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LIFE 


OF 


HUGH   ROE  O'DONNELL. 


Ig95 


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1\.ut)j\Aii;e,  1T)Aí;nur,  (x  CAchbAnn. 

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yo]i  Atc]\om  (x  oitfiiiAm,  acc  no  ^Abjwc  au.  Aitt  t)o  cenet  CógliAm  mic  lléitt, 
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rp  hAiche  a   AnrAtAt)  £t  "oiojhALcA  ^neip  Achfmeoit  t>iA  tfccí  co  tiAoir 


1  CDonnell. — Wehavegiven  hispedigree 
and  that  of  Ineen  Dubh,  pp.  xii.  and  xxx., 
antea. 

2  Foster — See  p.  xxxii.,  antea. 
%Puberty. — The    Irish   divided   life   into 

five  periods.     Macdacht  was  the   second, 
from  the  age  of  seven  to  fifteen. 


4  Provinces. — Cuigeadh,  a  fifth.  It  came 
to  mean  a  province  because  Ireland  was 
divided  into  five  parts  at  a  very  early  date. 
Keating's  H.  of  Ireland,  p.  52. 

5  Eitglish. — Ga/i  was  the  namegiven  to  all 
strangers,  the  Gauls  being  the  foreigners 
best  known  to  the  ancient  Irish. 


FAMOUS  progeny  sprung  from  O'Donncll,1  (Hugh,  son  of 
Manus,  son  of  Hugh  Oge,  son  of  Hugh  Roe,  son  of  Niall 
Garbh,  son  of  Turlough  of  the  wine,  etc).  Inecn  Dubh, 
daughter  of  James,  son  of  Alexander,  son  of  Jphn  Cathanach 
MacDonnell,  of  the  race  of  Colla  Uais,  son  of  Eochaidh 
Doimhlen,  was  the  wife  of  O'Donnell,  and  she  was  the  mother  of  the  most 
renowned  of  his  children.  The  names  of  their  sons  in  the  order  of  their 
birth  were  Hugh  Roe,  Rury,  Manus,  and  Caffir. 

As  for  the  eldest  of  these,  Hugh  Roe,  immediately  after  hisbirth  hc  was 
given  to  be  fostered  and  brought  up  to  the  high-born  nobles  of  the  tribe 
of  Conall  Gulban,  son  of  Niall,  and  it  was  not  these  alone  that  got  him  to 
rear  and  foster,2  but  some  of  the  tribe  of  Eoghan,  son  of  Niall,  took  him, 
for  they  were  sure  that  something  would  ensue  through  him  if  he  reachcd 
puberty.3  Then  he  continued  to  grow  and  increase  in  comcliness  and 
urbanity,  tact  and  eloquence,  wisdom  and  knowledge,  goodly  size  and 
noble  deeds,  so  that  his  name  and  fame  spread  throughout  the  five  pro- 
vinces4  of  Erin  among  the  English  5  and  the  Irish,6  even  beforc  he  passed 
the  agc  of  boyhood  and  completed  his  fifteenth  year.  Moreover,  the  fame 
and  renown  of  the  youth  were  reported  to  the  foreigners  7  of  Dublin  too, 
and  they  reflected  in  their  minds  that  thcrc  would  not  be  one  like  him  of 
the  Irish  to  avengc  his  wrongs  and  punish  thc  plundcring  of  his  race  if  he 


°Irish. — Thc  people  of  Ircland  are  known 
by  various  names  derived  from  their  ances- 
tors.  They  are  called  Milesians  from 
Milesius,  Gadelians  from  Gaodhel,  a  more 
ancient  progenitor.  0'Flaherty,  Ogygia, 
p.  162. 


7  Foreigtitv  s.—  Danar,  properlv  a  Dane  or 
black  foreigner,  is  often  svnonvmous  with 
robber,  pirate,  ferocious  person,  without 
any  distinction  of  nation.  War  of  the 
Gaedhil  with  the  Gaill,  p.  xxxi  ;  London, 
1867. 

A 


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*Oo  bej\A  gotmAiiig  m  jac  cin, 

tDro  é  pn  aii  t>onn  •oía'oIia 

1r  biATÓ  .ix.  mbtiAt>nA  111  a  II15. 
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SiobAn  mjCn  ní  'OhorimAitt  a  com1iAinm. 

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hemince  7  AnrobpAchc,  (x  110  biot>romh  t)o  gner  occ  lonntAch  (x,  occ 
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rm  no  ^AbfAC  goitt  &t&  ctiAC  'Oinbtmne  AnrnpCf  (x,  inic1ionirom  t)e 
(^enbo  i\iai\ac1i  t>oibitoim  50  rir>)  Af  ah  ccAi\At>i\At>fm  bAot  t>ó  fft  cenét 
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1  ColumHUe. — This  prophecy  was  made  2  Earl  ONeill. — E.ofTyrone.     Hisname 

not  by  St.   Columhille,   but  by  St.  Caillin.  recurs  very  often  in  the  course  of  this  work. 

Itwillbefoundinthepoeminwhichthe  Saint  We  have   given   his  pedigree    at  p.    xlv., 

foretells  the  kings  who  would  descend  from  antea. 

Conall  Gulban.     See  The  Book  of  Fenagh,  3  T/ie  ONeill. — After  the  chief  s  inaugur- 

p.  1 52.     On  Caillin,  see  p.  xv.,  antea.     We  ation,  he  was  no  longer  called  by  the  name 

have  given  St.   Columhille's  descent  from  given  him  in  baptism.     O'Sullevan,  Hist. 

Conall  Gulban  at  p.  xii.    '  Caih.,  p.  34. 


5 

was  allowcd  to  rcach  manhood.  It  was  told  thcm  too  that  prophcts  and 
people  with  foreknowledge  and  prcdictors  of  futurity  had  announced 
that  there  would  come  one  likc  him  who  would  cause  disturbance  among 
thcm  and  in  the  island  of  Eire  also,  as  Columlvillc,1  son  of  Fcidhlimidh,  thc 
famous  holy  prophet  of  thc  Cincl  Conaill,  a  man  too  full  of  gracc  and  of 
the  gifts  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  promised  whcrc  hc  said  : 

There  will  come  a  man  glorious,  pure,  exalted, 

Who  will  cause  mournful  weeping  in  evcry  tcrritory  ; 

He  will  be  the  god-like  princc, 

And  hc  will  be  king  for  nine  years. 
Some  say  it  was  Caillin  of  Fenagh  who  made  the  prophecy. 

Moreover,  these  same  English  were  afraid  thatheand  the  Earl  O'Xeill,2 
i.e.,  Hugh,  son  of  Ferdoragh,  son  of  Conn  Bacach,  son  of  Conn,  would  join 
in  alliance  and  friendship  with  each  other  against  them,  for  the  Earl  was 
much  attached  to  his  parents  for  a  long  time ;  besides,  O'Donnell's 
daughter,  named  Joan,  the  sister  of  Hugh  Roe,  of  whom  we  have  made 
mention,  was  Earl  O'NeilPs  spouse  and  first  wife. 

The  O'Neill,3  who  was  inaugurated  chief  of  the  Cinel  Eoghain  some 
time  before,  and  who  had  the  title  then,  i.e.,  Turlough  Luineach,4  son  of 
Niall  Connallach,  son  of  Art,  son  of  Conn,  son  of  Henry,  son  of  Eoghan, 
was  submissive  to  the  English  at  that  time,  and  he  was  not  able  to  govern 
his  principality  owing  to  his  weakness  and  infirmity,  and  he  was  ever 
accusing  and  complaining  of  thc  Earl  O'Neill  to  the  Lord  Justice  5  and  thc 
Council  through  fear  of  being  deposed  by  him,  since  he  was  in  the  flood  of 
his  prosperity  and  (in  the  prime)  of  life  then,  and  he  was  a  shield  of  pro- 
tection  and  defence  to  his  tribe.  Wherefore  the  English  of  Dublin G 
conceived  suspicion  and  an  evil  opinion  of  him  (though  he  was  obedient  to 
them  up  to  that)  on  account  of  this  friendship  of  his  with  the  Cincl  Conaill, 
and  they  reflectcd  that  thc  capture  of  Hugh   Roe  would  enablc  thcm  to 

4  T.  Luineach. — See  p.  xliii.  antea.     '  He  6L.Justice. — This  is  used  here  and  in 

was  a  lord  prosperous  in  peace  and  war,  the   Annais   F.    M.  as  synonymous   with 

till   old   age  and  infirmity  came  on   him.'  Lord  Deputy,  Lord  Lieutenant.  See  Ware's 

Annals  F.  M.,  vi.    19S4.     The  Queen  in-  Aniiquities,^-  170. 

tended  to  make  him  Éarl  of  Clan  O'Neill,  G  Z^///'////. — Athcliath,   i.c,  the  ford  of  the 

but  the  patent  was  not  perfected.  hurdles.     Q'Curry's  MS.  Materials,  p.  269. 


fol.2.  a. 


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1  Gunwale. — This  is  the  portion  of  the 
boat  called  beal  in  Donegal. 

2  Wine. — '  The  Captain  had  this  com- 
mand  given  him  that  he  should  proffer  his 
wines  to  be  sold,  being  sack,  which  the 
Irishmen  love  best.'  Lrfe  of  Perrott,  p. 
279. 

3  Beer. — This  was  the  common  intoxi- 
cating  drink  of  the  people  of  northern 
Europe.  It  was  made  from  barlev,  wheat, 
or  oats,  and  flavoured  with  aromatic  herbs. 

4  Deputy. — Lit.  by  the  hand  of,  hence  the 
substitute  for  another. 

5  English. —  The   name   Saxon   became 


familiar  to  the  Celtic  inhabitants  of  Britain 
(and  of  Ireland  tooearlier)  than  the  Angli- 
can  name.  Hence  Saxon,  not  Angle,  has 
been  the  name  by  which  Teutonic  immi- 
grants  in  Britain(and  English  immigrants  in 
Ireland)  have  been  known  to  their  Celtic 
neighbours  from  that  day  to  this.  Freeman, 
Norman  Conquest,  i.  13  ;  London,  1870. 

G  Banba. — Ireland  is  often  called  by  the 
names  of  its  most  famous  kings,  but  par- 
ticularly  it  has  three  names,  Eire,  Fodhla, 
and  Banba,  three  sisters  of  the  royal  blood 
of  the  Danaans.     Ogygia,  p.  13. 

7  Rinn  Edair. — The  promontory  of  Edar ; 


cxtend  and  secure  their  s\vay  over  the  Cinel  Conaill  and  theCinel  Eoghain, 
though  he  was  but  a  mere  youth  at  the  time.  Wherefore,  for  the  afon 
reasons  these  same  English  planned  his  imprisonmcnt  bcfore  hc  should 
succeed  in  effecting  what  they  feared  would  comc  about  by  his  mcans. 
That  capture  took  place  in  this  way.  A  vcssel  was  got  ready,  with  black 
gunwale,1  deceptive,  precisely  at  Michaclmas  in  the  year  1587,  in  Dublin, 
with  a  murdcrous,  odious  crew,  having  implements  of  battle  and  wcapons 
of  war  for  defence  and  attack  against  thcir  enemies,  with  abundance  of 
,wine 2  and  beer,3  for  traffic  and  barter  to  trade  with,  to  see  if  they  could 
get  an  opportunity  of  seizing  on  Hugh  O'Donnell.  By  the  advicc  of 
the  Lord  Justice  Sir  John  Perrott  and  of  the  Council  too  this  was  done 
secretly.  The  Lord  Justice  was  appointed  to  be  the  Deputy4  of  the 
English 5  king  in  supreme  authority  ovcr  the  island  of  Banba 6  for  the 
space  of  three  years.  When  every  implement  that  was  desired  was  ready 
in  the  said  ship,  and  while  the  wind  was  coming  straight  from  thc  south, 
the  vessel  went  out  from  the  harbour  of  Dublin  into  the  deep  sea  and 
sailed  past  Rinn  Edair 7  northwards,  keeping  the  coast  of  Ireland  on  the 
left  till  she  came  to  the  old  harbour  of  Swilly, 8  in  the  territory  of 
Conall,  son  of  Niall.  She  stopped  therc  opposite  Rathmullen 9  out  in 
the  sea.  This  castle  was  on  the  edge  of  the  shore.  A  -church10  was 
founded  there  for  the  divine  office  and  mass  in  honour  of  Mary,  mother  of 
the  Lord,  close  by,  and  it  was  a  well-knovvn  resort  for  most  of  the  laity  and 
clergy  of  the  neighbourhood.  It  was  built  by  the  Clann  Swiny,  and  it 
was  they  who  inhabited  the  portion  of  territory  along  the  edge  of  the 
harbour  as  far  as  the  ocean  and  others  bcsides  this.  They  wcre  of  the 
tribe  of  Eoghan,  son  of  Niall,  by  descent,11  and  they  had  come  from  Scotland 

he  was   chief  of  Eachrad   shortly  before  bishop  of  Raphoe  from  1610  to  1632,  and 

the  Christain  era.     The  Bailey  lighthouse,  made  into  a  residence.     O'Sullevan  gives 

Howth,  stands  on  the  rinn.  an  account  of  his  persecution  of  the  Catho- 

8  Lough  Sivilly. — An  inlet  of  the  searun-  lics.     llist.  Cath.,  p.    286.      See  also  De 

ning  twenty  miles  due  south  into  Donegal.  Burgo's  Hiberma  Dominicana,  p.  617  ;  Col. 

* Rathmullen. — A    village   on    the    west  Agripp.,  1762,  who  gives  the  proclamations 

shore  of  Lough  Swilly.     Here  the  Earls  em-  issued  by  Chichester  at  his  suggestion. 

barhedwhen  leaving  Ireland  in  1607.     See  u Descent. — See  p.  xix.,  antea.     Reating 

The  Flight  ofthe  Earls,  p.  77.  ridicules  Spencer's  statement  that  they  are 

10  Church. — The  Carmelite  monastery  and  originally  of  English  descent.     See  preface 

church   were  seized  by    Knox,    Protcstant  to  H.  of  Irelana\  p.  xx, 


T)ú   fin    (x  ]\obcA]\  iacc  bA  cuAitvgni'óe  cacVia  t>o  nij  óconAitt  nro  a^ai-ó  a 

CfCCAjlACC. 

UtnfcechcA  iia  tumge  imnonÁi'ófCm  hi  cofAij.  1a|\  ccuvóeAchc  x>\ 
gtir  aii  ccúah  ron  ionc1iAib  11ac1ia  lllAotÁm  AriiAit  AcnubfAniAf,  "oo  fetccic 
a  reobA  f]\t  tÁn  7  110  ftntnjjfic  a  liAnjcAifeA'ÓA  *oía  himforcAt)  hi  coriifoófAib 
atí  cíiAtAit).  T)o  con'itAC  t>]\eAm  "oia  foifnro  ro]\  cí]\  ía]\  ccAm  nro  eccorcc 
cfnnAi^eAX)  ro  -óeitb  po-ÓA  6c  CAonchon'i]\Aic,  7  gdbAicc  ro]\  b]tAc  (x  cAif  ccetA'ó 
ro]\  c]\eicc  7  connnAt)  f]\if  ah  ccÁch  t>o  cui]\Cca]\  ro]\  a  ccm'o,  Gt  a'O'oaiíiac 
combAoi  ríon  7  conmAim  teó  ifin  tum^. 

O  ]\o  ctof  tA  mumci]\  ah  'otmAi'ó  ah  ní  fin  111  ÚAnccr ac  hi  foitt,  acc  ]\o 
gAbrAc  ro]t  cCtroAc  ah  ríonA  7  An  tCnt>A  imniAte  7  occ  con'iót  ro]\  a  cete 
combcA]\  mCrccA.  1a]i  bpof  rcét  "0011  c]uc  hia  ccoriifo^uf  t>o  lonÁtAC  An 
•oocum,  7  bACAn  A5  f Amot  combcA]t  rubAij  AiiiAit  Acceti.  11i]t  bo  cÍAn  t>óib 
f AmtAit)  conuf  cut)c1iAt)  Aót)  ua  *OorimAitt  rechc  AimufA  ron  cétibe  t)on 
bAite  tA  bAOf  7  i\eAb]\At)  ro]\  a  bAoicndm  7  fon  cuai]\c  hiacoacca  con 
t)í]tnii  "oóccbAit)  nA  c]tiche  m  a  c1iAoimcecc.  O  ]\o  ctoACAf  éccm  An  ní  rm 
tA  tiAOf  A11  b]\Aic  mifOAc  &y  ron  cútAt)  t>ocum  a  tum^e.  1lo  fAonóicc 
t)AiteAiiiAin  7  t>eo5bAi]tCt)A  A11  t)únAit)  111  a  ntjC^liAit)  t>o  cumgeAt)  ríonA  *oo 
Í0I.2. b.  iia  1iÁoft>At)Aib  t)Uf  rAH5At>A]\.  -dfbCfACf  orii  nAc  bAoi  teo  ní  bAt>  mó  ah'i 
ott>Áf  ní  nor  ríu]tret)  ah  foifCtin,  7  hac1i  Af  netcccíf  UAt>Aib  fon  cín  t>o 
fAijjnó  nAc  Aoín  acc  mÁ  no  cifeAt)  uaca-ó  'OA^'ÓAome  iti<\  iroocum  t)on  tumg, 
ro  jebt>Aif  ArrnCfcAt  7  AfpÍA'oujjA'ó  t>on  cC]\uAi]\fi  t>o  nuAfA'ó  aca  *oia  rpton. 

1a]a  rpof  rcét  *oo  mAC  Stnbne  (t)po]t  au  "oúnAvó,  "Oon'mAtt)  iia  t)AiteAiiiAm 
t)o  t)íutcAt>  1111011  rríon,bA  1iAt>nÁ]\  tAif  nropn,  convó  í  Ai]\te  t>o  i\ioncoifcc 
<s.  Amfén  t»ó  a  chi5eA]\iiA  (Aeoh  uÁ  'Oon'mAitt)  t>o  cocui]\eAt)  t>on  tumj.  IJa 
fot)Ani5  011  Acoj;AocAt)rorri  ah  ionbAit>  pn,  úai]\  m  bAoi  aoh  -oía  t)ejcon'iAi]t- 
teACAib  t)iA  ovoeAt>Aib  hac  "oia  ottAriniAib  111A  chAoniicecc  t>o  nemiomcúf  nA 
t>o  fé'OU^A'ó  coriiAi]\te  t>ó,  7  ni  ]iAimcc  cA]t  AOif  coicc  mbtiAt)An  t)écc,  7 
m  cAimg  A^Áof  11  ac  AjtiocAf  An  caii  fin.      Oa  fAiiitAit)  ón  t)on  Áof  bAoc 

b0]tffAt)Ach   bACAf  1nA  fA]\]\At)    pt)    1ACC  bA  fme    A]1   A01    HÁ01f1.        1A]1  CCfÚt)  A 

ccoriiAifte  "oon  foi]\mt)  AmumAit)  ]\o  tAfACc  aiiiacIi  tuin^'me  mbicc  t»o  ]\a^a 

1  Leaders. — Some  of  this  family  came  to       Frequent  mention  is  made  of  them  in  The 
Munster  in  the   13U1  century,  and  settled      Annals  F.  M. 
on  land  given  them  by  the  MacCarthys.  3  Hy. — Or  /,    the   plural  of  Ua  or  O,  a 


to  that  country.     They  wcrc  leaders '  in  battlc  of  thc  king  of  Hy  Conaill  -      [587- 
against  his  enemies. 

As  for  the  ship  of  which  we  spokc  in  thc  bcginning,  aftcr  shc  came  to 
the  harbour  opposite  Rathmullen  as  we  have  said,  her  sails  wcrc  lowered 
on  the  dcck  and  her'anchors  were  cast  to  secure  her  close  to  thc  landing- 
place.  A  part  of  her  crew  wcnt  on  shore  after  a  while  in  the  guise  of 
merchants  under  pretcnce  of  peace  and  amity,  and  they  set  to  espy  and  pry 
about,  to  traffic  and  bargain  with  every  one  who  met  thcm,  and  published 
that  they  had  wine  and  beer  in  the  ship. 

When  the  people  of  the  castle  heard  this  they  made  no  delay,  but  sct 
off  to  purchase  both  thc  wine  and  the  strong  drink  3  and  to  drink  togethcr 
till  they  were  drunk.  When  the  neighbourhood  learncd  the  news  they 
assembled  there  and  were  carousing  until  they  were  merry  like  the  rest. 
They  were  not  long  thus  when  Hugh  O'Donnell  came  recreating  himself, 
to  visit  the  place  in  thoughtlessness  and  sport  on  a  harmless  excursion  and 
youthful  tour,  with  many  young  men  of  the  country  in  his  company. 
When  the  spies  heard  this  for  certain,  they  went  away  back  to  their  ship. 
The  butlers  and  cup-bearers  of  the  Castle  were  sent  after  them  to  ask  for 
wine  for  the  guests  who  had  comc.  They  said  they  had  no  more  than 
what  the  crew  would  need,  and  they  would  allow  none  of  it  to  go  out  to 
any  one,  but  if  some  of  the  gentlemen  would  come  to  them  to  the  ship, 
they  should  get  attendance  and  entertainment  with  what  remained  over  to 
them  of  thc  wine. 

When  Donnell  MacSwinv,  the  owner  of  the  castle,  learncd  that  the 
butlers  had  been  rcfused  the  wine  he  was  ashamed  thereat.  Wherefore 
the  plan  which  his  ill  luck  suggested  to  him  was  to  invite  his  lord  Hugh 
O'Donnell  to  the  ship.  It  was  easy  to  lead  him  astray  then  for  there  was 
not  one  of  his  wise  counsellors,  of  his  preceptors,  or  of  his  learned  men  in 
his  company  to  direct  him  or  to  give  him  advice,  and  hc  was  not  yct  fiftecn 
years  of  agc,  and  he  had  not  then  acquircd  wisdom  and  sagacitv.  It  was 
the  same  with  the  thoughtless  forward  persons  who  wcre  with  him   though 

grandson.     The  tribe-name  with  this  word  4  Drinfc.— Linn  is  rather  a  general  term 

prefixed  is  often  used  to  signify  the  territory       for  anv  strong  liquor  than  the  name  of  any 
of  the  tribe.     Introd.  to  Top.  Poe/ns,  p.  8.         particular  kind. 


IO 

ro]i  un  ha  c]iat;a,  7  imjiAirCc  ^ur  An  tum^  mói]i  50  mbACA]i  o]i  pii  1iou.  O  ]io 
pcan  ah  riAntAch  bÁccon  ipn  buin^  50  mbAoi  Aé'ó  CccoppA,  no  fÁitcmjrCcc 
pnú,  A]i  Áoróe  m  nebccicc  Anonn  cIiuca  acc  uaca"ó  t>Aoíne  reib  no  ciníjeAttrAc 
1111  Aóvh  11úa*ó  1111  liiAÓ  Suibne  G,c.  íto  r|ieArclAicc  7  no  rÍAmngicc  t>o 
f  Aine  bí-ó  6;  tCnt>A  gun  bAc  rubAij  roimenmnAi^.  An  cah  bA  bÁnie  t>oib 
occ  ót,  no  jacca  AnAi]nm  ropjiA  G:  uo  1h<vóa'ó  con'itA  A11  CAirce  cau  AnCir,  6: 
t>o  jiaca  111  A]iA^At  ro]\iACA,  bAit  iiA  ]io  cuniAmgrCc  Cn^nAiti  nó  Cipomot  t>o 
51110111  111  AJAi-ó  a  HAiiiAc,  (x  CnJAbcA]i  •Aé'ó  7  m  ]iobA  tAinn  teó  t>on  tuchcoo 
•óeAcliAccAn  Aiionn  t>iA  f ai  jró.  'Oo  cáocc  qiA  rccétA  nA  ^Ab^tA  ron  cc]uoc1i 
hi  ccoiccin"oe,  6:  x>o  econiAttAcc  nA  com]>och]iAibe  'oocum  aii  cliAtAró  t)ur  au 
fol.  3  a.  ccÁinpccír  bAo^At  ron  Aor  ha  cet^e.  11i  bÁoi  bA  t>e  rot>Ain  au  no  bACA]i  m 
iomt)oiiiAin  A11  diÚAin  íaji  rpeAnjcAUfAing  cIiuca  ah  AnjjCAipeAt)  rutAing  7 
rorcA'óA,  7  ni  ]u\bAccA]i  ton^A  nÁc  tAoit>CnsA  aca  tnA  cco^iauii  uac  dia 
ccÁ]1]ioc1icaiii.  'Our  ricc  aihi  AccumniA  CÁ15  hiac  SuibnenA  ccúac  CoJAn  05 
ACAComnAic.  Oa  liAicce  *oon  Acó  eipt>eicc,  (x  no  JAb  occ  C]iAit  jiAtt  G, 
Aicci]ie  oite  t)A]i  a  éip.  11i]i  bo  co]ibA  t>órorii  ón  A]i  m  bAoi  m  ccoicceAt) 
ConcobAi]i  mic  nCrrA  561  tt  110  ^liAbcAir  t)A]i  a  éip,t)ói§  bA  roji  aia]iaiu  t>Aon 

to]T  t)0  t)eodlACCA]1. 

'OáIa  ha  tum^e  im]io]iAit)]-Cm  7  ua  rAi]ine  bAoi  mnci,  o  ]io  rojibrAc  An 
coircc  imniA  ccaii^aca^i,  7  t>o  bC]iAcc  teo  m  nobA  coirccróe  "oo  bnAiglroib  7 
t)Aicci]ub  011  cí]ie,  nnroAc  Ar  ron  ccútAt)  tA  c]iCcah  ah  cpiocliA  50  nAngACAji 
An  mui]i  mói]i.  SeotAicc  ÍA]ipiit>e  tA  cuinnrCmheA'ó  ha  jaoici  aiha]icúaic 
pn  1io]i  néneAim  rAi]it>Cr  puocporcc  iia  conAi]ie  nemet>eoc1iACA]i,  gun  no 
jAb^Acc  1n  ccÚAn  T)uibtinne  t>o  uróip.  Ac  ctor  ro  cliCccóiji  ron  ccacuaij; 
uite  a  ccuróecc  rAn'itAit)  7  *oon  1up:ir  7  t>on  con*iAi]i1e  rAinnet),  G:  Aóx>  úa 
*OoriinAitt  1n  roncomCó  teó,  b^  rAoitró  iAt)rom  X)1A  nocbcAin  cIiuca,  G:  mn 
bó  ron  a  f-eAnc  icci]i,  7  no  c1iochui]i]-Ccc  ei]-iom  jah  i:rui]ieAc1i  tnA  fAigm 
combAoi    CmeAC   m    iondiAib   r]nú,   G:  ^ebic  occ   ioniAccAttAiiii  r]Uf  6:  occ 

1  Na  dtuath.  —  z.e.,  of  the  territories.  lived  about  the  beginning  of  the  Christian 
The  names  ot  these  three  districts  are  still  era.  By  the  aid  of  his  mother  he  sup- 
retained  among  the  old  inhabitants  ;  they  planted  his  step-father,  and  became  King 
are  Ross  Gull,  Tuath  Tory,  and  Clogha-  of  Ulster.  As  his  reign  was  one  of  great 
neely,all  in  thenorthern  part  of  the  barony  renown,  chieííy  owing  to  the  military 
of  Ivilmacrenan.  organisation  of  the  Red  Branch  Order,  the 

2  Conor  MacNessa. — He  was  the  son  of  northern  province  is  often  designated  as 
Fachna,  King  of  Ulster,  and  of  Nessa,  peculiarly  his.  See  Keating's  H.  of 
daughter    of    Eochaidh    Sulbuidhe.      He      Ireland,  p.  205. 


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thcy  werc  oldcr  in  ycars  The  incxpericnccd  party  having  takcn  thcir  1587. 
rcsolution,  thcy  unmoored  a  small  boat  that  happcncd  to  bc  on  the  cdge  of 
the  shore,  and  rowed  to  the  big  ship  till  thcy  wcre  sidc  by  sidc.  W'hcn  thc 
people  vvho  werc  in  the  ship  saw  that  Hugh  was  among  thcm,  thcy  bade 
them  wclcome,  yet  they  allowed  in  to  them  only  a  fcw  pcrsons,  as  they  had 
promised,  along  with  Hugh  Roe  and  MacS\viny,  &c.  They  werc  scrvcd 
and  feasted  with  a  variety  of  food  and  drink  till  they  were  mcrry  and 
cheerful.  While  they  were  enjoying  thcmselves  drinhing,  thcir  arms  wcrc 
taken  from  them  and  the  door  of  the  hatch-way  was  shut  behind  thcm,  and 
they  were  put  into  a  well  securcd  apartment  wherc  thcy  were  not  able  to 
use  either  slcill  or  valour  against  their  enemics,  and  Hugh  and  those  they 
pleased  of  the  pcoplc  "who  had  come  in  to  thcm  wcre  made  prisoners. 
Meantime,  the  news  of  the  capture  spread  throughout  the  district  universally, 
and  the  neighbourhood  crowded  to  the  landing-place  in  orderto  inflict  hurt 
on  the  deceivers.  But  it  was  not  easy,  for  they  werc  in  the  dccp  part  of 
the  harbour  after  hauling  up  their  anchor,  raising  and  securing  it,  and  thcrc 
were  not  ships  or  boats  to  pursue  or  take  vengeance  on  thcm. 
MacSwiny  na  dtuath,1  that  is,  Eoghan  Oge,  came  there  like  the  rest ;  he  was 
Hugh's  foster-father,  and  he  proceeded  to  offer  other  hostages  and  pledges 
in  his  stead.  This  did  not  avail  him,  for  there  was  not  in  the  province  of 
Conor  MacNessa 2  a  hostage  whom  they  would  take  in  his  place,  sincc  it 
was  solely  to  look  for  him  they  had  come. 

As  for  the  ship  of  which  we  have  spoken  and  her  crcw,  whcn  thcy  had 
finished  the  business  for  which  they  had  comc,  and  taken  with  thcm 
the  most  desirable  of  the  hostages  and  pledges  of  the  country,  thev  wcnt 
back  with  the  currcnt  of  the  tide  until  they  reached  the  ocean.  Thcy 
sailed  aftcr  that  with  the  strength  of  the  north-wcst  wind  along  the  shore 
of  Ireland  south-eastwards  back  by  the  way  thcy  had  already  comc,  till 
they  landed  in  the  harbour  of  Dublin  again.  It  bccame  known  immediatcly 
throughout  the  whole  city  and  to  thc  Lord  Justice  and  the  Council 
especially  that  thcy  had  come  after  this  manner,  and  that  Hugh  O'Donncll 
was  in  their  custody.  They  were  glad  of  his  coming,  yet  it  was  not 
at  all  through  love  of  him,  and  they  summoned  him  to  them  without 
delay  that  he  might  be  face  to  face  with  them,  and  thcy  procccdcd  to  converse 


12 

AccomA]ic  fgét  t>ó,-j\>a  "oo  cAifcete<vo  7  mcneAchAt>  ron  a  Aipitnb  bA  mó  Am 
]\o  bAcónrom.  p3  'óeóró  c]ia  \\o  vojicong^A'ó  eiporii  -oo  con  m  ccÁircÍAbL 
conróAinjen  ctoclrÓA,  bAit  1111  bÁcAn  roC]\ctAnnAniAcH1iteA'ó  1n  cinmbneAC  7 
1n  cimbit>echc  occ  rom'icm  eccA  7  oróeA'ÓA,  7  An  Aitt  miArptib  nA  bponnjAtt 
t>ur  rAn^ACAn  ah  in-p  rechc  jiíaiíi  no  ^AbrAc  bÁró  7  conoAtbAr  rp  5Aoi"oeAtA 
1110  A^Ait)  nA  ngAtt  our  pccrCcp*  *óCóró  a  cpodiAib  Saxau  x>o  JAbAit  nAhmp 
ro]\]\A  t>ibtmib.  t)ArC-ó  |iob  AinCr.  7  ]\ob  AineAcc  coite  "óóib  t>o  tó  7  oa'óaij 
fol. 3. ^.  irm  ca]icai|i  conróúncA  nnbACA]i  Atn  bic  occ  éccAoíne  m  imnit)  éccuAbAm^, 
6t  occ  AipiCir  m  Amc|\it)e  Aiirroitt  no  hnnbencA  ro]\]\A  eicen  JAttAib  7 
gAoit)eAtAib,  Gt  occ  ccoircechc  pur  nA  5Úb]iCcAib  no  coiccencA  (x  pup  An 
mit)iAch  7  pnr  aii  m'nmbenc  t»o  b]\CcA  ron  roCnctAnt>Aib  p)icenétc1iAib  iiiac 
tDiteAt)  7  iia  pponnjjAtt  hi  ccoiccmt)i. 

lomcurA  Aót)A  uí  *ooiiniAitt,  bAoíp"óe  pvriitAi'ó  1n  cummA  cIiaic  mA 
chmmb]ieAch  pn  né  ceo]\A  mbtiAt>An  Gt  ceo]\A  nur  occ  ctoircechc  pnr  An 
t)AO]\b]\oicc  im  bACA]i  ^AonoeAt.  X)&  cocomb]iAcc  €b  bA  5<\tÁ]\  menniAn  7  bA 
rmorii  At)bAt  t&ir  a  bCic  lonup'"  ]\o  bAoi,  7  nqi  bó  A]i  a  "óaij  butjem  acc 
ro  bic  An  éccuriiAmg  écconiAt)hAir  unbACA]\  a  chÁi]\t)e  6t  a  chorirpntije,  a 
ujijia'óa  7  a  Ajvocóip^,  a  nCimCoh  7  a  nAoirh  eccAbpA,  a  pteA'ÓA  7  a  ottAiiiAin, 
a  porhÁmAijce  7  a  oqieAchc  ro]\  Achchu]\  7  ron  ionnA]\bAt)  m  Aite  c]\íoc1iAib 
rCcnón  6]\eAim.  tió  bíot)  occa  mnecCrii  7  occa  rqvúoA'ó  t>o  g]\er  CAróe  An 
cCp\ur  etút)A  ro  gébAt).  1b]\  bó  rotJAing  "oóporii  ón  A11  ní  pr\,  A]\  du]' 
rucccA  1n  cubAcliAit  ronÍACA  ipn  cAipcÍAtt  jac  noiohche  01  a  lomconiiécc 
conour  pccet)  ce]\c  A]iAbÁ]iAch.  b^  nnne  bAoi  ah  cAircÍAtt  hipn,7  tCdiAii 
ctAir  tÁirooriiAm  tionn  uifcci  mA  ui]\cimceAtt,  7  ctA]vonoichec  corirotúcA 
ym]i]ie  ro  C]ichoiiiAi]\  oojiAip  ah  "otime,  7  jgApiAt»  ^nÚAniAmeAch  ha  n^Ait 
Ainuig  7  1]X1§  1111011  oonur  "oia  'óúrtcoiihé'o  coiia  tnccpeA-ó  A011  cAÍ]\pb  Anunn 
uac  ahiac  jau  AccomA]ic  oon  pAntAc  AttriiA]\t>A.  A\\  a  A01  m  bi  rpoc1iAi]-e 
a]\  iiac  rrA^hcA]!  rAitt  px  t>eóit).     fechc  HAon  t)iA  mbAoi  <dót)  con  'orunnz: 

1  Cast/e.— i.e.,  of  Dublin.     It  vvas  built  by  2 Fingallians- — i.c,    the    white    or    fair- 

Henry  De  Loundres,  Archbishop  and  Lord  haired  foreigners.     See  p.  i.,  antea.     The 

Deputv,  about  1220.     '  It  was  much  beau-  word  is  used  here  to  designate  the  English 

tified  with  sundry  and  gorgeous  buildings  who  came  over  before  the  beginning  of  the 

in  the  time  of  Sir  Henry  Sidney.'     Holin-  ióth  centurv,  some  of  whom  were  said  to 

shed's  Description  of  Ireland,  p.  27  ;    Lon-  be   Hibernis  ipsis  Hiberniores.     They  are 

don,  1808.     The  Birmingham  Towet alone,  called     by     Keating     Sengaill,     the     old 

if  even  it,  belongs  to  the  original  building.  foreigners.     //.  of  Ireland,  xv. 


13 

with  him  and  ask  information  of  him,  and  in  a  special  \vay  thcy  obscrvcd  'S87« 
and  searched  into  his  natural  qualities.  In  thc  cnd,  howcvcr,  they  ordcred 
him  to  be  put  in  a  strong  stone  castle  x  where  the  noble  descendants  of  thc 
sons  of  Milesius  were  in  chains  and  captivity  expecting  slaughtcr  and 
death,  together  with  some  of  the  nobles  of  the  Fingallians  2  who  had  come 
to  the  island  long  before  and  had  entered  into  amity  and  friendship  with 
the  Irish  against  the  English,  who  came  last  from  the  country  of  thc 
Saxons  to  take  the  island  from  both  of  them.  It  was  their  solacc  and 
satisfaction  day  and  night  in  the  close  prison  where  they  were,  to  bc 
lamenting  over  the  hardships  and  sufferings  and  relating  the  great  cruclty 
which  was  inflicted  on  them  both  English  and  Irish,  and  hearing  of  the 
unjust  sentences  pronounced  and  the  wrongs  and  wicked  deeds  done  against 
the   high-born    noble   descendants   of  the   sons   of   Milesius    and   of  the 

Fingallians  alike. 

As  for  Hugh  O'Donnell,  he  was,  just  like  the  rest,  in  chains  for  the 
space  of  three  years  and  three  months,  hearing  of  the  ignoble  bondage  in 
which  the  Irish  were.  It  was  anguish  and  sickness  of  mind  and  great  pain 
to  him  to  be  as  he  was,  and  it  was  not  on  his  own  account  but  because  of 
the  great  helplessness  in  which  his  friends  and  kinsmen,  his  chieftains  and 
leaders,  his  clerics  and  holy  ecclesiastics,  hispoets3  and  learned  men,  his 
subjects  and  whole  people  were,  owing  to  their  expulsion  and  banishment 
to  othcr  territories  throughout  Erin.  He  was  always  meditating  and 
searching  how  to  find  a  way  of  escape.  This  was  no  easy  thing  for  him,  for 
he  was  put  each  night  into  a  well  secured  apartment  in  the  castle  for  security 
until  the  moming4  of  the  next  day  came.  That  castle  was  situated  thus. 
There  was  a  broad  deep  trench  full  of  water  all  round  it  and  a  solid  bridge 
of  boards  over  it  opposite  the  door  of  the  castlc,  and  a  grim-visaged  party 
of  the  English  outside  and  inside  the  gateto  guard  it,  so  that  no  one  should 
pass  them,  in  or  out,  without  permission  from  the  party  of  forcigners. 
However,  there  is  no  watch  of  which  advantage  may  not  be  taken  at  last. 
One  time,  just  at  the  end  of  winter,  that  Hugh  was  with  a  number  of  his 

*  Poe/s. -File   talcen   by  itself  means   a      of   law,    history,    languages,    music,    and 
poet,  but  it  was  the  general  name  applied      poetry.     0'Curry  s  MS.  Ma/ena/s  p.  2. 
to  a  scholar.    Filidecht  included  the  study         4  Morning.—Ter/,  i.e.    he  third  hour. 


H 

•oía  Aop  coiíica  m  t>ei]\Ct>  j;Cirii]iit>  t>o  punnpA-ó  mupcopAÓ  oi-ódie  111A  puí  vo 
•jaaca  ir  iia  cubActAib  poipiÁcA  1  mbiccíp  gAch  noíóche,  bApet)  a]\]uacc  teó 
céicc  ]\épet>  ]io  rcoA  t>o  btieic^up  An  ppemeipcep  bAoi  ro]\  An  iondiAib,  (xt>up 
fol.4. a.  petccCc  piop  ptnp  ha  pÚAinCrimAib  50  ]\o  cApbtumgpCc  ro]\  pAti  u]vo]\ocíiac 
]\o  bAoi   AttAiiiuij  t>o   t>o]iup   ah   tuiiiAi'ó.      t)Aoi  ró  ini]\CriiA]\  iA]iAmn  Ar  An 

CCOlíltAX)    r]11     ACA1]1]1Ain5    cllUCCA    A111AC  t>0  neAC  CAU  bA*Ó  AtVlAICC.       *Oo  "|1ACC- 

rAcrorii  bAÍc  tÁn  ^lAice  tio  c]ioiro  conroAinjCn  cpepAii  it>,  A]\  ha  cíopcA  co 
cmnCrnAÓ  t)iA  co^pAim  Ar  An  tiúnAt).  Oai  óccÍac  t>o  pAinriitnncCji  ah  •AÓ'oIia 
1u  poidutt  A11  etút)A,  7  t>o  ]\AtApt)e  t>oib  ía]i  ccoit>ec1ic  aitiac1i,  Gc  t)i  tAtm- 
ctoróCrii  tAncocACc  tAip  ro  Aclionn,  6c  t>o  ]iacc  ittAuii  mn  Aót>A.  'Oo  be]\c 
Aót>  ctoit)1ieArii  -oíbpóe  t)i  A]\oite  tAoc  ah'i]ia  t>o  tAijmb  *oo  piot  c1iac1iaoi]a 
riiói]i  nnc  pCit)tinnt)  piuinjjtAip,  ^]ic  c<\oiíiáiiac  aca  coiíihaic.  Da  liÁippig 
io]\JAite  6c  bA  coipeAÓ  10111  joha  eipit>e.  X)o  ]\ac  ía]ioiii  rcÍAc  ro]i  top^  -oo  nA 
bó^Aib  c]ie  ppÁiccib  7  ptijcib  An  bAite.  Cró  iacc  ha  popclioniie'óige  c]\a 
m  ]\o  ]\acai jrCc  m  eAttriiA  An  cetú-ó,  6t  ó  t)o  iiacctac  t>i&  nuít>  ha  Iiócca  t>o 
nncecc  t»o  cCnjAcc  ro  cCcóip  t>o  ]%Ai§it)  "oopAip  ah  cliAirceoit  AniAit  Ap  t»éne 
connAn^ACAii,  A]\  An  t>A]\  teo  110  diÁi]\ricir  1  ccnAice.  1a]i  poccAm  t)óib  ^up 
An  *oo]\ur  ro]\reirint>  ro]\]\A  a  CpptAgAt)  hac  ah  ccoriitAt)  t>o  pnCngA'ó  Anonn, 
conur  cA]iccpAC  ppi  a  ccogAipm  chucA  au  tuchc  t>o  ]ia^a  ir  ha  cijib  bACA]i 
A]i  ionc1iAib  aii  t)0]iAif  tion  cAob  A]iAitt  tioii  cppÁic.  1a]\  ccoclic  ron 
coj;Ai]\m  t)oibpit)e,  ]io  JACcpAc  aii  cjiann  bAOi  c]\epAn  it>  eipce,  Gcoo  téccCc  An 
coriitAt)  pÚAp  t)0  tucc  An  cliAipceóitt.     "Oo  t>eAc1iAccA]\  t)]ion5  rii ó]i  t»o  tuchc 

11A  CAC]1Ac1l  p"0]1  tt1]lj  11A  nÓCC  AC]UltACCA]1  UAt)Alb.  11l  bA01  bÁ  t>e  pot)Am 
UA1]1    bACA]tporil   AttAllUUJ    *00    11lÚ]1Alb    AU    bÁlte    piÚ    ]10    ]\ACA1J1CC,  A]1  ]1obcA]1 

epptoicce  óbétA  t>oi]ipi  nA  niojcAcjiAch  ipm  lonAnim.  T)o  coiptCc  mA  itoocuhi, 
7  t)o  tCngAc  CAp  ctAtiAib  CA]1  5A]i]\t)Aib  7  ca]i  múpib  iniec1ic]\Ac1iu  au  bAite, 
^up  po  pcucpAC  pou  peit)  aii  cpteibe  b<\.oi  po]i  a  niondiAib  but)  t)Cip  jac 
fol.4.0.  nt)í]\eAc1i.  Stídb  poccA  poptCcliAn  eipitié.  -<\pé  bA  ctA'ó  coiccc]ndie 
Cicip  ^AoitíeAtAib  cíioiccit)  jAitiÁii  7  5A1U,  "Oubtmne.      Oacau  iohtóa  Aptiglici 

1  Lagenians. — This  word  is  derived  from  2  Cavanagh. — The  tribe  of  the  Cavanao-hs 

laighean,  the  long  spear  used  by  the  Gauls  descends  lineally  from  Donnell  Cavanagh, 

who    came    over    with    Labhradh    Loing-  son  of  Dermot  nanGall,  to  whom  this  name 

seach  to  aid  him  in    recovering    Leinster  was  given  because  he  had  his  educat  on  in 

from  Cobhthach  Caolmbreag,    A.M.    3648.  a  place  called  Cillcaovan,  in  the  lovver  part 

Keating's  H.  of  Ireland,  p.  186.  of  Leinster.    Ibid.,  xxi.     There  is  an  old 


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companions,  in  the  very  bcginning  of  thc  night,  bcforc  thcy  wcrc  put  into      1590. 
thc  well  sccurcd  cclls  in  which  thcy  used  to  be  evcry  night,  thcy  planncdto 
attach  a  vcry  long  rope  to  thc  window  near  thcm,  and  they  let  thcmsclvcs 
down  by  the  rope  until  thcy  alighted  on  the  bridge  outside  the  door  of  the 
castle.     There  was  a  very  strong  iron  chain  on  the  door  to  draw  it  out  to 
oneself  when  desirable.     They  put  a  bar  of  solid  wood  a  palm  thick  through 
thc  chain,  so  that  no  one  should  come  in  haste  out  of  the  castle  to  pursue 
them.     There  was  a  young  man  of  Hugh's  own   pcople  awaiting  their 
escape,  and  he  met  them  after  coming  out.     He  had  two  wcll  tempcred 
swords  under  his  cloak,  and  these  he  placed   in   Hugh's  hands.     Hugh 
gave  one  of  these  swords  to  a  certain  famous  hero  of  the  Lagenians,1  of  the 
race  of  Cathaoir  Mor,  son  of  Feidhlimidh  Firurglas,  i.e.,  Art  Cavanagh.2 
He  was  a  champion  in  battle  and  a  leader  in  confiict.     He  then  covered 
the  flight  of  the  youths  through  the  streets  and  roads  of  the  town.     As  for 
the  guards,  they  did  not  perceive  the  escape  immediately  ;  and  when  they 
perceived  thatthe  youths  had  got  off,  they  went  at  once  to  the  gate  of  the 
castle   as  fast  as  they  could,   for  they  thought  they  would    catch  them 
instantly.     When  they  came  to  the  gate,  it  was  impossible  for  them  to  open 
it  or  to  draw  the  gate  in  ;  so  they  set  to  call  to  them  the  people  who 
happened  to  be  inthe  houses  near  the  gate  on  the  other  side  of  the  street. 
After  coming  at  their  call,  these  took  out  the  bar  which  was  through  the 
chain,  and  they  raised  up  the  gate  for  the  people  of  the  castle.     A  great 
crowd  of  the  city  people  went  in  pursuit  of  the  youths  who  had  escaped 
from  them.     This  was  not  easy,  for  these  were  outside  the  walls  of  the 
town  before  they  were  noticed,  as  the  gates  of  the  royal  city  were  wide 
open  then.     They  went  after  them  and  leaped  over  fences  and  enclosures 
and  walls  outside  the  town  until  they  stopped  at  the  slope 3  of  the  mountain 
opposite  due  south.     This  mountain  is  long   and  very  wide  ;  it  was  the 
boundary  between  the  Irish  of  the  provincc  of  Leinster  4  and  the  English 

church  of  this  name  close  to  Begerin  near  4  Lcinsicr. — After  Ireland   was   divided 

Wexford.  into   five  parts  by  the   Firbolgs,    Slainge, 

3  Slope—  The   Irish  word   reidh,  accord-  son  of  Dela,  and  his  followers,    obtained 

ing  to  Joyce,  is  usually  applied  to  a  moun-  as    their    share     the    territory    extending 

tain  flat,  or  a  coarse,  moory,  level  piece  of  from   the   mouth  of  the   Boyne   to  where 

land  among  hills.     Irish  Names  of  Places,  the   Nore,    Suir,    and   Barrow  meet   near 

ist  series,  p.  387  ;  Dublin,  1869.  Waterford.     Keating's  H.of  Ireland,^.  52. 


i6 

7  a  óonAi]\e,  A]\  a  aoi  nír  neticc  An  oniAn  •ooibp'óe  ArcnAth  ir  nA  cotiAipb 
coicchCniu\.  11i  no  AnrAC  t>m  "oia  ]\eimim  50  ]\Anv,AccAi\  cA]\pm  rvUAit)  rtÍAb 
ua  mAccAin  hipn  iau  rccir  AircAin  7  nnceccA  roc  ha  hoit>ce.  O  ]\obcA]\ 
rciclng  cuinnpjj,  ctajaicc  ^ur  An  ccAitti,ó  ctiocApótúic  cecorimA^Ain  ron  a 
ccmt),  7  Aippcc  mnce  jur  An  mtnc1róet)oít.  T)o  bCjiAC  tAirh  ron  uncecc  íAn 
rui-óe,  An  nijt  bo  tAÍnmnitt  teó  Aippuiii  ipn  bpo*obAt>  tA  horiiAn  (x  cpt)- 
enbÁr  Arúi|\  7  AnídnrACA  *oía  nAuiicib. 

11í]\  bo  conii  niA  cciot)  t)0  -dot)  ÚA  *OorimAitt  Aetút),  UAin  mn  bo  cÚAtAm^ 
ArccnAin  tA  Aoer  cumchA  Apn  ionAt>  AmbÁoi,  "0015  ]\obc&]\  Ach^Aoice 
itcpechcnAijce  a  c]\oi§ce  comngeAtA  cÁnAige  tÁ  h.Aicen  7  tA  huiTÓnCpvib, 
tA  1iAnii]\eit)e  7  tA  hiomt>ó]\Ait>  An  crtíget)  cA]\p\  ccut>c1iAt>,  A]1  ]\o  heice]Voei- 
tijic  a  ArfA  pu  AC]\oi5áb  ía]\  nt)ioppcÁoiteAt>  An  ÚAmAnn  7  au  ATómchCngeAt) 
tÁf  An  rvteAchAt)  nÁ  rpUi]\f  Cc  50  rm.  bA  rÁCc  mó]\  7  bA  jaía^  t<\  a  Áor 
cumchA  nÁ  ]io  éccrAc  teó  é  ní  bA  rí]uu,  (x  011  a  ]\o  cumAingrCc  ní  t>o 
ciomuAicc  ceteb]\At>  itoó,  7  rAgbAicc  benoAcccAm  occa.  Ar  rAi]\  t)ept> 
tAipoiii  ía]\  ccAm  (ia]\  ua  fÁgbÁit  iti  uacató  buróne)  a  ]>C]\  mumcine 
t)o  f-Aonóet)  50  A]\  oite  -oume  ÚArAt-  t>o  foC]\ctAnt>Aib  coicctó  JAitiÁn 
•00  ]\eccAnii  hiccAircÍAtt  1n  coriifoqiAib  t>o  our  An  rpigbeAtt  mnittCr  no 
iomfnAt)At)  occa.  pétim  ó  cÚACAit  Afton-OAt).  bACA]\At)on  Aét)  pArAn  cAn 
pn  (An  t>A]\  tAif)  a]\  t>o  coit>  rechc  ro]\  ceitít>e  chugA  ipn  ccuniibneAÓ  imbui 
m  AcctiAé,  7  uo  nAfomrCc  a  ccAtiAcqiAt)  oibtmib  cecib  cau  t)o  cui]\Cca]\  neAÓ 
fol.  $•"•  t1<Mt)ib  pn  ionchAib  a]\  oite,  ^un  bo  hiomÁi]\5it>e  tAiporii  t)ot  ro]\  CmeAc 
phétim  A]\  AbA  An  choccAig  pn  110  errnAiomrecc.  T>o  coirte  arr  au  ceAchcA 
bAit  Ambui  An  Tpébm  &  ac  récc  t>o  An  coirg  unA  ccaiiaicc  b^  rAoitit>pom 
]\ÍAm  7  ]io  cmgeAtt  a  coipém  aii  -AetmA  un  ^ac  m  bAcoi]xi"oe  T)1A  ccAompvó. 
-du  Á01  m  connAi]\teiccpocc  a  c1ta]\aicc  uac  a  chompntige  t>ó  Atncteic  uac 
A-oiAmtuJAt)  A]1  UAriiAn  rmAchc  chÁnA  11A  n^Att  t)iA  Aice  rAi]v  1lo  rCf r  ro]i]iA 
ÍAnorii  a  beicporii  ipn  bpot>bAt>  reib  AC]\ub]\AmA]\,  7  ac]\a§ac  au  cÁch  ac 
cÚAtAt)   ro]i   aía]\ai]i,  7  t>o   ]\etccCc   coha  tui]\5   fO]\  a  foitteecc.     O  ]\ob 

lS/ieve  Roe—  This  name  is  still  given  3  Phelim  O'Toole.  —  O'Donovan   traces 

by  those  who  speak  Irish  to  the  Three  Rock  his  descent  to  Oiholl,  king  of  Lemster,  who 

mountain    near    Dundrum,     Co.    Dublin.  was  baptized  by  St.  Patnck  at  Naas,  and 

There   is    near    Powerscourt    a    townland  whose  great-grandfather    Breasal  Bealach 

named  Fassaroe,  i.e.,  the  red  desert.     See  was  the  common  ancestor  of  the  O  Tooles 

Annals  F.  M.,  v.  1423,  n.  0'Byrnes,  ^^^^11^^113.—/^^.,  yi.  1901. 

2  Shower.—i.e.,  it  was  not  comfortable.  This  tribe  dwelt  m  Hy  Muireadhaigh,  the 


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of  Dublin.     Its  roads  and  \vays  wcrc  numerous,  but  fear  did  not  allow      1590. 

thcm  to  go  by  the  usual  roads.     Morcovcr,  thcy  did  not  dclay  on  thcir  way      

till  thcy  crossed  Slieve  Roe  x  beforc  that  morning,  though  fatigued  by  thc 
^ourney  and  travelling  all  the  night.  As  they  werc  tired  and  weary,  thcy 
went  into  a  dense  wood  which  happened  to  be  on  their  way,  and  thcy 
remained  in  it  till  early  dawn.  They  prepared  to  go  on  after  that,  forthcy 
did  not  think  it  safe  to  remain  in  the  wood,  owing  to  the  fear  and  great 
dread  of  being  sought  after  and  looked  for  by  their  enemics. 

His  flight  was  not  a  cloak  before  a  shower2  for  Hugh  O'Donnell,  for  he 
could  not  go  on  with  his  companions  from  where  he  was,  because  his  white- 
skinned,  tender  feet  were  wounded  and  pierced  by  the  furze  and  thick 
briars,  and  the  roughness  and  intricacy  of  the  road  by  which  he  had  come, 
as  his  shoes  had  fallen  off  his  feet  owing  to  the  loosening  of  the  seams  and 
ties  from  the  wet,  which  they  had  not  met  with  up  to  that  time.  It  was  a 
great  sorrow  and  affliction  to  his  companions  that  they  had  not  him  with 
them  farther,  and  as  they  could  do  nothing  for  him,  they  took  lcave  of  him 
and  left  him  their  blessing.  Wherefore  he  resolved  after  a  while,  when 
some  of  the  party  had  left  him,  to  send  one  of  his  people  to  a  certain 
nobleman  of  the  free-born  tribes  of  Leinster,  who  happened  to  be  in  a 
castle  in  the  neighbourhood,  to  see  if  he  could  obtain  refuge  or  protection 
from  him.  Phelim  O'Toole 3  was  his  name  ;  he  was  a  fricnd  of  Hugh 
before  this  time  (as  he  thought)  for  he  had  once  gone  to  visit  him  when  hc 
was  in  prison  in  Dublin,  and  they  formed  a  friendship  vvith  each  othcr, 
whenever  either  of  them  should  seek  the  other's  aid.  So  that  it  was 
fitting  he  should  go  for  protection  to  Phelim  on  account  of  that  fricndship 
which  they  had  contracted.  The  messenger  wcnt  ofif  to  the  place  wheré 
Phelim  was  and  told  him  the  business  on  which  he  had  come.  He  was 
rejoiced  at  his  coming,  and  promised  to  aid  Hugh  in  every  way  he  needed,  so 
far  as  he  could.  However,  ncither  his  friends  nor  his  rclatives  allowed  him 
to  conceal  or  hide  him  through  fear  of  the  power  of  the  law  of  the  English 
revenging  it  on  him.  It  bccame  known  to  them  afterwards  that  hc  was  in 
the  wood,  as  wc  havc  said,  and  cvery  onc  who  heard  it  wcnt  to  look  forhim, 

southern  part  of  the  present  Co.  Rildare.  H.  of  llic  Clan  O'Too/c,  p.  141.  Phelim's 
After  the  English  invasion  they  took  refuge  territory  of  Glancullen  was  given  to  Richard 
in  the  mountains  of  \Vicklo\v.     O'Toole's      Wingfield,  Marshal  of  the  army,  in  1603. 


CjvÓAtcA  Ia  "pétim  7  tn\  b]u\ic]\ib  các  oile  t)ÍA  fojbÁitriorh,  Ar  rAi]t  t)erit>  leo 
nvo  but)t)em  tua  ejvgAbAit  fe  a  b]\Cic  511  p  au  ccAqtAir,  -po]A  cútAT)  "oocum  An 
crCnAró.  t)o  5111C  rAiiitAiT).  O  ]\Aimccporii  co  h-Ac  ctiAC,  ]iobcA]\  rubAir^e  An 
-pCnA-ó  imrot>Ain,  (x  "oo  ]\onp\c  nCirpn  (x  bruj  mbicc  t>on  uite  guxtt  7 
Aicci]u  AcnutA  uAi-óib,  (x  bACAu  bm-óij  -oon  coiccCn  \\o  CAchcmn  cuca  t>o 
nitnp.  genbA  mó]t  AHAinc|ut)e  (x  AiiéccnACAr  T>órorii  aii  cécnA  rechc  bA 
buitte  Aiireclic  CAtiAiri  aji  a  etÚT>  tiAróib,  7  t>o  bjiCcA  jeunet  r,tAipA]iAinn 
roA  reib  Ar  cuirhri  conjiAnr^ACAjt,  7  ]\o  cui]\eAT>  ipn  cca]icaiji  cCccha,  7  po 
bocli  15A  r]uocAi]ie  7  ica  rojicouhécc  ionnur  Ap  rC]\]t  ]io  péorAcc. 

-<\c  ctop  co  coiiicoiccCnn  ro  c]udi  nGpeAiin  a  ett'rópoih  rAiiitAit)  (x  a 
C]\jt\bAit  t)o  nrórp.  1lo  tÁ  poclic  mó]i  jron^oCróetib  T>epT>e,  (x  ]\o  mÁotAicc 
mCnniAmiA  a  nnteAt)  7  AiccCncA  aii  AnpAib  7  cporoCóA  accu]iat>  acc  ctoircecc 
Ati  f^eoit  1npn.  llobcAp  ioiiit>a  pojnA  7  ]ioiimÁ  7  1115C11A  Áitte  uichcjeAtA 
occ  -oubA  7  t)é]\c1u\oi  ro  a  "óaijui.  TtobcA]t  tte  poCpctAniiA  roicdneoit  A5 
tÁriiconu\i]\c  7  acc  ACAoine  co  hmpoitjfóe  a]\  a  AbA,  7  ni]t  bó  U15A  t>eittig 
ro]t  rAn  •onumr,  pnr  AinbAi  a  chÁi]vome  7  a  choib-oetACAr  mÁr  |to  tÁ  roprAti 
tuchc  rrvir  AmbÁcA]\  a  nupotcA  7  a  ecc]\ACA]\  b^  roit>etcbi]t  T>oibpoih  ón 
UAt]t  ]tob  é  pAoiteAccAm  ha  roc1iAit>e  conAt>  cjiia  T>ur  pocpvoh  a  rroi]ucin  on 
t)Aoi]te  7  011  t>och]tAicci  t>C]\n'iÁi]i  imbACA]t  occ  gAttAib. 

t)Aoipurii  rAiiitAit)  ipn  cca]\cai]\  cCccha  roc  ha  btÍAtniA  50  *oei]iCó 
renhnró  t)o  ]tit)ipi  50  horóce  nocctAcc  rcett  t>o  fonnpAT)  Anno  1592.  -An 
cau  ]to  bo  nnch.15  tA  hiac  iia  hóige  a  etúbporii  A]t]tAimcc  reipn  (x  AjiAitt  t>iA 
Áor  comcA  eitt  yo]tr  ha  conhéccAirjbm  u]tcop\ó  oróche  pApú  t>o  ]w\ccAipn 
]D]\omnci5,  7  jaccato  mr^Cinihte  tnob.  Ac  ]\a§acc  ÍA]i  ccaiii  gur  au  rpAit- 
ceAÓ,  7  ruAmeAiii  riocpot)A  teó,  7  t>o  ]\etccCc  por  tAr  An  ruAineAth  c]\ep\n 
rpétcij  50  ]ii<\chcACA]i  tmr  An  cctApAt)  ccoiiróoniAin  ro]\CAorimAriAi]\  m 
lomcActiiAnr,  A11  t>útiAit>.     Uo  T>]\mrir,Cc  ÍA]\piróiu  rpr  avi  mb]\UAc  AttcAitAÓ 

50  mbACAU  rO]1  U]1  tlA  ctA]-AC  t)011   CA0b  A]\Altt.       ICIACC  ^éltt  AC  ]\utACA]t  App 

1  Relativcs. — The    Irish  word    bmthair  ^Clappingthcir-hands. — CompareDantc's 
means  both  brother  and  relative.                        Infémo^  canto  III.  : 

2  Council. — Not  the   Parliament,  which       '  Parole  de  dolore,  accenti  d'ira, 

was  not  sitting  then.     An  account  of  the  Voci  alti  e  fioche,  e  suon  di  man  con  elle, 

Parliaments  held  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth  Facevano  un  tumulto,  il  qual  s  aggira 

will  be  found  in  Lynch's  Feudal  Digniiies,  Sempre'n  quell'aria  senza  tempo  tinta, 

p.  343  ;  London,  1830,  and  in  Hardiman's  Como  la  rena,  quando  a  turbo  spira.' 
Statute  of  Kilkenny,  p.  134  ;  Dublin,  1843.  The  Irish  word  lamhchomah  t  in  the  tex 


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and  they  set  off"  with  their  followers  in  search  of  him.  As  it  was  cvident  to  1590. 
Phclim  and  to  his  relatives1  that  any  one  clsc  might  find  him,  thcy  rcsolvcd 
totake  him  thcmsclvcs  and  bring  him  back  to  the  city  to  the  Council.  He 
did  so.  When  he  came  to  Dublin  the  Council  wcrc  dclighted  thereat,  and 
they  madc  little  or  no  account  of  all  the  hostagcs  and  pledges  who  escapcd 
from  them,  and  thcy  were  thankful  for  thc  visit  which  restorcd  him  to 
thcm  again.  Though  grcat  their  cruelty  and  cnmity  to  him  the  first 
time,  they  were  greater  the  second  time  on  account  of  his  escape  from 
them,  and  iron  gyvcs  were  put  on  him  as  tight  as  they  could  be,  and  they 
put  him  in  the  same  prison,  and  they  watched  and  guarded  him  the  best 
way  they  could. 

His  escape  in  this  way  was  heard  of  universally  throughout  the  land  of 
Erin,  and  his  recapture.  There  came  a  great  gloom  over  the  Irish,  and  thc 
courage  of  their  soldicrs,  and  the  minds  of  their  champions,  and  the  hearts 
of  their  heroes  were  confounded  at  hearing  that  ncws.  There  were  many 
princesses  and  great  ladies  and  noble  white-brcasted  maidens  sorrowing 
and  lamenting  on  his  account.  There  were  many  high-born  nobles  clapping 
their  hands  and  weeping  in  secret  for  him,  and  he  not  only  parted  from 
the  people  with  whom  he  was  on  terms  of  friendship  and  intimacy,  but 
he  went  among  those  who  had  done  him  evil  and  shown  him  enmity. 
And  with  good  rcason  on  their  part,  for  the  multitude  expected  that 
through  him  relief  would  come  to  them  from  the  dreadful  slavery  and 
bondage  in  which  the  English  held  them. 

He  was  in  this  wav  in  the  same  prison  for  the  space  of  a  year  up  to 
the  end  of  winter,  to  Christmas  night  exactly,  in  the  year  1592.  When  it  1592 
seemed  to  the  Son  of  the  Virgin  full  timc  that  he  should  escape,  hc 
and  some  of  his  companions  found  an  opportunity  on  the  part  of  the 
guards  in  the  very  bcginning  of  the  night  before  tfiey  were  taken  to  thc 
refectory,  and  they  took  ofT  their  fetters.  Thcy  wcnt  after  that  to  thc 
privy,  having  a  long  ropc,  and  they  let  themselves  down  by  means  of  the 
rope  through  the  privy  till  they  came  to  the  deep  trench  which  was  around 
the  castle.     After  that  thcy  climbed  to  the  opposite  bank,  till  they  werc 

though  usually  synonymous  with  basghaire,      ward  manifestations  of  joy  as  shown  by  the 
i.e.,  death-cry,  is  used  to  express  the  out-      clapping  of  hands. 

C 


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niiA]\Áon  yniy  aii  -dóx>  Cti]\í  7  Ayc  x>a  iíiac  SeAAHi  nnc  Cuinn  bACAij;  nnc 
Cumn  imc  Cti]\í  nnc  Có^Iiahi.  1lo  bAot  A]ioite  ptte  cAi]nyi  occ  Acoigex) 
óuca  "oon  diAiyciAtt  nToon  CchtAi^i  y|\iy  ]\etccCc  A]\un  conx>uy  ]\&l&  cut  icut 
cAn  bA  1ia"o1aic  combuí  x>eotuy  ]\ompo.  t,ocon  Arr  ÍA]\yox>Ain  cyeyAn  yy«Aicc- 
rb^bcib  r]\eAchbui'óni5  bAoi  ro]\  londiAib  aii  •óúnAvó  jau  Aiyyioy  $An 
yoi]\ctotycecc  x>o  neocli  A]\  111  cucca  mionAi]\  ac1ic  An'iAit  jac  nAon  x>o  tudic 
iia  cac]iac1i,  uai]i  111  ]\o  aiivac  cÁc  x>o  cIiacoi  jCx>  no  x>o  c1iAX>Att  eici]\  clnjliob 
ua  c]\éncAC]\Ac1i  aii   c]\ac  ym  A]\  bA  coyAc  oTÓcbe  x>o  yunnn.AX)  ahh,  (x  m  ]\o 

"0Ú11A1CC   X>01]iyi    11A    CAc1l]\AC    beÓ]\       TvAngACA]!  CA]irAU   CCAC]1A15    reccAip    yon 

fAiiiAit  ym.  tlo  teAbtAingpCc  ca]\  Auii]\eit)  Go  iomx>o]iAix>  iia  nx>únctAX>h 
fol.6.  a.  nxno^liAmn  6:  HAnoAijCn  Ai]\be  ivoC]\n'iÁi]i  ]\obui  yyt  caó/ai^Ii  AneccAi]i  50 
]\AngACA]i  yoy.  ]ieix>tb  An  ]iuaix>  ytéibe  nemex>eoc1iAix>  aii  cAox>  iym  céoiA 
1ietux>  AC]iutA.  1lo  eici]\t)eti5  x>o]ic1iaca  ha  1ioix>che  &  cmnCnur  aii  cec1n*ó 
aii  cí  bA  rmm  x>ía  nÁoy  comcliA  rnni   .1.  Cnyí  úa  néitt  eiytuiii.     An  cdóx>h 

bo  ro  A1Í1   *0011A    póC]\6tA1V0Alb.        11l  bACA]\  VÓltdj   1ACCy01TI   1111011    CcA]iyCA]\AX>. 

Ac]iajac  Ayy  a]\a  AbA  (x  ^yyCy  munici]ie  xiiA  ]\eirinnicúy.  "^ebliAX)  An  axíÍiaij 
V0]i  ytnx>he  7  yCycAin  Ayyoy  yí]inenimeAc  yteoc1iAix>  7  AytAinm  ^tCniAmouj; 
yneccAix)e,  conAn  bo  yox>Ani5  x>oha  yAioyyC]\Aib  yoicCmeoit  AyiobAt  tAy  ah 
X)ommx)  7  tÁy  ah  xnécc^AX),  uai]\  bA  1iAnitAix>  bACA]\  jaii  yoyb]\ucA  ÍA]1 
nuAchcA]i  ÍA]1  ua  nÁ^bAit  iym  yyiAtcoij;  cyCyA  ccúx>caca]i. 

1da  11100  x>eittij  aii  X)ÍAHAiycC]i  AnnAiii  AmmCmic  yoyyAn  Ayc  ínÁy  yoy 
Aóx>h,  (x  bA  1iAix)teycce  lonmoitte  Ac1ieimim  A]i  Ay  mme  bAoiyix>e  (x  é  cottnAX) 
]\CiiiAi]\ytiAycAc,  7  bA  cíah  yox>A  ó  ]\o  cuimnijci  iym  ca]\cai]i  nnbuí.  Tlín  bo 
]'AiiitAix)  X)on  0C0  A]\  111  ]\Ainicc  ca]\  Aoiy  hiacxjacca,  7  in  ]\o  AiiAycAi]i  r>y6,y  UA 
x»iAiiyo]ibAi]\c  aii  ionbAix>  ym,  (xbA  hÁic  eccyom  eiyiom  x>eyix>e  (x  bAhucmALt 
éyóx>  Aimcecc.  O  ]io  ]\ACAij;yiurii  >dyc  occa  emnouJAX)  7  iomc]\uime  Aclieune' 
Ayex>  x>o  -pome  yniy  a  tÁiii  x>o  co]\  yo]\  a  gUAtomn  7  ah  tAnii  nAitt  A]i  jUAtAmn 
au  jitte.  X)o  íC^Iiac  Ay  yon  ionnuy  yin  ca]\  niumcmx>  An  niAij  ftéibe. 
1lobcA]\  ycic1iij  cui]iyij  ÍA]iom,  7  m  ]\o  óccvac  ^Vyc  teó  m  bA  yí]im,  7  ó  ha 
yÚAi]\]'ioc   rorAijpcc  iyyoyccAX>  Attb]\ÚAic  ioniAi]\x>  iymx>   C]\iíioha   bAOÍ    a]\a 

1  Shane. — This   was   the  famous    Shane  Introd.,  p.  cl.     His  history  is  given  at  some 

O'Neill.     On   the   death    of  his   father  in  length  in  ~R\cheysLecti(reso?iIris/i  History, 

1559   he  was  elected  The  O'Neill.     From  2nd  Series,  p.  262,  where  the  author  vindi- 

that  time  until  he  was  murdered  at  the  in-  cates  him  from  many  of  the  charges  brought 

stigation    of  the   English    he   was   almost  against  him,  and   shows  that  he   was   no 

continuously    at    war    with     them.      See  worse  than  his  accusers. 


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on  thc  cdge  of  thc  trench  at  the  othcr  side.  Thc  hostages  who  escaped  159* 
with  Hugh  wcrc  Henry  and  Art,  thc  two  sons  of  Shane,1  son  of  Conn  Bacagh, 
son  of  Conn,  son  of  Henry,  son  of  Eoghan.  Thcrc  was  a  ccrtain  faithful 
servant  who  visited  thcm  in  thc  castlc,  a  horscboy,  to  whom  thcy  imparted 
their  secret,  so  that  hc  met  them  face  to  face  whcn  thcy  wanted  him  tó  bc 
their  guide.  Thcy  went  off  after  that  through  thc  crowded  streets,  near 
thc  castlc,  without  being  known  or  overheard  by  any  one,  for  thcy  wcre 
not  noticed  while  thus  cngagcd,  but  likc  cvery  one  clsc  of  thc  city  peoplc, 
as  they  did  not  stop  to  convcrse  with  or  visit  any  one  whatcver  in  thc 
houses  of  the  fortress  at  that  tiraé,  for  it  was  the  beginning  of  the  night 
exactly,  and  the  gates  of  thc  city  wcre  not  yet  closcd.  They  wcnt  out 
through  the  city  in  that  manner.  They  leapcd  over  the  enclosure  and 
impediment  of  the  surrounding  fences  and  of  the  strong,  firm  palisadc 
which  was  outside  the  city,  until  they  came  to  the  slopes  of  Slievc  Roc, 
where  Hugh  had  come  before  the  first  time  he  escaped.  The  darkness  of 
the  night  and  the  hurry  of  the  flight  separated  him  who  was  the  oldest  of 
the  party  from  them.  This  was  Henry  O'Neill.  Hugh  was  thc  youngest 
of  the  nobles.  They  were  not  pleased  at  the  separation.  They  went  away 
however,  their  attendant  leading  the  way.  The  night  camc  on  with  a  drizzlc 
and  a  violent  downpour  of  rain  and  slippery  slime  of  snow,  so  that  it  was 
not  easy  for  the  high-born  nobles  to  walk  on  account  of  the  inclement  weathcr 
and  the  want  of  clothing,  for  they  had  hardly  any  upper  garments,  having 
lcft  them  in  the  privy  through  which  they  had  come. 

This  hurried  journey,  strange  and  unusual,  was  more  severe  on  Art  than 
on  Hugh,  and  his  gait  was  feeble  and  slow,  for  he  was  corpulcnt,  thick- 
thighed,  and  he  had  been  a  long  time  closely  confined  in  the  prison.  It  was 
not*  so  with  Hugh,  for  he  had  not  passed  thc  pcriod  of  bovhood,  and  he 
had  not  ceased  to  grow  in  size  and  strength  then,  and  he  wás  activc  and 
light  on  that  account,  and  his  gait  was  quick  and  nimblc.  When  he 
perceived  Art  growing  weak  and  his  step  heavy,  what  he  did  to  him 
was  to  place  one  hand  of  his  on  his  own  shoulder  and  the  other  hand 
on  the  shoulder  of  the  servant.  Thcy  went  on  in  this  wav  across  thc 
upper  part  of  the  slope  of  the  mountain.  Thcy  wcre  tircd  and  weary  after 
that,  and  they  could  not  bring  Art  further  with  thcm.  As  thcy  couJd  not, 
they  wcnt  under  the  sheltcr  of  a  lofty  cliff  of  thc  mountain  which  was  in 


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mbetAib.  1a|\  iiAi]\ipioth  "óótbh  Ainnpt>e  p.\oit)ic  ah  giottA  UA-ÓAib  tu\  rceÍAib 
50  gteAiro  1ll1iAoitui;]\A  bAit  i]\Aibe  ]Tiac1ia  hiac  0Ct)1iA.  5^nri  "OAingen 
•oiotojtAÍ-óe  etp-óe,  7  no  piACAijcír  ^Aitt  *Ouibtirme  conA  mot)nAib  cacIia 
íol.6./'.  lomruróe  7  lonnroigró  rAip  *oia  cneAcliA-ó  7  mt)|\eAt).  11  ó  chornA'ó  ah  ci 
PacIia  co  ren]VÓA  puu  co  brAnccbAice  ioLa]a  cCnn  LAip,  6fc  m  chumgAicir 
ní  t)o,  acc  A]\  a  aoi  je]\bAc  ioiitóa  iotA]vt>A  An  lonnroijá  7  jenbo  cAtniA 
ACcongAÍb  cIiaca,  nín  bo  ]UA]iAchrorii  t>óib  cCn  bAoi  1111  bíu.  5Acn  jí^tt  7 
^ac  cunbtt)  no  etAit)Ct)  ÚAróib  m  c1iAi]\ir  110  chéijet)  acc  <vp  cuicce  no 
•oÁiteAt)  7  bA  hft)  AcfcnA  huít>e  t>ot  50  gtdro  1HliA0itu5]\A  bAit  AinbAói  ah 
^iAcliAt)  AC]iub]\omo]i  A]\  bd  ré  At)únÁ]\<yp.  AchuniAc  cCcha  t>oiiA  ^ÍAttAib 
]\éni]iAiciu  Ar  cui^e  ro  t)At]"AC  pvóeipn,  (x  ]\o  yorórCc  ah  510UIA.  O 
]iAnAicporii  Aipm  imbui  An  Piac1ia"ó  Acrét)  ArccetAiToó,  7  ah  lonnurrornÁjjAfb 
ua  Iiocca  ]io  étÁcAn  Apn  ccac]\ai5,  7  nAÓ  Ar  bC]\cA  imbCc1iAit)  ro]\]\A  munA 
circA  t)ÍA  ccoi]\iém  iccnAicci. 

t/AfOt)Ain  t)0  l-loCgllA  An   CÍ  PlAcllA  piAtltAC  t)1A  óCr  gn^'ÓA  t)0  neodl   bACA]\ 

CAi]iip  tAir  t)íob,  (x  ]\o  C]\b  ronnA  cecc  tÁr  ah  ngitte  rop  Ammur  ua  nócc. 
Ac]iajac  ró  cbCcoi]i  reb  ]io  1iC]ibAt>  puú,  7  t>o  comtAc  App ,  7  rC]\  ró  biut>  teó 
7  A]ioite  ró  tionn  7  co]iniAim,  ^o  ]\iac1icaca]\  ^ur  An  rtéib  bAit  1n  pxpccAibci 
nA  po]\A.  111oiiúa]\  Árii  ni]\  bó  rommeAc  rÁtJAt  ruroiu^A-ó  7  pMiiuJAt)  n<\ 
roC]\ctomnepn  rop  ciito  ua  ccunAt»  t>o  t)eAc1iACA]\  ron  aiiía]iai]a.  11i  ]\AbACA]\ 
buoc]\Ac1iA  iiac  bpCcÁnA  mAC  éccAije  curiroAchcA  ro  Acco]\pAib  tMA  ccAoiimA 
A]i  pÚAchc  Gt  oijneo^  ua  gAipbfíne  gdriiniucu,  acc  ArCo  bA  coitcceAÓA 
coccAtcA  ro  AccAoniicnCfAib  7  bA  cC]AÓAitte  ro  AccCnnAib  cotbA'ÓA  ctAt)A]it>A 
cioriiAifgeAtA  ctoichpieccA  aj  ]ieót>  t>A  ^ac  tec  lompAib'  (x  aj  lomÚAim 
AinonA]A  nui]Aecc]\om,  7  ApieAbomntemcib  pnAccAot  pviA  rCchCiiACAib  7  a 
nAffAn  nnteAbo]A  7  a  niAttcnAnn  rpA  noi]icmb  7  cnAi^hcib,  combA  pAiiiAtcA 
tAr  11A  po]\A  t)ur  p\n^ACA]A  nÁ]A  boc  tiAome  iciia  iacc,  acc  bA  re  AccubAc 
•oroccAib  An  cAtriiAn  cCua  bAoi  Ann  ía]\  ha  nionrotAÓ  ipn  rneAchcA,  UAifi  111 
f  1  tAo  tAÁchuijp Cc  bCt)1i5At)  mA  mbAttAib  acc  mA]\bcir  niAi]\b,  6:  Ar  nnne  on  bÁco]\ 

roiíl  ACC  ttlAt)  bCg.       "LApOt)A111  CUA]ACCAbA1C  A1l  tA0c1l]\At)  A]'A  tíje  1ACC  7  ro]\- 

onconjAncpAC  ropnA  ní  t)on  bíut)  7  t>on  tionn  t>o  chocliAicCm,  &,  m  hécup 

1  Ho&tage. — He  afforded  protection  to  the  receiving  others  openlv.  O'Sullevan,  Hist. 
Catholics  from  the  oppression  of  the  Pro-  Cai/i,,  p.  152.  See  what  has  been  said  of 
testants,   concealing   some    of   them    and      him  at  p.  xxxix.,  antea. 


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front  of  thcm.  Aftcr  stopping  thcre  they  sent  the  servant  away  with  thc  ,;,,, 
news  to  Glenmalure,  thc  placc  where  Fiach  Mac  Hugh  was.  This  was  a  ' 
sccurc,  imprcgnable  valley,  and  thc  English  of  Dublin  wcrc  accustomed 
with  thcir  instruments  of  battle  to  bcsiegc  and  assault  it  in  order  to  plunder 
and  lay  it  wastc.  This  Fiach  maintained  it  valiantly  against  them,  so 
that  many  hcads  wcrc  lcft  behind  with  him,  and  thcy  could  do  nothing 
against  him  ;  but  though  their  attachs  wcrc  many  and  various,  and  though 
there  was  strength  in  their  implements  of  war,  hc  was  not  submissive  to 
them  so  long  as  he  lived.  Every  hostage *  and  evcry  prisoner  who  escapcd 
from  them  did  not  halt  or  go  away,  but  went  to  him,  and  his  first  journey- 
was  to  go  to  Glenmalure,  the  place  where  Fiach  was,  as  wc  have  said,  for 
it  was  his  strong  dwelling.  So,  too,  the  hostages  aforesaid  addresscd 
thcmselves  to  him,  and  sent  their  servant  to  him.  Whcn  hc  camc  where 
Fiach  was  he  told  his  story  to  him  and  the  statc  in  which  he  lcft  the 
youths  who  had  escaped  from  the  city,  and  that  thcy  would  not  be  over- 
taken  alive  if  he  did  not  go  to  their  assistance  immediately. 

Thereupon  Fiach  selected  a  party  of  his  people  (of  those  trusted  by 
him),  and  he  bade  them  go  with  the  servant  to  the  youths.  They 
rose  up  at  once  as  they  were  ordered,  and  went  off  with  one  having  food 
and  another  ale  and  beer,  until  they  came  to  the  mountain,  the  place 
where  the  men  had  been  left.  Alas  !  truly  the  state  and  position  of  these 
nobles  was  not  happy  or  pleasant  to  the  heroes  who  had  come  to  seek  fur 
them.  They  had  neither  cloaks  nor  plaids,  nor  clothing  for  prqtcction 
under  their  bodies,  to  save  them  from  the  cold  and  frost  of  the  sharp 
winter  season,  but  the  bed-clothes  under  their  fair  skins  and  the  pillows 
under  their  heads  were  supports  heaped  up,  white-bordered  of  hailstoncs 
freezing  all  round  them,  and  attaching  their  light  coats  and  .shirts  of  finc 
linen  thread  to  their  bodies,  and  their  large  shoes  and  the  fastcnings  totheir 
legs  and  feet,  so  that  they  seemed  to  the  mcn  that  had  comc  not  to  bc  human 
beings  at  all,  but  just  like  sods  of  carth  covcred  up  by  the  snow,  becausc 
they  did  not  pcrccivc  motion  in  thcir  limbs,  but  just  as  if  they  werc  dcad, 
and  they  wcrc  ncarly  so.  Whcrefore  the  heroes  raiscd  thcm  from  where 
they  lay  and  bade  thcm  take  some  of  the  food  and  of  thc  alc,  and  they  did 

2  His  first  Journcj.  —  See  Spenser's  Vicw  of '  Ircland,  p.  187. 


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úacIia,  uaiu  $ac  -oeoj  no  eAb-OAif  t>Uf  netccuíf  hi  fnicifi  FQ^  AmbeoUib 
feccAif.  Achc  chdiA  fo  uhAÚAtnAin  Aii  cí  A]\c  fó  -óeói-ó,  &  ACJUVÓnAchc  A11 
tní  rm.  T)aU  aii  -dó-oliA  norcon^Aib  ah  co]\niAim  íau  fin  et  no  bACAn 
a  b|\io§A  ron  fO]\bAi]\c  ía]\  ua  hót  ac1ic  a  *ói  choif  nA  niÁ,  a]\  Af  imtie 
bACAUfit>e  inAnibAtUib  niA]\bA  gAn  mocujjA-ó  ía]\  nAC  (x  lonbot^A-ó  f]Uf  aii 
neó-ó  7  r]\if  aii  rneAóbcA.  Ctnjncc  ha  fifi  von  iomochu]i  eifiorh  ^Uf  A11 
njteAini  ac  ]\ub]\AniA]\.  *Oo  ]\aca  hicci§  t>Ci]\]iicc  mt>iAriiAi]i  An  •ottncf  Coa. 
1lo  boú  iccá  tCijCr  7  teAfuJA-ó  aiih  -oa  jac  m  bA  uoir^i-óe  co  co]1]\acc 
ueAcbuA  co  "oiceAtuA  t>iA  Áichneof  7  t>iA  fiof  rccét  ó  a  ctiAriiAin  OCt» 
úa  néitt.  *Oo  nAccforh  Um  ro]\  niicecc  ÍAnfuróe  ía]\  mb]ieiú  "oon  ueAcuA 
rAi]\.  bA  •ouitij  'óófom  u]\iAtt  ro]i  ah  cu]\Af  fin,  oi]i  ni  ]\o  churii- 
Aingrecc  11A  teje  fneApA-ó  día  cjiAighúib  1  uu]\Aiuue  ía]\  ua  uqiejlroA-ó  t>on 
]\eó-ó  ]iemepé]\unÍA]i,  G:  bA  béiccCn  *oa  nóch  oite  a  úufccbAit  pon  eAcli,  7 
a  JAbÁit  eiui]\  a  tnb  Un'iAib  t>o  fráiri  uau  no  ÚAnbUin^et).  bÁoifiorii  Amne 
co  ]\o  euAurccA]irAU  teige  a  t>i  ojroAin  ffif  íau  uu]\\ott  a]\  focuAin  *oia  au1ia]\-óa 
bu-ót>ein.  f  Aoitnf  ah  uí  fiAcliA  t>i]\im  iua]\cac  Uif  rpn  a-oIiaij  t>iA  f nAt>A'á 
ua]\  AbAinn  tire  .1.  ob  pt  1  coicc]uc  001001*0  5A1L1Á11  (x  ua  1T)róe.  1To  bAUAf 
euuA]WAróe  7  AOf  couiieuA  ó  JAtUib  *Ouibtmne  fon  ÁuliAib  ét>oirime  ha 
liAbAnn  7  fon  a  coiiAijub  coiuc(n"OA  ou  ctof  tióib  Aó-ó  ó  'OoiúnAitt  t>obeiú  m 
-gtionn  1TI1iA0itu5]iA,  au  iiac  e\.&ivCx>  uAiffib  co  cóicceA-ó  ConcobAi]i,  7  iiacIi 
élAUAÍf  nA  cnubróe  au  éCnA  au  nuU  niiAfÁon  juf  Af  ah  ccacuai^,  gun  bó 
fol.7.í.  lieiccCn  -ooua  hóccAib  A]\  a  AbA  ^AbÁit  111  j;A]\foccuf  t>on  cIiacuaij  ca]\  ác 
troofAit)  nionróoiiiAin  ]\o  bAoí  fO]\  au  AbAinn  50  ^aujaca]!  5A11  UAcuccAt)  -5A11 
fO]\ctoifcecc  -oouA  £AtUib  combACAf  fO]i  lOfUmn  An  tiúine  ah  ufúofAC 
oróche.  Ilo  bAoi  An  tuchc  tÁf  no  c]\ecceAt>fom  1n  cofAÓ  ÍAffAU  ccCcua 
hetút>  1u  cfechumufc  ah  t>iO]imA  .1.  fetim  ó  cuAcliAit  conA  bfAchAif  íaj\ 
ccochc   t)oib    fUAt)At)foiii    (x    *01A  coniAi]\ce  AriiAit   cac1i    t>C]\fnAit>m    7   t>o 

cCn^Alt  ACCOCCAI5  7  ACCA1]1t)CfA  f]\1f .       niA]\A1t)  A11   COCCACfHI   beof,  7  mé]\A1t) 

cot)íuit)    mbecliA    eicci]\    cénét    ConAitt    nnc    11éitt  7  ftiochc    Cac1iaoi]\ 

1  Liffey. — This  river  rises  in  the  glen  at  to    Celbridge,    it    enters    Co.    Dublin    at 

the  south  of  the  Kippure  Mountain,  county  Leixlip.     From  that  its  course  is  due  east, 

Wichlow,   twelve  miles  south   of  Dublin.  by  Lucan,  until    it   falls    into   the  sea  in 

Its  course  is  at  first  westwards,  by  Bles-  Dublin  harbour. 

sington,  Ballymore-Eustace,  and  K  lcullen,  2Rere.— The  Irish  word  is  translated  in 

vvhere  it  turns  to  the   north,  and  flowing  0'Clery's   Glossary  'the  rere  of  a  house 

by  Newbridge,  in  a  north-easterly  direction,  where  food  is  kept.'   The  Four  Masters  say, 


?5 

not  succccd,  for  cvcry  drinlc  thcy  took  thcy  let  it  out  of  thcir  mouths  1592. 
again.  Howcver,  Art  dicd  at  last  and  was  buried  in  that  place.  As  for 
Hugh,  he  retaincd  thc  bccr  aftcr  that,  and  his  strength  was  on  thc  incrcase 
after  drinlring,  cxccpt  in  his  two  fcet,  for  they  were  like  dead  members 
without  motion,  owing  to  the  swelling  and  blistering  from  the  frost  and  snow. 
The  men  carried  him  to  the  valley  of  which  we  have  spoken.  He  was  put 
into  a  house  hidden  in  a  rcmote  part  of  thc  thick  wood.  He  had  mcdical 
skill  and  carc  in  every  way  he  needed  until  the  arrival  of  a  messengcr  in 
secrct  to  inquire  and  get  news  about  him  from  his  brothcr-in-law  Hugh 
O'Neill.  He  proposed  to  set  off  after  the  messengcr  had  come  to  him.  It 
was  painful  to  him  to  go  on  that  journey,  for  the  physicians  could  not  heal 
his  feet  all  at  once  after  being  pierced  by  the  frost  as  we  have  said,  and  some 
onc  clse  was  nccded  to  put  him  on  horseback  and  to  take  him  betwcen  his 
two  hands  again  whcnever  he  alighted.  He  was  so  until  thc  physicians  cut  off 
his  two  great  toes  after  a  while  when  he  came  to  his  own  country.  Fiach 
sent  a  troop  of  horse  with  him  in  the  night  to  escort  him  across  the  river 
Liffey  ; x  this  is  a  river  on  the  confines  of  the  province  of  Leinstcr  and  of 
Meath.  There  wcre  ambuscades  and  watches  from  the  English  of  Dublin 
on  the  shallow  fords  of  the  river  and  on  the  usual  roads  since  they  heard 
that  Hugh  O'Donnell  was  in  Glenmalure,  that  he  might  not  escape  by 
them  to  the  province  of  Conor,  and  that  thc  prisoners  too  might  not  escape 
who  had  fled  with  him  out  of  the  castle  ;  so  that  it  was  necessary  for  thc 
youths  for  that  reason  to  go  very  near  thc  castlc,  ovcr  a  difficult  and  dccp 
ford  which  was  on  thc  rivcr,  and  thcy  came  without  being  pcrccivcd  or 
overheard  by  the  English  till  they  werc  at  thc  rérc'2  of  thc  castle  in  the 
very  beginning  of  the  night.  The  peoplc  by  whom  hc  had  bccn  abandoned 
formerly  after  his  first  escape  wcre  among  thc  troop,  i.e.,  Fclim  OToole, 
with  his  brother,  who  had  come  to  escort  and  protect  him  likc  thc  others, 
to  establish  and  cement  their  friendship  and  amity  with  him.  This 
friendship  lasts  still,  and  will  last  to  cnd  of  timc  bctwccn  thc  tribc  of 
Conall,   son  of  Niall,   and    thc   race   of   Cathaoir   Mor,   son    of  Fedhlim 

adann. :  'Theyouths  who  were  along  with  (duine)  unperceived by  the  English.'  Thcre 
Hugh  proceeded  on  thcir  way  until  they  is  an  Irishword,  ur/eunn,  wbich,  according 
came  to  the  green  (faithche)  of' thc  fortress      to  O'Donovan,  means  a  lawn,  yard,  grcen. 


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móin  inic  peilnn  ri]\u]i5lAi]\     CiomnAic  cetiob]\A*ó  7  pAgbAicc  bViroAcncAin 

OC  Á]\  Olte  ÍA]t  nAIIÓnl  A  CCA]\ACC]\A1*Ó  A1ÍltA1*Ó  rm. 

*Oáía  -Aó-oIia  1mí  T)hómnAitt  ía]\  mmcecc  t>oibfi*oe  ÚAt>A7iAn  iiAfÁ^bAit 
HA  óCiia]\  acc  aii  coCn  ó-glAC  .1.  coi]\|roeAVbAC  burói  ó  65^111,  *oo  *óeAc1iAró 
ro]\  a  ÍA]iAin  inm  ngtCnn  nAi]\]voC]\c,  *oo  rAinmmncen  mt>  Ae*óA  uí  tléitt 
*oóiri*óe  7  no  tAb]iAt>  bé|\tA  ha  ccúac  neccnoiro  (x  nob  AiclmeAcb  eótAch 
Cco]\|\a,  "0015   no  bioo  m   ÍA]\fÁite  An  1a]\^a  ní  lléitt  cAn  *our  ricce*ó  rpi  a 

CO]XClb  50  CAC]\A15  .dcÍlActlAC.       1lobcA]\    10tA]V0A    beóp    CA1]\-Oe    A11     CÍ    Aé*ÓA 

uí  11éitt  *ooha  ^AttAib  rA*óCm,  uai]\  *oo  bei]\eA*ó  cio*ótAicce  7  cuÁ]\ArcAit 
n'ió]\A  ói]\  ocur  A]rgAicc  *óóib  ca]\  cCnn  ^AbÁtA  Ai^e  7  tAbA]\diA  A]\  a  fon  irm 
creAnAt».  X)a  t>AiiA  An  cóccIac  1111  iia  ccuccAroAib  hirm  7  m]\  bo  hnnecctAc 
1111  ^AbÁit  c]\e  gnAicrtijcib  ha  115AVL  tocA]\  &\y  ía]\oh'i  ^\ót>  úa  T)om- 
HAitt  7  eipuni  ro]\  tnb  neAcliAib  áiia  uccniAttA  i]\ó*OA*b  pAÓnroí^e  7 
irtigob  rAtdiA  iia  rCmmróe  5ombÁcA]\  ro]\  u]\  ha  t)ómne  ]\ia  niACCAm    Ct> 

5A1]\1CC     O    1llbC]\     CotpCA    pA]1.       "Ro     CU1Í1"0ACC     CACA1]1    A1]\]\oC]\C    tA]"*  11A  11Att- 

niA]ic1iAib  reclic  ]\iaiii  occ  mbC]\  cotpúA  ro]irAii  AtrAinn  7  *o|ioichecc  cAijirin 
.  t)An.  >0]\oic1iCcc  AdiA  t>o  5Ai]\ci  t>on  bAite  1upin,  7  bA]\C*ó  conAin  coiccCn*o 
5^tt  7  5Aoit>eAt  ^AbÁit  cnerAn  ccAqiAig.  Acr  chdiA  mr  petice  An  on'iAn 
*ooibpróe  ^AbAit  cpeice,  conCó  *oo  pónpAC  ^AbÁit  50  1iu]\  iia  1iAbAim  ac 
ívlS.a.  ]\ub]\oniA]\  bAit  nnbiot)  ÍApcAi]\e  t>ínnuii  *o"C]\óit  7  tC]"CA]i  becc  p]n  1uom- 
tuclicAt).     *Oo   cocA]\pom    ipn    ccupAC  conup  pApccAib   ah    po]\c  ioiiia]\cu]\- 

CI1AI5    pO]\rAU     11lb]\UAC     AttcA]\AC    ÍA]1    CCAbA1]\C  A  toijje    CO    ]VMt)bl]1     *ÓÓ.        VjA 

mAic  tAi]"om  AiiiCnmA  a]\  ah'iCcc  puAip  *oa]iccac,  7  bA  mAchcnA*ó  mó]\  tAir 
A]1  111  ]io  écc  Ati]\t>Ait  ]\íaiii  ó  nAcb  n*o]\uni5  *oia  cca]\*o  acu]\ac1i.     jgAibAró  ^™ 

1  O 'Haga.11. — This  tribe  were  owners  of  Tara.  The  exact  extent  of  the  territory 
a  small  district  called  Tullaghoge.  They  will  be  found  in  Keating's  H.  of  Jreland, 
took  part  in  the  inauguration  of  the  O'Neill,      pp.  54  and  233.  _ 

casting    the    gold   sandal   over   his    head.  4  Boyne. — This  river  rises  in  Trinity  Well, 

The  Flight  of '  the  Ear/s,  p.  11.    There  was  at   Carbury    Hill,  Co.    Kildare,    and   flows 

another  tribeof  the  same  name  in  Munster,  through   this   county.      It   forms   for  four 

descended  from  a  totally  different  ancestor.  miles   the   boundary  with    King's   County, 

2  Languagc. —  The  Irish  word  bearla  and  for  seven  with  Meath.  Entering  this 
means  any  language ;  but  for  the  last  three  county  at  its  south-east  corner,  it  passes  by 
centuries  it  has  been  used  to  denote  Eng-  Trim,  Navan,  and  Slane.  It  meets  the 
lish  in  particular.  Mattoch  at  Oldbridge,  four  miles  west  of 

3A/eath. — Tuathal  Techtmar,  ardrigh  A.D.  Drogheda,  and  passing  through  this  town 
76,  cut  off  a  part  {meidhé)  from  each  of  it  falls  into  Drogheda  Bay.  See  Wilde's 
the  four  provinces  to  support  his  Court  at      Boyne  and  Blachwaterj  Dublin,  1849. 


Firurglas.     They  bade  farewell  and  gavc  their  blessing  cach  to  the  other     «592- 
after  strengthcning  their  friendship  in  this  way. 

As  to  Hugh  O'Donncll,  aftcr  thcy  had  gone  away  from  him  hc  \ 
lcft  with  only  thc  onc  youth,  i.e.t  Turlough  Buidhe  O'Hagan,1  whohadgone 

in  scarch  of  him  to  the  famous  vallcy  ;  he  was  one  of  Hugh  O'Xcill's  own 
pcoplc,  and  hc  spoke  thc  language  2  of  the  forcigners,  and  knew  them  and 
was  acquainted  with  thcm,  for  hc  was  in  attcndancc  on  the  Earl  O'Xcill 
whenever  hc  came  on  business  to  thc  city  of  Dublin.  Hugh  O'Xcill  had 
many  friends  too  among  the  English  thcmselvcs,  for  he  gave  them  largc 
presents  and  stipends  of  gold  and  silver  for  supporting  him  and  spealcing 
on  his  behalf  in  the  Council.  For  these  rcasons  the  young  man  was  bold 
and  was  not  afraid  to  go  by  thc  usual  roads  of  the  English.  Hugh 
O'Donnell  and  he  went  away  aftcr  that  on  two  fine  flcct  horscs  by  the 
straight-lined  roads  and  the  muddy  wavs  of  ancient  Meath,3  so  that  they 
were  on  the  bank  of  the  Boyne 4  bcforc  morning,  a  short  distance  to  thc 
wcst  of  Inver  Colpa.5  A  fine  city  had  been  built  by  the  foreigncrs  some 
time  before  at  Inver  Colpa  on  the  rivcr,  and  also  a  bridge  over  it. 
Drogheda u  was  the  name  given  to  that  town,  and  the  usual  road  for  the 
English  and  the  Irish  to  takc  was  through  the  town.  But  yct  fear  did 
not  allow  them  to  go  through  it,  so  that  what  they  did  was  to  go  to  thc  bank 
of  the  river  of  which  we  have  spolcen,  whcre  therc  was  a  poor  miserable 
fisherman  who  had  a  small  fcrryboat.  They  went  into  the  curach,7  and 
the  fcrryman  left  thcm  on  the  opposite  bank  aftcr  generous  payment  was 
given  him.  His  mind  was  happy  on  account  of  the  sum  of  money  he  had 
received,  and  he  was  grcatlv  suprised,  for  he  had  never  reccivcd  a  like  amount 
before  from   any  persons  to  whom   he  had  given  his  curach.     Thc  samc 

6  Inver  Colpa. — This  place  has  its  name  of  that  time  the  word  was  usually  written 

from  Colpa,  one  of  the  sons  of  Milesius,  who  Tredagh,    which   resembles    somewhat   in 

was  drowned  here  when  attempting  to  land  sound   the   Irish   word.      It    is   a   seaport, 

with   his   followers.     Ogygia,  p.  1S2.      St.  thirtv  two  miles  nortli  of  Dublin. 
Patrick  landed  here  after  being   repulsed  T  Curach. — A  boat  made  of  twigs  covered 

by  the  chief  of  Hy  Garchon,  i.e.,  \Yickiow.  with  hides,  having  its  name  from  corium,  a 

Trz'as  Thaum.,  p.  124.     The  ancient  name  hide.     Formerlv  boats  of  considerable  size 

is  still  preserved  in  that  of  the  village  of  were  made  in  this  manner.     See  Ogxgia, 

Colpa.  p.    254,   and   Ware's   Aniiquiíies,    ii.    174. 

0  Drogheda.—i.e.,  the  bridge  of  the  ford.  1  s  boats  of  tliis  kind  were  used  by 

It  is  latinized  Pontanum.     By  the  English  the  IJritons.     T)e  Bcll.  Civ.,  i.  54. 

L) 


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rC]i  cCcciia  tAr  ha  heocA   cnerAti    ccac]iaij   contmr  ]iAt>   cIiucca    uvo   "oon 
cAob  A]i  <\itl<  "oon  AbAmn. 

uCíjaic  rop  AneAcliAib,  7  toccAp  Arr  ÍAnruitnu  uia  nénnnn  ^ombÁcAn  míte 
cCimCnt)  yó  -01  011  AbAmn.  -Ac  cIiíacc  t>oi]\e  'oorAc  "oioJAmn  A]i  Accionn  ah 
conAin"  no  JAbrAC  fx  tmnctAt)  t)íoriio]i  hia  ui]\cimceAtt  An'iAit  bib  tub^onc 
1lo  buí  tmnÁnAr  AifráCnc  ("oiAn^Apop  ah  iiiAinirci]\  iiio-|\)  tA  Iio^IacIi  nAipCcróA 
•oonA  ^AttAib  rjiiA  cAob  ah  t)oi]ie,  7  bA  t)C]\bi]ur  *oAót)  úa  Héitt  eiri'óe. 
UAijfbtingiccriurh  o  contmnctA'ó  cCciia,  7  ciCjaicc  iraj  apioirour  uai]i 
]iob  eotAch  iiiaic  a  ]>C]imuinci]ieriuiii  irm  m&ijinpn.  Sco]iaicah  eicli,  7  t)o 
5111AC  Aifupum  Inpiitnu.  turópom  ipn  t)únAt),  7  ro  jeib  a  pAtmJAt)  aiui 
uai]i  bA  piAicnró  eipum  ah  t>ú  rm  pAmneAt)  peAch  jac  monAt).  por  ]iúai]\ 
A]iA^At  nt)Ci]i]\ic  t)o  Aót)  7  t>o  be]\c  tAi]'  é,  7  ]\o  pieApctA*ó  7  ]\o  pnocAiteAt) 

é  ÍA]1CCA111   AH'lAlt  ]10  bA  tAini1   tA1]\ 

O  ]\o  bA  tAinmnnitt  teórom  A11  aoiuvó  hiac  ]iAtA,  ]io  Aii]\\c  ahh  50  A]ia 
bA]\Act)At)Ai5li.  *Oo  téiccCc  A]y  ÍA]iom  ro]i  AneAcliAib  reipie  tA  CApupboncA 
copAÓ  nA  horóce  ca]\  rtÍAb  mbpCg  7  c]ie  n'iAc1iAi]\e  coiiAitt,  50  ]iahjaca]i  50 
c]iAijbAite  nuc  buAin  ]\ia  iiiaccaiii.  ConpócAcc  cac1iai]i  hipiróe  ro]i  u]\  ha 
c]\aja  tAf  A11  eccAi]\cenét  ini]io]iAit>pon'i  eicci]i  'Oun-oetgAn  7  mui]i.  O 
]iobcA]i  Cprtoicce  t>oi]\p  ua  cac]\ac1i  ipn  niAcum  n'imcli  Ap  pvip  -oeipt) 
Léopom  ^AbÁit  ^au  AUAt)  jau  Ai]upiun'i  c]\eice.  "Loca]i  ÍA]ion'i  yoy  AneAcliAib 
111A  ]iéimim  5A11  ^iAcu^At)  50  ]uac1icaca]i  c]ua]\\ii  mbAite  p\mtAró,  (x  111 
cu^fAC  cacIi  nnonAi]i  combACA]i  -oon  CAob  A]\  Aitt.  Ay  Ai]ie  énii  ]\ob  éccCn 
toLS.6.  -óóib  ^AbAit  qiepAn  ccAqiAij  ca]i  cohai]i  HAite  tn\i]\  ]io  bÁcA]\  ro]iAi]iCt)A  7 
CcA]\HAit>e  ó  nA  ^AttAib  ipn  coi^cpicli  m  jac  Chac  C]TOAtcA  m  jac  ré*o  7  111 
•cac  rtitit)  m  ]\obA  "0015  teó  &ót>  O  *OoiimAitt  "oo  coc1iA]i  cuca  AriiAit  ]\o  bAoi 
ro]\  AbAinn  tire,  7  t>o  ]\mmCnrCc  nír  teiccr.eAt)  ah  oii'iah  t>ó  ^AbAit  c]UAp\n 

1  The  great  monastcry. — i.e.,  Mellifont,  2  Youih. — Sir   Garret    Moore.       See    p. 

the  first  Cistercian  house  in  Ireland,  estab-  lxx.,  antea. 

lished  by  St.  Malachy  in  11 33.     The  first  3  Slieve  Breagh. — The  Meath  portion  of 

abbot  was  Christian,  later  bishop  of  Lis-  the  range  of  hills  extending  from  Clogher 

more.      The   church   was   consecrated    in  Head,  in  Louth,  to  Rathkenny,  Co.  Meath. 

11 57;    a  great  synod  was   held   here   the  Keating   says   the   name   is   derived   from 

same'year.     See  Lanigan's  EccL  Hist.,  iv.  Breagha,  son  of  Breogan,  a  Milesian  chief. 

165  ;  Dublin,  1829.     In  1193  St.  Malachy's  II.  of  Ireland,  p.  134. 

relics  were  brought  here  from   Clairvaux.  4  Machaire    Chonaill.  —  The    plain    of 

In  1565  a  lease  of  the  abbey  was  made  to  Conall  Cearnach,  a  hero  of  the  Red  Branch, 

Sir  Eclward  Moore.  who  lived  here  in  the  first  century  of  our 


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man  wcnt  with  thc  horscs  through  thc  city,  and  hc  gave  thcm  up  to  them 
at  thc  othcr  sidc  of  thc  rivcr. 

They  mounted  on  thcir  horscs  and  proccedcd  aftcr  that  on  their  journcy 
until  thcy  wcre  two  miles  from  the  river.  Thcy  saw  a  bushv,  dcnsc 
grovc  in  front  of  thcm  on  thc  road  thcy  came  and  a  hugc  rampart  all  round 
it,  as  if  it  was  a  kitchen-garden.  Therc  was  a  finc  mansion  (callcd  thc 
great  monastcry) :  belonging  to  an  illustrious  youth 2  of  the  English  by  the 
side  of  the  wood.  He  was  much  attachcd  to  Hugh  O'Xcill.  Thcy  jumped 
down  from  that  same  rampart  and  wcnt  in  somchow,  for  his  follow'cr 
knew  that  place  well.  Thcy  unsaddled  thcir  horses  and  madc  a  halt  thcre. 
He  went  into  the  house  and  was  entertained,  for  he  was  well  known  thcre 
cspecially  more  than  in  other  placcs.  He  procurcd  a  retircd  apartment 
for  Hugl^  and  took  him  with  him,  wherc  hc  waitcd  on  and  cntcrtaincd  him 
after  a  whilc  as  well  as  he  desired. 

As  they  thought  this  placc  where  they  were  was  very  securc,  they  re- 
mained  there  till  the  night  of  the  next  day.  They  set  out  after  that  on  their 
own  horses  in  the  dark  at  the  beginning  of  the  night  over  Slievc  Brcagh  3  and 
through  Machaire  Chonaill,4  until  they  came  to  Tragh  Baile  mic  Buain5  bcfore 
morning.  This  town  was  built  on  the  edge  of  the  shore  by  the  foreign  racc 
ofwhomwe  liave  spoken,  betwcen  Dundalk  G  and  the  sea.  As  the  gates 
of  the  town  were  open  in  the  early  morning  they  resolved  to  go  through  it 
without  halt  or  delay.  They  went  on  thcir  way  after  that  on  horseback 
without  being  noticcd,  and  so  thcy  passcd  through  the  citv  and  no  one 
rccognised  them  while  so  engaged  until  they  werc  on  thc  othcr  sidc.  The 
reason  why  it  was  necessary  for  them  to  go  throughthe  town  rather  than  by 
another  road  was,  because  there  were  watchcs  and  ambuscades  set  by  the 
English  on  the  boundary  in  cvery  remarkable  placc  and  on  cach  path  and 
road  by  which  they  thought  Hugh  O'Donnell  would  comc  to  thcm,  as  thcre 
wcrc  on  thc  river  Liffey,  and  they  thought  that   fcar  would  not  allow   him 

era.     It  comprised  the  level  part  of  Louth,  0'Curry's  JÍSS.  Ma/erta/s,  p.  464.     This 

from  the  Boyne  to  thc  Carlingford  moun-  was  formerly  thc  name  ofthe  strand. 

tains.     Sec  Ogygia,  p.  279.  ^undalh. — Thisplace  has  ils  name  from 

6Trag/i  Baile  mitIliiti:n.—i.e.,T\\e  strand  Delga,  a  Firbolg  chief.     It  was  the  chief  re- 

of  Baile,  the  son  of  Buan.     He  was  sixth  sidenceof  Cuchullin,  the  most  distinguished 

in  descent  from  Rudhraidhe,  monarch  of  of  the  Knights  of  the  Royal  Branch.     Scc 

Ireland2l2  B.C.,  who  wasburied  hcrc.     See  G;Curry's  Ma/uicrs,  &c,  ii.  197. 


3o 

ccAqiAig  cipnrour.  O  nangACAn  ca]\  rjiAicrtijcita  ha  cac]\ac1i  ]\obcAn 
ruOAi  j  ro]\brAoiti  j  au  <\b&  a  ccC]\nAit)  caj\  ^ac  mbAOJAt  bAoi  nCmpo,  A]\  m  no 
imeACctAirec  hacIi  ní  A]\  ]\oc1icaui  -oo  huiruiTnu  A]\  bA  ro  mÁmAr  -do-ÓA  uí 
lléitt  bÁoi  An  c]\ioch  rni  cAcnAig  acuató.  "Loca]\  A-p  50  riotj  món  An  At)Ai5pii 
"oo  leigeAt)  a  rcí-p,  7  bA  lnnmtt  -oóib  mibic  ah  mípn  ge]\  bo  £;A]iroccup  t>o 
^AttAib  iac.  Da  ca]\a  7  bA  coiiiAtcA  "ooporii  aii  cí  btn  1nruit>e  Uoi]\|vóetbAÓ 
mAc  Gn]\i  mic  "Petnn  UÚAró  t>o  roC]\cLAnt>Aib  cenét  eo^Ain  7  bA  lnonAnn 
hiac1iai]\  •oó],ATóe  Gt  "oon  u\]\L<\  úa  Héitt.  Tlo  niA'ÓAi^eA'ó  iCcrorii  co  1u\i]\- 
rincneAc  Ati  A-ÓAig  pni,  7  ^Aibic  ]\eirinb  a]\  AbAnAÓ  c]\e  ptu\b  rÚAic  '  nnc 
bneogliAm  50  nAn^ACAn  gur  ah  iiiacIia  but>  cuai-ó.  ^Xhaic  ahh  au  At)Ai§pin 
ro  t)icteic.     UÍAJAicc  A]\  a  bÁ]w\c  50  "oún  ^CiiAinn  nuc  CAcbAt),  bAit  i]\Aibe 

AoX)  Ó   tléltt.        Da  pAOltlt)piU111   ]\1A]W11   A01t)eAt)  t)0  ]UAc1lC    CUCCA,  7  t)0  ]\ACAt> 

5A11   pui]\eAC  111   A]\AJAt  UAi^neAÓ  50  lnnroiL^róe  ^ah    ]\AcuJAt>  "OÁ*  hac  aoh 

ipn     t»ÚHAt)    AcllC   11lAt)  UAdlAt)    t)AO]'  CA1]1ip  ]\0  bACA]1     OgA    p]\10CAlteAt)    7    05 

Ai]uu5coite  -óó,  oi]\  bA  ]ua]\ac1i  &ex>  ó  11éitt  m  lonbAró  ipn  t)o  JAttAib 
T)uibtinne,  7  ni]\  bó  1u\\t  t>ó  coclic  ca]\  a  nCjifuA^pA  acIic  co  lnncLeice. 

T)aLa  /Aó-oIia  uí  'OoriuiAitt,  ía]\  cco]\  rcíp  a  Airci]\  (x  1  iii n  1  §  t>e  irm 
t)úiiAt)  p|\i  ]\é  ceceo]\A  noróce  con  a  tÁib,  t)o  bC]\c  tAnii  po]\  nnceAclic  7 
ciomnAir  ceiLeAb]uvó  -oo  Aóx>   úa  lléitt,  7  rAgbAró  beiroAclicAin  occa.     X)o 

CU1]\CdlA]\  t)í]\im    1Í1A]\CAC    tAir    t»1A    fl1At)1u\t)    A]\    CUcVÍIAlb  7    cClc1ie]\11  ACAlb     50 


1  Fiodmore.  —  i.e.,  the  great  wood,  now 
the  Fews.  There  are  two  baronies  of  the 
name  in  the  south  of  Co.  Armagh. 

3  Turlough  MacHenry. — Owen  O'NeilI, 
who  died  in  1456,  was  the  common  ancestor, 
on  the  father's  side,  of  Earl  Hugh  and 
Turlough.  His  daughter  married  Hugh 
O'Donnell ;  from  these  the  O'DonnelIs  of 
Spain  and  Austria  are  descended.  Annals 
F.  M.,  vi.  1922.  He  was  a  half-brother  of 
the  Earl. 

3  Mother. — This  was  Joan,  daughter  of 
Cuconnacht  Maguire.  The  Four  Masters, 
under  the  date  1600,  the  year  in  which  she 
died,  say  of  her  that  '  she  was  the  pillar, 
support,  and  maintenance  of  the  indigent 
and  mighty,  of  poets  and  of  exiles,  of  widows 
and  orphans,  of  the  clergy  and  men  of 
science,  of  the  poor  and  needy,  the  head 
of  counsel  and  advice  to  thegentlemen  and 


chiefs  of  the  province  of  Conor  Mac  Nessa, 
a  dernure,  charitable,  meek,  benign  woman, 
with  pure  piety  and  the  love  of  God  and 
her  neighbours.'  After  the  death  of  Earl 
Hugh's  father  she  married  Henry  O'Neill 
of  the  Fews.     Amials,  vi.  2223. 

4  Slieve  Fuaid. — In  the  barony  of  the 
Fews,  between  Castleblaney  and  Armagh. 
It  has  its  name  from  Fuaidh,  one  of  the 
colony  which  came  to  Ireland  with  the  sons 
of  Miíesius.    Keating,  H.of  Ireland,-^.  134. 

5  Armagh.- — i.e.,  The  height  of  Macha. 
She  was  the  only  daughter  of  King  Aodh 
Ruadh,  from  whom  Assaroe  has  its  name. 
At  his  death  she  claimed  the  Idngdom  by 
right  of  descent.  She  was  opposed  by 
Dithorb  and  Kembaith,  her  father's  cousins, 
who  with  him  had  governed  in  turn,  each 
for  a  peried  of  seven  years.  She  defeated 
her  opponents  and  drove  them  into  exile. 


3* 

to  go  through  the  town  at  all.     Whcn  thcy  had  gonc  through  thc  strccts  of     1502. 
the  town,  they  wcrc  glad  and  delighted  at  having  escaped  from  every  danger 
which  was  bcfore  thcin,  for  they   feared  nothing  when  they  had   com 

that  place,  since  thc  country  to  the  north  of  thc  town  was  under  thc  sway 
of  Hugh  O'Neill.  They  wcnt  on  to  Fiodmore1  that  night  to  gct  ridoftheir 
fatiguc,  and  thcy  werc  safc  while  there  though  thcy  wcrc  vcry  closc  to  thc 
English.  Turlough  Mac  Henry,2  son  of  Phelim  Roc,  who  dwclt  thcrc,  was 
his  friend  and  foster-brother.  He  was  of  the  nobles  of  thc  Cincl  Eoghan, 
and  hc  and  the  Earl  O'Ncill  had  thc  samc  mother.3  They  werc  cntcr- 
tained  With  much  respcct  that  night,  and  they  wcnt  on  ncxt  day  though 
Slicvc  Fuaid  4  Mic  Breoghan  till  they  came  northwardsto  Armagh.6  They 
remained  therc  that  night  conccalcd.  Thc  ncxt  dav  thcy  wcnt  on  to 
Dungannón  G  Mic  Cathbaidh,  whcre  Hugh  O'Xeill  was.  Hc  was  glad  of  the 
coming  of  his  guest,  and  he  brought  him  without  delay  to  a  private  chambcr 
secretly  without  being  perceived  by  any  onc  in  thc  castlc  cxccpt  by  some 
of  his  trusty  people  who  attended  on  and  entertained  him,  becausc  Hugh 
O'Neill  was  submissive7  to  the  English  of  Dublin  at  that  time,  and  he  did 
not  wish  to  transgress  their  commands  except  secretly. 

As  for  Hugh  O'Donnell,  after  getting  rid  of  the  fatigue  of  his  journcy 
and  hardships  in  the  castle  for  the  space  of  four  days  and  four  nights,  hc 
prepared  to  depart  and  he  took  leave  of  Hugh  O'Xeill  and  gavc  him  his 
blessing.  A  troop  of  horse  went  with  him  to  protect  him  from  robbcrs 
and  kerne  s  until  hc  came  to  the  district  of  Lough  Ernc.     Thc  lord  of  that 

She  was  the  only  woman  who  occupied  the  7  Submissive  to  them. — 'Articles  agreed 

throne  of  Ireland,  having  reigned  from  A.M.  unto  by  the  Earl  of  Tyrone  before  the  Right 

3559   t0    35^°-     She     built  the    palace    of  Hon.  the  Lords  of  her  Majestv's  Most  Hon. 

Emania,  now   Navan  fort.     See  0'Curry's  Privy  Council,  for  the  better  settling  and 

Manners,  &c,  ii.  112,  and  Reating's  //.  of  confirming  of  his  countrv,  June  i;th,  1590,' 

Ireland,  p.  179-  will  bc  found  in  C.C.  MSS.t  iii.  37. 

6 Dungannon. — This  was  the  chief  resi-  8 Keme. — Thcv  are  called  by  mediaeval 

dence    of    Hugh    O'Néill,    Strabane    and  writers  turbarii   and  turbiculi.      Dymmok 

Benburbbeing  those  ofTurlough  Luincach.  describes  them  as  'footmen  armed  with  a 

O'Neill's  castle  was  on  the  rising  ground  sword  and  a  target  of  wood,  or  a  bow  and 

just  ovcr  the  town.     Little,  if  anv,  of  it  is  sheaf  of  arrows  with  barbed  heads,  or  else 

now  remaining.    A  more  modern  residence  three  darts  which  they  cast  with  wonderful 

was   built   011    the  site  later  ;    of  that  too  facility  and   neatness.     Within   these   few 

onlv  a  small  part  remains.     It  has  its  name  years  tliev  have  practised  the  muslcet  and 

fromGenan,  son  of  Cathbadh,  a  Dr«úd,  who  caliver,   and   are   grown  good  and   ready 

lived  here  in  the  first  century  of  our  era.  shots.'     Treatist  oflreland,  p.  7. 


]\Aiiui5  co  1ioi]\C]\  toéA  1iCi]\ne.  Da  ca]\a  oópom  cjuac  ah  dnerin,  7  b<* 
fol._9  a.  b]\ACAi]\  1n  j\Ainn  ahiaca]\  Aóvh  riiAguróin  ACAconniAic  Oa  rÁoitróp'óe  -oía 
cui-óeclic  cIiucca  (x  no  jeib  ApA'óuccA'ó  coliA'ÓAriinA  Lai]\  *Oo  b|\fc1iA  Cc1u\|\ 
t)eA]\rcnAice  •ouibrtCriiAm  A*ooc1ium,  7  *oo  caoc  1110,  7  rAjbAfó  beiroAcliCAin 
A5  THAguroijv.  1oni]\Aipfc  Arr  íCnro*ÓAin  gup  ah  ccÁet  ccuApcuriiAng  bAOi 
ro]\pAn  toc  ]\en'iepe]\cniA]i  bAit  1n  cóCc  &yy  ah  ob  AobctopAc  lAiclnonróA  y\\\y 
]\Áice]\  C]\ne.  t)Á  "oía  ac1ia]\*óa  reipn  A11  penonn  1npn.  "Our  nÁipcCcon  A]\ 
Aitt  *oí  a  óCp  cAipp  7  t)iA  rÁmriiunicin  bu'ó'óein,  7  t>o  bC]iAc  eodiA  áua  ucnu\ttA 
111A  -ÓAit  AH  'oúpn,  (x  tocA]\  Aipp'óe  co  1iAc  SeAiiAij.  bAoi  cAircÍAtt  com- 
•oAingeAii  lnruróiu  yo\\  u\\  An  Aca  cuÁ^vgAibce  iccop\c  tA  pnnrC]\  aii  •Aó'óa 
(HÍAtt  JA]ib  niAC  Uoi]\]\-óetbAij  An  ponA  A°  1423.)  Da  mmÁ]\Ar  a-óaiíi]\a 
7  lorcA'ó  rtACA  *oia  cenétrorii  An  cAircÍAtt  7  tnA  ac1iai]i  rAin]\eA"ó,  A]i  Ap  é 
bAoi  1n  cCnnur  ha  c]uche  ah  lonbAró  rm,  7  bA  1ié  ropiACAib  a]\  Aitt  t)ía],ahi- 
iiiuinci]\  aj  coiirÓA  ah  cliAipoéoit,  7  ]\obcAj\  pAitcij  ua  po]\A  y\\\  OAiimA  11A 
rtACA  x)uy  rAnncc,  7  t)o  teccCc  cuca  ifcCg. 

DAoiriuiii  \yyoy  huiruróiu  co  teicc  cojiur  cA]\comtAipCc  ah  cíp  (00  neAcb 
bAoi  111  a  con'i]:oc]\Aib)  t)iA  -pAipt)  bAit  i]iAibe.  11í]\  bó  1iC]iurA  énii  eipt>e  A]i 
AfAiiitAró  bAoi  An  c]uoc  mA  céi"oe  c]\eAc1i  7  CAiboCn  A5  ^AttAib  7  at; 
^Áoi-óeAtAib,  7  ac]\ac1icaca]\  *oeAbc1iA  6:  *oecécrAit>e  t)C]uiiÁ]\A  Ccop]\A  rém 
A]\mCt)on,  co  iu\]\  boc  ]\U\]\A15  t)ÍA  rpbAic  An'iAit  ]\obAt>  cécbcA  t>oib,  A]\  bA 
ro]\ArócctAÓ  ah  ionbAit>  pn  é  7  ni]\  bó  cÚAtAin^  CACu§At>  acuac  nÁ  C]\nAróin 
a  npAtt  nAc  a  n,Aici]\e  ó  ]\o  hCnJAbA'órom,  7  *oaii  Deittij  ah  crCtroACA  rAin 
pú  ]\obA  rCti  co  tetcc  Oc  cIhacc  ^Aitt  T)uibtmne  aíi  c]uoc  pAriitAró  ro]\o]i- 
fol.9.^.  coii5A]\pAc  ro]\  rAii  rrÍAtitAc  bAoi  uAróib  iccoiceAt)  OtneccniAclic  A]\  oite 
rociiAróe  t>íob  *oo  cliuróeclic  1u  cín  ConAitt  nnc  Héitt.  Oacau  íao  ]\obcA]\ 
co-ótiAig  rorpiA  1nb  ro]\]\o  1iC]\AitCó  cocc  lnpuróiu  CAipcm  uuitir  £t  CAi]\cm 
Conuitt.     T)o  coiptCc  &yy  con  -óíb  cécAtb  tAec  ca]\  *Ouib  ca]\  *OnobAoip  ca]\ 

1  Relative. —  His  mother  was  Nuala,  leaves  the  lake  three  miles  east  of  Belleek, 
daughter  of  Manus  O'Donnell,  Hugh  Roe's  and  continues  its  course  by  Ballyshannon, 
grandfather,  and  consequently  Maguireand  where  it  is  called  by  the  name  of  Saimer, 
Hugh    Roe   were   first   cousins.      Annals  and  falls  into  the  Bay  of  Donegal. 

F.  M.,v'\.  1925.     On  the  meaning  of  the  3 Ballyshannon. — Properly  Beul  atha  Se- 

word  brat/iair,  see  p.  13,  antea.  naigh,  the  mouth  of  the  ford  of  Senach,  an 

2  Erne. — This  river  rises  at  Ballyjames-  Ulster  chief  who  was  slain  there  by  Conall 
duff,  county  Cavan,  and  after  a  circuitous  Gulban.  See  The  Book  of  Tena^h,  p.  327. 
course  passes  through  Belturbet  and  enters  4  Casíle. — The  site  is  pointed  out  in  a 
Lough  Erne  a  little  north  of  that  town.     It  field  on  the  east  side  of  the  town,  called 


0J> 

territory,  i.e.}  Ilugh  Maguire,  was  his  friend  and  a  relative1  by  ihc  mother's      1592. 

side.  IIc  was  rejoiced  at  his  coming,  and  hc  procccdcd  to  cntcrtain  him 
splendidly.  A  boat  was  brought  to  him  wcll  built,  black-polished ;  he  went 
into  it,  and  took  his  leave  of  Maguire.  They  rowcd  away  thcn  as  far  as  thc 
narrow  neck  which  was  at  thc  lough  of  which  wc  havc  already  spokcn,  thc 
place  whence  issues  the  famous  river  abounding  in  salmon,  which  is  callcd 
thc  Erne.2  That  territory  was  some  of  his  own  patrimony.  Somc  of  his 
own  loyal  and  faithful  pcople  came  and  thcy  brought  fínc  fleet  horses  to 
meet  him  there.  From  that  thcy  wcnt  to  Ballyshannon.3  Therc  was  a 
very  strongly  fortifled  castlc  4  on  thc  bank  of  thc  ford,  built  formerlv  by  thc 
ancestor  of  Hugh,  Niall  Garbh,  son  of  Turlough  of  the  wine,  in  thc  ycar 
1423.  The  castle  was  a  noble  dwclling  and  a  princcly  rcsidencc  of  his 
family,  and  of  his  father  especially,  for  he  was  the  chicf  of  the  tcrritory 
thcn.  I  Ie  had  left  some  of  his  own  pcoplc  to  guard  thc  castlc.  and  the  mcn 
wcrc  glad  that  the  heir5  of  thcchief  had  comc,  and  thcy  let  him  in. 

He  rested  there  for  the  present  until  the  country  assembled  (cvcry  one 
who  was  in  his  neighbourhood)  where  he  was.  This,  indeed,  was  not  easy, 
for  the  country  was  in  the  course  of  being  plundercd  and  robbcd  by  the 
English  and  by  the  Irish,  and  there  had  sprung  up  ficrcc  disputes  and 
contentions  among  themselves,  so  that  they  wcrc  not  submissivc  to  thcir 
prince  as  thcy  should  be,  for  he  vvas  an  aged  man  thcn,  and  hc  was  not 
able  to  unite  his  peoplc  or  to  secure  thcir  hostages  or  plcdges  since  he 
(Hugh)  had  been  capturcd,  and  age  lay  hcavy  on  him,  for  hc  was  now  old. 
W'hcn  the  English  of  Dublin  saw  the  territory  in  this  condition  they  gavc 
order  to  thc  troops  which  were  away  Ín  the  province  of  Olncccmacht6  that 
a  certain  number  ofthem  should  go  to  thc  tcrritory  of  Conall,  son  of  Niall. 
Thc  captains  of  thc  peoplc  who  wcre  appointed  to  go  there  wcre  Captain 
Willis 7   and   Captain   Concll.     They    marched    away   with    two    hundrcd 

the  Castlc  Park.    Of  thc  old  walls  the  only  c  Olneccmacht.—Axi  ancient  name  of  thc 

part  remaining  is  a  piece  incorporatcd  with  province  of  Cpnnaught,  the  orígin  of  which 

some  back  buildings  attachcd  to  the  pre-  is  unknown. 

miscs  of  Mr.  Stephens,  a  merchant  of  the  "  W'ilHs. — See  an  account  of  the  ravages 

town.     Sce   The  Donegal  Hi^hlamis,   by  which  hc  wrought   in    Maguire's    territory 

Rcv.  Dr.  MacDevitt,  p.  56;  Dublin,  n.  d.  in   Introd.,  p.  Iiii.     MacSwiny  Banagh  at- 

5 Heir.  —  Damhn'a,  thc  material  out  of  tacked   liim  as   soon  as    Hugh  O'Donnell 

which  anything  is  made  ;  hcnce  thc  com-  reached  DonegaL   O'Sullevan,  Hist.  Cath., 

pound  Righdhamhna,  a  royal  heir.  p.  156. 


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6a]T  Uúait),  (x  ní  ]io  Aii]\\c  t)k\  ]\éuiiini  50  ]\AiigACA]i  T)un  iia  n^Att  ro]\  ti]\ 
iA]xcAij;e.  Daoi  ó  T)oiiinAitt  ipn  mbAite  con  uacIiax)  rodiAixbe,  7  m  ]\o 
péx)rAc  iiac  ní  x)ó.  Ilo  bÁoi  mAini]xi]\  btÁic  benncob]\Ac  hicompoc]\Ai1i>  aii 
cttAtpceoit  AttAchÍA]\  ro]\  u]\  ha  cIiajja,  7  bA  lie  tu\  *OoiiniAitt  acc  ]iCx)bAi]\c 
thi]\o  S.  ^ponpeip  pecc  ]\'u\tii  Atmo  1474,  (x  "oo  1C5I1ACC  Apppnce  7 
AcéteAt)A  *Oé  Cipce  ah  cah  pm  pop  cechexi)  (x  lomJAbÁit  ha  n^Abt.  Atnipc 
HA  ^oitt  ipin  niAnipci]i,  7  x)o  ^nÍAC  ptnpte  7  pAittnnn  X)o  cCgxbuipAib  t)íat)a 
•oei]\]\ice,  7  ^00  chubActAib  ctA]\UAijce  nACcetixb  nT)é  7  ha  hiac  mbeACAX). 
1lo  chuippCc  'om  aii  mbtotó  cípe  ]\o  bm  ó  bC]inup  mó]\  co  h6|\ne  7  50  gtenn 
Cotunnb  citte  nuc  "peix)tumx)  co  roiiiAiitAijce  rócAib  7  bA  héccCn  m^éitt  7 

A11A1CC1]\1   X)0    dlAbA1]\C    X)Ólb,    UA1]\  1)A  1lAX)bAt    UÁ1Í1A11    7    1111  C5LA    gAOTÓeAt    A1l 

lonbAtó  pn  ]\ia  r-toí;ib  ]\\xaii  7  ]\u\  Laóc1i]uvó  LonxDAn  (^enuvó  uacax)  X)oib) 
A]\  aLLiiia]ix)acc  Aninmtt  7  aii  écctnpcc  7  A]\  longtuvice  Ane]\]uvó  7  aii  C]itAb]\A, 

7  tA  pOJW]\CO]\mA11   A  CC]10mpAX)  7  A  CCApÚ]\,  A  CCA1]mieACC  CAcllA,    tA     5]1A111     7 

jépAicecc  An^Aipccex)  7  aii  jaLL  A]\m,  a]\  ha]\  bo  luvóniA  eoLAp  C]ienx)AchAib 

]ÚA1Í1   5Ó  pn.        5AbcA]1  La]'  All    UAcllAX)    ftoig    ptl     AC]\tlb]\AniO]\    CA1]XU\tt    bA01 

po]\  eodiAi]i  nneAtAii  cúahi  -01  nnte  céniiCnx)  o*Oún  iia  ngALt  -pÍAp  La  Iiúa 
mbAoititt  A11  bAite  cAoipeAch  cojwixbe  x)o  cenét  ConAitt  JntbAii.  O  ]\ob 
mnitt  LAr  ha  ^wLLAib  cCcciia  Ai]\m  uiibÁcA]\,  7  b]wigx)é  ha  c]uce  pop  accoiii- 
Arr,  110  oCgcAip  c]UArAti  cc]\ich  co  coiccCiro  nAiroéipb  7  iiAnibtnx)nib  iu\ 
troeipb  7  iia  c]UA]wib,  x>o  jwix)  Ambix)  (x  AmbCcArhnAip  ropno,  7  m  AticAip 

x  TheDuff. — Thisriver  risesin  the  barony  lated  seniores  (elders)  by  Colgan  ;    Trias 

of  Rosclogher,  Co.  Leitrim  ;  it  is  there  called  Thaum.,  p.  298,  and  sapientes  (vvise),  by 

the  Black  River.     It  falls  into  Donegal  Bay  Usher  ;  Primordia,  p.  895:    Dublin,  1639, 

four  miles  to  the  west  of  Bundoran.  and  by  O  Donovan,  religious  seniors  ;  An- 

2  Monastery.  — See    Introd.,   p.    cxxviii.  nals  F.  M.,\.  417. 

What  follows  would  seem  to  refer  to  some-  5  Servants  of  God.  —  Hence   the   word 

thing  like  a  round  tower,  but  there  is  no  Culdees.      See    Reeves'    Essay    '  On   the 

tradition  of  any  such  having  ever  existed  Celi-de,  commonh/  called  Culdees.'    Trans- 

there.    The  words  refer  perhaps  to  the  bell-  actions  of  R.I.A.,  xxiv.  ;  Dublin,  1873. 

tower  oí  the  church.  G  Sons  of  Life.  — Wicked  persons   and 

3  The  Castle. — See  Introd.,  p.  xxvi.     Sir  malefactors  of  every  kind  were  called  sons 
Henry  Sidney,  the  Lord  Deputy,  who  visited  of  death. 

it  in   1566,   says  of  it :  '  It  is  one  of  the  7 Bearnas More. — See  p.  xiv.,  antea- 

greatest  I  ever  saw  in  Ireland  in  any  Irish-  8  Glencolumcille.  — A  valley   two    miles 

man's  hands,  and  would  appear  in   good  in  length  and  half  a  mile  in  breadth,  in  the 

keeping  one  of  the  fairest,  so  nigh  a  port-  N.W.  extremity  of  Donegal.     The  western 

able  water  as  a  boat  of  ten  tons  may  come  end  of  it  opens  on  Glen  bay,  which  has  on 

within  twenty  yards  of  it.'  its   southern   side  the  cliffs   of  Malinmore 

1  Religious. — The  word  sruthe  is  trans-  Head.     It  has  its  name  from  a  monastcry 


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soldiers  over  the  Duff,1  thc  Drowes,  and  Assaroe,  and  they  did  not  stop  on  1592. 
their  way  till  they  camc  to  Donegal  on  thc  shorc  abounding  in  fish. 
O'Donncll  was  in  the  castle  with  a  small  body  of  troops  ;  yct  they  could  not 
harm  him.  Thcrc  was  a  fair  monastcry-  with  a  conical-cappcd  tower  near  thc 
castlc3  to  the  west  on  the  edgc  of  thc  strand.  O'Donncll  had  givcn  it  to 
the  Ordcr  of  St.  Francis  long  bcfore,  in  the  year  1474.  Its  rcligious4  and 
servants  of  God  had  gone  away  at  that  time  to  fly  from  and  avoid  thc 
English.  The  English  dwelt  in  the  monastery,  and  they  madc  booths  and 
tents  of  the  holy  retired  dwellings  and  of  the  cclls  of  jointcd  boards  of  thc 
scrvants  of  God  5  and  sons  of  life.G  They  made  subjcct  to  thcm  thc  part  of 
the  country  from  Bearnas  More 7  to  Lough  Ernc  and  to  thc  Glcn  of 
Columkille,s  son  of  Fcdhlimidh,  and  it  was  ncccssary  to  givc  pledgcs 
and  hostages  to  them,  for  the  Irish  had  great  terror  and  dread  at  that  timc 
of  the  English  troops  and  of  the  soldiers  of  London  (though  thcy  had  only 
a  fcw  of  them)  on  account  of  the  strangeness  of  thcir  wcapons  and  appcar- 
ance  and  the  novelty  of  thcir  armour  and  speech  and  thc  loud  noiseof  their 
trumpets  and  tabours9  and  war  music,  together  with  the  cruelty  and 
activity  of  their  warriors,  and  the  strange  arms,  for  thc  Irish  had  no  precise 
knowledge  up  to  that.  The  castle,10  which  was  on  the  edge  of  theharbour, 
two  miles  to  the  wcst  of  Donegal,  was  taken  by  a  part  oí  the  forcc  of 
which  we  have  spoken.  Thc  place  belongcd  to  0'Boylc,n  a  famous  chicf  of 
the  tribe  of  Conall  Gulban.  Since  these  same  English  had  a  secure  position 
there  and  the  hostages  of  the  country  werc  in  their  power,  they  used  to  go 
through  the  country  commonly  in  companiesand  in  bands  in  twos  and  threes 
to  carry  off  food  and  provisions  for  themselves,  and  they  did  not  hesitatc  to 

establishcd    there    by    St.  Columldlle  :    a  9  Tabeurs.  —  A   small   drum,    no   doubt 

part  of  which,  with  the  leaba  or  bed  of  the  from  the  same  rootas  the  E  rench  tambour. 

Saint,  is  still  in  existence.     A  Station  much  lu  Castle.— In  the  townland  oí  Ballywell, 

frequented  by  the  people  is  here,  having  at  on  the  water's  edge,  a  mile  by  water  from 

intervals  on  both  sides  of  the  valley  some  the   town.       The   site   ís   marlced   on    the 

verv  ancicnt  incised  crosses.     Ofthepopu-  Ordnance  Map.     A  small  part  of  the  outer 

lation  we  may  with  full  truth  usc  the  words  wall,  about  six  feet  square,  is  still  standmg. 

of  Petrie  when  speaking  of  the  inhabitants  u  0'Boy/e.—See  Introd.,  p.  \  11.      1  heter- 

of  the  islands  of  Arran :  '  They  have  all  ritory  of  the  0'Boyles  was  onginally  the 

the  virtues  peculiar  to  the  Irish  character,  thrce  tuatha  ín  the  N.W  •  of  the  barony  of 

with,  perhaps,  as  little  admixture  of  its  vices  Kilmacrenan,  ot  whxch  they  were  depnved 

as  the  lot  of  humanity  will  permit.'  by  the  M'Swinys.  See  Annals  F.M.,  111. 322. 


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<\5  b]\eic  ahaj  nionic]\om  7  accCchac  ccturiifoco  chucA  t>o  j]ier.  ^a^aic  A5 
cóctnneA'ó  rmttró  rtoíj  (x  rodiAróe  "oia  roigi-ó  "oo  -óut  ca]\  bfnnur  món 
-omgneim  (x  "oa^ahi  ha  cí]\e,  7  t>ia  htnte  "oitjdro  uiia  cno-ó  7  niiA  cCc]\Aib, 
7  -oia  ca1>ai]ic  ro  t)AOi]ie  7  ro  t>oc]\Aróe  ro  "óeóró.  Aclic  cfnA  uai]\  ha]\  bo 
lAinn  Ia  T)ía  ah  "oitjCnn  7  ah  •o]\oic1róiAch  to  jiactac  501LI  rop  tuchc  ha 
cniche  niA  haca]toa  "oítir  butVóem,  t>ur  rucc  tAir  ah  hiac  cAinngCpcAÓ 
mo]\ttoiroAc  (Aót>  tlÚA-ó  mAC  Aó-óa  nnc  HlAJnurA)  co  cenét  ConAitt  nuc 
lléitt  "oía  ru]\cAcc  7  -oia  roi]\icin  t>iA  rnAt>A'ó  7  t>iA  rofnA-ó  a]\  ah  Amrr'me 
ncccnócA]\  neccnonn,  reib  "our  vAimcc  fflorre  hiac  Ani]\A  icoi]\icm  cuÁce 
'Oé  *oia  fAO]it\-ó  A]\  A11  n-OAoi]\e  negepcACÓA. 

An  caii  bA  liAÍnfm  t>o  ha  ^AttAib  ro]\  An  AbAi]\c  Ac.]\ub]\Amo]\  aj*  Aim  ac 
coAr  "oóib  An  "Rúa-ó  Ac]\utA  t>o  curóechc  -0011  cí]\,  ]\or  í;Ab  c]\iodi  on'iAin  7 
nnf^tA  iacc,  7  bA  rAi]\  t>eirit>  t'eó  "oeipje  ha  c]\\c1ie  "oia  ccAoiiirACAir,  7  bA 
ró  teo  iia  círcAir  mce  icci]\.  *OÁtA  <\óx>a  uí  *OhoiiniAitt  ]\o  codiui]i  An  cí]i 
chuccA,  7  m  ]\o  aii  r]uú  cotteícc  (óc  óuAtA  nntteAt)  (x,  iiiíx)iac1i  ha  niAmircnec) 
50  nAnmc  50  *Oún  ha  n^Att  eineAc  1n  mondiAib  rnir  ha  jjAttAib.  A\\  a  aoi 
m  cA]iccf ac  aii  cí]\  eíporii  1u  roitt  5A11  cochc  ro  a  co^Ainm  (t>o  neoc  no 
c1iA]i]"AC  é)  iia  neípb  7  11A  mburómb  AriiAit  Ap  1301116  conpAngACA]!.  "La 
ro'óAm  ]io  LÁroiii  a  cechcA  a]\  ^111111«]'  11A  ngAtt  "oía  uada  ]\m  jah  ioni]hn]ieAt> 
no  CrrnA*ÓA-ó  irm  ecctAir  m  bA  ri]\ní,  7  hac  ^ebcA  ro]\]\A  codic  ah  conAi]i 
buó  tAinn  teo,  ac1ic  ua  niÁ  50  rrA]\ccbACAir  "oía  néip  Aniboi  teó  *oo  bú 
fol.io.3.  &  *°°  b]\oit>,  t>o  c1i]\ub,  7  t>o  c1ifch]\Aib  "010111111111]'  7  "oéccÁit  iia  cníche 
a]\  cfnA.  "pAjbÁic  ía]\oiíi  rocfcoi]\  reib  ]\o  ropcon^pA-ó  ro]\]\A  (x  ]\obcA]i 
buróijg  "oo  ]\oc1icaiii  ah  Annionn  teó,  7  nnroAc  Arr  ro]\  cútA-ó  1  coicceAt> 
otnéccmAcc  o  ccut>bcACA]\.  1a]\  nniicecc  t>óibpt>e  1  mír  reb]\UA]\i  "oup 
nmncAirCc  iia   b]\Aiqu    ro]i   cútA-ó   "oocom    ha   niAuiAi]X]\i    7    ^AbAicc    occa 

1lf]\5tA11At>     &     OCCA     1lACnÚAt)Ac1lAt)     "OA]1     ép     A11     ]>1AntAlj    Attll'lA]\t)A    7     OC 

•oénom  Anui]\t>  7  A11  oirr]ienn  AiiiAit  bA-gnArAÓ  teó,  7  occ  A-ómottAt)  aii 
coimt>et),  oca  acacIi  7  05A  fcA]\juit>e  rfcAt  nAite  t>A]\  cfiro  acca]\acc  7  óf]\x 
ArrognAiiiA  7  t)A]\   ceAiro  Aó-óa  uí   "óorimAitt  ]'Am]\eAt),  a]\  a^  é  t>ur  rucc 

1  Profthecied. — On  the  belief  of  the  Irish  Jacobiíe  Narrative  of  tlie  War  in  7re/a;?d, 

in  so-called  prophecies  at  all  times,  see  p.  1688-91,  edited  by  J.  T.   Gilbert,  p.  151  ; 

•  xxvii.,  antea.     Aremarhable  instance  of  the  Dublin,i892.  Howfalsethehopesinthis;case 

persistency  of  such  a  belief,    in   reference  were,  we  may  see  from  0'Kelly's  Macarice 

to  an  O'Uonnell  too,  will  be  found  in  the  Excidium,  pp.  140,  466;  Dublin,  1850. 
case  of  Hugh  Balldearg  O'Donnell,  in  The  2  Moses. — Exod.,  iii.  7-10. 


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take  with  them  thcir  hcavy  cattle  and  long-flecced  shecp  at  all  timcs.  Thcy  15  12. 
proceeded  to  call  additional  troops  and  hosts  to  thcm  to  gobevond  Bcarnas 
Morc  in  order  to  oppress  and  plunder  the  territory  and  everywhere  to  rob 
them  of  their  hcrds  and  flocks  and  to  reducc  thcm  to  slavcry  and  great 
misery  in  the  cnd.  But  yet  as  the  robbery  and  evil  dccds  which  thc 
English  practised  on  the  pcoplc  of  thc  country  in  their  own  dear  native 
land  were  not  pleasing  to  God,  he  gave  thc  prophccied x  child  of 
mighty  deeds  (Hugh  Roe,  son  of  Hugh,  son  of  Manus)  to  the  tribe  of 
Conall,  son  of  Niall,  for  their  relief  and  succour,  to  protcct  and  free  them 
from  the  merciless  foreign  tribe,  as  Moses,'2  the  son  of  Amram,  came  to 
the  aid  of  the  people  of  God  to  free  them  from  the  Egyptian  bondagc. 

When  the  English  learned  the  report  of  which  wc  have  spokcn,  and 
whcn  it  was  told  them  that  the  Roe  who  had  cscaped  was  comc  to  the 
country,  a  quaking  fear  and  great  terror  seized  on  them,  and  they  resolved 
in  consequence  to  leave  the  country  if  they  could,  and  they  wished  they 
had  never  come  into  it.  As  for  Hugh  O'Donnell,  he  summoned  the 
country  to  him,  and  he  did  not  wait  for  them  then  (because  he 
heard  of  the  spoiling  and  profanation  of  thc  monastery),  but  he  camc  to 
Donegal  face  to  face  with  the  English.  However,  the  country  did  not 
keep  him  long  without  coming  to  his  call  (such  as  were  friendly  to  him) 
in  companies  and  in  bands  as  speedily  as  they  could.  Thereupon,  hc 
sent  his  messenger  to  the  English  to  tell  them  not  to  dclay  or  abide 
any  longer  in  the  church,  and  that  they  would  not  be  prevented  from 
going  away  by  whatever  road  they  pleascd,  but  only  thcy  should  leave 
behind  them  whatever  cattle,  captives,  herds,  and  flocks  they  had,  and 
the  riches  and  wealth  of  the  country  in  like  manner.  They  left  thcm 
behind  immediately  as  he  ordcred  them,  and  thcy  were  thankful  to  go 
away  with  thcir  lives,  and  they  returned  to  the  province  of  Connaught 
whence  they  had  come.  After  thcir  departure  in  the  month  of  February, 
the  brethren  returncd  to  thc  monastery  and  sct  about  cleansing  and 
renovating  it  after  the  barbarous  crcw,  and  saying  the  divine  office  and 
the  mass,  as  was  their  custom,  and  praising  thc  Lord  in  thcir  praycrs  and 
in  their  petitions  somctimes  on  bchalf  of  their  friends  and  of  their  bcne- 
factors,  and  especially  of  Hugh  O'Donnell,  for  it  was  he  that  brought  them 


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uia  ppttic&ng  -oía  po]vvó  pp\itmcCctAi-ó  (x  "om  nA|\ur  Ait  coipcneAC  Gb 
|\o|xoi]:nercAin  aii  Ainprme  Attiiu\]vóA  tiAibib. 

*OÁLa  Aó-óa  uí  •ooriinAitt,  tuióp-óe  co  hAiy C11A15  ipucir i  7  'oeip'ó  mt>,  7 
■oo  bC]\c  Leije  clitigA  -00  coniicigpn  a  corf ,  7  m  ]\o  pécpAc  pieApAt)  t>ó  co  no 
lieicejvóeLigce  a  tn  o|vt>Ain  pur  po  •óeói'ó,  7  m|i  bo  hojrtÁn  co  'oiui'ó 
mbLiA'ónA.  A]\  Á1  rm  mr  netccpurii  "oe  pur  An  né  nm  ^An  •oénoifi  pecip  ní 
t>A  coi]xcit>e  t>o  CACu^At)  cúac,  t)o  iíiaLai]\c  (x'oo  mu'óu^A'ó  riieinteAch,  7  t)Aice 

A    AlirpAtAt)  A]\  A   CppCCA1]\t)lt).       t)ÓlpOlh     111A    Oc1lA1]\tl  ge    A1l'lAlt     AC]\tlb]\A11lA]\ 

ó  lometcc  co  h-Aprut.  Oc  chípoiii  At>UAi]\e  ha  1u\uiip|\e  C]\]\ch'Ait>e 
a]a  mmcecc  Gt  f]\c]\u\tt  iia  pne  p\rii]iACA  cIiucca,  t>A  pot»A  LAip  nobói  mA 
ocAi]Vtii;e  cCn  t>li]\5e  An  puinc  aiiioaoi,  cem  connAi]\LeiccrCcc  a  teje  t)ó,  Gt 
bApet)  -oo   nóme  caj\  AnC]\JAi]\e   ceccA  -oo    dio]\  50  cenét  coiiAitt  t)o  neAch 

]\obA     ]\1A]\AC     t)U\     CU1]X1Clb     t)10b,      7     ACCAnCctoillAt)     7      A'CCIOnÓt      At)OCU1ll 

aLLacÍiai]\  *ooii  cptÍAb  Ai]\t)C]\c  .1  .  t)C]\nur  mó]\  cí]\e  1iAet)A.  'OupiAcporii  a 
fol.  n.a.  pCiroAt)  tÁnii  pon  nncecc  m  An  t)Ait,  (x  t)o  lonÁtAC  cIiucca  nnbúi  aLLacía]\ 
t>on  cptÍAb  AC]\ub]\Aino]A.  T)up  pcc  Aiin  ua  DA0151LI  Ua-ój  ócc  hiac  Uató^  nnc 
Uoi|\|\t>etbAi5  cóipeAch  co^Aibe  t>o  cenét  coiiAitt.  *Our  nAimcc  Ann  hiac 
Suibne  cíne  bó^Ame,  *Oonnc1iAt)  itiac  !T)Aoitmui]\e  mCip^ií;  nnc  1llA0itmui]\e 
nc  TléiLt.  Oa  ré  aii  cnCp  rC|\  110  bióbicóipijecc  Ariip\me  tA  pj  ó  ccoiiAitt, 
iac  Suibne  pÁnAcc,  7  hiac  Suibne  iia  ccúac  ah  "ou\r  HAite.  Oacau  u\cc 
cah^acca]!  ipn  coicCpcAt  cCcciia  aLLcai]\  t>on  crLéib  úa  "OoriinAitt  A  Ac1lA1|\ 
purii  Aóx>  mAc  11Ujtui|\\  11lic  <dCt>1iA  óicc  mic  AóbA  ívtÍAro  coha  coiíiauii  .  1  . 
aii  I115C11  t>ub  mgen  cSéniAip  nnc  ^\tAXAiit>Ai]\  nuc  Goín  diACAHAig  hiacaiu 
An  0Ct>1iA,  7  mgCn  rrnc  CAitm  a  niAcTiAi]\pt)e.  t)A  rCi]\]voe  -oah  Acutóecc 
pt>e  ipn  t)Ait  a]a  Áp  b<\  cdro  Ai]\te  7  accoiúai]\c  t)o  cenét  conAitt,  7  5e]\bó 
popvó  lonmÁttA  7  ge]\bo  1iAbmotcA  m  Aijvoib  11111Á,  ]\o  bAoi  c]\otóe  cti]\Ait> 
7    inncmn     pAnnupx    Aice    itteic    p|\u\    ro]\nJAi]\e    icci]\    po]\    pxn     ccác 

1  Beginning  of '  Sfiring. — Iomelc\s  derived  Sedna,  son  of  Fergus   Ceannfoda,   son   of 
from  immefolc,  the  beginning  of  spring,  or  Conall  Gulban.     See  p.  vii..  antea. 
from  oi-me/s,  sheep-milk,  this  beingthe  time  3  MacSwi?iy  of  Tir  B.  —  H\s  chief  dwel- 
when   the   sheep   give   milk.      In    O'Con-  ling  was  Bawan,  in  the  parish  of  Rilcar, 
nell's  MS.  Irish   Dict.  it  is  explained  Feil  barony  of  Banagh. 

Brighde,    i-e.,   Brigid's    festival,    February  4  Maehmiire.  —  i.e.,  tonsured  in  honour 

ist.     The  Book  of  Righis,  liii.  of  Mary,  the  servant  of  Mary  ;  it  is  often 

2  Tir  Hugh. — A  barony  in  the  south  of  latinized  Marianus.  Many  Irishnames  are 
Co.  Donegal.  It  has  its  present  name  formed  from  the  word  mael  prefixed  to 
from  Aodh  (Hugh),  son  of  Ainmire,  son  of  names  of  Saints. 


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back  to  their  abodc  of  psalmody,  to  their  pleasant  hospitable  dwelling,  and      i 
drove  a\vay  the  savage  foreigners. 

As  for  Hugh  O'Donncll,  he  returncd  to  Ballyshannon  and  remained 
there.  Hc  callcd  in  physicians  to  examinc  his  fcet,  but  thcy  could  not  curc 
him  until  his  two  great  toes  were  cut  off  in  thc  end,  and  hc  was  not  quite 
recovercd  for  a  whole  year.  Howcver,  hc  did  not  omit  during  that  timc 
to  do  what  was  necessary  to  unite  the  people,  to  dcstroy  and  slay  thievcs, 
and  to  avenge  his  wrongs  on  his  enemies.  He  was  on  his  sick-bcd,  as  we 
have  said,  from  the  beginning  of  spring1  to  April.  When  he  saw  thc 
great  cold  of  the  spring  season  departing  and  the  summcr  wcathcr 
approaching,  it  seemed  to  him  a  long  time  to  be  on  his  sick-bcd  without 
leaving  the  castle  where  he  was,  for  his  physicians  did  not  permit  him,  and 
what  he  did,  contrary  to  their  prohibition,  was  to  send  messcngers  to  the 
Cinel  Conaill  (such  of  them  as  were  obedient  to  his  parents),  and  to  assemblc 
and  collect  them  to  the  east  of  the  well  known  mountain,  i.e.,  Bearnas  More 
of  Tir  Hugh.2  He  resolved  to  go  himself  to  the  meeting,  and  those  that 
were  to  the  west  of  the  mountain  which  we  havc  mentioned  assemblcd 
to  him.  0'Boyle  came,  Tadhg  Oge,  son  of  Tadhg,  son  of  Turlough, 
a  famous  chief  of  the  Cinel  Conaill  ;  MacSwiny  of  Tir  Boghaine3  camc, 
Donough,  son  of  M aelmuire 4  Meirgeach,5  son  of  Maelmuire,  son  of  Xiall. 
Hewas  the  third  man  who  was  in  command  of  the  mercenaries  of  thc  King 
of  Hy  Conaill,  MacSwiny  Fanad  G  and  MacSwiny  na  dtuath  being  the  two 
others.  Those  to  the  east  ofthe  mountainwho  came  to  the  same  gathering 
were  O'Donnell,  his  own  fathcr,  Hugh,  son  of  Manus,  son  of  Hugh  Ogc, 
son  of  Hugh  Roe,  with  his  wife,  i.e.,  Ineen  Dubh,  daughter  of  James,  son 
of  Alexander,  son  of  John  Cathanac,  mother  of  Hugh  ;  the  daughter  of 
Mac  Cailin  7  was  hcr  mother.  It  was  an  advantagc  that  shc  came  to  the 
gathering,  for  she  was  the  head  of  advice  and  counscl  of  the  Cinel  Conaill, 
and  though  she  was  slow  and  very  dcliberatc  and  much  praiscd  for  hcr 
womanly  qualities,  she  had  thc  hcart  of  a  hcro  and  thc  soul  of  a  soldicr, 

6  Mcir^cach.—i.e.,  wrinhled.  was  the  chicf  of  this  territorv  until  lic  was 

*  Fancui.—  This  district  forms  the   N.E.  driven  from  it  by  the  MacSwinvs.     Topog. 

extremity  of  the  barony   of   Kilmacrenan,  J'ocms,  \\. 

extending  from   Lough   Swilly  to   Mulroy  7  Mac  Cailin. — i.e .,  Mac  Callum  Mor,  the 

Lough,  and  from  the  sea  southwards  to  Ra-  EarlofArgyle.  Aiterherfirsthusband'sdeath 

melton.     According  to  O'Dugan.  O'Breslin  she  married Turlough  Luincach  O'Neill. 


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conecCrcAiji,  7  ro]\  Acete  rAHi]\eA'ó  occ  Aicé  a»  huitc  7  a  hecópA  ron  5ÁÓ 
11Á011  "oon  Aipttet),  (x  110  linox)  buit>ne  ioiitóa  a  liAtbAm  7  A]tAitt 'oéi]\Cirocoib 
pD]i   a  coji  7  ro]i  a  ccommAr,  ron  a  cuittme  7   ro]i  a  cuA]iA]XAit   bu'ó'oem 
"oo  j]ieAr,  7  50  rAinjiCóAC  m  Ai]iCcc  bAoi  a  hiac  (An  TtÚA'ó),  1n   ccimbróecc  7 
1n   cimii]ieAc1i  05  ^AttAib.     Uaiihc  "0A11   ipn    corii'ÓAit  cCciia  hiac  Suibne  nA 
ccúac  CógAii   ócc  iiiac  6o§Ain    oícc  nuc   Co^Iiahi   n"iói]i  nnc  *OoriniAitt,  (x 
iiiac   Suibne   rÁnAcc,  *OorimAtt   mAC  Uoi]i]vohetbAi5  nnc  RÚAró]\i.      DÁ  ré 
ionAX)    e]TOAtcA   111    ]\o    'ó&trAc   ua   niAice    tnbtnub    iccitt   nuc    nenÁm     111 
eici]iiiiC"óon    c]iioc1iaic   cé'o   cenúit  tui^-oeAÓ  pn  tCiiAinn   aii   cuató,  Ai]im  m 
no  1iAtc  Cotumb   citte  hiac   peitun  nnc  "PengurA  ah   iiaoiíi  aiíi]\a  "oo  cenét 
coiiAitt,  Gc  ]io  bA-ó  dó  ]\o  rocujC-ó  ah  ceAtt  cCcup  (x  Armncerróe  ]io  1ioi]i- 
•onuijce  ua  "OoriitiAitt  1n  cChhacIic  ha  c]\idie,  7  bA  ré  Ai]\c1iin"oeAC  iia  citte 
fol.  11. b.    cfcc11A  no  oijvoneA'ó,  (x  ]\obÁ"ó  A]\  ónói]i  7  A]\  Ai]\miccm  "oo  iiaoh'i  cotumb  *oo 
gnici  "0111  m"opn  tA  cenét  cconAitt.      Dacaji  imo]\]\o   ■o]\o]15A  'oiÁipnlie  x>o 
cenét  ccoiiAitt  ua  CAnj;Aco]\  Inpuróe  "oon  cu]ipn.      Da  •oibp'óe  ■dó'ó  hiac  Aóx>\ 
015  nnc  Aét)1iA  HúÁi'ó.      Da  ■otob  rtiochc  aii  CAtbAijmic  niA^nurA  nuc  Aet)1iA 
óicc.     1lo  bACA]i  beófonong  n'ió]\  -00  ctAnn  cSuibnenAcc]\ecuniniArcc  ÍA]1  ha 
ccorAim   Ar  a  ccí]\  ó  cém  n'iAi]i  7  Ar  ahh    ]io   AiccjieAbpxc  roji  u]i  tocliA 
"PeAbAit  nuc  LoccAm,  Gfc  ApAcc  bA  cuipj  niomgonA,  7  bA  cuAijiccnróe  cacIia 
t>on  CAtbAcli  UAt)onmAitt  6b  "oia  pot  nA'oCgliAroh.    11iCAinnic  aiiii  oT)oc1iA]t- 
CA15,  SeAAn  05  CAOireAc  cpocliAic  ce*o  hmre  heógliAin  nnc  Tieitt,  uai]i  Aré 

1  Scotland. — The  employment  of  Scotch  See   The  Battle  of  Magh  Leana,   p.    106. 

auxiliaries  about  this  time  was  very  com-  O'Donovan    says    the    cantred    contained 

mon   in  the   north  of  Ireland.     Frequent  thirty   ballybetaghs   or  one   hundred    and 

mention  is  made  of  them  in   The  Annals  twenty  quarters  of  land,  each  quarter  con- 

F.   M.     It  was   but    natural    that    Ineen  taining  one  hundredand  twenty  Irish  acres. 

Dubh  should  put  special  reliance  011  her  Tribes,  &"c,  of  Hy  Fiachrach,  p.  149.     See 

countrymen.  '  The  Townland  Distributions  of  Ireland,' 

2Both  ftlaces.—i.e.,   from   the    east   and  by   Reeves,  in     The    Transactions  qf  the 

from  the  west  of  Bearnas  More.  R  I.A.,  vii.,  473;  Dublin,  1860. 

3  Cantred. —  So    the     Irish    triochat    is  4  Leannan. — It  rises  in  the  south  of  the 

usuallv  translated.     0'Curry  quoting  from  barony  of  Kilmacrenan,  and  flowing  to  the 

an   ancient    Irish   poem,   says   there  were  N.E,,passes  closetothe  villagesof  Dromore 

thirty  townlands  in  each  cantred.     A  town-  and    Kilmacrenan,   and  falls    into    Lough 

land   sustained    300   cows   and    contained  Swilly  at  Ramelton.     It  was  the  boundary 

twelve  ploughlands  besides,  the  ploughland  of  Fanad. 

being  as  much  as  a  six-horse  plough  could  5  Erenach. — The  origin  of  this  word  is 

plough   in   a    whole  year.      For   instance,  very  doubtful.    Colgan  says  he  was  a  person 

Meath  is  said  to  contain  eighteen  cantreds,  appointed  to  exercise  authority  over  those 

Connaught  thirty  more,  Ulster  thirty-five.  who  held  church  lands.     Trias  Thaum.,  p. 


4i 

inasmuch  as  she  cxhortcd  iii  cvcry  way  each  onc  that  she  was  acquainted      '  59- 
with,  and  hcr  husband  cspccially,  to  avenge  his  injurics  and  wrongs  on 
cach  according  to  his  descrts.     Shc  had  many  troops  from  Scotland,1  and 
some  of  the   Irish   at  hcr  call  and  under  her  control,  in  hcr  hirc  and  pay  * 
constantly,  and  espccially  during  thc  time  that  her  son   (the  Roe)  was  in 
prison   and   confincd  by  thc   English.     Thcre  camc  to  the  same  mccting 
MacSwiny  na  dtuath,   Owen  Oge,  son  of  Owen  Ogc,  son  of  Owen  Morc, 
son  of  Donnell,  and  MacSwiny  Fanad,  Donncll,  son  of  Turlough,  son  of 
Maelmuire.     The  precise  place  where  thc   nobles  of  both  placcs2  came 
together  was  at   Kilmacrcnan,  in   the  middle  of  the  cantrcd3  of  thc  Cincl 
Lughaidh,  on  thc  north  of  the  Leannan,4  the  place  wherc  Columkille,  son 
of  Feidhlimhidh,  son  of  Fergus,  the  rcnowned  saint  of  thc  Cincl  Conaill 
was  fostcred,  and  it  was  by  him  the  church  was  first  established,  and  in  it 
the  O'Donnell  was  inaugurated  in  thc  chieftaincy  of  his   tcrritory,  and  it 
was  thc  ercnach5  of  the  same  church  that  inaugurated  hinj;   and  it  was 
through  respect  and  rcverence  for  St.  Columb  that  this  was  done  thcre  by 
the    Cinel    Conaill.     There   were   also   innumerable    bodies   of  thc    Cincl 
Conaill  who  did   not  come  therc  on  that  occasion.     Of  these  was  Hugh, 
son   of   Hugh   Oge,   son  of  Hugh   Roe.     They  were  the  descendants  of 
Calvagh,6  son  of  Manus,  son  of  Hugh  Oge.     Among  thosc  also  who  took 
no  part  in  it  was  also  a  large  number  of  the  clann  Swiny,  who,  having  been 
banished  from  their  territory  long  before,  dwelt  then  on  the  margin  of  thc 
Lough  of  Febal,7   son  of  Lottan,  and  they  wcre  thc  lcaders  in  battle  and 
captains  of  fight  of  Calvagh  O'Donnell  and  of  his  posterity  succcssively. 
Shane     Oge    0'Doherty,8    chicftain    of    the    cantrcd    of    thc    island    of 

631.    Insomeplacestheoffice  seemstohave  counties   of    Derry  and   Donegal;    at   its 

been  hereditary.      The  Four  Masters  use  mouth  it   is   only  a  mile   in   width,  at    its 

the  word  as  synonymous  with  abbot.      On  widest  part  it  is  over  tcn.    In  ancient  times 

this   question,   see  O'Hanlon's  Life  of  St.  all  the  extcnt  of  watcr  from  LitTord  to  the 

Malachy,  p.  1 16,  Todd's  Life  of  St.  Patrich,  sea  went  by  this  name.     Lodan  was  one  of 

p.  160  ;  Dublin,   1864,  Colton's    Visitatiofi,  the  Tuatha  De  Danaan  chieftains. 
edited  by  Reeves,  p.  4  ;  Dublin,  1S50.  8  CDohcrty.—  This  familv was  descended 

6  Calvagh.  —  See    Introd.,   pp.   xii.    and  from    Conall    Gulban.     See  Introd.,  p.  xii. 

cxxv.,  for  the  reasons  whv  his  descendant  Shane    0'Doherty    spohen     of    hcre    died 

did  not  join  Hugh  Roe  O'Donncll.  in     1600;    he    was   father    of    Sir    Cahir, 

"  Lough  of  Febal. — Now   Lough   Fovle.  about  whom   see   Meehan's  Flight  of  the 

It  is  an  inlet  of  the  sea  which  divides  the  Earls,  p.  igi. 


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<\n  quocliAcécpn  ]u\mn  rjCo^An  ó  CotiAitt  tjo  churo  ]\ontiA,  7  rju]'  pnc 
co  cemét  cconAitt  1n  rpchip.  t)ACA]\  "onong  mó|\  tjo  n'iumci|\  5AttcobAi]\ 
jau  cechc  autj  Aiiuvit  chÁch  c]\ía  nuop3Air  7  n'ií]\ún.  1a]\  cA]\cctoinAT>  ah 
uacató  ftóij;  pn  1n  ccfnn  a  chéte,  ]\o  eictpóetigrfc  ah  Ai]uj  7  An  UArAit 
iniAigin  ron  teic  7  caIdaicc  ac  cquró  a  coriiAinte  7  05  a  ^cpírjATJ  7  05A 
]\eiriiT>eiccp  cionnu]*  no  r/oibe]\cAtr-  a  uaiíiaicc,  7  no  bf]\cAt]*  ro  A]\ei]\  tjo 
]nt>iri  au  cÁc  acuuLa  hinurJiiÁÓAr  ÚAróib  7  AinbAÓi  m"o  fp\oncA  rmú  no  éenét 
conAitt  ro  tjém.  Da  p\in  -oeiprj  Ia]*  iia  niAicib  7  Ia  1iúa  nT)oihnAitt  reipn 
(o  ]io  Ai]U5frcAi]\  a  eni]\ce  7  Aróbte  a  Aotp)  a  ciíjeAtniAr  r>o  cet^eA-ó  tjia 
rriAc  .  1  .  •oo  Aor)  Rúavj  £fc  ó  "OorimAitt  r>o  §At]\ni  "óe.  1lo  riiotpu;  cÁch 
hiccotccmrje    aii    coriiAtnte  lupn,    (x   ]\o    gtnce   rAriitAró.       *Oo    ]\accat)    ah 

CA1]\chl1TOeAC     01 A    pMpT)    tÍA    f?1]r£lt     ACAC01ÍU1A1C         1lo      01]\rj11  f]XA1]\pfJe     A11 

cúórj  "Rúatj  hi  ccfnnAcc  11  a  cníche  tA  roncon^tA  (x  tA  beAnt)AchcAin  <\ 
ac1ia]\,  (x  "oo  ]\ome  o]\t»  aii  aiiiiia  reib  at  cechcA  ]\o  bA  511AC  túa  cenét 
fol.  12.  a.  50  1*111,7  T>o  ^a]\a  o  T)oiimAitt  r>e.  ^a^aicc  cte]uc  ha  citte  occ  fccA]\- 
juroe  aii  choniroefj  tja]a  a  chfnT),  £t  occ  caiicaui  prALtn  7  hvmon  uro 
onoin  C]U]'c  7  A11  Chotuunb  AC]\ub]\Aino]\  uii  hroínriuje  a  ]>tAiciup\  AniAit 
rA  bér  T>óib.  X)<\  hipn  cufr  tAiche  tjo  n'iír  111ai  tjo  roiro}\At>h  j\o  ^Aipnftj 
a  5Ai]\m  -f-tAcA  fjepoiu   tjoii   chu]\  rm. 

1592. 

Uui]\CeCCA    -AÓTJA    ívÚAITJ    ÍA]\Olh    O  }\0   hoi]\TJ1ieATJ    11TO    1011AT)  A  AC<\]\    A1l'lAlt 

]\obd  céchcA,  nír  ]\eticc  eip\eifjeAT>  iia  fccA]\rccAUAT>  ó  a]\  oite  -oon  uacatj 
ftótj  tjo  ]\AtA  iia  ]>och<\i]\  eicci]\  cnoigceAch  (Sb  niA]\cAch,  50  ]\ahaic  ipti 
ccoicciuch  50  cenét  CogliAm  nnc  11éitt,  a]\  bA  hotc  a  tola  rniú  au  caii 
rom,  uai]\  bACA]\]*ATÓe   occ   ro]\]\Án   ro]\   a  cípputh    o   ]\o  tÁ  tAige  7  emuce 

1  Islandof ' Eoghan. — i.e.,  Inishowen;  not  but  to  O'Donnell  also.    See  C.  C.  AISS.,  ii. 

strictly  an  island,  but  a  peninsula  between  435. 

Lough  Foyle  and  Lough  Swilly.     Itwasfor-  -  O'Gallagher. —  This  family  took  their 

merly  the  patrimony  of  Enna,  hence  called  hereditary  surname  from  Galchobar,  sixth 

Tir  Enda.     Afterwards  it  passed  into  the  in   descent  from  Maelcobha,   monarch   of 

hands  of  the  descendants  of  Eoghan.     In  Ireland  from  a.d.  618  to  622,  who  was  son 

the  fourteenth  century  it  came  into  posses-  of  Aodh,   son  of  Ainmire,  son   of  Sedna, 

sion  of  the  Cinel  Conaill.     Book  of  Righis,  son  of  Fergus,  son  of  Conall  Gulban.     See 

p.  132.      In     The    Descripti,07i    of    í/is/er,  Iveating's  H.  of  Ireland,  p.  393.    The  Four 

written  in  1586,  it  is  stated  that  Ó'Doherty  Masters  give  a  detailed  account  of  the  dis- 

was  forced  to  pay  tribute  not  only  to  O'Neill  putes  that  took  place  between  the  O'Galla- 


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Eoghan,1  son  of  Xiall,  did  not  comc  thcre  bccausc  this  cantred  was  thc  i 
portion  given  to  Eoghan  from  Conall  from  his  sharc  in  thc  division,  and  it 
camc  back  to  the  Cincl  Conaill  again.  Thcre  was  a  large  numbcr  of  thc  clann 
Gallaghcr,2  who,  like  othcrs,  did  not  comc  therc,  through  spitc  and  dislike. 
Whcn  this  small  body  of  forccs  had  bccn  brought  together  the  chicfs  and 
the  nobles  withdrcw  to  a  place  apart,  and'thev  proceeded  to  take  counscl, 
and  to  inquire  and  forecast  how  thcy  might  attack  thcir  cncmics  and  bring 
undcr  their  obedicnce  once  more  all  of  thc  Cincl  Conaill  itsclf  who  wcre 
at  variance  with  and  divided  from  thcm.  Thereupon  it  was  agrccd  on 
by  thc  nobles  and  by  O'Donnell  himsclf  (since  he  was  aware  of  his  feeble- 
ness  and  advanced  age),  to  transfcr  his  chicftaincy  to  his  son,  i.e.f  llugh 
Roe  and  to  proclaim  him  Thc  O'Donncll.  All  unanimously  applaudcd 
that  resolution,  and  it  was  done  accordingly.  The  crcnach,  i.e.,  O'Fcrghil, 
was  scnt  for.  Hc  inaugurated  Hugh  Roe  in  the  hcadship  of  the 
tcrritory  by  the  order  and  with  thc  blcssing  of  his  fathcr,  and  hc  performed 
the  ceremony  of  naming  him  in  the  legal  way  that  was  the  custom  of  his 
tribc  hitherto,  and  he  called  him  The  O'Donnell.  The  clergy  oí  the  church 
proceeded  to  supplicate  the  Lord  3  on  his  behalf,  and  to  sing  psalms  and 
hymns  in  honour  of  Christ  and  of  Columb  of  whom  we  spoke,  for  the 
success  of  his  sovereignty,  as  was  usual  with  them.  It  was  the  third  of  thc 
month  of  May  exactly  that  his  title  of  Príncc  was  confcrrcd  on  him  on 
this  occasion. 

1592. 

As  for  Hugh  O'Donnell,  after  hc  was  duly  inaugurated  in  his  fathcr's  placc 
in  a  lawful  way,  hc  did  not  aJlow  the  small  force  of  horsc  and  foot  which 
hc  had  with  him  to  scatter  or  scparatc  until  he  camc  into  thc  territory  of 
the  tribe  of  Eoghan,  son  of  Niall,  as  he  hacl  a  great  grudgc  against  thcm 
at  that  time,  for  they  used  to  lay  waste  his  tcrritory  cvcr  sincc  his  fathcr 
had  grown   wcak  and   infirm   and   hc  himself  had  bcen  captured  by  thc 

ghers  andthe  O'Donnells,  the  formerbeing  very  frequently  in  the  Leabliar  Breac  and 

in    League  with   Calvagh   O'Donncll    and  other  ancientlrish  MSS.,  and,  according  to 

Turlough  Luineach  O'Neill   in   opposition  O'Donovan,  is  always  applied  to  Christ,  not 

to  Hugh  Roe's  father.     Annah  F.  M.   v.  to  the  HolvTrinitv,  as  O'Brienand  O'Reillv 

1873.     See  p.  xlvii.,  antea.  have  erroneously  asserted.     Atmals  F.  Af.t 

3  Thc  Lord. — The  word  Coimhdhc  cccurs  vi.  2073,  n. 


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ron  a  ac!iai]i,  7  o  ]\o  hep^AbAX)  é  bux>x>éín  Ia  ^AttAib.  "£Ác  oite  Ann  x>An 
A]i  ]tobcA]\  iax>  cenét  n6oJAin  bA  coitt  ro]xcAix>  fx  bA  x>or  xnxmi  t)o  §nér 
t>a  ^ac  Áon  -oo  cenét  ccotiAitt  rA  t>ém  no  r]tioc1iA]\x>AX)  (x  no  imjtCrnA-ijeAT) 
m  ajató  a  rrbACA  pjvóítrp,  (x,  nín  bo  *oóibpx)e  nAmÁ  acIic  t>a  jac  neAch 
in  eccAi]\cnic1i  no  biot>  rpncbenc  nó  nro  eccjtAiccCr  rni  cenét  ConAitt  A]\  a 
rmorcAir  nro.  A]\Aitt  beór  iii]t  boc  CAipvoCriitAcc  (x  mn  boc  ca]iac]iat)  im  o]\ 
oite  'oon  chu]t  pn  Ua  11éitt  (Uoi]i]vóetbAC  LmneAC  mAc  Tléitt  conAttAij)  7 
aii  ciA]\tA  ó  néitt  (&ót>  iiiac  "pi]tT>oi]tce)  ]iobA  T)e]\bi]ur  "óópDrii  Gc  t>ía  acai]i 
x)o  j;]ier,  conA-ó  A]t  ua  rocAibpn  bA  ro]t]\A  T>uc]teccAin  t>uLa  icco]tac  t>o 
piomA-ó  a  céx)5Ai]xix)  7  xnmbCnc  a  Aincnróe  (x  a  bA]iAin-oe.  1a]i  ]iocbcAm 
•oon  úaca-ó  rtóíjpn  1  ccenét  6o§Am  ]\o  énoicrCcc  (x,  ]io  int)i]irecc  An  nobA 
couimCrAm  xbóib  T>on  c]ndi.  5oncArS  AintijcCn  ^Ach  Áon  ]iob  méchcA  a]\a 
]iu^acc  A11  rtog.  puAi]\rCcc  ét)AtA  iomt)A  bó  7  x)Ain1i,  7  ^ac  nróite  A]i  cCnA 
ip  iia  coiiiroc]iAibe,  "0015  m  x>eAchAcco]\  ]\Aibc1ie  ]\Cmpu.  11i  ]io  pAoitpCcc 
cnA  An  cín  -Aóxiti  Uúax)  X)o  einghe  1u  cc]iAÍcce  Ar  aii  tighe  och]\Aipr  AtnbAoi, 
fx  m  c1iA]ix)rAc  x>iA  nóix)1i  (x  m  bAoi  ro]t  mCnniAm  -óóib  ceicheAT>h  ]\ia  ccenét 
cconAitt  ó  chém  riiÁi]\. 
fol.  12. b.  Ar  Ann  cy\A  bAoi  ■oúnÁjiAr  uí  lléitt  (Uhoi]i]vóeAtbAi§  Lumi^)  au  lonbAró 

pn  An  An  Sc]iAcbmbÁn  bAit  1u  coiíi]\aic  ah  x)a  rCnAbAnn  roptAtwT)  x>íte  iia 
x)Cx)1iai5  r]u  Anoite  .  1 .  "Pionn  Gc  mox)1iA]in,  (x  ni]i  bo  ^uac  AiccpeAb  nA 
Ai]npuiii  uí  lléitt  1n  rurohe  ^uy  ah  ccoinjvoeALbAc  hipn.  11i]\  uó  moiX)e 
r-Amrenc  -Aór/liA  llÚAró  im  11a  Héitt  ócc  cliUAtA  ^on  ]io  T>Átrorii  AX)oc1ium  x)í a 
iiC]icax)  m  a^Iiaix)  cenét  conAitt  (x  Aox>1ia  nnc  pi]vóo]tcí)A  mtc  Cumn  bACAit 
(nopA  ca]ia  (x  no  bA  ctiAiiiAm  X)órom)  m  cAipcm  ai]\]\t>C]\ca  cAipcm  uuitir  fx, 
cai]dciii  rutonc  An  AnmAnnA  co  x)ib  céx)Aib  tAocli  teó  combÁco]\  tAir  Ati  CAnpn, 
(x,  nt  AncAif  X)o  5]ie]'  ac1ic  acc  b]iAc1i  (x  CAircceteAX)  An  cíne  uia  ccimcheALL. 
1Da  coc]iax)  mCnniAn,  7  bA  coniibpreAT)  c]\ix>he  tA  1i<\ót>1i  úa  n*Ooiimoitt 

1  Fric7idly. — See  an  account  of  the  battle  is  said  to  be  that  occupied  by  Castle  House, 
that  took  place  eight  years  before  this  near  in  Castle  Street.  No  trace  of  it  remains. 
Strabane,  between  Turlough  Luineach  and  3  Left  behi/id. —Th&  Irish  Annalists  make 
Hugh  O'Neill,  in  which  Turlough  and  his  frequent  mention  of  the  bursting  forth  of 
English  allies  were  defeated,  in  Annals  lakes  and  rivers  throughout  the  country. 
F.  M.,  v.  1813.  They  even  go  so  far  as  to  set  down  thevery 

2  Strábane.  —  i-e.,   the   white    strand,   a  year  when  these  eruptions  took  place. 
town    in    Co.    Derry,    sixteen   miles   south  4  Willis. — The    outrages   and    exactions 
of  Derrv.     The  site  of  O'Neill's  residence  practised  by  him  and  the  English  under  his 


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English.  Thcrc  was  anothcr  rcason  too,  for  thc  Cincl  Eoghain  wcrc  a 
wood  of  refugc  and  a  bush  of  shcltcr  at  all  timcs  for  cvcry  one  of  thc  Cincl 
Conaill  itsclf  who  opposcd  and  rcsistcd  thcir  own  truc  princc,  and  not  only 
for  them  but  for  evcry  one  in  other  tcrritorics  who  was  in  opposition  to  or  in 
enmity  with  the  Cinell  Conaill  by  reason  of  their  hatrcd  of  thcm.  Besides, 
the  O'Xeill,  i.c.,  Turlough  Luineach,  son  of  Xiall  Conallach,  and  thc 
Earl  0'XTeill,  i.e.,  Hugh,  son  of  Ferdoragh,  who  was  always  attachcd  to 
Hugh  and  to  his  fathcr,  wcrc  not  friendl^1  and  affectionatc  to  each  other 
then.  Wherefore,  for  thesc  reasons  it  was  against  thcm  hc  wished  to  go 
first  to  perform  his  first  feat  of  arms  and  to  display  his  enmity  and  anger. 
When  that  small  force  had  come  to  Cinel  Eoghain,  thcy  harassed  and 
preyed  that  part  of  the  country  near  thcm.  Every  one  fit  to  bear  arms 
whom  thc  army  got  hold  of  was  wounded  and  slain.  They  found  much 
spoil  of  cows  and  oxen  and  every  sort  of  beast  too  in  the  neighbourhood, 
because  warnings  had  not  preceded  them,  nor,  indeed,  did  the  peoplc  of 
the  territory  imagine  that  Hugh  Roe  would  rise  so  soon  from  thc  sick-bed 
on  which  he  was,  and  they  did  not  conceivc  in  their  thoughts  nor  did  it 
occur  to  their  minds  to  fly  before  the  Cinel  Conaill  for  a  long  time  before. 

At  that  time  the  residence  of  the  O'Xeill  (Turlough  Luineach)  was  at 
Strabane,2  the  place  of  meeting  of  the  two  ancient  rivers  which  the  deluge 
left  behind  3  together,  i.e.,  the  Finn  and  the  Mourne,  and  it  was  not  the 
custom  oftheO'XeilI  to  dwell  or  stay  thcre,  cxccpt  this  Turlogh.  Thc 
affection  of  Hugh  Roe  for  O'Xeill  was  not  incrcascd  whcn  he  learncd  that 
he  had  invited  to  him  to  strengthen  himself  against  thc  Cinel  Conaill  and 
Hugh,  son  of  Ferdoragh,  son  of  Conn  Bacach  (who  was  his  fríend  and 
brothcr-in-law),  two  famous  captains  named  Captain  Willis  4  and  Captain 
Folart,5  together  with  two  hundred  soldiers  who  wcrc  with  him  at  that 
time,  and  thev  never  ceased  espying  and  prying  about  the  country  all 
around. 

It  was  anguish  of  mind  and  a  great  heartbreak  to  Hugh  O'Donnell  that 

commancl  in  Fermanagh  and  later  in  Donc-  5 Folari. — He  is  called  by  the  Four  Mas- 

gal,    while    Hugh    Roe   was   confined    in  ters  Foal,  vi.  1983,  and  Fool  by  CSullevan. 

Dublin  Castle,  are  given  by   him   and  by  Hist.   Cath.,   p.   165.     His   name  seems  to 

Maguire  as  the  chief  reasons  why  they  took  have  been  Fuller;  so  we  may  infer  from  CC 

up  arms.     See  pp.  xlvii.  and  liii.,  antca.  MSS.,  iii;  p.  156. 


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gAitt  *Ouibtinne  "oo  -óenorii  eotAir  a  ac1ia]vóa  nÁch  Ati  cIiuiccto  An  cCua,  A]t 
ni]i  uo  he|iurA  iiatoiii  Ainuincinir  r]nr  ah  ccacIi  ac  ctuine-ó  1n  ccAÍ|vonie  r]u 
jAttoit)  An  Aióbte  nobui  AnCcAngnA  6c  An  eotur  occa  6c  a]ia  -ÓAiche  ]to  imbi]\rCc 
An  Anicniohe  $<mi  rocliAnn  rAi]t.  1a]i  nnronC'ó  aii  cí]ie  -óórorii  AriiAit  ac 
]\ut)]iAinon,  roAir  ro]t  ccútAib  -oía  ch]nch  reirm.  Tlín  uo  cími  a\i  10'ohnAi'óe 
bAoi  ro]i  Aó-6  úa  n'Ootimoitt  ÍAnrufóe  au  cAn  "oo  'óeAcliAró  -oía  rechcriiAine 
-oo  ]iix>ip  "oo  in"0]\AX>  cí]ii  Tleo^liAHi.  'Oo  ia^Iiaicc  AiccneAbAÍj  An  cí]ie  An  t>a]ia 
rechc  conA  ccnu-ó  7  conA  ccCch]iAit)  conA  momiiArAit)  6c  coua  motriiÁoim1i) 
ro]i  AcheicheA"ó  6c  ronA  lom^ADAit  bAit  Ar  ri]iiorii  con]iAn;gACA]t.  UeTOroiii 
conA  ftoj  mA  teAniri^m  6c  mA  tui]icc  co  jiAnmcc  Ciaiiacca  ^tnroe  5eirnmnj 
6c  ó  t)o  coCcc  m  íonrooriiAm  aii  cíne,  Ar  Ann  ac  cu<vp  t>ó  úa  lleitt  (coi]i]\x>eAt- 
bAch)  conA  rochnATOe  gAtt  6c  ^AOTOeAt  6c  coua  ftój  A]t  cCnA  x>o  bic  uia  com- 
-poch]iAi1i)  6c  wa  nunroichitt.  Oc  chÚAtAromh  c]ia  An  nípn,no  gAinrmcc  ro 
cCccoi]i  a  choriiAi]itij  7  AcumgC'ohA  cacIia  cu^a,  600*00  niAchcAccAn  Acréx»  nA 
fol.  13.«.  rccétA  cecnA  x>ói15,  6c  An  coircc  miA  mbúi  occa  cco^liAinm  conepenc  rnm.  Ac 
cÚAtÁrA  eíccm  tA  hÁor  rCrA  7  éot<Mr  ju]\Ab  t>C]tb  A]iorcc  Ai]t]róC]ic  o  chCm, 
^ac  rtuAJ  nAÓ  fAigh  rAigrvóCn.  -drT>e  aca  tCmrA  morm,  A]1  eriorii,  -oia 
brA]iccbAm  aii  c]uoc  x>on  chunrA  6c  cút  x>o  cocliAn  r]n  An  nAiriroib  11011 
tCnrAicrvóe  ro]t  a]i  tung  6c  rop.  A]i  rroittmchc  x>ia]i  rrobAinc  co  reocliAin 
mA]i  nx>iuTO,  7  bró  x>C]ib  teó  ^un  Ab  ctÁr  6c  cnnme  ro  -oenA  miin  gAn 
AnionroijjeAT)  icci]i.  TTIa'ó  ex>  x>o  ^CnAimne  cécur  a  rrobAinc  purii  1n  reécpA 
co  hAthnup  Am'oiu'o  nvp  netccre  An  UAiiiAn  7  au  cnróCnbA-p  "oóibriorii  iiac  t>on 
Amrrme  eccnonn  ptCc  miAitte  pnu  A]i  co§]iAim  t>o  vtítViri. 

Tío  riiotfAc  cac  A]1  cCnA  Ati  comAinte  lnpn.  T)o  jmAcc  ÍA]iom  rAi]i  AitiAit 
Acnut)Ai]\criurii,  A]i  t)o  be]icpAc  robAi]ic  bio'ó'bA-ó  6c  Ammur  autoia]1]iai5  ro]i]iA 
nni'óme'óon  tAoi  "oo  fon'onA'ó.  Oc  chÍAccporii  cenét  CotiAitt  "oia  rAi^TO  m  no 
AnrAc  r]uú,  acc  ciCjaic  ron  a  momJAtxMt  50  A]ioite  cAiroAtt  ]io  bm  ro]i 

^TirEoghain. — z'.£.,theterritoryofEoghan  the  Irish  Annals  by  the  name  of  O'Conor 

son  of  Niall  of  the   Nine  Hostages.     For  of  Glen  Geimhin.     Keenaght  is  a  barony 

itslimits  seeTheBooko/Cazl/ui,\)p.  395-405.  in  N.W.  of  Co.  Derry.     Top.  Poems,xvl 

-  Cianachta. — The  tribe  called  Cianachta,  3  Glimie  Geimhin. — The nameis  preserved 

i.e.,  the  race  of  Cian,  was  descended  from  in  that  of  the  old  church  of  Dungiven,  in 

Cian,  son  of  Olioll  Olum,  king  of  Munster  the  southern  part  of  thebarony  of  Keenaght. 

in  the  third  century.     After  the  establish-  4  Attacbed. — This  same  saying  occurs  in 

ment  of  surnames   the  principal  family  of  a    poem   by  O'Slevin,  in   which  he  urges 

Cianachta  of   this   territory  took   the  sur-  O'Neill  to  give  battle  to  Brian  Borumha. 

name  of  O'Conor,  and  is  distinguished  in  War  ofthe  Gaed/ii//d^c.,p.  125. 


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thc  English  of  Dublin  should  obtain  a  knowlcdgc  of  his  patrimony  or  of 
the  provincc  cithcr,  íor  it  was  not  casy  to  establish  a  friendship  with  any  onc 
vvho  was  reported  to  be  in  amity  with  the  English  on  account  of  the  great 
information  and  knowlcdgc  which  they  had,  and  of  the  vindictiveness  with 
which  thcy  had  inflicted  cruelties  on  him  without  cause.  When  he  had 
wasted  the  territories,  as  we  have  said,  he  returned  to  his  own  country. 
Hugh  O'Donncll  did  not  delay  long  after  that,  for  hc  went  back  on  that 
day  week  to  plundcr  Tir  Eoghain.1  Thc  inhabitants  of  thc  country,  a  sccond 
time,  with  their  hcrds  and  fiocks,  with  thcir  treasurcs  and  chattcls,  wcnt 
away,  in  order  to  fiy  and  avoid  capturc,  to  the  remotest  places  they  could. 
He  went  with  his  forces  in  pursuit  of  them  and  on  their  track  until  he  came 
to  Cianachta2  Glinnc  Geimhin,3  and  when  he  had  gone  far  into  the  territory, 
he  was  told  that  Turlough  O'Neill  with  his  force  of  both  English  and  Irish 
and  with  his  own  troops  also  was  in  the  neighbourhood  and  awaiting  him. 
As  soon  as  he  heard  that,  he  called  his  counsellors  and  his  heroes  in  battle 
to  him  immediately,  and  when  they  had  come  he  told  them  the  samc 
tidings  and  the  business  for  which  he  had  summoned  them,  and  said  to 
them  :  'I  have  heard  it  for  certain  from  persons  of  knowledge  and  expcri- 
ence  that  the  well  known  saying  has  always  proved  true  :  every  army 
which  does  not  attack  will  be  attacked.4  Wherefore,  it  seems  to  rae'  said 
he,  '  if  we  abandon  the  territory  now  and  turn  our  backs  to  our  cnemies, 
they  will  follow  on  our  track  and  on  our  footsteps  to  attack  us  boldly  on 
our  rear,  and  they  will  feel  sure  that  wcakness  and  fear  is  our  rcason  for  not 
attacking  thcm  at  all.  But  if  wc  first  make  thc  attack  now  boldly, 
obstinately,  fear  and  deadly  terror  will  not  allow  them  or  the  forcign  tribc 
that  is  with  them  to  follow  us  again.' 

All  alike  approved  of  that  opinion.  They  did  then  in  rcgard  to  it  as 
he  said,  for  they  made  a  resolute  attack  and  an  angry  advancc  on  thcm  in 
the  middle  of  the  day  exactly.  When  they  saw  the  Cinel  Conaill  coming 
towards  them,  thcy  did  not  wait  for  them,  but  wcnt  off  to  escapc  from 
them  to  a  certain  castle5  that  was  on  the  bank  of  thc  Roe,°  this  is  a  river 

5  Caslle. — The  castle  of  Limavaddy.  thc  barony  of  Keenaght,  and  running  due 

0  Roe. — This   river  rises  in   the  Sperrin      north,  falls  into  Lough  Foylesixmilesabovc 
mountains,  near  thc  southern  boundary  of      Limavaddv. 


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b]\ú  ha  1Ioa,  AbAiin  ifit>e  pt  1n  ciAnAchcAib  gtmne  geiriun.  b^  'OAingeAn 
•oicojtAróe  aii  CAifciAtt  uai]\  ]\o  bui  ctoÓAtt  cAifjvgróe  "oo  cAOib  'óe  conA 
Iaiiica  a  tewi  "oon  tec  "oia  mbm.  bACAf  ioLa]\  múf  (x  mófctAfA'ó  &  cLaú 
ccoriroAm^Cn  t>on  caoL  AfAiLL  t>e  coiia  Laiíica  ní  "00.  bA  tnon  rtóij  7 
rocliA-róe  ah  cAifciAtL  hirin,  7  ni]\  uo  hCfvUfA  a  lonifuróe  icci]\.  O  f  aiij;aca]\ 
forii  ro  -óAingeAn  ah  •oúiiAró  ]\ia  fíu  ]\aiiiicc  tA  Iiúa  n'OorimAitL  conA  ftuAj; 
]\ochcAin  ferinb,  ^eibAró  o  *OoriniAitt  ton^fofc  t)on  cÁoib  AfAitL'oon  AbAinn 

50  A]\  A  t)A]"lAch.       *OÁtA  UÍ  CllACA11l,  1vUArÓ]\1  1111C  TTlAJnUfA  1111C 'OondlAI'Ó  1111C 

SCahi  cóifiuch  aii  cí]\e,  f  Aoróif  AceccA  t>o  fAijro  uí  *Ohon'inAitt,  7  rcqubenn 
ÍAif.  AfCt)  bui  hiruróiu  oca  a^  ]\At)  ^uf  bó  -oaLca  "óórom  o  *OorimAiLL 
]UArAn  CA11  fin,  (x  50  fonCnAifcc  ACAfACfAt)  ó  cCm  ffif,  7  ]\o  fÁit>  cIiucca 
hiomAifccróe  t>ó  (aii  t>A]\  LAif)  A]\  AbA  aii  chA]-iAC]\Ai-ó  1ufin  au  ccfeich  bA 
t>uf  fAiincc  fO]\  AfAOfAn'i  tx  coniAi]\ce  t>o  tegeA'ó  *óó  Án  lonbAróftn,  7  hac  Af 
feiLccfeAÓ  chuccA  t)o  fróip  -oia  mbecnom  fO]\  a  tufcc.  Uo  cmjeALL  beof 
fol.13.Zi.   "oa  cfeAtAm  t>écc  niAfCAÓ  t>o  úa  *OomniAtt  A]\  fAoi]\e,  7  fnÁ-óA"ó  t>on  chÁe  "oo 

•OeACACAf  fOf  A  10nc1lAlb  "OOII   CUffHI. 

SoAif  ó  *OoiimAitt  fof  cútA-ó,  Achc  iia  mÁ  ]\o  Aifif  mfm  ccfic  *oiA]\bo 
furótCf  11A  bú  "oia  cca]\cc  comAifce  50  cenn  ceofA  noróce  con  AtÁib  o^Atoc 
7  occÁ  tAiniiiitteA-ó  50  ]UAchc  fo  •óeóró  50  a  cíf  feifm.  O  ]\AnAicfiurii  50  a 
•óúnAfAf  50  *Ouii  iia  115 Att  'oefró  hifuróiu,  7  "oo  bfCcliA  a  teige  cIiucca  t>o 
choinichijfin  a  choff ,  (x  AUAró  occa  ocf  Af  f]u  ]\é  t)Á  linof,  7  ]\o  técc  curiif  AHAt> 
■oíÁ  fto^  aii  ai]\Ccc  fin.  b^  fot)A  tAifium  fo  bin  úa  1léitt  con  a  §AtLAib  jau 
fUAbAifc  ffif  m  fé  fin.  1lo  cAfcctoniA-ó  a  fboj  -oia  fAlgit)  ía]\  CAifccpn  An 
-oa  niíof  AC]\ub|\oniA]\,  7  -oo  coiftCc  Aff  ca]\  bCftiAf  mo]\,  ca]\  pnn,  ca]\ 
TncÓAifn,  j;uf  au  ]X]\ac  mbÁn  bAite  imbACAf  ha  ^aiLL  7  úa  Héitt  t>uf  An 

CCA1]\f1CC1f  AmboCjllAt.        O   11A  fAfgbACAf    11A    £AltL    "0^1115^11    A11    t)ÚnA1t)  t>1A 

ffobAi]\cfiom  An'iAit  bA  mCnniAfc  t)óib,  bA  fet>  t>o  ]\ónfAc  cdnce  7  cCnt>ÁtA 
t>A  t>út>  7  t>A  t)Anx)At>  1n  cCcCof a  h Aifoe  aii  bAite,  7  m  ]\o  f ccAff  ac  f]\if  gun  ]\o 

1  Strong part. — Donjon,  thestrongtower.  mentioned  in  Thc  Book  of  Rights  as  being 

2  CPCahan. — These  were  a  branch  of  the  given  by  the  chiefs  to  the  ldngs  as  atribute, 
Cinel  Eoghain.  In  the  twelfth  century  they  and  by  the  kings  to  the  chiefs  as  a  stipend. 
drove  out  the  O'Conors.  The  Book  of  Thus  '  the  truly  heroic  king  of  Ui  Liathain 
Rights,  p.  50,  n.  An  account  of  this  clan  was  entitled  to  a  steed  and  trappings  (from) 
will  be  found  in  The  Ulster  Journal  of  across  the  high  sea '  from  the  king  of 
Arch<xology,  iii.  1.  ;  Belfast,  1855.  Cashel.     p.  83. 

3  Horse-trappings.  —  These     are     often  4  Finn — This  river  rises  in  Lough  Finn, 


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in  Cianachta  Glinne  Gcimhin.  Thc  castlc  was  strong  and  impregnable,  for 
thcrc  was  a  stcep  cliff  by  thc  sidc  of  it,  so  that  it  was  not  possible  to  leap 
ovcr  on  thc  sidc  whcrc  it  was.  Thcrc  wcrc  numcrous  walls  and  a  great 
trcnch  and  a  strong  rampart  on  the  other  sidc,  so  that  no  attcmpt  could  be 
made  on  it.  That  castle  was  a  sheltcr  for  a  host  and  an  army,  and  it  was 
not  easy  to  besicgc  it.  As  they  had  reachcd  the  strong  part l  of  the  castlc 
before  Hugh  O'Donncll  and  his  army  could  succccd  in  coming  thcrc, 
O'Donnell  cncampcd  on  the  other  side  of  the  rivcr  till  the  ncxt  day.  As 
to  Rory  O'Cahan,2  son  of  Manus,  son  of  Donough,  son  of  John,  chicf  of 
the  territory,  he  sent  a  mcssengcr  to  O'Donnell  and  with  him  a  lcttcr.  In 
it  he  said  that  O'Donnell  was  his  foster-son  before  this  time,  and  that  he 
had  entered  into  friendship  long  bcfore  with  him,  and  he  sent  him  word 
that  it  would  be  becoming,  hc  thought,  owing  to  that  fricndship,  that  he 
should  lcavc  to  him  the  property  which  had  come  under  his  care  and  pro- 
tection,  and  he  would  never  again  admit  such  if  hc  was  in  pursuit  of  it. 
He  promised  also  twelve  horse-trappings3  to  O'Donncll  if  he  would  secure 
and  protect  all  who  had  come  for  protection  to  him  thcn. 

O'Donnell  withdrew,  but  yet  he  remained  in  the  country  which  owncd 
the  cattle  to  which  he  gave  protection  for  the  spacc  of  thrcc  days  and  three 
nights,  plundering  and  wasting  it,  and  then  at  last  he  came  to  his  own 
territory.  When  he  came  to  his  castle  at  Donegal  he  remained  there,  and 
his  physicians  were  brought  to  him  to  examine  his  feet  ;  the  illness 
remained  with  him  for  the  space  of  two  months,  and  hc  allowcd  his  troops 
to  rcst  during  that  time.  It  seemed  to  him  long  that  O'Ncill  and  his 
English  should  not  have  becn  attacked  during  that  time.  He  assembled 
his  troops  after  two  months'  preparation  of  which  wc  havc  spokcn,  and 
they  went  off  through  Bearnas  More  across  the  Finn,4  across  thc  Mourne  to 
Strabane,  the  place  where  the  English  and  O'Neill  were,  to  see  if  he  could 
do  thcm  harm.  Since  the  English  did  not  leavc  thc  strong  part  of  thc 
castle  in  order  to  attack  them,  as  thcy  werc  anxious  thcy  should  do,  what 
they  did  was  to  ldndle  and  light  up  fírcs  and  conflagrations  in  thc  four 
quarters  of  the  town,  and  they  did  not  go  away  until  thcv  had  burned  and 

in  the  barony  of  Boylagh  in  west  Uonegal,  Lifibrd,  where  the  unitcd  rivers  take  the 
and  flowing  due  east,  joins  the  Mourne  at      name  of  the  Foyle. 


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toipgpCc  7  jup  ]\o  mtnnpCc  Aiiibtn  t>o  coijib  rju  mú]iAib  reAccAift,  Gb  j;u]t 
nor  ctnnpCc  ,OA|i  cCiro  •oo  ]1Á1C  combA  tó]i  *oo  codn\]i  neich  rop  lomnott 
7  Ainéot  au  •otuuiicéo  •oiatj  "oo  "oeAcliAt)  Cb  mic1nAn    on  mbAite,  Gc  bA  irm 

OchcillA'Ó  "OeCC  1lltl1   t)0  ]10t1AT)  inT)pin.        O  IIACAIl^ACAn  C]1A11A  ^Altt  TJAtlACAt 

iiac  -oiiiróC^liAit  An  bAtte  ro]i]iA,  rA^bAicrmm  é  ÍA]i  ha  ojiccuhi  rAttitAfó  Gt 
ciCjaicc  t>ía  ccigib  cen  11  ac  r]ucbeA]ic  rum. 

lomcurA  -AótjVia  uí  11éitt  (aii  ia]VIa)  ac  pAt>A]i  runn  r CccAt  HAite,  ó  ]io 
Aijujporit  lomcnub  7Ainmme  AT)C]\bpne  bu"ó  "oem  rm  Íiúa  n*OoriinAitt  7cCnCoit 
CoiiAitt  tnte  Achc  niATJ  bCg,  7  AmbCic  A5  rub<M]\c  ^aVI  "Ouibtmm  rAi]i,  ApCú 
•oo  ]iome  rAijnó  ah  aíjuoj;  ]\o  bm  pn  tAim  II15  Saxah  m  nur  CneAnn,  1. 
lunttiAm  "PizumttiAm,  Aré  ]io  bA  1up;ir  An  CAn  pn,  (x,  ó  t>o  T>eAc1iAt)  m  a  t>ocoiii 
Acbepc  pur  cont)up  pocpAT)  o  T)oiiinAitt  ro  c1io]ia  GccAonchomnAC  chuccA  "01  a 

f0l.i4.ff.     CCA1vo<vo  AnACAt  7  lOmfnATJAT)  *ÓÓ  A]1  AbA  A11    éttlT)A  AC  |UltA.        UmjeAttAI]"  Atl 

1«rctr  co  brmghbice  AtiiAit  ]io  1no]\nAT>mcA  UA-óporii.  Sc]uobc1iA]i  ppocexcion 
íC]\otii  reb  "oo  nionéoirg  Aqt)1i  ó  11éitt  -oon  rc]ubniT>,  Gc  t>o  ]\ac  An  lurcir  a 
tAim  rAtn,  Gc,  vo  ]\ac]:ac  An  rCnAb  a]\  chCnA.  1lo  -óÁt  aii  Itirtnr  cIiuja  gur  An 
ccac]iaij  pt  ron  b]\ú  c]iAg1iA  bAtte  tmc  bÚAm  etci]i  T>un  "oeAt^An  7  mui]i.  ^\n 
Sc]\aic  bAite  aca  con'mAtc,  Gc  ac  beucnAch  Af  bé]iAT>  ó  'OotimAitt  reAcliAbuT) 
•oCfr  50  húc  ctÍAC.  CetteAb]iAif  Aóvh  ó  lléitt  -oon  Ai]u§  Gc  t>on  crCnAt»  iC]i 
cAm,  Gc  imfói  t>ía  C15,  Gc  ni]i  uó  cÍAn  An  lobiiAiTJe  *oo  ]iome  An  cAn  ]\o  AfccnÁ 
1  ccfiAice  ipn  fCcc  Gc  ipn  ftijet)  ó  T>ún  ^CnAinn  nnc  cAcbAifj  pAncuÁtó  jac 
nt)í]ieAch  50  fAimcc  'Oún  riA  ngAtt  Ai]im  AinbAoi  ó  'OoriitiAitt.  11i  ]io  nACAigicc 
50  ]io  c1iA]ibtum5f Cc  An  TuonmA  ron  pm  rfAichce.  tlobcAn  roitci^  ]idnuib 
Ati  các  bAoi  ro]i  Accm'o  íau  tiA  fpor  rcét.  bÁoi  ó  "OomtiAitt  m  a  ttgerop  a 
lonrÓAt)  oqiAif,  Gb  m  ]io  chuiiiAing  Cin^e  m  eAttn'iA  -oo  pA-ougA-ó  nA  nAoi-óet) 
•00  ]UAchACA]i  Atiochom,  7  ó  iia  cAomnACCAin  icct]i  t>o  cáCcc  úCv  ó  tléitt 
t>iA  Aicneor  50  a  iomt>At),  G:  acc  rét)  t>o  An  coircc  1111  a  cubcliAt).  -Acbe]ic 
rom  nÁ]i  bo  tAnn.  tAir,  7  nÁ]\  bó  rtÁti  a  mCnniA  t)ÍA  t)ut  ir]\eAcnA]icAf  ha 

1  Fitz'william. — His  grandfather  was   in  from  292  to  212  B.C  ;  he  lived  about  the 

the  train  of  Cardinal  Wolsey,  and  earned  beginning  of  our  era.     An  account  of  his 

the  notice  of  Henry  VIII.,    vvho    lcnighted  romantic  death  caused  by  grief  for  the  loss 

his  son.      Sir  W.  vvas   Lord    Deputy  five  of  Aillinn,  grand-daughter  of  Fergus,  king 

times  betvveen   1560  and   1594-     His  des-  of  Leinster,  vvill  be  found  in  0'Curry's  MS. 

cendant,  Earl  Fitzvvilliam,  is  the  ovvner  of  Materials,  p.  465.     He  was  buried  on  the 

extensive  estates  in  Ireland.  sea  shore,  whence  the  name  the  Strand  of 

2 2?.,  son  of  Baan. —  He  vvas  fifth  in  des-  Baile.                                                           « 

cent   from    Rudhraighe,  who  was  ardrigh  zStradbally.  —  This  name  is  novv  obsolete. 


5i 

plundcred  all  thc  houscs  closc  to  thc  walls  outsidc,  and  until  thcy  drovc  off  1592. 
immediatcly  many  of  a  large  numbcr  of  horscs  thcy  met  wandering  about 
confused  by  the  thick  cloud  of  smokc  which  came  a  long  distance  from  thc 
town.  It  was  on  the  iSth  of  July  this  took  place.  As  the  English  did 
not  comc  meanwhile  to  guard  or  protect  the  town  fiom  thcm,  they  left  it 
aftcr  wasting  it  in  this  way  and  went  to  their  homes  without  any  opposition. 
With  respcct  to  the  Earl  Hugh  O'Xeill  who  has  bccn  mentioncd 
alrcady,  whcn  hc  perceived  the  envy  and  angcr  of  his  own  tribc,  all  but  a  fcw, 
against  Hugh  O'Donnell  and  all  thc  Cinel  Conaill,  and  that  thcy  werc  urging 
on  the  English  of  Dublin  against  him,  what  he  did  was  to  go  to  the  noble- 
man  who  was  Deputy  of  the  English  King  in  the  island  of  Erin,  viz.,  William 
Fitzwilliam,1  for  he  was  Lord  Justicc  thcn ;  and  when  hc  wcnt  in  to 
him  he  told  him  that  O'Donnell  would  come  to  make  pcacc  and  friendship 
if  hc  gave  him  protection  and  complete  security  in  referencc  to  thc  escape 
which  he  had  effected.  The  Lord  Justice  promised  that  it  should  bc  given 
as  it  was  agreed  on  by  him.  A  protection  was  written  then  as  Hugh 
O'Neill  directed  the  Secretary,  and  the  Lord  Justice  put  his  signature  to 
it,  and  the  Council  put  theirs  also.  The  Lord  Justice  invited  him  to  mcct 
him  at  the  town  which  is  on  the  edge  of  the  strand  of  Baile  mic  Buan,2 
betvveen  Dundalk  and  the  sea,  that  is  Stradbally,3  and  he  said  he  would 
not  bring  O'Donnell  further  southwards  to  Dublin.  Hugh  O'Neill  took 
leavc  of  thc  Viceroy  and  Council  thcn  and  went  homc,  and  the  stay  he 
made  then  was  not  long,  for  he  went  immediately  by  the  way  and  the  road 
from  the  Dun  of  Genann,  son  of  Cathbadh,  north-west  Cxactlv,  until  hc 
came  to  Donegal,  where  O'Donnell  was.  The  troop  was  not  noticed  till 
they  dismounted  on  the  green.4  Every  one  who  met  them  was  rcjoiced 
hearing  the  news.  O'Donnell  was  lying  on  his  sick-bed,  and  he  could  not 
rise  readily  to  cntertain  the  guests  who  had  come  to  him  ;  and  as  he  could 
not,  Hugh  O'Neill  went  to  his  bedside  to  confer  with  him,  and  told  him 
the  business  on  which  he  had  come.  He  said  it  was  not  agreeable  to  him, 
nor  was  his  mind  satisfied  to  go  into  the  prescncc  of  the  English,  sincc  the 

4  Green. — The  Irish  woráfaií/ic/ic  means  part  ofthe  present  town  of  Wexford,  which 
a  green  or  enclosed  space  attachcd  to  a  in  formcr  times  lay  outsidc  the  walls,  still 
fort.     See  Reeves'  Adamnan,  p.  360,  n.     A      goes  by  this  name. 

G 


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n^Att  ó  uo  cC-oai^  Ati  caohi  TDía  t>ó  ecoprccAnAt)  rjuú,  A]\  a  t>Aiúe  7  A]1  a 
Auóbte  po  uubi]vpCu  An  Aiic]\oi-óe  rAin  5A11  rocliAnn,  ció  uia  rui  ^obA-ó  tno]\ 
miúoníioin  t>o  c1iAbAi]\u  t>ó,  acu  aj\  a  aoi  nó  ^iaja-ó  tAir  10111  t)ÍAiiiAt>  Có  bAt> 
cot  *óó. 

Da  "ouitig  oóroiii  uui'óeAcliu  ah  cuuAr  pn,  uai]\  ]\obuA]\  c]\éc1icnAií;ue 
AcliorfA,  7  m  ]\o  Iiíocaic  t>o  nÁiú  o  ]\o  bCnAO  a  tn  ont>Ain  'oe  reb  AC]\ub]\Amo]\. 
Daua]\  1n  rfA]\]\A"ó  A]\oite  An  a-óai^  rm  acc  cmneA'ó  AccoiiiAi]\te,(x  ó  ]\o  cmnrCc 

Ó11  -OO  COTÍltAU  Af  A]1  A  bA]1Ac1l   t>í]Um   niAUCAC,  (x  m   ]\0  AT1]'AU  T)1A  ]\eílll111l     (acu 

.111AX)  mn  oi-ódnb  11A111Á)  50  ]\aii<5aua]\  S]\AubAite  -óuíne  •óeAtgAn.  ]?o  JAibic 
A11  lúruír  ron  Accuro  ah  tní  rm  reb  -oo  nmgeAtt.  UAinbtmgic  An  t>ío]\niA 
íol.14. b.  ro]\  lontAmn  A11  míme,  7  rAoit>1ncc  Aiin  An  AoliAigrm.  O  T)oiimAitt  cua  ó 
nÁ  ]\o  cliurii^ArcAin  cCiiimiugA-ó  ro]\  a  c1ioyrAib  acIiu  niAno  uireAt)  ron  eoch, 
-ouf  pcc  A11  luruir  ro  "óCm  tUA  f-Aipt)  Ai]\m  imbin  (x  pÁitcnigir  ]uaiíi,  (x 
t)itJAir 'oó  An  uéttm  t>o  noíne,  7  jac  cioii  a]\  cIiCha.  1a]\  iiAróm  ríootiA  7 
cA]\AU]\Ait>  t)órorii  rnir  aíi  1u]-or  A]-a  1iAiu1ite,  ceteAb]\Air  t)ó  (x  rÁ^bAit) 
bCniiAc1iuAm,  t>o  bepu  ía]\oiíi  tAin'i  ro]\  uncechc.  *Oo  jm  -Aoo  ó  Héitt  aii 
ccCuuiia  ía]\  iroénon'i  AuorccA  AiiiÁit  ]\o1oa  -oaua  tAir.  1ompAiu  t)ibtiomb 
rniou]\opcc  ron  cútAt)  ah  coiiai]\  uu"óc1iaua]\  ó  a  caípb  co  uuo]\]\ac1iuaua]\  50 
*Oún  ^CnAmn.  1Daua]\  auIiató  i]-uit)iu  occ  rtC-onugAt)  G:  occ  Ai]uucc  uuite 
gun  uó  nnuluj  tA  1iúa  nTDon'mAitt  nnúecliu,  60  ó  ]\o  quAttrorii  morm 
Cuo]\rcA]\At)  t)on  cu]\  pn  rnir  ah  AÍ-b  nAite  ^e]\  bo  1iArótCrcc  teó  hia  ntúr 
imrcA]\At>  t>o  biú  Cuo]\]\a.  T)o  u1iáouía]\oh'i  o  'OorimAittgo  uíacIic  tro'Oún  ua 
ngAtt,  7  Ai]\ipr  co  téicc  111  a  U51U  ocnxvir  t>o  ]\rói]-i  ó  ro  cC]\*o  a  úaiíiah  t)e 
u]ua  io]\iiAróm  -pot)A  7  caoiicoiíi]\aic  rjur  An  1urar.  O  ]\o  1iAirneit>eAt>  t>on 
£oinmn  bACA]\  ir]uubC]\u  rjuriurh  t>o  cenét  conAitt  a  cot)Ac1i  7  a  chA]uvon<yo 
t>o  iiAit)m  "óórorii  r]ur  iia  ^AttAib,  t>ur  pccCcu  rocCcuói]\  50  roriiÁniAijúe  ro 
rró  t>iA  ^Aijit),  (x,  t>o  bC]\c]-Acc  a  oig]\éi]\  nt>ó,  ro  biú  ha]\  bou  uÚAtAm^  uoc1u\]\ 
no  cAi]\iriuiii  f]\m  (ge]\bAc  iotA]\t)A  ah  óicc)  A]i  Ar  u]\Ci]^i  rtAiú  riouA. 

tlA  1iCt>  nro  ro  iiia]'  Ai]\Cgt)A  -0011  tucliu  tiur  rAii^ACA^i ro  chó]\A  diuccApon'i. 
"Oon  A1111CC  Aim  cCcuup  Aó-6  niAc^XéoliA  t>uib  uí  *OottmAitt,  f mnrCn  ftéAclicA 

1  Peace. — Perhaps  it  is  to  this  peace  the  mission,  mahing  a  great  show  of  sorrow  for 

Lord  Deputy  refers  in  his  lettter  to  Burgh-  his  misdemeanours  committed,  protesting 

ley,  August  8th,  1592  :    '  O'Donnell  made  henceforth  to  hold  a  more  dutiful  course  of 

his  repair  to  Dundalh  the  first  ofthis  month,  life,  and  very  willingly  yielded  himself  to  be 

and  the  next  day  in  the  church  before  a  sworn  to  perform  the  several  parts  of  his 

great  assembly  delivercd  his  humble  sub-  submission    and    several    othcr     articles, 


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onc  God   allowed  him  to  cscapc  from  thcm,  on  account  of  thcir  vindictive-      1592- 
ness   and    thc   cxtcnt   of    thc   cruelty  which   they  had  inflictcd  on   him 
without  reason,  though  bcforc  this  it  was  hard  to  givc  him  a  rcfusal  ;  but 
yct  hc  would  go  with  him  if  it  was  his  wish. 

It  was  painful  to  him  to  go  on  this  journey  for  his  fcct  wcrc  woundcd, 
and  thcy  were  not  healcd  immcdiately  after  his  two  great  tocs  wcrc  cut 
off,  as  we  havc  said.  Thcy  wcre  togcthcr  that  night  taking  counscl,  and 
wlien  thcy  had  taken  it  they  set  off  the  ncxt  day  with  a  troop  of  horsc,  and 
they  did  not  stop  011  thcir  road  exccpt  at  night,  till  thcv  came  to  Strad- 
bally  of  Dun  Delgan.  The  Lord  Justice  came  to  mect  thcm  thcre,  as  hc 
had  promised.  Thc  troop  dismounted  at  the  rear  of  thc  castlc,  and  rcsted 
there  that  night.  Since  O'Donnell  was  not  able  to  move  about  on  his  fcct 
but  only  rodc  on  horsebaclc,  thc  Lord  Justicc  himsclf  came  to  the  place 
wherc  hc  was  and  bade  him  wclcomc,  and  forgave  him  the  cscapc  hc 
effected,  and  every  fault  bcside.  After  he  had  cntercd  into  pcacc  x  and 
friendship  with  the  Lord  Justicc,  he  thcn  took  leavc  of  him  and  left  him 
his  blessing,  and  prepared  then  to  depart.  O'Neill  did  the  like  after  he 
had  completed  his  business  to  his  satisfaction.  Thcy  both  rcturned  by  the 
same  road  they  had  come  from  their  homes  till  they  reachcd  Dungannon. 
They  were  feasting  and  enjoying  themselves  there  for  a  while,  until  Hugh 
O'Donnell  thought  it  time  to  go  away,  and  as  he  proceeded  to  part  then 
from  the  other  Hugh  it  was  painful  to  both  to  be  scparated  from  each  other. 
After  that  O'Donnell  wcnt  his  way  until  hc  camc  to  Doncgal,  and  he 
remained  again  in  his  sick-bed,  as  he  had  no  fear,  having  entcred  into 
peace  and  friendship  with  the  Lord  Justicc.  When  it  was  told  to  thc  partv 
which  was  in  opposition  to  him  among  the  Cinel  Conaill,  that  amity  and 
friendship  had  becn  cntered  into  betwccn  him  and  the  English,  thev  camc 
immediately  vcry  submissively  to  him  for  peacc,  and  thcy  made  full  submis- 
sion  to  him,  bccausc  thcy  wcre  not  able  to  contcnd  with  or  hold  out  against 
him,  as  his  warriors  wcre  many  ;  for  the  strcngth  of  a  prince  arc  his  mcn. 

These  werc  the  principal  persons  of  those  who  camc  for  pcace  to  him. 
First  came  Hugh,'2  son  of  Hugh  Dubh  O'Donncll,  thc  scnior  of  the  race 

whereof,    as   also   of  his   said  submission,  2  Hugh. — He     was    descended    from    a 

your  Lordship  shall   herewith  receive  the      vounger   son    of  the    great-grandfather  of 
copies.'    C.S.P.I.,  v.  569.  HughRoe.    See  p.  xii.  antea. 


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*OÁt<M5  1111c  fflBincCncAij  cen  mochÁ  -dcró  niAc  niAghnupx  (x  bA  pnr  *oo  rAn'i- 
Ailce  Abdcli  1n  cCiroAchc  iia  cpche  *oía  éip,  rC]\  rCjjAinn  roibérAC,  cCnnAir, 
cAip-oLmliAit  eiri"óe  con  fmeAcli  con  Aorófóch<M]\e  7  con  Cn^HAth,  rein*oró  A]t 
ffnroi'ófcc,  riti  A]\  ptróechc,  Gt  bA  rnir  ac  bCipci  reAchnón  CneAnn  1n 
coicchiiroe  ^un  uo  tieipom  ^tún  t>Cit>CnAC  ^Airccró  ^AOTOeAt,  ÚAi]t  bA  pMhAtcA 
t>o  Lu^Ait)  iiiac  cén  110  -oo  Upoitur  itiac  P]tiAirii  aji  mA]tcui j;eAc1ic.  Oa  liAitjm 
fo  .  15.«.  -oo  com  iia  cf]tt)A  A]\  m  cetcce-ó  nAÓ  no]tdiA]t  niom]tuitt,  7  Ar  mg  mÁ]to  cCpiA 
neAch  ]tiAiii  rojt  AppuiteAc  noron  A]i  poipoen^  reib  ]to  bo  bér  t>on  ^AirccróeAÓ 
^liAe^-ÓA  00  -Aichitt  niAc  peit,  7  -oaii  m  -óeAcliAró  1  cac  nó  1u  ctiACAc  m 
ióniAinC^  11  ó  m  ioniA]iJAit  nAgonrAt)  neAC  éiccm  cipnrour.  \)&  rf]t  t>ioJAtcA 
7  Aice  a  AnrrAtAt)  AriiAit  CoiiAtt  c1iC]\iiac1i  niAC  Aimejtgin,  conA  puc  AbAO^At 
cem  bÁoi  nnbm.  Aclic  cCiia  ni]\  bo  nÁ]t  nó  meAbAt  -oó^oiii  An'iAit  ]\o  pxr  6c 
]\o  ioii]:o]tbAi]\  Ai]\be]\c  7  Amt>íuit)ec1ic,  t>éctAchc  7  "oÁnAcur  ah  nÍAgAine 
po^lroA  ]tériicio]ic1iAncAi5  c1iAi]up  1.  Aót>  Tíúa-ó  itiac  Actoa  nnc  HlA^nurA, 
ói]\  bA  rf]t  *oú]t  *oocoi]xc  -oaiia  •oC^C^tAbnAC  50  ngnuir  rochr.15  ruitbi]t  50 
nAiiiAinp  7  con  Ái]tt)e  Ai^nró,  50  nmnctecc  7  con  Ai]\eA5  nifnmAn,  50  rror  6c 
50  rrottAiiniAclic  rtAcliA  50  cconiAicCrii  7  50  nu]tCp]tAic  hia  ]>o]\éon5]iA 
co  ha  tAriicA  urtcÚApxchc  AfonnJAine  11Á6  Ab]teic]\e,  AiiiAit  biot>  é  An  Cep\i]t 
Ai]tt)e]tc  ro]t  a  pc]tiobAic  ptít>  pvriiAit  iia  cCpt>A  1npn.  CoiiAt)  Ai]tepn  nÁ]t  bo 
1iAt)bA]t  At>iiAi]te  6c  nÁ]t  bo  t>AirinA  t)ímÍAt)A  t>Aót>  mAC  -ActoIia  t)tnb  uí 
'OoiimAitt  iiia  t)A  iiac  Á011  t)ÍA  buiiAt)  pterii  itiA  ]té  A11  hiac  cAi^tn^C^icAc 
mo]\5tont)AC  AC]\ub]\Amo]t  -oía  ronuAirtiUgA'ó,  A]t  t>o  ]toipccet)o  itceiiétAib  nA 
hmp  m  ]\o  ^diAip  ó  cem  iiiÁi]i,  7  *oaii  bA  t>AtcA  "óóporii  pvoem  aii  cah  ]\o 
buí  m  a  riiAcb]iACAib,  ^e]!  bó  roipnceAC  pnr  t>on  cunpn  1111011  rrtAcmp 

^Éalagh.— See  p.  xii.,  antea.  *  The  hound.  —  i.e.,    Cuchullin,   or    the 

2  Lughaidh.  — There  were  tvvo  of  this  hound  of  Culainn,  who  was  Kiríg  Conor 
name,  both  famed  in  Irish  history,  one  Mac  Nessa's  artificer  in  metal.  Fromhim 
callcd  Lamhfodha,  i.e.,  the  Long-handed,  a  Sestanta  got  this  name.  He  was  a  native 
Tuatha  De  Danaan  chief,  whose  exploits  of  Ulster  and  cousin  of  Conall  Cearnach. 
are  a  favourite  theme  of  the  Irish  bards.  Tigernach  in  his  Ajinals  calls  him  'fortissi- 
See  Ogygia,  p  177,  and  Keating,  H.  of  mus  heros  Scotorum.'  His  residence  was 
Ireland,  p.  93.  Another  of  the  name  was  at  Dundallc.  He  was  hilled  at  the  age  of 
ardrigh  from  A.D.  182  to  212.  He  was  tvventy-seven,  at  the  battle  of  Muirtheimhne 
slain  at  the  instigation  of  King  Cormac,  by  in  Louth.  See  0'Curry's  MSS.  Materials, 
whom  he  had  been  expelled  from  Tara,  at  p.  37,  'The  Deathbed  of  Cuchullin,'  At- 
Gort  an  oir,  four  miles  N.E.  of  Cahir,  Co.  lantis,  July,  1858,  and  Ogygia,  p.  279. 
Tipperary.     See  Annals  F.  M.,  i.  1 10.  6  Conall  Ceamack.—¥Íe  vvas  chief  of  the 

3  Troilus — The  allusion  no  doubt  is   to  Red  Branch  Ivnights.     The  Irish  records 
Virgil,  Aeneid,  i.  474.  speak  of  him  as  'the  greatest  hero  of  the 


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ofDalagh,1  son  of  Murchertach,  except  Hugh,  soh  of  Manus,  and  hc  1592 
thought  hc  was  likely  to  bc  at  the  head  of  thc  tcrritoiy  aftcr  him.  He 
was  a  comcly,  wcll-manncrcd  man,  kind,  fricndly,  gcncrous,  and  hospitable, 
dcxterous  in  thc  usc  of  arms,  a  soldier  in  martial  cxploits,  a  poct  as  regards 
poctic  slcill,  and  of  him  it  was  said  throughout  Erin  commonly  that  hc 
was  thc  last  gencration  of  the  Gadclic  herocs,  for  hc  was  Iikened  to  Lughaidh,- 
son  of  Cian,  or  to  Troilus,3  son  of  Priam,  in  horsemanship.  He  was  equal 
to  thc  hound4  of  thc  artificcr,  for  hc  ncvcr  madc  an  erring  cast,  and 
hardly  ever  did  any  one  escape  from  him  in  dcadly  slaughter  or  rcd  carnagc, 
as  was  thc  custom  with  the  Grecian  warrior  Achilles,  sort  ofPelcus.  More- 
over,  he  did  not  go  into  a  fight  or  skirmish,  into  a  dispute  or  a  struggle, 
that  he  did  not  wound  some  one  certainly  somehow.  He  was  a  vindictive 
man  and  keen  to  ávenge  his  wrongs,  like  Conall  Céarnach,5  son  of  Amergin,6 
so  that  he  was  nevcr  worsted  so  long  as  he  lived,  But  yct  it  was  not  a  shamc 
or  a  disgrace  to  him  that,  in  prcference  to  him,the  royal  prophccicd  Hugh  Roe, 
son  of  Hugh,  son  of  Manus,  should  be  proclaimed  the  royal  ruler,  since  his 
vigour  and  courage,  his  bravery  and  fortitude,  had  grown  and  increascd,  for 
he  was  a  man  hard  to  oppose,  intrepid,  eloquent,  with  a  pleasant,  chcerful 
countenance,  with  subtlety  and  superiority  of  knowledge,  of  generosity  and 
inventiveness  of  mind,  with  the  firmness  and  ruling  power  of  a  prince, 
of  sevcrity  and  sterness  in  his  commands,  so  that  it  was  not  allowed 
to  dispute  his  order  or  his  words,  just  as  if  he  was  thc  noble  Caísar,  to 
whom  the  poets  ascribe  such  qualities  as  thcsc.  For  that  rcason  it  was 
not  a  cause  of  shame  nor  was  it  a  mattcr  of  dishonour  for  Hugh,  son  of 
Hugh  Dubh  O'Donnell,  nor  for  any  of  his  family  in  his  time,  that  the 
prophccied  child  of  great  deeds  of  whom  wc  havc  spolcen  should  bc  placed 
ovcr  him,  for  hc  surpassed  all  the  people  of  the  island  in  which  he  was  born 
for  a  long  time  past ;  and  hc  was  his  fostcr-child  whcn  hc  was  in  his 
infancy,  yct  hc  was  cnvious  of  him  at  this  timc  on  account  of  his 
supremacy. 

western  world.    He  was  ancestor  of  thc  MacFirbis  thus :  Amergin,  son  of  Cas,  son 

O'Mores  and  the  other  tribes  of  Leix.     See  of  Fiacha,  son  ot  L  aipe,  son  of  Gmge,  son 

Keatin«'s  H.oflreland,  p.  210,  The  Book  of  Rudhraighe,  from  whom  the  clan  Rudh- 

qf  Rights,  p.  214,  n.,  and  Ogygia,  p.  27S.  raighe  descends.     See  The  Battle  oj  Magh 

aAmergirt.  —  Ws  pedigree  is  given  by  Rath,  p.    28. 


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t>ur  rAnncc  diu^Arorii  ron  ccnuc  ccCoia  11íAtt  ganb  hiac  Cumn  nnc  ah 
CliAtbAig  imc  HlAjnufA  nnc  -Aótxs  015,  -oiAn^Anon  A&ó  Wb.  h&  rC]\  *oiáii 
t>eimmnet>eAÓ  t)íconnAi]\cet  ervóe  o  ré  ai  1151-0  ecqiACAc  50  nenú  iioc]\ac1i  50 
tumne  teon'iAin.  b^  ^enAicc  ^Aite  7  ^AircceA-ó,  bA  cCnn  rtoi§  &  rodiAróe 
rni  cac  7  r]u  cocca-ó,  acIic  ua  hia  bA  ropiceAÓ  rniriorii  An'iAit  cac1i  ^ombo  1n 
-oeA]\bfiU]\  An  Aó-óa  no  bA  bAmcliete  -óó.  *Oo  |\AtA  ca]\ac]\a-ó  oite  Cco]\]\a,  a]\ 
no  1iAtcA  aii  cúó-ó  m  a  iiiac-oacIic  occa  cui]xit>ibriorii,  au  a  aoi  m  c|ua 
rAmf  Cnc  -our  rAim^  ac1ic  bA  au  oiíiau  icci]\.  T)o  cIiaoc  auu  béór  o  *OodiA]\- 
CA15  .1.  SeAAn  ócc  uiac  SeAAm  nnc  £etim  nnc  ConcobAi]\  CliAnnAi^cAoiriocri 
fol.15  b.  c]uoc1iaic  cét>  mp  beoJAm  nnc  11éitt.  1)a  cui]\i-ó  cacIia  7  bA  écctonn 
lon^liAite,  &  bA  corcAró  rtoij  íau  r]\AomeAt>  ro]\]\A  An  rC]\  -oo  caocc  hiruróui. 
-dchc  A]\  a  aoi  bA  q\u\  ]unn  7  foebA]\  -our  rucc  óX)ovimAitt  uia  riuimceA]vóAr 
ren  uo  liAnjtonn.  IDai  nme  on'i.  boipurii  au  cí  ó  *Ooc1ia]\cai5  05 
cochmnet)  uí  'Olion'mAitt  chuceA  Ai]\Cr  *oÁtA  bó  'oo  -óeitb  río-oliA  pup  7  ]\o 
chuniinig  chuccA  jah  cochc  irm  t)Áit  AccniAt)  t)ÁriiA]\cAc  t)écc,  tx  bA  rAiútAit) 
ci]^eAt)foiii  111A  •óochum  -oon  cAob  A]\Aitt.     11i  noiiAir^  U15A  ha  *OAni5Cn  pM]\ 

6  m  ]\o  p]\CrcAi]\  ]\áca  iiiauo  Aicci]\e  ac1ic  iiiax)  pn.  *Our  pcc  óT)oriinAitt 
ipn  -oÁit,  7  m  ca]uo  Uir  ac1ic  ah  bon  AC]\ub]\Ac  pur.  Uaiiaicc  c]\a  ó 
*Ooc1ia]icai5  -0011  cÁob  nAite  aii  bon  cCccnA  combACA]\  cut  1n  ccut.  bA  piíorii 
AbbAt  tA  1iúa  nT)on'mAitt,  &  ni]\  uó  nuAt)  no  niAip  Uir  aóh  coireAch  -oía 
riiuman  -óiiir  biro-óem  t>o  bic  occ  puchbeqvc  6:  occ  ro]\]\An  rjiir,  coiuvó  é  ní 
•00  ]\oíne  101111^0151-0  roiob  co  rreAV.5  &  co  bruApiA-o  50  ]\ÁoimeAt>  ro]\  úa 
n^OocliAncAi^  con  a  n'iumci]\,  7  ^eibcen  é  but>t>em,  7  -00  bC]\c  Uir,  6:  -oonuc 
^emiet  ^UipAnoinn  roa,  7  mr  ]\ebcc  Arr  conur  ca]vo  a  ói5]\éi]\  n-oó  7  5éitt 

7  Aicci]\e  r]u  con'iAtt  *oo  5]\ep  O  ]\obA  romAniAi^hce  ó  >Ooc1ia]\cai5  7  cenét 
ConAitt  A]\  cCha  gur  ha  1nb  ]\o  bACA]\  1n  pucbdnc  rnir  •óórorii,  ]\o  ^Ab  occ 
rottAn'mu5At>  a  ftACA  reb  ]\obA  cédicA,  05  co]-cc  mCi]\te  7  mi^niom,  05 
corAnn   cuaii   &  cAibbCn,  7  occ  ]UA5At)  5A6  aohi  110  bíot>    r]n    ]^aicc    & 

^ Niall  Garbh—  'This  man  might  wellbe  2 Sisfer—  i.e.,  Nuala.     Sheleft    Ireland 

called  Garuff,  z>.,  rough  or  rude,  for  he  was,  with   the    Earls   in    1606.      See  p.  cxxiv., 

as  Sir  Henry  Dowcra  writes  of  him,  proud,  antea. 

valiant     miserable,     tyrannous,     unneces-  3  O'Do/ierff.—See  p.  xn.,  antea.      Later 

sarilv  covetous,  without  any  hnowledge  of  he  took  an  active  part  on  O'Donnell's  side 

God    or   almost   any  civility.'     Cox,  Hib.  against   the   English    garrison   of    Derry. 

Ansr'     1  4^6.     It  is  remarhable  that  friends  He  died  in  1600.     Our  author  speahs  of  his 

andfoes  agreed  in  their  estimate  of  Niall  death  as  a  great   disaster   to   the  cause  of 

Garbh's  character.  O'Donnell. 


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Therc  came  to  him  to  thc  same  mccting  Xiall  Garbh,1  sonofConn,  1592- 
son  of  Calbach,  son  of  Manus,  son  of  Hugh  Oge,  who  was  called  Hugh 
Dubh.  He  was  a  violcnt  man,  hasty,  austcre,  sincc  hc  was  spitcful,  vin- 
dictive,  with  the  vcnom  of  a  serpcnt,  with  the  impetuosity  of  a  lion.  He 
was  a  hero  in  valour,  and  brave.  He  was  the  hcad  of  an  army  and  of 
troops  in  battle  and  war.  But  yet  hc  was  envious  towards  him  likc  the 
rest,  though  the  sister2  of  Hugh  was  his  wifc.  Thcre  was  another  bond  of 
friendship  between  them.  Hugh  had  been  fostered  in  his  boyhood  by  his 
parents.  But  yet  it  was  not  for  real  lovc  for  him  hc  came,  but  it  was  wholly 
through  fear.  There  came  also,  0'Doherty,3  z'.e.,  Shane  Oge,  son  of  Shane, 
son  of  Phelim,  son  of  Conor  Carrach,4  chief  of  the  cantrcd  of  Inishowcn 
Mic  Ncill.  The  man  who  camc  then  was  a  prop  in  war  and  a  pillar  in  thc 
contest,  and  the  shclter  of  an  army  after  defeat.  But,  howevcr,  it  was  by  the 
point  and  edge  of  the  sword  that  O'Donnell  brought  him  to  his  friendship, 
though  he  was  a  mighty  champion.  It  happened  in  this  way  :  0'Doherty 
invited  O'Donnell  to  a  conferencc  with  him  under  a  show  of  peace,  and  ltc 
told  him  that  only  twclvc  horsemen  should  come  to  thc  mceting,  and 
would  come  in  the  same  way  on  the  other  side.  He  did  not  take  promises  or 
bonds  from  him,  and  he  did  not  give  sureties  and  securitics  but  in  this  wav. 
O'Donnell'  came  to  the  meeting,  and  brought  with  him  only  the  number 
mentioncd.  Meanwhile  0'Doherty  came  on  the  other  side  with  the  same 
numbcr,  so  that  they  werc  facc  to  face.  It  was  a  grcat  trouble  to  O'Donncll, 
and  it  was  not  an  honour  or  an  ornament  to  him  that  one  chief  of  his 
own  people  should  be  in  opposition  and  enmity  to  him  ;  so  what  hc  did 
was  to  make  an  onsct  on  thcm  angrily,  vigorously,  so  that  0'Dohcrty 
and  his  people  were  ovcrcomc,  and  he  was  himself  seized.  He  took  him 
with  him  and  put  iron  fetters  on  him,  and  hc  did  not  lct  him  go5  until  he 
made  his  submission  to  him,  and  gavc  him  pledgcs  and  hostages  for  its 
observance  ahvays.  As  0'Doherty  and  the  Cinel  Conaill,  cven  to  the 
portion  that  had  been  in  opposition  to  him,  wcrc  subjcctcd  to  him,  he 
proceeded  to  govern  his  principality  as  was  right,  prevcnting  theft  and 
evil  deeds,  banishing  rogucs  and  robbcrs,  cxccuting  cvery  one  who  was 

4  Coiior  Carrnc/i. —  So   called,   probablv,  5  Let  him  go — He  was  kept  in  confine- 

from    Carraig  Braoidsidhe,  a  district  in  the      ment   for   nearly    three   ycars.      C.S.P.I., 
N.W.  of  Inishowen.  v.  30S. 


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Ai]\ceAÍt,  coiia]i  bo  heiccCn  "oo  chÁé  t)Ciciccm  itn  coiítóa  AtiAtriiA  iia  Anmtnte 
acIic  t>onCrAi]iar  ro]i  coha  7  éeAcliAin  nAiuÁ,  gombu'i  aii  quoch  ^au  copiAih 
^ah  comoi]\b  5A11  hac  piichop^Am  ó  chÁch  pu  a  ceite,  Gt  110  cUitcír  An  t)í 
iiáiíiaic  rop  AonroCivgA-ó  a]\  nif  neibjet)  ah  oriiAn  •ocnb  ro]iAicriiCc  ArrAtA-ó 
t)iA]ioi1e.  DÁ  "OAomeAÓ  t>ÁtAc  caiciíiac  con^Ai]ieAch  AircpeAÓ  erpAt>At 
Ai]icoceAch  nii]'Aií;ceAc  no  cocIiaic  <&é"ó  RÚAt)  úa  *OorimAitt  ah  ceicc 
btiAt)Ain  rm  "oo  popcorAch  a  iMaca,  7  Ar  ropbAipc  bÁoi  pAi]ipni>e  occa  jac 
btiAt)Ain  t)iAit)  m  tJiAit)  co  ccah^aca]i  aciujj  ÍAice. 

1 593,  aii  2.  btiAt>Ain. 
O  |io  t>eipi-ópiurii  111A  funóe  rÍAcliA  (.1.  24  1ah.  1593)  €L  hia  iopcAt> 
AipeAcliAir  1  Lecbep  pop  lonchAib  a  haiíiac  úa  Tléitt  Uoipp-óeAtbAÓ  LumeAc, 
fol.16.fl.  T10  5^b  occ  uiibCi]ic  a  Ainc]\it)e  (x  AecpAicm  p\ip  t)iA  corAnn  Ar  a  j?tAicuir 
7  t)iA  empcu^At)  hi  roniicm  -úétJA  uí  lléitt  t)o  oijvoneAt)  mA  ionAt).  X)o 
t>eAc1iAt)  ro]i  bAit  'oóporii  ah  periróeccpi  "oo  |\ómni  ÚAi]it>o  nocliAip  An  pLAicmp 
ro  t>eóit>  t>o  p&iji'ó  Aét)A  uí  11éitt,  7  "oo  p.Acc  Uoipp-óetbAC  LumeAÓ  óCiica 
7  Aicciccm  "oó  1111011  Ainni  Ap  úa  11éiLL  t)o  jAipim  "óe.  X)o  5Apop  ía]ioiíi,  Gb 
teigeAt)  An  cí  Uoi]i]\t>eAtbAc  uavó  ha  5A1LL  ]io  bACA]\  tAir  ó  t>o  •óeAcliA'ó 
iccoccac  7  hiccAi]it)Cr  1Í1  'OhonmAitt.  Tli  mír  1Hah  t)ó  f  unnnAt)  -oo  p.ómepiurii 
nropin  A.D.  1593. 

O  ]io  bA  pot)Ac  ó  'OoriniAitt  ppipioiú,  t)o  jtAcpAc  aii  -oa  Aóx>  cóicceAt> 
ConcobAi]i  nnc  TlCprA  ro  a  piiAchc  CAm  pot>AriiuiL  co  teicc,  6:  no  bCnpAcc 
Angéitt  7  AnAicine  t)íob  *oia  nAcomAt  7  t)iA  ccunnbpeAch  ppi  CAijup  "oo  gpep. 
O  t)o  bC]\c  ó  *OorimAitt  Aót)  t)iA  u'vó  ^up  bo  CAipp  6c  ^op  uó  hmnitt  tAir  An 
coicceAt)  uite  ah  cah  pn,  ]\o  cuunmj  AifnrotcA  rot)em  ppi  ^ALtAib,  &  bAoi 
occa  p-opAicriiCc  on  mot>  ccCoia  t>o  ^AovóeLAib  A]i  cCha  Avobte  AHAnppAtAt) 
rpuí  7  aii  t>Cp5enpAc  t)utc,  7  'OAiiroLi^eA'ó  ó  cém  111Á111  ppi  poL  jacóaiL 
^tAir  nnc  11iAit,  a^  50V0  AccocliAir  CccAppcApcA  7  nerii Cc AppcApcA  roppA,  or 
a  ccAbAipc  1n  ccAi\c]\Aib  7  1n   ccimbvóeAchc,  05  a  pÍA^A'ó  cpu\  Aincjvi'óe  7 

1 7/z  <?«£•  ^í/. — The  Fnur  Masters  say  that  2  Chieflaincy.  —  Turlou.2'h  Luineach   re- 

Hugh  O'Conor,    son  of  Cathal  Crobhderg,  nounced  the  title  of  O'Neill,  and  yielded  at 

and  the  MacWilliam  Burke,  after  conclud-  the  Queen's  intercession  the  government  ot 

ing  peacc,    slept  together  in  the   one  bed  those  parts  to  the  Earl.     In  1595  Sir  Tur- 

cheerfully  and  happilv.     See  Ánnals F.  M.,  lough  died,  and  the  Earl  took  the  titlc  of 

iii.  387.  O'Neill  to  himself,  which  was  treason  by 


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plundering  and  robbing,  so  that  it  was  not  ncccssary  for  cach  one  to  takc 
care  of  his  hcrds  or  cattle  but  thcy  differed  only  in  prospcrity  and  want, 
and  thc  country  was  without  guard  or  protcctor,  without  plundering  one 
by  thc  othcr,  and  two  encmies  slept  in  the  one  bcd,1  for  fcar  did  not 
allow  them  to  rcmcmber  their  wrongs  against  cach  other.  Hugh  passed 
the  first  ycar  in  thc  very  beginning  o  his  sovcrcignty  in  a  manncr  that  was 
kindly,  gcncrous,  joyous,  progressivc  active,  hospitablc,  aggressivc,  and  hc 
was  advancing  every  year  in  succession  till  the  cnd  of  his  lifc  came. 

1593,  the  2nd  year. 

Whilst  he  was  staying  in  his  princcly  scat  and  his  chicf  rcsidencc  in 
Lifford  (24th  January,  1593),  confronting  his  enemy  Turlough  Luincach 
O'Neill,  he  prccccdcd  to  wreak  his  vcngcancc  and  his  cnmity  on  him  by 
driving  him  from  his  principality  and  wcakcning  him,  in  the  hope  that 
Hugh  O'Neill  might  be  inauguratcd  in  his  place.  The  foresight  which  he 
used  provcd  of  advantage  to  him,  for  the  chieftaincy  fell  in  the  cnd 
to  Hugh  O'Neill,  and  Turlough  Luineach  gave  his  conscnt  and  yieldcd  to 
him  as  to  the  title  that  he  should  be  styled  The  O'Ncill.  He  was  pro- 
claimed  after  that  and  Turlough  sent  away  the  English  who  were  with 
him,  since  he  entered  into  pcace  and  friendship  with  O'DonnelI.  In  the 
month  of  May  exactly,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1593,  he  did  this. 

Since  O  Donnell  was  at  peace  with  him  thc  two  Hughs  brought 
the  province  of  Conor  Mac  Nessa  undcr  thcir  friendly  peaccful  sway 
immediatcly,  and  thcy  hcld  hostagcs  and  plcdges  for  its  obscrvance  and 
maintainance  faithfully  at  all  timcs.  When  Hugh  O'Donncll  saw  that 
thc  whole  province  was  obcdient  and  sccured  to  him,  thcn  hc  callcd  to 
mind  his  own  wrongs  done  by  thc  English,  and  hc  rcmindcd  thc  Irish  in 
the  same  way  also  of  the  extent  of  the  wrongs  done  to  them,  and  of  thc 
evils  and  injustices  which  thcy  had  wrought  for  a  Iong  timc  to  thc 
descendants  of  Gaedhal  Glas,  son  of  Nial,  robbing  thcm  of  thcir  inhcritance 
singly  and   collcctivcly,   putting  thcm  in   prison   and  in  chains,  cxccuting 

Act  of  Parliament.  still  cxcusídet  himsclf  urged  to  promise  it  upon  oath.  Morvson, 
~,ubtilely  that  he  took  it  upon  him'lcstsomc  Rebellion^&c,  p.  9-  Leland,  H.  </  Ireland 
<uher  should  usurp  it,  promisin«  to  re-  ii.  330;  London,  [873.  This  was  one  of 
nounce  it,  yet  asking  that  he  migiit  not  be      the  chief chargcs  brought  agairst  him  later. 

II 


6o 

Aimniie,   (x  bAt>   nnne  t>o  metcAir  A]\  é  co  ■oiúto   mbCcliA  m  jac    cah    no 
^ebcAÍr  eitt  nó  bAoJAt  ronpiA  ^AonoeAtu,  (x  "oaii  ac  rCcc  t>óib  zmn  no  pAoi-ó 
reirm  AceAchcA  7  a  rcnibCiro  *oo  f ^151*6  ha  SfiÁmne  t>o  cocmneAT)  con^AncA 
rboij  m  A5ATÓ  riA  njAbt,  7  ^un  bo  tAnpAoiteAccAm  LAir  a  ccuvóechc  111  ^An 
úaij\.     1)a  río]\  Dóporii  mt>rm  a]\  ]\o  tÁ  eppcob  citte  hAtAib  AccechcAi]\echc 
co    II15  11A    SpÁmne   'oeccAome  a  inmit>  rnrp  7  t>C]uiAi,óm   a   c1iAi]voCrA  7 
c1iAi]voiurA    ctomne  lllíteA-ó   A]\  cIiCha.     A11  ceproc  imo]\]\o  m  ro]\]\Aimcc 
tAip  yoAX)  po]\  ccúLatj  tu\  rcétAib  An  cAn  ]\o  po.ro  An  cAom  'Oía  ceAcbcA  11A 
cAorimAccAi]\  C]\coicriiCt>  r]ur  ro]\  a  cCnn,  (x  -oo  bC]\c  tAir  Dpor  ah  AttcAin,  7 
111  cAimc  beór.     "Ro  §Ab  g-jieim  DÓrorii  ah  ;g]\epochc  rm  úai]\  ]\o  ADAin  7  no 
adávó  ecc]-\AicA^7  éccAi]\ipechcÍA]i  nniriiCbón  irAO]\ctAinbAib  rtechcAlllíteAb 
fol.  16.&    SpÁínne  p]\i  ^AttAib  *Ovnbtiiroe  511  n  bo  1ié  AommnCcerii  (x  aoiidúcuacIic 
bAoi  mA  mCnmAnt)Aib  mte  iompuD  ro]\  ^liALtAib,  gu]\  ]\o  p\rAcu]\  DeAbcliA 
7  -oecCcrATÓe  Cco]\]\a  íC]\  ccniott  tA  liArtAÓ  (x  tA  hCcA]v£;uíbe  uí   'OhorimAitt 
ro]\  JAonóeAtAib,  tÁ  ]\etAb  7  tÁ  ro]\AirjriiCcc  m  DC]\í,CnpAc  ha  501U,  ro]\]\A 
i\íaiíi  &  ron  A]'innpC]\Aib  50  rm.      O  ]\o  pcci]\poiii   cÁch  do  coimei]\je  t>Aom 
mCnniAm  ipn  coccad  duc]\accai]\,  no  pAonoh  cechcA  7  pqubCmiA  co  1iAtbAm 
t)o  cocui]\eAt>  ruittró  rtóij  DAriip\ib,  t)rCmt)ét)uib  7  DAor  cuA]uvpcAit.     ^Xn 
cah  ac  ctor  tA  hAób  ihÁ5Uit)i]\  ci£e]\nA  ua  ccúac  1111  toch  nC]\ne  au  cC]\c]\u\tt 
t)0]\mnpcAm  ó  'Oorimoitt,  bA  ró  tAir^oniAb  ébobeipn  cCcnAnnponDAigreipn 
combAró  coccAró  1npn.      Oa  rC]\  Diúmp\c  lomcotcAHAC  eipbe  co  mCc  mCnniAn, 
co  nÁi]voe  Aigmt),  nntib  A]1  n'ntcnechc,  g]\eicc  A]\  gmoriiAib  ^oite  7  ^Airccib, 
cijeApiA  A]\  ciobnACAt,  50  motA]\  nócc  7  nt>Aoine  lai]\     po  c1iA]\ccrorii  a]\  Aitt 
t)ÍA  pAinitiumce]\  ipn  ccoicc]\ich  bÁite  i]\Aibe  ócctAC  aiíi]\a  do  ^AttAib,  ^onno 
0]\cpAc  7  gu]\  ]\o  oinccrCc  aii  bAite.     }-e-Achc  nAite  t)iA  HDeAcliAb  niA^uibin 
Aób  (c]ua  con'iAi]\tecceAt)  7  aoncor^  uí  >Oon'mAitt),  (x  b^pí  conAin  t>o  tuit) 
50   tíon    Apoc]\Aicce   c]\ia   t>eipce]\c    bnCipne    comiAchc  tAin'i   cté  p]u    toc 
nAittmt)e,  c]\ia  uac1icu]\    ua   nAitteAttA,    c]UApAH    cco]\ahii,    ca]\    t>]\oicCc 

xBishop. — John   0'Cahasy  occupied   the  nish  people  descended  from  Milesius,  who 

see  of  Rillala  at  this  time ;  he  was  appointed  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Irish  also. 

ini58o.    See  Bra.dy's  Efr'scoftal  Successio;?,  i.  4  Warrior. — His  name  is  not  mentioned 

175.     Rut  the  person  alluded  to  is  no  doubt  by  the  Four  Masters. 

Cornelius  0'Mulrian,bishop  of  Rillaloefrom  5  B.ofCo7inaught. — i.e-,  Brefnv  O'Rourhe. 

i57ótoi6i6.     See  Introd.,  p.  lii.,  antea.  6 Loitgh   Allen. — In   the  mid'dle   of  Co. 

2  Killala. — A  tovvn  in  the   N.W.  of  Co.  Leitrim.  The  riverShannonflowsthrouídi  it. 

Mayo.     It  gives  its  name  to  a  bishopric.  r  Tirerill. — A  barony  in  the  S.  E.  of  Co. 

3 D.  of  Milesius. — i.e.,  those  of  the  Spa-  Sligo.     It  has  its  name  from  Olioll,  son  of 


6i 

thcm  through    cruclt/  and  angcr,   and  it  was    thus  thcy  would  dcfraud,      i593. 
said  hc,  to  thc  cnd  of  timc,  whenever  thcy  could  gct  an  opportunity  or 
advantage  of  thc   Irish.     And  also  hc  told  thcm  hc  had  himself  had  sent 
his  messengers  to  Spain  to  ask  the  aid  of  an  army  to  opposc  thc  English, 
and  that  he  had  great  hopcs  of  their  arrival  in  a  short  time.     This  was  the 
fact,  for  he  had  sent  the  Bishop1  of  Killala'2  as  a  deputation  to.  thc  King 
of  Spain  to  complain  of  his  suffcrings  to  him,  and  to  obtain  his  friendship 
and    the  friendship  of  thc  dcscendants  of  Milesius3  also.     The   Bishop, 
however,  did  not  succeed  in  coming  back  with  thc  news  when  the  onc  God 
scnt  to  him  a  messenger  whom  he  could  not  avoid,  and  took  him  with  him 
to   another   world,   and   he  did  not  comc  afterwards.     That  mission  was  of 
use  to  him,  for  it  enkindlcd  and  inflamed  enmity  and  distrust  among  the 
freeborn  descendants  of  the  racc  of  Milesius  of  Spain  against  the  English 
of  Dublin,  so  that  the  one  thought  and  anxiety  in  the  minds  of  all  was  to 
turn  on  the  English,  for  dissensions  and  quarrels  had  grown  up  betwccn 
them  after  a  while,  owing  to  the  instigation  and  entreaty  of  O'Donnell  to 
the  Irish,  telling  and  reminding  them  of  what  the  English  had  done  alwavs 
to  them  and  to  their  ancestors    up  to   that  timc.     When  he  saw  all  his 
associates  of  one  mind  about  the  war  which  he  desired,  he  sent  messcngers 
and   letters  to   Scotland  to  invite  an  additional  force  of  soldiers,  warriors, 
and  mercena/ies.     As  soon  as  Hugh  Maguire,  lord  of  the  territory  about 
Lough   Erne,  heard  of  the  great  attempt  which  O'Donnell  intended,  he 
wished  to  be  the  first  to  enter  into  partnership  in  thc  war.     He    was   a 
proud,   self-willed   man,  with    elevation  of  soul  and  magnanimity,   a   hero 
in    warfare,    a    champion    in    deeds    of  prowess    and    bravery,    a    lord    in 
gencrosity,  having  many  warriors  and  peoplc.     He  sent  somc  of  his  own 
peoplc    to   thc    ncighbourhood    of  the   town,    whcrc  thcrc  was    a    famous 
warrior4  of  the   English,  and  they  wastcd  and  plundcrcd  'thc  town.     On 
anothcr  occasion  Maguirc  sct  off  by  thc  advicc  and  rccommcndation  of 
O'Donncll,   and  the  road   he  went   by  with   the   whole   of  his  forccs  was 
through   the   southcrn    part    o     Brefny    of    Connaught,'^   having    Lough 
Allenc  on  his  lcft,  through  thc  upper  part  of  Tirerill7  and  Corran,8  ovcr 

Eochaidh  Muighmeadhoin,  and  Monghnn,  s  Corran.  —  The   acccount   of  the  origin 

queen  of  Connaught.     O&Vgia,  p.  374-  ()t" lhis  namc  wiu  bc  fom\&  H>id.>  P-  534- 


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niAinirc]\ech  ha  bmtte  Aipt>e  co  mAc1iAi]\eriiAij;e  1iaoi  oia  H5A]\o]\  fflAcliAine 
comiAchc. 

1lo  teícc  rcAoileA-6  -oa  rgenhetcib  m  -oobA]\foittp  ha  niAÍccne  mmche 
im  on  cí]\  niA  chnnceAtt.  t)A  1iAnn  'oo  ]w\Ia  t>o  50ibennói]\  choicci-ó 
ConnAchc  (Si]\  1liS"oe]vo  bionj;oin)  AbCic  An  A"ÓAi5pn  A]\  ah  ccnuchi  coihfoc- 
]\Aib  cmttrce  occ  cmpieAchc  ]ie  pgétAib  ah  cí]\e  hia  cmiceAtt.  *Oo  neccAnii 
•oínenn  tdía  riiAncptog  occ  pneA'ó  ha  noi]\f]\  ccoriifoccup  "oon  cetAch  ro]\ 
AmbAoi  aii  ^oibepioiu,  (x  m  nACAi^^ec  hac  ní  tA  OAtt  cíac  nA  cAniÁi]\e, 
conour  nALAcun  Gt  fflÁ^uróin  coiia  riiApcftuAg  cut  hi  cut  ^An  cCou  jax>  "oa 
nAch  iro]\um5  01015.  1lo  cpAttpAC  niAncrtog  aii  jmbepiójiA  roAt>  hia 
fol.  17. a.  tnn^^1115'  7  110  ^f  111A  tCnriiÁm  A5A  teót)  7  tíonAT)  la  IIIÁ^m'óiji  7  tA  a 
riiumci]\,  50  nAiijACA]^  gur  ah  niAijm  niibAi  ah  ^oibCpiói]!  ro-ódn.  1lo 
mu-óutA-ó  lai]'  •0011  c1iu]\  rm  neAch  UA]\\t  Ai]\oe]\c  *oo  ^AttAib  uuittiAm 
Ctiro]\c  a  coniAmm  co  reiren  niAncAch  cenmocÁrorii.  Sóice]\  ro]\  fflhÁ^uróin 
x>o  pmp  ip'11  conAin  cCccha,  7  no  bÁr  occa  cojcmAnn  50  ]\iac1ic  hia  cipe  caca 
7  niA  coip^cib  corimA]\cA.  O  no  pcci]\  ah  §oibe]\nói]\  iia]\  bó  cO]\bA  "óó 
rAitnó  ro]\]\u,  ]\o  f  ai  ro]\  ccútA  7  no  bAb  tÁnburóe  tAir  cé]\nu"ó  AiiiAit  "oo 
éunÁ.     T)o  noc]\Aco]\  éccA  mó]\A  ó  riiÁgui'óin  X)on  uúaca]\  pn  .1.  eniAnn  hiac 

SA1l'l]\At)Ain  P]\10lÍlÁlt)  <A]VOA   HlAcllA   X)0    "|\AtA    C]\1A    Ainfen    uia    fA-pr\A*ó  (x  au 

cAb  111Á5U1,Ó1]\  .1.  CACAt  niAC  5Ar]\Aró,  (x  hiac  A-óC]\bnACA]\.  -dchc  cCha  je]\ 
bo  tiAÓ  tAir  11A  niAice  pn  tha  cCpbAró, -pu^tAir  111  ]\o  cionótA-ó  7  m  ]\o  cioni- 
AinccCb  t)o  c]\mó  7  00  cneAcliAib  ha  cc]\iche  chuccA,  7  'oo  turó  011  ton^popc 
tró  A]\  oite  co  cobpxró  ceíni]u jm  50  ]\Aimcc  50  rC]\Aib  niAnAch.  Ac  cÚAr  cp\ 
•00  JAttAib  T)mbtmne  mt>pn,  ]\o  tionAic  00  tonnur  (x  'ommjie.  1lo  hC]\- 
fotmA-ó  íC]\caiii  tAf  aii  1up;ir  ron  mó]\ftoií;ib  ffli-óe,  LAigCn,  7  Leice  HI05I1A 
•out  1n  coicceAt)   ConcobAi]\  ipn  rogniA]!  -oo  fonnr\A"oh   -OAice  ro]\]\A  m  "oe]\- 

1  Monastery.  —  It  was  erected  in  1161,  Hib.,  p.  10.  The  usual  system  of  govcrn- 
according  to  the  Annals  of  Connanght.  In  ment  was  martial  lavv.  Hence  Davis  speak- 
1235  the  English,  under  the  Lord  Justice  ing  of  the  then  President  of  Connaught, 
Maurice  Fitzgerald,  plundered  it  of  all  its  Fitton,  says  he  governed  '  in  a  course  of 
valuables,  vestments,  chalices,  &c.  In  discretion,'  in  other  words,  very  much  as 
1603  it  was  granted  to  Sir  John  King,  an-  he  liked. 

cestor  of  the  Earls  of  Kingston.  Archdall's  3  Tulsh. — A  village  ten  miles  north  of  the 

Monasticon,  p.  601.  town  of  Roscommon.    O'Conor  Roe  erected 

2  Govemor.  —  Properly  the  President.  a  castle  there  in  1406.  About  the  same 
What  his  powers  were  may  be  inferred  from  time  a  monastery  was  erected  there  for 
the  instructions  given  to  Sir  George  Carew,  Dominicans  by  the  MacDowell  family.  See 
president  of  Munster  in  1600.     See   Pac.  Hibernia  Dominicana,\).  314. 


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the  bridgc  of  thc  monastery l  of  I3oylc,  thcncc  to  thc  plain  of  Magh  Aoi, 
which  iscallcd  thc  Plain  of  Connaught. 

Iíc  lct  his  scouts  scatter  in  thc  twilight  of  the  carly  morning  through 
thc  country  around.  It  happcncd  that  while  thc  Governor2  ofthc  provincc 
of  Connaught,  Sir  Richard  Bingham,  was  that  night  on  thc  hill  in  thc 
ncighbourhood  ofTulsh3  listening  to  thc  ncws  of  thc  country  all  round, 
a  troop  of  his  cavalry  happcncd  to  be  reconnoitring  the  plain  ncar  the  hill 
whcre  the  Governor  was,  and  they  saw  nothing  owing  to  the  blinding  fog 
of  the  early  morning  until  they  and  Maguire  mct  with  their  horsc  facc  to 
facc  without  thc  hnowledge  of  eithcr  party.  The  cavalry  of  the  Governor 
rctrcatcd,  and  during  the  pursuit  thcy  wcrc  mangled  and  cut  down  by 
Maguire  and  his  pcople  till  they  camc  to  the  placc 4  whcrc  thc  Govcmor 
himself  was.  A  well  known  nobleman  of  thc  English,  William  Clifford  by 
namc,  was  slain  and  seven  horscmcn  bcsides.  Thcy  turned  again  on 
Maguire  on  the  same  road  and  pursued  him  till  they  camc  to  thc  battle 
front  and  to  the  strong  lines.  When  the  Governor  saw  that  it  would  not 
be  advantageous  to  attack  them  he  rctreated,  and  he  was  very  thankful  to 
escape  as  he  did.  Important  persons  were  slain  on  Maguire's  side  in  that 
skirmish,  i.e.,  Edmund  MacGauran,5  primate  of  Armagh,  who  happened 
unluckily  to  be  with  him,  and  the  Abbot  Maguire,  i.e.,  Cathal,  son  of 
Geoffrey,  and  his  brother's  son.  But  though  he  was  much  grievcd  at  thc 
loss  of  thcse  noblcmen,  he  took  with  him  what  had  bccn  collccted  and 
brought  together  of  thc  cattle  and  plunder  of  the  countrv,  and  hc  wcnt 
from  one  cncampment  to  anothcr  stcadily  and  slowly  till  hc  camc  to 
Fermanagh.  This  was  told  to  the  English  of  Dublin,  and  they  wcre  fillcd 
with  anger  and  wrath.  An  order  was  issucd  thcn  by  thc  Lord  Justicc  that 
a  large  forcc  from  Meath,  Leinstcr,  and  Mogh's  half,6  should  go  to  thc 
provincc  of  Conor  in  harvest  prccisely  to  revcnge  on  thcm  what  thcy  had 

4  Place.  —  O'Sullcvan  says  the  skirmish  Nuadhat,  called  also  Eoghan  Mor,  in  thc 

took  place  at  Scieth  na  bfeart,  which    he  middle  of  the  2nd  century  of  our  era.     See 

translates    Scutum    Miraculorum.      Hist.,  The  Circuit  of  Ire/and,  p.  44,  n. ;  Dublin, 

Cath.  p.  151.     The  date  was  July  ^rd.  1841.     The  account  of  the  contest  bctween 

6  MacGauran.—  See  pp.  Hv.and  lxi.,antea.  Conn  and   Eoghan   will  be  found  in    Tht 

8  MogJís  half.—'lWx'i,  refers  to  the  divi-  Battle   of  Magh    Leana,   p.     ig,   and  'f/ic 

sion   of  Ireland  into   two  parts  that  took  Annals   of  Clonmacnoise,   a    MS.   in    the 

place  between  Con  Cedchathach  and  Mogh  R.  I.  Academv. 


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§fnp\c  7  x>o  p\cc  Accfnnur  tnte  -0011  1a]VIa  úa  lléitt  ce  mn  bo  tAinn  laif 
x)ot  ipn  coicCrcAtpn,  7  beór  x)o  triA]iurcAt  ah  1obAi]i.  1lo  fo^icongAÍn  xnn 
ah  1urar  ro]i  joibennóin  coiccix>  comiAchc  con  Amb<\oi  vo  flo^  ó  SlnonAinn 
50  *O]\obA0ir  x>ut  hia  niAi]npx>e  co  héipie.  1a]\  ccf^tAniAX)  An  cCciia  ftoig 
pn  AC]\ub]\Aino]\,  x>o  comtAc  ]iennib  50  toc  Ci]\ne  111  jme  bui]\g  buijieAbAig 
AttAiiAi]\.  Si]i  1len]u  bm^et  ]iix>e]\e  ah'i]\a  x>o  ^AttAtb  A]'é  bA  coireAch 
niomgonA  x>on  c^tojeAX».  *OAtA  oCoIia  méguixn]!  k\]i  cctoircechc  rcét  An 
crtóij  eAchqiAiro  rocfnt)  a  bú  7  a  nmite  rqji  Amom^AbAit  50  cí]i  ConAitt 
nnc  Héitt  ro  cúató,  7  x>o  ]uonóit  pbo^  nió]\  xua  cí]\  bubem  x)Ampyib  7  x>Aor 
cuÁ]\A]XAit  Aite  c]\ioc  7  x)o  ctomn  cSiubne  cí]\e  CoiiAitt  7  ]\o  bAOi  con  Aftoj; 
btnbmb  -0011  CAob  A]i  Aitt  x>on  toc,  7  conrmrfc  pnr  ah  rttiAgh  nechcpAiro 
fol.  17. b.  coua  retccrec  reAcliA  rÍA]i.  T)o  coiíiLac  Ar  ah  rtÚAJ  gAtt  tAuii  ctí  pur  An 
toch  50  ]iAnjACA]i  gur  An  AbAmn  x>o  cófcc  A]'  aii  toch.  Oaói  Ách  p\ni]iex)Ach 
rui]i]\epx>e  pu  hioniAcoi^eAX)  x>on  chÁc  bA  coipnbe.  Acchuite  uaui  a 
con'iAmm,  7  bA  hé  x>oiiiAm  ah  ionbAix>  pn  é.  1-ob]\Aic  ha  ^Aitt  ah  các  An 
reireAX>LA  x>o  occobe]t  x)o  fonnnAX».  1\o  bm  HIÁ^uróiji  con  a  ftój  x>on  x>a^a 
teic  x)on  ac  ironncm  ha  ngAit  conpnrCc  puú  co  rCpvoliA  ac1iaix>  rox>A. 
1lí]i  uó  rox>Aincc  xxS^bAix)  rf]\  réne  Anu]ip:tAix>e,  úai]\  ]\obcA]i  x>iAi]im  iacc 
ah  caii  rm  111  Aicfe^AX)  ha  n^Att  tA  hiotA]\  a  néix>Cx>  nAttn'iA]\x)A  7  ah 
gAbtAX)  ngtaipAjioin  (x  AiigunnAX)  n^nAnAoibteAC  occ  xnobnujAx»  (x  occ 
imceAtgAX)  A11  ubAittiíieAtt  tUAix>e  (x  accáo]i  ccAibteAc  ccfmcróe^o  proijvacir 
11A  po]\A  xion  cAob  A]iAitt  X)on  AbAmn  gAn  neAc  puocojvgAin  pnú  p\x>eipn. 
Oaoi  x>o  tionn'iAi]\e  a  t<\ec  Gt  x^AmfcAngnAibe  AHA]\m  ^o  ]\o  poprAC  ah 
x)f]\bA]\urc  ro  x>eóix>  .1.  tm§ix>  iotA]\  ro]i  úacax>,  úai]\  m  ro]i  AetAngcA]i 
aii  óccbAX)  ei]\eiix>Ac  pu  ocAi]upon'i  puú  m  bA  pniú.  S]\AomceAn  ro]i]iA 
ÍA]ioin  011  Ác,  5oiica]i  Ai]\ti5cf]i  X)]\oii5A  x)íob,  7  AC]\utAccA]i  A]y  ron 
p-ioxVbAX)  aii  f]in'io]\  A]\  ]iobA  5A]\roccur  xióib  í.  ^ohcau  &ox>  úa  11eítt 
hi]^uix)iu  7  bA  ró  LAir  x)Áig  nA  gAbx>Air  gAitt  AnfnnCr  x>e. 

1  Marshal — z'.e.,  Sir  Henry  Bagnal.    See  VI.     It  still  belongs  to  his  descendant,  tlie 
p.  lv.,  antea.  Earl   of  Kilmorey.      See   Reeves'  Eccles. 

2  Ncwry. — An  inbhair,  i.e.,  of  the  yew-  Antiquities  of 'Bown  and Connor,  p.  116,  n.  ; 
tree,  said  to  have  been  planted  here  by  St.  Dublin,  1347. 

Patriclc.     SeeAnnals  F.  M.,  ad  ann.  1162.  3  Athcuh/ain.—A  fordon  the  river  Erne, 

A  Cistercian  monastery  was  erected  here  by  half  a  mile  to  the  west  of  Belleek.     O'Sul- 

St.  Malachy  O'Morgair  in  1144.     This  was  levan  translates  it  os  vadi  prati,  the  mouth 

granted  to  Sir  Nicholas  Bagnal  by  Edward  of  the  ford  of  the  meadow,  p.  159. 


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donc,  and  hc  gave  thc  chief  command  of  thcm  to  tlic  Earl  O'Neill,  though 
it  was  not  pleasing  to  him  to  go  in  that  army,  and  also  to  thc  Marshal l 
of  Ne\vry.2  The  Lord  Justice  also  ordcrcd  thc  Governor  of  thc  provincc 
of  Connaught  with  all  thc  forces  from  thc  Shannon  to  thc  Drowes  to 
and  wait  for  him  at  Lough  Ernc.  When  the  first  body  of  which  we  have 
spolcen  was  assembled,  they  went  on  eastwards  to  thc  Lough  of  Ernc  thc 
daughter  of  Burg  Buircadhach.  Sir  Henry  Bingham,  a  famous  lcnight  of  the 
English,  was  the  leader  in  battle  of  that  host.  As  regards  Hugh  Maguirc, 
aftcr  hearing  ncws  of  the  foreign  army,  hc  scnt  his  hcrds  and  flochs,  lcst 
they  might  be  captured,  northwards  to  the  territory  of  Conall,  son  of  Niall, 
and  he  gathcred  a  grcat  host  thoughout  his  own  tcrritory  of  soldicrs  and 
mcrcenaries  of  other  districts  and  of  the  MacSwinvs  of  Tyrconncll,  and  hc 
was  with  his  troops  on  the  other  side  of  the  Lough,  and  they  opposed  the 
foreign  army  so  that  they  did  not  allow  them  furthcr  wcstwards.  Thc 
English  army  thcn  marched  on,  havirig  the  Lough  on  the  left,  till  they 
came  to  the  river  which  fiows  out  of  thc  Lough.  There  was  a  special  ford 
over  it  for  everv  one  to  pass  who  needed.  Its  name  was  Athculuain,3  and 
it  was  deep  at  that  time.  The  English  attcmpted  the  ford,  on  the  sixth  of 
October  exactly.  Maguire,  with  his  troops,  was  on  the  other  side  of  the 
ford,  waiting  for  the  English,  and  they  resisted  them  manfully  for  a  long 
time.  It  was  not  easy  for  the  Irish  to  defend  it,  for  they  werc  at  that  time 
unarmed  in  comparison  with  thc  English,  with  thcir  abundance  of  strange 
armour  and  of  their  grey  stcel  lances  and  their  powdcr-guns  producing' 
sparks  of  fire  for  shooting  and  sending  forth  circular  balls  of  lcad  and 
brilliant  sparhs  of  firc,  so  that  they  rcachcd  thc  mcn  on  the  othcr  side  of 
the  river  without  any  onc  of  themselvcs  being  injured.  Owing  to  the 
number  of  their  forccs  and  the  differcncc  of  thcir  arms  they  verified  thc 
proverb  in  the  cnd  :  '  The  many  shall  ovcrcome  thc  fcw,'  for  thc  vouth 
of  the  Irish  could  not  hold  out  against  thcm  any  longcr.  Thcv  wcrc  driven 
aftcr  that  from  thc  ford.  Crowds  of  them  wcre  wounded  and  talcen 
prisoncrs.  Most  of  thcm  flcd  to  a  wood,  for  it  was  vcry  ncar  thcm. 
Hugh  O'Neill  was  woundcd4  thcrc,  and  hc  was  plcascd  thcrcat,  so  that 
the  English  should  not  havc  any  suspicion  of  him. 

4  Wounded.     Sce  Annah  F.  Af.,  vi.  1941. 


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Uk\jaicc  ah  rtÚAJ  5^tt  cAipip  co  teicc,  7  gAtJAic  tÁrii  cli  rjur  aii  toch 
aULm"iu\j\  -oup  ah  cAippcír  é-oÁLA  cpuró  no  cCch]\A,  7  o  ha  cai]\cCca]\  iompAic 
"oía  cci^ilj,  7  -oo  net^Ccc  eippé-oe-ó  *oía  ftoj.  1a]\  ccochcc  "oo  joibe]\noin 
coigit)  comiAcc  7  'oia]\La  cuA'óriiurii ah  >Oonnc1iA,ó  niAc  ConcobAip  nnc  *Oonn- 
diAró  u í  D]\iÁin  co  hcoc1iAi]\iniLib  C]\ne  co  roc]\<\roe  coi^ró  comiAchc  iniAitLe 
rpiti,  poAic  niA  rrnic&nj;  50  niAinirci]\  ha  buítte,  7  •oo  iajac  ía]\oh'i  "oía 
ccijpb  An'iAit  00  x)eAÓACA]\  au  ftog  iiAite.  Acc  cCua  rorpÁ^Aib  úa  Tléitt 
(Aóx))  (x  aii  niA]iA]xÁt  t)]\ec1icA  "oe]\niA]\A  'oóccbAi'ó  7  x>o  foir1roui]\Aib  gALt 
irpA|\|\A-ó  concobAin  nnc  concot)Ai]\  IvtÍAró  rhégui'óltv  ]\o  btn  m  Cnri'ó  (x  m 
eccpAiccCr  r]\i  ÍHÁ^uróip  *oo  §ner  mi  cCiroupnAquce.  llA*OoriinÁiLL  "oah  bA 
íoliS.a.  coc]\At)  iiió]\  mCniTiAn  (x  aiccCiica  LAipróe  ha  gAitt  *oo  cionncú-ó  r-AriitAró. 
A\\  a  AÓirm  ó  iia  ]\o  fAijhrCcc  rAi-p  ní  ]\o  fAij  ]-"0]\]\a  Ap  a  Anrui]iici  no  Tdaoi,  (x, 
]\o  rA^bAicc  t)]ieAm  mó]\  *oía  muinci]\  ipm  ac  ]\én'i]\Áice  t>o  ]aacc  1n  puncAchc 
riié^uróip  ^e  ]\o  lomJArj  é  rCipin  a]a  ropAiteAiii  uí  11éitt,  iíai]\  ]to  btn  ceé- 
CAi]iecc  Cco]i]\A  ro  "óicteiú  ^An  pÁcuccAt)  doha  ^AttAib. 

1594,  aii  c]\eAr  btiA-ÓAHi. 

Oaccaji  "0111  501LL  7  ^Aoi-óeAt  ía]\  pn  occ  ccoircecc  rpi  A]\  01  te  jaii  hac 
rpiocopccAin  o  ceAccA]\iiAer]u  A]\  oiLeppi  ceopAib  míorAib  ^eniinró  colnoniutcc 
11A  btiA-ónA  A]iAitt  a°  1504.  1n  eAcniAing  ha  ]iée  7  ha  1iAnnpi]\e  rm  ]\o 
cC^Lauíi  aii  lurcrp  ftuAj  móp  ;gAn  nAcuccAT)  -oon  cÁch  tA-p  A]\  rinorcAir. 
T)ur  pcccA]i  nA  c]uoc1ia  bAc<\]i  coriipoiccpi  ^ah  iiac  niomftnneAc  50  ^iahai^  1 
c]\Aicce  co  himr  cCicteAnn  rop  toc  neipne  m  eicinriiC,óon  cpiche  moiiAc.  Oa 
heirróe  'ounÁpAp  7  bA  po]\c  oipeAchAir  Iflé^ui'óin  -do'ÓA  7  jac  aohi  110 
hoi]vonice  1n  cCmiAr  ua  c]uche.  Oa  •óúha'ó  "OAin^en  7  bA  nuí]\  •oicogturóe 
rpi  ptog  necc]\Aiiro,  acc  ha  bACA]\  ha  rronhcin  ah  cAnrin.  "Oeipró  An  1urar 
ipopbAipi  roppAti  'oúnA'ó  (x  ^AbAicc  au  i'tuA^  ro]\  coJAit  aiii  niinn  peib  con- 
]\aii^aca]i,  G:  ni]\  bA  co]\bA  "oóib  iiro]'in  co  cca]\cc]\\c  a]\  AÍtt  "oia  Áop 
lomconiie'OA  ah  bAite  ÚA'OAib  po  -óeói'ó  t)An  cCnn  tóiji.     O  ]\o  báoi  ah  bAite 

1  Énni 'shillen. — i.e.,  the  islandof  Ceth  enn,  he  obtained  possession  of  a  large  part  of 

a    town  in  Co.  Fermanágh,  on  a   nárrow  the  ancient  territorv  of  the  Magennisses. 

neck   between   Upper  and    Lower   Lough  -  The  dwelling: — The    site  of  the  castle 

Erne.        Cethlenn    was    íhe    wifc    of  the  is   now   occupied  by   the   barrachs.      The 

famous  Formorian  chief  Balor.     It   gives  gateway  on  the  water's  edge  is  the  only 

the  title  of  Earl  to  the  family  of  Cole,  the  portion  of  the  buildings   rémaining   from 

first  of  whom  was  an  Undertaker.     In  1611  Maguire's   time.      The  position  was   vcry 


6/ 

The  English    army   crosscd  over  immediatcly,  and   wcnt    westwards,      1591 

keeping  thc  lakc  on  the  left,  that  they  might  scizc  on  thc  spoil  of  cattlc 
or  flocks,  and  as  they  did  not  find  them  they  went  to  thcir  homcs  and  allowcd 
their  army  to  scatter.  Aftcr  thc  Governor  of  thc  province  of  Connaught  and 
the  Earl  of  Thomond,  Donough  O'Brien,  son  of  Conor,  son  of  Donough, 
came  to  thc  banks  of  the  Erne  withthe  forcesof  the  provincc,  thcy  returncd 
to  the  monastery  of  Boyle,  and  they  went  after  that  to  their  homes  as  the 
other  army  did.  However,  Hugh  O'Xeill  and  the  Marshal  lcft  strong  bodics 
of  English  youths  and  soldiers  with  Conor,  the  son  of  Conor  Roe  Maguire, 
who  was  discontented  and  at  variance  with  Maguire  ahvays  on  account  of 
the  sovereignty  of  the  country.  As  for  O'Donnell,  it  was  a  grcat  affiiction 
of  mind  and  soul  to  him  that  thc  English  should  go  back  as  thcy  had  done. 
Butyet  as  they  did  not  attack  him,  he  did  not  attack  them,  on  account  of 
the  unprepared  state  in  which  he  was,  and  he  left  a  large  body  of  his  people 
at  the  aforesaid  ford,  which  he  gave  for  Maguire's  protection,  though  he 
withdrew  himself  by  command  of  O'Neill,  for  there  were  messages  bctwccn 
them  secrctly  without  the  knowledge  of  the  English. 

1594,  the  srd  year. 
Now  the  English  and  the  Irish  after  that  wcre  listening  to  each  other, 
without  either  attacking  the  other,  for  three  months  of  winter  up  to  the 
becrinning  of  the  spring  of  the  next  year,  1594.  At  that  period  and  time 
the  Lord  Justice  collected  a  great  army  without  the  knowledge  of  any  one, 
through  hatred.  They  marched  into  the  neighbouring  territories  without 
any  delay  until  they  came  very  soon  to  Ennisldllen,1  on  Lough  Erne,  in  the 
middle  of  the  territory  of  Fermanagh.  This  was  thc  dwelling 2  and  principal 
stronghold  3  of  Hugh  Maguire  and  of  every  one  who  was  appointcd  to  the 
chicftaincy  of  the  territory.  The  fort  was  strong,  and  thc  wall  impreg- 
nable  by  a  strange  force,  but  they  werc  not  prepared  then.  The  Lord 
Justice  sat  down  to  besiege  thc  fortress,  and  thc  forces  procecdcd  to  brcak 
in  the  wall  as  well  as  they  could  ;  this  was  of  no  avail  to  thcm  till  some  of 
warders  gave  up  thc  placc  at  last  for  a  bribe.     As  soon  as  thc  castle  was 

strono-    bein^  surrounded  on  all    sides  by      dence  is  expressed    in    Irish  by  the  word 
Louo-h'  Erne^    See  p.  lvii.,  antea.  port.     It  is  used  ín  the  composition  of  manv 

3  StrongJwld—hny  kind  of  fortified  resi-      Irish  words. 


68 

rou  comnuvp  au  lu-pci-p  Sep  uuittiAm  f  izuuittiAin  rACcbAix>  cpiocA  Laoc  xua 
coiíixia  ppir  au  ccÁcp-pir  fohCccAjvpcAfCACouAcongAib  cecc&  x>o  buíx)  7  x>a]uii, 
7  roAib  Ar  rCipn  ro]\  cúlax>  T>onix>iri.  forAijpc  íauoiíi  ron^AÓ  teic  ^au  cneic 
5<\n  ojitjaiti  ro]\  A]\oite  rpi  cCiceonA  lúíopAib  o  febnuAni  co  hlun.  t)AhAX>nA]i 
tÁ  Iiúa  n*OoiiinAitt  Aóx)  1Iuax)  Apox>  no  búi  ^au  cochc  ippu]\CAÓc  mhéginxjin  A]i 
A]"  é  ]\0  AftAlj;  An  COCCAX),  7  bA  rO]\  A]:0]\COn5]\A  ]10  1iAX>nAX>  A]i  cúr.  Da  rCx> 
roopÚAin  oórorii  jjau  x>ut  m  ettriiA  hia  yoi]ucm  aiúai1  nobA  mCntuAnc  tAir,  a 
beic  occ  loxniAibe  7  occ  iompuinueAc  r]Uf  11A  liAtpjAncliAib  x>o  ]tm  geAtt  chugA 
-pon  AriipAine.  O  ]\o  bA  rox>A  ÍAipiorii  ]\o  bACA]vpi-óe  ^An  cuix>ecc,  cA]\cctomcA 
cenét  cconAitt  tAip  co  teicc,  7  "00  coCc  ]\einnb  con  a  ftog  50  hnnr  cGcteAnn. 
T)eipix>  iruix>e  iponbAip  ro]ipAn  xumAX>  o  corAÓ  1un  co  mCx>ón  Aujjurc  50  no 
fol.jiS  b.  c]\oicrecc  50  ]\o  aiucc]\Ccc  7  50  ]\o  mxujvpCcc  Ainbui  yó  riiAmAr  ua  ngAtt  hi 
c]\ich   Ai]\^iAtt  7   1111    Oneipne   uí    RAi^ittij  co  ca]\cc]\\c  Ainbú  7  Ambeoce- 

AC]1A  1  tÓn  ftoi 5  X)ÍA    11AlÍipAlb   7  X)ÍA  HAOf  CUA]\AfCAlt.        OaCA]1    11A    JAltt  ipOf 

aii  caii  pn  ir  riA  po]\cAib  ^Ab^tA  111  ]\o  §Ab]'AC  rop  recc  ]\iaiíi  .1.  m.Amipce]\ 
riiumeAchAm,  ctuAm  ex>Air  hi  c]uc  \\1p5iAtt,  (x  mAinirci]\  ah  diAbAm  ipn 
mb]\eipne,  ÚAip\  bA  m  eAcctAvpAib  ha  nÁoiii  (x  ha  hiac  mbeACAó  bA  memce  An 
Ai]upim    05    cneAcliAX)    7   occ   .mx>]\eAX)   ha  cc]uoch    (x.  05  ^AbAit  m^iAtt  7 

A11A1CC1]\e. 

lomcurA  ui  'OhorimAitt  buirróe  coua  fx>cnAix>e  iponbAvpi  (x  mx>  iompuix>iu 
ro]i  mvp  cectenn    co  hu]\copAÓ   pochriiume    reib  AC]\ub]iAinA]i  co    ]\o    rcAic 

AHlbÍAX)  X)On  pAtltAC  bACA]1  1fin    CCAIfCÍAtt  ACC  111AX)  bC^.        O  ]\0  "pCx>ACA]1  JAltt 

"Ouibtmne  combAco]\porii  rAiiitAix>  p^Aoixuc  cechcA  gur  ua  ^AttAib  bACA]\  1u 
coijeAX)  otneccmAÓc  x>ia  popcont^tA  ro]\]\o  cuvóecc  50  toíncib  bíx>  7  xuge 

teÓ    ^Uf    AU     CCAÍfCÍAtt.       UA]\ctA1UA1C     11A    ^Altt     ftuAJ    111Ó]\     111     A0111    1011AX) 

AiiiAit  ]io  fOfcon^iAX)  rop]io  conibACAf  có-15  cex>  x»écc  tech  xióccbÁix»  a]\hica 
con  x)p-umj;  x>pC]\Aib  111ix)e  x)ó  bneipne  ui  flAJAttAij  7  x>o  blnon^AmACAib 
C0151X)  comiAcc.     1a]\  ccCgtoriiAX)  x>oibpix)e,  ^AbAix»  occ  bÁig  7  occ  bubcAx» 

1  Brcfny  G'ReiUy. —  It   included   origin-  2C/ones. — i.e.,  the  retired  place  of  kno\v- 

ally   the  whole   of  the   present  county  of  ledge,  a  town  on  the  eastern  boundary  of 

Cavan  except  the  baronies  of  Tullyhaw  and  Co.    Monaghan.     St.    Tigernach    founded 

Tullyhunco,    which    belonged    to    Brefny  a  monastery  here  about  the  beginning  of 

O'Rourhe.     In  the  reign  of  Elizabeth  these  the  sixth   century.     It   was    destroyed  by 

baronies    were   united  to  Brefny  O'Reilh/  Hugh  De  Lacy  in  I207;fiveyears  afterwards 

to  reward  Sir  John  0'Reilly  forhis  services.  it  was  rebuilt.     It  belonged  to  the  Canons 

He  was  called  the  Queen's  0'Reilly.     See  Regular  of  St.  Augustine. 

D'Alton's  Army  List,  ii.  747.  3 M.  o/Cavan.—  lt  was  founded  by  Gilla 


c9 

in  thc  possession  of  the  Lord  Justicc  Sir  William  Fitzwilliam,  hc  lcft  thirty  1594. 
soldiers  to  keep  it  against  arty  one  by  whom  it  would  be  attachcd,  with 
proper  supplies  of  food  and  arms,  and  hc  went  back  himsclf  again.  They 
ceased  after  that  on  each  side  plundering  or  slaughtering  each  other  for 
four  months,  from  February  to  June.  Hugh  Roe  O'Donncll  felt  ashamed 
at  being  so  long  without  going  to  the  aid  of  Maguire,  for  it  was  he  who 
urged  on  the  war,  and  by  his  advice  it  was  enldndled  in  the  beginning. 
What  hc  did  for  him  was  not  to  go  with  all  his  forces  to  his  aid,  as  he 
intended,  but  to  delay  and  wait  for  thc  Scotch,  who  had  promised  to  come 
to  him  for  pay.  As  hc  thought  they  were  long  in  coming.  he  mustercd  the 
Cinel  Conaill  then,  and  he  marchcd  forward  with  his  forccs  to  Enniskillcn. 
He  sat  down  therc  besieging  the  fortress  from  the  beginning  of  June  to  the 
middle  of  August,  till  thev  wasted  and  plundered  whatever  was  under  the 
power  of  the  English  in  the  territory  of  Oriel  and  Brefny  O'Rcillv,1  and 
they  gave  the  cows  and  herds  as  provisions  to  their  auxiliarics  and 
mercenaries.  The  English  were  dwelling  at  that  time  in  the  fortresses 
in  which  they  had  been  dwelling  some  time  before,  in  the  monastery 
of  Monaghan,  Clones 2  in  Oriel,  and  the  monastery  of  Cavan 3  in 
Brefny,  for  it  was  in  the  churches  of  the  saints  and  religious  thev 
dwelt  most  commonlv,  plundering  and  wasting  the  country  and  taldn^ 
pledges  and  hostages. 

As  for  O'Donnell,  he  was  with  his  forccs  bcsieging  and  attacking 
the  castle  of  Enniskillen  up  to  the  beginning  of  harvest  as  wc  have  said, 
till  all  but  a  small  part  of  the  provisions  which  the  partv  that  was  in 
the  castle  had  was  consumed.  Whcn  the  English  of  Dublin  learned 
they  wcrc  in  this  state,  they  sent  messengers  to  the  English  who  were 
in  the  province  of  Olneccmacht,  ordcring  them  to  go  with  supplies  of  food 
and  drink  to  them  to  the  castle.  The  English  assembled  a  great  host 
in  one  place  as  they  wcre  ordered,  so  that  thcre  were  fifteen  hundred 
armed  soldiers,  with  a  multitude  of  the  men  of  Meath,  of  Brefny  O'Reillv, 
and  of  the   Binghams  of  thc  provihce  of  Connaught.     Aftcr   assemblin"- 

Iosa  Ruadh  0'Reilly  for  Dominicans  in  p.  285.  Xot  a  vestige  of  the  monasterv 
1300,  and  transferred  to  the  Franciscans  rcmains,  the  matcrials  ha\in^;  been  used  in 
bvThe  0'Reillyin  1393-     Sce  Hib.  Domin.,      the  erection  of  the  barracks  close  bv. 


ro]\  ha  jjAoróéAtAib  6t  occa  cin^eAtÍA-ó  50  ccAocpvoAir  1u  coipcm  aii  bAite 
■01A  nAuiróeom,  acc  cCnA  mr  netic  An  on'iAn  t)óib  curóecci  ccnAicci.  Daca]i 
^Aoi'óeAt  111A  p'oniicm  cecib  cah  "our  pocp.voAip 

Uui]\cechcA  iia  nAtpAiiAc  t>o  pngeAtt  ro]t  aii  AiiipMne  t>o  fAi^ró  uí 
T)1ioiimAitt,  vuy  pccCccp-óe  mu]\cobtAC  món  50  toc  pe<\bAitt  nnc  "Loccahi 
eice]i  cenét  cconAitt  7  CogliAin,  co  ]\o  ^AbrAc  rop  ipn  ecctAip  nAipóenc 
'oiAHA-o  Ainni  T)oi]\e  bAit  m  ]\o  bCiroAÓ  CporiicAiin  hiac  "pet>timró  mic 
p^igupx  -oía  n^<>]io]\  aii  Cotumb  cennAip  Ax:  pA'óo]\  tjóibporii  combuí  ó 
"OorimAitt  ro]\  rtóigeA-o  ipn  ccoicc]\idi  reb  AcnubnAmop  ■poróicporii  ceccA 
■oía  cocui]\eAX)  cIiuca  7  ]X]\ibennA.  O  ]\An^ACA]\  ha  ceclicA  co  1iAi]\m  Ambuí 
ó  T)oriniAitt,  t>o  bl]\Ac  a  tic]\e  t>ó.  -din  tCgAip  iac  bArcó  a  ccocacc  .1. 
"OoriuiAtt  gopn  niAc  T)oriinoitt  7  iiiac  t,eóro  ha  1ia]\a  t>o  cochc  ro  co;gAi]\m  uí 
t)oriiiiAitt  ro]\  aii  mu]\cobtAC  Acnub]iAmo]\  50  ]uáccaca]\  aii  T)oi]\e  ]\em]\Áiau, 
7  munA  cireArJroiii  ic]\aiciu  "oia  propcvó  AiiiAit  ]\o  geAtt,  50  roiptnr  uia 
fol.  19.0.  rrnicvmg  -oía  iiaca]vóa  jaii  CrrnÁcAtj  ^An  iomfui]ieAc.  1a]\  nAintegeA'ó  ha 
rcnibeAnn  t»ÚAX)1iorimoitt  ]\o  tui^  roclic  món  rAin  combuí  gAn  tAb]\A  acIiai-ó 
fot>A  occa  rcnút)At)  7  nemroéccp  cró  t>o  ^Ciia'ó.  pechc  ahii  bA  luvónAn  LAip 
a  geAttAt)  t>o  nCriicoriiott  rnir  11  a  hAtbAUACAib  ía]\  ha  ccocui]\eAt)  cIiucca  1n 
cÍAiiA,     -A11  t)AtA  rechcbA  rnomoiiiAn  tAir  11  a  5<^ttnemepe]\cmA]\  t)o  cichcAin 

1    pi]\CAc1lC  A1l   t)ÚHA1t)    t)1A    rrA-pgbATÓrOTÍl    A11    tonjmO]1C.        CoilAt)    p\1]\    tieiflt) 

occa  po  t>eóit)  a  ftoj  t)o  fÁgbAit  irm  tongpojic  7  ipn  lomfin'óe  AmbÁcAn,  7 
é  but)  t)Cin  con  ÚACAt)  t)Aoíne  nnniAitte  pur  t)o  tjut  pon  Ammur  iia  nAtbAHAÓ 
tnA  rror'oAt)  A]i  ha  hepencAir  gcAch  rnip  Lui-ó  ía]\oiíi  t)í]\im  hia]\cac  co 
1iAi]\m  nnbACA]i.  pe]iAró  pÁitce  fnu3.  1lo  pieArctAic  7  ]\o  puocAitic  íC]\on'i 
p]U  ceo]\A  horóchib  coha  tÁib  vo  tdroAib  mmCpccAib  tx  t)A  ^ac  C]\nt)Ait 
cua]\a  bA  "oeAÓ  ipn  c]\ic. 

CeiteAbnAip  "OorimAitt  gonm  t)UA  T)horimoitt  7  pop]iA^Aib  Ab]\ACAin  1?a 
ro  aiíi  occa  50  ccóig  cét>Aib  tÁoc  t>óccbAit>  A]\mc1iA,  7  t)o  tAQC]iAró  terotinj:, 

1  Derry. —  In  ancient   times  Doire  Cal-  See  Trias  Thanm.,  p.  398,  and  The  Ord- 

gaich,  i.e.,  the  wood  of  Calgach.     A  site  nance  Survey  oj  Tcmpleinore,y>.  17. 
ior  a  monastery  was  given  to  St.  Colum-  2  Criomtliann. — This  was  the  name  given 

kille  heie  by  King  Aedh.     The  church  built  to  Columba  in  baptism  by  the  priest  Cruith- 

by   him  in  545  was  called  Dubh    Regles,  nccan  ;    but  the  word   being   synonymous 

pcrhaps  to  distinguish  it  from  the  Teampul  with  crafty  or  cunning,  his  playmates  desig- 

Mor,    built    in    1164    by    Flathbheartach  nated  him  Columba,  i.e.,  the  dove,  on  ac- 

O'Brollaghan.     The  site  is  now  occupied  count   of  his  gentleness,  and  added  to  it 

by  thc  Catholic  church  of  St.  Columkille.  «'//<?  because  of  the  frequency  of  his  coming 


thcy  proceeded  to  bluster  and  threaten  the  Irish  and  to  assert  that  they       1594. 
would  go  to  thc  relief  oí  the  place  in  spitc  of  them  ;  but  yet  fcar  did  not 
allow  them  to  go  immediately.     Thc  Irish  were  ready  for  thcm  whenever 
they  should  comc. 

As  for  the  Scotch  who  promised  to  enter  O'Donnell's  service,  they 
came  with  a  large  fieet  to  the  Lough  of  Feabhall,  son  of  Lodan,  betwcen 
the  Cincl  Conaill  and  thc  Cinel  Eoghain,  and  they  occupied  the  famous 
church  which  is  called  Der^,1  the  place  which  Criomhthann,2  son  of 
Fedhlimidh,  son  of  Fergus,  who  was  callcd  Columba  thc  ZMIld,  blessed. 
They  were  told  that  O'Donnell  was  on  a  hosting  in  the  ncighbouring 
territory,  as  we  have  said.  They  sent  messengers  and  letters  too  to  invite 
him  to  them.  When  the  messengers  came  to  the  place  whcre  O'Donnell 
was  they  gave  their  letters  to  him.  He  read  them,  and  these  werc  their 
contents  :  Donnell  Gorm 3  and  MacLcod  of  Aran  4  had  comc  at  the 
invitation  of  O'Donnell  with  the  fleet  we  have  mentioned  until  they 
reached  Derry  aforesaid,  and  if  he  did  not  come  immediately  to  rctain 
them  as  he  had  promised,  they  would  go  back  to  their  country  without 
dallying  or  delay.  When  O'Donnell  read  the  letters,  a  great  silence 
came  on  him,  so  that  for  a  long  time  he  did  not  speak,  thinking  and 
forecasting  what  he  should  do.  At  one  time  he  was  ashamed  not  to  fulfil 
his  promises  to  the  Scotch  after  inviting  them  to  him  from  a  distance. 
Again,  he  was  greatly  afraid  that  the  English  of  whom  we  have  spoken 
would  come  to  the  relief  of  the  fortress  if  he  left  the  encampment.  Where- 
fore  in  the  end  he  resolved  to  leavc  his  armv  at  the  encampment  and  sicge 
where  thev  were,  and  to  go  himself  with  a  small  body  of  men  to  mcet  the 
Scotch  to  retain  them,  as  every  one  advised  him.  He  went  after  that  with 
a  troop  of  horse  to  the  place  whcre  thev  wcre.  He  bade  them  welcome. 
They  were  attended  and  entcrtained  for  three  days  and  three  nights  with 
strong  drink  and  every  sort  of  food  that  was  best  in  the  countrv. 

Donnell  Gorm  took  lcavc  of  O'Donnell  and  left  with  him  his  voungcst 
brother  with  five  hundred  armed  soldicrs  and  robust  troops.     MacLeod 

from  the  cell  in  which  he  read  his  psalms.      State  Papers  Lord  of  the  Out  Isles.     See 
See  Reeves'  Adammn,  Ixx.  and  p.  6,  n.  Hill's  Macdonnelh  oj  Antrii/i,  p.  14S. 

3  Donnell  Gorm. — He  is  caUed    in    The  4  Ara/i.—  An  island  in  the  Firth  of  Clyde. 


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<A]tipt>  niAcLeoit»  aii  couiitíon  cCcctia  7  rorcAip  Ua  t>orimAitt  iat>  tnbtmib. 
bÁ  ruAicnró  on  iCcrorii  1n  cnécumurcc  rCn  rénetApvme  aii  a]\iii  7  An  C]i]iAró 
a  iiaIa-ó  7  An   e]\ÍAt)]\A,  A]1  Aret>  bA  liéogu-ó  •ócnb  "oía  neccAi]i  b]ieAc1i]iAic 

1ott>ACAc1lA    irO]1C1U]1At    JÓ    nCfCCACAIU      7     01]1C11lb.       -AcC]lCp\    CA]1    A1lA1]tOnib 

AbtAinuij  dia  mb]\ACAib.  'Ojion^  -óiob  co  cctoit)riiib  bCnn-oonnchun  icíCc 
mó]iA  nntCcA  ór  a  px)]tmnAib.  b^  lieíccCn  t>on  tAecli  a  t>i  ÍAiifi  t>o  cAbAi]ic 
inAonf-AbAtt  11T0  u]it)onn  a  ctomim  ah  cah  no  bCnAt)  a  bénn  t>e.  ^\]\Aitt 
túob  50  bpicóbACAib  récpioigcib  rei-ómnC]\criiA]iA  50  pieAn^piÁicib  recpj- 
mpoc  cnAÍpe,  7  50  fAijxnb  piuibge^iA  pAineceAcliA. 

'OÁtA  iia  n^Att  oc  cuat  •ooibp'oe  "oei]\j,e  ah  tongpo^ic  "oúa  'óoifmAitt  7 
50  brA]vcAt)  AftuAg  *oía  éip  irm  bropbAir  nnbÁcA]i  7  AiiC]\ino]i  •oetti'ó  -01  a 
cajrlnb  A]i  ce]ice  tóm,  t>ur  pccicp'óe  ui  oibne  la  ctoipcecc  ah  rcéoit  50 
mbÁCAu  uro  nneAt  cpiclie  monAch  pu  todi  nCi]\ne  aiiía]\.  Oc  cliÚAtAt)  IIIÁ5- 
urói]i  a  ccocc  ca]i  on  a  c]\iche,  t>o  benc  a  ]X)C]iAit)e  tAir  ro]i  Ammur  ha 
n^Att  .1.  Ariiuinci]i  ntntir  bu-óúein,  Gt  t>e]tb]iAc1iAi]t  uí  lléitt  Co]ibmAc 
íbl.  19.0.  iiiac  pi]i-oo]iÓA  1111C  Cunin  bACAig  ^o  -o^umg  "oía  riiuinci]i  7  -oo  cenét  CojliAin 
nnc  lléitt,  7  roÓAróe  'OAiiirAib  uí  'OoriniAitt,  aji  mr  ]iébc  ah  oh'iaii  "oóibp-óe 
ceclic  ca]a  b]ieici]i  ha  ca]i  enfUAgnA  ArrtÁcA,  uai]\  ]\o  rojtcon^Ain  ro]i]iA 
Ai]\iriorii  ipn  ton5po]\c  co  careA-ópom  t>o  ^u-óip  -oiÁ  roitpt),  tx  m  no  rcAicli 
Atómce  reb  ]io  rcAicli  t>on  cÁcli  ac  ]iutACA]i  Apn  tongpojtc.  O  ]iahiicc 
lllÁ^urói]!  (x  aii  tuchc  ]\ériiepencniA]t  m  5A]u>occur  t>on  tptog  ecqiAiro 
'oeirróCcon  ron  acchto  ron  Ác  iroouAró  irooibeoit  m   ]iob    C]fÓAtcA    teó    a 

CCOcllAU  cllUCA    1]T11     COnA1]l    CU-ÓCACA]!,  &   1lí]1    bo    CÍA11    A11    10'ÓnAI'Óe  A1l   t)Úpm 

aii  caii  t>o  -|Uac1icaca]i  aii  ftoj  ^Att  ni  a  ccCiit).  b^  1i  CpTnumcejvÓA  An 
rÍAt)utAt)  ríÍAinrCc  ón  pÁnrtAcbÁcAn  iruróe,  peA]\t1iAn  ^teo  Amnur'  Amt)]\eAn- 
t)A  Cco]i]iA  50  ]iAemeAt)  ro  "óeóró  rojtpiA  ^AttAib  7  vorjtAjAbrCc  iotA]i  cdro 
t)o  roicenétAc1iAib  7  "ooicénétAcliAib  7  éoÁtA  Aróbte  -oeAcliAib  7  jjpoi-óib 
bACAn  teó  ro  tómcib  b'ró  6L  t>ije  ^up  aii  t)únAt)  50  AncpAttrAc,  conAt)  óiia 
bAiutCnAib  (x  ó  iia  bpop^Aib  iotA]vt>A  ]io  rÁccbAt)  occ  aii  ác  t>on  cu]i  pn 
110  tAb  aii  các  7  aii  niAibiii  aii  cAinmniuJAt)  Ai]it>e]ic  .1.  mAróm  áca 
ha  mbniopgAt).     Soaicc  1llit)i5   7  IvA^AttAi j  (mA  cce]inÁ  ataii    niATom  pti 

1  Cormac.  —  See   p.  xív.,    antea.     He   is  Archives  at  Simancas  a  letter  written  by 

usually  called    Cormac   mac    Baron.      He  him  to  the  King  of  Spain  when  the  other 

took  an  active  part  in  the  war  on  O'Don-  chiefs    wrote   asking   for  aid.      See  p.  li., 

nell's  side  to   the   end.     There   is    in    the  antea- 


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remained  with  thc  same  numbcr,  ancl  O'Donnell  retaincd  both  of  thcm. 
These  were  recognised  among  the  Irish  soldiers  by  thc  diffcrcncc  of  their 
arms  and  clothing,  thcir  habits  and  language,  for  thcir  cxterior  dress  was 
mottled  cloaks  to  the  calf  of  the  leg  with  ties  and  fastenings.  Thcir  girdlcs 
were  over  the  loins  outside  the  cloaks.  Many  of  them  had  swords  with 
hafts  of  horn,  large,  fit  for  war,  from  their  shouldcrs.  It  was  nccessary  for 
the  soldier  to  put  his  two  hands  togethcr  at  thc  very  haft  of  his  sword  when 
he  would  strike  a  blow  with  it.  Othcrs  of  thcm  had  bows  of  carved  wood 
strong  for  use,  with  well  seasoned  strings  of  hemp,  and  arrows  sharp-pointcd, 
whizzing  in  flight. 

As  for  the  English,  wb.en  they  were  told  that  O'Donnell  had  gonc  away 
from  the  camp  and  left  his  army  behind  at  thc  sicge  in  which  they  wcrc 
engaged,  and  that  great  numbers  of  them  had  gonc  to  their  homes  for  want 
of  provisions,  they  marched  in  haste  on  hearing  the  news  till  thcy  werc  on 
the  borders  of  Fermanagh,  west  of  Lough  Erne.     Whcn  Maguire  hcard 
they  had  crossed  the  bounds  of  his  territory  he  took  his  troops  with  him  to 
meet  the  English,  viz.,  his  own  faithful  people  and  O'Neill's  brother  Cormac,1 
son  of  Ferdoragh,  son  of  Conn  Bacach,  with  a  number  of  his  people  and  of 
the  tribe  cf  Eoghan,  son  of  Niall,  and  some  of  O'Donnell's  troops,  for  fear 
did  not  allow  these  to  transgress  the  word  or  the  warning  of  their  princc, 
for  he  ordered  them  to  remain  in  the  encampment  until  he  returned  to 
them,  and  their  provisions  were  not  consumcd,  as  wcre  thosc  of  such  as 
had  gone  away  from  the  encampment.     When  Maguire  and  the  people  of 
whom  we  have  spoken  came  near  the  strange  army  thcy  halted  oppositc 
them  at  a  rough,  difficult  ford,  where  they  were  sure  the  enemy  would  come 
to  them  marching  by  the  road  they  did,  and  their  stay  in  that  place  was  not 
long  when   the  army  of  the  English  came  up.     The  cntertainmcnt  which 
they  received  from  thc  party  there  was  unfriendly.    A  battle,  sharp  and  fierce, 
took  place  between  thcm  until  in  the  end  the  English  were  defcatcd,  and 
they  left  a  multitude  of  heads  of  high  and  low  born  and  a  large  prcy  of  horscs 
and  mares  which  thcy  had  bringing  the  supplies  of  food  and  drink  for  thc 
castle  to  which  they  were  going,  so  that  from  thc  many  cakcs  and  biscuits 
left  at  the  ford  then  the  ford  and  the  battle  got  the  well  known  name  of 
the  battle  of  the  Ford  of  the  Biscuits.     Thc  men  of  Mcath  and  the  0'Reillys 


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•oíob)  itl  a  pgeotAn^Aib  p^Áoitce  r^Amoriice  co  Oneipie  ní  RA^AttAií;. 
t)Áp  coiiai]\  m  ]\o  turó  Seoinp  05  tDiongom  gur  An  tuchc  ]\o  tfn  é  Ar  aii 
lomAnjoitpn  c|ie  tf^vgAin  ctomne  cobcAij  tltdATó  riiet^  SAriirA-ÓAm,  c]\e 
b]\éípie  uí  Ruai|\c  (x  Aip-óe  co  Sti^ec.  hi  mí  -Au^urc  t>o  ]\ónA*ó  in-opn.  Oc 
clmÁtAcÁn  ófr  couiifcA  cliAipcecnt  mp  ceictfnn  piAomeA-ó  ron  An  fto§ 
no  c]\u\tt  coccc  t)ía  ccoípcm  ]\o  bfnp\c  céitt  "oía  cca13ai]\  (x  "oo  bf]\cp\cc 
ah  bAite  ÚArcnb  'oo  rhÁgui-óin,  (x  *oo  nAcrorfi  rofrAiri  *ocnb  con  'oopo'ónAchc 
cjter  An  cí]\  50  ]\iac1icaca]\  bAit  m  ]\ob  mmtt  teó.  T)ÁtA  111  •óorimAitt 
íf]\  yv:op:A"ó  ha  n<\Ux\nAc  •oópvroe  x>o  comtA  50  c]\ích  moiiAcli  *oo  curóechc 
ípn  lompjróe  cÍ'ccha  1  ]\Aibe  ro  mir  ceictitnro.  ^Xn  cau  OAÓipom  ía]\  ha 
•fécc,  ac   cln    chugu  A]\<\itt  x>ía  Ariiroib  ]\o  bACA]\  occ  rnAoineA*ó  An  riiA-óniA 

VOjipiA  JAttAlb    C011A    1lét)AtAlb    teÓ.       -dc    ríft)OC    A    rcéALA    All'lAlt    rO]\CAOlfl- 

nA^Ai]\.     t)A  p\oitrópurii  'óibp'óe,  acIic  ha  hia  bA  cocoih]\ac1ic  LAir  ha  bÁoi 
fol. 20. a.    reipn  ipn  cac1ia]\,  a]\  hac  étAÍxf-ó  Ar  "oo  iia  -gAttAib  in  AC]\utA  "óiob.     SoAir 

ÚA  *Ooril11Altt  C011   A  AtpA11Ac1lAlb  pO]\  CClítAb,   &  ]\0    A1]Ur  111   A  CÍ]\  JO    ]\U"5]:AC 

cechcA  1l11ié5Uibi]\  p\i]\  1n  rpcip  -oia  Aipieir  -óó  combin  ah  lupnr  Se]\ 
uuittiAin  tlurret  A5  cóniAicfrii  (x  a£  cmgeAttA'ó  ceclic  50  lnnir  ceictenn  -oía 
^AbÁit  An  -oa]\a  rechc.  A\\  ctoircecc  iia  rcet  pn  -oúa  T)orimAitt  no 
cecciiiAtc<\  a  ftoj  tAif  eici]\  unnAi"ó  7  -oéo]\Aró,(x'oo  coriitA  50  cpcb  motiAch. 
porAijir  ÍArotfi  1u  cí]\  cfnnACA  rni  toch  nenne  ahai]\.  'Oo  -51HAC  ah  rtoj; 
bocA  6:  betfccACA  Ainnp-óe  7  ahaic  pxriitAró  ó  t)ei]\eA-ó  ^Xugufc  50  5. 
-oOccobep- 

Oc  chuAtA-6  aii  lurcrp  ó  T)oir.nAitt  *oo  beic  hia  u]\]>oicitt,  7  TTlÁ-gui-Gijt 
con  a  rocnAroe  "oibtnnb,  ó  ]\o  pcan  co  caocpvó  ó  11éitt  iua  ccoipcm  no 
Á^ArcAip  ia-o  coiia  no  -pÁ^Aib  AcctiAc  aii  caii  pn.  O  ]tobA  "oem'nn  tA  Iiúa 
n"OoriniAitt  11AC  caocpvó  aii  luprir  co  hmir  ceictenn  -oon  cunpn,  lompAirmA 
rpcfm-5  "oía  c1ií]\  7  ]\o  tetcc  a  AtbAiiAi-5  úa-óa  íf]\  neinnfó  AccuA]\ArcAit  "oóib 

7  ]\0  ^OAtt^AC  dlUCCA  -OO  ]\TÓ1]^1    111    U]\CO]'AC  pA1l'l]\A1t)  A]t  CC11TO. 

^Largan.  —  This  territory  was  held  by  3  RusselL — He  was  the  youngest  son  of 

the  Magaurans,  subject  to  O'Rourlce.     See  the  Earl  of  Bedford.     See  p.  lxxxv.,  antea., 

0'Flaherty's  Iar  Connaue;ht,  p.  347.  In  'The  Account  of  his  Journey  to  Ballen- 

2  Clan    Cobhthach   Ruadh.—  The  tribe-  acor '  there  is  a  description  of  the  cruelties 

nameofthe  Magaurans.     They  were  chiefs  which  he  practised  towards  the  0'Byrnes 

of  Teallach   Eochdach,   which  now  forms  and  other  Wichlow  tribe's.    See  C.C.  JllSS., 

the  barony  of  Tullyhaw,  in  the  north-west  iii.  226,  and  Ajinals  F.  M.,  vi.   1955.     He 

of  Co.  Cavan.  was  recalled  in  May,  1 597. 


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escaping  from  that  battlc  wcnt  in  confusion,  scattered  and  disordercd,  to  1595- 
Brefny  O'Rcill}-.  Thc  road  by  which  George  Ogc  Bingham  wcnt  with  thc 
people  who  followcd  him  out  of  that  fight  was  through  Largan  :  of  Clan 
Cobthach  Ruadh2  Magauran,  through  Brcfny  0'Rourkc,  and  thcno 
Sligo.  This  took  placc  in  thc  month  of  August.  Whcn  thc  warders  of 
thc  castle  of  Ennisldllcn  hcard  of  the  dcfeat  of  thc  army  which  intcndcd  to 
come  to  their  aid  they  gavc  up  all  hope  of  rclicf  and  surrcndcrcd  thc  castlc 
to  Maguire,  and  hc  gave  them  a  protcction  during  their  journcy  through 
the  district  till  they  came  to  a  place  where  thcy  were  safe.  As  to  O'Donnell, 
after  engaging  the  Scotch,  hc  wcnt  to  thc  tcrritory  of  Fcrmanagh  to  con- 
tinuc  the  same  siege  in  which  he  was  engaged  before  at  Enniskillen.  After 
thc  journcy  he  saw  some  of  his  soldicrs  who  wcrc  at  the  dcfcat  in  the  fight 
against  the  English  with  the  plundcr  in  thcir  possession.  Thcy  gave  him 
the  account  of  how  it  happened.  He  was  pleascd  with  them,  but  yct  it 
was  anguish  to  him  that  hc  was  not  himself  in  that  battlc,  for  so  many  of 
the  English  would  not  escape  as  there  did.  O'Donncll  went  back  with 
the  Scotch,  and  hc  remained  in  his  territory  until  Maguire's  messengers 
came  to  him  to  tcll  him  that  the  Lord  Justicc,  Sir  William  Russcll,3  was 
threatening4  and  asserting  that  he  would  go  to'  Enniskillen  to  take  it  a 
second  time.  Whcn  O'Donnell  heard  this  news  he  assembled  his  forces, 
both  high  and  low-born,  and  he  went  to  Fermanagh.  He  went  afterwards 
into  Tir  Kennedy,5  to  the  cast  of  Lough  Erne.  Thc  armv  made  huts  and 
tents  there,  and  remained  so  from  the  end  of  August  to  the  5 tli  of  Octobcr. 
When  the  Lord  Justicc  heard  that  O'Donnell  was  wcll  prepared,  and 
Maguire  with  his  auxiliaries  also,  and  as  he  knew  that  O'Neill  would  come 
to  their  aid,  he  prcvcnted  them  from  leaving  Dublin  thcn.  Whcn 
O'Donncll  was  ccrtain  that  the  Lord  Justicc  would  not  come  to  Ennis- 
killen  thcn,  he  returncd  to  his  own  country  and  scnt  awav  his  Scots  after 
giving  them  their  pay,  and  they  madc  a  promise  to  him  again  for  thc  vcrv 
beginning  of  the  following  summcr. 

4  Thrcaiening. — '  He  formed  a  resolution       at  that  time  and  from  thence  to  Roscommon.' 
that  provisicns  and  stores  should  be  put  into      Ibid. 

every  tcwn  in   thc  Queen's  possession  in  5  Tir  Kennedy.  —  Now  a  baronv  in  the 

Ireland,  in  despite  of  all  thosc  who  wcre      east  of  Co.  Feimanagh  ;   it   lies   between 
opposed  to  him.  .  .  .     He  went  to  Athlone       Ennishillen  and  Fivcmiletown. 

K 


76 


íol.  20.  b. 


Anno  1595,  Ati  4.  btiAt>Ain. 

t)Áoiporii  1  ro]-  ía]\oiíi  íC]\  mmceclic  t>ÍA  Aiii]\\ib  50  mrórhC'oón  C]\]\Air;. 
UAii;gACA]i  itioniAC  'oÚAitib  coiccit>  nieA'óbA  *oo  fAijró  uí  *OliorhiiAitt  r]U]%  m 
]\érm  ^ombÁcA]!  ro]\  AmrAme  "lAir  íCn  11  a  ccoronn  A-p  a  ccí]\  Ía  liAnpiiAclic 
jaIÍ,  (x  m  AncAir  "oo  §]\er  acc  aja  acac^oii'i  Gfc  05  Áit^Cr  rAi]\  micuróecc 
•oAice  aii  AiirrAttA'ó  ro]\piA  1iAttm.Anc1iAib  rx  "oo]vgAin  7  •om'oneA'ó  aota  nro 
lomputAm^  7  iia  ccuac  ]\obcA]\  roriiÁniAigce  bóib.  1lo  bAOi  immo]\o  oía 
Ainc]\it>e],ium  Gt  "oía  nroí]\e  r]\i  ^AttAib  ^u]\  uó  ro-ÓAin^  a  A]'tAij  rAi]\  au 
ioiro]\A*ó  7  A11  oji^ahi  tha  ecAoriirA'ó.  t)Are  mCiroAc  rAm]\eAt>  ]\o  cAircéteAtj 
•01A  iiro]\eAt>  1u  corAc  1\ac  c]\oicbCn  c]\oit>e]Y5e  ro]\  hia§  n<\ói  mic  AttjubliA 
in  eici]\n'iCoón  ha  n^Att  bAit  nnbACA]\  Ambeoc]\ot>  (x  Annroite.  11í]\  uó 
1iC]\u]w  t>ó]'on'i  on  mnrm,  úai]\  t>o  ]\ac]\\c  ha  ^Aitt  coicceAt)  ConnAcc  uite  ro 
AmÁrhur  ^ombACA]!  1  ropbAip  m  t>únnb  tnocogtArói  7  1  po]\cAib  jAbÁt-A  ha 
cruche  7  ro]\  AbC]\nAt>Aib  boCgAit.  1  .  "o^on^  t»iob  irm  cAirciAtt  pt  ]:o]\  u]\nA 
rCtiAbonn  ropiA^Aib  ah  túte  ha  t>Ct>1iAit>  t>iA  n^A^io]^  StigeAc,  (x  A]\o\te  t>íb 
nnbAite  aii  mocAi5,t>únAt>  •OAmgeAn  pt  1u  coiii]>oc]\Aib  t>on  cnuc  Ai]vóe]\c  t>o 
céir  co]iAinn  c]\uici]\e.  Soch.Ait>e  t>íob  irm  po]\c  húa,  mú]\  -oAnijeAn  eipbe 
]\o  ctAit>]'Cc  iia  ^Aitt  eici]\  tocli  cé  7  tocb  HApbAc.  ^\]\  Aitt  t»íob  1n 
niAini]xi]\  n'ionAcli  pt  ro]\  bjtú  ha  sCí;rA,  ob  ipúe  •oo  caoc  a  toch  ceichCc 
•oía    115A]\A]\   btntt    aii    CAiip\.       T3]\eAiii    oite    1u     ccvntfce    111    ecinmCt>ón 

IIH1AI5I    1u\01    r]\1     1IA1C    C]\UAc1lA11    A11A1]\CÚA1t>.         1lo  bA01   50lbC]\1lÓl]\  C01CC1t) 

ComiAcc  Si]\  Hipoent)  bion^om  1  llurr  commÁni.  1lroi]\e  c]\ot>A  eirróe,  €fc 
a  ré  bA  hAi]\]\i<5  pu  tAnii  ah  creAnAi-ó  ronrAn  ccoigeAt)  tntereb  AC]\ub]\Amo]\. 
Da  tiuitij  t)iocumAin^  -oahac  imo'ótAC  Ammur/  t>o  CAbAi]\c  r^fifATi  rpAntAÓ 
]\eme]\be]\cniA]\  t>ÍA  cc]\eACAt)  nÁc  t)ÍA  nnro]\eAt)  tA  Iia-óúac  7  tA  hutraiAtn 
AHA]\m  7  nro  mnitt,  tÁr  aii  -0111115111  7  tÁr  ah  -omibjúj  t>o  ]\ón]wc  t>o  ^AoróéA- 


1  Middle  moitth. — The  year  was  divided 
by  the  ancient  Irish  into  four  parts,  each 
beginning  with  a  stated  day  on  which  the 
lighting  of  fires  and  games  took  place. 
O'Donovan  thinhs  the  last  month  of  Fogh- 
mar,  or  summer,  corresponding  with  our 
November,  was  also  the  last  of  the  year. 
Accordingly  the  middle  month  of  spring 
would  be  our  April.  See  The  Book  of 
Rights,  liii. 


2  Sligeach.  —  i.e.,  abounding  in  shells. 
This  was  formerly  the  name  of  the  river 
Garvogue,  which  flows  through  the  town  of 
Sligo.     From  it  the  town  has  its  name. 

3  Ballynwte.  —  A  town  fourteen  miles 
south  of  Sligo.  The  castle  was  built  by 
Richard  De  Burgo,  called  the  Red  Earl,  in 
1300.     A  good  part  of  it  is  still  standing. 

4  A'esh. — A  hill  immediately  to  the  west 
of  Ballvmote. 


77. 

Thc  year  1595,  the  fourth  ycar. 

He  was  then  at  rcst,  aftcr  thc  departure  of  his  mcrcenarics,  until  thc 
middlc  month1  of  spring.  Many  of  thc  nobles  of  the  province  of  Mcadhbh 
came  to  O'Donnell  at  that  time  and  were  in  his  scrvicc,  having  bcen 
banished  from  their  territory  by  the  oppression  of  the  English,  and  thcy 
never  ceased  beseeching  and  begging  him  to  go  to  punish  thc  English  for 
their  misdeeds,  and  to  plundcr  and  prey  the  pcoplc  who  bore  with 
them  and  the  tcrritories  subject  to  them.  It  happcncd,  moreovcr,  that 
owing  to  his  resentment  and  angcr  against  thc  English  it  was  easy  to 
tempt  him  to  prey  and  plundcr  them  whenevcr  hc  could.  Thc  precisc 
place  fixed  on  to  be  plundered  first  was  Rathcroghan  of  Crobdearg,  in 
the  plain  of  Aoi,  son  of  Allgubha,  in  the  middle  of  the  English,  whcre 
their  flccks  and  herds  were.  That  was  not  casy  for  him,  for  thc  English 
had  brought  the  whole  provincc  of  Connaught  under  their  power,  so  that 
they  were.in  possession  of  the  impregnable  castles  and  strongholds  of  the 
country  and  in  the  gaps  of  danger,  viz.,  some  of  them  in  the  castle  on  the 
bank  of  the  ancient  river  which  the  flood  lcft  behind,  called  the  Sligcach,'2 
and  others  of  them  in  Ballymote,3  a  strong  fortress  in  the  neighbourhood 
of  the  celcbrated  hill  of  Kesh4  of  Corann  the  harper.  Some  of  them  at 
Newport,5  a  strong  fortrcss  which  the  English  had  crected  bctween  Lough  Cc 
and  Lough  Arrow.6  Others  of  them  in  the  monastery  of  the  monks  on  the 
bank  of  the  Seghais,  a  river  which  comes  from  Lough  Techet,7  now  called 
the  Boyle.  Another  body  in  Tulsk,  in  the  middle  of  Magh  Aoi,  north-east 
of  Rathcroghan.  The  Governor  of  the  province  of  Connaught,  Sir  Richard 
Bingham,  was  in  Roscommon,8  a  valiant  knight,  and  he  was  Govcrnor,  undcr 
the  direction  of  the  Council,  over  the  wholc  provincc,  as  wc  havc  said. 
It  was  a  hard,  difficult,  bold,  brave  thing  to  makc  an  attack  on  thc  party  of 
whom  we  have  spoken  already,  in  order  to  plundcr  or  prcy  thcm,  owing  to 
the  great  dread  and  abhorrcncc  of  their  arms  and  accoutrcments,  and  to 

.  6  Newport.— This  is  no  doubt  the  great  miles  W.  of  Boyle.     Coolavin,  the  lerritorv 

fort  between  Loughs  Ce  and  Arrow  erected  of  the  O'Garas,  lav  on  thc  west  side  of  it. 
by  the  Govcrnor  of  Connaught,  spohen  of  ommon. — This  castle  was  built  by 

by  the  Four  Masters  under  the  d.ate  1590.  William  De  Ufford,  Lord  Justice,  in  1268. 

^LonghArrow. — Five  miles  N.of  Boyle.  See  an  account  of  it  in  The  J.  0/  the  R. 

1  Lotiqh  TecÁef.—Nov/  Lough  Gara,  six  Soc.  of  Antiquaries  of  Ircland,  Oct.,  1S91. 


73 

t<xib  o  céin  tiiÁin.  A\\  a  aoi  cj\a  <sy  pAi]\  t>ep-ó  tA  Iiúa  n"Ooriinoitt  t>ot  yo\\ 
ah  fluAigf-ó  A]\  mipi-óe  7  A|\  AfftAC  iia  nÚAfAt  7  ha  nAi]ieAch  ]io  ACAOinpfcm 
imnet>  fnip  1lo  CA]\cctomcA  7]\o  cionóiteAt>  cenét  ^conÁitt  tAip  combÁcA]i 
occ  Ac  SeAiiAij;.  Luit>  Apr"  u\]\oiii  coiia  flog  aii  cpeAf  tA  x>o  111a]\ca  ca]\ 
pfnfpuc  SAn'iAoi]\e,  tÁn'i  -ófp  ppi  toch  111etj;e  mic  CobcAig  ca]\  irneAtbo]vo 
mOpeipne,  50  b]\AiccptiAb,  7  Aippi"óe  co  ci]\  cuAcliAit.  gAbAifj  ton^popc 
hipm-óe  co  hia-oai.ii.  L-oca]\  Ap  a]\  AbariAC  c]\e  tncpeAbAib  7  pApAigib  ha 
cjuche  gAii  Aijnu^A-ó  ^ah  popctoipceAchc  gup  ah  AbAinn  50  Duitt  ppi  toc  Cé 

AnA1]\.        UfgAICC     A11     ftÓj     CA]\     A11    AbAIIHl    111     U]\COpAÓ  ÓrÓÓe    O   CO1l101lA*O  t>1A 

ngA]\o]\  •opoichfc  cnuic  ah  biocA]\A.  Aippit>e  t>óib  co  cÁoicóicfiiAc  c]\e  iiiaí; 
tuipg  An  'OÁgh'ÓA  7  c]\e  riuvg  -dói  An  finnbeAiroAig  50  ]\iac1icaca]\  tA  -oobAp 
foittpi  iia  niAi-one  50  CpÚAc1u\n  1Iioj]\aic  A01.  AcccfnA  ^ep  bo  hioiirotuic 
lomfoccup  Aicc]\eAbAib  7  aíciuja'ó  1111011  Uioj]\Áic  7  gep  uó  hiotApt>A  AmbuAp 
fol.  21. a.  7  AinbóchAince,  AiieAC]iAX)  lomtuAC  AttriiAp'ÓA,  ah  ■oahíi  7  111  "oai^  mnite,  7$en 
50  pélccpfc  Atfp^eA-ó  a  pccfniieAtcA  vo  pgAinpf-o  no  An  ogbA-ó  ■oeippéróeA'ó 
ó  A]\  Aite  •00  chumgeA-ó  cpuró  no  cfcpA  (úai]\  po  ^ebcAip  AppotA]\cnAit> 
•oíob  7  "oa  ^ac  et>Áit  bA  mfnniA]\c  teó  genmocÁ  ó\\  no  ajijac)  ni]\  bo  het>pm 
x>o  rionr-AC  icop,  acc  a|*  pAippmg  poiptfcAii  ]\o  pcAoitpfc  ó  A]\  oite  x>o  riiuttAc 
riAlliog  Haca  úai]\  •00  •oeAcliA'OAp  •opong  •óíob  po  'ÓUCA15  uí  ConcobAip  1iÚAró  7 
uí  Amtróe,  Gt  A]\  Aitt  50  t>poichfc  beoit  Ac1u\  TiIoja,  7  t>peAm  oite  ca]-\  ah 
cAipten  RiAbAC  pÍAp.  'Oo  ]\iac1icaca]\  ha  pipche  pÁptÚACA  pin  uite 
con  AiiAipgnib  (x  con  An^Ab^tAib  x>o  neoch  ]\o  churiiAin^pfc  -oo  coriigtuApAcc 
110  t>o  co]\  ]\fni]\u  t>o  Atn'iAib  7  •omnitib  íf]\  mfbón  tAoi  ípm  tó  cftniA  50 
1iai]uii  AnibAoi  ó  'Oon'iiiAitt  co  hoitpnin.  0a  cÍAnpot>A  pÍAfAn  CAiipin  iia 
po  cioniAip^f-ó  7  iia  ]\o  cf^tAn'iA-ó  cucc]\oiha  11Á  coibéip  "oía  ]\o  cíonóiteAt)  *oo 
ch]\eAc1iAib  111  A0111  ioiiAt>  -OAipcccib  aoh  tAoi  tA  neAÓ  t>o  fiot  jjAeróit  j;tAip 
'  nnc  11iAit.  *Oo  chofc  úa  'Oon'niAitt  coha  ftój  hia  ]\eiiinm  lonniAtt  unceccA 
ca]i  imeAtbo]it)  riiAi^e  Iiaoi  tÁn'i  -ófp  y\\\  y fn  ac  Sti-pfn   &  50  htnb  U]\ium  co 

XL.  ofMelge- — Now  Lough  Melvin,  at  the  of  the  baronv  of  Boyle,  including  the  whole 

extreme    N.E.    of    Co.    Leitrim.       Melge  parish  of  Kilronan.      Top.  Poems,  xxxvi. 
was  the  son    of   Cobthach    Caolmbreagh,  4  Knockvicar. — Five  miles  N.E.  of  Boyle. 

ancl  was  ardrigh  from  a.m.  3696  to  3673.  5  Daghdha. — i.e.,  Eochaidh  Ollathar,  ard- 

Keating,  //.  of  Ireland,  p.  192.  righ  from  3371  to  34.50.     He  died  at  Brugh 

2  Braulieve. — Four  miles   S.  of  Droma-  na  Boinne  of  a  wound  v/hich  was  inflicted 
haire,  where  Leitrim  and  Roscommon  meet.  on   him    in   the   first    battle   of    Moytura. 

3  Tir  Tua/hai/.—A  territory  in  the  N.E.  Annals  F.  M.,  i.  23. 


79 

the  contcmpt  and  insults  they  offcrcd  to  the  Irish  for  a  long  time.     llow-      1595 
ever,  O'Donnell  resolved  to  go  on  a  hosting  at  the  rcqucst  and  pctition  of 
the  nobles  and  gcntlcmen  who  complaincd  of  thcir  suffciings  to  him.     I  le 
assemblcd    and    gathered    togcthcr   thc    Cinel   Conaill,   and    thcv  camc  to 
Ballyshannon.     Thcn  hc  went,  the  third  day  of  March,  with  his  host  across 
the  old  strcam  of  Saimer,  having  the  Lough  of  Melge,1   son  of  Cobthach, 
on  the  right,   over  the  border   of  Brefny,  to  Brauliéve,2   and  from  that  to 
Tir  Tuathail.3    He  encamped  there  till  morning.    Thc  next  dav  thcy  set  off 
through   the  wastes   and  descrts  of  thc  country,  without  being  noticcd  or 
heard,  to  the  rivcr  at   Boyle,   east  of  Lough   Ce.     Thc  army  crossed  the 
river  in  the  beginning  of  thc  night  at  thc  place  called   Knockvicar4  bridgc. 
From  that  silently  through  Moylurg  of  the  Daghdha5  and  through  Magh  Aoi 
Finnbendaig,  till  they  came  at  the  twilight  of  the  morning  to  Croghan,  the 
royal  fort  of  Aoi.     However,  though  houses  and  dwellings  were  close  in 
the  neighbourhood  of  the  royal  fortress,  and  though  the  cows  and  herds  of 
cattle,  the  swift  foreign  horses,  the  oxen  and  preys  of  cattle  were  numcrous, 
and  though  they  might  with  profit  forbid  their  marauders  to  scatter  or  their 
soldiers  to  separate  from  each  other  in  ordcr  to  collect  herds  or  flocks  (for  they 
would  find  plenty  of  them,  and  of  every  treasure  they  wishcd  exccpt  gold  or 
silver),  it  was  not  this  they  did  at  all,  but  far  and  widc  they  separated  one 
from  the  cther  from  the  hill  of  tbie  royal  fort,  for  some  of  thcm  wcnt  into 
the  territory   of  O'Conor   Roe  and  Annalv,  and  others  to  the  bridge  of 
Ballymoe,c  and    another    body  beyond    Castlcrea,"  wcstwards.     All  these 
active  marauding  parties,  with  their  spoils  and  booty,  returncd  with  what 
each  one  could,  moving  togethcr  and  driving  bcfore  them  herds  and  cattle, 
after  mid-day  on  the  same  day  to  Elphin,8  where  O'Donnell  was.     It  was  a 
long  time  bcfore  that  since  the  same  quantity  or  the  like  was  gathercd  and 
collected  as  was  brought  togethcr  of  spoils  in  onc  placc,  the  plundér  of 
one  day,byany  one  of  the  race  of  Gaeidhcl  Glas,9  son  of  Nial.     O'Donnell 
went  forward  with  his  army  by  slow  marches  over  thc  border  of  Magh   Aoi 

6  Ballytnoe. — Six  miles  S.  of  Castlerea.  gives    its    name  to  an     ancient    bishopric 

7  Castlerea. — Fifteen  miles  N.W.  of  Ros-      founded  by  St.  Patrick. 

common.     No  trace  of  the  castle  remains.  9  Gaeidhel  Glas. — Or  Gadelas.     Milesius 

8  Elphin. — See  Trias  1  haum.,  pp.  89,  139.      was    igth    in    descent    from    him.       See 
It  is  fifteen  miles  north  of  Roscommon.     It       Reating's  H.  of ' Ireland,  p.  107. 


So 

]\At15ACA]\  CO  1ltf]\  SlOlTÓA  A]\  &y(x)  "00  dlÁClCp   A11A1]\  CUAIt)    gAC  1TOÍ]\eAc1l    eci]\ 

uíb  D]UAin  (x  ConniAicne  llCm.     ^Oiib^it)  lonj;]\o]\c  Inpiróe  aiia-oIiai^  pn. 

UuijiceccA  Aii  goibCpio^A  ítip)C]vo  bion^om,  ac  cuApoo^Aróe  o  'OorimAibb 
•oo  c]\u\bb  ]\u\  pu  cAunc  -oon  cí]\,  7  ]\o  tu\oi  niA  ]>oic1nbb  AriiAil  A]-  "oeAÓ  i\o 
yéx>  (x  bA  ro  ÍAir  a  cocbc  icci]\  úai]\  aii  *oa]\  beiporii  ní  cutnAi'órC'ó  ro]\  ccúIa 
5A11  AiclniiebA,  -oo  ]\eccbAnn  cIiucca  iia  ^Aibb  bAco]\  iropbAip  ipn  ccpc  1 
ccoiccmne  <sy  z^ac  mCnnAC  unbAco]\  7  t)ÁtAir  c1iuicce\Ccc  gur  ah  SC^Iiai]-  "oia" 

115A]10]\  An   buílb,  A]\  Af  A1111   bA  "001J  bAÍ]'  UA  *Oon'l11Albb    t)Ó    jllA^Alb  A^  rOAt) 

•óó  t)iA  ci]\.  Uaii^acau  ipn  coicliCrcAb  pn  ha  ^Aitb  bACA]\  iro]\bAip  occ  ah 
SbicceAÓimbAibe  aii  IIIocaij  7  ipn  pojvcnuA^ombACAn  1  iiiahii]xi]\  ua  buibbe. 

fol.2I   b.      UaIIJACAjI  ipil    C01ÓeA]'CAb  cCcCHA    11A    JAlbb    bACA]\  lll     CcbÚA111     11A    CCAip^eAb. 

Uahaic  A11  JoibCnnóin  reipn  50  n^AbbAib  Rop\A  conniiAin  bAip  7  50  n-oriumg 
mói]\  "oo  ^AoróeAbAib  miA]\oCn  puú,  jombACAn  occ  Raic  c]\úacaii,  7  t)o  iC^Iiacc 
ro]\  rbiodicbo]\cc  ua  rbuA^  (x  ha  cc]\eAcb,  Gfc  t;e]\  bo  ro-ÓAmg  a  bojvg  t)o 
b]\eic  (a]\  ni]\  bo  rbiochc  pon"OAij  ro]\  otíjjteog  Cn^  7  roibteclic  ah  c]\eAÓ- 
rboi^  bAoi  ]\Cni]\u)  bA  ]\\m  cohai]\  ]\o  chtngrCc  bA  tnuró  bAoi  (x  bA  hu]\fop\c 
oróclie  ía]\  ua  mCfgeAf)  rhCnugAt)  bA  hÁtbjiur  7  bA  c;mn Cnnp  acca]\]\accahi  7 
AccognAim,  úai]\  bA]*Co  bAti]*\\oiteAccAin  ha  n^Abb  ^ujt  bo  1n  An  coiiai]\  1 
ccú-ódiAt)  úa  *OoiiiiiAibbt)on  cí]\  110  ArgnÁireAtj  t)o  ptnp  occ  roA-ó  mA  pucCmg. 

O'OomilAlbb    C]\A    (Ó  ]\0  ^té  A11   bÁ  CO   11A    tAllfoibp   A]\  AbA]\AÓ)    ]\0    rO]\COH5A1]\ 

ron  a  5iobbAn]\Ait>  7  ro]\  ^ac  aoii  "oía  rbóg  t)A  ha]\  bo  1ieob  A]\m  t)iiiibeA]\c  110 
•oiombÚAt)  m  A^Ait)  a  nÁiiiAC  ArccnAih  ^Án  ]>ui]\eAc  bA  AccneAc^AbÁtAib  7  bA 
AnétDÁÍAib  t)o  poi jró  ha  Sioitoa  50  A]\oibe  Ác  t)oiiiAm  bAoi  rojvpAn  AbAmn 
pup  ]\A\ce]\  Acb   cibbe  c]\enAm.     X)o  ]\ónAt>  pMjvpoih   intjpn  ro  •cbCccói]\  7 

b0CCA]\  CA]\]'A11   AbAHin   5AII    11 AC  HlbAO^Ab  JOIllbACOJI  rO]\]W11    11lb]\UAC  AbbcA]\AC 

icconniAicne  mAige  tlCm  pup  ]\aicC]\  mumcC]\  CobAir  aii  cah  p\. 

1omcu]-A  au  50ibC]\nó]\A  1lipoA]\t)  bíon^Am,  ó  *oo  bC]\c  t)ÍA  u'ró  ó  *OomiiAibb 
coha  rbo^  t)o  10111  JAbAib  7  t)o  -peAclmA  ha  rti^Có  ca]\]-a  ccu-ócacaja  t)on  cí]\ 
]\o  pwó  ceclicA  jur  iia  ^AbbAib  ptir  a]\  *óÁbArcAi]\  occ  niAini]xi]\  ha  bmble 

1  Slishen.  —  Now   Bellaslishen,    a    mile  3  Conmaicne  Rem. — i.e.,  the  plain  of  the 

south  of  Elphin.  track.     Through  this  the  Formorians  flying 

2  Hy  Brinin. — Now  Tir  ua  Riuin,  the  ter-  from  the  .battle  field  of  Moytura  passed  to 
ritory  lying  between  Elphin  and  James-  Fenagh,  where  they  were  slain.  It  cora- 
town,  Co.  Roscommon.  It  belonged  tothe  prises  the  southern  part  of  Co.  Leitrim. 
O'Monaghans,  descended  from  Brian,  son  *  Cluan  ni  gcaishel. — Novv  Cloone,  in 
of  Eochaidh  Muighmeadhoin.  the  barony  of  Mohill. 


having  on  the  right  thc  old  ford  of  Slishen1  and  Hy  Briuin,-  until  thcy  camc      1595. 
to    the   bank    of  the  Shannon,  for  it  flows   straight  from  the  north-west 
betwcen    Hy  Briuin  and  Conmaicine  Rcin.3     Thcy  cncampcd    thcrc  that 
night. 

As  for  the  Governor  Richard  Bingham,  when  he  was  told  that  O'Donncll 
was  marching  before  he  camc  into  the  country,  and  he  was  as  well  preparcd 
as  he  could  be,  he  thought  it  well  that  hc  had  come  anyhow,  for  hc 
supposed  he  could  not  escape  back  without  a  grcat  disaster,  he  assemblcd 
all  thc  English  in  the  country  in  gcncral,  from  whatcvcr  garrisons  thcy 
were  in,  and  he  summoned  them  to  meet  him  at  the  Seghais  callcd  the 
Boyle,  for  he  thought  O'Donnell  would  pass  therc  when  going  to  his  own 
country.  There  came  to  that  gathering  the  English  vvho  wcrc  in  thc 
garrisons  of  Sligo,  Ballymote,  and  Newport,  and  they  wcrc  in  thc  monas- 
tery  of  Boyle.  The  English  who  were  in  Cluan  na  gCaishel4  camc  to  the 
same  gathering.  The  Governor  himself  carae  with  the  English  of 
Roscommon  and  with  a  great  body  of  Irish,  and  they  were  at  Rath 
Croghan.  They  went  on  the  track  of  the  army  and  of  the  prey,  and 
though  it  was  easy  to  find  the  track,  for  not  like  the  track  of  a  fox  on 
the  ice  were  the  track  and  footsteps  of  the  plundering  host  before  them, 
thev  took  a  different  road  at  the  end  of  the  day  and  beginning  of  the  night, 
after  wandering  and  straving  through  a  longing  desire  and  haste  to  take 
vengeance  on  them  and  pursue  them,  for  the  English  werc  fully  persuaded 
that  O'Donnell  would  march  again,  whcn  returning  back,  by  the  same  road 
by  which  he  had  come  to  the  territory.  Meantime  (as  soon  as  the  day 
shone  out  with  all  its  light  on  the  morrow),  O'Donnell  ordercd  his  attend- 
ants  and  every  one  of  his  army  who  did  not  know  how  to  usc  or  wicld 
arms  against  their  enemies  to  march  without  delay  with  their  booty  and 
spoils  to  a  certain  deep  ford  of  the  river  Shannon,  which  is  callcd  the  ford 
of  Killtrcnan.  This  they  did  immediately,  and  they  crosscd  the  river 
without  any  hurt  to  the  opposite  bank  in  Conmaicne  Magh  Rcim,  which  is 
now  called  Muintir  Eolais. 

As  for  the  Governor  Richard  Bingham,  whcn  hc  pcrccived  that 
O'Donnell  with  his  army  had  escaped  and  had  takcn  a  diffcrcnt  road  from 
that  by  which  they  had  come  into  the  countrv,  he  scnt  messengers  to  the 


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•oia  ccocuipeAX)  chuccA  x>o  x)ut  xióib  tntei  tCniiiAin  An  Cftoij  "oon  Ainij  xnnn- 
}\e&x>  ha  cpiche,  7  o  iia  nuccfAC  fAin  1  c]\aicci  iioc1ia]\  bo  1iAit  -oó  fAigit)  pn 
An  rtóg  iiAite  50  1n\nvin]\ice,  conoCcliACAprorii  "oerfóe  CAn  SionAnm 
rAi|\  CÚA1-Ó  ne  fiú  cai]\cCcca]\  ha  gAitt  Achc  níA-ó  úacIuvó  x)u\  nArhfAib 
i\o  rÁgAibfCc  -oía  néif  x)o  cacujja-ó  ca]\  accCivo  7  oía  ninróCgriAit  hia 
nomix).  *Oup  fAipcCcon  Dpong  n'ió]\  do  j;tAftAic  aii  crtuAij  §Att  7  día 
íol.22.  a.  nóCf  DiobpAicce  lADpvóe  (x  do  bC]\Acc  DeAbAvó  DÓib  gup  ]\o  chéchcnAijjic  7 
rup  ]\o  5011AIC  ite  Cco]\]\a  Cid  pit  Aim  cnA  Achc  do  DéAcliACAp  cenét 
ccotiAitt  DAppAii  AbAinn  ro  DeóiD  íC]\  mbuAiD  copccAin.  SoAtf  An  joibepnoip 
conA  tAttAib  ro]\  ccútAib  7  mn  bó  ptAn  tAip  a  mCnmA  a]\  bA  metA  tA\f 
mDpeAD  aii  cí]\e  cAijup. 

X)o  coCc  ó  -óornnAitt  con  a  ftój  ínA  nuÍDheDAib  nnceccA  dia  CC1510  con 
éoAtAib  Avóbte  7  co  bpoitce  mói]\.  An  aic  f  aiíi  lavó  occ  téi^Cn  Af  cífi  50  DeipeAD 
neAnnAig.  O  ]\o  comfoiccfij;  ceDcof ac  ha  ríne  r au'ijiaca  DÓib  ]io  §Ab  ai  tjCf  G: 
lomcotcAn  úa  'OoiimAitt  xio  cuvóecc  ipn  ccoiccc]nch  xio  piDipi  x)0  fuAbAipc 
iia  ccuac  ]\o  bACA]\  111  géittfine  ^Att,  7  ]\obA  niAnAvj;  xióib  X)1A  ccAbAi]ic  pop 
ccúlad  111A  rhumcCnAf  7  hia  ca]\ac]\ax>  do  copiiArii  AiiACApbA  rni  ^AttAlb  nó 
X)1A  nmx)peAX)  muiiA  aopcAip  icci]\.  lApox>Am  x)o  pecctomcA  a  ftuA^  tAip 
aii  .18.  x)o  Ap]\it.  bApCx)  accCccha  huvóe  ca]a  fCnfnuc  SAiiiAoipe  tAn'i  xi>Cf 
rm  toch  ffletje  imc  CobcAij;  co  pAii^ACApro  tlormbCn  ah  ADAijjpm.  Aipípic 
co  niAX)Ain  ipin  mAigin  pn.  UiArhAic  A]\  AbApAch  co  ci tte  f  Cpro.  *Oot;niAc 
lompupeAch  hipuvoe  co  puccfAC  DeipeAD  a  ptoi§  poppA.  X)o  íCjac  iCporii 
c]\epAH  mbpCipne  co  bpAiccftÍAb.  b^cAp  ad1iai§  tongpopc  ahh,  7  do  juíac 
AnAi]\te  íA]\om.  b^pCb  ]\o  cogAiprCc  cecip  c]iuch  ro  JAbcAip  eitt  poppnA 
^AttAib  bAcop  iniAini]xi]\  11A  sCghfA  ]\o  bAb  ró  teó.  Ap  imne  bACAnfvóe 
co  noíb  céoAib  laóc  ipopbAipi  ifm  ]\ecctép  hipn,  7  ]\o  fÁfAi^fCc  ha  cpiocA 
bÁcop  coiiifoiccfi  X)óib  fO]\  jac  tec  ^ombcA]!  oicpeAbA  jah  lonAcochc  ^au 
AicpeAbAX). 

-ApCx)   Ai]\eAcc  A]\]\ichc  la  Iuía  n'Oon'mAitt  fo  X)eóix).      1lo  "óetigCncAin 

1  Ross  Inver.— A  parish  in  north  Leitrim,  3  Monastery  ofihe  Seghats.—T'ht  Cister- 
near  the  south-eastern  extremity  of  Lough  cian  abbey  of  Boyle,  which  is  called  here 
Melvin.  by  the  name  of  the  river  close  to  which  it 

2  Killargy—  z'.e.,  the  church  of  St.  Ferga.  is  built.  The  church  and  a  considerable 
The  village  is  six  miles  south  of  Manor  part  of  the  monastery  are  still  standing,  but 
Hamilton.  they  are  in  very  neglected  state. 


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English  whom  he  had  summoncd  to  thc  monastcry  of  Boylc  to  ask  all  of 
thcm  to  go  in  pursuit  of  thc  host  which  had  comc  to  plundcr  thc  tcrritorv, 
and  as  they  did  not  comc  instantly,  for  they  did  not  wish  to  go  mcct  the 
othcr  army  unprcparcd,  thcy  wcnt  from  thcnce  across  the  Shannon  north- 
eastwards  bcforc  thc  English  came  up,  all  but  a  small  numbcr  of  their 
soldiers  whom  they  lcft  bchind  to  fight  in  thcir  dcfcncc  and  to  protcct 
thcm  on  their  rear.  A  great  body  of  the  infantry  of  the  English  army  and 
of  the  shooters  came  up  and  a  skirmish  took  placc  between  thcm,  so  that 
many  wcre  hurt  and  wounded  on  both  sidcs.  Howcvcr,  at  last  thc  Cinel 
Conaill  wcnt  across  thc  river  aftcr  a  victory  in  thc  fight.  The  Govcrnor 
with  his  English  retreated,  and  his  mind  was  not  at  case,  for  hc  was  sorry 
that  the  country  was  plundercd  in  spitc  of  him. 

O'Donnell  and  his  army  went  on  thcir  way  to  thcir  homcs  with  vast 
treasures  and  grcat  joy.  They  remained  there  to  get  rid  of  their  fatigue 
to  the  end  of  spring.  When  the  beginning  of  the  summer  weathcr  was 
approaching  a  longing  and  a  great  desire  seized  O'Donnell  to  go  again  into 
the  neighbouring  districts  to  attack  the  people  that  wcre  in  subjcction  to 
the  English  and  obcdicnt  to  them,  to  bring  them  back  to  an  alliance  and 
fricndship  with  him,  and  to  protcct  their  patrimony  from  the  English,  or  to 
prey  them  if  they  did  not  return.  Wherefore  he  got  together  his  troops  on 
the  i8th  of  April.  His  first*  march  was  across  the  old  strcam  of  the 
Saimer,  having  the  Lough  of  Melge,  son  of  Cobthach,  on  his  right,  and 
thev  came  to  Ross  Inver1  that  night.  They  remaincd  there  till  morning. 
They  went  the  next  day  to  Killargy.2  They  made  a  halt  there  until  thc 
rear  of  his  army  came  up  with  them.  After  that  they  wcnt  through  Brefnv 
to  Braulieve.  Thcy  encamped  for  a  night  thcre,  and  hcld  a  council 
afterwards.  What  they  agrecd  on  was  whatever  hurt  thcy  found  an  oppor- 
tunity  of  doing  to  thc  English  who  wcrc  in  the  monastery  of  the  Scghais,3 
they  thought  it  right  to  do,  for  these  wcrc  with  two  hundred  soldicrs  in 
possession  of  the  church,4  and  they  wasted  thc  ncighbouring  •territories  on 
every  side  so  that  they  wcrc  wildernésses  without  residence  or  dwelling. 

This  was  the  plan  adoptcd  by  O'Donncll  in  the  cnd.     Hc  detachcd  a 

*  Church.  —  Regles^   an    abbey    church,      of  the  secular  or  of  the  rcgular  cleryy.    See 
whereas  tcamful  may  mcan  a  church  either       Petrie's  Ect l.  An/i.,  p.  1 53. 

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1  Fergus. — He  was  the  grandson  of  Rudh-  naught  and  Munster,  where  his  dcscendants, 
raighc,  ardrigh  from  A.M.  4912  to  4981.  He  the  families  of  O'Ferrall  and  Reynolds  still 
bccame  possessedof  large  territories  in  Con-      dwell.     0'Curry's  Manners,  &*c,  ii.  86. 


troop  of  horsc  from    thc   army  of  his  own    people  and  sent  thcm  awav     1595- 
by  another  road  across  thc  13oylc  to  thc  monastery,  and  told  them  to 

reconnoitre  for  thc  purpose  of  driving  off  thc  cattlc  belonging  to  the 
English,  to  delude  thcm,  and  draw  thcm  bcyond  thc  fences  and  walls 
of  the  monastcry  as  far  as  the  levcl  plain  aftcr  thcir  cattlc,  to  see  whether 
thc  forcc  could  go  bctween  them  and  thc  fortified  place,  for  O'Donnell 
was  told  that  thcy  had  onc  hundrcd  milch  cows  for  food.  O'Donnell  went 
away  with  his  army  by  a  private  road  to  conceal  himself  by  thc  bank  of 
Lough  Arrow  to  the  east,  and  to  Corrsliabh  of  thc  Scghais.  Thc  English 
who  were  in  garrison  in  Xcwport,  between  Lough  Key  and  Lough  Arrow, 
heard  thc  talking  of  the  armv  whcn  passing  by.  Thcv  sct  to  shoot  thcir 
leadcn  balls  and  to  burn  their  powder  in  ordcr  to  givc  information  and  warn- 
ing  to  thc  soldiers  in  the  monastery,  so  that  the  forcc  should  not  deceive  them 
and  comc  on  them  without  notice.  Whcn  O'Donncll  had  passcd  ovcr  the 
Corrsliabh  southwards,  he  rested  in  a  rctired  wood  near  the  river  in  ambush 
for  the  English  until  the  morning  of  the  ncxt  day.  As  for  the  troop 
that  was  sent  to  reconnoitre  about  the  prey,  as  wc  have  said,  they  came  in 
the  early  dawn  to  the  monastery  and  drove  off  the  cattlc  from  thcm 
immediately.  The  English  saw  that  a  stratagcm  was  attempted  against 
them,  and  did  not  leave  the  fortress  but  remained  therein.  When  O'Donncll 
had  given  up  all  hopc  of  their  coming  out  of  the  monastcry  into  thc  lcvcl 
plain  in  pursuit  of  thcir  small  herd  of  cattlc,  thc  loss  of  which  was  an 
injury  to  them  then,  he  rosc  from  his  ambush  and  passcd  on  across 
through  Magh  Aoi  with  his  soldiers.  so  that  it  was  complctely  glcancd  by 
him  and  what  remained  to  them  after  the  first  time  was  entircly  plundcrcd. 
and  hc  went  straight  on  till  he  came  to  the  wcstcrn  bank  of  the  Shannon. 

He  went  across  the  river  to  Conmaicnc  Rein,  and  hc  cncampcd  in 
Lcitrim  of  Muinter  Eolais,  and  rcmaincd  thcrc  with  his  army  untíl  they 
had  finished  thc  cclcbration  of  Easter,  and  whilc  his  enemies  thought  he 
was  going  to  his  native  country,  such  a  thing  was  not  in  his  mind,  but 
hc  summoned  to  him  privatcly  somc  of  thc  pcoplc  of  thc  countrv,  and 
told  them  to  go  into  the  ncighbouring  district  to  spv  and  watch  thc 
people  who  were  in  subjection  to  thc  Engiish.  Thcy  went  afterwards  by  thc 
princc's  ordcr  to  watch  in  Annaly.  This  is  a  district  in  which  some  cf  thc 
noblcs  of  Conmaicne  of  thc  racc  of  Fergus  Mac  Rossa  dwelt     Thcv  wcre 


86 

VV^VS^  AV^01l'OA'0V'A1'oe'  7  V°bcAn  roriiAinAijce  x>o  ^AttAib  ah  caii  pn.  Oaca|\ 
imeACctAi^e  x>ia  cnéccix)  A]i  ]\o  bAX>  ^Anroccur  ACCoriiAigcCr  X>1  Aroite.  Ilo 
p>ix>  béor  úa  'OoriitiAitt  ceccA  co  1i Aox>  TllliA^uixn^  x>ía  coc1iui]\eAx>  cIuicca,  7 
]\o--o&tAfcoi]i  pur  ipn  ccoiccpch  cCcha.     *Our  pccpóe  AiiiAit  ]\o  1iia]\]\ax>. 

SoAic  óCr  aii  b]\Aich  yo]\  ccútAib  co  rpor  ]xet  7  bAO^Ait  ha  cpce  x)Ua 
*OomriAitt.  *Oo  con'itA  a^  ífporii  coha  rinteAX)Aib  tÚAii  ca]~5  x)o  fonnpvó 
cA]\piA  beitjib  ]\o  cioncoi]xcrCc  a  coipg  conA\]\e  x>ó  50  ]\Aimcc  ]\ia  niACAin 
x>on  AntAite.  Oi]\cccC]\  An  x>a  AngAite  7  An  c]\ioch  uite  ro]\  gAch  tec  teó 
conA  ]TApccAib]^Cc  nnot  nmnite  óchÁ  StiAb  t1ittmx)  foebuji  X)C]\cc  nnc  "pmx) 
x>ÍA  ngA]\o]\  rtiAb  CAi]\p]\e  mx)iu  50  gtAirr  bCptAmoin  pup  ]\aicC]\  Cicne, 
bAit  m  ]\o  bAix)eAX)  'Cichne  mgCn  Coc1ix)ac  reixVtij.  *Oo  jiactacc  c]\a  mumcCn 
uí  "Oon'mAitt  ro  c]\ummétt  cCmCx)  An  cín  hia  ccimceAtt  $u]\  bó  pnuícceo 
X)obA]\x)A  x>uibciAch  x)0]\c1ia  x)CdiAije  AncoibCir  bAOi  ÚArxxx  CcA]\bÚA]-,  gu]\bo 
ton  X)1A  toc  7  x>iA  tAnbAojtu^AX)  x)iAinbeic  lomcopiAm  p\íu  nÁ]\  bo  ^uai- 
clnnx)  7  iia]a  bo  roittéi]\i  x>óib  AnAiéCncA  7  aiiaC^  corii  jai]^ix)  (xnÁmcAir 
eici]\ciÁn  ÚAix>ib)  otx)Ác  AnAniix)e  7  AmbioxYbAX)A  bunAix>. 

bAoi  cAifcÍAtt  irm  cc]\idi,  ton^bonc  uí  "pCn^nAit  a  Ainni,  An  a^ó  Iia 
X)únÁ]\Ar  x>óp\ix>e  fx  x)on  cí  no  biox>  1n  ccCntiA]^  iia  c]\ice  x)ía  cenét.  v& 
X)únAX>  XMinjCn  xncogtAi^e  eipx>e  7  x>ur  ruic  gur  nA  ^AtlAib  ah  ionbAix>  p'n: 
*Oo  nAcroc  íC]\on'i  5A1ttrC]\]X)irii  x>ia  pMnmumncCn  mx>  x>iAiomcoiiiiéx)  7  geitt 
7Aiccn\e  au  cí]\etAip  Cniop:oi]t  b]\oun  a  Amm.  b^  1iAtceAch  aIiucc  c]\eóm 
íol.  23.  b.  emiée  itteic  pu  x)in'iiccm  7  CA]\cAp\t  x>o  cAbAi]\c  ron  ÚAirtib  6:  uipuo^Aib 
aii  cíne  ro]\  jac  tCicb  x>e.  ^AbzhA]\  ah  CAi]xÍAtt  tA  1iúa  n*Oon'mAitt,  Gt  x>o 
nAccAX)  C]\iorcoi]\  7  a  ctiAiiiAm  A]y  Anib]\oicc  con  a  miiÁib  X)ibtionib.  *Oo 
]\oc1iai]\  x)An  1loibC]\x>  niAc  ^CnjurA  nnc  b]UAin  tA^  ah  ftuAj  (x  bA  x>UAirtib 
a  cCmiuit  eipx>e,  tA  111a5U1x)1]\  X)oruicpoiii.  1o]\JAbc1iA]\  ConcobA]\  hiac  aii 
P]UO]\A  UÍ    tlAJAttAlj  tA  x>]ium5  HAite  X>011  rtógh. 

1  Annalies. —  In  1445,  at  tne  death  of  3SIieve  Carbry.—  A  mountainous  district 
William  O'Ferrall,  lord  of  Annaly,  the  in  thebarony  of  Granard,  Co.  Longford.  It 
territory  was  divided  and  tvvo  chieftains  takes  its  name  from  Cairbre,  brother  of 
established.     Annals  F.  Aí.,  v.  941.  Laeghaire,  ardrigh   in    St-  Patrich's  time. 

2  Slieve  Uiliin. — It  is  mentioned  in  the  *  Inny. — This  river  rises  in  Lough  Shee- 
Book  of  Lecan  :  'Lughaidh  vvent  to  be  re-  lin.  Flovving  southwards,  it  passes  through 
venged  of  Furbaidhe  and  lcilled  him  at  the  Lakes  Derravaragh  and  Iron.  For  a  part 
summit  of  Slieve  Uillen,  and  he  made  his  of  its  course  it  forms  the  boundary  betvveen 
carn  there.'  fol.  252.  a.  The  name  is  now  Longford  and  Westmeath.  It  falls  into  the 
obsolete.  eastern  anele  of  Lough  Rce. 


8/ 

called  the  Clann  Farrell,  and  thcy  were  subjcct  to  the  English  thcn.  Thcy 
werc  very  much  afraid  to  separate  from  thcm,  for  they  were  very  near 
each  other.     O'Donncll  also  scnt  a  messenger  to  Hugh  Maguire  to  invite 

him  to  him,  and  hc  appointed  a  mccting  in  thc  samc  territorv.  He 
came  as  hc  was  asked. 

Thc  spies  returned  with  an  account  of  the  country  and  of  its  dangers 
to  O'Donncll.  Hc  set  off  thcn  with  his  soldiers  on  Eastcr  Monday  precisely 
through  thc  passes  which  his  guides  informcd  him  of,  and  he  camc  bcforc 
morning  to  Annaly.  The  two  Annalies1  and  the  whole  country  on  every 
side  were  wasted  by  them,  so  that  thcy  did  not  leave  a  single  beast  from 
the  mountain  of  Uillinn  of  thc  rcd  spear,  son  of  Finn,  callcd  Slieve  Carbry  :; 
now,  to  Glaiss  Bcramon,  callcd  thc  Innv,'  whcrc  Eithne,  the  daughter  of 
Eochaidh  Feidhlcach,5  wasdrowned.  O'DonneH's  peoplc  put  a  hca\')r  cloud 
of  firc  on  the  land  all  round,  so  that  thcrc  was  a  glocmy,  blinding,  dark 
cloud  of  smokc  of  a  strange  kind  Overhead,  cnough  to  makc  them  wound 
and  endanger  those  who  were  defending  them,  for  their  acquaintanccs  and 
fellow-soldiers  could  not  be  recognised  and  distinguishcd  (if  they  wcre  any 
distance  from  them)  more  than  their  hereditary  foes  and  encmies. 

There  was  a  castle  in  the  territory  callcd  O'Farrcll's  fortress,6  for  it 
was  his  fortified  residcncc,  and  that  of  thc  pcrson  of  his  tribc  who  was  at 
the  hcad  of  the  territory.  It  was  a  strong  impregnable  castle,  and  it  had 
fallen  into  the  hands  of  thc  English  thcn.  Thc  English  gavc  it  afterwards 
to  one  of  their  own  pcople  to  hold,  and  the  hostagcs  and  pledges  of  the 
country  with  it.  Christopher  Brown  was  his  name.  He  was  a  giant  in 
bravcrv  ;  besidcs,  hc  uscd  contcmpt  and  abuse  towards  thc  nobles  ánd 
chicfs  of  the  country  on  all  sides  of  him.  Thc  castlc  was  takcn  by  Hugh 
O'Donncll,  and  Christophcr  and  his  brothcr-in-law  werc  carried  away  as 
pledges  with  both  thcir  wives.  Hubert,  too,  son  of  Fcrgus,  son  of  Brian, 
fell  by  thc  army  ;  his  family  was  of  the  nobility.  IIc  was  slain  by  Maguire. 
Conor,  son  of  thc  Prior7  0'Rcilly,  was  taken  by  anothcr  part  of  thc  army. 

5  Eochaidh  Feidhleach. — For  an  account      it.     Tradition  savs  the  castle  occupied  the 
of  the   tnanner  in  which   he  reached  the      site  of  the  present  barracks. 

throne,  and  the  chief  cvcnts  of  his  reign,  "'  Son  oj' the  /'rtor. — This  was  Maelmora, 

sce  Keating's  H.  of  /rclaini,  p.  196.  the    illegitimate    son    of    l'hilip    (J'Keilly, 

6  O'FarreJPs  J'ortrcss.  —  The  town    and  called  thc  Prior  though  not  an  ecclesiastic. 
county  of  Longford  take  their  name  from  Annals  /■'.  M.,  vi.  l 


1lo  mAtVbA'ó  7  ]io  mu'ÓAijCó  TK\oíne  lonróAteó  ah  tÁ  pn  uac  CAlbAticAti  ro]t 
A)|ro  ah  AnmAnnA  rAinjieA'ÓAcliA  tA  cAot)  ua  ré  n^ÍAtt  "oécc  "oo  ],AO]\ctAiroAi'b 
iia  C]\ic1ie  (bÁcop  m  Aicci]\e  Ía  C]uo]xoí]A  bjioun  rju  tAtrii  g^ttirm  tongpojic)" 
■oo  torccA'ó,  a]\  ní  ]\o  cuirhgCó  a  ccCrAnccAtn  ía  cneACAn  ha  cCmCó  7  ía 
toircce'óne  iia  tÚAc  tAr]\Ach  bÁoi  111  ^ac  aijvo  (x  m  ^ac  Ai]\cCiro  *oon  bAite. 
Ro  toircce'ó  teó  beór  An  tÁ  rm  ceicpe  cAipceoitt  oite  -oo  cliAircÍAttAib  ah 
cí]\e  cénmocÁ  An  tongpojtc.  *Oo  bAX)  tioniiiAi]\e  x>a  né-OAtAib  "oa  nAi]\cccib  7 
T)<\  cc]\eAc1iAib  wat  AriiAit  ]\o  fé-orAc  a  cciomÁm  aj  rÁ^bÁit  na  h^nJAité 
x)óib. 

Locca]i  &yy  ía]\  nnroneA'ó  ah  cí]\e  guji  \\o  §At>rAC  tongpopc  1  ceAttuch 
n-oúndiApliA  An  A-ÓAig  ]'m.  'Oo  teíccCc  ArcdriieAtcA  A]\AbA]tAC  rur  ah  x>ú 
niibACA]i  ^oitt  iro]\bA\p  irt'n  c1i]\ích  .1.  50  niAimrci]i  coii]\óccacc  tA  hojvo  SAn 
"PjtAncep  111  lompoccur  "oon  cliAbÁn  (tongpojic  uí  llA^AttAig)  (x  'oo  bC]\AC 
teó  ^Ach  er»Áit  ro]t  a  ttugrAc  ó  ha  ruAinreAC  bAO^At  rojitniA  ^AttAit)  tA 
"OAingCn  mmtte  ah  ioiiai'o  AinbÁcA]t.  5A^A1C  V°1T  An  ■^'ohAij  pn  1  ceAtÍAÓ 
neAclroAcli  AttA  cíaji  -oo  t)ét  AcIia  CoiiaiVL 

1lo  but)  rÚAitt  aii  C]uroAit  lonriiurA  ron  ACCAb]tACAip  mumcC]\  uí  "OhoriiiiAitt 
mó]\tÚAc1i  c]\ui-ó  (x  cCch]\A  ir  ua  conAi]\ib  ]iCmpA  111  o]\  aii  t)A  Oneirne  7  1 
rC]\Aib  111011AC  A]\  a  tionriiAine  bACA]i  teó  A]\  a  fox>  7  A]i  a  nnctíne  ÚAróib  -oía 
ccí]i,  A]\  tAi^e  7  A]\  enei]ice  ^aca  cenéoit  clc]\A  m  lonbAro  pn.  1li]\  t)ó  pÁ'ÓAt 
fol.24.rt.  puAiicoi]\]icimeAc1i  ]\o  cocIiaic  Aóx)  RÚA'óh  úa  'OoriniAitt  ah  creccmAmrm,  7 
bA  1ie  ici]\6lnÁn  o  a]\  oite  a  uróeA'ÓA  (x  a  unceccA,  A]\  bA  "oía  rAc1iAi]\n  \\o 
toCnrAC  a  riiumcC]\  a  mbú  -00  ^AttAit)  mAinercne  ha  btntte  7  ]\o  AijvgpCc 
mAc1iAi]\e  coniiAcc.  Oa  "oía  hiai]\c  a]\  ccunro  ]\o  cfteActorpccrCc  a  ftóij  aii 
"oa  AnjAite  AiiiAit  AC]\u"b]\Amo]\,  (x  bA  *ou\  cé-OAom  íC]\on"i  ]\o  fnCcnAi'órCc 
Api]\c1ie  1111011  ccAt)Án.  tocA]\  cenét  coiiAitt  íC]iccahi  ■oiAccigib  ÍAnrcínctu^A'ó 
AiieAchc]\A.  An  C]uorcoi]i  b]\oun  ]\eiii]\Áice  bAoirróe  tn^ÍAttnAr  Ía  Iiúa 
nOoiimoitt  ^ur  ]\o  Ci]in  úai*ó  a  puApcctAt)  .1.  ré  pchic  ponncA. 

1lo  rCr  "oo  ^AttAit)  'Ouibtmne  ó  11éitt  "oo  *óut  1  ccommbÁró  cogoi'ó  ha 
n^AÓToet  A]\  a^^^ac  7  ro]iÁiteAih  uí  'Ohon'inAitt  ceiu  bA  ro]\]\éit  pAi]i  co  teicc 

1  TuUyhunco.  —  Now    a   barony    in    the  Conall  Cearnach,  the  famous  Red  Branch 
west  of  Co.  Cavan.  hnight,  who  was  slain  there  by  the  men  of 

2  Tullyhaw. — Now  a  barony  in  the  N.W.  Connaught,  to  avenge  the  death  of  Oilioll 
of  the  same  county.  Mor,   husband   of    the  famous    Meadhbh. 

3  Ballyconnell.  —  A   small   town   in   the  Reating's    H.    of  Ireland,    p.     199,    and 
barony  of  Tullyhaw.     It  has  its  name  from  0'Curry's  MS.  Materials^  p.  483. 


89 

Thcrc  wcrc  slain  and  destroyed  many  perspns  by  thcm  on  that  day 
whose  prccise  names  are  not  given,  together  with  thc  sixteen  hostages  of  the 
high-born  nobles  of  thc  territory  (they  were  hostages  with  Christopher 
Brown  by  direction  of  thc  English  in  thc  castle)  who  werc  burnt,  for  tlicy 
could  not  bc  saved  owing  to  thc  rush  of  thc  firc  and  the  burning  of  thc  rcd- 
hot  ashes  which  wcrc  in  evcry  part  and  corncr  of  thc  town.  Four  othcr 
castlcs  also  of  those  of  thc  tcrritory  wcrc  burnt  bcsidcs  Longford.  Thcrc 
wcre  more  spoils  and  plunder  and  cattlc  than  thcy  wcrc  ablc  to  takc  away 
with  thcm  whcn  leaving  Annaly. 

Thcy  wcnt  a\vay  after  plundcring  thc  territory,  and  thcy  cncampcd  al 
Tullvhunco  x  that  night.  They  scnt  out  thcir  scouts  on  the  ncxt  day  to  the 
placc  whcrc  thc  English  wcrc  in  garrison  in  thc  territory,  i.e.,  to  thc 
monastery  built  by  thc  Ordcr  of  St.  Francis,  very  near  Cavan  fO'Rcilly's 
fortress),  and  they  took  awav  with  them  evcry  kind  of  booty  which  they 
met  with,  as  thcy  could  gct  no  advantagc  of  thc  English  owing  to  the 
placc  where  they  werc.  Thcy  rcsted  that  night  at  Tullyhaw 2  to  the  wcst  of 
Ballyconnell.3 

O'Donnell's  pcoplc  thought  nothing  of  the  quantity  of  treasurc  which 
they  took,  thc  wealth  of  cattle  and  flocks  on  thc  roads  bcfore  them  on  the 
borders  of  the  two  Brefnys  and  in  Fermanagh,  owing  to  the  grcat  quantitv 
they  had  and  to  thc  remotcncss  and  distance  of  their  own  tcrritorv  and  thc 
weahness  and  feeblcness  of  all  kinds  of  cattle  thcn.  Hugh  O'Donncll  did 
not  pass  that  wcek  in  a  pleasant,  slccp-producing  manncr,  and  his  journcvs 
and  rnarches  were  far  from  each  other,  for  on  Saturday  his  pcoplc  took 
thcir  cattle  from  thc  English  of  the  monastery  of  Boyle  and  plundcrcd  the 
plain  of  Connaught.  On  the  following  Tuesday  his  forccs  wastcd  thc  two 
Annalies,  as  wc  havc  said,  and  on  thc  \Vcdnesday  aftcr  his  marauding 
parties  sprcad  about  Cavan.  The  Cincl  Conaill  wcnt  awav  aftcr  that 
to  their  homcs,  having  ended  thcir  cxpcdition.  Thc  afore-rhentioned 
Christopher  Brown  was  kcpt  in  confincmcnt  by  Hugh  O'Donncll  until  his 
ransom  of  six  scorepounds  was  paid  by  him. 

It  was  known  to  the  English  of  Dublin  that  O'NciIl  had  cntcrcd  into 
thc  confederacy  of  the  Irish  at  thc  instigation  and  rcquest  of  O'Donncll, 
though  it  was  not  cvident  thcn,  and   though  hc  conccalcd   it  as  long  as  hc 


90 

(x  ^e  ]io  t>icLCrcAi|i  aij\Ccc  ]\o  recc.  O  ]\o  bu*ó  •oenhm  La^  ati  luror  Sin 
t1iLLiAin  Huj-peL  Ct  LÁpui  pCiuvó  aji  cCha  nÁ  ]io  curiiAmsponili  ro  •óeói'ó 
CjtcoicoueAT)  c\  c1hoiica-ó.  1lo  fói"ópCc  •oeich  ccét>  L<\ec  coua  cconjjAib  cechcA 
co  1nobA]i  clnnn  cj\aí;a  irrojibAip  roji  cenéL  nOójwm,  (x  ]\o  cm^eALL  aii 
1urop  rdpn  cochc  com\  fLog  m  ^a]\  úaiji  •oArónnLLeA'ó  iia  c]\iche  (x  t>o 
cjiocIia-ó  a  •oionn  7  a  -ojioibeL.  La  rot>Am  no  fAoix)  úa  1léiLL  a  ceccA  •oo 
fÁijit)  tií  *OlioihnAiLL-on\  Aipiéip  x>o  aii  cu]\coiíij\ac  c]\énfloij  pn  t>o  beic  occ 
cinjeALLeA'ó  co  cí]\  Cojahi.  1li  rojvÓAiiiAiji  a  Ai^neAt)  -oúa  'OIioiíuiaiLL 
coi]xeAcc  A11  rccéoiL,  cohax)  ex>  v>o  ]\oíne  a  fLój  "oo  cCccLoniAt)  chuicce 
rochCcóin  50  liAonriiAi^in  (x  cu'óecc  co  cí]\  Có<diAin  1i)<\iL  nnbui  ó  11éiLL. 
Uia^avcc  iniÁ]\ofn  50  "Pocaijvo  1l1ui]\cein'ine  bAiL  mt)CnnA  aii  CucuLaiihi 
aijvoCjic  An  foicCjro  jAir^ró.  *Oo  jniAcc  bócA  7  bebpccÁcA  rnir  m  'PnocnA11vo 
ahai]\  1n  mír  111ai  v>o  fon]\A*ó.  13aca]\  rCcAiL  hiruróiu  1n  ronhon  ah  lurcvr 
•oo  ahacaL  7  t>o  iomc1ioiriiét)  au  cboiccró  rAin.  Acc  cCiia  ]io  Ai]\ir  An  1uror  m 
Ac    cLiac    t>on    chuppn    k\]\   rpof   pccéL  t)ó   ^ombACAjij'orii    m    a  foiclnLL 

]WlhLA1t). 

íol.  24. /'.  Ooí     LaocIi     Airo^Avó     aiiiia]\]\ac    "ooha    ^aLLai^     nro     ionbAit>pn     ipn 

ccai]\cíaLL  ]\o  boi  roji  un  rCnAbAnn  Sbijpge  1n  ro]\1i>Aip  coiroib  coC^ac  LAecli 
niimAiLLe  ]up  Seoijvp  ócc  bion^om  a  Ainmp'óe.  Da  coireAC  niom^onA  7  bA 
cAipcm  coccAit)  é  p\i  Lauíi  nro  aij\]\ij  *oo  ]\áLa  roji  coicceAt)  1llCt>bA  ah  cah 
pn  .1.  ítirt)C]vo  biongom.  lorocurA  ah  cSeoíjip  ac]\uL)]\ahia]i,  ]io  feoLArcAji 
Ludic  Lun^A  Lah'i  x>Cy  rju  boji  n&]\emi  rAin  cuÁró  co  ]iáiiaic  rCncÚAn  SvnLije 
1  cc]\idi  CoiiaiLL  nnc  íleiLL  ah  cAn  no  bÁoi  úa  T)oiimAiLL  con  a  fLó§  1n  cíp 
CógliAin.  1lo  bAoi  mAimrcitt  Ainnpt)1ie  roji  u]i  ha  cjia^a  cuA]vc;Aibce  aji  onoi]i 
7  A]i  Ai]\iiiicm  t)o  nAÓmli  111ai]\i  hiacaji  ah  coiriróet).  UiC<diAic  ron  m<vmircin, 
(x  "oo  bejioc  24  1nmbui  nroe  •oécgA'ó  oirneuro  (x  •OAróiinb  Ct>bAjicA  coipp  ah 
cpLAmi^ceojiA  (x,  -oétiALAiL)  oiLe  aji  cCha.  Soaic  roji  cúLa*ó  co  ]iAn^ACA]i  co 
Uouaij  t)ú  111  ]\o  bCnt)c\c  au  CoLumb  ai]toC]\c,  mvp  ipt>e  pL  ro   C]icoiíiaiji  ha 

1  Promised. — An  account  of  this  expedi-  and  the  site  of  the  battle  in  which  Edward 

tionisgiven  in 'A  Journalofthe  late  Journey  Bruce    was    slain    in    13 18.       See     Trias 

by   the    Lord   Deputy  against    the    arch-  Thaum.,   p.    566,  and    Grace's  Annals  of 

traitors   Tyrone    and    O'Donnell,    entered  Ireland,  p.  95  ;  Dublin,  1842. 

into  at  Dundalh.  the  i8th  of  June,   1595,  3 Murtheimhne. — So  called  from  one  of 

and   ending  at  the  said  town,  the  7th  of  the  leaders  of  the  Milesian  colony. 

July  following.'     C.C.  AÍSS.,  \'ú.  113.  4 Feat  oj 'valour. — The  reference  here  is 

-  Faughart. — Two   miles   west   of  Dun-  to  the  combat  between  Cuchullin  and  Fer- 

dalk.     It  is  the  birthplace  of  St.  Brigid,  diadh  during  the  famous  incursion  made 


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could.     W'hcn  this  was  proved  to  thc  Lord  Justice  Sir  William  Russell  and 

thc  Council  too,  they  could  not  ovcrlook  his  fault.  Hc  scnt  a  thousand 
mcn  with  proper  implements  to  Iubhar  cinn  tragha  to  kccp  in  chcck  thc 
Cinel  Eoghain,  and  thc  Lord  Justicc  promised  l  to  comc  himsclf  with  his 
army  in  a  short  time  to  ravagc  thc  country  and  to  dcstroy  its  stronghi 
and  difficult  passcs.  Thcrcupon  O'Ncill  scnt  his  messengers  to  O'Donncll 
to  tcll  him  of  thc  asscmbling  of  that  great  army  that  was  intended  for 
Tir  Eoghain.  The  mind  of  O'Donnell  could  not  suffer  to  hcar  thc  news. 
Whcrcfore,  what  he  did  was  to  assemblc  his  forces  immcdiatcly  in  one 
place  and  to  go  to  Tir  Eoghain,  whcrc  O'Neill  was.  They  wcnt  together  to 
Faughart2  Muirthcimhne,3  the  placc  whcrc  thc  famous  Cuchullin  performed 
the  o-reat  feat  of  bravery.4  Thcy  made  tents  and  sheds  to  thc  east  of 
Faughart  in  thc  month  of  May  prccisely.  They  waited  for  thc  Lord  Justicc 
hcrc  for  somc  timc  to  protcct  and  guard  thc  province  against  him. 
However,  the  Lord  Justice  rcmaincd  in  Dublin  then,  having  learned  that 
they  were  ready  forhim  in  this  way. 

There  was  a  roguish,  powerful  soldier  of  the  English  thcn  in  thc  castle 
on  the  bank  of  the  ancient  river  Sligeach  in  garrison,  and  onc  hundred 
soldicrs  with  him  ;  George  Oge  Bingham  was  his  name.  lic  was  a  leadcr  in 
fight  and  a  captain  of  war  by  appointment  of  the  Gcneral  who  happened  to 
be  over  the  provincc  of  Meadhbh  thcn,  t.e.}  Richard  Bingham.  As  for  Georgc 
of  whom  wc  havc  spoken,  the  crewof  the  ship  sailcd  north-eastwárds,  having 
the  coast  of  Ireland  on  their  right,  till  they  came  to  thc  old  harbour  of  Swilly 
in  the  territory  of  Conall,  son  of  Niall.  while  O'Donnell  was  with  his  forces  in 
Tir  Eoghain.  A  monastery  was  thcre  on  thc  edgc  of  the  shore  built  in  honour 
and  reverence  of  holy  Mary,  Mother  of  the  Lord.  Thcy  went  to  the 
monastery  and  took  away  twenty-four  mass-vestments  that  were  there  and 
the  vcsscls  for  thc  offering  of  thc  body  of  the  Saviour,  ancl  othcr  trcasurcs 
besidcs.  Thcy  wcnt  back  till  thcy  camc  to  Tory,5  a  placc  which  the 
famous  Columba 6  blesscd  ;  this  is  an  island  oppositc   thc   territory   duc 

bv   Oucen    Mcadhbh    at   the   head   of   an  and  its  history  see  Reating's  H.  of  Irelana\ 

annv,  known  as  the  Tain  bo  Chuailgne.  p.  78,  The  hish  version  of  Nennius,  p.  4. ; 

For  an  account  of  it  see  O'Currv's  Man-  Dublin,  iS4K.and  Reeves  Adamnan}p. 
~~-  *rc    u   -706  B  <■  'olumda.—He  is  said  to  have  erected  a 

5  Tory  _An  island  off  the   N.W.  coast  church,  monasterv,  and  round  tower  there. 

of  Donegal.     For  the  origin  of  this  name  Martyrology  of  Donegal,?.  151. 


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mnce.  -dc  riAt>A]\  -oúa  T)1ioriinAitt  ArohmitteAt>  ah  cí]\e  "oia  éir  vo  cobtAÓ 
ecc]\oiro,  occrit>e  "oia  cí]\  *oo  c1iA]\]\AccAin  11  a  hoi]\ccne.  11  i]\  bó  rót)A  ah 
io-ón<M"óe  t>órorii  íCnccAm  ah  cah  t>o  ]\iac1ic  pccétA  cIiucca  ah  lnrcir  coha 
ftój  x)o  cocc  co  cí]\  eo§Ain.  SoAir  ó  *OorimAitt  r]uoc]\o]-cc  vo  ]\it>iri  co 
nAUAicc  Ai|\m  Ambui  ó  íléttt  nro  Atnfr  x><\1a  rjur  ah  1uror  recip  cotiAm  110 
clnnjreA-ó.  b^  pcntró  úa  lléitt  ]\emibriorii  7  ac]\acc  a  mCnniA  tma  fAicrm. 
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ro  •óeótó  iompút>  t>o  ]\róip  co  1iac  ctiAc  onACAoriinA^Air,  ní  t>onA  ^AoroeAtAib. 
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•oecctAir  iia  1n  n.Aom  TI1ai]\i  7  *oeAcctAi]-  ah  Cottnmb  AC]\ub]\on'io]\.  Ay  nnne 
011  A]\]\ioc1ic.  bAoi  •oume  ÚATAt  t>o  coiccCt)-11l  fóbA  ro]\  Aiiif  Aine  1  rrodiAi]\  aii 
cSeoi]\ri  con  t)ibtAodiAib  "oeg  t)í a f AiniiiumcC]\  iiia  conhcecc.  HitteAc  Abu]\c 
Acon'iAmni,  niAcrróe  tleniAmn  nApcuAb  mic  thttic  ha  cceAnn  nnc  TliocAirro,  (x 
cemb  t)o  JAOtóeAtAib  t>iA  cenétron'i  bA  rAm  mot>  7  bép  t>oib  a]\a  focc  ó  i\o 
Aic]\eb]'Acmn  inre,  (x  m]\  bo  tuJA  rAinff]\c  iia  ngAeróeAt  uimA  ^AttAib  mAr  a 
rC]\croiii, A]\  ]\o  bo  cumniAÓm  miorcAir&.AmqiroegAtt'Ouibtmneim  cechcAtvriAe 
•óíob.  *Oo  ]ioncA  -0111115111  (x  cA]\cup At  mó]\  rop  ]v\n  VhtteAcc  tAr  ha  ^AttAib 
pn  o^a  nibui  ronrAn  AthrAme.  1\o  tionrom  t>rf]V5  (x  t>o  tonnur,  7  bAoi  occa 
pc]\út>At)  -oo  §nér  ciri  c]\uc  no  AichreAt)  a  t)imiAt)  ro]\]-nA  ^AttAib  (x  curóeéc 
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conu]-  rÚAi]\  imbAOJAt  111A  A]\A^ot  tÁ  nÁon,  (x  ]\o  cub  r]\i]-  a  eccoi]\    7    a 

1  Glebcldnd. — See  Petrie's  remarlcs  on  the  3  They  lived. — The  first  of  the  family  who 
word  neimheadh  in  his  Eccl.  Arc/i.,  p.  58.  came  to   Ireland  was  William  FitzAdelm. 

2  Redmo7id  ria  scuab. — i.e.,  of  the  sweep-  On  the  return  of  Henry  11.  to  England  he 
ing  brush.  He  was  the  son  of  Ulick  na  was  entrusted  with  the  management  of  all 
gceann,  so  called  because  he  made  a  mound  his  affairs  in  Ireland.  In  1 179  he  obtained 
of  the  heads  of  those  he  had  slain  in  battle  ;  a  grant  of  a  great  part  of  Connaught.  He 
and  grandson  of  Ulick,  who  was  created  died  in  1204  and  was  buried  in  the  abbey 
Earl  of  Clanricarde  and  Baron  of  Dun-  of  Athassel,  Co-  Tipperarv,  which  he 
kellin  by  Henry  viii.  in  1545.  See  Arch-  had  founded.  He  was  grandfather  of  the 
dall's  Peerage,  i.  128.  first  Earl  of  Ulster.     Jbid.,  i.  118.    See  also 


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north  out  in  thc  sca  a  long  distancc  from  thc  land.  Thcv  plundcrcd  thc  1595. 
glcbcland  l  of  thc  saint  and  thc  whole  island,  so  that  thcy  did  not  leavc  a 
four-footed  bcast  on  it.  O'Donncll  was  told  of  thc  plundéring  of  thc 
territory  by  thc  strange  fíect  in  his  absence.  He  went  to  his  territory  to 
avenge  its  dcvastation.  Hc  had  not  long  to  wait  aftcr  that  when  thc  ncws 
reachcd  him  that  the  Lord  Justice  was  coming  with  his  army  to  Tir  Eoghain. 
O'Donnell  turned  back  once  more  until  hc  came  wherc  O'Xeill  was  waiting 
to  see  what  road  thc  Lord  Justice  would  choosc.  O'Xcill  was  glad  of 
his  arrival,  and  his  soul  was  stirred  on  secing  him.  Thcv  set  to  watch  and 
observe  the  Lord  Justice  face  to  face  ;  thcy  did  not  attack  him,  ncither  did 
hc  attack  them.  But,  howcver,  they  did  not  allow  his  forces  to  scattcr  or 
collcct  herds  or  fiocks,  so  that  in  the  end  the  Lord  Justice  was  obliged  to 
go  back  to  Dublin  since  he  could  do  nothing  against  thc  Irish.  As  for 
thc  above  mentioned  George,  aftcr  his  rcturn  to  Sligo,  the  Lord  of  thc 
Universe  did  not  allow  him  to  be  long  unpunished  for  the  irrevcrcnce 
which  he  did  to  the  church  of  the  Blessed  Mary  and  to  the  church  of 
Columb,  as  we  have  said.  It  happened  in  this  way.  Thcre  was  a 
nobleman  of  the  province  of  Connaught  in  the  pay  of  George,  with  twelve 
soldiers  of  his  own  people  in  his  company.  Ulick  Burke  was  his  name. 
He  was  the  son  of  Redmond  na  scuab,'2  son  of  Ulick  na  gceann,  son  of 
Richard,  and  though  he  was  not  of  the  Irish  by  descent,  he  was  kindly  and 
respectful  to  them  owing  to  the  length  of  time  they  lived  3  in  the  island, 
and  the  love  which  the  Irish  had  for  the  English  was  not  lcss  than  his  love 
for  them,  for  the  hatred  and  cruelty  of  the  English  of  Dublin  towards  both 
of  them  was  the  same.  Great  contumely  and  insult  *  was  offered  to  Ulick 
by  the  English,  in  whose  servicc  he  was.  Hc  was  filled  with  anger  and 
wrath,  and  he  vvas  continually  thinhing  how  hc  could  avenge  thc  insult  on 
the  English,  and  bccome  intimate  with  O'Donnell  after  that,  for  he  was 
anxious  to  entcr  into  friendship  with  him.  In  this  way  he  was  spvíng  and 
watching  Georgc  continually  until  he  got  an  advantage  of  him  in  a  room 
one  day,  and  he  charged  him  with  his  injustice  and  illegalitics,  and  hc  got 

Giraldus    Cambrensis,  Exfrtg.  Hib.,  ii.  16,  says    Ulick   was   wroth,  bccause  the   Irish 

ior  a  descnption  of  his  character.  soldiers  who   had   accompanied    Bmgham 

^lnsult.  —  O'Sullevan  gives  a  difierent  into  Tyrconnell  liad  not  got  a  fair  share  of 

account  of  the  cause  of  the  dispute.     He  the.booty  from  him.     Hist.  Cat/i.,  p.  74. 


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Ainx>ti5hex>  pAi]\,  7  no  conpiAi]\  p\ecc]\Abux>  ní  x>ó,  7  ó  ua  pjAi]\  c;ebAx>  ctAix)fp 
nóó  co  ccobAcc  a  éfnx>  x>a  chuitmeix>e.  5A^CA11 1t1  bAite  tA  htlitteAcc  íf]\om, 
Gfc  |\o  f  aoit>  AceccA  co  h&t  SeAHAij.  Ixo  tÁrAc  mumcfn  uí  *OoiimAitt  a  ccccca 
•oia  fAijm  co  cí]\  Oo^liAin  Ai]\n>  Ainbói.  Ac  pAX)AC  a  rccétx)tlA  *OhoiimAitt. 
&c  cuAr  xhía  Tleitl  íf]\  ccAm.  1lobcA]\  pubAijp  xnbtnnb.  *Oo  cIiaocc  c]aa 
úa  *OoiimAitt  xua  C15  íf]\  cceteb]\At)  xhía  11éitt,  7  m  ]\o  Ai]\ir  acc  m  oix>chib 
50  ]\Aimcc  511  r  An  SticceAÓ  coua  roch]\Aix>e  Lai]\  ^o  ^Aibh  rAitce  1nruix)iu 
7  -oo  ]\acc  tbtteAcc  a  bu]\c  A11  CAi]"cÍAtt  x)ó.  ^orAÍgir  ifÁn  tnbAite  acIiató 
PaiíiLait),  (x  bArÁníi  tAi^  a  mfnmA.     1li  tnír  1un  x>o  funnAX)  nro  pn. 

t)A  1npn  ]\é  ]\m  x>o  ]\aLa  x)o  tAec  aiíi]\a  x>o  jjAttAib  cochc  ro  ^cétAib 
ah  bAite  co  cc]\ib  céx)Aib  tAech  ínA  fAj\]\AT>.  t)A  cAipcm  coccait>  7  b& 
coireAÓ  momjonA  eipx>e  tlittÍAin  11lor  Aftonx>AX).  Uiccpx)e  co  hep~0A]\A 
ci"ó  ]\e  ri^  V°  P^^t1  pccéLA  uí  *OhoiiinAiLL.  7  m  cofrimACCAip  iompux>  1 
cc]iaiou  au  cah  pAngAcop"  mumcf]\  uí  *Olion'mAitt  T>on  coeb  oite  T>on 
AbAinn,  combÁcon  CmeÁó  m  londiAib  A]\  ^ac  cAob  t>óii  x>]\oichfc  ]\o  daoi 
•ponrA-n  AbAinn  7  iiac  bA  mó  orii  oboÁr  foh  xnobpAicche  bAoi  fconpA.  1b 
bAoi  cohai]\  gur  iia  ^AttAib  acc  c]\érA\i  *o]\oichfc,  (x  m  ]\o  fexnwc 
mumcf]\  uí  *OhoihnAiLL  xmL  c]\eAmpA  AiiiAit   ]\o  bA  mfnniA]\c  téo,  Achc  cfnA 

]\0    1lO]\CA    CAipCiH    A1Í1]\A    X)011A    JAttAlb  LÁp  11A  x>iob]\Aiccib    T>0  ]\011CA    fcO]\]\A 

T>epú  7  AHAtt.  O  CA1111CC  t>o]\cacu  iia  hoi-óche  \\o  étATÓrfc  Arr  iia  5A1LI 
peb  Ar  x>fme  ]\o  miccrAC  xnALAite,  (x  111  ]\o  pvcliAi^icc  co  niAccAm.  Ilo 
tfn'fAC  iia  hóicc  iac  ipm  TifóoiL  ca]\  mumcmo  ah  crtebe  7  111  nuccpst 
ro]\]\A,  tx  bA  métA  mó]\  téo  Accf]\iiux>  ÚAixub  ah'iLaix)  pn.  Soaic  ron  ccútAX) 
gur  An  SLiccec  x)o  pxnp. 

1lo  pÁgAib  ó  *OoiimAitt  xDnon^  x)ía  An'irAib  7  x)ía  Áor  cAipp  1n  ccAiflen 
SL1CC15  X)1A  iomcoin'iéx),  fx  bA  rtAn  Lait  AiiifnniA  ro  xbÁigh  ah  bAite  x>o  bic 
rou  a  comA]\  Luióporii  íf]\cAm  con  a  ftój  t>a]\]\.yii  Oi]\ne  bux)  cúaix>  co 
]\ahai5  x)u\  C15  50  *Oún  11  a  h^aLL  l3Áoipion*i  1  rorf  50  mfxbóii  Angurc.  x\c 
coax)aca]\  XDÓpoiii  ca]xcv\]\  niu]\cobtAC  x)o  ceAchc  1  toch  l^eAbAit  aii  caii  pn. 
t)A  hé  bA  1iAi]\eAÓ  ro]\  ah  ccobtAC  Inpn  .1.     111ac  Leoix)  iia  1k\]\a  (oiten  pt 

1  T/ie  hcad,  —  In  'The  Journal  of  the  Lord  Bourhes  (Ulick  Bourhe),  his  ensign,  who 

Deputy  Russell,  the  following  entry  occurs  took   the   castle  the  same  time   from   the 

under   the   date   June  6th,    1595:  'Letters  enemy,  and  slew  all  the   English   of  the 

from  Sir  Richard  Bingham,  certifying  the  ward.'     C.  C.  MSS.,  iii.  231. 

betraying  andmurderingof  Captain  George  2  Delighted. — '  That  hilling  was  of  great 

Bingham  at  Sligo   castle  by  one    of   the  service  to  those  of  the  Connaughtmen  who 


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no  answer  whatever  ;  and  as  hc  did  not,  hc  took  his  swórd  and  cut  his      ,     ■ 

hcad  x  from  the  trunk.     The  place  was  seizcd  by   Ulick   thcn,  and  hc  sent      

mcsscngers  to  Ballyshannon.  O'Donncll's  peoplc  scnt  his  messengcrs  to 
Tir  Eoghain,  where  he  was.  They  told  thc  ncws  to  O'Donncll.  It  was 
related  to  O'Ncill  aftcrwards,  and  both  wcrc  dciighted.2  O'Donncll  thcn 
wcnt  homc,  having  taken  lcave  of  O'Ncill,  and  he  stopped  only  at  night 
until  he  came  to  Sligo  with  his  troops.  He  reccived  a  wclcome  thcrc,  and 
Ulick  gave  up  the  castle  to  him.  He  rested  at  that  place  for  a  while,  and 
his  mind  was  at  rest.     That  was  preciscly  in  thc  month   of  Junc. 

It  happencd  just  then  that  a  famous  warrior  of  the  English  came  to  rccon- 
noitre  the  place,  having  three  hundred  soldiers  with  him.  He  was  a  captain 
in  battle  and  a  leadcr  in  fight.  His  namc  was  William  Moss.3  Ile  came  to 
Assaroe  before  he  had  news  of  O'Donnell,  and  he  could  not  rcturn 
immediately  when  O'Donnell's  pcoplc  camc  up  on  the  other  side  of  the 
river,  so  that  thcy  were  face  to  face  on  either  side  of  the  bridge  which  was 
over  the  river,  and  the  spacc  between  them  was  not  more  than  a  gunshoL 
There  was  no  way  to  the  English  except  over  the  bridge,  and  O'Donnell's 
people  could  not  pass  throughas  they  wished.  However,  a  famous  captain 
of  the  English  was  killed  by  the  shooting  which  took  place  between  them  from 
one  side  and  from  the  other.  When  the  darkness  of  night  came,  the  English 
fled  away  as  quick  as  they  could  all  together,  and  they  were  not  perceived  till 
morning.  The  youths  followed  them  at  thc  dawn  ovcr  thc  upper  part  of 
the  mountain,  and  they  did  not  overtake  them.  They  were  vcry  sorry  that 
they  had  escaped  from  them  in  this  way.     They  went  back  again  to  Sligo. 

O'Donnell  left  a  party  of  his  soldiers  and  of  his  trusty  peoplc  in  the 
castle  of  Sligo  to  hold  it.  Iiis  mind  was  at  ease  in  conscquence  of  thc 
placc  bcing  in  his  power.  After  that  he  went  with  his  army  across  the 
Erne  northwards  tili  he  came  to  his  house  at  Doncgal.  Hc  was  at  rcst  till 
the  middle  of  August.  He  was  told  that  a  flcct  of  ships  had  come  to 
Lough  Foyle  then.     The  commander  of  the  flcct  was  MacLcod  of  Aran 

were  in  exile.'     Annals  of  Loch  Ce,  ii.  517.  Umhall  to  the  rivcr    Drowes,  had  unani- 

'  Each  of  them  afterwards  went  to  his  own  mouslv  confedrated  with  O'Donnell.'     An- 

native  territory.    In  thecourseof  one  month  nals  F.  J/,  vi.  1975. 

the  greater  part  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  %Moss. — Perhaps  Captain  Mostvn,  who 

district,  from  the  western  point  of  Erris  and  is  mentioned  iátd.,  vi.  1S67. 


96 

m  Alb<Mii  "oiaiia'o  Amm  -Ajia  a]'  lÍAróe  ]\o  gAbrorh  Ammniu^A'ó)  ré  cé'o  ÍAedi 
a  tion,  7  Ik\  rfó  ror  fiojjtuAir  t>o  beic  ro]\  ArnrAme  Ia  1uía  n*OoiimAitt. 
1ck\cc  Ai]\m  b<\cAj\  béo  rioóbACA  réc1irnoi"óce  7  rAiglroe  ppuib^euA  7  tAnn 
ctoitmie  tfcliAnfo-oA  conA  nurrooniiAib  "oebfn-OACíiA.  *Oo  cofc  úa  *OoihiiAitt 
Ai]\m  nnbÁcA]\  tx  ror  yoyz  pu  ]\é  ceo]\A  nnor,  Gfc  bA  1n  mf-óón  ah  triír  -Augurc 
fol.  26.«.  ]\en'i]\Aicui  "oo  fun]\At)  uropm.  "Oo  ]\oiica  Acconiroriif'ó  ro]\  diOA]\cAib  Gt 
bpujeA-ÓAib  íf]\ccAm  50  ]\etccfc  Arcír  í&n  ha  iiio]\]%aoca]\  mui]\róe  6c  combcA]i 
ettn'iA  a  tómce.  O  ]\obcA]\  ruinice  ía]\oh'i,  t>o  ]\acc  ó  "OoriinAitt  tAir  íac 
^ur  aii  6i]\ne,  (x  a  ftógh  A]i  cfiiA  t>o  t>ut  1n  coigeA-ó  n-diteAltA.  T)o 
coiptfc  Ap  ÍA]\orii  ca]\  *0]\obAoir,  ca]i  'Ouib,  cA]irAii  Stigich,  ca]\  frr  uoa]\a, 
ca]i  mumchmn  ptebc  gArh  §ur  ah  tuijne  7  Airpt>e  co  jjoipoeAtbAcliAib. 
Oaoi  'oúnA-ó  "OAmgfn  Inrurom,  CAirciAtt  mó]\  riiec  ^oipoetbAig  *oo  5oi]\ci  t>e. 
'Oo  ruic  gtir  ha  ^AttAib  reb  t>o  ]ioch]\ACA]i  CAirciAttA  ah  cliuiccró  A]\  cfiiA. 
Ro  puroij  ó  'OoriniAitt  a  ton^pojic  1111011  mniA'ó,  7  ]\o  JAb  aj  pubAi]\c  & 
occ  coniAicfm  ro]i  ofr  conrif'OA  au  cAipceoitt.  \)&  rf]t]voe  "óó^oiii  orii  nropn 
A]i  ]\ob  éigfn  -oon  1x\]voa  ro  t>eóró  aii  bAite  t>o  cAbAi]\c  úo>róib  -oúa 
*OhoriinAitt.  *Oo  ]iAcporii  ÍA]iAiii  coiiimup  An  bAite  t>onA  lnb  t>iA]\  bo  coicli, 
7  ]\o  cmjeAtfAC  cechc  íiia  mumcf]\Ar  7  ro  Aco^Atpn  ^ac  cah  buó  cot  t>ó, 
7  beór  Ai]\iporii  1n  combÁro  cogAró  ha  n^AoróeAt. 

Luro  -oah  ó  "OorimiAtt  ífncAin,  7  ni  ]\o  Aipr  co  ]\aiiaic  cuntAÓ  HlocliAm. 
CAircÍAtt  eip-óe  rit  m  •oucaij;  nnc  peonAip  Ilo  gAb  occ  lompuróe  ah 
t)útiAró  pn.  gebicc  a  mumncf]\  ro]\  co^Ait  ah  rimi]\,  7  m  ]\o  rcAnrAC  U\ihA 
fpr  50  ]iAgbACA]\  au  cAifcÍAtt  A]\  eijm  7  co  ccA]rorAc  Ar  m^ÍAttnur  pt- 
t)AiimA  aii  cí]\e  Uirofrro  hiac  nnc  £eo]\Aip  con  miumg  t>o  riiAicib  ah  cíne 
iniA]\ofn  fur  7  mbA  -oeAc  "ooniAomib  7  ionrimp\ib  ah  t)únAró.  fto 
]xÁoitrec  ÍA]\on"i  a  pcfnheAtcA  rÁ  ConriiAicne,  pÁ  1111iumcf]\  111u]\CAt)A,  rÁ 

^ProvinceojOiiioll  —  z'.^Connaught.  He  error,    as    if    the    Irish   name  was    Sliabh 

wasthesecondhusband  ofQueen  Meadhbh,  dhamh,  the  mountain  of  the  oxen,  whereas 

and  with  her  ruled  over  Connaught  about  it  is  always  written  Sliabhghamh. 

the  beginning  of  our  era.     At  an  advanced  3  Ley/iy.— Now  a  baronv  in  the    south- 

age   he   was   slain  by  Conall  Cearnach  at  west  of  Co.  Sligo. 

Croghan.     She  bore him seven  sons,  known  4  Costellos—  The   Nangles  in  Connaught 

as  the  seven  Maine.     Keating's  //.  bflre-  toolt  the  surname  of  MacCostello  from  an 

land,  p.  199.  ancestor  Osdalb. 

'^Slieve  Gam. — A  chain  of  mountains  on  5  Castle?nore.—\n  the  barony  of  Costello, 

the    boundary  of  the   baronies    of  Leyny  Co.  Mayo,  near  Ballaghadareen. 

and  Tireragh,  Co.  Sligo,  now  called  the  Ox  6  Turlach  Mochain.—Five   miles    E.    of 

Mountains.       This   name   arises  from   an  Tuam. 


97 

(hc  took  thc  titlc  from  an  island  in  Scotland  namcd  Aran)  with  six  »595- 
hundrcd  soldicrs,  and  thc  rcason  why  hc  camc  was  to  takc  scrvicc  with 
O'Donncll.  The  arms  they  had  were  bows  of  carvcd  wood  and  sharp- 
pointcd  arrows,  and  long  broad  swords  with  hafts  of  horn.  O'Donncll 
went  to  where  thcy  wcrc,  and  engaged  them  for  thc  space  of  three  months, 
and  this  was  in  the  middle  of  the  aforcsaid  month  of  August  prcciscly. 
Their  quarters  were  providcd  in  the  castles  and  farmhouscs.  Aftcr  a  timc 
they  got  rid  of  their  fatigue  after  the  great  toil  of  the  sea,  and  their  supplies 
wcre  got  ready.  Whcn  thcv  wcre  fit  after  that,  O'Donncll  took  thcm  with 
him  and  his  army  also  to  the  Erne  to  go  into  thc  provincc  of  Oilioll.1 
They  marched  away  then  across  the  Drowes,  the  Dubh,  Assaroe,  and  thc 
upper  part  of  Slieve  Gam  2  to  Leyny,3  and  from  that  to  the  Costcllos.4 
Thcre  was  a  strong  castle  there  called  Castlemore  5  Mic  Costcllo.  It  fell 
into  the  hands  of  the  English,  just  as  the  castlcs  of  the  provincc  had  come 
to  thcm.  O'Donnell  made  his  camp  round  the  castlc,  and  proceeded  to 
attack  it  and  threaten  the  garrison  of  the  castle.  He  was  the  better  of  that 
in  truth,  and  in  the  end  the  warders  were  obliged  to  surrendcr  thc  place  to 
O'Donnell.  Afterwards  he  gave  possession  of  the  town  to  the  tribe  whose 
property  it  was,  and  they  promised  to  enter  into  friendship  with  him  and 
to  be  at  his  call  whenever  he  wished,  and  also  to  continue  aíways  in  thc 
war-confederacy  of  the  Irish. 

O'Donnell  set  off  aftcr  that,  and  he  did  not  halt  until  he  came  to 
Turlach  Mochain.0  This  is  a  castle  in  the  territory  of  Mac  Fcoris."  He 
proceeded  to  besiege  that  castle.  His  people  sct  about  pulling  down  thc 
wall,  and  they  did  not  cease  their  efforts  until  thcy  brought  thc  castlc  to 
straits,  and  they  put  in  confinement  the  successor  to  the  chicf  of  thc  district, 
Richard,  son  of  Mac  Feoris,  and  some  oí  the  lcading  mcn  of  thc  district  with 
him  and  seized  the  best  part  of  the  substancc  and  treasures  of  the  castle. 
They  scattered  their  marauders  over   Conmaicne,s   Muinter  Murchadha,9 

7  Mac  Feoris. —  i.c,   the   son   of  Pierce.  8  Conmaiciic — The  baronv  of  Dunmore, 

This  was  the  name  takcn  by  the  Anglo-  so  called  from  Lughaidh  Conmac,  ancestor 

Norman  family  of  Bermingham  when  they  of    the   0'Rourkes,    ( >  Reillys,   and    other 

wished  to  conform  to  Irish  customs.    Cam-  scpts  in  Leitrim  and  Cavan. 

pion,  in  his  H.  of/rc/and,  p.  i  i,  writtcn  in  B Muinier   J/.  —  Thc    northcrn   half    of 

1 57 1,  says  they  werc  thcn  'verv  wild  Irish.'  the  baronv    of    Clare,    Co.    Galway. 

See  Spenser's  Vieiv  of  Ircland,  p.  102.  O'Flahertv's  Jar  Connaught^  p.  30S. 


98 

teícuneAt  ah  1111u\cAi]\e  HiAbAig,  (x  rA  UhÚAim  "oa  juALAiin,  50  ]\o  cjioidiric 
An  quodi  ro]i  ^ac  tedi  "oíob  1111A  c\\ot>  7  miA  Innmte.  Soaic  ro]\  ccúLa'o 
con  éoAtAib  iomt>A.  T)o  ]u\Ia  cua  goibfpnóin  ah  coiccio  Si]\  1Li]-oeA]vo 
tDion^om  1n  ccorii]>oc]\Aib  00  rtÚAg  ní  *OlioiúnAitt  A11  caii  rm.  t)eirc  Ar 
Annrorii  ]\o  bÁoi  m  Cpm  m  lonbAió  pn  nonA  ^ALtAib  ep-óe.  Cóicc  céx> 
•oécc  ÍAecli  a]uiica  éioidie  eici]\  qiAi^liceAcli  &  iiiaucac1i  a  tíon.  Oc 
cÚAÍAÓp'óe  ó  T)oriiiiAitt  coha  rto^il!)  r>o  r>ut  CAipf  ru\]\  1n  cconiiAccAib, 
fol.26.  b.  €t  5AÓ  m  -oa  iroe]\jeine  111  jac  cohai]\  ni  -oeAcliAÓ,  no  13aoi  hia  u]\]>oic1utt  7 
niA  C]\coniAi]\  occ  ioni]uió  -óó,  (x  r>o  teíje  m  ac  joipc  jacIia  conAi]\e  111 
uobAT)  "oóig  LAir  ó  "OoriinoiLt  *oo  cocliAnmA  cfno. 

O  ]io  pcci]\  úa  *OoriinAitt  ah  nípn  -|\o  bAoi  ro]\  lom^AbAit  iu\  n^ALt  reb 
AroeAc  no  yex)  A]\  bA  T>f]\b  LAir  ^un  bo  inó]i  t)eicicui  au  crtoij;  unmA  ccuu-ó 
7  uiiA  ccneAcliAib,  uua   néoÁit  7  uiia  mnmte,  7  no  buó   hioa  a  fAoiteccAin  7 

A  CA1]Upt1      AV>     A    ftÓjÁlb     1111      dlOcllCU^AÓ     CA1C     jtlAt)     fx,     1111      COpiAlÚ      CAC 

tAic1i]\eAch  ]\u\  irout  ireitb  éoA^A  mfuccAUA-ó  mÁr  ah  caii  nobcAir  -oeAice 
^ah  -oeicicin  lonipAib  icci]\.  -d]\Aitt  Ann  *oaii  nobcA]\  tíA  *oo  ha  jjALLAib 
oLoac  imbÁco]\forii,  (x  beór  ce  m  bA  tiA  a  bA  'ouítij  pucbeA]\c  pu 
^AttAib  A11  lonbAió  rm  A]i  peAbur  a  HAi]\m  A]\  ALtriu\]vÓAc1ic  AtiéiOAit  7 
A]\  lon^nAice  Aninmtt  cén  50  pi^wc  5A01-olt  A]i  eotu]-  ah  Ai]\munbf]\cA 
íf]\  CA111  m  ^a]\  iu\i]\.  *OÁLa  uí  *OoiiiiiAitt  nÁtiAicpóe  coiia  rto^liAib  7  con 
a  cc]\eAc1iAib  íf]\  nnómfoón  ah  c|\fr  tAÓi  co  mumchm'o  ftebe  5A111.  bÁcA]t 
rmi  11A  ^Aitt  occ  -oíAnArcnAiii  ha  conAi]\e  hia  noócum  An'iAit  Ar  néme  no 
■jj-éorAC  ó  bAite  A11  tHhócAij  ro  c1iúaió.     1lo  eici]róetij  úa  T)oihnAiLt  oí]\mi 

1UAUCAC  rO]\  A  CC1U1TO  "00  l'uM^rÓ  U§]\A  rO]\]\A,  (x  *OÍA  m01ll]:0]XAÓ  1CC1]\  A]\  iu\ 
rA^bACAIf    510ttA11]1AX)    UA    ^fr    *01A1]U11    110  rjtorilAOÍll    T)1A    rtojroiíl    UllbAOJAt. 

1xÁniAicc  ó  *Ooiiinoitt5Ati  iiac  rriuocop^Ain  ca]\  ha  qu  T)noichfcAib,  O]\oichfc 
diuitemÁoite,  t)]\oc1iac  bAite  frrA  X)A]ia,  G:  t)]\oic1ifc  Stijig  co  ]uac1ic  con 


1  M.  Riabach. — It  lies  between  Knockdoe 
and  Lough  Corrib. 

2  T.  da  ghualann. — i.e.,  tbe  tumulus  of 
tbe  two  shoulders,  so  called  from  the  shape 
of  the  sepulchral  mound  near  the  town, 
Joyce,  Irish  JVames,  i.  234.  This  is  a 
cathedral  town  in  the  N.W.  of  Co.  Galway. 

zMonster. — He  took  part  in  the  slaughter 
of  Smerwich,  A.D.  1580,  where  700  Italians 


were  butchered  in  cold  blood  by  Lord  Grey 
after  their  lives  had  been  guaranteed  to 
them.  He  was  recalled  to  England  in  con- 
sequence  of  his  cruelties  in  Connaught. 
See  p.  liv.,  antea.  After  the  death  of 
Bagnal  at  the  battle  of  the  Yellow  Ford 
he  was  appointed  Marshal  of  Ireland,  but  he 
died  011  his  arrival  in  Dublin  from  England. 
Miscelhmy  of  the  Celtic  Society,  p.  228. 


99 

over  the  border  of  Machaire  Riabach,1  and  Tuam  daghualann,2  until  they  i$95- 
wasted  thc  tcrritory  on  cvery  sidc  of  thcm  of  its  herds  and  floclcs, 
Thcy  rcturned  with  much  bootv.  Thc  Govcrnor  of  thc  province,  Sir 
Richard  Bingham,  happcned  to  be  in  the  neighbourhood  of  O'Donncll's 
army  at  that  time.  He  was  the  greatest  monstcr 3  of  all  the  English 
that  were  then  in  Ireland.  He  had  up  to  fiftcen  hundred  men  with 
arms  and  armour,  horse  and  foot,  with  him.  When  he  hcard  that 
O'Donncll  was  passing  westwards  into  Connaught  with  his  troops  and 
evervthing  he  had  done  on  every  road  he  had  gone,  he  preparcd  to  mect 
him  in  order  to  attach  rrim,  and  he  placed  his  troops  in  all  the  short  cuts  of 
every  road  by  which  he  thought  O'Donnell  would  come  towards  him. 

When  O'Donnell  learned  that,  he  avoided  the  English  as  wcll  as  hc 
could,  for  he  was  sure  that  the  anxietv  of  the  army  for  thcir  hcrds  and 
prey,  their  goods  and  cattle,  was  great,  and  his  expectations  and  reliance 
on  his  army  to  sustain  the  fight  and  to  hold  the  field  of  battle  was  greatcr 
before  they  got  possession  of  their  enemies'  property  than  when  thcy 
werc  careless  without  having  any  anxiety  at  all.  Besides,  there  were  more 
of  the  English  than  of  his  men,  and  even  if  they  were  not  more  numerous, 
it  was  difficult  then  to  oppose  the  English  on  account  of  the  superiority  of 
their  arms  and  the  outlandishness  of  their  armour  and  the  strangencss  of 
their  weapons,  though  the  Irish  attained  a  hnowledge  of  the  use  of  arms 
soon  after.  As  for  O'Donnell,  he  came  with  his  army  and  spoils  after 
the  noon  of  the  third  day  to  the  upper  part  of  Slieve  Gam.  A  body  of 
the  English  was  marching  along  the  road  towards  him  as  fast  as  they 
could  northwards  from  Ballymote.  O'Donnell  detached  a  body  of  horse 
against  them  to  shirmish  with  them  and  to  impede  them,  so  that  they 
might  not  leave  the  servants  or  the  unarmed  or  the  defenccless  portion  ot 
his  force  in  danger.  O'Donnell  went  without  being  attached  across  the 
threc  bridges,  the  bridge  of  Collooney,4  the  bridge  of  Ballysadare,5  and  the 
bridge  of  Sligo,  and  he  came  with  his  army  and  plunder  to  the   neighbour- 

4  Collooney.  —  The  castle  stood  on  the  6  Ballysadare .— A  monastery  was  erected 

south  side  of  the  river  Owenmore,  close  to  here  by  St.  Fechin  in  the  ;th  centurv.  Later 
where  it  receives  a  strcam  from  Lough  it  belonged  to  the  Canons  Regular  of  St. 
Dargan.  It  was  built  by  Murrough  Mac  Augustine.  Sec  O'RorLe,  History  ofBally- 
Donough  in  1408.      Annals  F.  J/.,  iv.  797-       sadare,  p-  1  ;  Dublin,  n.d. 

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1  Glendallan.  —  Now    Glcncar,  a  valley       Leitrim,  six  miles  to  the  north  of  the  town 
situated  partly  in  Co.  Sligo,  partly  in  Co.       of  Sligo. 


IOI 

hood  of  Glendallan.1  As  for  thc  Govcrnor  Sir  Richard  Bingham,  as  hc  r59 
did  not  meet  O'Donnell's  army,  he  wcnt  in  pursuit  of  it  to  thc  Sligeach. 
He  made  his  encampment  in  thc  monastcry,  as  it  was  the  custom  of  thc 
English  to  dwell  in  the  holy  churches,  and  hc  was  considering  how  hc 
might  take  thc  castle  from  O'Donncll's  people.  Howcvcr,  O'Donnell  on 
the  morning  of  the  following  day  sent  a  small  party  on  fine  fleet  horses  to 
bring  intelligence  about  the  English  and  to  get  news  of  thc  castlc  and  of 
the  soldiers  that  he  had  left  in  the  castle. 

When  they  came  to  the  bank  of  the  river  they  saw  the  English  up  and 
down  through  the  town.  There  was  a  vainglorious,  obstinate  youth  with 
Richard  Bingham  at  that  time,  his  sister's  son,  whose  name  was  Captain 
Martin.  He  was  the  commander  of  a  troop  with  the  Governor.  He  was  a 
leader  in  battle  and  confiict  with  the  English  of  the  provincc  of  Olnecc- 
macht.  He  was  crying  out  and  blustering  against  Hugh  Maguire  continually 
and  against  every  one  of  the  Irish  whose  name,  fame,  or  rcpute  for  skill, 
especially  in  the  matter  of  skill  in  horsemanship,  he  had  heard  of.  He 
could  not  endure  seeing  his  enemies  on  the  other  side  of  the  river  and  not 
attacking  them.  He  took  horse,  and  his  troop  too  took  horse.  When 
O'Donnell's  people  saw  them  coming  they  went  away  as  fast  as  they 
could.  These  went  after  them  and  they  did  not  overtake  them.  They 
turned  back.  O'Donnell's  people  told  the  fact  to  the  army  how  they  had 
been  pursucd  angrily  and  haughtily,  and  that  it  was  owing  to  the  fleetness 
of  their  horses  they  escaped.  When  O'Donnell  heard  the  story  he  set  to 
refiect  and  forecast  how  he  might  attack  the  English  and  give  them  a  lesson. 
This  is  what  he  resolved  on  in  the  end.  A  hundred  horsemcn  wcre  chosen 
by  him,  the  best  in  his  army,  with  three  hundred  foot  of  thc  same  kind, 
with  their  implements  for  shooting,  that  is,  elastic  bows  and  wcll  fillcd 
quivers  of  arrows,  for  only  a  few  of  them  were  well  acquaintcd  with  implc- 
ments  of  shooting  then.  They  wcnt  back  until  they  camc  to  thc  spot 
where  it  was  safe  for  them  to  place  the  ambuscadc,  morc  than  a  mile  from 
Sligo.  Thercupon  O'Donnell  sent  on  some  of  his  horsc  towards  thc 
English  to  cnticc  them  to  wherc  he  was  if  thcy  could,  and  he  com- 
manded  thcm  not  to  fight  with  the  Eiiglish,  and  told  thcm  that 
it   would   be  no  disgrace   to   them    to    fly,   but    to    kcep    drawing   them 


102 


aijuuja-ó  •ooib  gur  aii  pii'óiujjA'ó  i'peicchetge  |\o  pÁiiiugA-ó  yo\\  acciuito. 
Loca]\  &yy  iu\  lióicc  reib  |\o  yo]\con^|\<\-ó  ro]\]\A,  7  t>o  jmrCc  AtiiAit  conAiceóc 
ó  "OoriniAitt.  Ay  mreccAm  nn\  conpAn^ACAn  11  ]\  iia  1umoa  ah  cah  ]ao  teAbtAm^ 
CAipcm  11K\]\cín  yo\\  a  eoch  íf]\  ha  rrAinccpn   (AiiiAit  a^  t>Cme  110  cmgreA'ó 

CU    HTOAlt  A]>1At>A'Ó    C|VÓALCA),     J    ]\0    teAbtAlllgrCc    buVÓIIl     mÓ\]\  t>0  1llA]\CflÓ5 

11  a  n^AÍl  A]\  cIuiia.  Uiajaicc  ÍA]\oiti  yo\\  Aimnur  ha  nócc  ac  conncAco]\ 
AiiiAit  A]'  t>emi  ]\onucc]v\c  -oiAtAite.  Oc  c1hac  muumcC|\  111  'OlioriniAitt 
lAccrorii  t)iA  fAijit)  reb  bA  mfnniA]\c  teó  ]\o  fA^AibrCc  ah  niAijCn  nnbÁcA]\, 
7  t>o  ]\etccCcc  ]\ein'nb  yo\\  a  né]\im  7  ^ebicc  cCccur  occ  pocAi]\diCnnA'ó 
Ar]WAmriii]\Ciro  m^ionjjobAib  a  n5]\et>  115^01-0  C]\iíiai]\,  7  ah  eAc1i]\At> 
nucniAtt  nAiib]v\ró  tuA  rro|uvó  óongriiAit  111  ioni|:oc]\Aib  ha  nAttriiAjvÓA 
(x,  tuÁ  nibpégA-ócA^An^  z;op  ah  bAit  nnbui  ó  *OoriiniAtt.  11i]\  bó  cíaii 
t>oiiA  lióccAib  ]v\riitAit)  An  caii  ]iob  eiccCn  t)óib  ro  t>eóró  beicb  occ 
]"po]\At>  6:  occ  editopccAt)  ah  eoch  a\i  Aoínpecc7  An*Aon]>At)AitttA  tuAp^ube 
iia  1ie]\iiiA  nonuccrAC  iia  ^Aitt  hia  ivoCoIiavó  t>\A  ccAi]\ceccAm.  ^AbAicc 
mumcf]\  uí  "OlioriniAitt  a^  tnAnnmjwm  7  a^  "ounArgnAiii  ha  conAi]\e  peb  Ar 
t>ioc]\A  con]\A\i5ACA]\.  T)o  cui]\CcA|\  t>Ci|\Ct)  po]\  óCn  -oibip-óe  t>iA  Ain'ibeom, 
conA]\  bo  cÚAtAmj  a  Aop  coniúA  t)o  ppercAt  tA  Inonmoitte  a  eicli,  conur  cA]\t> 
irpoitt  (x  1n  mbAo^liAt  occa  biot)bAt>Aib  ^u]\  uó  liCiccCn  t>ó  ca]\  ctpcugA'ó 
a  cigejtnA  codiA]\  y\\\y  ha  gAttAib,  ó  ]\ob  C]\t>AtcA  tAip  AiiiA]\bA*ó  t>o  riiAi^m. 
"Petun  HiAbAC  niAc  *OAuet>  Anrni  A11  cí  1nrm.  1ompAirp-óe  a  A15I1AVÓ  yo\\ 
fol.  28.«.  diAipcm  11lAi]\cm,  a]\  ArebA  nCporii  t>ó  t>onA  1iíb  ]\o  bÁCA]\  uia  ccíA|\riió]\c1iecc, 
6:  Apé  bA  coíreAcn  moriighonA  t>o  riiArcftóg  nA  ngAbt  7  é  1n  nérhcur  ha 
conAi|\e.     1\o  bAoi  rogliA  Áic  Ariinur  tar  aii  rvétnn  ]\érii]w\ice  *oia  t>iob]\AccAt) 

CA11   bA  1lAt)tA1C.        *Oo  ]\ACC  A  1l'lé]\  ipn  pUVinCril,  7  ]\0  C|\01cC]XA1]\  50   CAtniA  A1l 

ccnÁoipj;,  G:  cA]\tAic  u]\co]\  t>on  ro§A  50  revómnC|\crin\]\  yo\\  Ammur  CliAipcm 
11lAi]\cm,  conur  CA]\tA  ca]\  nneAtbojvo  ah  Ciccai§  aUiíia|vóa  m  t>ei]\c  a 
ocrAitte   5AÓ   nt)í]\eAc   guji    ]\o    cneAgpA.rcAiji    a    cnovóe    nu\    ditnvb    peib 

AC]\UlttfcO]\  A  mijmorilA,  A]\  bA  1lA1VOj;AVÓ  écC]\OCA]l  A1l  CÍ  ]\0  JOIIA'Ó  A1111,  7 
bAllAt)bot  A  rinorCAir  ni1   11A  ^AOI-ÓeAtAlb  (xbÁCA]\1otA]VÓA  A  A11lb]\fcA  111  5ACI1 

nuMgm    mibiot)   ipn    ccoi^eAt)  1nccoiccmt»e  ocIia   LummeAc  50   T)]\ob1iAoir 

J  MacDcvitt.— This  was  Phelim  Reagh,  Derry,  and  executed,  the  charge  against  him 

the  head  of  the  MacDevitts  of  Inishowen,  being  that  he  had  taken  part  in  the  rising 

a    branch  of  the  0'Dohertys.      He    was  of    Sir    Cahir    0'Doherty.      Flight  of  thc 

afterwards   subjected   to   a   mock   trial  in  Earls,  p.  194. 


103 

6n  little  by  littlc  onc  aftcr  thc  other  till  thcy  brought  them  without  thcir 
perceiving  it  to  thc  placc  whcre  thc  ambuscadc  was  arranged  for  thcm.  The 
soldicrs  wcnt  away  as  was  commandcd  thcm,  and  thcy  did  just  as  O'Donncll 
aslced  them  to  do.  As  soon  as  thcy  had  come  to  the  bank  of  thc  rivcr,  thcn 
Captain  Martin  jumped  on  his  horse  on  secing  thcm  (as  quick  as  a  hound 
would  go  in  pursuit  of  its  favouritc  game),  and  a  largcbody  of  the  cavalry  of 
the  English  jumpcd  on  them  also.  Thcy  went  after  that  towards  the  soldiers 
whom  they  had  seen  as  fast  as  they  could  go  togcthcr.  Whcn  O'Donncll's 
pcoplc  saw  them  coming  as  thcy  desircd,  they  lcft  the  placc  whcrc 
they  were  and  set  off  on  their  horscs,  procceding  at  first  to  hold  quictly 
the  bridlcbits  in  the  mouths  of  thc  swift-galloping  horscs  and  of  thc 
flcct,  rcstless  stecds  to  hold  thcm  back,  kceping  thcm  very  ncar  thc 
foreigners,  and  by  decoying  them  to  bring  thcm  to  thc  place  whcre 
O'Donnell  was.  The  youths  were  not  long  so  whcn  it  was  nccessary 
for  them  at  last  to  spur  and  whip  the  horses  at  once  and  together,  owing 
to  the  great  speed  the  English  made  galloping  in  pursuit  of  them. 
O'Donnell's  people  proceeded  to  ride  quickly  and  hasten  along  the  road 
as  fast  as  they  could.  Thcy  left  behind  one  of  them  unwillinglv,  for  he 
was  not  able  to  keep  up  with  his  company  owing  to  the  slowncss  of  his 
.  horse,  so  that  he  went  slowly  and  was  in  danger  from  his  enemies. 
Hence  it  was  necessary  for  him,  against  thc  commands  of  his  lord,  to 
fíght  against  the  English,  since  he  was  sure  he  would  be  killed  on  the 
spot.  Felim  Reagh  Mac  Devitt  was  his  name.  He  turned  his  face  to 
Captain  Martin,  for  he  was  the  next  to  him  of  thc  party  in  hot  pursuit, 
and  he  was  the  captain  in  battle  of  the  horse  of  the  English,  and  hc  was 
leading  thc  way.  The  aforesaid  Felim  had  a  sharp,  picrcing  spcar2  to 
shoot  when  he  wished.  He  put  his  finger  to  the  string  and  he  drew  thc 
javclin  boldly,  and  thc  shot  of  the  dart  struck  Captain  Mar'.in  with 
such  forcc  that  it  passed  through  the  border  of  the  forcign  armour  at 
the  hollow  of  the  armpit  straight  and  it  picrced  his  hcart  in  his  brcast 
as  his  misdeeds  dcserved,  for  he  who  was  woundcd  therc  was  a  mcrciless 
rogue,  and  his  hatred    of  the   Irish    was  very  great,    and  his  cvil   deeds 

-  Spear  —  The  fogadh,  called  also  ga  or      ing.    See  0'Curvy'sMa/!/n-rs,  &c,  i.  ccccxli 
gae,  was  rather  for  hurling  and  for  thrust-      Here  it  means  an  arrow. 


104 

•Abtop  a  bjtAéAjt.  t/A  ro-ÓAm  iompAic  tiA  ^Abb  ro]\  ccúbAib  ía]\  ngtnn  a 
ccnémpn  7  Accóipch  lombÚAbcA,  G:  *oo  bC]\AC  beó  ro]\  iomoc1iuj\  rodi 
ipvnncAipb  éccA  50  nAnjgACA-p  Ati  bAtbe.  Ro  écc  ÍA]\om  ahaoIiai^  pn. 
1lobe]\c  ibe  ornA'ÓA  7  niAbtACCA  boclic  7  Afóibxmecli  no  pvjiAróporii  mio  reibb 
Troibir  bÁcA]\  m  cAonhcecc  05  ApiAiii  t>por  An  AbbcAi]\  7  aj  cebeAb]\A"ó  *óó- 
•oon  ceAnncA]\  "oon  c1ui]\  pn.  Oc  connAinc  ó  *OlioriniAitb  iia  ^Aibb  *oo  poAt) 
ca]\  An  Aip  nur  bion  "oo  bonnAr  bAiiA'óbAb  pnr  ah  bAocnAró  oha  ca]\]aai*ó  mÍAii 
ATÍiCnniAn  7  Atgur  a  mncmne  roppiA  1iAbbn'iA]icAib  AiiiAib'oo  ]\unnen  cCcup 
*Our  pccec  riAnbAc  ha  p\rpuAbA]\cA  1itp\eActiA]\cur  iia  rbACA  (^e\\  bo  "ooibij 
"óoib  ici]\  A]\  ATóbbe  A-jrÚApiAró)  G:  acc  riAt><xc  AiiiAib  "oo  ]\a^a  "óóib,  (x  ]\o 
com^pCc  mbe  da]\  cCiro  ah  óu]\ai"ó  no  jon  Ca]\chi  11lAi]\cm  ua  bm 
ní  non  be]\A,ó  A]~p  munA  ca]toa-ó  ah  caoh  ro^ompn  ^en  mocliÁ  cuh'iacca 
ah  cliónircet).  Ro  réciiAijCpcAp  rC]\g  uí  *OliorimAibb,  7  ]\o  ctACAij;CrcAi]\ 
íol.28  b.  a  Aiccne"ó  "oepróe,  6:  ac  cÚAp  x>o  a]\  a  bAj\AC  50  né]\bA\b  aii  cAipcm 
AiiiAib  AC]\ub]\AtiiA]\.  blo  bu-ó  LujjAi'óe  "oía  fniomprm  mnpn  cem  bA 
rbÁn  bAip  a  mCnniA  "oo  ]\Atc  iC]\  ccepiÁ-ó  ha  ngAbt  An'iAib  AcponepCc  G:  íaj\ 
iroub  'oía  cetg  6:  "oía  lcA]\iiAi-óe  ro]\  nertn,  acc  niA]\bVvó  ah  Aomp]\ 
]\étiiepe]\cmA]\.  lomcurA  ah  50ibe]\nó]\A  ÍApi  nécc  Ab]\ACA]\  G.  A^opmCic  ]\o 
bínp-óe  "orC]\5  (x'OAmmne,  G:  ]\o  ro^icongAijt  ro]\  a  fbÚAg  *oot  rón  mAmAip:i]\  7 
qiAnncAinjeAb    G,    cubActA  ha  ccebró   n*Oe  x>o  bbo'ÓA'ó  G.  "oo  b]\ipeA"ó,  7  a. 

yobA]\C11A'Ó  V>0  CAbv\1]\C  dlU^ApOlÍl  "01A  CcbA]\Alb  COril-óbÚCA    CAOtÍipiAlglld  J  "OÍA 

pvilgib  ronAi]\ce  rérnrndi'óci  A]\  50  troC]\nAT>porii  c]\CAbriiA  coJAbcA  mú]\  *óíob. 
T)o  ]\acca,ó  ía]\oiíi  diu^A  ni  ]\o  cliummj.  *Ooiiuccca  ioLa]\  p\o]\  G:  oib]\ií;ce 
lonróA  *oia  lonnpngeA-ó.  T)o  ]\ónpAc  ceg-óuipe  CAiccCn^Aibce  cnén-OAm^ne 
c]\ooa  'oonAtb  p&ibgib  G,  'ootiAtb  fbeAtiiAncbÁ]\Aib  1npn  G,  cuiítoaijci 
cbA]\c1iAi]\ti5eAÓA  cioniAip'oi]\5e  cobpATóe  pu  cacuja-ó  -oo  cbu]\A'ÓAib  "oóib. 
T)o  ruccdiA  ^eicliC-ÓA  bó  G:  "oaiíi  ro]\]\o  'oÍAneccAi]\.  *Oo  ]\acca  ]\oca-óa 
]\enrói]\5e  ]\AbAi"ó  "OAingne  róicib  "oía  rpo^buApAÓc  gur  aii  ■oúiiax). 

O  ]\obcA]\  eAbbriiA  11A  ^moniA  gbmcbÁ^tAij  5Atbbécco]xcoAliipn,]io  bíoncA 
-oo  bA0C]\Ai-ó  G:  "oo  bAÍcib   ^oibe   G:  t)o   ^Ap^iA-ó  ^AipccCxiAc  iia  ngAtt.     'Oo 

]\ACCA"Ó  ÍA]\01l'l   rO  jtÚAp\CC  11  Attl11A]TOA  pÚ]\  tA  X)0]\c1lACA  U]\C0pA1g  11A  llOTOCe 

xRood-screen.— The  Irishwordisexplained  a  sow.     Pac.  Hib.,\.24  ;  which  O'Sullevan 

in  Cormac's  Glossary :  the  wooden  structure  translates  mucum  bellicum.     Hist.  Cat/i., 

between  the  laity  and  the  clergy.  p.  175.     He  says  600  soldiers  wcre  slain  in 

2 Machinc. — This  was  commonly  called  this  assault. 


105 

manv,  wherever  hc  had  bccn  throughout  thc  uliolc  province  from  Limcrick  to  1505. 
theDrowes,  011  account  of his  rclativc.  Thcreupon  thc  English  rctrcatcd  aftcr 
the  wounding  of  their  defcated  hero  and  lcader,  and  they  carricd  him,  \vcak  in 
the  throcs  of  death,  till  they  came  to  the  town.  Hc  dicd  that  night.  When 
going  to  thc  othcr  world  and  leaving  this  at  that  time  he  bore  with  him 
many  a  groan  and  curse  of  the  poor  and  distressed  whom  hc  opprcssed 
on  account  of  thcir  property.  Whcn  O'Donnell  knew  that  the  English 
had  turncd  back,  he  was  filled  with  very  great  wrath  against  thc  soldicrs, 
as  he  did  not  gct  the  wish  of  his  mind  and  the  desire  of  his  soul  regarding 
the  barbarians  as  he  planned  at  first.  A  party  of  the  assailants  camc  into 
the  presence  of  thcir  princc  (though  it  was  vcry  hard  for  them  on  account 
of  his  great  anger),  and  told  how  it  had  happened  to  them,  and  thcy  all 
testified  on  behalf  of  the  soldier  who  had  wounded  Captain  Martin  that 
there  was  nothing  to  save  him  if  he  did  not  make  that  shot  cxccpt  the 
power  of  the  Lord.  They  quieted  O'Donnell's  anger,  and  his  mind 
was  appeased  thercby,  and  he  was  told  on  the  following  day  that  the 
captain  had  dicd,  as  we  have  said.  His  anger  was  less  on  that  account, 
though  his  mind  was  not  at  ease  immediately  because  the  English  escapcd 
as  they  had  done  and  his  stratagem  and  ambuscade  had  effected  nothing 
but  the  killing  of  that  one  man,  as  we  said  before.  As  for  the  Governor, 
after  the  dcath  of  his  relative  and  nephew  he  was  filled  with  wrath  and 
anger,  and  he  ordered  his  army  to  go  to  the  monastery  and  pull  down  and 
destroy  the  rood-screen *  and  the  cells  of  thc  servants  of  God,  and  to  bring 
him  enough  of  the  firmly  bound,  well  jointed  boards  and  of  the  strong, 
smooth-hewn  beams  to  make  a  machine 2  for  pulling  down  walls.  Thcv 
brought  him  afterwards  what  he  demanded.  Many  carpenters  and  numcrous 
workmcn  were  brought.  They  made  closely  jointed,  vcry  firm  sheds  for 
war  of  thesc  beams  and  elm  planks,  and  they  werc  covered  with  boards 
nailed  straight-edged,  fittcd  firmly  for  thc  soldiers  to  fight  from.  Skins 
of  cows  and  of  oxen  werc  put  outside.  Straight-moving  whcels  of  strong 
oak  were  placcd  undcr  thcm  for  their  removal  to  the  fortress. 

Whcn  thcsc  cleverly  devised  strange  implemcnts  wcre  readv  thcv  werc 
filled  with  soldiers  and  warriors  and  brave  mcrccnarics  of  thc  English. 
They  werc    brought  there    by   strange    motion    in    the    darkness    at    the 


ioó 

co  ]\ó  ftn-óigce  cut  1  cut  pu  liuittinn  aii  cluvipreoit.     ^Voaic  ror  cóJAit  aii 

nuí]\  íC]\ccaui.     Qv>   iac  tuclic  ah  cluvipceoit  t>An,  níp  í><5  niCinb  Gc  mn  bó 

cmi  ]\o  §Ab]\\c  ro]\  p\eA]XAt  aC]w  ua  co^Ia,  tuvin  no  Ijacau  ]u\oi]\  ipn  -oúnA-o 

nu\  u]i]>oic1ntt  7  jaIdaic  occ  btoÓAb   aii   bvxttA  ró  aiiC]\coiíiai]\  "oía  nooib- 

nuccAt)  1  ccop.\ij.     U1Á5I1AIC  AtAic§Aitc  ro]\  cAibtib  au  •oúnAró,  7  -oo  teccCc 

ro]\]\A  AntiAr  ite  x>o  cAipjib  cCnníjAjÚDA  cobp\róe  (x*oo  c]\omctoc1iAib  cunnje 

fol.29.rt.  cut  AinniAi]"  ^u]\  boc  imonbAiglici  mó]\bto'ócA  ^acIi   ní  pup   ccCjTTiACÁir  50 

CAtn'iAin.     Uiájaicc  A]\  oiteuiob  rop  renepcpb  7  ro]\  tepwb  ah  cluvipréoit,  7 

jjAbAic  occ  •oiub]\AccAX)   aii    ubAittriieAt  tuAróe  7  Acco]\AimcÁo]\  ccCrnci'óe 

ro]\]\A,   gun  ]\o   roi]\]\jic   au   riAntAC  bÁcA]\  ir  ha  curiroAigib  ctA]\Aij;    t>on 

ctoiccpCp^ui,  €t  *oó  5AÓ  cenét  "oiub]\Aicci   A]\  cIiCha  x>o  co]\aco]\  bóib,  coiia 

bAi  bÁ  t)iA  nui]\c]\iÁttA'ó  icci]\.     11i  ropnoetAn^cA^i   iia  jAitt  ACCjiéclicnu^At) 

m  bA  mo  An'i  ó  11A  ]\o  ]>CcyÁc  ní  "oon  "oúiuvó  acc   ctn]\ic  a  ccAicctiÁcÁ  -oiob,  7 

rÁ^bAicc  a  ccije  c^ooa  6:  a  ccCjbuire  coJAtcA  mú]\  7  roAic  hia  rrjucdn^ 

icé  beó^oncA,  Gc,  ]\obcA]\  btntnj;  t>o  b]teic  ah  Anmonn   teo.      Da  cocoh'i]\ac1ic 

mó]i  7   bA   rrtíoífi    AbbAt  1<sy  ah   Ai]ug   UipoCpo  "bion^Ain  ha  caoh'iiiaccai]i  a 

Ané]\oróe   (x  a  mni]\e  tunibC]\c  ro]\p\n  ccoip:iAtt  €t  rojipiA  liíb  bACA]\  nro,  (x 

ó  iia  ]\o  cun'iAin^  roAir  ropiA  Air  ipn   cohai]\    icubcliAb  ca]\  coipvptÍAb  iu\ 

SCghrA  7  ca]\  IIIa^  nAoi  nuc    AttjubA  50  |\ahaicc  RorfcómrríAin.     1lo  Ai]up 

Ainnp-óe  A]\  b^pé  a  *óunÁ]\Ap  6c   ní]\  bo   rtÁn    ÍAir   a  n'iCnnu\  ía]\  mAnfoAÓ 

A  b]1ACA]1  UAt)A  7   ÍA]1  ni1TO]\eA"Ó    A1l     CÍ]\e  CA1]Up        SOATÓ    "OA11    Ó  *Ooril11Altt    ÍA]\ 

mbÚAró  (x  cCicc  CA]\]v\n    Saiíu\01]\    ]v\i]\cuató  7  teiceCb    uaóa   ha   bAtbAiiAig 
bv\CA]\  ro]\  Aiii]v\me  occa  7  ]\o  einnCpcAin  a  ccuApupctA  ptuú. 

Tlí]i  bo  pvoA  An  io]uu\róe  mÍA  *OhoiiiiiAitt  50  ccahhcc  t>o  ]\róip  gup  ah 
Sti^eAc  Gt  ]\o  b]ur  CAirciAtt  Stigige  coha  pApccAib  ctoc  pop  ctoic  t>e  aj\ 
ÚAn'iAii  iia  n^Att  "ou\  ^AbAit  jah  ^iÁco^At)  "oóporii.  Ilo  bppeAt)  beór  tAip  c]u 
CArpceoit  t>écc  t»o  ÓAipciAttAib  cohacIic  7  t>o  bC]\c  ^eitt  7  Aiccn\e  o  uac  Áon 
]\ob  on'u\n  tv\iy  *oo  y]\icbAi]\c  p\i]^  110  -oía  auíi]\ía]\  icci]\.  T)o  cIiaoc  nu\ 
pucCmg  ca]\  ]v\n  ejuie  bub  cúató,  &  ]\o  yArAijCrcAi)i  occ  teigeAb  Arcíp  ro 


1  Alive — At  the  approach  of  the  English  2  Corrsliabh. — Seep.  ci.  antea.     Its  sole 

Burke  went  out  to  meet  them,  and  fought  connection  with  the  Seghais  or  Bovle  river 

bravely  in  front  of  the  castle,  Their  superior  is  thát  it  is  011  the  north-west  of  Lough  Ce, 

numbers  forced   him  to   retire.     He  tied  a  into  the  southern  part  of  which  this  river 

rope  to  a  huge  beam  and  by  letting  it  fall  falls. 

from  time  to  time  on  theassailants  he  lcilled  3  Plain  0/  Aoi- — Called  also    Rlachaire 

óooofthem.     Hist.  Cath.,  p.  176.  Connacht.     See  p.  xxv.,  antea. 


107 

beginning  of  thc  night,  until  they  were  placed  facc  to  facc  at  thc  anglc  1595. 
of  thc  castle.  Thcy  then  proccedecl  to  pull  down  thc  castlc.  As  for  thc 
pcople  who  wcrc  in  thc  castlc,  it  was  not  in  a  slow  or  timorous  manncr 
that  they  set  to  rcccivc  thc  assailants,  for  thcre  were  masons  in  thc 
castle  wcll  prepared,  and  they  set  to  pull  down  thc  wall  oppositc  thcm 
to  hurl  it  down  on  thcm  at  first.  Their  brave  men  went  on  the  battlcments 
of  the  castle  and  thcy  threw  down  on  them  from  above  many  of  the  sharp 
solid  rocks  and  heavy  massive  stones  rapidly,  so  that  everything  which 
they  met  with  to  the  ground  was  shattcrcd  and  dcstroycd.  Otlicrs  of 
them  went  to  the  windows  and  loopholes  of  the  castlc  and  proceeded  to 
shoot  their  leaden  bullets  and  cast  hand-grcnades  of  fire  on  thcm,  and 
they  crushed  the  soldiers  in  the  wooden  sheds  by  thc  dropping  of  the 
stones  and  by  cvcry  kind  of  shot  also,  which  wcre  discharged  against 
them,  so  that  they  did  not  succecd  at  all  in  their  attack.  The  English  did 
not  wait  to  be  wounded  further,  as  they  could  do  nothing  to  the  castlc  ; 
they  thrcw  away  their  defences  and  left  thcir  houses  for  fighting  and  thcir 
erections  for  breaking  down  walls,  and  they  went  back  severely  woundcd, 
and  they  wcre  glad  to  get  away  alive.1  It  was  a  great  disappointment  and 
a  mighty  sorrow  to  the  Governor,  Sir  Richard  Bingham,  that  he  could  not 
vent  his  cruelty  and  wrath  on  the  castle  and  on  the  party  who  wcre  in  it  ; 
and  as  he  could  not,  he  went  back  by  the  same  road  hc  had  come,  over 
Corrsliabh  2  of  thc  Seghais,  and  across  the  plain  of  Aoi,3  son  of  Allghubha, 
till  he  camc  to  Roscommon.  He  stopped  there,  for  it  was  his  fortified 
dwelling ;  but  his  mind  was  not  at  ease  after  the  dcath  of  his  relative  and 
thc  preying  of  the  territory  in  spite  of  him.  O'Donnell  wcnt  awav  aftcr 
his  victory  and  proceeded  across  the  Saimer  north-eastwards,  and  he  scnt 
away  thc  Scots  who  werc  in  his  scrvice  and  gavc  them  their  pay. 

O'Donnell  did  not  delay  long  till  hc  came  back  to  Sligo,  and  hc 
pulled  down  the  castlc  of  Sligo,  so  that  he  did  not  leavc  a  stonc  of 
it  on  a  stone,  for  fear  thc  English  might  takc  it  without  his  knowledge. 
Thirteen  morc  of  thc  castles  of  Connaught  were  pullcd  down  by  him,  and 
hc  took  hostages  and  pledgcs  from  whosoever  hc  feared  would  oppose 
him  or  be  at  all  dissatisfied.  Hc  wcnt  back  across  thc  Ernc  north- 
wards,  and  hc  went  totake  rest  until  the  month  of  Dcccmber.     Meantime 


io8 

mí  -óecenibep  bACA]\  c]\a  t'u\p\it  7  Ainíg  coigi-ó  otnéccniAcc  occa 
nioniu\]\bAb  (x  05A  coronn  Ar  a  ccí]\  LAf  iu\  £aII&i%  cén  mochÁ  imbaoi  1 
mtnncC]\Cr  7  hi  cca]\ac]uvó  uí  *OhoiiinAitt  t>iob.  'Our  rAn^AccA]*  rocliaróe  -oía 
fol.29.0.  rAO]\ctAiroAib  (x  -oía  iroAO]\ctAiroAib  tio  fAigró  11  í  >Ooiiiiu\iLL  t>o  éccAoíne  ah 
nnnró  7  a  nCccuAtAm^  pup  T)eicbi]\  ón  a]\  bA  hé  a  po]x  cocAróe  7  ah  *oor 
•oi-oin  7  ArciAcli  mróCgtA  a]\  ^acIi  iu\nbuAm.  11  o  con^bAib  t>An  AnÚAirte  (x 
AnAi]\ij  111A  cliAom'icecc  7  hia  ccoriicAnur  btró  ■óem.  "Oo  bCi]\C"ó  beór 
conromC-ó  rCcnón  a  chí]\e  ro]\  a  bnuJAbAib  7  ro]\  a  coA]\ccAib  "oia  nÁof 
t>í  11 111111  t>Cnóit  "oía  nAic]\eAbAc1u\ib  7  -oía  nAor  AnrrAnn  ene]\c.  An  cah  c]\a 
t>o  beineA-ó  hia  ccí]\  but>  -óern  iacc  110  roricongnAt)  ro]\  a  riuniici]\  hi 
ccoicc1iiiroe  con^nAiú  c]\uró  &  cCch]u\  CctiA  7  A]\bA  -oo  t>Áil  -oóib  au  -óai§ 
ioiiacoc1ica  7  Aicc]\ebe  a  ccí]\e  -oo  ]\roip.  *Our  ]\aiihcc  t>m  UeAboit)  a  bújic 
iuac  UÁce]\  610CA15  nnc  SeAAin  nuc  Oiti]\e]\Air  iccumniA  ÓA15  -oo  ACAOÍne  a 
Anro]\tAinn  pu  1u'u\  n'OoriniAitt  7  A]\oite  p\o]\ctAiniA  ^enmocÁporii. 

bA  qioj  tAiporii  A11  eccAome  7  ah  iomcop\oit>,  &  ]\o  cmgeAtt  50 
ccuArAitcrCb  011  t)AO)]\e  7  ah  x>oc1i]u\icce  mibACAn  tuAmAtj  e  but>  roncAit,  7 
50  cnub]uvó  111A  iu\ca]toa  iAt)  t)o  nróip.  LÁ  pobAin  no  rojicon^Ai]!  rouuA 
AriirAib  7  ro]\  a  óCr  ctÍApvpcoit  7  ron  óCr  *oiotriiAin  a  cpdie  coiiAi]\ccpcar 
tar  iu\  htu\irtib  neiiiepe]\ciiiA]\  ipn  ccoiccpcli  -oiAnncA-ó  m  A5I1AIT)  a  haiíiacc. 
*Oo  jmAC  pAiiitAró  reb  uo  CnAitpiorii  rop\o.  Uia^aicc  La^  ua  htÍAirtib  co 
coijeA-ó  HleAbbA,  7  ^ÁbAicc  p>]\  ioiró]uvó  7  ou^ahi  ha  n5A.Lt  7  5AC  aohi  -oo 
i\aLa  1n  ccoccac  7  1u  ccA]AAC]\Ab  rnuí.  O  riiebon  rochn'iAi]\e  t>oib  ro]\  ah 
ApAi]\cpin  50  mCbon  jAiriinro. 

1omcup\  uí  T)oriinAitt  ÍA]i  téiccCn  a  pcíp  "oópu-óe  pCcot  rot)A  reb 
AC]iub]\oiiiA]i,  -oo  ioniAi]\cc  a  pto^liA  1  nií  t)ecembC]\  t)o  run]\At>,  (x  "oo  t>eAc1uvó 
iccoi^et)  nieA-óbA,  &  bA  p  coiiai]i  t»o  tvnt)  cA]\p\n  Sti^ij  ca]\  c]\ai§  11eo- 
chtnte  7  qie  chí]i  phu\6]u\c  TllhÚAróe  ca]i  TlluAró  rA-óem  7  50  cí]i  iiAiíiaL^a-oIia 

1  Mead/ió/i.—  She  was  the  wife  of  Conor  she  withdrew  from  Croghan  to  Inis  Cloth- 

MacNessa,  king  of  Ulster.     She  ieft  him  rann,  in  Lough  Ree.     There  Furbaidhe,  a 

and  returned  to  her  father,  Eochaid  Feidh-  son  of  Conor  by  another  marriage,  lay  in 

leach,  to  Tara.     By  him  she  was  made  an  waitforher  and  slew  her  witha  sling-stone, 

independent  Queen  of  Connaught.     A  war  to  avenge  hisfather's  death.    See  0'Curry's 

sprang  up  in  consequence  between  Conor  Manners,  &c,  ii.  290,  and  Ogygia,  p.  269. 

and  Meadhbh.     Conor  was  at  length  slain.  2  Traivohelly.—  The   strand   near   Bally- 

After  the   death   of  her  second  husband,  sadare,    Co.    Sligo,    where   Eochaidh,   the 

Oilioll,  at  the  hands  of  Conall  Cearnach,  Firbolg  king,  was  slain  in  his  flight  from 


109 

there  wcre  nobles  and  chiefs  of  the  province  of  Olncccmacht  in  1505. 
banishmcnt  and  exiled  from  their  tcrritory  by  the  English,  besidcs  those 
vvho  wcrc  in  amity  and  friendship  vvith  O'Donncll.  Many  of  the  nobles 
and  of  the  common  pcople  camc  to  O'Donncll  to  complain  to  him  of  thcir 
hardships  and  great  sufferings.  With  reason,  since  hc  was  their  pillar  of 
support,  thcir  bush  of  shelter,  and  their  shield  of  protcction  for  all  those 
that  wcrc  wcak.  Moreover,  he  kept  their  nobles  and  chiefs  in  his  company 
and  society.  Besidcs,  he  gave  entcrtainment  throughout  his  territorv  in 
his  farmhouses  and  castles  to  the  wretched  poor  pcoplc,  to  the  houseless, 
and  to  the  weak  and  feeble.  At  thc  time  that  he  reccived  thcm  into  his 
territory  he  ordered  his  people  generally  to  distribute  aid  in  herds  and 
flocks,  young  cattle  and  corn  to  them,  with  a  view  to  their  dwelling  in  and 
inhabiting  their  lands  once  morc.  Then  Theobald  Burke,  son  of  Walter 
Ciotach,  son  of  John,  son  of  Oliver,  like  the  others,  cameto  Hugh  O'Donnell 
to  complain  of  his  great  hardships,  and  certain  nobles  besides  him. 

Their  complaints  and  accusations  were  painful  to  him,  and  he  promised 
to  set  theni  free  from  the  bondage  and  slavery  in  which  they  were  if  he 
could,  and  to  restore  them  to  their  patrimony  again.  Wherefore  he  ordered 
his  soldiers  and  mercenaries  and  the  faithful  people  of  his  territory  to 
march  rapidly  with  the  nobles  of  whom  we  have  already  spoken  into  the 
tcrritory  against  their  enemies.  They  did  as  he  ordered  them.  They 
went  with  the  noblcs  to  the  province  of  Meadhbh,1  and  set  to  prey  and 
plunder  the  English  and  every  one  who  was  in  amity  and  fricndship 
with  them.  They  were  at  this  busincss  from  the  middle  of  harvest  to  the 
middle  of  winter. 

As  for  O'Donnell,  after  resting  from  fatigue  for  a  long  timc,  as  wc  havc 
said,  he  brought  his  forces  togethcr  in  the  month  of  Decembcr  exactlv,  and 
came  into  thc  province  of  Meadhbh,  and  the  road  hc  wcnt  by  was  across 
the   Sligeach  and  Trawohelly,'2  and  through  Hy  Fiachrach 3  of  the   Moy, 

Moytura.    The  carn under  which he was  in-  rach   Aidhne,  which  was  coterminous  with 

terredisoneoftheMirabiliaHiberniae.    See  the  diocése  of  Kilmacduagh,     MacFirbis's 

Ogvgia,  p.  289.  Tribes  and  Customs  of Jív  Fiachrach,  edited 

3  Hy  Fiachrach  of  the   Moy.—Nov/  the  by  O'Donovan  fgr  the  Irish  Archasological 

barony  of  Tireragh,  Co.  Sligo.     It  lay  along  Societv  in  1857,  gives  an  exhaustive  account 

the  eastern  bank  of  the  river  Moy.     It  was  of  this  district  and  its  inhabitants  in  former 

so  called  to  distinguish  it  from  Hy  Fiach-  times. 


I  10 


vmc  "Pu\ó]\Ach  nnc  CacIixjac  111  u  15111  Cóoín.  Da  pAin  ceniet  ]\o  Aic]\eb  í  aii 
foL 30.  a.  lonbai-é  pn  (x  iu  cúacIia  x)ia]\  bo  coicli  ó  cdn  riu\i]\.  DúncAij  rtonxuvó 
ah  chCneoit  \\o  curnAicneb  an  cAn-pn.  Da  x)o  P]\AncAib  a  mbun<vó  dienéoil, 
7  a  c]\ioc1iAib  Saxah  *oo  *oeoch.4co]\  aii  xh'i  rw,  (x  bA  c]ua  nCnc  ha 
Saccaii  \\o  chenJAbrAC  ah  ch]\ioch.  -A]\  a  aoi  rin  ni]\  uó  tugíiA  nnorcAir 
iu\  n^AovoeAt  ÍAr  ha  gAbÍAib  otccÁicce.  111ac  tlittu\m  Du]\c  bA  1u\nmAim 
oi]\Cch.Air  x)o  cigCrvna  iia  cí]\e  &  m  \\o  gAinci  r]u  né  ía]\  rrojicAmtujAxb  ronnA 
•oo  iia  ^AttAib.  1ío  bACA]\  x)ah  ioinAc  nuineAÓ  &  juo|;ht>Arhn4'ó  Tóíobrorh,  7 
ni]\pcA]\  co]\a  r|u  A]\oite  nnón  Anniuini  A]\  aia  x)A]\  Ia  ^ac  Áon  xnob  bA  X)ó 
buxróeín  bA  x)ú  cCnxmr  (x  cígCnnur  ah  cí]\é.  130  nAngACAnrme  ó  biug  co 
mó]\  ro  5Ai]\m  uí  *OoriitiAitt  ía]\  ccochc  x)ó  x)on  cí]\  7  bA  xmcAij  xboib  cia  no 
GiCrcAir  úai]\  ]\o  LAipCc  cenét  ccoiiAitt  ro  óior  x)óib  ó  chCm  n'iÁi]\,  (x  111  ]\o 
C01D51CI  r]u  \\e  tA  5]\aui  €t  ^ejtAicecc  ^Alt  7  tAÍiAixnVte  AnCi]\c  (x  AccuniAchc. 
AaCc  iia  niAidie  bAco]\  ir]uchbC]\c  rru  <\]\  oite  1111  on  ci^Cjinur  t1ittiAin 
bú]\cc  o  S]\uc1iai]\  ApnnrC]\piX)e  uite,  T)AÍbix)  ah  rpAoich,  1Upx)Ci]vo  hiac 
x)Ciiiaiii  aii  cho]\]\Ain,  OituepAp  hiac  SeAAin  nnc  Oitue]\Aip,  Cnu\nn  hiac 
UomAir  aii  n'iAc1iAi]\e  ó  CongAe,  UeAboicc  ha  tonj  hiac  1Urx)Ci]VO  aii  iajiauto, 
SeAAn  niAC  1íiocai]vo  nnc  SeAAin  ah  cC]uiiAinn,  (x  UeApoicc  hiac  tU\cei]i 
cIhocaij  mic  SeAAm  nnc  Oitue]\Aiy\ 

T)or  rAngACA]!  irin  coihxu\it  cCciia  1n  cuiiia  CA15  X)o  rAijix)  uí  'OoiiniAitt 
coirij  (x  bA]ium  aii  cí]\e,  111ac  ^dr06^^1^'  SeAii  xmb,  hiac  Siu]icaiii  .1. 
CnnMin  A11  niAc1iAi]\e,  (x  111  ac  T)oriinAitt  ^Atto^tAch.  .1.  ÍTlAncur  iiiac  aii 
AbbAX),  (x  111  ac  11Un]\i]'  .1.  Cnu\nn,   fx    O  HlAitte  .1.    C05I1A11.      OA.hÍAn   ha 


1  T.  of  Amha/gadh.  —  Now  Tirawley,  a 
barony  in  the  Co.  Mayo.  It  lies  along  the 
western  bank  of  the  Moy.     Ifo'd,  p.  397. 

^Fiachrach. — The  name  Fiachra  is  known 
on  the  Continent  as  that  of  a  saint  whose 
hermitage  was  near  Meaux.  The  French 
word  fiacre  is  said  to  have  been  given  to 
hackney  carriages  employed  in  taking  pil- 
grims  from  Paris  there.  See  Butler's  Lives 
ofthe  Saints,  August  3oth. 

3  Eochaid  MuigJimeadhoin.  —  He  was 
ardrigh  from  A.D.  358  to  365.  His  wife 
was  the  famous  Mongfinn ;  they  had  four 
sons  :  Lrian,  Fiachra,  Fergus,  and  Oilioll. 
I5y  liis  second  marriage  with  Carthan  Cas 
Dubh,  daughter  of  the  Welsh  King,  he  had 


Niall  of  the  Nine  Hostages,  so  famous  in 
Irish  history.    See  Keating's  H.  of  Ireland, 

P-  3°3- 

4  SJirule. — A  village  ten  miles  W.of  Tuam 

6  D.  a.71  fraoch. — i.e-,  of  the  hcath,  now 
a  townland  in  the  parish  of  Crossboync, 
barony  of  Clanmorris,  Co.  Mayo. 

•  c  D.  an  chorrain.  —  i.e.,  The  Devil  of 
the  reaping-hook,  usually  called  the  Devil's 
Hook.  He  was  a  son-in-law  of  Grace 
0'Malley.  His  descent  is  given  in  The 
Annals  of  LougJi  Ce,  ii.  488. 

7  Cong. — A  village  in  Co.  Galwav,  between 
Lough  Mask  and  Lough  Corrib.  There 
are  here  still  the  ruins  of  a  monastcrv  built 
in  the  seventh  centurv  by  St.  Fechin. 


1 1 1 

ovcr  thc  Moy  itself  to  thc  territory  of  Amhalgadh,1  son  of  Fiachrach,2  son  of     i  -  5. 
Eochaidh  Muighmeadhoin.8     Thc  tribe  who  inhabited  it  then  was  diíferent 

from  the  tribcs  whosc  property  it  was  from  rcmotc  timc.  Burke  was  the 
namc  of  thc  family  inhabiting  it  then.  Thc  tribc  was  desccndcd  from  thc 
French,  and  thcy  had  comc  from  thc  English  territory  to  that  country,  and  it 
was  by  the  powcr  of  thc  English  thcy  had  first  got  possession  of  thc  territory ; 
yet  thcy  were  hated  by  the  English  no  less  than  thc  Irish  were.  Mac 
William  Burlce  was  thc  chief  title  of  the  lord  of  thc  tcrritory,  and  he  was 
not  called  so  for  somc  time  as  they  werc  ovcrpowcrcd  by  the  English. 
They  had  also  many  chicfs  and  princes,  and  they  did  not  agrec  among 
'themsclves  about  the  title,  for  each  one  thought  that  to  himself  belonged 
the  headship  and  lordship  of  the  territory.  Thcy  camc,  both  small  and 
great,  at  the  call  of  O'Donnell  when  he  came  to  the  territory,  and  it  was 
the  duty  of  all  to  come,  for  the  Cinel  Conaill  had  given  it  over  to  them 
under  tributc  long  before,  and  it  was  not  levied  for  a  timc  owing  to  the 
cruelty  and  severity  of  the  English  and  the  greatncss  of  their  strength  and 
powcr.  The  noblcs  who  were  in  contention  with  each  other  for  the  chief- 
tancy  were  William  Burke  of  Shrule;i  the  senior  of  them  all  ;  David  an 
fraoch  ; 5  Richard,  son  of  Deman  an  chorrain  ; c  Oliver,  son  of  John,  son 
of  Oliver ;  Edmund,  son  of  Thomas  an  machaire,  from  Cong ;"  Theobald 
na  long,  son  of  Richard  an  iarainn  ;  John,  son  of  Richard,  son  of  Shanc  an 
tcr-mainn  ;s  and  Theobald,  son  of  Walter  Ciotach,  son  of  John,  son  of  Olivcr. 
There  came  to  that  same  meeting,  like  the  rcst,  to  O'Donncll,  the 
chiefs  and  barons  of  the  country,  MacCostello  (Shane  Dubh),  Macjordan,'-' 
z'.e.,  Edmund  an  machaire,  and  MacDonnell  the  gallowglass,10  i.e.,  Marcus, 
son  of  the  Abbot,  and  MacMaurice,  i.e.  Edmund,  and  0'Mallcy,u  i.c,  Owen. 

8  Termainn. —  ie.,  the   glebeland  of  St.  10  Gallowglasa. — i.c,    foreign    soldiers. 

Mochua  of  Balla,   Co.  Mayo.     There  are  Dvmmolc  describes  them  as  being  'piched 

still  remains  of  the  old  church  and  of  a  men  of  great  and    mightv    bodi»s.    cruel 

round  tower  hcre.     See  Colgan's  Acta  SS.,  without  compassion.     Thc  greatest  forcein 

p.  789,  and   Petrie's  Eccl.  Architecture  of  battle  consisted  in  them.  choosing  ratherto 

Ireland,  p.  452.  die   than    to   yield.      Their    weapons    are 

9 Jordan.  —  The  De  Exeters  of  Gallen,  a    battle-axe    or.  halberd    six    feet    long.' 

Co.  Mayo.  took  the  name  of  Macjordan  TreatUe  of  Ireland,  p.  7. 

from   Jordan    De  Excter,  founder  of  that  u  0'Mal/ey.  —  They  were  lords  of  Umhall, 

family.    Campion  says  that  the  Jordans,  like  now  the  Owles,  the  district  around  Clew 

the  Berminghams,  were  in  his  time   'vcry  Bay,  Co.  Mayo.     See  Trióes,  &*c.f  of  Hy 

wild  Irish.'    H.  oj  Ireland,  p.  11.  Fiarhrach,  p.  45. 


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conu\i]\tipt)e  (x  ía]\  iu\  ccbjae  110  hoipoiunci  cijfpiA  ron  &r\  cí]\  (x  1  ]\Aich 
e^pw  cAoioe  X)o  tjAinchi  au  c\nnu\im  Ar  111ac  t1ittu\m  -oc,  (x  bA  lie  iiiac 
UeApoic  no  goipfoh.  0  ]\ó  cfjtAimpuc  iu\  nuvichepn  mte  Acc]\ub]\Aiiu\]\  co 
1uía  irDon'inAitl  cur  An  mAigin  cfciuxe,  -oo  ]\óiuvó  U\  1uu\  n'Ooclu^cAig  SeAAii 

05  (reb  |\o  roncongAinpom  rAijt)  cfcheo]u\'to]V5  buvóne  r>'u\  rtogluvib  -onuim 
a|\  t)|unni  111  lomcAcniAnj;  aii  tfp\  7  iu\  tAocpAchA  inu\  ccuAinc.  Ochc  cét> 
.x.  -oia  Aih]\\ib  &  -ou\  oer  cmttme  (x  ciu\]\<\pwit  rp  cnfr  iu\  |\io^h]\AchA  ipn 
ceciu\  bmúm.  O  *Ooc1u\]\caij;  rot>ein  (x  ó  bAojitt  Uaúj  ócc  con  gtArtAich 
chí]\e  ConAitt  AltAmmí; -oipp-óe  ipn  ciuvi]\c  cAiu\ip.  11a  c]\i  111ac  Smbne 
con  a  njwttocclACAib  *ou\  neAchcAi]\p-óe.  "pin  CohacIic  con  a  ccoichfpcAt 
•0011  tech  Anunj  -oibp-ohe  mte.  O  *OorimAitt  rdpn  coiu\  Ai]\eAc1iAib  6: 
iu\irtib  iiu\  p\echcio]\CAitt  bo-obA  ron  -oua  iu\  ]\ac1u\  6:  m  tAnuvó'  neAch  *oía 
tiAirte  no  -oía  Ainriu-onije  cochc  uia  p\eAciu\i]\c  ipn    ]\aic1i    acc   ah   cí    no 

fol.30.^.    ■pnconjnA-ópuii  -oo  gíiAinm  chuccA  A]\  iuíai]\.     ^ebAVÓ  if]\orii  occa  rcqiútwó 

6  ]\eriróéccp  rpr  iu\  nu\icib  bACA]\  nu\  rodiAi]\  c\\ex)  X)0  jfiuroh  rnir  ha 
ÚAi]\tib  unon  Anmmm  05A  mbACA]\  pucbAi]\c  (x  copiAifi.  Uor  cochui]\ 
chm^e  bA]\um  (x  coipj  aii  cí]\e  if]\  nujvo  -ou\  ac1icohu\]\c  cIiuca  hiia 
reAch  cia  -ooiu\  hÚAirtib  110  oi]vonirC-ó  1u  cfiroup  ha  c]\iche.     111ac  'OorimAitt 

7  111ac  lllmpr  (xólllAitte  bArfoh  Acbf]\cAco]\  ó  ófnghuch  gun  úo  pon 
cpirop]\  t1ittu\m  bú]\c  ]\o  bA  cechcA  ogennA  "oo  ^1u\i]\m,  i'u\i]\  ArrCoh  ]\o  tu\ 
piAich  bér  "oóib  oi]vonéót)  au  cpirop]\  A]\betAib  ah  cfoipn.  Uo  ]u\voh  111  ac 
^oipoetbAij;  7  iiu\c  Sni]\cAin  gun  uó  x>o  UheAboic  nu\c  tk\cei]\  cIhocaij  nnc 
SeAAm  nnc  Oitue]\Aif  nobu'6'oio}\  5Ai]\ni  rtAcliA  A]\bA  pfipjpdcpuch  eipt>he 
itto  (x  mn  a-oIiaij  icí]\  7  icoicc]\ich  ciAmbAt)  uacaP  ciAmbAt)  podiAvóe  t)ó. 

1a]\  cc]\út)  Á  choiiu\i]\te  -oúa  'Oorinuvitt  bA  p\i]\  -oep-ó  taif  ro  t>eóit)h 
cCnnur  iu\  cniche  x>o  diAbAi]\c  t>o  UheApoic  nu\c  tk\cei]\  cluocAig  (x  no 
ro]\con5Ai]\  ro]\  111ac  UeApoic  111ac  t1ittiAm  -oo  ghAinm  ne.  'Oo  ]\oiuvó 
rAinpuiii  m-o  yu-\,  tu\i]\  ]\o  ^oijieAt)  Annu\im  -oe  piAt»h  ha  ptóglub  icoiccuroi, 
jre  ]\o  bACA]\  A]\  Aitt  t)iA  chfnét  bA  pnm  A]\  aoi  nAoip  (x  b&  1110  avíi 
5Ai]\riiotcA.  A\\  a  Aóipn  A]'é  t)o  t)eAc1u\it)  ceccu]-  cugArom  ron  acc1iu]\  7 
ionnA]\bAt)  Ar  a  chí]\,  a  -oo  ]\Ai]\]\n5e|\c  t>o  co  cciob]\At)h  nu\  -oucIiai^  -oo 
m-ohip  t)u\  ccAfmpAt)h.     A]\Aitt  beóf,  bAoip"óe  icmti  a  Aoip  (x  a  fn^nAniAi 

1  Tiile. See    p.     xliii.,    antea,    for    an       Some  further  details  will  befound  in  Ware's 

account  of  the   ceremony  of  inauguration.      Antiquities,  p.  65. 


1 1 


After  that  consultation  and  election  a  lord  was  inaugurated  over  the  district  1595. 
and  hc  was  called  by  thc  titlc1  of  Mac  William  on  the  rath  of  Eassacaoide, 
and  it  was  the  son  of  Thcobald  that  proclaimed  him.  Whcn  all  thcsc  nobles 
had  asscmblcd,  as  we  havc  said,  to  Hugh  O'Donncll  in  thc  samc  placc,  Shanc 
Oge  0'Dohcrty  #formcd  (as  hc  was  ordered  to  do),  four  lines  of  troops 
back  to  back  around  the  liss,  and  thc  chiefs  all  about.  Eighteen  hun- 
dred  of  his  soldicrs  and  hirelings  and  mercenaries  round  thc  royal  rath 
wcre  thc  first  body;  0'Doherty  himself  and  Tadhg  Oge  0'Boyle  with 
thc  infantry  of  Tyrconnell  outside  thcm,  in  thc  second  circlc  ;  thc  thrcc 
MacSwinys  with  their  gallowglasses  outside  thcm  ;  thc  men  of  Connaught 
with  their  party  outside  them  all  ;  O'Donnell  himself  with  his  chiefs  and 
nobles  in  a  closc  circle  on  the  summit  of  thc  rath,  and  no  onc  of  the  nobles 
or  gentlemen  was  allowed  to  go  into  his  presence  in  thc  rath  but  whom- 
soever  he  commanded  to  be  called  to  him  at  thc  time.  Hc  procecded  thcn 
to  consider  and  forecast  with  the  chicfs  who  wcrc  with  him  what  to  do  to 
the  nobles  in  reference  to  the  title  for  which  thcy  wcre  in  contcntion  and 
dispute.  Hc  called  to  him  the  barons  and  chiefs  of  the  territory  in  their  order 
to  ask  them  which  of  the  nobles  he  should  appoint  to  the  chieftaincy  of  thc 
district.  MacMaurice,  MacDonncll,  and  0'Malley  said  with  one  voicc  that 
it  was  right  that  the  senior  William  Burke  should  be  styled  chief,  as  their 
custom  was  to  appointthe  elder  in  preference  to  the  younger.  MacCostcllo 
and  Macjordan,  said  that  it  was  right  that  Thcobald,  son  of  Waltcr  Ciotach, 
son  of  Oliver,  should  be  styled  chicf,  for  hc  was  strong  and  vigorous  by 
day  and  by  night  at  homc  and  abroad,  whcthcr  hc  had  a  fcw  or  had 
many  with  him. 

When  thcy  had  given  their  opinion  to  O'Donnell,  heresolvcd  in  thc  cnd 
to  confer  the  chicftainship  of  the  tcrritory  on  Thcobald,  son  of  Walter 
Ciotach,  and  hc  ordered  thc  son  of  Thcobald  to  proclaim  him  Mac  William. 
That  was  donc  to  him,  for  hc  was  called  by  thc  namc  in  prescncc  of  thc  forces 
publicl)-,  though  thcrc  wcre  othcrs  of  the  tribe  older  in  years  and  bctter 
qnalified  than  hc.  Yet  it  was  hc  that  had  come  first  to  him  after  his  cx- 
pulsion  and  banishment  from  his  territory,  and  hc  had  promiscd  to  rcstorc 
him  to  his  inheritance  if  hc  could.  Besides,  he  was  in  the  flower  of  his  age 
and  dcxteritv   in   arms  to  meet  thc  suflfering  and  hardships  of  thc  war  in 


ii4 

yyi  yoinicm  immx)  G;  eccvu\U\mj;  An  diot;Aix)  imbAoiyiom,  G:  "OAn  yyiy 
yin  bA  yé  An  cí  Uepoic  bA  mó  ah'i  mioycAiy  tAy  ha  ^o^Aib  "oon  cvtonxuvoli 
iym  7  bA  tu§Aix)e  no  jebcAi^  ^Aoixnt  Aimi]uy  xie  Abic  AiTouc1icym. 

1lo  liejv^Abcvoli  Oitueyuy  hiac  SeAAin  7  €hnAnii  Vhac  UoniAiy  ah  niAcliAiue 
6:  SeAAn  niAC  1xiocai]\t)  nuc  SeAAin  ah  cC]\niAinn,  7  t>o  b]\CdiA  mgCuiitip  1a 
1iúa  n'OorimAitt  conxiup  yuccAic  co  cíy  ConAitt.  *Oo  bfnc  géitt  6:  Aiaye 
ete  ó  Ay  Aitt  xíoiia  1iÚAiytib  bAcoy  occ  cum^eAX)  aii  cigC]\nAiy  yyi  tAUi'i  ah 
Ulpoicc  íCn  iia  oijvoneAX)  iym  yytAic1nuy.  "Oo  CAec  ó  *OoiímAitt  1Á]\  caui 
íCy  ccoc1iAiciun'i  tiA  lloctAcc  x)ó  im  bA]\uncAcc  clntte  inCx)om,  6:  iy  ua 
bjugliib  ictomx)  1l1ui]uy)  ca]\  IIIúaix)  úa  nAriiAt^Aix)  co  cí]\  "Pu\c1i]\ac1i,  6:  ]\o 
oiyx)nCycAÍ]\  ci§C]\nA  yo]\  ah  cí]\  ym.  IJa  X)e  xdo  ^1ioi]\  AnniAim  x)o  UaxdVij; 
nuc  UIiauoIij  ^UAbAi^li  nuc  Oójaui  uí  T)ubx)A.  Ayé  c]\a  ó*  *OoihnAitt  ]\o 
^1ioi]\  ó  CetLvij  X)on  p1iiO]\x)0]\c1iA  hiac  CeAttAij  nnc  "OonniAitt  nnc  ACx)1ia 
ha  ccAitteAcli  7  iiu\c  *Oia]\iiiax)a  III1115I11  tui]\cc  x)o  ConcobAn  iik\c  Uaix)1ij 
nnc  eo^liAin,  G:  hiac  "OondiAix)  c1ií]\e  1iOiteAttA  xdo  Hluiyj;iuy  diAech 
nu\c  Uaix)^,  G:  iiiac  "OoncliAix)  aii  co]\Ainn  xio  Rub^Aige  h'iac  ^XóoliAe,  G:  o 
iol.31.ir.  liCgnAi  ]UAbAcli  xdo  "petun  iuac  Conc1u\iyit.  11íj\  úo  x)eAcriiAicyón  a]\  ]\o  bAco]\ 
a  yniyi]\yix)1ie  yo  dnoy  6:  diÁm  x)o  diCnét  ccoiiAitt  xdo  j;yéy,  6:  bA  cubAixi) 
]\Air.tAixDli  cia  bub  é  ó  "Oon'niAitt  no  oi]voneAX)  uia  iiac<\]toa  iA/oyorii,  G:  xdo 
ja]\a  iia  liAiiniAnnA  Acyub]\AmA]\.  t)A  yAin  ]\e  xio  ]\oineyioiii  inx)ym.  T)o 
]\Acyom  x)AH  o  HÚAiyc7  111  ac  T)iA]unACA  uia  nAc1iA]vóA  ía]a  ua  nionx)A]\bAX)1i  tA 
^AttAib,  6:  ni]\  bo  1uAX)yon'i  nAmÁ  acc  ^acIi  aoii  xio  JAOiX)eAtAib  coipx) 
HleAxJbA  ]\o  C1  ci ] \x) eti 5 Cy cai]\  yniy  ha  jjAttAib  x)o  ]\ome  ah  ccécnA  y]\u'u  (Ilion 
5Ai]\meAX)  ó  11uai]\c  ]\e  Iiua  n"OoriinAitt  ]UAin1i). 

1596.  A11  5.  btuvÓAm. 

lA]\byo]\t)AX)  iia  11510111  ]\en'i]u\ice,  x)o  teicce  ó  'Ooiiinoitt  con  ArtÚACch  ca]\ 
yAn  Sb^ij;  yAiy  cuaix)1i  aii  15.  1ahua]\i  m  u]\coyAÓ  iia  btuvóiiA  yo  1596,  6;  xdo 

1  Kilmaine. — In  the  south  of  Co.  Mayo.  the  descent  of  the  different  branches  of  this 

2  TJie  Brees. — A  castle  in  the  parish  of  family  vvill  be  found  in  the  Tri&es,  &^c,  of 
Mayo,  in  the  barony  of  Clanmorris.  Hy  Many,  p.  96. 

3  O'Dowd. — They  were  lords  of  Hy  Fiach-  "'  MacD.  of  Moylurg. — They  were  divided 
rach  of  the  north,  from  the  Robe  to  the  into  three  families,  the  head  of  which  was 
Codnach.  See  Tribes,  &°c,  of  Hy  Fiach-  styled  The  MacDermot  ;  the  other  two 
rach,  p.  343.  were  The  MacD.  Roe  and  The  MacD.  Gall. 

4  O  Kelly. — A  genealogical  table  showing  Top.  Poems,   pp.   20  and   47.       The  Mac 


n5 

which  he  was,  and,  moreover,  this  Thcobald  was  of  that  family  most  hatcd  by      1595- 
English,  and  the  Irish  would  havc  less  suspicion  bccause  he  was 

Olivcr,  son  of  John,  and  Edmond,  son  of  Thomas  an  machaire,  and 
John,  son  of  Richard,  son  of  John  an  termainn,  wcrc  seized  and  put  in 
fctters  by  Hugh  O'Donncll  until  they  came  to  Tyrconnell.  IIc  took 
hostages  and  pledges  from  some  of  thc  chicfs  who  had  sought  for  thc 
chicftaincy  in  opposition  to  Theobald.  aftcr  hc  was  inaugurated  in  it. 
Aftcr  celebrating  Christmas,  O'Donnell  went  ncxt  into  thc  barony  of 
Rilmainc1  and  to  the  Brecs2  of  Clanmorris,  across  thc  Moy  of  Tyrawicy 
to  Hy  Fiachrach,  and  he  appointed  a  chicf  ovcr  that  territory.  He 
conferred  the  title  on  Tadhg,  son  of  Tadhg  Reagh,  son  of  Owcn  O'Dowd.3 
It  was  O'Donncll  who  gave  the  title  of  0'Kelly4  to  Ferdoragh,  son  of 
Ceallach,  son  of  Donncll,  son  of  Hugh  na  Calleach  ;  and  of  MacDcrmot  of 
Moylurg,5  to  Conor,  son  of  Tadhg,  son  of  Owen  ;  and  of  MacDonough0  of 
Tirerrill  to  Maurice  Cacch,7  son  of  Tadhg  ;  and  of  MacDonougli  of  Corran 
to  Rury,  son  of  Hugh  ;  and  of  O'Hara8  Reagh  to  Felim,  son  of  Concashil. 
This  was  not  difficult,  for  their  ancestors  were  under  tribute  and  tax  to 
the  Cinel  Conaill  ahvays,  and  he  was  the  proper  pcrson  whomsocvcr 
O'Donnell  inaugurated  in  his  native  country  and  gavc  thc  titlc  to,  as  \vc 
have  said.  It  was  right  he  did  this.  Besides,  he  restorcd  0'Rourkc  and 
MacDermottotheir  territories  after  they  had  becn  banished  by  thc  English, 
and  not  those  alone,  but  every  one  of  the  Irish  of  the  province  of  Meadhbh 
who  had  scparatcd  himself  from  the  English,  hc  did  thc  samc  to  thcm. 
(0'Rourke  was  never  appointcd  by  O'Donnell).0 

1596,  the  5th  year. 
Aftcr  performing  thc  aforesaid  actions.  O'Donncll  departcd  with  his  army 
over  thc  Sligeach  north-eastwards  on  the  i5th  of  January,  in  the  bcginning 

Dermot  had  his  residcnce  in  a  small  ísland  "'  Cacch.—  i.e.,  one-cved  or  blind. 

in  Lough  Ce,  callcd  the  Rock.     This  place  8  0'Bara.—They  were  chiefs  of  Levnv, 

is  frequentlv  mentioned  in  TheAmiah  F.M.  Co.  Sligo.    Since  thc  f/tfh  century  thcv  were 

*  MacDortough. — They  were  descended  divided  into  two  branches,  O'H.  Buidheand 

from  Muireadach,  king  of  Connaught,  who  O'H.  Reagh.     For  an  account  of  the  familv 

died  in  710,  and  wcre  a  branch  of  the  tribc  see  O'Rorhe's  H.  oj "  Baifysadare,  p.  363. 

commonlv    known    by    the    name   of   the  9  CDormell.—This  is  a  marginai  note  in 

O'Conors  of  Magh  Aoi.  tlic  Manuscript,  in  the  author's  handwriting.  . 

P 


ii6 

t>eAchAroh  ca]\  T)uib  ca]\  T)]\obAip  fx,  cA]ip\n  Saiíiaoiu.  but)  chÚAit).  11  o  Ai]ur 
hia  chpch  reipn  g<\n  rogttumAchc  co  hu]\cop\ch  rAiiijiAfó  u\]\  cahi.  bÁ 
hipn  céc  rAiiiAmpn  p\m]\eA-ó  imr  p\mcc  A]\  oite  *ouine  ÚAp\t  ó  R15I1  ua 
SpÁme  A11  3.  pitíb.  -Atonp\  Copir  bA  liAmm  -oon  t>ume  ÚApAt  ipn.  h&  1n 
cuccaic  ro  *oor  ]\o  jtuAir  co  hmir  mbAnbA  t)Aich]ieor  7  -opor  rccet 
iia  n^Aoi-óeAt,  úai]\  ]\obcA]\  Aop  cot)Ai5  fx  coniicCnjAit  ^Aoitnt  Vot>tA  -oo  H15 
ua  SpAine  a]\a  cuioheAchc  ón  SpAin  reAchc  ]\iaiíi,  (x,  t>o  ]\AcpAC  "onon^ 
t>o  p\uichib  fx  -oo  pfnchAibib  rf]\  rreme  hi  ro]iAic1iAiiifc  fx,  1  cunime  t>on 
H15I1  cui]icheAchcA  7  rcetA  hiac  niiteAt>h,  (x  -oah  beór  ah  tuchc  ]\o  tAici  ron 
tongupp  tAr  iia  gAittAip  a  hnnr  e]\nro  ía]\  h^aicc  au  ac1ia]vóa  ro]\Aib 
no  ciAghcAoip  "oeccAoine  m  imnet>  pupumh  fx  pu  Afnrore]iAib  ó  chem 
n*iÁi]\  'Oii]'  PA11115  An  cechcA  cipm-our  reb  AC]\up]\AniA]\.  Ay  í  coiiai]a 
]\o  feotApcAi]\  a  U1115A  tAiii  -óeAr  pu  hon  neuenn  ahía]\  511)1  ]\o  gliAph 
po]\c  1  c]\ích  bojliAme  hi  ccúah  ha  cceAtt  nibf^  pAmpeA'ó.  ^o  §Aib 
pAitci  hi]unbiu  Ia  hÚAiptib  ha  quche  íf]\  ua  fio]i]xet  (x  t)o 'óeAchAcon  a]\ 
Aitt  -óíob  t>o  éotup  ÍAir  c]\é  beA]iiiAr  mó]i  co  ]iaiihcc  teichbio]\  Ai]\m  nnboi 
ó  T)omiiAitt  A11  CA11  pn.  1lo  pAbAigfo  co  ro]\rrAoitib  AiiiAit  bA  *oú  rru  ]\é 
chéo]\A  no'róche  coiia  t^íb,  (x  ]\o  JAb  A5  Achchon'iA]\c  fget  An  cho^Ait)  ac 
chuAtA  ro  cf]\-orAc  iia  ^AÓibit  po]\pnA  ^AttAib.  Acc  coAt>h.AchA]t  t>óroin 
coteicc.     -dcbf]\crorii  gur  bo  *oía  HAicnfor  (x  *oia   rpor  rcét  t>o  •o'eAcliAi-ó 

pO]1  pO]\C0115]U\     A11     1llj,    (x    nAC  CCA0lÍlt1A5Al]1    t)ot    A1]\111   A1llbA01   ó  Heitt,  no 

AUAt)  11Í  but>  pfuú  tA  cnrofnAp',  úai]\  bA  hoiiiAn  ÍAir  t»u\  cctoipor  ^Oltt 
fol.31./'.  Achochc  co  hepnro  co  tAirfap  tongur  ]\ennb  ron  aii  rét>.  O  ]\o  pcni 
ó  'OonmAitt  ^up  bo  río]\  AiiebAi]\c  fx,  ah  bAogliAt  mipoipoiii,  ]\o  fgpob 
tAir  gur  aii  II15  Ar  a  ucc  bub  t)ém  (x,  a  hucc  uí  1léitt  7  a  huchc  ha  n^Aei'óeAt 
A]\  ceAHA.     b^  rfh    cocIiacIic  aii  pgpbnro  t>o  chumgeAt)  coh^ahca  ]itoit  7 

podlArÓe  A1]\1ll  7  10tfA0bA]\  111  AgAlt)  A  11A1Í1AC  (x,  t)ÍA  pA0]1At)p01Íl  1AC  011 
t)A01]ie  A11lbACA]1  OCCA  11lblOt)bA'OAlb  t)0  §]iep  (A^  JA1CC  A11  Ac1lA]\t)A  pO]\]\A  (x 
a^a  pAobAt)  on  CC]\eit)10lÍl  CAchotAct)A  UoiiiAiroA  ]\0  p]\10Cc1lA1t)  11A01Í1 
Pac]\aicc  t)ÍA  rftiAib   &  t)ÍA  pntrpenAip,  (x  ]\o   con^Aib^^fc  o  chem   iiiÁi]\) 

1  Philipni-— Thisisamistake, asPbilipii.      names    given    to    Ireland    by   the  bards. 
did  not  die  till  1598.  *  Fenians. — So  called  from  Fenius  Farsa, 

2  Copis. — See  p.  lxxvii.,  antea.  an  ancestor  of  Milesius. 

3/m's  Banbn. — This  and  Inis  Fodhla  were  5  Wrote. — See  p.  lxxvii.,  antca. 


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of  thc  ycar  1 596,  and  hc  went  across  the  Dubh,  thc  Drowcs,  and  thc  Saimcr  1596. 
northwards.  Hc  remained  aftcr  that  in  his  own  country  without  leavin 
up  to  the  beginning  of  summer.  It  was  in  thc  beginning  of  November 
precisely  that  a  certain  noblcman  came  from  the  King  of  Spain,  Philip  III.1 
Alonzo  Copis  2  was  the  nobleman's  name.  The  reason  why  he  came  to  Inis 
Banba3  was  to  confcr  with  and  get  intelligence  from  thc  Gacls,  for  the 
Gaels  of  Fodhla  were  friendly  to  and  united  with  thc  King  of  Spain  on 
account  of  their  having  come  from  Spain  long  beforc,  and  a  number  of 
learned  men  and  historians  of  thc  Fcnians 4  had  sct  down  in  remembrancc 
and  record  before  the  King  the  doings  and  history  of  the  sons  of  Milesius, 
and  besides,  the  people  that  were  driven  into  cxilc  by  the  English  from 
the  island  of  Erin,  after  taking  thcir  propcrty  from  them,  used  to  go  to 
complain  of  their  hardships  to  him  and  his  ancestors  for  a  long  time. 
The  messenger,  however,  came,  as  we  have  said.  The  course  he  directed 
his  ship  was  westwards,  keeping  the  shore  of  Erin  to  the  right  until  it 
entered  Tir  Boghaine  and  the  harbour  of  Killybegs  precisely.  Hc  received 
a  welcome  there  from  the  nobles  of  the  territory  when  they  got  news  of 
him,  and  some  of  them  went  to  guide  him  through  Bearnas  Mor  until  hc 
came  to  Lifford,  where  O'Donneli  then  was.  He  was  entertained  very 
hospitably,  as  was  right,  for  the  space  of  three  days  and  threc  nights,  and 
he  set  to  inquire  about  the  history  of  the  war  which  hc  had  heard  the  Irish 
had  been  carrying  on  against  the  English.  They  laid  it  before  him  thcn. 
He  said  it  was  to  inquire  and  get  information  he  had  come  by  order  of  the 
King,  and  he  could  not  go  to  where  O'Ncill  was  nor  delay  any  longer 
owing  to  haste,  for  he  was  afraid  the  English,  hearing  of  his  coming  to 
Ircland,  would  send  ships  on  his  way.  When  O'Donncll  knéw  that  his 
statement  was  true  and  the  danger  which  he  ran,  hc  wrote3  by  him  to  thc 
King  on  his  own  part  and  on  thc  part  of  O'Xeill,  and  on  the  part  of 
the  Irish  too.  The  purport  of  thc  letter  was  this  :  to  request  aid  in  men 
and  a  supply  of  arms  and  various  weapons  agáinst  thc  enemy,  and  to 
rescue  thcm  from  the  bondage  in  which  they  wcrc  held  by  thcir  encmics 
always  (taking  their  patrimony  from  thcm  and  pcrsccuting  thc  Roman 
Catholic  faith,  which  St.  Patrick  had  preached  to  thcir  elders  and  ancestors, 
and  which  thev  héld   for  a  long  time),  ánd  that  thcy  would  bc  subjcct  to 


n8 

combcir  romÁiiiAishce  t>ó  t>o  fio]i  GL  "oía  piot  hia  •oC-oIiai'ó.     X)o  ]iac  íC]\orii 
ah  ceccA  Iaiiíi  ro]i  nnceAcc  6c  rÁgbAit)  bdroAchcAin. 

UCic  úa  'Oorimoitt   LAir  irm  rtige'ó  60  m  ]\o  ]1CA]1  rjur  50  am  a  bA]\Ach, 

6c    ]10    tÁ    A]\Altt    t>1A    A!Íl]'Alb      tA1f      iri11      yéx>     t>1A     rilA'ÓA'oh      A]\      cluiAiiAib 

Gt  cfc1if]niAib  50  ]\<miaic  'oa]1],ah  mbC]UiAr  ]iéiii]iÁiciu.  StÍAb  •oo]iAit> 
t>oibeoit  eir»t>e  Gc  bA  1iAt>bA  cuAn  Gc  CAibt)fn  r]u  ptAic  Gt  Ai]icett  cen  co 
]io]'  coipurcAi]i  aii  c-Ao"oh  RÚA'oli  lnrm,  A]i  tup  netjpi'óe  rtAcc  iia  ojiccóm 
irm  c]mc1i  ó  ]io  1ioi]voneA-ó  1  rtAicuir  co  rrA]icc<\ib  aii  innp  co  tteicc, 
conAt)1i  Ai]ie  Acbe]\c1n  An  1liAJAi]\e]iec1icAc1i  t>eriorii  A]\  a  met)  no  piA^liAt)  t)o 
c1ioitteAt)Aib  Gc  cliUAiiAib  Gc  t)Af]"  ^ac  tntc  A]i  difnA.  *OAtA  -AtonrA  Copir 
]iAimccpt)1ie  ^ur  au  bputic  ArrAji^Aito  a  tun^A  6c  cficc  mnce  6t  t)o  beA]iAc 
inumci]i  uí  *OhomiiAitt  a  rotAjiciuvó  rCotA  ÍAir  ipm  tum^  -oAiíjito  im]\eAiii- 
]\a  6t  "oo  cfctiACCAib  ctuimjeAtA.  Ilo  bAoirom  1  roichttt  iia  gAfice  auaiu  cecib 
caii  t>ur  riocrAt).  Ro  feoturcAin  ro  t)eóró  tA  ceo  cmret)  ua  gAiche  ahai]\- 
cÚAit>  tAiiii  cti  r]u  ho]\  n6]\eiiii  piAi]vóCr  ^ag  nt)i]ieAch  co  ]iAinicc  t»on  SpAin. 
lomcupA  uí  T)otiinAitt  ]io   buipvóe  irror  50  copAc   1un.     11i]i  uó  cíau  t>ó 

íf]\CA11l     A1l     CA11     ^IUgfAC     CedlCA     Ó     111 AC     tllttlAm     yA1]l     t)ÍA  A1]TlCir    t)0     co 

ccAnAic  ^enenAit  co^avó  iia  bAmníogAn  Se]\  Seon  11o]iAir  co  1nmetbo]\t)  a 
c]\iche  cu]\coiíi]iac  rtÚAij  mói]i,  a]\  t)Ai£  co  ccui]ireA*ó  coi^eAt»  Coiiiiacc  uite 
niAen  rAb^tt  "oaCii  ]\aiui  Gc  t>Aoniteic  tA  piuonnrA  Saxóh.  -dcífc  iia  hAi]nj; 
6t  HA  hÚArti  bACA]i  iroqtAvóe  ah  §ene]\AtA,  1a]vLa  UuAt>iiiun'iAn,  'OoncliAt) 
imac  ConcobAin  mic  'OoncliAit)   uí    b]\iAin  co  tion  a  ftoij,  6c  lA]\tA  ctomne 

1llOCA1]VO    Hlttfc  111AC  1x10CA1]VO   SaXAUAI^  1111C   HlttlC  11A  Ccftl    C011A  C01cf]XAt 

gcfiiA.  -AcbC]iap  cac  icoiccmt>i  ah  cah  rm  iia  ]io  cioniAiji^eA'ó  7  ha  ]io 
cionótAt)  rju  liAimrCu  imchfm  m  Cjimn  aIiucc  PjuonnrA  Saxah  countíon 
niibACA]i  ron  An  rtuAgrin.  11i  ca]vo  ó  T)oriniAitt  ha  pgetApm  ac  coAp  t>ó 
irottt  iiAch  ro^voÁit,  1ÍA111  ]iobcA]\  rui]uce  eAttn'iA  a  rtÚAgrotfi  t>o  chechc 
íol.  32. a.  iccoigeA-ó  nAittetA  ci-ó  ]ié  riú  ]io  riAchcACAn  na,  ceAchcA.  Sc]nobcA]i  tic]M  6c 
]X]nbfniiA  tA  hÚA  nT)omnAitt  50  ^^o^^tAib  ah  choiccit),  7  ]io  t)ÁtAfCAi]\ 
chugA  iac  ^ur  aii  í«.\]\cA]i  Ai]im  ac  cÓAr  t)ó],on*i  aii  rtuAg  echcAi]\cenéoit  t)o 
JAbAlt  ton^púi]\c. 

1  Sassanach. — i.e.,  the  Englishman,  the      Lieutenant  forsome  time     He  diedin  1582. 
second  Earl  of  Clanricarde.    He  was  Lord      See  Archdall's  Pccrage,  i.  129. 


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him  and  to  his  succcssors  always.     Thc  messcngcr  thcn  prcparcd  to  depart,       1596- 
and  lcft  his  blessíng. 

O'Donnell  accompanicd  him  011  his  \vay,  and  hc  did  not  part  from 
him  till  the  next  day,  and  he  scnt  with  him  some  of  his  soldiers  on  the 
road  to  protect  him  from  robbcrs  and  kernc  till  hc  passcd  over  the 
above  mcntioned  Bearnas  ;  this  is  an  intricate  mountain,  difflcult  to  pass 
over,  and  it  was  a  place  of  refuge  for  robbers  and  rogues  robbing  and 
plundering  until  Hugh  Roe  banished  them,  for  he  did  not  allow  robbcry 
or  plundering  in  the  country  since  he  was  inaugurated  in  the  chief- 
taincy  till  he  left  the  island.  Wherefore  he  was  callcd  the  legal  executioner 
on  account  of  the  number  of  robbers  and  thieves  and  of  evcry  kind  of 
malefactors  too  whom  he  had  executed.  As  for  Alonzo  Copis,  he  came 
to  the  port  whcre  he  had  left  his  ship  and  embarked  in  it,  and  O'Donnell's 
people  gave  him  plenty  of  flesh  meat  in  the  ship,  large  hinds  and  white- 
fieeced  sheep.  He  was  readv  for  the  east  wind  whenever  it  should  come. 
At  last  he  set  sail  with  the  first  breeze  of  wind  from  the  north-east,  keeping  the 
shore  of  Irelandon  theleft,  south-westwards  straight  until  he  reached  Spain. 

As  for  O'Donnell,  he  was  at  rest  up  to  the  beginning  of  June.  Not 
long  after  messengers  came  from  Mac  William  to  him  to  tell  him  that 
a  war-general  of  the  Oueen,  Sir  John  Norris,  had  come  to  the  borders 
of  his  country,  having  with  him  a  great  army,  in  ordcr  that  he  might 
subject  the  whole  province  oí  Connaught  at  once,  wholly  and  cntirely,  to 
the  English  Sovereign.  The  chiefs  and  nobles  who  wcre  with  the  General's 
army  were  the  Earl  of  Thomond,  Donough,  son  of  Conor,  son  of  Donough 
O'Brien,  with  all  his  troops,  and  the  Earl  of  Clanricarde,  Ulick,  son  of 
Richard  Sassanach,1  son  of  Uliclc  na  cccann,  with  his  force  too.  It  was 
commonly  said  thcn  that  for  a  very  long  time  therc  had  not  been 
gathcred  and  collected  in  Ireland  on  behalf  of  the  English.  Quecn  so  great 
a  number  as  was  in  that  army.  O'Donnell  did  not  neglect  or  slight  thc 
ncws  which  was  reportcd  to  him,  for  his  forces  werc  in  completc  readiness 
to  go  into  the  provincc  of  Oilioll  cven  before  the  messengcrs  camc.  Letters 
and  despatches  wcre  written  by  O'Donncll  to  the  Irish  of  the  province, 
and  he  summoned  thcm  to  meet  him  to  the  west  of  thc  place  whcrc  hc 
heard  thc  forces  of  the  strangers  had  encampcd. 


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La  rot>Ain  "oo  tei^e  ÚÁ  T)oriiiiAitt  iccCnn  crét>A  coiia  ftoj;  t<M|' 
CAnfAn  6|\ne  rÍAji  ca]\  Sbccec  tAiii  tjCr  rni  rntnb  rtébe  tjaiíi  cjié  ttnjne 
7  c]\é  clijúch  gAitCn^  co  uaiiuicc  ro  'óeoí'ó  m  Ai]ur  t)AtA  r]u  Seon 
11o]\tnr  Ai]\m  imbui  occ  rubAi]\c  7  occ  bÁij  cecc  t)iiro]\eA-ó  iia  quche 
niAHA  cÁnccAt>Áir  géitt  7  Aicci]u  ÚAitnb.  O  jiAiigACAU  t>m  ceccA  uí  *OhoriinAitt 
50  5Aoit>eAtAib  A11  00151-0  AiiiAit  Acnubnomon  t>ur  riccCcptJe  5A11  errnA"OAt>  ^An 
lomfuineAc  ron  coJAinm  hirm.  UAimcc  Ann  cCccur  AttAnÍAn  úa  Huai]\c, 
D]\u\n  05  niAC  0]\iAin  ha  mú]\c1iAmic  OjtiAin  bAttAijmic  605 Ain  50  rocnAit>e 
cíiaca  ó  m  0]UAin.  Uahaicc  Aiin  úa  ConcobAiji  IIúa-o.  Aót>  mAC  Uoi]tóeAtbAi5 
Ut'iAit)  a  1nmeAtbo]\cc  riiAije  A01  rju  1iac  Sti]-Cn  AnAi]\.  Uauaicc  aiiu  ó 
CeAttAij  ("pC]\t>o]\c1iA)  a  liuib  HlAine  AiiAi]\t>C]-  rju  SionAinn  auíau.  Uauicc 
Ann     111ac    *Oia]uiiacca    (ConéobAn    ócc),    a    111ui§    tuipg    au    *OÁ51toa    r]u 

C01]1]\]vtlAb    UA    SCj]-A  A1lA1]\t)C]\        Ua11JjACA]\    A1in    béor    11A    1lí    ]\0    A1C]\eAb]\AC 

aii  cc]\íc1i  ó  coi]\]\ftiAb  50  mtu]\  1n  cuai]xcC]\c  aii  coiccit)  Ct)ón  An  t)A  mAC 
'OonncliAit)  7  aii  t)A  ó  Cg1i]\A  6t  ó  *Oubt)A.  1au  cconnAchcAm  ha  ngAeibeAt 
50  1iaic  nóCnbAite  rorAitncc  ro]\  ionc1u\ib  Seon  11o]\Ai]-  a]\  ^ac  cAOib 
t)on  AbAinn  t)iAHAt)  ahiiii  au  Rot>bA.  1lo  bAoi  loniAicAigCt)  t>eriú  7  AUAtt 
rni  rít>  7  cAoncoihnAC  Cco]\]ia,  7  111  bA  1iCt»  ón  ía]\  rpojt  acc  bA  t)o  b]\Ac  (x 
CAi]-ccéteAt)  Gb  t)o  cAbAi]\c  b]ieícce  nn  A]\oite  t)iA  ccodhrACAir.  t)Áoi  t>An 
111ac  tlittiAm  UeAboicc  hiac  HAce]i  cIhocai  j  co  tión  a  áonóit  ipn  coicC]XAt 
rm  uí  'OhomnAitt.  -Ahaic  AcliAit)  aii  cuehcrm  emeAc  mt>  ionc1iAib  a]\  oite 
50  ccAi]\neccA|i  a  tomci  tÁr  nA  gAbtAib.  O  ]io  rcAic  íCroiii  AmbiAtJ  t>óibripe 
iol.32.1J.  Ar  rAi]i  t>eipt>  teo  -oCiiige  ah  pui]\c  AmbÁccA]\  o  ha  cÁoiiiiiAjACAn  ní  t)onA 
^AoibeAtAib.  *Oo  jníCcc  rAiútAm  SoÁicc  rniochjtorcc  tx  ni]i  uó  ]-tÁn  tA 
Seon  11o]iAir  a  n'iCnniA  A]\  ní]\  uó  gnAc  tAir  a  lompút)  AlnCcliAib  écc]iAcc 
imne.  *Oo  coCcc  úa  *Oorimoitt  7  iia  ^AOtóeAt  A]\  cCnA  t>iA  cciglnb  50  rubAÓ 
rouiiCn  11111  ac. 

Oc  chiCcc  rCiiAt)  *Ottibtin-oe  gAircceb  €c  ^CnAiccecc  ^AOitieAt  vyAy  (x 
t)ni]:o]ibAi]\c,  7  ^ombcAji  eotAig  m  Ai]uinmbeA]\c  7  m  C]\nt)AiteAt)  aii  coccató 
uo  nuecctAirCc  ]\en'nb.     AbbA]\  oite  beór  hiia  uo   0TfinAi*órCcc  aii    C]uiAit>ni 

1  Gailenga — This  tribe  inhabited  a  dis-  out  a  Firbolg  tribe,  the  Clan  Gaileoin.    Top. 

trict  now  included  in  the  diocese  of  Achonry  Poeins,  xxxix. 

and  a  part  of  Sligo.     They  had  this  name  2 Hy  Many. — A  district  which  in  former 

from  Cormac  Galeng,  third  indescent  from  times  included  the  barony  of  Athlone,  in 

Olioll  Olum,  King  of  Munster,  who  drove  Co.  Roscommon,  and  the  baronies  of  Bally- 


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Whcrefore  O'Donnell  set  out  with  his  army  across  thc  Erne  westwards,      1596. 
across  thc  Sligcach,  keeping  thc  extremity  of  thc  Slieve  Gam  on  his  right, 
through  Leyny  and  the  tcrritory  of  the  Gailenga,1  until  at  last  hc  came 
to  thc  rendezvous  wherc  Sir  John  Norris   was  threatening  and  boasting 

that  hc  would  go  plundcr  thc  territory  if  thcy  did  not  give  in  hosta 
and  plcdges.  As  soon  as  O'Donncll's  messengers  went  to  the  Irish  of 
the  province,  as  \ve  have  said,  they  came  without  delay  or  hesitation  at 
this  call.  First  camc  from  thc  west  0'Rourke,  Brian  Oge,  son  of  Brian 
na  Murtha,  son  of  Brian  Ballach,  son  of  Owen,  with  thc  fighting  men  of 
Hy  Briuin.  O'Conor  Roe  came,  Hugh,  son  of  Turlough  Roc,  from  thc  . 
border  of  Magh  Aoi,  cast  of  the  ford  of  Slisean.  Q'KeIly  (Ferdoragh  , 
came  from  the  south-east  of  Hy  Many,2  wcst  of  the  Shannon  ;  MacDermot 
(Conor  Oge)  camc  there  from  Movlurg  of  the  Daghda,  to  the  south-east  of 
the  Corrsliabh.  Thcre  came  also  those  who  inhabited  the  territory  from  thc 
Corrsliabh  to  the  sea  in  the  northcrn  part  of  the  provincc,  i.c,  the  two 
MacDonoughs,  and  the  two  O'Haras,  and  O'Dowd.  After  the  Irish  had 
assembled  at  one  place  they  halted  opposite  Sir  John  Norris  on  the  banks 
of  the  rivcr  callcd  the  Robe.  Therc  wcre  very  many  on  one  side  and 
on  the  other  for  peace  and  amity,  but  it  was  not  so  in  truth.  but  thcy 
were  spying  and  circumventing  and  deceiving  each  other  if  they  could. 
Mac  William  too,  Thcobald,  son  of  Walter  Ciotach,  witli  the  whole  of  his 
forces,  was  at  this  gathering  of  O'Donnell's.  They  rcmaincd  for  a  while  in 
this  way  oppositc  each  other,  until  the  English  had  consumed  their  provisions. 
When  their  supplies  were  consumed  they  resolved  to  leavc  thcir  cncamp- 
mcnt,  since  they  could  cffcct  nothing  against  the  Irish.  They  did  so. 
They  turncd  back,  and  the  mind  of  John  Norris  was  not  at  ease,  for  it  was 
not  his  custom  to  withdraw  from  the  enemv's  territories  in  this  way. 
O'Donnell  and  thc  Irish  also  wcnt  away  to  their  homcs  merrv  and  chccrful. 
Whcn  the  Council  in  Dublin  saw  that  th.c  bravery  and  valour  of  the 
Irish  had  grown  and  increascd,  and  that  thcv  had  a  knowledge  of  thc  usc 
of  arms  and  of  thc  managcmcnt  of  war.  thcy  wcrc  much  afraid  of 
thcm.     Anothcr  rcason  too  why  they   feared  was  thc  union  of  friendship 

moe.Tiaquin,  Rillian,  and  Rilconncll,  in  Co.      and  O'Maddens.  Sce  O'Donovan's  Introd. 
Galway.      It  was  inhabited  by  the  0'Kellys       to  the  7>  ibes,  Sfc,  offíy  Manw  p.  2. 


I  22 

ca]\ac]\ai-ó  7  combAJA  rni  tlij  iu\  SpAine,  7  ah  I0115  ]\eiii]\Aia  00  ]\iac1ic  011 
SpÁm  AiiiAit  ac  cóa-óaca]\  t)óibriom.  Arí  Ai]\te  A]\]\ióc1ic  tÁp  aii  pfriAtJ  7 
Iav  aii  ccoiiiAinte  tjeriolie  cocca  00  clio]\  00  fAigit)  uí  11éitt  (x  uí  'OliotimAitt 

T>VlltAÍ]\flÍl     6fc    "OAptAcll     píOollA    (x    COÍYlCOlfl|\A1C    rO]\]\A.         t)AriAC     CeCCA     OO 

ca^oa-ó  tAr  A11  rfn<vó  p]u  lnomtiuvó  nAidnpcc  11A  riooliA  Cco]\]\a  7  ha 
^oioeAtAib  lA]\tA  l1]\n'iuiiiAii  UomÁr  buicite]\  a  aiiiiiahii.  A.  Saxai^  tmr 
pAn^ACA]\  A11  cenét  oiAmbAOi.  1!o  bAoipróe  m  Aoip  enf]\c  rftvoACA  ah 
lonbAró  rin,  (x  Aijroeprcop  CAipt  1llAotiiiui]\e  111ac  1!aic.  *Oup  ricefcrróe 
tAp  A11  ceccAi]\ecc  50  ]\ahjaca]\  511  r  aii  ccac^iai^  pt  ron  b]\ú  cuaja  bAite 
nnc  t)UAin   oÍAn^A^ion  An  S]\AcbA\te.     1!o    fói*órfc  cócca  *oú   nnbói  ó  11éitt 

*00  ]\etA"Ó  UA  CCOpCCA    1111A    CCUt)CACA]\.       "P01*Óir    ÚA    Tléltt  11A  pccetA    cfciiA  111 

•ooclium  uí  'OboiimAitt.  Uiccp-óe  ífnorii  -oi]\im  iíia]\cac  co  1iai]\hi  uiiboi 
ó  Héitt.  T)o  if^liAcc  t)ibtmib  co  "Poc1iAi]\t>  Hluincfnime  ro]\  iondiAib 
c]\a^a  bAite  bu-ó   cúató.     Uaiiaicc    aii   dA]\tA  AC]\ub]\oiiiA]i  7   aii    ceppcop 

pO]\  101111  11A  CotdlA  cfcUA.  Ac  récCAO  "OOUA  rbAIClb  A11  COipCC  1111A 
CCA1i;gACA]\     7     Acbf]\CfAC     ^0]\     bo     rf]\]\      CO]\A     otoAp     CeAttAC     (x,     110     blAt) 

iomAic1ibA-ó  cIiaic  oíob  ro]\  A]\  oiti  muiiA  *of]\ncA  ah  r'ró. 

fol.  33-«.  Ac    CÚAt)1lACA]\     X)Ólb     11A    COIl'lcllA    *00     ]1A1]\tl;c;e]\CpAC  A11  pfllAt)    ÚA1t)lb  CA]\ 

cftro  aii  críooliA  .1.  'óitrmccA'ó  coiccró  ConcobAin  ■óóibriom  ^énmocliÁ  A11 
mbtoit)  cípe  rit  o  t>ún  ^Oet^An  co  Doínn  |\o  cAttcA  "óe  ó  cfm  mÁi]\  LAp  ha 
^AttAib  (x  nA  orcAip  11A  ^oitt  ro]\]\o  ca]\  co]\omn  acc  nAiiiÁ  5A1U,  CAi]\]i5e 
pCn^u^A  00  técceAt)  rni  c|\eic  7  connuAb  00  fion,  (x  ua  gAitt  bACA]\  1 
ccAintmn  (x  nro  iobA]\  cnro  c^a^Iia  ón  111110  ccft)iiA,  (x  *oah  ua  cocnA*OAoir 
niAOi]\  111AÍC  Ai]\]\io5liApo]\]iA  no  AccumAC  nAite  00  cliobAcli  cliíopA  nó  dlÁHA, 
acc  iia  mÁ  cecip  cíor  t>o  b]\fdiA  po]\  Armnrf]\Aib  t)o  iot)1uiACAt  oóibpioiii 
50  1iác  ctÍAc  7  iia  cumprice  jéitt  11A  aicci]U  ron]\A  acc  niAt)  rm,  (x  ro 
■ceb1it»Air  aii  ccfcnA  iia  •goi'óiL  ac]\ac1icaco]\  m  a  ccoriibÁi-5  co^Aró  iccóigfó 
OtnéccmAcc.     1a]\  ccAinccrm   a  aic1u]xc  7  a  opfuigitt   oon   lA]\tA,   ac]\acc 

Butler.  —  The   tenth    Earí,    commonly  Elizabeth,  to  whom  he  was  distantly  related, 

called  '  Black  Tom.'     He  succeeded  to  the  Sir   William    Bullen,    the    grandfather    of 

titleat  theageoffourteen.    He  was  brought  Anne,  having  married  Margaret,  daughter 

up  at  the  English  Court  with  Prince  Ed-  of  the   seventh    Earl   of    Ormonde.      See 

ward,  later  Edward  VI.     For  his   services  Archdall's  Peeragc,  iv,  31. 
against  Gerald  Earl  of  Desmond  and  the  2 M.  Magrath. — The  apostate  Bishop  of 

O'Mores   of  Leix   he   received    grants   of  Down.     He  was  Protestant  Archbishop  of 

several    abbeys    with     their     lands    from  Cashel   from  1570  to   1622,  and  held  that 


i*3 

and  sympathy  with  the  King  of  Spain  and  thc  coming  of  thc  ship  from  Spain,  1596. 
as  was  rcportcd  to  thcm.  The  plan  adoptcd  by  thc  Senate  and  Council 
in  conscqucncc  was  to  scnd  mcssengers  to  O'Neill  and  O'Donnell,  and  to 
proposc  and  offer  pcacc  and  fricndship  to  thcm.  One  of  the  messengers 
choscn  by  thc  Council  to  discuss  the  business  of  the  pcace  between  thcm 
and  thc  Irish  was  the  Earl  of  Ormonde,  Thomas  Butler1  by  namc.  Thc 
family  to  which  hc  belonged  had  come  from  England.  Hc  was  weak 
through  old  age  then.  With  him  was  thc  Archbishop  of  Cashel,  Myler 
Magrath.-2  They  wcnt  on  thc  crrand  until  thcy  came  to  thc  town  which  is  ■ 
on  the  edge  of  the  strand  of  Baile  Mic  Buain  called  Stradbally.  Thcv  scnt 
messengers  to  the  place  whcrc  O'Ncill  was  to  tell  him  thc  business  they 
had  come  about.  O'Neill  sent  the  same  message  to  O'Donncll.  Ile  camc 
after  that  with  a  troop  of  horse  to  the  placc  whcrc  O'Ncill  was.  They 
both  wcnt  to  Faughart  Muirtheimhnc,  opposite  Stradbally,  a  littlc  to  thc 
north.  The  Earl  of  whom  wc  havc  spoken  and  the  Bishop  came  to  thc 
summit  of  the  samc  hill.  They  told  the  princes  the  business  011  which 
they  had  come,  and  said  peace  would  be  better  than  strife,  and  thcy  would 
blame  each  other  if  the  peace  was  not  made. 

They  stated  to  them  the  terms  which  the  Council  offcrcd  in  refcrcnce 
to  the  peace,  viz.,  to  hand  over  the  province  of  Conor  to  them  cxcept 
the  tract  of  territory  from  Dundalk  to  the  Boync,  which  was  cut  off 
from  it  long  before  by  the  English,  and  that  the  English  should  not 
cncroach  beyond  the  boundary  except  the  English  of  Carrickfergus, 
who  were  allowed  for  trade  and  traffic  alwavs,  and  the  English  of  Newry 
and  Carlingford  in  thc  same  way,  and  that  thcy  should  not  scnd 
stewards  or  governors  over  them,  nor  in  any  such  way  force  rcnts  or 
tributes,  but  only  the  same  tribute  that  was  laid  on  their  ancestors,  which 
was  to  bc  taken  by  them  to  Dublin,  and  that  hostages  or  pledges  should 
not  be  dcmandcd  from  them  beyond  this  ;  and  that  thc  Irish  in  thc 
province  of  Olncccmacht  who  had  risen  to  aid  thcm  in  thc  war  should  havc 
the  likc  terms.     After  thc  Earl  had  sct  forth  his  statement  and  proposal, 

see  with  those  of  Waterford  and  Lismore.       about  a  year  and  a-half  before  his   deatli. 
A  sketch  of  his  career  will  be  f'ound  in  the      He  [  interesting  details  of  Myler's 

Ecaes.  Rccord  for   1884.  p.  633.     Bruodin      early   life   in  his    Examen    Anatomicum^ 
says  he    rcturncd  to  tlie  Catholic  church      p.  71  ;  Prague,  1671. 

Q 


.I24 

ó  Tléitt  7  ó  T)orimAitt  G:  AinbÁccA]\  hia  rrodiAin  "oo  chui n^C-oíiAib  <mi 
60151-0  Ar  An  Ámb  ruróe  7  "oo  íC^Iiac  t>on  cÁob  Ap  Aitt  "oon  ceAÍAi^. 
^AbAicc  aj  c]iut>  AccoriiAi|\te  7  occ  AintejeAt)  gniorrqiA'ó  ua  ngAbt  ó  no 
chét>  j<Nb|iAc  A11  mnp  cCcur  jur  An  cAnpn. 

Da  ro-ÓAing  -óóibporii  on,  ÚAin  bACAn  meAbnA  teó  (x  tA  hÚA  n'OorimAitt 
rAinneA-ó,  "0015  bAoiptihe  aj  coifcecc  puú  ua  cCiceonA  btiA-ónA  7  ua  ceonA 
míofA  ]\o  bui  ipn  cca]icai]i  m  -dc  ctiAc,  G:  ba  lnpn  AicCpc  Ap  1110  aiíi  ]io 
meAb]iAt)  o  11A  cnnbi'óib  ro  cCpocA  ipn  cca]icai]\  nnA]\óCn  pnr,  6:  bAcon  hi 
.  ccunrine  7  1  ro]\AicriiCc  tAir,  G:  AcbC]ic  j;un  boc  cet>tuicheAÓ  cojaocIiac 
cingeAttcA  5*tt  t>o  §]ier,  G:  ^u]i  bo  cniA  gúcAinn^ijie  ]io  jacj^ac  AnAchA]vó:v 
ron  ^liAoróeAtAib  coiccit)  ghAitiÁn  G:  coiccró  ConnAoi  nnc  *OAi]\e  G,  m  hCt) 
ua  mÁ  acc  cecib  neAC  t>iA  ccAttrAC  Accí]i  11111  Gjuu  b<\  c]iía  cliAn^nAchc  G: 
fol.  33.  b.  b]\eiccpc  t>o  bC]\cfAC  t>e.  bit>  nnne  -oo  jCiiacc  pubp  ah  lonbAró  bur  cC]ici  bon 
ccon^Aib  cacIia  G:  coccató  G:  bur  caha  bA]\  cctiAc  JAb^tA  G:  ah  caii  $Cc<>]\ 
ro]\oib  11  a  5óit)it  AcnAchcACA]i  m  bA]i  mbAij  ]UArunn  "oiató  m  "oiAit>,  7  pj^AbAc 
ceci]b  ní  chumjipCcc  A]\  bA]i  cc^e^At).  X)o  be]\AC  11  a  ^Aitt  bpCij;  loniAibp 
Amnp-óe  G:  pMjpc  ponnoib  au  cAn  pD^AbAC  co  1iAmC]\tAiii  Aiifuiniche  ib  m 
UAchA-ó  A]iin  7  evoig,  ócc  G:  C]i]ieo,  niAt>  pc  t)o  xmeci  pnú  7  ^ah  ]iac1ia  hato 
Aicip  pD]ino  pAi  comAttAt)  pub  m  t>o  ]iAi]\]in5e)\]Uc  t)A0ib.  •A'óbAn  01  te  beóp 
Uo  Achchui]ipt>  a  cA]iAC]u\t>  ron  U15  iia  SpAme  mÁt)  ríc  t)o  5neci,G:bij 
UAn  7  bi-ó  meAbAt  t>Aoib  50  t)o  -óCnom  pnr  ah  ci  nAhepi]i  501,  G:  coiiiAtnArur 
1111  ]\o  c1iA]i]in5Ai]\,  G:  ]io  bAt)  Ampuo]\  niA]\  t)Aoib  Airhi]iir  t>o  íjAbAit  t)e,  G:  "om 
pur  pm  níc  cob]iACA]i  úa-ó  t>o  ]\róip  caii  beice  i]\]uochcAm  a  teAr  ía]i  roAtJ 
p3]iAib  t)onA  ^AttAib.  1lo  riiottr ac  A]\Aitt  t)onA  niAicib  An  enpenc,  G:  ro 
ACncAijfioc  pii]-  iia  liAiciupccAibpn  ]io  pngitt.  1Daca]i  poi]iCnn  oite 
t>ibpt>e  tAf  A]\  tAmn  aii  pt>  t)o  -oénorii,  G:  Acbe]\cfAicpróe  bA  hiomAi]\5rce 
•oCnAiii  aii  cfiot)A,  G.  bAt)  Aicpuch  muiiA  t>C]\ncA. 

tTlonÚA]\  Aih  bA  po]i  t)óibpoiii  m  ]\o  ]\Arópoc  cró  íC]\  cAm,  úai]i  bACAn 
iomt)A  nmA  G:  miont)Áome  7  p}]iurócctAoic  t>o  coca]\  écc  "oúacIic  G:  §o]\ca  po 
t)Aitm  au  choccAit)  hipn.     1lobcA]\  ioint>A  béor  tAech   tonnAmnrctecliA  7 

1  Curoi  MacDaire.—  Ue   was    King    of  -  King  of  Sfiain.  —  See  pp.  xlviii-  and 

Munster  about  the  beginning  of  our  era.  cxxxiii.     The  support  given  by  the  Arch- 

See  Keating's  H.  0/  Ireland,  p.  220,  and  duchess,    the    King's   daughter,    to    Irish 

0'Curry's  Courtshipof  Momera,  p.  164,  n.  ;  Catholics    in    the    Low    Countries   is    well 

Dublin..  1855.  known. 


125 

O'Neill,  O'Donnell,  and  the  other  chief  mcn  of  thc  provincc  who  were  with     1596. 
them  rose  up  from  where  they  were  seated  and  wcnt  to  the  othcr  sidc  of 
the  hill.     They  proceeded  to  take  counsel  and  to  rccount  thc  conduct  of 
the  English  since  they  first  seized  on  the  island  up  to  that  time. 

This  was  easy  for  them,  for  it  was  remembercd  by  them  and  by 
O'Donnell  in  particular,  sincc  he  had  been  listening  to  it  during  the  four 
vcars  and  three  months  he  was  in  the  prison  in  Dublin,  and  that  was  the 
talc  which  he  remembered  best  from  the  captives  cast  into  prison  with  him, 
and  it  was  in  his  recollection  and  remembrance  ;  he  said  that  the  promiscs 
of  the  English  werc  always  vain  and  deceitful,  and  that  it  was  by  false 
promises  they  had  stolen  their  patrimony  from  the  Irish  of  the  province 
of  Leinster  and  of  the  province  of  Curoi  mac  Daire,1  and  not  that  merely, 
but  whomsoever  else  they  deprived  of  his  land  in  Ireland  it  was  by  fraud  and 
a  false  peace  they  obtained  it.  '  It  was  thus  they  actcd  towards  you  whcn 
implemcnts  of  war  and  conflict  were  few  and  your  battle-ranks  thin  ;  and 
when  the  Irish  attacked  you,  they  took  your  part  heretofore  in  theconflicts 
one  after  another,  and  they  obtained  whatever  they  desired  by  abandoning 
you.  The  English  tell  you  lies  now,  and  they  will  attack  you  whcn 
they  find  you  unprepared,  not  readv,  with  scantiness  of  arms  and  armour, 
of  soldiers  and  champions,  if  peace  is  made.  with  thcm  and  if  sccuritics  or 
hostages  are  not  given  by  them  for  fulfilling  to  you  what  thcv  promised 
you.  Another  thing,  too  ;  you  will  give  up  the  friendship  of  the  King  of 
Spain  z  if  peace  is  made,  and  it  will  be  disgraceful  and  shameful  for  you 
to  practisc  a  deccit  on  him  who  never  tells  a  lie  and  who  will  perform 
what  he  has  promised  ;  and  it  would  be  dishonest  also  for  you  to  entertain 
any  suspicion  of  him  ;  and,  besides,  you  will  nevcr  again  be  helpcd  by  him 
when  you  will  need  him  after  going  ovcr  to  the  English.'  Some  of  thc 
•  chief  men  commended  what  had  been  said  and  agreed  with  the  rcsolutions 
which  he  proposed.  There  was  another  party  of  them  who  were  satisfied 
to  make  peace,  and  they  said  it  was  right  to  make  peacc,  and  they  should 
be  sorry  if  it  was  not  made. 

Alas !  what  they  said  proved  true,  though  later,  for  thcrc  were  many 
women  and  childrcn  and  old  men  who  suffcrcd  dcath  by  cold  and  hungcr 
on    account  of  that  war.      Besides,  therc  were   many  proud   heroes,  and 


I2Ó 

coiri^h  c]\ooa  6:  yoC]\ctAmiA  yoicCneoit  t)o  óocca]\  atóC-óa  AiiAipche  Cco]\yA 
•01  yiu  7  AnAtt  yobicin  ah  ccocAró  cCcha.  Cró  yit  Ann  c|\a  cecip  tCy  nó  Aiiii"lCy 
•oon  Aimcc  Ayy,  bA  lieiccCn  aii  yít>  'oo  c1iAi]\mCycc  cjua  AytAch  7  voncongjiA 
uí  *OhomnAitt.  1ompAiy  aii  c1a]\Ía  7  ah  cCprcop  co  h-Ac  cliac,  (x  AcyCcyAC 
*oon    1uycir    7    *oon     coríiAi]\te    aii     oiutcAt)   1111011  yíc  7  Ayy]\eAg]\A   ó    11A 

5A01"ÓeAÍAlb. 

fol.34.ff.  "La    yot>Ain    yo    bÁiyCc   aii    yCiiAt>    AycéÍA   co   c]\íodiAib    Saocaii    juy    ah 

mbAinRiogliAin  CtizAbech.  Ro  ^\b  y(]\^,  7  tomiAy  iyit>e.  Ro  aonóiLe'07  no 
cC^tAHiA-ó  iotAy  nt)Áoine  té  -oia  cco]\  co  hCjunn  coiia  con^Aib  cCcca  t)A 
^ac  iiA-ÓAitge  A]\  cCiia  coha]\  bo  tu^A  otccÁc  yiche  míte  t)óCy  cuA]\AiycAit  (x 
•00  Aiii]v\ib  ]\o  bACA]\  mu]\yoichitt  coccató  iia  ngoróet.  1lo  cum^cAijCt)  aii 
50ibC]\nói]\  7  aii  CA1]\1§  bAoi  yo]\  coiccet)  IVlCbbA  ah  lonbAit)  ym  a  cCnt)Acc 
aii  coi^it),  .1.  Se]\  Riyoe]\t>  biongom  coiia  b]\Aicyib  (x  ]\o  5Ai]\mic  co 
liAch  ctÍAc  (x  ]\o  cui]\icc  Aiyyibe  co  SAXAib.  *Ouy  yAimcc  a]\  oite  m 
ioiiAt)  aii  "50ibC]\no]\A  bA  y(]\]\  ott)Ay  7  bA  yi]\m  ^CAttAib  00  ha  gAoróeAtAib 
imíy  *Oecembe]\  00  yumi]\At)  Coneuy  Ctiyo]\c  a  coniAinm,  ]ut)i]\e  Ai]\t>eAyc 
eirróe  A]\  aoi  n^Apiuv  b^  1iÚAyAt  íaj\  yyuit,  bA  y(]\  ciot)iiAicci  yét>  7 
niAoine.  Ro  cliAnnniAig  •óoyotii  mt>yin  ÚAiy  |\o  yoAic  cIiucca  ojiong  ir.ó]\ 
t)ÚAiytib  coiccit)  ITlCbbA  a]\  A-óCgliA^uttéAt).  Ro  yoAic  chuccA  cCccuy 
ó  ConcobAiy  Rúao,  Aót>  hiac  UoijijvóetbAij;  RÚAit»  111ic  Uató^  buróe,  7  mAc 
*OiA]\niAt>A  lllliuige  tui]\^,  ConcobA]\  mAC  UAróg,  combACA]\  hia  ríiuincCnuy  7 
yo  nAit)myCc  acco]\a  fjurr.  Uaiihcc  beóy  ó  ConcobAin  Sticcií;  a  c]\ioÓAib 
Saxaii  iym  byojn'iA]\  00  yuii]uvó.i.  *OonchAt>  hiac  CACAit  015  1111  c  UAró^ 
nnc  CACAit  015,  ily  iia  oi]\t>neAt>  1n  ccCnt)Ay  on  mbAinRio^liAin  yon  itcet)Aib 
ytóij  7  rAightnunAib  m  U]\yoicitt  in  ]\o  bA  comyoccuy  *oó  t)t1tcAib  Gt 
t)o  ConiiAchcAib  x>o  cCnnrujjA'ó  yyi  a  tAnii.  Uiccyróe  co  ComiAch- 
CAib  yo  chécÚAi]\  00  coc1ia]\  yju  cenét  conAitt  Gt  "oo  cIiac  y]uú  iccombAig  ha 
n^^tt,  úai]\  ]\o  bA  111  ój\  a  nnybtcA  y]uyAii  ccenét  1nyin  ó  ]\o  "óeti^CrcAi]! 
Aóebpine  y|\íu  tA  yo]\]\At%  7  yo]\tonn  5A^>  7  11A1A  ^o  ^1AHAcn  "óóib  AiiiAit  bA 
t>ucAij   "óo   tx   cía   no   beicyiom    co   yoiiiÁmAi£-hce  t>úa    *OhorímAitt   níy  bo 

íol.  34.  b.    coí]\  1011511^-0  -oe,  A]\  |\o  bAoi   b]UAn  hiac  Cacoac  a  ynmyC]\  ]\aiúLai'ó  t»o  HÍAtt 
yA  yo<vrh  mÁy,  (x  ]\o  bACA]\  ctAim  Hlhom^pnne  A]\  cCha,  7  Ay  La  "Piac]\a  hiac 

1  Set  aside. — See  pp.  Ixxxii.  and  99,  antea.       of  the  Earl  of  Desmond.     His  treacheries 

2  O'Conor  Sligo. — See  p.   84,  antea.     A      are  described  at  length  in  Pac.  Hib.     He 
son  of  Donough  was  married  to  a  daughter       was  slain  by  Tibbot  na  long. 


127 

leaders  in  war,  and  frceborn  nobles  who  mct  with  an  untimclv  death  on  1596. 
both  sides  in  consequcnce  of  the  same  war.  Yct,  whatever  may  have  bccn 
the  advantage  or  the  loss  which  arosc  from  it,  it  was  necessary  to  rcjcct  thc 
peace  at  the  request  and  demand  of  O'Donnell.  The  Earl  and  the  Bishop 
returned  to  Dublin  and  told  the  Lord  Justice  and  the  Council  of  the  refusal 
of  pcace  and  the  answcrs  of  the  Irish. 

Thereupon  the  Council  sent  the  news  to  England  to  Oueen  Elizabeth. 

Anger  and  wrath  seized  on  her.     A  large  number  of  men  was  asscmblcd 

and  collected  by  her  to  be  sent  to   Ireland,  with    propcr    equipment    of 

every  kind  too,  so  that  there  was  no  less  than  twenty  thousand  mercena 

and  soldiers  ready  for  the  Irish  war.     The  Governor  and  the  chief  man  who 

was  over  the  province  of  Meadhbh  thcn,  i.g.,  Sir  Richard   Bingham,  and 

his  relatives  were  set  aside1  and  summoned  to  Dublin,  and  sent  from  thence 

to  England.     Thcre  came  in  the  month  of  December  another  in  the  ofrlce 

of  Governor  who  was  better  and  more  faithful  to  his  promises  to  thc  Irish. 

Sir   Conyers  Clifford  was  his  name,  a  hnight  famous  by  reputc  ;  he  was 

noble  by  blood,  a  man  who  bestowed  jewels  and  wealth.     This  was  an 

advantage  to  him,  for  a  great   number  of  the  chiefs  of  the  province  of 

Meadhbh  came  to  him  on  account  of  his  good  qualitics.     Thc  first  who 

came  to  him  was  O'Conor  Roe,  Hugh,  son  of  Turlough  Roe,  son  of  Tadhg 

Buidhe,  and    MacDermot   of  Moylurg,    Conor,    son    of  Tadhg  ;    so    that 

they   became    intimate    and    entercd    into    pcacc    with    him.       O'Conor 

Sligo,'2  too,    z'.e.,  Donough,  son    of  Cathal    Ogc,   son    of  Tadhg,    son    of 

Cathal  Oge,  came  from  England  in  harvest  precisclv,  having  bccn  appointed 

by  the  Oueen  to  the  command  of  many  hundrcd  troops  and  soldiers   in 

complcte  readiness  ;   as  he  was  ncar  thc  mcn  of  Ulstcr  and  Connaught  hc 

would  bring  them  undcr  hcr  powcr.     He  camc  to  Connaught  immediately 

to  fight  against  the  Cinel  Conaill  and  wagc  war  on  them  on  behalf  of  the 

English,  for  his  misdeeds   against  that  tribe    werc    great    evcr   sincc    he 

withdrew  his  obedience  from  them  owing  to  thc  wrath  and  hatred  of  the 

English,    and  he  was    not   obcdicnt    to    them    as   hc  should   bc ;   and    it 

was  no  wonder  that  he  should  be  subjcct  to  O'Donncll,  for  his   anci 

Brian,3  son  of  Eochaidh,  was  so  to  Niall,  who  was  younger,  and  thcv  were 

3  Dtian. — See  O'Donovan's  Genealogical  Table  in  Tribts  0/ Hy  Fiochrach,  p.  . 


128 

CacItoac  no  Iialca  ah  cí  CoiiaU,  ^utbAn,  7  hi  C0151C)  OtnéccmAchc  boi 
A-ooiimur  cen  co  ]tur  teiccC]XAi]\  1n  roitt  ó  nor  JAb  ati  mbtoit»  ci^é  pt  pnr 
An  Saiíiai]i  acúaió  co  toc  £eAbAit  ÍA]i  nAincC]t,  (x,  ÍA]1  iia  gA^Ait  a  to]'  a  tAtfiA 
•óófotfi  no  nAnn  í.ro]\  a  b]iAicnib  (x  t>o  ]iacc  ah   cpochAic  ceo  pt  ó  AOAinn 

1ÚÓ1]1  ]-A1]\  CUA1Ó  CO     CAtt     CA0111     A£    toc     1l6l]\ne  t)0   CllA1]1]0]ie  TTIAC  lléltt    t)1A 

•óC]\bh]\Ac1iAi]\,  &  ó  ]\o  c]ieAbrAcc  ptiochc  brviAin  nnc  eAclroAÓ  aii  rCnonn 
ÍA]i  tnoiobA-ó  ceméoit  Coinprie  acc  niA-ó  becc.  íto  tÁrAC  cenét  chonAitt  ro 
chíor  (x  ptuAigeA-ó  t>óib  but>  t>eipn  An  AbA  pCnomn  Amb]ioc1iA]i.  11in  uó 
niAchcnAt)  enii  -óeip-óe  cia  110  c1iAi]nreAt>  ó  ConcobAin  Sticcice  AiiiumcC]iAr 
7  I11  cetrme  uí  >OhoitmAitt  7  cia  btró  ]ua]\ac  t>ó  cCn  pwchbC]\c  pur,  acc 
chCnA]\o  otechc  aii  ccCccha  t>o  ChomiAchcAib  co  teicc  cénmochÁ  pn  ÚA1]\ 
no  ronuAirtuií;rCc  pot  lléitt  mic  eAclrÓAch  ro]t  joróeAtAib  ó  cCm,  7  Afoóib 
bA  'OUCA15  ]u§e  nA  hmp.  *OAtA  ah  uí  ConcobAin  imnonoAitjr-Cm,  ó  ]i<Mniccp-óe 
co  cói^e-ó  HleA-óbA  ]\o  rAitcmíjrCc  a  óCr  coccató  (x  CAuroCrA  ]\íaiíi,  (x  no 
bonpxc  a  ÁCr  5]\At)A  (x,  cAipip  oÚAitt  7  oo  ommAp  tnnnine  (x,  oimcotcA  t>iA 
cui-óeAcc,  7  ]\o  JAbrAC  A5  bÁig  7  occ  bAjjAfi,  occ  cÁmpurh  6:  05  coriiAicCm 
ro]i  cenét  cconAitt.  IVIumcin  Ai]\c  ArtoiTOAt>rAit>e  (x,  ApAO  bA  cAi]\ip§ 
t>po]i  a  lonAroporii  t>o  5]iép. 

Oc  chuAtAt)  ó  *OoiimAitt  a  ccuróeAccforii  pup  7  AmbAijb]UAC]iA7  ah  t>ut 
1n  ccoriibÁig  ^Att  iia  ajjató,  ní  ]to  Ai]\ip  pu  cCgtAiiiAÓ  a  rtuAij  t>o  tei]i  50 

CCoCc  CA]irA11    StlgeÓ  pÍA]\  C011A  AlÍlfAlb  J    C011A    óC]'    CUA]\A]XAlt    tA1f    JO    ]1Ur 

ouvc  au  coCr  CAipp  7  lonriiAUie  unno]iAit)rCm  ]io  bui  tA  Iiúa  cconcobAi]t  111 
íol.  35.(7.  ^ac  t>ú  nnbAcon  imCnt>ACCAib  mocA^ioAmgne  7  111  t>]\oibetAib  t>iAriinA  conA 
i-An^Aib  nnot  nmmte  teo,  (x,  m  ]to]~  qioic  t>on  ch]uch  acc  iCcroiii  ua  mÁ  cia 
nor  cor^eitt  t)óib  50  pn  A]i  Airomnuiie  7  A]1  AnoeA]ioite  tAip  cen  50  nor 
bitorc  Amb]\iAC]\A  bonnpvoliAcliA  AnAinch]nt>e  7  Aiiinm]\e  rCipn  ha  coCiíhiacc- 
ca]t  tio  t>icteic  a  no]iccAm  yo]i]iA.  gAbAit)  úa  "Oommott  tongpopc  íC]iccAm 
hi  mbneirne  connAchc  pu  ptiAb  t>A  en  ahoi]i.  1lo  oi]up  Ainnpt>e  conup 
C0]1]1ACC  Artoij  t>1A  fAIJIt)  Af  jac  t>ú  unbACAn. 

xMongfinn. — Shewas  sisterof  Criomthan,  eastern  slope  of  Benbrack,  Co.  Cavan.  and 

ardrigh  A  D.  360.     She  gave  him  poison  in  flows  into  Garadice  Lough,  Co.  Leitrim. 

order  to  obtain  the  crown  for  her  son  Brian ;  3  Callcaoin. — This  name  is  not  given  in 

but  she,  too,  died  of  the   same    draught,  the  Ordnance  Survey  list  of  townlands. 

having  tasted  it  in  order  to  recommend  it  to  4  O' ' Harts — This  tribe  was  seated  in  the 

the  King.     Keating's  //.  oj  Jreland,  p.  307.  baronv    of    Carburv,    Co.    Sligo,    between 

2  Blachwaier.  —  This  river  rises  on  the  Grange  and  Bunduff. 


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both  children  oí  Mongfinn;1  and  it  was  by  Fiachrach,  son  of  Eochaidh, 
that  Conall  Gulban  was  fostcrcd,  and  his  residencc  was  in  thc  province  of 
Olneccmacht,  whcre  he  did  not  remain  inactive  as  he  scized  the  portion  of 
^territory  north  of  the  Saimer  to  Lough  Foyle  on  thc  east ;  and  after  taking 
.  it  by  force  he  divided  it  among  his  brothers,  and  gave  thc  cantred  which 
was  from  the  Black\vatcr,2  on  thc  north-wcst,  to  Callcaoin,3  on  Lough  Ernc, 
to  Cairbre,  son  of  Niall,  his  brothcr,  and  as  the  family  of  Brian,  son  of 
Eochaidh,  inhabitcd  thc  territory  after  expelling  the  descendants  of  Cairbre 
all  but'  a  few,  the  Cinel  Conaill  put  them  under  tribute  and  hosting  to 
themselves  because  the  territory  bclonged  to  their  rclative.  It  was  no 
wonder,  thercfore,  that  O'Conor  Sligo  should  render  obcdience  and  sub- 
mission  to  O'Donnell  and  be  subject  to  him  without  opposition,  for  the 
same  was  due  by  all  the  people  of  Connaught  besidcs,  since  the  race  of 
Niall,  son  of  Eochaidh,  had  become  supreme  ovcr  the  Gaels  long  before, 
and  to  them  belonged  the  sovereignty  of  the  island.  As  for  O'Conor  cf 
whom  we  have  spoken,  when  he  came  to  the  province  of  Mcadhbh  his 
supporters  and  friends  welcomed  him,  and  his  trusted  people  and  followers 
were  filled  with  pride  and  arrogancc,  and  with  anger  and  sclf-will,  in  con- 
sequence  of  his  coming,  and  they  proceeded  to  boast  and  bluster  too,  to 
insult  and  threaten  the  Cinel  Conaill.  They  were  callcd  the  O'Harts,4 
and  they  were  obedient  to  the  man  in  his  place  always. 

When  O'Donnell  heard  of  his  coming  and  of  his  boasting  languagc 
and  of  his  having  entered  into  an  alliance  with  the  English  against  him, 
he  did  not  wait  for  the  assembling  of  all  his  forces,  but  he  went  across 
the  Sligcach,  westwards,  with  his  soldiers  and  mercenaries,  and  plundercd 
O'Conor's  subjccts  and  friends  of  whom  we  have  spokcn  in  every 
place  where  their  dwellings  were  clustered  together,  strong  and  difficult  of 
approach,  so  that  hc  did  not  lcave  a  single  beast  with  them,  and  he 
disturbed  no  one  in  the  country  but  them.  though  he  had  sparcd  them  up 
to  that  on  account  of  their  wcakness  and  wretchedness  until  thcir  insolent 
languagc,  enmity,  and  hostility,  which  they  could  not  conceal,  brought  this 
plundering  on  them.  O'Donnell  pitchcd  hiscamp  aftcr  a  while  in  Brcfnyof 
Connaught,  to  thc  cast  of  Slieve  da  en.  Ile  remaincd  thcrc  until  his  forccs 
camc  to  him  from  evcry  place  whcre  they  werc. 


130 

1 597?  An  ^.  btiA-óAin. 
1au  ua  ccCstAriiA-ó  1'AriitAró  au  •oeineA'ó  lAUUAni.  1 597-  ,°0  coirtec  qie- 
1%mi  coicceAt)  rAirvóCr  1n  cpucliA  cét)  úa  nOitéAtiA,  Aipt>e  t)on  couAim  cpe 
ctÁ]i  niAc1iAine  ChonnAÓc  1n  ctomn  clioniíiAi^  1n  c|uc1i  lllAine  nuc  CacIi'oac. 
O  -oo  niAchc  m  ei*oi]\iiie-óon  ó  11lAine  }\o  téig  vfnnA'ó  7  rneAcnu^AX)  t>iA 
rgCuiieAtcoib  r^niobtÚACA  ro  cIiúaicIi  An  cliAbAró  (x  ro  úacIicau  aii  cí]ie,  ffb 
■oon  aii^acau  coiia  11  Ai|\cccib  c]\eAc1i  (x  cCcIiua  con  Amb]\oicc  7  coua  mbóijAbAit 
iiroiuró  tÁoi  co  bAite  Ac1ia  aii  U105  Ai|\m  imbói  ó  *Ooiiinoitt.  Uo  •ÓAtorcAiu 
11a  *OomnAitt  111ac  "UittiAin  uunc  (UeAboicc)  cIiu^a  ^ur  An  "oú  pn. 
UAiniccri"óe  yo  jjÁirHn  úi  *OlioiimAitt.  Ar  Ann  c]\a  bAoi  aii  bAite  Inpn  fú 
mbfg  o  At  ctiAcli  1TlC'ó]\ui'oe  fAiri.  Oa  "OAmjfn  'oíocojtAi'óe  eiptie,  7  mn  uó 
roipb  Amniui'  p\i]\.  A]i  a  aoi  ]\o  lonnroi^rCc  An  rtoj  An  •oúnA'ó,  6c  rocCn'OAc 
cfinnce  7  cfnnAtA  r]UA  t>oir\pb  ro]\  jac  tfc,  co  ]\o  1iA-ÓAimAic  comtA'ÓA 
ctA^iUAigci  aii  cAoiiroúnAró  -oiA  neccAi]i.  *Oobf]iAcc1iucAÍA]\om  ■0]ieimi]\eA'ÓA 
t)imó]iA  7  Ai]\At)A  unteAb]iu  (x  uo  tArÁc  r]u  mu]\Aib  7  bAttAt)Aib  au  bAite  co 
■|\o  rjieArJAbi'Ac  ro]\  cAibtib  ciu^aivoa  An  cnen'oúnAi'ó  ron  ^ac  cAob.  1lo 
teAbtAinr'Cc  A]i  Aitt  t)íob  -oonA  CAibtib  ^ombÁcAU  ronriiA  piAiab  111A  ^Croiii 
ía]\  11511111  (x  Ai]\teAc1i  t)]\um5e  *oia  n*oC5lAec1iAib.  *Oo  téccfc  ua  *ooi]\p 
óbetA  t)on  cptojj  a^a  liAicte  coiiAi]\ccrfc  ron  tÁ]\  ah  bAite.  ^AbAicc  V°V 
cogliAit  11A  ccigtt)  cAipccf-oliA  7  HA  ccCglróur  ccun'roAclicA  7  iia  ccubAcliAt 
rpoi]uCcA  ]io  bui  irm  t)únAt>  co  cca^icc^ac  eirab  Amboi  nincib  "oionnriiApMb 
fol.35.0.  (x  -oéccÁtAib  co  ]\o  c]\oicrCc  An  eliACAir.  co  teicc.  Uo  bAt>  corccAn  A-óbAt  tÁ 
TnumcC]\  iia  bAinllioJAn  aii  1lioj;c1iAip:iAtt  pn  t>o  bum^  t)on  pAntAÓ  ]\o 
tm;crCc  aii  bAite  1npn  t)iAniAt)  iAt)  bu-óCipn  no  beic  occa  copiArh  puú.  Acu 
chCnA  i\o  bvVO  t)oiti5  -oíocliun'iAnig  t)]\eim  rfur  aii  cí  bui  fiipiróe  hac  rniA 
mumcCn  cen  bAoi  ah  comróe  7  A11  cohacIi  A5  con^nAn'i  tAip  t)Á  t)í]inn 
t)oiriiC]XA  uiA  ccu^At)  -oa  5A6  C]uroAit  Ct)ÁtA  Apn  mbAitepn  tnonnriiur  7  t)iot- 
riiAomb,  -ouiíia  7  tÚAiionn,  t)Cn]\At)  7  *oét>AC,  7  t)A  jacIi  ní  uAn-gACAU  a  teAf  An 

xJanuary. — '  J.  2oth.  letters  from  the  Earl  3  Athenty. — A  town  thirteen   miles  east 

of  Clanricarde,  that  O'Donnell   was    come  of  Galway.     This  place  was  granted  to  the 

into  the  country  of  Clanricarde  with  3,000  Berminghams  soon  after  the  English  inva- 

foot  and  200  horse,  burning  and  spoiling.'  sion.      In    1241    Meiler,  second  Baron  of 

C.C.  MSS.f  iii.  254.  Athenry.    founded    a    Dominican   convent 

2  Ca  low. —  A  district  comprised  princi-  there.     The  ruins  of  the  extensive  castle 

pally   in    the    barony   of    Rilconnell,   Co.  are  quite  close  to  the  town.    See  Archdall's 

Galway.  Pecrage,  iii.  30. 


i3i 
]  597)  thc  Gth  vcar. 
After  assembling  in  that  \vay  at  thc  end  of  Januar)-,1  1597,  they  marched 
through  thc  province  south-westwards  to  the  cantred  of  Tircrrill,  from 
thencc  to  Corran,  through  the  level  part  of  thc  pluin  of  Connaught,  to 
Clann  Conway,  to  thc  territory  of  Maine,  son  of  Eochaidh.  W'hcn  hc  came 
to  the  middle  of  IIy  Many  hc  let  his  activc  maraudcrs  spread  and  cxtend 
themselves  ovcr  thc  district  of  Callow2  and  to  thc  uppcr  part  of  thc 
country,  and  they  returned  with  the  proceeds  of  thcir  plundcr  and  cattle, 
with  their  captivcs  and  captured  cattle,  at  the  end  of  the  day,  to  Athenrv,8 
where  O'Donnell  was.  O'Donnell  invited  Mac  William  Burke  (Theobald), 
to  him  there.  He  came  at  the  summons  of  O'Donnell.  That  town  was  a 
short  distance  east  of  Athcliath4  of  Maree.5  It  was  a  well  secured  fortrcss, 
and  an  attack  on  it  was  not  easy.  However,  thc  army  attackcd  thc  strong- 
hold  and  they  put  fires  and  firebrands  to  the  gates  on  each  side,  so  that  the 
gates  of  jointed  wood  of  the  beautiful  fortress  were  set  on  fire  on  the  outside. 
They  took  with  them  there  very  large  and  long  ladders,  and  they  put  thcm 
to  the  walls  and  ramparts  of  the  place,  so  that  they  mounted  to  the  strong, 
lofty  battlements  of  the  solid  fortress  on  every  side.  Some  of  them  jumped 
from  the  parapets,  so  that  they  were  in  the  streets  standing  after  wounding 
and  slcirmishing  with  many  of  the  brave  soldiers.  They  threw  open  the 
gates  for  the  soldiers  aftcrwards,  so  that  thcy  camc  to  thc  middle  ofthe 
town.  They  set  to  pull  down  the  storerooms  and  thc  wcll  secured  apart- 
ments,  and  the  private  chambcrs  which  were  in  the  fortress,  until  thcv  took 
all  the  treasures  and  wealth  that  was  in  thcm  and  they  plundered  thc 
rcsidencc  immediately.  Great  would  have  been  thc  slaughter  by  the  Queen's 
pcople  in  defending  that  royal  stronghold  against  the  partv  who  entered 
the  town  if  thesc  by  themselvcs  had  contended  for  it  with  thcm.  Howcver, 
it  was  a  painful  and  difricult  task  for  him  who  was  thcre  or  for  his  peoplc,  if 
the  Almighty  and  good  fortune  were  not  aiding  him.  Therc  was  taken 
away  from  that  town  an  immense  quantity  of  cvcry  sort  of  trcasurc,  of 
wealth,  of  brass  and  iron,  of  clothing  and  drcss,  and  of  evervthing  necdcd 

*  AthcUath.  —  Clarinbridge,  eight  miles      bay  of  Galwav,  (Ivc  miles  S.  of  the  town. 
S  W.  ofGalwav.  Mention   is  made  of  it  in  the  Life  of  St. 

6  Maree.—h  peninsula  extending  into  the      Enda.     See  Colgan's  Acta  SS.,  p.  709. 

R 


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tuchc  bACA]\  occa  iouacocc  7  05A  Aicc]\eAbA*ó  *oo  cC^a^  7  *oo  cC^toniAt) 
chucA  &y  5AC  ai]vo  ó  chdn  riiÁi]\  50  rm.  Ai]urC*ó  úa  'OorimAitt  con  a  rtoj 
irm  mbAite  ah  axdIiaij  rm.  pÁ^bAicc  aii  bAile  a]\  a  bAUAÓ  íaj\  iia  onccAin. 
*Oo  teccCc  a  rccCimeAtcA  *oo  c]\eAco]\5Ain  ctomne  11iocai]\cc  *oa  5AÓ  teic  *oon 
AbAinn.  Ilo  c]\eAch.A-ó  7  i\o  cuAuÚAigeA'ó  tA  t)]\um5  *oonA  r^eimeALcAib  rm 
o  lCc1i]iaic  50  mAij  Senc1iomtAt)1i.  1lo  toirrcceAt»  7  i\o  tei]\]~5]uoreA*ó 
íav  A11  tuchc  iiAite  *óiob  ó  bAite  Aca  au  II105  (x  ó  RAic1i50i]\]\5in  pA]\  50 
llmnmít  50  1T)C"ohi\ATÓe  7  50  *oo]\ur  ha  5A1ttmhe.  ^°  toir^eAt»  teó  *oaii 
UC5I1  biu^lroe  rit  yo\\  londiAib  ua  cac]\ac1i  cCcua  .1.  5Al1^1111  AintmgticC^ 
on  AbAinn  rojir  i\o  bAi-óeA-ó  5A1^bim  mjCn  fo]\C]'Ait. 

T)o  -cnÍAC  rortoii5]bo]\c  (x  pAnbocliA,  rutAchc  7  reotchombAch,  ruAn  €fc 
rAiiicho'OAt  au  AtJAijr m  eicii\  Hauaii  món  7  gAittnh  occ  ctoicliAn  Lmpg.  *Oo 
cIiaCc  ó  "OomuAitt  conA  rtoj  Aji  a  bAUAc  50  niAmAi]-oi]\  aii  cntnc  111  *oo]\ur  ha 
5Aittiiie  An  'ÓÁ15  lomA^AttniA  rju  tuchc  iia  cac]\ac  *our  au  rrui^bC-oh 
cAomctu-ó  *oía  nC]\]\<voAib  longnAice  7  -oía  rét)Aib  romCriitA  ÚAi*óib  ron  A]\  Aitt 
•oonA  cneAchAib  bACA]\  occa,  au  nin  bó  ro-ÓAmg  t)ÍA  riiumcCn  hia  mbAoi  *oo 

C]\0*Ó    7    t)0    cCc1l]\A    OCA    t)0    C10111A]\5At>    11AC    t)0    CIOIÚAin     teÓ    t)ÍA  nACA]VÓA,    7 

t)An  110  but>  mCnniA]\c  LAinorii  5A11  cioncút)  *oia  cí]\  (WmbAt)  Aróbte  ét)ÁtA 
Aftoi-5)  50  nochcAin  t>ó  50  ^oncmri  5uAi]\e  1  cenét  Aet>1iA  nAheccJA.  O  ha 
ruAiuriorii  aii  ]\obA  tAinn  tAir  ó  tuchc  ha  cac]\ac1i,  bA  rAi]\  *oeri*ó  occa 
fol.36.rt.  mttCt)  mA  r]uchCm5  50  ]\Ainicc  c]ua  cCincmC*óón  00151*0  Coiiuacc  5A11 
AnbuAin  5A11  uinC^tA  -5A11  ^AiccC-p  5AH  fui]ieAch|\Ar  50  rochcAm  *oó  canrAn 
SUtec  ca]\  *Otub  CA]1  T)i\obAOir  7  ca]\  au  Saiíiaoi]\  bu*ó  cuai*ó.  Uui]\cCcca  uí 
ConcobAi]\  SUCC15   ac  riA*ÓA]\  runn  rCcAt  HAite,  CAUCctomcA rtÚA^  mo]\  tAir 

1  Clanricarde. — It  included  the  baronies  "  6  Rathgorgin. — A  townland  in  the  parish 
of  Loughrea,  Kiltartan.  Clare,  Dun-  of  RTlconerin,  barony  of  Athenry.  On  the 
hellin,  Athenrv,  and  Leitrim,  i.e.,  the  rath  there  are  the  ruins  of  a  castle,  sur- 
south-eastern  p'orlion  of  Co.  Galway.     See  rounded  by  a  fosse. 

0'Flaherty's  Iar  Connaught,  p.  323.  6  Rinvylle. — A  townland  on  the  eastern 

2  The  river.  —  i.e.,  the  Suck.  It  rises  end  of  Galway  bay.  There  are  here  the 
near   Ballvhaunis,    and  passes   by  Castle-      remains  of  an  old  castle. 

reagh  and  Ballymoe.     From  this  to  Shan-  7  Teach  Brighde. — i.e.,  Bridget's  house,  a 

non  Bridge,  where  it  joins  the  Shannon,  it  hospital  on  the  east  side  of  the  town,  built 

is    in   great  part   the    boundary   between  by  the  citizens  in  1542.      See  Lynch's  Pii 

Galway  and  Roscommon.  Antistitis  Icon,  p.  57  ;  Dublin,  1847. 

3Lara-—A  townland  six  miles  N.E.  of  8  Gaillimh.  —  See    Hardiman's  Hist.   of 

Athenry,  containing  the  ruins  of  a  castle.  Galway,  p.  2  ;  Dublin,  1820. 

*Magh  seancomladh. —  i.e.,  the  plain  of  ^Oranmore. — A  village  on  the  eastern 

the  old  gate.     The  name  is  now  obsolete.  end  of  Gahvay  bay.     On  the  shore  therc  is 


i  M 


by  thosc  who  dwclt  in  and  inhabited  it,  which  thcy  had  plundcrcd  and  1597. 
collccted  from  evcry  place  long  before  that.  O'Donnell  with  his  forccs 
remained  in  the  town  that  night.  They  left  the  place  thc  ncxt  day, 
aftcr  plundering  it.  They  sent  out  their  marauders  to  plunder  Clan- 
ricardc  x  on  both  sidcs  of  the  river.2  It  was  plundercd  and  scoured  by  some 
of  thc  marauding  party  from  Lara3  to  Magh  scancomladh.4  Thc  district 
from  Athcnry  and  Rathgorgin,5  wcstwards,  to  Rinvyllc,G  Marcc,  and  to  thc 
gate  of  Galway  was  burned  and  wasted  by  the  remainder  of  them.  Teach 
Brigdhe 7  was  also  burned  ;  it  is  close  to  the  same  city,  i.e.,  Galway,  which  is 
so  called  from  the  river  in  which  Gaillimh,8daughter  ofI3reasal,was  drowned. 
They  encampcd  and  made  tents,  killed  cattle,  and  preparcd  food  ;  thcy 
rested  and  slept  that  night  betwcen  Oranmore9  and  Galway  at  Lynch's 
Causeway.10  The  next  day  O'Donnell  wcnt  with  his  army  to  the  monastery 
of  thc  hill,11  at  the  gate  of  Galway,  for  the  purpose  of  a  conferencc  with 
the  townspeople  to  see  if  he  could  obtain  an  cxchange  of  strange  clothing 
and  bcautiful  property  from  them  for  somc  of  thc  plunder  which  hc  had, 
for  it  was  not  easy  for  his  people  to  collect  and  drivc  with  them  to  their 
own  lands  all  the  flocks  and  herds  which  they  had  ;  and  besides,  he  did  not 
mean  to  return  to  his  own  country  (were  it  not  for  the  great  treasure  his 
army  had)  until  he  came  to  Gort12  of  Inis  Guaire,13  in  Cinel  Aedha14  na 
Hechtgha.15  As  he  did  not  obtain  what  he  wished  from  the  people  of  the 
town,  he  detcrmined  to  turn  back,  and  he  came  through  thc  very  middle  of 
the  province  of  Connaught  without  anxiety,  fear,  apprchension,  opposition  ; 
and  he  came  across  the  Sligeach,  the  Dubh,  thc  Drowcs,  and  the  Saimer, 
northwards.     As  for  O'Conor  Sligo,  who  has  becn  mentioned  elsewherc, 

a  castle,  said  to  have  been  erected  by  one  O'Hevnes,  OClerys,  &c     Hc  was  King  of 

of  the  Earls  of  Clanricarde.  Connaught  from   A.D.   652    to   665.      The 

10Lync/i's  Causeway.— The  name   is  ob-  Irish  poets  speak  of  him  as  the  persomfi- 

solete.  cation  of  hospitality.     See    Tribes  of  Hy 

11 M.  of  the  hill,— Not   Knockmoy,    as  Fiachrach,p.  60;  and  Transactions  of  (he 

O'Donovan  thought,  which  is  fifteen  miles  Ossianic  Socie(y,  v.  34  ;  Dublin,  1S60. 

off,  but  the  Augustinian  monastery,  which  14  Ccncl  Aedha.— Aedh,  son  of  Cobtagh, 

was  on  the  south  side  of  the  town.     See  from  whom  this  tnbe  has  its  name.  was 

Hardiman's^.  o/Galway,  p.  272.  eighth   in  descent  from  Eochaid   Moigh- 

12  Gort.—Gort  insi   Guaire,  i-c,  the  field  mheadhoin. 

of  the  island  of  Guaire,  a  town   mid\vay  *Na  Hechtgha.-~How    Sheve    Aughtv, 

between  Ennis  and  Athenry.  the  mountainous  distnct  between  Loughrea 

13  Guaire.— •The  common  anccstor  of  the      and  Mount  Shannon,  Co.  Galwav. 


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t>o  JAttAib  (x  t>o  ^Aoi-óeAtAib  t>o  cheAchc  gur  An  Sticcic  1  mí  reb]\UA]u  ja]\ 
biocc  ía|\  niomutcc.  *Oo  uaIa  úa  *OoriinAitt  ah  caii  pn  1  ccAt]\Aróe  1 
ropton^po]\c  p\i  SLiccig  ahai]\  1n  roic1ntt  rop]\A  Gb  ah  AinCr  "oÁtA  "óoib.  *Oo 
bC]\c  ruAbAi]\c  Aihnur  ro]\]\o  ]\epú  ]\Aii5ACA]\  ^ur  ah   Stip^.     1lo  chCichrCc 

]\ÍA1Í1     (x     "00     ]\CctAipCc     A1]\e     ACC     niAt)     UACAt)     CA]\]\ApC01]\     *Óíob     0CC     C]\A1§ 

iiCoc1u\ite.  5011CAH  bAice]\  "opon^  n'ió]\  "óíob.  1lo  mA]\bAt>  Aiin  *oah  hiac 
"oo  t1ittiAm  Ou]\c  .1.  1xiocA]\r>  niAC  HittiAni  mic  UipoCijvo  nuc  OiteuejiAir  (x  a]\ 
Aitt  iiac  Ai]\iincC]\  runn]\At>.  SoAir  ó  ConcobAi]\  ro]\  cútAib  7  m  bA  rtAn 
1,Aip  a  niCnniA  im  curóeóc  ah  cu]\Aip  pn.  Uaiu\icc  ó  *OoriniAitt  t>ía  áj  (x 
•oo  teicce  Cip\eróeAt>  7  pccAoiteA'ó  túa  ptóg  con  cetccar  Arcír  acc  ha  111Á 
ropiA^At)  ^Cr  Arii]\\ine  Gt  cuA]\upcAit  1n  coicceA-ó  1l1eAt>bA  1  roiclntt  coccait> 
Ú1  concobAi]\  7  iia  n^Att  7  11ÍAtt  jA]\b  ó  *Ooriinoitt  t>ía  T>C]\bpne  bÚT)T>eipn 
1  ccAoip^eAÓc  teó.  5A^A1cri,óe  V°V  m\~\\\&x)  7  ArórintteAt)  ha  n^AoróeAtchuAC 
]\enn'oéocACA]\  1n  combAijnA  n^Att  7  uí  ChoncobAi]\,  concA]\ccrAC  ron  ccutA-ó 
•00  ]\róip  "o^on^  nio]\  "óiob.  UAnAicc  aihi  cCcur  niAC  *OÍA]\niA"OA  (.1.  ConcobA]\) 
cuipuch  UII1A151  tui]\5  pt  pu  coi]\]\ftÍAb  11A  SCj]-A  AHAi]\"oCr  co  ]\ur  nCnAircc 
a  iinnncC]\A]'  7  a  c1ui]\u  pn  1iúa  n*Ooriinoitt  aii  t>a]\a  reAclic  (x  co  cca]\acc 
a  oij]\ÍA]\  itóó  reb  ]\o  bA  bér  t>po]\  a  ionAit>  t>o  j]\e]\     *Oo  ]\onp\c  coipj;  ua 

CCÚAC  pt    p\1     ftÍAb     ACÚATÓ    £0    111U1]\    AU     CcCdlA    (x    t)0     ]1ACC]V\C    AHgéltt  J 

AiiAicci]\e  *oúa  T)horiinoitt  pu  con'iAtt  ^ac  nCic  ]\o  cmj;eAtp\c. 

b^  in  eAcniAing  iia  ]\eepn  .1.  1  nnr  Appt  t)on  ahhcc  tong  011  SpAin  50 
nÚAcliAt)  roi]\ne  T>Aic]\eop  ha  n^AoróeAt.  Uo  gAb  popc  1n  cc]\ich  ConAitt 
nuc  Héitt  1n  CÚA11  iia  cceAttmbCg  p\m]\eAt>  1n  cí]\  boJAine  ía]\  hía]\c1ia]\ 
AttAUAi]\  t)on  jtionn  111  ]\o  bCnnAc  aii  Cotumb  ai]\t>C]\c.  Uahj;aca]\  Aippiúe 
fol.  36.  b.  A1P™  AmbAoi  ó  "OoiiniAitt  50  *Oún  11A  nj;Att.  1lopco]\  poitcij  cac  t)íob  rtu 
A]\  oite  7  ]\o  pA-oujpcpoih  co  1iAi]\n'nccneAC  tA  1iúa  n*OoriinAitt,  (x,  t>o  jaac 
ApccAt)A  con  7  eAch  t)óib.  7  iompoirCc  App  ro]\  cútAt>  (x,  t>o  bC]\Ac  rccétA  ha 
c]\iche  teó.  Uui]\ceccA  nnc  t1ittiAm  bu]\c  ac  pAt)A]\runn  ]\o  coirnCcAji  a]'  a 
cí]\  tA  1noni]:o]\]\An  a  cenunt  but>t>eipin  &,  tA  ^C^iAicecc  ^Att,  úai]\  ]\o  HAit>m 

ÚA  ConcobA1]1  StlCCI^  COt)At)  7  CA]1At)]\At>  eiC1]\  A    ctlA1ÍlAm    111AC    1111C  t1lttlA111 

bu]\c1i  UeAboicc  ua  tonj  ihac  tlip'oei]\,o  ah  ÍA]\oinn  nnc  'Oaui'o  nnc  eAiiiAmn 
nnc  tlitticc  &  A11  5oibC]\nói]\  Si]\  Coneup  Cbropcco  ]\o  1iAccui]\eAt>  7  ^uji  ]\o 

1  Calrj/.—A  parish  in  the  barony  of  Car-  2  Glen.—z.e.,  Glencolumkille.     See  p.  35, 

bury,  between  Glencar  and  Lough  Gill.  antea. 


135 

a  large  forcc  was  gathered  by  him  of  English  and  Irish  to  go  to  Sligo  in 
thc  month  of  February,  vcry  soon  aftcr  thc  beginning  of  spring.  O'Donncll 
happencd  thcn  to  be  cncampcd  at  Calr)-,1  to  thc  cast  of  Sligo,  rcady  and 
waiting  for  them.  He  made  a  vigorous  attack  on  them  bcforc  thcy  rcachcd 
Sligo.  Thcy  flcd  bcforc  him  and  ran  off,  all  but  a  small  number  who  rc- 
mained  bchind  at  Trawohelly.  A  largc  number  of  thcm  were  wounded  and 
drowned.  A  son  of  Mac  William  Burkc,  too,  i.c,  Richard,  son  of  William, 
son  of  Richard,  son  of  Olivcr,  was  killed,  and  others  who  are  not  specially 
mentioncd.  O'Conor  rcturned,  and  his  mind  was  not  at  ease  bccausc  hc 
had  gone  on  that  expcdition.  O'Donncll  camc  homc,  and  hc  let  his  forccs 
scparate  and  scatter  that  they  might  get  rid  of  the  fatigue,  but  he  left  his 
hirelings  and  his  mercenaries  in  thc  province  of  Meadhbh,  in  rcadiness  for 
war  against  O'Conor  and  the  English,  and  Niall  Garbh  O'Donncll,  onc  of 
his  relatives,  in  command  of  them.  They  sct  to  prey  and  devastate  the 
territories  of  the  Irish  who  beforc  that  had  joincd  in  alliance  with  the 
English  and  O'Conor,  until  they  brought  back  a  great  numbcr  of  thcm  to 
him.  First  came  MacDermot  (i.c,  Conor),  the  chicf  of  Moylurg,  which  is 
near  the  Corrsliabh  of  the  Seaghais,  to  thcsouth-east,  so  that  he  cstablíshed 
intimacy  and  peace  with  Hugh  O'Donnell  a  sccond  time  and  made 
submission  to  him,  as  was  the  custom  of  the  man  who  held  his  placc  alwavs. 
The  chiefs  of  the  district  north  of  the  mountain  to  the  sea  did  thc  samc, 
and  gave  hostages  and  pledges  to  O'Donnell  to  obscrvc  all  thcv  promiscd. 
It  happened  at  this  time,  i.c,  in  the  month  of  April,  that  a  ship  camc 
from  Spain  with  a  small  party  to  confer  with  the  Irish.  It  came  to  the 
territory  of  Conall,  son  of  Xiall,  to  the  harbour  of  Killybcgs,  in  the  western 
part  of  Tir  Boghaine,  to  the  east  of  the  glen  2  which  the  famous  Columba 
blessed.  Thcy  camc  from  that  to  Donegal,  wherc  O'Donncll  was.  They 
were  glad  to  meet  each  othcr,  and  thcy  wcrc  cntertained  honourably  by 
O'Donnell,  and  hc  gavc  them  prcscnts  of  hounds  and  horses,  and  they 
returned  and  took  with  them  an  account  of  thc  country.  As  to  Mac 
William  Burkc  of  whom  we  havc  spokcn,  hc  was  banishcd  from  his  terri- 
tory  by  the  violence  of  his  own  people  and  by  the  hatrcd  of  thc  English 
for  O'Conor  Sligo  established  an  alliance  and  fricndship  bctwccn  his 
brothcr-in-law,  the  son  of  Mac  William  Burlce,  i.c,  Thcobald  na  long,  son 
of  Richard  an  iarainn,  son  of  David,  son  of  Edmund,  son  of  Uliclc,  and  the 


1597- 


íj6 

1iionnA]\bAtJ  LAp  ha  niAicib  rm  coiia  caonot  111ac  1111114111  UeAbotcc  uiac 
tlAcetn  éiocAij  ArA  aca]vo1ia  $un  bo  lieiccCn  t>ó  ArcnÁn'i  50  cenéb  ConAibb 
nnc  Héítb.  1Á]1  cceAchc  t>órom  Aium  nnbAoi  o  *OoiiinAibb  -OACAome  a  imnit> 
y\\\y  ]\o  Atuir  111  a  focliAtn  50  nifómC'óón  rArii]iAi-ó.  *Oo  jm  ó  "OonmAibb 
rbtiAigC-ó  aii  *oeiueA-ó  1un  50  coicceAt)  n-AiteAttA  con  cubró  ca]\  ITIúató  úa 
nAiiiAtgAi-ó.  11i  caoiíiiiaccaco]\  A11  chnioc  r]ucbC]\c  rntr  50  ccA]\ccrAc  ah 
^étbt  "óó.     'Oo  bCncron'i  uo  111  ac  t1ibtiAtn. 

1lo  rAi  úa  *OoiiiiiAitt  111A  y]\icCm5  ía]\  rrA^b^tt  iia  c]udie  ro  aiccichi  (x 
miitA  *oo  111ac  tlittiAin  fe  ror]\Aj;Aib  Tvut>]\Ai5e  ó  *OoiiinAtbb  (a  *oC]\buAc1iAi]i 
but)t>em  7  11105  -OAn'inA  cenéoib  cconAibt)  11  a  focliAin  t)ÍA  nC]\cAt)  111  AJAit»  a 
haiíiacc  50  ftog  mó]\  t)ÍA  iintCt)1iAib  qiAighceAc  6:  t)ÍA  Atiiroib  cuA]\ArcAib 
uua]\óCii  nir.  b^  ronmceAch  c]\a  UeAbono  11A  bonj  r]u  niAc  tbttiAni  nn  011 
rpbAicCr  7  -oah  beór  ni]\  bo  rAinreA|icAch  mi  ó  n*Ooiiinoitt  *oia  oí]\t)tiCt)  ro]\ 
AbebAib.  tli]\  bo  tuJA  immon]\o  nnorcAir  uí  ChoncobAi]\  Sbiccij;  im  cenéb 
cconottt  7  1111  1TIac  tlitbiAni,  con  Ai]\e  rm  ]\o  JAb  AitjCf  7  AccobAi]\  iac 
•otbtimb  ini  Aice  AnrAbAt)  7  Atiecc]\ACAir  ro]\  111ac  t1ittiAin  &  yoy  cenét 
ccotiAitt  rAtn]\eAt).  IDa  rCtVh  t>o  uonr ac  m  ^au  úai]\  í A]i  mmcecc  uí  *OhoiiinAitt 
rtóg  mo]\  t>o  ^AtbAib  7  vo  jjoefóetAib  "oo  cCjtoniAt),  7  rAijeAt)  rou  riiAC 
t1ittiAin  co  ]\oy  coipnriocc  Ar  ah  cí]\  co  ha  riiiteAt>Atb,  ÚA1]1  m  ropfoelAnjAin 

An  rO!]ltl011  bá.01    111A    AgllAtt)  €t  Ó  ]\0  C]\1AbtfOlÍl   C011A  Ó^Alb  rÁgbAib  A11    cí]\e. 

f  ,  *Oo    ioiiiai^Ccc  ]iCmpA  cCch]\A  7  ínnibe  iia  c]udie  cotiA  nAic]\eAbcAc1iAib  ca]\ 

HlÚAtt)  úa  nAn'iAb^Ait)  7  c]\e  cí]\  T-lnAcpAch  ni1iÚAit>e  co  UAnjACAn  rbiAb  5AITI 
]ua  nAt)Aij.     ^AbAicc  occ  AfccnAtii  au  crbÍAib  1  rocc  tlA  hofóce. 

lomcur a  Ati  Ai]\]ux;1i  Coneur  Ctioro]ic,  o  ro  cC]\-ororii  ó  ConcobAin  7  Ati 
rbój  AC]\ub]\AniAn  t>o  copAtin  111ac  t1ittiAm  Af  a  cí]i,  ]\o  coc1un]\  clitn^e  An 
tion  &y  tiA  ro]i  coCiimAccAi]\  t)o  rocuAfoe.  *Oon  aujjaccau  Atin  An  t>A 
lA]itA  bACA]\  irm  ccoigeAt),  1a]i^a  UuAt>muriiAn,  *Oonnc1iAt>  uiac  ConéobAin 
nuc    *Oonnc1iAfó     uí     bh]UAin,     &    lApbA    cbomne    1liocAi]it>  tlibbeAC  hiac 

1llOCA1]VO      SAXAnAlj      1111C      tbbtlCC      11A      CCeAtltl,      7     A      niACfA1t>e      1TtOCA]VO 

1  Province.—  Clare  at  this  tinie  belonged  2  Danhellin. — A  townland  in  the  parish 

to  Connaught.     It  had  been  added  to  that  of  Killeely,  Co.  Galway,  in  which  thereare 

province  by  Sir  John  Perrott  in  1584.     It  the  remains  of  an  old  castle  ;  and  close  by 

was   reunited   to    Munster  in  1602  at  the  is  a  rude  stone   seat   called  Clanricarde's 

request  of  the  Earl  of  Thomond.      Cox,  chair  in  which   the  Mac  William  was   in- 

Hib.  AngL,  i.  454.  augurated. 


137 

Governor,  Sir  Convcrs  Clifford,  so  that  Mac  William,  Thcobald,  son  of  1597 
Walter  Ciotach,  was  driven  and  expcllcd  by  thc  noblcs,  together  with  his 
forces,  from  his  inheritancc,  and  it  was  neccssary  for  him  to  comc  to  the 
race  of  Conall,  son  of  Niall.  Whcn  he  camc  whcrc  O'Donncll  was  to 
complain  of  his  suffcrings  to  him,  he  remaincd  with  him  till  thc  middle  of 
summer.  O'Donnell  made  a  hosting  at  the  end  of  Junc  to  thc  provincc  oí 
Oilioll,  and  he  went  across  thc  Moy  of  Tirawlcy.  Thc  district  was  not  able 
to  offer  any  resistance,  and  it  gave  hostages  to  him.  Hc  gavc  them  to 
Mac  William. 

O'Donnell  went  back,  having  left  thc  country  undcr  thc  control  and 
obediencc  of  Mac  William,  and  he  left  Rory  O'Donncll  (his  own  brother 
and  the  roydamna  of  Cinel  Conaill)  with  him  to  strenghtcn  him  against 
his  cnemics,  and  a  large  body  of  foot  soldiers  and  mcrcenaries  with  him. 
Thcobald  na  long  was  cnvious  of  Mac  William  on  account  of  the  chieftaincv, 
and,  besides,  he  had  no  special  love  for  O'Donnell  for  having  appointcd 
him  in  preference  to  himself.  The  enmity  of  O'Conor  Sligo  too  was  as 
great  against  the  Cincl  Conaill  and  against  Mac  William,  for  which  reason  a 
violent  desire  and  longing  seized  on  both  of  them  to  avenge  their  wrongs  and 
injuries  on  Mac  William  and  on  the  Cinel  Conaill  especiallv.  Shortly  aftcr 
the  departure  of  O'Donnell  they  gathered  a  grcat  body  of  English  and 
Irish  and  attacked  Mac  William  and  banished  him  from  his  territory  with 
his  soldiers,  as  he  was  not  a  match  for  the  great  numbcrs  opposed  to  him, 
and  he  procccded  with  his  soldicrs  to  quit  the  country.  Thcy  drovc  bcforc 
thcm  the  fiocks  and  hcrds  of  the  country,  with  the  inhabitants,  across  the 
Moy  of  Tirawlcy,  and  through  Hy  Fiachrach  of  the  Mov,  until  they  camc 
to  Slieve  Gam  bcforc  night.  They  set  to  march  ovcr  thc  mountain  all 
through  thc  night. 

As  for  the  Governor,  Conyers  Clifford,  whcn  hc  scnt  O'Conor  and  the 
army  of  which  we  have  spoken  to  banish  Mac  William  from  his  territory, 
he  summoned  to  him  the  grcatcst  number  of  soldicrs  he  could.  Thc  two 
Earls  who  wcre  in  the  province !  camc  thcre,  thc  Earl  of  Thomond, 
Donou^h,  son  of  Conor,  son  of  Donough  O'Bricn,  and  thc  Earl  of  Clan- 
ricardc,  Ulick,  son  of  Richard  Sassanach,  son  of  Ulick  na  cccann.  and  liis 
son  Richard,  Baron  of  Dunkcllin,'2  and  Murrough,  son  of  Murrough,  son  of 


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bA|\iin  *Omn  C01U111,  &  1T1u]\c1iax)  hiac  111u]\c1iax)A  rmc  T)iA]\niACA  ní 
b]\iAm  bA]\un  mnp  uí  Clunnn,  iAicpx>e  tnte  conA  roc]\Aicce.  O  x>o 
]\u\c1icaca]\  co  1iAi|nn  Ainboi  aii  5oibfnnói]\  x>o  ifgliAC  mte  yo\\  cmx>  nnc 
I1ittu\m  coiia  óccAib  aii  cohai]\  iia  coCmnACCcA]\  x>o  feAclnnAU  7  m  ]\o  bux> 
x>enhin  LAiprojbAit  clmgA,  fohón  gur  ah  ccai]X1aU  pt  \-o\\  Abomn  n'ioi]\  y\\\ 
rlÍAb  5A1Í1  aiioi]\,  7  rbiAb  xk\  én  ahía]\.  CtntniAOite  a  Ainmpbe.  h&  cohai]\ 
coicceAnn  7  bA  pecc  piAidmix>  ah  mennoc  1upn.  IDaoi  aii  5oibfrmói]i  ipn 
CAirciAtt  ah  A-ÓAijpn  7  rbój  mó]\  -óo  jteine  U\oc1i  A]\mcA  ei-oi^ci.  Í1a]\  bo 
U15I1A  obcAcc  C015  cé-o  -oecc  a  bon  1  roiclutt  ro]\piA  ^AOibeAtAib.  Ac  coAp 
■00  111ac  V1iUiaiii  (x  *oo  1lu-ó]\Aije  o  *Oliomnoitt  aii  ""goibfrinóiN  x>o  cochc 
nfmpo  po]\]v\n  ptishfó  nA  ]\o  pet)fAC  xnomJAbÁit.  -Af  p\i]i  x>eipx>  beo  ó 
nAngACA]!  ]ua  niAccAm  ca]\  mumclnnn  ah   iíiai£  rbebe  AC]\ub]\omo]i  pMJeAX) 

TTtir   A1l    AbAHin  po  A11  f]\c1lOlílA1]\  AllJA^pOCCUp  X)011    cliAipcÍAtt,  7  a   ccfc]\A7  A 

nmmte,  a  njiottAnnAix)  7  A11  gtAptAic  7  ah  x>]ioii5  bÁ  x>iA]\m  aca  x>o  téccAX) 
úacIia  irtijió  bA  limmte  mÁr   fó  imc1i'u\n   ón   ccAifcÍAtt.      O  ]\o  bACA]\rom 

ÚACA-Ó  "OAOIIie  AllAlchfeíjAX)  11A  11AttrilA]\AC  111  ]\0  fAlgrfc  pO]\]\A  ACC  X>ot  CA]\pA1l 

AbAinn  5An  ]\acujax)  x>otb  AiiiAit  iu\  ]\o  pAOitrfc,  7  bA  pfó  -oo  ]\inmnfc  con- 
•of]\npAc  mnittior  7  iompiAX>Ax>  x>u\  cc]\oó  7  cfdi]\oib  7  51oUaii]\aix>  o  ]\o 
^AbpAC  reipni  ACCompoc1i]\Aib  aii  chAipceoit  yo\\  betAib  ah  cptoi^  ecc]\onn, 
lonnur  joiiiax)  iácc  no  poibe]\CA  ca]\  cfnn  Amumnci]\e.  1li  hfó  x>o  ]\a^a 
x>ótbpoih  énii  aii  ní  bA  mfniiiA]\c  teó,  acc  x>o  choco]\pom  cA]\p\n  AbAmn 
^ombACA]\  x>on  cóib  A]\Aitt  jah  ]\acujax>  ^ah  ro]\ctotpcecc.  Oa  ipn  c&npn 
ac]\ac1ic  aii  501hf]\nói]\  con^  Attn'iA]\c\cAib  ApA  rniAii  U\  rffCAn  7  ^eipeitbe  aii 

CplOlj  ACC  X>ot  CA]\pA1l  AbAmn. 

íol  37.  b.  ^a  métA  món  tAp  ah  501hf]\nót]\  ah  x>ut  peice  \\e\-\ú  ca]\]iató  5|\fim  po]\]\o. 

"La  pox>Atn  ac  chÚAtAco]\  btnneAX)  beiceA*ó  ha  mbó  7  ha  itoaiíi  7  Att§to]\  ha 
nAnmAnn  neicciAttAró  aj  conhpieccjiA  a  cliéte  7  rogb a]\huaU  ófrA  a  nioniÁn a 
7  aii  Af^Ai^ieAt)  AttAnAi]!  xnob  ipn  oeóóit  niuich.  *Oo  tetcclc  a  mA^icj^tógli  ha 
nxipon^Aib  7  111A  noio]\mAib  ro  comí;Ai]\  ha  cceAcpA  X)up  aii  cAi]\pcíp  *Oup 
nAi]\cec  on  X)í]\nii  x>oha  1imnitib,  7  AC]\utAc  Ap  A]\oite  xnl).    gonAic  x>]\oti5  rnóji 

1  Dermot   OTlrien. — Murrough   O'Brien,  and  Baron  of  Inchiquin,  with  remainder  to 

second  son  of  Turlogh  Donn,  King  of  Tho-  his   heirs   male.       The   Earldom   was   re- 

mond,  surrendered  his  title  and  country  to  granted  to  his  nephew  and  his  heirs  male 

the  Crown  in  1543  ;  and  in  return  Henry  by   Edward    VI.    in    1552.      The    title    of 

viii.  created  him  Earl  of  Thomond  for  life  Inchiquin  passed  to  Murrough's  son,  Der- 


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Dermot  O'Bricn,1  Baron  of  Inchiquin,  all  thesc  with  their  forces.  W'hen  1597. 
thcy  had  come  where  the  Governor  was  they  all  went  against  Mac  William 
and  his  forccs  by  the  road  which  they  could  not  avoid  and  on  which  hc  was 
certain  hc  would  find  them,  i.c,  to  thc  castlc,  which  is  on  thc  Blackwater, 
east  of  Slieve  Gam  and  west  of  Slievc  da  en.  Collooney  is  its  namc.  * 
That  place  was  thc  ordinary  road  and  a  well  lcnown  pass.  The  Governor 
staycd  in  the  castle  that  night,  and  a  large  body  of  chosen  soldicrs  with  arms 
and  armour;  thcre  wcre  not  lcss  than  fiftecn  hundrcd  in  rcadincss  for  the  Irish. 
Thc  ncws  reachcd  Mac  William  and  Rory  O'Donncll  that  thc  Governor 
was  advancing  by  the  road  which  thcy  could  not  avoid.  Whcreforc  they 
resolved,  as  they  had  crossed  before  morning  ovcr  the  top  of  thc  mountain- 
slope  of  which  we  have  spoken,  to  go  to  the  river  opposite,  which  was  near 
thc  castle,  and  to  send  away  their  fiocks  and  herds,  thcir  scrvants  and  rccruits, 
and  thc  unarmcd  crowd,  by  a  safer  road  than  that,  which  was  a  long 
distance  from  thc  castlc.  As  they  were  but  a  few  persons  in  comparison 
with  the  foreigncrs  they  did  not  attaclc  these,  but  thcy  crossed  the  river 
without  being  noticcd,  as  they  did  not  expect,  and  they  thought  they  should 
obtain  safety  and  security  for  their  flocks  and  hcrds  and  scrvants,  whilst 
they  thcmselves  went  close  to  the  castle,  opposite  the  forcign  army,  in 
ordcr  that  they  might  be  a  help  to  their  people.  What  they  wished, 
howevcr,  was  not  what  happcncd  to  them,  but  they  crosscd  thc  rivcr 
and  reachcd  the  other  sidc  without  being  noticed  or  hcard.  Then  thc 
Govcrnor  rose  up  with  his  foreigners  from  his  slccp  owing  to  the  shouts 
and  the  tallung  of  the  army  whcn  crossing  the  river. 

It  was  a  great  sorrow  to  the  Govcrnor  that  they  should  havc  passcd  by 
before  he  overtook  thcm.  Then  they  hcard  the  loud  bellowing  of  thc 
cattlc  and  of  thc  oxcn,  and  thc  noisc  of  the  scnselcss  animals  responding 
to  cach  othcr,  and  thc  loud  cries  of  their  drovers,  and  thcir  shouts  in  the 
carly  dawn  of  thc  morning  to  the  east  of  them.  They  scnt  thcir  cavalrv  in 
troops  and  squadrons  in  the  direction  of  the  herds  to  scc  if  they  could 
overtahe   thcm.     They  seized   a   quantity  of  the  cattle,  and  somc  cscapcd 

mot,  and  to  his  grandson  of  the  same  name ;       Perrott's  Parliament  in  1 585.    His  grandson 
his  son  by  Anabella,  daughter  of  the  ninth       Murrough   plaved   a   very   important   part 
Lord    Delvin,  was     Murrough,  mcntioned      in  the  war  of   1641.     Archdall's  Peet 
above,  born  in  1562.     llc  was  present  in      ii.  46. 

S 


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"ooua  pttib  6t  -ooC^  iu\  InomAnu.  11i  ]\o  yev>]-&zz  AftuAJ  rCipn  AnCt>]iAin 
nAch  AnAnACAÍ  ía  liAtiroptonn  7  lomAC  au  crtoi-5  t>o  ]ia^a  ronnA  nioncliAib. 
UiC^Iiaic  11  a  ^aCi-óií  &yy  ]-AriitAit>  co  nAn^ACAn  cAn  rAn  Cinne  bu-ó  cluÍAró  6b  111 
no  tCnrAc  nA^oitt  A]i  troot  cAi]irib  t>oib  An  cCccnArecc  AriiAit  no  Airneirf  10111. 
*  SoAif  aii  50,bC]\noi]i  mA  fjiicliCmg  6t  ni]i  bó  rtÁn  ÍAir  a  mCnmnA  óc  ]\uLaca]\ 
a  nAiiiAic  Ai]\e  íC]i  tiA  brAJbAib  m  úacIiato  7  íC]\  ngAbAit  yo]t]to  m  Áic 
niomcliuiiiAtnj  AritAit  ]ion  gAb.     -An  29.  1um  t>o  ]\aía  nro  pn. 

11)011  AnAic  c]\a  lurcir  uúa  m  6]iint>  1  corAÓ  mír  mCt>ów  A11  c]\aiii]\ató 
t>o  funn]iAt)  .1.  to]it>  Dojtoujli.  UomÁ^  a  Ainm.  t)ACA]i  lonrÓA  ioIa]toa  An 
o^bAt)  lojtgAtte  7  aii  riAntAcli  cac1iai]\  7  c]tot>A  "00  be]\c  tAir  hia  CAonncecc. 
O  t)o  ]uac1ic  no  ^Ab  ontAnn  ctoitnm  ah  H15  c1iuj;a,  7  ]\o  cuiíi^caiíjC-ó  tAi]- 
Se]\  t1ittiAin  1tu]yet  bAoi  hia  lurcir  p]tt  ]\é  ceo]\A  mbtiA-ónA  50  pn.  T)o 
bCiiAt)  tAi]'  béo]'  ;gene]\AtAcc  A11  cogAit)  t>o  Si]i  Seon  llo^ui]'  7  ]\o  oi]it)ii 
é  butroem  if  iia  cénmb  rui.  Ilo  rópcongjiAt)  tÁr  ah  1uror  rm  ro]\  joibC]\nói]\ 
coiccto  OtnecniAcc  coclic  co  tionniA]i  téi]\cionoitce  ro]\  cenét  cconAitt  rpn 
cCnt)éÍA]\  t)o  coicceAt)  ConcobAi]t  t>Aice  AnrAtAt)  (x  ecqiAiar  ^Att  -ro]\]\A. 
11i]i  bo  beirtir ac  ]\o  r]ieA]xtAt>  ah  ro]tcoti5]tAt>pn  tÁ]-  ah  n^oibC^inoi]!,  (x  bA 
ftAnroio'ónAt)  mó]i  tiA  rhCnniAin  "oía  coreAt)  t>e  a  Amqiróe  7  a  mmjie  t>o 
tnoJAt  ro]i  cenét  ConAitt  ^utbAn  mic  11éttt  peAch  các. 

1lo    CA]\Cct0111At)  <X  ]10  C10110lteAT)  tA1]'    111    ]\obA    ]ÚA]1AC    *óó    t)0    JAttAlb  Gb 

t)o  ^oi-óeAtAib  A11  coicci'ó,  7  ]\o  t>Ait  111A  iroochum  50  mAtni^ctit  iia  Ouitte  An 
3.  tA  "oo  Auju^c.  *Oo  ]uac1ic  céoAinur  ipn  coichCp:Atpn  1a]\^a  UuA-ómutiiAn 
T)onnc1iAt>  mAc  Conc1iobAi]i  nnc  *Oonnc1iAit>  uí  D]\tAin.  ^\  ré  bA  aíjCpiApDn 
5Ai]ib]>C]ionn  Lui^-óeAc  HlCtro  nnc  oCnju^A  apj  pt  pur  ah  "LuniineAch  a 
cuato,  A]1  Aré  Ati  Lujato  1npn  ]\o  bCn  A11  mbtoró  cíne  AC]iub]\omo]\  t)o  coigeAt) 
OtnecciiiAcc  50  ]\o  cneAb]-Ac  a  pot  uia  t>eAt)1iAi 5.  *Oon  AiiAic^róe  50  ccionot 
fol.38.tf.  HA  UuAt)inun'iAn  iniA]ióCn  r]\i]\  Uaíihcc  lA]itA  ctomne  1\iocai]TO  ipn  cotcli- 
C]XAt  cCt)HA  co  tei]icionot  a  c1ií]ie  m  a  roc1iAt]i  7  coiia  h'iac  UiocA]\t>  n'n\c 
Uttticc  nuc  Kiocai]TO  SAXAnAijt)o  ^^ttocc  HittiAin  con<]ue]ie]i.     *0o  "P]iAncAib 

1  Borough. — Camden  says  he  was  sharp-  3  Descerídants. — Keating  says  this  district 
witted  and  courageous,  but  of  very  little  was  exempt  from  all  tributes  and  taxes,  and 
skill  in  military  aftairs.    H.  of  Eliz.,  p.  542.  paid  no  reverence  to  any  of  the  kings  of 

2  Lughaidh   Mean.  —  He  was  fourth  in  Ireland.     H.  of  Ireland,  p.  92.     See  also 
descent  from  Cormac  Cas  (á  quo  Dalcas-  War  of  the  Gaedhil  with  the  Gai/t,  p.  35. 
sian).     He  wrested   Clare   from  a  Firbolg  4  Richard.  —  He  was   afterwards    fourth 
tribe-  See  0'Curry's  MS.  Materials,  p.  209.  Earl  of  Clanricarde.     More  of  him  later. 


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from  thcm.  A  great  number  of  the  servants  and  of  the  drovers  wcrc 
woundcd.  Their  own  army  could  not  in,terpose  or  help  thcm  owing  to  thc 
grcater  numbcr  and  force  of  the  army  opposed  to  thcm.  The  Irish  wcnt 
away  in  thls  manner  until  they  crosscd  the  Erne,  northwards,  and  the 
English  did  not  follow  them  when  thcy  passed  them  by  the  first  timc,  as 
wc  havc  said.  Thc  Governor  rcturncd,  and  his  mind  was  not  at  case  that 
his  enemies  should  have  escapcd  from  him,  after  finding  them  so  wcak  and 
coming  on  them  in  a  vcry  difficult  placc  as  he  did.  This  happened  on  the 
29th  of  June. 

A  ncw  Lord  Justice  came  to  Erin  in  the  beginning  of  the  middlc 
month  of  summer  exactly,  i.e.>  Lord  Borough.1  Thomas  was  his  namc. 
Many  and  various  wcrc  the  soldiers  for  battle  and  companies  for  fight  and 
strifc  that  hc  brought  with  him.  Whcn  hc  came  hc  reccived  the  King's 
sword,  and  Sir  William  Russell,  who  was  Lord  Justice  for  thrce  years,  was 
rcplaccd  by  him.  Thc  chicf  command  of  the  army  was  also  taken  by  him 
from  Sir  John  Norris,  and  he  himself  assumed  that  position.  An  ordcr 
was  given  by  this  Lord  Justice  to  the  Govcrnor  of  the  province  of 
Olneccmacht  to  go  with  his  forces  in  full  muster  against  the  Cincl  Conaill, 
to  the  western  part  of  the  province  of  Conor,  to  avenge  the  wrongs  and 
enmity  of  the  English  on  them.  This  command  was  not  rcceived  ncg- 
ligently  by  the  Governor,  and  it  was  a  great  satisfaction  to  his  mind  to 
go  to  wreak  his  cruelty  and  vengcance  on  thc  race  of  Conall  Gulban,  son 
of  Niall,  bcvond  all  others. 

He  assembled  and  mustered  all  the  English  and  Irish  of  the  province 
that  were  obcdicnt  to  him,  and  summoned  them  to  meet  at  the  monastery 
of  Boyle,  on  the  third  of  August.  The  first  who  came  to  that  mecting  was 
thc  Earl  of  Thomond,  Donough,  son  of  Conor,  son  of  Donough  O'Bricn  ; 
hc  was  lord  of  the  rough  district  of  Lughaidh  Mean,'2  son  of  Ocnghus 
Tircch,  which  is  to  the  north  of  Limerich,  for  it  was  that  Lughaidh  who 
separated  that  portion  of  territory  of  which  wc  have  spoken  from  the 
province  of  Olneccmacht,  and  his  descendants3  in  succession  inhabitcd 
it.  He  camc  with  the  troops  of  Thomond.  The  Earl  of  Clanricardc  camc 
to  the  same  mccting  with  all  thc  forccs  of  his  territory,  and  his  son 
Richard,4  son  of  Ulick,  son  of  Richard  Sassanach,  of  thc  race  of  William 


142 

ía]\  mbtin<yó<yp  7  a  c|Uoc1iAib  Saxaii  "oo  t>eoc1iAco]\  a  cenét  ah  -oúpn  con 
ÚAitnb  Aintnni^licCn  ah  rCnonn.  Uajiaicc  *OAn  UeAboicc  ha  tonj  hiac  1lipoCi]\t) 
AnÍA]\omn  conAroc|\Ai"oe.  OConcobAi|i  Stigig'OonnchA'ó  niAcCAcliAit  Ó151111C 
Uató^  nnc  CacIiaiL  015  7  ó  ConcobAin  Rtuvó  Aó-ó  niAC  Uo^vóeAtbAij  ]vÚAit> 
co  ttion  a  mtnncine  uumAitte   rjuú.     1lo  fAoit)   imo|\]\o   Itiror   "Ofon^   "oía 

yOC]AA1t)e  50  5A1^^1111  5°  CCA]VOACA01f  ^OIItlA'ohA  111Ó]1A  t)1A  ^AI^IieAt)  JUf  A1l 
Sa1Í1A01]\. 

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SCjfA  t)A  bAiniA  A]\  pdnc  t>o  iinteAt)Aib  cpAt^liceAc  Gfc  t>eic1i  mbAnnA 
mÁ]\cftoi  j  t>o  jte]\e  ^lAtirtoi^  conA  ccoctinAib  conroAmgne  c]\uAit)ÍA]\omn  7 
conA  fCmonntAijntb  pochrot)A  ftmntCcnA  7  50  njunnA'OAib  ^ucajvoa 
5é]\]\At)AncAc1iA,  7  co  cctAvóimb  CAOitj;eA]\A  coccAit)]\ijne  coha  niomt»o]\nAib 
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CAin  teó  11A  bAOi  AciuAtnj;  AbpteAfCAt  1n  cóicceAt)  ConcobAi]\  mta  11  Cp\  tA 
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c]\eAtn'iA  t)iob]\Aicci  tÁr  ha  ^AoróeAtAib  aii  cah  pti  acc  niAt)  bCg,  7  111  bACA]\ 
eicigbce  ro  AnioncpAiiiAitporii.  T)o  A]^nACA]\  ía]\oiíi  ha  ftoig  pn  50  Stií;ic 
7  ArAróe  co  1i€h]\ne.  5A^A1CC  tongpofc  ah  a"óaij;  pn  ó\-  u]\  SAiiiAtne.  1)a 
t'Ai]\  'oetp'ó  teó  i]mi  muic1róCt)1ioit  A]\  a  bd]\AC  lonnrotjeA'ó  ha  liAbÁnn  po  aii 
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c1lél1imitpOC  CO  1lÁC  CUlt  ÚA111    A1l    Cf  A111]\eAt)  111A  CCUHIClb  C]\0111A    C01]\cCriltA, 

ru]\  ]\o  -ooincr (c  niAompecc  7  m  oCn  fAbAtt  t>iA  fAigeAt).  1lo  JAbrAc  ha 
conrie'OAi^e  b<\cA]\  aii  t)ú  fw  A5  co]mAiii  ah  ácIia  rpú  AniAit  Af  t>eAc  |\o 
reccrAC  ce  m  bACA]\  tion  ACO|mAiiiA  puf  ah  ro]\tonn  t>o  ]\iac1icaca|\  cIiuca. 
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tC|\  rtoií  An  các  "oía  nAtnvóeom  ro]\|\A  ro  •óeói'ó.  ^Xclic  cCha  -oo  niA]\bAt)  Gb 
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Clmmn,  111u]\c1ia-ó  iíiac  1T1u]\c1iAt>A  nnc  *Oia]uiia,oa  nnc  111u]\c1ia'óa  uí  bjUAUi, 
úai]\  bAoipt)1ie  eici]\  a  mumcCn  7   lonrooiiiAm   ah  aca  tdia  ninvóeAJAt  yo\\ 

1  William  the  Conqueror. — Wiliiam  Fitz-  2  Naine. — It  has  its   name  from  Ricard 

Adelm  De  Burgo,  so  called  because  he  was  Oge,  son  of  WilJiam  FitzAdelm,  and  Una, 

said  to  have  conquered  Connaught.     See  daughter  of  Aodh  O'Conor,  the  last  King 

Annals  F.  M.,  ad.  ann  1204,   and  p.    92,  of  Connaught.     The  head  of  this  branch 

antea.  was  called  Mac  William  Uachtar. 


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thc  Conqucror.1  Thcy  were  frorh  France  originallv  by  desccnt,  and  thc  1597. 
tribc  camc  from  England  to  that  i)lacc,  and  from  thcm  thc  district  has  its 
namc.2  Therc  camc  also  Thcobald  na  long,  son  of  Richard  an  iarainn,  with 
his  forces ;  O'Conor  Sligo,  Donough,  son  of  Cathal  Oge,  son  of  Tadhg,  son 
of  Cathal  Ogc  ;  and  O'Conor  Roe,  Hugh,  son  of  Turlough  Roe,  with  all 
their  forces.  Thc  Justice  sent  besides  a  body  of  his  troops  to  Galway, 
that  they  might  bring  largc  guns  to  him  to  thc  Saimer. 

Whcn  the  army  was  brought  togcthcr  to  onc  place,  thcrc  wcre  at  thc 
monastcry  of  thc  Scghais  twenty-two  regiments  of  foot  soldicrs  and  tcn 
regimcnts  of  horse  of  chosen  troops,  with  thcir  sírong  coats  of  mail  and 
thcir  stout,  long,  broad-shouldcrcd  spcars,  and  their  loud-voiced  sharp- 
sighted  guns,  and  thcir  slender,  sharp,  hard-tempered  swords,  with 
beautiful  firmly-secured  hafts,  and  their  curvc-crcstcd  hollow  hclmcts, 
so  that  they  imagined  thcrc  was  not  in  Jthe  province  of  Conor  MacXessa  a 
power  to  cope  with  them  on  account  of  the  outlandishncss  and  strangcncss 
of  thcir  arms,  armour,  and  wcapons,  for  the  Irish  had  only  a  few  guns  then 
and  did  not  wear  armour  like  them.  These  forces  then  marched  to  Sligo, 
and  from  that  to  the  Erne.  They  encamped  that  night  on  the  bank  of  the 
Saimer.  They  determincd  to  cross  the  river  opposite  them  at  early  dawn 
the  ncxt  day,  for  they  were  sure  that  there  was  not  a  single  ford  from  Cael 
Uisge3  to  Assaroe  that  had  not  a  guard  of  O'Donnell's  on  it.  Whcn  thcy 
had  detcrmined  on  that  plan  they  went  to  Athculuain  in  a  heavy,  numerous 
mass,  and  they  poured  in  at  once  and  in  one  body  to  cross  over.  The  guards 
who  wcrc  placed  there  to  defcnd  the  ford  against  them  did  as  bcst  thcy 
could,  though  thc  numbcrs  of  the  defenders  was  not  great  comparcd  with 
thc  crowd  that  advanccd  against  thcm.  With  vigour  and  strength  they 
set  to  rcceivc  thc  cncmy  till  the  whole  army  crossed  the  ford  in  spite  of 
•thcm  in  thc  end.  It  was  a  great  disaster  for  thc  forcign  army  that  thc 
Baron  of  Inchiquin,  Murrough,  son  of  Murrough,  son  of  Dcrmot,  son  of 
Murrough  O'Bricn,  was  mortally  woundcd  and  drowncd,  for  hc  was  bctwccn 
his  pcople  and  the  decp  part  of  the  ford,  to  protect  thcm  against  dangcr, 

3  Cacl   Uúige.  —  This   placc,    at    present  There  is  another  place  of  the  same  name  on 

called  Cael  11:1  hEirne,  iá  where  the  lower  the  north  side  of  the  entrancc   to    Newry 

rivcr   Erne    issues  from  the  lakc,   a   short  harbour.    Scc  Jovce's //-/.>-//  .Wimcs  ofPl 

distance  above  the  town  of  Ballyshannon.  2nd  serics,  p.  395. 


144 

juArAcc  guu  ]\o  hAimre'050  hmt>itt  t>í]\eAc  eiptje  t>o  ]btmcriieAtt  petei]\  nu\ 
oxAitt  mu]\orcctAt>  a  eitnj  ptÁcA  gu]i  uo  cnCg-oArcAn  é  on  t>Ci]\c  ocrAittego 
au  oite,  7  ^e  uo  bAcon  AceAc1iAiu  no  acuij  "oo  nntcib  rCn  mA  uíncimceAtt  m 
no  cumAin^rCc  a  AnACAt  uaó  a  poinit>m  gun  no  eit>i]voeti5  r]UA  eAÓ  I11 
rut)oriiAin  aii  ácIia  conA-ó  AriitAit>  rm  00  noctiAin  au  *oai5  reA]\.  11i  no  Anp&c 
An  rto^  r]u  co^bAit  a  éonp  mA  rniA  AtmACAt  AriiAit  |io  but>  t>io]\,  acc  no 
AptmAcon  neAmpA  mA  nénmin  50  nAn^ACAn  co  pc  nóCt>A  ór  un  au  CppA.  *Oia 
Sac1iai]\ii  a]\  aoi  tAice  recciiiAme  mt)  rm.  fto  JAbpAcc  tongponc  An  t>úrm, 
Gb  AjiAitt  *oíob  irm  mÁinircC]i  monAcli  bAoi  rou  un  tlmnrm'oe.  Oaco]\ 
AmtAit)  rm  ó  í;An  biucc  niA  mC'óón  tAoi  t)iA  SACAi]\n  50  niAt)Ain  An  tuAin  a]\ 
ccmt). 

Uui]\ceccA  A11  tom^ir  ini]\o]\Ait)riorii  1  ccopAij  ]\o  co§Ai]\meAt)  tÁr  ah 
n5oibC]\nói]\  011  n^^ittirii  t)iA  fAijeAt)  ]\o  tArAC  aii  "ononj  rpir  ]io  hCpbAic 
coclic  aii  cu]\uppn  a  tomgeAr  ro]\  rAn  tionnriiAi]\  m  5A1^1VM  ÍT1  1i1omcho]\ 
6^  lomjj-utAiij  An  guniiAt)  ngucA]it)  nAt>bAtriio]\  nAmCccA^ignAit)  t>o  tnAn- 
btot)At)  7  t)íorcAoiteAt)  t>úmceAt)  7  "OAingCncliAircÍAt  a  haiíiac.  1lo  cui]\ic 
mcibirit>e  ^ac  ní  h<\  1iAt)tAic  t>on  crtóg  A]\  cCha.  SeotAic  ArCnt>A"ó  tAiii  t)Cp 
rni  cuAircCnc  An  coiccit)  50  ^AngAcon  gur  aii  Gí]\ne  t>ÍA  *Ooiíihai5  rAmneAt». 
ílo  t^bpAc  CAtAt>po]\c  ro]\  ionc1iAib  mri  SAiriie]\  Gc  "oo  chuiprCc  mA  mbÁoi 
teó  t)iA  niomfutAn^  eici]\  bm-ó  G:  co]\niAim  7  t>A  ^ac  C]\nt)A\t  ]iAn£ACA]\  a  tCr 
A11  ccCm  no  bCicír  occ  lom-pui-óe  An  chAirceoit  irm  mri  t>iA  tuAui.  1lo 
cAi]\]\ii5ic  teó  aii  cojvoAnÁr  mó]\  1  cí]\  €L  ]\o  ruitn  jrCc   eneAch  m  iondiAib 

t)011   t)Úl1At)  bA01   pO]A  U]\  -AcllA  SCllAlgll. 

*Oo  ]\iac1icaca]\  An  tucc  bACA]\  ipn  mAinipcC]\  gu]\  ]\o  popAijjrCc  uite  ro]\ 
iont)  riche  Aót>A  in  ui]icimceAtt  An  ojroAnAir.  5<VPA1U  1Al1°rii  05  rnAiptnub- 
]\A5At>  ACCAOi]\riieAtt  ccoriic]\om  7  a  cco]\Amn  peté]\  ccemo'óe  co  cctop 
iol.39.fl.  A  brÚAmAnnA  6:  a  bp5Anco]imÁnn  irot)  7  m  niicCm  ÚAit)Aib.  Ro  tÁroc 
iiuimin  t>ÍAi]iriie  t)o  noiimib  a  tAedi]\Ait>e  yo  bun  An  bAite  co  cc]\eAtniAib 
cotAtcA  muin  teo  7  50  neiccet)  mom-ÓAingCn  nÍA]\nAit>e  1111  co]\pA\b  ha 
ccunAt)  7  50  ccAcbA]\]\Aib  compotupcA  miA  ccCnt)oib. 

1  Sith  Aodha i.e.,  Aodh's  dwelling,  now  the  N.W.  of  the   town   of  Ballyshannon. 

Mullanashee.     See  Introd.,  p.  xvi.,  antea.  One  of  the  side  wallsand  partof  the  western 

The  mound  was  levelled  in  1798,  to  form  gable  are  still  standing.     The  architecture 

the  Star  fort.  was  of  a  very  simple  and   unpretentious 

*  Monastery. — The  abbey  was  a  little  to  kind. 


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when  he  was  struck  by  a  bullet  exactly  in  the  armpit,  at  the  opening  of  his  1507- 
plate-armour,  so  that  he  was  pierced  through  from  one  armpit  to  the  other, 
and  though  there  wcre  four  or  fivc  thousand  of  his  men  about  him  thcy  could 
not  aid  or  assist  him,  for  hc  fcll  from  his  horse  in  the  dccp  part  of  thc  ford, 
so  that  the  noblcman  dicd  in  this  way.  The  army  did  not  wait  to  take  his 
body  with  them  for  burial  as  was  fitting,  but  they  marched  forward  on 
their  road  till  they  came  to  Sith  Aodha,1  on  the  bank  of  the  cataract. 
Thc  day  of  the  week  was  Saturday.  They  encamped  therc,  and  some  of 
them  staycd  in  the  monks'  monastery2  on  the  banks  of  the  Unshinn.3  Thcy 
remained  so  from  shortly  before  mid-day  on  Saturday  till  thc  following 
Monday  morning. 

As  for  the  ships  of  which  we  spoke  in  the  beginning  that  werc  summoncd 
by  the  Governor  to  go  from  Galway,  the  pcoplc  who  were  ordered  to  go  on 
that  expcdition  unmoored  the  greater  number  of  the  ships  in  Galway  to 
bring  and  convey  the  loud-voiced  guns,4  great  and  large  and  sharp,  to  break 
down  and  dcstroy  the  fortresses  and  strong  castles  of  their  enemies. 
Besides,  they  put  in  them  everything  that  was  needed  by  the  army.  They 
sailed,  heeping  the  northern  part  of  the  province  on  their  right  till  they 
came  to  the  Erne,  on  Sunday  precisely.  They  entered  the  harbour  oppo- 
site  the  island  of  Saimer,  and  they  landed  all  their  supplies  both  of  food 
and  strong  drink  and  of  everything  needed  by  them  while  besieging  the 
castle  in  the  island,  on  Monday.  They  drew  the  large  guns  on  land  and 
they  planted  them  face  to  face  with  the  castle,  which  was  on  the  bank  of 
Ballyshannon. 

The  people  who  were  in  the  monastery  came,  and  all  placed  themselves 
on  the  summit  of  Sith  Aodha  around  the  ordnance.  Then  thcy  proceeded 
to  cast  their  heavy  bullets  and  their  loud-sounding  balls  of  fire,  so  that  the 
report  and  loud  thunderings  wcre  heard  far  away  from  there.  They  sent 
a  countless  number  of  the  choiccst  of  thcir  soldicrs  to  thc  foot  of  the  castle 
with  implements  to  pull  down  thc  wall,  and  with  strong  iron  armour  round 
the  bodies  of  their  heroes,  and  with  bright-shining  helmcts  on  their  heads. 

3  Unshinn. — This  is  the  stream  close  to  *  Guns  —  The  besiegers  brought  four  guns 

which  the  abbey  is  built.     It  rises  in  Lough      from  Galway  to  batter  down  the  walls  of  thc 
Unshinn,  five  miles  N.E.  of  Ballyshannon.       castle.     See  p.  cxxx.,  antca. 


146 

IDaoi  tetoenn  tAmxiCjvóA  xio  cj\tiint)rcÍACAito  coniitCclmA  cj\UAiX)ÍA]\omn 
hia  momcAcir.Ang  aii  eccAi-p  x>ía  nimtíCgnAit  roj\  x>iotojiAiccito  ha  x^uun^e 
•oicomnej\cte  "oC^litAoc  xio  n<\tA  irm  xnniAX).  t)Acojt  5A11  aiiax»  ^An  ionnuAj\AX) 
05  A11  nnoebAX)  rm  co  cCnn  cjn  tA  7  ceoj\A  noróce,  LuAn,  111aj\c,  7  CéccAom. 
-Acc  clidiA  mj\  too  coj\toA  •ooiia  1iAttriiA]\cliAito  ah  yuAbAi]\c  x>o  jiACfAC,  7  bA 
rCj\j\  xioito  iia  x)i^ricif  ah  cujiuj1  cux>c1iACAn  úai|a  no 'OAitce  Ar  An  X)Ú11AX)  roj\j\A 
rj\oirc1iCc1iA  CAoj\ccAroteAc1i  ccCmcixi>e  a  ^ihuiaxiaiIí)  rorAií;c1ie  rí]\x)ij\ge  7 
a  muj"ccAeccito  mondiojxAir.  Aj\Aite  00  ctoic1iq\Cr  caj\j\a^  cCnn^Ajito  7 
cjiomctodi  cumróe  "oo  fAitgito  X)o  foniiAito  x>o  ]\aLa  roj\  Cv\itotito  aii  xnínAix) 
coiiaj\  too  oíon  110  'OAingCn  X)óitoriorii  accuaijijxGc  coniijuonncAno  accac!í)aij\j\ 
comnteAcliA  coj\  bAc  mionbj\uice  mu-ÓAigclie  1  mCóón  ah  C1CC15  ní<\]\nAix>e 
•ooha  cnénoiubj\Aiccito  cAjitAicci  roj\]\o.  O  j\o  muxiAijic  ua  nnteAX>A  50  inójt  ó 
mux>  rm  111  roj\  AotAn^xíAji  ruiueAc1i  rju  AiiAijvteAc  m  bA  rijuú.  'Oo  nAcpAt 
aii  ojioniAniiA  rj\u\  nAiiiix)ito.  1TleAli)Aix>  niAixirii  *oíoto  ^ur  ha  rcoj\Aito. 
^a1í)aicc  óCr  aii  oúnAro  occ  Anxmitojuv^AX)  111A  nxiColiAig  50  ]\o  niAj\1i)Aic 
X)i]uriie  (x  cmnceAcli  A]\  eccinceAcx)íoto.  AcuutAC  Ar  A]\oitex)íoto  icebeojoncA 
biocAinmeAc1i. 

t)ArC*ó  00  n^tA  xhia  'OoiimAitt  beic  1  ceincertoij  (x  m  úac1iax>  pocnnAiDe 

A11   SAc1lA]\1l  O011  AHJACAJA    A11     CJ\01irÓA1Íl     DOltlg     D10JALCAC    rm   D1A  cíj\.       Uo 

cj\uinnitj"Cc  7  ]\o  cAjicctomrCc  a  coicheArcAt  -júa  mCoón  tAoi  día  tuAni  m<\ 
docohi  aji  mj\  bAc  eirtirAij;  do  jjiep  nii  curoCcc  ro  co^Aijunriurii  jac  cah  no 
cumreAD  cuca  coróecc  hia  'ÓAit.  T)o  caoc  ahh  céCuj'  IIIajuidiji,  Aod  co 
tion  a  iiiumcij\e.  'Oo  juacc  ahii  daii  ó  1Iuaij\c,  t)juAii  05  iiiac  t)jUAin  nnc 
t)juAin  t)AttAij  nnc  G05A111  con  a  cionot.  O  00  nÚAc1icAco]\roiii  50  1lÚA 
n*OoiiinAitt  m  ]\o  teij;eAx>  Giúnur  no  cuifirAnn  itto  110  111  oróclie  Don  joibeAji- 
.{0I.39.  b.  iioij\  iiac1i  dia  mumcC]\.  1lo  clunjvoír  rtuAJ  uí  *OoiiuiAitt  ciomrA  ah  cliAmjDA 
ConiiAclic  niA  c1iCi]\ciii  Cóón  (x  a  tÁn  111A  teicnneAt,  6:  m  no  teigeAD  ah  oniiAn 
nó  A11  uínCgtA  X)óito  ah  eAc1i]\A  no  aii  AinnCr  X)o  coj\  roj\  111  jeitc  ca]\  nneAt- 
toojvo  aii  tongpuijic  m  eccAi]\  tA  1iAix)bte  a  niomcunii^e  AmbACA]i  occ  AmbioD- 

1  Covering.  —  Called  by  Latin  writers  was  on  the  scaffold  Myler  Magrath  strove 
testudo.  '  to  counsill  him  íor  his  soule's  health,'  but 

2  Brian.  —  Surnamed  na  murtha.  He  he  was  sternly  rebuked  by  O'Rourlce  for  his 
was  hanged,  drawn,  and  quartered  at  Ty-  apostacy.  Hisdeaththe  Four  Masters  say 
burn,  in  1 591 ,  the  principal  charge  against  '  was  one  of  the  mournful  stories  of  the 
him  being  that  he  had  given  shelter  to  Irish.'  See  Annals  F.  M.,  v.  1905  ;  Lom- 
some   shipwrecked   Spaniards.     When  he  bard's    Commcnt.    de  Hib.,   p.    149  ;    and 


'47 

Thcrc  was  a  bright  covcring  '  of  round,  broad  shiclds  of  wcll-tcmpcrcd  '597- 
iron  all  round  outsidc  to  dcfend  thcm  against  thc  shots  of  thc  impetuous 
party  of  hcrocs  who  wcrc  in  thc  castlc.  Thcrc  was  no  hcsitation  or  cc 
tion  in  that  contcst  for  thc  spacc  of  thrcc  days  and  thrcc  nights,  Monday, 
Tuesday,  and  \Yedncsday.  Mowcvcr,  thc  attack  which  the  foreigners 
made  was  of  no  avail,  and  it  was  bettcr  for  thcm  that  thcy  had  not  come 
on  that  cxpcdition,  for  thcre  were  poured  from  the  castle  on  them  showcrs 
of  bright  ficry  balls  from  the  wcll  planted  straight-firing  guns  and  from  the 
costly  mushets,  and  of  missiles  of  rough-pointed,  sharp  rocks,  heavy, 
massive  stones,  with  beams  and  blocks,  which  happcned  to  be  on  the 
battlcments  of  the  castlc,  so  that  their  wcll  made  bent  shields  and  thcir 
closcfitting  hclmcts  wcrc  not  firm  or  strong  enough,  for  they  were  crushed 
and  killed  within  their  iron  armour  by  the  well  aimed  shots  directed  against 
them.  When  thc  soldicrs  wcre  massacrcd  in  numbcrs  in  this  way,  thcy 
did  not  prolong  their  stay  any  further  to  be  slaughtercd.  They  turned 
their  backs  to  their  enemies.  They  were  driven  into  the  camp.  The 
people  in  the  castle  continucd  to  shoot  aftcr  them,  so  that  many  wcrc 
slain,  both  reckoned  and  unreckoned.  Some  of  them  escaped  sevcrely 
wounded. 

It  happened  that  O'Donncll  was  in  want  of  soldiers,  and  had  onlv  a 
small  forcc  on  the  Saturday  the  fierce,  vindictive  multitude  entcred  his 
territory.  His  forces  assembled  and  collected  to  him  bcfore  mid-day  on 
Monday,  for  they  wcre  never  slow  to  come  at  his  call  whcnevcr  hc  asked 
thcm  to  come  to  mect  him.  First  came  Hugh  Maguire  with  all  his  forccs. 
Thcn  camc  0'Rourke,  Brian  Oge,  son  of  Brian,2  son  of  Brian  Ballach,3  son  of 
Owcn,  with  his  party.  When  they  came  to  Hugh  O'Donncll  hc  did  not 
allow  quiet  or  peacc  day  or  night  to  thc  Governor  or  to  his  people. 
O'Donnell's  force  drove  thosc  on  the  outskirts  of  the  Connaught  camp  into 
the  middlc  of  it,  and  thosc  in  thc  middle  to  thc  outside,  and  fear  and  tcrror 
did  not  allow  thcm  to  put  thcir  horses  or  cattle  to  graze  beyond  thc 
boundary  of  the  camp  outside  owing  to  the  grcat  straits   in  which  they 

'Offences  of  Sir  Bryan  0'Rourke,'   in  tlie  3 Brian  Ballach.  —  i.e.,    the  írcckled  or 

Egerton  Pape*s,  p.   144,  Camden  Socicty,       spotted.     A  notice  of  him  will  be  found  in 
1840.  Annals  F.  M.,\.  1591.    He  died  in  1562. 

T 


148 

bAtJAib.     11o  bio-ó  ioni]\UA5At)  7  nrróiubnAccA'ó  5AÓ  Iaoi  eian  A11  niAfcftuAj 

A  t)1U  7  AtlAtt  ffU  ]\é  11A  C]U  tÁ  ]\0  bÁCAf  AU  ftÚAJ  ^aII  OCC  lOIIHfOljeA'Ó  A11 
'OÚtlAI'Ó. 

Ho  gonAic  (x  ]\o  q\Cj;t)Aic  fochAroe  CcoffA  fÁn  cÁn  aii  Ai]\Ccrm,  acc  tia 
niA  bA  móo  ]\o  cpechcnAigic  A11  ftuAJ  S^tt  0V0ÁC  riA  ^oC-óit.  Da  *oo  riA 
huAifbb  bA  hC]roe]\ce  ]\o  5011^-6  ÚAit)ib  aíi  caii  rin  úa  ConcobAift  Sti^icch 
T)onnc1iAX)  ihac  CAchAit  015.  1Xo  f  oat>  f  on  m AfCftu aj  n a  n^Att  f  o  -óeóró  ifin 
cneA-ptAice  guf  ua  fcofAib  combACAf  mCfcc  A]\  n'iCrcc  f]\if  nACfAighceAÓAib. 

SCA]\A1C  ÍA]\01Í1  f]\1  A]\Olte,    7    111     C]\1A    f Alllf C]\C  ]\0  fCA]\f  AC  ACC  ÚAIllAll   A]\óite 

-0iAnCcA]\5Ai]\e.  O  ]\o  ]iACAijr Cc  nA  ^Aitt  gAifceAt)  7  jAfvAicecc  ua  n^AoróeAt 
T>rÁf  7  omfonbAipc  cAippb  An'iAit  iia  ]\o  fAoitrCc,  bA  metA  mó]\  teo 
curo-óecc  aii  cu]\Af  cu-ócaco]\  c]\e  a  bfAfccAibfioc  túa  ccu]\AT)Aib  1111011 
ccAirciAtt,  (x  tA  ftuA^  uí  'OhomnAitt  T>on  teic  nAite  (x  ^AbAit  ro]\]\o  ipn 
ccuit  cumAmg  iceAcoriinA^Ain  1   ceAnncA  occa   nCrccAi]voib  coha   bAoi    mA 

CCUIIIAII5  fOAT)  ron  CÚtAT)    t)0     fAljeAT)    A11    ÁcIiA  CA]\f  A    CAn^ACA^    ICCOfAC,  111A 

lonnfoigeAb  11AC  acVia  iiAite  oca  toch  Cinne  mjme  buinj  $ur  aii  mui]\  móin. 
O  t>o  ]\iac1icaca]\  aii  ftuAJ  ^Att  tua  fcofAib  ní]\  bo  fÁnii  conctutf  Cc  7  ní]\ 
bo  mCnnmAc  nusfAc  Af  aii  atvIiaij  fm  tA  huAihAn  7  c]\iT>CnbAf  cenéoit 
cconAitt,  A]\  bA  -oC]\b  Uf  ua  ^AttAib  5U]\  uó  1iAfA  teórom  ah  oroeb  A]\ 
én  tACAi]\  ínÁr  AnemeAÓ  t>o  b]\eic. 

^AbfAc  aii  50ibC]\nói]\  ua  1ilA]\tAt)hA  7  iia  niAice  Acnub]\Amo]\  A5  c]\u-ó  a 
cconiAi]\te  ó  UfcofAÓ  oróce  t)iA  cCt)Aom  50  muict)Ct)oit  niArone  t>ía  t)A]\t)Aom 
•ouf  cró  t)o  jCntxMf  1111011  njÚAfAcc  tiAnpfoit  bAoi  ro]\  chto  t)óib,  coiiat>  fAi]\ 
•oeipró  teo  po  T>eóro  o  fo^te  bAtifoitfi  au  tÁoi  ro]\]\o  Ar^nAiii  ro]\  mionc1iAib 
Af  aii  niAi^eAn  unbACA]\  t)o  riiuttAc  fiche  Aóúa  -oionnfAigeA-ó  ha  liAbArm  ÚAf 
un  effA  Húavo  1  fAit  11A]\  bo  conAif  coicchCnt)  t)o  •oAonnb  ]\íah'i  50  pn,  acIic 
f ,  r.AmÁ  munA  t)i^ricif  cu]\ait>  110  c]\enfincAi]vpm  hi  ccAfc  fAiii]\Aró  t>o  pf]\oriiAT> 

AnCi]\c  7  a  niA-ÓAcliAif,  t)Cicbi]\  ón  A]\  1)A]^x)  AiimAim  ah  lonAVOfui  ]\o  ionn- 
fAijfCc  fo]\]v\n  AbAinn  ca]YÁii  11  a  ccufAt).  1lo  bAOi  t)An  nC]\c  mó]\  05A 
n^]\CfAc1icfoiii  diugA  t)on  c1iu]\fin  .1.  ei^Cn  7  UAniAn,  gun  ]\o  t)oi]\cfCc  111 
Aomfecc  niA  nAonbfom  t)tuic  t)emmnet)Ai5  ^uf  ah  AbAinn  fo  ah    C]\coniAi]\. 

1  Cassan  na  ccuradh.— O'Sullevan  trans-  above  the  cataract  of  Assaroe.  For  a  more 
lates  this  semita  heroum,  the  heroes'  path.  detailed  account  of  this  flight  see  Introd., 
Hist.   Cath.,  p.   203.      It    is    immediatelv      p.  lxxxvm.,  antea. 


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were  placed  by  their  enemies.     There  was  skirmishing  and  shooting  every     1597. 
day  betwecn  the  cavalry  on  both  sides  for  the  space  of  the  thrce  days  that 
the  English  forcc  was  besieging  the  castle. 

Many  wcre  wounded  and  hurt  on  both  sides,  here  and  there,  during 
that  timc  ;  but  yet  more  of  the  English  force  wcre  wounded  than  of  the 
Irish.  Of  the  nobles  among  them  who  were  wounded  then  the  best  known 
was  O'Conor  Sligo,  Donough,  son  of  Cathal  Oge.  The  English  cavalry 
retired  at  last  on  the  third  day  to  the  camp,  and  they  were  mixcd  up 
with  thc  foot-soldiers.  They  scparated  afterwárds  from  each  othcr,  and 
it  was  not  through  love  but  through  fear  they  separated  from  each  other. 
When  the  English  saw  thc  bravery  and  courage  of  the  Irish  grow  and 
increase  beyond  them,  as  thcy  did  not  expect,  thcy  were  greatly  grieved 
for  having  come  on  this  expedition,  on  account  of  those  of  their  heroes 
whom  they  left  behind  round  the  castle,  and  at  the  army  of  O'Don- 
nell  on  the  other  side  coming  on  them  in  the  narrow  corner  in  which  they 
were  confined  by  their  enemies,  so  that  it  was  not  in  their  power  to  go 
back  towards  the  ford  across  which  they  had  come  first,  or  to  go  by 
another  ford  from  the  Lough  of  Erne,  the  daughter  of  Burg,  to  the  occan. 
When  the  English  army  reached  their  camp  they  did  not  sleep  pleasantlv. 
nor  did  they  pass  that  night  agreeably,  through  fear  and  terror  of  the 
Cinel  Conaill,  for  the  English  were  certain  that  it  was  more  likely  thcy 
should  be  destroyed  all  together  than  come  off  safe. 

The  Governor,  the  Earls,  and  the  nobles  of  whom  we  have  spoken  went 
to  take  counsel  from  the  beginning  of  Wednesday  night  to  the  early  dawn 
of  Thursday  morning  as  to  what  they  should  do  in  the  great  danger  before 
them.  Wherefore  they  resolved  in  the  end,  when  the  bright  light  of  the 
day  shone  on  them,  to  go  forward  from  where  they  were,  from  the  hill  of 
Sith  Aodha,  across  the  river,  up  the  bank  of  Assaroe,  at  the  point  where  the 
river  was  not  a  common  passagc  for  people  up  to  that,  but  only  heroes  and 
brave  mcn  would  cross  it  in  the  drought  of  summer  to  prove  thcir  strength 
and  couragc,  so  that  the  name  of  the  place  where  they  entered  thc  rivcr 
was  Cassan  na  ccuradh.1  There  was,  besides,  a  great  power  urging  them  on 
then,  z.c,  ncccssity  and  fcar,  so  that  they  passed  on  together  in  one  violent, 
thick  crowd  to  the  river  opposite  them.     The  crowd,  both  front  and  rear, 


150 

THiquMccfCc  ah  "0)10115  bA  cóij^CndiA  7  b&  t>eit>CnchA  tnob  ^ombA'ó  m 
eiar«riiC'óón  A11  cj'toij  no  ruitMJche  iAt>  aja  AbA  UAcbAir  7  AmCcAiijnAióe  11  a 
liAbAiin  roj\  Accuuro  €b  aj\  1111  C^Ia  7  cnit)Cnb<vp  a  nAn'iAc  t>ía  ccogjiAnn  111 
Antduib.  1lo  rA^AibrCc  An^unnAtihA  mój\A  7  ah  oj\t)AiiÁr  7  ^ac  ní  bAoi  teo 
iia  ]\o  chuiiiAmgrec  t>iomochoj\  eicaji  buró  7  "015  7  5AÓ  nAitnt^e  aj\  cCiia. 
X)o  bC]\crAC  ÍA]\om  ah  uchcbjunnne  ro]\  An  rti^et)  ha  gAijVbhnAniiAiiii  nAin- 
memicrm,  (x  no  bAoi  X)o  cjieiri  7  t>o  c]\ennC]\c  1n  rjiuch  ha  rCnAbAnn  (aiíiaiI, 
]\o  bA  bép  "oi)  7  *0AinCcA]\5nAÍ-óe  iia  t)]\uim  teice  t»uibf,leiiiine  niAn  conAiji 
coicémn  t>o  cjiomftoj  7  -oah  t)ene]\ce  7  t>o  A-óÍAige  iia  n^Aibb  t>CfbAit> 
Ai]\bC]\cA  bic  j;uj\  ]\o  bAi-óicc  ite  t)ÍA  rrCj\Aib  -oía  mnÁib  *oía  neAcliAib  7  "oía 
ccAiptib,  50  ]\ucc  c]\Ccaii  A11  cj^jiocIia  1  rut)on"iAin  6ArfA  1vúai-ó  iacc,  7  Aijyit>e 
riAj\  juj"  A11  muij\  móij\.  O  ]\o  nACAijrCc  tuchc  ah  duiiait)  An  rtuA§  A5 
etÚDh  rAn'itAiD,  gAbAicc  occa  HDiobj\AccAb  aiíiaiI  Ar  Deme  conjiÁngACAn. 
1xo  rjieAccnAt)  iad  rit)em  on  roijunn  do  J\AtA1némcuJ,  7  -jiaiiaic  gur  An  mbjiuAcli 
AttcA-jAAcli,  \\o  gAbj'Ac  occ  DeAbAb  caji  cCiin  iia  Djium^e  no  bA  DebCncliA,  co 
cctor  AruAniAmiA  7  a  rto^liAjicojunAii  7  a  niACAttA  ró  ua  cjuoc1iAib  coiii' 
foiccrm  combA  rAifiAtcA  teo  coj\  bo  lié  coijuieAÓ  Gb  cnCdiAn  ua  troút 
nCriiAicpbe  AcdiUAtAcoji  a  1iuac1icaj\  Aeieoiji  (x  a  rijicteiche  pi\niAimenci. 
■ún  cau  cjia  ac  diÚAtAt)  ó  T)oriinAitt  Dmbj\Aicce  ha  DebéA  7  mACAttA  iia 
lnojigliAite  acj\ac1ic  Ar  a  pujoutt  ró  c1iCcoij\,  7  AcjiAchcrAc  ah  rtuAj  aji  cIiCha. 
fol. 40./'.  T71C5AIC  111A  ccjietriiAib  cj\ot>A  co  cmnCrnAC,  €L  t>o  coij~tCc  Arr  "ooclium  ha 
tiAbAnn  t)o  c1ia]\j\accaiii  ha  irgAÍt  AriiAit  Ar  t)Cínm  iionuccrAc  t)iA  AtAite. 
íli  c1iAijifioc  5|iCim  roj\j\o  50  mbACAr»  rojij^An  mbjiuAc  AjiAitt  D011  AbAmn. 
fto  5011AICC  i\o  bAibic  itioniAC  *oo  t>eij\eAt)  aii  crtoi 5,  7  m  tiCjijenrAc  Achc 
b]\i j  mbicc  t>e  ó  t>o  Ciuiácaj\  aii  ÚAfAit  7  aii  aiju^,  a  ccoirij;  lomgonA  7  a 
tuchc  cCimenn  7  caduj^a.  1lobcAj\  buitij  lAccpbe  t>o  bjieic  aii  Anmonn  ó 
t)iubj\Aicc1nb  t>ij\je  DoriiAincfeccnAi^ce  tochccA  An  DÚnAib  7  ca-jaj'aii  rjuié 
nt)C|uiiAijA  nDifj\eccj\A  ca]\ha  cudcacaia  cj\enpj\  ^au  cmj'tCb  5A11  cmg-ÓAit 
j\íaii'i  r>emjooforii.  T)o  cIiaoc  t)in  ó  T)oriinAitt  hia  tCnniAm  t)A]\fAii  AbAinn 
acc  11A  mÁ  ní  bA  rAin  coiiaiji  t)o  cChjac. 

O  t)o  *óeAc1iAt)  A11  5oibC]\noi]\  conA  ftoj  caj\  eijnie  rAiíitAit)  ro  cCjto  a 
riiumcCji  nro  mneAtt  7  111  ojvoucca-ó.     T)o  ]iacc  a  *óaiiíi  &  a  gjioi-óe  imyCt)mA 

1  Too/c. — See  Annals  F.M.,  vi.  2031, 


i5i 

was  so  cagcr,  that  they  were  placcd  in  thc  middlc  of  thc  army  on  account      j^7 

of  their  dread  and'the  difficulty  of  the  rivcr  oppositc  thcm,  and  their  fear      

and  terror  of  the  enemy  pursuing  thcm.  Thcy  left  bchind  thcir  great  guns 
and  the  ordnancc  and  everything  thcy  had  which  thcy  could  not  carry 
awav,  buth  food  and  drink,  and  cvery  other  ncccssary  too.  Thcy  thcn 
presented  their  breasts  to  the  passage  of  that  rough,  unfrequcntcd  torrent, 
and  on  account  of  the  strength  and  power  of  thc  currcnt  of  thc  rivcr  (as 
was  usual  with  it),  and  the  difficulty  of  thc  vcry  smooth  surface  of  the 
flags  ás  the  common  passage  of  the  great  host,  and,  moreovcr,  from  thc 
wcakness  and  failure  of  the  English  from  want  of  a  propcr  supply  of  food, 
many  of  the  men,  womcn,  steeds,  and  horses  wcrc  drowncd,  and  thc 
strcngth  of  the  stream  bore  them  into  the  deep  part  of  Assaroe,  and  thence 
westwards  to  the  ocean.  Whcn  the  people  in  the  castle  saw  thc  army 
escaping  thus  they  set  to  shoot  at  them  as  fast  as  they  could.  Thcy  wcrc 
answcred  by  the  party  who  werc  in  the  van,  and  had  reached  the  bank  on 
the  other  side.  They  began  to  fight  in  defence  of  the  crowd  that  was  in 
the  rear,  so  that  the  noise  and  report  and  the  echo  were  heard  in  thc 
places  ncar,  and  it  scemcd  to  thcm  that  it  was  thunder  and  the  conflict  of 
the  heavcnly  clements  which  they  were  hearing  from  the  upper  part  of  the 
atmosphcre  and  from  thc  depths  of  the  sky.  When  O'Donnell  heard  the 
shooting  in  the  engagemcnt  and  thc  ccho  of  thc  contest,  he  camc  from  his 
tcnt  immcdiatctly  and  thc  forces  came  too.  They  went  with  their  wcapons 
of  war  speedily  and  set  off  towards  the  river  to  takc  vengeance  on  the 
English  as  quick  as  they  could,  all  togcthcr.  They  did  not  comc  up  with 
them  until  thcy  wcre*  on  the  other  side  of  thc  rivcr.  Many  of  the  rear  of 
the  army  were  wounded  and  drowncd,  and  they  set  littlc  value  on  them,  as 
their  nobles,  leaders,  and  chiefs  of  war,  their  followers  and  friends  had 
escapcd.  Thcv  wcrc  glad  to  carry  away  their  lives  from  the  straight,  deep- 
wounding  shots  of  the  peoplc  of  the  castle,  and  over  the  strong,  violent 
stream,  ovcr  which  heroes  had  never  comc  before  them  without  ruin  and 
death.  O'Donnell  sct  out  in  pursuit  of  thcm  across  the  river,  but  howcvcr 
that  was  not  the  way  too^-.1 

When  the  Governor  and  his  army  camc  across  the  Erne  in  this  way  he 
put  his  people  in  order  and  array.     He  placed  his  oxen  and  horses  used 


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pétl     (x    CAnCAT)    (bACA]\    tÁf    All    ftUAJ   -OlonifutAnj   a    tom    (x   A    HAIOltje  A]\ 

chCnA)  ah  ^iottAnpMó  7  aii  oCr  TnAipii  (x  jac  aCh   no  ^ohca  -óiob  Cco]\]\a  7 
moi ji.     t)Aoi  peipn  coha  -01011111  <\ib  "OA^ftoij  coha  AmrAib  7  conA  o^bAio  *oon 
CAOib   A|\Aitt,  7  ]\o  tA  a  óCr  •ouib]\Aicce  po]i  AmbétAib  "ou]irctAióe  &  •010111- 
corn An'i  -oa]\  cCnn  ah  ÚAp\t  7  AiiAineAc  conA  1iCca  AccAcniAiig  ha  a  ccnnceAttA'ó 
A]\    a  peAbur  ]\o   rtntnpc.      <d]\A  aoi  rm  ]\o  fCnrAC  nunncC]\  uí  T)oihnoitt 
■oeAbAi-ó    tdioc1i]\a   puú    50    ]\o    5011CA    ite    Cco]\]\a   r>e    pú    7   AHAtt,   7    50 
p-A]tccAibce  eidi  (x  "OAome  aii  tÁ  nipn.     5a^aicc  11A  $Aitt  ah  cuchcpn  tAiti 
•oCr  prur  aii  mui]\.     pC]\cA]\  ^té]-  rteocliATÓ  }-o]i]iA  íC]\ccahi  7  bA  1iAUAicCncA  a 
me'o.     Horointicc  nAponA  'oepóe  50]\bo  InnbreccAin  T)oii  toec]\Ai"ó  ah  Ai]\m 
•oiomtuA-ó  tA  liAióbte  ah  fteAcliAró.     t)A  mo  ah'i  ]\o  tA  ipóe  yo\\  n'iuiiicC]\  uí 
*Oon'niAitt    otoÁ]-    p>]\piA    ^AtlAib    ía]\    ha    noiec^A-ó    ÚAin    ]\o     pv^Aibpoc 
Ap'0]\b]\ACA    AnAfAnA    101in]:0CCA   7    A111Attc]\AtinA    7    A]\oite    *oia    néc^At)    tA 
cmnCnur  7  tA  c]\íce  11  a  co^a^uha  00   c1ia]i]\accahi  iia  n^Att.      Uaca]\  aii  -01 
]-oc]iAroe  ]x>]i  aii  ApAi]\cpn   occ  ah  nn-óeAbAró  ]\o   ]iAró]-Cmo]\  7  occ   cCcca]\- 
iol.41.fl.    ]\oc1icaiii  boC^liAit  Anoite  50  ]uac1icaca]\  ca]\  T)]iobAoir  ca]\  T)uib  7  50  HIA5 
ccCiccne.      O  ]\obcA]\  pcciclní;  mumci]\  uí  T)1ion'in<\itt  "oon   co^Aipn   iotnpAic 
m a   bpucCmj;  (x  AC]\utAC  iia  501tt  "oía  cciglnb  yo  n'ietA  7  Aicip      -dcc  cIiCiia 
]iobco]i  pubAig  ]:o]\bp\oti5  A]i  AbA  ah   etuoA  A]-  ha  ^Aibcib  niibACA]\,  (x  m 
"oC]111]-ac   acc  b]ug   mbicc   *oia   ].-]_- A^Aibpoc   ó    "oo    C]uiaca]1   pCipn.      11i]i  bó 
rAtútAi'ó   "oúa  *Olion'mAitt  m   ]io  potA]icnAig  *óó]-oih   AmnietAclicnujAt)    5A11 
rtAii  a  n'iCnmAii  -opAjbAit  yo\\\\<\  (x  ]\o  ^Ab  occ  mAi]\5tiiu§AO  7  occ  mip]\  co 
mo]\   niiA  ccC]\nú-ó   ua-ó   aii    cudic    pn.      1)aca]\  m  SticceAÓ  ah  a-óaij  pn, 
bA]-C"ó  accCciia  1iui-óe,  A]\  a  bA]\AÓ  'oa'oIiaií;  1  niAini]-cC]\  11A  buitte,  7  A1l  c]\C]- 
oit)c1ie  1u  cuaic  Ac1ia  tÍACc.     1ii  rét  eicpeccA  ua  lií  haoiíi  1HAi]\e  7  1n    coicc 
•oecc   Augup;    A]\    Á01    tAidie    mír  5]\eme  ac  ]\utACA]\  An  ptÚA^  pn    t)A]\ 

SAtÚA01]\. 

O  *oo  ]uonncAi]-Cc  HA  niAice]-in    •otbtionAib   *oia   cci^lnp   ni]\  bo   ]-úahac 

1-Á"o1lAt  ]AO  C0c1lA1C    -do'oll    1\ÚA"Ó    IÍA    *OoiÍl1lAltt  C011A  ]%0c1l]\A1Oe    111lbui   ]\Cm.]DA 


xMagh Ccctne. — i.e.,  the field  oí  compulsion,  of  Ircland,  p.  78,  and  The  Book  of  Fenagh,  p. 

where  the  Formorians  obliged  the  Neme-  250.      This   place   is   often.  mentioned   in 

dians  to  pay  a  tribute  of  children,  cattle,  Annals  F.  M. 

vvheat,    milk,   and    butter   on    the   first    of  -  Athleague. —  A  village   on    the    river 

November  each  year.     It  lies  bctween  the  Suck,  in  the  N.W.  of  the  barony  of  Athlone, 

rivers  Drowesand  Erne-     See  Keating's  H.  Co.  Roscommon. 


3  J 


for  the  wains  and  carts  (which  thc  army  had  to  carry  thcir  provisions  and      159; 
their  implements  also),  his  attendants  and  his  unarmed  people,  and  every 
one  of  thosc  wounded  bctwcen  them  and  the  sca.     IIc  was  himsclf  with 
companics  of  chosen  troops,  with  his  soldicrs  and  youths,  on  thc  other  side. 
Heputhis  shooters  opposite  for  the  defencc  and  protcction  of  the  nobles  and 
chiefs,  so  that  thcy  should  not  be  surrounded   or  circumvcntcd   owing  to 
the  pcrfect  way  in  which  thcy  were  placcd.     However,  O'DonnelI's  people 
made  a  fiercc  attack  on  them,  so  that  many  among  them  werc  woundcd  on 
this   side   and  that,  and   horses  and  men  wcrc  lcft  behind  that  day.     The 
English  marched  then,  keeping  the  sca  on  the  right.     A  shower  of  rain  fell 
on  them  after  that,  and  the  intensity  of  it  was  unusual.     The  mcn  ccased 
in  consequence,  for  it  was  dangerous  for  thc  soldicrs  to  use  their  arms  on 
account   of  the   heavy  rain.     This  had  a  greater  effcct   on    O'Donnell's 
peoplc   than  on   thc   English  on  account  of  their  clothing,  for  they  had  lcft 
behind   their  cloaks,  long  stockings,  and   shoes,   and  other  parts   of  their 
dress,  owing  to  their  haste  and  the  urgency  of  the  call  to  take  vengeance 
on  the  English.     The  two  armies  were  engaged  in  this  way  in  the  contest 
of  which  wc  have  spoken,  harming   each    other   until    they  crossed    the 
Drowes  and   the   Dubh  to  Magh  Ccetne.1      As  O'Donnell's  people  wcre 
tired  by  the  pursuit  they  turned  back,  and  the  Engjish  escaped  to  thcir 
homes  with  sorrow  and  confusion.     But  yet  they  were  pleased  and  glad  on 
account  of  thcir  escape  from   the   straits  in  which    they  wcre,   and   thcv 
made  but  little  account  of  thosc  whom  they  left  behind  sincc  thcy  them- 
selves    escaped.       It    was    not    so    with    O'Donnell ;    their    joy    was    not 
pleasing  to  him,  since  his  mind  was  not  satisfied  that  they  had  got  awav, 
and  he  proceedcd  to  lament  and  reflcct  very  much  at  thcir  cscape  from 
him  on  that  occasion.     Thcy  stayed  in  Sligo  that  night ;  that  was  their  first 
journey  ;  on  the  night  of  the  next  day,  at  the  monastery  of  Bovlc  ;  on  the 
third  night  in  thc  district  of  Athleague.2     On  thc  feast  of  thc  Assumption 
of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary,  and  on  the   15U1  of  August,  according  to  the 
solar  month,3  the  army  crossed  the  Saimer. 

When  fhe  nobles  on  both  sidcs  had  gone  to  their  homes,  O'Donnell 
and  his  forces  did  not  pass  idly  or  slothfully  what  was  before  them  of  thc 
3  Solar^Month. —  See  The  Book  0/ Rights,  p.  xlviii. 


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doh  roghriiAppn  iíai]\  jacIi  caii  no  coiiíiaicC-ó  Ci^CiróÁit  110  Anrro]\tonn 
o  gliAttAtb  ron  úa  lléitt  (£ox)  iiiac  "pi]roo]\c1iA)  no  fAoróeA'ó  tic]\i  7  ceccA 
co  1uia  n*OoriinAitt  -oeccAoíne  a  eccÚAÍAmj  pur  "oia  Ait  7  "oia  AchchumjeA'ó 
1111  chochc  "oia  chobAin  7  "oia  chomro]\cAchcc  aii  cah  ha  rA^'ÓA'OAir  5A1^t  a 
iDAO^IiAt  burjem  7  riA  teigeAX)  An  oniAn  'ooib  bic  occ  ro]\]\An  rAi]\.  Da 
•001  tró  'oichuriiAmj;  -oo  iiAch  nAon  nAite  ha  1ia]xa]\a  eici]\éiAnA  ha  rtuAi^hci 
riubtACA  7  iia  "oeAbcA  -ouit^e  nó  pieAprtAT)  hi  coicccCt)  núitettA  hia  ci]\ 
but>T)ein  7  ^ac  cAn  no  cei^eAb  1  cí]\  nGo^luxin  1n  coipcm  uí  Héitt.  11i]\  bo 
ciAn  bÁoi  úa  "Ooiimoitt  ipror  ÍAfi  mnicecc  An  joibC]\nó]\A  7  11A  nlA]\tA"ó  AiiiAit 
]\o  ]\eriiAipieróporii  A11  CAn  cAn^Acon ceccA  uí  Héitt  *oo  fAi^eA'ó  uí  *Ohon'inAitt 
•oia  Airueir  "óó  combui  aii  1urar  (UoniAr  Lojro  tjopoujjh)  Gc  lAntA  dntte 
*Oa]\a  (lleii]\i  mAc  5C]\oicc)  co  roc]\Ai"oe  ^AX  rC]\  mróe  7  LAi^Cn  occ  ccochc 
co  cí]\  Go^Iiahi  A]\  ca]\]\aiii5  7  A]\  ooncopg  Uoi]\]vóeAtbAi5  nnc  Onp  ha 
Í0I.41.&  n^A^cA-ó  nnc  'Petnn  TLuAró  uí  íléitt,  7  ]io  fAoró  cIiucca  cochc  co  tion  a 
cluonoit  "oía  cobAi]\  7  "oía  iiC]\ca-ó  m  a^ató  a  iiAtiiAcc  Gt  ]\o  cmjeAtt  beór 
cecip  caii  iiAite  t)o  pccfeA-o  úa  *OoiiiiiAitt  a  tCr  cocc  "oia  coriifujicAcc  co 
coreA'óroiii  mA  coi]uon  cCn  CnnA'OA'ó  ^au    iom]>ui]\eAc. 

O  ]\o  C]\tC^  úa  'OoiiniAitt  iia  ticne,  ]\o  roncon^Ain  ro]\  a  coichC]-cAt 
cionót  Ar  ^ac  Ai]\t)  íiia  t)ochom  ró  cCccói]\,  úai]\  ni]\  bo  tAinn  tAir  úa  Héitt 
•oo  bic  ipn  ei^Cn  niibui  ^ah  AtÁbÁ^liA  *oo  ó\bAi]\c  teip  T)eicbi]\  ón  A]\  ni]\ 
uó  comroe'ó  co  ]\o  chm  'oía  ccenét  a]aaoii  TMAr  tA]'A]\  bite  Gc  tArA]\  cocIia 
a]\  oite  ott)Acc  A11  "oa  Aó'ópn  bACAn  co*ónAt§,  7  bACA]\  rtACA  ro]\  a  cenétAib 
aii  cAiipn.  *Oo  coCc  ÍA]\om  o  *Oon'niAitt  1  cc]\A\cce  co  1u\i]\m  AmbAoi  ó  Heitt 
con  •oio]\iiia  moi]\  'oia  n'iA]\cftuA5  7  X)1A  miteAT)Aib  imA]\oCn  pur  7  A]\oite  tnob 
mA  tCniiiAin  A]\  m  ]\o  Ai]\i]Yion'i  niA  noije  pmí  t<\  cmnCnur  a]\  uaiiiah  ha 
n^Att  "oo  curóecc  1  cí]\  neogAtn  cró  ]\ia  pú  oreA-órom  gur  An  niAijm  i]\Aibe 
úa  Héitt. 

^OaLa  An  lurcir  7  tiAti^Att  AC]\ub]\Amo]\  cAn^ACAnp-óe  co  ftuAJ  tÁnmó]\ 
tiontiiA]i    tei]\cionoitce    50     t)]\oichCc      AcIia,    Ap^róe    co     cnAigbAite     50 

1  E.  of  Rildare. — This  was  Henry,twelfth  O'Donnell,    brother  of  Hugh    Roe.      See 

Earl,  called  by  the  Irish  na  dtuagh,  i.e.,  Annals  F.  M.,v.  2380.            # 

of  the  battle-axes.     O'Neill  urged  him  to  2  Men  of  Meath  —  O'Sullevan  says  one  of 

renounce    all    allegiance   to    the    English  the    Barnwalls   commanded   the   forces   of 

Crown   and  to  join  with  the    Irish.     His  Meath.     He  detached   a  party  under  the 

second   daughter,    Brigid,    married    Rory  command  of  his  son  to  attack  Tyrrell,  one 


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harvcst,  for  whenever  any  oppression  or  violcncc  was  thrcatcncd  by  thc  1597. 
English  against  O'Ncill  (Hugh,  son  of  Fcrdoragh),  hc  scnt  lcttcrs  and 
messengers  to  O'Donncll  to  complain  of  his  sufferings  to  him,  and  to  ask 
and  beseech  him  to  comc  to  his  aid  and  assistance  whcn  the  English  did 
not  strive  to  harm  himself  and  fear  did  not  allow  thcm  to  oppress  him. 
The  long  journeys,  and  swift  hostings,  and  difHcult  skirmishings  which  hc 
carried  on  in  the  province  of  Oilioll  and  in  his  own  tcrritory  and  each  time 
he  went  intoTir  Eoghain  to  the  assistance  of  O'Xcill,  werc  painful  and  hard 
to  evcry  onc  else.  O'Donnell  was  not  long  at  rest  aftcr  thc  dcparturc  of 
the  Govcrnor  and  of  thc  Earls,  as  we  have  related,  whch  messengers  camc 
from  O'Neill  to  O'Donncll  to  tell  him  that  the  Lord  Justice  (Thomas 
Lord  Borough)  and  the  Earl  of  Rildarc1  (Henry,  son  of  Gerald),  with  the 
forces  of  the  English  and  the  men  of  Meath2  and  Leinster,  were  coming  to 
Tir  Eoghain  at  the  instigation  and  by  the  advice  of  Turlough,  son  of  Henry 
na  ngarthadh,3  son  of  Phelim  Roe  O'Neill,  and  he  sent  to  him  to  come 
with  all  his  forces  to  aid  and  strengthen  him  against  his  encmies,  and  he 
promised  besides  that  whenever  O'Donnell  would  require  him  to  come  to 
his  aid  he  would  come  to  hclp  him  without  hesitation  or  delay. 

When  O'Donnell  read  the  letter  he  ordered  his  whole  force  to  assemblc 
from  every  place  to  him  immediately,  for  it  was  not  agreeable  to  him  that 
O'Neill  should  be  in  such  straits  without  giving  him  help.  This  was  natural, 
for  it  was  not  usual  that  two  such  flamcs  of  mutual  lovc  and  of  affection  should 
spring  together  from  their  stock  as  thesc  two  Hughs,  who  were  lords  and 
princes  ovcr  thcir  tribes  at  that  time.  O'Donnell  went  soon  afterwards 
to  where  O'Neill  was  with  a  large  body  of  his  horsc  and  of  his  foot- 
soldicrs,  and  others  of  them  followed,  for  he  did  not  delay  in  his  journey 
for  them  in  his  hastc,  fcaring  lest  the  English  army  might  come  to  Tir 
Eoghain  before  he  rcachcd  the  place  where  O'Neill  was. 

As  for  the  Lord  Justicc  and  the  English  of  whom  we  have  spoken, 
thcy  came  with  a  very  large,  powcrful,  numerous  army  to  Drogheda,  from 

of  the  Anglo-Irish  of  Leinster,  who  was  3  T.  Mac  Henry  na  ngarthadh.  —  i.e.t  of 

friendly  to  O'Neill.  Young  Barnwall  was  the  cries.  See  p.  31,  antea.  Owing  to  his 
captured,  and  a  great  part  of  his  forces  guidance  the  Lord  Justice  crossed  the  river 
slain.     Hist.  Caih.,  p.  184.  in  safetv.     Annals  /■'.  M.,  vi.  2023. 

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Héitt  7  úa  "OomnAitt  coha  ptogAib  ■po^i  accitto  aii  "oú  pn.  1lin  bo  ^o-ÓAin^ 
I^AigeA-ó  ro]\  ah  bpchlA  teoiiiAin  7  ro]\  aii  nCo  n^pbe  t>o  ]wVIa  cut  1  cut 
puú.  Aippr  Ati  Hirar  coiia  rtoj  Gc  no  §Ab  tongponc  m  j^vpfoccur  -oon 
AbAinn  A|\  bA  t>C]\b  tAir  iia]\  bo  ]\Cró  "óó  nÁc  xdía  rtoj  ArgnArii  rop  aiiajató  m 
bub  ríne.  Ua  ruiteAch,  p\eb]\Ac,  cpechcAC,  c]\oitmnceAc1i,  "oebdiAc,  tiiub- 
nAicciuc  A11  riA-óu^Ab  ror]\UAi]\  An  lupcir  conA  riiumcf]\  o  ftoJAib  uí  Héitt 
7  uí  *OlioiimAitt  aj;  cornArii  Accpce  7  ACCAomrojibA  puú.  11i]\  bo  ní  aii  "oo 
intCnrAc  "oo  diAtniA  ]uaiíi  ha  ía]\oiíi  occ  uiroit)Cn  aii  aca]\-óa  A]\  ah  ecc]\Aiccib 
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íol.42.  a.  ioiitóa  t>o  ua^a  "óoib  cró  ía]\cahi  nobAb  enmtc  t>Aipieir  ah  ojifA.  Acc  cCha  111 
uo  tei^eA"ó  rÚAn  iia  pvóAite,  cot)tAt>  ua  coiiuiAnóe,  lonnpDt^eA'ó  ha  AUA'ó'óoib 
ittó  iia  111  oit>che  ^ah  'oeAbAib  7  -oiAint)iub]\A5A'óro]\]\o  t>o  §]\er  ó  nA^oróeA- 
tAib  gu]\  bo  túptii  in  ]\o  niA]\bAic  7  in  no  mu'ÓAigic  t>iA  inA]\c]%to£  me]vóA 
moinmenmnAi5  7  t)iA  noccbAi-ó  AmtiAir  Auroiut)  7"oía  neActiAib  Aitte  AfirhA|VÓA. 
An  oite  t<Mce  m  ectiiAin^  ha  ]\ee  bACAn  ah  cuchcpn,  ]\o  JAb  Aitj Cr  ah 
lurcir  "oo  -out  ro]\  uro  nA  cetcliA  *oo  ua^a  hia  coriifoccur  50  mi-óeAiiiAin  Gt-oo 
iiiói]\-óe5eAb  ah  cí]\e  mA  cniicliett,  7  bA  rCp\  'óó  ha  ctreAb  ah  coirg  cubdiA'ó 
úai]\  -oo  nejAiiii  A]\  Aitt  X)oii  ^ApiAró  goróeAtAij;  cut  1u  cut  "oó  1  ri n  niAijjmpn 
7  pjic  ioiiiai]\C5  Arimur  AiironCiroA  7  "oeAb^ró  "oaha  t>oiC'0]\AnA  pup  An  1up;ir 
7  pu  1iK\]\tA  citte  *oa]\a  7  rfnr  ha  niAicib   t>o   ]\a^a  hia  CAoniicecc  gun  ]\o 

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CAipcnnb  Gfc  t)o  •ÓA^'ÓAoinib  iiac  ccAbA]\co]\  aii  AnniAnnA  ironAicriiCc  hac  hi 
cunime,  cenmocliÁ  m  no  niA]ibA'ó  túa  ntiAorcoputoig.  *Oo  riiA]\bA"ó  Ann  tmii 
-oC]\b]iAc1iAi]\  mnÁ  An  1u]xi]\  1lo  mu'ÓAigCx)  beór  A]\  Aitt  -oo  mumci]\  lA]\tA 
clntte  -oa]\a  7  no  5011AT)  ah  dA]\tA  reipn.  51"°e  A11  1upc:ip  c]\a  m  ce]uiAip-óe 
gAn  cneccnuJAt)  Af  ah  iomAinCg  pn.  HleAbAit)  niAi-óni  ro|\]\A  guf  An  cCnn  7 
rur  aii  cAi]upioiii  bAot  teo  jur  ah  ccAinpA,  7  munAbAX)  Aroiccp  t)óib  bAoipt>e 
ni  iiA^At)  rceotAnjA  ÚAit)ib  m  a  bCdiAt)  cIiucca.  lA]\tA  citte  t)A]\A  t)An  ]\ob 
ei^Cn  t)o  ceiteAb]AAt)  t>on  Itifcir  ro  bic1nn  a  cjieccnAi^ci  7  cpAtt  t)iA  C15,  7  ó 
t>o  ]\iacc  co  >O]\0icCc  Aca  AcbAC  ipn  mbAite  pn  t>o  ndrii  7  t)o  ciac1iai]\  A§on. 

1  He  died. — Wallop  wrote  from  Dublin  to  mother's  house  in  Drogheda.'     The  Earls 

Lord  Burghley,  August  3rd,  1597:  'Yester-  of  Kildare,  by  the  M.  of  Kildare,  p.  234, 

day  the  Erle  of  Kildare  coming  some  12  or  and   Adde/ida,   p.    316.     His   mother   was 

•    13  days  past  from  the  camp,  dyed  at  his  Mabel,  daughter  of  Sir  Anthony  Brovvn. 


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that  to  Stradbally  and  to  Armagh,  and  thcy  did  no  stop  till  they  camc  to  the  l$g? 
bank  of  thc  Blackwater.  O'Ncill  and  O'Donncll  went  with  their  forces  to 
meet  thcm  there.  It  was  not  casy  to  attack  thc  den  of  a  lion  and  thc  ncst 
of  a  griffin  whcn  facc  to  facc  with  them.  The  Lord  Justice  and  his  army 
haltcd  and  cncamped  close  to  thc  rivcr,  for  he  was  surc  it  would  not  bc  casy 
for  him  or  for  his  army  to  advance  against  them  farther.  The  reccption  which 
thc  Lord  Justice  and  his  people  met  with  from  the  armies  of  O'Xeill  and 
O'Donncll  while  dcfending  their  tcrritory  and  lands  against  them  was 
bloody,  sharp,  wounding,  maiming,  quick-shooting.  Xcvcr  before  or  aftcr 
did  thcy  do  anything  heroic  whilc  defending  their  native  land  from  thcir 
enemics  to  be  compared  with  what  they  ought  to  do  if  thcy  knew  thcn  the 
many  evils  that  came  on  thcm  afterwards,  which  it  would  be  too  tedious  to 
relate  now.  Howcvcr,  neither  the  calm  of  delight  nor  the  sleep  of  repose 
was  allowed  to  comc  or  abidc  with  thcm  day  or  night  without  attack 
and  shooting  at  thcm  continually  by  thc  Irish,  so  that  numbcrs  of  thcir 
noble,  magnanimous  horsemen,  of  their  destructive,  impetuous  vouths,  and 
of  thcir  beautiful  foreign  horses  wcrc  killcd  and  destroycd. 

One  day  while  they  were  thus  engaged,  a  great  desire  seized  on  the 
Lord  Justice  to  go  to  the  summit  of  the  hill  that  was  near  to  view  and 
survey  the  country  all  round,  and  it  were  better  for  him  if  he  had  not  gone 
on  that  business  he  went  on,  for  some  of  the  Irish  soldiers  camc  facc  to  face 
with  him  there,  and  they  made  a  hard,  fierce  onset  and  a  daring  attack  on 
the  Lord  Justicc  and  on  the  Earl  of  Rildare  and  the  nobles  who  werc  with 
him,  so  that  thc  chief  officcr  of  the  army  was  slain  there,  together  with 
a  largc  numbcr  of  thc  captains  and  gcntlcmcn  whose  namcs  arc  not  rc- 
mcmbcrcd  or  rccordcd,  bcsides  the  common  soldiers  who  wcrc  Icilled.  Thc 
brothcr  of  the  Lord  Justice's  wife  too  wás  slain.  Somc  of  the  people  of  the 
Earl  of  Rildarc  also  wcre  slain,  and  the  Earl  himselfwas  wounded.  Even  thc 
Lord  Justice  himself  did  not  escape  without  being  wounded  from  that 
encountcr.  With  all  their  valour  and  pcrscvcrance  thcy  wcrc  drivcn  to  thc 
camp,  and  if  it  had  not  bccn  ncar  them,  those  of  them  who  flcd  would  not 
have  rcturncd  alivc.  It  was  ncccssary  for  thc  Earl  of  Rildare  to  take 
leave  of  thc  Lord  Justice,.as  hc  was  wounded,  and  to  return  homc.  And 
whcn  hc  rcachcd  Droghcda  hc  dicd  '   in  that  town  of  thc  poison  and  thc 


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e  mocliAiftige  a  f  In  7  a  f  innf  C]i  50  nonoin  7  50  nAifrinccm  AiiiAtt  j\o  bA*ó  t)íon. 
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coi]i]iftiAb  nA  SCghpA.     \\o  gAb  rorf  biucc  hipiróe  gu]\  ]\o  cocliAicfCc  a 

»  7tfw£.— He  was  buried  in  St.  Brigid's  *  He  died.—The  accounts  differ  as  to  the 

church.      Jhe    Earls  of  Kildare,   p.    235.  cause  of  his  death.     Moryson  says  he  fell 

u    ía,miIy   bunal-place   at    Xildare    was  sick  in  the  course  of  the  second  expedition 

rather  the  franciscan  monastery,  sincethe  which  he  made  to   relieve  the  Blachwater 

ist,  2nd,  and  3rd  Earls  were  buried  there.  Fort.     Rebellion,  &c,  p.  21. 


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sorcness  of  thc  wound.     IIis  body  was  takcn  to  Kildarc  to  be  shown  to  his       1597. 
friends,  and  was  buricd   by  thcm  in  thc  tomb1    of  his   predecessors  and 

ancestors  with  the  honour  and  respect  that  were  mcet. 

As  for  thc  Lord  Justice,  he  set  off  on  his  rcturn  the  next  day  and  hc 
reachcd  Armagh,  and  he  was  carried  on  a  littcr  or  in  a  carriage  by 
his  faithful  followcrs  and  his  own  people  that  day.  He  was  carricd  aftcr 
that  to  Iubhar  Cinn  Tragha,  and  he  dicd  2  there  of  his  wounds.  Thc  English 
army  returned  home  with  grief  and  shame  in  this  way.  The  Cincl  Conaill 
and  thc  Cinel  Eoghain  set  off  to  return  to  thcir  family  strongholds  and 
castles  cheerfully  and  gladly  aftcr  that  victory.  O'Donncll  took  leave  of 
O'Neill,  and  it  was  very  painful  to  both  of  them  to  part  from  each  othcr. 
Hugh  O'Donncll  thought  it  long  that  thc  English  of  thc  provincc 
of.  Oilioll  were  at  rcst  without  any  attack  being  made  on  thcm  and 
on  the  people  who  had  cntercd  into  fricndship  with  them  in  the  cnd, 
and  had  contracted  friendship  with  him  aftcr  scparating  from  them  at 
first.  Of  these  was  O'Conor  Roe,  Hugh,  son  of  Turlough  Roe.  O'Donnell 
had  a  dislike  to  him  since  he  entered  into  friendship  with  the  English, 
though  bcing  his  fricnd  some  time  beforc.  He  reflected  how  he  might 
ravage  his  country.  This  was  difficult,  since  the  dwelling  of  that  O'Conor 
was  very  safe  and  hard  to  reach,  and  very  near  a  placc  whcre  he  might 
put  his  cattle  ancl  trcasures  also  beyond  the  reach  of  his  cncmics  unless 
they  camc  on  him  unawares.  0'Rourke  had  promiscd  him  that  hc  would 
not  allow  O'Donncll  to  plundcr  him  without  noticc  and  help  from  hini 
Whercfore  O'Donnell  resolved  to  collect  his  army  and  to  go  into  thc  provincc. 
He  went  on,  therefore,  until  hc  haltcd  to  the  south-wcst  of  Glendallan. 
Hc  cncamped  there.  This  was  the  deception  he  practised  on  0'Rourke, 
in  order  to  plunder  O'Conor.  He  sent  messengers  to  him  to  invitc  him  to 
a  meeting  at  the  camp,  and  to  tell  him  to  come  to  him  thc  ncxt  day 
without  any  dclay  whatcver.  Meantime  0'Rourke  did  not  think  O'Donnell 
would  leavc  the  camp  there  until  he  would  come  to  him.  This  was  the 
plan  adopted  by  O'Donnell  aftcr  sending  his  messenger  to  invite  0'Rourkc. 
He  left  his  camp  after  the  middle  of  thc  day  and  went  across  the  Sligcach, 
southwards,  and  hc  did  not  halt  till  he  came  to  Corrsliabh  of  the  Seghais. 
He  made  a  short  halt  there,  so  that  his  soldicrs  might  takc  somc  refresh- 


i6o 

rmle<vó<\  A]\  Aitt  *oi<\  tomob,  7  co  ]\o  teiccpoc  Afcír  7  A]1  ha  aC^CAir  "OAtt 
rAn  rtiAb  but>  r>Cy  la  bAii  roitri  ah  LÁ01.  O  no  porcATfttAij  -oo]\c1iaca 
coj\ac  ha  1ioi-óce  rruri  mbACAn  occ  ru]\nAróe  ro]\  roitp  ah  tÁoi,  00  coirtCc 
Ar  CA]']^An  rtiAb  ca]\  SCjAir  ca]\  IVUnjtui]^  ah  T)a5"óa  (x  t>a]\  niumcuro 
fol  43. a.  fnt,15e  h^oi  tUA  mACAin.  *Oo  ]\etccCc  fccAoiteA-ó  *oía  rcClmiutcoib  ipn 
t>C-óoit  ro  t)ic1i]\eAb<Mb  7  ,oCi]\]ucib  ha  c]uche  coiia  rA]\j;Aibf  Cc  nnt  mnnite  ó 
Acli  StirCn  co  tXvo^nA.  lompAic  ÍAnom  uia  rrrucliCmg  co  cco]^A]\  7  50 
njAbAtAib  ionrÓAib  AiiiAit  rA  bér  "oóib.  Oa  tiA'ónAn  tA  Iiúa  11uai]\c  "oCnon'i  ua 
hoijvgne  jaii  jiAcu^At)  iroó.  11i]\  bo  tuJA  bA  métA  €c  bA  liAicir  tÁ]*  ah  ^oib- 
C]\nói]\  Se]\  Coneur  Ctioro]\c  opjAm  ha  c]uc1ie  ]\o  bAoi  ro  AniAmur  jau 
cacu^ax)  *oa]i  a  cCnt)  ^emAt)  1  a  oróeAÓcnobAt)  C]\t>AtcA  LAir  (x  t>uc]\A^Ai]\  t>ut 
iiroC"o1iAií;  uí  T)omnAitt  t)iA  ^etjeAt)  aii  on'iAn  t)ó. 

O  ]AAinicc  o  *OoiiniAitt  coua  1'to^  tiÍA  ccigib  bACA]\  irror  irubAróe  7 
irAime  r]n  ne  ah  ^Aiiiinit)  05  coircecc  r]u  C015C-0  111eAt)bA.  11i  ]\o  ctoAcliA]! 
uac  51110111  iiAi]\t)C]\c  Cco]\]\A  ahai]aCc  rin  acc  ha  niÁ  ]\onCiiAirc  ó  "Ruai]\c  a 
c1iA]iAC]iAt>  rnir  aii  Ai]\]\ij  ]iem]\Aice  Sin  Conuer  c]ua  bicm  nAlioi]i<me  AC]\ub- 
]\AmA]\,7tA  becc  7  iom]>o]\niAc  r]UA  b]\Ac1iAi]\  reirni  Uaó^  úa  11uai]\c  a]\  ni]\  tío 
]\Cró  eAco]\]\A  t)ibtmib  1111  ]\omn  Arro]\bA  7  a  cc]\idie  je]\bcA]\  ctAiin  en  acau. 

1598,  aii  7.  btiAt)Ain. 
t)A  p  Aunrin  m  ]\o  C]\nAróm  ó  lluAinc  aco]\  yy\y  ah  5oibC]\noi]\  ironbA 
lAnuA]u,  1598.  11i]\  uo  roitió  ó  *OomiiAitt  t)o  ctoirceóc  Anrceóit  úai]\  t)A 
tuchc  cocAij  aii  cenét  t)iAmbui  úa  1Iuai]\c  t)A  rmnrenAib  o  cdn  iíiai]\,  tx  bA 
b]\ACAi]i  t)ó  eiriom  reirni  coiiaó  A]\  iia  rACAib  rm  ha]\  bo  mCnniA]\c  Iai£ 
Ammur  rAi]\  110  m]\eAt)'A  C]uc1ie  AiiiAit  cIiac  7  ]\o  pccC]\  combA  héiccCn  eirit>e 
munA  roA-ó  ron  cula-ó  1n  combÁij  ha  ngoioeAt  úai]\  ]\o  hCici]vóeti5hce  a 
coccAchrom  r]u  jac  uaoii  ]\o  HATÓmeAt)  a  CA]\AC]iAt)  yy\y  11A  ^ALLAib.  Ho 
tAbArcoi]\  05A  Ait  7  05A  CcAfgui-óe  co  luncteice  ah  ccCccnArecc  im  foAt>  uia 
•nnicliCmj,  05  comAicCiii  7  05  bubcAt>  rAi]\  aii  recc  nAite  tnA  HAiiAt)  Ai]\m 
imbui.     ^AbAir  ó  Ruai]\c  occ  coifceAcbc  y\\\y  co  1iu]\co]^ac1i  y Am]\Aij.     1lo 

1  Slieve  Baune.  —  A   mountain    in    the  at  the  battle  of  the  Curlews   and  took  part 

south-east   of    Co.    Roscommon,    running  in    the    forays    made    by   O'Donnell    ínto 

parallel  with  the  river  Shannon.  Thomond,  Meath,  and  other  places  held  by 

2Alliance.  —  lt  lasted  but  a  short  time,  the  English  or  their  friends.     See  Annals 

for  O  Rourhe  was  on  the  side  of  the  Irish  F.  M.,  vi.  2035  and  2103. 


iCi 

mcnt  and  get  rid  of  thcir  fatigue,  and  not  cross  thc  mountain  of  thc  Seghais,  '597- 
southwards,  in  the  full  light  of  day.  W'hcn  darkness  prevailed  in  thc 
beginning  of  thc  night  ovcr  thc  light  of  day  while  thcy  wcre  resting,  they 
wcnt  forward  through  thc  mountain,  ovcr  thc  Seghais,  through  Moylurg  of 
thc  Daghdha,  and  thc  lcvcl  part  of  Magh  Aoi  before  morning.  They  sent 
thcir  maraudíng  parties  in  thc  twilight  to  scattcr  ovcr  thc  wastes  and  rcmotc 
parts  of  thc  tcrritorv,  and  thcv  did  not  leave  a  single  beast  from  Ath 
Slisean  to  Slicvc  Baunc.1  Thcy  rcturned  áfter  that  in  triumph  with  plcntiful 
spoils,  as  was  usual  with  thcm.  O'Rourlce  was  ashamcd  that  the  preving 
should  have  taken  place  without  his  hnowlcdgc.  Xo  less  was  the  chagrín 
and  confusion  of  thc  Governor,  Sir  Conycrs  Clifford,  for  thc  plundcring  of 
thc  country  which  was  undcr  his  protection  without  fighting  for  it,  for  it 
was  his  spccial  carc,  and  he  was  anxious  to  go  in  pursuit  of  O'Donnell  if 
fear  allowed  liim. 

W'hen  O'Donnell  and  his  army  came  home  thev  rcstcd  in  merri- 
ment  and  pleasure  during  the  winter  time,  hearing  of  the  province  of 
Meadhbh.  Xo  important  fact  was  heard  of  betwecn  them  during  that 
time  except  that  0'Rourke  entered  into  a  friendship  with  the  Governor 
aforcsaid,  Sir  Conycrs,  on  account  of  the  plundering  of  which  we  havc 
spoken  and  the  rivalry  and  jealousy  of  his  own  brother,  Tadhg  0'Rourke, 
for  therc  was  no  accord  between  them  on  account  of  the  division  of  thcir 
patrimony  and  territory,  though  they  were  the  children  of  one  fathcr. 

1598,  thc  sevcnth  ycar. 

Thc  time  whcn  0'Rourke  madc  his  alliance  -  with  the  Governor  was  at 
the  end  of  January,  1598.  O'Donnell  was  not  pleased  at  hearing  the  news, 
forthc  family  to  which  0'Rourke  belongcd  wcre  friends  of  his  ancestors  for 
a  long  time,  and  he  was  himsclf  his  rclative.  W'herefore  for  these  reasons 
hc  was  not  eager  to  attack  him  or  to  prey  his  country  likc  othcrs,  and  hc 
kncw  that  would  bc  nccessary  unless  he  returned  to  thc  confcderacv  of  thc 
Irish,  for  his  friendship  was  withdrawn  from  cvcry  onc  who  madc  friendship 
with  thc  English.  IIc  procceded  to  beg  and  entreat  him,  secretly  at  first, 
to  return,  and  thcn  to  threaten  and  mcnace  him  for  remaining  in  the 
condition  in  which  hc  was.     0'Rourkc  continucd  to  listcn  to  him  to  thc 


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imCgtA-ó  Ainnptie  mrC-ó  a  ú]\e  oc  contiAi]\c  iia]\  bo  c]\Cip  ha  ^oitt  otcAcc  na 
^oróeAt,  7  Ap Ct>  "oo  nome  cecc  ro  JAipu  uí  *OoihnAitt,  7  m  no  ACA15  y\\\y  t>o 
t>CnAm,  7  "oo  bf]\c  a  oi^pAn  nt)o  AriiAit  no  chumnigli  vaij\. 
íol.43.^.  UtnpceccA  uí  tléitt  yCcAt  iiAite,  bACA]\  tnnniie  ATJeAbcliA  7  a  t)unoi]ume 

poppiA  "0AnA]\Aib  gun  ]\o  oncuproin  itiomAc  -oía  nAihrAib  7  t>ÍA  ccoireAchAib 
lonijonA.  tvo  mni]\  iia  cuÁdiA  bACA]\  ó^a  ccu^i^haui  (x  ro  AiiiAmur  co  ]\o 
c]UAC]\ArcAi]\  iia  c]\ioc1ia  y\\\y  au  mfoopnn  AcÚAró  50  UnAijmbAite  gen  mocÁc 
iia  "oúme  7  iia  "ÓAm^CncliAirceoit  1n  ccA]\ccpAC  a  tAecjiAt)  7  a  tAic^Aite  1 
rro]\bAiye  yo\\  clienét  nGoJAm  7  yo\\  piA  liAiji^iAttA  "00  ]\AtA  riuA  ccoeb.  11i 
■oiAiroicteic  euii  nA  -oia  ne]róibA"ó  ha  cA]\cyom  iia  cou'i]\aiíia  lnpn  yo\\  Aint) 
com]\AriiA  7  gmoriipA'ÓA  ua  n^AoróeAt  a]\  cIiCha,  7  m  ro]\t>At  ha  lomnott  ]\o 
bAoi  ronn  hiia  rro]\Aic1imCc,  acc  a]\  "óaij  ha  bAt>  et)Ai§  r]\mn  a  rpc1u]\e 
ro]\cc1ie  reAtniACAcliA  An  ottAiiiAm  7  ah  Anpiuic  beor,  7  ua  1iepe]\cAir  co]\ 
bo  bÚAitt  7  lomcotcA  7  mAorórin^e  roc]\UAi]\  t>um  *out  yo\\  a  mbetAibpoiii 

t)0  ]\Í1Í1CU1]\CiÚ   C]\C]"  7  C0c1lA]\  ACC]\1AC  ACCAOip^  ~]  A  cc]\eniiiui]\eAc1i.       ^X]\  Altt 

Ann  t)HA  ac  be]\CAir  bA  "oo  cA]\cupAt  7  00  c1iacaoi]\  ah  eccp  ]\o  pnce.  .újiaoi 
cua  AipiCrópBAni  ah  mbC^fA  t)Ai]\rccet<ró  ua  he-ojAn  ctomne  'OAnxCpcugAt) 
Arritró  .1.  cac  aii  acIia  buróe  ó  ]\o  éuroigrCc  cenét  ConAit.  Ay  nime  ro]\ 
codnnA^Ai]!  eipoe. 

*Oo  ]\a^a  po]\c  gAb&tA  occ  iia  g^ttAib  V°\x  A'DAirm  móin  rpr  aii  111ac1ia 
a  cúató  7  bA  m  lonbAró  pot)1iA  7  coChcoiíi]\aic  con]\ocpir  cecup  7  ]\o  cum- 
•oAijeAt)  aii  t>A]\A  reAcc  tÁr  An  lurctr  UoniAp  to]\t>  foujiuo^li  pu  roiriróm  ah 
coccAró,  5U]\  bo  mu]\  •oico^tAróe  OAingCn  c]via*ó  7  cui]\  c]\ot>A  yo\\  a  CAibtib 
imA  ccuai]\c  rorrA  mbACA]\  renerqiA  7  popte^A  pu  omb^iAgA-ó  eipcib. 
£0  cC]\c]^ac  tiA  gAttt  c]\i  cét)  tAedi  t)o  ]\oijnib  a  to.c  n^oite  ipn  ponc  irorbAip 
yo\\  cénet  nCoJAm.  fto  diui]\  t)ni  ó  lléitt  aii  comition  cCtniA  pu  Anuclic 
An  iia  ciprAir  t)ioiTO]\At)  ua  ccuac  yo\\  tiAcli  teic  mA  ccimceAtt.  Vecc  tiAite 
•00  tJeAcliAró   o   *OoiimAitt  1    ccoi]\icin    uí    Héitt    ó  ]\o    pcC]\    aii    eccCiroAt 

1  Bflffiti. — Inis  bo  finne,  z'.e.,  the  island  of  and  the  Cinel  Eoghain  come  from  a  com- 

the  white  cow.     There  are  several  islands  of  mon  ancestor,  Cairbre  Liffechair.    See  The 

this  name  off  the  Irish  coast,  and  one  in  Battle  of  Magh  Rath,  pp.  9,  139. 

Lough  Ree,  above  Athlone.     The  one  re-  3  The  Yelloiv  Ford. — Properly  Bcnl  atha 

ferred  to  here  is  probablv  that  off  the  coast  buidhe,  i.e.,  the  mouth  of  the  yellow  ford. 

of  Donegal,  a  little  to  the  south  of  Tory.  The  name  is  novv  applied  to  a  marsh  or 

^Oirghialla.  —  The  descendants  of  the  cutaway  bog   in  the  townland  of  Cabragh, 

three  Collas.     See  p.  xxix.,  antea.     These  about  two  miles  north  of  Armagh. 


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beginning  of  summer.     IIc  feared  very  much  at  that  time  the  preying  of     159S 
his  terrritorv,  for  hc  saw  that  thc  English  wcrc  not  strongcr  than  thc  Irish, 
and  what  hc  did  was  to  comc  at  thc  call  of  O'Donnell  and  do  what  hc 
askcd,  and  to  make  him  such  submission  as  hc  demandcd  from  him. 

As  to  O'Xeill  again,  so  numcrous  wcrc  his  skirmishcs  and  prevings  on 
thc  English  that  hc  slcw"many  of  thcir  soldiers  and  lcadcrs  of  battlc.  He 
preycd  thc  districts  that  wcrc  supporting  thcm  and  undcr  thcir  powcr,  so 
that  hc  wastcd  the  tcrritorics  from  Boffin  x  in  thc  north  to  Stradbally, 
beside  the  fortrcsses  and  the  strong  castles  which  their  soldiers  and  best 
mcn  held  to  kccp  down  the  Cincl  Conaill  and  thc  Cincl  Eoghain  and 
the  Oirghialla-  who  happened  to  be  ncar  thcm.  It  is  not  to  conceal  or 
blot  thcm  out  that  we  have  not  brought  to  light  thcse  grcat  dccds  and 
exploits,  the  great  decds  and  exploits  of  thc  Irish  in  gencral,  and  it  is  not 
through  crror  or  mistahe  in  rcmcmbcring  them,  but  lcst  thcir  cducatcd 
doctors,  their  ollamhs,  and  their  learncd  men  also  should  be  jealous  of  us  and 
say  that  it  was  pride,  presumption,  and  vanity  that  causcd  us  to  supcrsedc 
them  in  relating  the  battles  and  skirmishes  of  their  princes,  leaders,  and 
herocs,  and  also  lest  they  should  assert  it  was  through  contcmpt  for  thcir 
learncd  men  that  it  was  done.  However,  I  will  relate  this  little  of  the 
history  of  the  Clann  Eoghain  as  a  subject  for  their  poets,  z'.e.,  the  battle 
of  the  Yellow  'Ford,3  since  the  Cinel  Conaill  took  part  in  it.  It  was 
thus  it  happencd  : 

The  English  had  a  fortress  to  the  north  of  Armagh,  on  the  Blackwatcr. 
It  was  first  crectcd4  in  a  time  of  pcacc  and  amity,  and  it  was  built  a 
sccond  timc  by  the  Lord  Justice,  Thomas  Lord  Borough,  in  cxpcctation 
of  thc  war,  so  that  thcre  was  a  strong  impregnable  earthcn  rampart,  and  war- 
towcrs  on  thc  battlcments  all  round,  in  which  wcrc  windows  and  loopholes 
to  shoot  out  of.  The  English  placcd  thrcc  hundrcd  of  thcir  choice 
warriors  in  thc  fortress  to  hold  i't  against  the  Cinel  ConaiII.  O'Xeill,  too, 
placed  the  samc  numbcr  opposite  thcm,  that  they  might  not  come  to  prey 
the  country  anywhcrc  around  him.     Later  O'Donnell  came  to  aid  O'Xeill 

4  Erectcd  —  Sidnev  in  the  '  Memoir  nf  his  called  thc  C.reat  or  Black  Water.  in  Tvrone  • 
Governmcnt,' says  :  'I  builded  a  tower  for  the  bridge  being  builded  bv  the  Earl  of 
thegard  of  the  bridge  over  the  great  ryver      Essex.'     UlsterJ.  of  Arch.,  viii.  195. 

X 


164 

miboi.  1lo  ACAom  Ua  11éitb  a  imneAt>  y]ur  ro  "óaij;  ah  ptnnc  ]\em]\Aice  7 
ac  bC]\c  gun  bo  rcic  bAir  betc  occa  y:o]\coiihet>  -oo  po]\  AtiiAtb  no  biot> 
•oo  ^ner. 

fol.44.ir.  Ac   bC]ic    ó   *OotimAibb  bA    co]\a    comó]i   Ainmur    t>o    ca^aiuc   r/Ai]\   t)K\ 

c]iA]xcn<vó  7  "01A  con  t)A]i  cCiro  hia  conmorcAir  oboAr  iia  cuacIia  "oo  boc  7 
•omneA'ó  Ar  a  top,  7  iia]i  bo  roúAmj;  -ootiA  cu]\A-ÓAib  bic  1n  CAtcpip 
ciCni'o-OA.  HoAoncA-ó  ó  11éibb]:nir  ah  AicC^pn.  pojioncon^AncrAC  tnbbmib 
];o]i  Amumci]i  fUAbAinc  ah  pui]ic.  *Oo  bC]\Ac  ÍA]ioni  Animup  CAbniA  fAi]\ 
AiiiAib  ]\o  1iC]\bA,ó  r]\ni.  tlo  ^onAt)  |io  niA]\bA,ó  *o]\on5  rfió|\  ÚAit>ib,  (x  m 
CA]\]\Ai,órCc  11Í  t>e.  1lo  "óebigrec  r]\if  iA]ioni  (x  oajaic  "oia  cajpb.  "Oaoi 
ó  11éibt  aj  coircecc  rniú  ía]iccahi  co  ]\o  rcAtchpCc  a  bomce  acc  niA'ó  bCj^. 
O  no  Ai]uj  lAcroiii  r Atiibdró  ]\o  ^Ab  ton^popc  ro]\  AmbebAib  Cco]\]\a  7  ah 
1111iac1ia  iia  oreA-ó  ftoj  nAibe  t>tÁ  fpu]\cAcc  Artn  eiccCiroAib  JAbAró  unbACA]\. 
O  ]\o  rCr  "oon  crCnAt)  (x  t>on  coriiAi]\te  a  mbCicrtom  ^An  bíut>  7  jjAbAib  ro]\]\A 
•oúa  lléibb  AiiiAib  ]\on  ^Ab,  cA]iccbAimrCc  rbuAÍ;  mó]i  vo  ^befe^ArfAróe  5Abb 
combACA]i  CÓ15  nnbe  eici]\  c]\oi§ceAC  7  niAucAc  t>o  o^bAró  avuiica  eroijche 
coha  ccon^Aib  ceccA  t>A  ^Ach  m  bA  coirccit>e.  . 

*Oo  ]\aca  1leii]U  beonj  ht  ccoirt^ecc  ro]\]\A.  1\icci]ie  Ai]vóCnc  uncobcAc 
erpróe  (x  b<\  -oon  crCn<vó  fAt>em  t»ó.  1obd]\  cmn  cboiclie  nnc  lleccAmn 
At»unÁ]iAf.  O  ]io  fian  ó  Tléibb  lAccrorii  -oo  óonób  fAoróir  a  ceccA  t>o 
cochui]\eAt>  uí  "Oon'mAtbb  neruí  bACA]\  fui]uci  ha  5A1tt. 

Uiccfróe  co  tencmót  a  toec]\Aróe  eici]\  cfAighceAc  7  niA]icAch  7  A]i  Aibb 
t»o  coi^et)  obneccmAcbc  mA  f  A]i]iAt).  Uaiijaca]!  c]\a  ^Aoróit  coipt)  ConcobAi]\ 
mm  coichCrcAt  rm  co  cmnCrnAch.  O  ]\obcA]\  fuiniche  ebbn'iA  iia  ^Aibb 
•our  nAtijACA]!  ro  c1iCcuAt]\  AccétmA  buróe  co  t)]ioic1uc  AcIia,  Airpt>e  co 
c]\Ai§bAibe  -oume  "OeAbsAn,  íC]\om  t>on  1obA]\  (x  50  1iA]\"oiíiac1ia.  ^orAighic 
irurpui  co  ]iebccrCc  Apcír.  "Po  fAi^lucc  ua  5Ae1-°1b  '°01"1  ^e1^  A]iAibb  1 
con'i]:ocb]\Aib  t>ótb  eAco]\]\A  7  au  po]ic  netii]\Aice.  5A^A1UC  occ  V]11ocAi]\e  7 
occ   rotdnbb   ro]i    A]\  oibe,  7    ac  coiniAicCtii  7  A5  bAiíjbniACAn.     Ov]\o  bA 

fol.44.  b.    mtcij  bÁr  ua  ^AbbAib  fU]\cAcbc  a  mumnci]ie,  AcfA^liAc   hiiucIia  t>o  tó  7 

1  Nothing.  —  O'Sullevan    attributes    the  deeper.    When  O'Neill's  men  applied  them 

failure  of  the   attack  to  the  fact  that  the  to  the  walls  they  were  found  to  be  too  short. 

garrison,  having  learned  that  the  besieging  He  gives  the  number  of  the  assailants  slain 

party   were    preparing    numerous  scaling-  as  one  hundred  and  twenty.     Hist.  Cat/i., 

ladders,  made  the   fosse  round  the  castle  p.  188. 


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whcn  hc  knc\v  thc  straits  in  which  hc  was.     O'Neill  complaincd  to  him       1598. 
of  his  hardships  in  consequence  of  thc  said  fortress,  and  declared  hc  was 
tired  of  bcingon  thc  watch  continúalÍy,  as  hc  alwavs  was. 

O'Donnell  said  it  would  bc  far  bcttcr  to  attack  it,  in  ordcr  to  pull  it  down 
and  dcstroy  it  if  thcy  could,  than  that  the  districts  should  be  injurcd  and 
prcycd  by  its  means,  and  that  it  was  not  easy  for  the  soldiers  to  bc  watch- 
ing  it  for  a  long  time.  O'Neill  agrced  with  that  opinion.  Both  of  thcm 
ordered  their  people  to  attack  thc  fortress.  Afterwards  they  madc  a  ficrcc 
attack  on  it  as  thev  werc  bidden.  A  grcat  numbcr  of  thcm  wcrc  woundcd 
and  killed,  and  they  gained  nothing1  thercby.  Thcn  thcv  rctircd  from  it  and 
went  to  their  homes.  O'Neill  heard  after  a  while  that  they  had  consumed 
nearly  all  their  provisions.  When  hc  found  that  they  werc  in  this  condition 
he  cncamped  -opposite  them,  bctwccn  them  and  Armagh,  that  no  other 
force  might  come  to  rclicve  them  from  the  pressing  danger  in  which  thcy 
were.  When  it  bccamc  lcnown  to  thc  Senate  and  Council  that  thcv  were 
without  food,  and  that  O'Ncill  was  about  to  attack  them,  as  he  Was,  thcv 
assembled  a  large  body  of  the  bcst  soldiers  of  the  English,  so  that  they 
were  fivc  thousand  horse  and  foot  soldiers,  with  arms  and  armour,  with 
regular  supplies  of  everything  that  was  needed. 

&Henry  Bagnal2  was  given  the  command  of  them.  He  was  a  famous. 
daring  knight,  and  one  of  the  Council  too.  Iobhar3  Cinn  choiche  mic 
Nectainn  was  his  dwelling.  When  O'Neill  learned  they  were  asscmbling 
he  sent  his  messengers  to  invite  O'Donnell,  before  the  English  werc  ready. 
He  came  with  a  great  body  of  his  forces,  both  horse  and  foot,  and 
some  of  the  province  of  Olncccmacht  also.  The  Irish  of  the  provincc  of 
Conor  came  very  readily  to  that  hosting.  When  the  Englísh  were  ready 
and  prepared  they  went  the  first  day's  march  to  Droghcda,  from  that  to 
Stradbally  of  Dundalk,  after  that  to  Newry  and  Armagh.  They  rcmaincd 
therc  till  they  got  rid  of  thcir  fatigue.  The  Irish  on  the  other  side  came 
near  them,  between  them  and  thc  aforesaid  fortress.  They  procceded  to 
watch  and  prepare  against  each  other,  and  to  threaten  and  bluster.  \\  hen 
it  sccmed  to  thc  English  full  timc  to  assist  their  people  thcv  rosc  up  at 

~      r  i a    „  1«  lieTfl  of  the  strand.     The  above  is  the  more 

^^^e^mchhasUsname      anSení  namc.    See  Mft**i*l  ***, 

from  the  yew  planted  by  St.  Patrick  at  the      p.  276. 


i66 

^aIíxmc   05A  neiccujvvó    t>ionA]\Aib    exAiiilAib    íA]inAit>e    7    t>o    chAcbAfifiAi'b 
cioriiurA]it)A     cotiifoturcA    7    vo     rcu\diAib     AttiiiA]vt>A     "oía]\aiiii     iimpi^in 

AldltC^llCA. 

Uo  §At)fAc  a  rtCgriA  rtnmtCchnA  rCmAnnchnuAi-óe  ArCiroA-ó  (x  a  mbíÁtA 
betfo-OA  bt<\icbC^lAnnAc1iA  7  Acctovóme  t>i]\í;e  t>ej:oebnAehA  7  a  tAnnA 
laii]>ooa  tCchfAobAi]\  7  a  n5tmnAt)hA  ^ucArvoA  5]\AnAoibteAc1u\  co|\  bo  hm- 
reAÓCAin  tnA  nAicCncA-ó  AnCcAfgnA  niuiiA  AichCncA  iac  ro]\  ah  Cjit AbjiA  tÁr 
An  teibCnn  rciAc  7  cAchbA]\]\  7  eicaj;  ]\o  bAOi  ]x>]\Aib  t>iA  neccA\]\  A5  tncteic 
7  •oiAmtujjA'ó  AHAi^bceA-ó  7  An  emeAÓ  7  tA  hitioniAC  a  iiA]\m  A]\  óCíia  *oia 
cconrptAch.  ^AbAicc  auaijuj  c!iac1ia7  AccoCipij  101115011^  Af  a  liAichte  occ 
ruróiu^A-ó  iia  tAecpAibe  7  iia  tAC  n^Aite  mAmonAccAib  C]\t>AtcA  combACA]\  a 
cc^AigbceAC  11A  C]\1  to]\ccAib  t>]iunn  A]it>]\uim  m  t>Coh.Aij;  A]\  oite.  |rochC]\c- 
r-AC  a  toínce  7  aii  ATOitge  A]\  cCiia  imCóón  Cco]1]\a  — * 

T)o  nonrAc  eicCóA  cacIia  tnA  mAncftuA^  hia  r]\eichbui,ónib  ruroi^hce  t>iA 

iroíb-teichib.     11 0  LAfAc  eAtcAt)A  áiia  uccniAttA/oÍA  nAiiirAib  eccnoniA  7  t>ÍA 

nAor  tuob]\Aicci  AttAmui<5  t>ÍA  niA]\CACAib  t)iA  nu]\rctAi'óe  7  niroCjAit.     1li]\ 

bo    hCnur-A   énii    cuibecc  cpéocAr-omh     nnA]\oCii     gorAn  cunuce  ccAi]urmec 

nnbACA]\  Acc]\eom  7  Accoipj;  a  ccumjCóA  cacIia  7  AnAinpj;  io]UyMte,  7  t)iA 

ccifCA  icci]\  ní]\  bó  ro-ÓAmg  fAijjevVÓ  rortrAn  nCcc  ngpbe  7  foppm   rroctA 

teoiiiAm  nnbACA]\  toedi]\At)  t/Unt>An  tA  hAttriiA]vóAcc  7  lonjiiAicchm  AiiA]\m 

7  An  eiccig   7  An   mmtt  7  tA  AinotA]\t)v\cc   7    la  AHAVóbte  fA'óepn,  tu\i]\  m 

CAttA  yo]\  mCnnu\m  7  mrcA  iccunime  tA  p\uic1nb  rCno]TOA  nÁ  tA  ]\C]\aij  ]\e 

fotiA   co]\    cC^tAinifCc  yi]i   Saxah   rAiiu\it   aii   crtuAij;  1n   pn   t)o  c1u\c  pu 

gAoibetvvib  ó  ]\o  mnrArgrCc  céccur  An  mp  fo]\]\o.     1lo  gAbr-AC  oc  niAttAr- 

íol  dí       cnAiii  ua  conAi]\e  ron  ionnuf  rin  a  ccon'róÁit  iu\  ngoCróeAt.      UiA5liAicc]-róe 

mA  cc]\eAtriiAib  c]iot)A  50  cmnCpiAch  ro  An  C]\c1ioriiAi]\.     b^  p\m  mneAtt  7 

cccorj  t)oibfit>e   A]\   mbcA]i  eroi^hce  ha  gAitnt  ro  AmonncpMiit  Ait>porii  acc 

niAt)  bCj,  (x  ]iobcA]i  t)iAi]\m   mAichfe^At)  iia   ngAÍt  acc  iia  mÁ  ]\o  bAco]i  a 

rrotAnciiAvo  t)o  ftCgAib  rtnmtCciiAib  7  t>o  t&i^lnnb  teAcliAnjtArA  teo  coha 

t>icetc]iAib  "OAmgne  •OAJumnfionn  uincib.     1lo  bACA]\  teo  ctorome  t)i]\je  t>e- 

yoeb]iACA   7   cua^a   caiia    cAróteAcliA  pu    c]\a]xcai]\c  cjiemfCp,  m   ]iAbAco]\ 

]:teArccA  nAit>  ecctonnA  ronno  feb  bv\oi  ro]\  biAitib  nA  n^Att.  • 

1  Spears. — For  a  detailed  account  of  the      ancient  times,  see  0'Curry's  Manners,  &c, 
implements   of  war  used  by  the  Irish   in      1.  ccccxxx,  and  ii.  229. 


i6j 

thc  dawn  of  day  and  procccdcd  to  clothc  thcmselves  with  strange  armour      '59S. 
of  iron,  and  high-crested,  shining  helmcts,  and    foreign   shields   of  well 
tempered,  refincd  iron. 

Thcy  seized  thcir  broad-shouldered,  firmly  rivettcd  spcars,  their  widc- 
edgcd  axes,  smooth  and  bright,  and  their  straight  sharp-edgcd  swords, 
and  their  long-bladcd,  broad-edgcd  claymorcs,  and  their  loud-voiced  shot- 
firing  guns,  so  that  it  would  be  vcry  hard  to  recognisc  their  leadcrs  if  they 
were  not  known  by  their  specch,  owing  to  the  size  of  the  shiclds,  hclmets, 
and  armour  on  thcm,  conccaling  and  covering  their  features  and  their 
faces,  and  to  the  quality  of  arms  also  concealing  them.  Their  captains  of 
battl'e  and  chiefs  of  combat  proceeded  then  to  place  the  soldicrs  and 
champions  in  fit  array,  so  that  the  foot  were  in  threc  bodics,  back  to  back, 
behind  each  other.  They  placed  their  provisions  and  supplies  also  in  the 
middle  between  them. 

They  made  battle-wings  of  their  cavalry  in  dcnse  bodics  placed  on  both 
flanks.  They  put  active  bodies  of  their  light  soldicrs  and  of  their 
marlvsmen  outside  the  cavalry  to  defend  and  protect  them.  In  truth  it 
was  not  easy  to  go  through  them  together  to  the  secure  position  where  their 
champions  and  chiefs,  thcir  hcroes  in  battle,  and  leaders  in  the  fight 
were,  and  if  one  did  at  all  go  through,  it  was  not  easy  to  attack  the 
nest  of  griffins  and  the  lion's  den  in  which  the  soldiers  of  London  wcre, 
owing  to  the  outlandish  and  strange  weapons  and  armour,  and  the  variety 
and  vast  number  of  themselves,  for  it  did  not  enter  the  mind  or  occur  to 
the  memory  of  lcarned  men  nor  to  the  old  for  a  long  time  past  that  the 
English  had  assembled  a  host  like  that  to  fight  against  the  Irish  sincc  first 
they  took  the  island  from  them.  They  proceeded  to  march  slowly  along 
thc  road  in  that  way  to  meet  the  Irish.  These  advanccd  with  their  war- 
wcapons  very  quickly  to  oppose  them.  The  weapons  and  dress  of  thcse 
werc  different,  for  the  Irish  did  not  wear  armour  like  them,  cxcept  a  fcw,  and 
they  were  unarmed  in  comparison  with  the  English,  but  yct  thcy  had  plenty 
of  broad-shouldered  darts  and  broad,  green  spears1  with  strong  handles  of 
good  ash.  Thcy  had  straight  keen  swords  and  light  shining  axes  for 
defeating  the  champions,  but  there  were  neither  rings  nor  chains  on  them, 
as  thcre  were  on  thc  axcs  of  thc  English. 


i68 

1ciCc  iia  liAióme  -oiobnAicciu  *oo  }\&L&  teó  v°5<vóa  ^ec^noijci  7  po-óbAÓ^ 
VerónniC]\cinA]\A  conA  vAij-oib  vpuibjejiA  7  gunnA-ÓA  gtéroibne  t>o  511  ar  V°1M* 
iia  ^AttAib.  1lo  JAb  ó  11éitt  7  ó  *OoriiiiAitt  A5  5]\evAcctAoro1ieA'ó  ha 
n^AtgAC  A5  7  niAoróCm  nAiiiiteAt)  &A5  aoncovg  nAcc]iemvC]\(x,  avCx>  AcbC]\c- 
Vac  v]uú.  &  "oCj;  mumcC]\,  A]i  vuvo,  ha  nuAiriini^licCv  y\b  7  ha  ^ebAnó  5]iaiii 
]aiav  iu\  ^AttAib  A]\  AttniA]róAÓc  Anmmtt  7  A]\  long^tiAicciu  a  neicag  7  ah 
A]\m  7  ta  co]iAinnbeic,Ac  AccpompAró  7  a  ccApu]i  €t  accaivhiC]\c  cacIia  7  a]\a 
1110111AC  tionn'iAi]\ecc  ve^V111  AV  AV  ^Cjib  'oenrnn  coiiiax)  vo]\]\a  buv  ]\ófn  irm  tó 
bA^liAVA  A111Ú.  Ap  *°e  aca  tuin  ón  a]\  acáici]^  yo]\  po]\  Gfc  acác  aii  tucbc  oite 
yo]\  501,  05A  bA]\  ccunn]\iuc1i  iccA]\c]\A\b  7  05A  bA]A  notcliCtroA'ó  t)o  jaicc 
bA]i  nAc1iA]róA  noítiv  v0!101^-  ^^  "oaii  tAiivAoiteAccAin  tmn  con  eiap^tevi 
An  tÁ  ]-a  Ainú  eici]\  pop  7  5A01  veb  AcbC]\c  111o]\Ann  hiac  IIIaCui  au  ]'Cn- 
a]\avc  Ai]\t)C]\c,  11 1  viucn  111  vu15n>D1cn^1A  b]\Cic1iCmh  bu^  VM111-1  CAc1i]\Áe, 
AniAit  ac  ctov  tmo  ó  A]\  vviL-C,o1iAib  7  vo  luoncoirccriuc  TJum  o  cCm  n'iÁi]\. 
A]\A\tt  Aim  "oau  av  a]"a  "ÓAOib  b^]\  nAchA]vóA  veirm  "°o  covtiAiú  v]11  1iAinvvi1ie 
echcAi]\ceméoit  oVoav  ac1ia]vóa  neidi  01  te  t>o  áomJAine  ía]\  ha  bA]\  ccovahu 
av  bu]i  ccín  noítiv  V1^  111  t>A]\  vetb  ó  ]\é.  3500.  btiA'ÓAn  'oaoiv  •oon'iAm  511^  ah 
Vaicivi  A111Ú. 

AcbC]\]^AC  11A  hÚAVAit  7  nA  1iai]\15  con  bo  vi0V  "ooíia  vtAiáb  A]\  vuigh- 
íbl.45.£.  eAttvAc.  1ío  §Ab  5]\Cim  'ooibviom  ah  "oui]\j]\C]'Acc  x>o  ]\óiivac  v°V  ha  "oCi^Ii- 
]:C]\Aib,  úai]\  ac]\ac1icaca]\  mCnniAnnA  ua  nnteA'ó  (x  aiccChca  ha  iiaii]\a'ó 
50  ]io  tion  b]\uc  fx  b]\ij  7  Ait^Cv  niibeA]\cA  A]\m  ConAitt,  CogliAm, 
AivpAttA  7  uib  Cacx)ac  uLa-ó  tÁ  IiaicIiCvjat)  AwtAc  7  a  vvioVco'ónAc1i  7  V° 
cm^eAttvAC  t)oib  ua  cmb]\ACAiv  c]\oi5  v°V  ccúLa.'ó  7  110  voróenroAiv  AiiAróeA'ó 
vo]\  A011  tAc1iAi]\  ]\ia  v1ú  ]\o  btró  ]\Aon  v°]MAA- 

Pac  oite  t)tiA  uiiA  ]\o  etjuj;  aiccCuca  ha  1105.  Ac  coa*oaca]\  "ooib  co  ]\o 
cio]\diAn  HAoun  bC]\diÁn  vait)  *Oé  co  caobA]\CA  c-ac  aíi  *oú  vm  von  5^1AttAib 
*Ouibtinne  tA  boCt)  ó  Héitt  7  tÁf  An  coicceAt)  A]\  éCnA  ííai]\  ]\o  cmjeAtt  co 


1  Morann. — He  lived  in  the  beginning  of 
our  era.  He  was  celebrated  forhis  Iove  of 
iustice.  He  had  a  ring  which  being  put  on 
anybody's  neck  would  not  suffer  him  to 
utter  a  word  save  the  truth.  See  Ogygia, 
p.  190,  and  0'Curry's  Manners,  &c,  ii.  21. 

2  Property  froni  oíhers. — The  allusion  is 
to  the  practice  of  the  Irish  settling  by  force 


in  other  places  when  driven  from  their  own 
territory  either  by  the  English  or  by  other 
Irish  clans. 

3  3500. — Annals  F.  M.,  i.  25. 

4  Hy  Eachdach. —  This  tribe  inhabitcd  the 
baronies  of  Upper  and  Lower  Iveagh,  of 
which  the  Magennisses  were  chiefs  for  many 
centuries.     The  Book  of  Righfs,  p.  165,  n. 


l6g 

Thc  implements  for  shooting  which  thcy  had  wcrc  darts  made  of  wood  J 5QS- 
and  clastic  bows,  with  sharp-pointcd  arrows,  and  lock-guns,  as  was 
usual  with  the  English.  O'Ncill  and  O'Donnell  proceeded  to  harangue  the 
champions,  and  cxhort  the  soldiers,  and  instruct  thc  heroes,  and  this  was 
what  thcy  said  to  thcm  :  '  Brave  men,'  said  they,  '  be  not  dismayed  or 
frightcncd  by  thc  English  on  account  of  thcir  strange  wcapons,  their  unusual 
armour  and  arms,  and  the  thundering  sound  of  their  trumpets  and  tabours 
and  war-instruments,  and  of  thcir  own  great  numbers,  for  it  is  absolutcly 
certain  that  they  shall  be  defeatcd  over  this  day's  fight.  Of  this,  in 
truth,  we  are  convinced,  for  you  arc  on  thc  sidc  of  truth  and  the  othcrs 
on  the  side  of  falsehood,  confining  you  in  prisons  and  bchcading  you,  in 
order  to  rob  you  of  your  patrimonies.  Moreover,  we  are  quite  sure  that 
this  day  will  distinguish  bctween  truth  and  falsehood,  as  Morann,1  son  of 
Maen,  said  in  thc  wcll  Icnown  proverb :  "  There  has  not  been  found,  nor 
will  there  be  found,  a  more  truthful  judge  than  the  battlefield."  We  have 
hcard  this  from  our  poets,  and  they  have  long  since  taught  it  to  us. 
Besides,  it  is  easier  for  you  to  defend  your  fatherland  against  a  foreign  race 
of  strangers  than  to  wrest  thcir  property  from  others 2  after  being  drivcn 
from  your  own  lands,  which  have  been  in  your  possession  from  the  year 
3500 3  of  the  age  of  the  world  to  this  day.' 

The  nobles  and  chiefs  said  that  what  their  princes  asserted  was  true. 
Thc  address  which  they  made  to  the  brave  men  produccd  an  effcct  on 
them,  for  the  minds  of  the  herocs  and  the  courage  of  the  soldiers  were 
roused,  so  that  fury,  and  vigour,  and  a  great  desire  to  use  their  arms 
filled  the  Cinel  Conaill,  the  Cinel  Eoghain,  the  Hy  Eachdach  4  of  Ulster, 
owing  to  thc  harangue  of  their  princcs  and  true  lords,  and  they  promiscd 
thcm  that  they  would  not  yield  a  foot,  but  would  suffer  death  on  thc 
spot  rather  than  be  defeatcd. 

Another  rcason  too  for  which  thc  spirits  of  the  soldiers  were  rouscd. 
It  was  told  them  that  St.  Berchan,5  the  prophet  of  God,  had  foretolcl  that 
a  battle  would  take  place  therc  against  the  English  of  Dublin  by  Hugh 

•'•  Berchan. — '  Bishop  and  prophet  of  God,  life  in  Alba  and  the  other  half  in  Erin.    He 

of  Cluainsosta  in  Hy  Failghe-     He  was  of  was  one  of  the  four  prophets  of  the  Gaels.' 

the  race  of  Hercmon.     Ferdaleithe  was  ano-  His  feast  is  on  4th  of  December.     Martyr- 

ther  name  for  him  ;  i.e.,  he  spent  half  his  ology  o/ Donegal,  p.  327. 


caocrACAir  hia  coi]\icm  7  cenét  ConAitt  rAinneA'ó.  1lo  cpoicrCc  iia  cu]\Aró 
iu\  1iepe]\A-ó  ah  rÁró  nAorii  50A.  Aré  no  -pittrij  t)oib  cCcur  i\eiiicfnc1iAiicA 
aii  11A011Í1  t\|\oite  pti  Ai]TOeA]\c  "oo  fAinirmmcin  ui  *OoiiiHAitt  x>o  -j\AtA  m  a 
£&jv|iA'ó  ron  A11  rtuAi^Ct)  rni  1u\i]\C;5  cuite  -óó,  pC]\  rCpA  ó  Cteiiuj  a  coriiAinm. 

110  iomcoihAincri*óe  cia  liAinm  b<\oi  rop  aii  mAijinrm.  1lo  liAirnéi'oeA'ó  "óó. 
/dcbCjic^orii  5U|\  jio  cAinngin  nAonn  TDCpchÁn  rnAomeA-ó  ro]\  gliAttAib  ah  t>ú 
rin  ]\ia  nAe-ó  úa  Héitt  AiiiAit  AC]\ub]\omo]\,  fx,  ^o]\  bo  meAm<\i]\  tArp  r]U  ]\e 

pOOA    A11    CA1]\cCcAt    "OO    ]\011ie    A11    ]?1]\    11A01Í1,    7    ]\0    JAb     occ     gnerAcc     7    occ 

tAoróeA'ó  ha  tAeó]\Aróe  An'iAít  bA  •oú  "om  1011  nc pAiiu\it,  coiroeb*M]\c  nmpo, 
&  ccacIi  A11  AcliAbuibe  a^  taircuicpc  ha  *oaiiai]i,  ía]\  iToicugA-ó  Attmui]\eAcb 
bro  rÁotró  ri]\  ó  chojiAijli. 

O  c1u\i]\mc  ■ooiiA  niAicib  a  municC]\  "oo  ceccopcc  7  x>o  crCmjmerAcc,  ]\o 
ruróijpc  íC]\  CCA111  m a  111011  ACAib  lomAi^igróe  ro  C]\choriiAin  n<\  nAttiiiA]\Ac  (x 
no  btn  u]\rp]\Aic  po]\]\A  ó  11A  rtAicib  iia  ]\en'icí ArcAir  1u  conróAit  n<\  n^Att 
COITOUr  VlCCOir  irrAlt  HllbACA]\  ctATO  (x  ctApAcliA  7  úaiíi  poctA'ÓA  CAtlÍlAII. 
UO   CtATOrCc    A11   5A01"°etrtUAÍ;  fon  C1UHO   11A  H^Att  A11    C011A1]\  111   ]\ob    C]TOAtcA 

teó  An   ^AbAit.      O  ]\o  6oiiiroiccp5pCc  ha  501tt  "oóib  -]\o  pCm-oic  Arcuic  7 

A11      At)c\]\CA    7     A     CCAirillC]\CA     CAcllA    JU]\     bo    llAttbAn    AX)UAc1lA     7     U]\5]1<\11ie 

X)A]\A"ÓAib  AiirrAiniA  aha]\]\oc1ica  7  t)o  Áor  oi]\mCco,  AiiAichnró  coirceAÓc  rni 

fol.  46.  a    CAipmeA]icAib  iia  ccacIi  néAc1ic]\Ann.     O  -oo  ]\úac1ic<\ca]\  An  rtuAJ;  ^Att  t)A]\rAn 

ccC'Oha  tCdiAnctAip  tÁiróoiiiAin    ]\o   ctAróeA'ó  po]\  acchto,  ac]\a§ac  ^Aoróit 

111  A  IIAJATO  (x  ]\0   COn'lgAI]!]^^    "ÓÓlb    50    t)lJA1]\    'OArACOOch.       1lob     eiCcCn    t)1A 

ccopAc  AniiiAin  ne  lnoinjuni  (x  oiniriorii  ]\e  lnnróiob^iA^A'ó.  1lo  rC]iAic 
rnoipcCcA  ro^A-ó  monncAot  nui]\Ccc]\om  'ooib  7  ^AigliCc  rjuubgen  (x  ubAitt- 
meAt  tuAróe.  5d^A1cc  11A  501^  occ  An  "ombjiACCA-órorii  ron  ccumniA  ccCcua 
a  coet  5unnAT)Aib  cC]\ca  cobrATOe  7  AinurcAeicib  mó^iAttAt)  50  cctopr  a 
rpÚAniAnn<\  7  a  rro^liA^copnÁn  1  pCúAib  7  1  rArcoittab  1  coccuArAib  ca]\]\ac 
(x  I11  cunroAiglicib  ctodi  iia  cc]\ioc1i  ccompo^up.  1lo  ^ohaic,  ]\o  ciieclicnAigic 
'oí]\uiie  t)on  c]"tuA§  ceccA]TOA  tÁp  11A  coinroiub]\Aiccib  acc  ua  niÁ  bA  riA  ah'i 
]\o  ]^oic1icir  •oiub]\Aicciu  11  a  n^^tt.  IDa  licó  Ai]\mimbC]\c  "oo  ]\oni'AC  ha 
^oi-óit  "oepTOe.     1lo  1iei^i\ei-óic  nnnA  5A^<^1^  nn  ^  ccuaiiic,  7  110  ia"ó^ac  iua 

1  In  the  battle. — 0'Curry  says  this  is  not  casion.  MS.  Mat.,-p.  417.  We  have  already 
found  in  any  of  the  Saint's  prophecies.  He  alluded  to  the  proneness  of  the  Irish  to 
believes  it  was  specially  made  for  the  oc-      believe  in  prophecies.     See  Introd.,  p.  xxx. 


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O'Neill  and  thc  province  also,  for  hc  promised  that  they  would  comc  to      159^- 
his  aid,  and  especially  thc  Cinel  Conaill.     Thc  heroes  bclicvcd  that  thc 
holy  prophct  would  not  tell  a  lic.     Iíc  who  first  madc  known  thc  prophecy 

of  thc  Saint  was  a  ccrtain  famous  poct  of  O'Donnell's  own  pcoplc,  who 
happened  to'  bc  with  him  on  this  cxpcdition,  to  gratify  him.  His  namc 
was  Ferfesa  0'Clery.  Hc  aslced  what  was  thc  namc  of  that  placc.  It 
was  told  him.  He  said  that  St.  Ber-chan  had  forctold  a  defeat  of  the 
English  thcrc  by  Hugh  O'Ncill,  as  wc  have  said,  and  that  he  had  in  mind 
for  a  long  time  past  thc  prophccy  which  the  holy  man  had  made,  and  he 
procccdcd  to  excitc  and  exhort  thc  soldicrs,  as  was  mcct  for  onelike  him. 
He  said,  thcrcfore,  '  In  the  battle  l  of  thc  Vcllow  Ford  it  is  by  him  thc 
foreigncrs  shall  fall.  After  the  destruction  of  thc  foreigncrs  the  mcn  from 
Tory  will  be  glad.' 

Whcn  the  chicfs  had  cnded  instructing  and  exhorting  the  pcople  thcy 
placcd  thcm  thcn  in  suitable  positions  oppositc  the  foreigners,  and  a 
pcrcmptory  order  was  given  them  by  thc  princes  that  they  should  not  go 
forward  to  mcct  the  English  until  thcy  came  to  the  rampart  wherc  thc 
ditchcs  and  trenches  and  a  deep  pit  of  earth  werc,  which  thc  Irish  army 
had  madc  against  the  English  in  the  road  they  were  sure  to  take.  As  the 
English  drew  near  them  they  sounded  their  trumpets  and  horns  and  their 
martial  instruments,  so  that  to  hear  the  martial  instruments  of  the  strange 
forces  was  a  cause  of  terror  and  dismay  to  thc  weak  and  feeble  camp- 
followers  and  to  the  timid  and  cowardly.  When  the  English  army  had 
crosscd  the  first  broad,  dcep  trench  which  had  been  made  in  front  of  thcm,  thc 
Irish  advanced  against  them,  and  shoutcd  atthcm  boldly  and  fiercely.  The 
van  was  obligcd  to  halt,  owing  to  their  numerous  wounds,  and  stop  on 
account  of  thc  many  shots.  Thcy  pourcd  showcrs  of  vcry  slendcr,  light 
darts  on  them,  and  of  sharp-pointcd  arrows,  and  of  heavy  lcadcn  balls. 
The  English  proccedcd  to  shoot  in  thc  samc  manner  from  their  slender, 
straight-aiming  guns  and  from  their  loud-sounding  mushcts,  so  that  thc 
report  and  noisc  of  their  discharge  was  heard  in  the  woods  and  forests  and 
hollows  of  thc  rocks,  and  in  the  fortresses  of  the  neighbouring  tcrritory. 
Many  wcrc  wounded  and  hurt  in  both  armics  by  thc  manv  shots,  but  vct 
thc  shots  of  thc  English  rcachcd  farther.      This  was  the  manncr  of  fighting 

which  thc  Irish  adopted  in  consequcnce.     Thcy  spread  themsclves  about  thc 

v 


172 

rnoittcAcriiAng  7  no  t>tucArórCc  Ati  t>eAbAró  rriir  iia  "OAnAiioib  co  no  tÁrAC 
iia  heicC'ÓA  cacIia  ]\o  buí  ro]\]\A  t>iAneccAi]\  7  Ati  coCr  t>iob]iAicchi  7  A11 
occVja-ó  imecq\Ach  mncib  A|\  mCtión  co  no  roi]\]\5ic  nA  501IX  t)eirróe  7  t>o 
t)iob]\Aicchib  ha  n^AoróeAb  Ía  'otur'  7  t>or>coitce  ah  -OAmgCn  crAtiiAigci 
icArror-Ac  Accoipj  c^coa7  a  nAi|\i§  10111  <yi]V£  ÍAt).  R011  ^Ab  rC]\g  7 tonnur  aii 
ÍAecnAit)  ro]\  ^ac  teic  ÍA]1  ccomoi]\c  ía]\  ccio]\]\bA"ó  7  íaji  cc^echcnu^At) 
accajaac  7  AccoigleAcc  7  a  ttAOfA  iomtiAine  ro]\  AmonéAib.  1)aca]i  acató  pot>A 
7  ]\e  uttciCn  ro]\  An  AbAi]\crm  oc  lomnubA'ó  7  occ  Ai]\teAÓ  Attoite  gu]\  ]\o  CAim  jCt> 
ciuj  7  cumiá  au  crtoij  JAtt  7  ^un  ]io  hoi]\bC]\nCt>  ahai]\i§  7  AnÚAfAiV. 

O  ]\o  t>eoiiAró  An  piAt>A  ro]\o]\t)A  7  aii  comróe  cuiíiaccac  cojrgAn  7 
CAcbl1A1t)  A11  tAOipil  t)011A  5A01'oeAL''A1^)»  "P0  cCt)Aij  t)o  tAeó  rAin]\eAt>AÓ 
•oonA  5A^A1^>  íC]\  ccAtcCm  mibui  t)o  pu'OAn  tAir  t)ot  ^ur  An  mbAi]\itte  bo 
conimCr-A  t>ó  t>onA  bAi]\ibtib  put>Ai]i  bACA]\  ron  imoc1iA]\  aca  meici]\mCt>ón 
fol. 46. b.  A11  T^015  ^00  V°1A^1ori<vo  A  butgpocoroe  •ooro'óip,  &  ah  caii  ]io  rnj;  a  tAirh 
gur  An  pút)A]\,  ]\o  tmj;  mmt>]\icte  ttA]i  bA  món  Af  An  mAirt>e  bAoi  ron  At>AtmAt> 
tAir  ipn  mbAi]\itte  7  Airritje  m  jac  bAi]utte  co  A]\oite  ^un  ]\o  co^bAic 
m  lonAib  7  m  ettAib  Aeieoi]\  CcA]\buAf  111  ]\o  bA  coiiifoccur  t>on  ioiiAt>  1 
cA]\]iArAi]\  eici]\  ojbA-ó  7  eochruvó,  A]\m  7  eit>ró  (x  jac  ní  A]\  cCnA  nob  A-ótAic 
teó  t)0  beic  A]\  An  tAchAin  fm  aca.  tlo  cumrcAi^Ct)  t)An  Ati  ^onnA  mó]t 
bÁt  teo  ro]\  tomochon  Ar  An  111A15C11  imbót  50  A]\  oite  ionAt>  tA  cneAcliAn  7 
tA  cCtroAtcAcc  An  cio]\mpút>Ai]i  A5  c]\entArA-ó  comuttA  nnite.  bAoi  beór 
aii  ceAtAch  itiA  comceAtt  hia  1iAommeAtt  t)0]\c1iA  t>uibchíAc  50  cCnn 
acIia-ó  íC]\  ccAm,  coha]i  bo  hfnurA  t>o  tieAch  ÚAróib  Aichne  t>o  cAbAi]\c  ron 
po]\  t)iA  mumcin  but)  t>em  ca]\  Aon  t>iA  ecc]\Aicctb.  Acc  chCnA  ]\o  honcA 
5ene]iA\t  aii  crtuAij  ^aU,  fx  Accum^ró  cacIia  .1.  henni  begmg,  7  ttiomAC 
■oía  nÚAipttb  (x  t)iA  iiAi]\eAchAib  miA]ióCn  rnr.  Tlo  meAbAró  c]\a  ro]\rnA 
^AttAib  tArot>Ain  AiitAtt  Ar  gnAtcbér  "oon  crtoj  rniA  n CcAnrcAncAn  AtiAineAc 
caca  7  Accenn  cofCAt>A  7  coiiiAi]\te.  5A^A1C  11A  5A01"°1^  A5A  teo"ó  (x  occa 
teAt)]iAt),  occa  ntAnbAt)  G:  occa  mu-óu^At)  nAn-oeipb  ha  ccniA]\Aib  nA  rriccib 
ua  cc]uoccAib  ua  ccui]\tb  nA  ccét)Aib  50  ]iau5Aca]\  irceAch  cAn  nA  mu]\Aib 

1  Bagnal.—A  short  distance  to  the  north  "  Slam.—S'ir  Richard  Bingham,  formerly 

of  the  marsh  where  the  fight  took  place,  is  President  of  Connaught,  was  recalled  and 

a  v/hitethorn  bush   still  called  '  the   great  appointed  to  succeed  Sir  Henry  Bagnal  as 

man's  thorn,'  which  is  said  to  have  been  Marshal  of  the  Army.     But  he  died  soon 

pianted  over  Bagnal's  grave.  after  landing  in  Dublin. 


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English  all  round,  and  they  closed  on  them  and  engaged  the  Engli,sh  at  159«- 
close  quarters,  so  that  thcy  drove  the  wings  which  were  on  the  outsidc, 
and  the  sharpshooters  and  soldicrs  bcyond  them,  into  thcir  midst,  and 
the  English  were  weakened  by  that  and  by  the  shots  of  the  Irish,  by  their 
number,  and  by  the  closcness  of  the  compact  ordcr  in  which  thcir  leadcrs 
of  battle  and  captains  of  the  fight  had  placed  them.  Anger  and  wrath 
seized  on  the  soldicrs  on  both  sides  in  consequence  of  the  ldlling,  the 
slaughtering,  and  the  wounding  of  their  friends,  thcir  companions,  and 
those  dear  to  them  before  their  faces.  They  were  skirmishing  and  fighting 
with  each  other  in  this  way  for  a  good  while  and  a  long  time,  until  the 
closeness  and  compactness  of  the  English  army  were  weakened  and  their 
leaders  and  nobles  were  gappcd. 

As  the  providence  of  God  and  the  mighty  Lord  ordained  victory 
and  triumph  for  the  Irish  that  day,  hc  allowed  a  certain  English  soldier 
who  had  spent  all  the  powder  he  had  to  go  to  the  nearcst  of  the  barrels  of 
powder  carried  by  them,  in  the  very  middle  of  the  army,  to  refill  his 
pouch  once  more,  and  when  he  stretched  out  his  hand  to  the  powder  a 
spark  that  was  not  large  fell  from  the  match  which  he  had  lighting  into 
the  barrel,  and  from  that  to  each  of  the  barrels  in  succession,  so  that 
whatever  was  near  the  place  where  they  were  standing,  men  and  horses, 
arms  and  armour,  and  everything  which  they  needed  to  have  by  them,  was 
blown  up  into  the  regions  and  clouds  of  the  air.  The  great  gun  which  they 
carricd  with  them.  was  moved  from  where  it  was  to  another  place  by  the 
force  and  conflagration  of  the  dry  powder,  when  it  blazed  up  fiercely  to  the 
wall  of  the  heavens.  The  hill  too  all  round  was  one  mass  of  dark,  blinding 
fog  for  a  while  after,  so  that  it  was  not  easy  for  any  one  to  distinguish 
exactly  who  were  his  own  people  from  one  of  his  enemies.  However, 
the  General  of  the  English  army  and  their  champion  of  battle,  Henry 
Bagnal,1  and  with  him  very  many  of  the  nobles  and  leaders  were  slain.- 
The  English  were  defeatcd,  as  is  usual  with  an  army  whose  leader  in  battle 
and  defenders  and  advisers  have  becn  scattered.  The  Irish  procecded  to 
mangle  and  hack,  to  kill  and  destroy  by  twos  and  threcs,  by  scores  and 
thirties  and  fifties  and  hundreds  until  thcy  came  within  thc  walls  in   the 


174 

meo,óonc1iAib  m  A]Voiíiac1ia.  1mp\irCc  aíi  ^LAftAic  (x  a  nsiottAnjiAi-ó  (x 
]\o  ^Abp\c  aj  rcóbA'ó  &ti  pAntAÓ  <\c]\oc1iai]\]hc  ipn  ccac,  (x  occ  "oicdroA'ó 
HA  "ojiumge  ]\obcA]\  beo^Aoice  Aiin.  IDacaji  "oípriie  AnéoÁÍA  t)e]\]\At)Aib 
AHAiclifncA  exAiritA. 

-di]\ipc  ^Aovóit  05  iompJit>e  .d]VoriiAc1iA  1110  jacIi  Ai]\t>  -oo  checeoiiAib 
Ai]\oib  An  bAibe,  coha]\  teiccrCc  neAÓ  111111111  110  AÍtec  pu  ]\e  ceo]\A  noroche 
con  a  tAib.  1n  eAcniAing  nA  ]\eepn  ]\o  tApAC  11  a  5A1tt  a  cceccA  vo  fAi^ró 
ha  n5^oi"óet  oia  cum^eA'ó  cuca  Aconu\i]\teccA'ó  -óoib  t>e]\Ach  ah  puinc 
]\eiiie]\e]\ciiiA]\  AmbACA]\  a  mumcCn  íropbAip  pu  ]\é  f-ooA  7  coiu\i]\teiccci 
•01A  tuclic  iomcouiiét>A  cocc  rtÁn  "oia  rÁi^í'ópuTn  co  1iA]\,oniAc1iA  í<\]\ 
fol.47.fl.   brÁgbAÍt  Ati  bAite  tAbÚA  Héitt  7  a  cC-ouJAb  t>oib  "oibtmib  poA-ó  mArrpcdng 

A    1l-&]\'OrilAc1lA.       *Oo    COCA]\    11A    niAiclie    00    C]\U-Ó    ACCOlÍUM]\te  1111   on   CCAHlgCn 

pn.  AcbCrqwc  roi]\Cnx)  t>íb  co]\  bo  hiomAi^róe  a  te^A'ó  tionA  ^^ttAibli 
nncecc  A]\  t)Aij  rAgb^tA  aii  pui]\c,  a]\  bA  c]\eiiiii,orit>e  vo  ]\a^a  Cco]\]\a  7 
]\o  c1iui]\]^Cc  aii  cac  ]\o  joiica  (x  ]\o  nu\]\bcA  itioniAc  oia  niumci]\,  7  bA 
conccAn   mó]\  teó  a  c]\a]xcai]\c  (x  aco]\   t)A]\  cCnt).     *Oo   b^cA]\  A]\  oite  t)ib 

OJA    CA1]\1llC]XCpt)e    7    OCCA    ]\A"Ó    11A]A    bo    CÓ1]\    11A    ^Altt    t>o     cet^At)    Ar    HA 

hiomcurii^Aib  AmbAccAii  7  ha  pngbiche  m  éiptip  t>o  ]\róip,  -oia  nejmÁicir 
ÚAit>ib  aii  cAnpn.  A\\  a  aoi  pn  Af  rAi]i  ■oeip'ó  tAr  iia  niAicib  ro  -óeóró 
a  te^AÓ  ÚAibib.  1lo  nArómeAt)  ]\ac1ia  Cco]\]\a  tnpu  7  AiiAtt  1111  conu\tt 
t)iA]ioite..     -Acc    UAmÁ    111    ]\o    ceA-OAi^rCc    5A01^1^    n^cli   nC]\nt>Ait  bit)   a]\ 

cCnA,  A]U11    1U\    0]'t>A1U\p    pÚt)A]\    11A    tuATÓe   t)0    tegAt)    tA    1u\011    Af    A11   bpo]\c 

pn  cCn   mocliÁ  a  di]\onc  7  a  a]\hi  t)o  te^At)   tÁr  aii  ccAipcm  buí  A1111.     V°r 

]\Á£AlbrCc  11A  ^Altt  tA  rOt>A11l  A11  pO]\C  (x  t)0  ]\01UVÓ  AVp\0]WlÍl  7  A  CCOIIlAljVgé 
50  ]\1ACCACC0]A  CO  1l  A]V01Í1Ac1u\.        t/OCA]\  ^Altt  t)lbtmib  A]\AbA]\AC  A  1l^]\t>mAc1l A 

j;ur  A11  1ob<\]\  7  t»A  ccijib  ApCiroA-ó  (x  r\o  tÁ]\\c  AijvoriiCr-  ro]\  ArtttAg  x>uy 
cia  tion  -oo  C]xa  >-o]\]\a  ó  cut>CACA]\  ro]\  a  cci]\U]\  UA]'et>  Ation]-Ait)e  reb 
AcpmCc  aii  eotAig  01  n'nte  A]\  coic  cét>A\b  nn  ah  genejiAit  con  oclic  ccAipcnnb 
t)ecc  nnAitte  rpr  t)ÚAiptib  7  t)o  ttAJ-óAomb.  -Acc  acá  ní  cCha  AC]\utACA]\ 
t)]ion5  riión  tnbpbe  ^An  oit>eAt>  t>o  ]\Áic  iciecc  cpeccnAiglici  7  ac]\íiíiCc  t)ÍA 

CCeAfbAlt)  AH'lAlt    11A    llí    ]\0    1lO]1CA.       Atl  t)eACnU\t)    tÁ   t)0  AUJU^X  111   U]\CO]V\C 

1  Battle.— For  a  more  detailed  account  Gilbert's  Facshnilcs,  pt.  iv.,  p.  xliii.  A  con- 
of  this  very  important  battle  by  English  temporary  p)an  of  the  battle  will  be  found 
writers  see   Introd.,   p.  xciii.,    antea,   and      Ibid.,  plate  xxiv. 


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middle  of  Armagh.      Thc    soldiers    and    their  attendants   rcturncd   and      15 
procccdcd  to  strip  thc  pcoplc  who  had  fallen    in   battlc    and    to    bchcad 
thc  crowd  who  were  severely  wounded.      The  booty  of  unusual,  strange 
clothing  was  grcat. 

Thc  Irish  rcmained  to  besiege  Armagh  at  each  of  the  four  quarters  of 
the  town,  so  that  they  did  not  allow  anyone  in  or  out  for  a  space  of  thrcc 
days  and  thrce  nights.  After  that  timc  the  English  sent  messengers  to 
thc  Irish  to  ask  them  to  confer  with  them  about  leaving  thc  fortrcss  we 
have  mentioned,  where  their  pcople  had  been  in  garrison  for  a  long  time, 
and  about  allowing  thc  wardcrs  to  go  safe  to  Armagh  aftcr  giving 
up  thc  place  to  Hugh  O'Xeill,  and  both  being  permitted  to  retirc  from 
Armagh.  The  noblcs  wcnt  to  take  counscl  on  the  proposal.  Some  of 
them  said  that  it  would  be  right  to  allow  the  English  to  go  away  aftcr 
they  had  surrendercd  the  fortress,  since  it  was  on  account  of  it  they  had 
fought  and  the  battle  had  taken  place,  in  which  many  of  their  people  were 
wounded  and  slain,  and  their  defeat  and  expulsion  was  a  great  triumph  to 
them.  Othcrs  of  them  opposed  this,  and  said  it  was  not  right  to  let  the 
English  escape  from  the  great  straits  in  which  they  were,  and  they  would  not 
be  found  careless  a  second  time  if  they  escaped  from  them  then.  How- 
ever,  it  was  decided  by  the  chiefs  at  last  to  let  them  go  away.  Tcrms  wcre 
agrced  on  bctween  thcm  on  this  side  and  on  that  to  be  observed  by  both. 
Howcver,  the  Irish  did  not  allow  any  supplies  of  food,  guns,  or  ordnance, 
powder,  or  lead  to  be  taken  away  by  anyone  out  of  the  fortrcss  exccpt  his 
trunk  and  his  arms  which  were  allowed  to  the  captain  who  was  there. 
The  English  thcreupon  lcft  the  fort,  and  protection  and  quartcr  was  given 
them  till  thcy  camé  to  Armagh.  The  next  day  the  two  bodies  of  English 
wcnt  from  Armagh  to  Xcwry  and  to  their  own  homcs,  and  they  showcd 
grcat  anxiety  as  regards  their  army,  what  number  had  fallen  sincc  thcy 
went  on  thc  cxpedition.  The  number,  as  the  well  ínformed  rcckoncd,  was 
two  thousand  five  hundred,  bcsides  their  Gcneral  and  eightecn  captains 
also,  with  noblcs  and  gentlcmen.  But  all  the  same,  a  grcat  numbcr  of 
them  cscapcd  without  being  slain  on  the  spot,  though  thev  were  wounded,  and 
they  reckoned  the  missing  as  well  as  thosc  who  wcrc  slain.  Thc  báttlc1 
took  place  on  the  tenth  day  of  August,  in  thc  very  bcginning  of  harvest. 


176 

f  ogh AniAin  t>o  ]iaccai6  An  cac  ifm.  Do  tieachACAf  c]ia  úa  Tléitt  úa  'OoiimAitt 
7  nA  ^Aonóit  Af  cCiia  t>iA  cajib  AliAicte  An  chor^Ain  rm,  7  bA  rtÁn  táf 
nA  niAichib  a  mCnniA  gebcAf  ite  mCfbA-ÓA  7  ní  ]io  Ia  irnioth  hac  mt>eicicm 
n  ]io  hof  ca  ÚAitnb,  ÚAin  nocliA  cuniAin  cac  ponA  AiiiAit  pt  ipn  -oCfbAnufcc. 
fol.47  b.  T)ÁtA  uí  T)omnAitt,  bAirlbe  conA  ftoí;  iffof  co  teicc  occ  teiccé<vó  Afcífi 
ÍA]irAn  ccac  fm  An  ácIia  bunohe. 

Daoi  "OAn  t>únAt>  t^Am^Cn  tncogtAi'óe  1n  ccoicceAt)  nAiteAttA  ifin  ccofAnn 
t>o  funnA-ó,  bAite  aii  mócAigh  a  comAinmp-óe.      Oacaji  501  tt  -oo   5féf  f]n 
né  cConA  mbtiA-óAn  -oécc  1  ronbAiri  ifin  t)únAt>  ifin  *ouf  An  ccAifpcif  eitt 
nA  cniche  mA  coriifoqiAib  Afp  7  m  no  cuimgeA'ó  a  JAbAit  ronjiA  ah  Ai]\Cccfm. 
Uof  ruAi]\rCcc  AfAitt  •oonA  hÚAiftib   -oiAn  bo   coic  aii   bAite  7  nA  rC]\omn 
]\obcA]i  compoiccfi  t>ó  bao^At  An  bAite  gu]\  ]\o  JAbfAC  A]1  eiccm  é  fopfiiA 
^AttAib.     *Oo  ctomn   n'OonncliAi-ó  An  co]iAinn    nA  1ií  tÁr  no  jjAbAt),  CACAt 
"Oub  7  TotmAtcAÓ  05  t>A  iíiac  Cacai^  nnc  *Oonnc1iAi"ó  iAt)fróe,  7  bA  -oóib  ]io 
bA  ]\ui"ótiof  A]1  aoi  iroúchcufA  An  'oúnA'ó.     Ho  bA  rniorh  At>bAt  tA  ^oibCpnóif 
An  coigi-ó  Sen  Coneuf  Clioro]\c  aii  bAite  t>o  jjAbAit  ro]\  a  mumci]i  7  ]\o  JAb 
occ  AftAch   ctoinne  T)onnch.Aró  mion  'oúnAt)  t>o  CAbAi]\c  t)ó  t>o  próip,  7  t)o 
iiAni]\n5in  coiíia"o1ia  mó]\A  t)iA  cmt>  tA  cAob  rifóitf  1  AfOfbA  t)óib  but>  *oem, 
6b  t»iA  riot  mA  mDeAtiliAigli.     O  ]\o  í)Airneit>eAt>  "oúa  *OoiiinAitt  nrofm  ]\o 
ÚA]\cctomAt)  Aftoj  tAif  imír  Sepcembef,  €t  m  ]\o  Aipif  50  ]1aiuaic  ^obAite  aii 
HIÓCA15, 7  no  ^Ab  occ  rnif uit>e  m  bAite  occ  bAij  05  bubcAt)  ro]i  ctomn  n*oonn- 
diAró  reAchc  Ann  munA  cAb]\At>Aif  au  bAite  t)ó  bu-ó-óem  -peAch  cÁch.     Ax\ 
pechc  noite  no  biot>  05A  nAit7  05A  neA'OAfjui'úeimó  chÁbAinc  nt)ó  t>A]i  cCnn 
tóite  reb  no  bnCcAijfroir  f  em  f  Ain,  coiia'ó  f  Aip.  t>er it>  tAf  An  ccAch<\t  7  tAr  An 
ccomAtcAC  ACub]iAmA]i  An  bAite  t>o  c1iAbAi]\c  *oúa  'OomiiAitt  7  t>ÍA  cenét  t>o 
fio]i  A]\  ceicni  cét)  ponncA  7  A]i  C]11  cét)  bó.      O  ]io  nAit)iiifioc  a  ccu]\a  ceccAi]i 
nAe  AiiitAró  pn  t>o  -óeAcliAit)  ó  *Oon'mAitt  ro  cecoi]i  coiia  rtogliAib  tAir  m 
iochcA]i  1111iAmeAch.     1lo  c]ieAch<xt)  7  ]io  coniimt)]ieAt)  imboi  ro  liiAinur  Sen 

UeAboiCC    "OlotlÍ1Ain    tAI]'    CO    CCA]1CCfAC    A    ftojg    teÓ     AffotA]1C11A1t>    t)0    ^AC 

£01.48.«.    Cnnt>Ait  C-oaÍa  a]i  cCua  50  bAite  au  mocAig  &  t>AfAc  tio.  ceichjie  cét>  ponncA 
rvemenencmon  7  nA  c]ii  chét)  bó  t>o  ctomn  n'OonnchAró  feb  nonAifccf Cc  fAi]i. 

xDillon.  —  He  commanded  a  troop  of  Ireland,  being  created  Viscount  Dillon  of 
horse  in  the  beginning  of  Elizabeth's  reign.  Costello  Gallen.  He  died  in  1624  at  a  very 
In  1622  he  was  advanced  to  the  peerage  of     advanced  age.    Archdall's  Peerage,  iv.  177. 


177 

Meantime  O'Neill,  O'Donnell,  and  the  Irish  also  returned  to  their  homes  ,59& 
after  that  victory,  and  the  minds  of  the  nobles  were  satisfied  though  thcir 
losses  were  many,  and  they  did  not  show  great  sorrow  or  distress  for 
those  who  were  slain,  for  a  battle  for  right  is  not  remembered  with  regret,  as 
the  proverb  says.  As  for  O'Donnell,  he  was  at  rest  with  his  army,  getting 
rid  of  his  fatigue  after  that  battlc  of  the  Yellow  Ford. 

There  was  a  strong,  very  secure  fortress  in  thc  province  of  Oilioll,  at 
Corran  precisely,  named  Ballymote.  The  English  were  in  garrison  in 
that  castle  continuously  for  the  space  of  thirteen  years,  to  see  if  they 
could  get  an  opportunity  of  seizing  on  the  neighbouring  territory  by 
mcans  of  it,  and  it  could  not  be  taken  from  them  during  that  time.  Some 
of  the  noblcs  who  claimcd  thc  town  and  lands  near  it  found  the  place 
unguarded  and  took  it  by  force  from  the  English.  Those  by  whom  it  was 
taken  were  of  the  Clann  Donough  of  Corran,  Cathal  Dubh  and  Tolmal- 
tach  Oge,  the  two  sons  of  Cathal  MacDonough ;  to  them  the  castle 
belonged  by  inheritance.  It  was  a  great  affliction  to  the  Governor  of  the 
province,  Sir  Conyers  Clifford,  that  the  place  should  be  taken  from  his 
people,  and  he  set  to  beseech  the  Clann  Donough  to  restore  the  castle  to 
him,  and  he  promised  large  rewards  for  it,  together  with  the  possession  of 
the  land  for  themselves  and  their  posterity.  When  this  was  told  to 
O'Donnell  he  assembled  his  forces  in  the  month  of  September,  and  he  did 
not  halt  until  he  came  to  Ballymote,  and  he  set  to  besiege  the  place,  at 
one  time  blustering  and  threatening  the  Clann  Donough  if  they  did  not 
deliver  up  the  place  to  himself  rather  than  to  anyone  else.  At  another 
time  he  begged  and  prayed  them  to  give  it  up  to  him  for  the  price  they 
would  themselves  put  on  it.  Wherefore  it  was  decided  by  Cathal  and 
Tomaltach,  of  whom  we  have  spoken,  to  surrender  the  place  to  O'Donnell 
and  his  family  for  ever  for  four  hundred  pounds  and  three  hundred  cows. 
When  they  had  concluded  the  agreement  with  each  other  in  this  way, 
O'Donnell  went  immediately  with  his  forces  to  lower  Hy  Many.  What 
was  under  the  power  of  Sir  Theobald  Dillon1  was  plundered  and  preyed 
by  them,  so  that  his  army  took  away  with  them  a  plenty  of  every  kind  of 
treasure  together  to  Ballymote,  and  he  gave  the  four  hundred  pounds  of 
which  we  have  spoken  and  the  three  hundred  cows  to  the  sons  of  Donough, 


i78 

*Oo  bC]\c  ó  *OocIia|\cai5  SeAAti  05  iiaoi  ppiclnc  ponncA  "oon  AjigACfin  "OÚa 
"OorimAitt  1n  ccongnAtn.  *Oo  ]\accaó  An  bAite  ÍApoiii  oúa  *OlioiiinAitt  7 
Aipipip  41111  íf|\CAin. 

In  eACtiiAin^  iia  peepin  00  coCc  1T)ac  UittiAm  UeAbotcc  hiac  11acC]\ 
610CA15  00  fAiji-ó  uí  *OlioiiniAitt  00  chumgeAÓ  coiijjaiica  pocpAioe  pAtp 
oiAnCpcAÓm  AJAit»  a  ecqtAc.  flo  pAoiópiorii  opéchcA  oC]\iíiÁ]\a  oía  riiumcup 
ÍAir  oía  AiiipAib  (x  oía  oCp  cuA|\ArcAit  im  úa  n*Ooc1iA]\cAij  SeAAn  05  7  im 
111ac  Suibne  mboJAtnn,  *Oonc1iAO  iiiac  UlAotmuipe  UlCppí;.  *Oo  óeAcliAió 
ÍA|\on'i  111ac  t1ittiAtn  nÍArAn  ptogpm  50  cóicCiiAch  jjaii  AiniugAÓ  ^ah  popctoip- 
cecc  (acc  niAÓ  bCg)  c|ie  ^ac  cí|\  cpiApA  ccuoc1iaca]\  co  ]\iac1icaca]\  ha  1mn'iAitt, 
A|1  Ar  Ainnpóe  but  cnoó  7  cCch]\A,  mnite  7  Aipneip  ]iAmn  mic  t1tttiAiii  tnte 
ou]\n'ió]\.  1lo  teicceAó  epppeioeAÓ  7  p^AotteAÓ  oa  rpConAcliAib  oigliAipe 
oiocoircce  Ajipuo  An  cípe  iiia  comcett  50  po  cCgtAimrCc  aliíia  7  Ainneip  bú&p 
7  beoc1i]ioó  ua  c]iiche  cIiucaoo  neocli  uac  bui  pon  mpCohib  tnpccióe  no  ron 
otémb  mA]\A  combACA]\  AtopÓAOCAm  teó  oa  ^ac  cenét  c]\tuó  A]i  cCiia.  J^e\\ 
bóroÓAmg  Acco5]\Aim  A]i  c]\uune  AccpeAc^AbAt  pAti^ACAp  j;An  5U111  ^Ati  ;gAbAÓ 
conA  iiAi]iccctb  7  coiia  neoÁtAib  co  cí]\  nAn'iAtjAÓA  7  111ac  Sutbne  co  cí]i 
"boJAme  7  úa  *Ooc1ia]\cai5  co  hwip  CoíjAm. 

Ito  tCc  c]\a  Ati  con'igoit  coccAtó  ro  c]tic1i  nOpmn  íC]\caui  7  ]\o  ^oipeAÓ 
lA]\tA  *0CpmuriiAn   aii  lonbAió  pm   Jla  nC]\c  5A01-óeAt  00  Semup  mAc  UóniAip 

UÚA1Ó     OA]\    cC]1CUJAÓ  JAtt  7  AC]\Ac1lC  1^111    CCOJAO    All'lAlt    cllAcll.       *Oo  ^C]\At- 

CAcliAib  a  rtonoAorAióe  ÍA]1  mbuiiAÓAp  íC]i  n^AbAit  Ainmnighce  oo  5fyA^c 
pAmnCó  ó  ]to  cceccuipmici  a  éenét.     A.  c]\iodiAib  Saxaii  oo  óeocliACAn  jup 

All   11ipi    OÍA    ^AbAtt    AlÍlAlt  A  CCetlU,  7  ]10    A1C]\eAbpAC  1l1    CC]110c1lAlb  rC]\  1110]\C 

ppi  StonAmo  moCr.  íto  nAiómpCc  acca]\ac]\aó  ppi  niAcoib  HliteAÓ  íCn 
c]\iott  7  rognÍACc  oia  nAi]tbC]\c  bioc  7  bepcACAÓ  7  bAco]\  tÁn  oemeAig  7 
OA0ioeAc1iAi]\e  pón  iqncfAmAitpipm.     *Oup  picccíp  toechpAÓ  tonoAn  A]i  ÚAi]t 

1  Thomas  Roe- — He  was  the  eldest  son  Munster,  and  imprisoned  in  the  Tower  of 

of  James,  sixteenth  Earl  of  Desmond,  but  London,  where  he  died  in  1608-     We  have 

he  was  set  aside  by  his  father's  will,  and  given   his   historv  at   length   in   the  Irish 

Gerald,  his  second  son  bvanothermarriage,  J\fonthly  of  1877. 

succeeded  to  the  title  and  estates.    He  was  2  Gerahf. — The   first  of  the  familv  who 

slain  in   1583.     At  his  death  the  title  was  came  to  Ireland  vvas  Maurice,  the  son  01 

claimed  by  James,  Thomas' eldgst  son.    He  Gerald  (hence  FitzGerald  and  Geraldine). 

is  known  in  history  as  the  '  Sugan  Earl.'  He  is  the  common  ancestor  of  the  Earls  of 

1 1 c  was  betrayed  by  his  relative,  the  White  Rildare  and  of  Desmond.     His  eldest  son 

Knight,  in   1601,  to   Carew,   President   of  became  Baron  of  Offaly.     From  his  third 


179 

as  thcy  had  arrangcd   with  him.     Shane  Oge  0'Dohcrty  gave  ninc  scorc      1598. 
pounds  of  that  money  to  O'Donncll  to  aid  him.     The  place  was  givcn  ovcr 
to  O'Donnell  then,  and  he  remained  there. 

At  that  time  Mac  William,  Theobald,  son  of  Walter  Ciotach,  camc  to 
O'Donnell  to  ask  him  for  aid  in  men  to  strengthen  him  against  his  encmies. 
He  sent  with  him  strong  bodies  of  his  people,of  his  soldicrs  and  mercenaries, 
with  Shane  Oge  0'Dohcrty  and  MacSwíny  Banagh,  Donough,  son  of 
Maolmuire  Mergach.  Mac  William  went  with  that  army  silently  and 
without  being  noticed  or  heard,  except  by  a  fcw,  through  every  territory 
through  which  they  passed,  until  they  came  to  the  Owlcs,  for  it  was  there 
the  greater  part  of  the  herds  and  flocks  and  property  of  the  whole  of 
MacWilliam's  territory  had  gone.  He  sent  his  marauders,  fierce  and 
wrathful,  to  spread  and  scatter  through  the  country  all  round,  and  they 
gathered  the  herds  and  droves  of  oxen  and  cattlc  which  were  not  in 
thc  islands  of  the  lakcs  and  in  those  of  the  sea,  so  that  they  had  full  and 
plenty  of  every  kind  of  cattle  then.  Though  it  was  easy  to  follow  them 
owing  to  the  quantity  of  plunder,  they  came  without  wound  or  danger  with 
their  plunder  and  treasures  to  Tirawley,  and  MacSwiny  to  Tir  Boghaine, 
and  0'Doherty  to  Inishowen. 

In  the  meantime  the  miseries  of  war  spread  throughout  the  extent  of 
Ireland,  and  James,  son  of  Thomas  Roe,1  was  made  Earl  of  Desmond 
by  the  authority  of  the  Irish,  without  the  permission  of  the  English,  and 
he  rose  in  war  like  thc  rest.  His  family  was  of  the  Geraldincs  by  dcscent, 
having  taken  the  name  by  which  they  were  called  from  a  certain  Gerald  2 
from  whom  this  family  is  descended.  They  came  from  the  English 
territory  to  the  island*  to  seize  it  like  the  rest,  and  they  dwelt  in  the 
terrritory  of  Fermorc,3  south  of  the  Shannon.  They  contracted  friendship 
with  thc  descendants  of  Milesius  after  a  time,  and  conformed  to  their 
manncr  of  life  and  habits,  and  were  full  of  generosity  and  hospitality  likc 
thcm.     The  soldiers  of  London  came  then  to  the  island  by  order  of  thcir 

son    Thomas,  the  Earls  of  Desmond  are      acquired  large  estates  in  Cork,  Limerick, 
descended.     The  Earls  of  Kildare,p.  \o.  and  Kerry.     In  1329  Maurice  FitzThomas 

3  Fermorc. — This  family,  soon  after  the      was  created  Earl  of  Desmond-    See  Lynch's 
arrival  of  the   Anglo-Normans  in  Ireland      Feudal  D/o/iiiies,  p.  231. 

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fol.48.^.  gur  An  tnp  La  ronconj^tA  a  R105 -oo  pottAihnAcc  ha  ccuac  -oía  cconjbAit 
rju  •olije-ó  co  ccAjicrAC  n<\  ^CuaIcaij  AC]\ub]\omo]\  ro  "óoine  7  CAvicurAt 
AiiiAit  ^Aoi-óeAU.  AqiAijpCc  11A  ^CuaIcaij  1  ccogAt)  uia  nAJAit)  ro  •óeóm. 
1ío  coirneAt)  Ia  ^aIIaiIí)  lAcrorii  ajvmi  ccjuch  7  no  *oio1da-óaic  mte  t>o  ]\aic 
acc  niA-ó  bC^.  Oen  tnb-rme  aii  Semur  hiac  UoniAir  fttÍAm  110  nAmrim,  7 
•00  tvuimCnrCcc  ha  cireA-órom  rniú  A]\  An  •omflrii  7  A|i  aíi  cA]\curAtimboi  aca, 
(x  'oo  nonrAcc  bntj  mbicc  t>e,  úai]i  ]\o  bm  nu\c  íia  ponrtACA  11151  Attnur  hi 
cacuaig  Loiroon  .1.  Semur  ihac  au  gCpoicc  t>o  tunrcAin  ah  cocca-o  ceccur 
nuc  Senunr  rrnc  SeAAin.  An  AOirm  t>o  5111  ah  caoui  *Oía  UAit  -0011  T>CncAin 
7  b]ieoceAtc1iA  T>on  Aotbit  7  A]\  Aite  t>tA  rAriitAi^hceAt).  Ro  cot>íu]\yó  beór 
cenétA  ía]\  11A  nTnb-oeAt)  rechc  ]UAinh.  ImcliA  rAriitAm  ní]i  bo  cói]\  TXfcgAttAib 
*Ouibtmne  lon^iiAt)  t>e  cía  t>o  ^nece  lArtA  t>o  Shemur  niAC  UoniAir  1Iúait>  7 
cía  no  cireAT)  r]uúrorii  "OAiche  a  ecc]\Aicir  ro]\]\A. 

Uia§aicc  -oponjA  mó]iA  chu^A  ro]\  AmrAine  7  t>o  congnArii  tAir  a  coigeAt) 
1l1eAt)bA  7  a  coicceAt)  ConcobAi]\  nnc  HerrA.  AcuacIicacau.  énh  ^AoiTnt 
coiccit)  gAitÍAU  ipn  ccoccAt)  ón  num  ccCciia,  Ct)ón  riot  Cac1iaoi]i  mói]\  nuc 
tpetim  rinupgtAir.  L)aca]i  DÍumie  accoiíi]\aiíia  7  Accor^Ain  t)ibtmib  t>o 
"óeAbcAib  7  tnomAn^AtAib  ro]i  JAttAib  -ooin^mb  7  T>AT>AiicAib  7  -oo  JAbAtAib 
cnum  7  mmte  poprnA  cuACAib  bAco]\  ro  AmAt*ur  7  ro  ArniAcc  ]\o  btm 
eirintc  -OAirneir  no  t»o  c]\uium. 

tomchurA  uí  X)oihnAitt  ó  110  rcAich  tAir  gteot)  5AÓA  CAm^ne  ]\o 
]\eiiiAi]met)purii  bA  1iAnn  bAoi  Ai]iiriorii  7  a  corimuije  111  bAite  aii  ITH10CA15. 
ÍJa  rot>A  tAir  ]\o  bACA]i  SpAinmí;  gAti  ceAchc  1n  coi]ucm  rCn  rCme  reb 
no  cmjeAtt^AC,  conAt)  Ai]ie  rm  no  fom  a  ceccA  t>on  SpÁm  "oeccAÓme  imnró  7 
Anrro]itAinn  ua  ngAoi-óet  rjur  aii  U15  pitib.  1li  1111  Sepcembe]i  imCoón 
rochmAi]u  t>o  fuii]\AT>  ]\o  romic  iia  ceccA.  1ío  c1iAchAinAi]i  aii  ci  pitip  ]\e 
riú  t>o  ]nonncAirCc.  TI1  ]iAibe  rpn  ch]iumne  rcét  bA  mó  aiíi  ÚA1]1  ]\o  tCch 
a  A-óbctop  ron  tnte  T>oriiAii.      111  a  ]\o  bui   a  Aichjdn   "oía  eip  ipn  mbioc  Ap 

1  So)i  of  the  true  ftrince.  —  He  was  sent  the  end  of  1601.     See  Life  of  F.  MacCarthy 

over  to  Ireland  at  the  suggestion  of  Carew,  Mor,  p.  486. 

president   of  Munster.       The   account   of  2F.  Firterglas.— He  was  Ringof  Leinster. 

the  way  in   which  he  was  treated  in  Kil-  See  Todd's  Life  of  St.  Patrich,  p.  253. 

mallock  when    the   people    found   he    had  3frish. —  Fenius  Farsa,  from  whom  the 

gone  to  the  Protestant  Church  is  given  in  name  Fir  Feine,  given    somclimes  lo  the 

Pac.  }Iib.,\>.  162.     He  was  taken  back  to  Irish,  is  taken,  wús  the  grandfather  of  Gaid- 

the  Tower  of  London,  and  died  there  about  elus(aquoGaidhel),andancestorofMilesius. 


I8i 

King  to  subdue  thc  country  and  put  it  undcr  law,  and  they  brought  thc  1598. 
Geraldines,  of  whom  we  have  spoken,  into  subjectíon  and  contcmpt,  like 
thc  Irish.  Thc  Geraldines  rose  in  arms  against  thcm  at  last.  They  wcre 
driven  from  their  territory  by  the  English,  and  soon  all  but  a  few  wcre 
slain.  Onc  of  these  was  Jamcs,  son  of  Thomas  Roe,  of  whom  wc  have 
spoken,  and  they  thought  he  would  not  oppose  them,  owing  to  the  dis- 
respect  and  contempt  they  had  for  him,  and  they  sct  little  store  by  him, 
because  the  son  of  the  true  prince,1  James,  son  of  Gcrald,  who  first  began 
the  war,  son  of  James,  son  of  John,  was  in  prison  in  the  Towcr  of  London. 
However,  the  one  God  made  an  oak  of  the  acorn  and  a  consuming  fire  of 
the  spark  and  other  things  in  the  same  way.  He  raised  up  too  families 
after  their  ruin  before  this.  Since  it  was  so,  it  was  not  right  for  the  English 
of  Dublin  to  wonder  that  James,  son  of  Thomas  Roe,  should  be  made 
Earl,  and  that  he  should  be  able  to  vent  his  enmity  on  them. 

Great  numbers  came  to  him  to  serve  under  and  assist  him  from  thc 
province  of  Meadhbh  and  the  province  of  Conor  Mac  Nessa.  The  Irish  of 
the  province  of  Leinster  too  rose  in  arms  in  the  same  way,  i.e.}  the  race  of 
Cathaoir  Mor,  son  of  Fedhlim  Firurglas.2  The  contentions  and  victories  of 
both  were  many  in  disputes  and  struggles  against  the  English,  in  plunder- 
ings,  taking  droves  and  preys  of  cattle  and  flocks,  in  the  countries  which 
wcre  under  their  power  and  obedience,  which  it  would  be  tedious  to 
relate  or  describe. 

As  for  O'Donnell,  when  he  had  concluded  all  the  business  mentioned 
above,  his  dwelling  and  abode  was  at  Ballymote.  He  thought  it  long  that 
thc  Spaniards  did  not  come  to  aid  the  Irish  as  they  had  promiscd.  Where- 
fore  hc  sent  his  messengers  to  Spain  to  complain  of  the  sufferings  and 
hardships  of  the  Irish3  to  King  Philip.  In  the  month  of  September,  in 
the  middle  of  harvest,  the  messengers  were  sent.  Philip  died  4  before  thcy 
set  out.  Thcre  was  not  in  thc  world  more  important  ncws,  for  his 
fame  was  spread  over  thc  whole   earth.     If  one  like  him  followed  him  in 

Ogygia,  p.  3495and  Keating's  H.  of  Ircland,  character  in  many  respects  different  from 

p.  99.  that  of  his  father,  though  not  less  anxious 

4  Dicd. — Philip  II.  died  1 5th  September,  than  he  to  aid  the  Irish  both  at  home  and 

1598,  after  a  reign  of  43  years,  at  the  age  abroad  in  their  efforts  for  their  faith  and 

of  72.     His  successor,  Philip  III.,  was  of  a  country. 


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iuvóá  reipn  no  jdiAip.      Daoi  c]\a  ó  *OomiiAitt  1  forr  nnbAite  ah  III0CA15 
co  réit  tCme  aii  conii-oet),  (x  ó  c1iAi]\mc  tAir  ah  crotÍAniAin  00  AinrincniuJA'ó 
aiíiaiI  ]\o  bwó  -oío]\,  ]\o  cCgtoniAic  a  rtoigh  oia  f  Ai^ró  "oo  -óut  irin  ccoicc]uc1i, 
fol.  49.(7.  7  ó  00  ]\iac1icaca]\  co  1iAon   1Í1A15111  ro  a  co^liAi^im,   ]\o  ApccnÁ  co  hmctCi- 
che  jah  A^iu^At)  5A11  ujvfo^nA  x>o  ]\ochcAin  ]\iatíi  50  ctomn  1Iiocai]VO  (^epcAjv 
01Í111A15  unC^tAij  Aic]\eAbAij  ha  c]\idie  ]\eniiib)  50   ]\Aimcc  jau   ]\AbAt)   ^ah 
]iacu5ax)   1u   c]\epu]xut  ha  mArone  muiclie   co   citt   CotgAii.     A]\  ]\oc1icaui 
•óó  aii   x)ú   rm   ]\o  rccAOitic  ArcdriieAtcA  UAitnb  t)A  jjacIi   teic  nnon  cíji  iua 
cunceAtt  c]ua   cC]\cmC-óón   ctomne  1tiocAi]\cc  riAn  50   ]\iac1ic  tD^iong  "óiob 
1110   iomroc]\Aib    *ooi]\ecc   IteniAinn,   7   A]\oite   50   "01111    5l1A11Ae   m  co1^t  ° 
bpiAC]\Ac.     *Oo   niA]\bAT)   (x  00  mu'ÓAróC'ó    ite   "00    DoicCnétcAib   7  x>o   yo\- 
cCnétcAib  teorAróe.  1ciCc  ]\obcA]\  AinCjj'ÓA'oonA  roicenétoib  "oo  nochnACAn  Ann 
Uoi]\]\x)eAtbAc  buróe  (x  foniAii  "OÁ  iúac  Ro]\x  nuc  HAicne  nnc  lllAoiteAchtomn 
uí   Loclitomn.       Uo  niA]\bAX)  OAn  tAf  au  ccoi]\]vóeAtbAc  rm  occa  nucornAin 
bu-ó-óem  A]\  01  te  "oo  ctom-o  n"OorimAitt  ^AttocctAÓ  bAoi  irrA]\]\A-ó  111ic  HittiAin 
ron  au   rtoite-ó  rm,   Acó    Duróe   05  hiac   x\ex>A    Oui-óe  nuc  1llAÓtmui]\e  a 
coiiiAmmrróe.     'Oo  mA]\bA-ó  beór  tA  "onums  oite  00  riiumciu  uí  T)horimoitt 
•oÁ  n'iAC  t1ittiAm  nnc  SeAAin  o  1tmnmit  7  iiiac  UeAboicc  nnc  *OAbÓ5  o  -ohoi]\e 
uí  T)1iomiiAitt  7  iiiac  a  n'nc.     Ito  bA-ó  ite  rocliA  b]\om  7  bAjxjAine  I11  ctomn 
ItiocAuvo  po  bic  acco]\c]\aca]\  ÚAioib  cen  mo  c1iac  ua  niAice  rm.     6]vJAbcA]\ 
111ac  1loibC]\T>  ó  oi^Cpc  ceAttAig   (.1.  tlitticc  niAc  I1ittic  uuai-ó  nnc  I1itticc 
015)  tA  HlAJnup   05  iiiac  Aet)1iA  nnc  fflAgnurA  ,oC]\b]\AchAi]\  uí  *Oon'mAitt. 
tto  tei]\icionoiteA-ó  cno-ó  7  c]\eAÓAi]vc;che  ha    C]uc1ie   uia   ccAmcib    c]ioniA 
coincCn'itA,  7  éoÁtA  Ai-óbte  oite  cénmocÁc  tÁ  mumcin  uí  *Ohorimiott  gup  An 
111^15111  a  ccA]\ArcAin  é  bu'ó'óein,  (x  gebcAn  iohi-óa    AiiiAir  7  ogbA-ó  lA]\tA 
ctonine  TIiocai]vo  irm  C]\ic1i,  7  5e]\bo  mntií;  0011  cí]\  au  Ainb]\eACA  •orutAn^ 
A]\  "ÓAig  An  inróíom  ron  An  eccpAioib  nuj;  ó  *Oon'iiiAitt  coiia  ftoj  ha  cneAÓA 

1  Kilcolgan. — A  village  nine  miles  south-  king  of  Connaught  in  the  7th  centurv.  See 
west  of  Athenry.  p.  133,  antea. 

2  Oireacht  Redmond. — A  district  in  the  4  Hy  Fiachrach. — i.e.,  the  inhabitants  of 
barony  of  Kiltartan,  Co.  Galway,  which  the  district  now  comprised  in  the  diocese 
takes  its  name  from  a  family  of  the  Burkes  of  Kilmacduagh.  They  went  by  the  name 
of  Clanricarde.  of  Hy    Fiachrach  Aidhne,   to  distinguish 

z  Dungory.— A  townland  near  Kinvarra,  them  from  another  tribe  inhabiting  the 
in  which  is  a  ruined  castle  said  to  have  present  barony  of  Tireragh,Co.  Sligo.  See 
been  built  on  the  site  of  the  palace  of  Guaire,      Tribes,  &r>c.  of  Hy  Fiachrach,  pp.  3  and  3^. 


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the  world  it  was  from  him  he  sprang.  Mcantime  O'Donncll  was  1598. 
resting  at  Ballymote  up  to  the  fcast  of  the  Nativity  of  the  Lord,  and 
whcn  he  had  finished  celcbrating  the  fcast  in  a  fitting  way  hc  gathercd  his 
forces  to  go  into  the  ncighbouring  territory,  and  they  came  together  at  his 
summons.  He  marchcd  secretly  without  being  pcrceivcd,  without  any 
warning  prcccding  him,  into  Clanricarde  (though  the  inhabitants  of  thc 
tcrritory  wcre  in  fear  and  terror  of  his  coming),  until  he  came  unnoticed, 
unperceived  in  the  twilight  of  the  early  morning  to  Rilcolgan.1  On  coming 
there  his  marauders  were  sent  out  on  every  side  into  the  country  all  round, 
right  through  the  middle  of  Clanricarde,  wcstwards,  until  a  body  of  thcm 
came  to  the  confines  of  Oireacht  Redmond  2  and  more  to  Dungory,3  in  thc 
wood  of  Hy  Fiachrach.4  Many  of  the  common  people  and  of  the  gentlcmcn 
wcre  killed  and  massacred  by  them.  The  principal  men  of  the  nobility 
who  fell  thcrc  werc  Turlough  Buidhe  and  Brian,  two  sons  of  Rossa, 
son  of  Antony,  son  of  Malachy  O'Loughlin.5  There  was  slain  also  by  that 
Turlough,  when  defcnding  himself,  a  certain  one  of  the  Clann  Donnell 
Galloglach,  who  was  with  Mac  William  on  that  excursion  ;  Hugh  Burke 
Oge,  son  of  Hugh  Buidhe,  son  of  Maelmuire,  was  his  name.  There 
were  also  killed  by  another  body  of  O'Donnell's  people  two  sons  of 
William,  son  of  John  of  Rinvylle,  and  a  son  of  Theobald,  the  son  of 
Davock,  from  Derry  O'Donnell,0  and  his  son's  son.  There  were  many  causcs 
of  woe  and  lamentation  in  Clanricarde  for  those  of  them  who  wcre  slain 
beside  these  nobles.  MacHubert7  of  Disert  Kelly,  i.e.,  Ulick,  son  of  Ulick 
Roe,  son  of  Ulick  Ogc,  was  seized  by  Manus  Oge,  son  of  *Hugh,  son  of 
Manus,  O'DonnelFs  brother.  The  flocks  and  herds  of  the  country  wcre 
gathcred  in  large,  plentiful  droves,  and  the  other  different  trcasures 
besides,  by  O'Donnell's  people  to  the  place  where  he  himself  remained, 
and  though  the  troops  and  soldiers  of  the  Earl  of  Clanricardc  wcre 
numerous  in  the  district,  and  though  it  was  hard  for  the  territory  to 
cndure    the  hardships,  not  being  protected  from  its  encmies,  O'Donnell 

5  (JLoughlin—  They  were  chiefs  of  Bur-  6Z>.    O'Domiell.—  A    townland    in   the 

ren  about  the  time  of  the  Anglo-Norman  parish    of    Athenry,    three   miles    east    ot 

invasion.     O'Donovan  says  their  pedigree  Oranmore. 

has  not  been  made  out  with  anything  likc  7  MacI/ubert.—A   sept    of   the   Burkes. 

certainty.     Top.  Poems.,  Ixxii.  Isertkelly  is  5  miles  south-west  of  Loughrea! 


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téo  5<M1   C]101t)  gA11   CAcllAU  ^O  nAUCACAn    U1A  11U1t)h.eAt>Alb  10tl11ÍlAttA  iméeACCA 

50  bAite  ah  IIII1ÓCA15.  11i  ]to  cíomAi]vc;eA-ó  coibet]'  iia  cucnomujjA'ó  t>o  ha 
cpeAcliAibpn  -oo  bÚA]\  biot)bA'ó  11111  Aomfechc  ]uaiíi  50  rin  ^ur  ah  mbAite 
rm  ó  coiii|\ocac1ic  cét)ur  eipt>e.     Uujaicc  rttiAJ  uí  *OoiiniAitt  tua  cctjib 

ÍA]\  CCA111. 

■An  caii  c|ia  "oo  uac  t)Am1lio<5<\in  Saxah   "oia  liuró  ah  coniieijvge  co^aiú 
t)o  ]\onpAC   ^Aoi-óit  7   A|\Aitt  "oo  ponnjjAttAifo  eneAnn   uia  Iiajai-ó   7  111  ]\o 

1lO]\CAt>    t)ÍA    hÚAirtl'b    7  TDÍA    1lA]\T)11lA1Cl'b    t>1A    hÓgfoAlt)  7  t>1A    1lAtÍip)lfo  1    CCAcll 

fol.49.^.  au  -Ac1iAbuit>e  7  m  jac  ihaijui  a]\  cCha  m  ]to  tnu-ÓAijic  a  mtuncfn  rechnón 
e]\enn  ]\o  tA  1u  rmom  7  1n  coi]\p  r>-of]\riiAiu  ipt>e,  conAt)  rAin  -oetp-ó  te  (x 
tA  con"iAi]\te  SAXAn  1a]VIa  or  6rreoc  -oo  con  co  hepnn  tpn  mbetcme  a]\ 
cciito  ■£)uy  Aii  tion  cet>  7  cac  btu-ófn  bA  1110  aiíi  mmpc  tiubAi]\  t>o  cocc 
111  e]unn  a  SAOCAib  ]uaiíi  50  pn.  tlipoucur  "Peb]\UA]u  ]io  quAttAt)  mt)  r  111,  1 599. 
Ay  Ai]ie  éiii  ]io  cint»eAÓ  teó  ah  dA]\tA  or  errex  AC]\ub]\Aino]\  t>rAoit)eAt) 
50  he]unn  ca]\  Aon  oite  t>ur  AnbAt)  rf]\]\  acIioiiac  caca  ott>Ar  cohacIi  ha 
roi]\ne  trnr  rAUJACAn  mce  ó  mbAinuioíjAin  rechc  ]\íaiíi,  úaiu  bA  hep-óe  cfnn 
ioinA]\bAJA  nA  SAXAn  7  a  ]unn  aja  7  ioiiiai]\cc,  7  bA  ciiAijumeAt)  cacIia  t)iA 
Pponnpx  m  ^Ach  mAtgm  1  rro]\con5]\At)  p\i]\  t»ut  ifrn  eo]\Aip. 

1599,  A11  8.  btAt)Ain. 

*OaLA    <Aot)A    1lt1A1t>    UÍ    'OoiÍ'lllAltt    bA    rOt)A    tAipOIÚ  ]10  bACA]1  AfttlAJ  occ 

tecceAt)  Arcíp  r]\i  ]ié  Aom  míorA  nA  mÁ,  A]\  a  aoi  m  pcci]\  ]'Ain]ieAt)  cAit)he 
aii  cionAt)  inA^Ait),  úai]a  m  |':A]\^Aibpoiii  Ai]\t>  no  Ai]\cfnt)  iiaic  1011CA  mtntte 
1u  ccoicceA-ó  nAitbottA  ua  ]\o  innpurcAtn  no  ua  ca]vo  geitt  7  aici]u  ÚAi-óifo 
cenmocÁ  aii  mbtonó  cí]ie  pur  au  "LuimneAC  ACÚAit>h  ]to  cAttcA  t)on  coicceAt) 
ó  cfm,  ft)hón  5Ai]Vb]pCnAnn  tutj-oeAc  memn  nuc  -AfnjjurA  cí]uj  t)iA  hj;a]\o]\ 
cÚA-ómuniA  Aim  cah^a.  grá  ipt>e  t)nA  bA  fAigfó  uj]iA  7  "oeAbcA  fAi§it)  ron 
ua  rAonctAiiiiAib  ]\ur  Aic]\eAb  .1.  X)&L  CAir  nuc  ConAitt  eAchtuAic  nuc 
Luijt)eAC  memn  rtomceAn  ó  b]\iAn  bo]\un'iA  hiac  Cemnfcij  aiiuí.       1lobcA]\ 

1  May. — Beltine,  so  called  from  the  fires  whom  Eoghan,  ancestor  of  the  M'Carthys, 
lighted  by  the  pagan  Irish  on  the  first  of  was  the  eldest  ;  Cormac  Cas,  ancestor  of 
that  month  in  honour  of  their  god  Beal.  the  O'Briens,  the  second.     Oilioll  made  a 

2  Powers. — See  p.  xcix.,  antea.  law  that  the   senior  of  their  descendants 
3D.o/Cas. —  Oilioll  Olum,  king  of  Muns-      should  be  king.     If  he  was  of  the  race  of 

ter  in  the  2nd  century,  had  seven  sons,  of      Eoghan,  then  the  tanist  should  be  of  the 


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and  his  army  took  thc  prcy  with  them  without  strifc  or  skirmish  till  thcy      159S 
came  by  slow  marches  to  Ballymote.      Never  bcforc  was  therc  collcctcd 
a  spoil  of  encmy's  cattlc  cqual  to  or  likc  it  in   that  placc  since   it  was   first 
built.     O'Donnell's  army  then  returncd  to  thcir  homes. 

As  soon  as  the  Qucen  of  England  observcd  the  general  rising  in  arms 
which  thc  Irish  and  also  some  of  the  old  English  of  Ircland  cngagcd  ín 
against  her,  and  thc  number  of  her  nobles  and  chiefs,  youths  and  soldiers, 
who  were  slain  at  Atha  Buidhc  and  in  every  othcr  battlefield  where  her 
people  were  massacrcd  throughout  Ireland,  she  showcd  gricf  and  violent 
sorrow,  whcrefore  she  and  the  English  Council  rcsolved  to  scnd  the  Earl  of 
Essex  to  Ireland  in  the  following  Mayx  with  the  fullest  powers2  and 
the  largest  army,  as  books  state,  that  came  to  Ireland  from  England  up  to 
that.  This  was  decided  in  the  bcginning  of  February,  1599.  The  rcason 
why  the  Earl  of  Essex,  of  whom  we  havc  spoken,  was  selected  to  be  sent  to 
Ireland  rather  than  anyone  else  was  because  his  success  in  warwas  greater 
than  that  of  any  of  those  who  had  come  hither  from  the  Oueen  before,  for  he 
was  the  commander  in  battle  of  the  English  and  the  front  of  conflict 
and  contention  and  the  leadsr  in  the  fight  of  his  Ouccn  in  every  battiefield 
where  he  was  ordercd  to  go  in  Europe. 

1 599,  the  eight  year. 

As  for  Hugh  Roc  O'Donnell,  he  thought  it  long  his  army  was  taldng  rcst,  1599. 
though  it  was  only  for  the  spacc  of  onc  month.  Yet  he  did  not  know 
precisely  to  what  place  he  should  go,  for  he  had  not  lcft  a  quarter  or  a 
border  or  a  garrisoned  placc  in  the  province  of  Oilioll  which  he  did  not 
prey  or  take  hostages  or  pledges  from,  exccpt  the  portion  of  territory  to 
the  north  of  Limerick,  which  had  been  separated  from  the  provincc  long 
before,  i.c,  thc  rough  district  of  Lughaidh  Mean,  son  of  Ocnghus  Tirech, 
which  is  now  called  Thomond.  It  was  to  engage  in  fighting  and  conten- 
tion  to  attack  the  noble  tribe  who  inhabited  it,  i.c,  the  descendants  of 
Cas,3  son   of  Conall  Eachluaith,  son  of  Lughaidh  Mean,  who  have  their 

family  of  Cormac  Cas  ;  if  of  the  race  of  xiv.,  and  War  of  the  Gaedhil,  &~>c,  p.  160. 
CormacCas,thetanist  should  beofEoghan's  Cas  mentioned  in  the  text  was  sixth  in  des- 
family.     See  The  Battle  of  Magh  Leana,      cent  from  Cormac  Cas. 


i86 

c)\o-óa  cornAiiiAchA  ah  cemét  ón  chmrCc.     b&  rCp  curiiAint;  iuai]\  aii  rUic 
]\or   ptlATntiA'ó  ÚAipoib  1    reachcCA    .1.   >Oonnc1iAt>    iiiac    ConcobAin    meic 
X)onc1iAi-ó  ui  bjUAin  1a]\U  UuA-ómumhAn.     bA  ceAnn  ajuc  7  Ajmom  em]\ 
^AttAit)  *Ouibtmne  7  ^epbAc  mó]iA  nnptcA  ah  cdniuit  -oiAmbui  r]u  rto^Aib 
Saxah,  7  é   but>oeirin  t>o  JAOi-óeAtAib,    Afé   Aom    feAn   bA  rCjvóA    rpAoch 
iiiir^ni-óe  ro]icAoriinA5Ai]\  iccjuch  nenmn  05  rpeArcAt  7  rorAt)  cocbu^A-ó  aii 
co^At)  rni  5Aoi-oeAtAiu  au  ronAitdh  7  a]\  roncon^uA  54U.     b^  moroe  órii 
rAinc  7  Ait^Cr  uí  DhorimAitt   t>m]\e"ó  a  cine  ha  cCrcmotcA  htpn.     1"lin  uó 
ro-ÓAmg  t)ororii  ah  ní  rm   A]i  "OAm^eAnmnitte    a  ■otmcpo'obAi-óe  (xAtncpeb 
ooieotAir  7  Abeit^eob  biochp-oo,  bo]vochuniA5,  a  1iAmt>]ieAnn  7  Ahinróo]\Aró 
fol.50.tf.  imecciiAcliA  A]\  cCiia.     Pac  oite  beór.  miÁn  •ÓU1L15  a  hm]\Córit>Cic  gemcAif 
ernntte  AheochAi]\imte  7  a  hmmCóoncliA  tA  lnoniAC  a  toCchnAit>e  7  a  Uc 
ngoite  &  a]\  •oiunifAije  7  mno^bAit  aii  cí  bA  ropcongAnchAi-ó  ro]\]\A   Cóón 
lA]\tA  UuA-omuriiAn.     &\\  a  A01  pn  m  ]\o  •oaihai]\  t>úa  t)homnAitt  ^au  x»ut 
•om]\eA-ó  iia  c]uche  cipp   cnuc.     *Oo  pC^tomcA  a  rtóij;  ^T  c0  hAonriiAijm 
50  bAite  aii  lllhochAij,  A]\  bA  heiri-óe  A-ounÁnAr  ó  t>o  nuAichteó  tAir  ireit 
11A01Í1    111a]\i    iiiaca]\   aii    chouiróet)    irin    mbtiAt)Am    ]\emet>eoc1iAt)  reb   ]\o 
Airneit>hrCm. 

Don  An^ACAji  c]\a  ceccur  cenét  C011A1U  niA  coichCrcAt  $ur  ah  "oúrin  .1. 
a  t>C]\b]\ACAin  but>t)em  ttu-ohnAije,  tTlAgnur,  7  CAchbA]\  con  a  rochpAicce, 
(x  Aót>h  ój;  iiiac  ACoIia  t>uib  mic  aCoIia  1lÚAit>  nnc  Héitt  JAi]\b  nnc 
Coi]i]\t>eAtbAi5  aii  ponA,  HíaU  5A]\b,  hiac  Cumn  nnc  ah  CaUaij;  nnc 
HlAtmur A1111C  AC-óa  t>uib,úÁ  bAoiíptt,  UAt>5  05  hiac  Uatój  nnc  Uoirp-óeAtbAij, 
ó  *Ooc1ia]\cai§  inri  hCo^liAm,  Soaaii  05  iuac  SeA&m  nnc  "Petnn  nnc  ConcobAi]\ 
ca]\]\ai§,  111ac  Smbne  rAiiAcc,  'OorimAtt  111AC  coipjvóeAtbAig  111  ic  11lAoitriiui]\e, 
7  111ac  Suibne  bojuineAC,  'OonncliAt)  hiac  11lA0itriiui]ie  riieipgij;  mic 
1llA0itmui]\e  nuc  Tléitt.  UAn^ACAp  beór  hia  coichCrcAt  niAguróip,  Aón  uiac 
ConconnAchc  nnc  ConconnAchc  nnc  ConconiiAchc  nucb]\ÍAin  nnc  pitib   nnc 

1  Brían.—He  was  2oth  in  descent  from  See  Keating's  H.  offre/and,  p.  239.  Brian 
Cormac  Cas.  re-established    it   to   punish   the    Leinster 

2  Bommha. — A  tribute  of  cattle  imposed  men  for  their  adherence  to  the  Danes. 
on  the  King  of  Leinster  by  Tuathal  Teach-  Hcnce  the  name  given  him.  O'Currv's 
mar,  ardrigh  from  A.D.  79  to  109,  for  the      MS.  Materíals,  p  231. 

insult  offered  to  his  daughters.     The  pro-  3  Kennedy. — Hewasson  of  Lorcan,  king 

vince  was  delivered  from  it  by  St.  Moíing.      of  north  Munster,  and  heir  apparent  (Roy- 


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namc  from  Brian  l  Borumha,2  son  of  Kennedy.8  Thc  racc  from  which  Ií00. 
thcy  sprung  was  valiant  and  warlike.4  Thc  prince  fuling  over  thcm  thcn 
was  a  man  of  grcat  power,  i.e.,  Donough,  son  of  Conor,  son  of  Donough 
O'Bricn,  Earl  of  Thomond.  His  voice  and  influence  wcrc  powerful  among 
the  English  of  Dublin,  and  though  it  was  a  great  crime  that  his  tribc 
should  be  with  the  English  troops,  he  himself  being  of  the  Irish,  hc  was 
thc  onc  man  most  active,  violent,  full  of  hatred  who  was  in  Irish  tcrritory 
in  taking  part  in  and  carrying  on  thc  war  against  thc  Irish  by  thc  order 
and  command  of  the  English.  The  desire  and  longing  of  O'Donncll  to 
prey  his  territory  was  the  grcater  for  this  conduct  of  his.  This  was  not  an 
casy  thing  for  him,  on  account  of  their  strong  places,  of  their  thick  woods 
and  unknown  deserts,  thcir  vcry  long  crooked  passes,  and  the  roughness  and 
intricacy  of  their  roads.  Another  reason  also  why  the  preying  was 
difificult,  though  their  borders  and  their  interior  parts  were  neglected,  was 
the  multitude  of  their  heroes  and  warlike4  champions,  and  the  pride  and 
vigour  of  him  who  was  thcir  ruler,  i.e.,  the  Earl  of  Thomond.  Yct 
O'Donnell  could  not  refrain  from  going  to  prey  the  territory  in  some  wav. 
fle  assembled  his  forces  in  one  place,  at  Ballymote,  for  this  was  his 
residence  since  he  had  bought  it  on  the  feast  of  Holy  Mary,  mothcr  of  the 
Lord,  in  the  preceding  year,  as  we  have  said. 

The  first  that  came  there  to  the  hosting  werc  thc  Cinel  Conaill,  i.e.,  his 
own  brothers,  Rury,  Manus,  and  Cafifir,  with  their  forces,  and  Hugh  Oge, 
son  of  Hugh  Dubh,  son  of  Hugh  Roe,  son  of  Xiall  Garbh,  son  of  Turlough 
of  the  Wine  ;  Niall  Garbh,  son  of  Conn,  son  oí  Calvach,  son  of  Manus,  son 
of  Hugh  Dubh  ;  0'Boyle,  Tadhg  Oge,  son  of  Tadhg,  son  of  Turlough  ; 
0'Doherty  of  Inishowen,  Shanc  Oge,  son  of  Shane,  son  of  Felim,  son  of 
Conor  Caragh  ;  MacSwiny  Fanad,  Donnell,  son  of  Turlough,  son  of 
Maelmuirc  ;  and  MacSwiny  Banagh,  Donough,  son  of  Maelmuire 
Meirgach,  son  of  Maclmuire,  son  of  Niall.  Thcre  came  also  to  that 
hosting,  Maguirc,  Hugh,  son  of  Conconnacht,  son  of  Conconnacht,  son  of 
Conconnacht,  son  of  Brian,  son  of  Philip,  son  of  Thomas,  and  the  son   of 

damna)  of  Cashel.    Sce  War  of  ihe  Caedhil,      on  '  the  gracious,  noble,  highborn,  beautiful 
&c,  p.  45.  Dalcassians,'  Ibui.,  p.  55,  and  in  Keating's 

4  Warlike.  —  Sce  the  encomium  passed      //.  cf  Ireiand,  p.  59. 

2  A 


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UoillAir  (x  111AC   UÍ    RuA1>'C   UAt>5   111AC  t)|\1A11l    11A  1lHÍ]\c1lA'Ó  1111C    0|\1A111   bfttl-AI^ 

nnc  6050,111,  UM-op-óe  mte  co  tion  a  caonóit.  Uaii^aca^  ahii  •0111  ha  1n  |\o 
1ioi|\t>neAt)  tAiriom  1  ccigCnnAr  ah  ac1ia|vóa  1n  coi^eA-ó  11leATJbA  111ac  t1ittiAm 
bu|\c  UeAboicc  iiiac  tlAcein  cIhocai^  nnc  SeAAm  nnc  Oitme]\Air,  úa  'Oub-OA 
cíne  viac|\ac1i  Ua-ó^  hiac  Uató^  |UAbAij,  IIIac  *Oonnc1iAit>  aii  co|\Ainn 
Ru-ópAi^e  niAc  -df-ÓA,  111  ac  *Oonnch<Mt>  cí|\e  hoiteAttA  111ui|\í;fr  caoc  uiac 
Uaitjj,  7  úa  hegjiA  |\iAbAÓ  "Petun  iiiac  ConcAirit,  ucpní  uite  co  tion  a 
iiunnci|\e.  U<mihcc  ipn  coichCrc<\t  cCcciia  ó  ConcobAi|\  Rúatj  <dot>  hiac 
Uoi]\]\t>éAtb<\ij;  jvúaitj  1111C  Uaitj^  buit>e,  7  ó  CeAttAií;  "pC|VOO|\cliA  hiac 
CeAttAi^  míc  T)orimoitt,  7  111ac  *OiA|\mAt>A  rhtnje  t>ui|\5  ConcobA|\  hiac 
Uait>z:  111  ic  Go^liAin,  Gbroch.Ai'oe  oite  cenmocÁcron'i  |\obAt>  eniietc  *OAirnéi|\ 
O  "oo  |\iac1icaca|\  iia  niAicherm   con  a  roc|\Ait>e  111  Aen  t)Ait  chu^Arom  50 

bAlte  A11   IIIOCo^  bA  |TA1|\  t)ept)  ÍAir  ftÚA^  t)0  té^AT)  ÚAT)  1  |\<MU1    1111C  t1ittiAm 

fol.50.  />.  au  Ai|\Cc  110  biAt)  but>  t>em  coiia  fttiAJ  rpn  tú<vohmumAm  7  |\o  o|voaij 
111  ac  IbttiAm  (x  1lÍAtt  ^A|\b  ó  T)omnAitt  1  cCniiAr  ÚAirob.  An  t)AtA|,om 
cé-OAmmur  tocA|\  mA  ccumncib  c|\omftói  j;  on  ccCnn  coi]\  t>o  5oiV"oeAtbAc1iAib 
co    1iuiiu\tt   ctomne  51°bun.      Ro  ^AbrAC  ro|\  mnruvó  (x  a|\ccaui  Aiiecc|\AC  7 

AHeUÍltieAtA  111   gAC  CÍ]1  C|\1ArA    CCUT>c1lAC0|\     C011A    rt1A1|\rCc    C|\01t>    HO    CAc1lA|\ 

•oeAbAt)  no  -oiobpA^At)  |\o  bAt>  ní  t>oib  au  THAincAir  rotAt>  tuclic  aíi  cí|\e 
•00  co]\  rrmi  'oía  bpCrcAir  ^up  bo  1iiat>  iia  111Á  bACA|\  ahii.  *Oo  "oeAc1iACA|\ 
mucniAitte  mói|\mCnmAn,  7  |\o  benrwc  ceitt  túa  ccornAiii  50  con'mC|\c 
r]\iú  ro  bic  |\o  but>  "oóij;  teó  ó  *Oorimoitt  t>o  bic  Cco|\]\a  a]\  mCóón,  úai|\  bA 
tiCnb  t>eimm  tÁ  a  biot)bAt)Aib  ciAmbAt)  ],ocAit)e  t»óib  m  AomionAt)  ua  bC|\CAir 
a  coi^A^^om  cembeic  acc  úacaú  uia  fochAin  tA  liArohbte  A11  athíaca  7  ha 
1ui|\5]\Ame  A11  m^CjjtA  7  aii  lomoiiiAm  ]\o  tÁ  ro|\  a  eAfCAijvoib  m  5<\ch  Ai|\m 
un  b<\CA|\.  *Oo  |uacc  imo|\]\o  111ac  t1ittiAm  (x  11'iAtt  5A|\b  conA  ftoj  co 
lioitén  "LeACA|\t>(\in  7  |\or  ruAbAi|\|'Cc  ah  bAite  50  "oi^ain  "oá^accacIi  7  cia  |\o 
cpiAttAt)  a  lomcoriiAih  co  rC]\t)<\  r|\uí  mr»  bó  co|\bA  t>on  tuclic  |\o  c|\u\tt,  iíai|\ 

]\0  tm^CAt)  "OA  ^AC  A1|1t)  7  t)A  ^AC  A1|\cCirO  1f1Tl   1llb<\lte    rO]\]\A.       1x0  1llA]\bAt)  7 

|\o  mu-óAigoAt)  ocbc  rp|\  "óecc  t>o  niAidub  ctomne  ^iobún  con  "oiium^  móiii 
01  te  jénmocÁccfoiii.     ílo  c|\eACAi]\5eAt)  An  bAite  teó  íCnccAm. 

1  Clangibbon. — This  tribe  inhabited   the  -  Lealhardan. — A  lough  in  the  townland 

district  to  the  west  of  Croaghpatriclc.  of  Ballyballinan,  parish  of  Aghagower,  Co. 
0'Daly,    Tribes  of  Ireland,  p.  42,  n.  Mayo. 


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0'Rourke,  Tadhg,  son  of  Brian  na  murtha,  son  of  Brian  Ballach,  son  of  '599- 
Eoghan,  all  thcse  with  the  whole  of  tlicir  forccs.  Thcre  camc  also 
those  who  had  bccn  appointed  by  him  to  thechieftaincy  of  thcir  patrimonies 
in  the  province  of  Meadhbh,  Mac  William  Burke,  Theobald,  son  of  Walter 
Ciotach,  son  of  Shane,  son  of  Oliver,  O'Dowd  of  HyFiachrach,  Tadhg, 
of  Tadhg  Reagh,  MacDonough  of  Corran,  Rury,  son  of  Hugh,  MacDonough 
of  Tirerill,  Maurice  Caoch,  sonof  Tadhg,  and  O'IIara  Reagh,  Felim,  son  of 
Conchaisil  ;  all  these,  with  all  their  forccs.  O'Conor  Roe  came  to  thc 
same  hosting,  Hugh,  son  of  Turlough  Roe,  son  of  Tadhg  Buidhe,  and 
0'Kelly,  Ferdorcha,  son  of  Ceallach,  son  of  Donnell,  and  MacDermot  of 
Moylurg,  Conor,  son  of  Tadhg,  son  of  Owen,  and  other  forces  besides  those 
which  it  would  be  tcdious  to  enumerate. 

Whcn  these  chiefs  and  their  forces  came  together  to  him  at  Ballymote, 
he  determined  to  send  away  a  party  to  Mac  William's  district,  whilst  he 
himself  should  be  with  his  army  in  Thomond,  and  heput  Mac  William  and 
Niall  Garbh  O'Donnell  in  command  of  them.  As  íor  these,  first  thev  wcnt 
in  waves  of  a  great  host  from  the  eastern  extremity  of  Costellos  to  the  Owles 
of  Clangibbon.1  They  set  to  prey  and  plunder  their  enemies  and  foes  in 
every  territory  they  passed  through,  and  they  found  neither  contention 
nor  fight,  dispute  nor  shooting,  which  they  set  any  store  by,  though  thc 
pcople  of  the  district  wcre  ablc  to  oppose  them  if  they  knew  they  were 
alone.  They  advanced  in  great  exultation  of  mind,  and  these  laid  aside  all 
thought  of  defcnding  themselves  vigorously  against  them,  as  thcy  thought 
O'Donnell  was  in  their  midst,  for  his  enemies  were  absolutely  ccrtain  that 
whatevcr  forces  they  had  assembled  they  could  not  obtain  a  victory 
though  he  had  with  him  but  a  few,  on  account  of  thc  great  dread  and 
abhorrcnce,  fear  and  terror,  which  he  sprcad  among  his  enemies  whcrc- 
cvcr  they  were.  Mac  William  and  Niall  Garbh  árrived  v.ith  their  forces  at 
thc  island  of  Leathardan,2  and  they  attacked  the  place  boldly  and  fiercely, 
and  though  the  defcnce  was  made  against  them  bravely  it  did  not  profit 
those  who  madc  it,  for  they  leaped  from  cvcry  sidc  and  quarter  into  the 
place  among  them.  Eighteen  of  thc  chief  mcn  of  Clangibbon  wcrc  slain 
and  slaughtcrcd,  and  a  grcat  numbcr  of  others  besides.  The  place  was 
plundercd  by  them  thcn. 


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1omcti]\\  tií  *OoiimAitt,  ]\o  ArgnÁ  111A  11011111111  lonmAtt  uiicCcca  5^11  f  Cmm 
rcuic  5A11  coiii^Aipn  cAipuCpc  7  bA  p'uutt  111Á  ]\o  nACAi^Có  ici]\  (^ep  bó 
•oíochuriiAWg  t>o  hac  rtAic  oite  cioncof^  iia  irofon^buróCn  nt)U]i  irooppÓA 
nt>iump\ch  trooiC-opÁnA  bACAU  tAir,  m  no  ctof  511É  11Á  ^tof,  rerpetbé  ha 
rCj'CAii  ÚAróíb  1  cotiAtn  cpiApx  ccu-ócacau)  50  nAngACAU  50  ctomn  1Iiocai]vo. 
11i  1iaic|\IYca|\  Anuio1ieAt)A  50  pn.  X)o  jmCc  Ai]\ipom  1111  c]\achóiia  aj\  aii 
UuATóbeiceij  eici]\  citt  cot^Ati  (x  ApopAcliAm.  At>  ahhac  cCmce  6;  cCn"OAÍA, 
6:  110  §Abp\c  occ  upgiiAth  AtiAipbCcA  bic  7  oc  ec^omuJA-ó  Ainlnbot^  ía]\  iia 
nArcA]\  iiiiciaii  7  ]ua  cceAcc  icCiro  iíió]\]%aoc1iai]\.  b^  t>ecbi]\  gemcAjt  fcícij 
fol.51.ff.  occa  nunrC-OAni  111  tuvó  pa  au  tuchc  -oon  An^Acop  a  1ioi]\C]\  UofAighe  íC]\ 
ccÚAircCnc,  (x  ó  p\ub  biuAm  in  imr  605I1A111.  1lo  bAoi  beor  a]\  Aitt  t>o 
pon  7  co]uuAun  ua  SpAme  occa  t>Ait  ronrnA  rtAcliAib  bACA]\  tpu-óe 
coii5Abp\c  occ  rAinót  rop  A]\  oite  5A11  uac  ntmC^tA  nro  imciAn  ó  au 
acajvoa  1n  quch  Ambio-óbA-ó.     ConctntrCc  k\]\oiii  bmcc  50  mrómC'óón  oróche. 

Ac]\ac1iaca]\  ÍA]\on"i  AriiAit  bib  eip^e  uAom  p]i  tA  ro]\coii5]\A  iia  rtACA,  6: 
•oo  -óeAc1iACA]\  hi  cCiro  cfet>A  7  nnceccA  c]ie  nó-OAib  uAom-oipge  ua  cjuche  50 
]\Aii5ACA]\  imtnc1roCt)oit  ua  niArone  ipn  cCiro  coi]\  t>o  choitt  ó  rrtAnrichAt>A 
T>o  c]uoc1iaic  cet>  cenéoit  rrC]\riiAic  1  UÚAt>muiiiAn.  1lo  nAnnAt)  úa  *OorimAitt 
AfcCuheAtcA  -oía  tegeA-ó  úaóa  Af  au  1UA15111  pn.  T)o  leig  Dpon^  -oía 
iinteAt)Aib  qtAi^hceAC  1111  Uluvóg  ÚA  11uai]\c  (x  im  111ac  Stnbne  mbóJAmeAC 
ir'ceAch  but>  cú ato  imboipnt>  ConnAcc  coha  hetAicif  c]\eAc1iA  iia  cuA-ómuriiAn 
CAipf  ro  t)iqieAbAib  ha  "OAm^Cnbhoiune,  7  ]\o  •óÁtAfCAtp  co  heici]\riiCt)ón 
iia  c^uche  cIiucca  u\c.  1lo  teicc  aii  •opum^  iiAite  t>on  cAo'Ci  cCf  tfceAch  co 
bAite  uí  O5A111  ua  coitte  mói]\e,  t>o  UhutAij  uí  -óC-oIiaij,  50  x>o)uir  bAite 
uí  5]\iobc1iA.  ImfÁifCc  Af  pn  but>  cuAit)  50  t>]\uim  ponnjtAip  50  co]\At> 
ptroe  7  ro  citt  11151110  bÁoic  1n  cconróAit  uí  *OhorimAitt.  1lo  fmAchcforíi 
rou  ua  t)]\on5Aibpn  uo  pAoró  ÚAt>  ^An  mn]uvó  ua  op^Am  neuheAt)  eccAitp 

1  Roevehagh.  — A  townland  in  the  parish  of      included  in  the  barony  of  Inchiquin.     The 
Killeely,  barony  of  Dunhellin,  Co.  Galway.       name  is  derived  from  Deadhaigh,  20U1  in 

2  Ardrahan. — A  village  seven  miles  north       descent  from  Cormac  Cas. 

of  Gort.  u  Burren. — O'Heeren  speaks  of  it  as  'rug- 

3  C.  O' ' Flannchadha.  —  A  woody  district       gedly  fenced.  of  white  stone  fields  and  ac- 
in  the  parish  of  Kilkeedy,  in  the  north-east      tive  men.'     Top.  Poems.,  p.  83. 

of  the  barony  of  Inchiquin,  Co.  Clare.  c Bal!yhogan.—K  townland  in  the  parish 

*  C.  Fermaic.  —  The  tribe  name  of  the      of  Dysert.     Coillmor  was   a   district  near 
O'Deas  and  of  their  territory.    This  is  now       15allyhogan. 


i9i 

As  for  O'Donncll,  hc  wcnt  on  his  way,  marching  slo\vly,  without  sound  of  1599. 
trumpet  or  shouting  of  troops,  and  he  was  hardly  perceived  at  all  (though 
thc  dircction  of  the  vast,  fierce,  contentious,  proud,  unruly  multitude  which 
was  with  him  would  be  vcry  difficult  for  any  othcr  princc,  ncithcr  the 
sound  of  specch  nor  the  noise  of  shouting  was  heard  from  thcm  on  the 
road  by  which  they  marched)  until  they  came  to  Clanricardc.  His  marchcs 
arc  not  rcported  up  to  that.  He  made  a  halt  in  thc  evening  at  Roeve- 
hagh,1  between  Kilcolgan  and  Ardrahan.2  They  lighted  fires  and  brands 
and  proceeded  to  prepare  their  supply  of  food  and  to  lighten  thcir  pouchcs 
after  such  a  long  march  and  bcfore  they  camc  to  facc  thc  great  labour. 
It  was  natural  that  the  pcople  who  had  come  from  the  confines  of  Tory  in 
the  north-wcst  and  from  Srub  Brian  in  Inishowen,  should  be  tired  by  thcir 
very  long  march.  They  had  also  some  wine  and  strong  drink  of  Spain  to 
give  to  the  chiefs  who  were  there.  They  set  to  drink  to  cach  other  without 
any  fear  far  away  from  their  own  country  in  the  territory  of  thcir  enemies. 
They  slept  there  for  a  short  time  till  midnight. 

They  rose  up  then  as  if  it  was  the  rising  of  one  man,  at  the  order  of 
thcir  chief,  and  they  proceeded  on  their  \vay  and  march  by  the  straight 
roads  of  the  country  till  they  came  at  the  early  dawn  of  the  next  day  to  the 
eastern  extremity  of  Coill  O'Flannchadha 3  in  the  cantred  of  the  Cinel 
Fermaic  4  in  Thomond.  O'Donnell  formed  his  marauding  parties  to  send 
thcm  out  from  that  placc.  He  sent  a  party  of  his  foot-soldiers  with  Tadhg 
0'Rourke  and  MacS\viny  Banagh  northwards  into  Burren  5  of  Connaught, 
lest  the  preys  of  Thomond  might  escape  through  it  to  the  deserts  of  strong 
Burren,  and  he  told  them  to  mect  him  in  thc  middle  of  the  coun1ry.  He 
sent  off  theother  body  in  a  southern  direction  into  Ballyhogan  G  of  Coill- 
mor  to  Tully  O'Dca,7  and  to  thc  gate  of  Bally  0'Griffy.s  Thcy  wcnt 
from  that  northwards  to  Drumfinglas,0  to  Corofin,10  to  Kilnaboy,n  to  mcct 
O'Donncll.     He  ordercd  thc  parties  whom  he  sent  away  not  to  plundcr  or 

7  T.  CDca. — A  townland  thrce  miles  N.  10  Corofin. — A  village  six  miles  north-west 
of  Dysert  church.  of  Ennis. 

8  2?.  O'Griff)'-—  A  townland  in  the  parish  u  Kilnaboy. — i.e.,  the  churchof  thedaugh- 
of  Dysert,  whcre  there  is  a  ruined  castle.  ter  of  líaeth,  wlio  was  of  the  roval  linc  oi 

9  Drumftnglas- —  Betwccn    Corofin    and  Cormac  Cas.     The  church  is  a  short  dis- 
Dysert.     The  name  is  now  obsolcte.  tance  to  the  north  of  Corofin. 


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iu\  eUóAn  cipn  aic  accoc]\ac1ia]\  chucA.  T)o  caoc  c]\a  ó  T)oriinAitt  but>  -óeiu 
co  ccuij  7  co  ccocIiacIicc  Ancrtoij  niA  f-AUUA'ó  ciua  tÁ]\  coitte  ó  brUncluvó-A 
cne  beAtAig  An  yiot>piL  50  citt  irv&Cine  bAoic  m  ÚAchcAn  "OÁlccAir  niA 
mvÓThC'óón  U01  aii  reAchcmA'ó  U  *oécc  00  1111  T/ebtiA  •oofonnnA'ó. 

T)o  uacca'ó  duncce  c]\eAc1iA  cemeoit  pCnmAic  tnte  t)unmón  on  T)ire]\c 
cogteAnn  CoUimbciUe  7  50  cuUij  cunu\nn  7  ó  ctiu\m  roitcCunAij;  co  temi 
aii  eicli.  11i  iwvmicc  U  Uaú^  ó  Huaiuc  iu\  U  111  ac  Suitne  c|\eAc1iA  7 
CAoriuwncclie  boi]\ne  tjo  ca1í>ai]\c  teó  icceiro  uí  T)1iotimAitt  ah  a-oIiai^  pn 
A]\  riA  ccioniA]\ccA"ó  (x  a]\  iu\  cciomrugA'ó  •oóib  U  A11  Aróbte  7  Uau  ionu\icc 
tionniAi]\e. 
fol.  51.  í.  T)o    ]\aU    tjiia    tdo    1111u\5tii-ói]t    con    -0]uim;5   t>ía    n'uimci]\    nu\    fAUUA'ó 

-oot  -oo  con  chÚAUCA  vpn  ccoicc]\idi.  T)o  ]\eccAim  -óó  ron  a  cliinn 
A]\oite  -0111116  tu\]\\t  -oo  ]'v\o]\ctAiroAib  X)aI  ccAir  50  ]\or  5011  7  no  j^b 
íC]\ccAin,  ConcobA]\  ó  b]\u\m  a  Aninip-óe.  bCipr  ÍTlAgui-óin  Uir  é  50  -otiiuvó 
ConcobAi]\  bub  -óem  50  hlnír  uí  chuint>,  &  bAoi  aii  cAipcu\tt  ro]\  commur 
11le5tn'ói]\  7  ]\o  An  nro  50  A]\  a  bA]\Ac1i.  1lo  §Ab  ÚA  T)orimAitt  toii5po]\c 
m  at3aij5  pn  1u  citt  mjdne  bACich,  (x  ba  1ieicincí<vn  Cppuvoice  ó  a]\  oite  ]\o 
bACA]\cdnce  7  cCitoaU  a  rtó.15,  "0110115  mob  1111  boi]uiro  comu\cc  7  -0110115  oite 
1  c]\iocaic  cée>  ó  VyCi\mAic,  7  A]\Aitt  m  citt  m^Cme  bAoic  cen  mocÁ  ah 
tuclic  iu\ite  ]\o  bACA]\  1111  111ac  tlittuvm  7  mi  HÍAtt  5<\]\b  úa  nT)on'inAitt  m 
"UriiAtt.  O  j\or  ro]\CAriiUi5  roitp  ah  U01  roppnA  ]\eiroAib  Aiocln-óe^ 
ac|\ac1ic  úa  T)orimAitt  7  -oo  bC]\c  a  A5I1AIX)  ro]\  c]\ioc1u\ic  cét>  Co]\cmo-ó]\ÚA-ó 
50  ]\Aimcc  50  Citt  plnonnAb]\AC.  Uo  teicc  r^AoiteA-ó  t>A  rceimeAtcAib 
bu-óbCp  co  herómg,  ron  mbndncin  pfCnmACAij,  7  cconcumAig,  50  -oo]\tip 
1nn-óionu\m,  50   citt  eprctnc  tonAin,  50  bAite  pAroín,  7  cau  iu\ip  poi]\  50 

1 B.  Feabal. — i-e.,  thc  road  of  Feadfal,  six  4  T.comann. — In  the  parish  of  Kilnaboy. 

miles  west  of  Kilnaboy.  5  Cloonselherny.  —  A     townland    in    the 

2  Dvsert. — Five  miles   N.  W.    of  Ennis.  parish  of  Kilnaboy,  wherethere  arercmains 
St.  Tola  founded  a  hermitage  here  in  the  of  a  castlc' 

8th   century.     See  Colgan's   Acla   SS-   p.  °  Leimeneach.  —  Two    miles    N.    W.    of 

703.     Later  it  was  called  Dysert  O'Dea,  a  Corotin.     There  are  here  the  remains  of  a 

chief  of  the  Cinel  Fermaic  having  fixed  his  fine     Elizabethan    castle.      See     Ludlow's 

residence  here.     A  print  of  the  beautiful  Memoz'rs,  ii.  327  ;  Edinburgh,  175 1. 

doorway  of  the   church   will   be  found  in  7  Conor.  —  This    was    probably     Conor 

Lord    Dunraven's   Irisli    Architeciure,    ii.  O'Brien  of  Leimeneach,  son  of  Morrough, 

112;  London,  1877.  first    Earl   ot    Thomond.      See   Archdall's 

3  GlencolumbJcilte. —  In     the    parish    of  Peera^e,  ii.  42. 

Carran.     See  Reevcs'  Adamnan.  p.  238.  Inchiquin. — An    Elizabethan  castle   on 


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prey  thc  lands  of  the  churches  or  of  the  learned  mcn,  wherever  thcy  mct  with      '599- 
thcm.     O'Donncll  himself  wcnt  wíth  thc  body  and  flowcr  of  his  army 
through  the  plain  of  Coill  O'Flannchadha  through  Ballyfcabal a   to  Kilnaboy 
in   upper  Dalcas,  before  mid-day  of  the  seventeenth  day  of  the  month  of 
February  exactly. 

There  was  brought  to  him  a  great  bootv  of  the  whole  of  Cinel  Fearmaic 
from  Dysert2  to  Glencolumbkille 3  and  Tullycomann,4  and  from  Cloon- 
sclhcrny 5  to  Leimeneach.6  It  was  not  possible  for  Tadhg  0'Rourke  or 
MacS\viny  to  bring  thc  plunder  and  spoils  of  Burren  witli  thcm  to 
O'Donnell  that  night,  for  thcy  were  not  collected  and  brought  togethcr  by 
them  owing  to  their  extent  and  great  numbcr. 

It  happened  also  that  Maguire  with  a  body  of  his  people  went  to  make 
a  circuit  in  the  ncighbourhood.  A  certain  nobleman  of  the  noble  race  of 
the  Dalcassians  met  him,  whom  he  wounded  and  capturcd  afterwards. 
Conor  '  O'Brien  was  his  name.  Maguire  brought  him  to  Conor'sown  castle 
at  Inchiquin,8  and  the  castlc  was  given  over  to  Maguire,and  he  stayed  therc 
till  the  next  day.  O'Donnell  encamped  that  night  at  Kilnaboy,  and  the 
fires  and  conflagations  of  his  army  were  far  separated  from  each  other,  some 
of  them  being  in  Burren  of  Connaught  and  ahother  party  in  the  cantred  of 
Hy  Fermaic,9  and  some  in  Kilnaboy,  besides  the  other  forces  which  were 
with  Mac  William  and  Niall  Garbh  O'Donncll  in  the  Owlcs.  As  soon  as 
thc  light  of  day  prevailed  over  the  stars  of  the  night,  O'Donnell  rose  and 
turned  his  face  to  the  cantred  of  Corcomroe  10  untiL  he  came  to  Ivilfenora.11 
Heallowcd  his  marauders  to  scatter  southwards  to  Inágh12  through  Brentir13 
of  the  Fearmacaigh,  to  Corcamaigh,  to  the  gates  of  Ennistymon,14  to  Ivilleas- 
buiglonain,  u  to  Ballypaidin,16  and  back  eastwards  towards  Kilfenora  again, 

the  lake  of  the  same   name,  near  Corofin.  u  Kilfenora,— 12  miles  N.W.  of  Ennis. 

From  this  place  the  O'Brien  family  have  l2  Inagh. — A  village  9  miles  W.  ofEnnis. 

taken  the  title.  13  Bre/t/ir.—i.e.,  the  fetid  district,  perhaps 

9  Hy  Fermaic. — This  district  is  included  from  the  sulphur  sprmgsinwhichitabounds. 
in    the   present    barony   of  Inchiquin,  Co.  It  lics  X.  E.  of  Mount  Callan. 

Clare.  M  Ennistymon. —  iS  miles  N.W.  of  Ennis. 

10  Corcomroe. — This  territorv  formcrlv  in-  15  Killeasb%iighlonain. — i.e  ,  the  church  of 
cluded  not  only  the  present  barony  of  the  Bishop  Flannan,  the  patron  of  the  diocese 
same  namc,   but  also   the  whole   barony   of  of  Killaloe. 

Burren.      It    was    cocxtensive     with    the  ia  Ballypaidin. — A  townland  in  the  parish 

diocese  of  Kilfenora.  of  Kilmacreehy. 


194 

Cttt  poniu\b]\Ac  "oo  piup  Ai]\m  niiboi  ó  *OoriniAitt.  Uauiic  Ua-ój  úa  1Iuai]\c  7 
111AC  Stubne  borAineAÓ  50   cqieAcliAib  uoi]Uie  teó  tma  fAijp'ó   511^   ah    ioiuvó 

CcfoilA.       ^\11     CA11     C]\A  AC  C01111A1|\C   Ó  *OoiÍl11Altt   £AC    CeALAcll   7  ^AC  -011111   -oía 

mbtn  iiia  ui]\cmic1iett  occa  niomrotA'ó  x>o  qioó  7  00  qieAcliAib  (coiia]\  bo 
tei]\  Ati  CAtorii  cjteocliA  A]\  a  •ótur  no  xJAin^Cn-oin^ic  1n  cftro  A]\oite  tÁr  An 
tAec|\ATÓ  n^]\UAmÓA  n^nuroonÓA  bACA]\  hia  niomcAciiiAin<c;  hiia  ccuaijic) 
AreA-ó  no  cmti  Ai^e  roA-ó  A^\AbAnAÓ  cniA  betjib  biocrooA  bAo^ÍAcliA  ha 
t)oi|\ne  bfnnj;Ai|\be.  ,di]\ip]*  úa  *OorimAitt  coiia  rtoJAib  111  ATJA15  rin  1 
ccitt   poniu\b]\Ac1i,   uubAite   ComgAbAnn,    (x   tn    ccac1iai]\    "beneoui,   A]\   111 

CA01ÍinACCACA]\      tongpO^IC     X>0     ^AbAlt      111     AOIIIIOtlA'Ó,      A]t      ]\obcA]\     tlOnil1A]1A 

Acc]\eAC5AbAtA   quu'ó   7   clcpA,   b]\oioe  7   buAtn'iA,   7  oaii    beor  ]\ob    lonnÓA 
Í0L52.  a.  ci5eA]\iiA  cí]te  (x  CAoirmcli  cÚAiclie,    cftit)  ceo  7  cui]\e  (no  bA  oipie^tA  bnijj 
7  bo]\]\pyó,  ÚAitt7  lonno^bAit,  lomcotcA  7  Aurommur,  (x  tAr  A]\  •óuitró  un'itA 
110  Aiotoe  -oo  cAbAipc  00  hacIi  nÁon  iu\ite)  bACA]\  ro]\  ah  rtoi^eAt)  pn. 

*Oo  5111ACC  ujvgnAih  Arretri  7  a  bp]\ouroe  ía]\  ccaui  7  geibicc  05 
ciu\tiicombAc1i  ro]\  biu\]\  Anibio-óbAX)  ipn  ccpicli  Anieoit  jah  úah'iah  ^aii 
unfgtA  acc  AiiiAit  bnó  niA  ccí]\  nt)ítir  but!)  -oem  no  beicip  -dcc  difiiA  no 
bACA]\  -0]\oti5A  p\tn]\f-ó<\CA  tp-óe  tÁr  A]\  óoiti'ó  avi  iíiíóiac  €fc  aii  n'mmbf]ic  00 
bf]\c]v\c  ro]\  AttiiAib  AtiefccA]\Ac  00  CAbAtpc  ro]\rAn  cc]\uó  bAoi  teó  uu\ 
iu\ic]\etb  bunAic)  buc)  •óem. 

1xo  cuitrfc  A11  rtuAJ  íf]\  pjtonróiugA-ó  -óoib  ^un  bo  ]\eit  ÍAnfoitp  ah  tÁoi 

A]\  A  bA]\Ac1l.  T)lUCt]\Aip  ÚA  *Ooil'mAltt  A]W  fÚAII,  7  \\Q  0]\OA1g  gAtl  pi1]\eAc1l 
11A  rtÓlj  -00  A^gtlAlíl   Apil  CC]\1c1l.        1lo    0]\OA15  A11   51ottAn]\A-Ó,  A1l   ^tArtAIC,  7 

aii  Afr  oiai]\iii  1  nerhcur  ha  coiu\i]\e  con  a  cc]\eAc1iAib  7  coha  nAi]\cccib  7 
cotiA  neoALAib  A]\  cfiiA.  tlo  chinjrfin  co  niAtctb  750  noijmib  ah  cjioinftoij 
iiu\  p\j\]\AÓ  m  eiapiifóón  iu\  coiiAt]\e  cfcciiA  1  tujvg  iia  opmjbuióeAii  ]\o 
opoAig  tAT  iu\  cjteAcliAib.  tlo  ro]\con^Ai]\  ron  a  Aiiip\ib  roj\  a  o^bAió  7 
ro]\  a  Aor  otub]\Aicce  Ai]\ipon'i  ro  óunó  00  óeAbAÓ  ca]\  ACceAnn  -oia  cci]xa 
iiia  tfnniAin.  "Loca]\  ÍAnorh  1  hiucIia  00  tó  i^fo^ti^licib  iu\  pfnboipie  rAin 
50  peiretbe  n'iói]\  7  50  mongAp  HA-óbAt.  bA  po^A-ó  lonniAtt  a  nuncecc  5A11 
cu-únóó  5A11  cmnlnur  A5  10111A111  An^jtoTÓe  7  An^AbAt,  úai]\  111  ]\o  cliun'iAn^^^fc 

1111]\1111   All    OAC    C]\1A    c1lA1]i]\jlb   CÚAJIcllUH'lgA    COgUA]XA  COpiAmgenA  11A  C]\UA'6- 

1  Smilhs'own. — This  castle  is  still  stand-  2  Cahcrmenan. — In  the  parish  of  Kille- 

ing  in  the  parish  of  Kilshanny.  lagh,  barony  of  Corcomroe. 


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vvherc  O'Donncll  was.  Tadhg  0'Rourke  and  MacS\viny  Banagh  camc  1599- 
with  thc  plundcr  of  Burrcn  to  thc  samc  placc.  Mcantime,  whcn  O'Donncll 
saw  every  hill  and  mound  all  round  completely  covered  with  flocks  and 
herds  (so  that  thc  ground  could  not  be  seen  between  them  owing  to  the 
closeness  with  which  thcy  wcre  pressed  together  by  the  surly,  dark-faced 
soldiers  who  were  round  about  them),  what  he  dctermined  on  was  to  go  the 
next  day  by  the  long  dangcrous  roads  of  rough-hillcd  Burren.  O'Donnell 
stoppcd  with  his  forces  that  night  at  Kilfenora,  Smithstown,1  and  Caher- 
menan,2  sincc  thcy  could  not  encamp  in  one  place,  for  their  prcys  of  herds 
and  flocks,  of  captives  and  oxen  were  very  abundant,  and  besides  there 
were  on  that  expedition  many  lords  of  territories  and  chiefs  of  districts, 
heads  of  hundreds  and  of  divisions,  whose  violence  and  anger,  vanity  and 
pride,  self-will  and  arrogancc  wcre  intolerable,  and  who  could  í  11  brook  to 
render  submission  and  obediencc  to  any  one  else. 

They  made  preparations  for  their  feast  and  meal  after  a  while,  and 
proceeded  to  slaughter  the  enemies'  cattle  in  that  strange  territory  without 
fear  or  terror,  but  just  as  if  they  were  in  their  own  country.  And  indeed 
there  were  certain  parties  who  would  find  it  hard  to  ill-treat  and  injure  the 
cattle  which  they  had  in  their  own  family-dwellings  as  they  did  those 
of  their  enemies. 

After  their  meal  the  armv  slept  until  it  was  broíra  daylight  on  the 
following  day.  O'Donnell  awoke  from  his  sleep,  and  ordered  the  army  to 
march  away  without  dclay  from  the  territory.  He  placcd  the  attendants, 
the  rccruits,  and  the  people  without  arms  in  the  front  on  thc  road  with  thc 
preys  and  herds  and  booty  also.  He  himself  marched  with  the  nobles  and 
the  chosen  men  of  his  great  host  in  the  middle  of  the  same  road  in  the 
track  of  the  party  which  he  placed  over  the  prey.  He  ordered  his  soldiers, 
his  youths,  and  his  shootcrs  to  remain  in  thc  rear  to  skirmish  in  defence  of 
them  against  anyone  who  should  come  in  pursuit  of  them.  They  wcnt 
then  in  the  early  part  of  the  day  by  the  roads  of  ancient  Burren  eastwards 
with  much  noise  and  grcat  shouting.  Their  march  was  calm  and  slow  with- 
out  haste  or  hurry  in  driving  their  steeds  and  their  prey,  for  they  could  not 
ride  the  horses  through  the  crooked,  narrow,  perilous,  sharp-pointcd  rocksof 

2  B 


196 

boipne  combACA]i  a  cqiAi^cheAÓ  mCr^  A]i  mCrcc  pur  ah  niApcftuA^  co 
^AngACAn  iccCtro  cre'OA  Gt  unceAccA  a  citt  pomiAb]iAc  t>o  ntlAcongbAit, 
•oon  Uu]\Iac1i,  c]ua  riiAmrci]i  Concomo'ónÚA'ó,  c]ua  c1iA]icAin  riA  ccte]\Cc  co 
]uac1icccaa]\  111  *oeoi"o1i  Laoi  ^ur  ah  cúaic  t)iAnAt>  Ainin  11lC'ó]\Ai'óe  AnAi]icÚAit> 
pur  A11  mboi]\iiin  511]"  An  TlubA  t>o  runnA'ó  m  ia]ica]i  ó  priAcuAch  Ai'óne. 
^AbAic  ton^pojic  Inruróiu  ah  a-óai^  pn,  At>AmiAic  cCnici  (x  cCnt>AbA  7 
fol.  52.3.  AU]i^nAic  Anibiút)  7  concuitrCc  AruAn  cAi]\cnn  coccaLca  Ap\1iAicte  co  niAtiAin. 
O  ]\or  ionfo]\c1iAi5  An  tÁ  ro]i  An  toecnAit>  acjia^Iiacc  a^  a  rcconAib  7  gAbAicc 
occ  ArcnAih  11A  coiiAi]\e  rAincÚAit>  iiia  ntqion^Aib  7  111A  nibuvónib  ro]i  teic 
^An  pMccCr  ^An  u]ioiiiAn. 

■Ar  Ai]ie  ]io  bACA]i  iia  t>]ion5  bui-óne  ro]i  teic  AriitAit)  A]i  nÁ  nur  cuniAirgar 
ACC]ieAc1iA  ro]i  Acbeite,  ÚA1]1  ]\o  petbAij^Cc  au  rtoj  a  rAiiroítp  t)óib  ó 
]\An^ACA]i  ca]1]-aii  mboi]inro  p&i]\  cÚAit).  1li]i  uó  beiccCn  ctnpj  conAi]ie 
mAic  eotAij  rbget)  ]UApm  rtóg  ó  runn  aiiiac  A]1  ]io  bAt>  coi]i  lon^nAt)  ve  t)iA 
.mbeic  ro]voot  conAi]ie  rou  riiumci]i  uí  'OhomiiAitt  óca  rm  50  bAite  ah 
llHiocAig,  "0615  ]\obcA]i  ite  accúa]\ca  ipn  ccoicc]uch.  Loca]i  A]1  a  bÁ]iAc1i 
c]\ia  uacca]i  ctomne  1XiocAi]it>  7  50  t>onur  bAite  Aca  au  R105.  1li  1iaic]\C]XA]i 
a  nnnceACCA  ó  rin  ahiac,  acc  11  a  111Á  t>o  ]\aLa  111  ac  UittiAin  7  HÍAtt  $A]\b 
coiia  cc]ieAc1iAib  mA  ccomtíAit  iteicnnet  ó  lllAine,  7  t>o  caoc  cacIi  ÚAitnb 
uite  "oia  cci^ib  50  rét>AÓ  roíhAomeAc  mCnmnAC  mojiAi^CncAÓ. 

bÁoi  A]ioite  ri4^roi]icc1n  pjieotAch  ipn  UuAtnnuriiAn  An  cAn  rm.  b^ 
rÁoi  fCncAit)  7  p]i  t)AnA  eirit>e  t)ottoriinAib  An  cí]\e  t>o,  HlAoitín  05  iiiac 
HlAOitín  nuc  ConcobAi]i  hiac  bpuAróeA-ÓA  Ac1ioriiAinm.  *Our  hai];cCca]i 
t)]ion5  "oo  ftoj^  uí  OhomnAiLL  A]i  Attt  t>o  cno-ó  An  ptvó  a  ccumA  ua  cqieAch 
A]i  cCha.  Do  caoc  An  pte  mt>Ct>hAi  j  nA  ^Ab^tA  co  1iAi]im  nnbAoi  ó  *OoriniAitt, 
A]i  bA  t>eA]ib  LAir  o^AireAg  a  cnuró  t)o  pvgbAiL  úa'óa.  5e^1-ó  •aíi  pte  05 
pi]irAnnAt)  AyC]\\  7  a  mncteAÓCA  riAt>  aii  rrtAic  t>on  rAi]\mc  ro]i  Achmn  7 
a^  AipeA^  cuite  nt>ó,  Gb  AcbC]ic  iiA]i  bó  iiÁ]i  no  meAbAt)  "oo  t>At  ccai]'  nÁ  t>o 

1  Noughaval. — An  old  church  giving  its  siill  standing.     See  Archdall's  Alonasticon, 
name  to  a  parish  in  the  southern  part  of  p.  44,  and  Triumphalia  S.  Crucis,xxx\u\. 
the  baronv  of  Burren.  4  C.  na  cclereach. — i.e.,  the  narrow  roadof 

2  Turlach. — A   castle  on  the  road   from  the  clerics,  now  the  Corher  road,  leading  in 
Corofin  to  New  Quay.  a  north-wcsterly  direction  from  the  monas- 

3  A/.    of  Corcomroe. — Fouiided   for   the  tery  of  Corcomroo. 

Cistercians   in    1 194  by   Donald  O'Brien  ;  ^Roo.—A.  townland  near  the  village  of 

the  church  and  some  other  parts  of  it  are       Ivinvarra,  closc  to  the  boundary  of  Gahvay. 


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stony  Burrcn,  so  that  thcir  foot-soldiers  were  mixed  up  with  their  horscmcn  1509. 
till  thcy  came  to  the  end  of  their  road  and  journey  from  Kilfenora  to 
Noughaval,1  to  Turlach,2  by  thc  monastcry  of  Corcomroc,3  by  Carcair 
na  cclereach,4  and  thcy  came  at  the  cnd  of  the  day  to  the  district  called 
Maree  to  the  north-cast  of  Burren  at  Roo h  cxact1y  in  the  west  of  Hy 
Fiachrach  Aidhne.  They  encamped  there  that  night,  and  lighted  fires  and 
bcacons,  and  prepared  their  food,  and  then  slept  soundb£.tíll  morning. 
When  the  day  shone  on  the  soldiers  they  rose  from  their  encampment  and 
proceeded  to  march  along  the  road  north-eastwards  in  parties  and  in  com- 
panies  separately  without  concern  or  fear. 

The  reason  why  the  bodies  kept  thus  apart  was  in  order  that  their  prey 
would  not  mix  together,  for  the  forces  had  each  their  own  share  since  thcy 
passed  through  Burren  to  the  north-east.  There  was  no  need  of  guides 
or  persons  acquainted  with  the  roads  for  the  army  after  that,  for  it  would 
be  truly  wonderful  that  there  should  be  a  mistake  about  the  road  on  the 
part  of  O'DonnelPs  people  from  that  to  Ballymote,  as  their  visits  to  the* 
ncighbouring  territory  were  many.  The  next  day  they  went  through 
upper  Clanricarde  and  to  the  gate  of  Athenry.  Their  marches  from 
thenceforward  are  not  related,  only  that  Mac  William  and  Niall  Garbh  met 
them  with  the  prey  at  the  borders  of  Hy  Many,  and  each  of  them  went  to 
his  home  wealthy  and  rich,  cheerful  and  in  high  spirits. . 

There  was  at  that  time  in  Thomond  a  certain  learncd  poet  of  much 
knowlcdge.  He  was  a  historian  and  a  poet  of  the  ollamhs  of  that 
country.  His  name  was  Mailin  Oge,  son  of  Maolin,  son  of  Conor 
MacBriody.6  A  party  of  O'Donnell's  army  had  taken  some  of  the  poct's 
cattle  also  as  a  prey.  However,  the  poet  followed  after  the  prey  to  thc 
place  where  O'Donnell  was,  for  hc  was  sure  to  get  back  his  cattle  from 
him.  The  poet  proceedcd  to  display  his  knowlcdge  and  talent  in  presence 
of  the  prince  before  whom  he  had  come  and  to  compliment  him,  and  he 
said   it  was  no  disgrace  to  the  Dalcassians  or  to  the  Ouccn's  people  that 

fi  Mac  Briody. — The  A/mals  F.  M,  say,  pocms  is  given  in  0'Reilly's  Irish  Jl'ri/crs, 

'  there  was  not  in  Ircland  one  who  was  a  clxiv.  ;    Dublin,  1820.      The  Mac  Briodvs 

bettcr  historian  poet  and  rhymer  than  he.'  were  the  hereditary  bards  of  the  O'Briens. 

vi.  2321.     He  died  in  1602.     A  list  of  his  See  0'Curry's  MS.  Matcrials,  p.  22. 


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riunnci]\  ha  OAin]\ioJAm  úa  *OorimAitt  coiia  ftog  t>o  b]\eic  ha  cc]\eAch  rm 
teo  jah  c]\oit>  jah  cac1ia]\  jjah  5U111  t>ume  05  a  momcopAm,  ÚAip  ]\o 
diAipigin  An  11A01Í1  eptAiii  CoLaiii  citte  itiac  "Petmi  co  coocpvó  Aóx>  00 
éenét  cconAitt  no  tujjetC'ó  p>n  *OliAit  ccAir  'oiorccAoiteA'ó  ^niAHAm  Oiti^,  7 
A]\  Aitt  "oía  ctocAit)  "oo  bneic  co  LunnneAc  tA  TlluincCrcAC  úa  mb]\iAm 
iiiac  Uoi]\]voeALbAij;  nnc  Uavój  nnc  b]\iAin  bó]\Airhe,  7  AcbC]\c  ah  pte  gun  bo 
•0015  ÍAr  511^  bo  heporii  A11  rAó-6  tnpn.  1lo  JAb  íCnccAm  btofó  -0011 
fol.  53.  a.    cAijinnpne  conebC]\c  nroro. 

11lo  t)oi]\e,  mo  "óoinC^An,  riiAng  7  riiAinC^tAii,  Ar  hiai]\5 

a  "óe  cotAib  rC]\,  •oa  bruit  ah  •oun  AriiitteAt)h 
A]\  iia]\^aiii  mo  t>oi]\e  tnt,  (x  A]\  rccAoiteAtj  1ÚO1L15 

o  rm  A111AC  50  b]\Ác  mbmn  m  gebtiAic  t>AtccAir  Ojunn 
O  oigeotur  riiOiteAÓ  05,  ah  cAcó  j;]\oit>eAC  t>on  §A]\b  nóo 

A11  co]\]D  rteAríiAin  ctu  ^aii  5010  An  roitcteAboqi  a  rAnoio 
#,  but>  é  fin  au  UAe-ó  C115AC  -oa  ngiAltpMc  cui]\  ha  cCrii]\Ac 

Ar  e  fui^rCr  motiAn  ngpnn  oit  ^ac  cuicoi"ó  m  G]\mn,  7  A]\oite. 

V)a  "oon  Ai]\cCcAt  A-ómotcA  oo  pjne  au   niAotín    cétniA  *oúa  *Ooiiinoitt  ah 
nAnnfA. 

*Oo  bAoi  A11  "oÁn  An  "oio^IiaiL    Oiti^,  a  Aóo  RÚAit>,  t>o  neAc  au  rÁró 

UocllC  "OO  ftUAIj  CO  1l<MC  rilAJ  11At)A1]1.  A  CUA1t)  1AUCA]\  CAbA1]\  CAIgll. 

*Oo  nAccAt)  ÍAnorii  ojliAirCg  a  cnuvó  7  a  cCch]\A  coua  ro]\conniAc1i    t>on    ptit> 
7  ciomnAir  ceiteAb]\At>  t>ÚA  *OoiiiiiAitt  7  rA^bAro  bCtroAccom  occa. 

1daoi  c]\a  úa  X)oriinAitt  nnbAite  A11  TIIocaij  1  ror  5A11  recc  5A11  rtoigeAt) 
ó  t>ei]ieAt>  peb]\UAni  50  mvóriiC'óón  SAiii]\Ait>.  ílu^p&c  a  ceccA  pvin  on  SpAm 
m  UjicorAÓ  U1111    (x   tong    teó    unbAoi    A]\m    t)í   rinte     tdecli    t>o   liiAiiÁoipb 

1  Grianan,— The  word  means  nothing  Memoir  ofihe  Parish  of  Templemore,  pp. 
more  than  a  place  for  enjoying  the  light      217-234. 

and  warmth  of  the  sun,  a  chamber,  a  bal-  3  The  stones. —  Under  the    date     1101, 

cony.     See  The  Battle  of  Magh  Leana,  p.  The  Annals  F.  M.  say  :  '  A  great  army  was 

50,  n.  led  by  Murtough  O'Brien.  king  of  Munster, 

2  Aileach. — This  was  the  residence  of  the  into  Inishowen,  and  he  demolished  Grianan 
northern  Hy  Neill  up  tothe  Anglo-Norman  Oligh  in  revenge  of  Cencora,  razed  by 
invasion.  It  is  on  a  hill  íive  miles  N.  W.  Donncll  O'Loughlin  some  time  before. 
of  Derry.  For  a  minute  description  of  the  And  Murtough  commanded  his  army  to 
fort  and  the  details  of  its  history,  see  The  carry  from  Oileach  to  Limerick  a  stone  for 


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O'Donnell  with  his  army  should  take  a\vay  that  prey  with  them  without  a  |egg 
contest  or  battlc,  without  any  one  bcing  woundcd  in  defending  thcm,  for  the 
holy  patron  Columldlle,  son  of  Felim,  had  of  old  prophecied  that  a  Hugh  of 
thc  Cincl  Conaill  would  come  to  revenge  on  the  Dalcassians  the  destruction 
of  Grianan  :  Ailcach,2  and  thc  carrying  off  of  somc  of  thc  stones3  by 
Murtough  O'Brien,  son  of  Turlough,  son  of  Tadhg,  son  of  Brian  Borumha, 
and  the  poet  said  he  thought  it  was  this  Hugh.  He  then  recited  a  part  of 
the  prophecy,  and  said  as  follows : 

My  Derry,4  my  little  oak-grove,  my  dwelling,  and  my  little  ccll,  ah !  woe. 

O  God  !  a  multitudc  of  men  who  are  destroying  the  fort ! 
On  the  destruction  of  my  dear  Derry,  on  the  scattering  of  my  Aileach 

From  henceforth  till  final  doom  the  Dalcassians  shall  not  possess  Erin. 
He  who  will  avenge  my  Aileach,  Hugh  Oge  of  steeds  of  rough  roads, 

The  polishcd  body,  fame  without  deceit,  the  long  hair  in  ringlets. 
He  is  the  clamorous  Hugh,  to  whom  the  lords  of  Tara  shall  give  pledges. 

Hc  will  obtain  a  pleasant  portion  from  every  province  in  Erin,  &c. 

Of  the  hymn  of  praise  which  the  same  Maolin   composed  in   honour  of 
O'Donnell  this  was  a  stanza  : 

It  was  fated  that  in  revenge  for  Aileach,  Hugh  Roe,  the  prophet  announced 
Your  army's  coming  to  Magh  Adhair;5  from  the  north  all  aid  is  sought.6 

His  herds  and  fiocks  were  afterwards  restored  to  the  poet  by  the  chief  with 
an  addition,  and  he  took  his  leave  of  O'Donnell  and  left  him  his  blessing. 

O'Donnell  was  in  the  castle  of  Ballymote  resting,  without  any  expcdition 
or  hosting  from  the  end  of  February  to  the  middle  of  summer.  His  mes- 
sengers  returned  to  him  from  Spain  in  the  beginning  of  June,  and  with  them 

every  sack  of  provisions  which  they  had.  O'Briens  were  inaugurated.    See  The  Battle 

These  stones  were  used  by  O'Brien  in  the  of  Magh  Leana,  p.  156,  and  The  Circuit  of 

building  of  his  palace   at    Limericlí.     See  Ireland,  p.  47. 

O'Currv's  MS.  Materials,  p.  401.  c  Is  sought.—  O'Donovan    remarks   that 

4  My  Derry. — St.    Columhille's    love   for  this  line  was  so  constructed   as  to  please 

his  monastery  of  Derry  is  often  spoken  in  O'Donnell,  and  yet  not  to  offend  the  Earl  of 

his  Life  by  Adaman.  Thomond,  for  the  last  three  words  separ- 

hMa%h  Adhair. — Now  Park  Myra,  4  miles  ated  from  what  goes  before  would  refer  only 

south-west  of  Tulla,  Co.  Clare.     Here  the  to  help  in  general.  Annals  F. M.,  vi.  2105. 


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moi]\teAb]\A  (x  "oo  juniiAt)hAib  ^tepoibne  coiia  nAitntge  7  coiia  nArónnb 
ceccA.  1lo  nAnncA  m  oé,  7  t>o  ^accax)  An  ]\Ann  cAnAre  t>ÚA  11éitt  AiiiAit  b<\ 
hiomApjióe  A]\  Ar  oé  nomn  no  bío-ó  ron  jacIi  nAirccCt)  *our  pcce-ó  "oía  rAi^ró 
on  SpAin,  7  bA  •pC'ó  \\o  bA  ceccA  "óóib  ó  \\é  11  a  rCn,  av\  ní  ]\o  "ótijjrCc  cenét 
cconAitt  imro]\c]\Ait>  ó  cbenét  iiCo^hAm  acc  ceAccniAccionót  An  cait  but)  tA 
cenét  cconAitt  lu^e  nC]\mn  7  cenét  cconAitt  *oo  •óút  mA  ccionótrom  Ati 
con  buó  ta  cenét  nCogViAin  au  ]nge. 

T)AtA  ah  Ai]uj  ]\o  bAoi  r]u  tÁnfi  An  cnCnAró  ro]\  coicceA'ó  OtnéccmAcc 
Se]\  Coneur  Ctioro]\c,  \\o  ^Aibp-óe  occ  bAi§  7  bupccvó  b]\tACA]\  ron  úa 
iSl.53.fi.  nT)orimAittíA]\  nmt>]\eAt>  nA  UuAt)niuriiAii  cA]\ip,  7  no  cmjeAtt  ctn'óeAchc  gur 
au  SticceAÓ  co  *0]\on^Aib  t>i]\iriie  t>o  tAech]\Ai'ó  "LonoAn  tAip  cont>ur 
pA]\ccbAit)  ó  ConcobAir»  Stigij  uro  "OAniróeom  uí  T)horimAtt  7  iiac  Ap 
]\etcar  A]\enn  'óopiii  111  but)  ri]\iú.  *Oeicbi]\  011  úai]\  caiuicc  ó  Concob&t]\ 
Sbgij  a  SAXAib  m  e]i]\Aig  11A  btiA*ónA  nemAmn  7  bAoipt>e  irrA]\nAt>  lAntA  op 
C]yex  CA1111C  111  Ci]\mn  1111  betcAme  ha  btiAt)HA  p]\ecnAi]\ce  peb  -po  coriiAin- 
teijeAt)  tÁp  aii  nibAiti]\io5Am  7  tAp  ah  ccoiiiAi]\te  a  co\\  co  hCi]\mn  1111  peit 
Oni^lroe  An'iAit  ac  ]\ub]\AiiiAn  iieAiiiAinn.  Oc  ctiAtA'ó  ó  'OoriniAitt  aii 
coniiAicCn'i  7  A11  CA]\cupAt  t>o  caoc  ro  ceCcoi]\  t)io]\niA  niAncftoij  ó  bAite  aii 
ITI0CA15  50  nAnAic  jah  AHAt)  5A11  oi]upCm  co  Iiác  SeAUAig  m t)  Ai]\Cp  a  ftoij 
A]i  t>Aij  Accionóit  cIiucca  ^An  *oicett  5A11  CncoiccmC-ó  50  mbeic  iproidnt  aii 
50ibC]\no]\A  Se]\  Coneur  Ctioro]\c  7  au  crtcng  i\en'i]\Aiciu.  O  cAti^ACAn 
cenét  ccoiiAit  ^up  ah  SAiiiAoin  Ai]\m  Ambui  ó  *OoiiiiiAitt  ciC§aicc  CAinpi  m 
eice]\mCt)ón  rAiii]\Ait).  5A^A1CC  A5  niAttArnAih  ua  conAi]\e  ca]\  *0]\obAoir 
cAr\  "Ouib  ca]\  IIIA15  ccCiccne  ua  b"poniA]\Ac.  11i  bui  cút>no*ó  no  cmnCnup 
po]\]\A  acc  betc  05  corAnn  po]\  Ai^hib  AttcA  oc  Amiup  7  cttnce  001111]'  CAi]\pC'ó 
pccétA  AH  cptóij  eccnont).  11i]\  bo  ciah  "oóibporii  pAiritAró  au  caii  ac  cÚAf 
•oúa  *OhorimAitt  50  ccAuncc  úa  ConcobAi]\  50  hmcteice  úaca-ó  t>Aome  t^o 
cAipciAtt  CuitmAoite  ]\o  bui  pon  eocAi]\imtib  AbAnn  mói]ie  Ct>  ^oi^ucc  ó  Cp 
•oa]aa  rAirvóCr  7  50  ]\U5  ^AbAit  bó   ó  -oriums  t>o  iriumci]\   uí    *Ohon'niAitt 

1  TDivision. — See  the  extract  from  O'Don-  3  Fomoiians. — These  were  pirates,  who 
nell's  will  in  Introd.,  p.  cliii.  ravaged  the  countrv  when  in  the  possession 

2  Hostins;. — This  was  the  rule  laid  down  in  of  the  Nemedians.  Their  chief  stronghold 
The  Booh  of  Rights  to  determine  the  mutual  was  in  Tory  island.  For  an  account  of  thcm 
obligations  of  these  two  neighbouring  tribes  see  Keating,  H.  of  Ireland,  p.  77,  and 
in  time  of  war.  Annals  F.  M.,  I.  11. 


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aship  in  which  there  were  arms  for  two  thousand  mcn,  vcry  long  spcars  and  1599. 
lock  guns,  with  the  nccessary  and  propcr  implcmcnts.  Thcy  wcrc  divided 
into  two  parts,  and  the  second  part  was  given  to  O'Neill,  as  was  meet,  for 
this  division  *  into  two  parts  was  made  of  cvery  gift  which  came  to  him  from 
Spain,  and  that  was  thecustom  from  the  timc  of  their  ancestors,  for  the  Cinel 
Conaill  had  no  right  to  submission  from  the  Cinel  Eoghain,  but  only  that 
they  should  go  to  their  hosting2  when  the  sovereignty  of  Ireland  belonged 
to  the  Cinel  Conaill,  and  the  Cinel  Conaill  should  go  to  thcir  hosting 
whcn  the  sovereignty  belonged  to  the  Cinel  Eoghain. 

As  for  the  President  who  was  placed  by  the  Council  over  the  province 
of  Olneccmacht,  Sir  Conyers  Clifford,  he  proceeded  to  boast  and  blustcr 
against  O'Donnell  for  preying  Thomond  in  spite  of  him,  and  he  asserted 
he  would  go  to  Sligo  with  large  bodies  of  the  soldiers  of  London,  in 
order  to  restore  O'Conor  Sligo  in  spite  of  O'Donnell,  and  he  would  not 
allow  him  to  act  as  he  liked  any  longer.  This  was  natural,  for  O'Conor 
Sligo  had  come  from  England  in  the  spring  of  the  preceding  year,  and 
he  was  then  with  the  Earl  of  Essex,  who  had  come  in  May  of  the  present 
year,  as  it  was  decided  by  the  Queen  and  Council  on  the  feast  of  Brigid  that 
he  should  come  to  Ireland,  as  we  have  said  already.  When  O'Donnell  heard 
of  the  threat  and  insult,  he  set  off  immediately  with  a  body  of  horse  from 
Ballymote  and  he  came  without  stop  or  stay  to  Ballyshannon  whcrc 
his  troops  were,  in  order  to  assemble  them  to  him  without  delay  or  loss, 
to  be  in  readiness  for  the  Governor,  Sir  Conyers  Clifford,  and  the  afore- 
said  army.  Whcn  the  Cinel  Conaill  came  to  the  Saimer  where 
O'Donnell  was,  they  went  across  it  in  the  middle  of  summer.  They 
proceeded  by  slow  marchcs  along  the  route,  across  thc  Drowcs,  thc 
Dubh,  through  Magh  Ccctne  of  the  Fomorians.3  They  made  no  hurry 
or  hastc,  but  wcre  pursuing  thc  wild  deer,  sporting  and  gaming,  until 
news  of  the  forcign  army  should  come.  They  werc  not  long  so  when 
news  reachcd  O'Donnell  that  O'Conor  had  come  sccretly  with  a  small 
body  of  mcn  to  the  castle  of  Collooney,  which  was  on  thc  bank  of  the 
Owcnmore,  a  short  distancc  south-cast  of  Ballysadare,  and  that  he  had 
taken  into  that  castle  a  prey  of  cows  from  some  of  O'Donnell's  people, 


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bAcoji  yo\\  re]\ju]\c  7  yo\\  mgeitc  reAcnón  iia  cnidie  cliu^A  munn  t>on 
bAitepn.  11i  t>AOi  enii  •oúnA'ó  no  *0Ain5eAnc1iAirciAtt  mnitt  •oó],on'i  hac 
yo\\  Accommur  bu-ó-óem  ipn  c]udi  uite  cén  inochÁ  An  cÁon  c1iAipciAtt  hipn. 
"Fo]\o]\conj;A]\c  ó  *OoriitiAitt  yo\\  AíiiAjicfttiAJ;  5A11  aiia-ó  r]UA  miteA*ÓAib 
cnAi^hceAc  co  ]Ufcip  ah  CAircÍAtt  coha  caijijC-ó  tA  1iúa  ConcobAin  "oenoch 
aii  'oúnAi'ó  ]\e  riú  ]uorcÁir  a\i  ftoj.  t,Aro-ÓAin  |\o  teAbtAmjjpCcc  aii  niAjicftog 
yo\\  AneAcliAib  50  hucmAtt  AnbrAiú  úai]\  111  tAn'icA  upcÚArAÓc  Ab]\eich]ierioiii. 
"LocA]\  íC]\on'i  reb  ]ionuccrAc  t>ÍA  Atoite,7  5ebic  occ  rpo]iA,ó(xeAchtor5A-ó 
iol.54.iz  AneAcli  50  mbACA]\  05  aii  mbAite.  *Oo  teiccCc  ah  rto§  111  aitoC-oIiaij  gur 
AH  -oúha-ó.  Da  'OAin^Cn  -oico^tAije  au  bAite  bui  iruit>iu  7  bA  lnnmtt  An 
aoiiAt)  Aiiibui  ÚAi]i  t>o  ]\a^a  AbAim  ron  5AÓ  teic  *óe,  7  rio-ócoitteA-ó  comt>túcA 
-oon  cÁob  A]iAitt  -oon  AbAinn  t>o  ^C^auíi  r|nr  a  cuató,  coha-ó  Ai]\e  pti  uau  bo 
ro'ÓAinr  ^AbAit  ro]\rAn  ci  tap  but>  mCnniAnc  rAjbAtt  An  •oiTime.  A\\  a  aoi 
^AbATÓ  ó  "OomnAitt  ton5]bo]\c  A]1  betAib  aii  rCt)A  (x  ]io  cmjeAtt  íia  ruiccrCt) 
A11  lomruróe  ^ombeic  ó  ConcobAip  7  CutniAoite  A]\  a  commur.  "Oo  puCc  aii 
rtoj  bocliA  7  betrccACA.  "Ro  ho]VOAij;ci  tuchc  rCichme  7  r]uoc1iAi]\e  m 
oi"oc1nb  7  1  tÁib  uii  on  *oúnAt>  ro]i  jac  teic.  *Oo  ]\onrAcrAit>e  •ouriiA'ÓA 
cuiAt)  7  ctoch  "ounctAit)  •ouiió]iA  Cco]\]\a  7  AO]"  A11  uncetcci  7  AU  t»mb]iAicce 
&y  aii  •oúiia-ó.  1lo  iAt>hpAc  rAiiitAit)  ro]i  jac  cAob  t>e.  11  o  bíar  ■01101115 
t)i]iinAimA  mó]iA  t)ÍA  niA]\cptuA§  ro]\  aii  eAcliAib  ipn  r]:o]\Ai]\e  o  fumn  ha 
noiiA  co  niAt>Am  iia  ]\o  etAit)Ct>  ó  ConcobAi]\  ÚAit)ib  icAit>e  potAi^  ha  oróclie 
iÍAi]i  ]iobcA]\  buitnj  t>on  Aom  T)ía  -oo  bC]\c  cIiuca  ipn  lomcumAiig  AmbAoi. 
TLo  lCc  co  coiccCiro  ro  Ci]\mn  úa  *Oon'mAitt  t>o  beic  occ  lomfuvoe  ah 
bAite  ro]i  úa  cconcobAi]\.  Oc  chuAtA'ó  lA]itA  or  Cppe^  ó  ConcobAi]i 
t)o  beic  irm  Ai]\c  7  irm  eiccCn  AtnbAoi  bA  coc]\At)  LAir  a  c1ia]\a  7  a  coiii]\Ann 
co^Ait)  t)0  beic  ir m  n^AbAt)  i]\A\be  5A11  AruncAcc  t>iA  careAt)  t>e,  con  Ai]\e 
rin  ]\o  fAovó  a  checcA  t>o  coJAipm  ah  £;oibeA]\no]iA  uia  "ooclium  50  rC]iAib 
ceAtt  'oo  é]\ut>  a  ccon'iAi]\te  An  t>úrm  t>ur  cit>  t>o  í,CiroAip  uiit>AtAt)  uí 
ConcobAi]\.     *Oo  t>ediAit>  aii  goibCnnoíp  ro  diCcoi]\  La  ropcon^iA  ah  1a]ú\,a 

xEvening. — Nona  or  iraih  nona,  the  time  Sligo  is,  what  time  he  is  able  to  hold  out, 

when  the  canonical  hour  of  the  divine  office  .   .  .  and  to  assure  him  tbat  if  he  give  me 

called  none  is  said,  i.e.,  three  o'clock  in  the  time  to  assemble  an  army,  I  will  march  in 

afternoon.  person  and  set  up  my  rest  to  free  him,  to 

"  His  friend. — '  Require  Tibot  na  long  to  have  a  revenge  for  my  worthy  friend,  and 

send  me  present  word  in  what  stay  O'Conor  especially  to  recovcr  her  Majesty'shonour.' 


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which  were  on  thc  pastures  and  grazing  throughout  thc  country.  1599- 
There  was  not  a  fortrcss  or  strong,  secure  castle  in  the  whole  country 
that  was  not  in  his  possession  exccpt  that  one  castle.  O'Donnell, 
without  waiting  for  his  foot-soldiers  ordered  his  cavalry  to  go  to  the 
castle,  that  O'Conor  might  not  effect  an  escape  from  thc  castle  bcfore 
the  army  came.  Thereupon  the  horsemen  jumped  on  their  horses 
speedily  and  activcly,  for  no  one  dared  to  disobey  his  words. 

They  marched  after  that  as  fast  as  they  could  together,  and  set  to  spur 
and  whip  their  horses  until  they  reached  the  place.  The  army  came  after 
them  to  the  castle.  That  place  was  an  impregnable  stronghold,  and  its 
position  was  secure,  because  a  river  was  on  every  side  of  it  and  there  was 
a  thick  wood  on  the  othcr  sidc  of  the  river  extending  to  the  north  of  it, 
so  that  it  was  not  easy  to  seize  on  any  one  who  desired  to  leave  the 
fortress.  However,  O'Donnell  encamped  ópposite  the  wood,  and  he 
declared  he  would  not  give  up  the  siege  until  O'Conor  and  Collooney 
were  in  his  power.  The  army  made  tents  and  huts.  Guards  and  sentinels 
were  set  night  and  day  round  the  castle  on  every  side.  They  made 
mounds  of  earth  and  stones  and  very  large  trenches  between  them  and  the 
archers  and  shooters  of  the  castle.  They  enclosed  it  on  every  side  in  this 
way.  There  were  large  strong  bodies  of  his  horse  on  horseback  on  the 
watch  from  the  dusk  of  evening  a  till  morning,  lest  O'Conor  might  escape 
from  them  under  cover  of  the  darkness  of  the  night,  for  they  were  thankful 
to  the  one  God  who  had  brought  him  into  the  'strait  in  which  he  was. 
It  spread  universally  through  Ireland  that  O'Donnell  was  besieging 
O'Conor  in  his  castlc.  When  the  Earl  of  Essex  heard  that  O'Conor  was  in 
that  difficulty  and  strait  in  which  he  was,  he  was  vexed  that  his  friend  2 
and  companion  in  war  should  be  shut  in  as  he  was  without  help  coming  to 
him.  Whereforc,  he  sent  his  messengers  to  summon  the  Governor  to  meet 
him  at  Fcrcall,3  that  they  might  take  counsel  there  in  order  to  see  what  he 
should  do  to  go  to  O'Conor.  The  Governor  set  off  immediately  in  con- 
sequence  of  the  order  of  the  Earl  to  him,  and  he  incurred  great  danger  and 

Essex's    Instructions   for  Lord   DunUellin,       in  the  baronies  of  Eglish,  Ballcowan,  and 
August  ioth,  1599.     C.C.  MSS.,  iii.  318.  Bal!ybritt,  King's  Co.     TheO'Mollojs  were 

3  Fercall. — This  territory  is  now  includcd      chiefsofit.     Book  of  Rights,\>.  189. 

2  C 


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*01A  fAipÚ  7  \\0  rOt)A1lrí     5Albél   7  ^UArACCA    1110]!  A    AJj    t)ut    C]11A    ffllOlb     CeAtt 

50  jiAtiAic  bAit  AinbAoi  ah  c1a]VLa,  7  b<\oi  -oí  oróche  conA  tÁib  mA  p)chAi]i 
occ  f5]uit)At)  a  cconiAi]ile.  X)o  ]iac  aii  c1a]iIa  rmtteAt)  rochnAroe  t>on 
5oibeA]inó|\  7  ]\o  Aic1nn  t>e  ah  cah  cireAt>  co  h-ActÚAm  Ambui  t»o  n'nteAt)Aib 
(x  "OAiiir Aib  7  -oófr  cÚA]iApoAit  ro  ríiAtnur  bAmllioJAin  Saxah  1h  ccoi^Ct) 
otneccniAcc  7  AnibAOi  b'eor  -oo  ^AomeAtAib  m  uiíiLa  7  m  AitDroe  tn  on  miró 
ccfccnA  t)o  cionot  chujA  co  liAonnonAt)  7  coclic  jtfmpA  •oruncAchc 
uí  ChoncobAi]\  ro]i  úa  n*OoríniAitt.  1lo  f]\b  *oah  rAi]i  Aroncon^^iA  ron 
fol.54.1J.   UeAboicc  ua  ton^    hiac    Uipofipo   aii   iA]\Ainn   nnc   CniAinn    mic   tbtticc    7 

A]1      inU]1c1lAÓ      11A     mÁO]1     111AC     "OoiÍlllAltt     A1l      ChO^AVÓ     1111C     All     ^1ottAt)Ulb 

uí  ftAicbf]iCAij,  7  A]1  ei]i£e  AniAch  ha  jgAittríie  aii  rco]iúr  -oo  biub  7  t)A  jacIi 
nAitnt^e  a]\  cfiiA,  7  An  Aróme  •ofnríiA  cAipreoit  CAimcc  ó  SAXAib  50  5<*1btiríi 
•00  b]ieic  ittomjfr  tAiii  t>fr  r|\i  ho]i  nCneAH  rAip  cúató  co  Sti^eAc.  -An 
^oibfunoi]!  ?;ur  An  rtuA^h  Acnub]tAiiiA]i'oo  cochc  ro]\  cí]i  7  UeAbóit)  iia  ton^ 
^ur  aii  tomgfr  rm  ha  ^Aittríie  -oo  cochc  ro]i  mui]\  co  ccoríinAiccirpn  A]\oite 
1  Sti^eAch  ía]\  ccAbAi]\  uí  ConcobAin  a  CuitniAOite,  €L  no  piiAchc  t)m  aii 
clAptA  ro]i  A11  n^oibfnnoin  ^An  roAt)  ro]i  ccutAt)  coirofnncA  ÍAir  cAircÍAtt 
corírÓAinjfn  7  cui]ic  ctodiAotcA  05  ah  Sti^eAC  ]\o  b<vó  ctA-ó  coigcpce  7 
nobAt)  ctiAC  JAb^tA  r|\i  htltcAib  t)o  ^nép  O  t)o  bf]\c  An  goibfnnoin  tAnh 
im  ua  cAmjpnbpn  00  ro]\bAt)  ]\o  ceteAbAi]i  t)on  1a]\^a  7  nnpM  uia  r]iichemj 
co  bAite  AcAtuAin,  7  ]io  ro]iAit  ro]i  UheAboicc  ha  tong  cochc  aii  cujiuf 
]ieirí]iAice  reib  ]io  roncon^iAt)  rAi]i  but>t>em. 

*Our  pcc  ífjiccAin  co  Rur  commAin,  7  bA  rmorh  At>bAt  7  bA  hA-ónan 
tAir  úa  ConcobAi]i  t)o  beic  irm  cfnncA  Anbroitt  i]iAibe  7  a  fot>  no  bAoi  ^ah 
coimcm  ÚAt)A  A]1  bA  heiporíi  reipn  ]io  ArtAií;  rAip  cochc  t)o  b]iAc  &  00 
diAifcetAt)  An  cí]ie  6x  "opor  rcét  uí  *OhoríiiiAitt.  -dcc  chfnA  m]i  bo  ní  tAir 
cochc  co  heipnnitt  Anruipce  "oía  ruucAchc,  "0015  ]io  mioríinAij  co]^A]i  7 
cAcbuAró  Ainmuroi  7  AifiAinp  ah  p]i  ]\o  bAoi  ron  Acnro.  1lo  cm]ieAt>  íf]ioríi 
tAir  An  50ibf]inoi]i  cionót  7  cfgtAiiiAt)  roji  Ambui  t>o  ^h^ttAib  7  t>o 
^liAoróeAtAib  uríiAt  t)on  bAin1tiojAm  1n  ccoiccet)  ConnAchc  t>o  neoch  ]io 
bACA]i  ó  CAchc^e  co  *0]iobAOip  nro  AirípMne  te.  1cifc  ha  pionr.JAitt  7 
iia    ^Aoi-óit  t)on  ahjaco]!   ifoch]iAit)e  A11   §oibeA]ino]\A  ctAnn   1a]\^a  ctomne 

1  M.   na  maor.  —  i.e.   of    the    stewards.      died  in  1620,  leaving  a  son  and  heir,  Mor- 
See  Hardiman's  //.  of  Gahvay,  p.  41.     He      rough  na  mart. 


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risk  in  going  through  Fcrcall  until  hc  camc  to  the  place  whcrc  the  Earl  '599- 
was.  He  was  two  days  and  two  nights  with  him  taking  counsel.  The 
Earl  gave  more  soldiers  to  the  Govcrnor  and  ordered  him,  whcn  *he  should 
come  to  Athlone,  to  bring  together  all  thc  soldiers,  warriors,  and  mercenaries 
in  the  service  of  the  Quecn  of  England  within  the  provinceof  Olncccmacht 
and  also  whosoever  ofthelrish  werc  submissive  and  cbedient  to  him  in 
the  same  way  and  to  go  to  the  aid  of  O'Conor  against  O'Donnell.  He 
then  issucd  a  command  to  Theobald  na  long,  son  of  Richard  an  Iarainn, 
son  of  Edmund,  son  of  Ulick,  and  to  Morrough  na  maor,1  son  of  Donncll  an 
chogaidh,  son  of  Gilla  Dubh  0'Flaherty,  and  the  auxiliaries  from  Galway, 
to  carry  in  ships,  north-eastwards  having  the  coast  of  Ircland  on  the  right,  to 
Sligo,  the  stores  of  food  and  everything  needful,  and  implements  for  making 
castles  which  had  come  from  England  to  Galway.  The  Govcrnor  himself 
with  the  army  we  have  spoken  of  should  go  by  land,  and  Theobald  na 
long  with  the  ships  from  Galway  should  come  by  sea,  that  they  might 
r»eet  at  Sligo,  after  helping  O'Conor  at  Collooney.  Moreover,  the  Earl 
commanded  the  Governor  not  to  return  until  there  was  built  by  him  a 
castle  and  dwelling  of  stone  and  mortar  at  Sligo,  which  would  be  a  boundary 
and  wall  of  defence  against  the  Ulstermen  always.  When  the  Governor 
undertook  to  carry  out  these  arrangements,  he  took  leave  of  the  Earl  and 
returned  to  Athloné,  and  he  ordered  Theobald  na  long  to  go  on  the 
aforesaid  expedition,  as  he  was  ordercd  to  do  himself. 

He  came  afterwards  to  Roscommon,  and  it  was  a  great  gricf  and  con- 
fusion  to  him  that  OConnor  should  be  in  such  a  grcat  strait  and  so  long 
without  aid  from  him,  for  it  was  he  who  had  persuaded  him  to  go  spy  and 
reconnoitre  the  country  and  get  news  of  O'Donnell.  But  yet  hc  thought 
it  would  be  of  no  use  to  go  to  his  relief  \veak  and  unpreparcd,  for  he  drcadcd 
very  much  the  fierceness  and  bravery,  the  perseverance  and  subtlety  of 
the  man  opposed  to  him.  It  was  arranged  after  that  by  thc  Governor  to 
assemble  and  bring  together  all  the  English  and  Irish  submissive  to  the 
Qucen  in  the  province  of  Connaught  from  Hechtgha  to  the  Drowes  in  hcr 
pay.  These  were  the  old  English  and  the  Irish  who  came  to  the  army  of 
the   Governor  :  the  sons  of  the  Earl  of  Clanricarde,  ?>.,  Richard,  baron  of 


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11iocai]vo  1.  Riccaivo  bAnún  míme  coittm  7  Coiin]'  coiia  ]-oc|\Avoe,  UeAboicc 
*OiotiiiAiii  co  tion  Acionoit,  ó  ConcobAi]\  t>onn,  Aót>  niAC  'OiA]imAt>A,  nnc 
CAi]\p]\e  c©ha  coicliCrcAÍ,  7  niAC  Suibne  nA  ccuac,  1T)Aotmui]\e  niAc  1T)u]\cavó 
moitt  nnc  605A111  015  bAoi  po]\  ro^Ait,  7  t>ibe]vc;  ó  úa  nOoiimAitt  1  va]a]\a"ó 
fol.55.ir.  An  joibC]\no]\A.  O  ]\AngACA]\  ah  tuchcpn  uite  co  RorcommAin  combACAU 
rtój  tniiión  "OAnA]\t>A  t>ú]\c]iovóeAc1i  combA  p\riiAtcA  tAr  aii  ai]u 5  Se]\  Coneur 
nAÓ  bAoi  ActiiAin^  irp\CpcAit  uac  ArpieA^AncliA  r>o  •ÓAonnb  Ag  úa  n*OorimAitt. 
Loca]\  ÍA]\om  a  RorcomniAm  occ  mb]\ACAc1iA  pcliCc  co  ]\AiigACA]\  co  Uuittrci. 
■Airpt>e  TJóib  50  mAViirciji  ha  buitte  7  no  gAÍbfAC  tonjpopc  1npivoiu. 
*OAtA  UeAboicc  iia  tong  7  111u]ic1iavó  ha  ihao]\  7  aii  tomgir  neiiie]\e]\cmA]\, 
no  feotrAcpATÓe  tAiii  "oeAr  pu  1io]\  nCnmn  reb  ]\o  1iC]\bAt>  r]\m,  50  ]\aiij;aca]\ 
m  loiirooiiiAin  A11  cIiúahi  pjur  ah  Sti^eAC  AnÍAji.  Ai]\ipc  Amnpt>e  AiiiAit 
t>o  inoncoip^eAt)  t)óib  co  prCrcAir  pcetA  aii  crtoig  oite  ]\o  t)Ait  cIiuca 
ah  t>úpn. 

Uui]\ceccA  uí  "OomnAitt  rCcAt  iiAite  ó  uaiihcc  tAiporii  ah  ruvóiuJAt»  t>o 
t)]\ut>  7  "oo  •otucu^A'ó  r]ur  An  •oúiia'ó  An'iAit  bA  mlnniAnc  tAir  50  ha  teicci 
neAch  Anonn  no  itte  aca  7  ha  bui  coiiAinno  Cp\ur  etút>A  A5  ó  cconcobAi]\ 
Arm  ccAipcíAtt,  t>o  pA^Aib  11k\tt  gÁ]ib  ó  *OoiiniAitt  1  cuip^liecc  Ati 
coimeoA,  (x  no  aoncoirg  é  1111  ^acIi  ní  bA  t>ío]\  t>ó  7  bA  p\mrC]\c  tAiporii 
•00  "óenom  t>ó.  "Luit)  reipn  conA  rtog  co  Coi]\]\ptiAb  ha  sC^pA  7  ^AbAir 
ton^ponc  iruvóe  A]\  "óaií;  ua  cireAt)  aii  rtuAj  ^&XX  CAijur  ^aii  ^Acu^At). 
DAipiotii  ipn  tiúnAt)  hirin  on  cét>nA  reclic  ac  cliuAtAt)  au  ^oibCpnoin  t>o 
beic  a^  cionót  cIiuja  rni  né  t>Á  riuor  co  C015  .x.  Augurc.  Ro  nicfAiiitAij;- 
CrcAi]\porii  é  butráem  011  mut>pm  pu  lutiur  CAep\]\  ah  cah  ropiAgAib 
"Oecmr  bnucur  nro  lomfuvóe  ron  c1iac1iai]\  ha  ITlAipti,  7  t>o  coit>1i  reipn 
conA  ftoj  "oo  coc1ia]\  pur  ah  t>í  Ainpg  ]ao  bACA]\  pu  tAnnli  ponnp  ro]\p\n 
epoAm,  pec]\m  7  Áiprum  aii  AnmAnniiA.  RobcAn  rubAij  foponrAoitit) 
mumcC]i  uí  *OoiimAitt  pu  neuhCr  ah  t>Á  mior  AC]\ub]\Amo]\  ]\o  bACA]\  ipn 
•oúnAt)  ]ien'i]\Áice  rju  Coi]i]iftiAb  ua  SCghpA  acúató,  7  ^e]\  uó  1ieici]\c1iiAn 
ÚAit>ib  imf-Ct)Ain  7  cA]\]\ut>  a  tomcCt)  m   bui   hac  cC^'bAit)  bit>  ro]\nA  rj\ipn 

1  Encampedthere- — His  camp  was  in  the  battle  of  Lerida,  in  which  these  two  lieu- 

extremity  of  Bealach  Buidhe,  now  Bellagh-  tenants  of  Pompey  were  defeated,  and  of  the 

boy,  near   Ballinafad,  Co.  Sligo.     Anna/s  subsequent  surrenderof  Marseillesto  Ca?sar, 

F.  M.,  vi.,  2124.  and  his  generosity  to  the  inhabitants,  see  his 

^Julius  Casar. — For  an  account  of  the  De  Bello  Civí/i,  1 .  34. 


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Dunkcllin,  and  Thomas  with  his  forces,  Theobald  Dillon  with  all  his.  1599. 
troops,  O'Conor  Don,  Hugh,  son  of  Dermot,  son  of  Cairbre,  with  his  party, 
and  MacS\viny  na  dtuath,  Maelmuire,  son  of  Morrough  Moll,  son  oí 
Owen  Oge,  who  was  then  at  variance  with  and  in  rebellion  against 
O'Donncll  and  with  the  Governor.  When  all  these  people  came  to 
Roscommon,  they  formed  a  strong,  cruel,  hard-hearted  army,  so  that  it 
seemed  to  the  leader  Sir  Conyers  that  O'Donnell  had  not  a  body  of 
men  to  meet  or  encountcr  them.  They  went  away  after  that  from  Ros- 
common  with  twenty-eight  standards,  until  theycame  to  Tulsk  ;  from  that 
to  the  monastery  of  Boyle,  and  they  encamped  there.  As  for  Theobald 
na  long  and  Morrough  na  maor  and  the  ships  of  which  \j-e  have 
spoken,  they  set  sail,  heeping  the  shore  of  Ireland  on  the  right,  as  was 
commanded  them,  until  they  came  to  the  deep  part  of  the  harbour 
west  of  Sligo.  Thcy  remained  there,  as  they  were  instructed,  till  they 
should  get  news  of  the  other  army  which  he  sent  to  them  there. 

As  for  O'Donnell,  some  time  after  he  succeeded  in  closing  and 
securing  the  position  before  the  fortress  as  he  wished,  so  that  no  one 
was  allowed  in  or  out  of  it,  and  there  was  no  way  or  means  of  escape 
for  O'Conor  out  of  the  castle,  he  left  Niall  Garbh  O'Donnell  in  com- 
mand  of  the  guard,  and  instructed  him  in  everything  he  needed  and  he 
specially  desired  he  should  do.  He  himself  went  with  his  army  to 
Corrsliabh  of  the  Seaghais,  and  encamped  there  l  lest  the  English  army 
might  cross  it  without  being  noticed.  He  was  in  the  fortified  place 
then  from  the  first  time  he  heard  the  Governor  was  collecting  his 
forces  against  him  for  the  space  of  two  months  to  the  fifteenth  of 
August.  In  that  way  he  resembled  Julius  Caesar  2  when  he  left  Decius 
Brutus  besieging  the  city  of  Marseilles  and  he  went  himself  with  his 
army  to  fight  against  the  two  generals  who  were  Pompey's  lieutenants 
in  Spain  ;  Petronius  and  Afranius  were  their  names.  O'Donnell's 
people  were  glad  and  delighted  during  the  space  of  the  two  months 
they  were  in  thc  aforesaid  strong  place  to  the  north  of  Corrsliabh 
of  the  Seaghais,  for  they  had  no  lack  of  provisions  during  that  time. 
though  the  carriage   and  bringing  of   supplies    was  very  long    for  them 


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yé  rm,  ÚAin  mn  bo  tui;A  oboAc  cét>  nnte  ceiinint)  imecui]\or  A]\  Aitt  tha 
tomcib  ron  jnoitnb  7  eodiAib  a  hmir  CogAm  nnc  Héitt,  a  JTAnoic  cípe 
fol.55.^  ConAÍtt,  a  50VL,  Ah1o]\jot,  a  pu]\c  cojiAijhe  íCn  ccÚAirccCnc.  11i]\  bo  heiccCn 
bo.ocjiAi-0  iia  ÍAich^Aite  rri  gAirccet)  uiaic  óicc  a]\ihca  r]u  hunrctAije  t)A]\ 
cCiro  Amo^At»  no  AmeAnbotg,  acc  ApCt)h  bA  rnÁt>AT>  Gfc  comAi]ice  T)óib  ^itte  7 
a]\at>a  Gt  -OAome  "oiAi]nn  7  tuchc  mijjAirgit)  7  miot>tAchAir,  7  m  tAriicA 
bem  rjuú  tA  huAriiAn  uí  "OhorimAitt  A]1  ha  ronbrurce  ArniAcccAm  piot>Aiiiuit. 
O  "oo  ]UAchcACA]i]xétA  50  hÚA  n*OorimAitt  UeAboicc  nA  ton^  conAton^Cr 
•00  ceAcc  irin  ccúah  rjur  m  StigeAc  acúató,  ]\o  pAoró  A]i  Aitt  t»ÍA  AriirAib  nA 
rrjuchAi^eAT)  11  a  circAir  ron  cí]i  ^ombACAn  irm  ponc  ro  AnCncoriiAin  eneAch 
m  ionchAib  rmú.  Vhr  rAjigAibrioiii  t»An  pchiri  hiaic  conAi]\Ct>hA  nÁit> 
eArnurA  etut)A  ó  toch  Cé  rjnr  aii  SC^IiAir  auaiu  50  toch  UechCc  AttA  chÍA]\ 
^An  tuchc  reicirie  Gfc  ronAine  ro]\]\A  ua  cireA-ó  au  rtuA^  reAÓA  5A11  ]iAcuJAt) 
cipnrour.  Ar.  bC]\crAC  a  coipg  7  a  cpeAbAnm  a  conrAit  7  AchoriiAintij  A]i 
ceAnA  bA  cCpbAit)  mó]i  túa  miteAt>Aib  7  bA  CAnAoicce  AcchAcgAbAtA  r]n 
^AttAró  AnrcAoiteAt)  7  au  cer]ieit>eAt)  t>o  ]\acc  ron  a  riiumci]\  .1.  "onong  mó]\ 
t)iob  11111  lomruróe  aii  cliAircéoit  Anibui  ó  ConcobAin  7  A]i  Aitt  ron  huchc 
bnumne    aii    tomjir    imnopÁróriorii,     A]\    oite    t»iob    acc    couriCcc     ro]\pi& 

C011A1]\lb  ACCÚAT>A111A]\. 

T)o  ]\Acroiii  rojvoAit  mbicc  7  ro]\  nCipn  rmgte  ha  nuÁpxt  7  nA  nAi]\eAC 
7  AcbC]\c  ptiú  gun  bó  heiccCn  m-opn,  7  ]\o  ]\ait)  beor  gun  bo  remb]UACA]i 
ó  chdn  riiÁi]i  nAC  A]i  tíon  05  b]urcC]\  cac  acc  c]u  nC]\c  ah  choniroet)  7  recip 
neAch  CAippn^Cr  ipn  c]uonoicc  Aré  Ar  copg]\AC  7  qteroCr  511^1  Ab  é  An 
CA0111  "Oia  roAr  ron  An  pochAróe  bior  rop  5Á01  niApAn  ÚACAt)  bior  ro]i  ríop 
-Ar  nnne  ACAiiiAorone  m  A]\  húacat)  ron  río]\  ah  t)A]\tinn  but)t>em,  7  acac 
j^Aitt  111A  roch.Ait>e  mói]i  ron  501  A5  501T)  bA]i  nACAnúA  7  bA]i  HAi]\bC]\cA 
bic  po]\Aib,  7  Ar  ur a  t>Aoib  comó]\  cacuíjat)  cAtniA  pCi]\ij  reicnec  "oo  T)enoiri 
cAn  cCnn  bA]\  nACAjvóA  7  bu]\nAnniA  au  cAn  acaiccIi  A]i  bun  ccomurrAT)em 
7  bu]\  nAi]\m  m  bun  tAiiiAib,  nÁ  An  cau  no  bA]\  bencA  hi  CA]\cj\Aib  7  1n 
cuurinijhchib  ÍA]1  ngoit»  bA]i  iiA]\m  po]\Aib  íC]\  cconncCngAt  bA]\  mbAtt 
íol.  s6.<7.  tA  CAT)tAT)Aib  c]\UAiT)]U5nib  cnAibe  G:  ía]\  mb]\ireAt>  7  ÍA]1  mbtAit>]iebAt>  An 

1  Goll. — A  promontory  in  the  barony  of  limits  of  Ross  Irguill  are  not  determined. 
Rilmacrenarj,  Co.  Donegal,  on  the  eastern  It  adjoined  Ros  Guill  on  the  west.  Top. 
pide   of  Sheephaven,   now   Rosguill.     The      Poems,  xxxi. 


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during  that  period,  for  they  brought  some  of  their  provisions  not  11599. 
less  than  a  hundred  miles  on  mares  and  steeds  from  Inishowen  Mic 
Neill,  from  Fanad  of  Tyrconnell,  from  Goll x  and  West  Goll,  from 
Port  Tory  in  the  north-west.  Soldiers  and  armed  men  were  not 
necessary,  nor  armed  youths,  to  protect  their  servants  or  flour-sacks, 
but  their  protection  and  guards  were  servants  and  peasants,  and  people 
without  arms,  and  persons  not  fit  for  war  and  cowardly,  and  no  one 
dared  to  harm  them  through  fear  of  O'Donnell,  that  his  peaceful  rule 
might  not  be  broken  through. 

When  the  news  reached  O'Donnell  that  Theobald  na  long  with  the 
ships  had  come  to  the  mouth  of  the  harbour  of  Sligo,  he  sent  some  of  his 
soldiers  to  prevent  them  from  landing,  so  that  they  were  in  the  harbour 
face  to  face  with  them.  Besides,  he  did  not  leave  the  roads  or  passes  or 
means  of  escape  from  Lough  Ce  of  the  Seghais  to  Lough  Techet  on  the 
west  without  guards  and  watches  on  them,  lest  the  army  should  pass  by 
without  being  observed  in  some  way.  His  chiefs  and  captains,  and  his 
counsellors  too  said  they  were  very  short  of  soldiers,  and  that  their  attack 
on  the  English  would  be  weaker  on  account  of  the  scattering  and  dispersion 
which  he  had  made  of  his  forces,  i.e.,  a  large  body  of  them  was  besieging 
the  castle  in  which  O'Conor  was,  and  some  confronting  the  fieet  of  which 
we  have  spoken,  some  of  them  keeping  watch  on  the  roads  we  have 
mentioned. 

He  made  little  or  no  account  of  the  words  of  the  nobles  and  chiefs,  and 
he  said  to  them  that  this  was  necessary,  and  he  declared  moreover  that 
there  was  an  old  saying  from  long  ago,  that  it  was  not  by  the  number  of 
soldiers  the  battle  is  decided  but  by  the  power  of  God,  and  that  he  is 
victorious  whosoever  trusts  in  the  Trinity  and  believes  that  the  one  God 
is  against  the  crowd  that  is  on  the  side  of  cheating  and  with  the  few  who 
are  on  the  side  of  right.  '  We,  though  a  small  number,  are  on  the  side  of 
right,  as  it  seems  to  us,  and  the  English,  whose  number  is  large,  are  on  the 
side  of  robbery,  in  order  to  rob  you  of  your  native  land  and  your  means  of 
living,  and  it  is  far  easier  for  you  to  make  a  brave,  stout,  strong  fight  for 
your  native  land  and  your  lives  whilst  you  are  your  own  masters  and  your 
weapons  are  in  your  hands  than  when  you  are  put  into  prison  and  in  chains 


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Aitt  t)ibpt>e  mb  béoriiA]\b,  íf]\  iia  bAji  ccoimcfn^At  7  A]1  ha  bA]\  nAcommAt 
ro]\  renAib  7  cAncAcliAib  cjua  p^Aitirtijcib  c1iac1i]iac  nA  n^Att  "oía  bA]\ 
ccacaoi]i  7  -oiA  li)A]i  ccuiobeA-ó.  OfntiAcc  UAimp  ro]\Aib  a  ponriiuman, 
CAbnAi-ó  m  bA]i  mfnmAn  aii  tmc]\Achc  caiiiia  no  biA*ó  tib  An  CAn  no  bencA 
aii  111TÓ1AC  7  A11  -ó]\oc1iA]\A'óAin  pn  ro]\Ait)  (aiíiai1  t>o  ]\a,oa>ó  ro]\  ite  *oa  bA]i 
ccenét)  $o]\Ab  Amu  ipn  to  bAíjAps  pcci  AteAr  cacujatd  reicniuch  00  jmorii 
•oo  cor nAtii  bA]\  pAoine  t>AOib  a  mrc  bA]i  tArii  7  a  c]\UAr  bA]i  cc]\oit>e  aii  cAn 
acátó  bA]\  cco]\p  A]i  bA]\  ccomur  7  bA]\  nAi]\m  m  b^n  tAiiiAib,  AiiiAit  ha 
biA-ó  ei^m  niA-ó  iac  An  rtuA§  ^Att  bur  co^jaac.  TIa  geibit)  gnAm  ha 
niifgtA  ]\1A  tiomiiAi]\e  tA0C]\Aix>e  Lunoon  11A  ]\u\  iiAttiiiA]\ÓACc  An  mmtt  11A 
a  nA]\m,  acc  cui]ub  bA]i  rpieirap  7  bA]\  rAoitCccAm  ipn  coniToeb  ro]\o]\-ÓA. 
Ay  t>f]\b  tfmrA  t>iA  ccAb]\Ait>  t>A  bA]\  tiAOit)  AnAb]\Aimp  rpb  50  piAompcln 
ro]\  JAttAib,  7  combo  bb  cop^An.  Oaco]\  iia  ptoij  occ  coi]xéAÓc  pn 
pnghtib  iia  rtAcliA.  11i]i  uó  tmitij  t>tiA  -óoibp-óe  Actumpn  cembfiar 
mo  lompoiccp  A]\  Aipoe  a  jocVia  7  a  f]\tAb]\A.  1lo  geAttp&c  cac1i  iccoiccmne 
con  mon^nAicir  reb  ]io  ronéon^Ain  7  ]\o  ArtAij  ro]\]\A. 

lomcurA  An  A1]\15  Coneur  Ctioro]\c,  botpóe  pu  ]\é  reAccriiAme  oc  rur  (x 
occ  roiclntt  An  e]\c]\\AttA  t>o  ]\oine  ro  •óeófó.     11  o  bit>pt)he  05  bAig  b]\iACA]\ 

7     05    CAc1lA01]1    7     05     CA]\CU]\\t     rO]\pAU   CUAircf]\C    ^AC    tA01     7     OgA    ]1AÓ    JO 

]\ac1iax>  'oía  nAiiÍTÓeom  cAnrAn  pteib  bub  cuAib,  Ho  Iiaoi  pAriitAi'ó  50  ret 
nAom  TDui]ie  iúaca]\  An  conÍTof-ó  ipn  cm^eAt)  tA  .x  t>o  Au^up;.  1lo 
jeAttfom  A11  tA  pn  pMnjieA-ó  50  mbetc  1  ton^pojtc  uí  'OhorimAitt  ]\ia 
nAt)Ai5  íf]i  mAróm  ro]\  a  riunncin.  OArfb  ]\o  bA  motiA]\  t>o  riiumci]i 
uí  X)1iorimAitt  pur  111  ]\é  yo  bAoiporii  ipn  mAini]xi]\  beic  occa 
ccfpcuJAb  buó  t>em  7  occa  nettrimJA-ó  yoy  cfnt>  ah  cACAij;ce  7  m 
f]icon'iAi]\  11A  lif^i^Aite  ]\o  t>AtArcA]i  "oía  pAijib.  Oaca]\  a^  gtAmniAmeA'ó 
íol.  56.  b  7  05  ^ter  A11  gonnA'ó  05  j^uopgo^iA-ó  7  5]\iAnA-ó  Aii5]\Anput>Ai]\  (x  05 
buit^tionAb  a  pocoróf'ó  Ag  coiiiitfjliA'ó  ACCAO]\tiÍAtt>e  7  aii  ubAittriieAtt 
niomcnom  aj  c]\omnpnAt>  Acc]iAoi]%fc  cc]iAinn]\friiA]\  7  ACceAtc]\Ac1i  cacIia, 
aj   tíon'iAÓ   AtAnnctonófiii    ifcliAiipo'OA  7  ACCUA5I1    ccAibteAÓ  ccAicnfriiAch 

1  Feast.  —  i.e.,    the  Assumption   of  the  pointed    the    monastery    of    Boyle  to   be 

Blessed  Virgin  Mary,  which  is  fixed  on  that  the  rendezvous  of  the  forces  that  were  sum- 

day.  moned  to  go  to  the  relief  of  O'Conor  Sligo 

zHe. — i.e.,  Sir  C.  Clifford,  who  had  ap-  to  Collooney. 


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after  bcing  robbed  of  your  weapons  and  when  vour  limbs  are  bound  with 

hard,  tough  cords  of  hemp,  aftcr  bcing  broken  and  toru,  some  of  you  half 

dead  after  you  are  chained  and  taken  in  crowds  on  waggons   and  carts, 

through  thc  streets  of  the  English  towns  through  contempt  and  mockcry  of 

you.     My  blessing  on  you,  truc  men  ;  bear  in  your  minds  the  firm  resolu- 

tion  that  you  had  whcn  such  insults  and  violcncc  wcrc  offcred  to  you   (as 

was  done  to  many  of  your  race),  that  to-day  is  the  day  of  battlc  which  you 

have  nccded  to  make  a  vigorous  fight  ín  defence  of  your  liberty  by  the 

strcngth  of  your  arms  and  the  courage  of  your  hearts,  whilc  you  have  your 

bodies  under  your  control  and  your  weapons  in  your  hands,  as  it  is  not  a 

ncccssity  that  the  English  should  be  your  conquerors.     Have  no  dread  or 

fear  of  thc  great  number  of  the  soldiers  of  London  or  of  the  strangeness 

of  their  weapons  and  arms,  but  put  your  hope  and  confidencc  in  the  God 

of  glory.       I    am    certain    if  you    take    into  your    minds    what    I    say  to 

you,  that  the  English  will  be  defcated  and  that  victory  will  be  with  you.' 

The  troops  listened  to  the  words  of  the  princc.     It  was  not  difrlcult  for 

thcm  to  hear,  though  they  were  not  very  close,  on  account  of  the  loudness 

of  his  voice  and  speech.     They  promised  all  together  that  they  would  do 

as  he  ordered  and  requested  them. 

As   for  the   commandcr    Conyers  Clifford,  he  was  for  the   space  of  a 

week  preparing  and  getting  ready  for  the  journey,  which  he  made  at  last. 

He  was  blustering  and  showing  his  contcmpt  for  and  rcviling  thc  men  of 

the  north  each  day,  and  saying  that  he  would  go  in  spite  of  them  over  the 

mountain  northwards.     He  was  thus  until  the  feast1  of  Mary  thc  Mother 

of   God,   on    the   15U1   day   of   August.     He  promised  that  he  would  be 

in    O'Donnell's    camp    bcfore    night    that    day  after  defeating   his    forces. 

The   occupation    of  O'Donnell's    forces  during   the   time   that   he2    was 

in   the   monastery    was    cxercising    themsclvcs    and     preparing    for    the 

fight    and     for    the    cncounter    which    they    wcre    callcd    to    engage    in. 

Thcy    wcre    clcaning    and  getting    ready    their    guns,    and    drving   and 

exposing  to   the   sun    their   grain   powder  and   filling  their  pouches  and 

casting    thcir    leadcn    bullcts    and    heavy     sphcrical     balls,     sharpening 

their    strong-handlcd    spcars    and    their    war-pikes,    polishing  thcir    long 

broadswords    and    their   bright-shining   axcs,    and    prcparing    their    arms 

2  D 


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(x  aj  uttriiuj;A-ó  a  nAi]\m  7  a  neicaj  7  a  iiAiohilge  cacIia  a]\  chCiiA,  11o 
bioo  cLeineAÓ  cont>Ait  c]\Aib-óeAc  7  rAj;A]\c  r CgliAinn  prAitmchC'oLAC  1  j>a]\]\aó 
m  "OhoriniAitt  "oo  gnér  r]u  hoirr]\enn  7  rni  Ino-óbAinc  5tAn]\ume4cui]\p 
C]\i]\c  7  a  ]>oLa,  7  oa  gnAicber  -óó  cAn  -our  pcceA-ó  ro]\  recc  7  pon  rLuAigeA'ú 
no  cecip  cau  nó  coniAicf-ó  C5C1VOA1L  gAbAvó  rAi]\, -]\o  AomC-ó  c]\C-óah  ]\oacciih-ó 

A  CA]\gbAtA    "01A    A1imc1lA]\A1CC    ÍA]l     CCA111,     "OO     CíCo   A    peACCA  riAO    'OlA,    J     ]\0 

codiAiceA-ó  cor\p  C]\ipc  Ar-Cn-oA-ó.  1lo  ApLAií;  ro]\  a  ftog  ifin  Aimpi]\  hvpn 
Aome  pete  ha  1n  nAon'i  111ai]\i  •oo  c]\o]^a-ó.  Tlo  céteAb]\At>  oirr]\enn  "óó  A]\  a 
bA]\Ac  (x  -0011  crto<5  A]\  cCha  "oo  neoch  bACor\  irm  toii5po]\c  pn,  7  A]i]\oé-oporii 
50  niAicib  au  cptoij  niiAitte  r]ur  co]\p  C]\vpc  co  iiAi]\rincm  riiói]\  "oon  conivóró 
10SA  CR10SU  7  *oia  HAorii  riiACAi]\  ipA  rét  oa  }\<\1&  ahii.  O  -oo  bC]\crorii 
•oía  uit>  bAij  b]UAC]\A  bA]\onnbo]\bA  ah  joibC]\no]\A  aj  cmjeAtteAX)  cocc 
•oia  toii^bo]\crorii  <\n  A-óAij  pm,  no  ACA15  iiiac  nA  hoige  ]\o  bui  ro  a  b]\umne, 
7  aii  05  rCvpn  'oía  ]\o  Aom  ah  tÁ  ]\íaii'i  hiia  hnnpit)he  ro]\  aii  acIiaiu  nCrirÓA  7 
ro]\  a  niAC  imcCiropA  cCcur  oia  AnniAin,  (x,  íCnoiii  'oiaiiia-ó  Co  no  -óeoiiAií;re 
*Oía  "óó  ^ombAt)  rAin  buo  ]\Áon,  50  brA]iccboic1n  eipoiii  m  eAttAO  ah  cIiacIia 
7  iia  círeA"ó  ron  ccúLaó  coi'óée  acc  AÓicCnoeA'ó  *oía  nÁriiAic  pú  no  metAchc- 
UAijá  AiiiAit  ]\o  bA  mCnniA]\c  tÁr  A11  njoibCpióin.  UiC^Iiaicc  aii  rtój  íaji 
nei]xeAcc  aii  oir]\eivo  -oía  nibodiAib  7  puiptib  00  con'iAitc  a  ccúa]\a  7  a 
p]\Aiiroi  niA  cceAcc  1n  ccCiro  n'ió]\rACcAi]\,  7  "oah  bACA]\  oca]\]\mj;  gmnc  íCn 
nAome  Aii  tÁoi  ]uaii'i  x>óib  A]\  iuiaoaiúLaca'ó  00  haoiíi  1llAii\e.  AchajIiac  a]w 
bpuiptib  co  p]\Apu]\tAiii  ÍA]1  bppAm'oiu^AO  t>óib  co  rrAiLce  móin  7  co  rubA 
tA  mCc  11  a  rAoiteAccAn  bui  teó  buAio  7  copJA]!  -oo  b]\Cic  roj\  AnAuiroib. 
tol. 57. a.  U1C5I1AIC  ron  ]\Cró  An  riiAighe  t)o  cliAipheAtbAt)  a  roc]\<\roe  m  oCnriiAigin. 
1lo  ]\Aim  úa  'OoiiniAitt  a  muinci]\  111  oé  a^a  liAicte.  Uo  tA  a  §itte  Oiaha 
t)CiniimCcAc1iA  &,  a  o^bAt)  ucniAtt  AnbpAró  ft,  a  óCy  t)iub]\Aicci  po]\  teic 
jjonA  n5oniiAt>hAib  5uc1iA]\t)A  5e]\]iAt)A]\cAc1iA  7  coiia  ppioobACAib  CAitce 
comnriune  7  coha  ppo^liA-ÓAib  yuiteAc1iA  poib^ugce  7  50  Anuibb  Aionnb 
nncetccci  aj\  cCiia.  Ro  oj^-oai^  cuipich  c]\ot)A  7  ecctuum  ungoiiA  7 
cui]\  congbAtA  cacIia  nnA]iolii  p]\ui  50  rro]\piiAchc  úacIia  rojij^iuv 
hóccAib  t)iAno]\At)  7  "oiAiioinjje  7  t)iAirotucuccAt)  iccCnn  ah  cIiaca  co  ha 
p]\Aomce  ro]\]\A,  7  t)U]\]xtAi5e  (x  -010111511111   ca]\  Anéiri    caii   bA  1iAnpui]\ice 

1  Confessor. — Properly  soul's  friend.     See      on  '  The  Culdees,'  in  Trans.  R.  I.  A-,  xxiv. 
Colgaiv^s  Trias  Thaum.,  p.  294,  and  Reeves       88.     The  word  usuallv  means  confessor.   . 


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and  armour  and  implcments  of  war  also.  A  prudcnt  pious  clcric  and  a 
comcly  psalm-singing  priest  wcrc  with  O'Donncll  continually  offering  Mass 
and  thc  pure,  mystcrious  sacrificc  of  thc  Body  and  Blood  of  Christ,  and  it 
was  his  usual  practicc  whcncvcr  hc  wcnt  on  a  journcy  or  a  hosting,  or 
whcnevcr  he  was  thrcatcned  with  any  kind  of  dangcr,  to  obscrve  a  fast  and 
confcss  his  transgressions  to  his  confessor,1  aftcr  he  had  gricvcd  for  his  sins 
before  God,  and  to  receive  the  Body  of  Christ  himself.  He  rcqucsted 
his  army  to  fast  on  the  eve  of  the  fcast  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary.  The 
Mass  was  offered  for  him  on  the  next  day,  and  for  everyone  of  the  army 
also  who  was  in  that  encampment,  and  he  recommendcd  thc  chicfs  of  the 
armv  to  receive  with  him  the  Body  of  Christ  with  great  revcrence  for 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  his  holy  Mother  on  her  feast  that  occurrcd  thcn, 
When  hc  heard  of  the  boasting  of  the  proud  lcadcr  the  Governor,  who 
promiscd  to  come  to  his  encampmcnt  that  night,  he  besought  the  Son  of  the 
Virgin,  who  had  lain  on  her  breast,  and  the  Virgin  herself,  in  whose  honour 
he  had  fasted  the  day  before,  to  pray  to  the  blesscd  Fathcr  and  to  her 
loving  Son,  first  for  his  soul,  and  aftcrwards  if  God  did  not  grant  that 
he  should  bc  victorious,  that  he  should  bc  lcft  on  the  field  of  battle  and  that 
he  should  nevcr  rcturn,  but  that  he  should  be  beheadcd  by  his  enemies 
rather  than  be  disgraced,  as  was  the  wish  of  the  Governor.  After  hearing 
Mass,  the  army  went  to  thcir  tents  and  prcpared  to  take  thcir  food  and 
thcir  mcal  bcfore  cngaging  in  the  great  labour,  and  thcn  they  were  hungry 
and  thirsty  after  the  fast  of  thc  preceding  day  in  honour  of  holy  Mary. 
Aftcr  taking  their  mcal  they  came  from  thcir  tcnts  vcry  readily  with  great 
delight  and  gladness,  owing  to  the  great  hope  they  had  of  obtaining  a 
victory  and  triumph  over  their  encmies. 

They  proceeded  ovcr  thc  levcl  part  of  the  plain  in  ordcr  to  rcvicw  their 
forccs  togcthcr.  O'Donncll  then  divided  his  forces  into  two  parts.  II c 
placed  his  swift  energetic  youths  and  his  nimblc  athlctic  men  and  his 
shoQtcrs  apart,  with  their  loud-sounding  straight-shooting  guns  and  their 
strong  bows  and  their  bloody  venomous  javelins,  and  thcir  missile  instru- 
mcnts  also.  IIc  appointcd  lcadcrs  of  battlc  and  champions  of  thc  fight 
and  generals  for  sustaining  the  battlc  vvith  them,  with  command  to  the 
youths  to  press  and  urge  and  close  them  to  the  battle,  so  that   they  may 


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AiiAróme  t>iob]\Aico.  *Oo  uaca  a  ÚApvit  7  a  Ainig  (x  a  fopufocctAig 
ipn  *oa]\a  teic  a  co"ónAi5  7  a  cun^C'oliA  7  a  c]\enp]\  cAiprmeAcliA  7 
a  cuAirvoiróe  caca  co  cctAróiinb  t>Amoie  t>e]:Aob]\AchA  (x  50  mbÍAitib  btÁch- 
rnoijci  bétcAnA  50  mAHAOipb  mói]\teAb]\A  muinneAcliA  50  rtC^liAib  reim- 
neAchA  poc]>ot)A  pn  roruJAt)  rCtmiA  7  pu  cAippoiii  cnot>A  7  cac1iai]l  11i]\ 
bo  1noiiAt>  t>Aije]\mA  nó  t>iAimm]\íme  ah  t>ú  pí)  conAt)  Ai]\e  pti  t>o  ]\ome 
c]\Ai^1iceAC  t>ÍA  niAncftuA^h  a  mC]x  a  miteA*ó.  1a]\  nt>e]\omn  a  mumone  t>ó 
'OhomnAitt  ]\o  roncon^Ain  ronr aii  '  t)AÍA  ]iAtm  t>iob  nnbACAn  An  coCr  t)iub- 
]\Aicce  50  ]\eimciCrcAi]"  gur  ah  ftoj  necc]\ont>  t>o  coc1ia]\  puú,  7  cómbor 
iacc  bAt>  Ai]ut)i  A15  7  lo^i^Aite  t>iA  ni^uni  7  cuechcnuccAt)  ne  pú  cíoprAir 
ca|\  iomt>o]\Áit>  7  Auii]\eit)  A11  crtéibe  a]\  bA  ViArAice  roAt)  ronno  ro  *oéói§ 
•oÍAmcAir  cueccnAighce  ÚAt>Aibriom  icco^Aij;,  (x  50  mbeicpom  50  cou§  An 
crtóig  m  Ai]\Cr  t>AtA  ro  AnencoriiAin  t>o  cIiac  puú  bAit  ín  ]\ob  C]\t>AtcA  tArp 
An  ^AbAit.  11o  bior  •onón^A  t>C]\iiiA]\A  t)o  iiiuino]\  uí  *Ohoriinoitt  t>o  tó  7 
t>At>Aij  miA  reAÓ  oc  ro]\Ai]\e  ro]\  ionn  ah  crtéibe  nA  oopvó  ah  rtog  ecc]\onn 

CA1]Ur  gAll  ]AACU5At). 

TDo  ]\AtA  t>]iedicA  "óíob  A11  tÁpn  pMti]\eAt)  aihi  7  bACA]\  occ  ro]\crí  7 
mit>CiiiAin  11A  niAini]x]\ec  ÚArótb  7  ha  roinne  bACA]\  mne.  An  cAn  bA 
rtAn]\uicneAc1i  au  £j]UAn  puú  occ  An  bpMnccp,  ac  c1hac  aii  rtoí;  aj  ai]\ioh 
a  iiA]\m  7  occ  cu]\^bAit  a  mCip^eAÓ  7  a  mb]\ACAC  7  occ  rCmm  a  cc]\om]\At>  7  a 

fol.57. /'.     CCApÚ]\  60  A  CCAipilC]\C  dlAcllA.        1vO  tÁlfCc  A]XétA    t>0     fAlgfÓ    UÍ   X)1lOlÍl1lOltt 

50  t>ebocAC.  1a]\  cctoipcecc  iia  pccétA  pn  t>ÚA  "OliómtiAitt  ac  bC]\c  pur  ah 
rroi]\inn  ]\o  opoAij  inerhcur  iia  conAi]\e  co  irotAnArctiAior  ]\eiinb  -oo  "óeAbAt) 
ruir  A11  ftoj  ]ie  rui  orcAir  ca]\  moic]ub  An  niAij;f-teibe.  Loca]\  ía]\oiíi  AifiAit  ]\o 
hCnbAt)  puú  50  nAi]toe  Aipiró  7  50  mCnmAn]\At>  mitró  tAgAc  nAoinrC]\  aca  50 
]\Aiix:ACAn  ro]\  int)  au  crteibe  co  onnCpiAc  ]UApiA  gAVLAib.  t>eicaró 
T)oiimAitt  niA  nt)eAt>1iAi5  co  cobpMt»  cennpgm  j;ur  An  rpAiitAc  pxpAigce  7 
jur  iia  c]\em]:C]\Aib  cAippne  ]io  co§u]-cai]\  hia  cnncett  50  mbACA]\  ipn  ionAt> 
e]\t>AtcA  7  ipn  t>ú  m  ]\o  bAt)  t>eiiiim  teó  ha  5A1^  "°0  cocIiau  iha  ccenn. 
Ai]upc  Ainnfróe  ro  Atie]\con'iAi]i. 

lomcurA    Ati    cftoij    femceccAij    ]\o    o^toai^   11  a  "OoiímAitt    ipn    co^ac 

1  Veterans. — 0'Clery  says  the  Irish  vvord  3  Rough  part. — He  had  felled  trees  and 

means  an  aged  soldier.  put   them   across   the   road,    to   malce  the 

2Shooters. — ie.,  both  the  archers  who  used  passage    more    difficult    for    the     enemy. 

bows,  and  the  musketeers  who  had  guns.  O'Sullivan,  Hist.  Cath.,  p.  165. 


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not  bc  dcfcatcd,  and  to  hcw  down  and  wound  aftcr  thcm  as  soon  as  thcir  '599- 
missile  weapons  were  ready.  IIis  noblcs  and  chicf  mcn  and  veterans1 
wcrc  placcd  in  thc  othcr  division,  his  lcadcrs  and  his  chiefs,  his  trusty 
bra\'c  mcn,  and  his  lcaders  of  battle,  with  thcir  strong,  kecn-cdgcd  swords 
and  polishcd,  thin-cdged  battlcaxes,  with  large-headed,  smooth,  narrow 
lanccs,  thcir  long,  smooth  spears,  to  support  the  conflict  and  maintain  the 
fight  and  battle.  The  placc  was  not  one  for  galloping  and  riding, 
whcrcforc  he  made  foot-soldiers  of  his  cavalry  in  the  midst  of  his  soldicrs. 
After  dividing  his  forces  in  two,  O'Donncll  ordcred  the  sccond  division, 
with  whom  the  shooters2  were,  to  advancc  as  far  as  the  foreign  army  to 
engagc  them,  and  they  should  bc  thc  chicf  men  of  the  fight  and  battlc  to 
wound  and  cut  down  bcfore  they  came  over  the  difficult  and  rough  part 3  of 
the  mountain,  for  it  would  be  easier  to  defcat  thcm  in  the  end  if  thcv  wcre 
woundcd  by  them  in  bcgiuning,  and  he  himself  with  the  main  body  of 
the  army  would  wait  near  to  engage  them  where  he  was  sure  they  would 
pass.  There  were  strong  bodies  of  O'Donnell's  people  day  and  night  by 
turns  watching  on  the  summit  of  the  mountain  lest  the  foreign  army  should 
go  through  without  being  noticed. 

There  were  parties  of  them  that  very  day  there,  and  they  were  recon- 
noitering  and  watching  the  monastery  at  a  distancc  and  the  party  which  was 
in  it  When  the  sun  was  in  full  brilliancy  as  they  were  reconnoitering,  they 
saw  the  army  taking  their  arms  and  raising  their  standards  and  colours  and 
sounding  their  trumpets  and  tabors  and  war  instruments.  They  sent  word 
to  O'Donnell  in  all  speed.  After  hearing  the  news,  he  told  the  party  whom 
he  had  ordercd  to  take  the  van  in  the  pass,  that  they  should  march  forward 
rapidly  to  engage  the  army  bcfore  it  crossed  the  rugged  parts  of  the 
mountain  slope.  They  advanccd  thcn  as  thcy  wcre  commanded  with  the 
magnanimity  and  courage  of  soldiers  all  of  them,  till  they  spccdily  came  to 
the  summit  of  the  mountain  before  the  English.  O'Donncll  sct^out  after 
them  stcadily,  firmly,  with  the  steady  troops  and  faithful  heroes  whom  he 
had  collccted  round  him,  and  they  came  to  the  appointed  place  and  to  the 
spot  where  thcy  wcre  sure  the  English  would  come  up-*to  them.  Thcy 
remaincd  thcre  to  mect  them. 

As  for  the  van  of  the  army  which  O'Donnell  had  ordered  to  the  front 


2l6 

^AbAicc  occ  AvgnÁm  iia  conAi]\e  1n  ccorii-ÓAit  nA  ccac  necqionn  combACAji 
uchc  pu  tic1ic.  O  ]\o  coriipoiccpjpCc  oia  A]\oite  t>o  tietccCc  ha  j^01"01^ 
piop*  rutteAcliA  roiclnb  "orojjA-ÓAib  AtcchoCtiiA  tunnponn  7  pMche 
rAi^hCc  puub^en  pAinCiceAc  a  pt>bACAib  rot>A  revónineA]\criiA]iA  7  CArAi]\- 
ceACA  cc]umcAO]i  cc]\ovóC]\5  (x  ubAitriieAt  tuAvóe  a  ^unnA-ÓAib  cei]icoi]ije 
CAot]iA'ÓAi]\c.  pppunntCchAvi  ó  ojbAvó  11A  Saocau  tnA  pAiiitAigueA'ó  von 
ccuniniA  cCcha  •oo  gpuiAoibtib  gniorgojvcA  gtAntuAvóe  a  gumiA'OAib 
^tepoitftie  7  a  c]\AoriiiurcoecAib  cogUAfCA  ciAnpogMACA  combcAn  CiimAijci  ua 
hnncetcct  Cco]\]\a  t>epú  7  AnAtt  50  ctop  a  prÚAiiiAnnA  7  Arr]\Cj;A]\cA  7 
ArrogliA^icoijuieAX)  1  rroicpb  7  Arpio-óbA*ÓAib  a  ccAirciAttAib  7  a  ccuiii- 
"oai  jib  ctoclrÓA  iia  cc]noc1i  ccompoccup  1)a  niAccnA'ó  mó]\  nA  m^poc  Aep 
oi]\mCcA  7  A]\AbA  ron  *onemm  7  "OAp^Acc  tA  coiprecc  pur  ua  cAipneA]\cAib 
caca  7  pu  niAc  AttA  7  co]\niAn  ah  c]\eint>iubnAicce.  1ío  ctteAcnAijpc 
cu]\auó  7  ]\o  tovcicc  "LoCc1i]\avó  ro]\  tnb  teictb  teó  conboc  ti]\  boniAmiA  C^Iia 
niACAn  jjAirii]\tt>  uro  ac  vojvta  ccaoc  tnopiiA  a^  t>iAinim]um  tAiiiA  7  teicclnnt) 
7  tA  A]vgA  HA  toechnAVóe  ro]\  ^ac  teic  nAmb]\ui]uj  btot)CA7  iia  ccnAiiii]iebAi-ó 
fol.  58.  a.  combppce  ó  cliAp^uiAig  cAojvpoijnen  ccCipctCghcA  cqmtintuAvóe  (x  tA 
pioipcliCcliAib  ro^A-ó  rtAnn]\ÚA-ó  voibpglici  7  VAighfcc  y]\ubyot)A  ytmn- 
co]1]\auac  7  jac1i  Ai]\m  ímceitccce  A]\  cCha.  -Ac  bC]\cyAC  a  ccoipg  cy\ot>A  (x 
a  iiai]uj  lomgoiiA  ytti  muinci]\  uí  *Ohotiinoitt  jaii  Ai]uporii  ro]\  iondiAib  ua 
nAttriiA]\Ac1i  acc  50  cAi]\mceAitt)Aiy  uvó  ro]i  ^ac  coCib  x>o  c1ioc1ia]\  p\iú. 
LArcóAin  ]\o  iaú^ac  iotnpAib  ro]\  ^ac  teic  AiiiAit  yo  ro]\con5]\At>  yoy]\A,  7 
^AbAicc  05  An  t)iiib]\ACCAt)  7  occ  "oeAbAt)  rniú  50  t)einmnet)Ac  t;icoimii]\cit 
co  ]\o  tAiyCc  AnCicCt)A  cacIia  nicib  A]\  mC'óón  t^  •otúy  7  t>enie  11A  "oeAbcA. 
Cró  rit  Ann  c]\a  acc  ]\o  t>ityit;yCc  ha  ^Aitt  rA  t)eovó  a  nt)]\oniAnnA  t>o 
cyeinyC]\Aib  aii  cuAiycinc. 

X)o  ]\a1a  ó  tluAiric  (cijgCfvnA  b]\eirne  Coiuiac1ic)  An  cAtipn  AttA  auaiii 
•oon  coi]\]\ftiAb  iton^ponc  ro]\  teic.  llo  cin^eAttvAvóe  t)ÚA  'OlioiiiiiAitt  beic 
iivo  u]\yoichitt  11A  nAttniA]\AC  tuA  rpÚA]\bAi]\c  a  ccumniA  cliÁig  yecib  cah  no 
roibe]\At)poiii  coua  riiinnci]\  iao.  Oc  chuAtA-óptie  bui]\eAt)  beicCt)  ha 
cc]tompAt>  7  ua  CApún,  coinneAÓ  (x  CAtAiiichuriipcuJAt)  ah  c]iemt)iub]tAicche 
ac]iac1ic  ava  ton^ponc   COIIA  toech]\Ait)  tAip  7  CUA]\5AlbpOC  A1l   10-OtlA  CACA 

1  O'Rourlce—  Some  writers  give  him  the  O'Sullevan.  O'Rourlce  had  but  120  foot  ; 
whole  credit  of  this  viotorv.  SeeO'Roihe's  they  could  hardly  resist  the  2,500  foot  of 
H.  of  Sligo,\\.2C)7.     Not  soour  authorand       the  English.     SeeHtst.  Cath.,  p.  209. 


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they  proceeded  to  march  along  thc  road  to  mcct  thc  foreign  army  until  1599- 
they  werc  face  to  facc.  Whcn  thcy  camc  ncar  cach  other,  thc  [rish  dis- 
charged  against  thcm  tcrriblc  showcrs  of  beautiful  ash-handled  javelins 
and  swarms  of  sharp-pointed,  whizzing  arrows  from  their  long  clastic  bows, 
ancl  vollcys  of  blood-red  spherical  balls  and  leaden  bullets  from  their 
straight-shooting,  sharp-sighted  guns.  Thcy  were  responded  to  by  thc 
English  soldicrs  in  thc  samc  way  exactly  with  sharp-wounding  lcadcn 
balls  from  their  iron  lock-guns  and  their  far-sounding  muskets,  so  that  thc 
missiles  wcrc  re-doublcd  between  them  from  one  side  and  the  other,  and 
thc  rcports  and  cchoes  and  thundering  noisc  werc  hcard  in  thc  woods  and 
groves,  from  thc  castles  and  stone  fortresses  of  thc  neighbouring  country.  It 
was  a  great  wonder  that  the  timid  peoplc  and  thc  camp-followers  did  not 
run  away  through  panic  and  frcnzy  on  hearing  the  blasts  of  martial  music 
and  the  echo  and  loud  rcports  of  the  great  shooting.  Hcrocs  were  woundcd 
and  champions  wcrc  hurt  by  thcm  on  both  sidcs,  so  that  at  thc  placc 
where  thc  division  came  to  a  closc  hand-to-hand  encounter  on  that  wintry 
morning  thcre  was  many  a  dcath-sound  from  thc  slaughtcr  of  thc  herocs 
on  every  side,  whose  flcsh  was  shattered  into  fragments  and  whose  boncs 
were  broken  by  the  lightning  flames  of  thc  well  directed  circular  lcaden 
bullets,  and  from  the  showers  of  blood-red,  well  aimed  javelins,  thc  long- 
pointed,  fiat-barbed  arrows,  and  every  sort  of  missile  besides.  Thcir  battle 
leaders  and  chiefs  in  the  combat  told  O'Donncll's  mcn  not  to  remain 
opposite  the  foreigncrs,  but  to  surround  them  completely  in  thc  fight. 
Thcreupon  they  closed  in  on  them  on  every  side  as  thcy  were  commandcd, 
and  they  proceeded  to  shoot  and  to  fight  against  thcm  rapidly,  unsparingly 
so  that  thcy  drove  the  wings  of  their  army  into  their  ccntre  by  the  pressure 
and  rapidity  of  the  attack.  Howcver,  the  English  turned  their  backs  at 
last  to  thc  brave  men  of  the  north. 

O'Rourhc,1  lord  of  Brcfny  Connaught,  was  then  ío  the  east  of  C  rr- 
sliabh  in  a  scparatc  camp.  _  He  promised  O'Donncll  to  bc  rcady  to 
attack  thc  forcigncrs  likc  the  othcrs,  whcnevcr  hc  cncountcrcd 
them  with  his  forccs.  Whcn  he  hcard  thc  loud  noise  of  thc  trumpets  and 
tabors,  and  the  thundcring  and  earth-shaking  of  thc  grcat  firing,  hc  1 
from   his  cncampment  with   his  soldiers,  and  thcy  put    on   thcir  battle- 


218 

f°1M1A  7  ni  I10  AfifAc  dia  fveimini  50  jiaiijaca]!  ^ur  ah  niAigiri  unbACAn. 
mumcCn  uí  *OoihtiAitt  A5  ^nioifi  AnioniAinj.  ^AbAiccriorii  occ  ctAibm  Cb  ha 
cujiad  AccumniA  cliAij  (x  occa  noionbjiAgAÓ  50  ntnccrlc  f  CmpA  iua  noCn 
niA-óinA  gur  A11  niAinirci|i  ]téni]iAiciu  do  neoch  |\o  chuniAin^  ]ioc1icaih  An 
AnniAnn  leó.  1li]\  uó  hAitfC'ÓAch  ]\o  ceichrCc  ro]t  ccútAb  A]i  m  no  bech 
aoii  ÚAibib  ro]\  diAnAiD  hia  ro]t  choigeite  111A  bjuib,  (x  An  da]i  ÍAir  aii  cí  bA 
coirCncliA  biob  Aré  buo  bem  ]iobAb  •oeróCnchA  Don  Cptóg  uite.  11 1  ]iAinmc 
tA  muinci]\  uí  "OhoiiniAitt  Ai]\teAch  ah  neich  110  feDrADAOir  A]i  tionniAi]ie 
aii  toccA  ]\o  ceié]-Cc  Ann  7  A]\  ÚAice  aii  crtóig  bACA]\  111A  teAnriiAin  A]i  m 
jtAngAConrorii  ^ur  aii  ccummce  ftóij  Anibui  ó  T)otimAitt  An  cAn  ]io  rnAomeAb 
ro]\]iA  tAp  An  cceDnA  buróm  ]\o  hojtDAigeAb  tAirriuiii  m  u]\corAÓ  ha  conAine. 
1\or  pAjtjjAtbfCc  nA^Aitt  A]\  Aoróe  iotÁ]\  cCnn  7  robb  tAp  ha  remoCbAib. 
*Oo  niA]ibAb  DAn  An  50ibC]inoi]i  Si]i  Coneur  Ctioropc  m  uncorAÓ  iia  hiop^Aite 
íoi.58.  b.  50  rrA]igAibci  rAon  hia  ti^he  ro]i  An  rtéib  7  é  beo^liAoice,  (x  bA  TiAmrrior 
doiia  hóccAib  cia  ]iucc  a  céogume,  acc  nA  mÁ  bA  hubAittriieAtt  tuAibe  do 
chóiDh  c]ierinc,  Gfc  m  diA]iccrAcc  aiioi^  Aich^ne  rAi]t  có  cco]iacc  ó  Húaijic 
ro  beoib  guf  aii  ai]iiii  AmbAoi,  7  acjiiia  ^u]\  uó  he  aii  50ibC]inoi]t,  7 
]:o]\o]icon5A]\c  aóicCiidad.  *Oo  nonAD  ÍA]\on'i  gu]i  bo  CAlÍlAn  cCf55C]1]ldlA 
co]inochc  ía]i  mbemi  a  chniD  dc  7  ía]i  ha  -pobbAD. 

1\o  bAb  mói]i  echc  aii  cí  co]ic1iAif  Ann  rm,  bA  DU1U5  D]ioicbiAch  Dinnnc 
yAi]i,  7  m]i  uó  niAic  tA  gAoibetAip  An  choi^ib  a  oiDeAbpoth,  ÚA1]1  m  epnCb 
501  f]uú,  7  bA  rCn  ooDtAicce  réo  Gt  niAome  Doib  é.  1a]i  cce]uiAiii  do  óCp 
aii  riiAbniA  gur  au  niAinirci]i,  iompAic  mumcC]i  uí  *OoiiitiAitt  hia  rpucCm^  7 
^AbAic  occ  robbAD  au  riAntAij  ]\o  riiA]ibpAC,  05  Achgum  m  oCpx  beogoCice 
ro^AbDAi]-  ipn  A]iniAi5,  7  05  AiiDichCiiDAb.  Uiaj;aicc  día  rcopAib  ÍA]1  ccAin 
co  proitce  mói]i  7  co  pubAige,  (x  cugfAU  Atcu^Ab  buibe  a  ccorgAip  doii 
choiniDeD,  (x  nomrnijjirCc  50  mó]i  a  tuAice  ]\o  riieAbAib  fo]tp  ua  ^AttAib,  7 
Aibbte  AnuAitte  7  Ambopjipvó  05  fAigib  iia  InojvJAite  7  AnoejtjenpAc  do 
bAig  b]UAC0]i  (x  do  choriiAicCrii  pojtjtoroiii.  b^  pé  Aongtó]!  ua  pocliAibe  co 
teicc  AiiiAitt  bib  a  hem  51011  110  epejtcAir  hacIi  ahio]\c  lom^onA  do  pjiAoineAb 
ro]\]io  acc  co]\  bo  1n  eACA]\juibe  a  DuitCn*iAii  dúa  'OhorimAitt  róc]iuAi]t  ían 
cocAicCrii  gtAnpume  cui]ip  Cjurc  7  a  -|:otA  bo  1n  copAc  ah  tÁoi  Inpn  7  ía]\ 

1  Thmtigh  him.—  The  placewhere  Clifford      of  Garroo.      The    King  family  erected  a 
fell  is  close  to  the  old  road  in  the  townland      small  tower  there  to  mark  the  spot. 


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armour,   and  they  did   not  halt  on  thcir  road  until  thcy  came  to  thc  placc      ,S99- 

where  O'Donnell's  pcoplc  werc  carrying  on  the  fight.     Thcy  procccdcd  to      

cut  down  the  heroes  likc  thc  rcst  and  to  shoot,  till  those  who  werc  able  to 
go  away  with  thcir  lives  ran  off  defcatcd  to  thc  aforesaid  monastery. 
They  did  not  rctrcat  negligcntly,  for  not  onc  of  them  looked  for  friend 
or  companion  bchind  him,  and  he  who  was  the  first  of  them  thought  hc 
was  the  last  of  thc  whole  army.  O'Donncll's  forces  did  not  succced  in 
killing  evcry  onc  thcy  might,  owing  to  the  great  numbcr  of  those  who  flcd 
and  the  small  numbcr  of  the  forcc  who  wcrc  in  pursuit,  for  thcy  did  not 
come  to  the  body  of  the  army  where  O'Donnell  was  when  they  wcrc 
defeatcd  by  the  first  body  which  had  been  ordered  by  him  to  the  front  in 
the  road.  However,  the  English  lcft  bchind  many  a  head  and  weapon 
with  thc  soldiers.  The  Governor,  too,  Sir  Conycrs  Cliftbrd,  was  mortally 
hurt  in  thc  bcginning  of  the  fight,  and  he'was  lcft  in  a  fceble  state  lying  on 
the  mountain  severely  wounded,  and  the  soldiers  did  not  know  who  gave 
him  the  first  wound,  but  only  that  a  leaden  ball  had  gone  through  him,' 
and  the  soldiers  did  not  heed  him  until  0'Rourke  at  last  came  where  he 
was,  and  he  knew  that  it  was  the  Governor,  and  hc  ordcred  him  to  be 
beheaded.  This  was  done  then,  so  that  he  was  a  maimed,  naked  trunk 
after  his  head  was  cut  off  and  he  was  mutilated. 

There  was  great  grief  for  the  person  who  fell  therc  ;  the  fate  that  befel 
him  was  sad,  and  the  Irish  of  the  province  were  not  pleascd  at  his  death, 
for  he  never  told  them  a  lie  and  he  was  a  bcstower  of  treasures  and  wealth 
among  them.  After  the  defeated  had  fied  to  the  monasterv,  O'Donnell's 
forces  went  back  and  proceeded  to  cut  down  those  whom  they  had  mortally 
wounded  and  to  slay  the  wounded  whom  they  met  with  on  the  battleficld 
and  to  bchead  them.  They  then  went  to  their  camp  with  great  exultation 
and  gladness,  and  they  made  a  thank-offering  for  their  victory  to  the  Lord, 
and  they  expressed  their  joy  aloud  for  having  defeated  the  English,  and 
their  grcat  pride  and  their  exultation  at  the  issue  of  the  battle,  and  they 
proceeded  to  bluster  and  threaten  them.  The  unanimous  voice  of  the  armv 
was,  as  if  spoken  from  one  mouth,  that  it  was  not  by  force  of  arms  they  had 
gaincd  thc  victory  but  by  thc  pravers  of  O'Donncll  to  God  that  he  obtaincd 
it  after  receiving  thc  pure  mystery  of  the  Body  and  Blood  of  Christ  in  the 

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nAome  int>  onoi]\  iia  hi  nAoiii  1T)Ai]\e  au  tÁ  ]\iaiti.  Ko  bAt)  titeAÓc  tnnrCiii 
aii  crAo^liAit  At>AtA'ó  ah  joibC]\nó]\A  a]\  -oo  bencliA  AÓucnomA  t>ó]\  7  "oaj^ac 
arf  niAccAin  An  1aoi  hirm  'oiAmbA'ó  hicmibróecc  no  beic,  (x  A11  co]\p  cnÍA-ó 
a]^a  cmbA|\cA  An  C]\nt>Ait  lonnmurA  rm  111  ■OAonteic  ]\o  ^AbAt»  tAirróe  im 
nóm  aii  tÁoi  ]\euii]\Aice,  "oóij  nvigA-ó  a  co]\p  "oía  AtmACAt  co  hoiten  ha 
c]\ionoit>e  ro]\  toch  cé  imbA]\uncAcc  Hluijje  tui]\cchi  concAe  RorAcommAin  7 
a  cCiro  50  ctntmAoile  unbAnuncAcc  cíne  hdteAttA  1  concAe  Sticcit>  hi 
fol. 59.«  ccAi],etbA'ó  t)iiA  concobAi]\.  lomcurA  ha  n^jAtt  ía]\  ptteA-ó  ÚAitnb  t>o 
mumci]\  uí  *OhomnAitt,  tdo  teiccfc  I11  cCnn  cpCt>A  50  cmnCrnAch  rop  ceichet> 
m  t>o  ]\ÚA]\At>  t)oib  50  ]\aii5Acca]a  t>iA  cojib  ro  metA  7  meAbAit.  porAipc 
mumceA]!  uí  *Ohoir.tiAitt  111A  ptnpttb,  7  bA  rAirii  conctntrCc  aii  a"óai  j  rm 
ía]\  mb]\eic  co]^ai]\  01A  mbiot>bAt)Aib  7  ía]\  mA]\bAt>  Accum^ró  cacIia  con 
t>]\um5  mói]\  t)o  Ai]\eACAib  7  t)o  ÚAtrtib  imA]\oCn  ]up  cen  mochÁ  1  cco]\c]\acau 
t>o  iiutCt>Aib  7  t>óccbAib  111A  pA]\]\A"ó.  At>nAicic  mumcC]\  huí  *OoriiiiAitt  1-11 
r\o  horicA'ó  uAróib  (x  "00  bC]\Ac  teige  50  An  oCp  5011CA  Gt  oc  chuAtACA]\  roAt> 
t>onA  5AttAtb  y]Uoc]\orcc  ciA^hAicc  50  cAi]'ciAtt  CuílemAoite  bAit  iprA]\- 
ccAib]^Cc  mt>  mfuróe  ron  úa  ConcobAi]\. 

1lo  1iAi]uieit>eAt>  -óópAróe  cAch]\AomeAt>  coin]vpteibe  rori  Sep  Coneur 
Ctioro]\c  7  a  chuicnn  tA  hÚA  ii*OoriinAitt,  bA  t>ic]\eromeAC  tAir  mopm  50  ]\o 
CAireAtbAÓ  cCiro  An  50ibC]\nó]\A  t>ó.  X)&  "oo^liAitpeAc^om  t>e  rm  7  ]\o 
bCn  ceitt  t>iA  coiii]>u]\cacc  Ap  aii  cca]\cai]\  imbui,  conet)  t)o  ]\ome  cecc  ro]\ 
CmeAÓ  uí  "OhomiiAitt  7  a  oi^hruAn  ó  §ac  niut>  t>o  CAbAi]\cóo.  1Da  t)AJAi]\te 
t>óroiii  ón  a  cooacIi  7  a  c1iA]\At>]\At)  t)e]\piiAit>ni  r]u  Iiúa  nT)omnAitt,  A]\  ]\o 
bC]\c  mCmce  acIiuauca  iccoigcruochAib  7  50  pAmn]\Ct)Ac  1  ccniochAib  Saxau 
t)ur  aii  brui^beAt»  cAbAin  110  comrurcAcc  t)iA  nC]\cuí;A'ó  111  aíjató  a  CrccA]\Acc 
aii    caii  rm,  nó  An  ccaoh'iacc   ioiiacoc1ic  110  Aic]\eb  a  ch]\tce  110  ACAoiiiro]\bA, 

ACC     cCllA,     111      chAOlÍl11ACCA1]\poril      111t)],111      CO     ]\01lCtlA1]^      An'lU1nCeA]At)A],     r]u 

hÚA  n*OoiiiUAitt  t>on  chu]vpA.  t)A  rei]\]\t>e  tjororii  on  7  ]to  cliAjumiAig  ní 
t>o  6:  "oía  á]\  1u  ccoiccmne  ah  ca]\ac]\a,ó  rnpin,  a]\  t>o  beA]\c  úa  *OoriniAitt 
t)í]\uiie  t>o  buAib,  "oeodiAib,  7  t)mnitib  (x  t>A  jac  cenét  c]\uit>  7  A]\bA  A]1  cCiia 

1  Triniiy  Island. — In  1215,  Clarus  O'Mul-  Monast.  f/ió.,6\$.     It  is  in  Lough  Ce,  a 

chonry,  archdeacon  of  Elphin,  foundccl  an  short  disrance  N.  E.  of  the  town  of  Boyle. 
abbey  for  Pranrionstratensians  here  under  2  Soldiers.  —  Fynes    Moryson  gives  the 

the  invocation  of  the  most  Holy  Trinity.  number  of  the  English  slain  as  on!y  120, 


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beginning  of  that  day,  and  after  fasting  in  honour  of  the  Blessed  Mary  1599. 
thc  day  be/ore.  The  spoiling  of  the  Govcrnor  was  a  proof  of  the  vanity  of 
the  world,  for  his  treasures  of  gold  and  silver  were  takcn  away  on  thc 
morning  ofthatday,  having  been  seized,  and  his  body  of  clay  from  which 
all  his  treasure  was  taken  away  was  not  carricd  in  one  dircction  on  thc 
evening  of  thc  aforesaid  day,  for  liis  trunk  was  carried  for  burial  to  Trinity 
Island  x  in  Lough  Ce  in  the  barony  of  Moylurg  in  the  county  of  Ros- 
common,  and  his  hcad  to  Collooney  in  the  barony  of  Tircrrill  in  thc 
county  of  Sligo,  to  bc  shown  to  O'Conor.  As  for  the  English,  afrer 
the  departurc  of  O'Donnell's  pcople  from  thcm,  thosc  who  survivcd  wcnt 
thcir  way,  flying  in  haste  until  thcy  came  to  thcir  homes  in  sorrow  and 
disgrace.  O'Donnell's  people  remained  in  their  tents,  and  they  slcpt 
soundly  that  night,  having  obtained  a  victory  over  thcir  enemies  and  slain 
thcir  leader  in  the  battlc  with  a  great  multitudc  of  the  chiefs  and  nobles 
also,  besides  those  of  the  heroes  and  soldiers  2  who  fcll  with  them.  O'Don- 
nell's  people  buried  those  of  them  who  were  slain,  ancl  brought  phvsicians 
to  the  wounded,  and  when  they  heard  that  the  English  had  turned  back  they 
proceeded  to  the  castle  of  Collooney,  where  they  had  left  O'Conor  in  a  state 
of  blockade. 

The  defeat  of  Sir  Conyers  Clifford  at  Corrsliabh  and  his  death  werc 
made  known  to  him  by  O'Donnell.  He  was  incredulous  about  it  until  the 
head  of  the  Governor  was  shown  to  him.  Hc  was  pcrplexcd  thcrcat,  and 
he  gave  up  all  hope  of  release  from  the  prison  in  which  he  was,  and  what 
he  did  was  to  come  into  O'Donnell's  presencc  and  to  make  a  full  submis- 
sion  in  every  way  to  him.  It  was  a  good  plan  for  him  to  enter  into  amity 
and  friendship  with  O'Donnell,  for  though  hc  madc  frequent  incursions 
into  thc  ncighbouring  tcrritories  and  especially  into  the  lands  of  the 
English,  that  he  might  gct  help  and  aid  to  strengthen  him  against  his 
enemies  thcn,  or  protection  to  dwell  in  or  inhabit  his  territory  or  his 
patrimony,  yet  he  could  not  do  that  until  he  made  friendship  with  O'Don- 
nell  then.     He    was  the  better  of  it,   and  that    friendship  was  of  use    to 

'  besides  many  more  hurt.'  O'Sullevan  standards,  and  baggage  of  the  English  were 
says  1,400  of  the  Queen's  forces  were  takcn.  He  gives  thc  number  of  Irish  slain 
kiíled,  ncarlv  all  English.     All  the  arms,       as  140.     Hist.  Cath.,  p.  21 1. 


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1  congTi&fh  thía  Concoboa]\,  conAt>  rfuúri'óe  ]\ur  cét>Aic]\eAb  a  cín  cit) 
íCpccAm.  UmnceccA  UeAboicc  iia  ton^,  ac  cuAp  •oórAi'óe  ron  ccumniA  cCcmiA 
r|u\omeA-ó  ro]vpiA  5AttAib  7  coicnn  aii  Aipj,  (x  ó  ConcobAin  "oo  cAbAi]\c 
Afin  cAircK\tt  ac  coA'ÓAmA|i,  ]\o  cmnporii  occa  111A  niCnmAin  ^aii  rjucbC]\c 
r]\i  ImÁ  nOomniAtt  m  bA-o  pnuí,  7  ]\o  nCnAi]xc  a  diA]\AC]\At>  pnr  íC]\cAin,  7 
•00  |iome  Apc  7  con|iAi]\teicc  0011  tomgCr  ]\érii]iAice  iomput>  ro]i  ccntAib 
^ur  aii  n^Aittnii  t>o  ptnp.  Ro  fAi  ó  "OorimAitt  coiia  mumci]i  T)1A  ccipb 
fol.  59-^  ía]\  mbÚAi-ó  ccop^Ain  7  ccommAOi'óme.  TlobcA]\  mCnmiiAij  ccoptvÓAij; 
gAOTÓit  t)on  cu]i  pn,  6:  ]\obcA]\  nnpp  mCincnróe  mumcC]\  iia  bAinftiojJAti. 

"Oala  uí  "OonniAitt  bAopt>e  irrop  ÍA]\pAn  ccAichgteorm  ac1iai-ó  unbAite 
aii  1111iocai 5  7  ac1iai"ó  oite  1  "Leicbi]\  1  n*Onn  ha  n^Att  7  nnbAite  Aca  SeAHAi§ 
oj;  Ai^ieAj  coite7  occ  Annur  ^An  pnoiii  jah  -oeicroe  ^aii  uaiíiah  ^au  uinC^tA'oo 
iimi]\  iiac  00  cí]i  ]tai]\  au  t>A]i  tAip  Amem  -oórorii  ó  corAÓ  ro5AmAi]\  50  mí]1  "Oe- 
cembe]i.  1n  eAciii^mg  nAreepn  t»o  ]uaccac<\]i  ceccA  t)iA  fAip-ó  co  rpop  pcet 
teó  combm  t)AiimA  -oeAbcA  7  ioniAi]\Ci5  e\ci]\  111ac  UittiAm  UeAboicc  h'iac 
tlAcei]\  Ó10CA15  7  UeAboicc  iia  tong  niAC  Tvi]^t3Ci]\-o  An  ÍA]iAinn.  11i  ]io  pot)Aiiii 
tÍA  *OoiimAitt  5A11  -out  t>o  ]not)UJAt)  Cco]\]\a  co  tion  rtóig  6x  roÓAróe,  &ót)o 
t)CdiAit)  t>o  t)ucAi5  Ctomne  1it1ittiAm  ]\o  jjAinnncc  iia  riiAice  ]ieiii]\Aice  hia 
•óocum,  7  ÍA]i  neirceAcc  ro  CAinn  ah  ini]\CpiA  t)ó  ]\o  ]\iA]\Aig  Cco]1]ia  combcAn 
pot>Ac  r]u  A]\oite  A]\  a  ronconjnArorii.      O  c1iai]\hic  tAir  CnnAitnn  ah  cpiot>A 

]\0  ^Ab  AltjCp  t)0   CO]\  c1lUA]\CA  1   ctoiim  fv10CA1]\t>,  7  Ó  ]\0  A]^11ArO]1  AioncliAib 

m  -óeAcliAit»  CA]1  ÚA]iAn  mó]\  i]xeAc  t>on  t>ut  pn.  IDaoi  pn  ]\e  cCo]\a  noit>che 
coua  tÁib  1  ccAmpA  ipn  niAc1iAi]ie  pAbAé  7  1n  cotirpchjiAib  n<\  ^Aittriie. 
T)o  ]\At>At>  nnbAoi  t)o  c]\eAc1iAib  ó  cothtAtJAib  ah  bAite  mói]i  ahiac  -oia 
fAi^it)  t)A  m'róeom  tuchcA  ha  cac1i]\ac1i  pvóem.  1lo  t>otbAicc  pceoit 
iomt)A  Ar  a  tor  t)on  chu]\  pn  ^u]\  ]\o  tionp\c  AnibAoi  ó  gliAittnii  co  teun 
ConccutAmn  -ouaiíiaii  7  tiu^iC^tA,  t»o  coniic^uocnugAt)  £L  t>o  cjiróeAnbAr  uí 
*OorimAitt,  A]\  A11  t>A]\  tA  5AÓ  irouumj  t)iob  7  tA  jac  cAoireAÓ  c]uoc1iaic  cét> 
bApi  a  cuac  but>  t>eipn  cenA  110  oinjreAt)  7  bApé  a  t>unA]\Ap  ]\o  bAt>  ton^po^ic 
•00    úa  X)hoiimAitt   coiia  pto^Aib    ÍA]1    iia    o^Am    teó.     Act  cCiia    ni]\    bo 

xLoophead.— Properly    Leap     Head,    «a  did  the  like.     He  leaped  back  to  the  main- 

promontory  m  the  south-west  of  Co.  Clare.  land  ;  the  woman,  nothing  daunted  by  the 

Cuchullin  flying  from  a  woman  made  his  danger,  attempted  to  follow  liim,  and  fell 

\vayhere.    Heleaped  on  to  the  promontory,  into  the  sea  and  was  drowned.     See   The 

a  distance  of  twenty-five  feet.     His  pursuer  Battle  of  Maoh  Leana,  p.  92,  n. 


him  and  his  territory  universally,  for  O'Donnell  gavc  O'Conor  oxen,  horses,  ,599. 
and  cattle,  and  cvery  kind  of  beast  and  of  corn  too,  to  hclp  him,  so  that 
with  thesc  hc  dwelt  in  his  territory  aftcr  a  while.  As  for  Theobald  na  long, 
hc  hcard  in  thc  samc  \vay  of  thc  dcfeat  of  the  English  and  the  dcath  of  thc 
Governor,  and  that  O'Conor  had  been  let  out  of  thc  castlc,  as  \ve  have  said. 
Hc  dctermined  in  his  mind  not  to  oppose  O'Donnell  any  longer,  and  hc 
confirmed  his  friendship  with  him  afterwards  and  made  his  peacc,  and 
allowed  the  aforementioned  ships  to  go  back  to  Gal\vay.  O'Donncll  and  his 
forces  returned  to  their  homes  with  the  joy  and  exultation  of  victors.  The 
Irish  were  in  high  spirits  and  full  of  courage  then,  and  the  Oueen's  peoplc 
were  weak  and  feeble. 

As  for  O'Donnell,  hc  rcstcd  after  this  victory,  sometimes  at  Ballymotc, 
and  other  times  at  Lifford,  at  Donegal,  and  at  Ballyshannon,  enjoying 
himself  in  sccurity,  without  anxiety  or  care,  fear  or  terror  from  sea  or 
land  as  he  thought.  He  was  so  from  thc  beginning  of  harvest  to  the 
month  of  Deccmber.  At  that  time  messengers  came  to  him  to  say  that 
there  was  a  subject  of  contention  and  dispute  between  Theobald,  son  of 
Walter  Ciotach,  and  Theobald  na  long,  son  of  Richard  an  Iarainn.  O'Don- 
ncll  could  not  but  go  to  make  peace  between  them  with  his  full  force  and 
army,  and  when  he  came  to  the  territory  of  Clanwilliam  he  summoncd 
the  aforesaid  chiefs  before  him,  and  after  hearing  the  cause  of  their  dispute, 
he  arranged  between  them,  so  that  they  were  peaceful  towards  each  othcr 
by  his  command.  When  he  had  concluded  the  making  of  the  peace 
between  them,  he  had  a  desire  to  make  a  raid  into  Clanricardc,  and  whcn 
he  came  into  it  he  did  not  go  farther  than  Oranmore  on  that  expedition. 
He  was  for  three  days  and  three  nights  encamped  in  Machaire  Riabach 
and  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Galway.  A  prey  was  brought  to  him  from 
the  gates  of  the  great  town  in  spite  of  the  people  of  the  town  itself.  Many 
a  tale  was  invented  about  him  then,  so  that  from  Galway  to  Loophead  x 
was  fillcd  with  thc  fear  and  dread,  with  quaking  and  terror  2  of  O'Donnell,  for 
it  seemed  to  every  portion  of  them  and  to  each  chief  that  it  was  his  own 
territory  which  was  the  first  to  be  invaded  and  his  castlc  that  would  bc  the 
encampment  of  O'Donncll  and  his  army  after  they  had  plundcrcd  it.      But 

2Terror.— The  Irish  word  means  properly  the  trembling  or  shivering  of  death. 


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liAiiitAi-ó  pn  t>o  \\aÍa  -ooib,  "0015  ]\o  ptt  ó  "OoríinAitt  -óiacÍ]\  AfeccrA.  1)aca]\ 
q\A  Ambtn  lnccoi^eA-ó  HIa-ó  tnte  ah  cAirpA  iiia  tmn  tAm  hia  ccopA]\  ceclic,  7 
hia  ccumn  cd^te  5A11  gtiArp  5011A  11Á  ^aIjaIa  ei^ríie  iia  rojiCijne  cjieice  iia 
caca  yo]\]\A  a  Iiaoii  Ai]vo  -oei]\inn,  7  eAjlA  aii  coiji-ó  ro]\  jac  en  cí]\  iccip.  Tío 
ful.60.rt.  chochc\ichC]xoi]\  ó  T)oríiiK\ilt  nvo  Aimp;\  A]V\  liAicte  1  rcvohAite  €b  hi  pomríujhe 
co  co]wc  r Aiii]\Aig  A]\  ccnro  $c\n  ^Ai^eA-ó  ro]\  neAcli  5A11  nec\c  -oo  fvwgeA-ó  fAijt. 

1600,  aii  9.  btA-ÓAin. 
1nn  eAcniAmg  nA]\ee  b-aoiporíi  iror,  ]\o  cC^toniA-ó  rtógh  tAnmó]i  tA  1iúa 

Héltt  t)0  -Óllt  T)0   dlO]\  C1U1A]ACA  1p1l   tllVJlÍlAIII.        X)0  ]\AtA  HlAJVH'Óin    Aót>  ]?0]\ 

aii  ptoiccheAt)  lnpn.  11i  hmirceÁji  AinmcCccA  co  ]\\ac1icaca]i  ca]\  Co]\caij 
(x  ca]\  "Laoi  but)  -óCp  gun  ]\o  JAb^AC  ton5po]\c  eici]\  Laoi  (x  t)AiroAin  1 
coiccpc  111vi]\cc]\c\ije  (x  CAi]\b]\eAc1i.  -<Aon  -oonA  tÁib  (5AJ1  beAg  ]ua  preit 
Pac]\aicc)  T)ia  ]\o  jjAbh  iomcotcA  fx  AccobAtt  tllA^uróip  t>ot  t>o  nropcvó  ha 
cc]\ioc  ccoiii jroccur  reb  ]\o  bA  bér  "óó  t>o  5]\ér  caii  110  cCi^het)  m  eccAi]\c]\iocAib, 
50  ]\o  c1iAi]\irícCinmet)  t>í]\Cim  iiia]\cac  (x  qwujhceAc  Apn  ton^pojic,  íx  111  ]\o 
Iiaiia-ó  teó  co  ]\ah5aca]i  t)0]\up  Co]\CAi§e,  €L  Air pbe  co  Rmn  co]\]\ahi  ■oiín^ui]1 
aii  bA]\]\Aij  015  1n  cenét  Aó-oIia.  Soaicc  iha  rrpcCing  ipn  to  cCcha  co 
cc]\eAc1iAib  7  ^AbAtAib  lonvóAib  coha  ]\o  churíiAmgpuc  mumcC]i  1lle5Uit)i]\ 
]\oc1icc\m  ^ur  aii  toii5]bo]\c  c\n  cVoliAijpn  A]\  Ait>bte  Anét>AtA,  coiiat>  bo  heigm 
t>oib  Aipporh  m  5A6  Ai]\m  AccA]\upAi]\  -oo]icaca  cof A15  nA  hovóce.  HlA^uróiji 
t)c\n  bApet)  ]\o  ciirop-óe  pAijeAt)  aii  tongpojic  ah  at)1iaií;  pti  cipnrour.  1 
mAt)Ain  aii  tAoi  pn  m  ]\o  pv^Aib  HIa^uvó^i  tongpojvc  uí  1'iéitt,  ]\ahaicc  pop 
rcet    co    Co]\cai£  50   Si]\  Ua]\aiii   SAteiroe]\  (bAoi  nro  iohat)  Ppep-oenr  tk\ 

1  Munster  —  See  his  proclamation  to  the  5 Muskerry.  — There  were   formerly  six 

Catholics    of  the  towns  of  Ireland,  dated  districts  in  Munster  bearing  this  name,  the 

Dungannon,  Nov.  iith,  1599,  in  T/^.F//^/!./  inhabitants    deriving    their    descent    from 

ofthe  Earls,  p.  21.     It  was  intended  chiefly  Cairbre  Musc,  son  of  Conaire  Mor,  ardrigh 

for  the  southern  parts  of  Ireland.  a.d.  158.     The  district  referred  to  here  is 

2 I/osting.—A  cletailed  account  of  it  will  that  now  included  in  the  baronies  of  E.  and 

be  found  in  Annals  F.  M.,  vi.  2147.  W.    Muskerry,   Co.   Cork.       The  Book  of 

3  Lee. — The  river  rises  in  Gougane  Barra.  Righis,  p.  42. 

After  a  course   of  forty  miles  due  east,  it  6  Rincorran. — See  p.  cxxxiv.,  antea. 

discharges  into  the  sea  in  Cork  harbour.  7  Barry  Oge. — See  p.  cx.,  antea. 

4  Bandon  River. — It  rises   on  Owen  hill,  8  Kinclca. — A  barony  in   the  south  east 
five  miles  W.  of  Dunmanway,  and  fiowing  of  Co.  Cork. 

though  that  town,  Bandon,  and  Inishannon,  9  St.  Legcr. — The  first  of  the  family  who 

falls  uito  the  sea  at  Kinsale.  settled   in   Ireland  was  Anthonv  ;  he  came 


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yct  nothing  of  thc  kind  happencd  to  them,  for  O'Donnell  returned  to  his  1599 
tcrritory  thén.  W'hilc  he  was  in  the  province  all  Ulster  was  a  still 
pool,  a  gcntlc  spring,  a  havcn  of  rcposc,  without  drcad  of  wound  or 
capture,  of  shout,  violencc,  plundcr,  or  battlc  from  any  quartcr  of 
Ircland,  and  thcre  was  a  dread  of  the  provincc  in  cvcry  othcr 
tcrritory.  O'Donnell  passed  the  time  that  followed  in  dclight  and  pros- 
pcrity  till  thc  bcginning  of  thc  following  summcr  without  attaclcing 
anyone,  without  anyone  attacking  him. 

1600,  the  9th  year. 
During  the  time  he  was  resting,  a  vcry  largc  armv  was  collccted  by  1600. 
Ilugh  O'Xcill  to  go  and  visit  Munster.1  Hugh  Maguire  happencd  to  bc  in 
that  hosting.2  Their  marches  are  not  told  of  until  they  passed  Cork  and 
the  Lee 3  southwards  and  cncamped  betwcen  the  Lce  and  the  Bandon 
river,4  on  the  confines  of  Muskerry6  and  Carbery.  Onc  dav,  just  before 
the  feast  of  St.  Patrick,  a  desire  and  longing  scizcd  on  Maguire  to  go  and 
plundcr  the  neighbouring  country,  as  was  always  his  custom  when  he  came 
to  strange  districts.  A  body  of  horse  and  foot  set  off  from  the  camp,  and 
they  did  not  stop  until  they  came  to  the  gate  of  Cork,  then  to  Rincorran,0 
a  castle  of  Barry  Oge,7  in  Kinelea.s  He  set  out  to  return  the  same  day 
with  much  prey  and  booty,  but  Maguire's  people  could  not  reach  the 
encampment  that  night,  owing  to  the  quantity  of  the  bootv.  hence  it  was 
necessary  for  them  to  remain  where  there  was  sheltcr,  ouing  to  the  dark- 
ness  in  the  beginning  of  the  night.  However,  Maguire  determined  to 
reach  the  camp  that  night  somchow.  On  the  morning  of  the  day  that 
Maguirc  had  left  O'Neill's  camp,  the  news  came  to  Cork  to  Sir  W'arham 
St.  Leger9  (he  was  thcn  Deputy 10  of  the  two  provinces11  of  Munstcr),  that 

over  in   1537  as  Commissioner,  to  set  the  the  vear  before.      He  died  at    KiImallock 

lands  upon  the  marches  of  the  Pale  then  soon  after  of  his  wounds.     Anmxls  F.  M. 

lying  waste.     He  was    Lord   Deputyfrom  vi.  21 15.     St.  Leger  and  Sir  Henry  Powcr 

1540  to   1556.     His  son  Warham  was  ap-  were    appointed    Commissioners    for    the 

pointed  Governor  of  Munster  in  1566.     A  government  of  Munster  until  a  President 

list  of  the  lands  given  for  his  services  will  should  be  appointed. 

be   found  in  Archdall's  Peeraget  vi.     112.  nTwo provinces. — z'.r.,Ormond  and  Des- 

wDeputy. — Sir  Thomas  Norris,  the  Presi-  mond,  East  and  South  Munster.    Thomond 

dent,    was    mortally   wounded    in    an    en-  originally  belonged  to  Connaught.     Sce  p. 

counter  with  Thomas  Burke  near  Limerich  164,  antea. 


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coi^eA-ó  niuiiuvn)  HlAgLn-óin  -oo  -oCipge  aii  tonjpuijic  AriiAit  ropnAjjAib  &  aii 
teAC  m  ■oeAcliAt'ó.  11i|\  uó  hCirticc  no  r|iecc|iA-ó  iia  rccétA-pm  ía  Sin  tlA|\Ain, 
ÚAin  no  CrccoriitA  ro  ceccoin  50  n^A'pfiAi'ó  ngnuAinoiing  njiio-ountAirii  t>o 
niA|icfiUA5  mC|i|vÓA  rinpgnij  1Í1101UIIIA15  50  |io  rtmóiugic  (x  50  |\o  rAiiiAijpcc 
111A  r|\ecfccA|\nATó  reoitchetge  irm  CViac  mtutt  C|tt)AtcA  m  |\o  bA  -oC|ib  teo 
111a^ui-ói|i  *oo  codiu]\  uia  ccenn.  AmbACA|\  aihi  cohacaco|\  ^c\ót>h  hia 
nt>ochum  con  úaca"ó  niA|tcrtuAi5  reb  |io  bA  ÍAinn  teó.  Tli|i  uó  yo|t  Amom- 
^AbAit  "oo  chóróporii  genuó  ronneit  "óó  ro|i  a  chnro  u\cc  rui  -oo  -oeAcliAró  mA 
c|iechumurcc,  acc  lonroi^eAt)  roiclnb  co  "oiAn  -OArochcAc  Athuit  rAotcom  ro 
c1iA0|ichAib  no  teoriiAn  ro  n'iAcJAmnAib  coiiia  |\a1a  oororii  fx  t)o  tlA|iAm,  Gc 
110  íjAbrAc  occ  iom|\ubAX)  A|i  oite  t>iA  ro^liAtbAib  rCini|ieAih|iA  reic|ujme  Aice 
uittennrAob|AACA  gu|i  |\o  ciieglrorAc  co  ciac1iai|\  c|\onnc|ieccAC  Acete  co 
ccondiAi|L  ro  tbeoró  Si|i  I1a|iahi  SAtent>e|i  tÁ  mATUiróin  AriiAit  bA  bér 
fo\.6o.l>.  bunAró  -óó  buAró  a  bio-óbAt)  *oo  bic  occa  m  ^Ach  Ai|\m  1n  ccoc|iAiop  r|ur 
50  rin.  "Oo  |\oc1i|\aco|\  cua  coiccC|t  "oo  <\i|teAc1iAib  (x  -oo  -ÓA^IrÓAOinib  oite 
tÁ  aoii  tAnii  cenmochÁcc  t>AO|ictAmiA  (x  "oÁorccAnplUAij.  -dóc  chCtiA  |\o 
po|\CAiiitu ja'ó  aii  cpodiAl-óe  ro|t  A11  úaca-ó  ro  tóeoix)  ^up  *bo  lieiccCn  x>o 
1l11iA5Uix)1ii|imAi5lieAn  ah  loniAiiuccooioinJAbAit  ó  ré  c|iechott  cnC^lroi^clie 
An  rnróe  (x  A|i  pteAX)  a  rotA  hia  c|ioituiiicib  c|ió  t>A|i  a  c|ieccAib  reccAi|i  A|i 

11X)1C  A1lC|\C  &,  AniA-ÓAc1lAip    A|t    pdctim    AtuiC  <X  ALL1  AclltAlh  AI5.        11l|l  L1Ó  C1A11 

x>o   choix>  íC|i  ccahi  An  caii   íia  |io  rox)Aim  x>ó  ^ah  cAi|ibtni5  x>ía  eoch  tÁ 
cAnnnettAib  (x  eneince,  7  x>o  bC|\c  a  uittinn  pAoi  r|u  rox>  rAomtige.     X)o 

|UAc1lCACA|l     ÍA|10111     |1105U|\CA     An      écCA     <X     t)0|\c1lACA    A1l     bcMp    111t)0c1lU1ll    A11 

xoAi^hpr.  conC|\bAit  ^An  pui|iec  ah  13.  1T1ai|ic. 

Oa  t)AiimA  eccAome  hi  coiccCx»  ConcobAi|i  imclleArA  uite  xucAn  DA^htbume 
t)o  Crt)A  Aim  rm,  6:  bA  t)iot  a  At)hmottcA  itteic  r|nr  ua  t)AtAib  t)oiiiAnt)A, 
1)A  ruAi|ic  re^hAmti  poC|\tAb|\AÓ,  b<\  t)ÚApmo|\  tíei^heinig  t)C|itAicceAch 
cCnnAir  CA|icAnAch  y|ii  CAi|voib  ihaca  mcheAch  p|u  HAiriroib,  rC|i  11  a  CA|it) 
c|ioitceichet)  |ua  nÚAcliAt)  110  |ua  pocliAitbe  -oía  biot>bAt)Aib  ó  |io  gt\b  a 
tAodiAnmA  gur  An  tAtce  hipm,  rC|i  ha  t>eAchAit)  a  ctiACAC  110  a  cActAc1iAi|\ 
^ah   5U111   no   niA|ib<\t)   tuime,  reA|i  |\o  iiu\|ib  &  |to  mutiAt)  t)|iechcA  t)í|\niie 

1  Was  sláin.  —  The  date  of  St.  Leger's  2  ijíh  of  March- — These  words  are  in  the 

death    is    March    4th,     1599.      Archdall's      margin. 
J'cerage,  vi.  110.  3  Warlihe-  —  O'Sullevan   makes  special 


22/ 

Maguire  had  left  the  camp  as  hc  had,  and  the  direction  iri  which  he  had  l6o°- 
gone.  The  news  was  not  responded  to  ncgligcntly  by  Sir  Warham,  for  hc 
sct  out  immediately  with  a  sour-faced,  activctroop  of  foolhardy,  odicus,  evíl- 
intcntioned1  cavalry,  and  thcy  wcre  stoppcd  and  placcd  as  a  linc  of  concealed 
watches  in  a  safc  sccurc  place  where  thcy  wcre  certain  that  Maguirc 
would  come  to  them.  Thcy  remained  thcrc  till  thcy  saw  Hugh  coming 
towards  them  as  thcy  dcsircd.  IIc  did  not  set  about  making  his  escape, 
though  they  were  seen  by  him  in  front  beforc  he  camc  up  to  them,  but 
he  attacked  them  swiftly,  fiercely,  as  a  wrolf  does  sheep  or  a  lion  bears. 
So  it  happened  to  him  and  Warham,  and  they  proceeded  to  wound 
each  other  with  their  strong,  firmly  made,  sharp-angled  darts  so  that 
they  pierced  each  other  with  great  wounds,  until  at  last  Sir  Warham 
St.  Legerwas  slain  ]  by  Maguire,  for  it  was  usual  with  him  up  to  that 
to  obtain  the  victory  over  his  enemies  whenever  they  fought  with  him. 
Five  of  the  other  leaders  and  gentlcmen  also  fell  by  his  single  hand, 
besides  the  common  soldiers  and  the  waggon-drivers.  Howevcr,  the  many 
werc  victorious  ovcr  thc  few  in  the  end,  and  it  was  nccessary  for  Maguire 
to  quit  the  place  of  battle,  for  he  was  pierced  quite  through,  owing  to 
the  dropping  and  flowing  of  his  blood  in  pools  out  from  his  wounds, 
through  want  of  strength  and  vigour  and  the  failing  of  his  activity  and 
dexterity  in  arms.  He  did  not  go  far  after  that  whcn  he  was  obliged 
to  come  down  off  his  horse  through  torpor  and  weakncss,  and  they 
took  him  in  their  arms  and  laid  him  on  the  ground.  The  rigours  of 
dissolution  and  the  darkness  of  death  came  on  the  hero  after  that,  so 
that  he  died  vcry  soon,  March  1 3th.'2 

The  loss  of  this  noblcman  who  died  then  was  a  cause  of  lamentation 
throughout  the  wholc  of  Ulstcr,  and  his  praises  wcre  vcry  grcat  on  account 
of  his  natural  qualitics.  He  was  pleasant,  stately,  frec-spoken  ;  he  was 
generous,  hospitablc,  profuse,  mild,  kindly  to  his  friends,  stern  and  agres- 
sive  to  his  enemies  ;  he  did  not  rctrcat  a  step  before  fcw  or  manv  of  his 
enemies  since  he  took  up  warlike3  arms  to  those  days,  a  man  who  did  not  go 

mention  of  his  bravery.  So  too  Moonev,  encounter,  in  manv  essential  points  difterent 
who  was  probablv  on  the  expedition.  Hist.  from  that  given  by  Irish  writers,  will  be 
Cat/i.,  p.  213.     The  English  version  of  the      fdund  in  Pac.  Hib.,  p.  39. 

2  F 


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6  cmnceAch  A]\  ecciiroceAch  t)on  Airiffine  eAchcAi]\ceineot  frnf  AmbAoi  A5 
coftiAm  &  A5  cacuja-ó  A5  inróit>fn  a  irvre  &  a  Ach.A]\t>A  co  cco]\cai]\  teó  -oon 
chtirifA.  bA  1u\]\  a  bAjiAc  íCf»  noccAin  rccét  tnA  fAijró  fUAiffec  a  mumcCn 
bub  -óem  &  mumcCn  uí  Héitt  co]\p  ah  cAonúfif  guri  no  1ia-óhaicC«  teo  é  íavi 
ccAin  1  cco]\cai^1i  co  nuAt>At>  mó]\ono]u\i5  Aiiiuit  ]\o  bAt>  -oíof. 

Sooaf  úa  lléitt  -oia  cij  &  bA  y(}\}\  t>ó  rém  &t)o  choiccCb  VJtA-oh  A]\ 
cCua  iia  •oeAcViAi-ó  ipn  cujiuf  fw  cit)  fo  -óaij  orohCt>A  ah  Aouifif  fm  *oo 
VZAV  íTni  -oon  cnl1f  Vn-  ^0  V^V  111lf  CfAm  Gc  CfAoncA  Aiiffoitt  ifm  fAiiijwvó 
Af  cnro  1u  fC]\Aib  ffionAch  eiccif  Concobc\]\  ílÚAt>  hiac  ConéobAin  ffie^uróin, 

7  t>C]\b]\ACAi]\  An  me^uróif  ifA  hecc  ]\o  iom]\ArófCm  CuconiiAchc  ócc  iiiac 
ConconAchc  nuc  ConconAchc  un  cCnnuf  iia  c]\iche.  ConcobAf  c]\a  bA  coich 
x)ó  Ai]\eAchuf  Gt  AifocCntiAf  f C]\  ffionAch  aja  aoi  nAoifi  Gc  finnfifeAccA  ciot> 
]\ia  f An  Af-óh  ffiliAjurohin  fAt>em  t>o  nochAin  An'iAit  AC]\ub]\AinAn,  Gc  An  caii 
bA  t>ort  tÁ  ConcobAf  (aii  t>a]\  LAif)  nÁ  bAoi  fjucbfnc  1111011  ccennuf  ía]\  necc 

fol.  61.  a.  ConcomiAcc  aca]\  nro  AóoIia  Af  Ann  no  ^AifmeA-ó  a  gliAifm  flAcliA  t>o  Aó*oh 
tA  'Oomnoitt  niAC   AobA   mic    ffiAj;nufA  uí  "OorimAitt  (fioj;  t)AmnA  ceneoit 

CCOHAltt)      ACATÓ     fOt>A     ]\1AfA1l      CA1lf111.         RobAt)     ttMlf  AOlteACCAHl       tAf      A1l 

ConcobA]\  TvUAtj  nen'i]\Aici  gombAtJ  tAif  cCiroAf  t>on  chuffA  Attof  a  finn- 
fi]\eAccA,  a  Aoifi,  Gc  a  oi]\bf]\cAir,  a  CA]\At)]\Aró  6:  a  chonufiAtufA  f]\i  húa 
Tléitt,  A]\  bAbfAc1iAi]\  bó  eifróe  i]\Ainn  a  hiaca]\  "0015  ]\obcA]\  tn  f  uu]\  t)i  A]\oite 
a  niAiú]\e  t)ibtiomb,  6:  ]\ob  Ct»h  An  ccCt)nA  Aomneceiii  mCnniAii  Gc  A15C11CA 
bAOi  a^  úa  1léitt  feifni  coha  coriiAiftijib  A]\  cCiia.  *Oo  corófioih  t»o  f aijtó 
uí  Héitt  t)o  chumjeAt)  fO]\tAiiiAif  a  aca]vóa.  'Oo  cofcc  "om  Cucoitoacc 
ócc  011  mut)  cCccha  Ai]\m  miboi  ó  IDomniAtt  t)ACAome  a  eccuriiAmg  fjnf. 

O  ]\aiiaicc  ConcobAf  ^uf  ah  t)ú  unboi  ó  tléitt,  ]\o  fAoibic  tic]\e  Gc  ceccA 
•oo  coJAifin  uí  *OhomtiAitt  t>ÍA  cC-ougAb  •óó  ConcobAf  ffiA^uróiri x>o  oi]voneAt> 
ipn  fftAicCf,  úai]\  ]\ob'  oiíiaii  tAif  bA]\Ainn  &  f  Cfgtumm  ha  liAfóon  Aiigton- 
t»Ai§  t>o  b]\oft>At)  ffif  munA  coniAi]\teiccCt)  AncAmgCn  lnpn  tjó  Gc  CuconAchc 
ócc  no   neAch   oite  t)iA  cenét  t)o  oi]vonéAt>  icefirouf  c]\iche  ffionAch  t>A]\A 

^Cucomac/ifOge. — Heleft  Irelandsecretly  a  dog,  is  often  prefixed  to  names  of  places  to 

in  1607,  and  provided  the  ship  in  which  the  form  names  of  persons.     Top.  Poems,  p.  56. 

Earls    and  their  families    fled    from    this  2  Relatiomhip.  —  The    Annals   F.    M., 

countrv.     He  died  of  fever  at  Genoa,  and  under  the  date  1600.  speah  of  the  death  of 

is  buried  there  in  the  Church  of  theAnnun-  Joan,    the  daughter   of   Maguire   (Cucon- 

ziata.     Flight  of  tlie  Earls,   p.   175.     Cu,  nacht,  son  of  Cuconnacht,   son  of   Brian, 


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away  from  the  place  of  fight  or  battle  without  wounding  or  ldlling  some  one,  l6o°- 
a  man  that  had  killed  and  dcfcatcd  many  parties  both  of  gentlc  and  simple 
of  foreign  racc  with  whom  hc  contcsted  and  fought  to  protcct  his  faith  and 
nativc  land  until  hc  fcll  by  them  thcn.  Thc  day  aftcr  the  news  came  his 
own  pcople  and  O'Xcill's  found  the  body  of  the  hero,  and  it  was  buried  by 
thcm  at  Cork  after  a  while  with  great  respect  and  honour,  as  was  fitting. 

O'Xcill  returned  home,  and  it  was  better  for  himself  and  for  the  pro- 
vince  of  Ulster  also  if  he  had  not  gone  on  that  expedition,  on  account  of 
the  death  of  that  one  man  who  parted  from  them  then.  Thcrc  arose  a 
great  dispute  and  disagreemcnt  in  the  following  summer  in  Fermanagh 
between  Conor  Roe,  son  of  Conor  Maguire,  and  the  brother  of  Maguire, 
whose  death  we  have  spoken  of,  Cuconnacht  Oge,1  son  of  Conconnacht,  son 
of  Conconnacht,  for  the  chieftainship  of  the  territory.  Conor  had  a  right  to 
the  dignity  and  headship  of  Fermanagh  on  account  of  his  age  and  seniority 
even  bcfore  Maguire  himself  who  fell  as  we  have  said,  and  when  it  seemed 
to  Conor  (as  he  thought)  that  therc  would  be  no  opposition  as  regards  the 
chieftainc)-  after  the  death  of  Conconnacht,  father  of  Hugh,  the  title  of  chief 
was  given  to  Hugh  by  Donnell,  son  of  Hugh,  son  of  Manus,  the  rigdamna 
of  the  Cinel  Conaill,  long  before  that  time.  The  aforcsaid  Conor  Roe 
was  quite  sure  that  the  chieftaincy  would  come  to  him  now  by  reason  of 
his  ancestry,  his  age,  his  dignity,  his  fricndship,  and  his  rclationship  2  to 
O'X^eill,  whose  cousin  he  was  by  his  mother's  side,  as  the  mothers  of  both 
were  sisters,  and  this  was  the  same  purpose  of  mind  and  thought  which 
O'Xeill  himself  had  and  his  advisers  also.  He  went  to  O'Xeill  to  ask  for 
possession  of  his  patrimony.  Cuconnacht  also  went  for  the  same  purpose 
to  where  O'Donncll  was  to  complain  of  his  powerlessness  to  him. 

When  Conor  came  where  O'Xcill  was  he  sent  letters  and  messengers 
to  ask  O'Donnell  to  allow  him  to  inaugurate  Conor  Maguire  in  the  chief- 
taincy,  for  he  was  afraid  to  rouse  the  anger  and  wrath  of  the  powerful 
war-dog  against  him  if  he  did  not.grant  his  demand  and  appointed 
Cuconnacht  Oge  or  any  one  else  of  his  tribe  to  the  chieftaincy  of  the  territory 
of  Fermanagh  contrary  to  his  prohibition.     Wbcn    the  messengcrs  came 

&c.)  and  thc  wife  of  the  Baron  O'Neill, l.í.,       mother  of  Hugh  O'Xeill  and  of  his  brother 
Ferdoragh,  son  of  Conn,  &c.     She  was  the       Cormac 


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ejvíjAinerioiii.  O  jiAn^ACA^  iia  ceAchccA  bAit  i]iAibe  úa  "OorimiAtt  111  CA]fO 
iroitt  a  ccorccA,  acc  x)o  t>eAc1iAi*ó  "oi|iim  iíia]icac  6c  c]\oicchceAÓ  "oo  noijmb 
Anunncine  mió  •oC]\b]u\cAi]\  llu-ó]\Aij;e  6c  nn  Comcon-OAÓc  ócc,  Gt  111  ]\o  1iAnAt> 
teó  50  noccAin  *ooib  gur  ah  t)ú  unbAoi  ó  íléitt  conA  niAicib  nnbe  05  c]\ut>  a 
ccoriiAi]\te  nnon  ccAin^Cn  cCoiia.  O  ]\o  cAijtbtmgr mrii  ro]iio]\tAmn  An  'oútne, 
]io  l]\b  yo\\  a  c1u\onnceccAib  oi]\iprii  hia  HAonb]\oin  Ai^hcibe  ro]i  teich 
iÍAt)1iA.  1lo  pAoroh  ó  Héitt  a  f-Am  riiumci]i  6c  a  chAi]\ipj  *oo  pA-ohu^At) 
ha  rtAcliA  '011]'  rAimcc,  7  *oiA  cochuinCb  cIiucca  "oo  ]\etA-ó  a  choiiiAi]\te  •óó 
•our  A11  cAoriirA-ó  AceAt^Có^orii  c]ua  cAon  JAomeit^  ro]\  aoh  Ai]\te  y\\\y  réiftn. 
*Oo]-  pccprii  yo  eet>oi]\,  Gb  ]iobcA]\  rubAij  rorojVbfAOitig  ceccA]\HAe  tnb  y\\\ 
A]\oite.  O  ]\o  •óeiri'ó  úa  'OoriitiAitt  1  rA]\]\Ab  1Í1  11éitt  geibi'óri'óe  ro]\ 
fol.ói./'.  ru]\]\MT0At>  7  rtnttriuJAt)  t>ó  *OorimAitt  11A  ceircA  Gt  iia  cAin^ne  ro]\- 
cAorimAjAiu  Gt  <vr  CAbAi]\c  yo]\  ai]vo  ^ac  cuccAroe  ]\o  bAoi  yoy  mCnniAm  t>ó 
nii  ]\o  bA  coniAt>Aiy  ÍAir  ci§C]\ha  t>o  JAi]\m  t>ó  ConcobA]\  fll'hAgui'óiji.  1a]\ 
mbeic  *óóyorii  yeACAt  hia  caoi  aj  coiycecc  y\\\  -pui^teAt)  ha  rtACA  uí  lléitt, 
AcbC]\c  yo  tieoit)  ha]i  bo  cot  t)ó  ci]\mt>uy  oi]\t>neAt)  Concob<M]i  ipn  cCnnur, 
t)Oij  bA  "OAom  teic  (x  t>Aon  ]\Aim  tA  ^AttAib  *Ouibtnme  Gc  tAy  ah  Amyyme 
eccA]icheneoit  110  biob  *oo  bunn  m  a^ai'ó  ^AoróeAt  An  choiccró  Gc  ua  biAt> 
ACAi]uym  A]'A  tntri  C]\1A  bióiu.  11i]\  bo  rtAii  tÁ  hÚA  Héitt  AinCnnmA  t>on 
]>]\e^]\A  hiym  t)o  bC]\c  ó  *OoiimAitt  yAi]\,  a]\  ]\o  ]>icci]\  HA]\bó  yot)Am5y]\icbC]\c 
HA  r]uccA^]\A  yyiy  mi  hacIi  cAin^Cn  yo  ccA]\t>A*ó  tAirii. 

T)o  t)eAchACA]i  nA  ytAiche  t>o  r/tC-óuJAb,  t»o  fAmot,  Gc  t>o  A1]\C^  coite  ArA 
liAicte.  Ro  ^uibigeAt)  ah  cCgh.notA  ía]\  nui]\t>,  úa  T)orimAitt  emeAÓ  m 
iondiAib  y]u   hÚA  11éitt  6c  ConcobA]\  HlA^urói]!  yoy  a  tAiiiirit>e  Gc  nAniAice 

íC]1  11A  CCeCCA  A]\  cCl1A.       5e1^1CC  nA  t>ÁltCrilA111    OCCA  yr]\10CAlteA11l1l  6c  V]lC]XAÍ 

ÍA]\rccAm.  A11  caii  c]ia  ]io  §Ab  úa  11éitt  aii  Ai]\t>ij  50  yyion  111  a  tAnri,  ibfó 
x>\t  yoy  ó  n*OoriniAitt.  ^61^1"0  ÚA'OAiimAitt  An  cuai^  a  tAiiii  aii  t>ÁiteAiiiAin 
7  ]\o  fitt  reAcliA,  t>o  bC]ic  tuAch  cuaijic  *oia  ino^iorg  reAchnón  ha  cC^bAi]'! 
nnA  ccÚAi]ic,  G:  ni  coh]:aca  CuconnAcc  ócc  ipn  C15,  6c  ó  ua  ]:aca  ]\o  ro]\con5Ai]\ 
AÍjAinm  chuccA  yo  cet>ói]i.  T)o  ]\onnAt>  yAi]\poiii  nropn  6c  ía]i  co]\]iaccahi 
•óó  ]io  C]\b  rAi]i  ruibe   yo]i  tAnri    At>C]\b]\ACA]\   1lut>h]\Ai5e  yo]\   niiot>ytiO]'  iia 

1  Castle. — In  the  margin  is  :  Dungeanain,  was  called  the  English  Maguire.  Manyof  his 

Dungannon.      This    vvas    Hugh    O'Neill's  clan  went  over  with  him.     But  that  did  not 

usual  place  of  residence.     See  p.  31,  antea.  prevent  their  lands  from  being  confiscated. 

-  Conor. — Hejoinedthe  English  laterand  O'Sullevan,  Hist.  Ca//i.,  pp.  233,  281. 


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where  O'Donnell  was  hc  did  not  dclay  the  business,  but  hc  wcnt  with  a  1600. 
body  of  horsc  and  foot  of  thc  choicest  of  his  pcoplc  together  with  his 
brother  Rury  and  Cuconnacht  Ogc,  and  they  did  not  halt  until  thcy  camc 
to  the  place  where  O'Ncill  was  with  his  chief  mcn  round  him  taking  counsel 
on  thc  samc  subjcct.  When  hc  dismountcd  at  thc  lawn  of  the  castle  x  hc 
ordcrcd  his  attcndants  to  rcmain  in  onc  close  group  apart  from  thcm. 
( )'Neill  scnt  his  people  and  his  trusty  men  to  entertain  the  prince  who  had 
come  and  to  invite  him  to  makc  lcnown  to  him  his  opinion,  to  sce  if  he 
could  succeed  in  alluring  him  craftily  to  onc  opinion  with  himsclf.  He 
came  immediatcly,  and  they  werc  merry  and  confiding  one  in  the  othcr. 
When  O'Donnell  was  scatcd  in  the  company  of  O'Ncill,  he  proceeded  to 
dcclare  and  make  known  to  O'Donncll  the  question  and  thc  busincss  as 
well  as  he  could,  and  to  set  out  distinctly  cvery  reason  which  he  had 
occurred  to  his  mind  why  it  was  right  to  give  to  Conor  Maguire  thc  title  of 
chicf.  After  listening  for  some  time  in  silcncc  to  the  statement  of  the 
Prince  O'Neill,  he  said  at  last  that  it  was  not  his  wish  at  all  to  appoint 
Conor  2  to  the  chieftaincy,  for  he  was  on  the  side  and  of  the  pai  ty  of  the 
English  of  Dublin  and  with  the  foreign  race  who  were  by  nature  opposcd 
to  thc  Irish  of  the  province,  and  he  would  not  be  a  party  to  its  subjugation 
so  long  as  he  livcd.  O'Neill's  mind  was  not  plcascd  with  the  answer 
which  O'Donnell  gave  him,  for  he  knew  it  was  not  easy  to  oppose  or  con- 
tradict  him  in  whatever  subjcct  he  sct  his  hand  to. 

The  princes  proceeded  to  fcast,  to  drink,  and  to  makc  merry  after  that. 
They  seatcd  themselves  in  thc  banqueting-hall  according  to  their  dignity, 
O'Donnell  facc  to  face  with  O'Neill,  and  Conor  Maguire  next  him.  and  thc 
chief  mcn  in  thcir  due  ordcr  also.  The  butlers  proceeded  to  attcnd  and 
serve  thcm  aftcr  a  whilc.  Meantime,  when  O'Ncill  took  the  goblct  with 
wine  in  his  hand,  he  drank  a  draught  to  O'Donnell.  O'Donnell  took  the 
cup  from  the  butler's  hand,  and  looked  aside,  and  gave  a  quick  glance  of  his 
keen  eyc  through  thc  hall  all  round.  Hc  did  not  scc  Cuconnacht  Ogc  in 
the  housc,  and  as  hc  did  not  scc  him  he  ordered  him  to  be  callcd  to  him 
immcdiatcly.  This  was  done  for  him,  and  whcn  hc  came  he  bade  him  sit 
by  the  side  of  his  brother  Rury  in  the  placc  of  honour  of  the  palacc  in  thc 


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bpuijne  nieici]\ihet)ón  a  riiumci]\e.  O  yo  'óeip'ó'  CuconnAÓc  no  íbpmli  au 
ccÚAig  co  con^Aib  hia  t>u]\n  mt)  AipCcc  pn  yAin,  Gt  t>o  ^a]\a  aii  AnniAim  &y 
TH  45111  "óin  oe  rnvó  iiuwcib  aii  coiccib  1n  coiccmt>e  5^11  cca'oucca'ó  5^11 
conu\i]\tecceA'ó  "oo  iu\c  aoii  \,<\y  A]i  moi"pcAir  A  oi]\t)nró  m  ioiia-ó  a  tjC]\b]\ACAn 
(x,  a  aca]\  -|\u\iii.  1lu^]\Ac  &y  aii  A"ÓAij  pn  pocliAróe  t)iob  50  rubAC  -ponh- 
fol.62.ar.  Cnmnucli  <x  A]\  Aitt  ]\o  riunc  111  eAn  m  aii  (x  "005^1  tpi  yo  "óei^  ah  oi]\oni-ó  ac 
]\ub]\Aino]\.  O  ]\o  jle  aii  tÁcoiiA  tAnpoitpi  A]\  a  bA|\AÓ  ciomnAip  ÚA'OoriinAitt 
ceibeAbjAA'ó  "oúa  11éitt  7  "oo  tiAniAicib  a]\  chCnA.  Gt  *oo  coCc  reipni  6c  lllA^uróin 
coiia  muinci]i  t>u\  cci^htb  comCnninAcli  móiiAigeAivcAÓ  ApA  1u\icte. 

Oc  cuvo  -rCiiA'ó  *Ouibtmne  ha  yo  cuniAtn^pCc  copiAn'i  coiccib  ÍTlCbbA  pu 
Iiúa  n"OomnAitt  iC]\  i"]\AoineA'ó  caca  aii  beLA'15  "buróe  Gc  ía]\  niAp.bA'ó  ah  §oib- 

C]\110]\A  AITlAlt    AC    CÚA-Ó0111A]\,    (x    ÍA|\    ni11'0]1A'0    TJOporil     11A    CClÍAC    ptCc  pup  111 

LuimnCcli  7  pupn    Occje  acúató  5AÓ  cah   1u\  cot  tjó,  Gc  ó  ]io  ACAompCc  ha 

1l1A]\tAt)A  bACA]\  pO]\piU\  CUACAlb  ipi11   111    IIUIlC'Ó   pnif  A1l   peAIIATJ,  ApCt)  A]1]\10c1lC 

teóp-óe  •opopcAtV  uí  *OlioiiinAitt  m  a  éi]\  a  coft'u\i]\te  ha  nÍA]\tAt)  nerii]\Aice 
ca]'cca]\  mu]\cobtAi5  mói]\  t>o  codiA]i  yoy  mui]\  uiibACA]i  pé  nnte  pCp  t)OccbAit) 
A]imcA  eroigce  ^ur  ha  liArótmb  bACA]i  coirccróe  t)óib  eici]\  buró  7  A]\m.  b^ 
tA  bAni]\i05Ain  Saxah  7  L<\p  aii  ccon'u\i]\ti  A]\  chCnA  *oo  ponnp^AncA  aii 
cobtAÓ  pn  t>o  co]\  co  liCpnn  1111  p-et  Pac]\aicc  t>o  fonnfuvó  ah  cah  uo 
lio^TOAi^eAt)  to]\t>  111oncyoy  nu\  lupcrp  oy  e-pntj.  O  -oo  pAchcACA]\  aii 
cobtAC  ]\en'i]\Aice  a  SAXAib  co  h&t  ctiAC  1  1111  -Apptt  t>o  foini]iAt),  yo  rAoróicc 
Aippróe  ía]\  ccÁm  ^up  ]\o  ■peqLpÁc  tAn'i  cti  rp  1io|i  1i6]\Cnn  aiioi]icuai-ó  rpi 
1ieocAi]umtib  c]\ic1ie  D^iCg  <±  1llit>e  aLLacoi]\  *oo  c]\iaii  C0115A1L  ctAi]u  11511  eAi§ 
nuc  1luó]\Ai5e  co  ]\iaccaca]\  dng  111  Cm^  1  lup^  Áon  tumcce  co  todi  "PeAbAit 
nuc  LooAm  co  yo  j;AbpAc  ]\o]\c  m  1mp  C05A111  nnc  Heitt  t>o  ]\odu\i]\  co  cenet 
cconAitt  ó  cdn    n'iÁi]\,    Gc   Ap    t)oib    ]\obcA]\    roiiiAinAi^ce    ah    caii    pn.      &n 

IO.     111A11     t)0     ]\1Ac1lCACA]\    A11    t>Úptt1.        O     "Oocll AJICAlg     A11      CA01]'1UC    110    blOt) 

ronfAn  mi]'  rp  tAnii  uí  'Olion'mAitt  t)o  gnér,  7  bA  yé  Annn  a  CAoipi^  An 
lonbAit)   pn    SeAAn   05   hiac   SeAAin   nnc   "Petnn   uí   T)1ioca]icai5.     X)a    cui]\ 

1  The   Earls.—i.c.,   of    Clanricarde  and  Liffey  and  the  Boyne.     Its  precise  bound- 

of  Thomond.  aries  are  not  lcnown.  See  The  B.  ofRights, 

2 Mountjoy. — He  was  Lord  Deputy  from  ^Te>ritory. — Thesouth-eastof  Antrimand 

February  24th,    1600,  to  May  2óth,   1603.  the  north-east  of  Co.  Down.     Hereitmeans 

See  Pac.  líib.,  p.  3.  the  province  of  Ulster,  of  which  Congal's 

3  Bregia. — The  plain  lying  between  the  father  Rury  was  hereditary  king. 


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middle  of  his  people.     Whcn  Cuconnacht  was  seated  he  then  drank  to  him      1600. 

thc  bowl  that  was  in  his  hand  to  thc  bottom,  and  gave  him  thc  titlc  of 
Maguire  in  prcscnce  of  thc  chief  men  of  the  province  universally,  without 
thc  permission  or  advice  of  anvone  who  did  not  like  that  hc  should  be 
appointcd  in  thc  place  of  his  brother  and  his  father  before.  Thcy  passed 
that  night  some  of  thcm  merrilv  and  pleasantly  and  others  with  sad  thoughts 
and  doubts  in  conscqucnce  of  thc  appointment  we  have  mcntioned.  When 
the  day  shone  out  with  full  light  on  the  morrow,  O'Donncll  took  lcave  of 
O'Ncill  and  his  chicf  mcn  also,  and  he  and  Maguire  with  thcir  pcoplc  wcnt 
to  thcir  homcs  glad  and  in  high  spirits. 

Whcn  the  Council  in   Dublin  saw  that  thcy  could  not  defend  the   pro- 
vincc  of  Mcadhbh  against  O'Donnell,  after  the  dcfeat  in  the  battle  of  Beal 
Atha  Buidhc  and  thc  slaving  of  the  Governor  as  we  have  said,  and  aftcr  he 
plundered  the  territorics  to  the  north   of  Limcrich  and   Slicve   Baughty 
whcncvcr  he  wished,  and  as  thc  Earls  x  who  ruled  over  thcse  districts  com- 
plained  of  their  suffcrings  to   thc  CounciL   they  came  to  the  resolution,  in 
order  to  keep  O'Donnell  in  his  own  territory,  by  the  advice  of  the  said 
Earls  to  launch  a  largc  fleet  of  ships  on  the  sea  in  which  were  six  thousand 
men,    with  arms  and  armour.    with  the  necessary    supplies  of    food    and 
weapons.     It  was  the  Oueen  of  England  and  the  Council  also  who  planncd 
to  send  this  fleet  to  Ireland  on  Patrich's  Day  exactly,  whcn  Lord  Mountjoy  * 
was  appointed  Lord  Justice  ovcr  Ireland.     Whcn  the  abovc  mentioned  ships 
came  from  England  to  Dublin  in  the  month  of  April,  they  wcre  scnt  away 
after  a  while,  and  they  sailed,  heeping  the  coast  of  Ireland  on  the  lcft,  to 
thc  north-east  by  the  shores  of  the  territory  of  Bregia3and   Mcath  to  thc 
cast  of  the  territory4  of  Congal  Claireneach,5  son  of  Rurv,  till  thcy  camc 
step  by  step,  as  the  track  of  onc  ship,  to  thc  Lough  of  Feabal,   son   of 
Lodan,  and  they  landcd  in  Inishowcn   MicXcill,  which  had  fallen  to  the 
Cincl  Conaill  long  before  and   was  subjcct  to  thcm  thcn.     On  the  ioth  of 
May  they  camc  therc.     0'Doherty  was  thc  chieftain  who  rulcd  ovcr  the 
island,  subject  to  O'Donnell  always,  and  thc  namc  of  its  chieftain    at  that 
time  was  Shane  Oge,  son  of  Shane,  son  of  Phclim   O'Dohertv  ;  hc  was  a 

5  Covgal  C/aire/icac/í.—i.c,  the  fiat-faced.     Iic  was  ardrigh  from  A.M.  5017  to  5031. 


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cacIia  A]i  CAtniACAy  eiyióe,  (x  mp  bo  yAinoityi  yoybA  oo  necc  acoc]\aó  niiA 
ciy  oia  hoaiiica  yí]\yf]\  no  coriition  oó.  Ro  b<\oi  CAiyciAtt  bf^  ha]\  uó 
mó|\  ía  Iiúa  ii*Ooca]icaij  yon  un  An  loca  m  niomóuimge  aii  cuahi  .1.  ah 
cuitriio]\.  t)A  y&y  eiyióe  ah  caii  ym  úai]\  bA  bepnmVl  yp  yoru§Aó  m  a^aió 
iiAn'iAc.  Ai]upc  ha  ^Aitt  Aninyióe  7  cuA]vc;Aibyfc  mú]\  OAin^fn  oicojtAióe 
imon  cAiyciAtt  7  yo|\A£Aibyfc  A]\  Aitt  A1111  oía  yto§.  11)0  óeACACoji  ojiont; 
íol.62. /'.  01  te  t)iob  50  ]\o  §AbyAc  111  "Oún  iia  tonj  1n  noucAi^  uí  CIiacIiahi.  *Oo 
ugtiAc  Anf]\iiio]\  cen  mocÁc  inopn  cuy  aii  *Ooi]\e  nAi]\]vof]\c  111  ]\o  bfnoAÓ  au 
CotAim  cfnoAiy  6;  aii  céte  *0e  C]\ioiiicAnn  iiiac  "petun  mic  pfyjuyA  imc 
cconAitt.  1lo  coccAibyfc  iia  5A1^  'ounctAió  t)uhó]\A  7  "OAmngeAnmui]! 
cjuaó  1111011  niAiniyci]i  7  1111011  t)AimtiA5  An  cét)nA  yecc.  *Oo  jihacc  richiri 
(x  yochuitt  CAtniAn  ir  ha  mu]\Aib  7  cui]i  c]\ooa  ÚAircib  coyyeniAiyc]\ib  7 
yo]\te]'Aib  yo]\]\A  y]\i  oiubjiAgAÓAib.  1lo  ctAióyfc  ctAyAc1iA  coriioonnne 
iiik\  ccuai]\c  mA  nui]\cimceAtt  oia  neccAi]\  Daoaiii^iii  comón  7bAhmnitte 
otcACc  iia  cui]\ce  ctocAotcA,  7  iia  cac]\ac1ia  pprpi  ccaici  ye  yooA  6:  yA0c1lA]\ 
of]\iiiAi]\  occa  noenoih.  AyA  liAicte  rm  ]\o  btoóyAc  ah  n'iAiniycf]i  Gt  ah 
oonhtiAg,  7  m  c<3>ycyAC  onoi]\  no  Ai]\ir.icm  oon  yiO]\iiAom  ^aii  AiónntteAO 
AnibÁoi  oobAi]\  ecct<vpcACA  iym  mbAite,  conoe]v£;fnyAc  cubAchtA  Gt  cooAit- 
cicclie  oiob  €t  A]\  Aitt  y]n  ppAinoiuJAÓ  nincib.  1iei11l1  'OOCUR  bA  liAinm 
00  coiyiuch  bAoi  teó.  1lioi]\e  Ai]\óf]\c  eiyróe  50  ccuAidite  6:  C]\eAbAi]\e 
con  AiiiAinyi  aicciho.     "Oa  ]\uin  Á^Iia  6:  lojvgAite. 

Oaca]\  ha  5A1^L  1Ae  yooA  11AÓ  Ay  ]\eticc  oiíiaii  uí  "OomiiAitt  ooib  cecc 
ca]\  iia  mú]\Aib  yeccAiy  acc  foli  mbf^,  6:  no  bicciy  0]\ongA  of]\niA]\A  óiob  I11 
ccAicyfiy  jacIi  noióclie  A]\  11Á  ca]\ca  Ainnmy  yo]i]iA  co  ]io  tioiiAicc  00  yofch  7 
^At]\Aib   tA  hiomchunhge   ah   iohaio   nnbACA]i  6:   tA  hetycoc  7  tA  cfy  ha 

1  Culmore. — See  Introd.,  p.  cxiv.,  antea.  considerable  body  of  English  ;  they  came 

It   has   not    been   occupied  as   a  military  ostensibly  to  aid  O'Donnell  against  Shane 

station  for  the  last  two  hundred  years,  yet  O'Neill,  but  in  reality  to  form  a  seftlement 

the  tower,  earthen  ramparts,  and  ditch  are  there.      Two  years  later,  owing  to  a  fire, 

still  in  existence.     The  original  plan  of  the  which  happened  by  accident,  and  the  ignit- 

fort  is  given  in    The  Ordnance  Memoir  of  ingoftheir  gunpowder,  many  ofthe  party 

Temfilemore,  p.  231.  lost  their  lives  ;  the  rest  took  to  their  ships. 

2 Dnnalong. —  On  the  east    side  of  the  O  Sullevan,    Hist.  Cal/i.,   p.  95,  and  Cox, 

Foyle,  five  miles  S.W.  of  Derry.     A  plan  Hib.  Angl.,\.  321. 

of  the    fort    will    be   found   Ibid.,   p.    236.  4  Criomthann. — The  name  given  to  Co- 

Hardly  a  trace  of  it  exists  now.  lumba  in  baptism.     See  p.  70,  antea. 

3  Derry. — It  had  been  taken  possession  5  Monastery. — Docwra    says    of  Derry, 

of  in  1565  by  a  Colonel  Randolph  and  a  that  '  it  was  a  place  in  the  manner  of  an 


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pillar  of  battlc  in  courage,  and  thc  subjugation  of  his  territory  was  not  an  casy  1C00. 
thing  for  any  onc  who  came  into  it,  whcn  opposcd  by  the  brave  mcn  whó 
were  in  his  service,  as  hc  would  be.  Thcrc  was  a  small  castlc  which 
0'Dohcrty  thought  littlc  of  on  thc  shore  of  the  Lough  in  thc  narrowcst  part 
of  thc  harbour,  i.e.,  Culmore.1  It  was  dcscrtcd  thcn,  for  it  was  not  safe  to 
hold  against  an  cnemy.  Thc  English  stopped  thcrc,  and  built  a  strong,  vcry 
sccure  wall  round  thc  castlc,  and  left  in  it  somc  of  their  forccs.  Anothcr 
body  of  thcm  wcnt  and  took  Dunalong,-  in  O'Rane's  country.  The 
grcater  numbcr  rcmaining  wcnt  to  the  famous  Derry,:í  which  Colum  thc 
gcntle,  the  servant  of  God,  Criomthann,4  son  of  Phelim,  son  of  Fcrgus,  son  of 
Conall,  blessed.  The  English  made  very  large  mounds  and  strong  ram- 
parts  of  earth  round  thc  monastery  and  church  flrst.  Thcy  made  passages 
and  covered  ways  of  carth  under  thc  walls  and  war-towers  upon  them  with 
windows  and  loopholes  in  them  for  shooting  from.  Thcy  dug  deep  trenches 
all  round  on  the  outside.  They  were  much  stronger  and  morc  secure  than 
thc  dwcllings  of  stone  and  mortar  and  the  castles,  in  thc  maldng  of  which 
much  time  and  great  labour  wcre  spent.  Then  they  tore  down  the  monas- 
tery  5  and  the  church,0  and  they  showed  neither  honour  nor  respect  to  the 
great  Saint,  for  they  destroyed  all  the  ecclesiastical  edifices  in  the  place, 
and  made  rooms  and  slccping  apartments  of  them,  and  used  some  of  them 
to  eat  in  them.  Hcnry  Docwra  "  was  the  name  of  thcir  commandcr.  IIc 
was  a  famous  hnight,  prudcnt  and  skilful,  with  profundity  of  hnowledge. 
He  was  a  pillar  of  battle  and  fighL 

For  a  long  time  the  English  wcrc  so  afraid  of  O'Donnell  that  they  went 
but  a  short  distance  outside  the  walls,  and  largc  bodies  of  thcm  werc  on 
thc  watch  cvery  night  lest  an  attach  might  be  madc  on  thcm,  so  that  they 
wcrc  full  of  distempcr  and  diseases,  owirig  to  the  narrowncss  of  thc  placc  in 
which  thcv  wcrc,  and  their  wants,  and  the  heat  of  thc  summer  season.     Very 

island,  comprehending  within  it  40  acres  eChurch. — Properly  a   clmrch  which   is 

of  ground,  wherein  were  the  ruins  of  an  built  of  stone.     See  Petrie's  Eccl.  Arch.  0/ 

old   abbev,   of  a   bishop's   house,    of    two  Ireland,  p.  141. 

churches,  and  at  oneofthe  ends  of  it  an  7 Docwra. — He  was  appointed  chief  com- 

olcl  castle,'  and  tliat  when  he  catne  thcre  mander  of  all  her  Majesty's  forces  of  horse 

'  he  used  the  stones  and  rubbadge  of  tlie  and  foot  assigned  for  Lough  Foyle  in  March 

old  buildings  to  fortify  and   set  up  houses  1599.     In  1621  he  was  made  Haron  of  t"ul 

to  live  in.'     Narration,  p.  238.  more.    See  Introd.,  p.  cxiv.,antea. 

2  G 


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pne  p\iii]\A<iA.  1lo  cacaiiiai]\  lotburóne  biob  ro  •óeoró  cró  ntA  pú  ]\o 
lieicc^róett^lncc  A^oCcliu  piiti.  O  ]\o  AinigheprAin  ó  *OomnAitt  iCcroiii  ro]t 
ah  AbAi]\crm  (x  AmrhcAcoigCó  Ar  ha  ]xconAib  reAccAin  ía  Iioiíiaii  &  lomrAfccCr 
•oo  nunnen  occa  aonur  no  be]\A"ó  cacaoi]\  (x  CAnctmAt  ro]\]\o  7  t>o  tenAt) 
robAit  7  b]\icdi  mbicc  tnob  -011]'  ah  p)tpcir  ro]\  ccúLa  7  aii  bp\pccbACAir  ah 
]30]\c  AinbACA]\,  coiiax)  é  Ai]\ecc  A]\|\Ainiccpoiii  -oia  ironingnujJA'ó  -oot  a]\ 
rtoicceA"ó  in  •oepxejtc  coigix)  llleAtjbA  •onroneAt)  ha  ccúacIi  bACA]\  roj\  jac 
CAob  -oon   GÓC51   7  iia  UuA-ómuiiiAn   ]v\ni]\ró.     T)eicbi]\  ón,   ]\obcA]i   iAt>    iia 

1llA]VlA'ÓA  AC]tub]\A1l1A]\  '01A]1  bo  1lACA]rÓA  A11  t)tí  ptl    (A1l'lAlb  ]\eiÍiebC]\C111A]\)   ]10f- 

yo]\congAi]\  ro]\  ah  SCiuvó  Gt  ro]\  mt)Amnioj;Am  ah  coic1iC]xa1  cnomptoi^li 
fol.  63  a.  pn  -oo  cjwAtt  6:  t>o  coca]\  cIiu^a^oiíi  -oía  porcA-ó  7  -oía  lompnneAC  mA  chí]\, 
(x  bA  1uAt>  ]\o  cliAirccét  7  ]\o  b]\Aic  0011  bAin^uo^liAUi  7  tjo  coriiAi]\te  Saxah 
ju]\  bo  benAc  7  Cfpnuf  ^ADAtA  eici]\  cenét  CotiAitt  &  Co^Iiahi  ah  cobtAÓ 
]\en"i]\Aice  t)o  coc1iA]i  50  toc  peAbliAit. 

1xo  chmnercAi]i  ó  'OoiimAitL  a  coriiAi]iLep\riitAró  t>ut  "oo  Aice  a  ecc]\Aicap 
ronpiA  1ilA]\tA-ÓAit)  ]\emepe]\ciiiA]\  7  rop\ACCAib  coCipuc  ha  hmtip  rA  •óem 
rni  liuclic  bjiumne  nA  nAtLiiiA]\Ac  (1.  ó  *Ooc1ia]icai5),  7  1  pnclnLL  p>]\]\A  ha 
ciop:Air  t)m]\Có  ha  cpce.     1lo  fA^Aib  t>An  beor  HíaLL  $&\\h  úa  *OoiimAitt  7 

AUAltt  t>ÍA  ftÓj  11TO  101lipi1t)1U   r0]\]\A  piir    A1l    11ip    AttA11U\]\   CcA]\]\A  7  cpucliA 

cét)  GntiA  mic  11éitt.  íto  foro1iC]XAi]i  a  ceccA  ]uaiíi  50  ^^oróeAtAit)  coiccró 
111eAt)bA  t)iA  ro]\Ait  |"0]\)\a  unbetc  ro]i  a  cnro  imbAite  au  IIH10CA15. 

T)on  AtrgACAn  coiuiaccai^  mte  ó  Suca  co  T)]\obAi]'  7  ó  ía]\ca]\  cí|\e 
1iAn'iAt^At)A  co  "b]teirne  uí  ÍIA5ALLA15I1  f;ombAco]i  occa  pipiAróe  ipti  mbAtte 
pn  m  ]\o  t)AtA]"CAi]i  rnui.  1ctCc  ]\obcA]\  AinCgtrÓA  •oti]'  pccCc  irm  coiceA]XAt 
1npn.  Uahucc  Ann  ó  11úai]ic  50  mb]\eirne  ConnAcc  .1.  btuAn  05  -oia]\  bo 
1iacai]a  aii  bjuAH  ]\o  honcAÓ  1  "LutroAin.    Uahhcc  aii  ó  ConcobAi]\  Sticci  j  "Oonn- 

cllAt)  1HAC  CACAtt  Ó15  ^U]'  tlA  CUACAlb  ptCc  r]\1]"  A1l  CC01]\]"ttAb  A  CUAtt)  JO   111U1]\ 

iu\  focAin,  &.  mAC  *OiC]imAt)A  llluije tui]i^  .1 .  ConcobA]i  mAc  UAróg  nnc  Cojaui 
nnc  UAit)^  50  mAione  1llAoit]\UAiu\ró  ha  fA]i]\At).  UAimcc  Atm  ó  ConcobAtjt 
11ÚA-6  .1 .  Aot)  niAC  Uot]\]\t)eAtbAi5  ]itÍAit>  tmc  UAró^  buróe  nnc  CACAit  1!ÚAit>. 
11ip  ]ieticc  An  oiiiAti  "ooiia  liÚAiptib  bAco]\  1n  comroc]iAib  ua  n^Att  cuibecc 
ipn  coichCfCAt  pn,  A]\  bA  lietccCn  t>oib],it)e  Ai]\ipom  occ  inróioCn  a  nAc1iA]\t>A 

1  C.  of  Enna. — i.e.,  the  territory    which       S\villy.     Enna  got  possession   of  it.     See 
lies    between    Lough  Foyle    and     Lough      Colgan's  Acta  SS.,  p.  370. 


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many  of  them  dicd  in  the  end  before  the  discascs  lcft  thcm.  Whcn  O'Don-  1600. 
nell  perceived  that  thcy  were-in  that  condition  and  that  thcy  did  not  go 
outsidc  the  camp  through  fear  and  apprchension,  hc  rcflccted  with  himself 
how  he  might  bring  contcmpt  and  contumcly  on  them,  and  he  made  littlc 
or  no  account  of  thcm,  in  order  that  they  would  rctirc  and  lcavc  the  camp 
in  which  they  werc.  Whcrefore  the  plan  which  hc  adopted  in  order  to 
show  his  contempt  was  to  go  on  an  expedition  to  the  southcrn  part  of  thc 
province  of  Meadhbh,  to  plunder  the  districts  on  both  sides  of  Slieve 
Baughty,  and  espccially  Thomond.  The  reason  was  because  the  Earls  of 
whom  we  have  spoken,  whose  patrimony  thcse  werc  as  wc  have  said,  had 
recommended  the  Council  and  the  Queen  that  the  grcat  force  should  set 
out  and  come  to  them  to  keep  and  retain  him  within  his  own  tcrritory,  and 
they  had  told  and  ínformcd  the  Queen  and  the  English  Council  that  there 
was  a  passage  and  a  way  of  entrance  between  the  Cinel  Conaill  and  the 
Cinel  Eoghain  for  the  above  mentioned  fieet  to  come  to  Lough  Foyle. 

O'Donnell  adopted  this  plan  of  going  to  wreak  his  enmity  on  the  Earls 
of  whom  we  have  spoken,  and  he  left  the  chief  of  the  island,  0'Doherty, 
to  confront  the  strangers  and  prepared  to  prevent  them  from  coming  to 
plunder  the  territory.  He  left  Niall  Garbh  O'Donnell  and  some  of  the 
forces  blockading  them  on  the  island  to  the  west  between  them  and  the 
cantred  of  Enna,1  son  of  Niall.  He  sent  on  his  messengers  to  the  Irish  of 
the  province  of  Meadhbh  to  order  them  to  meet  him  at  Ballymote. 

All  the  Connaughtmen  came,  from  the  Suck  to  the  Drowes  and  from 
the  west  of  Tyrawley  to  Brefny  0'Reilly,  and  they  were  waiting  for  him 
in  that  place  which  he  had  appointed  for  them.  The  chicf  of  those  who 
came  to  that  hosting  were  these.  There  came  0'Rourke  with  the  people 
of  Brefny  in  Connaught,  i.c,  Brian  Oge,  vvhose  father  Brian  had  becn  put 
to  death  in  London.  Then  came  O'Conor  Sligo,  Donough,  son  of  Cathal 
Oge,  with  the  people  north  of  Corrsliabh  as  far  as  the  opposite  sea,  and 
MacDermot  of  Moylurg,  z'.e.,  Conor,  son  of  Tadhg,  son  ofOwen,  son  of 
Tadhg,  with  the  people  of  Maelruanadh.  O'Conor  Roe  came,  i.c,  Hugh, 
son  of  Turlough  Roe,  son  of  Tadhg  Buidhe,  son  of  Cathal  Roe.  Fear  did  ■«■ 
not  allow  thc  noblcs  who  wcrc  in  the  neighbourhood  of  thc  English  to 
come  to  that  hosting,  for  it  was  necessary  for  them  to  stay  for  the  defence 


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A]t  11A  llOipjCir  ^Altt  A  CCÍ]\  X)1A  11Ó1]\       X)0  CAOC  A1111   C]\A  111AC  l1ittiAtn   biijic, 

UeAboicc  nu\c  Uacoi]\  cIuocaij  (x  cenib  -oo  ^oi-óeAtAib  t>o  b<s  "oucaií;  "opo|i 
a  lonATo  cia  no  ciorAt),  ÚAi]i  bACA]\  Afmnrin  ]uaiú  7  ah  cenél  t>iA  mbAoi  ro 
cior  t>o  éénet  cconAitt  nnc  1léitt  0110  úain  ]\o  ^AbrAcc  ha  bu]\CAií;  ro]\  foipb 
AniAtjjA-ÓA  mic  Pia6]\ac.  bA  hioin  Aip^nDe  ■ooibporii  cie  no  e]\nior  a  ccior 
*oo  'OliorimAitt,  7  m  bA  coi]\  1011511^-0  t>e  -0015  bA  b]\Ac1iAi]i  t>o  ConAtt  niAC 
Héitt  An  d  An'iAt^A-ó  hiac  £iac]\ac  7  ]\o  bA  coiiiAtcA  beór,  A]i  bA  he  "Pia6]\a 
niAC  CacItóac  llluigihe-óom  ]\on  oit  aii  ci  ConAitt. 

UA]\cctAincA  tnn  Aftot^LA  1iúa  n'OoinnAitt  1  mí  1un  00  fonnA*ó  co  iroiccrfc 
•oa]\  SAiriAoi]\  rpuclimAigpijí;  ca]\  *0]\obAoir  ca]\  "Outb  7  cA]\fAn  Sti^eAc  50 
]\Aincc  50  bAite  An  111ocai  j,  Ainm  nnbACA]\  ConnAccAi 5  oca  rupnAróe.  1lo 
chmj  íC]\ccaiii  coha  fto^Aib  t>on  Co]\Ann,  c]ie  111  aj  A01  ait  pnbeiroAií;,  -oo 
ctomn  ContnnAij,  c]\ia  cjucli  1llAme  nuc  Cac-óac1i  7  c]ua  o]\tA]\  ctomne 
11iocai]vo  5A11  cac  5AH  cumn]xto,  5x11  511111  *oume  clun^e  ua  úai*ó  au 
ai]\Cc  nti,  'Oo  §Ab  oi]uporii  m  k\]\ca]\  ctomne  1Iiocai]\-o  m  oipecc 
IxeniAmn  1111  c]\ac1i  nonA  *oía  rAchAinn,  7  bA  lieiri-óe  aii  Sacajui  ]\ía  ryéit 
Coin  bAOi  ro]\  ah  ihai]\c  a]\  ccnro.  IIahhcc  ]\AbAt>  7  ]ierii]>ior  ]\Chi]da  1 
ccÚA-ómuiiiAin,  acc  a]\a  aoi  bA  •0015  teó  ua  cAi]\niciAf\vó  úa  *OoiimAitt  Apn 
111  ai 5111  1n  ccAfíur-Aift  50  niA'OAm  -oia  tÚAin.  1li]\  bó  heA*opn  *oo  **toinnerirh 
icci]\,  acc  fi^je  ]ua  muic1róf*ooit  niAitme  *oía  -0011111^15,  ía]\  nerpceAÓc 
oiV]\mn  *oó]-orii  (x  -ooua  niAicib  bACA]\  uia  ]>a]\]\a-ó,  ]\o  a^iia  ía]\oiíi  coiia  ^toj 
t)oi]\eAcbc  ReiiiAinn  ca]\  ]'tiAb  neccji  nijuie  U]trcocAi  5  nnc  Uituie  t>o  cenét 
Aót)A  t>o  cenét  "OungAite  7  t>o  ctomn  Cuiten  úac1icai]\  50  ]v\mic  ca]\  rou- 
ijur  rÍAN  ]ua  mit>riieAt)ón  tÁoi  t>ÍA  "OorimAtg  coiia-ó  Aim  ]\o  JAbjtAc  Ai]U]-iorii  *oon 
cAob  ciA]icÚAit)  t>o  ctuAin  Ixah'iacca  7  *omir.     llo  toi]xceAt>  (x  ]\o  hoi]\cceAt> 


1  The  Burhcs. — An  account  of  the  manner  him  extended  southwards  from  Clontuskert, 
in  which  this  tribe  '  came  over '  the  Barretts  near  Lanesborough,  to  the  borders  of  Clare, 
in  Tirawley,  which  belonged  originally  to  and  westwards  from  Athlone  to  Athenry. 
íhe  Lynotts,  will  be  found  in  The  Tribes,  See  Tribes,  &J'c.,  of  Hy  Many,p.  2. 

&sc,  of  Hy  Fiachrach,  p.  339.  4  Fcast. — i.c,  of  his  nativity,  June  24th. 

2  Cousin. — Eochaidh  M.  was  the  father  5  C  Dunghaile.  —  The  tribe-name  of 
of  Fiachra  (a  quo  the  Hy  Fiachrach),  and  the  0'Gradys.  Their  territory  in  later 
Niall  of  the  Nine  Hostages.  The  children  times  comprised  the  parishes  of  Tom- 
of  Fiachra  and  Niall,  i.e.,  Amalgadh  and  graney,  Moyno,  Iniscealtra,  and  Clonrigh. 
Conall,  would  be  cousins-german.  See  e  Glancullen. — This  name  is  not  given  in 
the  pedigree  Ibid.,  p.  477.  the  Ordnance  Survey  list  of  townlands. 

3  Maine. — He  lived  about  the  middle  of  7  Fcrgus. — This  river  rises  to  the  west 
the  4th  ccntury.    The  territory  named  from  of  Corofin,  and  flowing  through  lakes  Inchi- 


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of  thcir  tci'ritory,  lcst  thc  English  might  lay  wastc  their  lands  in  thcir  1600. 
abscnce.  Thcrc  camc  also  Mac  William  Burkc,  Thcobald,  son  of  Waltcr 
Ciotach,  and  though  hc  was  not  of  the  Irish,  it  was  thc  duty  of  thc  chicf 
of  the  district  to  come,  for  his  ancestors  and  thc  family  to  which  hc 
belongcd  were  undcr  tributc  to  the  Cinel  Conaill  Mic  Neill  from  the  time 
the  Burkes  x  came  to  the  territory  of  Amalgadh,  son  of  Fiachra.  Some 
of  thcse  paid  a  tribute  to  O'Donncll,  and  wc  should  not  wondcr  thcrcat, 
for  Amalgadh,  son  of  Fiachra,  was  thc  cousin2  of  Conall,  son  of  Niall, 
and  his  foster-brother  bcsidcs,  for  it  was  Fiachra,  son  of  Eochaidh 
Muighmheadhoin,  who  fostered  Conall. 

His  troops  were  gathercd  togethcr  by  O'Donnell  in  thc  month  of  June 
preciscly,  and  they  crossed  the  Saimer,  a  stream  abounding  in  salmon, 
the  Drowcs,  the  Dubh,  and  the  Sligeach,  until  they  came  to  Ballymotc, 
where  the  men  of  Connaught  were  waiting  for  him.  Aftcr  a  whilc  hc  wcnt 
with  his  forces  by  Corann,  through  Magh  Aoi  Findbendaigh,  through 
Clan  Conway,  through  the  territory  of  Maine,3  son  of  Eochaidh,  and 
through  the  plains  of  Clanricarde,  without  fight  or  conflict,  without 
wounding  any  one  or  any  one  being  wounded  by  him  during  that  time.  I  Ic 
madc  a  halt  in  western  Clanricarde  in  Oirecht  Redmond  on  the  evening 
of  Saturday,  and  this  was  the  Saturday  before  the  feast  4  of  John,  which 
was  on  the  following  Tuesday.  Report  and  warning  went  before  him  to 
Thomond,  but  they  thought  O'Donnell  would  not  leave  the  place  where 
he  had  stopped  until  Monday  morning.  This  was  not  what  he  did  at  all, 
but  he  rose  before  the  early  dawn  of  the  morning  of  Sunday,  and  after 
hearing  Mass  himself  and  the  chiefs  who  were  with  him,  he  marched  with 
his  troops  by  Oirecht  Redmond  to  the  mountain  of  Baughty  the  daughtcr 
of  Urscotach,  son  of  Tinne,  of  the  Cinel  Aodha.  by  Cinel  Dunghaile,5  and  by 
upper  Glancullen,  until  he  crossed  the  Fergus "  westwards  before  mid-day 
on  Sunday,  so  that  they  made  no  halt  on  the  north-wcstern  side  of  Clon- 
road  8  and  Ennis.     Ennis  was  burned  and  preyed  entirely  and  made  bare 

quin  and  Aledaun,   passes  by  Ennis  and  ciscan  Order  by  the    O'Brien    familv   and 

Clare  Castle,  and  falls   into  the  Shannon  transferred  to  the  Observantines  in    1540. 

by   a   broad   estuary    fifteen   miles  below  Sec  Annals  F.  M '.,  v.    1455.     Thc  church 

Limerick.  and  a  part  of  the  monastery  are  still  stand- 

8  Clonroad.—  lí  was  erected  for  the  Fran-  ing.     It  is  half  a  mile  S.  of  Ennis. 


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1mr  co  "Lei]A  (x  co  toniA]\t)A  tÁr  An  ptoj  cen  mochÁ  aii  niAnnrcCp  iu  mÁ 
■oia  ]\o  CjiruA^Aiji  úa  "OoriuiAitt  coniAi]\ce  (x  CAfaur  t>o  cAbAi]\c  1110  onoin  aii 
coiriioe-ó.  IDa  liAnn  -oo  nAÍA  "o1a]\Ía  UuAfariiuriiAn  COonncliAt»  niAC  ConcobAi]\ 
uí  b]\iAin  agCpiiA  a  UuA"óriiuriiAn)  beicli  irm  lonAnnm  pn.  *Oo  tVeAchAit) 
úa  "OorimAtt  coiia  rtógAifa  ipn  cquch  1  cctÚAin  Uau'iacca  Coh  mbCg  aLU\ 
cíaji  ■01111^  con  úaca-ó  ftoij  mA  rrAupAt)  nAn  bAc  tu\  otccÁo  "OA  cét)  tAoch  A 
tíon.  Oc  c1iÚAtA]"orii  mon.jjAti  ah  riiójvptoij  (x  rCpodn  ha  pocAifae  (x  c]\Cc1iaii 
iia  cc]\ombuiT)Cn  (x  ro;5A]\co]unAn  An  tuAchtAmAij  a  gunnAt)  ^tAnAittne 
^C]\]ia"óa]icac1ia  reAchnón  a  ci]\e  uia  cimcheAtt,  7  ha  roptoipcce  ro]\]\éite 
yoi]\tCc1niA  -|\o  tCc  m  ^ac  Ai]\t)  7  111  5AÓ  Ai]\ceAnn  m a  uncAcriiAnj; 
íol.  64.«  ua  ]\o  cburiiAinj  "OAnAcot  no  ■omroCgAit,  bA  pCoh  t)0  ]\ome  a]xciiaiíi  con 
ÚACA-ó  bui-óne  co  Inonpoit^i'óe  t<x  1io]\  ah  pop^Air  rÍAji  cecb  nt)í]\eAch  peb 
A]-  inmtte  roj\  caoiíiiiaccai]i  co  ]\auiicc  gur  ah  cctÁ]\.  Oa  "oía  bAitcifa- 
tongpuijvcpoiii  aii  bAite  ipn,  6:  bA  ,oc>mj)Cn  -oicogtAróe  eip-óe  ce  m  bCicrioiú 
cur  aii  tion  ]\o  bAoi  occa  inrói"ofn. 

lómcurA  uí  'OlioiiiiiAitt  ó  ]iAinícc  co  himr  ]\o  teicc  rccAoiteAt»  t>A 
]^euiieAtcAifa  1111011  cí]\  mA  c1iunc1ieAtt.  Ay  rAirvpnj  popteAcliAn  ai]\cccac 
lonnpoijceAc  ]\o  pccAoitrCc  iia  mCp-opongA  mC]\A  mCnmnucliA  rm  ó  a]\  oite, 
A]\   ]\o    cuA]\CAijeAX>    (x   ]\o    C]\eAÓtoi]xceA'ó   teó    ]\ía   noi"óc1ie   ocÁ    C]\Aig    uí 

ClO]TOufaA111     111     10c1lCA]\    UA     C01CC]\1c1ie    1CC]\10c1lA    cét>  11A  110ltél1     CO    CAc1lA1]\ 

111u]\c1iAt)A  1n  co]\ca  bAircmn  íajicIiajiai^  50  tmjiur  dntte  111ui]\e  6:  Cv\c]\ac1i 
Htnr  6:  aii  niAJA  uit)  mfa  b]\ACAin  co  tuinup  bAite  Com  gofaAim  hi  cÓ]\ca 
mot)]\ÚAt)  6:  boichi  Héitt  hi  cenét  pC]\niAic.  1lob  iomt>A  c]\a  "OAOcliAm 
■oAJoume  uÁfAit  no  agCpiA  cí]\e  t»o  c]\ecc1iAifa  (x  t>o  chCch]\Aifa  6;  *oa  jac 
C]\nt>Ait  ét)ÁtA  aj  buróin  cCch]\Ai]\  110  chuicci]\  t)o  mumci]\  uí  "Ohoiiinoitt  hi 
cumróe  cui]\  110  cuim,  cAi]\;gi  110  coittit)  1  cuAt)riiuiii<\n  An  oírjce  pn,  A|\  ]\ob 
eijCn  tioifa  AippeAiii  m  jac  niAijm  a  ccA]\up\i]\  c<\]\a]vóo]\ca  U]\co]\Mg  iia 
hoiface  iacc. 

^AVJAir  Ó  *Olloril11Altt  t0115]b0]\C  A1l  At)A15]mi  rO]\  b]\Ú  An   ^OngAir  AtlAClÁn 

1  Monastery. — It  was  erected  for  the  sanie  3  C.  Rerrivan. — A  townland  in  the  parish 
Order  by  Donough    Cairbreach    O'Brien,  of  Cloondagad,  8  miles  S.  ofEnnis. 
about  1240.     The  church  is  still  standing.  lIslands. — A  barony  in  Co.  Clare,  S.W. 
See  Archdall's  Monasticon,  p.  44.  of  Ennis. 

2  Clare. — A  villa^e  on  the  Fergus,  one  5  C.  Murphy. — A  townland  in  the  parish 
mile  S.  of  Ennis.  Thecastle  was  built  by  of  Kilmihil,  containingacyclopean  fort  in  a 
Donough  Cairbreach  O'Brien.  ruinous  state. 


241 

by  thc  army  all  but  thc  monastcr}',1  for  O'Donnell  ordered  protcction  and  in-  1600. 
dulgence  to  be  givcn  to  it  in  honour  of  thc  Lord.  It  happened  that  thc  Earl 
of  Thomond,  Donough,  son  of  Conor  O'Brien,  lord  of  Thomond,  was  with  a 
small  force  of  not  morc  than  two  hundrcd  in  numbcr  in  the  territory  at 
Clonroad,  a  short  distance  to  the  west  of  Ennis,  at  the  same  time  that 
O'Donnell  and  his  force  camc  there.  When  hc  heard  thc  roaring  of  the 
great  army  and  the  shouts  of  the  soldiers  and  the  noise  of  the  large  body 
and  thc  loud  report  of  the  quiclc-firing  of  their  bright,  sharp-sighted  guns 
thoughout  their  territory  all  about  him,  and  the  bright,  wide-spread  íires 
which  cxtended  in  evcry  quarter  and  on  every  border  all  round,  which  hc 
could  not  defend  or  protect,  what  he  did  was  to  march  with  a  small  body 
of  troops  secretly  by  the  bank  of  the  Fergus  duc  west  as  securely  as  he 
could  till  he  came  to  Clare.2  That  place  was  one  of  his  fortresses,  and  it 
was  strong,  difficult  to  take,  even  if  he  had  not  the  number  with  him  for  its 
defence  which  he  had. 

As  for  O'Donnell,  when  he  had  reached  Ennis,  he  sent  off  his  marauding 
parties  immediately  to  spread  themselves  in  the  surrounding  territory.  Far 
and  wide,  violently,  aggressively,  these  active,  joyous  bodies  of  men 
separated  from  each  other,  for  they  traversed  and  plundcrcd  before  night 
from  Craggykerrivan,3  in  the  lower  part  of  the  territory  in  the  cantred  of 
Islands,4  to  Cahir  Murphy  5  in  west  Corcobaiscin,6  to  the  gate  of  Kilmurry," 
and  Caher  Ross,8  and  theplain  of  Hybrickan,  to  the  gate  of  Smithstown  in 
Corcomroe,  and  Bohneill 9  in  Cinel  Fermaic.  There  was  many  a  feast  of 
gentlemcn,  noblemen,  and  lords  of  territories  made  óf  the  prey  and  cattle 
and  of  every  sort  of  spoil,  in  companies  of  four  or  five  of  O'Donnell's 
pcople  under  the  shelter  of  a  precipice  or  bush,  of  a  rock  or  wood  in  Thomond 
that  night,  for  it  was  necessary  for  them  to  stop  in  every  place  whcn  the 
darkness  in  the  beginning  of  the  night  overtook  them. 

O'Donnell  encamped  that  night  on  the  bank  of  the  Fergus  to  the  west 

0  Corcobaiscin. — This  territory  forms  the  7 Kilmurry. — Five   miles  S.  of  Milltown 

south-v/est  of  Co.  Clare,     The  O'Gormans,  Malbay.  The  ancientchurchisstillstanding. 

when  driven  from  Leinster  by  the  Anglo-  8  Caher  Ross. —  A  townland  in  the  parish 

Normans,  settled  in  the  northern  part  of  it.  of  Kilmurry,  containing  a  ruined  castle. 

Later  the  MacMahons  became  its  chiefs.  9  Bohncill.—h.    townhmd     in    the  parish 

See   The  Book  of  Rights,  p.  48.  of  Rath. 


242 

•oo  cttu\in  ívaiiio'oa.  b^  tnmÁfUf  Ai]vóei]\c  eifi-óe,  €b  bAhiOfCAt)  rÍAcViA  *oon 
cí  no  biot)  1n  cCmiAcc  UACfiche.  -úcjia^ac  Ati  ftog  ("01A  tuAin  au  cfAinpeA'ó) 
co  ro]\.vó  lonniAtt  AfA  bpupAttbocliAib  Gt  A]\\  mbetfCAcliAib,  7  gAbAicc  occ 
AfgiiAiii  ua  conAi]\e  ca]\  fí  A]\cA]\f  iia  UA  cuA*óniuniAn  fAifcuAfó  jac  iroí]\ech, 
•ooi]\cf]\  ó  cco]\iiiaic  "ou]\tA]\  cenét  fC]\niAic  €fc  "oon  Ooifiiro  b]\eACAtbAig  50 
]\au^aca]\  1u  ftnne'ó  nétt  nonA  co  niAinifOf  co]\ca  1VIoc>]\úa*ó  Gt  co  ca]\cai]\ 
ha  cctei]\eAcb.  *Oo  bACAf  au  ]\obcA]\  oeAice  oía  fto^Aib  ca]\  An  cliAomtAoi 
hifin  Ag  cií]\  7  a^  cAi]xceAt  jac  c\]\e  hia  comcheAtt  coua  ]\o  fA^Aibf  Cc 
fol  64. b.   iouacocc  iia  Aicc]\eb   ]\ob   ionn'iAoi'óim1i   ^au   tofccA'ó  ^au  tei]vpc]uof  ipji  tó 

cfcUA.       .vXcpA^hACC  11A  ftoij  111   U]\CO]1AC  tÁ01   "OÍA  111A1]\C.        *Oo   COIftlUC  íC]\01l'l 

coha  n^Ab^tAib  60  coha  cc]\eAc1iAib  téo  -oo  f  Atgró  ua  ca]\c]\ac,  (x  gef  uó 
c]\om  a  ccoichnn,  (x  gep  bo  hionniAtt  nro  nncecc  tA  1iAit)bte  a  mninte  (x 
a  cc]\eAchj;AbAt,  ]\o  fA^AibfCc  beitge  bCpncAippp'óe  ua  bAiiboi]\ne  oa]\  Atiéif. 

0  ]\aiiccaca]\  mCiroAccA  niAi^hpei'óe  mCópAi'óe  ]\o  JAbfAC  foff  A]\  Cnoc  An 
§C]i]\Ain  bAHi  eici]\  citt  cot^Aii  (x  ^ittnii. 

1lo  eicifóetighfCc  Aii^AbAtA  r]\i  A]\oiteÍA]iccAin  co  no  feAtbAij;  j;ac  "opong 
|*o  teich  tnob  AfAiiroifte  *oo  bÚA]i  Ambio'óbA'ó  "oinmte  6c  "ocoAit  AiieccpAt), 
Gt  ]\o   í;AbfAc  a]\  a  bA]\Ac   a^   T)io]\^AX)   6:  a^  T)tuiciomAin    a  cooa  c]\eiche 

1  fcoftigcib  fCnchoicci-ó  Spdnj;  nnc  SCnJAinn.  1li]\  uó  fot)A  ah  ]\eun 
]\ucc]*ac  ipn  tó  pn  A]\  ]\opcA]\  fcícij  ía]\  ha  mo]\pAocA]i  occ  cochc  cjúa 
betgib  betchum^Aib  ha  boi]\ne,  Gc  m  mó  ]io  pfAitrofCcc  no  ]\o  chuitfCcc 
ifAniie  m  aoIiaií;  ]uah'i,  a]\  bA  *oóij  teó  co  caocfA'ó  lA]\tA  Uu<YÓihuriiAn  co 
tbon  a  muinci]u  niA  tCmiiAin  7  uia  tu]ig  -oia  bfobAi]\c  if  ua  coiiAijub 
cuA]\cun'i5Aib  c]UAf  ]\o  chmgf  Cc  cen  co  cco]\]iacc  icci]\.  ^a^aicc  tonj;po]\c 
1  comfocfAib   -ooib  aii  a-óai^   fin,  ó  ]io  tAifCc  au  oiíiaii  -oiob.     11i  -óeip^CnfCc 

flAtlboÚA     11A1C     f01]\51leAlÍlA     tA     cCf     11A    f11ie     fAll'lfACA,     ACC    ]\0     1lA"ÓAnnA1CC 

b]ieoicCmci  biiAiitAfAmnA  teó,  Gc  ]\o  ^AbfAc  a  tucc  fpCfCAit  7  f]\ioc1iAtn'iA,  a 
f Cfchoicci  7  a  rrefchigifi,  a  natte  7  a  iia]\a-óa  &§  combAÓ  7  a$  combuAtA-ó 
05  cofccAi]ic  7  Ag  cnAim^CppCt)  buAiji  a  rnbio*ób<VQ  oup^nAiiih  a  ppAuroe 
•01  a  HAi]\eACAib  7  -01  a  nA]iouAiftib  co  ]io  cocAicfCc  a  ffefoichCcc  Gc 
concuitf Cc  1  rAin'ie  AfCiroA-ó  ó  ]\o  t<MfCc  a  mmecctA  xnob.      AchpAchcAcop 

A11   ftog  AfA  fUA11CA1]\C111l    COCAtcA  1f11l    CA1Í1A01]\,  7  C1AJA1CC  1l1   CeAIUI   Cfet)A  7 

1  Castle.  —  It  stood  at  a  short  distance  to  2  Srengan. — Oneof  the  chiefs  who  led  thc 

thc  north-east  of  the  monastery.  Firbolg  cdony  to  Ireland.    Ogygia,  p.  145. 


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ofClonroad,  This  was  a  famous  castle  *  and  princcly  abodc  bclonging  to  i6cn. 
him  who  hcld  thc  chicftaincy  of  the  country.  Thc  host  rose  up  (on 
Monday  cxactly)  stcadily,  slowly  from  thcir  tents  and  huts,  and  they 
procecded  to  travcl  over  the  road  diagonally  across  Thomond  in  a  north- 
eastcrly  direction  cxactly  through  the  east  of  Hy  Cormaic  and  the  plain  of 
Cinel  Fermaic  and  the  spcckled-hilled  Burrcn,  till  thcy  came  at  the  end 
of  thc  evening  to  the  monastcry  of  Corcomroe  and  to  Carcair  na  cclereach. 
Those  of  the  forccs  who  were  unoccupied  throughout  thc  day  wcre 
traversing  and  preying  every  place  all  round,  so  that  they  did  not  lcave 
a  habitation  or  dwelling  that  was  important  without  being  burned  and 
destrovcd  completely  that  day.  Early  on  Tuesday  thcy  wcnt  with 
their  spoils  and  preys  towards  Carcair,  and  though  thcir  march  was  severe 
and  their  pace  slow,  owing  to  the  quantity  of  cattlc  and  plundcr,  thcy  left 
the  rocky  passes  of  white  Burren  behind.  When  they  camc  to  the 
dwellings  of  the  smooth  plain  of  Maree,  they  rested  at  Knockangcrrain- 
bane,  bctwcen  Kilcolgan  and  Galway. 

They  divided  the  spoil  between  them  after  that,  so  that  each  body  had 
its  own  share  of  the  enemy's  cattle,  íiocks,  and  booty,  and  they  proceedcd 
the  next  day  to  guide  and  drive  their  portion  of  the  prey  along  the  roads 
of  the  ancient  province  of  Sreng,  son  of  Srengan.2  The  journey  they  made 
on  that  day  was  not  long,  for  they  were  tired  after  the  great  toil  in  coming 
through  the  crookcd  roads  of  Burren  ;  neither  had  they  eaten  or  slept 
during  the  course  of  the  preceding  night,  for  they  thought  the  Earl  of 
Thomond  would  come  with  all  his  forces  in  pursuit  of  thcm  and  on 
their  track  to  attack  them,  on  the  crooked,  narrow  roads  by  which  thcy 
marchcd,  though  he  did  not  come  at  all.  They  made  their  encampment 
in  thc  neighbourhood  that  night,  since  they  had  banished  thcir  fear. 
They  made  neithcr  huts  nor  buildings,  owing  to  the  heat  of  the  summer 
weathcr,  but  they  lighted  strong,  flaming  fires,  and  their  attendants  and 
servers,  their  cooks  and  pcople  of  the  household,  their  servants  and  their 
soldicrs  set  to  and  fell  to  slaughter  and  hew  the  bones  of  the  enemy's 
cattle  in  order  to  prepare  their  dinncr  for  their  chiefs  and  their  nobles,  till 
they  were  satisfied  and  had  feasted  and  slept  calmly,  as  they  had  set  aside 
their  fear.     The  army   rose  up   from  the   refreshing  rest  oí  sleep  at  thc 

2  H 


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nnceccA.  Uo  coiiiAi]\teicc  ó  "OoriniAitt  *oo  111ac  tlittiAm  coha  mumci]\  7 
■oon  tucc  "oor  rAimcc  a  hiAf\cA]\  An  coicci'ó  ro  a  coJAinm  roAt>  -oia  ca^ib. 
fol.  65.  a.  *Oo  tei^e  rCifin  fAif  cec  iroífeAch  if  ha  conAi]\ib  coiccdmA  50  fAnAic  ]\ia 
nt>eoi-ó  tÁoi  co  ConmAicne  chuite  coIai§  m  eici]\riiC-óón  ah  £0151-0.  ^AbAif 
tongfjofc  1nruit>iu  An  A-ÓAig  rm,  6:  Ai]Uficc  Ann  50  A]\  AbAfAÓ.  1\o  fOfóon^Aif 
ÍAforii  ó  "OoriinAitt  ron  a  mumci]\  An  mmte  c]\eiche  a  mbu  7  a  ccCc]\a  7  aii 

COAtA  A]\  cCnA  "00  te'i^Cll  UATÓlb  "01A  CCI^lb,  A11  ^lottAnnAlt)  7  An   AOr  t>1A1]\111  (x 

^oncA  7  A]\Aitt  "01  a  fto^  t>o  teicceAt)  teó.     *Oo  iCjaicc  gAn  fUi]\eAÓ  reb  ]\o 
1iC]\bAt>  rniú. 

Con]\A\]\teicc  t)ÚA  1\ÚAi]\c  conA  iíiuinci]\  ctnt>ecc  *oia  cajib  AniAit  cac. 
T)o  jiaCja  úa  "OorimAítt  coicc  cét>  tAoc  50  reAfccAic  hia]\cac  t>o  ]\oijmb 
Artoij,  7|\o  Cnb  fO]\]\A  Ai]\ifiorii  hia  fochAif  but>t>em,  50  mbACA]\  A5  curiifAim 
7  occ  te^eAt)  a  rcífi  irm  tonjponc  co  1iía]\  mCóón  tÁoi.  toco]\  Aff  AfA 
liAicte  (x  ^AbAicc  c]\efAii  ccoigeAt)  f  Aijvóff  co  t>iAn  t>einnmet)eAC  &  co 
cAoicoicCnAc  t>o  tó  (x  'oa-óaij  50  ]\auccaca]\  co  toch  Riac  m  t>o]\btuf  nA 
mATone  muicbe  A]\  a  bA]\Ach.  0a  heifit>e  ponc  Ai]\eAc1iAir  (x  iorcA-0  rtAcliA 
lA]\tA  ctomne  1liocAi]\t>.  T)o  teiccCc  a  fccdriieAtcA  co  f^AoitceAc  t>A  cech 
teich  t)iob  t>int>]\eAt>  ha  cnicche.  *Oo  loiiAtAC  AinbAoi  t>o  c]\ut>  (x  t>o 
cCc]\Aib  mA  comf-ocnAib,  fx,  t>o  bCfCfAC  teó  co  hAoniiiAipn  combACA]\  a 
rrotA]\cnAit>  rni  AmomtÚAt)  <x  f|\i  AnioniAm  teó. 

UiAJAicc  ]\eiimb  ÍA]\cAm  c]\erAn  ccoicceAt)  rAi]\chÚAit>  ^u]\  ^AbrAc  ton^- 
po]\c  mn  imeAt  An  cí]\e  rnir  An  Suca  AiroeAf  At^Aig  au  *OorimAi5  t)o  fun]\At). 
Ai]\ific  Amnritie  co  mACAin  au  tuAin.  *Oo  coriitAc  Af  ía]\  ccaiu  ca]\  Ach  L1A5 
rrmt)  ro]\rAn  Suca,  7  c]\e  mA§  nAoi  nuc  AttgubA  50  fAngACAf  ^ur  ah 
sC^liAif  1111  c]\AcnónA.  ^AbAicc  ropr  r]\if  au  AbAmn  a  cuató  An  a-oIiai^  rin. 
*00  COtíltACC  A]\  A  bA]\Ach  CA]\  C01]\]\ftl Ab  11A  sC^hfA,  7  cniAfAn  cco]\Ann  co 
bAite  An  tnhocAig,  conAt)  Aiffvóe  ]\o  rcAoitrCc  nA  niAici  -oia  nt>úmib  fx 
t>iA  ccijip  coua  et)AtAib  iomt)Aib. 

íol.  65.Í.  *Oo  ]\etícC  Ó  *OorimAltt  fCÍf  t)ÍA  ArnfAlb    €b   t)ÍA   AOf    CUA]\A]XAlt    ó  1ut  co 

Sepcemben,  50  ]\uf  cochui]\  cIiucca  t>o  ]ut>ifi  t>uf  au  ccet>Ai]\r Ct)  boC^At  ro]\ 

1  C.  Cuile  Tolaigh.—^ow  the  barony  of  2  Loughrea. — The  name  of  a  barony  and 

Kilmaine,  Co.  Mayo.    It  has  its  name  from  town  in  the  Co.  Galway,  12  miles  south-east 

Conmhac,    son  of  Fergus  and    Meadhbh,  of  Athenry. 

from  whom  the  inhabitants  were  said  to  be  3  Aoi—  On  the  origin  of  this  name  see 

descended.      The  Book  of  Rights,\>.  100.  CCurry  s  Manners,  &C,  ii.  11. 


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brcak  ofday  and  went  on  their  road  and  journey.  O'Donnell  allowed  1600. 
Mac  VVilliam  and  the  pcople  and  forces  who  had  come  from  the  western 
part  of  thc  province  at  his  call  to  go  to  their  homes. '  Ile  set  out  himsclf 
due  castwards  by  the  ordinary  roads  until  he  came  before  thc  end  of 
thc  day  to  Conmaicne  Cuile  Tolaigh,1  in  the  middle  of  the  provincc. 
IIc  cncampcd  thcre  that  night,  and  they  halted  there  till  the  next  day. 
O'Donnell  thcn  ordcred  his  people  to  send  away  to  their  homes  their  prey 
ofcattlc  and  sheep  and  the  bootyalso,  and  to  let  the  servants  and  unarmed 
peoplc  and  the  woundcd  and  others  of  the  army  go  with  them.  They 
went  oft"  without  delay  as  they  were  ordered. 

He  allowed  O'Rourlce  and  his  people  to  go  home  like  the  others. 
O'Donnell  chose  five  hundred  soldicrs,  with  sixty  horsemen  of  the  choicest 
of  his  army,  and  ordered  them  to  remain  with  himself,  that  they  might 
rest  and  get  rid  of  their  fatigue  in  the  camp  till  after  mid-day.  They 
marched  away  after  that  and  proceeded  through  the  province  south- 
eastwards  vigorously,  actively,  silently,  by  day  and  by  night,  until  they 
came  to  Loughrea  2  in  the  twilight  of  the  early  morning  next  day.  This 
was  the  chief  residence  and  princely  abode  of  the  Earl  of  Clanricarde. 
They  sent  out  their  marauders  scattered  in  every  direction  to  prey  the 
territory.  They  gathered  together  all  the  herds  and  flocks  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood  and  took  them  to  one  place,  so  that  there  was  plenty  to  bring 
and  drive  away  with  them. 

They  marched  on  after  a  time  through  the  province  north-east  until 
they  made  an  encampment  on  the  borders  of  the  territory  south  of  the 
Suck  on  Sunday  evening  exactly.  They  stayed  there  until  Monday 
morning.  They  went  after  a  while  across  Athleague  Finn  and  across  the 
Suck  and  through  the  plain  of  Aoi,3  the  son  of  Allgubha,  and  reached  the 
Seghais  in  the  evening.  That  night  they  rested  north  of  the  river.  ■  The 
next  day  they  marched  over  Corrsliabh  of  the  Seghais  and  through 
Corann  to  Ballymote ;  then  the  chiefs  separated  to  their  castlcs  and 
houses  with  much  spoil. 

O'Donnell  gave  rest  to  his  soldiers  and  his  mercenaries  from  July  to 
September,  when  hc  summoned  themto  him  again  to  see  whether  he  might 


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ingeAtcuAt)  ron  re]vc;u]\c  fÁraij  bAoi  ron  Anf]\coiiiAi]\  con  úaca-ó  niA]\crtuAi5 
014  p:o]\coiriiét>.  b<xoiponi  ÍA]\om  05A  p:]\uo<vó  (x  ]\enTÓecp  lonnu]-  no 
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pupotú  icci]\.  *Oo  ]\oiica  ía]\oiíi  nropn.  AnAir  ó  T)oriitiAitt  ro  "óeoij  G. 
A11  t)o  ]\AeJA  01A  riiAncrtuA^  niA  p\]\]\At)  G:  a  iinteAt)A  G:  c]\oij;ce4c  A]\  cfiiA. 
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t)iA  ccA]\]\AccAm  6:  jebicc  ah  A]\mo  (x  t)o  tficcfcc  nvo  t)eAt)1iAVÓ  uí 
*OomnAitt.  flo  teAbtAtng  ah  ^ene^tAit  Vlenp  T)ocu]\  ro]\  a  eoch,  &,  ]\o 
fol  6  a.  teAbtAm^i'fcc  An  niAncrtog  A]\  cfnA  t)o  neodi  054  ]\AbACA]\  eicli  G,  ]\or  yoyv 
111  lonAccAib  inmtte  7  iia  ]\o  h  fcc4]\p:c4]\c4  puú.  *Oo  íf^Acc  ipn  cogpMm 
AniAit  Ar  t)fme  con^tAngACA^i.  Oc  cohai]\c  ó  *OomiiAitt  niA]\c]vtoj  iia  n^^tt 
von  t)iAinini]\im  ua  t)ft>1iAit)  Ai]npr  t)A]\  éir  a  n'uteAt)  c^tAi^bceAc  cotiAt)io]\niA 
TtiA]\crtoi5  mA  rodiAi]\  co  ]\uccrAC  niA]\c]"tuAJ  ha  n^Att  rAi]\.     *Oo  bf]\AC]'Aix)e 

xHorses. — An  account  of  the  capture  of      vi.    2203,    and    O'Sullevan's    Hist.    CaiA., 
these  horses  will  be  foundin/í«;w/í  F.M.,      p.  218. 


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not  harm  thc  English  ;  for  hc  heard  that  it  wa.s  usual  for  thc  horses1  to  1600. 
go  cach  day  across  the  bridge  which  was  opposite  Derry  northwards  to 
graze  on  a  grassy  field  which  was  opposite,  with  a  few  of  thc  cavalry  to 
protcct  thcm.  Ile  was  considering  and  reflccting  how  he  could  make  a 
descent  on  the  English  to  take  their  horscs  from  them.  This  was  the 
rcsolution  hc  came  to.  He  chose  a  large  body  of  his  soldiers  and  a  troop 
of  horse,  so  that  thc  numbcr  of  horse  and  foot  was  not  lcss  than  six 
hundrcd.  Thcse  he  took  with  him  vcry  sccretly  ín  the  darkness  of  the 
night,  and  left  an  ambuscadc  in  the  recess  of  a  steep  cliff  which  was  on  the 
mountaih  slope  opposite  Derry  to  the  north,  a  place  from  which  the  people 
of  the  town  could  be  seen  by  them,  and  they  could  not  be  seen  by  any  one. 
He  placed  a  small  number  of  his  cavalry  in  rctired  places  very  near  thc 
town  in  ambuscade  for  the  horses  and  their  keepers,  lest  the  horscs  might 
rcturn  whenever  they  came  to  the  field  of  grass  of  which  we  have  spoken. 
They  were  there  until  the  beginning  of  day.  They  saw  the  horses  cross 
the  bridge  towards  them  with  their  guard,  as  they  were  accustomed 
to  do.  O'Donnell's  horse  rose  up  behind  them,  and  made  a  vigorous 
onset  on  the  guards.  They  woundcd  some  of  them  ;  others  of  them 
escaped  owing  to  the  flectness  and  speed  of  their  galloping.  O'Donnell's 
men  proceeded  to  drive  off  the  horses  of  the  English  which  they  had 
in  their  power. 

O'Donnell  came  to  their  aid  with  the  force  which  rcmained  with  him, 
and  they  drove  the  horses  before  them.  O'Donnell  commanded  the  body 
of  horse  to  go  with  the  horses  as  fast  as  they  could,  and  not  to  wait  for  him 
at  all.  This  was  done  then.  O'Donnell  remained  behind,  and  the  horse 
he  had  chosen  with  him,  and  his  soldiers  and  foot  also.  When  the  English 
saw  that  their  horses  had  been  taken  away  from  them,  they  rose  up  quickly 
to  avenge  themselves,  and  took  up  their  arms  and  set  off  in  pursuit  of 
O'Donnell.  The  General  Henry  Docwra  leaped  on  his  horse,  and  the 
horsemen,  too,  on  theirs,  such  as  had  horses  and  kept  them  in  safe  places 
and  had  not  becn  separated  from  them.  They  set  off  in  pursuit  as  fast  as 
they  could.  When  O'Donnell  saw  the  horsemen  of  the  English  in  full 
speed  after  him,  he  stopped  behind  his  foot  with  a  body  of  horse  by  him, 
until  the  English  horse  came  up  with  them.     Thcy  made  a  quick,  bold 


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Ammur  t)ioc|\A  t)AiiA]\t>A  roji  Iiúa  n"OoriniAitt  t)A]i  cCnn  a  cc|\e\c1ie,  6c  t>o 
copiAiii  An  emij  t>ibtmib.  pofAijpr  ó  "OorimAitt  co  •oéctA  •ou]ic]ioit>heAch 
jp|H|-in  "oeAbATÓ  Gfc  pCpÚAin lomAinCg  Aiíinur  CconnA  ceccAn  An  t)Á  teice  com- 
bACA]\  An  niA]\cftuAJ  ceccA]\-ÓAinf]\c  aji  tnCpcc,  G:  50  nA^AbpAccropiompubAt) 
7  ron  inróiubpA^At)  A]\oite  co  coirii-óioc]\A.  *Oo  |\a^a  Aóx)  niAC  Aót)hA  t>inb 
uí  "OorimAitt  6fc  au  coireAch  llen]u  "Oocun  cut  1  cut  pu  Anoite  ipn  lomgum. 
UA]\tAicAn  cOCoh  úa  *OorimAitt  An  roJA  ro^AbtAici  bAoi  111A  tAiiii  Afi  Ainmur 
An  coip§  50  ccA]\tA  1n  ccut  a  et>Am  ^An  ióm]\ott  t)ó  co  nur  ^on  co  1iaicC]\. 
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]\o  jtCnrAC  a  necc]\Aic  m  bA  ppú.  U15I1AICC  mumcCn  uí  DhorimAitt  t)iA 
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ua  5A^Aib  5An  ro^tuAp^cc  Ar  A  cni1*  co  *oeilie<vo  Occobe]\.  T)o  ]\uimCiiAi]i 
Ainnpt>e  t>ot  jur  An  UuAt>riiuiiiAin  t>o  ]ut>iri  "oia  hmnlb. 

UA]\cctomcA  a  rtog  tAir  ía]i  ccmnCó  a  choriiAi]\te  6fc 111  ]\o  Aipr  co  ]\Ainicc 
t)A]ifAn  SticceAc  ]ía]\  6fc  ropiAccAib  ITÍAtt  ó  'OoiimAitt  mAC  Cumn  nuc  ah 
CAtt)Ai5micíTlA5hnufAt>iA  jeittpnebut)  t>em  t)A]iA  éip  ipn  ccmch  tUACorirÓA 
ro]\r  iia  5A^A1^  11A  ciorcAir  t>iA  hmtmeA'ó  mA  t>iuit>.  11i  AiroAir  5A1^  ^00 
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co  hmcteiche  imchochc  iiia  mbAroh  &  mA  mumcCnAr  but>  t>em,  6fc  *oo 
fAinn^Cnr  Cc  pge  7  cCnnur  nA  cpche  t>ó  -oiAtncAir  cor^iAij,  6fc  ]\o  cmgeAttpAc 
nt>ó  rmpti  reóicc  iomt>A  6fc  mAome  mÁ]\A  6fc  cui]i  6fc  cChiica  pu  coriiAtt  ^ac 
11C1C  A]i  cCnA.  DAoiporii  t)Aii  AcliAit)  ]>ot>A  occ  coircecc  pur  11  a  coiiicAib 
fol.  66./>.  pn  110  boc  aja  nCnAit  rAi]i  con  t)o  ]iacc  a  Amfen  p\i]i  ró  t>eoit>  a  áChcu^a'ó 
t)ut  "OAomteic  7  t>Aon]iAnn  tA  ^AttAib,  6fc  a  b]\eccAt>  6fc  a  cojaCcIia-ó  Ia 
a  ccmjeAttcAib  ^OAchA  7  tA  nnAi]\te  mt>  oC^a  rCigh  ro^iiiAttAij  ]\o  5)\ei]' 
7  no  ArtAij  rAi]\  An  choriiAi]\te  lnpn. 

x  Hugh.— He  is  spoken  of  by  our  author  to  him,  will  be  found  in  full  in  the  Introd., 

at  p.  55  as  being  the  equal  of  the  greatest  p.  cxv.,  antea- 

of  the  ancient  heroes,  and  well  fitted  to  rule  3  Number—  Docwra  says  it  was  but  60, 

over  the  Cinel  Conaill.  whereas  O'Sullevan  makes  it   168.     Hist. 

%  Javelin.  —  Dowcra's  own  account  of  the  Cath.,  p.  218.     In  the  Annals  F.Jf.  it  is 

encounter,  which  was  so  near  being  fatal  stated  to  have  been  200. 


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attack  on  O'Donnell  for  his  prey,  and  to  save  what  was  under  the  protcction  i6co. 
of  both.  O'Donncll  met  thcm  valiantly  and  resolutely  in  the  skirmish,  and 
a  fierce  battlc  took  placc  betwcen  them  on  both  sides,  so  that  thc  horscmen 
of  both  were  mixcd  with  one  another,  and  they  set  to  hew  and  shoot  each 
other  very  actively.  Hugh,1  son  of  Hugh  Dubh  O'Donnell,  and  the  com- 
mandcr  Henry  Docwra  met  face  to  face  in  the  conílict.  Hugh  O'Donnell 
cast  a  forked  javelin  2  which  was  in  his  hand  at  the  leader,  so  that  it  struck 
him  straight  in  the  forehead  and  wounded  him  severely.  The  leader 
turned  back  after  being  wounded  in  this  way.  The  English,  too,  turned 
back  in  sorrow  that  the  trusted  hero  and  their  captain  in  the  fight  should 
be  wounded,  and  they  did  not  follow  their  horses  farther.  O'Donnell's 
people  went  to  their  tents  afterwards,  and  they  reckoned  the  English  horses 
accurately  to  be  something  over  two  hundred  in  number.3  O'Donnell 
divided  them  afterwards  among  his  nobles  according  to  their  dignity  and 
deserts.  O'Donnell  continued  to  besiege  the  English,  without  moving  from 
his  territory,  to  the  end  of  October.  He  determined  then  to  go  to 
Thomond  to  prey  it. 

He  assembled  his  forces  after  taking  the  resolution,  and  he  did  not  halt 
till  he  crossed  the  Sligeach  wcstwards.  He  left  Niall  O'Donnell,4  son  of 
Conn,  son  of  Calvagh,  son  of  Manus,  of  his  own  family,  bchind  in  theterritory 
to  guard  it  against  the  English,  lest  they  should  come  to  plunder  it  in  his- 
absence.  The  English  did  not  cease  to  entreat  and  implore,  to  urge  and 
beseech  Niall  O'Donnell  secretly  to  enter  into  an  alliance  and  friendship 
with  them,  and  they  proffered  him  the  kingship  and  chieftaincy  of  the 
territory  if  thcy  were  victorious,  and  they  promised  him  many  jewels  and 
great  wealth,  and  engagements  and  covenants,  too,  for  the  performance  of 
everything.  He  listened  for  a  long  time  to  these  proposals  which  wcre 
made  to  him  at  their  suggestion,  till  his  ill-luck  at  last  made  him  consent 
to  join  and  unite  with  the  English  and  be  deceived  and  circumvented  by 
the  lying  promises  and  evil  counsels  of  envious,  proud  people  who  incited 
and  urged  him  to  that  resolution. 

^Niall  O'D.—t.e.,  Niall  Garbh.  At  p.  bition,  induced  him  to  lend  ear  to  the 
cxxv.  of  the  Introduction  we  have  given  the  suggestions  of  the  English  and  obtained  for 
motives  which,  in  addition  to  personal  am-      him  considerable  support  among  the  clan. 


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•oon  cliun  pn.  m Aip^  b]\Ac1iAin  no  cneícc  a  comppne  7  a  c1ioimx)ix>  CAtriiAnx>A, 
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An  ní]\  bó  roi]\b  6:  m]\  uó  roxiAing  a  ccoíax)  nÁ  a  cqiC^xiAX)  a  ccAcmAing  iia 
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T)eAc1iACA]\  c]\a  a  c]\ia]\  x)eA]\b]\AicneAc1i  iÁ  níAÍb  rrin  comiCipgerin  .1.  Aóvh 
bmx>e,  *OoriinAitt,  G:  Conn  ócc.  b^cAn  x)in  ha  ^Aitt  1n  ]\iac1icahi  a  teAr 
HÍAtt  coiiA  b]\Aicj\ib  x)o  x)út  x)ía  monnroigix),  úai]\  ]\opcA]\  rcícig  nuincnij 
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]\o  btox)AX>  vecc  ]\iaiíi,  acc  niAX)  x>únctAx>  x)inmm  ía]\  iia  nnt>enAiii  X)o  c]\iax>  (x 
x>yóccAib  aii  cAtriiAii  G:  coetctAiy  éx)oniAin  mycix>e  11IA  lomcACiiiAH^  oc 
im]>umeAx>  7  oc  CpnAX>AX>  r]\i  liAicli^Cm  ah  x>úhaix>  ]\o  bAoi  ahh  reéc  ]\iaiíi  x>o 
cujvgbAit  Aim  1  rniciri.  "Poyr>ACCAib  au  coCy  coniiex>A  An  poyc  rÁr  tA  horiiAn 
ó  ]\o  nACAijrCc  11A  5A1tt  cuca  7  11A  bAoi  ó  *OoriniAitt  mx)  occur  x>oib  xua 
rpu]\cAcc.  1>a  rox>Ain  cah^aca]\  ha  ^oitt  x>on  popc  G:  cÚAp^AbpCc  nnn]\ 
fol.67.fl.  mó]\Aix>bte  G:  X)umAX)A  c]\iax)  G:  ctoc  yoy  AyccÁc1i  $o]\  uó  liinmtt  yyi  1iuyy- 
ctAix>!  6:  ioniAi]\C5  mx>  a^Iiaixi  a  nÁriiAcc  'Luix»  A]r  Aite  yC]\  x>o  yAinihuinci]\ 
uí  T)oriinAitt  111A  x>Cx>1iAij  co  yyioyycet  ah  cí]ie  tAiy,  Gt  ac  yéx>  nx>ó  mte  ah 
x>o    ]\ohax)     Ann.       b^    lnonpiAX)    mó]\    6c   bA    niAclictiAX)    mCnniAn    Ía   1ió 

1  Advised. — See  Introd.,  p.  xxiv.  3 Lifford. — 'The  8tli  of  October  I  assigned 

2  Contest.— The  word  baire  is  the  name  to  the  said  Neale  Garvie  500  foot  and  30 
thatthcpeopleof  Erinn  had  inancienttimes,  horse,  under  the  leadingof  Sir  John  Bowles, 
and  have  still,  even  in  Dublin,  for  the  game  to  go  and  take  the  Liffer,  where  30  of 
of  ball  and  hurlevs.  It  is  applied  figura-  O'Donnell's  men  lay  in  garrison  in  a  fort  in 
tivclv  to  any  contest,  combat,  or  battle.  one  of  thecorners  of  the  town,  and  most  of 
0'Curry,  Battle  of  Magh  Leana,  p.  113,  n.  them  being  abroad  when  thcy  came,  were 


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Woe  to  the  mind  that  conceivcd,  woe  to  the  heart  that  entertained,  1600. 
woe  to  the  tonguc  that  advised  *  that  violent,  ruinous,  odious,  malicious 
plan  that  was  entered  into  thcn  !  Woe  to  the  kinsman  who  abandoncd  his 
own  tribe,  and  his  carthly  lord,  his  friends  and  relativcs,  to  go  plotting  and 
uniting  with  his  cnemies  and  his  foes  !  Alas  !  that  they  did  not  strive  and 
carry  on  the  contest 2  together,  for  it  was  not  simple  or  easy  to  pierce  or 
penetrate  their  surrounding  or  to  circumvent  thcm  as  long  as  thcy  wcre  in 
peace  and  amity  with  each  othcr.  However,  his  thrcc  brothcrs  joined  with 
Niall  in  that  revolt,  i.e.,  Hugh  Buidhe,  Donnell,  and  Conn  Oge.  The 
English  needed,  too,  that  Niall  and  his  brothers  should  come  to  them,  for 
they  wereweary  and  fatigucd  with  watching  and  preparing  for  flght  every 
night  through  fear  of  O'Donnell,  and  they  were  discased  and  distempered 
owing  to  the  narrowness  of  the  place  where  they  were  and  the  old  musty 
victuals  and  the  bitter  salt  meat  and  the  want  of  cvery  condiment  which 
they  required,  and  of  fresh  meat  especially.  Niall  O'Donnell  supplied 
them  with  everything  they  needed,  and  relieved  them  from  the  narrow 
prison  in  which  they  were.  He  took  with  him  ten  hundred  of  their 
soldiers  to  Lifford,3  nine  miles  due  west  of  Derry,  on  the  bank  of  the 
same  Lough.4  This  was  a  famous  residence  of  O'Donnell  ;  it  was  not 
safe  then,  for  there  was  not  a  stronghold  or  castle  built  of  stone  and 
mortar  there  for  a  long  time,  as  it  had  been  destroycd  some  time  before, 
but  only  a  poor  earthen  fort  tlfat  had  been  made  of  clay  and  of  sods  of 
earth,  and  a  narrow,  shallow  ditch  of  watcr  around  it  to  prepare  for  the 
re-erection  of  such  anothcr  fortress  as  had  been  there  bcfore. 

The  guard  vacated  the  fort  through  fear  whcn  thcy  saw  the  English 
approaching  and  that  O'Donnell  was  not  near  to  aid  thcm.  Thcreupon  the 
English  came  to  the  castle  and  raised  huge  walls  and  ramparts  of  earth 
and  stone  for  shelter,  so  that  it  was  safe  for  defence  and  attack  against 
their  encmies.     A  certain  man  of  O'Donnell's  own  people  went  after  him 

surprised  and  slain,  and  the  place  taken  ;  good  stead.'    Dowcra's  Narration,  p.  246. 

yet  so  as  one  of  them  had  first  put  fire  into  O'Donnell  had  entrustcd  Lifíbrd  to  Xiall 

the  fort,  which  consumed  all  the  buildings  Garbh.     O'Sullevan,  Hist.  Ca/h.,  p.  219. 
in  it  ;  but  the  rcst  of  the  houses  scattered  * Same  Lough. — The  name  of  Lough  was 

about  in  the  town  (which  were  about  20),  tl  en  given  to  theriver  Foyle  from  the  sea 

were  preserved,  and  stood  us  in  sin^ular  to  Liffbrd- 

2    I 


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n*OoihnAitt  a  b]\Ach<\i]\  6t  a  ctiAmAin  tjo  f  oatj  f  Ain  tjói  5  b<\  rí  fíun  nro  oCtjíia 
no  bA  bAmC]\nurcAiTJ  "oon  cí  TlÍAtt.  1ompAif  ó  *OohmAitt  a  ccoicceATJ 
n-AiteattA  úai]\  m  uauaic  ca]\  bAite  An  TtlhocAij  fÍAn  ifin  coicceA*ó  An  cAn 
nuccrAc  rccetA  f  ai]\,  (x  lompÁic  a  fto-gh  f  ]\ioch]\ofcc  reb  nonuccfAc  TUAtAite, 
acc  ha  m<\  m  nuAchc  tA  a  mitCoA  úa  *OomnAitt  tjo  f]\eAfCAt  acc  niATJ  úacat> 
tua  mAfcftój  combin  AnAcbf occur  tjoh  Lecbion  AC]\ub]\uniA]\.  Tli  concAinnic 
tAr  iia  5AttAib  cneAcliA  uaitj  oinccne  rjo  Tjenon'i  ne  fiú  ]\auaic  ó  'OohmÁitt 
ro]\  ccutA  acc  beich  acc  TjAmjjmujjATJ  a  rcon  (x  occ  ctATÓe  a  mún,  (x  oc 
chÚAtAcof  ó  *OoiimAitt  "oo  churóeAchc  nif  netic  aii  on'iAn  T>oib  •oéfAch 
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tjía  n'nteATJAib  cnAiíjcheAC  rAi]\. 

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Ai]up  f]\if  An  ftó-g  111  bA  pi]uú  50  ]\ur  cAi]\ren  ah  cúacatj  ]\o  bAoi  *oonA 
5<\ttAib  fon  coeb  C]\UAchÁm  LijCn  AttA  AiroCp  f]\if  ah  AbAinn  a  cúató. 
Oc  dnCcc  iia  5d1tt  eipiTjhe  tjo  ]\iac1icaca]\  a  tjocuui,  6c  1Vu\tt  ó  T)on'mAitt 
coha  b]\Aic]ub  1n  coificchecc  iia  c]\otja.  *Oo  bC]\Acc  foigm  nujna  f]u  A]\oite 
cCn  nAch  iroAnACA]-  TJeAbcA  au  tÁ  fm  cCccur,  acc  bCich  Anu]\foichitt  ro]\  a 
chéite,  úai]\  111  ]\o  f  Aitf  Cc  ua  5A1tt  ó  *Oon'mAitt  tjo  beich  m  úacIiatj  AiiiAit 
]\o  bAoi,  6c  bACA]\  lomoiimAij  1111  bfCi^  tjo  cAbAinc  iompu  6c  ni]\  uó  1u\it  Txnb 
•oot  mrj  uncCme  on  mbAite  A]\  Aonohe.  A  chumbAc  cCciia  tjo  múmcin 
uí  *OorimAitt,  bA  Tjichumn  Tjoibpom  Tjot  miCpcc  a  uaiíiac  nro  iomfoiccfi 
aii  púí]\c  An  cúacaTJ  ptoij  bACA]\.  Tío  eicifóebgf  Cc  rrn  A]\  oite  a]\  a  AbA 
cemb  fo  có]\A  6c  c1iAonchoni]\AC  ]\o  ]-ca]\]-ac.  fío  5011CA  a]\  Aitt  údróib  T>e 
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6c  ub<\itt  hieAtt  tuAroe,  aóc  ua  m<\  bA  mo  ah'i  ]\o  cpeACciiAi^hic  mumcC]\ 
uí  >OhohmAitt  a]\a  nÚAice  uiaic  ua  ^oitt.  U1C5I1AICC  iia  ^\bb  tjia  cciglnb 
ía]\  ccAm,  6c  tjo  coCc  ó  'Oon'mAitt  coha  n'iumci]\  tjia  fco]\Aib,  &  bA  co 
ffUAfUATj  &,  f C^igtumne  tuiTJ  ó  *OohmAitt  AnmfiTje  a]\  a  hieTj  ]\o  tA  f A1]\  jah 

A  ftot  TJ1A  CA]\]\ACCAm    A11    tÁ    f111    TJÓ1J    bA    TJeAfb  tA1f101l'l   TJ1A  HlbClCCI]-    OCCA 

1  NialPs  ivife.  —  See  Introd,,  p.  cxxiv.,  three  miles  north-west  of  Lifíbrd.  See 
antea.  Colgan's  Acta  SS.,  p.  782. 

2  Cruachan  Lig/iean.—Now  Croaghan,  a  3  More.— The  sense  is,  O'Dpnnell's  party 
hill  which  gives  íts  name  to  a  townland  m  being  less  in  numbers  suffered  more  hurt 
the  parish  of  Clonleigh,  barony  of  Raphoe,  than  the  more  numerous  one  of  Niall  Garbh. 


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to  tell  him  the  news  of  the  country,  and  related  to  him  all  that  had  1600. 
taken  place  there.  O'Donnell  wondered  greatly,  and  was  surprised  that 
one  who  was  his  cousin  and  brother-in-law  should  turn  against  him,  for 
Ilugh's  sister  was  Niall's  wife.1  O'Donnell  rcturned  from  the  province 
of  Oilioll,  for  he  had  not  -gone  beyond  Ballymote  wcstwards  into 
the  province  when  the  news  reached  him,  and  his  forces  came  back  as  fast 
as  they  could  together,  but  yet  his  soldiers  were  not  able  to  keep  up  with 
O'Donncll,  except  a  few  of  his  horse,  until  he  came  very  near  Lifford 
of  which  we  have  spoken.  The  English  had  not  succecded  in  making 
preys  or  depredations  before  O'Donnell  came  back,  but  they  wcre 
strengthening  their  encampment  and  erecting  ramparts,  and  when  they 
heard  that  O'Donnell  had  come,  fear  did  not  allow  them  to  go  out  of  the 
fortress  in  which  they  were  for  anything  they  needed.  O'Donncll  haltcd 
at  a  place  which  was  not  very  far  from  the  English,  until  some  of  his  foot- 
soldiers  came  up  with  him. 

It  seemed  long  to  O'Donnell  that  the  English  were  not  attacked,  and  he 
did  not  wait  longer  for  his  army,  but  he  displayed  before  the  English  the 
small  force  which  he  had  on  the  south  side  of  Cruachan  Lighean,2  to  the  north 
oftheriver.  When  the  English  saw  them,  they  went  out  to  meet  them, 
Niall  O'Donnell  and  his  brothers  being  leaders  of  the  fight.  They  skirmished 
with  each  other,  though  there  was  not  an  obstinate  battle  on  that  first  day, 
but  they  were  in  readiness  for  each  «ther,  for  the  English  did  not  think 
O'Donnell  had  so  small  a  force  as  he  had,  and  they  were  greatly  afraid  an 
ambuscade  was  laid  for  them,  and  they  did  not  wish  to  go  very  far  from 
the  town  in  consequence.  So,  too,  with  O'Donnell's  people,  it  would  be 
unwise  for  them  to  go  among  their  enemies  in  the  neighbourhood  of  the 
fort,  their  forces  being  so  few.  They  separated,  therefore,  from  each  other, 
though  it  was  not  for  peace  and  fricndship  sake  they  separated.  Some  of 
them  on  both  sides  were  woundcd  by  the  discharge  of  spears  and  arrows 
and  of  very  sharp  forked  darts  and  of  leaden  balls,  but  morc 3  of  O'DonncH's 
people  were  wounded  on  account  of  their  small  number  than  ofthe  English. 
The  English  returned  to  thcir  houses  after  a  while,  and  O'Donncll  and  his 
people  went  to  their  tents,  and  O'Donnell  went  away  in  anger  and  wrath, 
becausehehad  not  his  army  with  him  to  avenge  himself  on  that  day,  for  he 


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aii  lonbAró  rin  iia  hepiAipcir  iia  501tt  ÚArohe  reb  Aqiónepoc.  TlAn^ACAU 
a  ftoj  -oia  pMJi-ópum  Ar  a  liAicte  (x  ]\o  •otucAiíjfrcAin  in*o  lomfuróe  roppiA 
^AttAib  íau  mb]\eic  -oia  rinteAt>Aib  pM]i  co  teicc,  Gfc  ^AbAir  ton^pónc  ro  *ói 
míte  cennfnn  t>o  LeicbeAji  iom]io]iAit>porii  ron  rcAc  itro  ofpA  cneAbcA  co  ]io 
f]\lAiiiAií;cir  nA  1iA]ibAnnAbACA]i  nro  lomfoiccp  t)o  ha  5AttAib.  ^0  tAA'órom 
ófr  bjiAic  (x  cAi]xcétcA  ro]i]'Aii  mbAite  cech  noibche  hac  Af  ]ietccfó  óen 
Anonn  nAch  Atte  munA  ]\oip:ir  t>A]\p\.n  AbAinn  but>  "ófr,  (x  tnr  rA]icAib 
conAi]ie  nÁicc  pclup  nÁit)  fpiupx  etú'ÓA  ro  rinte  cfnnfnn  t)on  bAite  ha  ]iaLa 
ro]iAi]ift)1iA  7  fccAi]mAit>e  ropio  t>o  coniifc  fft  *oo  puocAi]ie  ro]\piA  5AttAib 
iia  orcAir  cAinpb  ^An  ]iAcuJAt),  (x  ro]\  ctomn  Cunin  uí  "OhorimAitt  pMn]ift)h 
(x,  ro]i  a  mumci]i,  A]i  Ar  rop\A  bA  "ouitje  tAiporii  a  choniift)  (x,  Ar  iacc 
roc]uiAi]i  itioniAC  ha  necf]inAit>e  7  nro  ofp\.  puocAine.  DAOiporii  rni  ]ié 
c]uoc1iacc  tAiche  An  t>ú  pn  cfn  rojtuApscc  ■&yy  co  cAi]imc  tA  bjiugA-ooib  7 
coA]it)Aib  iia  c]\iche  au  A]iboniiA  t>e]icio]iAt)  6:  t>o  cio]ijo]iAt),  6:  co  cca]it>pac 
1  mmctiAbAib  6:  1  mfnbotccAib  cia  ccA]i]\út)  7  t>iA  nimff-ÓAm  ro]i  fcliAib  7 
t^ioróib  co  ]io  tAirfc  m  t>úmib  "OAm^mb  7  inn  loiiACAib  mmttib  nA  ]ii]'CAir 

A11A1Í1A1CC. 

"Pecc  nofn  t)ó  "OoriniAitt  ]\e  pú  t>ur  rA]iccAib  au  tonjfojic  hipn 
cA]i]iufAi]i  occa  t>ut  ro]i  Ainmur  iia  n'^Att  t>ur  An  ccip:Air  t)A]iriiA  mu]\Aib 
Amoch  roprAn  niAijjieroh.  O  t»o  t»eAc1iACA]i  mumcf]i  uí  *OhoiimAitt  ro]\ 
loncliAib  aii  bAite  ]\o  bACA]\  11  a  5A,tt  a5a  V0!10!'1  7  A5A  imt>friiAin  Q^  rn  ^.o 
fAijjrCc  ro]\]\o  ó  ]\oc  gfiiACA]!  ^0]\  uó  t)o  chum^eAt)  u^]\a  t>o  t>eAc1iACA]i 
fol.68.  a.  ImpMffc  mumct]\  uí  *OhoriiiiAitt  i]?f\ichfft)  ua  conAi]\e  t>o  ptnp  ó  ha 
ruAi]i]'fc  aii  ní  ro]\  a  ccA]it)rAC  ÍA]i]\Aró.  *Oo  5111  fcc  Aippoih  ro]\  u]i  iia 
1iAbAim  AttAchuAt)  t)iAiiAt)  Ainni  aii  t)Aotft)h  iiAch^Ai]\icc  on  mbAite. 
UitgliAicc  t»]\oti5A  mó]iA  biob  tnA  rcopAib  7  pu  oite  t>o  corccAib  A]i  ní]\ 
fAOitpuc  iia  ^óXX  t)iA  teAniiiom  An  t<\  pn  p\in]\eAt>.  Oc  coniiAinc  IIÍAtt 
ó  *OoriuiAitt  mumcfn  uí  'OhomnAitt  co  hepifroe  Anrui]iice,  ac  bf]ic  pnf 
iia  jgAttAib  cor  uo  InomAingróe  *ooib  Ammur  t>o  cAbAijic  fO]\]io.  gAbAicc  ha 
^Aitt  occ  Ai]\iccm  An  A]im  7  occa  nficcft)  co  róitt  rACAÓtiA  (ropiA  f]\Áit]~iurii) 

^Sonr. — z'.e.,  Niall  Garbhandhisbrothers.  2  Deel. — This  river  rises  in  Lough   Deel 

See  Introd.,  pAii.,  antea.     This  Conn  had  in  the  north-west  of  the  baronv  of  Raphoe. 

nme    sons,     five    of     vvhom    died    violent  Athnacarbait,  where  St.  Patrich  is  said  to 

deaths;  their  names  are  given  in  O'Dono-  have   foretold  the  future  greatness  of  St. 

van's  Appendix  to  Annals  F.  M.,v\.  2385.  Columkille,  is  a  ford  on  this  river.     Col- 

Niall  Garbh  was  Conn's  fourth  son.  gan's  Trias  Thaunu,  p.  390. 


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was  sure  that  if  he  had  it  thcn,  the  English  would  not  escape  from  him  as  l6o°- 
they  did.  His  army  came  to  him  afterwarwards,  and  he  besciged  the 
English  closcly  as  soon  as  his  soldiers  came  to  him,  and  he  made  his 
encampment  two  milcs  from  Lifford  of  which  we  have  spoken,  for  thc 
protection  of  thc  husbandmen,  that  they  might  sccurc  the  crops  of  corn 
which  wcre  ín  the  ncighbourhood  of  the  English.  He  sent  spies  and 
scouts  to  the  town  every  night,  that  no  one  might  be  allowed  in  or  out 
without  passing  over  the  river  to  the  south,  and  he  lcft  no  road  or  pass  or 
means  of  escape  for  a  mile  from  the  town,  on  which  thcre  wcre  not  watchcs 
and  ambuscades  to  watch  and  observe  the  English  lest  they  might  pass 
through  without  bcing  noticcd,  and  the  sons  l  of  Conn  O'Donnell  espccially 
and  their  people,  for  these  he  thought  more  difficult  to  watch,  and  on  thcir 
account  he  placed  so  many  ambuscades  and  guards.  He  was  about  thirty 
days  there  without  moving  away  until  the  farmers  and  peasants  of  the 
country  had  succeeded  in  drying  and  threshing  their  corn,  and  they  took 
it  away  in  small  baskets  and  meal-sacks  by  removing  it  and  bearing  it  oft 
on  horses  and  mares  and  putting  it  in  the  strong  fortresses  and  safe  places 
where  the  enemy  would  not  come. 

Once,  before  O'Donnell  left  that  camp  in  which  he  was  staying,  he 
happened  to  go  towards  the  English,  to  see  if  they  would  come  outside  the 
walls  on  the  level  plain.  When  O'Donnell's  people  came  before  the  town, 
the  English  reconnoitred  and  examined  them  ;  but  they  did  not  sally  out 
against  them,  for  thcy  saw  it  was  to  challcnge  thcm  to  fight  they  had  come. 
O'Donnell's  pcople  rcturned  by  the  same  road,  as  they  did  not  find  what  they 
had  gone  in  search  of.  They  made  a  halt  on  the  bank  of  the  river,  which 
is  called  the  Deel,2  to  the  north  a  short  distance  3  from  the  town.  Large 
parties  of  them  went  to  their  camp  and  about  other  business,  for  they  did 
not  think  the  English  would  follow  them  on  that  day  precisely.  When  Xiall 
O'Donnell  saw  O'Donnell's  people  scattered  and  unprcparcd,  he  told  the 
English  that  thcy  ought  to  make  an  attack  on  them.  The  English  sct  about 
getting  ready  their  arms  and  putting  on  their  armour  lcis\irely  and  carefully 
(at  his  bidding)  in  the  middle  of  the  fortifications,  that  they  might  not  be 

3  Distaftce. — The  Deel  joins  the  Foyle  a  mile  to  the  north  of  Lifíord. 


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in  Cci]\tiiCt>ón  ua  mún  aji  tia  bA-ó  ■po-oenc  tnA  nAiriictb  comcir  a]\iiica  ettnche. 
O  nobcA]i  C]\toriiA  ÍAnorii  t>tr  pccCc  t)A]tpnA  mú]\Aib  reAccAip  mt>  ujvo  cIiacIia. 
t,Arot>Ain  t>o  tCtccCc  ro]i  Ainmur  riiumci]ie  uí  'OhoiiiiiAitt  ron  nCimpn,  &,  au 
cí  HíaU,  coiia  b]u\ic]ub  6:  iiiumcf]\  1ii  némcur  ]\em]\A  t>tA  ré-óu^A-ó. 

Ac  cbí  ó  *OorimAitt  chu^A  iac  ron  coichimpn  &  bA  ró  ÍAir  Arpvicpn  t>iA 
pMjnó  6c  no  pifóij  t)An  a  iinteAt>A  mA  monAtiAib  C]vÓAtcA  ro  AnC]\coriiAin 
coiia  niot>nAib  aí^  ÚAircib,  6b  nir  nettc  AtroiobnAccA'ó  combACAn  roppxn 
mb]iÚAc1i  AbbcA]iAÓ  t>on  AbAinn.  1m  a  coni]iAimc  t>oib  íf]\cAin  combACAn 
mfrcc  A]i  riiC]'5,  6c  rC]\c4]i  jteo  Amriiín  ecqiAicuch  Cco]1]\a  gCn  uó  ^Anfpccur 
AccouripAtup  ScudiAicc  An  mA]\cftoj  "oocum  a  dieile  combACAn  aj 
cumnrCriiCt)  A]iAite  t>o  riiAnAOipb  mói]lteAb]iA  6c  *oo  cnAoireAchAib  cCnngtApx. 
*Oo  ]\acc  cnA  11ÍAtt  ó  T)orimAitt  cumnrCth  -oon  crtCij  fimmj  pch-pot>A  bAi 
mA  t>u]\n  ro]i  t>C]\bnACAi]i  uí  'OhoiimAitt  .1.  ffiA^ntir,  co  ]\o  ctAnnuprAin  A11 
cc]\Aoipj  ro  ioccai]\  a  tonróA  mt),  6c  jgun  c]iCjt)urcoi]i  a  mtiiC-óonchA  cpA^An 
Cit>Ct)1i  rCicp^hm  t)o  ]\AtA  umibe.  Oc  connAi]ic  Tlut)]\Aije  ó  *OoiimAttt 
ntoj-ÓAiimA  cdneoit  cconAitt  a  t)C]\b]iAc1iAi]i  t>o  jum  pvrritAi'ó  t>o  bC]\c 
Ainmur  cAtniA  t)ÁnA  t)U]ic]\oit)1ieAc  rónfAn  ci  TlÍAtt  co  cca]vo  ro^orii  Amntir 

AldlC]1    t)0    JA    1Í1Ó]1    ro    C]1C0IÍ1A1]1  a  ochcA    pVin.       tlÍAlt    C]\A    OC    COtmAtncpt)e 

An  t)Áf acc  rnif  mbAoi  ílu-ónAije  occ  pM^ró  pvin,  7  oc  cbí  cumrCm  An  omnA 
cIiucca  ]\o  focAi]\cCnn  ApnAinmínenAÓ  mjionjob  aii  eich  AipoépiiAij; 
fol.68.*.  AttriiA]\t)A  t)o  ]idtA  roA  co  ccuA]\ccAib  AcCnn  CcA]\bÚAr  Cco]\]\a  co  ccCcorimACAi]i 
An  ccuAOipcch  cc]iUAtt)]ii5in  1n  cut  a  et>Atn  t>on  éocli  50  ]\AmAic  ah  mcmt). 
Tlo  btot)AfCAi]\  cnomnpnA  iia  c]\Aoipcche  occa  cnencAjinAmg  ron  a  1iAir 
■oon  ci  ílu-ónAige  co  pwjvgAib.A  hiAinncCtro  tptro  eocli  coha  bAOt  tAipomh 
acc  An  t)icheAtcAt]i  tnAmbnipoe  mA  t>u]\n.  ílo  c1iAc1iAmA]i  An  ceAch  t>ept>e 
ro  t>eoit>  ÍA]i  noccliAin  An  bAite  ÍA]1  h^aicc  ah  iai]\ii  &y\\ 

"Oa  t>i]\pvn    uac    immAitte    ]\o    tÁipoc    An    toech]\At>  1110    iomAi]iCg    p\i 
AnAniicm  &  AmbA]iAnm  pn  a  mbiobbA-ÓAib  7  nAch  1n  có]\A  bACA]i,  oaiji  m  ]\o 

CUtíipjCAI^Ct)    ACCOnAC  A11    CCem    ]10    AllpVCfAlhtAfÓ,  6c  ]\0bcA]1  C0]XC]\A15  tpiA 

coiccc]\iochAib  no  chmgcip  6c  m  ]\o  1iAt)A]\bAncAApv  roi]ib  ntntif  tA  heccAin 
cenét  AiriAtt  t>o  poncA  cit>  ÍA]i  ccAm.  111ai]\cc  cjuoch  6:  cAomrojtbA,  niAijtj 
cín  6c  cúac  m  ]io  cC-oaij  An  Ainrhen  t)oiiA  coirib]\Aic]\ib  6c  "ooiia  coiripntfóip 

xBattle.  —  O'Sullevan    says   that    Conn      shoulder,  while  Niall  Garbh  pierced  him  in 
O'Gallagher  wounded   Manus    under   the      the  right  side.     Hist.  Cat/i.,  p.  219. 


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seen   by  thc  cnemy  'until  thcv  had  thcir  arms  and  armour.     Whcn   they      1600. 
wcrc  ready,  they  sallied  out  from  the  fortifications  in  battle  array.     Then 
they  advanccd  to  attack  O'Donncll's  people  in  this  manner,  Niall  and  his 

brothcrs  and  pcoplc  bcing  in  thc  van  to  lcad  thc  \vay. 

O'Donncll  saw  them  coming,  and  he  was  glad  to  see  them  advancing, 
and  hc  put  his  soldicrs  in  thcir  propcr  places  opposite,  with  thcir  weapons 
of  war  raiscd  ovcr  them,  and  he  did  not  allow  thcm  to  shoot  till  thcy  were 
on  the  opposite  bank  of  the  river.  Whcn  thcy  mct  after  that  thcy  wcre 
mixed  together,  and  a  fierce,  furious  battlc  *  was  fought  by  thcm,  though 
thcir  relationship  was  very  close.  The  horscmen  rushcd  at  each  other 
and  dashed  at  one  another  with  largc  pikes  and  green-hcadcd  lances. 
Mcantime  N'iall  O'Donnell  made  a  thrust  of  the  long,  sharp  lancc  which  he 
held  in  his  hand  at  O'Donnell's  brother  Manus,  and  the  spear  entcred 
underncath  his  shoulder  and  penctrated  his  internal  parts  through  the 
armour  made  of  skins  which  hchad  on.  When  Rury  O'Donncll,  roydamna 
of  thc  Cincl  Conaill,  saw  his  brother  woundcd  in  this  way,  hc  madc  a 
vigorous,  bold,  merciless  attack  on  Niall,  and  aimed  a  forcible,  furious 
thrust  of  a  large  spear  straight  at  his  breast.  But  when  Niall  saw  the 
ficrccness  of  Rury  approaching  him,  and  when  he  beheld  the  thrust  of 
the  lance,  he  pulled  hard  the  bridlc-bit  in  the  mouth  of  the  high-rcaring, 
foreign  horse  which  he  rode,  and  raised  his  hcad  between  them,  so  that 
the  hard-tempcred  spear  struck  the  horse  straight  in  the  forehead  and 
pierced  his  brain.  The  socket  of  thc  spcar  was  broken  by  Rury  in 
drawing  it  back,  and  he  lcft  thc  iron  head  in  the  horse,  and  he  had 
but  thc  broken  handle  in  his  hand.  The  horse  died  finally  of  this  after 
coming  to  thc  town,  when  the  iron  was  taken  out. 

It  was  sad  that  these  heroes  did  not  combine  in  fighting  against  their 
cnemies  and  in  thcir  angcr  against  thcir  foes,  and  were  not  at  pcace,  for  their 
prosperity  was  not  banished  from  thcm  while  they  remaincd  so,  and  they 
were  victorious  in  the  neighbouring  territories  they  cntered,  and  thev  would 
not  have  been  banished  from  their  dcar  nativc  land  by  a  strange  race,  as 
happened  afterwards.  Woe  to  the  country  and  fair  land,  woe  to  the  tcrritory 
and  district  in  which  ill-luck  permitted  relatives  and  kinsmen  to  hew  and 


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ioni]\ubAt>  7  ionictAi-óbe<yó  a  chéte  gAn  coiccitt  AiiiAit  ro]icAorimAccAi]\  0011 
diu|\  rm.  lomcurA  ha  n^tt  (mt)  Ai]\Ccc  bACA]\  ha  Viaiju^  ac  nubnAniA]\ 
a^  compiAbAi]\c  A|\oile)  t)o  ]\ArcpAcpt>e  mn  Aijce  nro  Aomfecc  (x  m 
ACnfAbAtt  ron  c|\Ai5bcec1iAib  uí  *OhomnAitt  co  no  roAi-o  ]\ennib  biu^,  acc 

UA  111Á  111    ]\0  ^OUCA,   ÚAlf)lb     ACC  tllA'Ó     ÚdCAX)     A]\    111     ]\0  tCll]'AC  11A    ^Attt     1ACC 

ca]\]'aii  ccActAc1iAi]i  reccAiji,  (x  bA  1u\i]\e  ua  ]\o  tCnpxc  ro  "ÓAI^  JOIIA  A 
ccuipg  ]\o  cpe^-ÓAt)  ipn  coc1ia]\  pn  co]\  bo  hCiccCn  t>oib  iomput>  tAir  co  Leicbin. 
co  rruAi]\  bAf  ía]\ccahi.      Ro  tCnpAc  tqion^  mó]i  x>o  iiiumcC]\  uí  'OhorimiAtt 

1ACC,  Gt  ^AbAICC  OCA  irOlubnA^At)  7  ctA1t)beAX)  CO  CCO]\C]\ACO]1    A]\Altt    "oiob    (x 

co  ]io  j^oiica,  (x  ]\obAt>  tAn]"AoiteAccAin  tA  hoCp  iia  cogA]\mA  co  r]\Ainyice 
ro]\]\o  tnA  tCiiAt)  aii  rtoj  iCc  co  teicc.  -dcc  cCiia  mr  ]\etic  ah  At)HAi]\e  7 
AiiAicmete  t)oiiAlnb  r]ur  ]\o  ]"OA"ó  cét)Ammu],  a  teAmiiAin  irjncnip.  1ompAir 
ó  *Ooriinoitt  cup  ha  ]'co]\]\Aib  k\]\  nniicCcc  tionA  5d^tAib.  ^a  c]\iaiíiaiii 
coinreAÓ  ]\o  boc  ipn  ton^popc  AirÓAigpn  ro  "0^15111  n'ieic  a  rrtAcliA  7 
fol.69.tf.    a    ríoíj-ÓAiiniA  beor  t)iA  niA]\At)   a   liAicte  a  b]\Aic1i]uuc1i.      Oaca]\    niCmci    tA 

Cenét     CCOIlAltt     A     IIIOLA'ÓA      bÚAt)1lA     fx     CO]XCA1]1     t)0    dlAbA1]\C     Op    A1]1t)    A5 

coiiiniAoioCm  a  necc  (x  AHAicCr  ía]\  piAOineAt>  ]\CmpA  oboÁp  tAiiicoiiiAi]\c 
a  toec1i]\Aróe  7  bA]~5Ai]\e  a  mbAiic1iui]\e  A5  cAomCoh  a  cca]\acc  (x  at;  ^Cjt- 
c1iaoi  Ari5e]\]\Ac  ^ur  au  cAnpn  t>ói5  ni  ]\o  c]\oni50iiAicc  6;  m  ]\o  coc]\Ait>ic 
ón  caii  no  JAb  &óv>h  "Rúa-ó  pshe  (x  ytAiciupA  ronno  gur  ah  laicIh  Inpn. 

1Da  heipt)e  tAiche  coipuch  m  ]\o  cubAt)  a  cc]\eip  (x  m  ]io  cumpgAi^Ct) 
a  ccorcco]\,  6:  AiiiAit  nAch  tAinn  La-t  ah  aoih  T)ía  C]\Cip  t)on'iAiit)A  jau 
cC]\b]\ut)  iia  Ainfr  5A11  C]\c]\a  t>o  bejic  pncbe]\c  roitt  rou  cohacIi  cdneoit 
"Lui^lróAc  nnc  SCoiiAe  peACAt  HAite.  Cia  Acbé]iccAir  afr  lomrojuiiAicc  6: 
omcnuif)  rot>out)  7  C^nAÓ  Atnc]\fóe  7  ecc]\Aicar  co]\Ab  00  Aiche  AnroticceAc 
6:  a  ecco]iA  yo\\  ó  n*OoiiiiiAitt  ]\o  fóró  au  p]\  T)1ha  ronont>A  pM]\  -oon  chuprA 
m  po]i  t>oib  eccm,  acc  &y  Ai]\e  -oo  ]iome  *Oía  nropn  nAcliAr  ]iAghbAt)  ÚAitt 
ua  lonnoccbAit  AccobA]\  ha  lomcotcA  Aót>  úa  *Oon'mAitt  a  t)i]\ge  a  b]iCch  6:  a 
coicceA]ic  aj  pDttomnuccAt)  a  rtAicm^A  6;  a]\  AbA  a  chCn  &  a  co]xcai]i  ro]\ 

1  Leader. —  This    was    Captain    Heath.       before,  when  he  was  solemnly  inaugurated 
1  He  took  a  shot  in  the  thigh,  whereof  he      as  chief  of  the  Cinel  Conaill. 

shortly  died.'     Docwra's7Va>7Yi!//ó>;z,  p.  246.  3  Prince. — He  vvas  Hugh  Dubh's  third  son. 

2  ChieJ. — The  reference  is  to  Hugh  Roe's       See  p.  3  ,  antea. 

father,  though  he  had  resigned  the  chief-  4  Litghaidh  —  He  was    third    in    descent 

taincy  to  his  eldest  son  Hugh  eight  vears      from  Conall  Culban.     Introd.,  p.  x,  antea. 


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destroy  each  othcr  without  sparing  onc  another,  as  happcncd  thcn  !  As  l6o°- 
for  the  English  (during  thc  time  that  thc  chiefs  of  whom  \vc  havc 
spolccn  were  attacking  cach  othcr),  thcy  faccd  at  oncc  and  in  onc  body 
O'Donncll's  infantry.  Thcse  retircd  bcfore  them  for  a  short  distance, 
but  yet  only  a  fcw  of  thcm  wcrc  woundcd,  for  thc  English  did  not 
follow  thcm  beyond  the  ficld  of  battlc,  and  thc  rcason  why  thcy  did 
not  follow  was  that  their  leadcr  l  was  picrccd  through  in  tlie  fight,  so  that 
they  werc  obliged  to  return  with  him  to  Lifford,  whcrc  he  dicd  after- 
wards.  A  grcat  numbcr  of  O'Donncll's  people  followed  them  and 
proceeded  to  shoot  and  cut  them  down  with  the  sword,  so  that  many  of  them 
wcrc  killcd  and  woundcd,  and  those  in  pursuit  thought  they  would  have  bcen 
dcfcated  by  thcm  if  thc  main  body  pursued  thcm  thcn,  but  shame  and 
sorrow  did  not  allow  the  party  which  had  retrcated  at  first  to  follow  them 
again.  O'Donnell  returned  to  his  camp  after  thc  English  had  gone 
away.  Those  who  wcre  in  the  camp  that  night  wcre  weary  and  sad  on 
account  of  thc  son  of  thcir  chicf,'2  who  would  be  their  prince3  if  hc  survived 
his  brothers.  Up  to  that  timc  to  proclaim  aloud  thc  praises  of  their 
victories  and  triumphs  while  boasting  of  the  deceased  and  thcir  hcroism 
after  victory  was  more  common  with  the  Cinel  Conaill  than  the  clapping 
of  hands  of  thcir  soldiers  and  the  lamentation  of  the  women  weeping  for 
thcir  friends  and  bewailing  their  champions  ;  for  they  had  not  received  a 
severe  wound  or  suffered  disaster  since  Hugh  Roe  obtained  the  sovereignty 
and  chieftaincy  over  them  up  to  these  days. 

These  were  the  days  of  the  chicf  whcn  he  displayed  his  powcr  and 
obtair^ed  victories,  and  yet  as  worldly  successes  without  worldly  reverses 
and  happincss  without  eclipse  are  not  plcasing  to  the  one  God,  he  permitted 
at  this  timc  a  trifling  check  to  the  prosperity  of  the  race  of  Lughaidh,4  son 
of  Sctna.  Even  though  jcalous  and  cnvious  pcople  may  say,  through 
murmuring  and  resentment,  spitc  and  cnmity,  that  it  was  to  punish 
O'Donncll's  transgrcssions  and  injustice  the  great  provident  God  turned 
away  from  him  thcn,  this  is  not  true  indccd  ;  but  thc  reason  why 
God  did  this  was  lest  pride  or  haughtiness,  covctousness  or  self-will,  should 
take  from  Mugh  O'Donncll  his  rcctitude,  his  judgment,  his  probitv  in 
ruling  his  kingdom,  and  lest  for  thc  sake  of  his  superiority  and  victory 

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óoicc]\iochAib,  6:  nÁ  \\o  Ia-ó  a  ui*ó  &  a  mnecerii  hia  mo]\c  7  mA  churiiAccAib 
ro-óem,  acc  m  oÁiiAib  G:  m  t>C]\tAicab  coniroe  mriie  G:  CAtriiAm  conmc 
cu]uiaiíi  iia  ccnen  7  cunxcbAit  11A  ccuuaj,  "0015  Arf-ó  vo  5111  ah  caohi  'Oía 
co  mCmic  cioniAjiccAX)  7  coc]\At>  a  ctomne  tntri  cotciiAi^frnA-ó,  7  t>o  jm 
a  ]\Ci]\  G:  a  ]\émi  t>o  cet^A-ó  Via  a  ctomn  nmt>tir  nA  coriiAitt  a  cionmA  iiacIi 
a  necc  icci]\.  Ap  mme  ro]\coCriiiiACCAi]i  t)Aó-ó  ó  *OorimAitt  G:  "oia  b]\Aic]ub 
•00  nioncÁ  An  coniroi  t>iA  ]uoc  mbuAt)A  G:  "oo  ]\At)  aii  rtAic  nCnrÓA  *ooib 
*oa]\  a  eip. 

Oa  ruAiclmeAT)  ón  ron  aii  oit>heA,ÓAib  G:  ro]i  cCcrAró  iia  ihac  mbCcA'o  G: 

nA  nAiiAmcAjAAC  neotAÓ  t>o  ]\a^a  ir]\eAcnA]\cur  a  nibAip.     O  ]\Aimcc  ó  *OoirinAitt 

•oon  tonrpojic  AmAit  AC]\ub]\Aiiio]\  ]\o   C|\Ait  rÚA"OA]AAch  pche  ponncliAotAií; 

'óo  •óCnorii  t)o  fflliAJnur  ó  "OoiimAitt  *oia  lomchun  ca]\  ah  mOC]\nur  rÍAn.     ílo 

rmche  An  cÁnAch  reb  ]\o  hCribAt),  (x  t)o  b]\CdiA  A11   cí  fflAJnur  mt>  íC]\orii. 

UirliAicc  'óponj  buróne  Ai"óbte  tAir  "oía  óCf  lonriiAme  7  día  cAi]Voib  A]\  cCua 

co  ]\iac!icaco]i  *Oún   11A  u^aVL     1lo  t>C]\5Aiche  a  lonróAi^  och]\Air  "óororii 

Ainnp-óe.     *Oo   ]\aca  teir^he  uí  "OhoiimAitt  chu^A  t>ÍA  choimchiri,  G:   m  ]\o 

írC"OfAC  r]\eApAb  t>o.     &t  bCnq-AC   511^1   uó   niA]\b.     Uo  bACA]\  nnc  bCcliAt) 

fol  6q  b    loiirÓA  t)U]vo   S    I^Amrer  ipn   mAimrnifi  bAi    AttAnÍA]\  nro  lompoccur  t>on 

■oúua'ó.     *Oor  riccCcc  A]iAitt*oon  tuchc  ]\obcA]\  eccnAróe  t)iob  *oia  f-Aijji-ópoiii 

•oo  C]\nAróm  a  chAi]roCrA  rnir  An  ccomróró.     ^AbAic  occ  A  chioncorcc  G:  occ 

pnoicCpc   iroó.     *Oo  ^m  rAoiri*oin  A-óoAti^  cCn   hac   iroíchett  7  At>t>Airii    a 

cunccbAtA  co  teicc.     Ilo   c1hC]-cai]i   a  peAccA  riAt>  *Oía,  6:  bAC  AnAich]\ec 

nnA  nrooccbAit  7  imA  riiiAt)  mCnniAn  m   Ai]\Ccc  ]\ohiai]\.     1lo  po  niAichriieAch 

beop  t)on  cí  ]\ur  5011,  6:  AcbC]\c  gur  uó  he  bu-ó  -óem  roc]\UAi]\  a  oi-óeA-ó  t)ói§ 

Aré  ]\o   PA15   ro]\  11ÍAtt   cCccup.      OAOirioiii    pAiiitAit)  p]n  ]\é  pCccn'iAine   Ag 

roicitt  éccA  cec  oCntAiche,  7  céte  *0é  t)on  u]\t)  ]\erii]\Aiciu  po]\  Ai]iCiiAt1i  ha 

1nomt)Ai  je  ua  poc1iAi]\  t)o  g]\ep  t»iA  lomcouriéc  po]\  mctCt)Aib  *OiAbAit.     *Oo 

bC]\crorii  ACoibpCnA  t)iA  AnmcA]\Aicc  comCnnc  r]\ir  ah   ]\é  pn,  6:  ]\o  chocliAich 

co]\p  An  coniróet)  íC]\ccAm,  G:  ]\o  écc  ApCntDAt)  (An   22.  Occobe]i,   1600)   ía]\ 

mbuAt)UACcAt)  ro]i  t)eAriiAm    G:  "ooiíiah.      Oa   ]-í    cCcrAt)   iia    niAC    mbCcliAt) 

bACA]\     ir]\eAciiA]\cup     occa     co     bruAi]\riorii     cCnii]'A     ah     chomroCt)    aj\a 

•oCgliA^uttCt).     Ac]\At)nAÓc    ía]\oiíi    nro   ocA^itigi   a  ]'-mii]-C]\    i]-m    niAmi]-ci]\ 

AC]\ub]\A11lO]1. 

1  World. — This  is  a  verycommon  ending  of  obituary  notices  in  Irish  Annals. 


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over  the  ncighbouring  tcrritorics  hc  might  sct  his  mind  and  thoughts  on  his  1600. 
own  strength  and  powers,  and  not  on  the  dccrccs  and  gifts  of  the  Lord 
of  Hcavcn  and  earth,  who  can  humble  thc  brave  and  exalt  thc  needy  ;  for 
this  is  what  the  onc  God  oftcn  docs,  to  bcstow  the  posscssions  and  wealth 
of  his  faithful  children  who  do  his  will  and  obey  his  rule,  on  his  unfaithful 
childrcn  who  obscrvc  neithcr  his  tcstament  nor  his  law.  So  it  happcncd  to 
Hugh  O'Donnell  and  his  brothcrs,  whom  the  Lord  cheched  in  thc  course  of 
their  victories,  and  he  gave  them  the  kingdom  of  hcavcn  aftcnvards. 

He  was  consoled  by  the  visits  and  presence  of  the  sons  of  life  and  of 
the  learned  confessors*  who  happened  to  be  with  him  at  his  death.  When 
O'Donnell  came  to  the  camp,  as  wc  have  said,  he  ordered  a  litter  of  wovcn 
fair  wattlcs  to  be  made  for  Manus  O'Donncll  to  take  him  ovcr  Bearnus 
wcstwards.  The  litter  was  madc  as  was  ordcrcd,  and  Manus  was  carried 
in  it.  A  great  crowd  of  his  companions  and  friends,  too,  accompanicd  him 
till  they  came  to  Donegal.  A  sick  man's  couch  was  made  for  him  thcre. 
O'Donnell's  physicians  were  brought  to  him  to  examine  him,  and  they 
could  not  cure  him.  They  said  he  was  mortally  injured.  There  wcrc 
many  religious  of  the  Order  of  St.  Francis  in  the  monastery  close  to  the 
castlo  a  little  to  the  west.  Some  of  the  most  experienced  of  these  people 
used  to  come  to  him  to  strengthen  his  friendship  with  thc  Lord.  They 
procccdcd  to  instruct  and  advise  him.  He  made  a  contritc  confession 
without  any  concealmcnt,  and  he  declared  his  transgressions  then.  He 
wept  for  his  sins  bcfore  God,  and  he  was  sorry  for  his  pride  and  arrogance 
in  formcr  times.  He  forgave  also  the  person  who  woundcd  him,  and  he 
saidJie  himself  was  the  cause  of  his  death,  for  he  first  attacked  Niall.  He 
was  in  this  way  for  a  week  preparing  for  dcath  every  single  day,  and  the 
servants  of  God  of  the  said  Order  were  continually  with  him  at  the  head 
of  his  bcd  to  strengthen  him  against  the  snares  of  the  Dcvil.  He  confessed 
frcqucntly  to  his  confessor,  and  rcccived  the  Body  of  the  Lord  aftenvards, 
and  hc  dicd  October  22nd,  1600,  having  been  victorious  over  the  Devil  and 
thc  world.1  It  was  the  opinion  of  the  religious  who  were  with  Jiim  that  hc 
found  favour  with  the  Lord  on  account  of  his  merits.  He  was  buried 
then  in  the  tomb  of  his  ancestors  in  the  monastery  of  which  we  have 
spoken. 


2Ó2 

1lo  bAoi  AchAÍjiporii  Aóoh  hiac  1TJ<vc;nurA  nnc  Aót»1i<\  ouib  iiia  rCnt)ACAit> 
aii  caii  rin  o^a  5Ai]ie  11T0  occur  oon  mAnnrcin.  &c  cÓA-p  •oóipóe  a  iíiac  tio 
epitc,  reACAir  ron  mAincccenn<vú  6:  nnpu  50  mó]i  nno  h'iac  co  ]\o  "óiAnAij- 
l]XAi]\  ro]\  a  écc.  O  cliAinicc  óópnii  jur  iia  oCigCncA  00  pomj^ic  a 
Aiimc1iA]\A  a  •óochum  7  00  ]\acc  AcoibrCnA  (x  00  pn'\  Aic1i]\icc1ie  itoioc]\a  pfti 
T)ía.  1lo  c1iac1iaiíiai]\  íC]\  nnclnpn  mbicc  111  a  -óf-oliAij  An  7.  00  'Oecembep 
ía]\  nAbeiciomnochc  1111  "oibniAin  ó  "óCriiAn  7  o  óoriíAn.  1lo  1iAt>nAcc  ipn 
oc1iAi]\bi je  cCccnA  1n  coni]>oc]iAib  *oía  h'iac  co  rptCcc  a  uetcci  7  AccAip 
•oibtnnb  ipn  mAinipnn  cCccnA  nroiu.  t)Aoi  aii  cí  cC]xa  Annpn  .1.  Aóoh  mAC 
lllAJnups.  mic  Aót>1iA  t)Uib  nnc  AóoIia  Uúató  nnc  Tleitt  ghAiftb  hia  cnigCpn-A 
cliCneoit  ccoiiAitt,  mp  heoghAm,  clieneoit  111oahi,  (x  ioc1icai]i  Connochc, 
(x  ro]\  poi]\b  a  pCn  7  a  pnrCn  a]\  cCiia  pn  jié  pe  mbtiAÓAn  rpchCcc  co  ]\o 
1ieini]\cmcc1iCt)  tA  5^btAib  co  ccA]\t)  a  chijCnnuf  coiia  bCmiAchcAin  oía  h'iac 

-AÓ'oh   1\ÚAt>  íC]\  11A  étut)  Ó  JAttAlb  (A11lAlt    AC    CUAt)AniA]l),  rC]\  rÚA1]\  O^CpiAp 

5A11     reitt    5A11    pongAit   5A11    coccAt)    jau    coiiipjAcluvó    aii    cdóoh     hiac 

iol.70.rt.    11lAÍ;iiurA  1npn  íC]\  nécc  a  t)C]\b]\ACA]\  ah   CAtbAc,  pC]i  ÁghniA]!  lonnpoigceAÓ 

co  mbÚAit)   c]\ot)A  (x,  cac1iai]i  1  ca^CpiAr  (x  ]\ia  cagCpiAp   itro]\Aijceoi]i  7 

A1]\CCcCoi]\     11A     CC01CC]UOc1l     (x     HA    CCOlÍ!A]ipAn     t)1A]1     UÓ     t)Ú      A]\ÍA]\UCCAt)     occ 

rAi  jit)  chei]\c  a  chemeoit  con  t>o  bC]\c  co  roniAniAigche  t)iA  pCi]\,  rC]\  ]\o  tÁ 
pnomh  (x  oeichicce  ^An  cp\oj;Ait  t)e  íCji  cAi]\bi]\c  a  ci§C]inAir  01  a  h'iac,  7 
]io  bAt)  0C5  Ai]\itcmt)  iteic  pu  T)ía  occ  cuittCó  roc]\Aicce  oia  aiiiiiahi  rjn  ]\é 
ochcc  mbtiAt)Aii  go]\  ]\o  écc  0011  chu]\rA. 

lomctrpA  uí  'OhomnAitt  ÍA]i  bro]\bAt>  •óóporii  ah  C]\ioc1iac  tAiche  ]io 
]iAit)]non'i  1  ro]\1i>Aip  roppnA  5A^A1D>  "°°  cojiuprAip  vAijt  oeirví;e  An  pui]\c 
mibui  pnr  aii  ]ié  pn  6:  oot   co  mCniiAc  nAite  nA]i  bo  hepnintte,  6;  bA  pA 

All'l     blOCC     Ó    UA    5A^tAlb    V°Y    U1A    11A    V1111le    ^ttA    CÍA]1    CcO]\]\A  (x  A11   bC]\11Up 

ÚA1]1  ]io  AgliApcAin  úacIic  11A  jAi]\bpne  ^CniipucA  t)iA  £einiiit>ib  cCch 
noiohce  occ   ro]\cniA  6:  occ   puocliAipe  po]\pnA  ^AttAib   F°   "ó^S  e111  ^A  P 

AU     CfAlÍlAin     CA]\]\UpM]\    11T0     A11     CA11     pil,     (x    bA    1111chlt)     tAipOlh     A    ftog    "OO 

b]\Cc  tAir  au  ion<voh  cuiii^AncA  íC]\  iia  mónfAOcAnj  oi]\  ní  ]\o  chuit]'Cc 
hi  rAirhe  rp  oCnup  yooA.     TocomtAC  App  iA]ion'i  guf  ah  niAighin  im]\o]\Ait>poiii. 

1  Fratricide. — The    Irish    word    finghal  a  short  time.     He  was  hilled  by  a  fall  from 

means  the  slaying  of  one's  own  tribesman.  his  horse  at  Balleeghan.     See    Introd.,  p. 

Hugh  had  succeeded  his  brother  Calvagh,  xxxviii.,  antea,  and  Atwals  F.  M.,  v.  1607. 

who  held  the  sovereignty  of  Tirconnell  but  Calvagh  was  Niall  Garbh's  grandfather. 


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His  fathcr,  Hugh,  son  of  Manus,  son  of  Hugh  Dubh,  an  old  man  thcn  1600. 
in  a  state  of  dotage,  was  living  ncar  thc  monastcry.  Whcn  hc  heard  that 
his  son  was  dead,  hc  was  so  much  bowcd  down  with  thc  intensity  of  his 
grief  and  distress  for  his  son  that  he  was  ncar  dying.  When  he  was 
cóming  to  his  cnd,  hc  callcd  his  confcssor  and  made  his  confcssion,  and 
did  severe  pcnance  before  God.  He  died  vcry  soon  aftcr,  on  thc  7th  of 
December,  after  being  freed  from  the  bondage  of  thc  dcvil  and  the  world. 
Ile  was  buricd  in  the  same  tomb  near  his  son,  where  their  remains  are,  and 
they  are  both  in  the  samc  monastery  to  this  day.  He  who  dicd  thcn,  i.c, 
Hugh,  son  of  Manus,  son  of  Hugh  Dubh,  son  of  Hugh  Roc,  son  of  Xiall 
Garbh,  was  lord  of  Cinel  Conaill,  Inishowen,  Cinel  Moen,  and  lower  Con- 
naught,  and  of  the  tcrritory  of  his  ancestors  and  forefathcrs  also  for  six  and 
twenty  years,  until  he  was  weakened  by  the  English,  and  then  he  gave  up 
the  lordship  with  a  blessing  to  his  son  Hugh  Roe  after  his  escape  from  the 
English,  as  wc  havc  rclatcd.  He  was  a  man  who  obtained  the  sovereignty 
without  treachery  or  fratricide,1  war  or  disturbancc,  aftcr  the  deatlí  of  his 
brother  Calvagh.  He  was  a  valiant  and  warlikc  man,  victorious  in  battlc 
and  fight  during  his  chieftaincy  and  before  it,  a  preyer  and  plunderer  of  the 
neighbouring  territories  and  those  near  who  were  bound  to  obcy  him, 
asserting  the  right  of  his  tribe  until  he  made  them  subject  to  their  lord, 
a  man  who  laid  aside  the  cares  and  anxieties  of  thc  world  after  giving  up 
his  lordship  to  his  son.  He  was  a  good  earner  as  regards  God,  increasing 
rcwards  for  his  soul  for  the  space  of  eight  years  2  until  he  died  then. 

As  for  O'Donnell,  after  he  had  passed  the  thirty  days  that  we  have 
spoken  of  in  besieging  the  English,  he  arranged  to  leave  the  encampment 
where  he  was  during  that  time  and  to  go  to  another  position,  which  was 
not  less  secure,  a  little  farther  from  the  English  on  the  western  bank  of  the 
Finn,  between  them  and  Bearnus,  as  he  feared  the  cold  of  the  scvcre 
winter  scason  for  his  soldiers,  who  were  evcry  night  kecping  watch  and 
guard  against  the  English,  for  he  remaincd  thcre  up  to  All-Hallowtide, 
and  he  thought  it  time  to  bring  his  army  to  a  place  of  rcst  after  their  great 
toil,  for  they  had  not  slept  at  their  ease  for  a  long  time.     They  assembled 

2  Eight  years. — t'.e.,  since  he  resigned  the  chieftaincv  to  his  son  in  1592. 


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5<xt>Aicc  tonj;po]\c  lnpirohe  1  rorccA-ó  pot>bAróe  itro  nnpoiccp  kia  habann. 
T)o  5111  Cc  pAnbocliA  (x  roi]vj;nCriiA  AfA  1iAicte7  ^AbAicc  occ  cCrccAt»  au  rCt>1iA 
hia  niomcACiiiAng  cotroCpip&c  •oahi^Ch  Ai]\be  'ooviai'ó  -ooinicCccA  t>on  -ottnch- 
potjbA-ó  Cco]\]\a  (x  a  nAiiiAicc  coiia]\  bo  ^o-oliAtng  ArAignó  cneirincc.  Ont> 
ÚAi]\  roptAccAib  ó  'OotrmAiUl  ah  iomfuit>e  i]\Aibe,  bACA]\  mumcC]\  Héitt  huí 
T)hotiinAitt  11A  netpb  (x  11A  mburómb  occ  lomAcoijCt»  ro]t  Ainmur  a  cca]iac  7 
a  cotccteó  "oo  b]\Ac  (x,  CAirccétAt)  An  cí]\e  *our  ah  cé  cAtnpar  boC^liAÍ 
c]\eiche  110  oi]\cne  -ooiia  JjAttAtb.  11o  •ÓAtcAir  a  ccajiaicc  diujArom 
111  mctCice  recc  nAim  co  por  bAO^At  fx,  fccét  nA  c]ucbe  a]\  cCnA  teó.  1lo 
pA^hcA  A]t  oite  t)iob  tA  1ió  n*OotiinAitt  rottpm  rro]t]\eit  a  mí]\un  (x,  AmeAbAit. 
11i]\  pó  co]\bA -ooCr  aii  cAi]xcétcA  a  ccu]tAp,  ÚAi]t  nrp  ]\eticc  ó  'OorimAitt  a 
mumci]\  m  eirtip  A]\  110  bio-órorii  but)  t>Cm  conA  fto^h  Cco]i]tA  (x,  ua  5A1tt 
t)iA  nim'oCgAit,  7  bA  "oiomAom  t>o  neocli  ArpuAbAi]\c  cAi]\ir  t>iA  no]\ccAin. 
t)Aoi  ó  "OoriniAitt  cCn  pojtÚApAÓc  Arm  "oú  rm  co  cCnn  cCc1i]iac1iac  tAidie 
fol.  70.0.  5A11  cnetch  jau  o]\ccaih  ^ah  Ammur  ó  ceccA]\HAe  tnob  ro]\  A]\oite  eipoth  fx 
11 A  5Altt. 

I1111  eAcriiAm^  ua  ]\ee  (x  ua  1iAimpi]\e  pn  t>or  pccCc  rcétA  chuicciporii  50 
cctrócró  ton^  ón  SpAm  co  cÚAn  m  mbi]\  riiói]\  111  ía]\ca]i  coiccró  nieA'óbA. 
Ac]\ac1ic  a  riiCnniAporii  (x  a  Aiccnró  'oep'óe,  ai\  bA  cetmAme  conAig  tAir  "0015 
t)o  nuimni  combAoi  roch]\Aroe  ftotj  (x,  coi]nc1nn  ón  U15  mA  teAnn'iAin,  (x,  ]\o 
tA  a  checcA  j;ur  ah  t>ú  imboi  ó  11éitt  co  rpor  rcét  teó  7  "oia  codiui]\eAt) 
cIiucca.  *Our  ]teitcce  rCipn  tccCnn  crét>A  t>A]\pAn  mbCpiur  t>i]\Cm  iiia]icac 
7  roptAjbAró  a  rtoj  uia  ton^po]\c  (x  1lut>]tAije  ó  *OorimAitt  a  t>C]\b]\ACAi]\ 
1ií  ccCnnur  po]t]\o. 

O  ]\AnAiccporh  cA]\pAii  mbCpiur  m  ]\o  Aipp  acc  mAt)  beAcc  50  jhacc 
CAnrAii  Gi]\ne  ca]\  *0]\obAir  ca]\  *Otnb,  ca]i  muij  ccCiccne  ua  rporiio]tAch,  cA]t- 
rAn  SticceAC,  co  cí]\  ptActiAch  111ÚAróe.  O  t>o  ]\a^a  peit  §Cme  ah  dioimt>Ct> 
tn  rA]\poccup  txíroiii  aii  tonbAró  pn,  AreA-ó  t>o  ]tome  a  tic]ii  t)o  pc]\iobAt>  ^up 
aii  tumj,  fx,  bApCt)  a  cocliAchc,  peotAt)  tAr  au  ccCcha  jaoic  t)ur  piocpAt) 
AnÍAi]\t)Cp  co  cúau  ua  cceAt  mbCgln  cí]\  bliojliAine  &  co  bpuijbeccíp  eipom 
6fc  ó  néitt  ]teinnb  mn.     ^KnAip  ó  IDorimAitt  AfentiAc  1  ccí]\  Piac1i]iac  niÚArolie 

1  Vessel. —  The   Annals  F.  M.   say    two  2  Broadhaven. — In  the  north-west  of  Co. 

ships  arrived  there  from  Spain  with  war      Mayo.     The  town  of  Belmullet  is  at  the 
materials.     vi.  2221.  southern  extremity  of  it. 


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afterwards  at  the  placc  \ve  have  mentioned.  They  made  a  camp  thcrc  in  iooo. 
the  sheltcr  of  a  wood  very  ncar  thc  rivcr.  Thcy  made  tents  and  dwellings 
afterwards,  and  thcy  sct  to  cut  down  the  trees  all  round  them  until  thcy 
madc  a  strong  palisade,  intricate  to  cntcr,  of  the  thiclc  trees,  between  thcm 
and  their  enemies,  so  that  it  was  not  easy  to  cross  it.  W'hcn  O'Donnell 
lcft  off  the  siege  in  which  hc  had  been  engaged,  thc  people  of  Niall 
O'Donncll  in  troops  and  bodics  wcre  going  round  among  their  friends 
and  companions  prying  about  and  examining  thc  tcrritorv,  to  sce 
whcther  they  might  get  a  chancc  of  a  prcy  or  spoil  for  thc  English. 
Their  fricnds  used  to  mect  them  privatcly  at  times,  to  let  thcm  lcnow  thc 
wcak  parts  and  news  of  the  country  also.  Some  of  them  wcre  cxccutcd 
by  O'Donnell,  to  make  known  thcir  dcccit  and  thcir  trcachery.  Their 
excursion  was  of  no  use  to  the  spies,  since  O'Donncll  did  not  allow  his 
forccs  to  be  ncgligcnt,  for  he  was  himself  with  his  forccs  between  thcm  and 
the  English  to  protect  them,  and  it  was  usclcss  for  any  one  to  vcnturc 
beyond  for  booty.  O'Donnell  did  not  go  from  that  place  till  the  cnd  of 
forty  days  ;  there  was  no  plunder,  booty,  or  attack  by  either  of  thcm  on 
the  other,  himself  or  the  English. 

At  that  time  and  season  news  rcachcd  him  that  a  vessel a  had  come  from 
Spain  into  the  harbour  of  Broadhaven,2  in  the  westcrn  part  of  the  province 
of  Mcadhbh.  His  mind  and  thoughts  wcrc  rouscd  by  this,  for  it  was  an 
omcn  of  succcss  to  him,  since  he  supposed  that  forces  and  aid  from  thc 
King  would  follow.  He  sent  his  messengers  to  thc  place  whcrc  O'Xeill 
was,  to  takc  the  ncws  to  him  and  invitc  him  to  comc  to  him.  He  went 
himsclf  by  the  road  across  Bearnus  with  a  troop  of  horsc,  and  he  left  his 
forces  in  their  encampmcnt  with  his  brothcr  Rury  O'Donnell  in  command 
of  thcm. 

When  he  crossed  Bearnus,  he.halted  but  a  short  timc  until  he  passed 
the  Ernc,  the  Drowes,  the  Dubh,  Magh  Cct'tne  of  the  Fomorians,  the 
Sligeach,  to  Tireragh  of  thc  Moy.  As  thc  fcast  of  thc  Lord's  Xativity 
was  vcry  ncar  thcn,  what  hc  did  was  to  write  lctters  to  the  ship.  and  thesc 
wcrc  thc  contents :  to  sail  with  thc  first  wind,  so  that  she  might  comc 
from  thc  south-wcst  to  thc  harbour  of  Killybegs  in  Tir  Boghaine,  and  they 
would    find    himself  and  O'Xcill  bcforc   thcm  thcrc.     O'Donncll  himself 


266 

co  no  jte  tAir  fAoine  au  coiiÍTÓet»  'OAijninccniu  ja-ó.  tutoh  Arr  Aiche]i]\Ach 
gur  aii  SbcceAc  poin  *oo  fimri.  Ac  cuAr  oórom  combtn  ó  lléitt  irm 
cconAiji  cIiucca  c]\e  hiaj  ccCiccne  rÍAn  ceAc  nt>í]\eAch,  co  no  *óiAn<\rcnÁ  ó 
*OoihnAitt  ipn  ptisCt)  hia  -oochum  conur  ca]\la  cut  1  cut.  1lo  rAitcmccCr- 
CAin  nÍAiii.  Soaic  imniA|iAon  r]\ioc]iorcc  tjur  aii  SAtiiAoin  roin,  Airrit>e  co 
T)ún  iia  n^Att.  "PorAijicc  1n  ruit>e  rni  né  coicc  tA  noécc  Á5  runnAnóe  ua 
tum^e  nein'inAice.  1lo  cionoitpCcc  Ai]\icch  7  ÚAirte  coiccnó  ConcobAi]\  *oo 
neoch  t>Aoi  ró  mAmup  uí  11éitt  ó  toch  ^eAbAit  co  t)oinn  -oia  fAijtó  au  -oú 
rm.  UAnjACAn  ón  mu-ó  ccCcnA  rriAice  coiccit)  1TleAt>bA  00  neoch  bACAn  *oo 
5|\er  ró  AmAtnup  7  ron  a  n<Mnn  111  •oochum  uí  *OliomiiAitt  "oo  chum^C-ó  Ap^A-ó 
50  (x  ^unnA-ó,  Ai|im,  eiccij  7  a  nAmne  au  cCua  *oa  cech  CniroAit  con^AncA 
cireA-ó  chucu  Am<\it  bA  ^nAicbep  t»óib.  TJaca]i  c]ia  ua  rÁopctAniiA  occ 
rAinot  7  occ  rtCouccA-ó  rnirm  ]\é  rin  t>o  gAome  bnó  (x  teAiroA. 

UAimcc  aii  toncc  íCn  ccahi  co  cúaii  ha  cceAt  nibCcc  1  cí]i  rjogliAme. 
fol.7i.<7.  'CiCghAiccnA  rtAiche  oía  liAichnéop.  1lo  bAoi  eppcob  ah'ijia  ronpAti  tumcc. 
*Our  piccpit)he  ahiacIi  (x  ua  ceccA  An  cCiia  imA]\oCn  jur.  fto  fAitcmgCccon 
11A  niAiche  ]ieiinb,  (x  niA-pAn  eprcob  pAmneA-ó.  *Oo  jiaca  m  A]iAccAt  ron  teic 
íCn  CCA111,  (x  t)o  ^mche  ArpAt>uccAt>  (x  a  rr]uoc1iAiteAt)  con  onoi]i  6:  Ai]\iiucin 
AiiiAit  |io  bA  t>ú,  co  ]io  tÁirCc  rcír  (x  mCi]\cCn  ua  niA]\ó  tnob.  Ac  ^tAOACAn 
iA]iom    (x   ia]uiia  roAchc  t)iob  ciri   cucaicc  roc  ]\o  jtuAip,    *oon  A]\po]\pCcc 

t)Olb    On     C01]X    1111 A    CUt)CACA]1    COmbA    T)1A    n  C]\CAt>]'OlÍl    111     ajató    AnAlÍtAC  T)0 

t>eAc1iACA]i  niA  ríu  cAttpAt>Aip  céitt  oia  ccAbAi]i  ó  H15  iia  SpAmne,  (x  co 
ccA]iccpAc  ré  mite  ponc  teó  cCccup  t)iA  CAbAinc  Doibpom  a  ccuApupcAt  "oia 
nAiiipAib  (x,  C]\]\At)Aib,  (x  t>up  pioccpA-ó  a]iccacc  bA  mó  Am  An  recc  CAnAire,  fx 
con^HAiii  ptoig  peb  ]io  geAttcA.  Ueicc  ó  'OoiiinAitt  7  ó  Héitt  uro  ioniACCAttAt>, 
(x  ]\o  cCip  mCnmA  ceccA]niAe  t>iob  co  mo]i  ro]\]^An  ajiccacc,  oinbAt>C]\b  teó 
co  tAipcip  a  uah'iaicc  ftiit  ro]\]\A  A]\  -ómnuiie  (x  "oC^ioite  ah  con^AncA  *oup 
pAnncc,  (x  combA  é  coi]upi  t>oib  a  fAmmumcC]i  rdfin  (x  a  noCp  coccai-ó  (x 
com'icCmiuit  otro  ÚAi]i  ac  ^éncAip  neimlroCichicm  ]\1§  ha  SpAme  1111  ha 
^AOi-óeALAib  íx  nAÓ  t)C]inA  acc  rot)Ait  íx  b]ucch  mbicc  *óiob,  50  ]\o  linotíA^i^^Cc 

^Bishop. — This  was  Matthew  de  Oviedo,  in  1601,  one  to  the  Earl  of  Desmond,  the 

a  Spanish  Franciscan,  who  was  Archbishop  other  to  Florence  MacCarthy.     He  seems 

ofDublinfromióootoióio.  Introd.,p.cxvi.,  to  have  left  Ireland  with  O'Donnell  after 

antea.     In  Pac.  Hib.,  pp.  200  and  300,  there  the  battle  of  Ivinsale.     See  Moran's  Arch- 

are  two  letters  written  by  him  from  Donegal  bisliops  of  Dublin,  p.  193. 


rcmaincd  in  Tireragh  of  thc  Moy  untíl  hc  had  complctcd  thc  cclebration     1600. 
of  thc  feast  ofthe  Lord.     Ilcwcnt  back  eastwards  to  the  Sligeach  again. 

It  was  told  him  that  O'Xcill  was  on  his  way  to  him  through  Magh  Cccttnc. 
duc  westwards,  so  that  O'Donncll  wcnt  on  thc  road  towards  him,  and  thev 
met  face  to  facc.  IIc  wclcomcd  him.  Thcy  wcnt  back  togethcr  to  thc 
Saimcr  eastwards,  and  from  that  to  Doncgal.  They  rcmaincd  thcrc  for 
thc  space  of  fiftccn  days,  waiting  for  thc  abovc  mcntioncd  ship.  Thcy 
summoncd  to  thcm  thcre  thc  chiefs  and  noblcs  of  thc  provincc  of  Conor, 
whosocvcr  was  undcr  subjcction  to  O'Xcill  from  Lough  Foylc  to  thc 
Bovnc.  Thcrc  camc  also  the  noblcmcn  of  the  provincc  of  Mcadhbh,  such 
as  wcrc  alwavs  in  subjcction  to  him  and  in  his  division  of  tcrritorv,  to 
O'Donncll  to  ask  him  for  prcscnts  of  spcars  and  guns,  arms  and  armour, 
and  thcir  sharc  of  cvcry  kind  of  wcalth  too  that  could  comc  to  thcm,  as 
was  usual  with  thcm.  Thc  nobles  wcrc  revelling  and  feasting  during  that 
time  with  thc  choicest  of  food  and  drink.       '  ^ 

Tlie  ship  came  soon  to  thc  harbour  of  Killybegs  in  Tir  Boghainc.  Thc 
chicfs  went  to  confcr  with  thcm.  Thcre  was  a  famous  Bishop  x  in  thc  ship. 
Hc  landcd,  and  the  mcssengers  with  him.  Thc  noblcs  welcomcd  thcm,  and 
espccially  thc  Bishop.  Thcy  wcrc  placcd  in  an  apartment  by  thcmsclvcs 
aftcr  a  while,  and  entertainmcnt  and  attcndancc  wcre  given  thcm,  as  wcll 
as  honour  and  rcspect,  as  was  fitting,  and  thcy  got  rid  of  thc  fatigue  and 
weariness  of  the  sca.  Thcy  aftcrwards  callcd  them,  and  on  bcing  aslced  thc 
rcason  of  thcir  coming,  thcv  told  thcm  the  busincss  on  which  thcy  had  come, 
that  it  was  to  strcngthcn  them  against  thcir  enemies  they  had  comc,  bcfore 
thcy  should  give  up  all  thought  of  aid  from  thc  King  of  Spain,  and  that 
thcv  broughtwith  thcm  six  thousand  pounds  first,  to  givc  it  to  thcm  to  pay 
for  soldiers  and  armour,  and  that  morc  moncy  would  comc  ncxt  timc,  and 
a  suppiy  of  soldicrs,  as  was  promised.  O'Donncll  and  O'Xcill  wcnt  to 
converse  togcthcr,  and  thc  minds  of  both  wcrc  very  í  1 1  at  ease  on  account 
of  thc  money,  for  they  wcrc  surc  that  thcir  enemiea  would  look  down 
on  thcm  on  account  of  thc  smallncss  and  mcanncss  of  thc  aid  which 
had  comc,  ancl  that  thcir  own  pcoplc  and  thcir  fricnds  and  lcinsmen  would 
bc  dissatisfied  with  thcm  whcn  thcv  learaed  thc  dísregard  of  the  King 
of  Spain  for  thc  Irish  and  that  he  did  little  or  nothing  for  them,  so  that 

2  L 


268 

ha  niAice  'otoriiA'ÓAn  a]v^aicc  céccup  -^\]a  Aoi^m  ni]\  bo  hÁitt)oib  cotnurccA'ó 
rfinje  ha  SpAmnech  tu\i]\  ní  bAoi  nAch  nt>f]\bi]\ir  teó  y\\\y  ccAomcif  ah 
nnnf'ó  no  An  eccfiroÁt  no  roncuirftgCc  a  ccoi]uchin  Apn  ai]\c  unbAccA|\  acc  ]u 
nA  SpAmne  n<\mÁ.  ílo  j;Abp\c  An  a]\ccacc  a]\a  aLa  €fc  m  c]\ia  fwmc  no 
Aitgfr  niAome.  *Oo  t>f]\p\c  a  buróe  rjur  An  II15  yuvó  iia  ceccAib  ah  -oo 
]uo-ónAc1"ic  x)óib,  (x  -oo  |\Accp\c  coicc  cécc  ponncA  -ooiia  ceccAib  reipn.  llo 
tÁirfc  mumcf]\  uí  *OhoiiinAiLL  a  rroLAncnAró  chucA  ipn  tumcc  -oreoLAib 
a§  niomcnom  ua  tAichcmeich  (x,  ccfchtiAcmoLc  cctuiiiiecc]\ochc  cctAon- 
*  At)1iA]ic<\c.  ílo  y eotpAc  ua  ceccA  a^a  ViAicLe  puoqwrj;  ipn  ccoiiai]\  cfccnA 
La  ceicc  cmrfó  nA  gAfiche  AHAi]\cÚAit).  UifjAicc  ha  rLAiche  yo\\  ccúLa'ó  co 
*Oún  ua  iijaLL  7  no  ]AAnncA  au  a]\ccacc  m  t>íb  teicib  eici]\  ó  n"OoiiinoiLL  (x 
fo.'/i.l>.  ó  11éiLL,  (x'oo  bf]\cp\c  1  ccuA]\urcLAib  t»iAnu]\]\At)Aib  &,t)ÍAccon'i]\Ann  coccai-ó 
t)ÍA  nAriip\ib  (x  t)'u\  nf]\]\et)Aib.  AiiAir  A11  c&prcob  ]\o  iomr<Ai'ópoiii  irocliAin 
uí  *OorimAitt  (x,  iia  itiac  mbfcliA'ó  bAoi  ipn  niAiniyci]\  co  \\uy  cocIiaic  ]\é 
pot)A  niiA]\ofn  rnvú.  1lo  biot>  peACAL  nAiLe  1  p.\]\]uvó  uí  11éiLL,  Laoi  ]\\riiLAit> 
fco]\]\A  t)ibLmib  hiia  peAch  yo\\  a  c1iuai]\c  co  byA]\ccAib  ah  drie  u\]\  cc]\ioLL. 

1601. 

O  1xAncc<\cA]\  ua  rLAiche  co  *Oún  ha  u^aLL  aii  recc  CAnAip  ]\o  ftajvóeLij- 
rfcc  iia  1iÚAp.\iL  (x  tiA  1iAi]ucch  y\\\  A]\oiLe.  Uifcc  ó  HéiLL  conA  riiumcin  t>iA 
ccijib.  Soaicc  p]\  ChoniiAchc  7  Aii  cac  t>on  ah^aca]!  a  coicceAt>1lleAt>bA'oiA 
ccí]\íb  (x  t)iA  irounnb.  *Oo  comtA  ó  *OoiimAiLL  cA]\yAti  mt)f]\nuy  AyfnoAC  (x, 
•OAprAH  rpnn  co  ]uac1ic  cur  An  Lonccporvc  ip\nccAib  a  ftog  111  u]\]>oic1nLL]:on 
^liAttAib  (x,  05  ^AbAit  ro]\]\A  cochc  t)m]\eAt)  ha  c]\iche  "oía  éir,  hacIi  ar 
pAgbAici  m  fcApbAo^At  uacIi  nro  eirLip  1lo  gAb  gnenn  t)oibporii  An  t)U|\- 
coniiecc  1npn  "0015  m  -ofjvgfnpAC  5A1^  y°ÉA1^  11°  11i5peim  ]\ob  ionÁi]\iiii 
CA]\yA  aii  ccfm  bAoi  ó  *OoiiitiAitL  aj  ^teot)  ha  ccAmgfn  ]\eiii]\Aiciu,  acciia  niÁ 
CAn  Ann  t>o  bf]\qwc  5A,tt  *Ooi]u  Ammur  Aiiinur  ecr\ocA]\  yo\\  úa  h*Ooc1ia]icai5 
SeAAn  ócc  -our  An  ccAi]\pay  bofjAt  joua  nó  twbAtA  p\i]\.  -<\]\  a  aoi  ]\o  bAtj 
cfnn  1  ccuice  teoiiiAn  nó  Laiíi  111  eA-ogpbe  a  lonnroijjeA'ó  ici]\  cem  bAoi  ah 
coice  6:  An  conÁch  A5  con^nAih  tAip  7  tA  a  couiitiet)  cAtn'iAiroA.     1a]\  ]\och- 

1  0'Doheriy. — He  vvas  one  of  those  who  supporters,  though  his  territorv,  lying  slong 

were  unwilling  to  submit  to  Hugh  Roeafter  the  coast  of  Inishowen,was  more  exposed  to 

his  inauguration  as  chief.     See  p.  57,  antea.  the  attacks  of  the  English  than  that  of  most 

Later  he  became  one  of  his  most  faithful  of  the  other  chiefs. 


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thc  noblcs  thought  to  rcfusc  thc  money  at  first.  Howcvcr,  thcy  did  not  1600. 
wísh  to  stir  up  thc  wrath  of  thc  Spaniards,  for  thcrc  was  no  onc  fricndly 
to  them  to  whom  thcy  could  complain  of  thcir  sorrow  or  sufferings,  who 
could  aid  thcm  in  thc  straits  in  which  they  wcrc,  but  thc  King  of  Spain 
They  took  thc  moncy  for  that  rcason,  and  not  through  avarice  or  a  dcsirc 
of  wealth.  Thcy  thanked  the  King  in  prcscnce  of  his  mcssengers  for  his 
gift  to  them,  and  they  gave  five  hundred  pounds  to  the  mcssengers  them- 
selves.  O'Donnell's  people  put  on  board  the  ship  for  thcm  plcnty  of 
flcsh-meat  of  hcavy  cattlc  with  rich  milk,  and  of  whítc-flceccd  crookcd- 
horned  wethers.  The  messengers  sailed  back  thcn  by  thc  same  way  with 
the  first  breeze  of  wind  from  the  north-cast.  Thc  princcs  rctumed  to 
Donegal,  and  the  money  was  divided  into  two  parts  betwecn  O'Donncll  and 
O'Xeill,  and  they  gavc  it  to  their  supportcrs  and  confedcratcs,  to  pay  for 
soldiers  and  armour.  The  Bishop  of  whom  we  have  spoken  rcmaincd  with 
O'Donnell  and  thc  sons  of  lifc  in  thc  monastery,  and  spent  a  long  time 
with  them.  Hc  was  for  some  morc  time  with  O'Xeill  ;  he  was  in  this 
way  between  both  by  turns  during  his  visit,  till  he  left  Ireland  after  a  while. 

1601 

When  the  princes  came  to  Doncgal  the  second  timc,  thc  noblcs  and  '6oT- 
lcaders  separated  from  each  other.  O'Xeill  and  his  peoplc  wcnt  to  thcir 
homes.  The  peoplc  of  Connaught  and  all  who  had  come  from  the  pro- 
vince  of  Meadhbh  returncd  to  their  districts  and  castles.  O'Donnell 
himself  went  through  Bearnus  and  ovcr  the  Finn  until  he  came  to  thc 
encampment  in  which  he  had  left  his  forccs  to  be  in  rcadiness  against  the 
English  and  to  prevent  them  from  going  to  plunder  thc  territory  behind 
him,  that  it  might  not  be  left  in  danger  or  neglectcd.  This  protcction  was 
of  service  to  them,  for  the  English  madc  no  inroad  or  attack  on  thcm 
worth  mention  during  the  timc  that  O'Donncll  was  concluding  thc  above 
mcntioned  business,  exccpt  when  the  English  of  Derry  madc  a  ficrce, 
merciless  attack  on  Shanc  Oge  O'Dohertv,1  to  sec  if  thcv  might  find  an 
opportunity  of  wounding  or  seizing  him.  For  it  was  to  put  onc's  head 
in  the  den  of  a  lion  or  onc's  hand  in  thc  ncst  of  a  griffin  to  attack  him 
so  long  as  good   luck    and    prospcrity   wcre   on    his   sidc   or  on    that  of 


270 

CAin  "ooiia  5<^ttAib  AC|\ub]\AniA]\  emeAch  mt>  ionc1iAib  pu  Iiúa  nT)ochA]\cAi<5 
]\o  piAbAin  cacIi  a  cheti  "óiob  co  hAinjjiT)  ecq\ocA]\  co  ]\aouíito  t>onA  ^AttAib. 
1lo  111UÓA151C  rocliAióe  ÚAróib  niión  copnet  bA  cóirmch  101115011.*  "óoib. 
1lix)i|\e  Ainjvóenc  eip"óe  Se]\  1o1m  ChAinbe]\tin  ACACorimAic. 

Soait  iía  *Ooc1ia]\cai5  co  co]'cca]\ac.  1VlonÚA]\  Arii  bi  heipohe  a  cor^A]!  (x 
a  Aicmp  ■oeigCiiAch  ro]\  JAttAib  acc  copiAih  a  ac1ia]toa  (x  a  t)orimAir  n^iú, 
a]\  bA  ^a]\  lÍAin  ^uu  110  ^Ab  cCróm  tnpitAmc;  <x  p\Cch  "oCnriiÁin  co  no  AfcnÁ 
Anoibne  -opor  aii  aUcai]\  aii  27.  1ahuai]\  pMii]\eA-ó.  1lopAt>  tu\ch  (x  ]\0bAC) 
•ooibj  oTÓeAb  aii  cí  cCjxa  A1111  fin,  -0015  Ar  1115  niÁ  ]\o  bAoi  coifeAcb  Aom- 
c]\ioc1ia  cé-o  11TO  nnr  Cneiiiom  i-p  ha  -oeTOCncliAib  ]\o  bA  c]\oo1ia  corii]\AniAc1i 
fol. 72.  a.  m  rmoiiiAib  goite  (x  gAircceb  mnÁp,  ]\o  bA  -oeAch  5A]\c  (x  5111011*1,  CmeAcli  Gc 
Ai]\be]ic,  aIIa-ó  (x  Ai]\]\óC]\CAp,  da  c]\úato  cotimA]\c  ffii  cochuccA-ó,  bAliA§niA]\ 
Aigmeib  r]u  lnonnpoijeA-ó  aii  cí  cacaiíiai]\  An  cah  pn.  UAn^ACA]!  ceccA  be 
pcctAib  a  oTOeA-ÓA  ^up  Aii  meniiAC  AinbAoi  ó  T)orimoitt. 

1lo  tÁ  ipnorii  7  iconur  "oepóe  (x  -oettij;  ron  a  riiCnniAui  co  mó]\  (x,  cCicc 
ró  ACArccf orii  icc]iAicce,  iiai]\  mn  bo  ]?oc1ia  cumpAncA  ÍAir  a  écc.  1-op\AccAib 
A  rtógh  mA  tongpopc  acc  niA*ó  bCj  t>o  bC]\c  hia  cliAoniicecc  pvóem,  Gc  ía]\ 
ccA]\ctoniA-ó  A11  neicli  ]\obcA]\  ÚAipte  Ai^iCg'OA'oopiot  Paiíiaiii  nnc  CmopAotAró 
(•oia]\  uó  coicli    oipeAcliup  mnre   IiCo^Iiahi)   co  1iaoih  bAite  chugA,  oup  cia 

•OO     11A  lllAIClb     110     01]TO11TO]:C'Ó    1l1     CCeAHnup  AU    C]\10c1lA1CC    Óét)    AC]\ub]\AniA]\, 

bA  rAi]\  iDettij  occa  íC]\  cc]\ut>  a  coiiiAi]\te  ci^CpiA  00  §Ainm  00  petnn  ócc 
ó  '01ioc1ia]\caij  "oC]\b]\ACAi]\pTOe  SeAAm  óicc  AcbAit  reb  ioiii]\o]vóATOpoih,  úai]\ 
bA  heip-óe  bA  pne  A]\  aoi  HAoip  7  oa  hÚAirte  íC]\  brmt,  '0015  bA  p  mjCn 
uí  "OhorimAitt  (TtlAJmup)  a  h'iacai]\.     Tíoir  AcconmAicp. 

*Oo  JA]\a]\  íC]\orii  a  5Ai]\m  ptACA  "oo  phetnn  p<s*ó  ha  niAicib  m  óige  uu 
iia  cuccAiccib  cenA  111   A]\o  ha   ccAoipg  mibAite  AigCohcAom   6c  t)o  b]\CcA 

1  Chamberlain.  —  Docwra   says   he   was  3 Fiaman — See  Introd.,  p.  xii.,  antea. 

mortally  wounded  with  16  wounds  on  the  4  Phelim  Oge. — '  O'Donnell  had  at  our 

28th  of  June,  1600.     Narraiion,  p.  241.  first  coming  seized  0'Dogherty's  son,  after- 

'lThedeath. — '  About  Christmas  this  yeare  wards  called  Sir  Cahir,  and  kept  him  as  a 

dyed  Sir  John  0'Dogherty,  in  Tyrconnell,  pledge.     Being  now  dead,  O'Donnell  set 

being  fled  from  his  own  country  with   his  up  in  his  place  one  Phelim  Oge,  a  brother 

goods   and  people  ;  a  man  that   in   show  of  his,   neglecting  the  son,  who  had  been 

seemed  wonderful    desirous   to   yield   his  bred  and  fostered  by  Hugh  Boy  and  Phelim 

obedience  to  the  Queen  ;  butso  his  actions  Reogh  (of  the  septs  of  MacDavids).  These 

did  ever  argue  he  was  otherwise  minded.'  men  took  it  as  the  highest  injury  that  could 

Ibid.,  p.  248.  be  done  unto  them  that  their  foster-child 


2;i 

his  earthly  lord.     When  thc  English  of  whom  we  have  spoken  camc  facc      1601. 
to  facc  with  0'Dohcrty,   cach  of  thcm  attackcd  thc  othcr  with  mcrciless 
hatrcd  till  the  English  wcrc  dcfcatcd.     Many  of  thcm  werc  slain,  with  the 
colonel  who  was  their  lcader  in  battle.     IIc  was  a  famous  knight  namcd 
Sir  John  Chambcrlain.1 

0'Doherty  camc  off  triumphant.  Alas  !  this  was  his  last  victory  and 
triumph  ovcr  thc  English  whilc  defcnding  his  nativc  land  and  his  homc 
from  them,  for  soon  after  an  intolerablc  discase  and  a  violent  siclcness 
scized  on  him,  and  hc  wcnt  speedily  to  the  other  world,  January  2jth 
prccisely.  Thc  dcath 2  of  him  who  died  then  was  sad  and  doleful,  for  there 
was  hardly  a  chicf  of  onc  cantred  in  the  island  of  Eremon  in  late  timcs 
who  was  bravcr  and  more  active  in  deeds  of  war  and  arms  than  he. 
He  who  dicd  thcn  was  great  in  renown  and  deeds,  in  hospitality  and 
profusion,  in  fame  and  exccllcnce.  He  was  stcrn,  vigorous  in  helping, 
he  was  active,  courageous  in  attack.  Messengers  came  with  the  ncws  of 
his  death  to  the  place  where  O'Donncll  was. 

He  showed  great  sorrow  and  grief  then,  and  it  lay  very  heavily  on  his 
mind.  He  set  out  immediately  in  consequence  of  thc  news,  for  0'Doherty's 
death  was  not  a  cause  of  comfort  to  him.  He  left  his  forces  in  the  camp 
all  but  a  few  whom  he  took  with  him,  and  having  assembled  the  principal 
nobles  of  the  race  of  Fiaman,3  son  of  Ccnnfaeladh  (to  whom  the  chieftaincy 
of  Inishowen  belongcd),  to  sce  which  of  the  chicf  men  hc  should  appoint 
to  the  chieftaincy  of  thc  cantred  of  which  we  have  spoken,  he  resolved, 
aftcr  taking  counscl,  to  give  the  title  of  chief  to  Phelim  Ogc  4  0'Doherty  ; 
hc  was  the  brother  of  Shane  Oge,  who  died  as  we  have  said,  as  he  was  thc 
oldcst  in  years,  and  the  noblcst  by  blood,  for  thc  daughter  of  Manus 
O'Donnell  was  his  mother.     Her  name  was  Rose. 

The  titlc  of  chicf  was  thcn  given  for  these  same  reasons  to  Phelim 
in   presence    of   all    the    chiefs    at    Ardnataoisig, 5    in    the   townland   of 

should  be  deprived  of  what  they  thought  nell's  hands,  and  vield  obedience   to   the 

was   his   clear   and   undoubted   right  .  .  .  State   .    .   .   From  that  dav  forward  we  had 

and  thereupon  addressed  themselves  to  me,  many    faithful  and  singnlar  good  services 

andmade  offer  that  in  case  I  would  main-  from  them.'     Docwra's  Netrration,  p.  24S. 

tain  the  son  against  the  unclc,  they  would  hArdnataoisig. — /.<?.,  the  chiefs' hill-    The 

work  the  mcans  to  free  him  out  of  O'Don-  name  is  now  obsolete. 


272 

úa  *Ooc1ia]\caij  t>AnniAin  rAi]\.  O  c1iAi]\mcc  tAirioih  nro  pn  ]\o  ]%ai  hia 
pnicdng  t>iA  fccoj\Aib  G:  ]\o  ronéon^Ain  ro]\  a  ftoj;  A11  •OAm^CiiAijibe  ]\o 
cfrcc]-AC  iiia  niomcliAcniAii^  t>o   "óai  11511  lu^Ab   G,  ^ah    rAitt  t>o    tC^At)  mA 

CCA1C]>Clf     11Ac1l     111A     CCA1cCcCA]\1lA1"Ó     *00    tó     110     *001X)c1ie     ]T0     "ÓAIg     HAcll      Af 

]\etcccif  5A1tt  nAit>  CtAim  ctnnn  ní  *OorimAitt  CA]\rA  5A11  ]\acucca"C)  •omt>]\eA,ó 
no  X)o  c]\eAc1io]\5Ain  ha  c]\iche.  T)o  ]\onAt)  eiccni  rAi]\riom  nro  pn.  <dn 
caii  iia  rÚAi]\pocc  5A1^t  11A  HÍAtt  coiia  b]\Aic]\ib  G,  coha  intniici]\  etAiig 
iia  eirtir  ro]\]\\n  bro]\Ai]\e  7  roprAii  rro]\coiriiet>  bAoi  ro]\]\A  t>o  5]\Cr  ó  úa 
nT)oriinAitt,  m  ]\o  rot>AiriirCc  5A11  ArccnÁrn  itecli  noote  to>r  ah  Ai-óit^e 
nnbACA]\  ■oo  cum^eAt)  aciiaiíiaij;  7  Ai]VbC]\cA  bic  uiffeotA,  conAt)  rAi]\  •oep-ó 
teó  b]\ot)tom  rtóij;  tÁnmoi]\  t>o  c]\óijceAÓAib  G,  t»o  riiA]\crto£  t>o  b]\eic 
•OA]\rAti  rCiiAbAmn  t»A]\  £11111  1n  cenét  Co^Iiahi  nnc  lléitt.  1lo  ArgnÁCAfi 
fol.  72.  b.  fCm^A  niA  ]\eimim  50  ]uac1icaca]\  co  gteAim  Aidite  1n  cenét  Cojahi,  G,  ]\o 
c]\e4choi]\ccAin  aii  t>ú  rin  co  téi]\  teó.  S]\Aomic  beór  ro]\  ctomn  aii 
p]\t>0]\che  nnc  Com  mec  T)oriinAitt  oc  cmnc  btnt)b  "oCip^,  6:  C]\JAbcA]\ 
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^eniuut  co  ]\o  1iei]\neAt>  rCfcacc  hiajij  t>o  a]\^acc  A-pr-  X)o  ^AbAt)  teó  íC]\ 
ccaiii  An  bAite  nÚA  G,  cAirtén  ha  t>Ci]\5e  (t)í  t>únA]\Ar  Ai]\-óeA]\ce  lAi'op'óe) 
go]\  ]\o  c]\oicyCc  monuite  mAicCr  t>o  neoch  ca]\caca]\  mncib.  *Oo  coCc 
1lÍAtt  con  a  b]\Aic]\ib  6:  coha  5AttAib  111A  rr]\icfét)  co  Leicbi]\  ía]\]^aii 
cu]\Arr  pn. 

*Oala  uí  >OoiiuiAtt  bAoipt>e  1  ror  ah  Ai]\Cccpn  occ   coifcecc  pu   TIÍAtt 
coiia  JAttAib,  G:  m  ]\o  fAij  ceccA]\HAe  •óiob   ro]\  A]\oite.     -AmbAoiporii  aii  cí 

Ó  *001Íl11Altt  fAlÍltAlt)    *00    ]\1Ac1lCACA]\    CeÓCA    At)0c1lU11l    CO  tlC]\lb  teÓ  Ó  A]\Altt 

t»iA  i]urib  7  ÓAi]\t>ib  b^cA]\  m  gAppoccur  t>o  -AchcLiAc  acc  coi^cecc  pu 
rcétojb  iia  cac1i]\ac  G,  ah  cfCiiAib  A]\  cCha.  Oa  rCt>  cocViacIic  ah  rcpbenn 
combAoi  Aon  "oÚAirLib  m\  bfionngAtt  tAidie  nAim  mio  corccAib  7  11110 
cliAmjmb  rot>em  ipn  cC^ÓAir  coJAi-óe  unl)ACA]\  fC]\ibnró  G,  reqiecAip'óe 
11  a  con'iAi]\te  G,  co   ]\o  Lejpt>e  bci]\   icechumupx   A]\Aibi   t>o   fcibmb   Aim 

1  Aigedhcaoin.  —  'Now  Balleeghan,a  town-  which  the  old  church  of  Badoney  is  situated. 

land  on  an  arm  of  Lough   Swilly,  in  the  See  Colgan's  Trias  Thaie/n.,  p.  181. 

parish  of  Ryemoghy,  andbarony  of  Raphoe;  3  Knockavoedearg. — A  lofty  hill  over  the 

it  contains  the  remains  of  a  beautiiul  old  town  of  Strabane.     It  has  its  name  from 

church.  Budhbhdearg,  a  Tuatha  De  Danaan  chief. 

'l  GlcncUy. — A  valley  near  Strabane,   in  See  Trioes,  &*c,  of  Hy  Fiachrac/i,  p.  410. 


?75 

Agedhcaoin,1  and  thc  titlc  of  0'Dohcrty  was  conferred  on  him.  W'hcn  1C01. 
hc  had  donc  this  he  went  back  to  his  camp  and  ordered  his  forces 
to  strengthen  the  fortifications  which  they  had  cut  all  round,  and  not 
to  ccase  watching  and  guarding  night  and  day,  Iest  thcy  might  allow 
thc  English  or  the  sons  of  Conn  O'Donncll  to  go  through  without 
being  noticcd  to  ravage  or  plunder  thc  territory.  This  was  done  exactly 
by  them.  When  neithcr  the  English  nor  Niall  and  his  brothcrs  with 
his  peoplc  discovcred  any  wcakncss  or  neglcct,  owing  to  the  watch  and 
guard  which  was  kept  on  thcm  continually  by  O'Donnell,  thcy  could 
not  but  go  out  on  thc  othcr  side,  in  thc  straits  in  which  they  werc,  to 
procure  food  and  supplics  of  fresh  meat ;  whereforc  thcy  resolved  to  takc  a 
a  large  body  of  chosen  horse  and  foot  across  thc  old  rivcr  across  the  Finn 
into  Cinel  Eoghain  IVIic  Xeill.  They  marchcd  forward  until  thcv  came  to 
Glenellv,'2  in  the  Cinel  Eoghain,  and  that  place  was  complctely  plundercd 
by  them.  They  also  defeated  the  sons  of  Ferdorcha,  son  of  John,  son  of 
Donnell  Oge  of  Knockavocdearg,3  and  Turlough  Oge  O'Coinne  was  capturcd 
by  Niall  O'Donncll.  He  was  not  set  free  from  his  chains  till  sixty  marks  of 
silver  were  paid  down.  Newtown  4  and  Castlederg  (these  werc  two  famous 
castles)  were  taken  by  them  later  ;  and  they  dcstroyed  all  the  goods  which 
they  found  in  thcm.  Niall  with  his  brothers  and  the  English,  returned  to 
Lifford  after  that  expcdition. 

As  for  O'Donnell,  he  was  resting  at  this  time  hearing  of  Niall  and 
the  English,  and  neither  of  them  attacked  the  othcr.  O'Donnell  continucd 
so  until  messcngcrs  came  to  him  with  lctters  from  some  of  his  confidants 
and  friends  who  were  in  thc  neighbourhood  of  Dublin  and  used  to  hear 
the  news  of  the  town  and  of  the  Council  also.  The  purport  of  the  lettcrs 
was,  that  some  days  bcfore  onc  of  the  nobles  of  the  old  English  was  on  his 
own  business  and  affairs  in  the  appointed  housc  in  which  the  clerks  and 
sccrctaries  of  thc  Council  wcrc,  and  that  he  read  a  letter  among  the  numbcr 
which  the  clcrks  had,   in  which    was    a    covcnant  of  friendship    between 

*  Ne wtown.  —  Now    Newtownstewart,  9  compast  with  a  good  high  stone  wall,  and 

miles    south   of  Strabane.      Docwra,   who  in    the  midst   of  it   a   fair    Irish  thatched 

captured  the  castle  on  the  2Sth  of  May,  house,  able  to  hold    50  or  60  men  in  it' 

describes  it  as  '  a  pile  of  stone,  strong  and  Narration,  p.  253      The   castle    with    the 

well  built,  having  before  it  a  large  bawn  exception  of  the  roof,  is  still  nearlv  cntire. 


274 

nnbAoi  C]iiiAit>m  cA]iAt)]\Aró  uí  ConcobAi]i  Stipj  *Oonc1iA-ó  hiac  CacaiL  óicc 
r]\ir  aii  lurcir  A]1  cAirccetAt)  7  A]i  CAi]ibC]\c  uí  T)oiiiiiAitt  ^XóoIiaIxUai-ó  (cipyi 
c]iuc,  ^um,  nt>  C]\£AbAit)  0011  1urur  (x  t>on  coriiAi]ite. 

bA  C]\ÚA5  c]iÁ  tAr-  au  'OAgtvuine  7  tA]"  A11  ÚAfAt  An  iiinnibC]\c  7  ah 
"0]\oic1tóiac1i  1nrm  bAoi  ro]\  ciito  -oon  ai]u§  6:  "oon  A]vo]>tAic  jau  a  Ai]\cirecc 
7  ^An  a  ru]\CAc1ic  "oia  ccifeAT)  x>e  cía  ]\o  bAoipitbe  coiia  tnte  yoi]vb  n'iAoiri  7 
niAiciur  ro  rniAcccliAin  (x  cuhiacca  ha  n^tt,  conAt)  Coli  00  ]\ome  aii  rccét 
■OAipieir  ro  tncteic  t)ÍA]\oite  eprcob  ipreAc  CAc1iotct>A  ]io  bA  t)eA]ibi]\ir- 
t>ó  "Olion'itiAitt  conAt)  Cx>  mt>pn  cocacc  ua  rcrubCiro  t>o  pAclic  cIiucca  /oon 
diu]\  rm.  1x0  tA  roclic  Aiiboat  ro]i  úa  nT)orimAitt  íC]\  tejeAt)  tia  rcpbenn 
co  -|\Aibe  r]u  ]\e  forjA  ^ah  tAb]\A  r]n  neAcb  (x  111  ]\o  ctnt  (x  111  ]\o  tomg 
fol.73. a.  i]v\iiiie  co  1iacai"ó  imcCm,  "0015  bA  tuntig  ÍAir  ah  ^AbAt)  (x  An  ^uatacIic 
Anrroitt  i]\Aibe  reirm  7  bA  cAUAip  tAir  t>iA  oitjeAt)  An  cí  t>o  nAt>  hia  dieitt- 
pne  7  iiia  mumcC]\Ar  c]\ia  pnn  7  ]>AobA]\  7  t>iA  ccajiao  ArgAÚA  mÁ]iA  t)A  t^Acri 
C]\noAit  (x  t)A  jacIi  cenét  c]\uró  (x  cCdi]\A  7  Aruwtt  t)o  lonrhur  t)o 
ioiiacocc  (x,  "oo  Aic]\eAb  a  c]\icbe  6;  a  cAoriiro]\bA,  t)o  co]\  1  r]\icbCnc  (x 
1  rÚArnAt)  r]iif  1  pucip.  A]\Aitt  beór  ]io  tA  ipuorii  7  icopur  ó  T)oiiinAitt  bA 
hon'iAn  tAir  Aor  rot>oint>  6:  Cjiiaij-oia  iomc1iAinCt>  111A  écciiiAir'  t)iA  nC]i§AbAit 
ó  ConcobAi]i,  (x  tio  cubA  pup  ^un  ]io  peAtt  rAin  ^au  c1nonAro1i.  V_)a 
rAi]\  "oeitti^  a  n'iCnniA  ro  t>eoit)  ÍA]\p\n  cconcAbAi]\c  ]>ot>A  miboi  A]\oite  *oia 
c1iAi]urib  (x,  t)iA  óCp  5]iAt)A  t)o  ^AOtoeAt)  co  1iúa  11éitt  (Aótj)  t)o  c1i]\ut>  6:  t>o 
cC]'cnucc1iot)  iia  cAWjmepn  cIiucca  (x  t>ia  c1ioriiAi]\teccCt>  rjur  ciot)  t>o  ^CnAt). 
1a]i  ntiut  t)oibpt>e  irreAcnA]icur  ua  rtAcliA  uí  Tléitt  Ac  rcorAcc  co  1uon- 
roit^itje  nt>ó  A11  ccoirc  nii a  ccut)CAcr<v]\.  ^1'01'0  t1^  lléitt  pu  ]\é  yot>A 
°5A  5e]ifC]iut>At)  ap  1iAi]\te  *oo  be]\At>  t)ÚA  T)1ioriinAitt  10111  concAbAi]\c 
nnbAOi,  conAt)  Ct)1i  ro  fAoró  cIiuca  ro  t>eoró,  ó  ]\o  bA  t)eirinn  tAip  ó  ua  mAicib 
i]iipeAc1iAib  t>o  bC]\c  ]iobAt>  7  Ai]icipecc  nt>ó  ah  caiijhacIic  6:  ah  meAbAt  ]io 
1ie]\C]iiAttA"ó  cliu^A^u^ibo  cec1icA75U]ibo1iAt)Airoó  neAcb  oite  t>o  c1iuim]iiudi 
ot-oÁp  a  oit>eAt)  ro-óCm  t>o  coclic  c]\eniiic,  no  aco]\  1n  ccajicai]i  7  a  ccuuii]\eAc1i 
An'iAit  t)o  ]1oA,a  -óó  Af a  AÓróeAt)  7  ArA  riiAC  b]iACAi]i  reb  AccÚAt)Amo]i  co  tei^. 

1  O'Conor  Sligo. — The  Four  Masters  give  of  Desmond  (whose  mother  was  O'Conor's 

as  the  reason  for  O'Conor's  treacherv,  '  that  wife),  who  was  in  prison  in  London,  would 

the  Lord  Justice  had  promised  some  time  be  let  home  to  his  patrimonv.'     vi.   2248. 

before  to  obtain  again  his  own  territorv  for  Besides,   O'Conor's    son  was    married    to 

hiui  from  the  Queen,  and  that  thevoung  Earl  the  Ead's  daughtcr. 


275 

O'Conor  Sligo,1  Donough,  son  of  Cathal  Oge,  and  thc  Lord  Justice,  to  spy      l6oI 
upon  and  dclivcr  up  Hugh  Roe  O'Donncll  no  matter  in  whatway,  whether 
by  wounding  or  capture,  to  thc  Lord  Justicc  and  Council. 

Thc  good  noblcman  thought  it  a  pity  that  this  wicked  plot  and  cvil 
dcsign  should  go  forward  against  thc  prince  and  chief  without  giving  him 
hclp  and  warning  of  what  was  coming  upon  him,  though  hc  was  with 
all  his  tcrritory  and  wcalth  and  propcrty  undcr  thc  obcdicncc  and  power  of 
thc  English.  Wherefore  what  hc  did  was  to  communicatc  it  privately  to  a 
certain  prudcnt  Catholic  bishop  who  was  O'Donnell's  intimate  friend,  and 
this  was  the  purport  of  the  letter  that  reached  him  then.  O'Donncll  was 
exceedingly  distressed  when  he  read  thc  letter,  and  hc  did  not  speak  for  a 
long  timc  to  any  one,  and  he  did  not  sleep  or  eat  calmly  for  a  vcry  long 
space,  for  hc  was  grieved  at  the  danger  and  grcat  peril  in  which  he  himself 
was,  and  it  was  a  second  time  he  reccived  this  man  whom  hc  took  into  favour 
and  friendship  at  thc  point  and  edge  of  the  sword,  and  gavc  him  largc 
presents  of  evcry  kind,  and  of  every  sort  of  flocks  and  herds  and  other  things, 
in  order  that  he  might  come  and  dwell  in  his  territory  and  entcr  on  his  lands  ; 
yet  he  placed  himsclf  in  opposition  and  in  enmity  to  him  again.  In 
addition  to  the  great  sadness  and  grief  O'Donnell  felt,  he  was  afraid  that 
prudent  and  wise  peoplc  would  complain  that  he  had  omitted  to  scizc 
O'Conor  whcn  it  was  provcd  that  he  had  conspired  against  him  without 
reason.  At  last,  after  a  great  deal  of  pcrplexity,  he  determined  to  scnd 
some  of  his  trusty  and  faithful  people  to  Hugh  O'Neill  to  consult  about 
and  inquirc  into  that  business  with  him,  and  advise  with  him  as  to  what 
hc  should  do.  Aftcr  they  had  come  into  the  presencc  of  thc  prince 
O'Neill,  they  told  him  privately  the  business  on  which  thcy  had  come. 
O'Neill  set  about  considcring  carefully  for  a  long  time  what  advicc  he 
should  give  to  O'Donnell  in  the  perplcxity  in  which  hc  was.  Thc 
message  he  sent  to  him  in  the  end  was,  that  as  the  treachcry  and 
dcceit  plotted  against  him  was  proved  to  him  by  thc  trusty  chicfs  who 
had  givcn  him  warning  and  hclp,  it  was  right  and  mcet  to  imprison 
anyone  else  but  his  own  gucst  who  camc  at  his  bidding,  or  to  put  him  in 
bondage  and  in  chains,  as  happcned  to  him  at  the  hands  of  his  host  and  thc 
the  son  of  his  rclativc,  as  wc  havc  alrcady  statcd. 

2   M 


276 

Soaic  mumcCu  uí  'OórimAitt  tna  f*\px>  $ur  nA  1iAiciurccA*ó  rm 
uí  néitt  teó,  (x  Acréccr ac  uite  AriiAit  AC]iubnAniA]\.  O  "OorimAitt  -OAn  -oo 
uoe^A  -011161111  inA]\cAc  vo  ^teine  a  JArnAróe  Ar  A]\  11100  a  fAoiteAccAm  (x 
a  cliAunp,  &  nir  nebc  r]u  1iÁon  ÚAróib  m  no  bAoi  mA  mCnniAm  acc  iia 
mÁ  no  roiicon^Ain  ronnA  comcAir  eAttmA  rni  5111011*1  ah  nCic  110  clunnnigrC-ó 
cIiuca  icé-ooiu.     tlo  cmgeAttfAC  -óó  -OAicCrcc  Aompn  m-orm. 

1lo -oiAnArgnA  íauoiíi  coua  -oinim  niAncrtuAij;  ^au  aiuvó  5A11  oi]\iriurii  50 
UAnAicc  gur  ah  njnAmpg  1  coinpne  'ononiA  ctiAb  &  no  tÁ  a  ceccA  ]UArh  -oo 
cocuineA-ó  uí  ConcobAin  cIiuca  ^ur  ah  mAijm  pn.  T)o  coCc  oin  reb  no 
ronconjnA-ó  rAin.  O  -oo  ]uac1icacau  emeAÓ  m  iondiAib  rni  au  oite,  no  Cnb 
ron  Aiiiumcin  euJAbAit  uí  ConcobAin.  Vo  uonAx»  rAi]vpoiii  ro  chéccoin 
m'opn  6:  no  C]\piAccAi]\r Cc  iia  Iiócca  -óó  5A11  Cn^nAiii  nó  eipomot  -oo  cAbAi]ic 
■oía  uvó,  au  ro  jebnj  a  ointeAch  -oia  cca]\X)a-ó  pucbC]\c  irooib  6,  nó  biAX>  m 
riAttnur  A5  ó  nT)orimAitt  ah  oi]\Cc  ]\obA  cot  x>ó.  jgeibicc  nA  1iAn]\Aró  occa 
íol  71  £  lomclioiriiCc^AnnAc'oiclieAttÍAnccAiii.  TDo  ]uac1ic  immonnó  ó  "OorimAitt  mA 
rnicCn^  ^up  nA  rccouAib  &,  ]io  tÁ  uÁ  ConcobAin  xua  coriroA  co  todi  iCfccAig. 
lomdiurAUÍ  T)orimAittbAoipt)1ieAicheAttAc  conAftójliAibipn  diAichreir 
cCccha  iomno]iAix>porii  conA  puch  bAo^riAt  gonA  íia  gAbÁtA  coiíi]\uac1iai]i  nÁ 
cneAch.oi]vc;ne  ro]\  Aon  xúa  iiiumci]\  cAi]\pb  An  oi]\Cc  pn,  (x  m  moo  ]\o 
tAriirAC  ^oitt  niA  beúp  HÍAtt  ó  *OorimAitt  coua  buAiqub  x>enAch  An  puinc 
i]\AJAibfCcc  cCccuf  *oon  teic  "01  a  mbAoiporh.  X)o  ]\a^a  coiíi]:úacax> 
coccató  acIiató  pApAn  cAn^A  nucoriinomn  a  ccnidie  eici]\  1a]\^a  Ctomne 
11iocai]vo,  "UitteAcc  niAC  11ioccai]vo  Saxauai^,  7  coriib]\Aicne  ctAnn  SeAAm 
ua  SeAiiiA]\  nnc  11ioccai]vo  Saxauaij,  RemAnn,  thttiAm,  SeAAn  ócc, 
(x,  UomAr  AnAnmAnnA.  Uor  bon  éx>  7  eAtcniAi]\e  ro]\mAx>  (x,  pnmi]~ccnix>e 
iAiccpx>e  r]ur  An  HitteAc  miA  oi]vonCx>  irin  rtAicmp  (x  c]ua  jac 
rCntonii  xdo  ]\a^a  Cco]\]\a  o  cém  no  bAX)  enintc  *oo  cÁbAi]\c  ro]\  Aint) 
m-oonfA,  5U]\  ]\o  1iAcc1iui]\eA-ó  &,  ju]i  ]\o  1nonnA]\bAX>  tAp  An  lA]itA 
au  ctAnn  pn  SeAAm  ó  jac  ai]vo  t)iA]\oite  íC]\  t)enorii  rogtA  7  x^ibei^e 
xiorutAchcA    mA     nACA]i-ÓA    r]u    Anecc]iAiccib    7    rni    CAi]npb    An    lA]\tA 

1  Grange. — A  village  a  little  to  the  north  3 Lou%h  Esk. — It  lies  between  Bearnus 
of  Ben  Bulban.  Mor  and  the  tovvn  of  Donegal.    On  one  of 

2  lmpriso?ied. — He  was  set  free  the  fol-  the  islands  near  the  south  shore  there  are 
lowing  year  by  Rory,  Hugh's  brother,  and  the  remains  of  a  large  building,  probably 
afterwards  gave  him  whatever  aid  he  could.  the  residence  of  Niall  Garbh  at  one  time. 


277. 

O'Donnell's  pcople  rcturned  to  him  with  thc  message  givcn  them  1601. 
by  O'Neill,  and  they  told  him  everything  as  \vc  havc  rclated  it.  O'Don- 
nell  then  sclcctcd  a  troop  of  horse,  thc  choiccst  of  his  troops,  in  whom  lic 
had  most  trust  and  confldcncc,  and  he  did  not  lct  out  to  anv  onc 
of  thcm  what  was  in  his  mind,  but  merely  ordcrcd  thcm  to  be  ready 
to  do  on  thc  spot  whatever  he  should  ordcr  them.  They  promised  to 
obey  thc  chicf  in  that. 

Hc  marched  rapidly  aftcr  that  with  a  troop  of  horsc,  without  halt  or 
stop,  till  he  came  to  Grange  l  in  Carbury  of  Drumcliff,  and  hc  sent  on 
messengers  to  summon  O'Conor  to  him  at  that  place.  He  came  as  he 
was  ordered  to  do.  When  they  came  face  to  face  with  each  other,  he 
ordered  his  people  to  seize  on  O'Conor.  This  was  done  immediately, 
and  the  soldiers  warned  him  not  to  think  of  emploving  skill  or  courage, 
for  he  would  be  slain  if  he  should  offer  any  resistance  to  them,  and  he 
would  be  kept  in  bonds  by  O'Donnell  as  long  as  he  plcáised.  The  soldiers 
proceeded  to  guard  him  without  any  concealment  afterwards.  O'Donnell, 
howevcr,  returncd  to  his  encampment,  and  he  sent  O'Conor  to  be  imprisoned2 
in  Lough  Esk.3 

As  for  O'Donnell,  he  was  again  engagcd  with  his  forccs  in  the  same 
watch,  as  we  have  said,  so  that  there  was  no  danger  of  wound  or  capture,  of 
depredation  or  plunder  for  any  of  his  faithful  people  then,  and  the  English 
and  Niall  O'Donnell,  too,  and  his  brothcrs  did  not  attempt  to  lcave  the 
fortress  which  they  had  first  com'e  to,  on  the  side  where  he  was.  There 
took  place  a  great  contention  of  battle  some  time  before  that  about  the 
division  of  thcir  territory  between  the  Earl  of  Clanricardc,  i.c,  Ulick,  son  of 
Richard  Sassanach,  and  his  relatives  thc  sons  of  John  na  Scamar,  son  of 
Richard  Sassanach  ;  Redmond,  William,  John,  and  Thomas  werc  their 
names.  Thcse  werc  fillcd  with  suspicion  and  envy,  spite  and  hatrcd  against 
Ulick  becausc  hc  was  choscn  for  the  chieftaincy,  and  bccausc  of  every  old 
grudgc  which  happened  betwccn  them  for  a  long  timc  which  it  would  bc 
tedious  to  set  forth  now  ;  and  the  sons  of  John  were  driven  and  banishcd 
from  onc  place  to  another,  after  committing  intolerable  trespass  and  robbcry 
in   their  native  place  on  their  enemies  and  on  the  subjects  of  the   Earl 


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}\Mnpe<yó,  conA  rÚAinrCcc  Ai]\t>  no  ai]\cCito  m  ]\ob  mmtte  teó  nodicAm  *oia 
piA'oh.A-ó  fx  X)o  nnbC]\c  a  mbA]\Amne  (x  a  iiAmc]\it)e  ro]\  a  mb]\Ac1iAi]\  ah 
c1a]\la  iiia  out  t>o  fAigvó  uí  T)1iorimAitt,  "0015  en'i  bA  t)C]\b  teó  oía  ccíreA-ó 
oa  iiac1i  nÁon  oite  00  51^01  t>eAtAib  a  broinicm  nAC  a  ccomfuncAclic  combA-ó 
t>e  a  aCiia]i  t>ur  fiucrCt».     *Oon  An^Acon  íCnorii. 

Ua  ^a]\  ]\é  ía]\  co]\]\ac1icaui   t>oibit>e  co  1iAi]\m  Amboi  ó  'OorimAitt  An  caii 
CACA1Í1A1]\  A11  C1A]\tA  tÍltteAC  1  1111]"  111 A1  11A   btiAt>nA   ]"0    lóoi,  7   ]\o    hoijvonCt) 

a  n'iAc  11ioca]vo  mA  lonAo.  Ho  ^liAb  íCnccAm  Ait^Cr  (x  lomcotcA  eipobe  la 
bo]\]\rAt>  b]\i  je  tA  liÚAitt  (x  lonoccbAit  ía]\  ha  oi]\neAt)  -out  t)Aicbe  a  AiirAtAt» 
7  a  eccAi]\Aior  ro]\  n^cli  "ojiumj;  yO]\r  ^1^01  rmAclic  (x  cuh'iacIica  uí 
"OliorimAitt  (x  ^aii  oi]\irioiii  co  ]\oc1icahi  t)ó  co  1iu]\  Sti^icclie  *oía  ccaCiíi]\yó, 
t»eicbi]\  ón  a]\  ]\o  •oti^lip'óe  coiia  c]\ic1i  mte  1  ccoicclmine  reidi  "oúa 
T)1ioiiinAitt  coha  n'iumci]\  t)iemcAir  cuAtAing   a  ccobAij  ro]\Aib,  A]\  ]\obcA]\ 

10tA]V0llA  A  CC]\eAc1lA  (x  A  CCUA]\CA  dlUCA  111A  CCÍjub. 

1lo  cA]\cctom<yó  a  ooclium  ro]\  roncon^nA  ah  1urar  to]\t)  1l1ouncioy  a]\ 
Aitt  -oonA  t)]\on5buf6mb  t)ei]\riiAi]\ib  bACA]\  ó  JAttAib  m  -oúnnb  "OAin^mb  (x 
mt)  A]\A]"A\b  Ai^ieAjlTÓAib  ha  1YluriiAii  t>o  neocli  cCcorimACAin  hia  coriifocliAib 
.a.1  tuimneAcli,  1n  Citt  moceAttócc,  m  GA]^eibcCine,  Gfc  mn  tnongnA-OAib 
fol.74. a.  oite  cen  mocliÁcc.  Daca]\  beóy  inC]\toniie  ro]\  a  clnonn  ha  ftóig  cecorii- 
iv\cca]\  011  mbAin]\iojAin  in  Á]\urt)únAib  ai]\]vóC]\ca  coiccvo  OtneccriiAÓc  .1. 
in  jgAittirii,  111  AcbtuAin,  (xc]\a.  O  t)o  ]\ionÁitriuc  nAniAicerm  co  boCnbAite 
con  00  ]\Ai]^eAtbAic  "oon  1a]\^a  pn  Ctonme  T1iocai]vo  oía  ccA]\x)At)  a  ccCnnur 
bA  1iet)  ]\o  clnnnriuc  t)AoinmCnn\Ain  A^cciiArii  cCccur  ro  a  ccuniAng  co 
1llAmirci]\  nA  Ouitte  x>uy  A11  ccAoriifACAir  t>eirtir  nó  t)écim  ]\oc1icAm  Ai]~rvóe 
co  SticceAch.  lomcurA  uí  'OorimAitt  oau  ón  cCccha  recc  ]AAngACA]\  rccétA 
-oiAfAipt)  combACAn  nA  coichCrcAit  cnomrtoij;  pn  occ  c]UAtt  mA  ooclium,  ]\o 
f Aoit)  ro]\A\]\Ct)A  yó]\tCc1inA  ronrnA  coiiAi]\ib  coicc1iCmiA  m  ]\o  b<xó  "oóij  LAir 

All    dA]\tA    COnA    fOc1l]\A1C1U    t»0    COCU]\    111A     cCllH.        UA     CA11A1C1U     A    COIIJAlb 

1  Earl  U/ick.—The  Four  Masters  say  of  z  Kilmallock.— 17  milessouthofLimericlo 
him  that  'his  death  was  a  mournful  piece  of  It  was  one  of  the  principal  strongholds  of 
news  among  the  Irish,  that  he  was  gentle  the  Earls  of  Desmond.  Some  parts  ofthe 
towards  the  people  of  his  territory,  fierce  walls  and  one  of  the  gates  still  remain. 
to  his  neighbours,  impartial  in  all  his  deci-  Close  by  are  the  ruins  of  a  Dominican 
sions.'     vi.  2236.  priory  founded  in  1291  by  Gilbert,  2nd  son 

2  Inaugurated.  —  Not  elected.  He  suc-  of  John,  Baron  of  Offaly,  and  ancestor  of 
ceeded  his  father  according  to  English  law.  the  White  Knights. 


cspccially,  so  that   thcy  found   no   place  or  spot  wherc  it  was  safcr   for      1^-01. 
them  to  go  scck  protcction  and  rcsist  thc  opprcssion  and  cruelty  of  their 
cousin  the  Earl  than  with  O'Donncll,  for  thcy  wcrc  ccrtain  that  even  if  aid 
and  hclp    would    come  to  thcm  from  no  onc  clsc  of   thc   Irish  it   would 
comc  from  him  alonc.     Thcy  wcnt  to  him  thcn. 

A  short  timc  aftcr  thcy  camc  to  thc  placc  whcrc  O'Donncll  was,  thc  Earl 
UlickT  died  in  the  month  of  May  of  this  ycar,  ióor,  and  his  son  Richard  was 
inauguratcd'2  úi  his  placc.  A  dcsire  and  longing  scizcd  him  in  thc  pridc 
of  his  strength,  through  vanity  and  vain  glory,  aftcr  his  inauguration  to 
go  and  avenge  his  wrongs  and  cnmity  on  all  thc  pcoplc  who  wcre  under 
thc  authority  and  sway  of  O'Donnell,  and  without  delay  to  go  to  thc 
bank  of  the  Sligeach  if  he  could.  Thc  reason  was  that  it  was  incumbcnt 
on  him  and  his  wholc  territory  universally  to  kccp  watch  on  O'Donnell 
and  his  pcoplc,  that  thcy  might  be  able  to  resist  their  attacks  on  thcm, 
for  his  plunderings  arjd  visits  to  thcm  in  their  tcrritorics  wcre  frcqucnt. 

There  assemblcd  to  him,  by  command  of  the  Lord  Justicc  Lord 
Mountjoy,  some  of  thc  large  bodics  which  the  English  had  placed  in  the 
strong  castlcs  and  principal  fortresses  of  Munster,  whichcver  happencd  to 
be  in  the  neighbourhood,  viz.,  in  Limerick,  Kilmallock,3  Askcaton,4  and  in 
the  other  strong  places  besides.  The  forces  which  thc  Qucen  had  in  the 
principal  fortresses  of  the  province  of  Olncccmacht  in  Galway,  Athlonc,  &c, 
wcre  also  in  readincss  to  mcct  them.  W'hcn  thcse  chicfs  had  asscmblcd 
in  onc  placc  and  prcsentcd  thcmsclvcs  to  the  Earl  of  Clanricardc,  to 
whom  the  chief  command  had  bcen  givcn,  they  determined  unanimously 
to  march  first  with  their  forccs  to  the  monastery  of  Boyle  to  sec  if  they 
could,  through  the  neglect  (of  others)  or  with  risk  to  themselves,  go  from 
that  to  Sligo.  As  for  O'Donnell,  thc  first  time  thc  ncws  rcachcd  him  that 
thcsc  great  hosts  wcrc  marching  towards  him,  hc  scnt  out  widc-spread 
watches  on  the  usual  roads  by  which  hc  thought  the  Earl  with  his  forccs 
would  comc  towards  him.      His  confiicts  and  contcsts  in  battlc  against  thc 

3  Asheaton. — 16  milcs  west  of  Limericlc.  are  sadly  in  necd  of  some  sort  of  care.     We 

There  is  a  view  ofthe  castle  in  J'ac  Hib.,  earnestlv  trust   the   Board  of   W'orlcs  will 

p.  94.     Agreat  part  of  it  is  still  standing,  as  take  speedy  action  in  this   inattcr,  and  so 

well  asofthe  l'ranciscan  monastery  founded  save  from  absolute  and    complete   ruin  a 

by  the  Earl  of  Desmond  in  1420,  but  both  most  interesting  group  of  monuments. 


28o 

c1u\ch.Arorii  G:  a  ctu\c  gAbAtA  rjur  heccAiricenétu  An  rCnnA'ó  Gb  au  rccAoitlú 
■oo  bCnc  ron  a  rtoighrinteA'ÓAib  m  jac  rriAijm  im  bAcon  .1.  *o-)iechcA  •oCnriiÁjiA 
ipn  diAicC'OAjAni'ó  7  1]'  iia  rconAib  AqiubiiAmon  mt)  unfoichitt  11A  n^Att 
CA]inurAin  111  "Ooiiie  6;  Leichbin  6;  llóitt  uí  T)horimAitt  coiia  biiAichinb 
rAm]\eAt>,  "opongA  mó]\A  hia  iuo^h-óúimb  -oia  ccoiítóa  ron  a  biO'óbA'ÓAib  An  nA 
VA^bACAir  111  CccAfbAo^At  5AI1  cornAih  icciii.  Aciacc  nA  t)úme  oitén  tocliA 
hiArccAig,  "Oún  tiA  n^AÍt,  Ach  SCiiai 5,  CutmAome,  6;  bAite  au  IIII10CA15,  6: 
A]\Aitt  T)1A  fto^Aib  mA  ÓAoniicecc  rA-óem  caii  cCi^oa'ó  r]n  •h.A'ótAicc  eigm 
cecip  nAch  tec. 

O  11A111AICC  aii  cu\iitA  conA  ftoj  cAnfAn  AbAmn  "oiAnAt)  Amm  Suca,  óc 
chudtA  An  ruitnuJA'ó  7  ah  rAiiiuccA-ó  ronrA  fAbACAf  mumcCn  uí  *OoriiiiAitt 
reAchnón  nA  ré'crtigC'ó  ruAichnró  7  ua  ccotiAiiiC'ó  ccoicciuiro,  6:  co  cAocrA-ó 
bu-óbem  111  eAttriiA  t)iA  ccointcm  "oiAiiibAt)  aijic  no  eiccen  "ooib,  bA  rCx>  "oo 
nome  no  cAi]\mcheininC'ó  coiia  rtóJAib  roin  ^ac  n-oíiieAC  'oomínno'OAib 
mAi^nerohe  niAcliAine  riiAi^he  hAoi  co  nAnccACAn  co  J|pitrmn  1n  ccoicciuoch 
rtiAiti  tui]\5  &  úa  mbinAin  tiA  SionnA  ctomne  CAchAit  7  niAige  1iaoi 
ah  pnnbeiroAij.  0'*OoiimAitt  cjia  ó  no  liAirneroeA'ó  -óó  An  dAntA  conA 
rtoccAib  t)o  cochc  aii  "oú  rm  111  ca]\ac  1  roitt  nAc  ah  eiptir,  acc  ]io  CrccoriitÁ 
7  ]\o  "óiAnAt)  *oo  tó  6:  'oa'oIiai^  gur  Ati  tion  Ap  tiA  ro]\cAorimAccAi]i  t)o 
focnAroe  111A  fAnnAt)  50]!  ]\o  fuitnj;  a  tonjpopc  ai]vo  m  ai|to  rfur  ah  tong- 
po]\c  iiAite.  Tlo  bACA]t  acIiaix)  pAriitAit)  CmeAch  111  loncliAib  rru  AnAitt.  t)A 
rtnteAch,  r]\Airt>iub]\Acciuch,  c]\echcAch,  c]ioiteA]\ACCAc  ha  liAmtnAir  Amt)- 
Í0I.74.Í.  nCiroA  7  iia  "oeAbcA  "outt^he  -ooiongAbÁtA  ]\o  pcclnc  Cco]\]\a  t)o  t>íb  teiclnb 
]\o  bAt)  enintc  -OAirneir  hiia  peAc,  acc  cCiia  ]\o  mtroAtjic  ite  -oía  nóccbAit)  -oo 
nAic  (x'oo  ]iaca  AruiAitt  1  ruitAib  6:  a  cc]iechcAib  combACA]i  rgiclnj;  coijirij;  ro 
•óeoró  t)ÍA  A]\  oite  511]!  uó  micró  tÁr  An  lA]\tA  coiia  ftojAib  ionipút>  t)u\ 
cchub  7  t)iA  ccrgib,  6:  "oo  ]\oiiAt)  Ait)hmitteAt)  G:  At>bAit  rccuior  Aicicchci  6; 
AnbA  tAr  An  lA]\tA  coha  coiceArcAt  A5  poA-ó  t)oib  ro]\  a  nCrccAi]voib  .1.  piot 

1  Donegal. —  Sidney,    the   Lord    Deputy,  was  burnt  by  Hugh  Roe  in  1589,  to  prevent 

who  visited  Donegal  in   1 563,  says  of  the  the  English  from  garrisoning  it.     Mangan 

castle  :  '  It  is  one  of  the  greatest  I  ever  saw  has  translated  in  his  own  perfect  fashion  the 

in    Ireland  in  any  Irishrnan's  hands,  and  "Lament"  of  Mac  an  Ward,  the  bard  of 

would  appear  in  good  keeping  one  of  the  O'Donnells,  on  its  destruction.     Sir   Basil 

fairest,  situate  in  a  good  soil,  and  so  nigh  a  Brooke,  who  in  1609  had  a  grant  of  100  acres 

portable  water  as  a  boat  of  ten  tons  may  from  the  castle  to  the  sea,  rebuilt  it.     On 

come  within  twenty  yards  of  it.'   That  castle  the  chimney-piece  of  the  principal  room  are 


28 1 

foreign  race  wcre  \veak  owing  to  thc  division  and  scattering  which  hc  had  1C01 
madc  of  his  soldicrs  in  thc  scvcral  places  whcre  thcy  wcrc,  viz.,  strong 
bodics  in  the  ambuscadc  and  cncampmcnts  of  which  wc  have  spoken, 
ready  for  the  English  who  dwelt  in  Dcrry  and  Lifford  and  for  Xiall 
O'Donncll  and  his  brothcrs  cspecially,  large  numbers  in  thc  royal  castles 
to  guard  thcm  against  the  enemy,  so  that  thcy  might  not  leave  them 
in  danger  without  any  protection  whatevcr.  Thcsc  were  the  castlcs  of 
the  island  of  Lough  Esk,  Donegal,1  Ballyshannon,  Collooney,  and  Bally- 
mote,  and  some  of  his  troops  were  with  himself  in  case  he  might 
encounter  some  special  difficulty  anywhere. 

When  the  Earl  with  his  army  had  gone  across  the  river  called  the  Suck, 
and  heard  of  the  position  and  situation  in  which  O'Donnell's  men  were 
along  the  wcll  known  roads  and  the  usual  passes,  and  that  he  himself  would 
ccme  in  full  force  to  assist  them  if  they  were  in  strait  or  need,  what  he  did 
was  to  march  with  his  forces  due  east  by  the  decp  roads  of  the  level  part 
of  the  plain  of  Magh  Aoi  until  they  came  to  Elphin,  on  the  boundary  of 
Moylurg  and  Hybrian  na  Sionna,  clann  Cathal,2  and  Magh  Aoi  an  Fennben- 
daigh.3  Meantime,  when  O'Donnell  lcarned  that  the  Earl  with  his  forces 
vvas  coming  to  the  place  where  he  was,  he  was  not  slow  or  negligent,  but 
he  assembled  and  brought  together  by  day  and  by  night  the  greatest 
number  of  troops  he  could,  and  encamped  part  for  part,  opposite  the 
other  camp.  They  were  for  some  time  like  that  facing  each  other.  The 
stout  onsets,  the  fierce  attacks,  and  doleful  conflicts  in  fight  which  took  place 
betwcen  them  on  both  sides,  too  tedious  to  relate  singly,  were  bloody,  with 
showers  of  shot,  wounding,  pain-causing.  However,  manv  of  the  soldicrs 
were  slain  at  once  and  others  were  laid  in  blood  and  wounds  till  they 
were  both  weary  and  tired  of  each  other  in  the  end,  so  that  it  seemed  time 
to  the  Earl  and  his  forces  to  rcturn  to  their  lands  and  homes.  Great  ruin 
and  destruction  of  the  dwellings  and  crops  was  wrought  by  the  Earl  and  his 

the    arms   of  Brooke    empaling    those    of  end  of  the  7th  century.     See  Topog.  Pocms 

Leicester.     See  Flight  oj '  the  Ear/s,  p.  414.  p.  xxxiv. 

'2  Ciann   Cathal.-i.e.,   the  O'Flanagans,  * Finnbendaigh. — i.e.,   the   white-horned. 

who  were  once  chiefs  of  a  district  between  The  allusion  is  to  Queen  Meadhbh's  bull, 

Belanagare    and     Elphin.     They    are   de-  spoken  of  in  the  Tain  Bo  Cuailgne.     Her 

scended  from  Cathal,  second  son  oí  Muire-  palace  was  at  Croghan,  in  the  north-west  of 

dach,  who  was  King  of  Connaught  at  the  Magh  Aoi.  O'Currj's  .US- Matcria/s,  p.  34. 


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cconcobAin   1lÚAró    &   pot   cceAltAi5  bACO]\  bi  ]iAnn   a  hi   mumcC]\Ar  uí 
"OomnAitt. 

UmnceccA  lléitt  uí  T)1iorimAitt  coua  •óC]ib]iAic]\ib  &  conA  gAttAib, 
ó  no  ctoAÚA|\  teó  ó  "OorhnAltt  t>o  'óut  hi  coiccCt)  u*\iteAttA  co  ccócIiacIic 
a  ftóis  a  aii  imturi  caca  imbaoi  rp  híAntA  Ctomne  1liocAint>  con  a  jAttAib 
AThAit  AC]\ub]\Amu]\  &  aii  tuclic  rCicriie  &  roncoime'OArAiccir  7  pnneAchnAir 
rópiÁgAib  ó  *OoihnAitt  rAinpom  -oía  forcAt)  aUac1ioi]i  t)on  bhCnnur  t>o 
rcAOiteAÓ  ó  Auoite  vo  clium^eA-ó  aciiah'iaij  (x  Ai]\bCncA  bidi,  bA  *oC]\b 
tAir  munA  clnngCioh  con  a  pAntAch  t)on  cun  rm  cAnrAn  bCnnur  nA]\  bó 
roi|\b  7  iiau  bo  néró  "óó  a  lonnfoijjCt)  recc  n<xite  *oia  mbeic  ó  'OoiimAitt  m 
uac  mCnniAc  tpn  c|\idi  mte,  conA-ó  Aine  pn  no  roncon^Ain  ron  AmbAoi  ro 
a  n'iAHiur  t>o  ^AttAib  &,  t)o  ^liAOi-óeAtAib  ArgnAn'i  co  neín'itCrg  neAirif  AtDAt  tAir 
rur  aii  mbCnnur  iroonAró  mt)oiniceccA  bAoi  ]\Cm]\A.  X)o  nonAt)  An  A\]ite  rm 
rAi]ipon'i  ro  cCccoi]i,  6:  ]io  clnngfCc  íC]\on'i  hia  mbm'ónib  cnoniA  coi]\cCn'itA 
(x  iiia  cumnrCmoib  cmrhA  cocIiacIicaca  inéinroinge  nA  conAi]\e  511  r  ah 
mbCnnur  mb]\eAC]ioitbeAc1i. 

Tlo  tA  HÍAtt  t)i]ieim  iiia]\cac1i  ]ieniieib  t)o  cliAircetA-ó  &  t)o  nemim.cipn 

iia  conAi]\e   cuAjicliuniige  bAOi   ron  a  cciunt)   t>ur  ah  mbiAt)  eACA]inAit)e  no 

lomconiiCc  ó  ha  rco]\Aib  mibACA]i  mumcC]i  uí  *OlioiimAitt  rurpne  reb   ]\o  bA 

rnAicbér  t)oib   icci]\.     11 1    "p<\oi   éccm   acc  niAt>  úaca-ó  "0015  ]\o  Cpierópocc 

nnón    cc]uc1i    111A    ccoiiiroc]iAib    tA-p   An   A'ÓAit^e    tom    i]\AbrAC   ía]\    irout 

uí   'Oon'mAitt  ÚAit)ib  1  ccomiAchcAib  AiiiAit  ]iemepe]\cniA]i.     *Oo  ua^a  eice]\ 

aii   ÚACA-ópn  €t  A11   coCr  rAi)iccrCnA  ]io   ojvoaij  11ÍAtt  Ó  X)orimAitt  ]\enne. 

Ivo  r]\AomeAt>  ron]iA  m   uchc  lléitt  coiia  mumcC]\  7  ]io   mu-ÓAigicc  A]iAitt 

t)oib.     O  ]\o  uAc&ijpuc  ua  roi]\coimet)i5e  ÚAice  no  lomnAróporii  t)o  mumcC]i 

uí  T)orimAitt  ua  bAOi  bÁ  t)oib  coplAih  ua  conAi]\e  pur  au  foch.Ait>e  Gb  ó  |\o 

tÁirCcc  Ai]\t>riiCr  ro]i  An  AnprontAnn  bACA]\  occ  mAttAfccndrii  mA  nt)ochum,bd 

fol.75.fl.  í'Ct)  ]\o  chm*opucc  rdn  Accorgun  7  5A11  a  ndicCr  t)o  cdbdinc  t>idmbioT>b<i'ÓAib 

(x  t)itpuccAt>  ua  conAi]\e  *óoib  5A11  coimc]UAtt  a  copudirid  puú  m  bdti)  p]uú 

(x,  Ainom^AbAit  t)on  cu]ipn,  50  ]iAimcc  Hídtt  coua  c]\omcoicCrcAt  AiiitAró  pn 

■rAn  Andt)  $au  oi]upurii,  co  ]\Ar1i>AirCc  tonr^bojic  1  niAinerci]i  *Ohúmn  ha  n^dtt 

mAi^Cn  imbícír  ua  meic  beACAt)  7  ua  piuidie  pp\itmcCcctAc1iA  t)o  u]\t)  S. 

"P]\onreir  rni  1iun*o  G:  oip-]ieAnn   cCn  ]?ojtuAp\cc  "00  ^\\ey  tÁ  gAtt  nó  td 

1  Monastery. — See  Introd.,p.  cxxviii.  antea,  for  an  account  of  its  condition  at  this  time. 


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army  on  their  way  back  upon  their  enemies,  i.c,  thc  family  of  O'Conor  Roc     1601. 
and  the  tribe  of  0'Kelly,  who  were  united  with  and  fríSidly  to  O'Donnell. 
As  for  Niall  O'Donncll  and  his  brothers  and  thc  English,  when  thcy 
heard  that  O'Donnell  had  gone  into  thc  province  of  Oilioll   with   thc  main 
part  of  his  army  and  thc  battlc  strife  with  the  Earl  of  Clanricarde  and  thc 
English,  as  we  havc  said,  and  that  thc   soldiers   and   guards,    thc   timrd 
and   slow,    whom    O'Donncll     had     lcft    to    kccp    guard    for  him    to  the 
cast  of  Bearnus,  had  separated  from  cach  othcr    to  obtain  food  and  thc 
mcans   of  living,  hc  was  surc  that  unless  hc  wcnt    with  his  forccs    then 
through  Bearnus,  it  would  not  bc  pleasant  or  casy  for  him  to  go  thcre  at  any 
other  time,  whcn  O'Donncll  would  bc  in  every  homcstead  in  the  wholc  ter- 
ritory  ;  whereupon  he  ordered  all  the  force  under  his  command  of  English 
and  Irish  to  march  very  actively  and  swiftly  with  him  to  Bearnus.  intricate 
and  difficult,  in  front  of  thcm.     This  plan  was  executed  for  him  immcdiatcly, 
and   thcy  wcnt  away  aftcr  that  in  large,  powerful   bodies  and  in  dense, 
strong  crowds  along  thc  direct  road  to  speckled-hilled  Bearnus. 

Niall  sent  a  body  of  horse  in  front  of  them  to  reconnoitrc  and  examine  thc 
crooked  road  which  was  beforc  thcm,  whether  thcre  wcre  ambuscades  or 
watches  on  it  from  the  camp  in  which  O'Donnell's  forces  were,  as  was  thcir 
custom  always.     There  was  needed  but  a  small  body  of  thcm,   for  after 
O'Donncll  had  gone  away  into  Connaught,  as  we  have  already  said,  they 
scattercd  about  thc  neighbouring  territory   in  search  of  food  which  they 
wantcd.     This  small  body  and  the  guard  which  Niall  had  sent  on  bcfore 
him   met.     They  wcrc  dcfeatcd  in  the  prescnce  of  Niall  and  his  people, 
and  some  of  them  were  slain.     When  the  outposts  of  that  small  party  of 
O'Donncll's  that  we  have  mcntioncd    saw  that  they  could  not  hold  thc 
road  against  the  crowd  and  put  away  their  pride,  owing  to  the  great  force 
which  was  marching  slowly  towards  them,  they  dctcrmined  not  to  give  a 
victory  or  a  triumph  to  their  enemies,  but  to  yield  thc  passage  to  them 
without  coming  to  an  engagement  with  thcm  further,  and  to  retire  then, 
so  that  Niall  came  up  with  his  large  force  then   without  halt  or  stop,   and 
they  made  their  cncampment  in  the  monastery  l  of  Donegal,  the    place 
where  the  sons  of  life  and  the  psalm-singing  eldcrs  of  the  Order  of  St. 
Francis  used  to  say  the  divine  office  and  offer  Mass  without  lcaving  it  ever 

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gAoi-óeAl  ó  ]\o  cé-o-chAb  au  záóv  ttuA*ohrA  ó  -DorimAitt  rtAicmr  gur  ah 
cAtifA,  &  *om  iia  ]\oihAchchuineA-ó  &  11A  uo  hionnAnbA*ó  niAtii  A-pn  mCnnocym 
011  cCcciia  reéc  ]\o  hCt>buAit>  au  bCncobAn  bCmoAchc  irm  Ia^  aii  tlectAin 
tlio^h-ÓA  ueimcC]\chAncAC  Ao<)  tlÚA'ó  hiac  tléitt  gAitVb  imc  UoiiiitóeAtbAi§ 
A11  phionA,  acc  riiA-ó  An  tmchirin  mbicc  110  ]\eihAirneróriorii  ]ua  noiivonf*ó  Ati 
^C-ohA  11ÚA1-Ó  -oeróCnAij  tn  Ai]vocCnnAr  a  AchAivóA.  bA  jau  úaiu  con  -oo 
bC]icrorii    111A    bpiuchCmg    *oia    iroeincipb    *oC]\]uccib    &,    -oía    ccubActAib 

cbAUUAIjCe  C0mbACA]1  OCC  pOgtÍAtfl   CO  t>10C]1A    t)011    C01tilt)1t)    JAII    cCfbATÓ  nCic 

ronuA  mA  neithCr  eici]t  bnAC  (x  biut>  gur  aii  tAiche  hirm.  1h  111Á  lonnÚA  no 
z:CnAii\  on  cctAinnrneimh  comnAinc,  (x,  ón  t>or  •01*0111,  (x  ón  Ait  nCrhchumr-ccAici, 
(x  ón  uito  Cfoi|\ccne  bjunc'  biot)bA*ó  .1.  ó  Aóoh  1luAt>  ihac  TléibL  JAi]\b  *oo 
i\At)  An  Ct)bAi]\c  romCiiiuitrm  00  *OhÍA  6:  *oo  uaoiíi  urro  S.  P]\Anreir  *oo  ]iaic 
a  AnniA  butróem  (x  a  butiAt)f]\eiriie  irm  reAchniACCAc  (x,  a  ctAimriiAicne  irm 
cot>ochAit>e  (x,  *oiAmpoi  1n  ccoiccCn  ACAbAi]\c  au  cAnrA  t>on  Ainrme  eccAi]\- 
cdneoit  (x  0011  bio-óbA-ÓAib  bunAit)  bAco]\  a^  f  Cmrtiochc  5^oróit  5^AT  1111C 
fhuit  ó  cdn  niAin  ahaU. 

O  ]\o  riCchc  ía  TIíaU  coiia  b]\Aic]ub  7  coua  5ALtAib  cochc  gor  An 
niAinirci]\  AcnubnAmo]\,  bA  rtAn  tAif  a  rhCnmA  a]\  nochcAm  hi-puróe  ro  bi 
bA  -OAin^eAn  ininU  ah  cioiiAt)  AccA]i]\ur A1]\,  (x,  m]i  bo  heiccCn  t>ÍA  rtiiteAt>Aib 
rnuin  nAicc  rcconA  00  cÍArohe  iua  niomcAcmAmg  au  bACA]t  ArrotAjicnAró  Ann 
cCiia.  t)A  ^A]\r:occur  t>ó  t>An  cnochAt)  (x,  mt)]\eAt>  ua  c]uche  iccoiccmne  chuccu 
•cac  caii  bA  cob  t>on  cummurccftoj  cecorimACAin  hia  r> a]\]ia*ó  ó  ua  bAoi  nCn 
rtóit  Ag  ^AbAit  *pnir  no  mniomfuróe  rAi]\.  flo  tÁ  A]iAitt  *oia  muwctn  (x, 
t>onA  ^AttAib  ;cJur  aii  niAchAine  mbCr,  aUacia]\  *oo  'Oún  ha  n-gAtt,  ecctur 
oite  irit>e  00  UAcrocc  a  fmnpnporii  recc  ]\íaiíi  *oi  A]\oite  rAm*o]tonr)  oon  unt> 
cCcua  (x,  bA  hinnittrrohe  r]u  rorucchAt)  mncr  ón  mut>  ccCcua. 
,  *Oala  uí  *OorimAitt  ía]a  nt)Ct>Ait  t>órorii  (x,  t>o  lA]\tA  ctomne  11iocai]to  r]u 

Anoite  reb  ac  cÚA-óAmon  co  teicc,  ]iAimc  por  chuccA  HíaU  ó  *OomnAitt  coua 
^liAttAib  *oo  cochc  t)A]\],An  mbC]mAf  nAi]\]vóC]\c  co  *Oún  11A  iijaU,  7  lonnur 
•oon  AnrACA]\,  fe  aii  00  ^ugdifAc  icci]\.  t)Arniorii  At>bAt  tAi]^  ua  ]\o  chumAm-g 
bic  mA  bronirom    &,  hia  nu]it:oichiU  aj  ]\occahi   *ooib  c]UAfAn    mbC]\nu], 

x  Magherabeg. — It  was  founded  by  one  Order  of  St.  Francis.  Archdall's  Monasti- 
of  the  O'Donnells  about  the  middle  of  the  con,  p.  103.  A  considerable  part  of  the 
1 5th  century  for  a  community  of  the  Third      buildings  is  still  standing. 


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either  for  English  or  Irish  since  first  this  Ilugh  Roe  O'Donnell  assumed  1601. 
the  chieftaincy  up  to  that  timc  ;  and,  moreover,  they  had  ncvcr  bcfore  becn 
driven  or  banished  from  that  dwelling,  from  the  first  momcnt  that 
blesscd  conical  roof  had  bccn  given  thcm  by  that  royal  star  that  was  pro- 
phesicd,  Hugh  Roc,  son  of  Niall  Garbh,  son  of  Turlough  of  the  Winc, 
exccpt  during  the  very  short  space  of  timc  of  which  we  have  spoken 
already,  bcfore  the  last  Hugh  Roe  was  inauguratcd  in  thc  chieftaincy  of 
his  native  country.  It  was  short,  for  he  brought  them  back  to  thcir  rctired 
dwellings  and  to  their  cells  of  well-fittcd  wood,  so  that  thcy  wcre  scrving 
the  Lord  fervently,  not  wanting  anything  during  his  rcign,  cither  clothing 
or  food,  up  to  that  time.  There  was  no  desccndant  born  such  as  he  from 
that  vigorous  stem,  and  bush  of  shelter,  and  fixed  rock,  and  hammer 
of  crushing  ruin  to  his  enemies,  z'.e.,  from  Hugh  Roe,  son  of  Niall 
Garbh,  who  made,  a  long  time  bcfore,  this  comely  gift  to  God  and  to  the 
holy  Order  of  St.  Francis  for  the  welfare  of  his  own  soul  and  of  the  souls 
of  his  ancestors  in  the  past  and  of  his  descendants  in  the  future,  even 
though  it  turned  out  a  help  to  the  foreign  race  and  to  the  enemies  of  the 
ancient  race  of  Gaedhel  Glas,  son  of  Niall. 

When  Niall  with  his  brothers  and  the  English  succeeded  in  coming  to 
the  monastery  of  which  we  have  spoken,  his  mind  was  at  ease  at  coming 
there,  for  the  placc  where  he  dwelt  was  a  sccure  fortress,  and  it  was  not 
necessary  for  the  soldicrs  to  crect  walls  or  shelters  around,  for  there  was 
enough  of  them  alreadv.  It  was  a  convenient  place,too,  from  which  to  ravage 
and  plunder  the  country  generally  whenever  the  mixcd  troops  which  wcre  in 
it  pleased,  sincc  thcre  was  not  a  strong  force  to  oppose  them  or  to  besiege 
them.  He  sent  some  of  his  people  and  of  his  English  to  Magherabeg,1  to 
the  wcst  of  Donegal.  This  was  anothcr  church  which  his  anccstors  had 
built  some  time  before  for  another  body  of  the  same  Order,  and  it  too  was 
safe  to  take  shelter  in. 

As  for  O'Donncll,  after  he  and  the  Earl  of  Clanricardc  parted  from  each 
other,  as  we  have  just  said,  news  rcachcd  him  that  Niall  O'Donnell  with 
his  English  had  gone  through  the  famous  Bearnus  to  Donegal,  and  how 
thcy  had  gone  and  all  they  had  donc.  It  was  a  grcat  grief  to  him  that  he 
could  not  be  before  them  and  prepared  for  their  coming  through  Bearnus 


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mbetchuniAtiT;  (x  c]\iA]\\n  ccotiAin  troojiAit»  nt>oimceccA  quApA  ccut>c1iACA]t, 
t>óij;  no  bA  LAnpAoiteAccAin  tAir  rtÁn  a  riiCnniAn  *oedicib  (x  •OAi'óbCnAib 
•orAjbAit  ro]i]iA  t)iA  mbeic  m  e]\tAuhe  ro]\  Accmiro.  &\\  aoi  t>o  nótne  rot>Ait 
7  bnicc  mbicc  t>onA  ]xcétAib  ]\o  liAipiefóeA'ó  -óó  fx  no  ^Ab  ron  •oiAtntujA'ó 
niA  mbAoi  "oo  jjaÍaji  hia  mC'óóncliAib,  A]i  bA  ber  bunAró  t>ó  hac1i  cah  no 
ctumCoh  ní  ^io  1-aax)  irniorii  no  1^1co]\u],  m  concAi^eAtbAt)  hac1i  covíiaivóa 
ntonhCnniA  icci]i,  acc  bA  ^nmr  pubAÓ  roforrrrAoiti'ó  t>on  Ai]ireiiAt>  irroittri 
riA*ó  clch  nAon  nobio'ó  hia  cCcrAi'ó.  <d]i<vitt  t>An  t>o  bC]\c  couh'óiO'ónA'ó  mó]\ 
t>u\  co]\ur  ro  bic  bA  rÚAitt  bCg  AmbAot  -oía  y Ainmumcinpurii  •oía  cc]\o-ó  nAch 

t>ÍA  CcCdl]\Alb  AttA  CÚA1t>  "0011    cSa1Í1aCi]\  11111   lOnbAfÓ  pn,  ÚA1]\  bA  C1AU   {UArAtl 

CAtirm  ó  ]io  1iC]\bA"ó  úa"óa  ro]\  a  ihuinci]\  cocoriitÁt)  coiia  nutte  rotAib  (x 
mmtte  1u  cotcceA'ó  1lleAt)bA  .1.  1n  cc]\ich  CAijipne  nnc  lleitt  (x  1n  cí]\ 
Piac]iac1i  riiÚAit>e  5U]\  ]\o  JAbp&c  iohacoc1ic  (x  Aicc]\eAbAt)  ir  ha  tí]\ibrm  cit> 
]\ia]^aii  caii  t>ur  rAti^ACA^i  aii  cArccu]i  mu]\cobtAij  ]\eniecu-óc1iACA]\  co  todi 
"PeAbAit  nnc  toccAtn.  -dcc  cCha  bA  nCniA'ÓA  mó]\  ÍAir  IIÍAtt  coha  JAttAtb 
t>o  bic  ^An  rÚAbAi]\c  tÍA'OAib,  (x  iia  ]\o  te^eA-ó  t>oib  cochcc  reccAi]\  Ar  11  a 
po]\cAib  ijiA^bAirCcc  t>o  chumgC-ó  C]\eic1ie  ha  oi]\ccne,  coiia-ó  Coli  A]\]\iochc 
tAir  ro  cCccoi]\  a  ftoig  t>o  ccA]ictoniA-ó  t>A]irAii  Cijme  ro  chÚAró  co  ]\o 
eittjpo^cAin  a  ton^ponc  m  gArfocur  *oonA  niCnnAccAib  uiibACA]i  ua  501LL,  7 
]to  0]\t)Ai5  po]i<M]\C'ÓA  rCic1itheAc1iA  robA]icAc1iA  (x  ÁCp  lomconnCccA  Áiche 
écc]\oniA   roji    CiiAij^ib    C]\t)AtcA  6:  ro]\  bC]\nA"ÓAib  bAOJAit  coha   hetAfoC'ó 

CÚAUA    nA1CC     CAlbt)CnA     ÚAIOlb     111     -OO^cllA     Ofohce    110    1CCA1t)1ie    foLAig    T)0 

chum^Có  aii  At)Aitje  no  "oo  c1iAbAi]\c  ruíLLfó  tom  hia  tCniiiAm  Ar  ha 
po]\CAib  m  ]io  ^AbpAC  1n  cco^ac,  511  n  ]\o  pap  *ooc1iiiia  7  cCi]\ce  ihó]\  1  tong- 
poncAib  TléitL  uí  'OoriinoiLL  7  ha  iijjaLL  terfóe.  Uo  rAOfohitc  tic]\e  tA 
fol.76.rt.  liAom^itte  no  LÁi^Ccc  ÚAfotb  co  lnonpoitji-óe  gur  aii  *Ooi]ie  iiai]\]vóC]\c,  Ai]im 
1n  ]\A^1ibAipCcc  po]tc  ceccur  *oía  A]ytuc1i  po]\  Ai]\ec1iAib  aii  diobtAig  bACA]i 
beóf  A11  DÚrm  tong  t)AiiibAot  teó  t>o  chocon  t)iA  rAijtt)  Ap  111  *Ooi]\e 
AC]iub]\Amo]\  tA  ho]t  aii  cuAirceitu;  jacIi  iroí]ieAch  ^up  ha  liAitmie  ]io  pA 
cCfbAit)  po]iAib   eici]\  A]\m    6:  bmt),  ó   t>o   ^iAi^imi^cc   ó  *OorimAitt  iompAib 

1  Territory  of  Cairbre. — This  district  is  distinguish  itfromseveralother  placescalled 

now  the  barony  of  Carburv  in  the  north  of  by  that  name.     The  Book  of  Rights,  130  n. 

Co.    Sligo.     It   was    called   C.    Drumcliff  See  Introd.,  p.  xv.  antea. 

from  a  famous  monastery  erected  there  in  2  Gaps  of  danger. — i.e.,   a  perilous  pass 

the  sixth  century   by    St.    Columkille,   to  where  the  chief  usually  placed   the   most 


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of  the  narrow  roads  and  through  thc  difficult,  intricatc  way  by  which  they  1601. 
had  comc,  for  hc  was  quitc  surc  that  hc  could  inflict  as  much  hurt  and 
injury  011  thcm  as  hc  pleased  if  hc  wcre  fully  prcpared  to  mect  thcm. 
But  yct  hc  paid  littlc  or  no  hccd  to  thc  ncws  which  was  told  him,  and  hc 
procccdcd  to  conccal  his  sorrow  in  his  soul,  for  it  was  his  constant  practicc 
whcncvcr  hc  hcard  anything  which  causcd  sorrow  or  sadness,  not  to  cxhibit 
any  signs  of  his  thoughts  at  all,  but  his  countcnancc  was  mcrry  and 
agrccable  whcn  hc  appcarcd  in  public  bcfore  all  who  wcrc  in  his  prcscncc. 
Moreovcr,  it  was  a  grcat  satisfaction  to  him  in  his  sorrow  that  thcre  was 
but  a  small  number  of  his  peoplc  and  but  littlc  of  their  propcrty  and  cattlc 
to  the  north  of  the  Saimcr  then,  for  long  bcforc  hc  had  ordered  his  peoplc 
to  go  with  all  thcir  goods  and  flocks  to  thc  provincc  of  Meadhbh,  i.e.,  into 
the  tcrritory  of  Cairbre,1  son  of  Niall,  and  to  Hy  Fiachrach  of  thc  Moy,  and 
thev  procecded  to  scttle  and  dwcll  in  thcsc  tcrritorics  cvcn  before  thc  flcct 
of  ships  came,  which  had  already  reached  the  Lough  of  Feabal,  son  of 
Lottan.  But  yct  hc  thought  it  a  grcat  misfortunc  that  Xiall  and  his 
English  should  not  have  been  attacked  by  them,  and  that  he  would  not 
allow  them  to  go  outsidc  thc  strong  places  which  they  had  seized  to  look  for 
booty  or  plunder,  so  that  he  determincd  to  collcct  his  army  immediately 
at  the  other  side  of  the  Erne  to  the  north,  and  he  entrenched  his  camp 
vcry  near  the  dwcllings  in  which  the  English  were.  He  placcd  his  strong, 
vigorous  watchcs  and  his  nimble,  light-armcd  guards  on  ccrtain  roads  and 
in  thc  gaps  of  dangcr,2  in  order  that  rogucs  and  thicves  might  not  escapc 
in  the  darkncss  of  thc  night  or  secretly  to  providc  for  their  wants  or 
carry  additional  food  aftcr  thcm  from  the  harbours  to  which  thcy  had 
comc  at  first,  so  that  thcre  sprung  up  ill  hcalth  and  great  scarcity  in  thc 
camp  of  Niall  and  thc  English  in  consequcncc.  Letters  were  sent  by  one 
of  thc  servants,  whom  thcy  lct  out  secretly,  to  the  famous  Derrv,  thc  placc 
wherc  thcy  had  cncamped  first,  to  pcrsuadc  thc  chief  mcn  of  that  flcct  who 
wcrc  still  thcre  to  bring  thc  ship  which  thcv  had  from  Dcrrv,  of  which  we 
havc  spolcen,  to  the  coast  of  thc  north  straight  with  the  supplies  thev 
wanted,  both  arms  and  food,   since  O'Donncll  rcstrained  thcm  from  goino- 

reliable  of  his  guards  to  prevcnt  an  enemy      tcrritorv.     Sometimes   it  denotes  a  forlorn 
from   making   sudden    irruptions   into   his      hope. 


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CAirceAtt  ha  CAt>Att  ah  cípe  cipnrour  "oo  cAbAi]\c  c]\eiche  no  ^aIdaí  cucAtnA 
mbfcliArimur,  G:  munA  -ofpicA  ronnA  nropn  combo  hdgfn  t)oib  "ofijije  nA 
puinc  mibACAN  110  •oítrmJA'ó  ah  AnniAnn  *oia  iiAiriitnb.  1li  ]io  teigeA-ó  ron- 
t>Ait  m  no  chummjrfc,  "0015  no  lifnbAn'iAigeA-ó  m  eAttriiA  aii  mbAi|\c 
mb|AonnrAi]irm5  con  no  reotArcAin  tA  cmrfmh  ha  ^aoici  An.  Ai]vcÚAit>  cech 
iroíjieAch  gu]\  ]\o  JAb  yoyy  nro  inróoniAm  puinc  aii  iomchuin  roji  loncliAib  nA 
niAim]T]ie  AinbACA]\rorii.  Vh]i  bo  rommeAÓ  pAt>At  ]\o  coch.Aicyfcc  nA  rtoig 
ceccAjvóA  aii  Ai]\fcc  ]\o  bÁr  occ  iia  1un]\c]\iAttAib  imnó-OArópom,  acc  ]\o  bA 
^umeAÓ,  gf^tAch,  r]\ic1n]\,  ppifirimeAch,  cnechcAÓ,  cnoiteAt>A]\cAc  iia 
ruAbA]\cA  reiigmifgneAcliA,  rfiglie,  ro]\]\ÁnAc1iA,  G:  nA  cnot)A  cfnnA  cAtÓA]\A 
niACA  niclijoiiAcliA  nAnii'01'óe  ]\o  hiomctAi-óeAt)  eAco]\]\A  vo  t)ib  teicib, 
combAt)  eiintc  tÁ  AUAipierr  "oeAbcliA  6:  t)tmoi]\ccne  ^acIi    tAoi   A]\    iiúai]\ 

ACC  tlA  111Á  ]10  niAc1lCA1CC  G:  ]\0  mA]\bA1CC  t)]\011CCA  t)1]\íme  -OA^tÁOcll    JAt^AICC 

G:  5f]\]\ACAe  t)o  nÁic  fconnA  rÁn  cÁn,  Gb  x>o  ]\aca  a]\  Aitt  1  ruitAib  Gt  1  rut]\At> 
m  AtAib  7  m  lot^otiAib  11A  ]\o  1ioijiocAt>  ]\iaiíi  combcA]\  biocliAiminj 
50  aii  écc. 

1luccp&cc  Arr  AriitAró  rm  cÁcb  ÚAi*óib  iroirirom  A]\oíte  cur  ha  tAicib 
t)ift)fnc1iAib  *oo  mír  Sepcembe]\,  1601.  1n  fcn'iAmg  ha  ]\eepn  t)on  AjirAró 
aii  coinrói  a  diuniAccA  ro]\piA  1nb  ]\on  Aiq\e<\brAc  1  cotccAib  G:  Accfg-ÓAipb 
11  a  mAC  mbfcliAt)  G:  11A  nu]vo  nfnnAC  Gb  ÍAr  ]\o  t)ioc1iui]\eAt>  iAt>  ro  "óem  co 
1i  fp\AoiceéiiAniAc  1  roic]\ib  G:  1  rAm^tfnncAib  reb  b<vicír  rAotcon a  G:  AnmAnn a 
AtcAróe  combo  rí  ceo  mojAt  t)o  bf]\c  T)ía  ro]\Aib,  cecip  c]\uch  ac  ]iAtA  An 
t)o  nnii  rÁ  An  t>o  cAtriiAin,  ceme  t>o  bneo^AbÁit  irnA  bAi]\\ttib  pút>Ai]\  bACAn 
teó  1  iiiAinAirci]\  *Oúm  HAii^Att  rju  rom'rom  G:roichitt  ah  choccAró  bAoi  aca 
•oo  5]ief  pu  5Aei"°e^1u  7  VI11  nuA  'OorimAitt  rAmneAt>,  ju]\  ]\o  "óifnbtorgup- 
cai]\  aii  pút)A]\  ipn  Áif]i  mn  Ái]\t>i,  conA]i  bo  liAipoe  a  "ofdiAcli  ott>Ar 
At)f]\5tApAi]\  co  ccAptAic  An  rAincte  pnteAc  ponnAotcA  n<\  rfniAircne  G:  íia 
poi]\térA  rAi]\cffiiAe  cur  iia  liutib  churiroACAib  ctoch  G:  c]i<\nn  t>o  ]\a^a  ro 
f]\dion'iAi]i  A11  pút)Ai]i  t)on  tiAOiriiecctAir  h]\iiúac1ica]\,  co]\ur"  coriitoi]xc  aii 
cpAnncAm^eAt  cuiiroAchcA  G:  ha  cubAclitA  ctApÚAigo  6:  HApAitge  ]^eihpioici 
fol  76  b   1*°  "TAriiAiglif-oli  co  pÁon  AifiAit  íf]i  nmídicA]\.      ílo  bíot)  t)An  ah  ctoch  G:  ah 

1  Fire. — '  On  the  icpth  of  November  the  '  save  one  corner,  into  which  our  men  made 
abbey  took  fire,  by  accident  or  purpose,  I  retreate,  and  through  the  middest  of  the 
could   never  learne,  but    burnt  it  was,  all      fire  were  forced  to  remove  their  provisions 


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about  or  visiting  the  tcrritory  at  all,  to  seize  on  plunder  or  booty  for  thcir  1C01 
subsistencc,  and  if  this  was  not  done  on  their  behalf,  that  it  would  be 
necessary  for  thém  to  lcave  the  camp  in  which  thcy  wcre  or  forfeit  thcir  lives 
to  thcir  cncmics.  What  thcy  askcd  was  not  neglected,  for  the  capacious 
ship  was  got  quite  rcady,  and  she  sailcd  by  thc  forcc  of  the  wind  straight  to 
thc  north-east,  until  she  stopped  in  the  decp  part  of  the  lading-place 
opposite  the  monastcry  whcrc  they  wcre.  The  time  which  both  armics 
spent  in  the  contentions  of  which  we  have  spokcn  was  not  happy  or 
pleasant,  but  the  wrathful,  vindictive,  fierce  attacks  wcrc  cutting,  sharp, 
destructive,  venomous,  wound-giving,  bloody,  and  the  conflicts  wcrc  firm 
obstinate,  injuring  mortally,  hostile,  which  were  fought  betwccn  them  on 
both  sides,  so  that  it  would  be  tedious  to  rclate  the  skirmishes  and  devas- 
tations  of  each  day  here,  but  only  that  large  bodies  of  soldiers,  recruits, 
and  warriors  wcre  slaughtcred  and  slain  bctween  them  on  this  side  and 
that  at  once,  and  others  were  laid  in  blood  and  gore,  in  gashes  and  wounds 
which  wcrc  never  wholly  cured,  so  that  they  werc  wasted  away  to  death. 

Thcy  continued  both  of  them  in  this  way  prepared  for  each  other  till  the 
last  days  of  the  month  of  September,  1601 .  At  that  time  the  Lord  displayed 
his  power  against  the  people  who  dwelt  in  the  cells  and  homes  of  the  sons  of 
life  and  of  the  guileless  Orders,  and  by  whom  they  werc  driven  out  and  scat- 
teredaboutin  the  woods  and  winding  glens  as  if  they  wcre  wolves  and  wild 
beasts.  The  first  vcngeance,  then,  which  God  took  on  them,  however  it 
happened,  whether  from  heaven  or  the  earth,  was,  that  fire1  seized  the  barrcls 
of  powder  which  thcy  had  in  the  monastery  of  Donegal  in  preparation  and 
readiness  for  the  war  in  which  they  were  engaged  continuously  against  the 
Irish,  and  against  O'Donnell  in  particular,  so  that  the  powder  explodcd  in 
the  air  on  high,  and  the  smoke  was  not  higher  than  the  red  glare  which 
reached  to  the  loftiest  whitened  summit  of  the  windows  and  loopholes  of 
the  wall  and  to  all  the  buildings  of  stone  and  wood  of  the  blessed  church 
abovc  that  were  near  the  powder,  and  it  consumcd  thc  well  made  rood- 
scrcen  and  the  cclls  formed  of  wood,  and  the  firmly-jointed  beams  too, 
which  werc  joined  skilfully  bclow.     The  stones   and  the  wood  and   the 

of  victuell  and  the  very  barrells  of  powder      comnianded  inchief.'     Docwra,  Narration, 
they   had  in  store.     Captain  Lewis  Oriell       p.  255. 


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c]tAnt>  (x  ah  •oume  hia  óighe  (x  hia  lomtAine  5411  corii]tonro  a  co]tp  icci]t  1 
c]techumu]xc  yo\\  CicfgAit  7  iomtÚAiiiAm  fcA]tbuAp  ÚAirab  r]u  \\é  pot>A 
coirour  ruiaar  yo\\  cAtriiAm  111  a  ccAiimAib  •oub'óóice  (x  A]\Aitt  *oibpt>e 
1n  cfntiAib  A11  tochcA  daca]\  rocliAib  a$  poAt>  r]iioch]torcc  co  cAtriiAm,  jo]\ 
]\o  bjieobArAi^eAt)  roc1iAi*óe  tnob  ah  cuchc  rm. 

O  ]\o  rtACAijjrfc  ah  tuchc  rfichme(xro]ichoiriifccAbACA]t  ó  ÚAn*OorimAitt 
ro]\    tiA  5AtÍAib    aii    rmuiccéo    tnA-ó    Gt   "of-oliAi^lie    •of]iniÁi]te    inxmAicche 

AllAlcfllCA    "00     ]1ALA    ÚAf     A11     niA111irC1]1,     ]\0     ^AbpACC     A^    •01A111X)1UU]\A5A'Ó    111 

ubAittmeAtt  tÚAit>e  6c  a  ccao]\  ccAróte<\ch  ccfmcróe'oo  cogliAipm  uí  *OoriniAitt 

COUA    ftoj    111A    1T0Alt    1    C]\A1C1U    "00     fUAbAI^C    11A    n^Att,    "0A1J    eiii     ]\obcA]\ 

iacc  ua  copAinn  t>iub]tAicciu  cA]ttAicrfc  ceAchcA  ]tobcA]t  eAttriiA  ércaoe 
t>ÍA  C]\fÚA5]\A  t>ó],orii  curóeAcc  111A  CC01]\1c1l111.  1ll]l  uó  1nomcoiiiAi]\ceAc1i  ]10 
]:]\eAcc]\At>  aii  u]\]x>5]tArin  tA  1iúa  n*OorimAitt  coha  rtóg,  A]t  ]to  cmgrCc  co 
t>iAn  t>einmnet)AC  reb  ]tonuj;rAc  *oia  Atoite  hia  nt)]tonccAib  (x  niAnt>io]tniAib 
co  t>ú  mibACA]t  a  mumcC]\  occ  aii  mAmercC]i. 

1lo  tiAin^CntitucAi^icc  ah  t>eAbAt>  t>o  t>ib  teicib  Cco]t]tA  k\]t  ccaui. 
1lobcA]t  ai^ci  hah'iac  im  ]\Ae  6c  mpcA]\  Aijchi  ca]\a"ó  1111  co]iniAim  t>o 
iiAi]irénrAc  iia  coibt>eAtcAit>  6c  ha  coriiptntróe  t>iA]toite  t>on  chutvpn.  X)& 
t>uitij  t)ichuriiAin5  t>o  iiiuinci]t  uí  *Oh 011111  Aibt  pteA-pcAt  t>iub]\Aicciu  ha 
nócc  bACA]\  ipn  niAinipci]\  tA  "OAingeAnmnitte  ha  nní]\  iha  1110111CAC111A115 
05  a  nniróroCn  ro]t]tA  6c  tA  r]tAi]Nt>iub]\Aiccib  ha  ngAtgAc  t>o  ]ieccAtm 
AttAiiAi]t  t)iob  I11  cAi]xiAtt  t>úin  iia  n^Att,  6c  beor  tA  connceAt^At)  ha 
ccao]i  momc]\om  niA]\ntuAróe  110  tAice  rx]i]iA  tAropnn  nAtumgi  tuchcniAiue 

bA01     11111     10mt)0lÍlA11l     A11     c1lÚA111     pO]t    Ani011c1lAlb     AttA111A]t.         AÓC     A]1A    A01 

]\obcA]t  iacc  mumcC]t  uí  'OoriniAitt  bAccA]i  ro]tcitte  ipn  10111  jum  co  teicc.  O 
-jto  Ai]ti5  11iAtt  ó  *OorimAitt  a  iiiumcC]t  6ciia  5A1tt  o^a  rpoprtAch  ipn  rvojteijCn 
t>o  ]tuimm  111A  mCnmoin  ionnur  uo  p>i]treAt>  iCc,  conAt)  Ct>  t>o  ]tóme  etút>  co 
hmcteiche  co  c]tot>1iA  cCimnC]tcmA]i  tA  ho]t  An  c1iúaih  rÍA]i  cec  nt)í]teAc  ^ur 
aii  niAc1iAi]te  mbCg  A]tm  AmbACA]t  riAiitAC  mó]t  t>onA  5A^A1^  (ve^  ■AC]tub]tA- 
iiia]\),  7  "oo  bC]\c  tAir  iacc  irin  cohai]\  cCcciia  t>ru]tcAchc  a  riiumci]\e  7  iia 
n^Att,  Gt  ]to  ^AbrAc  ro]\mt>  ha  Lumge  ]\eriiepe]\cniA]t  acc  u]\rcctAit>e  Gt  acc 
t>eAbAt>  t)A]t  a  ccenn  co  ]iochcAin  t>óib  ca]\  ua  mú]\Aib  niCóónch.Aib  munn  1'r 
111  mAinirci]i.     t)Acoi]t  Aneuii  t>órorii  Gt  t)iA  mumci]t  Atituchc  pn    t>e  be]tc 

1  Thcn.  —  The  Annals  F.  M.  treat  of  this  event  very  brieflv. 


2Q I 

men,  \vholly  and  complctcly,  without  any  scparation  of  thcir  bodies,   were      1601. 
mixed   up  in  their  flight  and   motion  upwards  for  a  long  time,  and   they 
fell  on  the  ground  charrcd  corpseS,  and  some  of  thcm  fcll  on  thc  heads  of 
the  peoplc  bcneath   whcn   coming  to  thc  ground,  so  that  many  of  thcm 
wcre  consumed  by  the  fire  then.1 

When  the  sentinels  and  guards  which  were  set  by  O'Donncll  ovcr  thc 
English  perceived  the  dense  cloud  of  vapour  and  thc  strong,  unusual,  extra- 
ordinary  smoke,  which  was  rising  from  the  monastery,  they  set  to  shoot 
vigorously  thcir  leaden  balls  and  bright-firing  flashes  in  ordcr  to  summon 
O'Donnell  and  his  forces  to  come  in  haste  and  attack  the  English,  for  it 
was  the  noise  of  the  shots  that  was  employed  as  the  readiest  mcssengers  to 
tell  him  to  come  to  their  aid.  That  summons  was  not  answered  very 
mercifully  by  O'Donnell  and  his  forces,  for  they  advanced  as  fiercely  and 
rapidly  as  they  could  in  crowds  and  troops  to  the  place  where  their  people 
were  near  the  monastery. 

They  came  to  close  quarters  in  the  contcst  on  both  sides  after  that. 

They  were  the  attacks  of  enemies  in  the  field,  and  they  were  not  the  attacks 

of  friends  in  the  strife,  which  the  kinsmen  and  the  relatives  made  on  each 

other  then.     It  wasdifficult,  impossible,  for  O'Donnell's  forces  to  withstand 

the  fire  of  the  soldiers  who  were  in  the  monastery,  on  account  of  the  great 

strength    of  the  surrounding  walls  protecting    them   and   the  showers  of 

shot  of  the  soldiers  who  were  to  the  west  of  them  in  the  castle  of  Donegal, 

and  also  the  throwing  of  the  heavy  bullets  of  iron  and  lead  by  the  crew 

of  the  wcll    manned   ship  whích  was   in    the  deep    part   of   thc   opposite 

harbour  to  the  west.     But  yet    O'Donnell's  people  had  the  best  of  it  in 

the  fight  then.     When  Niall   O'Donnell  saw  his  pcoplc  and  the    English 

who   were   aiding  him  in  such  great  straits,    he    rcflccted  how    he  might 

relieve  them.     Wherefore,  what  he  did  was  to  makc    his  escape  secretly 

with  couragc  and  speed  by  the  edge  of  the  harbour  due  west  to  Maghera- 

beg,  where  there  was  a  large  body  of  English  (as  we  have  said),  and  he 

brought  them  with  him  by  the  same  road  to  the  aid  of  his  own  people  and 

of  the  English.     The  crew  of  the  ship  of  which  we  have  spoken  proceeded 

to  support  them  and  fight  in  their  defence  until  thcy  passcd  within  the  inner 

walls  of  the  monastery.     Thc  force  hc  brought  with  him  were  to  him  and 

2  o 


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fol. Tj.a.  -oia  1^151-0 A]\bAiar  mumcCii  uí  *OoiiinAitt  i\obcAn  co]^]\aij  inuii<\  biot>mt>pn. 
Ar\  cAn  t>o  uacc  ó  *Oomhnoitt  tnA  uit>h  •oAin^inmnitte  aii  lonAicc  AiubAoi 
Hídtt  coiia  ^AttAib  Gt  ah  "|:oi]\tion  rtóicch  n<\nt;Aco]\  tnA  roi^hi'oh  bA 
nCniA'ohAe  ihón  tAip  AriiumcCn  tio  riiut>huccA"ó  mt>  éccomtAnn  m  bAt)  mo  Ainh, 
jo]\  no  ro]\chonj;Air\  ror\  a  mitCt>1iAib  t>e]i5he  ha  "oeAbhchA  (x  roAt)  t)iA 
rcoj\Aib.     T)o  nonAt)h  ro  checcoin  rAippuiii  nrórin. 

1xo  ho]\cA  rochATohe  ÚAitiib  At)iu  7  AnAtt.  Da  tionA  hÚAirtib  t»o  |\oc1iai]\ 
ó  úa  n*OoiniiAitt  irm  tieAbAt)  UA-ohg  ihac  CAchAit  óicc  nuc  *OiCnmAt»A  t)o 
roCnctAirouib  rteAccA  1HAot]\uAnAit)  a  nungh  Lui]\cc  co  ironum^  oite  cén 
mochÁrotn.  Uo]\ch.Ain  "oon  teic  oite  Conn  ócc  hiac  Cumn  t>CnbnACAin  1lé\tt 
uí  *OhoiimAitt  co  cc]ub  cétiAib  irriAitte  rnif  eian  jum  (xtorccA'ó.  "Oa  nmn 
a^a  (x  C]\5hAite  Gfc  bA  jnAc  bÚAit)  cecliA  cetigume  Ag  au  cconnrAtio  cCn  *oon 
cun  rm.  1lo  t)tucAit)  iCnorii  ó  *OoiiniAitt  a  tongponc  m  bAti^oine  biucc  t>on 
triAinercin,  &  nop  rAoró  A]\Aitt  "oia  riiumcCn  iroribAip  irm  HlAchAine  mbCg 
t)ú  m  no  fop&ijpCcc  ctccur  ha  5a1^  ^00  benc  11ÍAtt  Uur  t>o  f:o]\cAchc  a 
iiiumci]\e  reb  ini]\or\Ai'ópurii.  1li  reit  111ic1nt  ^X^icliAmgit  au  aoi  tAice 
reccmAme  t)o  r\onAt>  mt»  rm. 

Daoi  ó  "Oon'mAitt  rAiiitAit)  irm  iomfuit)e  cCcha  rop  HÍAtt  coiia  ^AttAib 
€fc  05A  ccAbAinc  icCnncA  7  Accunn^e  t>or>utAchcA  ó  *oei]\eAt>  Sepcembe]\  50 
t)íuit)  OccobC]\  gAn  iiac  11511101Ú  nAirvjvóCnc  ]\o  b<\t>  t)íof\  •oror\AichiúCcc  t>o 
t>enoiii  CiioppA  aii  Ai]\Ccc  pn  cen  co  coiiuacc  porrccét  chuccA  au  cArccun 
mui\cobtAic  x)on  AngACA^  ó  II15  ha  SpÁme  *oíaiiCi\ca'ó  m  AgliAró  ah  écci\Acc 
reib  t)o  innjeAtt  t)óib  ó  cCm.  DApCt)  ioiuvo  111  }\o  ^AbpAc  An  cobtAÓ 
SpAnmeAch  cAtA-ópoiic  1n  cúaii  Chmn  SÁite  occ  bun  gtAiptmne  DAnt)An 
iccoigcpc  cpche  cuiiireAch  t»o  cAob,  Gfc  cenét  •dó-oíiA  .1.  "oucAig  aii  b-ApiiAig 
óicc  "oon  cÁob  Af\  Att.  "Oonn  1ohn  t>e  Agoto  bApeAt)  AnniAim  An  gCnejiAtA 
1\o  bA  ropconJAiicAit)  ÚAirob.     O  i\o  jAbpAC  c^Cr  aii   t)úpn  t»o  bCjicpAc 

1  Maelruanaidh. — The  tribe  name  of  the  men  and  materials  of  war  to  Ireland  were 

MacDermots    of    Moylurg,    who    are    de-  scattered  by  a  storm  while  convoying  some 

scended    from    Maelruana,  eldest    son   of  galleons  with  treasures  fromthe  Westlndies 

Tadhg   an  eich    gill,  king    of   Connaught  to  a  safe  port.     During  the  delay  caused  by 

from  1014  to  1036.      Top.  Poems,  xxxiv.  this  mishap  the  number  of  men  destined 

2Co?inOge. — Hewastheancestorof Manus  for  this  expedition  was  much  lessened  by 

O'Donnell  of  Castlebar  and  ofthe  ODon-  sichness  and  desertion.     O'Sullevan,  Hist. 

nells   of  Spain  and  Austria.     See  Annals  Caíh.,  p.  223. 

F.  M.,  vi.  2400.  4  De  Courc/s. —  ¥or  an  account  of  John 

3 i'lcet. — Sixof  the  ships  intended  tobring  De  C,  the  founder  of  this  family,  see  the 


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his  people  of  great  advantage,  for  O'Donncll's  pcoplc  would  bc  victorious  if  1601. 
these  were  not  there.  When  O'Donnell  pcrceivcd  thc  grcat  strength  of  the 
place  in  which  Niall  and  his  English  werc,  and  the  grcat  force  that 
had  come  to  them,  he  thought  it  vcry  wrong  that  his  people  should  be 
destroyed  in  the  unequal  contcst  any  longcr,  and  he  ordcrcd  his  soldicrs  to 
leave  off  fighting  and  to  go  to  their  encampmcnt.  Thcy  did  this  imme- 
diately  at  his  bidding. 

Many  of  thcm  were  slain  on  this  side  and  that.  Of  thc  nobles  who  fell 
on  O'Donnell's  side  in  thc  fight  were  Tadhg,  son  of  Cathal  Oge  MacDermott 
of  the  noble  family  of  the  Sliocht  Maclruanaidh,1  from  Moylurg,  with 
a  large  number  besides,  Thcre  fell  011  thc  other  sidc  Conn 2  Oge, 
son  of  Conn,  brothcr  of  Niall  O'Donnell,  and  three  hundred  besides, 
whcther  by  wounds  or  by  burning.  This  Conn  who  fought  then  was  a  bul- 
wark  in  battle  and  fight  and  it  was  his  usual  boast  that  he  gave  the  first 
wound.  O'Donnell  afterwards  made  his  camp  a  little  nearer  the  monas- 
tery,  and  he  sent  some  of  his  people  to  take  possession  of  Machairebeg,  to 
which  place  the  English  had  first  comc,  whom  Niall  took  with  him  to 
the  aid  of  his  people,  as  we  have  said.  As  for  the  day  of  the  week,  this 
happened  on  the  feast  of  Michael  the  Archangel. 

O'Donncll  continued  in  this  way  blockading  Niall  and  his  English  and 
reducing  him  to  intolerablc  straits  and  extremities  from  the  end  of  Sep- 
tembcr  to  the  end  of  October,  without  any  important  deed  which  should 
be  recorded  having  been  done  between  them  during  that  time,  until  news 
came  to  him  of  the  arrival  of  the  fleet3  which  had  come  from  the  King  of 
Spain  to  aid  them  against  their  enemies,  as  he  had  promised  them  long 
before.  The  placc  where  the  Spanish  fleet  put  in  was  in  the  harbour  of 
Kinsale,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Bandon  river,  on  the  confines  of  De  Courcv's  l 
country  on  the  one  side,  and  of  Kinelea,  i.e.,  the  patrimony  of  Barry  Oge, 
on  thc  other.  Don  Juan  de  Aguila 5  was  the  name  of  the  gencral  who  was 
in  command  of  them.     When  the  people  came  there,  they  put  the  fortress  of 

Book   of  Howth  in  C.C.   MSS.    Miscell;  De  Courcy.     Archdall's   Pceragc,   vi.    138. 

London,  1871.     His  son  Miles  wasgranted  But  see  Annals  F.  Mf\  iii.  143,  for  an  ac- 

the  baronv  of  Rinsale  instead  of  the  earl-  count  of  this  familv. 

dom  of  Ulster,  which  had  been  conferred  6  Del  Aguila. —  O'Sullevan  says  he  was 

on  De   Lacy  during  the  imprisonment  of  skilled  in  the  art  of  war.  Hist.  Cath. ,  p.  223. 


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•oúnAt)  chmn  SÁite  ro  a  noighnein  &  yo  AinAmuf  but)  "óem.  Tlo  ]\AnnrAC  a 
nAinij  (x  a  nÚAirte  a  ccot>nAi5  &,  a  ccAipcme  ron  -oion^nA-ÓAib  -oCnrccAijche 
A11  bAite,  6:  a  briAntAch  Á15V1  &,  lomgonÁ  ron  a  bCjniAib  bAoJAit  &  roji  a 
cC]\iiAib  cornAiiiA  rni  rAicchiur  7  rni  roc]icoutié'o  miA  reAch  íaji  nujvo  reib  t>o 
nioncoirccriuc  a  ccCnnpuncA  t>oib.  *Oo  nAcpAc  cIiuca  íC]iom  1n  cín  Ar  a 
ton^Aib  5AÓ  nAitHt.51  bAoi  teó  eroi]\  A]im  (x  ojvoonÁr,  pút)A]i  (x,  tÚAit)e,  biA-ó  (x 
•015.  ImrAirCc  Á  ton^A  m<\  bpniclidng  t)iA  ccíjnb  €t  -oia  cCnnAttliAchAib  ro 
t>ein,  t)Áij  111  c1iA]\t)pAC  iua  mCnmAin  ACAi]\mioniA]ichu]\  uicib  m  oibne, 

1lo  bAoi  A]i  otte  bAibe  AÍÍAchoi]i  t)o  chÚAn  chmn  SÁite  t>A]i  uó  coriiAmm 
Ttmn  cho]i]\Am  1n  rrCnonn  An  OAnnAig  óicc  1  ccenét  ACt)1iA  rAmneAt).  Tlo 
chuinrCc  iia  SpAmmgh  A]iAitt  t)iA  UAineAcliAib  1  roncontiCcc  (x  1  ropbAiri 
ipn  mbAite  rm.  5A^A1CC  íC]iccAm  ro]\  t)Ain5mu5At>  a  rccon  (x  acc  clAvóe,  a^ 
pAiiiuJAt)  (x  A5  reoitruróm^At)  An  o]it>AiiAir  ron  An  encho  riiAi]i  iua  niomcAC- 
iiiah^  mA  ccA]\CAc1iAib  cobrArohe  coitinA]icA,  ÚA1]1  ]iob  C]it)AtcA  teó  50 
cciucrAt>  on  lurcir  co  nA]iniAt  ua  UAinnioghAn  hia  moochum  t)iA  rrÚAbAinc 
A11  cAn  ]io  roiput>  pccétA  chuccu.  O  ]io  1iAipieit)eA"t)  íCnom  t>on  1urar 
^AbAit  t)oib  au  t>ú  pn,  (x,  íia  hmte  t>o  pgCnpxc,  t)o  ponAit  An  tion  Ar  tÍA 
conAiiAgAi]!  5A11  CrnAt>At>  ^An  iompui]\eAch  co  ]HAchc  1n  ccCnn  coiiai]\  pnú 
combACA]\  emeAch  m  iondiAib  rni  AjiAitt.  T)o  ]uoch  Ann  beor  Pjiepoenr  t)Á 
choicceAt)  TtluriiAn  ón  mut>  ccCciia  conA  coichCrcAt.  *Oon  AnAicc  1a]\^a 
ctoinne  1Iiocai]icc  con  foch]iAicci,  (x,  ní]i  uó  hiAop-óe  11  a  mÁ  acc  j;ac  cCnn 
rtoij  (x  5AÓ  ciíjCpnA  cí]ie  t>o  neoch  bAoi  mn  urntA  (x,  mn  aiccicci  t>on 
bAinnio^Am  1  THuriiAm,  1  "LAigmb,  1  Ttlrohe,  (x  hi  ComiAchcAib,  t)o  ]uac1i- 
cacca]i,  gu]i  ]\o  chomfurói  jj^Ccc  a  ccAm]\A  cut  1  cut  rvu  cnro  pÁite  (x,  rp  Tlmn 
connAin  pAÍn]ieAt).  TI1  ]\o  teicceAt)  cAcliAiimÁ  cionnAbv>At>,  At)hAtt  nÁ  ionn- 
roijC-ó  t>onA  SpAinneAchAib  t>o  eccAirh  1  Tlmn  co]i]iAin,  acc  t>eAbc1iA  "oiaua 
t)iub]iAiccheAc1iA  (x  Ainmur  f  C]i]\t>A  fuiteAchA  ropiA  t>o  tó  fx,  oa-óaij,  50  ]io 
he]iAiteAt>  po]i]iA  ro  "óeovó  cochc  t>ipcci]i  t>iAinm  ron  emeAch  G:  poCrAin  An 
1urar,  G:  ó  00  ^unjeAtt  a  pnAÓAt)    ]io  ]iAnn    iAiccpit)he  ro]i   Ant)bAitcib 

1  Troops. — O'Sullevan  gives  2,500  as  the  allies.     On  November  7th  he  wrote  to  the 

numberof  Spaniards  who  landed  at  Kin-  English  Privy  Council :  'At  O'Neill's  com- 

sale.     Hist.  Cath.,  p.  224.  ingthe  provincials  will  discover  themselves 

2E.  of  Clanricarde.— See  Introd.,  p.  clxiv.,  against  us,  or  neutrals  (as  they  are),  for 

antea.  better  we  do  not  expect  from  them.'  Mory- 

3  Obedienl. — Carew  did  not  trust  his  Irish  son,  Rebellion,  p.  162. 


295 

Rinsalc  undcr  their  own  obcdicncc  and  power.  Thcy  distributcd  thcir  com-  1601. 
manders  and  thc  noblcs,  thcir  chiefsand  their  captains  in  thc  well  furnishcd 
forts  of  the  town,  and  thc  troops l  for  battle  and  fight  in  the  passcs  of 
danger  and  at  thc  points  nccding  defence,  to  watch  and  keep  guard  all 
round,  according  to  the  orders  which  thcir  officers  enjoincd  on  them. 
They  then  landed  from  the'ir  ships  all  thc  supplics  they  had,  both  arms 
and  ordnance,  powder  and  lead,  food  and  drink.  Their  ships  returned  to 
their  own  country  and  to  thcir  merchants,  for  they  did  not  conceivc  that 
thcy  should  be  carried  back  in  them  so  soon. 

There  was  a  certain  castle  to  the  west  of  thc  harbour  of  Kinsale  named 
Rincorran,  in  the  territory  of  Barry  Oge,  in  Rinelea  exactly.  The  Spaniards 
put  some  of  their  distinguished  men  to  guard  and  garrison  this  castle. 
They  then  sct  about  fortifying  their  camp,  and  digging  trenches,  arranging 
and  planting  the  ordnance  close  all  round  on  steady,  strong  carriages,  for 
they  were  certain  that  the  Lord  Justice  would  come  with  the  Oueen's 
army  to  attack  them  as  soon  as  the  news  would  reach  thcm.  When  the 
Lord  Justice  was  told  that  they  had  landed  there  and  all  they  had  done, 
he  assembled  all  the  forces  under  his  command  without  delay  or  stop  until 
he  carae  to  meet  them,  so  that  they  were  face  to  face  with  each  other. 
The  President  of  the  two  provinces  of  Munster  also  came  with  his 
forces  ;  the  Earl  of  Clanricarde 2  came  with  his  troops  ;  and  not  these 
only  but  every  head  of  a  host  and  every  lord  of  a  territory  who  was 
submissive  and  obedient  a  to  the  Queen  in  Munster,  in  Leinster,  in  Meath, 
and  in  Connaught.  Thcy  came  and  pitched  their  camp  4  opposite  Kinsale 
and  Rincorran  exactly.  Slecp  or  repose,  visit  or  entrancc  was  not  allowed 
to  the  Spaniards  who  were  within  Rincorran,  but  there  were  violent 
shooting  conflicts  and  fierce  bloody  attacks  on  them  night  and  day,  so 
that  they  were  obliged  at  last  to  come  out  unarmed  5  under  the  protection 
and  security  of  the  Lord  Justice,  and  when  he  promised  them  protection 

^Camp. — Moryson  gives  11,800  foot  and  offered  to  surrender  the  place  if  the  garri- 

857  horse  as  the  total  of  the  army  before  son  was  allowed  to  go  to  Rinsale.     This 

Kinsale    on    November    2oth.     A    month  being  refused,  he  resolved  to  bury  himself 

later  the  number  was  reduced  to  one-half.  in  the  castle.     But  his  company  threatened 

Ibid.,  pp.  169  and  176.  to  cast  him  out  of  the  breach.     So  at  last 

6  Unarmed. — '  Nov.    1,  the  Commander  he  yielded.'     Ibid.,  p.  149. 


296 

mó]iA  11A  1V)uihAn   co  brCfAt)  cionnur  no  biAt>  a  Cicinjtéo-ó  pur  <mi  tuchc 
nAite  t>o  A]\]iurAi]i  hi  ciutro  SÁite. 

X)<\o\  iiiimo)io  aii  1n]xir  coha  ptóccliAib  6:  ^ur  An  tuchc  nAite  bACA]i  1 
rojibAip  ron  1lmn  co]i]iAin  50  rw  ro]i  aii  AbAi]ic  cCcua  accaicCh'i  (x  acc 
couiróiubttA^At)  ua  SpAmneAc  bAccoqi  1n  ccmnt)  SÁite  ah  cCcciia  reAchc. 
Ar\  reAchc  cÁnAip  occa  nÁit  &  05A  nCccAn^hufohe  c]ua  cliAoinb]UAcnAib  <x 
mitipÁ]iu]xcAib  nncochc  ron  iochc  Gfc  emeAÓ  An  lurcir  reb  cut>chACAtt  ah 
tuchc  nAitex)on  aii^acoji  Allmn  cho]i]\Ain.  AcbC]icACA]i]"on'i  ha]i  uó  ^tiAicbér 
"oo  imteAt)Aib  An  cí]ie  a^a  ccut)chACA]i  reAtt  ror>  An  emeAch  uac1i  rQ]i  a 
ccoimxVit)  cAtniAnt)A,  (x  11A]1  bo  poxiAmg  a  ccoj;aocax>  c]ua  cmj;ettcib  ^ah 
cócíiAchc  110  c]ua  ceAtgchon'iA'ohAib  céx)tuicheAc1iA,  Gfc  ua  ciCrcAir  ca]i  a 
.  .  8  mb]iéichi]i  pur  aii  bpo]\]>tAic  rrotn^tixbe  t>iA  rrojnACAoir  tA  nor  rAot>hic  1 
coi]iichm  ha  nÚApxt  bAco]i  mn  unnip  c1ioccaix>  Gfc  cIiacIia  pnúron'i  a^ 
coriiAih  a  m]ip  6fc  a  iiacIia^toa  ]io  bA  mCniiiA]ic  teópoih  "00  501X)  ro]\]\A  A]\ 
jac  tó.  t)ACA]i  c]\Á  A11  cuchcpn  combcA]\  rgíchigh  co^ip^h  ceccA]inAe 
t)iob  t)iA  Atoite  tA  a  nncCme  teó  bich  ipn  CAicfCp  con'ipuAbAjicAi  j  jjaii 
cot)tAt)  ^aii  coccothAtcup,  jaii  Ai]\C]i,  5A11  AoibnCr,  acc  cac  t)iob  ironhxnn  &, 
1  roidutt  A]ioite  x>o  tó  6:  X)ax>aij,  Achc  cCha  bA  móo  xieitti^  ron  aii  1urar 
conA  fto§  bich  aii  lonnur  lnpn  otx>Ár  ron  nA  SpAmneAchAib,  *ooij  bA 
hiAit>p'oe  bA  mo  An'i  ]io  ^hacai  jrCc  lomruibe  ro]\]iA  6:  ÚAroib,  Gfc  bA  minci 
]io  rpoiiiAt)  m  ^ac  nC]int)Ait  t)o  C]\nt)Aitib  An  coccaix»,  ÚA1]1  bA  pupohe  no 
hoiteAt)  7  ]io  tCpM^Có  e]iiho]i  ah  cCmeoit  copiAiiiAij  t)iA  mbACA]\roih  co 
ccA]tt>pM:  cí]ie  7  cueAbA,  c]uoc1iA7  cCnt>AX)AchAite  ro  AtiiAmur  7  ro  accuiúacIi- 
CAib  Attor  i]ip,  AthAinp,  7  mnctechcA,  A]i  aoi  c]iox)Aóca,  CAtniACAir,  7 
CAchbÚAt)A,  conAU  bo  rot]tb  puchbC]ic  pnú  munA  bAx>  Ainpén  ro]i]\m  cac 
tÁr  conjtncip  ConAt)h  Aine  pn  ]\o  b.Aoi  rojt  mCnniAm  *oon  luprir  poAt)  t>o 
]ux)ip  50  h  Ach  ctiAC  Gfc  a  n'nteAxiA  t>o  rccAOitCq  rojt  ppom-óúnnb  ríojvóAin^mb 
teice  TH05A  11úax>ac  cén  co  ccoptAÓc  1a]i^a  UuAchmun'iAn  tA  rojtcon^tA 
ua  bAin]iioJAn  a  SAXAtb  t)ocum  nenenn  t>o  con^iiAth  tAp  ah  1urar  co 
ccCcCo]iAib  iiutib  t>o  §tCi]ie  gtAnftoig  tAip  gti]!  ]io  jjAbcAip  t>on  teic  AmbAoi 
Ati  1urar  t>o  chmt)  SÁite. 

1  LelhM.  N. — i.e-.  Munster.  See  Introd.,       Mogha  Nuadat  given  to  Eoghan  Mor,  see 
p.  x.,  antea.      On   the  origin  of  the  name       The  Battle  of  Magh  Leana,  p.  xix. 


297 

hc  dividcd  them  among  thc  chief  towns  of  Munster  until  he  shoulJ  kno\v      1601. 
thc  result  of  the  contest  with  the  othcr  party  who  wcrc  in  Ivinsale. 

The  LorJ  Justicc  with  his  forccs  anJ   the  others  who  were  besieging 
Rincorran   up  to  that  wcrc  at  thc   same  business  at  first,  playing  on  anJ 
shooting  at  the  SpaniarJs  who  wcre  in   Rinsale.     Then    thcy  begged   anJ 
besought  them  by  fine  worJs  anJ  nicepromiscs  to  come  un Jer  thc  clcmency 
anJ  protection  of  the  LorJ  Justice,  as  the  others  haJ  Jone  who  camc  out  of 
Rincorran.     They  saiJ  that  it  was  not  usual  for  thc  solJiers  of  the  country 
from  which  they  ha'J  come  to  brcak  their  promise  or  to  Jeccive  thcir  tcmporal 
lorJ,  anJ  that  it  was  not  easy   to  cheat    them  by   means  of  unmeaning 
promises  or  Jeceitful  Jevices,  anJ  that  they  woulJ  not  violate  theirpromise 
to  their  true  prince  whom  they  serveJ,  by  whom  they  were  sent  to  aiJ  the 
nobles  who  wcrc  in  the  harJship  of  thc  fight   anJ  battle   against  them, 
JefenJing  their  faithanJ  fatherlan J,  of  which  they  wisheJ  to  rob  them  Jaily. 
Meantime  they  were  in  such  a  statc  that  both  parties  werc  tircJ  an J  wcary, 
owing  to  the  long  time  they  werc   expecting  the  attack   without  sleep   or 
fooJ,  pleasure  or  enjoyment,  each  of  them  waiting  anJ  prepareJ   for   the 
other  Jay  anJ  night.     But  yet  it  was  more  severe  on  the  LorJ  Justice  anJ 
his   army  to   be  in   this   conJition  than  on   the   SpaniarJs,  for   these  were 
more  accustomeJ  to  sieges  against  anJ  for  themselves,  anJ  most  of  them 
wcre  traineJ  to  every  kinJ  of  war,  for  most  of  thc  warlilce  race  to  which 
they  belongcJ  wcre  reareJ  anJ  brought  up  in  it,  anJ  they  gavc  up  many 
lanJs  anJ   Jwellings,  territories   anJ   lorJships   unJer  their  authority  anJ 
power  for  the  sake  of  their  faith,  virtuc,  intelligencc,  valour,  bravery,  anJ 
succcss  in  war,  anJ   opposition  to  them  was   not  easy  unless  ill-luck  befel 
those  whom  they  aiJeJ.     For  this  reason  the  LorJ  Justice  tbought  of  going 
back  to  Dublin  anJ  scattering  his  solJiers  throughout  the  principal  strong- 
holJs  of  Leth  Mogha  NuaJat,1   if  the  Earl  of  ThomonJ  haJ  not  come  by 
orJer  of  the  Oueen  from  EnglanJ  to  IrelanJ  to  help  the  LorJ  Justice  with 
four  thousan J 2  choicc   troops,    anJ  they    lanJeJ  on   thc    siJe  of  Rinsale 
whcre  the  LorJ  Justicc  was. 

2Four  Thousand. — Pac.  Hib.  p.  382,  gives  Moryson,  Rebcllion,  p.  151.  Yery  probablv 
the  number  brought  over  by  the  Earl  of  thc  besiegers  exaggerated  the  number  to 
Thomond  as  1,000  foot  and  ioohorse.     See      inducethe  Spaniards  to  surrender 


298 

Da  ipn  né  pn  *oo  bC|\c|*Acc  iia  SpAinni£  lonnroijgeAt)  Aint)iuit>  Ai|\bCncAch 
aCu  ha  noit>che  Ann,  7  ]iAti5ACA]\reccAi]\  Ar  a  múnAib  co  cahijia  An  lupcir  (x 
gur  aii  mAigm  AinbAoi  aii  cojvoAnÁr  món  no  biot)  acc  bLAi'ónebA'ó  7  A5 
boinbbnireAt)  ^acIi  Laoi  11  a  mú]\chAirceot,  11A  11510111  cLoch,  (x  cLa]\avó  no 
curivoAchc  beó  hia  momcACiiiAn^,  coiia"ó  e  AinC^  a]\]\aiij;aca]i  a]\aiLL  t>o  ua 
gonnAróAib  ^ucA^voAib  "oo  ^novoLionAi'ó,  t)o  ctocliAib  cCnnJA]\bAib,  "oo 
fonnAib,  -oó  p&bAib,  7  "oo  jmnab  íC]i  mut>UccAt>  aii  pAnLAi§  bACA]i  occa 
niomconiiec.  1lo  ^iacai^ic  íC]\on'i  oc  on  u]\obAi]vpn  7  imrAirCc  mumcCn  An 
liircir  rócAib  7  |\o  §AbrAc  aj  gum  6t  aj  5eA]\ointeAch  A]\oite  acIiavó  ro-OA 
t)on  ovóce  guj\  ]\o  chmj;rCcc  ha  SpAnroij  co  cobrAvó  ceimni5in  puochjiorcc 
mA  pco]\Aib  ro  t>eoit>,  7  ]\o  1io]\caic  pocliAirJe  teó  (x.  ÚArohib.  *Oo  |ionpAc 
bnij  nibicc  mA  cceArbAro  ó  t>o  pgCnpxc  An  coibCir  pn  t>o  chmccbeA*ó  a 
nibioóbAt).  11i  bAoi  opvó  tAoi  n&  oit>che  Cion  An  t)A  CAinpApn  ó  con 
]iAn^ACA]i  rni  A]\oite  5A11  cot>Ait  c|ió  7  rni*óe  rotA  Atmí  7  ahaVI  (x  a|\]\a  gur 
fol.78.í.   An  tAiche  •oCvódiAij;  t)A  ccauaic  aii  iompccA|iAt)  (x  An  nCiccin^teót)h. 

lomcurA  úi  'OhomnAitt,  ó  ]\o  liAirnei'óeA'ó  t)ó  ah  cobtAch  SpAmneAch 
rm  t)o  ^AbAit  diAtAt)pui]ic  1  ccmnt)  SÁite  reb  ioni]io]voAit)rCm,  ror  ]iA$Aib 
An  iomfui-óe  imbAi  ron  IIÍAtt  ó  *OhoiiinAiLL  coha  gh^ttAib  bACAn  1  niAinipci|i 
'Oúm  iia  n^Att  (An'iAit  Ac|iub]\Amo]\)  (x,  t>o  nome  pot)Áit  7  "oimbnií;  t)o  nAch 
cAingeAii  icin  Achc  |iochcAm  .111  t)Ait  iia  SpAmneAch,  ÚAin  bA  hiAiccpt)e  coha 
H15  AommnecCrii  (x  AompAoiteACCAin  bÁoi  occa  -oia  coinicm,  (x  bA  ApA  Lorr 
conÚAnccAt)  a  choccAt)  cCcup  ítor  tion  tAinne  7  tAnJAi]voeAchup  é  -oia 
co]1]iaccaiii,  (x  bA  t)imbni5  LAir  5A1tt  ^00  Ainiporh  no  t>o  Aic|ieAbAt>  ir  ha 
po]\cAib  1  ]i<N5b6i]-Ccc  111A  cí]i,  A]1  bA  t)C]\b  tAip  no  eLAVópar  111  aóha]i  eircib 
•oiAmAt)  tÁ  5A01-úetAib  7  tA  SpAinneACAib  corcco]i  ÍA]i  íia  nimnip  cAchA  rnir 
aii  1up:ir  1n  cnro  SÁite  -oon  chu|i  pn,  coha-ó  Ct)h  t)o  ]ióme  c]iiAp  tiA 
rocAibpn  a  CrcongnA  (x  a  CnpojjnA  wa  mbAoi  ró  a  riiAmur  7  ro  a  chumAÓcAib 
ó  co]iAi5e  A11  cuAipceAnc  co  1ui|iuac1ica]1  ó  11lAine,  ó  S|iuibh  bpAm  uro 
mir  CogAin  nnc  Heitt,  co  luonnur  iC]\iiía|ica|\  cCgA|\  7  cionAt  m  a  t)ochuin 
co  hAomiiiAijin  co  DAite  An  111hocAij.  1lo  Ai]upom  au  t)ú  pm  co  ccAnnACAip 
tAip  C]\t)Ach  ua  SArimA,  &  con  -oo  |iecctAimpCc  Aptoij  mA  -ÓAit  111A  iro|ionccAib, 

1  Attach—  2,000  men  were  engaged  '  in  2  Castles.—  When  O'Donnell  drew  ofl  to 

this  brave  sally,  and  continued   their  reso-      the  relief  of  Rinsale,  Docwra  marched  to 
lution  with  exceeding  fury.'     Ibid.,  p.  165.         Donegal,  and  Diggs,  with  two  companies, 


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One  night  then  the  Spaniards  made  a  fiercc,  vigorous  attacl-c,1  and  1601. 
they  came  outside  the  walls  to  the  camp  of  the  Lord  Justice  and  to 
the  place  whcrc  thc  ordnancc  was  which  was  brealcing  and  dashing  down 
the  battlcmcnts,  the  stone  works,  and  the  mounds  crccted  by  thcm  all 
round,  and  the  plan  they  adopted  was  to  fill  some  of  the  loud-voiced  guns 
with  sharp  stones,  beams,  blocks,  and  wedges,  aftcr  killing  the  soldicrs  that 
were  guarding  them.  They  were  observed  at  this  work,  and  the  forces  of  thc 
Lord  Justice  attacked  them,  and  they  procccdcd  to  wound  and  slaughter 
each  other  for  a  great  part  of  the  night,  and  the  Spaniards  returned 
victorious  and  stcady  to  their  camp  at  last,  and  many  were  slain  by  them 
and  of  them.  They  thought  little  of  their  loss  as  they  had  done  so  much 
to  grieve  their  encmies.  There  was  no  cessation  day  or  night  bctween  the 
two  camps  since  they  came  near,  without  death-wounds  and  flowingof  blood 
on  one  side  and  on  the  other,  and  slaughter  to  the  last  days  when  the  final 
separation  and  the  decisive  battle  came  round. 

As  for  O'Donnell,  when  he  was  told  that  the  Spanish  fleet  had  entcrcd 
the  harbour  of  Kinsale,  as  we  have  said,  he  left  the  siege  in  which  he  was 
engaged  against  Niall  O'Donnell  and  the  English  who  were  in  the  monas- 
tery  of  Donegal,'  as  we  have  said,  and  he  made  little  or  nothing  of  every 
business  whatever  except  to  go  meet  the  Spaniards,  for  they  and  their 
King  werc  of  one  mind  and  one  idea  with  him  to  aid  him,  and  it  was 
through  him  that  they  first  began  the  war.  He  was  full  of  satisfaction  and 
joy  at  their  coming,  and  he  thought  it  of  little  importance  that  the  English 
should  remain  or  dwcll  in  the  castles 2  which  they  had  seized  in  his  territory, 
for  he  was  sure  they  would  abandon  them  at  once  if  the  Irish  and  the 
Spaniards  were  victorious  in  the  contest  with  the  Lord  Justice  at  Kinsale 
then.  Whercfore,  what  he  did  in  consequence  was  to  send  his  proclamation 
and  summons  to  those  who  were  under  his  control  and  powrer  from  Tory  in 
the  north  to  the  uppermost  part  of  Hy  Many,  and  from  Srubh  Brian,  in 
Inishowen  MicNeill,  to  Erris  3  in  the  wcst,  and  to  asscmble  them  to  him  in 
one  place  at  Ballymote.  He  waited  thcre  until  the  feast  of  All  Saints  was 
celebratcd  by  him,  and  all  his  forccs  assembled  to  meet  him  in  crowds  and 

took  Ballvshannon,  'a  place  much  coveted  3  Erris.  —  Now    a  barony   of  the    same 

by  the  English.'  Cox,  Hib.  Anglic,  i.  442.        name  in  the  north-west  of  Co.  Mayo. 

2  P 


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Gb  íha  ntuopiiAib  co  rhCntnnuch  iiua'óacIi  monAigCncAch  ^acIi  ci^CnnA  cítie  7 
^acIi  cAoipuch  cÚAiche  111A  Aonb]\om  ro]t  teich  a^  mAttAp^nAih  miA  reAch 
■gujt  ]io  ^oi^Có  teó  cAipeAtbAt)  Accionot  A]1  nÚAi]\  00  AjvoftAic. 

T)or  pAngacon  cCccur  ro  a  cho^Aipiipoiii  cenéb  ConAitt  JutbAti  nuc 
néitt  tnte  1165  acc  HÍAtt  ó  "Oon'mAitt  11A  111Á  conA  b]tAic]ub.  *Oon  AnjACA]\ 
Ann  iia  ceo]iA  cuAijtccni-óe  cacIia  110  biob  tAiporii  &U  a  cenét  "oo  j;rtCr  .1. 
110  c]u  111AC  Suibne  x>o  pot  eo^liAm  mic  11eitt,  a  "Pauaicc,  a  cúddiAib 
Uo]\Aij;e,  7  a  ci]i  boJAim.  t)o  ]uac1icacaii  Ann  beor  m  ]\ob  aijiC^-óa  *oo  pot 
b]UAin  1111C  e-Ac1i"ÓAC  niui^mCohom  coiia  móincionot  cen  mocliA  ó  ConóobAin 
Sticci^,  TDonncliA'ó  mAc  CACAit  óicc  bAoi  111  genheAt  occArorii  reb  ]\emepe]\c- 
iiia]\.  XDonAoc  Atin  ó  CeAttAij  i."pC]voo]\c1iAe  gur  An  tion  Ar  Ua  co  uaua^ai]i 
•00  mb  niAine  unm Aitte  pup  *Oo  ]\ochc  Ann  *oin  ua  I11  no  Aicnebpsc  1 
ConnAccAib  "oo  riot  Co]\bmAic  ^AitCng  mic  UAit>5  mic  CCm  nnc  -ditettA 
■Autoun  conA  mumcC]\Aib.  T)or  pcc  Ann  úa  *Oubt>A  "oo  pot  "piAcnAc  mic 
Cac1i"óac  lllui^hmCóom  co  ccoichCjcAt  úa  "Piac]\ac1i  ffluAi'óe  111A  pAjvnA'ó. 
íol.79.  a.  Uauiicc  A1111  ón  mub  ccCciia  hiac  t1ittiAin  bunc  UeAboicc  itiac  UAcen 
mic  SeAAm  nnc  OtuiC]\Air  co  tion  Afocc]\Aicce.  bACA]\  *oah  irrocíiAitt 
ui  *OliomnAitt  aii  caii  pn  ha  hÚAirte  "oon  An^ACA]\  a  1utcí]\ib  ron  ac1ic1iu]\  (x 
ioniiA]ibAt)  *oia  lonroijrópom  "OACAome  1110  imtiij  (x  111  eccuriiAm^  rjtrr  our; 
A11  oreA"ó  "óe  a  brujicAchc  uacIi  a  rroi]uc1nn  on  Anp?o]ttAnn  1  ]iAbrAc  a^ 
^AttAib  (x  aj;  A]iAitt  *oia  ccenétAib.  1x0  bA  "oibpoe  ctAnn  SeAAm  a  bu]\c  .1. 
SeAAm  11A  SCmAn,  mic  Hiocai]\"o  Saxaiiaij,  TlemAnn,  t1ittiAm,  (x,  UoniAp 

b<\  tnob  *oon  mAC  nimpr  aCpnAighe  UómAr  hiac  pAic]ucín  nuc  UóniAir 
nnc  emAinn  nnc  UóniAip  (x  1ti'oi]ie  An  jteAUHA,  emAnn  mAc  UóniAip  (x 
UacIij  cAoch  111  ac  Uoi]\]róeAtbAi5  mic  HlAcJArimA  &  T)ia]\hiacc  mÁot  111  ac 
T)onnc1iA"óA  mécc  CÁnc1iAi§.  b^  htnrii£  coiclum  (x  cuAnurccbAit  aii  coi- 
cCfCAt  c]\oni]'-tói 5  bACA]i  tA  1iúa  n"OomnAitt  au  *oúpn  •oiAniA'ó  tAinn  tAp  aii 
ypAT)A  p-o]\o]\-óA  nC]ic  (x  cdinur  "oo  ^AbAit  "oóib.  A\  *oC]ib  'oeuiim  co 
riA^AibrCc  A]\  Aitt  *oo  ]uo5Aib  enCnn  ]\iaiíi  1mr  tlglionu  tA  rodi]\Aicci  rtoi§ 
]\obcA]i  ÚAice  otccAicc  au   pAntAÓ  piAodiAigriieit  *oo  ]iCcctAniACA]t  ipn-óe 

1  FiizMaurice.' — See  ArchdalPs  Peerage,  who  became  chiefof  Corcabaiscin  in  1594. 
I.  14,  for  his  descent.  Annah  F.  Jlf.,  vi.  1947. 

2  K.  of  ihe  Valley. — Now  of  Glin.      He  4  D.MacCarthy. — Heandhisbasebrother 
was  descended  from  Maurice  FitzGerald.  Donough  were  then  at  variance  about  the 

3  MacMahon.—  This  was  Turlough  Roe,  chieftaincy  of  Duhallow.     See  Life  of  F. 


30i 

troops,  with  spirit  and  magnanimity,  cach  lord  of  a  tcrritory  and  cach  chief      1601. 
of  a  district  in  one  body  separately,  marching  slo\vly  in  thcir  order,  until 
they  succccdcd  in  showing  all  thcir  forces  then  to  their  prince. 

The  first  who  camc  at  his  call  wcre  the  descendants  of  Conall  Gulban, 
son  of  Niall,  in  all  thcir  sfrength;  exccpt  Niall  O'Donnell  and  his  brothcrs. 
There  camc  the  thrce  leaders  in  battle  whom  he  and  his  tribe  always  had, 
i.e.,  the  threc  MacSwinvs  of  the  race  of  Eoghan,  son  of  Niall,  from  Fanad, 
from  the  districts  of  Tory,  and  from  Tir  Boghaine.  Therc  camc  also  thc 
most  illustrious  of  the  race  of  Brian,  son  of  Eochaidh  Muighmheadhoin, 
with  their  great  gathering,  all  but  O'Conor  Sligo,  i.e.,  Donogh,  son  of 
Cathal  Oge,  whom  he  had  in  chains,  as  we  have  said.  0'Kelly  came  too,  i.c, 
Ferdorcha,  and  the  greatcst  number  that  could  come  from  Hy  Many  with 
him.  Thcre  camc  also  those  who  dwelt  in  Connaught  of  the  race  of 
Cormac  Gaileang,  son  of  Tadhg,  son  of  Cian,  son  of  Oilioll  Olum,  and  his 
forccs.  O'Dowd  of  the  race  of  Fiachra,  son  of  Eochaidh  Muighmheadhoin, 
came  with  the  gathering  of  Hy  Fiachrach  of  the  Moy.  MacWilliam  Burke 
came  too,  i.e.,  Theobald,  son  of  Walter,  son  of  John,  son  of  Olivcr,  with  all 
his  forces.  There  were  besides  with  O'Donnell  then  the  nobles  who  had 
come  from  many  districts  in  conscqucnce- of  their  expulsion  and  banish- 
ment,  having  come  to  complain  of  their  sufferings  and  hardships,  to  scc  if 
aid  or  help  would  be  given  them  by  him  in  the  straits  in  which  they  werc 
held  by  the  English  and  by  some  of  their  own  people.  Of  thesc  were 
the  sons  of  John  Burke,  i.e.,  John  na  Seamar,  son  of  Richard  Sassanach, 
Redmond,  William,  and.Thomas. 

With  them  was  FitzMaurice1  of  Kerry,  Thomas,  son  of  Patriclcin,  son  of 
Thomas,  son  of  Edmund,  son  of  Thomas,  and  the  Knight  of  the  Valley,2 
Edmund,  son  of  Thomas,  and  Tadhg  Caoch.  son  of  Turlough  MacMahon,3 
and  Diarmuid  Maol,  son  of  Donough  MacCarthv.4  The  great  assemblcd  host 
which  O'Donnell  had  there  was  blameless  in  discipline  and  repute,  if  it  were 
pleasing  to  ovcrruling  Providence  to  givc  strcngth  and  supremacy  to  them. 
It  is,  indeed,  certain  that  somc  of  thc  Kings  of  Eirc  took  posscssion  of  thc 
island  of  Ugainc  5  with  a  smaller  army  than  thc  fiercc,  vigorous  forcc  which 

MacCarthy  Mor,  p.  35 1,  and  Annals  F.  M.,  5  Ugaine. — He  was  ardrigh  from  A.M.  4567 

vi.  2331.  to  4609.     Keating's  H.  of  Ireland,  p.  1S3. 


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co  ViAoniiiAijin  cém  conjmcir  ha  laocIi  buit>ne  tf]it>nA  tuchiiiA]\A  ]\o 
aonoitfó  Ia  1iúa  lléitt  ron  aii  rtoijeAt)  tioniiiAn  tAinriifnmnuch  no  bAoi 
tAip  uia  teAnmom.  *Oo  AfgnACAji  ífnon'i  ha  cnomrtoií;  rm  An  t>A]iA  tÁ  "oo 
mír  11ouembe]i  hia  nuróeA-OAib  lonniAttA  unceccA  ó  bAite ah  TT)1iocai  j  co  uet 
aii  Aca  rAOA  tA  liop  tocliA  Cé  có  hOitrmn  cniA  concAe  UorrA  coniAin 
•ooi]icf]i  concAe  iia  5A1ttriie,  5°  V10^  nAnmcliA'ÓA,  co  Oet  aii  cpiAtiiA,  (x 
co  Iiac  c]\octroA  ro]i  SioiiAHin.  <Airrit>e  íf]ion*i  co  "OeAtbiiA  ffle^  CochtAm. 
tto  1niTO]ieA"o  G:  110  hoi]iccf-ó  A11  cjuochrm  co  tei]\  teó,  (x  "oo  bfjicrAc 
c]iomneitt  cemet)  c&inri,  (x  ]io  toirccrfc  oúnÁnur  fflej;  CochtAin  rAt>em. 
1vo  bA  niA]iAi§  UA  cí]ie  c]UArA  ccu"óc1iacu]i  t>oib  50  pn.  "LocAn  ÍA]ion'i  c]ua 
rf]iAib  ceAtt  v<±\\  muncinn  Steibhe  btAbniA  co  huib  CAijun.  1lo  5'AbA'ó 
Lon^pouc  tA  1iúa  nT)on'inAitt  coiia  ftog  r]n  cnoc  *0]ioiha  SAiteAch  m  t1íb 
CAi]im,  7  ]io  Ai]nr  r]u  ]ié  mír  irm  mAijjhm  pm  occ  iomj:ui]teAch  rju  1iúa  Tléitt 
bAoi  A5  ArccnÁm  co  hionniAtt  imni^hm  hia  teAmnom.  11i  «.ncAir  iia  ftoigh 
acc  acc  ri]teAt>  <5t  acc  pi]itmcecc  Ag  qteAchAt)  6:  acc  cúa^vcu^a-ó  ua  ccntoch 
niA  lomcAcniAiig  aii  Ai]\fcc  rm  m  ^ac  Ai]im  110  r]iiochA]\t)A"ó  rniú  6:  m  ^Ach 
niAijm  ]io  bA  CAi]np  *oo  g^ttAib  pAmjieA'ó,  (x  bA  mo  um  nor  mncr AihtAiíjeA-ó 
rjuú.  *Oo  ]UAchc  cuca  1  tich  tAiche  peite  Ant>]ieAr  rAin]ieAt>  ah  c]ioch 
íol.79.0.  riAom  ÚAchcA]itAiiiAnn,  t>ÍA  rfnAoh  (x,  riiAt)At)  co  nojiumcc  00  niAncliAib 
fflAmircne  iia  c]\oiche  HAonii  occa  1nonichu]i  (x  ]io  1no]tAt>  iAiccrit>he  t>ft>- 
bA]icAib  t>or]t<>tAib  6:  t>AtmrAnAib  iotA]it)Aib  ^onroAn  buroig. 

11i  ]\o  chuniAin^pocc  t)é]iAch  ah  tuiccrm  meAttn'iA  tAr  An  aij  AHAicfncA 
(x  tAr  Ati  rneAchcA  rteAmmciuj  ]io  rf]iAt>  Ann  t>on  chun  rin.  O  no  ctor  tA 
1iAi]it)  lurcir  11A  h&nmn  o  'OorimAitt  con  a  rto^h  occ  c]UAtt  ron  coiclnm 
rm  t>iA  lonnpoi^ró  bA  hiomoiiiAn  7  bA  hun^nAin  tAir  acou  AccfnncA  (x  I11 
cunii^e  Aiibroitt  eicip  SpAmneAcliAib  (x  5Aoit>eAtAib,  fx  110  gfcA  rojt  a 
muman  At>1iAtt  no  AidnjeAt)  ah   cípe  ÚAit)ib  hac  Anunn  ici]i  t>o  CAbAipc 

1  Sil  Anmchadha.—The  tribe-name  of  the  several  territories  beyond  Thomond.  These 
O'Maddens.  Their  territory  included  the  included  the  present  barony  of  Garrycastle. 
barony  of  Longford,  Co.  Galway,  and  the       Book  of  Rights.  p.  182.  _ 

parish  of  Lusmagh  in  the  King's  Co.     See  4  Castle. — Novv  Kilcolgan,  near  Ferbane. 

Tribes,  &>c,  ofHy  Many,  p.  69.  At  the  death  of  the  last  MacC,  or  Maw  as 

2  Athcroch. — Aford  on  the  Shannon,  near  he  was  usually  called,  in  1790,  his  estates 
Shannon  Harbour.  passed  to  his  sisters,  and  later,  by  sale,  to 

3  Delvin    MacC.  —  The    Dealbna,     de-  the  Bernards. 

scended  from  Dealbaidh,  3rd  son  of  Cas,  5  Slieve  Bloom, — A  range  of  mountains 

ancestor    of    the     Dalcassians,    acquired      extending  in  a  north-easterly  direction  from 


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assembled  here  together,  evcn  if  thc  active,  joyful  crowd  of  hcrocs  assem-  1601. 
bled  by  O'Xcill  on  that  numcrous,  gladsome  hosting  which  hc  had  following 
him  did  not  aid  thcm.  After  that  the  large  forccs  marchcd  on  thc  second 
day  of  thc  month  of  November  by  very  slow  marchcs,  advancing.  from 
Ballymote  to  Ballynafad  on  the  shorc  of  Lough  Ce,  to  Elphin,  through  the 
county  of  Roscommon,  thc  cast,  of  the  county  of  Galway  to  Sil  Anmchadha,1 
to  Belansama,  to  Athcroch  2  on  the  Shannon  ;  thcn  from  that  to  Delvin 
Mic  Coghlan.3  That  territory  was  plundered  and  spoiled  entircly  by 
them,  and  they  produced  a  heavy  cloud  of  fire  throughout  it,  and  thcy 
burned  MacCoghlan's  own  castle.4  The  tcrritories  through  which  they  had 
come  up  to  that  were  obedient  to  them.  After  that  they  wcnt  through' 
Fercall  over  the  uppcr  part  of  Slievc  Bloom  5  to  Ikerrin.°  O'Donnell  and 
his  forces  encamped  on  the  hill  of  Druim  Saileach7  in  Ikcrrin,  and  remaincd 
in  that  place  for  a  month  waiting  for  O'Neill,  who  was  marching  slowly 
and  steadily  after  him.  The  forces  did  not  cease  going  about  searching 
and  sceking,  plundering  and  exploring  the  tcrritories  all  round  cluring  that 
time  wherever  they  were  guarded  against  them,  and  were  submissive  to  the 
English,  espccially  those  who  acted  like  them.  He  came  on  the  feast  day 
of  Andrew  exactly  to  thc  Holy  Cross  of  Uachterlamhan  s  for  a  blessing 
and  protection  to  the  community  of  monks  of  the  monastery  of  Holy 
Cross  who  brought  him,  and  he  prcsented  them  with  oblations  and  offerings 
and  alms,  and  they  wcre  thankful. 

They  could  not  leave  that  place  readily,  owing  to  the  extraordinary 
ice  and  to  the  heavy  slippery  snow  which  fell  then.  When  the  Lord  Justice 
of  Ireland  heard  that  O'Donnell  and  his  army  were  marching  that  way,  he 
was  greatly  afraid  and  anxíous  lest  he  might  be  placed  in  straits  and 
great  difflculty  between  the  Spaniards  and  the  Irish,  and  he  ordered  his 
people  not  to  give  them  entertainment  or  lodging,  or  anything  that  they 

Roscrea  along  thc  boundary  of  the  Ring's  The  legend  which  has  given  rise  to  this 

and  Queen's  counties.  name  will  be  found  in    Triumphalia  Mon- 

G Iícerrin. —  Formerly     the  territory    of  asterii  S.  Ctucis,  p.  27. 

the  O'Meaghers,  now  a  barony  in  the  N.W.  yJ/.  of  Holycross. — Three  miles  south  of 

of  Co.  Tipperary,  Thurles.      It   was  founded  for  Cistercians 

7  Druim  Saileach — A  hill  five  miles  S.  of  by  Donald  O'Bricn,  king  of  Limerich,  in 
Roscrea.  1169.     For    an  account  of  the  Relic  from 

8  Uachterlamhan. — i.e.,  oftheeighthands.  which  it  takes  its  name  see  Ibid.  p.  lx. 


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<5>n  neich  \\o  bA  coifccice  •óoi'b  "oia  fAi^it),  combo  heiccCn  t>óib  ecc  t<\ 
húAchc  7  goncA  ó  fócc  ]iAi]\mifccci  iompAib  biA-ó  G:  cene  -oo  diAbAi]ic 
cIiucca,  nó  A|\Aibl  -OA11  a  noilriuJA-ó  G:  a  ccAinbCjvc  but>  t>em  t)iA  mbiot>- 
bA-ÓAib  (x  cochc  ro|\  a  fiiAt)At>  7  comAince  reb  t>uf  fAnjjACAu  ha  SpAinmj; 
bACA]\  í  llnro  co]A]\Ain  fon  ah  ionch.Aibfioiii  recc  ]\iAmb,  conAtj  Ai]\epm  ]\o  e\\b 
fon  p]iept>enf  -oÁ  coiccfó  ITluriiAn  Sin  Seoiffi  Cavu  t>ub  co  ccCcheofAib 
rníbb  t>o  jteine  JAtgAcc  G:  -oóccbAró  A]\mc1iA  mn  eAHAch  lomcumAng  6:  mt) 
nrociuch  mtutt  ron  ciunt)  uí  'OhorimAitt  mif  ah  ccAoiiifAt>  Actot>  t>ÍA  conAin 
nó  a  Cr>5hAine  "ooua  hui]\c|UAttAib  ]\o  bAoi  hia  TnCnmom.  Oc  chuAtA  ó 
'OomnAitt  aii  P|iefit>enf  gtif  ah  mbofbftuAJ  fm  t>o  chochc  hi  coriifocfAib 
CAifit  m  ]^Cmm  ha  f^Ách  cfiochnugA-ó  iia  c]u*óCnbÁp  ]\o  t)Uf  ^Ab,  acc 
CAi]\mceimniU5At)  neiiiie  fÍAf.  jac  nt)í]ieAÓ  *ouác1ica]\  UjuriuriiAn,  t)o  ctomn 
tlittiAm  bpÚAij  nA  SionnA,  tA  t>onuf  tuimmicch  pAi]\t>Cr  ittó  6:  m  a-oIiai^ 
^An  AnAt)  5A11  oi]Ufiorii  co  UA11115  CA]i  ITIÁ15  ifceAÓ  m  Uib  coiiAitt  ^AbfA.  O 
•oo  bCrvc  au  perroenf  t)ÍA  úró  An  feinroeicfi  7  ha  1iui]\c]iiAttA  ]io  liAifccce 
tAinoiii  G:  tAp  au  lurcif  t)o  t»ut  fon  neipm  G:  ó  "OoiimAitt  coha  ftócch  t>o 

t>ut  CA1]11f    1f    11A  C011A1]1lb    11A]\    bo    t)01§  bA1f    A    CC0]\]\ACCA111    1CC1]\,    11llfA1  111A 

rnicdnj;  co  liAipni  AmbAoi   ah    1urcif  combAt)   t>Aomteic  no  f C]\t>Aif  ^mbAij; 

AfClTOAt). 

Da  t>on  cuprm  no  rAoit)  ó  T)orimAitt  b]\ot)tom  ftoij  G:  t>]iechcA  t>C]\niA]\A 
•oía  riiumci]i  1n  coi]\ichm  meíc  ITImjnr  CiA]\]\Aije  bAoi  111A  pA]\]\At>  rni  ]ié  ua 

btlAt)11A  fO   AIIAtt   (AlÍlAtt  ]10  101l1]1A1t)f  101Ú)  &  A]1  Altt  "OO  rilU111C1]1  1111C  111ui]11f 

ro  t>em  t>o  eotur  feAmpA  c]ua  "oucaij  ctomne  1Tlui]up  t)Uf  aii  bpui^becip 
etAng  no  eACAfbAojAt  fon  A]iAitt  t>o  bAitcib  meic  1Tlui]Uf  G-  ]io  C]iÁit  ó 
fol  80.  a.  'OoriniAitt  fon  niAc  ííluipif  but)t)em  Ainrfiorh  hia  fochAinco  bfCffA-ó  cionnuf 
no  biAt)  ionifccA]iAt)  au  pAntAig  fin  fóf  feitccfiocc  ÚAroib  pruf  nA  lnb  t>of 
fAi]ineccACA]i  fof  Accnro.  Tío  cAfinnAigC-ó  t>o  riiumci]i  uí  *OhorimAitt  ah 
cufUf  t)o  t)eAc1iAcco]i  A]i  ]io  cfeAcliAt)  G:  fo  tei]ifC]uofAt)  foéAróe  teó  *oo 
C]\ccAi]voib  nnc  111ui]iif  t)o  neoch  fobcAf  focA  t)iA  co.cliAffoiii  fof  tonguf  G: 
ionnA]ibAt>  co  1iúa  n"OoriiiiAitt,  7  ]\o  ^AbAt)  teó  c]u  CAi]xeoit  t>o  "OAglroúinib 

1  Upper  Ormond. — The  district  between  one  in  Tipperary,  the  other  in  Limericlc. 

Nenagh  and  Borrisoleigh,  now  a   barony  The  latter  is  meant  here. 

bearing  the  same  name.  3  Maigne. — Thisriver  rises  to  the  west  of 

'J  Clanwilliam. — There  are  two  districts,  Charlev'ille,   Co.  Cork ;  and   entering   Co. 

now  baronies,  oí  this  name  near  each  other,  Limericlc,  it  passes  byBruree,  Croom,  and 


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necdcd  when  they  came,  so  that  thcy  should  die  of  cold  and  hunger,  as  long  1601. 
as  it  was  forbiddcn  thcm  to  givc  thcm  food  or  firc,  or  else  they  should 
humble  themselves  and  givc  themselves  up  to  thcir  enemiés  and  comc  for 
protection  and  sccurity,  as  the  Spaniards  who  wcrc  in  Rincorran  had  come 
into  his  presence  beforc.  Wherefore,  for  this  reason  hc  ordered  the  Presi- 
dcnt  of  the  two  provinccs  of  Munster,  Sir  Gcorge  Carew,  to  go  with  four 
thousand  chosen  champions  and  armcd  soldiers  in  closc  array  and  in  a 
sccure  body  to  meet  O'Donnell,  to  see  whcthcr  he  should  make  him  changc 
his  course  or  prcvent  him  from  the  journey  which  he  intcndcd.  Whcn 
O'Donncll  heard  that  the  President  with  that  haughty  army  had  arrived 
in  the  neighbourhood  of  Cashcl,  neithcr  fear,  nor  dread,  nor  death-shivcr 
seized  him,  but  hc  marched  on  due  wcst  by  Upper  Ormond,1  by  Clan- 
william,2  on  the  bank  of  the  Shannon,  by  the  gate  of  Limerick  south- 
eastwards,  day  and  night,  without  stop  or  halt  until  he  crossed  the 
Maigue  3  into  Hy  Conaill  Gabhra.4  When  the  President  saw  his  progrcss 
and  that  the  great  marches  5  made  by  himself  and  the  Lord  Justice  had 
come  to  naught,  and  that  O'Donnell  and  his  army  had  passed  them  by  the 
roads  which  he  thought  he  would  not  come  at  all,he  returned  to  the  place 
where  the  Lord  Justice  was,  so  that  both  might  unite  together. 

It  was  then  that  O'Donnell  sent  choice  troops  and  strong  bodies  of  his 
forces  to  the  aid  of  FitzMaurice  of  Kerry,  who  was  with  him  during  the 
past  year  (as  we  have  said),  and  some  of  FitzMaurice's  own  pcople  to  guide 
them  through  FitzMauricc's  tcrritory,  to  see  if  they  could  find  any  weakncss 
or  neglect  in  some  of  FitzMaurice's  castles.  O'Donnell  ordercd  Fitz- 
Maurice  himself  to  remain  with  him  until  he  knew  the  result  of  the  sending 
away  of  the  party  which  they  had  sent  against  the  force  that  opposed  them 
then.  The  journey  they  went  was  made  use  of  by  O'Donnell's  people, 
for  they  plundcred  and  preyed  many  of  FitzMaurice's  enemies  who 
wcrc  thc  causc  of  his  having  come  in  exilc  and  banishment  to  O'Don- 
nell,  and  threc  of  thc  chief  castlcs  of  thc  territory  were  capturcd  by  them 

Adare,  ancl  falls  intothe  Shannon,  five  miles  Pac.  Hib.,  p.  377,  for  a  detailed  account  of 

below  Limerick.  the  wonderful  march  of  O'Donnell  and  his 

4//y    Conaill   G. — Now  the  baronies   of  forces  on  this  occasion.     Morvson  says  he 

Upper  and  Lower  Connello.  took  advantage  of  a  frost,  so  great  as  seldom 

6  Marches — See  Introd.,  p.  cxxxix.  and  had  been  seen  in  Ireland.     Rcbcliioti^.  163. 


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aii  cíne  .1.  teAcftiAiiiA,  CAirtén  -§e\\\\  A}\t>A  rC}\cA,  (x  bAite  uí  ÓAt>tA,  &  ror- 
UAjAibp  Cc  -ononj  tuA  nunnci}\  occa  niomchoniié-o.  InifAirCcc  co  ccor^An  O, 
•oo  rpor  rccét  teó  50  1iúa  n'OorimAitt  &  co  hiac  minnir.  Ar  pon  lonAmm 
ccCcha  t)o  ]\AtA  ■oúa  ConcobAin  CiAnpAije,  SeAAn  iiiac  ConéobAin,  gur  no 
^aIda-ó  tAir  AtAite  &  a  pnioriimm  reirm  .1.  Caiiuac  au  fovntt  bAoi  ruittC*ó  ron 
btiA-ÓAin  A5  ^AttAib  &  -oo  -oeAdiAit)  rem  conAbAiteí  combAij  uí  T)horimAitt> 
fe  }\o  ennAfóm  a  chunA  (x  a  c1iAnAt>nAt>  rjur .  bAoi  nuonno  ó  *OorimAitt  rni  }\é 
reAccriiAme  1  nmb  ConAitt  §AbnA  A5  cCnnfti^A'o  &  A5  cúiu;Ac1iAt>  ^ac  Áom 
-oo  iiCjahíi  1  ccombAij  §Att  ^un  \\o  ronchonsliAin  ro}\nA  t)Áir  fx  t)Ci5Cn 
•oC-oliAit  rniú  7  cocc  -oAom  teic  ffttporh  (x  ^1  ^AonóeAtA  A}\  cIiCiia.  tlo 
CfcomtA  íCiiorii  ó  TDorimAitt  conA  fto§  t)o  riuimclimt)  Stebe  Iúacíiua,  t)0 
ctomn"AiiitAoib,  *oo  mhur cnAróe,  co  bAnt)Am  1  ccAinp}\eACAib.  "Oup  rAn^ACAn 
Ci\riioi\  ^AOi-óet  tHuiiiÁn  uite  ro  AomriiCnmAm  t>iA  rAigit»,  (x  }\o  nArómpuc  a 
ccu}\a  (x  a  ccoccacIi  rjur  cniA  biche,  &  bA  1iAimuf  &  bA  huiigAiiTOiu^At) 
Ai^encA  teó  Ai\ocbcAm  chucA  t)AcoriiAt  a  ccAUAt>}\Aró  rjur  (x  uo  cmjeAttfAC 
•óo  ^au  At>i\At)  t)o  ^AttAib  uac1i  t)o  t>AnAnÁib,  &  jau  congnAiii  rniú  mbA-ó 
■ptuú.  Achc  cCnAní  cauaic  TTIaj  cÁfchoij  }UAbAÓ  .1.  'OorimottniAc  CoiibmAic 
iia  1iome,  mÁ  t>Aii  cijC}\nA  mufcuATÓe  .1.  CóiibniAC  ihac  *OiCnniAccA  nnc 
UAit>5  ro  chó}\A  chu^Arorii  reb  t»ur  rAn^ACAn  au  tuclic  nAite. 

*OaLa  uí  Héitt  .1.  Aót>  uiac  PitooiicIia  nnc  Cumn  bACAij  nuc  Cumn  nuc 
Cnui  nnc  Co^liAm,  \\o  Ainirit>e  acIiató  co]\bo  1iCi\tAiii  tAir  jac  UArÓAitge  }\obA 
comccit)1ie  t>o  t)o  br>eích  ron  An  rtoijC-ó  nuccAc,  ó&t)o  necctAimrCc  a  rtóij 
niA  t)ocíium  co  tionriiAi\  teijicionoitce  m  hmnircCn  a  mmceccA  co  }\au5aca}\ 
ca^\  bomn.  Tto  Aijnr  reAc<xt  ipn  niAijmpn  A5  ciieAchtopgAt»  cniche 
bnCj  (x  IHróe.     buit)  íCiiorii    coiia  ftog  cjua  íChcau  1T)it>e  &,  cjua  oincC}\ 

x  Lixnaw  —  Ten  miles  north  of  Tralee.  Kerry.    After  this  war  and  that  of  1641,  it 

There  are  remains  ofthiscastle  still.     In  was  confiscated,  and  planted  with  English 

the  ancient  church  closeby  thereisamonu-  settlers.      Several   of  the  name   achieved 

ment  to  the  31'd  Earl  of  Kerry.  distinction      in    foreign     countries.      See 

'lArdfert. — Four  miles  north  of  Tralee.  D'Alton's  Army  Lzst,  ii.  325. 

There  is  no  trace  of  this  castle.     Tradi-  6  Carrigfoyle.—ln  an  island  in  the  Shan- 

tion  says  it  was  close  to  the  entrance  of  non,    two    miles    west    of   Ballylongford. 

the  demesne  of  Ardfert  Abbey.     There  are  There  is  a  plan  of  the  castle  in  Pac.  Hib.,  p. 

several  interesting  remains  here  still.  121. 

%Ballykealy. — In  the  parish  of  Rathro  6  Slieve  Luachra. — A  range  of  mountains 

nan  and  barony  of  Shanid,  Co.  Limerick.  on  the  borders  of  Kerry,  Cork,  and  Lime- 

4  O'Conor  Kerry.  —  The  territory  of  this  rick. 

family,  Iraghty  0'Connor,lay  in  the  northof  7  Clati  Aulife.—  lhis  territory   extends 


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i.e.  Lixnaw,1  Caislcn  Gearr  of  Ardfcrt,-  and  Ballykealy,3  and  they  left  l^ 
somc  of  thcir  people  to  hold  them.  Thcy  v.cnt  away  victorious  to  give 
nevvs  of  thcm  to  O'Donncll  and  FitzMaurice.  On  the  same  occasion  it 
happened  to  O'Conor  Kerry,4  John,  son  of  Connor,  that  his  dwelling  and 
chicf  castle,  i.c,  Carrigfoyle,5  was  capturcd  by  him,  which  had  bccn  more 
than  a  year  in  the  posscssion  of  the  English,  and  he  and  the  people  of  his 
dwclling-placc  made  an  alliance  with  O'Donnell  and  cntered  into  peace 
and  friendship  with  him.  O'Donnell  was  for  the  space  of  a  wcek  in  Hy 
Conaill  Gabhra,  reducing  and  harrassing  cvcryonc  who  was  in  alliancc  with 
the  English,  so  that  he  enjoincd  upon  them  obedience  and  submission  and 
separation  and  to  unite  with  him  and  with  the  Irish  in  gcncral.  Aftcr  that 
O'Donncll  marched  with  his  forcesby  the  upper  part  of  Slicve  Luachra,6  by 
Clann  Auliffe,7  Muskerry,  and  the  Bandon  in  the  Carberics.  There  came  a 
great  part  of  the  Irish  of  the  whole  of  Munster,  being  of  one  mind,  and 
they  entered  into  friendship  and  alliance  with  him  for  life,  and  they  werc 
glad  and  their  minds  rejoiccd  that  hc  had  cometo  them  to  make  fricndship 
with  him.  and  they  promised  not  to  bow  down  before  the  English  or 
the  strangers,  and  to  help  them  no  more.  However,  MacCarthy  Reagh  s 
i.e.,  Donnell,  son  of  Cormac  na  aoine,  and  the  lord  of  Muskerry,  i.e., 
Cormac,9  son  of  Dermott,  son  of«  Tadhg,  did  not  come  for  peace  to  him, 
as  the  rest  had  comc. 

As  for  O'Neill,  i.e.,  Hugh,  son  of  Ferdoragh,  son  of  Conn  Bacagh,  son  of 
Conn,  son  of  Henry,  son  of  Eoghan,  he  waited  till  everything  was  ready  which 
hc  needed  to  bring  on  the  expedition  on  which  they  were  going,  and  after 
his  forces  assembled  to  him  in  their  full  numbers  their  marches  are  not  told  of 
till  they  crossed  the  Boyne.  He  remained  some  time  there  preying  the 
territory  of  Bregia  and  Meath.     He  then  marched  with  his  army  through 

from  the  river  Alla  to  the  Co.  of  Limerick.  Castle.     The  last  of  this  familv  who  held 

Castle  MacAuliffe  was  near  Newmarhet.  the   estate   was    Lord   Clancartv,  who  had 

8 MacCaríJiy    R.  —  The    father    of    the  an    important  command    in   tlie   army    of 

famous     Florence.      His    rcsidence     was  James    II.     Latcr  he    was  pardoned,  and 

Kibrittain   Castle,  six  miles  south  of  Ban-  would  havebeen  restoredtohis  estates  but 

don  on  an  inlet  of  the  sea.     See  Life  of F.  for  the   interference   ofSir   Richard   Cox. 

MacCarthy,  p.  3.  He  died  at  Hamburgin  1734.  See  D'Alton's 

8  Cormac— His    residence    was  Blarnev  Army  List,\\.  115. 

2  O 


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111umAn  ca]\  Siuin  r'iA]\  gAn  hac1i  11510111  noin]\t>C]\c  ]\o  b<vó  t>íon  t>ro]\AichriiCcc 

*oo    "oenorii     t)iA    rtóghAibh    co    nochcAm    "ooib    co    l3Ant>Am    bAit   AmbAoi 

ó  'Oorhnoitt  conA  choiéCrcAt. 

fol.  8o.l>.         o  connánsAcon  ^01"01^  Ari  cuAircif\c  m  Aom  riiAijm  bA  p  Ainte  A]\niochc 

teó  G:  tA  5°CróetAib  aii  t)eipcci]\c  (t>o  neoch  -oup  rAn^ACAn  111A  ccombAií;) 

a  ton^pojic  *oo  fuTÓui^A-ó  AttA  cúai*ó  1  mbeut  juAtA  1  ccenét  Aet>1iA  reAt 

bCg  ó  cliAinpA  An  1u]~cir.     Tlo  bACA]\  acIiató  AthtAró  enieAcli  m  loncliAib  rju 

An  oite,  conA  ]\o  teiccpCcc  5A01,01^  AcliAicró   ha  At>Att  ahiacIi  nAch  munn 

gur  iia  ^AttAib,  con  t>o  bepcrAC  1n  cuun^e  -oofutAchcA  1  cCnncA  G:  1u  cei]\ce 

Anbrcntt.     111]^  ^iet^Cú  ÚAiiiAti  tiA  gAoróeAt  t>oib  a  ngpeA-ÓA  mÁicc  a  iieAch]\A-ÓA 

•oo  tei^Cn   ron   ren<5U]\c   nAch    ro]\  mgeAtcnA'ó  rCchcAiu  iia  mú]\Aib  aiiiacIi, 

gu]\  ]\o  cccrAdte  tnbp-óe  G;  rochAróe-oiA  miteA"ÓAib  imAittep]\ir  tA  Iiúacc  Gb 

50]\ca  íC]\   nA  ccAbo<i]\c  m  A-ÓAitge  peoin  (x,  uipcce,  CcIia  7  a]Úda,  cuijtó  7 

cemró,  6fc  5AÓ  neich  ]\o  bA  ceA^bAt)  ro]\]\A,  coha  bAoi  hia  ccuriiAn^  cu]\pA  An 

riAiitAi j  no  ept<vó  ÚAróib  'OA'ónACAt  reccAin  iia  mú]\Aib,  50  mbio'ó  AbAch  An 

eich  G:  co]\p  An  tnnne  niAi]\b   hi   cummupc  r]ur  ha  beoAib  reAchnón  ha  pcon 

ecA]\]\<x  A]\  riiCúon,   gu]\  ro   y&y  b]\encA-ó   "oiputAmg   "oeipúe   tA  hiom^ACic 

aiiaiCoi]\   CcA]\buAp  ía]\   nuchcAji  110    Ci^e'ó    AUAirvoe   "ooha   1iAbAt>Aib,  x>on 

oc]\ac1i,  7  t>on    cCc1iai]\  íC]\   mochcu]\.      Da  ri   comroe  7  ceccpAtJ  rocliAroe 

tnob  bu-ó  t>ein   conepetAt)  An  Cntiio]\  -oia  tecci  -óoib  111  aoiia]\  ^An  pAigeAt) 

po]\]\A  tA  ptAij   G:  cC'óniAim,   G:  no    etAit>rC-ó   ah   tuchc    bAiar   beoA   tdia 

ccoCmpACAir  Cr]\ur  110  cohai]\  etut>A  T)pAJbAib  cipmt>ur.     11a  SpAmnij  c]\a 

bACA]\pt>e   111   eccuniAtij  G:  tnn  eccorhnAnc   riión  c]\tA]\\n    tompuróe    b<\oi  aj 

An  lupcir  conA  coichCj'CAt  "^oXX  7   5A01,°eA^  f°rnA>   ^  111  AncAir   ^cc   A5 

AptAch    iia  n^-oi-óeAt    niiA   ccoi]\ich'm,  "0015  bA  rC]\n  teó  Amut)U^At)  t)o  ]\aic 

cró  ]\ia  riú  no  ro  t>enro<\ircÁn  no  cA]\cupAt  ó  a  mbiot)bAt)Aib  nó  ó  hacIi  nÁon 

nAite  irin  c]\umne  7  no  ro]\&itci    po]\]\A  ecc  m   ÁonA]\  tA  húdchc  G:  go]\cA. 

1li]\  bo  rAiiit<Mt)    "ootiA   ^^01"0001^1^'  ^A  mme  bACAn   co  mb^ug  6:  bo]\]\rAt), 

con    UAitt  (x  ionnoccbAit  gAn    cCpbAt)    neic    po]\]\A,    A]i    m   bAoi    CpgliAi^ie 

Cco]\]\a  G:  a  rpotA]\cn<\it>  -oo  Aigib  iomc]\oniAib  (xt>o  cCchnAccib  cturiiAittmb, 

(x  t><\  5<\c  C]\nt>Ait  ui]\]:eotA  G:    *oa  jac   cenét  cu<\]\a  aca  t>eAch  bAoi  mn  6i]n 

t)o  cAb^i]\c  cuca  Ap  5AÓ  Ainx)  G:  Af  jac  Ai]\cCnn  1  ccCm  G:  mn  occu]\     IDacaji 

1  Suir. — This  river  passes  through  Thurles,  Cahir,  Clonmel,  Carriclc  and  Waterford. 


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wcst  Mcath    and   cast    Munstcr  ovcr  thc  Suir J    westwards    without   any      1601. 
rcmarkablc  deed    worth    mcntion    bcing   donc   by  hia    troops,  until    thcy 
camc  to  thc  Bandon,  where  O'Donncll  was  with  his  armv. 

Whcn  thc  Irish  of  thc  north  had  comc  togcthcr,  the  plan  adoptcd  by 
thcm  and  the  Irish  of  the   south   (who   had    joincd    thcm)    wás   to  makc 
thcir  cncampmcnt  to  thc  north  in  Bclgooly  in   Rinclca,  a  short  distancc 
from  the  Lord  Justice's  camp.     Thcy  wcrc  for  somc  time  in  this  way  face 
to  facc  with  each  other,  so  that  the  Irish  did  not  allow  rccourse  or  resort  in 
or  out  to  the  English,  and  thcy  placcd  them  in  intolerable  straits  and  diffi- 
culties  and  in  great  want  of  food.     The  fear  they  had  of  the  Irish  did  not 
allow   them   to  scnd  thcir  mares  or  horses  to  the  pasturcs  or  for  grazing 
outside  thc  walls,  so  that  many  of  thcsc  and  numbers  of  thc  soldicrs  also 
diecrtnving  to  cold  and  hunger,  having  been  rcduccd  to  thc  want  of  grass 
and  water,  corn  and  grain,  straw  and  fucl,  and  every  thing  they  requircd, 
so  that  they  wcre  not  able  to  bury  outside  the  walls  the  corpses  of  the 
soldiers  who  died,  and  the  entrails  of  the  horses  and  the  corpscs  of  the 
dead  men  lay  amongthe  living  throughout  the  tcnts  in  thc  midst  of  them,  so 
that  there  arose  an  intolerable  stench  in  consequence  of  the  grcat  blasts  of  air 
mounting  up  which  arose  throughout  the  camp  from  the  filth  and  the  dirt  of 
the  lower  part.      It  was  the  idea  and  opinion  of  many  of  themselvcs  that 
the  greater  numbcr  of  thcm  would  die  if  they  were  let  alone  without  being 
attacked,  owing  to  thc  contagion  and  sichness,  and  the  people  who  wcre  alive 
would  go  awayif  they  could  find  any  means  or  wayof  escape  at  all.  Meantime, 
the  Spaniards  were  in  great  straits  and  helplessness,  owing  to  the  blockade 
carried  on  against  them  by  the  Lord  Justice  with  the  forces  of  the  English 
and  Irish,  and  they  did  not  cease  asking  thc  Irish  to  assist  thcm,  for  they 
prcferrcd  to  be  killed    immediately,   though  bcfore    this  they    would   not 
endure  an  affront  from  their  encmies  or  from  anyonc  clse  in  the  world,  and 
their  dcath  was  imminent  through  cold  and  hunger  merely.     It  was  not  so 
with  the  Irish,  for  they  were  vigorous  and  fierce,  proud  and  courageous, 
not  heeding  anvthing,  for  there  was  no  prohibition  for  thcm  to  takc   from 
any  placc  or  any  quartcr  far  or  ncar  plcnty  of  hcavy  beeves  and  long-fleeccd 
shecp,   and  cvcry  kind  of  fresh  mcat,  and  every  sort  of  provision,  the  best 
that  was  in   Ircland.     They  werc  in   that  state    up    to  the    fcast   of  the 


3io 

ah  cuchc  pn  co  peit  jfme  aii  cStAnicouA  10SU,  Gt  ]io  j^brAc  ro]\  f]\t>Ach 
ha  rotÍAtnAin  6:  ah  ticlAiche  AriiAit  ]\o  bA  tnon  nA  niAiche  uiia  reAch  Ag 
fol.8i.  a.  rteA-ouccA-ó  6:  05  Aipfg  cuite  05  Anoite  a$  Amfr  &  A5  tin§4i|Yoiu§<yó 
nifniiiAii  &  AigfncA,  reb  no  beicar  iua  poj-óúniAib  uoriió]\Aib  7  111A  nApo- 
porcAib  oi]\eAc1iAir  ro  t>fm  ^en  uo  hfnchiAn  ÚAi-óib  iAccpt>he. 

H1onÚAi]\  A111  bA  gA]\  ÚAin  iia  ^AijierubA  (x  ronnfnmAn  t>o  bjifcliA  ór 
ai]voaca  ipn  ticlAice  rm  combACAn  111A  n^Aipb  tiubA  (x  "oogAitp  05  fccA]\- 
rccA]\At>  pu  A]ioite  *ooib  ciot>  íf]\  cc]\iott  íf]\  ua  metAchcnujA-ó  tA  Ainbiot>- 
bA-ÓAib  (x  An  tuchc  no  bACA]i  ro  rinnc  mfnniAn  1  cacIia  (x,i  ceijice  nAch  pvpAit) 
nor  punpvó  guu  bo  teo  bAoi  a  protA]icnAit>  (x  a  nt>Aoc1iAm  íf]i  cochc  t>oib 
AfAn  ccun'iAnj  cumibneAch  i]iAbcAj\  ACAporii  An  cAn  pn.  t)A  ir  ua  tAidnb 
pn  "oo  ]\iac1icaca]i  tic]\e  te]it>iAiii]\A  (x  AgAttonii  mcteiche  ó  T)onn  1ohn  (ó 
jjenenAl  ua  SpAinneAch  pn  chínt)  SÁite)  co  Iiúa  Héitt  co  Iiúa  nX)oiiihAitt 
(x,  ^ur  ua  niAicib  A]\  cfiiA  t>iA  ArtAch  ro]\]\o  lonnroijeAt)  -oo  cAbAinc  Aon  ua 
nonóce  rAin]\eA"ó  ron  c1iaiii]\a  ah  lurcir  au  pnept)enr  7  nA  niA]\tAt>  bACAn 
111A  yrA]\]\At)  (x,  no  yoibf]\A*órom  coiia  SpAmneAcliAib  iacc  t)on  teic  oite  t>ur 
aii  ccAomrAt)  ceAccA]\nAe  ÚAToib  eiporii  conA  SpAmneAcliAib  t»roi]\icm  Apn 
ccuit  chuniAmg  m  ]io  congbAicc.  *Oo  t»eAc1iAit)  t»m  o  11éitt  (x  ó  *OorimAitt  (x 
nA  rriAiche  t>o  c]\ut)  AccoriiAi]\te  nnon  Aitgfrpn  au  jenepAbA. 

O  lleitt  C]1A  Acbfncp-óe  ^un  uó  1iAit>tfpcc  tAir  ha  goitt  t)o  puAbAinc  A]\ 
•oAm^mmnitte  iia  mú]i  n"OAin^fn  nDicho^tAróe  t>o  ]\eccAirii  iompA  uua 
ccuaijic  ífn  nA  pieichtionA-ó  t>o  jonnAt)Aib  ^ucliAp-oA  <5onicct>iub]\AicciuchA, 
7  Acbf]ic  t)m  bA  rf]i]i  gAn  pvitt  50  te^eAt)  ipiro  lomfuróe  con^Abpvc  p)]\  ua 
^AttAib  coneptiar  t»o  joncA  ah'i Ait  "oó  f]\btACAn  A]i  Aitt  t)iob  cfiiA,7  co  ccoi]\rfó 
m  uob  AinfjtiA  t)iob  ron  a  brAopvriirorh  7  coniAipce  po  t>eoit),  7  iiaj\  bo  ní  t&ip  a 
nAittfr  "oo  cAbAi]\c  tuA  biot»bAt)Aib  "0015  nobAt)  tAmne  teó  CAchuccAt)  t)A]i  cfnn 
An  AnmA  7  AitiA]\bAt)  t)o  uaicIi  ott>Ár  au  ecc  t»o  chet>mAim  fx,  ^opcu.  O  *Oorii- 
noitt  imo]\]\o  bA  p  a  coniAi]\te  iiA^i^t  t)o  pobAi]ic  cipmt>up,  ÚA1]1  bA  1iAt)hnÁn 
&  bA  meAbAt  tAir  a  cubA  pur  An  cfigfn  Anbvoitt  mibAoi  T)onn  1ohn  conA 
SpAmneAchAib  ^au  Ammup  *oo  cAbAi]\c  po]i  a  bru]\cAcc  *oia  ccipeAt)  a  oit)eAt) 

1  Hunger. — '  If  Tyrone  had  lain  still  and  2  Died   already. — Of    the    15,000    troops 

not  suffered  himself  to  be  drawn  to  the  plain  which  the  English  had  at  the  beginning  of 

ground  by  the  Spaniards'  importunity,  all  the  siege,  8,000  had  died  of  cold,  hunger, 

our  horse  must  of  needs    have  been    sent  and  disease.     Of  the  remainder  but  2,000 

away  or  starved.'  Moryson,  Rebellion,  p.  178.  were  English,  the  rest  Irish  or  Anglo-Irish, 


3ii 

Nativity  of  thc  Saviour  Jesus,  and  they  procccdcd  to  obscrvc  thc  feasts       1601. 
and  thc  holidavs,  as  was  mcct,  thc  cliicf  mcn  in  tum  feasting  and  rejoicing 
togethcr  in  dclight  and   gladness  of  mind  and  soul,  as  if  thcy  wcre  in 
thcir  own  grcat  royal  castlcs  and  in  thcir  chicf  rcsidcnces,  though  then  thcy 
wcrc  very  far  off  from  thcm. 

Alas  !  soon  thcse  crics  of  joy  and  pleasurc,  which  were  raised  so  loud 
in  those  days  of  fcstivity,  bccame  crics  of  sorrow  and  anguish  when  thcy 
werc  separating  from  each  other  aftcr  a  timc,  aftcr  being  dcfeated  by  their 
encmics,  and  the  people  who  wcre  in  sadness  of  mind,  in  want  and  scarcity 
of  cvcry  kind  of  food,  found  that  thcy  had  full  and  plcnty  aftcr  coming  out 
of  the  narrow  prison  in  which  they  were  put  by  thcm  at  that  timc.  In  those 
days  there  camc  mvstcrious  lctters  and  secret  communications  from  Don 
Juan.  the  gcncral  of  thc  Spaniards  in  Kinsale,  to  O'Xeill  and  O'Donnell 
and  the  chicf  men  in  general,  rcquesting  them  to  make  an  attack  on  a 
certain  night  precisely  on  the  camp  of  the  Lord  Justice,  the  Presidcnt,  and 
the  Earls  who  were  with  them,  and  that  he  himsclf  would  help  them  with 
the  Spaniards  on  the  other  side,  to  see  if  both  of  them  could  rescue  him 
and  thc  Spaniards  out  of  the  great  straits  in  which  they  were  kcpt.  Where- 
fore,  O'Neill,  O'Donnell,  and  the  chief  men  went  to  take  counsel  in  refcrence 
to  the  wish  of  the  General. 

O'Neill  thcn  said  that  hc  would  be  slow  toattack  thc  Englísh  on  account 
of  the  great  strength  of  the  firm,  imprcgnable  walls  which  wcre  all  round, 
filled  with  loud-sounding,  straight-shooting  guns,  and  he  said  it  was  better 
to  continue  the  siege  carefully  v.hich  thcy  had  bcgun  against  the  English 
till  they  should  die  of  hunger,1  as  many  of  them  had  died  2  already,  and 
that  would  turn  out  best  for  their  relief  and  protection  in  the  end,  and  that 
he  did  not  wish  to  gratify  his  enemies,  for  they  werc  bctter  pleased  to  fight 
for  thcir  lives  and  to  be  killed  immediately  than  to  die  of  plague  and 
hungcr.  O'Donnell's  opinion,  however,  was  that  the  English  should  be 
attacked  somehow,  for  he  felt  it  a  shame  and  disgrace  that  the  great  straits  in 
which  Don  Juan  and  the  Spaniards  wcre  should  be  witncsscd  by  him  without 
making  an  attcmpt  to  relieve  them  though  it  cost  him  his  lifc ;  and  besides, 

who    intended  to    come    over  to  thc  Irish      had  come  over  already.     O'Sullevan,  Hist. 
camp.  Avery  considerable  number  of  these      Ca/A.,  p.  22S. 


312 

■óe,  Gfc  "oon  beór  nó  bénchA  gAoitnt  irroitt  7  Atroimbni^h  Ia  R15  iia  SpAmne 
t>iA  rrobemcAir  a  miteAt>A  t>o  beic  1  cceAncA  7  m  eccuniAnj  occa  mbiot>bAt>Aib 
5A11  a  broinichm  reb  no  ArtAigpCc  ron]\A.  ■Ac'hc  cCha  A-peAt)  a  cummAin  no 
chmnrfc  fo  t>eoió  An  1urar  conA  ^AttAib  00  lonnrot^eAw  reb  no  cum^Coh 
óucÁ.  RuccrAc  Arr  rAthtAit>  ^ur  ah  AbAig  rAinjieAt)  m  no  hCnbAb  rniú 
fol.  81.3.  lonnroijeAt)  An  chAmnA.  Ro  §AbrAc  m  unchorAch  oit>che  a  mot)nAt)A  A15  &  a 
cneAtifiAcnot)AcocAoicoicCnAch  6fc  t>o  cocaja  mn  mneAÍ  7  m  ojvouccAt)  AifiAtt 
•00  ]uoncoirccrCc  a  nAinij;  6:  a  nuAirte,  a  ccoonAig,  G:  a  ccomói]\tij  t>oib. 

Ro  bA  •OAitinA  -oeAbcA  7  At)bA]A  io]\JAite  eici]\  riA  "01  A]At>]:tAic  00  ]aa1a  yo\\ 
cenét  ConAitt  Gt  GoghAin  11Á  no  pooAnh  ceccAnnAe  ACAt>iA]\  oite  ]\eniA]^iiAiti 
]\ia  A]\Aitt  -oAmur  7  "oruAbAinc  nA  n^dtt  tA  rniAt»  mCnmAn  G;  tA  bo]\nrAt> 
bnicche  jac  neich  t>iob,  a]\  An  "oaja  tA  ^ac  Aon  ÚAróib  ]\obcAn  cája  Gfc  CAncurAt 
VAi]i  rCm  Gfc  ron  au  ccenét  tnA  mbAOi  c]aia  biche  oia  nt>AttiAt)  nemcur  nA 
conAi]Ae  Gfc  reou^A-ó   iia  rtigCb  t)o  ftógh  noite  ]\ia  ha  ftógh  butróem.     Ro 
bdt)   to]\   t)iA  toc  Gfc  t)iA  tAmmitteAt>   tuA   mbf  Ach  Gfc  tnA  mbAogtu^At)  aii 
mit)uc]\Achc  Gfc  aii  mnecCm  ]ao  rÁr  hia  cc]Ait>hi  r]u  A]ioite  c]UAf  ah  ccuccaic 
hirm,  coua   bAoi    t>uc]\Achc   oeAbcA   nA   AitgCr  lonnroigi'ó   nA    cAtc1iAi]Ae 
CAi]uphe  1    fto^h    tnob    tA    nét)    6:    lomponniA'ó   f]Uf  An   ftoj  nAitt   j;un 
bAC  cnnme  ctAiche  mCi]\be   miotAocht>A  cró  ]ua  fiú  t>o  t>eAc1iACA]A  iccenn 
mói]umnit)  7  moi]umiom  m   ^AbAt»  no  m  guAfAcc  t>o  lomctAtóbeA'ó  r]UA  nCp- 
ccAi]At>ib,   50  mbo  hmg  ha  ]iob   ei^Cn  "oia  mbiot)bAt>oib  An  Ainm  t)imbC]\c 
ro]\]AA  bAit  111   ]ao   con'i]\Aicpuc  ifin    CAchtAc1iAi]A.     X)&  cetifiAme  iiio]\  uitc 
t>on  t)Á  Aó-ohfin  ah  do  ]AAtAt)oib  tion  chunrm.     TDeicbin  ón  111  cecomnAgAin 
cobeif  no  cucc]\omA  AccA-ntA  An  cau  rm   eAcopnA  cem  bACA]A  imbiú,  úai]a  bA 
ron  Aom  mnechCm   6:  fon  AommCnmAm   no  bicir  00  bunAt)  cem  beiccif 
ir]ieAcnA]ACAf  A]\oite,  t)ói5  ni]A  bo  coimt>it)  gun  no  chm  ó  a  mbunAt>r]\emAib 
AnÁon   t>iAf  ]\opcA]A  c]\it)fC]\CAi5  mi   A]AOite  otccAccpom.     Ro  chochAichfCc 
michifi  fot>A  tio  ufcorAc  nA  hofóce  imon  r]uoc1iA]At)At)  6:  imon  fficlnmpCfAin 
■oo  ]\eccAim    Cco]a]\a.     "Ro  AfgnAccAn  nA  t>Á  f Aoprtog  6:  An  t)Á  focpAroe  ro 
•óeoit)  Ai]At)  m  Aint>  6:  ^UAtAmn  rni  gUAtomn  r]u  Anoite  con  t>o  ]aa^a  t>oib 
reAchjAÁn  -pti^Ct)  G:  im]\ott  mncig  conA  no  C]\niAirCcA]\  a  neotAij  conAi]\e 

1  Straits. — fIt  is  strange  that  the  battle  no  sally  till  the  battle  was  over,  and  even 

being  fought  within  a  mile  from  Kinsale,  then    they  sallied  twice   to  little   purpose.' 

the    Spanish    in    the    town    should   know  Cox,  Hib.  Anglic,  i.  443. 

nothing  of  it ;  yet  it  is  certain  they  made  ^Dispute. — SeclVaro/t/te  Gaedhil,  p.  143. 


3U 

the  Irish  would  be  thought  littlc  of  and  contemncd  by  the  King  ofSpain,if  "^01- 
thcv  suffered  liis  soldiers  to  be  in  hardships  and  straits1  from  thcir  enemics 
without  bcing  aidcd  as  thcy  had  requcsted.  But  yct  this  was  thc  agrce- 
ment  whicfa  thcy  madc  in  thc  cnd  ;  to  attach  the  Lord  Justice  and  the 
English  as  they  wcre  askcd.  Thcy  separatcd  thus  till  the  night  on  which 
thcy  wcre  ordered  to  attack  the  camp.  They  took  in  the  vcry  bcginning 
of  the  night  their  weapons  ofbattle  and  their  implements  of  war  silcntly, 
and  they  wcnt  iti  order  and  array  as  their  chicfs  and  nobles,  their  lords  and 
counsellors  directcd  them. 

It  was  a  subject  of  dispute2  and  a  matter  of  contcntion  between  the  two 
principal  chiefs  who  were  over  the  Cinel  Conaill  and  the  Cinel  Eoghain 
that  neither  of  them  would  allow  the  other  to  march  in  front  of  him  to 
attack  and  assail  the  English  owing  to  the  nobility  of  mind  and  pride  of 
strength  of  both,  for  each  one  of  them  thought  it  a  reproach  and  disparage- 
ment  to  himself  and  his  tribc  for  cver  to  allow  the  first  place  on  the  road 
and  the  position  on  the  way  to  the  other  force  before  his  own.  The 
ill-will  and  the  thoughts  which  grew  up  in  their  hearts  towards  each 
other  for  this  reason  were  full  of  harm  and  ruin,  of  trcachery  and 
danger,  so  that  therc  was  not  the  desire  of  battle  nor  anxiety  to  attack 
nor  the  firm  obstinacy  in  their  army,  owing  to  the  jealousy  and  envy 
against  the  other  army,  and  thcy  wcre  timid,  languid,  slow,  cowardly, 
even  before  they  entercd  on  the  grcat  labour  and  work  in  thc  dangcr  and  peril 
of  the  close  encounter  with  their  cnemies,  so  that  it  was  almost  unnecessary 
for  their  enemies  to  employ  arms  against  them  wherc  they  contended  in 
the  battlefield.  What  happencd  to  the  two  Hughs  then  was  a  great 
omen  of  evil  to  thcm.  With  good  reason,  for  never  had  the  like  or 
so  much  taken  placc  as  then  between  them  as  long  as  they  lived,  for 
they  wcre  of  one  thought  and  of  one  mind  always  from  the  bcginning, 
though  they  werc  not  in  each  other's  presence,  for  it  was  not  usual  that 
thcrc  should  spring  from  their  original  stock  togcthcr  two  morc  loving 
towards  each  other  than  they.  They  spcnt  much  timc  in  the  bcginning  of 
the  night  in  thc  disputc  and  contention  which  took  placc  bctwecn  thcm. 
These  two  noble  hosts  and  the  two  armies  marched  at  last  sidc  by  side 
and  shoulder  to  shoulder  togethcr,  when  they  happened  to  losc  their  way 


•* 


3i4 

riAch  a  ccoipj;  rti^C-oh  ron  Ati  cconAin  ccói]\  ciA]i  bo  ciAnrot)A  An 
jliAtiiA-ohAij  (x  ^en  bo  ^Anpoccur  t>óib  Ati  tongpojrc  ron  AccAfropxcc 
Ainmur  co  roturc]\Ac  dnghe  A]\  ua  bA]\AC  gun  uo  ^ÍAnnuiclineAÓ  ah  5]maii 
or  "oneich  An  cAtiiiAn  cumrohe  conAb  Ann  ror  rÚAi]rpCc  rocrAroe  uí  Héitt 
fol.  82.  a.  <\  téAchcAob  ro  'óem  pu  cAmpA  aii  lupcir,  (x,  ]\o  cniAttrAc  roAt>  biu^  cen 
co  no  roirCt)  téo  au  mneAtt  (x  An  ojvouJAt)  *oo  nróipi  a]\  no  c]\CiccrCc  An 
cfcnA  hmneAtt  m  ]\o  lnnntic  td.r  An  lomnott  7  tA  -ooncrtACA  tiA  horóche. 

'OaLa  A11  lurcrp  conA  fochpAi'oe  nAimc  nó.bAt>  Gb  nenhpop  *oa  fAi^ró  ó 
•0]\uni5  pxmpe-oeAC  a tongpopc  iia  ^oifjeAt  co  bpoibencliA  iacc  aii  A-ortAijpm, 
combAoip-óe  conA  ptógliAtb  1n  cAichpeip  rot>  ha  boroliche  co  niA"OAin  rop 
An  eAnAiJAib  Cnt>AtcA  (x  ro]\  An  bC]\nAt>Aib  bAo^Ait  7  ro]\  a  ccAibtib  cnot)A 
niA  niot>nAtb  A15  conA  liuitib  Arótmb  CAcliAigche  Gt  copnAniA  mn  entAWie 
occAib  conur  |"acacaco]i  ó  tléitt  conA  rtó^Aib  pop  au  loncAib  ron  aii  AbAinc 
AC]Aub]\Aino]\.  11i]\  uó  cÍAn  t)oib  occa  mróemAm  An  cAn  cAntAccpCcc  cCcIia 
coirii]\eAm]\A  cnumpiten  ("oia  bp/iAt)UcchAt))  a  mópgomiA'ÓAib  jtAinAittne 
5teppoibt)iche  6c  a  mu^Aecab  mmt)]\uimneAchA  mónchorcAtr  (x  a  jtAcgon- 
nAt)Atb  ^enAtmpeAcliA  '^teroibne,  Gc  no  cteiccpCcc  rocAib  cech  cenét 
t)iub]\Aicciu  7  wicet^ce  HAite  cen  modiA  nro  pn.  1xo  bpuchcooincrfc 
ArCtroAt)  t>A]i  tiA  mú]\Aib  AmAch  mA  ccCnn  •oiopniA'ÓA  "oirpne  t>o  lon^AbAtA 
•oo  mAncfto^  riiCppróA  tnoncobrAij  tAp  a]\  bimciAn  ^un  ]\o  coriiAi]\tecceAt> 
•ooib  tuc  AneAc  Ai]voe]\mAc  t)o  cCrcu^A-ó  pop  mAighneró  50  pn.  1lo  teiccic 
AccnAi^hceAchAinAteAnriiAin  ÍAnorii,  A]\bA  t>Cnb  teó  gon  popbto-oh  cApAnnAig 
iia  ccnumnpitep»  Gc  triAnpuAbAinc  An  tnonniA  bCnnAroh  buAmnebcA  ]\eAinpA 
ron  Amb\ot)bAt)Aib.  bACA]\  nA  rtóij  ceAÓcAnt>A  mfp5  a]\  mCp$  t>eipt>e  acc 
coimchionnbAt)  Gc  acc  cnechcnuíjA-ó  Anoite  ju]\  no  mu-OAijjic  roch.Ait>e 
Cca]\]\a  t)o  t)ib  teicib.  Achc  cCiia  ]\o  meAbAt)  ro  -óeoró  rop.  riiumci]\  uí  tléitt 
reb  nob  Ammmic  teó,  jun  no  tuAcliAccutpcc  tion  tAc1iAi]\,  conA-ó  p  conAin 
no  ^nicrp  An  cmnCnur  iacc  coriroóncAÓ  iccCnn  r-oc]\Aiou  uí  *OoiimAitt  t)o 
ne-cAnnh  Att  A11A1]\  t)Oib  gAn  nochcAin   co  tAc1iAi]\  AmomAi]\icc  beóp.     O  t>o 

xWarning. — 423rd  December,information  army  should   that  night   be  well   on    their 

was  given  by  one  of  the  chief  commanders  guard,  for  Tyrone  meant  to  give  upon  one 

in  Tyrone's  army  having  some  obligations  camp   and  the  Spaniards  upon   the  other, 

to  the    Lord  President,   who  sent  a  mes-  meaning  to  spare  no   man's   life   but   the 

senger  to  him  for  a  bottle  of  usquebagh,  Lord  Deputy's  and  his.'     Moryson,  Rebel- 

and  by  a  letter  wished  him  that  the  English  lion,  p.  176. 


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and  to  go  nstrav,  so  that  thcir  guides  and   lcadcrs  of  thc  way  could  not      1601. 
bring  thcm  to  thc  right  road,  though  thc  Xovcmbcr  night  was  \  ery  long  and 

though  thc  camp  on  which  thcy  madc  thc  attaclc  was  vcry  ncar  thcm,  till  thc 
timc  of  sunrisc  on  thc  ncxt  day,  so  that  the  sun  was  shining  brightiy  on  the 
facc  of  thc  solid  carth  whcn  O'XcilPs  forccs  found  thcir  own  division  at  the 
Lord  Justicc's  camp,  and  they  tricd  to  go  a  short  distancc  that  thcy  roight 
rcgain  thcir  ranks  and  good  ordcr,  for  thcy  had  lcft  thcir  first  ordcr  in  which 
they  were  arranged  owing  to  the  mistake  and  thc  darlcness  of  thc  night. 

As    for   the    Lord   Justice    and    his   armv,    therc   had    come    to    him 
warning1  and  foreknowlcdge  from  certain  persons -  who  wcre  in  the  camp 
of  thc  Irish  that  they  would  be  attacked  that  night,  so   that   hc   and  his 
forces  wcre  watching   throughout  the  night  till  morning  in  choscn   spots 
and  gaps  of  danger  and  on  the  war  battlements  with  their  war  accoutrc- 
rncnts,  with  all  their  implements  of  battle  and  defcncc  in  rcadiness,  whcn 
O'Xcill  and  his  forces  camc  opposite  thcm  for  the  purpose  we  havc  said. 
They  had  not  long  to  meditate  whcn  they  poured  on  them  a  strong  shower  of 
globular  balls  (to  entertain  them)  from  thcir  great  cannons  with  polishcd 
barrels,  and  from  their  straight-firing,  costly  muskets,  and  from  their  sharp- 
aiming,  bcautiful    lock-guns,  and   they  fired  down   on   them    cvery   othcr 
kind  of  shot  and  missile  besides.     Then  the  nimble  troops  burst  out  over  the 
walls  to  lcad  on  the  active,  steady  cavalry,  to  whom  the  order  had  not  been^ 
given  for  a  long  time  before  up  to  that  to  makc  a  trial  of  the  speed  of  their 
high-galloping  horscs  on  the  plain.     They  allowed   thcir    foot  to  follow 
after,  for  they   were  certain    that    the    flame   of  thc  sphcrical  balls  and 
the  fierce  attack   of  the  troops  would  make  destructivc  gaps  in   front  of 
them  among  their  enemies.     The  armics  on  both  sides  were  pell-mell  in 
consequence,  maiming  and  wounding  each  other,   so  that  many  wcre  slain 
on    both  sides.      But  yct  in   the  end   O'Neill's   forccs  were  dcfcated,  an 
unusual  thing  with  thcm,  and  thcy  hastened   away   from  the  place,  and 
their  haste  madc  them  take  the  road  confuscdly  to  meet  O'Donnell's  forces, 
who  happencd  to  be  to  the  east  of  thcm  and  had  not  yct  comc  to  thc  field 

2Persons.— The  author  of  Pac.  Hib.  says  armv,  who  had  been  present  at  the  council 
the  information  was  given  by  Brian  Mac-  when  the  plan  of  attack  was  agreed  on,  to 
Mahon,  a  principal  commandcr  in  tlie  Irish       Captaín  William  Taffe.   p.  414. 

2  R 


3i6 

]uu\chcAcon  Ati  ppAonptuAJ  rm  uí  tléitt  (xrochnAroe  ah  1urar  hia  teaniru\in 
occ  a  tÚAchcuAp.^Am  ía]\  ha  ccutAib  1  mfrcc  mumope  ui  *OhoriinAitt  nor 
^eb  utmiAitte  (x  AnbrAit>e  ah  óccbA-ó  rÚAr^An  7  riprgén  a  n^pCc-A,  6:  g.emA'ó 
cochu^At)  ha  CActArójióij  bu-ó  *ouchnAchc  teó  (x  ]\o  t>teAchc  tnob  m 
c1iAoiniiA5Acco]i,  úai]\  ha]\  bo  cot  tAf  A11  ccomroCó  corccun  do  bnCic  t>oib 
t>on  cu]\  pn,  Gfc  iia  ]\o  cotcAiiAijrCcc  Aré'OA  t>o  ]io  caVI  T)ía  ron  au  'oa 
cAomichenét  ce-opA-ÓACA  cnot>A  fin  ha  rAjbAtA  rio]\A  pAt>nAch.A  6:  ha 
btuvoliA  b]\io^1iniA]\A  buAnniA]\CAnnA  rorrAgAib  nAon'i  Pacc]\aicc  (-01  a  niboi 
fol. 82.Í.  aj  bCmiAclicAin  Cpenn  rio]u\  mnA  hiaca  7  m^CnA)  ro]\  ha  *oib  b]iAic1i]nb 
<31]\C5X)A  AJniA]\A  (x  ron  a  ctAnriiAicne  "oia  néir  .1.  ron  Conatt  stoinnrhCn 
JutbAH  (x  ro]\  Cojh  ah  AJn'iAp  lomrAijceAÓ.  1cucc  ua  rAgbAtA  .1.  buAró  uaij 
7  lonnroijró  ro]\  605A11,  buAit)  ccorccAip  (x  coéAi^ce  CAchtAicneAch 
ro]\  ConAitt,  A]\  a  aoi  c]\a  ]\o  •oCnniAiccrCc  tiA  ri]\chenétA  a  rrAjc-AtA 
ArreAchcfA  ^up  ]\o  choriirccuchrAcc  ah  -oí  focpAicce  nro  AenpAbAtt  niA 
rtótAic-  A11  lurcir,  (x  ]\o  mA]ibAicc  (x  ]\o  mu-ÓAijjicc  roéAroe  UAróib. 

Soaic  mumci]i  A11  lurcir  ía]\  mbuAi'ó  ccorccAip  (x  ía]\  metAccnuJA-ó 
a  mbio'óbA'ó  An'itAi-ó  rm  aii  caii  Ar  tu§A  ]\o  f-AoitrCc.  ua  rottur  ah  Amfen 
ron  cenét  ConAitt  S,  ro]\  cenét  eoghAm  imc  Tléitt  irin  tAice  rm  m  ]\obA 
cechcA  "ooib  (x  m  bA-ó  11100  ]io  bAoi  ÚAróib  ro]\  chAtniA  r>o  t)enorh  (ó  ]\o 
rccA]\fAc  A11  *oa  chAomicenét  chorii]\AriiACA  rm  pu  A]\  oite  a^  An  U15  HÍAtt 
*nicheAch  nAoijiAtlAij;)  au  cah  nA  cA]\"orAc  t>iA  mivó  cacíiucca'ó  rCicniuch 
ronAipc  t)ioch]\A  t>U]\cnoi*óeAc  t>o  'óenoiii  "oo  cHornAm  a  ni]vp,  a  nAchA]\t)A,  7 
a  nAnniA,  "oo  cornAih  a  nemií;  a  nÚAirte  7  a  noi]\]voC|\CAi]-,  co  bp\]\ccbAici  a 
rtAiche  ro]\  rót>Aib  rAomtige,  gombA  cCpccgoncA  a  cc]\eom,  ^ombA  CAoib^ 
chpC^h -0^1561  a  ccAoipj,  ^ombA  cnAiiiAchchumcA  a  ccu]\Aró,  ^ombA  mut>Ait- 
che  a  nnteA-ÓA  cix)  ]\ia  pú  ]\o  metAchcnAipcc  ón  mu-ópm  ní  ha  mÁ  ipiAtniAipi 
a  mbiot)bAt>  bACA]i  mA  ccoiriicCccpAró,  acc  AbppeAcnApcup  ha  tom^peAc  Gfc 
11A  nt)ibC]\CAC  eccAi]\cCmeoit  -oon  aiijaca]i  ron  A^pAorArh  (x  comAince 
recc  ]\iaiíi  íC]\  iia  nAchcu]\  &,  ía]\  ha  monnApbAt)  A]-  a  ccí]\ib  G:  A]-  a 
cc]ieAbAib  con-oeingenrAC  íC]\ccaih  b]\íj  mbi^  t)oiiA  1iA]it)]:tAicib  &  -oonA 
1iAi]\eAc1iAib  ]iobcA]i  -ooir  *oit»m  (x  ]\obcA]\  coitt  rorccAit)  t)oib  50  yui, 
zro  ]\o  beAirpAc   ceitt  "oia   ccobA\]\  &  "oia  ccoi]\ichm   ÚAróib  a  rCiroAt»   co 

1  Battle. — An   account   of  this    fight    by      Trevelyan  Papers,published  by  the  Camden 
Mountjoy,  the  Lord  Deputy,  is  given  in  the       Society  in  1862. 


3W 

of  battlc.1  Whcn  thcsc  dcfcatcd  forces  of  O'Xcill  and  thc  troops  of  thc  1O01. 
Lord  Justicc's  army  in  haste  bchind  thcm  camc  into  thc  midst  of 
O'Donnell's  pcoplc,  wavcring  and  unsteadiness  seizcd  on  the  soldicrs, 
and  fright  and  tcrror  on  their  horses,  and  though  it  was  urgent  on  them 
to  remain  on  the  field  of  battle  and  it  was  their  duty,  thcy  could  not,  for 
it  was  not  thc  will  of  thc  Lord  to  give  victory  to  them  thcn,  and  thcy  did 
not  follow  thc  rulcs  which  God  marked  out  for  the  two  noble,  clevcr,  warlilce 
tribcs,  thc  true,  lasting  gifts,  and  the  firm,  long-enduring  victories  which  St. 
Patriclc2  (whcn  blessing  Erin,  its  mcn,  youths,  and  maidcns)  left  to  thc 
two  famous,  warlike  brothers  and  to  thcir  postcrity  after  them,  i.c,  to  the 
glorious  Conall  Gulban  and  to  Eoghan  thewarlike  and  aggrcssivc.  These 
were  their  gifts,  victory  and  vigour  in  attack  to  Eoghan,  victory  in  battle 
and  valour  in  the  field  to  Conall  ;  yet  the  famous  raccs  forgot  their  gifts  on 
that  occasion,  so  that  the  two  hosts  were  defcated  together  by  the  forces  of 
the  Lord  Justice,  and  many  of  them  were  slain  and  slaughtered. 

The  Lord  Justice's  forccs  returned  after  the  victory  in  battle  and  the  defeat 
of  their  cncmies  when  they  least  hoped  for  it.  Ill-luck  was  evid<_ntly  with 
the  Cinel  Conaill  and  the  Cincl  Eoghain  MicXcill  on  those  days  when  it 
was  their  duty  and  they  needed  most  to  act  bravely  (since  these  two  noble 
stocks  separated  from  each  other  in  thc  time  oí  Niall,  the  warlike,  of  the 
Nine  Hostages),  when  they  did  not  resolve  to  fight  bravely,  courageously 
zealously,  mercilessly  in  defence  of  their  faith,  fathcrland,  and  livcs,  in 
dcfence  of  thcir  hospitality,  nobility,  and  splendour,  so  that  their  princcs 
were  lcft  h'ing  on  the  earth,  thcir  champions  woundcd,  thcir  chicfs  picrced 
through,  their  heroes  had  their  bones  hewn,  thcir  soldicrs  were  massacred, 
though  before  this  they  were  not  defcatcd  in  this  way,  not  only  in  prcscncc  of 
their  enemies  who  were  looking  on,  but  in  prescncc  of  thc  banishcd  and 
exiles  of  foreign  race  who  came  for  safety  and  protection  to  thcm  bcfore 
this  aftcr  thcy  were  expelled  and  banished  from  their  territorics  and 
dwellings,  and  soon  thcy  madc  little  account  of  the  princcs  and  of  the 
chiefs  who  wcre  trecs  of  shelter  and  woods  of  rcfuge  for  them  up  to  that, 
and   they   gave   up   all   hope  of  hclp  from  them  to  the  cnd   of  thc  world. 

1  St.  Pairicfc, — The  blessings  which  the      will  be  found  in   Colgan's    Trias    T/niuf/i., 
Saint  promiscd  to  the  posterity   of  Conall      p.  192  ;  and  to  that  of  Eoghan,  Ibid-,  p.  145. 


318 

■oitjCnn  ah  •oorfiAin.  Achc  cCVia  gén  co  cconcnAcon  acc  ÚAc1iAt>  biuj;  ó 
gAoróetAib  ipn  mArómpn  Chnro  SÁite  iia  nACAijpcir  "cia  cceArbAi-ó  1 
ceAn*o  acIiató  6t  t>ah  ha  ro  jtACAijpCc  cioo  ah  cau  rm  rot>em,  m  }\o  rÁjbAT) 
m  ÁonniAróm  "oia  no  p^heA'ó  ir  nA  t>eit)CnchAib  mn  mir  Oneiiioin  cuccnoniA 
rjur  A]i  rAjiccbAX)  ah"o. 

1lo  rA^bA-ó  Ann  cCccur  Ann  Aonnm^  6c  ah  caohi  oitén  bA  rucAije 
6:  da  co]\Aijce  Gfc  ]\o  bA  mCrA}vÓA  cCr  6t  ÚAchc  bAoi  m  enriión  OonpA, 
m  nob  iomx)A  mit  6c  c]\uicneAchc,  m  nobA  iCrc  ioiitóa,  Aibne,  CrrA  7 
mbCnA,  m  nobA  ciume  cAonconcAige  cúahca,  reib  t>o  ]\acc  au  ceno^Cn 
x>ó  pot  5ao1,ó1^  5^A1f  irnc  ^nuitt  t>on  aiiaicc  111  C|\inn  niAn'i  ua  cCfc- 
fol.83.rt.  motcA  rm  rui|\]\e  (.1.  Ic1i  niAc  "bneogliAin)  riAt>  ua  niogliAib  T)CrohCncAib 
bACAn  t)o  UliÚAcliAib  ■oe  T)1iAnAnn  ron  dnmn.  'Oo  rÁjbA-ó  ahii  béor  An  t)o 
CunÁccAn  Arr  t)o  ]*-AO]\ctAnnAib  roC|\A  roichenetchAib  niAC  TTliteA'ó  Gb  t>o 
AineAcliAib  A^liniAnA  lonnroiíjceAcliA,  t>o  dn^CnnACAib  cíne  7  cpeAb,  vo 
choi]-eAc1iAib  cúac  6c  cniocliAic  cet>,  A]\  A]-  t>C]\b  •oeuinn  ha  brA  nio  C]iint>  1 
coriiAunpn  pn  A|\  oite  co  bnAc  tuclic  ]\obcAn  rCnn  7  nobcAn  AinC^lróA 
otccAC  iia  rriAice  bACAn  hiruit>e  6c  AcbAchpxcc  ía]\oiíi  111  Aite  clipocliAit) 
•OÍA1X)  m  •01ATÓ  íCn  n^Aro  a  nACA]vóA  7  a  nÚArAt|:o]\bAror\|iA  no  pvgAibpococcA 
nibio'óbA'ÓAib  ipn  niAróni  pn.  fío  pvgbAÚ  *om  Ann  ÚAirte  6c  onoin,  ^ajic  6c 
<cniom]\A'ó,  omeAcli  6c  oi]\bCnc,  rC^liAmne  6b  ]-AO]\ctAnt)Achc,  míne  6c  mC]\]\- 
■óAchc,  c]\Cip  6c  c]\enc1iAtniAc1ic,  c]\oo1iac1ic  6c  cac1iucca"ó,  ]\echc  6c  lúglie 
tAovóet  OneAnn  co  roi]\cCnn  ah  bCcliA. 

O  ]\o  lompAi'ópoc  roch|\Aicci  aii  1u]-ar  ro  lotAij;  co]^Ai]i  7  coriiniAoróme 
AiiiAit  AC]\ub]iAino]i,  ]\o  ApgnAcon  nA  "5A01*óit  ca]\  auai]-  ]-iA]\  co  hmir 
eo^liAriAm  aii  A-ÓAij  pn,  6c  ]io  ^AbpAc  aj  c]iuoh  a  ccoriiAi]\te  co  huoniAtt 
Ant)]-Ai"oh  con  Aichbip  6c  iomAicbi]\  ro]i  A]1  oite.  AcbC]\cpAc  |:oi]\Ciro  aca 
bA  rC-oh   ]\obAt)  t)ío]i  t)oib  uin   lompuióe  -oo  •o|\ut)  t)o  rtróip  rni  ÓAinnA  An 

1  Small  m/mder.—According  to  Moryson,  3  ///fc.—His  pedigree  is  as  follows  :— 

the  Irish  left  1,200  dead  on  the  field.     Nine  Breogan 

of  their  standards  and  200  arms  weretaken.  | 

Rebellio?i,  p.  178.  O'Sullévangives  thenum-  f  1 

ber  of  O'NeilFs  men  slain  as  only  200.  Hist.  pile  Ith 

Cat/i.,?.  229.  MUedh  Luighaidh 

2 Island. — See    the    poem   of    Donatus,  & 

bishop  of  Fiesole,  in  the  prelude  to  his  Life  \  \  1 

of  Si.  Brigid,  in  Miss  Stokes'  Six  Months      Eber  Eremon  Ir 

in  the  Afienmnes,  p.  237  ;  London,  1892.  See  Miscellany  of  the  Celtic  Society,  p.  3. 


319 

Vct,  though  thcrc  fcll  but  so  small  a  numbcr1  ofthe  [rish  in  that  battle  of     1601. 
Rinsale  that  they  would  not  pcrccivc  thcir  abscncc  after  a  timc,  and  morc- 
over,  that  they  did  not  perceive  it  themselves  then,  yct  thcrc  was  not  lost  in 
onc  battle  fought  in  the  latter  times  in  Ircland  so  much  as  was  lost  thcn. 

Thcrc  was  lost  thcrc  first  that  one  island2  which  wasthc  richcst  and  most 
productive,  thc  hcat  and  cold  of  which  wcrc  more  tcmperate  than  in  thc 
greater  part  of  Europc,  in  which  thcre  was  much  honcy  and  corn  and 
fish,  many  rivers,  cataracts,  and  watcrfalls,  in  which  wcrc  calm,  pro- 
ductive  harbours,  qualitics  which  thc  first  man  of  the  racc  of  Gaedhcl  Glas, 
son  of  Niall,  who  camc  to  Ircland  bchcld  in  it,  i.c,  Ith,3  son  of  Breogan, 
in  opposition  to  the  last  kings  who  wcre  of  the  Tuatha  dc  Danaan  over 
Ireland.  There  wcre  lost,  too,  those  who  escaped  from  it  of  the  frce 
generous,  noble-born  dcsccndants  of  thc  sons  of  Milcsius  and  of  the  pros- 
perous,  impetuous  chiefs,  of  the  lords  of  territories  and  tribes,  and  of  the 
chicítains  of  districts  and  cantrcds,  for  it  is  absolutely  ccrtain  that  thcre 
werc  ncver  in  Erin  at  any  timc  together  people  who  wcre  better  and  more 
famous  than  the  chiefs  who  wcre  there,  and  died  afterwards  in  othcr 
countries  one  after  the  other,  aftcr  being  robbed 4  of  their  fatherland  and  of 
their  noble  posscssions,  which  thcy  left  to  their  enemies  on  that  plain. 
There  wcrc  lost  bcsides  nobility  and  honour,  generosity  and  great  deeds, 
hospitality  and  goodness,  courtesy  and  noble  birth,  polish  and  braverv, 
strength  and  courage,  valour  and  constancy,  the  authority  and  sovereignty 
of  thc  Irish  of  Erin  to  the  end  of  time. 

When  the  forccs  of  thc  Lord  Justice  wcnt  away  with  the  joy  of  victory 
and  glory,  as  we  havc  said,  the  Irish  retreatcd  westwards  to  Inishannon 
that  •  night,  and  thcy  set  to  consult  hastily,  hurriedly,  blaming  and  rc- 
proaching  each  other.  Some  of  them  said  that  they  ought  to  rcsume  once 
more  thc  sicge  of  the  Lord  Justice's  camp  and  not  raise  it  at  all  on  account 

^  Robbed.— MacFirbis  wrote   sixty  years  in  this  year.'    Tribcs,  &>c.  of Hy  Fiac/i>ach, 

after  :  '  It  is  no  doubt  a  \vorldly  lesson  to  P-32I.  How  cruelly  they  were  disappointed, 

consider  howtheGaels  were  at  that  time  even  those  who  had   served  the   ECing  most 

conquering  thc  counties  far  and  near,  and  faithfully    at    home    and    abroad    may   be 

that  not  one  hundred  of  the  Irish  nobles  at  learned   from    Prendergast's    Cromwellian 

this  day  possesses  as  much  of  his  land  as  he  Settlement%  London.  1S70.     The  spoliation 

could  be  buried  in,  though  they  expect  it  was  completed  after  the  war  of  168S. 


1u]Ttr,  6fc    JAtl    A"oCl]\5e    1C1]\    A]1    A^A    ACCO]\C]\ACA]t    ÚAI'Ólfa  t)ÍA    mumcin,  7  11A]\ 

bo  CAtiAicce  a  ccon^Atfa  cIiaca  a  ccCrbAifa  ronnA  "oói j  ro  bACAn  t)Ai]gtion 
CAbAncA  caca  iha  neccniAir  "01A  tnbeic  aii  coice  Gfc  An  conÁch  a^  con^nArh 
rruú.  Ro  ]\Áit>]'toc  "onongA  oibe  bA  heAh  nobAT»  có]\A  *óoib  ^Ach  A]ro]:tAic  7 
jac  o^C^uia  cí]ie  aca  -óo  poAt>h  -oo  mróróCn  a  Ac1iA]róA  Gfc  *oia  cornAtft  rin 
^AbÍAib  aii  ccCm  contocrAit).  O  T)omnAitt  nno]i]io  ]ro  ]\Aróp,óe  nÁ  rororet) 
t)iA  cín  &  nÁ  hoinrprCoh  éccm  vpn  lomruróe  m  bAt>  fíne,  6:  ]io  cmgeAtt 
rnvó  Ant>mAicib  rCn  ne]ient>  bACA]i  irume  nA  ciofanAt)  cpoi  j  cAintrrhe  1  ccac 
110  1  ccIiacac  t)o  chochuccAt)  cAich^biAt)  miAnoCn  ]ie  5&°i'óeAbAifa  nA  nAonA]\, 
Gfc  50  rAm]\eAt)Ach  irrA]\]\At>  nA  -onumje  ro]ir  no  r]\AomCt>  cCccur  An  cAn  rm, 
t>oi§  ]io  JAfa  t>ArAéc  Gfc  mi]ie  mCnniAn  eipt>e,  7  bA  ro  tAir  combAt)  é  reipn 
cCcriA  no  muiDAijre  ipn  m&rómpn  -|\ia  pú  ]\obAt>  pAt>A  ron  An  mebA  rin  ror 
rÚAi]ipuc  ^Ao-óit.  HobAt)  im C^aI  t>An  ía  a  pMtirhumcCn  connnbenC-ó  bÁr 
rAi]\  rofaem  ÍAr  An  rpÚAÍAng  ]\o  cur  ^Afa  conA  ]\o  cuit  7  11  a  ]\o  tumg  irÁnfie 
fol.83.  b.  r]\i  ]ie  cni  tÁ  7  C]ieo]\A  noit>hche  ÍA]\om.  1Da  htpn  3.  tA  lAnuA]u,  1602.  ]io 
rnAomCt)  aii  mArómpn  Clntro  SÁite. 

1602. 

1da  ri  Ai]ite  A]i]\iochc  tA  1iúa  n*OoihiiAitt  ÍA]ipm  t)ubA  t>C]uhAi]\  miboi 
e]\e  t)o  -f-A^bAit  Gfc  t)ut  t)ón  SpÁmn  t>o  ACAome  a  nnnró  pur  ah  II15  An 
3.  phitip  t>o  chumjCt)  ruittró  rtoicch  Gfc  rocnAroe  ÚAróifa.  O  no  chmnporii 
ron  An  cotiiAi]\te  1npn  bACA]i  iCt)  t>o  nAe^orurh  hia  chonficecc  t>o  t>ut  po]\ 
Ati  eAchc]iA  pn  (cenmocÁcc  t)]ionj  t>iA  diAi]ipfa  reipn)  HemAnn  aOu]\c  itiac 
SeAAtn  iia  SeAuiA]\,  Gc  CAipcm  Aot>h  ITIorr  hiac  1loifaei]\t>.  1a]\  cctoipcecc 
tiA  ccoifiAtrite  pn  tA  cÁch  1n  ccoiccmne  ]\o  bAt>  to]\  t>o  cnÚAighe  Gfc  t>o 
nem'iette,  ah  t<MtichomAi]vc  Aiirróit  Gfc  An  gotriiAirjtieAch  j]\ot)U]itArh  Gb 
aii  nuAttjufaA  A]\t>AccAomceAc  ]\o  c]\ugbAic  or  A]\t)  reAchnón  tongpuijic 
úi  *OoiimAitt  Ati  At>At5  niA  mmceAcc  t>o.  1lo  bAOi  a  mo]\t>AmnA  aca  tnA 
rpCrcAiré  An  cAn  pn,  úai]\  m  ]\o  pttrCc  Ati  tucc  pn  ropiA^oifa  hia  -óeA-oliAro 

xSiege.— TheSpaniards.numberingabout  2  The  plan.— The  Four  Masters  say,  'he 

3,500,  sunendered  Tanuary  12.  TheArticles  came  to  this  resolution  by   the   advice  of 

of  surrender  are  given  in  Moryson's  Rebel-  O'Neill,  who,  however,  gave  it  to  him  with 

lion,   p.    184.      On   the   20th,   20    Spanish  reluctance.'     vi.  2291. 

captains  and  1,374  common  soldiers  set  sail  " Faithful  people. — Besides    Mulchonry 

for  Spain.    f&id.,  p.  198.  (See  Introd.,  p.  cxlix.  antea),  he  had  with 


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of  thosc  of  their  pcoplc  who  had  fallen,  and  that  their  implements  of  war      > 
would  not  bc  wanting  to  them,  for  there  was  plenty  of  materials  of  war 
scattered  about,  if  fate  and  good-luck  favoured  them.     Other  parties  said 

that  it  was  bcst  that  cach  chiefand  cach  lord  of  a  district  should  rcturn  to 
his  own  natíve  place  and  protcct  it  against  thc  English  as  long  as  hc  could, 
O'Donncll,  howcvcr,  said  hc  would  not  go  back  t<>  his  own  country,  and 
hc  would  not  continuc  longcr  at  thc  siegc,1  and  hc  promiscd  in  prcscncc  of 
thc  chicfs  of  thc  mcn  of  Eíin  who  wcrc  there,  that  hc  w'ould  not  go  a  step 
in  the  fight  or  in  thc  battlc  to  fight  anv  battlc  with  thc  Irish  alonc,  and 
especially  in  the  company  of  thc  party  which  was  first  defeatcd  then,  for 
ragc  and  angcr  had  scized  on  his  soul,  and  hc  would  have  bccn  plcased  it 
he  was  thc  first  who  was  slain  on  that  field  bcfore  he  witnesscd  that 
calamity  which  thc  Irish  met.  His  peoplc  wcrc  grcatly  afraid  that  he 
would  bring  on  his  death,  through  the  suffering  which  hc  cndurcd,  and 
he  did  not  sleep  or  rest  for  three  days  and  three  nights  after.  It  was  on 
the  ^rd  of  January,  1602,  the  defeat  of  Rinsalc  took  place. 

1602. 

The  plan  2  which  occurrcd  to  Hugh  O'Donnell  in  his  great  grief  was,  to  1602. 
leavc  Ireland  and  to  go  to  Spain  to  complain  of  his  distress  to  King  Philip 
III.  and  to  ask  for  more  forces  and  soldicrs.  When  hc  had  determincd  on 
this  plan,  those  whom  he  chose  to  accompany  him  on  that  voyage  (in 
addition  to  a  number  of  his  own  faithful  people) 3  were  Rcdmond  Burke, 
son  of  John  na  Scamar,  and  Captain  Hugh  Moss,4  son  of  Robcrt. 
W'hcn  this  resolution  bccome  known  to  all  publiclv,  thc  grcat  clapping  of 
hands,  and  the  violent  lamcntations,  and  the  loud  wailing  crics  which  arose 
throughout  O'Donnell's  camp  the  night  before  he  wcnt  away  wcrc  pitiful 
and  saddening,  and  thcrc  was  good  rcason  if  thcy  kncw  it  at  thc  timc,  for 

him  F.  Maurice  Ultach  (Dunlevy),  ' a  poor  an  Ep.ulish  father   and    an    Irish    mother. 

friar  of  the  Order  of  St.    Francis  from  the  Ile    and    his    brother   had    been     in   the 

conventofDonegal.'  Annals  F.  Af.,v\.  2191.  English   service,   and   had   taken    part   in 

'  Moss. — Probably  Hugh  Mostian,  whom  an  engagement  near  Ballina  against  Mac- 

Morvson  calls  * a  famous  rebeL'    Rebellion^  William  on   bis  way  to  join    O'Donnell. 

p.  181.     O'Sullevan  says  hc  was  thc  son  oí  Hist,  Caik.,  p.  169. 


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■oiAft'ntib  é  ó  fm  Abte,  (x  t)iAuiA-ó  •oeunm  teó  mt)fm  mn  bo  mAchcnAt)  •óoib 
c]\onróe]\A  cnó  x>o  rm-óe  reccAin  t)Ap  a  njjpuA'óAib. 

T)o  -óeAcViAró  íCporii  ó  'OorimAitt  ittnmg  1n  cúaii  An  CAirtem  conA 
chAonúceAccoib  miAitte  fuif  aii  6.  tA  1aiiiia]\i,  (x  fo  "oor  no  ^tuAif  cinre-ó  iia 
cé-ojAoicbe  -ouf  fAHAicc  cniAfAn  bfAifn^e  rrpoc1iAij;riieit,  50  no  ^AbfAc 
CAbA-ópopc  An  14.  tA  -ooii  riiír  cCcciiaIh  comroc]AAib  'oon  Cnumne.  T)únAnAf 
ejvoCnc  eifróe  1  piojhAchc  ha  ^Aitifi  1f111  SpÁmn.  Oa  liAmnp-óe  bAoi  cof 
Tjpeo^liAm  t)iA  ngA]\A]\  fopigAnciA  ]\o  cunroAchc  recc  ]uaiú  tA  OpeoJAn 
niAC  t)]\ACA,  Gb  bA  tiAiffróe  CAnjACAn  nnc  miteAt)  CffpAuie  nnc  Oite 
nnc  "bpeo^Ain  *oo  céo^AbAit  6]\enn  ron  "ChuAcliAib  t>e  t>AiiAnn.  O  x>o 
nuAchc  ó  *OomnAitt  1  cín  ifm  Cpuume  gebAró  fop  cAirceAt  7  c<YÓAtt  An 
bAite  Gt  00  cIiaoc  "oo  t>en§Ain  cui]\  OfeoghAm.  *Oo  bC]\c  coniróio'ónA'ó 
mó]\  "óoforii  ]\ochcAin  hi  cí]\  aii  "oúfm,  Af  bA  "0615  tAir  gu]\  uó  cetmAme 
mó]\mAichiurA  -óo  ac1ioc1ia]\  ^uf  au  niAijm  A-p  no  ^AbfAc  a  fmfin  neAfc  6c 
curiiAchcA  ro]\  Cpmn  rechc  ]\iaiíi,  7  no  jjebArórorii  "oo  nróifi  ro]\  a  tufj.  1au 
mbeic  AcliAit)  mbicc  occ  teccCt)  a  rcíp  ifm  C]\umne  "oo  choroh  co  1iAinm 
nnbAoi  An  tií  irm  CAifcittA,  a]\  bA  1iAnn  t)o  ]\ÁtA  t>ó  AbCic  An  cAn  pm  (íau 
ccmiceAtteAt)  a  ftAiciUfA)  ipn  cAchfAij  t)iAnAt>  Ainm  SAmó]\A,  6c  ó  *oo 
fol.84.  a.  •óeAchAit)  ó  *OorimAitt  1  fiA*ónAifi  aii  II15  *ouf  fetic  fof  a  gtumib  mA 
r]\eAcnAi]ic  Gc  non  guroh  a  cCopA  hicche  f aiu.  Oa  rCb  An  cC-oua  hAcchum^Ct) 
Anm.Ait  t)o  co]\  tAir  co  hCi]unn  coha  ccon^Aib  coniAt)Air  Oc  conA  nArónnb 
ceccA.  Ax\  Achchum^Ct)  chAnAip  5A11  Aom  neAch  -oo  fAOfótAnt)Aib  6pnro 
ce  m  beic  t)iA  ÚAipte  t)o  cho]\  1  nC]\c  hacIi  1n  ccuriiAccAib  ÚAfA,  ua  t)An  ÚAf 
rio]\  a  lonAro  c]ua  bicu  "oiAn^AbAt)  mo]rÓAchc  A11  "R15  nC]\c  6c  cCnnuf  ron 
6iunn.  -An  cpCf  icche  5A11  cC]\c  a  finnfiof  t)o  tAglrougAt)  no  t)ui]\bC]\nAt) 
t-Ain  rem  no  ronfAn  cí  no  biA*ó  uia  ionAt)  t)iAró  111  t)iAió  m  jac  mAigCn  1 
cA]\nufAif  nCnc  &,  cuiiiAccA  ó  cCm  aca  11111  6]\mn  ]UAfAn  cah  fm.  *Oo 
fmjeAtt  A11  1lí  t>ó  mt)fin  uite  G:  ]\o  fOfcongAin  fAi]\  eif^e  t)ÍA  jtumib  6: 
fóf  fÚAif  fiAt)U5At)h  &,  Aifrinccm  nioif  ÚAt)hA  conAt)  Af  unfeccAm  uacIi 
ffÚAin  Aom  neAch  x>o  5^oit>eAtAib  ]uaiíi  ó  nAÓ  II15  nAite  coibeif  110  cuc]\oiua 

1  Ship. — 'The  28th  of  December  intelli-  taking  O'Donnell,   Redmond   Burke,    and 

gence  was  brought  tothe  Lord  Deputy,  that  Hugh  Mostian  with  him.'  Pac.  Hib.,  p  424. 

Pedro  Zubiaur  was  lately  landed  at  Castle-  2  Castlehaven- — A  villagefivemiles  south- 

haven,  and  hearing  of  Tyrone's  overthrow  west  of  Skibbereen.     The  castle  from  which 

he  made  no  stay,  but  set  sail  for  Spain,  it  has  its  name  is  standing  still. 


3?3 

those  whom  hc  left  bchind  ncvcr  again  sct  eyes  on  him,  and  if  thcy   were     l6°2- 
aware  of  that,  it  is  no  wonder  that  large  tears  of  blood  should  flow  down 
their  checks. 

O'Donncll  and  his  companions  thcn  wcnt  on  board  a  ship  l  at  Castle- 
havcn,2  thc  sixth  of  Januarv,  and  whcn  thc  first  brceze  of  wind  came, 
they  crossed  thc  boistcrous  occan.  Thcy  landed,  the  i^th  of  thc  same  month, 
near  Corunna.  This  was  a  famous  fortrcss  in  thc  kingdom  of  Galicia  in 
Spain.  Breogan's  tower,8  callcd  Brigantia,  was  thcrc.  It  had  bcen  built 
long  before  by  Breogan,  son  of  Bratha,  and  it  was  from  that  place  that 
thc  sons  of  Milesius,  son  of  Bratha,  son  of  Brcogan,  had  first  comc  to 
take  Ircland  from  thc  Tuatha  dc  Danaan.  W'hcn  O'Donnell  landed  at 
Corunna,  he  went  to  visit  and  view  the  town  and  to  sec  Brcogan's  towcr. 
It  gave  him  much  satisfaction  to  land  there,  for  he  thought  it  a  great  omen 
of  succcss  that  hc  should  havc  come  to  the  place  from  which  his  ancestors 
had  obtaincd  sway  and  powcr  over  Ireland  formerlv,  and  that  he  should 
have  returncd  on  their  footsteps.  After  remaining  a  short  time  at  Corunna 
to  get  rid  of  his  fatigue,  he  went  to  the  place  where  the  King  was,  for  just 
then,  after  making  a  circuit  of  his  kingdom,  he  happened  to  be  in  the  city 
called  Zamora.4  When  O'Donnell  came  into  the  King's  presence,  he  went  on 
his  knees  before  him  and  made  his  three  requcsts  of  him.  His  first  petition 
was  that  an  army  should  be  sent  with  him  to  Ircland  with  suitable  engines 
and  with  the  necessary  arms.  The  second  petition  was  that  he  would  not 
place  any  of  the  noblcs  of  Ireland,  unless  he  was  of  his  own  nobilitv,  in 
power  or  authority  over  him,  or  over  his  successor  so  long  as  they  lived,  if 
the  King  obtained  power  and  sovereignty  ovcr  Ireland.  The  third  request 
was  that  he  should  not  lessen  or  impair  the  rights  of  his  ancestors  as 
regards  himself  or  whosoever  should  succccd  him  in  any  placc  where 
their  powcr  and  sway  existed  long  before  that  time  in  Ircland.  The 
King  promised  him  all  this,  and  badc  him  rise  from  his  knees,  and  he 
reccivcd  cntertainment  and  great  respect  from  him,  so  that  I  think  no 
one  of  the  Irish  evcr  before   rcccived  so  much  and  so  grcat  rcspect  and 

:!  Tower,—  A  detailed  description  of  it  will       It  is  mentioned  also  in  Wilde's  Voxage  to 
be  found   in  The    Ancient    Lighthouse   of     Afadeira,  I.  13;  Dublin,  1S40. 
Corunna,  by  Rev.   Dr.  Todd,  Dublin,  n.  d.  *  Zamora—  55  miles  west  of  Valladolid. 

2  S 


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Abru<M]iriomh  t)&i]iríiroin  Gt  t>onóin  ÚA-ó<\ib.  *Oeicbin  on  ÚAin  *oo  nAicne 
a  -^nuir  4  aÍa'ó  6c  ejttAbj'A,  cocIiacc  a  Aichircc  7  a  Anurccbni&cAn  comón 
rjur.  Ko  Cnb  aii  Hí  ron  úa  n*OoríinAitt  ro<voh  cA]t  a  Air  t>on  Cntnnne  & 
Ainipotii  Atnt>rit)e  combA  ruiniche  -546  m  no  bA  coirccit>e  t>o  bnCic  U\ir  A-5 
curóeAchc  111A  rjuchCm^,  *Oo  nomerioiii  iiropn,  6c  bAoi  irror  co  teicc  reb 
nob  AinmCimc  t<Mr  nÍAin  rni  né  An  eA]\n4i-5  7  An  crAiíinAró  co  ccdiccepoghmAin 
A]i  ccnro,  reéc  Ann  occ  AtjtCg  cúite  6c  occ  ahi  Cr  An  cAn  t)o  bCirCt)  t>iA  uró 
An  cAb<M]i  6c  An  poi]\icin  "oo  ]iin§e<\bt  ah  11í  t>ó,  "recc  nAite  ro  ríiuich  6t 
tiobnon  A]i  a  pot>  tAir  bic   mo  lon^nair  a  acIiajvóa  6c  A]i  a  tmcCme   ]ior  bAi 

A1T   A]imAlt    ]10    "^eOvbtAt)   "ÓO    OCCA    hC]\C]11<>.tt,  ÚAin    bA  C]1<VÓ    C]11t)e  &  bA   -^ALAn 

mCnm<\ii  tAir  aii  c<m  t>o  bCinC*ó  mA  ríiCnniAin  ah  iont)ur  i]tAbACA]i  5<\oróit 
-^An  runcáchc  -5A11  roi]iicm  oca  ru]inAit>eriotii. 

DAotrioríi  rAríit&fó  co]i  ]io  cniAtt  00  nitnri  t>o  t>ut  "oo  tddiAin  An  fi.15 
t)iA  por  c]ie*o  An  cCrrn<vó<yó  no  ah  ciomruineAÓ  bAoi  ron  An  roónAroe  7  ron 
An  A]iniAit  *oo  ]iAi]in5e]iCt)  -óo,  6:  ó  t)o  nuAchc  t)on  bAite  t)iAn<yo  Ainin 
SiniAncAr  (t)Á  tege  ó  tlAttA'ooti'o  *oo  cbui]ic  aii  II1-5)  bA  rCt>h  no  "óeoiiAij 
*Oía  ]io  dieAt)Ai"5  a  liAmfen  6c  a  hecconÁch  a  mircAié  Gt  a  AtnAttAchc  *oimr 

C]ieAríl0111   Gc  t)0  "gA01t)eAtAlb  -5t<M1]>Ot)tA  A]1  cCn&  gU]!  ]10  "^Ab  J5At<\]1  a  éccA  6t 

CrrtAince  a  Gfóe<YÓA  ó  *Oothti<vitt,  6t  bAoi  rni  ]ie  reéc  ta  iroecc  mA  ticcbe, 
co  nCnb^t  rA  tjeoit>  mn  eAcniAm-5  nA  ]iee  hirm  An  10.  tÁ  t>o  Sepcembe]i 
fol.84.í.  t)o  ]'-onnn<Yo  ía]\  ccaoi  a  cionAt)  6t  cu^rgAbAt,  íau  nAicp^he  t)ioch]i<\  mA 
peAcchoib  6c  t)0Aitc1nb,  iC]i  ccAbAi]ic  a  choibrCn  ^An  t>itochc  t>iA  Anm- 
c1iAi]it)ib  ppio]iACAtcA,  ÍA]1  ccAicCríi  cutnp  CR1SU  6c  a  potA  6c  ÍA]1  UA  ongAt) 
AtiiAit  no  bA  cechcA  At  tAríiAib  a  Anmc1iA]iA'ó  6c  a  fnuichCt)  ecctA]XAct»A 
but>  t)em  no  biooh  m  a  chAouncheAchc  *oo  *5]ier  co  íiAtc  tiA  hÚAine  pn.  b^ 
hirm  cicch  bAoi  A5  II15  ua  SpÁtnne  pot>em  ipin  mb<\ite  pm  SimAncAp  ac 
bAchroríi.     lluccAt)  t>An  a  éonp  50  tlAttA-ootit)    (-50   cui]\c  au  TC.15)  1n  ceich- 

1  Waiting. — Much  of  what  is  set  down  and  his  wants.  From  the  language  of  it  he 
here  is  taken  almost  word  for  wotd  from  would  seem  to  have  but  little  hope  of  aid 
this  work  by  the  Four  Masters  and  inserted  from  Spain  just  then.  A  facsimile  of  his 
in  their  Atmals,  vi.  2291.  letter  will  be  found  on  the  opposite  page. 

2  Pret>ared. — We  have  given  in  the  In-  3  Simancas. — See  Introd.,  p.  cxlx.  It 
troduction,  p.  cxlviii.,  O'Donnell's  letter  to  is  ten  miles  to  the  south-west  of  Valladolid. 
the  King,  asking  permission  to  go  to  the  This  palace  was  given  by  the  Admiral  of 
Court  in  order  to  make  known  his  wishes  Castile,     Don    Alfonso    Enriquez,    to    the 


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honour  from  any  other  King  as  he  received.  With  good  reason,  for  his  1602. 
appearance,  his  famc,  and  his  cloqucnce,  thc  extent  of  his  wrongs,  and 
his  lordly  language  impresscd  him  much.  The  King  bade  O'lJwnncll 
rcturn  to  Corunna,  and  wait  therc  until  cvcrything  which  hc  wantcd  to 
takc  with  him  on  his  rcturn  should  be  rcady.  IIc  did  so,  and  remained 
at  rest  thcrc,  an  unusual  thing  with  him  until  thcn,  during  the  spring 
and  summer  up  to  thc  beginning  of  the  following  harvest,  one  time  in 
delight  and  joy  when  he  thought  of  the  aid  and  help  which  thc  King 
promiscd  him,  at  another  sad  and  sorrowful  at  the  length  of  timc  he 
was  away  from  his  native  land  and  the  great  delay  in  the  dcparturc  of 
thc  army  promiscd  to  him,  for  he  fclt  anguish  of  hcart  and  sickness 
of  mind  when  he  reflcctcd  on  the  state  in  which  thc  Irish  were,  without 
aid  or  help,  while  waiting1  for  him 

He  was  in  this  condition  until  he  prepared  -  to  go  into  the  Kin 
presence  again  in  ordcr  to  lcarn  the  cause  of  the  dclay  and  procrastina- 
tion  about  the  troops  and  the  army  promiscd  to  him.  W'hcn  hc  camc 
to  the  town  called  Simancas3  (two  leagues  from  Valladolid,  the  King's 
palace)  God  permittcd,  and  the  ill-luck  and  misfortune,  the  wretchedness 
and  the  curse  attending  the  island  of  Eremon  and  the  Irish  of  fair 
Fodla  too,  would  have  it  that  O'Donnell  should  catch  his  dcath-sick- 
ness  and  his  mortal  illness.  Hc  was  for  sixteen  days  on  his  bed  of 
sickness.  At  last  he  died  at  the  cnd  of  that  time,  the  tcnth  day  of 
September  exactly,  lamcnting  his  faults  and  trangressions,  after  rigid 
pcnancc  for  his  sins  and  iniquities,  having  made  his  confession  without 
reserve  to  his  spiritual  confessor,  and  recciving  thc  Body  and  Blood  of 
Christ,  and  being  duly  anointed  by  the  hands  of  his  confessor  and  his 
ecclesiastical  elders,  who  were  in  his  company  always  up  to  that  timc. 
It  was  in  the  palace  of  the  King  of  Spain  himself  in  the  town  of 
Simancas  he    died.     His   body    was    thcn    taken    to    Valladolid,    to    the 

Crown,  in  1480.     It  was  enlarged  in  1540  1SS5.     Senor  Sanchez  has  been  fov  many 

by  the  famous  architect  Herrera,  and  made  years  the  chief  ofíicial   in   chargc    of  the 

the   depository  of   the  State    Archives   by  archivcs.     \Ve  take  this  opportunitv  of  ex- 

Charles  v.     It  continues  to  scrve  the  same  pressing  our  thanks  to  him  and  the  other 

purposc  still.  SeeSanohez's  Guiu  dciu  l  'illa  officials  of  Simancas  for  their   very  great 

y  Archivo  dc  Simuncus,   p.    13;  Madrid,  courtesy  to  us  during  our  visit. 


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i]\]UAt>  cuiht)AchcA  co  rco^on^Aib  túnnhe  *oo  Scaca,  t)o  coriiAi]\te,  (x  -oo 
JAnt>A  aii  II15  mA  ui]\cimceAtt  50  toch]\Ant)Aib  tArAriniAib  Gt  co  ruc]\AttAib 
roturcAib  "oo  éCi]\  cAoiiiAÍAinn  A|\  comtA]\vó  hia  lomcAÓriiAn^  t>A  jac  teic 
t)é.  tlo  1i<yónAchc  íCporh  1  niAmrcin  S.  P|\Anreif  irm  diAipicit  t>o  ponnnA'ó 
50  1111ATDAC  mó|iono]\Ac1i  lonnur  Ar  Ainmróm^e  ]\o  liAbtiAchc  5A01-oeA^  ]nAiii. 
Tlo  ceite<\b]\A"ó  oirr]\ent>  &  hymnA  lonrÓA  ctAijxCcAit  G:  CAiicAice  ceotbmne 

t)0  ]\A1C  A  AnillA  &,  ]\0  5AbAt)1l   A  écCHA1]\C  All'lAlt  ]\obAt)  t)Í0H- 

ITIonÚAin  c]\Á  ]\o  bAt>  tiAch  •oo  roÓAroib  nunch  C]\ch]\A  An  cí  cCrccA  aiih 
pn,  A]\  ni]\  bó  hogrtAii  a  c]\ioc1iacc  bttA-ÓAn  An  cAn  AcbAch.  Oa  hé  irróe 
ceAnn  comne  G:  coriiAi]\te,  ac1icoiíiai]\c  a  lomAgAttriiA  C]\n'iói]\  5Aoróit  6|\eAim 
cró  r]\i  r'ró  ciot)  r]u  cocca-ó.  UijC]\nA  cócIiaccIiac  cÁi]\bC]\cAch  co  rrojtr- 
mAtcAt)  rtACA  6:  co  n'otutuJAt)  neAchcA.  beo  A]\  nepc  (x  chun'iAÓcA  50 
ccoiiiaicCiíi  7  co  rro]\rp]\Aic  mói]\,  co  nÁ  tAtiicA  U]\cuApAÓc  a  b]\eic]\e,  a]\  bA 
hCt^Cn  cecip  ní  no  roncon^tAt»  t»o  -óenon'i  rAi]\  rocheccoip.  Cotum  A]\ 
cCnnrA  Gt  Aitgme  rtu  netthCó  eccAtpt  G:  eALAt>An,  G:  rju  5AC  nÁon  11Á 
r]uocA]\t)At>  f]up-  yC]\  r°  "°iri5  A  on'iAii  G:  a  ui]\CgtA  roj\  c1iac1i  1  ccCm  G: 
mocur  6:  ro]\  nÁn  tA  hac1i  iiaoh  nnC^tA  icct]\.  pC]\  •oiochui]\che  t)ibC]\ccAc, 
mut)Aijche  mCi]\teAc,  mo]\c1iA  h'iac  mbeAcliAt)  G:  ]uaí;ca  h'iac  mbAir*.  peA]\ 
nA  jio  teicc  a  £Ai]\b]uocch  ua  a  iotn]:o]\c]\Ait),  a  t)iubAi]\c  ha  a  t)ínuAt)  5^11  a 
Aiche  G,  ^au  a  •óiogliAtt  ro  cecótn.  1meAchc]\Aró  Anroiuro  Arimur  aitoáiia 
ua  noi]\C]\.  .<\i]\ccceói]\  cocccAch  cneAcliAch  comgteACAch  ua  ccoigquoc. 
*Oio]xcAoitceAch  ^Att  ^  SAoróeAt  "°°  ^1000^  bACAn  niA  A^Aró,  reA]\  tiA  no 
teicc  t>e  jy&n  t>enom  ^ac  neic  ]to  bA  coirccroe  t>o  rtAic  tio  ^mom  An  ccem 
t\o  n'iAi]\.  buAbAtt  bionn5to]\Ac  co  mbuAtt)  nmnrcci  7  nC]\tAb]\A,  ceitte  7 
fol.85.ii.  coriiAi]\te  co  ccArob]\Ct)  rei]tce  tnA  t)]\eich  a  ca]\1a  jac  aou  Acurcró.  Uai]\]\ii5- 
CncAch  cogliAi'óe  |\o  neiiicCnchAnrAc  rÁrohe  ]\é  chÍAn  ]\ia  ha  gCmeAriiAm. 

1  Court. — Valladplid  was  the  principal  the  bedside  of  ODonnell,  another  proof  of 
residence  of  the  Spanish  sovereign  until  O'Donnell's  affection  for  the  members  of 
Philip  II.  built  the  Escurial,  in  a  situation  this  Order,  which  has  rendered  such  great 
more  fitted  for  a  Carthusian  monastery  than  services  to  religion  in  this  country,  vvill  be 
for  a  royal  palace.'  The  Palace  in  which  found  in  the  Franciscan  Convent  of  Valla- 
Charles  v.  lived  and  Philip  II.  was  born  is  dolid  being  chosen  ashis  burial  place.  See 
still  standing.  Introd.,  p.  clii.,  antea- 

2  St.  Francis. — Besides  the  fact  of  Conry  3  First  sight.  -0'Mooney,  who  most  pro- 
the   Franciscan's    constant  attendance    at  bably  had  a  personal  knowledge  of  Hugh 


3*7 

King's  Court,1  in  a  four-wheeled  hearse,  with  great  nunibcrs  of  Statc  1602. 
officcrs,  of  the  Council,  and  of  thc  royal  guard  all  round  it,  with  blazing 
torchcs  aiul  bright  flambcaux  of  bcautiful  waxlights  blazing  all  round  on 
cach  sidc  of  it.  Hc  was  buricd  after  that  in  thc  chaptcr  of  thc  monastcry 
of  St.  Francisa  with  great  honour  and  respect  and  in  thc  most  solemn 
manncr  any  Gael  ever  beforc  had  bcen  intcrrcd.  Masses,  and  many 
hymns,  chants,  and  swcct  canticles  were  offcrcd  for  thc  welfare  of  his  soul, 
and  his  rcquicm  was  cclcbrated  as  was  fitting. 

Alas  !  the  early  eclipse  of  him  who  dicd  thcrc  was  a  causc  of  sorrow  to 
many,  for  hc  had  not  yet  complcted  his  thirtieth  year  whcn  hc  dicd.  He 
was  the  hcad  of  council  and  advice,  of  counsel  and  consultations  of  thc 
grcatcr  numbcr  of  thc  Gacls  of  Ircland  both  in  peacc  and  in  war.  Ile  was 
a  mighty,  bountiful  lord,  who  uphcld  good  government  and  enforced  thc 
law,  a  lion  in  strength  and  force,  with  detcrmination  and  power  of  character 
so  that  it  was  not  allowcd  to  contradict  his  word,  for  what  he  ordercd  to 
be  done  should  be  done  on  the  spot,  a  dove  in  meekness  and  gentlencss 
towards  thosc  in  dignity  of  thc  clcrgy,  and  thc  learned,  and  everv  one  who 
did  not  opposc  him.  A  man  who  imprcssed  fear  and  grcat  drcad  of  him 
in  everyone  far  and  near,  and  who  had  no  dread  of  anyone,  a  man  who 
drove  out  rebels,  dcstroyed  robbers,  exalted  the  sons  of  life,  and  exccutcd 
the  sons  of  death.  A  man  who  suffcrcd  ncithcr  wrong  nor  defeat,  contcmpt 
nor  insult,  without  being  avenged  and  atoned  for  immediatelv,  a  dcter- 
mincd,  fiercc,  and  bold  invadcr  of  districts,  a  warlike,  predatory,  aggressivc 
plunderer  of  others'  territories,  a  destrovcr  of  any  of  the  English  and  Irish 
that  offended  him,  a  man  who  nevcr  omittcd  to  do  what  was  right  for  a 
prince  to  do  so  long  as  he  lived,  a  swcet-sounding  trumpct,  with  powcr  of 
speech  and  cloqucnce,  sense  and  counscl,  with  a  look  of  amiability  in  his 
face  which  struck  cveryonc  at  first  sight,3  a  prophecied  chosen  one  whom 
the  prophets  foretold  long  before  his  birth. 

Roe,   describes   him    as  being   of  middle  149,  n.     The  Four  Masters  sav  the  look  of 

height,  ruddy,  of  comely  face,  and  beauti-  amiability  on   his   countenance   captivated 

ful  to  behold.     His  voice  was  like  the  music  everyone  who  beheld  him,  vi.  229.     Both 

of   a    silver   trumpet.       His    morals  were  O  Clery  and  the  Four  Masters  speak  of  his 

unimpeachable.      Flight  of  the  Earls,   p.  great  powers  of  command. 


328 

1)a  c^óg  cnÁ  \\q  bÁr  occ  ^Aoi-óeAtAib  e-]ient>  íA]i*necc  nAponf'tAchA,  "0015 
]io  ctAochtAi'ó],Cc  a  nAinnt>e  Gfc  a  tiAijfncA,  t>o  nAcrAc  rrntcne  A]imiot)tAchAr, 
mói]íiiiCtimA  A|i  mCipcnije,  UAttcliA  aji  mírte.  Tlo  rcAic  a  ng]iÁin,  a  n^Air- 
cceA'ó,  a  ngAt,  a  nge^ijiAiccecc,  a  ccorccA]i,  a  ccAchbuAró  ÍA]i  ha  orohvó. 
UAttfAC  céitt  "oia  ccAbAi]i  ó  neocb  co  nC]ttACon  Anenn'ión  An*niÍAi]i  ro]i 
ioc1ic  a  necqiAcc  (x  a  nCrccA]\Acc  m  nobcAjt  AinCgrrÓA  tnbirróe  ro  •óeitb 
ricohA  (x  cliAoinchoiii]iAic,  £t  A]i  Aitt  ro]i  rccAoiteAb  6:  eirneroeAt) 
nocliA  11A111A  An  rut>  6i]ienn  acc  reAchnón  ha  1i6o]ipA  hi  ccoiccmne  iiia 
neipb  7  mA  mbuvóntb  •oínnniie  "oeAjtoite,  (x  A]ioite  ac  c]ieic  a  nAiiirAme  m 
Aite  C]uochAib  t)A]i  cCnn  ]\ac1ia  (x,  ctÍA]iurcAit,  t^unnó  mA]\b<\tc  rodiAróe  tuob 
7  guji  ]io  éccr'Ac  A]ioite  gun  bo  rtAbbA  Aineóit  a]iúah'ia  AbnAicce.  -dchcóCtiA 
]iobAt>  enintc  ]uoiii  no  Airneir  *oo  ha  mójtutcAib  ]io  fiotAt)  6:  ]io  ctAnnAi^Ct) 
m  tmr  VJ  jome  Attor  ócca  An  Aóvh&  1"luAit>  uí  "OhotiinAitt  ]io  iom]iArórCm 
50  rm. 

pirns. 


1  Dispersed.—ln  Pac.  Hib.,  p.  424,  will  be 
found  'A  List  df  the  Names  of  such  of  the 
Irish  as  have  shipped  themselves  for  Spaine 
out  of  Munster,  besides  divers  others  which 
attended  these,  and  -whose  names  are  not 
known,  all  which  set  sail  since  December, 


ióoi.'  There  is  in  the  Archives  of  Lovola 
'An  account  of  the  Irish  who  have  come  to 
Spain,  and  the  monevs  expended  on  them 
up  to  the  year  1604.'  It  comprises  several 
classes,  officers  in  active  service,  soldiers  for 
the  service,  Irish  at  present  in  the  city,  sol- 


329 


Pitiful,  indeed,  was  the  statc  of  thc  Gaels  of  Erin  aftcr  thc  dcath  of  thc 
great  prince,  for  thcir  charactcristics  and  dispositions  wcrc  changed.  They 
exchanged  their  bravery  for  cowardice,  thcir  courage  for  weakncss,  their 
pride  for  servility.  Thcir  success,  valour,  prowcss,  heroism,  cxultatiori, 
triumphs,  and  military  glory  vanishcd  aftcr  his  dcath.  Thcy  gavc  up  all 
hopc  of  rclief  from  any  onc,  so  that  thc  grcater  part  of  thcm  wcrc  forccd  to 
seek  a  rcfuge  among  strangers  and  encmies,  under  pretence  of  peace  and 
friendship.  And  somc  of  thcm  were  dispcrscd  x  and  scattcred  not  only 
throughout  Ircland  but  throughout  Europc  universally  in  troops  and 
bands,  poor  and  miscrable,  engaging  themselvcs  in  thc  servicc  of  othcr 
countries  for  pay  and  hire,  so  that  many  of  thcm  were  killcd  and  others 
of  thcm  died,  and  the  graves  in  which  they  are  buricd  are  unknown. 
But,  however,  it  would  be  tedious  for  me  to  relate  the  great  woes  which 
sprung  up  and  took  root  in  the  island  of  Ugaine  in  consequcnce  of  the 
death  of  Hugh  Roe  O'Donnell,  of  whom  we  have  spokcn  hitherto. 


1602. 


FIXIS. 


diers  maintained  for  service  in  Flanders, 
aventurados,  soldiers  receiving  ordinary  pay, 
poor  people  in  this  city,  students,  Irish 
widows,  young  girls,  those  who  are  receiving 
a  pension.  There  are  in  all  about  23onames 
in  this  list.  The  names  are  nearly  all  those 
of  southern  families,  O'Sullevan,  O'Driscol, 


MacCarthy.  After  several  there  is  a  short 
account  of  their  former  condition  in  life. 
It  is  signed  Florence  Conry,  who  evidently 
employed  his  influence  at  the  Court  to 
obtain  some  way  of  living  for  these  poor 
Irish  exiles  from  the  king  and  the  royal 
officials. 


V 


I  N  DEX. 


Agedhcaoin,  269 

Aileach,  xvii,  199 

Anmcharatt,  2]  | 

Annalv.  1\.  79.  85,  S7 

Aran,  71,  97 

Ardfert,  307 

Ardnataosig,  271 

Ardralian,  191 

Armagh,  xv,   xx,   lxvi,  xciv-xcvii.  31.    1 1;7>  159, 

163,  165.  175 
Arms,  want  of,  lvi,  xciii 

aton,  279 
Assaroe,   xvi,  xvii,  xx,  lxxxviii,  35,  95,  143,  149, 

151 
The  Abbey  of,  lxxxviii 
Atha  Buidhe.     See  Vellow  Ford 
Athcliath,  5 

,,         of  Maree,  131 
Athcroch,  303 
Athculuain,  65,  143 
Athenry,  131,  133,  197 
Athleague,  153,  245 
Athlone,  lxxxiii,  civ,  cix,  205 
Athslishean.     See  Slisean 
Athtrenan.     See  Rilltrenan 

Bagnal,  Sir  II.,  lv,  lx-lxiv,  xciii-xcv,  65,  165, 

173 
,,         Mabel,  xlvi,  lxii 
Ballyconnell,  89 
Ballyfeabal,  193 
Balhhogan,  191 
Ballykealy,  307 
Ballymoe,  79 

Ballymote,  77,  81,  99,   177,  1S1.    1S3    1S7,    1S9, 
199,  201,  223,  237,  239,  245,  253, 
2S1,  299 
Ballynafad,  303 
Bally  0'Griffy,  191 
Ballvpaidin,  193 
Ballysadare,  99,  201 
Ballvshannon,  xlii,  lv,  lxzxvii,  cxv,  cxxvii,  33, 

39.  79>  95-  T45-  20I1  223,  2S1 
Ballvweel,  35 
Banba,  7.  117 

Bandon  Rivcr,  The,  225,  293.  307 
Barry  Oge,  cxxxvi,  225,  293 
Btal  Atha  Buidhe.     See  Vellow  Ford 
Bearnus  Mor,  xiv,  xxxi,  35,  37,  117,  119,  2S3 


Belansama,  303 

309 
Bingham,  George  Oge,  lxvii,  75,  <<  I 

,,  Sir  K.,  liv,  lx,  Ixvi,  lxvii,  Ixxxii,  I 

xc,  63.  65, 
Blackwater,  The,  xliv,  xciv,  cxiv.  u 
,,  ;•.  The,  xlv,  xci,  163 

.  [..  cxlix,  cl 
BofBi  . 

Bohneil,  241 
Borough,  Lord,  xli,  lxxxvi,  lxxxix,  141,  ií;,  159. 

163 
mha,  1S7 
Boyle,  lxxxvii,  ci,  ciii,  eiv.  I  \  -7      ;,   141,  153, 

207,  279 
Boyne,  27,  123 
Biaulieve,  79,  S3 
Brees,  The,  1 15 
Brefny,  xxiii.  l\xv,  cix,  Gi.  69.  75.  S9.  129.  237 

•  233-  3°7 
Brentir,  193 
Breogan,  323 
Brian  Borumha,  xix,  1S7 
Brigantia,  323 
Broadhaven,  265 
Brown,  C,  87,  89 
Burkes,  cxliii.  cxl,  cliv,  Q}.   109- 11 5.  135,  139, 

1S3,  223,  239.' 277,  301,  321 
Burren,  191— 7,  243 

Cael  Uisge,  143 
Caher  Murphy,  241 
Caher  Ross,  241 
Caherminan,  195 
Cairbre,  \iii-xvi,  129.  \ 

Liffeachair,  xi,  x\ix 
Callcaoin,  129 
Callow,  131 
('abv.  135 
Cantred,  41 
Carbery,  225,  307 

Carbury  DrumclitT,  x\ii,  rxv,  lwxiv,  Lxxxv,  . 
Carcair  na  cclereach.  107.  243 
Carew,  Sir(i..   xxwii,  xxxix,  cvii,  cxiii,  cxxxii, 
cxxxiii,  cxlvi,  cxlvii.  cxlix — clii,  180, 

295-  305 
Carlingford,  lxwvi,  123 
Carolo,  Don,  lwvi,  Iwix 
Carrickfergus,  lxix,  lxxxvi,  cxiv,   12; 

2  T 


332 


Cas,  185 

Cashel,  xv,  cix,  cxxxix,  305 

Cassan  na  ccuradb,    149 

Castle  ny  parke,  cxxxiv,  cxxxvi 

Castlederg,  273 

Castlefin,  xxv,  cxxvi 

Castlehaven,  cxxxvii,  cxxxviii,  cxliii,  323 

Castlehevin,  xxxvi,  xxxvii 

Castlemore,  97 

Castlerea,  79 

Cathach,  The,  clvii 

Cathaoir  Mor,  xxxvii,  15,  25,  1S1 

Cavan,  liii,  69,  89 

Cavanagh,  A.,  15 

Cessation,  lxviii,  xci,  cvi,  cviii 

Cecil,  cl,  cli 

Chamberlain,  Sir  J.,  cxv,  271 

Cianachta.     See  Iveenaght 

Cinel  Aodha,  133,  239 

„     Auliffe,  307 

„     Cairbre,  xiv,  xv,  lxxxiv 

,,  Conaill,  ix,  xi-xxi,  xliii,  Ixxxiv,  3,  9,  113, 
129,  163,  169,  199,  201,  239,  259, 
313,  317 

„     Dunghaile,  239 

„     Enna,  xiv 

„     Eoghain,  xi,  xii,  xv,  xvi,  xxi,  3,   163,  169, 
199,  201,  303,  317 

„     Fermaic,  191,  193,  241,  243 

,,     Luighdheach,  xii,  xvi,  xxi,  41.  259 

„     Moen,  xxi,  xxiii-xxvi 
Clangibbon,  189 
Clann  Cathal,  28 1 

„       Cobtach  R..  75 

„      Colla,  xiii,  xxix 

„       Con\vay,  xxvii,  131,  239 

„      Costello,  xxv 

„       Dalaigh,  xii,  xvi,  xix,  xxi,  55 

„      Donough,  115,  177,  189 

„      Farrell,  87 

„       Rannall,  xxxviii 

„      Swiny,  7.     See  Mac  Swiny 

„      William,  lxxxii 
Clannaboy,  xxvi 

Clanricarde,  xxv,   lxxxvii,    133,    1S3,    191,    197, 
223,  239 
„  The  Earl  of,  lxxxvii,  c,  cxiv,  cxxiv, 

cxxvii,  cxxviii,  cxliv,  119,  133,  137, 
141.  183,  205,  207,  233,  245,  277, 
279,  281,  295 
Clanwilliam,  Ixxxii,  223,  305 
Clare,  241 
Clement  VIII,  cxvi 
Clifford,  Sir  C,  lxxxiii,  Ixxxvi,  c-civ,    127,   137, 

161,  177,  201,  207,  211,  219,  221 
Clones,  69 
ClonroaiJ,  239.  241,  243 


Cloonselherney,  193 

Cluan  na  ccashel.  Si 

Cobos,  lxxvii,  lxxxi,  117.  119 

Coill  O'Flannchadha,  191,  193 

Colla  Uais,  xxix,  lxxxii,  3 

Collins,  D.,  S.J.,  cxliv 

Collooney,  ci,  99,  139,  201-5,  221,  2S1 

Compostella,  cxlv 

Conall  Cearnach,  55,  108 

„      Gulban,  xi-xv,  xvii,  xviii,  3,  129,  238 
Cong,  iii 

Congal  Claireneach,  233 
Conmaicne,  97 

„         C.  Tolaigh,  xxv,  xxvii,  245 
Rein,  lx,  81,  85 
Connaught,  x,  xiii,  xxv,  lx,  lxvi,  Ixxii,  Ixxiii,  Ixxvi, 

219 
Conor  Mac  Nessa,  11,  47,  145,  165,  181 
Conry,  F.,  O.S.F.,  cxlv,  cxlix,  cliii 
Conscience,  Liberty  of,  Ixix,  lxxi,  lxxii,  Ixxv,  xci, 

cvii,  cviii 
Conwell,  Captain,  xxxiii,  33 
Copis.     See  Cobos 

Corann  (Corran),  xiv,  61,  77,  131,  177,  239,  245 
Corcabaiscin,  241 
Corcamaigh,  193 
Corcomroe,  193,  197,  241,  243 
Cork,  cx,  225,  229 
Corofin,  191 

Corrsliabh.     See  Curlews 
Corunna,  cxxxvii,  cxliv,  cxlv,  cxlviii,  323 
Cosby,  Colonel,  xciv,  xcvi,  cii 
Costello  Gaileanga,  xxvii 
Costellos,  97,  189 
Craggykerrivan,  241 
Croghan.     See  Rathcroghan 
Cruachan  Lighean,  253 
Cuchullin,  xli,  29,  55,  91 
Culcarrin,  cxxxix 
Culmore,  cxiv,  235 
Curagh,  27 
Curlews,  The,  xxiii,  xxxiii,  ci,  85,  107,  135,  159, 

207,  221,  237,  245 
Curoi  MacDaire,  125 

Daghdha,  The,  79,  161 

Dalcassians,  185,  193,  197,  199 

Danes,  The,  3 

De  Barnnova,  cxvi 

DeBurgo,  W.  F.,  93,  143 

De  Caracena,  c,  cxliv-cxlviii 

De  Courcy,  293 

De  Idiaquez,  lxxx 

De  la  Cerda,  cxvii-cxxiii,  clv 

De  Oviedo,  cxvi-cxxi,  cxxx,  cxxxiv,  267. 

De  Zubiaur,  cxxxvii,  cx'.ii,  cxliv 

Deel,  The,  255 


JUJ 


Dcl    Aguila,   lxwii,   (xwiv,   cxxxv'r,    cxl  cxliv, 

CZlvÍÍ,  2dj,  31  I 

Delvin,  cix,  303 

Derry,  xv,  17,  cxxiv,  cxxv,  clvii,  71,  199, 

235,  247,  281,  2S7 
,.     O'Donnell,  183 
Desmond,  The  Earls  ofi  xlvi,  xlvii,  1,  li.  cx,  cxi, 

cxxii,   cxxix,  cxxxii,  cli,   126,   179, 

I.Sl. 

Devil»s  Hook,  The,  m 

Dillon,  Sir  T..  cix,  177.  207 

Ki  Uy,  183 
Ducwra.  Sir  1!..  cxiv.  cxv,  cxxiii,  clvi,  235,   247. 

24.) 
Don  Carolo,  Ixxvi,  lxxix 

;  il.  xxvi,  xlii,  1.  40,  135.  223,  2(')i,  28] 
Monastery,  xxv-xxvii,  xli,  lx.xxiv.  Ixxxviii, 

cxxvii,  cxxviii,  cxlix.  35,  261,  263, 

283,  2S7 
Drogheda,  Lxx,  Lxxxix,  cvi,  27.  155.  157.  165 
Drowes,  The,  xxxi.  &c. 
I  Iruimsaileach,  303 
Drumcliff,  xv 
Drumfinglas,  191 
Dublin,  xxii,  xc.x,  5,  7 

„        Castlc    "í,  xxxiv,  xxxv,    xxxvii,    xl,    xli, 

xlviii,  13 
Dufr(Dubh).  35,  &c. 
Dunalong,  cxxvi.  235 
Dundalk,  lxiv,  lxvi,  Ixix,   xci,  xcvi,  cviii,  29,   53, 

I23 
Dungannon.  Ixiv,  lxvi,  31,  51,  53,  230. 
Dungorey,  1S3 

Dunkellin,  The  Baron  of,  ci,  civ,  137,  205 
Dysert,  193 

Easruadh.     Scc  As^aroe. 

Ebcr.  ix.  x 

Eithn<  .  87 

Elagh,  cxiv.  cxv 

Elizabeth,  Queen,  xxxv,  xxxvi,  xli,  xliv,  xlviii, 
xlix,  Ixii,  lxxviii  lxxxii,  xcvii,  xcix, 
c,  cvi,  cxi,   cxii,   cxix,   cxxix,    127, 

IS5.    20I.    22,}.    237 

Elphin,  cxxvii.  79,  2S1,  303 
Emania,  xxix 

,  xiii,  xiv,  237 
Ennis,  239.  2  Ll 

Enniskillen,  Ivii,  lix,  lx,  I.xxiii,  xci,  67,  69.  75 
Ennistvmon,  193 
Eochaidh  Domhlen,  3 

,,        Feidleach,  xi,  S7 

.,         Muighmeadhoin,  xi,  61,  m,  239 
Eoghan,  xi  xiv,  xviii,  317 
Eremon,  ix,  x,  263.  325 
Ercnach.  41 
Erne,  Lxxxvii,  53.107,  121,  141-145,  14'J 


Errís,  299 

1        I,  TJ      1     il  of,  xcix,  civ-cs . 

Fanad,  39,  209 
Faughart,  91.  12; 
Feabal,  233 
Fenians,  1 1- 
Fercall.     See  Fircall 
FergB  1  .  24 1 

,  S5 
Fermacaigh.     S<cf  Cini 

inagh,  xxii,  lii.  75,  89,  229 
Fermorc,  179 

Fiach  MacHugh.    St    0'Bynie 
Fiachra,  1 1 1.  129.  239 
Fiamai  , 
Fingalliai  s,  1  i 
Finn,  Thc.  xxvi,  xci,  4S.  &c. 
Fiodmore,  31 

Fircall,  c,  cix.  203.  205,  303 
Fitzgeralds,  xxiii,  Ixviii.  xcviii,  cx\i,  cxj 
Fitzmauríce,  301,  305 
Fitzsimons,  1 1.  S.  | ..  cviii 
Fitzwilliam,   Sit  \\'.,  xxxii,  xxxiii,  xxxvi-xxi 

xl,  xli,  xlvii,  liii,    hi,   lix,   lxiii,    51, 

69 
Folart  (Fool,  l-uller),  xxxiii,  lv  ii,  45 
Fomorians,  201 
Ford  of  the  Biscui 
Fostering.  xviii.  xxx.i,  3 
Franciscans,  xxv,  xxvi,   Ixiii,  cxxiii,  clii,  35,  69, 

89,  261,  2S3,  327 

Ihel  Glas,  50.  79.  2S5 
Gailenga.  121,  301 
<  iaillimh,  135 
i;allo\\gla~s,  1 1 1 
(Jalwav,    Lxxxiii,    lxxxviii.    cliv,    153,    145,    145, 

j    223.  24  í 
Gardiner  Sir  R..  xli,  lxi,  Ixviii,  Lxxv,  xc 
Giraldus  Cambrecsis,  xliii  Ivi 
Geraldines,  The,  179.  1S1 
Glancullen,  239 

Beramoin,  S7 
( rlebeland,  93 
Glencolumlcille  (<"...  I).'.  35.  1;^ 

,,  Co.  Clare, 

Glendalian,  101,  159 
Glenelly,  275 
Glengiven,  47 

Glenmalurp,  xxxviii,  xxxix.  Hi,  25.  25 
Goll,  209 

West,  209 
Gort,  155 
Grange,  277 
Greeu,  51 


334 


Greencastle,  Ixxxvi 
Grianan,  199 
Guaire,  133 

Heath,  Captain,  258 

Holy  Cross  Abbey,  cix,  cxxxix,  303 

Hoveden,  lv,  lxix,  cvi 

Hy  Briuin,  lxxxiv,  81,  12 1 

,,  Conaill,  G.,  305 

,,   Cormaic,  243 

„   Eachdach,  169 

,,  Fermaic.     See  Cinel  F. 

,,  Fiachrach  Aidhne,  lxxxiv,  109,  137,   183,  197 

,,         „  of  the  Moy,  xv,  109,  287 

„  Many,  121,  131,    179,  197,  239,  301 

„  Neill,  x,  xiii,  xv 
Hybrickan,  241 

Iherrin,  cix,  cxxxviii,  303 
Inagh,  193 

Inauguration  of  chief,  xliii 
Inch,  Castle  of,  cxxv 
Inchiquin,  193 

,,         The  B.  of,  lxxxvii,  lxxxviii,  139,  143 
Ineen  Dubh,  xii,  xxix,-xxxi,  xxxiii,  xxxvi,  xli, 

3.39 
Inis  Guaire,  133 
Inis  Samer,  xxiv,  145 
Inishannon,  cxlii 

Inishowen,  xxiv,  xxv,  43,  179,  191,  209,  233 
Inny,  87 
Inver  Colpa,  ix,  27 

„      More.     See  Broadhaven 
Iomelc,  32 
Islands,  241 
lth,  319 
IubarcinnT.     See  Newry 


Reenaght,  47,  49 

Kennedy,  187 

Kerne,  31 

Kesh,  77 

Kilcolgan,  183,  191,  243 

Ivildare,  159 

,,        The  Earl  of,  lxxxix,  155,  157 
Ivilfenora,  193-197 
Killala,  The  B.  of,  61 
Killaloe,  The  B.  of.    See  O'Mulrian 
Killargy,  83 
Killeasbuiglonain,  193 
Killtrenan,  lx,  81 
Killybegs,   lxxvii,    lxxx,  lxxxix,  cxvi,    117,  135, 

265,  267 
Kilmacrenan,  xxi,  xliii,  clvii,  41 
Kilmallock,  cxxxix,  279 


IvMmaine,  1 1 5  , 

Kilmurry,  241 

Kilnaboy,  191,  193 

Ivinelea,  225,  293,  295 

Kings,  Irish,  x,  xv 

Ivinsale,  xix,  cxxxiii-cxliv,  293-301,  309-321 

Ivnight  of  Glin,  The,  301 

Knockangerrainbane,  243 

Knockavoe,  275 

Knockfergus.      See  Carrickfergus 

Knockrobin4  cxxxv 

Knockvicar,  79 

Lagenians,  x,  15 

Lara,   133 

Largan,  75 

Leannan,  41 

Leathardan,  189 

Lee,  The,  225 

Leicester,  E.  of,  xxxv,  xxxvi,  lxi 

Leimeneach,  193 

Leinster,  15,  125 

Leith  Cuinn,  x,  xxxiv,  cxxxviii,  cxliii 

.,     Mogha,  63,  297. 
Leitrim,  85. 

,,        The  Baron  of.     See  Redmond  Burke 
Leyny,   xxv,  xxxi,  97,  12 1 
Liffey,  The,  25,  29 
Lifford,  xxviii,  Ixxvii,  cxxvi,   59,  117,  223,  251, 

255>  259  281 
Limerick,  xxii,  141,  185,  279,  305 
Lixnaw,  307 
Longford,  87 
Loophead,  223 
Lough  Allen   61 

,,       Arrow,  77,  85 

,,      Ce,  ciii,  77,  85,  209,  221 

,,       Erne,  xxiii,  lxxxvii,  31,  35,  65,  149 

,,       Esk,  277,  2S1 

,,      Foyle,  xliv,  xcii,    41,  71,  95,   129,    233, 
237,  251,  287 

„       Melvin,  79,  83 

,,       Swilh/,  x,  7 

,,      Techet,  77,  209 
Loughrea,  245 
Lughaidh  Lamhfodha,  xli,  55 

,,         Mean,  141,  185 
Lynch's  Causeway,  133 

Mac  Briody,  197 

,,    Carthys,  cxi,  cxxxii,  cli,  301,  307 

„    Coghlan,  303 

,,    Costello,  III,  113 

,,    Dermots,   lxxxiii,  ciii,  115,  121,    127,    135, 

189,  237,   293 
,,    Devitt,  rhelim,  103 


:>:>:> 


MacDonnells,  xxx,  xxxi.i.  3.  7'.  '"•  "  3 
.,    Dono  igb  .  sc,  115.  [21,  17;.  1    ■ 
,,    Feoris,  97 

»    '  *  •    ^ 

11   ,i,    1     .  lÍV,  lxi,  63 

,.    Hubert,   183 

..    íordan,  1 1 1  ...,,•-„, 

,   •.Mah,.n>.xxix.xl,li.i)lix,lxn.,lxv,l>.x1v00l, 

31 5 

,,    Maurice,  113  ..  .        .. 

,,    Swinvs,  xix,  xxviii,  xxxu-xxxv.   lxxxn  ,  cn. 
'      cxv,  cxvi,  9,  39.  4'.  65>   ll$>   '/9. 
187,  i9i-IQ5'  2°7  ,       .. 

.    William,     xxii,     xxv.    Ixx.v.    lxxix,     Ixxx... 
lxxxiv,    lxxx\ii,   xcni,   cvin,    Uj, 
119.  121,  131.  '35.  >37,  »39.  17  '• 
183,  1S9,  197,239.  245.  i°l 
Macha.    See  Ardmagh 
Machaire  Conaill,  29 

Connaught.   See  Magh  A«>i 
Riabach,  99  22; 
Maeldoraidh,    AV.  1 1  Muldorv 
Maelmuire, 
Magh  Adair,  199 

,;     Aoi,  63.  77,  79.  85.  i°7,  ,161,  239,  24:> 
„    Ccetne,  153-  201.  205,  207 
,,     Seancomladh,  133 
IWa^herabeg,  283.  293 
Magherv.     See  Magh  Aoi 
Magrath,  Myler,  xlii,  123 
Maguire,  Conor,  67,  229,  231 

Cuconnacht.  229.  233  . 

Hugh,    liii-lv,    lvii-lxv,  lxxm,    Ixxix, 
^lxxxiv,  cvi,  cx,  cxi,  33,   61-67,  73, 
17,   's7-  i"J3-  2^5-229 
Maguires,  xxv,  xxviii 
Maigue,  305 
Maine,  131,  239 
Maplesdeane,  1-,  xl.  xh 
Maree,  13L  J 33-  '97-  243 
Martins,  lxvii,  101 
Meadhbh,  xx.i.  109,  127,  233.  237 
Meath,  27,  155 
Mellifont,  lxx.  29 

Milesius,  ix.  xi,  xxii,  13,  61,  117-  '/9 
Mogh  Nuadat,  x,  63 
Monaghan,  lix,  lxii-xvi,  xci,  xcn,  09 
Moogfinn,  129 
Moore,  Sir  E.,  lxxii,  29 
Morann,  169 
Moss,  W.,  95 
Mostian,  cxlii,  cxlv.  321 
Mountjoy,  Lord,  xcix,   cx.i,   cx.v,   cxlv.,   cxl.x 

cli-clii,  233,  279,  295,  315 
Mourne,  xx,  &C. 
Moy,  xxi.i.  11?.  137 
Movlurg.  xxvii,  lx,  cxxvi,  79,  121,  101 


Muinter  Eolais,  Si,  S5 

1  lann  igain,  Ixxxui,  281 

Murchada,  97 
Muirtheimhne,  91,  '  2  > 
Mulchonry, 
Mullanashee,   145.  '49     .  . 

r,  lxxxvi,  XCVUÍ,  XCIX,  CXXXl,  223 

Muskerry,  225,  307 

Na  Hechtga,  133-  205 

i  Ltiona  for  peace,  lxviu,  51 
Neimheadh,  92 
Newport,  77-  Sl.  85 
Newtown,  27;  . 

Newry,  xxii,    Ixiv,  lxvi,  lx.x.lxxxv,,  lxxx.x.  xa- 

xcvi.  65,  91,  '23.  '59.  l65>  '7j 
NialloftheN.  I  '  -xv.xlm,  I27 

Norris,    S.r    1..    Ixvi,   Ixix,    Ixxv,   lxxv.,    lxxxn, 
lxxxvii,  xciu,  xcvi,  119,  I41 
f|        Sir  1".,  lxvii,  xc 
Noughaval,  197 

O'Bovle,  Niall,  lxxx 

H       Tadhg,  39.  "3.  lS7 
0'Boylcs,  xii,  xix,  35 
O'Brien,  Conor,  193  , 

Donough.     See  E.  of  Thomond 
','        Finola,  xxv 

Murtough,  199  .. 

O'Bjrne,    Fiach    Mac    Hugh,    xxxv,    xxxvn-xl, 

lxix,  lxxiv,  23.  25 
O'Cahan,  xxvi,  xxx.i,  cxv,  49,  235 
0'Canannaus,xii,  xvi,  xix,  xx,   xh.i,  lxx.xvn. 
O'Carroll.  ci.x 
0'Clery,  iii,  17' 
O'Coine,  275 
O'Conor,  Cathal  C,  xxiv 

Don,  lxxiv,  Ixx.xui,  207 

Faly,  lxxxix 

Rcrrv,  cxlvii,  307 

Roe,   lxi,  lxxxvii,   79-   I2).   I27-  '43« 

159,  l      •  237 
Slifro     lxxii,   lxxv,   lxxxiv.  lxxxvn.  xc, 

^     ci',    127.    133.    '35.    '37-    > 
;oi   209,  221.  22  ;.  2; 
O'Dohcrtv,   Shane,  xii,  xix,  Ixxiv,  lxx-. 
clvii.  41  •   57,  »3.  '3 
237.  269 
Phelim,  269 
O'Donnell,  Aedh  Dubh,  xii,  xxvi 

líin  Ih,  xi',.  xxv.  xxvi 
Caffir.  xii.  c'.ii,  3.   [87 
Calvagh,  xii,  x.xvin,  cxxv,  41.  2  3 
"  txviii,  255 

Conn  O^e,  251 
Domhnall  Mor,  xn.  xx.i 
Donnell,  xxx,  xli 


336 


O'Donnell,  Eignechan,  xii,  xxi 

,,  Godfrey,  xxiii 

,,  Hugh  Oge,  187,  249 

O'Donnell  Hugh  Roe,  pedigree,  xii,  xxx, 
3;  prophecied,  xxxi,  5  ;  fosterers, 
xxxii,  3  ;  captured,  xxxiii,  7  ; 
confined  in  Dublin  C,  xxxiv,  13  ; 
first  escape,  xxxvi,  13  ;  second 
escape,  xxxviii,  19  ;  goes  to  the 
north,  25  ;  inaugurated  chief,  xlii, 
43  ;  friendship  with  O'Neill,  xxxv, 
xlvi,  5  ;  reasons  for  talcing  up 
arms,  xlvii  ;  letter  to  the  Irish 
abroad,  1  ;  hostings  into  Con- 
naught,  lx,  cxxiv,  77,  97  ;  appoints 
MacWílliam,&c,  111;  negociations 
with  E.,  lxviii,  51,  121  ;  corres- 
pondence  with  K.  of  Spain,  lxxvii, 
117  ;  battle  of  Atha  Buidhe,  xciii, 
163  ;  Ballymote  surrendered,  177  ; 
preys  Clanricarde  and  Thomond, 
183  ;  aid  from  Spain,  201  ;  defeats 
Clifford  at  the  Curlews,  ci,  209  ; 
inaugurates  Maguire,  229  ;  be- 
sieges  Derry,  cxv,  235  ;  is  betrayed 
by  Niall  G.,  cxxiv,  249  ;  aid  from 
Spain,2Ó5;  inaugurates  0'Doherty, 
271 ;  besieges  the  English  in  Done- 
gal,  cxxviii,  291  ;  marches  to  Kin- 
sale,  cxxxviii,  299 ;  urges  that  the  E. 
be  attacked,  cxli,  311  ;  goes  to 
Spain,  cxliii,  321  ;  his  reception, 
cxliv,  323  ;  letters  to  the  King, 
cxlv  ;  his  death,  cxlix,  325  ;  burial- 
place,  clii,  327  ;  his  will,  cliii. 
Hugh,  son  of  Manus,  xii,  xxix,  xxxii,  xxxv,  3,  39, 

43.  363 
„  Joan,  xlvi,  lxiv,  5 

,,  Manus,  xii,  3,  187,  257-261 

,,  Niall  Garbh,  xii,  cxxiv-cxxviii,  clvi, 

57,   135,  187,   189,   193.  207,  237, 
249  257,  261,  277,  281-291 
,,  Nuala,  cxxiv,  57,  253 

,,  Rury,    xii,    lxxxv,   cxxix,  cxliii,  cliii, 

clv,  3,  137, ,139,  187,  231,  257 
O'Donnells,  ix,  xi,  xii,  xix-xxi 
O'Dowds,  xxv,  lxxxiv,  115,  121,  189,  301 
O'Farrells,  lx,  lxxxi,  cxx,  77 
O'Ferghil  (O'Freel),  xix,  xxviii,  xliii,  43 
0'Flaherty,  lxxxiii,  205,  207 
O'Gallaghers,   xii,   xix,  xxxiv,  xxxvi,  xliii,  xlviii, 

cxxiv,  43,  256 
O'Hagan,  lxiii.  xcvi,  27 
O'Haras,  lxxxvii,  115,  121,  189 
O'IIarts,  lxxxvii,  xc,  129 
O'Helv,  J.,  1-lii,  lxviii,  lxxvi 
O'Hogan,  27 


0'Kane.     See  O'Cahan 

0'Kelly,  F.,  115,  121,  1S9,  301 

O'Loughlin,  M.,  183 

0'Malley,  Grace,  xxxiv,  lxxxvii,  110 
,,         Owen,  iii,  113 

0'Mulchonry.     See  Conry 

0'Muldorys,  xii,  xix,  xx,  lxxxiv 

O'Mulrian,  C,  lii,  lxxvi,  60 

O'Neill,  Art  MacShane,  xxxiv,  xxxviii,  xl,  xlv,  21, 25 
„       Sir  Art,  cxv,  cxxiv,  cxxvi 
,,       Cormac,  xlv,  lvii,  lviii,  lxii,  lxxiv,  lxxxiv, 

cvi,  73. 
„       Henry  MacShane,  xxxiv,  xxxviii,  xlv,  21 
,,       Henry,  xlv,  cxxi  -cxxiii 

O'Neill,  Hugh,  pedigree,  xlv;  friendship  with 
O'D.,  xlvi ;  on  the  side  of  the 
E.,  lv  ;  joins  O'Donnell,  lx  ;  his 
reasons  for  tahing  up  arms,  ib.  ; 
Bagnal's  answers,  lxi ;  proclaimed 
a  traitor,  lxv ;  negociations  for 
peace,  lxix ;  correspondence  with 
the  King  of  Spain,  lxxvi  ;  seizes 
the  Blachwater  Fort,  xcii,  163 ; 
battle  of  the  Vellovv  Ford,  xciii, 
165  ;  treats  with  Essex,  cv  ;  visits 
Munster,  cix,  225  ;  sends  his  son 
to  Spain,  cxxi ;  marches  to  Ivinsale, 
cxxix,  307 ;  wishes  the  siege  con- 
tinued,  cxl,  31 1;  returns  to  the 
north,  clv  ;  hit>  death,  clviii 
,,  Shane,  xxxiv,  xliv,  xci,  cl,  20 
,,       Turlough   Luineach,    xxviii,  xliii,   xlv, 

xlvii,  lxv,  5,  45,  59 
„  ,,  Mac  Htnry,  31,  155 

0'Reillys,  xxxiv,  xl,  Ixxi,  lxxv,  xciii,  87 

O'Rourhe,   B.  Oge,  lix.  lxv,  lxxiii,  lxxiv,  Ixxvii, 
Ixxx,   lxxxii,    Ixxxiii,    lxxxviii,   xc, 
ciii,    115,  121,  147,    159,  161,  217, 
219,  237,  245 
„       Tadhg,  161,  189,  191-195 

O'Toole,  P.  xxxvi,  xxxvii,  17,  25 
,,       Rose,  xxxvi 

Oilioll,  97,  119,  135,  155,  253,  283 
Olum,  86,  184 

Oireacht  Redmond,  183,  239 

Oirghialla,  xx,  xxix,  cxi,  69,  163 

Oldrifleet,  lxxxvi 

Ollamh,  xxvii,  xxxv,  13,  197 

Olneccmacht,  33,  69,  123,  129,  141,  165,  201 

Oranmore,  133,  223 

Oriel.     See  Oirghialla 

Ormond,  Upper,  305 

Ormonde,  The  Earl  of,  xc,  xcvii,  xcviii,  cxiii,  cli, 
123 

Ovengton.     See  Hovenden 

Owen,  R.,  cvi 

Owenmore,  99 


337 


Owlos.     See  Umhall 
( >wney,  cxxxix 

Perrott,  Sir  J.,  xwiii,  xl.  xlviii,  Ivi,  xc.  7 
Philip    ii.,  xlviii  lii,  lxviii,  lxxiv,  lxxvi,   Ixxxiv- 

Ixxxix,  »  ■  iii.  61,  [17,  '23.  135 
Philip  111.,  cxvi  cxxiii,  cxxx-cxxxiii.  cxlv-cxlviii, 

cliii-clv,   1S1.  199,  265,  293,  313. 

i21   329 
Pledges,  xxxiv,  xxxv,  Ixxiv,  Ixxvi,  c\iii 
Pi  »i><>hing,  cl,  cli 
Port  Nua.     Se    New 
Portmore.     See  Blaclcwater  Fort 
Prophecies,  xxxi,  5,  37.199 

Rathcroghan,  77.  79-  8l 

Rathgorgin,  133 

Rathmullen,  lxvii,  7,  9,  91 

Rincorran,  cxxxiv,  cxxxv,  225,  295 

Rinn  Edair,  7 

Rinvylle,  133.  183 

Robe,  Thc,  xxiii,  121 

Roe,  Thc,  47 

Roevehagh,  191 

Roo,  197 

Roodscrcen,  94,  105 

Roscommon,  lxxxvi,  77,  81,  205 

Ross  Inver,  83 

Rough  Third  of  Connaught,  xxii,  xxni 

Route,  The,  xxvi,  xxvii 

Rovdamna,  xxiv 

Russell,  Sir  W.,  xl,  !ix,  lxviii,  Ixxxv,  75,  141 

Saimer,  79,  83.  107,   129,    133,    143-   *4S>    *5J» 

201,  239 
St.  Bercan,  xciv,  169,  171 
,,    Cailin.  xv,  5 

„    ColumUille,    xii.    xv,    xxi,  xxviii.  xxxi.  xlni. 
lxvii.  5,  41,  43,  71-  91-   *35i    !99- 

235 
„    Patrick,  xi,  xii,  xviu.  xxm,  117,  254,  317 
St.  Leger,  Sir  A..  lxi.  225 

„  W.,  cvi,  cxi,  225 

Scots.  xxxi,  xxxiii.  xxxvi.  lvi.  71,  95 
Sc-hais,  The,  77,  -.Vc. 
Sherins,  xlvii 
Shrule,  xxiii,  111 
Simancas,  clix,  325 
Sith  Aedha.  See  Mullanasheé 
SUiiiper,  xxxiv,  xlviii 
Slieve  Baughty.  xxxi.  233.  237,  239 
„       Baune,  161 
„       Bloom,  cix,  303 
Breagh.  29 
Carbry,  S7 


Slieve  da  eun,  129.  139 
„       Fuaid,  31 

..      Gam,  97,   1     121,  1   7,  139 
Luachra, 
Roe,  17 
Uillinn,  87 
Sligeach,  The,  77.  101.  115.  133.  159,  209 
SligO,  lxvii,  lxxii-lxxvi,  rc,  cxxvii,  91,    95. 

IOI,  I07,   I35,  I53,  205,  20v 

Slisean,  8,  121.  161 
Smithstown,  195.  241 
Solar  month.  153 
Sons  "f  lit<.'.  The,  35 
Sow,  105 

Si>ain,   xlviii.  117.  119.  123.  135.    190.   265. 
321.  329 
The  King  of,  See  Philip  11.  Philip  111. 
Spaniards,  xlvi-xlviii.   cxxix,   cxliii,   181,   . 

299-  309-3'3 
Srengan,  243 
Sruhh  Brian,  xiv,  191 
Strabane,  45,  49 

Strndbally,  29.  51,  53.  123.  157.  163.  165 
Suck,  The.  xxii,  xxvi,  133,  237.  245 
Suir,  cx,  309 
Swillv,  xxi,  7,  91 

Tabour,  35 

Tara,  ix,  xiii,  xvii,  xx 

Teach  Brigh  le,  133 

Teelin,  xxxi 

Termon  lands,  xxvii 

Theobald  na  long,  lxxxvii.  xc,  cviii,  205-209, 

223 
Thomond,  1S5.  237,  239,  243,  249 

,,         The    Earl    of,    Ixxxvii,   cxiv,   cxxiv, 
cxxxvi.  Ó7,  119.  137,  141.  1^7.  233. 
241,  297 
Tir  Boghainc,  xxxi,  117.  170 
„    Connell,  xiii.  xvi,  x\ii,  xix,  xxxiii.  lxxii-lxxv, 

Ixxxv 
„    Enda,  237 

,,    Eoghan,  xii.  xiii,  xvi,  xviii,  cxiv,  47.  155 
,,    Kennedy,  75 
,.    Tuathail,  79 
Tirawley,  xxiii.  xxvii.  113.  171 
Tireragh,  09.  265,  267 
Tirerill.  61,  131 
Tirhugh,  39 
Tory.  Ixvii,  91,  191 
Tower  ofLondon,  xlvii.  1S1 
Traighb.iile.     See  Stradbally 
Tra\vohelly,  109,  135 
Trian  Congal,  233 
Trinity  Island,  221 
Tuam,  99 


33§ 


Tuam,  Archb.  of.     See  0'Hely,  Conry 

Tuatha  de  Danaan,  ix,  xxi,  319 

Tuathas  of  Connaught,  xxii 

Tucher,  Ixiv 

Tullycomain,  193 

Tullyha\v,  89 

Tullyhunco,  89 

Tully  O'Dea,  191 

Tulsh,  liv,  63,  77,  207 

Turlach,  197 

„         Mochain,  97 
Turnour,  lxxxix 


Ugaine  Mor,  xi,  301,  329 
Uladh,  xii,  xxv,  225 
Ulster,  lix,  xc,  civ,  225,  227 
Ulstermen,  205 


Ultach,  M.,  O.S.F.,  cxlix,  321 
Ultonians,  xviii 
Umhall,  179,  189,  193 
Unshinn,  145 

Valladolid,  cxlviii,  clii,  325 

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Wallop,  Sir  H.,  xli,  Ixviii 
Walsingham,  xxxv,  xxxvi,  xlvi,  lxi 
Warren,  Sir  W.,  lxii,  cv,  cviii 
Willis,  Captain,  xxxiii,  xlii,  xlvii,  lii,  33.  45 

Yellow  Ford,  Battle  of  the,  xciii,  163,  185,  233 
Zamora,  323 


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