sentences:  In 1227, 1280 and 1287 there were complaints that the abbot of Corcomroe had failed to appear at the General Chapter at Citeaux for a long time.According to a 15th-century report, in 1268 a battle was fought at "Siudáine", close to Corcomroe in which Conor O'Brien (Conor na Siudane Ua Briain), King of Thomond was surprised by Conor Carrach O'Loughlain and slain with many of his retainers.His body was retrieved from the battlefield and buried at Corcomroe by the monks.