-Conaill, was blinded by Domnall Fa Lochlainn,
[that is] by the king of Ailech. Mael-Coluim, son of
Of the four persons here men-
tioned, the two Aedhs are given
in the Annals of Loch Ce. Ua
Baighellain, they say, died a
natural death. To Ua Concho-
bair is appended omnes occisi stint !
This affords strong presumption
that their compiler had the Annals
of Ulster before him. If so, it is
a clear proof that he did not
understand his original.
*Of[St.]Ciaranandof[St.'] Cronan
and of [St.] Mac Duach. That is,
Abbot-bishop of Clonmacnoise,
Tomgraney and Kilmacduagh.
O'Donovan (p. 945) erroneously
takes the F. M. to mean three
different persons.
3 Fothud. See Reeves, Adamnan,
p. 402. The learned writer's pro-
posed identification of Fothud with
Modac'h, Bishop of St. Andrew's
(Culdees, Trans. R.I.A., Antiq.
XXIV. 246), seems improbable.
52
(xtitioclcc ulcroti.
A48a
"Oonnco&a, aip*opi CCtban 7 Gcbap-o, a mac, TX> mapba'l)
oo j_Y..iiiniir> i-ncin. 1 1 D-1ii1it ]>.-(|'lT)(( i s, (.raiiinn- . a'
pifcan, imoppo. b TTlapsapeca, T>O ec -oia cumai-opia cenn
nomaifte. Sil-rnuipe-oais 7>opi[]ipi 1 ConnaccF~cen
*cecu5cr5. TTlep 2 mop m hoc anno.
leal. 1an. 1. p., t. x., CCnno "Domim TT1. xc.' 1111.'
plaicbepcac hUa CCcei-5, pi hUa-n-6acac, T>O -Dallu-o
la "DonncaT) Ml a n-6oca > 5a, ta pi 5 Utai). Slo^a'D la
TTluipcepcac hUa m-bfiiain co hCCc-cbac, co fioinnajib
^oppfiais TTlenanac a fiige all 7 co pomanB "Domnall
hUa TT1ael-8eclainn, yii 'Cenipac. CCn. CCi|ice]i *oo
5e5DamiI5 (iT)on, a im Ua peT>eca[i]n 7 im "Oonn, mac
Oengufa") T>O co|i la hUllcaiC. Huaj-opi hUa"Oonna-
ca[i]n,pi CCna"5; ConcobuphUaConcoBaifi, pi Cianacra,m
penicenna 1 mon.t;ui
pop. TT-ua'o-ITlumain 1
pluf. b --T)omnall, comapba
TTIuman cecna cufi, co cue a lancuaific pcpibuil la
raeb n-e-obapca. "Don neat), mac TTlael-Choluim, fit
CClban, T>O mapba-o o [a] bpaicnib pein (iT>on, e o "Dom-
nall 7 o GcmonT) 6 ) pep. -Dolum. "Doinenn mop i n-6pinn
inle, T>ia popap "oomacu.
(Ccrc f pittnaca, T)U hi T>pocaip lee lapuaip Connacr; 7
q meap, B. M r. m., t. h., A, B. b tieyio (the Latin equivalent), B.
A. D. 1094. l cia, A. a r.op.q^.cro (.Le., the contraction for up, was not
placed above -o), B. ]. m., t. h., A ; om., B. b - b l. m.,t. h^ A ; r. m.
t. h., B. c c. (contraction for centum, the Latin equivalent), A, B. ^
Itl., t. h., A, B. M om., C. M n. t. h., A ; om., B ; given in C.
. TTlaiT)m
cer, c uel paulo
pop cuaipc
4 Novcna. Nomaidhe is, perhaps,
from not, nine. According to the
Anglo Saxon Chronicle, A.D. 1093,
when the queen heard of the death
of her husband and son, she went
with her priest to the church, re-
ceived the last rites and prayed God
that she might give up the ghost,
In the Brut y Tytoysoyion (A.D.
1091), it is stated she prayed that she
might not survive and God heard her
prayer, for by the seventh day she
was dead.
5 Into Connacht. Their expulsion
by O'Brien forms the second entry of
this year.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
53
Donnchadh, archking of Scotland and Edward, his son, [1093]
were killed by the Franks (namely, in Inber-Alda, in
Saxonland). His queen, moreover, Margaret, died of
grief therefor before the end of a novena. 4 The Sil-
Muiredaigh again [came] into Connacht 5 without per-
mission [of Ua Briain]. Great crop in this year.
Kalends .of Jan. on 1st feria, 10th of the moon, A.D. [1094J
1094. Flaithbertach Ua Ateidh, king of Ui-Eachach, was
blinded by Donnchadh Ua Eochadha, [namely] by the
king of Ulidia. A hosting by Muircertach Ua Briain to
Ath-cliath, so that he expelled Geoffrey Meranach from
the kingship of the Foreigners and killed Domnall Ua
Mael-Sechlainn, king of Tara. Slaughter of good persons
of the Airthir (that is, including Ua Fedecain and includ-
ing Donn, son of Oengus) was committed by Ulidians. -
Ruaidhri Ua Donnacain, king of Aradh ; Concobur Ua
Conchobhair, king of Ciannachta, died in penance. A
defeat [was inflicted] by the Sil-Muiredaigh upon Thomond,
wherein fell three hundred, or a little more. Domnall, 1 C/ t 10*
successor of [St.] Patrick, [went] upon circuit of Munster for
the first time, so that he took away his full circuit [-dues]
of cess, along with donations. Donnchadh, 2 son of Mael-
Coluim, king of Scotland, was killed by his own brothers
(namely, by Domnall and by Edmond) in treachery.
Great severity of weather in all Ireland, whereof arose
dearth.
(The battle 8 of Fidhnach, wherein fell one-half of the
1094. 1 Domnall, etc. This yisit-
ation is not mentioned in the
Annals of Innisfallen.
2 Donchadh, etc. He had, accord-
ing to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,
taken forcible possession of the
throne, on the death of his uncle,
in the preceding year. The same
Chronicle says (A.D. 1095) that he
was slain at the instigation of his
uncle, Dufenal [Domnall], who
(A.D. 1094) thus succeeded him. As
this agrees with the Innisfallen
Annals, which omit mention of the
brothers, it is more likely to be
correct.
3 The battle, etc. Given in the
Annals of Boyle (ad an.), with the
54
ccwicclcc ulcroti.
leic Copcumpuaft la "GcrBj;, mac Huai-opi hlli Con-
cobaip f .)
JCaU 1an. 11. p., 1. xx. 1., CCnno "Domini TY1. xc. u.
Snecca mop 7>o pepcain m Cecain lap jcatainn, co
pomapb dp -ooene 7 en 7 cecpa. 1 Cenannup co n-a
B 45c temptai 15 ; Ttepmac co n-|a tebpai 15 ; CCpT>-ppaa co
n-a cempall 7 ilcelta aite apcerra cpemaT:[a]e punc.
Senoip 2 lilac Tnael-TTlolua, ap-o penoip Gpenn, m pace
oopmiuic. "Oubcac hlla SocuinT), uapalpacapc na
j?epra ; "Donngup, eppcop CCca-cbac; CCe"5, mac TTlait-
)( 1pu, 8 fooii,* mac comapba pacpaic [mopcui b punc b ].
^lta-Ciapa[i]n, mac TTlic tJalgaipg, muipe hUa-n-
"Duibinnpacc, a puip occipup epc c . li'Ua 6icni, pi
pep-TTlanac, T>O mapba-5 a puip. TTIai-om CCpDa-acaD
pia n-*Oail-CCpaiT>e pop Ulcu, -DU 1 copcaip ^illa-
Comgailt hUa Caipilt. 'Cei-om mop 1 n-6pinn, co
pomapb dp -ooene, o ]Catainn CCU5u[i]pc co bellcame
lap cmn (iT>on, d btia-oain na mopcla* 1 ). TTluipcepcac
X hUa Caippe, muipe Cemuil-Oen^upa 7 pi-oomna CCilig,
mopicup. Caipppi hUa Ceicepnaig, 1-0011, uapat eppcop
hlla-Ceinnpelai5, m penicencia mopicup. ^opppaig
TTlepanac, pi all, mopru[u]p epr.
bip. ]cal. 1an. 111. p.,L n., CCnno "Oommi TT1. ax:. ui. ptann
hUa CCnbei-o, pi "Oeipce[i]pc CCippall ; TTlaet-pacpaic,
mac 6pme-oai, eppcop CCp-o[a]-1Tlaca; Coluim hUa
A.D. 1095. * ceaerxa, B. 2 Sean, A. 3 TTlaeV , A. om., A. b - b
om., A, B ; "died," C. com., C. d ^l. m., t. h., A, B ; om., C.
yariant in quo cedderunt mulli for
du hi drochair leth {"wherein fell
one half").
1095. J Wrought havoc. Literally;
slew a slaughter.
2 Mael-Molua. Devotee of [S<.]
Molua (of Clonfert Mulloe. King's
Co.). A Latin gloss, having no
reference to the text, in the L.B.
Calendar of Oengus, at April 16,
states that : The archbishop of Ire-
land, the Senior Mae Maildalua, died
on the Zrd oj the Ides [1 I/A] of April.
As some [poet] said [in a native De-
bide quatrain which is quoted].
Archbishop was probably a Latin
rendering of uasalepscop, eminent
bishop.
3 Donngus. For Donngus, or Do-
natns, see Lanigan, Ee. Hist., iii. 482.
ANXALS OF ULSTER. 55
West of Connacht and half of Corcomruadh, [was gained] [1094]
by Tadhg, son of Ruaidhri Ua Concobair.)
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 21st of the moon, A.D. [1095J
1095. Great snow fell on the "Wednesday after New-
Year's Day [Jan. 3], so that it wrought havoc 1 of people
and of birds and of cattle. -Cenannus with its churches, Der-
magh with its books, Ard-sratha with its church, and many
other churches Besides were burned. Senior Mac Mael-
Molua, 2 chief religious counsellor of Ireland, slept in peace.
Dubhthach Ua Sochuind, archpriest of the [church of the]
Relics [in Ard-Macha] ; Donngus, 3 bishop of Ath-cliath ;
Aedh, 4 son of Mail-Isu, namely, the son of the successor of
[St.] Patrick [died]. Gilla-Ciarain, son of Mac Ualgarig,
steward 5 of Ui-Duibhhinnrecht, was slain by his own
[tribesmen]. Ua Eicnigh, king of Fir-Manach, was killed
by his own [kinsmen.] The defeat of Ard-achad [was in-
flicted] by the Dal- Araidhe upon the Ulidians, wherein fell
Gilla-Comghaill Ua 6 Cairill. Great plague in Ireland, so
that it wrought havoc 1 of people, from the Kalend [1st]
of August "to May-day thereafter (namely, the Year of the^
Mortality). Muircertach Ua Cairre, steward of Cenel-
Oenghusa and royal heir of Ailech, , dies. Cairpri Ua
Ceithernaigh, eminent bishop of Ui-Ceinnselaigh [Ferns], 7
dies in penance. Geoffrey Meranach, king of the
Foreigners [of Dublin], died.
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 2nd of the moon, A.D. [1096] Bis.
1096. Flann Ua Anbeidh, king of the South of Airghialla;
Mael-Patraic, son of Ermedhach, bishop of Ard-Macha 1 ;
4 Aedh, etc. "Hugh macMaelisa,
Coarb of Patrike, di e d,"C. But the
" Coarb " at the time was Domnall,
son of Amalghaidh. The Mail-Isu
in question died 1091 (supra.)
8 Steward. Muire; lord (tig-
herna), Four Masters.
6 Ua, etc. From Ua to people (in
the following entry), both inclusive,
is omitted by O'Conor, who re-
marks quaedam desunt. But there
is no lacuna in his MS. (B).
7 [Ferns]. The Annals of Innis-
f alien (ad an.) call him bishop-
abbot of Ferns.
1096. 1 Bishop of Ard-Macha.
Domnall was titular Primate at the
time. Mael-Patraic was consecrated
56
ccwicclcc ulcroti.
A48b
CCnpa-oatiJn 1 , aipcmnec Ruip-ailiuip; ptann hUa TTluipe-
cd[i]n, aipcmnec CCencpunii, m Chpipco -oopmiepunc.
TTlacsamam hlla 8e^5ai, pi Copco-ouiBne ; Concobup
hUa CCnniapai'D, | pi Ciannacc 7 hUa Cein, pi hUa-mic-
Caipcmn, T>O comcuicim i cbacait5. Uamon mop pop
pepaiC epenn pia peil* 6om na bLia^na pa,co pocepaipc
"Oiacpia epoipcciti comapba paepaic 7 cleipec n-Gpenn
apcena. TTlac "Oubgaill hUa TTlaelcorais -DO mapba-5
DO U Inneipgi. TTluipcepcac hUa "OuBT>ai, pi hUa-n-
CCifialga'oa, T>O mapba-o a puip. TTlocsa'oan hUa TDoc-
ra5a[i]n, pi ^il-CCnmca-oa, mopcu[u]p epc.* Cu-UUro
hUa Ceiteca[i]n (iT>on, b pi-oamna CCip5iatl b ) DO mapba-5
taCoice-on-epenn (iT)on, b La 8 hULcu 81 *). ^ilta-Of pen, mac
Tllic Copcen, pi "Dealbna, occipup epc. hUa Carait>
aipcmnec "Cuama-gpene, m Chpipco quieuic. Gogan
hUa Cepnaig, aipcmnec "Oaipe, m no[i)oecim jCatlann
Gnaip quieuic.
JCaL 1an. u. -p., U x. 111., CCnno "Dommi m. xc. un.
tep^up hUa Cpumirip, comapba Com^aiU, pope pem-
cenciam opnmam 1 obnc. 'Ca-og, mac Huai'opi htJi Con-
cobaip, piDomna Con[n]acc, a puip occipup epc. plan-
nacanpua-5, aipcmnec Ruip-Comain, m pace quieuic.
A.D. 1096. i CCnrxti , B. 2 pel, B. - s le hUUccib, B. om., B.
>- b itl., t.h., A, B.
A.D. 1097. J obcimam, A, B.
for the exercise of episcopal func-
tions; as Domnall was, in all proba-
bility, a layman, perhaps a monk.
His place apparently remained vacant
until 1109 (infra), when it was as-
sumed by Caincomrach O'Boyle.
8 Great fear. See 771 (=772),
798 ( = 799), supra. The FourMaetert
state that the fear arose because the
Feast(Decollation)of John the Bap-
tist (August 29) fell on Friday in
1096. But this is puerile ; every
festival must fall four times on
the same day within the solar
Cycle of 28 years. According to
the so-called Vision of Adamnan
(L.B., p. 258b-259b), great havoc
of the men of Ireland was to be
wrought by a fiery ploughshare,
when the anniversary in question
should fall on Friday, in a Bissextile
and EmbolLsmal year, at the end of
a Cycle. The three first-named con-
ditions were literally verified in the
present year. The year was also to-
:
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
57
Colum Ua Anradhain, herenagh of Ros-ailithir ; Flann Ua [1096]
Muirecain, herenagh. of Aentruim, slept in Christ.
Mathgamain Ua Segdhai, king of Corcoduibhne ; Con-
chobur Ua Anniaraidh, king of Ciannachta and Ua Cein,
king of Ui-mic-Cairthinn, mutually fell in combats.
Great fear [fell] 2 upon the men of Ireland before the feast CS /o? 2,
of John of this year, until God spared [them] through the
fastings of the successor of Patrick and of the clergy of
Ireland besides.-*-Ua Maelchothaigh, son of Dubhgall, W/o-eu^.
was killed by Ua Inneirghi. 3 Muircertach Ua Dubhdai,
king of Ui-Amhalghadha, was killed by his own [kins-
men]. Mottadhan Ua Mottadhain, king of Sil-Anmchada,
died. Cu-Uladh Ua Celecain (namely, royal heir of
Airgialla) was tilled by the Fifth of Ireland (that is, by
Ulster). Gilla-Ossen, 4 son of Mac Corten, king of Delbna,
was slain. Ua Cathail, herenagh of Tuaimgrene, rested
in Christ. Eogan Ua Cernaigh, herenagh of Daire. rested
on the nineteenth 5 of the Kalends of January [Dec. 14].
Kalends of Jan.. on 5th feria, 13th of the moon, A.D. [1097]
1097.- Lerghus Ua Cruimthir, successor of [St.] Com gall, 1
died after most excellent penance. Tadhg, son of
Ruaidhri Ua Concobair, royal heir of Connacht, was slain
by his own [kinsmen]. Flannacan the Red, herenagh of
Ros-Comain, rested in peace. The belfry of Mainister
wards the end, being the fourteenth,
of the Cycle of Nineteen. Assuming
that the prophecy was well-known,
these coincidences were sufficiently
striking to account for the popular
terror.
* Ua Inneirghi. "O'Hindry" in
C; not "his [own people]," as
O'Donovan misread {Four Masters,
Vol.ii., p. 954).
4 Gilla-Ossen. Devotee of [St.]
Ossan (of Rath Ossain, Fort o/Ossan,
west of Trim. Mart. Don., Feb.
17). Ossan is given in the List of
Deacons in L. L. (p. 366e).
5 Nineteenth. The P.M. say the
eighteenth. But against them are
to be placed A, B, C (which last has
19 Kal. Jan. ; not, as O'Donovan,
loc. cit., says, 9 Kal. Jan.) and the
Annals of Loch Ce (ad an. ).
1097. 1 Successor of [St.] Comgall.
That is, Abbot of Bangor, co.
Down.
2 The wriyht Ua Brolcain. His
obit is given at 1029 {supra).
58
ccwjcclcc ulcroti.
A48c
B 45d Cloicec TTIoniifT:pec[-buici] co n-a lebpaiC | 7
ce'oaiD' imikno' T>O lofccrB. TTlael-bpisce, mac m r-paip
htli bpolca[i]n, uapaleppcop Cille-T>apa 7 Coici-5 lai^en,
pope penieenaam opcimam qmeuie. 8loaf> la TTluip-
ceptac hlla m-bpiam 7 la lee TTloa co TTla^ flTluip-
cemne. Slo^a-o Tjano la T)omnall hUa loclainn co
T3uaipcepc 6perm co PI"D Conaille DO tiabaipx cara T>oib
co fiufraifimefc "Oomnall, comafiba parfiaic, jposng
V fi[a]- ioclatin hUa T)uiBT>ayia, pi pepn-muigi, TX>
"rriafiba-o T>O Ui[b]-bpiuin byieipne. Cnorhef mop tfin
bliabam fi: cpica" bba-ban* on cnomep aile* guf an
cnome[p]fa b (iT>on c , bliax>ain na cn6 pinn ; 1-oon, co
fefe-oac 8 cno ap aen
]CaL 1an. ui. p., 1. xx. 1111., CCnno "Oomim TY1. xc. uin.
plaicbepcac liUa "plaicbepcai^, pi 1apaip Connacc, T>O
mapba'5 T>O 8il-TDuipe > bai. Tpi lon^a-oo lon^aiB all
na n-1ntifi -00 plar DO tHUxnb" 7 a paipenn 7>o mapba-o,
1-oon, pee 1 ap cec 1 , uel paulo plup. TTlael-1pu Ua
8cuip, -pcpiba pilopopiaeTTlumunenpium.immo omnium
8cocopum, m Chpipco quieuir;. | "Diapmaic, macGnnttj
mic "Oiapmara, pi Laigen, 7>o mapba-5 -DO clainn Ulup-
ca^a, mic "Oiapmaca (iT>on a , pop lap Cille-'oapa*).
A.D. 1097. M xxx. bliaT>ain, A, B. 3 . ui.edac, A, B. fa-this, B.
b cnomef aile fiomainn (to the] other nut-crop (that happened next)
before us, B ; C. follows the order of A. c-c r. m., t.h., A, B ; given in C-
A.D. 1098. ll .xx. ap, .a, A, B. -l.m., L h., A ; r.m., t. h., B.
* Half o/ Mogk. Namely, the
southern moiety of Ireland.
4 Thirty years. The nut-crop next
preceding is entered at 1066 (*upra).
8 Sixth. " Id est, the sixth parte
of the barrell," C. " Sesedach is cog-
nate with the Latin Sextarius and the
French Sesterot andScxtier, a measure
both of fluids and of corn, being
about a pint and a half, but vary-
ing in magnitude in different times
and countries." (O'Donovan, four
Masters, Vol. ii. p. 822.)
6 Penny. In the Senchtu Mor
(VoL ii. p. 220), the pinguin is one-
third of the icrepal. In another
Brehon law tract (O'Donovan, P.M.
ii. 822) the silver jnnyinn is said to
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
59
[-Buithi] with its books and many treasures was burned. [i 097]
Mael-Brighte, son of the wright Ua Brolcain, 2 eminent
bishop of Cell-dara and of the Fifth of Leinster, rested
after most excellent penance. A hosting by Muircertach
Ua Briain and by the half of Mogh 3 to the Plain of
Muirtemhne. A hosting also by Domnall TJa Lochlainn,
together with the North of Ireland, to the "Wood of Conaille,
to give battle to them, until Domnall, successor of Patrick,
prevented them' under guise of peace. Lochlann Ua
Duibhdara, king of Fern-magh, was killed by the Ui-
Briuin of Breifne. Great nut-crop in this year : thirty
years 3 from the other nut-crop to this nut-crop (namely, the
year of the Fair Nuts ; so that, namely, [the measure called]
the Sixth 4 of nuts used to be got for one penny 5 ).
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 24th of the moon, A.P.
1098. Flaithbertach Ua Flaithbertaigh, king of the
West of Connacht, was killed by the Sil-Muiredhaigh.
Three ships of the ships of the Foreigners of the Islands
were wrecked by the Ulidians and their crews 1 killed,
namely, twenty over a hundred, or a little more. Mael-
Isu Ua Stuir, master of philosophy 2 of the Momonians,
nay, of all the Scots, rested in Christ. Diarmait, son of
Enna, son of Diarmait, king of Leinster, was killed by the
sons of Murcad, son of Diarmait (namely, in the centre
of Cell-dara). Eochaidh, successor of [St.] Ciannan, 3 died
[1098J
weigh seven grains of wheat. This
corresponds pretty closely with the
Roman weight (24 grains 1 scruple).
1098. 1 Crews Literally, folk
(/"at'renn), a collective substantive.
Master of philosophy. Lite-
rally, scribe of philosophy. Scribe is
here employed in the sense of 1 Esdr.
vii. (scribae erudito, 11 ; scriba legis,
21). Portion of the Commentary of
St Columbanus on Ps. xliv. 2 (Lingua
mea calamus scribae, etc.) is : tam-
quam cuidam scribae docto calamus
aptus obsequitur (Ml. fol. 64d). The
Four Masters make it tcribe and
philosopher.
* Successor of \St.~\ Ciannan. That
is, Abbot of Duleek, co. Heath.
E 2
ccwjcclcc ulcroti.
eocai-5, comafiba Ciannain, pofT penitenriam* obnc.
H6nan hUaT)aimin > comafibapobuifipfiiUf'ecfieli5iofUf
opnmufpofT 7tTlaet-TTIaficain hUa Cellai^, comafiba
TTlhufia [ph]otna, lafiguf ec fapienp, m una -Die m pace
quieuefiunc. plaicbeficac, mac 'Osennais bainficiT>>
comafiba pinnia[K]n, m pefii^fiinarione quieuic.
"Oomnall Oa Gnna, ua^al eppcop lapraifi Ooppa 7 cobtifi
X 'con-oeficb in -Domain (f ui a m tiifiT) cecrafVDafi], 1-oon, Ro-
man 7 na n-5aiT>el 8 *), poi^c penirenciam 9 opnmam, f uam
uicam pelicicefi hi -oecifm] ]Calann "Decimben. pniuir.
TTlac TTlafia[i]y^Caifibfiec, anmcafiasogaiTte; "Domnall
TTlac Robaficaig, comafiba Coluim-cille pfii fie, in pace
oofimiefiunt. TTlaiT)m peficfi-fuilitie pofi Cemul-
Conaill fiia Cenel-n-Go^ain, 1 coficaifi Sicefirac hUa
"Goificefijpt; ec alii mulci.
(1n b hoc anno CCeT> hlla ITlaeil-Ooin, comafiba Ciapain
Cluana-mac-Moif, nacuf efc b .)
]CaL 1an. un. p., L ., CCnno "Domini TT1. ace."
CCfcals mofi -po Sfiinn uile. Cenannup ab
Dirffjipasa efc. "Oiafimaic hUaTTlaelasgen, aificinnec
B46a "Ouin, | m nocce papcfhaje 1 quieuic. Ceall-T>apa [-oe]
-oeme'Dia pafice cfiemaca 2 efr. Caencomfiac hUa
V 00151 II T>O 5abail e_pf coboin 3 CCfvoa-TTlaca"Oia-T)omnai5
\ "Oonnca-D, mac TTlic TTlaenais, abb 1a ;
ix-
s ciam, A. s n-'Soei , A. l.m., t.h., A ; r. m., t.h., B. b - b n.t.h.,
A. ; om., B ; given in C.
A.D. 10'J9. l -pea, B. a mace, B. i-oe, B.
4 Superior. Literally, successor (of
St Fechin of Fore, co. Westmeath\
The Four Matters render religiosutby
rlaghloir (" moderator," 0' Donovan,
ii. 959) ! The meaning is that Ronan
laid aside the abbacy and became a
simple monk (presumably in the same
monastery)-
9 Liberal and wise. Laryus et
tapient is translated by the P.M.
Leargkas eccnaidh Learghas, the
sage ! Furthermore, they state that
Domnall Ua llobartaigh, Mael-Isu,
Eochaidh, Ronan. Mael-Martain and
"Learghaa,"all six, died the same day.
Succetsor of \_St.~\Finnian. Abbot
of M oville, co. Down.
7 [Ao. 22]._Dec. 1, P.M. A, B
and C are against them. For Ua
Enna (O'Heney), who was archbishop
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
61
after penance. Ronan Ua Daimin, superior 4 of Fobur [1098]
first and a most excellent religious afterwards and Mael-
Martain Ua Cellaigh, successor of [St.] Mum of [F]othan,
[a] liberal and wise [man], 5 rested in peace on the same day.
Flaithbertach, son of Tighernach of Bairrche, successor of
[St.] Finnian, 6 rested in pilgrimage. Domnall Ua Enna,
eminent bishop of the West of Europe and fount of the
generosity of the world, (doctor of eif&er Law, namely, of
the Romans ancl of the Gaidil) after most excellent
penance, finished his life felicitously, on the tenth of the
Kalends of December [Nov. 22]. 7 Mac Marais 8 of Cairbre,
select soul-friend ; Domnall Mac Robartaigh, 9 successor of
[St.] Colum-cille for a [long] space, slept in peace. The
defeat of Fersad-Suilidhe [was inflicted] upon the Cenel-
Conaill by the Cenel-Eogain, wherein fell Eicertach Ua
Toirceirt and many others.
(In this year Aed Ua Mail-Eoin, 10 successor of [St.]
Ciaran of Cluain-mac-Nois, was born.)
Kalends of Jan: on 7th feria, 5th of the moon, A.D. [1099].
1099. Great destitution throughout all Ireland. -
Cenannus was wasted by fire. Diarmait Ua Maelathgen
herenagh of Dun, rested on the night of-Easter [April 10J.
Cell-dara was burned from the half. Caincomrac Ua
Baighill assumed the episcopacy of Ard-Macha on the
Sunday of Pentecost [May 29]. Donnchad, son of Mac
of Cashel, see Lanigan, Eccl. Hist,
of Ireland, Vol. iii., p. 455, sq.
8 Mac Marais. Very probably, he
who wrote the second charter of the
Book of Kells ; Oraid do Mac Maras
trog ro scrib, etc., ' ' A Prayer for Mac
Maras, the wretched, who wrote," etc.
9 Domnall Mac Robartaigh. Abbot
of Kells since 1062 ; hence the
"[long] space" of the text. He
appears as one of the grantors in the
charter mentioned in the previous
note. See Reeves, Adamnan, p. 400.
The Annals of Loch Ce (ad an. )
omit the obit of Mac Marais and re-
tain obierunt.
IO Aedh Ua Mail-Eoin. Mail-
Eoin signifies devotee of John (the
Evangelist). The obit of this abbot
is given at 1153 by the P.M. (perhaps
from the present Annals, which may
have contained the missing portion
when the F M. had them in their
possession).
CCNNCClCC UlCCDtl.
X
Uamnacan Ua TYleiccifte,coman.ba TTlic temm[e]; CCnnuT)
hUa lonsafica[i]n, comaftba Column true Cfietntainn,
in pace patifauefiunc. Slo^a-o la TTIuiftcefcrac' hUa
m-bfiiain 7 la tec IDo^a co 8liat5-[ph]uaic, co n-T>efina
"Oomnall, comajxba pacfiaic, fi6 m-blia-bna eceppu 7
Tuaifcenr; Gpenn. 4 Slo^ai) la "Oomnall hUa Loclainn
7 la ruaif cejvc n-6nenn can. "Cuaim 1 n-UllcailS. tHa[i}5
oono i CpaiB-celca illonjpopc. Cornpaicic 5 a n-T)i
mafiqplois : mai-bey^ pop mapcflua^ Ula-5 7
hUa CCnifiam ann. pacan> Ula[i]-6 mpfin
7 loifcic Cenel-eogam 6 7
"Dobenap 7>oit5 lap, fin -oa
illaim pnia TKI ecepi aile :
7 comapba Com&aill
"Cucta b jeill Utat> ajx eicin,
co
La "Oomnall co loinne leomain",
Ocuf la Sil Cogam (no d , Clamn[-6o5ain j d ) p
"Oa ecifie rfiena cucta
"Oo loeqxai'6 Ulaf> o cein,
1n qfief cen -oibat, abb ComgaiU,
"Oo fiijat) "Oomnaill hlli lleill.
1n nomai-D blicroain aji nocac,
CCn, mile bliat>an[-T)ain, MS.] co m-blait>,
O gem Cp.ifc, cinnci cen cjiina^,
If mnci pofile-D fein. b
A.D. 1099. 4 n- & , A. 8 gic, B. a lotigpotxc their stronghold,
A. b-b t.m., with corresponding marks, t.h., A ; om., B. c ' c Reading of Four
Masters ; hua ptainn mup, leorham, MS. (which I do not understand) .
** itl., t. h., MS.
1099. 1 Successor of {St. Colman}.
That is, bishop of Cloyne. Anm-
chadhand Mac- tire (wolf),eponymous
heads of Ui Anmchadha and Ui Mec-
tire, the two chief families of Ui-
Liathain (Barrj-more, co. Cork), were
respectively descended (in the ninth
degree) from Brocc and Ailill, sons
of chu Liathain, from whom the
territory was named. Echn, like his
contemporary, Nathfraech, King of
Cashel in the first half of the fifth
century, was of the rac of Eoghan
Mor. (From Mac Caille, son of Brocc,
descended the neighbouring sept of
Ui-Mic-Caille, Imokilly.) Ua Mec-
tire was thus bishop of his native
diocese. Benefaction to the cathedral
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
63
Maenaigh, abbot of la ; Uamnachan Ua Meictire, successor L 10 "]
of [St. Colman] 1 son of Leinin 2 ; Annud Ua Longarcain,
successor of [St.] Colum, son of Cremhthann, 3 reposed in
peace. A hosting by Muircertach Ua Briain and by Half
of Mogh to Sliabh-[F]uait, until Domnall, successor of [St.]
Patrick, made peace of a year between them and the North
of Ireland. A hosting by Domnall Ua Lochlainn and by
the North of Ireland past Tuaim into Ulidia. The
Ulidians, howbeit, [were] at Craibh-telcha 4 in camp.
Their two horse-hosts encounter : defeat is inflicted upon
the horse-host of the fJlidians and Ua Amrain is killed
there. Thereafter the Ulidians abandon the camp and the
Cenel-Eogain burn it and uproot Craibh-telcha. After
that, there are given to them two hostages and the
successsor of [St.] Comgall in pledge {lit:, in hand] for
two other hostages :
Taken were the pledges of the Ulidians by force
Witnesses tell it accurately
By Domnall of [lit., with] the fury of the lion,"
And by generous Sil-Eogain (or, Clann[-Eogain]).
Two strong hostages were given
Of the heroes of the Ulidians formerly,- > y (JJr (fa
The third without fail [was] the abbot [i.e., successor] of
Comgall,
To the royal power of Domnall Ua Neill.
The ninth year above ninety,
Above a thousand glooming years,
From birth of Christ [who was] formed without decay,
It is in it occurred that.
church, in all likelihood, caused the
insertion of his name in the Annals.
2 /Son of Leinin. So called in native
documents, to distinguish him from
the numerous other Colmans. Cellmic-
Lenine (Church of the Son of Lenin)
is a prebend in the diocese of Cloyne.
The father's name lives likewise in
Killiney CeU-inyhen-Lenine, Church
of the Daughters of Lenin. They
were six virgins. The seventh sister,
Aglenn, was the first wife of Echaidh,
ecu N aloe ulccoti.
X
"Oarnliac CCftt>a-niaa -DO lofcu-5 TX> pen.ait> na Cfiaibe
po]i Uit5-piacn.ac. Ruaif>ni hUa Rua-5aca[i]n, yu Gipcin.
A48d CCip^iall, 7 jnqccgim | jug 6 6|ienn, m qua'Dpagepmo 6
quinco* anno Tie^m fui, m -oecimo jCalen-oapum "Oecim-
bpif, fuam uicam
1an. 1. p., L x. ui., CCnno "Domini TT1. c. plann
hUa Cinae-oa, aificinnec Oxa-qamm, ajvo oltam TYli-oe
[in pace quieuic]. "Oonnca^ TTlac 6oca^a, pi Ula^ 7
Dfiem 1 DO mairiB Ula-5 ime, -DO |a^a>l la "Oomnall hlla
Loctainn, la ^115 n-CCili, 1 quincjcalann 1uin. Cpec la
"Oomnall hlla Loclainn, co p.oofic penu-bfiel 7 pi
TTIuin.cepi:achUam-bfiiain
CCca-cliac co hlnif-n-eogain, co fioUro a n-ap,
ecefi baca-o 7 man.baT>. TTlac mic ^illa-Coluim Hi
naill,fii Ceniuil-Lu5Dac 3 ,afUif occifUf ef
CCmiia-oam 4 , muijie "Dal-piatac ; ^illa-bniT)i hUa
Cuipc, fii TT'lufCfiai-De-bn-esain ; ^illa-na-noe6
hei-5'mn, fii hlla-piacfiac, mofirui func- 6cpi
TTIael-mui|ie,
Ciannacc-
Ciannacc, *oo
hUa
hUa
T>'O Choncobaip,
A.D. 1099. 8 |ii (nom. 8 g.), B.
A.D. 1103. ' -Drxeani, B. *h
B. a om., B.
l. u.. A.B.
A. 3 Cenil , B. * hCCmrvcroan,
sixth in descent from Niall of the
Nine Hostages. One of her sons is
mentioned in Adamnan's Life of St.
Columba (ii. 43) as Columbanug,
fiUus Echudi. O'Clery (Mart, of
Donegal, March 6, Nov. 24) errone-
ously states they were of the race of
Aenghus, son (instead of Aenghus,
brother) of Mogh Nuadhat
Colman belonged to the bardic
order. The Lives of SS. Senan and
Brendan (of Ardfert) and Cormac's
Glossary respectively contain one of
his poetical compositions. Each of
the three is in a different metre.
i * Successor of [St.] Colum, ton of
CremtAann. Namely, Abbot of Terry-
glas, co. Tipperary.
4 Craibh-Ulcha The wide-branch-
ing tree (lit-lbranch) of the hill ; under
which the kings of Ulidia (cos. Down
and Antrim) were inaugurated.
5 Royal tcion. That is, par ex.
cellence. Literally, fair son of the
kings of Ireland.
1 100. l With Literally, and. Party
is nom. abs. in the original.
8 Nobles See A.D. 1087, note 1
They had probably gone to cele-
brate Pentecost at Armagh (for the
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
65
The stone church of Ard-sratha was burned by the [1099]
men of Craib Against the Ui-Fiachrach. Ruaidhri Ua
Ruadhacain, king of the East of Airghialla and royal
scion 5 of Ireland, finished his life in the 45th year of his
reign, on the 10th of the Kalends of December [Nov. 22].
Kalends of Jan; on 1st feria, 16th of the moon, A.D. [HOOJBis.
1100. Flann Ua Cinaedha, herenagh of Ath-truim, chief
bardic professor,, of Meath [rested in peace]. Donnchadh
Macfmtftf, Ua] Eoehadha, king of Ulidia, with 1 a party of the
nobles 2 of Ulidia about him, was captured by Domnall Ua
Lochlainn, [namely] by the king of Ailech, on the 5th of
the Kalends of June [Monday, May 28]. A foray by
Domnall Ua Lochlainn, so that he laid waste Fir-Bregh
and Fine-Gall. A hosting by Muircertach Ua Briain to
Ess-ruadh. The fleet of Ath-cliath [sailed] to Inis-Eogain,
whereof ensued their destruction, both by drowning and
killing. The grandson of Gilla-Coluim Ua Domnaill,
king of Cenel-Lughdach, was slain by his own [kinsmen].
Assid Ua Amhradhain, steward 3 of Dal-Fiatach ; Gilla-
Brighte Ua Cuirc, king of Muscraidh-Bregain 4 ; Gilla-
na-noebh 5 Ua Eidhinn, king of Ui-Fiachrach, died.
Echri Ua Mael-Muire, king of Ciannachta, was killed by
O'Conchobair 6 of the Ciannachta [of Glenn-Geimhin].
solemnity with which the feast was
there held, see 980[-1], 818[-9],
892 [-3] supra) and were captured,
as they were returning, on the Mon-
day after the Octave. This will ex-
plain what is stated under next year,
that their liberation took place in a
church of that city.
3 Steward (muire). Lord (tigherna),
Four Masters.
4 Bregain O'Connor prints b. gum
and leaves a blank in his translation.
He overlooked the mark of cou trac-
tion (=re) attached to b in his MS.
(B). The Annals of Innisf alien state
that the person in question was son
of Domnall Ua Cuirc.
5 Gilla-na-noebh. That is, Devotee
of the Saints.
6 0' Conchobair. "The O' Conors
are still numerous in Glengiven,
which was the ancient name of the
vale of the river Roa (Roe), near
Dungiven, which flows through the
very centre of this Cianachta."
(O'Donovan, Book of Rights, p. 123).
t>6
CCMNCClCC
(hoc b anno ecclepia pancci SinelU T>e Clam-imp
pun-oara epc b .)
JCat 1an. in. p., 1. xx. tin., CCnno "Oomim TT). c. i.
T)onnca-5, | rnacCCeTahUi Huaip,c,T)omapba < D i oopefiait>-
TTlanac; Ria^cm, eppcop "On.oma-moin. 7 Coici-o* UUro,
m pace quietus. 1nip-Caai -DO oficain -DO ^hatlaiC.
Slo^ai) la TTluipcefVGac htla m-bfuam 7 La Lee TDoga i
Con[n]accai6 oan.ep[p]-n.uai > 5 i "Ci p.-n -60501 n.cofiopcail-
pec Cdlec 1 7 co |ioloifCfec 7 co fiofxip-ai^fec ilLcella
ap.cena b im pharam TTlup,a c 7 im CCp.T)-fn.aa. "Ooltorup.
iap.fm pon.pep.caif-Chamfa.cop.oloifCvecCuil-p.arain 7
co n-T>en,naific -ouineba-D ann. 5 a nr5 ia U- u ULa-5 lap,
fin. "Oolui"5 can. Slipf> TTlii)luaci\a T>ia 15. Cn.ec ta
"Oonncaf* hUa TTlaet-SecLainn i pe^n-tfiuis.conufcapai'D
hUa Cep-Baitl 7 co pomayib T>a cec "DitS, uel paulo plup .
Pen,7>omnac, eppcop Cille-T)an,a, m pace quieuic. Ccrcal
hUa TTluifiica[i]n, |ii "Cecba 2 , -Decotlacuf epc. T>onnca-5
hUa Goca-oa, n.i Uta'5, 7>o puaftucu'O a cuib^uc la "Oom-
nall, mac TTlic b Loclamn, la n.i n-CCilig, rap, cenn a mic
7 a comalcai, iT>on, 1 n-"0omliac CCn.T)a-tnaca, cn,e impi'&e
comapba pacp,aic 7 famca paqiaic apcena, lap,
comlu|a po bacaill 1pu 7 po minnaiB ajicena, i d
A 48dends n-unT)ecim ]Calann d lanaip, 3 . |
]Cal. 1an. 1111. p., L ix., CCnno "Domini TT1. c. n. Sopc
A.D. 1100. *>> r.m., n.t.h., A ; om., B.
A.D. 1101. 1 leac, A. 21 Cecpa,A. 8 enaiyx, B. .U.TD A, B. b om.,
B. = moi|i great, B, C. ** in .xi. Kl., A, B.
[Chasm in A, up to A.D. 1109 (exclusive).]
7 This year, etc. I have not found
this item elsewhere. The festival of
St. Sinell was held on Nov. 12.
1101. l Fifth of Ulidia. O'Conor
here commits au error which is re-
deemed by some originality. The MS.
forms, ,u.idh Ul. (with mark of con-
traction attached to/), he reads ast>. id
Jul. making the bishop die on July 1 1 .
3 Including Laterally, around.
1 Over the road of Mldhluachair.
'Over at Sligo;" which, by the
omission of Alidhluachra and by mis-
taking slight, a road, for Sligo town,
shows the translator of C. disregarded
and misunderstood his text.
As the Road of Midhluachair led
from Tara to Ulster, the meaning is
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
67
(Tliis year 7 the church of Saint Sinell of Clain-inis was
founded.)
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 27th of the moon, A.D.
1101. Donnchadh, son of Aedh Ua Ruairc, was killed by
the Fir-Manach; Riagan, bishop of Druim-mor and of
the Fifth of Ulidia, 1 rested in peace. Inis-Cathaigh was
pillaged by the Foreigners. A hosting by Muircertach
Ua Briain and by the Half of Mogh into Connacht, past
Ess-ruadh into Tir-Eogain, so that they demolished Ailech
and burned and profaned many churches also, includ-
ing 2 Fathan of [St.] Mura and Ard-sratha. They went
after that over Fertas-Camsa, until they burned Cuil-
rathain and committed massacre therein. He [ Ua Briain]
takes the hostages of Ulidia after that [and] went over
the Road of Midhluachair 3 to his house. A foray by
Donnchadh Ua Mael-Sechlainn into Fern-mhagh, until Ua
Cerbaill overtook them and killed two hundred of them,
or a little more. Ferdomnach, bishop of Cell-dara, rested
in peace. Cathal 4 Ua Muiricain, king of Tebtha, was
beheaded, Donnchadh Ua Eochadha, king of Ulidia, was
freed from fetters by Domnall, son of Mac Lochlainn,
[that is] by the king of Ailech, in return for his son and his
foster-brother : namely, in the stone church of Ard-Macha,
through the intercession of the successor of [St,] Patrick
and of the community of [St.] Patrick besides, after co-
swearing 5 by the Staff of Jesus and by the Relics as well,
on the llth of the Kalends of January [Dec. 22].
[1101]
that O'Brien entered Tara as King of
Ireland, on the march home to Kin-
kora (near Killaloe).
4 Cathal, etc. Over this item the
text hand wrote : -Bug na caekm 7
if e p-omafib TTlael-Seclainn
" Juice . . . and it is he that killed
Mael-Sechlainn ; " meaning that sug
na caelan was a nick-name of Ua
Muirecain and that he was the slayer
of Mael-Sechlainn, King of Tara
(1087, supra).
5 Co-swearing. Namely, by the
son of Mac Lochlainn and Ua Eoch-
adha. See 1100, note 2.
08
ccmicclcc ulcmti.
y( \
B 46c
Coltnm-cille T>O lopca-o. Donnca-B, mac Ocpi hUi CCici-5,
piT>omna tiUa-n-Gacac, T>O mafibcro T>O Ullcaib (nx>n*
ipn coiceT) 1 mip lap p apugu-b pacpaic TX>*). "Oomnall,
mac "dsepnain tilli Huaipc, pi Conmaicne, T>O mapba-6
oo Conmaicm15 pein. Cu-maigi hUaCaipill, aipcinnec
"Duin, mopcuup efc- ptaicbeficac TTlac
hUa-piacfiac CC|iT)a-f para, T>O mapbai> T>O
Slo^a-D la CineL-ii-Oogain co Tnag-Coba. "Dotouup
Ulai'5'ifin ait>ci ipm longpopc, co pomapbpar; Sicpiuc
hUa TTlael-paCaitl (iT>on b , pi Caippce-bpacaiT)e b ) 7
8icpiuc, mac Conpaig, mic Gogain 7 alii. tnagnup,
pi Loclainni, colongaip moip T>O ui-becc 1 TDanainn 7
pic m-bliaT>na T>O T>enum T>oiB 7 T>O pepaiC Gpenn.
Gicepe'Da pep ti-6penn illaim "Oomnaill, comapba
pacpaic, pe fit m-blia-ona ecep hUa m-bpiam (n>on b ,
lTluipcepcac b ) 7 hlla Loclainn (iT>on b , *Domnall b ) 7
apaile. TTluipe-Dac hUa CipT)uba[i]ii,aipcinnec Lugbai-fe,
DO mapbaT* r>o pepaiB miT>e beup. Ropp-aibuip (IT> C
epc, cum pacpe puo c ) -DO apcain T>O UiB-6cac 1 n-r>isail
mapbca Hi "Oonnca'oa (iT)on, a TTVicjia hepluimme 3 ).
Caipil -DO lopca-o -DO GiliC. Tllulpon hUa Tllopsaip,
aip-opeplei^inT) CCpT>a-iriaca 7 lapcaip Ooppa uile, |
copum mulcip cepcibup, 1 cep[c] Won Ocnmbep, puam
uicam pelicicep pniuic (iT>on, a i mansapic").
|Cal. 1an- u. p., 1. acx., CCnno T)ommi 171. c. 111.
Scannep cpo-oa ecep pepu-iuipg 7
A.D. 1102. J .u.eD, MS. (B) a itl., t.h., MS. ; om., C. bb itL,t. h.,
MS. Given in text of C. " itl., t.h., MS. ; " with y e fryers," C.
1102. 1 Katnely, etc. The por-
tion within brackets is omitted by
the P.M. and by O'Conor. The
offence is stated in the Annals of
Loch Ce to have been committed
against the community of St.
Patrick. The Annals of Inn'ufttllen,
with more precision, state that the
Ui-Echach made a great raid upon
the community of Armagh and slew
four-and-twenty of the church-folk.
* In custody of Lomnall As O'Brien
and O'Loghlinn each claimed to be
paramount, the hostages were deposited
with a superior acknowledged by both.
3 And so on. That is, the com-
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
69
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 9th of the moon, A.D. [U02J
1102. Sort of Colum-cille was burned. Donnchadh, son
of Echri TJa Aitidh, royal heir of the Ui-Eachach, was
killed by the Ulidians (namely, 1 in the fifth month after
the profaning of Patrick by him) . Domnall, son of
Tigernan TJa Ruairc, king of Conmaicni, was killed by
the Conmaicni themselves. Cu-mhaighi Ua Cairill,
herenagh of Dun, died. Flaithbertach Mac Fothaigh,
king of Ui-Fiafcrach of Ard-sratha, was killed by the
men of Lurg. A hosting by the Cenel-Eogain to Magh-
Coba. The Ulidians went in the night into the camp, so
that they killed Sitriuc Ua Mael-fhabhaill (namely, king
of Carraic-Brachaide) and Sitriuc, son of Conrach, son of
Eogan and others. Maghnus, king of Lochlann, went
with a large fleet into Mananu and peace of a year was
made by them and by the Men of Ireland.- The hostages of
the Men of Ireland [were placed] in custody of Domnall, 2
successor of [St.] Patrick, for [securing] peace of a year
between Ua Briain (that is, Muircertach) and Ua Loch-
lainn (namely, Domnall) and so on. 3 Muiredhach Ua
Cirdubain, herenagh of Lughbadh, was killed by the Men
of Meath also. Ross-ailithir (namely, with its superior 4 )
was pillaged by the Ui-Echach [of Munster], in revenge
of the killing of Ua Donnchadh a, namely, of Mac-na-her-
luime 5 . Cashel was burned by the Eili. Mughron Ua
Morghair, archlector of Ard-Macha and of all the West of
Europe, felicitously finished his life (namely, in Mungarit^)
before many witnesses, on [Sunday] the 3rd of the Nones
[5th] of October.
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 20th of the moon, A.D. [1103]
1103. A courageous skirmish [was fought] between the
piler omitted details contained in
the authority he worked from.
Though this portion of the MS. is
missing, to judge from the F. M., who
give this entry with equal brevity,
the expression was contained in A.
The items passed over were perhaps
the names of the hostages.
*Sitperior. "With ye fryers,"
C. The reading of the translator's
original was thus apparently cum
fratribus suls.
70
ccwicclcc ulccoti.
copcaip ap ceccajvoe. Ua Cananna[i]n TJO innapba[T>]
a pi|i 'Ghipe-Conaitt ta "Oomnall hUa loclainn.
TTlupcai) -oonn (n>on,* Ua RuaT>aca[i]n') T>O mapba-5
(fi b uepum efc b ) pop cpeic i triais-CoBa 7 m cpec
hipn T>o mapbar) in QUa. 51117: hUi Copmaic ifint) lo
* cerna. Hobnail hlla Oca[i]n, peccaipe ^etca-of^, -DO
mapba-5 T>O pepait5 TTlaisi-lra. Coca^ mop erefiCenel-
n 7 Utlcu, co cainig TTluificepcac hUa bpmin co
muman 7 laigen 7 Oppaisi 7 co mmnC Connacc
7 co pepaiC TTli-oe im a fi^aiB co THas-CoBa i poifiicin
Ulcr5. "OoUoctifi -oiRmai!!! co TTlaccnjie CCitvo-TTlaca
(iTK>n, e co CilL na Conpaipe c ), co m-bacufi feccmain a
poyi CCpT)-TTlaca."Oomnalt bUa loclamn co
c 6[ienn pfiifin yie fin 1 n-Uib-bfiefail-TTlaca,
1 c'asai-o pfiui. fiobcrcun. roip.n.ng imonjfio PI|X ^
171 u man, -oolui-D TDuificeprac co hOCenac-TTlaca 7 co
hCmum 7 cimceall -DO CCfiD-TTl aca. co pafi^aiC occ
n-unga oifi pofifin aluoin. 7 co fio^eatl occ picue e bo.
Ocuf impaif 1 Tnag-CoBa T)0|ii[^]ip (n> b efc, non
imper;paT:o|x b ) 7 -pacbaip CoiceT) tai^en am) 7 focan>i T>O
pepaiB TTluman. CCcnail -pein imoyifio -po|i cfieacuft i
n-'Oat-CCn.ai'oe, copapcaiB T)onnca^, mac 'Coififi'oelbaig,
ann 7 mac hUi Concobui^i, pi Ciapai-oe 7 hUa beoain ec
aln opcimi. "Ooltui-o "Domnatt hUa Loclainn co
'Cuaifcefic Sfienn 1 THas-CotSa pop. amuf
"Cecaic imoppo Lai5in 7 Orpaigi 7 Pp Tlluman 7
amal pobatup, i n-a n-agai-o 7 -pepair cat (i-oon, f in-
A.D. 1103. iU., t.h., MS. Given in text of C. *>-> itL, th. f MS. ;
om., C. M itl., t.h^ MS. "To BaU Cornajre " (by metathesis of n and
r), C. d uii. main, MS. xx., MS.
8 Mac-na-herluime, Son of the
patron-church. He had probably,
in accordance with the decree in
the Collectio Canonum Hiberneruii
^XLII. 14 : De alumni* eccUriae),
been dedicated from his youth to
the church of Roscarbery.
/n ^fungarit. From this it can be
inferred that he had gone an pilgri-
maye to the monastery of Mungret
(co. Limerick), to prepare for death.
1 103. 1 Raiding-force. Literally,
raid: ereeh being employed in a
secondary sense, as a collective, sig-
nifying the agents (whence the Anglo-
Irish crcaqht\
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
71
2 Face to face. Laterally, /ace to
thy face. The narrator, as it were,
addresses the auditor.
3 Request. Perhaps that the
archbishop of Armagh would de-
liver up the hostages men tiered
under the preceding year.
Men of Lurg and the Tuath-ratha, wherein fell a large [1103]
number on both sides. TJa-Canannain was expelled from
the kingship of Tir-Conaill by Domnall Ua Lochlainn.
Murcad the Brown (namely, Ua Ruadacain) was killed (if
it is true) on a raid in Magh-Cobha and that raiding-force 1
slew the Stammerer. Gilla Ua Cormaic, on the same day.
Raghnall TJa Ocain, lawgiver of Telach-og, was killed
by the Men of Magh-Itha. Great war between the
Cenel-Eogain an*d Ulidians, so that Muircertach Ua Briain
came with the Men of Munster and of Leinster and of
Ossory and with the nobles of Gonnacht and with the
Men of Meath, including their kings, to Magh-Cobha, in
aid of the Ulidians. Both [forces] went to the Plain of
Ard-Macha (namely, to Cell-na-Conraire), so that they
were a week in leaguer against Ard-Macha. Domnall Ua
Lochlainn with the North of Ireland [was] during that
space in Ui-Bresail-Macha, face to face 2 against them.
Howbeit, when the Men of Munster were tired out,
Muircertach went to Aenach-Macha and to Emhain and
around to Ard-Macha, so that he left eight ounces of gold
upon the altar and promised eight score cows. And he
turns into Magh-Cobha again (namely, not having obtained
[his request 3 ]) and leaves the Fifth of Leinster- and a
detachment of the Men of Muuster therein. But he applied
himself to pillaging in Dal-Araidhe, so that he lost 4 there
Donnchadh, son of Toirrdelbach and the son of Ua
Conchobuir, King of Oiaraidhe and Ua Beoain and others
most excellent 5 . Domnall Ua Lochlainn went with the
North of Ireland into Magh-Cobha to attack Leinster.
Howbeit, Leinster and Ossory and the Men of Munster
and the Foreigners, as they were, come against them and
they fight a battle (that is, on the Nones [5th] of August
,
72
mmoclcc ulcroti.
Mom CCu5u[i]pc 7 1 Cecain 7 1 noma7> B [uataT>] picet*
[epcai] 7 if in occmaT> h to lap tecc T>O [CCpT>]TTlacai f ).
TTlaiDif cpa pop Ler TTIo^a 7 lacep a n-ap: et>on, ap
Lai^en, im TTltnpcepcac, mac ^illa-TTlocolmoMc 7 im
oa Ua lopca[i]n 7 im TTIuipcepcac, mac TTlic ^opma[i]n
ec aln ; ap bUa-Cemiifealai^, inroa mac TTlael-TTIbopDa
7im btl[a] Ria[i]n (iDon," pi bUa-n-T)pona a )eT:alii ; dp
im ^^^-Pc^paic puar, 1-oon, p
ajxceana ; a|i ^atl CCca-cbac, im
mac Gfiic 7 im pol, mac OCmainT)7im beollan
OCfimtmn ec alii ; ctfi pep TTluman, im -oa hUa bfiic,
iT)on, T>a |HT>omna na n-'Oepfe 7 im hUa pailBe, iT>on,
pi-Domna Copco-ouiCne 7 efipi Laien 7 1 im hUa TTluifie-
oai, |ii Ciajiai-oe, co n-a mac ; ec aln | multi
quof caufa bfieuicacif fcjiibefie 2 p|ier;e|imifimiip.
Cenel-n-eo^am co 'Cuaifceju; Gpenn co
copcap mop 7 co y ecaif> inToaiB, imon pupoll pi^a 7 im
camlmne 7 im fecaib im-oai6 apcena. TTIa^nUf, pi
Loclainm, T>O mapba-o fop cpeic i n-UllcaiB. Catalan
TTlac8ena[i]n'DomapbaT-DoCbaipppi[B]. TTlupca-DbUa
plaieca[i]ji, aipcmnec CCp-oa-bo, pui ecnai 7 eanai
7 aipcicuil, in pepigpinacione fua ! (iT>on,* i n-CCpT)-
TTlaca a ) pelicicep obnr.
}CaL 1an. ui. p, 1. 1., CCnno "Domini TT1. c. 1111.
mac plainD TDainifcpec, milef opcimup
pace quie[uir;]. THai-cm pia n-UllcaiB pop
T)al'n-CCpai7>e, 1 copcaip *0ubcenn btla T)ama[i]n i pp 1 ^'
1 iTxni namely, MS. ; " and," C. J y-qxibi, MS. (B).
"1. m., t.h., MS.; om., C. K-K 1X . xx., MS. h uin., MS. ' pom, MS. ; om., C.
O'Donovan's Tuesday (i^.,p. 975) U
to be corrected to Wednesday, ia
accordance with his text
7 Other -t. Cf. note 5 (supra).
8 Sub-king. The name is not
given in the Annals of Innisf alien.
9 And many, etc. "And many
more, which for brevity of wry-
tinge we omit," C.
4 Lost. Literally, left (on the
field of battle).
8 Others most excellent. In giving
the nominative, the compiler over-
looked the fact that the context re-
quires the accusative.
6 The 29th. The lunation, which
is correct, has been omitted by the
Fonr Masters (Vol. ii. p. 974).
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 73
and on Wednesday and on the 29th 6 [day of the moon] [H03]
and on the eighth day after [his, Ua Briain's] coming to
Ard-Macha). But defeat is inflicted upon the Half of
Mogh and slaughter o them ensues, namely, slaughter of
Leinster, around Muircertach, son of Gilla-Mocholmoic and
around the two Ui Lorcain and around Muircertach, son
of Mac Grorrnain and others 7 ; slaughter of the Ui-Ceinnse-
laigh, around the two sons of Mael-Mhordha and around
Ua iliain (namely, king of Ui-Drona) and others 7 ;
slaughter of Ossory, around Gilla-Patraic the Red, that is,
king of Ossory and around the royal family of Ossory also ;
slaughter of the Foreigners of Ath-cliath, around Torstan,
son of Eric and around Paul, son of Amand and around
Beollan Armunn and others 7 ; slaughter of the Men of
Munster, around the two Ui Brie, that is, the two royal
heirs of the Dessi and around Ua Failbhe, namely, royal heir
of Corcoduibhne and the sub-king 8 of Leinster and around
Ua Muiredaigh, king of Ciaraidhe, with his son and many
other 9 most excellent persons, whom for brevity sake we
pass over writing. Cenel-Eogain with the North of
Ireland returned with great triumph and with many
treasures, including the royal pavilion [of Ua Briain] and
including the [royal] banner [of the same] and including
many treasures [of his] besides. Maghnus, king of Loch-
lann, was killed upon a foray in Ulidia. Cathalan Mac
Senian, was killed by the Cairpri. Murchadh Ua Flaithe-
cain, herenagh of Ard-bo, master of learning, liberality
and poetry, died felicitously on his pilgrimage f namely,
in Ard-Macha).
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 1st of the moon, A.D. |_ll04Bis.J
1104. Feidhlimidh, son of Flann 1 of Mainisterf-Buithi],
most worthy soldier of Christ, rested in peace. 2 A defeat
1104. 1 Flann. Died 1056 (supra'),
For his Synchronisms, see Todd
Lectures, Series III., No. II.
2 Rested in peace. As Soldier of
Christ signified a monk it may be
inferred that Feidhlimidh belonged
to the community of Monasterboice
(co. Louth).
F
74
ccwjccloc uloroli.
jyrni. Concobup (iT>on, a hUa Concobaip a ), mac TTlael-
8eclainn, pi Copcombpua-5, mopi;u[u]p [ere]. TTlac na
haiTxie hlla Huaipc a puip ppacpibup occipup epc.
8lo|aT) la rnuipcepcac hUa m-bpiain co TTlas
TThnpcernne, co pomillper; tpebaipe m 1110151 7 ipin
c-pluasai) fin pohepcpai) Cu-UUrn hUa CainT>elba[i]n,
pi Loegaipe, co n-T>epbailc T)e. SLo^a'b la "Domnall
hUa Loclainn, co TTlal-CoCa, co rue giallu ULa^ 7 co
ti-'oeocai'D co "CeriipaiT;, co poloip c bloif> moip -DO loe^aipi
7 co cajaaic repmonn -DoiC apcena. Copmac hlla Cop-
TTiaic7rx)ifec 1Tlonac b TX>"~3c. "Ounca-o hUa Concobuip,
pi Ciannacc c , T>O mapba-D -Dia foinit5 pein.
]Cal.1an. i.p., Lac. 11. ,CCn no "Domini m. c.u. 1T1uipe p Dac
TTlac Cana; THaelpuanai'D hlla bilpin (iT>on, a pi hUa-
Caipbpe 3 ) ; TTlael-8eclainn hUaConain^ (1 -non, b
Caip b ) in penicenna mopcui punc. Concobup, mac
TTlael-8eclainn, pi-oomna "Cempac, occiptip c efT: c "Oom-
nall, comapba pacpaic, "DO recr; co hCCc-cliac T>O
oenum pia etep TTluipceprac hUa m-bpiain 7 mac TTlic
Loclamn (iT>on, a "Oomnall 3 ), conopo^aib galup ann 7 co
ruca"?) 1 n-o-a alu p co "OomnacCCi prep-em n a, copohonga-D
ann 7 co cuca-o lap pin co "Oambac, co n-T>epbailc ann.
Ocup ruca-5 a copp co hCCpT)-TTlaca, foon, i ppi-o I'D
CCusu[i]pc 7 1 8acupn 7 1 poil Lappein 1nnpi-TTlupen 7
i d n-occmai) [uara-o] pce-o d [epcai]. Ceallac, mac CCe-oa,
A.D. 1104. - itl., t.h., MS. ; given in text, C. > Tllaonac, C.
"Connaaght," C.
A.D. 1105. -< itl, U., MS. ; given in text, C. b - b iU., t.h., MS. ;
om., C. c ' c occtp punc, MS., C. dKl in. uin.incro. ocx.ir, MS. From
iTK>n (inclusive) to end of sentence om., C.
3 Encounter. Literally, counter-
wounding.
4 Spared the inhabitants. Liter-
allj, gave them termonn besides.
Ter;;/onn = Latin terminus, land
bounded off for a church or mon-
astery ; then, right of asylum ;
hence, as here, to spare life. Cf,
the Collectio Canonum /libernenrit :
De locit consecratis (xiv.), De civi-
tatibui refugii (xxvm.).
1105. J Damliac (Dnleek, co.
Meath) Ard-Macha. Taking
damliac literally, the Four Masters
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 75
[was inflicted] by the Ulidians upon the Dal-Araidhe, [1104]
wherein fell Dubcenn Ua Damain in the eseetttiter. 3 Ot""
Concobur (that is, Ua Concobair), son of Mael-Sechlainn,
king of Corcombruadh, died. " Son of the Night " Ua
Ruairc was slain by his kinsmen. A hosting by Muir-
certach Ua Briain to the Plain of Muirthemhne, so that
they destroyed the tillage of the Plain. And in that
hosting Cu-Uladh Ua Caindelbain, king of Loeghaire,
was thrown [off" a horse], so that he died thereof.
A hosting by Domnall Ua Lochlainn to Magh-Cobha, so
that he took away the pledges of Ulidia and went to Tara
and burned large portion of Loeghaire and spared the
inhabitants. 4 Connac Ua Cormaic, chief of Monaigh,
died. Dunchadh Ua Concobuir, king of the Cianiiachta
[of Glenn- Gemhin], was killed by his own people.
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 12th of the moon, A.D.
1105. Muiredhach Mac Cana ; Maelruanaidh Ua Bilrin
(namely, king of Cairbri); Mael-Sechlainn Ua Conaing
(that is, of the Dal-'Cais) died in penance. Conchobur, son
of Mael-Sechlainn, royal heir of Tara, was slain. Domnall,
successor of Patrick, went to Ath-cliath to make peace
between Muircertach Ua Briain and the son of Mac Loch-
lainn (namely, Domnall), so that he took illness there
and he was carried in his illness to Domnach of Airthir-
Emhna. There he was anointed and he was carried
after that to Damliac 1 and he died there. And his
body was carried to Ard-Macha, 1 that is, on the 2nd of the
Ides [12th] of August and on Saturday and on the feast
of [St.] Lasrian of Inis-Muren [recte, Inis-Muredaigh] and
on the 28th 2 [of the moon]. Ceallach, son of Aedh, son of
state that Domnall was carried to
the stone-church of Armagh and
died there !
2 On the 28th. O'Conor gives in
xxviii., leaving a blank after, as
if the scribe had omitted some
necessary words. There is no hiatus
in the MS.
In the Annals of Loch Ce (ad
an.), all the criteria of the day are
r2
76
(nincclcc ulccoTi.
B47a
X
mic TTlail-1pa, 7>o oipTmef) i n-a inafc 1 comapbup
paic, a 1:050 pep | n-6penn 7 pocuaii) pojgpa'Dai ft ittou
peili COoomnain. Miall o-oophUa Concobuifi TX>niap-
bcrfi. TTluipgip liUa Concenain-o -DO ec. 8lu 050-6 la
TTluipcepcac hUa m-Optcnn, co pomnapb "Oonnccrb hUa
TT)ael-8eclainn a pii 1apaip TTli-oe.
. 1 an. 11. p., L acx. 111., CCnno "Ootnini m.c.ui. Cnec-
ftuaige^ la "Oomnall hUa loctamn 1 poi|iiT>in "Oonn-
ccrba hUi TTlael-Seclamn, co fioopccroufi lafirap Tnif>e 7
co rdpuf "Oonnccro ann pop rcerf)le-& 7 co fiomafiba-D e.
T)ipit;-"0iafim(n;a co n-a oefirai^ -DO loycar>. "Cuaral,
comapba Coern^in, m pace quieuic. Ceattac, comapba
Pacpaic, -pop. cuaipc Ceniuil-Oo^ain cecna cup, co rue
a 6|-peip : 1-oon, bo cec pepip, a no 05 n-T>dpa cec tfxin.,
no lec-un^a cec cer[p]aip, la caeB n-e-oCapc n-inroa
olcena. Cacbanji hUa T)omnaill, pi Ceneo[i]l-LuDac
[mopr;uup b epc b ]. Ceallac pop cuaipc TTlunnan cecna
5up be[u]p, co rue a lan-cuaipr;: i*oon pecc c m-bae 7
pecc c caipi57le-un5acecpuin'o cpica-cec d 1 TTluma[i]n,
la raeB pec n-inroa olcena. Ocup appoer imoppo Ceal-
lac spafta uapaleppcoip T>o'n cup pin, a popcongpa pep
A.D. 1106. .m.eii, MS. ^ " Dyed," C. = .tin., MS. d .c., MS.
omitted. The Four Masters pass
over the lunation,
3 ReceitedHoly Orders. Literally,
went under degrees. Cellach (usually
culled by the meaningless Latin
alias, Celsus) was, it thus appears,
one of the eight intruded laymen
mentioned in St. Bernard's Life of
St. Malachy. In addition, he was
ordained per salt urn and, being but
26 years old, under the canonical
age, which in the Irish Church,
according to the Collectio Canonum
Hiberneiuit (III. 11), was SO years
for the priesthood. As a set-off,
perhaps, to those irregularities, the
Orders were not conferred until
Quarter-Tense Saturday, which fell
on September 23 in 1 105. By Men
of Ireland are accordingly to be un-
derstood the immediate adherents of
the person thrust into the succession .
4 Fiach, etc. Thus given in C. ;
also in the Annals of Boyle (ad an.),
with the variant 'iachra.
1106. Successor of [St.] Coem.
ffhen. Abbot of Glendalougb, co.
Wicklow.
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 77
Mail-Isu, was instituted in his place in the succession of [1105]
Patrick, by choice of the Men of Ireland. And he re-
ceived Holy Orders on the day of the feast of Adomnan
[Sep. 23]. Niall Ua Concobuir the Swarthy was killed.
-^Muirghis Ua Concheanaind [king of Ui-Diarmada] died.
A hosting by Muircertach Ua Briain, so that he expelled
Donnchadh Ua Mael-Sechlainn from the kingship of the
West of Meath.
("Fiach 8 OTfein was killed.")
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 23rd of the moon, A.D. 1106. [1106]
A foray-hosting by Domnall Ua Lochlainn in aid of Don-
nchadh Ua Mael-Sechlainn, so that they wasted the West of
.Meath and Donnchadh was overtaken on a surprise-party
and he was killed. Disirt-Diarmata with its oratory was
burned. Tuathal, successor of [St.] Coemhghen, 1 rested
in peace. Ceallach, successor of Patrick, [went] upon
circuit of Cenel-Eogain [for] the first turn, so that he took
away his full demand : namely, a cow for every six, or an
in-calf heifer for -every three; or a half ounce [of silver]
for every four, besides many donations also. Cathbarr Ua
Domnaill, 2 king of Cenel-Lughdach, died. Ceallach [suc-
cessor of Patrick went] upon circuit 3 of Munster also [for]
the first turn, so that he took away his full circuit[-sum] :
namely, seven cows and seven sheep and a half ounce for
every cantred 4 of land in Munster, besides many valuable
gifts as well. And Ceallach also received the orders of
archbishop 5 on that occasion, by direction of the Men of
2 Cathbarr Ua Domnaill. His
name occurs on the reliquary
called the Cathach, a silver case,
enclosing the Psalter. See Reeves,
Adamnan, p. 319, sq.
3 Circuit, This visitation of
Munster, it is significant, was not
mentioned in the Annals of Innis-
failen,
4 Cantred. Literally, thirty hun-
dred. About twice the size of a
barony, according to Dr. Reeves
(Townland Distribution of Ireland,
Proc. R.I.A., vii., p.475).
5 Orders of archbishop. As the J^yJU
non-consecration of Cellach in the
proceeding year, we may assume,"!"-
was owing to the suffragan being
78 CCNNCClCC UlCTOtl.
f n-epenn. Cain com puc tiUa baigill, uapaleppcop CCipT>-
TTlaca, in pace quieuic. ecsaip,pi CClban, mopcuup epc.
]Cal. 1an. in. p., 1. 1111., CCnno"Oomim TY). c. un. 8nec-
cai lai co n-ai-oce TX) pepcain m Cecain" pia peil POC-
paic, co fiota dp cerpa i n-6pinn Cenn-copa-5 -DO
topca-o (T>o b aic b ) ecep "Da Caipc, co pepcaic T)at>ac euep
mi-D 7 bfiogoiT). Concobup, mac "Ouinnpleit5e, p,iT>omna
ULa^, T>O mafiba^ -DO pejiait) pep-n-muigi. TDai-Dm pia
n-tli[b]-bfiefait -pop U^bJ-TTlei^, 1 copcaifi a n-dn, im a
1115, iDon, CCe^ hUa Innpeaccai^. Carufac hlla Duam-
ma [i] n, pi hUa-m-bpium CCpcaitle, TK> uin -DO Uib-Cpe-
mcainn, co n-T>en,baitc "oe- Go^an, mac TThc Riabai, 7>o
tnafiba^ 'n-a -bijaiL pliuc toinenn mop. ipin bba^ain
fi, co pomitl na hapBanna. TTlael-pacpaic hUa
B47b "Opuca[i]n -DO | gabait -pepufaieisinn CCip-De-TTlaca
illoo peile CCilCe 7 Tllotaipi "Oaim^Tnnpi. TTiael-Colaim
hlla Opotca[i]n T>O gabail eppcopoice lap n-amapac.
816 m-blia-ona oo'oenam TO Chellac, comapba parpaic,
icep TTlupca-b lilla m-bpiain 7 "Oomnall, mac ITlic
Loclainn.
1an. 1111. p., L x. u., CCnno "Oomini TT1. c. uin.
Luimnec T>O topcai) DO aicc. "Oomnalt hUa CCnbeir, pi
hlla-TTIeic; *OomnalL hlla Ruaipc, pi hlla m-bpium,
occipi punc. Cealtac, comapba pacpaic, pop cuaipc
A.D. 1107. a .c.ain, MS\ *>> itl., t.h., MS. ; om., C.
alive, it will follow that the present
event, though recorded in connexion
with the Munstcr visitation, took
place after the death of O'Boyle.
In addition, Ceilach's assumption
of the primacy had, according to the
present Annals, been acquiesced in
by the southern moiety of Ireland.
6 JBuhop of Ard-Macha.fh&t is,
without territorial j urisdiction. He
had been consecrated as suffragan
of Domnall on Whitsunday, 1099
(svpra).
7 Donnell, etc. Given thus in C.
The original is in Annals of Boyle
(ad an.).
1 107. J Fell. Literally, to fall.
3 Wednesday. The date is thus
fixed, because the feast of St.
Patrick fell on Sunday in this year.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
79
Ireland. Caincomruc Ua Baighill, eminent bishop of [1106]
Ard-Macha, 6 restediu peace. Etgair,kingof Scotland, died.
(" Donell 7 Mac Rory O'Conor deposed by Murtagh
O'Bryan and put Tirlagh, his cossen, in his place to be
king.'")
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria> 4th of the moon, A.D. [1107J
1107. Snow of a day and a night fell 1 [on] the Wednesday 2
[March 13] before the feast of Patrick, so that there en-
sued destruction of cattle in Ireland. Cenn-coradh was
burned (by lightning) between the two Easters 3 [April 14-
April 21], together with sixty vats of mead and bragget.
Conchobur, son of Donnsleibhe [Ua Eochadha] , royal heir
of TJlidia, was killed by the Men of Fern-Magh. A
defeat [was inflicted] by the Ui-Bresail upon the Ui-Meith,
wherein fell a slaughter of them, including their
king, namely* Aedh Ua Innreachtaigh. Cathusach Ua
Tuammain, king of the Ui-Briuin of Archaille, was
wounded by the Ui-Cremhthainn, so that he died thereof.
Eogan, son of Mac Riabaigh, was killed in revenge of
him. Excessive wet bad weather in this year, so that it
destroyed the crops. Mael-Patraic Ua Drucain took the
lectorship of Ard-Macha on the day of the feast of [St.]
Ailbe and of [St.] Molaisse of Daimh-inis [Sep k 12].
Mael-Coluim Ua Brolchain rjocoivod opiooopal ooHseegfttioa 4
alter the morrow. Peace of a year was made by Cellach,
successor of Patrick,- between Murchadh Ua Briain and
Domnall, son of Mac Lochlainn.
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 15th of the moon, A.D. [llOSBis.]
1108. Limerick was burned by lightning. Domnall Ua
Anbeith, king of Ui-Meith ; Domnall Ua Ruairc, king of
Ui-Briuin, were slain. 1 -Ceallach, successor of Patrick,
3 Two Easters. That is, Easter
Sunday and Low Sunday. The
latter was called in Irish Minchaisc,
little Easier (1109 infra).
4 Episcopal consecration. Liter-
ally, episcopacy. He succeeded Ua
Baighill, who died in 1106, supra.
1108. l Were slain The plural
80
comcclcc ulccoti.
)( ( Connacc cerna* cup, co cue a 6j=;-peip. Oen^up Mia
v Cleipcen, rnoeji"Obail-Caif ; Cealtac hUa Coemopa[i]n,
comapba Cainm [obiepunc 11 ]. CCcac 501 ri TJO tiaccain
hi cep[r] Non Sepcirobip. Tec DO gabail -DO 11 '
mar^amna ~j *oo IT TT)aetpuanai| pop oll n-saptJ-
pai$e(iT>on/ 1 6ocaifyTnacT)uinnpleiu'ehlli Boca-Da* 1 ), ITJOTI,
pop pig n-llla-o 7 a T>icermcn> leo. OCe-o, mac "Otn?>-
oaleici (iT)on, c pofaipcmnec CCip-oa-TTlaca'), a-obuji
comgntxi Pacfiaic, T>O ec. "Oai|ii?iep niofipoefiinn uile.
Y -OlicrBain fucac con-T>e|;fin ycommaT) apCa 7 meapa
m bliaTain pi. 1nip-hUa-Labfi<roa -DO cogait la piftu-
TDanac.
A49a ]cal. 1an. in. p., 1. acx. ui., CCnno T)omini TYl.c. ix.
CCcup m Chaipc pop pepc 1 jCalann TDai 7 TYlincaipc [pop]
ala laiau -DO Shanipa'D 7 peit TTlocoem6[i]c a Leic pop
Sarapn Inin. Silla-CCilt5e blla Ciapmaic, pi CCine-
Ctiac, mopruup 2 epr. Hflael-1pu htla Cuiten, uapal-
eppoc "Cuaipcipc Gperm ; CCen^up hlla "OomnalLa[i]n,
ppirTianmcapa 8arTia Cotuim-citle [obiepunr]. CCp
hUa-rn-Opepail im a pi, iT>on, im "Oapcm 7 hlli-n-6cac
A.D. 1108. a .c.na,MS. bAlsoom. inC. 'Accented, MS. d-d partly
ill., partly r.m., t.h., MS. ; om., C. - itl., t.h., MS. ; given in text, C.
A.D. 1109. 1 1111., A, B. 2 cup, B. TTlocolmoc, A, B, C.
formula is retained with only one
of the two names in the Annalt
of Loch Ce ; proving that the com-
piler did not understand the
original.
2 Successor of [&.] Cainnerh.
Abbot of Aghaboe, co. Kilkenny.
8 Came. Literally, to come.
4 Ua, Maelntanaiyh. He is not
mentioned in the list in L. L. (p. 4 1 d) ,
which states that the king was
killed by Eochaid Ua Mathgamna.
Herewith the Annals of Innwfallen
(ad an.) agree.
5 Eligible to be successor. Liter-
ally, material of a tucccstor.
Adbur with the genitive signifies
idiomatically one qualified by de-
scent, or otherwise, for an office.
After the death of his father, Dub-
daleithe, in 1064 (supra), Aedh's
claim was successively set aside in
favour of Mail-Isu and Domnall,
sons of Amalgaid. He was too
old for election when Domnall died.
1109. l Second day. In diebus.
O'Conor. Little Easter he trans-
lates by Petitecostes. But this was
an oversight, as at 1107 he gives
Dominica in Albis. The same cri-
teria are noted at 918 (=919),
supra.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
81
[went] upon circuit of Connacht the first time, so that he [1108]
took away his full demand. Oengus Ua Cleirchen, steward
of Dal-Cais ; Ceallach Ua Coemorain, successor of [St.]
Cainnech, 2 died. A gust of wind came 3 on the 3rd of the
Nones [3rd] of September. A house was seized by Ua
Mathgamna and by Ua Maelruanaigh 4 upon Goll Garb-
hraidhe (namely, Eochaidh, son of Donnsleibhe Ua
Eochadha), that is, the king of Ulidia and he was beheaded
by them. Aedh, son of Dubdaleithi (namely, deputy-
herenagh of Ard-Macha), one eligible to be successor 5 of
Patrick, died. Great oak-crop throughout all Ireland.
A sajpj)y year with good weather and abundance of corn
and of fruit [was] this year. Inis-Ua-Labradha was
razed by the Fir-Manach.
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 26th of the moon, A.D.
1109. And Easter [fell] upon the 7th of the Kalends of
May [April 25] and little Easter [upon] the 2nd day 1 of
Summer [May 2] and the feast of Mochoemoc of Liath
upon the Saturday- of the Beginning [of Lent, 2 March 131.
Gilla-Ailbe Ua Ciarmaic, king of Aine-Cliach, died.
Mael-Isu Ua Cuilen, eminent bishop of the North of Ire-
land; Oengus Ua Domnallain, chief t soul-friend of the
Community of Colum-cille, died. Slaughter of the Ui-
Bresail [took place] around their king, that is, around
[1109]
2 Beginning [of Lent}. It was
the Saturday before the first Sun-
day in Lent. All these data,
which are so valuable for determin-
ing the year, have been omitted
by the Four Masters.
The equivalenceof Tnit (gen. initi,
e),Initium andLent is shown in the
following excerpts from Calendars :
Viii. Id. [Feb.] Primus diesforsa
m-bi prim [uathad] esc[a]i Initi
[Feb.] 6. First day on which is the
first [day] of the moon of Lent (L.
B. Cat. of Oengus, p. 80).
Ft. Id. [Feb.] Primus diesforsa
m-bi Init [Feb.] 6. First day on
which is Lent (z'6.)
Ft. Id. [Feb.] Initii principium
(Gal. appended to Bede's works).
Vi. Id. [Feb.] Primitus incepit
ieiunandi tempus adortum (Metrical
Cal. Galba, Brit. Mus., Hampson :
Med. Aevi Kal., p. 399).
Vi. Id. [Feb.]Prima Quadra-
gesima[e] Dominica (Cal. Vttellius,
ib., p. 423).
In the Calendar, the Golden
Number XVI. stands opposite Feb.
82
ccwicclcc ulcron.
oo thncim la hUa-1Tlei 7 la f?epu pepn-mui|i.
la rnuipcepcac hUa m-bpiami poipiinn TTlupca-oa hUi
TTlail-8eclainn, co poaipg T>peim T>O Ui[b]-bpiuin.
Slo^aii T>ano 8 la "Oomnall hlla Loclainn co "Guaipcepc
Gpenn co 8liaC-n-[ph]uaic, co n-T>epna Cellac, 4 comapba
parjpaic, pic m-bliaT>na ecep tilla m-bpiam 7 hlla
Loclainn, co n--DecoT)U|i "CuaifcepT; n-Gpenn lajipn co
TTlas hlla-m-bfiefail, ^?op ammuy Ula-5 bacup, 1
CoCa, co cap-opac Ula[i]-5 na reona pallu
Vein T>oiB. Cocpic, comapba Samcainne 5 Cluana-
bponai, quieuic. CCe'b hlla UtiaipcT)o cecr; illongpopc
TTlupca^a hUi TTIael-Seclainn -po -DO, | co polla 6 dp
rpia epcaine amra pacpaic. CCp hUa-TTleic im a pig
iT>on, ^oll baipce 7 -opein 7 T>'pepait5 pepn-mui^l DO
cumm la hl1i-bpepail7 lahUiB-6cac. "Oomnall pua-o
IDac ^illa-parpaic, pi Oppaii, T>O mapba-5 -DO mac-
caeb aile ic cop cloce. "Oonnca-o hlla "Ouib-oipma
hlla Selbai|, aipcmnec Copcai5i 8
mopicup b .)
}CaL 1an. tin. -p., I. tin., CCnno "Oornim 171. c. x.
Gcci^epn hUa a pep^ail, ppiriiaclaec 1 7:0501-06, m pace
quieuic. Silla-Coluini hlla TTIaelmuai-D, pi pep-ceall
:. Cepnac, mac TTlic Ulca, aipcmnec Cula-
parain, m pemcencia mopruup epc. (hllla[i]-o b TX>
apcain TTlucnuma -oia lap b .) plann tlUa CCe-oa, comapba
eineCCpann.mopcuupepc. IDaelpuanailhUaTTlacanen,
3i oono, B. 4 Cea , B. 8 fcuirme, B, 6 ]xoLu, B. ~ -ofieam, A.
8 cai-oe, A. b - b 1. ro^ tih., A, B. ; om., C.
A.D. 1110. J loec, B. a repeated in B by mistake. ^ Lm. t. h.,
A. ; om., B, C.
6, and Feb. 8 is the first Sunday of
Lent, when Easter (XVI. D) falls
on March 22 (the earliest date).
The omission of Ash- Wednesday
is noteworthy.
s To attack. Literally, vpon
attack.
4 Superiorett. Literally, *wece**or.
8 Maledittion. According to an
entry in the F.M., Murchad had
pillaged Fir-Rois and killed the
king, in violation of the Staff of
Jesus and the successor of Patrick
the same year.
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 83
Dartin and the Ui-Echach were overthrown by tbe Ui- [1109]
Meitb and by tbe Men of Fern-magb. A hosting by
Muircertacb Ua Briain in aid of Murcbadb Ua Mael-Secb-
lainn, so tbat be barried some of Ui-Briuin. A hosting
also by Domnall Ua Locblainn witb tbe Nortb of Ireland
to Sliab-[F]uait, until Cellacb, successor of Patrick, made
peace of a year between Ua Briain and Ua Locblainn : so
that tbe Noith.of Ireland went after tbat to tbe Plain of
Ui-Bresail, to attack 3 tbe Ulidians wbo were in Magb-
Cobba, until tbe Ulidians gave up to them the three
pledges they themselves chose. Cocrich, superioress 4 [of
tbe Community] of [St.J Samhtbainn of Cluain-Bronaigb,
rested. Aedh Ua Ruairc went twice into the camp of
Murcbadh Ua Mael-Sechlainn, so that he inflicted slaughter
through the malediction 5 of the Community of Patrick.
Slaughter of the Ui-Meith [took place] around their king,
namely, Goll Bairche and some of the Men of Fern-Magh
fell by the Ui-Bresail and by the Ui-Echacb. Domnall
Mac Gilla-Patraic the Red, king of Ossorv, was killed by
* T7 ^t
another youth in playing a game. Donnchadh Ua Duib-
dirma died.
(Gilla-Patraic 6 Ua Selbaigh, herenagh of Cork, dies.)
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, *7th of the moon, [1110]
A.D. 1110. Echtigern Ua Fergbail, a very select lay- /
brother, 1 rested in peace. Gilla-Coluitn Ua Maelmuaidh,
king of Fir-Ceallj was strangled. Cormac, son of Mac
Ulcha, herenagh of Cuil-rathain, died in penance. (Tbe
Ulidians pillaged Mucnom to its centre. )Flann Ua
Aedha, successor of [St.] Eine of Ara, died. Maelruanaigh
Ua Machainen, king of Mughdoirn, was slain. 2 Murchadh,
6 Gilla-Patraic, etc. Given in
C. ; also in the Annals of Innisf alien
(ad an. ; where he is called successor
of Barr, that is, bishop of Cork).
1110. l Lay-brother. See 1086,
note 5. C. renders the word athlaech
" old champion " !
2 Was slain. The Four Masters
erroneously state that he died a
natural death.
3 Three. In the Chronicon Scot-
oritm the names of only two are
given.
84
ocuncclcc ulcroli.
A 49
pi TTlusDopn, occipup epc. TTlupca'o, mac ^01-05 btli
bpiain, piT>omna TTluman, mopruup epc. bebinn, m^en
Cenneci| hUi bpiain, ben "Oomnaill btli Loclamn, pi
CCitiS, mopruaepc. Cpec ta "Oomnall blla toelainn i
Connaccait5, co rue mile T>O bpaic 7 ilmile T>O buai$ e
(no d , -DO cecpaio" d ). TTlai'Dm Uoip (no e , na Hop e ) aji
Cpuacna yiia Sit-TTIui|ie'Dai5 aji ConmaicniC, i
uii rpi hOe [pb]ep5aite 7 maici im-oa ajicena-
blla bjiuic, -penoifi 1aii-THuman ; ^itta-pcrcpaic
bUa "Ouibpara, pepteiginn Citle-T)a-lua 7 fui TTluman ;
"Pejvoomnao -oall, pefileipnn CiUe-T>ap,a, (iT)on f , rut
c[iump,ecca f ) [mopcui func]. Cettac,
cecna cup, poji cuaip.c TDi-oe, co cue a
(TTlai'Dm 8 pia ConmaicmB ipon,8il-TTluip.eT)ai5, 1-oon,
maiT)m
}CaL 1an. i. p, I- . tim-. CCnno "Oomini TT1. c. x. i.
T)oinenn -oefimaip p.eoi"D 7 fneccai, co fiolai dp, cenncai
7 alcai. Capupac bUa Lea-oai T>O Sbama-o parpaic,
uapal penoiffepenn,m pace quieuir. tugmas DO lopca-5.
popc-laip^r 7)0 topcai). Ceanannup T>O topca^.
Slosai) la bllllcu co Tealac-n-oc, eo pocepcpac a bile-oa.
Cpec la Mi all bUa toclainn, co cue mile (no* cpi mile 3 )
DO buait5 1 n-a n-Tosail. "Cene T)! 1 aic 1 T>O lopca > 5"Ouin-
"oa-ler^lap, ecep Rair 7 Dpian. Senai) T)O cinol i pa-5-
mic-CCengupa la maiciB Gpenn im Cbellac, comapba
pacpaic 7 im TTlael-TTluipe hlla n-"0una[i]n, im
A.D. 1110. c cecfiaiK cattle, B. *-<* itL, t.h., A., om., B. C.
gives text and gloss "of cowes and chattle." ** itL, t.h., A.; om.,
B, C. f ' f itl., t.h., A ; i-oon, pui pjunci ^vecca namely, very distinguished
mister of law, B ; followed by C; "Chief lerned in lawe."
A ; om., B. Given in C.
A.D. 1111. ^Txnct (=T>I aicc), B. * coecaic, A; .L.aic, B,
[am], A. The omission of the bracketted portion was, no doubt, a mis-
4 Senior. See A.D. 1088, note 3 - 8 .
8 Harping. The F.M. improve
upon B and read tru'Uhe rechta. But
the unaspirated t of their original
shows that truiti rechta arose from
misreading cruitirechtm.
8 Defeat. Given in C. ; also in
the Annals of Boyle,
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
85
son of Tadhg Fa Briain, royal heir of Munster, died. [inoj
Bebinn, daughter of Cennetigh TJa Briain, wife of Domnall
Ua Lochlainn, king of Ailech, died. A. foray by Domnall
Fa Lochlainn into Connacht, so that he took away a
thousand captives and many thousands of cows (or of
cattle). The defeat of Eos (or of the Rossa) in front of
Cruachan [was inflicted] by the Sil-Muiredhaigh on the
Conmaicni, .wherein fell three 3 Fi [Fjergaile and many
nobles besides. Bran Fa Bruic, senior 4 of West Munster ;
Gilla-Patraic Fa Duibratha, lector of Cell-da-lua and doctor
of Munster; Ferdomnach the Blind, lector of Cell-dara
(namely, a master of harping 5 ), died. Cellach, successor
of Patrick, [went] the first time upon circuit of Meath, so
that he took away his demand.
(Defeat 6 [waa inflicted] by the Conmaicni upon the Sil-
Muiredaig, namely, the Defeat of Magh-Brengair.)
Kalends of Jan, on 1st feria, 18th of the moon, A.D. [mi]
1111. Yery great bad weather of frost and snow, so that
it caused destruction of tame and wild animals. Cathusach
Fa Leadai of the Community of Patrick, eminent senior 1
of Ireland, rested in peace. Lugmagh was burned.
Port-lairgi was burned. Cenannus was-burned. Ahosting
by the Flidians to Telach-oc, so that they uprooted its '
trees. 2 A foray [was made] by Niall Fa Lochlainn, so
that he took away a thousand (or three thousand) cows, in n^,
revenge thereof. Fire of lightning burned Dun-da-
lethglas, both Close and Third. 3 A Synod was assembled
at Fiadh-Mic-Oenghusa 4 by the nobles of Ireland around
Cellach, successor of Patrick and around Mael-Muire Fa
1111. 1 Senior. See note 4 of
preceding year. C. took samadh
(community) to signify "reliques."
2 Trees. See A.D. 1099, note 3 .
3 Close and Third. From this
it may be inferred that Down-
patrick was built on the plan of
Armagh.
4 Fiadh-Mic-Oenghusa. The wood
of the son of Oengus. See Lanigan,
iv. 3 7, and O'Donovan's note, Four
Masters, ii. 991-2.
mificrlcc ulccDti.
V
47d
[bir.]
hu opal-pen 01 p, Gpenn, co coicaic 8 n-eppcop, uel patilo
pluf, co cpi ceraio" pacapc 7 co cpi mib 15 mac n-ecalpa,
im TTluipcepcac, im hUa bpiain (flluipcepcac* mop. O
bpiam b ), co main 8 Lere Tnoa, im ep,ail nia^la 7
fobefa | pop cac, eren. cuaic 7 eclaif. "Oonnca-5
blla hCCnluam, pi hUa-lliallam, 8 -DO mapba^ -010
bpaicpiB 1 meBaiL Ma bpaicip hipin pein T>O map.ba'5
DO UiB-Miallam 8 i n-a -oi^ail pia cenn -picec ai-bce.
Comfal icep "Oomnall blla Loclamn 7 "Oonnca-D htla
n-Goca^a econ Cuan, co n-T)ep.nfac lanfic 7 co
cap-ofar: Ula[i}5 ecepe^a a piapa -pem T>O "Oomnall
lill a Loclamn.
1an. 11. p., U xx. ix., CCnno "Domini TT1. c. x. n.
Raic CCn,T)a-1Tlaca co n-a rempull -DO topca-oi 3 n-T>ecim
]Callann a CCp|iil7 -oa n 161 ^ ^P 1T1 TTlafpain 1 7 in cpef
fneic T>O "Cfiiun mon. Con^alac, mac TTlic Concaille,
aipcinnec "Oai|ie, ifin cecpama p D c bba-oain nocar;
aecacif f u[a]e, m penicencia 2 optima quieuic. Cfiec la
"Domnall hUa Loclainn rappme-n-^all, corucbofioma
mofi 7 bnaira inroa. ^ofimta-o, mgen TTluiica-Da TTlic
, 1-oon, comapba bpir:e, m bona penicencia
]Cat. 1an. 1111. p., Lx., (Cnno "Domini TTl. c. cc. 111.
Connta hlla plain n, coma]iba TDolaife Ler^linne,
quietnc. Caefi-ceine-o *DO thaccain ai-oce peili 1 Pacp,aic
pon. Cfiuacan-CCi^le, co |iomill rnicic* Wn-o oep
take. aaitL, t.h., A, B. Adopted into text, C. >- b r.m., n.th., A;
om., B, C. <=xx., A, B.
A-D. 1112. ' TTIa|xin, A. "pemcencicr, A. * in .1. kU, A, B. b om.,
B. ' ini.maf bliaf>ain ic., A, B.
A.D. 1113. ^eiUA. a xxx.,A, B.
1112. 1 Great Third. The Saxon
Third was uninjured.
2 Successor of [St.] Br'igit. That
is, abbess of Kildare.
1113. I 0f the fatting folk.
O'Conor reads don dot* troscthi-de
tnguriit jejunantium. But oes with
the genitive is a living idiom,
denoting a class, or description of
persons. According to the Tripar-
tite Life (Part II.) and the Book of
Armagh (fol. 13 c, d), St. Patrick
ANTNALS OF ULSTER.
87
Dunain, eminent senior of Ireland, with 50 bishops, or a
little more, together with 300 priests and with 3000
ecclesiastics, around Muircertach Ua Briain (Muircertach
O'Briain the Great), together with the nobles of the Half :
of Mogh, to enjoin rule and good conduct upon every one,
both laic and cleric. Donnchadh Ua Anluain, king of Ui-
Niallain, was killed by his kinsmen in treachery. These
same kinsmen were killed by the Ui-Niallain in revenge
thereof, before tne end of twenty nights. A meeting [took
place] between Domnall Ua Lochlainn and Donnchadh Ua
Ua Eochadha at the Cuan, so they made plenary peace and
the Ulidians gave hostages of his own choice to Domnall
Ua Lochlainn.
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 29th of the moon, A.D. [iii2Bis.]
1112. The Close of Ard-Macha, with its church, was
burned on the 10th of the Kalends of April [March 23]
and two streets of Hassan-Third and the third street of the
Great Third. 1 Congalach, son of Mac Conchaille, herenagh
of Daire, rested in most excellent penance, in the 94th year
of his age. A foray by Domnall Ua Lochlainn over Fine-
Gall, so that he took away great cattle-spoil and many
captives. Gormlaith, daughter of Murchadh Mac Diar-
mata, namely, successor of [St.] Brigit, 2 died in good
penance.
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 10th of the moon, A.D. [1113J
1113. Connla Ua Flainn, successor of [St.] Molaise of
Leithglenn, rested. A thunderbolt come on [Monday,
March 17] the night of the feast of Patrick upon Cruachan-
Aighle, so that it destroyed thirty of the fasting folk 1 .
fasted during a Lent on Uruachan-
Aighle (Croagh-Patrick, co. Mayo).
The observance of the fast by
pilgrims, it appears from the present
entry, had become customary there
at this time.
2 The [two Saints] Ui Suanaigh.
There were two grandsons of Sua-
nach, who were likewise abbots
of Rahen, King's Co., Fidmuine,
whose obit is given supra, A.D. 756
(=To7) and who is commemorated
in the Calendar of Oengus at May
16 and Fidairle (not given in the
Calendar) , whose festival was Oct. 1 .
3 Steward. Of the Armagh,
88
ccmicclcc ulcroti.
A 49c
X
rpoipc[c]i. "Oiapmaic hlla Cetlaig, | comapba hU[a]
Suanais; "Oiapmait b tiUa Lonj;a[i]n, mgep TTItimcm, i
n-ai-oci peilep<TDpai5 b ; TTlael-Seaclainn hUaConcobaip,
pi Copcompuac; Pn7>caipehllaloin5pi5,pi "Oail-CCpaiT>e,
m penicenaa mopctn punc. ptannacan b , mac TTlael-
1l>u, u-n1up ublxro CCipo-TTlaca, lap n-a ongaT) 7 lap
n-aipi5e 0501-06, m pace obnc. b "Oonncao hlla "Caip-
ceiyic 7>o mapba^ la Niall hlla Loclainn, la f^
Cenni[i]l-Conaill. "Oomnall, mac "Oonncff5a hui e
^illai-parpaic, -DO mafiba-5 T>O ^ull ^abpain. Sloga-D
la "Oomnall hUa loclainn co Ceneol- 60501 n 7 Conaill
7 CCipsiallii 2 (co ^Ienn-Ri53 d ), co fioirmafibracafi
^onnca-o a jii^e lllat* 7 co pofiannfar; Ullcu ecef\ btla
TTlar^amna 7 macu "OuinnfleiBe. "Oal-n-CCpan>e
imofipo 6 7 blli-6acac aice pem. Slo^a^ la TTlui|i-
cepcac Mia m-bfiiain co pepaiC TTluman 7 co tai^niS
7 Connaccai^ co Tnag-CoBa, i poifiirin "Oonnca'ba.
81050*0 "oano la "Domnall | bUa Loclainn cup na
co TTla5-Cot5a beup, 1 -poipiuin Ula-5,
co paiBe imepe 3 cara ereppu, co ponecappcap Cellac,
comapba parpaic, po^ne pir[a]. T)onnca^ imoppo blJa
6oca^a "oo Ttalla-o la hGocaiT) hlla TTla^amna 7 la
hllllru. 8lo5or> la TTluipceprac hlla m-bpiain 7 la
\^}-c TTlo5a, ereploec 7 cleipiuc, co penoic. "Oomnall,
imoppo, mac TDic Loclamn, co mairiC Tuaipce[i]pc epenn
co Cluam-cain pep-poip, co m-baDap ppi pe mip cm-o
com op, co n-T>epnai Ceallac, comapba pacpaic 7 bacall
1pu beop pic m-blia*ona ecappu. Scamneop cpo^a ecep
2 j^all, A. * imeif i, A. b b om., B. ; given in C. c mic of the
ton, B. C. agrees with A. d d itl., t.l., A, B. e om., A.
or primatial, cess (1106, sitpra). In
explanation of the term, it is to be
noted that in the Annalt of Innis-
fallen (ad an.) O'Longan is called
superior (comarba) of Ard-Patrick
(co. Limerick). This church is men-
tioned in the Tripartite as founded
by St. Patrick. In the Chronicon
Seotorvm he is called herenagh of
Ard-Patrick. It ia added that he
was killed by lightning on Croagh-
Patrick, a statement that hardly
agrees with the quierit in Chritto of
the provincial Chronicle.
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 89
Diarmait Ua Cellaigh, successor of the [two Saints] TJi L 1113 ]
Suanaigh 2 ; Diarmait Ua Longain, steward 3 of Munster, on
the night of the feast of Patrick ; Mael-Sechlainn Ua Con-
chobair, king of Corcomruadh ; Findchaise Ua Loingsigh,
king of Dal-Araidhe, died in penance. Flannacan, son
of Mael-Isu, one eligible to be abbot 4 of Ard-Macha, after
his being anointed and after select penance, died in peace.
Donnchadh Ua Taircheirt was killed by NiallUa Lochlainn,
[namely] by the king of Cenel-Conaill. Domnall, son of
Donnchadh grandson of Gilla-Patraic [king of Ossory],
was killed by [his brother] Goll Gabrain. A hosting
by Domnall Ua Lochlainn together with the Cenel-
Eogain and [Cenel-]Cona[i]ll and the Airgialla (to
Glenn-Righe), so that they expelled Donnchadh from the
kingship of Ulidia and divided Ulidia between Ua Math-
gamna and the sons of Donnsleibhe [Ua Eochadha]. Dal-
Araidhe, however, and Ui-Echach [were reserved] to him-
self. A hosting by Muircertach Ua Briain with the men of
Munster and with the Leinstermen and Connacht to Magh-
Cobha, in aid of Donnchadh. A hosting also by Domnall
Ua Lochlainn with the hosts aforesaid to Magh-Cobha too,
.
in aid of the Ulidians : so that there was imminence of battle
between them, until Ceallach, successor of Patrick, separ-
ated them under guise of peace. Nevertheless, Donnchadh
Ua Eochadha was blinded 5 by Eochaidh Ua Mathgamna
and by the Ulidians. A hosting by Muircertach Ua
Briain and by the Half of Mogh, both laic and cleric, to
Grenoc. But Domnall, son of Mac Lochlainn, [came]
with the nobles of the North of Ireland to Cluain-cain of
Fir-Rois, so that they were for the space of a month facing
each other, until Ceallach, successor of Patrick and the
Staff of Jesus also made peace of a year between them.
A courageous skirmish [was fought] between the men of
^Eligible to be abbot. Literally, I (See 1108, note 5.) Flannacan
material of an abbot, mater ies abbatis. ' was uncle of Cellach. It was
G
00
ccwicclcc ulcroti.
Pefwi-nufip proem 1 roficjioriafi 7>a pi-oomna
uisi, i-oon, hlla Cnica[i]n 7 hlla T)onnaca[i]n.
]CaL 1an. u. -p., u xx. i., CCnno "Domini TT1. c x. 1111.
picmn, mac TTlic* [ph]lannca < 6a,comafiba TTlolaip "Ocnm-
innfi; TTlael-Coluim hlla Copmaca[i]n, comafiba 6irme
CCfiann ; "Oiajimaic hUa plamncua, comajiba CCilbe
huapal-epfcop j pefiteipm) 1 , epneT)ac f eoic
-oeifice; peyi-oomnac hlJa Clucam, com-
afiba Cenannfa, m pace qmeuepunc. "Cei^m galaifi
moiji T)O |abail 1Tlui|\ce|iT:ai5 hlli bfiiam, |ii^ 6|ienn, co
n-T>ej\nai girpabiiacrai 2 r>e 7 co fiopcafi pjii a t^ie.
"Oiafimaic imofifio-oofabaitfu^i TTluman i n-apiff5nuife,
cen cecti5ir&. 8lua5aT>laT)omnalt hlla Loclainn coRaic-
Cennai^, co cdims Gocai-o hlla Tnarjamna co n-UllraiC
1 n-acec7 "Donnca-5 hUa loin^fis co n-'Oal-CCfiai'&e 7
CCe-5 hUa Ruaiyic co pej\ait5 b|ieipne 7 TTlufica-5 hUa
TTlael-Seclamn co pepaiC tniTie. "Oollogan. ia|t pn,
oiblmaiC, oaji CCc-luam co "Dun-Leo-oa, co rdims 'Caipjx-
oelbac hUa Concobaifi co Cormacrait!> 7 Niall hUa
Loclamn, a b mac poDem b , co Cenel-Conaill i 3 n-a
T)ocora|i immufifio tnle iap fin co 'Celais-hUa-n-
1 n-T)ail-Caif, co n-T>e|infaT:afi opfa^ m-bliarma 7
Tfluman. "Oo^eocai-o T>ono "Oomnall hlla Loctainn ap,
pur Connacr; -oia 7^5. CCei>, mac "Oonnca5a hUi Soca^a,
fiiT>omna Ula5; "Oonnca-5 hUa toin^fi^, fii *Oail-
A.D. 1114. 1 peivleiginn, A. 2 anpabp.acca(T)C om.), B. '-'inn-a
aep.icc,A. * ejaig, B. a om., B ; given in C. ^i-oon, mac"DomnaiU
in namely, the son of Domnall himself, itl., t.h.. B. C. agrees with A.
ing, when he had reigned three
years.
1114. 1 FerdomnachUa Clucaain.
He is called successor (comarba)
of Colum-cille in the third charter
of the Book of Kells, in which he
appears amongst the guarantors.
See Reeves' Adamnan, p. 402.
J A skekton. For co n-dernai anfh-
owing perhaps to old age that he
had been passed over in favour of
his nephew.
8 Blinded. Thereby he became
incapacitated to reign. Accord-
ingly, in the regnal List (L. L.
p. 41d), his successors, Aed and
Eochaid (sons of Donnsleible) are
set down after mention of his blind-
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
91
Fern-magh themselves, wherein fell two royal heirs of [1113]
Fern-magh, namely, Ua Cricain and Ua Donnacain.
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 21st of the moon, A.D.
1114. Flann, son of Mac Flannchadha, successor of [St.]
Molaise of Daim-inis ; Mael-Coluim Ua Cormacain,
successor of [Si.] Eine of Ara; Diarmait Ua Flannchua,
successor of [St.] Ailbe of Imlech-ibhair, archbishop and
lector, bestower of treasure and of food, of hospitality and
of charity ; Ferdomnach Ua Clucain, 1 successor [of St.
Oolumba in the monastery] of Cenannus, rested in peace.
A fit of heavy illness seized Muircertach Ua Briain, king
of Ireland, so that he became a skeleton 2 and parted with
his kingship. But Diarmait took the kingship of Munster
Jn_hispresence, without permission. A hosting by Domnall
Ua Loclilainn to Rath-Cennaigh, so that there came into
his house Eochaidh Ua Mathgamna with the Ulidians and
Donnchadh Ua Loingsigh with the Dal-Araidhe and Aedh
Ua Ruairc with the men of Breifne and-Murchadh Ua
Mael-Sechlainn with the men of Meath. They went
after that, both [hosts], past Ath-Luain to Dun-Leodba,
so that Tairrdelbach Ua Concobhair with the Connaeht-
men and Niall Ua Lochlainn, his own son, with the Cenel
Conaill, came into his assembly. They all moreover went
after that to Telach-Ua-Dedhaigh in Dal-Cais, so that
they and the men of Munster made a truce of a year-
Thereupon Domnall Ua Lochlainn went throughout
Connacht to his house. Aedh, 3 son of Donnchadh 4 Ua
Eochadha, royal heir of Ulidia ; Donnchadh Ua Loingsigh,
king of Dal-Araidhe ; Ua Canannain (namely, Ruaidhri),
abracJtta, O'Conor (by overlooking
the contraction-marks, and mis-
reading and dividing the last word)
has condna an Wiabrasa ita ut sur-
desceret ! But 0' Donovan, who
was not bothered by the term, aptly
quotes (F. M., ii. 997-8) from
Cormac's Glossary to prove that anfa-
brachtai meant a person wasted by
disease.
3 Aedh, etc. Of the four mention-
ed in this entry, the Four Masters
state that all but Ua Canannain
died natural deaths.
a 2
[1114]
'
92 CCMJCClOC UlCTOtl.
B48b CCpavfce; hUa Cananna[i]n (iTX>n, c Huai-6pi c ), pit>om|na
Ceniuil-Concntl (o d Cenel-6oj;ain d ) ; TTIuipcepsac hUa
Loclainn, piT>omna CCilij, imupce inceppeco punc.
|CaL 1an. ui. p., 1. 11., CCnno "Domini 171. c. x. u.
*Oomenn "oepmaip fieoi'b 7 pneerafi] oV coicn> t>ec
jCalann Gnaip* co coici7> b 7>ec ]Catann TTlapcai, b uel
pauloplup, copola 1 dp en 7 cequn 7 mcme: t>ia 2 popapp
cepcai mop po 6fiinn uite 7 ilLaiginiB feoc cac. Diaji-
Tncnc hUa Opicnn, pi TTluman, T>O epgabaiL ta TTluip-
cepcac hUa m-bpiam. 6pce T>O rabaipc 22.macaiB mic
CCe^a, mic RuaiT>pi,^rn "Chaipp-oelbac hlla Concobaip, im
pi Connacc (iT)on, 1 n-CCc-bo ). co poloirper 7 cop'[b]o s
q-.' ill 31 -n<'. II lui nn i I'M 11 -"("( ,11111' ill 1il1<i m-OplODfl7flia
^allaiB CCca-cliac pop Laigrnt), i copcaip "Oonnccrb, hua
A 49dendi fnait-na-mbo, pi hlla-Cemnpelai | 7 Concobup hlla
Concobuip, pi htla-pailp, co n-a macaiC 7 pocai-oi
apcena. "Oomnall, mac "Cai-Dg hUi bpiain, pi-oomna
TTluman, T>O mapba^ *oo ConnaccaiB. TTluipceprac hUa
bpiain -DO abail a pigi -oopi[]ipi 7 T>O riaccain, pluaije-o,
itLaimt> 7 1 m-bpe^aiC. "Dainliacc CCpDa-bpeca[i]n, co
n-a Ian *oo 7)Oinit5, T>O topca-D T>O pepait5 v TTluman 7 cealta
im'ba apcena 1 pepai!5-bpea. Cpeac mop ta "Caipp-oeal-
bac hUa Concobuip 7 la ConnaccaiC, co poaip^pec co
IxUimnnec (iT>on, d < Cuox-TT)uma[n] d ), co pucpac boppoma
Tuaipmi-oe 7 bpaic inroa. TDael-SecLainn hlla TDaet-
Seclamn, pi7>omna "Cempac, occipup epc.
c- id., t.h., A, B ; given in C. A ~ d id., t.h., B ; om., A, C.
A.D. 1115. * jvot/ac, A. The c is meaningless. 3 j and, prefixed, B.
'gufv'bo, B. o'n .tJ.i-D -oec KL. &naip. A; o jco. KL lanaip, B.
>>- b ti.iT).x.M.marica, A; .xu. Kle-TTlaficai, B. "id, th., A. ; om,
B.,; given in C.
[Chasm in A up to A.D. 1162.]
*o itl., th., MS. (B) ; given in C.
4 Donnchadh. He was deposed
and blinded in the proceeding year.
4 Were unjuttly slain. The phraso f
as here given, is applied to on
of the individuals in die Annul*
of Loch Ce(ndan.).
1115. 1 Dangerout illness Li.
terally, gory lying-down.
2 Murtagh, etc ; Mahon, etc.; Mur-
tagh^ete.; Afaolmai,etc. Given in C.
The entries here and elsewhere
found in C. and omitted in B may
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
93
royal heir of Cenel-Conaill (by the Cenel-Eogain) ; Muir-
certach Ua Lochlainn royal heir of Ailech, were unjustly
slain. 4
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 2nd of the moon, A.D.
1115. Very hard weather of frost and snow from the
15th of the Kalends of January [Dec. 18] to the 15th of
the Kalends of March [Feb. 15], or a little longer ; so
that it caused destruction of birds and cattle and people :
whereof grew great dearth throughout all Ireland and in
Leinster beyond every [place]. Diarmait Ua Briain, king
of Munster, was taken prisoner by Muircertach Ua Briain.
An attack was made by the sons of Aedh, son of
Ruaidhri, upon Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair, [that is,]
upon the king of Connacht (namely, in Ath-bo), so that
they injured him and dangerous illness 1 resulted to him.
A defeat [was inflicted] by Domnall Ua Briain and by
the Foreigners of Ath-cliath upon the Leinstermen,
wherein fell Donnchadh, grandson of Mail-na-mbo, king
of Ui-Ceinnselaigh .and Conchobur Ua Conchobuir, king
of Ui-Failghi, with their sons and a multitude besides
("and Murtagh 2 O'Teg, king of Ferlii, [was] killed").
Domnall, son of Tadhg Ua Briain, royal heir of Munster,
was killed by the Connachtmen. ("Mahon 2 Mac Maoilmaii,
King of O'Neachaii in Munster; Maoilsechlain O'Fogartai,
king of Eli [died]." )Muircertach Ua Briain took his king-
ship again 3 and went on a hosting into Leinster and into
Bregha. ("Murtagh 2 O'Ciarmaic, king of O'Hane ; O'Conor
Kyerry ; Donell [Mac?] MurchaO'Flainn; MacFlanchaa,
king of Muskrai, all killed." )The stone church of Ard-
Brecain, with its complement of people, was burned by
the Men of Munster and many churches besides in Fir-
Bregh. Great foray 4 by Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobuir and
have been contained in A. (See nicle of Momonian affairs, of which
textual note a, 1117 infra.) Most nothing is known at present,
of them relate to Munster, and of
these the Annals of Innisf all en pass 9 Took his kingdom again. See
over the greater part. It thus ^ e 8econ( i entry under the pre-
follows that there existed a chor- ceeding year.
[1114]
[1115]
94
CCNrlCClCC UlCCOll.
[b, r .
leal. 1an. un. p., 1. ac 111., CCnno "Domini TT1. c. x. m.
Ceatluc, coma|iba parpaic, pop. cuaific Connacc t>o'nT>
ayia cup, co cue a lancuaipc. CeaU--Da-lua co n-a
cempoll 7>o topca-fc. Copcac mop ffluman; j 1mlec-
iBaip; "Oaiprec TTlaet-1pu th bpolca[i]n ; j blo-5 "DO
bpmop; CCccro-mbo Camms ; Cluain-lpaip-o cpemarae
punr 1 . "Cec n-abbaf> moji CCii-oa-TTlacajCO picic b cai5i[C]
ime, T>O toycai) 1 u>puc Co|iaif na bticr&na fa.
TTla^na pe^lenna -pannf a-ohuc a|iTec | ilLeic TTlola,
ecefi Lai^nicu ~j TDunnriecu, co popafai^ ceatta j 7>ume
-j mcrca j co iweffln^cti-b 1 po Gfiinn 7 T)a|i muifi 7 co
X fw>la dfi iivna mere macraca. La'bmunn, mac "Oomnaitl,
hua fug CClban, T>O mapba-o -DO pe]iait5 TTlo|iiab. Dep-
bail, mgen 'Coififi-Delbaig hUi bfiiain, mopcua efr.
ICaL 1an. 11. -p., U, xx. 1111., CCnno "Oomim TTl. c. x. un.
Concobu]i hlla Caipilla[i]n TO maftbat) DopefiaiB-TTIanac.
hUa Cnaill, uapal-eppcop Connacc, m
iimiuir;.* TlDael-0|iice 1Tlac Rona[i]n,
comayiba Cenannpa, ~j an. mumncifii Cenannfa mie, -DO
mafibaf> T)o CCei blla Ruainc 7 *DO Ui[G]-0]iiuin 1 n-CCme
A.D. 1116. : |xaij, MS. a - a cTxeTnaca e^c, MS. b xx.ic, MS.
A.D. 1117. a T>oiimie|xunc, MS.; in Ctifupco oofimieTuinc, C. :
which proves that the " Owen " and "Conor " items were contained in A.
* Fvray. Made when O'Brien
was ahsent in Leinster.
1116. 1 Huyh, etc.; Congalach, etc.
Given in C.
1 The Oratory, etc.O Donovan
(F. M. ii., p. 1002) says it was at
Lismore. Dr. Reeves (Adamnan, p
406), with more caution, says it was
seemingly there. According to the
Annals of limitf alien, Ua Brolchain
died at Lismore. But, it is safe to infer
that he retired to that establishment to
prepare for his end; whilst the pre-
sent entry cannot be construed to
signify that he erected any building
in Lismore. The oratory, it is
most probable, was in Armagh ;
Mael-Isu having belonged to that
community.
3 Litalgy. Lit aigedhfort of the
guests, i. e., guest-house. " Gil-
kyaran" (devotee of [St.} Ciaran)
shows that it belonged to Clonmac-
noise. A similar establishment ex-
isted in Armagh (1003 = 4, 1016
supra.)
* Roavtai. Ruadh beith Red
birch.*' O'Donovan (F. M., ii. 1003)
strangely took rolddh a n-dr of
his text to signify that O'Brien
slaughtered the inhabitants of Roeve*
hagh(co. Gal way). The expression -
means that the Thomond invading :
forces were annihilated.
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 95
by the Connachtmen, so that they harried as far as [1115]
Limerick (namely, Thomond), until they took away
cattle-spoil innumerable and captives many. ("Maolmai 2
O'Ciardai, kingof Carbrei [was slain]." )Mael-Sechlainn
Ua Mael-Sechlainn, royal heir of Tara, was slain.
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 13th of the moon, A.U. [1116 Bis.]
1116. Ceallach, successor of Patrick, [went] upon circuit
of Connacht for the second turn, so that he took away his
full circuit [demand]. ("Hugh 1 O'Kinelvan, king of
Laoire ; Echry Lochan, King of Mallon ?, died." )Ceall
da-lua with its church was burned. Great Cork of
Munster ; and Imlech-ibhair ; the Oratory 2 of Mael-Isu
Ua Brolchain ; and part of Liamor ; Achadh-bo of [St.]
Cainnech; [and] Cluain-iraird were burned. The great
house of the abbots of Ard-Macha with twenty houses
around it was burned in the beginning of the Lent of this
year. Great famine-pestilence still rages in the Half of
Mogh, amongst both Leinstermen and Munstermen ; so
that it desolated churches and forts and districts and
spread throughout Ireland and over sea and caused destruc-
tion to an rinjconceivable degree. Ladhmunn, son of X
Domnall, grandson of ^Donnchadh] the king of Scotland,
was killed by the men of Moray. Derbail, daughter of
Toirrdelbach Ua Briain, died,
(" Congalach 1 Mac Gilkyaran, airchinnech of Lisaigy, 3 in
bona penitentia quievit. The slaughter of Roaveai 4 upon ti C 5 //t^
Diermad 'Bryan.")
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 24th of the moon, A.D.
1117. Conchobur Ua Cairillain was killed by the Fir-
Manach. ("Diermatt 1 Mac Enna, kingof Leinster, died in
Dublin. Owen Mac Echtiern, Coarb of [St.] Buti ; Conor
O'Follovan, Coarb of Clon-Iraird ;") Cathusach Ua Cnaill,
archbishop of Connacht, slept in Christ. Mael-Brighte
1117. l Diermatt, etc. Given in C.
The first item is found in the Annals
of Boyle, where, for died in Dublin,
the reading is : and of Ath-claith,
died (ad an.'). The F. M. have the
two other entries; taken, apparently,
from A.
ccwicclcc ulccoti.
"Oomnai Cfiuim-"Ouba[i]n. paciep "Domini ftipep.
paciencef haec b fcelepa, uc pefiDac T>e ceyifia memofiiam
eofium [Cf. Ps. xxxiii 17]. Car (n>on c , Car leca[i]n c )
oo -Denarii r>o bfiian, mac fflunxxroa 7-00 macaiC mic
Cacail hUi Concobaifi co Connacraib impu pfii Txnjifi-
beatbac, mac n-T)ian.mar;a 7 pf "Oat-Caif, co n.emai-6
pop, "Oal-Caif 7 co fiolar> a n-dp- CCp. CeniuiL-n -60501 n
na hlnnpi T>O cop. la Cenel-Conaill 7 main im-oai -DO
ruinm ann. Cacu]xtc hUa Cnaaill, uafal-eppcop Con-
nacc ; ptarm liUa Sculu, eppcop Cormefie ; TTlaet-TTlui|ie,
epfcop"Ouin-T)a-lec5taf ; ^lU-a-TTlocua TTIac Camcuajica,
ep^cop "Daimbacc; Ceallac hUa Colma[i]n, epfcop
Pejina; CCnmca-o htla CCnmcafa, eppcop CCp-oa-pefira
bfienaiiTo ; 1TluiiieTac hUa hBnlamge, epfcop Cluana-
perica bfienain-o ; TTlael|iuanai5 d blla Ciptica[i]n, com-
apba pobaip PTII fie ciana, omnep m CbinfT^-oofimiefiunc
TTlael-TTIui]ie hUa T)una[i]n, fui epfcoip 5 1 ^ e ^- 7
cenn cleip.ec n-Gpenn 7 muirie -oefice m -oomam, m
fepruagepmo fepnmo anno aecacif fuae, m nono*
anuafin, pelegionif f uae magnae opnmum
confum[m]auic.
]CaL 1an. 111. p., L u., CCnno "Domini 171. c. x. uin.
A.D. 1117. b om., MS. ; given in C. ^itL, t.h., MS. ; given in C.
d Owing to a stain, it is impossible to discern the mark of contraction =
015 ; but the reading here given is certain from C. e ~ f nonip KUxuix>ir,
MS. ; iV<m. Kal., C.
1 Mael-Brighte Mac Ronain. See
Reeves' Adamnan, p. 403.
* Friday. For Aine the F. M. read
aidhche (night). The Sunday of
Crom Duban was the last of Summer,
according to O'Flaherty, who adds
that it was BO called to commemo-
rate the destruction of the idol
Cenn- (Crom-) cruaich by St.Patrick
as narrated in the Second Part of the
Tripartite. In hujus vero mem-
orabilia idoloraachiae memoriam
arbitrorDominicamproziraam ante
Kal. Aug. solenni ritu per Hiber-
niam dedicatani, quam vulgo Dum-
nach Cromduibh, i. e., Dominicam
Crom Nigri nuncupant; nigri sc.
ob horrendum et deformem visibilia
spectri speciem : alii rectius in
victoria gratiam Dominicam S.
Patricii nominant (Oyygia, Pars
III., c. uij. p. lt'8-9).
But for all this he gives no autho-
rity. " Colgan (Tr. Th. p. 508), in
translating the text of the Foot
Masters, fell in to a ludicrous error by
making that day the festival of St,
Cromdubh. But there was no such
saint ' (Lanigan, E. H, iv. 56).
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
97
Mac Ronain, 2 superior of Cenannus and slaughter of the
Community of Cenannus [took place] along with him
was killed by Aedh Ua Ruairc and by the Ui-Briuin on
the Friday 3 before the Sunday of Crom-duban. The
countenance 4 of the Lord is against those who do these
evil things, to cut off the remembrance of them from the
earth [Of. Ps. xxxiii. 17]. A battle (namely, the battle
of Lecan) was fought by Brian, son of Murchadh and by
the grandsons of Cathal Ua Conchobair and the Connacht-
men along with them against Tairrdelbach, son of Diarmait
and against the Dal-Cais, so that defeat was inflicted upon
the Dal^Cais an d slaughter of them ensued. Slaughter of tb e
Cenel-Eogain of the Island was inflicted by the Cenel- Con aill
and many nobles fell there. Cathusach 5 Ua Cnaill, arch-
bishop of Connacht ; Flann Ua Sculu, bishop of Connere ;
Mael-Muire, bishop of Dun-da-lethglas ; Gilla-Mochua
Mac Camchuarta, bishop of Daimliacc ; Ceallach Ua Col^
main, bishop of Ferna ; Anmchadh Ua Anmchadha, bishop
of Ard-ferta of [St.] Brenann ; Muiredhach Ua hEnlainge,
bishop of Cluain-ferta of [St.] Brenann ; Maelruanaigh Ua
Ciflichain, successor [of St. Fechin] of Fobar for a long
time, all slept in Christ. Mael-Muire Ua Dunain, learned
bishop of the Goidhil and head of the clergy of Ireland
^ and steward of the almsdeeds of the world, consummated
the most excellent course of his great religious life in the
77th year of his age, on the 9th of the Kalends of January
[Dec. 24].
("Mael-Muire 6 O'Dunan, archbishop of Munster,
quievit. The battle of Lettracs [Lettracha-Odhrain].")
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 5th of the moon, A.D. 1118. [1118]
4 The countenance, etc The Vul-
gate is : Vultus autem Domini super
facientes mala, ut perdal de terra
memoriam e jrum.
6 Cathusach A repetition of an
obit in the second entry under this
year.
6 Mael-Muire, etc. Given in C.
Taken, doubtless, from the Annals of
Boyle.
98
cctiNcclcc ulcroti.
B 48d
taiDgnen hlla ThnbDapa, pi pep-TYlanac, T>O mapba-6
-DO tlif>-pi|acpac 7 D'pepaiB na CpxntSe. "Oiapmaic
hUa bpiain, pi TTluman 7 Leici TT)o;a apceana,
mopcuup efc 1 Copcaig mop TTluman, lap, n-on^oD 7
aifyi&i. TTlepp cer? n-unja DO aiDmiB aipppinn Ceallaig,
comapba pacpaic, DobaDuft 1 n-"0aball7 biDga-b Dopem.
Paj'chalip, comapba pecaip, feyiuuf ixele^iofiif cum
Tutexione "Dei ec pfioocimi, a-o ChfUfcum mijfiauir:.
TTla|iia, mgen TTlait-Coluim, ingen |\1 CClban, ben fii&
8axan, mop.ru a epc. Sloped) la "Caipp-oelbac MJa
ConcoBaip, la pi Connacc 7 la TT) tipcat btJa TDael-
Seclainn, pi "Cempac, imailli -ppip 7 la bCCe-o liUa
Huaipc ipin TTlumain, conpocra-oup ^-enn-TYl a?;aip 7 co
txipi) "Oep-TTlumain DO TTlac Cappcai^ 7 'Cuar-TTlumain
DO macaiC "DiapmaDa 7 co cue a n-j;iallu DiblinaiC.
Slo^ai) aile b leip cobCCc-cliac, co cue mac pi "Cbempac
boi illaim ^all 7 pallu ^all jxroein 7 giallu Lai^en 7
. 8cel
iT>on,
co
aile b a
CopaD-
na
mop i 8leib-6l|5a,
ilcacpaca 7 dp n-T>ome innT7it5.
n-6pinn : iDon, muipmicon DO |abail
Lipapslmn 1 n-OppaipC 7 apaile ic
TflaiDm Cmn-Daipe poptJiB-Gcac UlaD pia TTIupcaD hlla
RuoDaca[i]n, co polar* a n-dp. RuaiDpi bUa Concobuip,
A.D. 1118. .c., MS. b .11., MS.
1118. 1 Himself was endangered.
Literally, fright (happened) to him-
self. The carrying of so much
church plate shows that Cellach
was engaged on a visitation of the
diocese.
a Paschalis. Died Jan. 2, 1118.
8 Maria Married in Westminster,
1100; died and was buried there
this year, according to the Anglo
Saxon Chronicle.
Bryan, etc. ; Donell, etc. Given
in C. ; also in the Annals of Innis-
fallen and the Four Masters.
8 Earthquake At 111 T.theAnglo-
Saxon Chronicle states that an earth-
quake occurred in Lombardy on the
Octave of St. John the Evangelist
(Jan. 3). As the next preceding
event of the same chronicle is said
to have taken place on the 17th of
the Kalends of January (Dec. 17),
the entry in question probably be-
longs (as in the test) to 1113
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
99
Laidhgnen Ua Duibdara, king of Fir-Manach, was killed [1118]
by the Ui-Fiachrach and by the Men of Craibh. Diarmait
Ua Briain, king of Munster and of the Half of Mogh
besides, died in great Cork of Munster after unction and
penance. The value of one hundred ounces of the Mass-
requisites of Cellach, successor of Patrick, was drowned in
the Daball and himself l was in danger. Paschalis, 2 suc-
cessor of Peter, a religious servant with love of God and of
the neighbour, passed to Christ. Maria, 3 daughter of Mael-
Coluim, [i.e.] daughter of the king of Scotland, wife of
[Henry] the king of the Saxons, died. (" Bryan 4 Mac
Murough O'Bryan, heyr of Munster, killed by Teig Mac
Carthai and by Desmond." )A hosting by Tairrdelbach
Ua Concobhair [that is], by the king of Connacht and
by Murchadh Ua Mael-Sechlainn, king of Tara, along
with him and by Aed Ua Ruairc into Munster, until they
reached Glenn-Maghair and he gave Desmond to Mac
Carthaigh and Thomond to the sons of Diarmait [Ua Briain]
and took their pledges from them both. Another hosting
by him to Ath-cliath, so that he took away the son of the
king of Tara, who was in custody of the Foreigners and
the pledges of the Foreigners themselves and the pledges
of Leinster and of Ossory. A wonderful tale the pilgrims
tell : namely, a great earthquake 6 at Mount-Elpha shook
many cities and killed many persons therein. Another
wonderful tale in Ireland : a mermaid was taken by fisher-
men of the Weir 6 of Lisarglinn, in Ossory and another at
Port-Lairge. ("Donell 4 Mac Roary O'Conor, heyre of
Connaght, died." )The defeat of Cenn-daire [was inflicted]
upon the Ui-Echach of Ulidia by Murchadh Ua Euadha-
cain, so that slaughter of them was inflicted. Ruaidhri
Ua Conchobuir, king of Connacht for a long time, died [in
6 Of the Weir, etc O'Conor's tran-
script and translation are perhaps
worth quotation : cor adh Us ar glinn
in Osraighibh, ocus ar aile ic Puirt-
lairge cujus longitude talis, ut ex-
tremitas una esset in Ossoria, altera
Waterfordiae (quae Surio distermina-
bantur) !
100
CCWNXlCC UlCCDtl.
pi Connacc ppi pe ciana, TX> 6c ITIT> C ailipi c ipn c-
tliaoain picec d iap n-a oallufc.
]CaU 1an. 1111. p., t. x ui., CCnno "Domini m.c. x. ix.
Cenn-cojurfc t>o pcaite-o "DO ConnaccaiB- TTluipcepcac
hUa Opiain^pi Gpenn 7 cuip opTxnn 7 aipecaip iapaip
in -Domain, lap m^Huai-fe pip 7 aipii 1 peil fnocoerii6[i]c
Leic 7 i* repir* IT> TTlapca, m quinca pepm, m
ocraua Luna, mopcu[u]f epc. Cu-coLlcaiUe hUa
La[i]n, an.7>ollarii Gpenn ap "ban 7 ap -oeipc, ap ainec, ap
coinT>epcle coiccinn ppi qauau 7 cpiunu, -DO mapba'S TK)
Pepaitl-Luips 7 TX> "Chuaic-Hara cum pua uxope ec
B 49a 7>uobup ptiip | fanp bomp ec cum cpiginca qumque
ati[i]f , ecep niumncip 7 oege'Bu, m una T>omu, hi Sacupn
TTlincapc 7 hi peil Oeca[i]n, maic Cula. Ruaifpi hlla
Tx>mpaip, aipcinnec [ph]arna-mope, quieuic. plaic-
bepcac hUa LaiT>5nen, pi pepn-muii ppi pe, -DO ec.
pepail 1nnp Loca-Cpe, i^enoip aipmitme
"Oe,aT)Chpipcum rmspauic. ConcobuphUa
c A later hand wrote in perigrinatione (the Latin equivalent) overhead.
d xx., MS.
A.D. 1119. M i.m., MS. ; "6 Ides" (10 Martii was written on the
margin by another hand), C.
7 26 tA year See 1092, supra.
The bracketed words are from the
C. translation.
1119. 1 The 3rd. This is a typical
instance, showing the value of the
ferial and lunation. The Domini-
cal Letter was E and the Golden
Number XVIII . March 1 of the
text would accordingly be Monday,
moon 25. On the other hand,
Thursday, moon 25, are a double
proof that the date was March 13.
Consequently, the scribe, by the
most frequently recurring of all
errors, mistook u. for ., thereby
changing 3 (m.) into 6 (i'.).
From C. it may be inferred that
ui. was likewise the reading of A.
The Four Masters followed the
wi. of the MS. and omitted, as
in most of the similar instances,
the week-day and lunation. Where-
upon, O'Donovan corrects girth Into
fourth, noting that O'Clery's Irish
Calendar gives March 12 as the feaat
of Mochoemoc. This is, however, a
mistake. All the native authorities,
including O'Clery's Marytrology of
Donegal, assign the festival to the
13th. The same error of sixth for
third occurs in the Annals of Loch Ce
(ad an.)
s Donell, etc. ; Hugh, tie. Given
in C. ; also in F. M-
* Bot h. Literally, between.
* Little Eatter. Low Sunday.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
101
Clon-Mac-Nois] in pilgrimage, in the 26th year 7 after
his blinding.
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 16th of the moon, A.D.
1119. Cenn-coradh was razed by the Connachtmen.
Muircertach Ua Briain, king of Ireland and tower of the
splendour and principality of the West of the world, died,
after victory of kingship and penance, on the feast of
Mochoemoc of Liath and on the 3rd l of the Ides [13th]
of March, on the 5th feria, on the 28th of the moon.
('-' Donell 2 O'Hadeth, king of O'Neachay, killed by Echry
Mac Laithvertay O'Hadith, king of O'Neachai after." ) Cu-
collchaille Ua Baighellain, arch-ollam of Ireland for science
and for almsdeeds, for hospitality, for general benevolence
towards weak and strong, was killed by the men of Lurg and
and by Tuath-Ratha, with his wife and two very good sons
and with thirty-five others, both 3 domestics and guests, in
the same house, on the Saturday of Little Easter 4 [April
5] and on the feast of [St.] Becan, son of Cula. 5 Ruaidhri
Ua Tomrair, herenagh of [F]athan-mor, rested. Flaith-
bertach Ua Laidhgnen, king of Fern-magh for a [long]
time, died. (" Hugh 2 Mac Branan's sonn, king of East
Leinster, killed. Donagh Mac Gillpatrick's sonn, heyr of
Ossory, killed by Ossorij themselves." ) Ferghail 6 of the
Island of Loch-Cre, venerable religious counsellor, soldier
select of God, passed to Christ. Conchobur Ua Gailm-
[1118]
6 Becan, Son of Cula. According
to the gloss in the L. B. Calendar
of Oengus, he was patron of Im-
lech-fia (near Kells, co. Meath).
Cula, the Martyrology of Tallaght
states (L. L. p. 358d), was the
name of his mother.
6 Ferghail. The Annals of Innis-
falkn give the obit under the year
1120 ; which, more probably, is the
correct date.
The Ruaidhri item is placed
immediately before " this in C. ,
which omits the two final entries.
7 Three Innocent Children. The
week-day and moon's age are correct;
but I have not found the feast in
native authorities. According to the
Annals of Inniffallen, Niall -was killed
in the year following. But, the data
here given are too precise and too
much in accord to be erroneous.
102
ocwiotcc ulcroti.
cotfiuc Cenitnl-TTIoeoin, -DO mafibcrb -oo [U]ib-T)ut)T>ai 7
oo Ctainn [phllaicbenraig. Niall, mac "Oomnaill lillt
Loclamn, ni-oomna CCili 7 Sfienn 7tecjia Gpenn afiqiuc
7 an, ceill, an, amec 7 an, enpia, TJO ruinm la Cenel-
TDoen, ipin occma^ b bliai>ain picec b a aifi, 1 Luan 7 1 n-
oecmai) [tiara^ efcai] 7 1 -peit na rpi mac n-ennac, in
oecimo* occauo d Icalen-oap lanuafin.
1an- u. p., 1. [axK.un., a ] CCnno "Domini TT1. c. acx.
la "Oomnatl htla Loclamn 1 poiyii'Sin TTluficffDa
hlli TT^ael-Seclamn co hCCc-luam, 1 n-ai^ro Connacc, co
cafiac "Coipp-oelbac tiUa Concobui|i byiegfi-b umpo.
TYlai-om TTlacai|ii Cbille-mo^e hlla Mialla[i]n fiiaT^a?;-
nall, mac TTlic Riabai, -pofi Uib-6acac, co jioUr& a n-d]i.
Concobup, mac plan-oaca[i]n, mic *T)uinncua[i]n, roifec
-bi|in, T>O um 1 8leib-[J?h]uaic TK) [Ujib-
7 a ec T>e. Ceallac, comafiba paqunc, -pofi
ctiai]ic TTluman, co cue a osjieifi 7 co -paiagaiB bennaccam.
Ofianan, mac ^illa-Cfiifc, jai Cojico-CCclann, TK) ec.
Gcmaficac THac Ui^yiem, coifec Chemuil-pefia^ai, TX>
T>O
1an. uii. p., U ix., CCnno T)ommi 171. c. xx. i.
T)omnall, mac CCfi7>5aip. TTlic Loclamn, affOfii Gfienn,
T>efif cairec ^oei'oel afi cpuc 7 cenel, an, ceill 7 jaifce'D,
an, fx)ntif 7 fobayicam, an. rn>nacal feoic 7 bi'B, DO ec a
Colmm-cille, ifm ocrma^ a bba-Bam
f ui, ipn cn,ep b bliaTa>n imofifio feccmogar:
b - b .0111. bliaftain. xix.MS. .x.mcro, MS. d ^ oecima| > occcraa|', MS.
A.D. 1120. Lelt blank in MS.
A.D.112I. ** .0111. blierocnn .ocxx., MS. b ' b .111. blicrocnn imop,|io.lix.,
M9. ; " 76th yeare," C. (taking in. to be M.)
1120. * False peace. One which
events proved he did not intend to
observe.
'Circuit. The Annals of Innis-
fnllen state that this was part of a
visitation of all Ireland made by
Cellacb, The second part of the
entry is rendered in C. : "was there
much reverenced, that they de-
served his benediction " !
1121. * The 4th. The F. M. copy
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 103
redhaigh, chief of Cenel-Moain, was killed by the [1119]
Ui-Dubhdai and by the Clann-[Fh]laithbertaigh.
Mall, son of Domnall Ua Lochlainn, royal heir of
Ailech and of Ireland and paragon of Ireland for
form and for sense, for generosity and for erudition,
fell by the Cenel-Moain, in the 28th year of his age, on
Monday and on the 10th [of the moon] and on the feast
of th.e Three Innocent Children, 6 the 18th of the Kalends
of January [Dec. 15].
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 27th of the moon, A.D. [1120 Bis.]
1120. A hosting by Domnall Ua Lochlainn, in aid of Mur-
chadh Ua Mael-Sechlainn, to Ath-luain against Connacht,
so that Toirrdelbach Ua Conchobuir gave a false peace l in
regard to them. The defeat of the Plain of Cell-mor of Ui-
Niallain [was inflicted] by Raghnall, son of Mac Riabaigh,
upon the Ui-Eachach, so that their slaughter ensued.
Conchobur, son of Flandacan, son of Donnchuan, chief of
Muinnter-Birn, was wounded at Slaibh-[Fh]uait by the
Ui-Cremhtaind and he died thereof. Cellach, successor of
Patrick, [went] upon circuit 2 of Munster, so that he took
away his full demand and left a benediction. Branan, sou
of Gilla-Crist, king of Corco-Achlann, died. Echmarchach
Mac Uidhrein, chief of Cenel-Feradhaigh, was killed by
the Fir-Manach.
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 9th of the moon, A.D. ril211
1121. Domnall, son of Ardghar Mac Lochlainn, archking
of Ireland, the [most] distinguished of the Goedhil for
form and for birth, for sense and for prowess, for happi-
ness and prosperity, for bestowal of treasure and of food,
died in Daire of Colum-cille, in the 38th year of his reign
and in, the 73rd year of his age and on the night of
Wednesday and on the 4th l [recte, 5th] of the Ides [10th,
the mistake of the MS., omitting, as I whereby the error could be readily
elsewhere, the moon's age, the means ' rectified.
104
rniuoclcc uloroh.
B 49b f uae 7 i n-ai-oce Cecaine 7 1 quapr | 1i> pebfie 7 i
n-occmcr5 d -oec [epcai] 7 1 peil Tnocuap6[i]c ITVO ecnai.
Cu-TTlaip, mac "Oeopaift bill pilaiiro, pi "Oeplaip, TX>
b<r5tii) iltoc-Gcac, lap n-gabail 1rmpi-"0apcapcpenn
o'UiTJ-ecac, T>U 1 copcaip coicejv ap cefcopcaitf. 75
eppcoip-Gogain htla CCn < oiapai'&, pi Cianacca, t>o mapbaft
oia bpapit> pop tap peilgi benncaip. 8lua|a^ la
Taipp'oelbac hlla Concobuip 7 la CoiceV Con[n]acc 1 n-
"Oep-TTluTnain, co poinnpefecap o ret TTlal-peiTnin co
'Cpaig-Li, ecep cuara 7 cealla, I'Don.feccrnosa 11 ceall, uel
paulo plup. Cpeacplua^a^ la 'Caipp'oelbac htla Conco-
baip t5ep 1 n-"Oep-TTHimain, co poacc 'Cepmonn Li^nnoip
7 co copaii) bopoma T)iaprne 7 co -papgaib TTluipertac blla
"Plaicbeptai^, pi lapraip Con[n]acc, 7 CCeT> bUa n-
pi blla-pacpac. Cloiccec "Celca-lnnmumn 1 n-
.aame.MS. d .tun., MS. c e
MS.
ayx .xt, MS. '.ti.e-o, MS.
2 Mochuaroe of the Wisdom. He is
thus designated in the Calendar of
Oengus also. Mochuaroe signifies my
little (literally, young) Cuar. In a
Wurzburg Latin MS. of the 8th
century in Irish character, he is
said to have committed to writing,
lest it should lapse from memory,
a Paschal Coniputus which his
master, Mosinu (or Sillan, third
abbot of Bangor: ob. 609=610,
supra), had learned by rote from an
erudite Greek (Schepss : Die aeltesien
Evangelienhandschri/ten der Wiirt-
burger Univertitdtibibliolhek, p.
27). The introduction of the Decem-
novennal Cycle into his monastery
would thus account for the epithet
" of the Wisdom."
Another appellation of affection is
Cuaran (little Cuar), under which
title he is patron of Kilcoran (Cell
Cuarain, Church of Cuaran
perierunt etiam ruinae), about
a mile west of Yonghal. He
is locally remembered in a native
couplet as Cuaran of the None. The
reason is given in a bilingual and
paitially corrupt gloss in the L. B.
Calendar of Oongns. 7* ait e atberar
1 Moehnaroe na Nona ' frisi, ar is e
touech rodelig ctilebrad Non* : quia
cum media vel ora [pro vel ora Itge
Hora] apud antique* celebra\bd\tur
" It is for this Moehvaroc of
the None is applied (lit. said) to him,
because he is the first that separated
the celebration of None : for by the
ancient [monks] it used to be cele-
brated along with the Middle (Cano-
nical) Hour [Sext]."
This is explained by the Rule of the
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
105
recte, 9th] of February and on the 18th [of the moon] and on
the feast of [St.] Mochuaroc of the Wisdom. 2 Cu-Maighi }
son of Deoradh Ua Flainn, king of Derlas, was drowned *
in Loch-Echach, after Inis-Darcarcrenn had been taken
from 4 him by the Ui-Echach, wherein fell five and forty
persons. Gilla-Epscoip-Eogain 5 Ua Andiaraidh, king of
Ciannachta, was killed by his own kinsmen in the centre
of the cemetery of Bennchar. A hosting by Tairrdelbach
Ua -Conchobuir and by the Fifth of Connacht into
Desmond, so that they laid waste from Magh-Feimen
to- Tragh-Li, both lands and churches, namely, seventy
churches, or a little more. A foray-hosting by Tairrdel-
bach Ua Conchobair and by the Fifth of Connacht again
into Desmond, until he reached the Termon of Lis-mor
and obtained cattle-spoil innumerable and he lost 6 Muire-
dach Ua Flaithbertaigh, king of the West of Connacht
and Aedh Ua Eidhin, king of Ui-Fiachrach. The
steeple [/if., bell-house] of Telach-Innmuinn in Ossory
[1121]
X
38 Abbots : A prima hora usque ad
horam tertiam Deo vacent fratres ; a
tertia vero usque ad nonam quidquid
iniunctum fuerit . . - fadant
(Cap. x.). Sext was thus deferred
from the sixth hour (12 noon) until
the ninth (3 p.m.) and joined to
None. In the Benedictine Rule, this
deviation was followed from Sep. 15
to Lent: Hot a secunda agatur Tertia
et usque ad Nonam omnes in opus
suum laborent. The change effected
by St. Cuaran consisted in replacing
the celebration of Sext at the proper
Canonical hour, thus leaving None to
be recited separately.
Colgan (AA. SS. p. 302) gives the
purport of the L. B. gloss as follows :
Vocatur Mochuarocus de Nona, ideo
quod sit primus qui curamt celebra-
tionem Missae fieri seorsim, quia
cum media Nona apud antiques cele-
brabatur. This is typical of Colgan's
work of the kind. The original,
needless to say, makes no mention of
Mass; cum media Nona is meaning-
less ; whilst the ancient monks cele-
brated Mass after Prime, Tierce, Sext
and None respectively, according to
the different seasons of the liturgical
year.
3 Drowned. The Annals of Innis-
fallen add lhat the act was done by
himself. .
4 From. Literally, upon. W*
5 Gilla-Epscoip-Eogain Devotee
of Bishop Eugene (founder of Ard
sratha, Ard-straw, co. Tyrone).
6 Lost. Literally, left (dead) on
the battle-field.
H
106
OCIlNCClCC UlCCOtl.
b 49c
DO T>luii TK) caificeinei) : cloc T>O fjgeinm ap, co nomafio'
macleisini) ipn cill. 8amual hlla CCngli, eppcop CCca-
cliac, in pace qineinr. Ceallac, comafiba paqaaic, "DO
jaBail epfcopoici CCra-cliac a rx>^a 5 a ^ 7 5 aei<De k "Oa
fn,eic "Cpin-TTIhafatiln, o T>o|Uif Rara co cfioif m-buigce,
DO lofca^. CCrac 50161 ooriactam inNon "Oecimbi|i, co
fiola a benncopop, TX> cloiccitic CCijvD-ttlaca7 co n-T)efina
mop po Gjiinn tnle.
(Cat. 1an. 1. p., 1., axe., CCnno *0ommi TTl. e c. axe. 11.
hlla Ruaipc, ni Conmaicne, -DO cuicim la Penu TTlvoe
ic bpeic cfieice uariC. Scnm Cbolmain, mic Luacam,
o'posCail 1 n-ailai*D Lainne, peyicubar; 1 calriiain, "Oia-
Cecain* in bfiai. Sluaige-o la "Caipyi^elbac bUa Con-
cobuip co Loc-8ailec i TDi-De, co rdinig TTlac TT)tifuiaT>a,
fii Laigen 7 ^all, 1 n-a cec. TTlo|i, mgen "Oomnaill bUi
Loctainn, ben / Ca[i]f\|i p Deatbai5 bUi Concobuip, T>O ec.
Cnec mo|i la Concobufi bUa Loclainn, 7 la Cenel n-
Oogain, co |\an5aT>u|i Cill-|iuai'5 1 n-UllcaiC, co cucf a-oun,
bofioma oiafiriii'oe. TTIael-Colinm bUa bpolca[i]n,
eppcop CCi|iT)-Tinaca, T>O ec i n-a ailicpi | i n-
"Oaipe po buai-5 mapcnxi 7 haicfiisi. CCe^ hUa
oifec na bfieT>ca 7cenn
Ofienn 7 "Oomnall, a bfiacaip,, moficui
A.D. 1122. T)ia .c.ain, MS.
7 Samuel Ua Angli. See Laiiigan,
E. H. iii. 12, sq.
8 Ceallach, etc. See Lanigau,
E. II. iii. 45-6.
9 Two streets. C. gives Datreith,
taking the two native words as one,
signifying the propername of a
place.
10 Door oj the Close " The mote
doore," C.
u Pinnacle-cover. "Brasen topp,"
C.
12 And caused, etc. " And maine
prodigies were shewn over all Ire-
land " ! C.
1122. 1 A man 1 1 grave [deep] in earth.
" A cubite deep in the ground," C.
The original expression occurs in
the Featt of Brier iu (L. U. 103a,
lines 15-6 ; 108b, lines 28-9). The
meaning is shown in the Book of
Armagh (fol. 8c) : Et dixit [angelus]
ei : Aie relifjuiae a terra rcducvn-
tur[-antur] corpora tui et cubitus
de terra super corpus fiat. Quod . .
factum . . demonstratum est;
qnia . . . fodientes humum antropi
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 107
was split by a thunderbolt : a stone leaped thereout, so [1121]
that it killed a student in the church. Samuel TJa Angli, 7
bishop of Ath-cliath, rested in peace. Ceallach, 8 successor
of Patrick, took the episcopacy of Ath-cliath by choice
of the Foreigners and of the Gaidhil. Two streets 9 of
Masan-Third, from the door of the Close 10 to the Cross of
[St.] Brigit, were burned. A gust of wind came on the
Nones [5th] of December, so that it took off the pinnacle-
cover 11 of the steeple [lit., bell-house] of Ard-Hacha and
caused 12 great destruction of woods throughout all Ireland.
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 20th of the moon, A.D. [1122]
1122. Aedh Ua Ruairc, king of Conmaicni, fell by the Men
of Meath, in carrying off spoil from them. The Shrine
of [St.] Colman, son of Luachan, was found in the tomb
of Lann, a man's grave [deep] in earth, 1 the Wednesday ,
of the Betrayal 2 [March 22]. A hosting by Tairrdelbach
Ua Conchobuir to Loch-Sailech in Meath, so that Mac
Murchadha, king of Leinster and of the Foreigners, came
into his house. Mor, daughter of Domnall TJa Lochlainn,
wife of Tairrdealbhach Ua Conchobuir, died. Great foray
by Conchobur Ua Lochlainn and by the Cenel-Eogain,
until they reached Cell-ruadh in Ulidia, so that they took
away countless cattle-spoil. Mael-Coluim Ua Brolchain,
[suffragan] bishop of Ard-Macha, died on his pilgrimage
in the Hermitage 3 of Daire, with victory of suffering and
of penance. Aedh Ua Duibdirma, chief of the Bredach
and head of the hospitality of the North of Ireland and
Domnall, his brother, died.
[&i>6poirQt] ignem a sepulchre inrum-
pere viderunt.
For St. Colman, of Lynally,
King's County, see Vol. I., p. 87 ;
O'Donovan, Four Masters, L, p.
235-6 ; Adamnan, i. 5, ii. 16 and the
notes thereon.
2 The Wednesday of the Betrayal.
" The Wednesday before Easter,"
C. This is correct.
3 Hermitage. See Adamnan, p.
366. As Cellach was a real arch-
bishop, O'Brolchain was enabled to
retire to Derry.
H2
f-*
108
CCtltlGClGC tllCCDtl.
"(Cat 1an. n. p. ,1. i., CCnno T)omim m. c- xx in. gail-
enga TJO gabail cigi 1 n-"0uimliac Cianna[i]n pop.
TTIupca-o blla ITlaet-Seclainn, pop pi| 'Cempac, co polo-
ipcpec m rec 7 occmoa* rai^i ime 7 co pomapbpac
pocan>i -oia muinncep. "Gepnai imoppo ID upca-o, TX>
giniuc Ciannafc|n , ceil mapba-o, cen lopca-o. CCmmup
anairniT; T>O rabaipc pop Comapba CCilbe (iT>on, b TTlaet-
rnopT>a, mac TDic Clorna b ) : n>on, cec T>o|;abail paippop
lap Imleca pem 7 pop mac Cepbaill bill Ciapmaic
(iT>on, c pi CCine c ), co pomapbat* moppepep* 1 am>. "Cep-
tiacup imoppo na Doene main app, rpia par CCilCe 7
na becailpi. Roloipce-o imoppo aim bepnan CCilCe.
Romapbar> imoppo pia CIITO mip mci pogaC m rec, iT>on,
m plla caec bUa Ciapmaic 7 "oeocam eipi-oe iap n-
ammmu|;uf> 7 po beanax* a cenn 7>e i papugu-o CCilCe 7
in Coim^el- Oen?;tipblla ^opma^Jn.comapba ComgaiU,
DO ec 1 ii-aibrpi ituftnop TTlocucu. plann blla "OuiC-
innpi, aipcmnec Ltimai ; Cu-Caipil blla Cepbaill, pi
pepn-muip ; TDael-TTlinpe bUa C6nT)uM[i]n, aipcmnec
"Oaipe-Luf>pam ; T)onnpleit5e TYlac Caralafijn, ponup 7
A.D 1123. a uiii.mo5a, MS- ^iU., t. h., MS.; given in C., with
omission of Mic-Mac. ec itl., t. h^ MS- ; given in C. d mop..nt., MS.
1123. 1 Eighty houses " Eight of
his household servants " ! C.
TLe reading in B affords a natu-
ral explanation of this apparently
inexplicable error. The translator
took ttii.mogha to be two words
(uiii.=ocht eight ; mogha, pi. of
moffh servant) and taighi to be
gen. aing. of techhtiuif. Whence
" eight [of his] household ser-
vants."
^Attack. Not mentioned, strange
to say, in the Annals of Inmtf alien.
8 Succftsor of [St.] Ailbe. Bishop
of Emly, co. Tipperary.
4 Seven. Literally, great rix.
8 Gapped [Bell] Erroneously
rendered mitre in C. For the Btr-
nan Ailbhe, see Petrie'a Hound
Towers, p. 335-6.
8 Cilla-caech. Purblind gillie.
The soubriquet supplies a probable
motive for the outrage. Owing to
the visual defect, the bishop had
refused to confer the Order of
priesthood. Thereby Ua Ciannhaic
(O'Kirby) was effectually debarred
from the preferment which lay
open to him as a member of the
reigning family.
ANNALS OF ULSTEK.
109
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 1st of the moon, A.D. 1123. [1123]
The Gailenga captured a house in Daimliac of [St.]
Ciannan upon Murchadh Ua Mael-Sechlainn, king of Tara,
so that they burned the house and eighty houses 1 around
it and killed a number of his people. Murchadh, how-
ever, escaped by protection of [St.] Ciannan, without being
killed or burned. An unprecedented attack 2 was made
upon the successor of [St.] Ailbe 3 (namely, Mael-Mordha,
'son of Mac Clothna) : to wit, a house was seized upon him
and upon the son of Cerball Ua Ciarmhaic (that is, the
king of Aine), in the centre of Imlech itself, so that
seven 4 were killed therein. Howbeit, the noble persons
escaped therefrom, through favour of [St.] Ailbe and of the
church. There was likewise burned the Gapped [Bell] 5
of [St.] Ailbe. Now, he who seized the house was killed
before the end of a novena, namely, the Gilla-caech 5 Ua
Ciarmhaic and the same person was a deacon 6 by pro-
fession 7 and his head was cut off, because of 8 the profana-
tion of [St.] Ailbe and of the Lord. Oenghus Ua Germain,
successor of -[St.] Comgall of Bangor, died in pilgrimage
in Lis-mor of [St.] Mochutu. Flann 9 Ua Duibhinnsi,
herenagh of Lughmagh ; Cu-Caisil CTa Cerbaill, king of
Fernmagh ; Mael-Muire Ua Condubhain, herenagh of
Daire-Lubrain ; Donnsleibhe Mac Cathalain, the pros-
perity and happiness of all Ulidia, died. Donnchadh Mac
7 By profession. Literally, accord-
ing to nomination.
8 Because of. Literally, in. The
offence was homicide (punishable
by death), according to Canon
xxxi. of the First Patrician Synod :
Si quis conduxerit e duobus clericis,
quos discordare convenit per dis-
cordiam aliquam, prolatum uni e
duobus hostem ad interficiendum,
homicidam congruum est nomi-
nari : qui clericus ab omnibus
rectis [recte] habeatur alienus.
This enactment was incorporated
into the Collectio Canonum Hiber-
nensis (x. De multimodis causis
clericorum : 23).
9 Flann, etc. Of the four names in
this entry, the last alone is given in
the Annals of Loch Ce. But the com-
piler placed after it the mortui aunt
of the Ulster Annals.
110
OCNNCClCC UlCCDtl.
poBapcu llla-6 uile.mopmi punc. "Oonnca-blTlac 5ill[a]-
Patpaic pucr5, pi Oppaip, a puip occipupepc Conaluc
hUa [phjlaicbeptaig, pn>omna CCili^., occipup epc.
1 an. in. p., Lac.n., CCnno T)omini TT1 . c. aac. 1111.
x>ppinT>, mac t^upcaill, ppitf)Oig6ige^n[y] gall n-Openn,
pubica mopce pepuc. "Ca-og, mac~ ITlic Caiaficai|, yii
"Oeap-TTluTnam[-aii], m pemcenaa mo|icuuf efc. bi^a^
mofi "DO ^.15 "Cemfiac "Oia-*0omnai5 Capc[aJ : iT)on, a ec
Capca DO cuicirq pai[i 7 fOfi a ce^lac. Luimnec -DO
lofca^ uile, accma'5 beac. CClaxatToaiji, mac IDael-
Choluim, jii ttLban, m bona penicenna moficuup epc.
$ei U T)ef-niuman -DO mapba^ la Txiififvoelbac hUa
B 49d Concobaifi : | iT>on, TTlael-8eclainn, mac Cojimaic, mic
|F|ic Capiirai^, pi Caipl 7 lilla Ciapmeic a hCCne 7 hUa
Cobrai5T)o [U]ib-Cuanac-Cnamcaille. CCji-Djaia, mac mic
CCera hUi ITlael-Seclainn, jii-Domna CCibg, Domajiba'ola
v ITIumncefi "Oaipe 1 n-ainec Coluim-cilte.
/ * ~ i
]CaL 1an. u. p., L axe. 111., CCnno "Domini TT). c. xx. u.
Cfumc 17> lanaip imoiifio pop Oen--oiT)en 7 ppim [uaraT)
epcai] puippi. Ocuf ip mnci ruap^ba^ a bum^e -Di-oen
pop 111 T>amtiac mop CCipT)-TTlaca, lap n-a Lanecop TK> '/
plmnauc la Cellac, comapba pacpaic, ipin
A.D. 1124. The 1111. were at first un. ; but u was altered into 11, by the
text hand.
1124. ' Batter houte. From this
expression, taken in connection with
the house-seizures mentioned in
the Annals, it may be concluded
that it was customary for kings to
spend the week before Easter or
Pentecost at a church, where
houses were set apart for them-
selves and their retinues. *
2 Died. On April 23, according to
the Anglo Saxon Chronicle.
1 Of A ne.~ Literally, from Aine
(the district around Knockany, co.
Limerick). In the Annals of Loch
Ce (ad on.), the original, a hAne, is
read Achaine and applied as the
personal name of Ua Cobthaigh
(0'Coffey>
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
Ill
Gilla-Patraic the Red, king of Ossory, was slain by his
own [kinsmen]. Conghalach Ua [FJlaithbertaigh, royal
heir of Ailech, was slain.
[1123]
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 12th of the moon, A.D. [1124 Bis. ]
1124. Torfind, sou of Turcall, chief young lord of the
Foreigners of Ireland, perished by sudden death. Tadhg,
son of Mac Carthaigh, king of Desmond, died in penance.
Great ^erm[happened] to the king of Tara, on Easier
Sunday [April 6] : namely, his Easter house 1 to fall upon
him and upon his [lit., the] household. Limerick wasburned,
all but a little. Alexander, son of Mael-Coluim, king of
Scotland, died 2 in good penance. The hostages of Des-
mond were killed by Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair : namely,
Mael-Sechlainn, son of Cormac, son of Mac Carthaigh,
king of Cashel and Ua Ciarmaic of Ane, 3 and Ua Cob-
thaigh of Ui-Cuanach-Cnamchaille. Ardghar, grandson
of Aedh Ua-Mael-Sechlainn, royal heir of Ailech, was killed
by the Community of Daire, in reparation 4 to [St.] Colum-
cille.
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 23rd of the moon, A.D.
1125. The 5th of the Ides 1 [9th] of January [wasj upon
Friday and the 1st [day of the moon fell] thereon. And it
is on that [day] its protecting ridge was raised 2 upon the
great stone church of Ard-Macha, after its being fully
covered with shingle by Cellach, successor of Patrick, in the
[1125J
4 In reparation* " Within the
libertie " ! C. I do not know what
was the offence.
1125. 1 The dthofthe Ides,etc.The
translator of C. mistook the meaning
of this entry. " The fift of the Ides
of January was the church of Ard-
magh broken in the roofe, which was
covered by Ceallagh, the Corbe of
St. Patrick 5 being unrooffed in an
hundred and thirtie years before."
The week-day is given, but the
lunation omitted, by the Four
Masters.
2 Ridge was raised. That is, the
work was formally completed.
112
ccmicclcc ulcroTi.
blia-oam ap cet; on-a pafiai plinn-ciuc paipcocomlan.
bUa Huaipc -DO bcrcu*o illoc-OCillmne.
La ^aipp-oelbac bUa Concobuip i TTli*oe, co
poinnapb TT)upccr& lillu 1T1ael-8eclainn ap a pijji 7 co
rapac cpi pia -pop )2epu 1T)i*6e. 1Tlapbi*o tpa b "Oomnall
TTlac 1T)upca*ba in cpep pig pia cir)tl noniai*6e. 1*0011,
TTlael-Seclainn, mac "Oonnca"oa. Cfiec T>ocuait> TTlui|i-
ceyicac bUa Cejibaill, pi "Oei-pce[i]pc pepn-muigi, 1
pepaiB-bfie-g, conufrafiai-b "Oiap.*mai*o bUa TTlael-
Seclainn co pepaiC TTIi-De 7 co pepaiB bpeg, co pomap.-
ba-6 TDuipcepcac ann 7 dp a cpeice ime.
]CaU 1an. ui. p., I. 1111., CCnno "Domini ttl. c. jcx. ui.
6nnai, mac TTlic TTIiipca-5a, pi Lai-gen, mopciuip epr 1 ;
-o ta TaippT>elbac btJa Concobuip ilLai5nit5, co
a n-gialtu. bUa fTlaelfUianarg, pi pep-TTlanac,
i a fuip occipup efc. TTlaet-1pu blla Conne, pui
/ 1 pencup 7 1 m-bpiremnacc 7 i n-Up*o parpaic, lap n-
' a[i]pi;e 60501*06 m Chpipco quieinc. Copcac mop ITlu-
man co n-a cempull *oo Lopca*o. "DomnatL hlla "DuC*oai
oo ba*ou*o, iap n-*oenam cpeici 1 "Cip-Conailt. Ri^oepup
''Coipp'oetbai^ Iil1i Concobuip co bCCr-ctiar, co rap*o pip
CCca-cbac 7.Lai5en *oia mac, i*oon, *oo Concobup. CCnpu*o
A.D. 1125. .c., MS. b h[aucem] (the Latin equivalent), MS.
3 Thirtieth year above, one hundred.
At 995 (=996), supra (995 accord-
ing to a quatrain in the /'. M.i.
Armagh, including the stone church,
was destroyed by lightning. The
meaning is, that the restoration of the
roof had been carried out at intervals
during the period.
4 Before the end of a novena.
"Within three dayes and three
nights after"! C. The/ 1 . Af. omit the
expression.
1126. 1 Died. In Wexford, ac-
cording to the List of Leinster kings
inL.L. (p.39d).
2 A Goed/iel eminent. Literally,
a muster af a Goed/iel. By an em-
phatic native idiom, which is still
operative, instead of a sb. qualified
by an adj., the corresponding sb.
of the adj. (or the adj. used aa sb.)
is employed with the genitive of
the sb.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
113
thirtieth year above one hundred 3 since there was a com- [1125]
plete shingle roof upon it before. Gilla-braiti Ua Ruairc
was drowned in Loch-Aillinne. A hosting by Tairrdel-
bach Ua Conch obair into Meath, so that he expelled
Murchadh da Mael-Sechlainn from the kingship and
placed three kings over the men of Meath. But Domnall,
son of Murchadh, kills the third king, namely, Mael- I fp
Sechlainn, son of Donnchadh, before the end of a novena 4 .
Muircertach Ua Cerbaill, king of the South of Fern-
magh, went on a foray into Fir-Bregh, until Diarmaid Ua
Mael-Sechlainn with the Men of Meath and the Men of
Bregha overtook them, so that Muircertach was killed
there and slaughter of the foraying force [took place]
around him.
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 4th of the moon, A.D.
1126. Ennai, son of Mac Murchadha, king of Leinster,
died. 1 A hosting by Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobuir into
Leinster, so that he took away their pledges. Ua Mael-
ruanaigh, king of. Fir-Manach, was slain by his own
[kinsmen]. Mael-Isu Ua Conne, a Goedhel eminent
in history and in jurisprudence 2 and in the Order of
Patrick, rested in Christ after select penance. Great
Cork of Munster with its church was burned.
Domnall Ua Dubhdai was drowned, after making a foray
in Tir-Conaill. Royal progress of Toirrdelbach Ua Con-
chobuir to Ath-cliath, so that he gave the kingship of
The Order of Patrick may have
embodied the primatial rights and
privileges, as formulated and
claimed with such prominence in
the Tripartite Life and the Book of
Armagh. The following from
Tirechan (Book of Armagh, fol.
lib) is characteristic of the spirit
pervading the Patrician Documents
in their present form. Si quaereret
heres [=:comar6o]Patriciiparuchiam
[1126]
[i.e., diocesim] illius, potest pene
totam insolam sibi reddere in paru-
chiam. (Cf . The Tripartite Life of
St. 'Patrick, etc., Trans. R. I. A.,
xxix. 184.)
3 Both laic and cleric. Literally,
between land and church.
4 Zreacherousforay. "A stealing
army," C. It signifies that the foray
was made when Ua Tuachair was
nominally at peace with the Airthir.
114
GCMNCClCC UlCTOtl.
cocai*6 riioip i n-epmn, cop'bo ecen TK> comapba pacpaic
' bic mi pop blia-bum ppi bCCpo-Tnaea i n-eccaip, oc picu-
Sju'B pep n-6penn 7 oc cabaipc pia^la 7 foBepa pop cac,
ecep tuaic 7 eaclup. Cpec meaBla la Huai'opi bUa
B 50a "Guaeaip 1 n-CCificepait5, conactcafica-oafi CCijiafi, co
polcr5 a n-ap 7 co fuyoicennafc pcroein. TTluifiefcac hUa
Cuitlen, ai|iciiinec Clocaiji, -DO mayiba'D T)'pefiaiB-TTlanac.
"Oambac fieigtepa poit 7 pe-oaip, T>opona-5 ta Mmafi
hUa n-CCe-Bacatijn, T>O coifecfwrb T>O Cheallac, comapba
i c n-DOT>ecim ]Callann c Mouimbip. Cftec-
a'Caifip-Detbac bUa ConcoCaifi a n-*0ep-fnu-
mam,co poacc ^lenii-TTlaaifi 7 co cue bojioma i>icnfi-
]Cat. 1an. tin., p., 1. x. u., CCnno "Oomim TT1. c. xx. un.
8lua5cr5 la "Coifiyfoelbac bUa Concobuiji 1 n-"Oef-TTlu-
main, co |ioacc Coyicaig moifi TTluman, co cue ^mllu
Tnuman co leip. CCificip. -DO abail cai^i plainn TTlic
ai"5ci Luain
pafteni, 1
8axan pop Hobnail, mac TTlic Uiabai,
1nice 7 a T)icenna'5 leo. Cac ecep Ulcu
pcpa-oup 7)a pi UUro, 1-oon, Iliall TTlac
7 dfi Ulaf* ime 7 Gocai-5 bUa Tnacgamna
lurc hUa beicni, fii pefi-TTlaiiac
T>oec 1 Clocap-mac-n-"Oaimin iapn-
colai-oe. P|i TTluman 7 Laigin -DO impo-o
D0pi[c]ip pop "Cbaipp-oelbac bUa Concobuip 7 a n-geill
A.D. 1126. *m .xii. Kt, MS.
6 The stone church. Colgan evades
the difficulty of distinguishing between
Damliac and Recles (monastery^ by
employing the term Basilica (Triad.
Thaum., p. 300).
8 [mar. The tutor of St Malachy;
fir sanctissimae vitae, according to
St. Bernard. His name is in the
Carthusian Martyrology at NOT.
12 (Lanigan, E. H. iv. 99). The
Martyrology of Donegal has it (I
know not why) at A.ug. 13. lie died
on a pilgrimage at Rome in 1134.
7 He reached. " He wasted," C.
The same error is repeated in the first
entry of next year. It arose pro-
bably from mistaking the con-
traction mark over s for the grave
accent of a ; thus reading roacht
as ro[f/i]dt.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
115
Ath-cliath to his son, namely, to Conchobur. A storm of
great war in Ireland, so that it was necessary for the suc-
cessor of Patrick to be a month above a year abroad from
Ard-Macha, pacifying the men of Ireland and imposing
rule and good conduct upon every one, both laic and cleric 3 -
A treacherous foray 4 [was made] by Ruaidhri UaTuachair
into the Airthir, until the Airthir overtook them, so that
slaughter of them was inflicted and he was beheaded him-
self. Muiredhach TJa Guillen, herenagh of Clochar, was
killed by the Fir-Manach. The stone church 5 of the Monas-
tery of [SS.] Paul and Peter, that was built by Imar 6 Ua
Aedhacain, was consecrated by Ceallach, successor of
Patrick, on [Thursday] the 12th of the Kalends of
November [Oct. 21]. A foray-hosting by Tairrdelbach
Ua Conchobhair into Desmond, until he reached 7 Glenn-
Ma ghair and took away countless cattle-spoil.
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 15th of the moon, A.D.
1127. A hosting by Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair into
Desmond, until he jeached great Cork of Munster, so that
he took away the pledges of all Munster. The Airthir
seized the house of Flann Mac Sinaigh in the Third of the
Saxons upon Raghnall, son of Mac Riabaigh, on the
night of Monday of the Beginning [of Lent, 1 Feb. 21] ; and
he was beheaded by them. A battle between the Ulidians
themselves, wherein fell two kings of Ulidia in com-
bat, namely Niall 2 Mac Duinnshleibhe [Ua Eochada],
with slaughter of the Ulidians around him and Eochaidh
Ua Mathgamna. G ilia-Crist Ua hEicnigh, king of Fir-
Manach and arch-king of Airgialla, died in Clochar-mac-
Daimin after choice penance. The Men of Munster and
the Lagenians turned again upon Tairrdelbach Ua Con-
[112G]
1127. l Beginning [of Lent]. See
1109, note 2, supra.
*Niall. Not given in theUlidian
regnal list (L. L. 41d).
2 He placed. Very gross is the
error of the scribe, or compiler, of
the (so-called) Annals of Loch Ce,
who took the rat sum of the MS. to
[1127]
uloroti.
[bif\]
B50b
DO -fcilpiusui) 0010' 7 a mac o'atp.isu'fc t>o Lai^niC 7 TK>
hallaiB. CCpai-oe, -oopac pum p.i aile* poppo, iTK>n,
"Oomnall, mac TTlic pbaelam. Ceapball, mac TTlic
phaelain 7 dp blla-paelam ime T>O rtnmm ta
pailgi pop lap Cille-T>apa, 1 copnum comupbu[i]p
'Caitlcni, 1115611 TTluficami hlli IDael-Seclamn, ben
'Gaipjvbelbai5 bUi Concobtnii, T)'ec. mael-bfii^te bUa
pofiaiina[\]iii, aijicinnec CCiiDa-yTiara ; TTlaet-bfii^cebtla
Cinaera, aipcnmec CCi]iT>e- / Cpea, m bona penecencia
moficui func. g 1 ^ 01 "^! 11 !^ ^'^ a THael-eoin, comapba
Ciayiam Cluana-mac-floip, ix)iiuf 7 fobayicu aipcinnec
cell n-6|ieiin, in Chfiifco quieuic.
1an. 1. p., 1. acx-ui., CCnno "Oomim m.c. an. uin.
embolefm[aCTc]uf annuf. Pfi TTlbaip-
( iT>on, b "Oomnall bUa 5 ai ^ m T ieT)a1 5 7 Cenel-
TTlaein b ) DO ^abail caip -po|i yiig "peyi-TDanac, iT>on, pop.
paelan hUa n-"OuiB-Dapa 7 athntim leo 7 pocai-oe
TIO riiaiiC pep-TTIanac ime. r 5^l[a]-par:paic, mac
'Guarail, comapba Coempn, T>O mapboro T)'Uib-
Tnuipe-Dais pop, lap, ^-inne-T)a-loca. fTlaiT)m pia
mapcplua^ConcoBaipv, mic TTlic Loclainn, popmapcplua
Tigepnam Ua [Hi] Ruaipc, i copcaip bUa Ciap-bai,
A.D. 1127. .ii., MS.
A.D. 1128. bipexcup, MS. bb ill., t h., MS. ; ora., C.
be plural and read radsat (they
gave). The editor accepts this and
improves upon it by taking el\
(another) to be the local name, Eli !
(He omits to say whether the
territory of the name in Tipperarv,
or that in the King's Co., is intended.)
He onght to have known that the
legitimate successor of Enna was
Diarmait Mac Murchadha, who
brought over the English. But he was
probably misled by the translator of
C., who has : " hia (O Conor's sonn)
deposed by Leinster and Galls, through
misdemeanours of Danyell O'Eylan,
king of Ely." O'Donovan (p. 1027)
also took the verb as plural, signifying
that the Leinstermen and Foreigners
"elected another king over them." !
* Contending. That is, which of
two nuns belonging respectively to
the two tribes mentioned should be
the new abbess. The F. if. mention
the fray, but omit the cause.
1128. ' Embolismal. That is,
having a lunar month thrown in
ANXALS OF ULSTER.
117
chobuir and their pledges were forfeited by them, and his [1127]
son was deposed by the Lagenians and by the Foreigners.
Howbeit, he placed 2 another king over them, namely, Dom-
nall, son of Mac Faelain. Cearball, son of Mac Faelain
and slau ghter of the Ui- Faelain [took place] around him
fell by the TJi-Failghi in the centre of Cell-dara, in contend-
ing 3 for the succession of [St.] Brigit. Tailltiu, daughter
of Murchadh Ua Mael-Sechlainn, wife of Tairrdelbach Ua
Conchobhuir,died. Mael-Brighte Fa Forannain, herenagh
of Ard-sratha ; Mael-Brighte Ua Cinaetha, herenagh of
Ard-Trea,died in good penance. Gilla-CristUaMael-Eoin.
successor of Ciaran of Cluain-mac-Nois, happiness and
prosperity of the herenaghs of the churches of Ireland,
rested in Christ.
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 26th of the moon, A.D. 1128. |_1128Bis.]
A Bissextile and Embolismal 1 year. The Men of Magh-
Itha (namely, Domnall Ua Gailmredaigh and the Cenel-
Maien) seized a house upon the king of Fir-Manach, that is,
upon Faelan Ua Duibhdhara ; and he fell by them, and a
number of the nobles of Fir-Manach around him. Gilla-
Patraic, son of Tuathal [Ua Tuathail], successor of [St.]
Coemhgen,was killed by theUi-Muiredaigh in the centre of
Glenn-da-locha. A defeat [was inflicted] by the horse-host
of Conchobar, son of Mac Lochlainn, upon the horse-host of
Tigernan Ua Ruairc, wherein fell UaCiardhai , king of Cairpri
[/]' (fi.^6\tfJ.os] ; thus giving thirteen
moons to the year in the luni-solar
reckoning. The present is the third
Embolism of the Decemnovennal
Cycle: Epact 26, Golden Number
viii. (See Todd Lectures, Series
III, No. IV.)
Its place in the Calendar is in-
dicated in a marginal gloss in the
L. B. Cal. of Oengus, opposite
March 6 : Tertius Embolismus cicli
decinnovenalishic incipit et contur-
bat regulum [-am]. For the distur-
bance, see Bede, De temp, rat., c. xx.
This Embolism is of historical
interest. It was the proof assigned
in his reply to Pope Leo the Great
by Paschasinus, bishop of Lily-
baeum, why the Easter of 444
should be celebrated on the Alexan-
118
GCtlUCClCC UlCTOtl.
pi Caipppi 7 Coral hUa Jftogeallais 7
htla mael-bnice 7 mac CCe-Ba hlli "Ohufroai, pi hUa-
n-CCmal?xr5a 7 alu muln. muippf hUa Nio[i]c,
aipcinnec ruama-Tja-sualann ppi pe, -DO ec 1 n-1nif-m-
aill >mm gpanna, anaicnij, aimapmapcac, potoill
eafcoine ep n-6penn, et;ep loec 7 cleipec, -oo nac ppic
macfamla 1 n-Gfimn piam, T>O ^enatYi -DO "Chi^epnan hUa
tli[b]-b|iHiin : iT>on, comafiba pacpaic TK>
i n-a piaT>nu[i]pe : iT>on, a cuiT>ecra T>O f tac
7 T)iaeam T>it5 T>O Tna]aba - 5 7 macclei|iec -oia muinnnfipein,
pobi po Chinteba^, *oo mapbaft ann. 1f e imofi|io an
iapmuipr: -oopaff Wn ifiignim fa, co nac pinl i n-Gfimn
comuipce ip raipip T>O ^ume pcxbefcxi, no cunn.o'fcisailcefi
o "Ohia7 o 'DoeimE m c-otc fa. 1n T>inferii fa i^ia cuca^
pon, comajiba paryiaic, iff amal 7 -oinfim in
Coinroe^ ; uaifc aT>nubaipt; m Coinroeo pein ifin
c-8hoifcela : Cfui c uof fpefmc, me fpef-.mr; qtn
me fpepnic, fpefcmc etim qtn me mific c . Cfieac-
flua5af> ta Taiiiii-Delbac hUa Concobuifi ilLai|ml5, co
fioacc Loc-Canman ; aiffei^, cimcell Laien cohCCc-cliar;
7 -DOiioine bo-"Diba^ mop m conaip fin ; o CCc-cbar, T)'a
05 oo|ii[c]ifi. CCcd qia mictu an c-fluaigai-b fin pop.
"Cigepnan hlla Ruaipc. Cpeac la fnagnuf 7 la ppti
hi "Cip-bpium, co cucforo Cabala mopa.
cpii uof, ecc., ec qtii me, ecc., C.
drine date, April 23, in preference
to the Roman, March 26.
2 In charge of the sacredrequitlte < and
relict Literally, under a Culebadh.
This expression, according to the Irish
idiom, implies an office. In the Carl-
sruhe (Irish) Codex of St Augustine
(No. cxcv. fol. 1 9c), culebath glosses
Jlabellum. But the context (quo etiam
muscat abigentet aerrm commovemus)
shows that here the word is taken
literally, gnat-dettroyer. The- em-
ployment of the Jla/tcflum, or fan, at
Mass, M in the Greek Church, was too
striking a ceremony to escape inciden-
tal mention in native hagiography.
A Culebadh was among the Columban
relics at Kells. According to the
Seafaring of Snedgut and Mac
]liagail(4damnan. p. 323), it consisted
of a leaf as large as the hide of a great
ox. It was to be placed upon the
altar. This description appears
to identify it with the veil, or
Coopertorium quo altare tegitur cum
oblationibus, of Gregory of Tours
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
119
[H28J
and Cathal TJa Rogheallaigh, and Sitriuc TJa Mael-Brighte,
the son of Aedh TJa Dubhdai, king of TJi-Amalghadha,
and many others. Muirghis TJa Nioic, herenagh of Tuaim-
da-ghualann for' [a long] space, died in Inis-in-Ghaill.
A deed ugly, unprecedented, ill-issuing, that deserved the
curse of the Men of Ireland, both laic and cleric, whereof
the like was not found in Ireland before, was done by
Tigernan TJa Ruairc and by the TJi-Briuin : namely, the
successor of [St.] Patrick was stark dishonoured in his own
presence : that is, his retinue was waylaid, and some of them
were killed ; and a student of his own household, who was
in charge of the sacred requisites and relics 2 was killed
there. Now the result that grew out of this ill deed is this,
that there is no protection which is secure for a person
henceforth, until this evil is avenged by God and by men.
For this disrespect that was put upon the successor of
Patrick, it is the same as disrespect of the Lord ; since the
Lord himself said in the Gospel : " He that despiseth you,
despiseth Me ; he that despiseth Me, despiseth Him who
sent Me " [Luke x. 14]. A foray-hosting by Tairrdelbach
TJa Concobhuir into Leinster, until he reached Loch Car-
man : herefrom, around Leinster to Ath-cliath, and he
wrought great destruction of cattle on that route; from
Ath-cliath, to his house again. But the ill-fame of that
hosting is upon Tigernan TJa Ruairc. A foray by Magh-
nus and by the men of Fern-magh into Tir-Briuin, so that
(De Vitis Patr., viii.. Cf . The Stowe
Missal, Trans. R. I. A., vol. xxvii.
p. 169). That veil had enough
in common with the muscifugium
to have the Irish equivalent of
fabellum applied thereto. Thence, in
a secondary sense, culebadh would
come to signify the requisites for Mass
and for administration of the Sacra-
ments ; fo culebadh designating the
custodian thereof.
"The circumstances of the present
outrage suggest a more comprehen-
sive meaning. When engaged upon
a visitation, the primate always
had the insignia (=Irish minna ;
for which see the Stowe Missal, ubi
sup., p. 174) of St. Patrick carried
about with him. These are divi-
ded into consecrated (insignia con-
secrata) and other (aliorum insig-
nium) in the Liber Angeli (Book of
Armagh, fol. 21c). The former
are intended in a passage of
120
eoniatcc ulcroti.
X
CO
OeipiT) Tigepnan co n-Ui[b]-bpitnn 7 co focaiT)i moip
aili d poppo ic CCr-pbip-oeafi. pepcaip rpa car; eceppti 7
meabai-o pop "Cigepnan 7 -pop Ui[b]-bpiuin 7 maptfcup
)( rpi" cec no cerpi cec e 7>ib, i^copuc 611115 parpaic. |
B soc Sltiafxro la Concobup hUa Loclainn 7 la Cenel-n-Go^am
7 la "Oal-n-CCpai-oe 7 la heippallaib 1 ma^-CoCa, co
pallu bUa-n-Gcac. Impoic mppin pop a laim cli
co pap^aibpei: 7>peim T)ia muinncep ann 7
col mop pat> T)bia 7 pa[t] -oainiti : 1-oon,
CCra-rpuim co n-a cempluiB 7 pocai-oe TK> -oul
innnB. Mon' imperpara pace "Dei uel [b]omi-
num, pecpo ambtilauepuiiT:'. 816 m-bba^na co ler, uel
paulopltip, "oo f>enum T)O comopba pcrcpaic ecepConnaccu
7pepu ITIuman.
]Cal. 1an. 111. p., U, un., CCnno "Domini TT1.* c. axr. ix.
TTlac 1Tlapa[i]p blla Reboca[i]n, aipcinnec Lp-moip
TDocucu [-00 ec]. 5 1 ^ a "^ o ^' onna n ^ a "Duib-oipma T>O
mapba-o -oo Ullcait) 1 n-lnip-Tairji. Ceallac, comapba
Paupaic, mac oe 7 aipT)eppcop lapraip Ooppa 7 oein
cenn popiapaipet;up ^oi-oil 7 ^aill, laic 7 clepic, iap
n-oipT>net -oono eppcop 7 pacapc 7 aip[i] gaca jipai-o
apcena 7 iap coipecpa-5 cempall 7 peilge-o n-inroa, iap
n-onacal peoc 7 moeine, iap n-a pail pia^la 7 poEepa
pop cac, ecep ruaiu 7eclaip, iapm-beraiceilebupT:ai^-\
ro^ai-oe, popaiT* a anmain a n-ucc aingel 7 apcaingeU i
n-CCpT>-par;paic, ipm TDumain, i jCalainn CCppil, in
d .11, MS. M .ccc. I. .cccc , MS. '"' non impecyurcfa], etc., C.
Tirechan, which connects them
with a veil. Et ordinavit ibi
[ I )unseverick,co. Antrim] Olcanum
sanctum episcopum, quern nutrivit,
Fatriciua et dedit illi partem de
reliquiia Petri et Pauli et aliorum
et velum quod custodivit reliquias
(Book of Armagh, fol. 15b). v The
veil here mentioned, it can be in-
ferred, signified the cover, or
reliquary. The phrase in the text
will thus include a person in charge
of relics.
The expression is not translated in
C. The whole entry is omitted
(" perhaps intentionally, 1 ' O Do-
novan, ii. 1029) by the Four
Masters.
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 121
they took great captures. Tigernan [Ua Ruairc], -with [1128]
the Ui-Briuin and with another large force, comes up with
them at Ath-Fhirdeadh. Battle is then fought between
them, and defeat inflicted upon Tigernan and upon the Ui-
Briuin ; and three hundred, or four hundred of them are
killed, as a first reparation 3 to Patrick. A hosting by
Conchobur Ua Lochlainn and by the Cenel-Eogain and by
the Dal-Araidhe and by the Airgialla into Magh-Cobhaj
so that they took away the pledges of theUi-Echach. They
turn after that on their left hand into Fir-Bregh, until
they lost a party of their people there and did a great
crime before God and before men : namely, the burning of
Ath-truim with its churches and a multitude underwent
violent death in them. They marched back, without having
obtained the peace of God, or of men. Peace of a year
and a half, or a little longer, was made by the successor of
Patrick between the Connachtmen and the Men of Munster.
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 7th of the moon, A.D. [1129]
1129. Mac Marais Ua Rebochain, herenagh of Lis-mor
of Mochutu [died]. Gilla-Mochonna, 1 Ua Duibdirma was
killed by the Ulidians in Inis-Taiti. Ceallach, successor
of Patrick, son of purity and eminent bishop of the West
of Europe and the one head to whom served the Goidhil
and the Foreigners, laics and clerics, after ordaining
bishops and priests and persons of every [church]
grade besides and after the consecration of many
churches and cemeteries ; after bestowing of treasures
and of wealth ; after enjoining of rule and good conduct
upon every one, both laic and cleric ; after a Mass- ^ I
celebrating, fasting, prayerful life ; after Unction and
choice penance, he sent forth his spirit into the bosom of
3 First reparation. Meaning that . 1129. 1 Gilla.Mockonna. Devotee
other punishments were inflicted I of (St.*) Mochonna. As Inis-Taiti
subsequently. | vas an island in Lough Beg, c<v
122
ccwicclcc ulcroti.
fGcumxx pefiia 7 ipn cerjiamai)* btiaiknn pcec* a
abTxnne 7 ifin c6icacmaT> b blicrbam a aifi. Ruccrb cn.a
a copp hi cejrc" 11on CCpn.il co lep-mofi TTlocucu, T>O
peifi a cimna pcrbein 7 popfiicaifie'5 co falnncnt) 7
ymnaiC 7 eanntaiati. Ocuf fiofiaTmaice'o co honofiac i
n-cnlai-o m[n]a n-eppcop 1 pfUT> Mon CCpn.il, m quintet
l?enia. inuificenrxic, mac "Oomnaill, T/oifiTme-o i com-
ujibup pacnaic mi-Ion CCppil. "Ceac Coltnm-citle i
A. D. 1129. .ini.maT) .xx-ic, MS. b .tmaf, MS. c . 111., MS.
Londonderry, the saint here in-
tended was one of the two SS.
Mochonna venerated in Perry on
March 8 and May 1 3, respectively.
8 Ard-Patiaic. The obit of
O'Longan (1113, supra), the autho-
rities cited in the note there given
and two entries of a similar kind
in these Annals explain the pre-
sence of Cellach at Ard-patrick.
O'Longan belonged to one of the
tribes (mentioned in note 4, infra)
that, by a perversion of the prin-
ciple regulating succession in
endowed churches (Senchas Mor,
Brehon Laws, i. 73 sq. ; Book of
Armagh, fol. I6d,17a), temporarily
diverted the primacy into lay
hands. The head of the name,
Gilla-Crist (Book of Leinster p.
334a, 1. 39; Book of Ballymote, p.
115 b, 1. 34) and Ua Siuachain of
the kindred sept, the Ui-Sinaich,
who died respectively in 1072 and
1052 (supra), are called stewards of
Munster. Whence it can be in-
ferred thac they were likewise
incumbents of Ardpatrick. That
church consequently was imme-
diately subject to Armagh : its
superiors were the stewards, or
custodians, of the primatial cess in
Munster and were selected from the
families in question.
Cellach had accordingly arrived
there, either to visit, whether
officially, or through courtesy ; or,
it may be, in connection with
the truce between Munster and
Connaught mentioned under the
preceding year.
3 Tomb of the bishop t. Colgan,
who was advised by the F. M., trans-
lates: sanctuarlo fpiscoporum
culffo appcllato! (Tr. Th., p. 301).
The error, as was to be expected,
has been copied by O' Conor.
" His [Latin] name [Celsus] is in
the Roman Martyrology at the 6th
of April. . . Ita being placed
at 6 April is owing to another
mistake of Baronius [the first mis-
take, Note to Rom. Mart., Ap. 6,
was assigning the death to 1128],
who was the first to insert it in the
Roman Martyrology, which he
revised by order of Gregory XIII.
It was already in Molanus' Addi-
tions to Usuard, published in the
year 1568. ... As his inter-
ment was marked rv. April., this
notation was probably mistaken
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
123
angels and archangels, in Ard-Patraic 2 in Munster, on the
Kalends [1st] of April, on the 2nd feria, and in the 24th
year of his abbacy and in the 50th year of his age. His
body was then carried on the 3rd of the Nones [3rd] of
April to Lis-mor of Mochutu, according to his own will
and it was waked with psalms and hymns and canticles. And
it was buried with honour in the tomb of the bishops, on the
2nd of the Nones [4th] of April, on the 5th feria. Afuir-
certach, son of Domnall, was instituted 4 \_recte y intruded]
into the succession of Patrick on the Nones [5th] of April.
The house of Colum-cille in Cell-mic-nEnain 5 was seized
[1129]
for vi. April., and thus adding a
confusion of said day with that of
his death, this error seems to have
originated" (Lanigan, E. 21. iv.
89-91).
4 Imtittited. As the time was
too short for the news to reach
Armagh, much less for a canonical
election to take place, between
Monday and Thursday, the
" institution," there can be little
doubt, was performed in Lismore.
The chief members of the family
to which Cellach belonged thus
accompanied him to Munster. In
the Liber Angeli, or Book of
primatial privileges, the ordinary
retinue is set down as fifty.
Keceptio archiepiscopi, heredis
cathedrae meae urbis, cum comiti-
bus suis, numero quinquaginta
(Book of Armagh, fol. 206).
Feidlimid, who belonged to the
sixth generation from Conn of the
Hundred Battles (2nd cent. A.D.),
had amongst his five sons two
named Bresal and Echaid : epony-
mous heads of the Ui-Bresail and
the Ui-Echach, whose respective
territories were the baronies of
Oneilland East and Armagh (co.
Armagh).
Sixteenth in descent from Bresal
was Cumuscach, great grandson of
Erudan, who held forcible posses-
sion of the primatiat eee from 1060
to 1064 and died in 1074 (supra).
In the fourth degree from Echaid
was Sinach, eponymous head of the
Ui-Sinaich. This was the sept that
supplied almost all the lay succes-
sion in Armagh, as appearsf rom the
following table (Book of Leinster,
pp.334b, 338c; Book of Ballymote,
pp. 113-4). The genealogy appears
defective by comparison with that
of the Ui-Bresail ; but, for the pre -
sent purpose, this is immaterial.
Sixth from Sinach was
Eochad :
I
(1) Mielmnire
(1020).
(3) Dubdalei-
the (1064).
CCumus-
cach, 1060-64.)
(2) Amalgaid (1049).
(4) Mail-Isu (1031). (5) Domnall (1105).
Aed (1095). (7) Muircertach (1124).
(8) "Mall (1134).
i2
124
CCMtlOClCC UlCCDTl.
Cill-mic-n-enaiti -DO |abail 7>'0 'Chaipcepc fOfi CCe-5, mac
B50d. Carba[i]]ip 11 "Oomnaill | j a to^ca-o -DO. Caiptel
CCra-luain T)O "benarn la 'Gaiujroelbac lilla Concobaip.
^illa-CfiifC, mac Ttlic Uitfiin, roipec Cetiiuil-pepai>-
^ 015, -DO torca-5 a ci5 a alcpann hi 'Gip-TTlatiac, 1 meCaiU
Iliall hUa Cpica[i]n, pi hlla-piaepac CCp-oa-ppara,
DO mapbaT> -o'
JCat. 1an. 1111. v- I- 3C- *""> CCnno "Oommi TT1. c. xxx."
Cottnm-cille* co n-a cempall 7 co n-a minnait5
7>o lovcaf>. Cu-CCippne litlaConcobaifi, jii hlla-
^ii xoec. CCmlaim,macTTIic 8hena[i]n,pi
(iT)on, b cocoll plmc 1 ') ; Oen^uf hUa CainT)elba[]n,
Loegaipe ~j -pocai-oe aile T>O mairitj -DO ruinm la
Opeipne i 8leiB-5uai|ie. bellum ecep plupu CClban ~j
Pefiu TTlofieb 1 ro]iciia"Da|i ceirpi c mile VphepaifiTTlofieb,
im a pi, n)on, Oen^uf, mac 11151 tie Ltilui ; mile imoyifio
(uel d cencum, qucro efc ue^iuf d ) D'phejiaiB CClban 1 ppic-
5Uin. 8luaaT> la Concobu^ Mia toclamn 7 la "Cuatf-
cepz ti-e^enn 1 n-UUxaitJ, 50 porinolfarufi lllai'5 DO
rabaifir; cara T>oit5. IDeBaip imoftfio -pop llllcaiC, co
fioldf* a n-dp, im CCeT blla 101115^15, pi "Oal-CCpai-oe 7
im ^illa-pacfiaic hlla Seppais, pi "Oal-bunroe 7 im
A.D. 1130. a om., C. b - b r. m., t. h., MS. ; om., C. .1111., MS. " itL,
t. h., MS. ; onu, C. The two first words are written t.c., which should per-
haps be read as no, cec or, a hundred, to correspond with the native text.
Cellach was a layman on his
accession. Niall died in 1139.
From the foregoing and the
notices in the Annals we see that
the plebilit progenies (the tribe in
whose territory Armagh stood)
usurped the position and dis-
charged by deputy the sacred
functions of the eccksiastica pro-
genies (^Book of Armagh, fol/16d).
Cell-mic-n-Enain. Church of the
Son ofEnan. Now (by substitution
of r for ), Kilmacrenan (county
Donegal).
6 By G 1 Tairchert. The editor of
the Annals of Loch Ce says (in a note
ad an.) that " the F. M. have Ua
Tairchert, which is likely to be cor-
rect, although the form Tairchert
occurs also in the Annals of Ulster."
But he mistook the form do do for
the preposition do (by).
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
125
by O'Tairchert 6 upon Aedh, son of Cathbarr Ua Domnaill [1129]
and he was burned by him. The castle of Ath-luain waa
built by Tairrdelbaeh Ua Conchobair. Gilla-Crist, son of
Mac Uidhrin, chief of Cenel-Feradhaigh, was burned in
the house of his fosterer in Tir-Manach, in treachery. -
NialFUa Crichain, king of the Ui-Fiachrach of Ard-
sratha, was killed by the Ui-Cennetigh.
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 18th of the moon, A.IX [H30]
1130. Sord of Colum-cille with its church and with its
many relics was burned. Cu-Aiffne Ua Conchobair, king
of Ui-Failghi, died. Amhlaim, son of Mac Senain, king
of Gailenga (namely, " "Wet Cowl ") ; Oenghus Ua Cain-
delbain, king of Loegaire and a number of nobles besides
fell by the Men of Breifni at Sliabh-Guaire. War 1 between
the Men of Scotland and the Men of Moray, wherein fell
four thousand of the Men of Moray, around their king,
namely, Oenghus, son of the daughter of Lulach 2 ; one thou-
sand also (or one hundred, which is truer) of the Men of Scot-
land [fell] in the contest. A hosting by Conchobur UaLoch- V
lainn and by the North of Ireland into Ulidia, so that the
Ulidians assembled to give battle to them. Defeat, how-
ever, is inflicted upon the Ulidians and a slaughter of
them ensued, around Aedh Ua Loingsigh, king of Dal-
Araidhe and around Gilla-Patraic Ua Serraigh, king of
7 Niall. His name terminates the
genealogy in the Books of Leinster
(p. 338e) and Ballymote (p. 113e),
proving that the compilation was
made daring his life-time. He
was tenth from Crichan, who was
likewise the tenth from Colla Uais
(4th century A.D.)
1130. * War. Eodem anno
(septimo), Comes Moraviensis,
Angusius, apud Strucathrow cum
gente sua peremptus est. (Forduri,
Chron. Gent. Scot., v. 33.) In the
Gesta Annaiia (cap. 1), the place is
called Strucathroch. It was in For-
farshire. In the Anglo Saxon
Chronicle (Cot. Tib. B IV.), the
slaying of Anagus is given at this
year.
2 in/or h. Slain in 1058 (supra).
126
ccmicctcc uioroTi.
TTIac Cain.cm 7 im pocaiT>e ajicena. 1nnn.ic
m tip. co haificen. na hCCn.T>a, eeen. cuaic 7 cill,
co cucfac mile -DO bpair, uel c paulo plup* 7 ilrtiile
imonjio T>O t>uail5 7 -DO eacait). ITlaiti imonjio llta-5 im
a pi$ iap pem co hCCn.T>-TDaca, 1 coin-bail Concoo'aip, co
n-T>epnpat; pc 7 coniUngi 7 co papgfaT: giatlu. TTleaf
mofi ceo coficni) co c coircenn 1 n-6[nnn tnte* ipn bliaf>am
n-
]Cal. 1an. u. p., L xx. ix., CCnno "Domini m. c. xxx. i.
Citecftua^a-D ta 'Cai^'Detbac hUa Concobuip 7 la
Coici-5* Chormacc i TTIumain, co fioaifigfet: hlli-Conaill-
habfia. 8luaaT> la Concottafi hUa m-bpiain 7 la
ITIuman illai|niI5, co tio^aC a ri-siallu 7 ia[i
in,5pear 1niptoca-SeimT>i7>e 700
a maficflua 7 manc]-lua Connacu, co pemai-5
Conn ace.
[B 50d ends. b ]
mip an-o, no
[B 51 a. 1 ]
Uucai) ap Loc-8ilen 7 poboi
hi ip uilbu 7 popuapltnc in eclup naem 7 pa pacpaic
he 7 pomapbaiT) na coimeT>ai5i poba-oup ic a coimeT).
"Oopup rempaill "Oaipe -DO tenam la comapba Coltnm-
* om., C.
A.D. 1181. .u.m,M3.
b A chasm occurs in the MS. (B), up to end of A.D. 1155.
1 On the upper margin, a modern ( 1 7th century) hand wrote : " Fower
leaves are wanting before this." That is the number of the lost folios.
1131. 1 Connacht. The missing
years up to and including portion of
1138 are in great part the same, it
is safe to conclude, as those in the
AnnaltofLoch Ce. Thenceforward
(the Annals of Loch Ce being blank
tj 1169 inclusive) the entries, though
unrecognisable at present, were, there
can be no doubt, embodied in the
main by the Four Masters.
2 Mael-Itu Given in C and (in
almost the same words) in the
Annals of Loch Ce.
1132. ' The house This imperfect
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
127
Dal-Buiude and around Dubhrailbhe Mac Cairtin and 11130]
around a multitude besides. Moreover, they pillage the
country as far as the East of the Ard, both secular and
church land, 2 so that they took away a thousand captives,
or a little more, and likewise many thousands of cows
and of horses. The nobles of Ulidia also [went] after
that with their king to Ard-Macha, iato the assembly-of
Conchobhar, so that they made peace and co-swearing and
left pledges. Great crop of every produce generally in
all Ireland in this year.
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 29th of the moon, A<D. [1131J
1131. A foray -hosting by Tairrdelbach Ua Concobuir
and by the Fifth of Connacht into Munster, so that they
harried (Ji-Conaill-Ghabra. A hosting by Conchobhar
Ua Briain and by the Men of Munster into Leinster, so
that he received their pledges and after that [he went]
into Meath, so that they harried the Island of Loch-
Semhdide and their horse-host and the horse-host of Con-
nacht met and defeat was inflicted upon the horse-host of
Connacht. 1
(Mael-Isu 2 O'Foglada, episcopus Cassil, in senectute
bona quievit.)
(Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 10th of the moon, A.D. [1132 Bis.]
1132. The house 1 [of the abbess] of Kildare was made
(recte, seized) by the Kenselaghs . . .)
*****
[Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 24th of the moon, A.D. [U55]
1155.]
[Tigernan 1 Ua Ruairc took Donnchadh Ua Cerbaill,
lord of Oirghialla, prisoner, after Donnchadh had gone
entry is given in C. (The luni-solar
notation 13 in Latin.) The remainder'
which is contained in the Annals of
Loch Ce, states that the church was
burned, that a large number were
slain and that the abbess was violated.
1155. 1 Tigernan - Cenannus,
Taken from the Four Masters.
128
ccfiMcclcc ulxroli.
cille, i*oon, ta plairbeprac blla bpolca[i]n. CCmtaim
TTlac Canai (muipe* Ceniuil-[0]en5upa a ), ruip 5aifc*6
7 beofcacra Cennnl-eoj;ain uile, moprutujf 1 e^r.
leal- 1an. i. p., t. u., CCrmo *Oomini 171 c. U ui.
aiftfn>eU>a bUa Concobuip, aip7>pi Conn ace, ruin,
opt>ain 7 otpe5a[i]f O^ienn into ap ^aifce^ 7 aftnacul
pec 7 maine T>O laecaiG 7 T>O cteificilj, m pace quietnc.
SluasaT* la TThnncenrac blla Loctamn 1 n-UltraiC, co
cue bpai^-oi VT-1 c( peiyi. Octif if po]i an f tua^a-o fin T>ano
fiomafibai* blla b1n[n]emi pop. i^ceinile'D. CCer> hUa :
Cananna^]n, fii Cennnt-Conuill, -no mafiba-5 La bUa
Carajyjn 7 la pefiaiC na Cn,aiBe. 8lua5aT> aile*T)ano la
hlla Laclam-Q co n-"0eifcepc ni-bpej, co rue
Lai^en lilac lllnnca^a Cdf cenn a Coici"D
iayi fein CenBl-n-Gogain 7 OCtfi^aliti i n-
co fiiii&XTDUfi Cla]i "Dhaipe-rnoin., co ran5aT)Ufi
Offiaii In ree bill Laclainn. TTleapp mop ipn
blia-bam fi po e^iinn uile- 1loi m-bliai)na o'n riiej-mop
aib a gufan blif>ain p.
]Cal. 1an. 111. -p., I. cc. ui., CCnno "Oomini 111." c. L un.
^illa-paupaic ITlac Canpai, aipcinnec Copcaip, m
Cbpipro quieuic. Cu-Ula-5 bUa CaniT)elba[\]n T>O map-
bat* 1 mebail la "Oonncaf, mac "Oomnailt pucai-o bUi
tllael-8eclainn, rap fapuluf) comapbaparpaic 7 baclu
A.D. 1155. 1. m.,t h , MS. This year om., C.
A.D. 115C. .11., Ma b.u.m., MS.
2 Ua Brokhain. See the exhaus-
tive note, Adamnan, p. 405-G.
3 Steward. (muire). Lord (tiyh-
erna,), F. M.
1156. J Tower (/. The F. M.
hange tuir into tulle (flood).
3 Nine yean At 1147 the F.-3I.
record, very likely from the missing
portion of these Annals, a great crop
throughout Ireland.
1157. 1 Who thereby dishonoured.
Literally (lit., beyond) profanation of
(thesuccessor,etc.). "Inspightof,"C.
Ua Caindclbain (CTQuinlan) was
chief of the Ui-Laeghaire (so
called from Laeghaire, the contem-
porary of St. Patrick), whose
territory comprised the baronies
of Upper and Lower Navan, co.
Meath. Accordingto Mageoghegan,
<b
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 129
to meet him with a small force to Cenannus.] He was [1155]
carried upon [an island of] Loch-Sighlen and was a fort-
night above a month therein, or something more and holy
church and the favour of Patrick freed him and the guards
that were guarding him were killed. The door of the
church of Daire was made by the successor of Colum-cille,
namely, by Flaithbertach Ua Brolchain. 2 Amlaim Mac
Canai (steward 3 of Cenel-[0]engusa), tower of the
championship and activity of all Cenel-Eogain, died.
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 5th of the moon, A.D. 1156. LH56Bis.]
Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobuir, archking of Connacht, tower 1
of the splendour and of the principality of all Ire-
land for prowess and bestowal of treasures and of wealth
to laics and to clerics, rested in peace. A hosting by
Muircertach Ua Lochlainn into Ulidia, so that he took
away pledges to his choice. And it is upon that hosting
also Ua Inneirghi was killed on a surprise party. Aedh
Ua Canannain, king of Cenel-Conaill, was killed by Ua
Cathain and by the Men of the Craibh. Another hosting ,\
also by Muircertach Ua Lachlainn^o the South of Bregha, ^"'
so that he took away the hostages of Leinster from [Diar-
mait] Mac Murchadha in return for [giving to Diarrnait]
the whole province. After that the Cenel-Eogain and the
Airghialla went into Ossory, until they reached the Plain of
Daire-mor, so that the nobles of Ossory came into the house
of Ua Lachlainn.' Great crop in this year throughout all
Ireland. Nine 2 years from the other great crop to this year.
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 16th of the moon, A.D, [1157]
1157. Gilla-Patraic Mac Carrthaigh, herenagh of Cork,
rested in Christ. Cu-Uladh Ua Caindelbain was killed in
treachery by Donnchadh, son of Domnall Ua Mael-Sech-fcw^s
nnaehli Merry, who thereby dishonoured l the successor
he "was unhappilly and treacher- I nell [son of Domnall] O'Melaugh-
ously killed by Donogh mac Don- I lyn, King of Meath : having
130
cmnotcc ulccoti.
1ppi 7 TTlic LactaiiiTj co maiciC in T3uaipce[i]pc.
"Oaiin-im'v co n-a cemptuit) *oo lopcuu Comapba
pacpaic (ITJOII,* aip-oeppcop epenn 1 ) -DO coipecpa-o
rempaill na manac 1 pa-5nu[i]pi cleipec n-Gpenn, 1-oon,
Boib. m Leglaic 7 U[i] Opein 7 ^penne 7 na n-eppcop apcena
71 pia-Dnu[i]pe laec n-inroa, im htla LaclainT), ITKNI, im
^15 Gpenn 7 "Oonnca-5 liUa CepbailL 7 Ti^epnan 1 hUa
Huaipc. "OopaT) oaiio TTluipceprac liUa Loclainn occ b
picciu bo 7 cpi piece ungai -o'op -oo'n CoimT>i 7 -DO na
~i..i5 "Oopac T>ano baile ic "Dpocac-aca "DO na
5, IT>OII, pinnat>aip-na-n-iii5ean. Ocup cpi piac
o'op o hUa Cepbaill 7 rpi picic c unga[i] aib d o
ingm hUi maiL-8eclamn, otnnai "Cisepnam hUi Ruaipc.
Hobepcoiccennai|,e'D T>ano "Do'n cup pn o ruaic 7 o
eclaip m c-iii5pinnr;iT)[] matlaccac
comapba paqunc 7 Oacall 1ppu 7 cleipciu
apcena : iDon, "Oonnca-5 liUa 1Tlael-8ectainn.-
ta 1Tluipce]icac hUa tactainn co T3uaipcepu Gpenn i
A.D. 1157. x T^igeixnam, MS. itl., t. h., B. ; given in C. b .11111., MS.
c .xx., MS. d .ii., MS.
sworne to each other before by the
ensewing oathes to be true to one
another, without effusion of blood
(for performance of which oathes
the primatt of Ardmach was bound,
the Pope's Legatt, Grenon, arch-
bushopp of Dublyu, the abbot of
the monkes of Ireland [Ua Brol-
chain]) : the coworb [successor] of
St. Queran [of Clonmacnoiee] with
his oaths [=minna, relics], the
Staff, or Bachall, of Jesus, the
co warb of St. Feichyn [of Fore, do.
AVestmeath] with his oaths, the
oaths [relics] of St. Columb-kill.
These oaths and sureties were
taken before King Mortagh [Mao
Lochlainn], Donnogh O'Kervall
king of Uriell, Tyernan O'Royrck,
king of the Brenie and Dennott
Mac Morrogh, king of Lynster
and the principailest 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 n>an without cause."
9 In presence of. The F. Jf. may be
pardoned for calling this a Synodal
Assembly; but the same excuse
cannot be pleaded for Colgan, who
gravely sets it down a* a Synodal
Convention ( Conreniut Synodalii) for
consecrating the Basilica of the Mon-
astery (AA. SS., p. 665) ! (To come-
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
131
of Patrick and the Staff of Jesus and Mac Lachlainn, along t 115 ?]
with the nobles of the North. Daimh-inis with itschurches
was burned. The successor of Patrick (namely, the arch-
bishop of Ireland) consecrated the church of the Monks
[of Mellifont, near Drogheda], in presence of 2 the clergy of
Ireland, that is, of the Legate 3 and of Ua Osein and of
Grenne and of the other bishops and in presence of many
of the laity, around Ua Lachlainn, that is, around the king
of Ireland and Donnchadh Ua Cerbaill and Tigernan Ua
Ruairc. Moreover, Muircertach Ua Lochlainn gave eight 4
score cows and three score ounces of gold to the Lord and
to the clergy. He gave also a townland at !Qrochait-atha
to the clergy, namely, Finnabhair-na-ningen. And three
score ounces of gold [were given] "Try" Ua Cerbaill
and three score ounces more by the daughter of Ua
Mael-Sechlainn, [namely] by the wife of Tigernan
Ua Ruairc. On that occasion also was excommu-
nicated by laity and by clergy the persecutor accursed,
that dishonoured the successor of Patrick and the
Staff of Jesus and the clergy of Ireland besides, namely,
Donnchadh 5 Ua Mael-Sechlainn. A hosting by Muir-
certach Ua Lachlainn along with the North of Ireland into
crate is omitted in O'Donovan's
translation.)
The -wonder is to find Lanigan
(E. H. iv. 164) led astray thereby.
He adds however : " This synod,
or assembly, was held for the mere
object of consecrating a church ;
and in fact very little more seems
to have been done by it" (p.
167).
3 The Legate Christian Ua Con-
doirche, bishop of Lismore. The F.
M. omit his name, and also those of
Ua Osein (archbishop of Tuam) and
of Grenue (archbishop of Dublin).
The omission is accordingly re-
peated in the hitherto published
accounts of the transaction.
O'Donovan (p. 1126) gives the
reading of C. as ''the Legat Ui
Conorchi and the bishops also." But
it is : " the Legat, U Osen.Grene and
the bishops also."
4 Eight. The F. M. give seven
(score) : whence Colgan has centum
et quadrayinta (loc. cit.).
5 Donnchadh. His offence is stated
in the second entry of this year.
According to Mageoghegan, "the
&M*
132
frwicclcc ulcroti.
B 51c
ITIumain, co fansaoup -paicti Ltnmm's 7 co
maici TTIuman im a piait> i ceac hlli Laclaiiro 7 co
a m-bpaigci aicce.
]CaU1an. 1111. p.,Lxx. un., CCn no "Domini Hl. c. Uutii.*
"Domnall hUa Longapsafijn, ap7>eppcop TTluman, m
Chpipcoquieuic. Slua^a'O'oanolahtlaLaclain'o hi "Gip-
Conaill, co pomill panaic "DO leip,. Senoi) T>O cinol la
comafiba parp.aic 7 la cletpcib Gpenn ifin bfii-mic-
pabaT>u]i coic* epfcoip pcec, T>O en.ail
7 yx)Cepa an. cac 1 coiccenn. 1f -oo'n cuf\ fin
cleipig Gpenn, im Chomapba pacpaic 7 im
[m] Lejaic, cacaip, -DO comafiba Coluim-cille, iT>on, -DO
phlairbeficac hlla bjiolca[i]n, amal gac n-eppcop 7
ajvo-ab-oaine cell Coluim-cille po Gpinn uile co coiccenn.
1an. u. p., L uc., CCnno "Oomim 171. c. U ix.
, mac "Caifij; hUi TTIailfiuanai|, mopcuup epc.
8lua5aT* la TTluipcepcac hUa Loclainn a TTIi^e, co
papsaiB "Oonnca-D lilla TTlail-Seclainri 1 lanpjj^JTIn>e>
o hinamii co paippp. a Slo^a-D la TTluipcepcac hUa
Loclainn co maiciB Cheineil-Gosain 1 poip.iT>in CCippall
co hCCc-phip'oea'D. "Canga-oup | imoppo Connacca 7
Conrriaicne 7 U[i]-bphnn T>O leip 7 cac mop T>O TTluim-
necaiC conicce CCc-na-Caipbepna, T>O cabaipc caca T>oiC.
Cenel-n -60501 n 7 CCippallu im hUa
A.D. llflS. .u. epp.ocx., MS.
A.D. 115y. "om., C.
whole kingdome and gOTernment
[were] given to his brother Der-~
mott, as more vorthy thereof.''
See 1159, note 1 (infra).
1158. 1 Aho.lh&t is, as well as
into Monster, the incursion into
which is the last item of the pre-
ceding year.
2 The Legate. Not mentioned by
the Four Matters.
3 Chair. That is, he was made
either a mitred abbot, or a bishop with-
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
l/f
133
Munster, until they reach. the Green of Limerick and the
nobles of Munster around their kings came into the house
of Ua Lachlainn and left their pledges with him.
[1157]
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 27th of the moon, A.U. [1158]
11 8. Domnall Ua Longargain, archbishop of Munster,
rested in Christ. A hosting by Ua Lachlainn into Tir-
Conaill also, 1 so that he wasted Fanat entirely. A Synod
was assembled by the successor of Patrick and by the
clergy of Ireland at the Hill of Mac Taidhg, wherein were
five [and] twenty bishops, to enjoin rule and good conduct
upon every one in common. It is on that occasion the
clergy of Ireland, along with the successor of Patrick and
along with the Legate, 2 appointed a Chair 3 for the successor
of Colum-cille, that is, for Flaithbertach Ua Brolchain, the
same as [for] every bishop, and the arch-abbacy in general
of the churches of Colum-cille throughout all Ireland.
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 9th of the moon, A.D. 1159. [1159]
Diarmait, son of 'Tadhg Ua Maelruanaigh, died. A
hosting by Muircertach Ua Lachlainn 1 into Meath, so that
he left Donnchadh Ua Mael-Sechlainn in full kingship of
Meath, from [the river] Shannon to sea. A hosting by
Muircertach Ua Lachlainn along with the nobles of Cenel-
Eogain to Ath-Fhirdeadh in aid of the Airghialla. How-
beit, the Connachtmen and the Conmaicni and all the
Ui-Briuin and a large battalion of Munstermen came as
far as Ath-na-caisberna to give battle to them. On the
other side, the Cenel-Eogain and Airgialla under Ua
out jurisdiction (more probably the
former). See 1173, note 1 ; 1247,
note 2 (infra).
1159. * Ua Lachlainn. He was
the principal of those by whom
Donnchadh had been deposed in
favour of his brother, Dermot,
after the excommunication pro-
nounced in 1157 !
134
cciiticclcc uloroti
loclainn pop amup in CCca cecna. TYlaifcip cpa pop
ConnaccaiC 7 pop Conmaicne 7 pop Ua-bpiuin, amal
pobatup inle, iT>on,pe b cara mopa -001 15 7 laic na r>d cere
aile c a n-T>epj;dp: i-oon, dpConnacc, im ^illa-Cpipr;, mac
"Oiapma-oa, mic TXM-OS 7 im TTluipcepcac, mac T3aiT>5 7
mac "Oomnaill hlli phlaicbepcai^, iT>on, mac pi
Clionnacc 7 Ofiian ITlainec, mac ConcotJaifi, mic
j; 7 Mia mam>aca[i]n (iT>on, d TT1uifie-bac d ),
|ii htla-bjinnn na Sinna 7 b)ianan, mac ^illa-Cfiifc
TTlic bpana[i]n, 1-0011, pi Cofico-CCcLann 7 mac phinna[i]n
hlli 8it5len,f blla-n-ecac THuai-oe 7 aln mulri nobitep ;
7 dja hlla-m-bfii'uin, im mac Ti5epna[i]n hlli
Cumfiafijn 7 im mac ^illa-phinnen ll[i] Rocaij 7 mac
8uibne lilli hala[i]n 7 Tllac Conbuii>e lilli "Chopma-
oa[i]n 7 mac CCet>a na n-amup, ainpi Conmaicne, 7 U[a]
T)onncaT>a 7 pinnbafifi, mac pinnt5ain.fi 0[i] ^lienuf>UT),
roipecTTIuinnT:epi-5e]iU'Da[i]n. Octif'-opem mop. -00171 uim-
necait>, im rnac ^illa-Ciapa[i]n hUi Cennecig. Ocu|- e
TTlac na haiTici hlla Cepnaca[i]n T>O mapba-o ap
namapac pop cpeic. Ocup cucpa-oup Cen el- n -60501 n
bopoma n--oiaipmii)e -oo'n cpeic pin 7 repnarup imoppo
Cenel-n -60501 n co copcap mop -oia ^151^ iap pein.
Slua^a-o la TTluipcepcac hlla taclainn co Ceniul-n-
b .ui., MS. C .H., MS. d d itl., t. h., B. ; om., C. Gc (the Latin equiva-
lent used as a contraction), MS.
slaughtered. '' But the list of the
slain, which does not include a
single Ulster name, places the
meaning beyond doubt.
8 Brian Mainech, So called from
having been fostered in Ui-Maine
(the O'Kellys" country in cos. Galway
and Koscommon).
6 Many other nobles. The com-
piler overlooked the fact that the
context required the accusative,
not the nominative.
. Th&tia,Ath-na-caisbcrna;
in the neighbourhood of Ardee
(Ath-Fhirdeadh), co. Louth.
3 The two other battalions. Name-
ly, of the Cenel-Eogain and of the
Airghialla.
4 Upon them. Literally, their
(atari: tlavghter) ; the possessive
being used objectively. O'Donovan
(F. M. ii. 1135) translates I ait na
dd cath ailea n-dergdrby "the two
other battalions -were dreadfully
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 1 35
Lachlainn advanced to attack the same Ford. 2 But defeat [115S]
is inflicted upon the Connachtmen and upon the Conmaicni
and upon the Ui-Briuin, as they were [in] all, namely, six
large battalions of them and the two other battalions 3 inflict
stark slaughter upon them 4 : to wit, slaughter of Connacht-
men, around Gilla-Crist, son of Diarmaid, son of Tadhg [Mac
Diarmata] and around Muircertach, son of Tadhg [Mac
Diarmata] and the son of Domnall Ua Flaithbertaigh, that
is, the son of the king of the west of Connacht, and Brian
Mainech, 5 son of Conchobhar, eon of Toirrdhelbach [Ua
Conchobair] and Ua Mandachain (namely, Muiredhach),
king of Ui-Briuin-na-Sinna and Branan, son of Gilla-
Crist Mac Branain, that is, king of Corco-Achlann and
the son of Finnan Ua Sibhlen, king of the Ui-Echach of
Muaidh; and many other nobles 6 [were slain]; and slaughter
of the Ui-Briuin, around the son of Tigernan Ua Cumrain
and around the son of Gilla-Finnen 7 Ua Rothaigh and the
son of SuibneUaGalain and the son of Cu-buidhe 8 UaTorma-
dain and the son of Aedh " of the onsets," sub-king [?] of
Conmaicni.andUaDonnchadha and Finnbharr, son of Finn-
bharrUa Gerudhain, 9 chief cf Muinnter-Gerudhain. And a
large force of Munstermen [was slain], around the son of
Gilla-Ciarain Ua Cennetigh. And " Son' of the Night " 10 Ua
Cernachain was killed on the morrow on a foray. And the
Cenel-Eogain took away countless cattle-spoil on that foray.
And the Cenel-Eogain returned indeed with great triumph
to their homes after that. A hosting by Muircertach Ua
Lachlainn with the Cenel-Eogain and with the Airgialla
and the Ulidians and Cenel-Conaill into Connacht, so that
7 Gilla-Finnen. Devotee of [St.]
Finnian (of Clonard, co. Meath).
8 Cu-buidhe Literally, cants flat-its.
9 Gerudhain. Gerudan,C. ; Geru-
'dhud, B.
10 ' ' Son of the Night. " - So called,
perhaps, from the many nocturnal
raids in which he took part.
i;;.;
ccwicclcc uloroti.
Bold
60501 n 7 co n-CCip5iallait> 7 UllcaiB 7 Ceniul-Conaill
i Connaccait), co poloipcec "Dun-mop 7 "Oun-CiapaiT>i 7
T)un-na-ii-5H 7 co ponnllpet; mop -oo'n rip apcena, co
popoifec lap fin *oia rip, cen fir, cen giallu. Ocuf if
oo'n cup. fin rucpac leo liUa ^cnlmpe-oais 7 Cenel-
TDaien. !Tlael-THuipe liUa loingfis, epfcop tiifriioip,
fuam uicam felicicep pinitnc. TDupcaf* bUa Huaf>a-
ca[i]n, pi CCiprep, mopruup epr. "Cpi lilli !TlaelT)opai-5
DO mapba-o la hlla CanannaMn hi meaHail-
]Cal. 1an. in. f., 1. acx., CCnno "Oomini tll. c. la;.*
T)onncaT> lilta Tllael-Seclainn, pi 1Thf>e, -DO mapbat) -DO
macmtj htli plnn-Dalla[i]n 1 meCail- hUa CanannaMn,
pi Cemuil-Conmll, -DO mapbcro la Cenel-Cotiaillpa-5ein,
iDon, rec T>O IOI^CU-D | -o'lta baiill paip. plaicbeprac
hUa Carufai|, pi Saicne [T>O ec]. pmn hUa^opma[i]n,
epfcopCille-T)apa, abb nianaclCaip-Cmnrpacca fpi pe,
a-o Cbpifcum mi^pauic- bpo-oup, mac "Copcaill, pi
CCca-cbac, DO mapba-5 -DO T)eifcept: bpe|. niai-om
1T)ai5i-tu5ai) pia Cen el-n -6050111 "Colca-oac fop hlla n-
^ailmpe-5ai5 7 fop "Oonmall hUa Cpica[i]n 7 fop Ua
piacpac, co pomapbaf -openi mop -oiti. Ocup if 7>o'n
cup fin T)0pocaip co neinicincac Illuipceprac hUa Meill
La toclann blla taclamn, coropcaip lap fin loclann i
n-a -Di^ail la mac hlli lleill. Sluasa-D la TT1 ui pcepcac
hUa Loclamn co Ceniul-eogain 7 co n-CCip^iallaiC, co
A.D. 1160. Cmncp.accaom., C. k The order of this and of the following
aentence is improperly reversed in C.
11 Gained over to them. Literally,
took with them. " Won," C. That
is, succeeded in getting O'Gormley '
and his clan to become their allies.
How short-lived was the alliance, is
shown in the two concluding entries
of the following year.
12 Jfatl-Muire. Detotct of Mary.
11(10. l South of ' reyha.1be
entry in the Four Masters states
that he was slain by Maelcron Mac
Gilla-Seachnaill (who was probably
the brother of Domnall, lord of
Bregia).
2 Dishonouring. The specific ct
is not stated.
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 137
they burned Dun-mor and Dun-Ciaraidhi and Dun-na- [H59]
n Grail and wasted much of the land besides, until they
returned to their own country after that, without peace,
without pledges. And it is on that occasion they gained
over to them 11 Ua Gailmredhaigh and the Cenel-Maien.
Mael-Muire 12 Ua Loingsigh, bishop of Lis-mor, felicitously
finished his life. Murchadh TJa Ruadhacain, king of the
Airthir, died. Three Ui-Maeldoraidh were killed by Ua
Canannain in treachery.
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 20th of the moon, A.D. [1160 Bis.]
1160. Donnchadh Ua Mael-Sechlainn, king of Meath,
was killed by the sons of Ua Findallain [lord of
Delbna-mor] in treachery. Ua Oanannain, king of
Cenel-Conaill, was killed by the Cenel-Conaill them-
selves, namely, a house was burned by Ua Baighill
upon him. Flaithbertach Ua Cathusaigh, king of
Saitni, died. Finn Ua Gormain, bishop of Cell-dara,
abbot of the monks of Ibhar-CinntrachtaJor a^lpng] time,
passed to Christ." Brodur, son of Torcall, king of Ath-
cliath, was killed by the South of Bregha. 1 The defeat of
Magh-Lugbad [was inflicted] by the Cenel-Eogain of
Telach-oc upon Ua Gailmredhaigh and upon Domnall Ua
Cricain and upon the Ui-Fiacrach, so that a large party of
them were killed. And it is on that occasion Muircertach
Ua Neillfell innocently [i.e., undesignedly] by Lochlann Ua
Lachlainn, [but] so that in revenge of him Lochlann fell
afterwards by the son of Ua Neill. A hosting by Muir-
certach Ua Lachlainn along with the Cenel-Eogain and the
Airgialla, until they came to Magh-dula, to expel Ua
3 Oaths. Literally, relics. From
being employed to swear upon
relics, evangelisteria, missals,
rituals, croziers, and similar objects
of veneration came to have the
secondary meaning of oaths. (Cf .
The Sfowe Missal, Tr. R. I. A.,
xxvii, 174-5.)
K
138
ccmicclcc ulcroTi.
pango-oup TTla5-n-T>ula TX> innapbtro hUi
CCcpocaip cpa hUa Saipmlegai-o 1 mebail ta "Oonmall
V hlla THaelpuanai|, aft ejiail hUi loclainn, iap papusu-o
cleipec n-epenn 7 a tfiin-o T>6. Ocup pucar> a cenn co
hCCp'o-TDaca i n-einec pacpaic 7 Coluim-cilte.
1an. 1. p., L i., CCnno TDomini TT1. c. lx. i. Ua
, afiT)-epfcop Connacc, aT> Chfiifrunn nugfiauii:
Cuai]at: On^a'S 1 T>0 "Senam la coma|iba Coluim-cille,
iT)on, ta plaicbepcac hUa bfiolca[i]n : iT>on, fecc* pac b
oarti; ace a^ e a piac potaiT>beT> ann, i-oon, pce b 7
ceqii cerf um^e -D'afiguc git : it>on, Cfii buinge i n-gac
oam. ^PPT 1011 ^ hU a Raallai5 -DO majiba-D,
ta TTluificeprac blla LocLainn bt 'Citi-T
T>a|i Comtifi Ctuana-Goir, a|i puc an ripe, co
"Cigepnan a lonspopx T)oiB- CCppein co"CippaiT:-
TYlefpa[i]n. CCippattu 7 UtaiT) conice fein cucai,7 TTlac
Tnupcafa co LaisniB 7 car -DO fallal B, co n-T>eoca7>ap,
uite 1 mai-'Cet5a. 1 Tami^ -oano hUa Concobuip rap.
SinairiT) aniap 7 T>opaT: bpaigDe T)'U[a] Loctamn 7 T)ano
cue bUa toclainn a coige-D com Ian T>6foni. Tec T>O
gabail *oo Choral 2 bUa Ra^allaig pop TTIael-Seclamn
bUa Ruaipc pop lap 8ldme, co pomapbaf* ann TTluip-
ceprac bUa Ceallai, pi bfe, co n-T)peim -DO ifiaicif)
B 52a ime. | TTepnai imoppo TTlael-Seclainn app. Iriiap bUa
hlnnpeccai^, aipcinnec TTlucnoma 7 pi bUa-TDeirppi pe,
DO ec. Sluaa-o aile la bllaLoclamn hi TT)i'5e, 1 com-
A.D. 1161.
.cccc., MS.
Tx;n?. MS. 2 ^hccrcal, MS. m .011., M.S. .XX M
MS.
4 In reparation to. Literally, i
reparation of.
1161. * Ua hOissttn. Called Aed
(Hugh) in the Annaleof Innitfallen-
'm which his death is entered under
the previous year.
2 Pure. Literally, white.
3 For. Literally, in.
* Killed. At Kells, by Mael-
Sechlainn O'Ruairc according to the
Four Masters. The reprisal made by
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 139
Gairmleghaidh [from Cenel-Moain], But Ua Gairmleg- \11GQ]
haidh fell in treachery by Domnall Fa Maelruanaigh, by
direction of Ua Lochlainn, after the dishonouring' 2 of the */
clergy of Ireland and of his oaths 3 by him. And his [///.,
the] head was carried to Ard-Macha, in reparation to 4
[SS.] Patrick and Colum-cille.
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 1st of the moon, A.D. 11(U. [1161]
Fa hOissein, 1 archbishop of Connacht, passed to Christ.
The circuit of Ossory was made by the successor of Colum-
cille, namely, by Flaithbertach TJa Brolcha[i]n : that is,
seven score oxen [were given] : but it is their value that
was presented there,. namely, four hundred and twenty
ounces of pure 2 silver : to wit, three ounces for 3 every ox-
Goeffrey Fa Raghallaigh [lord of Breifni] was
killed. 4 A hosting by Muircertach Fa Lochlainn into
Tir-Briuin : the way 5 they went [was] past the Confluence
of Cluain-Eois, through the length of the country, until
Tigernan [Fa Ruairc] abandoned his camp to them.
From that to the Well of Messan. The Airgialla
and Flidians [came] to that place to him and Mac
Murchadha with the Leinstermen and a battalion of
Foreigners [came], so that they all went into the Plain of
Tethbha. Then Fa Conchobuir came from the west, across
the Shannon and gave pledges to Fa Lochlainn and there-
upon Fa Lochlainn gave his entire Fifth [i.e. Province] to
him. A house was seized by Cathal Fa Raghallaigh
upon Mael-Sechlainn Fa Ruairc in the centre of Slane,
so that Muircertach Fa Ceallaigh, king of Bregha, was
killed there, with a party of nobles around him. Mael-
Sechlainn, however, escaped therefrom. Imhar Fa
Innrechtaigh, herenagh of Mucnom and king of Fi-Meith
for a [long] time, died. Another hosting 6 by Fa Lochlainn
Cathal, son of Geoffrey, is told in the
next entry but one.
5 The way. Literally, It is [the
way]. The object was to em-
phasize the openness of the route ;
no opposition being dreaded.
6 Another hosting. The first is
mentioned in the third item of this
K2
140
cctinoctcc uloroli.
V
AoOa
nail pep n-6penn erep loecu 7 cleipciu, co hCCc-na-
oaipbpige, co pogaC a m-bpai&oe uili. 1p Wn cup pin
popaepaic cealla Coluim-cille i TDi-oe 7 1 Laigniu la
comapba Coluim-cille, 1*0011, la plaicbepcac htla bpol-
ca[i]n 7 cucaT) T>O a cam 7 a pmacc, uaip pobx>ap 7>oepa
peimepin.
|Cal. 1an. 11. ?., I. xii., CCnno "Domini 171. c. la:. 11."
( ']]] d]'T.;;;. IM r,p;i o cetnpltlttil T)(H[K TX> TOIUIfll Ul
comapba Coluim-cille (iDon,* plaicbepcac*) 7 la pi
Gpenn, n)on, la TTIuipcepcac hlla Loclamn; *DU m poco-
gbai) occmo^a b cai^i, no ni ip uilliu. Ocup T>enam caipil
m eplaip la comapba Coluim-cille beop 7 mallacc ap
mci cic-pa caipip -oogpep. 1mblec-iCaip co n-a cempall
DO lofcu'5. 8ena^ cleipec n-Gpenn, im comapba
pacpaic, iDon, mi ^illa TTlac Liac, | mjic RuaiTipi, ic
CloenaT), 1 ippabacup 2 pe c eppuic pcec, c co n-ab[b]a-
T>ait5 inroaiC, ic epail piagla 7 pobepa. Ocup ip c DO'II
cup pm f poem 11 pec cleipic Openn gpata ap-oeppuic
Gpenn T)O comapba pacpaic, amail poboi piam 7 na
baft peplei^mT) 3 i cill 1 n-6pmn nec g acc g "oalca CCipT)-
TTlaca. Sloga-o la TTIuipcepcac hUa Loclamn co n-
epmop Leici Cumn co nia^-picapca, 4 co pabaciip 2 pecc-
A.D. 1162. ^lae-, A. 2 T>UIO, B. 3 ginn.B. * P'oayi-oa, B. -Lm.
t. h., MS. ; om., C. b .Ixxx., MS. c-c. ui . .ix., A,B. < 1 -* 1 co na n-abcroaiG
with their abbots, A. e om.,A. ' cuyi, B. ''mnecnabu the one vho should
not be, B.
year. As the result of these two
expeditions, O'Conor culled himself
king of Ireland.
7 St-bject. That is, to assessment
by the respective temporal lords.
1162. 1 Centre. Fn>m this account
it can be inferred that the churches
of Deny stood in proximity. On
the removal of the adjacent houses, a
circular wall was built, to mark off
the space thus acquired as one to
which the right of asylum attached.
(Cf. the Collectio Canonum Hib*r-
nentis, xxvm.De civitatibus refupii;
XLIV. 2 : De debito termino circa
omnem locum sanctum.) The .Four
Matters change churches into church,
being followed in the error by Colgan
(TV. Th., p. 505).
* Come orer if. That is, violate the
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
141
into Meath, into an assembly of the Men of Ireland, both
laics and clerics, at Ath-na-Dairbrighe, so that he received
the pledges of them all. It is on that occasion the churches
of Colum-cille in Meath and Leinster were freed by the
successor of Colum-cille, namely, by Flaithbertach Ua
Brolcha[i]n, and their tribute and jurisdiction were given
to him, for they were subject 7 before that.
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 12th of the moon, A.D. 1162.
Total separation of the houses from the churches of Daire
was made by the successor of Colum-cille (namely, Flaith-
bertach) and by the king of Ireland, that is, by Muircer-
tach Ua Lochlainn ; where were^deni olished eighty houses,
or something more. And the sbne~wall of the Centre 1
was likewise built by the successor of Colum-cille and
malediction [pronounced] upon him who should come over
it 2 for ever. Imblech-ibhair with its church was burned.
A Synod of the clergy of Ireland [was held] around the
successor of Patrick, to wit, around Gilla Mac Liach, son of
Ruaidhri,- at Cloenad, wherein were six [and] twenty
bishops, with many abbots, enjoining rule and good conduct.
And it is on that occasion the clergy of Ireland assigned 3
the Orders of archbishop cf Ireland to the successor of
Patrick, as it was before 3 and that no one should be
lector in a church in Ireland, except an alumnus of Ard-
Macha, A hosting by Muircertach Ua Lochlainn along
with verylarge portion of the Half of Conn to Magh-
Fitharta, so that they were a week therein, burning the
[1161]
[1182]
^**
place by forcibly entering to carry off
a refugee. (Cf . the Col. Can. Hib.
xxrv. 7 : De violations templi Dei
cum septis punienda. Ttmplum
cum septis signifies a church sur-
rounded by enclosures. )
3 - 3 Assigned before. That it>, it
was enacted that henceforth no lay-
man be intruded into the Armagh
succession. (Cf. A.D. 1129, note
4, supra.) The deep-rooted abuse
connected with the primacy was
thereby formally eliminated. It is
characteristic of the Four Masters
142
ocmicclcc ulcroti.
B52b
nain arm 1C lopca-5 aptia 7 bailei) ^all. "Cucpacup 2
imoppo na ^aill maiTjm pop a mapcplua, co pomapt>-
fcrc pepep, 6 no moppepep, 5 T>il5 7 ni puapacup 2 a peip
oo'n cup fin. CCfigam all e CCca-cbcrc la T)iapmaic
TTIac rnupcaT>a 7 nepc mop T>O abail poppo, amail na
posaBa-o jieirhe o cein rfioirt Cuaipc h Ceneoi 1-60501 n
la comariba parpaic, i-oon, la ^illa TTlic Liac, mac
Ruai'orii, T>anac -priic mncfamail peimpi h - ^T 16 " 6 *
epfcop CCca-clia6 7 an-oeppoc 7 Laigen, in Chriipco
quieuic. Comariba pacriaic T>O oiriT>nef> 8 Lorica[i]n hUi
"Cuarail, comariba Coemsm, 9 1 n-a mau
(TDael-Secnaill 1 hlla Ruairic occifup epc. CCbbacia
buelliae hoc anno punT)aca er^. CCn copnotTiai-D, liUa
*OuCT>a,
]CaL 1an. 111. p., I- xx.ni., CCnno "Domini TTI. c. lx.iii,
ITlaeUlfU hUa Laigenafijn, eppcop 7 ab[b] Imbleca 1 -
ibairi 7 abb 2 bealais-conglaip -prii pe, m Chriipco
. Cepball* hlla ^illa-parriaic, pi *Deipce[i]pc
i, mopcu[u]p epc. a TTlael-1ppu hllaCopc[p]a[i]n,
comapba | Com^aill, cenn cpabai-o Ula-5 uile, aT)
A.D. 1162. M .tn.tiri, no morivpiurti A.; .ui.uft, no mofi.ui.uri, B.
6 TK, A. Scribe forgot to place the contraction mark of n over o. 7 aifvo ,13.
8 oin.ner>, A. 9 Cairn , A. hh om., B, C. " n. t. h., A. ; om., B, C.
A.D. 1163. l Imleca , B. 2 ab, A om., B, C.
that they should have passed over
a National Synodal Decree of such
importance.
3 Grene. Called Gregory by
Ware (Dis/iops, at Dublin), followed
by most writers. Lanigan's cor-
rection of the native annalists ('.
H. iv. 17 3) is noteworthy : "In divers
Irish Annals Gregory's death is
placed in 1162. But this is a mis-
take, owing to their having con-
founded the year of it with that of
the accession of his successor, St.
Laurence O'Toole, which was in
1162"!
4 Lorcan Ua Taathail. That is,
St. Laurence O'Toole. For the
family and territories, see O'Dono-
van's valuable note('. J/. iii. 515sq.)
Tuathal, mentioned at 1014 (svpra)
as father of Dunlang, king of
Leinster, was the eponymous head.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
143
corn and towns of the Foreigners. The foreigners, however, [1162]
inflicted defeat upon their horse-host, so that they killed
six or seven of them and [the Ultonians] got not their
demand on that occasion. Pillaging of the Foreigners of
Ath-cliath by Diarmait Mac Murchadha and great sway
was obtained [by him] over them, such as was not
obtained before for a long time. The circuit of Cenel-
Eogain [was made] by the successor of Patrick, namely,
by Gilla Mac Liach. son of Ruaidri, to which nothing
similar [in the amount of donations] was found before it.
Grene, 3 bishop of Ath-cliath and archbishop of Leinster,
rested in Christ. The successor of Patrick ordained Lorcan
\_
Ua Tuathail, 4 successor of [St.] Coemghen, in his stead.
(Mael-Sechnaill 5 Ua Ruairc was slain. The abbey of
Boyle was founded this year. The Defender Ua Dubhda
was slain.)
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 23rd of the moon, A.D. [lies]
1163. Mael-Isu Ua Laighena[i]n, bishop and abbot of
Imblech-ibair and abbot of Belach-conglais fep-a-fleBg]
time, rested in Christ. 1 Cerball Ua \recte, Mac] Gilla-
Patraic, king of the South of Ossory, died. Mael-Issu Ua
Corc[r]ain, successor of [St.] Comgall, 2 head of the piety
of all Ulster, passed to Christ. A lime-kiln, 3 wherein
Seventh in descent from Tuathal
was Muirchertach, king of the Ui-
Muridaigh. He had seven sons,
Lorcan being apparently the eldest.
His only daughter, Mor, became
the wife of Dermot Mac Murrogh,
King of Leinster (L. L. 337d;
where the words missing by erasure
from the heading of the genealogy
are Ua-MuridaigK).
5 Mael- SechnaiU. This entry is
given in the Four Masters. The
remaining two entries are found in
the Annals of Boyle, at 1161 and 1162
respectively.
1163. 1 JKested in Christ. In
Emly, according to the Annals of
Innisfallen, which omit mention of
his having been abbot of Baltinglas.
^Successor of [St.] Comgall.
That is, abbot of Bangor, co. Down.
3 Lime-kiln. Literally ,fre of lime.
the contained, by metonymy, for the
container. Similarly, Cenel (sept),
144
ccmiccloc uuroli.
Chpipcum nmspatnc. "Cene-aeil i paeil i v epca b
ap cac 3 lee DO T>enam la Comapba Coltiim-cille, 1*0011,
la plaicbepcac, mac m eppcuip bUi bpolca[i]n 7 la
pama-o Coin im-ci lie, ppi pe peer laa.
(Miall, d mac TDuipcepcai^, imc THic Loclamn, -DO
5abaillahU-maine. d )
[bif.] iCoLlan. 1111. -p.. L 1111., CCnno "Domini m. c. lx. 1111.
"Oonnca-o bUa bpiam, eppcop Cille-7>a-lua, m Chpipco
quiemc. Ttlaici* muinnrepi 1a, b i-oon, m pacapc mop,
A sob CCu^upcin 7 in pepleipnn (it)on, c *0ubpit)e c ) | 7 m -Dipep-
rac, iT)on Ulac 5 1 H""oi'iC 7 cenn na Ceile-n-"0e, 1-oon,
TTlac popcellai^ 7 mairi muirmcepi 1a apcena -DO
nacram ap cenn comapba Coluim-cille, IT>OII, [ph]laic-
beprarc 1>Ui Opolcain, "DO gabail abt)aine 1a a comaipli
8oniapliT> 7 pep CCep^ep-^ai-Del 1 7 Irmpi-^all, co
poP^apcaei comapba pacpaic 7 pi Gpenn, 1-0011, Ua Loc-
lainn 7 main Cene[oi]l-6o5ain o. ^illa-pa^paic bUa
TDael-nieiia T>O ec. a Bomapli-o 2 1Tlac ^ille-CC-oaninain
7 a mac T>O mapbai* 7 dp "Pep CCep[]ep-haeT>el 3 7
dnnripe 7 pep 1nnpi-^all 7 ^all CCra-cba ime. blo-o
o'CCpD-Tll aca T>O lopca-5. Tempull 4 mop "Oaipi 5 -DO
3 506, B. b .lx , A, B. c .xx., A, B. ** u. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
A.D. 1164. l eayiep. (the first e U caudata), MS. (A) 2 lig, B. J n-
'goeiwl, B. * pall, B. 8 \\e, B. " om., B, C. b "Dai|\e was first written ;
subsequently, each letter was dotted above aud below, to signify deletion, MS.
Clann (clan), Fir (men), Muintttcr
(tribe), 1'obul (people), Sil (pro-,
geny ),t'i (descendants Biased with the
patronymic, sometimes signify the
territories, not the inhabitants thereof
(prout utrumlibet usus accommo-
durit, Ogygia, III. Ixxvi. 361).
Compare Blackfriars, Whitefriars.
The Four Master* (followed by Col-
gau, loc. cit.) against A, B and C, say
the kiln \vas 70 feet square. Colgan
adds that it was built in connection
with repairing the church of Derry. On
the same page, unconscious apparently
of the contradiction, he records the
building of the new church of that
city.
4 Niall. Given in the Annals oj
Doyle.
1164. * Select, etc. This incident,
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
145
are sixty feet on every side, was made by the successor of [lies]
Colum-cille, that is, by Flaithbertach, son of the bishop
Ua Brolchain and by the Community of Colum-cille in the
space of twenty days.
(Niall, 4 son of Muircertach, son of Mac Lochlainn, was
taken prisoner by the Ui-Maine.)
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 4th of the moon, A.D. 1164. [H64Bis.]
Donnchadji Ua Briain, bishop of Cell-da-lua, rested in
Christ. Select 1 members of the Community of la, namely,
the arch-priest, Augustin and the lector (that is, Dubsidhe)
and the Eremite, Mac Gilla-duib and the Head of the Celi-
De, namely, Mac Forcellaigh and select members of the
Community of la besides came on behalf of the successor of
Colum-cille, namely, Flaithbertach Ua Brolchain's accept-
ance of the abbacy of la, by advice of Somharlidh and of the
Men of Airthir-Gaedhel and of Insi-Gall ; but the successor
of Patrick and the king of Ireland, that is, Ua Lochlainn and
the nobles of Cenel-Eogain greyented him. Gilla-Patraic
Ua Mael-Mena died. Somharlidh 2 Mac Gilla-Adhamh-
nain 3 and his son were killed and slaughter of the Men of
Airthir-Gaedhel and of Cenn-tire and of the men of Insi-
Gall and of the Foreigners of Ath-cliath [took place] around
so honourable to Ua Brok-hain and
without which an allusion in his
obituary notice (infra, 1175) could
not be understood, is passed over by
the Four Masters. See the note in
Adamnan (p. 407) and the references
there given-
- Somharlidh. Somerledus itaque,
rex Ergadiae . . . , copioso exer-
citu et maxima classe de Hibernia
et aliis diversis locis contracto, apud
Reinfrieu [on the Clyde] praedaturus
applicuit ; sed . . a paucis pro-
vincialibus ibidem est occisus. For-
dun, Gest. Annal., iv. (ad. an.) See
also the extract from the Chronicle
of Man, quoted iu Adamnan, p. 408.
3 Gilla-Adhamhnain. Devotee of
\_St.~] Adamnan ; (ninth) abbot of
lona from 679 to 704. Adamnan's
chief work, the Life of St. Columba,
has been edited with a wealth of
illustration by Dr. Reeves.
4 Great church. Tempul mor ;
'' from which the city of Derry re-
ceives its parochial name of
Templemore" (Adamnan, p. 408).
146
CCMlCClCC UlCTDtl.
oenum la comapba Coluim-citte, n>on, ta
mac in eppuic htJi Opolcam 7 pa pamu-o Coluim[-cille]
7 la ffluipcepcac hlla loclamn, la d haip-opis n-6penn-
Ocup* caippnic doc m cempaill moip pein "Oaipe, 1
paelec noca* cpaiet>, ppi pe ceropcar' laa.*
(CCrfilaim,* mac ^U-a-Caimpn U Cheinnei-oig, 7>o
oalla-5-')
1an. ui. p-, L x. u., CCnno "Domim m. c. lx. u.
hUa Opiain oomnapbaf-o] a pip 1 TTIuman
la a a mac, 1-oon, la THuipcepcac 7 pe pem T>O |abail
7>'eip a acap. T)omnall b hUa ^illa-parpaic, pi
Oppaip, 7 Concobup hUa bpoigce, pi
Cirm-caille 7 paicin hUa hCCefa, cainneal hUa-
Ceinnpelai| uile, -DO mapba-fe DO TTla[c] Cpaic hUa
ITlop-Dai 7 -DO Laiap rpia -opocpaca. Cocaf> ecep phipu
TniTe 7 blliC-bpiuin 7 ipin cocaf> pin pomapbaf>8icpiuc
hUa Ruaipc la hlla Ciap-5ai 7 la Caipppi. b lmpu-5
Ula-5 T>ano a pop Ua 2 Loclamn 3 7 cpec leo pop hUiE-
171 eic, co pucpox bu miT)a 7 co pomapbpac pocai-oe* 1 *DO
T>aini^. Cpec T>ono leo pop lli[b]-bpepail oipprep7 cpec
aile pop "Oail-piacai. Sluasa-o la TYluipcepcac hUa
Loclainn,ecep Con all 7 Bogan 7 CCippallu.i n-UllcaiC,
co poaipgpec in cip uile, centnocac ppimcella Ula-b 7
(A) itl., t. h., MS. (A) i om., B. .Ixxxx^ MS. (A) ' .it, MS. (A)
n. t. h.,A; om., B, C.
A. D. 1165. ^ije, B. 2 hUa, A. s lac ,B. . om., A. The la is
probably=la a with hit. ^om.^, C. c ocur co and to Mai, B. ddfi
n-Diaiyxmi-oe tlaughter hard to number, B. C. follows A.
8 Ninety. Mistaking the original,
the Four Mastert (followed by
Colgan) say eighty.
6 Amhlaim Given (the verb is
omitted in O'Conor's text) in the
Annals of Boyle. The Four Masters
add that the deed was done by
Toirrdelbach Ua Briain (Turlough
O'Brien). The entry is not given
(perhaps intentionally) in the
Annals of Innisf alien.
7 Gitta-Caimyhin. Devotee of
[St.] Kevin (of Glendalongh).
1165. x [J/ac] Gilla-Patraic.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
147
him. Portion of Ard-Macha was burned. The great church
of 4 Daire was built by the successor of Colum-cille, that is,
by Flaithbertach, son of the bishop TJa Brolchain and by
the Community of Colum-cille and by Muircertach TJa
Lochlainn, arch-king of Ireland. And the [top] stone of
that great church, wherein there are ninety 5 feet [in
length], was completed within the space of forty days.
(Amhlaim, 6 son of Gilla-Caimghin 7 TJa Ceinnedig, was
blinded.)
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 15th of the moon, A.D.
1165. Tairrdelbach Ua Briain was expelled from the king-
ship of Munster by his son, that is, by Muircertach and he
[Muircertach] himself took the kingship after his father.
Domnall TJa [recte, Mac 1 ] Gilla-Patraic, king of the North of
Ossory, and Conchobar TJa Broighte, king of Cenn-caille
and Paitin TJa Aedha, the candle of all TJi-Ceinnselaigh,
were killed by Ma[c] Craith TJa Mordhai and by the Laichsi
for evil causes. War [took place] between the Men of Meath
and the TJi-Briuin and it is in that war Sitriuc 1 TJa Ruairc
was killed by TJa Ciardhai and by the Cairpri. The turn-
ing of the TJlidians upon TJa Lochlainn [took place] and a
foray [was made] by them upon the TJi-Meith, so that they
took away many cows and killed a multitude of persons.
A foray also [was made] by them upon the eastern TJi-
Bresail and another foray upon Dal-riatai. A hosting
by Muircertach TJa Lochlainn, [along with] both [Cenel-]
Cona[i]U and [Cenel-]Eoga[i]n and the Airgialla, into
Ulidia, so that they harried all the country, except the
chief churches of the TJlidians and killed a countless
So called in the Ossorian list of Leix, Queen's Co.)
kings (L. L. 41a), which agrees 2 Sitriuc. The Four Masters make
with the text in stating that he was this portion a distinct item, and omit
slain by the Laichsi (the sept that the connection between the war ancj
inhabited and gave the name to the death of Sitriuc.
[1164]
[1165]
148 CCNNCClCC UlCCOtl.
co pomapbpac dp n-Tjiaipmi-fce 4 7>ib, im ecmapcac, mac
A 50c rn ic ^illa-eppuic 7 im Ml a" | Lomanai 7 co poinnapb-
pac Oocaifi ITlac T)ninnpleit>e a bUUxaiB 7 co 8 n-Txipaur'
bUa Loclainn pige -DO "Oun[n]pleit5e 7 co n-Tjapcpar; 6
Ula[i}5 uite a n-^eill T>'U[a] Loclainn cpia nepc pige.
"Oiapniaic ITlac CCpca[i]n, coipec Clainne-pogapcaij;,
enec7 egnurii bUa-n-6cac uile, mopcuup
Soxan 7 <*H CCca-cliac la mac na pepipi TX)
p.opf>aipi pop bpecnaiC 7 pobacap uile pe pe leicbliatma
ic 7 a 7 coail 7 nip'-pecpac. 6c peuepp punc pine pace
pecpo. Tttael-Coltnm Cennmop, mac 6anpic, apT>pi
CClban, in cpipcaife ap pepp T>O bai T>O aif>elait> 8 p>e
muip anaip, ap. T>eipc 7' ai'nec 7' cpabui), T>O ec.
6ocaiT> *DO pi"5ip pip llla'D TO ^ut5ail, co
Ula[i]T> be, ap buaihon bUi Loclainn 7 co
6T> be la "Oonnca-D blla Cepbaill, la bapT>pi^
CCipgiall, cpe popcon^pa blli Loclainn. Slua^ro aile
la Illuipcepcac blla Loclainn co Ceniul-Oogain co blnip-
B 52c Lacain, | co poloipcec m inT)p 700 pupmuppar 7 coruc-
pacUlafijT* uile am-bpai^ti T)'ll[a]'' Loclainn. "Cecaiciap-
pin h Cenel-n-005ain im bUa 9 Loclainn T)ia cipC, co cop-
cup mop 7 colongaitj inroait) leo 7 co pecaiC imT>ait> ap-
cena. CCppei-oe bUa Loclainn 7>'CCpT)-lTlaca. "Cicciap pem
"Oonnca-D bUa Cepbaill, aipT>pi CCippall 7 Bocai'D ITlac
4 nil, B. ^co n-TX>|xar;, A. 8 ca]\T>par:, B. 7 - 7 ca (aphaeresis ofi),A.
8 ^hoe-6eal , B."~ "^0, A. om., A ; given in C. ' aji /or, B. r>u
lilla, B. h lafium ajterwardt, B.
3 MM Dui nntletbhe. (Mac Dun- > doubt that he was the same as the
levy.) The Donnsleibhe from f Donnsleibhe mentioned in the second
whom the family name took its
origin was slain in 1091, supra.
Eochaid mentioned in the text
according to the Ulidian regnal list
(L. L. 41d), was son of Conchobur,
son of Cu-Ulad Ua Flathrai (killed
1072, svpra).
4 Dontuldbhe. There can be little
entry of the following year. Ihe
Four Matters omit this portion.
8 For the space of half a year.
" Half a yeare bickering and bat-
tering and yet could not prevayle,"
C. Brut y Tyu-ysogion states (ad an).
that the king remained many days in
camp at Caerleon, until ships from
ANNALS OF ULSTEE.
149
number of them, including Echmarcach, son of Mac [1165]
Gilla-espuic and including Ua Lomanaigh and they
expelled Eochaidh Mac Duinnsleibhe 5 [Ua Eochadha]
from Ulidia. And Ua Lochlainn gave the kingship
to Donnsleibhe [Mac Duinnsleibhe Ua Eochadha] and
all the Ulidians gave their pledges to Ua Lochlainn,
through the might of his regal power. Diarmait Mac
Artain, chief of Clann-Fogartaigh, hospitality and benefac-
tion of all Ui-Echach, died. An expedition of the Saxons
and of the Foreigners of Ath-cliath [set out] with the
son of the Empress, to subjugate the JBritons and they
were all for the space of half a year 5 attacking them and
they availed not. And they returned without peace back-
wards. Mael-Coluim Great-head, son of Henry, arch-king
of Scotland, the best Christian that was of the Gaidhil [who
dwell] by the sea on the east for almsdeeds, hospitality and *
piety, died. Eochaidh [Mac Duinnsleibhe Ua Eochadha]
again attempts to obtain the kingship of Ulidia; but
the Ulidians expelled him through fear of Ua Lochlainn
and he was fettered by Donnchadh Ua Cerbaill,
arch-king of Airgialla, by order of Ua Lochlainn.
Another hosting by Muircertach Ua Lochlainn along
with the Cenel-Eogain to Inis-lachain, 6 so that they
burned the Island [Inis-lachain] and razed it. And all
Ulidia gave their pledges to Ua Lochlainn. After that,
the Cenel-Eogain around Ua Lochlainn come to their
houses with great triumph and with many ships and
numerous treasures beside. From here Ua Lochlainn
[goes] to Ard-Macha. After that, Donnchadh Ua Cerbaill,
arch-king of Airgialla and Eochaidh Mac Duinnsleibhe
Dublin and other cities in Ireland
came to him. Finding these forces
insufficient, he gave them presents
and dismissed them; himself and
his army returniug to England.
6 Inis-lachain. Duck-island : Inis-
loughan, co. Antrim. See the de-
scription by Fynes Moryson, quoted
in O'Donovan (F. M., ii. 1154).
150
cDiticclcc uloroti.
"OumnpleitJe 1 conromt lilli Loclamn, 7>o cuinncii) pip
ooTTlac T)tnnnpleit5e, co n-7>apait: 10 blla Loclainn uile-oo
TTlac "OtnniifleiCe cap 11 cenn 11 pall llla-5 uile : co n-
capaic 12 TDac "Duinnpleifie mac cec coipig o'llllTxiiD' 13 7
ampn pein i 14 m-bpaijfcecup o'O Loclainn. Ocup cucca
peoic inv5a T>6, im claitnuti mic im> 1apla 7 co n-T>opaT:
baifice -DO 16 hlla 15 Loclainn ; co lc n-T)a]aaiT: 16 blla toc-
lainn T>o 15 Ml a 15 Cepbaill e- Ocuf ruca-5 T>ono baile TX>
cleipciC Sobaill, cpia par fii^i bill loclamn.
("Doth nail 1 1TI ac ^lUi-paqiaic, pi Ofpaip ; TTla^ntif
blla Canannan, pi Ceineoil-Conaill ; 7^illa-Cpip)blla
TTlail-bpeiiainT), caipec Clamm-Concobuip, 7 TTla[c]-
Cpaic blla Concobtnp, pi CiappaiT>e-Luacpa, mopcui
]CaL 1an. un. p., I. xx. ui., CCnno T)omini TT1. c. lx. ui.
"Domnall* TTlac ^ille-TT1ocolTno[i]c T>O Tnapba^> 7>o
A 50d Lai^niB | pein. Cucuac TTlac ^^"^PP 1110 "oo mapbar>
T)o *Oun[n]pleiBe, mac mic Goca-ba.* CCer> blla TTlael-
paBaill, pi Caippce-bpacaif>e, T)O mapbaf> la TTIuipcep-
rac blla Loclainn pep -oolum. CCpT)-TTlaca T>O
10 n-'oofiac, B. 11J1 t>ajx g-cenn, A. l8 cayxraic, A.
-i oO=T)0 O, A. lfr18 co cayxaic, B. ' n. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
A.D. 11G6. - om., B, C.
a,A.
7 Stfford.O' Donovan (p. 1155)
says this was evidently won by
Mac Duinnsleibe from the Danes of
the Hebrides. But he gives no
authority for the statement.
8 Domnall, etc. Given in the
jinnals of Boyle. The first is a replica
of the initial item in the second entry
of this year. The Annals of Boyle,
in agreement with the original
text, state that he was slain.
' King of Ciarrtidhe Lnachra.
Lord (tiyhtrna) of Ciarraighe-
Luachra, Four Matters. O' Donovan,
"by an oversight, has " lord of Con-
chobhair" (ii. p. 1156).
The Annals of Boyle, according
to O' Conor s text, have: Gilla-
Crist U[a] Mail-Brenaind and
M[ac] Craith Ua Conchubur
Chiarraigi (O'Conor Kerry) die.
Mail- Brenaind signifies devotee of
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
151
[Ua Eockadha] come into the presence of TJa Lochlainn
to ask for the kingship for [Eochaidh] Mac Duinnsleibhe,
so that Ua Lochlainn gave the entire [kingship] to Mac
Duinnsleibhe, in return for the pledges of all Ulidia. So
that Mac Duinnsleibhe gave the son of every chief of
Ulidia and his own daughter in pledge to O'Lochlainn.
And. there were given to him [TJa Lochlainn] many
treasures, including the sword 7 of the son of the Earl and
he [Mac Duinnsleibhe] gave Bairche to TJa Lochlainn
[and] TJa Lochlainn gave it to [Donnchadh] Ua Cerbaill.
And, moreover, there was given a townland to the clergy
of Saball, by reason of the prosperity of the reign of Ua
Lochlainn.
(Domnall 8 Mac Gilla-Patraic, king of Ossory ; Maghnus
Ua Canannain, king of Cenel-Conaill and Grilla-Crisd Ua
Mael-Brenaind, chief of Clann-Conchobuir and Ma[c]
Craith Ua Concobuir, king of Ciarraide-Luachra, 9 died.)
[1165]
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 26th of the moon, A.D.
1166. Domnall 1 Mac Gilla-Mocholmoic was killed by
the Lagenians themselves, Cucuach Mac Gilla-espuic
was killed by Donnsleibhe, grandson of Eochaidh 2 [Ua
Eochadha]. Aedh Ua Maelfabhaill, king of Carraic-
Bracaidhe, was killed by Muircertach Ua Lochlainn in
treachery. Ard-Macha was burned the day of the feast of
[St.] Senan 3 and Wednesday in the incidence 4 of the day of
[1166]
(St.) Brenann (of Clonfert, county
G-alway).
1166. 1 Domnall. His name is the
last in the genealogy (L. L. 337d)
of the kings of the Ui-Dunchadha
(a sept that inhabited the portion
of Dublin county through which
flows the Dodder). He was fourth
in descent from the eponymous
head, Gilla-Mocholmoic (devotee of
St. Mocholmoc my young Colum
of Terryglas, co. Tipperary, whose
feast was Dec. 1 3). In the pedi-
gree given by O'Donovan (F. M.
ii. 846), insert "son of Cellach"
(L. L. loc. cit.) before " son of
Dunchadh."
z Eochaidh. Died 1061, supra.
3 Senan. Of any of the known
saints of this name, no feast fell on
Wednesday, May 11, in this year.
Senan may perhaps be a scribal
152
cnnicclcc ulccoli.
B 52d
la -peile 8ena[i]n 7 Cetain ap ai laici feccmaine 7
occma'& b u craft an ai aeffaefci*: iDoii.ocnoipCholuim-
cille, na -01 fneic co cfioif eppuic 6050011 7 o
cnoip erpuic 6050111 in "D-fafia ffieic co cnoif T>O-
nuip Hara 7 in Haic inle co n-a cemplaitJ,
cenmota fieclep poit 7 pecain 7 uam T>O cai^i o* anena
7 fneir n.i Rai anian., loon, o ca cpoif SecnailL co
cjiofa bpisn, accma'b becc. Cenannuf 7 Lii^ma^ 1 7
1ni^-cain-"Oe5a 7 ceLla inroa aile cpemacafe] yunc.
6c "Daiyie Cotuim-cille ex maiojie pa]ice cpemaca epc
7 111 Dtibp.eiclep T>O lofcai> : quoT> non auT)icum epc ab
cempopibuf. Ocup CC|iTyo-iTib6 T>O topcaf> o
mac TDic 2 Canai 7 o mac ^ 1 ^ e "^ u1 1 le ^^'
TTlonpai 3 7 o C|ioqiaiil5. 6ocai^ ITlac ThnrmvleiCe -DO
balla-o la 1Tluiiice|acac htJa Loclainn, caji flanacup
Comapba pacpaic 7 bacla Ippu 7 *0onnca-oa lilli
CefiBaill, IT)OII, ai^T)jii CCifi^mll. 8luaaf> la Ruaiffii
till a Concobaifi 1 miTe, co p-O^aiB bpai^i "Pe^a TTlif>e.
CCyp'oe co hCCc-cliar, co fiosailS bfiai^i ^aU, 7 TTlic
1Dup.caf>a 7 Lai|en uile. CCffiT>e co *OpocaT:-ara "Docum
CCifiSiall, cocauns'Ooiiiica'D hllaCefibaill, pi CCipgiall,
i n-a cec 7 co T:ap|ar: bp-ait;i 7)6 7 co n-T>ecaiT) flan
ion. pn Dia 15,10]! n-inna|\ba[T>] T)ianmaralTlic TTIufi-
cara, fii Laigen, -oafi Tnui^. Slua^ai) la"OoiiiicaT> hlla
1 bui>, A. - ic, A. 3 Illofinai (by metathesis) B. b .uiit., MS. (A)
error for Senach (of Loch Erne),
whose festival corresponded with
the textual solar and lunar criteria.
The saint's name and the data
relative to the day are all omitted
by the Four Masters.
4 In the incidence. Literally, on
the unit (particular day).
5 Bishop Eogan. Patron of Ard-
straw (Ard-sratha), co. Tyrone. He
- is probably the son of Ere whom
Tirechan mentions as consecrated
by St. Patrick. Et venit in Ardd-
sratho et Mace Ercae episcopum
ordinavit (Book of Armagh, fol.
lob).
*Sechna!l. See A. D. 4i9, note
1 ; A.D. 447, note 3, supra,
7 Jilinded. The same is stated in
the Ulidian regnal list (L. L. 41d"> ;
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
153
the week and the 8th lunar day in the incidence 4 of the age
of the moon : that is, from the Cross of Colum-cille, the
two streets to the Cross of Bishop Eogan 5 and from the
Cross of Bishop Eogan one of the two streets, up to the
Cross of the door of the Close and all the Close with its
churches except the monastery of [SS.j Paul and Peter and
a few of the houses besides and a street towards the Close
to the west, namely, from the Cross of [St.] Sechnall 6 to
the Crosses of [St.] Brigit [was burned], except a little.
Cenannus and Lughmagh and Inis-cain. of [St.] Daig and
many other churches were burned. Daire of Colum-cille
was burned for the greater part and the Penitentiary was
burned, a thing unheard of from ancient times. And
Ard-bo was burned by Ruaidhri, son of Mac Canai and by
the son of Gilla-Muire Ua Monrai and by the Crotraighi.
Eochaidh Mac Duinnsleibhe [Ua Eochadha] wasblinded 7
by Muircertach Ua Lochlainn, in violation of the pro-
tection of the successor of Patrick and of the Staff of Jesus
and of Donnchadh Ua Cerbaill, namely, the arch-king of
Airgialla. A hosting by Ruaidhri Ua Concobair into
Meath, so that he received the pledges of the Men of
Meath. From this, [he marches] to Ath-cliath, so that
he received the pledges of the Foreigners and of Mac
Murchadha and of all Leinster. From this, to Drochait-
atha, to the Airgialla, so that Donnchadh Ua Cerbaill, king
of Airgialla, came into his house and gave pledges to him.
And he went safe to his house after that, after expelling 8
Diarmait Mac Murchadha, king of Leinster, over sea.
A hosting by Donnchadh Ua Cerbaill, with the Airghialla
[1166
according to which Eochaidh (hav-
ing become incapacitated to reign)
was succeeded by his brother,
Maghnus.
8 Expelling. The date of Mac
Murrough's expulsion is fixed by a
contemporaneous marginal note in
the Book of Leinster (275, marg.
sup.
[CC] TTluifu, ip mofx in grinn
'ooinngne-o 1 n-h6jxitvo IITOIU
(TOOTI, [1] fccclamn CCugtiifT) :
L
154
CCMMCClCC UlCTOtl.
A ol
Cepbaitl co n-CCi fisialtai 15 7 co n-Ui[b]-bpiuin 7 Con-
maicniti hi "Cifi-n -60501 n t>'tftftfOgr6 hUi Loctatnn epia
epait Cem 1111-60501 n 5 pein, ap cpeca-6 7>oiB hUi 6 Loc-
lainn, aip7>pi5 6penn. Cocaimcpim co Ttpeim uaccro T>O
Ceneol-eogain 'Cailca-o[i]5 T>O cabaipc ammuip poppu i
-Gccac. Ocup CIT> iacp-oe, -oocpeicpc eipm. Co
ami TTluificeficac (mac c NeilL c ) hUa LacLainn,
i5 Ofienn, 7 |iob' e CCugtifc Ucficaip,
Gofipa uile, afi egnarii 7 gaipce-D. Ocup
uatxrb -DO Cenet-eogain an n, 1-0011, cn,i pn, Dec- TTlin,-
baiL mop 7 pipe anipa -DOpisne-D annpn : i7>on, pi Openn
DO umm cen cau, cen cliatkro, mp papugu'D T>6 Com-
apba paepaic 7 bacLu 1pu 7 Comapba Coluim-cilte 7
Sopcela[i] TTlttpcain 7 cleipec inroa aile. Rucai> cpa a
copp co hCCpT)-lTiaca 7 pohaT>nacc anT), cap papugu'D
Comapba | Coluim-cille co n-a pamu'5 7 pocpaipc
buDein Cotum-ciLle ime 7 coipec macteilim) 7 "Oaipe im
a bpei T)'a d peibc. *Oiapmaic TTlac fnupcafa, rx)ipec
ITluinncepi-bipn, a puip pparpibup mceppeccup [epc].
8tiia^af> la Ruaiftpi hUa Concobaip 7 ta Tigepnan
lilla Huaipc co hGp-puai^, co can^acup Cenel-ConaiLL
1" n-a ec, e co cafiT>pac a m-bpaisri T>O btla f Concobaip',
co capac 8 occ picciu bo T>oit), i n-ecmaip oip 7
8 Cenet-n-6o .A. O, A. 7 inn, A. cap,T), B. ill., t h., A ; om. '
B, C. d -01 to, B ; with which C agrees. 1 cec hUi Choncobaip,, into
the houte of Ua Cnnckobair. B. C i in agreement M om., B, C. The TX>
which precedes hlla in the text is consequently, according to B andC, to be
translated to him (Ua Conchobair) ; not, to (Ua Conchobair).
iTX)n, "Diafimaic, mac T3on-Dc[cr6]a
ITliclTluyxcorDa, n,i Lagen 7 'gall,
DO mnayxba[f)] TK> Phep,aib h&p^n-o
oan, muiyx. tic ! Uc ! a Choinroiu,
cm TKJjen ?
[O] Mary, great is the deed that
has been done in Ireland to-day
(namely, [on Monday] the Kalends
[1st] of August) : to wit, Diannait,
son of Dondchadh Mac Murchadha,
king of the Lagenians and Foreig-
ners, to be expelled by the Men of
Ireland. Alas ! alas ! O God, what
shall I do?
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
155
and with the Ui-Briuin and the Conmaicni, into Tir-Eogain, [1166]
to attack Ua Lochlainn, by direction of the Cenel-Eogain
themselves, in consequence of Ua Lochlainn, arch-king of
Ireland, being abandoned by them. So that [Ua Loch-
lainn] came, with a small party of the Cenel-Eogain ^>f
Telach-og, to deliver an assault upon them at Fidh-0-n-
EchtacE". And even those very men, they abandoned him.
So there fell in that place Muircertach (son of Niall) Ua
Lachlainn, arch-king of Ireland. And he was the
Augustus of all the North- West of Europe for valour and
championship. And a few of Cenel-Eogain were killed
there, namely, thirteen men. A great marvel and won-
derful deed was done then : to wit, the king of Ireland to
fall without battle, without congest, after his dishonouring
the successor of Patrick and the Staff of Jesus and the
successor of Colum-cille and the Gospel 9 of Martin and
many clergy besides [by blinding Mac Dunmsleibhe Ua
Eochadha]. Howbeit, his body was carried to Ard-
Macha and buried there, in dishonour of the successor
of Colum-cille with his Community and Colum-cille
himself 10 and the head of the students of Daire
fasted 10 regarding it, for his being carried to [Christian]
bttrmli 11 Diarmait Mac Murchadha, chief of Muiunter-
Birn, was slain by his kinsmen. A hosting by Ruaidhri
Ua Conchobair and by Tigernan Ua Kuairc to Ess-
ruadh, so that the Cenel-Conaill came into his house
[and] gave their pledges to Ua Conchobair [and] he gave
them eight score cows, besides gold and clothing.
9 Gospel of Martin. Traditionally
believed to have belonged to St.
Martin of Tours. (Adamnan, p.
324, sq.)
10 Himself fasted. That is, in the
person of his successor, the abbot
of Derry. C. has : " Kolura Kille
himself fasted ; " not, " the Coarb
of Colum Kille," etc., as O'Dono-
van(F. M. ii. 1161) reads.
11 To burial. Literally, to his
burial.
156
ccmiccfxr uloroli.
la ftuai-opi hUa Concobaifi 7 la "Oiapmain
hUa TTlail-[8h]eclainn 7 la Tigepnan hlla Tluaipc
illai5ni!5, 1 n-Oppaipt!), hi TDumain, co ran^a-cup.
piSpaiT) Leri TTlogauilehi cec RuaiT>pi hUi Concobaip,
co p-opigpar; he. ^illa TTlac CCiblen, comapba
bpenain-o Cluana-peapca, quieuic. 8 T3oipp,T>elbac h hlla
bpiain fiesnamt; ir;epum, CCnno "Domim H66. b Ho, 1 co-
ap m ]Calainn fi cif cic mapba-b
leal. Urn. 1. p., I. tin., CCnno "Domini 171. c. lx un.
mac La^mainT) 1 hlli "Ouifroipma, p,i
ipecaip Tuaipce[i]pt 6penn uile, 2 T>O
mapbai) 1 meCail la T)onncai> hl1a"OuibT>ipma 7lapin 3
bperai^ 4 pop lap TT) 11151 -bile 7 Ta mac TO T>O
ap. namdpac 7 mac T>O Dallti'5. Slua^a-o la
hUa Concofiaip co inairiC Gpenn uime co hCCp.T-TT)aca.
CCppi-oe co belac-gpene 7 apix>e co pepnac-na-mebla 7
B 53a co ponnolpac Cenel-n-eogain tm Iliall TPac Loclamn |
caa, T)O cabaipc ammaip lon^ptiipc pop pepaitf
Hocaipmepc cpa "Oia pein, cpia bennacrain
7 cpia p.ac RuaiT>pi hUi Concobaip 7 pep. n-
Bpenn apcena, co poia'&pai; Cenel-n-Gogam im muine
pailec ippicc na pltia, co n-'oecai'D cac 1 n-dp a ceile
annpin, cenmorac Toine TO mapbaT*. Co pocpiallpar*
na pluaij lap pin im hUa 5 Concobaip 5 T>ul 6 T>O innpe'D 7
lopcut* Tipe-eogain, co can^aDtip, -opem T>O Chenel-
r n. t. h A ; m., B, C. h h 50d, f. m., n. t. h., A ; om., B, C. ' 50d,
r. m., opposite tht Sluajot) entry, t. h., A ; om., B, C.
A.D. 11G7.
A. 6 7K>1, B.
, B. 2 --li,
, B. 4 m-b , B. - B O C-
12 A hottiny, etc. Found in sub-
stance in the Annals of Boyle.
13 Gilla Mac Aiblen, etc. Given
also in the Four Matters. The
Annals of Innisfallen add the sur-
name, L'a Anmchadha and omit the
place. The patronymic (see 1099,
note 1, tupra) leaves little doubt
that the see in question was Ard-
fert, not Clonfert.
14 Toirrdelbach, etc. This item is
contained in the AnnaU of Boyle.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
157
(A hosting 12 by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobair and by Diar-
mait Ua Mail[-Sh]echlainn and by Tigernan TJa Ruairc
into Leinster, [and] into Ossory [and] into Munster, so
that the kings of all the Half of Mogh came into the
house of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobair [and] made him [arch-]
king. Gilla Ma[i]c Aiblen 13 successor of [St.] Brenand of
Cluain-fearta, rested. Toirrdelbach 14 [UaBriain] reigned
again, A.D. 1166. Or it may be on this year below [next
year] the killing of Muircertach [Ua Lochlainn] occurs.)
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 7th of the moon, A.D.
1167. Muircertach, son of Lagmand Ua Duibhdirma,
king of Fordruim, tower of principality of all the North
of Ireland, was killed in treachery by Donnchadh Ua
Duibdirma and by the Bretach in the centre of Magh-
bile and two sons of his were killed on the morrow and a
son was blinded. A hosting by Ruaidhri Ua Concobair
with the nobles of Ireland about him to Ard-Macha.
From this [they marched] to Belach-grene and from this
to Fernach-na-mebhla, until the Cenel-Eogain collected a
fighting force around Niall Mac Lochlainn, to deliver a
camp attack upon the men of Ireland. Howbeit, God
prevented that, through the benediction of Patrick and
through the felicity of Ruaidhri Ua Concobair and of the
Men of Ireland likewise. For [lit., so that] the Cenel-
Eogain closed around a sallow brakej^afea^frearedrlike 1 the
[opposing] forces, so that each [of them] proceeded to
slaughter the other there, except that persons were not
killed. So the hosts after that proceeded under Ua
Conchobair to go to pillage and burn Tir-Eogain, until some
[1166]
[1167]
1167. a That appeared like. Lite-
rally, in the appearance (of). The
translator of C. mistook the mean-
ing : " For Kindred Owen strayed
into a grove of willowes and,
thinking it was the camp, fell upon
it and killed some of themselves."
158
(rwiccloc ulcroti.
A5lb
i n-a tec 7 co n-T>afiT)pcrc bpaici T>O 7* co n-
eccrcapiap fin, ap pur pep-Hi an ac 7 -DO 6f r-puai-5,
fmplan T>ia cig. mael-lTlicel b TTlac T)oieea[i]n
uapalfacapc 7 pepleipnn i n-CCpTj-TTlaca, fuam UITXHH
pebcitep pimuic. b TnuipeTac TTlac Canai DO mapba-5
DO Tnaccnt) TYIeic Loclamn 1 n-emec parjpaic 7 baclu
1fu, mfi n-a ejiait -oia bpaicp.it) pein.
(Uaru hlla Concenain-o, pi bUa-n-'Oiapmaca, m
clep[i]car:u mopirup. "Oiapmaic TTlac TTlupccrba -DO
cuiT)ecc cap mmp m btiaf>ain pi. Tx)ippT>eU>ac hUa
bpiain TK) 63 m blia-oain pi- c )
]Cat. 1 an. 11. > t. x. uni., (Cnno "Domini TTI. c. Uc. uin.
TTIuipcepcac, mac "Coipp-oeLbais hlli bpiain, pi "Oail 1 -
Caip, T>o mapbai) ic "Oun-na- | pciai> -DO mac TTlupca^a
TTiic Capcai, pi TJep-TTIuman. Romapba-5 -po cecoip
macmic ConcotSaip i 2 n-a 2 -Di^ailla "DiapmaiT:pin > D7 la
hUapaeta[i]n 7 fecc* meic pi co n-a muinncepaiC.
ptannacan Mia "DuCraic, epfcop na "Cucrc
TT1uipeT)a5 b ), pui ecnai 7 pencaip lapraip Gpenn
inte, 1 Cun^u ic aiticpi mopcu[u]p epc. 8luaa-5
la Huai'opi hUa Concobuip co hCCc-luain, co cdinic
Ua ^illa-pacpaic, pi Ofpaii i n-a cec 3 7 co
capaic cei6pi c bpaici -DO annpein 4 7 popleic a plua|u
peime *oap CCr-cpoca ipin Tllumain 7 pe pein Dap CCc-
luain 1 rna^-Lena 1 conne pep n-Gpenn : co
om., B. C follows A. bb om., B, C. cc n. t. h., A; om., B, C.
A.D. 11C8. 1 T)at, B. 22 na (aphaerejws of a),
3 .011., A, B. fc* ill., t. h., A ; om., B, C.
i, B. 3 c<>5. A.
.1111, A, B.
ainn ,A.
2 In reparation, etc. This portion
is omitted by the Four Master?.
The offence is not stated in any
authority accessible to me. For
the vendetta, see the first item of
1170.
3 A cleric. In Clonmacnoise
according to the Four Masters, who
give the three items. The second
is found in the Annals of Jnnisf alien;
the third, in the Annals of Boyle.
4 From over sea. According to
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
159
of the Cenel-Eogain came into his house and gave hostages [H67]
to him. And they went after that, through the length of
Fir-Manach and to Ess-ruadh, safe to their home[s]. Mael-
Michel Mac Doithechain, eminent priest and lector in
Ard-Macha, felicitously finished his life. Muiredhach
Mac Canai was killed by the sons of Mac Lochlainn in
reparation 2 to Patrick and the Staff of Jesus, by direction
of his own kinsmen.
(Uatu TJa Conehenaind, king of Ui-Diarmata, dies
a cleric. 3 Diarmait Mac Murchadha came from over sea 4
this year. Toirrdelbach 5 Ua Briain died this year.)
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 18th of the moon. A.D. [tl68Bis.]
1168. Muircertach, son of Toirrdelbach Ua Briain, king
of Dal-Cais, was killed at Dun-na-sciath by the son 1 of
Murchadh Mac Carthaigh, king of Desmond. The grandson
of Conchobar [Ua Briain] was killed immediately in revenge
of him by Diarmait the Fair and by Ua Faelain and seven
sons of kings with their retinues [were killed]. Flan-
nacanUa.Dubhtaich, bishop of the Tuatha (Sil-Muiredaigh)
[Elphin], the master of wisdom and history in [lit., of] all
the West of Ireland, died in pilgrimage at Cunga. A
hosting by Ruaidhri Ua Concobuir to Ath-luain, so that
Ua \recte, Mac] Gilla-Patraic, king of Ossory, came into
his house and gave four hostages to him on the occasion.
And he sent his hosts forward, past Ath-crodha, into
Munster and himself [went] past Ath-luain into Magh-
Giialdus Cambrensis (Exp. Sib.
I. 2), he had gone to Henry II.
(who was in Aquitane) and pro-
cured letters patent in his favour.
He then returned to England,
obtained promises of aid from
Robert Fitz Stephen and Maurice
Fitz Gerald, sailed from Bristol
about August 1, and spent the
winter in concealment at Ferns.
5 Toirrdelbach. In the Annals of
Boyle he is called king of the Half
of Mogh (the southern moiety of
Ireland).
1168. 1 Son of Murchadh Mac
Carthaigh. This (which is likewise
the reading of C. ) must be an error.
The Annals of fnnisf alien, an
authority not likely to err on a
matter of the kind, state that the
1GO
CCMNOClOC UlCTOtl.
co pein-cliac, co rat me TTIac Capcaig i n-a rec 7 co
repair noi d m-bpai^ci "06 annpem* 7 co popoinneTi m
TYluma 1 n-i>6 ecepniacCoprnaic7"Ooriinallhllabpiain
7 co pucaT) -oa picic f T>ec bo po cpi.i n-aineelann Tntnp-
cepcaic hUi Dpi am, pop "Oep-TYlumam. Co poimpai
till a Concobaip -oia rig. "Oonnca-o hlla Cepbaill,
aip-opi 5 CCipsiatl, *oo lecpa'5 *DO ruai ^illai [-pJfiirolTfia
DO -pein, iT>on, Ua "Otnbne T>O Ceniul^eogain 7 m pi -pop
mepca 7 a ec -oe.
(man>m g CCra-in-comaip -pop (Xpc hl1aTTlail-8hec-
lainn 7 pop CCipruip ITli-oe. "Oiapmaic U fTlait-Seclamn
7 1afp]rap TThT)e uiccopep puepunc. 1n gitla leiiroeps,
iTX3n, hUa Concobaip Copcumpucro, occipup epc.')
53b ]cat. Tail. 1111.' p., I, axe. ix*, CCnno *Oommi 171. c. lac. ix.*
"Oarnliac CiannaN]n DO lopcat*. "Oiapmaic hUa ITlael-
Seclainn, pi TT)iT)e, *DO mapba-D -DO mac a bpcrcap, 1-oon,
TO "Oomnall bpegac 7 -DO *0onncaf Ceinnpelac hUa
Cealluig. 1pm bticroain cecna T)opac HuaiDpi hUa
Concobaip, pi Gpenn, *Deic m-bu ceca 1 blia^na ua-o pein
7 o cac 2 pi i n-a ^egai-o co bpcrc T>O pepleisinn CCip-o-
TTIaca, ,1 n-onoip parpaic, ap lei^inn *oo oenarii 7)0
macait>lei5innepenn 7 CClban.
A. e jug, A. 6 neol, A. d .ix., A, B. e om., A, C. f JDOC.IC., A, B-
** n. t.X^T; om., B, C.
A.D. 1169. x gaca, A. * gac, B. " n. t. h., A ; a blank was left by the
original scribe. b om., A.
slayer was Concbobar, grandson of
Conchobar Ua Briain. This agrees
also with the next assertion of the
present entry.
2 Whiltt. LiteraUy, and. The
altercation was provoked by the
king when intoxicated.
3 Died. Not immediately. Ac-
cording to the entry in the Four
Masters, O'Carroll died "after
victory of Unction and penance
and after granting three hundred
ounces of gold for love of the Lord
to clerics and to churches." His
death is given in the Annals of
Innisf alien under the following
year.
This, most likely, is the true date.
For according to a eulogistic obit
in the Antiphonary of Armagh, he
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
161
Lena, to meet the Men of Ireland, until they reached
Grian-cliach, so that Mac Carthaigh came into his
house and gave nine hostages to him on the occasion.
And Munster was divided in two, between the son^ of
Cormac [Mac Carthaigh] and Domnall Ua Briain
and thrice twelve score cows were levied upon
Munster in honour fine [of the killing] of Muircertach
Ua Briain. So Ua Conchobair returned to his house.
Donnchadh Ua Cerbaill, arch-king of Airgialla, was
mangled with the [battle-]axe of a serving gillie of his
own, namely, Ua Duibhne of Cenel-Eogain, whilst [lit., and]
the king [was] drunk and he died 3 thereof.
(The defeat 4 of Ath-in-chomair [was inflicted] upon Art
Ua Mail-Sechlainn^nd the West of Meath were victors.
" The Half-red [-faced] 5 Gillie," namely, Ua Concobair
of Corcumruadh, was slain.)
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 29th of the moon, A.D.
1169. Damhliac of [St.] Ciannan was burned. Diarmait
Ua Mael-Sechlainn, king of Meath, was killed by the son of
his brother, namely, by Doornail of Bregha 1 and by
Donnchadh Ceinnselach Ua Ceallaigh. In the same year,
Ruaidhri Ua Concobair, king of Ireland, gave 2 ten cows
[1168]
diedininO, B.I.I., T.C.D.: the
left-hand page opposite the open-
ing of the Calendar ; the luni-solar
criteria of the year are given. See
Petrie, Round Towels, p. 391,
where for conuenf the MS. has
conuefif lay-brothers (not, "con-
ventuals'').
4 The defeat, etc. This item is
given in substance in the Annals
of Boyle, and more circumstantially
in the Four Masters. The other
entry is given in both and in the
Annals of Innisfallen.
5 Half-red[-faced~]. Cf. the Feast
of Bricriu (L. U. 106a, 11. 34-5):
Drech lethderg, lethgdbur lalss
countenance half-red, half white
had he [lit., with him].
1169. 1 Domnall of Bregha.
" Donell Bregagh (id est, liar)" ! C.
But Bregach here is not from breg,
a lie, but from Breg, (the plain of)
Bregia, the eastern portion of
Meath ; from having been fostered
in which Domnall was so called.
2 Gave. This endowment shows
that O'Conor claimed to be supreme
king of Ireland.
162
CCNNCClCC UlCTOT).
V
(Fepcaip hlla Niallain, taipec Clainni-llacac,
mopcuup epc. loin^ef Robep-omic Scemin-oo thacrxnn
1 n-6pinn, hi popipn TYlic TTlupc<r5a. Hobnail hUa
TnailTniaT)ai5,caipec TYluinnnpi-h&olaip, mopcuup epc.
Conalac hUa x>malcai, pepleisin-o Cluana-mac-
lloif 7 uapalpaccapr, quieuir.")
]Cat. 1an. u\ p., L x*., CCnno "Domini 1T1. c. lxx.
ConcoCafi, rnac ffluificejrccns hUi Loclainn, \n Ceneoil-
Bogain 7 fiiT)OTnna 6penn uile, "oo nnafiba^ T)o CCe"5 bic
TTlac Canae 1 7 -DO 2 Uib 2 -Ca^aca[i]n, T)ia-8aaiian Cafe,
A sic a|\ lafi "Ciiin moi|i 1 n-CCp'o-TTlaca. | "Donnca'D Ceinn-
fealac hUaCealtai "DO mapba'5 T>O LaigmC.
(Sluaise-D 11 la Huai'Dfii hUa Concobaifi 7 la TTlail-
Seaclajnn 7 la "Cisefinanlilla Ruaific7la TTIupca-ohllu
CefiCuill cu liCCc-cbac 1 rr-aijiif caca-oo TTlac 1Tlu|ica'Da
7 T>o'nT> 1apla. 1n can rjia yiotJa'oap. a|i i n-aigci ic
^ipnaiT>i m caca, nucuppacpeisfec nucupacca-oap. 111
7>un rpe ceiniT, i*oon, ceni "61 air^;. Uofoi T>ono iafi fen
hUa Concubaip, iaji pemni-D cara -DO cabaipc fto. Uocuai'o
lap, fein TTlac TDupcafa mn-CCc-cliar, mp caCaipc
bpeirpi 7>o 5^ a ^ ai ^ CCca-cliar TO. Ocup popeall pop
a Cpevcip 7 pomapba'5 T>aine inroa ann 7 poinnapb na
alla. bpai^De TDic TTlupca-Da, i-oon, am[h]ac pein 7
mac a m[h]ic, 1-oon, mac "Ooninaill Chaeriianaig 7 mac a
c . c n. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
A.D. 1170. l Coma., B. 22 -oUib=TX) llib, B. a n. t. h., a blank was left
by the first scribe, A. b ' b 51o, f. m.; 51d, t. m. , n. t. h., with corresponding
marks on the margin at end of the CCch- cliorh item and prefixed to
the added entry, A ; om., B, C.
3 Students.'' Scollera," C. ; not,
"strollers [i.e. poor scholars]," as
in O'Donovan (F. M. ii. 1174).
* Ferchair, etc. All these entries
are given by the Four Matters.
The two first are found in the
Annals of Boyle.
*Fitz Stephen. See Gilbert's
Viceroys of Ireland, p. 12 sq.
Cambrensis (Exp. IHb. i. 3), states
that he arrived with 390 men in
three ships, landing at Bannow
about May 1 .
1170. 1 Wat killed. See the last
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
163
every year from himself and from every king after him [1169]
to doom to the lector of Ard-Macha, in honour of [St.]
Patrick, to give lectures to students 3 of Ireland and
Scotland.
(Ferchair 4 Ua Niallain, chief of the Clann-Uatach, died.
The fleet of Robert Fitz Stephen 5 came to Ireland in aid of
Mac Murchadha. Ragnall Ua Mailmiadhaigh, chief of
Muinnter-Eolais, died. Conghalach Ua Tomaltaigh,
lector of Cluain-mac-Nois and eminent priest, died.)
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 10th of the moon, A.D. [1170]
1170. Concobhar, son of Muircertach Ua Lochlainn,
king of Cenel-Eogain, royal heir of all Ireland, was killed 1
by Aedh Mac Cana the Little and by the Ui-Caraca[i]n,
Easter [Holy] Saturday [April 4], in the centre of the
Great Third in Ard-Macha. Donnchadh Ceinnselach Ua
Cellaigh was killed by the Leinstermen.
(A hosting 2 by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobair and by Mael-
Sechlainn and by Tigernan Ua Ruairc and by Murchadh
Ua Cerbuill to Ath-cliath to give battle to Mac Mur-
chadha and to the Earl. 3 When, however, they were face
to face preparing for the battle, they noticed no[thing] q/V
until they saw the fort on fire, that is, [by] fire of lightning.
Howbeit, after that Ua Conchubair turned back, after
refusal of battle was offered te him. Thereafter, Mac
Murchadha went into Ath-cliath, after giving his word to
the Foreigners of Ath-cliath. And he failed upon his
word and many persons were killed there and he expelled
the Foreigners. The hostages of Mac Murchadha,
namely, his own son 4 and his grandson, that is, the son of
k *
(original) entry under 1167
(supra).
2 A hosting, etc. This hosting
occurred prior to the second capture
of Dublin, the chief item in the
following entry. The sequence
intended (textual note b-b) by the
interpolator is consequently erro-
neous.
*The Earl. Strongbow. See
Gilbert, loc. tit.
4 Son. Conchobar (Conor), the
1G4
ccwiccUx ulcroti.
B53c
c[h]omalra, ITJOII, mac l>Ui ChaellaiTDe, 7>o mapt>a-5 la
Huai-opi hUa ConcuBaip, cpe aplac T3i|epnam lilli
Rtiaipc. b )
CCc-cliac T>O mille-fc -DO T)biapmaic TTlacTTlufica-5a 7
T>O OCllmupcai tf 8 cue leip anaip TO milliir& na hGpenn
i 4 n-Diail a innapb[]a T>ap muip ap a pepunn pein 7
a riiic -DO mapba-o. 'Cucpac -oono afi pofi ^allaiC CCca-
cliac 7 puiiic-laipp 7 cucca cjia difi irm)a pop.puputri.
T)o tnillcea -oono taigm 7 pi^-TTli-be, ecefi cella 7
cuaca, leo 7 fiosabpac CCc-cbac 7 pufic-laipsi.
nim mop ainpal T>O oenum Wn manac, iT>on, DO
CCmlaim, mac Comapba pinnein mui^i-bile 7 T>O
TTIa^nup TTlac "OuinnpleiPe, T>O 7115 UUco, co coipigilj
Ula-D 7 co n-tllTraiC apcena, cenamora Tlflael-1fu,
efpiic 7 5 1 ^ a ""0 TTlan 5 ai P r; 1^ a c Copmaic, comapba
Comgaill 7 TTlael-Tinapcain, comapba pinnein co n-a
mumnrepaiC : Toon, Coimcinol Canonac Riagulla co n-a
n-abaTD, poop'oai^TTIael-fnoe'Doic hUa TTIopsaip, Lesaic
Comapba pecaip, 1 Saball pacpaic, T>O innapba[t>]
apin TTlainipap pocum-Daigpecap pein 7 -DO C apcain c co
leip, ecep libpu 7 aitmi, bu 7 TMiiniu, eocu 7 caipciu 7
na huile poem 01 lac ann o aimpip in Leglaic pempaici
3 CCllma|\ , B. 4 a, A. cc an-afi5crn they tcere despoiled (lit., their
despoiling), B : followed by C.
only legitimate son of Mac Mur- '
roucrh. The phonetic form is
accurately given by Cambrensis
(Cnuchurum. Exp. Hib. i. 10).
B Domnall Catmanach. Angli-
cized Kavanagh. He was so
called, according to Keating
(O'Donovan, F. M. ii. 1143), from
having been fostered at Cell-
Caemhain (church of St. Caemhan ;
Kilcavan, near Gorey, co. Wex-
f ord ). He was the illegitimate son
of Dermot and eponymous head of
the Mac Morrough Kavanaghs.
(See O'Donovan, F. M. iii., 20.)
6 Ath-cliath. Opposite this word,
on the right margin, in A, there
is a Latin note which is partly
cut away, in consequence of
trimming the edges. The re-
mainder is, except a few isolated
words, wholly illegible. Iste [Mac]
[Mur]chad . . filius . .
uxorem . . Hiberniae . . .
ab Hibcrnia ex[pulsus] in sui
subsidium ad Hiberniam . . .
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
165
Domnall Caemanach 5 and the son of his foster-brother, to [1170]
wit, the son of Ua Caellaidhe, were killed by Kuaidhri
Ua Conchubhair, through suggestion of Tigernan Ua
Ruairc.)
Ath-cliath 5 was destroyed by Diarmait Mac Murchadha
and by the transmarine men he brought with him from
the east to destroy Ireland, in revenge for his expulsion
over sea out of his own land and of the killing of his son.
Howbeit, they inflicted slaughter upon the Foreigners of
Athcliath and Port-lairgi and, on the other hand, many
slaughters were inflicted upon themselves. Moreover,
Leinster and the country of Meath, both churches and
territories, were destroyed by them and they took Ath-
cliath and Port-lairgi.
A great, unbecoming deed was done by the monk,
namely, by Amlaimh, son of the successor of [St.] Finnian
of Magh-bile and by Maghnus Mac Duinnsleibhe [Ua
Eochadha], king of Ulidia, along with the chiefs of
Ulidia and with the Ulidians besides, except the bishop,
Mael-Isu and Gilla-Domanghairt 7 Mac Cormaic, successor
of [St.] Comgall and Mael-Martain, successor of [St.]
Finnian, with their communities : that is, the Congrega-
tion of Canons Regular, with their abbot, whom Mael-
Moedoic Ua Morgair, Legate of the successor of [St.] Peter,
instituted in Saball of [St.] Patrick, were expelled out of the
turn primum . . . Maricium
. . . atque . .
The meaning was probably in
substance that Mac Murrough was
expelled from Ireland for the
abduction of O'Rourke's wife and
engaged Fitz Gerald and Fitz
Stephen to aid him in recovering
his kingdom.
The textual entry displays con-
siderable confusion. The order of
the events is as follows : (1) East
Leinster laid waste; (2) Dublin
submits to Mac Murrough ; (3)
Waterford taken with great loss
of life ; (4) Dublin taken,
followed by slaughter of the
citizens j (5) Meath laid waste ;
(6) Mac Murrough's son (and the
other hostages) slain by. O'Conor.
7 Gilla-Domanghairt. See 1058,
note 2, supra.
166
ccwicclcc ulcroti.
Afild
conice pein, cenmorac na inaip 7 na capai pobarap 5
impu ipin-o uaip pein, cpia popmac 7 bai-5 collaiT>e
7 fame onoipi T>6 pein. Uaip poT>i cuipp erap
T)pocaic-ata e apan ab-oame, cpia cuipiti
S. Uc ! Uc! Uc !cpa. TTIaips Tx>p6ne 7maip5
ri]\ d 1 Ti-'De|iiiaV in ^nim. CCcc ni oecai'5 cen mnecaT> 7
o'n Coinrois ; tiaiji pomanbaic 1 n-oinpecc 3 o
nariiar; na coifi T>ofione 7 po?;ona < D in fii 7
gaji bic laprain co bainpeccnac* i]^n baile i ii- - oenna > D
in comaiple ainpinen pn, iT)on, i n-T)un. "Oia-TTlaifiC
cfia po-oicuipe-b 111 CoiniciiioL "OicHTIaific rna, c i cmn
blicrfena, pomapbaic maici ULa-D 7 fiogona'o a 7115. T)ia-
TTlaifir;, saiyiic lanrain, pomafibcro e pein o [a] oeji-
bnacaip 1 n-"Oun. Thanmcnc hUa CCnibpeic, 10 |\i hlla-
TTIeic 7 coifec majficfluai^i ni CCi tig, T>O manba-o -DO
longaif ramie a h1nnpt5-0pcc ifin innfi nocumcaige-D
aca pein pop Lod-ftur6e/ roon, pop 1nip-tacmn. f
]CaU1an. ui-*p., t. xx. i.,' CCn no "Domini m. c. lxx.i.
Thapmait; TTlac TTlupcaf)a, pi Coici-5 taien, lap
millof* ceall n-inrDa 7 cuox, TK> ec i pepna, cen
on^a-o, cen Copp Cpipr, cen aicpip, cen cimna, i
n-emec Cotuim-cille 7 pinnem 7 na naem apcena, 1-
pa cella porhitl- CCpcalt, mac "Copcaitl, pi CCca-
B bacayxB. 8< oeo , A. 7 mnea , A. 8 oin[f?]ecc (pom.), A. 'han-
peccna, B. 10 CCmpeit, A. d d repeated without being deleted, B. om.,
A. " n. t. h. (from Tlui'oe inclusive), A. Omitted by oversight, most likely.
A.D. 1171. aa n. t. h., on blank left by firstscribe, A.
8 Droehait-atha. The monastery
of Mellifont, near Drogheda
( Drochait-atha Bridge of the Ford),
if intended. The charges against
Amlaimh, abbot of Saul (Sabhall),
co. Down, were investigated in
that community, with the result
etated in the text.
entry
9 For, etc. See the fifth
under the following year.
10 Hekimtelf. That is, the king.
The monk, Amlaimh, became
bishop (11 75, infra").
1171. 1 Without Unction, etc.--
In the List in L.L. (p. 39d), on the
other hand, he is said to have died
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
167
monastery they themselves built and were despoiled com- [1170]
pletely, both of books and furniture, cows and persons,
horses and sheep and all things they had collected therein
from the time of the Legate aforesaid to then, save the
tunics andjt^e capes which were upon them at that hour,
througbcarnabjealousy and jsC^-love and desire of honour
for himself. FoHh~e~monks of Drochait-atha 8 deposed him
from the abbacy [of Saball] for j ust causes. Alas ! alas ! alas !
in sooth. Woe who did and woe the country wherein was
done the deed. But it went not without vengeance from
the Lord ; for 9 the chiefs who did it were killed at one and
the same time by a few enemies and the king was wounded
and killed unhappily a little while after, in the place
wherein that unrighteous counsel wasdecided upon, namely,
in Dun. Now, on Tuesday the Congregation was expelled ;
on Tuesday, at the end of a year, the nobles of Ulidia were
killed and the king was wounded ; on Tuesday, a little
after, he himself 10 was killed by his brother in Dun.
Diarmait Ua Ainbfheith, king of Ui-Meith and leaderof the
horse-host of the king of Ailech, was killed by a fleet that
came from the Islands of Orcc to the Island that was
built by himself upon Loch-Ruidhe, namely, upon Inis-
Lachain.
Kalends of 'Jan. on 6th feria, 21st of the moon, A.D. [1171]
1171. Diarmait Mac Murchadha, king of the Fifth of
Leinster, after destroying many churches and territories,
died in Ferna without Unction, 1 without Body of Christ,
without penance, without a will, in reparation to Colum-
cille and Finnian and to the saints besides, whose churches
he destroyed. Ascall, 2 son of Torcall, king of Ath-cliath
in the 61st year of his age and the
46th of hie reign, after victory of
Unction and penance. The com-
piler of the List adds : Saxain
iar sin (The Saxons after that)
miserabiliter regnant. Amen,
Amen.
^ Ascall John l Seethe account
168
ccimcclcc ulcroti.
B53d
clia 760011 (meap b ) a hlrmpitj-Opc (cainic b a popcacc
CCfcailL 7 Shall CCra-cliat b ) T>O mapba-D 7>o na
allait> cecna. "Oomnalt c hUa pocapca, pi eile-T>eip-
cipr, -DO Tnapbai) la OppcnptJ." 8aT>t>, ingen gluin-
iaipnn TTlic TTIupeaik^coTnapba Opi|re, *DO ec 1 n-aipi|e.
Cpectnop la TT!a?;mip TTlac"Ouinnpleit>e co n-UllcaiC
inle i Cuil-in-mairce[i]pc, co poaipgpec Cuil-parain 7
cealla aile, co pucpcrc; uarxro bee T>O Chenel-eogam
poppo d , im Concobufi lla Cara[i]n 7 co cuq'ar cliara^ 7
co fiomafibfac -peyi ap. pcic 2 , ecep coif ecu 7 macu coifec 1
7 focaif>e aile maille )?|iiu 7 poj;oncr5 TTla^nuf pein. d
Ocup m TTIapiuf i^in "oono, | -Domafiba-o saijiic iaficam e
, iT>on d , T)'a T)epbparai|i pem 7 T>O ^illa-
TTlac ^illa-efpuic, 1-0011, -Do^pecraipe 1Tlonac,i
n-"Oun,.iafi n-olcaiC moyiait5 inTDait5 T)OT)eiium T>6 : iT>on,
iap lecuT> a ifina popca pein 7 lap m-bpeir a nmd o [a]
aim, 1TKM1, o Cboin-maip blla 3 pblainn 7 f i ac a oefibpa-
, i-oon, ic CCe-5 ; lajacabaifH; eicm -Do d -oono
mnai a T>ei\bpafa|i aile, IT>OTI, Ooca-oa ; ia]i payinpi-fe
cloc 7 bacall, cleipec 7 celL "Ooniifleit5e -DO |:abail
i 1' n-a f "Dejai-b. CCne, ingen TTlicT)uinnfleit5e, |n|an
T)O ec. IDai-Drn (iT>on,* Tnai-om m luairfie-o*)
liUa Ruaipc 7 -pop h pepaiB TDi-De 7 ap
uip imal[l]e 4 ofi -paicci CCra-cliac pi a
Tnilo*oe Cocan 5 con-a mumnrep, DU 1 copcaip pocait>e
A.D. 1171. 'coipuc, A. *ix. ir, A, B. *O, A. 4 male (aphaeresis of i),
A. "^ogan, B. b ill., n. t. h., A ; om., B, C. Kb ill., n. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
c-com., B, C. d om., A. IQJX fein after that, B. n-a (aphaeresis of
i), A, " c. m., n. t. h., A, C; IllaTDtn an luatp.15, ^ectin-Dum quopxim
Defeat of the Athes, according to totne, r. m., n. t. h., B. h ayi on, B.
of their deaths in Giraldus Cam-
lironsis (Exp. Htb.), or Gilbert (ubi
sup. p. 19 sq. ).
3 Mad. Duce Johanne ag-
nomine the Wode, quod Latine
sonat Insano, vel Vehementi (Exp.
Hib. i. 21).
4 Cuil-in-tuaisceirt. Corner of the
North (of co. Antrim); in which
Cuil-rathain, Comer of the fern,
Coleraine, is situated.
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 169
and John 3 (the Mad) from the Islands of Ore (who came [H7l]
in aid of Torcall and of the Foreigners of Ath-cliath)
were killed by the same Foreigners. Domnall Ua
Focarta, king of the South of Eili, was killed by the
Ossorians. Sadhbh, daughter of Iron-knee Mac Murchadha,
successor of [St.] Brigit [i.e. abbess of Kildare] died in
penance. Great foraying force [was led] by Maghnus
Mac Duinnsleibhe [TJa Eochadha] with all Ulidia into
Cuil-in-tuaisceirt 4 , so that they plundered Cuil-rathain and
other churches, until a small number of the Cenel-Eogain
under Conchobur Ua Cathain overtook them and gave battle
and killed one and twenty men, both chiefs and sons of
chiefs, and a multitude of others along with them. And
Maghnus himself was wounded. And moreover that
Maghnus was killed shortly after in Dun by
Donusleibhe, that is, by his own brother and by
Gilla-Oenghusa Mac Gilla-espuic, namely, by the
lawgiver of Monaio-h, 5 after great evils hud been done
by him, namely, after leaving his own wedded wife
and after -taking his wife from his fosterer, that is,
from Cu-maighi Ua Flainn and she [had been] the wife
of his own brother at first, namely, of Aedh ; after inflict-
ing violence upon the wife of his other brother also, that
is, of Eochaidh ; after profanation of bells and croziers,
clerics and churches. Donnsleibhe took the kingship in
his stead. Ane, daughter of the Mac Duinnsleibhe [Ua
Eochadha] queen of Airghialla, 6 died. Defeat (namely,
the Defeat of the Ashes 7 ) [was inflicted] upon Tigernan
Ua Ruairc and upon the Men of Meath and upon the Men
of Fern-magh, all together, on the Green of Ath-cliath
3 Lawgiver of Monaigh. "The
monks heard, or servant ! " C. The
translator took Monaigh, a local
name, to be genitive of manach a
monk.
6 Queen of A irgkialla. According
to the entry in the Four Masters,
she was wife of Murrough O'Car-
roll, king of that territory.
7 Defeat of the Ashes. So called
perhaps from having been inflicted
on Ash-Wednesday. But Cam-
M
170
ccwiccloc ulcroTi.
Tn6fi,nn CCeT>MlttUuo:ipc,pi
htla-bfutnn 7 (^onmaicne. Romapbta T>ono atin coic
coipge T)O pepai15 pepn-mtnse, 17)011, ftlael-Tnocca TTlac
Conpebla 7 ConcoBup, a 7>epbparaip, Tjaroipec Cheneoil-
peprr5ai. penH) hlla Con^aile, cainnel gaipci-B 7
einij; Oip5iall,Tnopcuui'' epr;.' ft agnail hUa
coipec Clainm-Ruccopac ; ^illa-^eimfii^ TT^ac-i
coifec peia-T)apcaca 7 focai-5e aite maille pfiiu, non
lon^e pope ftippaT)icra, -Decimo fearno ]CateiiT)af Nouem-
A52a ^r" [mojict?! ftmc]. | llenic m Vlibepniam tlenpictip
(mac b n a peipip b ), pocencifpmiif ]iex CCiigtiae ec iT>em
"Oux "Mopinanni[a]e ec CCqtnr;ani[a]e ec Comey CCn-oe-
^auu[a]e ec atiajiiini Tnutcaptim ceppapum oommup, cum
7>uceiicif qtiaT)|ia5inT:a nauibuf. (ComeroJ epn ppimup
a-ouenr^ip Shaxanac in hibepmam.') Ocuf caimc hi cip
oc pupc-lapp 7 pogaB giallti TTluman. "Came lap fem
co hCCc-cbox 7 pogaB giatlti Laijen 7 pep mite 7 blla-
Tn-bpunn 7 CCip^iall 7 Utcro. Perpup (bl1a b TTlop^a b ),
epipcopup blla-TTlaine 7 Connacc (no, k eppuc Cltiana-
pepca-Openam'D k ), manac cpaifroec 7 pep auTX>p'Da, T>O
bcrou'S ipin r-8mainT) (iT)on, b ic pupc-T>a-Chaine<5 b ), 1*0*
epc, pexco ]CatenT)ap lanuapn. 1
(T^omap Caricuapenpip Tnapcipizacup. "Oomnall
bUa TTlait-muaiT), pi pep-Cell, occipup [epc]. ITIael-
cpon TYIac ?5iHi-8ectiGntl, pi "Oeipce[i]pc bpe,
mopicup.")
8 0e|\ , A. om., A. J-J 1. m., t. h., A ; om., B, C. ** 1. m., n. t. li.,
A ; om., B, C. 1-l .1. ui. kt. lenai]i (the native rendering of the Laliu of A),
B. mm 51d, r. m., n. t. h., A; om., B, C. un 5i d, f. m n n. t. h., A;
om., B, C.
brensis states that it took place
about Sept. 1 (Exp. Bib. i. 29).
8 Son of the Empress. Opposite
Mac no. Peiriti, on the right margin,
in B, by another hand is : Alias, na
hlmptra[si],quia fait, Impei [atricit]
filius Otherwise, [son] of the
Emprets [Matilda], etc. (The
brackettcd letters were cut off in
trimming the edge.) The mean-
ing is that hlmptrasi was the true
reading, being derived from Imper-
ative. Also, on the centre margin,
is written: Rex Angliae renit in
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
171
by Milo De Cogan with his people, wherein fell a large
number around Aedh Ua Ruairc, king of Machaire-
Gaileng and royal heir of the Ui-Briuin and Conmaicni.
There were also killed there five chiefs of the Men of
Fern-magh [and two others], namely, Mael-Mochta Mac
Confhebla and Conchobhur, his brother, two chiefs of
Cetiel-Feradhaigh. Fenidh Ua Conghaile, candle of the
championship and hospitality of Oirghialla. died. Ragh-
nall Ua Tuathchair, chief of Clann-Ruadhrach ; Gilla-
geimridh Mac-in-Ghaband, chief of Fir-Darcacha and a
number of others along with them died not long after the
aforesaid events, on the 16th of the Kalends of November
[Oct. 17]. There came into Ireland Henry (son of the
Empress 8 ), most puissant king of England and also Duke
of Normandy and Aquitaine and Count of Anjou and Lord
of many other lands, with. 240 ships. (So that that was
the first advent of the Saxons into Ireland.) And he came
to land at Port-lairgi and received the pledges of Munster.
He came after that to Ath-cliath and received the pledges of
Leinster and of the Men of Meath and of the Ui-Briuin and
Airgialla and Ulidia. Peter (Ua Mordha), bishop of Ui-
Maine of Connacht (otherwise, 9 bishop of Cluain-ferta
of [St.] Brenann), a devout monk and authoritative man,
was drowned in the Sinand (namely, at Port-da- Chaineg),
namely, on the 6th of the Kalends of January [Dec. 27].
(Thomas of Canterbury is martyred. 10 Domnall Ua
Mail-muaid, king of Fir-cell, was slain. 11 Mael-cron 12 Mac
Gilli-Sechnaill, king of the South of Bregha, dies.)
[1171]
Hiberniam hoc anno. For Henry's
doings in Ireland, see Benedict of
Peterborough and Hoveden (A.D.
1171-2).
^Otherwise. The Ui-Maine of
Connaught included the diocese of
Clonfert. The alternative reading
is that given in the Annals oflnnls-
f alien and of Boyle.
10 Martyred. On December 29 of
the preceding year, in the Cathedral
of Canterbury. Sec the account
in Benedict of Peterborough
(ad an).
11 Slain. By the people of Moa-
aghan, according to the F.M.
12 Mael-cron. Given in the Four
Masters.
M 2
172
literati.
[bt r .]
y
}Cal. 1an. un.* p., a L, n., CCnno "Domini TTI. c.lxx.iv
Hi Saxan (it>on, llenpicc, mac na pepipi b )TK)ftul a hGpinn
"Oia-"Domnai5 Cape, lapceilebpaftCCipppmn. "Ci^epnan
hlla Uuaipc, pi bpeipne 7 Conmaicne, pep 1 cumacca
mope ppi pe pora, T>O mapbaft T>O 8haxanait5 cema 7 T>O
"Oomnall, mac CCnnaift, T)ia cemul pem imaille 2 ppiu. CC
01 cenn aft *oono DoiTJ 7 a cenn 7 a copp TJO bpeic co 7>ocpaift
B 54a co hCCc-cliox. 1n cenn | T>O cogbail pop "oopup m T)uine
i n-a P5ac3>ep5 cpua^ T>O ^haiftelaiC. 1n copp T>ono "DO
cpocaft i n-inui> aile 7 a coppa puap. "Cigepnac hlla
THael-Goin, comapba Ciapain (Cluana d -mac-14oip d ),
(ftneuic m Chpipro. Inip-Gogam 7>o [pjapuguft la Cenel-
Conaill 7 ap -DO cop pop a T>oenit5. c TTIai7>m pop Cenel-n-
6oam la plaicbepcac hlla TTIael'Dopaift 7 la Cenel-
Conaill 7 dp lanmop T>O cop poppn. TTlipbuilcpa T>O
noemait5 m CoimDeft 3 in 4 ni pin, 4 i-oon, -DO pacpaic 7 T>O
Colnm-cille7 T>O na naemaiC apcena,ipa cella pomillpec.
1Tlael-THinpe c TTIac TTItipcafta, coipec TThnnnrepi-bipn
7 r [ 1 ]f e [^] 7 1 11 hlla-n-Gcac, T>O mapbaft la hCCeft TTIac
Oengupa 7 la Clainn-CCefta* hUa'-n-ecroac tllaft. Lan-
ctiaipc Coicift Connacc in cerpamaft peer la illa 1Tlac
Liac, comapba parpaic, iT>on, la Ppimaic 5 Gpenn, co
hCCpTj-TTlaca. "Domnall hlla epf;ail, api) roipec Con-
maicne, 7>o mapbaft la mumncep pig Saxan. 5 1 ^ a "
CCefta, eppuc Copcaip, pep Ian TK) par "Oe, m bona
penecruce quieuic.
A.D. 1172. 1 \&a\\, A. 2 male (aphaeresis of i). A. 3 -oej, B.
4 - 4 itiipm, A. 8 ini).xiit (chief prophet !}, B. n. t. h., on blank left by
scribe, A. "> itL, n.t. h., A ; om., B, C. om., B, C. d ^ partly on c. m.,
partly on Lin., n.t.h., MS. (A). - ear>a htli , MS. (A).
1172. 1 The king. Opposite these
words, on the centre margin in B,
is : Sediit in AngUam. According
to Benedict, the royal retinue sailed
on Easter Sunday and the king on
the following day.
3 With. Laterally, and.
3 Mael-oin. Devotee of [St.]
John (the Evangelist). This may
be the Maeliohain eptcop (Mael-
Johain, bishop) of the Clonmacnoipe
tombstone (O'D., F.M. iii. 4).
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
173
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 2nd of the moon, A.D. [1172 Bis.]
1172. The king 1 of the Saxons (namely, Henry, son of
the Empress) went from Ireland on Easter Sunday [April
16], after celebration of Mass. Tigernan Ua Ruairc, king
of Breifni and Conmaicni, a man of great power for a long
time, was killed by the same Saxons and by Domnall, son of
Annadh [Ua Ruairc] of his own clan along with them.
He was beheaded also by them and his head and his body
were carried ignominiously to Ath-cliath. The head was
raised over the door of the fortress, a sore, miserable
sight for the Gaidhil. The body was hung in another
place, with 2 its feet upwards. Tigernach Ua Mael-Eoin, 3
successor of Ciaran (of Cluain-mac-Nois), rested in peace.
Inis-Eogain was wasted by the Cenel-Conaill and
slaughter inflicted upon its inhabitants. Defeat [was in-
flicted] upon the Cenel-Eogain by Flaithbertach Ua
Maeldoraidh and by the Cenel-Conaill and great slaughter
was put upon them. A marvel [wrought] by the saints
of God [was] that thing : namely, by Patrick and by
Colum-cille and by the saints besides, whose churches
they destroyed. Mael-Muire Mac Murchadha, chief of
Muinnter-Birn and chief and king of the Ui-Echach, was
killed by Aedh Mac Oenghusa and by the Clann-Aedha
of the Ui-Echach of Ulidia. The full circuit [cess] of the
Fifth of Connacht [was carried] for the fourth time by
Gilla Mac Liac, successor of Patrick, namely, by the
Primate of Ireland, to Ard-Macha. Domnall Ua Fergail,
arch-chief of Conmaicni, was killed by the people of the
king of the Saxons. Gilla- Aedha, 4 bishop of Cork, a man
full of the grace of God, rested in good old age.
4 Gilla- Aedha. Devotee of (St.)
Aed (perhaps of Kahugh, co. West-
meath). Accordingto the obit in the
Four Masters (where the surname
is O'Muidhin O'Muigin, Annals
of Boyle, which was unknown to
O'Donovan, iii. 3), he had been a
monk of Errew in Lough Con, co.
Mayo. In the Annals of Innisf alien,
he is called bishop (the compiler
174
ccwicclcc ulccoli.
A52b
V.
(nriupcaT> f TTlac TTluficcrba 7 fflupcai) hUa bp[i]ain
occip f tmr. itla-CpipT;,mac comapba Ciajfiain Ctuana-
mac-Woif, quieuic. "Chapmen) liUa Caellui-be occipup
[ere.]')
}caL 1an. .' .,'l.x. 111. .CCnno "Domini 171 . c. txx. 111.
Cinae6 hUa Rona[i]n, eppuc ^linne-'oa-loca, 1 -DO cum-
pana-o co [fiamail]. TYluipe-oac hUa CoCcai^, 3 eppoc
Cene[oi]t-eosain 7 "Cuaifce^lfic 6penn uile, in mac
oge 7 m tec lo^muji 7 in gem glome 7 in fieclu fotufca
7 -Cifn TOijce'Sa iiiD 3 ecnai 3 7 cnoeC cnuapai na Canoine
7 C ropu|i na T>e|\ce 7 na cennfa 7 na hailgeme 7 m
coluim apglonie cfiai-be 7111 ctnjrcuin. CL]\ ennga 7 in
noem T)e ecep. T501H1C, ian. n-o|iT)ne'5 T)O fxicanr; 7 T>eo-
caine 7 oerfa] ceca ^fiai-b aficena, iT>on, feccmosa* 1
facan.c, 7 ia^ n-arnupro ectup ii-inr5a 7 iaji coipecnxro
cempall 7 fieilec 7 ian.n-T>enum mami^pec 7 n.eiclep n-
inroa 7 cec[a] LuCjiai eclufcaccai ayicena 7 ian. ci-onucul
7 ecaig T>O boccaib, lap m-buai'D cn.abar> 7 oiLicpi 7
, 4 n.opai'b 5 a fpifiur; 'oocum nime 1 n-T)ub]ieiclep
Coluim-cille i n-"Oaiiie, 1 quafic ID pebfiai, m pexca
[fepcima] pe^ia. "Oo]iona'b T>ono mifibuil mop,
ai-bce a-obar, m a-oaig 6 T>O folufcusu-fe o ca
co gaipm m coitig 7 m "oomaii uile pop, layxro 7 coepmop
" I. m., n. t h., A ; om., B, C.
A.D. 1173. l laca, A. 2 Covc , B. 3 'nahecna (i.e. the scribetook
the word to be feminine), B. * 51, A. * poeTD, B. 6 agai'O, B. * n. t. h.,
on space left blank, A. fc-b in pace quieuic (the Latin equivalent of tho
A text), B, C. =- om., B, C. d .Ixx., MS. (A).
evidently deemed it superfluous to
add the place) and head of the piety
of Ireland. In the Ann a It of Boyle
he is called bishop of Cork.
8 Murchtidh, etc. The first
and third of these entries are found
in the Annals of Boyle and the F.M.,
respectively.
6 Were slain. Insimul occisi suut,
A nnals of Boyle.
1 Qilla-Crist. Detotee of Chritt.
He may have been the son of
O'Malone, who died this year.
1 1 73 . l Bishop of Ccnel-Eogain.
That is, of Deny (North of Ireland
may signify Raphoe). This proves
ANNALS OF ULSTEE.
175
(Murchadh 5 Mac Murchadha and Murchadh Ua Briain |"1172]
were slain. 6 Gilla-Crist, 7 son of the successor of Ciaran of
Cluain-mac-Nois, rested. Diarmod Ua Caellaidhe was
slain.)
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 13th of the moon, A.D. [1173]
1173. Cinaeth Ua Rona[i]n, bishop of Glenn-da- locha,
restec}. Muiredhach Ua Cobhthaigh, bishop of Cenel- fa fa
Eogain 1 and of all the North of Ireland, the son of chastity
and the precious stone and the gem of purity and the
shining star and the preserving casket of wisdom and the
fruitful branch of the Canon and the fount of charity and
meekness and kindliness and the dove for purity of heart
and the turtle for innocence and the saint of God among
men, after ordaining priests and deacons and persons of
every [church-]grade besides, namely, seventy priests and
after renovating many churches and after consecrating
churches and cemeteries and after building many monas-
teries and regular churches and [performing] every
ecclesiastical work besides and after bestowal of food and
clothing to the poor, after victory and piety and penance
and pilgrimage, he sent forth his spirit unto heaven in the
Penitentiary of Colum-cille in Daire, on the 4th of the Ides
[10th] of February, on the 6th [recte, 7th] feria. 2 Now, a
great marvel was wrought on the night he died, the
night was illuminated from Nocturn 3 to the call of the
that O'Brolchain was not made
bishop of the first-named see in
1158 (supra).
2 6th feria. Sixth feria is the
reading of the Annals of Loch Ce also.
From this it is evident that the
compiler did not understand these
criteria, but copied what he found
in the MS. The Four Masters
omit the week-day.
In 1173, February 10 fell on
the seventh feria, or Saturday.
3 Nocturn. Literally, afterri&ing;
here employed to denote midnight.
The time and rationale are given
in the Vita Columbae and Navigatio
Brandaid. Media nocte, pulsata
personante clocca, f estinus surgene,
ad ecclesiam pergit (Vita Col. iii.
23). Vir Dei et qui cum illo erant
17G
rnmcclGC ulcrol).
reined T)'eipp op in bcnle 7 a TXX-C poip&ep 7 eip^i TX>
cac uite, iiiT>ap Leo pob' e in laa. Ocup poboi amlai'5 pcm
pe muipanaip. Grpu hllaTVh'a'fcacain, eppuc Cluana, in
bona penecctice quietnc. Cpec mop la CCe'b Iliac
Oen^upa 7 la Clainn-CCe"5a, co poaipcper *Cpian mop
(i* n-CCpT>-TTIaca e ). Ocup pomapbaft in pep fin i cim> cpi
ion, n-apcam CCifiT)-TT)aca 7)0.
("OomnalU bp^egac hlla TTlail-[81i]eclainn, j^i TTIi-be,
obnc. Tnael-TTlocca hlla pia-obpa (no g , hlla 1Tlail-
[8h]eclainn'),abbCluana-inac-Moif,qineuic. TTIael-1fu
TTlac m Oaiiro, epycop Cluana-peyica bpenaim), quieuic.
1map, mac [TTlic] Cangamna' [coi^ec niuinTn|ie-TTlail-
n.m.*.,l. xx.iin.,CCnno"Oomini m. c
plann 1 hlla ^opma[i]n, afi-Dpefileipnn CCip-D-TTlaca 7
B fi4b 6penn | uile, pep eolac, ^ornaiTCamail 1 n-ecna *Diaf>a 7
oomunDa, lap m-beic bbafiain ap picic b 1 "Ppancait5 7 i
SaxanaiB ic po|laim 7 pce b bliafam ic pollanmusa'D
pcol n-Gpenn, crcba co piraiTiail 1 rpeTecim c ]Callann e
CCppibp, "Oia-Cecam pia Caipc, pepuia^epimo aeranp
pu[a]e anno. TTlael-pacpaic Oana[i]n, eppuc Com>eipe
A 520 7 "Oail-CCpai-be, pep eipnucnec, Ian T>O noeime | 7 T>O
cennpa 7 "DO laine cpii>e, *oo ec co lanpeccnac i n-h1
itl., n. t. h., A. ; om., B, C. t( n. t. h., A ; om., B, C. KK itl., MS. (A).
A.D. 1174. 1 ptoT\innc(=Florentiu8), A. 2 Comvoe, B. n. t. h.,
on blank space, A. b .ix., A, B. ^jcni. kt., A, B.
dederunt corpora quieti, usque ad
tertiam noctis vigiliam [i.e. mediam
noctem]. Evigilans vero vir Dei,
suscitavit fratres ad vigilias noctis
(jYp. Bran. c. T).
* Call of the cock. The OaUici-
iiium (3 a.m.) is meant.
8 By the sea on the east (re mttir
anair). That is, in Scotland. The
expression is employed in this
ttenae in the obit of Malcolm Cenn-
mor, 1165 (supra). The meaning-
less reading of B is : co romhuir in
aair to that it octrcame the [tiiyht]
air. Following this, C renders it
" untill the ayer was cleered."
6 Cluain[-a(i)rard']. The square
bracketted portion is given in C.
7 Great Third. See supra, A.D.
1074, not 5.
8 Domnall, etc, Domnall of
ANNALS OF ULSTEll.
177
cock* and the whole world [was] a-blaze and a large mass
of fire arose over the place and went south-east and every
one arose, it seemed to them it was the day. And it was like
that by the sea on the east. 5 Etru Ua Miadhachain, bishop
of Cluain[-a(i)rar(T}7 r res^ed in good old age. Great foray
by Aedh Mac Oenghusa and by the Clann-Aedha, so that
they pillaged the Great Third 7 (in Ard-Macha). And that
man was killed before three months, after the pillaging of
Ard-Macha by him.
(Domnall 8 Ua Mael-[Sh]echlainn the Bregian, king of
Meath, died. Mael-Mochta 9 Fa Fiadbra (or 10 Fa Mael-
[Sh]echlainn), abbot of Cluain-mac-Nois, rested. Mael-
Isu Mac-in-Baird, 11 bishop of Cluain-ferta of [St.] Brenann,
rested. Imar 12 son [of Mac] Cargamna [chief of Muinnter-
Mail-Shinna, dies].)
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 24th of the moon, A.D.
1174. Flann Fa Gorma[i]n, arch-lector of Ard-Macha
and of all Ireland, a man learned,^bseryant in divine and
human wisdom, after having been a year and twenty
learning amongst the Franks and Saxons and twenty years
directing the schools of Ireland, died peacefully on the
13th of the Kalends of April [March 20], the Wednesday
before Easter, in the 70th year of his age. Mael-Patraic
O'Banain, 1 bishop of Condeiri and Dal- Araidhe, a venerable
man, full of holiness and of meekness and of purity of
heart, died full piously in I[ona] of Colum- cille, after
[1173]
Bregha was slain. Annals of Boyle.
He was fostered in Bregia.
9 Mochta. The patron saint of
Louth.
10 Or, etc. This is the surname
given in the P.M. The remaining
items are found in the Annals of
Boyle.
31 Mac-in-Baird. Son of the Bard.
Anglicized Mac Ward. The family
were hereditary poets of O'Kelly
of Hy-many (O'Donovan, F. M. iii.
11.)
12 Imar, etc. Given in the Annals
of Boyle.
1174. 1 O'Banain. See Reeves,
Adamnan p. 408, and the works
there referred to.
LH74J
178
CCNNCClCC ulCCDtl.
CoLuim-cille iap
mac Ruai*5pi, comapba paqunc, ap-oeppuc 7 ppimaic
CCip'o-TYlaca 7 Gpenn uile, mac oge Ian 'oo laine cpifte
7 *oo picamla, -DO ec co peccnac iap d f enTxrcait> cogai'be'',
i' pexc Jcalann CCppil," "Dia-Cecam lap Caipc, occo-
gepmo pepcimo aecacip f uae anno, epipcopacup haucem
cpigefimo ^pcimo. Roboi in pep, uapat pin ye' bba^na
oec' co lanonopac 1 n-aVoame Cotuim-cille 1 n-*0aipe
pia comupbup pacpaic. ^ilta-fnocaiT)beo, abb ITlain-
peuaip 7 poil 1 n-CCp-o-lTlaca, mo cpebaip,
T>o'n CoinrDig, TX) ec ppiT)ie g jCaleiToaf* CCppibp,
pepcuagepimo [ajecacip pu[a]e anno.
(Car "Oupluip la "Oomnall hlla m-bpiam 7 la Con-
cobup maenmaip pop muinn^p mic na pepipi (1*0011,
pig Saxan 1 )- ITlaelpuanaij; hlla CiapTa, pi Caipppi,
occipup epc. 8enoT> bippa h . CC.iT). 1174. TTlael-1pu
hUaConnacca[i]n, epipcopup Shil-TTluipecais, quieuic.
CCmlaim hUa Cum*o, caipeacTHuinncipi-5ill5a[i]n moii-
cuupepc. TTluipsiup hUa "OuBraig, cec abb na Ouille,
B, C. 1 .ui. kl. CCpjXil, B; .1. .ui. kl. CCpjiilif, A-
jc.ai. bU, A, B. s .11. kt, A, B. h n. t. h., A; om., B, C. iU.,
MS. (A.). JJ 52b, f.m., n. t. h., A; om., B, C.
d - d om.
Lf
2 Son of Ruaidhri. In the colo-
phon to the exquisite Evangeliste-
rium of Mael-Brigte in the British
Museum (Harleian, 1802, fol.
156b). Cf. Appendix to Report
on Rymer't Foedera, Supplement,
PI. XVI. ; Reeves, Proc. HI. A.
T. 62-3), he is called grand-
son of Ruaidhri, According to an
interlinear gloss in the original
hand he was ion of the poet of the
Ui-Birn mac im> [p]ifi Txina TK>
[U]ib-t)ifui (a Tyrone sept whose
territory bounded part of Monag-
han). In the list of Succetsors of
Patrick (L. L. 42d), he is likewise
styled son of the poet.
8 March 27th, the Wednetday
afttr Easter. The F.M. copj these
data and, nevertheless, place the
obit under 1173, a year in which
the Wednesday in Easter week fell
on April 11 ! 6'Donovan left th
error unconnected (Ui. 13).
Gelasius is given in the Martyr-
ology of Donegal at March 27.
4 87th of his age. He was conse-
quently born in 1087. Yet O'Conor
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
179
choice old age. Gilla Mac Liac [Gelasius], son of [H74]
Ruaidhri, 2 successor of Patrick, archbishop and primate of
Ard-Macha and of all Ireland, son of chastity, full of purity
of heart and of peace, died piously after choice old age, on ^ U^
the 6th of the Kalends of April [March 27], the "Wednesday
after Easter, 3 in the 87th year of his age, 4 the 37th of his
episcopacy. 5 That noble man was sixteen years full
honourably in the abbacy of Colum-cille in Daire before
[receiving] the succession of Patrick. Gilla-Mochaidbeo, 6
abbot of the Monastery of Peter and Paul in Ard-Macha,
a diligent, steadfast servant to the Lord, died on [Sunday]
the 2nd of the Kalends of April [March 31], in the 70th
year of his age.
(The battle 7 of Durlus [was gained] by Domnall Ua
Briain and by Conchobur Maenmhaighi upon the people
of the son of the Empress (namely, of the king of the
Saxons). Maelruanaigh 8 Ua Ciarda, king of Cairpri, was
slain. The Synod 7 of Birr [was celebrated]. A.D. 1174.
Mael-Isu 7 Ua Connachtain, bishop of Sil-Muirethaigh
[Elphin], rested. Amlaim Ua Cuind, chief of Muinnter-
Gillga[i]n, died. Muirguis 7 Ua Dubhthaigh, first abbot
(. H. S. ii. Annals of Boyle, p. 17)
confidently states that Mac Liag,
who died in 1016 (supra), was his
father !
5 37lh of his episcopacy. He
became archbishop on the resigna-
tion of StTTSalachy in 1137. There
is independent evidence that he
was primate in 1138. According
to the colophon, he was in the
succession of Patrick, when the
Mael-Brigte Codex was written ;
namely, in the, year of the sixteenth
Epatt [falling] upon Jan. 1 Toon,
1 m-blicroain 7>ano pep-oe -oeac
poyx KatcHnn
d Mochaidbech His name is in
the Martyrology of Donegal at
October 11.
7 The battle, etc. ; The Synod, etc.;
Mael-Isu, etc. ; Muirgius, etc.
Given in the Annals of Boyle.
For the battle of Thurles (which
is also found in the Annals of
Jnnisfallen), see the masterly note
of O'Donovan (F. M. iii. 16 sq).
To the Synod of Birr is perhaps
to be referred the transfer of West-
meath to the See of Clonmacnoise,
recorded by the F.M. at this year.
8 Maelruanaigh, etc. A more
detailed account is in the F.M.
180
crtmcclcc ulcroli,
quietnr. 1map, mac TDic Capsamna hth itta-Utra[i]n,
coipec TTltnrmcepi [mail-8mna, k
]CaL 1an. 1111.* p., L u., CCnno "Domini TT1. C c. lxx. u.
TTlael-1fti (i-oon, b mac m eleipis ctnpp b ), eppuc UUr5, pui
ecna[i] 7 cpat>a[i)fe, plenup Tjiepum m Chpiprx) quieuir.
plaicbepcac 1 bUa bpotca[i]n, comapba Coluim-citle,
cmp ecna[i] 7 emi^, pep T)ia cucamip cleipi 6penn
caraip, eppmc aji c ecna[i] 7 ap, c pebup 7 Dia capcup 2
comufibup b1a, T>O ec copeccnac iafi cjieblair: cogai^e i
n--Dub|ieclei^ Cotuim-citle. ^ 1 ^ a THac Liac blla
bp.ana[i]n T>O oifi'one'D 1 n-a matt i comujibup Coluim-
cilte. TTlac comajiba pmnem (iT>on, b CCmLaim b ), abb
Sabailt, i)0 ec 1 n-eppcopom tHat>. ITIac Copcmaic
eppuc UtaT>, T)O ec. Concobupo, d mac TTlic Concaille
abb fieiclepa poil 7 peraip 7 comapcba
TO ec 1 Roim, mfi cocc T)'acallaim
comafiba peraipu d TTIai-om ape Cenel-n-6rma pia n-
ecmapxac htla Cara[i]n 7 pe 11 1 all hUa n-5ailmfieT>ai
7 up. mop T>O cup poppu.
kk Cut away in binding ; TTlael-Sinnais certain.
A.D. 1175. Haic (p om.), A. 3 gup B. 8 jveic , A. -n. t. h., on
blank space, A. b ' b itl., n. t. h., A ; om., B, C. c ayx a for hit, B, C.
d<> om., B, C. e itl., n. t. h , MS. (A).
9 Boyle. Respecting the history
of the foundation of this abbey
given by O'Donovan (F. M. iii. 14)
from the Annals of Boyle, it may
be well to quote the original
entries.
Abbatia de Buellio hoc anno
fundata est, anno Dominic[a]e
Incarnationia MCXLvni.
Abbatia Buellensis hoc anno
fundata est iuxta Buellium MCLXI ;
ab initio vero mundi VICCCLX.
Primo incepit esee apud Grellech-
dinach ; oecundo, apud Druim-
conaind ; tertio, apud Bunfiuni ;
quarto, apud Buellium.
In primo loco, primus abbas
Petrus Ua Morda f uit ; in secundo,
Aed Ua Maccain per duos annos.
Post eum Mauricius in eodem loco
per vi. annos (" nearly three years,"
O'Donovan, loe. cit.), et apud Bun-
finni duos et dimidium. In Buellio
vero abbati/.avit xiii. et dimidium.
[A.D. MCUUUV.] Murgius Ua
Dubtaich, primus abbaa Buellii et
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
181
of Boyle, 9 rested. Imar 10 son of Mac Cargamna Ua Gilla-
Ultain, 11 chief of Muinnter-Mail-Sinna, dies.)
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 5th of the moon, A.D.
1175. Mael-Isu (namely, son of "the Stooped Cleric"),
bishop of TJlidia [Down], master of wisdom and piety,
rested full of days in Christ. Flaithbertach Ua Brol-
cha[i]n, successor of Colum-cille, tower of wisdom and
hospitality, a man to whom the clergy of Ireland gave the
chair 1 of a bishop for wisdom and for his excellence and to
whom was offered 2 the succession of la, died piously, after
choice tribulation, in the Penitentiary of Colum-cille.
Gilla Mac Liac Ua Brana[i]n 3 was instituted in his stead in
the succession of Colum-cille. The son of the successor of
[St.]Finnian (namely, Amlaimh 4 ) [deposed] abbot of Saball,
died in the episcopacy of Ulidia. Mac Cormaic, bishop of
Ulidia, died. Conch obur, 5 son of Mac Conchaille(the wild-
deer hunter), abbot of the Regular abbey of [SS.] Paul and
Peter and successor of Patrick afterwards, died in Rome,
after arriving to confer with the successor of Peter.
Defeat [was inflicted] on the Cenel-Enna by Echmarcach
Ua Catha[i]n and by Niall Ua Gailmredhaigh and great
slaughter was put upon them.
tertius secundum antiquitatem
domus, quievit.
10 Imar, etc. Compare the final
(additional) item of the preceding
year.
u Gilla- Ultain. Devotee of [St.~\
Ultan (probably of Ardbraccan, co.
Meath),
1 1 75. * Chair of bishop. Supra,
1158.
2 Was offered. In 1164 (supra).
3 Ua Brana[i]n.See Adamnan,
p. 408.
4 Amlaimh. The same who pro-
cured the expulsion of the Canons
Regular from Saball (Saul) in 1170.
The F. M. omit the obit.
5 Conchobur. He was the im-
mediate successor of Gelasius.
Segdnach. (for which compare seg>
a wild-deer, in Cormac's Glossarv)
forms part of the text in the
Annals of Boyle.
6 Was slain. By the son of
Mac Coghlan (lord of Delvin
Eathra, the barony of Garrycastle,
Bang's Co. ), according to the entry
in the Four Master?.
[U74] ]
[1175]
182
CCMMCClCC UlCCDTl.
1 blla Tnaelmtiaifc, pi pep-Ceall, occif iif
TTlapiup blla TTlael-Sheacnaill t>o cpocafc la
. TTh-fce T/pap ni5H"5 o CCc-ttiaingu *Opocer;-aa-
"Oomnall Caemanac, mac "Diapmo-oa TThc TTluficcrBa,
pi laigean [occipup epc]. 8lu 050-6 la ^allaiB 511
luimneac, 511 n-7>eaear>aip paip.')
]CaL 1an. ., p., I. cr. ui., CCnno "Domini TT1. c. laxr. ui.
8axam -DO innafiba[-&] -DO *0omnall hUu bpiam a
B 54c Luimniuc | cpe vojibaif^-oo-Denum -poppu. bean-TTli-De,
m?;en Tkmnca-Da hlli Cepbaill, ben Con-Tiiai^i 2 hlli
pblamn, 8 pisan hlla-'Cinpciii 7 pep-Li, T>O ec. Ingen
A 52d RuaiT>pi liUi ConcoCaiji, ben [pli]lairhbepT;|ai bill
TTlael'Dopai'5, TK> niapbat) T>O macaiCbtli Caipella[i]n.
Pabop 7 Cenannup -DO papusa-o 4 TK> ^ballaiC 7 7>o bllib-
bpunn. Wmll," mac TTlic Loclamn, TK) mapbar> TK>
TTluinncep-bpanain.* Lu^ma-o T>O f?apua5 TK> na
SaxaiC. Caipcel ^ali '50 -oenam i Cenanmip. 1n r-
"n. t. h., A; om., B, C.
A.D. 1176. 'o^baip (pom.), A. 2 r>e, B. 3 lainn (pom.), B. 4 ay
(p om.), A. B |xi (aphaeresis of i), A. a ' u om., B, C.
7 Maghntts. He was lord of East
Heath. The Four Masters state
he was hanged by the Foreigners
(English), after they had acted
treacherously towards him (most
likely, by seizing him at a con-
ference) at Trim.
8 Watted. This was probably
the incursion described by Cam-
brensis : Rothericus vero Connac-
tensis, Sinnenensis fluvii fluenta
transcurrens, in manu valida
Mediam in vasit, cunctaqae ejusdem
castra vacua reperiens atque
deserta, usque ad ipsos Dnbliniae
fines igne combusta soloque
confracta redegit (Exp. Hib., ii. 2).
9 Domnall. Given in the Annals
of Boyle.
In the Four Masters it ia stated
that he was treacherously slain by
O' Koran and O'Nolan.
10 A hotting. Given in the Annals
of Inni tf alien and in the Annals of
B'tyle. For a characteristic des-
cription of the capture by Cam-
brensis, see the chapter Nobilis
Limerici erpvgnatio (Exp. Hib. ii. 7).
1 1 76. l The Sax*ns. On the right
hand margin, a 17th-century hand
wrote in B: Angtici [exput]ri ex
Limtrice a Domnnlldo. Cambrensi>,
however, states (Exp. Hib. ii. 14)
that, on hearing of the death of
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
183
(Gilla-Coluim Ua Maelmhuaidh, king of Fir-cell, was [U75]
slain. 6 Maghnus 7 Ua Mael-Seachnaill was hanged by the
Foreigners. Meath was wasted 8 from Ath-luain to Dro-
chait-atha. Domnall 9 Caemanach, [illegitimate] son of
DiarmaidMac Murchadha, king of Leinster [was slain].
A hosting 10 by the Foreigners to Limerick, so that they
overcame it.)
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 16th of the moon, A.n. [1176 Bis.]
1176. The Saxons 1 were expelled by Domnall Ua Briain
from Limerick, by a leaguer being made against them.
Bean-Mid he 2 , daughter of Donnchadh Ua Cerbaill, wife of
Cu-maighi 3 Ua Flainn, queen of Ui-Tuirtri and Fir-Li,
died. The daughter of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobair, wife of
[F]laithbertach Ua Maeldoraidh, was killed by the sons
of Ua Cairella[i]n. Fabor and Cenannus were wasted 4 by
the Foreigners and by the Ui-Briuin. Niall, son of Mac
Lochlainn, was killed by Muinnter-Branain. Lughmadh
was wasted by the Saxons. A. castle 5 of the Foreigners
Strongbow, Raymond Le Gros set
out for Dublin, having committed
Limerick to Donald (O'Brien), as
baron of the king and received
hostages and multiplied oaths
respecting its safe custody and
restitution and the preservation of
peace. But, no sooner had the
English left than Donald, with the
characteristic infidelity of his
nation, set the city on fire in four
places ! Giraldus took no trouble
to enquire what motive could have
prompted O'Brien to burn a place
that thus peaceably reverted to his
possession.
2 Bean Midhe. Woman of Meath .
" It was very common as the proper
name of a woman among the
ancient Irish, as was also Bean-
Muman, meaning woman, or lady,
of Munster" (O'Donovan, F.M. iii.
24).
3 Cu-Maighi, Hound of the plain ;
Cu-Midhe, Hound of Meath.
Both these names were employed
amongst the family of OTlynn
(O.'D. F.M. iii. 25).
4 Wasted. That is, in conse-
quence of the battles fought there-
at between the opposing forces.
5 A castle. The compiler of
the Annals of Loch Ce makes this
into "The castles of the Foreigners
and of Cenannus were a-building"
(Caislen Gall ocus Cenantus ag a, n-
denum) ! The editor takes Gall for
a local name and gravely says that
184
ulccoft.
1apla Saxanac "DO ec 1 n-CCc-clicrc -DO bamne aillpi
pogab ap a coif rspia mipbuilit5 bpi^ci 7 Coluim-cille
7 na noern apcena, ipa 6 cella pomilL Caiptel 8laine 1
paibe fticap-o pleimenn 6 co n-a fltias, a f a pafiiq- ic
milliu-o CCippall 7 blla-m-bpnnn 7 pep-rnifce, -DO
nntliu > 5 la TT)ael-8eelainn, mac TDic Loclainn, la pig
Ceneoil-6oj;ain 7 la Cenel-n-Gogain bu-bein 7 la hCCifi-
pallaib, T)U in fioma|ibaT> cec, no ni if moo, "DO^ballailj,
fie raeb* ban 7 lenum 7 ec m caifreoil-oo mafiba-o, co na
cen.na T)tnne 1 m-berai-5 apn caifceL Ocuf fiopapai^i
cp.i cai[Teoili fDi-De iap b naba|iac h an. tiaman Cenunl 7 -
Gogam, 1-oon, caifcel Cenannya 7 caifrel Calacfiuma 7
caifcel 8 "Oaifie-phacfaic. Cu-mcn^e htla plainn, ni
bUa-'Ctiftcini 7 pejvli 7 "Dal-CC^aiDe, -DO mapba-o TX>
Coin-TTli-De, T>'a bparai|i pem 7 -DO penxnE-li.
(*Dia^moiT), c mac Conmaic TTIbej Ca|i|irai, fii T)eaf-
rhusan, TX) gabail la a mac f.em, iT>on, la Copmac
liaran. c )
]CaL1an. uii.*p.,'LaxK. uii.,CCnno"Oominiin. & c. locx. uii.
T)un-T)aleu5laf T>O mille'6 T>O bGoan 1 T>o-Cbuipc 7 -DO na
yucen.ib' canjcrDtiii imaille p.if 7 caifcel -DO Tienarh T>oib
ann, apa rucfar: maiT>m pa -56 pop. UllcaiB 7 maitun pop
Cenel-n -60501 n 7 pop CCipiaUaiB, T)U m pomapba-5 Con-
cobup bUa Caipell-a[i]n (i-oon, b coipec Clainni-
8 plem, B. 7 cenel, A. 8 caiplen, B. b - b ap, nabayvac on the morrotc,
B ; followed by C. * n. t. h., A ; om. f B, C.
A.D. 1177. ' f eon, B. - blank in A. b-b itl., t. h., A, B ; given in C.
there is DO trace of any " castle of
Gall" (p. 152).
H Saxon Earl. See O'Donovan
(loc. cit.) and Gilbert ( Viceroys,
p. 40, sq.).
7 Alive. Literally, in life.
*Diarmoid. Abridged apparent-
ly from the Anna li of Innisf alien
(ad an.); which add that Connac
was treacherously slain and his
father again reigned in the same
year.
1177. l John De Courcy. Accord-
ing to Cambrensis (Erp. Hib.
ii. 17), he marched, with 22 knights
and 300 men, in three days through
Meath and Oriel and, on the
morning of the fourth day, about
Feb. 1, entered Down : the king,
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
was a-building at Cenannus. The Saxon Earl 6 [Strongbow]
died in Ath-cliath of an ulcer he got on his foot, through
the miracles of Brigit and Colum-cille and the saints
besides, whose churches he destroyed. The castle of
Slane, wherein was Ricard Fleming with his host, where-
from the AirgiallaandUi-Briuin and Fir-Midhe were being
pillaged, was destroyed by Mael-Sechlainn, son of Mac
Lochlainn, king of Cenel-Eogain and by the Cenel-Eogain
themselves and by the Airgialla ; where were killed one
hundred or more of the Foreigners, besides women and
children and the horses of the castle that were killed, so
that no person escaped alive 7 out of the castle. And three
castles in Meath were razed on the morrow for fear of the
Cenel-Eogain, namely, the castle of Cenannus and the
castle of Calatruim and the castle of Daire of [St.]
Patrick. Cu-maighi 3 Ua Flainn, king of TJi-Tuirtri and
Fir-Li and Dal-Araidhe, was killed by Cu-Midhe 3 , his own
brother and by the Fir-Li.
(Diarmoid, 8 son of Cormac Mac Carrthaigh, king of
Desmond, was taken prisoner by his own son, that is, by
Cormac the Gray.)
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 27th of the moon, A.D.
1177. Dun-da -lethglas was destroyed by John De Courcy 1
and by the knights that came with him, and a castle 2 was
made by them there, wherefrom they twice 3 inflicted defeat
upon Ulidia and defeat upon Cenel-Eogain and upon
Airgialla ; where was killed Couchobur Ua Cairella[i]n
[1176]
[1177]
Dunlevy (who succeeded his
brother, Roderick in the kingdom
of Ulidia in 1171, supra), having
taken to flight.
2 Castle. Exili municipio, quod
in urbia angulo tenuiter erexerat
(Exp. Hid. ii. 17).
3 Twice. Giraldns states (foe.
(.) that the first defeat was inflict-
ed after the Purification (Feb. 2),
upon a force of 10,000 ; the second,
on the Nativity of St John (June
24), upon 15,000.
N
18f>
crwiccicc ulcroTi.
Oiapmar;a b ), 7 gilta TTlac Tjac hUa "Oonnjaile, roifec
Pep-T>ponm 7 m pogonaft *oo faiot> "Oomnalt hUa
[phjlairbeptais 7 mapt> e TX> na gonaitS fin 1 peiclep
phoit 1 n-CCpTj-TYlaca, iap caiam Cmpp Cpifc 7 lap n-a
B 54d ongaT) 7 111 pomapbait 2 main | inrba aili. "Oopac'oono
Concobup blla Caipelta[i]npeimefin (iT>on, c ifin n-eppac c )
rnaiT>m pop hUa TTlaelT)O|iait> 7 pofi Cenel-Conaill, "olj in
l^majiba^ d]i Ceneoil-hOnna[i] 'ma 3 mac hlli Shenfiai|,
7 mia 3 maiciG immnC anxiena. THib'5 ^ocan co n-a
innn.it5 T>O bfieic T)O mac Huai7>n.i (iT)on, d Tnupca^ d ) hUi
A 53a ConcoBtnn. co Hof-Comam T>O mittiu'5 Connacc | an.
\ jllccntf fie [a] arai]\. Roloiyx^ec imuppa Connacca pa
cecoifi "CuainvDa-suatann 7 ceatla aficena in cifie* ap,
iitcaiC fiifna ^allait) 7 cucfoc maiT>m pofifna ^allu 7
fiOT)icuifif ec ap eicin af a sip iac. Ro-oall -oono Ruaiibpi
hUa Concobuip 111 mac fin (.17)011,' ITlupca^') mp fin, i
ii--oi5ail 111 cuptiif fam. deft hUa Neitl (iT)on, g 111
macani roinlefc g ), pi Cenefoijl-eogain pe heft 7 piT>omna
Gpenn uile, T>O mapbaft ta TTlael-8eclainn, mac Rlic
ioclamn 7 ta hCCp-ogal, mac TTlic Loctauin (iT>on, f mac
oo'n TTlael-8ectainn fin')- CCpD^al *oono pein TX)
mapbaft T>O titla lleilt ic a mapbaft annpein. 1n
ampanac, hUa Coinnecen, ap-ootlam "Cuaifce^JpT: Gpenn
1 ixomayvba-D, A. 3 mi, B. it!., t. h., A ; ipti efifxac, c. m., t. h.,
B; " in the Lent," C. "ill., t. h., A; TD uiyvceficac, itL, t. h., B;
" Murtagh," C. e (cealla ajxcena in ciyve) -DO milliu'6 (moreover, the
churches of the territory) were (lit., to be) despoiled, added, B ; followed by C.
The fatal objection to this reading is the introduction of an Infinitive
between two Indicatives. ff itL, n. t. h., A ; om., B, C. *< L m., t. h,,
A ; om., B, C.
4 Milo Cogan, etc. In the JErp.
Hib. (ii. 19) no mention is made of
Murcbadh O'Conor. De Cogan is
said to bave bad 40 knights and
500 men. The Con naught men
burned cities, towns, churches and
such provisions as they were un-
able to conceal. They likewise
cast down crucifixes and images
of Saints in presence of the enemy.
The invaiding force advanced as
far as Tuam. There it remained
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
187
(namely, chief of Clann-Diarmata) and Gilla Mac Liac Ua
Donngaille, chief of Fir-Droma, and wherein was wounded
with arrows Domnall TJa fFJlaithbertaigh and he died
of those wounds in the monastery [of Canons Regular]
of Paul [and Peter] in Ard-Macha, after partaking of the
Body of Christ and after his anointing and wherein
were killed many other nobles. Now, Conchobur TJa
Cairella[i]n before that (namely, in the Spring) inflicted
defeat upon the Cenel-Eogain. and upon Ua Maeldoraidh ;
where a great number of the Cenel-Eogain were killed,
around the son of Mac Sherraigh and around many nobles
besides. Milo Cogan 4 with his knights was taken by the
son of Ruaidhri (namely, Murchadh) Ua Conchobhuir to
Ros-Comain to destroy Connacht, for evil 5 towards his
father. The Connachtmen, however, immediately burned
Tuaim-da-gualann and the churches of the country besides,
for evil 6 towards the Foreigners and they inflicted defeat
upon the Foreigner* and drove them by force out of the
country. Moreover, Ruaidhri Ua Conchobuir blinded that
son (namely, Murchadh) afterwards, in revenge of that
expedition. Aedh Ua Neill (namely, " The lazy youth" 6 ),
king of Cenel-Eogain for a time and royal heir of all Ire-
land, was killed by Mael-Sechlainn, son of Mac Lochlainn
and by Ardgal, son of Mac Lochlainn (that is, son to that
Mael-Sechlainn). But Ardgal himself was killed by Ua
Neill at his [Ua Neill] being killed there. The Timpanist 7
Ua Coinnecen, arch-ollam of the North of Ireland, was
[1177]
eight days ; but, finding the land
void of sustenance, returned to the
Shannon. In a wood close by the
river, King Koderick was encoun-
tered at the head of three large
armie?. A fierce conflict ensued.
The English lost three, slew many
of the enemy and escaped safe to
Dublin ! Credat Judaeue.
5 Evil. Plural in the original.
6 Lazy youth. So called, doubt-
less, by antiphrasis.
7 Timpanist. For the Timpanist,
See O'Curry (Manners and Customs,
etc., iii. 364 sq.) For the stringed
instrument, the Timpan, see ib.,
359 sq., and i dxxviii ix.
N2
188
ccmicclcc ulcroti.
DO mapbafi -DO Cli en el-Con ai LI co n-a mnai 7 co n-a
muinncen. Sluacr5 ta hOoan 1 Do-Cuipx 7 lapnaniafiiB
1 n-T)al-OCnaiDe, (7' U "Oun-Tja-lerslap'), o'an'map.bparj
"Oomnall, mac mic Carupais, fii "Oal-OCpaiDe. Tainic
Dono heoan 1 Wn runup cecna i n-hllib-'Cuipxni 7 1
Venait>-li, co fioloipc Cu-TTliDe hUa plain-o CCinreap.-
rnai|i neiihe 7 co noloipcpec Cuil-narain 7 cealla imDa
eite. MialL hUa Saitmjie-Daij;, |ii pen-Tnai|i-1fa 7
Cheneoil-6nna[i], Twmapba-D -DO "Oonnccr5 hUa Chai|iel-
ta[i]n 7 -DO Ctainn-*Oianmoxa, ayi lap "Oaipe Colinm-
cille 7 rec 4 -DO lopca-o aifi ann, co caung ap amac, co
nomap-ba^ 1 n-T>op.up m caigi. "Oonoine -oono T)onnca*
hUa Caipella[i]n, 6 coipec Clainm-T)iapmara, pi6 p.e
Colum-cille 7 p.e Hluinncep. "Oaipe annpein rap. a cenn
pem 7 a mic 7 a oa : i7>on, h [a] maincene pein cpia bicu \
7 a tneic 7 a oa 7 a lapmoa co bna 7>o h Colum-cille 7
DO TTlhuinncep- "Daipe 7 baile-biarai| 1 6 panfuro "Oom-
nai-moip. Ocup TTIac-pialjac, n>on, copn ip pepp. -oo 7
boi 1 n-epmn, T>O rabaific T>O TTlhuinncepc'Oaipe i 6 n-pll
pe cp.1 picnB bo. Ocup cec f>o -Denum T)o'n cleipi'uc, ipa
BS5a recp.o|loipceT> pop lla n-^aipmleDais 8 7 a cfio-o uile DO
ic ppip Doneoc p.o loipcpec imi. Clann-T)iafimaT;a
imtippa apcenaDO Denum pira rap, a cenn pein.
(Unnanup 1 CafiDinalip uenic m tlibenniam. 8eniiD
clepeac 6p.inD i nD-CCc-clia cum Uiuiano. ConctiBap.
4 ceac, A. 8 illan.B. 8 a,A. 7 om., B. 8 n-'5ailni , B. h ' h 7 a
layxmoa 7 a mcnncelne pein cyiia bitu tx> and of kit posterity and hit own
monastic service for ever to, B ; which C follows. .'' n. t. h. f A ; om.
B,C.
"This expedition is not mem-
tioned by Cambreneis.
' Monattic tervice. For the
mainchinc, or Monastic Service, see
the Senchas Mor (Brehon Laws,
iii. 36, 68).
10 Sallybelaqti. That is, townland
of Biatuch (one who held his
land on condition of supplying food
(biad) to those billeted upon him
by the chief). " A Bally betagh was
the thirtieth part of a triocha cead,
or barony. It contained four
quarters, or seisreaghs, each sies-
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
180
killed by the Cenel-Conaill with his wife and with hispeople. [H77]
A hosting 8 by John De Courcy and by the knights into
Dal-Araidhe (and to [recte, from] Dun-da-lethlas), on
which they killed Domnall, grandson of Cathusach [Mac
Duinnsleibhe Ua Eochadha], king of Dal-Araidhe. More-
over, John went during the same expedition into Ui-Tuirtri
and into Fir-Li, umil Cu-Midhe Ua Flainn burned
Airthir-Maighi before him and they [John's forces]
burned Cuil-rathain and many other churches. Niall Ua
Gailmredhaigh, king of the Men of Magh-Itha and of
Cenel-Ennai, was killed by Donnchadh Ua Cairella[i]n and
by the Clanri-Diarmata, in the centre of Daire of Colum-
cille : and [it happened thus :] a house was burned upon him
there, so that he came out from it [and] was killed at the
door of the house. However, Donnchadh Ua Cairella[i]n,
chief of Clann-Diarmata, made peace with Colum-cille and
with the Community of Daire then, on behalf of himself
and his son and his grand sons, to wit, the monastic
service 9 of himself for ever and of his son and of his
grandsons and of his posterity to doom unto Colum-cille
and unto the Community of Daire and [to give] a bally-
betagh 10 in the neighbourhood of Domnach-mor. And
" The Gray Son," that is, the best goblet that was in
Ireland, was given to the Community of Daire, in pledge .
for three score cows. And [he agreed] to make a house for '
the cleric whose house was burned upon Ua Gairmledhaigh
and to pay him all the -chattel that they burned about
him. The Clann-Diarmata also made peace on their
own behalf.
(Cardinal 11 Yivianus 12 came into Ireland. A Synod 13 of
the clergy of Ireland along with Vivianus. Conchubar 11
reagh containing 120 acres of the
large Irish measure" (O'Donovan,
P.M. iii. 27).
11 Cardinal ; Conchvbar. Given
in the Annals of Boyle, with the
father's name omitted from the
second entry.
12 Vivianus. Cardinal priest of
190
cctiMatcc.ulcroti.
A Ufa
\(
TTlaenmai-oe T>O |;aCail la acain., ITXDII, la Ruaifii hUa
ConeoBaip.')
1an. i.'p.," L ix., CCnno "Oomim TT1. c. lacx. uni."
cec bliuTKim non>ecr;a[i]. Concobuji, mac
i^ hlli Ltiini?:, T>O a!5ail to'ip^ecra Cemuil-
TTlaien 1 7 "Oomnall, mac "Oomnaill hlli ^ailmfieT)ai,
DO mnan.ba[T>] a TTlinl-blra 1 2 n-1nif-n-6o5ain "Docum
"Oonnca5a hlli "Ouib-oipma. Cenel-TTlaien imupfio
bliat>ani cecna, i-oon, 1 cmn oen ]iaii, -DO -oenam
DO mac Conallai 7 -Dorabaific rxjifi^ecca T)O "Oomnall,
mac "Oomnaill- ITluinnreii "Oomuaill hUi ^ailm-
|ieT)ai, iT)on, mac ^ille-caic hlla n-eii>efila 7 hlla
[ph]lannaca[i]n, 7W) ma^ba-5 mic Conallai^hilli Ltnnij:,
a|i lap cii "Oomnaill hlli ^ailmpe-baic, 1 meBail 7
na hGn.naiT>e 3 mapoen pif ic a comaipce.
T)ono T>O Beiuini 7>o "Oomnall hU a 5a'lm]ieT)ai5
7 Cenel-fllaien "DO rabaipc roip^eoca T>O Huai-Dfii blla
[ph]lai6befii:ai5. ITIebol
macaiB bill [p
Clamn "Oomnaill apcena.
naill bill ^ailmp.6T)ai,
mac Ra^naill
T>O -oenum T>O T^i
Cenel-TTloen 7 TK>
"Oomnall TK>no, mac "Oom-
DO maiibaT iniicip'De b 7
mic "Oomnaill 7 ocrup,
A.D. 1178. ' Ceneol-TTlaiean, A. - a, A. 3 naip, B. 4 ayu>en,B.
blank space, A. b ipn me&oit pn in that treachery, B ; " in that
murther," C (following B).
St. Stephen on the Coelian Mount
and Papal Legate. Hoveden (in
agreement with Benedict of Peter-
borough) states that he spent the
Christmas of 1176 in Man with
Guthred, the king. After the
Epiphany he set sail for Ireland
and landed at Down. On his way
thence, along the coast, to Dublin,
he was arrested by the army of De
Courcy (and apparently brought
back to Down). John, however,
allowed him to proceed and, at his
request, liberated the bishop of
Down, who had been taken
prisoner in the first battle of
Down.
ANNALS OF ULSTEK.
191
Maenmhaidhe was taken prisoner by his father, namely
by Ruaighri Ua Conchobhair.)
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 9th of the moon, A.D.
1178. Namely, the 1st year 1 of the Decemnovennal
[Cycle]. Conchobur, son of Conallach Ua Luinigh, took
the chieftaincy of Cenel-Maien and Domnall, son of Dom-
nall Ua Gailmredhaigh, was expelled from Magh-Itha
into Inis-Eogain, to Donnchadh Ua Duibdirma. The
Cenel-Maien, however, in the same year, namely, before
the end of one quarter, deposed the son of Conallach and
gave the chieftaincy to Domnall, son of Domnall. The
people of Domnall Ua Gailmredhaigh, that is, the son of
"the blind gillie" Ua Eiderla and Ua [F]lannacain,
killed the son of Conallach Ua Luinigh in the centre of
the house of Domnall Ua Gailmredhaigh, in treachery and
the herenagh of the Ernaidhe [was] with him, protecting
him. However, Domnall Ua Gailmredhaigh was deposed
and Cenel-Maien gave the chieftainship to Ruaidhri Ua
[FJlaithbertaigh. Nevertheless, a treacherous attack was
made by the three sons of Ua [F]laithbertagh and the
Clann-Domnall also upon the Cenel-l^loien. Howbeit,
Domnall, son of Dornnall Ua Gailmredhaigh, was killed
in that same [attack] and Tighernan, son of Raghnall, son
of Domnall [was killed] and eight full biatachs of the
nobles of Cenel-Moien along with them [were killed].
[1177]
[1178]
13 A Synod. Of bishops, held in
Dublin, according to Cambrensis
( Exp. Hib. ii. 11). The Legate (ib.)
proclaimed the right of the English
king over Ireland and the papal
confirmation thereof, and com-
manded clergy and laity to submit,
under threat of anathema. And,
it being customary (in time of war)
for the Irish to carry provisions
for safety to churches, he em-
powered an English expeditionary
force, when victuals were not
otherwise obtainable, to extract
those found in churches, on pay-
ment of a fair price !
1178. 1 1st year. The Epact, ix.,
sufficiently denoted the initial year
of the Decemnovennal Cycle.
192
CCWICCLCC UlOTill.
nail, mac 6cmapcai5 bill Cbara[i]n, T>O mapba-5 7>o Cenel-
1Tlaia[i]n 1 ropac in c-parfipai-b pin. Cona-o 1 n-a "015011
pi-6e -oopocaip ^alae blla Ltiinnij; 7 TTluipceprac blla
Peara[i]n 7 ip 'n-a T>i5ail -oopona-5 mebol Clainm-"OonV
naill, pop Cenel-TTloen. 1pin 5 blia'oain pin -oono raunc
mop5air a^buil, co porpapcaip bloi!> 6 "oepmaip TXJ
caillnC 7 T>O piDbaf>aiB 7 T>O pxxilpo" oimopaiC pop 7 lap
7 pop 7 lancalmain. Rorpapcaip "oono pe 8 pcic 8 palac,
uel patilo plup, 1 n-*0aipe Coluim-cil[l]e. 1p d innnpin d
T)ono cdinic b6oan co n-a pmpit5 o "Obun ap cpeca-o co-
TTlacbaipe-Conaille, co n-'oepnpar* aip5ri ann" 7 co pab-
B 66b arup 01-001 illonspopr 9 i n-5lin"0-|pi5i. "Cdinic imuppo 10
Tniipca-o blla Ceptiaill, pi CCipsiall 7lT)ac*Dinnnpleit)e
pi llUro, cu f n-Ullrait)' cucu 11 in ait>ce pin 7 cucpar
caelcaD T>oit5. TlomebaTO T>OIIO pop ^ a ^ a1 ^ 7 pocinpe'o
'T>ep5ap poppu. Tdimc T>ono m r-8eoan cerna ap cpecaiti
1 n-"Oal-n-CCpaiT)e 7 1 n-bUiC-'Cuiprpi. Tuc -oano
Cu-TTli-be blla plam-o, p.i bUa-'Cuiprpi 7 pep-Li,
_EOiLca T)oiB. Tlomai-o -oono in cox pm pop ^al^ 1 ^ 7
pocuipet) a n-dp-
(CCmmup 8 Cu 01511 i la b 11 Ira 7 la ^alla pop. Sean TX>-
Cuipn. g 5 1 ^ a "^r ii r cl1 blla 1160-0015, epipcopup Con-
iTiaicne, quieuir. CCnilaiC blla "Oomnalla[i]n, ollam
Connacr, quieinr. h )
8 ip (in om.), A. 'bfunyD, A. 7 pjii against, B. 8 .ui. x.v.ir., A, B.
The il is om., probably from oversight, A. 10 TX)no, B. n cuq, B; i.e.,
q = cu, by an absurd scribal affectation of Latin. e Co (fioryxarcaifi)
So that (it prostrated), B. dKl 1pn bliaTin pn in that year, B ; "in that
same yeare," C. e e co jxoaijxspec muinnceyia ITTITKI " that they spoy led
many people [territories]," B and C respectively. rf om., B, C. n. t. h.,
A ; om., B, C. h h f. m., n. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
2 t Made an onset upon them. Late-
rally, gave an onset to them.
3 Defeat was inflicted. This is
the fourth battle of Cambrensis.
Quartum apud Uriel (Oirghialla),
ubi multi quoque suorura inter-
empti et alii in fugain conversi
(Exp. Uib. ii. 17).
4 Fir- Li. Cambrensifl errone-
ously makes this the third battle.
Tertium erat apud Ferli, praeda-
captione, ubi, ob arctum viae
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
tlaghnall, son of Echmarcach TTa Catha[i]o, was killed by [1178]
the Cenel-Maien in the beginning of that summer. So,
in revenge of that, fell Galach Ua Luinigh and Muircertach
Ua Peatain and it is in revenge of it the treacherous
attack of the sons of Domnall was made upon the Cenel-
Moien. It is in that year also there came a wonderful,
violent wind which prostrated a very large portion of
woods and forests and very great oaks full flat on the
ground. It prostrated also six score oaks, or a little
more, in Daire of Colum-cille. It is in that year
likewise went John [De Courcy], with bis knights,
pillaging from Dun to the Plain of Conaille, so
that they took many preys therein and were a night in
camp in Glenn-righi. Howbeit, Murchadh Ua Cerbaill,
king of Airgialla, and Mac Duinnsleibhe [Ua Eochadha] ,
king of Ulidia, with the Ulidians came up with them that
night and made an onset upon them. 2 Thereupon defeat
was inflicted 3 upon the Foreigners and stark slaughter was
put upon them. The same John, notwithstanding, went
for preys into Dal-Araidhe and into Ui-Tuirtri. But
Cu-Midhe Ua Flainn, king of Ui-Tuirtri and Fir Li 4 ,
made an onset upon them 2 . That battle also went against
the Foreigners and slaughter of them was inflicted.
(The attack of Cualnge 5 [was gained] by Ulidians and
by Foreigners over John De Courcy. Grilla-Crist 6 Ua
hEodhaigh, bishop of Conmaicni [Ardagh], rested.
Amhlaibh 6 Ua Domnalla[i]n^ ollam of Connacht, rested.)
transitum, . . . sic pars Johannis
victa succubuit, aliis interemptis,
aliis per nemorosa dispersis, ut
vix Johanni undecim milites
superstates adhresissent. Ipse vero
. . . per triginta stadia se ab
hostili multitudine continue defen-
dendo, equis amissis, usque ad
eastrura suum, duobus diebus et
noctibus jejuni, armati, pedites,
miro conatu niemoriaque dignissi-
mo, evaserunt.
5 Attack of Cualgne. This is the
first defeat mentioned in the final
original entry of the present year.
6 Cilia-Crist ; Amlaibh. Given in
Annals of Boyle ; the second is in
the Four Masters also.
194
CCtltlCClCC UlCCDtl.
A63c ]Cat. 1an. n."p.,'t. xx., CCnno T)ommi 171 . c. txx.' ix.*
IT)OII, [111] T>-apa btia*Dain T>O NoiT>ecT>a,m b cpep btia-5ain
pop bipex. b 81-6 -DO -Denuni T>O "Obonnca-6 btla Caipetta[i]n
7 -DO Ctaiiin-T)iap,mara uite pe Cenet-TTloien 1 7 pi btla
n-5<*itmpe'Dai5,i'Doii J pi bCCmtaim, macTTlenma[i]ii, 2 iT)on,
oepbpacaip mna "Donnca'Da bUi Caipetta[i]n, ap tap
cempaitt CCp-oa-ppara, ima minnaiC "Oomnai5-moip 7
na bGpnai'oi 7 QCfYoa-fpada. bUa 5 ai ^- TT1 l le ^ ai 5 "oono
DO caiTJecc ifin too 3 ap nabapac T>O 5abait r.uitbT> ] 4 tan 4
co cec "Donnca^a liUi Caipetta[i]n. TDebot dinpat TJO
V I "Denum pop 5 tap m aipecca 1 ii-T>opup 1:0151 htli Caipit-
ta[i]n, 1 pioroiuTlTIi^e a T>ept!y > eap pein^ IDOII, mna
/ "Donnca-oa: Toon, cpiap T)'a munincep TK> mapba-5
mapoen pip pein, iT>on, Cinaer, rnac CCipc (I-DOU,
tanbiaac)bUi bpaca[i]ii7 mac^tta-Cpipcmic Copmaic,
mic HeoT)a[i]n, n>on, oepbconiatca T>O "Oonnca-D bUa
Caipetta[i]n. CCp-D-lTlaca T>O topca-5 ex niaiopi 6 papce :
iT>on, na buite peictepa 7 m[n]a buite cempaitt po-
bacap* aim, uite *oo topca-5,' cenmora peictep bpisri 7
rempott na pepca. hUa UuaTaca[i]n, pi bl1a-n-6cac,
DO ec "DO 5atap cpi n-aif>ce lap n-a innapba[T>] 7 lap
j^apU5U"D Can 01 ne pacpaic 7)0 sap pomie- Ceatta"Cbipe-
b6o5ani o -Slileib pa'oep "DO potniulu-D cpia coca'5 7 cpia
oocmaraTD ipm btia^am pin. ^itta-"0oninai5 bUa
papaiina[i]n, 7 aipcinnec CCpT)a-ppaca 7 TTIaet-TTluipe,
A.D. 1179. 1 -TTlaian, A. 3 menmaien, B. 8 loa, A. 4 lcm(f om.),
A. 8 ap, on, B. 6 maioy\e, B. 7 Vofx , B. M blank space, A. b - b om. f
A. c -oono indeed added, B. d om., A ; C follows B. e< om., B, C.
1179. 1 Inlwtpitable. assembly.
" A filthy murther committed in
midest of the congregacion," C.
2 Three. Himself, perhaps, and
the two here mentioned.
3 Church of the relict. This
church is twice mentioned in
the Book of Armagh. First, in
connexion with the donation of
the place by Daire to St. Patrick.
Dedit [Daire] illi [Patricio] locum
aliuin in inferior! terra, ubi nuno
est Fertae Marty rum [shrine of the
relics] iuxta Ardd-Machae (FoL 6d).
Secondly, in connexion with the
Sunday procession : in Mio-Machae
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 195
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 20th of the moon, A.D. [1179]
1179. Namely, the 2nd of the Decemnovennal [Cycle], the
3rd year above a Bissextile. Peace was made by Donn-
chadh TTa Cairella[i]n and by all Clann-Diarmata with the *^ *f
Cenel-Moien and Ua Galmredhaigh : namely, with Amlaim,
son of Menman, that is the brother of the wife of
Donnchadh Ua Cairilla[i]n, in the centre of the
church of Ard-sratha, upon the relics of Domnach-mor
and of the_Ernaidhe and of Ard-sratha. Thereupon Ua </
Gailmredhaigh came on the morrow, to receive additional
sureties, to the house of Donnchadh Ua Cairilla[i]n. In-
hospitable treachery 1 was committed in the midst of the
assembly, 1 at the door of the house ofUa Cairilla[i]n, in
the presence of his [Amlaim's] own sister, namely, the
wife of Donnchadh : that is, three 2 of his [Amlaim's]
people were killed along with himself, namely, Cinaeth
(that is, a full Biatach), son of Art Ua Braca[i]n
and the son of Grilla-Crist, son of Cormac Mac
Reodain, to wit, the very foster-brother to Donnchadh
Ua Cairella[i]n. Ard-Macha was burned for the greater
part : that is, all the houses of Canons Regular and all the
churches that were in it, all were burned, save the house
of the Canons Regular of Brigit and the church of the
B^ttcs. 3 Ua Ruadhacain, king of Ui-Echach, died
after three nights' illness, after his expulsion and after his
profanation 4 of the Canon, of Patrick a short time before. \Q k
The churches of Tir-Eogain from the mountain south-
wards were desolated through war and through dearth in V
that year. G-illa-Domnaigh 5 Ua Faranna[i]n, herenagh of
ad Sargifaguin Martyrum (glossed
on the margin du ferti martur to
the shrine [lit. grave] of the relics)
adeundum ab eoque revertendum
(Fol. 21d).
4 Profanation. This took place,
probably, by breaking an engage-
ment ratified by oath on the Book
of Armagh, anciently called the
Canon of Patrick.
6 Gilla-Domnaigh. Devotee of
Sunday ; i.e., one zealous for the
observance of that day.
196
ccmiocloc ulcroti.
mac Sitla-Cumain, fecnap in baile cecna[i], m Chnifro
quieuenunc. Caiman' hlla Scannla[i]n, aip,cinneac
Cluane, mon.ru [u]p efr;.* Cluane 8 7 CCfvo-pn.ara 7
"Oomnac-mon. 7 m[T>] CCinnai-oe -DO potmu^u-5 -DO* pefiaifi
TUmp-lca. lloenenac," mac in vinleiinn, Ua "Couai-o,
_Qi] % ee damne-pingm 7 a n-aincinnec ajicena 7 a
comuinlec, monr;u[u]r eyr. 6
(Hobnail,' niac 1Tlic Hasnaill, coiy-eac TTlaincipi-
OCC1VUV efc- "Cuarat liUa Connaccai^,
"Cliini-biiium, quieuir. Sneacca namupehoc
anno.')
B55c[Bis.]
A *3d
"Oomini IT!. c.
-D 1 lilla 2 Cana[]ri, comapba pacpaic, T>O
ec. ITlac NeilL hUa Coema[i]n T>O manbaT) *DO
"Olionnca-o TTlac Cacmail 7 a nianba-D pein ann.
Ua^natl hUa Caipetla[i]n -DO mafibaf* T>O Cenel-TTloen
1 3 n-emec Coltnni-cille ap b ta|\ "Dcnne. b TTlac CCiiiT>ilif
hUi "Doctificai^; T)o m|ayibaT> T>O mac TTlantif[a] bill
Celtaca[i]n. c TTIac-C^ai^ lilla "Dai^fii, aificinnec
"Daifie, -DO ec. T)onncat> hUa Caipetla[i]n -DO manba-o
DO Ceneot-Conaill cnia mifibuil Coluim-citle. CCiiTDilep
hUa "Oocaficai^ DO ec i n-*0aifie Coluim-citle.
(Car d na ConcuBafi, IDOTI, ConcuCan. fnaenmui-De, mac
'no, B. o by, B. ' ' n. t. h., A ; oro., B, C.
A.D. 1180. * Coim-oes, B. 8 O, A. *a, A. ""blank space, A
b - b om., A ; "in the middest of Dy'ry," C. * om., B, C.
6 Ma,jh-Jtha. C adds: "and
O'Moltoray [Ua Maeldoraidh] at
Dramchey [Drumcliabh, Drum-
cliff]. They burnt Esdara th-
roughly and turned againe to Con-
aght ; they went into their houldintrs.
Conaght and Mounstennen eett
nppon them and killed most of
them and the Galls [Foreigners,
i.e. English] left the country forcibly
with some bickering. And O'Cuin's
daughter, qneen of Mounster,
pylgrimaging at Dyry [Deny],
dyed, with overcoming the divell
and the world. '
The original of the foregoing is
the conclusion of 1188. Magh-Itha
is the last word on B 65b. The
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
197
Ard-sratha and Mael-Muire, son of Gilla-Curaain, vice- [1179]
abbot of the same place, rested in Christ. Colman TJa
Scanla[i]n, herenagh of Cluain [-Umha], died. Cluane
and Ard-sratha and Domnach-mor and the Ernaidhe were
desolated by the Men of Magh-Itha. 6 Noenenach TJa
Touaid, son of the Lector, chief of the Clann-inghin and
their herenagh besides and their counsellor, died.
(Raghnall, son of Mac Raghnaill, chief of Muinnter-
Eolais, was slain. Tuathal 7 TJa Connachtaigh, bishop of
Tir-Briuin [Enaghdune], rested. "The snow of the
destruction " 8 [fell] this year).
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 1st of the moon, A.D. [1180 Bis.]
1180. Gilla-in-Coimded^TJa Cara[i]n, successorof Patrick,
died. The son of Niall TJa Coema[i]n was killed by
Donnehadh Mac Cathmail and [Donuchadh] himself was
killed therein. 2 Raghnall TJa Cairella[i]n was killed by
the Cenel-Maien in the centre of Daire, in reparation to
Colum-cille. 3 The son of Aindiles TJa Dochurtaigh was
killed by the son of Maghnus TJa Cellaca[i]n. Mac-
Craith TJa Daighri, herenagh 4 of Daire, died. Donnchadh
Ua Cairella[i]n was killed by the Cenel-Eogain through ,
miracle of Colum-cille. Aindiles TJa Dochartaigh died in
Daire of Colum-cille.
(The battle 5 of the Conchubhars : namely, Conchubhar
translator turned <wer two folios
and began with 56c. " Houldings"
arose from mistaking the local
name Segdais for tegdais. " Some
bickering " is also wrong.
7 Tuathal. Given in the four
Masters.
8 Of the destruction. Cf. perdi-
disti ro muru (L. B. 43b). The
reading in the Annah of Boyle is
na nemi (O'Conor's n anemi) of the
venom. The snow was doubtless so
called from the great loss of life and
property caused thereby.
1180. J Gilla-in- Coimdedh. De-
votee of the Lord.
2 Therein. That is, in the act of
slaying.
3 In reparation to Colum-cille.
" Being uppon Columkill's protec
cion ! " C.
4 Herenagh, etc. "Archdeane of
Dyry, kylled," C.
6 The battle. Abridged appar-
ently from the Annals of Boyle,
198
ccmicclcc ulcroti.
Huai5pi lilli Clioneubaip 7 Concobup htta Ceallai5, T>n
i copcaip Concobup hUu Ceallai| 7 a mac, i-oon, Txn>s
7 a T>epbparaip, iT>ou, T)iapmui7> 7 mac "OiapmoDa, i"oon,
mael-Seactamn 7 mac Tai-og hUi Concobuip, iT>on,
cliamuin. ^illa-Cfiifc, mac TTlic Capp-oamna, caipec
TYluinntipi THail-Shinna, occipup epc. d )
1an. u.* p., a t xii., CCnno "Domini TT1. c. Ucxx. 1.
CCe-5 TTlac TTlupca^a, pigroii^ec TTluinncefii-bipn 7
CCifvcefi 7 in "C^ica-cec, DO mafiba-5 -DO TTlao ITlar^amna
i mebail aipecca. 1pn b bliaf>am fi T>ono b jiobpif"
c hUa TTlaet'oo|iai'&, iDon,fii Ceneoil-Conaitl, 1
macaiC fii Connacc, 1-0011, "Oia-8araipn
7 d |ioma|ibaT) imopp.o" v^ 2 nieic ^15 T)ec -DO
macaiC ^115 Connacc ann" 7 T>en5dp. Connacc ajuiena.
81050*0 la "Domnatl, mac CCefta hlli Loclainn 7 La
Y Cenel-n -60501 riJColca-oac 1 n-lllcaiC 7 T>obfiireDtin. cac
a|i UltrarS^Tan, hthb-'Cuificn.i 7 afi penaiB-Li um 3
Tluai^ixi 1Tlac"OinnnvleiBe7 mi Coin-TTIi-oe hUaphlain-o.
C[ieac b mop. la pepaiC TT1ai5i-h1ra im Cara[i]n
iT>on, Gcmapcac 7 Cenel-m-Oi 111115 ^"^6, co n-T>ecai:up
cap "Cuaim 7 co|i'aip5fecap phipu-ti 7 liUa-'Cuiprpi 7
5U pu5pacup. ilnnle T>O buaiB. b 'Comaltac htla Con-
cobaip *oo 5at>ail comupbu[i]p parpaic 7 co n-'oepna-o 4
cuaipc Ceneoi 1-6050111 leip, b co puc cuaipc motp b 7 co
cue bennaczxnn
** n. t. h., A. ; om., B, C.
A.D. 1181. JCenel , A. 2 .ui., A, B. 'mi, B. 4 n--oei\tiav6
he made, B. blank space, A. b - b om., B, C. "txrno indted added,
B. d T>U in a place in which, B ; followed by C. om. (being unne-
cessary, in consequence of the reading in the preceding note), B, C. ' om. ,
B.C.
8 Gilla- Crist. Given in the A nnals
of Boyle. The two additional entries
are reproduced in the Four Masters.
1181. ' Cantred. In the original,
Tricha-cet: for which see 1106, note
4; 1177, note 10.
3 Battle. For a fuller account,
see the Annals of Loch Ce (ad. an.).
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
199
Maenmhuidhe, son of Rudighri Ua Conchubair and Con-
chobur Ua Ceallaigh, wherein fell Conchobuir Ua Ceallaigh
and his son, that is, Tadg and his brother, namely, Diar-
muid and the son of Diarmuid, namely, Mael-Sechlainn
and the son of Tadg Ua Chonchobuir, that is, the son-in-
law. Gilla-Crist, 6 son of Mac Carrdamna, chief of Muinn-
ter-Mail-Sinna, was slain.)
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 12th of the moon, A.U.
1181. Aedh Mac Murchadha, royal chief of Muinnter-
Birn and the Airthir and the Cantred, 1 was killed by Mac
Mathgamna in treachery, at a meeting. In this year also
Flaithbertach Ua Maeldoraidh, namely, king of Cenel-
Conaill, gained a battle 2 upon the sons of the kings of Con-
nacht, that is, on the Saturday of Pentecost [May 23] and
there were killed indeed sixteen sons of kings of the sons
of kings of Connacht and [there was] stark slaughter of
Connacht besides. A hosting by Domnall, son of Aedh
Ua Lochlainn and by the Cenel-Eogain of Telach-oc into
Ulidia and they gained a battle over the Ulidians and over
Ui-Tuirtri and over Fir-Li, around iluaidhri Mac Duinn-
sleibhe [UaEochadha] and around Cu-Midhe UaFlainn.
A great foray by the Men of Magh-Itha around O'Cathain,
namely, Echmarcach and by the Cenel-Binnigh of the
Glenn, until they went past Tuaim [on the Bann] and
harried Fir-Li and Ui-Tuirtri and took away many
thousands of cows. Tomaltach Ua Conchobair assumed
the succession of Patrick 3 and the circuit of Cenel-Eogain
was made by him, so that he took away large circuit
[cess] and gave a blessing to them.
[1180]
[1181]
The Annals of Innitf alien merely
say: "A battle between the Con-
nachtmen and Cenel-Eogain ; " the
Annals of Boyle, with still greater
brevity : " the battle of the royal-
heirs."
3 Succession of Patrick. That is,
he was made archbishop of Armagh,
200
ccmiatcc ulccDTi.
OOomnatl' hlla Ceinnei-oi^, pi Up-tnuman, occiftif
[ere]. T)onnfleil5e ^a-opa, T 11 Sleibe-tuu, oca pup
[efc]. "Oomnatl hike Concenainn, pi hUa-n-"Oiafimara,
occijHip [eft;]. CCcan liUa patlamain, caipec Clai 11111 -
llcroac, mopicup.-- Ca na pig-oomna, *ou 1 copcpa-oap T>a
mac "Coipp-oelbais hth Concobaip, n>on, bpian Lui^nec
7 niasnup 7 cpi meic CCe-oa, mic 'Coifiji-oetbais U[i]
Concobuip, iT>on, TTIaet-8ecnaitl 7 TYltnfierac 7
cepcac ec
]Cat.1an. ui". p*.,L xx. in., CCnno*Oomini Tn. c. laxnc.ii.
Sluoa-5 ta "Oomnall hlla LocLamn co T)un-mb6 1 n-
T)aL piarai 7 ca^ T>O cabaipc T)6 b -DO ^allaiC annfem
7 mai-Drn pop c Cenel-n-eogain 7 Ra^nall bpeiflen 7>o
Tnayibcro ann 7 ^iLta-Cfiiyc Ccrca[i]n T>o d mapba-o ann' 1
ec alu Tnuln. Ocuf Sofcela Tllafiram T>O bp[e]i -DO
^hallaitj teo-
("Oomnalt 6 lilla ht1altaca[i]n, afi*Depfcop Tnuman,
quiemt;. TTIiliT) ^occan 7 Remonn 7 Cenn-cuilini) 7 T>a
mac Sceimm ec aLn mulci occipi punr. TTlaiT)m peim
-t n. t. h., A; om., B, C.
A.D. 1182. ft -* blank space, A. b-ooiB to them, B, C. ayv on, B.
d -d om., B, C. -n. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
in succession to Ua Carain, who
died in the previous year.
4 Demnall ; Donnsleibhe. Given
in the A nnals of Boyle (ad an.).
6 The battle, etc. This refers to
the second original entry of the pre-
sent year. The names agree with
those in the Annah of Loch Ce.
1182. 1 Gospel of Marti*. See
under 1166, note 2. On the pre-
sent occasion, it was most probably
borne in battle as a Cathaeh, or
praliator, to ensure victory to the
native forces.
3 Domnall; Uilo A defeat. The
three entries are in the A nnals of
Buyle.
3 Milo Cogan. Mac Geoghegan
in his Annals, at 1181, says:
" Miles Cogan, Reymond Dela-
gross, Keann-koylean and the two
sons of Fitz Stephens were killed
by Mac Tyer, prince of Imokoylle "
[recte, Ui-Liathain].
Cambrensis writes : Milo, Milo-
nisque gener nuper effectus, Radul-
phus, Stephanidae fiilius, versus
Lismoriae partes profecti, cum in
campis sedentes colloquium cum
Watcrfordensibus expectassent ; a
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
201
(Domnall 4 Ua Ceinneidig, king of Ormond, was slain. [H81]
Donnsleibe 4 O'Gadhra, king of Sliab-Lughu, was slain.
Domnall Ua Concenainn, king of Ui-Diarmata, was slain.
Acan Ua Fallamhain, chief of the Clann-Uadach, dies.
The battle 5 of the royal-heirs, wherein fell two sons of
Toirrdelbach TJa Concobair, namely, Briain of Luighni
and Magnus and three sons of Aedh, son of Toirrdelbach
Ua Conchobuir, that is, Mael-Secnaill and Muirethach and
Muircertach and others.)
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 23rd of the moon, A.D [H82]
1182. A hosting by Domnall Ua Lochlainn to Dun-mbo
in Dal-riatai and battle was there given by him to the
Foreigners and defeat [was inflicted] upon Cenel-Eogain
and Raghnall Ua Breislein was killed there and Gilla-
Crist Ua Catha[i]n was killed there and many others
[were killed]. And the Gospel 1 of [St] Martin was carried
off with them by the Foreigners.
(Domnall 2 Ua hUallachain, archbishop of Munster, rested.
Milo 2 Cogan 3 and Remonn 4 and Cenn-cuilind 5 and the
two 6 Fitz Stephens and many others were slain. A defeat 2
proditore Machtiro, qui eos ea noct e
hospitari debuerat, cum aliis quin-
que militibus, improvisis a tergo
securium ictibus sunt interempti
(Exp. Hib. ii. 20).
For the family of Mectire, see
1199, note 1, supra; for his alleged
treachery, O'Donovan (F. M. iii.
61, note e).
4 Remonn. Giraldus (Exp. Sib.
ii. 35) mentions the death Reimundi
Hugonidae [Fitz Hugh] apud
Olethan [Ui-Liathain, the baronies
of Barrymore and Kinnatalloon, co.
Cork. The name lives in Caishan
Ua-Liathain, Castlelyons]. He
places it after the arrival of prince
John. But, as his dates are unre-
liable and the place accords, Rei-
mundus, we may conclude, is the
Remonn of the text.
5 Cenn-Cuilind. Holly -head. This
can hardly be the JReimtu,,lus
Cantitunensis of Camhrensis, whose
death is said to have occurred in
Ossory, apud Ossiriam [Exp. Hib.
ii. 35], after 1185.
6 Two. Oambrensis names but
one, Eadulph (Exp. Hib.n. 20).
202
CCNNCClCC UlCTOtl.
Huai-opi till a Concobmp 7 peim Concobup
pop "Oonnecro, mac "Oomncntl 171 1-015 7 pop hlla TYlael-
oopai-o, ubi muln ceci-oepunc.*)
A54a
1an. tin.' p.,* L 1111., CCnnoT)omini TY1. c. lxxx. iii.
Teacup mp in 1 illa-piabac tiUa plaicbepzxiis 2 7 mac
hlli tia|ilmpe-oai5 | 7 [ph]laibept;aic -DO mapbai)
ann 7 7>pem t>o Cernul-TTloen 3 *oo mafiba^ ann.
. b "OonncaV mac "Oomnaill TT1 1-015, occifUf
fa hUa TTlailm, efpuc
mo^i ecep. UuaiT|ii hUa Concobuifi 7 a mac, ITHMI,
Concobup.
]cal. 1an. 1. p., U x.u., CCnno T)omini TT1. c. o Ixxac. mi.
"Oeic raip picic 1 7>o maiciB TTIumncefii CCp-oa-TTlaca 2 -DO
apjain -DO ^hallaiB naTTli-oe. TTlael-1fU hlla Cepbaill
DO gabail comupbuif pacpaic lap n-a -pagbail 7>o "Com-
alcac hUa Concobuift CCpc hlla TTlael-[h]eclainn, b pi
lafvcaifi 1Tli > De,'DO mapba-5 1 meBail ap epail ^alL ITlael-
Sectainn bee -DO gabait pi|i 1 n-a ma-o- CaifT^el
o'[p]ai;u^UT> la ^allaiB 1 Cill-paip. Caifral aile T>O
milliUT la TTlael-Seclainn 7 la Concobup maenmai|i
hlla Concobaip co pocai'5'e moip T>O ^hallaiB anT).
A.D. 1183. 1 an,A. 2 lai6-(f;om.), B. 'Cheneol-tTloean, A. - blank
space, A. ^oSd r. m., t h., A; om., B, C. "'n. t. h., A; om., B, C.
A.D. 1184. xx., A, B. 2 CCiTit)maca, A.
1183. 1 Oitta - riabhach. Th e
rwarthy yillie.
2 The Order, etc. This entry
(which likewise occurs in Clyn'fl
Annals, ad. an.) is a strange jumble
of errors. The Order of Templars
was confirmed by the Council of
Troyee in 1128. Amaud de Toroge,
the eighth Grand Master, ruled
from 1179 to 1184.
The Order of the Hospitallers
of St. John (the Baptist) of Jem-
salem was confirmed by Fope
Paschal II. in 1113. Roger des
Moulins, the seventh Grand
Master, governed from 1 177 to 1 187.
The earliest notices of the Orders
in Anglo-Irish documents are per-
haps the grant by King John (July,
1199) of possessions in Ireland to
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
203
[1182]
[was inflicted] by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobuir and by Conco-
bur Maenmuighi upon Donnchadh, son of Domnall the
Midian and upon Ua Maeldoraidh, where many fell.)
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 4th of the moon, A.D.
1 183. A contest [took place] between the Gilla-riabhach 1
Ua Flaithbertaigh and the son of Ua Gailmredhaigh and
0[F]laithbertaigh was killed there and a party of the
Cenel-Moien was killed there.
(The Order 2 of Templars and Hospitallers is confirmed.
Donnchadh, 3 son of Domnall the Midian, was slain.
Gilla-Isu 3 Ua Mailin, bishop of Magh-Eo, dies. Great
war 3 between Ruaidhri Ua Concobuir and his son, namely,
Concobur Maenmuighi.)
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 15th of the moon, A.D. n 134 Bis.]
1184. Thirty houses of the principal members 1 of the
Community of Ard-Macha were pillaged by the Foreigners
of Meath. Mael-Isu Ua Cerbaill [bishop of Clogher] took
the succession of -Patrick, after it was laid aside by Tomal-
tach Ua Conchobair. Art Ua Mael-Sechlainn, king of the
West of Meath, was killed.by direction of the Foreigners.
Mael-Sechlainn the Little took the kingship in his
stead. A castle 2 was built by the Foreigners in Cell-fair.
Another castle was destroyed by Mael-Sechlainn and by
Conchobur Maenmaighi Ua Conchobair, with a large
number of Foreigners therein.
the Knights Templars and a grant
by the same (June, 1200) of a
charter of liberties to the Knights
Hospitallers (Calendar of Docu-
ments relating to Ireland, Vol. I.
Nos. 85, 123).
Donnchadh ; Gilla-Isu ; Great war.
These three items are erroneously
inserted in this place. See them
under next year.
1184. 1 Principal members. Lite-
rally, good (men). For maithibh
the Four Masters have roighnibh
cumhdaighthi, which seems mean-
ingless. O'Donovan translates it
" of the best houses," which is not
the sense of the original.
2 Castle. This, most probably, is
the castellum de Kilair, which
Cambrensis states was built by
De Lacy (in 1182). (Exp. Hib^
ii.23.)
2
204
CCmiCClGC UUrotl.
("OonncoV mac "Oomnaill TTli'Di, occifup [efc].
itla-1ru hUa TTlaitm, efpuc 11)11151-60, mojiicun.
Co^cri) mop, ecep. Ruai7>pi hUa ConcoEaip 7 a mac, 1-0011,
Concobup. rnaenmuigi. Opian Opeipnee, mac Txnpp-
oetbai^ hth Concobaifi, mopitup. plann hUapmnacca,
raipec Claiiini-TTlupca > 6a, mopicup. )
lCal.1an.in. p., l.xx- in., CCnno "Domini TT1. c. locxx. .
TTlepr rnon. (n>on,' -oaipmep ) ifin bliatam fi cocoiccenn.
PI tip Uinfeffia 1 co n-^attaiB 6|ienn ime i n-CCfi-D-
TTIaca co cenn fe 2 la 7 fe n-oi-oce 1 ceficme^on m
Cho^aif. CCmlaim hUa TTluiperais, epy-cop CC|iT)[a]-
TTlaca 7Ceniuit-penaTai5, 3 loc|iann f oluf^a nofoillfiseT)
cuaic 7 eclaif, m Chfiifco quieuic, 1* n-T)un 4: Cpunai 7
a cabaific co honojiac co "Oai|ii Coluim-citle 7 a aftnucat
po cofaiB a acap., 1-oon, m 5 en>uic hlli Cot5ai| (i-oon, b
1 coeB in cempaill b bicc c ), occo56fimo d fexco [ajecacif
fu[a]e anno. d po^iip-cac hlta Cep.balla[i]n -DO Cernul-
6llanna "DO oip'one'D 1 n-a inaT). ^illa-Cfiifc TTIac
Cacmail, pig^oif ec Ceneoil-peajiaoais 7 na Clann, (i-oon e
Clann-OengUf a 7 Clann-'Duib'innn.ecc 7 Clan
cai5 e ) 7 hlla-Cenn[p]aca 6 7 CLainni-Cotla 7 -DO
M n. t. h., A ; om., B, C. *
A.D. 1185. iUn B. 2 ui, A, B. s e^croaig (p om.), A. M^n^jun
(eclipsed -oom.), A. 8 an,A. 6 Cennpotxi, B. 7 Congail, A. ** itl., t. h.
A ; om., B, C. "iti., t. h., A, B ; given in C. HL, t. h., A ; om., B, C.
^ itL, t, h., A ; om., B, C. itl., t. h., A; part of text, B, C.
3 Donnchadh, etc. These items
(with the exception of the third
and son-Concobair of the fourth)
are given in the Annals of Boyle
under this year. Observe the cap-
ricious variants in the transcrip-
tion of the three entries that are
also placed under the preceding
year: Midigh-Midig,Isu-Isa,Mui<jlu-
Maighi, Concobhair-Concholtuir.
4 Great tear. According to the
Annals of Boyle, Ruaidhri gave up
the kingship to his son in 1183 and
"reigned again" in 1184. The
present entry (if it be not mis-
placed ; Cf. the first additional
item of 1185) will thus signify that
he re-took possession by force.
1 1 85. J Philip of fTorcuter.Thia
agrees with Cambrensis, who calls
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
205
(Donnchadh, 3 son of Domnall the Midian, was slain.
Gilla-Isu TIa Mailin, bishop of Magh-Eo, dies. Great war 4
between Ruaidhri TJa Conchobair and his son, namely,
Concobur Maenmuighi. Brian of Breifni, son of Toirr-
delbach Ua Concobair, dies. Flann Ua Finnachta, chief
of Clann-Murchadha, dies.)
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 26th of the moon, A.D.
1185. Great crop (namely, oak-crop) generally in this
year. Philip 1 of "Worcester, with the Foreigners of Ireland
along with him, [stayed] in Ard-Macha for six days and
six nights in the very middle of the Lent. Amhlaim Ua
Muirethaigh, bishop of Ard-Macha and Cenel-Feradhaigh,
the shining lamp that used to illuminate laity and clergy,
rested in Christ in Dun-Cruthnai. And he was carried
honourably to Daire of Colum-cille and buried at the feet
of his father, namely, the bishop Ua Cobhthaigh 2 (that is,
beside the small church), in the 86th year of his age.
Fogartach Ua Cerballa[i]n of Cenel-Ellanna was instituted
in his stead. Gilla-Crist Mac Cathmail, royal chief of
Cenel-Feradhaigh and of the Clanns, namely, Clann-
Oengusa and Clann-Duibhinnrecht and Clann-Fhogur-
[1184]
[1185]
him Philippus Wigorniensis and
gives an account of what he did in
Armagh on that occasion :
Revocato Hugone de Laci,
Philippus Wigorniensis, . . .
cum militibus quadraginta, procu-
rator in insulam est transmissus
[anno 1184]. . . . Elapsavero
hieme, convocato exercitu magno,
circa Kalendas Martii Archmatiam
profectus sacro quadragesimal!
tempore, a clero sacro auri tributum
execrabile tarn exigens quam ex-
torquens, cum sius per urbetn
Lugdunensem [Louth] Dubliniam
indemnis est reversus (Exp. Hib.
ii. 25). The same is given in sub-
stance in the Top. Hib. dist. ii. c. 50.
2 Ua Cobthaigh. " It looks very
odd," O'Donovan observes, (Four
Masters, Hi. p. 69) " that a bishop
O'Murray (Ua Muirethaigh) should
be the son of a bishop O'Coffey."
His mother, the editor of the Annals
of Loch Ce suggests, may have been
of the family of O'Murray and he
may have adopted her name. He
succeeded Ua Cerbaill (O'Carroll).
206
CCMMCClCC UlCCDtl.
A64b
B56a
TTlanac, cenn comainle T4iaipc[e]inr; 6n,enn,7>o manba-o,
1-oon," 1 pniT> "Noin TTlai,* la hUa n-Gism's 7 la
1TluinnT;en.-Coema[i]n 7 a cenn 7>o bn.ei leo, co ppic
uaici!5 i cinn mip iaju;ain- h6oan Sineen. (iT>on, f fine 8
cejfipa 8 '), mac fii 8axan, T>O sect; 9 1 n-0n.inn, luce eni
pcee 10 long, no ni if moa, fie caeB ip,ai^e fieime -DO
^allaiC 1 ii-6|iinT). lT1ael-1ru g hlla
lei|mn "Daifie Coin ITTI-CI lie, T>O ec 1 n-a
7 rnael-Cainni hlla pejicomaif TO |aCail a
TTlael-Seclainn, mac TTluificeiicaic hUi toclamn, T>O
man.ba^ T>O ^aU-mlS-
(Co^a-5 h ecep, Rtiai^fii hUa Concobuin. 7 Concobun,
a mac. "Oomnall hUa bpiain 1 poin.n>in
7 ^tiji'Loifc 7 siifi'aifis cella
Conn ace, suji'rnafib a n-T>aine. Caral Can.p.ac, mac
Concobaifi tTlaenmuisi, -D'a^ain 7 TX> lofca-5
Cilli-T>a-lua 1 n-Tnail na n-olc fin. h ["Oian.maic, 1
mac "Cofi-oelbai^ U[i] bfiiain, -DO -oalltiT) la] "Oomnall
hUa bpiam. Rii Connacc 7)0 ^abail TX> Concobufi
TYlaenmaisi'.)
]Cal. 1an. nn.'p, I. un.,CCnnoT)omini rn. c. lxxx.ui.
acaipi moji i Duaifceiie Bfienn ifin bba-oain fi.
CCcinga-D "Oomnaill, mic CCe-oa hUi toclainn 1 7 ni^ai)
Ruai-5|ii hUi [phjlaiebepeaic ic -Dfieim -DO Chemul-
'Calca-oac.
(=pne cefxfict); A. "fraccain, B. 10 jcx., A, B. itl.,
t. h.. A, B; " John sine terra," C. worn., B, C. h - h n. t. h., A: om.,
B, C. 1-1 1. m., n. t. h. (first entry is imperfect, owing to excision of margin),
A ; om., B, C.
A.D. 1186. ^clainn, B. blank space, A. ^om., B, C.
'Sixty ships strong. Literally,
the folk of three score tliips
For the date of John's arrival,
see Cambrenais, Exp. Hib. ii. 32 ;
for his doings in Ireland, ib. 36
(Rolls' ed.).
20?
taigh and the Ui-Cenn[fli]ata and the Clann-Colla of Fir-
Manach, head of counsel of the North of Ireland, was
killed, namely, on [Sunday] the 2nd of the Nones [6th] of
May, by Ua Eignigh and by Muinnter-Coema[i]n. And his
head was carried away by them, but was gotten from them
at the end of a month after. John Lack-land, son of the
king of the Saxons, came into Ireland, sixty 3 ships strong,
or something more, besides what was before him of
Foreigners in Ireland. Mael-Isu Ua Muiredhaigh, lector
of Daire of Colum-cille, died a choice elder. 4 And Mael-
Cainnigh Ua Fercomais took his place. Mael-Sechlainn,
son of Muircertach Ua Lochlainn, was killed by the
Foreigners.
(War 5 between Ruaidhri Ua Conchobuir and his son,
Concobur Maenmuighi. Domnall Ua Briain [went] in
aid of Ruaidhri, so that he destroyed and burned
and pillaged the churches of the West of Connacht
[and] killed the . inhabitants. Cathal Carrach, son of
Conchobar Maenmuighi, plundered and burned Cell-da-lua
in revenge of those evils. [Diarmait, son of Tordelbach
Ua Briain, was blinded by] Domnall Ua Briain. The
kingship of Connacht was assumed by Concobur Maen-
maighi.)
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 7th of the moon, A.D.
1186. Great disturbance in the North of Ireland in this
year. Deposition of Domnall, son of Aedh Ua Lochlainn
and crowning of Ruaidhri Ua [F]laithbertach by a party
of the Cenel-Eogain of Telach-oc. Gilla-Patraic, grand-
[1185]
[1186]
4 A choice elder. Literally, in his
choice elder ; a native idiom express-
ing state, or condition.
War t etc. These items, in*
eluding the portion within square
brackets), are given (the first at
great length) ia the Annalt of
Boyle*
208
ccwicclcc ulcroti.
cuifin, coipec htla-bnana[i]n, 7>o manbao la "Oomnall
hlla loclainn, tnia ejxail 171uinnceni-b|Utna[i]n peiri.
(A)
Uga "Oe-laci T>O man.ba-5
o'O fnia-Daig -DO t^ebca
(iT)on, c malafiT;ac 7T>ifcail-
cec neime-o 7 cell Onenn,
a mafiba-o 1 n-einec Co-
l[uim-cille ic cunroacj
capceoil, iT>on, a n-"0ep-
[mai5?)-
(B)
"Oe-Laci, malafi-
cac, oifcailcec ceall 7
neiine-D Gfienn, T>O man.ba'D
T>'U TTliaTiais TX> bpe^mu-
nai^, lafin Sinnac Ua
Cacapnaig, i n-einec Co-
luim-cille, iccunroaccaif-
ceoil 1 n-a all, iT>on, i n-
fexcencefimo
ex quo
pun-Dora epc "Oapia eccle-
1nnafiba[f>] Huai-o^i hUi Concobaifi la Concobuji
Tnaenmaige, 1 1'a mac -pem 7 nnlliu-5 Connacc ecapfiu.' 2
Conn hlla bfieiflen, coinnel eini 7 ^aifci-D "Cuaif-
ce[i]fic Gyienn, -DO mafiba-5 -DO -opeini TX> Chenel-eogain
7 Inip-eogain uile -DO aiicain c]aicfein, cen 3 co fiaibe cin
ooiB ann.
(Concu^ap* hlla plait>eficai5 T>O riiayiba'b la Ruai'Diu
hlla "Plaicbe|icai5, la a Defitffiarain.-pein, 1 n-D-CCfiainu
Ruai-Dpi hUa Con cu bain. T>'innafiba[T>] T)'a mac pein,
i-oon, -DO ConcuBap. TDhaenmui-De. "Oefio'opsall, ingen
2 eco|iyva, B. 3 an, A. c-c Partly itL, partly r. m., t. h. [parts within
square brackets are wanting, owing to excision of edge of folio], A ; om.,
C. For the reading of B, see parallel entry. d-<1 Given in B and C after
the 1rmafxba[f>] item. o^n.. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
1186. l ffMitdhaigh." A work-
man," C.
2 Ua Miadhaigh of Breghmuna.
" Killed as aforesaid, by one of
Brewny, by the Fox O'Catharny,"
C. This translator, it thus appears,
had before him the entries as given
in A and B. O'Donovan has taken
needless pains (p. 72 sq.) to confirm
the accuracy of the native accounts
of De Lacy's death.
3 640<A year. O'Donovan inserts
" [540 ?]." This would date the
foundation half a century after the
209
son of "the stooping gillie," chief of Ui-Brana[i]n, was
killed by Domnall Ua Lochlainn, by direction of the
Muinnter-Brana[i]n themselves.
[1186]
(A)
Ugo De Lacy was killed
by O'Miadhaigh 1 of Tebtha
(that is, the destroyer and
the dissolver of the sanc-
tuaries and churches of
Ireland he was killed in
reparation to Colum-cille,
whilst building a castle
namely, in Dermagh).
(B)
Hugo De Lacy, destroyer
[and] dissolver of the
churches and sanctuaries of
Ireland, was killed by Ua
Miadhaigh of Breghmuna, 2
by [direction] of the "Fox"
Ua Catharnaigh, in repara-
tion to Colum-cille, whilst
building a castle in his
church, namely, in Dur-
magh, in the 640th 3 year
since the church of Dair-
inagh was founded.
Expulsion of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobair by Conchobur
Maenmaige, his own son and destruction of Connacht
[ensued] between them. Conn Ua Breislen, candle of
hospitality and championship of the North of Ireland,
was killed by a party of the Cenel-Eogain and Inis-
Eogain was all ravaged through that, although they had
no guilt[ypart] therein.
(Conchubhar 4 Ua Flaithbertaigh was killed by Ruaidhri
Ua Flaithbertaigh, by his own brother, in Ara. Ruaidhri 4
Ua Conchubair was expelled by his own son, namely, by
Conchobhar Maenmhuidhe. Derbhorgall, 5 daughter of
death of St. Columba, a conclusion
quite untenable. The Daria in-
tended, the context shows, -was
Burrow (King's County). It was
thus, if the entry can he relied
upon, founded in the same year as
Derry (545=646, supra).
4 Conchubhar ; Ruaidhri. Given
in Annals of Boyle, with omission
of by his oun brother, by his own son
respectively.
5 Derbhorgall. Whose elopement
with Diannait Mac Murchadha
;2io
ccNNCclo: ulcroti.
A54c
TTlaeil-8heclainn,T)o
o'a hoiliccfii." OfiTX)' Canfrhupianofium] conppmacufi.',)
fcat. 1an.ti. a p.,'L X.UUL, CCnno "Domini 171 c. lxxx- un.
Hum-Bin hlla [phjlaicbentaic, ni Cenefoijl-eogam, T>O
manbcro aji cneic 1 T^in-Conaill. Canfiac laca-Ce T>O
lofcao 1 me-oon laa, 7>u m nobaiT>eT>7in
hlh Siftm, ben Concobaip. TTlic "Oiafimcrca, |ii[5]
Luipj 7 fecc, 1 no ni if moo, ecefi pi|iu if rnna, TX)
7 bcrou-D n 2 ne oen uaipe mnci. *Ojiuim-cliaBT)o aficam
DO macTTlael-Sheclamn htli Ruaific (i-oon, b T>O CCe-5 b ),
oo 1115 hlla-m-bfiium 7 Conmaicne 7 -DO mac Ccrcailhtli
Ruaific 7 7)0 ^hallaiB na TTli-oe imaille piu. 3 CCcc
Dopoine "Dia -pin.c ampa ap. Colum-citle ann, i7>on,
pomanba-5 mac TTIaet-Seclainn hlli Ruaific (iT>on, b
CCei) b ) fiia cmn caici-oifi 4 iafi fem (1 Conmaicne ) 7
mac Cacait hlli Ru|aipc, fiifi rangaf in
1 tai hUi TTlael-oofiai p 5,i n-einec Coluim-cille
-DO aep gfia-oa meic TTlael-
Seclainn an. puc Conmaicne 7 Caifipfii "Dfioma-ctiaB
mijibuit Coluim-cille.
(TTlael-1fU d hlla CeanBuill, eppcop Oifi^iall, quieuic.
mac "Cai-D^ hlli TTlhailfiuaini5, 7 fii
, obnc/ 1 )
7 fiomafibaic 5 fe 6 -picic 6
w r. m., n. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
A.D. 1187. itm, A, B. s n^' B - 3 Fn itJ B - 4 caeiccipf, A.
too, B. 8 - 8 .ui jcx:, A, B. 7 -fiafxi5, MS. (A), "blank space, A. "ill.,
n.t. h^ A ; cm., B, C. itL, t. h., A, B ; om., C. ** n. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
was the alleged cause of the intro-
duction of the English into Ireland.
The Order, etc. The bracketted
portion is from Clyn's Annals.
The item is post-dated by more
than a century.
1187. 1 the. Rock. By metonymy
for the castle and dwellings built
ontheBxxik.
2 Burned. By lightning, accord-
ing to the Annals of Loch Ce (which
ive the occurrence under 1 185 and,
more briefly, at 1187).
3 Mid-day. The Annaltof Loch Ce
(1 1 85) state the burning took place:
ipm CCoine lap, n-1tiic cojxguif
on the Friday after the Beginning
[of the second and more strictly
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
Murchadh Ua Mael-Sechlainn, went to Drochait-atha on
her pilgrimage. The Order 6 of Carthusians] is con-
firmed.)
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 18th of the moon, A.D.
1187. Ruaidhri Ua [F]laithbertaigh, king of Cenel-
Eogain, was killed on a foray in Tir-Conaill. The Rock 1
of Loch Ce was burned 2 at mid-day, 3 where was drowned
and burned 4 the daughter of Ua Eidhin, wife of Concho-
bair Mac Diarmata, king of Magh-Luirg. And seven
hundred, or something more, both men and women, were
burned and drowned in the space of one hour therein.
Druim-cliabh was pillaged by the son of Mael-Sechlainn
Ua Huairc (namely, by Aedh), king of Ui-Briuin and
Conmaicni and by the son of Oathal Ua R-uairc and by
the Foreigners of Meath along with them. But God
wrought a wonderful deed for Colum-cille therein, that
is, the son of Mael-Sechlainn Ua Ruairc (namely, Aedh)
was killed (in Conmaicni) before the end of a fortnight
thereafter. And the son of Cathal Ua Ruairc, with whom
came the hosting into the house of Ua Maeldoraidh, was
blinded in reparation to Colum-cille. And six score of
the minions of the son of Mael-Sechlainn were killed
throughout the length of Conmaicni and Cairpri of Druim-
cliabh, through miracle of Colum-cille.
(Mael-Isu 5 Ua Cearbhuill, bishop of Oirghialla, rested.
Muirghius, 5 son of Tadhg Ua Mailruanaigh, king of
Magh-Luirg, died.)
L1186]
[1187]
observed moiety] of Lent; i.e., the
Friday after the fourth Sunday of
Lent. (See Todd Lectures, Ser.
Hi. No. iv.) This will account for
the otherwise incredible loss of life.
The people had assembled from the
mainland for divine service.
4 Drowned and burned. A hys-
teron proteron. Her dress having
become ignited, the queen rushed
into the lake to extinguish the
name and was drowned.
8 Mael-Isu ; Muirghius. Given
under the preceding year in the
212
uUroti.
]caL1an.ui. a p., a l.acx.ix., CCnno "Dormm TTl.c. lxxx.uiii.
Huaifcpi hUa Cananna[i]n, pi Ceneoil-Conaill pi heft
7 fii-oomna Gpenn, TJO mapba-5 -DO [ph]laii:bepT;ac hUa
ttlaeVoopaii) cpia mebail ic "Opocac Slici^i, 1 iap b n-a
bpeca-5 T>O lap T)poma-clia15 imac 7 bpaaip~T>6 T>O
mapbai) imaitle pip 7 T>pem T)'a Tnuinncip. hUa
^aiftb (iT)on, c TTlagnur )' coipec pefi-"OfU)ma,
larha afi hUa Cananna[i]n, T>O mapba-o T>O
ecmaficai hUi "Oocaficai| 1 n-T)i5ailhlli Chcmanna[i]n.
"OorYinall hUa Cananna[i]n T>O tecfia-o a coifi T)ia
pein 1 n-"0ai|ie 1^ 2 jaic afclainne connai-5 7 a ec
oe qua rnifibail Coluun-ciLLe. TFlapconnhlla
afi'oecnai'D ^oei-DeL uile 7 ajvopejilei 511111 (DCifi-o-TTlaca,
DO ec. CCifilaim hUa *0aiin *oo cocc co hi T)'a
7 a ec 1 n-h1 ia|i n-aicpiji cogai'oi. ^JroU-
TTlai5i-Coba 7 T^fienri o'llib-Scac Ulao T>O raitecc afi
cjieic hi "Ciii-n-Gofjain, co coyiiiacccrDafi co Leim-mic-
"Meill 7 co fio^abfcrc bu ani>fin 7 d co n--oecaii> "OomnalL
hUa LocLainn 'n-a n-'oegai'D 7 Luce a cortiponna pem, co
fiuc popyia 1 Cat5an-na-cficmn-afi7>, co rajiDfcrc 'oeCai'D 7
co fiomai-o a\i na ^attaiB 7 co fiocuifie-o' a n-dp. arco 7
co cap'oa'D pa'oa'5 -DO ^atl^ai ifin 1115 a aenop, co
copcaip annfin 1 -pfiir^ulin, iT>on, "Dotnnatl, mac CCe-5a
htli Loclainn, pi CCili^ 3 7 piT>arfina Gpenn ap cpuc 7 ap
ceitt 7 ap r;ai5efup 7 ap cpebaipe. 4 Ocup puca-5 in la
fin pem co hCCp-o-lDaca 7poha i bnaice'5 ann co honopac.
Sluasa-o la hOoan "Oo-Chuipc 7 la SallaiD* Gpenn mle
1 ConnaccaiB imaille 3 pe Concobtip hUa n-"Oiapmaca.
A.D. 1188. JptigiT), B. 2 i, A. 3 Oi , B. 4 baii\, A. blank
apace, A. b i-oon, iafi namely, after, B. "^itL, t. h., A, B ; given in C.
d om., B ; given in C. yxomayvba'D was killrd, B.
Annul* of Boyle. Ua Cerbaill
(O'Carroll) was elected archbishop
of Armagh in 1184. He died,
according to Ware (voL i. p. 180),
on his journey to Romr.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
213
'
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 29th of the moon, A.D. 1188 Bis.]
1188. Ruaidhri Ua Cananna[i]n, king of Cenel-Conaill
for a time and royal heir of Ireland, was killed by Flaith-
bertach Ua Maeldoraidh through treachery, at the Bridge
of Slicech, after decoying him out from the centre of
Druim-cliabh. And a brother of his was killed along with
him and a party of his people. Ua Gairb (namely,
Maghnus), chief of Fir-Droma, who laid [violent] hands
on Ua Cananna[i]n, was killed by the people of Echmar-
cach Ua Dochartaigh in revenge of Ua Cananna[i]n.
Domnall Ua Cananna[i]n laid open his foot with his own
axe, whilst cutting a faggot of firewood in Daire and he
died thereof, by miracle of Coluim-cille. Martin Ua
Brolaigh; arch-sage of all the Goeidhil and arch-lector of
Ard-Macha, died. Amhlaim Ua Daighri came to I[ona]
on his pilgrimage and he died in I[ona] after choice
penance. The Foreigners of the castle of Magh-Coba
and a party of the Ui-Echach of Ulidia came on a foray
into Tir-Eogain, Until they reached to Leim-mic-Neill 1 and
seized cows there. And Domnall Ua Lochlainn went
against them with a force of his own party, until he over-
took them at Cabhan of the High Trees. They gave them
battle and it went against the Foreigners and slaughter of
them was inflicted. And a thrust of- a foreign spear was
given to the king alone, so that he fell there in the conflict :
that is, Domnall, son of Aedh Ua Lochlainn, king of
Ailech and [worthy to be] royal heir of Ireland for form
and for sense and for ^excellence and for prudence. And he
was carried that very day to Ard-Macha and buried there
honourably. A hosting by John De-Courcy and by the
Foreigners of all Ireland into Connacht, along with Con-
1188. 1 Leim-mic-Neill. Leap of
the son of Niall (grandson, according
to O'Donovan, F. 11. iii. 81, of
Aedh, king of Ireland, who died
818=819, supra). The place was
near Dungannon, co. Tyrone (ib.)
214
CCMICClCC UlCCDll,
AMd 'Cinoiti'5 Con|cot5ap TTlaenmaii (iDon, pi Connect?)
Connacca 7 ric T)omnatt hUa bpiam, pi TTluman, co
op&m D'pepaiB TTluman i pocpaici pi Connacc. CCcup
ni DO cellait5 m tipe pempu 7 ni poleicpec
Doit5. Imctoeic imuppo na gaill cmiap co
h6p-Dpa DO cui-Becc i f Dp-ConailU O'ccualarufi
B 56c imtipfio na ^aitl Cenet-Conailt | 7 ht1aTlflaelT)opai'5 T>O
bi ic T)p<jirn-ctiaB, poloi|-crec 6ap-T)afia DO leip 7
imcloiT: ap[i]if [1] i ConnaccaiB 7 cecair ifin SegDaif
7 crcnasan: Connacca* 7 pip TTluman ammuf popjui 7 7
mapbaic a n-dp. 7 -pacbcnc na 5i^ ^ sip ^ e icm can
a becc T>O ^leu-o. Brain, m^en htli Cuinn, pian
TTluman, *oo bdi 'ca haitirpi ic "Oaipe, 7>o eciapm-buai-5
o 7>omon 7 o oen'ian.
(Tnuipcepcac, h mac Uaru,htla ChonceanainT),pi bUa-
n-*0hiapmaca, mopcuup epc. "Domnall, mac LocLamT)
hU TTlhaeitpuanai-D 7 peap^at hUa "CaiTtg m ce^lai^ 7
plaicbepcac, mac Rnicca, bUa pbinnacca, occipi punc. h
TTluipcepcac 1 hUg bpain, pi bpe^mume, occipup epc.i
hlla 1 TTlailpuanai-o occipup epc CCnno "Domini 1188. 1 )
]Cal. 1an. 1. -p., L x., CCnno T)omim m. c. locxx. ix.
"Oomnall, mac* TDuipceprail bUi Loclamn, DO mapbat*
DO ^allaiB "Dhal-CCpaiDe acu -pem. TTIupcaD hUa
Cepbaitt, aipDpi CCippatl, DO ec ifin TTlainipcip-moip
8 maille (aphaeresis of i), A. 6 |\eile6, B. 7 ap.fue, B. ' co to, B ;
with which agrees C. * om. (manifestly by oversight), A. h-h n. t. h., A ;
om., B, C. M 64o, Lm., n. t. h., A; om., B, C. }J54d, t. m., n. t. h.
(overhead, another item was cut away in trimming the edge), A ; om., B, C.
A.D. 1189. * mac tmc grandton (mic was added by mistake), B.
2 On their march. Literally, be-
fore them.
* (7aAfaeldoraidh,etc.The author
of C., having forgotten apparently
that he had translated from this
to the end of the year under 1179,
renders it thus in this place : " and
O'Moyldoray were at Druuikliew,
they burnt Esdara all and turned
to Connaght againe and into camp
["their houldings," 1179: recte
the Seghdais]. And Connaght
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
215
Y
cobur Ua Diarmata. Concobar Maenmhaighi (namely, [H88]
king of Connacht) musters the Connachtmen and Domnall
Ua Briain, king of Munster, comes with a party of the
Men of Munster into the force of the king of Connacht.
And they burn some of the churches of the country on
their march 2 and some they allowed to escape them [intact].
Howbeit, the Foreigners turn back to Ess-dara to come
into Tir-Conaill. But, when they heard that the Cenel-
Conaill and Ua Maeldoraidh 3 were at Druim-cliabh, they
burned Ess-dara completely and turn again into Connacht
and come into the Seghdais. And the Connachtmen and
Men of Munster deliver an attack upon them and the
Foreigners are killed with slaughter and leave the country
by force without a whit of triumph. Etain, daughter of
Ua Cuinn, queen of Munster, who was on her pilgrimage
at Daire, died after victory over 4 the world and over 4 the
demon.
(Muircertach 5 Ua Concheanainn, son of Uathu, king of
Ui- Diarmata, died. Domnall, son of Lochlann Ua Maeil-
ruanaidh and Fearghal Ua Taidhg " of the [hospitable]
household" and Flaithbertach, Ua Finnachta, son of Biucc,
were slain. Muircertach Ua Brain, king of Breghmhuine,
was slain. Ua Mailruanaidh 6 was slain, A.D. 1188.)
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, 10th of the moon, A.D.
1189. Domnall, son of Muircertach Ua Lochlainn, was
killed by the Foreigners of Dal-Araidhe, [whilst] amongst
themselves. Murchadh Ua Cerbaill, arch-king of Air-
and Mounster came uppon them
and slaughtered them and left the
country by force, without much
fight [" with some bickering,"
1179]. Edyn, O'Cuyn's daughter
that was pilgrim at Dyry, died."
4 Over. -Literally, from.
5 Mmrcertach, etc. These four
items are given in the Annals of
Loch Ce under this year.
6 Ua Mailruanaidh. "Taithlech,
son of Conchobar, son of Diar-
maid, son of Tadhg Ua Maelrua-
naidh. was slain," Annalso/Loeh Ce.
216
ulccoti.
an. n-ainii o|ai'5i. CCn-o-Tnaca-oo lojXja-5 o cnopa[i$]
co neiclef bfii^ci, ecen. Rai 7 "Gfiian 7 cempuU
), mac TTlic Canai, fonup 7 fobanrain Thipe-
h6o|ain wle, T>O ec. TTlac na haifcce hUa TTlail-
fiuanaif>, fii pen.-TTlanae, T>O arni^a-D 7 a 7>ul "Docum hUi
CefibaitU CCcuf cyiec ^att -oo cui-oecc ifin 1 ci|i 7
compmci'D hUa Cef\bailt 7 hlla Tnaelfiuanai-D pfiiti 7
mai-oif pofi Ua Cejibcnll 7 ma|ibra[i]|i hUa ITIael-
fiuanai-B ann. b Concobufi Tnaenmaigi, mac Huaifcfii,
Connacc 7 |in)amna 6|ienn uile, TK) mafiba-5 -o'a
ein, c|iia efiail a bfiacaji, 1-oon, Concobai|i
hUi n-'Oiajimaca (mac Cofimaic ; aliaf, d macRuai'5]ii d )-
ConcoCufi hUa n-"0iayimar:a T>ono -DO ma^ba-D la Cacal
ca|ifiac,mac Concobaiyi TTlhaenmai5i,i 2 n-'Di5ail a arap.
CCp-o-TTlaca -DO ajicain La hGoan "Oo-ChuifiC7 la ^Uai6
6j*enn. TUac na pefiefi, fii 8axan, T)O ec- TTlael-
Cainni| hUa pe^comaif, pepleismn *0aipe, T>O ba^u-5
eceyi CCifiT) 7 1nif-6o^ain.
(TTluificeprac' hUa 12lannaca[i]n, coipeac Chlainne-
Cacail, moficuuf efc. e )
A 55a \CaL 1an. (11.* p.,') L axe. i., CCnno "Domini TH.c. lacocxoc.
[Long 1 " Cacail CfioibT>efi5 hi ConcoCain., |ii Connacc,
oo BaraT) afi Loc-RiC 7 fiobai7>eD .xxxui. uip.i, im
CCipeccac hUa Ha-ouiB, -DUX Clainni-Tx>malcai5 b ] 7 im
i ip B. 3 a, A. > om., B, C. c - itL, t h., A ; om., B, C. "r. m., n.
t. h. A ; om., B, C. M n. t. h., A ; om., B, 0.
A.D. 1190. M blank space, A. The year is blank in A, B, C. ^ Sup-
plied from A nnal* of Loch Ce, A.D. 1190. c -On text space, n. t. h., A ;
om., B, C.
1189. 1 Mellijont. For the Irish
Cistercian monasteries, see the
erudite Introduction to the Trium-
phaUa Monasterii S. Cruets, ed. Rev.
D. Murphy, S.J., Dublin, 1891.
8 Clote and Third. See 1074, note
5, tupra.
3 Echmiledh. Horse soldier ;
knight.
*Sm of Ruaidhri. The alterna-
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 217
gialla, died in the Great Monastery [of Mellifont 1 ] after [1189]
choice penance. Ard-Macha was burned from the Crosses
of Biigit to the Regular church of Brigit, both Close and
Third 2 and church. Echmiledh, 3 son of Mac Canai,
happiness and prosperity of all Tir-Eogain, died. " Son
of the night " Ua Mailruanaigh, king of Fir-Manach, was
deposed and went to Ua Cerbaill. And a foray [-party] of
the Foreigners came into the country and TJa Cerbaill and
Ua Maelruanaigh encounter them and defeat is inflicted
upon Ua Cerbaill and Ua Maelruanaidh is killed there.
Conchobur Maenmaighi, son of Ruaidhri [Ua Conchobair],
arch-king of Connacht and royal heir of all Ireland, was
killed by his own minions, by direction of his kinsman,
namely, Conchobar Ua Diarmata (son of Cormac ; other-
wise, son of Ruaidhri 4 ). Conchobar Ua Diarmata, however,
was killed by Cathal Carrach, son of Conchobar Maen-
maighi, in revenge of his father. Ard-Macha was pillaged
by John De-Courcy and by the Foreigners of Ireland.
The son of the Empress, 5 king of the Saxons, died. Mael-
Cainnigh Ua Fercomais, lector of Daire, was drowned
between Ard and Inis-Eogain.
(Muircertach 2 Ua Flannaca[i]n, chief of Clann-Cathail,
died.)
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 21st of the moon, A.D. [U90]
1190.
[A ship 1 of Cathal Red-hand Ua Conchobhair, king
of Connacht, foundered on Loch-Ribh and there were
drowned thirty- six men, including Airechtach Ua
Radhuibh, chief of Claim Tomaltaigh] (and including
tive is correct, according to the
Annals of Loch Ge.
8 Son of the Empress. Henry II.
died at Ghinon in Touraine, July
6, 1 189.
2 Muircertach. Given (with
Murchad for Muircertach and dux
for toiseach) in the Annals of Boyle
under the preceding year.
1 190. * A ship, etc. The portion
218
cniticclcc ulcroti.
Con6ut>ap mac Ccrccnl, mic U|iain, mic rhoip l jv&ealBai > &
hlli Choncubaifi 7 im TTlupcafc, mac ConeuBaiji, mic
Oiatwiaca, mic ^01*5 hlli mhaitpaianais 7 im TDuip-
pup, mac llar;u, hlla Conceanaiim *Oubeappa, mean
"Diapma-oa, mic "Chai-bg, mopxua epc. ITlop, in|ean
TToip-rv&ealbais Ui Cho[n]cut>aifi, mopxua efc. c "Oiaf\-
tnaic d hUa Habatirai^, abb "Oupmaise, quieuic. CClle,
in^ean Riaca[i]n liUi mailjiuanm-D, mo^cua epc.-
TTlail-SeaclainT) hUa Weaccam 7 ^illa-be]iai5 hUa
afai5 DomafibaTjla Tx>ip[i-&ealCac, mac
Coiicubaiyi, CCniio T)omnn 1190. d
B56d |<-ciu 1an. 3. p, t 11., CCntio "Domini HI. c. xc. r
(uel'. 11.")
(RuaiTfii b hlla Concuflaip T>' pagtjait Choiinacc 7 a T>ul
hi Cenel-Conaill. b )
}Cat 1an. [11 11. * p.,'] U x. ui.,CCnno*Oomini HI. c. occ.ii.
"Dopup b ppoinncj^i m "Ouibpeiclepa ic a T>enum la 11 [a]
Cara[i]n na Cp.oi^e 7 la in^m hlli 1nT)eip^i. b
(T:aicleac c hlla "Ou^-oa, pi hlla-n-CCmalsai-D 7 hlla-
phiacpac-TTIiiaifn, T>O mapba-o TJO T)d mac a meicc pein-
CCex> hlla plainn, raipeac Shil-1T)haili-Ruain
mopcuup epc. c )
A.D. 1190 dj t. m., n. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
A.D. 1191. M added, B ; om., C. The ferial and epact shew that the
reading is erroneous. b ' b n. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
A.D. 1192. M blank space, A; .ui. p., B. ^ Given under A.D. 1191'
yel 2, B ; under A.D. 1191, C. n. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
within square brackets in supplied
from the Annabof Loch Ce (ad an.)
The other entries are found in the
order here observed, but with vari-
ations in detail, in the same Annals
under this year. The first, second,
third and fifth are given in sub-
stance in the Annals of Boyle.
2 Dubtassa. Wife of Cosnamach
O'Dowda, according to the Annalt
of Loch Ce.
S AIU. "Wife, according to the
same Annals, of the Ua Kadhuibh
who was drowned, as told in the
first item of this year.
4 Cilia- Beraigh. Devotee of [St.]
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
219
Conchubhar, son of Cathal, son of Uran, son of Toirrdeal- [llflti]
bhadh Ua Conchubair and including Murchadh, son of
Conchubhar, son of Diarmait, son of Tadhg Ua Mail-
ruanaigh and including Muirgius Ua Concheanainn,
son of Uatu. Dubeassa, 2 daughter of Diarmait, son of
Tadhg [Ua Mailruanaidh], died. Mor, daughter of
Toirrdhealbach Ua Conchubhair, died. Diarmait Ua
Rabartaigh, abbot of Dur-magh, rested. Alle, 3 daughter
of Riacan Ua Mailruanaidh, died. Mail-Seachlainn Ua
Neachtain and Gilla-Beraigh 4 Ua Sluaigheadhaigh were
killed by Toirrdhealbach, son of Ruaidhri Ua Conchubair,
A.D. 1190.)
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 2nd of the moon, A.D. E 1191 ]
1191 (or -2).
(Ruaidhri 1 Ua Conchubhair left Connacht and went to
the Cenel-Conaill.)
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 13th of the moon, A.D. [1192 Bis.]
1192. The door of the Refectory of the Penitentiary [of
Daire] was made by Ua Cathain of the Craib and by
the daughter 1 of Ua Inneirghi.
(Taichleach 2 Ua Dubhda, king of Ui- Amhalghaidh and
Ui-Fiacrach of the [river] Muaidh, was killed by the two
sons of his own son. Aedh 3 Ua Flainn, chief of Sil-Maili-
Ruain, died.)
Berach (of Kilbarry, co. Roscom-
mon, whose feast was Feb. 15).
1191. l Ruaidhri. Given under
1 1 90 in the Annals of Boyle. Ac-
cording to the Four Masters, Kode-
ric went to Tirconnell, Tyrone,
the English of Meath and finally
to Munster, seeking in vain for aid
to recover Connaught At length,
he was recalled and had lands
assigned him by his sept.
1192. ^Daughter. She was most
probably the wife of Ua Cathain
(O'Kane).
^Taichleach. Under the preced-
ing year in the Annals of Boyle,
with omission of " of the Muaidh "
and " by the two," etc.
3 Aedh. " Aed Ua Floind mori-
tur," Annals of Boyle, 1191.
p2
220 CCNMOClOC UlCTOtl.
]Cal Ian. 6*. p.,U oaxun.', CCnno "Domini m. c.xc.ni. <>
6ocai-5 b baisill-oo mapbafc T>O hlliB-paepac. TYlael-
Patpaic Cobrai -DO 6c. b Ccrcal c TTlasaicne TX> ec.
(T)iapmai7;, <l mac Conbposam hlli "Dbiumapais
taipeae Chlainne-TTlailipa 7 pi bUa-pbail^e ppi pe
PODO, moptuup efc. Caral ofiup, mac tries Cappai,
occipup efT. "Oeppopgaill, ingen fnuticai-obUi ITlbail-
8beaclamT), mopcua epc imTTlainifDifi "Opocaic-a&x.
TTluipceapcac, mac TDupcai-o TTlic TDupca^a, pi btla-
epc. d )
]Cal. 1an. [un. a ] p.," l. b u., b CCnno "Oomini TTl. c. ax;. 1111.
"Oomnair Mia 1 bfiiain (mac d 'Coifip'oeaLCai^,' 1 i-oon," pi
TTluman') -DO ec- ^aill iaccain ap 1nnp hlla 1 -
Pnncain 7 a cup ap eigin -01. Cu-TDi-De hlla ptainn -DO
mapba-b T>O hallai15. c
(TTlac' mic ConcuBaip, mic "Oomnaitl seapptarhail
bUi bpiain, TJO balla'D 7 T>O pboiccea-o la
8luaiTeaf la ^ilbbepi: TTlac 5 i n> ea l,E> ^
7 po impo apfein ^an nac tapEu -o'a plua'Daf>. f )
]Cal. 1an. [i. a p., a ] U ac. tn., b CCnno "Oomim TTl. c. ax;. u.
Ocmupcac 1 btla Cara[i]n T>O ec 1 Reiclep pboiL c
Concobup ITIag phaccna "DO ec i [n-*Dub-?] peiclep
A.D. 1193. .tni. p., L u., B. These belong to A.D. 1194. The two
previous epacte, which he gives accurately, prove that the compiler of B
deviated from his original in antedating by a year. Similar evidence ia
the retention of the A.D. notation from 1192 to 1195, both inclusive,
though inconsistent sometimes with the ferial, sometimes with the epact,
sometimes with both, as given in the (B) MS. b " b Given under A.D.
1192, B, C. No loco or Jocho is placed as another reading of Gocaro,
1. m., t. h., A. - c om., B, C. ^ n, t. h., A : om., B, C.
A.D. 1194. JQ.A. "blank space, A; i. p., B. " U ami., B. The
ferial and epact of B belong to A.D. 1195. "* Given under A.D. 1193, B, C.
dd c. m., n. t. b,, A ; om., B, C. itl., n. t. h., A ; om., B, C. n. t. h.,
A; om., B, C.
A.D. 1195. eac , B. - blank space, A; n. p., B. b joctiii., B-
The B criteria belong to A.D. 1196. cc Given under A.D. 1194, B, C-
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
221
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 24th of the moon, A.D. [1193]
1193. Eochaidh O'Baighill was killed by the Ui-Fiach-
rach [of Ard-sratha]. Mael-Patraic O'Cobhthaigh died.
Cathal Ma[c] Gaithne died.
(Diarmait, 1 son of Cubrogam Ua Diumasaigh, chief
of Clann-Mailighra and king of Ui-Failghe for a
long time, died. Cathal the Swarthy, son of Mac
Carrthaigh, was slain. Derfhorgaill, 2 daughter of
Murchadh Ua Mail-Seachlainn, died in the Monastery
of Drochait-atha. Muircheartach, son of Murchadh
Mac Murchadha, king of Ui-Ceinnselaigh, died.)
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 5th of the moon, A.D. [1194]
1194. Domnall Ua Briain (son of Toirrdhealbach, that
is, king of Munster) died. The Foreigners came upon the
Island of the Ui-Finntain and they were put by force
therefrom. Cu-Midhe Ua Flainn was killed by the
Foreigners.
(The grandson 1 of Conchubhar, son of Domnall Ua
Briain the Short-handed, was blinded and emasculated by
the Foreigners. A hosting by Gillibert Mac Goisdealbh
to Eas-ruadh and he returned therefrom without any
advantage from his hosting.)
Kalends of Jan. on 1st feria, Itith of the moon, A.D. [1195]
1195. Echmarcach 1 Ua Catha[i]n died in the Regular
Canons' house of St. Paul [in Ard-Macha]. Conchobur
1193. l Diarmait, etc. These four
items are given in this order in the
Annah of Loch Ce (ad an.). The
second and third are in the Annals
of Boyle at 1193.
2 Derfhorgaill. See 1186, note 5,
supra.
1194. 1 The grandson, etc. These
two entries are in the Annals of
Loch Ce. The second is in the
Annals of Boyle, 1194.
For grandson the Annals of In-
nisf alien and Loch Ce have son. He
is called Muircertach in the Annals
of Boyle, according to which he
was blinded by his grand-uncle,
Muircertach.
1195. ^Echmarcach. Horse-rider.
222
ccmicclcc ulcroti.
*Oaipe. d 8acapc c m6p la TX> ec. c TTlac' 1 in Cleipig hth
Catala[i]n T>O mapbaft.' 1 Sicpiuc" blla ^ailmpe'oais 7>o
mapbat> TJO TTlac thnnnpleibe.
(plopic," mac Tliaca[i]n hUi fnailptianai-o, epipcopup
OlapinTj, in Chpipco quieuic. Sluai^ea-o la h6am T)o-
Cuipci 7 la mac hU?;o "Oe-Laci DO ^aCail neipc ap
^ballaiC laigean 7 TTUiman. "Oomnall blla pinn,
corfiapba Chluana-peapca biaenain-o, quieuii:.*)
]Cat1an. 11." p., Uxx. uii.,CCnno "Domini TT1. c. o xc. ui. ob
A 55b Tleiclef c poil 7 pecaip, co n-a remplaiC 7 co m-bloi-o
moifi T>o'n fiaraifcoo lofcau Sluaja-D la Tluai-oni TTlac
"Ouiniifleibe, co n-^allaiC 7 co macaiB ^15 Connacc
oocum Cene[oi]l-eosain 7 CCifinrefi. Tansacuii T>ono
Cenel-n-Gogain 'Celca-oac 7 Gpnrep co TDacaipe CCin.T>-
TTlaca, co cuc^ac car 0016 7 cuyi' mebai'b ap, TTlac
"OuinnfleiBe 7 fiomafibaT> T>ep5 an, a muinncefii ann,
1-oon, 7>a mac ^15 T>ec T)O ConnaccaiC. TTluincepcac,
mac TTluifice|icai5 bill Loclamn, pi Cene[oi]l-eosain 7
B57a piT)omna Openn inle, | i-oon, ruip ^aipci-o 7 epioma 1
teii Cumn, oipcailiuft ^all 7 caipcel, cepcbail cell 7
ca^up, "DO mapbai) T>O T)onnca^, mac blopcai"5 bUi
Cara[i]n, a comaipli Cene[oi]l-eosain uile: iT>on, iap
cabaipc nacpi 8cpine7 Canoine pacpaic ppif rempall
A.D. 1195. " om., B, C. e< n. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
A.D. 1196. 1 egnom (nom. sg.), B. blank space, A. bu^jj. That
is, the year is made 1195. But the ferial and epact are those of 1196. In
B they are assigned to 1 195 and 1 1 96. All the entries are given under
the preceding year (1195), B, C.
12 Arch-priest. See Adamnan, p.
365. This obit escaped the notice
of the learned editor in compiling
the Chronicon Hyense (ib. p. 409).
3 Florence. This and the Dom-
nall obit are given in the Annals
of Boyle, 1195. The second entry
is in the Annals of Loch Ce and
the Four Masters.
The Annals of Doyle state that
Florence was third abbot of Boyle
and equate 1195 of his death with
the (Eusebian) Mundane year 6394.
4 Succestor. Comarba. So called
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
223
Mac Fachtna died in the Penitentiary of Daire. The arch- [i 195]
priest 2 of I[on]a died. The son of the Cleric Ua Cathala[i]n
was killed. Sitriuc Ua Gailmredhaigh was killed by
[Maghnus] Mac Duinnsleibhe [Ua Eochadha].
(Florence, 3 son of Riacan Ua Mailruanaidb, bishop of
Oilfinn, rested in Christ. A hosting by John De-Courcy
and by the son of Ugo De-Lacy to obtain sway over the
Foreigners of Leinster and Munster. Domnall Ua Finn,
successor 4 of Cluain-ferta of [St.] Brenann, rested.)
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 27th of the moon, A.D. 1196. n 195 Bi^.]
The house of the Canons Regular of Paul and Peter [in
Ard-Macha] with its churches and a large portion of the
Close was burned. A hosting by Ruaidhri Mac
Duinnsleibhe [Ua Eochadha] with the Foreigners and with
the sons of the kings of Connacht to Cenel-Eogain and
the Airthir. Howbeit, the Cenel-Eogain of Telach-oc and
the Airthir came to the Plain of Ard-Macha and gave
them battle and defeat was inflicted upon Mac
Duinnsleibe and stark slaughter of his people took place
there, namely, twelve sons of the kings of Connacht.
Muircertach, son of Muircertach Ua Lochlainn, king of
Cenel-Eogain and royal heir of all Ireland, namely, tower
of championship and valour of the Half of Conn, dissolver
of the Foreigners and of castles, upholder of churches and
dignities, was killed by Bonnchadh, son of Bloscadh Ua
Catha[i]n, by counsel of all Cenel-Eogain: that is, after
pledging the three Shrines 1 and the Canon of Patrick 2 to
in the Annals of Boyle likewise.
The Annals of Innisfallen have
abbatis. Whence it may be in-
ferred that he was abbot and
bishop.
1196. ! Three shrines. See at
733(=734) supra; where commo-
tacio signifies not enshrining of
the relics, but their being carried
about, to ensure payment of
the offerings prescribed by the
"Law."
2 Canon of Patrick. That is, the
Book of Armagh.
224
CCMNCClCC
oeipcepcac CCip7>-TYlaca peirfie pin d 7 puccrfc co T)aipe
Coluim-cille 7 pohcronaicef) co honopac. TTlac blopcai-o
hlla Ctnpin *oo apcain "Gepmainn "Oabeo[i]cc 7* pomapbcro
e pem inn co n-i>ep ^dp a muinntepe pe f f ulbtiT)' cenn
mif, rfiia mipbuil T)abeo[i]c. e 1pn bli<T&am fin T>ono
oobpip 2 "Oo mil all, mac "Oiapmcrca TTlec 3 Cappraij;, ccrc
ap atlaiB TTluman 7 Luimnie in pomafiC a n-*oen.5 ap
7 m |ioT)icin'|i a Ltn'mniuc 4 icrc lap. fein 7 pobnip -od
maif>m aite beof. c
]cal. lan-nn. 11 p.,* L inc., CCnno "Domini TTI. c. xc. un. h
8Lua^a-D ta h6oan "Oo-Chuipc co n-^allaiB Ula-o co
h/ pp-cn.cn Be, co n-i>epnpac caipcel Cilte-8anca[i]n,
cop'palmaice-D 1 cpica-ceT) Ciannacc 2 T)Oi5. c 1pm 3 caipr:el 4
pin imoppo pop.o5a-5RoiT:petphiT:un copocpaici 'maitte
ppip. T'tiinic T>ono Roicpel phicun ap cpeic co popc-
"Oaipe, co d pocnpc Clua[i]n-i 7 Gnac 7 "Oepc-bpuac.
Hue imoppo 6 ptairbepcac TTIaetT)opaiT> (iT>on, f pi
Conaill 7 Oosain') co n-uara-5 -DO Chonall 7 -o'eogan
poppo, co rucpcrc maiT>m ap 5 cpai na hUarcongbala
Sfxobiuf, B. 'TTles, B. nee, B. d om., B, C. e -om., C. '-'jiia--
before, B-
A.D. 1197. 1 Co ixopalthoijer), B. a nacca, B. 8 1p anpan it is in
that, B. 4 cai^-ceol, A. 'pot 1 vpon, B. " blank space, A. b -.ui.,
B. The ferial and epact shew that the year is 1 197. c teo apan caijral
fin- -by them fmm out that castlf, B ; followed by C. d ocup and, B, C.
u (contraction for rero, the Latin equivalent), A, B. '- f r. m., t. h., A
itL, t. h., B ; "King of Kindred-Owen," C.
3 Southern church. The Annal* of
Loch Ce say the northern, which
proves the scribe had no local
knowledge. Cf. the Book of Ar-
magh : Et his tribus ordinibus
[scil. virginibus, poenitentibus et
legitime matrimoniatis] audire
verbum predicationis in aeclessia
aquilonalis plagae conceditur sem-
per diebus dominicis. In australi
vero bassilica aepiscopi et presbi-
teri et anchoritae aeclessiae et
caeteri relegiossi laudes sapidas
oflFerunt (fol. 21 a).
Cum sanctorum reliquiis in
aeclessia australi, ubi requie-
scunt corpora sanctorum perigri-
norum de longue cum Patricio
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
225
him in the southern church 3 of Ard-Macha before that. [1196]
And he was carried to Daire of Colura-cille and was
buried honourably. Ua Curin, the son of Bloscadh,
pillaged the Termon of [St.] Dabeocc and he himself was
killed therefor, with stark slaughter of his people, before
the end of a month, through miracle of Dabeocc. In
that year also, Domnall, son of Diarmait Mac Carthaigh,
gained a battle over the Foreigners of Munster and
Limerick, in which a great number of them were killed
and whereby they were afterwards expelled from Limerick.
And he inflicted two other defeats likewise.
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 9th of the moon, A.D. [1197]
1 197. A hosting by John De-Courcy with the Foreigners
of Ulidia to Ess-craibhe, 1 so that they built the castle of
Cell- Santain 2 [and] the cantred of Ciannachta was desolated
by them. Moreover, in that castle was left Roitsel Fitton
[and] a force along with him. Then Hoitsel Fitton came
on a foray to the Port of Daire, so that he pillaged
Cluain-i and Enach and Derc-bruach. But Flaithbertach
Ua Maeldoraidh (namely, king of [Cenel-]Cona[i]ll and
Cenel-Eoga[i]n) overtook them with a small force
of the [Cenel-]Cona[i]ll and the [Cenel-]Eoga[i]n,
so that he inflicted defeat upon them on the
strand of the [N] uathcongbhail [and] they were
transmarinorum caeterorumque
iustorum (fol. 21b).
The place is omitted in the Four
Masters.
The translator of C took tabairt
fris to be tabairt lets and applied it
to the murdered man : " after
bringing the 3 shrines and Canons
of Patrick with him into the south
church of Armagh."
1197. J Ess-craibhe. Cataract of
the branching tree]. On the Bann,
south of Coleraine (O'D. F. M.
iii. 107).
2 CeJl-Santain. Church of (bishop)
Santan (whose feast was June 10).
From the interchange of n and I
arose Cell Santa[i\l of B and " Kill-
sandle" of C (east of the Bann,
near Coleraine, O'D., ib.).
22 >
ccmiccuc uUroti.
poppo, co pomapba-5 a n-apann (i7>on, K 'mo mac
hlli locLainn"), cpe mipbail Coluim-cille -j Cainnic 7
A55c bpeca[i]n poaipspeeap ann. mac iUa- 1 61-016 T>O
Chiannacc[aiC] T>O plac alcapa cempoitl moip "Ohaipe
CoLuim-ciUe 7 -DO bpeit ceipi 6 copn ip pepp T>O boi 1 n-
6pin7> eipa, ITHMI, im mac-piaCac 7 im mac-folu[i]p 7 im
cofin hUi mael-oofiai-fe 7 im cam-co|iainT) 7 im copn hUi
"Oocapcaic. Robfiip 1 ' imop|io 7 call a n -inn mu fa 7 a
lafa[i>] -oiB. P|ii imopyio ipn cpep loa iaji n-a n-
na feoi^7 inci pogar:. Ocup pocpoca-5 e 1 (i-oon, 1C
na fxias 7 ) i 8 n-einec Cotuim-citle, 'f liatcoifiiaofatiaise-B
B57b ann. Concobup Caa[i]n -DO ec. | pLaicbeprac hlla
TTlael'Dopai'5, iT>on, pi Conaitl ip Bo^ain if CCipsiatl ip
copnumaic "Cempac 7 piT>amna epenn uite : iT>on,
Con all an. loecDacc, Cu-CutamT) h ap gaipce'D,
an. einec, TTlao J Lu^ac an. ogtacuf, 1 a ec ion.
-1nfp-8aimep, i k quapc Mom pebpai, k ipn
bliaoain a plaiufa u 7ifin noma^ 12 btiaf>am
an. coicaic a aipi. Ocup poatmacc a n-"Ofiuim-cuania
co honopac. Ocuf gabap Ocmapcac hUa "Oocapcaic
pip Ceneoit-Conaill po cecoip 7 m paibe ace caicrigip
i pip, mean cainig liGoan "Oo-Cuipc co pocpaioe moip
'.1111., A, B. 7 iaect5, A. 8 a, A. 9 a,B. 10 .xxx. mat*, A. u lai
(pom.), A. " .ix.-ma-o, A, B. I3 .taic, A; .l.etc,B. itl., t.h., A, B. ;
om., C. h ocur and prefixed, B. ' om., A. J-J om., B, C. k-k in
quayica pep.m (on the fourth feria), A. The copyist doubtless mistook
pn (thus given in B)=petr|nai (February) tor feria and omitted n = Mom,
aa being meaningless. Feb. 2 fell on Sunday, not Wednesday, in 1197.
13
3 Cainneeh. St Canice of Kil-
kenny was likewise patron of
Ciannachta (barony of Keenaght,
co. Londonderry), in which he was
born.
4 Brecon. Ten of the name are
given in the Homonymous Lists
(Book of Leinster, p. 366f). The
Brecan here intended is perhaps
the patron of Cenn Bairche, near
the source of the Bann, co. Down.
3 Goblets. Chalices, as is evident
from the context.
6 Jewels. Literally, valuables.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
227
slaughtered to a large number (namely, around the son of
Ardgal Ua Lochlamn), through miracle of Colum-cille
and Cainnech 3 and Brecan 4 [whose churches] they pillaged
there. Mac Gilla-Eidich of the Ciannachta robbed the
great altar of the great church of Daire of Columcille and
took the four [five] best goblets 5 that were in Ireland
therefrom, including " the gray son " and " the son of
light " and the goblet of Ua Maeldoraidh and " the
twisted goblet " and the goblet of Ua Dochartaich.
Moreover, he broke off and took away from them their
jewels 6 and their setting. Bat, on the third day after
their being stolen, the treasures and he who stole them
were found out. And he was hanged (namely, at the
Cross of the Executions) in reparation to Colum-cille,
whose altar was profaned there. Conchobur Ua Catha[i]n
died. Flaithbertach Ua Maeldoraidh, that is, king of
[Cenel]-Cona[i]ll and [Cenel]-Eoga[iJn and Airgialla,
defender of Temluiir and royal heir of all Ireland: namelv,
f'onall 7 for championship, Cu-Ctilumti s for prowess,
Guaire 9 for generosity, Mac Lughach 10 for athletics, died
after choice tribulation in Inis-Saimer, on the 4th of the
Nones [2nd] of February, in the thirtieth year of his
lordship and in the ninth and fiftieth year of his age.
And he was buried honourably in Druim-tuamha. And
Echmarcach Ua Dochartaich takes the kingship of
Cenel-Conaill immediately. And he was but a fortnight in
the kingship, when John De-Courcy came with a large
LH97]
The translation of lasa[dh~\ (sett-
ing) is conjectural.
7 Conall An Ulster hero who
lived in the 1st century of the
Christian era.
8 Cu-Culainn. Cuculandus, de-
cantatissimus pugil (Ogygia, p.
279). Flourished in Ulster in the
1st century, A.D.
9 Guaire. See supra, 662(=663).
His name still lives, denoting a
generous person.
10 Mac Lughach. [Only] son of
Lugha (his mother). Grandson of
nctiMcctnc ulcroti.
'maille pfiip rap "Cuaim hi 'Cip-n-eogain. CCf [f]eic co
hCCpT>-piu<ta 5 ia n V in cimceall co T)aifie Coluim-cille
co fiabamtfi coic oifcce am>- Imci^ic imojijio co Cnoc-
Napcain 7>'a n-imaeiift raifiif. 'GegaiT: T>ono Cenel-
Conaill im 6cmapcac hlla n-T)ocafu;aic' < oia n-mnf 0151-0 -j
oopacpac ca -001 15, T>U m pomapba > 5 T>a cec 14 -01^,1111 a
pi|, iT>on, im ecmapcac 1 j im "Oonnca-o hUa
iT)on, m yn^roifec Ctainni-Snei-Dsile, 1-oon, cumg
e&numa j comtiifile Ceneoil-Conaill uile 7 im
hUa n-"0ocapcaic 7 im TTIac 16 "OuCa[i]n 7 im
7 im macaiC hlli m-baigitl ec abop
nobitep. Ocuf poaifigfer: Inif-n-Gogain 7
bopOTna m6[i]fi eifci. Concobap, 1 mac mic
TTHiui5[i]-Luifi5 7 muigi-CCi, cuifi ofiT>din 7
enic 7 comaifid Connacc uite, a ec iafi n-ai
i TTlainifci|i CCca-T)0-laapc. TTIa[c] Cfiai hlla [ph]taic-
bepcaic, inac pig 'Gifie-Gogain, DO mafiba'5 7 TTlaeL-
puanaig peficomaif (no n Caifiella[i]n n ), ap-ocoifec
CLainni-"Oiafimaca, TO mafiba-o 7 T>a maficac maici -o'a
muinn^fi *oo mafiba'5. 1
A 55d leal. 1an. u. a p.,*L xx., CCnno "Oommi 171- c. xc. uni. b
^illa TTlac Liac 1 hUa bpena[i]n 2 TO accufi a cornup.buip
ua-oa 7 5'l^a-CfxifC hlla Cejuiai afi cosa 3 Loec 7 cleijiec
Tuaifce[i]^c 6|ienn -DO* oifvoneT) 4 i n-a ma-5 i n-ab-oaine
Coluim-cille.
(TTlacc bjxiain bh[ieippni5, mic 'Choififi'oeaLbais hlli
ChoncuBaip, T)0 mafibai) la Coral cafifiac, mac Concubaift
rnhaenmaige.
14 .c.,A,B. "'OoiTV-.A. 16 mo5,A. 17 ervsail(vom.), A. > hUa n-T)ocarv
cats Ua'J)ochartaigh added, B. om., B, C. - itl., t. h, MS. (A).
A.D. 1198. 1 Lia (c om.), A, 2 bp. (exemplar probably illegible), A.
'coja, A. ** |io hoi|\t)neT> teat instituted, A ; -oo atcujx (the infinitive)
shews that the B-reading is correct. blank space, A. b .un., B.
Finn Mac Cumaill, and a famous I tia), in the third century of our
spearsman in the Irish Fiann (Mill- I era.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
229
force under him past Tuaim into Tir-Eogain. From here to [1197]
Ard-sratha ; after that, around to Daire of Colum-cille, so
that they were five nights therein. They go then to Cnoc-
Naecain, to be carried across it [Lough Swilly]. But the
Cenel-Conaill, under Echmarcach Ua Dochartaigh, come
to attack them and gave them battle, where two hundred
of them [the Irish] were killed, around their king, that is,
Echmarcach and around Donnchadh Ua Taircert, namely,
royal chief of Clann-Sneidhghile, to wit, the link of gene-
rosity and valour and counsel of all Cenel-Conaill and
around Gilla-Brighti Ua Dochartaigh and around Mac
Dubha[i]n and Mac Ferghail and the sons of Ua Baighill
and other nobles. And they [the English] harried Inis-
Eogain and carried great cattle-spoil therefrom. Concobar,
grandson of Tadhg [Ua Maelruanaigh], king of Magh-
Luirg and Magh-Ai, tower of splendour and principality,
of generosity and protection of all Connacht, died after
choice penance in the Monastery of Ath-da-laarc. Ma[c]
Craith Ua [F]laithbertaigh, son of the king of Tir-
Eogain, was killed and Maelruanaigh Fercomais (or
O'Cairellain 11 ), arch-chief of Clann-Diarmata, was killed
and two good horsemen of his people were killed.
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 20th of the moon, A.D. [1193]
1198. Gilla Mac Liac Ua Brena^Jn 1 put the succession
away from him and Gilla-Crist Ua Cernaigh 1 by choice of
laity and clergy of the North of Ireland was ordained in
his stead in the abbacy of Colum-cille.
(The son 2 of Brian of Breifni, son of Toirrdealbach Ua
Conchubhair, was killed by Cathal Carrach, eon of Con-
chubar Maenmhaiohe.
11 0' Cairellain. This is the
correct reading. The O'Cairellans
were chiefs of Clann-Diarmada
(Clondermot, co. Londonderry).
1198. 1 Ua Brenain ; Ua Cernaigh.
See Adamnan, pp. 408-9.
2 The son. Given at this year in
Annals of Loch Ce and Four Masters.
230 ocTiNcclcc uloroti.
Mo 5uma$ ap m ]callaim) po bu'D coip Uuaif>pi blla
Concobaip T>O Beie.
U. cccc. m. c )
leal. 1an. in.* p.," I. 1., CCnno "Domini TT1. c. xc. ix. ob
Huaitpi bUa Concobaip (n>on, c mac "CoippftealBais hlli
Concubaip ), pi 6penn, in penirencia quieuie- Caralan d
Mia TTlaelpabaill, pi Caippgi-bpacai-oe, -DO mapba-5 7>'0
"Oepa[i]n 7 T)epa[i]n T>O mapbai) annpem. d Slua^aT)
la h6oan "Oo-Cuipe i "Cip-n-eogain appuc na ceall : i-oon,
CCpT>-ppaea 7 Rar-boe DO miUiu^o 7)6, no" co poacc
B 57c "Oaipe, co pait5e annpin 1 T)a oiTtce pop peccmain | ic
milliuT) Innpi-beo^ain 7 111 ripe apcena 7 ni pagatt ap
ppi pe poca, no co' copacc* CCe'D blla Neill, luce coic
long, co Cill . . .* iltarapnu, 2 co poloipc ni "oo'n baile,
co pomapb -Dip cepca T>O pcic 3 annpein 4 . CCnnpem
pobacap 5ill TTlui5e-Line7 T)al-CCpaife, cpi cec, 5 ap a
cinn, enp iapn" 7 cen 6 iapn 7 ni]i'aipi5eT>up no co
poDoipcpie 'n-a cenn ic lopca^o m baile. CCnnpem
cucpac -DebaiT* ap lap m baile, co pomaiT> ap ^allait) 7
cucpar; coic maT>mannT)a 7 o pein amac poppa no co n-
T>ecaT)Up 'n-a lonjaiB 7 nip'pcq;aT) h ace coicep 8 T>O
mumneip bill Neill. lap pm poimri?; Sbeoan, o'ccuala
pin popcea. Caca-b eeep Conall ip 605011, 1-oon, co
eucpae Cenel-Conaill pigi "oo 11 [a] 6101115. ttnnpein
cdmic 8 'n-a coinne co 'Cepmonn-*Oabe6[i]c. Tci[inic 9 l]lla
The ferial and epact, however, belong to 1 1 98. c - c n. t. h. , A ; om., B, C.
A.D. 1199. 1 ainnpem, A. 2 ala , A. s .xx.ic, A, B. 4 am> there, B.
8 .c M A, B. 8 san, B. 7 -man, A. 8 coiciuj\,B. 9 -j;, B. -.ii. p., n. t. h., on
blank space, A. & .11111., B. But the ferial and epact of B itself shew
that the year is 1 199, not 1198. c ' c itl. , n. t. h., A ; om., B, C. d - d om., B,
C. e om., A. M co ti-t>eacaiT) until went, B ; with which C agrees.
K blank left for name of church, A, B. " Killabarna," C, as if nothing
was wanting. h nifx'paj;pcrc they left not, B.
3 Or, etc. This alternative date
is correct. O'Flaherty (Ogygia, pp.
441-2) quotes a contemporaneous
obit which specifies the year by
Thursday, moon 20 and the day as
Sunday, Dec. 2, moon 27. These
criteria accurately designate 1198.
2 5403. This belongs to the fol-
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
231
Or 3 it may be on this year it were right for [the death
of] Ruaidhri Ua Conchobair to be.
[A.M.] 5403. 2 )
Kalends of Jan. on 6th feria, 1st of the moon, A.D.
1199. Euaidhri Ua Concobair (that is, son of Toirrdheal-
bhach Ua Ccnchubair), king of Ireland, rested in penance. 1
Cathalan Ua Maelfhabaill, king of Carraic-Brachaidhe,
was killed by O'Derain and O'Derain was killed at the
same time. A hosting by John De-Courcy into Tir-
Eogain throughout the churches : namely, Ard-sratha and
Rath-both were destroyed by him, until he reached Daire,
so that he was there two nights over a week, destroyinglnis-
Eogain and the country besides. And he would not have
gone therefrom for a long time, had not {lit. until] Aedh Ua
Neill, [with] a force of five ships, reached Cell [ruadh ? 2 ] in
Latharna, so that he burned a part of the town and killed
twenty, wantingtwo, therein. Then the Foreigners ofMagh-
Line and Dal-Araidhe were, three hundred [strong], both in
mail 3 and without mail, 3 in front of him and they [the
Irish] noticed not, until [the Foreigners] poured against
them, burning the town. Thereupon they gave battle in
the centre of the town and it went against the Foreigners.
And [the Irish] gave five defeats to them thenceforward,
until they went into their ships and only five of the people
of Ua Neill were lost. Thereafter John went away, when
he heard that. Great war between [Cenel-]Cona[i]ll and
[Cenel-]Eoga[i]n, so that Cenel-Conaill gave the king-
ship to Ua Eicnigh. Then he came to meet them to the
Termonn of [St.] Dabeoc. Ua Neill with the Men of
lowing year. It is based upon the
same Reckoning as that inserted at
432 and elsewhere ; namely, the
Mundane Period = 4 204 years.
1199. 1 Rested m penance,
According to the obit in O 'Flaherty,
he died in the monastery of Cong,
where he had spent the last thirteen
years of his life and was buried at
Clonmacnoise. See O'Donoyan,
F, M. iii. 112-3.
2 Ceilt-ruadk ?]. The bracketted
part is suggested by O'Donovan.
3 Mail. Literally, iron.
[1198]
1199]
232 (TMNOCtOC UlCTOtl.
Neill co pepaiB TT)aii-1ra T>O raipmefc^h-a coinne, co
paca cac apaile -oiC 7 co pomebai-5 ap hlla n-6icni 7
co pdpsaio' bpaici. CCppi-be, ipn loo cecna, CCeii htla
Neill 7 Cenel-6o?;ain, co poaipgper Cenel-Conaill
imtTlacaipe TTlai5i-h1ca 7 co cucpac bopoma n-
oiaipmi'oe 10 teo. Ocup if T>o'n cpeichi pn T>O
Niall hUa *OuiBDifiTriaa|ifcen1ilea > 5. 1afipn, d
la htXef) hUa Neitl 7 la Cenel-n -60501 n co TTlacaipe
TTlui5i-1ra -DO rabaipc cara T>O Cenel-Conaill, no co
Cenel-Conaill in longpopc 7 co n-7>en.npaT;
annpein. d
(8iT>' 7>o -Denarii DO Chcrcal ChpoiC-oeapg hlla Choncu-
baip pe Coral Cappac, mac Concubaip TTIaenmaise 7 a
cabaipc biprip 7 pepann -DO cabaipu -DO.')
A66a }CaL 1an. un. m p.," U x. n., b CCnno "Oommi TT1. OC cc. c
TTlael-1pru d TTl(jc ^ille-epain, aipcinnec Cille-moipe
hUa-Ni[a]lla[i]n 7 .apbup comapba pacpaic, m pace
quieuit:. d "Doponpcrc ^aill Ula-o* cpi cjieca 1 "Cip-n-
6050111 7 m t:pep cpec DOponpaT:, -Dosabpac longpopc ic
T)omiiac-mop ITlui^i-lmclaip. "Oocuipper cpec mop
imac. "Cdinig CCef) bUa Kleill 1 n-aipcip no cpeice, co po
compuc DO 7 no ^aill 7 co pomtn-o ap ^allaiC 7 co
B57d capaic ap n-Tiaipmif>e poppo 7 poelcroup 'p an I ai'&ce 3
co n-DecaDUp 1 cap 'Cuaim. 8anccup TDaupinup 2 Uo
baeca[i]n i n-b1 Coluim-cille m pace qtneuic. Cpec
la Ruaif>pi TTlac "OumnpleiCe, co ni -DO ^allaiB TTli-oe,
co poaipspec TTlaini|^;ip'pboil 7 phecaip, 3 co nap'pa^pac
mnm ace aen boin. RaDub d TTlac Rae-oig, coipec
Cene[oi]l-0en5upa, T>O mapba-5 -DO ^hallaiC ap cpeic i
A.D. 1199. 10 -airurie, B. u n. t. h., A ; om., B, C.
A.D. 1200. i ti-T>eacaT>ufx, B. 2 lTlurucitip, A. 3 peDuiin, B. M n. t.h.,
on blank space, A. b jn., B. This, unless perhaps a scribal error, is an
unaccountable reading ; xi. not being an epact. c-c m. xc. ix., B. Erro-
neously. d - <J om., B, C. an bticroain fin that year added, B ; followed
byO.
ANNALS OF ULSTER. 233
H^~frjjJW) r
Magh-Itha came against him, to prevent bins, so that each
of them saw the other. And Ua Eicnigh was defeated
and left pledges. From here Aedh Fa Neill and the Cenel- '
Eogain [went] on the same day, until they harried Cenel-
Conaill around the Plain of Magh-Itha and took countless
cattle-spoil away with them. And it is on that foray
Niall Ua Duibhdirma was killed on a surprise party.
After that, a hosting [was made] by Aedh Ua Xeill and by
the Cenel-Eogain to the Plain of Magh-Itha, to give battle
to the Cenel- Conaill, so that the Cenel-Cqnaill abandoned
the camp and they made a kind of peace then.
(Peace 4 was made between Cathal Red-Hand Ua Con-
chubair with Cathal Carrach, son of Conchubar Maen-
maighe and [Cathal] was brought into the country and
land given to him.)
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 12th of the moon, A.D. [1200Bi8.]
1200. Mael-Isu, son of Gilla-Erain, herenagh of Cell-mor
of Ui-Niallain and .successor designate of Patrick, rested
in peace. The Foreigners of Ulidia made three forays
into Tir-Eogain and the third foray they made, they made
a camp at Domnach-mor of Magh-Imclair. They sent a
large foray [party] abroad. Aedh Ua Neill came to
rescue the prey, until himself and the Foreigners met and
defeat was inflicted upon the Foreigners and countless
slaughter was put upon them and they stole away in the
night, until they went past Tuaim. The saintly Maurice
Ua Baetain 1 rested in peace in I[ona] of Colum-cille. A
foray by Ruaidhri Mac Duinnsleibhe [Ua Eochadha]
with some of the Foreigners of Meath, so that they
pillaged the Monastery of Paul and Peter [in Armagh]
until they left not therein but one cow. Radub Mac
Raedig. chief of Cenel-Oenghusa, was killed by the
4 Peace. This item is found in I 1200. 1 Ua Baetain. " Baetan,
the Annals of Boyle (ad an.). \ Baithan, Buadan, Baetog, Baedog,
Q
234
ccNiicclcc ulccoti.
n-CCenafica-Chein. d Hollanc,' mac Uecjiais, fii gall-
gaiiiel, m pace quieuic.'
("Oonncaft' Uaineac, mac Ruaifcni liUi Choncutlain,
oo mapbcr5 laip na 8axait5 fkroufi hilLuimmuc.*)
(IT cccau.' [=0].^). m. cc. 1.])
]Cal. 1an. n. b p., b Uxx. 111., CCnno "Domini m. c cc. i.
Txuai%ii TTlac TDumnpleio'e, p.i lllai) 7 cainnel ^aifci-5
na h-6n.enn uile, 7>o map.ba-5 -DO ghaltaiC, nxm, qua
mifibintiC poil 7 peraip. 1 7 pa^iiaic 2 jiopafiaij.
Tomatcac hlla Conchobaip, coniapba parfiaic 7 a^T)-
pfiimaic 3 Gfierm uile T>O ecna[i] 7 T)O cfiabcro, m pace
quietnc. 1nnaftba[T>] Cacail cpoiB-oe[i]fi5hlJi Concobui^
7 fiisa'b Carail cafipai^ 1 n-a ma^ (Mo d coma^ afi in
]CalainT> p cuaf nc mnafiba[i)] Carail cpoibT)e[i]p5. d ).
loa^ la hCCe-o hlla lleill 1 poi]iirin Cacail cfioib-
'oeDlp-B c pe|iai'DJTIui5i-1i1ra 7 co n-CCin.5iallai!5 co
n-angarran. co 'Cec-Oaicm ^1^15, co pof v oifecuii ann, co
ranga-Dun. co h6f-T>a|ia 7 co nuc oyipa Coral caiapac co
niairiC Connacc 7 Uilliam Oufic co n-^allaiB Luimnig
imaille pfiip 7 co yioitiui'5 a\i 'Chuaipceni; n-6fienn 7 co
pap-'gba-o aii7> hUa hGicni^, aifiT)fii CCifigiall ec aln
mulm. 8lo|a^la 8heoan -oo-Chuipcco n-5allait5 llla-o
7 mac Ugo T>e-Laci co n-^allaiB inrbe i poifiicin Carail
A.D. J200. "om., C. n. t.h., A ; om. ? B, C.
A.D. 1201. ^ecroaijx, B. *-p.ai5, B. * aifir>p|\impaiT), B. "n. t. h.,
A ; om., B, C, D. !>- b n. t. h., on blank space, A ; cm., B, C, D. e om.^
B; that is, the year in B (followed by C, D) is 1200, erroneously, as the
epact shews. d-d 1. m., t. h., A ; om., B, C, D.
Buadog are all varieties of the
game name, and Baetog prefixed by
da [=do, thy~\, the title of endear-
ment, makes Cluain-da-Bhaotog,
now Clondavaddog, the name of a
parish in Fanad, in the north of
Donegal." Adamran, p. 409.
For the Cross of St. Buadon of
Clonca (Cluain-catha, Inishowen
co. Donegal), seeProc. RI.A. Ser.
iii. VoL II., p. 109.
* Roland. King of Galloway.
For some of his doings, see Benedict
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
235
Foreigners on a foray in Aenarca-Cein. Roland,' 2 son [1200]
of Uchtrach, king of the Foreign-Irish, rested in peace.
(Donnchadh 3 of Uaithne, son of Ruaidhri Ua Conchu-
hhair, was killed by the Saxons that were in Limerick.)
([A.M.] 5405 [A.D. 1201].)
Kalends of Jan. on 2nd feria, 24th of the moon, A.D.
1201. Ruaidhri Mac Duinnsleibhe [Ua Eochada], king
of Ulidia and candle of championship of all Ireland, was
killed by the Foreigners, to wit, through the miracles of
Paul and Peter and Patrick whom he dishonoured. 1
Tomaltach Ua Conchobair, successor of Patrick and arch-
primate of all Ireland for wisdom and piety, rested in
peace. Expulsion of Cathal Red-hand Ua Conchobuir
and coronation of Cathal Carrach in his stead (Or perhaps
it is in this [preceding] year above the expulsion of Cathal
Red-hand comes.). A hosting by Aedh Ua Neill in aid
of Cathal Red-hand with the Men of Magh-Itha and with
the Airghialla, until they came to Tech-Baithin of Airtech.
They turned there until they came to Es-dara and CatLal
Carrach with the nobles of Connacht and William [de] Burgh
with the Foreigners of Limerick along with him overtook
them. And the North of Ireland was defeated and Ua
Eicnigh, arch-king of Airgialla and many others were
lost. A hosting by John De Courcy with the Foreigners
and the son of Ugo De Lacy with the Foreigners of Meath
in aid of Cathal Red-hand, until they reached Cell-mic-
[1201]
of Peterborough, i. 33948, ii. 8
(Rolls' ed.).
3 Of Uaithn*. " So called from
having been fostered in the terri-
tory of Uaithne, now Owneybeg, a
barony in the north-east of the co.
Limerick." (Note to Annals of
Loch Ce, i. 208.)
The entry is given at 1200 in the
Annals of Loch Ce ; at 1199 and
1200 in the Four Masters.
1201. ^Dishonoured. See the act
of profanation under the last pre-
ceding year.
2Q
B86
ccwicclcc uloroti.
cfioibDe[i]n, co ficmscroufi Citl mic n-"0uoc. CCnnrein
cdini'5 Coral can.n.ac co Connaccaib* imcnlle pjiip 7 co
fiocuipfec ccrc 7 co fiomuiD an. ^hatlaiC UlaD 7 TTliDe.
1 bail in.n.aba*Dun. 4 na coic 5 cara, ni cainigaf ace T>a car
A 66b -01 15. OCeD hUa Neill -DO 0x71150-5 la Cenel-n -60501 n | 7
fii5OD Coneobuifi TTIe^ Laclainn DOID* 7 co n-Dep.na cp.eic
B 58a hi 'Cifi-n-en[n]ai, 6 co cue bti | T)iai]aTni-De 7 co jiomafib
name. CCnnpein rdini's Gicnecan hUa "Oomnaill co
longaip Ceniml-Conaill 7 co ti-a flo aji cifi, co
lonspop.t: ic ^aec-m-cai [1115111. 1afi fin
Clann-TMayunaca co popc-fioif T>O'II le[i]c
aile -DO gabail pfii^ni lom^if. 1a|i fin ]u>leiccea onfia
na c|ii longa Dec lan[a] DO flua^, co jiomaiD aji Clainn-
la^i pn ^011115 TTIac Laclainn (iDon,* Con-
beacc') 1 n-a foijiicni, co jiosonaD a ec 7 co
DO'II efcaji fin la Cenel-Conaill 1 n-einec
Coluim-cille 7 a comapVa 7 a fcfiuie iwbomiaDais.
Ocuf' qaiafan ini]\bail cecna* fomapB Concobu]i
TTlupcaD hUaCinca[i]n, pi hlla-pacpac.
(Concutiap* na glaifpeme hit Huainc DO boDUD.')
\CaL 1an. 111.* f..,* L 1111., CCnno "Domini 1T). cc. n. ob
Niall hUa plainn 1 DO mapbaD DO ^ a ^ a1 ^ Ulcr5 c 1
meCaiL tTlasnuf, mac "Oiapmara hlli Laclainn, TX>
4 i\ia ,A. 8 .u. (the Latin equivalent used as a contraction), A. 8 -n-6na, A.
*- ill., n. t. h.. A; om., B, C, D. 'if AM added, B. The sentence is
omitted in D. * fin that added, B
A.D. 1202. J plain-o, B. u. t. h., on blank space, A. >-.i. , B :
that is, 1201 ; which is also the year in C, D. <= om., B, C, D. 1 meGail is
om. in C, D.
* The place, etc. Descendentes
ad helium f uerunt numero 15 mill i a
annatorum, ex quibus 8 millia in
eodem bello perierunt, D. This is,
no doubt, an exaggeration.
3 Dishonoured. D adds : Et
nihilominus ipse O'Donill cum su is
persecutus est fugam inter Dermi-
tios et Eoganenses, quos sitnul
oppressit et tandem rediit com
magna preda et victoria.
4 Conchubhar. Given in the An-
nals of Loch Ce, ad an.
*Na Glaisfheine.Of the green
ANNALS OF ULSTEll.
237
Duach. Then came Cathal Carrach with the Connachtmen
along with him and they engaged in battle and the
Foreigners of Ulidia and Meath were defeated. The
place 2 wherein were the five battalions, there came not
therefrom but two battalions of them. Aedh Ua Neill was
deposed by the Cenel-Eogain and the coronation of Con-
chobar Mac Lachlainn [was effected] by them. And he
made a foray into Tir-Ennai, so that he took away cows
innumerable and killed people. Then came Eicnechan
TJa Domnaill with the fleet of Cenel-Conaill and with
their host on land, so that they formed a camp at Gaeth-
in-cairrgin. Thereafter came the Clann-Diarmata to
Port-rois on the other side, to act against the fleet.
After that, there were sent against them the thirteen
ships full of the host, so that [the battle] went against the
Clann-Diarmata. Thereupon Mac Lachlainn (namely,
Conchubhur the Little) came to their aid, until his horse
was wounded and he fell of that fall by the Cenel-Conaill,
in reparation of [St.] Colum-cille and of his successor and
of his Shrine that he dishonoured. 3 And through the
same miracle Conchobur killed Murchadh Ua Crichain,
king of Ui-Fiachrach.
(Conchubhar 4 na Glaisfheine 5 U[a] Ruairc was
drowned. 6 )
[1201]
Kalends of Jan. on 3rd feria, 4th of the moon, A.D. [1202]
1202. Niall Ua Flainn was killed by the Foreigners of
Ulidia in treachery. Maghnus, son of Diarrnait Ua
militia : " so called from the colour
of their armour or of their
standards " (Pursuit of Diarmuid
and Graine, ed. S. H. O Grady,
Trans. Ossian. Soc. Hi. 89).
6 Drowned. In the Erne, near
Belleek, flying from a battle gained
over Ualgarg O'Rourke and himself
by O'Donnell. (F. M. A.D. 1200 and
O'D.'s note &.)
238
CCMNCtlCC UlCTOtl.
-DO tnuipcepcac hl1a d NeilU ITIuipceprac hlla
lleill -00110 T>O mapbai) ann.
(In* c-eapcub liUa TTleUai^ qineuic. lohannep, ppep-
bicep CapT>inalip -oe TTlonce Cetio ec legacup
CCpoiTX>lic[a]e Seinp, m hibepmam uenic. Seniro
cleipeac Gipenn, icip ^hallaiC 7 ^hoeiftealait), 1 n-CC
clia imon Cap7>mail cecna pin. Senu-B Chonnacc, mp
laecaiB 7 cLeipciB, hie CCc-luain hi an-o caeicif>if imon
Cajvoincnt cecna. 'Coipp'oeutbac, mac Ruai'oni, mic
Thoipfi-oeatbai-5 hlli ConcuEaifi, T>O gabait ta Coral
qioitfoeps, la pi Conn ace. Ocuf if iac pOfsaBpae e '
i-oon, "Oonnca^ hlla T)ubT)a, pi hUa-n-CCmalsai-o 7
Concut5ap goc hUa tiGa-iSpa, pi Lui^ne Connacc 7
"Oiapmai-D, mac Ruai-opi hlli ConcoBaip, n>on, mac a
aap peui 7 "Diapmai-o, mac TTla^nufa, iT>on, mac
oepbpacap a arap." Cacal' cappac, mac ConcuCaip
TTlhaenmuise, mic "Coipp^eltSais moip, pi Con-oacc, -00
mapba^ m blia^ain pi.')
jCaL 1an. 1111.' -p.," 1. ac, ., CCnno "Domini TT1. cc. 111. b
TTlael-Coluini c hlla bpona[i]n, aipcinnec T^opai-oe, m
pace quietus. T)omnall Cappac hlla "Oocapcaig, pi
"Chipe-Conaill, T>O mapbaT T>O TTlhuinncep-bai^iU 1 ap n-
ap^am cell 2 n-mrba 7 cuain. TTlael-pinnen TTlac
Colma[i]n, ap-openoip rogai-oe, 3 m pace quieuic.
*Oomnall hlla bpolca[i]n, ppioip [1a, d ] uapalpenoip
d Repeated, doubtless by oversight, B. Partly on text space, partly on
margin, n. t. h., A : om., B, C, D. ff r. m., n. t. h., A ; om., fi, C, D.
A.D. 1203. ^mgill, B. s ceall, B. J coj;aiT>i, A. **n. t. h. on
blank space, A. t-.n. (1202), B ; followed by C, D. <om., B, C, D.
The order of the entries in B, C, D is : mael-pirmen T)omnatt Cajxyxac
"OomnaU, hUa bfiolcan. d blank left for name of Community, A, B.
Not supplied in C, D. For tbe reading 1rt, see Adamnan, p. 409, n. o.
1202. l At the tame time.'Et
propterea eodem instanti ipse
Maoricius similiter interemptus
fuit,D.
*Ua Mellaigh. Conn O'Mel-
laigh, bisbop of Annagbdown, co.
Galway, according to tbe Four
Matters.
All tbe added entries are given in
the Annalt of Loch Ce at this year.
ANNALS OF ULSTEE.
239
Lachlainn, was killed by Muircertach Ua Neill. Muir- [1202]
certaeh Ua Neill, however, was killed at the same time. 1
(The bishop Ua Mellaigh 2 rested. John, 3 Cardinal
Priest of Monte Celio and Legate of the Apostolic See,
came into Ireland. A Synod of the clergy of Ireland,
both Foreigners and Gaidhil, [assembled] at Ath-cliath
under that same Cardinal. A Synod of Connacht, both
laics and clerics, [assembled] at Ath-luain at the end of a
fortnight under the same Cardinal. Toirrdhealbach, son
of Ruaidhri, son of Toirrdhealbach Ua Conchubhair, was
taken prisoner by Cathal Red-hand, [namely] by the king
of Connacht. And it is these captured him, nameh r ,
Donnchadh Ua Dubda, king of Ui-Amhalgaidh and Con-
chubhar Ua Eadhra the Stammerer, king of the Luighni
of Connacht and Diarmaid, son of Ruaidhri Ua Conchob-
hair, to wit, the son of his own father, and Diarmaid, son
of Maghnus, that is, the son of the brother of his father.
Cathal Carrach, 4 son of Conchubhar Maenmuighe, son of
Toirrdelbach Mor, -king of Connacht, was killed in this
year.)
Kalends of Jan. on 4th feria, 15th of the moon, A.L>. [1203]
1203. Mael-Coluim Ua Bronain, herenagh of Toraidhe.
rested in peace. Domnall Carrach Ua Dochartaigh. king
of Tir-Conaill 1 was killed by Muinnter-Baighill after
pillaging many churches and territories. Mael-Finne
Mac Colinain, arch-senior select, rested in peace. Dorn-
nall Ua Brolchain prior [of Joua], eminent senior select for.
3 John. On August 15 of this
year, King John renewed (by
Letters) an appeal before the Le-
gate against the bishops of Clogher,
Clonmacnoise, Kells and Ardagh,
the archdeacon of Armagh and
others, who had shown a manifest
desire to work against the king's
right respecting the then vacant
church of Armagh (Calendar of
Documents relating to Ireland, vol. I.
No. 168).
4 Carrach. Scabidus, D : cor-
rectly. For different accounts of
his death, see Annals of Loch te
1202 /'. M. ; 1201.
1203. *King of Tir-Connaill.
Regius professor Ardmoighair ! D.
240
cnniccUt ulcroti.
a seimiut 7
pepann *ou
Choral
impi-Di na n-
ap' ceill, ap cpur,* ap c -Deilb, ap Durcup," ap
mine, ap mop^acc, ap miDcaipe," ap 1 cpabaD, ap
ecna[i], f popr magnam rpibulanonem* ec opnmam
pemrennam 5 in qtnnro jCalenDap TTlaii, mgpeptpjup*
epr mam umueppae capnif.'
(ConcuEap h puaD, mac "Oomnaill hlla bpiain, DO
mapo'aD I'a Deapflparaip pem, iDon, la TTluipceaprac,
mac n-*0homnaill, mic "ChoippDealbuiD hlli
mac RuaiDpi hUi ConcuCaip, D'<
DO Denum -DO Choral cpoifrDeaps^pTf 7
DO. 'GoippDealCac "o'lnnapbaff*] TJO
7 fi^ *oo "oenum pip po ceroip rpe
, 1-oon, TTlailpep 7 Uarep. h )
leal. 1an. u." p., m Lxx. ui., CCnno "Domini TTl. cc. 1111. c
A56c 'Ooipe 1 DO lofca-5 | o ra pelic 2 THapr[a]in 3 co ribpair
B58b CCDlomnafijii. "Oiapmair, mac TTluipceprai^ hlli Loc-
lamn, 4 co n i DO ^hallaiD" DO riacram ap cpeic 1
Gogain, co poaip^fer m Scpm Coluim-cille, co
oppa Dpem DO Cemul-eogain, co pemaiD pop ^allai^, co
pomapbaD *0iapmair rpia mipbailiB na Scpine. Slo^aD
la mac Uga De-Laci co ni DO ^h^Unf) na TTliDe 1 n-
Ullraio', co poDicuipeDUp Sheoan DO-Chuipr 5 a hUllrait5.
TT1ainipnp d DO Denum DO Celluc . . . ' ap lap cpoi
A.D. 1203. 4 aonetn, B. * penetenaam, B. .u.cap, A; .u.ca, B.
*a]\ cyxuf, a|\ ceiU, B; followed by C, D. M an, eacna, an, an/o-
qaabar) for wisdom, for exalted piety, B (C, D). * om., B ; nicam
pnmic, C, D. h h n. t. h., A ; om., B, C, D.
A.D. 1204. '"Doin.i, A. 2 n,eibc, A. *TTlain,cin, A. 4 Laclamn, B.
6 Chun,r, with no "Do Cuijvc or (the name is not Do Churt, but) Do Cuirt
itl., t. h., B M n. t. h. on blank space, A. b .ix., t. h. ; .ui. added,
n. t h., A. e -.in. (1203), B, C, D. " om., B, C, D. blank=space for
about 8 letters left in MS. (A). The missing words, there can be little
doubt, are abbot) 1a abbot oflona.
In the Annals of Loch Ce (1202) he
is called king of Ard-Midhair
(Ardmire, co. Donegal), which
shews that the translator of D
consulted other authorities.
3 April 27. It fell on Sun-
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
241
intelligence, for form, for appearance, for disposition, for
gentleness, for magnanimity, for benevolence, for piety ;
for wisdom, entered the way of all flesh, after great
suffering and most excellent penance, on the 5th of the
Kalends of May [April 27 2 ].
(Conchubhar 3 the Red, son of Domnall Ua Briain, was
killed by his own brother, namely, by Muircertach, son of
Domnall, son of Toirrdhealbudh Ua Briain. Toirrdheal-
bach, son of Ruaidhri Ua Conchubhair, escaped from his
captivity and peace was made by Cathal Red-hand with
him and land was given to him. Toirrdhealbach was
expelled by Cathal Red-hand and peace was made with
him immediately through intercession of the Foreigners,
namely, Meyler 4 and Walter 5 [De Lacy].)
Kalends of Jan. on 5th feria, 26th of the moon, A.D. MO/H-O- i
7 ' _ [1204 JDIS.J
1204. Doire was burned from the Cemetery of [St.] Martin
to the Well of [St.] Adomhnan. Diarmait, son of Muir-
certach Ua Lochlainn, with a force of Foreigners came on
a foray into Tir-Eogain, so that they plundered the Shrine
of [St.] Colum-cille, until a party of the Cenel-Eogain over-
took them [and] defeat was inflicted upon the Foreigners
[and] Diarmait was killed through miracles of the Shrine.
A hosting by [Ugo] the son of Ugo De Lacy with a
force of Foreigners of Meath into Ulidia, so that they
expelled John De Courcy out of Ulidia. A monastery 1
was built by Cellach, [abbot of lona] in the centre of the
day in the present year. This
goes to prove that the Annals of
Loch Ce (followed by the F. M.)
err in assigning the obit to 1 202 ;
in which the 27th fell on Saturday,
a day of no particular note. For
Ua Brolchain, see Adamnan, p. 409,
note o.
3 Conchubhar, etc. The additions
are given (the last entry with
greater detail) in the Annals of
Loch Ce (ad an.).
4 Meyler. Meyler Fitz Henry
(illegitimate son of King Henry I.),
Justiciary of Ireland.
8 Walter. Son of HughDe Lacy.
1204. * Monastery. See Adam-
nan, p. 412.
242
ccmicclcr
1a $an nac olisei), cap. papti^u-fc mtnnncepi 1a, co pomill
in baile co mop. Slo^afc oono la cleipao' Gpenn, 1*0011,
la plopfnc hlla Cepballa[i]n, la eppuc ^ipe-heogain 7
la TTlael-1pu hlla n-*0opi5, nxm, eppuc "Cip-e-Conaill 7
la aba-o p.eiclepa poil 7 pecaip 1 n-CCpT>-TTIaca 7 la
hCCmalsaifc hlla pepgail, ab<n> peiclepa "Ooipe 7 la
hCCinmifxe hlla CoB^aig 7 focai^i TTIOJI T>O muinncep
"Doifie 7 focaix>i mop T>O cleipab' m Tuaifce[i]pc, co
c m TTlainifcep T)O peip-Dlipf* na hecailfi. 1n
iei^ipaici fin -DO at5ail abDame 1acpe
7 5 ai ^ e ^- d
eaprac' "CeacCac, mac Concuttaifi TTlaenmui|e,
mic Ruai'&pi hlli ConcuCaip, T>O mapba-o T>o"OhiapmuiT>,
mac Ruai^pi 7 T>O CCet, mac RuaiT>pi, i^onj'od "DeaplSpa-
cai|i a acap -pein. TTlai-Dm pia n-*0homnall, mac
TTlhecc Cappcaig 7 pian-"OeapniuimneacaiC pop ^allu'^*
ubi ceciT>epunr; centum fexaginca uipi, uel ampbup.')
]Cal. 1an- un.' p.,' U 1111., CCnno T)ommi TT1. cc. u. ob
Sicpiuc hlla Spuicein, 1 aipcmnec na CongBala, i*oon, c
cenn hUa-T71upcele 7 coipec Clainm-SneiT>5ile ap.
cocucc, pope opcimam pemcenciam pelicicep pniuiu
(uicam d ) ec pepulcup epu m cemplo quoi) paccum e\t
apUT) ippum. c TTlael-bpisre* hlla he^apatijn T>O uosa[T>]
i comupbup bpenainn T>O lap "Oaipe Coluim-cille."
h6oan T)o-Chuipc, innpe'oac ceall Openn 7 ruar, -DO
mnapba[-&] T>O mac Uga -oe-Laci i 'Cip-n-Gogain' ap
comuipce Ceniuil-eogam.
A.D. 1204. '' n. t, h., A ; om., B, C, D.
A.D. 1205. i Sfuiicen, B. *n. t. h. on blank space, A. b -.iin. (1204),
B (C, D) ; erroneously. -om., B,D; which have cpiieuic after Congbala.
" Died," C. d itL, n. t. h., MS. (A). om., B, C, D. ' -n-^ogam om.,
probably from oversight, A.
"Muircertach. This and the fol-
lowing entry are given in Annalt
of Loch Ce (ad an.).
1205. 1 By himself. Apud ipium
in the original, a literal Latin
rendering of the Irish laisfein.
ANNALS OF ULSTER.
243
encolsure of lona, without any right, in dishonour of the [1204]
Community of lona, so that he wrecked the place greatly.
A hosting, however, was made by the clergy of Ireland,
namely, by Florence Ua Cerballain, bishop of Tir-Eogain
and by Mael-Isu Ua Dorig, that is. bishop of Tir-Conaill
and by the Abbot of the Monastery of Paul and Peter in
Ard-Macha and by Amalgaidh Ua Fergail, abbot of the
Monastery of Doire and by Ainmire Ua Cobhthaigh and
a large number of the Community of Doire and a large
number of the clergy of the North, so that they razed the
monastery, according to the law of the Church. That
Amalgaidh aforesaid took the abbacy of lona by selection
of Foreigners and Gaidhil.
(Muircertach 2 of Tethbha, son of Conchubhar Maenm-
huighe, son of Ruaidhri Ua Conchubhair, was killed by
Diarmuid, son of Ruaighri and by Aedh, son of Ruaidhri,
that is, two brothers of his own father. Defeat [was
inflicted] by Domnall, son of Mac Carthaigh and by the
Desmonians upon the Foreigners, where fell one hundred,
and sixty men, or more.)
Kalends of Jan. on 7th feria, 7th of the moon, A.D. [1205]
1205. Sitriuc Ua Sruithein, herenagh of the Congbhail,
namely, head of Ui-Murthele and chief of Clann-Sneidhgile
for ability, after most excellent penance felicitously
finished (his life) and was buried in the church that was
built by himself. 1 Mael-Brighte Ua Erarain was chosen
into the succession of [St.] Brenann 2 from 3 the Community
of Doire of Colum-cille. John De Courcy, destroyer of
the churches and territories of Ireland, was expelled by
[Ugo] the son of Ugo De Lacy into Tir-Eogain, to the
protection 4 of Cenel-Eogain.
2 Succession of [S<.] Brenann.
That is, very probably, was made
bishop of Clonfert.
3 From. Literally, from the centre-.
meaning that he had no previous
connexion with the see over which
he was placed.
4 To the protection. The passage
is thus translated in D 
